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Senate Blocks Anti-Choice Push; States Keep It Up
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill to defund Planned Parenthood that had energized protests across the country. But at the state level, a steady anti-choice push continues, with Minnesota lawmakers proposing the latest bill.
WeNews Staff
(WOMENSENEWS)–Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday turned back a House spending bill, lifting the cleaver hanging over funds for Planned Parenthood and other family-planning programs while intensifying suspense about whether Congress can pass a budget in time to keep the federal government open.
"We commend fair-minded senators for rejecting the anti-choice House leadership's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and dismantle the nation's family-planning centers," said Nancy Keenan, president of the Washington-based NARAL Pro-Choice America, in a press statement following news of the vote.
"Unfortunately, the Senate action coincides with a War on Women in the House that continues to escalate. This extreme and far-reaching agenda is a wake-up call to Americans, who are realizing just how much time and energy anti-choice lawmakers are willing to expend attacking a woman's right to choose instead of focusing on the jobs agenda that they promised Americans," she added.
Keenan reported that the House Ways and Means subcommittee has scheduled a hearing on H.R.3, the "Stupak on Steroids" bill, for March 16. That bill blocks private insurance plans from covering abortion care in the new health-care system and imposes tax penalties on small-business owners and many other individuals who purchase private insurance plans that cover abortion care. The legislation now has 219 co-sponsors, enough votes to pass the House.
The Senate vote also saves, or at least stalls, deep cuts in U.S. international aid to family planning, which faced a 32-percent lop from 2010 spending levels, according to a Feb. 14 report by Ms. Magazine.
The rejected budget bill included a $210 million cut in Maternal and Child Health block grants and $1.83 billion cut in Head Start from 2010 spending levels. The Violence Against Women Act would have seen its funding slashed by $170 million this year.
Bill Spurs Rallies
Pro-choice rallies peppered the country in protest on Feb. 26, days after the House voted for the spending bill. A New York rally to "stand with Planned Parenthood" drew 5,000 people. See Women's eNews' photos from the rally on our Flickr page. Other rallies took place in Buffalo, N.Y., Ohio, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles.
Anti-choice activists pushed back with a series of demonstrations on March 7 supporting the defunding of Planned Parenthood.
But while pro-choice advocates got relief at the federal level, the attack on abortion access in state legislatures continued unabated this week.
The latest move comes out of Minnesota, in the form of a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks, reported Pioneer Press in Saint Paul, Minn., March 8.
The proposed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is based on disputed scientific evidence that fetuses can experience pain, similar to the bill introduced in Idaho on March 4.
Currently no Minnesota facility performs abortions after 23 weeks in response to a law that bans abortions past the stage when a fetus is considered viable outside the mother's womb.
A Wyoming abortion bill was voted down March 7, adding to a pro-choice development in New York City.
Slew of State Anti-Choice Bills
But a slew of other anti-choice bills are moving through state legislatures in…
People for the American Way, a progressive advocacy group, provides an overview of these bills and others with facts on their downsides.
For information on choice-related laws, check out an interactive map provided by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
A March 2 Washington Times Op-Ed on alleged wrongdoings of Planned Parenthood, written by Steven Wagner–president of the Renewal Forum, a nonprofit group combating U.S. human trafficking–was criticized sharply in a March 3 report by MediaMatters, the self-described progressive media watchdog.
Wagner cited video footage made by anti-abortion activist group Live Action as evidence that the organization was a party to underage sex trafficking. MediaMatters called this foul play because "before any of the hoax videos were released, Planned Parenthood contacted the FBI to report the possibility that sex trafficking was occurring."
For background coverage by WeNews on the wave of anti-choice initiatives, read a physician's bleak assessment of the outlook for abortion rights; the rise of anti-choice state legislators in the midterm elections; and John Boehner's outlook on Congress. Also bear in mind the threats to Social Security, upon which older women disproportionately depend.
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When looking for a tasty seafood dish, you can never go wrong with prawns. Biologically, prawns and shrimp are actually two different animals in that shrimp have claws on two of their five leg pairs but prawns have claws on three of their five leg pairs. From a culinary perspective, however, they are interchangeable and are more likely to be called shrimp in the United States but prawns elsewhere. Supermarkets that sell prawns will call them by either name, though most often it will be larger, jumbo shrimp that are identified as prawns. They can be found at your local supermarket or anywhere that sells fresh or frozen seafood such as your local fish market.
When purchasing prawns, you have a choice of buying them fresh or frozen. Both will work but frozen prawn will have to take time to defrost and are not be as flavorful as fresh prawn once cooked. They also tend to be tougher after cooking, so when you can, fresh prawns are the better way to go.
Prawns can be cooked in a variety of ways, just as you would with other types of seafood. They can be grilled, broiled, fried, or steamed and can be cooked with the shell on or off. Prawns can also be cooked with the vein in or de-veined. Most people will remove the vein before cooking for personal reasons, but also because the taste can be gritty when bitten into.
If cooking with frozen prawn, it is important to make sure that they are completely defrosted. This can be done easily by placing the prawn in a waterproof package or wrapping in plastic wrap, and placing in cold water for about an hour. Once defrosted, prawns are ready to cook and should be used immediately.
Deciding whether to cook with the head and shell on or off is a personal decision. If you choose to cook without the shell, you will find it is a little easier to remove if the prawn is still slightly frozen. First remove the head by twisting it off. Next remove the legs, then, holding the prawn by its tail, pull the shell from the body. At this point you can choose to de-vein the prawn. This is done by taking a thin, sharp knife and running it along the vein. Run the prawn under cold water and the vein should wash away.
When cooking prawns, one thing to remember is that they cook fast. If using prawns in a stir fry dish, wait until the last minute to add prawn as they will cook in as little as 30 seconds. Other methods, such as breading and frying, prawn can cook in under a minute.


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Neusticurus surinamensis, the red neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is native to Brazil .

Taxonomy
Neusticurus surinamensis is a species from the genus Neusticurus and was first described by this scientific name by  Lorenz Müller, who described a specimen found near Albina, a border town in Suriname.   The species is also known by its synonym Neusticurus rudis

Range
Neusticurus surinamensis has been observed in Suriname, Brazil, and French Guiana. Others generalize the range to all of northern South America

References

Neusticurus
Reptiles of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Reptiles described in 1923
Taxa named by Lorenz Müller

