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The principal document I have at my disposal at today's date (March 8/21) is a copy of that most conservative and bourgeois English newspaper The Times of March 16, containing a batch of reports about the revolution in Russia. Clearly, a source more favourably inclined – to put it mildly – towards the Guchkov and Milyukov government it would not be easy to find.
What political sagacity and clarity this reveals. How well this Englishman, who thinks like (if he does not guide) the Guchkovs and Milyukovs, understands the alignment of class forces and interests! "The most moderate elements among his loyal subjects", i.e., the monarchist landlords and capitalists, want to take power into their hands, fully realising that otherwise "influence" will pass into the hands of the "socialists". Why the "socialists" and not somebody else? Because the English Guchkovite is fully aware that there is no other social force in the political arena, nor can there be. The revolution was made by the proletariat. It displayed heroism; it shed its blood; it swept along with it the broadest masses of the toilers and the poor; it is demanding bread, peace and freedom; it is demanding a republic; it sympathises with socialism. But the handful of landlords and capitalists headed by the Guchkovs and Milyukovs want to betray the will, or strivings, of the vast majority and conclude a deal with the tottering monarchy, bolster it up, save it: appoint Lvov and Guchkov, Your Majesty, and we will be with the monarchy against the people. Such is the entire meaning, the sum and substance of the new government's policy!
But how to justify the deception, the fooling of the people, the violation of the will of the overwhelming majority of the population?
By slandering the people – the old but eternally new method of the bourgeoisie. And the English Guchkovite slanders, scolds, spits and splutters: "anarchy within and disaster without", no "orderly government"!!
That is not true, Mr. Guchkovite! The workers want a republic; and a republic represents far more "orderly" government than monarchy does. What guarantee have the people that the second Romanov will not get himself a second Rasputin? Disaster will be brought on precisely by continuation of the war, i.e., precisely by the new government. Only a proletarian republic, backed by the rural workers and the poorest section of the peasants and town dwellers, can secure peace, provide bread, order and freedom.
All the shouts about anarchy are merely a screen to conceal the selfish interests of the capitalists, who want to make profit out of the war, out of war loans, who want to restore the monarchy against the people.
0 great English, Guchkovite diplomat! How "imprudently" you have blurted out the truth!
"The Social-Democratic Party" and their "less prudent associates" with whom "Kerensky and Chkheidze have to reckon", evidently mean the Central or the St. Petersburg Committee of our Party, which was restored at the January 1912 Conference, those very same "Bolsheviks" at whom the bourgeoisie always hurl the abusive term "doctrinaires", because of their faithfulness to the "doctrine", i.e., the fundamentals, the principles, teachings, aims of socialism. Obviously, the English Guchkovite hurls the abusive terms seditious and doctrinaire at the manifesto and at the conduct of our Party in urging a fight for a republic, peace, complete destruction of the tsarist monarchy, bread for the people.
Bread for the people and peace – that's sedition, but ministerial posts for Guchkov and Milyukov – that's "order" Old and familiar talk!
What, then, are the tactics of Kerensky and Chkheidze as characterised by the English Guchkovite?
Vacillation: on the one hand, the Guchkovite praises them: they "realise" (Good boys! Clever boys!) that without the "support" of the army officers and the more moderate elements, anarchy cannot be avoided (we, however, have always thought, in keeping with our doctrine, with our socialist teachings, that it is the capitalists who introduce anarchy and war into human society, that only the transfer of all political power to the proletariat and the poorest people can rid us of war, of anarchy and starvation!). On the other hand, they "have to reckon with their less prudent associates", i.e., the Bolsheviks, the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, restored and united by the Central Committee.
What is the force that compels Kerensky and Chkheidze to "reckon" with the Bolshevik Party to which they have never belonged, which they, or their literary representatives (Socialist-Revolutionaries, Popular Socialists, the Menshevik 0. C. supporters, and so forth), have always abused, condemned, denounced as an insignificant underground circle, a sect of doctrinaires, and so forth? Where and when has it ever happened that in time of revolution, at a time of predominantly mass action, sane-minded politicians should "reckon" with "doctrinaires"??
He is all mixed up, our poor English Guchkovite; he has failed to produce a logical argument, has failed to tell either a whole lie or the whole truth, he has merely given himself away.
Kerensky and Chkheidze are compelled to reckon with the Social-Democratic Party of the Central Committee by the influence it exerts on the proletariat, on the masses. Our Party was found to be with the masses, with the revolutionary proletariat, in spite of the arrest and deportation of our Duma deputies to Siberia, as far back as 1914, in spite of the fierce persecution and arrests to which the St. Petersburg Committee was subjected for its underground activities during the war, against the war and against tsarism.
"Facts are stubborn things," as the English proverb has it. Let me remind you of it, most esteemed English Guchkovite! That our Party guided, or at least rendered devoted assistance to, the St. Petersburg workers in the great days of revolution is a fact the English Guchkovite "himself" was obliged to admit. And he was equally obliged to admit the fact that Kerensky and Chkheidze are oscillating between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The Gvozdyovites, the "defencists", i.e., the social-chauvinists, i.e., the defenders of the imperialist, predatory war, are now completely following the bourgeoisie; Kerensky, by entering the ministry, i.e., the second Provisional Government, has also completely deserted to the bourgeoisie; Chkheidze has not; he continues to oscillate between the Provisional Government of the bourgeoisie, the Guchkovs and Milyukovs, and the "provisional government" of the proletariat and the poorest masses of the people, the Soviet of Workers' Deputies and the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party united by the Central Committee.
Consequently, the revolution has confirmed what we especially insisted on when we urged the workers clearly to realise the class difference between the principal parties and principal trends in the working – class movement and among the petty bourgeoisie – what we wrote, for example, in the Geneva Sotsial-Demokrat No. 47, nearly eighteen months ago, on October 13, 1915.
But let us return to the English Guchkovite.
The Guchkovites were for a civil war from which they would benefit, but they are against a civil war from which the people, i.e., the actual majority of the working people, would benefit.
"...The relations between the Provisional Committee of the Duma, which represents the whole nation [imagine saying this about the committee of the landlord and capitalist Fourth Duma!], and the Council of Labour Deputies, representing purely class interests [this is the language of a diplomat who has heard learned words with one ear and wants to conceal the fact that the Soviet of Workers' Deputies represents the proletariat and the poor, i.e., nine-tenths of the population], but in a crisis like the present wielding enormous power, have aroused no small misgivings among reasonable men regarding the possibility of a conflict between them – the results of which might be too terrible to describe.
What this agreement was, whether it was concluded with the whole of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies and on what terms, we do not know. On this chief point, the English Guchkovite says nothing at all this time. And no wonder! It is not to the advantage of the bourgeoisie to have these terms made clear, precise and known to all, for it would then be more difficult for it to violate them!
The preceding lines were already written when I read two very important communications. First, in that most conservative and bourgeois Paris newspaper Le Temps of March 20, the text of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies manifesto appealing for "support" of the new government; second, excerpts from Skobelev's speech in the State Duma on March 1 (14), reproduced in a Zurich newspaper (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 Mit.-bl., March 21) from a Berlin newspaper (National Zeitung).
The manifesto of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies, if the text has not been distorted by the French imperialists, is a most remarkable document. It shows that the St. Petersburg proletariat, at least at the time the manifesto was issued, was under the predominating influence of petty-bourgeois politicians. You will recall that in this category of politicians I include, as has been already mentioned above, people of the type of Kerensky and Chkheidze.
Firstly. The manifesto says that the government (the new one) consists of "moderate elements". A strange description, by no means complete, of a purely liberal, not of a Marxist character. I too am prepared to agree that in a certain sense – in my next letter I will show in precisely what sense – now, with the first stage of the revolution completed, every government must be "moderate". But it is absolutely impermissible to conceal from ourselves and from the people that this government wants to continue the imperialist, war, that it is an agent of British capital, that it wants to restore the monarchy and strengthen the rule of the landlords and capitalists.
The manifesto declares that all democrats must "support" the new government and that the Soviet of Workers' Deputies requests and authorises Kerensky to enter the Provisional Government. The conditions – implementation of the promised reforms already during the war, guarantees for the "free cultural" (only??) development of the nationalities (a purely Cadet, wretchedly liberal programme), and the establishment of a spec a committee consisting of members of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies and of "military men" to supervise the activities of the Provisional Government.
This Supervising Committee, which comes within the second category of ideas and slogans, we will discuss separately further on.
