Photo competition comes to an end with Matthew Williamson capsule collection.
Canon has unveiled a unique fashion collection by leading British designer Matthew Williamson. The collection is inspired from the most popular images submitted to Canon?s custom built ?We Speak Image? website.
To mark its second year as principal sponsor of London fashion week, Canon invited members of the British and Irish public to submit images they felt represented the spirit of their nation. From the 3,000 submitted, the most popular were given to Williamson, who used them as inspiration to create the range.
For every image uploaded to the ?We Speak Image? site, Canon made a contribution to its humanitarian partner, the British Red Cross. Williamson has also designed an Umbrella that will be available throughout London Fashion Week and in the Matthew Williamson store, with proceeds also being donated to charity.


A pooled analysis of five small phase III clinical trials suggests that chemotherapy after surgery for muscle-invasive bladder cancer improves survival and reduces recurrences. These results were published in the journal Cancer.
Treatment of locally advanced bladder cancer (cancer that has invaded the bladder wall into the muscle, but cannot be detected elsewhere in the body) often involves a radical cystectomy. A radical cystectomy is the surgical removal of the bladder, tissue around the bladder, as well as the prostate and seminal vesicles in men and the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, anterior vaginal wall, and urethra in women.
Long-term outcomes among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer vary, and research is ongoing to determine which variables or differences in treatment influence outcomes.
It is still uncertain whether adjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy given after surgical removal of the bladder) improves patient outcomes. Clinical trials of adjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer have produced inconclusive results, largely because of small sample sizes.
Taken together, the five studies suggested a 25% lower risk of death in patients who received chemotherapy after surgery.
Survival without new or recurrent cancer was also better in patients treated with chemotherapy after surgery.
The results were generally similar across the five studies.
The researchers conclude that these results favor the use of chemotherapy after surgery for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. They caution, however, that current clinical practice should not be changed unless these findings are confirmed by three large ongoing phase III clinical trials.
Reference: Ruggeri EM, Giannarelli D, Bria E et al. Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. Cancer. 2006;106:783-8.


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Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps (født 18. november 1970) er en amerikansk skuespiller, filmproducer, manuskriptforfatter, stand-up komiker, sanger og rapper, bedst kendt for at spille Day-Day Jones i Next Friday, og efterfølgeren-til-efterfølgeren, Friday After Next, og han spillede sammen med Ice Cube i All About The Benjamins. Hans andre kendte roller er som talerør for Boog i Open Season 2, hvor han erstattede Martin Lawrence, der nægtede at gentage sin rolle. Udover skuespil, sang og rap er Epps også kendt for hans stemme som ligger meget op af Martin Lawrence's.

I år 2010 var Epps en af producerne bag en dokumentarfilm om livet / historien om et tidligere medlem af Tupac Shakur's Outlawz, Napoleon: Life Of An Outlaw.

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Croquette is a compact fried rolled food made using mashed potatoes along with minced meat (usually chicken, turkey, veal or beef), soaked white bread, vegetables, fish and shellfish, onion, spices, egg, herbs, wine, beer, milk or any of the mixture thereof, at times with a filling, commonly enclosed in breadcrumbs. The croquette is normally shaped in a cylinder form or disk form and then deep-fried. Croquette recipe can be made in many variations. Popular recipes include- Celery Croquettes, Pea Croquettes, Egg Croquettes, Rice Croquettes and Ham Croquettes.
History of Croquette
The term Croquette is a derivative of the French term croquer which stands for "to crunch" and was invented by the French that got popular world over being relished as a delicacy and also as fast food.
Ingredients Used and Popular Methods of Preparation of Croquette
Basic croquette recipe makes use of bread crumbs in either rolled form or ground fine powder forn. A dilution of lightly whipped egg with double the amount of water must be made and placed on a pie plate. The bread crumbs are rolled, dipped in egg and then deep fried in oil until it turns brown. A combination of one-third clarified suet to two-thirds of good shortening is recommended for frying. The fried croquettes are then taken out of oil and drained on unglazed paper.
Serving and Eating Croquette
Croquette can be served as a finger-food accompanied by a dipping sauce, as an entree such as a single meatloaf, commonly covered with a white sauce for gravy, as a sandwich filling or also as a dessert. Croquettes are can also be revived as leftovers. Turkey leftovers from Thanksgiving can be dished out as turkey croquettes.
Popular Croquette Recipe Variations
Alu chop or "potato croquette" is a common croquette served throughout Bangladesh, mostly as an appetizer or snack. In Belgium 'kroketten' a croquette recipe variant with a filling of mashed potato are normally served as a side dish over winter holiday occasions, like Christmas. In Brazil Croquettes mostly made using beef, are available in many regions as German fare. In China Sweet croquettes made using sweet-pumpkin are commonly served during Dragon Boat Festival. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Plain potato croquettes are served as side dish in eateries and are also sold frozen in supermarkets. Cuban/Puerto Rican croquettes called as croquetas are commonly made in croquette recipe using ham, beef, chicken or fish. In Czech Republic Krokety refer to tiny balls normally made out of potatoes, eggs, butter, salt and flour deep fried in oil. In northern India a croquette with potato filling known as Aloo tikki is very popular and is classically had with a stew. In Japan a comparative of the croquette, called korokke is a popular fried food, widely sold in supermarkets and butcher shops and also at specialty korokke shops. In Mexico croquette recipe uses tuna alternately chicken and potatoes. The Filipino 'croqueta' is a derivative of the Spanish counterpart different from the bechamel-filled croquetas in Spain, Filipino croquette recipe uses mashed potatoes and chopped meat or fish, commonly leftovers.

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A soccer tournament to change the world
A women's soccer tournament is helping to shine a spotlight on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York City. Each team champions one of the SDGs - and their goals reach far beyond the soccer field.
Each year during the United Nations' high-level week, the teams that have qualified to compete in the Global Goals World Cup convene for a tournament. These players have already carried out wide-ranging efforts to promote their selected SDG. They might have collected donations for the local school, demonstrated for measures to mitigate climate change, or a myriad other activities to help achieve their goal.
Crown Prince Haakon and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau with the winning team, the Goleadoras of Queens, NY. Photo: Pontus Höök / NTB scanpix.
Day of finals
Yesterday evening Norwegian time the teams took the field, an indoor pitch on the 48th floor of 10 Hudson Yard.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon participated as a sports commentator and also served as a referee during the final match. The winning squad faced a team comprised of high-profile champions of the Sustainable Development Goals, such as UN Goodwill Ambassadors actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and singer-songwriter Akon. Prime Minister Erna Solberg was also one of the players in yesterday's matches.
Crown Prince Haakon had the pleasure of presenting the winners' trophy, designed by Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Photo: Pontus Höök / NTB scanpix.
Goleadoras
In the end it was the Goleadoras from Queens, New York, who emerged victorious in the tournament. They play to promote Sustainable Development Goal 5: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls," and campaign actively in support of equal opportunities for girls and boys, women and men.
After the match the Crown Prince, Erna Solberg, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Akon participated in a panel to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: Pontus Höök / NTB scanpix.
Global Goals World Cup
Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Crown Prince Haakon attended the Global Goals World Cup. Photo: Pontus Höök / NTB scanpix
Crown Prince in New York (News article)
Managing the oceans (News article)
Why I believe in a brighter future (News article)
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When children become of age and are allowed to drive, parents should get the children added to their auto insurance policy. Even though it might seem like an additional expense, it is way cheaper than buying a separate policy for them. Some policies anyway require all the drivers' names to be there on the policy, so as soon as your children become of age the policy company should be informed. If someone omits to have their children listed on the policy, and the company finds out about them later because of an accident claim or something, the company can bill the person for the extra insurance premium, refuse your coverage and claim, and deny renewing the policy in the future. Also, if suppose a teenager is the main driver of a car, given that the car was bought in his/ her name, or given as a birthday gift, the insurance company is going to charge the insurance premium on the basis of the teenage driver.
If your children are not living with you, then you can take them off your . Just prove to the insurance company that they are not living with you, by showing a lease agreement on their name elsewhere, utility receipts or any document that will support the fact that your child is not living with you. However you shouldn't drop them out of the policy if they are only attending school elsewhere, as they might be driving the car when they come home. If the car is with the child studying in another city or state, the insurance company should be informed of the same. Then the insurance rates are going to apply on the basis of where the car is being used, and in the case of being in a different state, the minimum financial responsibility requirement of that state must be met.
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I'm very pleased to announce that we have expanded the AlienVault certification program. Our newest certification—AlienVault USM Appliance Technician—is now the first level of certification in our program. The AlienVault Certified Security Engineer (ACSE), introduced in 2015, remains the capstone certification in our lineup.
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Security and IT professionals have varying reasons for choosing to pursue an industry certification. Gaining recognition among peers, building credentials when seeking employment, and advancing in one's career are all mentioned frequently. However, there's another reason to pursue a certification, one that's often overlooked. There's plenty of evidence showing that testing helps you to learn, and the deeper you learn USM Appliance, the more you'll get use of its powerful capabilities!
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Our newest certification works a bit differently than the current ACSE, and differently than many other tech certifications.
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Q: clang sanitizer callback on error Is it possible to set some sort of a callback, which will be called when clang sanitizers find an error? I need to print some useful information, such as - test name.
P.S. Tests are kept/stored as XML files, not in C++, that is why stack trace won't tell me the failed test name.

