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The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine protects from lung emphysema but induces lung adenocarcinoma in mice
Marielle Breau, … , Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Serge Adnot
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2019;4(19):e127647. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.127647.
Research Article Oncology Pulmonology
Oxidative stress is a major contributor to chronic lung diseases. Antioxidants such as N-acetylcysteine (NAC) are broadly viewed as protective molecules that prevent the mutagenic effects of reactive oxygen species. Antioxidants may, however, increase the risk of some forms of cancer and accelerate lung cancer progression in murine models. Here, we investigated chronic NAC treatment in aging mice displaying lung oxidative stress and cell senescence due to inactivation of the transcription factor JunD, which is downregulated in diseased human lungs. NAC treatment decreased lung oxidative damage and cell senescence and protected from lung emphysema but concomitantly induced the development of lung adenocarcinoma in 50% of JunD-deficient mice and 10% of aged control mice. This finding constitutes the first evidence to our knowledge of a carcinogenic effect of antioxidant therapy in the lungs of aged mice with chronic lung oxidative stress and warrants the utmost caution when considering the therapeutic use of antioxidants.
Marielle Breau, Amal Houssaini, Larissa Lipskaia, Shariq Abid, Emmanuelle Born, Elisabeth Marcos, Gabor Czibik, Aya Attwe, Delphine Beaulieu, Alberta Palazzo, Jean-Michel Flaman, Brigitte Bourachot, Guillaume Collin, Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu, David Bernard, Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Serge Adnot
Oxidative stress and decreased JunD and Nrf2 levels in lungs from patients with lung disease.
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(A) JunD protein levels measured in the lungs relative to β-actin, using Western blotting, in patients with COPD and controls and JunD and Nrf2 mRNA levels measured in cultured pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from patients with COPD and controls. (B) Levels of manganese superoxide dismutase (mnSOD), NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), and heme oxygenase (Hmox) mRNA measured in cultured pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from patients with COPD and controls. (C) Representative micrographs of lungs from patients with COPD and controls stained for 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) as a marker of lipid peroxidation and (D) for 8-oxoguanine (8oxoG), as a marker of DNA oxidation. Individual values and means are represented on the right. (E) p16 and γH2.AX protein levels measured by Western blotting in lung samples from patients with COPD and controls. Data are individual values and mean. n = 8 in each group. P values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney test. ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05. (F) Representative images of JunD and p16 protein immunostaining in lung tissue from a patient with COPD. In the top panels, JunD and p16 are merged with elastin and nuclei.


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Driving under Influence of Marijuana a Growing Problem
When Patrick Sayers received a 30-year sentence for killing Michael Mickelson, it was held up as proof that the system is finally taking driving under the influence seriously.
Thirty years is the maximum sentence for vehicular homicide while under the influence. In seeking it, Deputy Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst LaCroix reviewed the facts:
The Hamilton man put his three toddlers in the back seat of his 1-ton Chevy pickup and then partied with a friend as he drove north along U.S. Highway 93 in 2007. The truck was going 50 mph when it swerved into Mickelson's car near Miller Creek Road.
"A lethal, loaded weapon," LaCroix called Sayers' truck.
Sayers, too, was loaded that day. But not with booze. He was stoned.
Sayers, who smoked two bowls of pot in the truck with his friend that day, is among an increasing number of drivers nationwide who had drugs in their system when they were involved in fatal wrecks, according to federal statistics. A study released a few weeks ago by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows the number going up every year since 2005.
Those statistics showed that in 2009, Montana ranked second in the nation, after Alaska, for marijuana involvement in fatal crashes, according to the report "Killer on the Highway," compiled by Rebecca Sturdevant, who became an anti-DUI activist after a drunken driver killed her son, Highway Patrol Trooper Evan Schneider, in 2008. Some 13 percent of the Montana motorists in the deadly crashes had used marijuana, compared to 4 percent nationwide.
Both the highway agency and Sturdevant cautioned that record-keeping varies widely among states. Nor do those statistics mean that marijuana use caused the crashes.
Still, the study confirmed what Kurt Sager sees on the highways.
While the number of fatal crashes involving booze still ranks high – Montana routinely stands among the worst in the nation – "the rate of increase of drugs is climbing more steadily than alcohol," said Sager, traffic safety resource officer for the Montana Highway Patrol. "Alcohol-impaired fatalities were down in 2010, but the drug-related fatalities were up. So, we're winning one battle but losing another."
DUI has become so synonymous with drunken driving that it's easy to forget that "under the influence" covers a multitude of substances. (Conditions, too. New Jersey has a law against driving drowsy.)
But even as reports increase, courts and law enforcement struggle with the issue of how to judge impairment when a driver has been using something other than – or, as is frequently the case, along with – alcohol.
Travis Vandersloot, who killed Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Haynes in a head-on crash in 2009, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 and also had been smoking marijuana.
David Bugni, the Butte man convicted in the 2009 crash that killed Missoula prosecutor Judy Wang, had been drinking and smoking dope, although his blood alcohol concentration was 0.04 percent, below the legal cutoff of 0.08 percent.
And Daniel Alvin Prindle, a Billings man who pulled his vehicle into the path of an oncoming car in 2008, seriously injuring two people and hurting a third, had marijuana, cocaine and barbiturates in his system. Last week, a judge ordered him to pay $700,000 in restitution.
But only Vandersloot, who'd downed 13 drinks in the hours before he killed Haynes, was charged with being under the influence. That's because there's nothing comparable to the 0.08 blood alcohol level when it comes to pot, prescription drugs, cocaine, meth or other drugs.
"You can get a level in their system, but there's nothing to relate that to that proves they're impaired," said Missoula County Sheriff's Capt. Brad Giffin. "The only way is a circumstantial case that proves they are impaired to a point where they can't function properly."
The Highway Patrol's Sager trains law enforcement around the state as drug recognition experts, applying standardized field sobriety tests as a way to check for impairment, no matter the cause. By spring, he said, some 70 law enforcement officers around the state – there are 12 among the 100 members of the Missoula police force – will be trained. The demand for their services is great.
Missoula Police Sgt. Ed McLean said police have made DUI arrests "strictly for cannabis, strictly for meth … for combinations of alcohol and narcotics, for analgesics combined with depressants. We have made arrests on every drug for DUI."
Rebecca Sturdevant said she's seen good progress on raising awareness of the problem of drunken driving. Now she wants to see that same awareness of all types of impaired driving.
She supports a bill sponsored by state Rep. Ken Peterson, R-Billings, that would tweak the drug provisions of the state's DUI law.
Peterson's proposal specifies that "driving with any amount of a dangerous drug or its metabolite in a person's body is a violation," although it exempts prescription drugs.
"The basic concept," said Sturdevant, "is that we need to be able to keep people who are smoking and driving off the highway."
But some substances can be detected in a person's system long after their effect is gone. That's true of THC, the main ingredient in marijuana.
"It's absurd to test for marijuana metabolites that might be present for marijuana usage days ago or weeks ago," said John Masterson, head of Montana NORML (National Organization for the Legalization of Marijuana Laws). "People shouldn't be charged for DUI for something that they did weeks ago."
NORML stresses that "people should not be under the influence of anything while they are driving a motor vehicle," Masterson said.
He favors the system of drug recognition experts, saying that "when you test for impairment, rather than chemical quantity, so long as it's a qualified expert you can test for alcohol, potentially marijuana, potentially prescription painkillers, potentially sleep deprivation … all of the sorts of reasons people should not be on the highway endangering our friends and families."
The voter initiative that legalized medical marijuana in Montana in 2004 specifically states that the law doesn't permit "any person to operate, navigate, or be in actual physical control of any motor vehicle, aircraft, or motorboat while under the influence of marijuana."
The number of people legally smoking marijuana in Montana has nearly tripled in the 15 months since the declaration by the U.S. Department of Justice that it would no longer raid medical marijuana distributors. Some 27,292 Montanans held "green cards" as of December.
McLean said officers making traffic stops "tend to get the greatest resistance from people who think that, 'OK, because I have a medical marijuana card, it's legal for me to smoke.' Or, their doctor is prescribing pain medication and then they get behind the wheel of a car and become a danger to themselves and others. That's the education curve we need to overcome."
No matter what the substance, said Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jen Clark, the key word is impaired.
"It's kind of analogous to alcohol," said Clark. "You can have it, but it doesn't make it OK to drive if you're impaired."
Source: www. missoulian.com 16th Jan. 2011
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Бонки — деревня в Свердловском районе Орловской области. Входит в состав Новопетровского сельского поселения. Население —  чел. ().