The appointment of the Russian Louis Blanc, Kerensky, and the appeal to support the new government is, one may say, a classical example of betrayal of the cause of the revolution and the cause of the proletariat, a betrayal which doomed a number of nineteenth-century revolutions, irrespective of how sincere and devoted to socialism the leaders and supporters of such a policy may have been.
The proletariat cannot and must not support a war government, a restoration government. To fight reaction, to rebuff all possible and probable attempts by the Romanovs and their friends to restore the monarchy and muster a counter revolutionary army, it is necessary not to support Guchkov and Co., but to organise, expand and strengthen a proletarian militia, to arm the people under the leadership of the workers. Without this principal, fundamental, radical measure, there can be no question either of offering serious resistance to the restoration of the monarchy and attempts to rescind or curtail the promised freedoms, or of firmly taking the road that will give the people bread, peace and freedom.
If it is true that Chkheidze, who, with Kerensky, was a member of the first Provisional Government (the Duma committee of thirteen), refrained from entering the second Provisional Government out of principled considerations of the above-mentioned or similar character, then that does him credit. That must be said frankly. Unfortunately, such an interpretation is contradicted by the facts, and primarily by the speech delivered by Skobelev, who has always gone hand in hand with Chkheidze.
Skobelev said, if the above-mentioned source is to be trusted, that "the social [? evidently the Social-Democratic] group and the workers are only slightly in touch (have little contact) with the aims of the Provisional Government", that the workers are demanding peace, and that if the war is continued there will be disaster in the spring anyhow, that "the workers have concluded with society [liberal society] a temporary agreement [eine vorläufige Waffenfreundschaft], although their political aims are as far removed from the aims of society as heaven is from earth", that "the liberals must abandon the senseless [unsinnige] aims of the war", etc.
This speech is a sample of what we called above, in the excerpt from Sotsial-Demokrat. "oscillation" between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The liberals, while remaining liberals, cannot "abandon" the "senseless" aims of the war, which, incidentally, are not determined by them alone, but by Anglo-French finance capital, a world-mighty force measured by hundreds of billions. The task is not to "coax" the liberals, but to explain to the workers why the liberals find themselves in a blind alley, why they are hound hand and foot, why they conceal both the treaties tsarism concluded with England and other countries and the deals between Russian and Anglo-French capital, and so forth.
If Skobelev says that the workers have concluded an agreement with liberal society, no matter of what character, and since he does not protest against it, does not explain from the Duma rostrum how harmful it is for the workers, he thereby approves of the agreement. And that is exactly what he should not do.
Skobelev's direct or indirect, clearly expressed or tacit, approval of the agreement between the Soviet of Workers' Deputies and the Provisional Government is Skobelev's swing towards the bourgeoisie. Skobelev's statement that the workers are demanding peace, that their aims are as far removed from the liberals' aims as heaven is from earth, is Skobelev's swing towards the proletariat.
Purely proletarian, truly revolutionary and profoundly correct in design is the second political idea in the manifesto of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies that we are studying, namely, the idea of establishing a "Supervising Committee" (I do not know whether this is what it is called in Russian; I am translating freely from the French), of proletarian-soldier supervision over the Provisional Government.
Now, that's something real! it is worthy of the workers who have shed their blood for freedom, peace, bread for the people! It is a real step towards real guarantees against tsarism, against a monarchy and against the monarchists Guchkov, Lvov and Co.! It is a sign that the Russian proletariat, in spite of everything, has made progress compared with the French proletariat in 1848, when it "authorised" Louis Blanc! It is proof that the instinct and mind of the proletarian masses are not satisfied with declamations, exclamations, promises of reforms and freedoms, with the title of "minister authorised by the workers", and similar tinsel, but are seeking support only where it is to be found, in the armed masses of the people organised and led by the proletariat, the class-conscious workers.
It is a step along the right road, but only the first step.
If this "Supervising Committee" remains a purely political-type parliamentary institution, a committee that will "put questions" to the Provisional Government and receive answers from it, then it will remain a plaything, will amount to nothing.
I will set out my ideas about this workers' militia in my next letter.
In it I will try to show, on the one hand, that the formation of a militia embracing the entire people and led by the workers is the correct slogan of the day, one that corresponds to the tactical tasks of the peculiar transitional moment through which the Russian revolution (and the world revolution) is passing; and, on the other hand, that to be successful, this workers' militia must, firstly, embrace the entire people, must be a mass organisation to the degree of being universal, must really embrace the entire able-bodied population of both sexes; secondly, it must proceed to combine not only purely police, but general state functions with military functions and with the control of social production and distribution.
P.S. I forgot to date my previous letter March 20 (7).
 See present edition, Vol. 21, p. 403. – Ed.
 The first Provisional Government, or the Provisional Committee of the State Duma, was formed on February 27 (March 12), 1917. On that day the Duma Council of Doyens sent a telegram to the tsar drawing his attention to the critical situation in the capital and urging immediate measures "to save the fatherland and the dynasty". The tsar replied by sending the Duma President, M. V. Rodzyanko, a decree dissolving the Duma. By this time the insurgent people had surrounded the Duma building, the Taurida Palace, where Duma members were meeting in private conference, and blocked all the streets leading to it. Soldiers and armed workers were in occupation of the building. In this situation the Duma hastened to elect a Provisional Committee to "maintain order in Petrograd and for communication with various institutions and individuals".
The Provisional Committee was composed of V. V. Shulgin and V. N. Lvov, both of the extreme Right, Octobrists S. I. Shidlovsky, I. I. Dmitryukov, M. V. Rodzyanko (chairman), Progressists V. A. Rzhevsky and A. I. Konovalov, Cadets P. N. Milyukov and N. V. Nekrasov, the Trudovik A. F. Kerensky, and the Menshevik N. S. Chkheidze.
 The composition of the C. C. Bureau in Russia on March 9 (22), 1917 was as follows: A. I. Yelizarova, K. S. Yeremeyev, V. N. Zalezhsky, P. A. Zalutsky, M. I. Kalinin, V. M. Molotov, M. S. Olminsky, A. M. Smirnov, Y. D. Stasova, M. I. Ulyanova, M. I. Khakharev, K. M. Shvedchikov, A. G. Shlyapnikov and K. I. Shutko. On March 12 (25), G. I. Bokii and M. K. Muranov were added, also J. V. Stalin, with voice but no vote.
The Petrograd Committee of the R.S.D.L P. was formed at a meeting on March 2 (15), 1917, and was composed of all those who had served on the illegal committees and newly co-opted members. The composition was: B. V. Avilov, N. K. Antipov, B. A. Zhemchuzhin, V. N. Zalezhsky, M. I. Kalinin, N. P. Komarov, L. M. Mikhailov, V. M. Molotov, K. Orlov, N. I. Podvoisky, P. I. Stu&chat;ka, V. V. Schmidt, K. I. Shutko and A. G. Shlyapnikov, representing the Central Committee Bureau.
For the January (Prague) Conference, to which Lenin refers, see Note No. 95.
 Reference is to the agreement concluded on the night following March 1 (14), 1917 between the Duma Provisional Committee and the Socialist-Revolutionary and Menshevik leaders of the Petrograd Soviet Executive Committee.The latter voluntarily surrendered power to the bourgeoisie and authorised the Duma Provisional Committee to form a Provisional Government of its own choice.
 Le Temps – a daily paper published in Paris from 1861 to 1942. Spoke for the ruling element and was the factual organ of the French Foreign Ministry.
 The Manifesto of the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was published in Izvestia on March 3 (16), 1917 (No. 4),simultaneously with the announcement of the formation of a Provisional Government under Prince Lvov. Drawn up by the Socialist-Revolutionary and Menshevik members of the Executive Committee, it declared that the democratic forces would support the new government "to the extent that it carries out its undertakings and wages a determined struggle against the old regime".
The Manifesto did not mention the fact that the Soviet had authorised Kerensky to join the new government, inasmuch as on March 1 (14) the Executive Committee had decided "not to delegate democratic representatives to the government". Le Temps reported this in a despatch from its correspondent. On March 2 (15) the Soviet, "defying the protest of the minority", approved Kerensky's entry into the government as Minister of Justice.
 Neue Zürcher Zeitung – a bourgeois newspaper, founded in Zurich in 1780 and until 1821 published under the name Zürcher Zeitung, now the most influential paper in Switzerland.
National-Zeitung – a capitalist newspaper published in Berlin from 1848 to 1938; beginning with 1914 appeared under the name Acht-Uhr Abendsblatt. National-Zeitung.
 The foreign press reported the appointment by the Petrograd Soviet of a special body to keep check on the Provisional Government. On the basis of this report, Lenin at first welcomed the organisation of this control body, pointing out, however, that only experience would show whether it would live up to expectations. Actually, this so-called Contact Committee, appointed by the Executive on March 8 (21) to "influence" and "control" the work of the Provisional Government, only helped the latter exploit the prestige of the Soviet as a cover for its counter-revolutionary policy. The Contact Committee consisted of M. I. Skobelev, Y. M. Steklov, N. N. Sukhanov, V. N. Filippovsky, N. S. Chkheidze and, later, V. M. Chernov and I. G. Tsereteli. It helped keep the masses from active revolutionary struggle for the transfer of power to the Soviets. The committee was dissolved in April 1917, when its functions were taken over by the Petrograd Soviet Executive Committee Bureau.


