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2007 FORD F-150: NEW MODELS, LOWER PRICES, A LONGER WARRANTY AND NOW RATED TO TOW UP TO 10,500 LBS.
* The Ford F-150 will enter the 2007 model year with suggested retail prices up to $1,400 lower than 2006, and the best warranty and roadside assistance package of any new full-size pickup truck.
* F-150?s maximum tow rating is up 600 lbs. to a class-leading 10,500 lbs.
* F-150?s best-in-class maximum payload is 3,050 lbs.
* New models include the Ford F-150 FX2 Sport unveiled in April, and the Ford Harley-Davidson? SuperCrew, which will be unveiled in August at the 66 th annual Sturgis Rally.
* Ford, which has been gaining share in the full-size pickup truck segment in 2006, is on the road to its 30 th consecutive year of leadership, having sold 85,407 more trucks than its closest competitor.
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 2, 2006 - The Ford F-150 ? the flagship American pickup truck ? will enter the 2007 model year with two new body styles, 600 pounds greater towing capability, the best warranty and roadside assistance package of any full-size pickup truck and suggested retail prices that will be up to $1,400 lower, including destination charges.
By cab style, the average price reductions are $720 for Regular Cab models, $830 for SuperCabs and $949 for SuperCrews. Prices including destination will now begin at $19,120 for the F-150 XL Regular Cab 4x2 and range up to $39,565 for the F-150 Lariat King Ranch SuperCrew 4x4.
New models for 2007 include the Ford F-150 FX2 Sport, unveiled in April, which will begin at $29,470, and the Harley-Davidson SuperCrew, which will be unveiled at the 66 th annual Sturgis Rally in Sturgis, SD ? the largest gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts in the world ? which begins Aug. 7.
The F-150 FX2 Sport features a dark billet grille, clear headlamps with platinum bezels and a sporty, deep front valance. The monochromatic paint scheme adds body color to exterior components such as the bumper fascias, side mirror caps and door handles. Unique 18-inch wheels and a chrome exhaust tip complete the exterior package. The interior features black captain?s chairs in cloth or leather, and a flow-through center console with a floor shifter.
?The Ford F-Series has been gaining market share this year and we are well on our way to our 30 th consecutive year as the full-size truck leader, thanks to a philosophy of putting the customer?s needs first,? said John Felice, Ford Brand Group Marketing Manager. ?It?s a philosophy that has helped shape the Way Forward plan and our drive to systematically improve the value and appeal of all Ford products through bold design, more standard features, greater capability, straightforward pricing and superior warranty and roadside assistance coverage.?
Last week, Ford announced that the redesigned 2007 Ford Expedition would launch in September with suggested retail prices an average of $4,300 lower than 2006 models, and a starting price of only $29,995, including destination.
On July 14, the company announced that it would offer the best warranty and roadside assistance package of any full-line automaker by increasing its powertrain limited warranty and complimentary roadside assistance package on all Ford and Mercury vehicles to 5 years or 60,000 miles ? 66 percent longer than the powertrain warranties offered on most General Motors and Chrysler Group products. On Lincoln products, the powertrain warranty and roadside assistance package is even longer ? up to 6 years or 70,000 miles.
In addition, the company has made side curtain air bags standard equipment on 14 additional Ford and Mercury nameplates for the 2007 model year
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3,000 Russians under contract to the 'Wagner group' have fought in Syria since 2015
MOSCOW: Before he was killed by a sniper in Syria at age 23, Ivan Slyshkin wrote a poignant message on social media to his fiancee: "We will see each other soon — and I will hold you as tight as I possibly can."
But Slyshkin's name won't be found among the Russian Defense Ministry's official casualties in the fight against Daesh extremists.
That's because the young man who left his hometown of Ozyorsk in the Ural mountains was one of thousands of Russians deployed to Syria by a shadowy, private military contractor known as Wagner, which the government doesn't talk about.
Slyshkin's gravestone depicts him holding a machine gun, according to a local news website Znak.com that sent a reporter to his March 2 funeral in Ozyorsk, where friends said he joined Wagner to earn money to pay for his wedding.
"He was in Wagner's group," his friend Andrei Zotov told The Associated Press, adding that Slyshkin was killed as the security forces were advancing on the Al Shayer oil field north of Palmyra.
"There are many good guys there. He volunteered to join the company," Zotov said. "Like many Russian fighters, he wanted to solve his money issues."
The St. Petersburg-based website Fontanka reported that about 3,000 Russians under contract to the Wagner group have fought in Syria since 2015, months before Russia's two-year military campaign helped to turn the tide of the civil war in favour of Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime Moscow ally.
When Putin went to a Russian air base in Syria on Monday and told Russian troops that "you are coming back home with victory," he did not mention the private contractors. Russian troops are expected to remain in Syria for years while the contractors are likely to stay to guard lucrative oil and gas fields under a contract between the Syrian government and another Russian company allegedly linked to a businessman known as "Putin's chef" for his close ties to the Kremlin.
Proxy fighters like Slyshkin have played a key role in Syria. In addition to augmenting troops officially sent by Moscow, their secret deployment has helped keep the official Russian death toll low as Putin seeks re-election next year.
The Russian Defense Ministry has said 41 of its troops have died in Syria. But according to Fontanka, another 73 private contractors have been killed there.
The Kremlin and the Defense Ministry have stonewalled questions about Russians fighting in Syria in a private capacity. Private contractors have been used by countries like the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan for years. Russian law forbids the hiring of mercenaries or working as one.
But Russia has used such proxies before — in the conflict to help pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine since 2014. One Russian commander boasted of working alongside Russian troops who said they were "on vacation" while fighting in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry has refused to say how many of its troops are in Syria, although one estimate based on absentee ballots cast in the Russian parliamentary election last year indicated 4,300 personnel were deployed there. That number probably rose this year because Moscow sent Russian military police to patrol "de-escalation zones."
"The Russian people are not very enthused by the idea of an empire that would involve their boys coming home in body bags. There's clearly a lack [of] enthusiasm for this conflict," said Mark Galeotti, senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague.
"By having this military company Wagner, they can have a force they can actually deploy … but when people die, it doesn't have to be announced," Galeotti said.
Fontanka, which is respected for its independent reporting, has obtained what it described as Wagner's spreadsheets and recruitment forms that indicate thousands of Russians have fought in Syria. Of about 3,000 Wagner employees deployed to Syria over the years, the single largest contingent at a given time has been about 1,500, said Denis Korotkov, a reporter for Fontanka.
Since 2015, at least 73 of them have died, he said.
Another investigative group, Conflict Intelligence Team, or CIT, put the number of private contractor deaths at 101. Both outlets say those are conservative estimates.
"The most important proof is people, dead and alive, who have said they are mercenaries and their relatives say there are mercenaries," said CIT founder Ruslan Leviev. "How would hundreds of people all over the country collude and come up with the same story?"
Activists with CIT made a name for the group by combing social media and other records for Russia's involvement in Ukraine and are doing the same for Syria.
Both Fontanka and CIT published photos from what they called a Wagner training base in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia. Some of the facilities look identical to those seen in official Defense Ministry photos of a military base in Molkino, in the same area.
Agreements signed with the security companies have kept the private contractors and members of their families from speaking to the media about their activities. Survivors receive generous compensation for keeping silent, and most attempts by AP to contact relatives and friends of those killed have been unsuccessful.
Media in southern Russia reported the death of Alexander Karchenkov in Syria in November 2016. The BelPressa website showed the mayor of his hometown of Stary Oskol giving a medal to Karchenkov's tearful widow, Marina, and mother.
Marina Karchenkova said her husband went to Syria as a contract soldier because he "had children to raise."
In a handwritten form dated December 2015, Karchenkov said he was unemployed, serving in the Soviet army in 1989-1991 and as a volunteer in Kosovo in 1998-2000.
In October, Daesh released video of two Russian captives it said had been fighting in Syria, and one of them identified himself as Roman Zabolotny and said the other was Grigory Tsurkanu. The Defense Ministry denied they were Russian servicemen, and media reports said they were working for Wagner. Their fate at the hands of the extremists is unknown.
The Wagner group was founded by retired Lt. Col. Dmitry Utkin, who came under US sanctions in June after the Treasury Department said the company had recruited former soldiers to join the separatists fighting in Ukraine. Utkin was photographed a year ago at a Kremlin banquet thrown by Putin to honour military veterans.
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The other LMSs on the market do not seem to have this limitation. Canvas does a lot of things right, but I am afraid that this may be a deal breaker. It would not be feasible to redesign thousands of courses from scratch.
Interesting. I tried the file method and linking it to modules and it worked. However, it looks very strange having all the modules link to Files, with the associated breadcrumbs as well.
The majority of our courses rely heavily on CSS to make the course come together. It would be really hard to convince faculty to give up features, especially one that allows them a lot of control over their own course.
Not ideal, but it is something.
Dan , I definitely understand the desire of faculty to have a lot of control over their course and how it looks/works. In our previous LMS faculty had a lot more control over how their courses looked/worked and when moving to Canvas wished they had more control.
Yet, to be totally honest, since moving to Canvas it's made things a LOT better/easier for our students. No, the course doesn't look as "cool" (in the eye of the beholder) or function the exact same, but there is a certain amount of comfort and security in knowing that for every course the environment will look pretty close to the same and things will function pretty much the same. We actually did some survey's on this and students indicated that they liked the clean and straight-forward look of Canvas better than our previous LMS (where each course could look totally different). We also track the number and type of student help tickets we get and the number of "I can't find X, Y, Z in my course" tickets went down significantly after switching to Canvas. And last, and honestly the only reason I thought of it when I read your response, is that I had a faculty member in my office yesterday talking about how as an Instructor he misses being able to easily customize his course, but that it's actually made his life easier because students can navigate and find things in his courses easier in Canvas - which majorly cuts down on the questions he gets about where things are or that students can't find things. Overall he said it was worth it to loose the easy customizations to have the better/easier to use environment for the students.
Just my musings, but I hope they help!
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Q: Sylvester Equation over GF(2) I know that a Sylvester equation $$AX+XB=0$$ has nontrivial solutions exactly when there is a common eigenvalue of $A$ and $-B$. This is because if there is a common eigenvalue $k$, then there exists a column eigenvector $v$ of $A$ and a row eigenvector $w$ of $-B$. Then $vw$ is a nontrivial solution to the equation: $$A(vw)+(vw)B=(Av)w+v(wB)=kvw-kvw=0$$
But what if we are working with $GF(2)$? Suppose the characteristic polynomials of $A$ and $-B$ are both $x^2+x+1$. This polynomial is irreducible over $GF(2)$, so $A$ and $-B$ do not share an eigenvalue in $GF(2)$. But they share an eigenvalue in $\mathbb{C}$, so does this mean there is a nontrivial solution in $GF(2)$ or not? The argument above certainly doesn't work because $vw$ isn't necessarily in $GF(2)$.

