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Minutes of the Meeting of Kennington Park Estate Tenants' & Residents' Association held on 29 November 2017 at Kennington Park Community Centre
Present: 15 tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate: Joan Twelves in the chair.
In attendance: Kate Hoey, Member of Parliament for Vauxhall Constituency, Greg Terefenko, Hyde Property Team Manager, Colin Harnor, Hyde Head of Stock Investment, David Gray, Hyde Special Projects Manager, Katerina Birkeland, Hyde Home Ownership Manager, Carla Franklin, Hyde Resident Services Manager, Dean Byerley, Stockwell HSH resident, Jon Surtees, SCCC, Mark Brown, SCCC
The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked residents and guests for attending on a very cold, unpleasant evening. Special guests included Kate Hoey MP and senior managers from Hyde attended to discuss Hyde's proposals in relation to CCTV at Kennington Park Estate. Guests introduced themselves.
Apologies for absence
Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Jane Edbrooke, Cllr Jack Hopkins and Cllr Claire Holland, Jennifer Gore, Lynne Philips, Madeline Erhlich, Bernard Jennings, Philip Normal, Salah Faissal.
Minutes of last meeting of the Tenants' & Residents' Association held on 12 July 2017
The minutes of the 12 July 2017 meeting of the Tenants' & Residents' Association were approved as a correct record of that meeting. There were no matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting other than those on the agenda for discussion at this meeting. The Chair noted that the Annual General meeting of the Tenants' Association had been held on 27 September 2017. Minutes of that meeting were available and would be offered for formal approval at the 2018 Annual General Meeting as per custom and practice.
Proposals from Hyde with reference to the CCTV service at Kennington Park Estate
The Chair opened the discussion noting that residents of Kennington Park Estate had been subject to a hugely disproportionate service charge for the CCTV service over a period of nine years as the apportionment was based on rateable values. This method of charge calculation resulted in residents of KPE paying over 25% of the full annual cost of the CCTV service serving Stockwell and KPE, whereas there were just 15 cameras to be monitored and serviced at KPE but 200 cameras in Stockwell. A fair, proportionate charge would have been in the region of 7% for KPE. The eight hours a day monitoring contract with Elizabethan Security Limited had been terminated in July 2016, under pressure from KPETRA, clearly demonstrating that a 24/7 staffed monitoring service was not essential.
The Chair also reminded Hyde representatives that in 2016, the Hyde Director of Core Services made a commitment to inclusion of an option of no CCTV in the CCTV service review and, in the event of retention of a CCTV service, separation of the CCTV service on KPE from the service in Stockwell to ensure KPE would not continue unfairly to subsidise the service to Stockwell properties.
Katerina Birkeland gave a briefing on consultation undertaken by Hyde so far. She referred to the letter from Hyde dated 29 August 2017 in which all responses to the Hyde consultation from residents had been reproduced. Hyde had contacted local authorities to establish the nature of CCTV services available from those organisations. A detailed discussion and debate followed with residents challenging the proposal from Hyde in relation to value for money, justification for a costly, new service, lack of statistical and security impact assessments, compliance with OJEU rules, resident engagement, fair apportionment of charges, management of the service, etc.
All residents, supported by Kate Hoey, expressed the most profound concern about lack of any indication at all of the likely cost of the installation, along with monitoring and servicing of a state of the art CCTV system, and/or the cost to residents of commissioning an outside organisation to provide a service. As the cost was the key criterion on which residents would base a decision, consultation so far had been misleading as residents had not been informed of the potential significant year on year increase in service charges for such a service.
In summary, the issues of most concern to residents were as follows:
It is out of the question to ask residents to give full consideration to a proposal for a new system, involving either a major change or even a minor change, without costings.
Hyde correspondence claimed that outsourcing will provide value for money, (Outsourcing will achieve much lower set up costs as Hyde would seek a provider with their own existing control room. S20 Notice: 29 August 2017). However, if Hyde can confidently predict this to be the case, Hyde must already have an indication of the likely cost of the proposed new service.
The obligation on the part of Hyde to implement the decision of the Hyde Stage Three Complaints Panel which upheld the complaint from KPE, including: All residents will be provided with clarity about the review of the CCTV contract. All residents will be given the opportunity to feedback their options, including not to have CCTV at all.
Full consideration of the options discussed and agreed with the Director of Core Operations. Option 1: a completely separate system for KPE from the HSH Stockwell properties which would address the disproportionate charge imposed on KPE residents. Option 2: no CCTV at KPE.
Statistical evidence of the impact of the proposed new system in terms of the safety and wellbeing of residents
Had Hyde assessed the value for money of a new system?
On what statistical evidence had Hyde based this proposal to provide costly new equipment, new premises and a new monitoring/servicing contract at an unknown, but potentially, onerous cost to residents in never ending annual service charges?
Hyde officers confirmed that Hyde had no intention of imposing a decision on residents, that they were there to listen and no decision had been made. Kate Hoey expressed great concern on behalf of residents and wished to be assured that the more appropriate course of action of continuing with the current system with minor, cost effective improvements had not been ruled out. Hyde agreed to share the contract specification with residents before it was issued. This gave rise to further concern about Hyde's intention to issue a contract, a contract for what, covering what services? The meeting had just been assured that no decisions had been made. The Tenants' & Residents' Association in conjunction with Kate Hoey agreed to put on record in writing to Hyde the many remaining matters of concern to KPE residents.
New organisational structure in relation to management of Hyde Housing including Kennington Park Estate
Greg Terefenko gave a briefing on the change to the housing management organisational structure. Housing Officers had been replaced by Tenancy Officers and Tenancy Advisers. Tenants were required to report tenancy matters (landlord services including tenancy management, transfer issues, rent and service charges, internal repairs, etc) by telephone through Customer Services or through the on-line reporting system. Such reporting was no longer possible via the housing office. Tenancy Advisors and Officers were not based at the Magee Street Office. The enquiry would be allocated to a Tenancy Officer who would then respond to the tenant.
Communal issues were the responsibility of Property Managers undertaking regular estate inspections. The Property Managers for Kennington Park Estate were Anna Blakeman (Lockwood House) and Laura Newey (all other blocks). Greg had been appointed to the position of Property Team Manager for London. The role of Property Managers was set out in detail on the Hyde website (monitoring service standards in communal areas, regular, detailed estate inspections, communal health and safety compliance, cleaning and grounds maintenance, pest control, fire safety and compliance, scrutiny/monitoring of charges to residents and close liaison with the service charge team). Greg was confident of a seamless transition between the previous arrangements and the new management arrangements. He also confirmed that the Magee Street Office was to remain open for the foreseeable future.
Surrey County Cricket Club: Proposal for redevelopment of Lock/Laker Stand and increase in seating capacity
Jon Surtees and Mark Brown from the Oval attended to present the plans for the redevelopment of the cricket ground on the other side of Kennington Oval from Lockwood and Lohmann Houses, that is, the Lock, Laker stand. They confirmed that SCCC was in pre application discussions with Lambeth planning officers. The proposal was to increase conference, hospitality and seating capacity along with internal movement space. A video presentation was given to illustrate the appearance and design of the new buildings. The design incorporated a permeable, lightweight seating structure not exceeding the height of the adjacent KPE housing. Jon and Mark agreed to attend TRA meetings in future to discuss directly with residents plans for the cricket ground which affect Kennington Park Estate as one of its nearest neighbours.
Due to the lateness of the hour and as the majority of the time available for the meeting had been devoted to the detailed discussion about proposals for the CCTV service and the redevelopment of the spectator stands at the Oval, it was agreed to refer outstanding business to the next meeting scheduled for 21 February 2018
Date of next meeting of the Tenants' & Residents' Association
The next meeting was scheduled for 1900, Wednesday, 21 February 2018, thereafter, 25 April, 11 July, 26 September (AGM), 28 November.2018.
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May 23, 2013 March 24, 2014 Eric Bailey	0 Comments	akklaim, Bigfoot, classic games, monster truck, NES, retro gaming, video game reviews
Bigfoot was a popular monster truck. Thanks to the efforts of developer Beam Software and publisher Acclaim, that famous vehicle in all its car-crushing oversized-tires glory was also a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1990.
During the overhead one-on-one racing portions, does the A button activate nitro, or is it B? Do you have to hold the Up button on the directional pad to move forward, or repeatedly tap it? If you read the instruction booklet for Bigfoot, the answer is never clear. If you actually try to play the game itself, the answer may never be clear at all.
When the basic mechanics for controlling the protagonist in your video game are unclear, whether in the instructions or in the on-screen experience, you have a serious problem. This is only the beginning of Bigfoot's woes, as it ends up as barely a "game" at all, but more of a digital experience marred with critical issues.
Supposedly, the plotline (yes, those roaring engines really need an expansive plot for motivation) involves Bigfoot and his rival, The Growler, in a race across the United States of America. At certain stops, they will partake in a top-down race to try to reach a finish line first, whereas other challenges will take on a side view in the form of a drag race, tractor pull, hill climb, or similar straight-line challenges. After each event, the player can spend winnings on vehicle upgrades. When the player loses an event, the game is over. Well, sometimes. Other times, the game just keeps going anyway.
The overhead races have an arbitrary, pointless feel to them. No vehicle can ever pass the boundaries of the screen; this means that, no matter how good you are, you can never be a full screen ahead of the other vehicle in competition. In fact, being ahead is an explicit disadvantage, since it makes it difficult or even impossible to be able to contend with oncoming obstacles like mud slicks or sudden forests (yes, sudden forests). This is poor game design. And by "poor," we can accurately say "quantifiably terrible." The designers failed to pay even basic attention to any detail, and had zero player interest in mind. This was a money grab: A quick little chop job of a game to try and, apparently, capitalize on the famed Bigfoot monster truck racer, or at least sell a few copies based on child impressions on seeing a big ol' monster truck on the box.
The side-view races are, arguably, even worse. How do you make Bigfoot move forward? By alternatedly mashing Left and Right on the directional pad, then shifting gears by pressing A, but not doing either of these too much or too little, because it will ruin the engine and bring the suddenly-quite-weak truck to a halt. It is like the developers noticed the popularity and positive reputation of Excitebike, which has an engine-overheating mechanic, and said, "Let's do that, but even more cumbersome and atrocious."
Do the upgrade purchases offer any benefit? Maybe; but, even if they did, the opponent gets to purchase upgrades too, even after losing efforts, thus perhaps making any upgrades a moot point. Not only is the computer (or human, if two players actually want to torture themselves simultaneously) opponent upgrading alongside the human player, but the human player actually has to sit there and watch the A.I. make each purchasing decision.
The game has decent graphics, admittedly, but poor sound quality. Players should be able to tell that the trucks are supposed to be trucks, and there is scenery, and there are big brown swaths of mud and dirt. Most of the gameplay lacks background music; but who needs tunes, when you have the roar of engines? Even the little transitional tracks from scene to scene are a bit beepy-bloopy, reminiscent of Beam Software's other efforts, such as Fisher-Price Perfect Fit and Family Feud. The sound effects themselves are just bad. The buzz saw weapon (yeah, the overhead races have weapons, whatever) sounds annnoying and not intimidating, while other noises just sound random and silly.
Is there another game quite like Bigfoot? No, not really. But should it be praised for its originality and creativity? No, not really. You can kick a piece of cow poop against the side of a barn for the first time, but nobody should throw you a parade. Bigfoot on NES handles like a one-wheeled hot dog cart and is bad enough to cast a dark, profound shadow against the very idea of video gamesas a whole.
Overall Rating: 1/5 Stars.
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Q: Altering a Lease Calculation to take into account an upfront payment I am trying to find the interest rate of a lease if we know the monthly payment amount but have an advance payment.
I have found a site with part of the calculation we need (Scenario 2 on the link below)
www.efunda.com/formulae/finance/lease_calculator.cfm
This calculation when done with Netwon-Raphson produces the correct result, but doesn't take into account the upfront payment, this seems like a simple calculation but I can't seem to find a way to implement it in the provided calculation.
The output that I am trying to match can be found here.
This calculator should provide you with the example values from Scenario 2. With an Advance Payment of 1 this then pushes up the Interest Rate to 1.792% rather than 1.756%. Putting the advance payment down to 0 will produce the same Interest Rate.
I need to figure out how to adjust the calculation from Scenario 2 to take into account the Advance Payment so it produces the correct result.
To test the Newton-Raphson logic I have been using this.
When the calculation from Scenario 2 is fed into this it seems to produce the correct result so it would be a fast way to test the Newton-Raphson for anyone that wants to attempt this.
Thanks

