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14 OCT 1955 — Dairymen Tie Up More Land South of Cypress; New "Dairy City" Overlaps Los Alamitos Boundary Lines
Jun 27, 2011 1955, Cypress, Dairy City, Frank C. Vessels Sr., Jack L. Weaver, Los Alamitos incorporation, Los Alamitos Race Course, Ross Cortese, Rossmoor Shopping Center, Seal Beach, tank farm
When it came to incorporating Los Alamitos had bad luck, but it may have been inevitable. The members of the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce wanted to incorporate for the traditional reasons — local control of finances and services, and to prevent prime industrial tax-producing properties from being picked away piecemeal. The Dairy farmers just to the north in Cypress — had other reasons. They wanted control of their land so it couldn't be subdivided and then when they were outnumbered by the new residents, be zoned out of business. When push came to shove, it inevitably made more financial sense for Frank Vessels, the owner of the Los Alamitos Race Course, to side with the dairymen than subject himself to the potentially restrictive (for him, at least) land and zoning regulations that always followed subdivision and incorporation. {Vessels told Enterprise editor Dale Krosen as much in mid 1955: "In an earlier discussion of incorporation in regard to the track, Vessels told the Enterprise it was not to the track's advantage to be in a city, and he would prefer to be left out of any incorporation plans." Vessels was also no doubt affected by a bureaucratic run in with the Los Al leaders over his proposed sale of the western part of his land to a company that would build a cemetery there. This did not sit well with the residents who got county officials to stop the sale. But Vessels ultimate decision probably was based on the refusal of Los Alamitos leaders to agree to forward fund the hookup of new sewage and water lines to the track. In the late 1980s, former mayors James Bell and Chuck Long (appearing on a segment of the Video History of Los Alamitos) stated that all the Los Alamitos leaders agreed to have a "Pay as you go" policy and that would not permit them to go in debt to pay for a sewer and water hookups to the track (which had just expanded and built its new grandstand). This same policy would stop them from going in debt in the early-1960s to pay for hookups to the Rossmoor Shopping Center and College Parks East and West. Seal Beach w0uld, and ultimately, this is why Alfred Gittelson and the Bixby Ranch Company committed those properties to that town.
14 OCT 1955 — (Enterprise, p1) — Dairymen Tie Up More Land South of Cypress; New "Dairy City" Overlaps Los Alamitos Boundary Lines.
A surprise move by dairymen located between Cypress and Los Alamitos resulted in two boundary maps of potential new cities in the Cypress-Los Alamitos area are being filed with the county boundary commission.
Los Alamitos which has been working on the incorporation move for several weeks, filed its boundary maps Monday, through incorporation chairman Jack L. Weaver. At the same time, attorneys M.S. Bernard and H. Rodger Howell filed maps of showing the proposed "Dairy City" for local dairymen.
A decision by the boundary commission will be held up pending a ruling by county counsel on two problems. One is how to handle the question of overlapping areas, and since both areas are in the original Tri-Cities area [another cityhood petition that would consolidate Cypress, Los Alamitos and Stanton into one community), a question of whether the 50-day waiting period for that move is over yet. It depends on whether the 50-day period starting with the filing of intention with the clerk, or with the ruling by the Board of Supervisors which occured a week apart.
Backers of the Los Alamitos petition expressed surprise when they were informed the dairymen had included much of the original Los Alamitos proposal in their new city.
Los Alamitos pointed out that they had publicly announced their proposed boundaries while Martin Olsthoorn was still chairman of the Tri-Cities group, so the Dairy City backers must have been aware that they were grabbing land which was already planned for Los Alamitos. Part of the overlapping land includes the Los Alamitos Race Course. Dairy City planners have also included the Texaco Tank Farm.
A map showing the Dairy City boundaries, and the area which overlaps the Los Alamitos proposal, appears elsewhere in this issue.
A week later, the following article appeared
21 OCT 1955 — (Enterprise, p1) — In a race to file notices of intention to circulate petitions for incorporation of two new cities whose boundaries overlap, backers of Dairy City won by one hour and two minutes Monday morning.
Attorneys H. Rodger Howell and M.S. Bernard, representing the dairymen from the South Cypress area, appeared with their notice at 9am, and Jack L. Weaver, chairman of the Los Alamitos committee, filed at 10:02 am.
Since the north boundary of Los Alamitos and the south boundary of Dairy City overlap, county officials have not given a ruling yet as to which has legal claim on the disputed territory.
Proponents of both groups have told the Enterprise that a compromise could possibly worked out if the two should get together.
The move to incorporate Los Alamitos is backed by the community's Chamber of Commerce.
The notice of intention filed by by Dairy City was signed by Huubert J. Stigers, 10831 Miller (Valley View) Rd; Harold Struikmans. 5151 Ball Rd; Jake Van Dyke 5252 Orange; and Jake Van Leeuven, 5731 Orange.
Vessels Is Opposed
The Los Alamitos Race Course is included within both boundaries. It is operated by Frank Vessels Sr, and is on the south side of the dairymen's proposal and the north side of Los Alamitos.
In an earlier discussion of incorporation in regard to the track, Vessels told the Enterprise it was not to the track's advantage to be in a city, and he would prefer to be left out of any incorporation plans.
Besides Vessels, there are other large holdings in the area which are expected to protest the move when hearings are held by the County Board of Supervisors later in the incorporation proceedings.
The Texas Company's tank farm is also located in Dairy City, although no official word has been receive from company spokesmen regarding the attitude it has toward incorporation. They requested withdrawal from the Cypress County Water District, earlier, on the basis they would not benefit from sewers, and did not want to pay the taxes in the district.
The LA Times carried this article on Oct. 16, 1955
More Dairy Area May Incorporate
Final Results of Dairyland's City Council Race Due Tomorrow
SANTA ANA— A dramatic chapter in then history of the Southland's dairy industry is being written today as three farming areas on the Los Angeles-Orange Countiesn border moved toward incorporation into three distinct cities.
First step in the remolding of the great dairy empire was accomplished last Tuesday when citizens of Dairyland, a 2½ square mile northwest Orange County sector, voted 50 to 19 to incorporate as the county's 16th city.
New Move
Only last Monday the boundaries for another 4-square mile city, designated by the sponsors as Dairy City, just south of Dairyland, were filed with the County Boundaries Commission.
While voters were approving creation of Dairyland, citizens across the county line in the heart of the Los Angeles milkshed moved to establish the biggest dairy city of them all. This city which would be named Dairy Valley would contain 9.6 square miles and border Dairyland.
Leaders of all three rural areas assert they are seeking city status as a measure of self-preservation against encroachment of land speculators and subdividers and annexation by nearby existing cities.
Dairyland voters, besides approving incorporation, elected councilmen from a slate of six candidates. Three definitely elected are Jack DeVries, with 59 votes; William de Jager, 50 votes; Paul C. Furman, 51. Names of theother two elected Councilmen will be determined by count of absentee ballots scheduled for tomorrow.
County Clerk B.J. Smith said five absentee votes must be counted to determine the identity of the two councilmen. These will be either Peter G. Bouma 43 votes; Peter D. Bouma, cusin of the other Bouma, 39 votes or Peter deGroot, 41. Peter G. Bouma and his wife Alice could conceivably determine by their votes who wins. Their votes are among the five absentee votes. Other absentee votes were cast by Jack De Vries and his wife Gertrude and Howard Van Boven.
After certification of votes by County Supervisors tomorrow, results will be sent to the Secretary of State. Papers withn his signature authorizing creation of Dairyland are expected to be returned from Sacramento by the first week in November when the city will be formally constituted and the Council recognized.
People seeking to establish Dairy City face a possible race with Los Alamitos in filing notice of intention to circulate petitions for an election. Both factions are expected to file with the County Clerk tomorrow.
Dairy City and Los Alamitos boundaries overlap with both wanting a three-quarter mile wide strip south of Ball Road.
Dairy City's outermost boundaries would be the county lines and Bloomfield Ave. on the west, Lincoln Avenue on the north, Holder Street and Knott Ave., east and Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks, south.
If these boundaries are accepted by the county, the southwest tip of Dairlyland will jut into the northwest corner of Dairy City as their only points of contact.
Dairy City, whose hearing before the Boundary Commission is scheduled tomorrow would have an exceptionally high property valuation. besides 45 dairies, the territory includes an oil tank farm assessed at $2,500,000 and the Los Alamitos horse racing plant.
Jasck Van Dyke is chairman of Dairy City's incorporation committee. Other leaders are Martin Oltshorn, Jake Van Leeuwen, Harold Struikmans, Peter Bouma, and Hubert Slegers.
The Dairy Valley petition for incorporation will move ahead in Los Angeles County with hearings and setting of an election date by County Supervisors. Dairy Valley, if incorporated, will almost completely surround the community of Artesia. It will be bounded partly on the south by Hawaiian Gardens which also is seeking city status.
After the Race Track exclusion, the lesson was apparently lost on the Los Alamitos City founders — or at least one of them — who would make known their feelings of what would happen and what should happen in their city. And when this happened, the men who controlled the big developments — Ross Cortese of Rossmoor and Alfred Gittleson/Ross Cortese/Bixby Ranch Company (Rossmoor Center) and S&S Homes/Nathan Shappell/Bixby Ranch Company (College Park East) — all chose to do business elsewhere. All these entities could have been part of Los Alamitos but Los Al couldn't close to the deal.
From an article in the OC Register of Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1980, discussing yet another possible Rossmoor-Los Alamitos annexation:
The question of the consolidation of the two communities, has a long history of ill will.
The 1,150 acre community was actually part of Los Alamitos incorporation paperts in late 1959, when the city aplied for municipal status.
But [City Manager Mike] Graziano said Rossmoor developer Ross Cortese pulled out of the deal at the last minute — reportedly at a champagne party held to celebrate the planned incorporation — because of a disagreement over building variances with the city's founding fathers.
"It was a matter of Cortese saying 'of course you'll let me do it this way' and them saying 'of course we won't'," Graziano says. "The party was over. From a love to hate relationship."
The community was irked a decade later when after Rossmoor attempts at both annexation and self-incorporation failed, Seal Beach annexed the $10 million a year Rossmoor Shopping Center by promising the center's owner permission to develop high-density apartments on surrounding property.
The annexation once and for all removed the Rossmoor community's ability to go it alone as a city.
And it spawned a lasting dislike of Seal Beach among Rossmoor residents that LAFCO officials say makes any question of a Rossmoor-Seal Beach consolidation "out of the question."
"I don't want to go to Seal Beach. That's why I promote Los Alamitos," says Roy Erickson, a former Rossmoor Homeowners Association President and longtime Los Alamitos proponent.
"Seal Beach is having terrible problems. The town is old. They have a lot of obsolete services. They're trying to give the pier away," he said. "Besides, we'd be the tail of the dog in Seal Beach. They'd outvote us all the way."
Seal Beach has a population of about 26,450.
On the other hand, many Rossmoor residents were disappointed in Los Alamitos' showing in the last decade, when the city not only gave up the Rossmoor Shopping Center to Seal Beach, but also lost the Los Alamitos Race Track to Cypress.
"They lost the race track by being a day late and a few dollars short. That's perceived over here as [article was cut off].
6 thoughts on "14 OCT 1955 — Dairymen Tie Up More Land South of Cypress; New "Dairy City" Overlaps Los Alamitos Boundary Lines"
Jane Felice Miller says:
The _______ Olsthoorn in the 1955 Enterprise article is Martin Olsthoorn. He is also mentioned in the 1955 LA Times as Martin Oltshorn – this,too,is incorrect. His correct name is Martin Olsthoorn. He was an old family friend, being a hay purchasing customer of my father, Ted Miller. We (the Millers) lived in Rossmoor at 11932 Weatherby Rd. from 1957 until 1972.
Dave Greaves says:
He wanted to sell some of his land for a cemetary and Los Al blocked that seems to be part of why he sided with Cypress. Cypress ended up with Forest lawn, was that the same people that wanted to buy his land ? Does Forest lawn have anything to do with all this back then ?
Vessels did try to sell his land to a cemetery. That is mentioned in newspaper articles from the early 1950s (although they don't specifically mention Forest Lawn). And longtime Los Al resident and Chamber secretary Lura Labourdette mentions that he was peeved about the opposed sale on the Video History of Los Alamitos series. But whether it was a significant factor in his decision to go with Cypress is still unclear.
1) After the cemetery sale was blocked, Vessels still ended up selling the land (between Bloomfield and Lexington) to a construction company from Los Angeles. So he didn't lose out any money.
2) He still helped out many Los Alamitos activities — youth groups, youth center etc. Part of this had to do with business — for every charity it helped with a race, the Los Alamitos track was granted an extra day of racing — but he did go above and beyond with his help.
3) Jim Bell and Chuck Long, the first two mayors and longtime Los Alamitos leaders, have said specifically that the reason Vessels went with Cypress is that Los Alamitos wouldn't agree to forward fund plumbing and sewage hookups to the track. And some former board members of the track have said that Vessels was really stretched for money at this time — having just spent a lot to expand the facilities and build the new grandstand. — so this was very important to him. Vessels signed both incorporation petitions, but he made himself unavailable to sign the Los Alamitos incorporation petition until after the Cypress committee could file their paperwork with the county first.
I'm not saying the cemetery was not a factor at all, but logic and testimony seems to indicate that it wasn't as significant as the plumbing and sewage hookup issue.


