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Q: jquery toggle open all div s on one click Please take a look at below codes, for whatever reason I am unable to open one div only when I click on the edit link, it opens all divs when I click the edit link.
jQuery
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("input:button[name='uploadboy']").click(function () {
        $(this).parent().children('.uploadboy').slideToggle(200, 'swing');
    });
});

HTML

        <input type="button" name="uploadboy" id="uploadboy" value="Uploaded" title="Uploaded" style="text-decoration:none;  color: white; text-shadow:none; background: #0692fe; float:left;" class="g-button">

content

        <input type="button" name="uploadboy" id="uploadboy" value="Uploaded" title="Uploaded" style="text-decoration:none;  color: white; text-shadow:none; background: #0692fe; float:left;" class="g-button">

content

example in jsFiddle

A: As I mentioned in my comment above, IDs must be unique. That said, try this:
$("input").click(function () {
    $(this).slideToggle(200, 'swing');
});

jsFiddle example

A: Use the below script, .find method only searches for the descendants (http://api.jquery.com/find/).
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("input:button[name='uploadboy']").click(function () {
        $(this).parent().parent().next('.uploadboy').slideToggle(200, 'swing');
    });
});

A: What I initially see here that's an issue is that you have 2 input buttons with the same id. While this may not be the overall issue, you still can't have 2 elements with the same id. I also am not sure if this is just generic code you cleaned to ask a question, but your selectors seem pretty complicated. You attach the .click event to both input buttons, then you go to the buttons parent, which is the paragraph, then you go the child object which is the button. You are essentially going from point one spot, up a level, then back down a level. When the click handler is attached to the button, anytime you click a button, you can reference $(this) to refer to the button.
<input type="button" name="uploadboy" id="button1" />
<input type="button" name="uploadboy" id="button2" />

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("input:button[name='uploadboy']").click(function () {
        $(this).SlideToggle(200, 'swing');
    });
});

If you look at the function that is ran when the input button is clicked, it simply refers to the $(this) object. This is a benefit of jquery and $(this) is the specific button that you clicked. Even if there are 20 buttons on the page, whatever button is clicked will be this. So in the above example, the button clicked will have the slide toggle occur. You could also navigate the dom off of this if you need to move around like before.

