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Reduced in-hospital mortality for heart failure with clinical pathways: the results of a cluster randomised controlled trial
M Panella1,
S Marchisio1,2,
M L Demarchi1,
L Manzoli3,
F Di Stanislao2
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, University "Politecnica delle Marche", Ancona, Italy
Section of Epidemiology and Public Health, University "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy
Correspondence to Professor Massimiliano Panella, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy; mpanella{at}med.unipmn.it
Background: Hospital treatment of heart failure (HF) frequently does not follow published guidelines, potentially contributing to HF high morbidity, mortality and economic cost. The Experimental Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Clinical Pathways was undertaken to determine how clinical pathways (CP) for hospital treatment of HF affected care variability, guidelines adherence, in-hospital mortality and outcomes at discharge.
Methods/design: Two-arm, cluster-randomised trial. Fourteen community hospitals were randomised either to the experimental arm (CP: appropriate therapeutic guidelines use, new organisation and procedures, patient education) or to the control arm (usual care). The main outcome was in-hospital mortality; secondary outcomes were length and appropriateness of the stay, rate of unscheduled readmissions, customer satisfaction, usage of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during hospital stay and quality indicators at discharge. All outcomes were measured using validated instruments available in literature.
Results: In-hospital mortality was 5.6% in the experimental arm (n = 12); 15.4% in controls (n = 33, p = 0.001). In CP and usual care groups, the mean rates of unscheduled readmissions were 7.9% and 13.9%, respectively. Adjusting for age, smoking, New York Heart Association score, hypertension and source of referral, patients in the CP group, as compared to controls, had a significantly lower risk of in-hospital death (OR 0.18; 95% CI 0.07 to 0.46) and unscheduled readmissions (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.20 to 0.87). No differences were found between CP and control with respect to the appropriateness of the stay, costs and patient's satisfaction. Except for electrocardiography, all recommended diagnostic procedures were used more in the CP group. Similarly, pharmaceuticals use was significantly greater in CP, with the exception of diuretics and anti-platelets agents.
Discussion: The introduction of a specifically tailored CP for the hospital treatment of HF was effective in reducing in-hospital mortality and unscheduled readmissions. This study adds to previous knowledge indicating that CP should be used to improve the quality of hospital treatment of HF.
Trial registration number: NCT00519038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2008.026559
It has been estimated that in the USA, almost 1 million hospitalisations are annually caused by heart failure (HF), which represents one of the leading causes of death in the developed world.12
The Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) showed that in the USA, the hospital treatment of HF frequently does not follow published guidelines or conform to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) core performance measures, potentially contributing to the high morbidity, mortality and economic cost of this disorder. The ADHERE findings also suggested that the wide variations in conformity may reflect differences in training, guideline familiarity and implementation of tools and systems to ensure that recommended care is provided and documented.345
In this light, the development of CP has the potential to considerably improve the quality of hospital care to HF patients. Despite widespread enthusiasm, however, the implementation of clinical pathways (CP) remains questionable because very little prospective controlled data have demonstrated their effectiveness.678
This cluster randomised controlled trial was carried out to evaluate whether the implementation of a tailored CP, compared with usual care, may improve the efficacy and efficiency of the care provided to decompensated HF patients.
Study design and inclusion criteria
The Experimental Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Clinical Pathways was designed as a cluster randomised controlled trial, in which the experimental group was composed of HF patients treated according to a specific CP, while the control group received usual care. The methodology of the study has been described in detail previously.9 In brief, we used a cluster design (with single hospitals as randomisation units) because of the ethical and logistical issues associated with the implementation of CP, which involves a series of complex actions at the institutional level.101112 Forty hospitals located in four Italian regions were invited to participate; 18 of them showed interest in the implementation of CP for HF and were assessed for eligibility. Based upon the comparability of hospital location, patient population, facilities and teaching status, 14 hospitals were selected and randomised. All data were prospectively collected from March 2003 to October 2004 by physicians and nurses who were trained in prestudy educational events. The sample included all the patients treated by the hospitals with a principal diagnosis of HF (all International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes included in 428.xx code) and patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina were excluded.13 The project was approved by the http://ClinicalTrials.gov and was exempted from ethical clearance according to the Italian Ministry of Health law (ex art. 12bis D.lgs 229/99).
The primary outcome measure was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes were length and appropriateness of the stay (measured using the Italian version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol),14 unscheduled readmissions rate (based upon Italian administrative database, SDO); customers' satisfaction and costs of hospital care. The quality of care was assessed by monitoring the use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during hospital stay and by the use of quality indicators at discharge.15161718 The indicators are reported in table 1.
Indicator set of the study
One physician or nurse with at least 2 years of experience of CP was assigned to each hospital in the experimental group, in order to facilitate project implementation (including staff education in the use of CP). The teams included internal medicine physicians, cardiologists, epidemiologists, pathologists, psychologists, nurses, hospital pharmacists, social workers and support staff. The teams were formed on a voluntary basis, received three days of training in the development of CP and constructed the CP over a 6-month period. All groups analysed their care processes, reviewed best evidence provided by senior investigators, defined the appropriate goals of the pathways, detailing the results into protocols and documentation, including the sequence of events and expected progress of the patients over time.615 Essentially, the CP used in the study were not completely identical because of organisational adaptations in some sites. However, they coincided substantially with the existing European guidelines on the hospital treatment for HF.19
Data collection and statistical analysis
Sample size calculation was performed according to standard criteria for cluster randomised trials.122021 In brief, the intracluster correlation coefficient for in-hospital mortality was estimated equal to 0.018, leading to a design effect of 1.51. Using standard 0.05 α error and assuming a 15% difference in mortality between the intervention and control group,2223 and 10% of losses to follow-up, a sample size of 424 patients (212 in each group) was required to obtain a statistical power of 0.80. The seven clusters in each arm were thus comprised of 31 patients.
The Fisher exact and Kruskal-Wallis tests for categorical and continuous variables, respectively, were performed at the cluster level. In addition, differences in the rate of in-hospital deaths and unscheduled admissions between groups and according to each variable under study were evaluated at individual level using random-effects logistic regression, accounting for the clustering effect.2425 Variables were included if significant at the 0.10 level (backwards approach), with the exception of age which was forced to entry. The presence of multicollinearity, interaction and higher power terms was assessed to check final model validity. Patients who died during the study were excluded from the regression model predicting unscheduled readmissions because they could not be readmitted. Statistical significance was defined as a two-sided p value <0.05. All analyses were intention-to-treat and were carried out using STATA statistical software, version 8.2 StataCorp LP 4905 Lakeway Drive College Station, Texas 77845 USA.
The final sample consisted of 429 patients (214 receiving CP, 215 usual care). At admission, there were no significant differences between the groups according to gender and selected clinical conditions, while the mean age was slightly higher in the experimental group (table 2). Although only patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) III–IV scores or higher had to be admitted, a minority of patients with NYHA II scores were also admitted because of low socioeconomic status (7%).
Baseline characteristics of the sample* (efficacy of the randomisation process)
The discharge status of all patients, according to the type of treatment received, and several outcomes of care are reported in table 3. In-hospital mortality was 5.6% in the group receiving CP; 15.4% in the control group (p = 0.001). At bivariate analysis, all secondary outcomes showed better results in the experimental group (proportion of appropriate days of stay; costs of the care and patient's satisfaction), although only the length of stay and the rate of unscheduled readmissions approached significance.
Outcomes indicators during hospital stay in clinical pathway and usual care groups
The results of the multivariable random-effect logistic models predicting in-hospital mortality and unscheduled readmissions are shown in table 4. Adjusting for age, smoking, NYHA score, hypertension and source of referral (general practitioner or other), patients who were managed and cared for according to CP, as compared to subjects in usual therapy, had a significantly lower risk of in-hospital death (OR 0.18; 95% CI 0.07 to 0.46) and unscheduled readmissions (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.20 to 0.87).
Results of the random-effects logistic models predicting in-hospital mortality and unscheduled readmission
With regard to the use of diagnostic procedures, echocardiography, oximetry and diuresis monitoring were much more frequently utilised for patients treated according to the CP as compared to controls (p<0.005, table 5). Similarly, all medications were administered more frequently in the experimental group, with the exception of diuretics and anti-platelet agents.
Diagnostic procedures and use of medications during hospital stay in the clinical pathway and usual care groups
Mean values, for each group, of the four quality indicators recorded in the study are shown in table 6. Compared with controls, the proportion of patients receiving left ventricular function assessment, advice/counseling on smoking cessation and written discharge instructions was significantly higher in the experimental group, while ACE inhibitors at discharge were more frequently requested in the CP group, however this difference was not significant.
Performance indicators at discharge in the Clinical Pathway and Usual Care Study Groups
The main finding of this study is that care delivered using CP based on current guidelines, as compared to usual care, is more effective in reducing in-hospital mortality in HF patients. Furthermore, the implementation of such a clinical governance tool resulted in a significant improvement of most outcomes of care, including the rate of unscheduled readmissions, length of stay, diagnostic procedures and medication use, and most JCAHO quality indicators.
There may be a number of explanations for the observed reduction in in-hospital mortality, which are not mutually exclusive and which include (a) improved performance, (b) earlier discharge of palliative patients and (c) a baseline difference between the two groups in terms of vital signs, laboratory data, and/or co-morbidities, due to selection bias. Concerning the latter, after randomisation the two groups were similar for co-morbidities and NYHA scores. In addition, CP use remained a strongly significant determinant of mortality after adjusting for several potential confounders. Therefore, although we could not use the ADHERE risk stratification model,252627 because the study was initiated before its publication, the influence of selection bias, if any, is likely to be minor.
The second possible explanation for the observed findings is a different attitude between the groups towards the care of patients close to death. Indeed, if the hospitals in the experimental groups discharged patients when close to death, these would have artificially reduced their in-hospital mortality rate. However, although we did not have reliable data on the events after discharge, the average length of stay in CP was only 1 day lower than in usual care and, more importantly, the severity at discharge according to NYHA classes was lower in the experimental group.
In light of the above considerations and in agreement with other authors,15 it is thus reasonable to believe that the observed reduction in in-hospital mortality should be attributed to an improvement of the quality of care determined by the use of CP.
With regard to secondary outcomes, our results were consistent with the findings of the OPTIMIZE-HF programme, which demonstrated how evidence-based care can be effectively implemented in real-world patients hospitalised with HF.28 Indeed, the four JCAHO performances measures were improved in the CP group,5 in which we detected also a significantly better diagnostic and therapeutic pattern.234 These findings were observed despite the complexity of an objective evaluation of the processes of care because of dependence on clinical practice, susceptibility to inadvertent bias and lack of validated measures.
No differences were found in admission organisational appropriateness and in patients' satisfaction scores, which, however, were high in both groups at discharge. The most likely explanations include the use of short-term outcomes and an insufficient statistical power for these indicators. An alternative approach based on the evaluation of quality of life at 6 months might have shown different results.29
Given the type of intervention, a cluster randomised design was probably the most appropriate design to use.30 However, these studies have some limitations when applied to CP.31 Indeed, the context level adaptation, which is essential for the pathways to succeed, may be perceived as inappropriate in the trial design and it may be difficult to replicate and maintain the original intervention. To reduce such issues we implemented pathways that combined local standards with evidence-based indicators, in order to maintain the integrity of the intervention in each site.32
Another potential limitation of the study was related to the information system, especially in the method of documenting and collecting data from current sources (clinical records, paper-based abstraction tools). Certainly, the use of a national registry like ADHERE and OPTIMIZE-HF may provide, in the future, a better evaluation of methodologies such as CP. Moreover, the cost of development and implementation of CP has not been evaluated, thus we cannot conclude that the implementation of our care pathway was a cost-effective process.
Finally, a recent study criticised the relationship between current HF performance measures and patient mortality or combined mortality/rehospitalisation in the first 60–90 days after discharge.33 However, other studies supported the use of the same measures,23435 and within this study short-term outcomes such as in-hospital mortality and readmissions within 31 days were utilised. Furthermore, after risk adjustment CP remained strongly significant determinants of reduced in-hospital mortality and unscheduled readmissions.
In conclusion, the present study adds to the evidence suggesting that the implementation of CP for the hospital treatment of HF produces a significant improvement in the quality of care and reduces in-hospital mortality. Further efforts should be devoted to enhance the diffusion of CP based upon reliable evidence.
The authors are extremely grateful to the Heart Failure Study Group (Andrea Gardini, Anna Apicella, Lorenzo Dardanelli, Pierluigi Fraternali, Roberto Gandolfo, Giuseppe Noto and Domenico Tangolo) and to Claire Whittle for her help with the linguistic revision of the manuscript.
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Funding The Experimental Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Clinical Pathways was promoted and funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (Special Programs art. 12 bis D.lgs 229/99) and Marche Region.
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First school-based Charlie Cart mobile kitchen classroom on the Peninsula makes its debut
by Contributed Content on May 2, 2017
The new Charlie Cart mobile kitchen classroom made its debut last week at Encinal School's Science Night and proved to be the most popular part of the evening. "Kids were pressing flour into tortillas and chopping fruit and veggies for salsa, reading cooking/nutrition books, and of course sampling what they cooked," observed Encinal parent Gina Hart.
Following a generous community grant from the Junior League of Palo Alto*Mid Peninsula, Encinal became the first school on the Peninsula to acquire the Charlie Cart mobile kitchen. Cooking and food preparation are used to teach math, science, social studies, and English language arts lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core. The Cart has been in use in the kindergarten classroom since mid-March.
"The Charlie Cart provides the tools, platform and curriculum to help us enable children to make healthy choices and creatively teach them math and science skills," said Sharon Burns, principal of Encinal School. "Children learn in many ways. The Charlie Cart gives us another approach to teach, away from traditional desk/lectures, and connects learning through cooking to our long-established, successful gardening program."
An annual event sponsored by the Encinal School PTO, Science Night is a community affair which includes over 100 children's science project displays, demonstrations by the Menlo-Atherton High School science, robotic and Leo clubs, hands-on interactive science sessions from the Lawrence Hall of Science and a Bubble Festival.
Photo collage by Gina Hart (c) 2017