A: Let us assume that the characteristic polynomials $\chi_A$ and $\chi_{-B}$ have a common irreducible factor $p$. Let $C$ be the companion matrix of $p$. Then $A$ is similar to an upper triangular block matrix with $C$ in the upper left corner and $-B$ is similar to a lower triangular block matrix with $C$ in the upper left corner (other diagonal blocks can be chosen as the companion matrices of the other irreducible factors of the characteristic polynomials.) Hence we have
$$
A=S_A
\begin{pmatrix}
C & \star & \dots & \star \\
0 & \star & \ddots & \vdots \\
\vdots & \ddots & \ddots & \star \\
0 & \dots & 0 & \star
\end{pmatrix}
S_A^{-1}
$$
and
$$
-B=S_B^{-1}
\begin{pmatrix}
C & 0 & \dots & 0 \\
\star & \star & \ddots & \vdots \\
\vdots & \ddots & \ddots & 0 \\
\star & \dots & \star & \star
\end{pmatrix}
S_B
$$
Now choose
$$
X=S_A
\begin{pmatrix}
I & 0 & \dots & 0 \\
0 & 0 & \ddots & \vdots \\
\vdots & \ddots & \ddots & 0 \\
0 & \dots & 0 & 0
\end{pmatrix}
S_B
$$
where $I$ is the identity matrix of the same size as $C$.
Then
$$
AX = X(-B) = S_A
\begin{pmatrix}
C & 0 & \dots & 0 \\
0 & 0 & \ddots & \vdots \\
\vdots & \ddots & \ddots & 0 \\
0 & \dots & 0 & 0
\end{pmatrix}
S_B
$$
Note: We only need the first $d$ columns of $S_A$ and the first $d$ rows of $S_B$, where $d$ is the degree of $p.$ The columns of $S_A$ can be found by choosing one vector $v$ of the kernel of $p(A)$ and use $A^kv,\; k=0,\ldots d-1$ as the first $d$ columns of $S_A.$ (Similar approach for $S_B$, but we must pay attention to get the same $C$ and not its transpose.)
Edit
We have to find $d$ column vectors $v_0,\ldots,v_{d-1}$ such that
$$
A \begin{pmatrix} & & \\ v_0 & \dots & v_{d-1} \\ & & \end{pmatrix}
=
\begin{pmatrix} & & \\ v_0 & \dots & v_{d-1} \\ & & \end{pmatrix} C
$$
and $d$ row vectors $w_0,\ldots,w_{d-1}$ such that
$$
\begin{pmatrix} & w_{0} & \\ \;\; & \vdots & \;\; \\ & w_{d-1} & \end{pmatrix} (-B)
=
C \begin{pmatrix} & w_{0} & \\ \;\; & \vdots & \;\; \\ & w_{d-1} & \end{pmatrix}
$$
Let
$$
C=\begin{pmatrix}
0 & &  0 & -a_0 \\
1 & \ddots & & -a_1 \\
  & \ddots & 0 & \vdots \\
0 &        & 1 & -a_{d-1}
\end{pmatrix}
$$
where $a_0,\ldots,a_{d-1}$ are the coefficients of $p$, such that
$p(t)=t^d+a_{d-1}t^{d-1}+\ldots+a_0.$
Let $v_0$ be a vector in $\ker(p(A))$ and $v_k=A^kv_0.$ As $p(A)v_0=0,$ it can easily be seen that
$$
A \begin{pmatrix} & & \\ v_0 & \dots & v_{d-1} \\ & & \end{pmatrix}
=
\begin{pmatrix} & & & \\ v_1 & \dots & v_{d-1} & A^dv_0 \\ & & & \end{pmatrix} \\
=
\begin{pmatrix} & & & \\ v_1 & \dots & v_{d-1} & (A^d-p(A))v_0 \\ & & & \end{pmatrix}
=
\begin{pmatrix} & & \\ v_0 & \dots & v_{d-1} \\ & & \end{pmatrix} C
$$
We can also show that the $v_k$ are linearly independent. Assume there was a non-trivial linear combination $\sum_{k=0}^{d-1}\alpha_kv_k=0.$ This is equivalent with the statement that there is a polynomial $q$ of degree less than $d$ with $q(A)v_0=0.$ $q$ and $p$ must be coprime, because $p$ is irreducible. But if $q(A)x_1=0$ and $p(A)x_2=0$ for comprime $p$ and $q$ and $x_1\neq 0$ and $x_2\neq 0,$ then $x_1$ and $x_2$ are linearly independent, see here. We have a contradiction, because in our case $p(A)v_0=q(a)v_0=0.$ There cannot be a non-trivial linear combination $\sum_{k=0}^{d-1}\alpha_kv_k=0,$ hence the vectors $v_0,\ldots, v_{d-1}$ are linearly independent.
We select $w_{d-1}$ from the "left kernel" of $p(-B),$ such that $w_{d-1}\,p(-B)=0.$
Let $w_{k-1}=-w_kB + a_kw_{d-1}$ for $k=d-1,d-2,\ldots,0.$
Then $w_{-1}=w_{d-1}\,p(-B) = 0.$ Example ($d=4$):
\begin{eqnarray*}
w_2   = -w_3B+a_3w_3 &=& w_3(-B+a_3I) \\
w_1   = -w_2B+a_2w_3 &=& w_3((-B+a_3I)(-B)+a_2I) \\
w_0   = -w_1B+a_1w_3 &=& w_3(((-B+a_3I)(-B)+a_2I)(-B)+a_1I) \\
w_{-1}= -w_0B+a_0w_3 &=& w_3((((-B+a_3I)(-B)+a_2I)(-B)+a_1I)(-B)+a_0I) = w_3p(-B) = 0
\end{eqnarray*}
see Horner's method. Then we have
$$
\begin{pmatrix} & w_{0} & \\ \;\; & \vdots & \;\; \\ & w_{d-1} & \end{pmatrix} (-B)
=
\begin{pmatrix}
& -w_0B & \\
& -w_1B & \\
& \vdots & \\
& -w_{d-1}B &
\end{pmatrix} \\
=
\begin{pmatrix}
& -a_0w_{d-1} & \\
& w_0-a_1w_{d-1} & \\
& \vdots & \\
& w_{d-2}-a_{d-1}w_{d-1} &
\end{pmatrix}
=
C \begin{pmatrix} & w_{0} & \\ \;\; & \vdots & \;\; \\ & w_{d-1} & \end{pmatrix}
$$
It can also be shown that the row vectors $w_0,\ldots,w_{d-1}$ are linearly independent, in the same way as we have shown that $v_0,\ldots,v_{d-1}$ are linearly independent. This linear independence guarantees $X\neq 0$ when we set
$$
X=
\begin{pmatrix} & & \\ v_0 & \dots & v_{d-1} \\ & & \end{pmatrix}
\cdot
\begin{pmatrix} & w_{0} & \\ \;\; & \vdots & \;\; \\ & w_{d-1} & \end{pmatrix}
$$
The complete construction works for any field $F.$

