Toronto's newest bar is nothing short of magical.
The Lockhart Bar, which opened last week, is the world's first "Harry Potter"-themed watering hole. Named after Professor Lockhart, the narcissistic wizard who worked as Hogwarts' Defense Against The Dark Arts professor in "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets," the pub is a playful homage to JK Rowling's beloved series.
Though not officially sanctioned by Rowling — you'll notice its website makes no mention of Harry Potter, probably for legal reasons — everything, from the drinks to the decor, is inspired by the acclaimed series.
Designed to emulate an apothecary, the pub boasts countless hidden "Harry Potter" references for customers to uncover — and according to the owners, some are so obscure, they'll give anyone who can identify them a free drink.
The "Harry Potter" references are most obvious in the bar's decor.
While tchotchkes around the restaurant, like Harry Potter bobble heads and well-placed books, add playful touches to the themed bar's vibe.
Including The Lockhart Caesar and the Shacklebolt cocktail.
Any discerning "Potter" fan will recognize those as the final three words in the series.
Don't think The Lockhart is strictly for die-hard witches and wizards.
All are welcome, and the curated food and drink menus will please even the grumpiest Slytherin.
So next time you're in Toronto, stop by and enjoy a Befuddlement Beer.
Head to The Lockhart's website for more info.


Hmmm. Wrapping my mind around a new concept. I guess the idea is tagging it so you can find it later? But what about permits, for instance? I have a system where I move a "note" from one file to another as it's point in the process changes. For instance, when we get an order for a job that requires an installation permit, we make requests at the end or beginning of the day instead of each time an order comes in. So . . . it goes like this Apply for Permit > Pending Applications > Permits Issued > Approved Invoiced > Inspection Scheduled. Once the job has passed inspection, it moves into the file for the governing authority and a copy into the job file. How would I be able to manage the permitting process?
I'm sure there's probably a host of answers to my questions, but please, I really can't seem to figure out where to find them. The question I want to ask is not the verbiage used by the community. Just point me in the right direction and I'll look. Here's my situation: Serious downsizing of my life and home office . . . from 3000 sq foot house to 300 sq foot 5th wheel. Business has been in operation since the 80's and has LOTS of file cabinets (currently in storage . . . not very accessable!) I bought a Scansnap and it uses Evernote (although not the Evernote edition). Bought external hard drive that has links to Googledrive (although it came with free Dropbox usage). Have been in a filing funk for the last 3 years since husband died although business still in operation. l need to get organized. I think I'm ready, but WHAT NOW? My question is that I have a meticulous filing system (normally . . . when I actually use it) and I don't know how to convert this to Evernote. Plus, does Evernote upload to Googledrive? Or do the files have to stay in Evernote. I would use Dropbox also, but what would be the point if I'm already using Evernote and Googledrive? (I like Googledrive's ability to work across so many applications, seamlessly with other things I do.) I don't see "Files" Just "Notes" and "Notebooks". I like to file 'like things' together such as hanging files for "Suppliers" and "Permits" and "Governing Authorities" "Employee Payroll Files" "Employee Information Files" "Payroll Liabilities". Inside these hanging files are manila files, inside those files are documents. When it comes to customers, however, the chain may include more in-depth filing. For example, a person may own a property management and/or restoration company and we also do work for their personal home. They may manage properties for a corporation, so there would be a hierarchy of: Individual Person>Business They Own>Corporation They Manage for>Apartment or Office Complex Location>Specific Job Address. I can organize things in Googledrive manually, but I was very excited that Evernote might actually read receipts and actually know where to file them once I had taught it and automatically tag documents with identity markers for when I'm looking for something. But, how does Evernote work with Googledrive??? Does it need to be filed with Evernote? Or can that program organize and Googledrive is the file holding tank? . . . along with the 5 terabyte external hard drive, of course. Let me apologize for my verbose way of expressing myself, but any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.


I joined the M&M team in 2016 after managing my own business for 25 years. I had known Kirk and Robin for several years prior and realized they operated their business very much like I had my own. Hands on, making sure the client's interest was foremost and their satisfaction was most important.
My wife and I moved to Sacramento/Elk Grove in 1990. We have two beautiful grown daughters who have successful careers in the Sacramento area. My wife has been a pre-school/day care provider for over fourteen years and also is a successful LuLaRoe retailer.
Whether buying or selling, I look forward to the opportunity of working with you on one of life's most important decisions.
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Parker Lewis treating patient in Zambia in 2017.
When Parker Lewis first came to Colorado State University, he says his interests "were all over the map," including conservation biology, journalism, environmental health – and stand-up comedy.
The youngest of three siblings from Larkspur, Colorado, had some success at open mic nights, even at the Comedy Works in Denver. But when he realized that comedians don't make a lot of money – they tend to be angry and competitive, too – he decided to spend more time on his biomedical studies.
What he wants to do after graduation from the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science is earn a degree in osteopathic medicine at Rocky Vista University in Parker, Colorado, then specialize in emergency medicine or public health service, perhaps internationally. He got a taste of his future career over the summer with an Education Abroad experience as a medical volunteer in Zambia.
Lewis says he was particularly inspired by Dr. C.W. Miller, a professor who he described as "enthusiastic and optimistic, and made me interested in learning." Miller, who taught Lewis in cardiopulmonary physiology, returns the compliment.


