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The British Conservative Party (also known from the 17th century as the Tory party) has been electorally the most successful party in modern British political history. It regards itself as the natural party of government, has been a loyal and disciplined machine and has been the most effective in avoiding the splits seen in other parties. Yet today it struggles to get much more than 35% of the vote in elections, has a small and ageing membership, is prone to backbench rebellion in Parliamentary votes and is riven by factional strife over Europe. The division over Europe has done much to explain why the 2016 referendum over Brexit was called and why, despite a big opinion poll lead, they are finding it so hard to agree a common approach to resolving the issue.
The "Natural Party of Government"
Since the time of Disraeli (PM 1874-80), the Conservatives have formed or been part of most governments, such that they have tended to see themselves as the natural party of of government. The will to power is a particularly strong driver, such that ideological or policy issues can take second place. When a leader has appeared ineffective, the Tories are ruthlessly effective in removing them. At times this sense of an inherent right to govern can get in the way of appropriate tactics for a situation, such as when they connived in Ulster's threatened violent resistance to Irish Home Rule before the First World War.
Traditionally the Tories have been the more nationalistic party, the party of loyalty to the monarchy, the armed forces, and the Church of England. Thus acting in the national interest has often been a driving force. It was the party of Winston Churchill. Party discipline and respect for the leader were key strengths, and Tories have a strong respect for "sound government" and effective management of the nation's finances. Moreover the Tories have favoured free enterprise as against state intervention, with a more "hands-off" policy towards macro-economic policy and their approach to business. They have traditionally favoured local and voluntary action to that of the centralised state.
Until 1964, especially under Harold Macmillan (PM 1957-63), the Tories favoured a "One Nation" liberal conservative approach, accepting the welfare state, the NHS and the doctrine of full employment as created under the 1945-51 Labour government.
The Party was known as the "party of tendencies" rather than factions, with overlapping groups of interest advocating particular ideas rather clear cut intra-party factional conflict as seen in Labour under Gaitskell (opposition leader 1955-63), Foot (1980-83) and Kinnock (1983-92).
The legacy of Thatcher
Under the early leadership of Edward Heath and then of Margaret Thatcher (PM 1979-90), the Tory Party adopted more radical policies, departing from the "post-war consensus" in favour of monetarism (the control of the supply of money as the chief method of stabilizing the economy.) as advocated by the economist Milton Friedman and in government by Sir Keith Joseph, the roll-back in the role of the state and "socialism", privatisation of state industries, an emphasis on the free market, curbs on trade union power, and policies to support entrepreneurialism and free enterprise. It was believed that free markets would reverse the UK's economic decline and release the natural dynamism of the economy which would then trickle down to benefit poorer people. This policy approach became known as Thatcherism and now as "Neoliberalism".
This Conservatism became seen as a radical and reforming Toryism, one that marked a radical departure from previous policy. It was however very controversial, and the period of the early 1980's in particular saw a severe recession as high interest rates used to fight high inflation produced collapses in businesses and high unemployment. Britain's industrial base contracted and conflict with the unions culminated in the miners strike of 1984-5 and the defeat of the unions.
Eventually Thatcher was overthrown by opposition of key ministers to her after the attempt at local tax reform produced a tax strike and the "Poll Tax" riots. Arguably the party has never recovered its unity from the rebellion that saw her overthrow. However, despite success at the election of 1992, the following years were marked by increasing splits over Europe and EU membership. PM John Major piloted through the Maastricht Treaty (1992) which led to the European Union being created and the launch of the single currency, the Euro. However he was plagued by eurosceptic opposition within the party from people like Iain Duncan-Smith and Bill Cash.
The Conservatives lost the 1997 election heavily and much of the years then spent in opposition were consumed in splits over the EU. Euroscepticism grew much stronger in the party, although this policy stance did not prove a vote winner.
Cameron's leadership and euroscepticism
David Cameron replaced Duncan-Smith in 2005 and pledged to stop the Tory Party "banging on about Europe". As Prime Minister from 2010, first as Coalition PM (2010-15) he sought to position the party as "Caring Conservatism", advocating the "Big Society" that would replace state intervention with voluntary action to help the disadvantaged. However, faced with the need to respond to the impact of the Great Recession, the Chancellor George Osborne pursued an "austerity" agenda to reduce spending as well as taxes and bring down the very large budget deficit incurred in the defence of the banking system in the crash of 2008 and subsequent major recession. Thus in various ways economic conservativism was combined with social liberalism.
To a certain degree efforts were made to resume and complete the "Thatcher Revolution", reducing dependency though welfare reform (eg. Iain Duncan-Smith's work to reform disability benefit and move towards a single Universal benefit), and what many consider to be a marketisation of the NHS by Andrew Lansley through making local doctors' practices to be the commissioner of services from a market of providers.
Cameron continued to be plagued by eurosceptic pressure to call a referendum on leaving the EU, along with calls to pull out of the European Court of Human Rights. The 2010 election had seen the arrival of about 100 right wing MP's keen on pursuing what was seen as the Thatcherite agenda. Rebellions against government legislation became increasingly common. The Conservatives were facing increasing pressure on the right from UKIP (the United Kingdom Independence Party) and were concerned that they might lose seats to them, especially in coastal towns and the East Coast side of England. There was also opposition to Cameron's continued adherence to the coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats and thus to measures favoured by the latter. Relationships and thus party discipline became increasingly strained and the party became more characterised by factionalism.
Cameron eventually conceded a referendum (Bloomberg speech, 2013) but only after a general election (in 2015, resulting in a small Conservative majority government) and a period of attempted "re-negotiation" of the UK's terms of membership. The referendum of 2016 saw the party split between Brexiters ("Brexiteers") and the pro-EU liberal wing of the party which included most ministers. The referendum resulted in a Brexit victory both in the referendum and within the Tory Party.
Theresa May and intra-party conflict
Conservatives have over the years prided themselves on being united and yet increasingly have become divided, particularly over Europe. While the new PM Theresa May placed leading Brexiters in senior Cabinet roles (Davis, Johnson and Fox), she also gave roles to Remain campaigners and Liberal Tories. Her Chancellor for example was the Remainer Philip Hammond. It is important that the PM ensures representation of the various strands of the party within the government. However this government has looked very divided.
Mrs May's policy pitch at the start of her Premiership was in the One Nation tradition: "we are the true workers' party now". Apart from Brexit, she stressed the need to develop policies to help those "just about managing", what were called the hard-pressed middle under Osborne and Cameron. It was they who were thought to have voted Brexit in large numbers. Hence mention was made of infrastructure work, workers on company boards, more affordable housing, cancelling benefit cuts, etc. This may or may not be subsumed in the focus on Brexit and the limited scope given to the Chancellor for "give-aways".
While May's style is to keep her cards close to her chest and to delay policy announcements until agreement is reached, and until she is ready to negotiate with the EU with regard to Brexit, her leading Brexit ministers are being quite open about their dissent and have used public situations to put pressure on her. Given that there is a fundamental split over how to proceed, between a "hard" and a "soft" Brexit, and that this conflict was not resolved in the "In-Out" referendum question and has not been put to a general election test, the conflict is now present at the heart of government and is arguably producing policy paralysis.
In the wings the habit of "populist" Brexit leaders to shout loud and often in favour of a complete departure from the EU ("hard" Brexit), along with a general weakness in the Opposition, business demands to stay in the single market and customs union ("soft" Brexit), and financial market upheavals, has created a general sense of a government in crisis and uncertain how to proceed.
Governing Party or a split?
Usually for a Conservative party and leader, the governing principle is less ideology than power. Thus keeping the party together in order to win elections is crucial: "A house divided against itself cannot stand" (Lincoln, 1858). Major in the 1990's and Cameron from 2010 tried to keep the party together and thus was pushed against their judgement in a eurosceptic direction.
Today's Conservative Party is at its roots strongly eurosceptic. May's first party conference in 2016 saw massive support for her policy of "Brexit means Brexit", and yet the necessities of government are forcing different choices than those favoured by the rank and file. 50 to 60 Conservative MP's favour a soft Brexit, which is difficult for her since her majority is only 12. There is a natural majority in favour of Remain and while the vast majority are probably likely to respect the referendum result, a majority of MP's probably do not favour the "hard" option.
Pressure of events may produce the split long feared by leaders, and yet other options still remain, given that the current crisis still holds many as yet unseen challenges.
The European Research Group (ERG)
One particularly forceful Brexit group that has applied a lot of pressure on Mrs May is the ERG. in its origins it is a long-standing Eurosceptic group that derives from the old Monday Club of the 1960's and that particularly developed in influence in the conflicts over the Maastricht treay under John Major's premiership. It's current leader is Jacob Rees-Mogg and it has been very effective in blocking Mat's attempts at compromise with the EU and in pushing for a hard Brexit.
David McKay gives a very useful characterisation of the ERG. He argues that it has three main characteristics, that of
Anti-statism: Hostility for supranational bodies like the EU, which it sees as unaccountable and self-serving, and devolved assemblies
Chauvinism: A concern to maintain the independent power and prestige of the UK, in competition with its European neighbours; a tendency to see other countries as inferior
Anti-intellectualism: A profound distrust of experts, such as the dismissal of Treasury forecasts of the impact of Brexit, and a preference for clear-sighted simpler and bolder solutions. Thus a hard, no-deal Brexit holds no terrors for them.
He concludes that "Their hostility to government, chauvinism and anti-intellectualism constitute a world view that believes that firm leadership operating in a strictly majoritarian institutional context is the best combination to ensure the delivery of their desiderata: free enterprise, individual freedom and open international trade unfettered by statist cartels such as the EU."
McKay also points out that the ERG are also in a way a long-standing part of Conservative thinking.


