I dont get into politics much, while spirituality, metaphysics, philosophy and consciousness studies are my forte'. However, our recent thread on on the 'death penalty' inspired me to add some pertinent inquiry and considerations to the 'question' if such an act actually serves a good purpose, for the particular soul of the offender, or anyone else for that matter.
I currently hold that reform/rehabilitation and facilitating postive psychological and spiritual growth/change is the best way to handle 'criminals' to guide them back on the right path, instead of killing them. Killing the physical body of a person does nothing for their soul, but their spirit is released and will be in the same condition it was in while incarnated. It is therefore best to work towards the healing, encouragement and transformation of an offender, enabling him or her to make amends for their mistakes while still in the flesh, instead of robbing them of that opportunity to do so. Otherwise the spirits can have a harder time progressing in the spirit-world and may have to reincarnate again to make amends for their former lives. The law of God is not mocked(nor can be revoked)...souls must reap what they sow, and can only be 'saved' via reformation and repentance.
Just some food for thought on the subject, which forces us to consider the offender in the crime, - the condition, potential and destiny of his or her soul, which is just as valuable as any other.
I just noticed my link to the post in the thread being shared is no longer extant. The thread has been deleted, evidently. In any case,...the points shared above still hold, as it seems best to rehabilitate souls while still in the flesh, by all means possible, before assuming that the 'death penalty' is a solution or effective means of 'justice',...since killing the physical body does not necessarily change or effect the soul in a positive way, and the spirit-soul of the criminal remains in the same condition he was in, in an 'unrepentant/untransformed' state.
I learned more about this from the spirit-world side of things, from the classic Spritualist text "Spirit Teachings" rendered thru the medium William Stainton Moses in the 1870's. Read this classic series of messages here.
The 'death penalty' then would be a 'last resort' measure perhaps, after so many years of rehabilitation failed(?), but even here, we would question how 'murder' can be justified in any case, as a 'remedy' or 'recompense' for the committing of murder. Its just back to the old tribal law of Moses,...."an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" system. Is this forcing the hand of karma too far?
Anyways,...just some random thoughts on this.


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Q: Ordering polynomials in vector space I'm researching material on polynomial vector spaces and notice almost all sources use ascending order, as in...
$a_0 + a_1x + a_2x^2 + \dots + a_nx^n$ and $W = \{1+x, -1+2x+x^2, 4x-x^2\}$
Generally, descending order, $W = \{x+1, x^2+2x-1, -x^2+4x\}$, seems much more intuitive for me, especially once you start working in with matrices.
Is there a good reason for using ascending order or does it not really matter?

A: Think about this problem:

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*Give a basis of third-degree polynomial.

*Only adding an element to the previous result, give a basis of fourth-degree polynomials.
If you plan to build progressively higher and higher order polynomial spaces, it seems logical to consider polynomials in increasing degree order.
Another example would be building more and more accurate Taylor approximations.
Beyond that intuition, there is no formal difference and polynomials are exactly the same regardless how they are written.

A: A very natural reason to write them in ascending order is to allow a very natural generalization to series.
You definitely don't want to write $a_0 +a_1 x + a_2 x^2+ a_3 x^3 + \cdots$ beginning by the last term :D

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We were supposed to spend the night in Naivasha (in the records that is). But no one wants to spend the night in some strange place, while we can simply drive to Nakuru, and be in Naivasha for the training the following morning. We actually consider passing through Kericho directly to Nakuru but that option is left out as a colleague and the driver would like to buy charcoal. They are not sure whether the same is available along the route we are about to take. So we end up using the very route that we used while coming here; Naivasha.
I am really disappointed as I wanted to go round mount Longonot, but also sort of relieved that with luck, I might be able to enter some of the data we have collected into the system. So, Naivasha route it is!
We get there at around five and set our machines in one of Labelle inn's workshop where the training is to take place the following day. I manage to do everything, or so I think till we are on the way home and I realize that some bits are not yet done. But not to worry, we'll be early the following day, like people who spent the night in the town.
I get home at eight to find that my grandma has already left to a funeral she was to attend. My grandpa opens the gate after five minutes of honking; he thought I wasn't coming back till Sunday.
I get into the kitchen and my uncle is warming Mukimo (the staple food in my land). Did I say my uncle? Well, I don't call him that; he is only five years my senior, and hard as I may try, calling him that does not sound good at all. There are two other men in the house. I don't know them and I don't ask. I later come to know that they are workers. I can't remember though the work they were doing; something to do with making hay.
When I start serving the food, my grandpa says that he will be taking ugali. I look up and the man is already armed with about three litres of sour milk!
"It will be cooked," he replies.
I know only too well that what he means is that I should cook it. So I start boiling the water. When it's ready, I look for the flour but cannot find it! My uncle joins in the search and is no luckier.
"It's got to be somewhere in this house!" is all the encouragement we get from the old man.
"Great!!" I whisper to myself.
I am very pissed of. But he is my grandpa and has to eat.
I prepare pan cakes for him and he is very pleased with his grand daughter. And they ask why I am such a blessed girl!
I retire to bed early. I'll need the rest, for tomorrow will be a tough day. It is not easy to address people when the training comprises of two ladies, a girl (me), and over thirty serious looking men!
Talk about a glass ceiling!!
good!! u really are a writer…a tallented one for this case.u already told me this story..remember??av loved the way its on paper..or screen…whatever.waiting 4 keshos.


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Fenerbahce's Ekpe Udoh finished the regular season while leading in two statistic categories: rebounds and blocks! Thus, he became the first player to achieve this record in the mos recent years and the third ever, since CSKA's Andrei Kirilenko (2011-2012 season) and Zalgiris' Arvydas Sabonis (2002-2003).
The center averaged 7.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in the regular season, while also scored 11.8 points per game and had an efficiency of 19.7.
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Check out my blocks from the season so far!!! I do this defensive stuff. Always have and always will...
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Артури Илмари Виртанен (; 15. јануар 1895 — 11. новембар 1973) био је фински хемичар и добитник Нобелове награде за хемију 1945. године "за своја истраживања и проналаске у пољопривреди и нутриционистичкој хемији, посебно за свој метод чувања сточне хране".

