A Florida appellate court recently reaffirmed Florida's state law prohibition against stacking inferences in personal injury cases with a reversal of a $1.5 million verdict in a slip-and-fall case against Publix. In Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. Bellaiche, 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 4233 (March 28, 2018), the Third District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's denial of a directed verdict to Publix at the trial of a case involving slip-and-fall accident at a Miami-Dade County store, holding that proof of liability via the stacking of inferences is impermissible, in contrast to federal case law.
In other forums, however, the stacking or pyramiding of inferences is permissible, including in the courts of the Eleventh Circuit, the federal courts in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In Daniels v. Twin Oaks Nursing Home, 692 F.2d 1321 (1982), the Eleventh Circuit found that "[a]ccording to federal law there is no prohibition against pyramiding inferences; instead all inferences are permissible so long as they are reasonable." Moreover, in Daniels, the Eleventh Circuit further noted that a directed verdict is not required in instances where the jury may choose between allowable inferences including instances where the inference championed by the plaintiff is no more likely than other possible inferences. The takeaway here is that litigants in personal injury cases must consider the inferences they or their opposition will ask a jury to draw and whether their chosen forum will allow the stacking of inferences to prove liability. In some venues, like in Florida state courts, more concrete proof of liability is required.
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The following post has been submitted by a TCF volunteer, Durraiz Vazeer, in recognition of the International Day of Girl Child. Durraiz is currently completing his BSc in Economics, Politics and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin in Canada.
International Day of the Girl Child, a globally recognised day declared by the United Nations celebrated photo (6)on the 11th October, 2012. This day supports opportunities for girls, and increases awareness of gender disparities faced by girls worldwide. varying from access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence and child marriage.
Significance of this day is associated to different parts of the world, which includes a large part of Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and West Asia. Coherently, a country where this day might not be observed in great popularity but is of great significance is, Pakistan.
Pakistan foresees a mountain of challenges, most of which are intertwined with a lack of well-grounded structure of education for the poverty-stricken. If we dig a little deeper into this problem, naive cultural and social norms play a big part in the lack of education amongst the poor. "My son? Yes, he can study. He'll be financially helpful once he starts working" What about your daughter? "She does not need to study; she is going to get married eventually." Unfortunately, this is the ideal way of life for the one already deprived of education.
According to UNESCO's report on Pakistan's educational system, female youth (aged 15 to 24 years) faces a literacy rate of a staggering 53% compared to a 77% amongst the male youth. If we start pointing fingers on whose fault it is, it will take awhile.
But, who addresses this dire problem of education then?
This is when The Citizens Foundation comes in to help the country in these times of educational turmoil. TCF is a non-profit organization initiated by a few concerned citizens in 1995. But, what does TCF want? It's vision is to diffuse schools in societies where people never saw the face of a school. To date, there are 1000 schools and the student enrolment in these schools has risen to a remarkable 145,000 students.
A lot of other organizations have tried to pursue such goals/ Then how has TCF distinguished itself from the rest?
They have the largest network of a non-profit in Pakistan. Regardless of this obvious success, the management of TCF has come up with a well thought plan to tackle social and cultural barriers in remote areas. During the initial stages of TCF when enrolment first started for the school, a concerned mother came and spoke to Mr. Mushtaq Chappra (Chairman TCF). She said, "I am ready to send my daughter to school but only on one condition – if there are only female teachers in the school."
Simple enough, right? This much uncomplicated idea became the core foundation of TCF's policy and as of 2014, there are 7700 teachers teaching at the 1000 schools, all females. It is also TCF's policy to ensure a 50% female ratio in any given class room.
Luckily, this isn't the end.TCF also has an adult literacy programme called the Aagahi programme. This programme targets women specifically, and basic Mathematics and Urdu is taught in this programme. There's still a long way to go. It would only take a little bit of our precious time and money to spread the word and contribute towards this noble cause.
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Are you fit or fat? There are any number of devices to help you determine what you should already know. Commentary from the "What's your excuse?" FACEBOOK fit mom, or stick figures which could double as wire hangers, need not apply. From body mass index to waist to hip ratio, skinfold measurements to scales, choose your poison.
Equally, there are just as many apps and gadgets which measure heart rate, count your steps, map your run, etc., to get you fit. Yet the question still plaguing me is this: Why do we still, have such difficulty losing weight? AND keeping it off?
This is my third installment regarding women & heart disease. Therefore, I'm really interested as to why women, more so than our male counterparts, still end up on the losing side of this struggle. I realize men face their own issues. Not making light of that. Women however, as I've stated before, are woefully understudied. However they succumb to complications of heart disease as much if not more than men. Why? And why are we endlessly pursuing the "weight quest" with marginal success?
I realize this topic goes beyond that of a fitness blog, even for a registered nurse. Who better though, to address the correlation between weight, stress, women, and heart disease–if not a registered nurse AND personal trainer?
As covered last post, we face unique stressors. Starting at puberty and ending with menopause, and for many of us pregnancy, women face many challenges. But we already knew that. It often translates into weight woes. But does it have to be this way? Does this extra baggage carry more ominous repercussions? More than disliking ourselves in a dressing room mirror? Yes it does. Does it have to be that way? Absolutely not. If you stop and think, you drop the link. Let me explain.
There is a correlation between insulin resistance and obesity. Insulin is what keeps your blood sugar in check. For every pound for which you are overweight, your insulin sensitivity shifts to the negative; meaning resistance. That is the link/theory behind Type II diabetes and being overweight. For every few pounds you drop, your insulin sensitivity rises. What does this mean to women specifically? Some research suggests obese women are more insulin resistant than men. While theories abound as to why, the above mentioned, uniquely female stressors may play a role. For me, this represents PART ONE of STOP AND THINK.
What is PART TWO? Tune in next time, for discussion of one of my favorite things. BBQ ribs and sweet potato pie will have to wait. Let's get the weight off first. Then..we can talk.
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Allied health professionals have an 'amazing role' in social prescribing, James Sanderson, director of personalised care at NHS England, told a Westminster Health Forum conference.
Social prescribing, the theme for the event on 21 March, is a way for all health professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. Exercise classes, reading or gardening groups, are examples.
'We have got to create new partnerships and social prescribing gives us an opportunity to do that.
'What we are seeing emerging across the country is a great role for physios, OTs and paramedics in supporting person-centred care … delivering services in a different way.
Opening the conference, Michael Dixon, pictured, a GP and NHS England's national clinical champion for social prescribing, said 20 per cent of his patients came with a social problem. He described social prescribing as 'an idea whose time has come'.
Responding to a question from Frontline about the role of physiotherapists, either in referring their patients to facilitators or acting as social prescribers, Dr Dixon said: 'Certainly physiotherapists should be able to refer their patients to social prescribing.
'The degree to which we all actually do it ourselves, well, even as a GP from time to time I will suggest some sort of voluntary agency or activity for people who are perhaps already motivated to do it, and don't need the social prescribing facilitator.
'I think it is about a cultural mindset that we need to change, which is that physios don't just give exercises and ultrasound and the like, and doctors don't just give medicines and medical procedures.
Adding to the discussion, NHS England's social prescribing senior manager Bev Taylor said the country had some great physiotherapists who were very supportive of social prescribing. They were working with connected schemes that employ link workers to refer people.
'There is some lovely stuff happening around support groups,' she said.
A key issue raised at the conference was a lack of evidence to demonstrate that social prescribing works.
Deborah Collis, associate director of system engagement at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that although NICE did not have social prescribing guidelines, many of its recommendations were directly related. Examples included those on exercise referral schemes, weight management, and older people's independence and mental wellbeing.
'There is quite a lot of evidence to put some strong recommendations in place,' she said.