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Book Review: "Malcolm and Me" by Robin Farmer
When 13-year-old Roberta tells her Catholic school teacher Thomas Jefferson was a hypocrite for signing the Declaration of Independence and also owning slaves, she doesn't expect to get slapped and sent out of the classroom. And her clash with Sister Elizabeth is only the first hurdle in a turbulent year – weeks later, her father moves out, and Roberta can't contain her fury at her mother, who she suspects is the reason he won't come home. As her world starts falling apart, she focuses more on the books she's reading to help guide her, including The Autobiography of Malcolm X. In learning about Malcolm's journey, she starts taking more control over her own, including claiming her identity as a writer and poet.
Malcolm and Me, by Robin Farmer, is a slow burn but a good read. The novel isn't particularly plot-driven but instead gains its momentum as a chronicle of Roberta's school year, with an essay contest she hopes to win in the spring as both Roberta's and the novel's ultimate goal. Some readers might find this slow, but there was a lot I liked about it. Among the things Farmer excels at is evoking an authentic 1970s, situating the story and her readers in a specific era – it added a lot of fun to the narrative to have so many details of being a young teenager in the early 1970s seamlessly integrated into the story.
I was also compelled by the premise that Roberta has to continue to have a relationship with Sister Elizabeth after the incident that opens the novel; even after the horrible things Sister Elizabeth said and did, Roberta has to keep showing up to class every day if she wants to stay at her private school. I found the exploration of that struggle made for interesting reading, and the fraught dynamic between the two makes for some of the novel's most unexpected narrative turns. What really anchors the book is Roberta herself – her anger, her fear, her triumph, and the work that it takes to come into your own talents, whatever they are. For that reason, I think many readers will find a lot to love here, maybe especially young Catholics who seldom see their faith blended with social justice narratives within the middle grade and YA genres. (Speaking from experience, it is enjoyable for non-religious readers too!)
I did find the book to be a little variable in tone, which might make it hard to find the right audience. At times, Roberta seems really immature, and things feel a little too simple for this to be a YA novel; at others, the complexity of her situation and the obstacles she has to face definitely feel like they would be best understood by readers who are a little older. Then again, that kind of fuzzy in-betweenness is a lot like what being 13 is really like. I would definitely recommend this book to those looking for a window into a particular time and place and interested in learning how much of what they see there is still relevant today.
A copy of this book was provided by the publisher for review.
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This article was originally published on Reality Sandwich.
"Transformative cultures", as we call them on Reality Sandwich, consist of a wide distribution of different communities, teaching philosophies, practices and social engagements. There are generations of counter-cultures who have worked towards, generally speaking, a sacralization of the modern world and a more symbiotic relationship with the planet. This is why I was excited to accept an invitation to return as the official live-blogger for the MetaIntegral Foundation's Integral Theory Conference 2015.
Following the successful 2013 conference, which I was also grateful to attend and blog about (you can read some of those posts here), the Integral Theory Conference moved from examining the "Kosmopolitan" hub of integrative and holistic meta-theories, like Ken Wilber's Integral Theory, Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism and Meta Realism, and Edgar Morin's Complexity theory, to "Integral Impact". This year asks the important question: what are meta theories like Complexity Theory (articulated brilliantly at ITC2013 by Alfonso Montuori of CIIS), or Integral Theory, doing to have real impact, on the ground? Rather, what does impact mean when it comes to articulating new "world views" that try to re-imagine Western, or global civilization? Not to mention – all of these aforementioned perspectives do appear to be quite cognitive. Is this the proper way to respond to collective and systemic planetary crisis?
The quick answer, really, the place where advocates of these meta theories begin, is yes. Complex thinking, as Edgar Morin has popularized the term, is arguably the only approach sophisticated or equipped to respond to a complex crisis.
While this may sound like something we might nod our heads to in a TED Talk, or amongst educated friends over coffee, it is one thing to recognize this insight as a truism and another to develop a rigorous and sophisticated means to discern actual impact. What are people doing with these theories? Integral Theory, in particular, has become increasingly criticized for entertaining conservative and imperialist biases – developmental models of consciousness evolution, with Western societies placed at the top* – so, clearly, there is much work to be done.
Yet another critical question to ask is: where and who is impacted? In this recent article via Alter.net, "United States of Inc.: Corporations as Nation-States in Silicon Valley's Latest Utopian Management Scheme," Laura Miller rightly points out the compelling, but also deeply troubling, vision of Holacracy, which radically re-imagines the corporation as a national entity, and its employees as citizens. Its founder, Brian J. Robertson, has acknowledged Holacracy's inspiration in the works of Ken Wilber and Arthur Koestler.
Yet, how does all of this make sense with recent statements by ITC participant and integral metatheorist Zak Stein: "The Integral Movement is an Anti-Capitalist Movement"?
The stronger form of my argument is that, once we know more about capitalism, if we want to be true to the principles of integral meta-theories, especially Wilber, Habermas, and Bhaskar, integral practitioners should be explicitly and actively anti-capitalist or trans-capitalist. Thus, revolutionary praxis, or totalizing depth praxis—integral activism aimed at replacing capitalism with a new economic system—should be one of the goals of the integral movement, perhaps its most important goal.
Admittedly, this is a debate preamble, however, the point is made clear here that meta theories can be taken in radically different directions, and perceived, as a whole, as both radically "progressive" and whole-sale conservative. Despite the fact that many advocates of Integral Theory promote the methodology to be inclusive – to see all political views along a developmental spectrum – the inability to lean into the progressive, the radical, lingers like a specter and calls into question the whole agenda. Indeed, the absence of defense in the cases of the most radical and progressive views, and an all-too-common support in favor of traditionally conservative and capitalist social philosophies seem (see Joe Corbett's essay, "Conscious Crapitalism"), to me and many others, as the furthest thing from radical. It's downright complicit.
It would be unfair to stop here without an explanation (and the common defense) of Integral Theory promoting ideas such as "Conscious Capitalism". To elucidate the unfamiliar, let's take a look at the most recent publication to come out of the world of Integral Theory, an essay by Michael Zimmerman of the Institute for Cultural Evolution. In a response to the recent papal encyclical, Zimmerman inquires: "How 'Integral' is the Recent Papal Encyclical, 'On Care for Our Common Home'"?
The problem, perhaps, with the Integral Theory methodology is the framing of worldviews as distinct, socio-cultural stages of development, prescribing certain clusters of values into an associated group. In this case, "Green" is a marker for progressive, ecologically sensitive, and pluralistic values. The use of "modernity" in this context is the worldview recognized as a cluster of values around capitalism, instrumentality, and technological positivism (i.e. the myth of progress, growth to goodness). It makes little sense to divide these two, or to say that "Green," that is, the increasing consensus today, relies on the mode of consciousness best summarized as a Heideggerian "Standing Reserve." By reifying "modernity" as a level of development, rather than perceiving it as a failing ontological relationship with the Earth in need of more critique, supplanting, and innovation, how exactly can Integral Theory offer the transformative vision that is – or was – the promise of an integral worldview? The most pertinent question here is: is revolution even possible working with such a methodology? One where a "conveyor belt" model is used to positively describe the evolution of culture. We return to Heidegger's "Question Concerning Technology", once again.
What Kind of Meta Reality Are We Choosing?
Indeed, it is the act of speculation, of Utopia, and vision that meta theories find their upending and instigating spirit – theories which drive us to enact some other, better world. So, what kind of world are we daring to imagine? What kind of utopia are we articulating? That, after all, is a question of impact. Are we, in fact, supporting a kind of evolutionary capitalist utopia of corporate management, one in which the nation state is supplanted entirely by the "conscious capitalism" of the Holacratic business-citizen? Do we want such a world? What other worlds dare we enact with our meta theorizations, what other utopias are possible? It seems that is at least what Zak Stein is asking for ITC2015. For the confused reader, it is also where this writer finds himself aligning. "Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in an exercise of speculative fiction," writes Walidah Imarisha. She calls this "Visionary Fiction" in her anthology, Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. It is pertinent to consider these kinds of meta theorizations are a form of speculative, utopian fiction, in which we imagine different horizons. Different utopias.
So we are left with the question: what kind of utopia do we wish to enact?
More pertinent to my own situation, since I'll be flying in on the 16th and hope not to spoil the meet-and-greet: are radicals invited to participate in this conversation of impact without being snubbed for being too "Green"?
I look forward to conversing with all of you.
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A CORK woman is the bookies' favourite to win a seat for the Conservatives in the Bolton West constituency which is being vacated by Labour's Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly.
Susan Williams, who is in her early 40s, was born in Blackrock.
Her parents – Mary, nee Kelly from Templemore, Co Tipperary, and Jack McElroy from Keady, Co Armagh – met while studying medicine at UCC.
Mary later became a radiologist and Jack a pathologist.
Although Susan has lived in England for several years she returns to Ireland on a regular basis, with her accountant husband, Alex, and their three children, Jessica, Edward and Elizabeth. "I came back most years. I'm just mad about Kinsale, the whole place is lovely. I also like Schull and of course the Ring of Kerry," Susan said.
She has a degree in Applied Nutrition and before entering politics worked for 10 years as a nutritionist for a charity specialising in help and support for sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis.
Susan became involved in politics in 1997, when legislation was introduced to allow parents to petition for a ballot to end Grammar School education. She led a successful campaign in Trafford, near Bolton, to raise awareness of the implications of this legislation.
Elected to Trafford Council in 1998, she became the first female leader of the Trafford Conservative Group in August 2002 and the youngest Trafford Council leader two years later. She stood down from the council last May to devote her time to winning a seat in the Houses of Parliament in the Bolton West constituency.
"It is a three-way marginal seat which has oscillated between Labour and Conservative for the last 20 years. Hopefully this time out the pendulum will swing back to the Conservatives," Susan said.
Her husband isn't helping her too much on the campaign trail, which is understandable. Alex has got his own battle to fight.
"He's also standing for election with the Conservatives Stretford and Nurmston constituency," she said.