Изумео је АИВ (према његовим иницијалима) силажу која је побољшала производњу млека и методу очувања маслаца, соли АИВ, што је довело до повећаног извоза финског маслаца.

Лични живот
Виртанен је рођен у Хелсинкију у Финској, као син Карла Виртанена, машиновође и његове супруге Серафине Исотало.

Школско образовање завршио је у Класичном лицеју у Випурију (сада Виборг, Русија) у Финској. Оженио се 1920. године са ботаничарком Лиљом Моисио (1894—1972) и са њом имао два сина.

1933. купио је фарму у близини Хелсинкија где је неке своје научне резултате тестирао у пракси. У прекомерној производњи хране видео је само привремену појаву. Волео је једноставан живот, никада није имао свој аутомобил, никада није пушио и никада није конзумирао алкохол. Умро је од упале плућа у новембру 1973. године, након сломљене бутне кости од пада неколико недеља раније. Сахрањен је на гробљу Хиетаниеми, у Хелсинкију.

Академски живот
Виртанен је започео студије хемије на Универзитету у Хелсинкију 1913. године, стекавши мастер и 1918. године докторат из органске хемије. 1919. године почео је да ради у лабораторијама компаније Валио, великог произвођача млечних производа, и постао је директор лабораторије 1920. године. Осећај да није у потпуности квалификован и следећи своје интересовање за ботанику и зоологију одвело га је до даљег научног образовања и тако је напустио Валио и студирао на ЕТХ у Цириху, Универзитету у Минстеру (Немачка) и Универзитету у Стокхолму, физичку хемију, хемију тла и микробиологију. 1923. године у Шведској је радио са Хансом фон Ојлер-Хелпином, који је 1929. године добио Нобелову награду за хемију. По повратку у Финску постао је предавач на Универзитету у Хелсинкију 1924. године, познат по предавањима из хемије живота. Радио је у лабораторији Удружења за извоз маслаца, које је постало лабораторија универзитета. 1930. године основан је Институт за биохемију и Виртанен је тамо остао до своје смрти 1973. године. Постао је професор биохемије на Технолошком универзитету у Хелсинкију 1931. и на Универзитету у Хелсинкију 1939.

Каријера
Његова истраживања започета су радом на фосфорилацији хексоза 1924. године. Успео је да покаже да је фосфорилација први корак у многим реакцијама ферментације, што је био темељ тока Ембден-Мејерхоф (гликолизе).

1925. његово интересовање прешло је на бактерије које фиксирају азот у коренским чворовима махунарки. Побољшане методе конзервирања путера, додавањем динатријум фосфата за спречавање киселинске хидролизе. Ова метода се користила неколико деценија у Финској. Његова истраживања од 1925. до 1932. укључивала су проналазак методе конзервисања сточне хране (АИВ). Метода, патентирана 1932. године, у основи је била врста силаже која је побољшала складиштење зелене сточне хране, што је важно током дугих зима. Процес укључује додавање разблажене хлороводоничне или сумпорне киселине у ново ускладиштен материјал. Повећана киселост зауставља штетно врење и нема негативан утицај на хранљиву вредност сточне хране или на животиње којима се хране. Виртанен је 1945. године добио Нобелову награду за хемију "за своја истраживања и проналаске у пољопривредној и нутриционистичкој хемији".

Његова каснија испитивања укључују развој делимично синтетичке сточне хране. Азот за синтезу аминокиселина обично долази из протеина у сточној храни. Посебно бактеријско окружење у бурагу говеда омогућава им употребу соли урее и амонијума као извора азота уместо биљних протеина попут соје или месног и коштаног брашна. Такође је био на челу лабораторије Валио од 1921–1969.

Награде и почасти
Престиж додељен Нобеловом наградом донео је Виртанену позивнице, почасне докторате и чланство у страним академијама наука. Био је члан финске, норвешке, шведске, фламанске, баварске и папинске академије наука, те шведске и данске академије инжењерских наука. Био је почасни члан учених друштава у Финској, Шведској, Аустрији, Единбургу и САД и стекао почасне дипломе на универзитетима у Лунду, Паризу, Гајсену и Хелсинкију, Краљевском техничком колеџу у Стокхолму и Финском институту за Технологију.

По њему је назван астероид 1449 Виртанен, који је открио познати фински астроном и физичар Ирјо Ваисала. По њему је назван и лунарни кратер Виртанен.

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 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on December 12, 1945 The Biological Fixation of Nitrogen and the Preservation of Fodder in Agriculture, and Their Importance to Human Nutrition

