When baking muffins, the butter in your recipe contributes to the texture and moisture in the cooked muffin. Luckily, running out of butter does not mean you have to make a quick trip to the store or forget about making your favorite muffins. A variety of different butter substitutes enable you to make your favorite muffins, often yielding a final treat that is lower in fat and calories.
Substitute margarine or vegetable shortening equally for the butter in your recipe. For example, if your recipe calls for 1 cup of butter, replace that with 1 cup of margarine or shortening. Mix into your muffin batter in the same manner you would the butter. If your recipe calls for melted butter, you may substitute equal amounts of oil, instead.
Replace the butter with a fruit or vegetable puree. While applesauce works well in most recipes and is already pureed, other fruits and vegetables make good substitutions while complimenting the flavor of the muffin. Simply place the fruits or vegetables in a food processor and blend until smooth. Fruit and vegetable purees substitute at half the amount of butter in the recipe. For example, if your recipe calls for 1 cup of butter, replace with 1/2 cups of fruit puree or 3/4 cups of vegetable puree.
Substitute the butter in your muffin recipe with yogurt or sour cream. Like fruit purees, yogurt or sour cream replaces the butter in your recipe with only half the amount. If your recipe calls for 1/2 cups of butter, replace with 1/4 cups yogurt or sour cream.
Choose a puree flavor that compliments your muffin. For example, pureed blueberries add color and additional flavor to blueberry muffins while prune puree contributes to a rich dark brown color in chocolate muffins. If you want to retain some of the buttery flavor in your muffins but still want to reduce the fat and calories, consider replacing half of the butter with a butter alternative. For example, if your recipe calls for 1 cup of butter, use 1/2 cups of butter and 1/4 cups of yogurt or fruit puree.
When omitting traditional fats, such as butter, muffins can become dense in texture. To avoid this, consider using cake flour, in place of all-purpose flour or increasing the sugar by a tablespoon or two. If your recipe includes eggs, separate the egg whites and beat them until fluffy. Gently fold them into the batter. Omitting fats in a recipe can also reduce the necessary cooking time. Follow your recipe for oven temperature, but begin checking your muffins 10 minutes sooner than the recommended cooking time. Insert a toothpick into the center of the muffin. If it comes out clean, cooking is complete. If not, recheck in 2 to 3 minutes until they are done. If using sweetened applesauce or yogurt, reduce the amount of sugar in your recipe by a teaspoon or two to avoid an overly sweet muffin.


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L'Ange des ténèbres () est un roman de l'écrivain argentin Ernesto Sábato publié en 1974. Il constitue le troisième et dernier volet de son œuvre romanesque après Le Tunnel () en 1948 et Héros et Tombes () en 1961. L'Ange des ténèbres a remporté le Prix du Meilleur livre étranger en 1976 dans la catégorie « Roman ».

Présentation
L'Ange des ténèbres est, du point de vue de la technique romanesque, le plus expérimental de la « trilogie » de Sábato : la structure narrative se trouve fragmentée en une suite de scènes tantôt réalistes, tantôt fantastiques, où s'entremêlent épisodes autobiographiques, réflexions philosophiques, histoires parallèles, critiques littéraires et plus encore. Quelques personnages des deux romans antérieurs apparaissent dans celui-ci. L'atmosphère est généralement apocalyptique, le ton désespéré et l'ambiance pessimiste. Œuvre de son temps et sur son temps, le roman revisite plusieurs drames marquants de l'histoire nationale et internationale au  : le bombardement de Hiroshima, la Révolution argentine, la Guerre du Viêt Nam, etc.

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Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Littérature argentine
 Mal — L'un des thèmes principaux du roman

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Q: when command not found, bash `$?` return 0, not 127 I have a shell script file, I check the $? is 0 to judge the script run successfully.
When the script has a error command, it will run failed, I think it will exit by 127, but if I use bash -l it still return 0, this make me dont know there is running successfully or command not found. BUt if no -l it return 127
there is my demo:
[root@T /tmp]# cat _script.sh
no_such_cmd
[root@T /tmp]# bash _script.sh
_script.sh: line 1: no_such_cmd: command not found
[root@T /tmp]# echo $?
127
[root@T /tmp]# bash -l _script.sh
no_such_cmd : command not found
[root@T /tmp]# echo $?
0
[root@T /tmp]# no_such_cmd
no_such_cmd : command not found
[root@T /tmp]# echo $?
0
[root@T /tmp]# zsh
[root@T]/tmp# no_such_cmd
zsh: command not found: no_such_cmd
[root@T]/tmp# echo $?
127

A: I read the answer of @chepner in detecting command not found in bash script
and add the unset command_not_found_handle at the first line has solved the matter

A: A snippet of code would help with a diagnosis.  I'm running a very old version of bash (3.2.25) and I can't duplicate your results.
$ a
-bash: a: command not found
$ echo $?
127
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

But as previously stated, check if the command exists first.  command -v might be what you're after.

A: Maybe you can check the command exists before trying to call it: Check if a program exists from a Bash script

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package com.owera.xaps.shell.menu;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

import com.owera.xaps.dbi.Parameter;
import com.owera.xaps.dbi.Profile;
import com.owera.xaps.dbi.ProfileParameter;
import com.owera.xaps.dbi.Unit;
import com.owera.xaps.dbi.UnittypeParameter;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.Context;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.Session;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.UnitTempStorage;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.command.Option;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.output.Heading;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.output.Line;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.output.Listing;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.output.OutputHandler;
import com.owera.xaps.shell.util.Validation;

public class ProfileMenu {
	private Session session;
	private Context context;

	public ProfileMenu(Session session) {
		this.session = session;
		this.context = session.getContext();
	}

	private void listparams(String[] inputArr, OutputHandler oh) throws Exception {
		ProfileParameter[] profileParameters = context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().getProfileParameters();
		Listing listing = oh.getListing();
		listing.setHeading("Unittype parameter name", "Value");
		for (int i = 0; i < profileParameters.length; i++) {
			if (!Validation.matches(inputArr.length > 1 ? inputArr[1] : null, profileParameters[i].getUnittypeParameter().getName(), profileParameters[i].getValue()))
				continue;
			listing.addLine(profileParameters[i].getUnittypeParameter().getName(), profileParameters[i].getValue());
		}
	}

	private void setparam(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Validation.numberOfArgs(args, 3);
		ProfileParameter profileParameter = context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().getByName(args[1]);
		String action = "";
		UnittypeParameter up = context.getUnittype().getUnittypeParameters().getByName(args[1]);
		if (up == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The profile parameter " + args[1] + " is not a unittype parameter in unittype " + context.getUnittype().getName());
		} else {
			if (args[2].equals("NULL")) {
				if (profileParameter == null) {
					action = "ignored (parameter was set to NULL and did not exist in database)";
				} else {
					action = "deleted (parameter was set to NULL)";
					context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().deleteProfileParameter(profileParameter, session.getXaps());
				}
			} else {
				if (profileParameter == null) {
					profileParameter = new ProfileParameter(context.getProfile(), up, args[2]);
					action = "added";
				} else {
					profileParameter.setValue(args[2]);
					action = "changed (parameter existed in database, this message does not imply a change of value)";
				}
				context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().addOrChangeProfileParameter(profileParameter, session.getXaps());
			}
			session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The profile parameter " + args[1] + " is " + action + ".");
			session.incCounter();
		}
	}