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The island of Molokini, we will be taking a snorkeling trip here!
Tomorrow, my husband and I are leaving for a long awaited and belated 15th anniversary celebration/vacation to Maui! This trip was originally scheduled for October 2014 but instead we traveled to Infusio for my Lyme treatment.
I think we made the right decision to delay this trip because it will be my first trip in almost 3 years without having to lug all kinds of meds and supplements with me!!
It will also be awesome to not wonder if I will feel sick or have Lyme flare up!
I've also decided to take a "technology fast" while I'm away. Thankfully, I can schedule posts in advance and thought this would be good time to share some of the interesting things I've learned in school about digestive philosophy and nutritional biochemistry. I'll also be sharing about my bees and more Infusio interviews.
I've been to Maui once before but it was a very short trip and almost 18 years ago! If you've been and have any "must do" things please share them with me in comments. I'll check them before I board the plane tomorrow!
Do you have any fun summer vacation plans? I'd love to hear where you're headed this summer!
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As suggested, the announcement comes on the heels of failure to resolve any of the nations' many diplomatic disputes. The countries remain at odds on U.S. engagement in Iraq and Syria, Russia still grants residency to Edward Snowden and stretches their western border, and both nations continue to sell actual firearms abroad without restraint. As such, it was decided that combat engagement with suction-tipped armaments was the most appropriate way to convey their restlessness, so that no one important actually gets hurt.
"The Americans think our technology has not advanced since the Cold War, which is what we are counting on," Putin told assembled reporters while riding shirtless on a horse and brandishing a Nerf Crossbow. "We have come a long way since the Nerf Bow & Arrow. This war shall prove Russian military dominance once and for all.
With cushiony hostilities soon to be underway, China has requested that they be allowed to participate, prompting an agreement that they could take winner, so long as they clean up before everybody's mom gets home.


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Alreet folks. I've got a set (2 actually but that's another story) of these that had a hard life before I got them. All of the toms have got either holes punched in or cracks in the shells. Can anyone recommend a place that can remove the old shells from the radial bridges (which are like a stave constructed ring with the mounting threads for the t rods in,) and replace the shells with something nice again, and perhaps refurbish the bridges a bit, some TLC needed there as well with all the dings and scrapes on them.
When the great Dave Carrera had to retire from drum making he sold his tooling etc to North drum company who seem to be doing some nice work, perhaps worth contacting them!
Great drums those Peaveys, not all that popular because many hated the look, but we are supposed to judge by how it sounds, and they do make a good sound!
Oddly enough I contacted North through Facebook and although they were interested in the project, were reluctant to take it on due to the fact that they wouldn't be able to rejig the bridges if they knadged one removing it fro the current shell.
And yes, you're right, they do sound really, really good. I just wish the studio I got them from had looked after them a bit more then they'd not look quite so tired! I'll keep looking, there might be a builder out there or a furniture repair shop might be able to do something?
Try Highwood Drums and percussion , they do repairs as well as their own drums. I have one of their kits and I'm unbelievably happy with it.
I believe the Radial Pros had plywood edges and their cheaper range had moulded synthetic ones. New wood ones could possibly be made by any company with a big enough wood turning lathe, and this could include companies which make solid / stave drum shells.


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Ukraine – journalists behind the lines
Bellingcat spots Russian false flag tactic
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General, Vienna 20/02/2022
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins today revealed what he calls an "Anatomy of a Russian Separatist False Flag – a highly-convincing video posted on the People's Militia of the "Donetsk People's Republic" Telegram service. It claims to show a sabotage operation targeting chlorine tanks.
Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat founder
"They claimed that Polish-speaking saboteurs" planned to blow up a tank with chlorine on the territory of a sewage treatment plant near the city of Gorlovka," Higgins said on Twitter. The video had supposedly been recovered from the saboteurs' bodies. This is the message from the "People's Republic" that accompanied it:
Not for the first time, Bellingcat is proving as effective as any other organisation, and even on-the-ground reporters, in exposing the poisonous nonsense with which the West – and not just the West – is now confronted.
On the phone to President Macron. Did the French President's private diplomacy actually make things worse?
Putin's vault to power in 1999 came with his confrontation with Chechnya, accused of being behind the blowing up of four apartment blocks. They resulted in the deaths of 94 people in Moscow in their sleep and at least 283 others across Russia. Was that, as many analysts argue, a bloody and cynical falsehood, engineered with the help of the FSB (formerly KGB)?
Meanwhile, the threat of a real full-scale war against Ukraine, for purely confected reasons, continued today, Russian exercises continuing and exposing the ultimate disunity and confusion of the West.
Putin may well, as former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko argues, seize the opportunities offered by the violent chaos he has engineered. The aim: to win back more of the old USSR, alias Russian empire which he openly misses. Beyond the work of Bellingcat and other internet sleuths, it is hard to know what is really going on.
A small protest in Moscow against Putin's actions was quickly suffocated by the police. In Kyiv mass-protests continue. But for most Russians, argues The Moscow Times , this imbroglio is just part of a gloomy "new normal".
♦ Aljazeera 19/02/2022 Who's telling the truth about Ukraine?
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Not for your average show rules. This design was for a custom booth space that allowed for 16 feet tall back walls. Technology heavy, this exhibit has 3 demo areas and a product information LCD display. Product display area is also included. Lots of impact for such a small space. Check your show rules before looking into this one.


Christopher Rose Architects is a small, collaborative design firm focusing on detail, clarity, tradition and innovation. Comprised of a few individuals who have worked together for many years, our staff brings a wide variety of expertise and knowledge to every project. Our design philosophy is deeply entrenched in South Carolina's architectural history and dynamic climatic landscape. We approach architecture with a rich awareness of regional traditions coupled with the ever- evolving technologies to produce homes with a lasting, distinct appeal.
Christopher Rose guides his staff with a long heritage as a South Carolinian. We site our homes carefully, in response to sun, breezes and views of the Low Country. These tried-and-true methods are the foundation of our commitment to sustainable design. Our home designs value efficiency and clarity in an effort to create a spatial simplicity that is a retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail, knowing that their function and expression can enliven a home.
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Turn almost any device into a Z-Wave enabled device by connecting it to the FortrezZ Z-Wave MIMO2 Interface Module. This 2-input, 2-output (IO) module is perfect for controlling anything from a garage door to a drapery motor. You could even use it as a doorbell sensor to receive Z-Wave alerts when a visitor rings your traditional mechanical doorbell. And because the 4 inputs and outputs can be used simultaneously, you could optionally activate an output whenever the input is triggered! Provides 2 input and 2 relay output (NO/NC). Converts wired devices into Z-Wave capable wireless devices. System includes program switch and LEDs for status indications. Supports latching or momentary functionality.
Works with most Z-Wave controllers. The MIMO2 is capable of converting a digital or analog voltage input and/or a Z-Wave RF message input into a dry contact relay output and/or a Z-Wave RF message output, making it incredibly flexible for a wide variety of applications. It has an input for digital or analog devices operating at 0 to 16VDC (or up to 16Hz for pulse counting), and it has a true 12V-24V dry voltage relay output (normally open/normally closed) with a maximum switching power of 120W. The module supports either latching or momentary/pulsing applications. When used as a momentary relay, you can adjust the timing from 32 milliseconds (default) up to 3 seconds.
If you want to switch from latching to momentary, or vice versa, but you have already enrolled the module into your Z-Wave controller, you need to first unenroll the module from your controller, then enroll it again in order to switch to your desired function. Not rated for outdoor use. Do not attempt to use the relays to switch residential or industrial Alternating Current (AC) lines. The relays are to be used for low-power load control only. The MIMO2 must not be used in life support and/or safety applications.
Power: 12-16 VDC from a power supply at 500mA capability. Wireless Range: Max 100 feet line of sight in unobstructed environment.
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This impedance is = 66 ohm = 34 ohm + j 540uH. Output Relay 1,2 (REL1 & REL2): SPDT, Max. Switching power of 120W; 10uA to 10A; High Dielectric strength coil-contacts: 1,000VAC. Open Contacts: 750VAC; Conforms to FCC Part 68 requirements; Ag + Au clad bifurcated contacts fully sealed. System Requirement: Any Z-Wave enabled network and controller. Operating Temperature: 14° to 158°F (-10° to 70°C). Enclosure Size: 3-3/8(L) x 2-1/2(W) x 1-1/4(D) inches (85 x 64 x 30mm). Weight: 4 ounces (100 g). The item "FortrezZ Z-Wave MiMO2+ Interface Module (MIMO2US)" is in sale since Wednesday, December 21, 2016. This item is in the category "Consumer Electronics\Surveillance & Smart Home Electronics\Other Smart Home Electronics".