География
Деревня расположена на берегу реки Жертвина.
Уличная сеть представлена одним объектом: Сосновая улица.

Географическое положение: в 7 километрах от районного центра — посёлка городского типа Змиёвка, в 37 километрах от областного центра — города Орёл и в 347 километрах от столицы — Москвы.

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Населённые пункты Свердловского района (Орловская область)

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329 John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consorto (22 November 1981), 84: AAS 74 (1982), 186. In such situations, many people knowing and accepting the possibility of living "as brothers and sisters" which the Church offers them, point out that if certain expressions of intimacy are lacking, "it often happens that faithfulness is endangered and the good of the children suffers" (Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 51).
331 Relatio Synodi 2014, 26.
333 Benedict XVI, Address to the Seventh World Meeting of Families in Milan (2 June 2010), Response n. 5: Insegnamenti VIII/1 (2012), 691.


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The Organising Committee and the Town Hall of Stia organise from 31 August-3 September 2017 the XXII European Biennial Wrought Iron Exhibition – commercial exhibition of the art of forged iron.
1. Tradition. Realisation of objects and works in wrought iron through forging, without the help of different techniques and not necessarily based on a graphic project.
2. Innovation. Realisation of objects and works in wrought iron, through forging and/or with the use of other blacksmithing techniques based on a graphic project.
A special section will be reserved for "Young" exhibitors (15-30 years old) who will be given appropriate stands and eventually a special prize at the jury's discretion. The Organising Committee establishes special prizes to be assigned according to their unquestionable judgement.
Participation (stand) is reserved for those exhibitors selected by the Organising Committee.
Applications must be sent to: Segreteria della Biennale, c/o Comune di Stia – 52017, Stia, AR, Italy, no later than 30th June 2017 by post, fax or email.
The Committee reserves the right to accept late entries according to the availability of the stands.
The applicants selected by the Committee must deposit Euro 200,00 per stand, via a non-refundable bank transfer to BCC di Anghiari e Stia and send the transfer receipt to the Biennial Secretary no later than 30th June 2017 via post, fax or email.
The XXI EUROPEAN BIENNIAL WROUGHT IRON EXHIBITION publishes an exhibitor catalogue.
of the works which will be exhibited with a relevant title no later than 30th June 2017. The Organising Committee has the right to exclude from the publication any photographs thought to be not suitable, as well as the right to change the text of the title where necessary. A photograph of the blacksmith's shop would be appreciated, but is at the discretion of the exhibitor.
Exhibitors may ask for a maximum of 2 adjoining stands. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to grant the second stand according to the availability.
The pieces of work proposed by each exhibitor must not have been displayed at previous editions of the European Biennial Wrought Iron exhibition in Stia.
Stands must be set-up in an adequate manner and may not be closed on three sides with curtains, drapes or panel that completely cover the structure. They must be ready by the evening preceding the inauguration of the Biennial.
Failing this the Organising Committee can dispose of the space in a different way.
Exhibitors must take care of all transport costs, the arrangement of their own works on their stand and the withdrawal of the operas at the end of the exhibition.
Exhibitors will relieve the Committee from any burden or responsibility.
The exhibition will remain open every day from 9am to 11pm. During this time each exhibitor will be responsible for his/her own stand.
The European Biennial Wrought Iron exhibition will be inaugurated the morning of 31st August 2017 at 10:30am and will close the evening of 3th September at 11pm. All exhibitors must respect this schedule, without exception. Stands must stay completely furnished during the entire period.
The EUROPEAN "STIA'S COMMERCE" PRIZE worth Euro 500,00 per section will be assigned by a jury to the most deserving stands, who will notify the names of the winners at 4:30pm on 3th September 2017, closing date of the Biennial. Prizes may be shared between 2 or more deserving blacksmiths, according to the jury's proposal.
The 9th INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AND DRAWING CONTEST of wrought iron work has been set-up, valid for both exhibiting and non-exhibiting blacksmiths with it's own regulation.
The 8th WORLD FORGING CHAMPIONSHIP has been set-up with its own regulation.


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Q: Don't show Cleanup badge until you can earn it I read this: Meaning of Cleanup badge (First rollback )
and this: What is a 'rollback'?
If this badge is only available for users with 2000 rep and above, why do I see it? It should be invisible until I have 2000 rep.
I think it's better to not show it until user has 2000 rep.
Expose the badges only when someone can get them.

A: When Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky created Stack Overflow, they wanted badges to work like Xbox achievements. It seems to have been mostly Jeff's idea.
On a gaming console, you often see achievements/trophies/whatever-they-are-called that you cannot earn yet. Knowing that at some point the badge/achievement/trophy/etc will become available is supposed to be part of the fun - both on gaming consoles and on SO.
On a more practical level, you will see badges like these on other people's profiles. When that happens, you will probably want to know how these people earned them, and what they mean.
This is especially true during a moderator election: if someone wants to nominate themselves in a moderator election, they are required to have certain badges. You'll want to know how these moderator candidates got these badges, and what you have to do to earn them - even if you can't earn them yourself yet.

A: Part of the point behind badges is to encourage users to work towards them.
I'm not saying this all "works" necessarily (that's another argument), but it is "the point".
Define "cannot earn"
How do you define "cannot earn" and so which badges not to show?
For example:
Custodian - Complete at least one review task
Reviewer - Complete at least 250 review tasks
Steward - Complete at least 1,000 review tasks
You cannot earn Reviewer until you've earned Custodian, and cannot earn Steward until you've earned Custodian and Reviewer.
So do we not show Reviewer and Steward until they've earned Custodian? And once they earn Custodian show them Reviewer but not Steward?
What if they see and earn Custodian, then (by chance) see Reviewer appears and go for that. Do they check back once Reviewer is earned and see Steward?
As these badges are only unlocking as they have earned the previous one, are most users not going to wonder where this ends?
What is the next one after Steward? Review 2000 posts? 5000?
A potentially worse one is:
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Fanatic - Visit the site each day for 100 consecutive days
They see Enthusiast, work for it and earn it. It's a tricky badge, as people have work, families, holidays, etc.
Then days or weeks later they view the badges page out of chance and notice "Fanatic", and curse the site for not telling them of its existence when they already had a 30 day head start to earning it.
To earn Fanatic they now have to do the same work all over again they did to get Enthusiast.

