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Honey, I printed a thyroid gland
Russia's 3D Bioprinting Solutions laboratory, the first facility to successfully print a mouse's thyroid gland, is getting ready to transplant artificial organs to living mice. If successful, the experiment could pave the way for the production of 3D-printed human glands.
Back in March 2015 Moscow-based 3D Bioprinting Solutions lab (founded in 2013) became the first such facility to successfully bioprint a thyroid gland – or, to quote the scientists themselves, a "construct" of the organ. Now the researchers are preparing the transplant of several of these glands into living mice. The results of the experiment will be made public in July 2015 at the Second International Congress on Bioprinting in Singapore. The head researcher Vladimir Mironov told RBTH that he is expecting positive results.
Scientists claim they are ready to start the 3D printing of human thyroid glands. All they need for the first batch are follicular cells, which are responsible for the production and secretion of thyroid hormones.
Researchers of the 3D Printing Solutions Lab, Moscow, Russia
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 665 million people in the world are affected by thyroid disorders. In Russia, about 140,000 people suffer from various types of thyroid disease and each year 10,000 Russian citizens have to undergo a thyroidectomy, or the surgical removal of the gland.
Thyroid dysfunction caused by cancer cannot be treated with pharmacological therapy. Not even a donor organ transplantation can help in this case, says Andrey Polyakov, the head of the microsurgery department at the Moscow Oncology Research Institute. "The reason for this is that the patients who receive organ transplants have to undergo immunosuppression therapy that can in turn speed up the development of cancer cells," Polyakov explains. According to him, the transplantation of 3D printed organs and tissues can be conducted without immunosuppression.
665 million people in the world are affected by thyroid disorders
Printing "constructs"
Scientists at 3D Bioprinting Solutions refer to the gland they created not as an organ, but as an "organ construct."
It should come as no surprise that a 3D printed gland does not fit in the conventional biological hierarchy. The existing system recognizes only molecules, tissues, organs, organ systems and organisms. The object printed at 3D Bioprinting Solutions is therefore unclassifiable.
"A tissue is a group of cells of the same kind," says Mironov. "An organ is a group of tissues. The construct we created is closer to an organ, as it consists of several types of tissues, has blood vessels and can function at the level of an organism."
The scientists chose a thyroid gland as this organ is relatively simple, making it an uncomplicated subject for research work. Besides, it was the first organ transplanted from one human being to another.
Alexander Mitryashkin, engineer, 3D Bioprinting Solutions
The 3D Bioprinting Solutions lab uses the tissue spheroids as "building blocks."
Layer by layer
The researchers adapted the existing technology of 3D printing to work with living cells
The researchers at 3D Bioprinting Solutions took the existing technology of 3D printing currently used to work with diverse materials like plastic, ceramics and metal, and adapted it to work with living cells. The process itself is called 'layer-by-layer production'.
Bioprinting looks like this: at first, the printer sprays a thin layer of gel made of fibrin, a protein involved in the clotting of blood. Embedded in the gel are microscopic spheres consisting of tissue, which subsequently form a three-dimensional structure.
Mironov came up with the idea of bioprinting when he discovered that separate ring moieties in a chicken embryo's heart was able to merge to form a tube. He understood that it was possible to form living tissues out of separate cells and groups of cells.
About Vladimir Mironov
Tissue engineering specialist and inventor of a new 3D organ printing technology. Graduated from the medical faculty of the Ivanovo State Medical University in 1977. Currently a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering. Co-founder of two medical startups in the United States: Cardiovascular Tissue Technology and Cuspis.
Vladimir Mironov, inventor
Simpler Than You Think
A bioprinter is a simple robot that can move in three directions
The original bioprinter created by 3D Printing Solutions consists of three basic elements: a mechanical positioning device, a dispenser and a central processing unit (CPU). Essentially, a bioprinter is a simple robot that can move in three directions. It is equipped with an automated syringe that can dispense either fibrin gel or tissue spheroids.
There are, of course, other companies in the world aiming to commercialize 3D bioprinting technology, such as Organovo in the United States, Cyfuse in Japan and Regenhu in Switzerland. The technology offered by 3D Bioprinting Solutions is unique because aside from the cell-based gel, the Russian lab uses the tissue spheroids mentioned above as "building blocks."
"Last year we filed a patent for our bioprinter design and for the methods of printing we invented," Mironov told RBTH.
The original bioprinter created by 3D Printing Solutions
Mice pioneers
The printed 'organ constructs' are soon to be transplanted into mice.
The printed "organ constructs" will soon be transplanted to mice. The procedure will be no different than a regular organ transplant. The mice used in the experiment have already been subjected to a treatment of radioactive iodine that shut down their thyroid glands, causing hormone deficiency.
Scientists will monitor the mice over the course of a month to determine if their thyroid glands are no longer functioning. "We will review the levels of thyroxine that are supposed to go down significantly because of the suppression of thyroid activity," reports Elena Bulanova of 3D Printing Solutions.
The researchers will transplant the printed glands to the mice and will observe them to see if the hormone levels are restored. If they are, this will mean the artificial organs work. It will take a month for the grafts to be integrated completely into the bodies of the mice.
The experiment will involve outbred mice of the so-called CD1 strain. "Those mice have minimal variations in morphology and behavior," says Bulanova. "Twelve animals will be used in total; six of them will form the control group, which will not receive the transplant, and the other six will get the grafts."
Chances of success
The printed organ constructs are already widely used by pharmaceutical companies
"We are certain that the gland is functional," says Mironov. "In fact, we are mostly concerned by the perspective of the graft hyperactivity, which can cause hyperthyroidism." According to Mironov, the laboratory conducted all necessary theoretical calculations and morphometric studies before beginning the experiment.
Elizaveta Kudan, senior research associate, 3D Bioprinting Solutions
"We are certain that the gland is functional"
The printed organ constructs are already widely used by pharmaceutical companies for toxicological studies, says Youssef Hesuani, the executive director of 3D Printing Solutions. For instance, California-based Organovo cooperated with the international healthcare company F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG to test an unnamed medication. "We know that while the drug showed no toxicity during the tests involving a monolayer of cells, the experiments on a 3D liver construct provided the opposite results," Hesouani told RBTH.
A Q&A with Vladimir Mironov, 3D Bioprinting Solutions: "Printed organs will become affordable with time"
Which organs do you expect to be printed in the next two or three years?
V.M.: Thyroid glands, blood vessels, skin and hair, as well as cartilage, bone and adipose tissue. Some organs from this list have in fact already been printed.
By your estimates, a printed organ will cost between 200,000 and 250,000 dollars. Does this mean that only the wealthy will be able to afford them?
V.M.: The history of technological progress shows that once a hi-tech product enters mass production by automated means and starts to be widely used on the market, it becomes tens, scratch that, thousands of times cheaper. So there is no doubt that 3D printed organs will become more affordable with time.
Do you expect foreign clients?
V.M.: Yes, our product is capable of entering the global market. In China alone there are 1.5 million people in need of an organ transplant.
Do you think Russia will be able to create an infrastructure for printed organ transplantation?
V.M.: It is possible, yes. But the government will need to cooperate with private businesses. This will require millions of dollars of investment, but will in time allow the healthcare system to save a lot of money on the treatment of patients. Besides, a country that does not invest in the development of such technologies today will later have to buy it from others, which will be much more expensive.
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AFCON 2019: It Was Difficult Playing Against Nigeria, Admits Naby Keita
By Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah
Guinea midfielder, Naby Keita, has revealed it was not easy playing against Nigeria.
The Syli Nationale suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Super Eagles on Wednesday and are left with just one point from two matches.
Keita is, however, refusing to give up on the possibility of Guinea making it to the last 16 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt despite their current situation.
"It wasn't our day (Wednesday) but we did all we could and played to our level best.
"We have to keep our heads high and move to the next match with an aim to win. It is not yet over and we will fight till the end," Keita summed up.
Guinea, who are now third in Group B following Madagascar's 1-0 victory over Burundi on Thursday, must defeat The Swallows in their last Group B game at the All Salam Stadium Cairo on Sunday, June 30 to stand a chance of reaching the knockout phase.
Nigeria and Madagascar will also clash on Sunday at the Alexandria Stadium in the other Matchday-3 Group B match. The two games will be played simultaneous 15:00 GMT.
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Home Technology The UNESCO program explores technology in education
The UNESCO program explores technology in education
The program, which allows young people aged 14-18 to share their views with UNESCO experts, now covers students from 39 schools in 21 countries.
Huawei collaborates with UNESCO on UNESCO Campus Program from June 2021. Topics discussed in each 90-minute session in English or French relate to key UNESCO topics such as education, artificial intelligence, sustainable development, gender equality and citizenship.
