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Intermediate Care Funding (North Staffordshire)
Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the additional £150 million made available recurrently in 2000-01 for investment in intermediate care and related services has been allocated to North Staffordshire Health Authority. [143248]
Yvette Cooper: North Staffordshire received approximately 1 per cent. of the overall amount of £150 million allocated in England.
Imported Meat
Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what powers he has to regulate the imports of beef into the United Kingdom from France on safety grounds. [143179]
Ms Stuart [holding answer 18 December 2000]: The Government are advised on matters of food safety by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Beef from France may be imported into the United Kingdom under the rules of the single European market. It must have been produced in accordance with the requirements of the Fresh Meat Directive (Directive 64/433/EEC), and those of Commission Decision 2000/418/EC on specified risk material controls which came into effect on 1 October 2000. The European Commission is currently carrying out inspection missions to all member states to ensure that the European Union specified risk material controls have been fully implemented. In addition, under British law, the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No 2) Regulations 1996, as amended, prohibit the sale for human consumption of beef from any animal aged over 30 months at time of slaughter. These regulations apply to imported as well as to home produced beef, with certain limited exceptions.
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Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome allows member states to impose restrictions on imports on grounds of public health. Where however, the EU has legislated to govern trade in a particular product, as it has done with meat, case law indicates that member states no longer have the power to act unilaterally under Article 30.
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what powers the Government have to ban the import of meat on the grounds of risk to human health; [144309]
(2) what powers the Food Standards Agency has to ban the import of meat on the grounds of risk to human health; and what recent changes there have been to these powers. [144373]
Ms Stuart: Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome allows member states to impose restrictions on imports on grounds of public health. Where however, the European Union has legislated to govern trade in a particular product, as it has done with meat, case law indicates that member states no longer have the power to act unilaterally under Article 30. There have been no recent changes to these powers.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what prescribing guidance his Department has issued regarding Herceptin. [143537]
Ms Stuart: The Department has not issued specific guidance on the prescribing of Herceptin (trastuzumab).
The product received its marketing authorisation from the European Commission on 28 August 2000. It may be prescribed for National Health Service patients when it is clinically appropriate to do so.
Herceptin is one of 13 cancer drugs which have been referred for appraisal to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. We expect the Institute to report the outcome of its appraisal in summer 2001.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has made available for newly approved drugs for the treatment of cancer. [143536]
Yvette Cooper: The NHS Plan announced that cancer services will receive an additional £280 million in 2001-02, £407 million in 2002-03 and £570 million by 2003-04. These amounts include funding for any cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence following appraisals.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities fund the supply of (a) taxanes for use in ovarian cancer, (b) taxanes for use in breast cancer, (c) Ribovarin, (d) Interferon Alpha and (e) Zyban. [143535]
Ms Stuart: We do not hold information centrally on health authority funding of specific medicines or treatments. The Department allocates funds to health authorities for each financial year. It is then for each health authority to decide how best to spend these funds for the benefit of local patients.
Ms Kelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence he has received on the need for research into embryonic stem cells to understand how adult stem cells work; what examination his Department has made of this research; who was consulted; and what the outcome was of this examination. [143504]
Yvette Cooper: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 12 December 2000, Official Report, columns 84-85W.
Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the current distinctive curriculum for midwifery training will be preserved through a statutory midwifery committee in the new regulatory framework. [143517]
Mr. Denham: We propose that the new Nursing and Midwifery Council should have a duty to set standards of training for midwifery. The issue of a midwifery committee is among those raised during consultation on our proposals, the results of which we are currently considering.
Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the mechanisms for updating and monitoring the Midwives Rules and Code of Conduct will be maintained in the new Nursing and Midwifery Council. [143519]
Mr. Denham: Yes, the mechanisms for updating and monitoring the Midwives Rules and Code of Conduct will be maintained in the new Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he will take to ensure that users of maternity services will be involved in decisions taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. [143518]
Mr. Denham: We propose that the new Council should have a strong lay membership, and a duty to consult patients and clients, and to treat their welfare as paramount.
EU Health Council
Mr. Jim Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Health Council held in Brussels on 14 December. [143618]
Ms Stuart: I attended the Health Council in Brussels on 14 December with Jane Hutt, Minister for Health and Social Services for the National Assembly for Wales. A summary of the outcome of the meeting is in the table.
Health Council--14 December 2000
UK position
1 Adoption of provisional agenda. -- -- --
2 Adoption of 'A' points. -- -- --
3 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by Decisions no. 645/96/EC, no. 646/96/EC, no. 647/96/EC, no. 102/97/EC, no. 1400/97/EC and no. 1296/1999/EC and amending those decisions. To agree the extension of six of the eight public health programmes until the new public health programme is in place. A further two programmes are due to end on 31 December 2003 and so are not included in the proposal. We support the continuation of these programmes for a limited period to avoid any break in continuity in taking forward action in a number of areas. For example, the setting up of communicable diseases networks. The Council voted in favour of the extension of the programmes.
4 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and Council adopting a Community action programme in the field of public health. This proposal was produced by the Commission in July in the context of a Communication on an EU Health Strategy. The Community action programme will replace the eight existing public health programmes. Common position was not reached in time for the Health Council. The UK broadly supports the proposal but Ms Stuart made the following points--that the UK will wish to ensure that the proposal does not try to extend the scope of Community competence and that the UK believes that although stronger co-ordination is needed, this does not require setting up a separate Community structure. There was an orientation debate with member states commenting on the broad principles of the proposal rather than considering the text in detail.
5 Council Resolution on health and nutrition. Nutrition was a public health priority for the French Presidency. The UK supports the Resolution. It fits in well with UK domestic priorities. The Resolution was adopted. Jane Hutt welcomed the Resolution on behalf of the UK.
6a Review of regulatory and administrative legislation of the member states on the subject of advertising of tobacco products. The Commission's proposal for a Directive banning tobacco advertising was recently overturned on the grounds of its legal base by the European Court of Justice. The UK has announced proposals for domestic legislation in this area and therefore supports the Directive. Commissioner Byrne announced the Commission's intention to bring forward a new Directive on tobacco advertising which will cover those elements of the previous Directive that the ECJ felt were justified on the grounds of internal market harmonisation.
6b Tobacco Labelling Directive. This Directive recasts three existing Internal Market Directives concerning the tar content of cigarettes, oral tobacco and labelling of tobacco products and updates these provisions in the light of recent scientific developments in this field. Common Position was reached at the June Health Council. The text has been undergoing its second reading. Compromise proposals were put forward to the Parliament but no agreement was reached. The UK gave its strong support to the proposed Directive and warmly welcomed the Common Position agreed at the Health Council in June. The Directive complements UK proposed UK domestic legislation well. The UK's response to the Parliament's amendments is being considered. The Parliament voted on the amendments on 13 December and therefore there was not enough time for the Council to agree its position. The text will now be considered under the Swedish Presidency and is likely to go to Conciliation.
6c WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The FCTC is WHO's first attempt at using its powers to establish a global treaty. Following a period of information collection, the negotiations began in October. A mandate was agreed to allow the Commission to negotiate in areas of EU competence. The UK supports and is fully participating in the negotiations. Commissioner Byrne commented on the need to revisit the negotiating mandate with a view to incorporating further areas of Community competence (e.g. taxation).
7 Council Resolution on paediatric medicines. The Resolution was initiated by the French Presidency. Its aim is to invite the Commission to come forward with proposals which encourage the development of medicines specifically for use in the treatment of children. The UK strongly supports the Resolution, although it recognises that the details of any proposals will need careful consideration. There are, for example, major ethical considerations in conducting trials in children. The Resolution was adopted.
8 Action Plan 'e-Europe 2002--An Information Society for all'. The Action Plan, which is now at the implementation stage. It includes a chapter on 'Health on-Line'. DH is generally content with the proposed approach in the health chapter and is liaising closely with DTI colleagues. The Commission gave an oral progress report.
9 Clinical Trials progress report. The Directive will establish a legal framework for the conduct of clinical trials in the EU. It will provide safeguards to trial subjects and aid the development of medicines, including for children, across the EU. The UK is very supportive of the Directive. The Council accepted all the amendments approved this week by the European Parliament, thus avoiding conciliation. The Presidency concluded that a qualified majority vote existed in favour of the Directive despite attempts by the Netherlands to have a further debate on specific problems of concern to them.
10a Communicable diseases: Implementation of the European network for surveillance and rapid reaction. The Community Network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases, including a Rapid Reaction Response, has completed its first year of operation. The UK is committed to the success of the Network, and to the 'network' principle to achieve its objectives. The Commission presented the progress report.
10b Communicable disease: BSE/Epidemiological situation of CJD. The purpose of this item was to debate a Commission presentation on nCJD trends. UK (Ms Stuart) welcomed the additional measures agreed in Agriculture Council and talked about the UK experience on health and social care for nCJD patients and their families The Commission had circulated the latest figures showing the number of nv CJD cases across member states. The Presidency tabled Council conclusions on further work on nCJD/BSE and the importance of Health Ministers being fully associated with public health issues at a European level, which were agreed.
11a Presentation of new texts by the Commission: Recommendation on Alcohol and the health of Young People. The Recommendation refers to health promotion, education and information measures as well as 'codes of conduct' with the advertising and alcohol industries. The UK broadly supports the Recommendation which will complement the UK's consultation paper on a National Strategy to Tackle Alcohol Misuse due to be published in the new year. The Council noted the Recommendation.
11b Blood Directive proposal. The Directive proposal aims to ensure the safety of the blood transfusion chain by setting high standards of quality and safety for the collection, processing, storage and distribution of whole blood, and blood components. The UK is fully committed to the proposal and played a strong role in getting this Recommendation passed during the UK Presidency in 1998. The Council noted the Directive proposal.
