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Barney Frank expected to introduce a bill in the House next month to repeal the UIGEA
I just have 5 words to say about this: "We love you, Barney Frank!"
Actually, I have more to say. As we all know, the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) was "introduced" in 2006 by being attached to the Port Security bill, which _had_ to be signed. There was no getting around that. The UIGEA would have never passed on its own, and was actually shot down in the House previously.
Hopefully, Frank's Bill will pass, and the UIGEA will be repealed. While the UIGEA doesn't actually make Online Gambling illegal, it makes it near impossible to fund casino/bingo/poker room accounts via credit card or other methods. The banks have already came out and said that they're unable to comply with the UIGEA, and it would cost them a small fortune to be able to figure out which transactions are gambling related and block them accordingly. And with the economy in the shape it is in now, they have better things to worry about than blocking transactions of us hard-working citizens wanting to have a good time.
Besides, what gives the government the right to tell us how to spend our hard earned money?
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Democratic lawmaker will push legislation this year to repeal a U.S. ban on Internet gambling that has hurt trade ties with the European Union, a congressional aide said.
"The bill introduction should happen in the next month," a spokesman for House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.
On Thursday, Reuters reported the EU could file a complaint about U.S. enforcement of the gambling ban at the World Trade Organization.
"Mr. Frank will bring back legislation to repeal the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act)," the spokesman said, referring to a Republican-crafted bill passed in 2006 when the party controlled Congress and the White House.
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Mustafi's absence could be an issue for Xhaka – Southampton v Arsenal preview
I've awoken this morning to snow. It really is quite magical this time of year and London is white with it. In a way I'm glad we don't have a home game because getting to the Emirates on the Met Line today could be an absolute nightmare.
But it's an away day and for many it means the trip down to the south coast in probably some horrific driving conditions. If you're going to the game hope everything works out and you get there safe and sound.
I would imagine that the team probably travelled down last night given that it's another one of those stupidly early kick offs. 12pm on a Sunday – should never exist in the first place but we've got to just deal with it I suppose; it's what makes the Premier League the global game and the demand for football matches means this is just what happens.
On the pitch I hope what Arsenal do this lunchtime is magical too. We need it to be. The performance last Saturday was worthy of a big win – idiotic defensive mistakes aside – so the first thing none of us wants to see is silly mistakes at the back. We got punished against United but you're always going to suffer against any team if you're playing dangerous balls across the back or not realising the ball in time. So I am hoping that we see a better defensive display and more of the same up top.
Which is why I think we might see Arsenal with a very similar line up to the one that started last weekend. I have a feeling Arsene will go with a back three to start today, then we'll change it if we have to. If this was a home game against Southampton I think he'd be more inclined to gamble with a more attacking team and four at the back, but I think he'll just rotate out Mustafi and perhaps the reason Big Per didn't start on Thursday, is because the manager wanted him starting today knowing that Mustafi would be out. That would make sense to me and mean a back three of Nacho, Koscielny and Monreal. It's not the quicker in the world but it has numbers and the experience to deal with the pace of whoever plays up too. Which in a way I hope is Austin. He is their most prolific player, but he's not as rapid as Long or Gabbiadini I don't think, so he'll look to make the most of balls in to the box, his movement in the box and that's where our back three's positioning would need to be spot on.
Southampton away is always a tricky fixture and whilst we won last season, seasons before that have seen us regularly lose. They're not as confident as they have been in the past and their team doesn't look as strong, but that's usually the blueprint of an Arsenal meltdown, if all of the odds seem to be stacked in our favour. So I'm still nervous about this game. But I feel like if the defence can sort themselves out today, then the attack should be able to do the rest, especially given that our front three of Ozil, Lacazette and Alexis have all had enough time to rest since the United game. Arsene had a little bit of a pop at the fixture schedulers but in reality we've had plenty of time to prepare and it's only really him that's feeling the effects of three games in just over a week. The rest of the team should be fresh and so I'm not expecting any lethargy from Arsenal today.
But we are away from home and we've put in some pretty insipid performances so far. Everton away was the only real game in which we looked to be in full flow and even that came at the expense of being one down quite early. I hope that we aren't subjected to the same frustration today. Just get straight to the free-flowing stuff before we go one down, please, Arsenal.
The midfield two will be Xhaka and Ramsey and Rambo's recent form needs to continue if we're to get something from this game. Chaka will sit in the massive space that is our midfield but depending on whether Southampton press us higher up the pitch and force him into errors, I am hoping he can handle the absence of Mustafi, who is often that guy who likes to push forward and win balls off midfielders as he has done in recent weeks. I suppose that job will fall to Koscielny in Mustafi's absence, because I can't see Big Per adopting a high press and Nacho doesn't really do that. I hope that means that we're not left too exposed by an isolated Xhaka in midfield so Lolo has a big job today.
But not as big as that front three, who need to click away from home. We need to see a proper performance from Alexis today because he owes us one. He's been pretty sh*te all season by my reckoning and although we know he's capable of explosive bursts of sublime individuality, that hasn't surfaced enough in his game, whilst the other two seem to be playing themselves in to form.
It's going to be a tricky one today. This Arsenal team are confusing and can just as easily wilt as they can blow a team away with a display of superb attacking quality. So I don't really know what to expect. A bit like opening my curtains this morning to see lots of the white stuff. I just hope that come 2pm I have the same smile on my face that I did when I saw the snow this morning.
Catch you all in the morrow.,
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Twinkl And BBC Studios Release Educational Doctor Who Resources
The global educational publisher Twinkl has partnered with BBC Studios to create a 'Dalek-table' range of educational Doctor Who resources for children between seven and eleven years old.
Launching today, these are the first-ever Doctor Who educational resources to be linked to the UK national curriculums.
The resources include activity sheets, interactive presentations and reading comprehensions based around several episodes from series 11 and 12 of Doctor Who. These resources can be used separately or alongside episodes and link the Doctor's adventures to units of study for school years three to six.
Covering core subjects including science, geography and history, the materials introduce children to figures such as Rosa Parks, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, and teach them about subjects such as the Indian partition, artificial intelligence and animals and their ecosystems. Children are also encouraged to explore the different uses of electricity and the many forms it takes, as well as how to remain safe when using electrical equipment around the home.
Free to use and accessible to everyone, the resources can be downloaded through the Twinkl website and are a valuable teaching tool for teachers, parents and carers.
Twinkl's mission is to help those who teach and the company offers over 640,000 teaching and learning materials on its website, which are all teacher created and checked. The company has recently created a bespoke Home Learning Hub, full of daily activities and materials, to support parents, teachers and carers with home learning.
Vanessa Hamilton, Head of Brand, Doctor Who, BBC Studios, said:
"We're delighted to be partnering with Twinkl to create Doctor Who educational resources for children across the world. Doctor Who has been inspiring and entertaining children for generations, so we're thrilled that we can bring this much loved series to the classroom in an educational and engaging way."
Jonathan Seaton, CEO and Co-Founder, Twinkl, said:
"Working with BBC Studios to create this exciting range of Doctor Who learning materials has been out of this world! We are always looking for new ways to help those who teach, and hope that these resources provide teachers, parents and carers with a unique new way to engage children in learning.
We know that now more than ever parents are looking for ways to help children learn at home and hope that the Doctor Who resources will be a big hit in households and at schools right now, as well as far into the future."
+ These resources can be downloaded from www.twinkl.co.uk/doctorwho
[Source: BBC Studios]
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Het wapen van Goeree-Overflakkee, toont een symbolische weergave van het eiland Goeree-Overflakkee gekroond met de kroon van het wapen van Goedereede. De wapenomschrijving luidt: "Golvend doorsneden; I in azuur een uitkomende korenschoof van goud; II golvend gedwarsbalkt van vijf stukken, zilver en azuur. Het schild gedekt met een gouden kroon van zestien parels waarop drie parels."