A: Close analysis of the payment details reveals one difference - the TCALC calculator demands repayment of the residual, and charges 1 additional term of interest.
TCALC (20,000 in 36 months with advanced payment)

Lease Payment 34  :   \$300.00 :  \$15.76 :   \$284.24 :  \$10,269.75
Lease Payment 35  :   \$300.00 :  \$15.33 : \$284.67 :    \$9,985.08
Lease Residual 1  :   \$10,000.00 : \$14.91 : \$9,985.09 :    (\$0.01)

eFunda (19,700 in 35 months)

33    \$300.00 :  \$283.50 :  \$16.50 :   \$10,568.29
34    \$300.00 :  \$283.93 :  \$16.07 :   \$10,284.36
35    \$300.00 :  \$284.36 :  \$15.64 :   \$10,000.00

You can get the same result from eFunda by using a Loan Amount of $\$19,700$, a Residual of $\$9,985$ and $35$ terms, which gives an Interest Rate of $1.79148\%$.
We therefore require that if the interest rate is $i\%$, then the final value when multiplied by $1+\dfrac{i}{1200}$ gives the residual value, which strikes me as hit and miss, although there might be a way to work it into the formula.

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Consider the function $G(\boldsymbol{x}): \mathbb{R}^J \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, where $\boldsymbol{x}\equiv (x_1,..., x_J)$.

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*$G(\cdot )$ is known: give me any $\boldsymbol{x}$ and I can tell you the value $G(\boldsymbol{x})$.

*We know that $G(\cdot )$ is convex.

*Fix $\boldsymbol{x}=\boldsymbol{x}^*$ and let
$$
(1) \hspace{1cm}\frac{\partial G(\boldsymbol{x}^*)}{\partial x_j}=a^*_j \text{ }\forall j=1,...,J
$$
where $a^*_j\in \mathbb{R}$ is a (known) parameter $\forall j=1,...,J$ and $\boldsymbol{a}^*\equiv (a_1,..., a_J)$.