I do not see any harm in showing people "what they can earn" even if it's not what they can earn "now". They can work towards "unlocking it" so they can then work towards earning it.
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A: No. You see all possible badges that are available. Some badges nobody can earn on specific sites, for example the Precognitive badge on Stack Overflow. Nobody has earned it and nobody can any more. Or that about the Sheriff badge: only available to moderators.
I think it will be very confusing when you see some badges on this site, others somewhere else. It just doesn't make sense. Just show all.
Also, as Shadow Wizard pointed out in a comment, you can earn that badge by rolling back an edit on your own post, even with 1 reputation point.

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GCR affirms City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality's Long Term National Scale Rating of AA-(ZA) and maintains its Stable Outlook
Announcements Corporate Public Sector Rating Alerts
Johannesburg, 30 July 2021 – GCR Ratings ("GCR") affirms the national scale long term and short term Issuer ratings assigned to City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality of AA-(ZA), and A1+(ZA) respectively. The outlook is Stable.
Rated Entity / Issuer Rating class Rating scale Rating Outlook / Watch
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Long Term Issuer National AA-(ZA) Stable Outlook
Short Term Issuer National A1+(ZA)
The ratings affirmation for City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ("CoJ" or "the metro") balance its position as the economic center of South Arica and well diversified sources of internally generated revenues (IGR), against high gearing and a moderate liquidity profile, exacerbated by the COVID-19 related disruptions.
CoJ's operating performance has remained fairly stable despite some of the persistent underlying weaknesses, such as service delivery backlogs. a reduction in overall collection rates, as well as the challenges presented by the COVID-19 disruptions. As collection procedures could not be fully implemented during the hard lockdown, and residents and commercial property owners faced affordability pressures, gross consumer debtors increased by 31% at FY20 to R34.9bn (FY19: R26.5bn), with the bad debts provision growing from R20.4bn (77% of debtors) at FY19 to R28bn (80%) at FY20. Nevertheless, while the average collection rate decreased to 86% in FY20 (FY19: 89%) it has since improved to around 90% through FY21. Further improvements will, however, be dependent on renewed economic growth.
Income growth of 6% was achieved for FY20, mainly driven by services revenue. However, this was offset by a relatively higher 9% increase in expenditure. One of the major reasons was a steep rise in staff costs, as many positions were insourced, but this should normalise in FY21 and going forward. With somewhat stronger income growth now projected for FY21, GCR expects the operating surplus to remain high.
COVID-19 disruptions negatively impacted both collections and capital project delivery during FY20. As a result, service delivery levels, repairs and maintenance as well as infrastructure development suffered, evidenced by a lower 73% capex implementation rate at FY20 (FY19: 93%), and expectations of around the same level in FY21. GCR considers this to be a key longer term risk, although the CoJ has introduced a capital development plan that budgets for a total of R94bn in spend over a 10-year horizon, and anticipates that only 25% of such budget will need to be funded with external debt.
CoJ's financial position remains constrained by its high gearing, as gross debt amounted to R22.3bn at FY20 (FY19: R22.2bn) and is projected to increase to c.R23bn at FY21. Nevertheless, credit protection metrics have remained moderate due to income growth, with net debt to total income improving to 25.8% at FY20 (FY19: 27%). However, operating cashflow coverage of gross debt fell to 28.2% (FY19: 38.5%) on the back of weaker operating cash flows, whilst coverage of interest decreased to 3.6% (FY19: 4.2%). Credit protections metrics are anticipated to remain in the moderate range over the rating horizon, with net debt to total income trending around the 28% level. Concerns regarding the high level of debt are somewhat mitigated by the long tenor of CoJ's debt (with most debt facilities amortising over a 10-20 year period), its demonstrated diverse funding relationships and the metro enjoying fixed interest rates on the majority of its funding facilities.
GCR positively notes that CoJ has maintained robust cash balances despite the COVID-19 crisis, resulting in 12-month liquidity coverage for FY22 of around 1.6x, underpinned by a projected R5.9bn in cash on hand at FY21, as well as c.R2.7bn in its sinking fund and an unutilized short term facility of R675m. Against this, capex of around R8.2bn is forecast for FY22, as well as debt maturities of c.R1.2bn. GCR notes however the large bond redemption of R2.3bn during FY23 which will likely reduce the metro's 24-month liquidity coverage ratio somewhat (although this is largely covered by the sinking fund). CoJ's improved liquidity profile is also supported by solid cash on hand of 58 days at FY21 and a similar projected level for FY22. With the metro implementing its aforementioned 10-year capex program, partly funded by rising debt, longer term liquidity strength is ultimately dependent on growth in cash flows, which in turn will be determined by rising IGR and improving collection rates.
CoJ's robust entity profile remains critical to its rating. The metro is the economic center of South Africa, contributing 15% to the country's GDP, anchored by its broad diversification and its position as the economic gateway to the country and continent at large. Notwithstanding this, an increasing population alongside rising unemployment and poverty levels in certain areas, will continue to increase the burden of CoJ's service delivery responsibilities and infrastructure backlogs.
The Stable Outlook reflects GCR's expectation that, despite ongoing challenges arising from COVID-19 related disruptions, the metro has sufficiently strong and diversified income streams to maintain its financial profile, as well as adequate liquidity sources.
Positive rating action could derive from improved revenue collection that strengthens the liquidity assessment and enables the metro to further reduce gearing levels. Negative rating action could arise should an improvement in collection rates not be evidenced, or if COVID-19 disruptions continue to increase the costs of service delivery without compensation. This would likely lead to an increase in debt funding and weaker credit protection metrics as a result of deteriorating cash flows.
Primary analyst Lara Krug Senior Analyst: Corporate & Public Sector Ratings
Johannesburg, ZA Larak@GCRratings.com +27 11 784 1771
Committee chair Eyal Shevel Sector Head: Corporate & Public Sector Ratings
Johannesburg, ZA shevel@GCRratings.com +27 11 784 1771
Criteria for Rating Local and Regional Governments, June 2019
GCR Rating Scales, Symbols and Definitions, May 2019
GCR Country Risk Scores, July 2021
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Rating class Review Rating scale Rating class Outlook Date
Long Term Issuer Initial National AA(ZA) Stable Oct 2018
Short Term Issuer Initial National A1+(ZA)
Long Term Issuer Last National AA-(ZA) Stable July 2020
Short Term Issuer Last National A1+(ZA)
Rating Components & Factors Risk scores
Operating environment 14.00
Double country risk score 14.00
Adjustments 0.00
Business profile 3.00
LRG Profile 3.00
Operating Performance 0.00
Management and governance 0.00
Financial profile (2.00)
Leverage and capital structure (1.00)
Liquidity (1.00)
Comparative profile 0.00
Group support 0.00
Government support floor 0.00
Total Risk Score 15.00
Cash Flow The inflow and outflow of cash and cash equivalents. Such flows arise from operating, investing and financing activities.
Covenant A provision that is indicative of performance. Covenants are either positive or negative. Positive covenants are activities that the borrower commits to, typically in its normal course of business. Negative covenants are certain limits and restrictions on the borrowers' activities.
Debt An obligation to repay a sum of money. More specifically, it is funds passed from a creditor to a debtor in exchange for interest and a commitment to repay the principal in full on a specified date or over a specified period.
Income Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
Interest Cover Interest cover is a measure of a company's interest payments relative to its profits. It is calculated by dividing a company's operating profit by its interest payments for a given period.
Interest Scheduled payments made to a creditor in return for the use of borrowed money. The size of the payments will be determined by the interest rate, the amount borrowed or principal and the duration of the loan.
Issuer The party indebted or the person making repayments for its borrowings.
Leverage With regard to corporate analysis, leverage (or gearing) refers to the extent to which a company is funded by debt.
Liquidity The speed at which assets can be converted to cash. It can also refer to the ability of a company to service its debt obligations due to the presence of liquid assets such as cash and its equivalents. Market liquidity refers to the ease with which a security can be bought or sold quickly and in large volumes without substantially affecting the market price.
Long Term Rating See GCR Rating Scales, Symbols and Definitions.
Market An assessment of the property value, with the value being compared to similar properties in the area.
Offset A right (Right of Offset) to set liabilities against assets in any dispute over claims.
Operating Cash Flow A company's net cash position over a given period, i.e. money received from customers minus payments to suppliers and staff, administration expenses, interest payments and taxes.
Rating Outlook See GCR Rating Scales, Symbols and Definitions.
Short Term Rating See GCR Rating Scales, Symbols and Definitions.
Short Term Current; ordinarily less than one year.
Upgrade The rating has been raised on its specific scale
GCR affirms that a.) no part of the ratings were influenced by any other business activities of the credit rating agency; b.) the ratings were based solely on the merits of the rated entity, security or financial instrument being rated; and c.) such ratings were an independent evaluation of the risks and merits of the rated entity, security or financial instrument.
The credit ratings have been disclosed to City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The ratings above were solicited by, or on behalf of, the rated entity, and therefore, GCR has been compensated for the provision of the ratings.
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality participated in the rating process via face-to-face management meetings, teleconferences and other written correspondence. Furthermore, the quality of information received was considered adequate and has been independently verified where possible. The information received from City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and other reliable third parties to accord the credit ratings included:
Audited financial results of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality 2018/2019 (Plus four years of comparative numbers);
Unaudited financial results of City of Johannesburg Metrpolitan Municipality 2019/2020
Budget reports up to 2020/2023;
The Integrated Development Plan 2020/2021;
Schedule A accounts to December 2019
MTB 2020-21 Final Approved Budget
Market presentations
CoJ Liability Profile
Various Management Accounts
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Broadview Magazine
TORONTO, April 2, 2019 /CNW/ - Canada's oldest continuously published magazine is new again. With fully redesigned print and digital platforms, Broadview magazine will be on Canadian newsstands this month. Broadview, formerly known as The United Church Observer, brings a progressive Christian lens to spirituality, ethical living and social justice stories, while continuing to deliver news and views about The United Church of Canada.
May 2019 Broadview cover (CNW Group/Broadview Magazine)
"Evolving to meet the needs of our current and future readers is part of how we've thrived for 190 years," explains Jocelyn Bell, Broadview's publisher and editor. "As we approach two centuries of publishing, we believe now is the right time to celebrate our past, take stock of the present and create a new brand that will help to ensure our future."
The name, Broadview, signals the open-mindedness and inclusivity that the publication shares with its readers who are exploring what it means to live a purpose-filled, values-driven life.
"Issues of spirituality, ethical living and social justice are important to most Canadians," explains Bell. "Our goal with Broadview is to continue engaging people who understand that being spiritual or faithful requires both introspection and action. We believe Broadview offers a new community to all who embrace the values of progressive Christian Canadians. We look forward to sharing our publication widely."
This is the fourth name in the magazine's 190-year history. Broadview has been launched with the publication's May 2019 issue. It is scheduled to appear online, in mailboxes and on selected newsstands in early April 2019. The publication will celebrate its relaunch on April 9 at Toronto's Broadview Hotel (no affiliation).
Visit us online at Broadview.org, BroadviewMag on Facebook and @BroadviewMag on Twitter.
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With roots dating back to 1829, Broadview's predecessor titles have won international acclaim for journalistic excellence, garnering more writing awards than any other Canadian religious publication. It is the oldest continuously published magazine in North America and the second oldest in the English-speaking world. Although it maintains an affiliation with The United Church of Canada, it is editorially independent and separately incorporated.
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The several variations of hummus and other Middle Eastern-inspired spreads are the perfect way to start a meal at this West Loop restaurant, where the menu is very much vegetable-driven and vegan-friendly. This spring, Chef CJ Jacobson debuts a grilled green bean and sugar snap pea dip ($10.95), inspired by his travels to Tulum. "I dined at Arca and had an incredible grilled green bean dish," he says. "It inspired me to create a grilled vegetable dip. With sorrel being my favorite herb and highly acidic, I thought it'd be a perfect base for a sauce." He makes a sorrel green curry with cashew butter and chopped cashews on top for crunch.
There's a new vegan addition ($16.95) to the nacho lineup at this trendy River North restaurant. "Hub 51 is built around our chicken nachos," executive partner Jerrod Melman says. "We're famous for them! Our team wanted to create a really delicious plant-based 'cheese' that our vegan guests could enjoy too." The result: crisp corn tortilla chips, piled high with guacamole, jalapenos, pico de gallo, black beans, tomato salsa, sprouts, and vegan nacho cheese made with cashews, almond milk, potatoes, poblano peppers, and a mix of spices.
Chef Mychael Bonner's daughter recently became a vegan and challenged him to create some dishes for her. He came up with a roasted spring carrot salad ($14), with housemade almond ricotta, aged balsamic, and avocado. "I used nutritional yeast, which really makes the nut resemble a cheese-like flavor," Bonner explains. The carrots come from Horcher's Farm in Wheeling and Bonner helps with planting and harvesting.