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Q: Wordpress installation directory and custom homepage I have wordpress for CMS contents. Where my homepage will be a standalone application, suppose I want to build a single page application using backbone, how i can install/configure with wordpress?

A: Better put your wordpress in a subdirectory (blog or whatever name). Otherwise you might end up with htaccess problems. It is possible to do it in the same directory though. You can even just make your custom front page as part of the wordpress theme. But thats up to you.

A: Just install wordpress as you normally would and create your own theme with a single page. If you check out the documentation on theme development you will have it up and running within an hour.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development

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This program is in development and includes mediation specifically designed to meet the needs of Staten Island's elder population. Examples of disputes handled include basic quality of life issues, disputes of elderly individuals or their families with nursing homes and medical care providers, and disputes between elderly individuals and their adult children regarding housing and medical care.
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Mediation has proven to be a useful tool in settling conflict between parents and adolescents. It can improve communication and help both parents and teens learn how to "fight better" so that everyone wins.
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McLaren's miserable start to winter testing continued as they were forced to change their Honda power unit for the second time in two days.
An oil systems issue on Monday meant that McLaren were already having to play catch-up, but their issues have run into a second day with Stoffel Vandoorne notching up just 29 laps.
The early signs did not look for McLaren, as the Belgian stopped after two laps before bringing the MCL32 to a stop in the pit entrance.
Mechanics were able to get the car back out on track, but not for long as the Honda power unit would go on to lose all power and bring another session to a premature end.
The exact cause for the loss of power is as yet unknown and another investigation is currently taking place to identify the issue.


I am not a regular ETL developer but I do "dabble" in developing code from time to time. One requirement that I come across is looping (while, for, infinite) in a job and performing a task based on condition and then going to sleep for a period of time. This certainly can be accomplished through a scheduler as well but is often time easier to accomplish in the ETL job design.
I have had the opportunity to implement this construct using SSIS and Datastage. In my opinion, Datastage was the most complicated – took me a good 5 hours to get the code to do exactly what I wanted. SSIS was more cooperating – I was able to do the same in about 3 hours.
As I started working with Talend Open Studio earlier this week, I was amazed to see how simple it was to work with Talend.
Step 1: Drag the while loop on the canvas – define the parameters.
Step 3: Drag the "sleep" step and assign values.
I was done start to finish in about 20 minutes and the code generated in Java was pretty easy to read and understand. Very cool!


