I'm living with the remains of a pituitary tumour, dependent on hydrocortisone, levothyroxine and testosterone replacements. I'm diagnosed as having acromegaly, so also take cabergoline to control the growth hormone that my pituitary is still producing. There are the usual mood swings and fatigue but there's one thing that recently went critical - my digestive system. Currently my bowels seem to be on a go-slow. The critical point came at the end of March with a pain in my left side that I couldn't locate and got worse. It fluctuated between a dull ache and a piercing stab like a 'stitch' that made it hard to stand or walk. This lasted the whole of April while I tried to discover the cause. Possibilities were a trapped nerve in my lower back, a urinary infection or a kidney stone. A CT scan eliminated the latter, while there were no signs of an infection. Eventually I was prescribed an anti-inflammatory that got rid of the pain within a week. That's when I realised I hadn't been to the toilet for days. I keep a health diary to keep track of my medication and, looking back over this, realised this had been building up for some time. I've had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) before and this seemed similar, so started taking Colofac to deal with it. That, plus laxatives, got things moving again … but slowly. Typically my movements are very thin and need a lot of effort to force out. I had a consultation with a colorectal surgeon who reckoned I didn't have bowel cancer (I had a colonoscopy two years ago). He recommended a high fibre diet and a different anti-spasmodic drug. While these have been useful, I suspect that this problem could be linked to my pituitary condition or the treatment for it. It also seems to involve more fatigue than usual. My endocrinologist tells me there are no connections he's aware of. On the other hand a Pituitary Foundation telephone buddy I contacted has had the same thing himself a number of times and said that live yoghurt worked for him, or one of its active ingredients, L. acidophilus in tablet form. I've tried the yoghurt and generally things are moving a bit better, but my colon is still fluctuating from nearly normal to tight. If there is anyone else who has had similar experiences, I'd be very interested to hear from them and what, if any, other remedies they've found.
I wrote the above in early July but have held it back till now because my GP queried my thyroid hormone levels. My endocrinologist refuted this and I've been told after a more recent test that they're normal. Just now I read Christine's story in the Pituitary Foundations e-bulletin. What stood out for me in the horrors she went through was her hernia. I also had one around the same time as my pituitary adenoma made its presence felt, though I didn't connect the two and neither has anyone else. I'd like to hear if anyone else out there has had the same thing.
I've got active Acromegaly following surgery and Gamma Knife and now on Lanreotide injections monthly. Before I had my first colonoscopy I did some research and came across the reference at this link http://gut.bmj.com/content/gutjnl/51/suppl_5/v13.full.pdf. It says some important stuff about bowel transit time, last paragraph on first page, and I pointed this out to my endocrinologist whose response was "I didn't know that".
I am currently finding the need for regular codeine to manage neuralgia has resulted in even slower transit times - although the lanreotide does its best to cure that (and it's very uncomfortable while the attempt is made). So basically constipation is a common consequence of acromegaly. I am currently prescribed Fibogel and I use one Dulcoease for every 30mg of Codeine I have to take. It doesn't keep me regular but does avoid the 2 weeks between motion issues.
Hi Tim, thanks for the reply and the link. Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. Was too busy through November & December to log onto the forum and since then had a load of problems with computers and getting the forum to let me back in.
Sounds like you're having an even tougher time than me. I had an episode of sciatica just before the pituitary condition kicked in and was on codeine phosphate for about 6 weeks. Result of that was a hernia. I'd recommend asking your GP for a different pain killer. Can't recall which I was finally prescribed for the gut pain but it worked. I haven't had anything as severe as that since, though my bowels still act like a concertina - sometimes tight, sometimes less so. Never heard that acromegaly could make your bowels longer and wider. Don't think that's happened to mine ... or at least no-one's said so. A year or so previously I'd had a colonoscopy on my consultant's advice and they zapped a few minor polyps. I wondered if that had upset my guts even more and don't fancy doing it again.
Shame no-one else has contributed to this theme. I wish the medical teams knew more about it.
Things have moved on in the metaphorical sense as well as more literally.
I'm now on stuff called Gabapentin which is helping with the pain; it's an antiepileptic but has the side effect of modifying how your brain perceives pain. That means the amount of codeine has reduced significantly, although not to zero.
Acromegaly can cause to overgrowth of any soft tissue and the quacks never mention this but it can have effects on any organ. Typically the length and diameter of the colon increase by about 10% which doesn't sound a lot but can significantly affect how it works.
The Pituitary Foundation Acromegaly leaflet is lacking in some likely useful information in this area, for example why colonoscopies are recommended at least every 5 years, and usually every 3 if you have polyps which justify removal.
I hope that your situation does improve.
Unfortunately, I am don't have any helpful suggestions, as although I have recently diagnosed acromegaly, and awaiting surgery at some point in the next few months, my stomach & bowel system seems to be unaffected (or not severely enough to cause trouble.
It is slightly frustrating how quiet the forum, with the exception of a very few members (such as Tim) willing to actively comment.
So I just I thought I would just quickly wish you well, even if I cannot provide any help.
Thanks for bringing up the colonoscopy information - we will be working on this as soon as possible.


