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NAO report on Health and Social Care Integration
By Paul Carey-Kent, Policy Manager, CIPFA
On 7 February, the National Audit Office published a substantial report on Health and Social Care Integration, which hit the headlines for its conclusion that integration has been slower and less successful than envisaged and has not delivered the expected benefits for patients, the NHS or local authorities.
As a result, the NAO concluded, the government's requirement for integrated health and social care services to be in place across England by 2020 is at significant risk. Indeed, when the NAO's Ashley MacDougall, who led on the study, spoke to the CIPFA/HFMA Integration Summit he indicated that this requirement had been dropped, although integration remains at the forefront of policy and of STPs as the primary means of taking it forward.
MacDougall emphasised that the NAO does not look at the efficacy of policy – it has and seeks to have no view on whether integration of health and social care is an effective policy decision. Rather, it seeks to assess whether the government is delivering on its policy aims. The report concludes that thus far progress appears to be mainly in attitudes and approaches rather than in measurable results:
Ninety percent of local areas agreed or strongly agreed that delivery of their BCF plan had improved joint working, but the BCF did not achieve the planned savings or performance targets.
Arguably, those plans and targets were always unrealistic, given they included targets to reduce emergency admissions to hospital and reduce delayed transfers of care, an achievement which would have required a major reversal of long-term trends.
Government has not yet tested integration at scale and is unable to provide any compelling evidence that integration leads to sustainable financial savings or reduce hospital activity.
The NAO draws similar conclusions of a lack of demonstrable results from the Integration Pioneers to date.
The report sets out 20 years of integration initiatives in a timeline indicating how policy shifts have increased the levels of complexity in the system which need to be navigated in order to move forward.
Where people have said integration has worked, indicated McDougall, it has taken a long time. The NAO recommend that the government needs to review its approach and put in place more appropriate national structures. The NAO's conclusions are salutary, but consistent with views often expressed at local level: that integration is best seen as a good in itself for the users of more joined-up services, and the best means of enabling other improvement action to be taken forward - rather than as a solution in itself. STPs offer a sensible structure for doing that.
A helpful summary, together with the full report, can be found here.

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Q: Automating addition of sites to Exception sites in java control panel I am creating a Java webstart application which will be downloaded as JNLP and will run at the local machine. Purpose is to read some info about local files.
But the issue is I am getting a warning message for security. After adding the site address to Java control panel, the warning message went off.
I have automated this by altering the exception.sites file located in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security in Windows OS.
Where this file (exception.sites) exists in LINUX and MAC machine?

A:
The location of the exception site list is set in the deployment.user.security.exception.sites property. The default location is {deployment.user.home}/security/exception.sites.

See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/security/exception_site_list.html
Also good to know: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/jcp/properties.html

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Singer and acoustic guitarist J Eoin has over 20 years experience as a live performer and studio musician in both traditional and contemporary folk music. Originally from Limerick City in Ireland, he began his professional career during the early '80's touring as a solo artiste with Clannad and Scullion before settling in London where he established himself as part of the thriving Irish Folk scene there at the time. Early releases including 'Ribbonmen' (1991) and 'Sean One Shoe' (1994) defined J Eoin's 'Song Poetry' style and received critical acclaim for their historical relevance and the quality of the song writing. After a period touring internationally on the festival and club circuit both as a solo performer and working as an accompanist covering a range of musical styles, J Eoin returned to the studio to write and produce. The result was the 2005 album 'Exiles', a collection of songs relating to his personal experiences of relocation, which was showcased and released at the 12 Bar Club in London's West End. J Eoin occasionally promotes and MC's 'The Gloss Club', a popular acoustic music night in London. Since its inception in 2007, The Gloss Club has attracted a number of international musicians including Irish acts Eleanor McEvoy, Mick Hanley and Sonny Condell. Irish New Folk legends Tir na Nog performed their London show at The Gloss Club in June 2010. J Eoin's new album, 'Acrobat' was recorded with producer Gerry Diver (Lisa Knapp – Wild and Undaunted). Released through Crescent Moon Records in 2012, it showcased at the ICC Hammersmith, London in February 2013.


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Threats to Cultural Heritage
A cultural heritage title entitles a person to use or manage a culturally significant object. It is based on a continuing cultural connection between the object and its owners. The title also provides access and control rights. It does not, however, define ownership in the exclusive sense. Consequently, the owners of outstanding artefacts are not free to alienate or destroy them without first considering the interests of the public.
A cultural heritage can be of many forms, from ancient archaeological sites to historical buildings. It can also include artworks, artifacts, archives, and even the lifeways of contemporary communities. However, cultural heritage can be challenged by various factors, ranging from benign neglect to major natural disasters and climate change. Listed below are some of the main threats to cultural heritage.
The 1970 UNESCO Convention defined 11 categories of cultural heritage objects. These include: artwork, antiquities over 100 years old, rare stamps, and archival materials. It also includes cultural property found in a country's territory. The Netherlands has yet to ratify the Convention. However, it has ratified the definition of cultural heritage under the CETS No. 199.
Cultural objects have intrinsic value and must be protected from theft. In times of war and conflict, protecting cultural objects is critical. It can be the difference between peaceful coexistence between nations. It also contributes to international security. While preserving cultural heritage does not guarantee the preservation of individual pieces, protecting them from looters and reclaiming them is essential for international peace.
The destruction of cultural heritage can lead to the loss of knowledge and culture. For example, in Timbuktu, the civil war resulted in the looting of thousands of manuscripts. The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library helped preserve them by digitizing them and making them available to future generations. In the United States, the preservation of cultural heritage can help protect our nation's cultural heritage.
Cultural heritage can contribute to restoring security and peace by promoting social harmony and respect for cultural diversity. It can also help restore national dialogue. The protection of cultural heritage is an important part of a nation's cultural policy agenda. With an inclusive and diverse conception, cultural heritage can foster social cohesion and provide opportunities for resolving crises.
Cultural heritage can be protected by law but the definition and implementation of law are often different. In addition, the definition of cultural genocide is controversial. There are few international bodies that have accepted the term. It was controversial even in the 1940s and remains controversial today. Therefore, the idea of cultural genocide is often not accepted by world governments.
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Cultural Heritage As an Issue for Engagement
Cultural heritage is an important aspect of preserving the history and culture of a place. It is also a way to promote sustainable development. Fortunately, the concept of cultural heritage is not limited to buildings and monuments. Cultural objects are also part of our natural resources. While many cultural assets have been lost or damaged […][...]
History Museums and Their Exhibits
A history museum is an institution that specializes in the study of history. These museums usually contain a wide variety of artifacts. They display paintings, manuscripts, textiles, ceramics, and other items. This type of exhibit may be found in museums at the local, provincial, or national level. Museums may also feature special exhibitions. The history […][...]


