The Lightning Process is not just about getting your health back. It's about getting your LIFE back.
Chronic Illness impacts every facet of one's life and so with recovery comes so much more than good health.
A limited life becomes one filled with possibilities again.
Well done to LP Graduate Georgia who has gone on to start her own business selling funky handmade hair bands and jewellery.
I just got another email from a Lightning Process graduate today who after just 4 months scored her dream job. Well done H.
These things still take work but people have the resources (energy, focus, confidence) to take the steps required to make it happen for them.


Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival. It has been celebrated in Chinese culture for thousands of years. See what it is all about!
Fun feature:- Join Kiki and friends for a big family dinner;- Count down the hour and get ready for fun;- Attend the extravaganza and firework show!
Go around the world to experience the noise and festivity! This app will introduce to children a holiday that is mysterious and fun! Expand their knowledge about the world!
Dear users, this game is available only in Chinese! We think this is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about such a wonderful language and culture! Join the fun with Kiki and his friends! — — — Design concepts:We focus on inspirational learning;We focus on skill-building;We focus on bringing fun contents to our young audience;Take the baby bus for an unique learning experience!
The series introduction:Baby Bus is the first trusted brand in early childhood educational software. The mobile applications are designed and developed specifically for preschoolers, and they are divided into two groups by age, the Starter Group for toddlers between the ages of 1 and 3 and the Prodigy Group for children between the ages of 3 and 6.
The educational series in the Starter Group pursuits early learning by introducing games and songs tailored to your tots. The applications are aimed at improving their hand-eye coordination and nurturing their creativity from an early age.
Well done! Now you can play Chinese New Year – For Kids on PC, just like Chinese New Year – For Kids for PC version.


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Hemicriptófito es un neologismo creado en 1904 por el botánico danés C. Raunkiaer, que lo acuñó del griego. Literalmente significa "planta medio escondida" hemikryptofyte ( ἡμι, 'mitad', 'semi-', κρυπτός, 'escondido'  y φυτόν, 'vegetal').

Hemicriptófitos, es la denominación que se da a cualquier forma vegetal perenne en que muere anualmente la parte aérea y sus yemas invernantes (de estación seca o desfavorable), se quedan más o menos al ras del nivel de la tierra del suelo, donde a menudo están abrigadas por hojas protectoras o son parcialmente cubiertas por la hojarasca o el humus de la superficie. Una especie hemicriptófita característica es el sauco menor, Sambucus ebulus.

A los vegetales hemicriptófitos, según su porte, se les denomina además:
 Hemicriptófito cespitoso.
 Hemicriptófito erecto.
 Hemicriptófito rastrero.
 Hemicriptófito rosulado.
 Hemicriptófito trepador.
 Hemicriptófito bianual, estas son especies monocárpicas que viven más de un año sin pasar de dos; durante el primero germina la semilla y la planta se desarrolla para florecer y fructificar en el segundo año.

En el sistema de Raunkiær se denomina como "Hemicriptófito" a las plantas herbáceas vivaces, al menos bienales, cuyas yemas de reemplazo subsisten a ras del suelo de diferentes formas, por ejemplo en forma de rosetón.

Ejemplos
 Escapiformes: Hypericum undulatum, Boerhavia coccinea
 Rosulados: Leontodon carpetanus, Plantago orbignyana
 Cespitosos: Nardus stricta, Astragalus peruvianus
 Rastreros: Potentilla reptans, Lachemilla pinnata
 Escandentes: Vicia sepium
 Suculentos: Neowerdermannia vorweckii, Polyrrhiza lindenii

Sistema de Raunkiær

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. >>> health officials in dallas are reportingng anlarming new case of zika. here's what they're saying. a patient tested positive after having sex with someone who contracted the virus in venezuela. it is the first u.s. case of zika in someone who has not traveled outside this country. >>> also this morning, a frightening scene on a flight overseas. an explosion blasted a hole in the side of a plane. incredibly, some passengers who were on board at the time pulled out their cell phones and recorded the emergency landing.
. >>> health officials in dallas are reportingng anlarming new case of zika. here's what they're saying. a patient tested positive after having sex with someone who contracted the virus in venezuela. it is the first u.s. case of zika in someone who has not traveled outside this country. >>> also this morning, a frightening scene on a flight overseas. an explosion blasted a hole in the side of a plane. incredibly, some passengers who were on board at the time pulled out their...
garrett dearborn, with channel 2 sports" they have kicked off super bowl week over in the bay area and dallas colodny took a trip over the hill to catch up with a couple former nevada stars, during media availability tonight. he tells us what he has going on this week. california home of super bowl 50. that will be played right
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Original Breitling stainless steel case 46 mm in diameter. Stainless steel screwed-down crown.
Original Breitling blue unidirectional revolving bezel.
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`tabula-py` is a simple Python wrapper of [tabula-java](https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java), which can read tables in a PDF.
You can read tables from a PDF and convert them into a pandas DataFrame. tabula-py also enables you to convert a PDF file into a CSV, a TSV or a JSON file.

You can see [the example notebook](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/chezou/tabula-py/blob/master/examples/tabula_example.ipynb) and try it on Google Colab, or we highly recommend to read [our documentation](https://tabula-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) especially the FAQ section.

![tabula-py example](./example.png)

## Requirements

- Java 8+
- Python 3.7+

### OS

I confirmed working on macOS and Ubuntu. But some people confirm it works on Windows 10. See also [the documentation for the detailed installation for Windows 10](https://tabula-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html#get-tabula-py-working-windows-10).

## Usage

- [Documentation](https://tabula-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
  - [FAQ](https://tabula-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html) would be helpful if you have an issue
- [Example notebook on Google Colaboratory](https://colab.research.google.com/github/chezou/tabula-py/blob/master/examples/tabula_example.ipynb)

### Install

Ensure you have a Java runtime and set the PATH for it.

```bash
pip install tabula-py
```

### Example

tabula-py enables you to extract tables from a PDF into a DataFrame, or a JSON. It can also extract tables from a PDF and save the file as a CSV, a TSV, or a JSON.

```py
import tabula

# Read pdf into list of DataFrame
dfs = tabula.read_pdf("test.pdf", pages='all')

# Read remote pdf into list of DataFrame
dfs2 = tabula.read_pdf("https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java/raw/master/src/test/resources/technology/tabula/arabic.pdf")

# convert PDF into CSV file
tabula.convert_into("test.pdf", "output.csv", output_format="csv", pages='all')

# convert all PDFs in a directory
tabula.convert_into_by_batch("input_directory", output_format='csv', pages='all')
```

See [example notebook](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/chezou/tabula-py/blob/master/examples/tabula_example.ipynb) for more details. I also recommend to read [the tutorial article](https://aegis4048.github.io/parse-pdf-files-while-retaining-structure-with-tabula-py) written by [@aegis4048](https://github.com/aegis4048).

### Contributing

Interested in helping out? I'd love to have your help!

You can help by:

- [Reporting a bug](https://github.com/chezou/tabula-py/issues).
- Adding or editing documentation.
- Contributing code via a Pull Request. See also [for the contribution](docs/contributing.rst)
- Write a blog post or spreading the word about `tabula-py` to people who might be able to benefit from using it.

#### Contributors

- [@lahoffm](https://github.com/lahoffm)
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#### Another support

You can also support our continued work on `tabula-py` with a donation on GitHub Sponsors or [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chezou).

