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Q: Assign a value to a PHP variable depending on which form button pressed Well, it's the first time I'm using stackoverflow, so I'd looking foward to be clear.
How can I set a value for a PHP variable from a button press?
For example, if the user pressed  form button 1, $variable = 'false'; if it presses form button 2, $variable = 'true'... is that possible?
Thx, in advance

A: Yes, set different values to same name submit buttons
like:
<input name="submitBtn" type="submit" value="Choice1">
<input name="submitBtn" type="submit" value="Choice2">

Then depending on which button is pressed in php $_POST['submitBtn'] will have value Choice1 or Choice2

A: Yes, this is possible.
You can put 2 (or more) submit buttons with the same name and different values into a form and then chack the value of the submit button via php:
html:
<form method="POST" action="somefile.php">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="button1" />
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="button2" />
</form>

php:
<?php
$submitbutton = $_POST['sb'];
?>

A: In the HTML side just create two submit button:
<input name="click" type="submit" value="clickOne">
<input name="click" type="submit" value="clickTwo">

Then on the PHP side (assuming you are submitting with POST method):
switch ($_POST['click']) {
    case 'clickedOne':
        // first pressed
    break;
    case 'clickedTwo':
        // second pressed
    break;
    default:
        // something wrong
    break;
}


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A way of life that encourages an appreciation of beautiful moments.
What thought comes to mind when you hear the word pearls? The first thing that may come to mind is jewelry. I know it often does for me. While anyone who knows me will tell you that I am an avid admirer and collector of pearl jewelry, especially Tiffany & Co. pearls, I am also excited by other types of pearls, like pearls of wisdom. To me, pearls reinforce that in a world full of manufactured possessions, often it is nature that creates the most beautiful objects and images in our surroundings. On occasion, I may share all types of pearls with you.
A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern. Perhaps your mind goes to a favourite lace blouse or the lace detailing on your beloved wedding dress. On this blog, I may post about a beautiful piece of clothing or an accessory. However, to me, lace also represents the complex, weblike interconnectedness of our world. Our relationships with others, near and far, and the way our lives intertwine. I may speak to different interpretations of lace from time to time.
Like the above mentioned, to me grace takes many forms. For example, my favourite actress-turned-princess, Grace Kelly. While Grace was and remains revered for her beauty, she was also a complex woman with strong values. On this blog, I may discuss other individuals who inspire me. A more universal understanding of grace conjures thoughts of simple elegance or refined movement. Understanding this, there can be a grace in the way an artist applies paint to their canvas, a grace in the way one sets a table for dinner, or the graceful movement of the title dancer in the ballet Giselle. On this blog, I may speak to anything that lends itself to the idea of grace.
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The Observer's Kerry Stevens, Stephen Wynn-Davies and Maria Hudd at The Big Sleep in Hastings. Photo by Frank Copper.
I was dreading Friday night.
A night on the streets with nothing more than a cardboard box to keep me company as September drew to a close. How would I stay warm? How would I manage any sleep?
After some live music and a bedtime story, I loaded up the layers, made the most of the complimentary soup – everything I could think of to improve my chances of snuggling down for a night of sleep in Hastings' Stade Open Space alongside 106 other people, who, together, raised more than £16,000 for the Seaview Project.
Despite the layers, the cold air found its way to my skin. Despite the soup, I didn't feel warm. Despite the bedtime story, I couldn't drift off.
In preparation for Friday's sleep out, I had thought all about the coldness and how to prevent it but what I hadn't considered was the ground – the unforgivably uncomfortable ground.
Cement mixed with small pebbles turned out to be quite the match for the piece of cardboard operating as my mattress.
As I lay there, staring up at the plain black sky, I wondered whether I should just admit defeat and go without any sleep for the night.
But that wasn't why I put myself through this. For so many, choosing to go without sleep for a night isn't an option. They can't return home to reality tomorrow – this is their reality.
When friends asked why I decided to take part in Big Sleep 2018 I referred to the tragic deaths of three rough sleepers in Hastings in the week after Christmas 2017.
The cause of these deaths is unclear but we know they could have been prevented if they had a warm home to return to.
With these deaths at the forefront of our minds, we launched the campaign Hope for the Homeless, in March, with the aim of halting the rise of rough sleeping in the town.
Between autumn 2016 and autumn 2017, there was a 54 per cent increase in the number of people sleeping rough in Hastings, according to the Office for National Statistics. To give that some perspective, the number of rough sleepers on any given night rose from 26 to 40 people in just 12 months. Every one in 2,000 people in Hastings was sleeping rough as of last autumn.
The funds raised by the Big Sleep were donated to Seaview which operates a Rough Sleepers Outreach Service locally with a team going out at 4am several times a week to check on the welfare of rough sleepers, inviting them into Seaview for further support.
Their workers cover about 15 miles over three hours and are often climbing through bushes, looking in caves and even at times scaling cliffs. They carry hot drinks and emergency supplies.
Unfortunately the number of people rough sleeping is still on the rise. Seaview verified a total of 317 different individuals rough sleeping in the town throughout last year.
As the temperatures drop and the nights lengthen, we – whether as politicians, residents or journalists – need to do all we can to support the most vulnerable in our community.
Let's make sure 40 was a record high.


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Over 300 CIE students receive Scholarships and Awards
More than 300 Associate Degree and Self-funded Undergraduate Programmes students were presented with scholarships and awards.
The CIE Scholarship and Award Presentation Ceremony 2nd Semester 2014-2015 was held on 28 May. More than 300 Associate Degree and Self-funded Undergraduate Programmes students were presented with scholarships and awards in recognition of their achievements in the areas of academic studies, extracurricular activities and community services in the past year. The Ceremony was well attended by lecturers, students and parents who came to witness this precious moment.
