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Q: how to plot a diagonal plot in python I am trying to create a diagonal plot in python, I am working off an example that works but I am getting a key error message. The code is the following:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

filename = 'https://library.startlearninglabs.uw.edu/DATASCI410/Datasets/JitteredHeadCount.csv'
headcount_df = pd.read_csv(filename)
headcount_df.describe()

num_cols = ["TablesOcc", "ablesOpen", "HeadCount", "TablesClosed", "DayNumber"]
sns.pairplot(headcount_df.loc[:, num_cols], hue='DayOfWeek',
             palette="seismic", diag_kind="kde",
             size=2).map_upper(sns.kdeplot, cmap="Blues")

I am getting a key error messaging KeyError: 'DayOfWeek'and
KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)

I am not sure why it is not working this time. any help would be appreciated.

A: This should work
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

filename = 'https://library.startlearninglabs.uw.edu/DATASCI410/Datasets/JitteredHeadCount.csv'
headcount_df = pd.read_csv(filename)
headcount_df.describe()

sns.pairplot(headcount_df, hue='DayOfWeek',
             palette="seismic", diag_kind="kde", vars=["TablesOcc", "TablesOpen", "HeadCount", "TablesClosed", "DayNumber"],
             size=2).map_upper(sns.kdeplot, cmap="Blues")

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This image taken off a video posted online on January 14, 2015, by the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula purportedly shows Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi claiming responsibility for the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen says a U.S. airstrike killed one of its top leaders last month.
The SITE intelligence group reported Thursday that the al-Qaida branch said a U.S. airstrike on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla killed Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, his eldest son and several other militants.
Ansi had claimed responsibility on behalf of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula for the January terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, which used cartoons to mock radical Islam.
At a Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter would not comment on the report. "We just don't talk about those, and certainly not from this podium," he said. "On AQAP in Yemen, we continue to apply pressure there."
The United States has frequently used unmanned drones to launch airstrikes against al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen. But it withdrew from the Yemeni air base it had been using last month because of the advance of Houthi rebels.
The Charlie Hebdo attack for which Ansi, as spokesman, claimed responsibility killed 12 people, including journalists who drew cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The two gunmen also killed hostages inside a Jewish supermarket before French police shot them dead.
Ansi also appeared in other al-Qaida videos, calling for attacks on Westerners.


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Having been a seriously keen off-road camper for years but having recently downsized my vehicle, it was easy to say "yes" when offered the chance to test a piece of equipment offering me more load space.
Yakima is a US-based company that has been making carrying equipment for vehicles – roof racks, bike racks/carriers, watercraft carrying stems, luggage boxes – for 40 years, garnering multiple awards for its product since.
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The higher profile that results from fitting a Skybox on your roof will increase wind drag, but the aerodynamic shape seems to do an okay job of lessening the impact on fuel consumption. I reckon we use around 10-15 per cent more fuel with the Skybox up top – freeway driving is where it has the most impact due to the higher speeds.
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We've used toe Skybox for camping weekends and the annual sojourn down to the NSW far-south coast for Christmas. Having to fit hiking/MTB/paddle and camping gear in the vehicle – plus all the paraphernalia associated with two kids under five years of age – has seen the Skybox become our first got-to item pre-trip.
It's coming up to four years of pretty regular use for our Yakima Skybox 16S and so far it has done the job perfectly. Some of the gear – and sheer amount of it – we've managed to fit in there has often been surprising. The unit's simplicity of function, ease of fitting and removing, and build quality has made it one of our favourite pieces of touring equipment – and great value for any touring family, regardless of the size of your vehicle.
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Exploring Alexandria's African American Heritage
By Mary Gallagher
More than 250 years of American history started in Alexandria, hometown of George Washington, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Still retaining much of the character and charm from its early days, this port city holds a prominent position in the chronicle of African Americans.
After 25 years of study, investigation and research into Alexandria's African American history by community organizations, staff and concerned citizens, all of whom are continuing to this day, the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association has produced a brief but thorough free guide "A Remarkable and Courageous Journey" that exemplifies the spectrum of black experience in the United States, as lived and developed in Alexandria.
The handy guide is divided by 18th century sites, 19th century sites, neighborhoods and features a clearly marked map. We enhanced our visit with additional information and resources from the Alexandria Black History Resource Center, Alexandria Archaeology Museum, The Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum and the Office of Historic Alexandria, in addition to, the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Bureau. All have exhibits, programs, special events and guided walking tours to further your experience and knowledge.
Touring all 23 historical sites at once would require a car and more than one day or one can choose to break the guide into several visits examining one neighborhood at a time on foot. The area located within a few blocks of the Ramsay House Visitors Center at 221 King S., in the heart of the current commercial district, provides 11 historic sites within an easy waking distance.
The Ramsay House visitors center, located across from City Hall directly on King Street, is also an excellent starting and stopping point for lunch, boutique shopping and gallery browsing when your history limits are full!
The city of Alexandria tries very hard to maintain that "history" image with narrow streets, limited parking, strict zoning laws, historic districts and uneven brick paved sidewalks. Parking is always at a premium and you are well advised to use a lot or the underground parking at Market Square in the center of the historic area. The short time limit for most street parking is fanatically enforced. Old Town is accessible by two metro stops King Street and Braddock Road neither providing the ideal starting point for following this guide on foot.
The brick sidewalks are a challenge and can provide quite a workout to those pushing strollers, wheel chairs or even a slight balance problem. Best to wear flat walking shoes. Visiting many of the shops and restaurants requires climbing irregular outside stairs to enter with show rooms and dining rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
The Bottoms
We started with a smaller area known as Neighborhood C on the map or "The Bottoms" and will explore the others throughout the year. Begun in the 18th century, and the first black neighborhood in Alexandria, the Bottoms rests at a lower elevation than surrounding streets, hence the name.
The first free black families moved into the low-lying area in Alexandria's southwest quadrant known as the Bottoms in 1799. In 1979 archaeologists from the City of Alexandria and the University of Maryland excavated portions of several blocks slated for urban renewal.
One important discovery was a well made of three wooden barrels with metal hoops, found at 916 Gibbon Street. Once used as a privy, the well was full of domestic trash, such as broken plates and food remains, discarded by the family of Moses and Nancy Hanless. These artifacts, discarded in the 1840s, are the only ones found in Alexandria from a well on a free black property.
The Hanless family's trash was quite different than that discarded by the slave, Harriet Williams. The Hanless' well had fewer serving dishes, and fewer of the expensive imports found in the Williams' well. Their dishes were similar to those used by middle class white families, but with more inexpensive hand painted and plain wares, and without matched sets of dishes
In the early 1800's, the Lawrason family signed long term ground rent agreements with several free blacks on the 300 Block of South Alfred Street which became the nucleus of the Bottoms. The Colored Baptist Society, later the Alfred Street Baptist Church, and the Odd Fellows Joint Stock Company, the oldest know African American association, were located in the Bottoms. Many of these structures and a number of townhouses are still visible on the 300 block of South Alfred Street today.
Sometime prior to 1803, a group of slaves and free persons of color met in what is believed to have been a "bush harbor" along the banks of the Potomac River. Information indicates that prior to this, George Washington allowed his slaves to worship in a "bush harbor" on the Potomac. We have not been able to connect the two. Although recent excavations at Washington's Mt. Vernon home have revealed new information about the slaves and their life with the president.
During this time coloreds were invited to join an organizing group known as the Alexandria Baptist Church. However, in 1806, coloreds formally established a Colored Baptist Society of Alexandria, creating the first black Baptist church north of Richmond, Virginia.
During 1818 several members of the Colored Baptist Society rented the property at 313 South Alfred Street to have their meetings. In 1842 the property was purchased and the name was changed to African Baptist Society. It has been owned by the church since that time, even though possession was interrupted by the Union troops for an indefinite period during the Civil War. It is believed to have been used as a hospital and recruiting station for the Union Army.
The following information from an article by Pamela Cressey, Alexandria City Archaeologist, presents even more detail on the church history.
"As early as 1818, on the 300 block of South Alfred Street, Alice and James Lawrason leased a lot adjoining eight free black homes to the trustees of the Coloured Baptist Society.
Three men acted as the trustees of the Society–Jesse Henderson, Evan Williams, and Daniel Taylor. They agreed to pay the Lawrasons $32.50 annually on November 1 for the 26 by 100 foot lot. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Williams both signed their name, however, Mr. Taylor used an X as his mark.
We do not know very much about those three African American men. All three were heads of their respective households, which appear to be composed of a nuclear family. Each had a skilled occupation, which was associated either with agriculture, commerce or manufacturing.
Henderson and his wife were both more than 45 years old. Eliza Taylor was also more than 45, while Daniel's age ranged from 26 to 45. The Taylor household also consisted of two males and females 14-26 years and three younger children. Evan Williams' household had two adults age 26 to 45, and two younger males who were probably their children. These three men set the stage for an institution that has flourished from 1818 until the present day. Called the African Baptist Church by 1842, it continues today as the Alfred Street Baptist Church."
The church's history lists the first known building constructed by the congregation as built in 1855. A larger edifice was constructed, without foundation, between 1881 and 1884. This building stands today as the "old church." A basement was dug and a foyer added in 1897. A pipe organ, stained glass windows and hardwood pews were added in 1926, 1928 and 1941 respectively. The name was changed sometime during the late 19th century to First Colored Baptist Church of Alexandria and then Alfred Street Baptist Church.
Former pastors of Alfred Street were Rev. Sampson White (during the Civil War), Rev. Samuel Madden (1866-1896), Rev. Alexander A. Truatt (1896-1913), Rev. W.H.R. Powell (1914-1919), and Rev. Andrew Warren Adkins (1920-1963). The current pastor since 1964 is Rev. John O. Peterson, Sr.
Alfred Street was the first black church in Virginia to license women to preach, and also among the first to ordain women as deacons. In 1984, the church embarked on a "Sister Church" relationship with Providence Baptist Church in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. This relationship has been a spiritual exchange with fellowship, pulpit exchanges, correspondence and other shared experiences.
A congregation with an active membership of over 2,000 and celebrating its 200th Anniversary this year, the church works in the community through many programs including their Sunday School, Scholarship committee and ministries for Boarder Babies, Prisons, Sports/Athletics and HIV/AIDS. Sunday Services are at 7:55 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. and guests are welcome.
Dr. Albert Johnson (1866-1949) Residence
On the next block at 814 Duke Street, now a private residence, is the Mid-19th century home of Dr. Albert Johnson (1866-1949). Dr. Johnson graduated from the first black medical school at Howard University in Washington, DC in 1892.The 1900 Alexandria City Directory listed Dr. Johnson as the sole African American doctor practicing in the city.
This two story brick home with its cast iron porch is significant in the historic context of residential development because it illustrates the range of professions and people who lived in the Bottoms neighborhood.
The Odd Fellows Hall
At 411 South Columbus Street, the Odd Fellows Hall is a late 19th century brick structure that was a major gathering place for African Americans following the Civil War. A number of organizations such as the Odd Fellows, Rising Star and the Daughters of Zion, provided social associations for both men and women.
According to one historian "Secret in principle and benevolent in purpose, these societies afforded unique opportunity for community effort, the promotion of racial consciousness and the development of leadership."
The hall has served as an important part of the Bottoms neighborhood through its role in the developing of community identify the promotion of racial consciousness and leadership skills. The stories and lives of African Americans whose lives and contributions to Alexandria, the state of Virginia and American history are told through these neighborhoods and sites are truly remarkable.
Information from the following Sources were used for our walk and this story.
For a free copy of the guide "A Remarkable and Courageous Journey" and other visitor assistance contact:
Alexandria Convention and Visitors Bureau
acva@funside.com
Ramsay House Visitors Center
www.funside.com
Alexandria Black History Resource Center
www.oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/bhrc.
Alexandria Archaeology Museum
www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
Alfred Street Baptist Church
301 South Alfred Street
703-683-2222 (office) 703-683-1718 (fax)
www.alfredstreet.org
The Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum
http://oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/lyceum/
Office of Historic Alexandria