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Stage Sound Services, one of the UK's leading equipment suppliers to the Theatre and Corporate Events markets, is so impressed with the new CORE by DPA amplifier technology that it is upgrading its entire stock of DPA Lavalier, Headset and Instrument microphones to CORE technology.
Launched to huge critical acclaim in 2017, CORE by DPA was developed by DPA to create an even clearer sound from the 'highest of the highs' to the 'lowest of the lows'. It does this by minimizing distortion and expanding dynamic range so that microphones incorporating CORE technology give a clearer and more open sound across the entire level range – from a whisper to a scream. CORE products also provide improved water and moisture resistance thanks to nano coating and hermetic sealing of the sensitive electronics.
Since its inception 20 years ago, Cardiff-based Stage Sound Services has grown into a thriving sound and video hire/production company, providing equipment and technical specialists across the UK and abroad, with an average of five productions permanently in London's West End and equipment hire to shows shipping all over the world.
The company is now supplying CORE by DPA technology to numerous West End shows including Chicago, The Glenn Miller Story, the Matilda world tour and Bill Kenwright's touring production of Evita and Saturday Night Fever.


Search Dogs Buckinghamshire is a charity that trains search dogs and handlers.
We help Thames Valley and neighbouring police forces to search for missing/vulnerable adults and children.
All our members are volunteers, and our dogs stay with their handlers for life.
The team is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to give this life saving service.
We really appreciate your support to keep us searching. We've been busy over the last month, with callouts every week. You'll also see us at shows and fetes over the summer, raising awareness for our work.
We're in need of hi-viz jackets at the moment, to keep our operational members safe when searching near roads. Your tickets will help us to get them!
Thank you for joining the lottery, and good luck!


If you're in the market for a new eCommerce website, the first thing you need to decide is whether you'll use a premade or a custom solution.
Out-of-the-box eCommerce solutions such as Shopify and WooCommerce have a number of advantages, but they don't fit the needs of every company.
Although they require a larger time investment, custom eCommerce websites return in the form of greater control, flexibility, and scalability.
You'll have to decide for yourself whether the considerable benefits of customizing your eCommerce website outweigh the convenience of using a ready-made product. Here are 13 reasons that can help you deliberate.
If you want to give shoppers a lot of options for customizing the products they buy, then you should reflect this variety by making use of a custom eCommerce website.
One common use case is a T-shirt store that allows you to customize the sizes, colors, fonts, and graphics on each T-shirt.
With so many different variables in play, each creating a different cost, you may want to charge a separate price for each T-shirt.
An out-of-the-box eCommerce system won't be able to accommodate all of these options for a single product, let alone all of them.
Complex orders like these will require a sophisticated custom eCommerce solution to handle them.
Success Story: Read more about how we worked with a client to create customizable eCommerce products.
Selling objects that are of a consistent size and weight, with no special considerations required is one thing, but the greater variety of products your eCommerce store offers, the more diverse your customers' shipping concerns will be.
In turn, a custom eCommerce solution will seem even more appealing.
For one, your customers may want the choice of different courier delivery services, whether that's FedEx, UPS, DHL or the U.S. postal service.
If you're shipping items internationally, you may also need to worry about customs.
Another issue that may arise is shipping items that require strict temperature controls (such as pharmaceuticals, tobacco, fine art and personal care products). These may need to be refrigerated in order to prevent spoilage and preserve freshness.
Not all industries are alike. It's likely yours has unique regulations or rules.
For example, as mentioned above, refrigeration can be an issue. Perishable goods such as fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy may need special care, as may liquids.
Each carrier has also its own rules about prohibited items. For example, USPS bans the shipping of items such as airbags and gasoline domestically, and aerosols and dry ice internationally.
If you're in an industry that deals with products like those listed above, then using a custom eCommerce solution is a wise idea.
This will help you ensure that you comply with the shipping standards of the industry and of each carrier that you use.
Another strong reason for using a custom-built eCommerce system, when it comes to shipping, is using multiple vendors.
The more vendors you have a relationship with, the more likely it is that you'll need to use multiple carriers and have special shipping needs.
For example, one vendor who makes jewelry out of her home might strongly prefer to use USPS because it's the closest to her house, while another wants to use FedEx because they have a special discount.
As a result of this multiplicity of options, you might have to make customizations to your eCommerce platform that limit what your shoppers can do.
For example, certain carriers are willing to ship to PO boxes, or let the receiver sign for the package in advance, while others don't provide those options.
An out-of-the-box eCommerce system may include functionality for coupon codes, but it may also be very rigid or limited in scope.
For example, you may want to allow shoppers to use the code only up to a certain number of items, or to prevent the code from being used with specific items or brands if a vendor doesn't allow discounts on a certain product.
Unfortunately, not every ready-made eCommerce solution can accommodate these special rules.
Using a custom-built website, however, allows you to bake in as many rules about coupons and promo codes — even highly specific ones — as you want.
The need for integration with other systems and software is a very common one for eCommerce websites.
For example, you may have an order entry system on the back end that you use to track every order from the time it's placed to the time it's fulfilled and shipped. However, you also need to input that order into your invoicing and accounting systems.
Depending on the back-end software that you use, integrating it with your eCommerce website can be fairly straightforward, or it can require a good deal of work. In the latter case, you'll likely want to use a custom-built website.
Some businesses service an impatient clientele and want to make the purchasing process as easy and fast as possible, while others would like to create a sense of familiarity, personalization, and friendliness. Depending on your customers and the shopping experience that you want to create, a custom eCommerce website may be the best way of providing it.
Your customers may want to view a report of all their orders from your website during a given period for compliance reasons. Being able to generate this report for a certain timeframe is a feature that not all ready-made eCommerce solutions possess.
Not all pre-built eCommerce solutions come with support for all credit card processors. Although most small businesses use their bank's credit card processing service, you may have a good reason for choosing another company, such as lower fees or faster availability of funds.
The predominant security concern when running an eCommerce website is protecting your customers' personal data, in particular, their payment card information. As part of your business, your website should be in compliance with the 12 requirements of PCI DSS (Payment Card Information Data Security Standards).
Without third-party support via a custom-built platform, it's difficult for companies to know that they're doing eCommerce security in the right way. You know how to run your business, of course — but can you also really say that you're providing shoppers with the most secure transactions when doing business with you? Using a custom-built website allows you to benefit from the expertise of developers and security professionals who know how best to protect customers' information.
If your business is unique, your eCommerce website should reflect that uniqueness by offering special features. Once you've hit the growth stage, you can start building a suite of fancy features that will improve your conversion rates. For example, you may want to build a personalized shopping experience with a custom look and feel for each customer.
Unfortunately, most pre-built eCommerce solutions sacrifice customization options in favor of providing a standardized, predictable offering. This means that if you want to create a really special customer experience for your shoppers, you'll probably have to strike out on your own with a custom-built website.
At a certain point, every business hits a "wall" when it comes to their out-of-the-box eCommerce solution. You start to feel growing pains as you realize that the software can't do everything that you want or need it to. This is likely roughly around the same time as you're interested in improving metrics such as the average revenue per customer, the number of repeat buyers and the percentage of abandoned shopping carts.
In fact, many businesses find that it's nearly impossible to go back to using a pre-built eCommerce solution once they've had experience with a custom-built platform. The convenience and simplicity of having the software created exactly to your specifications is just too powerful.
Another concern as your business grows is being able to maintain a healthy amount of products in stock at all times. To do so, you'll need to communicate with vendors so that you can replenish your inventory when you're running low.
Custom-built eCommerce websites can connect to your inventory management system and your network of vendors so that your inventory is handled automatically. When there are only a few of a given product left in stock, the system can generate an order and send it to a vendor so that you don't unexpectedly run out of a popular product.
Unless you're a large company with specialized demands right out of the gate, you'll likely start with an out-of-the-box solution for your eCommerce website. As your revenue and customer base increase, however, you'll feel the need for a website with more customization. If you have requirements like those mentioned above, such as different shipping regulations or promo codes, then you'll be out of luck with almost any pre-built eCommerce solution.
The most important question to ask when evaluating an eCommerce platform is: will it grow together with you? Can your website handle common tasks such as putting things on sale, restocking items and doing returns? As you get more products and vendors and expand to serve more locations, which is the solution that will scale right alongside you? For many people (and agencies), the answer is a custom eCommerce website.