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Here in the northeast, the two-wheeled season seems to go from dormant to action-packed in no time flat. It is as if the tightly wound coil represented by the lack of riding and shows in the winter, is unleashed like a suddenly freed shock absorber. It darts here and there in rapid succession, and you need to be on your toes in order to keep up. This past weekend was the Antique Motorcycle Club of America (AMCA) swap meet at Oley, PA. It is one of several stops during the year for AMCA, but it coincides nicely with the awakening northeast. The show has all brands, but Harley-Davidson, Triumph, and Indian are usually well represented. Increasingly now, the Japanese makes have a greater presence.
The swap meet usually draws a big crowd of participants and shoppers, and this year was no different. Not being in the market for anything, meant that I could join friends and take a leisurely stroll through the field in contrast to the frenetic pace of the Hershey adventure the week before. Of course, not being in the market for anything is a dangerous state as I have noted before. As with many events, the parking lot can be as interesting as anything else. There were lots of Harleys, with many of them 50+ years old. Knuckleheads seemed particularly popular. There were also a lot more Indians than I tend to see with a mixture of Chiefs and Scouts, and even one of the North Carolina bikes. Of course, the rights to the Indian name now belong to Polaris, and production is moving to Iowa, so Indian will be giving it yet another attempt in a long saga of attempts at revival. Also present in the parking lot, were lots of more modern bikes and other brands including BMW, Guzzi, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Norton, Triumph, and a few touring Ducatis. It wasn't a show, but it could have been.
The swap area is the kind of place that you could take many hours to get through if you like to browse old stuff (and I do). Unlike most swap meets that just feature parts with bikes off in a for sale area, Oley mixes things up. Many stalls/spaces had parts and a bike or 3 for sale. The parts were in conditions varying from NOS to "Hurry, we can watch the final disintegration of this part happening before our very eyes!". Regardless of the condition, there were parts present commanding strong money. An $800 Indian primary cover with pitted chrome? Wow. The bikes varied between nut and bolt restorations to "The corn flakes I ate this morning had greater structural integrity!". What I find interesting is that I always come across something that I have never seen (or possibly heard of) before at Oley. This year, it was an Alouette. Sounds French non? Non. It is a Canadian motorcycle with a Sachs engine produced during the 1970s. The interesting Alouette scrambler at the swapmeet ready for restoration, was an interesting project. For someone.
Also present were other interesting bikes. A nice running 1934 NSU, and several Excelsior Hendersons with their wonderful inline 4s were riding about. Everyone loves to watch exposed valves in action !! Not to be missed was a beautiful Nimbus with sidecar (actually, a few Nimbi<?> were in attendance), an Ariel Square Four with its signature exhaust layout, and a lovely Scott. I ended up spending $25 for a couple of old metal signs. However, whether you were looking for an obscure part, a project bike, or a finished bike, Oley was the place where those interested in doing spring cleaning could meet those interested in doing spring shopping.