Рођени 1895.
Умрли 1973.
Нобеловци за хемију
Фински хемичари

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Her career has taken her to the world's great opera houses and concert halls. The combination of her expressive, rich vocalism, elegant stage presence, and exciting theatrical abilities allows her to pursue a wide breadth of operatic portrayals and to delight audiences in concert and recital appearances. Denyce Graves has become particularly well-known to operatic audiences for her portrayals of the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. These signature roles have brought Graves to the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Washington Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro Real in Madrid, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles Opera, and the Festival Maggio Musicale in Florence.
Graves's 2012-13 season included two world premieres; she created the roles of Mrs. Miller in Minnesota Opera's New Works Initiative commission of Doubt composed by Douglas J. Cuomo, and directed by Kevin Newbury, and of Emelda in Champion by Terence Blanchard at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The season also marked two role debuts for Graves as Herodias in Strauss's Salome at Palm Beach Opera, and Katisha in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Graves makes numerous concert and recital performances including at Opera Carolina, Arizona Musicfest, National Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, and several prestigious universities throughout the nation. As Graves's dedication to teaching the singers of the next generation continues to be an important part of her career, she currently serves as the Rosa Ponselle Distinguished Faculty Artist at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
Denyce Graves made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the title role of Carmen. She returned the following season to lead the new Franco Zeffirelli production of this work, conducted by James Levine, and she sang the opening night performance of the Metropolitan Opera's 1997-98 season as Carmen opposite Plácido Domingo. She was seen again that season as Bizet's gypsy on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for Domingo's 30th Anniversary Gala, and she made her debut in Japan as Carmen, opposite the Don José of Roberto Alagna. Graves appeared in a new production of Samson et Dalila opposite Plácido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera, and she performed Act III of this work opposite Mr. Domingo to open the Met's season in 2005. She was partnered again with Mr. Domingo in the 1999 season-opening performances of this work for Los Angeles Opera. She was seen as Saint-Saëns' seductress with Royal Opera, Covent Garden and The Washington Opera, both opposite José Cura – the latter under the baton of Maestro Domingo, as well as with Houston Grand Opera. Her debut in this signature role came in 1992 with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival under the direction of James Levine and opposite Mr. Domingo and Sherrill Milnes, and she made a return engagement to the Festival in this same role in 1997.
Graves appears continually in a broad range of repertoire with leading theaters in North America, Europe, and Asia. Highlights have included a Robert Lepage production of The Rake's Progress at San Francisco Opera, the title role in Richard Danielpour's Margaret Garner in the world premiere performances at Michigan Opera Theater with further performances at Cincinnati Opera, Opera Carolina, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the role of Charlotte in Werther for Michigan Opera Theater opposite the Werther of Andrea Bocelli in his first staged operatic performances, and Judith in a William Friedkin production of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle in her return to Los Angeles Opera: she also has sung Judith at the Washington National Opera and for the Dallas Opera. Highlights of the mezzo-soprano's other recent appearances include Azucena in Il trovatore, Nicklausse in Les contes d'Hoffmann, and Dulcinée in Massenet's Don Quichotte with The Washington Opera; Giovanna Seymour in a new production of Anna Bolena for Dallas Opera; the title role in La Périchole with the Opera Company of Philadelphia; a rare double-bill of El amor brujo and La vida breve specifically mounted for her by Dallas Opera; Federica in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Luisa Miller, led by James Levine; and Amneris in Aida with Cincinnati Opera. Graves's debut with the Théâtre Musical de Paris – Chatelet was as Baba the Turk in a Peter Sellars/Esa-Pekka Salonen production of The Rake's Progress, and she returned to Covent Garden as Cuniza in Verdi's Oberto after her debut performances as Carmen. Her debut at Teatro alla Scala was as the High Priestess in La vestale led by Riccardo Muti, and she soon returned as Giulietta in a new production of Les contes d'Hoffmann and as Mère Marie in the Robert Carsen production of Les dialogues des Carmélites. She appeared at Teatro Bellini in Catania in the title role of La favorita, and audiences in Genoa saw her first performances of Charlotte soon after her debut there as Carmen. Her debut in Austria came as Carmen with the Vienna Staatsoper, and she has also been seen in this role with Grand Théâtre de Genève, Genoa's Teatro Carlo Felice, the Bregenz Festival, and festivals in Macerata, Italy and San Sebastian, Spain. Graves gave her first performances of Adalgisa in Norma for Opernhaus Zürich.
Denyce Graves has worked with leading symphony orchestras and conductors throughout the world in a wide range of repertoire. She has performed with Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Graves has appeared with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and National Symphony Orchestra among a host of others.
In 2001 Graves gave a series of appearances in response to the tragic events in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. Graves was invited by President Bush to participate in the National Prayer Service in Washington's National Cathedral in which she sang "America, the Beautiful" and "The Lord's Prayer." This event was televised worldwide and was followed by Graves's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in a live musical program of "Healing through Gospel Music." Graves has since participated in numerous other benefit concerts, and RCA Records released a recording of patriotic songs by Denyce Graves, the proceeds of which benefit various groups who have been affected by the events of September 11. Graves recently continued her patriotic activities when she sang for President and Mrs. Bush, among other dignitaries, at "An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" to benefit U.S. soldiers in Iraq. This concert was taped for television and aired on the ABC network on July 4, 2005. In 2003 Denyce Graves was appointed as a Cultural Ambassador for the United States, and she now travels around the world under the auspices of the State Department appearing in good-will missions of musical performances, lectures, and seminars. Her first trips in 2003 brought her to Poland, Romania, and Venezuela.
Graves appears regularly on radio and television as a musical performer, celebrity guest, and as the subject of documentaries and other special programming. In 1997 PBS Productions released a video and audio recording titled, Denyce Graves: A Cathedral Christmas, featuring Graves in a program of Christmas music from Washington's National Cathedral. This celebration of music including chorus and orchestra is shown each year on PBS during the Christmas season. She was seen on the Emmy-award winning BBC special "The Royal Opera House," highlighting Graves's debut performances there, and in a program of crossover repertoire with the Boston Pops, which was taped for national television broadcast. In December 1999 Graves participated in a concert given at the Nobel Peace Prize Awards in Oslo, Norway which was televised throughout Europe. As the only classical music artist to be invited for this event, she performed selections from her RCA Red Seal release alongside performances by Sting, Paul Simon, Tina Turner and others. She has been a frequent guest on television shows including Sesame Street, The Charlie Rose Show, and Larry King Live. In 1996 she was the subject of an Emmy-award winning profile on CBS's 60 Minutes.
In 1999 Denyce Graves began a relationship with BMG Classics/RCA Red Seal. That same year Voce di Donna, a solo recording of opera arias, was released on RCA Red Seal. The Lost Days, a recording with jazz musicians of Latin songs in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, was released in January 2003. In June 2003 Church was released – this recording, developed by Denyce Graves, brings together African-American divas from various forms of music, all of whom were first exposed to music through their upbringing in church. Participants recorded music of their choice and include Dr. Maya Angelou, Dionne Warwick, En Vogue, Patti LaBelle, and others. Other recordings of Graves include NPR Classics' release of a recording of spirituals, Angels watching over me, featuring the mezzo-soprano in performance with her frequent partner, Warren Jones and an album of French arias, Héroïnes de l'Opéra romantique Français, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo under Marc Soustrot. Her full opera recordings include Gran Vestale in La vestale, recorded live from La Scala with Riccardo Muti for Sony Classical; Queen Gertrude in Thomas's Hamlet for EMI Classics; Maddalena in Rigoletto with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under James Levine; and Emilia in Otello with Plácido Domingo and the Opéra de Paris, Bastille Orchestra under Myung-Whun Chung, both for Deutsche Grammophon.
Denyce Graves is a native of Washington, D.C., where she attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts. She continued her education at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory. In 1998, Graves received an honorary doctorate from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. She was named one of the "50 Leaders of Tomorrow" by Ebony Magazine and was one of Glamour Magazine's 1997 "Women of the Year." In 1999 WQXR Radio in New York named her as one of classical music's "Standard Bearers for the 21st Century." Denyce Graves has been invited on several occasions to perform in recital at the White House, and she provides many benefit performances for various causes special to her throughout each season.
Denyce Graves has been the recipient of many awards, including the Grand Prix du Concours International de Chant de Paris, the Eleanor Steber Music Award in the Opera Columbus Vocal Competition, and a Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. In 1991, she received the Grand Prix Lyrique, awarded once every three years by the Association des amis de l'opéra de Monte-Carlo, and the Marian Anderson Award, presented to her by Miss Anderson. In addition Graves has received honorary doctorates from Oberlin College, College of Saint Mary and Centre College.


