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Q: Find the asymptotic solution $\Theta$ of the recurrence using the master theorem I just took a quiz for an algorithms class that I didn't do so well on. It was on the master theorem. Unfortunately the professor refuses to supply answers or even tell me what I got wrong, so I was hoping someone could help me understand what I did wrong for the following problems. In each problem I am supposed to find the asymptotic solution (using $\Theta(n)$) notation for each recurrence:

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*$T(n) = 12T(\frac{n}{12}) + 8n$

*$T(n) = 12T(\frac{n}{24}) + 24n$

*$T(n) = 12T(\frac{n}{6}) + 2n$
First of all the only examples or homework we had done with these where $f(n)$ was some function that didn't have a constant in front of it. I assumed that for all of these problems I would be able to drop the constant in $f(n)$ so that $f(n) = n$

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*$a = 12$, $b = 12$, $f(n) = n$ so $n^{\log_{12}12} = n = f(n)$. therefore we can use case 2 to get $\Theta(n\log n)$

*$a = 12$, $b = 24$, $f(n) = n$ so $n^{\log_{24} 12} = n^{0.5} = \sqrt{n}$. Using case 1 of the master theorem we get $\Theta(\sqrt{n})$

*$a = 12$, $b = 6$, $f(n) = n$. so $n^{\log_{6} 12} = n^{1.5}$ Note that we were not allowed calculators so the 1.5 was just me guessing. And since this is larger then $f(n)$ we can use case 3 of the master theorem to get $\Theta(n^2)$.

A: Your calculation of log is off.
$log_{24}12 \ne 0.5$ and
$log_6 12 \ne 1.5$
2) a = 12, b = 24, $p =log_{24} 12 < 1$, $f(n) = n = \Omega(n)$, and $ c= 1 > log_{24}12$, it is the case 3 of the master theorem.
3) a = 12, b = 6, $p = log_6 12 > 1$, $f(n) = n = O(n)$, where $c = 1 < log_6 12$, this is the case 1.


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Des Rocs shares "Wayne" live performance clip
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System::getPluginHandle

Retrieves the handle of a plugin based on its type and relative index.  Use System::getNumPlugins to enumerate plugins.

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FMOD_RESULT System::getPluginHandle(
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plugintype

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) When looking for reasons why Indiana is 4-0 for the first time in 25 years, look right up front.
The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in scoring and total offense, and boast the nation's leading rusher in Jordan Howard. But the story behind the story is a powerful, experienced offensive line that is opening big holes and protecting the quarterback as well.
Indiana has surrendered a league-low two sacks, and is averaging 4.6 yards per rushing attempt.
As Indiana (4-0) gets ready to host defending national champion and No. 1 Ohio State (4-0) on Saturday, all eyes will be on the players up front to see if they can continue their great start against an elite opponent like the Buckeyes.
''You know how good an offensive line can be by the way they work in practice and these guys work hard every single day and they're the reason why we have had so much offensive success,'' said Howard, who leads the nation with 675 rushing yards and is second nationally with 168.8 yards per game.
Senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld is quick to give his offensive linemen all the credit. Sudfeld is second in the Big Ten in passing yards and second with 285.8 passing yards per game. His one interception ties for the conference lead in that category as well.
The anchors on the offensive line are senior left tackle Jason Spriggs and junior right guard Dan Feeney. Spriggs has started at least 10 games in each of his first three seasons and has 38 career starts. Feeney started 12 games in each of his first two seasons and has 28 career starts.
Neither of the players has allowed a sack this season in 146 called passing attempts. Feeney, a 6-foot-4, 310-pounder, has a team-high 29 knockdowns in 344 plays. Spriggs, a 6-7, 305-pounder, has 23 knockdowns in 336 plays.
Fifth-year senior center Jake Reed came to Indiana as a defensive lineman and switched to tight end in preseason practice prior to his freshman year. The 6-4, 300-pound lineman has played offensive line the past three seasons and has recorded 13 starts. Junior Dimitric Camiel is a 6-7, 310-pound right tackle starting for the first time this season. The same is true for left guard Wes Martin, a 6-3, 312-pounder.
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Russians Fire Shots amid Greenpeace Arctic Protest
by Jon Mainwaring
Greenpeace International reported Wednesday that two of its activists have been arrested after climbing aboard a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic.
The environmental group also claimed that disproportionate force was used by Russian Coast Guard during its action against the Prirazlomnoye platform in the Pechora Sea, where five inflatable boats were launched from Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise vessel early Wednesday. Crew members of the Arctic Sunrise said a total of 11 warning shots were fired across the ship and that the Russian Coast Guard threatened to fire at the ship itself if it does not leave the area immediately.
The captain of the Arctic Sunrise has also refused permission for the Russian Coast Guard to board its vessel, Greenpeace said. The two arrested activists are in the custody of the Russian Coastguard, it added.
Commenting on Wednesday's action Ben Aycliffe, head of Greenpeace's Artic oil campaign, said:
"Employing this level of force against a peaceful protest ship is completely disproportionate and should stop immediately. It's clear that oil companies receive special protection from the Russian authorities, who seem more interested in silencing peaceful activists than protecting the Arctic from reckless companies like Gazprom.
"Let's be absolutely clear about this: the real threat to the Arctic comes not from Greenpeace International but from oil companies like Gazprom that are determined to ignore both science and good sense to drill in remote, frozen seas."
The Prirazlomnoye oilfield was discovered in 1989. Located some 40 miles offshore northern Russia in water depths of up to 65 feet, it is estimated to contain approximately 500 million barrels of oil and once production begins an estimated 47 million barrels of a year is expected to be produced from the field. The Prirazlomnoye platform is the first Arctic-class, ice-resistant oil platform in the world.