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Accompanying Janell Hobson's Currents essay, "Celebrity Feminism: More Than a Gateway"
Feminist Beyhive | Politics of Visibility | Girls & Media | Beauty, the Body, & Sexuality | Teachable Signs Articles
Fien Adriaens and Sofie Van Bauwel, "Sex and the City: A Postfeminist Point of View? Or How Popular Culture Functions as a Channel for Feminist Discourse," The Journal of Popular Culture, 2014.
Inna Arzumanova, "The Culture Industry and Beyoncé's Proprietary Blackness," Celebrity Studies, 2016.
Ligia Campos de Cerqueira Lana, "Media Visibility on the Formation of Female Celebrity: Catarina, a Virgin for Auction," Comunicacao, Midia E Consumo, 2013.
Ellis Cashmore, "Buying Beyoncé," Celebrity Studies, 2010.
Megan Chawansky and Jessica Francombe, "Wanting to Be Anna: Examining Lesbian Sporting Celebrity on The L Word," Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2013.
Cheryl L. Cole and Amy Hribar, "Celebrity Feminism: Nike Style Post-Fordism, Transcendence, and Consumer Power," Sociology of Sport, 1995.
Jeremiah Favara, "A Maternal Heart: Angelina Jolie, Choices of Maternity, and Hegemonic Femininity in People Magazine," Feminist Media Studies, 2015.
Stephanie Genz, "Singled Out: Postfeminism's 'New Woman' and the Dilemma of Having It All," The Journal of Popular Culture, 2010.
Michael Jeffries, "Hip Hop Feminism and Failure," Palimpsest: A Journal of Women, Gender, and the Black International, 2012.
Robin Johnson, "The Discreet Charm of the Petite Celebrity: Gender, Consumption and Celebrity on My Super Sweet 16," Celebrity Studies, 2010.
Barbara Marshall and Momin Rahman, "Celebrity, Ageing and the Construction of 'Third Age' Identities," International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2015.
Linda Mizejewski, "Feminism, Postfeminism, Liz Lemonism: Comedy and Gender Politics on 30 Rock," Genders, 2012.
Diane Negra, "Claiming Feminism: Commentary, Autobiography and Advice Literature for Women in the Recession," Journal of Gender Studies, 2014.
Eleanor Patterson, "Fracturing Tina Fey: A Critical Analysis of Postfeminist Television Comedy Stardom," The Communication Review, 2012.
Marilyn Crafton Smith, "Woman Created, Woman Transfigured, Woman Consumed: An Introduction," NWSA Journal, 1999.
Anthea Taylor, "Celebrity (Post)feminism, the Sixties Feminist Blockbuster and Down with Love," The Sixties, 2010.
Alyxandra Vesey, "Putting Her on the Shelf: Pop Star Fragrances and Post-Feminist Entrepreneurialism," Feminist Media Studies, 2015.
Jennifer Wicke, "Celebrity Material: Materialist Feminism and the Culture of Celebrity," South Atlantic Quarterly, 1994.
Karin G. Wilkins, "Celebrity as Celebration of Privatization in Global Development: A Critical Feminist Analysis of Oprah, Madonna, and Angelina," Communication, Culture and Critique, 2015.
Milly Williamson, "Female Celebrities and the Media: The Gendered Denigration of the 'Ordinary' Celebrity," Celebrity Studies, 2010.
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Sarah Blout Rosenburg, Girl Power: All Dolled Up, 2011
Aaron Barlow, Star Power: The Impact of Branded Celebrity, 2014.
Trystan T. Cotten and Kimberly Springer, Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture, 2009.
Susan J. Douglas, Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, 1995.
Aisha Durham, Home with Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture, 2014.
Joshua Gamson, Claim to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America, 1994.
Rosalind Gill and Christina Scharff, New Femininities, Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity, 2011.
Jorie Lagerwey, Postfeminist Celebrity and Motherhood: Brand Mom, 2016.
Radha Sarma Hegde, Circuits of Visibility : Gender and Transnational Media Cultures, 2011.
Niall Richardson and Sadie Wearing, Gender in the Media, 2014.
Heather Savigny and Helen Warner, The Politics of Being a Woman: Feminism, Media and 21st Century Popular Culture, 2015.
Suzanna Danuta Walters, Material Girls: Making Sense of Feminist Cultural Theory, 1995.
Imelda Whelehan, Overloaded Popular Culture and the Future of Feminism, 2000.
Shoshanna Ehrlich, Holloway Sparks, Jamia Wilson, and Andi Zeisler discuss Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her, with a response from Chemaly.
Marci Bianco, "We Sold Feminism to the Masses, and Now It Means Nothing," Quartz, May 26, 2016.
Brittney Cooper, "On bell, Beyonce', and Bullshit," Crunk Feminist Collective, May 20, 2014.
Hanna Flint, "Suffragette Is Good for White Feminism, Bad for Intersectionality," Metro, October 12, 2015.
Hadley Freeman, "From Shopping to Naked Selfies: How 'Empowerment' Lost Its Meaning," The Guardian, April 19, 2016.
Benji Hart, "Our Obsession with Black Celebrity Is Undermining Our Movement," Huffington Post, February 2016.
Susan Hopkins, "'Bow Down, Bitches': When Celebrity Feminism Goes Wrong," SBS, February 25, 2016.
CeeJay Lee, "Venturing into Enemy's Territory? K-Pop and Feminism," FEM: UCLA's Feminist Newsmagazine, November 28, 2014.
Jessica McCarthy, "2014 Turned Feminism into a Brand--and That's Not a Bad Thing," Quartz, December 31, 2014.
Arielle Newton, "Nicki Minaj and the Foolish Belief That This Is Feminism," Black Millennials, July 31, 2014.
Andrew Pulver, "Meryl Streep Defends Feminist Credentials as Suffragette Opens in London Film Festival," The Guardian, 2015.
Soraya Roberts, "Why Can't Canada Build a Feminist Brand?" This Magazine, 2015.
Dana Scott, "Young Thug: Yes, His Drag Imagery Is Meant For Exploitation," HipHopDX, August 26, 2016.
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Amanda Marcotte, "Aziz Ansari Is Better Than Most Celebrities at Talking About Feminism," Slate, October 7, 2014.
Tanya Steele, "Beyonce Serenades Teen Boys and Black Feminists," IndieWire, December 16, 2013.
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X5III Firmware 1.2.4 - Not yet OK for me... - General Discussion - FiiO Forums - Powered by Discuz!
That's great for releasing the new version 1.2.4, now scanning of songs work. That's one good point.
- every time the play will resume later in the track, sometimes even switching to the next track!!!!
Maybe I am the only one to have this, in this case it's bad luck and I hope the team can help me with that. But I already cleared the cache, the date, the databases, flashed using the windows tool, etc... nothing is working!!! I cannot be the only one am I ?
I tried to cause the error that you indicate, but it does not happen to me. I put it on pause, and 5 minutes later, it returns to the point where I stopped it. No problem. Try to do a clean installation of the system.
Mine is randomly pausing itself after installing the new firmware.
Try to upgrade from the device. Do a system restore to system default, and when restart, upgrade from sd card. This way works for me.
I've upgraded my X5 to 1.2.4 and now I can't play 176Khz files! they sound with a huge noise! Please fix it asap!
Please provide your music files to us for check. Which output are you using?
Could please help answering the first issue exposed in this topic also?
I just tried downgrading to 1.2.1, there is no issue. When I upgrade to 1.2.4 there is the issue. So this is not a problem I can solve by some manipulation. Please help solving this issue that is not acceptable for any music player, on at least give me a magical solution to temporarily fix it.
sold my Red X5 3rd gen device on Ebay (reasonable price ) and bought an X7 Mark II .
along with the coaxial digital output.
I would like an answer from FiiO on the initial subject of this topic, please. Read above my issue and here again how to reproduce.
With the firmware 1.2.4 i have problems with the Pause, Freeze issues, my second card dissappears from the browser after a freeze and i have to reset the player....slow function, theres a lot of problems, i had to go back to 1.2.3.
Mine too, randomly pauses making it essentially useless! Was fine before I upgraded the firware. Anyone know how I can roll back the firware?
Istalled 1.2.4 solved that problem and removed lot of lag when playing bigger files but reduced terribly the sound stage width and audio quality for me.
that solved all my broblem and gave me back the sound quality and a wider sound stage.
Actually, I've done this downgrade then upgrade stuff several times, didn't help much... FiiO team was able to reproduce some of my issues, I hope we can have an update soon.
@FiiO team, please could you provide an upgrade tool with the next firmware version so we don't have to downgrade to an old version for sorting issues? Also, having a Mac version of this tool would be great.
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I'm on a Mac, are there separate instructions? Can I load the tool onto a sd card and run it on the x5?
Yes! A Mac version of the tool would be great. As of now the x5 sits in it's box as it's useless with this pausing issue. Very disappointing.
1.2.4 Firmware is a catastrophe!
3. Very often: if you begin to play an album from the first track, Fiio Music will stop reproduction at the end of every track!
I won't NEVER buy a Fiio player in future, after THREE years so many important issues in the firmware!!
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In the new issue of Historical Archaeology, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 3, guest editors, Jeff Oliver and Neil Curtis, assembled papers originally presented at the 2010 Contemporary and Historical Archaeology and Theory conference in Aberdeen (CHAT 'north').
CHAT 'north' brought scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss and debate northern worlds in contemporary and historical Archaeology.
Northern worlds have always suffered from stereotyping. Since the Enlightenment, north played the role of frontier of geographic knowledge and wilderness of harrowing and sublime proportions. The last century saw its diversification as a space of untapped resources, from fur and gold to oil and gas. In other historical moments, north figured large as a relational concept in the formulation of identities and mentalities, especially by those farther south. The papers in this special issue of Historical Archaeology move beyond the concept of the global north as a space on the map and instead consider how the 'placing' of the north and its diverse cultural geographies has been shaped historically through connections with others, notably through relations of exploration, mercantilism, colonialism, and capitalism.
This thematic issue of Historical Archaeology showcases the research of scholars from Europe and North America. It includes eight substantive papers, beginning with an essay contextualizing the creation of the Northern World followed by seven case studies examining on the contemporary and historical archaeology of Alaska, Iceland, Newfoundland, Northern Ireland, Orkney and Scandinavia. An introduction to the volume by Oliver and Curtis is freely available to download here: 1 HA49-3-OLIVER.