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Q: "LAG could not take such arguments" warning in IntelliJ IDEA for correct usage of function Given the MariaDB query SELECT LAG(value, 1) OVER (ORDER BY added_on) FROM transactions. I'm working in IntelliJ IDEA (could as well be PHPStorm anything JetBrains related), and my IDE gives me an error for the LAG function, namely:

LAG could not take such arguments

Removing the , 1 in the LAG function removes this warning, but why am I given this warning in the first place? According to documentation, this is a perfectly fine way to call LAG(<expression>[,offset]) OVER (ORDER BY <expression>)
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Q: How to make minibuffer not to show up "Matches (" in Emacs? When I was editting text in minibuffer ,I entered "(" and ")". Then minibuffer shows message like "Matches (" for a few seconds. I do not want this message showing up. How to make this message function off? I think show-paren-mode is enough for me to check paren in minibuffer.
Example of key sequence and minibuffer:
time| minibuffer
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I'm using Emacs 24.3 on MacOSX.
Thanks.

A: You can disable it by adding this to your init file
(setq blink-matching-paren nil)


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I play a lot of games. So I decided I'd try to write a few reviews for some of them. Perhaps I could end up doing it for a living, though I suspect the life of a professional video games journalist isn't quite as fun as it sounds. I suppose the reviews I've written aren't really long or detailed enough to be called reviews, they're just some of the thoughts I had while playing them. I don't score a game, just say whether I felt it was good or bad or average, what I liked and what I disliked.
All the games I'll review will be the Xbox 360 version, as that's what I play my games on. The only exception to this will be if I review a Wii game, as I have one of those too, but only really play the first part games. I may review Super Mario Galaxy 2 at some point, but if you have a Wii and don't own it you're a fool. That's my review for that. The first three games I'm "reviewed" are Dead to Rights: Retribution (looking back, I don't know why I bought that), Alan Wake and Alpha Protocol. I was playing these over the summer, when I wasn't watching the cricket or the football. I wrote these quite a while ago, but didn't really have anywhere to put them, it was more just to give me something to do that was a little bit creative.
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Federal program to help 560 Indy residents land tech jobs
The program does not come with any federal funding, although participants can compete for federal grants.
Federal program to help 560 Indy residents land tech jobs The program does not come with any federal funding, although participants can compete for federal grants. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1pfdMjA
Maureen Groppe, Star Washington Bureau Published 12:06 a.m. ET March 9, 2016 | Updated 9:49 a.m. ET March 9, 2016
President Barack Obama boarded Air Force One at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Ky., April 2, 2015, after touring and speaking about the economy at Indatus, a Louisville technology company that specializes in cloud-based products and services. The White House announced Wednesday, March 9, 2016, that Indianapolis is joining the TechHire initiative that includes Indatus.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP 2015 file photo)
WASHINGTON — The White House has named Indianapolis a TechHire community, making it part of a national initiative to train low-skilled workers for higher-paying technology jobs.
The program relies on commitments from the public and private sectors to train and hire people for jobs in software development, network administration and cybersecurity.
The Obama administration estimates the program could help 186 Hoosiers get jobs this year and help 560 through 2018.
Marion County's workforce development board, EmployIndy, is working with the coding school Eleven Fifty Academy and with the technology sector growth initiative TechPoint to bring together local employers for the training and hiring program. Employers include Angie's List, Apparatus, Blackboard, Bloomerang, Fiber Indy, Interactive Intelligence, NetLogix, TCC Software Solutions and WDD Software Solutions.
"It's no secret that tech is booming in Central Indiana," said Chelsea Meldrum, EmployIndy's vice president of development. "This exciting distinction is validation to the great work and partnerships formed to advance opportunities for our residents to earn high-wage, high-demand opportunities in the industry."
Becoming a TechHire community does not come with any federal funding, although Indianapolis can compete for federal grants that are aligned with the program.
Instead, being part of the White House initiative helps communities share best practices and data that companies, such as LinkedIn, agreed to provide on the supply and demand of tech skills in specific areas.
"It's an organizing principle for those of us on the ground," said Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, who launched a statewide tech training initiative last year. "It also gives some credibility to our efforts, especially when we go out to attract employers."
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The program started with 21 communities, states or rural areas, and has grown to 50 with this week's additions.
The White House estimates Central Indiana will have 51,500 new technical jobs by 2025, and half could go unfilled if current trends continue.
"Too many Americans think these jobs are out of their reach, that they are only in places like Silicon Valley or that they all require an advanced degree in computer science," said Jacob Leibenluft, deputy director of the National Economic Council. "That's not the case."
Leibenluft said there are more jobs open in technology than in any other occupation, and they pay about 50 percent more than the average private-sector job.
Participating communities agree to try training programs that take months, instead of years; to hire workers with nontraditional backgrounds; and to help connect people to jobs.
The Indianapolis initiative combines TechPoint's Xtern program, Eleven Fifty's rapid and immersive coding curriculum and EmployIndy's ability to assess, screen and place qualified applicants.
Are coding academies the tech world's path to a new career?
"Seeing Indianapolis recognized for the growth we are experiencing in the tech community is very exciting," said Mike Langellier, CEO of TechPoint.
Louisville, Ky., was among the original participants, and President Barack Obama traveled there last April to praise the Code Louisville program. The city made a short-term online programming course available to anyone with a library card. The Louisville technology company Indatus pledged to hire program graduates. And the program has received training grants through the U.S. Department of Labor.
"What we've done here is issue a call to action and encourage communities to come together to develop commitments in partnership with employers, with training providers, with philanthropy." Leibenluft said. "Just that piece of bringing people together is an important tool in encouraging new commitments."
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Still facing an uphill battle to regain its reputation as a trusted automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen has turned a blind-eye to consumers in the Black and Latino community.
To some, it's puzzling that the scandal-plagued automaker would ignore African-Americans, whom a Nielsen Company study revealed possess $1.1 trillion in collective buying power that's expected to increase to $1.3 trillion by 2017.
Equally inexplicable is the company's exclusion of Latinos, whose college enrollment has more than tripled since 1996 and who now represent 20 percent of the white and gray collar labor force.
In an effort to garner some needed goodwill, Volkswagen earlier this month placed advertisements in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and 28 other newspapers apologizing to what it called its "trusted consumer" base for its misdeeds.
Those ads were not placed in any of the more than 200 National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Black-owned newspapers that carry a combined weekly readership of more than 20 million people.
Nor were they placed in any of the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) newspapers, which serve 41 markets in 39 states with a combined circulation of more than 23 million readers, according to the NAHP.
"While new vehicle purchasing remains steady overall, more Latinos and African-Americans are buying new cars, yet we do not see Volkswagen engage with our communities especially when brand loyalty is one of the strengths of our consumers," said Martha Montoya, the president of the NAHP and publisher of the award-winning El Mundo newspaper.
Montoya provided statistics that revealed that Latinos and African-Americans accounted for at least 18 percent of new vehicle purchases in 2018, up by three percentage points from last year.
"[Yet], Volkswagen's spending in Latino media declined by 49 percent so far this year, when compared to last year.
"Now that they have the opportunity to grab a market share with relevant cultural material, they keep insisting on ignoring our industry which is absolutely puzzling," Montoya said.
That means ignoring more than $1.5 trillion to $1.7 trillion in annual buying power that Latinos possess, according Carlos Santiago, president and chief strategist of Santiago Solutions Group, a leading growth strategy consultancy focused on Latino markets.
In the Volkswagen mea culpa ads, the company apologized for concealing the high-level of emissions in its diesel models with a sensor and software that conveyed phony data.
The transgression has raised doubts about the company's credibility, and hearings in the United States Senate and elsewhere were convened to investigate the matter.
Along with the ads, Volkswagen said its offering affected car owners a $500 Volkswagen Visa Prepaid Loyalty Card and a $500 Volkswagen Dealership Card.
They're also offering free, 24-hour Roadside Assistance for three years.
However, excluding minority-owned newspapers signaled that minority consumers, whose combined annual spending power is more than $3 trillion, were not included in the offer.
"We placed the ad with papers in key markets that had the widest diverse readership possible," said Machelle D. Williams, general manager of diversity and CSR at Volkswagen.
The company insisted that diversity and inclusion are top priorities for Volkswagen of America and officials said this commitment is part of the company's goal of being recognized as a leader in diversity and inclusion practices by 2018 and includes partnerships with key national organizations such as the National Urban League, National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Rainbow Push.
However, the company did not explain why they overlooked minority-owned media outlets.
And, it's not just Volkswagen who's ignored that buying power.
A Nielsen Company consumer spending report released last year revealed that companies spend just three percent of their advertising budgets marketing to African-American consumers.
But, Volkswagen's credibility appears to be shrinking.
The YouGov Brand Index, which tracks consumer perception, found that Volkswagen's U.S. score plummeted to minus-24 as of Sept. 22 from a plus 12 just before the scandal broke.
Negative tweets about Volkswagen jumped to 99,900 during the week from Sept. 18 through 24, compared with 1,187 in the seven days before the crisis, according to Amobee Brand Intelligence.
Earlier this year, Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition its annual Auto Diversity Scorecard revealed that, when it comes to advertising, marketing and minority dealership development, Volkswagen did display some indication of diversity.
Dr. Ben Chavis, the president and CEO of the NNPA and civil rights leader, said that he's appalled at Volkswagen's deliberate exclusion of newspapers and individuals of color.