Was wondering any tech GURU here may be of assistance would really appreciate it very very much and thank you to those who respond.
I'm currently facing an issue where my PC restarts every time I play a game call PUBG and stream at the same time etc this usually happens when the PC is stressed it will just restart into black screen and windows boots up again with a log stating (do you want to start windows normally) no error log no BSOD reports just plain restart.
But when i play other title games and don't stream it will be fine, even for this game itself PUBG if i turn of SLI on my TitanX and do not stream the game runs fine.
Pior to this i had a problem with my MOBO bios monitor settings as you can see i'm using the ASUS x99-deluxe so before i turned off (Monitor Power Surge) & (Monitor chassis intruded) if those two settings were turn on my in the bios the computer would also restart after a few mins into the windows desktop after that it will notify me why either one of this reason in the bios.
Really hope somebody can help me solve this problem, i've also tried windows memory test everything is fine.
My only suspect i feel is the Power supply.
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out of sudden and restart pc?
My PC also have same problem anywhere in sim lim that you guys recomended for a system service.
I will advise people to never do liposuction. I know that it is the easy way out but there is no point. You will never find permanent benefits from short-cuts. I know that losing weight may seem hard but with a little dedication and hard-work you can acheive it. Cardio is the best exercise.
The behavior at first glance seems like overheating cpu/gpu and pc restart to prevent damage to the chip. Alternatively could be power issue or motherboard power management.
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After his unusual reaction to a weapon, Commando Varean Donnelly is accused of being a shape-shifting alien and imprisoned onboard the Imojenna. Sure, he has abilities he keeps hidden from everyone—including the gorgeous doc examining him—because the government makes sure people as different as him disappear. For good.
Imojenna doctor Kira Sasaki knows there's something different about the handsome commando the captain's thrown in their brig. She doesn't think he's Reidar, although he might have been a victim of their cruel experiments. But when Kira learns the stubborn commando's racial make-up, she finds herself torn between defending him to Captain Rian Sherron and his crew or urging Varean to escape while he still can.
Apart from Jess Anastasi's ending note that the long-awaited Rian/Ella story is nowhere in sight, it's glorious to be back with the Imojenna crew and under the wiles of the volatile major captain, who still very much remains a lynchpin in the building action and the fabulous overarching plot of finding an alien species hell bent on infiltrating the galaxy with their stealthy shape-shifting methods. His mysterious past eludes him as much as it eludes us even each chapter unravels him a little more and I can't seem to shake the feeling that even the leading romantic pair in this story can't eclipse the importance of one man who finally seems to have turned a corner by the end of the book.
As much as it is about Rian's continuing quest to destroy the aliens who'd destroyed him, 'Diffraction' however, is also about an AF commando who isn't what he seems and the ship's doctor who takes a shine to him. But apart from me wondering about the state of Rian's liver from the constant drinking, there's a mystery of Varean Donnelly's heritage to solve and a backstory for Kira Sasaki that add some depth to this pairing. It's nonetheless a slow-burn, a nuanced account of developing attraction and the measure of denial that seem to parallel the bond between Rian and Ella. The characters are not above eye-rolling moments though, especially as Kira gives into inexplicable TSTL moments when she pushes Varean away in the belief he would be better off with his kind then treats him rather coldly after that.
With Anastasi's books as always, the blurb reveals just a facet of the fascinating universe and its politics and for this reason 'Diffraction' doesn't function well as a standalone. Every chapter came as a surprise because I couldn't see what was coming at all: secondary character deaths, new additions to the crew and many fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants moments, with several twists and turns written with such swagger that I wondered if I'd found myself in an amalgamation of all the classic sci-fi series (and the latest Marvel offerings) that I'd binged on in the last decade. Overall, I think the bottom-line here is that it has been such fun, if only to be part of the developing action and the build-up to what might look like a spectacular battle between the bad guys and the good guys…should the series be taken that far.