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Robert Waldmann | December 22, 2020 2:27 pm
I am going to write more on the topic of Covid 19 vaccines. I will argue that it would be better to give second (booster) shots only when vaccine supplies are plentiful. I think that so long as the vaccine is in short supply, people should be given one dose. I criticise the current policy of withholding vaccine to make sure that everyone who gets a first dose gets the scheduled booster either 3 weeks later (for the Pfizer vaccine) or 4 weeks later (for the Moderna vaccine). I argue that more lives will be saved with the one dose until supplies are plentiful strategy (even if many people don't show up for the booster when supplies are plentiful). I think that the current policy will lead to tens of thousands of un-necessary deaths in the US alone with worse consequences for countries further back in line for vaccine supplies.
The post will have two sections. One will be an attempt to analyse the published data, which are mostly Kaplan and Meier plots with numbers read off by eyeballing. I will conclude that the best (poor) estimate of the reduction of infections from the first dose is more than 18 times the reduction due to the second dose. This calculation requires the key unproven assumption that the effect of one shot is weaker than but as durable as the effect of two shots.
This would mean that efficient deployment is one dose for as many as possible as soon as possible and second doses when giving them doesn't interfere with this. I will go on to bore people with some p-values. I think that the null that it is as efficient to give second doses on schedule is rejected at at the 5% level (given published data). I note that benefits probably include the (unproven) prevention of transmission as well as benefits for the vaccinated people. I also note that giving two to some and zero to others is unfair especially given the difficulty of deciding who gets vaccinated first and the necessarily partly arbitrary decisions. The second section will come back to arguing about public policy and ethics as I just did.
OK so data. Basically all I know is here. I am going to write mostly about the Pfizer data, so I will start with Moderna.
I do not think it is easy to see when the second dose was given, the Kaplan Meier plot of infection of vaccinated people is almost horizontal. The risk of diagnosed infection was very low also during the interval between doses. The second dose was given on day 28. The researchers assumed that vaccine elicit immunity over a 14 day period, so the full test began on day 42. I can't guess how many vaccinated participants were diagnosed by day 28 or day 42. One problem with interpreting the Moderna study is that the control group's hazard of infection increased over the study period. One should really look at the ratio of the hazards for the two populations. However, I can't do that eyeballing the graph. I think it is clear that, for the first 28 days, the blue curve is less than half the grey curve — that is an estimate of the effectiveness of the vaccine would have to be more than 50% effective. This means that the reduction of infections due to the first shot would be greater than the reduction from the second shot even if the full vaccination schedule were 100% effective. Eyeballing, the first shot looks 80-90% effective.
The Pfizer study
Again it is hard to guess when the second dose was given. In this study it was given on day 21.
This graph contains more useful information. In particular it shows each infection of a vaccinated person (red circles). In the Pfizer study, they assumed that vaccines work over 7 days not 14 days. It is important to me to count infections after 14 days (Moderna) not 7 (Pfizer). The number is semi arbitrary. I see 5 cases after day 13 and before day 35. there were 9 cases after day 34. One advantage of the Moderna graph is that they have the population at risk, but Pfizer does report watching 4015 vaccinated person years or 208,780 person weeks. I assume everyone was followed for 5 weeks so there were 65,006 person weeks of vaccinated people in week 2 4 and 5 and 100,435 of vaccinated people in weeks 6 and on. So if the risk before and after the second vaccination (plus 14 days) were equal there should be a bit more than 3/8 of the post day 13 cases should have been before day 35 so 42/8 or 5.25. In fact there were 5 cases. The risk did not decline 14 days after the second vaccination.
One unfortunate participant was diagnosed on day 14 and one on day 35. Counting them as within 14 days of the first and the second vaccination I get 5 of 13 cases in the period sufficiently after the first vaccination but not sufficiently after the second. With this slightly different arbitrary window, I get the expected number of cases 3*13/8 = 4.875. Again not a statistically or medically significant decline.
With more radical eyeballing, I estimate (guess) that about 0.3% of the control group were diagnosed from day 14 through day 34 so about 60 people (one significant figure is all my eyes can maybe manage). So my guess is that the first shot was about 90% effective over this period. The full schedule was 95% effective over the full period, so I get a point estimate that the benefit of the first shot is 18 times the benefit of the second shot.
Importantly, the Pfizer trial is a unified phase 1-2-3 study. The protocol was written and approved before the vaccine had been injected in a person. The choice of 2 doses and an interval of 3 weeks was not based on data on Covid19 vaccine in humans.
OK policy. I think the best guess of an efficient strategy of vaccination is; "it is better to delay booster shots until additional supplies are plentiful". I am sure this will not happen. The reason is that once a protocol is chosen, it is not changed. This is an important rule for experimental science, because it guarantees that the experimental interventions are exogenous to the entities being studied. The FDA also (very properly) requires a pre-approved protocol for data analysis. This eliminates the risk of data dredging. It rules out the sort of amateur eyeballing I did here.
The FDA also has a rule that they allow no changes unless they are proven to be improvements (and they accept no evidence except for randomized controlled trials). In general this limits approval of new pharmaceuticals and biologicals, but does not limit the practice of medicine. Doctors can and due prescribe pharmaceuticals off label for treatments other than the one which obtained FDA approval.
The vaccines are different, because all vaccine supplied to the USA belongs to the US Federal Government. The policy decision of how to deploy it is, in practice, governed by FDA rules for approval of pharmaceuticals. A proposal to change the schedule of booster shots to free up vaccine for more first vaccinations is like a new proposed drug — guilty until proven innocent.
I think this is a mistake.
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24 replies on "Covid 19 Vaccination: One Dose or Two ?"
It sure seems to me you are right.
"In the Pfizer study, they assumed that vaccines work over 7 days not 14 days."
My eye (guess) indicates that they assumed wrong. There is a clearly changing slope well after 7 days. If the 7 days is part of their protocol, they would be forced to report one dose not as effective as two.
The Protocol: has no scheduled visits between 35 days and 175 days [1.3.2]? If that is right, all of the incidents are based on COVID-19 being suspected? If that is right, the protocol does not catch asymptomatic incidents?
This editorial from October:
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4058
asserts: "none of the vaccine trials are designed to detect a significant reduction in hospital admissions, admission to intensive care, or death." I suspect he would share your concern that because of protocols the best use of the vaccine may not be well considered.
Even if one dose is (truly) not as effective at preventing incidents, does it still reduce severity?
Gregory Bott
Doesn't really matter in the end
Gregory,
You must have posted on the wrong thread.
With luck we will be compiling data during the vaccination process that will tell us who and when got shots and infection. Tests right before 2nd dose would be a handy indicator. Then after healthcare workers and the most vulnerable, particularly long term care residents, have been made safe there will be data to support giving the younger, stronger, and less proximate people single doses. The application logistics are more challenging the further from the healthcare system that we get. Herds of unprotected people lining up for shots sounds like a Trump plan since the vaccine likely does not protect from day one.
Problem not being taken into consideration much is the mental health degradation due to familial separation for healthcare workers and the institutionalized. Donald Trump was an endogenous disorder.
In VA front line healthcare workers in some hospitals received vaccine yesterday. That should solve half of the problem for front line healthcare workers, the dread of their own wellness risk. Now they just need to face death taking their patients every day without the comfort of a hug from their loved ones.
It is unlikely that long term care residents will be able to receive visitors even after they get vaccinated, but at least those refrigerator trucks can be cleaned out and again be used for shipping seafood :<)
Oh, and front line health care workers can still die of exhaustion or amphetamine overdose.
"I think the the best guess of the efficient strategy of vaccination is that it is better to delay booster shots until the virus is plentiful."
I assume you mean "until the *vaccine* is plentiful." The virus is plentiful, indeed abundant.
I don't see any evidence that vaccine manufacture will be rate-limiting in the US. Right now, what is rate-limiting in the US is the supply chain. Eventually, what will be rate-limiting in the US is vaccine refusal.
This proposal fills a much-needed gap.
Even in a perfect world then it would not be the choices that would be difficult, but rather the consequences :<0
What problem would be posed by later accelerating vaccination by skipping the second dose when compared to the alternative of beginning single dose vaccination and then later changing policy to delay vaccinations while people got a second dose? How long does one dose protect versus two doses? Who could possibly know given the rapid development and approval process? Whose credibility is at stake? How would procedural failure affect acceptance rates among those uncertain whether the vaccine is safe?
The more certain that one is then the less likely they can be held accountable.
How does my increased risk of contracting Covid-19 from waiting longer for vaccination staying at home except for senior hours grocery shopping once every week or two compare to the increased risks of front line health care workers or workers and patients in long term care facilities with even a marginal difference in efficacy between one and two doses of vaccination? In any case, that is still over-simplified. In a healthcare crisis not all individual deaths are the same in the long run. People are not just numbers when their social utility is critical or their ability to isolate is nonexistent.
In subsequent cohorts of vaccination candidates the logistics of delivery will likely overshadow the manufacture delay of vaccine, but if not then certainly the results of interim experience will determine whether the two dose prescription prevails. OTOH, there is still some chance that longer term efficacy and interval of second vaccination will prove important enough to maintain the present regime.
A couple weeks ago I called my best surviving friend to ask how things were going for his family particularly with respect to his decade younger wife, who like my own is still working. But my wife works from home and his wife is a nurse in a hospital in Tucson AZ. Well, his wife will still be isolated from her family for the foreseeable future. The conversation turned to the trial results indicating that Moderna had proved better efficacy for over 65 than Pfizer's vaccine. But my friend informed me that the datasets from the trials were far too small to reach any such nuanced conclusions.
"…the datasets from the trials were far too small to reach any such nuanced conclusions."
[OK, too be far conclusion jumping is one of the few sport that geeks are good at. So, conclusions are easy to reach. I should have wrote "the datasets from the trials were far too small to RELIABLY reach any such nuanced conclusions."
[I understand the fallacy of the argument from authority in contrast to evidence, but under conditions of a novel virus pandemic vaccine on a warp-speed fast track, then I will bet on authority if it is well established with real world experience rather than merely academic rigor.]
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/dr-fauci-explains-why-coronavirus-vaccines-come-in-two-doses
Dr. Fauci explains why coronavirus vaccines come in two doses
By: Justin Boggs
Posted at 9:28 PM, Dec 04, 2020
and last updated 11:28 PM, Dec 04, 2020
Whenever you get vaccinated for the coronavirus, there is a good chance you will need to get two doses of the vaccine. Two types of vaccines are expected to begin being distributed this month and both require two doses 28 days apart.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a CNN town hall on Friday that the first vaccine is the "prime" vaccine dose, and the second one is a booster. The two vaccines, one from Pfizer and the other Moderna, are expected to receive an FDA emergency use authorization in the coming weeks.
Fauci said another vaccine, one produced by Johnson and Johnson, would only require one shot. But Fauci cautioned that the data from that vaccine candidate has not been reviewed. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are showing an efficacy of 95%, and both vaccines had a near 100% effectiveness against severe coronavirus cases.
While the first shot will offer some protection against the virus, Fauci says that the boost will give Americans "optimal" protection against the virus.
"What you have is you get some degree, not optimal, but some degree of immunity a couple of weeks after the first dose," Fauci said. "That's not optimal. After the second dose, you get optimal immunity anywhere from seven to 10 days after the second dose."
As vaccine doses begin to make their way to health care workers and high risk patients, Fauci says it will be important for everyone, even those who are vaccinated, to still wear masks and conduct social distancing. Fauci says that those who are vaccinated could potentially carry the virus, even if they will not become symptomatic.
Fauci said that it will take a vast majority of Americans getting vaccinated before the US reaches herd immunity. When the US reaches herd immunity, that is when social distancing measures can be eased, Fauci says.
"Even if you're vaccinated, you may be protected against getting sick, but you may not necessarily be protected against getting infections. So you may have some virus in your nasal pharynx. It wouldn't bother you, and maybe it wouldn't even infect anybody else, but it would be there. That's the reason why you can't abandon all public health measures."
[So, why should there be an air of caution surrounding public policy designed to control a pandemic disease that is lethal only about 2% of the time?]
In summary, the two dose protocol is an artifact of the extreme risk exposure of the health care worker and long term care cohorts, decades of epidemiology experience, "warp-speed" FDA approval, endemic uncertainty, and hard realism.
It seems to me the two dose protocol also assumes there will be no shortage. I suspect health care workers could be better served if the number of patients was reduced more quickly.
Dave Barnes
Not 1 dose or 2.
One or more vaccines.
Should I get both the Pfizer and the Moderna?
Should I get another 5 different vaccines?
"… I suspect health care workers could be better served if the number of patients was reduced more quickly…"
[Indubitably so. However, consider all that would have to happen to make that reduction in patients at all significant to the hospitalization rate. With limited vaccine and no way to inoculate the prime transmission candidates other than those already on the top of the priority list, healthcare workers and long term care residents, then protecting the most vulnerable and the most exposed is the next step. So, people over 75 and people that work indoors in groups (Walmart workers before Walmart shoppers) not of the same household would be next.
The biggest risk for most people is themselves. They are unwilling to isolate, social distance, and wear masks until vaccine has been widely applied. Too bad for them then since the protocols are likely to hang on for a while even after theoretical herd immunity critical mass. Some of the risky people will get vaccinated and some will not. The logistics of doing wide scale vaccinations during a winter rise in transmissions is not just difficult, it is bat-shit crazy.
The time line that we are on was understood at least a year ago. There was no realistic way to do things any faster. We are just lucky that we were able to toe that line.]
"…The time line that we are on was understood at least a year ago…"
[Understood means penciled in and shepherded going forwards. It was not inked until FDA approved the first vaccine but that dependency was penciled from the start.]
@Dave,
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are both spike mRNA vaccines. From the standpoint of the immune response mechanism, they are identical, and the protection data bear that out. So it would make no more sense to get the Moderna *and* Pfizer vaccines than it would to get four shots of the Moderna or four shots of the Pfizer.
The AstraZenica and J&J Janssen vaccines are recombinant adenovirus vaccines (single dose) but also express the spike protein. And there are two vaccines under testing that are recombinant spike protein. So really it would make no sense at all to get vaccinated over and over to the same antigen. It would be a waste of perfectly good vaccine.
When I told my wife last January how this was all going to unfold then she did not even believe that there was going to be a global pandemic. She is only now really beginning to become afraid. Well the worst part is still ahead, but at least she believes me now. It did not hurt that Joe Biden said the same on TV after the electors had voted.
https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/22/948929003/watch-live-biden-gives-remarks-ahead-of-the-holiday
The 'Darkest Days' Are Ahead Of Us, Biden Warns About COVID-19 Pandemic
December 22, 20201:30 PM ET
Updated at 9:52 a.m. ET Wednesday
President-elect Joe Biden warned Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic will get worse before it gets better.
"Our darkest days in the battle against COVID are ahead of us, not behind us," Biden told reporters during a year-end news conference in Wilmington, Del.
He said that Americans, when united, could overcome the crisis, and he called the first vaccines being administered a good thing. But he noted that distribution of the vaccines is one of the biggest operational challenges the country has ever faced….
[Merry Christmas and stay frosty.]
I told my wife last January that January 2021 was really going to suck.
I am really hoping that Dave Barnes was just being facetious. After all, it is late in the day to be shouting from the sidelines that we only need to give a single dose to conserve vaccine. We cannot know, we have no power, and commitments are already made. This is a logistics and risk management nightmare, not a simple supply and demand problem. This thread presented the right answer to the wrong calculus. Reminded me of an Ian Mitroff workshop problem on how not to address mass immunization. The real issue is the logistics of administering vaccine, whether 250 million doses or 500 million doses, to reach the 75% herd threshold. It is not going to be done by crowding people together during the transmission peak in winter. I knew that a year ago because I am not a moron.
Seems to me you're actually asking the question: should we vaccinate X number of people, or pretend to vaccinate twice as many.
Doesn't seem overly useful to me.
The good news is that by spring when outdoor vaccination drives and abundant vaccines combined with (hopefully) few bad side effects experienced. then the number of people refusing vaccine will have declined substantially, mostly because almost everyone will by then know at least one of the over one million US residents that have died from Covid-19 complications.