A: There are __sanitizer_set_death_callback and __asan_set_error_report_callback (declared in asan_interface.h).
Also as pointed by willir, it may be enough to just run with ASAN_OPTIONS=abort_on_error=1. This will cause Asan to call abort on error and many unit testing frameworks can then skip failing test and continue execution.

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It was a kind of weird year in gaming.
2019 was an interesting year for video games. Both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will launch in 2020, and as a result, game studios are turning their focus to the next generation of consoles.
Still, the year was dominated by games with long production times, fresh franchises and a return to the past in the form of remakes.
The following is a selection of the CNET staff's favorite games of 2019.
Classic WoW
Party likes it's 2006.
Of all the games I played this year, including several of those loved by my coworkers, there was one game I came back to on a daily basis: Classic WoW. It almost feels like cheating to say the MMORPG — or massively multiplayer online role-playing game — that addicted millions of people for more than a decade provided me with the most fun this year, but it's hard to deny its pull.
Classic WoW is a 2006 version of the MMORPG, before the first expansion was released. The rerelease is full of charm, without the extensive amount of content found in the current version of the game. In the past, I tried my hand at the game, but that "Warcrack" never stuck until now. The game transports you back to your younger days, although there are far more tools to help get you to level 60 at your disposal such as online walkthroughs, Discord chat and YouTube videos.
To put it simply, Classic WoW gave me a sense of wonder and community that was far more common back when MMORPGs were dominating PC gaming.
— Oscar Gonzalez
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Nostalgia shouldn't be this good.
This one was a loooong time coming — Capcom announced it back in 2015 and then went dark for nearly three years. <a website Evil 7 proved to be a terrifying return to form for the series, but it seemed like <a website remake of 2 might be lost in the ether.
When it finally came out last January, my fear that it'd disappoint was washed away by joy at how much fun it was … before that was replaced by the sheer terror caused by the <a website Tyrant pursuing me throughout the Raccoon City Police Department. This familiar environment that I'd explored endlessly in <a website 1998 original felt fresh and scary again. Even the zombies seemed completely different, lurching about unpredictably and requiring a whole lot of shots to take down.
Stressful though it might be, I am absolutely in love with this game and replayed a chunk of it over the weekend to get Jill Valentine's letter. Capcom added it in a surprise update shortly after the announcement of the <a website Evil 3 remake (which will likely be my most-played game of 2020).
— Sean Keane
Good luck understanding this game before 2019 ends.
You can critique it as a walking simulator or a self-indulgent marathon of celebrity cameos and nonsensical plot turns, and you'd be right. But Death Stranding is also a game that subverts the great joy of blockbuster games, the carefully designed series of Things You Enjoy and Things That Provide Instant Satisfaction. Instead, to win you must embrace tedium. You must embark on thankless tasks, wandering wastelands wondering if anyone will even use the zip line you're constructing. Following its central themes of connection and building community, it's a game you can choose to play not for yourself, but for others, in a way few games have ever tried.
In a year in which the world continued its descent into fractionalized, barricaded tribes, there are few feelings in gaming more satisfying than booting up Death Stranding and realizing that yes, people used your zip line. They liked it. They contributed to its improvement. Their journey was made easier because of your labors, and you receive nothing but those warm and fuzzy feelings in return.
And BB > Baby Yoda.
— Morgan Little
Outer Wilds
Explore space and a mystery in Outer Wilds.
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The worst thing about 2019 is that it confusingly granted us two very different Game of the Year contenders with the word "Outer" in the title. The Outer Worlds probably garnered more press attention and sales, given it's essentially Fallout in space. But Outer Wilds was the better game.
Actually Outer Wilds was the best game.
Outer Wilds is essentially a mystery story that combines space exploration with environmental story-telling Whereas most video games set in space, like No Man's Sky or Elite, tend to focus on scale, Outer Wilds is technically small. It's a perfectly constructed snow globe of a universe that operates on its own meticulously designed set of rules. Every planet, every rock, has its own orbit patterns and its own gravity.
It's beautifully designed and beautifully written. It's mind-bogglingly imaginative in the way that all good science fiction should be and it's easily my favorite game of the year.
— Mark Serrels
Everyone is floating on air for Control.
After a tumultuous few years coming off of Quantum Break (which I personally think is better than most people give it credit for), Remedy Entertainment is back with one of its strongest games to date. Control takes the best of what we've seen from this Finnish studio and compiles it into an adventure that's equal parts spooky and engaging. The lessons learned from Quantum Break's combat are extended, while the mood and atmosphere that elevated Alan Wake to such great heights are out in full force this time around.
As Jesse Faden, you explore the uniquely obscure Oldest House, an office building plucked right out of a season of X-Files or Twin Peaks. Traversing the seemingly fully-destructible environments — full of floating bodies that never stop chanting their hypnotic warnings — is only eclipsed by the insane amount of lore-dripping collectibles. In fact, Control might have some of the best audio logs, backstory videos and random notes I've ever seen in a game.
Hurling chunks of concrete walls around or mind-controlling enemies during a shootout are great aspects of the game, but they don't hold a candle to the bizarre and, often, hilarious collectibles hidden in every corner. Partnered with some of the most striking visual and auditory aesthetics inside each new wing of this labyrinthian office make Control something you won't forget.
— Sean Booker
Samurai Dark Souls is hard to beat.
I almost never play games more than once. I played Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice through four times. It's just absolutely brilliant. I'm a fan of the From Software games like Dark Souls in general, but Sekiro mixes up the formula by focusing more on action than deep role-playing mechanics. In the process, the company redefined combat to fit a samurai/shinobi style. It's breathtaking and so exhilarating. Sekiro has the best close-quarters combat in any game I've ever experienced, and I expect other games to be mimicking this for years.
On top of the combat, exploring the world is incredibly gratifying (as usual for From Software games), and the bosses are punishingly brilliant puzzles to solve. Each boss pushes you to get better, and if you're willing to learn the lessons this game teaches, you'll find yourself significantly more capable of facing the challenges ahead. It's a game where you yourself improve as much as your character, and it's just so satisfying to experience. On subsequent playthroughs, I beat tough bosses on the first try that had killed me ten plus times in my initial run.
Despite my unfettered love for this game, I'll admit it isn't for everyone. Sekiro is brutally difficult, but you don't have to be a great gamer to beat it. You just need patience and a willingness to learn. I get that not everyone wants to push themselves while relaxing with a game. But if you're willing to make that investment, Sekiro will reward you with one of the most expertly designed games I've played in a long time.
— Andrew Gebhart
There was a new battle royale contender in 2019.
I've played a LOT of FPS games, having started with the original Doom, and only a couple of titles have stuck out in the proceeding 20-plus years. One of those is Titanfall 1, a game I'm pretty good at, ask anyone, and though Apex Legends isn't quite as accomplished as the Titanfall series it shares a lot of its predecessors' DNA. While I might (unexpectedly) suck at Apex Legends it's still a very satisfying title. It takes the best bits of Overwatch (unique characters and abilities) and PUBG (Battle Royale, need I say more) while adding a couple of Titanfall gaming mechanics tweaks.
It's not as intense as the heart-stopping PUBG thanks to the three-player teams and the ability to resurrect your pals, but that just makes it more playable in the long term. If you come from the Minecraft side of gaming there's none of the Fortnite-like building, and instead, players use a series of zip lines to get them in or out of trouble.
Though a number of tentpole titles have come out in the past twelve months or so, including Battlefield 5, Apex Legends is the one I keep coming back to. Just one more game, then time for bed, I promise.
— Ty Pendlebury
Ape Out!
Don't forget about the indies for great gaming.
Truly one of the best uses of dynamic, programmatic music I've seen in a game. The art style, the pacing. Ape Out is one of the most simple, most entertaining, most artistic games I've played in recent memory.
— Trevor Taylor
Link's Awakening
Another great year for Link.
Link's Awakening is a simple pleasure, a reminder of what can be accomplished with well-designed gameplay loops — finding new items and gaining new powers, then using them to uncover new areas and temples. The game looks like a tiny Zelda-themed diorama, and the small, carefully designed world is a joy to explore.
One of the most surprising and refreshing features of the game is its focus. When you're done, you're done. There's a purity to a game with only one collectible: If you want to complete it, just hunt down the 50 hidden shells. Otherwise, don't worry about countless uncompleted challenges, niggling at the back of your mind, like you might find in those massive, open-world games on PlayStation or Xbox.
Link's Awakening is a gem. So break open the jar in your local item shop and collect it now.
— David Priest
Disco Elysium is a lot of things, and it's all great.
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Disco Elysium is a work of art. From the hand-painted world to the incredible writing, Disco Elysium is a mesmerizing game to exist in. You're thrown into the deep end of a murder case, hungover and amnesic and have no choice but to simply reacquaint yourself with the fascinating world you woke up in. And it's not an easy world. This game does not shy away from politics or the Big Questions: How do we think? How does power and privilege work? Should I rebrand as a rockstar?
To me, the real stand-out is the writing. It's a story-driven RPG, and it involves a lot of reading. Basically, anything outside of walking from point A to point B is conveyed to you through the writing. It can be confusing at first, but you get the hang of it quickly. I didn't even mind having to read that much — the writing is just so good that it made me angry that I didn't write it myself. I'm simultaneously jealous and in awe of the brains that came up with this. It's easily the best writing in a game that I've played in a long, long time, and without a doubt, the best game I played all year.
— Nicole Archer
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On October 7, 2018, "Team Vianney" (coined by the Saint John Vianney Center's staff and family members who participate in the 3-mile "Out of the Darkness" walk in Philadelphia) again supported suicide awareness, prevention and education this year by going down to center city Philadelphia to participate in the walk organized by The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This is SJVC's 3rd year in a row that staff and their families joined the "Out of the Darkness" Walk and donation campaign.
The walk on October 7th culminated SJVC's summer long suicide awareness campaign. Each Friday, at SJVC's facility, an activity is offered. To participate, a donation is collected and then the total is donated to the AFSP at the walk. SJVC is pleased to announce that we exceeded our goal !
If you would like to contribute to AFSP on behalf of Team Vianney please donate online.
The 'Out of the Darkness' walks take place around the country and are the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's (AFSP) largest fundraiser, producing suicide prevention programs and creating smarter communities for mental health.
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package org.apache.cassandra.tools.nodetool.stats;

