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Q: How to wrap all Grails service methods with a Groovy closure? Grails 2.4.x here.
I have a requirement that all the methods of all my Grails services, generated by grails create-service <xyz>, be "wrapped"/intercepted with the following logic:
try {
    executeTheMethod()
} catch(MyAppException maExc) {
    log.error(ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(maExc))
    myAppExceptionHandler.handleOrRethrow(maExc)
}

Where:

*

*log.error(...) is the SLF4J-provided logger you get when you annotate your class with the @Slf4j annotation; and

*ExceptionUtils is the one from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.4; and

*myAppExceptionHandler is of type com.example.myapp.MyAppExceptionHandler; and

*This behavior exists (or has the option to exist in the event that it needs to be explicitly called somehow) for each method defined in a Grails service

So obviously this wrapper code needs to include import statements for those classes as well.
So for example if I have a WidgetService that looks like this:
class WidgetService {
    WidgetDataService widgetDataService = new WidgetDataService()

    Widget getWidgetById(Long widgetId) {
        List<Widget> widgets = widgetDataService.getAllWidgets()
        widgets.each {
            if(it.id.equals(widgetId)) {
                return it
            }
        }

        return null
    }
}

Then after this Groovy/Grails/closure magic occurs I need the code to behave as if I had written it like:
import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils
import com.example.myapp.MyAppExceptionHandler

@Slf4j
class WidgetService {
    WidgetDataService widgetDataService = new WidgetDataService()

    MyAppExceptionHandler myAppExceptionHandler = new MyAppExceptionHandler()

    Widget getWidgetById(Long widgetId) {
        try {
            List<Widget> widgets = widgetDataService.getAllWidgets()
            widgets.each {
                if(it.id.equals(widgetId)) {
                    return it
                }
            }

            return null
        } catch(MyAppException maExc) {
            log.error(ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(maExc))
            myAppExceptionHandler.handleOrRethrow(maExc)
        }
    }
}

Any ideas as to how I might be able to achieve this? I'm worried that a pure Groovy closure might interfere somehow with whatever Grails is doing to its services under the hood at runtime (since they are all classes that don't explicitly extend a parent class).

A: Here is what I was trying to pin point in my comment:
package com.example

import groovy.util.logging.Log4j

@Log4j
trait SomeTrait {

    def withErrorHandler(Closure clos) {
        try {
            clos()
        } catch(Exception e) {
            log.error e.message
            throw new ApplicationSpecificException(
                "Application Specific Message: ${e.message}"
            )
        }
    }
}

Service class:
package com.example

class SampleService implements SomeTrait {

    def throwingException() {
        withErrorHandler {
            throw new Exception("I am an exception")
        }
    }

    def notThrowingException() {
        withErrorHandler {
            println "foo bar"
        }
    }
}

Test:
package com.example

import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
import spock.lang.Specification

@TestFor(SampleService)
class SampleServiceSpec extends Specification {

    void "test something"() {
        when:
        service.throwingException()

        then:
        ApplicationSpecificException e = thrown(ApplicationSpecificException)
        e.message == "Application Specific Message: I am an exception"
    }

    void "test something again"() {
        when:
        service.notThrowingException()

        then:
        notThrown(Exception)
    }
}

Here is the sample app.
Grails 3.0.9 but it should not matter. this is applicable for Grails 2.4.*

A: You can intercept the calls to your Service class methods either using MetaInjection or Spring AOP. So you don't have to write closure in each Service class. You can look into this blog that explains both the approaches with examples.


TAIPING: Some Malay teachers in Bagan Serai are "going mad" as they cannot handle teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in English, claimed a state assemblyman .
Dr Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah (Titi Serong) said the teachers themselves had to take English classes to improve their command of English.
While they are still grappling with the language, they are required to teach their students as well, said Khalil, who was chairman of the Perak Backbenchers Club in the former Pakatan Rakyat-led state government.
"The teachers themselves have a poor command of English. How do we expect them to teach their students?" he asked in his speech after a briefing on the subject at the state PAS headquarters in Jalan Air Kuning on Tuesday.
Some teachers, he said, "have simply gone crazy" because of this, likening the matter to the blind leading the blind. He claimed the minimum passing mark for both subjects were lowered to ensure that only a rosy picture was painted of the move.
Earlier, the gathering was told by Malaysian Translators Association president Associate Prof Abdullah Hassan that a big gathering is scheduled to be held in front of Istana Negara at 2pm on March 7 to protest against the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English.
Prof Abdullah said the argument that the usage of English would provide better job opportunities could only hold water if there were plenty of job openings.
If dont even know basic english! WHY become teacher??? Go on and tanam jagung la!
When i SPM that time change from BM to English, now wan change back!
HELLO.. wake up la! STupid FooLs..
Satu signal rakyat dah meluat kat hang!
I totally agree with this poem which i read in Malaysia Today. (http://mt.m2day.org/2008/) This actually depicts how i really feel inside.
OMG..really ur hometown..Reli jialat lor..


Today as we honor those who have served in the armed forces and all they have done, WWE continues the build toward the last Big Four PPV of the year with this episode of RAW coming from the UK. The ending to last week's episode introduced a few new questions. What will Big Show do now that he has his job back? How will he build his title match with Orton? How will The Authority continue to torment him? Of course everyone is wondering what Kane more Kane will do with his new look. Also, will the traditional Survivor Series match(es) get any clarity? Are The Shield really showing signs of breaking up? Does anyone remember that Curtis Axel is the IC Champ?
Kane: Well that was certainly unexpected, wasn't it? The Big Red Monster has become The Big…Corporate Suit? Or just Corporate Kane? If it's the latter shouldn't it be Korporate Kane? Either way, this is an intriguing new direction for Kane as he's always been billed as some form of a monster. Having a cold and calculating corporate persona might even be more scarier. Obviously, it's still very early, but the new Kane shows alot of promise.
Heyman: Yes! He's back! Showing up in the ring in a wheelchair and showing the effects of the punishment he took from Punk, we are once again treated to the gloriousness that is a Paul Heyman promo. Even shown in such a vulnerable position as he was, he stills projects power and control. While he did get another kendo stick beating courtesy of Punk, he was able to heel on Manchester, Punk and Ryback of all people. Hopefully he continues to stay on TV so he can cut more promos.
The Authorities: So with The Authority 'on vacation' who's in charge of RAW? GM Brad Maddox seems to think he is, and books Orton in match against Cody during the show opening promo. Then Kane comes down and as 'Director of Operations' makes Randall's opponent Goldust. Vickie of all people comes out and says it's a Orton vs RhoBros handicap match. Then the tag champs come out like it's a done deal while Kane, Maddox and Orton argue. How is that supposed to work? Shouldn't have no authority on a show she's not the GM of? We didn't even get an OK from either other authority figure. Plus it's not the best way to establish Kane in his new role and it seems like messy booking.
Relevance: So Ziggler got an IC title shot against Curtis Axel and what would have been a great opportunity to get Dolph back to relevance was wasted when Axel picked up the victory. Not only would Ziggler have been a better IC Champ, but then Axel could have gone back to being the jobber that he was before and we would have no longer had to take him seriously.
No Show: During the beginning of the show, the commentators were playing up the fact that Big Show was unable to be here due to the injuries suffered from last week's beatdown. They brought this up several times during the show opening match. Of course this means Show comes out to attack Orton after the match and Cole acts really shocked. How gullible does WWE think we are? They might as well have spoiled the fact that Show was coming out anyways. The only good thing that came out of this was seeing Show Chokeslam Orton through the announce table.
The Shield: It had to happen sooner or later, but the breakup of The Shield has now started to be teased. Now that Ambrose is the only one with a title, jealousy is going to play a part. Sure the group hasn't been in the strong position it was during the first few months after their debut, however their current enforcer role is just an evolution of their fight against injustice. They're able to band together and put the group above the individual so far, but all good things must come to an end it seems. It's not necessarily the fact that they might split up that's questionable, but what might happen to each guy afterwards. Will they continue to be booked in a relevant way?