Other topics included the relationship between technology and education, new technologies today and tomorrow, and how technology can be used to its advantage. Students particularly welcomed topics relevant to current issues that arose on the global agenda when the pandemic closed its doors to schools in 2020, including changes made to schools that have or do not have technology, and the need for physical schools if everything can be found online.
"We believe that the SDGs and COVIDs are incredible ingredients for innovation," said Dr Valtensir Mendes, Senior Specialist in the UNESCO Program, on one of the campuses.
Other challenges during on-campus classes were the value of digital skills and new behaviors to prevent cyberbullying, a threat that is growing for many teens in an increasingly digital world dominated by social media and when young people are outside the classroom.
Sharing their experiences and views with expert speakers can raise young people's awareness not only of how new technologies will affect today and tomorrow, but also of the role that today's teenagers can play in shaping the future.
In addition to UNESCO experts, other speakers include inspiring people from the organization's networks, such as NGOs, IHOs and startups, covering a wide range of roles, including academics, researchers and local development project managers.
In line with the goals of the UNESCO campus, Huawei and UNESCO are also collaborating Open schools for all with technology support project, the implementation phase of which was launched in 2021 in Ghana, Egypt and Ethiopia. The three-year project supports the construction of sustainable education systems that can withstand global failures such as COVID-19. In addition to connecting schools, the project provides training for teachers and students in the use of digital tools, the creation of online platforms for linking school and home learning, and the development of digital curricula that can be accessed remotely.
The "Open Schools for All" technology-backed project is aligned with Huawei's Tech4Education domain of TECH4ALL's digital inclusion initiative, which aims to improve the equity and quality of technology-driven education as part of TECH4ALL's main goal: to leave no one behind in the digital world.
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FIVE SPOKANE PROSPECTS NAMED TO WESTERN CANADA U16 CHALLENGE CUP
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Western Hockey League, in partnership with BC Hockey, Hockey Alberta, Saskatchewan Hockey Association, and Hockey Manitoba as well as in association with Hockey Canada, announced earlier today the team rosters for the 2015 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup. Five Spokane Chiefs prospects made the cut for the tournament set to begin on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Calgary.
The five Spokane prospects announced include Donovan Buskey, Matt Leduc, Ty Smith, Koby Morrisseau and Cedric Chenier.
Buskey, a goaltender out of North Vancouver, B.C., will play for Team British Columbia. He was the Chiefs' third round (53rd overall) selection in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft and currently plays for the North Shore Winter Club Midget Elite A1 team. Buskey played 37 games with the NSWC Bantam A1 team last season, winning 27 including 17 shutouts.
Joining Buskey is defenseman Matt Leduc, who was Spokane's second round (31st overall) pick in this past summer's draft. Leduc, from Richmond, B.C., brings size to Team British Columbia at a towering 6-foot-4.
Ty Smith, who became just the second player ever selected by the Chiefs first overall in the bantam draft, will look to lead Team Alberta to a tournament championship. Smith, a defenseman, currently plays for the Lloydminster Bobcats Midget AAA of the AMHL. Last season, with the Delta Hockey Academy of the CSSHL, he scored nine goals and 19 assists in 16 regular season games, adding three goals and four assists in four playoff games.
Rounding out the Chiefs' presence in the elite tournament are forwards Koby Morrisseau and Cedric Chenier representing Team Manitoba.
Morrisseau, the ninth overall pick and just 12th Top 10 pick in Chiefs' franchise history (including Smith), is a skilled power forward who currently plays for the Parkland Rangers Midget AAA team in Manitoba. Last year, the Grandview, Man. native competed with Parkland Rangers Bantam AAA team, Morrisseau scored 39 goals and 22 assists.
Chenier is a 5-foot-10, 155-pound center out of Winnipeg. The Chiefs made a trade during the bantam draft to acquire an extra ninth round pick (185th overall) and selected Chenier following a season in which he potted 23 goals and added 36 assists with the Winnipeg Monarchs Bantam AAA team. Chenier currently plays with the Winnipeg Monarchs Midget team.
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Recently, I came to the same conclusion that my colleague, Lyle Fass, came to about wine-centric forum Web sites. There's a major level of futility connected to the many discussions that take place over and over on those sites.
As a result, I find myself gravitating more and more toward commenting on blogs, which, it turns out, isn't always smooth sailing either.
A little while ago, one of the columns that I write for a newspaper's magazine managed to migrate to the newspaper's Web site—this happens not with all the columns, but with a few columns that the editors seem to think worthy of Internet exposure.
The column was about pairing dessert wine with dessert. I didn't know that it was online until one of those Google Alerts came to me to tell me whenever my name is mentioned in an online post. The alert sent me to a blog by Kathleen Lisson, who talks about wine and food pairings. In her blog entry Ms. Lisson referenced my column and so I clicked on the link to see where it appeared online.
I won't go into the extent of the column; you can read it by clicking the link below. But I was struck by the one comment to the column that appeared right under it.
People with nothing constructive to say often post anonymously or with a fictitious screen name. In this case, the reason for hiding one's identity likely has to do with the nature of the name calling, not to mention the general vacuous nature of the overall post.
The writer starts by calling my column moronic and then proceeds to point out myriad misunderstandings, lack of knowledge, and general lack of civility not displayed by me but by the writer's rebuttal.
Just in case this person follows this blog: they are called dessert wines because they often ARE the dessert and because you don't consume them until the end of the main meal—get it?
At first, my heart raced when I read the inane comment. It's that instinctual fight or flight reaction that so often takes over our sense of reason. I made ready to post a heated response, but then I stopped to do what matters—to think.
Over my lifetime and especially ever since I started to teach wine classes, I've learned that one's efforts at educating have the best effects on those who seek to learn. You can't teach those who already know everything. Ego makes no room for rationality. Of course, this particular writer's dripping sarcasm makes a feeble attempt at covering up a lack of knowledge, but isn't that what making noise is all about?
In my view, one of the hallmarks of intelligence is a sense of irony and humor; in a reference to something I wrote about Port, the writer could not have been any clearer about his or her lack of either. Therefore, I chose not to engage the recalcitrant know-it-all but instead to vent here, where I use my real name and invite the comments of real people unafraid to tell me who they are.
I do wish that those interested in spewing venom would turn to talk radio where it belongs.
You can make your evaluation of both my column and that person's response. If you want to comment here on the matter, tell me who you are and I'll engage in the conversation—the same goes to my secret admirer, should he or she be reading this blog.
January 2009. All rights reserved.
I've said this before, but after a recent experience I had on someone else's blog, it's worth saying one more time: opinions are fine, as far as they go, and we all harbor opinions. But my wider interest is in the facts.
I can't count the many times over the course of my life when my opinion on some situation was shot down by the truth of the matter, or a small fact that I did not know existed. Over time, I learned that an opinion without accompanying facts isn't of much use to others.
I recently had the experience of questioning the opinion of a blogger concerning pairing wine with chocolate. The blogger's opinion is not only that red wine and chocolate do not pair well together, but also that a winery trying to persuade consumers that the pairing works is guilty of scamming.
The blogger's opinions would at least seem credible if some evidence of a universal nature were provided to support the universal criticism. But the blogger provides none of that.
Other than chocolate is sweet and red wine is not, the blogger says nothing enlightening about the pairing—and of course, not all chocolate is sweet and not all red wine isn't.
Even still, it would be nice to know what there is to stop a sweet chocolate from pairing with the right dry red wine? Wine and food pairings rely on texture and components. In my experience, the fruit in wine and the tannin in chocolate are often the key to whether or not there can be a marriage of the two. Blanket condemnation is off the mark.
In addition, the blogger accuses wineries of scamming consumers when they pour red wine with chocolate in their tasting rooms because consumers have been drinking. Following the logic, one can make the claim that wine tasting rooms are a big scam, because consumers are drinking and that is why they like the wine that they buy.
The blogger admitted to not having tried some of the wine and chocolate pairings that some mentioned in their comments. In my book, that doesn't lend credibility to the blanket opinion, and I hope the blogger tries some of the suggestions.
I posted anonymously because the blogger does not divulge his or her identity, claiming that the opinions might get the blogger into trouble at work.
I'm sorry to say, but the blogger's defense for anonymity does more to raise suspicion than to build confidence; the blogger proves that by suspecting my motive for commenting anonymously (which was my way of making a statement about the blogger's anonymity).
Aside from what I think of the red wine and chocolate opinion that comes without factual back up, a person must take responsibility for his or her words. If for whatever reason that isn't possible, then that person ought to re-evaluate the leap he or she has made, and the reader ought to take the opinions with a grain of chocolate—and a glass of wine!