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HomeBusiness and EconomyOil and GasNigeria loses 700,000 bpd to oil theft'
Nigeria loses 700,000 bpd to oil theft'
Nigeria loses 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, the Chief Upstream Investment Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) in charge of Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Bala Wunti, has said.
Speaking during an interview on Arise TV's the Morning Show yesterday he stated that the 700,000 barrels per day loss, as per NNPC's calculations, translates to 21 million barrels per month. He also said there are other types of losses which he identified as engineering losses which, he said, nobody accounts for as it is a part of the engineering process.
He also said there is an actual loss where hydrocarbons are produced but get stolen and that there are opportunity losses, which arise because operators are unable to produce what was initially planned. He noted that there are varying figures on Nigeria's crude oil theft losses but explained how the NNPC arrived at its figure.
He said: "Nigeria's budget is anchored on 1.88 million barrels per day of crude oil production. "In August, Nigeria's reported production output was 1 million barrels. "Therefore, the difference is what the country is losing, which is 700,000 barrels per day. "Note that the discrepancies in oil losses could be due to opportunity losses. This is why speculative figures are quoted as losses associated with crude oil theft. "As I speak to you, Brass and Bonny are on force majeure, which is about 300,000 barrels deferred already.
"We have been working hard with the private security contractor to return the Trans-Niger pipeline. "Hopefully, we will open Bonny very soon. One of our major trunk lines – the Nembe Creek trunk line cannot be used because of security vulnerabilities, although Trans Forcados, Escravos, and Trans-Remo are back.
"Now, the previous security architecture was not working, so we carried out a robust diagnosis, which revealed major issues to be addressed. "The issues are that Nigeria has a difficult geological terrain. So, it is impossible to have end-to-end visibility, particularly in the maritime economic zone. "What is seen in the blue water is not connected to the brown water and the backwater. "So, there is a varied desegregated visibility. Also, Wunti talked about the lack of coordination among the sector players – regulators, security agencies, communities, and private security outfits.
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Главная » Malko Alexander Vasilyevich
Malko Alexander Vasilyevich
ORCID 0000-0003-3204-9696 ResearcherID P-4826-2017 SCOPUS ID 56880073000
410028, Saratov, 135 Chernyshevsky St.
E-mail: i_gp@ssla.ru
Doctor of Law, Professor
POSITIONS HELD
Director of the Saratov Branch of the Institute of State and Law of the RAS
• Theory of State and Law
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS
Honoured Science Worker of the Russian Federation;
RFH grant (No. 14–03–00284; 2014–2016) "Strategy for the development of justice in the context of globalization" (Research organization - Penza State University) 2014-2016, grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (No. 4603/GF4; 2015–2017) "Law-making policy and technology: problems of theory and practice (on the example of materials from the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation) (Organization of the research - Makhambet Utemisov West Kazakhstan State University) 2015-2017
TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
PhD theses: Soldatkina O.L., 2010; Davydov P.A., 2011; Dyachenko E.V., 2011; Vyrleeva-Balaeva, O.S., 2012; Golub K.Yu., 2012., Gaydidei, Yu.M., 2012; Rysina E.P., 2013; Rodionova, A.S., 2013; Markunin R.S., 2013; Nikitenko Yu.M., 2013; Terekhov E.M., 2014, etc.;
Doctoral theses: Isakov N.V., 2004; Salomatin A.Yu., 2004; Belyaev V.P., 2006; Goloskokov L.V., 2006; Morozova I.S., 2007 ; Subochev V.V., 2009; Mazurenko A.P., 2011, etc.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Legal Policy and Legal Life",
Member of Editorial Boards of journals: "Advances in Law Studies" (Moscow), "Proceedings of Voronezh State University" (Voronezh), "Vestnik of Kostroma State University" (Kostroma), "The Reign of Law" (Krasnodar), "Matters of Russian and International Law"(Noginsk), "University Proceedings. Volga Region. Social Sciences" (Penza), "Law and the State: The Theory and Practice" (Korolev), "The Legal Culture" (Saratov), "Pravovedenie"(St. Petersburg), "Sociology and Law" (St. Petersburg), "Legal Science" (Ryazan), "Legal Science and Law Enforcement Practice" (Tyumen), "Academic Law Journal" (Irkutsk), "Vector Nauki of Togliatti State University" (Togliatti).
INVITED AND PLENARY REPORTS AT CONFERENCES
1. Scientific-practical round table "Law-making policy in the subjects of the Russian Federation", which was held on the basis of the North Caucasus branch of the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic University (Mineralnye Vody, January 21, 2014);
2. Scientific-methodological seminar "Theory of legal language", which was held on the basis of the Saratov branch of the Institute of State and Law of the RAS (Saratov, March 4, 2014);
3. International scientific and practical round table of three journals "State and Law", "Eurasian Law Journal" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "Legal Policy in the Sphere of Creating a Eurasian Economic Union", which was held on the basis of the Russian New University (Moscow, March 12, 2014);
4. Scientific-practical round table "Draft concept of legal policy in the field of legal responsibility: problems of formation", which was held on the basis of the Law Institute of Togliatti State University (Togliatti, April 9, 2014);
5. Scientific-practical round table "The legal basis for the formation of civil society in Russia", which was held on the basis of the North Caucasus branch of the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic University (Mineralnye Vody, May 21, 2014);
6. International Conference "Comparative Legal Policy as the most important area of legal science", which was held on the basis of the Law Faculty of Penza State University (Penza, May 28, 2014);
7. The round table of the journals "State and Law", "Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "Legal Policy in the Field of Fire Safety, Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters", which took place on the basis of Saint-Petersburg University of State Fire Service of Emercom of Russia (St. Petersburg, June 4, 2014);
8. Scientific-practical round table "Draft concept of human rights protection policy in modern Russia: ways to improve" (Ulyanovsk: Law Faculty of Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, June 26, 2014);
9. School of Young Scientist (Saratov Branch of the Federal State Budget Institution of Science of Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, November 5, 2014.);
10. Scientific and practical round table "Draft concept of judicial policy in modern Russia: ways to improve" (Penza Regional Court and Law Faculty of Penza State University, Penza, November 21, 2014);
11. Round table of journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "Legal Policy in the Field of Security in the Arctic" (Murmansk branch of the Saint Petersburg University of State Fire Service of Emercom of Russia, Murmansk, November 26, 2014);
12. Scientific and practical round table "Legal systems of subjects of the Russian Federation" (North-Caucasian branch of Moscow Humanitarian – Economic University, Mineralnye Vody, December 3, 2014);
13. Scientific and practical round table "The legal framework of civil society in modern Russia: ways to improve", the organizers of the Saratov branch of the ISL of RAS, the North Caucasus branch of the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic University (Mineralnye Vody, January 21, 2015);
14. Scientific and practical round table "National and supranational aspects of justice in the modern world", organizers: Saratov branch of the ISL of RAS, Penza Regional Court and the Faculty of Law of Penza State University (Penza, March 20, 2015);
15. All-Russian round table of journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "The draft concept of legal policy in the field of legal responsibility: structure and content", which was held on the basis of the Law Institute of Togliatti State University (Togliatti, 16 April 2015);
16. International scientific-practical conference on the topic: "Anti-corruption legal policy: new priorities", which was held on the basis of the Institute of Service, Tourism and Design (branch) of the North Caucasus Federal University in Pyatigorsk (Pyatigorsk, May 21, 2015);
17. International round table of journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "Legal Policy and Human Rights in Modern Russia", which was held on the basis of the Institute of Law of Volgograd State University (Volgograd, June 3, 2015);
18. All-Russian scientific-practical conference in the form of a round table of journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "National Legal Policy in Modern Russia", which was held on the basis of the Law Faculty of Mordovia State University (Saransk, June 30, 2015);
19. All-Russian conference in the form of a round table "Human rights protection and anti-corruption policy in modern Russia", which was held on the basis of the Law Faculty of the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University (Ulyanovsk, July 2, 2015);
20. The international conference in the form of a round table on the topic: "Legal policy and strategy for the development of the legal system in modern Russia", which took place on the basis of the Law Faculty of Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin (Ryazan, October 28, 2015);
21. Scientific and methodological seminar on the topic: "Civil self-defense as an urgent problem of Russian legal science and practice" (Saratov, November 17, 2015);
22. All-Russian round table on the topic: "Legislative initiative as an important means of legal policy", which took place on the basis of the Law Faculty of the North Caucasus Branch of the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic University (Mineralnye Vody, November 25, 2015);
23. International scientific-practical conference on the topic: "The European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union: on the way to the "Greater Europe" from Lisbon to Vladivostok", which took place on the basis of the law faculty of Mordovia State University (Saransk, December 1, 2015);
24. Scientific and practical conference in the form of a round table of journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic: "Draft concept of legal policy in the field of legal responsibility in modern Russia" Law Institute of Togliatti State University (Togliatti, April 12-14, 2016);
25. All-Russian Scientific Conference in the form of a "round table" of the journals "State and Law" and "Legal Policy and Legal Life" on the topic "Federalism: Evolution and the Current State" May 24-25, 2016, Penza State University, Penza.;
26. The Saratov branch of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences organized and held a methodological seminar on April 20, 2017 on the topic "Different Level Legal Systems: Features of Formation and Interaction" (Saratov);
27. The Saratov branch of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences organized and held on April 17, 2018 a distance Round Table on the theme "Russian legal policy in the development of the Eurasian Economic Union" (Saratov).
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS
1. Death penalty in Russia: isn't it time to finally decide? Criminology Journal of Baikal National University of Economics and Law, 2014, no. 2, pp. 80–89 (Scopus) (in co-authorship with V. A. Terekhin and S. F. Afanasyev;
2. Social control as a priority direction of crime prevention and a law enforcement policy tool (through the analysis of a number of legislative novels). Criminology Journal of Baikal National University of Economics and Law, 2015, no. 3, pp. 447–459 (Scopus) (in co-authorship with V.V. Nyrkov);
3. About the subfunctions of the protective function of the law. Legal Science and Practice: Journal of Nizhniy Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2017, no. 2, pp. 34–39(in co-authorship with D.A. Lipinsky);
4. Interstate conflicts: modeling and escalation of legal policy in the field of prevention. Legal Science and Practice: Journal of Nizhniy Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2017, no. 4, pp. 28–34 (in co-authorship with A.F. Rezchikov, etc.);
5. The rule of law as a factor of economic development. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018, vol.88, no. 3, pp. 242-250 (in co-authorship with A.G. Lisitsin-Svetlanov and S.F. Afanasyev);
6. Legal and religious regulation: interaction, contradictions and responsibility of the subjects of social relations. Perm University Herald. Juridical sciences, 2018, no. 39, pp. 6–35 (in co-authorship with D.A. Lipinsky)
7. Genesis of federalism in EU countries. Contemporary Europe, 2018, no. 1, pp. 36–46 (in co-authorship with A.D. Gulyakov and A.Yu. Salomatin);
8. Doctrinal acts as the main instrument of legal policy. Law. Journal of Higher School of Economics, 2018, no.1, pp. 4-25 (in co-authorship with Ya.V. Gaivoronskaya);
9. Improvement of law-interpret activities as a means of improving the quality of application of law. Legal Science and Practice: Journal of Nizhniy Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2018, no. 4, pp. 51-56 (in co-authorship with E. M. Terekhov);
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Q: The line through certain points on extensions of two sides of a triangle is perpendicular to the line through the incenter and circumcenter

Extend side $AC$ of triangle $ABC$ to point $E$ such that $AB=AE$.
Extend side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$ to point $D$ such that $AB=BD$.
Denote the center of circumscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ with $O$ and center of inscribed circle of the same triangle with $I$.
Prove that: $OI\perp ED$.

I have tried to translate the problem into the complex plane but the calculations became messy fairly quickly. This is a contest math problem, one of those than don't give you much clues on how to proceed. If you draw too many lines, just to outline the position of $O$ and $I$ the picture becomes messy too.