As the medical director of National Sports Medicine Orthopedic Group, P.C., and assistant team physician for the New York Giants, it is easy to see how Dr. Stephen O'Brien keeps quite busy. However, when you consider that he is also the chief orthopaedic consultant for St. John's University, medical director for the New York Racing Association and head team physician fo rthe New York Rough Riders Professional Soccer Team, New York Saints Professional Lacrosse Team and the USA Junior World Lacrosse Team, one can only speculate about when this gentleman sleeps! On a recent afternoon, I had the pleasure to meet with Dr. O'Brien at his offices in New York. During that time he shared his perspectives on orthopedic medicine and surgery and his perceptions of their association with traumatic stress.
JSV: Dr. O'Brien, can you tell me about your current positions and/or roles. I understand that, in addition to your orthopedic practice, you regularly treat professional athletes.
SJO: I am currently the assistant team physician for the New York Giants, with my partner, Dr. Russell Warren. Dr. Warren has been the head physician for the Giants for about fifteen years. I started with the Giants in the first year that they had gone to the Super Bowl (1986). I was a fellow at the time. That was a lot of fun. In the last few years, I have taken on a more active role on the staff of the Giants. I am also the head orthopedist for St. John's University, the head orthopedist for the New York Racing Association, head orthopedist for the New York Rough Riders Professional Soccer Team (Men's and Women's Team), head orthopedist for the New York Saints Professional Lacrosse Team, and the head team physician for the USA Junior World Lacrosse Team. Moreover, I unofficially take care of a lot of the high schools throughout the area. So I have a pretty full plate. I am affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)-Cornell University Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove.
Dr. Warren has been my mentor. I trained under Russ, did a fellowship under Russ, and have been his partner for about eleven years. The first time I met Russ was in 1980. It is kind of an interesting story because he was the only one that I had ever met that had anywhere near the same enthusiasm for Sports Medicine as I did. I came up as a student (to HSS) from the University of Virginia. He had started his practice in Virginia before he came to Cornell. I ran into his partners when I was a student down there and told them that I loved sports medicine. They told me to look up their former partner who was now at HSS/Cornell. I was doing, at that time, a rotation at HSS in radiology and I wandered down to the sports clinic one day. At that time, sports medicine was considered very taboo and not mainstream. I ran into Russ at the clinic. He was seeing patients with the residents. Well, needless to say, I looked around at 7:00 PM and everyone else had left an hour before. We began talking about sports and medical problems. The interesting thing was that our meeting told me that this was exactly what I wanted to do and this was the guy that I wanted to do it with. I ultimately trained under Russ, who is an outstanding doctor and probably one of the most pre-eminent sports physicians in the world. I always felt that sports medicine wasn't getting proper attention with regard to the scientific aspects of making performance better. Up until then, people didn't really think it was a field or that it should be pursued. It is all about how to improve human performance. The issues in athletes are different than issues in other people. In trying to get athletes better as quickly as possible, we have made the treatment of the non-athlete much better. Thus, people can get back to the workforce, for example, much quicker, better and safer and with smaller invasive surgery.
JSV: The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress is an organization that recognizes that professionals from different disciplines work regularly "on the front lines" with trauma survivors. Moreover, it is in this spirit that the Academy attempts to increase providers' awareness about the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects of traumatic events and facilitate early intervention. What have been your observations of the emotional well-being of patients who have sustained life threatening injuries or threat to their personal being?
SJO: There is no question that a patient's emotional and psychological well being have an enormous effect on treatment outcome. I can't tell you at the cellular level what is happening but I know that there are many studies looking at psychological well being and life traumatic events and subsequent effects on cancer and other medical problems. If you have a person who has experienced a traumatic event and you address their psychological well-being, communicate well with them, and make them a participant in the team, then they appear to do much better. There is no question in my mind. In my field, I find that women (not to be disparaging) actually do much better than men, in general, for a number of reasons. They don't come in, typically, with the same ego problems as men. They tend to be more cooperative. They handle pain better (this may be psychological as well as physical). Moreover, women may not be as tight-jointed because of the different levels of estrogen and other hormones. Thus, their recovery tends to be quicker. They don't tend to be as controlling as men patients. Now, obviously, I am a man and I don't want to "diss" men but I only use this as an example to illustrate the importance of working collaboratively with a team as one recovers. I don't want to make a blanket statement but I use this gender example to demonstrate how anyone who has their emotional and/or psychological well-being in place can do better.
JSV: Can you reflect on any patients, in particular, who stand out in your mind as especially having been difficult as a result of the emotional aftermath that ensued as a result of their orthopedic injury?
SJO: Well, I have had a number of different patients who have had concomitant emotional issues. For example, there was a young woman who was hit by a car. She had dislocated her knee and had torn every ligament. She had ongoing problems with her parents. She was in a bad emotional state at the time and in fact, was hit by the car after she ran into the street. Following the injury, a traumatic event for her, there was a lot of emotional tension with her parents. I really think she was quite distracted from concentrating on her knee and on the fact that she was about to face major surgery. Following the surgery, she had experienced more difficulty in her ability to regulate her emotional state and physical pain. She wasn't fully on board. We helped her to get psychological counseling and did some counseling with the parents and got everyone to collaborate in her treatment to facilitate the emotional and physical healing. I saw her about a month ago--five or so years after the surgery--and she is doing perfectly. What we needed to do in this case was have early intervention to address the emotional distress so that she could focus on her knee. We were initially going backward. When she was able to develop a better frame of emotional and cognitive functioning, she came around much quicker. I never operate on a patient who is not psychologically prepared for surgery. I tell patients that if they walk in backwards then they are going to walk out backwards. Patients have to be mentally prepared and I tell people to wait until they can be an active participant in their treatment. We see this a lot in adolescents whose parents tell them to have surgery. I can sense when the child is not ready and I will wait until that person is on board emotionally, cognitively, and physically. Moreover, you can never guarantee against things like infections, scar tissue, etc., and the patient has to be ready for such potential side effects of surgery.
JSV: Whenever I watch athletes, especially football players or gymnasts, I think to myself about the physical toll that their livelihood is having on their body. For example, I know that the most elite female gymnasts find their careers are over by age twenty. How do you address patients about the serious, potentially life-threatening danger that they might experience in continuing with such rigorous activity?
SJO: That is a good point. I'll take professional football for an example. The athletes in this situation are dealing with injuries that are certainly limb-threatening (and potentially traumatic for them) and/or can create a permanent disability. One of the keys is to make sure that you communicate on many levels. We are extremely lucky to have, as head trainer of the New York Giants, Ronnie Barnes. Ronnie is one of the best communicators that I have ever met. So, for instance, I am talking to an athlete and I am conveying what I think is a very logical explanation for assessment of risk only to find out that the athlete didn't follow anything that I was saying! Ronnie, who is the head trainer, did, but the athlete did not. Ronnie can take that information and convey that more effectively to the athlete. The athlete can then become more comfortable in discussing various things including their fears, worries, etc. to the head trainer that they may not otherwise discuss with me or any other physician. Whereas they may be hesitant to tell the doctor that they don't understand, they wouldn't hesitate to talk with the trainer. We open up the lines of communication and attempt to get the message across so that the athlete can make a better and educated decision, as well as reduce anxiety associated with the incident. Communication is key to their performance and their physical and emotional well being. It is incumbent upon the physician who works with athletes (and patients who are injured, in general) to facilitate the long-term view (e.g., what the effects of continued play could be in twenty years) as opposed to the immediate view (e.g., "I got to be in the game and play this week!").
JSV: When discussing with a patient the possibility that they may never walk again or the discovery of degenerative bone disease, for example, we can look at it, psychologically, as a patient's confrontation with an unknown or unpredictable outcome. With regard to traumatic exposure, we often discuss threat to an individual's sense of security and well-being. What are your observations about how people react upon such unfavorable prognoses?
SJO: They are all over the map! We have some patients who are in complete denial. Some patients are more accepting of what you propose. Let's take a patient who has to undergo an amputation or, for example, one of my patients who had 28 operations before he saw me and needed a knee replacement. Unfortunately, because of so many surgeries, the risk of infection is increased. He developed an infection and the prosthesis had to be taken out and he was not able to have it go back in. He was set on having the re-implantation when I knew it couldn't be done. He actually might have been better off with an amputation than with a lower leg that was not very useful. Some of the things that have been done with amputees allow them to go back to being very successful athletes. Well, I have not been able to get to a point to help this patient see things clearly. Once he can see the situation clearer, he can then make some decisions. For example, he may choose to walk with a brace (which he is now rejecting), have a knee fusion (which is another option), or consider having the amputation and attempt to move on with his life. In many ways, he may end up functioning better with a prosthesis than with a knee fusion. With a knee fusion, the knee remains permanently straight and there are other problems he could encounter. Our goal is to get the patient to be a "non-patient." We don't want them to be patients forever. The decision to amputate a limb and attempt to get on with one's life is a "quality of life" decision and not an easy one to make.
JSV: There is a growing recognition that those who deal with traumatized people, including psychotherapists, emergency care workers, nurses, physicians, and other caregivers, may all be subject to secondary traumatic stress reactions. That is, through their efforts to help a traumatized population, the helpers themselves become overwhelmed and are traumatized indirectly or secondarily. Do you see such risks for health care personnel in a clinic setting?
SJO: There are circumstances in which you do not win every battle and they certainly have an impact on you. There are risks that healthcare providers take as well. For instance, I had a young fellow who was a great young athlete being recruited by a number of schools. He was a tight end, 6'3", 245 pounds and had the world by the tail. He had an ACL reconstruction (Anterior Crucia Ligament--a ligament in the knee for stability) which is a common operation that we do. Most people usually do extremely well. We had planned to fix his knee and get him going for the fall (to Princeton) with a possible professional career in football. He, unfortunately, ended up having a devastating infection. He had an extremely stiff knee and was never able to compete in football again. Although we felt like we did all the right things and managed his care in all the right ways, sometimes we can't win every battle. I can tell you that I still feel terrible to this day that it never happened for him. I have been fortunate that I have not had many patients die under my care. Does this affect my everyday life? No, but it certainly does add stress because of the risks that you take with the patient in your effort to help them.
JSV: How do you handle informing a patient of the extent of their injury? For example, how do you tell a patient who has experienced severe orthopedic injury (e.g., a gunshot wound) that they may never feel the same way again or have the same mobility as they had before the injury? How do you cope with the patient's fears of the unknown?
SJO: You need to be very direct with the patient. It is incumbent on the physician to help lower anxiety and help the patient achieve a level of understanding. There are very few situations where you can't help the patient feel some optimism. I think to delay telling the patient what you think is going to be the outcome is wrong. For example, I may come out and say, "This is a serious problem and you are faced with a situation that may not be entirely recoverable." You should never try to cut out hope. You should identify the problem and start talking about solutions immediately. There are a number of patients who will have lifelong problems. What I always try to do is help them feel good enough to realize that, although they won't be able to do certain things, they may have no problem doing other things and, hopefully, still be happy. I think that it is important that you stick with them and quarterback the situation for them. They should never feel that you will abandon them. In other words, you act as their partner and help them to be as good as they can be. You must show that you are committed to helping them. It is amazing how patients feel when they know that you will be with them all the way. You have to be an effective communicator. I pride myself on being an effective communicator. You have to look at your patients' verbal and nonverbal responses and listen to your patient. They may tell you one thing but you may read in their face that they don't really mean it or feel it. Also, it is important to inquire as to how well they understand what you are saying. Make sure you address all of their questions. Most of the time when I ask a patient, prior to surgery, "How are you doing"? they say, "I am nervous and I am frightened as hell." I usually tell them, "That is O.K. and this is normal." In fact, I may further validate their feelings by saying, "If you weren't afraid, then there is really something wrong here." All of a sudden, they seem to feel better. When a patient says, "I am terrified of the surgery," I'll say, "Well, you know what, that helps me tremendously because I now know that I will have to spend a little extra time with you early on to make sure that you are more comfortable." People should not feel as if they are crazy because of their fear.
JSV: In many professions, working with children in distress has considerable potential to evoke a variety of feelings. How do you manage your feelings when dealing with a child or adolescent (e.g., the high school athlete) who has experienced significant physical trauma and may be permanently disabled from the incident?
SJO: The high school athletes are my favorite patients. Their eyes are wide open. They are typically full of optimism with regard to their own physical capabilities and with whatever they may want to achieve, whether it be going to a certain college or career, etc. I think one of the most important things we must try to avoid is dictating to the child, especially the adolescent. You can't come on too much as an adult. If you let them know that you are there to help them and that you know, at times, things won't be easy, then they actually do really well. I enjoy talking to the high school athlete and have had the pleasure of watching many of these patients go on to do very successful things. When you take on patients like this, you tend to bond with them. They become a part of you. I have been fortunate to play a role even in the careers of some of my patients. For example, I have had some of my adolescent patients with interests in medicine, who were operated on by me, come back and observe me in surgery. One of the residents at the hospital has been following me around since high school. He was a patient, then a friend, and now an associate. This has been quite exciting for me professionally and personally.
JSV: As you know, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, is unique in that it is a multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of the intervention for survivors of trauma. This includes increasing the awareness of the effects of trauma and improving treatment. In what ways do you think physicians can contribute to increasing awareness about trauma and, hopefully, improve treatment for trauma survivors?
SJO: Again, I will say that communication is key. One of the things that we try to do, whether this be in helping the injured athlete or working with the severely traumatized patient, is create a team concept in which the patient is an active participant. You want effective communication to ultimately improve functioning. We can help patients move past medical problems by addressing more of the emotional/psychological issues related to trauma. We must make them part of the treatment team to ultimately help them improve performance in many domains. With the severely traumatized patient, you must make sure that you are on the same wavelength with the patient and the family. I always try to encourage patients" families to be part of their care. I never disallow family members or significant others from being in the room for the patient. These family members are part of that patient's team and I have nothing to hide. Some physicians really don't like a crowd around, but you know, all of that crowd are participants in the recovery. It is that crowd that will help move that patient forward. Sometimes I will sit down with a family and give them hell because they are either too hard on the patient or too hard on "the system." In other words, they may alienate their child, for instance, by telling them that they are not trying hard enough or smother them and do all of the talking for them. Sometimes the families may sit and ask the physicians and therapists to verify and/or validate everything that they are saying--this sets up a mistrust. Such mistrust is not productive for the patient, physician or therapist. Trust of the health care provider is essential. Sometimes I have to attend to the parents' anxiety first before I can be helpful to the patient. At times, parents (and/or caregivers) need to modify their behavior to, ultimately, be most helpful to their child.
JSV: As a physician working with orthopedic patients, are there any suggestions that you could give with regard to helping victims of traumatic events?
SJO: What you have to do first is have the patient deal with reality. You don't take away their hope but you may have to stop their pipe dream. I see a lot of patients who have had severe physical trauma and have developed a very painful condition known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Many of these patients have gone from doctor to doctor and they are very frustrated. They are waiting for that one person who has that magic bullet. I spend my first couple of sessions dedi-cated to convincing them that, even if they get better, it is going to be a year or more; they need to understand that they must reset their clock. Once they do, then they can move ahead and we can be productive. They have to know that they are not going to wake up one morning and be cured. We need to work as a team. The first thing may be getting a consultation with a psychologist or psychiatrist to deal with the emotional toll that the injury has taken on them (perhaps, especially when the injury is unexpected and overwhelming for the patient). They need to understand that they may not see any results for a long period of time. Moreover, in some cases, they may need to realize that they will never be normal and help them accept and manage emotionally with that so we can help them to move forward. For example, with the paralyzed patient, this may mean getting them to sit up in a wheelchair and work to maximize whatever they can and find domains in which they can succeed. A great example of this and a tremendous inspiration is Mark Buonacotti, the son of the former professional football player, Nick Buonacotti. Mark was paralyzed playing football. He, with his family, did a number of great things. They went through their grieving process and then decided to fight back. For instance, they set up the Miami Project to cure paralysis, along with Dr. Barth Green and Dr. Frank Isemont. In the first year or two, I noticed that Mark could barely talk. Over the course of time, not only has he become an eloquent public speaker, advocate for his cause, and inspiration for many people, but he and the Institute have also raised millions of dollars. There is now some hope. So, what has Mark done? Well, he has given tremendous performance. He is not walking but he is a very active and vital person. He has learned which domains he can succeed in. One of the domains is outreach, another is public speaking, and he has created a very positive environment for other victims of paralysis. Every year when I go to the Miami Project Dinner, I do so very proudly. This guy is performing. So when I talk about human performance, it is not always musculoskeletal motion, it means movement forward. So we can say, "OK, we have lost this, but what can we gain given what we have? In spite of it all, what can we accomplish"? That is how people move toward goals. As my dad would say, "When God closes one door, another one opens." Patients must buy into that. When they do, they start to grow and perform again.
JSV: The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress is truly a multidisciplinary association comprised of over 100 different specialties. What do you see as an advantage of including orthopedists and oncologists as well as police chiefs and other emergency services personnel under the same umbrella as psychologists, psychiatrists, dentists, etc.?
SJO: Again, we are all there to assist people's performance. Everyone should be part of that team. We are there to motivate patients and help them--and the Academy may be a vehicle to facilitate that goal.
JSV: What do you find helps you relax after an especially difficult experience with a patient or a hard day at the hospital and/or clinic?
SJO: I like to hug my children and my wife. I am the luckiest guy in terms of having the most supportive wife in the world. I never have to look back and worry because my wife knows that I love her and, as soon as I can, I will be home. So she doesn't put pressure on me that way. We don't have as much quantity of time but we have great quality time. I always say that whenever I am home, it is like being at F.A.O. Schwartz because I just love being home. My greatest outlet is my family. I also enjoy playing golf which is a great source of relaxation for me because no one can find me for four hours. The ability not to be found for a few hours is something I cherish (laughs). Other than that, I really don't have a lot of time for many other things.
JSV: With technology changing so rapidly, where do you see this area of medicine going in the next five or so years?
SJO: I think we will be looking at great strides at the cellular level in terms of reducing human inflammation and physical trauma. We are going to find ways to modulate the body's response to injury. For example, let's say you sprain your ankle and it blows up like a grapefruit. Well, hopefully, in five to ten years, we will be able to get the appropriate response to affect healing but you don't get a magnified response that creates the four to six weeks of disability. Today, we may get massive swelling, but hopefully, in the future, we will learn some of the cellular clues to control swelling, inflammation, and ultimately, reduce pain.
JSV: I understand that you are listed in the "Best Doctors" Guide. How does it feel to be selected to be listed in this prestigious resource?
SJO: I have been fortunate enough to be included in some of those things. I don't know how they are compiled. I have been fortunate enough to have had great training and a great mentor. I work very hard at trying to be the best that I can be. I feel fortunate to be considered in a category with the better doctors. That doesn't mean that I am the smartest, but I listen to my patients and ask a lot of questions. We do a lot of research. I take pride in saying that I think that I deserve to be in that category. It feels good, but I am tired (laughs).