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Cars and music….two things together that mean that I am usually not too far away or at least get a wind of…:). A new composition inspired by the famous Porsche 911 GT1 racing car was given its world premiere by the uncrowned kings of classical saxophone music in Dubai – I wasn't there which means the event didn't exactly have the diva touch but I thought since it is a unique combination of the two things I love so much, I just had to put my two cents worth in.
The world-renowned Raschèr Saxophone Quartet from Germany delivered their first public performance of the intriguing work with the title "Straßenversion" ('street legal' in English), in the second concert of The Score Classical 2013 series at Dubai's Madinat Theatre at Souk Madinat Jumeirah. The title of the new composition stems from a desire by Joanna Marsh – a British composer currently residing in Dubai – to write a piece with a subject strongly linked to Dubai.
It is named after the "Straßenversion", the road legal version of the Porsche 911 GT1 racing car built in 1997, and Marsh has dedicated the piece to Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the designer of Porsches iconic 911, who died last year. The appearance of the Rascher Saxophone Quartet from Germany was a rare treat for Dubai music lovers. The quartet appears regularly at major concert halls around the world and has inspired over 450 composers to dedicate music to them….keep an eye out for them next time!


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Our communal excitement stemmed from reports of an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box featuring Berkshire Hathaway CEO and chair Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase CEO and Business Roundtable member Jamie Dimon. During the June 7 interview, the two iconic businessmen agreed that companies should stop providing quarterly earnings guidance. NACD's researchers noticed the interview and hailed it as "great news." They praised the Business Roundtable for its "leadership" and shared links to relevant research with me, like this study asking Does the Cessation of Quarterly Earnings Guidance Reduce Investors' Short-Termism?, and this one on Moving Beyond Quarterly Guidance: A Relic of the Past from FCLTGlobal, the think tank for focusing capital on the long term.
Later that day, NACD put out a press release noting that while NACD had called for a move away from quarterly earnings guidance in the past, the problem was still lingering in 2017. The 2017–2018 NACD Public Company Survey found that nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents said that focus on long-term strategic goals has been compromised by pressure to deliver short-term results. Frankly, the finding was discouraging, considering how many years we have all been working to reverse short-termism.
Perhaps a flashback is in order. Dimon and Buffett were not the first to advise ridding corporate America of short-term guidance, and the Squawk Box interview wasn't even the first time they themselves had done so.
In June 2010, exactly eight years ago this month, NACD joined the Business Roundtable as some of the first subscribers to an Aspen Institute manifesto entitled Long-Term Value Creation: Guiding Principles for Corporations and Investors. One of the principles in that document was the recommendation that companies and investors should "avoid both the provision of, and response to, estimates of quarterly earnings and other overly short-term financial targets." I was happy to sign on. Even prior to 2010 NACD had been making recommendations against short-termism in our Blue Ribbon Commission reports, our Key Agreed Principles, and other publications, especially those addressing executive compensation.
In September 2016, I was a delegate at the General Counsel Summit on Short-Termism and Public Trust. The report from that event cited the 2016 Principles with respect to earnings guidance, as well as research from the Conference Board and others dating back more than a decade in questioning the wisdom of earnings guidance.
So looking back, the journey to end earnings guidance has been long. But that was then and this is now. Dimon today chairs the Business Roundtable (he was named chair in December 2016). And on the morning of June 7, the medium was an important part of the message: there were Dimon and Buffett, expressing their views in plain, spontaneous language, live, for all the world to see and hear in all their familiarity.
Thanks to many steps by many people over many years, the bell is tolling for earnings guidance at last. And that is indeed the best kind of progress.


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Q: Remove focus from UIButton in tvOS So I'm writing my first tvOS App (Objective C) and am having some fun with the "Focus Engine". My app is a 2 page app with a Tab Bar controller, on the main page I have a few UIButtons. On app startup if I hide the tab bar, the buttons look like I am wanting them to with them all deselected, when I swipe down one of the UIButtons obviously gets focus, and I can swipe between my various buttons, and after a specified amount of inactivity time I want it to go back to them all being unfocussed.
I start (and reset) a NSTimer when each UIButton gets focus and my intention is to remove the UIButton focus after say 10 seconds (there is a good reason for this, and it makes sense in my app / ui).
I've tried issuing a "UIButton resignFirstResponder" I've also tried to move focus back to the hidden TabBar, I even tried "preferredFocusEnvironments" but I cannot get the button highlight to come away. I also tried cycling though the buttons setting them all to "userInteractionEnabled = NO" then back again but the button retains focus. I have log lines showing the timer starting and it triggering my un-focus method when it expires, but no matter what I put in there I can't seem to get the focus to disappear.
Any ideas on how to drop the focus from a UIButton, I think part of the problem is I don't want to move it to somewhere else. I want to remove all button focus which I guess is an unusual thing to do.
Thanks in advance.
Plasma

A: I discovered a way to do it, its a bit primitive but it works and achieves the desired effect.
When the idle timer expires I create a UIButton (Custom Type) at 0,0 that is 1px high and the width of the screen. I then tell the view it needs a focus update, and to update the focus. This takes the focus from any of the main buttons and up to my 1px high button along the top of the screen.
[focusButton removeFromSuperview];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0,0,(self.view.frame.size.width),1);
focusButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
focusButton.frame = frame;
focusButton.tag = 99;
[self.view addSubview:focusButton];
[self.view setNeedsFocusUpdate];
[self.view updateFocusIfNeeded];

I then use 'didUpdateFocusInContext' to know when my 1px button has been given focus and set the button to disabled.
if(context.nextFocusedView.tag == 99){
        NSLog(@"Focus Button Has Focus");
        focusButton.enabled = NO;
}

This leaves the focus on that button which allows someone to swipe down to get to the main buttons, or up to get to the Tab Bar, once they swipe off it the 1px button is no longer selectable because is not enabled! I had to use Custom button type because system button type showed a white line over the top of the screen and tainted my labels.
Plasma