12 Any other business: European approach to clinical trials on AIDS research. The paper proposes that the Commission develop ideas on how to improve co-ordination and support for AIDS clinical trials. The UK recognises the need for and the difficulties of establishing European clinical trials in AIDS and other diseases and supports the proposal that the Commission should consider mechanisms for co-ordinating AIDS clinical trials in light of developments on the European Research Area. There was no discussion on this item.
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The B2B marketing landscape of 2019 is a brave new world for business – one virtually unrecognizable from years past.
If we go back to the start of the decade, concepts like content marketing, social media marketing, influencer marketing, and inbound marketing were years away from conception.
At the time, buyer demographic and behavioral data was difficult to find, marketing campaigns were more expensive to launch and harder to track, and market pulse was tougher to discern.
Replacing the old world of B2B marketing is a new landscape that is highly favorable to creative and strategic marketers. Instead of creating big and expensive ad campaigns, marketers are creating thoughtful content that attract inbound customers.
Generating quality inbound leads is the key to the success of B2B marketing. Not only does it help accelerate your sales cycle – it also creates happier sales reps, and bolster revenue growth.
We developed this playbook to help you accelerate sales cycle velocity, and retain and expand its existing client base. Let's dive in.
The thrust of this playbook is simple: launching an inbound B2B marketing strategy does not need to be expensive.
It doesn't require tons of money for Google AdWords and PPC. Neither does it require that you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on large-scale events and sponsorships.
However, it does require the implementation of thoughtful content that truly engages your buyer. To do this, use the nine techniques we share below to help you build recurring organic inbound traffic.
Every great inbound marketing strategy starts with a perfect understanding of your target audience – your ideal client profile.
Make a list of your existing client base, enrich their data, and map their buyer journey.
Interview your best clients and ask them about their specific use cases, needs, and experience with your product.
Account-Based Research – Here is where you determine what are key strategic priorities for the accounts you're targeting. You'll also want to ask questions such as: how does your solution help them achieve their goals? What can the technology stack of your target customer tell you? Account-based research gives you an extra level of targeting above and beyond company size, revenue, and industry.
Buying Triggers – Here is where you'll want to find out about your customers: which activities inside an organization indicate your solution could be a fit for them?
For example; at OutboundView, when organizations are hiring inside salespeople, it typically means our services could be a fit. When a new VP of Sales is hired, that is a good time for our team to reach out and discuss their lead generation strategies, because they're typically reviewing new sales processes. If we can tell a company isn't getting any inbound traffic, that tells us that the target needs outbound marketing.
Identifying the triggers that drive organizations to buy is absolutely critical for top of funnel targeting. Finding target accounts that are showing "buying triggers" for your business should be the highest priority for your top of funnel outreach efforts.
Who's your buyer? Not ideal company – we're talking the customer writing the checks or using your products. We think about buyer personas in two main categories: Decision Makers and Doers.
Buyer personas outline the specific value proposition, thought-provoking questions, and resources needed to lead efforts toward an opportunity for each type of Doer or Decision Maker.
To see who is engaging with and responding to your content, create an updated database of people who are following you on social media and subscribed to your email list.
This includes adding calls-to-actions for your blog, events, and gated content on your website to passively capture emails over time. Then, use tools like Clearbit or DiscoverOrg to enrich the data you collect with detailed firmographic information about who your audience is and how well they fit your ideal client persona. Or, have someone curate the list for you by hand.
Doing so will enable you to build an audience over time and get maximum return-on-investment for your publishing efforts.
This may take a little bit of work, but it will pay huge dividends in the short-term and long-term. You'll learn which topics and personas to lock in on and focus your future efforts appropriately.
Content creation is cheaper and easier to produce than ever.
But your time and resources are precious – so we recommend fixating content on one of two areas: thought leadership on your philosophy and storytelling about client success.
An annoyingly-named and often-abused piece of business terminology.
Content that explains the philosophy behind the product or service you offer.
Once you find your target audience, you should use BuzzSumo or Ahrefs to find topics relevant to your buyer that have high Google search volume and a high volume of social media mentions.
Think back to Mitch and Murray's favorite acronym: AIDA.
Lastly, recall that people buy products and services (especially expensive B2B solutions) from brands they know, like, and trust. Thought leadership builds trust and awareness and table-sets future action from your buyers.
The second type of content you should create is flywheel storytelling: telling client stories in evocative fashion by placing them on the Hero's Journey.
In these stories, your client (note: not your product) is the hero. They are facing a challenge or obstacle to overcome, and your product aids their success.
Here, it's important to build up your client as a subject matter expert in their field. This means establishing their credentials, backstory, philosophy, challenges, and how they discovered your product or service.
From there, you can chart their path to success and use their words to describe your product or service's role in getting them from A to B.
To maximize efficiency when it comes to content creation, we recommend repurposing and repackaging content as much as possible.
For example, you can turn a webinar with a client into a video interview on YouTube, a podcast episode, and an article that can be shared in various formats across social media.
The idea here is expediency. Rather than churning out a bunch of unique, disjointed pieces of content, you can turn one epic piece of content into a multi-purpose series of articles, videos, and podcasts.
Remember – not everyone consumes content in the same format. The beauty of this method is that you can create content in the format of best-fit for your entire audience.
To gain maximum exposure for your content, focus on the best distribution channels. For B2B, a solid email newsletter featuring valuable thought leadership, industry research, and client-led insights is a great way to connect with buyers and build trust.
We also advise supplementing email with social media posts on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et cetera, depending on how much time your ICP spends on those networks.
Finally, we recommend uploading video, audio, and presentation content to social media networks like YouTube, SoundCloud, and SlideShare. Optimize the content for SEO so that it can be found via search and gain the maximum visibility over time.
We found similar value in the concept of leveraging content to create and enhance authentic relationships with clients and audience.
An important best practice for this method is customer storytelling.
You should foreground your clients in your content as much as possible. Make them the heroes of articles and case studies capturing their success story with your product or service in grand detail. Explain their background, philosophy, challenges, success path, and subsequent gains from choosing you as a vendor.
From there, you should map the distribution of these stories to the audience of best-fit. If the hero in your client success story is a VP of Sales for a SaaS company, then route that story to similarly-situated prospects and clients in your sales, marketing, and client success funnel.
The bottom line is – you should always seek to route content to your audience of the best fit. Use data and well developed personas to make this happen.
Once you commit to a content-driven inbound marketing game plan, it's important to know that you're playing the long game.
Content publishing pays back exponentially over time. It may take months or years – but you'll see it. Provided you commit to publishing steadily and consistently.
Let's say you publish 3 articles per week – and two out of three posts feature a client or a key ally in your industry. You're setting yourself up for success.
Think of it this way – publishing 2 articles each week that cross-promote a client or peer leads to 104 goodwill relationships over the course of a year, possibly more if you publish content that features multiple clients or peers.
Content creation is a long-term investment with escalating payoffs in the form of heightened SEO, a strong database, referral-minded channel partners, and powerful press relationships.
These, in turn, lead to increased qualified lead velocity from content you've already created.
Every brand needs to cultivate reviews and testimonials that describe their value.
As Daniel Pink and HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan discuss in this must-listen podcast interview, for the first time in history your buyers have as much access to information about your company as your sellers do.
In other words, your brand is your reputation. It's not what you say it is. It's what others say about you.
Creating a committed campaign that incentivizes happy customers to review your company is an incredibly powerful, worthwhile investment in this day and age. Whether it's Google Reviews, Yelp!, G2Crowd, or another vendor, it's important to have your clients affirming your value publicly on the internet.
The second component to building your brand is creating clear statements of philosophy, or why you exist. This can be accomplished through published mission statements and consistent thought leadership output that dials into your purpose as a company, which we covered in Technique One.
Last and not least, always be aware of what is being said about your brand across the web and social media. This means using a powerful media monitoring tool to help you stay on top of real-time mentions.
Content should serve the entire customer lifecycle – from first touch to renewal.
This ensures maximum value from your publishing efforts and total artillery coverage for sales development, account executives, and customer support.
The broader the scope of impact a piece of content has, the better it serves your bottom-line. If you are only creating content designed to impact the top-of-funnel, you are vastly under-serving your audience, your company, and yourself.
This technique is a critical component that should be applied to everything you do.
To get the most benefit from your content-driven inbound marketing efforts, you should use a tool to analyze what content and channels drive results.
Invest in a marketing automation system – HubSpot, Marketo, and Pardot (especially if you use Salesforce) are all great options.
Devote a few dollars to a content tracking tool like Guru to build your internal knowledge base.
Use Outreach, Cirrus Insight, or SalesLoft to send trackable content at scale and give your sales reps the ability to see what messaging, links, and attachments get prospects to respond.
Keep track of the data-driven insights these tools give you. Then triple down on what is working and fix areas that need improvement.
The final technique is also a 'must apply' for all aspects of the content-driven inbound marketing playbook.
Strike balance between speed and quality control.
To accomplish the former, use a project management tool like Asana or Trello to keep your team on the same page. These tools will also help you strike the balance between speed and quality control.
Being detail oriented when is comes to content means doing every little action that will help you maximize SEO.
This includes adding alt titles to your images, using the proper text formatting with headers, et cetera, and using an SEO tool (we love Ahrefs) to discover the best keyword opportunities for high Google rank.
Here's a high-performing blog post whose title was chosen specifically for its high search volume (400 per month) and low keyword difficulty (less than 5 backlinks were needed for a top search ranking).
Give them a heads up they are being recognized.
Gently ask if they can share it across their channels.
The biggest driver of content is the willingness to do these two things. Once you do, you can guarantee a sound return-on-investment in your content marketing efforts to drive inbound leads.
Ready to drive more leads across your sales funnel strategically? We'd love to know about your experience!
Contact myself or my co-author to for more information – or to let us know your thoughts about this playbook.
Blake Johnston is the CEO of OutboundView, a B2B marketing consultant agency that helps companies design, develop, and implement the best marketing strategies for lead generation and higher ROI.