Production operations in the Prirazlomnoye field are expected to begin later this year, according to Gazprom.
Greenpeace said its opposition to production start-up at Prirazlomnoye included the risk of an oil spill in the area, which contains three nature reserves that are protected by Russia law.
The action is just the latest by Greenpeace against drilling for oil in the Arctic. In August, the Arctic Sunrise sailed into the Northern Sea Route offshore Russia to protest Rosneft's and ExxonMobil's plans to drill for oil in the Kara Sea. A month earlier six Greenpeace activists scaled London's Shard, the European Union's tallest building, in a protest against Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill in the Arctic.
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It is the rare employee who enters a company fully competent to perform his or her job well. Even those individuals who already possess both the hard and soft skills needed for professional excellence still must acquire company-specific competencies. Corporations can impart these skills and values effectively through training.
There is a variety of types of training that organizations use to get their employees up to par with organizational and professional standards. Traditional, classroom-style training was widely used in the past, and in some cases is still being used. Blended learning is another type of training that can be useful. It combines traditional learning with eLearning, or online learning. Mobile learning, social learning, and collaborative learning are often vital aspects of blended learning. Another common type of training utilized by companies is pure eLearning. This type of learning is administered via an online learning platform called a social learning management system (LMS). All of these models of training are used in the workforce today. But, many companies are now turning toward blended/online-only learning. For these corporations, a learning management system often proves to be an invaluable resource. A resource that facilitates competency-based employee training.
It allows employees to pace their training – People are more likely to become competent in a skill when they have some element of control over the pace of their training in it. An LMS makes this possible for employees. With an eLearning system, online instructors design training courses, and users decide how fast or slow they want to learn.
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What can the HIV crisis teach us about the Coronavirus pandemic?
We're in a war, not one that we asked for, but when are they? This time our enemies are not faraway nations, instead, they are time, ignorance and unpreparedness.
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Donald Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax" and said the US has the coronavirus "under control." Getty Images
We're in a war, not one that we asked for, but when are they?
This time our enemies are not faraway nations, instead, they are time, ignorance and unpreparedness.
The LGBT community has been in a war like this in living memory, which is why they were alarmed by the warning signs a little earlier than most. They have been through a plague before and they were marked by the experience.
So the film "How To Survive A Plague" has some very good advice to share with you now about what to do next, if like most people you're stuck at home anxiously watching the grass grow.
There were two distinct America's back in the 1980s, and where you stood determined what you saw. For some, it was an era of abundance, but for my community, it was a time of plague.
The people who were supposed to defend us didn't just fail to, many of them celebrated. Seeing people clap their hands in apparent glee at the prospect of tens of thousands of LGBT deaths irreversibly changes you, if you can survive it, it radicalizes you too, it engenders defiance. You'll need some defiance during a plague.
Because when public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large fail to do their duty and confront a national health crisis head-on then smaller numbers of us will have to educate ourselves and demand that the race begins for effective treatments. That moment is already here.
There are too few tests, too few respirators, too few hospital beds, too few examples of clear and un-contradictory public guidance at the national level, we have been caught out and let down for too long already and the time has run out.
We know what's behind the hold-up. President Trump refused to take the threat seriously. He fired the CDC pandemic team on his second day in office. He called the coronavirus a "hoax" and said the US has the coronavirus "under control."
This is nonsense. Recent data shows that about 125 people per million have been tested in the United States, far fewer than most other countries where the data is available.
Testing for the virus is vital to identify and quarantine people, the better to halt its spread, and nations like China and South Korea have been disciplined and proactive in this regard, slowing its progress to a trickle.
One way to think of testing is to imagine the coronavirus as a fire as us as the wood. If we can identify who's at risk we can halt its spread. South Korea is testing up to 10,000 people a day in drive-thru testing centers, where are ours?
For every identified case of the coronavirus, another five to ten are out there undetected, a new study suggests. If we are to get ahead of this thing we need to know where it is and who it has claimed immediately.
It wasn't until last week that private companies such as Roche and Thermo Fisher won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to produce their own coronavirus tests. The CDC has simply moved too slowly to harness the expertise of medical researchers and private companies.
It was our doctors and public health officials who raised the alarm about the lack of tests in February. Those critical early delays and the president's muzzling of the CDC have significantly damaged our national efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Widespread public pressure must now play a part to ensure those delays are ended.
Meanwhile, it's clear that our lives are going to change for a time. How difficult that depends on the attitude that you take to it. It might be best to go on a war footing now and find the steel in your underpants that your grandparents were forced to.
It will greatly help if you resist appeals to blame other nations because we don't yet know how this thing got started. It will help if you stay indoors as much as you possibly can.
It will help if we find ways to work and be productive that involve minimal contact with the wider world for a little while. But it will really help if you contact your elected officials and demand free tests, respirators and hospital beds for the crisis ahead.
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Kogi vows to domesticate anti-HIV stigma law
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… as DG of KOSACA denounces healthcare sector based stigma and discrimination
The Director General (DG), Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KOSACA), Mr. Williams Shaibu has expressed strong commitment of the Kogi State government to ensure that the anti HIV stigma law is domesticated in the state before the end of 2018.
Mr. Shaibu made this disclosure at the HIV/AIDS Stigma Clinic organised by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), in Kaba, Kogi State, on Friday, August 10, 2018. Beyond this commitment, the KOSACA DG expressed the readiness of the agency to actively collaborate with AHF to convene an expanded stakeholders meeting which will urgently review and arrest the ugly trend of HIV stigmatisation in healthcare settings as revealed by participants at the Clinic.
The HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination Act 2014 makes it illegal to discriminate against people based on their HIV status. It also prohibits any employer, individual or organization from requiring a person to take an HIV test as a precondition for employment or access to services.
Dr. Echey Ijezie, AHF Nigeria Country Program Director, said that ''AHF Stigma Clinic arose from the need to ensure that the law which protects the rights and dignity of people living with HIV, which came into effect in 2014, is made to have broad impact on HIV prevention and treatment services and importantly, to guarantee a more supportive environment that allows people living with HIV to carry on their lives as normally as possible.''
Testimonies shared during the Stigma Clinic suggest that much work is still needed to ensure that the rights of PLHIV are respected. The shades of reaction lend credence to the fear of HIV/AIDS still, which could be due to poor understanding of the disease process in the population, particularly among the healthcare providers.
Stigma and discrimination experienced within the health sector represents one of the most inimical forms of institutional stigma, and tops recorded experiences of stigmatisation by individuals at the Stigma Clinic according to Steve Aborisade, AHF Advocacy and Marketing Manager.
''Common discriminative acts among healthcare workers include: denial of treatment, or delivery of poor quality treatment and counselling services, segregation at healthcare facilities and absolute lack of confidentiality.''
Steve Aborisade is of the opinion that stigma and discrimination are major obstacles to effective HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Nigeria.
According to him ''Stigmatisation is driven by ignorance, fear, misinformation, and denial, and reinforced by our weak health systems and poor legal environment which ensures that hardly are anyone prosecuted for flouting the law''.
Mr. Oyiza Audu, the Kogi State Secretary of the Network of People Living with HIV (NEPWHAN) espoused the sense of isolation, loneliness, low self-esteem and helplessness that persons living with HIV feel in containing the disease because of stigma.
According to him, ''It usually results in a lack of motivation to practice prevention by individuals''.
Mrs. Christy Abayomi of the Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN) said that stigma and discrimination prevents individuals from taking an HIV test while drastically impeding the necessary care seeking behaviour for those who test positive.
Dr. Victor Popoola, AHF Nigeria Training Manager and the Kogi team lead is of the opinion that ''the fear of stigma and discrimination ensures pregnant women at the community level shuns voluntary counselling and testing – the first step in reducing mother-to-child transmission.
According to him, ''we have seen instances where stigma and discrimination forces mothers who are not on treatment to expose their babies to HIV infection because using alternative feeding methods other than breast feeding is simply out of the way, to not arouse suspicion, especially in rural communities''.
AHF stigma Clinic according to Echey Ijezie, AHF Country Program Director ''is a roving program in all AHF states and will build the necessary partnerships to stem the tide of stigma while ensuring that the anti-stigma law becomes operational to curb identified trends of stigma and to moderate institutionalised healthcare sector based HIV stigma and discrimination''.
According to Steve Aborisade, Advocacy Marketing Marketing Manager of AHF Nigeria ''AHF shall publish a 'Stigma Digest' which contains outcome of the Stigma Clinic and will be widely circulated to stakeholders as a resource material to aid further programming and support the protection of the human rights of individuals who are HIV positive''
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Anglo Singapore was first established in 2003, with the goal of making a difference in the education of Singaporean children living in Thailand. It was partially born out of personal necessity. As a mother of four children, I seek only the best for them. Needless to say, their education was a top priority during their up-bringing. They needed schooling that allowed them to fit into any international environment. And of course, as the gauge for the highest standard of education, they would also have to be able to return to Singapore and keep up with the rigorous academic demands from the Singaporean MOE.Starting from a small school of only 4 students back in 2003, 15 years have gone by, and we have indeed grown exponentially. Today, Anglo Singapore International School is home to over 1,500 students across two campuses in Bangkok and one in Korat. Our school continues to succeed because of the commitment of our teachers, the trust of our parents, and the support of the management team. Together, we have a vision to nurture and inspire a diverse learning community.
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000 quitters published in the British Medical Journal finds "no evidence of an increased risk of suicidal behaviour in patients prescribed varenicline or bupropion compared with those prescribed nicotine replacement therapy. They close by advising that doctors prescribe varenicline with caution, cPP We discuss how nicotine, a longer lasting nicotine metabolite.
2 pill twice a day because of nausea and wicked dreams. We don't know what is causing what, but the withdrawal phenomenon is important to bear in mind and it is something we're going to have to do more research on. I am on day 10 of using Chantix.
Yes, this anti-anxiety medication is as dangerous as you've heard. None of the medications help. I knew that the only way to get rid of these shadows was to cut my legs off.
I am a housewife and mother of 2 teenage daughters and am 55 years old. Yaz may be more dangerous than other types of birth control.
Pfizer updated its Full Prescribing Information sheet to warn physicians about "Neuropsychiatric Symptoms. After 5 weeks I became depressed and suicidal.
Risperdal can potentially cause sexual dysfunction. You may notice the greatest improvement at 2 to 6 weeks after injection. If you have ever had depression or other mental health problems, tell your doctor before taking CHANTIX.
This is no way to live! Wash any clothes that smell like smoke and clean your carpets, draperies, and upholstery. Chantix use is safe, even among smokers with a history of mental illness.
Since August 2006, when this article was written, varenicline safety concerns have continued to mount. Fits of rage, I was seeing shadows–I thought I was going completely crazy! In it, CBS 11 News claims to have accessed the U.
It interviews Scott Mullins who experienced bad dreams and horrible thoughts. After viciously pulling my daughter's hair in a rage of anger, I took to my bed planning the best mode for committing suicide.