Ben's affection for all things Blair are legendary. While he was at Blair, Ben was Editor-in-Chief of the Silver Chips, won the Scholastic Writing Contest Award, was in the Latin Honor Society, wrote for the Silver Quill, won a Woodmen of the World Award, and was an avid supporter of Blair's many championship athletic teams.
After graduation, Ben went to Columbia University and Yale Law School, and eventually became a White House speechwriter. Ben has been a columnist and editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, a syndicated columnist for The Los Angeles Herald Examiner (R.I.P.) and King Features Syndicate, and a frequent contributor to Barrons. He has also been a regular columnist for Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, E! Online, and has written a lengthy diary for twenty years for The American Spectator. He currently writes a column for The New York Times Sunday Business Section and a column about personal finance for Yahoo!, is a commentator for CBS Sunday Morning, and for Fox News. He has written, co-written and published thirty books, including seven novels, largely about life in Los Angeles, and twenty-one nonfiction books. He is also an extremely well known actor in movies, TV, and commercials. His part of the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was recently ranked as one of the fifty most famous scenes in American film. From 1997 to 2002, he was the host of the Comedy Central quiz show, "Win Ben Stein's Money." The show won seven Emmies.
Through all of his success, Ben has remained a loyal and eloquent spokesperson for Blair, bringing recognition and honor to the school he loves so well.


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Q: HTML script to convert a text string(s) into a specified hyperlink My basic requirement is to convert given text anchors into hyperlinks,  using HTML or any browser side script. We use Windows10/IE/Edge, FYI.
Example : Given text
ABC
CDE
EFG

Required Output:
www.xyz.com/test/ABC
www.xyz.com/test/CDE
www.xyz.com/test/EFG

I have found a bash to hyperlink query here. My requirement is similar but need a browser based script
How to create html links based on a text document of inputs

A: Put text in <textarea> and read it's content using js/jQuery.
Create links dynamically in memory and later use where needed (I simply append to DOM)

var urlBase = 'https://example.com';

$(document).ready(function () {
  $('#input').change(function () {
    var lines = $(this).val().split("\n"); // Split textarea content by new line
    var links = $('#links'); // Links container
    links.html(''); // Empty container content

    $.each(lines, function (i, line) {
      links.append($('', {href: urlBase + '/' + line, text: line})); // Append new link element
    })
  })
})
#links a {
  display: block;
}

<textarea id="input"></textarea>

A: Get the value of the text input, split it at the new lines and create a string of the a's with teh desired hrefs. I am using a ul to display the results.
Note the advantage of creating a string that is then added to the DOM is that it affects the DOM only once - rather than on each loop of the append option. A small matter for when there is a small list, but if there are millions of lines to be appended - the constant DOM maniulation may cause issues if you use .append().

function convertText(){
 var links= document.getElementById('textInput').value;
 var linksArr = links.split('\n');

 var linkStr = '';
linksArr.forEach(function(link){
  linkStr += '
'+link+'
';
})

document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = linkStr;

}
<textarea id="textInput"></textarea>

<button type="button" onclick="convertText()">Convert text to links</button>


This month we will be seeing the Full Pink Moon overhead. Although the full moon will peak at 7:12 am April 19th (Eastern Daylight Time) it's advised by the Old Farmer's Almanac to view it on the night of the 18th for the best viewing.
Don't be disappointed if the moon doesn't actually appear pink. In fact, each full moon's name has more to do with nature than the appearance of its color.
Each month typically has one full moon. About every 19 years February can see no full moon. Every full moon has a unique name and according to in the Old Farmer's Almanac, these names were given to each full moon by Native American. However, it seems that the Full Moon names we use today also have Anglo-Saxon and Germanic roots.
The moon has energy. The relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth cause natural occurrences, emotional and physiological events.
We asked WU World-Changer and Intuitive Guide, Mitchell Osborn, to share with us the significance this Full Pink Moon plays in our life.
"When a Full Moon occurs, it's believed to be a great time to release the things in your life that are no longer serving you. Often rituals are performed in order to do this. It can be as simple as setting an intention to let go of that which is no longer serving you for your highest good and greatest growth.
So, prepare for the April 2019 Full Pink Moon!
Think about how you wish to change your life and prepare to dedicate a little time to self-healing by releasing what no longer serves you. Allow room to call into your life what you wish to manifest.
In fact, releasing and letting go was a theme of SoulTreat Spring 2019. As members of The Wellness Universe attended a sacred Native American Fire Ceremony in Sedona, Arizona, they released into the fire what they wanted to let go of and called in what they desired.
You can perform a similar ceremony in the comfort of your own home as you honor your highest self. Here is a modified version of the ancient Native American ceremony. It's a simple way to release what no longer serves you and you can do this any time you feel burdened or during the times of higher spiritual vibrations or energies in the air.
Light a white candle is a safe space. You will be burning paper in it, so be aware of the candle accommodating burning paper and take precautions while using fire. Tealights are not recommended.
Sit quietly and comfortably with a notebook and pen handy. Breathe. Enter into a meditative state.
Connect to that deep part of you where your truth lives. Once you are there with your thoughts, ask yourself out loud "What no longer serves me, in this moment, that keeps me from experiencing _______________ (love, abundance, financial freedom, joy, etc.)" See what answers come up. Write down your answers on a piece of paper. You will be 'releasing' what you write down. Don't worry if tears flow as you perform this. Tears are a good thing! It's part of releasing.
Take a moment to process and breathe.
Repeat step one, but this time ask yourself: "What serves my highest self in this moment to experience my best life." Feel your answers to what you really need and what your soul desires. Then say, "Please allow ____________ (forgiveness, confidence, trust, love, money, health, etc.) to enter with ease." Write down those answers on another piece of paper. These answers are uniquely your own.
Take the first paper and read out loud what you wish to release. As you focus on letting go of what you have written, fold the paper up and put it in the flame. You can rip it into smaller pieces first if needed.
Inhale and exhale a cleansing breath. Repeat with the second sheet of paper, setting the intention to call into your life what will serve you.
Use the moon's energy to help you to take a mindful moment and do a little self-love ritual is always healing.
As we usually have one full moon per month, it should be used as a reminder to honor ourselves in a very special way.


