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A population-based study of the use of radium 223 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Factors associated with treatment completion
Sunil Parimi Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Erica Tsang Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia
Abraham Alexander Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Michael McKenzie Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Francois Bachand Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Katherine Sunderland Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Kim N. Chi Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Maria Aparicio Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Daniel Worsley
Scott Tyldesley Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.4415
Introduction: Radium 223 (Ra223) given for six cycles has proven efficacy in clinical trials, but its population-level generalizability has not been well-described. The objectives of this study were to describe population-based Ra223 use in the abiraterone and enzalutamide era and identify factors associated with completion.
Methods: All Ra223 patients at the British Columbia Cancer Agency between September 2013 and February 2016 were identified. Patients who completed <5 vs. ≥5 cycles were compared on patient characteristics, lines of prior therapy, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) decline >30% from baseline (R30%), and survival, to identify factors associated with therapy completion.
Results: Ninety-one patients were identified; 48 (52.7%) completed ≥5 cycles. Median overall survival (mOS) was 10.7 months, PSA and ALP R30% were 21% and 52%, respectively. Completion of <5 cycles was associated with higher baseline ALP (p=0.05) and lower baseline hemoglobin (Hb) levels (p=0.03). Patients in the ≥5 cycles group had longer mOS than those in the <5 cycles group (16.2 vs. 5.9 months; p<0.0001), as well as higher PSA R30% (33.3% vs. 7.0%; p=0.002) and ALP R30% (66.7% vs. 34.9%; p=0.03). Patients with ALP ≥220 and Hb ≤118 had 3.85 times the odds of not completing ≥5 cycles vs. ALP <220 and Hb >118.
Conclusions: Compared to clinical trials, patients in a populationbased setting had more lines of therapy and shorter survival. Lower ALP and higher hemoglobin were associated with completion of ≥5 cycles, longer mOS, and greater incidence of PSA and ALP response.
Sunil Parimi, Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Medical Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Erica Tsang, Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia
Medical Student, Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer agency
Abraham Alexander, Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Radiation Oncologist, Department Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Michael McKenzie, Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Francois Bachand, Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer Agency
Katherine Sunderland, Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Methodologist, Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Kim N. Chi, Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Physician, Department Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Maria Aparicio, Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Summer intern, Genitourinary Cancer Outcomes Unit
Scott Tyldesley, Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Provincial Lead, Radiation Therapy, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Clinical professor, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia
Parimi, S., Tsang, E., Alexander, A., McKenzie, M., Bachand, F., Sunderland, K., Chi, K. N., Aparicio, M., Worsley, D., & Tyldesley, S. (2017). A population-based study of the use of radium 223 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Factors associated with treatment completion. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 11(10), 350-5. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.4415
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Can Money Buy Happiness? How to Maximize your HQ (Happiness Quotient)? What is the Path to 'Financial MOKSHA'? How to use your finances to Maximize your Potential? Why is Money like 'Oxygen'?
BUDDHA on WALL-STREET is where western philosophies of maximizing wealth meet the eastern philosophies of moderation and maximizing happiness. This is where the United States of America meets Bhutan.
While BUDDHA on WALL-STREET is primarily a book on investments it seeks to redefine happiness from the perspective of ancient wisdom drawing on the source of true happiness. It is materialism with contentment.
BUDDHA on WALL-STREET not only equips the reader with knowledge and wisdom to effectively maximize returns and manage one's investments but also lays out a balanced approach to maximize one's happiness.
In the material world there is a single pointed focus towards attaining wealth. This defeats the purpose it intends to serve, ending in misery rather than happiness. The book deals with the mechanics of how to maximize one's Happiness Quotient (HQ).
The Book is a practical guide on how one should balance out one's primal desires for infinite wealth with one's HQ (Happiness Quotient). It is about securing our future with the right investments and managing our lives with the right attitude.
Finance plays an important roles in our lives but yet we're not so very sure of how to manage it well. We always face some trouble every now and then. This book is just the answer for it. Written in an easy language it will make things easy for you and break down terms which are important as for investments. The title is really Catchy speaking up about financial moksha what I really liked it is how the author confined finance, happiness and wisdom all weaved into one book. The book has various sections focusing on investments and happiness and how to bring about a balance in between both. The financial terms have been explained in a simple manner with personal or examples which will make it easy to understand. The things that we used to believe in for investments will be totally shattered. You will be learning and relearning so many new concepts. Rule of 72. Learning about risks how to tackle. Long term/ short term investments, business analysis, balance sheets , macro investing, mutual funds, stocks, bonds. Every new chapter begins with a quote to sum it all up. And famous sayings by different people such as Warren buffet himself is also been put up. What are the essentials when you are investing what to look up. Everything about finance and investments has been covered up beautifully by the author. I'm sure one will benefit from it. Being a non finance student this made it easier for me to understand concepts which are used in and out in our daily finances. How can one overcome and learn from finances. Go slow and try to apply all that you grasp from this book. Book has alot of quotes and tables and real life examples. Might seem a little boring but if you have interest in the subject you will definitely find it of immense use!
Diya throws Suraj's proposal back in his face, leaving him broken-hearted. Why would she do so when she loved him desperately?Suraj finds his Guruji unconscious beside a cave clutching the warrior Indrajith's diary. His heart-rending love story then unfolds. Being trapped in a web of emotions, Indrajith endured the pain of his lost love, hurting himself and trampled Deepali's hope for his adopted brother.. Who was he?Sealed for centuries and holding the Mann-Parivarthana astra, the cave is besieged by evil now. But all attempts to unlock it go futile. Faced with baffling hints, Suraj's intelligence is sorely tested. What is the potent power required to break through that Paanch-Dost-Gupha?
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The 23rd Girl by Divya Ratan and Rohan Kachalia.
BLURB – Smart, Suave and confident, Rashv is a young man in his early twenties whose claim to fame has been his never say die spirit. His life lacked any excitement till one day he accidently discovers a strange connection with the number 23. He gets so obsessed with it that the number begins to influence everything he ever does. Roohi is a fiercely independent, headstrong girl who is relentlessly chasing her dreams in the corporate world before the 'burn out' happens. She craves for a change and takes a sabbatical from work when she happens to cross paths with Rashv who falls irrevocably in love with her. They have a whirlwind romance before Rashv realizes that she does not quite fit in his number theory. On one hand is this number which has defined his life and on the other hand is the truest love he has ever felt. Can a number run your life? Is it justified to let it run your life? Dive into Rashv's world to find out.
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What if all of us got to know about our lucky numbers and could be all that we want to be, our lives would become really amazing and happy. here in this story rashvs story starts from his school days to how unlucky he has been throughout his life to knowing the number 23 has always been very lucky for him. The way number 23 and its importance and facts have been put up really amazed me. shows alot of research had been done. and plus the way the book has been written it does not feel it is written by two people at all. kudos to the author! the book and the typset is amazing too.
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The University of Athens' Medical Genetics Laboratory located in the "Choremio Research Laboratory" in "Aghia Sophia" Children's hospital constitutes a point of reference for genetics for the whole of Greece. With its extensive experience and has made a substantial contribution to the diagnosis, management and prevention of many genetic disorders, and it is recognized as a National and European reference centre for several genetic diseases with respect to applied research and diagnostics. It is amongst the most active groups in Europe for the hemoglobinopathies and cystic fibrosis, mainly focused on applied research for improved diagnostic applications, including prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis when relevant. It was also was the first centre in Greece to apply preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for monogenic diseases.
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import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.junit.Assert;

import com.alibaba.druid.pool.DruidDataSource;

public class DruidDataSourceTest_fill extends TestCase {

    private DruidDataSource dataSource;

    private int             maxActive = 10;