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Commentary: Removed U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Wanted the Same Prosecutor Who was Investigating Burisma-Bidengate Fired, Too
October 10, 2019 October 10, 2019 Michigan Star Staff
by Robert Romano
Former Vice President Joe Biden was not the only U.S. official getting prosecutors fired in Ukraine.
Now-recalled U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch to Ukraine — removed from her post in May — attempted to have anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytskyi fired in March.
In a March 5 speech to the Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Yovanovitch said, "To ensure the integrity of anticorruption institutions, the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor must be replaced," accusing Kholodnytskyi of being "recorded coaching suspects on how to avoid corruption charges" and that he could no longer "be trusted to prosecute those very same cases."
"Those responsible for corruption should be investigated, prosecuted, and if guilty, go to jail. And in order for that to happen, all of the elements of the anti-corruption architecture must be in place and must be working effectively," Yovanovitch declared.
On March 20, perhaps in response, then-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko in a recorded interview with The Hill's John Solomon told him that rooting out corruption in Ukraine was difficult because, in his words, "Unfortunately, from the first meeting with the U.S. ambassador in Kiev, [Yovanovitch] gave me a list of people whom we should not prosecute."
In Ukraine, this was a massive scandal at the time for then-President Petro Poroshenko who was facing reelection in a few short weeks and came amid more allegations that the Poroshenko administration had helped the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 by digging up dirt on then Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
Lutsenko also said that the State Department was withholding $4 million of foreign aid that was supposed to go to his office, which the State Department denied, with a spokesperson telling The Hill that "The United States is not currently providing any assistance to the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), but did previously attempt to support fundamental justice sector reform, including in the PGO, in the aftermath of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. When the political will for genuine reform by successive Prosecutors General proved lacking, we exercised our fiduciary responsibility to the American taxpayer and redirected assistance to more productive projects."
Here, again, the State Department appears to have made funding contingent on firing prosecutors, this time Kholodnytskyi.
A couple of weeks later, on April 1, Solomon reported Kholodnytskyi had reopened the office's investigation of Burisma Holdings following Biden's Jan. 2018 comments to the Council on Foreign Relations about having the former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, Lutsenko's predecessor, fired in March 2016.
Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations at the Jan. 2018 event he threatened $1.2 billion of loan guarantees to get Shokin fired: "I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money.' …Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."
Here, Biden was referring to Lutsenko, the same Prosecutor General that later accused U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch of giving him a do-not-prosecute list, calling him "someone who was solid."
Viktor Shokin, Lutsenko's predecessor who Biden bragged about firing also told The Hill's John Solomon, prior to the election of the new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, that he was removed in 2016 because of his investigation of Burisma, which Biden's son, Hunter, served on the Board of Directors of. Shokin told Solomon he had "specific plans" to investigate including "interrogations and other crime-investigation procedures into all members of the executive board, including Hunter Biden."
Apparently, the Ukrainian officials were not happy with Biden's admission to the Council on Foreign Relations about getting Shokin fired. "Unfortunately, Mr. Biden had correlated and connected this aid with some of the HR (personnel) issues and changes in the prosecutor's office," Lutsenko told Solomon.
Kholodnytskyi, referring to the Burisma investigation, said, "We were able to start this case again… [But] we don't see any result from this case one year after the reopening because of some external influence."
Lutsenko told Solomon he wanted to give the information to Attorney General William Barr. The U.S. and Ukraine signed a mutual legal assistance treaty in 1998.
Then, on April 21, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky trounced Poroshenko in the election on an anti-corruption platform and promising to help end the civil war in Ukraine that began in 2014, garnering 73 percent of the vote.
Weeks later on May 7, Yovanovitch was recalled from her post amid allegations that she was undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo supported the move, according to a senior administration official in an Oct. 3 report by the Wall Street Journal.
This is what the House Democrats' impeachment is all about: Yovanovitch.
This is not about the July 25, 2019 conversation by President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky, where Zelensky confirmed the Burisma investigation, which the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office said in April before Zelensky was even elected was being pursued since 2018.
Zelensky told Trump he knew all about the investigation, "I understand and I'm knowledgeable about the situation [of Biden]… Since we have won the absolute majority in … our Parliament, the next prosecutor general will be 100% my person, my candidate, who will be approved by the parliament and will start as new prosecutor in September. He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue…. The issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue of making sure to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and work on the investigation of the case…"
Zelensky even asked Trump for assistance, saying, "On top of that, I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us, it would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country…"
No, this is about one disgruntled ambassador who had lost the faith of Ukrainian officials, President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo amid allegations said she was obstructing Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts long before Zelensky even won the election. Now, she's coming to testify to Congress.
Ukraine says it has been investigating corruption including at Burisma in 2018 before Zelensky was even standing for election, and was looking for U.S. help to root it out, not the other way around. Where is the quid pro quo to investigate Biden? In a time machine?
Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government.
Reprinted with permission from DailyTorch.com
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Having a loyal pup in the household certainly ensures an incredible amount of love from dog to owner, in a true "man's best friend" fashion. Understanding your dog is fairly easy and it's not hard to understand your pup wants to give you some delightful bits of love with kisses, but dogs can often behave in a more subtle manner as well.
Unfortunately, not all of us are as good as talking to pets as Dr. Doolittle, but here are 12 different signs your dog makes and what your pup is actually trying to say to you.
Granted, a dog that follows every step you take isn't always ideal, but you can't deny that it's absolutely adorable. According to vets, this type of followers behavior is simply because it is a dog's instinct to always do things with your family. How cute!