The honourable guests presenting the scholarships and awards included CIE Scholarship Donors Dr. Jonathan CHOI and Mr. Terrance YEUNG, Dr. Simon WONG, Dean of School of Continuing Education (SCE), HKBU, Dr. Lawrence TSANG, Associate Dean and Head of Administration, SCE, HKBU, Dr. Sam LAU, Director of CIE, Dr. LIANG Man Yu and Dr. Vicky LEE, Associate Heads of CIE, and Programme Directors of HKBU Self-funded Undergraduate Programmes.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Simon WONG, Dean of SCE expressed his gratitude to CIE Scholarship Donors for their generosity and gave his heartfelt congratulations to awardees. He shared that he was delighted to know that awardees were granted scholarship not only because of the academic achievements but also their competence in non-academic areas like community service, outreach, and special talents. All these are the attributes of HKBU graduates. He hoped that students could treat the scholarships as an encouragement, and excel in different areas in the future.
In the sharing of Cecilia Ng (Chinese for Professional Purposes Concentration Studies Year 2, recipient of SPSS -"Outstanding Performance Scholarship"), she said her study experience at CIE was a fruitful and vibrant one. From joining the Taiwan academic study tour to interviewing the Hon. Jasper Tsang, Chairman of Legislative Council in the Liberal Studies Forum, she learnt that being a university student, one must accept his/her failure for achieving higher goals and continuous improvement.
To recognise students' achievements, in addition to SPSS of HKSAR government, the College is offering an array of scholarships, financial aids and awards to its students such as "Dr. Jonathan K. C. Choi Scholarship (Outstanding Service)", "Special Talent Award", and awards for "CIE Video Competition" in Scholarship and Award Presentation Ceremony 2nd Semester 2014-2015. Students may visit the College website for details. AD students please visit "Here" and UG students please visit "Here".
Secondary principals from the awardee's secondary schools were invited to attend the scholarship presentation to celebrate students' achievements. (Far Left: Mr. WAN Ka Kit, Principal of Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School, Dr. Simon WONG, Dean of SCE and the awardees.)
Dr. Simon WONG, Dean of SCE hoped that students could treat the scholarships as an encouragement, and excel in different areas in the future.
Ms. Emily KO, Lecturer and Guidance Counsellor of CIE presided over the sharing session and invited the scholarship awardees to share their experience.


Am testing this... seems to load without error after updating. Thank you for the tip. Haven't yet tried the dson script, bu no error at load on a Win 7 64 bit machine after doing this... Thanks again :) Crosses fingers that the script works.
I just tried this...installing the vcredist_x86.exe fixed both the DSON and Aniblock importer! Thanks for quoting this here--I missed it trying to read everything else!
ok--I've done a fresh install of Poser 9, ran the SR3 update, installed both genesis essential files, and the 32bit DSON importer.
I had the same problem with the Aniblock Importer for Poser, but was not able to resolve it.
Is everyone having this problem running Windows 7, 64bit?
Ok. I was having the same problem. I have Windows 7, 64 bit. I used the 32 bit for Poser 9. I have it on an external hard drive. I have the Poser 9 folder. Then there is the Poser 9 Content folder. I put the DSON Importer for Poser in the Poser 9 folder. The others I put in the Poser 9 Content folder. Now it works.
In the first post it says "Yes, an action to convert files for use in the DSON Importer for Poser has been added to DAZ Studio version 4.5.1.6 ", which sounds great, but when I try to update Studio, I get version 4.5.0.114... is 4.5.1.6 not out yet, or ....?
Will there be a list somewhere, that let's us know what items for Genesis, has been redone for Poser?
As a Poser user, is there any reason for me to keep any folder NOT labeled Runtime?
Materials - can I go ahead and run Netherworks Batch Material against the Pose folder & get material collections?
I'll have more questions later.
The simple answer is yes some of the other folders are essential to it working correctly in Poser. You'll find Genesis will not load if you remove the wrong folder, "data" being absolutely essential to be located next to Runtime.
Probably. I'd copy them to a new folder instead of move them just to be sure. As long as there aren't any .duf files it should be okay but I only see those for the actual poses.
Wish I could check for sure. Still fighting with this install.
Okay I won't have most of the rest of my genesis specific content until tomorrow or maybe even later, but here is genesis basic male in Poser.
I used the Angelo skin texture and eye color.
edit to add: That's an M4 Pose.
I have installed the plugin in PP2012 SR-3.1 x64, and the Python scripts work without errors, but Genesis and all contents loaded from that runtime leave me with an empty scene. Poser claims the figure has been loaded and the name shows at the top, but I see no figure. I have installed the "Genesis Starter Essential for Poser", adding it as an external runtime in Poser. I have also installed the DS package. I don't get any errors when I load Genesis (or anything else from that runtime), but there is nothing on the scene.
I have followed the tutorials by the book, but I suspect this has something to do with *where* I have to install the "starter essential" files. The Poser version was installed at an external runtime, and then linked to Poser.
Jay_NOLA's list of updated Genesis content (see my sig for the link) will be updated to indicate which products are Poser-compatible, but that'll take a few days.
What is the path to the external runtime?
Still waiting on an answer to that, too, Dana. I went and tracked down my disc so I was 100% sure, but I've got V4/M4 shapes for Genesis from an ImagineFX DVD. I'm wondering if anything was changed/updated, or if they're just in the category because they're something we can use with the Importer.
Somebody might want to fix the M5 Pro Bundle. I've reset my downloads and found there are now two Mac copies of the Benjamin for M5 Poser Companion file but no PC version of same. Could be problematic, that.
New resets/downloads for that product should be fixed now. You may still see two items titled "Benjamin for M5 - Poser Companion - Mac" but one of them should actually provide the PC (13885_BenjaminM5PoserCF_1.3_dpc.exe) version. I'll mention it to Web in the morning, to see what can be done to correct the mislabeled item.