    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        dataSource = new DruidDataSource();
        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mock:xxx");
        dataSource.setMaxActive(maxActive);
        dataSource.setTestOnBorrow(false);
    }

    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        dataSource.close();
    }

    public void test_fill_0() throws Exception {
        int fillCount = dataSource.fill(3);
        Assert.assertEquals(3, fillCount);
    }

    public void test_fill_1() throws Exception {
        int fillCount = dataSource.fill(1000);
        Assert.assertEquals(maxActive, fillCount);
    }

    public void test_fill_2() throws Exception {
        int fillCount = dataSource.fill(maxActive);
        Assert.assertEquals(maxActive, fillCount);
    }

    public void test_fill_3() throws Exception {
        int fillCount = dataSource.fill();
        Assert.assertEquals(maxActive, fillCount);
    }

    public void test_fill_5() throws Exception {
        Exception error = null;
        try {
            dataSource.fill(-1);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            error = e;
        }
        Assert.assertNotNull(error);
    }

}

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Library of Congress > Digital Collections > Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 > Search
Collection Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900
Results: 1-2 of 2 | Refined by: Part of: Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 Remove Date: 1870 to 1879 Remove Subject: Railroads Remove Contributor: Texas & Pacific Railway Remove Subject: Maps Remove
Texas and Pacific Railway and its connections. General map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line.
Contributor: G.W. & C. Colton & Co. - Texas & Pacific Railway
Map of the state of Texas showing the line and lands of the Texas and Pacific Railway reserved and donated by the State of Texas, 1873. Shows relief by hachures, drainages, cities and towns, counties, railroads, and the land grant.
Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900
Transportation and Communication 2
Texas & Pacific Railway
G.W. & C. Colton & Co 2
Texas & Pacific Railway 2
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Overview of America Movil in Central America
Details from a report given to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the company's activities in the six Central American countries during the first quarter of 2014.
Operating revenues in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) during the first three months of 2014 increased by 12.1% compared to the first three months of 2013. Adjusted operating revenue by 7.6%. This increase was mainly driven by the increase in wireless data, broadband and pay-TV services, offset by decreases in VOIP services.
Potential of Satellite Services
The associated reduced costs are driving opportunities in developing countries for technology sectors based on satellite communications.
Elfinancierocr.com published an interview by Mónica Cordero Sancho with the Deputy Secretary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Houlin Zhao, who recently visited Costa Rica "to leverage the discussion in the area of radio spectrums to provide satellite services. '
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Telecommunications company Yota will invest $500 million to expand to Latin America from 2010 onwards.
Yegor Ivanov, Yota's vice president, commented they have been approached by over 30 companies interested in their telephony and Internet services, even though they have not yet started operating in the country.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Americas
Market Overview. Internet access and applications. Benchmarking ICT developments in the Americas.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Americas, by International Telecommunication Union.
When it comes to information society developments in the Americas region, a promising development is mobile cellular uptake, and several of the region's developing countries have a higher level of mobile penetration than its developed countries. During the past few years, mobile telephony has grown rapidly and is likely to exceed 100 per cent penetration in most countries in the near future. It is notable that no other region has such a strong presence of strategic investors, which account for three out of every four mobile subscriptions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Americas region also stands out in terms of VoIP traffic, which has been growing steeply in Central and South America.
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Database right: meaning of database
By Audrey Horton
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on the meaning of "independent materials" of a database in the context of a topographic map for the purposes of Article 1(2) of the Database Directive (96/9/EC) (the Directive) (Article 1(2)).
A database is defined as a collection of independent works, data or other materials arranged in a systematic or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic or other means (Article 1(2)).
B, which published maps, was involved in proceedings with E, an Austrian publisher, which published maps for users such as cyclists.
The German Federal Court stayed the proceedings and referred the following question to the ECJ: whether Article 1(2) meant that geographical data extracted from a topographic map so that a third party may produce and market another map retain, after extraction, sufficient informative value to be held to be "independent materials" of a database.
The ECJ held that the term "database" must be given a wide scope. It held that protection extends to electronic and non-electronic databases, and that the concept of database is defined in terms of its function.
It is necessary for there to be a collection of independent materials: materials which are separable from one another without their informative, literary, artistic, musical or other value being affected. Individual pieces of information, and also a combination of pieces of information, may also constitute independent material.
In relation to analogue topographic maps, the separable material consists of two pieces of information: the geographical co-ordinates point and the signature or numbered code used by the map producer to designate a particular feature. Article 1(2) does not preclude these two pieces of information, or a further combination of information, from being independent material, provided that the extraction of information from the map does not affect the value of their informative content. The informative value of material from a collection is not affected if it has autonomous informative value after extraction, even if there may be a decline in its informative value.
The autonomous informative value of material which has been extracted from a collection must be assessed in the light of the value of the information not for a typical user of the collection concerned, but for each third party interested in the extracted material. Information from a collection which is utilised for financial gain and in an autonomous manner, such as the information extracted by E from the B's topographic maps, constitutes "independent materials" from a database because once extracted, the information will provide the company's customers with relevant information.
Article 1(2) must be interpreted to mean that geographical information extracted from a topographic map by a third party so that the information may be used to produce and market another map retains, following its extraction, sufficient informative value to be classified as "independent materials" of a database.
This decision confirms that topographic maps are capable of falling within the definition of a database under Article 1(2), and so reflects the reality of how modern maps and their underlying data are produced and used.
Elements such as the location of a feature on a map provide information such as its latitude and longitude, its elevation and the type of feature. This informational value is not affected by being separated from the database as a whole, as would for example be the case in relation to a musical or literary work. The rejection of the typical user reflects the fact that modern maps have different users with a variety of purposes, including for example, as the court noted, planning travel between two points, preparing a bicycle trip, searching the name of a road, town, river, lake or mountain, the width of watercourses or the height of relief on the landscape.
The increased use and commercial exploitation of digital information is likely to result in a corresponding increase in cases involving database rights.
Case: Freistaat Bayern v Verlag Esterbauer GmbH C 490/14.
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Read Luke's report on what you would experience this high up.
First off, you would not be able to "feel" what it's like that high above the earth.
Your fragile human body would die in a few seconds.
At that height, the air pressure is just 1% of the air pressure on earth's surface. Due to this lack of pressure, air bubbles would form in your bloodstream – your blood would boil, and you would literally puff up like a balloon as you died.
At that height and on the way down, you would experience temperatures from -23°C to -56°C. Yes, you would also freeze to death in a few minutes.
Also due to the lack of air, you would hear some strange sounds in your short time at 120,000 feet. Sound is a vibration, and that vibration most commonly uses air to perpetuate. Since there is almost nothing for sound to vibrate at 120,000 feet, your ears would hear your own body! Your last seconds would be filled with the melody of rushing blood, your diminishing heartbeat, and unhappy bowel movements.
Because of the thin air pressure, cosmic radiation from the sun and other sources would intensify. Although the effects may not be immediate, your cells would be riddled with cancer and damage after experiencing strong radiation.
Now, let's assume you were able to survive all of this, and began falling back to earth while still alive. Even more problems would now ensue. There is a high probability that you will go into a "flat spin", where your body is horizontal and begins to rotate very fast (like how a record spins). The centrifugal force would push blood to your extremities, causing a quick loss of consciousness, along with causing fatal brain hemorrhages and clots.
If you survived the deathly flat spin, you would have yet another problem. As you reach terminal velocity, you may also achieve the speed of sound. Shockwaves caused by you slamming into the unsuspecting air particles at such a speed will likely be fatal.
However, if properly acquitted and prepared to deal with all of these; including having a really good parachute system, it would be possible to survive 120,000 feet. You may remember the famous Felix Baumgartner, who made history by doing exactly this.
Remember to pack your spacesuit, kids.