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After I hot glued the flowers shut and onto the wreath.
I love the way it look on my front door.
I have already planned out my Halloween yarn wreath.
OOOOOOO looks so doable! I might have to try it!
Turned out cute! Thanks for joining the Sit and Relax hop this weekend!
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CDC Newsroom
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OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you for standing by. At this time, all lines are in a listen only mode. During the question and answer session, please press star one on your touch tone phone. I would also like to inform parties that today's conference is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time. Now I'd like to turn today's conference over to Mr. Ben Haynes. Thank you, sir. You may begin.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: Thank you, Ashley and thank you all for joining us today for the release of CDC's 2019 AR Threats Report. We are joined today by CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield and Dr. Michael Craig from CDC's Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit who will both provide opening remarks. I'd now like to turn the call over to Dr. Redfield.
ROBERT REDFIELD: Thank you, Ben and thank you all for joining us today to discuss the 2019 AR Threats Report. Today's report shows us that antibiotic resistance is a larger threat in the United States than previously estimated, and the report further underlines that this deadly threat is not going away. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi are causing at least 35,000 deaths and more than 2.8 million infections across our country. A death from an antibiotic-resistant infection occurs about every 15 minutes, and a resistant infection occurs every 11 seconds. Antibiotic resistance threatens both our nation's health and our global security and that's why we all play an important role in stopping it. The good news is that we know how to protect ourselves from this threat, and we are seeing progress nationwide. In fact, since the first AR Threat Report released in 2013, we've reduced the number of deaths from antibiotic-resistance by 18% overall and by nearly 30% in hospitals alone. CDC data show that comprehensive prevention strategies are saving lives, and preventing device- and procedure-related infections, using infection prevention and control to stop transmission in health care facilities, and containing these threats before they take hold. This success is undoubtedly due to the many public health and health care professionals who stand up to this threat every day, as well as every single U.S. state health department, more than 350 industry, and health care and animal partners, and other federal agencies who committed to take action against it. Bacteria and fungi will continue to develop resistance to the drugs designed to kill them, and without continued action, could undo the progress that we are sharing this afternoon. Candida auris is a newly listed urgent threat in this report. This fungus has only recently emerged as a deadly germ. To underscore the challenge we are facing, Candida auris emerged on five continents at the same time. One in three patients infected by invasive Candida auris dies, and some samples of the resistant and rare fungus have been shown to be resistant to all three classes of antifungal drugs. With emerging threats like this, the modern medicine available to us today may very well be gone tomorrow if we don't slow the development of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance remains a significant enemy and we need to ensure our interventions are effective and monitored through the programs we institute. We must remain vigilant. That's why CDC has been leading the public health charge against antibiotic resistance. We will continue to invest in our country's public health infrastructure and in states essential programs such as the antibiotic-resistant lab network, and by more than 500 local AR experts who will rapidly detect and prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs. CDC works closely with partners like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, data analysts, and human and animal health care providers to improve the use of the antibiotics that we have today. CDC and the Food and Drug Administration will continue to supply samples of resistant germs from our anti-biotic-resistant isolate bank to innovators who can undercover new drugs and treatments. We've invested $110 million dollars in researchers who are studying prevention strategies that can be scaled up across the nation and we will support these kinds of important discoveries into the future. Finally, CDC partners with the private industry to enhance our food products, medical devices, and surveillance capability. Our nation's health departments, protecting us on the front lines, need even stronger lab capacity and specialized technologies, more boots on the ground to stop the spread of bacteria and fungi, and tailored interventions to improve the antibiotics that are used in humans, animals, and in the environment. The global community needs more innovation, new treatment options, reliable diagnostics, and better data that will help protect people and animals. And our detection, prevention and innovation strategies that have proven effective in the United States should be scaled up worldwide, where appropriate. Despite significant progress, this threat remains our enemy, and CDC remains committed to leading the nation in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Join us in this important mission to effectively communicate the risks posed by antibiotic resistance and the important role that each of us has in combating this threat. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Michael Craig to discuss some of the details of the antibiotic threat report.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Thank you, Dr. Redfield, and thanks to all of you for joining us today to hear more about this deadly and complex topic. As Dr. Redfield mentioned, the new AR Threats Report shows that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi still cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year. This doesn't include the burden of c. difficile, which is also highlighted in the report and contributes another 220,000 infections and more than 12,000 deaths annually. The same strategies that can help us fight antibiotic-resistant infections, stopping the spread of germs and improving antibiotic use, can help us to fight c. difficile. All together and unfortunately the U.S. toll of all the threats in the report exceed 3 million infections and 48,000 deaths annually. We used several data sources to generate these national estimates. We also did look back at our 2013 report's data. CDC used the best data available at the time, but we knew and said then that our estimate was conservative and likely underestimated the true burden of antibiotic resistance, and we were right. With new data available, we looked back and found the number of deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections was nearly two times higher than what was reported in 2013. Since then, as Dr. Redfield previewed, we've seen good progress, notably, the data show a nearly 18% reduction in deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections, when compared to the revised 2013 numbers, and deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals alone have been reduced by nearly 30% since the last report. Specifically, five of the previously listed serious germs have had declines in infections, and carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, which you may have heard us call "nightmare bacteria," has remained stable, a significant accomplishment, given just how quickly it spread in the early 2000s and how deadly it can be. In addition to investing more than $300 million in state and local health departments since 2016 CDC strategies have helped hospitals in the United States, such strategies include preventing the spread of germs and device and procedure-related infections, the containment strategy to quickly detect and stop spread of emerging threats, and improving antibiotic use, nationwide. Unfortunately, the number of people facing antibiotic resistance in the United States is still too high. The 2019 report identifies 18 germs as urgent, serious, or concerning. In addition to the hard-to-kill fungus, Candida auris, that Dr. Redfield described, carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter has been listed as a new urgent threat because it is spreading in health care and is often resistant to many antibiotics. CDC is also concerned about other rising resistant infections in our communities. These infections are putting people at risk and undermining gains made in health care. Infections in the community can happen to healthy people making spread more difficult to identify and contain. The urgent threat drug-resistant gonorrhea has increased since the 2013 report, and esbl-producing enterobacteriaceae, which was previously found more often in health care, is on the rise in communities. It is one of the leading causes of death from resistant germs, and is making common infections like urinary tract infections harder to treat. Severe invasive infections caused by group a. strep, which germ that also causes strep throat has also increased since 2000. CDC and partners are taking action to prevent and stop the thread of infections in the community, but stronger focus and interventions are needed. Finally, CDC has listed three watch list germs that public health experts are monitoring in the United States but that could become more common here if we don't maintain our aggressive detection, prevention and response approach. Antibiotic resistance is a global problem and every person, industry and country around the world contributes to it. Given the chance, resistant germs will infect our bodies, take up residence in our health care facilities, contaminate our food and water, and move across our communities and globe. The 2019 AR Threats Report gives us a snapshot in time showing that we cannot rely on antibiotics alone, but we can take action against antibiotic resistance. Infection prevention and control in health care facilities works. Improving the use of antibiotics we already have works. Proper food handling works. Safe sex works. Vaccines and keeping hands clean works. CDC will continue to lead the public health response, but we can each play our part in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: Thank you, gentlemen. Ashley, we're ready to take questions now.
OPERATOR: We will now begin the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one. Please unmute your phone, and record your name clearly when prompted. Your name is required to introduce your question. To withdraw your request, press star two. One moment, please, for the first question. Your first question comes from Helen Branswell. Your line is open.