Well, thanks for trying to help but its still coming up invisible.
It looks like all the structure is in there that is needed like the data folders and whatnot, it's just not connecting here. What's weird is that it is caching a DSON folder with generated geometry and pmd files and looking at the .obj it IS genesis. Just doesn't show up in Poser.
So, no PP2010? :( Well fierfek!
The plugin depends on the new Add-on framework that Smith Micro and I designed for Reality 3 for Poser. This framework was released in the SR3 of Poser 2012. Prior the introduction of the add-on framework there was no support for auto-loading of plugins and no support for many "hooks" in the Poser scene. For example, the new add-on framework notifies a registered plug-in when an object is added, renamed or removed. This is used by the DSON plugin to trigger the loader for the .duf files. So, there is really no way to make this happening for previous versions of Poser because the hookups are simply not there.
So this is why all the stuff that had been 70% off and was supposed to be on sale until 12th has been taken off sale.
I really should find a better way keep track of all my genesis purchases.


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Market snapshot: Germany's 10-year Bund yield drops to new record low
March 20, 2015 | Tradeweb
Germany's 10-year government bond bid-yield closed at a new record low of 0.19% yesterday. Its downward course continued today, as it dropped to an intraday low to 0.17% at 13:16 GMT.
Bid-yields on government debt for other eurozone countries also declined in the last couple of days, however, without breaking the record low levels reached on March 11, 2015. In France, the 10-year government bond bid-yield hit 0.43% at 13:16 GMT today, one basis point above its closing value of 0.42% on March 11.
Similarly, the Italian and Spanish 10-year bond bid-yields touched 1.20% and 1.18% respectively at 13:02 GMT today, seven and nine basis points respectively above their all-time low closing values on March 11.
Meanwhile, the bid-yield on Greece's 10-year government bond closed at 12.29% yesterday, its highest since a closing value of 12.47% on March 28, 2013. A meeting was held late last night between key EU figures – including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker – and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The latter promised to submit the details of his economic reform plan in days. Bid-yields on the Greek 10-year bond fell back to 11.58% at 13:34 GMT today.
Germany 10-year indicative bid-yields since March 20, 2014:
Greece 10-year indicative bid-yields since March 28, 2013:
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The sacroiliac (SI) joints are formed by the connection of the sacrum and the right and left iliac bones. The sacrum is the triangular-shaped bone in the lower portion of the spine, which is below the lumbar spine. While most of the vertebrae of the spine are mobile, the sacrum is made up of five vertebrae that are fused together and do not move. The iliac bones are the two large bones that make up the pelvis. As a result, the SI joints connect the spine to the pelvis. Most of the motion in this area of the pelvis occurs either at the hips or the lumbar spine. These joints do need to support the entire weight of the upper body when we are erect, which places a large amount of stress across them. This can lead to wearing of the cartilage of the SI joints and even arthritis.
As with most other joints in the body, the SI joints have a cartilage layer covering the bone. The cartilage allows for movement and acts as a shock absorber between the bones. When this cartilage is damaged or worn away, the bones begin to rub on each other, and degenerative arthritis could begin to occur. Degenerative arthritis is the most common SI joint dysfunction.
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10 thoughts on "Blue No Matter Who"
mhenriday on June 28, 2019 at 12:52 AM said:
Dem-Trump must defeat GOP-Trump or we're doomed !!
Nailed it, Ted. It's not the policies that matter, it's the personalities. Keep in mind that Mr Trump has been registered as a Democrat back in the day….
Glenn on June 26, 2019 at 10:06 AM said:
Fearful unconditional BLUE voters are the greatest asset of Democrats in the duopoly's race to the bottom in their service to the oligarchs' upside of the inequality of exchange.
It's time to step out of the slums and slumps created by the greatest meddlers in elections, the thieving Republicans and Democrats.
Vote your aspirations, not your fears. Fearful voters win elections but lose for their winning.
When the Republicans and Democrats go low, the 45% (who vote for candidates that have no chance of winning or who abstain from voting at all) go high and away from the fecal piles left by Rs and Ds to those who live on the downside of the inequality of exchange.
When fearfully choosing between a negative and a negative, relax and choose a positive not offered.
A positive can be won if only enough people choose a positive even if not offered under the auspices of the duopoly. Where do you think Social Security came from?
Only the 45% can knock the duopoly off the teat of the oligarchs. The 45% can beat any of the duopoly, each of whom depends on getting 27.5% + 1 of the vote, all the while denying the existence of the 45%.
Violence is rampant by and within the US.
Violence is a quest for identity, observed Marshal McLuhan.
Violence is a response to the denial of one's existence.
The 45% needs to make its existence undeniable by means other than violence.
CrazyH on June 26, 2019 at 8:56 AM said:
It's time for Trump to go down (hopefully before the election, but that's not looking so good) Not, "No matter who" – but I may be more open to Biden than I was to Hillary.
On the bright side: according to most recent polls both Sanders and Warren are doing better & either could win against Trump. If I can't have my DeVito / Meredith ticket, I'll take Warren/Sanders or Sanders/Warren.
alex_the_tired on June 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM said:
(You should have had smoke pouring out of her ears. "Illogical. Illogical.")
The behavior described is, regrettably, about as high up the rational scale as many democratic voters can go. I suspect that the holding of one's nose cuts off oxygen to the brain, resulting in woodenheaded moves.
In many ways, the BNMW movement resembles the psychology of abuse victims. Your spouse treats you like shit, punches you around, and you say, "I'm leaving!" The spouse promises to do better. And the whole cycle starts all over again. It is very difficult to convince abuse victims that they are in danger.