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Sascha Segan Nokia Lumia 1320 (Unlocked) The Nokia Lumia 1320 could be an interesting low-cost phablet, but it would have to be re-engineered for U.S. carriers first.
Nokia Lumia 1320 (Unlocked)
By Sascha Segan
January 31, 2014 5:07PM EST
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Great-looking. Affordable, for an unlocked phone this size. Windows Phone is still a pleasure to use.
Poor voice quality. Mediocre camera. Limited internal storage. Only compatible with AT&T. No U.S. LTE.
The Nokia Lumia 1320 could be an interesting low-cost phablet, but it would have to be re-engineered for U.S. carriers first.
The Nokia Lumia 1320 is a perfect example of the company's perpetual U.S. struggle. In a better world, this would be a free-with-contract or free-up-front phablet, brightly colored and cheery, with a nice big screen for media playback. It would be a low-cost competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Mega, which has a small, but healthy fan base.
Nokia Lumia 1520 (AT&T)
Samsung Galaxy Mega (AT&T)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon Wireless)
But sadly, that isn't what we have here. As U.S. carriers seem to glory in thumbing their nose at Nokia, the 1320 is a $429 unlocked phablet available only through Amazon, fully compatible only with AT&T, without U.S. LTE bands and with a tight 8GB of built-in storage. That turns the 1320 from a great opportunity to a missed opportunity. The $199.99-with-contract Lumia 1520 is a better choice on AT&T. Our general Editors' Choice for phablets, meanwhile, is the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which has the advantage of being available on whatever network you choose.
Physical Features and Call Quality
WAKE UP! The Lumia 1320's aggressively bright design is the best thing about the phone. Nokia are masterworkers of polycarbonate—Samsung take note—and the 1320 has a great-feeling removable matte back in red, yellow, black, or white.
As a six-inch phablet, the 1320 is comically huge. It's 6.4 by 3.4 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and 7.8 ounces; it did not fit into any of my pants pockets, front or back, and it was tall enough to peek out of my jacket pocket. The volume, power, and dedicated camera buttons are all on the right side.
Most of the black front is a 6-inch, 1,280-by-720 IPS LCD screen. At 244 pixels per inch, it's noticeably below Retina resolution, although it's a little higher density than the Galaxy Mega's 233 ppi. I only really noticed pixelation in high-end games like Asphalt 8, where graphics looked a little soft. The screen is visible outdoors, and works with thin gloves.
As the 1320 is an international unit only being sold in the U.S. on a lark, it lacks the right U.S. frequency bands for LTE. HSPA+ 42 is available on 850/900/2100 MHz, which doesn't work with T-Mobile at all, so this is an AT&T-only device. I got terrific speeds on the speedtest.net app with 7Mbps down and 2Mbps up in midtown Manhattan, so reception is rock-solid on the few bands it covers.
Voice quality, on the other hand, left a lot to be desired. The earpiece is loud, although the phone is so big it's hard to figure out where to hold it to get the earpiece placement right. Sound through the earpiece was harsh and trebly. Transmissions through the mic, which ends up quite far from your mouth, were wobbly, thin, and hissy. The back-ported speakerphone is loud enough for indoor or in-car use, but transmission through the speakerphone mic were scratchy, blurry, and incorporated a ton of background noise. Don't use this phone for calls without a quality Bluetooth headset like the Jawbone Era or Plantronics Voyager Legend.
The big 3400mAh battery clocked in 15 hours, 59 minutes of talk time—much shorter than Nokia's claimed 21 hours, but good nonetheless. Nokia says you'll get up to 9 hours of video playback as well.
OS, Performance and Multimedia
The Lumia 1320 runs a 1.7GHz, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, similar to the one in the Moto X, but clearly with an older GPU. Basic app performance is fine, but graphics performance leaves something to be desired, with results of 11 fps and 16 fps on our standard GFXBench 2.5 Egypt offscreen and onscreen graphics benchmarks.
Bottom Line: The Nokia Lumia 1320 could be an interesting low-cost phablet, but it would have to be re-engineered for U.S. carriers first.
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Q: SQL para contar os registros que têm um campo Boa tarde,
Não sei como funciona as regras do topico, pedi ajuda em um topico anterior e um dos membros acabou me ajudando só que queria tirar mais uma duvida sobre a ajuda.

A query que ele me ajudou foi está abaixo e está correta
SELECT
  SUM(CASE
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '0,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,0' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,0,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus = '0' THEN 1
    ELSE 0
  END) AS 'Apoio Profissional',
  SUM(CASE
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '1,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,1' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,1,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus = '1' THEN 1
    ELSE 0
  END) AS 'Cirurgia',
  SUM(CASE
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '2,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,2' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,2,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus = '2' THEN 1
    ELSE 0
  END) AS 'Consulta Médica',
  SUM(CASE
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '3,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,3' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,3,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus = '3' THEN 1
    ELSE 0
  END) AS 'Custeio',

  SUM(CASE
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '4,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,4' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus LIKE '%,4,%' THEN 1
    WHEN Pressaus = '4' THEN 1
    ELSE 0
  END) AS 'Exame Médico'
FROM jud_Processos;

Está query ela seria posta para um gráfico do meu sistema. Está query abaixo é a query antiga do meu sistema.
SELECT
                        CASE Tipo
                            WHEN 0 THEN 'Apoio Profissional'
                            WHEN 1 THEN 'Cirurgia'
                            WHEN 2 THEN 'Consulta Médica'
                            WHEN 3 THEN 'Custeio'
                            WHEN 4 THEN 'Exame Médico'
                            WHEN 5 THEN 'Fitoterápico/Homeopático'
                            WHEN 6 THEN 'Fraldas/Lenços'
                            WHEN 7 THEN 'Internação Compulsória'
                            WHEN 8 THEN 'Internação Domiciliar'
                            WHEN 9 THEN 'Internação Não-Compulsória'
                            WHEN 10 THEN 'Leito'
                            WHEN 11 THEN 'Leito de UTI'
                            WHEN 12 THEN 'Medicamento'
                            WHEN 13 THEN 'Produto de Saúde'
                            WHEN 14 THEN 'Suplemento Alimentar'
                            WHEN 15 THEN 'Tratamento de Saúde'
                            WHEN 16 THEN 'UTI/Aérea'
                            WHEN 17 THEN 'UTI Móvel/Transferência Hospitalar'
                            WHEN 18 THEN 'Órtese/Prótese'
                            WHEN 19 THEN 'Procedimento Eletivo'
                            WHEN 20 THEN 'Outros'
                        END AS Title,
                        (Processos) AS Count
                        FROM (
                            SELECT p.Tipo,
                            (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (
                                SELECT COUNT(*) AS Processos
                                FROM jud_Prodserv
                                WHERE Tipo = p.Tipo
                                GROUP BY ProcessoId
                            ) Sub) AS Processos,
                            COUNT(*) AS Count
                            FROM jud_Prodserv p
                            INNER JOIN jud_Processos pr ON p.ProcessoId = pr.ProcessoId
                            WHERE pr.Status = 1 AND pr.Trancado = 1 {dados}
                            GROUP BY Tipo
                        ) Sub
                        ORDER BY Tipo;

Gostaria de saber se tem como se basear nela, pois no no WHERE tem entre Chaves a palavra {dados} está chave gera os gráficos do sistema. é possivel se basear na query antiga do meu sistema?

A: Sem o esquema das tabelas fica difícil entender como os JOINS devem funcionar, mas caso o seu problema é transpor a primeira consulta, você pode trocar os CASE WHEN por SUBQUERIES unidas:
SELECT "Apoio Profissional" AS Title, Count(*) AS Count
FROM jud_Processos
WHERE
    Pressaus LIKE "0,%" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,0" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,0,%" OR
    Pressaus = "0"

UNION ALL

SELECT "Cirurgia" AS Title, Count(*) AS Count
FROM jud_Processos
WHERE
    Pressaus LIKE "1,%" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,1" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,1,%" OR
    Pressaus = "1"

UNION ALL

SELECT "Consulta Medica" AS Title, Count(*) AS Count
FROM jud_Processos
WHERE
    Pressaus LIKE "2,%" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,2" OR
    Pressaus LIKE "%,2,%" OR
    Pressaus = "2"