My objective is to recover $\boldsymbol{x}^*$ by "inverting" (1).

The source that I found uses the following steps:
A) Consider the function $\bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a}): \mathbb{R}^J\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ prescribed by
$$
\bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a})\equiv
\begin{cases}
 \max_{\boldsymbol{\tilde{x}}} \Big(\sum_{j=1}^J \tilde{x}_j a_j- G(\boldsymbol{\tilde{x}}) \Big) & \text{if  $\sum_{j=1}^Ja_j\leq 1$} \\
 \infty & \text{otherwise}
 \end{cases}
$$
This is the Legendre-Fenchel transform or convex conjugate of $G(\boldsymbol{x})$ and we know that $\bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a})$ is convex.
Since $G(\cdot )$ is known, also $\bar{G}(\cdot)$ is known.
B) Let $\boldsymbol{x}^{\text{opt}}(\boldsymbol{a}): \mathbb{R}^J\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^J$ be the function delivering the (unique?) solution of
$$
\max_{\boldsymbol{\tilde{x}}} \Big(\sum_{j=1}^J \tilde{x}_j a_j- G(\boldsymbol{\tilde{x}}) \Big)
$$
for every $\boldsymbol{a}\in \mathbb{R}^J$.
C) By the envelope theorem
$$
\frac{\partial \bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a})}{\partial a_j}=x_j^{\text{opt}}(\boldsymbol{a}) \text{ }\forall j\in \{1,...,J\}
$$
D) The source concludes that
$$
\frac{\partial \bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a}^*)}{\partial a_j}=x_j^* \text{ }\forall j\in \{1,...,J\}
$$
E) Since $\frac{\partial \bar{G}(\boldsymbol{a}^*)}{\partial a_j}$ is known $\forall j\in \{1,...,J\}$, we have recovered $\boldsymbol{x}^*$.

My doubts:
(i) How do we know that only $\boldsymbol{x}^*$ satisfies (1)?
(ii) Which properties of $G(\cdot)$ are sufficient to go through the steps above (convexity, strict convexity, C1,...)? And could you highlight where do we use those properties?
(iii) Where do we use the convexity (strict?) of $\bar{G}(\cdot)$? Do we need other properties of $\bar{G}(\cdot)$ to apply the envelope theorem?
(iv) How can we go from (C) to (D)?

A: Let $G: \mathcal H \rightarrow (-\infty,+\infty] $ be a function and $x \in \mathcal H$. Recall the definition of the subdifferential of $G$ at $x$, namely
$$
\partial G(x) := \{a \in \mathcal H | G(z) \ge G(x) + \langle a, z - x\rangle\;\forall z \in \mathcal H\}.
$$
Now, if $G$ is convex and lower semi-continuous (and so $G^{**} = G$, where $G^*$ is the Fenchel-Legendre convex conjugate of $G$), then the following characterization is classical (and easy to proof using the so-called Fenchel-Young inequality)

Lemma. $a \in \partial G(x) \iff G(x) + G^*(a) = \langle x,a\rangle.$

Since the RHS of above characterization is symmetric in $(G, x)$ and $(G^*,a)$, we immediately get

Corollary. $a \in \partial G(x) \iff x \in \partial G^*(a),$

which is precisely what you wanted to show.