Geschiedenis
Op 16 mei 2013 stemde de gemeenteraad van Goeree-Overflakkee in met het nieuwe gemeentewapen. In oktober 2012 werd bij de Hoge Raad van Adel een adviesaanvraag ingediend, rondom een ontwerp voor een gemeentewapen. De Raad kwam aanvankelijk met twee voorstellen. Een traditioneel ontwerp en een modern ontwerp. Bij die aanvraag was verzuimd om het Streekarchief te betrekken bij de procedure. In een later stadium gebeurde dat alsnog. Het Streekarchief droeg toen een derde (tevens traditionele) ontwerp in. Dat ontwerp is meer dan honderd jaar oud en heeft letterlijk en figuurlijk haar wortels op het eiland Goeree-Overflakkee liggen. Het ontwerp werd nooit officieel ingevoerd.  Het ontwerp symboliseert de ontstaansgeschiedenis van het eiland, de verovering van het land op de zee, daarbij de verhouding water en land. Het vruchtbare land wordt gesymboliseerd door middel van een gouden korenschoof die zich uit de zee verheft. De korenaren symboliseren op hun beurt weer de verschillende dorpen op het eiland. Dat eiland wordt bestuurd door een gemeente, zoals de korenschoof bijeen gehouden wordt door een band. De vijf golven symboliseren het water dat de gemeente omringt, de Grevelingen, het Haringvliet, de Krammer, het Volkerak en de Noordzee. De kroon werd overgenomen van het wapen van Goedereede.

Verwant wapen

Bronnen
Tweede traditioneel ontwerp wordt nieuw wapen Goeree-Overflakkee, op igo.nl

Cultuur in Goeree-Overflakkee
Goeree-Overflakkee

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You may find this chapter helpful even if you are not the one responsible for the administration of your MySQL server. Knowing about database administration can help you diagnose problems before you have to approach your database administrator.
To perform many administrative tasks, you must have administrative access to MySQL. (We describe access privileges and how to set yourself up as the MySQL database administrator in detail in Chapter 6.) You will additionally require administrative access to your operating system—root on Unix systems, Administrator on Windows NT/2000/XP—to perform a number of tasks.
 On Mac OS X, you must enable the root user to gain root access. As of now, there is no way to manage the MySQL operating system needs by supplying the password of a user with administrative privileges.


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Q: D3 - Add background fill to rect Is it possible to add a background fill to a rect element? I am using rect elements to create a bar graph. Each rect element has a width and fill set. I want to fill the remaining width with a color.
See here: http://codepen.io/jesouhaite08/pen/fhvzA

Thanks!

A: For best flexibility I would use other rectangles to draw the background for your bars, check the forked example: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/JnlAE
// Bars
svg_fun.selectAll('rect.background')
       .data(dataset)
       .enter()
       .append('rect')
       .classed('background', true)
       .attr('y', function(d, i) {return i * h_line; })
       .attr('x', 0)
       .attr('height', 20)
       .attr('width', function(d) {return scale_x(max_x);} )
       .attr('fill', 'red')

svg_fun.selectAll('rect.bar')
       .data(dataset)
       .enter()
       .append('rect')
       .classed('bar', true)
       .attr('y', function(d, i) {return i * h_line; })
       .attr('x', 0)
       .attr('height', 20)
       .attr('width', function(d) {return scale_x(d);} )
       .attr('fill', 'teal')

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Advocates seek reduction in car dependency in transportation plan update
By Allayana Darrow
Updated: Aug 18, 2021 05:31 PM
Photo by Allayana Darrow | As Ashland prepares to update its 10-year transportation system plan, some advocates want to shift the city's transportation future away from cars and toward bicycle and foot traffic.
As Ashland prepares to update its 10-year transportation system plan, some advocates want to shift the city's transportation future away from cars and toward bicycle and foot traffic.
A coalition of the Ashland Climate Action Project of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now and the Ashland Bicycle Advocacy Group will host a webinar 7 p.m. Thursday titled "Rethinking Streets in Ashland for Safety, Health, Climate, Affordability, Equity, Happiness, Apple Pie and More."
The coalition "seeks to raise the voices of Ashland residents who believe that people of all ages and abilities should be able to go anywhere in Ashland safely by biking or walking," said Gary Shaff, climate policy commissioner.
Marc Schlossberg, professor of city and regional planning at the University of Oregon and co-director of the Sustainable Cities Institute, will lead the webinar.
Register for the webinar at bit.ly/RethinkStreetsAshland.
The SOCAN and Ashland Bicycle Advocacy Group collaboration is focused on prioritizing safety and convenience for bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the transportation system plan update.
Shaff said the effort is fueled by a vision in which Ashland essential workers can afford to live in the city despite high housing costs because they don't need to own a car, street congestion is minimal and commuting by foot or bike is the norm.
Large cars have the most impact when measuring direct carbon emissions from fuel combustion, indirect emissions from fuel production and vehicle construction emissions — about 14 times the amount produced by electric or pedal bicycles, according to a 2020 report by Bend Economic Research, to which members of the Ashland Conservation and Climate Outreach, Transportation and Climate Policy Commissions contributed.
Shaff said increasing the number of cyclists traveling safely on the road, in combination with other actions, would draw the city closer to a net zero emissions goal for transportation by 2050, as outlined in the Climate Energy and Action Plan passed in 2017.
In 2020, in-city transportation accounted for the largest portion of climate-altering emissions, followed by residential gas and commercial gas, according to a Climate Energy and Action Plan progress report by climate and energy analyst Stu Green.
The last transportation system plan was completed in 2012 and incorporated into the city's comprehensive plan in 2013.
"These documents, once they're set, they lay the groundwork for the coming decade," said Lorrie Kaplan, chair of the Ashland Climate Action Project of SOCAN. "We were inspired to put together this program to just have an opportunity to look at what other cities have been able to do that we could also apply here in Ashland."
The group advocates for installing protected bike lanes on suitable roadways, reducing speed limits and increasing the availability of bike racks.
"The purpose isn't to tell people that they can't drive their cars, but make it less stressful for people who want and are able to make some of their in-town trips by bike or walk," Kaplan said. "It's an intersection of climate, livability and safety."
"Not everybody can afford to buy an electric vehicle — that's a real equity issue," she continued.
The Transportation Commission recommended that Ashland City Council approve a professional services contract with Kittelson & Associates to manage the TSP update, with a proposed cost of nearly $250,000.
Contract approval was pulled from the City Council agenda Tuesday, along with consideration of establishing a Vision Zero goal for the transportation system, which "sets the standard that no loss of life or serious injury on a transportation system is acceptable," according to council documents.
Interim City Manager Gary Milliman said he asked to postpone the items and revisit the TSP in a future study session to allow time to explore alternative funding sources, including new federal funds and programs related to transportation, to avoid any reliance on the city's general fund.
Milliman said he expects the topics to come back in front of the council within 60 days, and the full TSP update process to carry into 2023.
In response to goals outlined in the Conservation and Climate Outreach Commission annual report delivered Tuesday, Councilor Shaun Moran asked stakeholder organizations to investigate how the prioritization of bike travel might impact Ashland's tourist-based economy.
"I see it, for our future, to be problematic if we're going to be expecting our tourists to walk or bike into town," Moran said. "We're so dependent on tourists presently for our lifeblood of revenues."
Schlossberg said the purpose of street redesign is to "get more performance" out of existing roadways and increase the number of trips possible by bike, furthering each community's ability to meet climate change goals and obligations, and address equity and affordability.
Nationally, transportation is the second-largest household expense, he said.
The existing transportation system places a burden on parents to shuttle their children around, without the security of a safe bike system youth can use independently, he said.
"Design of our streets basically makes it really inhospitable to get around by any way but cars," Schlossberg said. "We have designed our systems — in Ashland and everywhere else almost over the last 70 years — to make driving the easiest, most convenient and therefore rational choice for almost all, if not all, of our trips. It doesn't need to be that way."
For most cities west of the Mississippi River, roads are plentiful, wide and able to accommodate a reallocation of existing road space, Schlossberg said. Costs to install better bike infrastructure are substantially less than constructing new roads, expanding a freeway or redesigning a bridge in a car-based transportation network, he said.
Design strategies include installing protected bike lanes on busy streets, which place a physical barrier between car lanes and the bike lane. Some designs swap curbside parking and the bike lane, such that parked cars serve as the protective roadway barrier, Schlossberg said. Reducing car speeds to 20 mph in certain street networks represents the second core design strategy.
Schlossberg cited research indicating about two-thirds of the general public are interested in making some of their trips by bike, but the existing system "exceeds most people's stress thresholds" — only about 7% of people are satisfied with a paint-striped bike lane.
Studies show that people who get around by bike spend more at local shops than people who drive, he said, though cyclists may have to take more trips to carry their goods.
"As an economic development strategy, younger people are choosing to move to places where they're not car-dependent for everything," Schlossberg said. "They're increasingly making employment decisions based on location amenities, and being in a car dependent place is less attractive than it used to be."
Effective street redesign formats have been well established in the U.S. and globally, he said, paving the way for informed decision-making by citizens and elected officials regarding the city's transportation system.
Reach reporter Allayana Darrow at adarrow@rosebudmedia.com or 541-776-4497.