2020 is not like 2016. The Sanders movement is much more established. In 2016, it was like a pop-up shop. Suddenly, there was someone arguing for healthcare and a higher minimum wage and war criminals like Hillary Clinton (Henry Kissinger's star pupil) mocked Sanders all the way. As did the media. The Sanders supporters voted for Hillary because Trump was presented as an existential threat.
That's all media PR. Is Trump a good president? No. But go through the crises. Compare them to 40 years of stagnant wages, the decades of dithering around climate change by various administrations, the increase in prison population, the Flint water supply, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, bailing out the bankers while homeowners suicided, NO HEALTHCARE, college tuition rising like a rocket. Christ I almost forgot 9/11 and the genuine existential threat Bush's half-drunken stupor cost all those people. Trump's "existential" threat (cue the black berets, turtlenecks and clove cigarettes while discussions on ennui rage in the background) is hardly that. But it sure sells ad space on the David Muir Super Serious Looking Show.
This time, the choice is much clearer, so much so that a lot of the abuse victims are waking up. If the dems don't make Sanders the candidate, whatever dolt they do run simply won't have the numbers. The Sanders people won't do it nose-holding vote again, especially now that Bernie just floated the CancelStudentDebt balloon.
> The Sanders supporters voted for Hillary
Speak for yourself, I voted for Jill. (although some did vote for that which they considered a lesser evil)
alex_the_tired on June 26, 2019 at 10:45 AM said:
I wrote in Sanders in 2016. I would not vote for Hillary the War Criminal Who Ran the Money Laundering Operation Called the Clinton Foundation Clinton. 2016 was still too early in the process of the transformation of the dissatisfied members of the democratic party into a cohesive voice.
Call it a dress rehearsal for 2020.
I hope Sanders picks a good veep. And I hope it's a woman because nothing–well, almost nothing–would give me greater joy than seeing 2024 as the year of the first U.S. president. I only hope W.C. Hillary Clinton is still alive to try to take credit for it so that everyone can explain it to her that she's the reason it didn't happen sooner. Her and her third-way, triangulating, neo-con warhawk bullshit.
CrazyH on June 26, 2019 at 5:59 PM said:
: whew : you had me worried there for a sec, Alex.
alex_the_tired on June 26, 2019 at 9:43 PM said:
Dear CrazyH:
Thanks for that affirmation.
I have noticed–I say that because I have had the opportunity to tuck into a large quantity of lager–that the "usual suspects" of thinking rarely hold up to prolonged interrogation. For instance:
1. In today's pointless democratic debate, no one pointed out the following sorites (or do I mean syllogism? James Blish would know):
a. many millions of Americans own guns.
b. very few Americans died as random victims of gun violence.
c. gun violence isn't a fraction of the epidemic that the dems are painting to be in a desperate attempt to make themselves sound relevant.
Meanwhile, the "issues" of healthcare (mental and physical) as well as military budgets have already been resolved via a multitude of political discourses:
a. giving everyone healthcare is the cheapest path.
b. pulling U.S. gestapo out of upteen-bazillion countries is actually the most sensible course.
Hating Hillary War Criminal Clinton isn't some sort of hysterial emotional reaction It's an unavoidable reaction to her illogical–dare I say stupid hysterical pandering–stances.
austerlitz99 on June 29, 2019 at 5:16 PM said:
Jimmy Dore had the same idea as you, Alex, but he frames it (since he's Irish Catholic) that such voters are like the Adult Children of Alcoholics- they get more angry at the people pointing out that they've been abused by the Democrats, than by the Democrats abusing them. I think there's also a psychological dimension where looking at someone who voted based on their conscience brings up the question "Why did I vote for the lesser evil? Why didn't I vote in principled manner?" Their response is to try and demonize the person who caused that cognitive dissonance, not to think "Maybe I should vote my conscience."
And to agree with your last point, Trump has yet to start a new war. That may just be his overall incompetence, but can we be sure [insert name of Corporate Democrat] won't invade Iran or Venezuela or N. Korea if given a chance? As an anti-Imperialist I prefer an incompetent leader of the American Empire, who brings the collapse of it closer, faster, by pissing off allies and saying the real motives of American foreign policy out loud. Maybe it can collapse before the climate catastrophe it is causing can destroy the planet.
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Say what one will about Mr Trump (whom I detest), but he certainly does things that no other US president would dare, as the meeting with Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom suffices to show. (I don't for a minute believe that it was the result of thought that came to Mr Trump just a day before the meeting took place ; after all, Mr Trump did run a reality show for 14 seasons – I can't wait to read Mr Moon's memoirs when they are published….)
In any event, if this meeting does, in fact, contribute to a real relaxation of tensions on the Korean peninsula (and as we all know, Mr Trumps version of «reality» differs from most's) and therewith in East Asia, then he and Messrs Kim and Moon will deserve a great deal of praise….
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N. Koks (Natasja), A. Ghassabian (Akhgar), K. Greaves-Lord (Kirstin), A. Hofman (Albert), V.W.V. Jaddoe (Vincent), F.C. Verhulst (Frank) and H.W. Tiemeier (Henning)
Maternal C-Reactive Protein Concentration in Early Pregnancy and Child Autistic Traits in the General Population
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print) , Volume 30 - Issue 2 p. 181- 189
Background Exposure to elevated levels of inflammatory markers during pregnancy has been suggested as possible aetiologic factor in the occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, we investigated the prospective relation between maternal C-reactive protein (CRP) during early pregnancy and children's autistic traits in the general population. Methods In a large population-based cohort in the Netherlands, we measured maternal CRP levels before 18 weeks of gestation (N = 4165). Parents reported on their children's autistic traits at age 6 years using the Social Responsiveness Scale, and the Pervasive Developmental Problem scale. Regression models were used to examine the relation between maternal CRP levels and autistic traits in children. Results Compared with the reference group (CRP < 2.3 mg/L), elevated levels of CRP (>7.8 mg/L) in pregnant women were associated with higher Social Responsiveness Scale scores in children [β = 0.055, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.033, 0.078]; however, the effect was strongly attenuated after adjustment for several socioeconomic factors and in particular by maternal health-related factors including body mass index (fully adjusted model β = 0.018, 95% CI -0.005, 0.042). We found no relation between maternal CRP levels and pervasive developmental problem. Conclusions Our results suggest that the association between elevated levels of maternal CRP in pregnancy and autistic traits in children is confounded by maternal health-related and socioeconomic factors. Further studies are needed to explore whether other maternal inflammatory markers during pregnancy, as a response to maternal inflammation, are associated with the development of autistic traits in the offspring.