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Articles on Nerve pain
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At higher-than-prescribed doses, pregabalin causes sedation and euphoria. Bruno van der Kraan
Ambulance call-outs for pregabalin have spiked – here's why
Shalini Arunogiri, Monash University; Dan Lubman, Monash University, and Rose Crossin, Monash University
Ambulance call-outs associated with the misuse of pregabalin (Lyrica) have increased tenfold in Victoria since 2012, mirroring an increase in prescription rates.
Your best option for treating the pain of sciatica is to seek advice, remain physically active, and wait it out. from www.shutterstock.com
Despite escalating prescriptions, nerve pain drug offers no relief for sciatica
Christine Lin, George Institute for Global Health and Andrew McLachlan, University of Sydney
Prescriptions of the drug pregabalin to treat sciatica have skyrocketed in recent years. But a new study shows it brings only side effects, and not relief for sufferers.
Stigma and empty wallets make HIV positive people carry on despite pain
Antonia Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand
Many people with moderate to severe chronic pain find it difficult to move around. By contrast, HIV-positive people who had chronic pain are still active.
It hurts. Back pain image via www.shutterstock.com.
What is chronic pain and why is it hard to treat?
Robert Caudle, University of Florida
Unrelieved pain contributes more to human suffering than any other disease.
Neuropathic pain often doesn't respond to common painkillers such as ibuprofen or paracetamol. from shutterstock.com
Weekly dose: Lyrica, the epilepsy drug that treats chronic nerve pain
Maree Smith, The University of Queensland and Brendan Moore, The University of Queensland
Lyrica, the brand name for a medicine called pregabalin, is an anti-epileptic drug most commonly used to treat chronic nerve pain - a type of pain caused by abnormality in, or damage to, the nerves.
Dan Lubman
Director, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre & Professor of Addiction Studies, Monash University
Maree Smith
Director, Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development and Professor of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
Robert Caudle
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Neuroscience Division, University of Florida
Andrew McLachlan
Andrew McLachlan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Brendan Moore
Adjunct Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
Antonia Wadley
Lecturer in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Christine Lin
Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Shalini Arunogiri
Addiction Psychiatrist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Rose Crossin
Research associate, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Alcatel-Lucent extends broadband access portfolio with fiber to the building (FTTB) solution
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced an important extension to its market-leading Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) portfolio of digital subscriber line (DSL) and fiber access products. The ISAM's new fiber to the building (FTTB) capabilities complement this product family's existing central office (CO) and cabinet solutions.
The ISAM FTTB portfolio allows operators to deliver up to 100 Mbps over copper in multi-dwelling unit (MDU) environments, in which it can be difficult to introduce fiber. DSL service providers in markets that use the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standards can thus complement their CO & cabinet deployments, and bring fiber closer to the subscriber whenever the installation of street cabinets is not an option.
Alcatel-Lucent's ISAM FTTB portfolio encompasses four new products, all delivering very high-speed DSL (VDSL) services over the copper twisted pair in MDUs. All products share the ISAM family's state-of-the art DSL technology and are managed by the 5520 Access Management System (AMS), covering all ISAM copper and fiber access products.
The ISAM FTTB portfolio not only includes products with standard Gigabit Ethernet and GPON network aggregation links, but also supports Alcatel-Lucent's unique "distributed DSLAM" model - an innovative network architecture whereby the remote DSLAMs are managed as remote line cards, connected to a central host. With this model, service providers have up to 24 times fewer nodes to manage, resulting in lower aggregation capital expenditures as well as more cost-effective operations - due to fewer software upgrades, re-use of line cards and fewer systems to configure and maintain.
"Alcatel-Lucent recognizes that many of our customers are seeking a 'fiber to the most economical point' approach to deliver cost-effective, high-quality services to their customers," comments Luis Martinez Amago, president of Alcatel-Lucent's fixed access activities. "Our FTTB portfolio is an optimized, scalable solution that offers service providers quick time to market in areas where the deployment of street cabinets is not economically feasible."
Alcatel-Lucent's FTTB portfolio will officially be introduced at CeBIT, in Hanover, Germany, March 4 to 9, 2008.
Alcatel-Lucent continues to be the undisputed leader in fixed broadband access, its ISAM product portfolio leading the DSLAM market with a cumulative market share of 41%, and having been deployed by more than 180 customers around the world.
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Q: how to move the cursor at the end of the richtext box in vb 2008 i am adding an text while i press enter in the rich text box after that the cursor is in the top of the string how to make it at the end of the string
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can any one tell me how can i do that

A: Assuming that I understand your question correctly, I think you need to do:
RichTextBox1.SelectionStart = RichTextBox1.TextLength

If the text scrolls away, you might also need to do a:
RichTextBox1.ScrollToCaret()

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Q: How should we handle flag weight for invalid flags? The 10k tools area has a section for flags. In this section (and only this section) you can flag a post as having invalid flags.

As it stands we have special treatment for this flag as it relates to flag weight.
If a moderator dismisses all the flags on a post as invalid, the people who cast the "invalid flag" are given a flag weight "bonus" and the people who cast the "normal flags" are given a deduction.
Are we doing the right thing here?
Are there any big caveats with this approach?
Do we need to adjust the way we handle "invalid flags"?

A: So you're effectively introducing short selling1 into the flag-weight arena? I think it's been well covered in financial markets that this implies a high volume of traffic.
I also think that this implies that you're going to be putting a lot more weight into/around flag-weight, and that you intend it to have a higher purpose, when we've been telling everyone to ignore flag-weights in general, because we want them to focus on flagging correctly, and not on gaming the system. Here you're asking us to play games with the system. It's not as though the moderators won't generally know on a glance if the flags are valid or not.
Granted, by opening up some of the flags to 10kers in the first place, you've already allowed them to know which questions are likely to give them a higher flag weight in the first place, indicating that they can already game the system to get as high a flag weight as they would like.
I get the feeling this is some sort of a hedge. I'm not sure what it's a hedge against, but I get that feeling.
I agree that 10k users should know better what's good and what's not on the system, so in that regard, do they really need the reward associated with the Nelson-like exclamation "ha-ha!"
Ok, that's my $0.05
Oh, my point!: How does this conflict or correlate with the previous instructions to people to ignore flag weight as a normal course of action? What is the end game here?
1 Ok, technically it's not short'ing, on account of they're not paying it back, but they are betting against the others, and that's what shorters do. They bet against the other participants in the market.

A: There are two issues here that I don't like

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*This pits flaggers "against" each other, which is not at all in the spirit of the thing. In order for one flagger to "win" (gain flag weight), the other has to "lose" (lose flag weight). In my view everyone who flags, with extremely rare exceptions, is making the site better and I almost never reject a flag.

*It's not uncommon to have flags at two different points in the post lifecycle that are both correct. That is, an answer will be (correctly) flagged as "not an answer", then the OP will go back and edit in detail to make it a better answer. Now someone (correctly) flags it as "previous flags invalid". Both flags are correct!
So going forward, if flags are disputed, no flag weight -- positive or negative -- will accrue to anyone on that particular post.
We've considered a few alternatives (make mods dismiss each flag individually, add a third "indeterminate" outcome button) but they all seem worse than this simple solution.

A: In my opinion this is a bit unnatural. If you look at the purpose of the flags, it's to notify a moderator because you think something is wrong.  But if you see a wrong flag, you don't have to flag the moderator because they will see the flag and they are capable enough to determine if the flags are OK or not.
So if you see a wrongfully cast flag, who do you want to contact?  The original flag caster. So I think setting this flag should notify the (all) flag caster(s). With a message to review the flag.
Besides, if you have cast a flag and you later think it's in error, maybe casting an invalid flag should remove your own flags.
The advantages of this are that the system becomes more symmetrical (you can cast and remove flags). You get to notify the users so that they can change their actions, and in the end, it reduces moderator effort.

A: Since it seems like the only way I'll get a flag weight increase, so I guess I like the way it is.
To be honest, it really highlights the problem of democracy.  Those who hold the opinion of the majority win, everyone else loses.  It's one thing to have someone make a decision, but it's another to penalize someone for having a different opinion.  You could also say it isn't really democracy, since it used to be that if you had enough votes you could make something happen, but now the only thing that matters is that the mods agree with you.
In the end, flag weight is just a rating for how much you think like everyone else.