We made it! Happy Friday!
I took the day off today so I'm really having a good Friday!
First, I'm going to Ava's music program graduation ceremony at the library. Then, doing a bit of solo Christmas shopping. Later tonight we are attending my company holiday party. Action-packed!
1. Ok, so when I said it has been hard to use restraint, I meant it. I HAD to get this Audrey necklace from @Jenn5716's EllandEmm Etsy shop. This necklace goes quickly and I finally caught it in stock. I had to grab it before it was sold out! You should check out Jenn's Instagram. She is super cute and you'll fall in love with all her pieces!
2. This adorable scarf from The Loft was available for about two seconds today. I missed my opportunity, but I love everything about it; the herringbone, polka dots, and stripes!
3. and 4. are also both from The Loft. These tiger print velvety pants look so soft and The polka dot sweater would so with so much in my closet! Love love love!
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I helped BistroPlanet, a startup based in LA that let users place pick up orders with food trucks nearby, redesign their landing site and partner site. At the time, the startup had an app and website but the service wasn't live yet. They didn't have any food truck partners and people couldn't actually place orders on the app.
The current website looked dated and each page looked vastly different from each other, as well as the from the app. There were also hidden value props and no consistent navigation. These factors made it hard for new users and potential food truck partners to navigate the site.
The purpose of the redesign was to update branding and create a more user-friendly website that clearly stated directed users to where they needed to go. Bistroplanet needed more partners to sign up and more users to download the app, so clearly communicating the value and creating clear call to actions was crucial to getting more conversions.


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A World War I Soldier's Cholera Seemed Odd. 100 Years Later, Researchers Have Sequenced His Bacteria's Genome
The cholera bacteria in his body may not have even been the cause of his symptoms after all, the new analysis found
Jason Daley
Dave Goulding, Wellcome Sanger Institute
In 1916, a British soldier who fought in World War I was recuperating in Egypt after suffering cholera-like symptoms. Historic observations concluded the cholera bacteria in his system was unusual: it was antibiotic resistant and lacked flagellum, the appendage that allows the bacteria to move. The specimen is now believed to be the oldest "live" sample of Vibrio cholerae in existence; it had been freeze-dried in storage at England's National Collection of Type Cultures since 1920.
Now, researchers at Public Health England and the Wellcombe Sanger Institute have sequenced the genome of the bacteria, providing insight into how the complex pathogen has changed over time, reports Kate Kelland at Reuters.
Cholera is a bacterial infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, in addition to intense vomiting and leg cramps. The Center for Disease Control estimates that "2.9 million cases and 95,000 deaths" occur globally each year. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but in severe cases, "death can occur within hours," according to the CDC.
Since 1817, there have been seven global cholera pandemics, including the current one that's been going on since 1961. World War I happened during the sixth global cholera epidemic, which lasted from 1899 to 1923. Over two centuries, the quickly-mutating disease has thwarted efforts to control it.
Surprisingly, the cholera strain that the team sequenced called NCTC 30 turned out to be non-toxigenic, meaning it could not cause an infection and therefore, probably wasn't the source of the soldier's symptoms, Genomeweb reports. It was, however, still distantly related to cholera strains that initiated previous epidemics, including the one happening now. The new study appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
"[U]nder the microscope, the bacterium looks broken; it lacks a flagellum—a thin tail that enables bacteria to swim," study co-author Matthew Dorman, a graduate student at the Sanger Institute, says in a statement. "We discovered a mutation in a gene that's critical for growing flagella, which may be the reason for this characteristic."
NCTC 30 is also resistant to antibiotics, including penicillin. In fact, it's possible that these bacteria learned how to fight off naturally-occurring antibiotics before Alexander Fleming isolated penicillin in 1928. According to the press release, this finding supports an emerging theory that some diseases developed antibiotic resistant capabilities even before humans discovered the class of drugs.
"Studying strains from different points in time can give deep insights into the evolution of this species of bacteria and link that to historical reports of human disease," lead author Nick Thomson of the Wellcombe Sanger Institute says in a statement. "Even though this isolate did not cause an outbreak it is important to study those that do not cause disease as well as those that do. Hence this isolate represents a significant piece of the history of cholera, a disease that remains as important today as it was in past centuries."
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Jason Daley is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer specializing in natural history, science, travel, and the environment. His work has appeared in Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men's Journal, and other magazines.
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Motor manufacturers could face tough questions if new pollution cameras prove vehicles are more damaging than stated.
Trial, UK, pollution cameras are monitoring vehicle exhaust emissions so real-world efficiency could be compared with manufacturer claims. The Emission Detection and Reporting Device – a brainchild of former NASA scientist Stewart Hagar – is operating in London and Birmingham for the first tests of its type in Europe.
Pollution cameras shoot laser beams through the vehicle's exhaust stream. Changes of light then indicate the quantity of particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (Nox) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Data is compared to established pollution monitoring station readings to ensure accuracy and could – as other cameras record the vehicle's make/model via its registration plate – be compared to manufacturer figures to test the legitimacy of any brochure claims.
Pollutants have to be monitored as they have a significant impact on the environment and its inhabitants. Public Health England claimed that nitrogen dioxide is linked to lung problems, for example.
Ex-NASA scientist Stewart Hagar said: "We (NASA) were working on a active satellite system that shoots lasers down into the atmosphere to measure column abundances of CO2. I started thinking this would be great for cars". He added: "I did some research and found out that nobody has done this before, so this is a very unique system".
The Department for Transport contributed £149,000 to pay for the pollution camera trial. It involves scientists from the University of Birmingham, the University of Leeds and King's College London.