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Leonis Adobe & Plummer House Museum field trip
One of the oldest remaining residences in Los Angeles County, the Leonis Adobe Museum is the epitome of early ranch life. After coming very close to being destroyed to construct a supermarket on the property, a campaign to list it as a historical monument was successful, and it was restored to its former glory.
The Museum offers 2 different field trip experiences, the Rancho tour, and the Chumash tour. The Rancho tour is geared for students in kindergarten through 5th grades, while the Chumash tour is designed specifically for 3rd-grade students - with a minimum of 40 students and a maximum of 65 students to book.
The guides for the tour are dressed in period clothing and lead the students through the various buildings on the site while teaching them lessons from the specific tour. There are tons of pieces to see here beyond the adobe house, such as a blacksmith shop, a windmill, an 1870s Victorian House, and a livestock corral filled with horses, Texas Longhorn cattle, and sheep! Your students are sure to love these exhibits and won't want to leave when it's time to head back to school.
Leonis Legacies: The Plummer House
Leonis Adobe & Plummer House Museum
Calabasas/ Woodland Hills, CA 91302
http://leonisadobemuseum.org/


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Manitoba premier tweets photos of Winnipeg snow while vacationing in Costa Rica
Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, February 10, 2019 10:49AM EST
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister appeared to marvel on social media in recent days at Winnipeg's wintry weather, but in reality he was at his vacation home in tropical Costa Rica, his office has confirmed.
Pallister's Twitter and Instagram accounts put up a few pictures last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, as daytime temperatures hovered around -20 C.
One featured a photo of snow falling outside the Manitoba legislature with a comment "Snow Day!" A similar picture posed the question "Do you like the snow?" It was accompanied by an emoji -- a cartoon smiling face with large red hearts for eyes.
A third picture showed workers clearing snow from a side entrance of the legislature and warned: "Expect blowing snow and gusting wind this afternoon! .staywarm my fellow Manitobans!"
The messages, it turns out, were posted by one or more of Pallister's staff. Pallister's office offered a brief explanation as to why, but would not confirm details as to how long Pallister had been out of the country.
The premier was expected to return this weekend from his property in the Tamarindo area of Costa Rica, where recent temperatures surpassed 30 C.
"As a rule, we do not comment on the premier's schedule due to security considerations," read a written statement from the premier's office.
"The premier's Twitter account is used as a communications tool to maintain a continuous digital conversation with his audience. It can include comments on news events, anniversaries, disasters and emergencies, and significant weather events."
The statement also said the premier's Twitter profile notes that the account is run by the premier and staff. His Instagram profile does not.
Andrew Swan, a legislature member for the Opposition New Democrats, accused the premier and his staff of being misleading.
"The man's entitled to take holidays but he's not entitled to pretend he's back here in Winnipeg ... when in fact he's down in Costa Rica doing whatever it is he does down there."
Pallister has faced repeated criticism over his Costa Rican villa purchased in 2008.
In 2016, he said he planned to spend six to eight weeks a year in Costa Rica during his time as premier. He later revised the number to five weeks.
In 2017 -- a little more than a year after his Progressive Conservatives swept to power -- government documents revealed Pallister was communicating with staff through his wife's cellphone and personal email account while down south. New protocols were brought in requiring the premier and all staff to use government devices and email accounts when conducting government business.
Last year, Pallister admitted to not having paid a Costa Rican national tax on luxury homes because he had failed to update his property assessment. He said he owed roughly $8,000 in penalties and back taxes on the property, which includes a 3,400-square foot bungalow, a pool, a groundskeeper's quarters and a small gym.
You'll need a shovel on this #MondayMorning ❄🥶 pic.twitter.com/8eV4VyYPdZ
— Brian Pallister (@Brian_Pallister) February 4, 2019
Expect blowing snow ❄ and gusting wind 💨 this afternoon! #staywarm my fellow Manitobans! #WeatherWednesday pic.twitter.com/uNGPdL6nLG
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks during his cabinet shuffle at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg on August 1, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)


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Child Care is guided by the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to ensure that these rights become enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children.
Child Care reiterates that the survival, protection and development of children are imperatives of universal development and an integral part of the progress of humanity.
Child Care mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure that children have priority rights over resources, and build the capacity to establish appropriate policies and provide services for children and their families.
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escape into a book, escaping from hectic life, self care
Lucy	on October 13, 2021
It's 9 pm, you're exhausted, and you just want to be horizontal and immobile for a while. So you head to the sofa, turn on the TV, and load up Netflix. And you find the perfect thing to binge and escape from the world with.
Yeah, I get it. (And yep, I do it too.)
But each time I find a really great book I can't put down for a weekend, I remember that Netflix isn't the only binge-worthy entertainment.
Sometimes, it's even more immersive to leap into the world of a book and not leave it for a while. You also get to spend a bit less time away from a screen (at least a non-Kindle one). Here are a few recommendations to get you started…
8 books to binge-read instead of watching Netflix on loop
1. The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
You might have seen this new Nordic Noir series appear on Netflix lately. If something seems familiar about The Chestnut Man, it's because the show – and this book, which came first – are created by the guy behind The Killing.
Why not give the book by Søren Sveistrup a go first? In this compulsively readable thriller in the tradition of Stieg Larsson, a psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. (My current home city!)
His calling card is a "chestnut man" – a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts – which he leaves at each bloody crime scene.
These seem to be a strange quirk, until one of the chestnut men bears the fingerprints of a government minister's young daughter who had been kidnapped and murdered a year ago.
A pair of detectives must put aside their differences to piece together the Chestnut Man's gruesome clues and try to save more lives – and protect their own.
See the book on Amazon
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Looking for something lighter? The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is fantastic. It's the type of book I cruise through in a weekend, unable to stop reading it for too long but not wanting it to end either.
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more surprised (and confused) than Monique herself.
Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. But it turns out that there's a reason Evelyn chose Monique to tell this story – and it will make Monique think very differently about the best opportunity of her career.
3. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
If you ask book lovers for their best can't-put-down recommendations, you'll probably soon get bored of hearing 11/22/63. But it really is good.
When President Kennedy died on November 22, 1963, the world changed forever. But here, Stephen King asks – in his characteristic gripping and terrifying way – what if someone could change it back?
That person turns out to be Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Maine, whose friend and owner of the local diner, Al, lets him in on a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958.
So begins Jake's new life as George Amberson, in a different world where every turn leads, of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas.
4. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
If you're looking for a brilliantly plotted sci-fi thriller that's mind-bendingly strange, read Dark Matter.
The last thing Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious is this question: "Are you happy with your life?"
He awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits, and a man who Jason has never met saying, "Welcome back, my friend." This life and world he's woken up to isn't the one he knows. But is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves?
5. The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennet
If you loved watching The Crown but would enjoy it even more with a slice of murder mystery, The Windsor Knot is your pick of this list.
The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck.
When the police begin to suspect her loyal servants, Her Majesty isn't so sure. For it turns out that the Queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since her coronation, honing a brilliant knack for solving crimes. Can the Queen and her trusted secretary Rozie catch the killer, without getting caught themselves?
6. The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
If magic meets Bridgerton sounds like your idea of a good time, grab yourself a copy of The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk.
Sorceress Beatrice Clayborn practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar to cut off her powers. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged mage, but with her family in severe debt, only her marriage can save them. What follows is trickery, magic, and a lot of romance.
7. The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
If you tore through Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies or the screen adaptation, this gripping page-turner by Bruce Holsinger should be perfect for your next read.
In the privileged and uneventful community of Crystal, Colorado, a group of close friends are raising their families in harmony. That is until news begins to spread that a 'gifted school' will be opening its doors in town. Places will be sparse, the competition ferocious, and as the facade of their picture-perfect community begins to fade, long-buried secrets threaten to surface under the pressure.
8. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
I've been binge-reading Helen Hoang's books lately. I'm going to say now that I don't usually read books with this much romance or sex. But if I'm going to start my foray into that genre, these books with fantastic themes of self-discovery and autism in the mix are a superb place to start.
It was only when researching her first novel in the series, The Kiss Quotient, that Helen Hoang was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder herself.
I don't think I've ever read fiction that talks about autism spectrum disorder (which I have) so well. The Kiss Quotient is the first in a series of three beautifully interlinking books, each focusing on three women whose new partners give them a whole new view of love – and themselves.
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Top FBI attorney provides 'explosive' testimony regarding Trump-Russia probe, suspected FISA abuse
October 4, 2018 | BPR Wire | Print Article
Chuck Ross, DCNF
A former top lawyer at the FBI provided "explosive" testimony to Congress on Wednesday regarding the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation, lawmakers said.
James Baker, who served as the FBI's general counsel until May, told Congress that a previously unidentified source provided information to the FBI for its investigation, which began on July 31, 2016.
"During the time that the FBI was putting — that [the Department of Justice] and FBI were putting together the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act surveillance warrant] during the time prior to the election — there was another source giving information directly to the FBI, which we found the source to be pretty explosive," Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan said after a hearing, according to Fox News.
As the FBI's top attorney, Baker was directly involved in handling applications for the FISA warrants granted against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Baker was interviewed behind closed doors as part of a congressional task force's investigation into the FBI's possible abuse of the FISA process. Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns that the Page FISAs relied heavily on the unverified Steele dossier.
The document, which was funded by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was cited extensively in the FBI's applications to spy on Page.
"Some of the things that were shared were explosive in nature," North Carolina GOP Rep. Mark Meadows told Fox regarding Baker's interview. "This witness confirmed that things were done in an abnormal fashion. That's extremely troubling."
Jordan and Meadows did not provide additional details about what information Baker shared or who the FBI's source was. They said that congressional investigators were not aware of the source until Baker's testimony.
Meadows said earlier on Wednesday that he has seen evidence that "confidential human sources" used by the FBI "actually taped members within the Trump campaign."
"There is strong suggestions in that some of the text messages, emails, and so forth who was involved, that extraordinary measures were used to surveil," Meadows told Hill.TV.
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As per the Private University Act 2010 under article 19, The Academic Council is the principal authority of Academic activities of the University. The Academic Council recommends the educational policies of the University and also determines the curricula and courses that can help achieve high educational standards. The council is currently composed of the following academics and professionals:
Duties and Responsibilities of the Academic Council of CUST
The Academic Council of CUST is the coordinating body of the faculty and shall deliberate on any matter within the purview of the faculty for the purpose of formulating general policy for approval or disapproval of the faculty.
The Council shall work with the Syndicate in planning the agenda for meetings of the faculty in order to provide for timely and appropriate discussion of faculty business.
The Academic Council shall maintain communication with members of standing committees and collect formal reports from the chairs of all standing committees on a yearly basis.
The Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the Syndicate and give advice on the setting of priorities and the planning of long-range goals for the university.
The Council shall supply the faculty with information on yearly basis relevant to its participation in the formulation of the goals and priorities of the university.
The Council shall serve as a nominating committee for elective members of standing committees of the faculty, submitting to the faculty at least one week in advance of the faculty meeting.
Elected members of the Council shall serve as a hearing committee, when a hearing is to be held, in cases involving the dismissal or suspension of a faculty member or charges of unprofessional conduct against a any of them.
The council shall make University Ordinance for the proper conduct of teaching, research and examination and for promoting academic life in the University and the institutes.
The council shall lay down conditions under which the students may be given admission to the various courses of studies and the examinations held by the university.
The council shall propose to the Syndicate schemes for constitution of University, Departments and Boards of Studies.
The council shall make University Ordinances for the award of Fellowships, Scholarships, Medals and Prizes.
Perform any other task assigned by the competent authority.
Members of the Academic Council
Prof. Dr. Md. Monjur Hossain
Prof. Dr. Safayet Hossain
Dean, School of Business & Industrial Development
Prof. Md. Mujibur Rahman
Dean, School of Computer Science & Information Technology
Md. Sajedur Rahman
Asst. Prof. & Chairman (Incharge), Dept. of Business Administration
Sk. Mamunur Rashid
Asst. Prof. & Chairman, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Nominated by the Board of Trustees (BoT), CUST
Mr. Zakaria Shapon
Founder & CEO, IPAY Systems Ltd.
Eng. Mohammad Ali
DMD & CTO, Pubali Bank Ltd.
Mr. Zahidul Hasan Mitul
MD, Business Automation Ltd.
Nominated by the Syndicate, CUST
Prof. Dr. Md. Abul Bashar
Vice-Chancellor, Sonargaon University
Prof. Dr. Sabbir Mostafa Khan
Dept. of Water Resources Eng., BUET
Md. Shamim Halder
Registrar (Acting)
Member Secretary