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Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study
Kathleen M. O'Connell, Kushang V. Patel, Elisabeth Powelson, Bryce R.H. Robinson, Kelly Boyle, Jacob Peschman, Ethan C. Blocher-Smith, Lewis Jacobson, Justin Leavitt, Marta L. McCrum, Jessica Ballou, Karen J. Brasel, Joshua Judge, Shannon Greenberg, Kaushik Mukherjee, Qian Qiu, Monica S. Vavilala, Frederick Rivara, Saman Arbabi
BACKGROUND Single-center data demonstrates that regional analgesia (RA) techniques are associated with reduced risk of delirium in older patients with multiple rib fractures. We hypothesized that a similar effect between RA and delirium would be identified in a larger cohort of patients from multiple level I trauma centers. METHODS Retrospective data from seven level I trauma centers were collected for intensive care unit (ICU) patients 65 years or older with ≥3 rib fractures from January 2012 to December 2016. Those with a head and/or spine injury Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score of ≥ 3 or a history of dementia were excluded. Delirium was defined as one positive Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit score in the first 7 days of ICU care. Poisson regression with robust standard errors was used to determine the association of RA (thoracic epidural or paravertebral catheter) with delirium incidence. RESULTS Data of 574 patients with a median age of 75 years (interquartile range [IQR], 69-83), Injury Severity Score of 14 (IQR, 11-18), and ICU length of stay of 3 days (IQR, 2-6 days) were analyzed. Among the patients, 38.9% were women, 15.3% were non-White, and 31.4% required a chest tube. Regional analgesia was used in 19.3% patients. Patient characteristics did not differ by RA use; however, patients with RA had more severe chest injury (chest AIS, flail segment, hemopneumothorax, thoracostomy tube). In univariate analysis, there was no difference in the likelihood of delirium between the RA and no RA groups (18.9% vs. 23.8% p = 0.28). After adjusting for age, sex, Injury Severity Score, maximum chest AIS, thoracostomy tube, ICU length of stay, and trauma center, RA was associated with reduced risk of delirium (incident rate ratio [IRR], 0.65; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.44-0.94) but not with in-hospital mortality (IRR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.14-1.26) or respiratory complications (IRR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.42-1.16). CONCLUSION In this multicenter cohort of injured older adults with multiple rib fractures, RA use was associated with a 35% lower risk of delirium. Further studies are needed to standardize protocols for optimal pain management and prevention of delirium in older adults with severe thoracic injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic, level IV; Epidemiologic, level III.
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003258
Regional analgesia
Rib fractures
10.1097/TA.0000000000003258
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Multicenter Studies Medicine & Life Sciences 63%
Thoracic Injuries Medicine & Life Sciences 40%
Abbreviated Injury Scale Medicine & Life Sciences 35%
O'Connell, K. M., Patel, K. V., Powelson, E., Robinson, B. R. H., Boyle, K., Peschman, J., Blocher-Smith, E. C., Jacobson, L., Leavitt, J., McCrum, M. L., Ballou, J., Brasel, K. J., Judge, J., Greenberg, S., Mukherjee, K., Qiu, Q., Vavilala, M. S., Rivara, F., & Arbabi, S. (2021). Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 91(2), 265-271. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003258
Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures : An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. / O'Connell, Kathleen M.; Patel, Kushang V.; Powelson, Elisabeth; Robinson, Bryce R.H.; Boyle, Kelly; Peschman, Jacob; Blocher-Smith, Ethan C.; Jacobson, Lewis; Leavitt, Justin; McCrum, Marta L.; Ballou, Jessica; Brasel, Karen J.; Judge, Joshua; Greenberg, Shannon; Mukherjee, Kaushik; Qiu, Qian; Vavilala, Monica S.; Rivara, Frederick; Arbabi, Saman.
In: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Vol. 91, No. 2, 2021, p. 265-271.
O'Connell, KM, Patel, KV, Powelson, E, Robinson, BRH, Boyle, K, Peschman, J, Blocher-Smith, EC, Jacobson, L, Leavitt, J, McCrum, ML, Ballou, J, Brasel, KJ, Judge, J, Greenberg, S, Mukherjee, K, Qiu, Q, Vavilala, MS, Rivara, F & Arbabi, S 2021, 'Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 265-271. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003258
O'Connell KM, Patel KV, Powelson E, Robinson BRH, Boyle K, Peschman J et al. Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2021;91(2):265-271. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003258
O'Connell, Kathleen M. ; Patel, Kushang V. ; Powelson, Elisabeth ; Robinson, Bryce R.H. ; Boyle, Kelly ; Peschman, Jacob ; Blocher-Smith, Ethan C. ; Jacobson, Lewis ; Leavitt, Justin ; McCrum, Marta L. ; Ballou, Jessica ; Brasel, Karen J. ; Judge, Joshua ; Greenberg, Shannon ; Mukherjee, Kaushik ; Qiu, Qian ; Vavilala, Monica S. ; Rivara, Frederick ; Arbabi, Saman. / Use of regional analgesia and risk of delirium in older adults with multiple rib fractures : An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. In: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2021 ; Vol. 91, No. 2. pp. 265-271.
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AU - Vavilala, Monica S.
AU - Rivara, Frederick
AU - Arbabi, Saman
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N2 - BACKGROUND Single-center data demonstrates that regional analgesia (RA) techniques are associated with reduced risk of delirium in older patients with multiple rib fractures. We hypothesized that a similar effect between RA and delirium would be identified in a larger cohort of patients from multiple level I trauma centers. METHODS Retrospective data from seven level I trauma centers were collected for intensive care unit (ICU) patients 65 years or older with ≥3 rib fractures from January 2012 to December 2016. Those with a head and/or spine injury Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score of ≥ 3 or a history of dementia were excluded. Delirium was defined as one positive Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit score in the first 7 days of ICU care. Poisson regression with robust standard errors was used to determine the association of RA (thoracic epidural or paravertebral catheter) with delirium incidence. RESULTS Data of 574 patients with a median age of 75 years (interquartile range [IQR], 69-83), Injury Severity Score of 14 (IQR, 11-18), and ICU length of stay of 3 days (IQR, 2-6 days) were analyzed. Among the patients, 38.9% were women, 15.3% were non-White, and 31.4% required a chest tube. Regional analgesia was used in 19.3% patients. Patient characteristics did not differ by RA use; however, patients with RA had more severe chest injury (chest AIS, flail segment, hemopneumothorax, thoracostomy tube). In univariate analysis, there was no difference in the likelihood of delirium between the RA and no RA groups (18.9% vs. 23.8% p = 0.28). After adjusting for age, sex, Injury Severity Score, maximum chest AIS, thoracostomy tube, ICU length of stay, and trauma center, RA was associated with reduced risk of delirium (incident rate ratio [IRR], 0.65; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.44-0.94) but not with in-hospital mortality (IRR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.14-1.26) or respiratory complications (IRR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.42-1.16). CONCLUSION In this multicenter cohort of injured older adults with multiple rib fractures, RA use was associated with a 35% lower risk of delirium. Further studies are needed to standardize protocols for optimal pain management and prevention of delirium in older adults with severe thoracic injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic, level IV; Epidemiologic, level III.
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Outside church building on a typical Sunday.
Last week one of the elders of the church in Mibu sought our help in contacting the police in the area. Recently a believer in Da.. village (same village as referenced above) was being disciplined by the church there for unrepentant, unfaithfulness to his wife. Often times when individuals are confronted they react very differently. This individual decided to act violently. He began lashing out against others and damaging houses and other property and threatening to hurt others. We haven't gotten a lot of details of what has happened since then, other than that he hasn't stopped being belligerent but instead continues to cause trouble.
During church services this last Sunday, 11 men came into Mibu with faces painted black and armed with machetes and bows & arrows. They forced the believers out of the church and rounded them up away from the building down to the basketball court area of the village. There they expressed their anger that one of the Mibu men had insulted his wife who was from one of their villages. They also proceeded to blame the Mibu people for being the ones who had worked sorcery on the two men who had died in one of their villages back in November. For this they were ready to execute some Mibu people! Additionally they were demanding K5,000.00 and a payment of 5 pigs. Some community leaders seeking to calm the situation invited the men into one of the houses. During the discussion when they thought the situation warranted it, they told the men that the insult they heard about wasn't true (both the husband and wife in question agree it was blown both out of context and proportion), and that the accusation of sorcery was also completely untrue, because Mibu--unlike many other places in the area--hasn't been practicing sorcery since the Gospel came and was accepted in 2006. Still, one of their comments struck a nerve and the group snapped. In an attempt to kill, they nearly succeeded in injuring two Mibu men who thankfully were able to run to safety. At this point everyone in the village fled, leaving the assailants free reign. They then proceeded to attack vanilla & food gardens claiming that they would be back as they left. Later in a report, Mibu people were able to identify 6 of the 11 assailants, one of whom is a known murderer. The church has now sent this report to the authorities regarding these six names along other details of the incident.
D We have encouraged the Mibus with the words of Jesus in John 15. We are promised in scripture that we will have trouble in this life, especially if we choose to live godly lives. The Mibu church has weathered difficult times before, but it certainly feels like the enemy is ramping things up many more notches. We imagine there are those in the church who are scared, rattled, and possibly looking for the easy out. PRAY they will stand firm in what they know to be true. PRAY that they will not cave to the cultural norms, but instead rely on they power God to show himself strong on their behalf. PRAY that the police are able to come quickly and help address the matters in a helpful way and restore some order to the area. PRAY through it all that the Mibu church will be a shining example to their neighboring communities, and that these accusations and troubles that are coming their way don't affect the peace that has come to be associated with them. Pray for our friends, our brothers and sisters, that they will seek the face of God, and walk humbly in his ways.
It's so hard to believe that those words are becoming a regular part of our vocabulary!! Jael graduates in just a year and a half, and anyone who has had kids in high school will tell you that THIS is the time to start making and acting on plans for after high school. Thankfully, Jael's plans have been rather straight forward as she plans to do 1 to 2 years at our Bible school in Jackson Michigan after she graduates from high school...a plan we applaud for more than one reason! AFTER that, the vision becomes much less clear. While she realizes that things can change, and the Lord can redirect (future relationships etc.), Jael is still looking at what might come after Bible school, and what she might need to do to prepare for that now. Namely, the college board exams: ACT and SAT. For someone who has always struggled with standardized tests, her attitude towards sitting for these is one of maturity. Pray for her, as she prepares and sits for these tests, and as she continues to seek the Lord for what he might have for her in the future.
It feels like it's been a while since we've updated you on the kids. Jael officially becomes and adult in a little less than a month with her 18th birthday! (WHERE did the last 18 year go?!) She's busy being a Junior in high school, and all the things that come with that here (fundraising events, class meetings and outings, planning and organizing events). Plus, she has participated in every sport offered this year, with her favorite (soccer) having just started last week. She also has been faithfully attending D-groups (a youth group-like discipleship group here) AND staying on top of her school work. She's learned well how to balance her priorities having on the rare occasion said no to sports or D-groups in order to stay on top of homework. Baruch, now in 8th grade, has also been able to participate in the bi-weekly D-groups. At 14, he is looking more manly every passing month. School team sports do not start until next year for him, but that has not stopped him from picking up as many sports activities as possible through PE, and youth sport nights during the week etc . He's picking up guitar, and has also joined the community choir with his mom and sister. In addition to these developments, he and a friend have also started a junior high boys' accountability group here on center. What a joy it is to see these emerging leadership skills develop! We are also reminded that Titus is growing and maturing as well. School continues to be a challenge for our almost 11 year old, but there have been areas of progress...particularly in reading. Keep praying for us as we continue to seek the Lord to help mold and shape the character of these precious lives entrusted to our care.
Chris and Angie Walker .
Despite some drama regarding Chris's visa while transiting through Australia and temporarily missing luggage, Chris, Brandon & Rebecca made it safely to Goroka late afternoon on May 31st. That next morning they were joined by Joey Tartaglia and the foursome boarded for the last leg of the journey into Mibu. Due to helicopter unavailability they flew to a nearby airstrip where they met with Wycliffe Bible Translator's helicopter and from there were flown the short hop into Mibu. Upon arrival, many had heard of the traveling difficulties experienced earlier and were expressing their joy that prayers had been answered with a safe arrival. Over the last week some needed maintenance on the house was undertaken as we also made final preparations for the elder appointment ceremony on Sunday.
After finally arriving in Mibu, we were greeted by many very excited Mibus. Chris "accidentally" mistakes Lucas for a piece of luggage and proceeds to carry him half-way to the house from the Helicopter.
Throughout the week we spent time fasting, praying, meeting and discussing God's appointment of these three men. Brandon & Rebecca spent the week working with a number of Mibus digging on the upper section of the airstrip. Last Monday one of the four men withdrew from the appointment after issues in his life came to light. Disappointments aside, after spending some time with him throughout the week everyone we has been so very thankful for his attitude throughout this withdrawal. We have been expressing our thanks to God for being so very active in the process of selecting these men. In the last several weeks Geoff has been leading a group of over a dozen potential elders through a Bible study on cultivating unity among an elder team. This was a resource that Chris was able to translate while on furlough so it was a joy to see how soberly and joyously the men were receiving and discussing this resource even if it's at the tail end of the Bible study. On Wednesday the helicopter arrived again, this time bringing 3 more people to come and be a part of the appointment process. Bill Michaud as NTM's church liaison came representing NTM PNG leadership's support, John Smith a videographer from New Zealand came with an array of gear to capture photos & video with the hope of making a documentary of the event available in the coming weeks or months, Lord willing. Also, Joel Kemaya the lead pastor of Bena Bridge church in Goroka came to take part and spend time with the believers here and encourage them as they move forward into maturity as a church. Then Saturday night just before the appointment services on Sunday churches from throughout the area met for an all-night celebration of singing & dancing that went from 11:25pm to dawn Sunday morning.
Church services started a little earlier than normal. The elders to be appointed, the missionaries and the special guests were all seated in seats of honor while a large group dressed in traditional decorative clothing sang a worship song. Then after prayer we were lead into the church with a drums, guitars & singing. The new elders, missionaries and special guests were seated up front, then after them the other leaders. The church was so full there wasn't enough room for everyone so others stood outside the church looking in. Joey Tartaglia stood and gave a recounting of the history of how the missionary team was formed and how the Gospel was taught and received by the Mibus. Geoff then gave a series of Biblical challenges, some directed to the church body and others directed to the new elders. Major themes of unity, humility, tender care, respect and vigilance against error were stressed. Then Chris stood and gave a recounting of Biblical examples of laying on of hands as found in Acts, stressing that this event was not a passing of power from the missionaries to the new elders, but a identification with and recognition that the Holy Spirit has already shown Himself evident in their lives and ministries. Also mentioning the principles of taking this event seriously through much fasting and prayer. Afterwards Bill Michaud speaking in Tok Pisin encouraged the congregation with Paul's prayer as found in Ephesians that the believers would come to know the breadth and depth of Christs's love. Then he prayed as the missionaries, church leadership and congregation all laid hands on the elders. Afterwards, Chris played and translated a video of support from the elders of Calvary Church of Wayland which was very enthusiastically received. During the video at one point Jim Wobma (an elder of Calvary Church of Wayland) mentioned that it may be that while on earth they may never meet the Mibus, however all the elders at Calvary look forward to meeting them in heaven.. at this the entire church rang out in excited appreciation. After this Joel Kemaya shared of Paul's last parting words to the Ephesian church at the closing of the book of Acts. He encouraged the Mibu church stating that as the missionaries labor among them draws to a close, the torch is now being passed on to the Mibu church, and with God's help they will stand strong from generation to generation. At this then the services were closed with some more songs and prayer. What a momentous day, so very thankful that we have reached this major milestone in the maturity of the church and looking forward to this new phase of ministry ahead of us.
We are pleased to announced that all the funds Jael & Rachael need for their trip to China this summer have been raised! It is such a joy to see our children trust God to lead them independantly from us and to see Him working through so many that step into the gap and add support to His leading. Thank you so much all of you for your prayers and support in this way!
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I keep a number of links to articles about digitising photographs, why you should do it and how to store your images once they have been scanned (possibly enhanced) and saved.
Share your pictures with others.
The point being that with physical pictures fading and gaining a colour cast or just physically deteriorating, now is the time to review and sort these out. The article is a timely explanation of why you should seriously consider checking your photographs and why digitising them is currently the best way to preserve them for current and future generations to enjoy.
Of course, our competitors are mentioned in here, I'd be very surprised if we got a mention from the Telegraph after all! However, the main thing is to be comfortable with who is digitising your photographs for you. We are still small enough to oversee every scan and to take the appropriate level of care when handling your precious memories.
What is particularly important, once the collection is digitised is what to do with the originals and the digital copies. Sharing amongst the family is a good way of ensuring that the images will be available to many people and in the event of some sort of disaster occurring to one digital copy others will be around to be replaced but there are other ways of off-site storage explained in the article too which will interest anyone wanting to digitise their photographs.