import java.util.*;

import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException;

import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.*;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.*;
import org.apache.cassandra.metrics.*;
import org.apache.cassandra.tools.*;

public class TableStatsHolder implements StatsHolder
{
    public final List<StatsKeyspace> keyspaces;
    public final int numberOfTables;

    public TableStatsHolder(NodeProbe probe, boolean humanReadable, boolean ignore, List<String> tableNames)
    {
        this.keyspaces = new ArrayList<>();
        this.numberOfTables = probe.getNumberOfTables();
        this.initializeKeyspaces(probe, humanReadable, ignore, tableNames);
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> convert2Map()
    {
        HashMap<String, Object> mpRet = new HashMap<>();
        mpRet.put("total_number_of_tables", numberOfTables);
        for (StatsKeyspace keyspace : keyspaces)
        {
            // store each keyspace's metrics to map
            HashMap<String, Object> mpKeyspace = new HashMap<>();
            mpKeyspace.put("read_latency", keyspace.readLatency());
            mpKeyspace.put("read_count", keyspace.readCount);
            mpKeyspace.put("read_latency_ms", keyspace.readLatency());
            mpKeyspace.put("write_count", keyspace.writeCount);
            mpKeyspace.put("write_latency_ms", keyspace.writeLatency());
            mpKeyspace.put("pending_flushes", keyspace.pendingFlushes);

            // store each table's metrics to map
            List<StatsTable> tables = keyspace.tables;
            Map<String, Map<String, Object>> mpTables = new HashMap<>();
            for (StatsTable table : tables)
            {
                Map<String, Object> mpTable = new HashMap<>();

                mpTable.put("sstables_in_each_level", table.sstablesInEachLevel);
                mpTable.put("space_used_live", table.spaceUsedLive);
                mpTable.put("space_used_total", table.spaceUsedTotal);
                mpTable.put("space_used_by_snapshots_total", table.spaceUsedBySnapshotsTotal);
                if (table.offHeapUsed)
                    mpTable.put("off_heap_memory_used_total", table.offHeapMemoryUsedTotal);
                mpTable.put("sstable_compression_ratio", table.sstableCompressionRatio);
                mpTable.put("number_of_partitions_estimate", table.numberOfPartitionsEstimate);
                mpTable.put("memtable_cell_count", table.memtableCellCount);
                mpTable.put("memtable_data_size", table.memtableDataSize);
                if (table.memtableOffHeapUsed)
                    mpTable.put("memtable_off_heap_memory_used", table.memtableOffHeapMemoryUsed);
                mpTable.put("memtable_switch_count", table.memtableSwitchCount);
                mpTable.put("local_read_count", table.localReadCount);
                mpTable.put("local_read_latency_ms", String.format("%01.3f", table.localReadLatencyMs));
                mpTable.put("local_write_count", table.localWriteCount);
                mpTable.put("local_write_latency_ms", String.format("%01.3f", table.localWriteLatencyMs));
                mpTable.put("pending_flushes", table.pendingFlushes);
                mpTable.put("percent_repaired", table.percentRepaired);
                mpTable.put("bloom_filter_false_positives", table.bloomFilterFalsePositives);
                mpTable.put("bloom_filter_false_ratio", String.format("%01.5f", table.bloomFilterFalseRatio));
                mpTable.put("bloom_filter_space_used", table.bloomFilterSpaceUsed);
                if (table.bloomFilterOffHeapUsed)
                    mpTable.put("bloom_filter_off_heap_memory_used", table.bloomFilterOffHeapMemoryUsed);
                if (table.indexSummaryOffHeapUsed)
                    mpTable.put("index_summary_off_heap_memory_used", table.indexSummaryOffHeapMemoryUsed);
                if (table.compressionMetadataOffHeapUsed)
                    mpTable.put("compression_metadata_off_heap_memory_used",
                                table.compressionMetadataOffHeapMemoryUsed);
                mpTable.put("compacted_partition_minimum_bytes", table.compactedPartitionMinimumBytes);
                mpTable.put("compacted_partition_maximum_bytes", table.compactedPartitionMaximumBytes);
                mpTable.put("compacted_partition_mean_bytes", table.compactedPartitionMeanBytes);
                mpTable.put("average_live_cells_per_slice_last_five_minutes",
                            table.averageLiveCellsPerSliceLastFiveMinutes);
                mpTable.put("maximum_live_cells_per_slice_last_five_minutes",
                            table.maximumLiveCellsPerSliceLastFiveMinutes);
                mpTable.put("average_tombstones_per_slice_last_five_minutes",
                            table.averageTombstonesPerSliceLastFiveMinutes);
                mpTable.put("maximum_tombstones_per_slice_last_five_minutes",
                            table.maximumTombstonesPerSliceLastFiveMinutes);
                mpTable.put("dropped_mutations", table.droppedMutations);