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Regency Construction Services, Inc. served as the Construction Manager at Risk for the Magnificat High School Sisters of the Humility of Mary Center for Science Exploration & Innovation, which converted an entire second floor wing of the high school into a science hub, complete with flexible classrooms and study spaces for students.
Regency served as the Construction Manager at Risk for the science lab upgrades to a second-floor wing at Magnificat High School.
Our team constructed the following new spaces:
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The scope included removing the traditional double-lined corridor with lockers and constructing new, open, collaborative spaces including new interior walls, glazing systems with glass overhead garage doors, new MEP systems for physics and chemistry labs, refinishing existing casework with new hardware, and adding new cubbies for student storage.
Regency self-performed rough and finish carpentry on this project, including blocking, doors, frames, hardware, and millwork installation.
The labs are designed to be flexible so that different classes can be held in different labs depending on what experiments are being completed. Our team reconnected sinks and electrical outlets and installed new and re-installed existing downdraft fume hoods and one larger existing fume hood. Two overhead glass garage doors were installed between classrooms to facilitate either quiet or collaborative spaces, depending on the lesson plan. Electrical cord reels were also installed on the ceilings to make it easier to use technology in the classroom.
The project started at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, was fastpaced and completed on a tight timeframe, using staggered shifts in some cases to facilitate the work of various trades. Strong team communication allowed this project to be completed efficiently and turned over to the school in time for the start of classes in August.
Our Project Manager led several project site tours during the project as well, which helped Magnificat High School with their fundraising efforts.
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Reports suggest that she was headed to her constituency in Mathura when the incident happened. Hema was in a Mercedes which collided with a Maruti Alto. As a result, a four year old girl passed away and reports suggest that she died on the spot.
Rajasthan's Chief Minister took to Twitter in order to mourn the death of the four year old." Deeply saddened by the news of Dausa accident. I pray for the victims. We're making all efforts to provide immediate relief and medical care." she tweeted.