A: As I don't know any synthetic geometry trick to solve this problem, my approach to tackle it is an analytical one.
I'm going to calculate the equation of line DE and the equations of circumcircle and incircle of triangle ABC. From the equations of these circles I will get the equation of the radical axis, and then it will be easy to show that OI is perpendicular to line DE
Let's begin:
Let the point C be the origin of cartesian oblique axes, so that line ACE  becomes the x-axis and line BCD becomes the y-axis. Then the coordinates of C are $C=(0,0)$ and the coordinates of B and A can be, without loss of generality, $B=(0,q)$ and $A=(p,0)$, with $p<0$ and $q<0$. Then, if we call c the measure of side AB, the coordinates of D and E are $D=(0,q+c)$ and $E=(p+c,0)$.
With these coordinates, we immediately note that line DE has the equation
$$(q+c)x+(p+c)y-(q+c)(p+c)=0$$
The equation of the circumcircle, which passes through points A, B, C, is obviously
$$x^2+2xy\cos C +y^2 -px -qy=0$$
As for the incircle, it's not hard to see that it touches the x-axis and y-axis in the points $((p+q+c)/2,0)$ and $(0,(p+q+c)/2)$, which leads us to almost effortlessly arrive at its equation:
$$x^2+2xy\cos C +y^2 -(p+q+c)x -(p+q+c)y +(1/4)(p+q+c)^2=0$$
Subtracting both equations of these circles we finally get the equation of their radical axis:
$$(q+c)x+(p+c)y-(1/4)(p+q+c)^2=0$$
Comparing it with the equation of DE we have previously got, we see that both are parallel to each other, so that OI is perpendicular to DE.
Solved.
This problem, by the way, shows us two important points:
i) we shouldn't disparage or forget the cartesian oblique axes;
ii) how a wise choice of a coordinate system, axes and origin can pave the way to a smooth solution.

A: A second solution, using complex numbers:
Let the circumcenter O be the origin and let us assign the complex numbers $z_1$, $z_2$, $z_3$, $z_4$, $z_5$, $u$ to the points A, B, C, D, E, I.
As $\angle IAB=\angle EAI=A/2$, $AE=AB$, and $AI$ is a common side, $\triangle AIE \cong \triangle AIB$ (SAS criterion). Thus $IE=IB$ and $\angle AEI=\angle IBA=B/2$.
Therefore the point E can be thought as the image of a rotation of point B about the incenter I through an angle equal to $(A+B)$:
$$z_5-u=(z_2-u)e^{i(A+B)}$$
Likewise the point D can be thought as the image of a rotation of point A about the incenter I through an angle equal to $-(A+B)$:
$$z_4-u=(z_1-u)e^{i(-(A+B))}$$
Subtracting both equations we get:
$$z_4-z_5=z_1.e^{i(-(A+B))} -z_2.e^{i(A+B)}+u(2i\sin(A+B)),$$
$$z_4-z_5=z_1.e^{i(C-\pi)} -z_2.e^{i(\pi-C)}+u(2i\sin C),$$
On the other hand, as $z_2=z_1.e^{i(2C)}$,
$$z_4-z_5=z_1.e^{i(C-\pi)} -z_1.e^{i(2C)}.e^{i(\pi-C)}+u(2i\sin C),$$
$$z_4-z_5=z_1.e^{i(C-\pi)} -z_1.e^{i(\pi+C)}+u(2i\sin C),$$
$$z_4-z_5=u(2i\sin C),$$
$${z_4-z_5\over u}= 2i\sin C$$
Therefore, as $\sin C \neq 0$ and $\sin C$ is a real number,
$$OI \perp DE$$
QED.


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Q: scala iteratee to recursively process files and subdirectories I want to apply a function for every file in a directory and subdirectories, as follows:
  def applyRecursively(dir: String, fn: (File) => Any) {
    def listAndProcess(dir: File) {
      dir.listFiles match {
        case null => out.println("exception: dir cannot be listed: " + dir.getPath); List[File]()
        case files => files.toList.sortBy(_.getName).foreach(file => {
          fn(file)
          if (!java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath) && file.isDirectory) listAndProcess(file)
        })
      }
    }
    listAndProcess(new File(dir))
  }

  def exampleFn(file: File) { println(s"processing $file") }

  applyRecursively(dir, exampleFn)

this works. the question here is how I could refactor this code by using scala Iteratees. something like this:
val en = Enumerator.generateM(...) // ???
val it: Iteratee[File, Unit] = Iteratee.foreach(exampleFn)
val res = en.run(it)
res.onSuccess { case x => println("DONE") }

A: You can use Enumerator.unfold for this. The signature is:
def unfold[S, E](s: S)(f: (S) => Option[(S, E)])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Enumerator[E]

The idea is that you start with a value of type S, and then apply a function to it that returns an Option[(S, E)]. A value of None means the Enumerator has reached EOF. A Some contains another S to unfold, and the next value the Enumerator[E] will generate. In your example you can start with a Array[File] (the initial directory), take the first value from the Array, and check if it's a file or directory. If it's just a file, you return the tail of the Array with the File tupled together. If the File is a directory, you get the file listing and add it to the beginning of the Array. Then next steps in unfold will continue to process the contained files.
You end up with something like this:
def list(dir: File)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Enumerator[File] = {
  Enumerator.unfold(Array(dir)) { listing =>
    listing.headOption.map { file =>
      if(!java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath) && file.isDirectory)
        (file.listFiles.sortBy(f => (f.isDirectory, f.getName)) ++ listing.tail) -> file
      else
        listing.tail -> file
    }
  }
}

I added an extra sort by isDirectory to prioritize non-directories first. This means that if directory contents are added to the Array to unfold, the files will be consumed first before adding more contents. This will prevent the memory footprint from quickly expanding due to the recursive nature.
If you want the directories to be removed from the final Enumerator, you can use Enumeratee.filter to do that. You'll end up with something like:
list(dir) &> Enumeratee.filter(!_.isDirectory) |>> Iteratee.foreach(fn)

A: It does not capture all your requirements but this can get you started
object ExampleEnumerator {
  import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

  def exampleFn(file: File) { println(s"processing $file") }

  def listFiles(dir: File): Enumerator[File] = {
    val files = Option(dir.listFiles).toList.flatten.sortBy(_.getName)

    Enumerator(dir) andThen Enumerator(files :_*).flatMap(listFiles)
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    import scala.concurrent.duration._

    val dir = "."
    val en: Enumerator[File] = listFiles(new File(dir))
    val it: Iteratee[File, Unit] = Iteratee.foreach(exampleFn)
    val res = en.run(it)
    res.onSuccess { case x => println("DONE") }

    Await.result(res, 10.seconds)
  }
}

A: This just complements the great answer of m-w with some logging to help understand it.
$ cd /david/test
$ find .
.
./file1
./file2
./file3d
./file3d/file1
./file3d/file2
./file4

java:
import play.api.libs.iteratee._
import java.io.File
import scala.concurrent.Await
import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration

object ExampleEnumerator3 {
  import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

  def exampleFn(file: File) { println(s"processing $file") }

  def list(dir: File): Enumerator[File] = {
    println(s"list $dir")
    val initialInput: List[File] = List(dir)
    Enumerator.unfold(initialInput) { (input: List[File]) =>
      val next: Option[(List[File], File)] = input.headOption.map { file =>
        if(file.isDirectory) {
          (file.listFiles.toList.sortBy(_.getName) ++ input.tail) -> file
        } else {
          input.tail -> file
        }
      }
      next match {
        case Some(dn) => print(s"value to unfold: $input\n  next value to unfold: ${dn._1}\n  next input: ${dn._2}\n")
        case None => print(s"value to unfold: $input\n  finished unfold\n")
      }
      next
    }
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val dir = new File("/david/test")
    val res = list(dir).run(Iteratee.foreach(exampleFn))
    Await.result(res, Duration.Inf)
  }
}

log:
list /david/test
value to unfold: List(/david/test)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file1, /david/test/file2, /david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test
processing /david/test
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file1, /david/test/file2, /david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file2, /david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test/file1
processing /david/test/file1
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file2, /david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test/file2
processing /david/test/file2
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d, /david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d/file1, /david/test/file3d/file2, /david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test/file3d
processing /david/test/file3d
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d/file1, /david/test/file3d/file2, /david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d/file2, /david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test/file3d/file1
processing /david/test/file3d/file1
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file3d/file2, /david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List(/david/test/file4)
  next input: /david/test/file3d/file2
processing /david/test/file3d/file2
value to unfold: List(/david/test/file4)
  next value to unfold: List()
  next input: /david/test/file4
processing /david/test/file4
value to unfold: List()
  finished unfold