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Leo Borg After Pro Debut: "I'm Not Too Far From This Level."
The 16-year-old Swede falls to former Roland Garros boys' singles champioin Chung-hsin Tseng in the first round of the ATP Challenger tournament in Bergamo.
Leo Borg (photo: Antonio Milesi)
BERGAMO, February 18, 2020
Leo Borg, son of 11-time Grand Slam singles champion and former World No. 1 Bjorn Borg, lost his first professional match in the opening round of the Internazionali di Tennis Trofeo Perrel-Faip in Bergamo. The 16-year-old Swede fell to 18-year-old former Junior World No. 1 Chung-hsin Tseng from Chinese Taipei 6-3, 6-1 on Monday afternoon.
Leo Borg 🇸🇪 after his pro debut at the ATP Challenger in Bergamo today.
"At first it was a bit difficult to manage the comparisons with my father, but now it's all right."
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— Florian Heer (@Florian_Heer) February 18, 2020
"My level is not so far from this," Borg told journalists after the 46 minute-encounter. The teenager will turn 17 on May 15, but he is already used to the interest of the public and fans.
"At first it was a bit difficult to manage the comparisons with my father, but now it's all right," he said and added that he has never watched a match of his father. "In all my life it has never happened to look for it on Youtube. Of course we spoke before today's match and he told me to enjoy the moment, to have fun and not to think about victory or defeat."
Borg will next return to Sweden, before he will play another ATP Challenger event in Pau, France, where he will benefit from a second wild card. "I will try to combine both, playing junior as well as professional tournaments. I will come back to play junior tournaments, but I hope to make some ATP points, too, competing in Challenger tournaments as well as on the ITF World Tennis Tour."
This entry was posted in ATP Challenger Bergamo, ATP Challenger Tour and tagged ATP Challenger Tour, Bergamo, Internazionali di Tennis Trofeo Perrel-Faip, Leo Borg.


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Website: www.snowyvalleys.nsw.gov.au
Tumbarumba is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, about 480 kilometres (300 mi) southwest of the state capital, Sydney.
Local Government Area:Snowy Valleys Council
Tumbarumba is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, about 480 kilometres (300 mi) southwest of the state capital, Sydney.Tumbarumba is located on the periphery of the Riverina and South West Slopes regions at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. The 2016 census showed the population of the town and surrounding area to be 1,862 people. Locals refer to the town as 'Tumba'. To the south and east, the highest peak of the Snowy Mountains and mainland Australia—Mount Kosciuszko—can be seen. # History The Aboriginal history of the region is contentious. According to the map developed by Tindale, the area that is now Tumbarumba lay at the boundary of the lands of the Wiradjuri and Walgalu peoples. Since the Wiradjuri word for the 'Walgalu' was Guramal, meaning 'hostile men', presumably there was little in common between these peoples, who spoke different languages. The Walgulu spoke the same Ngarigo language as the more easterly Ngarigo people of the Monaro region, and in more recent times these groups have been considered by some to be just one people, the Ngarigo, whose lands included Tumbarumba. There are different views on the origin on the word 'tumbarumba' and whether it derives from the Wirajuri or Ngarigo language. Tumbarumba and surrounds now lie within the Brungle/Tumut Aboriginal Land Council Area.The settler community was established in the late 1850s after gold was discovered in the district. The Post Office opened on 1 August 1860 but was spelt Tumberumba until 1915.A railway branch line was opened to Tumbarumba in 1921. The Tumbarumba railway line ran from Wagga Wagga through Tarcutta. The service has been suspended since 1987. The 21 km final section of the line between Rosewood and Tumbarumba opened as a rail trail in April 2020. Gold mining petered out in the 1930s, and the region's economy now depends on agriculture and tourism.The timber industry dominates the Shire's economy. The name Tumbarumba may be derived from the sound of thunder. or alternatively from the Aboriginal words for "hollow sounding ground", "thunder", "sound" or "place of big trees". # Weather Tumbarumba has a temperate oceanic climate; comprising warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Frosts are frequent and snowfall is fairly common in winter. The lowest recorded maximum temperature was 1.1 °C (34.0 °F) on 15 July 1966, and the lowest recorded minimum temperature was -9.4 °C (15.1 °F) on 13 July 1970. # Things to do Tumbarumba provides a convenient base for visiting the Western Snowy Mountains area. The town lies on the Snowy Valleys Way which Destination NSW advertises as a more leisurely and picturesque driving route to take between Sydney and Melbourne. The Snowy Valleys way links Gundagai and Beechworth passing through Tumut, Tumbarumba and Corryong. Tumbarumba is also close to the 440 km Hume and Hovell Track. Access to the track is at the Henry Angel Trackhead, 9 km from Tumbarumba toward Khancoban. A half day walk from the Henry Angel Trackhead to 'Big Hill' providesviews of the western face of the Snowy Mountains Main Range. This walk passes old gold workings at the Burra Falls. Tumbarumba is also the centre of the Tumbarumba wine region, a developing cool climate wine growing region with the first plantings in 1982. Several local wineries have 'cellar doors' with wines for sale. The Museum and Visitor Information Centre on Bridge Street is open 363 days of the year, and the Tumbarumba Library and Archive on Prince Street is open Monday to Saturday, but check for opening hours.
Address: Snowy Valleys Council NSW, PO Box 61,Tumbarumba,NSW,2653
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Arts & Entertainment Beauty Pageant Events
2008 Miss Africa USA Beauty Pageant
2008 Miss Africa USA
The Miss Africa USA Pageant is a cultural showcase of the African heritage in the United States of America. The Pageant is a charity event, providing a platform for young African women in America to showcase talent, leadership, culture and a unique opportunity to speak up for Africa, raising awareness on pertinent issues concerning the continent and how Americans and friends of Africa can help make a difference in Africa. Proceeds from this event helps to fund identified projects dealing with needs in healthcare, education and the protection of women and children's rights.
On November 1, 2008, Miss South Africa Nyasha Zimucha was crowned as Miss Africa USA 2008-2009 by Miss Africa 2007-2008 Mfonobong Essiet. For more information about the pageant, please visit the website: http://www.missafricaunitedstates.com
InEvents, Miss Africa USA, Nyasha Zimucha
Over the next month, a total of 24 African teams will take the stage in pursuit of being crowned Champions of Africa.
Time to get your wallet out: only two more weeks before Christmas. It's that time of the year again, when miracle happens: mean people become somehow friendly, crazy drivers become tolerant of others, people actually smile at you without reasons, and somehow we all truly believe that we have unlimited cash on our bank accounts to buy everyone a gift in this world.
CELEBRATING 2021 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
ADUNAGOW Magazine celebrates all women around the globe today as part of the 2014 International Women's Day.
International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.
2019 African Gospel Awards festival (AGAFEST) Nomination Ceremony
On Friday, 11th January 2019, at Holiday Inn Hotel (Accra), the organizers of the AGAFEST announced the nominees for its maiden edition. The festival, which has four participants Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, will take place on 8th March of this year at the Fantasy Dome Trade Fair in Accra, Ghana.
Miss Cameroon is Crowned Miss Africa USA 2017/18
History was made for Cameroon on Saturday Nov 11 2017 at Bowie State University, Maryland USA when hundreds of guests witnessed the Miss Africa USA Contest which culminated to the Crowning of Corinne Missi as the Queen.
Lady Kate Ndi and Team