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Hurricane Florence brought damaging floods and heavy winds to the southeast. Here are a few ways the Upstate is helping those affected.
As Tropical Storm Florence moves across the southeast, residents will be left to deal with the aftermath.
The storm is expected to bring catastrophic flooding to parts of the Carolinas and cleanup could take months.
Here are a few ways folks have helped in South Carolina, and opportunities for you to offer assistance.
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Greenville County Animal Care is accepting donations for four-legged Florence evacuees. The animal shelter needs canned pate-style food, large plastic crates, towels, blankets and Karunda beds. Monetary donations are also used for transportation needs.
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The Salvation Army is accepting donations for survivors and first responders.
Packaging company Sonoco announced it's donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the Carolinas, where many of the company's employees live and work.
Walmart and Sam's Club will match customer donations made in stores or online until Sept. 21. The company agreed to match contributions two-to-one with cash donations up to $5 million. Amounts donated will go to organizations helping with relief efforts to provide shelter, food, comfort and emergency assistance, a statement from the company read.
TD Bank's Charitable Foundation is donating $50,000 each to American Red Cross of Cape Fear in North Carolina and American Red Cross of Eastern South Carolina. The donations will support immediate relief efforts in the Carolinas.
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Q: Почему в этом коде используется throw? private static String getOperandText(EditText operandEditText)  {
    String operandText = operandEditText.getText().toString();
    if(TextUtils.isEmpty(operandText)){
        throw new NumberFormatException("Operand cannot be empty");
    }
    return operandText;
}

private static Double getOperand(EditText operandEditText) {
    String operandText = getOperandText(operandEditText);
    return Double.valueOf(operandText);
}

В этом коде я получаю число, которое ввел в EditText, и если оно пустое то выбрасывается исключение. Так вот почему именно нужно выбросить исключение. Почему нельзя сделать
if(TextUtils.isEmpty(operandText)){
    TextView.setText("Cannot be empty")
}

Вот код который вызывает этот метод:
private void compute(Calculator.Operator operator) {
    double operandOne;
    double operandTwo;
    try {
        operandOne = getOperand(mOperandOneEditText);
        operandTwo = getOperand(mOperandTwoEditText);
    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
        Log.e(TAG, "NumberFormatException", nfe);
        mResultTextView.setText(getString(R.string.computationError));
        return;
    }

    String result;
    switch (operator) {
        case ADD:
            result = String.valueOf(
                    mCalculator.add(operandOne, operandTwo));
            break;
        case SUB:
            result = String.valueOf(
                    mCalculator.sub(operandOne, operandTwo));
            break;
        case DIV:
            result = String.valueOf(
                    mCalculator.div(operandOne, operandTwo));
            break;
        case MUL:
            result = String.valueOf(
                    mCalculator.mul(operandOne, operandTwo));
            break;
        default:
            result = getString(R.string.computationError);
            break;
    }
    mResultTextView.setText(result);
}

И я не пойму, что делает return внутри блока catch?
Он завершает метод compute ??!

A: Это концептуально спорный вопрос.
Некоторые считают, что если на вход в метод приходят не валидные параметры или какие-то данные, необходимые для вычисления, не валидны, то нужно выбрасывать исключение. Вполне распространённая практика.
Вот только в вашем примере, оно реализовано наполовину. Методы, выбрасывающие исключение, должны указывать, какие исключения могут быть выброшены:
private static String getOperandText(EditText operandEditText) throws NumberFormatException {
    String operandText = operandEditText.getText().toString();
    if(TextUtils.isEmpty(operandText)){
        throw new NumberFormatException("Operand cannot be empty");
    }
    return operandText;
}

Ну а return в catch выходит из метода. Т.е, метод compute дальше выполняться не будет.
В вашем примере даже если getOperandText не выбросить исключение, а просто вернёт null, то NumberFormatException всё равно вылетит в getOperand на строке Double.valueOf.


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American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP Announces Completion of Jefferson City, Missouri Hotel Renovation and Conversion to Oak Tree Inn
American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP
Feb 04, 2014, 14:59 ET
VANCOUVER, Feb. 4, 2014 /CNW/ - American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP ("AHIP") (Toronto Stock Exchange: HOT.UN; OTCQX: AHOTF) today announced the grand opening of the fully renovated Oak Tree Inn hotel located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The previously announced 77-room nationally franchised hotel was acquired on September 12, 2013 with cash. A long-term railway contract with a leading US railroad customer is now in place and new mortgage financing is expected by management to be obtained shortly.
As part of a comprehensive $1 million renovation, AHIP implemented Oak Tree Inn's brand standards at the Jefferson City property including noise, light and temperature control features desired by AHIP's railroad customers.
"The acquisition and renovation of the Jefferson City property illustrates another key step in our strategy to expand the Oak Tree Inn brand," said Robert O'Neill, CEO. "The railway industry is one that we know well and for decades Oak Tree Inn has set the standard for employee comfort and reliability by providing quality crew lodging facilities for its US railroad customers. This investment also met and exceeded all our previously stated investment criteria."
"We continue to work cooperatively with our railway customers to secure long-term contracts by investing in hotels in strategic rail locations where they have strong needs for our accommodation services and are economically beneficial to both parties."
Through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries, AHIP currently owns 38 hotels in 20 States. Within AHIP's railway contract portfolio of 34 hotel properties, 33 properties are under AHIP's "Oak Tree Inn" brand and include 23 24-hour diners under AHIP's "Penny's Diner" brand, with an additional four Oak Tree Inns and three Penny's Diners presently under construction and development.
Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "plan", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "should", and similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, without limitation, the following: the obtainment of new mortgage financing for the Jefferson City property and the focus on acquiring additional suitable hotels in strategic locations.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of key expectations and assumptions made by AHIP, including, without limitation: a reasonably stable North American economy and stock market and the ability to successfully integrate the Jefferson City property. Although the forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on what AHIP's management believes to be reasonable assumptions, AHIP cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such information.
Forward-looking information reflects current expectations of AHIP's management regarding future events and operating performance as of the date of this news release. Such information involves significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not such results will be achieved. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, without limitation, those factors that can be found under "Risk Factors" in AHIP's Annual Information Form dated March 28, 2013 and AHIP's Short Form Prospectus dated October 24, 2013.
The forward-looking statements contained herein represent AHIP's expectations as of the date of this news release, and are subject to change after this date. AHIP assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
About American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP
AHIP is a limited partnership formed under the Limited Partnerships Act (Ontario) to invest in hotel real estate properties located substantially in the United States and engaged primarily in the railroad employee accommodation, transportation, and contract-focused lodging sectors. AHIP's long-term objectives are to: (i) generate stable and growing cash distributions from hotel properties substantially in the US; (ii) enhance the value of its assets and maximize the long-term value of the hotel properties through active management; and (iii) expand its asset base and increase its Adjusted Funds From Operations per Unit through an accretive acquisition program, participation in strategic development opportunities and improvements to its properties through targeted value-added capital expenditure programs.
Additional information relating to AHIP, including its other public filings, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on AHIP's website at www.ahipreit.com.
THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR THE ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
SOURCE: American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP
Andrew Greig, Investor Relations
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Vancouver, BC V6B 5A1
AMERICAN HOTEL INCOME PROPERTIES REIT LP ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 2022 U.S. DOLLAR CASH DISTRIBUTION
AMERICAN HOTEL INCOME PROPERTIES REIT LP ANNOUNCES AUGUST 2022 U.S. DOLLAR CASH DISTRIBUTION
AMERICAN HOTEL INCOME PROPERTIES REIT LP Reports Strong Q2 2022 Results with 19.0% Growth in Revenue and 28.6% Growth in Diluted Funds from Operations ("FFO") Per Unit


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Las relaciones Estados Unidos-Seychelles son las relaciones diplomáticas entre Estados Unidos y Seychelles.

Historia

El año 1963 marcó el inicio de una presencia oficial de los EE. UU. En Seychelles cuando la Estación de Rastreo de la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU. Se construyó y se puso en funcionamiento en Mahé. Las instalaciones de la Estación de Rastreo de la USAF se ubicaron en terrenos que fueron arrendados al Gobierno de Seychelles ($ 4.5 millones anuales).