The paper gives a review of the results of several years of work on enhancing the communication between architects and on architecture in general. In contemporary world of digital real-time communication, our approach was to start and promote stories on architecture and urban space through maximum use of new media.
The first step towards the realization of this idea was to start an internet-blog on urban design in 2008. At the time, the idea that anyone can write something and publish it to the whole world was in, so we joined this digital wave of thousands of bloggers.
A few years later, the focus of internet communication switched to social networks as more democratic media. Many bloggers gave up, but we used Facebook and Twitter and turned our story into a wide conversation of all those interested in architecture and the city. For serious communication, we also employed the strict business network LinkedIn.
Today, along with the activities in all those social networks and a periodical newsletter, we maintain a Web site that integrates our whole system. Blog posts on different architecture-related topics and information on our work can be found at the address www.cab.rs.
Our next step will be to enable architects and all other professionally or emotionally involved with the city to access and use various resources of the Centre for Architecture through this site.


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This morning I set out to go and see The Shrink with a bunch of flowers under my arm and freshly baked muffins in my hand.
In the good times, L'homme and I often discussed how we battled to live with each other but how we couldn't live without each other either. I'd joke and tell him that if he left me, I'd get myself a shrink to see me through.
When I hadn't heard from him for almost two months after he stole out of my house with the trained stealth of a commitment phobic in his disguise as a cat burglar, I could no longer bear the pain and suffering. I took myself off to a shrink on my doorstep. And we'd agreed that this had to be an outcomes based process, a process that I could learn and grow from.
In the empty hours after L'homme's departure, I'd gone through various notes and scraps of writing over the past few years. The underlying theme of my dilemma was always feeling insecure and self-doubting, essentially because I never felt that I was good enough. I've now lugged this baggage with me for way too long. This is also the baggage that mostly prevented me from looking at L'homme objectively, of dealing with him from a position of strength and it caused me to want and need his love and presence too much, much more desperately than necessary or healthy.
Last week The Shrink forced me to open a can of worms that spiraled me way past depths of despair, straight into hysteria. When I literally thought my body and being was going to be dissolved by the anguish, I saw a larva amongst the worms slowly morph into a butterfly. I gained a sudden and startling insight into myself. Now I need to start the arduous task of reprogramming the misaligned beliefs about who I am and what is real to form the real me and my real realities.
The not good enough me swam easily and freely in the stream of insecurity, of self-doubt, lacking confidence, but knowing where to hide and mostly go undetected. I now need to take an amazing journey upstream, against strong currents and rapids like a bright red, beautiful salmon to the spot where I was born, so that I can spawn the new me, resplendent with the wisdom, venerability and acceptance I often sensed, but mostly surprised.
On my walk home, there's a fleet of security vehicles and the odd police van parked outside the neighbour's house two doors away. The day time burglars were disturbed before they could make off with too many earthly possessions. But fear grips my heart and paranoia hastens my step home.
On my way to meet prospective buyers at my shop later this afternoon, I buy the newspaper. When I see the advert for a bar for sale, it occurs to me that it is such a ridiculously cheap bargain, I think I should buy it!
Fumbling with the shop's locks, I notice that the source of overbearing and hugely annoying noise from the establishment next door is being unplugged, loaded on the back of a trailer and being silenced forever. I sigh a huge sigh of relief and feel mildly guilty about my continuous role in the closing of the business, particularly now that I am taking steps to sell my own.
When The Princess and I arrived at my shop this evening, I am surprised to learn that even the buzz that used to be on the corner, has moved on. Suddenly I instinctively know that the dealings I am busy with are the right ones. I'm just wholly unprepared for the emotions that come tumbling out when the purchasers I met with earlier in the afternoon, confirm that they will be taking my shop over.


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If you are on a system without pip or easyinstall, and you can't use the OS package system: You need to remove all installed files manually, and also undo any other stuff that the installation did manually. Changes are that you don't know the list of all files it installed, you can reinstall it with the –record option, and take a look at the list this produces.

python setup.py install --record files.txt

And when you think the list is complete:

cat files.txt | xargs rm -rf

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FDA launches new tool for sharing information that allows doctors to better manage antibiotic use; improve patient care
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a new approach to get critical updates regarding antibiotics and antifungal drugs to health care professionals as part of an overall effort to combat antimicrobial resistance. The agency created a website that will provide direct and timely access to information about when bacterial or fungal infections are likely to respond to a specific drug. This approach is intended to aid health care professionals in making more informed prescribing decisions that will both benefit their patients and prevent the spread of resistant bacteria.
"Antimicrobial resistance remains one of our most pressing public health challenges. While we're continuing our policy efforts to encourage the development of new drugs and limit the use of antibiotics in livestock, we also need to take new steps to encourage more appropriate use of these treatments in patient care," said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. "When you're treating critically ill patients, you want as much information as possible about the pathogen your patient is fighting and the susceptibility of that pathogen to various treatments. Prescribing a drug that's only going to be met with resistance from the bacteria or fungus it's intended to treat doesn't help that patient, and it has broader public health consequences that cannot be ignored. Under the old approach, it took too long to update each individual drug's labeling with information needed for susceptibility testing and it was clear a more centralized approach was needed. Our new tool is aimed at making this process more efficient and informed."
Physicians can use antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results to help choose an appropriate antibacterial or antifungal drug to treat a patient's infection. These tests rely on criteria — called susceptibility test interpretive criteria or "breakpoints" — that help determine whether a specific bacteria or fungi are susceptible to antibacterial or antifungal drugs. Bacteria and fungi change over time, which may result in decreased susceptibility to some drugs. When this occurs, breakpoints may need to be updated.
Under the old approach, each drug manufacturer updated its drug labeling with new breakpoint information, which had to be reviewed and approved by the FDA on a case-by-case basis. Only after the revised drug labeling was approved could a device manufacturer of a corresponding AST update its testing criteria and labeling for its AST. This process created unnecessary delay in reaching healthcare professionals with the information. Each individual drug and device labeling had to be updated whenever breakpoints changed.
The new approach, which was included by Congress as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, allows the FDA to simultaneously update the breakpoints for multiple drugs that have the same active ingredient and share that information transparently via a dedicated FDA web page that will list FDA-recognized breakpoints. The FDA will leverage the work done by standards-development organizations that develop breakpoints, and recognize them when the FDA agrees that they are appropriate. The FDA retains full authority to accept a standard in whole or in part, or to establish alternative breakpoints. In addition, companies can submit data to support alternative breakpoints, if they disagree with the recognized standard.
Drug manufacturers will have to update their labeling to reference the FDA web page containing the breakpoint information. They will no longer have to continuously update their labeling with new breakpoint information, making the process more efficient and, it is expected, more timely. As such, the FDA anticipates this effort will also ease the burden for both drug manufacturers and AST device developers. To support companies in this effort, today the FDA is also issuing guidance on how companies should update their labeling on breakpoints to point to the information online generated by the agency.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency is also responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
Theresa Eisenman
FDA-Recognized Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria
Systemic Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs: Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria Labeling for NDAs and ANDAs, FDA Guidance for Industry