A: This just complements the great answer of @JonasAnso with some logging to help understand it.
$ cd /david/test
$ find .
.
./file1
./file2
./file3d
./file3d/file1
./file3d/file2
./file4

java:
import play.api.libs.iteratee._
import java.io.File
import scala.concurrent.Await
import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration

object ExampleEnumerator2b {
  import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

  def exampleFn(file: File) { println(s"processing $file") }

  def listFiles(dir: File): Enumerator[File] = {
    println(s"listFiles. START: $dir")

    if (dir.isDirectory) {
      val files = dir.listFiles.toList.sortBy(_.getName)
      Enumerator(dir) andThen Enumerator(files :_*).flatMap(listFiles)
    } else {
      Enumerator(dir)
    }
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val dir = new File("/david/test2")
    val res = listFiles(dir).run(Iteratee.foreach(exampleFn))
    Await.result(res, Duration.Inf)
  }
}

log:
listFiles. START: /david/test
processing /david/test
listFiles. START: /david/test/file1
processing /david/test/file1
listFiles. START: /david/test/file2
processing /david/test/file2
listFiles. START: /david/test/file3d
processing /david/test/file3d
listFiles. START: /david/test/file3d/file1
processing /david/test/file3d/file1
listFiles. START: /david/test/file3d/file2
processing /david/test/file3d/file2
listFiles. START: /david/test/file4
processing /david/test/file4


Rosh Hashanah a Daintyfemme's Way….
Every year since Todd and I moved in together we have been putting our own rendition on Rosh Hashanah. For those of you that don't know what that is, it is the celebration of the New Year. You can read more about it here. I always have said (in my own mind) that Todd married the perfect person, because I often like to embrace all holidays. It doesn't really matter from what culture – I think life should be celebrated. To be fair, I actually like what Rosh Hashanah means and the traditions behind it too. I also have to add how I have been really enjoying how Todd and I commingle our families traditions & cultures very nicely. There are so many times I hear of families not being able to do that successfully. I wish those families can make it through okay, as I do understand how it could be difficult. Some of us are lucky – I guess.
Well let me stop rambling and get to the pictures.
I found this candelabra at Home Goods last summer for a really good price. It is a dark metal and very heavy. It houses 9 candles. For this occasion I used 4 votive holders for the rose bouquets. I bought 24 long stemmed roses at Costco for $16. Such a beautiful color for the fall season.
This is what the candelabra looked like once I lit the tea lights. It create a romantic ambiance – sweet.
I used some plastic picture frames that I purchased at Wal-Mart last year (they still have them in stock) for place cards. I typed the names in Word on the PC, then, printed them out. I cut them to fit perfectly into each frame. I believe the size was 3×5 or something like that. This small detail added sophistication to the table that I really enjoyed.
The plates I had from a long time ago. I mix and matched them not caring too much about a color or theme. Do you see the table runner? It was an old curtain hanging in Erica's room when we lived in the high rise condo last year. It was perfect!
Here's is what was on the menu for the evening. The roast was so juicy. I rubbed seasoning all over the roast. Then, we seared it on the grill for about 7 minutes each side. After, we put it in the oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour 20 minutes. As for the sides, we went with asparagus, gluten-free/dairy free mac n' cheese, and rosemary potatoes (forgot to photograph em' – oops), challah bread, and gluten-free/dairy free red velvet donuts.
Roast: Todd & Me; Asparagus & Potatoes: Me; Mac n' Cheese: Jasmine; Red Velvet Donuts: Erica. Everything else not mentioned was bought already made.
Oh yeah! Before I forget, for any of you who might be new to the whole Rosh Hashanah holiday. I found a website that helped walk us through the evening dinner ritual. You can check it out here. The print outs above are from the the same link.
Overall, I thought this year was better than last's years Rosh Hasanah. I feel more and more settled with our family & our family's traditions. We are finally in our home and not renting anymore. Our children are turing out really beautiful & smart. What more could I ask for? Well, I guess I would add that I wish my family lived closer so they could join us. One day….one day….
A tea combo you should not live without!!!