As previous studies demonstrated [ 14 , 15 ], patients have personal characteristics that may impact on the treatment DM process. Demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables may affect patient's final decision. Personality traits such as neuroticism can impact on patients' perspectives [ 16 ]. On the contrary, optimistic traits and high resilience have been associated with low emotional distress [ 17 ]. Together with personality, personal attitudes towards life and stressful events, as well as age, can influence treatment DM [ 16 , 18 , 19 ]. Findings on younger men highlighted higher anxiety levels at the moment of diagnosis [ 20 ]. Younger men may be more exposed to the decisional dilemma of facing death-related anxiety vs the desire to protect their quality of life [ 21 ]. A further demographic variable that has been discussed in literature is education. Highly educated men were reported as seeking second opinions and having a harder time selecting the treatment especially when specialist's information and recommendations differed [ 16 ], whereas less educated men are usually more inclined to assume a passive DM style [ 18 ].
Scarce research addressed faith/religion and cultural differences in treatment DM [ 16 , 19 ]. Faith and religion may act as support in treatment DM process as coping with uncertainty-related distress. Research on differences based on ethnicity showed that men with African-American background were found to report less trust in the healthcare system, which may influence their treatment DM process. Other studies showed that Hispanics, Asian and Latinos were more likely to prefer surgery [ 19 , 22 ].
Finally, pre-existing medical conditions (such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes or cancer) were reported as crucial variables when deciding for treatment/AS. Some researchers [ 18 , 23 ] reported that medical conditions did not affect patients' perception of seriousness of their cancer; however, given the paucity of literature on this aspect, more understanding on how the presence of comorbidities influences men's attitude towards AS is needed.
Patients' values and personal beliefs regarding cancer are important factors influencing treatment DM [ 24 ]. When patients consider cancer a sort of slow-moving turtle ([ 18 ], p. 91), they are more oriented towards AS. On the other hand, men whose belief is that cancer should be removed would be more likely to prefer an active treatment [ 25 , 26 ] and to more often switch from AS to active treatment [ 27 ]. Patients' perceptions of some medical aspects, for instance, specific antigen velocity [ 27 , 28 ], can make the difference between choosing for an active treatment vs AS; indeed, patients after diagnosis of low-risk PCa often search for scientific evidences [ 29 ], and men who consider only surgery may have different perceptions of treatment efficacy than men who consider also other treatment options [ 19 ].
Together with personal beliefs , men's attitudes and expectations towards cancer can be precursors of treatment DM process. Patients create their own scenario of cancer when they receive the diagnosis. Assuming, correctly or not, that their physicians objectively explain all the treatment options and the related efficacy, patients may not necessarily develop accurate expectations and may create a personal perception of treatment security and side effects [ 16 , 24 ]. Men's perceptions of side effects and the extent to which they value a specific aspect of functioning are important components of the DM process too. Moreover, patients may have attitudes towards physicians such as trusting – or not trusting – doctors based on a number of previous experiences, which will make them rely on some experts rather than others [ 16 ].
The role of emotions and psychological factors in treatment DM has been discussed. The opportunity to choose treatment/AS may represent an actual burden [ 19 ] which affects the DM process itself [ 30 ]. Anxiety is a key factor from the moment PCa is diagnosed and in the whole DM process [ 31 ]. Literature results in decision-related distress and PCa treatment decisions are not consistent. Some studies reported a relationship between specific treatment and distress, with outcomes such as decision regret when distress is higher [ 32 ] and satisfaction with the choice when distress is lower [ 33 ]. Conversely, other studies showed no relationship between decision-related distress and treatment options [ 11 ]. Finally, some studies revealed the role of anxiety in predicting the decision of patients to move from AS to active treatment [ 27 ].
Another important personal factor influencing treatment DM is the fear of uncertainty. According to some authors, this factor is probably the one that mostly accounted for selecting treatment/AS – despite the potential of treatment side effects [ 34 ]. The desire to take action in the face of cancer threat can motivate patients in choosing an active treatment over AS; in particular, surgery is viewed as the most aggressive treatment against the threat of cancer [ 25 ].
Finally, the way patients deal with the cancer diagnosis may have an impact on the treatment DM process. Attempting to take control of the decision, seeking information and searching for social support are common strategies through which patients positively cope with the diagnosis [ 16 , 18 ]. Seeking information is one of the most used coping strategies when patients are in need of reassurance [ 35 ]. Men with PCa diagnosis who sought information (written information and the Internet) about treatment options ended their search only once the final AS decision was taken [ 18 ].
Patients may perceive and/or receive "external pressure" from family, physicians, peers, other survivors' experiences and anecdotal experience [ 11 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 29 ]. Even though a portion of patients prefers not to reveal to others their health status and they prefer their cancer diagnosis to be a secret [ 18 ], most men are likely to seek information and suggestions from friends; indeed, vicarious experiences and other people's beliefs play a strong sway over men's final decisions [ 16 ]. Differences in treatment orientation may vary based on men's marital status with married/living with partner, men being more oriented to consider only surgery [ 19 ]. In particular for younger men, their wives preferred the surgery option. Wives and partners are often described by patients as information gatherers and supporters [ 16 ]; some studies highlighted that wives and family pressures extensively influenced patients' DM [ 36 ] so that men who were oriented to AS "went back" and decided to have active treatment. There is strong agreement in the literature about the central role of physicians and specialists in the DM process. One of the main sources of information for patients is the physician and there is the risk that to a hammer everything looks like a nail and that physicians carry with them a bias determined by their own field of speciality when describing treatment options. A lack of knowledge regarding AS may prevent also physicians including it among the options. A multidisciplinary approach [ 10 , 37 , 38 ] is likely to limit such bias as patients have the opportunity to discuss treatment options with different specialists at the same time. Physicians' points of view on treatment options, the way in which physicians describe diagnosis and treatment options and physicians' recommendations are all elements that significantly influence patients' choice. Physicians' professionalism, expertise, reputation and research profiles may help patients perceive a sense of security and confidence in physicians' recommendations [ 18 ], sometimes putting on the background men's own priorities and needs. Most research reports that a small number of men with localized PCa are presented with the option of AS [ 16 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 29 , 39 ]. Physicians may influence patients by directly recommending one option over another, or men could be influenced by physicians' description of treatments. For example, a surgery-oriented urologist may mention AS but then emphasize that the impotence side effect could be avoided by a competent surgeon and that remedies are available to face treatment-related sexual dysfunctions [ 16 ]. A recent work [ 40 ] highlighted the importance of the messages that physicians give to patients. Specialists who straightforwardly describe observational options as a reasonable alternative can help patients in considering AS.
The agreement among different physicians can influence the DM process; in case of lack of agreement and inconsistencies between different clinical consultations, patients can feel a sense of non-control, anxiety and confusion.
Informal sources of information such as media and the Internet represent important external factors that have an impact on the AS decision. Patients want to be informed; hence, they could arrive at the first visit after diagnosis with all of the information they gathered on the web, TV, newspapers and magazines. The Health Information National Trends Survey data [ 41 ] portrayed a shift in the ways in which patients consume health and medical information, with more and more patients looking for information online before talking with their physicians [ 42 ]. Younger men (age 65 or younger) are more likely to engage in web-based search for answers to their doubts [ 43 ]. However, older patients may be supported by their family members in searching on the Internet. Patients use many sites to access different types of information. The advantages of the Internet searches are that men can find help in dealing with the diagnosis, taking charge of the DM process and reducing anxiety [ 44 , 45 ]. The other side of the coin is that men could also gather misleading information from media [ 45 , 46 ]. It would be helpful to examine in-depth the impact of Internet-gathered information on the decision to select AS.
Finally, it should be considered that in some countries, where the access to care is not provided by the national health care system, treatment financial costs may influence treatment/AS DM [ 19 ].
Why (and Why Not) Do Patients Choose AS?
For men who are offered the option of AS, further variables come into play and the DM process can be more challenging. Some factors can represent important levers for patients to choose AS, and some others can hinder the choice of AS. Keeping in mind both the main motivations leading patients to choose AS and the main obstacles and barriers can be crucial in order to overcome selection biases and support an aware choice [ 47 ].
Even though the healthcare staff seems to have an often obvious rational underlying the selection to join an AS protocol, patients and their families may have the sensation of "not treating" [ 48 ] a life-threatening illness during a first and more treatable stage, which may appear a highly unreasonable choice [ 24 ]. First of all, personality and personal attitudes towards illness and feeling of uncertainty can be a very relevant reason why men not choose AS: men may think "wait and see" is not their typical way of fixing problems [ 29 ]. The idea of not acting immediately to try to eradicate what is still referred to as the "evil", the "dangerous killer" [ 49 ], or that one is sitting on the "crater of a volcano", can effectively trigger feelings of intense anxiety, particularly linked to the reality of living with such a disease, the consequent uncertainty of the outcome as well as a strong sense of lack of control [ 50 ]. Van den Bergh et al. [ 51 ] found that the most frequent reported disadvantage of AS was the risk of disease progression; patients reported negative feelings in losing control over their treatment decisions, distress and desire for a more active participation in disease management. Uncertainty and fear of cancer could also be the major reasons that lead patients to drop out from AS [ 52 ].
Risk perception is another component of the internal set of characteristics that impact the DM process; the term "risk perception" refers to the patients' representation of the potential harm of their cancer in the future. Unfortunately, to the best of our knowledge up until now, studies on this issue are few. From our clinical experience in a multidisciplinary care team, patients' risk perception seems to be a crucial factor guiding DM. While from clinicians' perception the communication of a 3 + 3 Gleason pattern score and the opportunity of AS should be reassuring for the patient and his family, on their side patients may still create a scenario where developing metastases could occur from one day to another.
Demographic characteristics could represent further barriers to the adherence to AS protocol. Patients' age has been discussed as a relevant reason why men not choose AS [ 53 ]. Typically, physicians recommend active treatment to younger patients. However, younger patients are likely to be the ones mostly advocating to be active members of treatment DM process given their extended life expectancy. For this reason, decision to join or not to join AS should be extensively discussed with them [ 54 ].
Another barrier that should draw clinicians' attention is the family system; family members can be very influential in treatment DM, as by far most patients consult with their spouses or significant others before making treatment choice [ 55 , 56 ]. It is not unusual for some patients to report pressure from family members to pursue a more aggressive treatment, leading to the exclusion of AS as a viable option [ 57 ].
The experience of other cancer patients is an important reason to exclude AS; anecdotal and others' experiences could elicit fear of cancer and of its consequences.
Last but definitely not the least, physicians play a key role in guiding patients' treatment DM and, in turn, in patients' final decision [ 58 ]; in particular, physicians' recommendation is often identified as one of the most important factors driving the DM process against AS protocol [ 18 , 26 , 53 , 59 ]. Physicians should present unbiased information in their discussion with patients as a significant proportion of AS candidate could be denied access to this option solely because of their physician's attitude towards it [ 60 ] and because of a general lack of medical support [ 61 ]. A hurried and inaccurate flow of information between the doctor and patient is therefore likely to affect access to AS. Few patients opt for AS because the physicians recommended it as the best option for them [ 18 ]. Nevertheless, a study from Gorin et al. [ 60 ] on men on AS showed that physicians' influence was the greatest contributor (73%) to patients' decision to elect the treatment, followed by avoiding incontinence consequences (48%) and erectile dysfunction (44%). Patients who elect AS are mostly motivated by the desire to maintain their quality of life and delay the potential effects of active treatments [ 18 , 24 , 51 , 62 ].
In summary, receiving a cancer diagnosis may catapult patients in a state of urgency, driving them to request rapid and concrete interventions; this scenario is also typical in case of low-risk PCa diagnosis despite the lack of a significant threat for survival. Basically "staying with the uncertainty" means "taking a risk for the future", and in case patients do not receive enough support and reassurance, fear can guide the decision.
We conclude that there are both internal and external reasons why men choose and not choose AS; interventions are needed to prevent bias from external pressures and to support psychological distress related to treatment/AS DM, thus overcoming the barriers to AS.