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New Zealand struggling to be IPv6 ready
The head of InternetNZ, Vikram Kumar, has called on the Government to take a lead in IPv6 adoption, saying that, in the absence of any Government funding to assist with the transition, industry groups are under increasing pressure.
Friday, 15 April 2011 17:52
APNIC starts rationing IPv4 addresses
The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has reached the last block of IPv4 addresses in its '¨available pool, and has initiated a major change in regional delegation policy, rationing IPv4 addresses.
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A recent article in the sports section of The Montgomery Advertiser, written by a Tom Kuyper, postulated that sitting on the bench can be a positive learning experience for young children. The article seemed to be about novice players, learning the game, as well as the 'pain' of bench sitting, with the responsibility of philosophical acceptance, relegated to the parent.
There seems to this writer, that there is an undercurrent of absolution to the coaches. Mr. Kuyper's closing suggestion is:" I am hopeful that somehow you can find the good out of this hard time… Hang in there… soon be a dim memory… the lasting effects of positive character development will overtake the pain. "Gee son (daughter), I'm so proud you got to sit on the bench again, (even though we won a 100 to two), so the coach could try new plays. Don't feel badly, I love you even though you are not good enough to play, except at practice for a couple of plays.
These must be the same fat coaches and fat parents that I see sitting on the side at the local park, smoking and discussing how the team of 6 year olds will make it to the finals, as they fantasize Vince Lombardi or 'The Bear", and the national championship. There is a quote: "Sports do not build character, they reveal it." These same parents could walk 2 miles while their child practices to sit on the bench. They could also ( heaven forbid) show their child there are other sports such as running, but then they couldn't sit, smoke and watch. So much for character building, along with teaching the philosophical acceptance by a young child, that they will never be a Heisman Trophy winner. Oh the pain, of having one's world come crashing down at age 7!
I don't quite see the correlation between fat, smoking parents and parents who guide their children to make the most out of the circumstances they find themselves in. There is no doubt that there are coaches who are interested only in their own agenda, and who lack integrity in the way they lead parents and kids to believe what their intentions are, but when confronted with this type of situation, it is best to evaluate, and with intention, make a plan of action. This can include staying in the difficult situation, for an allotted time and looking for what may be learned from it. What kind of life lessons are to be learned from parents who jump at every uncomfortable situation, and either try to rescue their kids from pain by getting them out of the circumstances, or whine, complain, and start a rebellion against those in authority?
Don't blow this "it can be a learning /positive thing "out of proportion. My main emphasis was to let coaches know that they need to reward the kids who normally don't get to play with playing time when opportunities present themselves. Coaches need to look for these opportunities and get these kids into game time experiences.
Yes, we need to try to make the best out of hard situations for the benefit of the kids, AND coaches need to know how to utilize and affirm their players as often as possible.
It sometimes is harder for parents when our kids are in a hard place than it is for the child. Again, as parents we need to help our kids get through the hard times (not always bail them out) and then guide them using these experiences to improve ones in the future.
Not sure what you meant by "undercurrent of absolution to the coaches" Your Thesaurus must be more extensive than mine.