Asia's rockets are getting larger, and their operators are getting bolder in their plans.
Asia is the theatre of the world's new 'space race' and the scene of much dynamic growth. Astronauts fly from China. India flies to Mars. Rockets also fly from Japan and the Koreas.
Most of this escapes regular media coverage, but the implications are profound. Space affects the state of a nation's economy in the information age. It influences cyberwarfare and traditional warfare. Rockets can also be sold to international customers in an increasingly cut-throat launch industry. This all drives a recent trend. Asia's rockets are getting larger, and their operators are getting bolder in their plans.
China staged the maiden launch of its Long March 5 heavy rocket in November 2016. This is a modular system that can be 'souped up' by adding boosters or additional stages. China will use this large booster to construct its big space station, which will rival the ageing US-led International Space Station. Later this year, a Long March 5 will launch a pair of spacecraft to the moon. One will land while the other orbits above. Then, part of the lander will launch from the moon to rendezvous with the orbiter. Rock samples will be transferred, then the orbiter will fly back to earth. Sounds familiar? It's the same mission plan used to send Apollo astronauts to the moon. But Chinese astronauts won't repeat Apollo for quite some time.
India has also raised the bar with the June launch of the GSLV Mark III, which also represents a major leap forward for an Asian rocket. This Indian launcher is not as powerful as Long March 5, but it practically doubles the mass India can launch.
The new Indian rocket will mostly be used for big satellites, domestic and possibly foreign. But it also paves the way for big Indian spacecraft to fly to the moon and mars. India is also dabbling in the development of a space capsule for astronauts, but it is unclear if this rocket will ever carry it.
Space policy, programs and funding have been shockingly fickle in the USA. Right now, NASA doesn't even have an administrator. Russia's program looks stagnant, with serious quality control problems. Europe shuffles ahead but generally makes no waves. How different it all seems from the state of the world half a century ago.
Photo by Flickr user Emilio Kuffer.
America's new spacecraft represents a significant strategic shift in space.


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Home Tech PlayStation Plus October Free Games Announced: List Here
PlayStation Plus October Free Games Announced: List Here
PlayStation Plus October free games list is out. Players will get three new games in the coming month — Hell Let Loose, PGA Tour 2K21, and Mortal Kombat X. Two out of the three games will be available for PlayStation 4 (PS4) players, while the 2019 World War II-inspired multiplayer game Hell Let Loose will be exclusive to PlayStation 5 (PS5) players. All three games will be available for download via PS Plus Starting October 5. Players having an active PS Plus subscription can download the new games until November 1. However, PlayStation Plus subscribers can still download September's games — Overcooked! All You Can Eat, Hitman 2, and Predator: Hunting Grounds till October 4.
Sony announced in a blog post that the free games will be available to download from October 5 to November 1.
Hell Let Loose is a multiplayer epic battle of 100 players and players shoot it out in matches of up to 50 per side. The RTS-inspired meta-game developed by Australian studio Black Matter was released in July this year. Team17 is the publisher of this World War II-inspired multiplayer title. Player can choose one of 14 playable roles within infantry, recon, and armour unit types. Each of the units will be packed with authentic weapons, equipment, and vehicles. Hell Let Loose will only be available for PS5 players.
PGA Tour 2K21
Are you a Golf lover? If yes, you may get addicted to this adventure developed by HB Studios. The game, which is published by 2K Sports, lets you design your dream career. PGA Tour 2K21 will let players invite friends or play with the world's best players online. The player can also customise equipment, build a clubhouse, then run full seasons and tournaments customised to their own requirements.
The 2015 fighting video game is developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. It features characters such as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kano Cassie Cage, Kotal Kahn, Ferra-Torr, and D'Vorah. Mortal Kombat X offers three different versions for each playable character, and they will have different fighting styles, special moves, abilities, and strategies to pick from.
In India, the PlayStation Plus subscriptions are available at Rs. 499 for a month, Rs. 1,199 for three months, and Rs. 2,999 for 12 months.
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Join the GBA Team at Apex Park this Saturday 15th of December at The Gawler Christmas Market and Sidewalk Sale. See you there!
When popular Gawler resident, Basil Attwood turned ninety, there were two celebrations. One was private with family and one was held at Poetic Justice Café for his wider group of friends to attend.
Basil was born in Adelaide and moved to Redbanks in 1957. He worked as a clerk at Roseworthy College and bred Anglo-Nubian goats on his own property. He became an expert on the breed, judging at shows throughout Australia. He moved into Gawler in 2001.
Gerry Lloyd, Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Gawler Health Service talks with Pru Hackwell about her career since 2001. She leaves her role at GHS on January 5th 2018 and this podcast is her personal reflection over the years.


TresEd is a level viewer and editor for Dreamworks Interactive's game Trespasser. At the time of release the Trespasser game engine was a revolutionary achievement in terms of outdoor scenes and in-game physics. However, it is unable to take full advantage of modern graphics cards, and comes with no level editor. With TresEd it reveals a little more of Trespasser's true beauty.