STAT NEWS/HELEN BRANSWELL: Hi. Thanks so much for taking my question which is undoubtedly a stupid one. I'm having a hard time figuring out the math on this. This report says not including c. diff. patients– there are 35,000 people a year who die. The 2013 report said 23,000 people. You folks are saying that revising up the 2013 numbers, you see that there were nearly twice as many deaths as you had captured in the 2013 report? I don't — the math doesn't track for me, and I also am not clear how then we are now also reporting 18% fewer deaths. Can someone talk me through this, please?
MICHAEL CRAIG: Absolutely, Helen and happy to do so and appreciate that we are updating numbers here, and we're not only providing a new estimate of what's happening today, but we're actually updating our previous estimate, because we have new data sources, and what we're essentially doing is recalculating what the estimate was in 2013, because we have better data sources now to provide a more comprehensive estimate than what we had available to us in 2013. And in 2013 originally, we put out a conservative estimate which was the 23,000. Using the new data sources we have now and looking back in time, we see that it was a conservative estimate. There were more infections and notably there were nearly twice as many deaths and that's the 44,000 number. And when we look at the trends of that data, moving forward, we see actually though that we've made progress, so that 44,000 number from 2013 and overall AR deaths has declined to around 35,900 to what it is today.
STAT NEWS/HELEN BRANSWELL: Okay. All right, thank you.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from Mike Stobbe. Your line is open.
AP/MIKE STOBBE: Thank you for taking my call. Kind of along with Helen was talking, in the recalculation — i have two questions. The first one is about the recalculation. Could you just one more time — so what was the old methodology? Really this had to do with several hospital-acquired infections, you used to survey a couple hundred hospitals? Was that how the 23,000 was arrived at, and then this time, you based it on electronic health records for all hospitals? Is that the difference? And then I have a follow-up.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Thanks, Mike. So you're touching on it. We used different methodology but I will say a bottom line point is that for each pathogen we used the best data we have for that pathogen and used different surveillance systems to provide the best estimates we can because the antibiotic resistance is so complex and so diverse. So the major update here is related to primarily the health care associated resistant infections and yes we updated that methodology pretty significantly and used electronic health records for the first time and the richness of the data that we have is much more extensive than what we had. We have data for these estimates, from over 700 hospitals and really accounting to millions and millions of patient records, whereas last time it was significantly more limited. And that is really what is making these numbers much more accurate, much more comprehensive and much more rich than we had previously.
AP/MIKE STOBBE: I'm sorry, just a little more detail, though. So electronic health records for 700 hospitals this time, and before it was reports from how many hospitals?
MICHAEL CRAIG: It was around 180.
AP/MIKE STOBBE: Okay. And also, of the drug-resistant deaths in 2017, is it right that 85% of them come from the seven hospital acquired infections?
MICHAEL CRAIG: Yes, i think that when we look at the number, the health care associated resistant infections account for 85% of the deaths.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: Next question, please, Ashley.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from Christina Caron, your line is open.
NEW YORK TIMES/CHRISTINA CARON: Hi, thanks so much for taking my call. I cover parenting and I am especially interested in how this data might be interpreted by parents especially those of young children, ages zero through 6. Do we know how many of these 44,000 deaths or so were among young children? Do we have an age breakdown, and I'm also just curious to know what we can tell parents about how they can play their part in avoiding antibiotic-resistant infections and limiting use of antibiotics.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Yes, it's a great question. I think the thing that we highlight, one, is that we don't have data that breaks this out unfortunately for younger ages. There are a lot of important messages for the average person, for protecting themselves, as well as protecting their family, including young children. I'm a father of two small girls myself, and this is something that I take to heart. The things that we would remind people always are- use antibiotics appropriately. That means follow your doctor's guidance in terms of when to start, when to stop. Never ask for an antibiotic. If you are unwell and you think you might need an antibiotic, instead of asking for an antibiotic, ask what can make me feel better. Sometimes what can make you feel better is not an antibiotic. Antibiotics sometimes have very bad side effects. Also note for small children it can be one of the leading causes for emergency room visits related to adverse events. The other thing we would note is there is a lot of prevention messages that everybody needs to follow and these are the things that everybody knows. This is practicing good hand hygiene and other good hygiene practices. This is getting vaccinated. This is if you're sexually active, following safe sex practices. This is safe food handling like cooking your meat thoroughly.
ROBERT REDFIELD: And would just try to emphasize, since you're communicating to parents, you know, I always want to take advantage of any opportunity that you're getting a message, and that we go back to what was just said about the importance of vaccination. It's the most powerful tool we have to eliminate disease. And as you know, our recent MMWR came out several weeks ago. While a majority of parents do vaccinate their children, almost 99% of children had received at least one vaccine, we actually had 20 states in this nation where less than 90% of the children had received their MMR series. So whenever you're writing about preventing from antibiotic resistance and our concerns that we have here, I would ask you to take advantage of reminding people, one of the most important prevention opportunities they have is to embrace vaccination and not leave it on the shelf for themselves and their children and their family.
NEW YORK TIMES/CHRISTINA CARON: Yes a great point and follow-up question for Dr. Craig. You mentioned one of the leading cause of emergency room visits related to adverse events. What exactly was one of the leading causes of emergency visits?
MICHAEL CRAIG: The use of antibiotics.
ARJUN SRINIVASAN: That's right, side effects from antibiotics.
NEW YORK TIMES/CHRISTINA CARON: Side effects, okay.
ARJUN SRINIVASAN: That's right, exactly. we know there's more than 100,000 people per year in the United States, closer to 200,000 people per year wind up in an emergency department because they have a side effect from an antibiotic, and that is especially common in children.
NEW YORK TIMES/CHRISTINA CARON: I see.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: That was Dr. Srinivasan.
NEW YORK TIMES/CHRISTINA CARON: Okay, thank you.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from Tom Avril with the "Philadelphia Inquirer." Your line is open.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TOM AVRIL: –Thank you very much. Could you just tell us what the raw number is for the hospital portion of it, health care acquired? I assume by that term you mean not present on admission. Is that right? In other words you have revised numbers for 2013 and 2012 and the new numbers. Could you tell us what the before and after is that led you to the 28% decline and whether they were hospital acquired or someone were simply identified in the hospital?
MICHAEL CRAIG: Yes, so the data that we have looked at hospital and then community, and community was inclusive of non-hospital health care settings, as well as the true community. I don't have the breakdown for the aggregate numbers in front of me by health care and community, but we can follow up and get you more clarity. We can say, though, in terms of looking at the change over time, and the new data, we have really the prevention of antibiotic resistant deaths. We have an 18% improvement overall, and that's really being driven by a 28% improvement in hospitals specifically.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TOM AVRIL: right, but again, is it hospital acquired or simply identified in the hospital?
ARJUN SRINIVASAN: Right. The data for the pathogens that are primarily in health care is data comes from electronic health data systems of hospitalized patients, some of those infections, as you're pointing out, had their onset while the person was in the hospital. Some of those were infections that the person came to the hospital with, and those are separated in the report, and so you will see in the report a breakdown of the infections that are what we call hospital onset, happened in the hospital, and ones that are community onset. Now it's important to note, as Michael was just mentioning, some of those can be onset infections- the person might have come from a nursing home. That is information we don't know. we can tell you they were either in the hospital when the infection occurred or came to the hospital with the infection.
MICHAEL CRAIG: And that improvement of the reduction in deaths is largely those hospital onset cases that Dr. Srinivasan just reported to you.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TOM AVRIL: Thank you.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: Ashley, we have time for two more questions, please.
OPERATOR: Sure. Next question comes from Amy Birnbaum with CBS News. Your line is open.
CBS NEWS/AMY BIRNBAUM: Hi. I had two questions. Could you elaborate a little bit on what you described the spread of C. auris, you said it was simultaneously. What are the mechanisms and why is that particularly concerning? And I didn't hear when you said, you said it spread across four continents at the same time? And then the other thing I wanted to ask was, I'm a little confused about, maybe you could give us a little overview of what type of reporting there is, what kind of mandatory reporting is required for these emerging threats? Thank you.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Thanks, Amy. Candida auris is one of the greatest examples that we can probably give you, contemporary examples of the challenge of antibiotic-resistant infections emerging. It is a pathogen we didn't even know about when we put out the last report in 2013, and since then, it has circumnavigated the globe and caused a lot of infections and deaths as it has spread. As Dr. Redfield alluded to, we are still trying to figure out its origins. It is unique and surprising and because it has emerged in multiple spots around the world and seems to have emerged simultaneously and we don't know why or where or what the root causes are but something CDC is actively looking at, as well as the academic community and we want to try to get to the bottom to understand that emerging specifically.