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The other one was better.
More importantly, the night we watched this we were deciding between this, Copola's The Conversation, and Never Been Kissed. We watched Creep 2 There were moments when the title character discussed BOTH The Conversation and Never Been Kissed. So. Wow.
They tried to make some changes maybe bc dealing with the brutal death of a toddler is so sad but the change to kill Ellie instead of Gage set of a very clumsy chain of other changes, including the end! It did not work. The animal masks were also so corny in the worst way possible. I did like all the acting here and all the actors. I especially appreciated Lithgow of course but even he couldn't save it. Oh yeah, and it ends with a bad cover of the Ramones song. Bummer.


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Q: Constrained optimization involving unit vectors I want to find the vector $v$ with the following properties
$v \cdot v = 1$, (unit length)
$v \cdot w = \alpha$, where $w$ is also a unit vector
$(v \cdot n)^2$ is minimized
Is there a closed solution for $v$?

A: WLOG assume $w=(1,0,...,0)$ and $n = (n_1,n_2,0,...,0)$; i.e. pick coordinates so that $w$ is the first unit vector, and $n$ is in the plane spanned by the first and second unit vectors. Write $v=(v_1,...,v_k)$.
Then $v\cdot w=\alpha$ means $v = (\alpha,v_2,...,v_k)$ and $v\cdot v=1$ means that $v_2^2+\cdots + v_k^2 = 1-\alpha^2$. Thus, if $\alpha > 1$ there is no solution.
Now note that,
$$
(v\cdot n)^2
= (\alpha n_1 + v_2n_2)^2
= (\alpha n_1 / n_2 + v_2)^2 / n_2^2
$$
This is a quadratic in $v_2$ which is minimized at $v_2=\alpha n_1 / n_2$ and increases away from this value. However, we have the constraint $v_2^2 = 1 - \alpha^2 - v_3^2 - \cdots v_k^2$ which means we need $v_2^2 \leq 1 - \alpha^2$.
Thus, we should pick $v_2$ as close to $\alpha n_1 / n_2$ as possible while still keeping $v_2^2 \leq 1-\alpha^2$.
Explicitly,
$$
v_2 = \begin{cases}
-\sqrt{1-\alpha^2} & \alpha n_1/n_2 \leq -\sqrt{1-\alpha^2} \\
\alpha n_1 / n_2 & -\sqrt{1-\alpha^2} < \alpha n_1 / n_2 < \sqrt{1-\alpha^2} \\
\sqrt{1-\alpha^2} & \alpha n_1/n_2 \geq \sqrt{1-\alpha^2}
\end{cases}
$$
In the first and last cases, $v_3,...,v_k$ must all be zeero to satisfy the constraints. However, in the middle case we can pick any $v_3,...,v_k$ so that the constraints are satisfied (for $k>3$ there will be infinitely many solutions).