If someone had told you that, some years back when they went to Butlins Skegness, they had seen Cannon & Ball, or Little & Large, you'd have no hesitation in believing them. However, if someone told you they'd seen comic legends Laurel & Hardy there, you might think that the mixture of beer and bracing air had affected their brains. However, that Laurel and Hardy DID appear at the Butlins Theatre Skegness is a fact.
Between February and September 1947 Stan and Ollie did an extensive tour of the No.1 theatre circuit in England and Scotland. The two screen comedians played Skegness week commencing 23 June, sandwiched between weeks in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
On Monday afternoon, after rehearsals at the theatre, the two superstars were to be found in the Empress Ballroom, where they judged one of the heats of the 'Holiday Lovelies' competition. And, whilst 'the Boys' were keeping their eyes on the girls, their wives - Ida and Lucille - were keeping their eyes on them, by making up the rest of the judging panel. There was less beauty to behold in the competition which followed, namely the 'Knobbly Knees' competition - in which elderly men, with their trouser-legs rolled up, were subjected to a series of humiliating tasks.
shoe-cleaning service provided by Day & Martin.
Just two of many photos of Laurel and Hardy at Butlins in 1947.
If you have any more, or know someone who was there at the time please contact me.
On Tuesday afternoon the Laurels and the Hardys were out on the Gloucester Green, judging junior competitions for boys, girls, and toddlers. At other times, they were photographed participating in various leisure activities, such as roller skating, and riding around the Ingoldmells Hotel on one of the Butlin's fun-bikes. And, later in the week, they spent a bit of time with Billy Butlin himself.