2 By the first years of the new millennium, there had been a small explosion of well-designed and rigorous studies, exploring various treatment regimens and, increasingly, combining age-old acupuncture wisdom with modern knowledge about neuroanatomy and physiology. So what's the bottom line? Like Xanax, it can be addictive, so it's possible to develop cravings and experience withdrawal symptoms if not taken as prescribed.
Sucralfate is used to treat an active duodenal ulcer. I am now wondering if this was what caused my suicide attempt.
The health issues associated with smoking are NOTHING compared to what I feel is losing my mind! It started about a week after starting the drug but I continued taking it thinking the symptoms would go away.
Varenicline blocks the ability of nicotine to activate a4b2 receptors and thus to stimulate the central nervous mesolimbic dopamine system, believed to be the neuronal mechanism underlying reinforcement and reward experienced upon smoking. Did you like this page? Botox is injected into a muscle.
It reports that "preliminary assessment reveals that many of the cases reflect new-onset of depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and changes in emotion and behavior within days to weeks of initiating Chantix treatment" and that as soon as its "analysis is completed, FDA will communicate its conclusions and recommendations to the public. Pfizer should change their slogan for chantix to: "Dead people don't smoke! My ex-wife committed suicide on June 5th.
Chantix has a 24 hour elimination half-life and heavily counseled and supported users were still under its influence. I too used Champix for the 12 week program and was quite sucessful at quiting however, 3 weeks after stopping the drug I was hospitalized for 2 weeks for overdosing myself and severe depression. It is a miracle I am alive.
What makes the Hawk 2011 blinding assessment findings so important is that participants were asked to guess their assignment to Chantix or placebo a week prior to their target quitting date. We had just finished her first treatment for severe pain in the knees and ankles, and she didn't say much as she stood up and prepared to leave. I thought I was going nuts! Participants in Hawk 2011 were a horrible reflection of real-world quitters.
He was an alcoholic and drug addict who was trying to clean up his life and stop the smoking before the birth of a son due in January. What other drugs will affect Botox? Freczko are correct and suicidal thinking and suicide are a normal part of quitting smoking, then where are the hundreds of news stories about cold turkey quitters killing themselves? Of course it terrified him to return to those dark days.
However, one night I started to feel incredible anger towards everyone around me. Having been active in sports my knees had taken some serious punishment. If you take Chantix be very careful.
I pulled off the road after passing the same farmer's field 5 times. 1 in 7 Chantix quitters were still not smoking at 6 months. Pfizer, in its zeal to generate sales, continues to fail to adequately alert smokers and users to the rather important fact that half of clinical trial users who successfully used varenicline for 12 weeks, relapsed to smoking within a year.
All these effects were acceptable. Internet, where prior to the arrival of Chantix and Champix, suicide in quitters was probably never a discussion topic.
We describe comorbidities for abuse of nicotine, cocaine, and alcohol with PTSD. On 1-3-08 he got ready for work, kissed his wife goodbye, finished loading his vending van with frozen food and walked into his garage and shot himself with a 20 gauge shotgun. I guess it's great if you are one of the few that don't experience the awful side effects, but for most people it is a gamble not worth taking. For most of us, taking prescription drugs is as routine as taking a shower.
A doctor, nurse, or other healthcare provider will give you this injection. As Rifadin breaks down in your body, it forms a byproduct that can stain your bodily fluids.
If your doctor recommends Plavix, ask about the risks. Nausea, insomnia, headaches, depression, sleep disruption, Pfizer's five clinical trials recorded and compared the occurrence of each in both placebo and varenicline users, not the symptom's scope, characteristics, intensity or duration. This addiction treatment can cause breathing problems. Why until now did Pfizer ignore assessment of blinding integrity?
I have been taking Chantix for a month and quit smoking 19 days ago. He has no recollection of the day it happened, but I was around him alot that day and he was a little more tired than he usually is. I have extreme mood swings, nightmares, and impatience I can't describe.
After a few days of smoking again and not being motivated, I was planning on continuing with the medication. More alarming were the study's "7-day point prevalence of abstinence" rates. If so, you've got company.
I explained to my 11 year old that sometimes you just have to cry to get "things" out of your system and that I had been upset and just had to "get it out". I severed the main artery, 3 tendons and 2 nerves in my left hand and 1 tendon in my right. 60 cases of paranoia and 55 cases of hallucination.
I was shocked that his psychiatrist had no idea of this side effect, and feel it needs to be known and publicized. It could be an effect of this medication commonly prescribed for panic disorders.
We discuss effects of nicotine, cocaine, and alcohol on memory. I won't tell anybody what to do but PLEASE do your own research on this drug before you decide to take it. A more concerning side effect: Some people who take this med have driven cars, talked on the phone, or eaten meals without recalling these activities. While Pfizer at last reveals to healthcare providers that varenicline use was never studied in psychiatric patients, it continues to keep them in darkness as to all other classes of patients who were excluded from clinical trials, for which varenicline risks were not studied and are still unknown, including all with clinically significant medical conditions and all abusing alcohol.
Adverse outcomes were identified in five of 17 live births: one baby had birth asphyxia and recurrent chest infections, one had gastro-oesophageal reflux, one was diagnosed with ankyloglossia and two had feeding difficulties. With this Rx med, you may cry purple tears. Thinking the love of his life had gone forever, he hung himself.
However, secondhand smoke — which contains some 250 harmful chemicals — is dangerous to children. I don't want anybody to go through what myself, his children and his family and friends are facing," she said. He has had a severe change in mood swings, depression, violence and suicidal expressions. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Any change in mood stability or physical health should be looked at in relation to the Chantix. If Chantix use without 25 counseling sessions declines proportionally to known OTC nicotine patch rates, we're left with horrible six-moth rates. This includes uncontrolled blinking or spasm of the eyelids, and a condition in which the eyes do not point in the same direction.