El complemento de la estación consistía de cinco miembros del personal de la Fuerza Aérea uniformados (dos oficiales y tres sargentos), 65 empleados de Loral Corporation y Johnson Instruments, y 150 empleados de Seychelles. La Estación de Seguimiento de la USAF cerró oficialmente el 30 de septiembre de 1996.

Cuerpo de paz Voluntarios sirvieron en Seychelles entre 1974 y 1995. Un consulado de EE. UU. Se abrió en mayo de 1976 y se convirtió en una Embajada después de la independencia de Seychelles en junio de 1976. La Embajada se cerró posteriormente en agosto de 1996, y los Estados Unidos abrieron una agencia consular el 2 de septiembre de 1996 para proporcionar servicios a los residentes de Seychelles. La agencia está bajo la supervisión de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Port Louis, Mauricio. El Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Mauricio también está acreditado ante Seychelles.

Los principales funcionarios de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos (todos los oficiales residentes en Port Louis, Mauricio) incluyen:
 Embajador: Cesar Cabrera

En la fuga de cables diplomáticos de los Estados Unidos [2010], un cable de 2009 reveló que los [drones aéreos no tripulados] de EE. UU. Llevaron a cabo misiones en Somalia y el Cuerno de África desde las Seychelles. Según los funcionarios de Seychelles, los drones también rastrear piratas en aguas regionales.

Referencias

 https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6268.htm

Enlaces externos
 History of Seychelles – U.S. relations

Seychelles
Estados Unidos

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The WOODCOCK family – Corporal WOODCOCK, Arthur Nixon (1885-1929)
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Arthur Nixon Woodcock (1853- 1925 born in Leicester) and Eliza Butler (c1856-1927) had four children, all born in Dunbar, East Lothian. They were Arthur Nixon (c1886-1929); Martha Elizabeth (1889-1978); Sarah Dunbar (1893-1969) and Elizabeth (1895-). Arthur was a soldier who served in the Afghan war of 1878-79 and for several years in India, rising to the rank of Brigade Sergeant Major in the Royal Artillery. The family remained in Dunbar until shortly before Arthur senior retired from the army in 1900. He was appointed recruiting Sergeant-Major in Leicester.
In February of that year Arthur became clerk at St Martin's, living with his family at 21 Asylum Street until at least the end of 1901. He also became a lieutenant of the 1st Leicester Company Boys Brigade (St Martin's) in 1901, serving as drill officer. In 1906 he took on the role of verger, and the family lived in five rooms at 1 Bruce Street.
Arthur and Eliza's son Arthur Nixon Woodhouse had blue eyes and brown hair. He joined the Royal Garrison Artillery in November 1899 at Leicester aged 14 and just 5 feet tall, weighing 93lbs. He served as a musician, playing in the Royal Artillery band at Woolwich. During this time Arthur gained a 3rd class certificate in education and two tattooed dots between the left thumb and wrist. He paid £25 to discharge himself in September 1907 (£9 of which was later repaid to him, in 1916). He returned to Leicester to live with his parents at Bruce Street.
Arthur married Lizzie Grace Cave (1883-1971), a cap sewing machinist, on 26th May 1912 at the Church of the Martyrs. Arthur described himself as 'musician'. In October of that year he played at a concert held at North Evington Infirmary. Together Arthur and Lizzie Grace they had children Arthur Nixon (21st May 1913-1985 born in Leicester) and Eric Francis (7th June 1914-1939 born in Brighton), both baptised by Norman Macleod Lang, Bishop Suffragan (not at St Martin's). On the outbreak of war Arthur senior offered himself for military service but was turned away as he was not in good health. He retired as clerk and verger to St Martin's shortly afterwards, in September 1915.
Arthur re-enlisted at Brighton on 24th August 1914, initially for three years or duration of war, as a gunner. By now he was 5'10" tall and weighed 175lbs. Lizzie Grace returned to Leicester. Arthur was promoted to bombardier a month later, then corporal in January 1917. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 21st May 1915, embarking from Southampton, to March 1919. It's not clear which regiment he was with. By 1919 Arthur had suffered 40% disablement due to a crushed limb. A temporary pension was awarded while he recovered. Arthur transferred to the Yorkshire regiment and joined a Prisoner of War camp at Ripon by 15th November 1920. He was promoted to Sergeant and appointed Bandmaster in the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment, remaining until 1922. In 1920 his wife and children were then living at 5 Cradock Road, where they remained for only a few months. Eventually Arthur left the service altogether and returned to civilian life to work as a musician, playing the cello in Mr Roland Rogers' orchestra in Bridlington. His parents also came to Bridlington, living at Hermitage Road until Arthur senior's death in January 1925. He was buried at Bridlington Cemetery. Mother Eliza returned to Leicestershire and died at Hinckley in 1927.
Life was not going well for Arthur. He had been drinking heavily since before his marriage and although he tried to curb the amount he drank, the craving increased year upon year. Money became a problem and his work was affected. He and his family lived in a down at heel flat in Fort Terrace, Bridlington. On Maundy Thursday 1929 Arthur lost his job at Bridlington Grand Pavillion. He was told that this was due to non-attendance, caused by his drinking. On Good Friday morning 29th March 1929, following several days in which Arthur drank constantly and did not go to work, Eliza woke up to find Arthur under his bed and almost dead, the room full of gas. He had buried himself in bedclothes next to the gas tap. The coroner's verdict was suicide whilst of unsound mind. When he expressed sympathy with Eliza she said "Thank you sir. It is a great pity. He would have had another chance."
After Arthur's death Lizzie Grace returned to Leicester. Son Arthur became a police constable of the Leicester City Police. Eric Francis – who was described as having a magnificent physique – became a photo-lithographic artist and worked and lodged in Birmingham whilst living with his mother at 392 Narborough Road. He was killed in a motorcycle accident at Atherstone on 11th March 1939, when he was 24. A tyre had burst, throwing him off the motorbike and fracturing his skull.
Lizzie Grace remained in Leicester where she died in 1971. She did not remarry.
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Basically, the normal story "no LBA3 soon, but maybe one day...".
I have read the post from Taringa (thank god it is in spanish xD). It's a nice story, but I don't know if it is true..
Well, we don't lose anything trying..
Hmm, where is the LBA in this picture?
For the image itself...well you can read a lot in it. And in the end we would only know when/if the game is here.
But the main part is that if it's indeed done by Didier Chanfray then the markings in the corner are less ambiguous and thus indeed relating to LBA, hehe.
Maybe they are invaders, or a lost tribe on an unseen (small) island, or creatures from the inside of the planet. Or maybe its set on another world, Twinsen has to go out and help another worlds army in order to get help for his own planet.
Yeah, afterall, there WAS an ant in the game (in the airport of otringal, along with a giraffe).
Kinda looks like my moms noodle soup.
.......... I don't know what kind of noodles these are, neither what she puts in it.
I'll give you the recipe.
And a whole lots meat!
Well the ants do match the design and color of those seen on Otringal in LBA 2. And they clearly said they were from another planet. And Zeelich had regular flying saucer flights with Zirla. So I'd dare say the ants come from Zirla, and that the place we see on that sketch is actually somewhere on Zirla. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if FunFrock still isn't dead, and instead smehow ended on Zirla.
Ooh. Could somebody find a picture of the ant fella from Otringal for reference?
I actually had no idea about these other two planets until I checked the Twinsunica!
""2:55 p.m., shuttle 65 38, destination planet Zirla for fly safari... 3:20 p.m., shuttle 007, destination red planet...""
If this art is real, it's indicative of LBA3 taking place on at least one other planet on Twinsun, which is pretty cool news as Fred hasn't clearly answered that question AFAIK. It could be a desert island invasion, but the surface and background look really alien.
What's with the big 'T!' at the top?
Last edited by Jast; 2011-01-23 at 08:03.
THe big T means "Taringa". It's the logo of a spanish online community.
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There is also another planet named "garbage planet". Think there isn't much room for doubt that Earth was meant by it.
I always thought that LBA3 will take place only on Twinsun, according to this site.
By the way, does anyone know anything about it ?
Where did this site get all those facts from? I doubt Adeline would have revealed so much information on a pre-production game.
On the bottom right, to the right of the numbers, is that a self-portrait sketched over there?
Yeah, looks very much like him.