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India seeks Saudi investment in strategic oil storage, rescue plan for refinery
Published : Mar 10, 2019, 2:09 pm IST
Updated : Mar 10, 2019, 2:09 pm IST
The official statement said: 'Saudi Arabia's participation in Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) program was also discussed.'
Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al Falih discussed with Indian counterpart Dharmendra Pradhan the proposed 60 million tonne a year mega oil refinery cum petrochemical complex. (Representational Image)
New Delhi: India has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in its strategic oil storage even as it looks to resurrect a USD 44 billion (Rs 3.08 lakh crore) refinery project with the world's largest oil producer after the BJP-ruled Maharashtra government denied land at the initial site.
Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al Falih, on his second visit to India in three weeks, discussed with his Indian counterpart Dharmendra Pradhan the 60 million tonne (MT) a year mega oil refinery cum petrochemical complex, whose initial allocated land in coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra was denotified by the state government earlier this month, as part of electoral understanding between the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena.
"The (two) ministers reviewed various Saudi investment proposals in the Indian oil and gas sector, including the urgent steps to be taken to expedite the implementation of the first joint venture West Coast Refinery and Petrochemical Project in Maharashtra, estimated to cost USD 44 billion, which will be the largest greenfield refinery in the world," an oil ministry statement said Sunday.
The two minister held talks late last night.
Shiv Sena had opposed the project at Ratnagiri district and the BJP agreed to its demand of shifting out the project as part of electoral understanding for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
No alternate site of the project has yet been identified and the statement did not elaborate on steps to be taken for implementation of the project.
Saudi Aramco and its partner ADNOC of UAE have signed agreements to take 50 per cent stake in the project. The remaining is held by public sector oil firms - IOC, BPCL and HPCL.
Pradhan invited Saudi Arabia to invest in India's strategic oil reserves. "Invited HE @Khalid_AlFalih to partner in India's Strategic Reserves Program and further enhance Saudi investments in India's refining & petrochemical sectors. Strategic engagements in energy will mutually benefit both our countries and further bolster our bilateral ties," he tweeted after the meeting.
The official statement said: "Saudi Arabia's participation in Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) program was also discussed."
India has built 5.33 MT of emergency storage enough to meet its oil needs for 9.5 days, in underground rock caverns in Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka, and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It has allowed foreign oil companies to store oil in the storages on the condition that the stockpile can be used by New Delhi in case of an emergency.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has hired half of the 1.5 million tonne strategic oil storage at Mangalore and 2.5 million tonne Padur facility.
In Phase-II, India plans to build an additional 6.5 million tonne facilities at Chandikhol in Odisha and Padur, which is expected to augment the emergency cover against any supply disruption by another 11.5 days.
India, which meets 83 per cent of its oil needs through imports, built the storages as insurance for any disruption in supplies. It has the right of first refusal to buy the crude oil stored in the facilities in case of an emergency.
The statement said that the visit of the Saudi Oil Minister was a follow up the first State visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud last month.
"Both the ministers agreed to take concrete steps for early implementation of the decisions taken in the oil and gas sector during the visit of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to India last month," it said.
The visit, it said, reflects the intensifying engagement between the two countries in the hydrocarbon sector.
Saudi Arabia is the second largest supplier of crude and LPG to India. In 2017-18, India's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia were 36.8 MT, accounting for 16.7 per cent of its total imports.
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What Remains of Public Art: Conversation 2 with Harmen de Hoop
By Shriya	/ 06.04.2014	/ Debates
In part two of this series of conversations with Harmen de Hoop, we asked him to share his views on perceptions of art in public space: ephemerality, audiences and the role of the media. Conversation pieces are below.
On Ephemerality, Art and Everyday Life
"Before creating the 'actions' which I've worked on for the last 5-10 years, I used to create what I call 'staged events'. The problem was these were like small, theatrical plays. They would happen once and usually, no one saw them—only the photos remained. So, it didn't function in an interesting way on location. There was usually no residue, and often it was not organized.
The 'actions' I work on now are different. They are meant to be 'moments' where something happens in the real world. It doesn't aim or believe in changing or improving things. There is a more critical aspect, Samuel Beckett-like: I'm trying and I will fail, I will fail again and I will fail better.
It is a real action and as long as there are passers-by, they see it and may not know how to interpret it. In life too, there are many things that happen, and you can't analyze them, particularly if you lack the information about the artist or the actors' ethnic/professional background".
On Public Art and Public Audiences
"I joined the discourse of art in public space and tried to do something different from what had existed before. I come from art, so I reflect on what can art do and can be. The whole thing of public art didn't interest me initially. Sculptures in public space use a language not understood by the general public, and this excludes people rather than including them. I am not a fan of curated festivals because they attract a new public into a closed loop—that is my problem with it. I don't like this idea of being comfortable in your own group and doing things. It's not critical enough, and even social or community art projects are now the dominant discourse.
Similarly, community-based art is possible because of the art context and money. Helping the unemployed or addressing social issues function more as a social process, for the welfare of people. I think that this functions outside of the art world, and it's legitimized by the using the label of art. That's why it gets the money. I don't have a problem with it, but I am unable to do things like that. I have a problem with how everyone wants to improve the world with social, community or public art stuff. It's a total cliche, and it is not meant to be critical. Art has always had to be critical, but now it is supposed to be about helping people or building stuff, which is not my cup of tea."
On Critical and Political Art Performances
"Some of my works have a more positive tone, like the flowers for the war memorial, or freeing the animals. They are a kind of parody of community art projects. Then my works became more political. In 2012, when we had a new political system that believed all artists are assholes taking grants. They cut half the budget for artists in the country and there was an 'anti-art' climate.
I copied that tone of the discourse from the other side, but the irony was that I had connected this with abstract sculptures and gave them absurd meaning. It would not have been good enough to be straight political parody. There was a humor in it that after reading this flyer you would not see the sculpture without this extra layer that I had created for it. So, creating a new image is part of the process. Without that it would not have been enough for me.
On the Role of the Media
The most intense reactions were when I distributed a flyer against the art world, targeting the city council for placing a 'multicultural' sculpture in Rotterdam. The neighborhood around the sculpture consists only of expensive high-rise buildings, and so in general only well-to-do white people live there. The tone was copied from racists and anti-islamists, combined with anti-art people, because that is what was happening in Holland at the time. I didn't expect to know what happened. But, it turned out that someone sent a flyer to the art institutes.