The Australian Government's balance sheet remains amongst the strongest in the developed world. Australia recently received a AAA credit rating from all three major rating agencies for the first time in our history.
This strong balance sheet position continues to provide the Government with the capacity and flexibility to respond to unanticipated adverse events and longer‑term challenges.
The strength of the Government's financial position and the return to surplus in 2012‑13 allows the Government to further reduce its already very low levels of net debt as a share of GDP from 2012‑13.
The Australian Government's net debt position remains very low by international standards, notwithstanding the further write‑down to tax receipts and the fall in interest rates on Commonwealth Government Securities (CGS) contributing to an increase in net debt since the 2011‑12 Budget. The average net debt position, as a per cent of GDP, of the major advanced economies (G7) is projected to reach around ten times the expected peak in Australia's net debt.
In this Budget, the Government maintains its commitment to a liquid and efficient CGS market.
A detailed balance sheet for the Australian Government general government sector is provided in Statement 9: Budget Financial Statements.


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Why nearly every car thief in Bristol gets away with the crime
Police have blamed growing demand and dwindling numbers
Alexander Brock
More than nine in every 10 car thieves in Avon and Somerset get away with the crime, new data has revealed.
The latest police figures show that there were 2,411 car thefts committed across Avon and Somerset in 2018.
They include 59 cases of aggravated car theft - where the stolen vehicle was then driven dangerously, damage was caused to the vehicle or other property, or someone was injured.
Some 1,216 car thefts were recorded in Bristol alone, including 25 cases of aggravated car theft.
However, 74 per cent of the car thefts in 2018 saw the investigation dropped because no suspect was identified.
Neighbouring police forces ferried in for 'unprecedented' week of protest
Another 16 per cent were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
Overall, it means around 90% of car thieves in Avon and Somerset are getting away with the crime completely.
Only 4% of car thieves were actually charged or summonsed for the crime.
The figures come at a time when the number of police officers is falling due to ongoing budget cuts.
As many as 20 cars were damaged or broken into in three streets in Southville on the night of Friday, May 17 (Image: Bristol Live)
As at March 2018 there were the equivalent of 2,597 full time police officers working across Avon and Somerset - down from 3,304 in 2010, and the lowest number on recent record.
Police say growing demand and dwindling numbers mean they are struggling to investigate these types of crime.
'We cannot do everything we once could'
Simon Kempton, Police Federation of England and Wales' operational policing lead, said: "Despite the best efforts of our members, we have seen crime continue to increase across the board and the resultant demands placed on policing are unprecedented but unfortunately predictable.
"It is incredibly frustrating for me and my colleagues to see so many investigations being dropped due to lack of evidence, but with almost 22,000 fewer officers than there were in 2010, it comes as no surprise.
"The bottom line is we simply cannot do everything we once could, or that the public expect us to do, therefore forces are having to prioritise and be realistic about what they can and can't investigate.
"Catching criminals, investigating crimes and helping victims is at the heart of policing.
Bristol's most wanted: The men police are hunting this month
"And it is as unsatisfying for officers as it is for the victims when they are unable to do the job they signed up to do - but it comes down to the fact that we simply can't do everything we once could.
"In the next few weeks we will have a new Prime Minister and they must prioritise policing.
"We need a real commitment to change, backed by significant centrally-funded investment, to start to undo the wrongs the service has suffered over the past nine years and to allow our members to get back to being able to provide the level of service they, and the public, want."
Avon and Somerset Constabulary has been contacted for comment.
For the latest news in and around Bristol, check back on Bristol Live's homepage .
Bristol Live

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During the winter months we have many people calling due to leaking roofs, leaking gutters and leaking patios causing water damage and staining on their ceilings and eaves. These problems are common and all of which could have been prevented through regular roof maintenance.
This week we were asked to quote on a roof replacement that was half completed by another company.
We attended a leak repair that several other companies had tried to fix previously. Within minutes we had found the problem.
What kind of roof tiles are suitable for painting?
There are two types of roof tiles available for any roof. Those are clay or cement. Many of the requests we receive relate to painting tiles and although the majority of tiles are suitable for painting, the exception is glazed clay tiles.


Ed Dunlop's globetrotting Joshua Tree (T Thulliez), who has so far run in 10 different countries during his career will face seven opponents when he lines up in the Group One Prix Ganay at Longchamp on Sunday.
It will not be and easy task for the 7-y-o son of Montjeu as he will be up against last year's impressive Prix De L'Arc e Triomphe winner Treve (L Dettori) and Cirrus Des Aigles (C Soumillon).
Treve will be making her seasonal debut on Sunday in the one mile two and a half furlong event and Cirrus Des Aigles will be hoping to go one better than his second in last month's Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan.
Also in the line-up will be the Andre Fabre pair of Baltic Baroness (P-C Boudot) and Triple Threat (M Guyon) along with the Pascal Bary-trained Smoking Sun (S Pasquier). Making up the eight runners is Treve's stable companion Belle De Crecy (T Jarnet).