How would you like a stronger immune system or better sleep? Due to continuing developments this article's safety discussion is presented in chronological order. It has been two weeks and I am fighting it everyday.
How about an acute psychotic episode that has left her possible permanent damage. Take chest pain seriously if you're on this medication.
Scary nightmares may be in your future. I was fine at first, just nausea was the worst, but hey, it was worth it if I wasn't smoking. I'm still smoking, but at least I'm alive. I fully understand why someone would commit suicide from this stuff.
There are no placebo users in NHS SSS programs as placebo isn't a real quitting method. Has assignment awareness destroyed the credibility and utility of all Chantix study findings to date?
December 3, 2007, at first glance, it appeared to be inviting nearly all smokers to use it. But how many smokers on the brink of committing suicide will endure full-blown nicotine withdrawal in hopes of extending life? Thank God for this site. Compare the actual language from a statement Pfizer had the Dallas Morning News attach to its Chantix suicide story on September 18, 2007, to the actual language contained in the FDA's investigation announcement that was written 2 months and 2 days later.


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The Addition
We are often motivated by love but sometimes we are motivated by love of light.
"It needs some fixing up," said Shirley. She stood on the sidewalk in front of the house, frowning. She was a person who didn't like making decisions quickly. But, Don, her husband, seemed very keen.
"Yes", agreed Don who was smiling, his cheeks ruddy in the cold air. "But it has good bones. And look how big it is."
"What will we do with all the room?" Shirley had grown up in a London bungalow, where there was just the right amount of room, with nothing extra.
"Don't worry; we'll fill it up just fine."
The neighbourhood was called Parkdale, named for a local park. It was the remains of a town on the outskirts of Toronto, which had lost its way. Once, below Parkdale's grassy hill, beside Lake Ontario, there was an amusement park called Sunnyside, filled with summertime delights and laughter. There were lit up fairground rides, hotdog stands, clean water beaches and boardwalks, a destination, a place of fun. Parkdale still overlooked the lake, but now no one enjoyed looking at the traffic or hearing the noise of expressways and trains below.
After years of saving, Shirley and her husband, Don, were about to make an offer to purchase the semi shown to them by their realtor. It wasn't exactly their dream home but it was a solid house they could afford, in an area they liked.
This house was only 20 feet wide but it had three floors. On the first floor were a living room, dining room and eat-in kitchen, as the realtors liked to put it. On the second floor were three small bedrooms and a bathroom, likely originally a fourth bedroom converted to a bathroom when the early twentieth century house got indoor plumbing. On the third floor were two larger bedrooms and a second bathroom.
Most of Parkdale had been built in the days when people had large families. Then it was a thriving lakeside community. But with the building of Lakeshore Boulevard and the Gardiner expressway, many of the bigger houses had been demolished or made into rooming houses. Now the area was making a comeback and house prices were rising.
The Sinclairs had three children, a boy aged 11 and twin girls, aged 9 who took over the third floor bedrooms, the largest one at the front for the girls who preferred to sleep together in the same room. Don and Shirley took the largest second floor bedroom for their own. The second largest bedroom on the second floor was to be Don's office, for he worked at home and the smallest at the end of the hall at the back became a TV room. Don and Shirley did not like having a TV in their living room.
Even before they moved in, one of the first improvements Shirley imagined would be adding an addition on the back--a solarium, a sun-filled room where she could have plants, an easy chair and look out over the garden in winter.
"We could put a big room on the back of the house, Don, with space for a main floor washroom. Wouldn't that be a really good idea, especially for guests?"
"There you go again. Always getting ahead of yourself. We barely have enough income to pay the mortgage and do some fixing up and painting. You thought the house was too big at first."
"No it's not too big. It's just that being a semi there's no light anywhere. And there's that big tree at the front."
"But that's one of the things you said you liked about the house."
"I do, but we bought it in the spring and I couldn't know how much shade there would be in summer."
"We're lucky. Look how cool it is. We don't even have to put in air conditioning. We couldn't afford it anyway."
It took several months to adjust to the problems and delights of the house. Shirley was bothered by all the stairs because she had a bad knee from a bike accident some years ago. She asked the children to set up a routine of cleaning their own rooms on Saturday mornings before they started anything else. That became house cleaning time with Shirley doing the bulk of the work vacuuming and cleaning the two lower floors. Don was trusted with grocery shopping, something he was glad to do since he was the family's chief cook. As a freelance commercial real estate appraiser, he put in regular hours at his desk and saw clients in the living room, or sat at the dining room table with them. Both rooms were kept free of family clutter to accommodate Don's work needs.
Shirley was a reference librarian who took advantage of the library's flex time to work late, because she liked time to herself in the mornings. Don worked 9 to 5 setting strict time limits on his day. After work he changed into running gear and headed out to run 5 k all around the streets of Parkdale. Sometimes he cycled along the Martin Goodman Trail east to Harbourfront or west to the edge of Mississauga. By 6:30 he had showered and started dinner. The rule was that the children had to do their homework right after school, before they were allowed to watch TV. Shirley would set the table and make a salad or dessert after returning from work.
There was little time or money for the couple to undertake major renovations. Don had all the money under control, something which continually distressed Shirley who liked to live a little more spontaneously. With a girlfriend, the spring after they moved in, she spend a week at a resort in Cuba. Don was not pleased with the expense.
"But I don't have any discretionary money of my own in your budget," Shirley said. "Every single penny is accounted for."
This became an all-out argument that went on for several days. Don was forced to take Shirley's position seriously.
