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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories.Implement
{
    internal class SimilarNodeName
    {
        private int _numPos = -2;

        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        // cached - reused
        public int NumPos
        {
            get
            {
                if (_numPos != -2) return _numPos;

                var name = Name;

                // cater nodes with no name.
                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
                    return _numPos;

                if (name[name.Length - 1] != ')')
                    return _numPos = -1;

                var pos = name.LastIndexOf('(');
                if (pos < 2 || pos == name.Length - 2) // < 2 and not < 0, because we want at least "x ("
                    return _numPos = -1;

                return _numPos = pos;
            }
        }

        // not cached - used only once
        public int NumVal
        {
            get
            {
                if (NumPos < 0)
                    throw new InvalidOperationException();
                int num;
                if (int.TryParse(Name.Substring(NumPos + 1, Name.Length - 2 - NumPos), out num))
                    return num;
                return 0;
            }
        }

        // compare without allocating, nor parsing integers
        internal class Comparer : IComparer<SimilarNodeName>
        {
            public int Compare(SimilarNodeName x, SimilarNodeName y)
            {
                if (x == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("x");
                if (y == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("y");

                var xpos = x.NumPos;
                var ypos = y.NumPos;

                var xname = x.Name;
                var yname = y.Name;

                if (xpos < 0 || ypos < 0 || xpos != ypos)
                    return string.Compare(xname, yname, StringComparison.Ordinal);

                // compare the part before (number)
                var n = string.Compare(xname, 0, yname, 0, xpos, StringComparison.Ordinal);
                if (n != 0)
                    return n;

                // compare (number) lengths
                var diff = xname.Length - yname.Length;
                if (diff != 0) return diff < 0 ? -1 : +1;

                // actually compare (number)
                var i = xpos;
                while (i < xname.Length - 1)
                {
                    if (xname[i] != yname[i])
                        return xname[i] < yname[i] ? -1 : +1;
                    i++;
                }
                return 0;
            }
        }

        // gets a unique name
        public static string GetUniqueName(IEnumerable<SimilarNodeName> names, int nodeId, string nodeName)
        {
            var uniqueNumber = 1;
            var uniqueing = false;
            foreach (var name in names.OrderBy(x => x, new Comparer()))
            {
                // ignore self
                if (nodeId != 0 && name.Id == nodeId) continue;

                if (uniqueing)
                {
                    if (name.NumPos > 0 && name.Name.InvariantStartsWith(nodeName) && name.NumVal == uniqueNumber)
                        uniqueNumber++;
                    else
                        break;
                }
                else if (name.Name.InvariantEquals(nodeName))
                {
                    uniqueing = true;
                }
            }

            return uniqueing || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nodeName)
                ? string.Concat(nodeName, " (", uniqueNumber.ToString(), ")")
                : nodeName;
        }
    }
}

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A: Pass your code through the htmlspecialchars() function before sending it as output.

A: If you are using PHP, you can indeed use the htmlspecialchars() function. Your question didn't state "with PHP" though. At the bare minimum, you will need to use an entity for <, which is <. Ampersands should always be entities as well, since an & marks the start of an entity.
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A: Use tags
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A: echo '
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According to Neil Daswani, CTO of Dasient which analyzed about 10,000 Android apps about 8% of them leak personal and private information about the user to either the programmer or a third-party server.
Now if you remember, there was a previous study done in May by a German security firm which had then confirmed about 99% of Android apps leaking user info. This is a huge improvement in numbers, but still not perfect. The issue then was the platform's communication system which involved tokens that leaked the information. However, the study done by Dasient looked at the purposeful behaviour of individual Android apps and not the OS.
There is not much information as to what kind of data the apps are leaking; however the complete study results will be out soon. The study also found that 11 applications were sending SMS messages out to other smartphones, spamming other users without the Android owner's knowledge and potentially costing the owner money in per-text charges.
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Indie publishing vs Traditional publishing – What to choose?
An author begins to write a book for the sole purpose of having his story reach an audience. The completed manuscript binds the aspirations and expectations of the writer together. But they can only be achieved when the book is published.
While completing a book is a part of the process, publishing it becomes one of the most important phases of the entire journey. This phase determines the expected reach of the book, creates a reading community and markets the book to the audience before its arrival on to the stands.
Various kinds of publishing
The entire process is filled with questions, doubts, rejections and rare acceptance. However, what becomes significant in recent times is the mode of publishing the writer chooses. With several options such as traditional publishing, self-publishing, indie publishing, hybrid publishing, etc., the author tends to become confused.
However, the final choice should be made keeping in mind the writer's requirements and according to what would best suit the genre.
Traditional publishing is one method of publication that most authors seem to be familiar with, by now. The writer submits his finished manuscript to a publishing house via a literary agent, which is then reviewed by an editor. The latter decides whether the material suits the publishing house and thus decides either to reject it or publish it.
If considered suitable, the rights to the book are bought by the publishing house in question. They pay the author an advance and become the gatekeepers for the book. The house invests their money in building a readers' community, designing and packaging the book, printing its copies and marketing it before its launch.
Why choose Traditional Publishing?
Writer Scott Semergran says, "Many authors still tout the traditional publishing model as the best way to go, particularly if you want to be taken "seriously" as a writer."
This model of publishing a book is familiar. It validates the author and grants him recognition even before the release of the book. When recognized by a publishing house, the author collaborates with a professional team that is already in place and can earn without the added pressures of marketing and upfront financial costs as opposed to other methods of publishing.
While the process may be significantly slower, the publisher invests by means of staff time and provides professional services through the following means:
Editing the book
Designing the book cover
Proofreading the book
Publicizing the book
Marketing the book
There are several factors that are considered while publishing the book. It depends on the genre and category that the book belongs to, and thus the expected time is taken to publish a book. It is therefore left to the author to choose what would best suit his book.
However, this choice is as much the publishing house's as the authors. If the book is not selected to be published, the writer has no option but to turn to other methods for publishing his book.
Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing
It brings prestige to the author and serves as validation.
Since the publisher covers all additional cost, the author is not expected to suffer any financial losses.
The publisher provides all professional services, thus easing the author's burden.
The book can be sold as widely on the internet as in bookstores since print distribution becomes easier.
Literary acclaim becomes more likely and traditional publishing becomes a potential ground for the author to become a brand-name.
The process might be extremely slow, and it may take years for the publishing house to even go through the manuscript, let alone select it.
Authors lose creative control over their own work and must edit it according to the requirements of the publishing house.
The legal contracts are binding and often confusing, allowing the publishing house to exploit the writer.
The royalties offered to the author are usually low.
With the rise of online bookstores and readers turning to e-books in the present scenario, Self-Published Independent (Indie) authors have begun to dominate the market. Indie-publishing is one of the models of publication where the author becomes the publisher. In other words, he self-published his book.
The writer of the book takes on several responsibilities in addition to proof-reading and editing the text. He becomes the marketer, distributor, advertiser and the entire professional team – all rolled into one.
Why turn to Indie Publishing?
Traditional publishing houses work in keeping with the interest of the consumer preferences. This makes the entire process seem sceptical to the author who might not want to waste his time waiting around for the tide to turn in his favour. And as author Jessica Bell says, in Indie Publishing, "there is room for everyone."
There are several reasons as to why an author would consider self-publishing his book. One of these is that this model allows the author to do exactly what he aspires to with his book. The writer isn't confined by the connected agent's 'advice' to change the way he has written and can express his unique opinion amongst the supposed demand of the audience. He can make his own choices and design his book (KillerBookCovers) in accordance with his line of vision by hiring professionals.
With the room created for Independent publishers through e-commerce websites in the present scenario, Indie publishing has become big. While the business does involve its risks like any other business would, authors learn about marketing and promoting their own book and eventually get the return they had paid for.
In addition to this, writers understand and stand by their genre and subject area as they decide to self-publish their book and learn everything about the key players.
This helps them turn their project i.e. their book, into a resounding success. For example, books by authors such as Hugh Howey and Colleen Hoover.
Pros and Cons of Indie Publishing
Authors have absolute creative control over their books and have no editorial choices forced on them.
The e-book is published much faster than in traditional publishing, allowing it to be sold in markets in a matter of weeks.
The writers get significant time to make changes and observe the book's performance in the market accordingly.
The royalties offered to the author are significantly high and the book has a reach around the global markets.
The books have a higher shelf-life than traditionally published books and if a book does well, publishers go to the author directly.
The 'brand' of validation attached to Indie publishing remains and no prestige is attained by the industry.
The author must take up several roles in the process, doing to all by himself and painstakingly hiring professional who suit his vision.
Financial responsibilities fall on the author and an upfront budget is required to market the book.
Public distribution in bookstores is difficult and nearly impossible.
Literary acclaim is difficult to attain since most prizes don't accept indie authors and neither do mainstream literary critics.
How to make the choice?
When an author chooses which model of publishing to follow, he must ask himself one question — Why does he want to create a book?
This will help him identify his own expectations from the book he has written and the audience he wants to reach. The target readership that comes to his mind will answer the question for him.
This is because an author writes to express his opinions. With the recent success rates of authors turning to indie publishing, more writers have accepted this model for publishing their book and fulfilled their aspirations even as traditional publishing continues to be dominant in the market.
In conclusion, while these separate models might be different from one another they are have become relevant for the authors who choose either, considering what best represents their interests and their books.