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Getting to Yes on Climate Change
In an open letter to Sens. Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman, Dave Roberts notes that putting a price on carbon has obviously run into a lot of resistance. But carbon pricing is essential to any serious effort to reduce carbon emissions. So how do we thread this needle?
There is a way. It begins by changing the way we think about carbon pricing. For at least the next five to ten years, no politically palatable price on carbon is going to serve as a primary driver of change. Anything that can pass simply won't be high enough and its effects will be too diffuse. The main goal with your bill should be to establish a framework whereby a carbon price is implemented and steadily raised. The initial price can be low — low enough to avoid the kind of political backlash that has poisoned previous efforts — and phase in over time so affected industries have time to prepare. At least in the short term, we should think of carbon pricing as a funding mechanism for clean energy policies. It's a form of responsible budgeting, nothing more, nothing less.
….In exchange for reducing the role of carbon pricing, you should push to strengthen and expand the clean energy and efficiency provisions in your bill. Without a substantial price on carbon those policies will have to be that much more robust if they are to meet the goal President Obama promised in Copenhagen: 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.
Actually, this isn't really an "exchange." It's more like two pieces of a puzzle fitting neatly together.
The price of carbon created by a cap depends on how much carbon emitters are required to cut. If they have to cut a lot, the price is high. If they only have to cut a little, the price is low. And as many, many people have pointed out already, there's a lot of low-hanging fruit available on the carbon front. This stuff is mostly within the realm of the efficiency and clean energy provisions that Dave talks about, and it has a lot of potential to reduce carbon considerably all on its own. If these provisions are implemented, a carbon cap would most likely require only a small additional carbon reduction, which means that a cap that moved steadily toward a 17% reduction over the next decade would probably produce a pretty modest price for carbon. It's only in the decade after that, when the cuts become larger, that the declining cap would start to produce a really significant carbon price.
Of course, this all depends on those other provisions having some teeth, but that's quite doable: the public generally favors efficiency and clean energy standards, so toughening those up would be relatively popular and would help keep the price of carbon modest. If the revenue generated by the cap is used to fund those efficiency and clean energy programs, and if it's sold as both a climate measure and a national security measure, it could be a pretty popular piece of legislation.
Now, this might all be pie in the sky. If Republicans keep up their united front of objecting to anything and everything that Democrats propose no matter what, it doesn't really matter what a hypothetical climate bill looks like. But if they don't, Dave's suggestion has a lot of merit. Read the whole thing for more details.


Good management is integral to long term success and is therefore a fundamental part of our business plan. System responsibilities extend throughout all levels of the organization. Everyone is expected to take an active role in driving for flawless, efficient and effective customer-focused operations. All personnel, ashore and on-board are familiar and implement the company's policies in their day-to-day role.


Students drop off books at designated times (Watch ParentSquare and Friday Folders for times). Number of books donated are then recorded and will allow students to select slightly used to newer books to read on Monday, 2/1, at our Read-A-Thon Kick Off.
Watch your child's Friday Folder and ParentSquare for specific times for your child to select their new or slightly used books. Number of books selected is determined and recorded from the prior Friday's Book Swap.


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    public class TagIndex : IDomainIndex
    {
        private readonly Dictionary<int, TagInfo> _tag = new Dictionary<int, TagInfo>();
        private readonly Object _lockObject = new object();

        public bool IsTitleExist(string title)
        {
            lock (_lockObject)
                return _tag.Any(x => x.Value.Title == title);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the ID of the tag having the specified title, or null if no tag with that title exists.
        /// </summary>
        public int? GetIdByTagTitle(string title)
        {
            lock (_lockObject)
            {
                var matches = _tag.Where(x => x.Value.Title == title);
                return matches.Any() ? matches.First().Key : default(int?);
            }
        }

        public void ApplyEvent(IEvent e)
        {
            if (e is BaseEvent baseEvent && baseEvent.GetEntityType() == ResourceTypes.Tag)
                switch (e)
                {
                    case CreatedEvent ev:
                        lock (_lockObject)
                            _tag.Add(ev.Id, new TagInfo());
                        break;
                    case PropertyChangedEvent ev:
                        lock (_lockObject)
                            if (_tag.TryGetValue(ev.Id, out var tagInfo) && ev.PropertyName == nameof(TagArgs.Title))
                                tagInfo.Title = ev.Value.ToString();
                        break;
                    case DeletedEvent ev:
                        lock (_lockObject)
                            _tag.Remove(ev.Id);
                        break;
                }

        }
    }
    public class TagInfo
    {
        public string Title { get; set; }
    }
}

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I'll give it another watch to be sure, (and also because it's hilarious) but you didn't even hit the tank with that last shot, did you? He just exploded from a shot the chest?
Heh, yeah I used to do this when I was bored. Fun times.
If I remember correctly you can do something similar in Half-Life before the disaster, if you use impulse 101 to acquire weapons.
It's quite funny to shoot them as they're walking from one place to the next, and they continue walking, look at a piece of machinery, then suddenly die.
I've discovered that glitch 12/13 years ago in the WON version lol.
personally i think the funniest part of OP4 was if you kept the engineer alive from the FRIENDLY FIRE CHAPTER (the one that needed a medic) then what happens is that if you take him down to where the black ops are, you'll find that he doesnt actually have a weapon and will try and run up and kick the black ops with his foot. It doesnt go too well for him.
It's not a glitch, just that his sequence of opening the door is uninterruptible so not even death can stop him from opening that door. Still funny though.
Processed in a woefully unlucky 547 milliseconds.


Additionally, all my graphs stopped, see attached screenshot.
Anyone having an idea what is going wrong here?
Database issue? Library version issue? At 4.00am I am doing an automated "yum -y update". My Cacti is running on CentOS7.
Restored the backup from yesterday.
Tha backtrace-error went away, looks like (according to cacti.log) the poll went fine so far.
Anyone having a clue what went wrong with the update ?
I think you should really contact CentOS7 as they know best what they do in that package.
We do not have any releases after 1.1.38 as we have been concentrating on 1.2, so if there is a newer version of the package, either a dependency changed or they added an extra patch that they felt necessary.
You can do two things, report it to them as we would recommend for Debian (which Paul handles so always worth listening to his advice) and if you really feel like diagnosing the issue, extract the contents of both packages and perform a diff to see what changed.
We will try to help out depending on what change is found if we can. Please do let us know what you find.
... extract the contents of both packages and perform a diff to see what changed.
So may I assume my error from my first post is an error because of a wrong user and so Cacti not beeing able to access the files?
You should really report this to CentOS and discuss with the maintainer there.
At a glance, yes, this would appear to be an ownership issue. As Paul says, raise it with the Cacti maintainer on CentOS but I can't recall who that is off the top of my head. I just know Paul and Morten as they have been quite good at posing questions and bugs to us that have helped improve things. Morten handles Fedora's EPEL if I remember rightly but I'm not sure that covers CentOS.
If you are using the EPEL repository, then that may be Morten.