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Orrin McKinze Gaines II (born March 2, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC.

Career
Gaines grew up in the Austin area where he played youth soccer for Lonestar Soccer Club.
On August 12, 2017, Gaines made his professional debut against Jahn Regensburg in the DFB-Pokal.

On July 8, 2019, Gaines signed with Sonnenhof Großaspach.

Gaines joined Hannover 96 ahead of the 2020–21 season, starting with the team's reserve squad. He made his debut for the first team against SC Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga. He left the club ahead of the 2021–22 season.

Austin FC
On July 14, 2021, Gaines began trialing with Major League Soccer club Austin FC, coming on as a substitute in the club's friendly against Tigres UANL. A couple weeks later, on July 30, Gaines officially joined Austin FC.

Charlotte FC
On December 14, 2021, Gaines was selected by Charlotte FC in the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft.

Career statistics

References

External links

1998 births
Living people
American soccer players
Soccer players from Austin, Texas
United States men's youth international soccer players
American expatriate soccer players in Germany
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SV Darmstadt 98 players
FSV Zwickau players
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Ferrari 488 GTB Brings Extreme Power For Extreme Driving Thrills
Forty years after the unveiling of its first ever mid-rear-engined V8 model, the 308 GTB, Ferrari has opened a new chapter in its 8-cylinder history with the Ferrari 488 GTB, the successor to the Ferrari 458 Italia. What makes the 488 GTB so significant is that mounted behind the seats is a 3.9L turbocharged V8 that puts out 661HP and 560lb-ft of torque.
That's right, we said turbo. The Ferrari 488 GTB provides track-level performance that can be enjoyed to the full even by non-professional drivers in everyday use. Its response times, nimbleness and on-the-limit driving guarantee a unique sense of exhilaration and unparalleled driving pleasure.
As far as performance goes, the 488 GTB is FAST. The 0-62mph sprint takes 3.0 seconds – identical to the stripped-out 458 Speciale – but the 488's 0-124mph time of 8.3 seconds is nearly a second quicker. Its top speed is more than 205MPH. The Ferrari 488 GTB did a lap around their Fiorano test track in just 1:23, half a second quicker than the Speciale, and two seconds quicker than both the standard 458 and the mighty Enzo.
Peak power arrives at 8000rpm, dizzyingly high for a forced induction engine, and a suggestion the rev limit shouldn't be too far shy of the 458's screaming 9000rpm. They also promised a soundtrack "that is full, clear and totally distinctive."
As you can see in these photos, styling is more evolutionary than revolutionary. I personally think it's a huge improvement over the 458. And that signature air intake scallop, which is a nod to the original 308 GTB, is a nice touch as well.
The Ferrari 488 GTB will make its world debut at the International Geneva Motor Show next month, at which time we'll have more photos of the car from the show floor.
Visit ferrari.com for more detailed information on the Ferrari 488 GTB.
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Fantasy Football Librarian: Bowling, pickup lines and football advice - what could be better?
Bowling, pickup lines and football advice - what could be better?
I head back to bowling tonight after taking last week off with that cold I had...can I redeem myself from my recent poor performance on the alley and pull an MJD-like move and bowl the equivalent of 3 TDs? Or will I remain stuck in my rut much like one Joseph Addai? Wish me luck tonight.
So I'm going to try and post twice today since I will be traveling for almost the entire day tomorrow - fly to Boston and then drive the rental car up to Vermont in time to catch dinner with the family and the Thursday night game. I'm not really sure where the blog posting will fit in, so brace yourselves for a post-free day. But I'll do my best! And another great place to check is the Fantasy Football Daily Planner from Fantasy Sports Central. I think I'm on there every day making sure I've seen everything they link to and they catch a lot of great stuff.
FFManiaxs' Week 11 Waiver Wire article is up for those who haven't put in their waiver claims yet - take a look for last minute advice. Or just for some guys you might want to stash on your way to the playoffs.
One of you was asking about playing Joe Flacco as your QB2 (if I haven't answered your waiver or start/sit question yet, you'll hear from me soon!) - if that was you, you've got the RotoExperts on your side. Scope out their Waiver Wire Tips, The Pickup Artist for your weekly dose of pickup lines and quality waiver advice.
The good stuff from the RotoExperts doesn't stop there though - if you haven't seen their in-season player rankings yet, it could be a useful tool for trades and lineup decisions.
Could you sit Tony Romo for Tyler Thigpen this week? See what The Talented Mr. Roto has to say about that and which pickups he'd recommend for the week - I'm totally on the Mark Bradley train right now, by the way.
Fantasy Sharks' Start/Bench List is already up for the week - I love these early birds. Sometimes you can't wait until Friday for your start/sit advice (particularly with those pesky Thursday games) and that's when the Sharks are ready and waiting to help.
Wondering which guys are going to turn it on for the stretch? I talk about a few in my weekly column for the Bruno Boys which will go up later today but SportingNews' Week 11 Rankings: Six studs for the stretch run lists a lot of guys I really like (Colston, you're back, I've missed you!), so definitely take a look.
Finally, I know some of you follow along with my Fifth Down column every Friday where I mention my team where my lineup decisions are entirely made on the FFNerd's advice (except for one week where I went rogue, which ended in disaster). One of you asked what my actual record in that league is - it's 6-4 and I'm poised for the playoffs if I can just keep this up. But the competition is stiff - if you're curious, get the latest on that Blogger league by reading The Hazean's weekly updates which includes point totals and standings.
All for now but I do hope to be back later today with more links and advice!
One thing you might consider, especially going forward, would be "guest"/secondary posters. Maintaining content for a blog can be stressful, so having people who can share the load (especially when life pulls you out of range of internet/computers).
Maybe you could look at somebody to write regular (or maybe only semi-regular) posts on a niche that you don't focus on as much (IDP, salary cap, etc), but who could then cover your usual waiver wire/start-sit beat whenever you are away (or just need a break).
I guess bonus points would be awarded if it was a librarian, although to be honest I come here for the content (it is king, after all), as do most of your regulars I imagine.
Any progress on that toast?
Good luck in the bowling thing!! And, how is the toast coming?
Your advice and research helped me to close in on first place in my Sporting News league last week.....the best collection of fantasy football resources I have ever found!!!
Have you ever seen Troy Aikman's AER rankings of NFL teams, week by week? Offensive, Defense & Combined Ratings are given for each NFL team. It's generally published between Tuesday to Thursday. According to Aikman & STATS, LLC it's predictive of a given weekly matchup about 85-87% of the time.
I've found it helpful in identifying the relative scope of a mismatch.
Thanks Dida - cool stuff, I'll have to check that out more this week!


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Q: Salesforce Unit Test class with no code I have an Apex Class that has no code in it. But, when I look at the class details, under code coverage, it says that I have 0/6 lines of code not covered. Its parent class is a child class of Salesforce's Exception class (this class also has no code in it and salesforce is able to recognize that giving me a "0% (No coverage data)".
public virtual with sharing class MyException extends Exception {

   (no code here, don't need coverage)
}

 public virtual with sharing class CalloutException extends MyException {

   (no code in here, but Salesforce is showing 0/6 lines of code covered)
 }

I need to have CalloutException at least 75% covered but after playing around with it, could not get a single line in the unit test.
Anyone have any ideas on what's going on?
Thanks!