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VANCOUVER , April 1, 2019 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce a convertible loan facility (the "Loan Facility") of $12.0 million (the "Loan") with Beedie Capital ("Beedie") to fund acquisitions of new royalties and streams. Brett Heath , President, and CEO of Metalla commented: "We are pleased to welcome Beedie as a partner and strategic investor in Metalla. Beedie has proven to be an exceptional capital partner for growing businesses.
VANCOUVER , Feb. 12, 2019 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of a 1.0% net smelter returns royalty (the "Royalty") on the Fifteen Mile Stream project owned by Atlantic Gold Corporation (AGB.V) from a third party (the "Transaction"). For full detail of the Transaction, please refer to Metalla's news release dated February 4, 2019 . The Royalty was acquired pursuant to a royalty purchase agreement dated February 4, 2019 and Metalla and the sellers have entered into an assignment and assumption agreement on the closing date of the Transaction for the purpose of transferring the Royalty to Metalla.
VANCOUVER , Feb. 4, 2019 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the "Royalty Purchase Agreement") to acquire from a third party (the "Seller") a 1.0% NSR royalty on Atlantic Gold Corporation's ("Atlantic Gold") (AGB.V) Fifteen Mile Stream project (the "Royalty") for $4,000,000 (the "Royalty Transaction"). The purchase price will be satisfied by an upfront payment of $2,200,000 in cash and 2,619,000 common shares of the Company (the "Consideration Shares"). The Royalty is in connection with two claims formally held by the Seller which covers the Egerton-Maclean, Hudson, 149 East Zone, and the majority of the Plenty deposit which collectively comprise the Fifteen Mile Stream project ("FMS Project") located in Nova Scotia, Canada .
VANCOUVER , Jan. 31, 2019 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that its board of directors has approved and declared a monthly cash dividend payment of CAD $0.0015 per share for February, March, April, and May 2019 on its common shares (subject to any applicable tax withholding obligations). The Company plans to expand its dividend throughout the year targeting a payout ratio up to 50% of its operating cash flow after taxes and general and administrative expenses. The dividend should provide shareholders with a link to gold and silver prices through the performance of the Company's royalties and streams.
VANCOUVER , Jan. 25, 2019 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) announces its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2019. For complete details of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the six months ended November 30, 2018 , please see the Company's filings on SEDAR or the Company's website (http://www.metallaroyalty.com/). "In the second quarter Metalla has continued to execute on its strategy of acquiring royalties on properties with world-class operators," commented Brett Heath , President, and CEO of Metalla.
Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce, further to its announcement on December 21, 2018, that the Company has sold an additional 4,172,358 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.78 per Unit for additional gross proceeds of approximately $3,254,439. With the closing of this second tranche today and the first tranche on December 21, 2018, the Company has closed its over-subscribed brokered private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of $6,781,131 (the "Offering").
VANCOUVER , Dec. 21, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed the first tranche of its previously announced brokered "best efforts" private placement financing of 4,521,400 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.78 per Unit (the "Issue Price") for gross proceeds of $3,526,692 . Due to significant demand from investors, the Company is also pleased to announce that it has entered into an amendment agreement with Haywood Securities Inc. (" Haywood "), on behalf of a syndicate of agents, including PI Financial Corp. and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (together with Haywood , the "Agents"), pursuant to which the Company and the Agents have agreed to increase the size of the private placement Offering to 8,724,896 Units for gross proceeds of approximately $6.8 million (the "Offering").
VANCOUVER , Dec. 20, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated December 11, 2018 , it has completed its acquisition of the 1.5% net smelter return royalty on the Cap-Oeste Sur East ("COSE") property located in the province of Santa Cruz , Argentina from Patagonia Gold S.A. (the "Seller"). The Royalty was acquired pursuant to a royalty purchase agreement dated December 7, 2018 (the "Agreement") under which a wholly-owned Argentinian subsidiary of Metalla ("Metalla Argentina") and the Seller have entered into an assignment and assumption agreement for the purpose of transferring the Royalty from the Seller to Metalla Argentina. The Agreement also includes a right of first refusal in favour of Metalla to acquire a future net smelter returns royalty that may be granted by, or received by, the Seller (or an affiliate) on its Cap-Oeste mine.
Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Royalty Purchase Agreement") to acquire from Patagonia Gold S.A. ("Patagonia Gold") a 1.5% net smelter return royalty (the "Royalty") for $1.5 million in cash (the "Royalty Transaction"). The Royalty is in connection with certain mining rights located on the Cap-Oeste Sur East property located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina (the "COSE Property") and includes a net smelter return on all products mined or otherwise recovered from the COSE Property.
VANCOUVER , Nov.13, 2018 /CNW/ - British Columbia : Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to provide an update on its recently acquired 2% net smelter return ("NSR") royalty covering the Santa Gertrudis gold property owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. Brett Heath , President and Chief Executive Officer of Metalla commented, "We are very encouraged by the exploration success at Santa Gertrudis and the new discovery of the high-grade Centauro Zone.
VANCOUVER , Nov. 7, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of a 2% net smelter return royalty (the "Royalty") on the Santa Gertrudis gold property located north of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico from GoGold Resources Inc. ("GoGold") (as disclosed in a news release dated September 5, 2018 ) (the "Transaction") for US$12 million . Brett Heath , President, and CEO of Metalla commented, "We are pleased to have completed this transaction to give our shareholders exposure to world-class mining operator Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. The Royalty on Santa Gertrudis will represent a long life and low-cost mine on an expansive land package that will translate into a future cornerstone asset in the Metalla royalty portfolio." Mr. Heath continued, "We also would like to welcome GoGold as a new shareholder.
VANCOUVER , Oct. 25, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) announces its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. For complete details of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended August 31, 2018 , please see the Company's filings on SEDAR or the Company's website (http://www.metallaroyalty.com/).
VANCOUVER , Oct. 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) is pleased to announce that it is proceeding to close its acquisition of the 2% net smelter return royalty (the "Royalty") on the Santa Gertrudis gold property located north of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico from GoGold Resources Inc. ("GoGold") as disclosed in a previous release from Metalla on September 5, 2018 . The closing is subject to customary conditions for similar transactions, including (i) notice of the Transaction to the TSX Venture Exchange and (ii) entry by Metalla and GoGold into an assignment and assumption agreement pursuant to which the Royalty will be transferred from GoGold to Metalla.
VANCOUVER , Sept. 27, 2018 /CNW/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (MTA.V) (MTAFF) (X9CP.F) announces its financial results for the fiscal year 2018. For complete details of the consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the year ended May 31, 2018 , please see the Company's filings on SEDAR or the Company's website (www.metallaroyalty.com). Brett Heath , President and CEO of Metalla commented, "During the 2018 fiscal year, Metalla's revenue and cash flow grew significantly with several royalties added to the portfolio.


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Skarb rodziny Pavelów – znalezisko archeologiczne ze Środy Śląskiej, kolekcja biżuterii i monet odnaleziona w ruinach wyburzanej kamienicy w centrum miasta w 2000 roku.

Według historyków kolekcja ta należała do znanej na Śląsku rodziny kupieckiej Pavelów i została ukryta podczas II wojny światowej w obawie przed nadchodzącą nawałnicą wojenną.

W skład skarbu znalezionego podczas prac archeologicznych na rynku staromiejskim w 2000 roku wchodzi około 30 sztuk biżuterii wykonanej na przełomie XIX i XX wieku ze srebra i złota, zdobionej kamieniami szlachetnymi oraz zastawa stołowa i srebrne monety z 1939 roku. Do najcenniejszych przedmiotów tzw. małego skarbu średzkiego należą secesyjny naszyjnik ze złota ozdobiony ażurowym motywem liry oraz brosza ze złota.

Skarb rodziny Pavelów jest obecnie przechowywany w Muzeum Regionalnym w Środzie Śląskiej.

Zobacz też
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Przypisy

Archeologia Polski
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Svend Valdemar Iversen (17 October 1913 – 17 December 1985) was a Danish sailor. He competed in the 6 Metre event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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1913 births
1985 deaths
Danish male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of Denmark
Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
Sportspeople from Aarhus


For these [pipeline] opponents, further massive investment in the extraction and export of some of the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel on Earth is nonsensical – idiotic, even. In a dangerously warming world, we should be investing in a clean-energy future, not entrenching Canada more deeply in the economic past.
Continued investment in the oil sands generally, and in the Trans Mountain pipeline specifically, means Canada is doubling down on a no-win bet. We're betting that the world will fail to meet the reduction targets in the Paris Climate Agreement, thus needing more and more oil, including our expensive and polluting bitumen. We're betting, in other words, on climate disaster. If, however, the world finally gets its act together and significantly cuts emissions, then Canada will lose much of its investment in the oil sands and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, because the first oil to be cut will be higher-cost oil such as ours.
There are more sophisticated analyses of the situation which are necessary, concerning global budgets and international negotiations, but it's fair and accurate to say that Canada's progress toward decarbonization depends on not making heavy new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure. If the Trudeau government or any other keeps pushing in that direction, Canada seems likely to end up the poorer while the world will be further imperilled both by the emissions we generate and the diplomatic consequences of putting fossil fuel profits before collective action to avert planetary disaster.
My paper Canadian Climate Change Policy from a Climate Ethics Perspective relates to this.
"Prime Minister Trudeau had permission to redo the review and he squandered it. His broken promise and litany of fraudulent excuses that followed have not only failed all of us—whether we are against or in favour of the pipeline—he has miserably betrayed himself.