Important barriers can hinder the patients' choice of AS – as demonstrated by the low uptake of AS among potentially eligible men [ 37 , 63 – 65 ] – and can consequently reduce the possibility for patients to select AS even when it would be a suitable choice reflecting the patient's preferences. As a result, patients risk making an unaware and uninformed choice, which is often an unsatisfactory choice. This can lead to difficulties in driving the selected choice forward and, consequently, to poor health outcomes. Following these premises, it is evident how overcoming barriers to patients' selection of AS can be of vital importance for patients to travel to the chosen treatment option at best and for healthcare systems to reduce costs of improper use of services [ 66 ].
How can barriers to AS be overcome ? How can patient selection in AS be optimized? Sustaining PCa patients' ability to make an aware and informed choice and making patients main actors of the process of DM needs that patients are properly equipped – first of all, with regard to information given – and that a shared decision-making (SDM) process is supported by healthcare professionals. The selection of the optimal treatment strategy implies two main assumptions, i.e. informing patients about the multiple reasonable available options and thoroughly discussing options while taking into consideration their own preferences and values [ 12 ]. The benefits of similar efforts can be very important. In fact, literature showed that better-informed patients tend to improve preference for no active treatments [ 67 ] and applying a SDM process allows even more fair and ethical choices to be sustained [ 68 , 69 ].
It is impossible to choose an option, if one does not know that there is an option and that this option is reasonable [ 40 ]. Receiving and understanding the complex information about treatment options and outcomes is a necessary condition for patient participation in the treatment decision process [ 70 ]. Patients desire this information; they need to know how to care for themselves and for their health [ 71 ]. Furthermore, if patients are not informed, they will be unable to assess "what is important to them" and so to establish informed preferences [ 72 ]. Establishing informed preferences and taking a shared decision is a multiphased journey which necessarily starts from making patients aware of what is happening to them and of what they can do to handle the situation.
The clinical encounter is a critical and pivotal event in this sense [ 72 , 73 ]. The first goal of this encounter is to provide patients with information on what is happening to them. Starting from what patients know can facilitate defining where they are, which information they already have and whether these are correct [ 72 ]. And yet, the information "you are here" is useful but not enough to get the patient to make an aware choice. Patients should be given a "map". Thereafter, a clear and balanced presentation of relevant, reliable and evidence-based information should be assured. First of all, information concerning the care process should be provided. Second, all the treatment options should be explored and presented. This is an important moment to make AS a reasonable option and reduce the potential biased imbalance for AS [ 40 ]. Finally, patients need to be informed on all the relevant advantages and risks of each option. Disease-related outcomes are in first line, but also information on sexual, psychosocial and lifestyle changes are important for patients [ 54 , 61 , 71 ].
As previously highlighted, it is important to consider that the clinical encounter is not the one and only place for information exchanges: patients seek information also in other moments and from different additional sources [ 73 ]. If properly supported and reliable, that information can be an important supplement able to enhance patients' skills in managing the clinical encounter and the disease's turning points as best as they can. Indeed, providing information in different alternative formats can make relevant health messages more effective [ 74 ]. Educational activities and health information-seeking behaviours before and after the clinical visit have been proved to improve participation levels in treatment DM and psychological autonomy [ 73 ]. Last but not least, receiving information from additional sources has been demonstrated to make the choice of AS more trodden [ 73 ], confirming the key role of different health information in fostering a fair and aware choice.
Throughout the years, several aids have been developed to allow low-risk PCa patients making an informed choice [ 75 – 79 ]. These tools are specifically developed to support the DM pathway – particularly, the low-risk PCa patients one [ 77 ] – with the advantages of being equitable, evidence-based and not biased. Reviews of these aids [ 76 – 80 ] reveal that summarizing information is the main function generally covered. As showed above, providing reliable and balanced information is a necessary condition for DM. DAs might help ensuring that patients will receive clear, well-structured and complete information on PCa and treatment options. Booklets or leaflets, Internet pages managed by advocacy associations or web sites and informative videos or DVDs have been developed with this aim, and evidences suggest that they can increase patients' knowledge and accurate risk perception [ 79 ]. However, evidence on aids for informational purposes only are limited [ 81 ], as DM does not end with providing information. Decision aids can help further catalyze the DM process since they can provide an additional pivotal function: summarizing pros and cons of the different options and helping patients weigh them based on their preferences and values. Similar tools generally include preference or value clarification exercises or guided steps for treatment decisions, which can help eliciting the patient's lens and can help patients making value-based choice. Examples of tools including a value elicitation component are those based upon the Ottawa Decision Support Framework [ 89 ]. These are evidence-based, take-home, self-administered tools aimed at increasing the likelihood that patients' decisions are based on better knowledge, realistic expectations and personal values through simple-to-follow tasks and exercises [ 80 , 82 ]. Similar tools including value clarification exercises can have further positive consequences on man's well-being. Indeed, they can help in lowering the decisional conflict related to feeling uninformed and unclear about one's values, with a consequent decrease of anxiety and uncertainty [ 79 , 80 ]. Even more, they can help patients taking a proactive role in the DM process [ 79 , 80 ], improving the rates of patients choosing an option congruent with their values. Finally, they can improve communication with healthcare professionals [ 83 ]. More complex and detailed DAs, including both informational and decisional support, have thus been proved to be more effective than those supporting only information [ 83 ]. Even more , reviews revealed that not all of the aids discussed AS [ 37 ]. Up-to-date DAs have often given little attention to AS [ 84 ], and there is still a need for new DAs that highlight AS as a reasonable option. For example, narrative framing (i.e. providing key messages to propose AS as an acceptable choice) is suggested as a useful technique to be included in DAs to sustain the reasoned adoption of AS in clinical practice and to reduce the imbalance for overtreatment [ 75 , 85 ]. The advantages of DAs for DM can be huge. However, to date some limitations in DA development and delivery may hinder the opportunity of these tools to allow an informed DM to be realized. Scholars must develop a new generation of decision support interventions addressing both the informational and the preference-support aims, including AS as a reasonable option, systematically developed, methodologically sound and consistent with the international guidelines (i.e. the International Patient Decision Aid Standards) [ 79 ]. Furthermore, barriers to implementation in clinical practice of such tools need to be urgently overcome, and there is a need for studies aimed at understanding how to best implement those tools in clinical practice [ 79 ].
Patients and clinicians can take advantage of DAs, i.e. tools that have been developed in order to provide clear, well-structured and complete information on PCa. Booklets, Internet pages managed by advocacy associations and informative videos, they can all increase patients' knowledge [ 86 ]. DAs that include explicit values clarification exercises improve informed and value-based choices with positive consequences in terms of lowering the decisional conflict and increasing the levels of engagement and the rates of patients choosing an option that is congruent with their values [ 83 ].
Educating the patient and fully informing him about the different treatment options and outcomes is surely a first essential step to ensure that decision is taken on responsibility of the patient and that all the options are equally considered [ 67 ]. However, this is not enough to guarantee that patients are engaged in the DM process and that they would make an informed, individualized and reasoned decision based on their realistic values and preferences. Only informing patients is not enough; we need to consider patients' personal interpretation of decisions. This statement is supported by literature on DAs and also by that on SDM [ 66 , 83 ]. Considering patients' values and preferences is particularly important in the context of low-risk PCa where decisions are highly preference sensitive. Listening to the patient's voice can thus allow patients making "the best choice for them". Patient values about the pros and cons of the different treatment options need to be elicited, explicitly understood and incorporated into decisions. Furthermore, since perceptions of outcomes are shaped by how patients perceive themselves in that specific life moment, personal factors need to be considered too [ 73 ]. This means considering patients as persons who are the main actors of their care and communicating with them not only about medical factors but also about personal ones. "Where would you like to go?" and "How can I help you get there?" are metaphorically the questions that should be addressed. Finally, it is important to consider that the option of AS starts out with disadvantages because of the conventional wisdom that cancer needs an urgent treatment and that delaying it can put the patient at risk [ 40 ]. In this sense, patients' values and expectations for care need to be explored and balanced in a direction that is aligned with the evidence-based guidelines for low-risk PCa treatment. This means that a personal appraisal of information about treatment choices requires not only supporting but also guiding. Patients need a co-driver. DAs can support this co-driving, but they cannot replace it. Patients need someone expert (i.e. the physician) who will work in tandem with them and share the responsibility of both offering and requesting information in order to reach a SDM process [ 68 ]. Serving as a co-driver for patients necessarily means shifting from a paternalistic paradigm where the physician makes decisions and then informs the patient (paternalistic model) to a new approach to care where patients are considered partners in the care management and in the DM process [ 87 ]. This means not only that an informed decision should be reached by patients (informed model) but that this decision is shared and discussed in a journey where healthcare professionals colead with the patient [ 88 ]. In the SDM process, professionals – as well as the wider network of the patient – collaboratively work with the patient throughout the different steps of the DM process (i.e. information exchanges, preferences' elicitation, deliberation about treatment, final decision) to make the deliberation process a success and, thus, to arrive to a shared informed decision [ 88 , 89 ]. They recursively share information, jointly participate in the DM and agree in a course of action that incorporates the patient's informed personal preferences [ 90 , 91 ]. All the involved actors work towards reaching an agreement, and all have an investment and engagement in the decision. The resulting SDM process is thus iterative and recursive and allows moving from an initial preference guided by patients' lay values and expectations to a patient's expert and informed preference. Co-driving with patients in the SDM process is thus a good deal. There are some real questions that could be useful to effectively guide patients to reach a shared informed decision (e.g. "Which benefits and harms matter most to you?" or "Who can support and advise you in making a choice?"). Figure 14.2 reports a toolkit of questions that we have been using to support AS DM and that we developed based on four main areas of the SDM process as based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework [ 89 ] (i.e. identify the decision and the different options, identify pros and cons of the different options, weigh pros and cons of the different options, identify needs for support in DM).
But why should a similar process be adopted? Literature evidences show that there are huge benefits to adopting SDM in clinical practice. SDM has indeed the potential to reduce overtreatment and to sustain more fair and ethical choices [ 68 , 69 ], as well as to improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes [ 92 ]. SDM is currently considered paramount from an ethical perspective to begin with and a way of enhancing patient engagement and activation [ 93 ]. Not surprisingly considering these findings, SDM is being included in different healthcare policies and guidelines for PCa as hallmark of good clinical practice (i.e. American Urological Association, American Cancer Society and the US Preventive Services Task Force) [ 90 , 91 ]. It is however still difficult to effectively apply it in practice. Patients more and more want to play an active role in the DM and desire to collaborate with professionals [ 71 , 94 – 97 ]. Professionals, in turn, need to be engaged in a similar effort and should be trained to recognize the value of SDM [ 94 – 96 ].
Objective evidence and patient preference guide treatment decisions in low-risk PCa, but specialists' bias guide them too [ 37 , 60 ]. Particularly where evidence does not strongly support a single clearly superior option, simultaneously meeting the different specialists can help ensuring that specialty bias is avoided. For these reasons, multidisciplinary team care has been increasingly incorporated into PCa clinical practice [ 2 , 98 ]. In multidisciplinary team care, visits are managed by different specialists (e.g. surgeon, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, psychologist) who work in chorus to afford patients the opportunity to discuss the different options in an interactive fashion and to make informed decisions consistent with their goals of care [ 38 ]. In similar clinical encounters, power roles are reorganized in a more balanced and democratic way, and patient centeredness is ensured [ 99 ]. As such, multidisciplinary SDM in PCa management has been proved to overcome clinicians' preferences and bias and thus improve selection of AS among patients [ 37 ]. High satisfaction rates of patients are reported in studies exploring the adoption of this approach as well as enhanced outcomes and reduction of treatment regret [ 100 ].