A: Couldn't you get code coverage by throwing your custom exceptions inside of separate try/catch blocks?

A: Off hand, my instincts tell me that you likely need to cover the first extended class with test code before you can cover the extended class of the 2nd one. After all, when you pause to think about it, how can you really have covered code of code that extends non-covered code?
I agree with @Greenstork on the general methodology to use to obtain coverage of your code.

A: Thanks everyone for your quick replies! I managed to solve the issue, so I'll post it here for future reference and for others who may encounter the same issue.
Throwing the custom exception inside try/catch block in the unit test class did not work. I'm not too sure why, but it didn't cover any of the mysterious/invisible 6 lines of code evidently in my blank CalloutException class.
I did not need to cover the extended class with test code (there was nothing to cover in there anyways as it was blank as well).
I tried implementing the default constructor:
public CalloutException() {
   super();
}
but was prevented from doing so since it is a child class of Exception the default constructor is already implemented by Salesforce.
I tried another constructor implementation:
public CalloutException(String message) {
   super(message);
}
but once again, same issue, being a child class of Salesforce Exception class, that constructor was already implemented.
The solution: I created a dummy constructor
public CalloutException(String internalMessage, String externalMessage) {
    super(externalMessage);
}
I don't intend on using this constructor at all. But after implementing this and running the test code, Salesforce showed the test coverage for this class to be 100% (2/2) (no longer 0/6), so I have full coverage.
So I'm still not too sure why when the class was empty, code coverage was being shown as 0/6, but at least it's working now.
Thanks!

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Will Twitter (TWTR) Stock Continue Its 2019 Success After Q3 Earnings?
Christopher Vargas October 18, 2019
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Twitter (TWTR - Free Report) is set to report its third quarter results on Thursday, October 24 before the opening bell. Twitter has had a solid year, up 35.2% but its shares have fallen roughly 10% over the last four weeks.
Twitter stock is currently trading around 16% below its 52-week high of $45.86 per share. The social media company has been able to turn things around this year with solid financials that included better-than-projected results in the first two quarters. Let's take a look at Twitter's climb in 2019 and where the company might be headed in the closing months of the year.
Twitter Cleans Up Its Platform
Twitter attributed the growth it saw in its financial figures to the company's commitment to better secure its platform for its users. CEO Jack Dorsey emphasized the company's work to improve the health of its platform: "Our focus was on ensuring that our rules, and how we enforce them, are easy to understand."
Twitter focused on identifying and properly addressing malicious behavior on its platform. The social media giant's efforts resulted in an 18% drop in reports of spammy or suspicious behavior across all Tweet detail pages.
Twitter also highlighted its continued use of machine learning to improve the relevance of content seen by users. In turn, the company saw its average monetizable daily active users grow 14% year over year, accelerating from 11% in the first quarter.
Global advertising revenues were also up as a result, climbing 21% from last year and 49% from the year before. Overall, Twitter has seen a lot of good growth among its key metrics both internationally and domestically.
The much-needed growth comes as it competes for the younger Gen Z market against competitors such as Facebook (FB - Free Report) and Snapchat (SNAP - Free Report) who have recently ramped up their efforts to snag market share. Facebook's Instagram has launched several new features for its users that attempts to seize market share from its competitors. Snap's partnership with Adidas (ADDYY - Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) to incorporate more features on Snap's platform have helped it mitigate the rising competition.
While Twitter relies heavily on advertisers for revenue, what truly drives the company is its active users. Without a significant amount of active user growth, advertising companies would lose interest in Twitter. This is why Twitter has focused on making its platform more enjoyable for its users, which has helped the firm put up solid numbers in the past two quarters. For the company's third quarter, management guided for revenue to be between $815 million and $875 million.
Our consensus estimates forecast Twitter to see a top-line increase of 15.58% to $876.26 million, while earnings are projected to drop 4.7% to $0.20 per share. Our Key Company Metrics call for advertising revenue to grow by 16.6% to $757.76 million and data licensing revenue to bring in $120.64 million for a 11.7% hike. Total monthly active users are expected to reach 336.8 million, which would mark a 3.32% increase from the year-ago quarter.
Fiscal 2019 estimates project earnings to surge 186% to $2.46 per share on the back of a 17.1% climb in total revenue to $3.56 billion. Advertising revenue is expected to generate $3.09 billion for a 18.1% gain from 2018 and data licensing is predicted to grow 11.3% to $473.1 million. Monthly active users in fiscal 2019 are expected to grow 5.16% to 337.6 million.
Twitter has benefited from cleaning up its platform of bots and other malicious accounts that may hinder a user's experience. The company's efforts have paid off, with its monthly active users figure up. This has helped Twitter attract more attention from advertisers, which has, in turn, driven revenue numbers up.
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Frost/Nixon, 2008
A relevant and deeply entertaining movie that only has the appearance of being about politics. In reality, it is about television, and one brilliant journalist's pursuit of the perfect interview. Richard Nixon stepped away from the public eye after the Watergate scandal, and was counting on a series of interviews three years later to redeem himself. His team assigns an unlikely reporter to sit in front of him, a British reality TV host named David Frost. Both men have everything to gain from this interview by going against each other, as Frost tries to extract a confession of wrongdoing in Watergate that Nixon never gave. Who will win? The master manipulator or the up-and-coming journalist? Frost / Nixon was originally a play, and this adaptation is full of drama and boosts great dialogue.
The Tale, 2018
Sometimes you can just tell a movie means way too much to the people who made it. That makes me want to watch it more than once, which is what I wanted to do with The Tale. But while I think it's such an amazing movie and everyone should watch it, I don't think I can stomach a second watch.. It is based on the director/writer Jennifer Fox's own story - recounting her first sexual experience at a very young age. It's about the stories we tell ourselves to deal with trauma, and in that sense, and with utmost honesty, it invites grief and closure for similar experiences. A powerful movie led by a powerful performance by Laura Dern as Jennifer.
Blindspotting, 2018
It's hard to pin point exactly what makes this movie so good. It's an all-around "movie" movie. I think it can be called a buddy comedy because it is about two best friends who are also movers. It's about their day-to-day, their families and their relationships. They're both from the underclass of Oakland, and one of them is black, the other is white. And that's where it stops being a comedy and becomes a more hard-hitting film. It illustrates gentrification better than any other movie I've ever seen. It has relevant and striking commentary on the main characters' race, upbringing, and identity. But at the end of the day, it has a great plot, and for the most part it's an easy-flowing movie. It's half entertainment, half social commentary, and both parts are equally well-done. It's like movie unicorn, and it's perfection. One of the two friends is played by Daveed Diggs, who you might know from Hamilton.
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The Guilty, 2018
Before you press play on this movie, I highly recommend you take deep, deep breaths. The suspense in it grows in such an incremental way that you will be out of breath before you know what happened. And it doesn't use anything other than amazing acting and an amazing story to achieve all of this. One man, in the equivalent of a 911 police center in Denmark, and a room. That's it. He receives a call that turns his night around and puts him in front of very important questions on his ethics and how far he can go to help the people that call him. This movie feels like it was made on a $100 million budget, but the reality was very far from that. It doesn't even believe in budgets. Grab someone next to you and go watch it so that you can discuss it after.
McQueen, 2018
An intimate look into the rich yet short life of Alexander McQueen, the British fashion icon. I didn't know much about him prior to watching that movie, and that didn't matter. His story of a tormented genius transcends fame and even time. In art and in fashion, McQueen's journey was celebrated by everyone but him.This is the type of movie where after you watch it, you need a good hour of Wikipedia searches and Youtube interview viewing. It's powerful and will introduce you to an entire world that is the impact of Alexandre McQueen when he lived.
Private Life, 2018
Paul Giamatti, man. Ever watched Win/Win? What a performance. I didn't think he could do any better than that. But here he did.This movie is now on Netflix. It's about a couple that is trying to have a kid but can't. Their frustration grows, but so does their willingness to do whatever it takes to become parents. They try to adopt, go to fertility clinics and ultimately ask their niece to donate her eggs. To really work, such a plot requires well-written, multifaceted characters one can relate to. I did, and it really worked.
Sorry to Bother You, 2018
In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics' hearts. Sorry to Bother You is a movie set in an alternate reality, where capitalism and greed are accentuated. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) is a guy called Cassius who struggles to pay his bills. However, when at a tele-marketing job an old-timer tells him to use a "white voice", he starts moving up the ranks of his bizarre society. A really smart movie that will be mostly enjoyed by those who watch it for its entertaining value, and not so much for its commentary. It is like a Black Mirror episode stretched into a movie.
Best of Enemies, 2015
Do you know that euphoric feeling you get when you watch a smart, eloquent person talk about important ideas? Multiply that by two in Best of Enemies.This 2015 documentary traces the debates between two of the brightest intellectuals around the Nixon and Reagan eras. Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley couldn't be more opposed to each other in ideas and values. One is an ardent liberal, who wrote books and movies around gay sex (back in the 1960s), female empowerment, and the fall of the so-called American Empire. The second is an elitist and a Republican guided by Christian values and status quo ideals.ABC put them together as commentators the 1968 presidential debates, and as such, they would change the future of talk-show TV forever. They both considered debating a sport, and they both were the best in their craft. It's so, so entertaining to watch them spar with each other. They despised each other, I know that's not something I should be proud of enjoying, but I did. These debates were not so much a clash of tepid arguments but more of a clash of geniuses.
Leave No Trace, 2018
Leave No Trace is the amazing new movie from the director of Winter's Bone, Debra Granik. It's the story of a father and his daughter who live completely off the grid in a national park in Portland, and their quiet quest to not be separated and remain off the grid. It's not the sensational, tear-jerker story that you'd expect something with this premise to be. Rather, and like Winter's Bone, it chooses a humane and realistic approach to the subject matter. The decision to live outside society is almost irrelevant to this movie. More so, its inevitability for certain people with certain mindsets is what is interesting. A stunningly quiet movie, really well-acted too.
Pride, 2014
It's 1984 and miners in England are on strike against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's plans to close pits. Their cause has unlikely appeal for Mark Ashton, a human rights activists who decides to take a group of people who had joined an early Gay Pride parade in London to rural England to show support for the (often socially-conservative) miners.You can see how things might go wrong, but in this case they didn't. This heartwarming tale is based on a true story. An easy, funny, and relevant movie about the bond that oppression brings to the oppressed. Super earnest, too.
Contratiempo, 2016
This movie is like thriller-candy. It is full of twists, it is very atmospheric, and in nicely predictable fashion it will deliver that excitement rush we (most of us) love. Accused of murder, a wealthy entrepreneur hires the best witness preparation expert he can find. They have three hours before the trial to come up with the most solid, plausible defence. But ?, a new witness surfaces. Don't expect anything overly original, but expect to be entertained.