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However, I dont get how it works out between different versions of Android and between IOS and Android.
Is there a universal icons text?
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Joe Camaratta
Mr. Camaratta specializes in medical technology innovation and commercialization, taking products from concept to clinical adoption. He built businesses for GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthcare (among others) with revenues in the $10 to $300 million range. He holds an MS in Computer Science, and has led product management and development efforts in a regulated environment. Mr. Camaratta serves on a number of committees supporting investment in early stage technologies, and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company.
Steve Owens
Chief Technology Officer /Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Owens is an experienced leader of Innovation Centers focused on research, product development, software engineering, and IT operations in the pharmaceutical research and medical device industries. He has a record of accomplishment of leading and developing people and organizations to transform cutting edge technology into innovative products and services. He previously built and led software development organizations for Siemens Healthcare, RadPharm (now Bioclinica), and Forest Laboratories. Mr. Owens has provided consulting support for IP/Technology Transfer projects at Foresight Science and Technology, and is an advisor to the Innovation Sounding Board at Rutgers University.
Jayaram K. Udupa, Ph.D.
Dr. Udupa has 38 years of professional research experience in the areas of image processing, computer vision, and medical imaging. He is recognized for developing fundamental computational theories and algorithm in these areas, developing and distributing large open-source software systems, and bringing 3D image analysis techniques into a variety of medical application areas. He is the chief architect of the ideas and the design behind the Automatic Anatomy Recognition (AAR) technology.
Drew Torigian, MD, MA, FSAR
Dr. Torigian is a physician-scientist in the Department of Radiology with expertise in thoracic imaging, body CT, body and musculoskeletal MRI, cardiovascular imaging, and PET/CT imaging. His research focuses on quantification of pulmonary and abdominal diseases by CT and MR imaging using computer-assisted techniques, includes quantification of diseases of various parts of the body using software to analyze PET/CT images. Dr. Torigian has worked closely with Dr. Udupa for over 10 years and in developing the AAR technology.
Management Representative Committee Members
Joseph Camaratta, President and CEO
Steven Owens, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Jordana Barmish
Ms. Barmish is the Associate Director of PCI Ventures where she manages a portfolio of med tech, healthcare IT and life science companies. Prior to PCI Ventures, Jordana created strategic partnerships for a corporate startup operating in the connected health space. Jordana has both a clinical and business background with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University and an MBA from Temple University.
Brian Posner
Mr. Posner is a public company Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with experience in fund-raising and building strategic partnerships. He is strategic and financial leader with over 25 years of diversified management experience working in both public and private companies ranging from start-up to $1 billon. Mr. Posner is skilled at assisting teams achieve organizational goals, with strong experience in capital raising, business development, and acquisition transactions.
Gargi Pednekar
Ms. Pednekar holds a Masters of Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University, and completed an internship at Dr. Udupa's Medical Imaging Processing Group laboratory where she developed algorithms for quantification of thoracic objects. She has strong knowledge of human anatomy and understanding of regulations that need to be addressed during product development and commercialization.
Tarun Kotia
Mr. Kotia holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from NJIT, and has held numerous software engineering positions including his most recent position as Senior Systems Analyst at Allergan (formerly Forest Laboratories). Tarun brings over 13 years of IT and software development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
Sanghita Nag
Ms. Nag holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University, and completed an internship at Dr. Udupa's Medical Imaging Processing Group laboratory where she applied deep learning networks to address issues related to the segmentation of objects in the head and neck region.
Sharon Lewis
Medical Imaging Intern
Ms. Lewis is a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering candidate at Drexel University.
Sina Adibi
CEO and President, Adaptive Clinical Systems. Mr. Adibi is a Senior Technology leader with 20+ years experience translating market demands and company business strategy into actionable technology framework. Experience in marketing, technology image, and service reputation enhancements for product and services in regulated environments.
Dennis Falkenstein
President & CEO, iOnTrends, Inc. Mr. Falkenstein brings extensive customer relations world wide in radiation oncology and imaging devices. He has proven experience in marketing, communications, sales and service of medical products, and strategies for FDA clearance and re-imbursement.
Charles Simone, MD
Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center. Dr. Simone is nationally recognized expert in proton therapy, with focus on adaptive radiotherapy planning. He has extensive experience in development of clinical trial strategies and research protocols.
Yubing Tong (佟雨兵), Ph.D.
Senior Research Investigator & Director of Operations, Medical Image processing Group (MIPG) at Radiology Department, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Tong has over 10 years of working experience in computer vision, medical image processing and machine learning fields with more than 100 publications. Dr. Tong serves as a peer reviewer for over 20 international journals and a program committee member for over 10 international conferences. He also serves for NSF as a grant reviewer.
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The IJAS Conference Series takes place annually in several cities across the world. The Canada conference, now in its tenth year, includes both Montreal and Toronto as conference venues.
This conference series has three primary aims.
The second aim of the Conference Series is to provide opportunities for academics to receive informal in-depth feedback through discussions, and to enable them to establish contact with professionals in other countries and institutions. The tours are the main way of "breaking the ice" away from the formalities of the conference hall, providing an informal setting for discussing different points of view. Even in an increasingly networked world of internet and satellite conferences, there is no substitute for personal interaction—what Edward R. Murrow calls "the last three feet of communication". It is individuals, not data streams, who must ultimately build the connections that in turn create lasting international research partnerships.
The third aim of the Conference Series is to introduce academics to educational premises in locations that are suitable for study abroad programs and which may meet their students' educational needs. IJAS draws inspiration from the Fulbright Program, an integral part of the United States' foreign educational relations, where face-to-face exchanges have proven to be the single most effective means of engaging international publics while broadening dialogue between academics and institutions.


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// Copyright 2022 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.base;

import androidx.annotation.GuardedBy;

import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
import org.junit.runner.Description;
import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;

import org.chromium.base.TimeUtils.FakeClock;

/**
 * Causes fake times to be used in TimeUtils.
 */
public class FakeTimeTestRule implements TestRule {
    private final Object mLock = new Object();

    // Milliseconds since booted, excluding deep sleep.
    @GuardedBy("mLock")
    private long mUptimeMillis;

    // Nanoseconds since booted, including deep sleep.
    @GuardedBy("mLock")
    private long mElapsedRealtimeNanos;

    // Per-thread CPU time.
    @GuardedBy("mLock")
    private ThreadLocal<Long> mThreadTimes;

    // epoch time.
    @GuardedBy("mLock")
    private long mCurrentTimeMillis;