                mpTables.put(table.name, mpTable);
            }
            mpKeyspace.put("tables", mpTables);
            mpRet.put(keyspace.name, mpKeyspace);
        }
        return mpRet;
    }

    private void initializeKeyspaces(NodeProbe probe, boolean humanReadable, boolean ignore, List<String> tableNames)
    {
        OptionFilter filter = new OptionFilter(ignore, tableNames);
        ArrayListMultimap<String, ColumnFamilyStoreMBean> selectedTableMbeans = ArrayListMultimap.create();
        Map<String, StatsKeyspace> keyspaceStats = new HashMap<>();

        // get a list of table stores
        Iterator<Map.Entry<String, ColumnFamilyStoreMBean>> tableMBeans = probe.getColumnFamilyStoreMBeanProxies();

        while (tableMBeans.hasNext())
        {
            Map.Entry<String, ColumnFamilyStoreMBean> entry = tableMBeans.next();
            String keyspaceName = entry.getKey();
            ColumnFamilyStoreMBean tableProxy = entry.getValue();

            if (filter.isKeyspaceIncluded(keyspaceName))
            {
                StatsKeyspace stats = keyspaceStats.get(keyspaceName);
                if (stats == null)
                {
                    stats = new StatsKeyspace(probe, keyspaceName);
                    keyspaceStats.put(keyspaceName, stats);
                }
                stats.add(tableProxy);

                if (filter.isTableIncluded(keyspaceName, tableProxy.getTableName()))
                    selectedTableMbeans.put(keyspaceName, tableProxy);
            }
        }

        // make sure all specified keyspace and tables exist
        filter.verifyKeyspaces(probe.getKeyspaces());
        filter.verifyTables();

        // get metrics of keyspace
        for (Map.Entry<String, Collection<ColumnFamilyStoreMBean>> entry : selectedTableMbeans.asMap().entrySet())
        {
            String keyspaceName = entry.getKey();
            Collection<ColumnFamilyStoreMBean> tables = entry.getValue();
            StatsKeyspace statsKeyspace = keyspaceStats.get(keyspaceName);

            // get metrics of table statistics for this keyspace
            for (ColumnFamilyStoreMBean table : tables)
            {
                String tableName = table.getTableName();
                StatsTable statsTable = new StatsTable();
                statsTable.name = tableName;
                // FIXME: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4464
                // added the notion that a table name with a dot is an index
                // name. Not only is this not useful in Scylla, it is counter-
                // productive (https://github.com/scylladb/scylla/issues/6521).
                // Do we need some other way to address indexes?
                //statsTable.isIndex = tableName.contains(".");
                statsTable.isIndex = false;
                statsTable.sstableCount = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "LiveSSTableCount");
                int[] leveledSStables = table.getSSTableCountPerLevel();
                if (leveledSStables != null)
                {
                    statsTable.isLeveledSstable = true;

                    for (int level = 0; level < leveledSStables.length; level++)
                    {
                        int count = leveledSStables[level];
                        long maxCount = 4L; // for L0
                        if (level > 0)
                            maxCount = (long) Math.pow(table.getLevelFanoutSize(), level);
                        // show max threshold for level when exceeded
                        statsTable.sstablesInEachLevel.add(count + ((count > maxCount) ? "/" + maxCount : ""));
                    }
                }

                Long memtableOffHeapSize = null;
                Long bloomFilterOffHeapSize = null;
                Long indexSummaryOffHeapSize = null;
                Long compressionMetadataOffHeapSize = null;
                Long offHeapSize = null;
                Double percentRepaired = null;

                try
                {
                    memtableOffHeapSize = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MemtableOffHeapSize");
                    bloomFilterOffHeapSize = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "BloomFilterOffHeapMemoryUsed");
                    indexSummaryOffHeapSize = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "IndexSummaryOffHeapMemoryUsed");
                    compressionMetadataOffHeapSize = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "CompressionMetadataOffHeapMemoryUsed");
                    offHeapSize = memtableOffHeapSize + bloomFilterOffHeapSize + indexSummaryOffHeapSize + compressionMetadataOffHeapSize;
                    percentRepaired = (Double) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "PercentRepaired");
                }
                catch (RuntimeException e)
                {
                    // offheap-metrics introduced in 2.1.3 - older versions do not have the appropriate mbeans
                    if (!(e.getCause() instanceof InstanceNotFoundException))
                        throw e;
                }

                statsTable.spaceUsedLive = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "LiveDiskSpaceUsed"), humanReadable);
                statsTable.spaceUsedTotal = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "TotalDiskSpaceUsed"), humanReadable);
                statsTable.spaceUsedBySnapshotsTotal = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "SnapshotsSize"), humanReadable);
                if (offHeapSize != null)
                {
                    statsTable.offHeapUsed = true;
                    statsTable.offHeapMemoryUsedTotal = format(offHeapSize, humanReadable);

                }
                if (percentRepaired != null)
                {
                    statsTable.percentRepaired = Math.round(100 * percentRepaired) / 100.0;
                }
                statsTable.sstableCompressionRatio = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "CompressionRatio");
                Object estimatedPartitionCount = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "EstimatedPartitionCount");
                if (Long.valueOf(-1L).equals(estimatedPartitionCount))
                {
                    estimatedPartitionCount = 0L;
                }
                statsTable.numberOfPartitionsEstimate = estimatedPartitionCount;

                statsTable.memtableCellCount = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MemtableColumnsCount");
                statsTable.memtableDataSize = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MemtableLiveDataSize"), humanReadable);
                if (memtableOffHeapSize != null)
                {
                    statsTable.memtableOffHeapUsed = true;
                    statsTable.memtableOffHeapMemoryUsed = format(memtableOffHeapSize, humanReadable);
                }
                statsTable.memtableSwitchCount = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MemtableSwitchCount");
                statsTable.localReadCount = ((CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxTimerMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "ReadLatency")).getCount();

                double localReadLatency = ((CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxTimerMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "ReadLatency")).getMean() / 1000;
                double localRLatency = localReadLatency > 0 ? localReadLatency : Double.NaN;
                statsTable.localReadLatencyMs = localRLatency;
                statsTable.localWriteCount = ((CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxTimerMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "WriteLatency")).getCount();

                double localWriteLatency = ((CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxTimerMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "WriteLatency")).getMean() / 1000;
                double localWLatency = localWriteLatency > 0 ? localWriteLatency : Double.NaN;
                statsTable.localWriteLatencyMs = localWLatency;
                statsTable.pendingFlushes = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "PendingFlushes");