Another Awards Night has been and gone.
Now this year I was in the running for the Nottingham Writers' Club, Writer of the Year Award. This is for the four winners of the club's quarterly prose competitions (from Autumn last year to Summer this year).
Unfortunately because of unforeseen delays- more than one of them in fact- the judge wasn't able to get the result back in time, so no one yet knows who won.
There are actually only three writers this time, as I won two of the four competitions- still amazed at that.
So it will be January before the winner is announced and the trophy presented. And that will be mid-month, as our regular first meeting in January next year is New Year's Day! So no meeting as the venue is closed due to it being a public holiday.
After the awards are presented, and the food is eaten, the competitive and humorous nature of the writers starts to emerge with the quiz and games.
All I am going to say is never invite any of us to do Countdown...Not unless you've handed us the rulebook and stood over us while we've read it!
Despite the delays in the trophy presentation- there were a couple of others who were also away and couldn't receive theirs either- I did receive a gift card for my two first place wins.
Sounds great - and you do look glam!
Glad you had a good time. Sorry I couldn't be there this year. Sounds like Pat was on form with the entertainment as usual. See you in January.
That's a proper party outfit!
What a shame you have to wait for the results, Carol. Lovely outfit and photo!
I love the lacy look, Carol. Your quiz would floor me as I rarely read a newspaper - all we get here is the Sun printed in Spain and I'm now spending nearly three euros a day on that!
Thank you for the compliments on my glam look, Helen, Patsy, Rosemary and Lizy.
You missed all the fun, Keith. :-) See you in January.


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From Ivory Tower to Iron Bars: Scientists Risk Jail Time for Violating Export Laws
Author: Sharon WeinbergerSharon Weinberger
John Reece Roth never thought he'd be going to prison for his research on plasma physics. But that's precisely where the 72-year old University of Tennessee professor will likely spend the next four years.
Roth was sentenced last month for sharing his research with foreign graduate students and taking a laptop with his research to China. Along with his university research, he was working on an unclassified contract from the U.S. Force looking at ways to reduce drag on drones using plasma actuators.
The case has been closely watched by university professors working in areas that deal with controlled technical information, particularly satellite technology, which is classified as a munition. As I write in a recent article for Nature(apologies, behind a paywall):
*Concerns over prosecution have even led some academics to self-censor when teaching, particularly in the area of satellites, which have been under the control of the state department since 1999. That shift, which was prompted by a satellite manufacturer illegally sharing technical data with China about the failure of a Long March rocket, had an immediate effect on university work in the area. "There are things I was once comfortable talking about in class, and I'm not comfortable with anymore," says Thomas Zurbuchen, a professor of space science and aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
It's a difficult subject: many people I interviewed felt Roth showed blatant disregard for the law – he was warned his work fell under the State Department's munitions list – but they expressed deep frustration with the ambiguity of the laws.
Clif Burns, a lawyer at Bryan Cave, who contributes to the equally amusing and educational Export Law Blog, believes the Roth case is an anomaly – at least so far. Burns also told me that part of Roth's particular problem was that he was sharing research with graduate students from the two countries of most concern to the United States: China and Iran.
"This was a double whammy," he said.
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package org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.spatial;

import org.opengis.util.InternationalString;
import org.apache.sis.util.iso.SimpleInternationalString;
import org.apache.sis.internal.jaxb.Context;
import org.apache.sis.test.LoggingWatcher;
import org.apache.sis.test.TestCase;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.apache.sis.test.Assert.*;

/**
 * Tests {@link DefaultGeorectified}.
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @version 0.3
 * @since   0.3
 * @module
 */
public final strictfp class DefaultGeorectifiedTest extends TestCase {
    /**
     * A JUnit {@link Rule} for listening to log events. This field is public because JUnit requires us to
     * do so, but should be considered as an implementation details (it should have been a private field).
     */
    @Rule
    public final LoggingWatcher loggings = new LoggingWatcher(Context.LOGGER);

    /**
     * Verifies that no unexpected warning has been emitted in any test defined in this class.
     */
    @After
    public void assertNoUnexpectedLog() {
        loggings.assertNoUnexpectedLog();
    }

    /**
     * Tests {@link DefaultGeorectified#isCheckPointAvailable()} and
     * {@link DefaultGeorectified#setCheckPointAvailable(boolean)}.
     */
    @Test
    public void testCheckPointAvailable() {
        final DefaultGeorectified metadata = new DefaultGeorectified();
        final InternationalString description = new SimpleInternationalString("A check point description.");
        assertFalse("checkPointAvailability", metadata.isCheckPointAvailable());

        // Setting the description shall set automatically the availability.
        metadata.setCheckPointDescription(description);
        assertTrue("checkPointAvailability", metadata.isCheckPointAvailable());
        loggings.assertNoUnexpectedLog();

        // Setting the availability flag shall hide the description and logs a message.
        metadata.setCheckPointAvailable(false);
        assertNull("checkPointDescription", metadata.getCheckPointDescription());
        loggings.assertNextLogContains("checkPointDescription", "checkPointAvailability");
        loggings.assertNoUnexpectedLog();

        // Setting the availability flag shall bring back the description.
        metadata.setCheckPointAvailable(true);
        assertSame("checkPointDescription", description, metadata.getCheckPointDescription());
    }
}

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Джек Алтаузен (справжнє ім'я Яків Мойсейович; 1907–1942) — радянський поет. Член Спілки письменників СРСР з 1934 року.

Твори
 Відпускник Артем (поема), 1925 (у співавторстві з А. Ясним)
 Безвусий ентузіаст (лірична поема), 1929
 Ровесникам (вірші), 1930
 Перше покоління (поема), 1932
 Долю приемля (вірші, листи, спогади). Іркутськ, 1990

Увічнення пам'яті
 На честь Джека Алтаузена якийсь час називалася нинішня вулиця другий Радянська в Іркутську.
 Ім'я поета викарбувано на меморіальній дошці в Центральному будинку літераторів у Москві (ЦДЛ).