"What we'll do is allot personal money for each of us." He suggested. "I'll take our spending money, now a lump sum for the family, and divide it into five. And I'll also take vacation money and divide that into five as well. I had my doubts about dividing the vacation money because we usually go together, but, since you decided to go on your own, you changed the rules. The children's vacation and personal money stays together as always, although, obviously, they will receive less than we do. I've decided to visit my brother in Ottawa for a week in the spring. We're going hunting together. So that money will come out of my vacation money."
At Shirley's insistence, they further decided to separate their money by opening personal bank accounts and having budgeted amounts transferred from their main account, used to pay household bills, every month. Don began his with the cost of Shirley's Cuban vacation, to make it even. Shirley's account began with zero. Well, she thought, I'll just have to curb spending on clothes for a while. Just a couple new tops for the spring. Although Don worked at home, he still needed appropriate office attire to meet clients. Even so, he hardly ever spent anything while Shirley had to hold herself back. The budget had effectively stopped their nagging financial arguments.
Still, Shirley dreamed about the addition on the back of the house, visualizing how she could take her Sunday morning coffee out there, lounging on a comfortable chair with her feet up, reading in the sun all through the winter. She created several designs and layouts on drafting paper and continued looking at home decorating magazines.
Their main floor front room was so dark, small and formal, with a large fireplace dominating one wall, and always kept so tidy that Shirley was uncomfortable there, preferring to spend her spare time in front of the TV or in her bedroom reading by the bay window.
Occasionally she would mention her project to Don who would sigh and trot out computer print-outs of their latest budget figures, which showed they were just barely covering mortgage and house expenses. Because Don had included a maintenance line in the budget, they were able to replace an ailing kitchen stove and install a new floor in the children's bathroom, improvements that needed to be done.
Don was an astute manager, careful while she was sometimes frivolous. Shirley had to give him credit for that. Because he spent so little personal money he was able to keep buying photography equipment and maintain a darkroom in the basement, not just a hobby for him, as he had had some of his photographs exhibited in a gallery downtown. Nothing sold, but he was happy. And of course his files were loaded with pictures of the children.
But one November morning in her 48th year and the 8th year of living in their Parkdale semi, Shirley realized she was bored with Don. There was no zest in their sex life. In fact, they hardly bothered anymore, except for an occasional giggly coupling after a party, when both of them had had a bit too much to drink. Shirley had begun having an occasional lunch with an old friend from university who had said hello to her in the library, thrilled to see her again. Gordon had never married, and lived the life of a bachelor in a nearby loft, newly converted into condos from a large former carpet factory. He took Shirley there one afternoon after lunch on her day off. She was dazzled by the look of the place.
"There's so much light." she exclaimed. "My house is so dark. Don seems to like it that way. In fact he spends a large part of the evening in his darkroom in the basement."
"I have to have light, "said Gordon.
The loft was huge, a 1500 square foot space with large windows overlooking railroad tracks that swept down from the West and ended up at Union Station. Gordon owned the whole South end of the top floor which provided views of East, West and South, all the way to Lake Ontario.
"I chose this one because of the windows and the tracks. I love to hear the sounds of trains. There are no other close buildings. And look at the view of the city. I get the sun all day long."
Gordon had an expensive telescope set in the window where he was able to star gaze and, if he wanted, people gaze. Although he had focused his lens on some apartment buildings a few times, he thought this an unethical activity and had largely stopped.
"There's not much to see," he said, "a couple sitting down to dinner, people reading, doing exercises, kids fighting over a TV program, the usual kind of domestic stuff. I've never seen a sexy woman taking off her clothes and getting into the tub or a couple making love on a balcony. I've heard those things happen but I've never seen it. The whole thing is a bit voyeuristic, it seems to me."
Shirley and Gordon went to bed in Gordon's king size bed that afternoon, something she was hoping would happen.
The light from Gordon's windows had penetrated Shirley's being. She thought she could not face her dark living room and bedroom again. When she returned home she told Don she had been out shopping but had not bought anything.
"You know I don't have much money left in my personal account," she complained when Don asked why she hadn't bought anything.
"Well maybe if you were a little more careful with your money. You're always shopping."
"The mortgage was paid off this year. What are you doing with the extra money?"
"It's all going into savings and the kids' university funds. You know that's going to take a while and we'll need quite a bit of money to get them through."
"What about my addition?"
"Oh Shirley, not that again. You know we can't afford it. It'll cost about $50,000 to do it right."
"But I've been wanting it ever since we moved in. My wishes have to be considered too."
"Listen, you know I'm self employed. I don't have access to a pension as you do. And even when you begin to receive yours it won't be enough for us to live on. We need about $200,000 dollars to live comfortably when we are retired."
"How much do we have now?"
"About $25,000."
"How on earth did you manage to save all that while we were paying off the mortgage?"
"You can look at the budget anytime you want. You know I kept a little aside for investments and I've done rather well with them."
Shirley was plagued with guilt in the weeks following her liaison with Gordon. When he next came into the library she said she wouldn't see him anymore. But after about 6 months she agreed to meet him in a Roncesvalles coffee shop, late on a Wednesday afternoon. After sitting down, she began to weep.
"I can't stand it anymore. I'm in love with you and I don't know what to do about it."
"Come back to my place. I need to see you"
"I can't."
"Just call Don and tell him you're going to the movies with some friends from work."
Back in Gordon's bed Shirley said she would like to leave Don and move in with him.
"Are you sure?" asked Gordon.
"But I don't know when." Shirley said. "I have to look after the children first."
Shirley maintained her marriage to Don in the Parkdale semi for another two years, all the while conducting a clandestine affair with Gordon in his loft. The afternoon of her mid-week day off, when Don thought she was out shopping, was reserved for Gordon who left work at noon, picking up wine and take out Indian food or dim sum before they spent the afternoon making love in the sunlight.