How do helical computed tomography (CT) and ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scan compare in ability to detect acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?
Data sources: MEDLINE (1985 to 2003), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1985 to 2003), bibliographies of relevant studies, and contact with experts. Articles on helical CT were limited to those published between 1990 and 2003, and articles on V/Q scan were limited to those published between 1985 and 2003.
Study selection and assessment: English-language studies that used helical CT or V/Q scan as a diagnostic test for acute PE and pulmonary angiography as the diagnostic standard; reported true-positive, false-positive, true-negative, and false-negative data in absolute numbers; and had a time interval ≤ 48 hours between the test and the diagnostic standard. Studies were assessed for design, blinding between readers, verification bias, and interpretation bias.
Outcomes: Diagnostic test characteristics and regression coefficients from summary receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.
12 studies were included. 9 studies (n = 520, mean age range 34 to 63 y based on 8 studies) used helical CT, 5 studies (n = 1269, mean age range 53 to 63 y based on 3 studies) used V/Q scan, and 2 studies used both helical CT and V/Q scan. Test characteristics for helical CT and V/Q scan are in the Table. Summary ROC curve analysis showed that helical CT had greater discriminatory power than V/Q scan when an "intermediate-" or a "high-" probability V/Q scan result was considered positive for PE (regression coefficient 4.14, P = 0.05) but had similar discriminatory power when only a "high-probability" V/Q scan result was considered positive for PE (regression coefficient 0.59, P = 0.46).
Source of funding: No external funding.
For correspondence: Dr. T. Fukui, St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. E-mail fkts@luke.or.jp.
*Sensitivity and specificity were weighted using a random-effects model. Diagnostic terms defined in Glossary; LRs calculated using the weighted summary estimates of sensitivity and specificity in the article.
You are asked to see a patient with suspected PE who you determine has a moderate pretest probability (24% to 32%) for PE based on a standardized clinical prediction rule (1). Should you order a V/Q scan or helical CT? You know that a V/Q scan provides an indeterminate (or nondiagnostic) result in up to 75% of patients with suspected PE, and helical CT may not be adequate to detect small, subsegmental clots that may be important (2).
Hayashino and colleagues' clever use of a summary ROC curve analysis allows comparison of helical CT with V/Q scan by collapsing V/Q scan results into positive and negative results. The results suggest that, overall, helical CT is more sensitive and better at ruling out PE, irrespective of how the V/Q scan was reported. It is noteworthy, however, that a "near normal-to-normal" V/Q scan has adequate discriminatory power to exclude PE (sensitivity 98%, negative likelihood ratio 0.46) and is a reasonable alternative to rule out PE when helical CT is contraindicated (e.g., patients with impaired renal function). The 2 tests have similar specificities that allow ruling in PE when V/Q is reported as "high probability" for PE. Hayashino and colleagues provided posttest probabilities based on low, medium, and high clinical suspicion, which makes this a practical review. If a patient with a moderate pretest clinical probability of PE has a negative helical CT, the posttest probability is still 5.5%, and is 11.6% with a near normal-to-normal V/Q scan. If the helical CT is positive, the posttest probability is 84%—the same as that of a high-probability V/Q scan.
The authors appropriately discuss the limitations of this process and the fact that all CT data reflected single-slice imaging. Today, most CT scans use 4- to 64-slice imaging, providing greater imaging resolution and the added ability to detect other diseases. We eagerly await the results of the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED) II trial, which used multislice CTs and scanning of the pelvic and thigh veins, to see if this mode is useful in patients with moderate clinical suspicion of PE. It seems from this review that both tests are useful when clinical suspicion and test results are concordant.