Примітки

Джерела
 Алтаузен // Краткая литературная энциклопедия / Гл. ред. А. А. Сурков. — М.: Сов. энцикл., 1962—1978. — Т. 1: Аарне — Гаврилов. — 1962. — Стб. 165.

Посилання
 Жизнь и творчество Джека Алтаузена
 Поэт Джек (Яков) Моисеевич Алтаузен
  Стихи советских поэтов, погибших на фронтах Великой отечественной войны

Учасники Другої світової війни з СРСР
Загинули в боях Німецько-радянської війни
Поховані в Лозівському районі
Літератори, відомі під псевдонімами

Радянські поети

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration is warning Iran publicly and privately not to threaten the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.
Spokesmen were vague Friday on what the United States would do if Iran did block the Straits of Hormuz. But military officials have been clear that the U.S. is readying for a possible naval clash.
That prospect is the latest flashpoint with Iran. It overshadows the threat of war over Iran's disputed nuclear program, perhaps sparked by an Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear structure. But both crises could erupt in a shooting war this year.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is linking the threats. He says an Iranian nuclear weapon is one "red line" the U.S. will not allow Iran to cross, and closure of the straits is another.


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Offentlig-privat innovation (OPI) er en bred betegnelse for et udviklingssamarbejde mellem offentlige og private aktører med det formål at skabe nye samfundsmæssige løsninger, der samtidig har potentiale for kommercialisering. Begrebet er beslægtet med offentlig-privat samarbejde (OPS), dog er der i et OPS-projekt ofte defineret en løsning på et kendt problem som samarbejdet tager udgangspunkt i.

I OPI-projekter har deltagerne ikke et klassisk aftager-leverandør-forhold. Samarbejdet etableres uden, at parterne kender den løsning eksakt, der skal udvikles. De kender det problem, der skal løses og den forskel, de ønsker at gøre for f.eks. borgere.

Referencer
Analyse af offentlig-privat samarbejde om innovation, Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen, 2009
OPIguide.dk
Collaborative and cooperative forms of interaction and their significance for Public Private Innovation Partnerships. Ledelse & Erhvervsøkonomi nr. 03|2012. Helle Aarøe Nissen, Majbritt Rostgaard Evald, Ann Højbjerg Clarke. https://www.djoef-forlag.dk/services/djm/ledelsedocs/2012/2012_3/le_2012_3_5.pdf
Virksomheders syn på udfordringer og muligheder ved tidlig inddragelse i OPI-samarbejder. Ann Højbjerg Clarke, Helle Aarøe Nissen, Majbritt Rostgaard Evald, Kristin Balslev Munksgaard, Pia Schou Nielsen. https://www.opiguide.dk/media/1304/sdu_erfaringsopsamlingsrapport-final.pdf
Offentlig forvaltning
Innovation


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This contemporary-western cowboy album is about family, passion, horses, and honor...and, well, the good stuff we perceive in the human condition. The cowboys say, "You can tell by the songs, that Randy's been there and done that."
The album garnered high praise from national critics such as Billboard Magazine, Cowboy Magazine, Rope Burns Magazine and American Cowboy Magazine to name a few.
Several of the songs topped the music charts or got within striking distance including the Texas Music Chart, Rope Burns Magazine's Western Music album charts, the PowerSource Magazine Western Music Charts, and various other independent music charts.


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Bucket brigades and proton gates: Researchers shed new light on water's role in photosynthesis
By Isabel 17/12/2021 News, Plant Science
A better understanding of this process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy.
Photosystem II is a protein in plants, algae and cyanobacteria that uses sunlight to break water down into its atomic components, unlocking hydrogen and oxygen. A longstanding question about this process is how water molecules are funneled into the center of Photosystem II, where water is split to produce the oxygen we breathe. A better understanding of this process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water.
In a paper published last week in Nature Communications, an international collaboration between scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several other institutions uncovers how the protein takes in water and how hydrogen is removed in order to release the oxygen molecules.
At SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser, the team illuminated samples from cyanobacteria with ultrafast pulses of X-rays to collect both X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy data to simultaneously map the protein structure and how electrons flow in the protein. Through this technique, they are able to test competing theories of how Photosystem II splits water into oxygen. Over the past few years, the team has used this method to observe various steps of this water-splitting cycle at the temperature at which it occurs in nature.
The center of the protein acts as a catalyst, which drives certain chemical reactions to happen in a highly efficient manner. This research seeks to unlock how nature has optimized this catalytic process over millions of years of evolution. A cluster of four manganese atoms and one calcium atom are connected by oxygen atoms, and surrounded by water and the outer layers of the protein. In the step the scientists looked at, water flows through a pathway into the center of the protein, where one water molecule ultimately forms a bridge between a manganese atom and a calcium atom. The researchers showed that this water molecule likely provides one of the oxygen atoms in the oxygen molecule produced at the end of the cycle.
Last year, the researchers discovered that Photosystem II ferries water into the center as if through a bucket brigade: Water molecules move in many small steps from one end of the pathway to the other. They also showed that the calcium atom within the center could be involved in shuttling the water in. In this most recent study, the researchers pinpoint, for the first time, the exact pathway where this process unfolds.
"This might prevent water from interacting with the center prematurely, resulting in unwanted intermediates such as peroxide that can cause damage to the enzyme," said Jan Kern, staff scientist at LBNL and one of the corresponding authors.
The researchers also showed that there is another pathway dedicated to removing hydrogen protons generated during the water-splitting reaction. In the proton pathway, they discovered the existence of a "proton gate," which blocks the proton from coming back to the center.
"These results show where and how the water molecules enter the catalytic site, and where the protons are released, advancing our understanding of how two waters may come together to form the oxygen we breathe," said Junko Yano, senior scientist at LBNL and one of the corresponding authors. "It demonstrates that it is just not enough to determine the structure of the main catalytic center, but it is also important to understand how the entire protein carries out the reaction."
In addition to SLAC and LBNL, the collaboration includes researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden; Humboldt University of Berlin; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Read the paper: Nature Communications
Article source: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Author: Ali Sundermier
Image credit: Jens Enemark / Pixabay
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Terrariums are considered attractive living decorations.
A terrarium, which is a garden enclosed in a glass container, creates a humid environment that is conducive for growing a wide number of plants, both native and tropical, including woodland herbs. Moisture evaporates from the plant leaves, runs down the terrarium container's sides and back to the soil, creating a nourishing water cycle. Terrariums are practical and decorative, suitable as a centerpiece on any table. Although culinary herbs are difficult to grow in a terrarium, moisture-loving woodland plants such as spleenwort and foamflower as well as violets and sweet woodruff, miniature roses, dwarf English box and maidenfair fern all do excellent inside a terrarium.
Select a container for your terrarium. Any enclosed glass container can be used as a terrarium. Candy jars, fish bowls and large goblets are suitable. The glass container must have some type of covering to withhold moisture in the container, and the container's opening must be large enough for you to plant and care for the garden. The container's size dictates the size and number of plants you can use in the terrarium.
Clean the glass container and lid with a mixture of two parts vinegar and one part water. Rinse the container well, and allow it to dry.
Plan your terrarium's layout or design on paper. Incorporate ornamental elements such as little pieces of driftwood, stones or pebbles into your design. Generally, a terrarium with a simple design is more appealing and easier to manage than a terrarium with a complicated design. Think about where the terrarium will be displayed. If it will be seen from all sides, then large plants should be in its center. If it will be viewed from the front, then you could build up its back with tall plants or more planting mixture. Make a list of the herbs that you wish to use in your terrarium.
Create a planting mixture of one part peat moss and one part loam in a clean bucket.
Place a 1- to 3-inch layer of very fine gravel in the bottom of the terrarium. Add a thin layer of sphagnum moss followed by at least a 2-inch deep layer of the planting mixture. You do not need a lot of the planting mixture, just enough to hold plants in place.
Plant herb plants in the terrarium according to your design. Place each plant deep enough for the planting mixture to hold it firmly upright. Pat the planting mixture around each plant with your hand. Add your chosen ornamental elements, but don't crowd the plants.
Pour filtered water slowly down the inner sides of the terrarium until you see it running through the sphagnum moss. Do not overwater because too much water promotes mold and causes problems for plants.
Cover the terrarium with a lid, and set the container in a location that receives indirect sunlight all day.
Remove the lid for a few hours each time you see condensation forming on the terrarium's walls.
Pinch back plants that begin to grow too tall or crowd other plants.
Water the terrarium with filtered water only when its soil is dry.
Do not let water sit in the bottom of the terrarium.
Do not let plant foliage touch the container's sides.
Patterson, Susan. "How to Make Your Own Herb Terrarium." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-own-herb-terrarium-44012.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