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Former Miss England contestant, Milly Everatt has ditched the catwalk to become a qualified lorry driver and is encouraging other young women to follow in her footsteps and do the same. New research conducted by Generation Logistics reveals 90 percent of UK residents have never considered this career option but they might be surprised to learn that HGV drivers can earn more than £50,000 a year after fully completing their training.
Milly isn't your typical lorry driver – after competing in professional beauty pageants since 2017, she won Miss Lincolnshire in 2018 and was the first runner-up for Miss England in 2022.
However, earlier this year, Milly's career took a different route as she swapped the catwalk for the road less travelled and at the age of just 23 took her HGV Driver's Licence.
She joins just two percent of women who are helping to shatter the stereotype that HGV driving is for men and is now encouraging others to do the same.
Milly told Express.co.uk: "It's been so much fun getting behind the wheel of a big truck as part of my new day job. I've loved having the freedom that comes with driving, as it takes me all around the country, and the wages are great too."
Milly comes from a family of females who are used to working on a farm so it seemed natural for her to also put in for her HGV licence.
She added: "As both of my sister and my mum also have their HGV licence, to me, switching from beauty pageants to logistics doesn't feel as unusual as it may to some!
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Bethany Windsor at Generation Logistics said more people, including women, should follow in Milly's footsteps and consider a role in logistics.
She said: "It's so exciting to see young women like Milly stepping into the industry at what is a really exciting time.
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The hypocrisy of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has been on display in full force since last month's flotilla incident off the Gaza coast. In Washington, D.C., the organization's government relations liaison denounced Hamas as a terrorist organization, while in California two days later, a senior advisor omitted any mention of Hamas' complicity in the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip.
We at the Investigative Project have repeatedly called upon MPAC to condemn Hamas and Hizballah as the terrorist organizations that the United States and the international community have recognized them to be. Typically, MPAC has skirted the issue by condemning "terrorism and any act of violence against civilians, including suicide bombings," while refusing to associate Hamas or Hizballah with those actions. Surprisingly, at a June 17 event on Capitol Hill titled, Perspectives on Countering Violent Extremism & Radicalization, Alejandro J. Beutel went the extra mile.
During the question and answer session, Beutel was asked whether MPAC considers Hamas and Hizballah to be terrorist organizations. At first he gave his organization's stock condemnation of "attacks against civilians," but then he was pressed further.
Audience Member: But in terms of their organization, not individual acts?
Beutel: Again, like I said, you can go to our website. It's been very clear what our stance is and we have condemned them as terrorist organizations.
There are two immediate take-aways from this exchange. The first is clear: Beutel should be commended for condemning the deliberate targeting of civilians by Hamas and Hizballah, and for calling them out as terrorist organizations. This one exchange, however, appears inconsistent with the public comments and actions of MPAC leading up to, and since, the event in Washington.
"Our stance has been very clear for a number of years. You can go check out our website…you can just go through it and do a simple search on it and you will be able to find that."
"The whole country keeps condemning Hizballah. I disagree with them on other issues, but on the issue of fighting to liberate their land and attacking only armed forces, this is legitimate, that is an American value—freedom and liberty." Maher Hathout at the National Press Club (June 18, 1998).
"[The Israeli withdrawal] is a clear sign that determination and will can lead to the liberation of an occupied homeland. Hezbullah, the Lebanese freedom fighter group that led the effort to drive Israel out, is being widely praised throughout the world." "World Celebrates Israeli Retreat," The Minaret (June 2000).
"The Palestinians have the moral and legal right to resist the Israeli occupation and MPAC supports that right." Salam Al-Marayati (April 2006).
Like the Council on American Islamic Relations, MPAC often is quick to denounce "violence against civilians," and even acts of terrorism carried out by al Qaida, but when it comes to Hamas and Hizballah, MPAC's rhetoric is more reserved. It readily acknowledges that al Qaida is a terrorist organization, but MPAC hems and haws over whether Hamas and Hizballah are terrorist organizations or freedom fighters.
At an ironically titled event, Set the Truth Free: The Freedom Flotilla & the Future of Palestine, held in California days after Beutel's comments were made, speakers gathered to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and the fallout from the flotilla. Rather than a balanced report of what occurred on May 31, MPAC's message was clear: all the blame rests with Israel.
Even before a single person took to the stage to speak, a "talking points" memo distributed at the event provided some initial insight into the mindset of the organizers. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary (see here and here), MPAC described those aboard the Mavi Marmara as "aid workers," "humanitarian workers," and "peace activists." Despite reports that Hamas refused to allow in aid after the ship was searched by Israeli authorities, MPAC claimed that "Israel is willing to use deadly force to prevent much-needed humanitarian supplies from reaching the population of Gaza."
This assertion isn't surprising, considering MPAC's long-standing double standard of castigating Israel while remaining silent in the face of similar Hamas actions. And while Beutel's comments just two days earlier seemed to indicate that America would see a more moderate MPAC, Maher Hathout's subsequent remarks hammered the message home that it was Israel, and Israel alone, that is responsible for the plight of the Palestinian people.
"When occupied people breathe, they breathe resistance. This is natural, this is survival, this is honorable, this is accepted by all international bodies and international laws. Occupied people should resist occupation."
"Israel is the occupier and aggressor in this conflict, and it has inflicted tremendous pain and desperation upon the Palestinian people. There is no moral symmetry between the violence that the occupier (Israel) commits and the violence that the oppressed (the Palestinians) commit. Palestinian acts of violence must be judged in the context of Israel's decades of aggression, dispossession, and oppression of the entire Palestinian people."
While Beutel's comments were a welcome statement of condemnation of Hamas and Hizballah, they remain anomalies for the organization that would rather blame Israel for everything while giving terrorist groups a pass. Last October, MPAC's Executive Director Salam al-Marayati spoke at a J Street panel on How Jews, Christians and Muslims Can Work Together for Peace. During the discussion he explained that while he is a proponent of interreligious dialogue, there are limits to what participants should expect of the other side. As he wouldn't expect Jews to promote Muslim unity or advocacy, "you shouldn't expect me to promote Zionism."
Nobody expects al-Marayati or MPAC to promote Zionism. And the organization and its leadership are entitled to their own opinions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. But they are not entitled to their own facts, and continuing to denounce Israel while ignoring Hamas' responsibilitiy is not only unhelpful, but counterproductive.


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Q: link order in css Whats the correct order of styling the  element (link, visited, hover, active). All are confusing by providing different combination like LVHA, LAHV. Can anybody specify the correct ordering?

A: You might prefer VLHA ordering as well, which makes no difference. However CSS spec specified LVHA ordering and, in fact, this one is easy to memorize: i LoVeHA!

A: Link Visited Hover Active
To quote from the CSS specification:

a:link    { color: red }    /* unvisited links */
a:visited { color: blue }   /* visited links   */
a:hover   { color: yellow } /* user hovers     */
a:active  { color: lime }   /* active links    */

Note that the A:hover must be placed after the A:link and A:visited rules, since otherwise the cascading rules will hide the 'color' property of the A:hover rule. Similarly, because A:active is placed after A:hover, the active color (lime) will apply when the user both activates and hovers over the A element.

A: Here is the best order, especially for pseudo classes.
A L V VH H A (I pronounce it Al'va ha')
a              { color: white; text-decoration: none; }                 /* bookmark */
a:link         { color: red; }                                          /* regular link */
a:visited      { color: green; text-decoration: strikethrough; }        /* visited link */
a:visited:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline overline; }    /* visted hover link */
a:hover        { color: yellow; text-decoration: underline overline; }  /* hover link */
a:active       { color: orange; text-decoration: underline overline; }  /* active link */

This keeps both visited states and both hover states together as well as staying with the specified order. It also allows for styling of bookmarks such as
Bookmark Text

which you can target with
Link Text

I find this is great for linking right to a section of a site but where you don't want the bookmark to have an automatic hover style, which it will since it's an anchor tag.