	private void delparam(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Validation.numberOfArgs(args, 2);
		ProfileParameter profileParameter = context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().getByName(args[1]);
		if (profileParameter == null)
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The profile parameter does not exist.");
		else {
			context.getProfile().getProfileParameters().deleteProfileParameter(profileParameter, session.getXaps());
			session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The profile parameter " + args[1] + " is deleted.");
			session.incCounter();
		}
	}

	private void listunits(String[] args, OutputHandler oh) throws Exception {
		Listing listing = oh.getListing();
		Line headingLine = new Line("Unit Id");
		if (oh.getCommand().getOptions().containsKey(Option.OPTION_LIST_ALL_COLUMNS)) {
			Map<String, String> displayableMap = context.getUnittype().getUnittypeParameters().getDisplayableNameMap();
			for (String shortName : displayableMap.values())
				headingLine.addValue(shortName);
		}
		listing.setHeading(new Heading(headingLine));
		Map<String, Unit> units = getUnitMap(args);
		for (String unitId : units.keySet()) {
			Line line = new Line(unitId);
			if (oh.getCommand().getOptions().containsKey(Option.OPTION_LIST_ALL_COLUMNS)) {
				Map<String, String> displayableMap = context.getUnittype().getUnittypeParameters().getDisplayableNameMap();
				Unit unit = session.getXapsUnit().getUnitById(unitId);
				for (String utpName : displayableMap.keySet()) {
					String value = unit.getParameters().get(utpName);
					if (value == null)
						line.addValue("NULL");
					else
						line.addValue(value);

				}
			}
			listing.addLine(line, units.get(unitId));
		}
	}

	private void setunit(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Validation.numberOfArgs(args, 2);
		UnitTempStorage uts = session.getBatchStorage().getAddUnits();
		uts.addUnit(context.getProfile(), args[1]);
		session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The unit " + args[1] + " was added/changed (context: " + context + ")");
		if (uts.size() == 1000) {
			for (Entry<Profile, List<String>> entry : uts.getUnits().entrySet()) {
				session.getXapsUnit().addUnits(entry.getValue(), entry.getKey());
			}
			uts.reset();
		}
		session.incCounter();
	}

	private void delunit(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Validation.numberOfArgs(args, 2);
		UnitTempStorage uts = session.getBatchStorage().getDeleteUnits();
		uts.addUnit(context.getProfile(), args[1]);
		session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The unit " + args[1] + " is scheduled for deletion");
		if (uts.size() == 1000) {
			for (Entry<Profile, List<String>> entry : uts.getUnits().entrySet()) {
				session.getXapsUnit().deleteUnits(entry.getValue(), entry.getKey());
			}
			context.println("The units scheduled for deletion are deleted");
			uts.reset();
		}
		session.incCounter();
	}

	private void delallunits() throws Exception {
		session.getXapsUnit().deleteUnits(context.getProfile());
		session.println("All units (in this profile) were deleted");
	}

	private void moveunit(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Validation.numberOfArgs(args, 3);
		Unit unit = session.getXapsUnit().getUnitById(args[1], context.getUnittype(), context.getProfile());
		Profile profile = context.getUnittype().getProfiles().getByName(args[2]);
		if (unit != null && profile != null) {
			List<String> unitIds = new ArrayList<String>();
			unitIds.add(args[1]);
			session.getXapsUnit().moveUnits(unitIds, profile);
			session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The unit was moved to profile " + profile.getName());
		} else {
			session.println("[" + session.getCounter() + "] The unit does not exist");
		}
		session.incCounter();
	}

	/*
	 * Returns  true  : has processed a cd-command
	 * Returns  false : has processed another command (everything else)
	 */
	public boolean execute(String[] inputArr, OutputHandler oh) throws Exception {
		String cmd = inputArr[0];
		if (cmd.startsWith("delallunits")) {
			delallunits();
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("delp")) {
			delparam(inputArr);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("delunit")) {
			delunit(inputArr);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("listp")) {
			listparams(inputArr, oh);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("listu")) {
			listunits(inputArr, oh);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("moveu")) {
			moveunit(inputArr);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("setp")) {
			setparam(inputArr);
		} else if (cmd.startsWith("setu")) {
			setunit(inputArr);
		} else {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The command " + inputArr[0] + " was not recognized.");
		}
		return false;
	}

	private Map<String, Unit> getUnitMap(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Map<String, Unit> units = null;
		if (args.length == 1)
			units = session.getXapsUnit().getUnits((String) null, context.getUnittype(), context.getProfile(), null);
		else if (args.length == 2) {
			units = session.getXapsUnit().getUnits("%" + args[1] + "%", context.getUnittype(), context.getProfile(), null);
		} else if (args.length > 2) {
			List<Parameter> params = ParameterParser.parse(context, args);
			units = session.getXapsUnit().getUnits(context.getUnittype(), context.getProfile(), params, null);
		}
		return units;
	}
}

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Students write best when they can use their own voices and tell their own stories. Some students need guidance from their teachers to help them determine what to write about, while others can be handed any theme and produce whatever is asked of them. So we have put together four themes to help draw out the voices of those at-risk students who aren't inspired by the traditional writing prompts provided in our middle and high schools.
Think about someone close to you whom you have lost. What do you miss the most about them?
Write how someone provided support to you that was most meaningful while you experienced grief. Tell about how the loss impacted you, and what that someone's actions meant to you.
Describe a time when you have been confronted with what you saw as injustice. How did you respond? What did you learn about yourself or society through the experience?
Think of a time when you achieved an academic goal. Tell your readers about the story of how you met your goal. Be sure that your readers understand why the goal is important to you.
Tell the story of a scar, whether a physical scar or emotional one. To be a writer, said Stephen King, "The only requirement is the ability to remember every scar." Good writers don't cover up their wounds, they glorify them. Think for a few moments about a moment in your life when you were wounded, whether physically or emotionally. Then, write a story, true or fictional, involving that wound.
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Writing low-level general-purpose libraries is quite a unique domain. It is where even small performance optimizations pay off due to the scale of use. Yet, exposing clear, fluent, discoverable, easy-to-learn APIs is still the most important concern.
Also depends on the environment/language and the CPU architecture (i.e. Itanium vs. x86/AMD64 vs. ARM64). And finally on the design. These low level pieces can be pushed deep down in the codebase (or library) so the upper parts don't have to deal with it.
Yeah, it's a fragile territory. But it's an interesting knowledge to have and topic to discuss.
It was bunch of questions about the code provided - what the outcome could be and why, what happens with volatile here and there, etc.
And now digging deep into double-checked locking and write barriers. I wish I could do this more often.
I was just questioned about .NET's memory model and volatile. Awesome.