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Imelda Mary Higham (born Imelda Mary Clabby, 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Known primarily as a singer, she also plays the bodhrán, guitar, bass guitar and tambourine. She is known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been compared to female jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday.

Born and raised in The Liberties area of Dublin, May began her career in music at 16 by performing with a number of local bands and musicians. She formed her own band in 2002, and released her debut studio album, No Turning Back. After the release, May relocated to London with her then-husband, guitarist Darrel Higham.

Following an appearance on the BBC music programme Later... with Jools Holland in 2008, she released her second studio album, Love Tattoo (2009). She collaborated and toured with a number of artists following its release. Her third studio album, Mayhem, was released in 2010 and earned her a nomination for the Choice Music Prize. Her fourth studio album, Tribal, came out in 2014, and her fifth, Life Love Flesh Blood, in 2017. 11 Past the Hour, her sixth album,  was released on 16 April 2021.

Early life and career
May was born in Dublin on 10 July 1974 in The Liberties in the south inner city. She is the youngest of five siblings, with sisters Edel Foy and Maria O'Reilly and brothers Brendan Clabby and Fintan Clabby. In 1991, she attended Senior College Ballyfermot, where she studied art, graphics and printmaking.

Her career began at age 16 when she began touring the Dublin club circuit and she was occasionally barred from her own shows at Dublin's Bruxelles club for being under-aged. She moved to Great Britain in 1998 and shortly after toured with Mike Sanchez.

Professional career

In 2003, May released No Turning Back. In 2007 she signed a recording contract with Ambassador Records, and recorded her second album, Love Tattoo, which reached No.1 in Ireland and received wide critical acclaim. She caught the attention of Jools Holland, whom she later supported on tour, which led him to request she appear on his music show Later... with Jools Holland. She won Female Artist of the Year at the 2009 Meteor Awards.

On 31 January 2010, she performed at the 52nd Grammy Awards with Jeff Beck in tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford. She released her third studio album, Mayhem, in Ireland on 3 September 2010, again reaching No. 1 in the Irish Album Charts, and in the United Kingdom on 4 October 2010.

May soon after appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. In 2016, May performed at RTÉ's Centenary Concert to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. In the UK May appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks with the late Terry Wogan and Graham Norton Show and sang live on Strictly Come Dancing. May worked with BIMM music college in Dublin to provide a scholarship (which they named after her) for up-and-coming artists.

May's fifth album, Life Love Flesh Blood, was released on 7 April 2017. She collaborated with American musician T Bone Burnett on the record, who produced the album. Throughout the creative process, May received guidance from U2 vocalist Bono. Life Love Flesh Blood won critical acclaim and reached no. 4 in the UK charts. On 18 May 2017 May performed Life Love Flesh Blood at a special concert in the prestigious London Palladium.

In Ireland, she also had her own music TV show, The Imelda May Show, showcasing the best of Irish and international talent. May performed the Irish national anthem on 26 August 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, prior to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight. In June 2020, she released the original composition You Don't Get To Be Racist And Irish which was used by the Irish government for the nationwide billboard campaign Rethink Ireland. In 2020 she also published a new album, Slip of the Tongue, whose style shifts from rock to spoken word.

Her second solo album apart from her former husband, 11 Past the Hour was released on 16 April 2021 on the Decca label. Also in 2021, May contributed a cover of the Metallica song "The God That Failed" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.

Performances with other artists

May has recorded and performed with a variety of artists. She has worked with producers Mike Crossey, Tony Visconti, Peter Asher and T Bone Burnett.

She performed at a tribute concert for Bill Wyman's 80th birthday, a live recorded concert for Jacques Dutronc, and a live recorded concert with and for Tony Biscontu for Sky Arts. In 2010 she (and others)  performed with Jeff Beck to honour the late guitarist Les Paul at Iridium Jazz Club in New York City, where the session was recorded for DVD and HBO and subsequently toured the US with Jeff Beck for five weeks. In December 2011 she sold out two nights at O2 Dublin, with Bono making a surprise appearance as her guest. May was the surprise guest in Dublin for U2's homecoming show on the band's 2015 Innocence + Experience tour: Bono called her "the other queen of Ireland" as she came on stage to perform "Desire", streamed live online to millions of viewers.

In 2020, May was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called Irish Women in Harmony that recorded a version of "Dreams" in aid of the charity SafeIreland, which deals with domestic abuse, which had reportedly risen significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown.

In 2021, she dueted with Noel Gallagher and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones in the single "Just One Kiss" from the album 11 Past the Hour, and, together with The Waterboys and the Joanna Eden Band, she joined the line-up for Van Morrison's outdoor show at Audley End House and Gardens expected for 14 August 2021 in Saffron Walden.

Night for Ukraine benefit
May performed at Night for Ukraine, a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London on the evening of March 9, 2022, with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The event was organized by Fabien Riggall in collaboration with the Ukrainian pop duo Bloom Twins.

Acting
May made her acting debut in the 2022 film Fisherman's Friends: One and All.

Personal life
May married her guitarist and band member, Darrel Higham, in 2002. She gave birth to a daughter in August 2012. On 17 July 2015, May announced the couple's decision to separate after 13 years of marriage.

Discography

 No Turning Back (2003)
 Love Tattoo (2008)
 Mayhem (2010)
 Tribal (2014)
 Life Love Flesh Blood (2017)
 11 Past the Hour (2021)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website

1974 births
Living people
21st-century Irish singers
Singers from Dublin (city)
Irish rockabilly musicians
Irish television presenters
Irish expatriates in England
Decca Records artists
21st-century Irish women singers
Irish women television presenters
People from The Liberties, Dublin


Burn videos to DVD easily.
Memories are forever, but sadly the VHS tapes aren't. So if you have a collection of VHS tapes, it's time to convert VHS to DVD to preserve them. Once converted, you can play, preserve, as well as share the discs with your loved ones. There are a number of VHS to DVD Converters available and the following parts will discuss the details on how to convert VHS to DVD.
One of the most practical methods of converting VHS tapes to DVD is by using a VCR ( Video Capture Device). Under this VCR to DVD converter method, you transfer your VHS tapes to your PC using a VCR and then using a professional tool like Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate), burn your copied videos on PC to a DVD disc. Under this method, you need to be careful about the available RAM on your PC and the processor speed.
Once the videos on your VHS tapes are transferred to PC through VCR, UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate) takes charge for the rest of the process. This expert software allows converting videos in an array of formats to DVD as well as Blu-ray discs of high quality. There are DVD menu templates with themes to choose from. The process of DVD burning is quick and fast.
Burn any video to DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Burn ISO files and DVD folder to DVD.
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Before proceeding with the steps below, connect your VCR to your PC and copy the video to your system.
Step 1 Launch Wondershare VHS DVD converter and import video.
Install and open UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate) on your PC. From the Burn tab, click +Add Files to load VHS copied videos on your PC.
Step 2 Set DVD Menu template and DVD parameters.
Step 3 Burn VHS tapes to DVD.
On top-right corner, open drop-down menu at "Burn video to:" tab to select the location where you want to burn the files. Insert a blank DVD disc into your PC and click the Burn button to start the process.
The Wondershare software also works as a good VHS to DVD Macintosh converter.
Another way to convert your VHS tapes to DVD is by using a DVD recorder. This is a quick and easy solution but lacks flexibility with regards to menus, chapters, and buttons. Through this method, your VCR is connected to a DVD recorder which directly records the videos played on your VCR device.
Step 1: First of all connect your VCR to your DVD recorder using an RCA or S-Video Cable.
Step 2: Insert the VHS tape that you want to convert in your VCR and insert a blank DVD into your DVD recorder.
Step 3: Click the Record button on your DVD recorder and click the Play button on your VCR. The videos played on your VCR will be copied to the disc in your DVD recorder. You can either stop the DVD recorder when required or it will automatically stop as the tape in VCR comes to an end.
This is another method for converting your VHS tapes to DVD using a device where a DVD recorder and a VCR are present in a single unit. Though the process of video transfer is similar as discussed in the above part, the process is quick and hassle-free as there are no connections or cables needed. Moreover, the majority of these units also have a cross dubbing function.
Under this method of DVD Recorder/VHS VCR Combination Unit, you simply need to put the VHS tape in the VCR unit and a blank DVD in the DVD unit. Play the Record button on the DVD side and the Play button on the VCR side. The video played on VCR will automatically record on DVD. Check the VHS DVD combo recorder best buy deals at various sites.
If technology is not your cup of tea, no worries as there are a number of VHS to DVD conversion services available from a number of retailers. These services are available online as well as offline, where the provider converts your VHS tapes to DVD as well as digital content if needed. The charges for the service depend on the number of tapes, the type of disc required, and other factors. Some of the common VHS to DVD conversion service providers include Costco, Walmart, Southtree, iMemories.com, Target, CVS, and others. Under the online service, you just have to ship your tape to the service provider's location and after some time, the converted DVD will be delivered to your doorstep.
So if you are looking for options on how to transfer 8mm film to DVD yourself or through a service provider, check the solutions listed above.