I was bombard with e-mails and discussions on the internet about this action, which people believed was going to happen. They didn't know it was me, but they asked if it was. I kept silent, but there was 24-hour police surveillance around the sculpture, because it could have been a real fascist. In the newspaper they reported that nothing happened, but on that day, I rode by on my bike and saw the artist and people next to the sculpture. It was kind of hectic, but when I do something, it's out of my control. I was not aiming at the art world or at this response. Generally, I don't have a specific goal, it's all very open, but this was a first major incident with a big public reaction that I know of, including an article in important Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad.
What interested me most was the whole discussion on the internet and all the arguments that were used. People responsible for the maintenance of the sculpture said ' it's not a multicultural sculpture, its an abstract version of a bouquet of flowers, its a marathon sculpture', but all of this was not true. Later, I found out this artist said it's about all the different ethnic groups that come together to do the marathon, which is always won by someone from Ethiopia or Kenya.
It was very un-intelligent and showed they were all still in their small art world and didn't understand how or what other people thought about them or of the social processes that happen in the city. They were just too comfortable with their routine incomes and all-white friends, so that was interesting, to see how bad they were at doing PR for themselves. The whole discussion on an art blog after receiving the flyer before they knew what is was, or from who.
As part of the abstract art-flyer-project, I sent a letter to the city council of Groningen with the proposal to make a monument for gay people, a 'homo-monument)', by asking the maker of this abstract sculpture to paint the red triangle pink—a cheap solution to please the gay community). They had many meetings and I received letters from
the city council
, the art department of the city
and the committee for sexual minorities
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On Public Reactions
"After I make a work, it's not in my control — so every response is a good response and there is nothing like failure because it can be a cheerful or an aggressive reaction, it's already in the work itself usually. It's never something that was totally unexpected. I tried to make it about certain dilemmas, so I know there can be positive and negative reactions.
When I began to experiment with the opposite of what was common, I made the decision to not try and be impressive or try to reach the broadest public, like Jeff Koons. I chose to do the small things. I like to direct my work to a small place or a small audience. Ideally, I like to leave a small trace and with flyers, it's a small group of people who see the action. I cannot control what happens and I cannot know afterwards what people think, unless it comes in the media. I like the fact that its personal in that sense. I am just a person doing something in the city, but I direct my action at 20 people or maybe a few hundred—I am not trying to create a big impact.
The fact that I cannot control anything gives an authentic and romantic feeling. Community art is based on a 1-to-1 relationship, but with me it's not face to face. I'm not doing it myself, I hire someone to do the action. I seek a direct communication between object and passer-by, and sometimes between actor & passer-by, but without the 'let's make life better' humanism as a goal. A small audience feels nice and special."
On Urban Interventions, Authenticity and Replicability
"This is now a general culture, but in 2014 it's not interesting from an art point of view, or if you have a fascination for originality. When someone does something completely new, good or unexpected, which makes you admire it or get a new perspective on things—that excites me.
The medium is not important, but to me, the communication of the idea is important. I am not interested in street art that is close to my work, or even ripoffs. But also, I don't really care. It's uninteresting, like yarn-bombing, which is now everywhere."
All images taken from the artist's website:
www.harmendehoop.com
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BAT Certified as a Top Employer in Africa
British American Tobacco (BAT) has earned the Top Employer Africa seal of recognition, in addition to being certified as a top employer in five countries: South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Kenya, and Nigeria.
The Top Employers Institute is an independent organization studying the employee offerings of major employers around the world and comparing them against the international standard. The certification recognizes leading employers around the world who provide excellent employee conditions, nurture and develop talent throughout all levels of the organization, and which strive to continuously optimize employment practices.
Head of HR for BAT South Africa, Leslie Rance, said, "This certification recognizes our efforts in building on our legacy of leaders through putting our employees first and developing our HR practices. Because of this, this year we have regained our continental certification and are incredibly proud of the HR teams in the end markets that have been actively driving these HR processes."
Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo, area director for east and central Africa, said, "This is a very proud moment for BAT Kenya and the east and central Africa HR team who work tirelessly to facilitate talent development, building a great cultural environment and therefore leaving a legacy of leaders for our business; a key pillar of BATs success. Certification in Kenya and now the African continent is an achievement we are very excited about and I know the whole team will be too."
Chris McAllister, area director for West Africa area said: "It is fantastic to be recognized for our employee practices on our first application for the top employer certification. We continue to appreciate and value all of our employees across all our markets in WAA and are committed to becoming an even better employer."
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At least 356 people, including 257 civilians, have died since the beginning of the "anti-terrorist" operation in Ukraine's eastern regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, according to UN calculations. There were 14 children among the dead.
The results prepared by the UN special commission in Ukraine have been presented by Gianni Magazzeni, head of European Department of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights.
According to Magazzeni, the final body count includes 257 civilians (of them 14 children), 11 more died in Mariupol plus two staff members of Voda Donbassa company . The remaining 86 victims are the servicemen of Ukrainian army, including several dozen paratroopers and nine crew members of Ilyushin-76 who died in the recent plane crash not far from Lugansk airport.
The results prepared by the UN Special Commission in Ukraine have been presented by Gianni Magazzeni, head of the European Department of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights.
According to Magazzeni, the body count includes 257 civilians (and among them, 14 children), while 11 more died in Mariupol, plus two staff members of the Voda Donbassa (Donbass Water) company . The remaining 86 victims are the servicemen from the Ukrainian army, including several dozen paratroopers and nine crew members of Ilyushin-76 who died in the recent plane crash not far from the Lugansk airport.
Earlier Wednesday, Russia's Investigative Committee said that over 100 civilians have been killed, 200 injured and hundreds of homes destroyed in Kiev's military campaign in eastern Ukraine.
The Investigative Committee intends to launch an investigation against the governor of Dnepropetrovsk, Igor Kolomoysky, and the Ukrainian interior minister, Arsen Avakov.
According to the Investigative Committee's information, starting from April 12, Avakov and Kolomoysky organized and managed the military operation carried out by the Ukrainian military, the National Guard and Right Sector armed fighters, and the Dnepr special forces of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, created and financed by Kolomoysky.