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Atlanta businessman Elvin "E.R." Mitchell Jr. returns to his car after pleading guilty in January to a conspiracy charge related to a city contracts bribery scandal. Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)
Photo: Henry P. Taylor
Atlanta paid contractor accused of bribery at least $7.3 million
AJC WATCHDOG
J. Scott Trubey
Dan Klepal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing city officials was paid more than $7.3 million for emergency work during the time he was withdrawing cash for payoffs to win city contracts, according to court records and an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of city payments to vendors.
Cascade Building Systems LLC, a company belonging to Elvin "E.R." Mitchell Jr., received 10 payments for emergency services from the city during a six-year period when Mitchell admitted to conspiring to pay more than $1 million in bribes to obtain city contracts, the AJC found.
Dates on invoices between 2011 and 2014 occur within days of withdrawals and other financial transactions that prosecutors say Mitchell performed to pay bribes and launder money, according to an AJC analysis of the criminal charges and electronic vendor payments data.
On Thursday, the AJC and Channel 2 Action News obtained a subpoena sent to City Hall Nov. 30 for records involving Mitchell and C.P. Richards Construction Co., which used Cascade as a minority subcontractor for city work, according to Atlanta city records.
Federal prosecutors have not said if Mitchell's emergency contract work is the focus of their investigation, but the subpoena includes two requests for those types of contracts from the city.
Prosecutors declined to comment on the payments to Cascade, as did Mitchell's attorney. Messages for the C.P. Richards' owner, Charles P. Richards Jr., and the company's attorney were not immediately returned.
The city has so far not released contracting records involving Mitchell's companies.
But the AJC's analysis sheds new light on the work Mitchell's companies performed for the city during the time of the federal investigation, and how much money the city paid his company. The analysis also raises more questions about the city's procurement office, whose leadership had the power to award large, no-bid contracts during emergencies.
Cascade, one of four Mitchell companies identified in federal charging documents, was paid on an emergency basis to remove snow and ice and perform other work during Atlanta's infamous Snowjam in January 2014, when icy roads gridlocked the region. Cascade also was paid for emergency flood repairs in 2010 and snow removal during a 2011 winter storm that shut down the city for days.
Companies chosen to perform emergency work bypass the city's competitive bidding rules, and are picked directly by the Department of Procurement on a recommendation from the agency that needs the work. The chief procurement officer reports to the city's chief operating officer who reports to the mayor.
The city's chief procurement officer may determine when an emergency situation exists, according to the city's code of ordinances, and "may make or authorize others to make emergency procurements for supplies, services, construction items or professional or consultant services." Emergency purchases "shall be made with as much competition as is practicable under the circumstances," the code says.
Emergency contracts that avoid the normal purchasing process are ripe for abuse, William Perry, the head of Georgia Ethics Watchdogs, told the AJC.
"These no-bid contracts are so dangerous," Perry said, adding they often go to politicians' campaign donors.
In an emergency, governments must act quickly, and the public understands the urgency, Perry said.
"But I think in the aftermath you have to be able to prove that the person you paid was the most qualified and was the right person for the job," he said.
Jenna Garland, a city spokeswoman, reiterated that the city is cooperating with the federal investigation.
"We will not rest until this case is fully resolved and justice has been served," Garland said. "Those involved in any wrong doing should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Mitchell's attorney, Craig Gillen, declined to comment on the city payments to his client's company.
"I'm not going to comment on it, and I'm not going to ask him to comment on it," Gillen said.
Millions awarded for winter storms
In March of 2015, the AJC obtained a database of hundreds of thousands of vendor payments made by the city of Atlanta from 2009 to 2014. The AJC compared those payments to information detailed in the criminal charges against Mitchell, which were outlined by federal prosecutors in Atlanta last month.
On Jan. 25, Mitchell admitted to conspiring to commit bribery to obtain city contracts, as well as conspiring to launder money during the time of the scheme. He confessed to paying bribes to an unnamed person under the belief that the funds would be paid to one or more city officials "who exercised influence over the contracting process," according to the criminal complaint against him.
In 2014, the city paid Cascade $5.5 million for emergency work in response to Atlanta's Snowjam storm in January of that year and another winter storm the following month, according to the AJC's analysis. The payments were made in February and March 2014, and were for snow and ice removal along with other services.
The city also paid the company $1.1 million for "cleanup and supplies" in response to the 2011 winter storm that shut down the city for days, the AJC found. It also paid Cascade $576,190 for emergency flood repairs in 2010.
Many of Mitchell's withdrawals, identified by the U.S. Attorney's Office as being part of the bribery scheme, line up closely with the emergency work awarded to Cascade, the AJC found.
From Jan. 31 to Feb. 24, 2014, Cascade was awarded five emergency jobs related to the pair of winter storms. During that time, Mitchell made five bank withdrawals totaling $38,000 that were part of the alleged money laundering scheme related to the contract scandal, according to federal prosecutors.
The five withdraws ranged from $2,500 to $9,500 and were intended to bypass federal currency reporting laws for large cash withdrawals, according to federal investigators.
Then, on Feb. 19, Mitchell withdrew $150,000 to pay an individual for a city contract, court records state. That transaction came five days before a nearly $2.5 million invoice for emergency storm services involving six crews, according to the AJC's analysis.
A similar pattern emerged from the records during the winter storm in 2011. On Jan. 18, 2011, an invoice from Cascade was recorded with the city nine days before the first in a series of cash withdrawals that federal prosecutors have identified as being used to pay bribes.
On Jan. 27 of that year, Mitchell withdrew $70,000 to pay a bribe, then took out an additional $200,000 for bribe payments from Feb. 2 to Feb. 8, according to a court document outlining the government's case. On Jan. 26, the city paid Cascade $1.1 million on the Jan. 18 invoice.
Bob Page, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, declined to comment when asked if the emergency payments were part of his office's on-going investigation.
Atlanta city councilwoman Felicia Moore said the council's Finance Committee raised a lot of questions about the city's cost in responding to the 2011 snowstorm.
"The cost was just so high," Moore said. "The executive branch has full control over emergencies and what they have to do. The council gets it after the fact, when we have to pay the bill."
Atlanta paid contractor Elvin "E.R." Mitchell more than $7.3 million for emergency work, according to an AJC analysis. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)
Photo: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Full scope of Mitchell's work not yet known
Apart from emergency work, Cascade served as a minority subcontractor to C.P. Richards Construction Co. for projects including streetscape repairs in southwest Atlanta, according to city of Atlanta procurement documents.
From 2009 to 2014, the city paid C.P. Richards nearly $10 million on more than 100 invoices, according to an analysis of the city's vendor payment data. The vendor data does not show how many jobs Cascade got as a minority subcontractor for C.P. Richards or how much it was paid.
One 2013 contract awarded the partners more than $2 million for streetscape work near Greenbrier Mall, according contract documents in a City Council resolution.
Cascade and one other business associated with Mitchell, Jamco Civil LLC, are on file with the city as having applied for status as minority and or female business contractors, eligible to do business with the city and receive bonus points in the scoring of bids.
Jamco listed Mitchell's wife, Marjorie, as the contact for the company, but used E.R. Mitchell's email for electronic communication.
Esther Panitch, Marjorie Mitchell's attorney, told the AJC that her client had no role in the company and that her name was used without her knowledge. "Any construction business done in her name was done without her consent," Panitch said.
Through Panitch, Marjorie Mitchell said her husband was close friends with Richards.
The AJC, Channel 2 and other media outlets have made numerous requests for records that would shed more light on Mitchell's work for the city as either a prime or a subcontractor.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's administration has cited the federal investigation to deny requests for those documents, moves that First Amendment experts say likely violate the state's sunshine laws.
Reed said Thursday, following his State of City address, that federal prosecutors had given the city the "go-ahead" to turn over the documents, and that the city is to comply with a large release of 1.3 million pages of paper records on Feb. 10.
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Atlanta bribery probe: the money trail
Federal prosecutors allege that Elvin "E.R." Mitchell Jr., who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and launder money last month, withdrew large sums and laundered funds in 2011 and 2014 to pay unnamed persons with influence over city contracts. The timeline below matches up some of those withdrawals with some of the invoices submitted to the city by Cascade Building Systems, one of Mitchell's companies, for emergency work during winter storms in those years.
Jan. 18, 2011: $1.1 million in two invoices for emergency snow removal.
Jan. 27, 2011: $70,000 withdrawal for bribe.
Feb. 2-8, 2011: $200,000 in withdrawals for bribe.
Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2014: $322,000 combined in two invoices for emergency services work in response to snow storm.
Feb. 5, 2014: $7,000 withdrawal to avoid federal financial transaction reporting.
Feb. 10, 2014: $9,500 withdrawal to avoid federal financial transaction reporting.
Feb. 11, 2014: $182,582 combined in two invoices for emergency salt and snow removal.
Feb. 12, 2014: $748,254 invoice for emergency snow removal.
Feb. 14, 2014: $2.3 million combined in six invoices for emergency storm response.
Feb. 19, 2014: $150,000 withdrawal for bribe.
Feb. 24, 2014: $1.9 million invoice for emergency storm response.
Sources: City of Atlanta vendor records; U.S. Attorney's Office
Data reporters Jeff Ernsthausen and Jennifer Peebles and Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer contributed to this report.