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Q: Best way to delete all rows in a table using NHibernate? To keep my integration tests independent I remove all old data and insert new test data before each test. Is there a better way of doing this than simply querying for all entities and deleting them one by one?
I have considered writing a stored proc that runs "delete from tablename;" for each table that is to be cleared. That ought to quite a bit faster, but it would be nice to do it without doing SQL queries or calling SPs via NH.
I'm using vanilla NHibernate and Linq to NHibernate. I beleive Castle Active Record has something like Foo.DeleteAll(), but I don't want to use Active Record for this project.
Any ideas?
Thanks /Erik
UPDATE:
Since this question was asked and answered, progress has been made by the NHibernate team. As Ayende explains in this blog post, you can now execute DML queries directly, without NHibernate having to fetch any entities.
To delete all Foo objects you could do like this:
using (ISession session = ...)
using (ITransaction transaction = session.BeginTransaction())
{
    session.CreateQuery("delete Foo f").ExecuteUpdate();

    transaction.Commit();
}

This query would generate the following SQL:
delete from Foo

which aught to be significantly faster than fetching the entities first and then deleting them. Be careful though, since queries like these do not affect the level 1 cache.

A: With NHibernate 5.0 you can now simply do:
session.Query<Foo>().Delete();

Documentation:
    //
    // Summary:
    //     Delete all entities selected by the specified query. The delete operation is
    //     performed in the database without reading the entities out of it.
    //
    // Parameters:
    //   source:
    //     The query matching the entities to delete.
    //
    // Type parameters:
    //   TSource:
    //     The type of the elements of source.
    //
    // Returns:
    //     The number of deleted entities.
    public static int Delete<TSource>(this IQueryable<TSource> source);

A: In the TearDown of my UnitTests, I mostly do this:
using( ISession s = ... )
{
   s.Delete ("from Object o");
   s.Flush();
}

This should delete all entities.
If you want to delete all instances of one specific entity, you can do this:
using( ISession s = .... )
{
    s.Delete ("from MyEntityName e");
    s.Flush();
}

Offcourse, there's a drawback with this method, and that is that NHibernate will first fetch the entities before deleting them.

A: I use Fluent Nhibernate attributes so I modify code a little in order not to hardcore table names
private static void CleanUpTable<T>(ISessionFactory sessionFactory)
{
    var metadata = sessionFactory.GetClassMetadata(typeof(T)) as NHibernate.Persister.Entity.AbstractEntityPersister;
    string table = metadata.TableName;

    using (ISession session = sessionFactory.OpenSession())
    {
        using (var transaction = session.BeginTransaction())
        {
            string deleteAll = string.Format("DELETE FROM \"{0}\"", table);
            session.CreateSQLQuery(deleteAll).ExecuteUpdate();

            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }
}

usage
CleanUpTable<Person>(sessionFactory);


The unit is attached to the Support Command and carries out activities and measures to provide medical care, as well as to achieve, maintain and protect the optimal health of the Slovenian Armed Forces service members. The Health Centre assesses candidates' abilities for military service, as well as hazards in the workplace which affect the health of employees. It also sees to preventive health measures for the service members of the Slovenian Armed Forces. The Veterinary Unit carries out preventive measures regarding contagious and parasitic diseases, and monitors the epizoologic situation in Slovenia and in the world. It systematically breeds dogs for the purposes of the Slovenian Armed Forces, and trains them in detecting explosives and illegal drugs, searching for missing persons and performing guard-patrol tasks. The Unit also trains dog-handlers.
In the past, medical support in the Slovenian Territorial Army was provided by the National Health System (NHS). The medical personnel were employed by the NHS, and all employees of the system were reservists in the territorial army. Due to size of the military and the present developments in the military medical corps of other nations, the country strongly supports close civil-military Cooperation, especially in the field of medicine. The aim of the military medical corps is to provide the same level of medical care that is available. Since the level of medical care in Slovenia is relatively high, this is a very demanding task for the military and is resolved by the rational use of available medical personnel in the country. For maintaining the skill and knowledge, medical personnel need daily routine work with patients. For maintaining the ability to cope with military surrounding, personnel needs to fulfill some military tasks. The current organization and plans for the future are presented.


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David Blue's Twitter History
A reference document chronologically narrating my last 13 years using Twitter every day.
Four minutes after midnight on June 20th, 2009, I began my adult life on the Social Web with a lie. I've thought a lot about what 15-year-old me could have possibly been thinking when I first Tweeting "Watching Jimmy!" from Twitter in the browser on my 2008 MacBook[^1] Of course, I've asked myself which fucking Jimmy, but not for years. Long ago, I realized that I could not have been talking about none or neither – there was no television in my mother's house which could have been on at that hour.
Watching Jimmy!
— ※ David Blue ※ (@NeoYokel) June 20, 2009
If you cared to, you might surmise that this beginning indicates something profound about the nature of the Social Web, but you'd be wrong. In this particular case, at least, the fact that a dishonest pop culture reference was the first thing to come to my 15-year-old mind indicates only that I was deeply unsocialized – a young man who had only just a year prior shifted lifestyles entirely. After a childhood spent partially on a row-crop farm and indulging the activities and interests uniquely enabled by such a situation, I had cut that part of my life out entirely and moved in the suburban house full time of my mother and stepfather. As an idiot youth, I naturally had no capacity to understand the effect this decision would have on my person and my day-to-day life. Namely, it began my preoccupation with consumer technology.
I had a single friend[^2], Austin, who was even remotely as interested as I became in tweaking MacOS/iOS and would have an inexpressible amount of influence on my computing life. Though he lived only 25 minutes away, we'd exclusively hang out over FaceTime(?) for hours, sharing OSX customizations and links to videos by Mark Watson (SoldierKnowsBest) and Jon Rettinger (John4Lakers.) It was an extremely exciting time in consumer technology, we thought. I felt it, in that way a lot of us find ourselves desperately reaching back for.
History will suggest, no doubt, that my being among the earliest iPhone adopters predisposed me to make that Twitter account, even though my first Tweets were made from a desktop. I'm not entirely sure how much capital-T Truth would be in that.
My first generation iPhone, Bob Geldoff, in 2011.
Perhaps something entirely unique to Twitter is its way of justifying itself in one's professional life persistently across any modern professional aspirations. When I thought I might write about technology for a living (pre-2010,) I knew a Twitter presence mattered. When I thought I might about cars for a living (and eventually did, post-2011,) I knew and exemplified how much a Twitter presence mattered. It was through Twitter that I met the only person to ever publish me, that the then-Editor-in-Chief of Autoweek "discovered" me, and through DMs that he asked me to apply for a job.[^3] Even from the very beginning, this was true, somehow, though it was so in a less disaparagable sense, I'd say.
If you wanna rick roll me, just call me.
Its my ringtone.
— David Blue ※ (? ? ? ? ????) (@NeoYokel) January 15, 2010
I was generally intolerable in 2010. This remained true until a new high school friend group cultured and socialized me around 2011-2012, which is when they introduced me to many of the original "weird Twitter"[^4] friend group of which I still count many as current friends.
My peak Vine phase, though none of it is recollectable easily. I began my 7-year-long career in convenience in the Spring of 2014 working for the busiest of two HyVee gas stations in town.
THE PUMPS ARE LEARNING
— Gas Station Memes (@GasStationMemes) December 23, 2016
[1] My first and only Mac. In the greater context of Mac History, also a particularly interesting outlier, in my opinion. It was the only model year an aluminum-bodied Apple machine ever bore the name "MacBook" as opposed to "MacBook Pro" and the only said machine to have a removable battery, which – in my case – certainly encouraged some absurd behavior. [2] Single as in one friend. [3] Unfortunately, I declined to do so and you don't want to know why, I promise. [4] I'm genuinely sorry for using this term. I debated adding four whole quotation marks on each side.