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2019-D Apollo Astronaut prototype over-strike on Eisenhower Dollar (copper-nickel clad)
Item Number: CD_2019_LD_A
In 1998 before Sacagawea was chosen as the theme for the new US Mint small "golden" dollar circulating coin, an Apollo Astronaut prototype designed by Daniel Carr was considered by the US Mint and Congress as a possible design. Renderings of it were featured in numerous publications including Coin World (front pages - March 30, 1998 and April 13, 1998 issues).
The obverse of this new version shows an Apollo Astronaut on the moon with a flag, Lunar Lander, and Earth in the background. The 13 stars in the background symbolize the future colonization of space. The "D" represents a "Denver" mint mark. A small "DC" (designer's initials) are visible at the bottom center.
The reverse shows an Eagle soaring above the Sun, similar to the original version which became one of seven finalists for the reverse of the Sacagawea Dollar. Eleven major rays are a reference to the first manned Moon landing mission - Apollo 11.
2019 is the 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing in 1969.
Composition: Struck over US Mint copper-nickel clad Eisenhower dollars - (regular and Bicentennial).
Edge: Reeded.
Finish: Brilliant Satin.
Holder: 2x2 non-PVC "flip".


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Q: How can I make a condition in a button in angular? my idea is that if today's date is greater than or equal to the expected date that the button directs to "x" or "y"...
I don't know where can I put this condition (if on file .ts or .html):
var expectedDate = new Date ("2022/08/11")
var dates = expectedDate.toString()
var today = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
if(today >= expectedDate) {
 microsoftLogin()
}
else{...
googleLogin()
}

Here is my code in .HTML where is my button Login
I don't know if is possible to add the condition on (tap)
<Button
width="70%"
height="40"
(tap)="CONDITION HERE"
text="Iniciar sesión"
class="login-submit"
row="2">
</Button>

A: I don't know much about native script but you should be able to make a method in your TS file and call it in the HTML

loginTapped() {
 var expectedDate = new Date ("2022/08/11")
 var dates = expectedDate.toString()
 var today = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
 if(today >= expectedDate) {
  microsoftLogin()
 }
 else{...
 googleLogin()
 }
}
<Button
width="70%"
height="40"
(tap)="loginTapped()"
text="Iniciar sesión"
class="login-submit"
row="2">
</Button>

Hopefully this helps.