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We have a multitude of options for everything these days- toilets are no different. Figuring out how to buy a toilet that will best meet your needs and space means educating yourself a little on the different styles and options available. There are several factors to consider when upgrading or simply replacing your toilet. These include: type of toilet, style, and flushing mechanism to name a few.
If you're starting to feel a little overwhelmed, please don't. After all, that's what BBG is here for. This guide will walk you through all of the important considerations you should make before purchasing a new toilet. You'll come out knowing more about commodes than you ever thought possible.
Let's start at the beginning- the first thing you should decide is what "type" of toilet you are looking for.
Although there are some combo units and hybrids out there, most home commodes can be defined as either a "gravity-feed" or "pressure-assisted" toilet. These terms describe how the toilet physically flushes and gets rid of the waste.
These toilets use the oldest trick in the book to get the job done: gravity. Gravity pulls everything down right? Yup, sure does. In these models, when the flush valve is pushed, the water from the tank pours into the bowl and out the drain on the bottom, taking all of the unwanted stuff with it.
This is the oldest, and most commonly seen type of toilet. The advantages of gravity-fed toilets is that they are fairly quiet and require minimal maintenance. Pressure-assisted toilets are usually thought to be more efficient with flushing waste, however higher-end gravity-fed toilets can hold their own, according to Consumer Reports.
Gravity-feed toilets are usually a little cheaper that their pressure-assisted counterparts, but be warned- I know from experience that cheaper commodes don't always get the job done. We had to replace 2 of our toilets after moving into our new home after 1 year because of flushing issues.
As the name implies, these toilets have a pressurized water system that pushes the water from the tank into the bowl with more power. This gives each flush more "strength", making it very efficient and clearing all waste from the bowl.
This type of toilet is recommended for larger families with multiple users. Be warned that the flush is significantly louder than the gravity-feed units and they tend to be a little more expensive.
No, we're not talking about how stylish the commode is. In the toilet world, style refers to how the unit is constructed. After you decide on the type (gravity vs pressure-assisted) of toilet, you should decide on whether you want a one-piece, two-piece, or wall-mounted model.
As you might have guessed, this type of toilet comes in 1 piece. This means that the tank and bowl are connected together as one solid unit.
These toilets are easy to install and look great (very stylish), but usually cost a little more that two-piece units. They are also easier to clean because there are fewer nooks and crannies to wipe.
However, if something malfunctions, you may have to replace the entire toilet.
Most toilets we see are two-piece models. These are the traditional commodes where the tank is bolted separately onto the bowl during installation. This makes installation a little more difficult, but it's still not that bad.
These toilets are popular because they are less expensive and they last for a long time. The great thing about this style is that if something does go wrong, you can easily replace which ever part needs replacing.
You can also find toilets that are mounted directly to the wall (not urinals). These are pretty rare in homes, but are seen fairly often in commercial buildings because they look sleek and are easy to clean. These commodes are lacking the traditional tank above the bowl- instead, the water tank is actually behind the wall.
The benefit is that since the toilet doesn't touch the ground, it takes up very little space. It might be a smart choice if bathroom space is limited to begin with. Just keep in mind they cost more and installation is a little more involved.
If deciding on a toilet wasn't difficult enough already, I'm going to throw another factor to consider into the mix: how the toilet flushes. Yes, you can even decide how you want your new toilet to flush- isn't the 21st century great!
Seriously though, you do have a few options.
Most of the commodes we grew up with where simple, single flush systems. These toilets still work great and are still the most common option. You push the handle down and you get the same size flush every time.
These toilets have 2 flush options- full or half. The full flush typically uses 1.6 gallons of water (as per the Energy Policy Act of 1992) and should be used for solid waste. The half flush is usually around 0.8 gallons and can be used for liquid waste.
Dual flush commodes are great because you can use less water, but they are more expensive to purchase and can require more maintenance than the simpler single flush units.
Tired of having to touch the toilet every time you use it? If so, you can opt for a third option- touchless flushing. These toilets are similar to the high-tech commodes you see all over the commercial world that flush automatically when you leave.
Home touchless flush toilets usually require you to wave your hand over a sensor to initiate a flush. The benefit is the same though- less touching and less germs.
We've gone over all the functional stuff to consider when choosing a toilet, now it's time to get to the good stuff. The following options are probably more interesting to consider because they give you a chance to really personalize your new toilet. I say go for it and have fun exploring all the shapes and designs available.
After all, who said all toilets have to be the same?
Round- as the name implies, these bowls are round in shape. They are smaller (compact) than oval shaped elongated bowls, so they work well for children or for smaller bathrooms. These toilet bowls are usually about 14″ wide and 16″ long These bowls aren't usually as comfortable as the longer, elongated bowls though.
Elongated- these bowls are oval shaped, making them longer than the round models. They are usually about 2″ longer than round bowls (18-19″ long) and this extra length makes them more comfortable to sit on. These bowls allow easier access to cleaning one's self as well.
Compact Elongated- these bowls are for the folks who want the comfort of an elongated toilet bowl, but are short are floor space. These compact elongated bowls have a smaller footprint but still provide the longer bowl.
Elongated toilets don't have to be oval, they can be more rectangular in shape too. Compact toilets can also be more square.
Seat height is an important thing to consider, especially if you are any family members are starting to have difficulty getting up and down from the commode. The toilet is usually the lowest seat in the house (and probably one of the most used seats).
Standard height toilet seats are about 14-15″ high. If you don't have any mobility issues, a standard height toilet should be fine for you.
However, if you do have trouble getting up from a seat that low, you could choose a "comfort height" or "chair height" toilet that is 17-19″ high. The extra inches will make it easier for getting up and down from the most popular seat in the house.
The trapway is the bendy pipe part on the side of the toilet base. This part of the toilet is notorious for being difficult to clean.
Both concealed and skirted trapways are easier to clean. The skirted look is a little more sleek and modern.
Although white is still the most popular toilet color, most manufacturers are producing toilets in all kinds of colors. Common toilet colors include: off shades of white, tan, yellow, green, black, and gray.
You can definitely make a bold statement with your toilet if you want to, just be careful if you plan on selling your home anytime soon- buyers may not share your taste in style.
When in doubt, stick with white- it never goes out of style.
It seems like everything these days is smart, from light bulbs to thermostats. Why should the noble commode be left out? Well now it doesn't have to. These days high-tech toilets are on the rise!
Well, turns out high-tech toilets have become fairly common in Japan, and the trend is making it's way to North America.
And the list can go on. It's pretty amazing what some of these toilets can do. It's also pretty amazing what some of the toilets can cost. You can easily drop $6000-$8000 on a high-tech toilet.
I told ya buying a toilet was serious business. If you feel like you need some kind of cheat sheet at this point, don't worry, there's one at the bottom. And again, don't feel pressured to consider ALL of these aspects when picking a toilet. Just know there are a lot of different things you CAN consider if you want to.
In the real world, cost is where most of us are going to start. We are going to set a budget and try to find the best toilet to meet our needs within that given budget. Or, if you are anything like me, you are going to set a budget, start looking, and realize you may have to set your budget a little higher to get what you really want.
Either way, it's good to have an idea of what kind of toilet you can expect within different price ranges. I hope this helps.
Less than $200: any toilets priced under $200 are going to be budget toilets. Most will be two-piece round or compact bowls with a gravity-feed flush. They are likely to come only in white and don't expect any high-tech features. They may work well with single users or smaller families, but you might have issues with clearing all the waste due to weak flushes.
$200 – $400: this price range includes most mid-range toilets. These are the commodes that will fit most families' needs. In this range, you can expect dependable two-piece elongated toilets and some comfort height options.
$400 – $800: stepping into this price ranges gives you a lot of options. These are higher-end toilets with more dependable flushes, still probably gravity-fed. You can get one-piece comfort height elongated toilets as well as elongated-compact models. Still no high-tech stuff though.
$800 – $1500: these are very nice toilets with a ton of style and design options. You see one-piece touchless toilets in this range as well as elegant skirted bases.
$2000 and up: this price range is where you get to the really wild stuff. All of the high-tech toilets hide in this price range, as well as most dual-flush systems. Most of these are one-piece, sleek, and awesome. Most of the wall-hung toilets are also found in this upper price range. Beware, when I say "up", I mean really "up"… remember the $8000 toilet?
Location is something to consider for a few reasons. First of all, you have to know how much floor space you have to work with. If you are purchasing a new toilet for a small powder room for example, you may be leaning toward a compact toilet. Larger rooms can accommodate toilets with larger footprints.
Location should also be considered when deciding how much cash you want to spend on a new commode. If said commode is going, say, in the master bathroom (your bathroom), you may want to splurge a little and get a nicer product.
If it's only going in a guest bathroom that is rarely used, you may want to consider going with a more budget friendly toilet.
Also think about whether small children will be the primary users or not. I know from experience, kids find a way to destroy everything. Personally, I would never put a $1000 toilet in my children's jack-and-jill bathroom, but that's me.
Who is going to install your new toilet? Are you taking on the task yourself or hiring a professional? Answering this question may help you decide on what type of toilet you need. If you are planning on installing yourself, you may want to go with a more straightforward installation, like a one- or two-piece gravity fed system.
If you are hiring a pro, get whatever you want! They can handle it. Just keep in mind that you will have to pay this pro an installation fee when setting a budget for your new toilet.
According to HomeAdvisor.com, the national average price for having a toilet installed is $370. Actually prices vary and usually fall in the $200 – $500 range.
More complex toilets will cost more. Some professionals will also charge you more for carrying a toilet up a set of stairs. Remember, as part of the installation, the plumber should take and dispose of your old commode.
We've gone through several factors you should consider and features you can use to help you decide on your next toilet. If all of this feels like too much info, that's ok. Remember, this information is here for you to use at your disposal. Use as much or as little as you need.
I want you to enjoy the process! Have fun with choosing your next toilet. Consider that we all need to use the toilet every day- if you have to do it, you might as well do it in style.
Also consider, that bathrooms and kitchens are the two rooms of the home that upgrading typically gives you the most bang for your buck in terms of resale.
I wanted to include a little cheat sheet here at the end to help you keep tract of all the characteristics you can use to choose your next toilet.
If there are any questions or comments, please leave them below.
Before reading your article, I thought I knew about everything there is to know about toilets. Now that I've read your article, I believe I DO know everything there is to know about toilets.
Thanks for the information. I have an elongated bowl that sits higher than the ones I grew up with. I'll hopefully never have to go back to the small, round ones.
haha, thanks Rick, I'm glad you learned something.
Its just there when you need it.
Now I'm looking at my toilet knowing what style it. Standard with a dual flush lol never would have cared before.
Curious about colours though. What colours do they have?
You are very thoughtful to do a checklist for us. You went above and beyond so thank you for the education.
Wishing your site every success.
Hey Di, ha, I know what you mean. I never knew there was so much to toilets until I really got into upgrading our bathrooms. In terms of color options, you can pretty much find any color you can think of. Different brands offer different colors. Kohler offers several shades of white as well as a lot of tans and grays. But if you look around, you can find blue, black, red, pink…even stainless steel. Your imagination is your only limitation!
I'm glad it was helpful, let me know if you have any questions in the future.
Hey Will, great review on toilet purchasing. As of right now, my toilet is in good condition, and I won't need a new one. But I am considering the wall mounted toilet when I decide to move into a better place soon, this looks really cool!!! Thanks again, and I wish you the best of luck with your website!!!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. Those wall mounted toilets are pretty sweet. Take care.