Keywords autistic traits, C-reactive protein, children, longitudinal, pregnancy
Persistent URL doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12261, hdl.handle.net/1765/82446
Journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print)
Grant This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/212652 - "Effect of diet on the mental performance of children" (NUTRIMENTHE)
Organisation Generation R Study Group
Koks, N, Ghassabian, A, Greaves-Lord, K, Hofman, A, Jaddoe, V.W.V, Verhulst, F.C, & Tiemeier, H.W. (2016). Maternal C-Reactive Protein Concentration in Early Pregnancy and Child Autistic Traits in the General Population. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print), 30(2), 181–189. doi:10.1111/ppe.12261
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The research in Meyers group centers on the investigation of the observables left by the early Universe. Principle among these is the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) anisotropy and polarization. Meyer is a member of with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite team. The group is developing new detector technology for future cosmological experiments. The detectors, Frequency Selective Bolometers (FSB) are designed to provide optimal use of telescope focal planes with a multi-spectral filled focal pane array. Future projects using this technology are the SPEED camera to be used on the Heinrich Hertz Telescope (HHT), a balloon-borne instrument to measure fluctuations in the Cosmic Infrared Background (EDGE), and a balloon-borne polarization sensitive instrument to study the sub-mm polarized emission from high-galactic latitude dust (TPX). EDGE is designed to measure the galaxy density fluctuations on scales above 50 Mpc using large-scale fluctuations in the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB). Using the sub-mm color of the CIB fluctuations a low-resolution 3-D map of the large-scale structure of galaxies can be made. TPX is designed to provide a large scale survey of high-galactic latitude polarized dust emission to learn about the properties and environment of the galactic dust and also to understand the polarized dust foreground contamination for CMBR experiments. A second future project is the development of the South Pole Telescope and a large-format bolometer array instrument designed to map polarization of significant sections of the southern sky at mm and sub-mm wavelengths on angular scales from several arcminutes to 1/2 degree.


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A federal investigator spotted the subject of one of his cases while vacationing at Disney World.
Jeff Andre alerted local police, who arrested Quashon Burton outside Disney World's Animal Kingdom.
Burton, who was previously charged with identity theft, was visiting Disney World using a fake name.
A New York man who evaded arrest for about a year was arrested while vacationing at Disney World after an investigator in his case spotted him, authorities said.
Jeff Andre, a federal postal inspector, was at Disney World in October when he spotted Quashon Burton, who was on the run from police for a year after he was implicated in an identity theft scheme to steal $150,000 from pandemic loans, according to court documents seen by Insider.
"In order to carry out his scheme, Burton fraudulently obtained and used names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of at least four people," court documents said. He was charged with conspiracy to steal government funds, theft of government funds, and aggravated identity theft, court documents said.
Officers from the US Postal Inspection Service tried to arrest Burton, now 32, at his home in Brooklyn in November 2021, but he wasn't there. Officers visited the home two other times, and Burton's mother later told officers that he would "not be self-surrendering," court documents said.
A federal complaint signed by Andre described Burton as someone with a "complex web of identities that made his crimes difficult to investigate."
"Perhaps the most concerning factor here is the defendant's persistent use of false identities and his demonstrated ability to evade law enforcement," the court documents said. "He has clearly demonstrated an ability to mask his true identity to evade law enforcement. So too has he demonstrated a willingness to lie about this identity to avoid arrest."
When Andre spotted Burton at the Animal Kingdom on October 20, he alerted the Orange County Sheriff's Office, who placed a deputy outside the park where they stopped Burton with two of his family members, The Daily Beast reported, citing the sheriff's office report.
"I advised Quashon that I needed to speak with him about the possible suspicious activity he was involved in, and he questioned why he needed to provide his identification," the report from the deputy said, per the Daily Beast. "Later, I advised him he was the subject of a warrant, and when I attempted to secure him, he began tensing up and bracing his arms. I informed him multiple times to place his hands behind his back, but he refused."
After the deputy wrangled Burton "to the ground" during the arrest, adding a charge of resisting an officer without violence, Burton was taken to Orange County Jail and later placed in federal custody, the Daily Beast reported.
According to federal documents, Burton, who was serving probation for a separate charge, was visiting Disney World under a fake name and refused to identify himself by his legal name.
"At the time he was arrested in Disney World, he was present in the park under a false name. Even after fingerprints confirmed his identity, he persisted in telling law enforcement that he was not Quashon Burton," a US attorney wrote in court documents seen by Insider, calling Burton an "extreme" flight risk.
A Southern District of New York judge ruled on Thursday that Burton should not be granted bail ahead of his trial, citing prior failures to appear in court, according to court documents.
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I'm finding a lot of useful info here, but I'm still left unsure of how to proceed. I'm highly suspicious that I could have celiac disease or at least the gluten sensitivity and things do seem to be getting somewhat worse than what I've put up with my whole life until now.