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Calytrix violacea är en myrtenväxtart som först beskrevs av John Lindley, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Lyndley Alan Craven. Calytrix violacea ingår i släktet Calytrix och familjen myrtenväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Von Expo unterstützter sprechender Computer für Blinde
The National schreibt über einen zukunftsweisenden brasilianischen Unternehmer, der gemeinsam mit der Expo 2020 Dubai ehrgeizige Pläne für einen bezahlbaren Computer für Blinde vorantreibt.
Now we've proved it – a sneak peek of Expo 2020 Dubai is enough to convince anyone to return when gates open for an unmissable experience.
For the past six weeks, members of the public have been visiting Expo 2020 Dubai for an up-close look at the site, which is set to welcome the world for an unforgettable 173 days from 20 October next year.
And, after seeing 'The World's Greatest Show in the Making' first-hand, the 3,000-plus tour visitors have sent a clear message – they can't wait to experience our once-in-a-lifetime celebration for themselves.
A post-tour survey revealed that, on average, visitors rated the likelihood of them coming to Expo 2020 as 9.7 out of 10. Satisfaction with the tour averaged 9.2 out of 10, and Expo's relevance to each individual tallied at 8.9 out of 10.
The free tours began on Saturday, 20 July 2019 and concluded Saturday, 31 August 2019. Seats were booked out within three hours of being made available, leading to more being released and promptly snapped up again, this time within minutes.
The initiative connected Expo 2020 with people across the seven emirates, reflecting the spirit of hospitality and generosity that the UAE will showcase when it says 'hayyakum' (Arabic for 'welcome') to the world in 2020.
More than 100 tours took place, welcoming visitors from 79 nationalities. Tours were also organised for special groups such as senior citizens, school classes, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. In total, more than 14,500 seats were requested.
Manal Al Bayat, Chief Community Engagement Officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, said: "We were delighted with the success of the sneak preview bus tours, which have highlighted just how excited the nation is to say 'hayyakum' to the world at Expo 2020.
"Next month (October 2019) will mark the 'One Year to Go' countdown to our once-in-a-lifetime celebration, and we'll have further opportunities for everyone in the UAE to be part of the Expo story as we journey together towards the World's Greatest Show."
Expo 2020 Dubai is set to welcome 192 participating countries and millions of visitors for the largest event ever staged in the Arab world, taking place in Dubai South from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021.
Nationalfeiertag der VAE: Expo 2020 feiert den Gemeinschaftsgeist der Nation
Expo 2020 Dubai gratuliert den VAE mit einem Video zu Ehren der Vision der Gründungsväter des Landes
Wie können wir mehr Inklusion in unserer Gesellschaft erreichen?
Auf der Agenda der aktuellen Themenwoche der Expo 2020 stehen Vielfalt, Integration und Multikulturalismus für ein besseres Verständnis