    /**
     * Resets to default time values.
     */
    public void resetTimes() {
        synchronized (mLock) {
            mUptimeMillis = 10000;
            mElapsedRealtimeNanos = 20000L * TimeUtils.NANOSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND;
            mCurrentTimeMillis = 1653000000000L; // May 19 2022 18:40:00 GMT-0400

            mThreadTimes = new ThreadLocal<Long>() {
                @Override
                protected Long initialValue() {
                    return 0L;
                }
            };
        }
    }

    private final TimeUtils.FakeClock mFakeClock = new FakeClock() {
        @Override
        public long uptimeMillis() {
            synchronized (mLock) {
                return mUptimeMillis;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public long elapsedRealtimeNanos() {
            synchronized (mLock) {
                return mElapsedRealtimeNanos;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public long currentThreadTimeMillis() {
            synchronized (mLock) {
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        @Override
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            synchronized (mLock) {
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     * Advances uptime, elapsedRealtime, and the current thread's threadTime..
     */
    public void advanceMillis(long increment) {
        assert increment > 0 : "Negative increment: " + increment;
        synchronized (mLock) {
            mCurrentTimeMillis += increment;
            mUptimeMillis += increment;
            mElapsedRealtimeNanos += increment * TimeUtils.NANOSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND;
            mThreadTimes.set(mThreadTimes.get() + increment);
        }
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    /**
     * Advances uptime and elapsedRealtime.
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    public void sleepMillis(long duration) {
        assert duration > 0 : "Negative duration: " + duration;
        synchronized (mLock) {
            mCurrentTimeMillis += duration;
            mUptimeMillis += duration;
            mElapsedRealtimeNanos += duration * TimeUtils.NANOSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND;
        }
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    /**
     * Advances elapsedRealtime.
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    public void deepSleepMillis(long duration) {
        assert duration > 0 : "Negative duration: " + duration;
        synchronized (mLock) {
            mCurrentTimeMillis += duration;
            mElapsedRealtimeNanos += duration * TimeUtils.NANOSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND;
        }
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    @Override
    public Statement apply(Statement base, Description description) {
        return new Statement() {
            @Override
            public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
                try {
                    resetTimes();
                    TimeUtils.sFakeClock = mFakeClock;
                    base.evaluate();
                } finally {
                    TimeUtils.sFakeClock = null;
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Making The Invisible Visible: Exhibiting Erotic Stanhopes
posted on 2021-06-08, 07:58 authored by Sol Legault
The Stanhope, a commercially produced, microphotographic novelty invented in 1859 by René Prudent Patrice Dagron (1819-1900), has rarely been critically studied or exhibited. Its use for erotic photography, and the challenges of its microscopic images and varied external forms, including watch fobs and smoking pipes, require new considerations and methods for exhibition display. This thesis examines the history and manufacture of the Stanhope, its "vernacular" status, and its use for erotic imagery in the mid- to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It then examines recent approaches to the installation of vernacular photographic objects in exhibitions, followed by suggested considerations for the exhibition of erotic Stanhopes, foregrounding their materiality and viewing experience, and contextualizing the historical frameworks of their production and use. The appendices recount the sorting, rehousing, documentation and inventory of the Stanhopes at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, which were used as primary examples.
Photographic Preservation and Collections Management
Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management (Theses)
Photography of the nudeCameras -- Collectors and collectingPhotography -- Equipment and supplies -- Collectors and collectingCameras -- HistoryPhotography, Erotic


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Remembering my old Manchester flatmate, Geoff Hughes.
Geoff Hughes (1944-2012)
It was sad to get the news that an old friend from my television days died this week. The actor Geoff Hughes was well known, at least in the UK, for his television comedy roles – especially Eddie Yates in the long running Granada Television soap opera Coronation Street and then Onslow in the situation comedy series Keeping Up Appearances. He was also the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles movie, Magical Mystery Tour. During those Coronation Street days, he was my flatmate whenever he was in Manchester for his role as the irrepressible bin-man, Eddie Yates, in what was, many think, the glory days of that longest running of all British TV soaps.
Geoff Hughes as Eddie Yates (Coronation Street 1974-1983)
For nearly ten years, Geoff was one of the most famous faces on British television and going out with him socially was often the friendliest of obstacle courses wading through autograph-hunting fans, encouraged by his jovial persona, who came over to talk wherever we went – mostly bars, restaurants and clubs all over the North West of England. "Hey Eddie!" would often cut through quite serious conversations when the two of us were just out for a quiet pint or two. He was, of course, as we the audience often like to forget, just a human being, a very sweet one, who enjoyed his celebrity (and his success) but who also led a normal human existence just like the fans who identified with the jokes and sadnesses of his down-to-earth on-screen character.
I was thinking about my old Granada Television days last year when I went back to Manchester on a rainy weekend visiting some of my old haunts. Geoff was a vivid presence in my early years there.
I had not been to Manchester for a long time and it was even longer since I met up with Geoff who, not wanting to be a one role actor, left the series at the height of his fame and, apart from a single return guest appearance, always turned down offers to rejoin the cast.
This was the house in Stretford where I lived in the first years of my time at Granada. I rented the two top floors and a trombonist with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra lived downstairs often filling my flat, enjoyably, with the glorious sonorities he could produce from that wonderful instrument. I never minded other people's music as I had an old piano up there in my flat to accompany my enthusiastic operatic, if not always mellifluous singing. Geoff enjoyed singing too and once we even dared to do the tenor/baritone duet from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers in the living room that over-looked an exotic view of the Stretford tip and the M25 motorway. Well, we enjoyed ourselves and the trombonist never complained.
We shared an enthusiasm for music and, in those Manchester days away from home, he was happy to join me going to rock concerts where we often found ourselves on stage behind the band proudly wearing our back-stage passes. We saw many legendary bands together that way. No cool back-stage crowd was too cool though to shout out "Hey Eddie!"
More often than not and maybe more often than was good for us, we would often prefer to sit up there on that top floor with a bottle of whiskey, a packet of cigarettes, a choice selection of music and some great conversations that lasted well into the night. The World was firmly sorted by the time it came for sleep.
Geoff Hughes as Onslow (Keeping Up Appearances 1990-1995)
Geoff left for other successful TV roles and, as often happens in the mobile world of television, we gradually lost touch and our lives moved on in different directions. I shall however always remember him fondly for those badly-behaved bachelor pad days. He was much too full of life for it to have come to an end so prematurely. It was a crap deal, Geoff.
Here he is in what will probably always be his greatest role, the unforgettable Eddie Yates:


The largest is at the point of attack. Expect whoever is guarding him to close down the space between himself and Westbrook. Karl feels his team allowed Westbrook a little too much room in Game 1, and he took full advantage with in-rhythm jump shots.
Tonight, defenders will play tighter, and expect better hedges by Nuggets' big men on pick-and-rolls. In Game 1, Westbrook came off of screens pretty much unimpeded, usually dribbled right into the free throw line area and stepped into a jump shot.
"In 5-on-5 situations we want him to feel us a little bit more," said Karl, prior to his team's shootaround this morning. "In transition it's just all about keeping him away from the basket. I don't think we're going to give that up. I think we know his personality on pick-and-rolls, and they know their personality. And we want to take that personality away. But also not give him as much space as we probably gave him.
Westbrook nailed 3-of-4 from the 3-point line on his way to 31 points, six rebounds and seven assists. His scoring total was 10 over his season average of 21.9 points per game, so if the Nuggets just hold him to that, they will be ahead of the game.
Meanwhile, Karl hopes to get J.R. Smith into the game in a big way. Smith, who can be as explosive as any player in the NBA, has not scored 10 points in any of the games against Oklahoma City this season. He continues to find shots difficult to come by in the face of a Thunder defense that knows if he heats up it would cause big problems. Karl and Smith have chatted about ways they can get him going.
As for Karl's keys to the game?