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Q: Can't close Bootstrap 3 modal window after clicking submit (vanilla JS) I'm new to all of this so please bear with me...
I have a Bootstrap 3 modal window that opens up with a few form fields in it. I've managed to append the form fields to the DOM after you click Submit New Appointment. Buuut I can't seem to figure out how to close the modal window after the fields have been appended to the DOM. I'm hoping to achieve this by writing some good ole vanilla JavaScript. (Unfortunately I cannot use any jQuery.)
I have included the vanilla JavaScript code below. (It basically creates an appointment card from the info inputed from the form thats in the modal and then it gets displayed as a card into the DOM.)
Thanks for taking a look!

var form = document.getElementById('addForm');

// element to append the new carousel item to

var itemList = document.querySelector('.carousel-inner');

// form submit event

form.addEventListener('submit', addItem);

// form delete event

itemList.addEventListener('click', removeItem);

// add item Function

function addItem(e) {

  e.preventDefault();

  // get input value in the modal

  var newItem = document.getElementById('item').value;

  var newItemTwo = document.getElementById('time').value;

  var newItemThree = document.getElementById('name-of-client').value;

  var newItemFour = document.getElementById('phone-number-client').value;

  var newItemFive = document.getElementById('acces-notes').value;

  // create a new li element with the text grab from above

  var li = document.createElement('li');
  /**
   * Set the correct class name for the carousel to work
   */
  // li.className = 'list-group-item';
  li.className = 'item';
  li.style.maxWidth = '95%';
  li.style.border = 'solid 1px #d3d3d3';
  li.style.padding = '10px';
  li.style.height = '150px';
  li.style.marginRight = '12%';
  li.style.marginLeft = '12%';
  li.style.fontWeight = '500';
  li.style.fontSize = '14px';

  // console.log(li)

  // create a new p element with the text grab from above

  var pOne = document.createElement('p');
  pOne.className = 'items';
  pOne.style.fontSize = '12px';
  pOne.style.fontWeight = '400';
  pOne.style.marginTop = '5px';

  var pTwo = document.createElement('p');
  pTwo.className = 'items';
  pTwo.style.fontSize = '12px';
  pTwo.style.fontWeight = '200';

  console.log(pTwo)

  var pThree = document.createElement('p');
  pThree.className = 'items';
  pThree.style.fontSize = '12px';
  pThree.style.fontWeight = '200';
  console.log(pThree)

  var pFour = document.createElement('p');
  pFour.className = 'items';
  pFour.style.fontSize = '12px';
  pFour.style.fontWeight = '200';
  console.log(pFour)

  // add text node with input value

  li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(newItem));

  pOne.appendChild(document.createTextNode(newItemTwo));

  pTwo.appendChild(document.createTextNode(newItemThree));

  pThree.appendChild(document.createTextNode(newItemFour));

  pFour.appendChild(document.createTextNode(newItemFive));

  // create delete BUTTON
  var deleteBtn = document.createElement('button');
  deleteBtn.style.width = '50px';
  deleteBtn.style.float = 'right';
  deleteBtn.style.height = '50px';
  deleteBtn.style.borderRadius = '50%'
  deleteBtn.style.border = 'solid 1px red';
  deleteBtn.style.backgroundColor = 'white';
  deleteBtn.style.color = 'red';

  // add the classes to the delete BUTTON

  deleteBtn.className = "btn btn-danger btn-sm float-right delete";

  // append the text node

  deleteBtn.appendChild(document.createTextNode('X'));

  // append delete button into the LI

  li.appendChild(deleteBtn);

  // append li to list.

  /**
   * insert the new element at the beginning of the itemList element, not at the end
   */
  // itemList.appendChild(li);
  itemList.insertBefore(li, itemList.firstChild);

  // append p elements into LI; (not sure if this is the best way but its working)
  li.appendChild(pOne);
  li.appendChild(pTwo);
  li.appendChild(pThree);
  li.appendChild(pFour);
  li.appendChild(pFive);

}

// remove item function

function removeItem(e) {

  console.log(e.target)

  if (e.target.classList.contains('delete')) {

    if (confirm('Are you sure bro?')) {

      var li = document.querySelector('.item.active');

      itemList.removeChild(li);

      document.querySelector('.item').classList.add('active')

    }

  }

}

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Q: How to derive field modulation from atom with given atom density matrix? As a two-level atom evolves in accordance with the Optical Bloch Equations in a laser field, how do I calculate the change of the field evolution due to the fact that atom absorbs and emits photons?

A: You have to derive the equation(s) within the cavity quantum electrodynamics formalism, where you quantise the electric field. Otherwise, the usual optical Bloch equation is a semi-classical approach which assumes the electric field is a continuum.
It's actually all on the wiki page, where at the end they re-write the (Maxwell-)Bloch equations both for the atom and the field.