                statsTable.bloomFilterFalsePositives = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "BloomFilterFalsePositives");
                statsTable.bloomFilterFalseRatio = probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "RecentBloomFilterFalseRatio");
                statsTable.bloomFilterSpaceUsed = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "BloomFilterDiskSpaceUsed"), humanReadable);

                if (bloomFilterOffHeapSize != null)
                {
                    statsTable.bloomFilterOffHeapUsed = true;
                    statsTable.bloomFilterOffHeapMemoryUsed = format(bloomFilterOffHeapSize, humanReadable);
                }

                if (indexSummaryOffHeapSize != null)
                {
                    statsTable.indexSummaryOffHeapUsed = true;
                    statsTable.indexSummaryOffHeapMemoryUsed = format(indexSummaryOffHeapSize, humanReadable);
                }
                if (compressionMetadataOffHeapSize != null)
                {
                    statsTable.compressionMetadataOffHeapUsed = true;
                    statsTable.compressionMetadataOffHeapMemoryUsed = format(compressionMetadataOffHeapSize, humanReadable);
                }
                statsTable.compactedPartitionMinimumBytes = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MinPartitionSize");
                statsTable.compactedPartitionMaximumBytes = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MaxPartitionSize");
                statsTable.compactedPartitionMeanBytes = (Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "MeanPartitionSize");

                CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxHistogramMBean histogram = (CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxHistogramMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "LiveScannedHistogram");
                statsTable.averageLiveCellsPerSliceLastFiveMinutes = histogram.getMean();
                statsTable.maximumLiveCellsPerSliceLastFiveMinutes = histogram.getMax();

                histogram = (CassandraMetricsRegistry.JmxHistogramMBean) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "TombstoneScannedHistogram");
                statsTable.averageTombstonesPerSliceLastFiveMinutes = histogram.getMean();
                statsTable.maximumTombstonesPerSliceLastFiveMinutes = histogram.getMax();
                statsTable.droppedMutations = format((Long) probe.getColumnFamilyMetric(keyspaceName, tableName, "DroppedMutations"), humanReadable);
                statsKeyspace.tables.add(statsTable);
            }
            keyspaces.add(statsKeyspace);
        }
    }

    private String format(long bytes, boolean humanReadable)
    {
        return humanReadable ? FileUtils.stringifyFileSize(bytes) : Long.toString(bytes);
    }

    /**
     * Used for filtering keyspaces and tables to be displayed using the tablestats command.
     */
    private static class OptionFilter
    {
        private final Map<String, List<String>> filter = new HashMap<>();
        private final Map<String, List<String>> verifier = new HashMap<>(); // Same as filter initially, but we remove tables every time we've checked them for inclusion
        // in isTableIncluded() so that we detect if those table requested don't exist (verifyTables())
        private final List<String> filterList = new ArrayList<>();
        private final boolean ignoreMode;

        OptionFilter(boolean ignoreMode, List<String> filterList)
        {
            this.filterList.addAll(filterList);
            this.ignoreMode = ignoreMode;

            for (String s : filterList)
            {
                // Usually, keyspace name and table is are separated by a
                // dot, but to allow names which themselves contain a dot
                // (this is allowed in Alternator), also allow to separate
                // the two parts with a slash instead:
                String[] keyValues = s.split("/", 2);
                if (keyValues.length == 1) {
                    keyValues = s.split("\\.", 2);
                } else if (keyValues.length == 2 && keyValues[1].isEmpty()) {
                    // Allow the syntax "keyspace.name/" to represent a
                    // keyspace with a dot in its name.
                    keyValues = new String[] {keyValues[0]};
                }

                // build the map that stores the keyspaces and tables to use
                if (!filter.containsKey(keyValues[0]))
                {
                    filter.put(keyValues[0], new ArrayList<>());
                    verifier.put(keyValues[0], new ArrayList<>());
                }

                if (keyValues.length == 2)
                {
                    filter.get(keyValues[0]).add(keyValues[1]);
                    verifier.get(keyValues[0]).add(keyValues[1]);
                }
            }
        }

        public boolean isTableIncluded(String keyspace, String table)
        {
            // supplying empty params list is treated as wanting to display all keyspaces and tables
            if (filterList.isEmpty())
                return !ignoreMode;

            List<String> tables = filter.get(keyspace);

            // no such keyspace is in the map
            if (tables == null)
                return ignoreMode;
                // only a keyspace with no tables was supplied
                // so ignore or include (based on the flag) every column family in specified keyspace
            else if (tables.isEmpty())
                return !ignoreMode;

            // keyspace exists, and it contains specific table
            verifier.get(keyspace).remove(table);
            return ignoreMode ^ tables.contains(table);
        }

        public boolean isKeyspaceIncluded(String keyspace)
        {
            // supplying empty params list is treated as wanting to display all keyspaces and tables
            if (filterList.isEmpty())
                return !ignoreMode;

            // Note that if there is any table for the keyspace, we want to include the keyspace irregarding
            // of the ignoreMode, since the ignoreMode then apply to the table inside the keyspace but the
            // keyspace itself is not ignored
            return filter.get(keyspace) != null || ignoreMode;
        }

        public void verifyKeyspaces(List<String> keyspaces)
        {
            for (String ks : verifier.keySet())
                if (!keyspaces.contains(ks))
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown keyspace: " + ks);
        }

        public void verifyTables()
        {
            for (String ks : filter.keySet())
                if (!verifier.get(ks).isEmpty())
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown tables: " + verifier.get(ks) + " in keyspace: " + ks);
        }
    }
}

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By the way, regular readers (both of you) might have noticed these posts popping up here the last few days. Rather than write an essay about every interesting thing I see, and rather than include some widget in the sidebar that pulls my Delicious links, I just set up a little linkbloggy thingy that automatically posts, at midnight, whatever I've tagged in Delicious for the day.
If you just asked "What's Delicious, I think everything Ryan writes is just sort of Digestible, if that," then let me explain. Briefly.
Sign up, if you like what you see. Then go here: http://del.icio.us/help/buttons. Drag the "Post to Delicious" button into the appropriate spot in your browser.
Now browse around the Web, and when you see something you want to a) bookmark for later viewing, b) share, and/or c) publicize, just click on the handy "Post to Delicious" button you've given yourself.
Then, in that happy little "tags" box, the real magic happens. Tag your little posting with any useful words you think will help people find what they're looking for, not to mention words that help YOU find what you're looking for. For example, I use journalism, j-school, media, and wordpress quite a bit.
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Mr. Willson retired in January 2016 concluding 15 years as the Main Street and Sustainability Programs Manager at the Lead Center of the Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network at the University of Maryland in College Park. During his tenure he conceived STAMP (Small Town and Merchant Program), and presented it with Marc at nine ASBDC national conferences. Marc continues to evolve STAMP for current conditions and has introduced the program in 26 states and the Virgin Islands.
Casey also served on the OneMaryland Vision Sustainability Policy Advisory Group created by Governor Martin O'Malley as the Small Business Representative and Chaired the Redefining Wealth Work Group. The SBA posted a Podcast and premiered a Dell-sponsored video on www.sba.gov , "Strategies for Growth," featuring his comments on small business in a changing economy.