A: For any $n\times n$ square matrix $A$ with entries in a field $F$, let $M^A$ be the vector space $F^n$ with $F [x]$-module structure in which the multiplication by $x$ is applying the multiplication by $A$ on the left. Let $A$ be $m\times m$ matrix over the field $F$, and $B$ be $n\times n$ matrix over the field $F$, $X$ be $m\times n$ matrix over $F$. Let $C_{A,B}=\{X \in M_{m\times n}(F)| AX+XB=0\}$. Then the solution $X$ to the Sylvester's equation $AX+XB=0$ can be interpreted as a module homomorphism from  $M^{-B}$ to $M^A$.  This can be summarized as
$$
C_{A,B} \simeq \mathrm{Hom}_{F[x]} (M^{-B},M^A)
$$
as $F$-vector spaces.
The RHS is nontrivial if and only if $M^{-B}$ and $M^A$ has a common irreducible polynomial as the invariant factors.
In your case, the field is $F=\mathrm{GF}(2)$, and both $M^A$, $M^{-B}$ have $x^2+x+1$ as invariant factors. Thus, the RHS is nontrivial. Hence, $C_{A,B}$ is nontrivial.

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WASHINGTON - Ask a dozen die-hard Democrats around the country what Hillary Rodham Clinton can do to beat Barack Obama and win the presidential nomination and they have plenty of ideas - some of them contradictory. The question generates strong sentiment, though, that Clinton simply can't compete on charisma, that there are forces at play beyond her control. Going negative could backfire, they warn. Laying out nitty-gritty policy details isn't enough, they say. There's no shortage of advice, but also no shortage of head-scratching. Add it all up, and there doesn't appear to be a secret plan to save her candidacy. A sampling of Democratic voices from the field: *SHOW PASSION: "The challenge for Hillary Clinton is to be seen as an agent of change, to recapture the passion that the people who support her really have for her," says Kari Chisholm, a political consultant in Oregon who blogs at www.blueoregon.com. "I'm not sure that I'd want to be in the shoes on her team. ... She's considered the same old, same old, and she's not. But she's having trouble communicating that." Chisholm said Clinton should hit her universal health care message harder, stop using Washington insiders to defend her on cable TV and "find a way to communicate some excitement." Chisholm supported John Edwards, and says he could go either way between Clinton and Obama. * IT'S THE ECONOMY. AGAIN: "HRC's firewall must be predicated on message," says Chris Lehane, a political consultant in California and former aide to President Clinton. "She is THE candidate who the public, press and pundits by instinct, temperament and history believe is the best on the economy at the exact time the economy is THE brooding, omnipresent force hovering over both the primary and general electorate." Lehane is backing Clinton. * GO NEGATIVE: "She needs to come in strong," says Judy Carpenter, a third-grade teacher from Delaware, Ohio, who turned out at a Clinton rally at Ohio State last week. "I don't like vicious attacks. But gosh darn, she needs to call him on some things." Carpenter supports Clinton. * MAYBE NOT: A candidate goes negative "at great risk," says Mitch Ceasar, the party chairman in Florida's Broward County. "You can alienate people. It's less of a risk for Republicans, because they're better at it and everybody expects it from them." Clinton, he says, should "talk about the distinctions" between herself and Obama on the issues. * DEFINITELY NOT: Going negative "positively would be the absolutely wrong thing to do," says Ed Treacy, a former county party chairman in Indiana. "Democrats do not want to see them fighting at all. ... I'm not sure what she can do. So much of it is his momentum." Treacy hasn't endorsed a candidate. * THE FORCE: "The most important thing is that the force is with Obama," says Glenn Browder, a former Alabama congressman and now professor emeritus at Jacksonville State University. "The election seems to be moving in his favor, and I don't believe that issues have much to do with it right now. It's not as if she could all of a sudden start pointing this or that out about his positions or his votes, and that would change things very much. He is a movement that goes beyond issues." Going negative could backfire on Clinton, Browder says, but it might help if the media or independent groups took on Obama. Browder is neutral in the race. * REMEMBER IRAQ: "If she could come up with a more specific war plan," says Marcia Mainord, president of Texas Democratic Women. "That's what I hear people talking about. Who's going to end the war." Mainord is personally supporting Clinton but hasn't made a formal endorsement. * BE YOURSELF: "She's a very engaging, very warm person if she lets that side of her be seen," says Warren Tolman, a former Massachusetts state senator. "There's a very warm, compassionate side that isn't often enough seen." Three things Clinton should do, according to Tolman: "Be yourself. Show compassion. Look like she's having fun." Tolman has endorsed Obama. * READY TO DELIVER: "There is a narrative to be told that she hasn't quite put all together," says Tom Swan, who directs a citizen action group in Connecticut. "But she's close, on health care and her experience and her scars make her the one who can deliver now." Swan voted in the Connecticut primary but hasn't publicly endorsed anyone. * GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZE: "I am obsessive about precinct-based organizing," says Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee who lost to George H.W. Bush. "We've got to get serious about this stuff. It's not just money and media." Dukakis, teaching a course this winter at UCLA, says Obama has done more local organizing than Clinton. He adds that neither candidate should be faulted for failing to do much of it in Ohio and Texas, which vote March 4, because no one thought the nomination race would extend beyond Super Tuesday. Dukakis hasn't endorsed a candidate. * STEADY AS SHE GOES: "You've got a strategy, stick with the strategy," says Jim Crog, a longtime party operative in Florida. "Ride it and make it work. One of the most detrimental things a campaign can be involved in is a what-if campaign: What if we do this? What if we do that? You'll be literally bouncing around the room and off the walls." Crog hasn't endorsed a candidate. * McCAIN FACTOR: "She's got to convince Democrats that, contrary to what the polls now show, that in the end she's going to be a better candidate against John McCain," says Garry South, a longtime Democratic operative in California. Can she still win the nomination? "Unfortunately, I don't think there is a secret formula," says South. "There comes a time when the worm turns, when the momentum shift is clear. And when that sort of thing happens, there just aren't a lot of options for the candidate who is trailing at that point." South hasn't endorsed a candidate.