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Part 2 - Creating an Exceptions List, controlling fraud exposure with shipping rules, top-level indicators of fraud.
Credit card fraud is a significant risk for all e-commerce sites. Take a few steps to help reduce your risk.
Some people dread blog writing. Others get stuck for ideas. Here is our first Top Ten Tips List on Blogging for Business.
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There are Web Designers and Web Developers, are they really the same thing?
The Internet has created many opportunities to share and disseminate information but none have had more impact than video. Video is incredibly popular online; consider that YouTube is the third largest search engine in the world.
Backlinks are one of the key tools in earning higher search placement. However earning backlinks needs to be a carefully managed or our sites can suffer the consequences.
Here is a simple way to insure you are found.
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Oil discovered in giant human well
12 Comments	 September 7, 2016 Ben Trovato
In what has been described as a "miracle of staggering proportions", vast untapped petroleum reserves have been discovered inside Khulubuse Zuma.
The businessman, a nephew of President Jacob Zuma, was admitted to hospital at the weekend after complaining of stomach pains. A check-up revealed the presence of what appeared to be an oil field.
Hospital superintendent Dr Feelgood Sinkhole said the discovery took staff by surprise. "Khulubuse asked us to locate the source of his discomfort. One of the interns suggested the Aurora gold mine. Needless to say, he is no longer working at the hospital."
Dr Sinkhole said three surgeons had refused to operate on Zuma. "They made obscure references to exploding chest cavities and something called Alien – a horror film, apparently. It subsequently emerged that they were having a little ill-considered fun at the patient's expense."
Dr Sinkhole said the surgeons were relieved of their duties and escorted to the parking lot, where they were shot by Brad Wood, one of Zuma's employees.
Wood confirmed the shooting, saying he alone was responsible. "I have worked long and hard towards this moment and nobody is going to steal my thunder. I shot those people. Nobody else."
Radiologist Eks-Ray Sieverts said minor alterations had to be made to the radiology department to accommodate Zuma. "Well, when I say minor, I mean we had to remove the roof and bring the patient in on a crane. He was lowered onto a reinforced table and we gave him a thorough seismic examination."
Sieverts said photographs revealed what appeared to be a "huge subterranean cavern filled with black fluid". She said it was at this point that hospital management decided to bring in outside help.
State geologist Igneous van Diesel said he was called during the early hours of Sunday morning. "When I analysed the patient, I detected a distinctive rumbling sound that usually indicates the presence of a high-pressure reservoir of oil or gas."
Van Diesel said at first his team wanted to go in from the top, but it was decided that sinking an exploratory well in the rear would be safer.
"Minimal drilling was required because the patient fortunately had a pre-existing shaft. At first, our test well revealed nothing more interesting than methane gas and a half-digested sheep. As we were about to remove our protective gear, all hell broke loose."
He said there was a blowout – a "gusher" – and the team had to move fast to cap the well.
"If there had been a roof over us, it would have been blown clean off. As it was, the hospital sustained serious structural damage by the force of the blast."
Van Diesel said he estimated that Zuma contained "at least 160 million barrels" – enough to meet South Africa's oil needs for the next few years.
"Of course, we are going to have to test the quality of the oil. There is a chance that it's not even good enough to fry chips in. But if it's the high octane stuff, as we suspect it is, then the patient can expect to become far richer than he already is. If that's even possible."
Speaking from the recovery ward while having his reservoir drained, Zuma said he was looking forward to negotiating a good price – "maybe $95 a barrel" – with BP or Shell.
"I'll sell myself to the highest bidder," he said.
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psalmgedaya
Hahahahah..maybe because of too much fats in his body..
October 22, 2016 at 10:20 am	Reply
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I laughed so much I thought I was going to gush.
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it's beautiful! amazing!|
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Martina kwenda (@Martinak91)
HAHHAH HILARIOUS..HOW DID THE OIL GET THERE THOugh???
Al weird
Don't you know science? It's the chickens, cattle, sheep he has ingested over the years couple with enormous pressure from his belly.
Ben, dear Ben. One of your best. Cannot stop laughing. Thank you.
theagrob
Now you've ruined my make-up. Positively howling with laughter. The cat is looking at me funny. 😀


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Q: Attribute delegation in Perl Moose or Moo Initially topic was started here, but I need a working code example how to properly delegate attributes with Moo or Moose.
Based on documentation I wrote this code to check:
package Cat;
use Moo;

has 'token' => ( is => 'rw', default => '12345' );
has 'tiger' => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { my $self = shift; Cat::Tiger->new(token => $self->token) }, handles => [ qw(token) ] );

package Cat::Tiger;
use Moo;
extends 'Cat';
# + some additional methods

package main;
use Data::Dumper;

my $cat = Cat->new(token=>'54321');
warn $cat->token;
warn $cat->tiger->token;

But this code produce an error:

You cannot overwrite a locally defined method (token) with a
  delegation at 3.pl line 5

If I remove handles => [ qw(token) ] at line 5 code will return another error:

Deep recursion on subroutine "Tiger::new" at 3.pl line 5.

So how to do?
I need to set token of Cat::Tiger object ($cat->tiger->token) same as in Cat object ($cat-token) and synс them everytime when token of Cat object changed.

A: Well, problem solved with moving token to separate class and using MooX::Singleton for this class:
package Credentials;
use Moo;
with 'MooX::Singleton';
has 'token' => ( is => 'rw', default => '12345' );

package Cat;
use Moo;
has 'credentials' => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { Credentials->instance }, handles => [qw(token)] );
has 'tiger' => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { Cat::Tiger->new(token => shift->token) } );

package Cat::Tiger;
use Moo;
has 'credentials' => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { Credentials->instance }, handles => [qw(token)] );

package main;
use Data::Dumper;
my $cat = Cat->new;
warn $cat->token;
warn $cat->tiger->token;
$cat->token('54321');
warn $cat->token;
warn $cat->tiger->token; # will be also 54321

If someone knows better solution you are welcome to suggest it :)


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Kostja Kalonda Didier Mushidi (* 18. Juni 1998 in Ukkel, Belgien) ist ein deutscher Basketballspieler. Er spielt beim Mitteldeutschen BC.

Mushidi ist 1,94 Meter groß und spielt insbesondere auf der Position des Shooting Guards.

Karriere
Mushidi spielte in der Jugend von ART Düsseldorf und ab der Saison 2012/13 in der JBBL-Mannschaft der Spielgemeinschaft Team Bonn/Rhöndorf.

Während der Saison 2013/14 verzeichnete er erste Einsätze in der Herrenmannschaft der Dragons Rhöndorf in der 2. Bundesliga-Staffel ProB, der dritthöchsten deutschen Spielklasse.

Im Sommer 2015 wechselte er zum französischen Klub Strasbourg IG. Ein wichtiger Grund für diese Entscheidung war für Mushidi die Aussicht, unter Vincent Collet trainieren zu können, der neben seiner Tätigkeit in Straßburg auch Trainer der französischen Nationalmannschaft ist. Im September 2015 nahm Mushidi am europäischen U18-Allstar-Game teil.

Mushidi kam in der Saison 2015/16 zu lediglich einem sechsminütigen Einsatz für Straßburgs Profimannschaft in der ersten französischen Liga und erhielt ansonsten nur Spielzeit im Nachwuchsteam in der französischen U21-Liga. Er verließ SIG nach einem Jahr und wurde im Juni 2016 beim serbischen Erstligisten KK Mega Leks als Neuzugang vorgestellt.

Ende März 2017 meldete er sich zum NBA-Draft an. Im April 2017 nahm er in Portland (US-Bundesstaat Oregon) am "Nike Hoop Summit", einem Spiel einer U19-Weltauswahl gegen die USA, teil und war mit 14 Punkten bester Korbjäger der aus Spielern aus sieben verschiedenen Ländern zusammengesetzten Mannschaft. Im Juni 2017 zog er seinen Namen von der Liste für den NBA-Draft zurück.

Im Februar 2019 wechselte Mushidi innerhalb der serbischen Liga zu OKK Belgrad. Er kehrte anschließend nach Deutschland zurück und wurde in der Sommerpause 2019 vom Bundesligisten Basketball Löwen Braunschweig verpflichtet. Mitte Dezember 2019 trennten sich die Braunschweiger mit sofortiger Wirkung von Mushidi. Laut Verein gab es für diesen Schritt disziplinarische Gründe. Bis dahin hatte Mushidi für Braunschweig in acht Bundesligaspielen mitgewirkt und dabei im Durchschnitt 11,6 Punkte pro Einsatz erzielt. In der Sommerpause 2020 kehrte er zu den Niedersachsen zurück, die ihm laut Verein "eine neue Chance" zugestanden. Aufgrund einer nicht genannten Erkrankung fiel er ab Anfang Dezember 2020 für "unbestimmte Zeit" aus. Ende Juli 2021 wurde Mushidi mit der Mannschaft Der Stamm deutscher Meister in der Basketball-Spielart 3-gegen-3.