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First of all, Fairfight is an algorithmic analysis of player stats and server-side cheat detection. They use many algorithmic models to evaluate the gameplay of player to catch potential cheater. They also crosschecks it with their own tolerance they have established. When the crosschecks match, you get flagged and accumulating flag will result in a BAN. Remember this is a Fully Automatic System so its running 24/7 & you can get ban anytime! Note: As you can see, Fairfight is not an anti-cheat system because it doesn't detect cheat like Punkbuster, Vac or Battleye did. Its actually based on statistical analysis so IF YOU GET BAN ITS ALL YOUR FAULT.
- Don't track boxes and player through walls.
- Don't shoot enemy out of render range.
- Don't follow your enemy around the map.
- Don't scope at target you can't see without scope, why? because you can't do this if you don't have ESP on.
- Never shoot a target you can't see while scoped. Like a player behind tree, rock, etc.
Let me explain you some basic behavior pattern.
We got three players: Average player, the pro player and the cheater.
Scenario 1 - Consists of a regular hot zone. Two enemies are present.
Player A moves with an alert pattern into the hot zone and kills both enemies.
Player B moves carelessly into the hot zone and is killed.
Player C moves with an alert pattern into the hot zone and kills both enemies.
Scenario 2 - Same players and same hot zone but no enemies this time.
Player A moves with an alert pattern into the hot zone and then moves on.
Player B moves carelessly into the hot zone and then moves on.
Player C moves carelessly through the hot zone.
Guess who was the cheater. ''C'' right? Well, Fairfight spot him and you just get flagged for potential ESP.
Actually it take alot of time to ban player using this method, but getting flags after flags will leads in a ban over time. No matter if you follow the basic rules by not traking player through walls, etc. If you still not understand basic behavior pattern like this one, you will get banned by time. The solution is pretty simple, always act like an enemy is nearby, this mean that when your about to turn a WALL, cross a ''T'' junction, move in like someone is there, especially in close quarter map, do not just run in because you know there is anybody in. If you do this, over time they will know your using wallhack. There is nothing hard to understand in this, keep the same play style all the time. Act like the Player A.
To work great, Fairfight need cheater. When more cheater are banned, more they can compiled statistic & make the line between legit player & cheater better and flag potential players with suspicious stats. By time, this will increase the accuracy of who might be cheating and who is not & in the same time make it harder for us to stay under this line.
- Having insane accuracy can cause a flag, its also recommend to not use it. Well, if you want to play with it, keep sure to lower your accuracy by time and keep it legit.
- Probally the best option arround here for an aimbot because it keep your real aim (Human Aim) but be aware that having to hight accuracy can result in a flag. Also, do not use no spread/no recoil with it.
- Having an insane headshot ratio can cause a flag by Fairfight.
Yeah, thats right! a legit player can't kill 5 people under 2 second, if you keep doing this you will be flagged and banned very fast!
Now you got all you need to know about Fairfight and how to avoid BAN by them. So there is no reason that you get caught, if you do, well, stop cheating you're not done for it.
Just because we sell a hack that has 40 awesome hack features that lets you kill enemies fast, don't use them all! Be selective.
1) Set Random Bone! Hitting same bone over and over is a clear indication your cheating.
2) Set Slow Aim/Human Aim to 15 or greater - Snapping quickly to target is a dead giveaway!
6) Don't ever ever ever rage.
7) Play Like someones spectating you!
For the paranoid players, don't use aimbot, but use auto shoot only.
Note Some of this info has been taken from various web resources!