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A bad amendment avoided
Nov 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM
A poorly written, irresponsibly broad proposal to prevent the Sarasota County Commission from contracting with nonprofit, community-based organizations unnecessarily diverted civic energy from pressing problems.
But, when the Charter Review Board met last month, the protracted debate ended on a high note: Community members representing a wide range of interests finally made their voices heard — expressing their opposition to the proposal and explaining the value of partnerships between county government and the nonprofit sector.
Business leaders, civic activists, philanthropists and social-service providers urged the elected Charter Review Board to reject the proposal on several compelling counts. In the end, the board voted 5-2 not to have the initiative placed on the ballot.
The board's majority did the right thing.
Most important, the majority recognized that the proposed amendment to the county's charter was so poorly crafted and ill-conceived that it was unworthy of consideration by county voters.
The obvious and the illogical
The amendment, offered by a former candidate for Charter Review Board, stated:
"Residents/Citizens of Sarasota County reserve the right to directly fund by means of their own personal finances non-profit community organizations whether it be for charity, education, child care, self-help, the arts, science, beautification or neighborhood improvements. Therefore, the Sarasota County Commissioners are restricted from distributing funds via grants to charitable, educational, civic, homeowner, neighborhood, arts, science, non-profit organizations through grants (Contracted Human Resources) and any other names for funding or types of organization/groups not mentioned here in."
As we wrote in an August editorial, the first sentence of the proposal is a unnecessary statement of the obvious, and would have no impact on Sarasota County government. Without this amendment, residents of the county have an explicit right to contribute to nonprofit organizations.
The second sentence begins with an illogical attempt to conclude that since people have this right, therefore the county government should be restricted from distributing taxpayer funds through "contracted human resources" grants.
County government contracts with nonprofit groups to provide services such as child protection, mental-health care and substance-abuse treatment. As we wrote, and the amendment's opponents made clear, Sarasota County enters these contracts for several reasons.
Some social services required
In many cases, state law requires counties to provide such services — either directly or through independent providers. If nonprofits don't offer mandated services, the county would either have to provide them directly or hire for-profit firms to do so.
The use of nonprofit organizations enables the county to ensure these and other social services are provided by experts; the contracts with the private sector also help prevent the expansion of public-sector jobs.
The contracted services help protect individual and public safety, health and welfare — core functions of local government.
Furthermore, the amendment's expansive mandates could have prevented the County Commission from giving "grants" to arts and tourism-promotion groups; that would usurp past decisions by voters to use the tourist-development tax for those purposes. The amendment could have also prevented commissioners from directing funds to groups that provide public-health education or promote economic-development.
And, as a well-respected attorney warned the Charter Review Board, a literal interpretation of the amendment would have required the county to contract only with for-profit entities.
Discussion of grants is welcome
It makes sense to have public discussions, during meetings of the County Commission and its volunteer Human Services Advisory Council, about whether human service grants are necessary or warranted — and, if so, whether the investments are cost-effective. The same can be asked about any grants: Do they serve the common good? Are they distributed fairly? Do taxpayers receive a good return on their investment?
But the proposed amendment sought to prohibit such discussions.
The county's charter — a form of local constitution — envisions that questions about governance will be put to voters. However, proposals to amend the charter should meet standards for clarity, consistency, legality and public interest.
The Charter Review Board has an obligation to reject proposed amendments that fail to meet those benchmarks. Fortunately, that duty was fulfilled.


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Hoping To Rebuild Connections, Marines From Darkhorse Battalion Reunite
KPBS Radio | By Alison St. John
Published May 12, 2016 at 2:09 AM PDT
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Third Battalion Fifth Marines, the 3/5, known as the Darkhorse Battalion, suffered the most casualties of any Marine unit in Afghanistan. The 3/5 lost 25 men during a deployment in a place called Sangin in 2010 and 11. Scores more were injured - many grievously - mostly due to improvised explosive devices. Added to the loss are those Marines who have died since their unit returned home.
Alison St. John of member station KPBS in San Diego attended a 3/5 reunion - the first in five years.
JASON MORRIS: Ladies, gentleman, fellow Marines and sailors, welcome to the 3/5 Darkhorse fifth-year reunion of our Sangin deployment.
ALISON ST. JOHN, BYLINE: Colonel Jason Morris was in charge of 3/5 when they fought in Helmand Province. He also presided over the reunion, held in a quiet spot on the edge of Camp Pendleton under a grove of trees. Once the formalities were over, reconnecting began in earnest.
MORRIS: Hey, what's up, dude?
ST. JOHN: Morris says the Marine Corps is hoping to rebuild connections the men had when they went through a defining moment of their lives, when their buddies were key to their survival.
MORRIS: That's why we decided we need to get the guys together. We had had three or four suicides over the last four or five years. Some of them, people didn't even know about.
ST. JOHN: Many members of the unit left the military soon after returning home. Most of those who kept close ties with buddies who understood what they'd been through were those who were injured. Michael Spivey was one of 35 who lost limbs. He looks fit and active in a checkered shirt, but his left sleeve is empty.
MICHAEL SPIVEY: A lot of us got injured, so we all went to the same hospital. And so we had that built-in camaraderie. So we still keep in touch. But, I mean, with the guys back at the unit, you know, like, as soon as they got back, a lot of them were going to a different unit or they would get out. Nobody really knew what was going on.
ST. JOHN: Spivey says it was more difficult in some ways for the people who did not have visible injuries. Even Marines in other units didn't have that common experience of Sangin in 2010. For Karen Kelly, being around Marines who were with her son when he died has been vital for her healing. Kelly, the wife of retired General John Kelly, lost her son First Lieutenant Rob Kelly.
KAREN KELLY: Because of the loss - just the numbers alone - we all have bonded. I'm very good friends with a lot of Rob's Marines. And he just is never forgotten. The things that they tell me about him - and all these moms would say the same thing - you really find out about who your child was after you lose them. And he makes me very proud of the man he became.
ST. JOHN: Before everyone drifted off in the sun to a nearby football field for a barbecue, Colonel Morris challenged them to reach out to each other over the next year and stay connected. He says he's planning another reunion next year.
MORRIS: We're trying to energize our communications network and really, I think, hope that that acts as a emotional buffer to them if they're having a problem 'cause we don't want to lose anymore.
ST. JOHN: For NPR News, I'm Alison St. John in San Diego. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Q: Offsets In Azure Event Hubs I have a small client application sending data to an Azure event hub, and another application reading from it.
According to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn789972.aspx, you can include an offset in the event hub receiver. I'm looking to include an offset in the form of the timestamp as mentioned on MSDN. Does anyone know how to do this? I can easily include the numerical string format for the offest (e.g string myOffset = "12345", but I can't seem to get the timestamp format.
Cheers

A: It's not clear what you mean by "can't seem to get the timestamp format", but when you create your receiver, you pass a DateTime data type to the CreateReceiver method.
public EventHubReceiver CreateReceiver(
    string partitionId,
    DateTime startingDateTimeUtc,
    long epoch
)

See MSDN on CreateReceiver:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn790504.aspx
If you have the timestamp as a string, you might try the DateTime.Parse (or TryParse) method to get the DateTime value.
    string MyString = "Aug 25, 2015";
    DateTime MyDateTime = DateTime.Parse(MyString);

See more on MSDN for Parsing Time:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2h3syy57(v=vs.110).aspx


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Strebers är ett svenskt punkband som bildades år 1982. Bandets debutalbum "Ur led är" gavs ut i september 1986. Strebers upplöstes 1992 efter att trummisen och huvudsaklige textförfattaren Johnny Rydh omkommit i en bilolycka. De återstående medlemmarna bildade senare bandet Dia Psalma tillsammans med den f.d. Mercilesstrummisen Stefan "Stipen" Carlsson.

Historia
Strebers bandmedlemmar, Micke "Ulke" Johansson,  Johnny Rydh, och Pelle Pettersson började spela ihop redan år 1980 - då under namnet Walter Carlssons Sendrag. År 1981 bytte gruppen namn till The Avoided som bl.a. innehöll Björn Karlsson på synth.  Denna grupp upplöstes dock efter en kort tid (en del Streberslåtar som "Ubåten" skrevs dock redan under denna tid).  Strebers bildades år 1982 av gitarristen och sångaren Micke "Ulke" Johansson, basisten Pelle Pettersson och trummisen Johnny Rydh. Micke Blomqvist var gitarrist i Strebers ett par år runt 1987 men lämnade gruppen igen då hans tidigare band, Asta Kask återförenades. Strebers splittrades 1988
men Johansson och Rydh bildade året därpå Sixguns tillsammans med basisten Fredrik "Ztikkan" Blomberg. Efter att Sixguns gett ut ett par singlar återtog gruppen namnet Strebers. Men pengar fattades och bandet hade dragit på sig skulder från Six Guns-singlarna så bandet gav ut nästa singel på Birdnest. Nu började Strebers dra till sig mer och mer fans och i och med albumet "I fädrens spår" så växte publiken ytterligare och när CD versionen av "Kallt stål, varmt blod" släpptes så sålde albumet i imponerande siffror

1992 omkom Johnny Rydh i en bilolycka. Ulke och Ztikkan spelade in Till en vän, som innehåller mest låtar med texter av Rydh och genomförde en avskedsturné där Stefan "Stipen" Carlsson deltog som trummis. Strebers lades ner, men Ulke och Ztikkan kom att tillsammans med Stipen bilda Dia Psalma. År 2000 återförenades bandet för en konsert på Smedjan i Köping och året efter genomförde gruppen en drygt två veckor lång återföreningsturné.