I guess I'm wondering if I need to go thru all the expense of testing when the "cure" is going to be dietary anyway. That is, would everyone recommend just following the diet for a period of time just to see what happens? I guess recovery from symptoms would tell me everything I need to know, right? Or is there something beneficial to actually having bonafide positive test results in hand? Is having the test resuts helpful to give you the drive necessary to do the diet properly and completely?
ALSO....if you believe there IS value in the blood tests, could you tell me exactly what group of tests would be needed? I thought I saw this somewhere, but couldn't find the info again.
Go to search up at top and type in tests, or go to members and enter KatieUSA and then search her posts. I've never had the tests done, well, not the blood or stool or anything. I was dx'd by the diet challenge by my dr. 9 yrs ago. But I don't think that the tests, if any, at that time were very sophisticated anyhow. I believe the bloodwork would tell you just how bad off you are and if it's celiac or gluten intolerance. Enterolab can let you know if you have specific genetic markers for celiac, gluten intolerance, or both or none. Biopsy, if done correctly, can show how much damage, if any, has happened to your villi. That's it in a nutshell. It depends on how much you HAVE to know. Me, I'm kinda curious about my genetic markers and may pursue that. There is absolutely no way I'm going back on gluten to find out if maybe I have gluten intolerance or celiac. Either way, the treatment is the same - gluten-free. Remember though, if you try the gluten-free diet and have the tests w/o going back on gluten for a good length of time, the tests will be skewed.
HI-I just went through all of the testing because for one, I know FOR SURE that there isn't more going on; but after I went on the gluten challenge (where you eat gluten just for the testing purposes) after being almost 100% off of it for 3 months, that really gave me all the proof that I need. Ever since I went to eating "anything I wanted" from cookies to pasta, to pizza to bread, I FELT LIKE EVEN MORE CRAP ALL OVER MY BODY IN A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS then ever!
Soooooo, I would say if you don't feel the tests are necessary, then just try the diet. It def. will give you answers but you need to follow it 100% which is something I never did before. That means, any and every product you eat AND USE (shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc.) or you won't get completely accurate results from the diet either.
Today is my first day gluten free and I'm just waiting for the results. I also went through the testing to prove to family and friends that I'm not crazy, which is kind of crazy in itself because I felt like I was killing myself everyday as it got worse and worse!
Anyway, so I would say, it depends on how bad you feel and how strongly you believe this is your problem. And if you aren't willing to go 100% without a diagnosis, (which is hard to do, at least for me it was) then maybe you should just go through with the testing before you start messing with your diet, and then decide to get the tests. If you start eating gluten free, or even mostly gluten free, your tests may not come back accurate anyway because you might not have enough gluten in your system to show up! Unless you use enterolab, which I also did.
Anyway, I might have confused you more, but I just went through this whole thought process, so I thought I would add my input from experience.


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Increasing quality. Enhancing efficiencies. Improving worker productivity. These are three goals of many manufacturers who are looking for creative ways to achieve better metrics within their operation. One such area that can be easily overlooked is within employee scheduling. It sounds simple, yet a deeper look into the process can highlight where scheduling can affect each of the three goals.
Historically, basic scheduling was the norm for many plants, which consisted of first, second and third shifts. These schedules were devised in an Excel spreadsheet and posted on a wall for visibility. In addition, to assign a worker to a schedule, many plants use a manual bidding process that is based on skills, certification and seniority. With input from the plant scheduler, who understood the production planning, the worker schedule was created and modified based on exceptions. Overall, a very tedious and manual process.
All of these will affect the ability to achieve the goals of quality, efficiency and productivity.
Employee fatigue is another possible result of poorly managed schedules, which can also adversely affect achieving goals. In the example above, the supervisor most likely called in a worker who was off that day. Or, they may have asked workers from the shift either before or after to stay or come in early. In both instances, the worker may not be able to have enough rest time causing him to be tired, which can have the downstream effect on compromised safety, reduced productivity, lack of focus and increased frustration.
The challenge is how to manage the schedules effectively and reduce the effects of unexpected changes. To help alleviate some that risk, there are tools and processes that are now available to manage even the most complex scheduling scenarios. The leading workforce management applications all have scheduling modules that address seniority, fatigue factors and skill requirements. While the retail, healthcare and transportation sectors have all embraced more advanced scheduling tools, the manufacturing world has been slow to do so and is now starting to realize the potential it brings in better managing their workforce.
• Supervisor enters the absence into the time system (alternatively, the worker can report their absence via an automated voice system or mobile device).
• The Supervisor can contact the workers, or the workers will receive notification of the open shift via email, text or voicemail.
• If the worker is interested in the shift, they can respond via email, text or voicemail, claim the shift and go to the production line.
How did this help with the goals of productivity, efficiencies and quality?
• The Supervisor didn't spend a long period of time looking for who was eligible to work, allowing them to focus on the operation.
• The eligible workers had the option of working additional time with adequate rest, which will keep them focused and feeling involved in the process, in addition to giving them an option to work overtime.
• Only those workers who were eligible were notified, eliminating those were not certified or having the right skill set.
• Most importantly, the production line was kept functional with the appropriate skills.
While this was an example of dealing with an exception, there are benefits of using an application in the normal day-to-day scheduling process.
A scheduling tool can help optimize schedules by looking at certain types of data, then creating a schedule that is based on the peaks and valleys of the production line as well as the skills needed to staff that line. As with the exception process, the automation will also look at times allocated for potential fatigue, safety meetings, clean up, donning/doffing and other activities that may affect the overall schedule, but will deliver a holistic schedule for the various areas within the plant. A plant scheduler can then work with the management team to fine tune the delivered schedules based on potential line exceptions without manually creating the schedules in excel or a printed matrix. The schedule is posted online or to the workers mobile device for review.