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Nerd Confessions Podcast: We have a big line up on the podcast this week! Tommy talks to us about his Blizzcon adventures. Fresh off of Thor: Ragnarok we discuss if it's too much like Guardians of the Galaxy. Finally, after Ellie got to meet the Duffer brothers in person we discuss how Stranger Things 2 holds up to season 1. Listener confessions this week from Spencer Moore (via instagram @spencer_moore13) and @manuel_hernandez_animations (via instagram).
Tommy attended Blizzcon! What happened?!
New Overwatch map, "Blizzard World," announced. Almost like Blizzard Disneyland.
New Overwatch character, Moira, a new healer was announced.
World of Warcraft is getting a seventh expansion pack, Battle for Azeroth and a Classic Server.
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm expansion are going free-to-play. Legacy of the Voice and Nova Covert Ops will still cost $14.99 each.
Hanzo from Overwatch is headed to Heroes of the Storm.
Hearthstone's next update is Kobolds and Catacombs.
Thor: Ragnarok is the third Thor movie Marvel has resealed for their Marvel Cinematic Universe and has a large departure from the formula of the previous films. The previous Thor movies were in large part a love story between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane (Natalie Portman) and were not received as well as other Marvel films. Thor: Ragnarok seems to in large part take what worked with Guardians of the Galaxy and adapt it to Thor's world and characters.
Is the departure from previous films a good thing? Should they have swept Natalie Portman under the rug?
October 2013, Producer Kevin Feige stated that after release of Thor: The Dark World that there was certain elements from the film that they would like to build a story off of.
October 2015 Taika Waititi was in negotiations to direct. Marvel asked directors what direction they would like to take the film, Waititi, sent back a sizzle reel using jokes and stuff from movies such as Big Trouble in Little China and used the Led Zeppelin, "Immigrant Song" as the score. This landed him as director.
Visual effects for the film were created by: Industrial Light & Magic's (ILM) San Francisco and Vancouver studios, with help from Base FX, Animatrik, and Virtuos; Framestore; Method Studios Vancouver; Digital Domain; Rising Sun Pictures; Luma Pictures; D Negative; Iloura; Image Engine; Trixter; The Secret Lab; WhiskeyTree Inc; Fin Designs + Effects; and Perception.
Previsualization work was provided by The Third Floor and Day for Nite. To help create the Hulk, a person on set was covered in green body paint, and would replicate the intended motions of the character to aid the visual effect artists.
Thor: Ragnarok Released on October 10th, 2017.
Two years after the Battle of Sokovia, Thor has been unsuccessfully searching for the Infinity Stones, and is now imprisoned by the fire demon and eventually, unintentionally releases Hela, the main villain of the film. Hela immediately breaks Thor's hammer, (are you the God of Thunder or the God of Hammers?) and travels to claim Asgard.
Thor and Loki both are left stranded on Sakaar, a garbage planet surrounded by time defying wormholes. Thor is immediately captured by Valkyrie and used as a contender in the Contest of Champions by the Grand Master of Sakaar. Soon facing, the Hulk, Thor has to make the best out of this situation and save Asgard.
Music? How does it compare to Guardian's of the Galaxy?
August 2016, Mark Mothersbaugh (Lego Movie, The Sims 2: Pets) was hired to score the film. The synthesized score is influenced by the work of Jean-Michel Jarre (known for his synthesizer music).
Notable music featured in the film include "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin and "Pure Imagination" from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Themes from Thor, Thor: The Dark World and Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as Joe Harnell's "The Lonely Man" theme from The Incredible Hulk TV series, are also used in the film.
Great that they paid homage to old Thor movies, but the main themes that stick with you are the Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin and the Willy Wonka Song. Should they have dumped the old Thor themes?
How was the movie received?
IMDB currently rates the move with an 8.2.
Rotten Tomatoes rates the movie at 93% with 90% audience rating.
Do we get after credit scenes?
Yes! We get two! One mid-credits scene and one after credits scene.
The mid-credits scene hints more of what is to come with the next Avengers movie and features Thano's ship, Sanctuary II, appearing in front of Thor.
The after credit scene is more comedy based than anything and just gives us some more Jeff Goldblum greatness.
Director Waititi said he would "love to do another Thor film, because I feel like I've established a really great thing with these guys". He indicated that it if he did another Thor film it would be more like a Ragnarok 2 than a Thor 4.
There have been discussions between Waititi and Marvel to create a spin-off following the characters Korg and Miek, but it was not feasible due to Marvel's commitments producing three feature films a year. Feige did say that Marvel has plans for those characters, but would not say when they would next be seen.
What are our overall thoughts and opinions?
We previously covered Stranger Things Season 1 in Podcast S01E17 so if you want to catch up on all of our thoughts on that Season you can listen to that episode.
Stranger Things is a science fiction horror tv series exclusive to Netflix that is set in the 80s and greatly inspired by movies by Stephen Spielberg, John Carpenter and Stephen King of the same era.
The series takes place in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana and centers itself around a core group of kids much like films such as the Goonies.
Stranger Things was created by the Duffer Brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer. Season 1 was up for binge watching on Netflix July 15th 2016. Season 2 was released on Netflix on October 27th, 2017 to mess with us since this was also the release date of Assassin's Creed: Origins and Super Mario Odyssey.
Will is still struggling with his experiences from the upside down (alternate dimension).
Joyce (Winona Ryder) is struggling with being overprotective of Will and building on her new relationship with Bob (Sean Astin, who also played Sam in LOTR).
Jim Hopper (David Harbour) who has a relationship with the new, "Bad men," and is developing a relationship with Eleven. There is some emotional baggage with Jim as he lost his daughter to cancer.
Mike getting over Eleven being gone and dealing with Will's new struggles.
Nancy continuing to be stuck in a love triangle between Steve and Jonathan.
Just as with the previous season they compare the creatures from the Upside-down to the world of Dungeons and Dragons. This time we have Demodogs (dog like versions of the Demogorgon from Season 1) and the Mind Flayer which is the literal bigger and better villain the Duffer Brothers alluded to in their interviews.
There is also a new human villain. Last season the human villains appeared to be Steve and Will's father, Lonnie in addition to the, "Bad Men," scientists. This season Steve earns a lot more respect and love, not being quite the bully he used to be. We are also introduced to Billy who looks exactly like one of the guys from, "The Lost Boys" and is Max's step-brother.
The bromance that surprised everybody. Steve later in the season starts to believe he is a, "good babysitter," and develops of loveable relationship with Dustin inparticular. This resulted in a lot of people wondering why they ever liked Jonathan and rooting for Steve. This really indicates that the writing of the show can turn someone that you really hate into one of your favorite characters.
Most people are happy with the pacing of Stranger Things Season 2 with the exception of Episode 7 which feels very out of place and is appears to be pushing a spin-off series with a character that has similar abilities to Eleven.
Stranger Things overall is rated a 9.0 on IMDB.
Stranger Things overall is rated a 94 for both critic and user on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stranger Things Season 2 is rated 78 with a user score of 8.4 on Metacritic.
Stranger Things Season 1 was rated 76 with a user score of 9.0 on Metacritic.
Over 326,000 people binged through all 9 episodes of Stranger Things Season 2 on release day.
Over 15.8 people watched the the first episode of Stranger Things Season 2 the first night. To put this into perspective Season 7 of Game of Thrones had 16.1 million and Walking Dead Season 8 had 15 million viewers the first night. House of Cards was only streamed by 4.6 million people this spring.
Netflix believes that the viewership numbers of shows such as Game of Thrones and Walking Dead is highly inaccurate because of the garbage Nielsen Rating system and believes the actual viewership for those shows is much more, so they're not celebrating just yet.
What did we think about Season 2? Overall Thoughts?
The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in Montauk, New York and nearby Long Island locations. The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island. After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.