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Niall Iain begins new bid to row North Atlantic
Island adventurer Niall Iain Macdonald has begun a new attempt to row solo across the North Atlantic.
Niall Iain, 44, left Norfolk, Virginia, at 6am today (Wednesday May 23) local time (10am GMT/11am BST). He hopes to complete his 3,400 rowing challenge in three to four months and will be rowing for 12 hours a day, every day, on a two hour on/off rotation.
Niall Iain signalled the start of his challenge with a simple post on Twitter and Facebook – "How long should you try? Until. 36°55′17″N 76°11′19″W"
This is a third attempt at the North Atlantic row – previously named NY2SY as he planned to go from New York to Stornoway – for freelance broadcaster Niall Iain.
His first attempt at the challenge in 2014 ended when he suffered a bad accident on board just nine days into it.
He always knew he would make another attempt. "I remember when we went back out to get the boat in 2014, on that day we found her. When I saw the boat on its own in the ocean, I felt 'I should be on it' – and I knew that I was going to try again at some point."
However, the time was not right for a second attempt until last year.
Then, he spent six weeks in New York on standby to start, waiting for a weather window that would allow him to clear land safely – but it never came, due to a series of low pressure systems.
He returned again to New York in late April this year and spent another two weeks on standby until making the decision with this weather router, at the end of last week, to move further down the US coast to take advantage of better weather conditions.
He moved his boat from Liberty Landing Marina in Manhattan and she went back in the water at Cobb's Marina on Little Creek, Norfolk, on Tuesday.
Niall Iain, who was born in Inverness, is undertaking NY2SY to raise at least £100,000 for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and to raise awareness of mental health issues in general, having had his own struggles in the past.
Although he will be rowing solo, Niall Iain has a shore-based support team – led by Leven Brown, who is also acting as his weather router and was instrumental in the decision to move the start point because of the persistent unfavourable conditions in New York.
Leven was part of Mark Beaumont's support team for his Around Britain cycle challenge last year and is a hugely-respected ocean rower in his own right.
Speaking just before he left Norfolk, Niall Iain said: "There has been a lot of interest in the boat and my challenge and lots of offers of help from other boat owners in the marina.
"I was a bit nervous about coming down to Norfolk as it was a bit of a gamble, but one that we – Leven and I – felt was worth taking.
"I had already spent two weeks sitting in New York on standby and there was no sign of a weather window appearing there anytime soon. By heading 300 miles further south I am giving myself a much better chance of getting the sustained conditions that I need to get started. I hope to catch the shoulder of the Azores High Pressure System and take advantage of the SW winds in this area to make good progress out into the ocean.
"NaturalIy it is disappointing that I will not be leaving New York as I have always intended to do but I know that this is the right move if I am going to get the chance to row across the North Atlantic Ocean at all. And when I think about it, I have already rowed out of New York, under the Verrazano Bridge and out into the ocean, back in 2014 when I first attempted NY2SY.
"This is just another unexpected chapter in the whole NY2SY story and I very much hope that it's the start of a successful adventure."
As a solo ocean rower, the right weather conditions are essential in order to safely clear the coastline, as a solo rower cannot keep a boat moving the whole time. "You need a period of five or six days of favourable weather so you can punch out into the ocean," explained Niall Iain.
Although he never got that break last year, the temptation had been there to try anyway.
"But I listened to the weather router and took advice of a couple of ocean rowers who were all saying, 'don't risk it, don't go'. People were saying, 'if you get washed up somewhere, that's it, but if you don't go you've got another chance'.
"So I just spent six weeks living on the boat, in the marina. By mid-June it was clear that I was not going to get away, so I just said, 'right, postpone again."
This time, Niall Iain and Leven made the decision to move before time ran out, as he has to be underway by mid-June to avoid being caught up in bad Autumnal weather.
Niall Iain said: "I feel calm and I feel excited. I still have the same clammy hands and fear when I really think about it and I'm not getting ahead of myself. Each day as it comes. I'm as scared as I was the first time I attempted it, but I know it is possible. I know that I've trained hard and properly for what lies ahead and I'm really excited as well."
He deliberately kept it low key this time, so he could make preparations away from the media glare. "I just wanted to focus on what was ahead of me, so very few people knew. It took a bit of pressure off me.
"In 2014 there was quite a lot of fuss made and I always felt uncomfortable with it as I hadn't actually done anything yet. I understood the interest but It always bothered me. So when I decided to go again, I thought, 'things have changed a bit'. Hopefully we can celebrate at the end of it all."
Niall Iain's boat – a 24ft ocean rower – has been renamed ALBA. She was kept in storage in New York since 2014 and is now packed with four months of rations and 140 litres of fresh water ballast, in case the desalination water-maker fails.
"The main motivation for NY2SY Solo North Atlantic row is to raise at least £100,000 for SAMH and also hopefully this will encourage people to seek help or find out more about mental health issues. There may be people who are suffering themselves or people who want to have a better understanding of what their loved ones are going through.
"Any donations are very welcome. I'm going to be struggling out there at times. What will be driving me forward is knowing that there will be people back here who'll be supporting me and also the wider issue of SAMH."
He added: "It's because of my own back story and where I've been before. Clinical depression does not discriminate. It affects people with great lives, too. Depression is still an elephant in the room. And it is something we should talk about. I still take dives but the difference is that, because of the help I got, I can manage them better."
Another motivation was "just a plain desire to do it – sometimes it doesn't have to be too deep and too difficult to explain".
The Scottish Association for Mental Health is a charity working across Scotland. Over the last year, in more than 60 communities, SAMH have supported almost 4,000 people through a wide range of person-centred and recovery-focused community services. Visit www.samh.org.uk or follow @SAMHtweets on Twitter for more information.
Julie Macdonald, SAMH Senior Fundraising Manager, said: "We want to say thank you to Niall Iain for choosing to support SAMH during this unique personal challenge. We wish him luck and every success in his venture."
Donations can be made via Niall Iain's JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/NY2SY. The main website address for the challenge is http://www.NY2SY.co.uk and there is a tracker there, at www.ny2sy.co.uk/track-my-progress.
Although he will not be able to see any comments made on social media while he is away, Niall Iain will be keeping people informed by blogging about his experiences at blog.mailasail.com/ny2sy and posting updates on his Twitter and Facebook pages.
Find him on Facebook at facebook.com/NY2SYsolo and on Twitter as @NY2SYsolo. Useful hashtags are #NY2SY and #SAMH.
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It's valentine's day today, and this day holds a special meaning to Hubs and me.
11 years ago, we got together over kway teow soup and iced milo. Not the most romantic valentine's day, but because it was all so simple, it sort of shaped how our relationship was going to be like in the future.
I don't remember being taken out for expensive dinners or being romanced under the stars. We buy gifts for each other, not for special occasions like today, but just because we feel like it. It is precisely this simplicity that makes me appreciate this special man in my life.
Trust and communication defines this relationship. All these years, I never needed to second guess what he was thinking about. Yes, I have thrown tantrums, made fuss over the littlest things. I still do really. But this man tolerates my nonsense all because of the simple reason that he loves me. (Ok lah... although i sometimes don't trust him with the boy... but that's perhaps another story) .
On this special day, I really should not be harping on his shortcomings. I want to give thanks for the love from this simple man.
I love how you never fail to make me laugh with your kookiness.
I love how you always try to accomodate my senseless demands.
I love how put your hands on mine at the end of a tough day.
I love how you make me eat all those food so I can grow fat with you.
I love how you always listen to me whine about my bad day when you've had a worse one.
I love the countless hours we spent just lazing in bed , catching up on our favourite dramas.
I love how you always encourage me to chase my dreams even if it means for you to put yours on hold.
I love the way you plant gentle kisses on our son's forehead even though he has been non-stop chanting "don't want papa" !
I love all the little things you do to show your love for me.
It's all the simple, little things that matter.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for being you.
Have you shown your appreciation to your significant other? Remember, it is not the gifts that matter. True love always thrives on the simplest things.