A: This may help you.

expectedDate=null;
today=null;

onLogin() {
  this.expectedDate = new Date('2022/01/11');
  this.today =new Date();

  if(this.today.getTime() > this.expectedDate.getTime())
  {
    // today is greater than expected
    this.microsoftLogin()
  }
  else
  {
    // today is less than expected
    this.googleLogin()
  }
}

microsoftLogin()
{
  // some function logic
}

googleLogin()
{
  // some function logic
}
<button
  width="70%"
  height="40"
  (click)="onLogin()"
  class="login-submit"
  row="2">
  Login
</button>


Today's modern business spaces look very different from traditional offices of the past. It doesn't matter if it's an open work space or some combination of private offices and cubicles, corporate management clearly understands the benefits to renovating current office spaces with improved workflow patterns to encourage collaboration – along with stylish, modern, and comfortable interiors that retain top talent.
An office renovation should support the long term growth of your business, including choice of furnishings, lighting, and equipment that will directly impact your current and future workforce.
To get the maximum performance and functionality from your new space, a detailed evaluation of the current space can provide insight into the optimum use of space vs. cost. Consider performing a space audit during the planning stages to discover the maximum use of space, the best assignment of spaces to support business processes, and to understand the most effective cost per square foot.
The first step to planning an effective office renovation is to select your team of professionals that will guide you through the remodel process.
The old school way to look at this curation would mean finding an architect, a general contractor, and a design consultancy firm that specializes in office and/or retail spaces to take the helm in all aspects of the renovation. These days, more and more businesses see the benefit in reducing the run-around by selecting a dedicated office design/build firm that makes your office renovation project easier from start to finish – creating energetic interiors, efficient workspaces, and providing for and supervising all specialty tradesmen needed to complete the project.
Plan for effective use of all space and an efficient use of your budgeted funds. Your planning should include the type and style of office desired, and what current office pitfalls you specifically want to eliminate; if you know a certain group of employees need a more private work space – plan for it. If you know your current conference room table doesn't seat all employees for corporate meetings – detail how much seating would be optimum.
In modern offices, the answer to budget or space restrictions might include a trade-off between space and technology, such as an interactive whiteboard with video conferencing capability. You won't outgrow the technology, but you may outgrow an undersized conference room.
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Happy employees will collaborate. Communal areas along open window areas will use under-utilized space and save money.
Customize each division to its space. Cut costs by limiting private offices to management, sales, and creative staff members.
Consult with an office interior design specialist to effectively use color, space, patterns, seating, and lighting to create a positive and productive environment – and will cost less than expensive furnishings.
Specialists in office renovations can overcome budget constraints by using workplace psychology and good ergonomic and visual design principles to create spaces that are inclusive, inventive, fruitful, and enjoyable – all while staying within your budget.
After you've partnered with a creative office design/build consultant and pre-planned for the type of space, furnishings, and equipment that each area will need – along with allocating funds for upgrading office technology to overcome any physical limitations of space, you may find that your vision still doesn't match your budget. The next step is to consider a space audit to maximize your budget and interior spaces.
A space audit will help make sure your office space will fit the present and future needs of you employees and your business. While a space audit should not be the only motivating factor in an office renovation, it does provide evidence-based analysis of your space, both qualitative and quantitative.
Company leadership – and employees – should be asked what they desire in an effective office layout. Depend on a space audit to reveal areas where spaces are under-utilized and where inefficient workflow patterns exist due to poor office layout.
The result of a space audit is a detailed report to guide your office renovation project in maximizing all office space to its fullest potential. When faced with office renovation budget constraints, you realize you won't get everything on your wish list. But you should certainly expect your project to conclude with an office layout that reduces operating costs, uses available space more effectively, and accommodates all employees.
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When you partner with an interior space and design consultant, they can analyze the spaces across your entire property including storage areas, meeting rooms, main offices, reception areas, breakout rooms, private facilities, and any retail spaces.
Expect to discover not only how your spaces are being used – but also, how they are not being used. A space audit doesn't examine square footage utilization only – it should also analyze features concerning how your employees work together, and the style of management in place.
The open office concept is a money saving office layout plan that increases communication between employees and the efficiency of business workflows. The loss of privacy – which employees may initially balk at, can be offset with large and small private spaces that contain little more than adaptable seating and tables for group privacy. It's always a good idea to discuss an open floor plan with your employees and brainstorm ways they can more easily adapt.
New office ground rules should be discussed and set into motion – aimed at limiting noise and distractions, while respecting the privacy of your co-workers. Go one more step and discuss best practices for music and personal phone calls. An open office saves money that could be spent on interior partitions and separate decors. At the same time, a new and fresh energy is injected into the heart of your company's culture.
It may seem like a delicate balancing act when renovation project leaders examine corporate budget restraints. All parties expect a successful remodel to embrace quality, function, and costs. The issue becomes getting the most from your allocated funds. Start by pre-planning your project spending and look at ways to reduce costs wherever possible.


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Ein Flügelgambit ist eine Gambit-Eröffnung im Schachspiel, in der ein Spieler einen Bauern auf den Feldern b4 (für Weiß) oder b5 (für Schwarz) opfert, um dadurch eine anderweitige Kompensation zu erlangen. Ziel des Flügelgambits ist, einen gegnerischen Bauern oder Läufer, der auf c5 respektive c4 positioniert ist, von seiner Kontrolle über das Zentrumsfeld d4 respektive d5 abzulenken.

Die bedeutendsten Flügelgambits für Weiß sind das Sizilianische Flügelgambit oder seine verzögerte Variante, das Portsmouth-Gambit, das Französische Flügelgambit und das Evans-Gambit. Für Schwarz ist das Wolga-Gambit und das Blumenfeld-Gambit ein Flügelgambit.

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A day that called out for a walk, blue sky and brisk temperatures. No doubt my grandson will be disappointed that I decided on a walk and not to watch him play rugby!
I walked from my home and through lanes with the highest point being Paxtons Tower.
Not far from Porthyrhyd I met a colleague from Many Tears Animal Rescue who were putting up leaflets about an escaped dog which had been rescued from Romania and had been missing since 9th December last.
The views from Paxton Tower were far reaching with snow on the Carmarthen Fans.
I had hoped to walk through grounds of the National Botanic Garden of Wales but the northern entrances were closed until February 2018 because of the restoration work being carried out. Continuing on the lanes I met a walking group and stayed with them for a while chatting about the area.
As I neared my home my mobile rang, it was my wife asking where I was and this resulted in a cup of tea and a sandwich being ready as I went through through the front door – result.


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Q: How can the Wigner semicircle distribution go to zero? The Wigner semicircle distribution takes a form that goes to zero beyond a certain R. I don't see why it can actually hit zero however. According to Wikipedia's article on the Wigner semicircle distribution,

This distribution arises as the limiting distribution of eigenvalues of many random symmetric matrices as the size of the matrix approaches infinity.

This seems to be saying that it is impossible to construct a random symmetric matrix that has arbitrary eigenvalues, since the probability of an eigenvalue taking a value outside the Wigner semicircle is zero. But that seems wrong, for example this symmetric matrix has the arbitrary eigenvalue $\lambda$:
$$\begin{pmatrix}
\lambda & 0 \\ 0 & 0
\end{pmatrix}$$
It could be that a random symmetric matrix has a very low probability of taking this form, but a low probability still isn't zero.
What am I missing?