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angular.module('volunteers').controller('VolunteersController', [
	'$scope', '$stateParams', '$location', 'Authentication', 'Volunteers', '$modal', '$log' ,
	function($scope, $stateParams, $location, Authentication, Volunteers, $modal, $log) {
		$scope.authentication = Authentication;
		$scope.Math = Math;
		$scope.modalUpdate = function (size, selectedVolunteer) {
			$scope.selectedVolunteer = selectedVolunteer;
			var modalInstance = $modal.open({
				templateUrl: 'modules/volunteers/views/view-volunteer.client.view.html',
				controller: function ($scope, $modalInstance, volunteer) {
					$scope.volunteer = volunteer;
					$scope.contact = volunteer.contact;
					$scope.currTime = new Date();
					setTimeout($modalInstance.dismiss, 4000);
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						return $scope.selectedVolunteer;
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			modalInstance.result.then(function (selectedItem) {
				$scope.selected = selectedItem;
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				$log.info('Modal dismissed at: ' + new Date());
			});
		};
		$scope.sign = function() {
			var correctVolunteer = Volunteers.getByName({contactId:$scope.contact[0]._id}, function(){
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DRI/Direct Rendering works. No problems there.
I'm using xorg-x11-7.0-r1, and ati-drivers-8.23.7. Also, my graphics card is a Sapphire X800 GTO2 softmodded to 16 pipes.
Tell me what info is needed to solve this problem.
Secondly, unmask the unstable ati drivers in your package.keywords, and emerge them. This is a bug that seems to be fixed in the most recent version.
I've already using the newest drivers (unmasked), and I'm not running gdm/kdm. Someone on IRC suggested it was a problem with the drivers themselves. Is there a change that downgrading the drivers might help. BTW, the card I have is PCIe and not AGP.
I downgraded the drivers from 8.23.7 to 8.22.5 with no luck. Exact same thing happens. I'm running gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r7. What are the chances that downgrading the kernel would fix the problem?
Anyone interested in helping get to the root of this problem? I'm sure someone else has to be having it too.
There is a bug with the fglrx driver and the 2.6.15 kernel, that causes this.
I downgraded to 2.6.14-gentoo-r7. No luck.
I would try 2.6.13 but the ebuilds for gentoo-sources of these versions have already been removed.
I have the X700 card, and am seeing the same issues. I have found so far that the only kernel/driver combination that works for me is 2.6.14-gentoo-r7 and ati-drivers 8.14.13-r3.
Can you try this to confirm?
I tried that exact combination without success. fglrx refused to load with an error about ioctl32. I thought this was fixed. There is a patch for it in place.
I'm going to try 2.6.16 and 8.23.7.
I've just tried 2.6.16-gentoo and 8.23.7 (with patches for 2.6.16 from portage). Problem of a different kind surfaces.
I believe we can safely say that these do not work together. glxgears won't even run.
Can anyone else confirm that the ioctl patch for 8.14.13 isn't applied correctly? Could someone fix this?
Like I say, 8.14.13 works perfectly for me with a 2.6.14 kernel. It doesn't work for me with 2.6.15 (although I'm pretty sure it's not due to the ioctl problem), and I haven't tried it with 2.6.16 yet.
Been testing suspend2-sources-2.6.15-r8 and ati-drivers-8.21.7-r1 with AlwaysRestartServer=true set in gdm.conf for a few days and had no problems yet.
Are you running an x86 or x86_64 system?
I've had this problem for a long time, but i finally fixed it by loading the correct agp module, i was loading the ati-agp module when i had an intel motherboard, but when i recompiled the kernel with the intel-agp, and loaded that instead, it worked fine.
But you have a PCIe card though, so i don't know.
Yep, mine is a PCIe card too, so that won't help. But as I said, the latest *stable* ati-drivers and the AlwaysRestartServer setting seem to be working well for me. Might try the latest unstable drivers later today to see if the problem comes back.
with a broken console (and vesafb cannot do anything about this).
even if the X server messes up the video mode.
I'll go explore this further.
I think the problem might be more complex than I originally thought. I'm going to assume you are using vesafb-tng. This isn't available on AMD64 which only leaves vesafb for us ATI users.
Nope, I am using vesafb too. My ATI card didn't like vesafb-tng either, and my laptop wouldn't boot.
I must have tried everything by now. I've downgraded the kernel to 2.6.12.5, tried 8.14.13, 8.18.*, 8.20.*, 8.23.7, etc. I've recompiled x11-drm, xorg-server, mesa, and anything else related. Still crashes on logout or switching to a VT.
Btw, where is gdm.conf? /etc/X11/gdm contains no *.conf files but custom.conf. I tried symlinking gdm.conf to it, but it didn't change anything.
With the combination of 2.6.12.5, xorg-7, and 8.14.13-r3, upon startx is reports that fglrx has a version mismatch or something similar and that it was unable to locate and load glx. Could someone point me in the right direction?
# NOTE: Some of these are commented out but still show their default values.
# limited permissions and access to ony the gdm directories and files.
# Note that a post login script is run before a PreSession script.
# default for more information.
# like /tmp if you don't want the authorizations to be in home directories.
# directory is NFS, see security/NeverPlaceCookiesOnNFS to override this behaviour.
# no activity and no one logged on. Set to 0 to turn off the reaping.
# Does not affect Xnest flexiservers.
# like that as it will be run when no one is logged in yet.
# when there are errors to report and we cannot start X.
# example, home directories owned by some other user.
# us by using a large file.
# the user to the chosen host. Otherwise we just log the user in locally.
# know for some time and wouldn't allow another session.
# The number of seconds after which a non-responsive session is logged off.
# Better keep this low.
# the basenames of the themes such as 'Thinice' or 'LowContrast'.
# face browser or in the gdmselection list for Automatic/Timed login.
# should be separated by commas.
# username. Users should be separated by commas.
# nothing if Include is set to a non-empty value.
# false, and setting the Welcome and DefaultWelcome values as desired.
# translated you can have entries such as "Welcome[cs]=Vitejte na %n".
# but only works with certain fonts.
# for instance in console, xdm and ssh.
# file in a modal dialog box before the user is allowed to log in.
# to be used when displaying the contents of the file.
# Set it to true if you want to send a multicast query to hosts.
# Note the VTAllocation and FirstVT keys on linux and freebsd.
# implemented on anything but linux and freebsd. Feel free to send patches.
# X servers will just not get any extra arguments then.
# at the security/DisallowTCP setting!
# make a terminal server flexible, but not with an indirect query.
# only way to make a flexible chooser server that behaves nicely.
Thanks for your replies. I tried your gdm.conf, still no luck.
I think the problem has to do with ati-drivers and amd64.
And just by making x11 restart if you try to exit isn't really a solution. You'll only make it more troublesome to get out to the console and you'll still end up with a "blackscreen of no visuals" if you try.