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package org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities;

import java.util.Map;

import org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.EntityProvider;

/**
 * This entity type has the ability to define and handle configurable URLs

 * This adds the ability to control all redirects via a central method

 * URLs like this can be handled and supported:

 * /gradebook/7890/student/70987 to view all the grades for a student from a course

 * /gradebook/6758/item/Quiz1 to view a particular item in a gradebook by it's human readable name

 * /gradebook/item/6857657 to maybe just a view an item by its unique id.

 * This is one of the capability extensions for the {@link EntityProvider} interface

 * The convention interface is at {@link Redirectable}, there is also a capability
 * for handling simple redirects at {@link RedirectDefinable}
 *
 * @author Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)
 */
public interface RedirectControllable extends Redirectable {

   /**
    * Defines all the URL patterns that will be matched and passed through to
    * {@link #handleRedirects(String, String[], Map)}
    * NOTE: /{prefix}/ must be included as the start of the template

    *
    * @return a list of all the handled URL patterns
    */
   public String[] defineHandledTemplatePatterns();

   /**
    * Explicitly handles all the incoming URLs which match the patterns given by {@link #defineHandledTemplatePatterns()}
    * do some processing to turn it into an outgoing URL OR just do some processing OR
    * indicate that a failure has occurred

    *
    * @param matchedPattern the template pattern that was matched
    * @param incomingURL the incoming URL that was matched by a URL pattern
    * @param incomingSegments incoming URL segments, Example: /prefix/123/apple => {'prefix','123','apple'}
    * @param incomingVariables a map of the values in the {} (prefix is always included),
    * Example: pattern: /prefix/{thing}/apple, url: /prefix/123/apple, would yield: 'thing' => '123'
    * @return should be one of the following:

    * 1) the URL to redirect to, will be processed as an external redirect if it starts with "http" or "/"
    * (unless it starts with "/{prefix}"), otherwise it will be processed as an internal forward

    * 2) "" (empty string) to not redirect and return an empty success response

    * 3) null to not redirect and allow standard processing of the URL to continue

    * @throws IllegalStateException if there is a failure, this will cause the server to return a redirect failure
    */
   public String handleRedirects(String matchedTemplate, String incomingURL, String[] incomingSegments, Map<String, String> incomingVariables);

}

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ESA's Rosetta Makes Historic Comet Rendezvous
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
By Damon Poeter
https://www.pcmag.com/news/esas-rosetta-makes-historic-comet-rendezvous
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft on Wednesday arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, following a decade-long journey that has carried the probe on a complex, looping course to match the comet's speed and trajectory some 405 million kilometers (252 million miles) from Earth.
Rosetta's historic rendezvous with the comet, a first in spacefaring history, was described by ESA as "opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration."
"After ten years, five months, and four days traveling towards our destination, looping around the Sun five times and clocking up 6.4 billion kilometers, we are delighted to announce finally, 'we are here,'" ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said in a statement(Opens in a new window).
"Europe's Rosetta is now the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet, a major highlight in exploring our origins," he added. "Discoveries can start."
Rosetta took to the skies in 2004 and the spacecraft's complicated route to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has included no fewer than three flybys of Earth to gain a gravity-assisted speed boost, plus another one of Mars. Preparations for the probe's final approach to the comet began in May, ESA said, with the initiation of the first of 10 rendezvous maneuvers, the last of which was completed Wednesday.
"If any of these maneuvers had failed, the mission would have been lost, and the spacecraft would simply have flown by the comet," the space agency said.
Having matched its speed and trajectory to the comet, Rosetta is now about halfway between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, hurtling back toward the inner solar system at a speed of nearly 55,000 kilometers per hour, according to ESA.
The spacecraft will travel with Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko for about a year along the portion of the comet's elliptical, 6.5-year solar orbit that takes it around the sun to a point between the orbits of Earth and Mars, and back out toward Jupiter's orbit again.
During the course of its journey, Rosetta returned important scientific findings and some stunning images of the asteroids Šteins and Lutetia, which the spacecraft flew by on its way to the comet. But ESA officials, mission specialists, and the scientific community believe the real "treasure chest" of discovery is about to open now.
"Today's achievement is a result of a huge international endeavor spanning several decades," said Alvaro Giménez, ESA's director of Science and Robotic Exploration. "We have come an extraordinarily long way since the mission concept was first discussed in the late 1970s and approved in 1993, and now we are ready to open a treasure chest of scientific discovery that is destined to rewrite the textbooks on comets for even more decades to come."
You can follow all the updates on this historic ESA mission at the space agency's official Rosetta blog(Opens in a new window).
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The Waverton Good Reads Award has longlisted books by 6 members of the Prime Writers for its annual award!
The people of Waverton, a village outside Chester with a population of around 2000, read fifty or more debut novels each year and pick their favourite. Nominations are first adult novels written by British citizens and published in the previous twelve months. The aim is not only to stimulate reading in the village but also to provide encouragement to British writers.
The short list will be announced at the meeting on 21st March 2016.
Previous winners have included Mark Haddon –'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time', Marina Lewycka – 'A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian', and Rachel Joyce – 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'.


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Lila Woodard, 13, of Santa Barbara folds herself into a clear box during a Le Petit Cirque performance at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC on Sunday.
After Donald Trump was elected president, Ben H. Winters put aside the novel he was writing in favor of a new project.
The result was "Golden State," set in a society where every interaction is recorded and lying is severely punished.
A dean of Generation X novelists, Ellis turned to nonfiction to capture a reality he describes as overly puritanical and punitive against dissenters.
Winters and Ellis were among the speakers on the second and final day of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC.
The free festival, the largest of its kind in the country, was expected to draw about 150,000 people for the weekend — proof that fans of the written word remain plentiful in an era of streaming video, social media and a constant barrage of breaking news.
Despite the cancellations of high-profile novelists Joyce Carol Oates and Walter Mosley, there was a broad array of choices on Sunday, including a Spanish-language stage and a children's stage. Panels explored subjects such as memoir writing and immigration, and former first daughter Chelsea Clinton discussed her children's book on endangered animals.
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Bee Haskins, who was attending the festival with her father, Andy Haskins, said she tries to keep up with contemporary fiction, splitting her reading between physical books and audiobooks.
In an interview with journalist Scott Timberg, Ellis said he was making his first public appearance in 10 years.
People who dislike Trump need to work toward defeating him in the next election and stop wallowing in their misery, Ellis said.
In privileged, liberal circles, Ellis said, people with contrarian views are sometimes labeled as reactionaries or racists.
Ellis' critique of people who are emotionally overwrought by Trump's actions has brought him a type of public scorn, fueled by social media, that was difficult to imagine when one of his seminal works, "American Psycho," debuted in 1991.
That novel features a high-rolling Manhattan serial killer who worships none other than Donald Trump.
Trump figured prominently at another panel on Sunday, as former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano critiqued the president's immigration policies.
The Trump administration lacks an overall strategy for border security, she said. If she were in charge, she added, she would move every immigration judge to the border to quickly adjudicate asylum claims.
"Building a wall is a symbol. It's not a strategy," she said in a discussion with Times Managing Editor Scott Kraft.
On the panel "Dystopian Fiction: It's the End of the World As We Know It," Winters was paired with Adam Nemett, whose debut novel "We Can Save Us All" is about Princeton University students caught up in a superhero cult as climate change wreaks havoc.
At Nemett's Princeton, there is a "time crisis" where each day is slightly shorter than 24 hours. Power blackouts last for weeks, and the students take psychedelics and performance-enhancing drugs.
Winters said the world in his book took shape organically, as the main character navigated his mission as an investigator of crimes against truth.
That may include present-day America, he said.
"Oh wait, are we in a dystopia now? If one more thing happens, is that a dystopia?" Winters said.