Rigor mortis is a Latin term that some people find confusing. We will examine the definition of the term rigor mortis, where it came from and some examples of its use in sentences.
Rigor mortis is a physical stage that a dead body goes through. During rigor mortis, the body becomes stiff in its joints and muscles. A lack of certain chemicals forces the joints and muscles to become stiff. Rigor mortis may set in as early as four hours after death, and last as long as four days. Certain factors affect rigor mortis, including the temperature of the environment, the humidity, and the condition of the muscles in the body. Determination of rigor mortis is often employed in forensic pathology. The term rigor mortis is Latin, and literally means stiffness in death. Occasionally, the term rigor mortis is used metaphorically to mean something is finished or outdated, as if the item being discussed has been dead for a period of time.


When we rose up from the murky water / we'd scale it like lizards.
just a stone, big and anodyne.
the landscape was the mud.
and she is neglected by us.
The limpid and illusory simplicity of José Watanabe (1946-2007), one of Peru's most revered poets, quietly pervades the poet's seven original volumes of poetry. An author of children's books and adaptive screenplays, Watanabe is also a contributor to La memoria del ojo: cien años de presencia japonesa en el Perú (Memory of the Eye: A Hundred Years of Japanese Presence in Peru, 1999), a "photographic history" that attests to the World War II relocations of nearly 2000 Japanese Peruvians to U.S. internment camps. His rendition of Antigona (Yuyachkani & Comisión de Derechos Humanos, 2000), deploys the classic to honor those who disappeared amidst the traumatic violence of Peru's recent decades.
Michelle Har Kim is an editor and independent scholar living in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles. She is a recent recipient of an NEA Translation Award, and author of "American Antipodes: Anna Kazumi Stahl's Flores de un solo día" (The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies, 2016), an inquiry into Anglophone exceptionalism in Asian American literatures. She has also translated poetry by Peruvian-Argentinean novelist Julia Wong Kcomt.


I've read about them, but I don't know enough about them to implement one without lots of headaches and research. They have been on my mind more and more though with the happenings in Egypt, Libya, and now on home turf in San Francisco.
We all carry around these devices which can both broadcast and receive on multiple frequencies, the two of primary interest being Bluetooth and 802.11 Wi-Fi. Bump has proven that we can use Bluetooth to transfer point to point, sure they do some authentication on their servers and require users to accept the transaction but a proof of concept is already there. Combined with one of the several mesh routing techniques and perhaps something like onion routing where only the destination node can read the message… sounds like a feasible mesh network.
Without the onion routing you have the same problem as CBs one can sniff all the traffic on the network and learn what is going on. Protesters use police scanners to do the same thing that police could do with CBs to monitor traffic. The alternative is to use something like public/private key, which only works if you have set it up ahead of time, unlikely in the ideal use cases like protests.
Another potential problem is the needing a rooted phone for broadcasting a wireless node, limiting non-rooted phones to single point to point communication, or connecting as an end node to a Wi-Fi network that someone else is broadcasting, or using Bluetooth which I don't know the limitations on whether they can multicast or would have to connect to each other phone individually.
Yet another potential problem is battery life. When I tether it drains my battery quickly. I have not confirmed that this is purely the broadcasting and not the combination of broadcasting as well as connecting on 3g. Bluetooth appears to be more battery efficient and newer versions of the protocol/hardware is getting better/more efficient.
A note to those who will read this and rip it apart, I've not done any research for the piece directly, just reading about things when they peaked my interest months ago. If you have any corrections please add them (preferably with source) to the comments and I'll gladly update the post.


Medieval yet charming, the quaint town of Rye lies in the South East corner of Sussex. With stunning green Sussex countryside to the North and endless ocean to the South, Rye has the best of both worlds. Camber Sands is the main beach in the area with attractive dunes and coastal cliffs with fascinating wildlife, a true catchment area for natural beauty. Many Sussex holiday rentals are nestled away within all this natural beauty, in prime position for wildlife and idyllic walks right from your front door.
A showcase for all of this is hidden away in Rye Museum located in Ypres tower, a stunning building with turrets and round pillar shaped walls. It was originally there to protect the town but it is now there for many uses such as the museum and the fabulous gardens that are there for the public to explore and roam around enjoying the amazing arrangement of flowers and plants. Taking a brief step away from the tranquillity of the gardens and museums, there are also many festivals year round, more so in the summer season, but mainly art and music festivals creating a lively family atmosphere on an international level.
You can also throw yourself into the sea and create a splash; being so close to the coast there are so many opportunities for participation in water sports such as windsurfing, surfing, canoeing; be it taking a lesson or jumping in at the deep end and learning by doing and hiring for the day. On the other side of town there are acres of rolling hills out into the Sussex country side ready to be walked across or cycled on if you prefer. Whatever the weather, whatever your preference, there's always so much to be done in Rye, you'll never lose interest.


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Quandary was created by an award-winning team of experts across the fields of child development, social and emotional learning, and game design.
The idea for Quandary started with Shelly London, while an inaugural fellow in the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, a program for senior leaders who want to go from their primary careers to a life of service. To create this first-of-its-kind game, she brought together a team of experts.
Scholars from Harvard and Tufts devised a prototype that was tested for viability, led by Marina Bers.
Led by Creative Director and Game Designer, Scot Osterweil, designers at Learning Games Network (LGN), a nonprofit spinoff of the MIT Education Arcade then refined the game.
Peter Stidwill, serving as LGN's Executive Producer, worked with FableVision, an award-winning storytelling, digital media production and learning company, to bring the game to life.
From the beginning, the goal of Quandary was to make sure it did what it set out to do. Ashley Sandvi, one of the original Harvard scholars, worked with Dr. Lacey Hilliard, Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, to develop the research plans behind Quandary. Since then, several research studies have been conducted, validating Quandary's effectiveness in the classroom.
Today, Learning Games Network, with Shannon Frederick Meneses as Executive Producer, is leading the creation of the Quandary mobile app and new website with FableVision.
For a full list of credits visit here.


Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced the appointment of Eilís O'Connell to the Teagasc Authority.
O'Connell is the Department of Agriculture's assistant secretary, holding the responsibility for Human Resources and Corporate Affairs.
Replacing Brendan Gleeson as the Departmental representative on the Teagasc Authority, O'Connell has served as a civil servant for over 27 years and brings a range of experience to her current role, including previous senior management roles in Human Resources, Corporate Services, Public Procurement and Change Management in both the Department of Defence and the Office of Public Works.
"I look forward to working with Eilís over the coming years," said Liam Herlihy, chairman of Teagasc.
Teagasc also thanked Brendan Gleeson for his contribution while he was a member of the Authority, and wished him well in his new role as Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.