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The solicitation provides further details about the program. Applications are due by July 3.


The Rules, #1: Eat Food! ALOT!
2. Stick with the flock!
#1 – EAT! seems to be written in capital letters, just for them. They're always hungry. Though many sheep will live off forage entirely, to me, a barren winter pasture should have some help. My sheep are wool sheep and if they're going to have quality wool, they need a high protein grain. So they have become accustomed to breakfast as soon as I wake up. That's "as soon as I wake up". Not after I'm audibly moving around, or visibly on my way to the shed. That's from the moment I wake up, they know it. And they start yelling for breakfast. And when I appear, they stampede to the trough.
Sheep are creatures of habit , following the same pattern, over and over. For instance, when lining up at the trough for any meal, they must approach in the same order, position themselves in "their" spot, and dive in. "Diving in" is important, hence their No.1 rule. Maybe I should call it "Eat Food. Alot! NOW!" It doesn't matter if they just had breakfast and meandered away from the shed, following the same path in the same order. If you call them again, they will stampede over and repeat the same exact pattern again, as though the first meal never happened.
Beyond their usual grain, they also like candy. Err…mimosa. For some reason my sheep have developed a big attachment to chewing these large fronds of greenery that I've never seen with other sheep. And they've passed it down through the generations, as long as I've been here. They may be skittish and aloof apart from coming for their meals, but if I go out to the pasture and pull down a mimosa branch, they come running. Or stampeding. When clearing debris around the yard, they know if mimosa is involved and rush at the fence, baaing and demanding their share.
They have curious tastes. It's a sheep thing.


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Q: Subtracting Time From Timer In Unity Game C# Recently, I've been working on a racing game that requires the player to avoid Radioactive Barrels that should subtract 15 seconds if they happen to collide into them; Below is code for my 'Timer' script, and my Barrel Collision Script.
Timer Script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class Timer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float timeRemaining = 10;
    public bool timerIsRunning = false;
    public Text timeText;

    public void Start()
    {
        // Starts the timer automatically
        timerIsRunning = true;
    }

    public void Update()
    {
        if (timerIsRunning)
        {
            if (timeRemaining > 0)
            {
                timeRemaining -= Time.deltaTime;
                DisplayTime(timeRemaining);
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.Log("Time has run out!");
                timeRemaining = 0;
                timerIsRunning = false;
            }
        }
    }

    public void DisplayTime(float timeToDisplay)
    {
        timeToDisplay += 1;

        float minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(timeToDisplay / 60);
        float seconds = Mathf.FloorToInt(timeToDisplay % 60);

        timeText.text = string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds);
    }
}

Next, is my Barrel Collision Script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class ExplosionTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{

    public AudioSource ExplosionSound;
    public ParticleSystem Explosion;

    public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider)
    {
        Explosion.Play();
        ExplosionSound.Play();
        Timer.timeRemaining += 1.0f;
    }
}

Is there anyway I could subtract time by colliding into said Barrels from the Timer script?

A: The easiest way to get the timeRemaining exposed to other classes is using the static keyword.
public static float timeRemaining = 10;
By making the variable static, it can be referenced by other classes. If you would rather not expose the variable completely, you can make static setter/getters. The variable would then be private static float timeRemaining = 10; when using the setter/getter.
public static float TimeRemaining
{
     get{ return timeRemaining;}
     set { timeRemaining = value;}
}

If you happen to want to expose more variables or methods to your classes from a script, I would recommend either implementing the Singleton Pattern or possibly implement your own Event System which uses the Singleton Pattern to pass events freely in your project. That way, you can subscribe and fire events for various scripts to listen for.

A: Yes, you could use GetComponent<>() to access the script from a different game object. You should set a GameObject variable, and drag the game object with the script on it. Add this to your barrel script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class ExplosionTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{

    public AudioSource ExplosionSound;
    public ParticleSystem Explosion;
    public GameObject Timer;
    public float timeLoss;
    public Timer timer;

    void Start()
    {
        timer = Timer.GetComponent<TimerScript>();
    }
    public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider)
    {
        timer.timeRemaining -= 1f;
        Explosion.Play();
        ExplosionSound.Play();
    }
}

You can change the values in the TimerScript using a period. Make sure to change TimerScript to the name of the script on the Timer game object.