Shirley was about to turn 50. Don had planned a big surprise party for her, inviting all their friends and relatives. John came home from university in Guelph and the girls, who still lived at home while attending U of T and George Brown College, helped with the secret preparations. Shirley was delighted on entering the house and finding it filled with people. But also horrified, because there was Gordon standing in the centre of the living room. He gave her a peck on the cheek and wished her happy birthday.
"Why are you here?" she whispered.
"Don got my number from your phone book and invited me. I've seen him around and he knows we went to university together. Besides, I wanted to see what would happen."
The party was a great success, filled with librarian friends, old school friends, even public school friends from London, Shirley's home town. Her father was there, along with her aunts and even some first cousins. Don and the girls had covered the dining room table with food. There were streamers hanging from the ceiling and balloons everywhere.
Don led Shirley to a small table at the back of the dining room where a set of plans were laid out.
"Look," he said, pointing to the drawings.
It was a plan of a large windowed semi-circular addition.
"This is my present to you, darling" said Don kissing her on the cheek. "We're starting work next week."
Shirley died at that moment. Don was grinning broadly, clearly delighted with what he had done. Gordon was standing in a corner of the room looking over at her. She knew that in the following week she must show some courage. She didn't know if she had it in her.
Lynda Curnoe enjoys writing short stories and poetry and anything else that appeals to her. She lives in Toronto.
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Re-routing Empire? Steam-age circulations and the making of an Anglo Pacific, c.1850–90
The introduction of steam not only enhanced Australia's transport links within the empire.
It also altered attitudes towards the feasibility and desirability of transpacific connectivities,
and brought new prominence to the Pacific-orientations of Australia's eastern colonies. By
envisioning steam-age connections across the Pacific, first to Panama and then to
San Francisco, Australia sought to imagine and situate itself in a transpacific sphere. The
routes shaped cultural sensibilities and political ideologies across the Pacific, expressed in
affinities and allegiances between Australia and North America. This article examines
transpacific steam from the mid- to the late nineteenth century, a fractured and
indeterminate period which nevertheless laid the ground for Australia's sense of itself as an
autonomous white nation, relating across the Pacific and within a wider Anglo world
beyond Britain and empire.
Australian Historical Studies Journal
Steel, F. (2015). Re-routing Empire? Steam-age circulations and the making of an Anglo Pacific, c.1850–90. Australian Historical Studies, 46 (3), 356-373.
10.1080/1031461X.2015.1071416
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Cancel Culture's double standards
By: Nevaeh Richardson
Cancel culture claims to be this indiscriminate force bringing accountability to the rich and powerful. But it's no secret that certain groups manage to evade the watchful eye of cancel culture, and those groups are more often than not white. This is not to say that wrong-doers of Black heritage should be exempt from retribution, but merely highlighting the fact that America will turn a blind eye to white offenders while waiting for a Black public figure to slip up and fail.
While cancel culture for white public figures means paying their public relations team to write a half-baked apology and continuing business as usual after being exposed for being a bigot, exploiter, etc., "cancel culture" could mean the end of a career for Black figures.
The most recent examples of cancel culture's double standards between whites and Black people include ESPN's suspension of Sage Steele after her remarks about former President Obama's race, misogynistic comments, and anti-vaccination statements on the podcast Uncut.
Steele criticized Obama's decision to identify as Black, considering the fact that he is biracial. She also implied that women warranted rude, sexist, and harassing comments by what they choose to wear.
"…when you dress like that, I'm not saying you deserve the gross comments, but you know what you're doing when you're putting that outfit on," she said.
Steele finished off with anti COVID-19 vaccine statements, saying that ESPN's vaccine mandate was "sick" and "scary."
A week after the podcast episode aired, ESPN issued a statement announcing that Steele would be suspended from the network for a week and has been removed as the host of the 2021 ESPNW: Women + Sports Summit.
Steele was completely in the wrong, there's no argument about that and her consequences were rightfully deserved, but there's something to be said about her white male counterparts who have expressed the exact same misogynistic, anti-Black, and anti-vaccination sentiments without so much as a slap on the wrist.
Comedian Dave Chappelle also faced backlash for his most recent Netflix special, "The Closer," after he expressed some incendiary opinions about transwomen and the LGBTQ+ community. He was also accused of supporting insensitive comments by rapper DaBaby and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling.
"They canceled J.K. Rowling — my God. Effectually she said gender was a fact. The trans community got mad as sh**, they started calling her a TERF," Chappelle said, which means "trans-exclusionary radical feminists," whose views about feminism are seen as anti-trans. He added, "I'm team TERF… Gender is a fact."
Chapelle was immediately slammed by social media, with celebrities boycotting Netflix and calling for Chapelle's show to be cancelled, particularly white, trans producer Jaclyn Moore of Netflix's "Dear White People."
After an investigation into the Washington Football Club, where hundreds of thousands of emails containing racist, mysogynistic, and homophobic language were found. Only Las Vegas Raiders Coach Jon Gruden was found responsible and resigned. There have been no emails released to the public.
Lawyers representing 40 former employees of the team who reported sexual harrassment and other workplace misconduct urged the NFL to immediately release the full findings of the investigation. They called it "outrageous" that only Gruden has been "held accountable" after the 10-month probe.
What we know for a fact is that Gruden is not the only person responsible for these emails, and that others are being protected by the NFL.
It's time to call out cancel culture's purposely-placed blind spots, which never fail to punish Black offenders while ignoring and protecting white ones.
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--Analyst Action: Credit Suisse Keeps Neutral Rating, US$38 Target on Franco Nevada Corporation
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Credit Suisse kept a Neutral rating and US$38 target price on Franco Nevada Corporation (FNV.TO) after its Q1/11 came in largely in-line with expectations.