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Why Do States Have Such Different (and Obscure) Hunting Regulations? It's Partly Because We Can't Agree on What's Ethical
State hunting regulations vary widely and leave plenty up for ethical debates
By Christine Peterson | Published May 28, 2021 4:20 PM
Some hunting regulations are made to prevent bad situations from happening—like shooting elk at long range across a canyon. John Hafner
If you've hunted in more than one state you know that regulations change when you cross a border, and sometimes those changes seem pretty illogical. Often, regulation discrepancies are based on ethical judgements which are rooted in actual issues in the field. Take Idaho, for example. In the early '80s, a warden found a nonresident hunter using a modified rifle chambered in .50 BMG mounted to a tripod to shoot bull elk from a ridge. A friend called the shots using binoculars. It would have taken two days of hard hiking to reach those dead elk, at which point the meat was spoiled. News of this trickled out, and not long after, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission came up with a new regulation: No hunting big game with a rifle weighing more than 16 pounds.
Tony Boudreau, Idaho's wildlife bureau chief, admits that the 16-pound rule sounds arbitrary to outsiders, but it's based on a real experience that the state wants to prevent from happening again.
That's just one example in a nearly endless list of state-by-state rules and regulations governing hunting that may make sense to the creators of the laws, but can be mind-scrambling to hunters sorting through them.
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"It's a reflection of the conditions in which you hunt," Boudreau says, "and it's up to the personal preference and the philosophy of the state that you're talking about."
In a sport that should be fairly black and white—life and death—hunting has a surprising amount of gray area.
"Laws can only go so far to prescribe ethical behavior, and some laws are based in biology and some in ethics… and others are commonly held beliefs that become regulation," says Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik.
Changing Values
Sometimes the laws change because public opinions and values change. For the past century, it was illegal to chase bears in Montana with dogs. The state legislature changed that law this year.
"In Montana, a person may take game birds, hunt mountain lions and hunt bobcats with the aid of a dog or dogs," Montana Republican Rep. Paul Fielder told the Helena Independent Record. "This bill simply adds black bears to the list of animals that may be hunted with a dog."
Hunting black bears with hounds is also legal in Idaho, though not in Wyoming. It's come up before in Wyoming, Nesvik says, but no one ultimately wanted to change the regulation.
These three states all have strong hunting cultures and healthy bear populations, but they can't agree on the ethics of hunting bears with dogs. And just wait, it gets weirder: Idaho and Wyoming hunters can shoot black bears over bait, however, that's illegal in Montana.
Advocates for using hounds to hunt bears in Montana, and those who support using bait for bears in Wyoming, say the practice allows hunters to be more careful with their bear identification before shooting. Those in states where it's not allowed argue hounds or baiting aren't fair and also aren't necessary for animal ID.
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Most of the time, regulations and hunters' ethics depend upon the species. For example, it's legal and accepted across the country to chase birds with dogs, it's even considered more ethical because dogs retrieve wounded birds that might otherwise be lost. Studies from the 1930s found that about one in four waterfowl that are shot by hunters are not recovered. However, this line of thinking doesn't work for big game hunting. Imagine for a moment that you wound a pronghorn and then sent a dog to tackle the animal and hold it until it could be dispatched by the hunter. Few, if any, hunters or nonhunters would find that acceptable. On the flip side, more states are allowing tracking dogs to help blood trail and recover big game, which is viewed by most in the hunting community as ethical and responsible.
Some laws are more dependent on landscape. Using dogs to chase big game like elk, moose, or deer in many western mountain states is not only illegal but also considered unethical.
Travel to a state with trees so thick they're almost impassable to humans, like portions of the southeast, and you'll find it's legal. Similarly, you can legally bait deer with piles of apples or grain in areas of Michigan and Wisconsin, but don't even think about it in nearby Illinois or Minnesota.
"Look at the evolution of the loss of trapping in western states," Boudreau says, mentioning New Mexico's recent ban. "It evolves over time. As society changes, those values change."
For Nesvik, hunting regulations depend on what makes sense biologically and scientifically. He also considers what the nonhunting public will tolerate.
"We have laws on the books that have nothing to do with biology," he says, like requiring shotguns be plugged at three rounds even though most duck limits are six. "Because at the end of the day, it's important for me as the director of the agency to make sure that hunting remains an acceptable norm. We have to be able to maintain hunting as a management tool."
Fair Chase vs. Personal Ethics
Move past what is legal or illegal, and hunters begin talking about concepts like fair chase and clean kill. It's important to understand that those two ideas are similar but not the same.
Aldo Leopold, the legendary conservationist and philosopher, wrote: "A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact."
But how to determine what is the right thing?
"Trying to put a value on the continuum of fair chase versus a clean kill is pretty difficult," Boudreau says. "I think those are part of the instinctive nature of people who hunt and their own personal values and how they grew up and who taught them."
The Boone and Crockett Club, which runs a magazine called Fair Chase, weighed in a few years ago on the baiting issue. Their conclusion?
It depends: "Fair Chase is based on the meaning of 'fair' that relates to legitimate, genuine, or appropriate given the circumstances. Where an increased harvest of a particular species needs to occur, or where positive identification of size or sex is a legal requirement, baiting is appropriate given the circumstances and does not violate Fair Chase principles."
The organization lists six principles of fair chase, from obeying all laws and regulations to respecting local customs to behaving "in a way that will bring no dishonor to either the hunter, the hunted, or the environment."
Long-range shooting is a good example. Hunter education classes teach us to shoot only as far as we know we are lethal. For Nesvik, that's 400 yards. For his son, it's 300 yards. Both men refuse to shoot any longer, though likely most hunters have stories of being tempted to take a shot they knew was farther than they should.
Then there's very long range. In Wyoming, he says, "most people feel if you shoot an animal at 1,000 yards, whether you kill it dead or not, it's unethical because you're using technology to such a level the animal has no chance to see you or flee."
Other people argue the opposite, maintaining that the animal still dies in a quick and humane way. The debate is also growing among archery hunters.
That's where fair chase becomes evaluated by each hunter's values and ethics. Ultimately, Nesvik says: "Everybody has a different view on what should be right." And with that, you get the quagmire of hunting regulations that we have today.
CORRECTION: The original version of this story included a quote often misattributed to conservationist Aldo Leopold. It has been replaced.
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Ms. Eboni Natasha Bowers, 46, lovingly known as "Tasha", was born in Richland County, South Carolina on September 12, 1971. She departed this earthly life on Friday, July 27, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina.
She was educated in the public schools of Lexington County, South Carolina. At an early age, she joined Friendship Missionary Baptist Church where she was a member of the choir. She later became a faithful member of Helping Hands Ministries of Ridge Spring, South Carolina.
Tasha had a beautiful smile and a forgiving heart. Most of all, she loved her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ann Baston.
She leaves to cherish her memories: her adopted father – Jackie Bowers; one daughter – Ivory Ellis; one brother – Thayer Calvin Bowers; one sister – Alexis Diahann Bowers; two paternal aunts and one paternal uncle; seven maternal aunts – Ethel R. Foulks, Ora L. Baston, Willer Jeffcoat, Doris (Matthew) Golson, Sylvia Quick, Berlinda Baston and Hilda (Edwin) Guess; two great-aunts – Flossie Simpkins and Ruth Tolen; one great-uncle – Jonah Tolen; three nephews – Therone Bowers, Quincy Bowers and Brandon Bowers and a host of cousins, other relatives and many sorrowing friends who will miss her dearly and cherish her memory.


Flex is alive and kicking in London with many businesses in finance having ongoing projects (both legacy and new). Good to have fresh news from Apache Flex. Keep them coming.
It's nice to take a vacation once in a while because this gives you physical and mental refreshment. I can still remember my unforgettable experience when I was in Bantayan Island. The place was indescribable. The surroundings were rare, pleasant to your soul.
Why aren't there any new updates?
Where can I find information on the plans and direction of Apache Flex? I can see detailed discussions in the email archives, and I can see commits in the archives as well, but I have no idea what is being built. There are probably many like myself who have made a commitment to build projects in Flex, but at the moment do not know whether we should continue in Flex. A description of plans would help. Otherwise, we may discover too late that we are building in the wrong language.
What the hell is going on... it's already May 2012 and Flex is still incubating... not a single a release from the Flex Apache group, is this a joke?


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Note: The tragic incident that led to the writing of this hymn is recounted in the Wordwise Hymns link. It's an example of how the Lord can take something that is learned in one situation and apply it more widely, to the blessing of more still. Many have used this song at funeral services, and Dr. Smith reported that on one occasion it was even used of God to save a radio executive from suicide.
The actual phrase, "God understands" is used once in the Bible (Job 28:23, NKJV), where Job explains that God knows where true wisdom is to be found (cf. vs. 20; and see Prov. 2:6). "The LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts" (I Chron. 28:9), and "His understanding is infinite" (Ps. 147:5).
It's a word that reflects both intelligence and discernment. The Lord not only knows the struggles of our inmost hearts, but He understands why we are going through these things, and what to do about them. When you combine that with the dozens of references in Scripture to the mercy and compassion of God, it is a great encouragement to know He understands.
"You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth" (Ps. 86:15). "Through the LORD'S mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness" (Lam. 3:22-23). "He who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him" (Ps. 32:10). "Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, for they are from of old" (Ps. 25:6). "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life" (Ps. 23:6).
At least in part, it was His understanding of human suffering that led the Lord Jesus to weep at the tomb of Lazarus (Jn. 11:35), and He grieves for us today, when we go through such things. The Bible urges us to bring our burdens and our anxious cares to the Lord (Ps. 55:22; I Pet. 5:7), because in Him we have one who understands, having gone through similar trials while he was on earth (Heb. 4:14-16).
Then falter not, nor fear.
It has often been a great reassurance to me that the Lord fully understands how weak I am. There are times when I make more demands on myself that God intended me to bear. But, "as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust" (Ps. 103:13-14).
God also understands the power of the devil, and His malicious schemes against us (Jn. 8:44; I Pet. 5:8). He has provided spiritual armour to protect us (Eph. 6:10-17), and a strategy for victory (I Pet. 5:9; Jas. 4:7). The Lord Jesus Himself was tempted by Satan (Matt. 4:1-11), and He repeatedly resisted Him by standing upon the truth of the Word of God ("the Sword of the Spirit," Eph. 6:17).
1) What aspects of God's understanding of you are sobering? What aspects are encouraging?
2) Can you testify to a recent experience of God's comfort and encouragement that equipped you to be a blessing to someone else (cf. II Cor. 1:3-4)?