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Book Spotlight: "Extremity Retained: Notes From The Death Metal Underground"
Interview with author Jason Netherton | By Brandon Ringo
Over the last few years, death metal has seen an overwhelming boom in popularity thanks to all the reunions from older bands, as well as the amazing crop of new blood. For those who need a history lesson on the genre and its history, Handshake Inc. has now released Extremity Retained, an oral history of death metal and extreme metal as told by some of the biggest and most revolutionary names in the genre. The book was created by Jason Netherton of Misery Index and formerly Dying Fetus and it really is perfect for older fans wanting to reminisce about the good old days, as well as those who completely missed it all and want to read about all the gory details.
The first thing I'm curious about regarding this process is what came first, the interviews with the different bands or the idea to make a book about the history of death metal?
It all developed spontaneously, I had no idea at first what I was going to do with all the stories I was gathering, just that there seemed to be some value in collecting them, in the tradition of oral history. I bought the digital recorder and carried it around with me on my travels from 2010-2013, a period when my band Misery Index did a lot of tours and festivals. It was a sort of hobby at first, but after a while I looked at what I had and thought it would make a nice contribution to the scene, because it was about 25 years old at that point and had yet to really be historicized properly through first person memories and anecdotes.
When you started the process of these interviews with all of these bands, did you create a big list of bands and people you wanted to include in the book or was it more about catching whoever you could whenever you could talk to them?
I had no list actually, it was more or less who I ran into along the way. If I was backstage at a random festival like With Full Force in Germany, I would look around at all the dressing rooms and just say, "okay, there is Morgoth, why not chat with the singer Marc, about the old German scene in the late 80s?" etc. So, after a while I accumulated over 100 contributors. Some were through email and some were through phoners/Skype, because sometimes people would not be in the mood to chat, and would just say "let's do it later after the tour" or something. The idea for me eventually was more about getting a broad, international collectivity of diverse voices, rather than targeting the "A" list death metal heroes…there are plenty of "A" listers in there, but to really get the vibe and ethos of the underground, I was looking also to get the marginal and front-line voices as well, the bands that did not get as big, the zine writers, etc…that to me is the essence of the underground, because it was so driven by fans and fans who started their own bands.
As far as the book's structure goes, I would think that was a bit of a nightmare. When deciding what stories should go where, did you basically just transcribe everything and study what you had to determine where it would fit and what the theme would be or how did the process of deciding what should go where work?
Yes, you nailed it. Once I began transcribing interviews (and this is a specific type of torture reserved for the 7th circle of hell I believe!), it became apparent that certain themes were unfolding, and certain threads were starting to form. For example, a tour story is obviously a tour story, so if Anders from Unleashed or Mitch from Napalm Death is telling me what it was like to go out on their first tours in 1990-91, that sits well in the fourth section of the book – Rotting in the Van. The lengthy chat I had with Jim Morris from Morrisound Studios in Tampa (I stopped in there while visiting my father who lives outside Tampa in early 2013) – his recollections and stories fit well with the third section on Studio and performance called Skeletal Forms. It more or less was built up organically like this, as various parts of various conversations became more and more situated into identifiably specific categories. One binding thread throughout the book is the transition from analog to digital culture, and how the internet and its technological extensions more or less upended the way the underground worked in its early years (fanzines and tape trading), and how newer "immediate" media forms like the MP3, blogs and downloading have affected things in terms of sincerity, mystique and authenticity.
Due to all of the transcription required, plus the timing of the interviews and the structuring and whatnot, would you say that this type of book was more difficult to concoct than a basic novel?
I guess it's perhaps just as difficult, but from another angle. Perhaps with a novel you are relying far less on other people to help you complete your task. While with my book, the "content" (of oral history) is from other people – yet I compiled it, transcribed it, edited it and contextualized it. So in this way, if there was no scene to dive into and investigate and no interview subjects to engage, it would not come together very easily!
Of all the amazing stories that you got for this book, were there any in particular that really stood out to you as your favorite?
I really enjoyed talking to Jim Morris, that was a big highlight, just learning how this one studio in Tampa randomly became the one that "figured out" how to properly record, or capture death metal, and give so many classic albums that aura that stands today. Also, there were the unexpected interviews, like Alan Averill from Primordial, who is not a death metal singer, but grew up very much a death metal fan in Dublin, Ireland in the late 80s/early 90s, and who was very cool in relating the tension and chaos that defined the local youth culture at the time. Also, I really like the contributions from South America, specifically Andres Padilla from Chile (Violence Zine) and Alex Oquendo from Masacre (Colombia), who really gave a nice politico-historic context in describing their local scenes in the late 80s/early 90s as being very much response/reaction to the dark periods in their nation's histories. Beyond this, the collectivity of tour stories is fun, and will probably be the most interesting for some, because they are so full of uncertainties, trials and errors.
Purchase Extremity Retained here: http://extremityretained.wordpress.com/
PrevBook Spotlight: "Heavy Metal Movies" by Mike "McBeardo" McPadden
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Q: Why does my AJAX code fail when I try to use the return value? I am trying use AJAX to make changes to my web page. xml_whoid.php seems to work fine. The jQuery works until I add the function (even if it is just the alert). I suspect it is a syntax error but I cannot find the problem.
I also do not know how to access the returned value. I have a jQuery book, but it does not show how to use AJAX return values in a compare statement. I have googled many times but the examples have
          function(result) {
             "process data here" or "result.data.length"
          }
It seems such a simple problem but I have been tearing my hair out on it because I did not want to ask another (silly) question but can tell by my backup dates I have been stuck on trying to get this AJAX code to work for 5 days.
                        xml_whoid.php
    <?php
    require_once("../../includes/initialize.php");
    require_once("../../includes/functions.php");
    require_once("../../includes/session.php");
    require_once("../../includes/database.php");
    if ($session->is_logged_in()) {
        $idwho=$_POST["idwho"];
        $session->changeidwho($idwho);
        $whos  = Whostaff::find_one_by_who($idwho);
        if ($whos) {
            echo "1";
        } else {
            echo "0";
        }
    }
?>