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A thought for leaders on National Workplace Wellness Day – 31 March 2017
In a previous post I spoke about how the barriers between work and life have been essentially eliminated, with many studies recognising this shift in the 'new world of work'. Where highly competent and committed people struggle to cope – visibly over stretched, over committed, overwhelmed, burned out, exhausted, cynical and feeling totally ineffective, wondering how did it all go so terribly wrong?
We can't assume that leaders are impervious to such challenges just because they are high achievers. In the words of the singer Rag'n'Bone Man, they are 'only human after all' … (by the way its a great song, if you haven't heard it check it out).
A number of years ago I attended a workshop delivered by the Resilience Institute, it was part of a conference I was attending and it was the highlight of the conference for me, as I was looking to really understand individual resilience in an organisational context.
What grabbed my interest most of all was the way the Resilience Institute constructed a credible linkage between organisational and individual resilience. At the meeting, they shared the image below which I think delivers a very powerful message in a simple way. The individual spiral upward towards meaning and flow and its downward trajectory towards distress and depression is reflected and mirrored in the organisational spiral upward towards rigorous application and world class performance and its downward trajectory towards disengagement, high staff turnover and organisational failure.
I'd encourage you to consult their site www.resiliencei.com to read their publication Global Resilience Diagnostic Report for 2016; it's an insightful update on this important subject.
While individual resilience is considered a personality trait, it can be cultivated. Importantly, groups and organizations can also cultivate a "culture of resilience" which can serve as a form of "psychological immunity" from the effects of challenge and setback.
What is evident in all this is the crucial role leader's play in role-modeling resilience to influence both individual and organisational resilience.
If the individual experience of overwhelm is to erode your overall sense of wellbeing, distort your thinking, undermine your confidence and drain your energy, then just imagine what a ripple effect overwhelm might have within an organisation where the individual impacted holds a people manager or leadership role. Because when their resilience is low, it can have a far reaching impact not only on work culture but also on overall business performance where:
Bounce is replaced by inflexibility, anxiety around change and an inability to cope
Courage is replaced by fear, doubt and an inability to move forward
Creativity is replaced by a struggle with uncertainty and playing it safe
Connection is replaced by withdrawal, isolation and loneliness
The crucial role of leadership in role modeling resilience is also highlighted in a HBR article Building a Resilient Organizational Culture (2011). The authors state that a culture of organizational resilience is built largely upon what they refer to as "resilient leadership". They claim that a small number of highly credible individuals who "model" the behaviors associated with resilience have the ability to change an entire culture of an organization as others replicate the resilient characteristics that they have observed.
It is imperative, therefore, to support people managers and leaders in cultivating "resilient leadership" to ensure people flourish and organisations thrive.
Deloitte University Press has reported extensively on Global Human Capital Trends over the past five years. Their work has 'provided a depth of understanding of the challenges facing business leaders in a dramatically changing digital, economic, demographic, and social landscape. In an age of disruption, business leaders are being pressed to rewrite the rules for how they organize, recruit, develop, manage, and engage the 21st-century workforce'.
In one of their earlier reports (2014), they described the plight of the 'the overwhelmed employee' where they recognised that an explosion of information is overwhelming workers, while smartphones, tablets, and other devices keep employees tethered to their jobs leaving them constantly 'on'. They found that while nearly every company sees 'overwhelm' as a challenge to individual productivity and overall performance, they struggles to handle it. According to the survey, executives around the world are sounding the alarm, with respondents recognising the urgent need to address the challenge but also recognise that they do not feel equipped to do so.
Fast-forward to their 2016 report where they found that organisational evolution in itself is too slow to address the pace of change and the key findings is that organisations need to change faster 'by design'.
Pause for a moment to consider how high performing individuals, teams and organisations excel at designing, developing and delivering complex solutions to technical and process issues.
Then just imagine what could be achieved if the best of their innovative capability was channeled into promoting individual and organisational resilience?
More recently in Delotte's 2017 report, they provided a model which they refer to as 'a starting point to address a variety of issues including- meaningful work, the purpose of the organization, employee talent development and growth, rewards and wellness, the work environment, fairness and inclusion, and authenticity among management and leadership'.
Significantly, in the model they identified a 'Humanistic Workplace' as a core element of the positive work environment. Organisational language can be heavy on jargon, so it is refreshing to see the term 'humanistic workplace' used to describe the essence of the desired employee experience. It is a term that we can all easily understand because of our shared experience of what it is to be human and yet each of us can recognise the individuality of that experience. Similarily, role modeling resilience has at its core a sharing of human endeavor, which at the same time is uniquely personal and individual and that is precisely why it is so powerful.
If you are a leader or a people manager, my invitation to you as we mark National Workplace Wellness Day (31 March 2017) is to commit to proactively cultivating your own resilience, self-awareness, self-mastery and self-care. By safeguarding your own wellbeing and vitality, you can positively influence your organisational culture and act as a credible role model for a humanistic workplace where people feel valued, supported, respected, trusted, accepted and included.
Deirdre McLoughlin is a coaching associate with Harmonics specialising in Organisational Development, Executive Coaching and Psychotherapy.
Harmonics specialises in helping organisations plan for change, manage change and support their people through change. To learn more visit www.harmonics.ie or contact us on 01 8942616, 061 336136 or 021 7319604 or email info@harmonics.ie
Global Resilience Diagnostic Report – Resilience – Institutehttp://resiliencei.com/2016/12/global-resilience-diagnostic-report/
Building a Resilient Organizational Culture – https://hbr.org/2011/06/building-a-resilient-organizat
2017 Global Human Capital Trends | Deloitte | Human capital trends – https://www2.deloitte.com/be/en/pages/human-capital/articles/introduction-human-capital-trends.html


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Hyde Memorial State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located  northeast of Santa Fe in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  Summertime activities include hiking and camping, the park is popular for tubing on the snow-covered hillsides in the winter.

The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

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State parks of New Mexico
Parks in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Protected areas established in 1938
National Register of Historic Places in Santa Fe County, New Mexico


One of the basic laws of quantum mechanics is that information can never entirely be lost, only assume other forms. One of the most exciting forms information can take is that of the infographic, and over the past 12 months, Co.Design has covered some of the prettiest, most innovative design permutations information can take as part of our Infographic Of The Day series.
Over the course of the year, we saw infographics on a wide range of subjects, including 20th-century camera and sneaker design, house alliances of The Game Of Thrones, a colorwheel of cheeses, undersea internet cabling, beard typography, Batman symbols, and much, much more.
For years, marketers without a lick of design sense were slapping clip art on any data set that came their way and calling the finished poster an infographic. In 2013, there was a backlash against shoddy infographics. Perhaps that's why it feels like this year's data viz design is the most sophisticated, and the most accessible, yet: infographics don't have to be stupid anymore to be for everyone.
For your end-of-year perusal, we've collected 21 of our favorite infographics of 2013 in the slide show above. On the data viz front, we can't wait to see what 2014 has in store. Enjoy!
Check out the top 20 ads of 2013, from our pals over at Co.Create.