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Phymatocarpus interioris is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It resembles many small species of Melaleuca, mainly differing in the way its anthers are attached at the top of the stamens. In Phymatocarpus they are attached at their base and open at the other end through two slits. It is a shrub with many small heads of pink to purple flowers fading to white, often covering the plant for several weeks in spring. It is most closely related to Phymatocarpus porphyrocephalus and was only recognised as a new species in 1999.

Description
Phymatocarpus interioris is an erect to spreading shrub which sometimes grows to a height and width of . The leaves are arranged alternately and are  long and  long. They are broadly egg-shaped and have 5 to 9 veins.

The flowers are pink to purple and are arranged in dense, roughly spherical heads containing 2 to 6 groups of flowers in threes, on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. Unlike those of Phymatocarpus porphyrocephalus there are no bracts at the base of flowers. The flowers have 5 sepals, 5 petals and 23 to 30 stamens (compared to the 46 to 71 of P. porphyrocephalus. The stamens are joined in a continuous ring around the edge of each flower. Flowering usually occurs from September to November and is followed by fruit which are woody capsules. The capsules are arranged in spherical clusters which are rough or lumpy on the outer surface.

Taxonomy and naming
Phymatocarpus interioris was described in 1999 by Craven in Muelleria.

Distribution and habitat
Phymatocarpus interioris occurs in and between the Lake King and Peak Charles districts in the Mallee biogeographic region. It grows in sandy soil.

Conservation
Phymatocarpus interioris is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

References

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Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 1999
Endemic flora of Western Australia

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This week several of the worlds top baristas are gathering in one place to talk about one thing... espresso. They are talking about grinding and dosing techniques. Tamping techniques. The lastest and greatest breakthroughs, as far as equipment goes. I'm sure people will be talking that new 5 group Kees at Stumptown. They will all be enjoying each others company, and each others espresso.
Am I in Seattle for this grand occasion? No. I'm enjoying the company of my family.
My parents - who just got back from Hawaii.
My daughter - who is one month and one week old.
And my precious wife Shar - who I enjoy spending time with because she relaxes me and reassures me and comforts me the way nothing else can.
I wouldn't trade this week for anything.
But, next year, you better believe I'm going to Coffee Fest.
So this is my first post here. Not sure how much different it'll be from xanga, but it seems alot cleaner, I dig the setup.


Chicken is an early-bird economic indicator.
It provides us with a signal to decide whether better or worse times lie ahead.
For now, the poultry market suggests that South Africa has moved out of the doldrums into a slow, steady low growth environment.
Coal miners used to take canaries down the pit as a warning that there was highly volatile methane in the environment. If the bird dropped off its perch, it was a warning to miners to get out of the pit before a massive explosion and a tunnel collapse. You ignored the canary at your peril.
If you are struggling to understand why the economy is in such a mess, take a look at the Astral annual report. It suggests the chicken industry could provide an early warning signal of economic slowdown.
Better yet, read on. I have done the work for you.
Chicken is South Africa's most consumed animal protein. It's plentiful, fairly cheap and versatile. It's also highly vulnerable to the state of consumers back pockets. Anything that takes money out of poorer consumers pockets is going to immediately be negative for their levels of disposable income and hence for their consumption of everything – including chicken.
If you are struggling to understand why the share prices of firms like Massmart, Mr Price and Vodacom have come under so much pressure recently – it's because consumers are significantly cash strapped. There is broad consensus in the retail sector that December was the weakest holiday period in recent memory. But the signals were there in the middle of last year.
Astral attributes this to the state of the South African consumer who in the second half of last year felt the effects of a higher VAT rate coupled with months of record-breaking petrol prices which sucked the little spare cash we had out of our wallets.
The warning signs of a dramatic slowdown in the economy in the fourth quarter were being reflected early last year in what Astral was facing.
By mid year, unemployment was on the rise, and those in work, with regular paycheques, were finding it harder and harder to make ends meet. Retailers noticed a change in buying patterns. People were making fewer visits to the shops as they were travelling less and consumers became more responsive to month-end specials which also meant that they became less brand loyal to retailers and shopped purely on price.
As a result Astral grew sales volumes by just 0.2% a week last year.
In the first half of the year it was able to charge 7.1% more for its chickens, that plummeted to a below inflation 3.7% in the second half.
What pushed Astral's profits to record levels wasn't demand, it was cost control. Feed prices plummeted in the year ahead and it was also able to feed its hybrid chickens less to achieve the same weight gains thanks to scientific interventions in the chicken gene pool. But feed costs are critical. Made up mostly of maize, a staple food for many South Africans, it makes up 67% of the input cost of chicken. A drought in maize producing areas would lead to a spike in mealie prices and that in turn would drive food inflation broadly.
For now, there is a decent enough balance in the poultry market to suggest South Africa has moved out of the doldrums into a slow, steady low growth environment.
But watch chicken prices, they might just provide you with the signal you need to decide whether better or worse times lie ahead.
This column was updated to correct the estimated number of chickens imported into South Africa.


The minimum participation age is 15.
These 'races' are intended to supplement your training with race simulations to enable the practice of transitions and to raise the intensity of training for short workouts.
They are great for those new to the sport who would like to try out one discipline after anoth er in a friendly club environment.
We offer series prizes to members, that are presented at our annual awards presentation. To qualify for series prizes you must complete 3 of the duathlons or 2 of the aquathlons & be a current STC member.
This year we will be offering a prize of free 2019 membership to volunteers in the series. If you volunteer at a minimum of one of the events, you will be entered in to a draw, with the winner chosen at the AGM in Autumn.
Guests can take part in the races, but are not eligible for the series. There is an additional fee of £2 for guests for each race to cover insurance.
If you do wish to enter the whole series, it is a mandatory requirement that you are a full club member. This ensures that liabilities are satisfactorily covered etc.
This year we are offering a special price for club members who would like to do all the races in the series – for £15 you can do all the aquathlons and duathlons.
Swim, Runs 420m pool swim / 6km run (part off road).
Registration from 6:30pm and racing starts at 7pm.
The price for individual races is £5 for members and £7 for non members.
There will be series prizes awarded for the Hathersage Aquathlons at our end of season awards night.
Non-members can enter the races, but only paid up STC members are eligible to compete in the series.
By volunteering you can also be entered into our draw at the AGM for free STC membership next calendar year.
Run: 6km. Run out from Hathersage Pool and left at the entrance, then left at the main road. Head under the bridge and past the football pitch. Take a left up the path, over a cattle grid and keep right through the gate onto the field. Head across the field, through the gate and up through the trees following the trail to the left. At the top, bear left through another gate then head towards the gravel road. Take a left onto this minor road and continue until the gate junction with the main road, when you take a left and it's downhill on the pavement into Hathersage. Take the left turn off the main road towards Hathersage Pool and sprint for the line. The route will be marked along the way.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU CLOSE ALL GATES BEHIND YOU AS YOU GO.
The price for individual races is £3 for members and £5 for non members.