Anfang Dezember 2021 vermeldete Bundesligist Mitteldeutscher BC Mushidis Verpflichtung.

Nationalmannschaft
Bei der U16-Europameisterschaft 2014, als er von allen teilnehmenden Spielern in der Kategorie Punkte pro Spiel den drittbesten Wert des Turniers erzielte, gehörte Mushidi ebenso zum Aufgebot der deutschen Nationalmannschaft wie bei der U18-EM 2015.

Im Frühjahr 2016 führte er die deutsche U18-Nationalmannschaft zu ihrem ersten Titelgewinn beim Albert-Schweitzer-Turnier. Im Endspiel gegen Serbien verbuchte er 25 Punkte und elf Rebounds. Er wurde als bester Spieler des Turniers ausgezeichnet.

Im Sommer 2016 wurde Mushidi mit der U20-Nationalmannschaft Vierter der EM in Helsinki. Bei der U18-EM 2016 erlangte er mit der deutschen Mannschaft den vierten Platz und war im Turnierverlauf gemeinsam mit Isaiah Hartenstein bester Punktesammler der DBB-Auswahl. Bei der U-20-Europameisterschaft 2018 in Deutschland erreichte Mushidi den dritten Platz und führte die deutsche Mannschaft gemeinsam mit Filip Stanic als bester Korbschütze (13,6 Punkte im Schnitt) an. Zudem wurde er in die "erste Fünf des Turniers" gewählt.

Mitte November 2018 wurde Mushidi von Bundestrainer Henrik Rödl zum ersten Mal ins Aufgebot der A-Nationalmannschaft berufen. Seinen ersten Länderspieleinsatz im Herrenbereich bekam er aber erst Ende Juni 2022 unter Rödls Nachfolger Gordon Herbert im WM-Qualifikationsspiel gegen Estland.

Persönliches
Mushidis Mutter ist Belgierin, sein Vater Russe. Er wurde in Belgien geboren und lebte ab seinem zweiten Lebensjahr in Deutschland. Sein Großvater stammt aus dem Kongo.

Einzelnachweise

Basketballspieler (Serbien)
Basketballspieler (Frankreich)
Basketballspieler (Basketball Löwen Braunschweig)
Deutscher
Geboren 1998
Mann
Basketballspieler (Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club)
Basketballspieler (SIG Strasbourg)
Basketballspieler (Dragons Rhöndorf)


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Home » Library » Modern Library » True Believers and Utter Madness
True Believers and Utter Madness
James A. Haught | January 1, 1995 | Modern Library
[This article was originally published in the Summer 1995 issue of Free Inquiry.]
Most of us live with uncertain beliefs, never totally sure what's right or wrong, true or false. We can't fathom people who feel so absolutely "right" that they'll blow up a government building with a day-care center full of children.
Or kill doctors and receptionists at abortion clinics.
Or plant nerve gas in a subway full of defenseless commuters.
Or offer a million-dollar reward for the assassination of a "blaspheming" author.
Or hole up with automatic weapons in a Waco doomsday cult, ready to fight the outside world.
Or shoot high school girls in the face in Algeria because they aren't wearing veils.
Or machine-gun Hindu weddings in Punjab to gain a Sikh theocracy, the Land of the Pure.
Or bomb the World Trade Center as a symbolic strike against "the Great Satan."
The April 19 horror in Oklahoma City was the latest and largest reminder that True Believers are a very real peril, even if normal people can't understand them. The bombers think their cause is more important than the lives of preschool tots and office workers. To them, mass murder is justified to deliver their vengeful message. To the rest of us, it's madness that someone would make elaborate secret plans to massacre children as a public demonstration.
Now that the Cold War is over, this kind of danger has taken the spotlight as a menace of the 1990s. A dozen car bombings have killed about 300 unsuspecting victims around the world in the past two years — and the poison gas attack in Tokyo's subway added a new dimension to the danger.
It's perplexing that some of the fanatics are intelligent and possess high technical skills. Many adherents to Japan's Supreme Truth cult, suspected in the subway gassing, are college graduates. Yet they kissed their guru's big toe, paid $2,000 each for a sip of his bathwater, and paid $10,000 for a drink of his blood. What's going on here?
What's the pathology behind killing innocent strangers to make a statement? In his classic book, The True Believer, Eric Hoffer said zealots go through an emotional process of renouncing their individuality, and finding identity in a violent cause. Hoffer wrote:
"The fanatic is perpetually incomplete and insecure. He cannot generate self-assurance out of his individual resources — out of his rejected self — but finds it only by clinging passionately to whatever support he happens to embrace. This passionate attachment is the essence of his blind devotion and religiosity, and he sees in it the source of all virtue and strength…. He easily sees himself as the supporter and defender of the holy cause to which he clings. And he is ready to sacrifice his life."
This explanation may be helpful to psychiatrists, but it can't placate the shattered families of Oklahoma City.
Religion is entwined in much murder by fanatics, but the Oklahoma tragedy seems to involve cultism tied more to guns than to scriptures. America has a variety of oddball, far-right, armed, covert groups — neo-Nazis, tax-haters, "skinheads," white-supremacists, the Church of the Aryan Nations, survivalists, "Christian Identity" adherents — all calling themselves patriots. Fundamentalist preachers and gun dealers rank among their leaders.
In the past, these would-be Storm Troopers seemed more goofy than deadly. Now, they've spawned what Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles calls "the craziness of hate."
Apparently, the Oklahoma horror was committed by True Believers at the far edge of the "militia" movement, a paramilitary fringe of the right-to-bear-arms forces in America. Reportedly, the bombers come from a clique of home-grown militants who think the U.S. goverment is conspiring with the United Nations to disarm them and impose a "New World Order." They think the tragic 1993 siege in Waco was part of a sinister federal plan to take away private citizens' guns — a plan that must be resisted and Waco avenged.
Like all cults, this gaggle spreads bizarre talk. One spokesman, janitor Mark Koernke of Michigan, says Los Angeles street gangs are being recruited into a secret police force to disarm Americans. He ends his shortwave radio broadcasts: "God bless the Republic. Death to the New World Order. We shall prevail!"
The first suspect charged in the Oklahoma tragedy, Timothy McVeigh, is an ex-soldier who adores guns and hates government. Acquaintances say he thinks the Army planted a computer chip in his rump after Operation Desert Storm. They say he always carried a pistol, fired wild salvos from automatic weapons, and made a pilgrimage to the scene of the Waco siege. The horrendous fuel-and-fertilizer bomb in Oklahoma City was detonated on the second anniversary of the Waco tragedy, a symbolic date for retribution against the government.
McVeigh's colleagues, brothers James and Terry Nichols, renounced U.S. citizenship, returned their Social Security cards, and spurned drivers licenses and vehicle plates.
McVeigh was caught because he didn't have a license tag on his car — perhaps another act of rejecting government. He had a large-caliber German pistol in his belt and plenty of cash in his pockets. If he was an unemployed security guard, where did the money come from?
Political scientist John George, an author of Nazis, Communists, Klansmen and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremismin America (Prometheus Books), says of the militia movement: "This kind of group is going to attract the right-wing Christian nationalist, like the Aryan Nation or Aryan Resistance types, the intense white racial nationalists."
Meanwhile, right-to-bear-arms nuts aren't the only True Believers ready to kill and die in the United States. In Target America: Terrorism in the U.S. Today, Yossef Bodansky, director of the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, focuses on foreign-trained Muslim extremists, such as those who blasted the World Trade Center. He says hundreds of them are in America, in secret cells and networks.
"The Islamist terrorists know that their objective will ultimately be realized through Allah's Will," Bodansky wrote. "The belief in this inevitability can be compared to the belief in miracles. It is a profound commitment of the individual that is not affected by one's own temporary setbacks or the logic of others."
The logic of others certainly didn't deter the Oklahom City plotters. They followed their own demented logic.
It's horrifying to realize that the Oklahoma tragedy might be repeated many times in many U.S. cities. America is a wide-open democracy, where all people are free to travel. Explosives, poisons and ingredients for fuel-and-fertilizer bombs are accessible.
The only final ingredient required is the fanatic heart, which sees a massacre of children as an act of bravery. Federal agents will do their utmost to detect such secret murderers in our midst, but the task will be nearly impossible.
Americans can't comprehend True Believers, but it's increasingly clear that we can't escape the nightmares they cause.
"True Believers and Utter Madness" is copyright © 1995 by James A. Haught. All rights reserved.
The electronic version is copyright © 1997 by Internet Infidels with the written permission of James A. Haught. All rights reserved.
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Cele paisprezece comitate ale statului Vermont