7 augusti 2014 meddelade föreningen Holmarna att de hade en exklusiv spelning med Dia Psalma och Strebers i Skutskärs folkets park, den 30 augusti samma år. Dia Psalma ska spela hela skivan Gryningstid och Strebers hela Kallt stål, varmt blod.

Strebers är alltjämt aktiva och gör ett antal liveframträdanden per år.

Medlemmar
 Micke "Ulke" Johansson - sång, gitarr (1982-1992, 2001, 2003, 2010-2011, 2014-)
 Johnny Rydh - trummor (1982-1992)
 Fredrik "Ztikkan" Blomberg - bas (1988-1992, 2001, 2003, 2010-2011, 2014-)

 Pelle Pettersson - bas (1982-1988, 2001, 2003)
 Micke Blomqvist - gitarr (1987-1988)
Pontus Tahir - gitarr (endast live, 2010-2011, 2014-)

Diskografi

Album
1986 - Ur led är...
1987 - Öga för öga  (mini-LP, med bonuslåtar på CD 1993)
1990 - I fädrens spår (gavs ut på CD som bonus på Kallt stål, varmt blod)
1991 - Kaos & skrål 85-87
1991 - Kallt stål, varmt blod (CD-utgåvan innehåller därtill hela I fädrens spår)
1992 - Till en vän
2000 - Blod, svett & tårar (dubbel-CD)
2001 - Meningslöst Liv(e) (livinspelning)
2016 - Kaos & Vrål (liveinspelning)

Singlar
1985 - Ung & Arg
1986 - På Liv & Död
1988 - Bad Boys Behind Bars
1989 - Buenas noches from... hell (under namnet Six Guns)
1989 - Back from the dead (under namnet Six Guns)
1989 - Silver, sex & SixGuns (Under namnet Six Guns)
1990 - & Kråkan

Referenser
Delar av artikeln har följande källa:
Strebers webbsida URL läst 31 juli 2007

Musik i Strängnäs
Svenska punkband
Musikgrupper bildade 1985

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Home / News / India / First review plea against Ayodhya order filed in SC
First review plea against Ayodhya order filed in SC
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1 min read . Updated: 02 Dec 2019, 11:57 PM IST Prathma Sharma
Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal representative of original plaintiff M. Siddiqi, files the plea
The petition says the court has awarded the disputed site to the very party which based its claims on nothing but a series of illegal acts
NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court saw the first review petition on its Ayodhya judgement on Monday, filed by Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal representative of original plaintiff M. Siddiqi.
"Further though in the impugned judgement, this Hon'ble Court has acknowledged few of the several illegalities committed by the Hindu parties, particularly in 1934 (damaging the domes of the Babri Masjid), 1949 (desecrating the Babri Masjid) and 1992 (demolition of the Babri Masjid), however, this Hon'ble Court has proceeded to condone those very illegal acts and has awarded the disputed site to the very party which based its claims on nothing but a series of illegal acts," the petition reads.
"… Court has disregarded the settled legal principle of ex dolo malo non oritur actio by lending its aid to a party which based its cause of action upon an illegal act. Further, this Hon'ble Court has, in an attempt to balance the reliefs between the parties, while condoning illegalities of the Hindu parties, has allotted alternate land admeasuring 5 acres to the Muslim parties, which was neither pleaded nor prayed for by the Muslim parties," it further added.
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The Supreme Court on 9 November had passed the order in favour of "the deity of Lord Ram" who was considered a "juristic person". The court directed that the disputed 2.7 acres should be handed over to a trust formed by the central government. This trust will build a temple on the disputed property. The Muslim party has to be given five-acre "either by the central government out of the acquired land or by the government of Uttar Pradesh within the city of Ayodhya", the top court had ruled.
Ayodhya Verdict


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PESHAWAR (REUTERS/AFP) - A group of militants stormed a university in volatile north-western Pakistan on Wednesday (Jan 20), the police said, with firing inside the campus still going on and two explosions heard.
The police told AFP that the death toll had risen to 21 in the attack claimed by the Taleban, while security forces had ended the operation against the gunmen.
The Pakistani authorities concluded an operation to clear the university, the army's spokesman said, ending the assault.
"The operation is over and the university has been cleared," Pakistan army spokesman General Asim Bajwa told Reuters. "Four gunmen have been killed."
The militants, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, scaled the walls of the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, before entering buildings and opening fire on students and teachers in classrooms and hostels.
"The death toll in the terrorist attack has risen to 21," regional police chief Saeed Wazir told AFP without specifying if that included the four militants the army stated it had killed.
Earlier, he said that more than 30 others including students, staff and security guards were wounded.
"There are five dead bodies in front of me," said emergency official Bilal Faizi, speaking from the university earlier in the afternoon. "All of them have bullet wounds."
The Taleban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The US White House comdemned it "in the strongest possible terms".
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned it too, Xinhua reported.
Two of the gunmen were killed by security forces after the army moved into the university, Deputy Inspector-General Saeed Wazir told Reuters, but other attackers were believed to be at large on the second and third floors of the campus buildings.
Three security guards, one university lecturer and one student were critically wounded but there were no confirmed deaths, he said, adding that 70 per cent of students had been rescued.
Television channels quoted rescue officials as saying that a chemistry professor had been killed and 50 people wounded in the attack.
The militants, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, scaled the walls of the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, before entering buildings and opening fire on students and teachers in classrooms and hostels, police said.
"All students have been evacuated from the hostels, but militants are still hiding in different parts of the university and some students and staff are stuck inside," Insp Wazir said.
He said it was unclear how many gunmen were involved.
The Pakistani military's media wing said the army had cordoned off the university with the militants inside and were carrying out air surveillance.
Pakistan, which has suffered from years of militant violence, has killed and arrested hundreds of suspected militants under a major crackdown launched after a massacre of 134 school children in December 2014 in the north-west.
The 2014 school attack by six gunmen believed linked to the Pakistani Taleban hit a raw nerve in Pakistan and was seen as having hardened Pakistan's resolve to fight militants along its lawless border with Afghanistan.
Vice-Chancellor Fazal Rahim told reporters that the Bacha Khan University teaches over 3,000 students and hosted an additional 600 visitors on Wednesday for a poetry recital.
Mr Shabir Khan, a lecturer in the English department, said he was about to leave the hostel for the department when firing began.
"Most of the students and staff were in classes when the firing began," he said. "I have no idea about what's going on but I heard one security official talking on the phone to someone and said many people had been killed and injured."