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Retrospective analysis of falls in selected hospitals of the Czech Republic.
Hajduchová H, Brabcová I, Tóthová V, Bártlová S.
Journal Article 2016; 37(suppl 2): 18-24 PubMed PMID: 28233958 Citation Keywords: Accidental Falls:statistics & numerical data, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Czech Republic, Female, Hospitals:statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies,.
INTRODUCTION: Hospitals strive, over the long term, to reduce the incidence of falls of hospitalized patients. Falls are monitored, analyzed, and regularly evaluated and corrective and preventive actions are established based on the findings. To establish preventive actions, it is essential to determine the circumstances under which the patient fell and in what type of health care facility.
OBJECTIVES: The goal of the study consisted in retrospectively analyzing falls in selected hospitals of the South Bohemian Region in 2014 and 2015.
METHODS: Our retrospective analysis of 1101 patient falls was reported by the health care staff from 4 hospitals of the South Bohemian Region. The data from the reported incidents (i.e., falls) from individual hospitals were encoded and entered in a database using the SASD statistical program and subsequently subjected to statistical analysis.
RESULTS: The highest frequency of falls was found on internal wards, 565 (51.3%) with the second highest frequency found on subsequent care wards, 267 (24.3%). The study showed that the risk of falls increases with patient age; more than 60% the hospitals, in the monitored period, involved patients over 70 years of age. Falls occurred most frequently in patient rooms and in bathrooms. Statistically significant relationships were identified between the type of ward and the time of the fall, between the type of the ward and the location of the fall, between patient age and the time of the fall, between patient age and the location of the fall, between the time of fall and the location of fall, and between the location of fall and the patient mobility before the fall.
CONCLUSION: Intensive monitoring of patient falls and the circumstances under which the falls occurred are needed to fully understand the epidemiology of hospital falls....
Hajduchová H, Brabcová I, Tóthová V, Bártlová S.	Retrospective analysis of falls in selected hospitals of the Czech Republic. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(suppl 2): 18-24
Opinions regarding the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures in prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Czech Republic.
Šedová L, Tóthová V, Olišarová V, Bártlová S, Chloubová I, Michálková H, Prokešová R, Treslova M, Adámkova V.
Journal Article 2016; 37(suppl 2): 32-38 PubMed PMID: 28233956 Citation Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases:prevention & control, Czech Republic, Humans, Nurses:statistics & numerical data, Patient Acceptance of Health Care:statistics & numerical data, Physicians:statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction Behavior, Smoking.
OBJECTIVE: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of deaths. Cardiovascular mortality is influenced by several factors that can be changed by our behaviour. The goal of this study was to survey the opinions of physicians and nurses on the topic of preventative cardiovascular risk factors.
METHODS: The inquiry was carried out using a standardized structured interviewer-respondent interview (face-to-face). The final form of the interview was based on the results of a pre-investigation. The study was anonymous, participation was voluntary, and the actual interview did not contain any controversial ethical questions. To meet these goals, a non-standardized questionnaire for nurses and physicians was developed. The questions evaluated the interest, coping difficulties, and efficiency of multimodal interventions in practice. The study sample included 1000 physicians and 1000 nurses. The results were statistically evaluated.
RESULTS: The survey of physician and nurse opinions showed that patients were primarily interested in interventions in the area of nutrition, weight loss, and coping with pharmacotherapy; however, the overall lack of interest in smoking cessation was a surprising result. Physicians and nurses viewed smoking cessation as the most difficult risk factors to influence, followed by nutrition changes, and weight loss. It was noteworthy that more than half of the interviewed physicians and nurses were of the opinion that behavioral interventions were only sometimes or rarely effective.
CONCLUSION: The results of our study show that nurses and physicians largely agree on behavioral risk factors and how to influence them. Nurses and physicians in Czech health care generally agree that patients are interested in influencing the above risk factors, being least interested in exercise and smoking cessation. Nurses and physicians also consider smoking reduction and weight loss as particularly difficult risk factors to manage. Results from this study will contributed to the overall goal of preparing and implementing short-term and long-term interventions in preventive cardiology....
Šedová L, Tóthová V, Olišarová V, Bártlová S, Chloubová I, Michálková H, Prokešová R, Treslova M, Adámkova V.	Opinions regarding the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures in prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Czech Republic. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(suppl 2): 32-38
Approach to prevention of obesity of Roma population in the Region of South Bohemia with focus on selected eating behaviors.
Dolák F, Šedová L, Nováková D, Olišarová V.
Journal Article 2016; 37(suppl 2): 46-51 PubMed PMID: 28233954 Citation Keywords: Adult, Czech Republic:ethnology, Feeding Behavior:ethnology, Humans, Obesity:ethnology, Overweight:ethnology, Patient Acceptance of Health Care:ethnology, Roma:ethnology,.
OBJECTIVE: To survey obesity prevention methods for use in the Roma population with a focus on eating behaviors.
METHODS: A semi-structured interview was used to identify potentially useful obesity prevention methods. Basic anthropometric measurements were also gathered at the same time. This study was part of the "Obesity and overweight in the Roma minority in the Region of South Bohemia" research project (grant project 280-COST-LD14114). Participants consisted of members of the Roma minority (302 respondents) as well as the majority (Czech) population for comparisons.
RESULTS: Differences in eating behaviors like irregular eating schedules and excessive consumption of fast food were observed. Statistically significant differences between the Roma minority and the majority (Czech/non-Roma) population were found in this area with the help of statistical significance tests. The Chi-square characteristic of independence (χ2) was, in case of this distribution, valued at 30.815 with 5 degrees of freedom, P < 0.001. The analyses, based on the second degree of classification, identified statistically significant differences between the Roma minority and the majority population. Members of the Roma minority attended preventive health check-ups statistically less often than members of the majority population. Differences between the majority and the Roma population were also found in the degree of patient cooperation with general practitioners.
CONCLUSION: The results show that the Roma population is more likely to engage in eating behaviors that can contribute to overweight and obesity than the majority population. Based on the results of a semi-structured interview and on the results of anthropometric measurements, we can say that the Roma population is at a greater health risk, relative to overweight and obesity, than the majority population....
Dolák F, Šedová L, Nováková D, Olišarová V.	Approach to prevention of obesity of Roma population in the Region of South Bohemia with focus on selected eating behaviors. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(suppl 2): 46-51
Histopathological evaluation of intrauterine polyps and scrapings of the uterine cavity in women with endometrial polyp described in ultrasound.
Radowicka M, Legutowska E, Gajewska M, Wielgos M.
Journal Article 2016; 37(7): 518-522 PubMed PMID: 28326746 Citation Keywords: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Endometrial Neoplasms:complications, Female, Humans, Hysteroscopy:methods, Middle Aged, Polyps:diagnostic imaging, Uterine Hemorrhage:etiology, Uterine Neoplasms:diagnostic imaging,.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to analyze the histopathology results of polyps removed and scrapings taken from the uterus in women, in whom ultrasound described endometrial polyp.
METHODS: The study included 412 patients whose ultrasound described endometrial polyp in the uterine cavity. The material obtained during hysteroscopy or curettage of the uterine cavity were subjected to the histological evaluation. The study group was divided into two subgroups depending on the presence of symptoms. The analysis of the relationship between variables was performed using Student's t-test and the Mann-Whitney U test.
RESULTS: In our study of 412 patients with suspected endometrial polyp based on ultrasound 342 patients had mild lesions in the uterine cavity, including a 51 of women had mild hyperplasia, 14 of women had endometrial hyperplasia with atypia or endometrial cancer. Subgroup of women who report abnormal bleeding accounted for 49.8% study group, asymptomatic patients was 50.2%.
CONCLUSIONS: This study showed no higher incidence of precancerous lesions and cancers of the endometrium in women with endometrial polyp described in ultrasound, who reported abnormal bleeding. Ultrasound-based diagnosis of endometrial polyps should therefore be verified both in women who report abnormal bleeding, as well as in asymptomatic women....
Radowicka M, Legutowska E, Gajewska M, Wielgos M.	Histopathological evaluation of intrauterine polyps and scrapings of the uterine cavity in women with endometrial polyp described in ultrasound. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(7): 518-522
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the brief Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI-10).
Ociskova M, Prasko J, Kamaradova D, Marackova M, Holubova M.
Journal Article 2016; 37(7): 511-517 PubMed PMID: 28326745 Citation Keywords: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders:diagnosis, Middle Aged, Mood Disorders:diagnosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics:methods, Reproducibility of Results, Self Concept, Social Stigma, Substance-Related Disorders:diagnosis, Survey.
OBJECTIVES: A significant number of psychiatric patients stigmatize themselves because of their mental struggles. Such self-stigmatization has an adverse impact on patients' well-being and effectiveness of the treatment of mental disorders. The goal of this study was to standardize the brief Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI-10), which could be used in studies targeting the self-stigma among the psychiatric patients.
METHOD: 354 psychiatric patients participated in the study between the years 2012 and 2014. All individuals were undergoing treatment in the outpatient care or the psychotherapeutic ward of the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Olomouc. The mean age of the participants was 41.5±13.3 years. The majority of them were women (n=195). The patients suffered from various mental disorders - neurotic disorders (n=166), mood disorders (n=65), substance use disorders (n=47), psychoses (n=40), personality disorders (n=32), and organic mental illness (n=4). Each patient completed a demographic questionnaire and the ISMI-10.
RESULTS: The ordinal alpha of the scale was 0.86, indicating its good internal consistency. The overall scores of the full and abbreviated version of the scale were almost perfectly correlated (r=0.95, p<0.001). The factor analysis confirmed a good internal structure of the scale. The created norms for the scale score were based on stens.
CONCLUSION: The ISMI-10 may be a useful method for measuring the self-stigma among adults with a mental disorder. The area of its use lies mainly in research....
Ociskova M, Prasko J, Kamaradova D, Marackova M, Holubova M.	Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the brief Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI-10). Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(7): 511-517
Dopamine receptors modulate T lymphocytes via inhibition of cAMP-CREB signaling pathway.
Huang Y, Chen C, Wang T, Qiu Y, Peng Y.
Journal Article 2016; 37(7): 491-500 PubMed PMID: 28326743 Citation Keywords: Animals, Cyclic AMP:metabolism, Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator:metabolism, Dopamine Agonists:pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists:pharmacology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Mice, Inbred ICR, Phosphorylation, Quinpirole:pharmacology, Receptors, .
OBJECTIVES: We have previously reported that dopamine D2-like receptors including D2, D3 and D4 receptors are more important in mediating modulation of T cells than dopamine D1-like receptors (D1 and D5 receptors). Here we aimed to clarify the role of D2-like receptors in regulation of differentiation and function of T lymphocyte subsets, including helper T (Th)1, Th2, Th17 and regulatory T (Treg) cells.
METHODS: Lymphocytes, separated from the mesenteric lymph nodes of mice, were stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A) and treated with the D2-like receptor agonist quinpirole or the antagonist haloperidol. Expression of lymphocyte cytokines and transcription factors and dopamine D2, D3 and D4 receptors were measured by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot assay. Meanwhile, cAMP and phosphorylated cAMP-response element-binding (CREB) levels in the lymphocytes were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot assay, respectively.
RESULTS: Activation of D2-like receptors with the agonist quinpirole upregulated the expression of Th2- and Treg-specific transcription factors and cytokines in Con A-activated lymphocytes, but downregulated the expression of Th1- and Th17-specific transcription factors and cytokines. Simultaneously, quinpirole increased dopamine D3 and D4 receptor expression, but did not alter D2 receptor expression. However, quinpirole reduced both cAMP and phosphorylated CREB levels in Con A-activated lymphocytes. All these quinpirole effects were blocked by haloperidol, an antagonist of D2-like receptors.
CONCLUSIONS: D2-like receptors, principally dopamine D3 and D4 receptors, promote differentiation and function of T lymphocytes towards anti-inflammatory T cell subsets by a negative link to cAMP-CREB pathway....
Huang Y, Chen C, Wang T, Qiu Y, Peng Y.	Dopamine receptors modulate T lymphocytes via inhibition of cAMP-CREB signaling pathway. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(7): 491-500
Comparative assessment of calcitonin stimulation test using calcium gluconate and pentagastrin and the usefulness of procalcitonin basic and post-stimulation concentrations in the diagnosis of patients after surgery for medullary.
Kowalska A, Lizis-Kolus K, Gąsior-Perczak D, Palyga I, Słuszniak A, Słuszniak J, Antczak G, Lizis P, Mezyk R, Gozdz S.
Comparative Study 2016; 37(7): 485-490 PubMed PMID: 28326742 Citation Keywords: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers, Tumor:analysis, Calcitonin:blood, Calcium Gluconate:pharmacology, Carcinoma, Medullary:diagnosis, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pentagastrin:administration & dosage, Thyroid Gland:surgery, Thyroid Neoplasms.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to compare the calcitonin (CT) stimulation tests with tests of calcium gluconate (CaG) and pentagastrin (PG), their tolerance and usefulness of PCT in the patients' diagnosis with active Medullary thyroid cancer (MCT) after thyroidectomy.
METHODS: CT was marked in serum by the immunosorbent sandwich test. PCT was marked by the immunosorbent sandwich test, with the final reading of fluorenscence. PG was given intravenously at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg body weight for 10 seconds. CaG was also given by intravenous injection at a dose of 2.5 mg of elemental Ca/kg body weight at a rate of 5ml/min, for minimum 3 minutes. Blood was taken at the 0 minute, the 3 and 5 minute after getting the stimulating substances.
RESULTS: The post-stimulation CT concentration in the 3 and 5 minute of the CaG test vs PG is significantly higher compared to the baseline. The maximal stimulation of the CT is in the 3 minute, but higher concentrations occurred using the CaG.
CONCLUSION: The results of the study suggest a similar diagnostic value of the tests with CaG compared to the PG as stimulants. In the present study we noticed a trend of basic and post-stimulation concentrations of PCT to increase in the tests with PG and CaG which correspond with the elevated concentrations of CT....
Kowalska A, Lizis-Kolus K, Gąsior-Perczak D, Palyga I, Słuszniak A, Słuszniak J, Antczak G, Lizis P, Mezyk R, Gozdz S.	Comparative assessment of calcitonin stimulation test using calcium gluconate and pentagastrin and the usefulness of procalcitonin basic and post-stimulation concentrations in the diagnosis of patients after surgery for medullary. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(7): 485-490
The impact of childhood adversities on anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood.
Marackova M, Prasko J, Matousek S, Latalova K, Hruby R, Holubova M, Slepecky M, Vrbova K, Grambal A.
Journal Article 2016; 37(7): 478-484 PubMed PMID: 28326741 Citation Keywords: Adult, Anxiety Disorders:etiology, Child, Child Abuse, Depression:etiology, Depressive Disorder:etiology, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Risk Factors, Substance-Related Disorders,.
OBJECTIVES: The childhood adversities model is generally accepted as a predictor of adult psychopathology vulnerability. It stems from child development theories, but the question remains as of how well solid research supports it. The aim of this article is to give a review of the studies concerning childhood adversities and their impact on the development of anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder in adulthood.
METHOD: A computerized search of the MEDLINE database of publications up to 31 March 2016 was done, using the keywords "childhood adversities, abuse, maltreatment, bullying" and "anxiety disorders, depressive disorder". No backward time constraints were used. Non-original studies, conference abstracts, books and book chapters, commentaries, and dissertations were excluded.
RESULTS: The influence of childhood adversities on later age psychopathology is examined in five categories: the negative family atmosphere, abuse, loss of a close person, the social difficulties, and problems at school (including, most importantly bullying). The majority of studies confirmed the connection between childhood adversities and anxiety and depression disorders in adulthood. The character of the adversities is not, apparently, a specific predictor for a concrete psychopathology. Multiple adversities are more frequently connected with depressive and anxiety disorders in adulthood, cumulating together in broader adverse context.
CONCLUSION: Childhood adversities were found to increase vulnerability to the distress, depression, fear and anxiety later in the life. However, specific correlations between a given childhood adversity and a specific form of depression or anxiety disorder were either not found or weak. This is in line with the generally accepted view considering each of these factors a non-specific stressor increasing vulnerability to mood and affect disorders later in life....
Marackova M, Prasko J, Matousek S, Latalova K, Hruby R, Holubova M, Slepecky M, Vrbova K, Grambal A.	The impact of childhood adversities on anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2016 Dec; 37(7): 478-484