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Soulmachine – The Self-Learning Robo-Taxi
By Interrobang
Soulmachine
About Interrobang
© Interrobang
In the future, who will be behind the wheel? What happens when competence is handed over to artificial intelligence? What ethical standards need to be developed and how will decision-making still be possible? Fully autonomous driving has not yet been technically implemented, but the Soulmachine by the Interrobang performance collective catapults the audience into the future with a drive through Berlin and an interactive game played by passengers and artificial intelligence (AI). Five people take a seat in a specially developed Concept Car. They communicate with the AI and together take control of the vehicle. With questions and answers, storytelling, offers to play along and decision-making, the machine moderates the passengers' social interaction and devises the route from their collective decisions. Who will take responsibility?
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The decision is based on the current recommendations on how to deal with the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
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Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC Issues Precautionary Recall on Ground Beef Products
Select H-E-B Items Impacted
Jo-Carolyn Goode | 10/6/2014, 9:08 a.m.
(SAN ANTONIO) – H-E-B, committed to ensuring the safety of its products, is adhering to the precautionary product recall by Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC of select H-E-B ground chuck and ground beef items processed by the company due to the possibility of foreign material in the product. Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC is only one of H-E-B's suppliers for ground chuck and ground beef and no injuries or illnesses have been reported.
"H-E-B is committed to the highest standards of food safety for our customers," said Winell Herron, Group Vice President of Public Affairs. "We work hard to ensure the integrity and safety of all products we offer in our stores, and want to make our customers aware of the select H-E-B items that were recalled by Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC in an abundance of caution.
Only the following select items are impacted by this precautionary recall:
3 lb. packages of H-E-B Ground Chuck bearing establishment number 337 with a use by date of October 2, 2014
5 lb. packages of H-E-B Ground Beef 73% LEAN 27% FAT, bearing establishment number 337 with a use by date of October 5, 2014
10 lb. packages of H-E-B Ground Beef, 73% LEAN 27% FAT, bearing establishment number 337 with a use by date of October 8, 2014
H-E-B Ground Chuck clear film packages in Styrofoam trays in regular pack and value pack, 80% LEAN 20% FAT, with a use by date of September 11, 2014 through September 29, 2014
H-E-B Ground Chuck Patties clear film packages in Styrofoam trays in regular pack or value pack, 80% LEAN 20% FAT, with a use by date of September 11, 2014 through September 29, 2014
Customers who purchased the affected product can return the product to the store for a full refund. Customers with any questions or concerns may contact H-E-B Customer Relations at 1-800-432-3113.
For more information, visit heb.com
Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Material Contamination
H-E-B Issues Precautionary Recall on Market Items
H-E-B Voluntarily Issues a Precautionary Recall
H-E-B Issues A Voluntary Precautionary Recall on Specific H-E-B Homestyle White Corn Tortillas


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Q: Key template value 'GetItems(Id={id})' for key segment 'id' does not start with '{' or ends with '}' I'm trying to use OData in my project.
I have this class JournalCopy which has ICollection<JournalItemCopy> Items property. I tried to get this Items through JournalCopy and I want to use OData for filtering and expanding the results.
Here is my action:
[ODataRoutePrefix("JournalRepetitives")]
[Authorize(AuthenticationSchemes = TenantRequired.DefaultSchemeName)]
public class JournalRepetitivesController : ODataController
{
    private readonly ReadModelContext _readModelContext;

    public JournalRepetitivesController(ReadModelContext readModelContext)
    {
        _readModelContext = readModelContext;

    }
    private IQueryable<JournalCopy> JournalCopyQuery() => _readModelContext.Set<JournalCopy>();

    [EnableQuery]
    [HttpGet]
    [ODataRoute("GetItems(Id={id})")]
    public IQueryable<JournalItemCopy> GetItems([FromODataUri] string id)
    {
        return JournalCopyQuery().Where(e => e.Id == id)
            .SelectMany(e => e.Items);
    }
}

and I have this configuration:
public static class ReadModelConfiguration
{
    public static ODataModelBuilder Configure()
    {
        var builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();

        builder.EntityType<JournalCopy>().HasKey(e => e.Id);
        builder.EntityType<JournalItemCopy>().Collection.Function("GetItems")
            .ReturnsCollectionFromEntitySet<JournalItemCopy>(nameof(JournalItemCopy))
            .Parameter<string>("Id").Required();
    }
}

So when I am using http://localhost:8000/v2/JournalRepetitives/GetItems(Id='76dee73f-8cd4-4311-9708-4701c3d2d017') to call the Api in postman but I got The path template 'JournalRepetitives/GetItems(Id={id})' on the action 'GetItems' in controller 'JournalRepetitives' is not a valid OData path template. Key template value 'GetItems(Id={id})' for key segment 'id' does not start with '{' or ends with '}'. but I don't know its problem.

Any Idea how can I fix it?

A: I've never used OData routing, but based on the documentation I think it could be a few things:

*

*Remove the quotes in your URL. You usually don't use quotes in URLs.

http://localhost:8000/v2/JournalRepetitives/GetItems(Id=76dee73f-8cd4-4311-9708-4701c3d2d017)

*You might need to remove the Id=. So your route should be:

[ODataRoute("GetItems({id})")]

And your URL would look like:
http://localhost:8000/v2/JournalRepetitives/GetItems(76dee73f-8cd4-4311-9708-4701c3d2d017)

*I seem to remember an issue with Postman where it would URL encode parentheses even though it doesn't need to, so try disabling URL encoding in Postman. In Postman, under the URL, click on Settings, then turn off "Encode URL automatically".

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Dover home invaders' gunfire hits victim's walls, couch
robin brown, The News Journal
Intruders fired a gun and chased a resident during a home invasion early Tuesday, police said.
The two intruders' gunfire hit walls and a couch in the home in the 100 block of Spruance Road in Dover, said Master Cpl. Mark Hoffman, public information officer for the Dover Police Department.
But, he said, no one was injured in the incident.
About 2:40 a.m., the intruders – described only as black males – entered the home, fired a gun and chased the resident throughout the home before the pair fled, Hoffman said.
Authorities did not disclose what, if anything, was stolen from the home or whether they believe the victim was targeted or selected at random.
As the investigation continues, Hoffman said, anyone with information about is asked to call the Dover Police Department at (302) 736-7111.
Tips also may be given through the department's MyPD mobile app and Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 or www.tipsubmit.com.
Contact robin brown at (302) 324-2856 or rbrown@delawareonline.com. Find her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @rbrowndelaware.


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Der Sokles-Maler war ein attisch-schwarzfiguriger Vasenmaler, tätig in Athen in der Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.

John D. Beazley hat ihm eine Schale in Schweizer Privatbesitz und eine Gordionschale in Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional 10947 (L 56) zugeschrieben, beide vom Töpfer Sokles signiert. Ferner weist er ihm einen unsignierten Kantharos in Berlin, Antiksammlung F 1737 zu. Er gehört zu den Kleinmeistern.

Literatur
 John D. Beazley: Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1956, S. 172.
 John D. Beazley: Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters, Oxford 1971, S. 72.
 Rolf Blatter: Sokles. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Band 2: L–Z. Addendum A–K. Saur, München/Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1, S. 404.

Rotfiguriger Vasenmaler
Attischer Vasenmaler
Notname (Antike)
Geboren im 7. oder 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben im 6. oder 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Mann

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Анненко́вское се́льское поселе́ние — муниципальное образование в составе Майнского района Ульяновской области. Административный центр — село Анненково-Лесное.

Население

Состав сельского поселения
В состав поселения входят 6 населённых пунктов: 2 села, 1 деревня и 3 посёлка.

Примечания

Источники
 Майнский район

Сельские поселения Ульяновской области
Муниципальные образования Майнского района


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Kungstensgatan är en gata i Vasastaden och Östermalm i Stockholm. Gatan fick sitt nuvarande namn i samband med Stockholms gatunamnsreform 1885.

Historik

På Petrus Tillaeus karta från 1733 saknar gatan namn men omtalas 1770 som Kongstens Gatan. Med all säkerhet har den fått sitt namn efter kvarteret Konungz Steen (Kungsstenen). Kungstensgatan sträcker sig i öst-västlig riktning från Karlavägen vid Engelbrektskyrkan på Östermalm till Dalagatan vid Sabbatsbergs sjukhus i Vasastan. Gatan korsar bland annat Birger Jarlsgatan, Sveavägen och Drottninggatan.  Stycket mellan Saltmätargatan och Holländargatan bakom Handelshögskolan består av en trappa som kallas Kungstenstrappan.

Längs Kungstensgatan ligger bland annat Stockholms högskolas (föregångare till Stockholms universitet) gamla huvudbyggnad vid Kungstensgatan 45. Vid Kungstensgatans östra ända uppfördes 1930–1932 Stockholms borgarskola, Kungstensgatan 2–8, vilken numera hyser Viktor Rydbergs gymnasium.