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Surgery for cancer of the pancreas is performed in order to remove the cancer and learn additional information about the cancer. Surgery is an important treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. However, optimal treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer often requires more than one therapeutic approach. Thus, it is important for patients to be treated at a medical center that can offer multi-modality treatment involving surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, medical gastroenterologists, and nutritionists.
Surgery can be performed with curative intent for some patients with cancer localized to the pancreas. Patients with more-advanced cancer may undergo surgery for reduction of symptoms and prevention of obstruction of the bile duct. Obstruction of the bile duct is a common complication of pancreatic cancer that may lead to jaundice (a yellow discoloration of the skin). Less frequently, surgery is performed to treat or prevent obstruction of the stomach outlet.
Surgery for pancreatic cancer is difficult in part because of the location of the pancreas. The pancreas is located in the middle of the abdomen between the liver and the spleen, just below and behind the stomach. The pancreas is a "retro-peritoneal" organ, meaning it is located behind and outside the abdominal cavity. The pancreas consists of a head and a tail. The head of the pancreas is connected to the last part of the stomach (the pylorus) and the first portion of the small intestine (the duodenum). The pancreas has a duct that carries digestive enzymes into the duodenum at the same location where the bile duct empties bile from the liver. Cancer in the head of the pancreas can block the bile duct and the outlet from the stomach. In all operations for pancreatic cancer, the bile duct has to be relocated to the middle section of the small intestine, called the jejunum, or less commonly, into the stomach. In some operations the bile duct is kept open with an artificial tube called a stent.
Choosing a Surgeon
Some, but not all, clinical studies suggest that hospitals that treat a relatively large number of patients with cancer (high-volume hospitals) report lower surgical in-hospital death rates than hospitals that treat a small number of patients (low-volume hospitals). This is thought to be due to experience and to the presence of surgical teams with sub-specialty expertise. For example, in one clinical study involving more than 5,000 patients, the risk of dying following pancreatectomy and other major cancer surgeries was evaluated. Centers that performed more surgeries reported fewer patient deaths following pancreatectomy and other major cancer surgeries compared with cancer centers that performed these surgeries less frequently. For pancreatectomy, the death rate in the 30 days following surgery was 13% for low-volume hospitals and 6% for high-volume hospitals.[1] However, in another clinical study reported from the City of Hope Medical Center (Duarte, CA), there were no post-operative deaths in 54 patients undergoing pancreatectomy during an 11-year period. In this clinical setting, nine different surgical oncologists performed an average of six pancreatectomies during 11 years.[2] These doctors concluded that in the setting of an exclusive oncology practice, operative mortality rates following pancreatectomy could remain low despite small numbers of treated patients. In order to receive the best treatment, patients should specifically inquire about the experience of the surgeons and the hospital, and ask to be informed about the risk of major complications by the surgeons performing the operation.
Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple Resection): The usual operation for pancreatic cancer consists of removing the pancreas with the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) and the pylorus, or last part of the stomach. The stomach is then connected back to the middle of the small intestine (the jejunum) in a procedure called a gastrojejunostomy. The bile duct is rerouted into the jejunum. Recent clinical studies suggest that connections of the bile duct and pancreatic duct to the stomach (pancreaticogastrostomy) may be preferable to connection to the jejunum (pancreaticojejunostomy).
Partial Pancreatectomy: When cancer involves only the first part or head of the pancreas, the tail, which is uninvolved with cancer, can be preserved. This is called a partial pancreatectomy and requires that the pancreatic duct be rerouted to the stomach or jejunum. This is an important consideration as digestive juices from the remaining pancreas help in digestion, nutrition, and general well-being.
Pylorus-preserving procedure: In standard pancreatic surgery, the pylorus, or "valve" that controls emptying of the stomach, is removed. Rapid entry of food from the stomach to the small intestine can result in discomforting symptoms and leads to poor absorption of nutrients. This is referred to as the "dumping syndrome" and is caused by the removal of the pylorus. By preserving the pylorus, rapid emptying or dumping of food into the small intestine can probably be reduced; however, it is important that adequate removal of the cancer is not compromised by this procedure. Many surgeons, especially in Japan, are using pylorus-sparing surgery, although absolute documentation of benefit is currently lacking.
Complications of Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
The most frequent early complications of surgery include infections in the abdomen, bleeding in the abdomen, leakage of bile and/or digestive juices from the rerouted bile and pancreatic ducts into the abdomen, inflammation of the bile ducts, and rapid emptying of the stomach (dumping syndrome). The most frequent late complications include: diabetes, diarrhea, and malnutrition.
Timing of Surgery
Surgical removal of the pancreas has historically been performed as initial treatment, with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy administered after surgery. Pancreatic cancer, however, often involves the area around the entry of the pancreatic and bile ducts into the small intestine, and many patients who undergo initial exploratory surgery with the intent to perform curative surgery are found to have widespread cancer that cannot be removed. Most of these patients can only have a procedure to divert the bile duct and stomach to the jejunum to palliate symptoms and/or prevent obstructions without removing the cancer.
More recently, some doctors have advocated the administration of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy before surgery. This use of radiation therapy and chemotherapy to shrink the cancer before surgery is referred to as "neoadjuvant therapy." Patients with cancers that are "borderline" resectable may benefit from partial shrinkage of the cancer, which may allow a greater chance for complete removal of the cancer. Neoadjuvant therapy has been evaluated in clinical trials in an attempt to increase the likelihood of complete removal of pancreatic cancer with surgery. While it is currently unclear whether neoadjuvant therapy improves survival rates, there are several potential advantages to administering neoadjuvant therapy before attempting surgical removal of the cancer.
The side effects following surgery to remove pancreatic cancer are substantial and may delay the administering of post-operative (adjuvant) therapy. Approximately 25% to 33% of patients are unable to receive chemotherapy or radiation treatment following surgery. Additionally, some patients experience very rapid growth (recurrence) of pancreatic cancer following surgery. By administering neoadjuvant therapy, all patients are able to receive therapy for their cancer, while patients unlikely to benefit from treatment due to rapid growth of the cancer are spared the complications of surgery. Patients who experience cancer regression following neoadjuvant therapy are more likely to have their remaining cancer completely removed with surgery. Efforts are currently underway to determine the best combination of chemotherapy and radiation that will result in maximal shrinkage of the cancer before surgery.
The pancreas has a duct that carries digestive enzymes into the small intestine at the same location as the bile duct empties bile from the liver. When cancer in the area of the bile and pancreatic ducts grows, it can obstruct the bile duct and the outlet from the stomach. Because many patients will experience an obstruction or blocking of the bile duct, some doctors have advocated routinely diverting the bile duct at the time of initial surgery. The alternative to routine diversion is to wait until an obstruction occurs and perform a second surgery.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore have evaluated routine diversion of the bile duct in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer.[3] Exploratory surgery was performed on 194 patients with inoperable cancer of the head of the pancreas. Eighty-seven patients were deemed not in imminent danger of obstruction of the bile duct or stomach and were treated with either routine diversion or no further immediate surgery. The average survival among those who received the routine bile duct diversion was 8.3 months, with no patients developing obstruction of the stomach. The average survival of patients not receiving the routine diversion surgery was also 8.3 months, however, almost 20% of patients subsequently developed stomach and/or bile duct obstruction and all these patients required a bypass surgery or a stent placement. The average time from the initial surgery until the additional therapeutic intervention was only two months. These doctors concluded that routinely bypassing the bile duct and stomach significantly reduced the risk of gastric outlet and bile duct obstructions. Because performance of a routine bypass at the time of initial surgery did not increase surgical complications over exploration alone, they have advised that this procedure be performed at the time of initial surgical exploration in patients with unresectable cancer of the head of the pancreas.
Strategies to Improve Treatment
The progress that has been made in the treatment of pancreatic cancer has resulted from improved surgical techniques, development of adjuvant treatments, and participation in clinical trials. Future progress in the treatment of pancreatic cancer will result from continued participation in appropriate clinical trials. There are several areas of active exploration aimed at improving the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Portal Vein Chemotherapy Infusion: Because many patients develop cancer recurrence in the liver, chemotherapy delivered directly into the blood supply of the liver has been used in an attempt to eradicate cancer cells. By infusing chemotherapy over several days or weeks through the portal vein, the chemotherapy is delivered directly to the cancer. Cancer cells appear to be killed more effectively. Portal vein infusion is being evaluated in clinical trials at many cancer centers.
New Radiation Therapy Modalities: Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is a single dose of radiation therapy that is delivered directly to the area of surgery during the operation. IORT is performed in specially-equipped operating rooms. During IORT, the radiation doctor can see the area being treated and move sensitive normal structures, such as the small bowel, away from the radiation beam. Results from some studies evaluating IORT indicate that cancer may recur less often in the area of the surgery.
Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy can precisely target radiation to the areas where cancer cells may be located and therefore minimize side effects from radiation to normal structures such as the liver, stomach, and kidneys. Because many patients develop areas of cancer cells in the liver, low-dose radiation therapy aimed at the entire liver has been used in an attempt to destroy cancer cells.
Extended Pancreaticoduodenectomy: More-extensive operations for pancreatic cancer have been advocated by some surgeons to obtain wider surgical margins with the goal of removing all cancer cells in the area and preventing cancer recurrences in the area of the surgery. Regional or extended pancreaticoduodenectomy involves removal of surrounding veins and wider dissection of lymph nodes around the pancreas. This procedure has been popularized by some institutions in the United States and surgeons from Japan. The use of extended lymph node dissection is being tested in a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
Endoscopic Surgery: In order to avoid complications associated with surgical entry into the abdomen and retroperitoneal space, doctors have attempted to use endoscopic surgery. An endoscope is a flexible tube through which the surgeon can visualize, sample, and operate inside various body cavities. Laparoscopy is the term for using an endoscope in the abdomen.
Surgeons in Spain have evaluated the feasibility of performing a bypass of the stomach and bile duct through a laparoscope in patients with obstruction of the bile duct and stomach.[4] These doctors treated 12 patients successfully with simultaneous biliary and gastric bypass. The average age of these patients was 72 years (ranging from 50-82 years). All had obstruction of the stomach and bile duct with jaundice. The average time of the procedure was an hour and a half. Complications included infections in two and pneumonia in one. One patient died two days after laparoscopic surgery. The average stay in the hospital was one week. None of the patients had recurrence of jaundice and all were able to maintain oral nutrition. The average survival was three months. These doctors concluded that gastric and biliary bypass by laparoscopic surgery was a safe procedure and effective treatment of stomach obstruction in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer.
[1] Begg CB, Cramer LD, Hoskins WJ, Brennan MF. Impact of Hospital Volume on Operative Mortality for Major Cancer Surgery. JAMA. 1998;280:1747-1751.
[2] Schwarz RE, Ellenhorn JDI. Influence of Hospital Volume on Mortality Following Major Cancer Surgery [Letter]. JAMA. 1999;281: 1374.
[3] Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL, Hardacre JM et al. Is Prophylactic Gastrojejunostomy Indicated for Unresectable Periampullary Cancer? A Prospective Randomized Trial. Annals of Surgery. 1999;230(3):322.
[4] Kuriansky J, SáenzA, Astudillo E, Cardona V Fernández-Cruz L. Simultaneous laparoscopic biliary and retrocolic gastric bypass in patients with unresectable carcinoma of the pancreas. Surg Endosc. 2000.14: 179–181.