I have worked with Holland for over a decade. When Sweet Pete's was selected to appear on CNBC's The Profit, Jennifer Holland was our first call. She aligned all our materials beautifully so that our appearance on the show was a success.
Most businesses fail to grasp the importance of branding and do not realize, like it or not, we are communicating with our customers with every decision we make and every person we hire. And, the message may not be what we think it is. Working with Holland will give you a distinct edge over your competitors.


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Donsol Whale Shark Adventure
February 28, 2013 February 28, 2013 / wrightsolution
Mount Mayon taken from the airport arrival in Legaspi. Hello big guy!
We set off a couple of weeks ago to Legaspi, about an hour flight away from Manila and home to the very visible, omnipresent Mount Mayon, an active volcano. I was taking a group of 40+ people to see the gentle, giant whale sharks that pass through the Philippines at this time of year. But I'm starting this post with Mount Mayon as its the first and last thing you see in Legaspi. And it watched us all day as we hunted for the whales. Its renowned for its perfect cone shape, and has erupted quite often in recent years. This was the best picture I took as other days the clouds obscured the summit.
About an hour ride away from Legaspi, is the town of Donsol, where we stayed at the Vitton Resort. There's no much there except for a small town, and a resort built around the tourism from the Whales. After a really early start, we arrived at the resort around 11am and headed out immediately for the first watch of the day. Everyone was put in groups of about six on to traditional filipino bancas. I was quite surprised how large and comfortable they were compared to other bancas I've been on, and there was plenty of room for six Western-sized passengers. Plus we had a crew of four or five: a captain, a spotter, a Butanding Interaction Officer (official tourist guide, Butanding being the filipino word for Whale Shark) and one or two lifeguards depending on the composition of the group. The BIO guy gave everyone the swimming protocol, which involved listening to him, reacting promptly and avoiding the uncovered rudder underwater. The spotter's job was to spot the whales, although it was my impression they spent a lot of time watching each other too. There was some secret signaling system where one spotter would see the shadow of a shark and all the other boats would be alert and head over, full speed, to that location.
Boatman and spotter in action
On that first day it didn't happen very often. We were out at sea for three hours, just puttering up and down the coast, watching another 25 boats doing the same thing. We had a potential sighting twice, but the boats scared the shark away. After a while, my eyelids started to get very heavy, and along with the 4.45am start, and the gentle putt-putt-putt of the engine, my eyes closed and I drifted into a nap. So not much happened, but it was relaxing, good to be away from Manila and out at sea.
The next day I was primed for a really early start, as with nature, an early start is always best, right? Well, not so here. The word from the last few days had been that the later departures were seeing better sightings, and the whales were affected by other forces such as tides and the weather. So, our departure was scheduled for 10.30am, and true to the recent pattern, the day was much more active. After only half an hour the sightings began and ran continuously for the remainder of the three hours we were at sea. A call would go out and all the boats would race over to the sighting:
Shark alert! Everyone race over!
It got pretty congested at times. I saw more than one game of chicken, as boats vied for maneuvering space in such close quarters.
Sometimes the boats got a little too close for comfort
Once the call had gone out for a sighting, the boatman put the engine on its highest speed and, as we raced over, our group had to get ready to jump in the sea. On went the snorkeling gear and flippers, and at the BIO's call, we settled on the side of the boat ready to jump in:
On standby to jump in the water
Then the BIO guy gives the signal to jump! The boat is still moving and you hit the water running so to speak. The water was quite choppy and the visibility was limited, because of the high concentration of plankton in the water that attracts them to the area. I was still trying to figure out which way to go when one the lifeguards grabbed me by the arm, pointing ahead and telling me to swim hard. Just as I got my face in the water, I saw it. I huge,spotted mass, swimming a few feet underneath him. I was able to keep up with him for about 30 seconds before he out swam me and disappeared into the cloudy water. Thanks to him, I was the first person to see a whale from our boat.
It was an amazing day, very active and a little dangerous. I could see the safety efforts were in place, but it was all too easy to get hit by a beam or someone else's boat. It was the very definition of organized chaos. Here's a little video that captures the sheer excitement/coordination/and chaos of it all:
So what's all the fuss about? I didn't have an underwater camera, nor the skills to capture what I saw while I was working so hard at staying up with the whale. But from others pictures on the internet, this most closely represents what it looks like when you're out there:
Seeing the huge, spotted mass in the cloudy water
I'm also including this heavily photoshopped image from a tourist site somewhere, as it gives a good impression of the animals size in relation to a man.
I highly recommend the experience, but its not a passive activity. You are beat by the end of the day! The Butanding Tourist Office is a laudable attempt to put controls in place for both the whales welfare and the tourist's safety. I never felt mobbed or mistreated and we weren't treated like cattle. However, some of their own rules were being broken regarding the number of boats per whale because sightings have gone down in recent years, and I worry that so many boats make the experience less safe for us, less attractive for the whales, and potentially unsustainable if sightings continue to drop because of other environmental challenges. But at least some effort is being made to balance the needs of man and nature. An amazing weekend.
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Cromwell Farmers & Craft Market is held every Sunday from 9 am to 1 pm offering quality local produce, food, crafts and take away food stalls.
There is also live entertainment from 10 am to 12 noon at each market. This is a "must do" for all locals and tourists as the setting is magical with the market location at the Cromwell Heritage Precint.
Come join us on Sunday for delicious local food and a great family outing.


Sarah Bodman is knocked out by two new publications from Manchester-based artist Caitlin Akers inspired by Akers' great, great uncle Billy Marchant and his endeavours in the ring.
The upcoming Artists' Book Market at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead organised by Theresa Easton, features two new artists' books by Caitlin Akers that explore personal histories of boxing in Britain.
Punch and The Fight are responses to recent research by Akers investigating the lives of her great, great uncles, The Marchant brothers, famous boxers in the north of England in the 1920s and 1930s.
Much of Akers research was undertaken at the National Fairground and Circus Archive in Sheffield, where she discovered a passage in a book describing Billy as 'The first bona fide, fistic, folk hero'. This, alongside viewing posters for bouts and touring fairs from the era, formed the inspiration for Punch, the first of two books about life in the boxing ring.
The book was printed using the aptly titled 'Headline' wooden type found in the letterpress workshops at Camberwell College and Manchester School of Art, where Akers works.
Printed on bright pink carnivalesque poster paper, Punch is a shout out loud experience of large, graphic letters proclaiming Billy Marchant's prowess as a champion fighter. It can be laid flat or unfolded to show on a wall, echoing a typical fairground poster.
The second book, The Fight, engages with the language, sounds and movements experienced within a boxing bout. The text takes the viewer through the physical action of a match, turning the pages to encounter – or dodge – visually verbal jabs and blows exchanged by the opponents.