ROBERT REDFIELD: It's one of the reasons antimicrobial resistance is so complicated. Because it's not just what happens in the clinical field. Where we focused on both community and hospital-acquired antibiotic resistance, but it also encompasses the animal industry. It also encompasses the agricultural industry, and this is one of the reasons last year Secretary Azar put out a challenge to all the nations and all the institutions around the world to confront antimicrobial resistance to bacteria and fungi, recognizing that it really involves agricultural, involves animals, it involves the practice of clinical medicine, and again, we don't know exactly why this organism all of a sudden appeared really on a global scale. That's unusual. Usually we see an outbreak and we define it and then there's gradual spread, so that's an area that we continue to try to better understand.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Your second question was about CDC data sources, and what reporting is required. As I noted at the outset, we use the best data we have by pathogen and it does vary by system that we use to track that data. There's a number of things that are required in here that are nationally notifiable. Sometimes they're nationally notifiable by pathogen but not resistance so we have to use other data sets to get information about that resistance. Some of them, especially some of the ones on the health care associated infection side are required to be reporting under the requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, and that data is posted on the CMS hospital compare website, and you can go actually to facility-specific page and see how their reporting varies for certain things like C. diff. or MRSA. In addition, there are other requirements that sometimes state health departments have in place so that they will also report out what is the infections they're seeing in a health care facility or for certain types of infection, so there are 18 pathogens here and the bottom line is the report of it nationwide can vary significantly but there's a lot of reporting for the various pathogens covered here.
BENJAMIN HAYNES: Last question, please, Ashley.
OPERATOR: Last question comes from Steven Johnson with "Modern Health Care" magazine. Your line is open.
MODERN HEALTHCARE MAGAZINE/STEVEN JOHNSON: Thank you. I have a couple questions. One, I was wondering it seems like the findings of the report that the hospitals are driving the decreases that you're seeing in infections and in deaths. What is being done for those community onset infections, those places such as retail clinics, urgent care centers, those kinds of things, what can be done from a federal standpoint in order to drive antibiotic stewardship in those areas? And also I was wondering, based on the findings, is it — are the infections that are community onset, are they less severe than the ones that you're seeing in-patient centers?
MICHAEL CRAIG: Great question. The first one on antibiotic stewardship, I'll start and turn it to Dr. Srinivasan to go into more detail. I'll say at the onset there's been a lot of efforts that CDC has led over the past few years to improve antibiotic use, wherever antibiotics are used, and that really means a very concerted effort working with different types of health care facilities on our core elements, which help provide a framework for making improvements on antibiotic use, but I will also just note and Dr. Srinivasan can highlight further there's a lot more work we need to do, a lot more improvement we need to do everywhere.
ARJUN SRINIVASAN: Exactly right, Michael. You mentioned urgent care center so that's a community where we know there's a lot of antibiotic use, a lot of potentially unnecessary antibiotic use particularly for respiratory conditions like bronchitis and we are working with the partners at the urgent care community has really engaged. They've come here to visit with us and we had discussions. They're talking about this at their national meeting. I think what you're seeing is a coalescence of people who are recognizing this problem. Dr. Redfield mentioned many of them, hundreds of them assembled at the AMR challenge to make concrete commitments for what they were going to do, including some urgent care partners, so I think there is a lot of will now, and the good news is, this report demonstrates some of the ways that we can take that will and make progress.
MICHAEL CRAIG: Your second question was about the severity of illness for some of the community infections, and for some of these infections, they may not be as deadly as some of the ones that we see in hospitals or in health care, but what we are seeing and what the report highlights is for many of the infections we're seeing higher levels of resistance which is making those harder to treat for some of the outpatient settings and for the things like ESBL were seeing that that harder to treat ultimately means those patients have to be hospitalized, they have to go on more aggressive stronger antibiotics that might have more side effects and that can be very challenging, so we're in a place where things like normal urinary tract infections that used to be provided in an outpatient and that you would resolve in a couple days are now harder to treat, and that you potentially have to be hospitalized for those.
MODERN HEALTHCARE MAGAZINE/STEVEN JOHNSON: Thank you.
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Michael Mulgrew stood up at the New York Hilton in front of hundreds of UFT Delegates and said that bloggers trafficked in "myth." He fancied himself generous for calling us liars in a manner he deemed subtle. This, of course, was in response to blogs he claims not to read. Then he told us our health care wouldn't be cut.
Let's be clear. In a way, those who say America has the best health care in the world are telling the truth. All you have to do is pay for the best doctors in the best hospitals, and you get the best care. You can have private rooms in hospitals. You can even have them bring all those machines to your home. You get what you pay for.
And UFT members have a great deal of choice. The only difference, of course, is they will now pay more to exercise it. They need only reach a little farther inside their wallets, and they can have the same choices and level of care that they'd previously enjoyed. How much, exactly, was laid out over at the JD2718 blog.
So let's be clear--it was not the bloggers who lied. This blog released a piece that a Capital NY reporter had gotten a hold of, a piece a UFT source later told me was rejected in negotiation. But it's pretty obvious that we still haven't got a paper contract, and we still don't know exactly which changes we will and will not see. Mulgrew rolled the dice and is hoping for the best, I suppose. At his salary, a few bucks here and there in co-pays won't make a whole lot of difference anyway.
i. for fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015), CONTRACT AGREEMENT 2014 there shall be $400 million in savings on a citywide basis in health care costs in the NYC health care program.
ii. for fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016), there shall be $700 million in savings on a citywide basis in health care costs in the NYC health care program.
iii. for fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017), there shall be $1 billion in savings on a citywide basis in health care costs in the NYC health care program.
iv. for fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018), there shall be $1.3 billion in savings on a citywide basis in health care costs in the NYC health care program.
v. for every fiscal year thereafter, the savings on a citywide basis in health care costs shall continue on a recurring basis.
vi. The parties agree that the above savings to be achieved on a Citywide basis are a material term of this agreement.
vii. In the event the MLC does not agree to the above citywide targets, the arbitrator shall determine the UFT's proportional share of the savings target and, absent an agreement by these parties, shall implement the process for the satisfaction of these savings targets.
In case the implications are not clear enough, we've signed a blank check. GHI is a hugely popular program among city workers because it gives a great deal of choice, unlike HMOs. But now members who exercise this choice will have to pay more for it. There is simply no other explanation.
Now I will grant Mulgrew is not a blogger. Our President cannot be called a blogger by any stretch of the imagination. He doesn't blog, and in fact he killed the only blog the union even had. He doesn't tweet, he doesn't do Facebook, and he doesn't even answer email.
But however many self-satisfied smirks he affects, he lies right to our faces. This is indeed a degradation of health care, and those of us who find the now ubiquitous urgent care centers convenient will find them a little less so. And every single loyalty oath signer, likely as not your chapter leader, is bound to support those lies. We've signed a blank check and we have no idea whatsoever what further compromises will be made in our health care.
And lest you forget, we did so only to have the money FDNY and NYPD got, the money they got with no givebacks, but to get it full of givebacks ,and a full eleven years after they did. We sacrificed the ATR teachers and left our health care in the hands of faceless and nameless bureaucrats. In return for this, we negotiated the lowest pattern increase in my living memory, 10% over 7 years, imposed not only on us, but on all our brother and sister unionists.
This, my friends, is what Michael Mulgrew sold to the UFT. This is the deal for which he literally shut down opposition voices at the Hilton. After years of nothing, UFT members were so desperate they voted for it. It's very sad that people were so beaten down they saw no alternative, and even sadder that they were sold it by Mulgrew's appeals to fear, e.g. there's no God-given right to retro, and we'll move behind 151 other unions if we don't just take it.
A few facts are evident here. One is is it's hard to imagine any of the 151 other unions doing a worse job of negotiating than Michael Mulgrew and the people he constantly refers to as "very smart." Thus, we may indeed have been better off waiting.