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Italian point guard Federico Mussini commits to St. John's
The gifted point guard will play for Chris Mullin at St. John's.
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Chris Mullin landed a talented Italian point guard for next season on Monday morning. Federico Mussini has committed to St. John's over Gonzaga, Virginia, Providence and more, according to multiple reports. Mussini will be 19 years old for next season.
Mussini measured at 6'1, 154 pounds at the 2015 Nike Hoops Summit, where he competed with the international team. He also played in the 2012 Jordan Brand Classic and shined at the FIBA U18 World Championship a year ago. Mussini averaged 22.6 points and shot nearly 43 percent from three-point range during the tournament.
St. John's needed to add talent in the backcourt after the graduation of D'Angelo Harrison and Rysheed Jordan's decision to leave school to pursue professional opportunities. Mussini is considered a talented shooter and ball handler who has said he patterns his game after Stephen Curry.
Mussini scored nine points and made 2-of-3 three-pointers at the Hoops Summit.
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Home > News > Places of Worship Act- A hurdle in reclaiming ancient Hindu heritage destroyed by Muslim invaders
Places of Worship Act- A hurdle in reclaiming ancient Hindu heritage destroyed by Muslim invaders
As the Ram Janmabhoomi movement was at its peak, the Narasimha Rao govt at the centre had brought a new law with a motive to prevent Ram Janmabhoomi-like reclamation movements by Hindus in India. This law was the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991. This article wishes to shed some light on what this act is and how it is a hurdle in the reclamation of Hindu temples.
The statement of objects and reasons of this act reads as, 'An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto'.
The act declares that the character of a place of worship freezes on 15 August 1947, meaning if a place of worship is a mosque as on 15 August 1947, its character is that of a mosque even if it was originally a temple. The act provides for punishment if any person changes or attempts to change the character of any place of worship of one religious denomination or section thereof into another section of the same denomination or other.
The act provides for abatement of any suits or proceedings in any courts in the country relating to disputes about the character of places of worship already pending at the time of commencement of this act. The act also prohibits any suits or proceedings that may be instituted after the commencement of this act. Ram Janmabhoomi dispute had been excluded from the purview of this act.
The govt at the time of passing this act presented it as a piece of legislation protecting the secular fabric of the nation. But what it actually does is to bar Hindus, Jains, Buddhists in India whose places of worship were desecrated, destroyed and converted into mosques by Muslim invaders, from reclaiming their dignity and honour. The act protects mosques in Kashi, Mathura and innumerable other places in this country that were built on the ruins of Hindu temples.
The act is a piece of colourable legislation. Legislature transgressed its legislative power and brought this law that attempts to negate the aggressions and extremism of Islamic invaders and tries to force injustice in the guise of secularism.
The act has some serious problems. One is that it violates the principle of ex post facto laws under Article 20 of the constitution. According to this principle, a person cannot be made liable for an act which was not an offence under any law when he committed it. This act in its section 5 provides for punishment if any person contravenes provisions of section 3. And section 3 provides that no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof.
This provision does not prescribe any date from when a person is barred from committing act of such conversion. If it intends to prevent persons from committing the act of conversion from the commencement of this act, the declaration of character of places of worship freezing on 15 August 1947 becomes pointless. The act does not explain what happens to acts of conversion committed from 15 August 1947 to 11 July 1991 i.e., the date of commencement of this act. This ambiguity leads to violation of the fundamental right under Article 20(1).
Further, the act abates suits and legal proceedings in retrospection which is unjust, unreasonable and arbitrary.
The most problematic provision of the act is the one that bars future suits and legal proceedings with respect to the conversion of any places of worship. And at the same time, it allows suits and legal proceedings if it is regarding conversion of a place of worship after 15 August 1947. So, if Hindus wish to reclaim temples in Kashi, Mathura and other temples they are barred. Such claims will be maintainable only if it can be proved that the place of worship contains or is believed to contain ruins or relics of historical and archaeological importance which have been in existence for not less than 100 years. But if Hindus had already restored any temples after 15 August 1947 that were earlier desecrated and destroyed, legal proceedings will lie.
This is morally unjust, legally arbitrary and ultra vires the constitution as no machinery is provided for dispute resolution. By baring future suits and proceeding, there is the extinction of remedy. This is beyond the powers conferred by the constitution on the legislature.
The act deserves to be struck down and declared ultra vires the constitution. The honourable Supreme Court lauding this act in the Ayodhya judgment said that 'historical wrongs cannot be remedied by the people taking law in their own hands.'
This act by barring legal action forces people to take law in their own hands to remedy the historic wrongs. The Apex court in the judgment also said that 'cognisant as we are of the history and of the need for the nation to confront it, independence was a watershed moment to heal the wounds of the past.'
What the Apex court might not have realised is that independence healed the wounds inflicted by the British. But the wounds that were inflicted on this civilization by years of Islamic invasions cannot be healed until justice is done. The Places of Worship Act thus must go, either by being struck down by the court or by being repealed by the parliament.
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You will encounter ordering questions on the LSAT/ When you've assembled your game board to the best of your abilities and within a reasonable time frame (about four to five minutes), you're ready to tackle the set of five to eight questions that follow the ordering game's facts and rules.
Since 2009, a new question type has cropped up in the analytical reasoning section of the LSAT. It asks you to choose a condition in the answer choices that could replace one of the original conditions without changing anything about the orders. This new twist on analyzing conditions appears in some grouping games, but it's more common in ordering games.
Lion taming occurs before bungee jumping.
Flame throwing occurs immediately before bungee jumping.
Trapeze swinging occurs before sword swallowing.
Trapeze swinging occurs either immediately before or immediately after juggling.
Which one of the following, if substituted for the condition that trapeze swinging occurs before sword swallowing, would have the same effect on determining the order of the performer's act?
(A)Sword swallowing occurs before juggling.
(B)Sword swallowing occurs before flame throwing.
(C)Juggling occurs before sword swallowing.
(D)Sword swallowing occurs either immediately before or immediately after juggling.
(E)Sword swallowing may not occur first, second, or third.
List the game pieces: B, F, J, L, S, and T.
Create a box chart with six columns numbered 1 through 6.
Record the first rule: L → B.
Record the second rule: FB.
Record the third rule: T → S.
Record the fourth rule: TJ or JT.
Extend the board by entering on the chart where pieces don't fit and by combining rules, such as L → FB and TJ/JT → S.
Determine what effect the original condition has on the board.
It places T before S.
Check the answers to see which one would place T before S in all orderings.
Eliminate answers that don't jibe with your game board.
Choice (E) has to be wrong because S can be third in some orderings. Choice (A) puts S before T in all orderings, so it's out.
Rule out answers that don't have the same effect on the orderings as the original.
Choice (B) affects the order of S and F, but it doesn't put T before S in all orderings. You could have LSFBTJ, which doesn't maintain the third condition that T occurs before S. Choice (D) swaps S for T, which doesn't ensure that T occurs before S in all orderings.
Check the remaining answers to determine whether they affect the orders in the same way.
Choice (C) looks promising. Notice that whatever holds true for T is also true for J. The two acts, which are always consecutive, may hold the same positions, regardless of the orderings.
Therefore, Choice (C) provides the same condition as the one that requires T to occur before S. T is interchangeable with J, so pick the answer that exchanges T for J in the original third condition. Choice (C) is correct.
The order in which the orchestra plays the musical pieces at the holiday concert is completely determined if which one of the following is true?
(A)The polka is played second.
(B)The concerto is played first.
(C)The march is played last.
(D)The waltz is played fourth.
(E)The sonata is played last.
Choice (E) can't be right. The orchestra never plays the sonata last. Also notice that P can never be second, so Choice (A) is wrong. If P were second, C would have to be first, but that would put C before A and P before W, which violates the condition that A is before C when P is before W.
Dismiss conditions that could apply to more than one possible order.
Many of the possible orders have C in the first spot and M last, so Choices (B) and (C) are incorrect.
The last order on the chart is the only one with W in the fourth spot. When the waltz is fourth, all the other pieces fall into place. The four spots after W have to be filled by S, R, T, and M, so P and A have to join C in the first three spots. P comes before W, and when P is before W, A is before C.
So A has to be first and C second. With C second, S has to be sixth, and R, T, and M fit into the fifth, seventh, and eighth spots, respectively, to retain their relative order. Choice (D) is the answer.