Statul Vermont are 255 unități politice sau "locuri" (în engleză, "places").  Această împărțire se poate diferenția mai departe în 246 de localități cu statutul de oraș (dintre care 237 sunt "orășele", towns și 9 sunt "orașe", cities), 5 reprezintă zone neîncorporate, (unincorporated areas), iar 4 sunt zone neatribuite (gores).

Lista comitatelor statului

Statul Vermont este divizat în paisprezece comitate.  Fiecare comitat are un sediu de comitat, care nu se numește county seat, precum în celelalte state, ci shire town, urmând o veche denominare din Anglia.  Conexiunile de mai jos, asociate fiecărui cod al fiecărui comitat conduc la pagina informativă acelui comitat de pe website-ul Biroului de Recensământ al Statelor Unite.  Codul utilizat este codul oficial al comitatului, care este numit în engleză FIPS county code.

Istorie

 În 1777, Vermont, pe atunci Vermont Republic, a constat din doar două comitate.  Partea vestică a sa a constituit comitatul Bennington, iar cea estică a fost organizată în Comitatul Cumberland.
 În 1781, comitatul Rutland a fost format din Comitatul Bennington.  Tot în acel an Comitatul Cumberland a fost divizat în trei alte comitate Orange, Windham și Windsor.  Comitatul vechi Washington a fost format pe un teritoriu care se găsește azi în statul New Hampshire.
 În 1782, statul Vermont a abandonat pretenții teritoriale la zone limitrofe statului,  Ca urmare vechiul comitat Washington a fost dezmembrat.
 În 1785, Comitatul Addison s-a format prin desprinderea sa din  Comitatul Rutland.
 În 1787, Comitatul Chittenden a fost format din Comitatul Addison.
 În 1792, Comitatul Franklin a fost format din comitatul Chittenden.  Tot atunci, comitatele Caledonia și Essex au fost format din părți ale comitatului Orange.  Comitatul Orleans a fost format din părți ale comitatelor Chittenden și Orange.
 În 1802, Comitatul Grand Isle a fost format din părți ale comitatelor Chittenden și Franklin.
 În 1810, Comitatul Jefferson a fost format din părți ale comitatelor Caledonia, Chittenden și Orange.
 În 1814, Comitatul Jefferson a fost redenumit Comitatul Washington.
 În 1835, Comitatul Lamoille a fost creat din părți ale comitatelor Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans și Washington.

Comitatele Essex, Orleans și Caledonia sunt de obicei considerate ca făcând parte din ceea este, eufimistic numit, "Northeast Kingdom", adică Regatul nord-estic.

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Legături externe (în limba engleză)

  U.S. Census map of Vermont Counties
  vt251.com Un website al așa numitului [the] Vermont 251 Club, reprezentând toate cele 251 de localități din Vermont ce au statut de entitate încorporată sau nu ("cities, towns and unincorporated areas", respectiv "orașe, orășele și zone neîncorporate").

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Tennessee Grandma Flips Off Cops in Mugshot After Getting Busted with 20 Pounds of Weed
This future-classic mugshot was taken after cops raided the woman's home and found 40 weed plants and 20 pounds of dried bud.
An older Tennessee woman gave cops a double middle-finger salute in a mugshot that is not only destined for viral notoriety, but one that will also likely induct her into the kingdom (er, queendom) of fearless cannabis legends.
Jackson County resident Peggy Brewington was arrested on August 30th after cops raided her home and discovered a small weed grow and a massive stash of dried bud. The raid was the conclusion of a month-long investigation by two separate state law enforcement agencies, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the 15th Drug Task Force (DTF) Tennessee. Cops initially arrested Brewington on August 27th for trespassing and then raided her home three days later.
When cops arrived to conduct the search, they asked Brewington exactly how much weed she had in her residence. "Maybe about an ounce," she replied, according to a social media post by the 15th DTF. A thorough investigation of the property soon showed that this was quite an underestimate. Cops said that they found over 20 pounds of weed in Brewington's home and dozens of cannabis plants growing on her farm.
"Officers recovered over 20 pounds of marijuana from the residence and approximately 40 marijuana plants from the property," the 15th DTF wrote in a Facebook post accompanied by several pictures of healthy weed plants that they ripped out of the ground. "A second search was conducted at a nearby residence and more growing marijuana and processed marijuana was recovered."
For the second time in a week, Brewington was hauled into the local jail, where she flipped off the camera in her soon-to-be-classic mugshot. Police will present her case to the Jackson County Grand Jury, who will determine what charges will be filed against her. Authorities have not yet disclosed whether the additional weed discovered nearby is related to Brewington's case.
Tennessee residents definitely seem to have a unique way of protesting the state's excessive weed laws. Last year, a local man who was in court for a minor pot possession charge lit up a joint and smoked it right in front of the judge. Of course, the young man lost his case, and was sentenced to additional charges, but he unfortunately died in an unrelated car accident this January. (Legends never die. RIP!)
It's no surprise that Tennessee natives are so pissed off about getting busted for minor pot crimes. The Volunteer State is one of the minority of states in the USA that still prohibits weed in every form, including medical pot. State cops have even raided stores that sold CBD products, which are technically legal under state and federal laws. Individual cities like Memphis and Nashville have tried to decriminalize pot, but state lawmakers passed a law in 2017 that overturned these local ordinances, reinstating prison time and fines for pot offenses.
Earlier this summer, state Rep. Bruce Griffey (R) proposed a bill that would place three non-binding cannabis questions on the state 2022 election ballot. If passed, the bill would allow voters to share their opinions on whether the state should decriminalize minor pot possession, legalize medical marijuana, or legalize full adult-use sales. Lawmakers have shut down literally every other cannabis reform bill that has hit the books, though, so it remains to be seen whether they will even allow this simple request for public opinion to succeed.