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Q: Read/Write to serial port (for UBW) I'm trying to program the UBW in C# to take a command and give me the input back. For example, when I establish the USB connection in TeraTerm, a input v would give me a output of the current firmware version of the UBW I'm using.
I have the connection established in C#. I think I'm sending the command right, but my datareceived handler is never called in the debugger.
Here is the code to try to write to the port:
  private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (port.IsOpen)
        {
           //write command to port
           port.WriteLine(textBox1.Text);

        }

        else
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Serial port is closed! Try again!");
        }

        textBox1.Clear();

    }

Here is the code to try to read from it (which is never called from the debugger)
private void port_dataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            port.ReadLine();

        }

        catch { }

    }

Here is the UBW home page to show how it works. http://schmalzhaus.com/UBW/
My comboBox code to set up my port:
    private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string portName = comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();
        port = new SerialPort(portName, 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
        port.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(port_dataReceived);
        try
        {
            port.Open();
            //port.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(port_dataReceived);
        }
        catch
        {
            MessageBox.Show("The selected serial port cannot be opened!");
            Application.Exit();
        }

    }

A: Go into TeraTerm's COM port properties, and make sure you're using the same properties in your code.
Try using this class (it wraps up a lot of serial stuff to make it easier):
http://code.google.com/p/flux3gui/source/browse/Flux3GUI/SerialCommunication.cs?r=b4a4f8546b936eeabe60b7de32e3027493498dc6

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Q: process messages from MQ at givent time via Task I'd like to know if it's possible to have a task in wso2 that will trigger a sequence or something else to read the stored messages and process them ?
My need here is I have at a given time to process the messages (mostly with contact informations) and after processing I need to send email to each processed contact.
What would be the best approach for this ?
Thanks !

A: Yes, this is possible. The product you need is the WSO2 ESB. It has a concept called message processors. It can consume messages from a message store. There are two kind of message processors.

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*Message forwarding processors

*Message sampling processors

They are quite similar. But for your purpose, message forwarding processor would be better.
After consuming the message, you can use the mail transport in WSO2 ESB to send the email to the contact. You can configure the time period for consuming messages, which is one of your main requirements.