Chicken meat contains a lot of protein, so when it's heated for a second time, its composition alters to a more dangerous one. Reheating cold chicken meat is allowed only if the inside of the meat is very hot. This is particularly important if you're using a microwave, which sometimes doesn't heat meals evenly. Also, you should know that chicken meat can be consumed for up to 2 days, and not a second more.


I found your article about Crying Mary. As a teenager, growing up in Battle Creek, Oakhill was a place us kids hung out in, to spook people and goof around. I'm 50 now, but I remember, that ANY time we were there, the statue was crying and I believe it just wasn't on certain nites. It happened all the time. Just wanted to tell you that.Since it has been so many years ago, all I can remember is that during the daylight we didn't see any tears, but come dusk we would see them. We'd touch her tears and it was wet, dripping down from her eyes. Our thought was it was dew as evening grew on, but it was too constant, and happened now matter what the weather was like. And if it was "Dew", why did it only run from her eyes? Oakhill is a very old cemetery.. A.
Every Sunday night around midnight (plus on full moons and Halloween), a statue of the Virgin Mary in Battle Creek¹s Oak Hill cemetery is said to weep actual, fluid tears. The statue does appear to have traces or stains where something liquid has dripped, but some allege the marks have been painted there for effect. According to cemetery officials, there is no plumbing attached to the statue from below. The statue stands at the family grave grouping for one Johannas Decker who died in 1910. Many legends and rumors surround the woman buried there, ranging from stories saying she committed suicide to the more extreme tales claiming she killed her children and so must weep eternally through eyes of the statue. (Some Internet stories have switched Johannas to Joanna.) According to a 2004 story from the Battle Creek Enquirer, the stories have been in circulation since the 1940s. One cemetery worker told a reporter he believes the tear stains are from rain flowing down the sculptural depressions in the statue¹s face. Moreover, says the article, the statue is not the Virgin Mary but a Greek goddess!
South of Bond Street in Niles, Michigan, stands a beautiful Greek Revival1847 mansion said to be haunted by the ghost of a child long-dead. The baby ghost doesn't have far to travel, it can simply cross the street where, enclosed by a low stone fence, the old family crypt of the Beeson-Brownfield clan still stands as a private cemetery. Originally built by a whiskey distiller who deposited a whiskey bottle in the home's cornerstone, the house was later purchased by lawyer Strother Beeson. Beeson had a grandson, Job Withrow Beeson, who was born in 1869 and died a year later, in 1870. The parents, Willaim and Harriet Beeson, were griefstricken, of course. Strother Beeson had already erected a tomb across the street, not far from the banks of the St. Joseph river, where he had laid his mother to rest. His infant grandson was soon interred in the mausoleum as well. The ornate little crypt was lined with fine marble, and the surrounding area was groomed and planted like a park, with urns full of flowers.
But watchful neighbors concluded that Harriet Beeson never camer to terms with her grief. They said that the child's mother visited the crypt every night to feed, bathe and even diaper the infant's lifeless body. And since he was afraid of the dark, she began leaving a lit lantern inside so that he wouldn't be scared. Eventually, the Beesons installed their own carbide gas plant with a a pipeline into the crypt to keep an ever-present flame burning. At least one old newspaper photo shows the line entering one of the exterior ground-level vent on the crypt's south side. According to legend, the young mother kept up her ritual of feeding and rocking the baby until one horrifying night when the eyes finally fell out of the tiny corpse's head. The shock was supposedly so great that she never recovered and was eventually institutionalized. Relatives of the family have disputed that Harriet actually took the baby's body out to care for it, or that she "lost her mind." Harriet did die young, however, at age 28, and rests in the tomb with a total of 12 family members. The mansion is also supposed to be haunted by the sobbing ghost of a little girl, although there is no record of a young female dying there.
The home and cemetery are private, no trespassing, but can be seen easily from the road.
Send us your pix and stories from a cemetery near you!