Description: Kathryn King Cristaldi, MD, MHS, Medical Director of School-Based Health, Center for Telehealth will be the speaker for this year's IPC retreat. Panel discussions, speed "dating" with preceptors, motivational interviewing and interprofessional activities will also be included at this retreat.
Discuss the way interprofessional teams can operate across technology and distance.
Identify areas in clinical, educational and research services where telehealth can be applied.
Describe the use of telehealth applications to address a variety of healthcare access issues.
Identify examples of sustainable telehealth models for rural and underserved populations.


Time is the essence of good medical care. With the MDVIP-affiliated practice, time allows me to listen to and thoroughly examine the patient, think over all the information gathered, and come to a treatment plan that best fits the individual patient. It also allows me to be their teacher, coach, advisor, friend, and if the need arises, their consoler. I feel my patients are part of my family and the MDVIP-affiliated practice allows me to treat them as such. It also allows the patient to take an active role in their medical care with me as their guide. And I'm always willing to accept new ideas from my patients which might assist us in meeting their wellness goals. Having this close partnership with my patients allows me to improve their lives and well-being by being focused on disease prevention and better manage any problems they might have.


My work, under the supervision of Professor Ulrich Schiefer has been to investigate the viewing strategies of patients with homonymous visual field defects (HVFDs) in a virtual-reality (VR) driving scenario. HVFDs are among the most frequent disorders after brain damage and create a marked amount of subjective inconvenience in everyday life. Conventional kinetic and static perimetric methods, which are usually used for the assessment of visual field, are however rather artificial, since they are conducted under strict gaze fixation. On the other hand, visual exploration – i.e. the "scanning of visible objects" by gaze movements – is a typical characteristic of vision in everyday life and allows shifting of binocular visual field defects, from relevant to less important areas of the visual environment.
Together with our collaborators, led by Professor Hanspeter Mallot, we have found that some patients with HVFDs demonstrated sufficient compensatory driving behavior during the simulated test ride. Furthermore, the extent of the visual field loss was weakly related to driving performance. This finding suggests that visual field indices per se are inadequate to describe the driving performance of patients with HVFDs in this VR-scenario. Intact exploration ability thus could compensate for the visual field defects through activation of the efferent oculomotor system.
We are now analyzing the viewing behavior of patients with HVFDs, in order to assess if there are characteristic gaze patterns predictive of the successful or unsuccessful obstacle avoidance in the VR scenario. It is also suggested that efficient oculomotor scanning behavior depends on the site and extent of brain lesion. Using brain lesion analysis and software-based imaging tools, we are investigating if the underlying brain damage influences performance and the ability to compensate.
My personal dream in vision research is to continue discovering compensatory gaze strategies of patients with reduced vision. Insight into these compensatory mechanisms will further enhance the determination of the best examination procedure to predict and quantify their visual performance. Overall in the vision field, I would like to witness the development of rehabilitation tools for clinical use in low vision patients.


We seek to understand and control the world of solids, liquids, and gases around us. Traditional materials science has a focus on "engineering materials" of technological importance such as ion conductors or doped silicon. At Caltech we also develop engineering materials and devices as we see opportunities, but we also try to control the stability of crystals under pressure or temperature, for example. A rigorous emphasis on basic science and mathematics backs up what we do.