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[ Question ]
Will COVID-19 survivors suffer lasting disability at a high rate?
by jimrandomh1 min read11th Feb 202011 comments
Connor_Flexman
Tl;dr long-term fatigue and mortality from other pneumonias make this ...
jimrandomh
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs in about 20% of the
Responding to this news article which is responding to Bornstein et al
avturchin
I've seen the following quote:
Jonathan_Graehl
I now believe we're hearing "even though the mortality per i...
The case fatality rate of 2019-nCoV (aka Coronavirus, COVID-19) is still uncertain, with estimates floating around ranging from 0.16%-5.7%, higher among the elderly and people with preexisting conditions, and lower among everyone else. However, the death rate doesn't capture all of the harms from infection. There is also time lost during the infection and recovery, there is the possibility of accelerated aging, and there is the possibility of long-term nonfatal disability, such as chronic fatigue.
Since 2019-nCoV has only existed for about two months, there is no data on the long-term outcomes of its survivors. However, the rate of lasting disability among survivors is important for deciding what responses are appropriate. I'm particularly interested in estimating the risk of chronic fatigue from nCoV infection. If that risk is high, this would greatly increase the importance of avoiding it personally and of suppressing it in communities of people doing important work, and would also greatly increase the expected economic impact.
As a starting point, I chose a similar but more severe virus, SARS, which was successfully contained in 2003. Out of 208 Canadian survivors of SARS, 22 (10%) appear in this study of subjects "who remained unable to return to their former occupation" with "clinical similarities to patients with fibromyalgia syndrome". This implies a high lower bound on the rate of disability among SARS survivors. However, this is only one virus, and may not be representative of severe respiratory illnesses.
Good answers to this question would be:
Papers estimating the rates of postviral fatigue from other viruses, especially respiratory viruses, viruses with severity comparable to 2019-nCoV, and among non-elderly patients
Models of postviral fatigue and how they relate to 2019-nCoV
Data on whether and how much lung damage from non-viral sources causes chronic fatigue
Early data on 2019-nCoV which bears on this question
Any research help on this question is greatly appreciated, even if it provides only a bit of information about a small corner of the problem, or reports that a strategy for answering the question failed to pan out.
135LessWrong Coronavirus Agenda
44LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 3/23
36How to Contribute to the Coronavirus Response on LessWrong
13Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pandemic?
Tl;dr long-term fatigue and mortality from other pneumonias make this look very roughly 2x as bad to me as the mortality-alone estimates.
It's less precise than looking at CoVs specifically, but we can look at long-term effects just from pneumonia.
Lung issues
This 10-year study on young children shows 10+/-3% sequelae involving restrictive lung disease, obstructive lung disease, or bronchiectasis. In the absence of a control group, they noted that hospitalized vs non-hospitalized cases showed the expected discrepancy of 5+/-2% sequelae and 14+/-7% sequelae. Apparently adenovirus cases had 55+/-8% risk of sequelae though, and those small error bars do make me wonder if there were enough adenovirus patients to shift the sequelae rates up significantly in the whole population. (Extrapolating from the SDs would give about 40/200 people in the adenovirus group, which would exactly make up the whole effect, but actually n=720, not 200, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.)
This pretty interesting study took people hospitalized for pneumonia and "non-pneumonia" and looked at mortality rates between them. The pneumonia patients had about twice the mortality over the following 1 year and 5 years, but by the 5 to 9 year range this had dropped to 1.5x and by 10+ years it was only 1.25x. The absolute mortalities were about 1.25% in pneumonia patients over the first year excluding the 30 days following the disease, down to about .5% during years 5-9, so for the average person this adds up to about 4% increased mortality over the next decade (so about 6% -> 10%). Notably, COD was only 12% respiratory but 24% neoplasm and 36% circulatory system. One difficulty in this study was that there was somewhat higher comorbidity in pneumonia-havers, though scrapping anyone with comorbidities (including age) still left young people at a 2.4 hazard ratio (and the elderly only showed a 1.4 hazard ratio).
As far as fatigue goes, obviously numbers are very difficult due to lack of measurement, but this study says bodily functioning is still on average about 5% worse at 3 months, and a site reporting on it says it claimed 50% of people still feel fatigue after 3 months (but I couldn't find that number in <3 minutes). Another study says only 63% of people are symptom-free at 6 months. Likewise, this site says at 3 months "most symptoms should have resolved, but you may still have fatigue", and says at 6 months "most people will feel back to normal", but that sure sounds like it easily includes the possibility of 20% fatigue at 6 months and 10% at 5 years.
this research has made me pretty concerned about lasting symptoms. Just to be fatigued for 6 months sounds horrible, and to have even a few percent chance of that forever would rival my concern over the mortality. Additional long-term increased mortality and lung problems might add up to a similar order of magnitude.
The one redeeming piece is that pneumonia is actually quite bad (5-10% mortality), so COVID might actually be less extreme than these numbers. One could take these pneumonia effect numbers and reduce them by 3 to fit 1.5-3% mortality, but since the 20% who do get pneumonia appear to have like 20% mortality, that makes the pneumonia seem worse and thus plausible to have adenovirus-pneumonia-like high rates of long-term side effects, which would move COVID back toward about the middle of the pack.
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The second study has a classic 'adjusting for observed confounders' methodology which comes with classic limitations such as that you don't observe all confounders. For example, they control for alcohol, drug abuse, but not smoking (!)
The first study also acknowledges possible confounding but I haven't checked it in detail.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs in about 20% of the subset of patients severe enough to be hospitalized, which are themselves the ~20% more-severe subset. This study finds 50% survival among patients with ARDS, and 91% survival among patients without. So, very approximately, the risk of death-or-ARDS is about twice as high as the risk of death.
Functional Disability 5 Years after Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome tracked the outcomes of patients with ARDS from other sources, mostly pneumonia (not from COVID-19) but also sepsis (other infections), trauma, and other causes.
Main findings: ~10% died within 1 year, ~20% within 5 years. Of those who survived to 5-year followup, score on the SF-36 physical health survey was reduced 1 SD relative to age-matched controls. At 5-year follow-up, 77% of patients had returned to work, of which 94% of these patients returned to their original work.
Responding to this news article which is responding to Bornstein et al on the subject of diabetes as a complication of COVID-19 infection.
The paper is primarily about management of COVID19 in patients with existing diabetes, rather than the risk of new-onset diabetes as a result of COVID infection, so it's on shakier ground than you might expect given the news article. The relevant arguments given are: (1) pancreatic beta cells express ACE2 in a mouse model, (2) SARS1 was known to directly damage pancreatic beta cells, and (3) Italian physicians anecdotally report a high rate of DKA in new-onset COVID19 patients (no percentage or citation).
This is strong enough to convince me that this is a thing that happens, for at least a non-negligible (but not necessarily large) subset of the patients who are admitted to ICU.
Some background for people less familiar with diabetes. Pancreatic beta cells produce insulin, which is a hormone that signals to the rest of the body that they should eat the sugar that's in the blood. Under normal circumstances, this keeps blood sugar within a narrow range (70-110mg/dL). However, if the pancreas is damaged or if the pancreatic-function-to-body-size ratio is too low, it can't produce enough insulin, so blood sugar rises higher than it's supposed to. Very high blood sugar is toxic to pancreatic beta cells themselves, causing a feedback loop which leads to a state called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which is reliably fatal if left untreated.
For SARS1, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7088164/ says:
Twenty of the 39 followed-up patients were diabetic during hospitalization. After 3 years, only two of these patients had diabetes.
Unfortunately the paper didn't say how many of those patients had gotten as far as DKA, as opposed to developing diabetes short of DKA in a hospital setting and having it treated promptly. I haven't verified this yet, but my prior belief was that anyone who enters DKA is probably going to be diabetic forever.
This is all separate from the question of whether there's a lasting risk of diabetes in patients who were not hospitalized, or who survived their hospitalization without obvious blood sugar complications. This is a hard question; it seems plausible, but we don't yet have empirical evidence either way. My guess is probably some increased risk, but not a very large one, and decreasing over time.
"Moreover, reportedly the virus does serious damage to people's lower respiratory systems — supposedly it can take "…at least six months for patients to recover heart and lung function." If this becomes endemic across the world, even developed nation's healthcare systems will struggle to provide care." https://www.cassandracapital.net/post/coronavirus-the-status-of-the-outbreak-and-4-possible-scenarios"
I now believe we're hearing "even though the mortality per infection is well under 1% here are the terrible things besides dying that might happen to you" more because maximum scaremongering earns clicks and leads to improved compliance w/ sanitation/isolation measures we want. Personally I think the evidence that this is more or less hard to recover from if it doesn't kill you than any other viral illness just isn't there (though there are many identified differences in mechanism). For example, should we expect people with antibodies who never noticed symptoms to be impaired for 6 months? Not noticably.
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18For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue?Q
8Answer by Elizabeth10moPandermix, an H1N1 vaccine, is general considered to have led to an increase in rates of narcolepsy, especially in humans. None of the studies I found even mentioned relative risk except for this critical survey [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2015.1068486], done by people receiving money from the vaccine manufacturer.
9Answer by Elizabeth10moMono causes months of extreme fatigue when symptomatic (first study I found [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670567/] says 72% of infected patients had fatigue), this study [http://europepmc.org/article/PMC/2756827] says 4% of high schoolers met the conditions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 24 months "after infectious mononucleosis" (unclear if that's after diagnosis or what). In that study 11/13 cases improved between 12 and 24 months, but 2 were worse. 24 months out was the longest I could find: lots of studies showed extreme fatigue at 6 or 12 months but that seems more like a slow recovery that chronic infection. Mono is unlikely to be a good model for COVID-19 because the infection is permanent, like chickenpox, whereas I believe coronaviruses are typically fully cleared.
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Comments from Facebook crossposts of this question:
Ryan C: The likeliest kind of disability would be pulmonary fibrosis or some other chronic lung condition from the trauma there.
William E: I don't have any answers for you, but I've had the exact same thought myself. 😞 We will learn more in the coming months from the very first cases in Wuhan, as they recover full or partial function. I'm *personally* most worried about long term lung damage in people in our age cohort, as deaths have been so heavily concentrated in the elderly.
Eliezer Yudkowsky has put up a bounty for a question closely related to this one.
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Here's a paper (posted 25 Feb) outlining neurological symptoms in 214 Chinese hospital patients:
126 non-severe patients, 38 of which had 'neurologic symptoms'
3 with impaired consciousness
1 had an ischemic stroke
88 severe patients, 40 of which had neurologic symptoms
13 had impaired consciousness
4 had an ischemic stroke, 1 cerebral hemorrhage
I don't know how much this differs from base rates - like if I have hypertension and need to go to the hospital because I broke my wrist, how likely is it that my brain also goes haywire? Or if I get a fever?
"Impaired consciousness" doesn't sound unusual for patients with severe fever, but five strokes out of 214 hospitalized patients is pretty noteworthy.