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In part three of our "get to know the contributors" series (Aaron Davis, Joe Noyes) we introduce you to NoVa Caps credentialed game and practice reporter, Stephanie Judge.
Always an avid sports fan, after Stephanie attended her first Capitals game, it was clear she was on the fast-track to becoming a Washington Capitals super fan. She started going to almost every home game and soon thereafter, was finding her way to Kettler for practices on a regular basis. She became obsessed with eating, sleeping, and breathing Capitals hockey, earning her a "crazy hockey lady" moniker from her sons, pictured with her below.
Given her newfound passion for the Capitals, it was only natural that she should combine it with her long time love for writing. Being a writer was her childhood dream and NoVa Caps provided an opportunity to expand her experience from professional, technical writing to something she loved, the Capitals and hockey.
Stephanie was an early contributor to NoVa Caps and our first team member to provide game coverage with NoVa Caps media credentials. She has been privileged to witness the backstage antics at Capitals games such as hallway hockey matches with Braden Holtby and John Carlson, seeing P.K. Subban get a pre-game scolding from security, rubbing elbows with goalie coach Mitch Korn and General Manager Brian MacLellan in the press elevator and going through security with Nicklas Backstrom (yep, the players get wanded just like you and me).
Stephanie is an avid foodie and when she's not catching a practice at Kettler or covering a game at Verizon you may find her sampling the food selections of DC's hippest restaurants, writing her Yelp reviews, or tooling around DC with her camera. By day, she is an ardent promoter of energy efficiency vehemently striving to change the way we use energy so we conserve our resources for the future.
Stephanie lives in Burke with her two sons and three Labrador retriever rescue dogs Buddy, Angus and Charley.
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Posted on July 31, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
Whatever your harvest is, whether behind a desk or in a field, have a good one today!
STILL HERE AFTER 25 YEARS!
It is the friendliest bargain bonanza anywhere!
With more FREE parking and a field full of bargains!
Posted on July 29, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
it fascinates me, heaven knows why!
a glimpse of future happy days!
a wonderful sight facing me!
but face a dry sunny day instead!
Whatever you're up to today and wherever in the world you find yourselves, may you enjoy your day and stay safe.
A Slice of Wedding Cake!
Posted on July 27, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
but all went according to plan.
turned out he wasn't there!
seemed to dig into the ground!
I must just mention the brides mother who sang the first dance. It was truly amazing and had every guest on their feet applauding. One of the most remarkable and emotionally-charged performances I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.
Also a big 'Thank You' from me to the 'Northern Crew' who were so friendly towards a 'Southern Softee' and were a true pleasure to meet. May we meet again sometime. BB.
Posted on July 26, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
I just bark and off we go!
so I could sniff and pee on logs!
Please take time to listen to your dog today, you know what happened the last time you failed to respond to demands!
Posted on July 25, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
Unless you're properly dressed it is not a good idea to disturb insects that sting!
Posted on July 24, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
with many miles to go.
that it wasn't one of us.
Incy Wincy, the Very Large Spider!
Posted on July 20, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
Have a great day, may your troubles all be smaller than anticipated.
Posted on July 19, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
lifted him clean off the ground!
"How much for the little chap?
If you're off pushing your wheelbarrow today I hope nobody picks you up by your hat!
Posted on July 17, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
earn a pint or two of beer!
…needs to wash down dust with beers!
Have a great Monday and don't let the dust get in your eyes!
Posted on July 15, 2017 by The Baldock Bard.
for my car boot sale!
Have a great day and don't forget the milk!


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October 1, 2018, 11:26 AM ET
Porsha Williams Is Engaged to Dennis McKinley: "I Said HELL YESSSS" (UPDATED)
The RHOA mom-to-be was all smiles during her beau's proposal.
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Porsha Williams: You Might Even Be Seeing Wedding Bells in My Future
UPDATE (OCTOBER 1, 4:49 P.M.): Porsha later posted more about the proposal on Instagram, including of photo of Dennis on one knee. "I said YES..." she wrote, adding, "Matter of fact I said HELL YESSSS lol!! Love you baby #DM. I'm ready for the rest of our life!"
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Cue all the applause emojis: Porsha Williams officially has two reasons to celebrate. After confirming her pregnancy earlier this month, The Real Housewives of Atlanta mom-to-be is now also engaged. Her boyfriend, Dennis McKinley, asked the radio host to marry him and she posted a photo of her dazzling ring to confirm the exciting news, along with the caption: "Feed off of good energy or bad energy will feed on you!" Porsha also celebrated her baby with friends over the weekend.
As you might recall, Porsha first teased that she had found love in a video (above) back in August, hinting that marriage was definitely in the cards for the couple. "I am definitely going to be opening up about my love life. You will be introduced to someone who I am dating and I don't want to tell too much, but I am super excited about it. He is everything to me," she said at the time about sharing the romance on the upcoming season of RHOA, which kicks off this November.
Porsha Williams Steps Out with Her Beau for a "Mommy and Daddy Date Night"
Porsha is currently pregnant with her first child with her now-fiancé. Their exciting news comes after years of struggling to get pregnant. "The thought of me getting that blessing after praying for it for so long and getting that blessing with someone who is just as excited as me — it's Dennis' first child, just like me — and it's something we've both always wanted … It's like a dream come true," she told PEOPLE.
Feed off of good energy or bad energy will feed on you! - PW 🎭
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Hankering for more info on her big baby news? Below, Porsha opens up about her pregnancy.
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Anaglyptus bicallosus is een keversoort uit de familie van de boktorren (Cerambycidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1882 door Kraatz.

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Saratoga Retirement Community is a CCRC with a 94 bed skilled unit and a diverse team of RNs, LVNs, Social Workers, and support staff to serve both our residents as well as the community at large. Because of our size, this is a great opportunity for both new grads as well as experienced clinicians alike.
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"Little Green Apples" är en amerikanska countrylåt skriven av Bobby Russell, inspelad av O.C. Smith och utgiven på singel 1968.

Sången spelades också in på svenska av Monica Zetterlund, med text av Stikkan Anderson, som "Gröna små äpplen", och utgiven som B-sida till singeln Svaret är kärleken från 1969. På Svensktoppen var det dock Jan Malmsjös inspelning på singel från 1968 som testades, och den låg på listan i en vecka, vilket skedde den 29 december 1968. Veckan därpå var den dock utslagen.