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"Live steam" locomotives are scale models that operate the same way as full-size steam locomotives: a fire fueled by coal is used to boil water and make steam, which is then used to power the engine. Weighing between 25 and 2000 lbs, these models are capable of hauling several people. Most of the steam locomotives that operate at Waushakum were custom built by individuals over a period of 2 to 15 years. Many of our members are extremely skilled machinists and craftsmen. The club owns several locomotives, which are used as tools for teaching safe and successful operating procedures to all members.

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This latest patch will bring more nerfs to crowd control. Obviously, the issue Blizzard is attempting to resolve is perma-cc situations, which usually are part of the group meta as they seem to want people just playing pure damage builds rather than support builds. There's been quite a number of nerfs over time to CC effects by players but this one almost shuts down the usefulness of any CC capability at this stage. Has the nerfhammer come down too far this time?
Obviously, crowd control in a game like this is pretty important since it allows players to pop an ability to prevent monsters from touching them in clutch situations. A lot of crowd control abilities are on some kind of cooldown like Black Hole, Piranhas, Leap: Call of Arreat, etc. So it's hard achieving perma-CC outside for solo players. With the current situation, you're looking at a lot more diminishing returns, even sheer immunity by some monsters to CC. This is a huge change and it honestly doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
My issue is that the real aim in nerfing Crowd Control effects really was to target 4 man meta situations where support revolved around 1 DPS and three other utility builds. That situation seems to not really have been rectified since the end game meta still ends up being which build has enough survivability and DPS output as well as some other effect to buff up those aspects in group play. The sacrifice made ends up being towards solo players, even though many buffs were lowered or flat out removed in this patch.
The part that makes no sense to me is just keeping any CC abilities in the game at this stage if the intent is to just have people hit things and pop defensive cooldowns at the appropriate moment. That part really removes any room for creative dimensions in playing the game and shoots down the idea of fantasy altogether.
My feeling is that the real culprit in all of this ultimately is the inability to scale Greater Rifts appropriately. I like the idea of infinite scaling in a game but when you have no ceiling, it's impossible to test where that upper boundary lies. In the practical world, players compensate through creative uses of abilities that foil boundary testing since realistically the QA department most likely are testing with very specific scenarios. You can't really fault anyone here because in reality everything is going according to design.
What isn't going to plan is the wishes of players. I never really saw any harm with the metas even though the ideas were pretty silly. In fact, I thought that having support builds was kinda cool in that it gave different ways to play the game. This is a GREAT thing. However, the issue seems to be that certain vocal members of the community hate the meta. But that hate is tied to leaderboards because those are the people being affected the most.
So here, we've identified three issues: 1) scaling Greater Rifts; 2) leaderboards; 3) a competitive vocal community. In my opinion, 3) is the largest issue and it won't matter what Blizzard does because the competitive vocal community never learns to shut up. In short, you can't fix stupid.
But scaling Greater Rifts and its ties to the leaderboards and competitive vocal community is the thing that needs to be examined the most. Right now, the problem with Greater Rift scaling is balancing as many builds with all the permutations of abilities and gear. Infinite scaling is simply impossible to test given the sheer number of permutations needed to ensure fair play. That's just a straight fact. The developers have an impossible task right now because there is no set boundary so they'll just be as frustrated as the community at large.
Yet the only time leaderboards actually matter are in seasons. Non-seasonal leaderboards have no meaning because they are a function of time and commitment. Since seasons are set periods of time, it seems to make sense, at least for me, to put a set boundary around them. In short, set a limit to Greater Rifts and perhaps even paragon points during seasons. Doing this makes a lot more sense overall to me as opposed to making abilities meaningless.
A lot of the problems are scaling problems at the end of the day. Energy Twister was a scaling issue, CC is a scaling issue, paragon points are a scaling issue, etc. Right now, the solution has been to nerf the abilities rather than the source of the issue which is putting a cap on Greater Rifts. Set a flat out limit on the highest Greater Rifts in seasons that can be done and make sure every major build (i.e. set) can perform at that level. That creates a very fair playing field. You could also put a cap on paragon points in seasons or make it unlimited to see who can hit the highest at the end of the season.
Of course, people want to see power creep. I do. I like seeing new sets, new ways to improve my abilities come up. However, the ultimate fear, I feel from the developers' viewpoint, has been the inability to manage the power creep to create balanced game play. All of this is straight out math. But let's say that you want to add power creep. In my suggestion, you can increase the ceiling on Greater Rifts for that season. That way, you can mathematically determine if a set can hit a number (e.g. a satisfying damage/defense within a time limit.
I suppose the counter argument for putting the ceiling on Greater Rifts is that people entering a season late in the game won't have a chance to get on the leaderboards as the leaderboards will be determined more by first completed as opposed to highest number of achieved. I honestly don't see any harm done by that design goal. Raiding in World of Warcraft at the moment is determined by first kills of a boss on the highest difficulty level, so there's not much difference here.
Also, the only time seasons is actually "fun" is the first week, especially the weekend it premiers. After the first weekend, seasons becomes an unbalanced field because it boils down to sheer time commitment, especially for leaderboard progress. The most interesting game play is the first week anyway. Perhaps, what should happen is that leaderboards are frozen and wiped each week during the season so that people have a fair shot over the course of the season. That keeps the season fresh and if Blizzard uses my philosophy on Greater Rift limits, then it works well because the goal here is hitting that limit first each week. You wouldn't have to re-level a character each week, but the goal would be taking what you have and seeing if you can hit that limit as fast as you can with whatever you have on you. I think that's fair.
Blizzard can still "infinitely" scale Greater Rifts by making non-seasonal be unlimited in paragon and Greater Rift limits. In seasonal, they can still continue to scale Greater Rifts just with a little more control on a per season basis where they can increase the limit whenever a new power creep feature comes into play. But the ceiling would exist such that the leaderboards will be more meaningful and the overall worries about build diversity, etc. won't be as bad as they are now.