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Rów Tonga − drugi pod względem głębokości rów oceaniczny na Ziemi. Położony w południowo-zachodniej części Oceanu Spokojnego, w Basenie Południowopacyficznym. Znajduje się między wyspami Samoa i Tonga, łączy się z rowem Kermadec. Rów Tonga ma długość 1400 km, a średnia szerokość wynosi 55 km. Jego maksymalna głębokość to 10 882 metry.

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One of the most important concepts to understand is how many great science people recognize and love their Creator God. Every field has well respected members who see no problem between their work and their worship.
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Of course, the highlight of the book is its photographs. The book is a smaller sized coffee table book with glossy pages and a hardbound cover displaying them to full advantage. Things are divided into subjects so you can look at amazing cloud formations one time and city-scapes another. Whole sections are pictures with just enough captioning to know what you're looking at and where.


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You imbue a slashing melee weapon with the ability to deal a gruesome head wound. When the target weapon hits a living creature, in addition to the normal effects of that hit, the wielder can discharge this spell as a free action to open a gash on the target's forehead that deals bleed damage equal to half your caster level. At the start of each of the target's turns, when it takes bleed damage, it also takes a cumulative –1 penalty on all attack rolls. When that penalty reaches –3, the target also treats all targets as having concealment (20% miss chance). When the penalty reaches –5, the target is blinded. Stopping the bleed damage ends the effects this spell imposes on the bleeding creature. A target that is immune to bleed damage is also immune to all this spell's effects.


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Q: Need help designing LiFePO4 BMS disconnect alarm I need help designing an alarm for a 12v LiFePO4 + BMS system. I am using an off the shelf BMS. The BMS has internal FET switching which may disconnect the battery for a variety of reasons to protect the battery from damage (e.g. over/under volt, low/high temperature, over current). I would like to build a simple buzzer/beeper circuit to provide an audible alarm when the BMS fires its protections. I would like this alarm to be very reliable and have very low power consumption.
Conceptually, I think this can be done using a normally closed (NC) relay driven from B+ and P-. When the BMS fires and goes open-circuit, the relay would close and the beeper would sound. I might power the beeper from the unprotected battery (B+/B-) or a secondary battery.
In order to keep power consumption extremely low, I think I need to use a solid state relay. I gather that's a "form-B" SSR. The beeper will have very low draw - perhaps less than 25mA.
I need help selecting a reliable SSR for this application. And a realiaty check on this design. Is this the way to go, or is there a simpler way to do this.
Thanks!

5-Apr-2020: Expanding the scope a bit... this is for installation on a boat, where there are many "loads". One of those is a large inverter whose DC current is too large to put through the BMS - and will be bypassing the BMS. But the inverter has remote on/off switch terminals. So the BMS can simply command the inverter off when the BMS trips. This would be a NC circuit that needs to go open circuit on a BMS trip. This circuit as well has a very low amperage requirement. So considering these together, when the BMS trips and goes open circuit, I want to close a circuit on a beeper to raise an alarm, and i want to open a circuit on the inverter remote control terminals to shut the inverter down.
10-Apr-2020: I've explored @Russel McMahon's solution in Circuit Simulator. I've used 1M resistors for R1 and R2. I added R3 to provide some voltage to drive the MOSFET when the load is disconnected. And moved the opto to reverse it's logic (load off when the BMS trips). This seems to work nicely!

Circuit Simulator

A: You can achieve a zero standby-current solution using a MOSFET to drive the beeper.
Voltage from B- to P- is about 0 volts when operational and then changes under disconnect. With either polarity a MOSFET can be biased off when the input is a short circuit and turned on when a voltage exists. Exact details depends on what appears across the BMS when tripped, but whatever it is will "not be a problem".
Powering the beeper from the main battery is possible but would introduce more uncertainties (eg blown internal fuse or link may remove all battery voltage. A separate battery makes the alarm far more fail safe.
Powering the buzzer with eg a 9V Alkaline battery will give 5 to 10 years of standby battery life (zero current) and a 9V Alkaline primary battery 10 years +.
If you can report the voltage across the BMS when operating and when tripped it would help. It MAY prove useful to connect a small (high resistance) "load" from B+ to P- (so small a current as to not cause problems) but this is to be determined based on measurements.
Q1: What is the voltage across the BMS (P+ to P-) when operating?
Q2: BMS voltage when tripped?
Q3: Do you want the alarm to sound when the LOAD is removed but the BMS is tripped.?

Example circuit:
"Lamp" can be buzzer or other annunciator.
Vin is ~0V in normal operation and some positive voltage under alarm condition. As the whole unit "floats" a voltage that goes negative under alarm conditions relative to some reference can be connected "upside down".
If Vin is less than about 12V R2 may not be\ needed but is useful for safety purposes. When equipped RR2 R1 divide Vin down to a suitable value.
Zener Z1 clamps gate voltage to a suitable maximum value - say 12V is OK in most cases.
M1 can be one of many small N Channel MOSFETS.
D1-Q1 form an optocoupler providing isolated alarm notification.
Quiescent current is essentially zero.
If BAT1 is Alkaline a lifetime of 5-10 years is expected.
If BAT1 is Lithium primary a 10+ year lifetime is expected.