LAMBERT JOCHEMSE VAN VALCKENBURCH (Valckenburgh, Valkenberg, Valckenborch), born at Valkenburg in Dutch Limburg, on the Geule River, seven miles east of Maestrict, in Holland, appears first of record in America, July 29, 1644, when he purchased of Jan Jacobsen, a house and plantation on the island of Manhattan, with twenty-five morgens of land adjoining. [Register of the Provincial Secretary of New Netherland, II, 121.] (Evjen's Scandinawan Immigrants in New York (page 406) erroneously places Lambert as a German from Falkenburg in Germany, having been misled by the similarity of place names). The grantor was Jan Jacobsen Stille van Vreelandt who died or left New Amsterdam soon after this sale.
Many years later the land became a part of the farm of Colonel Nicholas Bayard who died in 1707 -- This land is on the west side of the present Bowery from Canal Street to Broome Street. There is no record of the disposal of these twenty-five morgens (fifty acres) of land and the house of Lambert van Valckenburch. It is stated in The Iconography of Manhattan Island (VI,72) that he "may have surrendered this farm to the [West India] Company when he acquired the tract opposite to Kip's Bay plantation," later known as the Samler farm.
This latter property was of twenty-four morgens, granted by Director General Peter Stuyvesant to Lambert van Valckenburch, on May 15, 1649 -- It embraced what are now nine city blocks on the west side of Lexington Avenue from Twenty-Ninth to Thirty-Fifth Streets, and extended, westward, across what are now Park and Madison Avenues beyond Fifth Avenue from Thirty-First to Thirty-Third Street, and included the corner of the present Thirty-Third Street and Fifth Avenue, on which stood, until 1929 the southeastern part of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and wherein 1931 was erected the Empire State Building, then the highest building in the world.
Claes Martensen van Rosenvelt, the ancestor of the Roosevelt family, occupied the farm originally granted to Lambert van Valckenburgh, at least as early as 1635. Probably he sold his farm to Claes Martensen when he went north . Dingman Versteeg identified Martensen as Nicolas Martens, mentioned in a court record as early as August 26) 1638. He is said to have been the direct ancestor of Theodore Roosevelt who was born less than a half-mile distant.
The surname of Roosevelt was adopted by the children of Nicolas Martensen, in place of Nicolsen and Martensen, because Roosevelt was the name of the place in Holland from which their father had come to America.
Here he may have lived until he removed to Fort Orange about 1652, as his second farm, acquired May 15, 1649, was over two miles northward in a region sparsely settled, not well developed, and far beyond the defensive wall built across the island at Wall Street to protect the village around Fort Amsterdam from Indians and others. The house and garden location close under the southern wall of Fort Amsterdam was of such prominence and interest as to merit further notice.
The fort stood on the southwestern half of the site of the present U.S. customhouse. The distance from the fort to the harbor was much less then than it is now. This land patented to Lambert van Valckenburch was nine rods and one foot long (north and south) by one rod and three feet wide. The northern end of this lot would be about fifty to sixty feet south of the southwestern corner of the U.S. Customhouse; the southern end was directly upon the Strand, the narrow open space between the lot and the harbor. This position gave an unobstructed view, from the lot, over the entire harbor. The grant of the lot was made for the creation thereon of house and garden.
It was a corner lot bounded by open public ways on three sides. This land is outlined as lot No. 1, in Block H of the key to the famous ancient Castello plan of New Amsterdam. This plan depicts a house upon the southern end of the land, exactly in the east-and-west center of the southern end of Manhattan Island. As Lambert van Valckenburch was the first grantee of this land, and, as when he sold it in 1656 to Isaac Gravenraedt (Greveract), his house thereon was sold with the land, It is conceived that he built the house. This lot was one of the only three (all granted in 1647) south of the fort.
The lot next to the west was granted to, and patented by, Jan Evertsen Bout, the interpreter of the language of the Indians, and the other to Sergeant Huybertsen (the Englishman, James Hubbard). Lambert van Valckenburch removed to Fort Orange and Beverwyck (Albany) about four years before he sold this house and land to Gravenraedt in 1656, and, also, seemingly before his farm of forty-eight acres was entered upon by Claes Martensen in 1655 -- Gravenraedt sold the house and lot beside Fort Amsterdam to Pieter Jansen Clott of Mingaquy in New Yarsie March 23, 1670, when the house was described in the deed of sale as "an old Tennement." In 1673 the English commander of New York (New Amsterdam), Captain Colve, confiscated this house and lot, with the two others aforesaid, for military purposes. These houses are depicted in several of the earliest pictures of New Amsterdam.
The site of the original lot would be now a strip 148 1/2 feet long by 19 1/2 feet wide, beginning opposite the southwestern corner of the U.S. Customhouse in State Street, and running southward to near the center of Battery Park. A drawing in The Iconography of Manhattan Island [II, 273,274, 388) outlines the bounds of this land, as well as the boundaries of the farm bought in 1644 of Jan Jacobsen and of the farm secured in 1649 of Director General Stuyvesant.


Any Room at the Café?
This painting was selected by the Hood River Art Club as the "Painting of the Month". Because of this honor, it will be exhibited in November at the Frame Shop in Hood River (402 Oak St) and Growlerz in Bingen Washington for the month of December.
I loved how the red umbrellas played off of the warm colors of the buildings and how the ironwork on the balconies called attention to the flats above and made me wonder who lived there.
16x20" original watercolor with white mat.
This scene was inspired by an early evening stroll along the main streets of Sitges Spain. I love the warm colors of the buildings and the outdoor cafes.
I love the brightly colored buildings in Bermuda.. I took numerous photographs as I explored the streets of this beach-side town. This shot was particularly fun with the vibrant cafe with it's green umbrellas and generous planters as well as the two women walking briskly by. Funny, I didn't even notice the man on the second floor balcony until I actually started the painting.
This small painting takes it's inspiration from a day at the beach watching young families fishing and playing in he summer sun.
This painting was inspired by seeing lots of hard working folks planting this past spring in Underwood Washington. I always love the sight of Mt Hood in the background.
I loved the color these beach roses as well as the view of the ocean through the fence.
This painting was inspired from a stroll through one of Tuscany's many hill towns. The architecture and flowers are stunning and the town was filled with small cafes.
I am very excited that I was just accepted into the Watercolor Society of Oregon. These are the 3 paintings that I submitted to the jury for my application.
This version of the Centennial Mills building in Portland was again inspired by the teachings of Ron Stocke.....Simplify, Simplify. I did a painting like this in class and this one once again at home. Yeah, less is more.
I love the fun colors of the buildings in Bermuda. They add to the whole relaxing vacation experience . This painting of a café was partly inspired by a recent workshop with Ron Stocke..... and of course my visit to Bermuda. Ron is a great teacher, has a wonderful painting style and does really beautiful work.


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De hervormde kerk was een kerkgebouw in de buurt Heerlen-Centrum in de gemeente Heerlen in de Nederlandse provincie Limburg. De kerk stond aan de Klompstraat.

Het kerkje was een Waterstaatskerk (Leopoldskerkje) en leek sterk op drie andere Belgische protestantse Waterstaatskerken die gebouwd zijn in Beek (protestantse kerk), Gulpen (Leopoldskerkje) en Meerssen (Leopoldskerkje).

Geschiedenis
In 1830 moesten de protestanten op zoek naar een eigen kerkgebouw. In dat jaar kwam er namelijk een einde aan het simultaneum, het gezamenlijk gebruik van de Sint-Pancratiuskerk. Vanaf 1649 hadden de rooms-katholieken en de protestanten gebruikgemaakt van hetzelfde kerkgebouw. Onder invloed van de Belgische Opstand kwam hier echter een einde aan, waarna hun het gebruik van de kerk werd ontzegd. In 1719 was er in de Sint-Pancratiuskerk een Weidtmannorgel geplaatst ten behoeve van de hervormde gemeente. Dit orgel was gebouwd door Thomas Weidtmann uit Ratingen.

Op 22 april 1838 werd aan de Evengats (de latere Klompstraat) het nieuwe kerkgebouw ingewijd. Deze kerk was tot stand gekomen door bemiddeling van koning Leopold I. Het kerkje werd gebouwd onder toezicht van het Belgische Ministerie van Waterstaat. In het kerkgebouw werd het orgel uit de Sint-Pancratiuskerk geplaatst.

In 1949 werd het kerkgebouw gesloopt. Het Weidtmannorgel verhuisde naar de hervormde kerk van Zoutelande.

Opbouw
Het eenbeukig kerkgebouw bestond uit een schip met drie traveeën en een driezijdige sluiting. De buitengevels zijn voorzien van pilasters. Vlak achter de voorgevel bevond zich op het dak een dakruiter.