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Why one newspaper's reporting could change the face of digital media
Proper investigative journalism is, in these straitened times for newspaper publishers, sadly something of a rarity at the moment.
There have been examples in recent times – The Guardian's expose of phone-hacking, the Telegraph's campaign on MPs' expenses and Private Eye's often fearless investigations into corruption and incompetence – but carefully-researched stories and campaigns that really change things are a comparative rarity these days.
Kudos to The Times, therefore. The Murdoch-owned paper's investigation into online advertising has really shaken up the world of marketing communications. Over the past couple of months, 'The Thunderer' has been living up to its nickname, publishing a series of articles pointing out that the largely automated processes of ad buying and placement in the digital space have led to brand messages being placed next to some (let's put it kindly) rather unsuitable content; principally, extremist political and Islamist videos, as well as more racy (ie sexually explicit) stuff.
Putting aside the more cynical views as to the timing of the big news coverage on the YouTube ad placements coinciding with AdWeek – Murdoch has made no secret of his desire to challenge You Tube owner Google on its advertising dominance as widely reported in The Drum – it was good to see this serious issue being brought into the public domain rather than just being talked about in agencies and by brand owners, which has been going on for some time.
The result has been both an advertising boycott of YouTube by some very big blue-chips – M&S, Royal Mail, the BBC, Mercedes-Benz, The Guardian, L'Oreal, Honda, the UK Government and many more – and a good deal of soul-searching amongst digital media agencies.
What's more, the problem isn't confined to the UK , which is Google's second-biggest market outside of the US. It has now spread across the globe, with the likes of Australian pay-TV giant Foxtel, Nestlé and Vodafone all withdrawing advertising from the video channel. It's said that at least five of the Top 20 US advertisers have also followed suit in the past couple of weeks. According to The Times this week, some 250 companies have now pulled their advertising for YouTube and Google's display ad networks.
Given YouTube's vast reach and near-ubiquity in the West, a decision to withdraw can't have been taken lightly by any of these brands. But they are concerned – after all, who wants their brand associated with white supremacists, Islamist extremists or porn films?
What's interesting is that the furore (and more likely, the boycott) has forced Google and its parent company Alphabet to act; as well they might – earlier this week a note from analyst Nomura Instinet calculated that Google could take a $750m hit as a result. Given that's about 7.5% of its revenues (which are predicted to top $10bn this year), even mighty Google, one of the wealthiest and most cash-rich firms on the planet, has to sit up and take notice.
Let's be clear – even if the boycott continues, this isn't going to put Google in any financial jeopardy: the vast majority of its revenues still come from search, which is unaffected by this controversy and its revenues are expected to be around $110bn this year. But a $750m hit, while comparatively small change as well as damage to the brand, is still too big to ignore.
What Google will actually do is unclear, but one suspects in the short term it will deal with the problem. It has already said that it will employ more staff to review content (this can't be automated – at least not yet), introduce more controls for advertisers, and update its ad policies.
This may calm things down – although I suspect some of the more image-conscious brands will demand much greater direct control of ad placements; this is likely to put strain not only on the resources at Mountain View (where Google is based) but also the digital media agencies.
In the long term, the effects may be much more profound. This recent controversy has made many wonder whether algorithms are all they're cracked up to be. Sometimes you just can't beat a bit of good old-fashioned human judgement and intervention – automated placement cannot determine between 'good' and 'bad' video content across a site.
It's also bought brand owners' concerns over lack of transparency and accountability back to the top of the agenda. In the good old days, a brand owner knew that his ad would be appearing in the middle of Coronation Street, on page 6 of the Mail, at Green Park Underground station or on LBC. Now, who really knows where your brand message is going in the vast wild west that is cyberspace?
Earlier this week, Michael Higgins, the chairman of Ebiquity, a media auditor and pitch consultant which advises about 80 of the world's top 100 advertisers, sounded a warning at his company's annual results.
He said: "It is a striking fact that today only about 40% of digital programmatic advertising investment reaches the consumer, with value being eroded by the multiple links between advertisers and publishers, fraud, lack of viewability and non-human traffic.
"I don't envy any business leader who has to tell his board and shareholders that they're investing in anything that suffers up to 60% wastage. The trouble is, that's what many CMOs should be saying."
Higgins, a former partner at KPMG, said the rise of technology "has helped make the broad marketing ecosystem ever-more complex, inevitably more confusing, and often less transparent than one might expect".
Ebiquity advised the Association of National Advertisers in its investigation into "non-transparent" business practices at US media agencies last year.
The annual results show the company spent £285,000 of its own money on "the transparency work performed for the US Association of National Advertisers".
Higgins added that advertisers "need more help than ever from an independent firm with the necessary knowledge and expertise to navigate their way through this".
Higgins obviously has a stake in this, but he's right. I think we will see a change in media agencies' behaviour – they will focus more on judgement, experience and understanding rather than automation, programmatic buying and algorithms. This will add to the workload and inevitably, increase costs as more humans may have to be hired and trained. For those who move quickly, there may be an advantage, but others either may find themselves dropped by clients demanding trust, transparency and accountability.
And if digital media agencies' costs increase, we may see more consolidation, as shops and holding companies attempt to make savings. We may see agencies merge, or be bought out by others, or even – as Havas did recently – bring them back into the creative agency fold.
And to finish: there is another, even deeper – almost existential – issue that both Google and society have to address. Google, along with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Snapchat, were forged in a very singular and contradictory California culture: part libertarian, part hippy, part ruthless capitalist and part technocratic.
Even though these firms view themselves as technology companies, the rest of society (including the legislators) increasingly see them as broadcasters or media channels. And of course, being a broadcaster implies a modicum of responsibility. This many of the tech giants refuse to do.
While the technological excellence of these companies' products cannot be doubted (Google is a marvel of the modern world, both in its simplicity, ease of use and effectiveness), their attitudes towards what they do look increasingly out of step with law-makers' brands and, most importantly, the public. The spat between the Government and WhatsApp over encrypted data following the Westminster attack last week is a good example; in this one, virtually everyone outside Silicon Valley (even the most passionate free-speech advocates) would side with Home Secretary Amber Rudd I suspect.
How this issue will be resolved is anyone's guess, although if Google and co. do not "clean up their act" then governments may well try to do it for them.
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I'm just getting really concerned. Everything I read about Cushing's mentions how if left untreated, it's fatal. I was looking through a book on cortisol tonight in Borders and there was a section on Cushing's. It said that few people with it make it to the stage where there's visible hallmark symptoms (which I have). And that you should not fool around with it and need to be tested by a doctor competent in interpreting the results. I'm worried that whenever I do get to see the endo, that they're not going to be that competent. A lot of endo's specialize in diabetes anyway and since Cushing's is such a rare disease….
I'll see what happens Monday (let's hope they actually remember to call the endo). I guess if they say they can't get me in sooner or something, I may go in and talk to my family doctor about the possibility of going to NIH, or, if the tests didn't show positive results, OSHU, where there is *the* Cushing's specialist. And about going on short-term disablity.