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab


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Sammy Hagar Wants to Tour With David Lee Roth and Van Halen
Martin Kielty Published: March 20, 2017
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Sammy Hagar wants to tour with Van Halen, including original singer David Lee Roth, because he believes the competition between the two frontmen would make fans "die and go to heaven."
And he hopes the tour would also include original bassist Michael Anthony, so that all the bad feeling between the band's members can be put behind them while they're all still alive.
Hagar fronted Eddie Van Halen's band from 1986-96, then again from 2003-05. Roth has undergone three stints -- from 1978-85, in 1996 and from 2006 until the present, though the band has apparently been inactive since 2015.
The singers teamed up for a joint tour in 2002, unofficially titled Sam & Dave, though they never appeared onstage at the same time. At the time, Van Halen were on hiatus, and it wasn't clear whether the band would return.
Hagar talked up the possibility of hitting the road again with his old bandmates during a recent SXSW talk, noting, "The last thing I wanted to do was find out you are sick or something, and realize you have this bad blood and you don't want to take it to the grave. I don't do anything for money, fame or fortune anymore in my life. I do things that make money and I do things that make me more famous – but I don't do it for those reasons. I think the fans would die and go to heaven."
He suggested that he and Roth could take turns performing their classic Van Halen numbers. "The competition for that would be great," Hagar said. "He'd do 'Panama' and 'Runnin' With The Devil,' and I'd be going, 'Damn! I gotta step it up!' I'm up for it."
Still, Hagar said he accepts that he and Eddie Van Halen would have to work on their relationship, which broke down over a number of issues, including the firing of Anthony, who was replaced by the guitarist's son Wolfgang.
"We were friends up until the end," said Hagar. "For nine years Eddie and I were neighbors and writers together – best friends. I don't know if we can ever get along again because it got so bad."
Roth and Hagar appear to have been at each others' necks in recent years, exchanging insults over singing abilities. In 2015, Roth suggested the band's "Van Hagar" era suffered from a "credibility issue." "You know Roth means it – the other guy doesn't," Roth said. Hagar responded by claiming that if Roth tried to sing any of the songs from his era, a "quality issue" would arise.
Last year, Hagar issued a public apology to the band, saying he wanted to forgive and forget.
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Emily Lee Garcia, Hannah (and Doren) Tripp, and I are collaborating for the South of the Border Bloggers' A-Z Challenge. Our mission? The letter R–for Real de Catorce!
Real de Catorce is a gem of a Pueblo Mágico, tucked away into the mountains of northern San Luis Potosí. It takes awhile to get there–but it's well worth the visit!
About halfway between San Luis Potosí and Saltillo (just north of the Matehuala exit), the road to Real de Catorce winds through mountains for a good hour. When you're convinced that your mummified body will be found 50 years from now by explorerers even more foolhardy than yourself, the road stops at the Ogarrio Tunnel.
Just as one can't go to Hogwarts without leaving from Platform 9 3/4, one can't arrive in Real de Catorce without passing through the Ogarrio Tunnel. Real de Catorce was a mining town, and this mile-long tunnel was built in 1902. How long it took people to travel to Real de Catorce before 1902, I can't imagine.
For safety's sake, don't stop to gawk when passing through the tunnel. The tunnel is only wide enough (in most places) to admit one car at a time. Those supervising the entrance and exit of the tunnel count the cars, and radio their counterpart on the other end to let them know when it's clear to send more through. A few years ago, my in-laws stopped to investigate the tunnel, and were surprised by oncoming traffic! They had to back up halfway through the tunnel until they found a space wide enough to let the traffic pass.
Once in Real de Catorce, what is there? An assortment of the usual tourist trinkets, antojos, and more than that usual number of hippies. It's a tiny colonial mining town that has found a way to survive even after the mine closed. Plenty of locals rent Willys (ancient Jeeps) or horses for those interested in a closer look at the desert, a ghost town, or places of interest in Huichol culture.
One of the activities you can't miss in Real de Catorce is horseback riding. You won't have to look far for a guide; walk to the town's main plaza and you'll be approached by more than a few for hire. After agreeing on a price (we paid around $500 pesos for a 5-hour ride), my husband and I set off on our rented steeds, winding our way out of town on a path that, at times, made me uneasy. I reminded myself that people traveled the path every day on horseback and that my horse knew it like the back of his hand. Err, shoe. In less than an hour, we had made our way up the hill and reached the "Pueblo Fantasma," or ghost town. You'll see only remnants of what used to be a thriving mining area. We dismounted, drank some water, and stretched our legs while we explored the ruins for a few minutes.
Next, we trekked (okay, our horses trekked) down the mountain and back through town, and then set off in the opposite direction. This time our horses took us significantly further outside town, the path winding through colorful desert terrain. We were officially the middle of nowhere, free from cars and buildings and all modern conveniences. At a certain point, the terrain was so steep and the trail too narrow that we dismounted our horses and our guide motioned for us to follow him on foot. The large hill at which he was pointing loomed in front of us; it was our next destination. Sore from sitting on a horse for the better part of the day and feeling winded from the high altitude, it took the last of my energy to reach the top of the hill.
What was waiting for us at the top? The circular shrine central to the religious life of the indigenous Huichol (or Wixáritari) people is situated there. Every year, Huichol people journey across multiple states to leave offerings at their shrine in the springtime. The shrine was beautiful, indeed, and I loved hearing our guide describe the yearly ritual that is central to the life of the Huichols. However, it was the view for miles and miles that made the hike up to the top of the hill worth it.
My sister-in-law (from Mexico City) recently commented that she wondered where all these quaint "Mexican" towns were that appear in the Hollywood movies. Then she visited Parras and said, "Ah–there it is!" Real de Catorce is along those same lines, and that means that all the restaurants and hotels fall into the category of quaint and charming.
Nine years ago, I had a memorable meal of rabbit at the Real. (Seriously–nine years ago! Who remembers a meal nine years later? It was THAT good.) The Real is also where Emily stayed, and her experience there was positive. She vividly remembers a coffee shop (Café Azul) around the corner from the Real for their delicious mocha frappés.
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So, if you find yourself in the middle-of-nowhere in northern Mexico, keep wandering. You might just find yourself in Real de Catorce.
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Les Spécialistes est un film français de Patrice Leconte sorti en 1985.

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Alors qu'il lui reste un an de détention à tirer, Stéphane Carella, casseur notoire, doit être transféré dans une autre prison dans un fourgon de gendarmerie dont le trajet passe dans les gorges du Verdon. Mais les gendarmes viennent en aide à des collègues, dont le véhicule vient d'avoir un léger accident, les obligeant à menotter Carella avec un certain Paul Brandon, individu apparemment violent et dangereux. C'est alors que Brandon neutralise un gendarme et s'évade en compagnie de Carella, avec lequel il est toujours menotté. Après avoir escaladé des falaises et plongé dans un torrent pour échapper à leurs poursuivants, les deux hommes réussissent à échapper aux policiers et trouvent refuge dans une maison isolée où vit Laura. La jeune femme, employée dans un parc d'attractions, les aide volontiers, car son mari a été tué un an auparavant par les forces de l'ordre. Cette dernière tombe sous le charme des deux hommes.

Brandon révèle qu'il planifie un hold-up au casino de Mazetti, à Nice, qui appartient à la mafia et essaie de convaincre Carella de s'y associer, dans la mesure où il est spécialiste des ouvertures de coffres. Ce dernier accepte, tandis que Laura leur fournit son aide. Les deux hommes se font passer pour des agents d'assurances venus faire contrôler le système de sécurité du casino, afin d'y étudier les moyens de faire le casse. Mais Carella, ayant des doutes sur la faisabilité du plan, découvre que ce casse cache un autre enjeu : Brandon lui révèle qu'il est un policier sous couverture, chargé par son supérieur Kovacs de déclencher une guerre des gangs afin d'éliminer Mazzetti. Carella, en échange d'une remise de peine, continue de s'associer avec Brandon.

Le jour du casse, Brandon et Carella mettent leur plan à exécution et parviennent à dérober l'argent dans le coffre du casino, puis à échapper à leurs poursuivants, dont Mazzetti, qui est abattu par des malfrats américains, avec qui il était en cheville. Brandon demande à Carella de s'enfuir. Lors d'un rendez-vous avec Kovacs, Brandon lui annonce qu'il a laissé filer Carella, avant de découvrir que ce dernier, grâce à la complicité de Laura, a dérobé l'argent grâce à un astucieux subterfuge. Brandon retrouve son compagnon d'infortune, planqué dans une mine de gravier, afin de l'arrêter, avant de douter et de sauver la vie de Carella en neutralisant les mafieux américains, qui étaient en cheville avec Kovacs.

Se rendant compte qu'il a été manipulé depuis le début, Brandon appelle Kovacs au téléphone, avant de se décider à fuir avec Carella avec le magot, afin de rejoindre Laura, partie en Australie.

Fiche technique

Distribution
 Bernard Giraudeau : Paul Brandon
 Gérard Lanvin : Stéphane Carella
 Christiane Jean : Laura
 Maurice Barrier : Kovacs
 Daniel Jégou : le directeur du casino
 Bertie Cortez : Mazetti
 Christian Bianchi
 Jean-Luc Debrie
 William Doherty
 Bernard Hervé
 Salvatore Ingoglia
 Philippe Lehembre
 Patrick Massieu
 Jacques Nolot : Le gendarme chez Laura
 Gerard Parachou
 Frédéric Pieretti
 Philippe Sarnin
 Norman Stokle
 Jean Toscan
 Jesse Joe Walsh
 Georges Zsiga

Production

Pré-production

Tournage

Lieux de tournage
source : L2TC

 Île-de-France :
 Hauts-de-Seine :
 Studios Billancourt
 Malakoff : dans une usine désaffectée

 Région PACA :
 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence :
 Gorges du Verdon
 Rougon
 Alpes-Maritimes :
 Menton :
 Palais de l'Europe
 Casino de Menton
 Nice
 Studios de la Victorine
 Vieux-Nice

Réception

Box-office
Lors de sa sortie en salles, Les Spécialistes rencontre un énorme succès commercial, prenant la tête du box-office parisien pendant deux semaines consécutives, en enregistrant un résultat de 646 367 entrées, dont un démarrage à 408 125 entrées. Finalement, il finit son exploitation parisienne avec 1 082 963 entrées. Le succès se confirme en province, avec plus de 4 millions d'entrées, portant le total à 5 319 542 entrées en France, lui permettant d'être classé en troisième position des meilleures entrées en France derrière Trois hommes et un couffin et Rambo II : La Mission et en seconde position des meilleures entrées en France pour un film français la même année.