Or visit Pinarello's site to see other paint options and review the frame geometry.
So this is not the standard color that shows on Pinarello's website. Does this mean the Hydro can be ordered in any color scheme? e.g. Movistar etc?
This is Pinarello's BOB (black on black) paint scheme. They offer this frameset in a few different colors, but not all colors were imported into the US, and North American availability is very limited. Contact me at mitch@cyclepathnw.com if you're interested in a specific size/color and I can check it's availability!


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The Facts Contradict Obama's Calls for Higher Taxes on the Rich and Corporations
Scott A. Hodge
During his attempt to calm the markets yesterday, President Obama once again signaled his belief that America needs higher, not lower taxes. Indeed, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Obama's remarks had "included a call for tax changes that would boost payments from 'wealthy Americans and corporations,' but this phrase was taken out at the last minute. None the less, Mr. Obama seems obsessed with the notion that wealthy Americans and corporations are not paying enough taxes.
The President's notions are not, however, grounded in fact. Let's review the data on individual taxpayers first:
Recently released IRS data for 2009, shows that taxpayers earning over $200,000 paid 50 percent of the $866 billion in total income taxes paid that year, or $434 billion. Skeptics will say, "That's because they earn the majority of the income in America. Not so. These taxpayers earned 25 percent of the $7.6 trillion in total adjusted gross income in the country that year.
The 2009 IRS data also shows that a record 58.6 million tax filers had no income tax liability that year. This means that 42 percent of the 140 million Americans who filed tax returns that year contributed nothing to the basic cost of government.
Millions of people received cash "refunds" in 2009 even though they paid no income taxes: Some 21 million nonpayers received $27.5 billion in refundable credits from the child credit; Obama's Making Work Pay program gave out $12.8 billion in refundable credits to 32 million filers; The Earned Income Tax Credit program doled out $54 billion in refundable credits to 24.9 million filers; and, nearly 5 million filers received $3.9 billion in refundable Education Credits and roughly 1 million filers got $4.65 billion in refundable credits under the First Time Homebuyers credit program.
The data also shows that the corporate tax burden is extremely progressive as well.
In 2008, the roughly 1,900 largest corporations paid $152 billion in income taxes. This amounted to 67 percent of the $227 billion in total corporate income taxes paid that year.
Obama repeated statements that the wealthy and corporations are not paying their fair share of taxes are simply false. The facts show that the very taxpayers Obama wants to raise taxes on are already paying more than their fair share of taxes and that the majority of Americans are getting the benefits of government spending while contributing next to nothing to its basic cost. That is a recipe for fiscal and social instability.
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2metre and 4metre knitted netting, Enviromesh, Weed control fabric, Cage netting, Anti-butterfly net, Cloche polythene and cloche hoops, Weedex, Windbreak/Greenhouse shading, 2metre and 4metre black polythene, Capillary matting, 17g Fleece. (all sold by the metre). Bean and Pea netting.
Weedkillers, Moss killer, Jeyes fluid, Slug pellets, Insect spray and killers(some organic),Fungicides, Greasebands, Greenhouse shading, Ground pegs, Plant Labels, Work gloves, Garden twine, Watering cans and roses, Hand sprayers, Ant killer, Potato sacks.
Multi- purpose compost, Horse-compost and Grow bags.
(Cabbage, Lettuce, Cauliflowers, Purple S-sprouting Broccoli, Tomato, Cucumber, Squash, Leeks etc.) When in season, Onion Sets (both Spring and Autumn Planting).
Orders can be made for Seeds, Seed potatoes and Onion sets each autumn.


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Published at Tuesday, April 17th 2018, 22:15:28 PM by Aubry Fournier. Kitchen Cabinets. The fact that the cabinets are movable gives great flexibility in the kitchen. Still, don't overdo it. If you move a furniture piece around too much it will eventually be damaged so try to find a configuration that you're most happy with and keep it. The cabinets have legs which can be individually raised or lowered so you'll be able to adjust them perfectly even if there are imperfections in the flooring.
Published at Saturday, June 09th 2018, 22:25:37 PM. Kitchen By Bettine Roux Roux. Of course, it's also possible to use green in combination with another strong color when decorating the kitchen. For example, a combination between green and red nuances was used here. It has its charm yet still other combos may have worked out even better.
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Having made a big splash in the indie world with the 2010 album The Monitor, New Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus are almost ready to drop the follow-up. Entitled Local Business, it will be out on October 23 through XL Recordings.
A press release notes that the album was recorded mostly live-off-the-floor with few overdubs. It was laid down at Marcata Recording studio in upstate New York with producer Kevin McMahon (Real Estate, Swans, the Walkmen). Among the handful of guests who contributed to the sessions was Canadian violinist Owen Pallett.
While Local Business is not a traditional concept album and doesn't have a narrative, the lyrics address the idea that "the inherent meaninglessness of life in an absurd universe gives the individual power to create their own values and their own morality." Lyrical themes include "a devastating automobile wreck, a food fight (that is to say, a battle with an eating disorder), an electrocution, a descent into insanity, and ultimately, a forgiveness of the self for its many faults."
Some of these songs have been previewed live. See the tracklist below, and scroll past that to watch performance footage of the new track "Ecce Homo." Expect tour dates to be announced before long.