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Q: React setting state not working when i create form fields dynamically i originally hard coded a form which worked fine when i had very similar code but now that i have decided to make my React form dynamic the fields don't update any more.
Its probably just something i'm not understanding about how state works. The state appears to set, but on re-render the firstName goes back to the original value
this is a simplified version i'm just trying to update firstName with
class Test extends Component {
constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
        firstName: 'Fred',
        lastName: 'Smith',
        usrForm: null
    };

    this.formFields = {
        fistName: {
            value: this.state.firstName,
            type: 'text'
        },
        lastName: {
            value: this.state.lastName,
            type: 'text'
        }
    };
}
componentDidMount = () => {
    this.buildForm();
};

updateField = e => {
    this.setState({
        firstName: e.target.value
    });
    this.buildForm();
};

buildForm() {
    const usrForm = Object.keys(this.formFields).map(field => {
        switch (this.formFields[field].type) {
            case 'text':
                return ( <
                    input type = {
                        this.formFields[field].type
                    }
                    value = {
                        this.formFields[field].value
                    }
                    onChange = {
                        this.updateField
                    }
                    />
                );
                // case 'button':
                //     return <button onclick={.....} />
            default:
                break;
        }
    });
    this.setState({
        usrForm: usrForm
    });
}

render() {
    return <div > {
        this.state.usrForm
    } < /div>;
}

}
any Ideas??
Thanks

A: I think this happening because the state is not being set incorrectly. In your update field function, you are setting value against firstName which is not where you are reading it from.
constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
        usrForm: null,
        formField: {
            fistName: {
                value: 'Fred',
                type: 'text'
            },
            lastName: {
                value: 'Smith',
                type: 'text'
            }
        }
    };
}

Change your update field to update state according to the field which was not happening earlier. Also, I have moved buildForm to setState callback since it is async.
updateField = (e, field) => {
    const newFormFields = {...this.state.formField};
    newFormFields[field] = { value: e.target.value, type: 'text'}
    this.setState({
        formField: newFormField
    }, () => {this.buildForm()});
};

Also, update your onChange to call updateField like following
onChange = {(e) => {this.updateField(e, field)}}

(Note: I think you are nesting state too much which is not recommended. Think of simplifying your logic.)

A: There are several points that you should address. For example, you have a typo on this.formFields (it says fistName and not firstName). Also, you set this.formFields in the constructor, using the state values. That will be called only once, so your values won't be updated. You need to updated them manually.
Also a note. The setState method is async, so if you want to use the state values right after setting them, you can use them in a callback.
Can you try this?
class Test extends Component {
constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
        firstName: 'Fred',
        lastName: 'Smith',
        usrForm: null
    };

    this.formFields = {
        firstName: {
            value: this.state.firstName,
            type: 'text'
        },
        lastName: {
            value: this.state.lastName,
            type: 'text'
        }
    };
}

componentDidMount () {
    this.buildForm();
};

updateField = e => {
    this.setState({
        [e.target.name]: e.target.value
    }, () => this.buildForm());

};

buildForm() {
    const usrForm = Object.keys(this.formFields).map(field => {
        this.formFields[field].value = this.state[field];
        switch (this.formFields[field].type) {
            case 'text':
                return (<
                        input type={
                        this.formFields[field].type
                    }
                              value={
                                  this.formFields[field].value
                              }
                              onChange={
                                  this.updateField
                              }
                              name={field}
                    />
                );
            // case 'button':
            //     return <button onclick={.....} />
            default:
                break;
        }
    });
    this.setState({
        usrForm: usrForm
    });
}

render() {
    return (
        <div> {
            this.state.usrForm
        } </div>

    )

}
}

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Section 15(4) of the Friendly Societies Act 1894 provided that all the property of a Society shall vest in the trustees of the Society for the time being. Section 16 of the Friendly Societies Act 1894 gave the trustees power to sell and mortgage land except land granted/transferred by the Crown for a specific purpose. A mortgage of such land required the consent of the Governor or Minister as the case may be in writing.
A transfer and mortgage by the trustees of the Society required attestation by all the trustees of the Society and a discharge or partial discharge could be signed by the trustees or a majority of them.
A certificate in the form of the Sixth Schedule to the above Act, under the hand of the Registrar of Co-operative and Financial Institutions of the names of the trustees of any Society or branch was sufficient evidence that the persons named are the trustees of that Society or branch. That certificate when registered at Landgate on payment of the required fee remained in force until superseded by a later certificate.
The certificate was numbered and recorded on the internal Landgate computer system locally known as Ditbook. Any dealing by a Friendly Society could be checked against Ditbook to verify the correctness of the attestation by the trustees.
The Friendly Societies Act 1894 was repealed by the Friendly Societies (Western Australia) Act 1999, which in turn was repealed by the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Financial Sector Reform) Act 1999. Friendly Societies in Western Australia are now regulated by the Commonwealth and are now registered under the Corporations Act 2001 and regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). As an example, the Trustees for the United Ancient Order of Druids is now the Druids Friendly Society Limited.
Documents that are executed by Friendly Societies are now executed in the same manner as any other corporation.
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Cardiovascular exercise not only promotes aerobic fitness, but also builds and tones your muscles. The best cardio exercises for glutes are those that tighten and lift your buttocks while burning lots of calories per session. Aerobic workouts that fully engage your lower body generally work your gluteus maximi, the two muscles that give your bottom its round shape. These exercises will support your cardiovascular health while helping you to sculpt a firm, attractive backside.
Stair climbing is an intense exercise that quickly increases the heart rate while sculpting your calves, thighs and buttocks. It is a weight-bearing exercise, so it builds bone density while promoting cardiovascular fitness. You can burn up to 800 calories per hour on a stair climber, according to NutriStrategy.com, making it an ideal exercise for losing weight. Because muscles are more metabolically active than fat, the muscles you activate while stair climbing remain active after your workout, allowing you to burn even more calories during the day.
Swimming is probably not the first exercise you think of when it comes to toning your rear, but adding flutter kicks to your swimming strokes is a great way to develop your glutes. Flutter kicks help to increase your speed while swimming, and the resistance of the water and kicking movement builds and sculpts your glutes. You can do flutter kicks outside of the pool to spot train your rear, but incorporating flutter kicks into your swimming routine promotes cardiovascular fitness and allows you to burn more than 500 calories per hour while lifting and sculpting your backside.
Kickboxing is a full-body workout that incorporates many of the skills taught in martial arts training. The high kick, low kick, roundhouse kick and combination kick are just four of many popular kickboxing moves. This exercise fully engages your lower body, placing emphasis on the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves and glutes. According to the American Council on Exercise, kickboxing burns up to 450 calories per hour, builds total-body strength, promotes flexibility and can improve coordination. It also builds cardiovascular and muscular endurance, giving your muscles the power to exert full energy for the duration of your kickboxing workout.
Cycling is a low-impact cardiovascular activity that works the muscles in your legs and backside. Whether you are riding throughout your neighborhood or exercising on a recumbent bike, you engage your glutes, calves, knee flexors, hamstrings and quadriceps each time you push down and pull up on the pedals. According to NutriStrategy.com, cycling can burn more than 1,000 calories per hour, depending on your body weight and cycling speed. When using a recumbent bike, raise its resistance to give your muscles more of a challenge and burn more calories.