This proforma earnings per share template shows you how to calculate the earnings per share assuming a merger and acquisitionMergers Acquisitions M&A ProcessThis guide takes you through all the steps in the M&A process. Learn how mergers and acquisitions and deals are completed. In this guide, we'll outline the acquisition process from start to finish, the various types of acquirers (strategic vs. financial buys), the importance of synergies, and transaction costs takes place.
Proforma earnings per share (EPS) is the calculation of EPS assuming a merger and acquisitionMergers Acquisitions M&A ProcessThis guide takes you through all the steps in the M&A process. Learn how mergers and acquisitions and deals are completed. In this guide, we'll outline the acquisition process from start to finish, the various types of acquirers (strategic vs. financial buys), the importance of synergies, and transaction costs takes place and all financial metrics, as well as the number of shares outstanding, are updated to reflect the transaction. "Pro forma" in latin means "for the sake of form." In this case, it refers to calculating EPSEarnings Per Share Formula (EPS)The Earnings Per Share formula is a financial ratio, which counts net earnings against the total outstanding shares over a fixed period of time. A higher EPS ratio indicates a company's ability to generate profits for common shareholders. "for the sake of form" in the event of the acquisition.
Basic EPS is calculated by dividing a firm's net income by its weighted shares outstanding. The pro forma EPS, on the other hand, adds the target firm's net income and any additional synergiesM&A SynergiesM&A Synergies occur when the value of a merged company is higher than the sum of the two individual companies. 10 ways to estimate operational synergies in M&A deals are: 1) analyze headcount, 2) look at ways to consolidate vendors, 3) evaluate any head office or rent savings 4) estimate the value saved by sharing or incremental adjustments to the numerator, while adding new sharesStockWhat is a stock? An individual who owns stock in a company is called a shareholder and is eligible to claim part of the company's residual assets and earnings (should the company ever be dissolved). The terms "stock", "shares", and "equity" are used interchangeably. issued due to the acquisition to the denominator.


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The ISS Is Getting a Floating AI
It's not quite HAL, for better and for worse.
Watson is coming to the International Space Station. The artificial intelligence out of IBM has found a partner in the European Airbus to create an AI meant specifically for living on the ISS. It's called the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, or CIMON.
"In short, CIMON will be the first AI-based mission and flight assistance system," says Manfred Jaumann, Head of Microgravity Payloads from Airbus in a press statement. "We are the first company in Europe to carry a free flyer, a kind of flying brain, to the ISS and to develop artificial intelligence for the crew on board the space station."
CIMON is around the size of a medicine ball and weighs around 11 pounds (5 kg). Its entire structure, made up of plastic and metal, was created using 3D printing.
First conceived of in August 2016, CIMON has been built with one specific astronaut in mind from the beginning. Airbus worked with German astronaut Alexander Gerst in everything from training CIMON to recognize his voice to the AI's graphic interface.
After CIMON's functional testing is complete, Gerst will take it into space where it will begin helping him in three test runs: experimenting with crystals, working together to solve a Rubik's cube and performing a complex medical experiment using CIMON as a flying camera.
CIMON will only have limited features in its initial voyage into space, which could come as early as next month. Its basic testing will consist of optimizing what are known as GNC algorithms (guidance, navigation and control). But researchers have hopes that it, or some equivalent, would be able to accompany astronauts on longer journeys into space in the future.
Although Watson hasn't always matched its tremendous hype, its framework should provide a good guide for creating a usable assistant in space. If it can get that Rubik's cube down with Gerst, then it will be one step closer to becoming a sidekick for future astronauts everywhere.
Source: Airbus
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Kurt Amplatz (Weistrach, Austria, 25 de febrero de 1924-6 de noviembre de 2019) fue un médico radiólogo austriaco inventor de dispositivos médicos.

Biografía
Conocido fundamentalmente por la invención del oclusor Amplatzer y el oclusor cribriforme Amplatzer, que se utiliza para cerrar el defecto del tabique auricular, un defecto cardíaco congénito común en los bebés. Estos dispositivos se insertan mediante la colocación percutánea de catéter, evitando así la cirugía a corazón abierto. En 1958 realizó uno de los primeros cateterismos percutáneos del corazón.

Amplatz pasó la mayor parte de su carrera de cuarenta años en radiología como presidente de radiología intervencionista en la Universidad de Minnesota.

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Nanomaterials are manufactured chemical substances or materials with structures ranging from approximately 1 to 100 nm in at least one dimension.
The physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials may differ from those of the non-nanosubstance (known as bulk substance) or particles of a larger size, because nanomaterials have unique and more pronounced characteristics compared to the same material in bulk form.
A large number of products containing nanomaterials are already on the European market including consumer products such as batteries, paints, cleaning materials, anti-bacterial clothing, cosmetics and food products.
Because of their unique properties, nanomaterials offer technical and commercial opportunities including for environmentally beneficial technologies such as photo-voltaic panels. However, the potential risks to the environment and health and safety concerns for humans and animals are still poorly understood.
While there is no explicit reference to nanomaterials in the REACH and CLP (classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures) regulations, they meet the definition for substances and the regulatory requirements therefore apply to nanomaterials. However, due to the distinct nature of nanomaterials, existing risk assessment methodologies may not be adequate to determine the safety or otherwise of these novel materials.
Alongside political discussions of how to address these challenges, standards are being developed to address some of these risks. Standardisation committees at international and European level are working to produce standards covering the responsible development of nanomaterials, labelling, detection and identification of nanoparticles, lifecycle assessment and waste disposal. The SNS is represented on the UK mirror-committee as well as the European working group and is contributing scientific expertise on the environmental behaviours of nanomaterials during use and at the end-of-life phase.
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Q: SQL - Combine 2 rows, unflatten data and convert columns into individual rows I am currently working with an audit log table similar to:
ID  |  EventKey            |  AccessID  |  AccessType  |  Status  |  Final
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   | ABC123               |  NULL      |  123         |  335     |   OK
2   | ABC123               |  985521    |  NULL        |  66      |   OK
....
41  | ABC456               |  NULL      |  456         |  335     |   OK
42  | ABC456               |  113228    |  NULL        |  66      |   OK

What I need to do is unflatten this data and essentially return 4 rows based on the values of the two like rows
i.e. -
Field      |  FieldValuePrevious  |  FieldValueChanged  | EventKey
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AccessID   | NULL                 | 985521              | ABC123
AccessType | 123                  | NULL                | ABC123
Status     | 335                  | 66                  | ABC123
Final      | OK                   | OK                  | ABC123

If it's difficult to do via inline SQL, I can convert to a stored procedure as well.