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Solidarity with Julian Assange and Carles Puigdemont
Two Freedom Fighters and Political Prisoners: Assange and Puigdemont.
On 26 March 2018 Julian Assange tweeted out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London the following correct comparison: "In 1940 the elected president of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, was captured by the Gestapo, at the request of Spain, delivered to them and executed. Today, German police have arrested the elected president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, at the request of Spain, to be extradited."
This tweet caused anger not only in Spain but also in Ecuador. The foreign ministry demanded that Assange deletes the tweet, which he refused. Shortly after, the Ecuadorian diplomatic mission cut Assange's communication with the outside world and prohibited visitors from seeing him.
Since 2012, Assange sought refuge in the embassy, escaping extradition to the US where he expected charges of espionage because of having released so-called secret documents about the crimes committed by the US occupation forces in Iraq and of releasing tons of emails showing how criminal the US government behaves.
Initially, the whole 'Assange affair' started with sexual allegations against him, which he apparently committed in Sweden. These trump-up charges were brought up by a Swedish prosecutor month after pressure from the Obama administration, which sought revenge because of WikiLeaks releasing unclassified US material about its wrongdoing. Years later, the Swedish prosecutor dropped the charges.
Germany should not extradite Puigdemont to Spain because he is a democratically elected President of the Republic of Catalonia and has done nothing wrong. In Spain, he will not get a fair trial because other members of his former government are sitting in jail without trial. The right-wing Rajoy government applies an article from the Fascist Franco era. The charges against Puigdemont include, among other things, rebellion, abstraction of funds.
Rebellion is unknown to all legal systems, except Spain. Even in Spain, such a charge is highly controversial. But the High Court in Spain is under the thump of Rajoy. Former High Court judge José Antonio Martin Pallin rejected the charge of rebellion by saying that he doesn't know any legal expert who would classify Puigdemont's political actions as 'rebellion.'
We have to wait and see whether the German courts are still independent. It could be that they will succumb to pressure by the Merkel government who supports the absurd claims of the Spanish government. In Rajoy's Spain, Puigdemont and his colleagues wouldn't get a fair trial.
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Dieser Beitrag wurde unter Internationale Politik abgelegt am März 30, 2018 von Ludwig Watzal.
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By Michelle Pichette and Holly Cushing
"It's kind of weird looking."
"It looks like a fish."
"Fish don't have eyelids, never mind eyelashes and if they did, I don't know that they'd bat them at people."
"So I took a little artistic license. I thought it would be cute."
"More like creepy if you ask me."
"Funny, I don't remember doing that."
"Putting eyelashes on it?"
"No. Asking your opinion."
"Well, you obviously need it." Ro swatted Kowalski across the back of his head, which drew an indignant "Hey!", then went back to watching the palm sized yellow and purple striped fish working it's way lazily around the tank it was in. They were standing in one of the labs at the Institute. Kowalski had poked his nose in a few minutes ago, saying he'd been wondering what she was up to. She had just showed him and this was the thanks she got. "If you can't take criticism..."
"I can take criticism just fine, thank you, but my fish is not creepy," Ro huffed. "And it works wonderfully. That tank was coated in algae and look at it now. Crystal clear in just under three hours."
Kowalski rubbed where he'd been whacked and gave Ro a dirty look. It reflected plainly in the fish tank, but Ro ignored it. Ro Simmons had been Kowalski's friend since elementary school and she'd come to work here at the Nelson Institute recently. She was the boat's new Chief Engineer and she liked the job, but every once in a while, her itch to invent things flared up. The fish had satisfied a recent itch. "Okay, so it cleans the tank. Aren't there real fish that do that? Ones that aren't so... er... that don't require batteries? Heck, I've scraped down a couple of tanks for the Admiral. It's not that tough."
"Yes, but real fish can get sick or might not be thorough. Even you have to admit that cleaning fish tanks is a pain, especially cleaning the rocks. My fish cleans the glass and cleans refuse out of the rocks and ejects it directly into the filter. That way, you don't need to clean the fish either. And it doesn't 'bat its eyes,' as you put it. That's the sensors scanning the tank for cleaning opportunities."
"So it looks for dirt?"
"It's not quite that simple, that's the gist of it. The Admiral will love it and so will Dom." She was referring to Dominica Babin, the Admiral's assistant and her best friend. In fact, Dom had been who had inspired Ro to make the fish in the first place. "It's going to save all kinds of time and protect his specimens by keeping the Institute's tanks the cleanest that they've ever been."
"Really?" came the Admiral's deep voice from behind them. Kowalski jumped a little. He was off duty and he wasn't any place that he wasn't cleared to be, but he probably still felt like a kid being caught at something. The Admiral strolled leisurely over to them from the door, peering into the tank that Ro's fish was in. He didn't say anything as he came to a stop next to Ro. He just stood there, rubbing his chin and watching the fish as it swan around, poking at the rocks occasionally. Kowalski murmured something about having to be somewhere and beat a hasty retreat out of the lab while the Admiral stood there. "Is this the tank you borrowed from me, Miss Simmons?" he asked, finally.
"Yes, sir, and I never touched a thing in it. My cleaner fish did it all. You might need to rinse out your filter, but the tank, as you can see, is clean," Ro replied. She was sure that she sounded smug, but she was a mechanical genius and she didn't make claims she couldn't back up.
"How long have you been working on this?"
"Oh, I've been toying with the idea for a few years. Dom always said that tank cleaning was necessary but tedious part of marine biology. Since I started working here for you, I couldn't help but notice the amount of resources that go into tank upkeep and cleaning. This fish is a prototype, but it certainly seems to work well enough. Maybe I could make a few more fish for you and you could allocate the man-hours that currently go to tank upkeep to something else that needs doing. Heaven knows, there's always lots to get done around here."
"Hmm. Yes. There is that," Nelson replied, but Ro could tell that he was still thinking about something. "What would you say to showing this to a few other people?" he asked finally.
"Other people?" Ro asked in return. Certainly anything she invented by her while she worked for the Admiral belonged in some capacity to the Institute. She didn't have a problem with that. The thing was that he had only barely looked at her fish, not in it or at her plans, and he was ready to show it to someone else. That seemed odd to her and she wondered if he was all right. It wasn't like him to act rashly.
"Yes. As it happens, in about two hours, some people from the Santa Barbara Aquarium were going to come and examine some specimens that I was donating to them. I think they might also be interested in seeing this," Nelson said, finally looking to her. "I've been looking for some new revenue for the Institute and if your fish is half as popular as I believe it's going to be, I think it might be just the thing."
Ro lifted her hands and took a step back. "Wait, wait! I don't think..."
"Of course there would be a substantial bonus for you, Miss Simmons, if this invention of your is received as well as I think it will be," Nelson said with his best statesman's voice. It was meant to be reassuring. It wasn't.
"This isn't about money, sir. Like I said, this is a prototype..."
"Which you were telling me that you were ready to put to wide spread use in the Institute, Miss Simmons," Nelson agreed with her. "I doubt that you would have made that statement if you weren't certain of your invention's abilities."
Ro got even more confused and a little suspicious. "You're just going to show this to these people from the Aquarium without examining it a little more closely, sir? Don't you want to see my plans or notes?"
Nelson clapped her on the shoulder and gave her a deep, warm laugh. "Of course I intend to look at your notes, but Rowena, do you think that you would be Chief Engineer on my boat if I didn't trust your skills?"
Ro felt a blush creep into her cheeks. "Admiral Nelson, you flatterer," she accused, trying to keep her color from deepening.
"All praise received from me is earned or not given," Nelson scoffed. "Now, about these plans you wanted to show me..."
"They're at my desk, sir," Ro replied, leading the way. She would happily go over the technical aspects of her invention with him, especially now that he had finally let her know that nothing odd was going on.
"How long will it run on the power source you've given it?" Nelson asked as they began to walk toward the offices.
"About a year, I'd say, under normal conditions."
"How about production. Do you think we could make our little worker inexpensive enough to be attractive to the noncommercial market?"
"Hmm. I don't know. I suppose it would depend on how much it costs to by the components in bulk. Would you do the production here? What about labor and..."
"Don't worry about that. I shouldn't have brought money concerns up to you. How about larger tanks? Would you suggest multiple fish or a larger version."
"Well... maybe multiple fish, sir. After all, you wouldn't want to take away from the displays. I would also mute down the colors for the same reason."
"Yes, yes, that might be a good point to bring up. So, what shall we call it? The Simmons Cleaner Fish?" Ro grinned and laughed lightly and didn't reply. As they reached her desk and Nelson began to nod over her diagrams, Ro grinned again, thinking about how Kowalski would react to seeing her 'creepy' little fish in pet stores and aquariums all over the country.