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Q: Why are my circles off-center? \usepackage[all]{xy}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

 \begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[nodes near coords={(\coordindex)}]
\addplot[draw=none]
coordinates {
(1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7, 2) };
\end{axis}
\foreach \point  in { (1,2), (2,1), (2,3), (3.7, 2)} {
  %  \draw[red,fill=red, opacity=0.2] \point circle (3pt);}
   \draw[opacity=0.2, fill=green] \point circle (1.1);
   \draw[fill=black] \point circle (2pt);  }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Produces:

A: You must define the coordinates inside the axis environment (coordinate system).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}

\begin{document}

 \begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[nodes near coords={(\coordindex)}]
    \addplot[draw=none] coordinates { (1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7, 2) };
    \coordinate (A) at (1,2);
    \coordinate (B) at (2,1);
    \coordinate (C) at (2,3);
    \coordinate (D) at (3.7,2);
\end{axis}
\foreach \point  in {(A),(B),(C),(D)} {
    %  \draw[red,fill=red, opacity=0.2] \point circle (3pt);}
    \draw[opacity=0.2, fill=green] \point circle (1.1);
    \draw[fill=black] \point circle (2pt);  }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

A: Are you looking for something like this?

If so, it's easier to change the marks of the \addplot than drawing outside the axis environment.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage   {pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset  {compat=1.17}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[nodes near coords={(\coordindex)}]
\addplot[only marks,mark=*,mark size=1.1cm,fill=green,opacity=0.2] coordinates {(1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7, 2)};
\addplot[only marks,mark=*,mark size=2pt,fill=black]               coordinates {(1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7, 2)};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Edit: Or, defining styles and the repeated coordinates:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage   {pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset  {compat=1.17}