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Q: Can't specify type signature in GHCI when using DataKinds So, ghci is giving me an interesting error when I try and pin down the type of a polymorphic return value when using DataKinds. I have the following code:
{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
{-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-}
{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}

data DataKind
    = KindA
    | KindB

data SomeData (a :: DataKind) = forall c. SomeData
    { val :: Int
    , sub :: Maybe (SomeData c)
    }

deriving instance Show (SomeData a)

two :: SomeData 'KindA
two = SomeData 2 Nothing

This code compiles as expected. If I construct SomeData in ghci and don't specify the type it works fine:
> two
SomeData {val = 2, sub = Nothing}

> :t two
two :: SomeData 'KindA

> SomeData 2 Nothing
SomeData 2 Nothing :: SomeData a

But if I try and specify the type it errors:
> SomeData 2 Nothing :: SomeData 'KindA
<interactive>:745:32-37: error:
• Data constructor 'KindA' cannot be used here
    (Perhaps you intended to use DataKinds)
• In the first argument of 'SomeData', namely 'KindA'
  In an expression type signature: SomeData KindA
  In the expression: SomeData 1 Nothing :: SomeData KindA

It appears that the quote is not being interpreted by ghci. I started the repl using stack ghci. Has anyone encountered this before? Thanks in advance for any help.

A: SomeData 2 Nothing :: SomeData 'KindA works if you first :seti -XDataKinds. My thought is that the pragmas in the code files are incorporated when loading the file, but for things evaluated in the REPL you need to enable them inside GHCi explicitly as well.
I would think of this as when in GHCi, the file(s) you load are more like imported modules and any code in the REPL has its own set of language extensions. When loading multiple files in GHCi, you might not necessarily want all language extensions in all loaded files to be enabled/available.


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Mali: 15 militants killed in Army operation in Mopti
In Mali, at least fifteen militants have been killed in an operation by the army in Mopti region. Malian army said today that one soldier was killed and two others injured in the operation.
In a statement, army said that weapons recovered from the terrorists and their motorbikes destroyed during the operation in Tina forest on Friday.
Mali has seen a resurgence of violence in recent weeks. Last Sunday, a UN base in the historic city of Timbuktu was attacked by rocket fire and car bombs, killing one UN peacekeeper and wounding seven others.


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TV ads nutritionally unhealthy for kids, study finds
1:22 December 18, 2013
The study is published in the December issue of the journal Childhood Obesity.
Using Nielsen TV ratings data from 2009, UIC researchers examined children's exposure to food and beverage ads seen on all — both adult and children's — programming. It also looked at the nutritional content of ads on children's shows with a child-audience share of 35 percent or greater, the first study to do so.
The researchers assessed the nutritional content of products advertised – cereals, sweets, snacks, beverages and other foods — and whether they fit the proposed voluntary nutrition guidelines recommended by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children. The proposed federal guidelines, a joint effort of the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, would limit saturated fat, trans fat, added sugars and sodium, due to their potential negative effects on health or body weight.
The study also noted which ads were from food companies that pledged to promote healthier products to children or to refrain from targeting children in their advertising, under the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. CFBAI began in 2006 and currently includes 16 companies that signed on, but also set their own nutritional criteria for foods advertised to children.
"We found that less than half of children's exposure to ads for food and beverage products comes from children's programming, meaning that a significant portion of exposure is not subject to self-regulation," said Lisa Powell, professor of health policy and administration in the UIC School of Public Health and lead author of the study.
Lisa Powell, UIC professor of health policy and administration
The researchers found that more than 84 percent of food and beverage ads seen by children, ages 2 to 11, on all programming were for products high in fats, sugars and sodium. On children's programming, more than 95 percent of ads were for products high in those unhealthy contents.
Nearly all CFBAI ads seen on children's programming failed to meet recommended federal nutrition principles; more than 97 percent were for products high in fats, sugars and sodium.
While many foods made by CFBAI companies meet federal nutrition guidelines, the study suggests that the companies choose to market less-nutritional products to children more heavily.
"The self-regulatory effort has been ineffective so far," Powell said.
The CFBAI has proposed new, uniform nutrition criteria for member companies beginning Dec. 31, to replace the varying nutrition standards set by each company currently.
The new study serves as a benchmark to determine if the new, common CFBAI nutrition criteria will improve the content of products marketed to children, said Powell, who also serves as associate director of UIC's Health Policy Center of the Institute for Health Research and Policy.
Co-authors are Rebecca Schermbeck and Frank Chaloupka of UIC. The study was supported by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (award 11IPA1102973), the National Cancer Institute (award R01CA138456) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through the Bridging the Gap program.
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10 recommended Vkei songs from the 2000s that you can listen to on Spotify. (2/2)
In the 2000s, we can't miss not only new bands, but also bands that have been active since the 90s, such as DIR EN GREY's overseas expansion. Also, although not on Spotify, don't miss MALICE MIZER's Mana's solo project, Moi dix Mois. Now, let's take a look at the remaining 5 songs in the "10 V-kei songs from the 2000s you can listen to on Spotify"!
"Myaku(脈)" by DIR EN GREY (2000)
"Gekkoka" by Janne Da Arc (2005)
"Dakishimete Schwarz" by GOLDEN BOMBER (2008)
"Cyclone" by 12012 (2007)
"Occult Proposal" by VIDOLL (2002)
"Myaku" starts with a fairy-tale intro, but in a good way, it goes beyond the listener's imagination. The song is packed with addictive elements, such as the odd time signature, catchy and melodious chorus, shouts, and narrative part in the middle part of the song.
Release date : 2000/02/16
Members at the time of release : Kyo(Vo.), DIE(Gt.), Kaoru(Gt.), Toshiya(Ba.), Shinya(Dr.)
This song is the biggest hit single in the history of Janne Da Arc and the theme song for the Japanese anime "BLACK JACK". Yasu's high-pitched crystal voice matches the sad ballad. It features a mysterious and classical taste with effective use of synthesizer tones.
Members at the time of release : yasu(Vo.), you(Gt.), ka-yu(Ba.), kiyo(Key.), shuji(Dr.)
It was also in the 2000s that Golden Bomber emerged as a new style Visual-kei band. The song has an easy-to-remember phrase that makes you want to sing it at karaoke and a melody that makes you feel nostalgic.
Members at the time of release : Kiryuin Sho(Vo.), Can Yutaka(Gt.), Utahiroba Jun(Ba.), Tenkujyo Dankichi(Dr.)
"Cyclone" is the major debut single of 12012. From the intro of the song, a sense of speed can be felt. Vocalist Wataru Miyawaki sings without a moment to catch his breath, adding a sense of dynamism to the song. When the song enters the main part, you can feel the energy being released all at once.
Members at the time of release : Miyawaki Wataru(Vo.), Sakai Hiroaki(Gt.), Saito Shinichiro(Gt.), Enya Tomoyuki(Ba.), Kawauchi Toru(Dr.)
All of VIDOLL's songs are great, but "Occult Proposal" in particular is one of the loveliest, full of visual-kei style. The story-like lyrics, the extreme emotional ups and downs, and the handmade music video are all fresh and make you want to keep listening to the song. Vocalist Jui's vibrato is also beautiful and shows the high potential of the band from the beginning of their activities. If you have a chance, please watch the music video as well. You will definitely want to check out VIDOLL's work after "Occult Proposal"!
Members at the time of release : Jui(Vo.), Ayano(Gt.), Hide(Gt.), Rame(Ba.), TERO(Dr.)
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Leaders in IT and technology industries, as well as others, have understood the edge VoIP gives to them. More some among them have strategized their future operations as well and have now combined the benefits of VoIP with those of cloud computing, an emerging tech.
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When we talk about scalability we mean maximum efficiency at minimal costs. Cloud-based VoIP can save thousands if not millions because, without it, a business in need of adding users will have to expend money on hardware, server, licenses, and other related costs.
The advantage of VoIP plus cloud computing is more than scalability. Cloud and VoIP also facilitate the user with a pay-per-use model. This can help save big bucks and also help organizations to better plan, execute and achieve their financial goals.
Users receive better functionality and a bigger number of features if the service provider uses cloud-based VoIP. As organizations develop, the hierarchy expands and the roles get broader. Thus it becomes harder to manage with the same focus.
But this is no longer a problem for organizations using cloud-based VoIP services. Users still have an admin panel to monitor and control their experience but are not responsible for server administration like before.
For quality purposes, many call centers record their agent's interactions. This recording and maintenance require space and with hundreds and thousands of agents making dozens of call on a daily basis, special limits can be crossed rather quickly.