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a post-formative stage of an attitudinal normalization of the principle of agreeing to disagree
The Balkans-to-Bengal complex constitutes what we might usefully conceive of as a post-formative stage and condition in the history of societies of Muslims—a stage at which earlier foundational elements are brought together in a capacious and productive historical synthesis that, in turn, provides a maniplex yet stable ingrediential base for a further striking forth in a dynamic variety of trajectories of being Muslim. By the thirteenth century (seventh century of Islamic history), the major theological points of dispute which had riven the community of Muslims in its first centuries were for the most part settled, with the theological schools—primarily (in terms of demographics) the Ashʿarīs and Mātūrīdīs—agreeing to disagree over an agreed set of secondary theological questions. [183] Similarly, beginning from the thirteenth century, the mutual recognition by the scholars of the four Sunnī legal schools of the orthodoxy of each other's legal method and corpus of legal positions—that is, the acceptance by members of one legal school of the validity of the legal position of another school even when one position directly contradicts the other—exemplifies a larger attitudinal normalization of the principle of agreeing to disagree. [184]
-Shahab Ahmed, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic. (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton UP, 2015, 75-76.
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A sample of the 'overlapping curriculum of madrasahs from the Balkans to Begal'
Further, in this period, a set of institutions mark the social, physical and imaginal landscape of the Balkans-to-Bengal societies of Muslims in an inter-relational matrix that structures and configures discourse differently to what has gone before. Exemplary among these is the proliferation of the public institution of the madrasah (made possible by the prodigious application of the legal institution of the waqf endowment) which displaces the private household as the major locus of education and which, in the vast territory of Balkans-to-Bengal, is characterized by a remarkably overlapping curriculum not only of subjects and program of study, but also of books. [185] From the Balkans to Bengal, madrasah students studied similar texts: foundational works of logic such as the the Īsāghūjī (Isagoge) of Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī (d. 1265) [186] (whose other foundational text, the Hidāyat al-Ḥikmah, has been discussed earlier) and al-Risālah al-Shamsiyyah of Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (d.1204–1277); [187] of dialectics, such as the Risālah Samarqandiyyah of Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (fl. 1303) and the commentaries thereon; [188] of "argumentative" (that is, dialectical) philosophical theology, [189] such as the Mawāqif of ʿAḍud al-Dīn al-Ījī (d. 1355), [190] the Maṭāli al-anẓār of Abū al-Thanāʾ al-Iṣfahānī (d. 1349), [191] and the Sharḥ al-Maqāṣid of Saʿd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī (d. 1389); [192] of Qurʾānic exegesis such as the Kashshāf of the Muʿtazilī rationalist, Jār Allāh al-Zamakhsharī (d. 1144), [193] and the "toning-down"of the rationalism of the Kashshāf in the Anwār al-tanzīl of ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar al Bayḍāwī (fl. 1305); [194] of Hadith (not only the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, but also later Hadith selections, such as the Mishkāt al-Maṣābīh of Walī al-Dīn al-Tibrīzī (fl. 1337); [195] and of fiqh-jurisprudence, such as, in the cases of the Ḥanafī Ottoman and Mughal madrasahs, the Hidāyah of Burhān al-Dīn al-Marghīnānī (d. 1197), and the commentaries thereon. [196]
God as the sole Necessary Existent (wājib al-wujūd)
The historical centrality and foundationality to the history of Muslims of the philosophers' rational striving to know truth-as-it-Really-is can most economically be illustrated by way of the philosophers' definition of God. Ibn Sīnā conceptualized God as the sole Necessary Existent (wājib al-wujūd) upon W/which all other existents are necessarily contingent. It is this philosophers' conceptualization of God that became the operative concept of the Divinity taught in madrasahs to students of theology via the standard introductory textbook on logic, physics, and metaphysics which was taught to students in madrasahs in cities and towns throughout the vast region from the Balkans
to Bengal in the rough period 1350–1850, and which was tellingly entitled Hidāyat al-ḥikmah, or Guide to Ḥikmah [45] In the discourse of madrasah theology, God is conceptually posited as and routinely referred to as "The Necessary Existent"...
[Chapter 1 is available as a PDF on the Princeton University Press website. http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10587.pdf]
al-Rāzī on love of this world, true love & happiness in the Hereafter
In commenting on this verse [Q3:142], al-Rāzī says,
Know that love of this world cannot coexist with happiness in the Hereafter, and to the degree that one of them increases the other diminishes. That is because happiness in the world only is achieved by the heart's occupation with worldliness, and happiness in the Hereafter can only be achieved by emptying the heart of all that is other than God and filling it with the love of God. Not all those who affirm the religion of God are truthful. Rather, in the difference there is a question of the sway of things that we hate and things that we love. Love is that which does not diminish with difficulty and does not increase through fulfillment. If love survives the onset of suffering, it is shown to be true love.
SQ, p. 169.
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With the forecast promising a warm and sunny day I drove down to Camber to enjoy painting on the dunes. It was so lovely - families and couples enjoying the sun and paddling in the sea. A bit later on a large group arrived enjoying a game of rounders on the beach, boys -v- girls. There was so much laughter, you could not help but smile. After their game, one of them had a guitar and I was serenaded by wonderful gospel singing - it was a special day!
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Cuppa and Company is a weekly gathering for people who have experinced loss or ch ange, and who would like to spend some time with others.
We meet 2-3pm each Thursday, in the Bulson Hall of St Faith's Parish Centre. Tea, cake and relaxed conversation are provided! Around 20 people attend regularly, and nearly half of them are collected by mini-bus from around Lee-on-the-Solent and Stubbington, and then taken home again afterwards.
There is no charge for Cuppa and Company, and anyone is welcome to our informal and friendly gathering. If you would like to come along, feel free to simply turn up, or to call Sue or Cliff, whose contact details are below, first.
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Just before New Year's Eve, music fills the streets of Orvieto for a whole week with world-famous Umbria Jazz Festival. Enjoy great local food as you listen to good music for an exciting start to the new year.
In Spring, come here to witness the explosion of nature, when vines come to a new life and enrich the landscape with bright, green leaves. Start your day jogging in the vineyards surrounded by reborning vines. Then comes the summer again. Enjoy the magic of nature at Villa Barbi.
Decorated with warm and precious materials and personalized with authentic antiques, all rooms of Villa Barbi are extremely comfortable and welcome you with an intimate and quiet atmosphere, which turns each room into a pleasant hideway.
Every bedroom has been individually designed mixing tradition, precious fabrics, period furnitures, Italian vintage design and paintings.
King size bed, sleeps 2.
Large en-suite bathroom with tub, separate shower and hairdryer.
Twin XL bedroom, sleeps 2, can be turned into a king-size bed.
Twin bedroom, sleeps 2. This room is smaller compared to the suites upstairs.
En suite bathroom with shower and hairdryer. This bathroom is smaller than a suite bathroom upstairs.
All rooms equipped with hairdryer, TV, Wi-Fi and safebox.
Villa prestocking and home delivery shopping service.
Cook Service. Let out expert, local cook delight you with beautiful breakfasts, lunches and dinners from Orvieto and Umbria regional tradition.


An inspiring member of our community needs our help.
This past June, Cheryl Heykoop received her Doctor of Social Sciences degree. One month later, she was diagnosed with cancer.
Cheryl has dedicated her life to helping others. Her work in the field of child rights involves travelling to post-conflict zones to hear the stories of young people who have been affected and help them find their voice and their path to healing. Her dissertation – "Our Stories Matter, Our Own Way: The Safe and Meaningful Engagement of Young People in Post-Conflict Truth Telling in Northern Uganda" – exemplified this work.
Cheryl has and continues to be an important Royal Roads ambassador. She has lent her story and her voices in support of the university on many occasions.
A fundraiser has been set up to support Cheryl financially through her journey with lymphoma. This trying time will prove challenging in many ways, and donating to this fund is one way in which we can support her. The funds will go directly to her account. Donations can be made anonymously.
"Life has also had its discontents, and the last year has been particularly challenging – my partnership ended, I completed my doctorate, and I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma. It's been an intense time to say the least.
Read more about Cheryl's work as the Education and Deputy Director for the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) and her research as a Royal Roads doctoral student in 2012 and 2014 stories on the Royal Roads website.


Richard III's funeral crown will go on show for the first time next month for an event in the town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
The 15th century monarch's remains were famously found under a Leicester car park in 2012. However, there is currently a legal dispute ongoing about where The King will be buried.
There are currently arguments and debates about whether The King should be laid to rest in Leicester where he was found, or in York where he spent most of his life.
Dr John Ashdown-Hill, one of the people who confirmed the remains were in fact royal blood, wants to make sure the funeral is suitable for a king, by commissioning a traditional funeral crown to be placed in his coffin, which he will pay for.
Dr Ashdown Hill has agreed to show it off in public for the first time when he comes to Tewkesbury Abbey on May 3 for this year's Armour at the Abbey event.
The crown will be brought down with him, and kept in a secure area. He has kept quiet about how much it cost him to commission, but said he has spent more on the DNA research into Richard's remains.
The historian added that the crown would be similar to the one that Richard III wore over his helmet at the Battle of Bosworth, where he was killed.


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The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity on the Grand Union Canal at Foxton, Leicestershire, England, UK. It was founded in 1980 to promote the restoration of the Victorian boat lift or inclined plane, a unique and famous piece of canal history.

The Trust runs the Foxton Canal Museum which was opened in 1989 and is also the Trust headquarters, in the former boiler house.