Källor

Se även
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Bull-sharks are the most dangerous shark species in the world to attack humans as well as one the most common shark species. Learn important and interesting facts about the bull shark.
Bull-sharks live for about 16 years, grow almost 12 feet long, can weigh as much as 500 pounds and they go by over 17 different names, listed below.
What makes them so deadly is their unpredictable and aggressive nature this is because bullsharks have one of the highest testosterone levels of any other animal species, even their females have elevated testosterone. Talk about sharks on steroids!
Bull sharks have a rare ability to be able to survive in freshwater.
All sharks evolved from the ocean and they must keep salt in their bodies to survive. When in fresh water, most saltwater fish would die because their salty bodies would absorb the water and continue to absorb it until they blew up like a balloon.
Vise Vera, if you put a freshwater fish in saltwater, their bodies would shrivel up and die as the salt would absorb all of their body fluids.
The bullshark is able to survive this because a process called osmoregulation. This allows them to control the movement of salt solution through a special adaptation in their kidneys, which work overtime when they are in fresh water.
So instead of blowing up like other fish, these sharks excrete the excess water in their urine, which means they pee… a LOT.
People have spotted bull sharks thousands of miles up the Amazon River in South America…far from the sea. Bull sharks have also been found swimming in the Mississippi River as far north as (Alton)Illinois as well as upstream in many other rivers around the world.
Currently there have been 104 recorded bull shark attacks in the last 150 years, and out of those, 33 fatalities.
There are many shark attacks during this period where the type of shark involved was not known, Of course, it is worth remembering that the bull shark inhabits many 3rd world countries, and there maybe hundreds of shark attacks that have gone unreported.
The Bull Shark Goes by 17 Different Names.


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package org.apache.sling.scripting.sightly.impl.compiler.frontend;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.antlr.v4.runtime.BaseErrorListener;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CommonTokenStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Parser;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.RecognitionException;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Recognizer;
import org.apache.sling.scripting.sightly.compiler.SightlyCompilerException;

/**
 * The {@code SightlyParserErrorListener} handles parsing error reporting by sending offending input to a logger.
 */
public class SightlyParserErrorListener extends BaseErrorListener {

    @Override
    public void syntaxError(Recognizer<?, ?> recognizer, Object offendingSymbol, int line, int charPositionInLine, String msg,
                            RecognitionException e) {
        String offendingInput;
        if (Parser.class.isAssignableFrom(recognizer.getClass())) {
            List<String> stack = ((Parser) recognizer).getRuleInvocationStack();
            Collections.reverse(stack);
            offendingInput = ((CommonTokenStream) recognizer.getInputStream()).getTokenSource().getInputStream().toString();
        } else {
            offendingInput = recognizer.getInputStream().toString();
        }
        if (e != null) {
            throw new SightlyCompilerException(msg, offendingInput, line, charPositionInLine, e);
        }
        throw new SightlyCompilerException(msg, offendingInput, line, charPositionInLine);
    }
}


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Northrop Grumman scores $62.4M O&M contract
By Mark Hoover
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $62.4 million option to provide operations and maintenance to the Navy.
The option extends Northrop's support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator program, which utilizes unmanned aerial vehicles to refine tactics, techniques and procedures in a maritime environment, according to the NAVAIR website.
Under the option, the company will provide for logistics support, organization, intermediate, and depot level maintenance, and field services representatives to ensure the BAMS-D aircraft are mission-capable for ISR missions, the Defense Department said in a release.
Work is expected to wrap up in June 2017.
Mark Hoover is a senior staff writer with Washington Technology. You can contact him at mhoover@washingtontechnology.com, or connect with him on Twitter at @mhooverWT.


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Lord Patten on Tony Hall's appointment
Home • News • Lord Patten on Tony Hall's appointment
Updated on Thursday 22 November 2012
Announcing the appointment of Tony Hall as the new Director-General of the BBC, Lord Patten, BBC Trust Chairman, said:
"While there are still very serious questions to be answered by the on-going inquiries, it is in the interests of licence fee payers that the BBC now starts to refocus on its main purpose – making great programmes that audiences love and trust.
"In doing this it will need to take a long, hard look at the way it operates and put in place the changes required to ensure it lives up to the standards that the public expects. Tony Hall is the right person to lead this and I am delighted that he is taking on this role. For its part I want to make sure that the Trust gives Tony Hall whatever help and support he needs to re-build the BBC's management around him.
"Tony Hall has been an insider and is a currently an outsider. As an ex-BBC man he understands how the Corporation's culture and behaviour make it, at its best, the greatest broadcaster in the world. And from his vantage point outside the BBC, he understands the sometimes justified criticisms of the Corporation – that it can be inward looking and on occasions too institutional.
"But perhaps most importantly, given where we now find ourselves, his background in news will prove invaluable as the BBC looks to rebuild both its reputation in this area and the trust of audiences."
Posted in: BBC Crisis
Peter Rippon appointed editor of BBC News Online Archive
Peter Rippon has been appointed editor of BBC's news archive across BBC Online. The former Newsnight editor will take up the role to develop and lead the BBC's Journal of Record initiative. Journal of Record aims to publish a television… Read more
Statement by Stephen Mitchell: "I have decided to retire from the BBC"
Stephen Mitchell, who has quit as BBC deputy director of news, has issued a statement following the Pollard Review into Newsnight's handling of the Savile allegations. "It is with great sadness that I have decided to retire from the BBC… Read more
Stephen Mitchell Retires from BBC News
The BBC has announced that the deputy head of news, Stephen Mitchell, will retire when he works his notice. The news came after Nick Pollard, the former head of Sky News, published his report into the BBC's handling of the… Read more
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I am the caregiver of my cousin. She has lung cancer that has metastisized to her brain, bone, and adrenal glands. At first I didn't feel the effects of her illness. She developed a tissue-eating bacteria that ate away at a good portion of her upper thigh, and she developed diabetes. It was August when she was diagnosed. I'm starting to feel overwhelmed, scared, and a little depressed. I see the progression of the disease right before my eyes and it's eating away at me. She's in stage IV of the disease. I feel like I'm about to lose it. Not only is she my cousing, but also one of my best friends. I told her everything I wouldn't tell no one else. We are extremely close so it hurts so bad to see this happening to her. I will always be there for her no matter what, but now I need someone to be there for me and I don't feel as though I have anyone to turn to.


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Q: Nextflow: Script of python don't save output I have problem with a script of Python in Nextflow, my aim is write a file in the script of python and take this with nextflow and save the file in the publishdir (and after I use this file in other process).
My process in nextflow is something like this (the files were defined before):
process writefile{
publishDir "${params.output_dir}/formatted", mode: 'copy'
input:
path file from change_file
output:
path "formattedfile.txt" into file_changed
script:
"""
file2formattedfile.py ${file} formattedfile.txt
"""
}

The script of python: (I simplified the real process, but essentiality is something like this), I need obtain in nextflow the file save in output file.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
from sys import argv
def main():
   input,output = argv[1:3]
   out = open(output, "w")
   #My real operations are here
   out.write("Operations and text")
   out.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main()

The problem is the file is don't save in the publish dir, but is in the dir work of nextflow, when i run the workflow the process is completed without error but said DataflowQueue(queue=[])
[e1/74e0ee] process > writefile (DataflowQueue(queue=[])) [100%] 1 of 1 ✔

Thanks!
------------- Update -------------
I changed the input file to a file(). The nextflow.config:
params {
  input_file = 'data/old_file.txt'
  output_dir = 'output_new'
}

The main.nf
change_file = file(params.input_file)
process writefile{
publishDir "${params.output_dir}/formatted", mode: 'copy'
input:
path file from change_file
output:
path "formattedfile.txt" into file_changed
script:
"""
file2formattedfile.py ${file} formattedfile.txt
"""
}

This changed the ouptput of nextflow, but my input file wasn't in the publish dir (but is in the dir work).
[7d/78559b] process > writefile (/home/myuser/Documentos/dir/pipeline_dir/data/old_file.txt) [100%] 1 of 1 ✔

This path after writefile is the path where is my input file, I don't know why (nothing is change in this dir).