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Q: Get close window message in Hidden C# Console Application I have a Windows Form that starts some console application in background(CreateNoWindow = rue,WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden).
Windows form gives me opportunity to stop the console application at any time. But I'd like to handle somehow the close message inside the console application. I tried to use hooking like:
    [DllImport("Kernel32")]
    public static extern bool SetConsoleCtrlHandler(HandlerRoutine handler, bool add);

    // A delegate type to be used as the handler routine
    // for SetConsoleCtrlHandler.
    public delegate bool HandlerRoutine(CtrlTypes ctrlType);

    // An enumerated type for the control messages
    // sent to the handler routine.
    public enum CtrlTypes
    {
        CTRL_C_EVENT = 0,
        CTRL_BREAK_EVENT,
        CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT,
        CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT = 5,
        CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT
    }

    private static bool ConsoleCtrlCheck(CtrlTypes ctrlType)
    {
        StaticLogger.Instance.DebugFormat("Main: ConsoleCtrlCheck: Got event {0}.", ctrlType);
        if (ctrlType == CtrlTypes.CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT)
        {
            // Handle close stuff
        }
        return true;
    }

    static int Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Subscribing
        HandlerRoutine hr = new HandlerRoutine(ConsoleCtrlCheck);
        SetConsoleCtrlHandler(hr, true);
        // Doing stuff
    }

but I get the message inside ConsoleCtrlCheck only if the console window is created. But if window is hidden - I don't get any message.
In my windows Form to close console application process I use
       proc.CloseMainWindow();
to send message to the console window.
P.S. AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit += CurrentDomain_ProcessExit; - also does not help
Do you now other way to handle this situation?
Thanks.

A: This might work. I used it in NUnit testes to clean up environment. Unfortunately it is not garantieed to be called. To make it working you need to create an instance of it and pass callback function that should be called on shutdown.
    /// <summary>
    /// Detects the moment when environment is about to be shutdown.
    /// <remarks>
    ///     For usage just create single instance of it.
    ///     Each time when GC calles Finilize a '~ShutdownDetector' will be called.
    /// </remarks>
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class ShutdownDetector
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:ShutdownDetector"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="notifier">The notifier</param>
        public ShutdownDetector(Notifier notifier)
        {
            if (notifier == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("notifier");
            _notifier = notifier;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the
        /// <see cref="T:CQG.PDTools.Common.ShutdownDetector"/> is reclaimed by garbage collection.
        /// </summary>
        ~ShutdownDetector()
        {
            if (Environment.HasShutdownStarted)
            {
                onShutdown();
            }
            else
            {
                new ShutdownDetector(_notifier);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called when component needs to signal about shutdown.
        /// </summary>
        private void onShutdown()
        {
            if (_notifier != null)
            {
                _notifier();
            }
        }

        Notifier _notifier;
        public delegate void Notifier();
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UiPath Launches New Competition for Automation Start-ups in CEE
UiPath, the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market leader, today announced the launch of UiPath Automation Awards 2019 - a competition targeted to B2B automation software start-ups from the CEE region. Ending in October this year, the contest will award 50,000 euro in cash to the winner during a ceremony hosted at the How to Web conference in Bucharest, Romania.
UiPath Automation Awards has started receiving applications here for its two categories:
- Start-Up Automation Award - in this category, jurors will see applications from existing teams with a viable automation product and a maximum funding of $1 million;
- Scale-Up Automation Awards - in order to be eligible, the company has at least 3 paying customers, a solid team, and a maximum funding of $3 million.
The winner of the Start-Up category will receive a cash prize of 50,000 euro, mentoring hours with experienced executives within UiPath, and tech and marketing support. The Scale-Up category will award its winner with the introduction to at least 4 international customers from UiPath, tech and marketing support, and also with the opportunity to have its solution featured in the UiPath Immersion Labs all over the world.
Vargha Moayed, Chief Strategy Officer at UiPath and the champion of this project, declared:
We at UiPath have not forgotten that, despite our current $7 billion evaluation, not long ago we were a struggling Romanian start-up working from a Bucharest apartment with a team of 10 people. We know how hard it is for a brilliant idea to become a great company. This is why today we want to extend a helping hand to the talented entrepreneurs in this region so they may also realise their dreams.
Applications will be assessed by the 5 jurors of the competition: Elisabeta Moraru - Chief Executive Officer, Google Romania, Vargha Moayed - Chief Strategy Officer, UiPath, Boris Kumrey - Chief Robotics Officer, UiPath, Ondrej Bartos - Managing Partner, Credo Ventures, and Stephen Allott - Venture Partner, Seedcamp.
The deadline for applications is September 2, 2019, and the initial screening by the jurors will occur until September 16, from October 7 jurors will make field visits and nominate 3 finalists for each category. These will present their pitches on October 30, during the How to web conference in Bucharest, Romania.
Any startup or early-stage automation company in the CEE region (Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Turkey) is eligible.
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La casa de las dos palmas es una serie de televisión de época colombiana producida por RCN Televisión para Cadena Dos en 1990. El argumento de Martha Bossio de Martínez está basado en la novela homónima de Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Ha sido una de las series más destacadas de la televisión colombiana.

Trata de la saga familiar de la familia Herreros y su mítico pueblo de Balandú. Incesto, esposas abusadas, dementes, excomuniones, fantasmas, leprosos y todo tipo de crímenes tienen lugar en Balandú en sus primeros cuarenta años de vida.

Sinopsis
A finales del siglo XIX, Efraín Herreros (Gustavo Angarita) arrastra a su familia compuesta por esposa, hijos, hermanos y cuñada a la búsqueda de un lugar idóneo en las montañas antioqueñas donde fundar un pueblo que será sólo de su familia.

La violencia y despotismo de Efraín, aleja a su hermano Juan (Edmundo Troya) quien se instala en el pueblo de Santa María de los Robles para hacer su fortuna en las minas. Comprometido con la bella Maribel (Martha Zulay), Juan construye una mansión, "La casa de las dos palmas", para ella. Cuando la mina se arruina, Maribel rompe su compromiso.

Enloquecido, Juan comete una serie de desatinos que lo llevan a ser excomulgado, y maldecido por el sacerdote del pueblo; contrae lepra y, abandonado por todos, muere dejando su casa como testimonio de su amor.

Efraín logra su sueño de fundar el pueblo de Balandú, y de plantar su semilla en esa tierra, aparte de sus siete hijos, embaraza a la campesina Etelvina (Carmenza Gómez) y a la curandera chiflada Francisca García (Carolina Trujillo). Etelvina y su hijo se marchan, pero Francisca y su hija Escolástica (Patricia Maldonado) quedan al  servicio de los Herreros.

Cuarenta años más tarde, "La Casa de las dos Palmas" abandonada y supuestamente embrujada será abierta por Efrén Herreros (Helios Fernández), quien la convertirá en un refugio para todos los enamorados tristes de su familia.