Portland vs. Seattle: Which City is More Your Speed?
When travelers begin considering which Pacific Northwest city to visit, a classic showdown tends to ensue: Portland vs. Seattle. Citizens and frequent visitors of both cities are stockpiled with facts and statistics that support their side, and while the discussion may not get as heated as those friendly debates such as Seinfeld vs. Friends or Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola, it's still worth having the conversation.
Vacations by Marriott has gathered a list of local favorite Seattle restaurants surrounding the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. Make the most of your trip by visiting these restaurants offering everything from coffee to seafood to delectable American cuisine. Explore the mouthwatering wonders this Pacific Northwest city has to offer and be sure to take a look at our Seattle vacation packages to help get you there.


Custom printed kid's towel with black hood. Decorate the body of the towel- single sided print. Sold black hood.
• 18.20 Oz. Made of 80% polyester 20% cotton.
• Hood and two button closure.
• Approx. dimensions: 48.98"(W) x 41.26"(H).
• Machine washable. The print on this bath towel is unable to fade.
Custom printed kid's towel with black hood. Kids dry faster and stay warmer with the cotton and polyester material. Create your design on the body of this towel, one sided print. Hood Solid Black. • 18.20 Oz. Made of 80% polyester 20% cotton. • Hood and two button closure. • Super soft feeling. • Approx. dimensions: 48.98"(W) x 41.26"(H). • Machine washable. The print on this bath towel is unable to fade.


How do I retune my NOW TV Smart Box with Freeview?
Are you seeing the message below when trying to watch Freeview channels on your NOW TV Smart Box?
The Freeview TV guide has been updated to make space for more channels. Please retune to get this update.
To stop it coming up, you'll need to perform a channel rescan to make sure all your TV channels are up to date.
How do I perform a channel rescan?
Go to the main menu on the NOW TV Box homepage and select Settings.
Select Scan Freeview TV channels.
Keep in mind Your NOW TV Smart Box needs to be a connected to a TV aerial to perform a channel rescan.