Kerkgebouw in Heerlen


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Illinois' unfunded pension liabilities increase 6.1% to $111 billion in latest fiscal year
Illinois Capitol
Unfunded liabilities for Illinois' five state retirement plans rose to $111 billion total in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 6.1% from the year before, said a recent report from the state Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
The aggregate funded status for the five retirement systems fell to 41.9%, down one percentage point from June 30, 2014. Assets and accrued liabilities totaled $80 billion and $191 billion, respectively, for the five pension funds.
The figures are based on the fair market value of assets. From an actuarial perspective with asset smoothing, the pension plans' unfunded liabilities totaled $112.9 billion at the end of fiscal year 2015. Assets and accrued liabilities totaled $78.1 and $191 billion, respectively, for a funding ratio of 40.9%.
According to the report, inadequate state contributions and strengthened mortality assumptions contributed to the funding decline.
On a market value basis, Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, Springfield, reported the highest unfunded liability at $61.7 billion, while the General Assembly Retirement System reported the lowest at $273.6 million.
However, Illinois Teachers reported the second-highest funding ratio among the five systems at 42.9%. Illinois Teachers' $46.4 billion in assets as of June 30 makes it the largest of the five retirement systems. GARS, with only $54.6 million in assets, reported the lowest funding ratio in fiscal year 2015 at 16.6%.
The $17.4 billion Illinois State Universities Retirement System, Champaign, had the highest funding ratio at 44.1%; the $15.3 billion Illinois State Employees' Retirement System, 37.5%; and the $833.9 million Illinois Judges' Retirement System, 36%.
In May, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a state pension reform law — which reduced cost-of-living adjustments, capped pensionable salaries and raised retirement ages — was unconstitutional. The law was expected to reduce Illinois' pension contributions by roughly $145 billion over the next 30 years.
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Working moms need a new F-word: flexibility
By Suzanne Barnecut
When I went back to work as a first-time mom, and thus a first-time "working mom," I wasn't sure whether to wear my new moniker like a badge or sweep it under the rug. Rather than return from maternity leave to a familiar job, I joined a new company, in a new role. So I wondered: Was it wise to draw attention to the reason I needed to leave 30 minutes early every day? Could I pretend, over the next few months, that I wasn't plagued by every illness from every child at my daughter's daycare?
Suddenly there were at least double the reasons I might be absent or late, and I knew the stories about meltdowns over a sock or low-grade fevers would soon wear thin. I had the support of my manager, who is also a mother, but I was worried about my other, mostly childless colleagues. I wanted them to like me, and also to be assured that I'd work as many hours as they did, even if that was later, at night. I soon realized that I'd have to work harder at relationship-building during the day, over lunch, which was often my only chance to recharge, because it was difficult to manage happy hours and other social events. Looking back, I was often frantic, exhausted, insecure, and guilt-ridden. But I was also really happy about my new job and excited to be there.
Most moms are "working moms"
My experience is not uncommon. As Virginia, a product marketing manager, shared with me, "Once I prioritize my son and my career, and sprinkle in basic life requirements like errands, cooking, home upkeep, there's little to no time left for myself and my friendships. It's also hard to find time to connect on an emotional level with my spouse. I adore being a mother, but could not have predicted how isolating it can be."
"Once I prioritize my son and my career, and sprinkle in basic life requirements like errands, cooking, home upkeep, there's little to no time left for myself and my friendships. It's also hard to find time to connect on an emotional level with my spouse. I adore being a mother, but could not have predicted how isolating it can be."
Working moms shouldn't feel so isolated—as many as 70 percent of mothers in the U.S. with children under age 18 are "working moms." What's more, the U.S. Department of Labor reported in 2017 that, of these, over 75 percent of working mothers work full-time. That makes for a lot of women juggling very full work and home lives.
As a society, two-income families have become the norm, and there are more single parents today than in decades past. What's more, as more women are college educated and working in fields traditionally dominated by men, their contribution to the household income is oftentimes sizable. According to The Center for American Progress, 42 percent of working women were the sole or primary breadwinners in 2015 (compared to only 11 percent in 1960). Another 22 percent were considered "co-breadwinners," contributing significantly or equally to the overall family earnings.
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At the same time, even if we see and understand the need for women in the workplace—as valuable talent, as support for her family, and to fulfill her own passion—there remains a widespread perception that moms are needed more at home. Pew Research Center found that "75 percent of Americans feel that having a mother who does not work full-time would be best for her children when they're young." A Gallup poll also found that many moms, and future moms, want to spend more time at home with their kids. So it's a troubling dynamic—this need, desire, and societal pressure to be in two places at once.
Even if we see and understand the need for women in the workplace—as valuable talent, as support for her family, and to fulfill her own passion—there remains a widespread perception that moms are needed more at home.
Women have adapted, but workplaces haven't… yet
If the modern mom is a working mom, she's working in a system that hasn't fully modernized to support her. She's also navigating a social structure that puts ever-increasing pressure on her to be exemplary (and Pinterest-worthy), and is held to the same or higher standards as her peers and male counterparts—even though women are judged differently than men in the workplace, and especially when it comes to parenting.
Consider anything placed under too much pressure—a balloon filled with too much air. Eventually, that balloon is going to pop.
It appears that there's a sea change coming, and it can go one of several ways. Either businesses adapt, or women will opt out. They already are—despite gains in gender parity, the number of women exiting the traditional workforce as they face motherhood is growing. Beginning in 2012, the number of stay-at-home moms in the U.S. began to rise after 30 years of decline, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to explain why. For one thing, the United States is the only "advanced economy" in the world that doesn't guarantee paid parental leave—and for many women in lower income jobs, there's no paid sick leave and mothers must return to work within two weeks of having a baby. For another, there's also no regulation on childcare, which can be expensive, hard to find, and of crazy-varying quality.
The good news is that tech companies have been among the first to seed change. Companies like Facebook and Google offer paid leave for both moms and dads, as well as a stipend bonus. Netflix went a step further and introduced unlimited parental leave. Other large companies, including Google, but also Cisco and Genentech, offer or partner with daycares to provide onsite childcare to make their employees' lives a little bit easier.
My workplace has changed, too. Zendesk offers four months paid leave for both mothers and fathers, as well as work from home days, mothers' rooms for nursing, and unlimited paid time off that doesn't discriminate between vacation days and kids' doctor appointments. Even so, progressive tech companies are the exception, not the norm.
What employers can do:
Offer better paid leave policies. When it comes to maternity leave, as well as paid time off, more is more. This is what will keep your business competitive on the recruitment front, and will allow women more time, and peace of mind, to care of things at home so that they can be more present when they are at work.
Soften the integration back into the workplace. Parenthood is a major life adjustment and returning after a maternity leave is jarring. It helps to designate a comfortable space where women can privately pump, and to allow them the time to do so. Managing a pumping schedule is a challenge all on its own. At many tech companies, a softer integration also allows for a phased period of more frequent work from home days so that the transition on both child and mother is not so abrupt. Even something small, like setting up a Slack channel for new moms, or a recurring lunch for new parents to connect, helps.
Offer "Returnships". Some women don't return to the workplace after taking time off with kids because no one will hire them. On the "Innovating the Working Mom" panel at SXSW earlier this year, Elaine Davidson, CEO of Beacon Lane Consulting said if companies want to avoid talent wars, they "need to be more open-minded about what talent might look like." Returnships offer moms (often with tremendous leadership, volunteering, and professional experience) the opportunity to re-enter.
Be thoughtful. Unless your workplace culture is familiar with parenthood, it can be hard to remember that there are specific, unalterable windows of time that kids have to be dropped off and picked up from daycare and school. When meetings creep outside the 9-5, you're sending a parent or two into a tailspin. You're also actively taking family time away. As Cristina, a director of field marketing, shared, "Young kids are only awake for a 12-hour window, and staying in the office until 6:00 pm for a meeting means potentially not seeing my kid for the entire day." Instituting a family-friendly policy for meeting hours, or mixing up happy hours with team lunches or breakfasts is a great way to include everyone.