Critique

Anecdote

Le nom du personnage joué par Gérard Lanvin, Stéphane Carella est un clin d'œil au même nom porté par l'inspecteur joué douze ans plus tôt par Jean-Louis Trintignant dans Sans mobile apparent de Philippe Labro, dont l'action se déroule également à Nice.

Références

Liens externes

Film réalisé par Patrice Leconte
Film français sorti en 1985
Film d'action français
Film policier français
Buddy movie
Film de casse
Film de Studiocanal
Film de Gaumont
Film tourné dans les Hauts-de-Seine
Film tourné aux studios de Boulogne
Film tourné aux studios de Billancourt
Film tourné aux studios de la Victorine
Film tourné dans les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Film se déroulant à Nice
Film se déroulant dans les Alpes-Maritimes
Film se déroulant dans les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence


We have a confirmed date for this year's race Sunday 30th August 2015. So keep it free!
For this our second year The BADGERS Atherstone 10k will be again. Our route takes in the beautiful North Warwickshire countryside including exclusive access through Merevale Estate before finishing in Atherstone Market Square!
The race was a sell out last year, we anticipate the race to be popular once again.
So keep an eye on this website and our social media for entry details and make sure you get in quickly!


Here are a few tips for making sure you have a magical day at Disney, regardless of the conditions.
It's harder than it sounds, convincing your family to wake up super early on vacation, but there are more advantages to getting to the parks early than I could possibly list off. I would always plan to arrive at the park BEFORE the parks technically even open. Most of the parks start opening their gates well before the stated opening time to handle crowd flow. By getting there early you can get on some of the busier attractions without much wait and enjoy the parks before it gets too hot or before bad weather comes in.
Florida is hot hot hot in the summer! Between all the extra steps and the humidity, if you aren't drinking enough water you'll feel it. You can save some money by bringing your own water bottles (Disney allows you to bring in your own food and drink) or reusable water bottle.
3. Plan for a break in the middle of the day.
Arrive early but take a break in the middle of the day for a nap or some time by the pool! It will give everyone a chance to recharge, get off their feet, and step away from the crowds when the parks are hottest and most crowded. Some of my favorite Disney memories are from those hours we went back to the hotel for some pool time, even when I had been reluctant to leave the park in the first place!
4. Do your research and make a plan that works for your family.
Spend as much time as you can researching which rides and restaurants your family would most like to visit. Buy your tickets ahead of time so you can make your Fastpass+ reservations that work best for your schedule. I like to schedule my day so that we arrive early and do some rides that have longer wait times, then have my scheduled Fastpass+ reservations for early afternoon when the park is getting crowded, have a break during the later afternoon, and then come back and enjoy some attractions that don't have as long of wait times and stay until fireworks!
At the end of the day, it's your vacation too! Try not to get too hung up on hitting everything on your list, make a few things the priority and anything else is just a bonus! Don't try to do too much, especially if you are visiting when it is hot or crowded (or both!) and take time to rest throughout the day. Everyone will be much happier this way, even if it means you don't do quite as many rides.


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Obituaries for August 4, 2016; Rosemary Padgett, Jean Papazian, Janet Wofford, Betty Brown, James Aaron,
Published on Wednesday, 03 August 2016 11:46
Rosemary Padgett
In loving memory of Rosemary Kay Padgett, 59, of the Hill City Community, who passed away on June 19, 2016 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
She is survived by her husband of 30 years, AJ Padgett; two children, Allan and Taran Padgett of Talking Rock and Ann Padgett of Talking Rock; sister, LaGuana and the late Ken Godfrey of Ellijay; brother, the late Ralph Slaughter; and her late parents, Ruth and Edward Slaughter of Jasper; four grandchildren, Emerald Padgett of South Korea, Carly Padgett of Michigan, J.T. and Chrstie Bozeman of Tate and Jacob Bozeman and Hannah Childers of Marble Hill; seven great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Padgett was cremated at Roper's Funeral Home.
A memorial cookout was held in honor of Rosemary and for the family.
Jean Papazian
Jean Adams Papazian, 91, of Jasper passed away on July 27, 2016. Jean was born in Paris, Texas to Bentley and Florence (Butcher) Adams on March 8, 1925. After receiving her Master's degree from the University of Michigan, she taught English in Misawa, Japan to the military children, where she met her husband, Lt. Col. Leon F. Papazian. They had two children, John and Virginia (Ginny). As most military families, they ended up traveling to many interesting places. Jean loved music and sang when she was in high school and college. As a young girl of 15 she recorded some songs on records (78s) for her grandmother. If you said something that reminded her of a song, she would start to sing. Later on, her grandchildren became used to the fact that "grandma" had a song for everything!"
Jean is predeceased in death by her husband, Lee and her son, John. She is survived by her two brothers, Bentley "Chip" (Debbie) Adams and Kent (Nancy) Adams; John's wife, Donna and Ginny (Cliff) Conover; five grandchildren, Lee Ann (Bryan) Barton, Spencer Schlampp, Jonathan Papazian, Alaina Papazian and Channah Papazian; five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 3 from 1 -2 p.m. at Pine Ridge Memorial Park in Kennesaw with the funeral at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
Janet Wofford
March 30, 1925 – July 25, 2016
Mrs. Janet Ozell Turner Wofford, 91, of Jasper passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Wofford was born March 30, 1925 to George Washington and Lenora Padgett Turner in Dawson County.
She is survived by husband, Paul Wofford of Jasper; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Terrie Wofford of Ellijay, Randall and Sharon Wofford of Jasper; daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and Stan Worley of Dawsonville; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Chapel of Roper Funeral Home with Reverend Harold Cantrell and Reverend Johnny McPherson officiating. Interment followed at Long Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral Home & Crematory.
Online condolences can be made at www.roperfuneralhome.com.
Betty Brown
Betty Faye Roberts Brown, 82, of the Bent Tree Community passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at her home.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond J. Brown, Jr.; children, Faye Brown Hunczak of Lilburn, Ellen Brown Capps of Hull, Allison Brown Johnson of New Bern, NC; grandchildren, Stephanie Hunczak Medina, Sean Douglas Hunczak, Jeffrey C. Perry, Jr., Chelsea Burnes Walker, Raymond J. Burnes; great-grandchildren, Gabriella Medina, Sean Hunczak, Spencer Hunczak; siblings, George H. Roberts, Jr. and Barbara R. Clark.
A memorial service was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Fellowship Presbyterian Church of Jasper with Reverend Benton Laughlin officiating.
James Aaron
Mr. James Willie Aaron, 82, of Ellijay, GA died Saturday July 30, 2016.
Mr. Aaron was born June 5, 1934 in Gilmer County, son of the late Clyde and Mable Waddell Aaron. He was a US Navy Veteran, a member of the Calvary Charismatic Church in McCaysville and worked in the textile industry. He is preceded in death by wives, Bonnie Free, Fay Stanley and Nell Bramlett.
Survivors include his wife, Farrell Starnes, of Ellijay; son, James Mitchell and Sandra Aaron, of Ellijay; daughters, Cathy Sue and Dean Hill, of Jasper; brothers, Bobby and Rosa Nell Aaron, of Asheville, NC and Roger and Sue Aaron, of Ellijay; sister, Mary Lee and Billy Teems, of Ellijay; two grandchildren, Josh Aaron and Brittany Jackson; three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday, August 1st at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Bernhardt Funeral Home with Rev. Edward Ledford, Rev. Jimmy Huggins and Rev. Ricky Dean officiating. Music was by Betty Ledford and Austin O'Neal and Cathy Hill. Pallbearers were: Shane Martín, John Reece, John Avery, Jerry Hensley, Heath Burnett, Josh, Aaron, C.J. Jackson, Evan Davenport Honorary pallbearers were: Jimmy Southern. Interment was in the Oak Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.
On line condolences may be at www.bernhardtfh.com
Bernhardt Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Card of Thanks
In loving memory of Susie Chester
The famly of Susie Chester who passed away on July 11, 2016 at Pruitt Health Care of Jasper would like to thank the employees for going above and beyond the proficient caring of our beloved mother. There aren't enough words to express how thankful we are, and the importance of the role that Pruitt played, in our family.
Belinda Lowe, Renee Haywood, and family