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Q: Making a list-function acting one-to one in a list of elements Consider a pair of functions f1 and f2, and a vector {x,y}. I can get easily {f1[x],f2[y]} by doing MapThread[#1@#2 &,{f1,f2},{x,y}].
Now imagine that I have a function F defined as
F := {f1[#],f2[#]} &

Of course I cannot use the same procedure to get the same result, because now F is not a list of functions (as it was {f1,f2}), but a function itself that returns a list.
One way to get this result (and that admits generalization to longer lists) is
Diagonal[F/@{x,y}]

With this solution we build a whole matrix of elements of F acting on elements of the arguments list and we select the ones that we want.
I was wondering if there is a solution kind of like MapThread that gives the direct result, making act one-to-one the $n$-th element of the function with the $n$-th argument.

A: For f = {f1[#], f2[#], f3[#]} &; you can also turn f into a list of functions using
Function/@f[[1]]

or using
First@MapAt[Function, f, {1, All}] (* thanks : Szabolcs *)
Thread[f] (* thanks: WReach *)

and then  MapThread the resulting function list with the argument list:
ClearAll[mthreadF]
mthreadF = MapThread[#@#2 &, {Thread@#, #2}] &;

mthreadF[f, {x, y, z}]

{f1[x], f2[y], f3[z]}

Alternatively, you can use Inner:
ClearAll[innerF]
innerF = Inner[#@#2 &, Thread@#, #2, List] &;

innerF[f, {x, y, z}]

{f1[x], f2[y], f3[z]}

A: There isn't a reasonable way to avoid computing both f1 and f2 in this case.  But we can avoid storing the whole matrix, which would (temporarily) take up a lot of memory.  One way is MapIndexed.
f = {f1[#], f2[#]} &;

MapIndexed[Extract[f[#1], #2] &, {x, y}]
(* {f1[x], f2[y]} *)

Unless the lists are large enough that the matrix would take up a lot of memory, it's probably not worth bothering with this. I would choose your solution with Diagonal because I find it clearer than MapIndexed.  This is, of course, just my personal preference.


Online marketplace Snapdeal claimed it sold more than 11 million units during its Unbox Diwali Sale held from 2nd-6th October 2016. During the period the e-tailer saw more than 50 percent prepaid orders on its platform, a major shift in consumer behaviour who till now preferred the cash-on-delivery model of payment for online purchases. Buoyed with it's success Snapdeal announced the second edition of the sale from 12-14th October. Here we bring to you behind the scene action of one of the biggest sales event for the Gurgaon based e-commerce company.


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Woman hit by ETS bus driver and thrown out of downtown Edmonton crosswalk
EDMONTON -
A 32-year-old woman was injured Thursday afternoon when she was hit by an ETS bus in a downtown Edmonton crosswalk.
The bus was turning left onto southbound 109 Street from Jasper Avenue when the driver continued into a marked crosswalk where three pedestrians were walking, security video provided to CTV News Edmonton shows.
Two of the pedestrians were able to run away from the approaching bus, but one woman was struck in the back and tossed several feet out of the crosswalk and onto the roadway.
Paramedics transported the victim to hospital. She was in stable, non-life-threatening condition, a spokesperson for Alberta Health Services said.
The bus driver was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian, the Edmonton Police Service confirmed.
EPS added that the woman was released from hospital Thursday night.
CTV News Edmonton reached out to ETS for more information.
DEVELOPING | Winter storm blasts across Ontario, parts of Quebec
The provincial health orders limiting gathering sizes, banning indoor events and forcing the closure of gyms, bars and nightclubs across British Columbia appear to have been extended indefinitely.
Ontario's chief medical officer of health is sounding a tone of optimism nearly two weeks after the province instituted a modified lockdown to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.
DEVELOPING | Mayor John Tory declares 'major snow storm condition' after blizzard batters Toronto
Contrary to what three important witnesses have said before a coroner, a former health official testified the province lost 'crucial weeks' in failing to see, until mid-March of 2020, that CHSLDs would be at risk.
Snow plows were out on Monday morning to help clear streets as a snowstorm blanketed southern Ontario.
Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 rose in northeastern Ontario on Monday, passing 100 for the first time. Officials in Sudbury, Timmins and North Bay also each reported one new death.
A RCMP constable from Nova Scotia has been charged with sexual assault in Sudbury after a complaint in October 2021.
DEVELOPING | Someone died of COVID-19 every 3.3 hours over the weekend in B.C.
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Over the last few months there have been a number of clients that have received letters from IRD in relation to payments made to labour only contractors in the kiwifruit industry. This is mainly in relation to summer and winter pruning. Generally these letters have come about because IRD are investigating a particular contractor that is possibly not doing things correctly in relation to withholding tax. In gathering information our clients have received letters from IRD asking for details of payments made to contractors they have used. IRD are being pretty pragmatic about their approach to these issues and in general are treating their investigations as an education process.
Close attention needs to be paid to payments to labour only contractors and I thought it would be useful to remind you of things to think about when paying labour only contractors.
15% Withholding tax needs to be deducted off anyone providing labour in the kiwifruit industry – this is applicable to contractors that operate as sole traders, partnerships, companies and trusts.
Some contractors will hold a Certificate of Exemption that either takes away the need to deduct withholding tax completely or reduces the percentage of withholding tax.
The Certificate of Exemption should be sighted with each payment that is made. Ideally you should take a copy of the certificate each time (a photo on your phone would be acceptable). There have been some cases in the area recently where Certificates of Exemption were revoked part way through the year. The contractor was supposed to let all clients know this – but failed to do so. Consequently clients that relied on his previous valid exemption certificate ran afoul of the law.
Pay close attention to invoices provided by contractors and make sure you are returning the withholding tax through the PAYE system in the correct months.
Watch out for the odd contractor out there that isn't registered for GST. When coding these payments make sure GST is not triggered on the payment – or advise us of this fact. If you have a few non-GST registered contractors we can set up a new code for them which does not trigger GST automatically.
If you have any questions about this or any other matter in the payment of contractors, please do give us a call to discuss.