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Natural Dog Food: What's in Yours?
It's important that you give your dog extra love and care each day so that your furry pal can live a healthy and happy life. Have you taken some time to think about what kind of dog food you're actually serving your dog? Many pet owners don't put much thought into this important choice, but it's essential.
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My husband, Travis, and I began RVing, when our first son, Gabe, was not quite one year old. When shopping for our first RV, we looked for features that would accommodate his already established routines.
We settled on a class C with bunks that we could modify into a crib. As Gabe grew and our needs changed, we traded our class C for a 27-foot Airstream. We loved the modern interior and enjoyed the minimal modifications we had to make. We traveled for four years as a family of three.
When we found out we were expecting our second child, we were extremely excited. However, it raised a lot of questions concerning our RV lifestyle and what we could do within our limited space. Babies need a lot of stuff and we were already living in small quarters.
Two months after our second son, Decklin, arrived, we decided to trade in the Airstream for a 40-foot class A.
While we had grown attached to our trailer (Gabe cried and begged us not to let them take his "metal home" away), we knew the class A would be the best fit for RVing with kids.
Decklin followed a simple routine of sleep, eat, play and repeat. Here's how some of our daily routines work in the RV and why we felt we had outgrown our Airstream.
In the Airstream, Decklin slept in a "By Your Side Sleeper" that acted as a travel bassinet and nestled him into a spot next to Gabe on the couch.
At first, this was perfect because he was tiny and wasn't rolling over yet. For nap time, we used a rocker that took up most of our living room, but it worked well since he was small enough that he still slept for extended periods of time and could sleep through any noise.
By the time he was two months old, this arrangement no longer worked. He was quickly outgrowing his sleeper with a foot hanging out of the edge, and he was becoming more alert and active, making naps in the rocker difficult.
Our anxiety grew as we tried to figure out a new plan. Decklin was still unable to sleep in an open space, but we didn't have much of a living room, and there was no extra space in the bedroom.
We knew he needed to move into a "pack n' play" (used as a crib because it is easy to break down, move and store during travel days), but where would it go? To remedy our situation, we made the decision to start looking for a larger RV.
Adjusting to the large, 40-foot class-A took some time, but we soon fell in love with the space and comfort.
There is plenty of space for a pack n' play and, depending on our needs, it can fit in the living room or our bedroom. At night, Gabe sleeps on the fold-out couch and Decklin sleeps in the pack n' play set up in the excess space between the kitchen and dinette. During the day, we move the pack n' play to our bedroom, so he can nap undisturbed while we work in the living room. We are all happy with our current sleeping arrangements.
When Decklin was only drinking bottles, we simply used a Boppy pillow and set him on the couch while we fed him. This worked well in both the Airstream and class A, until he transitioned to solid food. Now, we use a highchair that clips onto a chair.
We store the highchair on top of a ledge of counter space that runs along the side of the RV opposite the kitchen. It is out of the way and it doesn't take up any needed space. This would have become an issue in the Airstream as there wasn't space to use, or store, the chair. If we had stayed in the Airstream, we would have purchased a highchair that clips directly onto the table.
Decklin wasn't active while we were in the Airstream; otherwise, we would have had to put an activity mat on the living room floor, and we would have had to walk over him to get to the bathroom or bedroom.
In the class-A, we carry a Jumperoo to keep him entertained during the work day. While this takes up quite a bit of floor space, it is worth it to us to keep our hands free while working.
During travel days, we break it down and put it in a storage bay. For most of the day, though, he is happy playing on the floor with his toys and activity mat.
Once we made the switch to the class-A, it was evident that we were gaining more time on travel days.
When we traveled with the truck pulling the Airstream, hours were added to each day's work because we had to climb over the seats to feed Decklin, give him his pacifier and change his diaper.
I had forgotten the days where Gabe or I could take a rest room break while going down the road or make sandwiches for lunch. Now, I sit comfortably on the couch and feed Decklin in his car seat vs. having to squeeze between him and Gabe in the truck.
The biggest challenge we face is our night-time routine.
The boys go to sleep much earlier than we do. For example, Decklin is ready for bed around 7:30 p.m. and Gabe shortly after, around 8:00 p.m.
We usually prefer to stay up late and aren't ready to give up the living room, but it is a sacrifice we must make living in a small space.
Occasionally, we hook up the baby monitor and sit outside to escape having to watch TV in bed. However, we still have to worry about sneaking back quietly so we don't wake the baby.
There are also times when we put Decklin to sleep in the back bedroom and let Gabe stay up late so we can enjoy the living room, or finish work. However, in doing this, Decklin has to stay in our room all night because we are not able to move the pack n' play down the hallway without collapsing it.
There are also times during the work day when working in close quarters can be difficult. Travis and I both work full-time for Escapees and, while we have separate duties and projects, quite often we work together and are required to make phone calls and attend video conference meetings together. These tasks can be challenging with a baby. We either have to keep Decklin entertained, or time our work communications around his naps.
Although it can cause us stress and anxiety, we always seem to make it work.
Even with its challenges, we couldn't be happier sharing our RV lifestyle with our children. They get to experience many new places at such a young age, and we know this will play a role in shaping them into wonderful adults.
We have adapted and overcome all the challenges we foresaw when we found out we were expecting, and we are a stronger family for it. Our older son, Gabe, has always loved the lifestyle, and I have no doubt that Decklin will, too.
We know this lifestyle will always be a part of our future, and we are so excited to see where the adventure takes us!
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This is a really helpful article, as my wife and I are in the early stages of planning for our transition to a full-time RV lifestyle. We have a 7 month old, and plan to have one more before we leave in 23 months (in grad school currently).
One thing we keep thinking about when we look at different Class A and C motorhomes is removing the queen bed from the bedroom in the rear, and putting in two small cribs along the "TV wall" and a couch along the other wall. This would convert the bedroom into a kids sleeping area / open play/TV room during the day. That would leave us parents sleeping on the sofa bed, but would give us the freedom of staying up later, having access to the kitchen and bathroom, with the kids sleeping behind the closed door in the bedroom. Just wondering if you gave that any thought, and if so, what was the reason or would be the reason you would see that not working out?


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Continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring is increasingly being used for brain monitoring in neurocritical care setting. This is mainly because of the proven effectiveness of continuous EEG in diagnosing nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) as a cause of unexplained consciousness disorder or mental deterioration. To date, however, no definitive diagnostic criteria exist for identifying EEG patterns suggestive of NCSE, according to a review paper in the Journal of Intensive Care.
"In particular, the ambiguous significance of PDs [periodic discharges] among EEG signals in the neurocritical care setting further complicates the diagnosis of NCSE. Although PDs are often associated with seizure, they can also be observed between seizures. Thus, analysing the change in EEG patterns over time is important for the correct diagnosis of NCSE," notes the report published by researchers mostly from the Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University in Japan.
NCSE is frequently encountered in the neurocritical care setting and is only accompanied by an altered EEG change without any clinically apparent manifestation, such as convulsion. Thus, it is considered a form of status epilepticus manifesting mainly with consciousness disorder. While NCSE poses diagnostic challenges, the report says, it should not be overlooked as NCSE is a curable condition.
NCSE is one of the brain responses associated with severe pathological conditions and is not a cause per se, the report authors explain, adding that most cases of NCSE are associated with acute brain disorders such as stroke, head trauma, and central nervous system (CNS) infection, while some cases also occur after neurosurgical craniotomy.
In addition to detection of NCSE, continuous EEG measurement in the ICU setting helps with assessment of sedative/anaesthetic state, early detection of delayed cerebral ischaemia associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage, and assessment of the outcome of patients with post-resuscitation encephalopathy or subsequent severe neurological disorders.
Especially useful for patients with NCSE, the report points out, continuous EEG can detect changes in EEG over time, thereby enabling the early initiation of treatment, and can evaluate response to treatment – if administered over time.
The report however cites some important factors which make it difficult to perform continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit setting. These challenges include system-related problems, such as the preparation of mobile EEG devices and collodion-applied electrodes; human resource-related problems, such as staffing of EEG technicians and physicians who can respond flexibly to unscheduled needs; and EEG-specific difficulties in interpretation/diagnosis.
These issues preclude the widespread use of continuous EEG in daily practice, the authors note.
Since the numbers of EEG machines and technicians available are always limited, the report says, it is necessary to select patients who require continuous EEG. The standard portable EEG is sufficient for consciousness disorders of known cause (e.g., irreversible stroke due to brainstem haemorrhage or other causes, metabolic disorders such as hypoglycaemia, and drug intoxication). Moreover, digital EEG systems are required for continuous EEG monitoring. Current EEG systems have optional quantitative display functions, which allow detection of long-term changes in EEG signals at a glance and thus are useful for screening purposes.
For long-term EEG measurement, collodion-applied electrodes are usually used, instead of dish-type electrodes. Collodion-applied electrodes are preferred in the ICU setting because of possible electrode displacement during body repositioning, rehabilitation training, or other interventions performed by nurses, or due to sweating of the patient. Monitoring time is an important factor affecting the examination results.
Treatment for NCSE is based on the evaluation and management guidelines for status epilepticus proposed by the American Neurocritical Care Society. The first-line treatment consists of fosphenytoin at a loading dose of 22.5 mg/kg or 15 mg phenytoin equivalent (PE)/kg, followed by checking EEG patterns for any improvement 12 hours later, as well as measuring blood phenytoin concentration to check whether the concentration reaches the optimal level.
"Although the recommended phenytoin dose in the overseas literature is 20 mg PE/kg, we have used the 15 mg PE/kg dose and achieved a blood concentration of 10–15 μg/ml on the following day," the Japanese authors say, adding that further studies are needed to collect sufficient continuous EEG data and assess the outcome of patients who have undergone therapeutic interventions.


The convention facilities in Las Vegas are nothing to sneeze at, but this number is still impressive. At the International Consumer Electronics show this week, two million square feet of exhibit space is being used. And that means a lot of gizmos -- big, small, airborne, and worn. Lindsey Turrentine, editor-in-chief of reviews at CNET, tells Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson why she's calling this year at CES "the year of the sensor."