Elenco
 Gustavo Angarita - Efraín Herreros
 Vicky Hernández - Florentina Herreros
 Edmundo Troya - Juan Herreros
 Víctor Hugo Morant - Mariano Herreros
 Gloria Gómez - Carlota Herreros
 Carmenza Gómez - Etelvina López Jiménez
 Carolina Trujillo - Francisca García Muriel
 Helios Fernández - Efrén Herreros
 Alberto León Jaramillo - Carlos Gómez
 Gloria Zapata - Laura Gómez
 Helena Mallarino - Evangelina Herreros
 Cristóbal Errázuriz - José Aníbal Gómez
 Hugo Pérez - Don Luis Vélez
 Aura Cristina Geithner - Zoraida Vélez
 Patricia Maldonado - Escolástica García
 Kristina Lilley - Matilde Herreros
 Luis Fernando Hoyos - Efrén Herreros (Joven)
 Horacio Tavera - Enrique Herreros
 Rosario Jaramillo - Imelda Jiménez
 Jaime Trespalacios - Lucas Jiménez
 Paula Peña - Georgina Pajares
 Ana María Arango - Gertrudis Pajares
 Martha Zulay - Maribel Pajares
 Silvio Ángel - Emiliano Tobón / Fernando Alcázar
 José Saldarriaga - Padre Liborio
 Eduardo Chavarro - Ramón
 Jairo Torres - Edilberto
 Juan Pablo Franco - Medardo Herreros
 Adriana Albarracín - Hortencia Herreros
 Juanita Humar - Isabel
 Gerardo Calero - Doctor Morales
 María Margarita Giraldo - Nuncia
 Danna García - Evangelina Herreros (Joven)
 María Eugenia Vélez - Rosita Herreros
 Rita Escobar - Hilda Herreros
 Argemiro Castiblanco - Rodrigo Herreros (adulto)
 Héctor Laos - Enrique Herreros (adulto)
 Andrés Álvarez - Medardo Herreros (joven)
 Eyner Castro - Roberto Herreros (joven)
 Ana Cristina Botero - Laura Gómez (Joven)
 Freddy Lagos - Pedro José Herreros (Joven)
 Tatiana Barón - Escolástica García (Joven)
 Carlos A. Ortiz - Juancho López (Joven)
 Juan P. Mallarino - José Anibal Gómez (Joven)
 Claudia García - Lucía Herreros
 Julieta García - Paula Morales Herreros
 Diego León Hoyos - Caín Colorado
 Mónica Gómez - Vestina Herreros
 Iván Rodríguez - Pedro José Herreros
 Carlos Henao - Rodrigo Herreros
 Andrés Navia - Roberto Herreros
 Fernando Velásquez - Asdrúbal
 Waldo Urrego - Juancho López
 Robinson Díaz - Francisco
 Santiago Moure - Pregonero
 Patricia Castañeda - Natalia
 Migladys Bedoya - Chelito
 Doris Castrillón - Mujer del bar
 Oscar de Moya - Profesor Bastidas
 Jaime Quinceno - Don Pipo
 Piedad Ruiz - Doña Pepita
 Jaime Andrés Uribe - Padre Tobón
 Luces Velásquez - Toña
 Leonor Arango - Gabriela
 Rosita Rico - Rosita Herreros (Joven)

Premios y nominaciones
La serie se llevó el reconocimiento por parte de los Premios India Catalina, Premios Simón Bolívar y Premios TV y Novelas.

Premios TV y Novelas.

 Mejor dramatizado
 Mejor actor y actriz de reparto
 Mejor ambientación
 Mejor argumento
 Mejor dirección
 Mejor fotografía
 Mejor libreto
 Mejor vestuario
 Mejor banda sonora