Be flexible. See all of the above.
Embrace the F-word
The easiest and first thing we can all do is to start embracing a new F-word: flexible. Where and how can we allow more flexibility in our workplaces? How can we create cultures of trust?
It's easy enough in tech, where most work happens on a laptop, but this is more challenging in other fields where most of the work really needs to be in person. Take Jaime, a stenographer for a district attorney. She has two young sons, one just graduated from kindergarten and another in daycare. "My biggest issue is flexibility," she shared. Sometimes she's able to go weeks, even months, without needing any special accommodation, but then, unexpectedly, will need to return phone calls during business hours, or make doctor visits, or meet with teachers.
"In a perfect world, I wouldn't need to worry about coverage or sick leave, but in reality I do," she said. "I worry about spending too much time away from my desk and my coworkers resenting me. I also worry about missing the trivial, but still significant, things like a field day or field trip at my son's school because I have to save the time for more important things." Jaime doesn't have the ability to work from home, which would help. Instead, she juggles as many appointments as possible outside of her work schedule.
Similarly, Courtney runs payroll and HR for a construction company. "I think there is nothing better than flexibility," she said. She has two young girls and is able to work two days at home each week, and has the flexibility to come and go and even to bring her daughters into the office on days they're sick. "I feel like I tend to be more productive when I'm in the office those three days than if I was there 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday," she said.
It's a sentiment I heard echoed by many mothers, who learn to be uber-efficient, laser-focused (even when tired), and fully present, whether at work or at home. They don't sweat the small stuff and instead focus in on "the glass balls"—the ones that will break if they drop.
They [working mothers] don't sweat the small stuff and instead focus in on "the glass balls"—the ones that will break if they drop.
Millennial moms and the future of work
Companies in every industry should be hearing alarm bells and the sound of breaking glass balls. With women holding just over 50 percent of jobs in the U.S., the workforce—and the workplace—will feel the impact if young women decide that traditional working environments aren't worth it.
Over the next ten years, Millennials will make up 75 percent of the workforce, and many of them are already parents. According to BabyCenter's 2015 State of Modern Motherhood Report, Millennials account for 83 percent of new moms in the U.S. As a generation, they've made known their desire for flexibility and work-life balance, and it's unlikely that they'll be willing to bend until they break.
As part of the working mother's panel at SXSW, Donna Norton, Executive VP and Chief Advancement & Strategy Officer at MomsRising.org, urged women across all industries to raise their voices and say, "This is not working."
"Women want to work and to take care of their children," said Davidson. "Flexibility is so important. It's time for us to keep pushing that agenda." Davidson also pointed out that gig work is on the rise, which gives Millennials a new, third avenue: that of the "work-at-home" mom.
By 2020, Intuit forecasts that a full 40 percent of the workforce will be in the on-demand economy. Increasingly, women can take their skill sets and hire themselves out for temporary or project-based work, building an online portfolio and a personal brand—all from the comfort of their home. This allows women to stay relevant and to flex their professional muscles without having to find a "job" in the traditional sense.
Even so, the gig economy doesn't necessarily translate into stable income—at least, not without a hustle. It also doesn't guarantee a woman momentum in her career or attainment of leadership goals. "Women are often forced out of the leadership track," explained Anna Auerbach, Cofounder, and Co-CEO of Werk, a company and platform dedicated to connecting women with flexible, career-building jobs. "Flexible leadership track work is what needs to be the next step."
We can all do (so much) more
In reality, there are many next steps. Public policy must change, but in lieu of widespread systemic changes, there's also a lot more we can do at the workplace-level—starting by being honest.
"We need to share our stories and break the silence about our situations," said Davidson. For starters, we shouldn't hide the photos of our kids. Many of us have kids, and it's a great way to know who else among us might also be wrestling a tiny person each morning, or else managing the mood swings of a tween. Female leaders, too, should be vocal about how they make it all work.
How working moms can help, and help each other:
Elevate the conversation. Women need to continue to advocate for other women, which means we need more women in leadership positions and in public office. Real talk about challenges helps to raise awareness and combat isolation.
Negotiate your needs. If you're worried that you won't get a job or promotion because you have kids, you may not be selling yourself well. Work on confidently negotiating your needs, whether that's leaving early, working from home, revising the timeline on expected career progression, or negotiating down your hours and pay to something less than full-time. Be real about what it is that will make the difference.
Ask for help. You don't have to go it alone. Take advantage of the resources available within your company, join an online or in-person parenting group, and build a network of other working moms. Sometimes you need like-minded women to vent to, and sometimes you need a proxy to attend a meeting that you just can't make.
Push for legislation. The battle for better maternity and paid family leave policies has to be fought on several fronts; societal problems can only be solved by societal actions.
Build the business case. At the end of the day, losing top talent impacts the bottom line. So, if you're pitching your company for better policies, tell a business story and assign a dollar value. What's the loss in productivity and revenue when a woman decides not to return from maternity leave? If you struggle to retain a female workforce, how does that affect the company's growth strategy?
Moms, give yourselves a high-five—and a break
Many parents end up overcompensating, precisely because they're worried about working less. That's not ideal, so we all have to get comfortable with some give and take. Some days, "you either kill it as an employee or you kill it as a mom. It's rare to feel a balanced day when you're doing both," shared Roshni, a director of customer success. Granted, that's not a great feeling. Neither is knowing that you've left things unfinished. In the end, though, it all comes out in the wash (even if the laundry is one of the things you aren't doing).
Take it from Wendy, a field marketing associate who participated in a returnship program. She shared that part of finding balance is relaxing on the homefront, too. "With three teenagers, it's really important that we all sit down to a nice dinner a few nights a week. Making time for that yields more happiness than getting another load of laundry done."
As for me, there's no denying that motherhood is now a massive part of my identity. It's still hard, but with the support I have in the workplace, it's definitely less hard. These days, I talk about my daughter, I leave when I need to, and I make sure as hell I get my work done. The flexibility allows me to choose how I want to arrange my family, and my work, without having to choose one over the other. And that might be the very definition of "having it all."
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Cricket (I was lucky enough to be there when England won back the Ashes in 2005 AND when the Aussies were bowled out for 60 at Trent Bridge in 2015), Bill Murray, mod suits and looking on the bright side.
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Last night I watched Gladiator with my son who was watching for the first time. This is one of those movies that makes me cry EVERY single time I watch it. I figured, I'd be safe because I hadn't seen it in a while. I thought, "No. It's not going to get me!" Yes, yes it did. I cried like I had never seen this damn movie before. So I want to know, what movie makes you cry no matter how many times you see it? Particularly what scene makes you lose it? Go ahead, cry me a river.


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Q: Why doesn't new Map methods generate entry accesses on LinkedHashMap? Javadocs of LinkedHashMap in JDK8:

Invoking the put or get method results in an access to the corresponding entry (assuming it exists after the invocation completes). The putAll method generates one entry access for each mapping in the specified map, in the order that key-value mappings are provided by the specified map's entry set iterator. No other methods generate entry accesses.

Why doesn't new Map methods generate entry accesses on LinkedHashMap? Especially getOrDefault(). Doesn't this violate principle of least astonishment?
@PeterLawrey it is clear from the source code:
getOrDefault is overriden in HashMap:
public V getOrDefault(Object key, V defaultValue) {
     Node<K,V> e;
     return (e = getNode(hash(key), key)) == null ? defaultValue : e.value;
}

LinkedHashMap extends HashMap and overrides only get():
public V get(Object key) {
    Node<K,V> e;
    if ((e = getNode(hash(key), key)) == null)
        return null;
    // generating entry access -- comment by me
    if (accessOrder)
        afterNodeAccess(e);
    return e.value;
}

Thus, entry access is not generated by getOrDefault().