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package jdepend.client.report.filter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;

import jdepend.framework.config.PropertyConfigurator;
import jdepend.framework.context.JDependContext;
import jdepend.framework.log.LogUtil;

/**
 * 有状态对象
 *
 * @author <b>Abner</b>
 *
 */
public class ReportFilter {

	Properties switchInfo = new Properties();

	public transient static final String DEFAULT_PROPERTY_FILE = "reportFilter.ini";

	public ReportFilter() {
		switchInfo = ReportFilter.loadProperties(ReportFilter.getDefaultPropertyFile());
	}

	public boolean isComponentSummary() {
		if (switchInfo.size() == 0)
			return true;

		return "true".equals(switchInfo.get("ComponentSummary")) || "1".equals(switchInfo.get("ComponentSummary"))
				|| "Y".equalsIgnoreCase((String) switchInfo.get("ComponentSummary"));
	}

	public boolean isClassInfo() {
		if (switchInfo.size() == 0)
			return true;

		return "true".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassInfo")) || "1".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassInfo"))
				|| "Y".equalsIgnoreCase((String) switchInfo.get("ClassInfo"));
	}

	public boolean isClassSummary() {
		if (switchInfo.size() == 0)
			return true;

		return "true".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassSummary")) || "1".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassSummary"))
				|| "Y".equalsIgnoreCase((String) switchInfo.get("ClassSummary"));
	}

	public boolean isClassDetail() {
		if (switchInfo.size() == 0)
			return true;

		return "true".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassDetail")) || "1".equals(switchInfo.get("ClassDetail"))
				|| "Y".equalsIgnoreCase((String) switchInfo.get("ClassDetail"));
	}

	public static File getDefaultPropertyFile() {
		String home = JDependContext.getWorkspacePath() + "\\" + PropertyConfigurator.DEFAULT_PROPERTY_DIR;
		return new File(home, DEFAULT_PROPERTY_FILE);
	}

	public static Properties loadProperties(File file) {

		Properties p = new Properties();

		InputStream is = null;

		try {

			is = new FileInputStream(file);

		} catch (Exception e) {
			is = ReportFilter.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + DEFAULT_PROPERTY_FILE);
			if (is == null) {
				is = ReportFilter.class.getResourceAsStream(DEFAULT_PROPERTY_FILE);
			}
		}

		try {
			if (is != null) {
				p.load(is);
			} else {
				LogUtil.getInstance(ReportFilter.class).systemError("没有读取到reportFilter.ini配置文件。");
			}
		} catch (IOException ignore) {
			ignore.printStackTrace();
			LogUtil.getInstance(ReportFilter.class).systemError("读取reportFilter.ini配置文件出错。");
		} finally {
			try {
				if (is != null) {
					is.close();
				}
			} catch (IOException ignore) {
			}
		}

		return p;
	}
}

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Q: Parameter value '33.42922222' is out of range I have an attribute of a table named ad Latitude, i have set its data type as decimal(9,8) null but when i try to insert the value 33.42922222 it gives me the error

Parameter value '33.42922222' is out of range.

when i try to directly enter the value in the database table it gives the Arithmetic overflow error
i have tried to change the datatype to numeric(9,8) null but to no avail
please help me find out the problem ...

A: For clarification DECIMAL(9,8) is 1 digit before the decimal point and 8 digits after the decimal point.
So DECIMAL(10,8) should work for 33.42922222.
decimal and numeric (Transact-SQL)

A: Your precision is not enough. Set precision according to the maximum value which you except. For example, if you expect 999,999 as the maximum value and you need a scale of 8, set it as decimal(14,8).

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Many people use essential oils for joint pain and to relieve their symptoms, but how do essential oils really work?
For one reason or another, everyone suffers from aches and pains. While some muscle and joint pain can be more mild, constant or severe pain can definitely put a damper on the day and negatively interfere with quality of life.
Using essential oils for joint pain can relieve major symptoms of arthritis and joint strain, especially inflammation, swelling, stiffness, and pain.
Read on, to learn which oils can be used to most effectively reduce these symptoms and how to use them.
Using pressure or steam, the oils are usually extracted from the plant's bark, leaves, or roots. Essential oils have many applications including, but not limited to, health care, skin care, and home cleaning.
Below are seven of the best essential oils for joint pain, with explanations of their use and effectiveness.
Eucalyptus essential oil is derived from the eucalyptus tree leaves that grow in Australia and some other parts of the world. Throughout history, the aboriginal people of Australia used eucalyptus as an all-around remedy including a natural remedy for joint pain.
This oil contains anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and antiseptic properties which provide significant relief from muscle and joint pain. It also has a cooling and refreshing effect, which works to reduce stress and mental exhaustion.
In 2013 a study was done observing people who underwent total knee replacement surgery. Those who inhaled eucalyptus essential oil at 30-minute intervals for 3 days in a row noticed a reduction in pain and also had lower levels of blood pressure.
Many traditional practitioners over time have used Frankincense to treat a wide variety of issues, including chronic pain and inflammation. Frankincense contains Boswellic Acids which have anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. They may also help to reduce autoimmune responses and prevent cartilage damage.
Marjoram is another plant native to the Mediterranean where it has been used for hundreds of years to relieve spasms, sprains, swelling, and stiffness in the joints and muscles.
The health benefits offered by marjoram essential oil include analgesic, antispasmodic, and anti-bacterial properties that work to reduce inflammation and pain in overexerted muscles. The oil is also a sedative which helps reduce stress. For fast acting pain relief, apply the oil to affected areas after diluting it with a carrier oil.
Lavender is the swiss-army knife of essential oils. It has long been used to reduce pain, anxiety, and depression. Lavender essential oil is extracted from the fragrant flowers of the lavender plant.
In terms of relieving muscle or joint pain, this oil acts as an anti-inflammatory which helps relieve swelling around the joints. It also has a calming scent and can be diffused or rubbed on the temples to relax the mind and improve sleep quality.
Massaging the affected areas with lavender essential oil on a regular basis can provide relief from inflammation and joint pain. Lavender essential oil can be used in small amounts directly on the skin or for massage diluted in a carrier oil.
Ginger has long been recommended for people with chronic inflammation and pain. The root itself can be added to meals or it can be taken in supplements.
Ginger essential oil can be diluted in a carrier oil and used for topical massage providing relief from inflammation, swelling, stiffness and sore joints.
The active ingredients in turmeric may help to improve circulation bringing more blood flow to the affected areas for healing and help.
Basil contains a wide variety of potentially therapeutic compounds. The essential oil contains 1.8-cineole, which has anti-inflammatory effects. It also contains linalool, a compound that has been shown to reduce swelling.
Basil may also lower levels of edema (the build up of fluid which is associated with inflammation) and a lower risk of cartilage damage.
Essential oils are usually inhaled or massaged into the skin once diluted in a carrier oil. Here are some other ways to get the healing benefits of essential oils for joint inflammation and pain.
Use a diffuser which releases a scented mist.
Add a few drops to bandages or wound coverings before applying.
Essential oils must be mixed with carrier oils before being applied to the skin. Carrier oils are used to dilute the essential oils and help "carry" them into the skin. Aloe vera gels and unscented body lotion are also sometimes used as carriers.
Carrier oils are vegetable oils, such as coconut oil or avocado oil, that have been derived from the seeds, kernels, or nuts of a plant. While some are odourless, most carrier oils have a faint smell that is sweet and nutty. Unlike essential oils, they do not evaporate.
To treat muscle pain or injury - 5 to 10% dilution = 30 to 60 drops of essential oil per ounce of carrier.
Use caution when mixing higher potency dilutions. Essential oils are very powerful and if used incorrectly may cause irritation to the skin.


← A festival of football – coming soon to Walsall Wood!
If you've a child or children under 4 years of age, there is a great Stay and Play session running at Brownhills Community Centre in the heart of Brownhills this Saturday morning 19th January 2019 from 10-11:30am.
We also have spaces available within Little Green Dragons Nursery if you wanted to pop in and have a look around.