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Q: Maintain/Build Debian packages from Ubuntu It looks like it is possible to cross-build Debian packages from Ubuntu, but all the documents I found from the Internet are not very clear.
I'm wondering if someone can give me some clear and simple instructions.
Thanks

A: As you said in comment xpt, chroot is path to go. I wanted to add cowbuild which makes such workflow very easy working with multiple distributions and releases.
Guide: wiki.debian.org/cowbuilder


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The Queen Wants to Pay You to Tweet on Her Behalf
Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Between all her royal waving and Corgi-walking, one could hardly expect that Queen Elizabeth II—who just made history as she celebrated her 65th year on Britain's throne—has the time to fire off a 140-character commentary on her day to the 2.77 million people who follow her @RoyalFamily on Twitter. Though she did hit "send" on the account's first tweet back in late 2014, then typed out a personal message of thanks for all the well-wishes on her 90th birthday, the Head of the Commonwealth is in need of some social media help. Which is where you could come in.
The Evening Standard reports that the Royal Household is looking for a Digital Communications Officer to join the Queen's "fast-paced and dynamic team," with the primary goal of "finding new ways to maintain The Queen's presence in the public eye and on the world stage." The ideal candidate will have keen editorial and photography skills, be flexible and proactive, and have previous experience overseeing websites and digital communications, "preferably in a high-profile environment." In addition to tweeting on Her Majesty's behalf, you'll also manage her Facebook and YouTube pages, as well as her personal website.
In addition to an annual salary of £30,000 (about $37,500 per year), the job listing states that the chosen candidate "can look forward to a comprehensive benefits package, including a 15 percent employer contribution pension scheme (after six months), 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays, and access to training and development to support your continuous professional development."
It should be noted that the job is not a permanent one; it's a year-long position to cover a maternity leave. Which gives you 365 days to make yourself indispensable to the Royal Family, especially if you can convince The Queen to live tweet the next season of Game of Thrones.
[h/t: Evening Standard]
fun social-media technology


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Patient Care Recognition Research Women in Surgery
By William Morris • May 21, 2020 December 15, 2020
Car wrecks, falls, acts of violence and sport-related accidents are some of the most common causes of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The cervical spinal cord is the top part of the spine, located in the neck, and consists of the C1-C7 vertebrae. SCI is a devastating, life altering injury that damages the nerves connecting the brain to the rest of the body. Depending on the location of the injury, SCI can leave a person partially or completely paralyzed.
In July of 2019, Ida Fox, MD, Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was invited to review and write the commentary for a case series published in The Lancet. The case series, authored by Natasha van Zyl, observes the outcomes of two types of procedures used to restore upper limb movement to people with SCI: tendon and nerve transfer.
Fox, a peripheral nerve and hand and wrist surgeon at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, knows these procedures well.
Tendon transfer surgery helps to restore function by using a muscle in the arm that is still functioning, and connecting that muscle to others that are not. Because there are multiple muscles that are able to perform the same function, such as bending the elbow, surgeons can take a redundant muscle for this purpose. Tendon transfer is like "tying ropes together," Fox describes, so that the individual can mechanically manipulate their hand by moving the functioning arm muscle.
"Tendon transfer creates something like an internal pincher or power gripper," Fox says.
Nerve transfer surgery is a newer tool for people with SCI. Similar to tendon transfer, nerve transfers use something that is working, but extra. If there are nerves in the arm that connect to the brain above the level of SCI, the brain can still talk to those nerves. Fox transfers a functional nerve to the hand, making it possible for the hand and brain to communicate again. If tendon transfer is like tying together ropes, nerve transfer is more similar to rewiring a circuit.
"Nerve transfer," Fox observes, "tends to offer more fine motor skills, control and dexterity."
As opposed to a power gripper with an opening and closing function, nerve transfer allows the individual more natural finger movement.
"In both tendon and nerve transfer, we restore function using the tools and parts available," Fox says. "Restoring form and function is what plastic and reconstructive surgeons do."
Actions most people never think twice about—shaking hands or lifting a water bottle—become awkward and difficult, if not impossible, for people with cervical SCI that limits their upper extremity function. Tendon and nerve transfer offer subtle but important changes in motion, giving individuals new independence. The literature says that many people rank hand movement as more important than sexual function or the ability to walk.
"For people without hand function," Fox says, "a little goes a long way in terms of their independence."
According to Fox, though, which procedure is best depends on the person.
In her Lancet commentary, Fox writes that, in her experience, "each person with spinal cord injury responds uniquely, and injury patterns, clinical examinations, electrodiagnostic testing, social situations, and functional goals are diverse. Shared physician-patient decision making is imperative to develop a plan that meets an individual's expectations and biopsychosocial situation."
Nothing Is Ever Black and White
Fox, who is Co-Director of the Center for Nerve Injury and Paralysis, completed her medical training at University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, where she first worked with people who had SCI, performing flap procedures to treat pressure sores, many of whom had injuries of the spinal cord.
Fox learned another important concept while at Rochester: biopsychosocial medicine.
"Practicing biopsychosocial medicine means doing what's right for the right person at the right time," Fox says. This means seeing more than the physical aspects of an individual's condition. Fox accounts for the person's psychological status—their goals, expectations and feelings—and social circumstances. Important social aspects for someone with cervical SCI might include their level of caregiver support, access to resources during the recovery process, insurance coverage and the ways in which they will use their hands after the surgery.
Ida Fox, MD
Biologically, some people might not be candidates for one or either surgical option. Psychologically, the individual's goals and the reality of what surgery can offer must align. Socially, there has to be the proper support system in place to achieve recovery and positive results. Applying a biopsychosocial approach to patient care has helped Fox provide the best care for each person, whether they receive nerve or tendon transfer, or no surgery at all.
"Ida Fox is providing such a necessary service for individuals with cervical spinal cord injury," says Division Chief Justin Sacks, MD, MBA. "This work builds on the division's strong history of groundbreaking research and clinical care in nerve reconstruction."
Sacks recognizes the incredible value of nerve transfer surgery for people with cervical SCI, and the important innovations in the area driven by his predecessor, Susan Mackinnon.
"Susan Mackinnon revolutionized the field of peripheral nerve transfer," Fox says of her early mentor at the School of Medicine.
Susan Mackinnon, MD
Susan Mackinnon, MD, former Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and recipient of a 2020 Distinguished Educator Award from the School of Medicine, is a pioneer of nerve surgery. Fox recalls Mackinnon performing the first nerve transfer surgery for a person with SCI. Tom Wachtel, a trauma surgeon injured in a devastating car accident, was left quadriplegic. At the time, it was uncertain how much nerve transfer could help a quadriplegic person. Nine months passed before Wachtel wiggled his finger and thumb—feats previously impossible for him. From there, he continued to regain function as he recovered, garnering Mackinnon and the School of Medicine international attention.
After this groundbreaking procedure, Mackinnon knew the division would see more cases—they had discovered a way of restoring function for individuals who previously had no options. The medical school needed someone to take on nerve transfer for SCI, which would become a vital service for people in need.
Fox stepped up.
She had experience with SCI, she had studied nerve transfer with Mackinnon and she had the sensitivity to understand biopsychosocial needs of her patients. Fox met with other experts, collaborated with her colleagues in plastic and reconstructive surgery and identified the need for a multidisciplinary team, including therapists, SCI physicians, people with cervical SCI and caregivers, fellows, nurses, neurologists and researchers.
Today, her research focuses on helping people make informed choices about their treatment. Fox is the principal investigator on a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research project studying natural recovery after cervical SCI and surgical treatments to restore upper extremity function, with the ultimate goal of developing a decision aid that guides individuals through the facts of SCI and helps them make informed, evidence-based decisions that fit their goals.
Fox's passion for biopsychosocial medicine originates in her training at University of Rochester, but her interest in people stretches back much further. Her mother came to the United States from Japan on a Fulbright scholarship to study English, planning to return to Japan as an English teacher. Instead, she met Fox's father, a science writer, and stayed in the United States. Fox recalls visiting Japan on rare occasions, mostly for funerals.
"We didn't speak Japanese at home, because my mother was supposed to be an English teacher," Fox says. "I wanted to take Japanese in college, but I was already too busy with pre-med classes and a full schedule." The Japanese culture of her mother's past was intriguing and curious to Fox. "I really wanted to connect with that part of my heritage."
Her solution was to defer medical school for a year after graduating college, putting her busy life on pause. Between college and medical school, Fox lived in Japan for a year, immersing herself in the culture and experiencing something far different from what awaited her in Rochester. Fox finally learned Japanese. She stayed with family friends, taught English like her mother had trained to do, and traveled.
Fox with her daughter and Japanese teacher at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, in 2017.
For part of that year, Fox waitressed at a busy restaurant with an international clientele.
"I'm good at memorizing peoples' drinks. If I weren't a surgeon, I would probably be a bartender," Fox says. "I had an uncanny ability to memorize what people ordered, whether it was in English, French, Japanese or whatever language. That short-term memory was very useful in medical school!"
While working at the restaurant, Fox rented a small apartment in Tokyo. "Basically, it was an expensive closet with a curtain instead of a door," she says. The apartment was far from ideal, but it allowed her to stay close to the culture, experiencing life in Tokyo and work in a thriving, worldly environment. "I was having so much fun, meeting so many people from all over the world and speaking all of these languages."
When she returned home, Fox brought with her a world of experience. She had reconnected with a distant part of her family, and would soon start a family of her own. She studied medicine at Rochester, and with Mackinnon at Washington University, then joined the faculty in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. In Fox's mind, the decision to stay at Washington University was an easy one.
"There are very few places in the country where you can practice at a center that does level 1 trauma, oncologic, transplant, reconstructive and nerve transfer surgery. In most big cities, these services are all divided up," Fox says. "Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital are a perfect fit for me, because I want to do it all."
Family is another deciding factor for Fox, who has a husband and daughter. Life for Fox is busy, and she acknowledges that things are not always in perfect balance—she and her husband prep a week worth of meals at a time and have to eat the same thing for breakfast and dinner each day; her home office is a bit of a mess—but she is providing care that greatly improves the lives of individuals with SCI, and she has the time to spend with her husband and daughter.
"My daughter is going to be young once," Fox says. "I try to focus on what's important. At Washington University, there's a very human mindfulness for what matters. It's hard at times, being a busy surgeon, but in the long run you find balance."
Fox with her daughter in Kyoto, Japan, in 2017.
Fox brings that delicate balance to work, where she helps patients make informed choices about their care. She is excited by the possibilities of nerve and tendon transfer surgery for patients with SCI, but also emphasizes the importance of finding the right solution for each person. "We hope," she writes in concluding her commentary for The Lancet, "that increased awareness of nerve transfer surgery will stimulate early referral, wide discussion, and appropriate use of this treatment option throughout the world."
Barnes-Jewish HospitalCollaborationDepartment of SurgeryIda FoxInnovationJustin SacksNerve ReconstructionPlastic and Reconstructive SurgerySpinal Cord InjurySusan MackinnonWomen in Surgery