Sinka, M, Jones, T H and Hartley, S E (2007) The indirect effect of above-ground herbivory on collembola populations is not mediated by changes in soil water. Applied Soil Ecology, 36. pp. 92-99.
Eichhorn, Markus P, Compton, Stephen G and Hartley, Sue E (2006) Seedling species determines rates of leaf hervbivory in a Malaysian rainforest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22. pp. 513-519.
Massey, Fergus P, Ennos, A Roland and Hartley, Sue E (2006) Silica in grasses as a defence against insect herbivores: contrasting effects of folivores and phloem feeder. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75. pp. 595-603.
Massey, Fergus P, Press, Malcolm C and Hartley, Sue E (2005) Long- and short-term induction of defences in seedlings of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae): support for the carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21. pp. 195-201.
Raymond, Ben, Hartley, Sue E, Cory, Jenny S and Hails, Rosie S (2005) The role of food plant and pathogen-induced behaviour in the persistence of a nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Insect Pathology, 88. pp. 911-924.
Gaston, Kevin J, Genney, David R, Thurlow, Maddie and Hartley, Susan E (2004) The geographical range structure of the holly leaf-miner. IV. Effects of variation in host-plant quality. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73. pp. 911-924.
Vanbergen, A J, Hodgson, D J, Thurlow, M, Hartley, S E and Watt, A D (2003) Food-plant effects on larval performance do not translate into differences in fitness between populations of Panolis flammea originating from different host plant species. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93. pp. 553-559.
Vanbergen, Adam J, Raymond, Ben, Pearce, Imogen S K, Watt, Allan D, Hails, Rosie S and Hartley, Susan E (2003) Host-shifting by Operophtera brumata into novel environments leads to population differentiation in life-history traits. Ecological Entomology, 28. pp. 604-612.
Hodgson, David J, Vanbergen, Adam J, Hartley, Susan E, Hails, Rosie S and Cory, Jenny S (2002) Differential selection of baculovirus genotypes mediated by different species of insect host food plant. Ecology Letters, 5. pp. 512-518.
Raymond, B, Vanbergen, A, Pearce, I, Hartley, S, Cory, J and Hails, R (2002) Host plant species can influence the fitness of herbivore pathogens: the winter moth and its nucleopolyhedrovirus. Oecologia, 131. pp. 554-556.
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When the background is the foreground
This is today's Impressionist desk diary picture from the Met. It is by Edouard Vuillard and is called MIsia at the piano. It was painted in 1895/6.
The painting obviously has nothing to do with food, however, I do think if I try I can make it apply to food - or life in general really. And perhaps that's what makes it so great.
Now I am no art critic or philosopher but the thing that most strikes you about this painting - well me, and I suspect everyone else as well, is the wallpaper. It's the background against which Misia - the theoretical subject - the foreground - sits. Misia is a vaguely delineated figure - the most striking thing about her being her patterned blouse and the black ribbon around her neck. You can't really see her face and there is nothing distinctive about her pose. The wallpaper however is striking. But that also has no detail when you come to look at it - it's just that it takes up over half of the space, and has such a contrastingly definite colour and pattern. It dominates, and therefore sort of becomes the most important thing in the painting.
And yet it's called 'Misia at the piano' - not 'Green and gold wallpaper' or something that emphasises the wallpaper.
Vuillard is not one of the most well-known Impressionists, indeed the one thing I have learnt through this desk diary is that Impressionist is not just one style. Van Gogh is not like Monet, and Monet is not even like Pissarro or Renoir. They all have their own individual style. Really the only things that they have in common is painting in the open air - sometimes - a love of colour - sometimes - and a break with traditional ways of painting in a photographic and realistic manner. They are moment in time people. And this is certainly a moment in time. There is no feeling that the portrait - if that is what it is - is posed. It's a snapshot. A moment in a piece of music being played - to whom? Maybe not even to anyone.
It is from an early phase of Vuillard's painting life when he was a member of a group of artists, in all artistic endeavours including painters, actors, poets, philosophers, called the Nablis - which sort of translates to 'prophets' or 'seers'. They were kind of mystics. They were, like Van Gogh, and many of the artistic community of the time - we are talking 1880s/90s - highly influenced by Japanese art with its lack of perspective, and bold colour. Faces were not important. In Vuillard's own words:
"A form or a color exists only in relation to another. Form does not exist on its own. We can only conceive of the relations. ... In the decoration of an apartment, an overly-precise subject can easily become intolerable. One might less quickly get tired of a textile, or drawings without too much literal precision." Edouard Vuillard
That's a pretty damning thought about the importance of people as opposed to things, is it not?
So what indeed is the most important thing in the painting. The title would suggest Misia - one of his three muses in life and the wife of his patron Thadée Natason. There are several other paintings of her - here are a few - and in almost all, other elements in the painting dominate, or at least distract from or merge with the figure of Misia - the one on the right is almost Klimt like and even the one in the centre which has less of a distracting background, has a very distracting blouse and hairstyle. But she is distinct from her surroundings.
Misia at the piano is owned by the Met Museum but it's not on view, so currently in hiding in their vast storerooms no doubt, or loaned out to an exhibition somewhere else in the world. But let us assume that it's glory is hidden away in the background. An unimportant work - well at least to the Met - of a lesser Impressionist - whose work nevertheless can be sold for millions - the last sale I found was for over $17 million. But you'd have to look at the catalogue of the storeroom to be able to find it.
What is the point of the painting? Well maybe it's something to do with the fact that the relative importance of things in general depends on your viewpoint. Does it matter that you barely notice Misia because of the wallpaper, and also the piano which takes up most of the other available space in the painting? An almost solid area of fairly featureless black. Does it matter that you can only see a bit of the painting on the wall, because it is obscured by a vase - or is it a lamp - whose colour is itself merged with the colour of the wallpaper - and the frame of the picture - so that it too is not clearly defined? After all he could have changed the position of each of those elements so that they stood out from each other, and yet he chose to merge them all together - the music on the piano as well.
Or is it that Misia is all important but because she is somebody else's wife, then she has to appear as unimportant? Does it show that we are missing something really important - as we often do in life of course. Beautiful things in nature are often tiny and completely unnoticeable - dew on a spider's web, a brightly coloured ladybird, an autumn leaf or a mushroom ...
As to food. An example - on Saturday I cooked a new fish dish which was very very nice, if not stunning. With it I served a concocted potato gratin and petits pois à la française. Of the three elements of the final plate I have to say that the peas were the star. It was not from an actual recipe, but a remembered one, so I cannot claim credit for their invention. But they were a very small part of the meal. Did this matter? Of course it didn't because it was just dinner for David and I. If it was a restaurant meal then indeed it might have mattered as there would have been a hierarchy of importance on the plate, Balance would have been all. Yes the peas would have to have been good, but not so good that they drew attention away from the fish.
Was it important that 'my' peas outshone Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's fish? Well to my ego certainly. Although then again if Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall himself had cooked the fish he might have done - probably would have done - a much better job than I and the fish would have truly been the star.
Okay. Now I'm rambling. That painting just made me think - which is what a good painting should do shouldn't it? Or move you to sheer delight or some other emotion anyway. To be worthy of hanging on your wall for you to stare at over many years, it has to have something very special. So it's tantalising that in a painting called Misia at the piano, Misia should be almost an afterthought. Everything about her is a blur - her face completely merges with the wallpaper at the edges. So is she just wallpaper? Am I? Are we all?
Are peas as important as fish? Are peas really the same as fish? Are we no more important than a dewdrop on a spider's web shining in the morning sun?
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Georgetown, Kentucky (November 11, 2015) — The desert is a long way from home. 7,098 miles to be exact.
It's been 25 years since Sgt. Tony Hendrichs stepped onto the sands of Saudi Arabia, where he spent eight months during Operation Desert Storm. As part of one of the first National Guard units to deploy from Kentucky, he wasn't quite sure what to expect while serving his country overseas.
As a newly hired team member at Toyota's Georgetown, Ky. plant, Hendrichs traded in Camrys for camouflage in October of 1990. During the months that followed, fellow plant workers sent care packages and support letters, while his Toyota paychecks and benefits continued as usual. Welcome relief for a husband and dad.
was deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1990.
While deployed, Hendrichs and his family had plenty of worries, but the security of his job at home was never one of them. He returned to work at Toyota in the summer of 1991.
The Toyota Veterans Association aids Toyota team members who have served in the Armed Forces by providing information about veterans' benefits, offering support to soldiers returning to civilian life and supporting military families during deployment.
To support veterans returning home to Kentucky's three military bases, in 2011, Toyota pledged to actively recruit and maintain a dedicated percentage of military employees in its local workforce. Today, more than 740 veterans are employed at the Georgetown plant.
This Veterans' Day, a ceremony was held to honor these employees, which included remarks from Kentucky Veterans Affairs' Commissioner Heather French Henry. "In countless ceremonies –– repeated across the land –– Americans will pause to honor our veterans," Henry said. "For those of us who work at the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, every day is Veterans Day. My staff and I are proud to recognize men, women and organizations like Toyota who go above and beyond their day-to-day responsibilities to serve and honor veterans and their families".
During the program, 10 Toyota team members received a special recognition for service during the Vietnam War, which marked its 50th anniversary this year.
As for Hendrichs, the 25 years since his deployment have been about more than building cars at Toyota.