\newcommand{\mycoords}{(1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7,2)}
\tikzset
{
  big circle/.style={only marks,mark=*,mark size=1.1cm,fill=green,opacity=0.2},
  small circle/.style={only marks,mark=*,mark size=2pt,fill=black}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[nodes near coords={(\coordindex)}]
\addplot[big   circle] coordinates {\mycoords};
\addplot[small circle] coordinates {\mycoords};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: Move the loop into the axis environment. Because of the way it works, you have to expand the variables (\point) manually.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[nodes near coords={(\coordindex)}]
\addplot[draw=none] coordinates { (1,2) (2,1) (2,3) (3.7, 2) };
\foreach \point  in { (1,2), (2,1), (2,3), (3.7, 2)} {
  \edef\tmp{%
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Commercial buildings are places of great opportunity. When they are first designed they are built with a purpose, just waiting to be filled with commerce. The LA Fitness in Glenview was one of these places. A space where the people of the area would congregate so that they could make use of the gym equipment and create healthy lives for themselves. Making sure the space around this building was safe for those people being active was very important to the owners and that is where we came in with our railing.
Leading up to the building there was a set of concrete steps. We created a railing built to ADA standards in wrought iron and then painted black. With the rounded pipe and the rectangular curve we added an element that was modern and sleek, as well as functional.
Accessibility is an important aspect of any professional business. Not only is it mandated by law, but it's also common courtesy. By making railings for ramps and stairs more beautiful as well as functional there is an opportunity to reach out to those that could use the assistance of a railing.
Against the light backdrop of the LA Fitness building and the white concrete, these black railing stand out and clearly point to areas where clients should be walking. By using a structure, like a railing, to help direct the flow of your client's traffic you can keep them on the right path right into your business's door. By the addition of the handrail if also adds a safety element so that the stairs are clearly visible. This can keep the clients on the right path and not on the lawns where they could slip on mud or damage the plantings.
Landscaping is an important element to structures, especially at the front of a business. It creates the path the clients will travel from their cars into the building itself. By using custom ADA rails for both function and a way of showing people the best route into the building you can create visual interest. Metal fabrication never has to be boring. Beauty can be understated and it belongs anywhere even in front of standard commercial buildings. A custom metal railing or other addition can set your location apart.
Wrought iron is a durable material that can last for years without needing any maintenance. With black coating it can be highly visible and something that can be admired from afar. The simple modernistic theme of round pipes formed into the rectangular shapes is both practical and visually appealing. An addition like this to your commercial property can add safety and a sense of elegance no matter what your business.
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Adam Ruzicka is making the most of his first line audition
Photo credit:Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
In life, opportunity comes in many forms and often when you expect it to appear. For Calgary Flames forward Adam Ruzicka, an opportunity at the most plum assignment he's ever been offered at the National Hockey League came when the team was mired in a losing streak and one of the team's best players suddenly wasn't available, in part because of a blocked shot that swelled his foot up.
But four games into that opportunity, Ruzicka is making the most of his first line audition.
The thing you need to know about Ruzicka is that he's never really played the wing for a sustained amount of time in high level hockey. Coming up in Slovakia and Czechia, he was used as a centre due to his size and scoring prowess. When he came over to the Ontario Hockey League, ditto. Playing in the American Hockey League for the past few seasons, again, his size made him a natural centre and because he hadn't played much wing it made it tougher and tougher to try him out. (And with Stockton not being super-stacked up the middle, it made it easy to keep him at centre and not experiment too much.)
Flash forward to this season, and Ruzicka comes into Flames camp with no waiver exemption left and four established NHL pivots ahead of him: Elias Lindholm, Nazem Kadri, Mikael Backlund and Kevin Rooney. Suddenly, there was urgency to see if he could hack it on the wing.
He played one game on the left side during pre-season and it was on Sept. 29, beside Connor Zary (in his first NHL camp) and Sonny Milano (in camp on a PTO). All due respect to his linemates, but it wasn't quite a recipe for success, and Ruzicka was adequate but not impressive in the role. Flames head coach Darryl Sutter commented about Ruzicka's lack of efficiency in the role.
Come the regular season, Ruzicka played one game at centre, on the fourth line on Nov. 1 in place of an under-performing Rooney. He wasn't impressive.
But since Ruzicka joined Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli in place of an injured Jonathan Huberdeau on Nov. 8, he has played some of his best hockey as a pro. In four games, he has two goals and two assists, and has been an occasional catalyst for nice plays by his linemates (and a finisher on plays by them as well).
"Well the one line was good tonight, for sure," said assistant coach Ryan Huska following Calgary's win over Los Angeles on Monday night. "I thought they moved the puck around well, the three of them together. Adam did a good job of using his size tonight and going to the net. And you can see that, for me, over the last couple games certain guys have raised their level, and we needed to find a way to win games, and Elias has been one of them and so has Tyler. So, that was a good line for us tonight, for sure."
"He's a really good player," said linemate Tyler Toffoli of Ruzicka and his adjustment to the top line. "Obviously he was in and out of the lineup a little bit, and last year as well, but I played with him last year so I kind of know what he brings. And I think he's playing really confident hockey right now and just making really good plays."
In four games on the wing with Ruzicka on the ice at five-on-five, the puck is definitely going in the right direction for the Flames. They've out-shot opponents 36-13, out-chanced them 30-12, out-high-dangered them 14-5 and out-scored them 4-1. They've also scored two power play goals with him on the ice.
"He's got a pretty good opportunity in front of him, so I think he recognizes that, too," said Huska. "I think he wants to be a full-time NHL player and be able to contribute night-in and night-out, so i think that's a real challenge for him, is that he maintains what he's been able to do. That's up to him. So if he continues to push and work the way he has over this last little while he's going to continue to get that opportunity."
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What is the myth that Thomas Merton wrote about in the early 1960s? He described it as the myth of American as "the earthly paradise." This idea that America from the beginning was new, full of possibilities, a fresh start for humanity. That it was, at some mystical moment, great. Merton describes this belief being based in this desire for a world without history, a world without sin.
Some people still want to cling to this idea. But ours is a complicated story told by the conquerors, and to come to terms with our present troubles we will have to grapple with that very idea of long history full of suffering. As Merton also talks about, the totality of white Americans--both the plantation children of the south and the pioneer children of the west--have to be cruelly awakened from this idea that America ever was a paradise. As a pioneer child myself, I know how hard this is. How it complicates the simple narratives. How it leaves me wondering at who was writing my history textbooks, and what their real aim was. The feelings of guilt, paralysis, defensiveness that can arise when faced with the truth of history that is genocidal, racist, and power-hungry.
But on the other side of the knee-jerk defensiveness and paralysis is the beauty of the hard truths of America. Of listening to those voices left out of my history books. Of learning how to lament and mourn in and for our communities. To learn from mistakes to gain a clearer sense of the present, and our own role in bringing it about.
I don't think it will surprise anyone to learn that I am not a fan of nationalism, and even less a fan of Christian nationalism. In fact, I would say it is heresy, since a Christ-follower is committed to the kingdom of God, which transcends (and often contradicts) the ways of empire. And America most certainly is an empire, with much more in common with Egypt, Babylon, and Rome than Israel. I love the learning from Christian traditions like Anabaptists, which have modeled this way of speaking truth to power--not trying to gain power.
Since it's 4th of July I wanted to take a moment to share a list of books that have helped me on my journey of recognizing Christian nationalism for the danger that it is--both to us spiritually, and to the witness of the (white) American church. (one important caveat--these are all white men, which is pretty indicitive of what I read up until the past few years. I still stand by all of these books and find them valuable, but would love to know of some women and/or people of color who have written on the same topic!) Please share your own recs with me in the comments--and hey, if you feel inspired, why not buy one of these books for a loved one that might need a little nudge on this journey?
I put these books together because I read them both for the one class I unquestionably loved at my Bible college, all about evangelicalism and America. Thanks to books like these, I figured out I wasn't just a non-denomenationalist, that I had fundamentalist roots like a whole lot of folks. IT's where I learned about the importance of dispensational theology (seriously, it continues to influence our public policy today), anti-intellectualism, and the fear of a culture changing out from under the Christians. I only wish these books had highlighted how much power evangelicals wanted--or maybe I just didn't see it in the pages. I recommend these books for those that want something slightly scholarly.
I also read this while in Bible college, and these essays show a stunning diversity within evangelicalism--while still managing to highlight how damaging it can be (including various sets of fundamentalism and prosperity gospel--if you come from an American Christian background, you will be sure to see some form of your faith tradition here). This one is more literary, very well-written but with some damning conclusions about the involvement of evangelicals with Republican politics.
3. Jesus for President; politics for ordinary radicals by Shane Claiborne.
Besides the Bible, I don't think a book has ever had such a radical impact on me as Jesus for President. I hadn't read his more popular Irresistible Revolution, so I jumped into this one cold-turkey. My husband and I had just married, and we took turns reading it. It converted us to pacifism, to viewing America as empire, and to committing to live our lives--including who we voted for--with our neighbors in mind as Christ-followers. It's entry level but with enough to make anyone have to stop and asess their lives and their choices.
This is a great look into what the kingdom of God is really all about--and what it means to bring it in a country like America. Ekblad is a prison chaplain who works with a lot of gang members in northern Washington and he is sort of like a less goofy Father Greg Boyle--he deep dives into theology and what it might mean for us to not buy into the American Dream/American nationalism.
I've talked about this book elsewhere, but it is a necessary look into what it means that much of white Christianity is still influenced by "slave-holder" theology. This book is exactly what Merton would have wanted us to read in order to stop believing the lie of the paradise that America never was. The history in here knocked me over--there is so much I didn't know (and possibly didn't want to know) about Christian involvement in politics, and how it is predicated on white supremacy and a longing for control. Still, Wilson-Hartgrove manages to end on a hopeful note, primarily because he lives and learns from Black Christians who are living out the true good news within our midst.
Fea is a historian who gets it exactly right: evangelicals went so hard for Donald Trump (and his policies) as a result of decades of listening to fear. This book is timely, and lays out the road to Trump in a way that is both comforting (we've made so many terrible mistakes in the past, so this is nothing new) and also horrifying (we've made so many terrible mistakes in our quest for power, over and over again). Fea is an evangelical himself and somehow strikes the balance of both clearly critiquing his fellow Christians without making you feel defensive. And there is something incredibly striking about laying out the hypocrisies specifically of famous evangelicals like Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr., Robert Jeffress, and Paula White. I'm so glad someone wrote this book, but it wasn't exactly fun to read.
So there you go. I know there are so many other good books out there, but I specifically wanted to focus on the intermarriage of evangelicalism and nationalism, a topic we all need to be a bit more aware of. With my book, I think I tried in some small way to grapple with how I was losing faith in the myth that my country was good for everyone, as long as they tried hard enough. It has been harder to come to grips with how Christianity in particular has not been good for many people, primarily when it has aligned itself with obtaining and keeping political power--and keeping the myth of the American dream alive. I know tomorrow I will be spending time in prayer and lament, and also hanging out with friends and family. I will be celebrating the tiniest glimpses of the kingdom of God wherever I can find them, and I will be celebrating my inter-dependance with my neighbors. I hope you do the same.


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Q: Checking if the roots of a function are real I'm trying to determine if the roots of a function are real. How would you do that?
(In particular I'm interested in verifying that the roots of LegendreP[6, x] are real.)

A: If you are only interested in roots of LegendreP, then you might be better off using a theorem (found e.g. in Szegő, Orthogonal Polynomials) which states:

The zeros of the orthogonal polynomials $p_n(x)$, associated with the distribution $d\alpha(x)$ on the interval $[a, b]$, are real and distinct and are located in the interior of the interval $[a, b]$.

The part of its proof you are interested in - which is the fact that all roots are real - makes use of Sturmian sequences, so perhaps you might want to try playing around with them.