Is the Stock Market Correction Good or Bad for Homeowners?
So the inevitable happened – the U.S. stock market corrected after questions about the questionable Chinese economy sparked a global selloff.
Over the past few trading days, the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 have all fallen by more than 10% from recent highs, the first time this has happened since 2011.
Everyone will tell you it was a long time coming, yet when it actually came, it still sent shivers down many a spine.
While everyone is generally freaked out, you might start to see some silver linings in the mortgage and real estate world, the most obvious one being lower mortgage rates.
At first glance, most mortgage guys and gals will tell you it's good news, that mortgage rates will be lower as a result of the correction that could eventually turn into a bear market (20% decline).
The basic reasoning being the flight to safety, otherwise known as dumping stocks in favor of bonds, which pushes yields down and interest rates along with it.
But how much are interest rates really going to fall from current levels? They were already pretty darn low. And is the decline enough to make up for your stock portfolio's massive losses?
More importantly, were you banking on those assets to qualify for a mortgage, to make your down payment? If so, you certainly don't want to liquidate now, do you?
If rates fall back to recent lows, that might add to the competition that is already overwhelming the overheated housing market.
Some folks may have lost interest recently, but with low rates making headlines again, there might be renewed interest.
While the low rates are undoubtedly good for those looking to refinance, prospective buyers might be forced to compete with a larger number of eager would-be homeowners.
Let's not forget the Chinese either. Their stock market has crumbled, so they might be looking to park their cash in the United States, which is generally deemed a safer place to go when things get ugly.
They've already been buying real estate here, but they might increase those purchases as things deteriorate at home.
This just means even more competition – and they don't care about low interest rates because they generally pay cash for the homes they acquire.
Will Home Prices Get Hit Next?
This stock market correction certainly has me wondering if home prices are next.
I think just about everyone watched the stock market climb back from its massive fall that corresponded with the housing crisis, wondering why it kept on rising.
After a while everyone kind of ignored the warnings of lofty valuations and kept buying in. Perhaps we got a bit ahead of ourselves.
Is the housing market the next shoe to drop, or is this just a temporary setback related to global growth concerns?
One can absolutely make the case for a home price correction as well, given how much property values have risen over the past few years.
Just surf on over to Redfin or Zillow and you'll be able to see the meteoric rise of a given property's value by scrolling down to the transaction history.
Most properties have appreciated by 50% or more in just a few short years, and home prices have reached new all-time highs in a number of states.
Sure, you have to account for inflation, but prices are still looking quite frothy as they have for some time. If the stock market is tanking and home prices are sky-high, well, I don't know…even the California Association of Realtors is having trouble wrapping their heads around it all.
They recently said, "the significant disparity between what home buyers can realistically afford and actual home price is discouraging," and they're the ones trying to sell you a home!
Now before you freak out, take note that the best thing to do during a correction is nothing. Don't panic, don't sell, but don't necessarily buy either. Just hold tight and do whatever you were planning on doing before this all came along. Just know the risks.
I think it will but not like in 2008. In 2008 it was a subprime meltdown so it drastically affected the real estate market very quickly. We are already seeing a bounce back today so we'll see just how far back it bounces.


Mostly clear this Evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy with Lows around 60. South Winds 15 to 20 Mph with Gusts up to 30 Mph.
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CancerFree KIDS Butterfly Walk aims to raise $100K for pediatric research
This weekend, hundreds around the Tri-State took advantage of sunny weather to raise money for cancer research to save the lives of children at the CancerFree Kids Butterfly Walk in Deerfield Township.
By: Lisa Smith
Posted at 1:32 PM, May 08, 2021
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — This weekend, hundreds around the Tri-State took advantage of sunny weather to raise money for cancer research to save the lives of children at the CancerFree KIDS Butterfly Walk.
For the family of Kambria Koebee, it's a chance to be together and have a little fun. But it's also about keeping Kambria's memory alive.
Her grandmother, Anita, said Kambria was diagnosed with an aggressive childhood brain tumor in 2016 after just having pain in her elbow.
"They tried to get as much as they could, and she got better and then she went down hill. We just kept on thinking she was going to make it," Anita Koebee said. "She had DIPG and she lived for almost two years and she passed away on Thanksgiving Day."
Kambria had just turned 9.
Jill Brinck, executive director of CancerFree KIDS, said the core focus of her organization is "giving ideas a chance" when it comes to pediatric cancer research.
Saturday's event was the 15th CancerFree KIDS Butterfly Walk and 5K at Cottell Park in Deerfield Township, with the goal to raise $100,000 for research. Due to the pandemic, this year was a hybrid event where people could either come to the park to participate or participate from home.
"We have a walking storyboard around the pond where you can read about different children and their journeys," Brinck said.
Some have survived, but some haven't. They are the butterflies, and the goal is to bring attention to each story and show the gap in funding when it comes to childhood cancer.
"Our dollars really do fund things that would otherwise go unfunded," Brinck said.
That's why Kambria's family showed up for the cause.
"I hope that someday they do find a cure," Anita Koebee said.


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Kykula (, 1105 m n. m.) je hora v Kysuckých Beskydech na slovensko-polské státní hranici. Nachází se v hlavním hřebeni mezi vrcholy Javorina (1172 m) na jihozápadě a Priehybok (1128 m) na severovýchodě. Priehybok je oddělen sedlem Przełęcz Pod Banią (1000 m). Severozápadní svahy hory spadají do údolí potoka Ciapków, jihovýchodní do údolí Šimkova potoka. Vrcholem prochází Hlavní evropské rozvodí a také dálková turistická trasa Główny Szlak Beskidzki.

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A lot of us are already lamenting how fast the summer has gone—myself included. June is already over.When did that happen? Who authorized this?
Take this summer by the tail and ENJOY IT.
It's not passing you by, it's happening. Right now.
What would it look like to seize the summer, exactly the way you wish you had, at the end of each summer season?
With this in mind, here are my ten simple ways to celebrate summer.
Right now in our house, we're eating cherries and watermelon and kohlrabi and all the parsley we can consume from my garden. As often as possible, opt for the farmer's market before the grocery store, and let your senses guide you toward which of the season's produce look the most ripe, juicy, and delicious.
White Apron Chef has some great ideas in this post, if you're looking for inspiration.
The Great Outdoors may or may not be your thing…but I bet I can get you on board with cocktails on the deck, right? One of my fondest memories last summer is having rhubarbaritas with my dear friend Kate in the backyard. Truly, all you need for a happy summer afternoon is good company, sunshine, a comfy chair and tasty drink.
Pop some seasonal flavors in that drink, while you're at it! Mint, thyme, and basil are great for infusing drinks with summertime splendor. So are crushed berries, and little toothpicks skewered with cucumbers or fruit. Here are some fancy drink ideas to get your wheels turning.
All my ideas on that are right over here. And good heavens, please unplug for the weekend. Feel what it feels like to turn your phone off for a whole day (or more! *gasp*).
Whenever possible, turn off the AC and let nature's breeze flow in through your windows, and carry out the stale air that's accumulated there. Open everything, so even your closets get an infusion of that fresh oxygen. Deep breath in….ahhhhhhhhh.
Make it easy on yourself and pick up food, if that's what it will take to get you on your way to a park or a beautiful outdoor spot. Pack a blanket or some towels, and take your nourishment amid sunshine, trees and sunlight.
When the weather does get hot, there's nothing like a large (or small) body of water to fix all that ails you. As often as possible, enjoy the sunshine in or near a pool, a beach, a river, a boat or a sprinkler.
As much as we'd like to, we can't spend all our time outside. (Because jobs, and sleeping, and other such necessities). When that's the case, carry some of your favorite outdoor elements in with you—fresh flowers, some pretty rocks or a twig that's been worn smooth by running water. Gaze at it lovingly from time to time, and let it help you remember how magical and lively and balmy summer is.
Basil, maybe, or some pretty flowers. Experience the wonder and mystery of tending a living thing that grows and expands, just because you give it water and sunshine. Even the brownest of brown thumbs can grow some scallions in a windowsill.
I'd love to hear from you in the comments—how are you celebrating this summer?