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Anchor with Chain or Rope Emblem of the United States Navy.
Anchors, Double with Shield United States Coast Guard.
Angels Spirituality; Guardians of the tomb.
Angel, Praying Advocate asking God for mercy on behalf of the deceased.
Arch Victory in death; Door to Salvation.
Arches, Double Stone Being Rejoined in Heaven With Partner.
Axe, Knife, & Cleaver Could mean the person was a Butcher.
Awl, Knife, & Nippers Could mean the person was a Shoemaker or Cobbler.
Barber Bowl & Razor Could mean the person was a Barber.
Beehive Symbol of Mormonism; Masonic symbol of productivity.
Bible The Holy Bible is often found on the tombstones of Christians.
Books, Holy Often found on the tombstones of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). Two books indicate the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Three books represent the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine & Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
Books, with or without Apple Could mean the person was a Teacher.
Book, Open Book of Life.
Candle (snuffed) Loss of Life.
Castle U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Chain, Broken Links of Death of a Spouse.
Chi Rho The first two letters, X (chi) & P (rho) in the Greek word for Christ.
Child, Sleeping Grave of a young child; Not dead, just sleeping.
Clover, Four-Leaf The 4H Club.
Corn, Stalk of Could mean the person was a Farmer.
Coulter (hoe) Could mean the person was a Farmer.
Cross General Symbol of Christianity. Represents the Ressurection to many Christian religions.
Cross with Crown In Mississippi it is usually a Christian symbol of sovereignty of the Lord.
Cross with Flames Symbol of the Methodist Religion.
Cross with Jesus Christ The Crucifixion; The Sacrifice of Christ.
Cross, Celtic or Irish Episcopalians call this the Celtic Cross, while Catholics call it the Irish Cross. Often used to denote the graves of Monks or Priests.
Cross, Crusader's Symbol used by Europeans during the Holy War against the Muslims.
Cross, Egyptian or Coptic Used by the Gnostics and the Copts, it was devised from the ancient Egyptian symbol, ankh, which symbolizes life.
Cross, Greek Most commonly known as the symbol adopted by the International Red Cross.
Cross, Jerusalem Adopted by the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This is another cross from the Crusades.
Cross, Maltese w/ Firefighter Equipment. Firefighters Emblem.
Cross, Orthodox, Patriarchal, or Eastern The top cross bar represents the sign "Jesus Christ, King of the Jews", placed on Jesus' cross by the Romans.
Cross, Roman or Latin Came about as a result of the Great Schism between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
Cross, Southern Cross of Honor Usually found on the tombstones of Confederate Veterans.
Cross, St. Andrew's According to legend, when St. Andrew was martyred he claimed he was not worthy to be hung on a cross shaped as Jesus' cross. He requested that this shape be used for his execution.
Crossed Swords High Ranking Military Person.
Crown The soul's achievement and the Glory of life after death.
Crown with Cross In Mississippi it is usually a Christian symbol of sovereignty of the Lord.
Crown with Knight's Head, Crossed Swords, Moon & Stars Order of DeMolay.
Curtains / Drapes Mourning; End of Life on Earth.
Daffodil / Narcissus Rebirth and Ressurection.
Dove, Ascending Soul rising to heaven.
Dove, Decending Decent from heaven to accompany soul to heaven.
Dove, Dive Bombing with Twig Holy Ghost.
Eagle with Stars & Stripes Eternal vigilance and liberty.
Eagle Clutching Arrows with Shield United States Army.
Eagles, Double w/ pyramid & the number 32 Emblem of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons (32nd Degree).
Eye with Sunburst or Triagle Masonic Symbol.
Firefighter Helmet & Double Axes crossed Mississippi State Firefighters Associan.
Flail Could mean the person was a Farmer.
Flame Immortality of the Spirit; The Resurrection.
Fleur-de-Lis Faith, wisdom and valor; The Trinity, passion and love.
Fruit Eternal Plenty; Fruit of Life.
Garland Saintliness; Glory; Victory in Death.
Gates Pearly Gates; Entrance to Heaven.
Grapes / Grapevine Blood of Christ; Sacrament.
Grim Reaper Personification of death.
Hammer, Anvil, & Crown Could mean the person was a Blacksmith.
Hammer & Square Could mean the person was a Carpenter.
Hand, Pointing Up Pathway to Heaven.
Hands with Rosery Beads Symbol of the Catholic Religion.
Hands, Blessing Blessing those remaining behind.
Hands, Holding Unity of Marriage.
Hands, Praying Asking God for Eternal Life.
Hands reaching for the Lord's Hand Faith that the Lord will help us to Heaven & Eternal Life.
Heart Love; Affection of the living for the dead.
Heart, Sacred Commonly found in Catholic Cemeteries. Representative of the suffering of Christ for our sins.
Heart and Rose in Cupped Hands Organ Donor.
Hourglass Time has expired; Brievity of Life.
"I" made with railroad tie Employee of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
Lamb Innocence. Usually marks a child's grave.
Lamp Immortality of the Spirit; The Resurrection.
Light Immortality of the Spirit; The Resurrection.
Lily Flower of a Virgin; Purity & Innocence.
Lion Courage. The Lion's eternal watch guards the tomb.
Loom, Shuttle, & Stretcher Could mean the person was a Weaver.
Medal, Ribbon with Heart & likeness of George Washington. Purple Heart, a U.S. Military medal given to soldiers wounded in action.
Medal, Ribbon with 5-Pointed Star. The Bronze Star, a U.S. Military medal awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service.
Menorah An Emblem of Judaism.
Militia Soldier w/ Rifle & 5 Stars Army National Guard.
Mississippi Map with Eagle, Shield, & Stars Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Morning Glory Beginning of Life.
Mortar and Pestle Pharmacists (sometimes Doctor).
Navy Seal United States Navy.
Oak Leaves Power; Authority; Victory. Often seen on military graves.
Pine Tree, Cones, Branch, and/or needles Immortality.
Rake & Spade Could mean the person was a Gardener.
Ring, Broken A Family Circle has been severed.
Rod Comfort for the Bereaved.
Rose, Fully opened Death in the prime of life.
Rosebud Death early in life.
Scales Could mean the person was a Merchant.
Scimitar & 5-pointed Star Emblem of the Shriners.
Scimitar with Rose & Crescent Daughters of the Nile.
Sissors, Brush, Razor, &/or Comb Person was probably a Barber / Hairdresser / Beautician.
Skull or Skull & Crossbones Death.
Spade or Spade crossed with Shovel Death.
Spinning Wheel Heroines of Jericho (Masonic).
Spinning Wheel over Distaff filled with Flax Daughters of the American Revolution.
Staff Comfort for the Bereaved.
Staff of Aesculapius w/ wings & the letter "V" superimposed (Caduceus) Veterinarian.
Staff of Asklepios with wings & double snakes (Caduceus) Medical Doctor.
Staff of Asklepios with wings, double snakes & the letter "D" (Caduceus) Doctor of Dentistry.
Star The Order of the Eastern Star (Masonic).
Star The Light of the Spirit overpowers death.
Star of David International Symbol of Judaism.
Star, 5-Pointed with Wreath & "US" in Center American Legion Emblem.
Sun Light and warmth; Renewed life and life everlasting.
Sunrise / Sunset The Ressurection; Life Ending.
Tourch Immortality of the Spirit; The Resurrection.
Tree Stump Life Cut Short.
Tree Trunk Brevity of Life; Member of Woodmen of the World.
Triangle with 3 joined "T's" Royal Arch Mason.
Trumpeters Harbingers of the Resurrection.
Urn with Flame Undying Remembrence.
Wedge & Level Could mean the person was a Mason by trade.
Weeping Willow Perpetual Mourning; Grief.
Wheat Sheaves or Strands Divine Harvest.
Wreath Saintliness; Glory; Victory in Death.
Wings with Crest U.S. Air Force Pilot.
Wings with Parachute & Star U.S. Army Airbourne.
Wings with Propeller U.S. Army Air Corps.
Wings with Star and Wreath U.S. Army Master Aviator.
Wings, Pilot's, with "L" in Center WW II U.S. Military Liaison Pilot.
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Hope Mondala Rull, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse - Full time
Hope Rull earned her bachelor of science degree from California State University, San Marcos in 2010. She began her nursing career in the acute care setting of Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, California, where she was awarded Nurse of the Year in 2014.
For six years, Hope worked as a registered nurse in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) and she also attained her Medical-Surgical Board Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support (ACLS), and the National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale Certification.
Hope has served in the Palomar Health Center since January of 2014, where she continues her passion in educating and helping Palomar students, faculty and staff.
Liz Gould, MSN, PHN, RN
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Amanda Stubbs, BSN, RN
Amanda recently relocated to San Diego County with her family from New Hampshire and she absolutely loves it!
She has a BSN degree from Saint Joseph's College in Maine and began working as a registered nurse in 2010. She spent her first 2 years working at Elliot Hospital in NH on a medical surgical floor that specialized in oncology and urology. After that she spent the next 3 years working in the Endoscopy unit at Elliot Hospital and most recently she has enjoyed her time working as a school nurse in the middle and high school setting.
Amanda enjoys promoting health and wellness in the school setting and she is excited to join the health care team at Palomar College!
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Nurse Amy has over 18 years of experience working as a Register Nurse in San Diego County. Her nursing experience includes Orthopedic Medical/Surgical, Labor & Delivery, Lactation and school nursing.
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She played Intercollegiate tennis at UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State.
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GAME CHANGER: NEW SMART HEART MONITOR
Published on June 7, 2017 September 26, 2019 by mariadorfner
Super excited to tell you about a new smart heart monitor you can use at home. It will help 28 million heart disease patients in the U.S. keep track of their heart.
Keep track from the comfort of their home at any time. And it's just been FDA approved.
Meet Eko DUO. The first handheld mobile, wireless, EHR-connected stethoscope, which connects to your smart phone.
It allows you to amplify, visualize and record crystal clear heart and lung sounds.
Imagine not needing to wait for your next followup appointment to transmit a concern to your physician. It works under the supervision or prescription from a physician.
Eko Duo is set to help millions of heart disease patients who are often discharged with little more than an info packet and instructions to monitor their weight.
Now patients can be sent home from the hospital with a direct link back to their physician, helping reduce readmissions and false alarms.
"The goal is to bring hospital-quality care to the home."
–Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder, Eko DUO
The device wirelessly pairs with Eko's secure, HIPAA-compliant app, enabling remote monitoring and diagnosis by a clinician or specialist.
It works with the Eko app on any iPhone, iPad, Windows PC or Android device.
Eko DUO can also be used by clinicians as an enhanced stethoscope for in-clinic cardiac screenings, enabling physicians to quickly diagnose and monitor patients.
Clinicians can use it bedside or remotely to quickly spot heart abnormalities including arrhythmias, heart murmurs, and valvular heart diseases.
I interviewed Ami Bhatt, M.D., a Cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Outpatient Cardiology and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and she believes Eko DUO will improve outcomes through early intervention.
Dr. Bhatt says, "Cardiology programs are looking for ways to deliver hospital-quality healthcare at home. The ability to capture digital heart sounds and an ECG expands our portfolio of mechanisms to remotely monitor the heart – and brings diagnosis and opportunities for early intervention even further upstream."
Heart disease can strike people of all ages.
I spoke with Stacy Bingham, a registered nurse from Oregon with 5 children, who knows this firsthand. She and her husband have no prior history of heart disease in their family, yet 3 of her 5 children end up needing heart transplants.
When Stacy noticed her oldest child, Sierra acting tired with a loss of appetite for a few weeks, she never suspected the cause was an underlying heart condition.
"I noticed her face and eyes were swollen. She complained her stomach hurt."
That's when Stacy and her husband took her to a family practitioner.
"The doctor told us it's probably a flu bug and sent us home. When her condition worsened she had an x-ray."
X-ray results revealed Sierra's heart was enlarged. Dilated cardio myopathy. She later learned two of her other children also had heart problems.