Sr. Grandmaster (Soke) Jeffrey Everetts, 10th Dan began his martial arts career in 1966 at the age of 9. He began training in the art of Judo and moved next to Chang Moo Kwan Tae Kwon Do and Indonesian Kun Tao, and accomplished his first black belt and black sash.
1975 United States Army as a medical specialist and nuclear, biological, and chemical NCO and communications NCO, and weapons expert.
1979 trained in Tae Kwon Do, Kun Tao, Hapkido, and Tai Chi under Master Alan Woodard (founder of the Chinese Martial Arts Academy), Kyueng Woon Lee, (founder of TKD Chang Moo Kwan, USA), Grandmaster Will D. Egner,( current Sr. GM of TKD Chang Moo Kwan, USA ) the late Grandmaster Kwang Sik Myung, ( founder of World Hapkido Federation and founder of Korea Yon Moo Kwan TKD Association), Grandmaster Jung Soo Park, ( Park's TKD Federation), Grandmaster John Pelligrini in Hapkido, and the late Grandmaster Arthur Sikes of the North American Self Defense Association.
Jeff is the founder of the International Hosinsul (self-defense) Federation and is currently certified as 10th Dan Soke with the World Organization of Mixed Martial Arts and the Academy of Oriental Martial Arts. He is an 9th Dan World National Grandmaster "oversee" under Sr. Grandmaster Kyueng Woon Lee and Grandmaster Will D. Egner ( Chang Moo Kwan TKD) and sanctioned as the North Eastern District Headquarters, 8th degree official representative of the Korean Yudo and Hapkido Association, 9th Dan with the Independent Hapkido Federation, and 8th Dan in Indonesian KunTao and is a certified Asian Grandmaster of Korean Martial Arts of the Asian Grandmaster Society/ World Martial Arts Organization, certified 6th Dan International instructor of the Korea Yon Moo Kwan TKD Association with certificate of appointment, 5th Dan Master and co-founder of Deceptive Eye Kung Fu, and 5rd Dan in Hapkido under the World Hapkido Federation plus holds and international certificate of qualification, and is a certified Grandmaster and member of the board of officers for the Global Network of Professional Reality Based Fighting instructors under Soke Dave D'Antonio( founder).


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Kenya has a long history of farming and trade, with the coastal zone home to many Swahili city-states that traded with the Arab world since at least 2000 years ago. In the 17th century the Swahili coast came under Arab rule, and a slave trade expanded. In the late 19th century first German then British colonial powers took control. During the British colonial period, plantation agriculture, particularly coffee and tea, was developed in the central Highlands, while indigenous landless farmers were displaced to cities. From 1952 to 1959 Kenya saw widespread conflict during the Mau Mau uprising against British rule. Kenya became independent in 1963. Kenya's post colonial history has included periods of political, civil and military instability, most recently notably post-election violence in 2007.
The hydrogeology map on this page shows a simplified version of the type and productivity of the main aquifers at a national scale (see the [[Africa Groundwater Atlas Hydrogeology Maps | Hydrogeology Map]] resource page for more details). The map is available to download as a shapefile (.shp) for use in GIS packages.
The [http://www.water.go.ke/ Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MoWI)] is responsible for the development of water resource legislation, policy formulation, sector coordination and guidance, and monitoring and evaluation.


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Fresno State guard knocks down five straight half-court shots (VIDEO)
By Raphielle JohnsonOct 22, 2014, 7:03 PM EDT
If Fresno State is ever in a position this season where they need a last-second half-court shot, it may be a good idea to get Cezar Guerrero the basketball.
During the team's annual "Red and White Hoops Night" on Tuesday the 6-foot-1 guard took over the half-court shot competition, knocking down five straight. Guerrero averaged 13.1 points and 3.5 assists per game in his first season at Fresno State, after having to sit out all of 2012-13 following his transfer from Oklahoma State. And his progression will be one key to watch for the Bulldogs, who have the talent to surprise some people in the Mountain West despite being picked to finish seventh in the league's preseason poll.
Fresno State, which won 21 games and reached the championship series of the CBI, lost leading scorer Tyler Johnson but returns Guerrero, Marvelle Harris and Paul Watson. They'll also have a healthy Braeden Anderson, who missed all of last season after being involved in a major car accident, and sophomore forward Karachi Edo returns as well.
Speaking of Edo, he held off freshman Isaiah Bailey to win the dunk contest. Below are some of the top dunks from Tuesday's event.
Video credits: Fresno State Athletics, Fresno Bee
H/T Geoff Grammer
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As part of GUS's strategy to reduce transformation charges from the LCRA, Georgetown Utilities Systems removed the T1 power transformer belonging to LCRA and installed a new GUS 138/26.18kV 46.6MVA power transformer at the existing Rivery substation. Also included was the addition of (1) 25kV vacuum total breaker and associated protective relaying for the new transformer and total breaker. M&S Engineering design personnel provided all engineering design associated with the installation of the new T1 and 25kV total breaker. Services provided by M&S also included; project management, system studies, equipment specifications, construction support, budgeting and cost control, start up, and project oversight for installation of 40MW transformer to existing 138kV Substation in Central Texas.


Any Estate inventory with items that are Pre-Appraised during the initial consultation at more than $2,500.00 are eligible for upgrade to our Premier Auction Showcase at no additional cost. This service ensures that your finest heirlooms (Antiques, Fine Art, Jewelry, Furniture, etc.) command a commensurate price and are showcased in the proper context. Instead of avenues such as Ebay or generic online auctions, we utilize our direct and longstanding relationships with auction representatives in all relevant departments from both Sotheby's and Christie's. By leveraging our experience and familiarity with both of these premier auction houses, our clients enjoy a more profitable end-result through our ability to decrease associated auction fees /commissions, command premium advertising within the auction catalog AND ensure an expedited distribution of funds after the auction ends (to name just a few).
Sotheby's is the world's fourth oldest auction house in continuous operation, with 90 locations in 40 countries. One of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewelry and other collectibles, Sotheby's is an innovative global art business serving the most discerning clients. Auctioneers since 1744, today Sotheby's is so much more, offering clients extraordinary opportunities to transact: S|2 private sales galleries, worldwide selling exhibitions, retail wine and diamonds, financing, art education and digital engagement any time, anywhere, on any device.
Christie's is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and expertise, as well as international glamour. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's has since conducted the greatest and most celebrated auctions through the centuries providing a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful. Christie's offers around 350 auctions annually in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, collectibles, wine, and more. Prices range from $200 to over $100 million. Christie's also has a long and successful history conducting private sales for its clients in all categories, with emphasis on Post-War & Contemporary, Impressionist & Modern, Old Masters and Jewelery.


One of Perth Airports most popular off-site Airport Parking provides, Car Port & Spa Airport Parking is offering up to 40%* discounts when you book your parking online through there booking portal. Simply select when you want to park, the type of parking being either undercover or open air and then book to be on your way with cheap parking! With 5 start customer service and security, you can be sure that you Car Port & Spa Airport Parking experience will be great and that your car will be safe while you are away.


We have an extensive range of products for both indoor and outdoor applications that will positively engage with your content consumers. It's competitive out there. For Brands to succeed, messages to get through or for consumers to notice you, your brand must be everything your consumers want — exciting, compelling, and necessary. It's therefore essential that your brand conversations are presented in eye-catching and engaging ways. Bidvest Soho offers a wide selection of high impact exhibition, event and custom Display solutions.
Our displays offer maximum impact with minimal hassle. They are lightweight, easy to assemble and give the 'wow' factor at an event or display setting. Bidvest Soho has products for every solution or budget; from banners to portable display units. Our exhibition, POS and display range is extensive. We produce all graphics in-house using the latest digital and dye-sublimation printing technologies to deliver quality products in industry leading timeframes.