Noter

Amerikanska countrylåtar
Engelskspråkiga sånger
Musiksinglar 1968
Svensktoppsmelodier 1968


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using System;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;

namespace Zunix.ScreensManager
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A popup message box screen, used to display "are you sure?"
    /// confirmation messages.
    /// </summary>
    class MessageBoxScreen : GameScreen
    {
        #region Fields

        string message;
        Texture2D grakillntTexture;

        const string usageTextOk = "A Button = Ok";
        const string usageTextCancel = "B Button = Cancel";

        bool includeUsageTextOk = false;
        bool includeUsageTextCancel = false;

        #endregion

        #region Events

        public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Accepted;
        public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Cancelled;

        #endregion

        #region Initialization

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor automatically includes the standard "A=ok, B=cancel"
        /// usage text prompt.
        /// </summary>
        public MessageBoxScreen(string message)
            : this(message, true)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor lets the caller specify whether to include the standard
        /// "A=ok, B=cancel" usage text prompt.
        /// </summary>
        public MessageBoxScreen(string message, bool includeUsageText)
        {
            if (includeUsageText)
            {
                this.message = message;
                this.includeUsageTextOk = true;
                this.includeUsageTextOk = true;
            }
            else
            {
                this.includeUsageTextCancel = false;
                this.includeUsageTextOk = false;

                this.message = message;
            }

            IsPopup = true;

            TransitionOnTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.2);
            TransitionOffTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.2);
        }

        public MessageBoxScreen(string message, bool includeUsageOk, bool includeUsageCancel)
        {

            this.message = message;

            if (includeUsageOk)
            {
                this.includeUsageTextOk = true;
            }
            else
            {
                this.includeUsageTextOk = false;
            }

            if (includeUsageCancel)
            {
                this.includeUsageTextCancel = true;
            }
            else
            {
                this.includeUsageTextCancel = false;
            }

            this.includeUsageTextCancel = includeUsageCancel;

            IsPopup = true;

            TransitionOnTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.2);
            TransitionOffTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.2);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads graphics content for this screen. This uses the shared ContentManager
        /// provided by the Game class, so the content will remain loaded forever.
        /// Whenever a subsequent MessageBoxScreen tries to load this same content,
        /// it will just get back another reference to the already loaded data.
        /// </summary>
        public override void LoadContent()
        {
            ContentManager content = ScreenManager.Game.Content;

            grakillntTexture = content.Load<Texture2D>(@"Textures\grakillnt");
        }

        #endregion

        #region Handle Input

        /// <summary>
        /// Responds to user input, accepting or cancelling the message box.
        /// </summary>
        public override void HandleInput(InputState input)
        {
            if (input.MenuSelect)
            {
                // Raise the accepted event, then exit the message box.
                if (Accepted != null)
                    Accepted(this, EventArgs.Empty);

                ExitScreen();
            }
            else if (input.MenuCancel)
            {
                // Raise the cancelled event, then exit the message box.
                if (Cancelled != null)
                    Cancelled(this, EventArgs.Empty);

                ExitScreen();
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Draw

        /// <summary>
        /// Draws the message box.
        /// </summary>
        public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            SpriteBatch spriteBatch = ScreenManager.SpriteBatch;
            SpriteFont font = ScreenManager.Font;

            // Darken down any other screens that were drawn beneath the popup.
            ScreenManager.FadeBackBufferToBlack(TransitionAlpha * 2 / 3);

            //Usage Text
            // Calculate the hieght of the text

            // Center the message text in the viewport.
            Vector2 textSize = font.MeasureString(message);
            Vector2 textPosition = new Vector2(10, 20);

            // The background includes a border somewhat larger than the text itself.
            const int hPad = 32;
            const int vPad = 16;

            Rectangle backgroundRectangle = new Rectangle((int)textPosition.X - hPad,
                                                          (int)textPosition.Y - vPad,
                                                          (int)textSize.X + hPad * 2,
                                                          (int)textSize.Y + vPad * 2);

            // Fade the popup alpha during transitions.
            Color color = new Color(255, 255, 255, TransitionAlpha);

            spriteBatch.Begin();

            // Draw the message box text.
            spriteBatch.DrawString(font,
                wordwrap(240,message,font),
                textPosition, color);

            // Draw Usage Text
            if (this.includeUsageTextOk || this.includeUsageTextCancel)
            {
                // Display both Usage Lines
                spriteBatch.DrawString(font, usageTextOk, new Vector2(10, 280), color);
                spriteBatch.DrawString(font, usageTextCancel, new Vector2(10, 300), color);
            }
            else if (this.includeUsageTextOk)
            {
                // Display only the Ok Usage Line
                spriteBatch.DrawString(font, usageTextOk, new Vector2(10, 300), color);
            }

            spriteBatch.End();
        }

        #endregion

        public string wordwrap(int width, String in_string, SpriteFont in_font)
        {
            int x;
            String current_line = "";
            String current_word = "";
            String new_string = "";
            for (x = 0; x < in_string.Length; x++)
            {
                if (in_string[x].CompareTo(' ') == 0)
                {
                    if (in_font.MeasureString(current_word).X + in_font.MeasureString(current_line + " ").X > width)
                    {
                        new_string = new_string + current_line + "\n";
                        current_line = current_word + " ";
                        current_word = "";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (current_line.Length > 0)
                        {
                            current_line = current_line + " " + current_word;
                            current_word = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            current_line = current_word;
                            current_word = "";
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    current_word = current_word + in_string[x];
                }
            }
            new_string = new_string + current_line + " " + current_word;
            return new_string;
        }

    }
}

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What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I find that incredibly exciting and conceptually actually remarkable.
I am always inspired here, Rachel! Thank you!