Gardening is back in style but launching new agricultural initiatives in the city can be challenging.
Early on a Saturday morning, the buzz of the crowd at the St-Thomas Anglican Church outdoor bazaar barely registers at the back of the building, behind the berry hedges.
On a sun-filled patch of land, a half-dozen people are spread out among the vegetable beds, some with children or grandchildren in tow, more arriving every few minutes for their gardening session. One mother of two has brought bags of vegetable scraps and is filling up compost bins. Another gardener shows her grandson how to pull out the weakest of the carrot seedlings in order to improve the eventual harvest.
The beds of this Action Communiterre collective garden in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are already yielding lettuce, Swiss chard, peas, nasturtiums and a variety of herbs, along with raspberries from the bushes that form a pollinating garden around the edges of the space. The runner beans are climbing above the carrots, marigolds grow alongside eggplant, and peppers and tomatoes are being tied to strings attached to the wood frames that support them.
Ralph Pettofrezza, who has been participating since the garden started five years ago, helped build those frames, along with many of the raised beds and trellises. He began gardening here because he felt that his Italian father was using too many chemicals on his own garden. "I was interested in organic food. Plus I like fixing stuff, and all the variety," he says.
Arpie Boudakian waters tomato plants at Action Communiterre's St-Thomas collective garden in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Agricultural initiatives are on the rise across the city.
Like the majority of Montreal's urban gardens, the produce from these collective gardens are grown without use of chemical pesticides or fertilizers. The object is to give city dwellers access to good, healthy food, says Action Communiterre director Julia Girard.
The garden holds two weekly sessions, always with a gardening animator who explains the chores for the day, and produces about two tonnes of food annually — "and we're not counting all the food that is eaten as we garden!" Girard says. The harvest is shared by the gardeners, with a portion donated to the N.D.G. Food Depot.
Scenes likes these are growing increasingly common all over the city, as Montrealers embrace the idea of sustainable living. Community gardens are thriving, and boroughs have proven enthusiastic supporters of initiatives such as the collective gardens in N.D.G. and sidewalk vegetable boxes in Villeray.
But as it expands, urban agriculture must walk a fine line. In densely populated neighbourhoods, there are many factors to consider.
In N.D.G., for example, a sidewalk gardening project was scuttled after a condo owner claimed that the vegetable beds deterred renters from the ground floor space he owns. A proposal to house chickens in community gardens in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve has started this month, but the SPCA is worried that these animals will be neglected or abandoned in their urban setting. A plan to have sheep mow public parks in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie, proposed as an educational and sustainable project, got the green light from the borough — but the group promoting Biquette à Montréal couldn't secure the funding from the Union des producteurs agricoles and other partners, so the project has been postponed.
According to Agriculture Montreal — a partnership that includes UQAM's Urban Agriculture Laboratory (AU/LAB) — there are 128 hectares of Montreal land being used for urban agriculture initiatives, with the participation of 42 per cent of Montrealers. These projects vary from growing hops for the beer that will mark the city's 375th anniversary to fruit picking from backyard fruit trees, community gardens where everyone has their own plot, collective gardens like St-Thomas where labour and produce are shared by many, or sidewalk gardens where produce can be taken freely by passersby.
Quebec City boasts an expansive and impressive series of gardens in front of the National Assembly, including an alley of herbs, kitchen gardens, gardens of fruit bushes, medicinal plants and masses of edible flowers. This three-year-old venture, an urban agriculture initiative meant to focus on crops typically grown in this province, was designed in collaboration with Laval University and les Urbainculteurs, who are also responsible for Quebec City's recent "urban honey" project, installing rooftop hives.
If everyone grew vegetables their garden, do you know how much food that would be?
Take Jamie Klinger's Grass to Gardens Project in the Plateau, started this year with a grant from the Centre d'écologie urbaine de Montréal. "I've been working on a project called JoatU, or Jack of all Trades Universe, a trade/barter exchange system, an alternative economic system that gets people to do things for the community and rewards them for community activities," says Klinger, who has degrees in marketing and philosophy. He went door to door asking neighbours if he could use their front yards to grow vegetables for them and to share with others.
He and others built borders out of pallets in a six-by-three-foot space and used self-watering containers in other spaces, now filled with about 110 plants including squash, lettuce, peppers, broccoli and tomatoes.
People help maintain the plants on their property by picking out the weeds, and take something for their efforts, says Klinger.
Now in its second year, a Villeray street garden started by a group of volunteers has solved the problem of how to interest passersby. This mini-project was started by a group of avid gardeners when the borough wanted to enlarge the sidewalks at the intersection of de Castelnau and Drolet Sts. for the security of pedestrians. "So instead of making it asphalt, we asked if we could put some plants the grow food," says organizer Sophie Paradis.
Sophie Paradis, a volunteer with Mange-Trottoir, in the vegetable garden that the community group built on a Villeray street corner.
And while theft of plants was an initial worry, residents and business owners have been keeping an eye out.
A more expansive yet very specialized urban garden initiative started as a pilot in 2011, a project of longtime community leader Santropol Roulant. Through a team of volunteers, the collective Les Fruits Défendus — meaning "forbidden fruit" — harvests unused fruit from backyards in the Plateau, Mile-End, Rosemont, Villeray and N.D.G.
The fruit is usually found, he says, when a homeowner calls to say, "I have a cherry tree, would you like to pick it?" Team members head out on bikes, folding ladder stashed in their homemade bicycle trailer.
Caroline Baab is a volunteer with Les Fruits Défendus, which harvests unused fruit from Montrealers' backyards.
But as the number of agricultural initiatives in this city grows, so can the obstacles.
At the new Westhaven Communiterre garden, in an area on the western edge of N.D.G., vegetables have been taken, whole plants pulled from the earth.
Perhaps people don't understand that anyone can join a collective garden, Girard says, plus it's hard to find good food that's affordable.
In N. D. G, a garden in front of a condo building that had seemed so promising to community groups and residents has been destroyed in a dispute.
Lisa Charbel, who founded Jardins sans frontières/Gardens without borders with her husband Joey Khoury three years ago, helped design the garden, on Sherbrooke St. near Draper Ave. She specializes in community gardening projects and offering homesteading workshops for backyard spaces, as well as creating entrepreneurship conferences focusing on social economy.
"We collaborate with a lot of people, here and all over the world," says Charbel.
The destruction of the garden was an even more devastating blow those who planted it, members of Incredible Edibles, an offshoot of Transition N.D.G., a volunteer group that advocates for social change through community initiatives. "We're financed through volunteers, people donating seeds and plants," organizer Jane Barr says.
After workshops with Gardens without Borders, volunteers designed an urban garden on permaculture principles — a sustainable agriculture practice based on patterns in nature — planting vegetables on different levels using different types of soil: lettuces under tomatoes under sunflowers.
Garden animator Vera Martynkiw helps Aisha Alvarez measure some of the edible flowers she picked at the St-Thomas collective garden in N.D.G., which organizes kid-friendly activities.
Volunteers helped plant three themed gardens: a vegetable garden with kale, bush beans, tomatoes and herbs; a children's garden, planted by children last June with strawberries, baby cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, and a teepee in which they could sit, surrounded by pole beans. In the third one, they made a pollinator garden full of perennial flowers and herbs to make herbal teas: anise hyssop, lemon balm, mint some medicinal herbs, nettle, borage, lovage, sorrel plants.
Despite last summer's success, things changed this spring when one of the condo owners informed the condo board that he considered the gardens illegal and proceeded to destroy plantings and turn off the water. He said the gardens are detrimental to the ground floor space he owns, empty since the building was constructed. The police declared it a civil matter.
Despite some setbacks, the future looks bright for Montreal urban agriculture movement.
Urban gardens continue to grow with many hundreds of community garden plots, gardens in schools and on university campuses. Even small players like Gardens Without Borders are growing, offering "conscious travelling" events taking Quebecers of all age groups to plant gardens and practise permaculture in Senegal, Lebanon and Ecuador.
And Incredible Edibles has had success with other projects like stand-alone planters, working with merchants who agree to have them placed outside their stores with edibles growing in them, says Barr.
Keep in mind that you'll never be able to feed a whole city with urban gardening, Barr says. "But this is about doing something. What are we going to do when we can't import food, or have another ice storm or climate-related event? We're going to be on our own, so let's get together and take care of ourselves.


«The Firm» – TV series, which is a continuation of the same movie in 1993. The movie was the adaptation of the novel by American writer John Grisham. Starring Tom Cruise. In the story, the action series taking place 10 years after the events of the film. Lawyer Mitch McDeere who passed all his colleagues to police, is protected under the federal witness protection program. However, after a while, he realizes that escape from the past is not easy.
Is there any way you can find next week's episode? I'm dying to know what happens next!
Could you please reload episodes 11 and 12 – thank you.
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I've got a set of 4 Koni Yellows and some skunk2 springs I'd let too sell. I decided to go in a different direction with some tein coilovers.
Not 100% sure how long these have been on the car as they were the only mod done by the previous owner.
I can send pics as soon as I get them off the car, will ship them out to the buyer two day priority shipping for free the day they are uninstalled.
$450 takes it all, may be willing too split them up.
Is everything assembled and ready to be mounted onto vehicle, or are the springs and struts currently separate? Asking because there are no pics.
Last edited by s2kmann; 02-08-2019 at 04:00 PM.
Please update with the required info and template.
I am looking to buy a set very soon, how long until pics are uploaded?
NY: PCI drivers side / left seat bracket w/ sliders.
Quick Reply: AL - Koni Yellows, Skunk2 springs.


sanguinity is the sort of friend who will take time out of her busy holiday preparations to give me advice on shaving my head.
Really tired after a day at BHFT which felt like one of the last days before Christmas Vacation. So that's all for now.