A 2007 report by a panel of American, British and Dutch "experts" could find no credible evidence that the artificial sweetener aspartame is unsafe, a Reuters News story said.
The panel, in an industry-financed study, rejected the notion that aspartame causes cancer, neurological damage, learning problems or seizures as reported by some health agencies.
Two studies conducted in Italy, which involved heavy doses of aspartame given to rats, came to a similar conclusion.
The problem with the 2007 study is that it was financed by the aspartame industry and did not involve original research. Instead the panel assessed existing studies on the safety of aspartame.
The Italian researchers examined the effect of the sweetener on rats, but not on humans.
Aspartame is made by joining the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine.
Since approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1981, the sweetener has been widely used in diet soft drinks, many processed foods and sold in packets for use in coffee and foods.
Since aspartame is a product of big business, with billions of dollars at stake, the powers appear to be taking great pains not to look at the real issue behind aspartame or present the truth. We suspect that these stories, assuring of the product's safety, is nothing more than a smoke screen so the sheeple will stop worrying and go back to drinking their diet sodas and eating food laced with aspartame and monosodium glutamate.
Aspartame, produced under the brand names NutraSweet, Equal and Canderel, was introduced to the American market by the G. D. Searle Company in the 1960s. When the Food and Drug Administration conducted extensive testing of the sweetener and began questioning the validity of the testing reportedly conducted by Searle, the company turned to the Nixon and Ford administration operative Donald Rumsfeld to save the day. Rumsfeld was elected chairman of the Searle board. Suddenly all information about the poisonous aspect of aspartame was magically swept under the rug and forgotten.
Aspartame is now a multi-billion dollar operation. The stuff is found in almost every prepared food you buy on the grocery shelf, including chewing gum, diet sodas, dairy products and even medicine. You have to hunt high and low to find products that do not include either aspartame or monosodium glutamate, or the combination of both of these.
And it is true, neither product is a carcinogen. Nobody ever said they were. But they are excitotoxins. It is called this because these products "excite" brain neurons, giving people a slight rush similar to what they might get with a light dose of cocaine. Dopamine levels skyrocket so people enjoy the rush. They also get addicted and crave more of it.
In addition to being addictive, both of these food additives are highly toxic. While we think they are giving us a mid-day boost, somewhat like a strong cup of coffee, they are busy stimulating the neural cells in our brains to death. They have been proven to be linked to retardation in children. Sometimes we wonder of the excessive consumption of aspartame and MSG isn't one of the reasons for a general "dumbing-down" of Americans.
That so many different government sponsored studies have reported aspartame safe, for the wrong reasons, makes us think something deceptive is going on. We think the publicity generated largely on the Internet, warning against the consumption of aspartame, has been hurting the industry.
We believe some very powerful people have gone to a lot of trouble to assure the zombies that their diet soft drinks are safe and they can continue having their daily fix without fear.
It is easier to control a nation of stupid zombified people with only parts of their brains working, than it is a nation of educated and thinking adults.


Finding some free HQ images to inspire yourself or fill your content and got you confused in choosing the best search result?
Or did you also end up on a website which demands a fortune for your favourite photo? Well, don't get disappointed because here's a one-stop list of the most promising free HQ image websites. It will guide you in choosing sites according to your purpose. Go through this list and adorn your content with FREE beautiful pictures.
Picjumbo is a great photo library which will help you find useful images for yourself under each category it offers. The popular categories on the website are business, food, women, abstract, nature and people. The site also goes for a premium collection which interestingly divides under three different categories– "I'm a Blogger", "I'm a Designer", and "We're an Agency" which is an entry door to their premium collection. The site also provides geeky information such as focal length, ISO, aperture, shutter and width about the images you are going to download.
Pexels is another awesome website to get HD images for your usage. I admire their collection of lifelike images and would also recommend you to take this site into your list of websites to find HQ photos. It has a long list of categories. These are the name of the popular ones- Social Media, Fitness, Beer, and House.
Unsplash has a routine of adding 10 copyright free images in every ten days. It has a collection of high-quality breathtaking images you can fall in love with. You can find cool pics about travel, nature, mountains, sea beaches and lot other kinds of stuff.
IM Free which is maintained by IM Creator has an astounding collection of premium photos and they are available for free. You can see that its images are nothing less than the images which are found at paid websites. Look at this site for cool premium quality pictures and templates. As images in the collection come from various sources, check attribution before using images.
MorgueFile is a great place for people who get baffled at the view of huge online image collections. MorgueFile has comparatively small collection than websites in the list but it owns a broad spectrum of categories which helps the viewer to find out stock photos according to their requirement and taste. The category offers image collection which ranges from antique images to wildlife images.
Little Visuals is an unconventional site with a small yet powerful collection of images. You can avail it for photographs via signing up with your email address. Thus, you can receive 7 new high-resolution images every week in the form of zip file.
While you can find some common things in every website, New Old Stock stands out from the crowd with its inspiring collection of retro photos. The images are found from estate sales or other government resources. The images are free of copyright restrictions. You will always feel like giving a tour to this website.
Picography is a very simple site with a scroll through the gallery to have a view of all pictures in its collection. The images are clicked by professional photographers and the site offers great clicks to designers who are interested in expressive photography.
Getrefe can seem very happening to you if you are a lover of landscapes and architectural photos. The website purely dedicated to self-explanatory beautiful pictures of great landscapes mostly located in Europe. Nature lovers have a look at this website.
When you search "free HQ images", you can see Pixabay. Most of the images in Pixabay do not require attribution. So, get, set and download desirable high-quality pictures from this website.
The pictures in Gratisography are clicked by Ryan McGuire, a web designer and an artist. The collection of images get supplied with new photographs every week. The images look explosive and very expressive. You should give this incredible site a try for its hot collection of images with no copyright restrictions.
The best place to find out high-quality pictures of mouth-watering food delicacies and any kind of food from all over the world. Visit FoodiesFeed and you will love the experience.
Negative Space is another good place to find free photographs which are under CCo license (Creative Commons). The website looks cool and is filled with photographs related to the different genre.
Here is a list of search engines which are totally dedicated to make searches in multiple websites and find you the most relevant results for HQ images.
It is a Search engine powered by Creative Commons. You can find every photo which is under Creative Commons banner (license) via CC Search. I understand the fact that CC search is not a search engine (technically) but it does show results from various websites like Flickr, Google Images, Pixabay, Fotopedia and Europeans. The search is fast as CC search does not search every website simultaneously. You tell them what to search and where to search by selecting websites.
A handy service for those who want to download licensable content (creative commons) from Flickr in a simpler manner. Just visit the website, search for the keywords and download it without visiting advanced settings to choose Creative Common (as we do it in Flickr). The site looks like this.
As you see, there are a lot of doors which have opened for you so that you can enjoy and download great photography. Feel free to comment below if the list has benefited you or if I have missed some good ones in the squad.
Enjoy the vast collection of photos here!.
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Beluga, European sturgeon (Huso huso), anadromous fish in the sturgeon family. Captive (image shot in a large aquarium) at Danube Delta Eco Tourism Museum Center, Tulcea, Romania. DIGITALLY CLEANED. Heavily fished for the female's valuable roe—known as beluga caviar— the beluga is a huge and late-maturing fish that can live for 118 years. IUCN classifies the beluga as critically endangered. It is a protected species listed in appendix III of the Bern Convention, and its trade is restricted under CITES appendix II. The Mediterranean population is strongly protected under appendix II of the Bern Convention, prohibiting any intentional killing of these fish.