|Blog|Nose Jobs ( Rhinoplasty ) – Coping with the Healing Process.
The healing process after a nose job can be an uncomfortable experience. Although the procedure is worth it in the long run, you should be prepared for many days of rest after surgery.
The amount of post-surgery bruising and swelling varies from patient to patient as per the plastic surgery procedures used during the operation. In cases where the nasal bone is broken and reset, swelling is most severe. Also, open rhinoplasty causes greater swelling than closed rhinoplasty.
Swelling is greatest, of course, immediately after the surgery, when the patient is moved from our OASIS surgical suite. This remains so and may even get worse for two to three days. With the nasal area being affected, the patient may also feel puffiness on rest of his/her face, especially around the eyes. The swelling makes the patient uncomfortable, but does not cause much pain and the medications prescribed the doctor do provide relief.
The cosmetic surgeon may use a surgical tape and splint to apply over the nose. These help to compress the swelling and prevent the build up of fluid and scar tissue beneath the skin. Use of cold compresses is also prescribed in the week following the surgery and these too help to reduce the swelling and sooth the nasal area.
By the time the surgeon removes the rhinoplasty splint, which is normally during the post operative check up after nose jobs Florida, the swelling and bruising are greatly reduced. After a couple of weeks the puffiness is barely visible to a casual observer. However, it may take several weeks or even months before the swelling disappears completely. This makes many patients a little self consciousness about their appearance though it is highly unlikely that such minor swelling is noticeable to anyone other than the cosmetic surgeon and the patients themselves.
The kind of nasal skin the patient has also determines the time that swelling takes to disappear completely. Patients with thicker skin tend to have more swelling after the nose job. Too much exposure to sun can prolong swelling, which is why wearing a good sunscreen is essential whenever the person steps outdoors. After rhinoplasty, your cosmetic surgeon gives you certain instructions such as avoiding strenuous exercises and sleeping in an elevated position. These must be followed properly.
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Part of the San Gabriel Valley Region is a city called Covina, and isn't far at all away from Los Angeles. If you look at the city's motto, you're going to wonder just how big Covina is because the motto states: 'One Mile Square and All There.' Yet that was based on the city's history, and today, there is of course more than one square mile that makes up Covina CA. There are some great things to do in the city, including the following places of interest.
Bread & Barley is located at 130 North Citrus Avenue, and as the name suggests, it is a place for food and brews. The beef bulgogi wrap is one of the more popular menu items, and the BLTA sandwich is another one. If you're wondering what a BLTA sandwich is, think BLT with avocado, the other three ingredients being bacon, lettuce and tomato. Bread & Barley features a fun environment according to the reviews. And the sweet tater tots are a hit, too.
Once you're introduced to this next attraction, you're going to notice a theme. Alosta Brewing Company is located at 692 Arrow Grand Circle, which puts it right in the middle of an industrial park. When you go to this brewery, you have to bring your own food if you want to eat. Yet it's supposed to be a nice experience, and of course there is good beer to be had.
I told you there was a theme. Rev Winery is up next. We are switching from beer to wine. Rev Winery is located at 1580 West San Bernadino Road. Yet it's not just a winery as people go there for beers, too. As you would expect, this is another place in Covina that features a fun atmosphere. And it doesn't stop at Rev Winery when it comes to the beer and wine theme.
There is the AzoVino Gift Gallery & Wine and the Bishamon Karaoke Lounge 2F, too. Also, when you're traveling around Covina, make sure you also check out West Covina. There is also Irwindale nearby, too. And if you're really feeling adventurous, remember that LA isn't too far away. You're going to be a little lit if you try to visit all of those places I mentioned above all at once, so take it easy. Have fun while you're on vacation, and plan to stop by some of the best restaurants in Covina, too.
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MANILA, Philippines - A suspected gun for hire assassin who was about to do his dirty job for the second time in the same province was shot dead by an off duty police officer on Saturday, July 23, in Lian, Batangas.
Hitman didn't know that behind him was an armed police officer in plain civilian clothes.
In a CCTV footage provided by Lian municipal government, a possible member of a gun for hire group, identified by the PNP as Rodel Espinosa overtook PO2 Ian Prigo who was in civilian clothes and cruising the streets of the town. After getting ahead of the off duty policeman, the suspect positioned himself beside the white pick-up truck and pulled his handgun out. Espinosa had the perfect spot and open fired at the driver.
PO2 Prigo fortunately had his service firearm with him and quickly fired back at the suspect to prevent him from finishing off his target and escaping. At once, Espinosa fell off his motorcycle due to gunshots that he sustained.
The victim, Arnold Gonzales was critically wounded and was rushed to the nearby hospital for immediate medical attention. Luckily, Gonzales survived the assassination. If not for officer Prigo's help, Gonzales could've been shot to death.
The hired killer, like the victim, was also brought to the hospital but he was proclaimed dead on arrival as per Lian Police.
According to the investigating team from Lian Police department, the physical looks of Espinosa, matched the witnesses' description of the alleged jeepney killer in Nasugbu Batangas last July 3.
The police is linking Gonzales' foiled assassination to his job being a contractor.
As of publishing, both President Rody Duterte and PNP Chief Bato Dela Rosa haven't given their reactions and possible commendations to Officer Ian Prigo for his heroic acts and valor.
Great job Officer Prigo. Mabuhay ka!