Let me start by saying that I realize the title of this article alone is going to be met with objections and criticism from many in the benefits technology business, some of who are my friends. It is also not something that I wish upon the industry. But as a consultant to the industry I have seen the trends for some time and the time has come to declare that the demise of stand-alone benefits enrollment systems is in sight. And it is time for all who either own such a system, sell such a system, or use such a system to prepare for the inevitable.
While I recognized this trend as early as 2002 I first wrote about it in an article published in Employee Benefit Advisors magazine in September 2009 titled, "Payroll Firm, PEO's, and BPO's Have Got it Right". (See this in the Article Section in my blog at https://joemarkland.wordpress.com/past-articles/) In this article I pointed out that employers would be looking for a "single system that stores all HR, benefits and payroll information". Many employers don't want one system to track someone's pay, another to track benefits, and a third to track someone's vacation days, performance, and other data that an employer may track on an employee. Employers don't want to makes changes to 3, 4 or 5 systems if an employee simply changes their address. And "for employee self-service, accessing one system to see all pay, benefits and time-off information is much more user-friendly". I often compare this merging of systems to the iPhone. At one time I had an iPod, a camera, and a cell phone. Now the iPhone and the rest of the smart phone market has all three features in one.
At the time I had written the article and on many occasions since I have claimed that the transition to a single platform would occur in about 5 years. We are now a little over three years since the article and based on recent market activity and my assessment of that activity, I still believe this to be true. My belief is based on statistics gathered from my own company's customer base. As an HR and Benefits technology advisor to benefits brokers, and by extension their clients, we conduct needs assessments and recommend HR-Benefit-Payroll solutions to employers. They use this analysis to make purchase decisions. We work with anywhere from 20-40 employers per month and have been doing so for about 10 years. Over the last 36 months we have seen a huge shift in demand with stand-alone benefits enrollment systems moving from 55% down to 10% of our activity. The following chart shows our data as to the type of systems employers have been requesting in our assessments.
The HR-Benefits-Payroll column in the above chart may represent systems that either are HR and Benefits or HR-Benefits-Payroll. Keep in mind that we are introduced to these employers by benefits brokers, so one would think the statistics would lean more to benefits enrollment only systems. That is not the case. Employers, by a 9-1 ratio, are predominantly looking for a single system. This statistic not only plays out for new customers. We are also witnessing a significant migration of existing clients that use benefits enrollment systems convert to a single HR-Benefits-Payroll solution. Over 95% of those that have changed systems have transitioned to a single platform.
Reduction of HR Staff – Employers want to the reduce costs related to corporate overhead. HR is one area. Therefore efficiency in HR by leveraging technology is a goal for many employers.
Compliance – HR and Benefits is getting more complex. Employers need to organize their data to stay compliant. The reporting needed for the Accountable Care Act is an example of this. Payroll Companies have led the way here with this type of reporting.
Employee Self-service – Employers do want to expand employee self-service in an easy to use way. A single point of entry to all HR-Benefits-Payroll information provides a better and easier employee experience while reflecting well on the company.
Many benefits brokers and benefits enrollment companies will debate these statistics. Around the industry benefits enrollment vendors are having an outstanding year in 2013. I expect 2014 to be just as promising. I believe this can be attributed to several reasons. The first reason is that many benefits enrollment systems are either fully funded or partially funded by benefit brokers and/or insurance companies. Brokers and carriers continue to use technology and what I call "giveaways" as a differentiator or to sell product. In the past it was benefit websites. Today it is benefits enrollment systems and HR Call Centers. These free or discounted systems and services creates a false perception of market demand. Many of these systems were implemented without ever having gone through an analysis to determine employer needs. Why should they, in many of these situations the employer is not making a purchase decision. It is the brokers, carriers, or whoever is funding it that is the customer of the benefits technology vendor. I would estimate that close to 50% of the stand-alone benefits enrollment systems are funded by some third-party. Of systems my firm has implemented that number is closer to 75%. Competition in the benefits brokerage business has increased the number of "free" enrollment systems but this does not represent a real increase in employer demand for such systems. Give away anything for free for a day and I will show you an increase in demand.
Now along comes health care reform and the threat of reduced compensation from medical insurance. How many stories have you read about how a broker can make up for lost medical commission by selling more voluntary and worksite products? This push has resulted in an even greater funding of benefits enrollment technology by insurance companies that sell voluntary and worksite products.
For a while I thought the development of Private Exchanges would give the benefits enrollment companies some reprieve. I still think it may for a year or two. With Private Exchanges the technology bar has been raised and the enrollment technology vendors have had to add functionality to handle defined contribution plans and provide decision support tools to help employees make better insurance purchase decisions. In my opinion this technology edge will be short-lived as all other vendors will have to add these capabilities. In my short experience with Private Exchanges I still have found the majority of employers wanting to run their Defined Contribution Plan or Private Exchange within their existing HR-Benefits-Payroll technology. Using third-party tools I can Private Exchange-ize almost any HR-Benefits-Payroll system. With all these new employee contribution methods and the increase in voluntary products I still find the ease of making the payroll deductions a primary requirement of the employer. This once again puts the single system vendors in the driver's seat.
My predictions come in a year when benefits enrollment company Benefit Focus went public and raised around $75 million in their IPO after showing a previous 6 month operating loss of $15.2 million[ii] . More recently Towers Watson acquired benefits enrollment company Liazon for $215 million. I think both may disagree with my labeling them as benefits enrollment technology companies but that is how I see them. That is the goal isn't it – to enroll people in their benefits? As for the money aspect of these transactions I say "good for them". They capitalized on the opportunity. However, neither of these events changes my opinion as to where the market is going.
If broker competition, health care reform, the push to sell more voluntary products, and the advance of Private Exchanges is creating more demand what is going to stop the advance of benefits enrollment only solutions? The answer is two-fold and includes increased employer demand on one side and the ever-growing vendor market providing the supply. In the end logic will prevail and employers will get what they want which is a single system; and the army of payroll vendors, HRIS vendors, HR Consultants, and even some benefits brokers will educate the market and deliver the solutions. I guarantee that brokers who work with me will be delivering such systems. Think of this for a minute, ADP has around 800 sales people calling on employers every day and they are just one company. Collectively there are thousands of sales people calling on employers to deliver these solutions. They will move the market.
to make some changes to prepare for this market change. Or, I could be wrong. I presented my facts so that you may decide.
This entry was posted in Employee Benefits Distribution, HR and Benefits Technology and tagged Benefits Enrollment Systems, Benefits Technology, Employee Benefits, Private Exchanges. Bookmark the permalink.


A few years ago purple hair seemed like it was just a brief trend. Now that it has continued to be a popular hair color for many people it doesn't make sense to dismiss it as a flash in the pan trend. As it is a popular hair color choice right now it's a good idea for those who want to dip into the dye to figure out what makeup will compliment them and their purple hair.
Choosing makeup colors for purple hair is as varied as the different shades of purple that can be used to dye one's hair. Something that may look fabulous with light purple hair may not look as good with darker shades of purple hair.
With purple hair immediately the purple becomes the more dramatic feature in a look. Going with neutral tones for the makeup will suit the look best if the main focus point is the hair. Neutral browns and grey eyeshadows will work well. Mascara. Maybe some face contouring. Nicole Richie usually wears her makeup that way to pair with her purple locks.
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Instyle; "Katy Perry's New Hair Color: Purple Velvet"
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Lauren Conrad; "Pretty In Purple"
Style Craze; "Makeup Tips for 8 Types of Colored Hair"
Bustle; "How to Pull Off Purple Hair like a Celebrity"
Hollywood Life; "Katy Perry Rocks Purple Hair and Long Lashes at 2015 Grammy Awards"