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Larry Wruck
Larry Wruck's career is abit of an anomoly in this day an age of free agents and switching teams. Wruck played junior football with the highly successfull Saskatoon Hilltops and joined Edmonton as a free agent in 1985. Wruck remained an Eskmo for the next 12 seasons until he rtired after the 1996 season.
Wruck won only one West All-Star during his career with Edmonton (1989), but definitgely established himself as one of the top Canadian Linebackers of that era. In fact, Wruck was twice (1994 and 1995) named the Outstanding Canadian in the West.
Wruck put up some pretty decent numbers also during his career. He had 15 career fumble recoveries, 13 career interceptions, including a career high of 6 in 1995, and 40 career quarterback sacks from his linebacker position. Besides individual honours, Wruck enjoyed a fair amount of team success as well during his career as Edmonton went to four Grey Cups. Wruck and the Eskimos went 2-2 with wins in 1987 and 1993 asnd losses in 1986 and 1990.
Larry Wruck in Wikipedia
Wruck Named to Edmonton Wall of Fame
Lary Wruck on Cfl scrapbook
GP, Tackles, Knickdowns and Sacks
1985 EDM 16
1987 EDM 18 70
1991 EDM 18 51 8 59 3 18
1992 EDM 18 94 9 103 10 35
1993 EDM 17 59 7 66 3 4
Interceptions and Fumble Returns
TDInt
1985 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 4.5 1 9
1986 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1989 EDM 2 3 1.5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Blocked Kicks
1985 EDM 0 0 0 0
KO and Punt Returns
1989 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -1 0 -1
1992 EDM 1 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
1985 EDM 0
1986 EDM 0 0 0


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Girls hurry to a CAFOD-funded school in Dereig camp in Darfur. Millions of people have fled their homes because of conflict.
The people of Sudan have suffered from a series of long and bloody civil wars. Since South Sudan became independent in July 2011, maintenance of the peace between the two nations has been fragile.
Meanwhile, in the west of Sudan, continuing conflict in Darfur has driven more than two million people from their homes and is estimated to have killed more than 300,000 since 2004. Today, the continued volatility of the region means that most of those living in camps are unable to return to their land or rebuild their villages.
CAFOD in Sudan
We have been supporting projects in Darfur since 2004 as part of a major emergency programme organised by the two main international church-based networks, Caritas Internationalis and Action by Churches Together Alliance. The programme is a lifeline for half a million people, providing water and sanitation, health clinics, treatment for malnutrition, education, and support for people in making a living.
We are also supporting children whose families have been displaced by fighting in other parts of the country. We are helping to provide emergency education, and support for local families in making a living.
Watch this film from 2013 which shows some of the work CAFOD has been supporting in Darfur in the 10 years since the beginning of the conflict between a range of rebel movements, government-backed militias and the Sudanese armed forces.
Read about the lives of Rawia, Mohammed and Amina - three Sudanese people who live in refugee camps in Darfur.
Latest Ebola outbreak in DRC explained
Rohingya Crisis: Your donations continue to reach vulnerable families
Blogs from Sudan
People of Darfur still hope for peace
A water standpipe makes life safer for women in Khamsa Dagaig camp, Darfur
Visiting CAFOD partner programmes in Darfur


LEO VARADKAR IS the Irish public's overwhelming favourite to be the next Taoiseach after a general election.
The Social Protection Minister last week signalled his interest in taking over from Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader and, subsequently, as Taoiseach. And it seems like he has the support of many Irish people.
That's according to a new Claire Byrne Live/Amárach Research poll, released tonight. The Claire Byrne Live /Amárach Research Panel consists of over 1,000 Irish adults, all aged 18+.
Who is your preferred Taoiseach following the next general election?
In a Sunday Business Post/Red C poll published yesterday, Varadkar edged ahead of Housing Minister Simon Coveney by 29% support to 27%.
Speaking yesterday on RTÉ's Marian Finucane Show, Varadkar said that it was important to remember that there was no leadership contest launched, and he apologised to the public that they would have to listen to political rumours about it for the next six weeks.
Email "Irish people have one overwhelming favourite for the next Taoiseach".
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