A: Looks like something is wrong with your input using the 'change_file' channel. If 'change_file' should be a value channel, consider the following:
params.change_file = 'my_change_file.txt'
params.output_dir = 'my_output_dir'

change_file = file(params.change_file)

process writefile{

    publishDir "${params.output_dir}/formatted", mode: 'copy'

    input:
    path infile from change_file

    output:
    path "formattedfile.txt" into file_changed

    """
    file2formattedfile.py "${infile}" formattedfile.txt
    """
}

Results:
[d6/5173c1] process > writefile [100%] 1 of 1 ✔

If the above doesn't help, please show how the 'change_file' channel is being created.


NHS England has confirmed that new & expectant mums will be able access specialist perinatal mental health community services in every part of the country by April next year.
The health service is now spending £23m rolling out the second wave of community perinatal services to underserved parts of the country and is on course to achieve full geographical coverage, when as recently as 2014 it was estimated that only 3% of the country had good access to perinatal mental health care.
Specialist community perinatal mental health teams can offer psychiatric & psychological assessments and care for women with complex or severe mental health problems during the perinatal period. They can also provide pre-conception advice for women with a current or past severe mental illness who are planning a pregnancy.
Practical new guidance has also been published to help local health care systems as they put their plans into action and support community teams to deliver high quality and safe care. One in 5 women will experience a mental health problem during their pregnancy and in the first year after birth, with depression and anxiety disorders being the most common.


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College football: New Year's Six bowl matchups announced
By sarahtr Dec 7, 2014, 2:28pm CST
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Congratulations! You've got your New Year's plans all figured out. We're talking Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, for those of you who aren't very handy with a calendar. College football's New Year's Six bowl pairings were announced Sunday, shortly after the naming of the four teams in the College Football Playoff. Kickoff times, television information and more for the six games listed below. Read more


41. Vitamin-c-Super-Booster: Although required in small quantities like other vitamins, vitamin C is indispensable for the proper functioning of the body.
42. Ayurveda-Detoxifying- Tea: Cumin is extremely good for digestion and related problems. The very aroma of cumin, which comes from an aromatic organic compound called Cuminaldehyde, the main component of its essential oil, activates our salivary glands in our mouth, which facilitates the primary digestion of food.
43. Complete-Detox-Carrot-Beetroot-Juice: One of the major benefits of beet juice it that it contains a colour pigment called betalain. This is a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, fungicidal and aid in detoxification substance. There is research that indicates that betalain may exhibit anti-cancer activity.
44. Flat-Tummy-Water-Recipe: Ginger has been shown to lower blood sugar levels and improve various heart disease risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes.
45. Golden-Herbal-Detox-Drink: Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant.
46. Vitamin-A-Juice-Plus-For-Skin-Rejuvenation: Cantaloupe has lots of folic acids that is very important for regeneration of dead cells. This aspect is especially useful for pregnant women. This property of quicker regeneration also helps in giving a healthy skin. It keeps wrinkles at bay, maintains the skin elasticity and helps in collagen synthesis and thus has anti-aging properties.
47. Day-Starter-Rocket-Fuel: Bananas are among the most convenient food sources of potassium. This mineral is essential for maintaining proper heart function and regulating normal blood pressure.
48. Drinking-Water: Drinking enough fluids is important when exercising. Follow the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for fluid intake before and during physical activity. These guidelines recommend that people drink about 17 ounces of fluid about two hours before exercise. During exercise, they recommend that people start drinking fluids early, and drink them at regular intervals to replace fluids lost by sweating.
49. Earth-and-Abundance-Root-Chakra-Smoothie: As far as healthy foods go, cranberries are at the top of the list due to their high nutrient and antioxidant content and are often referred to as a "super food." Not to mention, half a cup of cranberries contains only 25 calories!
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Better day care for the young child through a merged governmental and nongovernmental effort
Cornelia Goldsmith
the story of day care in New York City as the responsibility of a Department of Health, 1943-1963, and nearly a decade later 1972.
by Cornelia Goldsmith
Published 1972 by National Association for the Education of Young Children in Washington .
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Interior Secretary Zinke Comes To Bunkerville
"I am also sensitive to our people being out there in remote areas where you have lawless people that are willing to engage law enforcement."
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (photo credit: Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal )
Zinke Comes To Bunkerville
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited Bunkerville, Nevada over the weekend and spoke with reporters of his support for the national monuments.
In April, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary to review all monuments since 1996 that included more than 100,000 acres. Zinke visited the Gold Butte and Basin and Range National Monuments as part of his review.
Zinke told reporters that he is an advocate for monuments. "I am an advocate for public access," he said. Zinke also said that he is in favor of the traditional uses, specifically citing 'ranching' as a part of the culture of these monuments.
Additionally, Zinke discussed his interpretation of the Antiquities Act, including the fact that monuments must be on Federal property, not state or private property.
His review has focused on 27 monuments out of over 200 in the country.
As part of his process, he spoke of talking to all parties involved, from the Governor, the Congressional Representatives and local officials, to the tribes and advocates for the monuments.
However, he did not talk to some of the people that this monument is directly affecting. He did not talk to Carol Bundy. Carol is the wife of rancher Cliven Bundy, who is currently incarcerated pending trial for what is referred to as the "Bunkerville Standoff" of April 2014.
Mrs. Bundy spoke with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sunday and said she was disappointed Zinke didn't meet with her on his way to Gold Butte despite her efforts to reach him through emails, certified letters and phone calls to staff.
"We have not received one phone call back," she said, sitting in the living room of the Bundy ranch house Sunday. "We feel like we're forgotten. Yet my husband and four of our sons, a total of 19 men, sit in prison under the guise of charges of the Department of Interior, which Mr. Zinke is in control over, and they have committed no crime.
Zinke was asked by the Las Vegas Review-Journal if the Interior Department plans to round up Bundy's stray cattle from the Gold Butte monument, Zinke said: "I'm not going to address that issue."
He did address the law enforcement side of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and how he would like to change the image of his department.
"We should be the happy department," he said. "When you see a BLM truck you should think land manager and not law enforcement, which we work with through our local sheriffs."
Zinke then went on to clarify more of his thoughts. "There's a lot of public land out there, that things are going on that they shouldn't," he said. "I am also sensitive to our people being out there in remote areas where you have lawless people that are willing to engage law enforcement." Continuing, Zinke said, "So we have to make sure that our law enforcement officers can defend themselves, protect themselves."
Politics can be a tricky thing for many people, but the former Congressman has learned these lessons well. He did not publicly address the Bundy trials, therefore he publicly did not take sides. However, like the recent statements by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, he made his views quite clear.
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11 Comments on Interior Secretary Zinke Comes To Bunkerville
Zinke! You WILL address it, trust me! We the People have just about had our fill of you and people like you!
Dave August 1, 2017 at 1:45 PM
It is the other way around you Constitution free zone moron! We see more and more where trump stands on the trampled Constitution!
Patrick Tiekamp Sr. August 1, 2017 at 12:46 PM
I think that the people should decide by a vote.
Shorty Stuff August 1, 2017 at 8:58 AM
Sounds as though Zinke is just another government shill. Only interested in government power over its citizens (aka government slaves). It's a shame Trump can't appoint better people, and I'm a Trump supporter, so don't say it lightly.
Ed Sunderland July 31, 2017 at 9:39 PM
We had Zinke on our radio program as a congressman and asked him why congress would not go after Obama for for his criminal and treasonous activity and his response was "Obama's approval rating was better than congress". Well, beside the fact any and all polls about Obama were fake. This is why we should put NO faith in congressman be they regular Joe's or of those with earned distinction. Even Navy Seals go off the reservation after drinking Patomic swill. Zinke cannot be trusted.
BOBBY FRANKLIN July 31, 2017 at 5:34 PM
Chief fed judge Navarro's $7 Billion conspiracy with Harry Reid's ENN project in "Gold Butte NV" shall be exposed. https://fedlaws.xyz/
Rene' Holaday July 31, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Trump needs to be alerted that his second choice for this position (Dept. of the Int.) is equally as bad as was his first choice…maybe even a bit worse! But how would Trump know when these schmoozers are lying right to his face about their intentions?
Maybe we need to step up contact with Trump to let him know another lying RINO needs to be replaced asap….and not by his first choice either, as she is an anti-Trump, die hard RINO as well.
Lonnie Faubion July 31, 2017 at 12:50 PM
Let your congressional representatives know you want them to bring this issue before the President and how this representative refuses to get involved. Also let them know if they refuse to take this issue up that the next time their name appears on a ballot you will not be voting for them. And will be campaigning against them.
Boyd White July 31, 2017 at 9:48 AM
Lawless? That is the pot calling kettle black.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52801
Does that chart look like the Federal Government is obeying the law concerning Revenues and Outlays? It looks like the Federal Government is comprised of delusional power hungry money grubbing fiends.
"There's a lot of public land out there, that things are going on that they shouldn't," ….whoo, that is rich. A man far out in the wilderness kills an antelope to eat…and all of a sudden the whole evil eye of the Federal Government comes to bear on him.
But really, this is so patently trite, one of the major themes of "The Cato Letters" circa 1720, which was also the most quoted source in colonial newspapers, was that the big criminals, who caused the South Seas Bubble and destroyed thousands and thousands of peoples savings and really brought Britain to its knees, got away scot free…while some one stealing a loaf of bread was dealt very harshly with.
Lawless? LAWLESS!? Have you no decency, Zinke?
Boyd White July 31, 2017 at 2:15 PM
Further, fiscal lawlessness was the reason for James Otis's "A Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay" written in 1762. ( http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/2703#lf1644_label_078 )
John Adams said that short piece of work started the whole chain of events leading to the American Revolution.
And really is over petty cash, the Governor spent money out of session and without approval to outfit privateers to counter the rumors of a French Pirate attacking New England ships on the outer banks fisheries. (There was no French Pirate…so this is pertinent on more than one front…as in "Those who would trade a little liberty for security deserve neither.")
Otis's objection was..if the Governor would ignore the law which said the House of Representatives had to approve of ALL expenditures and ALL taxation..even over such a small thing…what precedence would be established and how much easier to take liberty with the laws over large matters?
So, look at this chart again: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52801
What would James Otis say?
Lawless? LAWLESS!? Oh God, who are these walking talking macro-cephalic sycophants who think accurate scales, historical and current, do not exist?
Loren Pearce July 31, 2017 at 9:39 AM
The complete exclusion and ignoring of the Bundy side of the issue while completely considering the Native American side of the issue is reprehensible and indefensible
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Can you blame your parents if you're having trouble getting pregnant?
The short answer is probably not. Your family history is not the biggest factor—or even one of the biggest factors—that affects your fertility.
But let's take a quick look at infertility causes first.
A number of factors can and do contribute to infertility. In women, the most likely cause is an ovulation disorder. But the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) suggests infertility could also be the result of problems with the reproductive organs, such as a congenital abnormality of the uterine structure or blocked fallopian tubes that occurred after endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease. Uterine fibroids can also be a culprit.
For women, age is another big contributing factor. The likelihood that a woman will become pregnant during any particular menstrual cycle begins to decline when she's in her early 30s. As she ages, the number and quality of her eggs decline.
In men, the amount or health of the sperm are the most likely culprits for infertility.
But genetics may still play a role. You or your partner may carry some type of genetic abnormality called a "translocation" that may be complicating your situation. A translocation occurs when some of your chromosomes have become rearranged. As a result, the egg or sperm may be unbalanced, genetically speaking. It can cause problems in the development of a healthy embryo and lead to miscarriage.
And unfortunately, experts don't know what causes infertility in about 20% of women. We also can't pinpoint the cause of recurrent miscarriages in a small minority of women—about 1 or 2%.
Family history probably only plays a small role in a woman's ability to conceive or carry a health pregnancy. One possible situation in which family history can play a role is in the disorder called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS can impede a woman's ability to conceive, and it does tend to run in families. So if your mom had PCOS, you may be more likely to have PCOS. And it could be playing a role in your ability to conceive.
The bottom line: if you've been trying unsuccessfully for a number of months to get pregnant, it may be time to see an expert. Your doctor can assess you for a number of medical conditions that may be the root of your inability to conceive and provide options for how to proceed.
ou and your partner can also undergo screening to assess your risk of passing down a genetic condition to your future offspring. While a family history of many genetic conditions may not interfere with your ability to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term, you may still want to have that knowledge. Genetic counseling can give you a clearer picture.