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New Ways We're Showing Our PRIDE
on September 5, 2019 in Community by UVM Medical Center
Hippocrates wrote: "Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity."
That sentiment aptly describes the ways in which providers, patients, families and staff work together to make the UVM Medical Center a safe, inclusive and affirming organization for all, including our LGBTQ+ community.
We are excited to highlight our work and hope it illuminates the PRIDE we take in partnering with you for your care!
Changing Our Electronic Health Record System
For well over two years, we have worked on updating our electronic health record system. A critical component to this upgrade is a feature that allows patients to select a preferred name, gender identity and affirming pronouns. Throughout the development process, we worked in collaboration with our Transgender Youth Program Advisory Council, providers, staff and community partners at Outright Vermont.
We are thrilled to announce this upgrade goes live in the fall of 2019. We trust that it is another critical step in creating an affirming healthcare environment.
Providing Care With Dignity and Respect
We also understand the importance of evolving our understanding of what it means to provide care with dignity and respect. We are in the process of rolling out LGBTQ+ health training to our workforce. The training will roll out in stages, from a 101 training for everyone to an advanced health training for those who provide direct care.
We consulted with Rachel Inker, MD, and Leo Kline, AGNP, from the Community Health Centers of Burlington, and Samuel Lurie from Transgender Awareness Training and Advocacy to help us in this endeavor.
Partnering with Our Patients and Families
Creating opportunities to learn from and partner with our patients and families is vital to maintaining a culture of humility and inclusivity. "We value patients and families, and seek their participation in everything we do" is the guiding principle from which our patient and family-centered care program continues to grow and thrive.
One of our Patient/Family Advisors who works in active partnership with our Transgender Youth Program at the University of Vermont Children's Hospital shares:
"As the [Transgender Youth] Program grows, so does our invitation to include diverse voices and varied ways of participating in the work we do to support gender variant youth and their families, both in clinic and in the context of the larger community. Our Trans Youth Program Advisory Council partners with Outright Vermont as support for families beyond those in clinic, and we participate in the Translating Identity Conference at the University of Vermont. We have been partnering on a variety of projects including presenting at staff trainings, Pediatric Grand Rounds, updating informational material for patients, and creating social media forums for caregivers.
One of the things that makes our Advisory Council inclusive is that there are opportunities for varied and flexible participation. Advisors can participate in person, over the phone or by email, and the variety of projects allows each member to use their unique skills towards the common goal of improving the intersectional care for gender variant youth and their families."
Actor-activist George Takei has said, "We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity." This September, staff, patients, families, and friends of UVM Medical Center will once again celebrate with our community by marching in the PRIDE parade. This marks our fourth year of presence at the event!
We thank you for taking the time to celebrate PRIDE and the continued commitment of our care teams, staff, patients and families in building a loving, inclusive, care environment for all.
Charlotte Safran is the Patient and Family-Centered Care Coordinator at UVM Children's Hospital and believes fiercely in the goodness of humans.
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Examining claims of the supernatural, paranormal, alternative medicine, and conspiracy theories
November 6, 2015 by Moline Skeptics
"Loon gunman theory" (JFK assassination)
Late November traditions in the U.S. go beyond turkey and football. At this time each year, old and new JFK conspiracy ideas are floated. This is the only conspiracy theory that the majority believes. It's a fairly strong majority, too, with 61 percent in the latest Gallup poll saying they believe.
Of course, such numbers are irrelevant to what happened. No amount of belief makes anything true. But these numbers do shed some light on how conspiracy theories operate. Because the reason JFK assassination theories have the most believers is not because of evidence. More than 50 years and hundreds of books and videos later, not one irrefutable piece of proof has been presented. Rather, so many believe because of the momentous nature of the event: The head of the free world at the height of the Cold War was murdered in public in the presence of his wife. And it's all pulled off by a barely employable drifter. People want to believe there is more there.
Another factor in so many believing is that there are dozens of sub-theories to choose from. This is made still easier in an era when anyone with a laptop and camera can present their ideas to the world in what skeptic leader Dr. Steven Novella calls "the cottage industry of conspiracy theorists."
There is one question about the assassination that has always bugged me: What the hell is up with the failure to secure a tall building on a presidential motorcade route? But this question is about Secret Service laxity, not a suggestion that Kennedy's protective detail was in on the plot. But if I was a conspiracy theorist, the unsecured schoolbook depository would be used, through the appeal to ignorance, as a point for my position. That's how conspiracy theories work. Also, if the theorist is unable to present strong evidence, that's proof the evidence has been hushed up. If contrary evidence is presented, it was fabricated. Those presenting strong counterarguments are shills or insiders.
But perhaps the most telling distinction among hardcore conspiracy theorists is what Novella calls "anomaly hunting," where believers look for anything that might seem out of place. In the most extreme cases, the theorist goes in already convinced that the shooting, derailed train, or natural disaster is fake. In the wake of the on-air murder of TV reporter Alison Parker, some theorists were declaring her widower to be an actor. They said he was not emotional enough for someone who had lost his wife 36 hours prior. This supposed stolidity was presented as proof that no one was murdered. This overlooks the fact that grief is a rollercoaster. A person can be laughing at a memory of a loved one, then three minutes later be convulsing because they are crying so forcefully. The burden of proof is always on the one making the claim, and the vultures in these cases spectacularly fail to prove their point.
In most conspiracy theories, the conclusion is reached first, then the theorist works backward from there. For example, they will watch a press conference or memorial service and seek out ANYTHING that looks funny to them. They always find something, owing to their nonexistent standards. The most extreme of the extreme is nodisinfo.com. At a memorial for the Charleston church shooting victims, a woman seemed to have a hint of a smile and this was presented by nodisinfo as proof it was all fabricated. For good measure, she was said to look Jewish, proving the Zionists were behind the hoax. Then there was the YouTube video is which the fact that a spectator was looking at the sky after the Space Shuttle Challenger had already fallen was proof it was the Free Masons had staged it.
These two examples are especially silly, but others can seem a little more plausible when apparent anomalies are highlighted. These are easy to find because hundreds of people and thousands of actions can be involved in such incidents, so it would be impossible to fully explain every detail to the minutest point. This is especially true in times of extreme chaos, such as 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, or mass shootings. Also, everyone has their quirks and complexities, so not all people will not react the same to the situation around them, making supposed inconsistencies easier to find. Throw out enough of these and something may stick, especially if the listener wants it to.
For instance, there is a meme showing a falling Twin Tower that includes a window blowing out a few stories below the main collapsing cloud. A theorist had inserted a red arrow next to the smaller cloud and wrote, "Oops. We set this bomb off too soon."
This could be the result of unequal pressure and it seems reasonable that it would be less than perfectly uniform when a massive building soaked with jet fuel collapses. Since I'm not completely sure about the specific reason for the smaller cloud is, the theorist can appeal to this ignorance and claim it has evidence for his position. But he's ignoring that the burden of proof is still on him to prove that it was done by Bush or Jews or Free Masons.
By contrast, NatGeo aired a multi-hour special that detailed the bin Laden plot. This included released documents and interviews with national security personnel, plus airport camera shots of the hijackers boarding the planes and telephone calls from victims to family members relating that Muslim extremists had commandeered the aircraft.
While we're at it, I never understood what these bomb theories were supposed to mean anyway. Even if it the towers were brought down by explosives, how does that prove they were planted by government agents instead of terrorists?
Getting back to JFK and anomaly hunting, one supposed inconsistency centers on a photo of Lee Harvey Oswald holding the rifle used to kill Kennedy. I'm unsure why the theorists are fixated with this. Of the dozens of theories I've heard, none have claimed that Oswald didn't do it. Rather, he's presented as a stooge or lackey, a pawn in an Illuminati Bilderberg Cosa Nostra Commie Nazi game. But for whatever reason, the theorists chose this hunting ground to try and bag another anomaly.