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Series de televisión de los años 1990
Series de televisión iniciadas en 1990
Series de televisión finalizadas en 1991
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Issue 7 Suppl
Improving mental health literacy as a strategy to facilitate early intervention for mental disorders
Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm and Annemarie Wright
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): S26. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01332.x
Good mental health literacy in young people and their key helpers may lead to better outcomes for those with mental disorders, either by facilitating early help-seeking by young people themselves, or by helping adults to identify early signs of mental disorders and seek help on their behalf.
Few interventions to improve mental health literacy of young people and their helpers have been evaluated, and even fewer have been well evaluated.
There are four categories of interventions to improve mental health literacy: whole-of-community campaigns; community campaigns aimed at a youth audience; school-based interventions teaching help-seeking skills, mental health literacy, or resilience; and programs training individuals to better intervene in a mental health crisis.
The effectiveness of future interventions could be enhanced by using specific health promotion models to guide their development.
Mental disorders often arise for the first time in adolescents or young adults. If they are recognised and treated early, this may increase the chances of a better long-term outcome.1 However, in practice, professional help is often not sought at all or only sought after a delay. Early recognition and appropriate help-seeking will only occur if young people and their "supporters" (eg, their family, teachers, and friends) know about the early changes produced by mental disorders, the best types of help available, and how to access this help. It is also important that the supporters know how to provide appropriate first aid and ongoing help. Knowledge and skills of this sort have been termed "mental health literacy".1 Here, we review what is known about the mental health literacy of young people and their supporters, including areas where there are deficiencies, and examine ways in which mental health literacy can be improved.
We searched PubMed and PsycINFO for all studies using the phrase "mental health literacy". The studies identified were supplemented by all studies in a recent review by Jorm and Kelly,2 studies known to us that were "in press", and studies found by searching the reference lists of all located studies. Only studies relevant to young people and their carers were included.
What young people and their supporters know about mental illness
Young people have similar deficits to adults in terms of mental health literacy.1,3-5 Lack of recognition of mental illnesses is a primary concern, as is the failure to recognise appropriate professional help and pharmacological treatments. Around half the young people surveyed in a number of different studies were able to identify depression from a vignette.3-5 Young adults (18–25 years) were better able to identify depression than adolescents,4 as were young women compared with young men.3-5 A vignette of psychosis was correctly identified as such by only a quarter of participants in one study,4 more by older than younger participants and more by female than male participants.
Many young people do not have positive attitudes towards medication. In one study, half the adolescents and 40% of 18–25-year-olds felt that antidepressants were helpful,4 whereas, in another study, 57% of a sample of 13–16-year-olds felt that antidepressants were helpful.3 While the debate about the appropriateness of antidepressants for adolescents continues, it is unlikely that these attitudes can be explained by any sophisticated knowledge of the evidence for efficacy. More likely, there is an overall belief that medication is undesirable. Only 40% of a sample of 12–25-year-olds considered that antipsychotics would be useful for a person described in a vignette of psychosis.
Young people have slightly more positive attitudes towards professional help in general (eg, seeing a psychologist, general practitioner or psychiatrist), although these attitudes are not reflected in their own help-seeking preferences. While professional help is strongly endorsed for young people with mental health problems, most young people prefer to speak to a friend or family member if they have a mental health problem.6
Young people are ill-equipped to provide help to peers suffering from mental illness. Around a quarter of a sample of 13–16-year-olds said they would directly engage an appropriate adult helper, and half said they would try to help their friend solely through positive social support. Similar results were found in research on responding to peers who are suicidal,7 although, when suicidal intent was described as being more overt, young people were more likely to engage adult help. A social history of suicide or suicidal behaviour predicted more active referral as well.
Less attention has been given to the knowledge that adults have about young people's mental health. One study found that, when presented with a vignette of depression, 68% of parents (73% of mothers and 41% of fathers) were able to identify depression, but only a third of the parents approached for this study completed the questionnaire, making generalisation difficult (unpublished data). More recently, a national survey of Australian parents of young people found that the value of encouraging a young person with a mental illness to seek professional help was not universally recognised.8 Parents had a preference for informal and general sources of help, rather than specialist mental health services.9
What has been done to improve the knowledge and beliefs of young people and their supporters?
Research on interventions to improve the mental health literacy and skills of young people has been relatively scarce and at times poorly evaluated. Nevertheless, several have been evaluated, as summarised in the Box.
Some of these interventions aimed to increase the mental health literacy of the whole community, while others specifically targeted young people. Schools have been a popular setting for intervention, because they are a convenient point to access young people. Anecdotally, many secondary schools provide some information to students about mental illness. However, there is no standardisation of mental health education in schools. Finally, there are programs that train people, including those who can support young people, in mental health first-aid skills. Despite the limitations of the evidence, it is clear that mental health literacy can be improved through planned intervention.
One underdeveloped area of interest is peer training. The Suicide Intervention Project21 trained a number of peer "gatekeepers", to intervene when someone is suicidal in a university setting, but no similar work has been done with younger people. One reason that such training has not been developed is the possibility that it may be onerous and frightening for the young people who are expected to intervene when someone is distressed. However, as indicated by Kelly et al3 and Dunham,7 young people are unlikely to approach or engage adult help when a friend is distressed or suicidal, and peer gatekeeper training for young people could be as simple as teaching them to get the help of an adult if ongoing distress or thoughts of suicide are apparent. Given that young people are more likely to speak to a friend about distress than any health professional,5 a relatively simple intervention such as this may be successful.
What are the effective components in programs to improve mental health literacy?
There is little evidence as to what components of a program work when educating young people or adults about mental health. A review of the "active ingredients" of antistigma programs9 found that, in young people, greater improvement in stigmatising attitudes was predicted by contact with a consumer–educator. Adults claimed that the contact with the consumer–educator had the greatest impact on them in terms of the content of the course; however, no difference was found between those who did and did not have such contact.
There is, however, a great deal to be learned from the general health promotion literature. A recent review of the past 10 years' mass media health campaigns22 found that there are seven important components of a successful campaign.
It is necessary to carry out preliminary research with the audience to whom the messages will be directed. Performing focus-group research or other qualitative research designs ensures that messages are tailored appropriately.
A proven theoretical base on which to build the campaign is essential. There are remarkably few campaigns that are able to demonstrate that they have a solid theoretical basis. Notable exceptions are the Suicide Intervention Project,21 which used the Theory of Planned Behaviour Model,23 and the Compass Strategy, which employed the Transtheoretical/Stages of Change Model,24 the Health Belief Model,25 and the Diffusion of Innovations Model.26 The Compass Strategy deserves a special note here, in particular because the whole strategy design, implementation and evaluation was informed by the evidence-based "Precede–Proceed" Model.27
It is important to divide the intended audience into relatively homogeneous groups, to ensure that messages are tailored to the needs and preferences of those groups.
Messages need to be designed to appeal to the different groups; for example, the needs of young people at high risk of mental health problems may be very different from the needs of young people in general, and the preferred style of messages may be very different for young adults and adolescents.
Messages should be placed with appropriate types of media; for example, messages directed at adolescents may be more effectively placed in cinema advertising and youth media, rather than in newspapers.
Evaluation must be carried out to ensure that the messages are reaching the target audience. If they are not, it is important to rethink the approach and try something different.
Campaigns must be evaluated to find out whether they have been successful in changing behaviours and attitudes, or meeting other goals. Evaluation built into any campaign, at any level, ensures that resources are not wasted.
The mental health literacy of young people and their supporters is an important area for continued research and intervention. In order for early intervention to occur, young people and their supporters must be able to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of distress, reduced functioning, and other signs of incipient mental illness. Future intervention research must focus on the most efficient ways of improving knowledge and promoting health-enhancing behaviour, such as help-seeking. Considerations of cost-effectiveness, as well as other resource issues like time and sustainability, must be prioritised. It is important that the lessons from past interventions designed to improve mental health literacy are used to inform the development and evaluation of more effective approaches, particularly with the new opportunities provided by Australian Government funding for headspace (the National Youth Mental Health Foundation) (see McGorry et al, "headspace: Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation — where young minds come first").
Summary of interventions to improve the mental health literacy of young people
Intervention/setting
Whole-of-community interventions
beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative (public awareness campaign)10
Evidence level: III-2*
To improve the knowledge and attitudes of the public about depression and related conditions, including people experiencing depression, their families and workplaces, young people, older people, and Indigenous Australians
Public awareness activities including distribution of posters, pamphlets and postcards, a website with information, television advertising, advertisements in print media and educational videos
Ongoing evaluation via the national depression monitor, and research done by independent bodies
Improvements in knowledge and attitudes of the public have been found in the Australian states where beyondblue is most active. beyondblue is a well known organisation, as evidenced by research asking about mental health organisations
The Mental Health Awareness in Action program11,12
To improve knowledge about mental illness and decrease stigma in those who support young people in the community, and police officers