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Science of the Saints, 7-VII-2019 (24 June), The Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
The Nativity of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John: The Gospel (Lk. 1:57-80) relates that the righteous parents of Saint John the Baptist, the Priest Zachariah and Elizabeth, lived in the ancient city of Hebron, and reached old age being childless, since Elizabeth was barren. One time, Saint Zachariah was making Divine services at the Jerusalem Temple and saw the Archangel Gabriel, standing on the right side of the incense offertory. The archangel predicted that Saint Zachariah would father a son, who would announce the Saviour – the Messiah, awaited by the Old Testament Church. Zachariah was troubled, and fear fell upon him. He had doubts that in old age it was possible to have a son, and he asked for a sign. And it was given to him – it appeared at the same time as a chastisement for his unbelief: Zachariah was struck speechless until the time of the fulfillment of the archangel's words.
Saint Elizabeth came to be with child, and fearing derision over the lateness of her pregnancy, she kept it secret for five months, until there came visiting her distant relative the All-Blessed Virgin Mary, to share with her Her own joy. Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, was the first to greet the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God. And together with her Saint John also – in the womb of his mother Righteous Elizabeth – did greet "with leaps as in song" the Most Holy Virgin Mary and the Son of God incarnated within Her.
It became time, and Saint Elizabeth gave birth to a son, and all the relatives and acquaintances rejoiced together with her. On the eighth day, in accord with the law of Moses, was made the circumcision. His mother named him John. Everyone was amazed, since no one in their family had been named such. When they asked Saint Zachariah about this, he motioned for a tablet and wrote on it: "John is his name" – and immediately the binding of his tongue at the prediction of the archangel was unbound, and Saint Zachariah, at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, glorified God and pronounced the words of prophecy about the coming into the world of the Messiah, and about his own son John – the Forerunner of the Lord.
After the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ and the worship of the shepherds and the Magi, wicked king Herod gave orders to kill all the infants. Hearing about this, Saint Elizabeth fled into the wilderness and hid in a cave. Saint Zachariah as a priest was at Jerusalem and was doing his priestly service in the Temple. Herod sent soldiers to him to find out the abode of the infant John and his mother. Zachariah answered that their whereabouts were unknown to him, and he was killed right there in the Temple. Righteous Elizabeth continued to live in the wilderness with her son and she died there. The lad John, protected by an Angel, dwelt in the wilderness until such time, when he came preaching about repentance and was himself vouchsafed worthy to baptise the Lord Who was come into the world.
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Video: MTV's Abandoned Staten Island Reality Show
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Is it weird that a show about the Bridge & Tunnel brigade sounds refreshing after this endless era of Jersey Shore that we've been in? According to the Village Voice, MTV spent millions shooting a B&T reality show featuring two sisters from Staten Island: Brianna and Gabriella DeBartoli. They had 12 episodes in the can... but inexplicably killed it before it ever saw the light of day! Now "the only extant clip is the show's super-trailer," and little else. And it's a shame, because this would have been like 12 episodes of the amazing True Life: I'm From Staten Island special. Alas, all we get is this 1:42 minute teaser:
A few years ago MTV also put out a mall casting call in the borough... which allegedly nothing came of. [via Runnin' Scared]
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Jen Carlson has been an editor with Gothamist since 2004. Her writing has also been published on Jezebel, Deadspin, and a number of composition notebooks before the internet existed. In 2015 she won a spot in the inaugural Amtrak Residency program and traveled the nation via rail. She has an Ed Hardy tattoo, but she can explain. She is currently an editor and reporter on the NYC Accountability desk in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.