It is campaigning for the full restoration of the boat lift, and it is a partner in the Foxton Locks Partnership, composed of British Waterways, the Inland Waterways Association, the Old Union Canals Society and local authorities.

The Foxton Locks Partnership has already obtained £1.78 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for preliminary restoration works on the site, including:
re-watering an arm of the canal
dredging and repairing the bottom basin
replacing a missing bridge over the Harborough Arm
improving footpaths for better access to the  site

The Foxton Inclined Plane was opened in 1900, refurbished between 1909 and 1910, and closed in 1911. It was demolished in 1928.

The Inclined plane is part of a site which includes a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed staircase of locks.

See also
Foxton Locks with information about Lock staircases, and a section on the Foxton Inclined Plane
List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

References

External links
Foxton Inclined Plane Trust website

UK Parliament, House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Memorandum submitted by the Foxton Inclined Plane Trust
Harborough District Council listing for Foxton Inclined Plane Trust
Harborough Mail: Inclined Plane Trust "Highly commended" in the Best Special Category for Leicestershire County Council Renaissance Heritage Awards
Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £ 1.78 million for Inclined Plane
British Waterways Press Release, 7 September 2005: Is Foxton Locks one of England's Seven Wonders?
British Waterways' Leisure website "Waterscape" - entry for Foxton Inclined Plane Trust
British Waterways Newsroom - Conservation of Foxton's famous Inclined Plane continues
Inland Waterways Association page on the Inclined Plane and the Trust
Community Archives - photo of the old inclined plane
Foxton Inclined Plane Boat Lift description

Waterways organisations in England
Canals in England
Charities based in Leicestershire


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Q: Firestore: Does querying a collection also includes their sub collection? I've a collection called users consisting their name and other personal details, and it also have a sub collection consisting of their vehicles.
But for some operation, I want to query only the user data. I'm afraid that it would include the sub collection also, which will increase my data usage.
The database structure is shown below:

db.collection("users").limit(10)
.get()
.then(function(querySnapshot) {
  querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
    console.log(doc.data());
     $scope.userList.push(doc.data());
  });
})
.catch(function(error) {
  console.log("Error getting documents: ", error);
});

I'm getting the data but i'm not sure whether this is the correct way of querying or not.

A: Firestore queries are shallow, meaning they only return the documents that are at the level you are querying for and they do not return their subcollections.
If you want to get the subcollections as well, you need to do a separate query for that.

A: Unlike in Firebase realtime database where to display a list of users you would have been downloaded the entire User object together with all children that exist within that object, in Cloud Firestore this is not an issue anymore. So if you have subcollections within a document, you will not download them.
Queries in Firestore are shallow: they only get items from the collection that the query is run against. There is no way to get documents from a top-level collection and other collections or subcollections in a single query. So don't worry about those subcollections.


Do you want to remain safe and well-lit on your evening dog walks? Dog repellent spray is one popular way to keep a dog from attacking your own pooch, but it's not the only way to protect yourself and your four-legged family. You can't talk a dog out of a fight, but you can stop an attack dog with a stun gun. Baton stun guns are legal in most states without major restrictions. A stun gun is a non-lethal weapon used for subduing a threat through electric shock. That means our four legged friends will be stopped in their tracks-- without doing any permanent damage. While carrying a big baton to protect yourself is obvious and may seem unfriendly, walking with a flashlight that happens to double as a stun gun is a bit more subtle while still offering meaningful protection. Check out our ZAP Stun Control Walking Cane-- which will safely keep any ferocious Fido from getting near you.
Multiple Light Functions: Many baton stun guns that can be used on canines have LED lights that operate on low, medium, or high functions. You'll have options for lighting the way no matter current conditions.
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The new Uprising Event is now available allowing players to experience the pivotal moment in history from before the fall of Overwatch.
With every event, there's the new Uprising Loot Boxes unlocking new cosmetic skins, highlights, emotes, and sprays themed.
Overwatch Uprising is playable now and finishes on May 1st. Check out the Overwatch Uprising page here for more information.