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writtenonthewall2019	Uncategorized	 יוני 14, 2019 יוני 14, 2019 5 דקות
By Haillie Hadar
Fall 2018/2019
I was first introduced to the works of Kara Walker in the fall of 2007 at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York's Upper East Side. Prior to attending this exhibition, I had no acquaintance with the artist. Kara Walker was born in Stockton, California (1969). When she was 13, her family relocated to Stockton, Georgia – the city where the KKK was born. The exhibition was entitled Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love (Fig 1). The specific installation My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love was a panoramic narrative that contained life size shadows that were made out of cut out paper, also known as silhouettes; a 17th Century art form that was used for portraiture.
Many of the characters in the work were presented quite elegantly – whether it was the way they were dressed or through their body language – yet the characters were frozen in questionable positions. Some of them were obviously nude. I had to tilt my head from time to time to actually identify what these characters were doing. Some of the characters were inserting things into their anuses or had excrement come out of their anuses. The sexual content of the installation was overwhelming, to say the least. On the left included a carnivalesque piece in which one of the characters was inserting its foot into the anus of the other character which was positioned upside down – doing a headstand, which seemed to be in a very uncomfortable manner – the character on the top seemed to be releasing fluid from various parts of their body which included the chest, the mouth, and even the armpits. The characters turned into objects, like a water fountain statue; other characters stood alone in the outskirts; while other characters were thrown in midair, while others are about to be penetrated; while others seem to be put to work with infants on their backs; the installation included children dancing and injecting objects in their mouths; while other images contained grass-hooks used in times of slave plantations.
The silhouettes themselves were shadows swallowed by the gallery walls. Walker is knowingly submitting the audience to slave trauma narrative – and to be exact: her own traumatic narrative. Due to the fact we become witnesses in her trauma – we then become accessories to such trauma and must come to understand not only the history of said trauma, but Walker's own testimony. The sexual content of the work comes from slave horror tales that examine the exploitation of black bodies during slavery – whether it is referred to the breasts – which were used to nurse European-American infants – or whether Walker is referring to the rapes by slave owners. The sexual subject of the work is crucial to understanding the relationship between abuse and control of black bodies. In a way, Walker is appropriating sexuality as a satirical enterprise – her use of gruesome images become less violent due to their comical nature. The wall panorama contains shocking and unspeakable images that contain both historical and imaginative elements. The disturbing images may cause the audience to misunderstand or misconstrue exactly what it is they're seeing. Our society is accustomed to seeing violent and violating images – especially sexual – but one cannot imagine it to be reality. We're usually protected by the frame, such as a television, which disassociates us as true witnesses to the crimes and violence committed. Walker therefore plays on this trauma by forcing us into the frame.
The work contained "specific and sophisticated references to the history of the antebellum and to nineteenth century American visual culture." The title My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love also suggests the complicated relationship between abuser and abused as well as this juxtaposition between power, control, hate, and comfortability pertaining an abusive relationship. The abuser becomes acclimated to such abuse and projects it as sense of normalcy – the same way a person who is kidnapped adapts to their kidnapper – and something strange happens to the mind of the victim. Walker is greatly influenced by the Antebellum American South; as well as the nostalgia to gothic literature and slave narratives; the scenes depicting the breasts can be referenced to the traumatic story of Beloved by Toni Morrison.
Standing there at the time, I couldn't comprehend what I was seeing. I was disturbed. And yet at the same time I couldn't help but laugh a little bit. Was it because these images were so atrocious and unspeakable? I was immediately intrigued and repulsed all at the same time. The installation contained paradoxically light and darkness, but was so extravagant, gruesome, violent, whimsical, and even comical, that it contained all the colors in the world with no colors at all. It illustrated both the ugliness in the world and the beauty all in the same time, but most of all, it contained subject matter that was to be taken very seriously. The beauty in the work comes from its power to break the foundations of historicity as its been told to us. Walker cracks open the abyss of history and tackles our comprehension of slave narrative, trauma, and testimony. The work was loud, even though the art form itself is minimal. It collapsed the silence around blackness, race, and slavery. Growing up in New York – race – particularly blackness, black history, and slavery were subject matter that elementary, middle, and high school educators spent an abundance of time discussing. Both History and English classes gave room for black writers and black history. We even have a black history month in the United States. But never before have I felt slavery more alive and more outspoken than in this particular space, and at the same time, I was confused; and perhaps this confusion gave birth to an admiration and curiosity.
Was it because I couldn't imagine something like this happening to humans? Was it because I couldn't make out what the trauma, I was being subjected to, was doing to me? I'm not sure, but I wondered how these perfectly cut out characters could be doing such terrible things; and could it be that I myself, was in a way projecting my own biography onto these characters? These are life size images that require one to become a witness in this space – and therefore I was made to re-live the testimony of Walker's generational slavery and relationship to race and slavery. I became convinced that Kara Walker's work is speaking about her own trauma and a history that, in Dori Laub's words, does not end. I was convinced that not only was she speaking about the history of the antebellum south, using the art form of the silhouette, and gothic literature, that she was creating an extremely complicated critique on race, stereotypes, and trauma.
Fig 1. Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love.
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The theme for Conflux 15 – the speculative fiction convention held in Canberra from the 5-7th of October this year – is WHAT LIES BENEATH. As in prior years, I had the honour of designing the website art for it. So here it is!
This is a piece of art I did for an upcoming convention. This is going to be the top of a set of promotional bookmarks.
The convention will be a celebration of the darker elements of fairytale, with emphasis on those stories told by The Brothers Grimm. As such, I went with a darker tone to this piece. It is basically a treasure trove of Grimm story paraphernalia being destroyed by a version of one of their more famous creations: Snow White.
Since I love the heck out of Jamie Hewlett's comic series, Tank Girl, I have imbued this Snow White with some of that character's brash irreverence. Hope you like it.
This is one I mocked up on Photoshop. It's not for any specific project – just a play around with comic art and mist.


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Q: Ninja prepends any add_subdirectory(foo) to all paths resulting in error at FindFirstFileExA on windows with vcpkg I'm trying to port a small open source project to windows. I used vcpkg to install the one dependency (pcre2), added the recommended paths to the cmake environment:
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Obviously the problem is the src that appears before the volume, but I have no idea what in my environment would make it do that. The project can be found here: https://github.com/ugermann/ssplit-cpp
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The problem is the add_subdirectory(foo). Calling it makes ninja prepend foo to all paths. Why is this happening? The problem is not in vcpkg
EDIT2: The issue appears with minimal cmake command in our github workflows:
cmakeAppendedArgs: '-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug"'

EDIT3: Seems similar to cmake add_subdirectory error only with cmake command line but not cmake-gui on windows (with source checked out at root of a drive letter) except my project is not a root directory.

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After two days of VIP preview, Art Basel, the most important of all contemporary art fairs on this planet, opened its door to the public. Then, the most exciting works had been sold allready. This the elitarian way the contemporary art market works today.
Hardly ever since I attend Art Basel, I realized this year that the art featured by galleries in the 1st floor is that different to those in the 2nd foor: Usually, on the 1st floor there were the modern art dealers and the big players of contemporary, like Gagosian, Lisson, Ropac and so on. On the 2nd floor there were also the younger galleries, with younger artists.
In recent years, painters have a difficult time - as paintings are not very appreciated by the curators of Biennials or Documentas. However, there is still a large number of art collectors who, mainly want to buy paintings. For some of them, a painting is not only easy to handle and to conserve - it is still the general idea of a work of visual art. I certainly don't want to get into the old trap to say that painting is obsolete, but in recent Biennials I didn't see a lot of exciting paintings.
The American artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins features her strange sculptures made of found images, pottery and old furniture at Laurel Gitlen Gallery, New York. We spotted her allready the the Whitney Biennial, a few years ago. Her sculptures look somewhat strange, but they certainly are a new way of creating sculptures.
Pierre Huyghe featured a video called 'A Way in Untitled' about his great 2012 Documenta installation at the Karlsaue Park.
Documenta artist Macuga Goshka did a spectacular installation at the booth of Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle.There were two live actors in painted spandex suits lingering around on the painting depicting Karl Marx and his claim ;workers unite'.
At White Cube Gallery, there was a stunning computer plotter print by Venice Biennale artist Wade Guyton.
The ongoing trend of performance was even at Art Unlimited visible. I liked the piece by Amalia Pica: There were two actors holding the work 'Strangers'.
Jeppe Hein told us the real truth in his neon work 'Happiness does not come from accumulating things'. Very true, but living with art makes life a lot more exciting!
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Giving the gift of art this year doesn't have to cost a fortune. Thompson's Gallery released a new book on Paul Wright titled 'Fifteen Years' in conjunction with the accomplished painter's solo exhibition of the same name. Filled with in-depth biography, analysis of the artist's evolution from era to era, and an exclusive Q&A interview with Paul Wright himself, 'Fifteen' Years' is a great gift for the aspiring artist or collector in your life.
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