"If they had not finally found Sierra's heart condition, she may not have survived. We live in a really rural part of Eastern Oregon and we now have three kids with heart transplants that need to be monitored for life."
Today, Stacy's family takes nothing for granted, especially innovations that help.
"If this device can be used at home and we can rule out scary things and know when it's not something we need to rush to a hospital for that would be wonderful." –Stacy Bingham
James Young also knows how life can change in a heartbeat.
Young was just 40-years-old when he first experienced symptoms of heart failure. Symptoms he ignored until they were severe and his sister insisted on it.
"I was coughing in mornings and throughout the day. I thought it was simply allergies. I vomited phlegm some mornings and still didn't see a doctor."
But the coughing became more painful. While shoveling, it stopped him in his tracks.
"I was outside shoveling snow when I turn behind me and see a trail of blood."
His sister noticed he didn't look well and insisted he go see a physician.
"That's when I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I was shocked."
James felt anxiety, depression and uncertainty about his future at this time. Young believes Eko DUO will not only help alleviate false alarms and unnecessary hospital readmissions, but needless worrying as well.
"Eko DUO would have given me assurance the doctor knew where I stood daily. If there were any issues outstanding needing to be addressed immediately. It gives the doctor an opportunity to respond expeditiously to those concerns."
Today, James is doing great and is a national spokesperson and heart failure Ambassador for the American Heart Association.
"I went from a 25% functioning heart to being an avid runner and cycler. I've taken on a new lease in life. As a community advocate I can help inspire others and give them hope."
Ami Bhatt, M.D says that hope also translates to much needed continuous care rather than outpatient care.
"Robust toolkits for caring for patients in the community will hopefully lead to more appropriate healthcare utilization through continuous rather than episodic outpatient care."
HERE'S HOW EKO WAS DEVELOPED:
Eko's co-founder & CEO, Connor Landgraf, is also a heart disease patient.
Connor navigated countless cardiology visits, screenings and referrals.
In 2013, during his senior year as at the University of California at Berkeley, Connor attended a panel discussion at UC San Francisco on technological shortcomings facing modern medical practices.
One technical gap cardiologists claimed stood out beyond the rest: the stethoscope.
So Conner and his co-founders welcomed the stethoscope, a two-century old tool, into the 21st-century.
Photo: Connor and his co-founders, Jason Bellet and Tyler Crouch
The newly FDA approved Eko DUO brings that to the next level.
To learn more about this remarkable 21st Century technology we love visit: http://www.ekodevices.com
Factoids:
According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
The American Heart Associations says the U.S. currently spends over $26 billion annually on heart failure hospitalization. 25% of heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days — 50% are readmitted in 6 months with hospitals now being penalized for high readmission rates.
Fact: 83% of parents experience anxiety surrounding their child's referral to a pediatric cardiologist for an innocent murmur.
Fact: Average cash price for an echocardiogram is $2,275 and even with insurance, patients can expect to pay 10 to 30% of this cost.
Fact: For a pediatric subspecialist such as a pediatric cardiologist, patients must wait between 5 weeks and 3 months to get an appointment.
Fact: Internal medicine residents misdiagnose more than 75% of cardiac events.
Fact: 70% of all pediatric cardiac referrals for murmurs are unnecessary.
Fact: Average PCP needs to coordinate care with 99 other physicians working across 53 practices.
Fact: Only 50% of initial referrals are accompanied by information from the PCP.
Fact: Patients in rural communities must travel an average of 56 miles to see a specialist.
Fact: About 46.2 million people, or 15% of the U.S. population, reside in rural counties.
Eko DUO. A real game changer for heart patients worldwide.
http://www.ekodevices.com
Maria Dorfner is the founder of NewsMD. She has worked in Media for 38 years, beginning as an intern at NBC during college. She covered health for her college newspaper and covered The Ivy League Roundup. She has specialized in Medical/Health for 28 of those years. Her series on obesity won a Freddie Award for Excellence in Medical Reporting and she won a Media Recognition Award, Outstanding Leadership Award and Commitment to the Advancement of Women in Media Award. Her medical stories have aired on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, cable stations and O&O's and affiliates.
She co-founded The Cleveland Clinic News Service, helped launch CNBC in 1989, helped launch MedPageToday and produced the weekly Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Report) airing weekly on every network. She is the recipient of a Medical Reporting Scholarship from the American Medical Association and an Advanced Writing Scholarship from Columbia University. In 1998, she produced "21st Century Medicine" on tissue regeneration and regenerating life for Discovery, developed original medical/health programming which aired nationally on CNBC.
She's travelled extensively interviewing a Who's Who in pioneering medicine.
The series she created in 1993 include Lifestyles & Longevity, Healthcare Consumers, Healthcare Practitioners and Healthy Living with Dr. Joyce Brothers. She went on to replace Brothers as Host of the series. She was also director of research for the political consulting firm of Ailes Communications, a small production company owned by Roger Ailes and his then wife, Norma. Ailes served as Senior Media Advisor to President Bush at the time and successfully developed TV pilots for national syndication. Ailes then became President of CNBC, before launching Fox News Channel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading and helping people.
She began her career as an intern on the Today Show in 1983. She is the author of Healthy Within, Health Heart & Humor in an Italian-American Kitchen and PRESSure.
This is her blog
Email: maria.dorfner@yahoo.com | @Maria_Dorfner on Twitter
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An article from University of Oslo
Microscopy image of a neuron (green). Vesicles (red) gather at the tips of the nerve fibres before fusing with the cell membrane and contributing to further growth of the nerve fibre. Cell nuclei (DNA) can be seen in blue. (Photo: Camilla Raiborg, CCB)
Nerve fibres' secrets revealed
Nerve fibres, which transmit impulses from neurons, play a key role in the nervous system. Until now, no-one knew how they formed.
Thomas Olafsen
Article from University of Oslo
saturday 25. April 2015 - 05:09
The University of Oslo is Norway's leading institution of research and higher education.
Every single impulse in your body is controlled by your nervous system. Sensations such as taste, sight, hearing and touch travel to the brain, while movement impulses travel the other way to the muscles.
The nervous system is made up of neurons and glial cells. Neurons are responsible for the actual transmission of impulses, while glial cells protect and support neurons in many different ways.
Nerve fibres enable neurons to connect with one another. They help to send signals to and from the brain.
Researchers at the University of Oslo have now discovered how these nerve fibres form.
Professor Harald A. Stenmark, head of the Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, a centre of excellence at the UiO and Oslo University Hospital. (Photo: Terje Heiestad)
Nerve fibres are formed when small vesicles inside the neuron, called endosomes, merge with the cell membrane. The cell membrane is the cell's outer layer.
The discovery was made during microscopy studies at the Centre for Cancer Biomedicine (CCB). CCB is a centre of excellence at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Oslo University Hospital.
Faulty proteins lead to disease
Professor Harald A. Stenmark explains:
Camilla Raiborg is head of a research group at the CCB. (Photo: Terje Heiestad)
"Our research uncovered a group of proteins that bring about the process in which vesicles fuse with the cell membrane. It turns out that several of the proteins were already known to us, as so-called paraparesis proteins."
Faulty versions of these proteins cause the rare disease hereditary spastic paraparesis, in which the legs become weaker and weaker.
Hereditary spastic paraparesis occurs when the longest nerve fibres in the body, those that go down to the feet, become damaged over time.
"We don't know exactly how faulty paraparesis proteins lead to damage to nerve fibres.
Our hypothesis is that the nerve fibres require continual maintenance via a process in which small vesicles, endosomes, are carried out to their tips and fuse with the cell membrane. If this mechanism is disrupted, the result may be damage to the nerve fibre," says Stenmark.
Cell transport system
Neuronal vesicles that come close to the cell membrane are able to fuse with it. The researchers have uncovered a role for a type of motor protein called Kinesin-1, which transports vesicles to the cell membrane. The transport takes place along structures called microtubules, which can be likened to train tracks inside the cell.
"The vesicles themselves form when part of the cell membrane bends inwards and buds off. They do this to take up nutrients from outside the cell, or to bring proteins from the cell membrane inside the cell.
The vesicles can either make their way to other vesicles and fuse with them, or they can fuse with the cell membrane.
It's the latter process that we've been studying," says Camilla Raiborg.
Proteins and microscopy
Stenmark explains that the discovery was made in two ways:
"We increased or decreased the levels of various proteins inside the cells. The main proteins we have been studying are called Protrudin, Kinesin-1 and FYCO1."
Kinesin-1 is a motor protein that transports vesicles to the cell's exterior. FYCO1 connects Kinesin-1 to vesicles. Protrudin ensures that Kinesin-1 becomes attached to FYCO1.
"We also studied these proteins inside the cell with the aid of advanced microscopy. We performed a lot of microscopy in living cells, as this meant that we could study the formation of nerve fibres directly," says Stenmark.
Could explain the spread of cancer
The research group has previously studied 'receiver proteins', or receptors. These are proteins that are able to pick up signals from other cells.
Camilla Raiborg explains further:
"The signals usually take the form of small proteins that bind to the receptors. As a result of the binding, the signals are transmitted by the receptors and enter the cell inside small vesicles.
The signals are often instructions for the cell to divide.
Since cancer involves uncontrolled cell division, it goes without saying that it is undesirable for cells to have too many of these receptors.
It was while studying these receptors and vesicles that we discovered that the vesicles can also be used to produce outgrowths from the cells."
The researchers believe that cancer cells may use a mechanism involving such outgrowths to enable them to spread.
"The theory is that cancer cells produce long outgrowths, not unlike nerve fibres. At the tips of these outgrowths, vesicles from inside the cell fuse with the plasma membrane," says Stenmark.
In that way, the contents of the cancer cells are able to spread to the surrounding tissue, partly as a result of enzymes breaking down tissue barriers. Once the barrier has been breached and the cells have established themselves, the cancer has spread.
"If the theory holds true, it may open up new possibilities for preventing cancer from spreading," concludes Harald A. Stenmark.
Scientific links
Camilla Raiborg et.al: Repeated ER–endosome contacts promote endosome translocation and neurite outgrowth. 2015
Harald A. Stenmark's profile
Camilla Raiborg's profile
Brain-controlled prosthetic arm connected to nerves
A just-published study in Science Translational Medicine describes the success of a new kind of prosthesis, used by a Swedish truck driver for more than a year. The researchers say the device moves us one step closer to more natural control of artificial limbs.
Why exercise gets on your nerves
It's not only the muscles that experience fatigue during exercise. It happens to our nerve cells too. New study uncovers the dual role of serotonin.
Do neurons alone cause consciousness?
Our thoughts and emotions may not only be controlled by the brain's neurons. Study sheds new light on how the brain works.
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Q: Are there mechanics in Javascript that can only be emitted by a real user? I would like to find an interaction in Javascript that only a human can do, but javascript can track it if the user has done it.
Something like an only readable event but not writable.