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Pain medication use after spine surgery: is it assessed in the literature? A systematic review, January 2000–December 2009
Hiroyuki Yoshihara1,2,3
Spine surgery is one of the most difficult areas in which to achieve a good clinical outcome and pain medication is often used for a long period of time after surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pain medication use after spine surgery has been assessed previously with respect to clinical outcome.
A systematic review of PubMed/MEDLINE databases was conducted from Jan 1st 2000 to Dec 31st 2009 using the search key words, "spine surgery" and "clinical outcome." All publications reporting clinical outcomes were examined and analyzed for outcome measures and data with respect to pain medication use after spine surgery.
In total 990 articles met the inclusion criteria. Among them, 56 articles (5.7%) described definitive pain medication use after spine surgery; 98 articles (9.9%) used clinical outcome measures that incorporate pain medication assessment, although only one such study included a definitive description of pain medication use.
Pain medication use after spine surgery was assessed in 15.5% of articles published during the last decade. The use of pain medication following spine surgery can affect clinical outcome and, therefore, needs to be taken into consideration for clinical assessment. In future studies, a detailed description of pain medication use and/or clinical outcome measures that incorporate pain medication assessment are advocated when reporting clinical outcomes after spine surgery so that it can be better assessed.
Spine surgery is one of the most difficult areas in which to achieve a good clinical outcome after surgery. When compared to the other orthopaedic subspecialties, such as joint replacement surgery, a higher percentage of post-operative patients continue to have symptoms that require pain medication utilization and some require further surgeries. Failure rates associated with lumbar fusion surgeries range from 5 to 30% [1–10]. This high rate of unsuccessful spine surgery has generated the term 'failed back surgery syndrome'.
The use of post-operative pain medication following spine surgery is nearly universal. However, despite the prevalence of use, there is no standardized protocol detailing the type, strength, or duration of pain medication use following specific procedures. Optimally, surgery should relieve the symptoms that brought the patient to surgery, with the termination of pain medication following the acute post-operative period, generally within one month. However, pain medication use is often continued long after this recovery period. The reason for pain medication implementation depends on individual circumstances; however, they are often needed for incomplete resolution of the symptoms for which surgery was originally indicated.
The frequency of spinal surgery is increasing worldwide, accompanied by an increasing number of publications that describe the clinical outcomes. It is controversial whether patients who continue to take pain medication, especially narcotic drugs, following spine surgery should be declared a surgical success. This can be misleading, even if the patient's visual analogue scale (VAS) score, and/or clinical outcome measure shows improvement. Patients who continue to require strong pain medication after spine surgery may have been misdiagnosed pre-operatively and/or have previously undiagnosed additional spinal pathology. This article reviews previous descriptions or assessments of pain medication use after spine surgery in the literature when clinical outcomes were reported.
A literature search was conducted of the PubMed/MEDLINE databases using the terms "spine surgery" and "clinical outcome" as search keywords. Then, the searching limits specified articles published from January 1st 2000 to December 31st 2009. Studies in the English language were included. A study was included if it reported the clinical symptom outcome of spine surgery with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Editorials, review articles, basic science studies, case reports, and letters to the editor were excluded. A study was also excluded if it reported the clinical outcome of fractures, infections, or tumors or percutaneous procedures, and if the main patient population was younger than 20 years old.
Titles and abstracts of the identified studies were reviewed, and possible studies were retrieved in full text version. Selected manuscripts were analyzed and recorded according to the country of origin, type of study (prospective or retrospective), area of spine (cervical, thoracic or lumbar), diagnosis, surgical procedure, clinical outcome measures, follow-up period, and description of pain medication use before and after spine surgery.
3,773 articles were identified form the literature search reporting on spine surgery and clinical outcome (Fig. 1). A total 991 articles were identified in the initial query from the title and abstract. All of these 991 articles were read and analyzed with the full-text review. One article was excluded due to short follow-up period. A total of 990 articles were finally included in this study.
PRISMA flow diagram.
Fifty-six articles (5.7%) described pain medication use after spine surgery in detail (Table 1, Additional file 1: Table S1). Among the 56 articles, 33 articles (3.3%) described pain medication use before and after surgery in detail (Table 1, Additional file 1: Table S1). 98 articles (9.9%) used clinical outcome measures incorporating a pain medication use assessment (Table 1). One article included both a description of pain medication use after surgery and a clinical outcome measure that incorporated pain medication use assessment. Therefore, pain medication use after spine surgery was assessed in 153 articles (15.5%). Details of the clinical outcome measures of 98 articles were described as follows: 36 articles used the SRS-Questionnaire, 10 articles used the Prolo scale, 6 articles used the Modified Stauffer-Coventry score, 5 articles used the Robinson scale, 5 articles used the Beaujon score, and 37 articles used other clinical outcome measures (Table 2, Additional file 2: Table S2). One article used both SRS-Questionnaire and Prolo scale.
Table 1 Summary of the study result
Table 2 Details of clinical assessment measure which incorporate pain medication use (among 98 articles)
Physicians can assess functional impairment objectively; however, pain is generally only measurable by the patient in a subjective assessment. Due to this subjective nature, pain is difficult to assess clinically. Strong indications for spine surgery are instability of the spine and neurological deficits including motor deficit and bladder and bowel dysfunction, while pain remains strictly a relative indication. However, an increasing number of spine surgeries are recently being performed based mainly on pain symptoms.
In the clinical setting, it is not uncommon for spine surgeons to encounter patients who continue to use pain medications up to 1 year following spine surgery. This is consistent with the present literature review, with some articles describing continuous pain medication use by a significant proportion of patients beyond 1 year after spine surgery. Ali et al. [11] reported that 35% of patients continued to take pain medications for symptoms at 38 months following fusion surgery for adult idiopathic scoliosis. In comparing lumbar disc arthroplasty to fusion for single-level degenerative disc disease, Blumenthal et al. [12] reported a narcotic use rate of 64% in the arthroplasty group and 80.4% in the lumbar fusion cohort at 24 months after surgery. Despite this high narcotic requirement, these patients were within a subgroup of patients that were categorized as a clinical success. Hallet et al. [13] reported that 64–83% of patients with lumbar single-level disc disease were taking at least one oral strong analgesic or anti-inflammatory agent at 2 years after decompression or fusion surgery. Among patients reported as achieving overall success following surgery for single-level lumbar degenerative disc disease at 24 months, Zigler et al. [14] reported that 31% of ProDisc patients and 39% of fusion patients remained on narcotics. While some patients may develop additional spine pathology 5–10 years after surgery, these conditions should not alter the 1–2 year outcomes after surgery. Thus the surgery may not necessarily be as successful as the outcome measures would indicate in patients showing an improved VAS score or clinical outcome measures after surgery, who nevertheless continue to take strong pain medications. Indeed, some other pathologies of the spine might remain or the surgery may not have been indicated for the pathology diagnosed. In fact, Epstein et al. [15] reported that 47 (17.2%) of 274 spinal consultations seen by a single neurosurgeon were scheduled for "unnecessary surgery".
Pain medication regimens for spine diseases may differ among countries. In the author's experience, pain medication regimens are quite different between Japan and the United States. In Japan patients with spinal pathologies rarely take narcotic pain medications before or after surgery. In contrast, in the US, it is a very common practice. This difference of clinical practices is likely multifactorial. In the US, the expectation of patients undergoing surgery is one of no or minimal pain. Furthermore, it is the expectation of the surgeon that the patient be discharged from hospital often within a few days after surgery, necessitating the use of strong pain medications in the early postoperative period. However, some patients continue to take narcotic pain medication months or even years after surgery. In contrast, few patients in Japan are prescribed narcotic pain medication after spine surgery; instead they receive oral or suppository non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Patients also tend to remain in the hospital following spine surgery for 7–14 days in Japan through the acute postoperative period, often resulting in much less pain upon discharge. Clinical outcome assessment is usually performed 6 months or 1 year post-surgery, so short-term pain medication use does not have an impact on such assessment; however, if the patient is still taking pain medication at the assessment period, it can have a considerable effect on these outcome measures.