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Electrochemical control of cell death by reduction-induced intrinsic apoptosis and oxidation-induced necrosis on CoCrMo alloy in vitro
Morteza Haeri, Torsten Woellert, George M. Langford, Jeremy L. Gilbert
Department of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Electrochemical voltage shifts in metallic biomedical implants occur in-vivo due to a number of processes including mechanically assisted corrosion. These excursions may compromise the biocompatibility of metallic implants. Voltages can also be controlled to modulate cell function and fate. The in vitro effect of static voltages on the behavior of MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts cultured on CoCrMo alloy (ASTM-1537) was studied to determine the range of cell viability and mode of cell death beyond the viable range. Cell viability and morphology, changes in actin cytoskeleton, adhesion complexes and nucleus, and mode of cell death (necrosis, or intrinsic or extrinsic apoptosis) were characterized at different voltages ranging from -1000 to +500 mV (Ag/AgCl). Moreover, electrochemical currents and metal ion concentrations at each voltage were measured and related to the observed responses. Results show that cathodic and anodic voltages outside the voltage viability range (-400 < V < +500) lead to primarily intrinsic apoptotic and necrotic cell death, respectively. Cell death is associated with cathodic current densities of 0.1 μA cm-2 and anodic current densities of 10 μA cm-2. Significant increase in metallic ions (Co, Cr, Ni, Mo) was seen at +500 mV, and -1000 mV (Cr only) compared to open circuit potential. The number and total projected area of adhesion complexes was also lower on the polarized alloy (p < 0.05). These results show that reduction reactions on CoCrMo alloys leads to apoptosis of cells on the surface and may be a relevant mode of cell death for metallic implants in-vivo.
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Haeri, M., Woellert, T., Langford, G. M., & Gilbert, J. L. (2012). Electrochemical control of cell death by reduction-induced intrinsic apoptosis and oxidation-induced necrosis on CoCrMo alloy in vitro. Biomaterials, 33(27), 6295-6304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.054
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In: Biomaterials, Vol. 33, No. 27, 01.09.2012, p. 6295-6304.
Haeri, M, Woellert, T, Langford, GM & Gilbert, JL 2012, 'Electrochemical control of cell death by reduction-induced intrinsic apoptosis and oxidation-induced necrosis on CoCrMo alloy in vitro', Biomaterials, vol. 33, no. 27, pp. 6295-6304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.054
Haeri M, Woellert T, Langford GM, Gilbert JL. Electrochemical control of cell death by reduction-induced intrinsic apoptosis and oxidation-induced necrosis on CoCrMo alloy in vitro. Biomaterials. 2012 Sep 1;33(27):6295-6304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.054
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Evol Morg consists of brothers Robby and Casey Earle from Oakdale, California. The two grew up living very active lifestyles and enjoy skiing and fishing. Always musically inclined, the brothers realized their passion for transforming the sounds of everyday life into rhythmic beats that inspire dance and can provide an escape for all who listen.
Robby grew up playing various instruments, but was drawn to the drums in the likes of personal heroes Travis Barker and Neil Peart. He spent countless hours behind his kit learning the ins and outs of harmony and melody, mixing drumbeats in the classic AM vinyl technique, and unknowingly laying the bricks for his future foundation as an artist. As the world of music morphed into a synthetic box, Robby transferred his skills to the computer where music knows no bounds and one is truly free to produce the sounds inside their own head.
Growing up, Casey was passionate about music and played the guitar, but was unaware of the massive impact it would have on his life until on a sabbatical in the mountains of Tahoe. There amongst the snow and trees, his eyes opened to the world of electronic music as he heard it calling him loud and clear with idol Umek blasting through his headphones. Casey recognized the potential behind the brothers' skills, and Evol Morg was formed.
The brothers reunited in Santa Barbara, California where they currently reside and are working on a debut EP expected out later this year. The musical style of Evol Morg consists of an eclectic mixture of booty tech funk, blended with rolling 808s, and with hints of tech house drums. They relate their style to artists like Claude vonStroke, Fedde Le Grand, Aaron Snapes, and all others pioneering the field. Evol Morg invites you to journey with them on their mission to translate to the world music that can speak to the soul.
After Sharing the stage with so many friends at Lucidty Festival, eVoL Morg continues to bring something a bit different than the average Joe.


Demo created by Male Doll and released February 22, 2019 .
Seduced by the possibility of getting a lot of money, Yuki joins Heart Beat Guild and accepts the mission to go until Roseta Village. His goal is to verify the rumors that mage named Eyespring is in possession of the Book Of Maw are true.During the journey, the boy and his new partner found the mage and his henchmen.


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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2008,	Volume 87,	Issue 3,	Pages 150–153	(Mi jetpl27)
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ATOMS, SPECTRA, RADIATIONS
Generation of giant pulses of scattered radiation on the moving front of a pump wave
V. R. Baryshev, N. S. Ginzburg, I. V. Zotova, A. S. Sergeev
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia
Abstract: To generate high-power short-wavelength pulses during the process of the stimulated scattering of a high-power pump wave on a relativistic electron beam, the use of the displacement of a pump spot along the electron flow with the group velocity of the scattered beam has been proposed. Under such conditions, the scattered radiation will be a monopulse with the amplitude increasing proportionally to the displacement of the pump spot due to the energy transfer from unmodulated electron fractions. In the case of an optical laser pump, depending on the direction of the wave vector of the pump field relative to the translational motion of electrons, the new mechanism can be used to generate high-power pulses in terahertz (Doppler down conversion) or ultraviolet (up conversion) bands.
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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2008, 87:3, 124–127
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PACS: 41.60.Cr, 52.59.Rz, 84.40.-x, 84.70.+p
Received: 12.12.2007
Citation: V. R. Baryshev, N. S. Ginzburg, I. V. Zotova, A. S. Sergeev, "Generation of giant pulses of scattered radiation on the moving front of a pump wave", Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 87:3 (2008), 150–153; JETP Letters, 87:3 (2008), 124–127
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Justin Lebrun, Martin Copping, Sally McDonald, Maya Aleksandra, Savannah Hastings, Michael D. Anglin
Alexander Salazar
Gregory P. Wolk
"A Lesson in Cruelty" Picked up by Indie Rights
Filmed on location in Lake Charles, Louisiana, A Lesson in Cruelty is a 73-minute dark comedy picked up by indie distributor Indie Rights and with a story that seems right at home amidst the current political and social climate with cruelty having run completely amok.
The film stars Justin Lebrun as Julian Hassole, a powerful egomaniac who has managed to gain a high degree of success, stature and notoriety without seeming to have a shred of human decency.
In fact, if you're to believe him, that's exactly why he's become the man he is today.
The problem may be, of course, that eventually everyone around him tires of his abusive treatment and in advance of his 40th birthday it's announced they're throwing him an "Ides of March" themed birthday party.
If you don't know what that means, let me assure you it's not really the compliment he believes it to be.
In coverage for the film, Los Angeles Times writer Katie Walsh beautifully and accurately notes that Lebrun's Hassole is a poor man's Neil LaBute character, a crass, misogynistic, racist dude who revels in his violation of nearly every taboo without one iota of remorse. Lebrun has fun with the character, as he should, though as written it's a character much more suited for the stage than for cinema where the electricity, tension and emotion that such a character doesn't have nearly the same impact.
A Lesson In Cruelty seems to want to exist as a pitch dark comedy, though it seldom ever achieves the level of actual laughs necessary to make such a claim. This isn't to say there's no value to be found in the familiar yet biting story. In fact, I'd say quite the opposite is true and especially toward the film's end.
While Lebrun is rock solid throughout A Lesson in Cruelty, the film's truly hidden gem comes in the form of an absolutely delightful and quietly hilarious Savannah Hastings as young Christine, a mysterious little girl whose mother works for Hassole and whose late night television viewing habits imply a twist in any perceived innocence. It's a terrific performance filled with wisely underplayed humor and just a hint of normalcy. Among the other supporting players, most of whom are tasked with convincingly portraying one-note caricatures, Australian actor Martin Copping is a gem as yarmulke wearing Sid and Sally McDonald also really shines here.
The first script from newcomer Gregory P. Wolk, A Lesson in Cruelty goes head first into the challenging task of presenting characters who get very little back story. By the time we meet them, Julian's already a major asshole and everyone around him is already burnt out to the point of wanting more than a little revenge. There's really not much in the way of sympathy to be found anywhere, a difficult way to approach a difficult, dark film.
Director Alexander Salazar, a veteran of multiple Hollywood productions, gives it a good go here but is challenged by material that feels more like a work in progress than a completed script. That said, there's some good ideas at work here and it'll be interesting to see where Wolk, who has two films already in post, goes in the future.


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Dermomurex wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description
The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

 Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 220

External links
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

 MNHN, Paris: holotpye

Dermomurex
Gastropods described in 1990


I was plead ignorance on the different factions at war with one another, except to note that she had once been criticized for supporting the protest movement, and now she is being glorified for her death.
So to make it clear FIRST I was the ENEMY & now I'm a FRIEND because this was supposedly the fault of Ukrainians.
She further noted that she is not involved, in any way, in the conflict.