A: You could use mouse-driven CSS pseudoclasses; I don't believe they can be triggered using Javascript: see Trigger css hover with JS for a little more information.
If you set some style aspect on the hover, for example, you might be able to detect that using javascript.
I don't know how well this approach would work cross-browser however, and you might need to use a visible element.
see also Activate an element's :active CSS pseudo-class using Javascript?


The wedding flowers that decorate the church will go a long way toward setting the mood for your wedding. Done right, a selection of well placed wedding flowers can give your event the sense of joy, expectation, solemnity, or pageantry you and your intended anticipate for your wedding. Done poorly… well, your wedding flowers will set the wrong mood for your wedding at best. At worst, your wedding flowers will make it appear that your wedding happened in a tacky looking facility or several decades earlier (actually, it can get worse, but we won't talk about that – The point is to make sure we stay on the top of the scale with our wedding flowers, not the bottom).
The success of your wedding flower arrangements and decorations depends on your florist's attention to detail, sense of style, flair, expertise, and the connection that the two of you achieve. Don't assume that because a particular florist is highly respected you will get the wedding flower arrangement of your dreams. If there is no meeting of your minds, if you don't feel like they are grasping what you are trying to communicate about your wedding flowers, theme, or both, keep looking. In most cases your wedding flowers will be more to your liking with your second choice that fully understands the theme and mood you are trying to set than with the reputed best florist in the city who isn't listening or just isn't managing to understand what you want from your wedding flowers.
Finding the right wedding flower specialist is easy if you begin your search prepared and know what to look for and what to stay away from: Being prepared means doing some dreaming about your wedding flowers. Doodle. Search bridal magazines. Look at wedding flower schemes in books and dream. Go to bridal shows. Go to weddings, if you can get an invitation, and dream. Collect pictures of wedding flower arrangements that you think will fit into the theme that you want to design your wedding flowers around. In short, have a pretty clear idea of what you want in your wedding flowers before you ever start visiting florists and bring the pictures with you. This will help them understand your vision for your floral arrangement.
The second step is like the first: Don't even think of going to a florist without swatches of the material from your dress, the bridesmaid's dresses, and any other fabric that might affect the wedding color scheme (this is true of your cake decorator too). This is most especially true of your dress. White wedding dresses come in a wide variety of shades of white, so to ensure that the wedding flowers will properly accent your dress bring a swatch. A professional florist will know how to set it off so that the wedding flowers draw the attention to you in just the right way.
Once you have done your homework it is time to start actually looking for a florist to provide your wedding flowers. As in every other discipline, your first move should be to talk to people who have recently gotten married and get referrals from them. There is no shame in learning from the success and failures of others and doing so will generally save you a lot of grief. In the process, no doubt, you will discover that while most any florist can provide wedding flowers, some are more skilled, gifted, and experienced than others. Your goal is to identify these people and choose one of them to take the stress of your wedding flower needs off your hands.
Remember, wedding flowers work or don't work on the florist's attention to detail, creativity, and their ability to match your style. But part of their ability to perform depends on you communicating what you want and providing pictures and swatches. It's your wedding; make sure it goes right by taking the time to prepare before you go shopping for those wedding flowers.
Posted in Wedding on July 22, 2018 by Karen Mackey.


Pirates closer Mark Melancon has been pretty good this season. Great, in fact. He entered play Friday having strung together 21 consecutive scoreless appearances and hadn't allowed an earned run since May 11. As a result, he was 32-for-33 in save situations with a 1.32 ERA in 47 2/3 innings.
Melancon's streak was in danger of ending on Friday night against the Reds. Staked to a one run lead, he took the mound in the bottom of the ninth, but immediately served up a leadoff single to Brandon Phillips. Jason Bourgeois laid down a bunt to move Phillips into scoring position. The red-hot Joey Votto drew a walk, putting the potential winning run on first base and bringing 2015 Home Run Derby champion Todd Frazier to the plate.
Frazier ripped a single past a diving Aramis Ramirez into left field. Marte fired a strong one-hopper to catcher Francisco Cervelli, who easily applied the tag to Phillips for the second out of the inning. Votto, now the potential tying run, stood on second base as Marlon Byrd stepped to the plate.
Byrd lined a 3-2 breaking ball towards Marte in left field. Marte ranged to his right and dove, snagging the sinking liner just before it could make contact with the grass at Great American Ballpark. On consecutive plays, Marte's defense allowed the Pirates to walk away 5-4 winners and he kept Melancon's scoreless streak alive.
It looks like Marte might've dinged up his wrist in making the catch. Hopefully it's nothing a nice steak dinner — on Melancon's tab — can't help heal.


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