Two 2-hour information sessions about mental illness. Half the participants had a consumer–educator facilitate one of the sessions to provide a personal perspective
Pre- and post-intervention questionnaires with 78 adults and 109 police officers
Improved post-intervention knowledge in both groups. No improvement in desired social distance. Contact with a consumer–facilitator did not predict improved attitudes
Community interventions targeted at young people
The Compass Strategy4
To improve mental health literacy and help-seeking for depression and psychosis among young people
Community awareness campaign targeting an intervention region including cinema, radio and newspaper advertising, printed materials, a website and information telephone line, and close liaison with community service providers
Pre- and post- intervention mental health literacy survey (cross-sectional) conducted in intervention and control regions of Melbourne; 1200 respondents aged 12–25 years
Improved awareness of mental health campaigns; better identification of depression in self; improved help-seeking for depression; correct estimate of prevalence of mental health problems; increased awareness of suicide risk; reduction in perceived barriers to help-seeking
School-based interventions
MindMatters ("Understanding mental illness" materials)13,14
Evidence level: IV*
To increase mental health literacy and decrease social distance in secondary schools
Varied. MindMatters provides curriculum support materials to all schools in Australia, but the use of these is not standardised. Schools are encouraged to make the materials fit in with their own curriculum
No baseline questionnaires. Students and school staff completed post-intervention questionnaires
No change in social distance measures. Changes in mental health literacy could not be assessed
beyondblue Schools Research Initiative (mental health literacy component)15
Twenty-five intervention schools ran a number of resilience enhancing programs, mental health literacy curricula and related activities over a 3-year period, and mental health information sessions were conducted for the school community. Twenty-five matched schools were selected as controls
Questionnaires at different stages of the 3-year intensive intervention, in intervention and control schools
Expected in the next 12 months
Mental Illness Education16
To reduce stigmatising attitudes, and improve mental health literacy and help-seeking intentions in secondary school students
Information and awareness sessions run in-school by a presenter and either a consumer–educator or carer–educator, or both
Pre- and post-intervention questionnaires completed by students (n = 457) who did and did not attend the information sessions
Improvements in mental health literacy, including the ability to recognise mental illnesses; modest improvements in stigmatising attitudes; weak improvements in help-seeking intentions
The Science of Mental Illness curriculum supplement series (National Institute of Mental Health)17
To improve knowledge and attitudes of students about mental health in Years 6–8
Eight-week curriculum focusing on the science of mental illness, causes and risk factors, treatments, and stigma
Pre- and post-intervention questionnaires distributed to 1500 students
Improved knowledge about mental disorders; reduction in desired social distance and stigmatising attitudes; improved understanding of the biological nature of mental illness and treatments
Mental Health Awareness in Action program12 United Kingdom
To improve knowledge about mental illness and decrease stigma in secondary schools
Two 1-hour information sessions about mental illness. Half the students had a consumer–educator facilitate one of the sessions to provide personal perspective
Pre- and post-intervention and 1-month follow-up questionnaires
Significant improvements in stigmatising attitudes; small but significant improvements in knowledge. Improvement persisted at 1-month follow-up but had decreased. Greater and more lasting improvement among the students who had met a consumer–educator
Mental Illness Awareness Week program18
To increase help-seeking intention and improve attitudes toward psychiatrists in secondary school students
Psychiatry residents visited secondary schools and spoke to classes of students. Residents spoke about help-seeking, depression, professional help, drug and alcohol use, and suicide, but subject matter was not standardised
Students who received the intervention (n = 1380) and students who did not (n = 282) completed a post-intervention test
Students who were involved in the classroom sessions showed modest improvements in intention to speak to a counsellor or a psychiatrist. The talks were enjoyed by most and stimulated interest in learning about other sensitive topics
"Crazy? So what! It's normal to be different"19
To reduce stigmatising attitudes and decrease desired social distance from people with schizophrenia in secondary school students
A highly interactive "project week" involving meeting with and talking to a young person with schizophrenia, discussion of the impact of stigmatising attitudes, and information about living with schizophrenia
Pre- and post-test, with 90 students and 60 controls. One-month follow-up
Decrease in stigmatising and discriminatory attitudes toward people with schizophrenia. Increased willingness to enter a social relationship with a person with schizophrenia. Benefits were maintained at follow-up
Individual training programs
Mental health first aid20
Evidence level: II*
To improve recognition of mental health problems, teach participants to offer help and support to those suffering from mental health problems, and increase help-seeking through facilitation by participants
Twelve-hour course teaching recognition, causes, risk factors, and treatments for depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders, and related crises
One uncontrolled trial with the public (n = 210); two randomised wait-list controlled trials in workplaces (n = 301); one randomised wait-list controlled effectiveness trial in a large rural area (n = 753)
Improved ability to identify psychosis and depression; greater concurrence with professionals about appropriate treatments; reduction in desired social distance from a person with mental illness; improved confidence in offering help; more help offered
Suicide Intervention Project21
To train peer supporters in a university environment to recognise emotional distress in fellow students, feel comfortable talking to them about feelings, and know when to suggest using services
Two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program; Mental Illness Education session (consumers and carers speak of the experience of living with mental illness); presentations by university counselling services on campus; written materials
Pre-test (n = 42) and 2-week post-test (n = 27). Participants were assessed on mental health literacy, intention to offer help, number of conversations about feelings, perceived behavioural control, and social connectedness
Modest improvements in mental health literacy were detected, but no improvements in behaviour. Only 2 weeks elapsed between intervention and assessment. No follow-up evaluation was conducted
* National Health and Medical Research Council levels of evidence. I: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. II: One properly designed randomised controlled trial. III-1: One well designed pseudo-randomised controlled trial. III-2: Non-randomised trials, case–control and cohort studies. III-3: Studies with historical controls, single-arm studies, or interrupted time series. IV: Case-series evidence.
Claire M Kelly1
Anthony F Jorm2
Annemarie Wright3
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: ckel@unimelb.edu.au
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Bridge Over Troubled Water in Sydney
Before a business trip in Canberra, Australia in December 2012, my colleague/friend Robert and I met in Sydney to acclimate to the opposite time zone of North America and learn about the country's capitol. That included seeing it from the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge, which we challenged ourselves to climb. (Yes, this is a veritable tourist attraction.) This famous landmark is nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" for visual reasons. It is the tallest steel arch bridge and widest long-span one in the world.
Fun facts: This behemoth bridge took 8 years to build (1923-31) with 1,400 workers, 6 million hand-driven rivets, 53,000 tonnes of steel and 272,000 liters of paint. Paul Hogan, the late star of "Crocodile Dundee," helped paint it. In 1998, The Coat Hanger opened to the public for climbing. Since then, about 4 million people have scaled it!
Given this track record of success, it seemed like an easy feat, even for someone prone to vertigo with a fear of heights like me. (FYI, being tall doesn't omit this fear.) So, one sunny Saturday morning, Robert and I went to "Climb Base" in the bridge's southeast pylon. We were read the riot act of not bringing anything with us that could fall off the bridge, such as smart phones or cameras, and we were suited up like factory workers to make sure no "loose ends" got in the way of our climb. Plus our suits were equipped with a hook to which a metal string was attached that was supposedly strong enough to hold us lest we fell and dangled off the bridge. (Think placebo.)
Ironically, the toughest part was before the start of the arch. We had to climb up four ladders overlooking the ocean, which made me acutely aware of what we were doing. There was wide, open gap between each step, revealing where you would land if you fell. My body nearly froze in panic and I slowed to a second per step pace, gripping both sides of the wire railing.
"Come on, grandma," Robert laughed. "You look ridiculous."
"Hey, this is scarier than I thought!" I said nervously as alarm bells went off inside my head. "Danger, Will Robinson. I repeat, danger, Will Robinson!"
Robert de Niro and a centenarian climbed this bridge. Why couldn't I? It seemed The Coat Hanger should have been named The Cliffhanger.
Robert nearly tested his safety wire laughing at my grandmother shuffle up the ladders, delaying our "Blue Man Group."
"It was nice knowing you," I joked, white-knuckled. "Did you know there are sharks in Sydney Harbour?"
Robert was dying of laughter about my thoughts of dying. About 30 minutes later, what seemed like an eternity, we made it to the upper arch, which had closed, metal tracks, hiding the ocean view. Thankfully, this removed my fear of heights and vertigo. I shot up the rest of the bridge as if in Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People."
"Ooooh, grandma! You're on fire!" Robert howled.
"Grandma's got her groove back," I exclaimed. My wrinkled, worried brow turned into a light-hearted smile and the twinkle of adventure in my eyes came back. We could see the summit.
We got to the top of the bridge on the Opera House side and an official BridgeClimb photographer took photos of our Blue Man Group with many expressions of joy. The views were spectacular. After looking around in awe for 10 minutes, we walked over the arch to the other side and descended back to Climb Base. About 3 hours and 1,300 steps later, we survived.
Ironically, BridgeClimb has the following Q&A on its website:
Can people with a fear of heights climb? In most cases, yes. We have helped thousands of people challenge their fear of heights by climbing to the top of the bridge.
I'm glad I didn't fall into the "exceptional cases." The grandma in me felt better learning from BridgeClimb that acrophobia is a common fear. Besides, I also had a fear of "plongee" (as opposed to bungee) into "sharkees" (a shark-infested ocean).
Nonetheless, I overcame my fears to join the ranks of 4 million climbers, including a handful of real grandmothers like a woman named Chris Muller, who was 100 years old when she scaled The Coat Hanger!
I don't know about her but I was ready to "hang up" on Sydney Harbour Bridge after my climb of a lifetime. I decided that sipping a glass of Shiraz in a ground floor wine bar was a better way to learn about Australia's capitol.
Adventures in and on Water in 'Blue-Green' Switzerland
Aside from being politically neutral, staying out of the EU and being one of the…
Fire Land, Earth Wine, Sulfur Water and Godly Air in the Caucasus
Noah's Ark purportedly landed in the Caucasus, a region between the Black and Caspian Seas…
Poisonous 'Snike' on the Loose in Australian Winery
"A red-bellied black snake is on the loose!" cried the owner of a famous Australian…