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In a country richly endowed with wild mountain ranges, secluded valleys and untamed coastlines, the best natural landscapes can only be explored on foot. Here are over sixty of the greatest one-day walking routes in Ireland, varying from short strolls to full-day treks. Every part of the Republic and Northern Ireland is featured. From rugged peaks and chiselled ridge lines to towering sea cliffs and sheltered loughs, these routes take you past all the country's finest scenery. Many of the routes are hill-walks, with clear descriptions of the country's classic mountain ascents. Even seasoned hillwalkers will find challenging outings.
Each walk is illustrated with sketch maps and colour photos and is prefaced with a quick-reference summary and access notes. Route descriptions include clear navigational guidance to keep you on the right track.


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Kiev's Problems and the Escalation in Donbass
There was another escalation in Donbass. Everyone understood that sooner or later it would take place. Periodic exacerbations were the basis of Poroshenko's tactics in Donbass, and since Zelensky was fully embedded in the image of his predecessor, it was reasonable to expect also a repetition of his tactical moves.
However, the escalation format was surprising. It is not so much military as informational.
This is possible to verify by comparing the assessment of the event made by the leadership of the DPR/LPR with the hysteria that broke out in Kiev. The position of the People's Republics is that a Ukrainian saboteur-reconnaissance group, trying to move to the rear of the Republic's troops, hit a minefield. The result is one killed and four wounded. In order to evacuate them from the neutral zone, Ukrainian troops, according to the People's Republics, shelled residential districts.
A convincing story. Similar things have already happened many times before. The difference is that until now Ukrainians, trying to save their wounded, have struck the positions of Republic's troops. Shelling of residential neighbourhoods was carried out in other cases (usually without reason at all). That was the logic. It makes no sense to shoot at the deep rear if the danger to your soldiers is in close proximity. In order to prevent the capture of the wounded and to carry away the body of the victim, it is necessary to suppress the firing points at the front line. Shelling residential neighbourhoods in this case will not help.
But I do not think that the representatives of the DPR/LPR in this case exaggerate. Again, similar clashes with saboteur-reconnaissance groups have happened many times before. Sometimes they turned into local battles involving several dozen soldiers on both sides. But never has anyone claimed that Ukrainians fired on residential neighbourhoods if there was no shelling. The DPR/LPR simply does not need to slander their enemy. This does not improve their position in any way, but can significantly undermine confidence.
Moreover, in this case, the Ukrainian side does not deny the shelling. It did not refute the statement of the DPR/LPR. Kiev simply interpreted the events in its own way. From the point of view of Ukraine, the corps of the DPR/LPR (according to another narrative, "Russian soldiers") went on the attack in the area of the disengagement of troops in Zolotoye, trying to capture several settlements.
READ: By Asking For "Intelligence" Help, Ukraine Becomes a NATO Member All but on Paper
As we can see, the Ukrainian interpretation indirectly explains the reasons for the shelling of residential districts – the UAF, they say, repelled a massive attack. Further, it is not difficult to state that reserves were (or could have been) accumulated in these very residential neighbourhoods, concentrating them before the attack. And then – "war is war".
Thus, with a high degree of confidence it is possible to speak of a provocation organised not by some colonels of the UAF (as was often the case before) for the sake of hiding the fact that the material base of their subordinate units was stolen, but by high-ranking military and influential politicians in Kiev.
In order for everything to work out as necessary, there was a need to plan the operation, bring additional ammunition to the batteries, deploy reserves in case something goes wrong, and for the corps of the DPR/LPR to really respond to the attack by shelling UAF positions. Lastly, it was necessary to send the saboteur-reconnaissance group to the minefield to get fresh victims as proof of the "craftiness of the enemy" and as an excuse for shelling. All of this was supposed to be synchronised with each other and with political actions in Kiev. The military needed to provide political cover in case Zelensky showed principle and started investigating the incident. Finally, it was necessary to ensure an instant coordinated reaction in the Ukrainian press.
We've seen all this. Up to the fact that Zelensky was forced to urgently convene the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) in order to consider this issue. However, during the meeting of the Council, he either overcome his fear or, more likely, received the support of influential external and/or non-political forces. Despite the massive hysteria of Kiev politicians and media, Zelensky, after the NSDC meeting, declared Ukraine's policy of unchanged peace. I.e., at this stage he tries not to inflate the conflict, while maintaining space for manoeuvre.
Consequently, we can assume that quite influential Ukrainian political forces tried, without informing Zelensky, to provoke a serious conflict. And its military component had to be minimal in order not to bring the case to real full-scale fighting. The main focus was on the information component, which was supposed to present an ordinary incident, of those that regularly occur on the demarcation line, as an unprecedented force of the DPR/LPR offensive in one of the points of withdrawal of troops, and if possible, point to Russia as an accomplice.
READ: Ukrainian Navy Opened Fire at DPR Positions From the Sea of Azov
Zelensky, facing a development that was unexpected for him, decided to try to understand what specifically happened, and then form an official reaction. A sensible move (probably the first he made as president) that leaves all ways open and eliminates the need to make decisions in the face of a lack of information.
But who in Kiev might need this provocation, and why?
Everyone. Ukraine has received a number of reported signals over the past month indicating Kiev's loss of support from the West, and that key regime figures could be declared criminals by the same West.
No one knows how far Trump will go in his revenge against the Democrats. But a film about "Ukrainian lies" shown on a supporting channel that calls the events of 2014 a coup d'état carried out with the money of American taxpayers and with the support of the American administration, allow Trump to seek prison terms for the entire political top of the Democrats, including Obama himself. Accusations of fraud made by Congress and the unauthorised, without parliamentary sanction, launching of a war (albeit a hybrid one) with Russia against the former president have already been made.
But by blaming US Democrats for criminal offences, he can't help but blame their Ukrainian partners. Moreover, in some cases, only the preliminary conviction of a Ukrainian criminal creates evidence to charge his American counterpart. The Trump administration is becoming an objective threat to key figures in the Kiev regime.
The European Union noted the "12 steps for peace in Ukraine" and the publication of van der Werff's documents, which indicate that the Dutch Joint Investigation Team is well aware that none of the Russian or Ukrainian Buks could have shot down flight МН-17. A reasonable question arises: who shot it down, and how? It is also interesting to know who could do it unnoticed in the airspace of Ukraine, in front of Ukrainian attack aircraft, or fighter jets, flying near a "Boeing". In general, there are many questions and all of them are extremely uncomfortable for Kiev. Apart from the Baltics and Poland (and they are too few to change anything), the EU has also renounced Ukraine and ceases to cover the crimes of the same regime it brought to power, trying to get away with it.
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In addition, France and Germany agreed with Russia on the impracticability of planning a meeting in the "Normandy format" in Berlin until the homework given to Ukraine in Paris was completed. Zelensky is required to implement "Minsk".
The hope that it will be possible to get concessions from Russia thanks to the appointment of a new responsible for Ukraine, too, was not justified. The Kremlin's position has even tightened somewhat.