The main points when claiming the photo is fake are allegedly inconsistent shadows and asserting that Oswald is positioned strangely, supposedly indicative of him being added to the shot.
With regard to the latter, it's hard to guess precisely how a three dimensional object will look on a two dimensional image. Or it was until researchers at Dartmouth published a computer analysis of the photo. They created a 3-D reconstruction of the image, including Oswald's skeleton and skin. They distributed the weight throughout his body, copied his stance, and determined his center of gravity. They concluded that his center of gravity was within his base of support, meaning his stance was stable. They also reconstructed the lighting and camera angle, and demonstrated that the shadows were consistent.
For the hardcore believer, this is easy to dismiss. Dartmouth merely works in conjunction with the CIA, Castro, and the mafia. For the more reasonable, the explanation will likely suffice, but this case shows how time-consuming it can be to do battle with conspiracy theories. It takes five seconds assert that Oswald or his shadows are fake. It takes five weeks to refute it.
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Jack | December 4, 2018 at 2:04 pm
Hey i'm trying to do a paper on John Fitzgerald Kennedy death and im trying to get some conspiracys about his death and also this paper is due this friday
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"Nyet so fast" (Rasputin invincibility)
"Watch botch" (Watchmaker fallacy)
"Cosmo's Fear Factory" (Doomed cosmonauts)
"Red, Inc." (Red mercury)
"Pontificating" (Pope Joan)
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"Wild bore" (Children raised by animals)
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"Zeus juice" (Super-fruit drinks)
"Radiating optimism" (Healthful radiation)
"Netflix and shrill" (13 Reasons Why)
"Salt and vinegar drips" (Homemade herbicide)
"Ship of ghouls" (Mary Celeste)
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Back in my senior year in high school, I developed an immense affinity with my physics subject. Not only did it challenge me with different formulae and computations, it also taught me various lessons that I apply in my daily life up to now.
In learning, we are comparable to a white light passing through a prism, which embodies the knowledge and education that we obtain. As a result, we come out in different colors, from red to violet, darkest to lightest, showing us that initially we are all the same, and our outcome depends on how we understand lessons and apply these in our lives.
Dreams start merely as thoughts, fueled by perseverance and determination, immortalized by passionate people who never cease to do the impossible.
Our dreams are like vectors represented by arrows. The arrow's tail, the origin, shows us the starting point where we first imagined, wished, and desired. The length or body of the arrow symbolizes the distance we took in attaining our wishful thinking. The arrowhead leads us to the path where we will succeed, overcoming all strife and achieving our vision.
We are continuously changing our position; thus, we are constantly in motion. We speed up and keep up with the external forces that enable us to carry on with our plans. Once we accelerate, we are restless, always seeking progress and growth. There will be instances when we decelerate, but the point is that we always go back to where we started: our reference point.
As the First Law of Motion states, "every object continues to remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless a force acts on it to change its state." We look at this force as our inspiration, the driving element that starts our engine, fueled and kindled by a blazing zeal and passion for success and fulfillment.
A person attains power when he/she does work over a period of time. It's a lesson in perseverance, as stated well by the old Filipino saying "Kung may tiyaga, may nilaga." In order to succeed, we must work hard in spite of the time we must spend. All the efforts we exerted will be worth it once we attain the dreams we've worked hard for.
We are all projectiles thrown in different places, in different circumstances, in different ways. Yet, we all have our own path we call our trajectory, which determines the direction of our journey and the time that we have to spend in reaching our destination—triumph and glory.
We are magnets, constantly attracting what we imagine and what we aim for.
We have to attain internal equilibrium in our lives. We have to feel a state of inner balance in our system. It's either we are stable or unstable. When we are stable we become firm and strong, forces equally distributed throughout our whole system. On the other hand, when we are unstable we are frail, easily toppled. Our equilibrium is affected by the position of our center of gravity, the society that either makes or breaks us.
The people around us are called forces, for they are the ones who push and pull us, either for the better or for the worse. These so-called forces are unpredictable for there will be times that we won't see them coming. There will also be times when these forces will help us rise from our fall or, the opposite, push us to the edge.
Gravity is a natural phenomenon. It is "an attractive force that exists between all objects in the universe." It pulls objects down, similar to how problems pull people down and let them fall. Problems are tests that God gives to people for them to surpass, not to weigh on them. Another thing gravity teaches us is how to keep our feet on the ground, regardless of how much life has graced us.
Interaction with people is represented by the two intermolecular forces: cohesion and adhesion. We are cohesive when we interact with people of the same interests, adhesive when we interact with those of different interests and preferences. Although being adhesive also means having contrasting pursuits, we still keep the affinity among our differences in order to work as one for progress.
Our parents, mentors, and peers are the buoyant forces that push us up when we are engulfed by various difficulties in life.
When we are stressed, we are physically, emotionally and mentally distorted. And when we fail to find solutions for our stress, we become strained, our ego is deformed.
The Law of Interaction states that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." I believe in karma, and that whatever we do to the people around us returns to us, whether good or bad. That is why before we do or say something, we must first discern the repercussions of our actions and words. When we do good, we are blessed. When we do otherwise, we are condemned.
The greatest lesson I've learned in physics is that for every problem there is a solution. The formula of each solution may not always be the suitable one, but if we explore further and devise new formulae to solve our problems, we may find the right answer.
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Former Ravens rugby star and assistant coach Natasha Smith has been selected to play for the Women's National Rugby Maple Leafs team in a series of exhibitions against an American team as part of the Women's Rugby Super Series.
Canada's Maple Leafs side will begin its two-game series against the USA Collegiate All-Americans on July 5 with a second test to follow on July 9. The Maple Leafs team roster is comprised of players with senior level experience along with the country's top young players.
Smith, who was an assistant coach with the Ravens in 2015, played two varsity seasons with Carleton (2012 and 2014) . The RSEQ conference twice named Smith to the league's All-Star team, while she was also earned CIS All-Canadian status in 2014. Smith ranks first on the rugby team's all-time scoring list with twenty-five tries (125 points) in only 12 games.
SALT LAKE CITY — Interim Head Coach Shaun Allen has made one change to Canada's Senior Women's starting XV for Tuesday's Women's Rugby Super Series (WRSS) game against the USA.
After grabbing a try in Friday's 52-17 win over England, Katie McNally is rewarded with a start on the wing in place of Frédérique Rajotte who moves to the bench.
Carolyn McEwen, Mary-Jane Kirby and DaLeaka Menin all start in the front row with Captain Laura Russell and Kayla Mack forming a dynamic lock duo. Barbara Mervin, Latoya Blackwood and Friday's player of the match Jacey Murphy start in the back row.
Edmonton's Chelsea Guthrie, who grabbed her first test try in Friday's win, starts at scrum-half with Emily Belchos at No. 10. McNally is joined on the wing by Vancouver's Brittany Waters with Andrea Burk and Alex Tessier forming the centre duo. Montreal's Julianne Zussman starts at fullback.
With three games in just eight days, the WRSS presents a very quick turnaround between games. Canada plays its final game of the tournament on Saturday having played its opener on Friday.
After a seven-try win over England, Canada sits atop the WRSS standings while in the other game Friday, the USA lost 19-13 to France. Canada also moved up to fourth in the World Rugby Women's Rankings after their emphatic victory over England.
Canada faced the USA last year in Red Deer, AB, with the visitors collecting a 36-28 win in a fast paced affair. Canada is 15-18 all-time against the USA.
Additionally, Canada's Maple Leafs will begin its two-game series against the USA Collegiate All-Americans. Captained by Lori Josephson, the team features a mix of players with test experience as well as some of Canada's rising young stars.
"The Maple Leafs Series against the USA Collegiate All-Americans is very important to both the short term and long term success of the Women's Senior program," Allen said. "It is fantastic to have the opportunity to have the senior and Maple Leaf groups in the same location at the same time and to share coaching and management resources.
Tuesday's Maple Leafs game kicks off at 1pm ET/10am PT while Canada vs. USA begins at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Both games can be seen LIVE on www.therugbychannel.tv. A subscription is required but the first 30 days are FREE.