Q1/11 adj. EPS of $0.18 above CS est of $0.19 and consensus at $0.18: "After market close on May 12th, FNV reported Q1/11 adj EPS of $0.18 slightly below CS est. of $0.19 but in-line with consensus at $0.18 (range $0.15 - $0.22). The variance is largely due to lower than expected revenues."
Q1 operating highlights - Gold beat, O&G misses, PGMs beat: "FNV reported total revenue of $73.1M above CS estimates of $65.2M. Gold royalties of $52.7M beat CS estimates of $48.5M, largely the result of an outperformance at Palmarejo (+$7M). Oil & gas royalties came in at $8.8M missing CS estimates of $10.4M, due to weak royalties at Weyburn, Edson and Midale. PGM royalties came in at $9.8M above CS est. of $4.3M as a result of significant strength from Stillwater. Base metal royalties were a slight miss at $1.7M."
GWL assets make first contribution to FNV's bottom line: "Collectively the GWL assets contributed $8.7M of revenue in Q1/11 above CS estimates of $4.6M. The beat is largely the result of higher than expected revenue from Levack operations and Ezulwini. Going forward the Levack operations are expected to be relatively steady state while MWS is expected to benefit from the addition of a third module and Ezulwini is anticipated to make the 2011 minimum payment."
2011 Guidance maintained: "FNV reaffirmed its 2011 revenue guidance with expected total revenues of $325-$350M."
Investment Thesis: "We expect gold prices to remain strong, with exploration updates and project advancement to drive the story. We believe cost inflation will continue to rise across the mining industry, which will spark renewed interest in FNV's business model which has minimal exposure to rising costs. FNV will also likely benefit as a leveraged alternative to the ETF. However, we believe the stock is currently fairly valued."
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Insurance Agents Not Held Accountable For Excess Judgments Under Utah Law
On Behalf of Steven Plitt, Insurance Expert | Aug 29, 2019 | Insurance Law
The Utah Supreme Court in Espenschied Transp. Corp. v. Fleetwood Servs., Inc., 2018 UT 32, 422 P.3d 829 (Utah 2018) held that the law allowing insureds to sue their insurance companies for bad faith conduct resulting in unpaid excess judgments did not apply to lawsuits brought against insurance agents who failed to procure requested coverage which, in turn, resulted in uncollectable judgment. In this case, the insured hired Fleetwood Services, an insurance agency, to procure a commercial lines insurance policy for their trucking company. As part of the procurement process, the insured provided Fleetwood with a list of vehicles to be insured. The policy was issued covering the vehicles that were on the list. Thereafter, one of the insured's vehicles was involved in an accident which resulted in a death. The survivors of the decedent sued the trucking company and its successor. The insurance company denied coverage because the vehicle involved in the accident was not on the list Fleetwood had provided to the insurer. A settlement was then reached between the decedent's family and the insured trucking company. At the time of the settlement the insured trucking company had formally dissolved its business and had no assets other than potential claims against third parties. As part of that settlement, the insured assigned to the decedent's family any claim it had against Fleetwood and the insurance company. As part of the settlement, the insured trucking company agreed to pursue claims against Fleetwood and the insurance company. Because the trucking company was a defunct corporation with no assets, the only way the family could recover from the trucking company was if the trucking company recovered from Fleetwood or the insurer.
Prior to the loss in question, the insured trucking company sold or leased almost all of its assets to another trucking company, Dats Trucking, Inc. As part of that transfer of assets, Dats agreed to indemnify the insured trucking company from and against all claims, liability or expenses, including attorney's fees, relating to the vehicles.
While the insured trucking company was defending the wrongful death suit, the attorney's fees and costs that had incurred were paid by Dats under the indemnity agreement which was part of the asset sale. At the same time, the insured trucking company sued Fleetwood and the insurer, asserting tort and contract claims against Fleetwood. The Court granted summary judgment in favor of Fleetwood, ruling that the insured trucking company did not suffer actual damages. The trial court also granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer, ruling that Fleetwood was not the insurer's agent.
The Supreme Court held that the insured trucking company's settlement agreement and consent judgment with the family did not constitute actual damages. Because the insured trucking company was a defunct corporation without assets, the family could not collect from the trucking company.
Many years ago the Utah Supreme Court held that an insured could pursue claims against an insurance company arising from an excess judgment without first establishing that the insured paid the judgment. See, Ammerman v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 450 P.2d 460 (Utah 1969). The Court in this case, however, did not apply that rule to the claims brought against insurance agents and brokers. The Court noted that its prior ruling in Ammerman was based on policy considerations of (1) preventing insurers from benefitting from the insured's lack of financial resources; (2) eliminating an insurer disincentive to fulfill its duty to its insured; and (3) recognizing that judgments against insureds constituted actual harm in the form of potential damage to the insured's credit rating. However, under the facts at bar, the Court found that these policy considerations did not apply to claims against insurance agents or brokers.
The Court found that the insurance company's fiduciary duty to defend its insured differed from an insurance agent's contractual duty to procure coverage. Damages from a breach of contract involving the agent were limited to actual damages. However, in the Ammerman case, the Court was concerned with eliminating a perverse disincentive for insurance companies to fulfill their fiduciary duties to insureds. Insurance agents and brokers had no such disincentive.
The Court acknowledged and an unexecuted judgment entered against an insured could constitute actual harm for which an insurance agent or broker may be found liable. However, for the insured to recover, it was required to show that the harm could be monetized, such as harm to its credit rating or reputation, loss of business opportunities, or bankruptcy. None of these had been proven in this case.


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