The Kiev regime is plunging into increasingly complete isolation, gradually remaining alone with the people it has robbed. It's pillars (Poroshenko, Turchynov, Yatsenyuk), as well as Tymoshenko, Klitschko, many Maidan activists, most oligarchs, and even many so-called oppositionists face great trouble.
For all of them, the escalation in Donbass is the last attempt to change the West's position on Ukraine, show Europeans a "real war" with "attacking Russia", get support again (financial, economic, military, political, diplomatic, etc.), and somehow stabilise the domestic political situation. The external force represented by the American Democrats and Soros is also interested in exacerbating Ukraine. This escalation can be used in the anti-Trump campaign, showing voters that his policies lead to the outburst of American allies and the loss of resources invested in them.
So at least Zelensky traded time for reflection, but his choice is limited. He may refuse to support a new confrontation, but then he will have to fight almost all influential players on the Ukrainian field. Only Russia can support and protect it, but for this purpose it is necessary to agree to Moscow's declared format for resolving the crisis in Donbass and to start actively implementing the Minsk agreements. For such actions, Zelensky has neither his own forces nor strong allies, and even his approval rating has dropped below the 40% mark and continues to decline rapidly.
Rostislav Ishchenko
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Has YouTube become the new center of gravity for primetime? That's the narrative it wants Madison Avenue to believe — especially as it relates to coveted younger demos.
The Google-owned video behemoth now counts 2 billion monthly unique users globally, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced at Thursday's Brandcast marketing event in NYC. That's up around 5% from its previously reported 1.9 billion monthly logged-in users last summer.
More interestingly, YouTube continues to rapidly boost its living-room footprint. Watch time of YouTube on TV screens was more than 250 million hours per day as of March 2019, according to the company. That's an increase of 39% in less than a year — and, notably, it excludes viewing on YouTube TV, Google's internet pay-TV service.
A few caveats: It's self-reported data, based on YouTube's internal data based on 90-day average of watch time for devices including smart TVs, Roku, Apple TV and game consoles. According to YouTube, the majority of total watch time (over 70%) comes from mobile devices.
Still, YouTube's momentum in the living room is a key part of its case to advertisers and agencies about why they should divert spending from traditional TV to YouTube.
Across all platforms, YouTube reaches more U.S. consumers 18-49 in an average week than all cable TV networks combined, Allan Thygesen, Google's president of the Americas, told the Brandcast crowd. YouTube has previously engaged in chest-thumping about its reach relative to TV — in fact, Thygesen was actually citing research Google commissioned a year ago from Nielsen for the stat.
On TV screens specifically, YouTube's Google Preferred ads (representing inventory from the top 5% most popular channels) drove a lift in ad recall of 112% and an average increase in purchase intent of 53%, according to Thygesen. That's according to a Google/MediaScience survey among 2,000 U.S. adults from November 2018-January 2019.
And YouTube wants to expand the bucket of content watched on TVs that it makes available to advertisers. The company announced that it is updating the Google Preferred proprietary algorithm (P-score) to include more content that is frequently watched on TV screens and "content that exhibits higher production value."
Independent research supports YouTube's claim that it's a big player on TVs. Netflix is actually the top-preferred platform for video viewing on TV screens, with YouTube coming in second among consumers 18-34, per a Cowen & Co. survey in February. But — and this is a critical point for YouTube's ad business — Netflix doesn't carry any advertising. And the research indicates that YouTube beats not just basic cable but broadcast networks as the preferred source for entertainment on TVs among millennials.
Adding more fuel to YouTube's premium-ad play: It's going to make all its original scripted and unscripted programming, including series "Cobra Kai," "Liza On Demand," and "Impulse," available for free, ad-supported viewing starting later this year in post-SVOD windows. In other words, while YouTube execs apparently still see some value of originals driving YouTube Premium subscriptions, it has no designs on becoming anything like a Netflix or Disney+ (and, correspondingly, has whacked down its scripted slate to a handful of top programs).
In an additional pitch to ad buyers, Google said YouTube TV's 70 broadcast and cable channels are now available as a standalone option in Google Preferred (before, YouTube TV inventory was available only as part of a larger Google Preferred buy).
Wojcicki said the driving force behind YouTube's growth is its personalized viewing paradigm, in contrast to the programmed lineups of TV nets: "Primetime is now personal," she said Thursday. She cited a study YouTube conducted with Omnicom that find "passion" about a creator or topic is three times more important to a YouTube users "than whether or not there's a big Hollywood name attached."
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Tiffany Haddish at YouTube Brandcast 2019. Credit: FilmMagic for YouTube
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"Let me be very clear: Living up to our responsibility is my No. 1 priority," she said, claiming YouTube is making "significant progress" on this front. Of course, despite similar vows she's made in the past, YouTube has continued to find itself at the center of controversies.
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Q: Tensorflow model layer connection failed, and can not use shap.DeepExplainer I am trying to apply shap.deepexplainer to explain the model output.
My model class is as follows:
class MyModel(tf.keras.Model):
    def __init__(self,
                 input_dim,
                 emb_dim=128,
                 alpha_hidden_dim_size=128,
                 beta_hidden_dim_size=128,
                 keep_prob_emb=0.25,
                 keep_prob_context=0.25,
                 num_class=1):
        super(MyModel, self).__init__()

        self.embedding = layers.Dense(emb_dim,
                                      use_bias=False,
                                      input_shape=(input_dim, ))

        self.emb_drp = layers.Dropout(keep_prob_emb)

        self.enroll = layers.Dense(emb_dim, activation='tanh')

        self.gru_alpha = layers.Bidirectional(
            layers.LSTM(alpha_hidden_dim_size, return_sequences=True))
        self.gru_beta = layers.Bidirectional(
            layers.LSTM(beta_hidden_dim_size, return_sequences=True))

        self.alpha = layers.Dense(1)
        self.beta = layers.Dense(emb_dim, activation='tanh')

        self.context_drp = layers.Dropout(keep_prob_context)

        self.out = layers.Dense(num_class)

    def call(self, visits, enroll, lengths, **kwargs):
        max_len = lengths[tf.argmax(lengths)]
        visits = visits[:, :max_len]
        emb = self.embedding(visits)
        emb = self.emb_drp(emb, training=kwargs.get('training', False))
        enroll = self.enroll(enroll)
        mask = tf.sequence_mask(lengths)
        h_a = self.gru_alpha(emb, mask=mask)
        h_b = self.gru_beta(emb, mask=mask)
        preAlpha = self.alpha(h_a)
        preAlpha = tf.keras.backend.squeeze(preAlpha, axis=2)
        mask_norm = (1 - tf.cast(mask, tf.float32)) * NEG_INF
        alpha = tf.nn.softmax(preAlpha + mask_norm, axis=1)
        beta = self.beta(h_b)
        c_t = tf.math.reduce_sum(alpha[:, :, None] * beta * emb, axis=1)
        c_t = layers.add([c_t, enroll])
        c_t = self.context_drp(c_t, training=kwargs.get('training', False))
        preY = self.out(c_t)

        return preY, alpha, beta

When I applied my model as:
model = MyModel(**flags)

And the model is successfully loaded:
print(model)
<__main__.MyModel object at 0x7f51db414400>

Then I am trying to use the
background = X.loc[10:20]
e = shap.DeepExplainer((model.layers[0].input, model.layers[-1].output), background)

but then it gives me the error:

AttributeError: Layer dense is not connected, no input to return.
Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/home/ANANT/codes/test/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/base_layer.py",line
1808, in input' is not connected, no input to return.')