<script type="text/javascript">
    function changewho(idwho,mydesc) {
        $('#who').html(mydesc);
        $('#whofoot').html(mydesc);
        $('#whomaint').html(mydesc);
        $("#visible1").show();
        $("#visible2").show();
        $("#visible3").show();
        $("#visible4").show();
        $("#visible5").show();
        $.post('xml_whoid.php', { idwho: idwho });
        $.ajax({
            url: "xml_whoid.php",
            type: "POST",
            async: false,
            data: {
                idwho: idwho
            },
        function(result) {                 // This code causes everything to fail.
            alert('Fetched');              //
            //if(result==0){               // I have searched and searched but
            //  $("#visible6").show();     // I cannot work out if this is how
            //}                            // to access the returned value.
        }
    });
}
</script>

I use "async: false," because this page is not often used and only in house.

A: You're missing the key success:
$.ajax({
   url: "xml_whoid.php",
   type: "POST",
   async: false,
   data: {
     idwho: idwho
   },
   success: function(result) {
     alert('Fetched');
   }
});

A: The ajax call have a callback function called success and another error.
With the function success you can retrieve the message that you return from your function.
With the function error you can handle errors from your php page or something wrong.
In your code you have missed to insert the name of the callback function.
try this:
$.ajax({
            url: "xml_whoid.php",
            type: "POST",
            async: false,
            data: {
                idwho: idwho
            },
            success: function(result) {
              alert('Fetched');
            },
            error: function(error) {
              alert(error);
            }
    });

A: Return function should be written as
success: function(result) {
  alert('Fetched');
}

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Since the industrial revolution the pace of change within our cities has been dramatic, leading to the largest migration the human race has ever known – from the countryside to the city.
Today, close to 4 billion people reside in urban areas. By 2030, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities of more than 10 million inhabitants. By 2050, 66 percent of the world's population will be urban.
In certain countries around the globe it is possible to build cities from scratch and install transport infrastructure in order to move people efficiently around urban areas. However, in most cities this is either not possible or extremely costly and potentially fraught with challenges.
The question is, how do we tackle the demands placed on our cities caused by the trend towards urbanisation and population increase?
This is not a simple question to answer, but in this post we will focus on how, by using the smartphone and creating an ecosystem of interconnected best-of-breed applications, we can break down the barriers within cities between different services, operators and modes of transport; creating stress free, frictionless journeys for all.
By improving urban mobility within our cities we allow them to thrive. We like to think of transport as the arteries of our cities, connecting the city together, giving it life. The easier it is for the blood to flow and the more the blood can access the body, the better the body works, and it's the same with cities.
To give some context to what I mean I am going to start at the end and explain how we envisage the future of urban transport by describing the journey of the future.
Sarah has just been offered a new job. Great news for her, but it now means she needs to commute to work. The night before she starts her new job she makes sure she has her ticket and will be on time by downloading the transport provider's mobile ticketing app. This shows her the route she needs to take, the train she needs to catch and what time she needs to leave for work. It also allows her to buy a weekly travel card. Sarah buys the travelcard and the ticket is saved straight to her phone.
The next morning Sarah wakes up, she gets ready and jumps in her car for the short trip to the station. As she drives into the car park she uses an app to pay for her parking space without the need to carry cash or find the correct change. She also receives a notification via the app for 15% off a coffee at the coffee shop at the station.
After grabbing a latte, Sarah walks straight past the queue at the ticket machine and the even larger queue at the ticket office, saving her time and hassle. She opens her app and scans her phone at the fare gates, getting straight onto the platform. The train pulls into the station and she gets onboard.
On the train Sarah gets a travel alert about disruption on the section of her journey where she would normally travel by bus. Using the app on her phone she checks her route which factors in the delay. She then decides to take a different route to work.
The train pulls into the station and instead of getting the bus Sarah goes down into the subway, scanning her ticket which is stored on her phone at the barcode enabled subway gates.
After getting out of the subway, Sarah uses the app to grab a bike from the city bike service for the last leg of her journey, getting to work on time.
Is this set of diverse functions better served by one app or multiple apps? We believe the answer is simple.
Mobile ticketing is just one of a range of mobile apps and services being developed to help people move around cities. Each one of these does a fantastic job in the niche they are designed for, be it ticketing, parking, bike share or route planning etc.
No two cities are the same and ecosystems are already (or have already) built up around the needs of individual cities. There is no point investing in a route planning application if everyone already uses services like Transit App or Citymapper, because there is very little chance the app you launch will provide a better service than they do, they already have high usage within cities and changing people's habits is extremely difficult. The answer is not to replace them - but link to them.
By utilising a common set of open APIs and standards it is possible for various related applications to interact, allowing the user to surf between services in the same way they would on the web. This helps remove the barriers between different city services, modes of transport and operators.
The result is stress free, frictionless travel using your smartphone.
At Masabi we already deeplink to other services through our applications and we have further deeplinking apps going live this year. We believe ecosystems of connected apps will continue to develop around urban areas over the next year or two helping people move around our cities.