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DEC's VAX Superminicomputer Became a Mainstay in Federal Research
Digital Equipment Corp.'s VAX line provided a bridge between mainframes and personal computers.
In the 1970s — the era of Watergate and then of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter — the Digital Equipment Corp.'s VAX system helped fill the technology gap after IBM mainframes dominated federal computing but before smaller personal computers and the internet took off and became a key element of federal computing architecture, especially for research purposes.
The DEC VAX became a key element of federal computing architecture, especially for research purposes.
WHAT Is the DEC VAX?
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DEC was already a major player in the computer industry by the mid-1970s, when it developed the VAX system (for virtual address extension, according to VAX Architecture Handbook: Architecture For The 80's). With VAX, DEC extended its PDP-11 minicomputer architecture from 16 to 32 bits.
The first model in the VAX "superminicomputer" line was the VAX-11/780. The line rivaled "much more expensive mainframe computers in performance," according to the online Computer History Museum. The VAX line also featured "the ability to address over 4GB of virtual memory, hundreds of times the capacity of most minicomputers."
The supermini VAX systems, the website notes, "were backward compatible and so preserved the investment owners of previous DEC computers had in software."
"The success of the VAX family of computers transformed DEC into the second-largest computer company in the world, as VAX systems became the de facto standard computing system for industry, the sciences, engineering, and research," according to the website.
VAX computers ran on an operating system known as Virtual Memory System, or VMS, a 32-bit system that exploits the concept of virtual memory, as TechTarget notes.
WHEN Was the DEC VAX Introduced?
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The first VAX system was introduced in October 1977 following DEC's annual shareholders' meeting. According to the Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, by Harry Henderson, the VAX line "allowed larger amounts of memory to be addressed and increased flexibility" for minicomputers.
The VAX line was a classic complex instruction set computer, according to Edwin Reilly's book, Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology. The original VAX architecture included 244 instructions when it was introduced in 1977, and more were added over time. Reilly notes that the VAX was "the mainstay of most university computing centers for almost two decades," from 1978 to 2000. That dynamic held true in the federal government, as well.
The extent to which the VAX line proliferated through government is evident in a 1993 publication, the fifth edition of Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to Services, Facilities, and Expertise, by Neil Miller.
The book, published by the National Technical Information Service, a component of the Commerce Department, details the computing and IT systems used by government labs, and the VAX line pops up quite a bit.
For example, the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, used a VAX-11/750-based computer system linked to a satellite for biomedical research. VAX computers were also used by the Energy Department's Combustion Research Facility to experiment on combustion engines.
VAX systems were also used at the Naval Surface Warfare Center for simulations of submarine and other marine vehicle dynamics. And the Army used a VAX 11-785 system at its instrumented test range in Arizona to test ground and airborne electronic communication and noncommunication systems.
WHY Did the DEC VAX Die Off?
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As Edgar Schien notes in his book DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation, DEC ran into trouble in the late 1980s and early 1990s because its VMS operating system ran only on VAX machines, while Microsoft's Windows operating system could run on "any clone PC from Dell, Compaq, IBM, Gateway, and so forth." The UNIX and Linux operating systems could also run on any computer architecture.
DEC had emphasized high-margin proprietary products, Schien notes, on which high service charges could be loaded. However, by the late 1980s and early 1990s, the computing market was moving to low-cost commodity hardware that could run a variety of applications.
DEC poured money into a high-end VAX, the VAX 9000 (known internally as Aquarius), which it introduced in 1991 to compete with IBM, Schien writes. DEC's VAX strategy was built around a patent-protected proprietary product and marketing plan, according to Schien, and the company's leadership failed to update it to include the transition to 64-bit computer architectures, which is where the industry was moving.
DEC's major failure was to anticipate and deal with the industry's shift to standard architectures. "When customers bought from the DEC department store, they had to make a huge commitment to one vendor," Schien notes. "Perhaps even more important, third-party software vendors were much more eager to write their applications for high-volume standard operating systems than for lower volume single-vendor operating systems. And where the applications go, the customers are soon to follow."
Compaq bought DEC in 1998, and the combined company was later bought by Hewlett Packard in 2002.
VAX computers were once used to process simulations of Army vehicles moving around bump courses.
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package com.amazonaws.services.directory.model;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 *

 * Contains the results of the DeleteDirectory operation.
 *

 */
public class DeleteDirectoryResult implements Serializable, Cloneable {

    /**
     * The directory identifier.
     *

     * Constraints:

     * Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

     */
    private String directoryId;

    /**
     * The directory identifier.
     *

     * Constraints:

     * Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

     *
     * @return The directory identifier.
     */
    public String getDirectoryId() {
        return directoryId;
    }

    /**
     * The directory identifier.
     *

     * Constraints:

     * Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

     *
     * @param directoryId The directory identifier.
     */
    public void setDirectoryId(String directoryId) {
        this.directoryId = directoryId;
    }

    /**
     * The directory identifier.
     *

     * Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     *

     * Constraints:

     * Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

     *
     * @param directoryId The directory identifier.
     *
     * @return A reference to this updated object so that method calls can be chained
     *         together.
     */
    public DeleteDirectoryResult withDirectoryId(String directoryId) {
        this.directoryId = directoryId;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object; useful for testing and
     * debugging.
     *
     * @return A string representation of this object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        if (getDirectoryId() != null) sb.append("DirectoryId: " + getDirectoryId() );
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        final int prime = 31;
        int hashCode = 1;

        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getDirectoryId() == null) ? 0 : getDirectoryId().hashCode());
        return hashCode;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) return true;
        if (obj == null) return false;

        if (obj instanceof DeleteDirectoryResult == false) return false;
        DeleteDirectoryResult other = (DeleteDirectoryResult)obj;

        if (other.getDirectoryId() == null ^ this.getDirectoryId() == null) return false;
        if (other.getDirectoryId() != null && other.getDirectoryId().equals(this.getDirectoryId()) == false) return false;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public DeleteDirectoryResult clone() {
        try {
            return (DeleteDirectoryResult) super.clone();

        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Got a CloneNotSupportedException from Object.clone() "
                    + "even though we're Cloneable!",
                    e);
        }

    }

}