And also the model.layers[-1].output can not give proper output neither:

AttributeError: Layer dense_4 has no inbound nodes. Traceback (most
recent call last): File
"/home/ANANT/test/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/base_layer.py",
line 1827, in output raise AttributeError('Layer ' + self.name + ' has
no inbound nodes.')

My package versions are: keras==2.3.1, tensorflow==1.15.3, shap==0.35.0
I stuck at this question for a few days, tried shap.KernelExplainer as well, and it gives me a different error:
shap.KernelExplainer(model, df_fis, link="logit")

And the error is as follows:

TypeError: call() missing 2 required positional arguments: 'enroll'
and 'lengths' Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/home/ANANT/test/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/shap/explainers/kernel.py",
line 97, in __init__model_null = match_model_to_data(self.model,
self.data) File
"/home/ANANT/test/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/shap/common.py",
line 89, in match_model_to_dataout_val = model.f(data.data) File
"/home/ANANT/test/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/engine/base_layer.py",
line 968, in __call__outputs = self.call(cast_inputs, *args, **kwargs)

Please help, thanks in advance!

A: I think you missed the softmax part
Pytorch version
self.softmax = LogSoftmax(dim=1)

Keras version
layers.Dense(num_classes, activation="softmax")

Add the above line at the end of your __init__ method, see if it works


The Alpine Ski season is off to a great start! The team had an awesome performance at last week's Giant Slalom (GS) at Nashoba Valley. The team raced against six other schools, a total of 156 athletes, placing in the top 10 in both the boys and the girls divisions. Some highlights of the competition were: Sam Duffy (Varsity Boys) placed 9th; Saylor Flannery (Varsity Girls) placed 1st with the fastest time for boys and girls; Maddie Bray (Varsity Girls) placed 4th, and Charlotte Doran (Varsity Girls) placed 5th. On JV, Cole Tremaglio placed 3rd and Lexi Nelson finished 3rd.
This week the team had another great GS performance! The Girls team won, and the boys finished a strong 3rd. Sam Duffy placed 4th in the Boys Varsity division. Saylor Flannery finished 2nd, followed closely by Maddie Bray (3rd) in the Girls Varsity division. Other scorers in the top ten were Charlotte Doran and Ryan Landrigan. Lexi Nelson and Sabrina Smith finished in top ten in the Girls JV race. The team and its coaches are grateful to the parents who are helping with bus chaperoning and bringing snacks for the athletes. It has been noted by opponents how kind our skiers are toward each other and how supportive they are toward all competitors. Congratulations to the team and its coaches!
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On 6 April 2017, the European Commission declared that it had ended this stage of the monitoring and published its results. The Commission (and the 10 national competition authorities which helped co-ordinate the data for the report) found that broadly speaking, there was a lot of apathy from hotels in comparing commission rates for online travel agents ("OTA's") and that price was not the dominant factor in using an OTA. In fact the Commission found that visibility and how high the hotel appeared in rankings was more of a priority for hotels than commission rates.
With regard to room prices, the report found more positive news following the Commission's actions. Here the headline change was that the switch from wide to narrow parity clauses by Booking.com and Expedia led to an increase in room price differentiation between OTA's by hotels, in eight of the ten participating Member States.
For now, the Commission has decided to keep the sector under review, to better assess the effect of their measures over the longer term. To coincide with this announcement by the EU Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority announced that it would no longer assess the UK hotel booking market for competition law breaches as a matter of administrative priority, but would continue to assist the wider EU review.
Hotel booking and hotel pricing are complex sectors with likely many sub-markets within them. For instance, it is hard to imagine pricey and exclusive central city hotels being subject to the same market considerations as 3 star beach-side holiday resorts. The former would likely be filled with corporate customers and others for whom price would not be a significant factor in purchase, the latter could be extremely price sensitive and more dependent on amenities such as being all-inclusive or the state of the swimming pool. It is perhaps not surprising that the Commission's recent interventions have not led to an all-out race to the bottom on pricing, both for room rates and OTA commission rates.


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The Merry Go Round – Listen Listen: The Definitive Collection (Rev-Ola U.K.)
Lately, I've been re-playing some of last year's CDs as I box up my office for its move to Brooklyn. This one was one of the best reissues of 2005 for sure, the long awaited collection of this '67 L.A. band's great Beatlesque pop and the songwriting genius of the poor man's PAUL MCCARTNEY, EMITT RHODES. Really great stuff.
The Marvelettes – Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971 two-CD box (Motown)
This 1993 compilation has all I want from these underrated women, three great singers whose "I'll Keep Holding On" remains an out and out classic (ever hear THE ACTION blow the doors off this?) as much as the oldies staples like "Please Mr. Postman" of
BEATLES cover fame, "Beechwood 4-5789," and "Too Many Fish in the Sea." There dozens more where those come from, most never played on the radio since their star heyday. (Damn oldies imperatives.)
Guided By Voices – Human Amusements at Hourly Rates best-of (Matador)
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R.I.P. GRANT MCLENNAN. OK, this is what I do when people I admire die, just like everyone else. But again, I think it's just as important to value someone while they're still alive and making music, and this is the 200th time I've played this fantastic record, featuring some of late friend's best material. It just has a little extra poignancy, that's all. Sad, really.
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Texas's answer to THE SMITHS? Well, maybe on one song on this 2005 EP, but other than that (yet another reworking of "This Charming Man"!!!!), if you combine the songs from this debut with those on their new EP, you have the best album's worth of songs by anyone of late. Yes, it's odd that a group from the American South can sound so blatantly English, but unlike many anglophilic groups, they're not coy, fey, or over-stylized, they're just a first rate pop group with bite, and we should be proud to call them ours.
Voxtrot – Mothers Sisters Daughters and Wives EP (Cult Hero)
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Matt Roy NHL Player Props - Insights, Tips, and Trends
Feb 27, 2021DonBest Sports
Matt Roy has an over/under of 0.5 assists in Saturday's matchup with the Wild. Here's how Roy has performed against assist prop bets in the 2021 campaign.
Matt Roy Prop Bets (2/27/2021)
Matt Roy Prop Bets vs. Wild
Roy has collected more than 0.5 assists in three out of 16 games this season (18.8%).
Roy's per-game assists average (0.2) is 0.3 less than his average assists prop bet total (0.5).
In just 23.1% of his contests (three out of 13), Roy has gone over his assists prop bet totals.
Opponents of the Wild have averaged 4.2 assists per game this season, the 27th-most against any NHL squad.
Odds and insights reflect consensus player props available as of February 27, 2021. As such, there may not be player prop bet data available for all games played.


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Read more about Ecuador celebrated the "World Environment Day" by beginning with the love of life on our Planet Earth.
Support for the Proclamation of the Constitution of the Rights of Mother Earth in Puerto Quito: presence of the Mayor, Mrs. Narcisa Parraga, Vice Mayor, councilors and activists of the GEAP.
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