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<?php

require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Event/Conduit.php' );
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Event/Filter.php' );
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Event/Handler.php' );
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Event/HandlerPriorityQueue.php' );
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Event/GenericEvent.php' );
require_once( __DIR__ . '/../../Patterns/Publisher.php' );

use Falcraft\Event;
use Falcraft\Patterns;

echo "Falcraft\\Event\\Conduit.php Test\n";
echo "-------------------------------\n\n";

echo "Basic Instantiation -- \n";

echo "    Empty Instantiation (1) -> ";

$success = true;

$conduit1 = null;

try {
    $conduit1 = new Event\Conduit();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n";
}

echo "    Instantiaton With Filter and Handler -- \n";

$success = true;

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    echo "        Instantiate Empty Filter -> ";
    $filter = new Event\Filter();

    echo "Success!\n";

    echo "        Instantiate Handler (Z) -> ";
    $handlerz = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler Z\n";},
        null,
        Event\Handler::DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    echo "Success!\n";

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    $success = false;
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    echo "EXCEPTION RAISED\n\n";
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    $conduit2 = new Event\Conduit(
        array($filter, $handlerz),
        array(),
        array('strict' => true)
    );
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
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echo "    Instantiate with Publishers Also -- \n";

$success = true;

$publisher1 = $publisher2 = $publisher3 = null;

try {
    echo "        Instantiate Publisher1 -> ";
    $publisher1 = new Patterns\Publisher();
    echo "Success!\n";

    echo "        Instantiate Publisher2 -> ";
    $publisher2 = new Patterns\Publisher();
    echo "Success!\n";

    echo "        Instantiate Publisher3 -> ";
    $publisher3 = new Patterns\Publisher();
    echo "Success!\n";
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if (!$success) {
    echo "EXCEPTION RAISED\n\n";
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echo "        Instantiate Conduit (3) -> ";

$success = true;

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try {
    $conduit3 = new Event\Conduit(
        array(array($filter, $handlerz)),
        array($publisher1, $publisher2, $publisher3,),
        array('strict' => true)
    );
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
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if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
}

echo "        Remove Publisher1 and Publisher3 from Conduit 3 -> ";

$success = true;

try {
    $conduit3->removePublisher($publisher1);
    $conduit3->removePublisher($publisher3);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
}

echo "    Prepare 2 Queues & Filters in Conduit -- \n";

$success = true;

$handler1 = $handler2 = $handler3 = $handler4 = $handler5 = $handler6 = null;
$queue1 = $queue2 = null;

try {
    echo "        Instantiate Handlers 1 - 3 and Queue 1 -> ";

    $handler1 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 1\n";},
        null,
        1,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $handler2 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 2\n";},
        null,
        0.5,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $handler3 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 3\n";},
        null,
        0.3,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $queue1 = new Event\HandlerPriorityQueue(array($handler1, $handler2, $handler3,));
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n";
}

try {
    echo "        Instantiate Handlers 4 - 6 and Queue 2 -> ";

    $handler4 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 4\n";},
        null,
        Event\Handler::DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $handler5 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 5\n";},
        null,
        Event\Handler::DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $handler6 = new Event\Handler(
        null,
        function($e){echo "Inside Handler 6\n";},
        null,
        Event\Handler::DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
        array('strict' => true)
    );

    $queue2 = new Event\HandlerPriorityQueue(array($handler4, $handler5, $handler6,));
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
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    echo "Success!\n";
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    echo "Failure...\n";
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    $filter1 = new Event\Filter();
    $filter1->setState(array('tags' => array('tag1',)));

    $filter2 = new Event\Filter();
    $filter2->setState(array('tags' => array('tag2',)));
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
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    echo "Success!\n";
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    echo "Failure...\n";
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        array(array($filter1, $queue1),
              array($filter2, $queue2),),
        array($publisher1, $publisher2, $publisher3),
        array('strict' => true)
    );
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
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        null,
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        null,
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    );

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        array('tag1')
    );

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        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        array('tag2')
    );
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

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    echo "Success!\n";
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    echo "Failure...\n";
}

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$success = true;

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    $publisher1->setState($event1);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
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    $publisher2->setState($event2);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
}

echo "        Remove Publisher 2 from Conduit 3 -> ";

$success = true;

try {
    $conduit3->removePublisher($publisher2);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n";
}

echo "        Fire Publisher 2 (Event2) -- ";

$success = true;

try {
    $publisher2->setState($event2);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

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    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
}

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$success = true;

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    $publisher3->setState($event3);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $success = false;
}