According to updated reports from the Miami Association of Realtors, Miami's MSA residential sales on real estate properties had gone up 23 percent within the fourth and final quarter of 2011 from 4,722 to 5,839 from 2010. The increase in residential sales stands as the fourteenth consecutive quarter wherein sales have been improving.
Existing single-family home sales increased within Miami by 21 percent while sales of existing condominiums has increased by 25 percent. Across the state, single-family home properties being sold has gone up 7 percent while condominiums had gone up by 4 percent.
2011 marks one more year where the Miami real estate market was able to strengthen even more as investors and property buyers from all around the world have been seen mopping up excessive inventory from two to three years back which essentially led to the market's limited supply and increasing property prices.
Experts say the strengthening is expected to carry on throughout the rest of 2012.
Single-family home properties within Miami-Dade County had a median sales price of $176,200 in the final quarter of 2011 which marked a one percent decrease from the year before. On the other hand, condominium properties had a median sales price of $124,100 which marked a 19 percent rise. Median sales prices across the state had gone down one percent to $132,000 for single-family home properties while prices went up 5 percent to $88,800 for condominium properties.
Regardless of the issue with regards to short sales and various other bank-owned real estate properties which make up for a large percentage of closed home sales within the region, prices for real estate have been going up due to the limited supply on the market which has gone down by 40 percent from the previous year as well as the growing demand for Miami real estate options.
There is no doubt that Miami has been attracting a heavy degree of attention from many different fields in addition to that of real estate. Its international flair is truly pulling in a lot of positive trends which include a rise in population, a decrease in unemployment, the growing availability of job opportunities, and better consumer confidence which are also expected to make for even more demand for real estate.


They may be young, but the Bayhawks can't be accused of being slow learners.
Asked two weeks ago what he has tried to teach the Bayhawks' seven rookies, veteran midfielder Mark Frye (Loyola) said he expressed how much easier it is to erase a deficit in Major League Lacrosse.
Trailing by three in the final five minutes last night at Johnny Unitas Stadium, the Bayhawks proved that point with a thrilling 17-16 overtime win against the New Jersey Pride to pull out of last place in the Eastern Conference.
The comeback began with a two-point goal from Casey Connor (Maryland) and culminated when rookie midfielder Bill McGlone tied the score with six seconds remaining. Attackman Mark Millon gave the Bayhawks (4-5) their second straight win when he beat Pride goalie Rob Scherr (Johns Hopkins) 52 seconds into overtime.
"Today's a perfect example of what Mark as been preaching to us," McGlone said. "In this league, the game is never out of reach."
Leading by one with 50 seconds left, New Jersey had possession when Bayhawks coach Scott Hiller decided to pull rookie goalie Greg Havalchak - who had 12 saves in the final 30 minutes.
Back came starter Matt Russell (Navy), another first-year player, who took advantage of his quickness and chased down the loose ball after an errant New Jersey shot.
With one final opportunity, rookie Brendan Healy carried the ball up the left side of the field and found his former Maryland teammate McGlone open on the right for the game-tying goal.
And though Russell helped set up the goal with his hustle, Havalchak likely regained the starting role with his play in the second half.
Havalchak's presence made an instant difference, as New Jersey's attack suddenly couldn't find the net. The Pride (3-6) had scored 10 times against the 5-foot-7, 156-pound Russell, including four times in a span of 2:31 at the end of the first half. But New Jersey scored only once in the third, bouncing several shots off the 6-1, 225-pound goalie.
Havalchak lost the starting job after surrendering nine goals June 16 in Rochester and injuring his knee, but Hiller said after the game that the Rutgers graduate likely would start next week in Philadelphia.
"I was just so anxious to go out there and play my game," said Havalchak, who was told to begin warming up in the final minutes of the second quarter.
With the San Francisco Dragons (5-3) losing last night, the difference in the Bayhawks' play is showing up in the standings, where the team has an outside shot at the league's final playoff spot.
One-point goals: NJ-Hubbard 3, Banks 2, Chemotti 2, Ford 2, Boland, Corno, Doneger, Ghedina, Grinnell; B- Mollot 3, Ward 3, Boulukos 2, Healy 2, McGlone 2, Millon 2, Marohl. Two-point goals: NJ-Banks; B-Connor. Assists: NJ-Ford 3, Corno 2, Boland 2, Wright, Doneger, Raymond; B-Dixon 3, Collins, Gillette, Millon, Mollot. Saves: NJ-Scherr 13; B-Russell 7, Havalchak 12. Att: 3,167.


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UCLA Bruins (11-2, 2-0 Pac-12) at Washington State Cougars (5-8, 0-2 Pac-12)
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FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Washington State -8.5; over/under is 133.5
BOTTOM LINE: Washington State takes on the No. 11 UCLA Bruins after Mouhamed Gueye scored 22 points in Washington State's 82-73 loss to the Utah State Aggies.
The Cougars are 3-1 in home games. Washington State averages 12.8 turnovers per game and is 2- when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.
The Bruins are 2-0 against Pac-12 opponents. UCLA has a 10-0 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Cougars and Bruins match up Friday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: TJ Bamba is averaging 16.8 points for the Cougars. Gueye is averaging 13.5 points over the last 10 games for Washington State.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is averaging 17 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Bruins. Jaylen Clark is averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games for UCLA.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 4-6, averaging 69.0 points, 31.9 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.5 points per game.
Bruins: 8-2, averaging 78.9 points, 31.2 rebounds, 15.4 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.5 points.
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On Friday, U.S. stocks extend their rally, with the three major indices closing higher...
On Friday, U.S. stocks closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 161 points (+0.6%) to 28653, S&P 500 added 23 points (+0.7%) to 3508 and Nasdaq 100 gained 69 points (+0.6%) to 11995.
The Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (+2.37%), Consumer Services (+2.3%) and Energy (+1.85%) sectors led the advance. Approximately 61.8% of stocks in the S&P 500 Index were trading above their 200-day moving average and 67.9% were trading above their 20-day moving average.
Regarding U.S. economic data, personal spending increased 1.9% on month in July (+1.6% expected) and personal income grew 0.4% (-0.2% expected). The Market News International's Chicago PMI slipped to 51.2 in August (52.6 expected).
European stocks were broadly lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 0.5%, Germany's DAX 30 dropped 0.5%, France's CAC 40 fell 0.3% and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was down 0.6%.
The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield retreated to 0.7211% from 0.7522% Thursday.
WTI crude oil futures (October) edged down 0.2% to $42.97 a barrel. The total number of rotary rigs in the U.S. was unchanged at 254 as of August 28 as compared with the prior week, according to Baker Hughes.
Spot gold advanced 1.8% to $1,964 an ounce.
On the forex front, the U.S. dollar weakened against its major peers, with the ICE Dollar Index dropping 0.7% to 92.37.
EUR/USD bounced 0.7% to 1.1903. Official data showed that the eurozone's Economic Confidence Index climbed to 87.7 in August (85.0 expected) from 82.4 in July.
GBP/USD jumped 1.1% to 1.3349, the highest level since December.
USD/JPY sank 1.1% to 105.34. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he will resign from his position due to a chronic illness. Meanwhile, this morning, official data showed that Japan's industrial production grew 8.0% on month in July (+5.0% expected), while retail sales slid 3.3% (-2.5% expected),
USD/CAD fell 0.2% to 1.3097, down for a fourth straight session. Government data showed that Canada's second quarter annualized GDP shrank 38.7% on quarter (-39.4% expected).
Commodity-linked currencies were broadly higher against the greenback. AUD/USD rallied 1.5% to a 20-month high of 0.7366 and NZD/USD surged 1.6% to an 8-month high of 0.6742.