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On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era
A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek
By Slavoj Žižek
Agatha Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt—published in 1970 with the subtitle "an extravaganza," one of the few of her works with no movie or TV adaptation—is a novel that "slides from the unlikely to the inconceivable and finally lands up in incomprehensible muddle. Prizes should be offered to readers who can explain the ending. It concerns the youth uproar of the "sixties, drugs, a new Aryan superman and so on, subjects of which Christie's grasp was, to say the least, uncertain." However, this "incomprehensible muddle" is not due to Christie's senility: its causes are clearly political.
Passenger to Frankfurt is Christie's most personal, intimately felt and at the same time most political novel; it expresses her personal confusion, her feeling of being totally at a loss with what was going on in the world in the late 1960s—drugs, sexual revolution, student protests, murders, etc. It is crucial to note that this overwhelming feeling of confusion is formulated by an author whose specialty was detective novels, stories about crime, stories about the darkest side of human nature.
The deeper reason for her despair is the feeling that, in the chaotic world of 1970, it was no longer possible to write detective novels that still presupposed a stable society based on law and order, momentarily disturbed by crime but restored to order by the detective. In the society of 1970, chaos and crime were rife, so no wonder Passenger to Frankfurt is not a detective novel: there is no murder, no logic, no deduction. Christie's sense of the collapse of the elementary cognitive mapping, her overwhelming fear of chaos, is rendered clearly in her Introduction to the novel:
It is what the Press brings to you every day, served up in your morning paper under the general heading of News. Collect it from the front page. What is going on in the world today? What is everyone saying, thinking, doing? Hold up a mirror to 1970 in England.
Look at that front page every day for a month, make notes, consider and classify.
Every day there is a killing. A girl strangled.
Elderly woman attacked and robbed of her meagre savings. Young men or boys—attacking or attacked.
Buildings and telephone kiosks smashed and gutted. Drug smuggling.
Robbery and assault.
Children missing and children's murdered bodies found not far from their homes.
Can this be England? Is England really like this? One feels—no—not yet, but it could be.
Fear is awakening—fear of what may be. Not so much because of actual happenings but because of the possible causes behind them. Some known, some unknown, but felt. And not only in our own country. There are smaller paragraphs on other pages—giving news from Europe—from Asia—from the Americas—Worldwide News.
Hi-jacking of planes. Kidnapping.
Violence. Riots.
Hate.
Anarchy—all growing stronger.
All seeming to lead to worship of destruction, pleasure in cruelty. What does it all mean?
So what does all this mean? In the novel, Christie provides an answer; here is the storyline. On a flight home from Malaya, Sir Stafford Nye, a bored diplomat, is approached in the passenger lounge at Frankfurt airport by a woman whose life is in danger; to help her, he agrees to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. In this way, he unwittingly gets caught up in an international intrigue from which the only escape is to outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen, who wants to achieve world domination by manipulating and arming the planet's youth.
This terrible worldwide conspiracy has something to do with Richard Wagner and "The Young Siegfried." We learn that, towards the end of the Second World War, Hitler went to a mental institution, met with a group of people who thought they were Hitler, and exchanged places with one of them, thus surviving the war. He then escaped to Argentina, where he married and had a son who was branded with a swastika on his heel: "The Young Siegfried." Meanwhile, in the present, drugs, promiscuity and student protests are all secretly caused by Nazi agitators who want to bring about anarchy so that they can restore Nazi domination on a global scale.
Is this disgusting fantasy, which brings together anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, so different from that contrived by Christie?
This "terrible worldwide conspiracy" is, of course, ideological fantasy at its purest: a weird condensation of the fear of extreme Right and extreme Left. The least we can say in Christie's favor is that she locates the heart of the conspiracy in the extreme Right (neo-Nazis), not any of the other usual suspects (Communists, Jews, Muslims). The idea that neo-Nazis were behind the '68 student protests and the struggle for sexual liberation, with its obvious madness, nonetheless bears witness to the disintegration of a consistent cognitive mapping of our predicament; the fact that Christie is compelled to take refuge in such a crazy paranoiac construct indicates the utter confusion and panic in which she found herself.
The picture of our society she paints is simply confused, out of touch with reality (incidentally, although to a much lesser extent, the same goes for the strangest of John le Carré's novels, A Small Town in Germany, which is set in a similar situation). But is her vision really too crazy to be taken seriously? Is our era, with "leaders" like Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, not as crazy as her vision? Are we today not all like a bunch of passengers to Frankfurt? Our situation is messy in a way that is very similar to the one described by Christie: we have a Rightist government enforcing workers' rights (in Poland), a Leftist government pursuing the strictest austerity politics (in Greece). No wonder that, in order to regain a minimal cognitive mapping, Christie resorts to the Second World War, "the last good war," retranslating our mess into its coordinates.
One should nonetheless note how the very form of Christie's denouement (one big Nazi plot behind it all) strangely mirrors the fascist idea of the Jewish conspiracy. Today, the extreme populist Right proposes a similar explanation of the Muslim immigrant "threat." In the anti-Semitic imagination, the "Jew" is the invisible Master who secretly pulls the strings—which is precisely why Muslim immigrants are today's Jews: they are all too visible, not invisible, they are clearly not integrated into our society, and nobody claims they secretly pull any strings. If one sees in their "invasion of Europe" a secret plot, then Jews have to be behind it—as was suggested in an article that recently appeared in one of the main Slovene Rightist weekly journals, which read: "George Soros is one of the most depraved and dangerous people of our time," responsible for "the invasion of the negroid and Semitic hordes and thereby for the twilight of the EU . . . as a typical talmudo-Zionist, he is a deadly enemy of Western civilization, nation state and white, European man." His goal is to build a "rainbow coalition composed of social marginals like faggots, feminists, Muslims and work-hating cultural Marxists," which would then perform "a deconstruction of the nation state, and transform the EU into a multicultural dystopia of the United States of Europe." Furthermore, Soros is inconsistent in his promotion of multiculturalism:
He promotes it exclusively in Europe and the USA, while in the case of Israel, he, in a way which is for me totally justified, agrees with its monoculturalism, latent racism and building of a wall. In contrast to EU and USA, he also does not demand that Israel open its borders and accept "refugees." A hypocrisy proper to Talmudo-Zionism.
Is this disgusting fantasy, which brings together anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, so different from that contrived by Christie? Are they both not a desperate attempt to orient oneself in confused times? The extreme oscillations in public perception of the Korean crisis are significant as such. One week we are told that we are on the brink of nuclear war, then there is seven days' respite, then the war threat explodes again.
When I visited Seoul in August 2017, my friends there told me there was no serious threat of a war since the North Korean regime knows it could not survive it, now that the South Korean authorities are preparing the population for a nuclear war. Not long ago our media was reporting on the increasingly ridiculous exchange of insults between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. The irony was that, in a situation where two apparently immature men are getting angry and hurling insults at each other, our only hope is for some anonymous and invisible institutional constraint to prevent their rage from exploding into full war. Usually we tend to complain that in today's alienated and bureaucratized politics, institutional pressures and constraints prevent politicians from expressing their real point of view; now we hope that such constraints will prevent the expression of all-too-crazy personal visions. How did we reach this point?
Alain Badiou recently warned about the dangers of the growing post-patriarchal nihilist order that presents itself as the domain of new freedoms. The disintegration of the shared ethical basis of our lives is clearly signaled by the abolition of universal military conscription in many developed countries: the very notion of being ready to risk one's life for a common-cause army appears more and more pointless, if not directly ridiculous, so that the armed forces, as the body in which all citizens equally participate, are gradually becoming a mercenary force. This disintegration affects the two sexes differently: men are slowly turning into perpetual adolescents, with no clear passage of initiation into maturity (military service, acquiring a profession, even education no longer play this role). No wonder, then, that, in order to supplant this lack, post-patriarchal youth gangs proliferate, providing ersatz-initiation and social identity.
In contrast to men, women today are more and more precociously mature, expected to control their lives, to plan their careers; in this new version of sexual difference, men are ludic adolescents, outlaws, while women appear hard, mature, serious, legal and punitive. A new feminine figure is thus emerging: a cold, competitive agent of power, seductive and manipulative, attesting to the paradox that "in the conditions of capitalism women can do better than men" (Badiou): contemporary capitalism has invented its own ideal image of woman.
Excerpted from Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism by Slavoj Žižek, published by Seven Stories Press, September 17, 2019.
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Robert Beekman, MD, to Chair AAP Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Robert Beekman, MD, to Chair AAP's Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
CINCINNATI -- Robert Beekman, III, MD, professor of cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, has been named chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. He will begin serving a two-year term as chairman on Nov. 1.
The Section was founded in 1955 and is committed to improving the cardiac care of infants, children and adolescents. Objectives include providing an opportunity within the AAP for the presentation and discussion of investigations and scientific observations pertaining to the cardiovascular system in children. The Section holds its organizational meetings and hosts educational programs for pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons at the AAP's annual meeting. The annual meeting includes scientific abstract presentations and symposia on current topics in the field.
Dr. Beekman will chair the AAP's eight-member executive committee, which is composed of pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery experts from around the nation. He will replace outgoing chairman Thomas Klitzner, MD, PhD, chief of pediatric cardiology at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.
"Dr. Beekman's interests and skills make him the perfect leader for the AAP Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery," says Dr. Klitzner. "I have worked with Dr. Beekman for many years and I am confident that he will make strong contributions to the health and well being of children with heart disease through his leadership."
Dr. Beekman came to Cincinnati Children's in 1996 to direct the Division of Cardiology. He recently stepped down as division director and remains a full-time faculty member. Beekman's subspecialty interests involve cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology. His academic interests relate to cardiac catheterization, and he has made numerous scholarly contributions in the field of hemodynamic assessment and transcatheter therapies for congenital heart disease. Dr. Beekman has published more than 150 manuscripts on these topics in cardiology and pediatric journals.
A native of California, Dr. Beekman graduated summa cum laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and earned his MD at Duke University. He completed his pediatric internship and residency at UCLA Medical Center and his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He also earned a master's degree in statistics and research design at the University of Michigan.
Before coming to Cincinnati Children's he was a member of the division of pediatric cardiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine.
Dr. Beekman has been active in the cardiology community both in Cincinnati and nationally. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Ohio Chapter of the American Heart Association and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Children's Heart Association. He has been a member of the Executive Committee and the Training Committee of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and a member of the Congenital Heart Disease Committee of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Beekman is currently on the editorial boards of Congenital Heart Disease and The Journal of Interventional Cardiology. He is a contributing editor of theHeart.org, an Internet cardiology journal.
Cincinnati Children's is a 475-bed institution devoted to bringing the world the joy of healthier kids. Cincinnati Children's is dedicated to transforming the way health care is delivered by providing care that is timely, efficient, effective, family-centered, equitable and safe. Cincinnati Children's ranks second nationally among all pediatric centers in research grants from the National Institutes of Health. It is a teaching affiliate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The Cincinnati Children's vision is to be the leader in improving child health.