A: I might as well. There is a method that works only for polynomials, but this works for checking if all the roots of a polynomial are real. The method is based on work by Miroslav Fiedler and Gerhard Schmeisser. Briefly, the method constructs (or tries to construct) a tridiagonal companion matrix from your polynomial (i.e. a tridiagonal matrix whose characteristic polynomial is your given polynomial) using a modification of the Euclidean algorithm. On the other hand, even if you do not want the eigenvalues of this special tridiagonal matrix, the entries afford some diagnostic capabilities for checking if your polynomial has all its roots real. Here's how to build the diagonal and one of the off-diagonals:
p = LegendreP[6, x]; n = Exponent[p, x];
p0 = p/Coefficient[p, x, n];
p1 = D[p0/n, x];
{d, e} = MapAt[Most, Transpose[Reap[
     Do[
      {q, r} = PolynomialQuotientRemainder[p0, p1, x];
      s = If[TrueQ[r == 0], 0, Coefficient[-r, x, Exponent[r, x]]];
      If[k < n, p0 = p1;
       p1 = If[TrueQ[r == 0], (#/Coefficient[#, x, Exponent[#, x]]) &[D[p1, x]], -r/s]];
      Sow[{-Coefficient[q, x, 0], s}];
      , {k, n}]][[2, 1]]], 2]
{{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {5/11, 8/33, 5/21, 8/35, 1/5}}

The result needed is this: if all the entries of the off-diagonal e are nonnegative, then all the roots of the polynomial are real. (See the papers linked to for more details.) Clearly, this is the case:
And @@ NonNegative[e]
True

If you want to see the actual roots themselves,
Eigenvalues[N[SparseArray[{Band[{1, 1}] -> d,
     Band[{2, 1}] -> Sqrt[e], Band[{1, 2}] -> Sqrt[e]}], 20]] // Sort
{-0.93246951420315202781, -0.66120938646626451366,
-0.23861918608319690863, 0.23861918608319690863,
0.66120938646626451366, 0.93246951420315202781}

or alternatively, Eigenvalues[N[SparseArray[{Band[{1, 1}] -> d, Band[{2, 1}] -> e, Band[{1, 2}] -> 1}], 20]] // Sort.
Compare:
x /. NSolve[LegendreP[6, x], x, 20]
{-0.93246951420315202781, -0.66120938646626451366,
-0.23861918608319690863, 0.23861918608319690863,
0.66120938646626451366, 0.93246951420315202781}

A: This question is not trivial as it would seem and a detailed discussion could help to understand the issue, especially when we deal with roots of special functions, however to do the task as simply as possible this would be the best way :
f[x_] := LegendreP[6, x]
Reduce[f[x] == 0, x, Reals] == Reduce[f[x] == 0, x]

True

Reduce[f[x] == 0, x, Reals] selects only real roots of f[x] i.e. LegendreP[6, x], while Reduce[f[x] == 0, x] finds all roots.  The equality means that we have all roots real.
This way is good enough, because one can easily verify that LegendreP[6, x] is a real function, but if it hadn't been the case we should have rather used another condition assuring the expression to be real,  e.g. assume we have another function h[x] not necessarily real and we'd like to find when  f[x] == h[x] under assumption that f[x]  and x are real, then we could do this :
Reduce[ f[x] == h[x] && Element[ f[x], Reals], x, Reals]

Edit
There are many ways to find only real roots of a polynomial
PolynomialQ[ f[x], x]

True

however a method above based on Reduce is the simplest and powerful enough to verify that we have all roots real, just because it yields the results in the form Root objects. Another way would be Root, but now to write all roots one should know that we have 6 roots (it is not difficult since Exponent[f[x], x] yields 6).
Root[ f[x], #] & /@ Range[6]

{ Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 1],
  Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 2],
  Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 3],
  Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 4],
  Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 5],
  Root[-5 + 105 #1^2 - 315 #1^4 + 231 #1^6 &, 6]}

Selecting only real roots yields the same number of roots
Select[%, Re[#] == # &] // Length

6

To elaborate a bit, let's try the other methods e.g. Roots, Solve . To write all root in lists we can do the following :
r = List @@ Roots[f[x] == 0, x][[All, 2]];
s = Solve[f[x] == 0, x][[All, 1, 2]];

here we show e.g.  s :

As one can see the output does not seem apparently real just as in case of writing the output of Reduce in the form of radicals :
ToRadicals @ Reduce[ f[x] == 0, x]

One way to assure that roots are only real would be applying FullSimplify with an appropriate ComplexityFunction to radicals, but it can take too much time, e.g. try FullSimplify @ s.  Instead of simplifying algebrically the expression, one can check the numerical result, e.g.
Im @ N[s, 100]

{0.*10^-101, 0.*10^-101, 0.*10^-101, 0.*10^-101, 0.*10^-101,  0.*10^-101}

we can apply N directly to Reduce as well :
N @ Reduce[ f[x] == 0, x]

x == -0.238619 || x == 0.238619 || x == -0.661209 ||
x ==  0.661209 || x == -0.93247 || x == 0.93247

If we assume directly only real solutions to be found with Solve, they will be represented by Root objects as in the case of  Reduce :
Solve[ f[x] == 0, x, Reals][[All, 1, 2]] == List @@ Reduce[ f[x] == 0, x, Reals][[All, 2]]

True

Now it'll be enlightening to plot the roots :
roots = Tuples[{ List @@ Reduce[ f[x] == 0, x][[All, 2]], {0}}];
Plot[ f[x], {x, -1, 1},
            PlotStyle -> Thick,
            Epilog -> {PointSize[0.02], Darker @ Green, Point @ roots}]

and to show the relevant structure of real and imaginary parts of LegendreP[6, x] in the complex plane :
GraphicsGrid[{
    { Plot3D[ Re @ f[x + I y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Filling -> 0,
              FillingStyle -> {{Opacity[0.5], Lighter @ Blue}, {Opacity[0.5], Green}},
              PlotPoints -> 100, MaxRecursion -> 4 ],
      Plot3D[ Im @ f[x + I y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Filling -> 0,
              FillingStyle -> {{Opacity[0.5], Lighter@Blue}, {Opacity[0.5], Green}},
              PlotPoints -> 100, MaxRecursion -> 4]},

    { ContourPlot[ Re @ f[x + I y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1},
                   Epilog -> {PointSize[0.02], Darker[Green, 0.7], Point @ roots}],

      ContourPlot[ Im @ f[x + I y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1},
                   Epilog -> {PointSize[0.02], Darker[Green, 0.7], Point @ roots}]}}]

The option Filling -> 0 helps us to mark the level Re @ f[z] == 0 and Im  @ f[z] == 0 in Plot3D's and the green points on ContourPlot's denote the real roots in the complex plane as in the Plot above of the function in the real domain.


with https://dav.messagingengine.com got an error message that 'You don't have permission to access /.com.omnigroup.OmniPresence/ on this server."
with https://myfiles.messagingengine.com Omnipresecse seemed to get part way through creating its conformance testing directories before crashing.
Has any one else had any success getting Omnipresence to work with fastmail's webdav?
Authentication with CloudSafe is working fine. Local directory permissions seem OK (permit write by owner).
I've contacted OmniGroup and they said it is not working with the current version. They've updated the conformance test and it doesn't pass anymore -- they say they don't even know why it passed in the first place.
I'm using version 1.0 of OmniPresence and OmniOutliner 1.5 on iPad; that's the last version that does work with CloudSafe.
OmniGroup says I have to contact CloudSafe and see if they can help me, but I haven't had the time. I don't even know if they know what OmniPresence is. But it maybe worth emailing them. I'll do that as soon as I've finished my project. The more people email them, the higher priority it gets.
I setup fastmail using my files.messagingengine.com and have been successfully syncing some textedit rtf files between macs. I haven't tried it w/ any omni apps at this point. It appears to be working fine. Initial set up failed after creating .com.omnigroup hidden folder. I checked console and there were multiple 409 errors related to webdav. I tried deleting the .com.omnigroup folder and ran conformance test and it worked fine. I'm not sure deleting the folder was the fix and I did nothing to address the 409 errors. Mainly blind luck.