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Daily Domestic Gross Thu, May. 8 2014
Thu, May. 8 2014
1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $3,560,737 -14% 4,324 -- $823 $110,700,722 1 Sony / Columbia
2 The Other Woman (2014) $1,105,850 -11% 3,238 33 $342 $52,480,043 2 Fox
3 Heaven is for Real $611,388 -7% 2,930 225 $209 $68,220,039 3 Sony / TriStar
4 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $509,053 -5% 3,179 -441 $160 $239,377,745 5 Disney
5 Rio 2 $341,260 1% 3,314 -389 $103 $108,040,244 4 Fox
6 Brick Mansions $231,446 -23% 2,647 0 $87 $16,847,818 2 Relativity Media
7 Bears $186,622 19% 1,790 70 $104 $15,011,044 3 Disneynature
8 God's Not Dead $168,692 -6% 1,330 -270 $127 $56,262,816 7 Freestyle / Pure Flix
9 Divergent $143,746 -16% 1,639 -427 $88 $143,323,919 7 Lionsgate / Summit
10 Draft Day $110,256 -20% 1,354 -726 $81 $26,914,791 4 Lionsgate / Summit
11 Transcendence $98,157 -21% 1,775 -1680 $55 $21,856,073 3 Warner Bros.
12 The Quiet Ones $98,081 -25% 2,027 0 $48 $7,276,389 2 Lionsgate
13 A Haunted House 2 $75,433 -21% 1,328 -982 $57 $16,499,786 3 Open Road
1 The Grand Budapest Hotel $184,571 -1% 884 -137 $209 $52,281,128 9 Fox Searchlight
2 Noah $80,004 -9% 929 -675 $86 $99,375,542 6 Paramount
3 Oculus $57,027 -23% 884 -997 $65 $26,985,957 4 Relativity Media
4 The Railway Man $46,774 -9% 164 8 $285 $1,822,796 4 Weinstein Company
5 Mr. Peabody & Sherman $17,756 -2% 410 -58 $43 $108,620,691 9 Fox / DreamWorks Animation
6 The LEGO Movie $17,549 1% 220 -83 $80 $253,178,106 13 Warner Bros.
7 Non-Stop (2014) $14,065 -7% 218 -34 $65 $90,775,935 10 Universal
8 300: Rise of an Empire $13,108 -9% 235 -90 $56 $106,091,502 9 Warner Bros.
9 Son of God $3,587 1% 126 -85 $28 $59,646,236 10 Fox
10 The Nut Job $3,438 18% 101 -59 $34 $64,251,538 16 Open Road
1 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $33,044 31% 37 0 $893 $1,424,820 5 Warner Bros. / IMAX
2 Belle $11,013 16% 4 -- $2,753 $147,101 1 Fox Searchlight
3 Blue Ruin $9,932 16% 60 -- $166 $156,758 2 RADiUS-TWC
4 2 States $8,740 -26% 96 -41 $91 $2,068,600 3 UTV Motion Pictures
5 Decoding Annie Parker $6,608 61% 13 -- $508 $38,264 1 eOne Films US
6 Cesar Chavez $4,625 -22% 97 52 $48 $5,571,497 6 Lionsgate / Pantelion
7 Walk of Shame $3,481 -38% 51 -- $68 $59,209 1 Focus World
8 Sabotage (2014) $3,224 13% 60 -15 $54 $10,484,163 6 Open Road
9 Dom Hemingway $3,210 -2% 47 -72 $68 $509,530 5 Fox Searchlight
10 Bad Words $3,190 25% 40 -74 $80 $7,729,611 8 Focus
11 Joe (2014) $2,936 -7% 39 -2 $75 $354,191 4 Roadside Attractions
12 Godzilla: The Japanese Original $2,664 144% 12 10 $222 $48,621 3 Rialto Pictures
13 3 Days to Kill $2,613 2% 64 -21 $41 $30,665,662 11 Relativity Media
14 Gravity $2,109 10% 65 -40 $32 $274,092,705 31 Warner Bros.
15 Philomena $1,100 -33% 22 -11 $50 $37,697,018 24 Weinstein Company
16 Watermark $1,029 33% 11 -5 $94 $79,948 5 eOne Films US
17 Alphaville (2014 re-issue) $467 10% 1 -1 $467 $41,894 13 Rialto Pictures
18 The Unknown Known $358 12% 15 -7 $24 $264,823 5 RADiUS-TWC
19 Gloria (2014) $252 -26% 9 0 $28 $2,103,543 15 Roadside Attractions
20 August: Osage County $77 -29% 3 -4 $26 $37,738,810 19 Weinstein Company


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Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
A one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending Canadian governments provide access to free birth control to everyone under 25. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rich Pedroncelli
Published Thursday, May 9, 2019 2:45PM EDT
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control.
In a position statement released Thursday, the society says access to contraception is a basic human right, and the direct costs of unintended youth pregnancies probably exceed $125 million a year.
It says contraception should be funded through provincial, territorial and federal health plans, and that private insurers should cover the full cost of birth control.
It also says insurers should be required to protect confidentiality by not reporting contraceptive purchases to the primary policy holder -- usually a parent.
The society's paper does not set out a minimum age for access to contraceptives, but a spokesperson pointed to the organization's "mature minor doctrine," which refers to rules about treating adolescents who understand the consequences of medical care and can legally consent to it.
The paper says unintended pregnancies may derail life plans, especially for young people, and ensuring women can make choices around having children gives them greater control over their bodies and future.
"Adolescent parenting is associated with lower lifetime educational achievement, lower income, and increased reliance on social support programs. Apart from the personal costs, unintended pregnancies are a costly burden for Canada's health and social service systems," write the paper's authors, Giuseppina Di Meglio and Elisabeth Yorke.
The paper says more than a quarter of youth who do not want to be pregnant do not use contraceptives consistently or at all.
And it says because pharmaceutical companies report purchases to the primary policy holder, youths often pay for birth control themselves to preserve confidentiality.
In a statement provided to The Canadian Press, Di Meglio says they don't encourage youth to hide information from their parents, but adds many young people do not feel comfortable and safe speaking with their families about sexual and reproductive health, and the society doesn't want that to be a barrier to access.
"All provinces recognize the legal right of an adolescent to confidential care, provided she or he has the capacity to comprehend and consent to their care (and is over age 14 if living in Quebec). Ensuring confidentiality -- when a youth desires it -- is critical to providing competent, compassionate care," she said.
The society's statement notes both the Canadian Medical Association and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada have proposed that government health-care plans cover the full costs of all contraceptives for all women.
The estimated $157-million cost of such a program would far outweigh the $320 million saved in direct medical costs from unintended pregnancies, the pediatric society says.
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