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8 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Evelyn Wadsworth Symington collection of John Hay material, 1864-1905
25 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Collector. Letters, diaries, speech, poetry and writings, newspaper clippings, and other papers by and about John Hay, statesman, diplomat, historian, journalist, poet, and the grandfather of Symington.
Adams family papers, 1776-1948
230 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Chiefly correspondence of John Quincy Adams dated 1801-1846. Also includes correspondence and miscellany relating to other family members.
Tyler Dennett collection relating to John Hay, 1861-1937
200 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Historian, editor, and biographer. Correspondence, research notes, galley proofs, photographs, and printed matter relating to Dennett's books John Hay: From Poetry to Politics and Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay.
David Ames Wells papers, 1795-1898
9,000 items. 24 containers. 6 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Economist, author, and public official. Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other papers concerning economics, with particular emphasis on taxation, the tariff, and free trade.
Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956
19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.
Henry L. Dawes papers, 1833-1933
United States representative and senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, reports, notebooks, biographical material, family papers, photographs, citations, congressional commissions, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and an incomplete biography of Dawes by his daughter, Anna Laurens Dawes. The collection documents mainly Dawes's career as a federal legislator and his work on issues relating to the American Indian, including his tenure as chairman of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.
J. Franklin Jameson papers, 1604-1994
61,000 items. 206 containers plus 2 oversize. 40.7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Historian and librarian. Correspondence, diaries, writings, lecture notes, biographical material, family papers, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Jameson's work as an historian, his role in the founding and early history of the American Historical Association and the American Historical Review, the movement for the establishment of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the Dictionary of American Biography, and his work as director of the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Owen Wister papers, 1829-1966
26,130 items. 103 containers. 41 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles, poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister's The Virginian and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble (Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his cousins, S. Weir Mitchell and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell.


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Q: Folder right click menu(Only Folder) See this.What should i use instead of "Jpegfile" in the sample to represent folders?
I don't want Drives,Recyclebin,Computer(My computer in XP),My Documents(in xp),etc. to be included too. I want my right click menu entry to be added to folders' right click menu only.
Thanks and Regards.
Please note: I can't use "Folder" since it includes recyclebin too.
AKGMA

A: The "folders" you are talking about are actually directories; those that contain files. See Difference between a Directory and a Folder in the context of Windows.
To have your right-click context menu entry appear only for directories, add it under
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\]

instead of
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\].

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XP treats "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell" and
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell" Registry keys and values differently.

Sub keys and values of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell" are displayed
in both the Windows Explorer Left Pane Folders context menu and
Windows Explorer Right Pane Folders context menu.

Sub keys and values of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell" are only displayed
in the Windows Explorer Left Pane Folders context menu. These items are
displayed at the top of the menu.

The order of the items displayed in the Windows Explorer Left Pane Folders
context menu is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

The order of the items displayed in the Windows Explorer Right Pane Folders
context menu is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\(Specific File ex. batfile)\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell

A: Really late answer, but correct option is to use Folder, however to exclude RecyleBin and other stuff you need to create REG_SZ value called AppliesTo and set it to System.FileName:?*.

A: To my knowledge, you have no choice but to use Folder. There is no other file association key that does not include Recycle Bin. If you want to choose the type of folder your menu options are displayed on, you'll have to write an explorer extension.


The SUPER HEALTH evaluates the effects of an exercise program on improving pain, fatigue, physical activity, and physical function. The exercise program will be delivered through a tablet app in the convenience of your home using exercise videos. You will be randomly assigned in either the 1) exercise group, 2) exercise with a social networking group or 3) control group. The program will be adapted to your specific needs and abilities. If you have difficulty walking as a means for exercise, you may be eligible. Participants receive study equipment valued up to $500. For more information or to participate, email Jennifer Howell or call 205-403-5509.
The M2M study tests the effects of a 12-week rhythmic-based Movement-2-Music exercise program on health and fitness outcomes in people with neurological disabilities. People who enter the study will be asked to participate in either the 12-week M2M program or a waitlist control group. This study is for adults between the ages of 18 and 70, who have a diagnosis of health injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, Spina Bifida, Parkinson disease or cerebral palsy. Participants can be compensated up to $255 for completing the study. For more information or to participate, email Alex Yates or call 205-403-5525.
The TEAMS study compares the effects of a blended complementary alternative medicine (CAM) intervention consisting of neurorehabilitative exercise, Yoga, and Pilates between people with multiple sclerosis receiving the same treatment onsite (DirectCAM) versus at home (TeleCAM). This study will evaluate the effects of the two forms on improving pain, fatigue, physical activity, and quality of life. People who enter the study will be randomly selected to participate in the 12-week CAM program either at the clinic (DirectCAM) or at home using a telehealth platform (TeleCAM). This study plans to enroll 820 participants in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, between the ages of 18-70. The study is planned to last 1 year and you will complete regular assessments at the closest participating clinic. Participants will be compensated up to $140 and given all the necessary exercise equipment valued at up to $380. For more information or to participate, email Emily Pounds or call 205-403-5512.