By automating the scheduling through robust tools and automation, manufacturing organizations are bringing an enhanced digital customer experience to their workers. Doing this can help workers feel more connected to the organization as supervisors and workers more effectively manage the production process, enabling schedule predictability and ensuring the right person, with the right skills, will be in the right area in the plant at the right time. A win, win.
Jenine Bogrand is the manufacturing leader of LaborWise, Deloitte Consulting LLP.


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NEAFL Fantasy Scores of 2019
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State league fantasy scores give us a good idea of how fringe players perform from a fantasy perspective. We can use this information to identify up and coming fantasy stars to draft in our keeper leagues. Last year, we identified Jordan Dawson as an up and coming fantasy player going by his NEAFL numbers. A few years ago, Tom Mitchell's fantasy numbers at the state level were immense. Despite not being best 22 at the time, he is now one of the best fantasy performers. Obviously there some players won't play the same role in AFL, or won't get a game ahead of other players. I will try not to talk about those players. In this article, I will take a look at NEAFL fantasy scores of 2019 that are likely to be relevant to our keeper league drafts next year.
The NEAFL is probably my favourite league to analyse. There are huge numbers posted in this league. The gap in class between the AFL listed players and the amateurs making up the rest of the league is huge. You may think that this sort of disparity is misleading when it comes to fantasy numbers. In some ways that is true. But it also allows players to play their natural game and show what they can do from a fantasy perspective. With that said let's have a look at the NEAFL fantasy scores of 2019 and analyse some of the better players in this league.
The first player we'll take a look at is Corey Lyons, who racked up the points at NEAFL level this year. Lyons was recently delisted by Brisbane but looks like being re-drafted to the rookie list. Looking at his numbers, he averaged 116 AFL Fantasy points this season, going at 30 disposals, 7 marks, 3 tackles and a goal per game. If we look at his scores by round, his bigger games featured 146, 139 and 138 AFL Fantasy Points. Obviously, there are concerns with his place in the team even if he does get re-drafted. Lyons is yet to debut, and with the strength of the Lions' list, his chances of playing look slim. However, he was named an emergency on multiple occasions this year, showing he's close. Let's hope he turns out like his brother Jarryd and makes his way into the side.
Another player who stands out is Jackson Hately. Hately will be snapped up in most leagues already, but if you're starting a new keeper league or are able to acquire him via trading, he's someone you should be looking at. Hately played 13 games at NEAFL level this season and averaged 112 points per game. In terms of stats, he averaged 27 disposals, 6 marks and 7 tackles per game. Of his 13 games, only two resulted in fantasy scores under 100 points. Hately's top scores in the NEAFL were 153, 139 and 137 AFL Fantasy points. Hopefully, he can find a permanent spot in GWS' side next year and replicate these numbers at AFL level.
The last player I'll look at is Lewis Taylor. In case you haven't heard, Taylor was recently traded to Sydney. His numbers at NEAFL level were good, averaging 109 points per game. His top score of the season was 137, with other good scores of 124 and 123 AFL Fantasy points. My concern with Taylor is that he won't replicate the midfield time at AFL level as he did in the NEAFL. Sydney also has a number of other small forwards in Tom Papely and newly acquired Sam Gray. So despite having good NEAFL numbers, he's not a player I'm hot on. However, it's not uncommon for players to thrive in a new environment and boost AFL Fantasy numbers. Monitor his output during the preseason.
Top 10 NEAFL Averages of 2019
Ryan Clarke Sydney Swans 6 20.2 17.7 6.3 5.5 0.7 0.7 0 0.2 0.8 137.3
Jack Martin Gold Coast Suns 1 11 21 2 12 0 2 0 2 0 135
Harry Perryman GIANTS 1 19 9 7 9 2 1 0 0 0 131
Robbie Fox Sydney Swans 6 16 13.2 5.3 7.7 1.3 1.2 0.2 1 0.2 125.2
Aaron Young Gold Coast Suns 7 18.3 11.7 7.1 4.4 1.1 0.7 0 1.1 0.7 124
Oscar McInerney Brisbane Lions 1 10 9 5 7 0 1 34 0 0 122
Ryan Bastinac Brisbane Lions 17 19.1 12.2 6.5 3.6 0.5 0.9 0 1.3 0.8 121.9
Will Brodie Gold Coast Suns 6 19.5 13.3 5.5 4.2 1 0.7 0 0.3 0.3 119.7
James Rowbottom Sydney Swans 8 16.9 12.5 4 6.8 1.4 1.2 0 1 0.8 119
Colin O'Riordan Sydney Swans 5 19.6 12.8 7.4 2.8 0.4 0.2 0 0.2 0.2 119
Gain access to all NEAFL Fantasy Scores by becoming a member. Members can view the full table here.
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Shankar Srinivas
shankar.srinivas@dpag.ox.ac.uk
01865 272187, 01865 272165, 01865 279762
Srinivas Group
PhD, MPhil, MA, BSc
Professor of Developmental Biology
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator
Shankar completed a BSc in Nizam College in Hyderabad, India. He then joined the group of Frank Costantini in Columbia University, New York, where he received a PhD for work on the molecular genetics of kidney development. Following this, he moved to the NIMR in Mill Hill, London, where he worked as a HFSPO fellow in the groups of Rosa Beddington and Jim Smith on how the anterior-posterior axis is established. Here, he developed time-lapse microscopy approaches to study early post-implantation mouse embryos, with which he characterised the active migration of cells of the Anterior Visceral Endoderm, a process essential for the correct orientation of the anterior posterior axis of the embryo. In 2004 Shankar started his independent group at the University of Oxford as a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow and as Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in Medicine at Jesus College. In 2016 he became Professor of Developmental Biology. He is currently a Wellcome Senior Investigator.