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Abdominal wall defect repair is a surgery performed to correct one of two birth defects of the abdominal wall: gastroschisis or omphalocele. Depending on the defect treated, the procedure is also known as omphalocele repair/closure or gastroschisis repair/closure.
For some unknown reason, while in utero, the abdominal wall muscles do not form correctly. And, when the abdominal wall is incompletely formed at birth, the internal organs of the infant can either protrude into the umbilical cord (omphalocele) or to the side of the navel (gastroschisis). The size of an omphalocele varies—some are very small, about the size of a ping pong ball, while others may be as big as a grapefruit. Omphalocele repair is performed to repair the omphalocele defect in which all or part of the bowel and other internal organs lie on the outside of the abdomen in a hernia (sac). Gastroschisis repair is performed to repair the other abdominal wall defect through which the bowel thrusts out with no protective sac present. Gastroschisis is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical intervention. Surgery for abdominal wall defects aims to return the abdominal organs back to the abdominal cavity, and to repair the defect if possible. It can also be performed to create a pouch to protect the intestines until they are inserted back into the abdomen.
Abdominal wall defects occurs in the United States at a rate of one case per 2,000 births, which means that some 2,360 cases are diagnosed per year. Mothers below the age of 20 are four times as likely as mothers in their late twenties to give birth to affected babies.
Abdominal wall defect surgery is performed soon after birth. The protruding organs are covered with dressings, and a tube is inserted into the stomach to prevent the baby from choking or breathing in the contents of the stomach into the lungs. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia so that the baby will not feel pain. First, the pediatric surgeon enlarges the hole in the abdominal wall in order to examine the bowel for damage or other birth defects. Damaged portions of the bowel are removed and the healthy bowel is reconnected with stitches. The exposed organs are replaced within the abdominal cavity, and the opening is closed. Sometimes closure of the opening is not possible, for example when the abdominal cavity is too small or when the organs are too large or swollen to close the skin. In such cases, the surgeon will place a plastic covering pouch, commonly called a silo because of its shape, over the abdominal organs on the outside of the infant to protect the organs. Gradually, the organs are squeezed through the pouch into the opening and returned to the body. This procedure can take up to a week, and final closure may be performed a few weeks later. More surgery may be required to repair the abdominal muscles at a later time.
Prenatal screening can detect approximately 85% of abdominal wall defects. Gastroschisis and omphalocele are usually diagnosed by ultrasound examinations before birth. These tests can determine the size of the abdominal wall defect and identify the affected organs. The surgery is performed immediately after delivery, as soon as the newborn is stable.
After surgery, the infant is transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) and placed in an incubator to keep warm and prevent infection. Oxygen is provided. When organs are placed back into the abdominal cavity, this may increase pressure on the abdomen and make breathing difficult. In such cases, the infant is provided with a breathing tube and ventilator until the swelling of the abdominal organs has decreased. Intravenous fluids, antibiotics , and pain medication are also administered. A tube is also placed in the stomach to empty gastric secretions. Feedings are started very slowly, using a nasal tube as soon as bowel function starts. Babies born with omphaloceles can stay in the hospital from one week to one month after surgery, depending on the size of the defect. Babies are discharged from the hospital when they are taking all their feedings by mouth and gaining weight.
The risks of abdominal wall repair surgery include peritonitis and temporary paralysis of the small bowel. If a large segment of the small intestine is damaged, the baby may develop short bowel syndrome and have digestive problems.
In most cases, the defect can be corrected with surgery. The outcome depends on the amount of damage to the bowel.
The size of the abdominal wall defect, the extent to which organs protrude out of the abdomen, and the presence of other birth defects influence the outcome of the surgery. The occurrence of other birth defects is uncommon in infants with gastroschisis, and 85% survive. Approximately half of the babies diagnosed with omphalocele have heart defects or other birth defects, and approximately 60% survive to age one.
Gastroschisis is a life-threatening condition requiring immediate surgical intervention. There is no alternative to surgery for both gastroschisis and omphalocele.
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Sydorak, R. M., A. Nijagal, L. Sbragia, et al. "Gastroschisis: small hole, big cost." Journal of Pediatric Surgery 37 (December 2002): 1669–1672.
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Abdominal wall defect surgery is performed by a pediatric surgeon. A pediatric surgeon is specialized in the surgical care of children. He or she must have graduated from medical school, and completed five years of postgraduate general surgery training in an accredited training program. A pediatric surgeon must complete an additional accredited two-year fellowship program in pediatric surgery and be board-eligible or board-certified in general surgery. (Board certification is granted when a fully trained surgeon has taken and passed first a written, then an oral examination.) Once the general surgery boards are passed, a fellowship-trained pediatric surgeon becomes eligible to take the Pediatric Surgery examination. Other credentials may include membership in the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and/or the American Academy of Pediatrics. Each of these organizations require that fellows meet well-established standards of training, clinical knowledge, and professional conduct.
If prenatal screening indicates that abdominal wall defects are present in the fetus, delivery should occur at a hospital with an intensive care nursery (NICU) and a pediatric surgeon on staff.
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Art Education Is in Crisis: Can We Stop Culture Becoming the Preserve of the Privileged?
Cash-strapped schools in deprived areas across the UK have been particularly hard hit by the shift away from the arts
'Art is dropping off the curriculum in a lot of schools. Part of what we're doing is giving young people what they can't get any more.' Open School East (OSE) director and co-founder Anna Colin is in full, enthusiastic flow as she prepares for the launch of the Margate-based organization's Young Associates Programme, aimed at local young people aged 16 to 18. Three years in the planning and informed by OSE's now well-established 11-month Associates Programme for emerging artists and creative practitioners – founded in 2013, when the alternative art school was based in east London – it arrives amidst an ongoing crisis in school-age art education, most recently brought into sharp focus by the continuing decline in the number of students sitting A Level exams in creative subjects.
Figures released in August by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) revealed a 6.5 percent drop across six subjects: art and design; music; design and technology; drama; media, film and television studies; and performing and expressive arts. At GCSE level, research by the Cultural Learning Alliance states that in England between 2010 to 2018 the number of arts subject entries declined by 35 percent. As Colin sees it: 'Creative activities are no longer prized as something that should be an essential part of young people's training.'
Young Associates Programme summer school, 2019, sound and field recording workshop led by Dan Scott. Courtesy: Open School East; photograph: Laura Owen
The decline in the take-up of these subjects in schools can be linked to the UK government's introduction in 2010 of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) in England. This GCSE-level subject combination includes English, maths, the sciences, foreign languages, history or geography – but no creative subjects. Deborah Annetts, founder of the anti-EBacc campaign, Bacc for the Future, and chief executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, said in response to the recent A Level statistics that a complete rethink of the EBacc is needed. She added: 'Without a change in direction, this highly flawed policy will continue to devastate creative subjects.'
Cash-strapped schools in deprived areas have been particularly hard hit by the cultural shift away from the arts – a reality OSE is addressing head-on by recruiting its 12 Young Associates from working-class areas of Margate and the wider Thanet district of Kent. It has also been liaising with pupil referral units, charities and social services to identify candidates and encourage them to apply for the programme, which will see the students working towards a Level 2 diploma in art and design. 'It's about an opening up of the arts, so that it's not just a privileged – and also very white – field,' says Colin.
Art class. Courtesy: Project Inc.
While acknowledging the impact of the EBacc and the general sense that the arts have been downgraded in many schools, the broader context of the programme is that, for many young people, the formal education system is a challenge too far. OSE believes that a less institutionalized approach is required – one that enables the benefits of a creative education to be experienced by young people who often feel marginalized and excluded from mainstream school life.
It's a philosophy shared by Lisa Alberti, founder of Project Inc., which since 2016 has been providing creative education for 11 to 19 year olds in North West England. 'Truly alternative offers such as ours are vital for a growing group of young people struggling with a one-size-fits-all education system,' believes Alberti. 'The decline in creativity in general in schools was certainly significant in my decision, as a senior leader and art and design teacher, to leave mainstream [education]. There is a real synchronicity in why we have decided to support young people through art education outside of a school building.'
Project Inc.'s four sites – in Burnley, Leigh, Macclesfield and Manchester – are all in what it describes as 'local arts and heritage buildings', such as a former weaving mill and a 19th-century Sunday School. The not-for-profit company offers a range of programmes, including a two-day-a-week term-time course working towards an Arts Award qualification, GCSE or A-level, and a specific programme for over-16s who are no longer in education and aren't working or in training for work.
Alberti believes there's 'a need for art to be embedded in every curriculum area, particularly for those learners that benefit from an alternative approach'. She adds: 'The loss of the art room, the drama room and those 'safe' places for our more vulnerable young people really makes me very sad. We are currently seeing – and will continue to see – a rise in school refusers, anxiety, mental-health issues and a general decline in wellbeing.'
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There are also, of course, those within the school system who are working hard to ensure that art remains a core part of education. The 2018 Global Teacher Prize-winner Andria Zafirakou, for example – who frieze spoke to last year shortly after she won the award – set up the Artists in Residence charity in order to bring artists of all kinds into London schools. OSE, too, is directly involving practitioners in its Young Associates programme, including among its tutors the textile designer and printmaker Yemi Awosile, artist Nicolas Deshayes, Adam Willis and James Binning of the Turner Prize-winning architecture collective Assemble, and artist and filmmaker Adam Chodzko. 'We're giving the Young Associates a chance to be excited by the potential of working with different materials, with different techniques, with different approaches,' explains Colin. 'We want them to be able to do what other more privileged young people are able to do.'
Main image: Young Associates Programme summer school, 2019, sound and sculpture workshop led by Dan Scott, Connor Morris and Elouise Farley. Courtesy: Open School East; photograph: Laura Owen
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Chris Sharratt is a freelance writer and editor based in Glasgow. Follow him on Twitter: @chrissharratt
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With highly specialized training in the detection of ocular disease, and in A and B-scan ultrasound for diagnostic purposes, Dr. Bernardo says careful questioning is his first approach to differentiating routine problems from more complex conditions.
Dr. Bernardo stresses that education is critical to the communication process with patients. "I want my patients to understand the nature of their eye condition, and why I believe the management I've recommended is the best approach," he says.
But he also acknowledges that communication is a two-way street. "It's important to understand what's going on with the patient because it can influence how they respond and comply to the treatment," he notes. Financial problems are one such obstacle, he adds. In those instances, Dr. Bernardo may refer patients to Mass. Eye and Ear's financial assistance office, or review the treatment plan for equivalent but more affordable alternatives, such as generic medications, or less expensive eyeglasses and contact lens options.
Dr. Bernardo shares his great fund of knowledge with optometric and ophthalmic residents in the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program. "Harvard Ophthalmology affiliates—which includes Mass. Eye and Ear, Longwood—are all teaching hospitals," notes Dr. Bernardo. "That means, we are providing the best possible care for our patients while also mentoring the next generation of optometrists. We use a team-centered approach in clinic, working together to examine, diagnosis, and treat the patient that enhances overall care. This approach helps to both foster the resident's clinical independence, and at the same time allows us all to be on the same page and learn from one another." In addition to providing formal supervision to residents during clinic, Dr. Bernardo and other optometrists at Mass. Eye and Ear help teach the basics of refraction to the first year ophthalmology residents in a workshop setting.
Contact Dr. Bernardo's office at 617-573-3202.
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I've never had this time off before – or if I have I've been injured and it's really different to be injured as opposed to be expecting, Williams said from her home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, during a recent media conference call.
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I am not sold on the whole adding players at this point unless it is out of necessity because of injuries or something else that affects a player's availability.
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