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Damon Sharpe talks about his new single 'Lost Years,' podcast and future ambitions
Damon Sharpe came out with his new single, 'Lost Years' with Josh Cumbee, which he talked about with Contrast in an interview. 'Lost Years' preaches the message to make up for lost time after the pandemic, but also carries a polarity, binding relationships, life and his own career as well into the words wherein he told us that he is now actively working on projects he had left in the backseat for while.
The remix for the track brings some serious trance vibes with Cubicore and also delivers strong slap house and future house feel-good electricity, all thanks to Damon's desire for bringing in new flavors to the music.
Damon told Contrast that what makes him different is him embracing who he is as an individual and deciding his own path. "Whether it's a unique way of thinking, living, or even something as simple as crazy colored hair or an eccentric fashion sense, we need to enjoy the freedom of truly being ourselves!" says Damon Sharpe.
Damon also talked to us about his podcast, 'Damon Sharpe presents Brainjack Radio' which features a multitude of new music from pre-releases by A-List artists to new talent. It also has a 15-minute guest mixer each episode, Gattuso, Pink Panda, Morgan Page and CID being some of the famous features. Damon has created a dystopian future theme for the podcast, with aims to create a community and hopes to extend the monthly podcast into a weekly one soon.
Damon has also worked with big artists like Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Ariana Grande being some of them, and says that the creative process is distinct every time to maintain freshness, with him presenting a finished piece to the artist at times or working from the ground up in person otherwise or even customizing the idea if an artist likes the initiative. Going further, Damon Sharpe looks to get back to performing live shows again around the world. His new single, "15 Minutes" will be out soon and the one-year anniversary episode of Brainjack Radio comes out 14th May on Insomniac Radio, featuring all the songs he's been a part of. All the further details will be available on his social media and website.
Talk to me about 'Lost Years.' What's the overall message behind this song? Lost Years is a collaboration with the amazing Josh Cumbee. Ironically we wrote this song before Covid, but it really fits the narrative of making up for the lost time once this pandemic comes to an end. But there is a duality to it as well, which ties into relationships, life, and even my career itself. I had my artist project on the back burner for far too long, and I am now making up for lost years in this new chapter!
How did these remixes come about? I really wanted some different flavors for the remix package. Cubicore brought major Trance vibes, Jeonghyeon is giving you Future House energy, and Disco Fries deliver Slap House feel-good electricity!
You host your own podcast called "Damon Sharpe presents Brainjack Radio." Tell me about the show and where you'd like to see it go! It was created as a place to showcase new music that I'm loving, with most of it being pre-releases from A-List artists to the newest talent. I also feature a 15-minute guest mixer each week and have had some really amazing ones to date, including Morgan Page, CID, Gattuso, Pink Panda, and many more. I wanted to offer a destination not only for new music but to create a sense of community. It's set in a dystopian future where music is outlawed and uploaded directly to the brain. That is the world of Brainjack. It is currently a monthly podcast, but I would love to expand it into a weekly show if my schedule allows it!
You've worked with Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, and more amazing artists. Walk me through the creative process when working with such iconic artists. It's always a different process which keeps it fresh. Sometimes I will pitch a fully finished song; other times, we will create from the ground up in person or a hybrid of the two where they like the initial idea, then we customize it.
What's next for you? So many exciting things! My next single, "15 Minutes," will be dropping very soon. On May 14th, the one-year anniversary episode of Brainjack Radio will air on Insomniac Radio featuring all songs I am either the artist on, have produced, or written. That will make for an eclectic episode! Sort of a recap on my past and a glimpse into my future. Live shows are also coming! I'm definitely ready to start traveling again. Pre-covid, I was everywhere from China to Romania to Amsterdam to London! Stay tuned to my official website and socials for updates on that.
The definition of Contrast is 'to be strikingly different.' What makes you strikingly different?I've always been one to make my own path. When I was a kid, I was a self-professed nerd. I still am lol I always embraced that. I think sometimes we are afraid to be different. But there's so much beauty in individuality. Whether it's a unique way of thinking, living, or even something as simple as crazy colored hair or an eccentric fashion sense, we need to enjoy the freedom of truly being ourselves!
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Kenya will next month sign a Sh380 billion contract for the final phase of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the deal will be inked during this year's Forum on China-Africa Corporation (FOCAC) that will be held from September 1-5 in China.
"We shall be travelling to China on the first week of September for the FOCAC summit and we shall sign the Sh380 billion contract for the second phase of the SGR from Naivasha to Kisumu," said the CS.
Mr Macharia did not name the financier of the second phase, only saying the project is a great opportunity for investors to build industries and houses along the corridor, beginning from Mombasa to Kisumu.
The CS said the signing of the deal will put the cost of the complete project at Sh800 billion.
Phase 2B of the project will start at the planned Naivasha Industrial Park where Phase 2A ends. It will pass through Narok, Bomet, Kericho counties and terminate in Kisumu where the government will put up a modern inland port.
The railway line will have 25 stations — a county station in Kisumu, six intermediate stations, and 18 crossing stations.
"The key thing about SGR is that it is the main artery of Kenya's key development corridor, which starts from Mombasa-Nairobi; what we call the Northern corridor.
"From Nairobi, it goes to the West, and when you get to Naivasha, one branch (central line) goes through Eldoret and the other one goes to Kisumu (southern line)," he said.
The CS was speaking during the Architectural Association of Kenya annual convention at the Pride Inn Hotel in Mombasa.


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Antonio Conte is determined to secure 'more success' as a top manager after being confirmed as Chelsea's new main man.
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"I am proud to be the coach of the national team of my country and only a role as attractive as manager of Chelsea could follow that.
"I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the club and the day-to-day challenge of competing in the Premier League.
"Chelsea and English football are watched wherever you go, the fans are passionate and my ambition is to have more success to follow the victories I enjoyed in Italy.
"I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation. I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros."
Chelsea will have to wait until the summer to discuss a possible deal for Edinson Cavani.
The £40m Paris St-Germain star said: "At the end of the season, we will discuss my situation with the president. I am ready to continue with PSG.
"I have gone through three difficult seasons at PSG, but the support of the fans is important. I am very happy with Ibrahimovic's form and that he helps the team move forward.
"It is a very difficult moment for me, but I believe in myself. I am looking towards the future."
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Q: how to transfer a file over SSH with granados I have started developing a simple application that transfer my local files to a remote SSH server over SFTP.
My application is expected to do it programmaticly so i am planning to use Granados opensource SSH solution. In Granados test application there is a simple example like:
            SSHConnectionParameter f = new SSHConnectionParameter();
            f.UserName = "root";
            f.Password = "";
            f.Protocol = SSHProtocol.SSH2;
            f.AuthenticationType = AuthenticationType.Password;
            f.WindowSize = 0x1000;

            Reader reader = new Reader();
            Socket s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
            //s.Blocking = false;
            s.Connect(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1"), 22));
            _conn = SSHConnection.Connect(f, reader, s);
            reader._conn = _conn;

            SSHChannel ch = _conn.OpenShell(reader);
            reader._pf = ch;

            SSHConnectionInfo ci = _conn.ConnectionInfo;

In Granados, I couldn't find any examples which tells how to send a file.
I think there must be a simple function such as _conn.TransmitFile(sourcePath, destinationPath); but I couldn't find any example.
Does anyone know how to send a file between servers over SSH by using C# with Granados library?

A: To transmit data
reader._pf.Transmit(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(nextCommand), 0, nextCommand.Length);


The ADC121C021 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), from Texas Instruments, is one of our favorites. We use it in many of our analog I2C mini modules, including our very popular gas sensors. The ADC121C021 offers 12-bits of resolution across a 0 – 5VDC voltage range. With over 188,000 samples per second, this little ADC is fast! Perhaps our favorite feature is the addressing system. This chip supports floating addressing–so you can share up 9 devices on a single I2C port with just 2 jumpers. We packaged this device into a convenient I2C Mini Module footprint, making it easy to plug in and use. This I2C Mini Module include open holes for Pull-Up and Pull-Down resistors for applications that require input bias. This little ADC is suitable for just about any analog-to-digital conversion application and will likely be the focus of many of our future products for many years to come.
Most analog sensors provide a resistive output. Using this ADC, these sensors can easily be adapted to the NCD I2C bus standard, offering the ability to link several sensors together for digital access. Use for IoT sensing applications with your favorite platform, including Particle, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and much more. Combine with our USB to I2C Converter to connect this ADC to your computer (Use our Free AnyI2C Software for Testing and Communications). Chain several of these modules together and connect different types of analog sensors. Simplify your code by learning and working with only the ADC121C021 for all sensor types. We have tested this ADC with analog light sensors, thermistor, flex sensors, variable resistors, and much more with excellent results. On-board openings allow installation of optional pull-up and pull-down resistors for the on-board Analog input. I2C Termination jumpers allow pull-up of the I2C bus. Includes 3-terminal connector for easy access to the on-board ADC.