Investors have been much more inclined to choose passive funds in recent years, with increasing awareness about the negative impact of high fees and publicly available figures on the long-term under-performance of active managers. However, a favoured opinion from proponents of active management is that active managers will outperform during a downturn.
1) It is difficult to predict the managers who will outperform in any given year (a task similar to trying to time the market).
2) The persistence of outperformance year on year is incredibly low, especially once fund managers' fees are taken into consideration (typically ranging between 0.6% and 1.0% a year).
We found that the median UK equity fund investing in large companies underperformed a tracker fund by 0.85% p.a. in the three years to December 2017 after costs. This was fairly typical when looking at rolling three year performance periods starting 15 years earlier in December 2002. The outcome varied over time, but on average the median fund gave up 0.3% p.a. to the tracker.
Moreover, performance persistence is poor. Evidence suggests that investors who selected UK funds which had ranked in the top 25% of funds over the preceding three years ended up with a fund that was in the bottom 25% of peers more often than one which stayed in the top 25% for the subsequent three years. This variation in active performance vs the predictability of passive performance has helped ETFs grow in popularity in recent years.
Extending analysis from a holding period of 3 years out to 10 years, which should allow more than enough time for fund manager skill to prevail, unfortunately less than 40% of UK equity fund managers were able to do so.
This experience is not unique to the UK. In the US, an index-tracking fund beat an astonishing 92% of all funds actively selecting stocks from a universe of large companies over the past 10 years. Even in Global Emerging Markets, which are said to be less efficient, and therefore rich hunting grounds for star stock-pickers – less than 35% of funds outperformed the index-tracking fund after their fees.
It's a fact that markets go up and down in continuous cycles. During the great financial crash of 2007/2008, stock markets tumbled. They have risen again since March 2009, with some bumps along the way: the FTSE 100 has had 14 corrections of more than 5% in the period since the crash, one of which has been this year.
Active managers often claim that while passive strategies enjoy fruitful returns in bull markets, active managers will demonstrate their investment skill in downturns. Theoretically, this makes sense: active managers can carefully pick through stocks and avoid those with precarious valuations or excessive leverage, for example. But looking at the figures, where would investors do better in the event of a market downturn – with an active or passive manager?
Analysis performed by Netwealth on fund data from Morningstar shows that the figures don't support the theory that active necessarily outperforms passive in a downturn.
It is very difficult to try and pick one of those 48% – if you picked from previous outperforming funds, it really had little impact on your chances of winning in the downturn.
It's more about size than skill – UK fund managers tend to do better when small- and medium-sized companies are outperforming their larger counterparts. In the aftermath of the dotcom bubble at the turn of the century, the tracker fund was only able to beat 45% of managers between August 2000 and March 2003 when the market fell more than 40%, not least because the previously unloved FTSE Mid-250 Index beat the blue-chip FTSE 100 Index by a handsome margin.
For the US, the equivalent numbers are 72% and 60% respectively.
In the additional bear market witnessed by Emerging Markets between December 2010 and September 2011, the index tracker again outperformed 65% of managers.
In summary, these findings reinforce our two main contentions: we continue to believe that the best active managers can add value, but (i) picking the managers who will outperform is notoriously difficult, and (ii) that consistency of fund outperformance after fees and costs is rare.
Do active funds really outperform passive funds in a downturn? The figures on average say no – and good luck sniffing out one that does.
1 Source: For all quoted statistics, we have used Morningstar fund data with Netwealth analysis. For each fund, the cheapest available non-institutional share class has been used. Funds which were closed or merged during the period in question were included in the analysis, and relative performance to the point of closure considered.
2 We used a consistent time-frame for this analysis of different regions. Strictly speaking, the bear market in Emerging Markets during the Global Financial Crisis was from June 2007 to November 2008 in sterling terms. Over this period the outcome was much the same, with 57% of Emerging Markets managers under-performing the tracker.