if ($success) {
    echo "Success!\n\n";
} else {
    echo "Failure...\n\n";
}

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text:
How to Choose Your Backup Husband
Tracy Moore
In news designed to strike fear in complacent husbands everywhere, we learned this week that half of all women have a "Backup Husband" in mind if Mr. Now fizzles out—and sometimes even multiples. Sad part: The likeliest candidate is just the guy who still has feelings for you after all these years. Pardon me for saying so, but if this is how you're doing Backup Husbands, then you are doing Backup Husbands all wrong.
The concept is brilliantly simple, though: You're married, but you're a level-headed, pragmatic gal, so you've got a next-up partner or two in mind should this relationship hit the skids. Who hasn't mapped out a flowchart of alternatives in the event of a natural disaster? Hey, a backup plan is nothing to be left to chance or circumstance.
But puzzlingly, this seems to be the case for the women surveyed (which you correctly suspected comes via Daily Mail), whose answers sound positively lazy:
… the back-up is likely to be an old friend who has always had feelings for the woman in question.
But other candidates are an ex-boyfriend or ex-husband, a colleague - or someone who they have met at the gym.
Weird that your ex-husband would be the go-to after your current husband, who is I guess then your second husband? And since when are guys you meet at the gym good boyfriend material? (Genuinely asking: Have been to a gym once.)
Things take a truly terrifying turn over the Mail when your Backup Husband begins to sound like some kind of Sleeper Cell of Second Chances/Emergency Contraception:
The survey of 1,000 women also found Plan B is also likely to be someone whom she has known for around seven years, who will be 'ready and waiting' because of 'unfinished business'. Furthermore, around one in ten women said their Plan B had already confessed his undying love, while one in five said they were confident he would 'drop everything' for her, if she asked him to.
Drop everything! No no not those flowers — it's my best vase!
In other unsurprising news, about half these Sunday drivers already knew the man in question. The other half said he existed B.C. — Before Complacency. But here is around where it gets rock-bottom, Sad Human Condition time:
Around one in four women who have a back-up plan have feelings as strong for him as they do for their other half.
OK, hold the phones—only ONE IN FOUR women have feelings equal to those of the dolt who will be marrying them next? No no no no no. Do not do the thing where the other person loves you more then you love them. That is a recipe for unequal loving.
Here is how to actually choose a Backup Husband.
Actually Choose
If you're going to choose a backup husband, you should actually, you know, CHOOSE A BACKUP HUSBAND. "Choose" is the operative word here: don't let one fall into your lap. You deserve more. Don't pick some dude whose been hangin' around just cuz it's easier. Dark horse candidates should be selected with all the scrutiny and careful consideration you neglected to apply to your current sitch. This means:
Aim High
The dude who has always had feelings for you is probably not your dude for a reason—I am thinking of every old movie/sitcom I've ever seen where the long-suffering wife won't stop exclaiming, "I could've married Harry Finklestein!"
Back when you could've married Harry Finklestein, you didn't. You scanned the horizon for better options, for one reason or another. Why revisit the past? Why romanticize a non-(Finklestein)-entity? Go fresh, go big. Get it all like it's your job to plunder. This is your time to shine, to issue a corrective to all the things you didn't get the last time around.
I think you know what I'm saying here: Go Gosling. But you know, whatever the Gosling is of your actual life and options. GET YOUR GOSLING. Unless you had him already, and now he is gone, in which case, get Gosling's third cousin, twice removed.
Consider Money
As a friend pointed out about this survey, you married for love last time, and look how that turned out? Let's just say that since money is the one of the top sources of conflict in most relationships that we can assume you argued about it in your last relationship. Get whatever amount is enough to not have to fight about it. You know how Michael Pollan advises us to "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants"? Go that route. Only with money.
Have Fun With It
This sounds like "Aim High," but it is not. Aim High is about standards. Have Fun is about dreaming big, or at least going offbeat. I say surprise everyone with your backups and go rogue. Unexpected. If your current type is a staid high-finance guy, next time marry a low-finance woman.
Enjoy the Wait
Since this is not happening anytime soon—
The good news for the nation's men is that one in three women said they 'doubted' anything would ever happen with the man in the background. Around half had a 'never say never' approach, while trouble may lie ahead for one in six who said they were 'seriously considering' rekindling their romance with the man in the shadows.
—you've got some time on your hands. Use it. Appreciate what you've got. Remain optimistic. Tweak the list. Move some people around. Prune wisely. Man in the shadows this. Guy in the closet that. Stay cool. Don't go changin'. See ya next summer!
Never Speak of Him/Them
You would think women would keep their list of Shadow Husbands written in invisible ink, stored under a loose plank in the fireproof safe at the far right corner of that turn-of-the-century barn six miles yonder, but no.
...despite the secrecy involved in having a close friend or ex to turn to, around half of the women who took part in the poll said their other half was aware of the 'third party'.
If your dude knows who you're cultivating for a second act, he'll probably drop some hot jokes about every five minutes, eventually working his way into your subconscious, ruining your moment of joy when it's time to run into the arms of your Sleeper Cell Backup Husband™. So zip it up, loose lips. It's called repression. Look into it.
Unless That Was Your Whole Plan, You Old Sly Boots
The upside to talking about Harry Finklestein every time you feel like it is that it keeps Mr. Now on his toes.
Says the Daily Mail:
'This news may cause a few men in relationships to think twice about not taking the rubbish out or choosing a night down the pub in favour of a cosy night in with his partner.
To be clear, your Backup Husband, no matter how much more into your favorite Thai dish he is, will probably not take the rubbish out either. But a girl can dream.
Illustration by Tara Jacoby.


The Los Angeles Lakers have already acquired one veteran from the Phoenix Suns - Tyson Chandler - and now they are reportedly currently looking to acquire another in Trevor Ariza, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
According to the report, both teams are looking for a third team that would land the Lakers' backup shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. However, neither Ariza or Caldwell-Pope can be dealt until December 15, the date after which all free agents that signed contracts this past off-season become available.
With their star Devin Booker injured, Phoenix has lost 22 of their 26 games and are currently on an eight-game losing streak. The New York Times' Marc Stein had reported last week about the team's possible intention to trade the 2009 NBA Champion.
As per Wojnarowski's report, Phoenix is looking to acquire a playmaking guard and a draft asset from this deal.
Ariza currently averages 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in 24 games played. He would be a huge addition to the Lakers' current 9th-best defense and can be a legitimate three-point threat as well.
If this deal does go through, this won't be Ariza's first stint with the Lakers. He was previously with the team for one-and-half seasons, between 2007 and 2009, playing 106 games and being a key member of the team's 2009 Championship squad.


It's that time of year again! To renew your membership, drop your fee in the mail (4334 Irvines Landing Rd., Garden Bay, V0N1S1), in the drop-box on the back porch of Sarah Wray Hall, or at the next event you attend. See membership details and form.
If you're wondering if your membership has expired, please email info@penderharbourheritage.ca.
Starting in April, we'll be raffling off our 2019 Boatbuilding class Cedar Strip Canoe as a fundraiser for our society. Tickets are $10 each.
Buy tickets at our booth at April Tools on April 27, on the field at May Day on May 18, and at Pender Harbour Days, Aug. 2 & 3. If you can't make it to one of those dates and would like to buy a ticket, please get in touch.
The draw will be in the afternoon on August 3 at Pender Harbour Days.
Photos from the 1960's and 1970's have recently been added. Please browse the archives and go to Advanced Search then Catalog Number and enter 2012.2 to view the additions.
Can you identify anyone in these photos?
Heritage Panels currently in development by the PH Living Heritage Society will also be integrated into the trail signage project.
Alethea Brooks in a rowboat, circa 1945.
Pender Harbour's protected waters are fringed by an intricate shoreline. The names of the many coves and inlets hint of a colourful history: Whiskey Slough, Gunboat Narrows, Hospital Bay. In this unique place, pioneers lived at the water's edge, always mindful of the great ocean that gave their home its life and meaning.
Until a road connected Pender Harbour to Sechelt in 1936, travel was mainly by water. Boats of all kinds visited harbour shores – dugout canoes, fishing boats, steamships, mission boats, forestry boats, school boat ferries, work boats, pleasure boats. Read more about Pender Harbour's Maritime Heritage.
Capacity of 50 people, full kitchen, 2 bathrooms, wheelchair accessible, tables, chairs available. For details, see our availability calendar.
In this award-winning hardcover book, Pender Harbour is presented through the eyes of early women settlers. The historical narrative is augmented with over 200 historical photographs, biographical profiles, timeline and genealogies. Produced by the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, all proceeds go towards preserving Pender Harbour's history.
The book is available for purchase at locations in BC and by mail order.
Local author Ray Phillips writes about the history of Jervis Inlet in his new book "The Royal Fjord: Memories of Jervis Inlet", released by Harbour Publishing.
Author royalties for this book are being donated to the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society.
The book is available locally at the EarthFair Store: 604.883.9006. While you're there, pick up Ray's other book Little Green Valley, which is all about the Kleindale area of Pender Harbour.


text:
Kyrie apologizes for handling of media: 'I've made a lot of mistakes'
Wael Saghir
3yr ago
Andrew D. Bernstein / National Basketball Association / Getty
Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving extended an olive branch Monday and apologized for his negative reactions after spending the majority of the season expressing his disdain for media obligations.
"The way I've handled things, it hasn't been perfect," Irving said, according to Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes. "I've made a lot of mistakes that I take full responsibility for. I apologize. I haven't done it perfectly. I haven't said the right things all the time. I don't want to sit on a place like I'm on a pedestal from anybody. I'm a normal human being that makes mistakes. For me, I think because of how fixated I was on trying to prove other people wrong, I got into a lot of habits that were bad, like reading stuff and reacting emotionally. That's just not who I am."
Irving has grown increasingly frustrated with media throughout the season. In February, he blasted those dissecting his interactions with Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant and last week told cameras: "I'm not gonna miss any of this shit when I'm done playing."
Irving has become one of the faces of the league after winning an NBA championship and developing into a perennial All-Star. He added that he understands his superstar status and must better represent himself moving forward.
"Being one of the top guys in the league, this all comes with it," Irving said. "It's a responsibility that I have to make sure that I know who I'm doing this for and know why I'm doing this. It's for the players that are coming behind me who will be in this league and setting an example for them on how to handle things and how to evolve within your career."
Despite the troubles, Irving is enjoying a career year, averaging 23.5 points, 6.9 assists, and 4.9 rebounds in 55 appearances.
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