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Q: Python/YAML returns MemoryError I am trying to load a YAML file using PyYAML module, however, I get a MemoryError.
The file size seems reasonable, i.e. 28 MB. I have loaded larger files in the past without any issues. I am using Python27 32bit. Does anybody know what's going on and maybe can they please suggest a solution (I don't want to go down the road of splitting the yaml file).
Following is the Error that I get:
>> yaml_results_file = yaml.load(open
(parent_folder+yaml_results_file_path+yaml_results_file_name, "r"))

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, in <module>
    yaml_results_file = yaml.load(open(parent_folder+yaml_results_file_path+yaml_results_file_name, "r"))
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\__init__.py", line 71, in load
    return loader.get_single_data()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 39, in get_single_data
    return self.construct_document(node)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 48, in construct_document
    for dummy in generator:
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 398, in construct_yaml_map
    value = self.construct_mapping(node)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 208, in construct_mapping
    return BaseConstructor.construct_mapping(self, node, deep=deep)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 127, in construct_mapping
    key = self.construct_object(key_node, deep=deep)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\constructor.py", line 99, in construct_object
    self.constructed_objects[node] = data
MemoryError

A: The python YAML module is known for using excessive amounts of memory, well over a hundred times the filesize. In your case, a 28 MB file might well require 3 GB to 9 GB of memory.
A 32-bit process simply cannot allocate such amounts of memory (the address space is only 4 GiB in size, and depending on your OS, the kernel may reserve 1 GiB of that), so the module eventually raises an exception when an allocation fails.
Switching to 64-bit raises the address space-based limit, but does not reduce the actual memory requirements. If you foresee parsing even bigger files, you may want to switch parsers or the method of parsing.


It's a cliché that people don't listen. But when an individual says, "People don't listen!", s/he is almost invariably complaining that people don't listen to me.
I've had a lot of teachers, some good and some bad. Many have taught very reasonably what they call "listening skills". Which amounted basically to: shut up, pay attention, and write stuff down. Mildly helpful. But almost useless if the person practising the tips is not naturally good at listening or if the speaker is a poor communicator.
Let us consider this issue from the perspective of a touching story. Another cliché, really.
Some parents had a son, about six years old. Then a new baby came along, but she had a terrible disease and needed a transfusion to live. The parents wanted to donate their blood to but theirs was not compatible. Only the six-year old son's was.
The parents asked their son if he would be willing to give blood to save his baby sister's life. He requested to think about it for a while. And finally, with great gravity, he announced that he would be willing to undergo the procedure. The boy was very brave as he was hooked up to the machine and his parents stayed with him to hold his hand.
After it was all over and everyone was relieved, the little boy asked a question. "How long will it take before I die?" For he had believed that giving his blood to his sister would result in his death. And he had been willing to give his life to save her.
Charming, beautiful. But I reflect on this story in terms of communication and it takes on an horrific aspect. Parents traumatize their child through ridiculously poor communication! The thoughtlessness with which we regularly cripple our children's understanding is very distressing to me.
But everyone knows that blood transfusions need not kill the donor. It makes no sense to explain the obvious. Except this assumption illustrates the most common reason why "people don't listen". Speakers do not speak to people. They speak at them. The parents had an idea of what was going on and spoke about it as they would to themselves, even if their intentions were directed at someone else. The parents spoke in a language that assumed the listener had the same experiences and knowledge that they did.
It's an understandable mistake. But it is avoidable. Firstly, a lesson for speakers. If you want somebody to listen, speak that somebody's language. If you don't speak their language, try. If you don't know what experiences they have had, ask. Which brings me to the number one way to teach anybody truly good listening.
Those who are really listened to develop the skill of listening with incredible rapidity and depth. Someone who has experienced what it's like to be asked what their experience is and listened to, to have a speaker adapt his style and mode of explanation to best suit the listener's experience, that someone has first-hand knowledge of how to listen.
The best teachers I've had have carefully observed and enquired after their students. And they also didn't assume their students had the same kind of experience or way of looking at the world as they did. To the best teachers, differing experience is not an impediment to communication, but communication's very beginning. Because instead of talking at a wall of unknown individuals, the teacher is talking to, sharing with, a group of people s/he is getting to know. Students find it easy to listen in such classes and those teachers rarely complain about the lack of listening skills in others.
So if you're lamenting the fact that nobody listens to you, start asking after others, start genuinely discovering how they look at the world. Listen to them. And if you find someone who really listens to you, stick by them and learn from them.
You'll be amazed at what you hear.


Video game movies are a bizarre phenomenon, in my book. Take a successful IP and adapt it into a movie. Sounds logical enough. Hell, it might even be good! But by and large these attempts don't go over as well as other film adaptations.
With reasons like no game "authorship," the removal of any element of emergent narrative, and other issues movies made from games have a steep slope to climb on the way to acceptance, let alone decency. Enter Persona 3: the Spring of Birth, and if you've ever been a slight fan of the Persona series, it's time to give video game movies a second chance.
If I never played a Persona game, should I still watch this?
It's probably better to experience the game first but, if you haven't got time for that, it's a standalone game so there should be nothing story wise in the movies to stop you from watching it.


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The new Rustler 33 is designed to be a daysailer/weekender larger version of the very popular Rustler 24, this 34 footer is fast, elegant and beautifully built. her classically styled above water profile is complemented by a state of the art modern keel and rudder, with the tiller cleverly offset aft from the rudder by means of a drag link, which frees up the cockpit greatly over similar competitors, such as the Morris 29.
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