The research in Shankar's group focuses on two main areas. The first is to understand how the coordinated cell movements that shape the early mammalian embryo prior to and during gastrulation are controlled. The second is to understand how the heart forms and starts to beat. Shankar's group takes a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to address these questions, using techniques spanning molecular genetics, lightsheet and confocal time-lapse imaging, single cell approaches, proteomics and embryo explant culture. Shankar is also passionate about science outreach. His group participates regularly in science festival, for which they have developed 3D printed models of developing embryos and a virtual reality based embryo and microscopy image volume explorer.
Further information can be found at Srinivas Research
Calcium handling precedes cardiac differentiation to initiate the first heartbeat.
Tyser RC. et al, (2016), Elife, 5
Multi-cellular rosettes in the mouse visceral endoderm facilitate the ordered migration of anterior visceral endoderm cells.
Trichas G. et al, (2012), PLoS Biol, 10
Nodal dependent differential localisation of dishevelled-2 demarcates regions of differing cell behaviour in the visceral endoderm.
Trichas G. et al, (2011), PLoS Biol, 9
Use of the viral 2A peptide for bicistronic expression in transgenic mice.
Trichas G. et al, (2008), BMC Biol, 6
Active cell migration drives the unilateral movements of the anterior visceral endoderm.
Srinivas S. et al, (2004), Development, 131, 1157 - 1164
Hippo Enters the Competition.
Royer C. and Srinivas S., (2019), Dev Cell, 50, 127 - 128
Peristaltic Elastic Instability in an Inflated Cylindrical Channel.
Cheewaruangroj N. et al, (2019), Phys Rev Lett, 122
A single-cell molecular map of mouse gastrulation and early organogenesis.
Pijuan-Sala B. et al, (2019), Nature, 566, 490 - 495
Mechanics of mouse blastocyst hatching revealed by a hydrogel-based microdeformation assay.
Leonavicius K. et al, (2018), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 115, 10375 - 10380
Defining murine organogenesis at single-cell resolution reveals a role for the leukotriene pathway in regulating blood progenitor formation.
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Before the Liberation somewhere in the year 1955 Custodio Fernandes of Savoi Verem was no more. My Grandmother Joaquina became a widow.
Present among the members of the family was a six month old grandson, me, and it's my pleasure today to remember my grandmother Joaquina whom we all, including myself, know and call "Mai".
Today she is no more with us but no one knows if she is truly gone, or gone to meet others who passed before her. Let me dedicate this poem to describe "Mai" by Henry Van Dyke.
Mai, my Grandmother was a loving, affectionate, and a very hardworking woman in the family well known to all of you.
Some of the memories which will be ever cherished are as follows.
1.I was probably 6 or 7 years old when she would send a worker to fetch me from Sonarbag. The way to Savoi Verem had a walking distance of around 10 km, consisting of crossing a river and going through mango groves and paddy fields over the hills to get there. She would ensure that I was carried all the way on the shoulders of the said worker. Some times there would be two of them who would take turns. And after reaching home she would question me and make sure I had no trouble.
2. Another incident was the journey I made with her to the ferry wharf when I was 8 years old and as we sat I became fascinated by the waves created by the propeller of the boat. I remember throwing one of my shoes into the churn and showing my great achievement to my Mai and she just murmured something, laughed a bit and hugged me.
3. I remember having an opportunity of watching a movie at Ponda theatre. Just two of us.
4.I know Mai as a woman entrepreneur in my teenage days when she would get the work done using the available labor in those times. She had a good sense of management of the household chores including business, by using her Labor Management Skills. Being a single mother she managed the male labor force with ease. She ensured that her children were educated in good schools and employed labor to keep her business and household in tact. She believed in cleanliness and kept no stone unturned to achieve her goals. Her primary Goal was to Give. She was a giver.
5. I remember the hard work and excellence she would put in to earn that extra income just to ensure that she had enough to give it to those ones in need within her family and circle of friends. She was not interested in an expensive sari or luxury. She was a very simple person. She never wanted anybody to pity her being a single mother. In fact she is an idol of women's empowerment.Today all women should understand what it means to empower without taking their husbands into consideration. She never looked back or complained. She was most loving person I have seen.
Today I am happy that Mai will be reborn with new energy.
I take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for coming to pay their last homage to my "MAI".
You could not have said it any better/ Loved your tribute to Mai very much. Kudos to you.


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Carper pleaded to fellow Senate Democrats to help push the bills forward and start the debate on trade. | John Shinkle/POLITICO
The one Democrat who voted with GOP on trade
By SEUNG MIN KIM
Only one Senate Democrat on Tuesday helped advance trade legislation pushed by President Barack Obama: Tom Carper of Delaware.
The pro-trade senator was the only Democrat who voted with nearly all Republicans to proceed to the so-called fast-track measure that would allow Obama to submit trade deals to Congress for approval without amendments. The vote was 52-45, and it needed 60 to advance.
The mild-mannered Carper wasn't shy about his willingness to buck his party on Tuesday's procedural vote. Earlier Tuesday, Carper held a press conference with Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Senate Republican and business groups on the need to pass a trade promotion authority bill.
In a floor speech on Tuesday morning, Carper urged fellow Senate Democrats to help push the bills forward and start the debate on trade.
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"The goal of this trade agreement is to open up these other markets in other countries so we can sell our goods, our products and our services there," Carper said. "This is a top priority for this administration and this should be a top priority for Democrats and Republicans and a priority that's hammered out, and compromises that are hammered out that are fair to workers and middle-class families."
Carper has stood alone on other votes in the past. In March, he was the sole senator in the chamber — Democrat or Republican — to cast a vote in favor of Obama's budget proposal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the only Republican to vote against cloture, but that was solely a procedural move that allows him to bring up the legislation again. Three senators were missing from Tuesday's vote: Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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