There are numerous reports of clinical outcome assessments following spine surgery in the literature, reporting a variety of clinical outcome measures. The most frequently used are the VAS score, Oswestry disability index (ODI), SF-36, Roland-Morris Questionnaire, Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-Questionnaire, Odom score, Nurick scale, and neck disability index (NDI). However, most of these measures do not include an assessment of pain medication use. Some clinical outcome measures do incorporate such assessments, namely the SRS-Questionnaire, Prolo scale, Stauffer-Coventry score, Robinson scale, and Beaujon score. Indeed, all of these measures have a separate component for pain medication use. In the SRS-Questionnaire, pain medication use is a variable within the pain related section. In addition to the clinical outcome measures listed above, many clinical studies use the VAS score alone to assess pain. Thalgott et al. [16] reported that following circumferential anterior lumbar interbody fusion, the average back pain result for 'with medication' was 3.21 (scale of 1–10), and for 'without medication' was 5.58. Therefore, there was a 2.37 points difference in the score depending on medication use. Consequently, pain medication usage is a very important factor to consider when accurately assessing pain scores and clinical outcomes following spine surgery and, therefore, preoperative as well as postoperative pain medication usage needs to be considered in order to make a valid assessment of postoperative clinical outcomes and/or pain. The type, dosage, and frequency of pain medications may also need to be addressed. For example, narcotics usage likely effects the pain assessment more than NSAIDs use. Furthermore, future studies are expected to assess the effect of each pain medication relative to the VAS score, and modify the score accordingly. Alternatively, a new pain assessment measure may need to be devised that validly incorporates pain medication utilization.
Pain medication use after spine surgery was assessed in 15.5% of articles published over the past 10 years. Pain medication can affect clinical outcomes. Therefore, a detailed description of pain medication use and/or clinical outcome measures that incorporate pain medication assessment are advocated when reporting clinical outcomes after spine surgery in the literature so that it can be better assessed; otherwise, the outcomes may be misleading.
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Burton CV (1991) Causes of failure of surgery on the lumbar spine: ten-year follow up. Mt Sinai J Med 58:183–187
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Long M, Filtzer DL, BenDebba M, Hendler NH (1988) Clinical features of failed back syndrome. J Neurosurg 69:61–71
Bernard TN (1993) Repeat lumbar spine surgery. Spine 18:2196–2200
Slipman CW, Shin CH, Patel RK, Isaac Z, Huston CW, Lipetz JS et al (2002) Etiologies of failed back surgery syndrome. Pain Med 3:200–214
Waguespack A, Schofferman J, Slosar P, Reynolds J (2002) Etiology of long-term failures of lumbar spine surgery. Pain Med 3:18–22
Gehrchen PM, Dahl B, Katonis P, Blyme P, Tøndevold E, Kiaer T (2002) No difference in clinical outcome after posterolateral lumbar fusion between patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis and those with degenerative disc disease using pedicle screw instrumentation: a comparative study of 112 patients with 4 years of follow-up. Eur Spine J 11:423–427
Kim KT, Lee SH, Lee YH, Bae SC, Suk KS (2006) Clinical outcomes of 3 fusion methods through the posterior approach in the lumbar spine. Spine 31(12):1351–1357
Fritsch EW, Heisel J, Rupp S (1996) The failed back surgery syndrome: reasons, intra- operative findings, and long-term results: A report of 182 operative treatments. Spine 21:626–633
Ali RM, Boachie-Adjei O, Rawlins BA (2003) Functional and radiographic outcomes after surgery for adult scoliosis using third-generation instrumentation techniques. Spine 28(11):1163–1169 (discussion 1169–70)
Blumenthal S, McAfee PC, Guyer RD, Hochschuler SH, Geisler FH, Holt RT et al (2005) A prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemptions study of lumbar total disc replacement with the CHARITE artificial disc versus lumbar fusion: part I: evaluation of clinical outcomes. Spine 30(14):1565–1575
Hallett A, Huntley JS, Gibson JN (2007) Foraminal stenosis and single-level degenerative disc disease: a randomized controlled trial comparing decompression with decompression and instrumented fusion. Spine 32(13):1375–1380
Zigler J, Delamarter R, Spivak JM, Linovitz RJ, Danielson GO 3rd, Haider TT et al (2007) Results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-L total disc replacement versus circumferential fusion for the treatment of 1-level degenerative disc disease. Spine 32(11):1155–1162
Epstein NE, Hood DC (2011) "Unnecessary" spinal surgery: a prospective 1-year study of one surgeon's experience. Surg Neurol Int 2:83
Thalgott JS, Fogarty ME, Giuffre JM, Christenson SD, Epstein AK, Aprill C (2009) A prospective, randomized, blinded, single-site study to evaluate the clinical and radiographic differences between frozen and freeze-dried allograft when used as part of a circumferential anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedure. Spine 34(12):1251–1256
Competing interests The author declares that he has no competing interests.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA
Hiroyuki Yoshihara
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Correspondence to Hiroyuki Yoshihara.
Table S1. Articles that described pain medication use after spine surgery in detail.
Table S2. Clinical outcome measures that incorporate pain medication use.
Yoshihara, H. Pain medication use after spine surgery: is it assessed in the literature? A systematic review, January 2000–December 2009. BMC Res Notes 8, 323 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1287-5
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We are always interested in acquiring new stock, either for cash or trading for items that you may want from our catalogue.
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He played the cab driver who searches San Francisco's Chinatown with his nephew in the Wayne Wang film.
Wood Moy, who starred as the cab driver in the acclaimed Wayne Wang noir film Chan Is Missing (1982), died Nov. 8, his family announced. He was 99.
In the movie, Moy portrayed Jo, who is out to buy a taxi license with his nephew, Steve (Marc Hayashi). When Steve's friend Chan disappears with the cash they need to purchase their license, he and his uncle become amateur detectives as they set about San Francisco's Chinatown trying to locate the missing man and their money.
The low-budget, black-and-white Chan Is Missing, believed to be the first Asian-American indie film, was named for inclusion into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1995 for its cultural, historical or aesthetic significance.
Roger Ebert called it "a small, whimsical treasure of a film. … The title Chan Is Missing is almost a pun, because Charlie Chan is missing, and what replaces him is a warm, low-key, affectionate and funny look at some real Chinese-Americans."
A longtime member of the Asian American Theatre Company in San Francisco, Moy also appeared in such features as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Howard the Duck (1986), Class Action (1991) and Final Analysis (1992) and on the TV show Knight Rider.
Moy was born in Canton City, China, and first came to the U.S. in 1921. He earned his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1941 and during World War II served in the U.S. Army's 987th Signal Company, one of two all-Chinese-American outfits.
In 1947, Moy came to San Francisco with his future wife and future brother-in-law to expand their magazine East Wind, which chronicled the Chinese-American experience. They later opened East Wind Printers in Chinatown.
His wife of 60 years, Mamie, died in 2007. Survivors include his children Lincoln, Kenneth and Cynthia and his grandchildren Brian, Matthew, Jacqueline, Travis and Quentin.


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  </select>

{{ Form::bsText('saleprice','Sale price (number only - no currency symbol)','Sale price',$book->saleprice) }}
{{ Form::bsText('costprice','Cost price (number only - no currency symbol)','Cost price',$book->costprice) }}
{{ Form::bsTextarea('description','Description','Description',$book->description) }}
{{ Form::bsHidden('image',$book->image) }}

  Tags
  <select name="tags[]" class="input-tags" multiple>
  @foreach ($tags as $tag)
    @if ((count($btags)) and (in_array($tag->name,$btags)))
        <option selected value="{{$tag->name}}">{{$tag->name}}</option>
    @else
        <option value="{{$tag->name}}">{{$tag->name}}</option>
    @endif
  @endforeach
  </select>

{{ Form::bsText('sample','Sample (link to document)','Sample (link to document)',$book->sample) }}
@can('admin-backend')
  {{ Form::bsText('stock','Current stock (use with care!)','Current stock',$book->stock) }}
@endcan
@cannot('admin-backend')
  Current Stock: {{$book->stock}}
@endcan