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Welcome to Franchising with Purpose, brought to you by Griswold Home Care.
I'm your host, Lorraine Sheak, and I'm excited to introduce you to our panel: Mike Powers, director of franchise development.
And Mike Magid, chief operating officer.
Very nice to be here with you today.
Today we're here to talk to you about the home health/home care industry, current trends, and how franchising fits into the industry as a business opportunity.
I'm going to pose some questions to the Mikes, and they will share their knowledge with our loyal listeners. First, why would someone consider the home care industry as a business opportunity?
Mike, why don't you take that one first?
Sure thank you I appreciate that.
Lorraine, that's a good question. When you think about the demand that's out there with our aging population, there's opportunities at multiple levels for folks that are 65 years of age or older. We see that the baby boomer generation there's 10,000 people a day turning 65 years of age or older. Then the other segments this drives is 75 plus and 85 plus. All those folks that need care that's out there. We'll talk and I'm certain that Michael will share with you the adult care the levels of care that are out there today, but it's really important that we recognize that we see that people respond better to treatment being in their own home.
The statistics prove that out, not to talk about statistics, but 90% of adults would prefer to get care in their home, and it's something it's a trend that not only the caregivers see the quality and the response of the the care recipients but those health care organizations—I think you would agree Mike—we're seeing it as well, and they recognize that in the home health care that they receive is a critical component to the collective continuum of care that someone would receive usually.
Yeah I mean I think you hit the nail on the head, Mike. People want to age in the home.
I mean if you look at industries this was a very sleepy industry up until about the year 2000 when a lot of companies started positioning themselves back then for the baby boomer population—it was going to start turning 65 in January of 2011—so it was very sleepy, and now it's not. But if you were to survey clients of home care or home health services where they want those services in the home and so why not consider an industry like this, but there's some other things that make this a great industry. I mean when you look at the baby boomer population, it was the 1946 to 1964 babies. They started turning 65 in January 2011 as I said, and they will continue to turn 65 up until the year of 2030.
So if you're looking at an industry a recession resistant industry—not recession proof—clearly based on the way demand will continue to outpace supply it's an industry that you have to consider, especially if your heart is very purpose or mission driven. It is a great industry, but one of the other things about the demographics is that the 85-year-old and older category statistically as a year over year percentage is the fastest growing category in the demographics of each of the age groups, so it's not just that people are turning 65. They're turning 65 healthy. It's that the 80 and 85 and 90-year-olds that are out there are aging in place and living longer to allow for us to be able to have this ability to grow a business and sustain a business over a long period of time. So it's really exciting to be in this industry and again, if you're very purpose or mission driven, you get all that with this type of industry.
Yeah, and Lorraine I think there's not just in those categories but there's other levels of care for those who may have had surgery. And they're returning home and they quite can't take care of their daily activities on their own. Yet, while having that type of care is important and as we said and I think the hospitals and healthcare providers are recognizing now that someone for example who's had a recent surgery that are getting that type of care, they respond better because they're in the comfort of their own home. And they're getting the quality care that they need and they've returned to whether their daily activities or to work is shortened by the fact that they're embracing the rehabilitation at home.
Yeah and I think another really interesting trend that makes this an industry worth considering is the fact that for the very first time insurance companies are going to be funding benefits for Medicare Advantage recipients that have I think it's Part D Medicare plans, so those that have bought those policies in 2019 and beyond are going to be able to use that policy on non-medical home care services. And it is the first time that the home health or skilled side of the industry has recognized a need for non-medical care to help with the activities of daily living in the home. So again, if you're thinking about an industry, I think it's very very interesting that now for the very first time medical is meeting non-medical and seeing the importance of what that is.
And one of the other things I might add is that this industry is not just about seniors. They certainly drive a lot of the dollars and a lot of the growth and will continue to do so because they're the most vulnerable population we have, but we deal with a lot of folks every day between the ages of 18 and 64 that have chronic illnesses, that have injuries that they are looking at, that may need joint replacement surgeries, that have health and disease states like multiple sclerosis and cancer that affect them or ALS. There is a world of population non-seniors that are out there that need care both from home health and home care, and so again, if we frame it back to where Lorraine started this: why would you consider this industry? There are a multitude of reasons for wanting to consider a recession-resistant industry such as home health or home care.
care with automation right, but you can't actually have a robot so to speak deliver the quality of care that an individual wants. They can help support it. You know that's another aspect to Mike's point about being recession resistant.
Yeah, that's a great great point by the way.


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Hey girl..i was there as well!!
Hi Silly, i wld say that there is definitely something wrong with the measuring aparatus, i noe i was less than 158, the last time i measured was 157.3, but today...it was 156!!!! not possible at all..the shortest i was measured previously was 157....There were two interviewers..they looked quite young i must say, they wanted a self-intro as well as y we wan to be a flight stewardess..10 of us went in..but only ONE was selected for the 2nd round..and she's gorgeous, porcelain skin, v v v v sweet looking, thou personally i felt tat she didnt talk very well..but wateva it is..she caught their attention..So girl..jus be urself..and tried not to rehearse too much..cos i tink i was too 'robotic' on my 'script'...haha* Gd luck!!
Shan / Gal Gally, which one are you?
1) You mean you measured 156 and they will still let you in and not ask you to leave? In that case, thats very good news. Cause i probably will encounter the same problem as you. Im 158 but really worried they will measure less as i m so borderline.
2) I will heed your advise, wont practise, just sleep early and be myself.
You wana leave me your email add so we can keep in touch?
Anonymous wrote: Shan / girl Gally, which one are you?
Heya..its me..galgally..~~ Dun worry abt the height..its not a walk-in interview afterall,they invited u there, so they wont chase u out..but somehow i felt tat e interviewer mite have looked at e height in e 1st round too..gd luck ya!!!
Hi, Anyone received a reply from Jetstar?? They reply me saying i was shortlisted but no detail given... Any1 noe how the interview like?? Care to share..
Hey galgally wats ya name? My email is shannern@hotmail.com can keep in contact if you want. Hey silly the ht will affect the interview somehow because most of the girls are rather tall. Mostly above 160 i feel.. So the judges are spoilt for choice. I was recorded as 157. Well they always say don't let your ht affect your confidence so i say just speak very very well and you will at least make it to the 2nd round. Gd luck!
shan wrote: Hey galgally wats ya name? My email is shannern@hotmail.com can keep in contact if you want. Hey silly the ht will affect the interview somehow because most of the girls are rather tall. Mostly above 160 i feel.. So the judges are spoilt for choice. I was recorded as 157. Well they always say don't let your ht affect your confidence so i say just speak very very well and you will at least make it to the 2nd round. Gd luck!
Hi girl, i have tried adding u in msn..
Dun be too sad, you can try again next time...At least you got shortlisted? Better then me... didn't even given a chance haiz.... Some of my friends tried more then 5 times then they got in... So dun give up k? They measured you 156 and they let you in? U r so lucky, last time when they measured me 156 on that day, they juz ask me to leave..but I'm 157..
Hi to everyone who haf rcd the mail for the FINAL SILKAIR interview.We haf already made it this far.Hope we can get to pass the biggest and final hurdle with ease.
Any SILKAIR crew,present or ex, can ya help us in telling us how the FINAL interview is like.I'm sure all of us dying to know the procedures and all since we haf already made it this far.And we dont wanna fall flat right on our faces if we get rejected this time round.
PLS HELP! WE ARE DESPERATE!
And all those trying and going through for SIA, GOOD LUCK to all of you.We know how it feels cause we have just been there.
Hi, the age linit is 29!! so u still stand a chance!
Shan, its okey, juz try again.. at least you got shortlisted? Better then me.. didnt even gt shortlisted.. Why u didn't get thru the 1st round? U mind sharing?


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Q: Laplace Transform Let us assume that complex-valued differential equations as follows
$\dot{z}(t)=-Az(t)+Bz(t-\tau)$, $z\in \mathbb{C}$
How to find the solution of the above equation by using Laplace transform.

A: The LT of the solution is defined as
$$\int_0^{\infty} dt \, z(t) e^{-s t} = Z(s) $$
meaning that
$$\int_0^{\infty} dt \, z(t-\tau) e^{-s t} = e^{-s \tau} \int_{-\tau}^{\infty} dt \, z(t) \, e^{-s t}$$
If we assume as we usually do that $z(t) = 0$ when $t \lt 0$, we may then conclude that the LT of $z(t-\tau)$ is $e^{-s t} Z(s)$.  Then the ODE is in $s$ space
$$s Z(s) - z(0) = \left ( -A + B e^{-s \tau} \right ) Z(s) $$
or
$$Z(s) = \frac{z(0)}{A+s-B e^{-s \tau}} $$
This is difficult to invert analytically, but all that's required once numerical values of $A$ and $B$ are given is to find the root(s) of the denominator numerically, say at $s=s_k$.   The solution to the ODE is then
$$z(t) = z(0) \theta(t) \sum_k \frac{e^{s_k t}}{1+B \tau e^{-s_k \tau}} $$
where $\theta$ is the Heaviside step function.