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OPINION: Plans in pipeline for an outlet shopping village
December 2nd, 2019 11:40 AM
By Southern Star Team
LAST week news broke of a British company, Rioja Estates (nothing to do with Spanish plonk), intending to build an entire 'shopping outlet-village' at Carrigtwohill, in East Cork.
Similar to a shopping-outlet village near Dublin, the Carrigtwohill development will specialise in the sale of end-of-line bargains and last season's products at knock-down prices. The 'outlet-shops' also will sell full price, high street retail goods and, in the combination of the two, shoppers will experience a delightful blurring of the lines between a bargain-basement shop and a top-of-the-range, up-market shop.
According to the promoters, the commercial magic of shopping outlets is that people tend to spend more money in them than in conventional clothes shops.
Outlet-shopping is an American idea and dates back to the 1930s when times were tough and shoppers would buy damaged or excess goods if the price was right.
This, in turn, led to shops having a high turnover of stock and, as far as the ordinary punter was concerned, genuine bargains. What's more, shoppers could purchase brands that normally would be beyond their means.
The idea spread to Europe in the 1990s but it soon became apparent that the American model of off-loading bargains from grotty premises would not catch-on in sophisticated Europe. The operators realised that they could sell much more from aesthetically-pleasing retail stores that had a crisp, smart style – such as those at the specially built Kildare Village where shops have a Georgian-type appearance.
Leisure shopping
And then there's the role of 'leisure': Giles Membrey, MD of Rioja Estates, explains that 'leisure' is now an integral part of the retail business and that such a fact 'is particularly pertinent to contemporary outlet shopping.'
Discovering good clothes in an 'outlet shop' should be part of a relaxing day out; a leisure experience that offers pleasant 'dwell times' and which encourages shoppers to spend more money than in the traditional department store.
What's more, Membrey is confident that his company annually will attract 220,000 bargain hunters to the Carrigtwohill outlet-village and, as has been shown elsewhere, shoppers will come from a two-hour drive radius.
Rioja Estates chose Carrigtwohill because of its good road network, rail link, and proximity to tourist attractions – all of which are important to a shopping expedition. Because, theoretically speaking, after purchasing a Zimmermann Goldie Splice Dress at the knock-down price of €997 and an all-wool, zip neck cardigan at €8.95 (for the auld fella), the ladies can head-off to Spike, Fota, or Midleton Distillery to enjoy the rest of the day.
Jobs galore
Membrey also revealed that the Carrigtwohill retail park is expected to take 24 months to build at a cost of €100m, and will open in March 2024. It will create more than 850 permanent jobs.
His company has good relations with Cork County Council, which will have to revise the County Development Plan to enable construction of the shopping village. Planning approval is expected at the end of January. And there's the rub!
Environmentalists already have expressed opposition to the project. As is their right, they're objecting on the basis that the Carrigtwohill Outlet-Village will not benefit local business and communities.
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Said a spokesperson: 'Given the context of the current climate crisis and the need to provide facilities that are easily accessed by more sustainable modes, having such a big centre which will still be accessed primarily by road is not future-proofing and does not align with climate adaptation and mitigation actions.'
Now, we're not quite sure what all that means but the following statement is clear: 'There would be ramifications for other businesses in the area and a knock-on effect of a loss of jobs in neighbouring towns and the city.'
It's still early days, of course, but a far cry from the time in 2006 that Amgen, the chemical giant, announced a $1bn (€800m) investment in Carrigtwohill, and the promise of 1,100 jobs. Perceived as the most significant example of direct foreign investment in the history of the State, the Amgen site became the best serviced commercial location in the country.
Shock, horror!
A year later (2007), the Yanks shocked Cork with an announcement of indefinitely postponing their multi-million dollar project. This was followed by a hammer-blow statement that the company was no longer proceeding with the project. Within months the 133-acre site was returned to the IDA.
Heart-broken politicos couldn't take-in what was happening. Carrigtwohill had been chosen from 25 locations world-wide. Everything was ready. It had a marvellous site: harbour, railway, motorway and airport were just minutes away; and then, out of the blue, the enormous 'let-down' that dashed local hopes of an economic boom!
Desperately seeking explanations, devastated local politicos considered the possibility that the road outside the entrance might have been the reason for the disaster. Vehicles leaving the plant and heading for Cork would have to travel to Midleton before turning back to Cork. Was that it? they asked.
They never got an answer because Amgen disappeared like a snot off a slate, despite the €6m worth of work carried out by Cork County Council. (In 2007 a report suggested that the company agreed to reimburse the Council).
A dead duck
Two years ago, Cllr Noel Collins wanted rezoning of the Amgen site to allow for the construction of social housing units. He was told in no uncertain terms that the site was zoned as a 'Strategic Employment Area' and that Carrigtwohill continued to be seen as the key to the future development of metropolitan Cork. The councillor also was informed that an extensive land bank for housing already existed in the Carrigtwohill area.
And then, Fianna Fáil councillor, Kenneth O'Flynn, startled everyone with the revelation that emissaries of Nissan Japan and Nissan UK were on their way to Carrigtwohill to assess the site as a possible location for a new manufacturing plant. That also fizzled out.
Inevitably, and sadly, the fact of the matter was hard to swallow: Carrigtwohill was a dead duck! Not a single player from the global pharmaceutical industry was tempted by the marvellous land bank.
But now, at last, hope is on the horizon. Although Carrigtwohill will not get its huge factory and jobs for hundreds of people, the place is in line for something that also has the power to please and delight: shops that sell cut-price clobber!
And, let's face it, not even Myles na gCopaleen with all his story-telling skills could invent a happy ending like that!
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Gymnastics conditioning is one of the most rigorous and intensive workouts a person can do to improve their strength and agility. Most gymnastics-inspired workouts are all bodyweight, so you can even do them at home without needing any gymnastics equipment. The 5 moves below focus on the core, which can help get you started to achieve even the most basic move in gymnastics – the handstand!
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Fitness instructor and ex-gymnast Alyssa Nimedez is wearing the Natalia Midi Sports Bra and the Salar Legging in the nocturnal/floral print.
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The V-Up fires up your core as you use your entire bodyweight to lift from the ground. Do 3 sets of 10 and try to lift your arms above your head for a more advanced version. When you come back down to the ground, try not to let your feet or shoulders touch the floor. Your entire body should be engaged, while you squeeze your inner thighs and point your toes to keep your body activated.
The Anteater is a killer total body workout that activates your core, shoulders and back. Start in an A-Frame position, pull your tummy in, and start to walk your hands out slowly. Breathe as each hand moves further away from your toes. Keep your abs tight and your neck neutral. As you creep down to the floor, go as far as you can until your forehead is close to the ground. Squeeze your glutes and inner thighs and hold for at least 5 seconds before you walk back in. Repeat this exercise 10 times or start at the beginning of a room and walk all the way across. Repeat twice.
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Hollow body rocks are one of our favourite workouts. Similar to the V-Up, you are activating your core by staying close to the ground. Hollow body rocks work best when your feet and shoulders are above the ground as you rock back and forth. For an even tougher challenge, add weights to your feet and keep your arms above your head. Do 3 sets of 10 each way.
This hollow body rock activates your glutes, core and upper back.
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Windscreen wipers target your lower and side abs. Bring your feet up in the air and squeeze your inner thighs together. Bring them down to one side and don't let them hit the floor! Hover above the ground for as long as you can and bring them back to neutral. Lean them to the other side and repeat 25 times. If your abs aren't burning by the end, repeat!
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Pressure cooking is the process of cooking food, using water or other cooking liquid, in a sealed vessel known as a pressure cooker. This simulates the effects of long braising within a shorter time.
A Dutch oven is a thick-walled cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. Dutch ovens are usually made of seasoned cast iron; however, some Dutch ovens are instead made of cast aluminium, or are ceramic. Some metal varieties are enameled rather than being seasoned. Dutch ovens have been used as cooking vessels for hundreds of years. They are called casserole dishes in English-speaking countries other than the United States, and cocottes in French. They are similar to both the Japanese tetsunabe and the sač, a traditional Balkan cast-iron oven, and are related to the South African potjiekos, the Australian Bedourie oven and Spanish cazuela.
A knife is a tool with a cutting edge or blade attached to a handle. Mankind's first tool, knives were used at least two-and-a-half million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools. Originally made of rock, bone, flint, and obsidian, over the centuries, in step with improvements in metallurgy or manufacture, knife blades have been made from bronze, copper, iron, steel, ceramics, and titanium. Most modern knives have either fixed or folding blades; blade patterns and styles vary by maker and country of origin.
Mortar and pestle are implements used since ancient times to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, medicine and pharmacy. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone, such as granite. The pestle is a heavy and blunt club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar, where the pestle is pressed and rotated onto it until the desired texture is achieved.
Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as kitchen and eating utensils in virtually all of East Asia for over two millennia. First invented and used by the Chinese during the Zhou Dynasty, chopsticks later spread to other countries across East, South, and Southeast Asia including Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Chopsticks are smoothed and frequently tapered and are commonly made of bamboo, plastic, wood, or stainless steel. They are less commonly made from titanium, gold, silver, porcelain, jade, or ivory. Chopsticks are held in the dominant hand, between the thumb and fingers, and used to pick up pieces of food.
Drink can
A drink can is a metal container designed to hold a fixed portion of liquid such as carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, teas, herbal teas, energy drinks, etc. Drink cans are made of aluminium or tin-plated steel. Worldwide production for all drink cans is approximately 370 billion cans per year worldwide.
A French press, also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, Cafeteria, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger, is a coffee brewing device invented by Paolini Ugo and patented by Italian designer Attilio Calimani and Giulio Moneta in 1929.
Kitchen utensil
A kitchen utensil is a small hand held tool used for food preparation. Common kitchen tasks include cutting food items to size, heating food on an open fire or on a stove, baking, grinding, mixing, blending, and measuring; different utensils are made for each task. A general purpose utensil such as a chef's knife may be used for a variety of foods; other kitchen utensils are highly specialized and may be used only in connection with preparation of a particular type of food, such as an egg separator or an apple corer. Some specialized utensils are used when an operation is to be repeated many times, or when the cook has limited dexterity or mobility. The number of utensils in a household kitchen varies with time and the style of cooking.
Cast-iron cookware is valued for its heat retention properties and can be produced and formed with a relatively low level of technology. Seasoning is used to protect bare cast iron from rust and to create a non-stick surface. Types of bare cast-iron cookware include panini presses, waffle irons, crepe makers, dutch ovens, frying pans, deep fryers, tetsubin, woks, potjies, karahi, flattop grills and griddles.
Nyotaimori
Nyotaimori (女体盛り, "serve on the female body"), often referred to as "body sushi", is the Japanese practice of serving sashimi or sushi from the naked body of a woman. Nantaimori (男体盛り) refers to the same practice using a male model.
A convection oven is an oven that has fans to circulate air around food.
A coffee percolator is a type of pot used for the brewing of coffee by continually cycling the boiling or nearly boiling brew through the grounds using gravity until the required strength is reached.
A vacuum flask is an insulating storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask's surroundings. Invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck. The gap between the two flasks is partially evacuated of air, creating a near-vacuum which significantly reduces heat transfer by conduction or convection.
In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or to lift them to the mouth.
Aluminium foil, often referred to with the misnomer tin foil, is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves with a thickness less than 0.2 mm ; thinner gauges down to 6 micrometres are also commonly used. In the United States, foils are commonly gauged in thousandths of an inch or mils. Standard household foil is typically 0.016 mm thick, and heavy duty household foil is typically 0.024 mm. The foil is pliable, and can be readily bent or wrapped around objects. Thin foils are fragile and are sometimes laminated to other materials such as plastics or paper to make them more useful. Aluminium foil supplanted tin foil in the mid 20th century.


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Among his most notable qualities, which are numerous and varied, there is one that the artist himself defines as a pianism that brings him closer to an aesthetic bordering on classical music, but with the possibility of combining it with later influences. In his memory, David Sancho effortlessly blends such names as Bill Evans, Radiohead, Chopin, Bach or Brad Mehldau. Harmony, melody, rhythm, form, timbre, and message are key points in all of these artists, and they all have lit up David's path.
Born in Madrid, David graduated in Piano Jazz from the Conservatoire of Rotterdam. On his return to Spain, his professional career has spanned highly varied aspects of music. He has recorded the "15 Two-part Inventions" by J.S. Bach and he has taken part, as a member of the Moisés Sánchez Ensemble, in the performance of "The Rite of Spring", by Igor Stravinsky. And just to keep illustrating a tiny part of his curriculum, it is interesting to know that he has also been part of such bands as Monodrama, Anathema or Sanchemia, and that he is often invited to play with such celebrities as Jorge Pardo, Ariel Brínguez or María Toro.
This year, he has released the album "Piano Solo", which graphically defines the sound formulation that we will enjoy in JAZZMADRID. The album is his professional debut as a solo musician, but David is still interested in continuing to progress in his work as a creator. That is why he is already working on his second album "From Home", currently in post-production.
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