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Founded in 1950, today Bondioli & Pavesi is an industry leader in the power transmission sector thanks to a Group of eleven manufacturing companies in Italy and around the world. Each of the companies is strategic in the creation of specific products, autonomous with regard to organisation and specialised in the development and production of various components. The work of fourteen trading companies ensures that the sales network offers widespread coverage through the activities of hundreds of concessionaires and thousands of resellers who provide customers with the commercial support and technical assistance they need, guaranteeing the availability of complete components and original spare parts all over the world.
The story of Bondioli & Pavesi begins in Suzzara, Italy, and speaks of goals achieved and constant growth. As the first Italian company to offer a complete driveline system to the agricultural machinery sector, over the years Bondioli & Pavesi has dedicated its efforts to continually expanding its range of products and services with the support of a large-scale industrial group organisation and the various specialised Production Units.
The increasingly international direction taken by the Group is demonstrated by its presence in more than fifty countries, which today represents 86% of total turnover (37% outside the EU). The success of Bondioli & Pavesi products and solutions can be attributed to the continuous attention paid to customers and their needs, which in turn is guaranteed by a precise policy of research, investment in innovation and improvement of production processes, as well as the company's willingness to implement ideas and projects in direct partnership with the manufacturers themselves.
Bondioli & Pavesi has thirteen production facilities, each specialized in the design and manufacture of a particular power transmission component. Each company is independently organized to provide customers with the maximum possible benefit.
Suzzara - MN - Italy
The credibility and reputation gained over almost seventy years of activity and market presence have made Bondioli & Pavesi a leader in the production of components for power transmission. The parent company of an ever-growing Group, Bondioli & Pavesi is a point of reference across the world in the manufacture of cardan drivelines for the agricultural sector and of gearboxes used in all types of industrial and agricultural applications, fulfilling the requirements of customers in every corner of the globe.
B.I.M.A. Srl
Reggio Emilia - RE - Italy
B.I.M.A. has been part of the Group since 1997 but it had begun its successful collaboration with Bondioli & Pavesi ten years earlier. It is the Production Unit that specialises in the design and manufacture of parallel axis gearboxes, which are available in an extensive range of standard configurations or can be developed and custom made to meet any specific need.
HP HYDRAULIC SpA
Pieve di Cento - BO - Italy
The company has been part of the Bondioli & Pavesi Group for over thirty years and specialises in the production of axial piston pumps and motors, gear pumps and motors, and servocontrols, which are used for a host of industrial and agricultural mechanisation applications. This Production Unit has recently taken over SM Oleodinamica Srl, which joined the Group in 2014 bringing its range of axial piston pumps and motors, and pump-motor coupling systems with it.
DINOIL SpA
Montecchio Maggiore - VI - Italy
DINOIL joined the Bondioli & Pavesi Group in 1986 and is responsible for the design and construction of directional control valves, which are used in an extensive range of applications in the agricultural, construction and earth moving sectors. In line with the company philosophy, these products are available as part of a standard range or are developed in close collaboration with the customer for use in specific applications.
TECNOMEK SpA
Lestans - PN - Italy
This modern plant is dedicated to the manufacture of the high-precision components that are used in the pumps and valves produced in all the Group's plants. This Production Unit demonstrates the importance of a strategy that focuses on investment in technology, with a view to making components that are increasingly innovative and reliable, to be used directly in the manufacturing processes of the companies that make up the Bondioli & Pavesi Group.
FIRA SpA
Dosso Terre del Reno - FE - Italy
This company specialises in the production of high-quality heat exchangers, using cutting-edge technologies in the production of aluminium radiator cores, with the ability to provide the market with both standard and customised heat exchangers in traditional, combined and giant versions. Part of the Group since 1987, the company is particularly renowned for its applications involving mobile machinery and industrial installations.
OM PROTIVÍN a. s.
Protivín - Czech Republic
The company boasts a history spanning more than 100 years and was established as a division specialising in machining complete gearboxes and components for the motorcycle industry. Today, its activities are concentrated on the production of precision gears and it remains a point of reference within this sector, whilst also manufacturing gearboxes used both in agricultural and industrial applications. Although it became part of the Bondioli & Pavesi Group in 2007, its headquarters continue to be in the Czech Republic.
BPN TRANSMISSÕES Ltda - BRASIL
Santana De Parnaiba - SP - Brazil
The company was founded in 2000 as part of a joint venture between Bondioli & Pavesi and Engrecon S/A, a Brazilian company specialising in the construction of gearboxes for agriculture machinery and for special applications. Today, it enjoys a reputation for reliability and is an ideal partner for mobile machinery manufacturers, uniting the best aspects of the company's international experience with its consolidated presence throughout Brazil.
BP COMPONENTES HIDRÁULICOS E MECÂNICOS Ltda - BRASIL
Caxias Do Sul - RS - Brazil
Founded in 2002, the company manufactures cardan transmissions and directional control valves, as well as marketing a range of hydraulic products on the Brazilian and Latin American markets. The decision taken by Bondioli & Pavesi to open a production plant on site has proven to be a resounding success, enabling the exploitation of the full potential of the economic growth in Brazil and in South American as a whole.
BONDIOLI & PAVESI HYDRAULIC AND MECHANICAL COMPONENT Co. LTD
Founded in 2000 as a representative office, the Chinese company has developed into a central buying hub, focusing on all activities related to representing the company on the Chinese market. Today, the sales division operates alongside a production plant dedicated to the manufacture of cardan transmissions and directional control valves for the Chinese and international markets.
BONDIOLI & PAVESI INDIA PVT. LTD.
Chakan Pune - India
Bondioli & Pavesi India commenced operations in 2012 producing pumps, axial piston motors and directional control valves for the leading local manufacturers of agricultural and mobile machinery, construction projects and public works. In the Chakan Pune plant, key European components and parts machined in India are assembled with a guarantee of the highest possible quality standards. Each component produced is tested on special test benches in order to ensure utmost reliability and convenience.
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"You know that old saw about a plane flying from California to Hawaii being off course 99% of the time—but constantly correcting? The same is true of successful startups—except they may start out heading toward Alaska." —-Evan Williams It's the same story again and again.
It's the same story again and again. First, a team comes up with an idea.
Next, they build a minimum viable product (MVP) as a proof of concept, spending a lot of time arguing about which features to include or exclude from the MVP. Finally, if the MVP works well, they plan on building the full, mature, stable product.
So what's wrong with this picture? Why does it all go wrong for so many startups?
The problem is that these teams do not understand the point of an MVP. An MVP is not just a product with half of the features chopped out, or a way to get the product out the door a little earlier. In fact, the MVP doesn't have to be a product at all. And it's not something you build only once, and then consider the job done.
An MVP is a process that you repeat over and over again: Identify your riskiest assumption, find the smallest possible experiment to test that assumption, and use the results of the experiment to course correct.
In a post-mortem of more than 100 startups, CB Insights found that the number one cause of startup failure (42% of the time) was "no market need." Nearly half of these startups spent months or even years building a product before they found out that they were wrong in their most central assumption: that someone was interested in that product in the first place.
The only way to find that out—the only way to test your assumptions—is to put your product in front of real users as quickly as possible. And when you do, you will often find that you have to go back to the drawing board. In fact, you'll have to go back to the drawing board not just once, but over and over again.
This is not unique to product development. When you're writing a book or an essay, you have to produce many drafts and spend lots of time editing. And when you're writing code, you frequently have to refactor or even rewrite the code.2 Every creative human endeavor requires an enormous amount of trial-and-error.
In a trial-and-error world, the one who can find errors the fastest wins. Some people call this philosophy "fail fast." At TripAdvisor, we called it "Speed Wins." Eric Ries called it Lean. Kent Beck and other programmers called it Agile. Whatever you call it, the point is to find out which of your assumptions are wrong by getting feedback on your product from real users as quickly as possible.
You decide to build a product that allows restaurant owners to create a mobile app for their restaurants in just a few clicks. It'll have a simple drag and drop interface, a bunch of pre-built templates, an events calendar, newsletter, check-ins, photo galleries, real-time chat, integration with review sites, social networks, and Google Maps. And most importantly, it'll offer a way to make reservations, place take-out orders, and use coupons, from which you'll take a small cut as a way to monetize your product. This is going to be awesome!
You find a few friends to join you as co-founders and, if you're a typical startup team, you'll raise some money, lock yourselves in a room for 12 months, and try to build all these features. If you're slightly more savvy, you'll cut a few features that aren't essential for the first launch, so you'll be able to launch your "MVP" in 8 months instead of 12.
And in both cases, you're most likely going to fail.


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Anne van het Groene Huis, een boek van de Canadese schrijfster Lucy Maud Montgomery uit 1908
Verfilmingen van dit boek:
Anne of Green Gables (1919), film uit 1919 met Mary Miles Minter in de titelrol
Anne of Green Gables (1934), film uit 1934 met Anne Shirley in de titelrol
Anne of Windy Poplars, het vervolg uit 1940 op  de filmversie uit 1934
Anne of Green Gables (1956), televisiefilm uit 1956 met Toby Tarnow in de titelrol
Anne of Green Gables (1972), miniserie uit 1972 met Kim Braden in de titelrol
Anne of Green Gables (1985), film uit 1985 met Megan Follows in de titelrol
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, het vervolg uit 1987 op de filmversie uit 1985
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, het vervolg uit 2000 op de filmversie uit 1987
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, het vervolg uit 2009 op de filmversie uit 2000
Anne of Green Gables (animatieserie), Japanse animatieserie die uit 50 afleveringen bestond
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, Canadese animatieserie
Anne with an E, een 7-delige serie op Netflix

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