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Spellify: How Not To Use Prototype
Submitted by kourge on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 09:10
Spellify
About two and a half weeks ago I wrote about jQuery being underutilized. That's nothing compared to Spellify, the absolutely perfect and horrendous example of how grossly unutilized Prototype is. Read on.
Mind you that this is a spellchecker we're talking about. Let's not pick on the Java-esque coding style. Let's not bash the 17 global variables that can be put in a scope. Let's only pick on library utilization, shall we? Couldn't be much underutilization, right? Or else why would Prototype 1.6 and script.aculo.us 1.8 be the minimum requirement for spellify?
Damn wrong I was. Spellify commits every possible offense you can ever imagine when you talk about any code that uses Prototype. It has its own XMLHttpRequest wrapper. It directly manipulates the style attribute. It has its own IE detection code. It has its own way of handling events. for loops are littered everywhere. It doesn't even use $().
How much does it use script.aculo.us? How much does it use Prototype? Out of 517 lines, only 2 lines call Effect.fade and Effect.appear. No other code calls any Prototype methods or objects whatsoever. Save for crappy for loops and code deletion, Spellify violates every Prototype principle you can ever imagine.
Maybe you can do this if this is your own site. Maybe the user wouldn't notice because they're not developers. Maybe it Just Works™. But when you're releasing this as a package for everyone to use, listing the latest version of Prototype and script.aculo.us as requirements and requiring anyone to include approximately 188 kilobytes of JavaScript just for a spellchecker, where 172 kilobytes of it are used for something like fancy fading effects, you're screwing your users and any newbies who want to start with Ajax. Ajax newbies who look at your code will think that it's perfectly fine to reinvent 99% of the wheel.
Sure, maybe it's 1.0. But that still doesn't justify it. Sure, I'm not getting anywhere near constructive criticism, but what's the use of being constructive when the only way you can make a building better is to tear it down and rebuild it? That's how bad Spellify is. This is Web 1.0 old skool JavaScript slapped on to a modern JavaScript framework. Maybe if I have so much time on my hands one day, I can rewrite it. It's open sourced and GPL'd anyway, so yes, ITFC still applies.
Spellify sucks. Simple as
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Spellify sucks. Simple as that. The guy who made is known to me and his code blew. No wonder he was let go from where he used to work.


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Chargois House
Cultural Resource
Built Circa 1915
309 Polk Street
Lafayette Historic Register Number 016
Designated January 16, 1992
This structure was built by newlyweds, Mr. Joseph Castille Chargois, Sr. and Mrs. Marie Louise Judice Chargois. Mr. Chargois was Lafayette's second City Marshall. He also served as Sheriff of Lafayette Parish from 1936 to 1940, and he was the first Juvenile Officer in Lafayette. He was known for having operated the first and only spring-fed swimming pool in the community. Chargois Springs, which was located on his property near the Surrey Street Bridge, was a favorite recreation spot in Lafayette until 1927. Both the pool and later, this house, were the settings of the beginnings of organized recreation in Lafayette. After the pool was destroyed by the 1927 flood and the subsequent levee work upstream, the house became the social hub for young adults. It was the gathering place for many social and civic project meetings. Louise Chargois was known in Lafayette as the "Mother of Recreation". She founded a boys and girls club called the Rosebuds, which organized games, field trips, dances and other recreational activities throughout the summer months. The club became the catalyst for the formation of the Lafayette Playground Association in 1929 with the help of Mrs. Frank Debaillon, Miss Inez Neyland, Mr. Paul Blanchet, Mr. Charles Gimmer, Dr. L. O. Clark, Mr. Maurice Heymann, Mrs. Crow Girard, Mr. Paul Krauss, Sr., Mr. J. Maxim Doucet, Mr. J. E. Davis, and others. The Association eventually became the Lafayette Recreation Commission in 1935 with members to be appointed by city officials and is now the Lafayette City-Parish Parks and Recreation Department. Lafayette's Chargois Park is named in honor of Mrs. Louise Chargois.


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I Don't Want to Play God: A Response to Professor Tremblay
Justine A. Dunlap, University of Massachusetts School of Law - DartmouthFollow
In Acting "A Very Moral Type of God": Triage Among Poor Clients, an article in this Symposium issue, Professor Paul R. Tremblay argues for the need for triage in the selection of legal services cases and clients and suggests a formula for making those triage decisions. While many of Professor Tremblay's views are unassailable, there is a part of me that rejects absolutely his hierarchy of case selection. In this musing on Professor Tremblay's meditation, I attempt to sort out the basis for my strong reaction to some of his points. I join others who have rejected a system of triage, but my reaction also surely stems from my years of lawyering on behalf of those who lacked the funds to retain counsel.
Originally published by Fordham Law Review in 1999.
Justine A. Dunlap, I Don't Want to Play God: A Response to Professor Tremblay, 67 Fordham L. Rev. 2601 (1999).
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