A: Basically, you have to do each field individually.  Let me show how to do this using SQL Server 2012:
select 'AccessId' as field, prev_accessid as ValuePrevious,
       accessid as ValueChanged, eventkey
from (select id, eventkey, accessid,
             lag(id) over (partition by eventkey order by id) as prev_id
             lag(accessid) over (partition by eventkey order by id) as prev_accessid
      from auditlog al
     ) al
where prev_id is not null and
      not (prev_accessid = accessid or prev_accessid is null and accessid is null);

EDIT:
You can replace the lag() function with a correlated subquery:
select 'AccessId' as field, prev_accessid as ValuePrevious,
       accessid as ValueChanged, eventkey
from (select id, eventkey, accessid,
             lag1.id as prev_id
             lag1.accessid as prev_accessid
      from (select al.*,
                   (select top 1 id
                    from auditlog al2
                    where al2.eventkey = al.eventkey and
                          al2.id < al.id
                    order by al2.id desc
                   ) as lag1id
            from auditlog al
           ) al left outer join
           auditlog lag1
           on al.lag1id = lag1.id
     ) al
where prev_id is not null and
      not (prev_accessid = accessid or prev_accessid is null and accessid is null);


Mass hypnosis. It's the only plausible explanation.
Kim Hollis: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the sequel to the $319 million hit, opened to $200.1 million over five days. This almost matches The Dark Knight's $203 million in the same amount of time. How did Paramount and Michael Bay pull off such a magnificent result?
Daron Aldridge: It seems that this juggernaut reached critical mass months ago with a barrage of ads and press for Megan Fox and it didn't show any signs of letting up. I really thought once unfavorable reviews started spreading then it would start to weaken. We know the professional critics aren't going to impact this film but if the rabid fans of the first were let down (which was highly probable) then they would turn on it a la Wolverine. To address the Batman comparison, while bad reviews don't hurt this type of film, great reviews are...well...great for business. That fact is what will keep Transformers from even coming close to Dark Knight.
Josh Spiegel: The marketing (despite Michael Bay's protests) is what's to thank here. It certainly doesn't seem likely that Transformers 2 will hit the same heights as The Dark Knight did, but $400 million domestically is what will probably be the end result. Whether we like this movie or not doesn't matter; people wanted to see this movie, if only the once, and they wanted to see it as soon as possible. I'm very curious to see what the second-weekend take for Transformers 2 is; it'll give us a very good idea of how little the critical negativity matters; unlike most big action movies, this one seems to be succeeding in spite of some fanboy hate, so how many non-fanboys will see this again? Like I said, I'm very curious about the second-weekend take.
Scott Lumley: The marketing for this one has been unusual, with a lot of the trailers hinting at dark times for the Autobots, and by proxy, the humans. I commented to one colleague that this almost feels like they were going for an Empire Strikes Back vibe and he commented that he was feeling the same way. It seemed like every time I turned around, some Autobot was getting mangled on TV or sucked into a gigantic sand sucking Decepticon monstrosity.
I gotta say, I liked that angle. The thought that maybe Optimus wasn't getting out of this one alive coupled with the history of what they did with Jazz was some particularly compelling imagery.
I think this kind of spin, coupled with the dearth of quality films this summer, sets up Revenge of the Fallen perfectly. I think this is an excellent result, and I think this is going to drop like a rock after the first week. And I say that while acknowledging that this was truly a monster week and a pure tentpole moment.


The transitional junction: a new functional subcellular domain at the intercalated disc.
We define here a previously unrecognized structural element close to the heart muscle plasma membrane at the intercalated disc where the myofibrils lead into the adherens junction. At this location, the plasma membrane is extensively folded. Immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy reveal a spectrin-rich domain at the apex of the folds. These domains occur at the axial level of what would be the final Z-disc of the terminal sarcomere in the myofibril, although there is no Z-disc-like structure there. However, a sharp transitional boundary lies between the myofibrillar I-band and intercalated disc thin filaments, identifiable by the presence of Z-disc proteins, alpha-actinin, and N-terminal titin. This allows for the usual elastic positioning of the A-band in the final sarcomere, whereas the transduction of the contractile force normally associated with the Z-disc is transferred to the adherens junctions at the plasma membrane. The axial conjunction of the transitional junction with the spectrin-rich domains suggests a mechanism for direct communication between intercalated disc and contractile apparatus. In particular, it provides a means for sarcomeres to be added to the ends of the cells during growth. This is of particular relevance to understanding myocyte elongation in dilated cardiomyopathy.


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Cherthala (malabar: ചേർത്തല) es una ciudad del estado indio de Kerala perteneciente al distrito de Alappuzha.

En 2011, el municipio que formaba la ciudad tenía una población de 45 827 habitantes, siendo sede de un taluk con una población total de 542 657 habitantes. Las principales localidades del taluk, junto con la ciudad de Cherthala, son Pattanakkad, Thaikattussery y Kanjikuzhi.

Según la tradición local, la localidad tiene su origen en el templo de Deví que alberga, que habría sido fundado por Bilvá Mangala. Este templo es conocido por tener una peculiar garbhagriha subterránea que no puede ser vista directamente por los devotos.

Se ubica sobre la carretera 66 a medio camino entre Alappuzha y Cochín, sobre la península que separa el lago Vembanad del mar Arábigo.

Véase también
 Hermanas asisianas de María Inmaculada

Referencias

Localidades de Kerala


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FOOTBALL: Cooper interception secures win for East in Bayou Bowl
Montgomery County News // Montgomery County Sports
Rob Tate, Staff Writer
June 12, 2021 Updated: June 13, 2021 12 a.m.
East defensive back Micah Cooper (8) from Grand Oaks yells at his teammates during the first quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game against West at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
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East defensive back D'Juan Grant (6) from New Caney reacts after West advances on the field during the first quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
West wide receiver Tre Harden (85) from Montgomery looks out to the crowd during the second quarter.
East wide receiver Jaylynn Briley (7) from Porter points to the opposing team, West, during the second quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
East defensive back Micah Cooper (8) from Grand Oaks prepares to defend West wide receiver Dionel Burrell (16) during the first quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
East wide receiver Jaylynn Briley (7) from Porter runs a route during the first quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game against West at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
East wide receiver Jaylynn Briley (7) from Porter battles West defensive back Patrick Brinkley (21) during the second quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
West wide receiver Tre Harden (85) from Montgomery runs a route against East defensive back Isaac Hudson (19) during the second quarter of the Bayou Bowl football all-star game at Stallworth Stadium, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Baytown.
BAYTOWN — The last time a majority of the Bayou Bowl all-stars played a game of football, the world was in a slightly different spot.
But five months after the last University Interscholastic League state championship was claimed, some of the top seniors of Greater Houston were back in action on a humid, but clear-skied Saturday evening at Stallworth Stadium with one last moment to shine as a high schooler.
Senior year looked different with COVID-19 protocols, but this springtime classic looked more like normal times.
And the players had fun. And they very much played hard in the Texas heat.
The East topped the West 13-11 in the contest in front of a good crowd.
Five Montgomery County recent grads played on the night with four on the winning team and one on the losing team.
The game was a little more intense than the common all-star game. Both teams played aggressively resulting in some personal fouls in the first half.
The night began and ended with Grand Oaks senior Micah Cooper on the ball.
Cooper, who was best known in the fall as one of the county's top rushers, got in on the action right off the bat by handling the opening kickoff for the East. Cooper was a 1,453-yard rusher for the Grizzlies' first varsity season last fall. He is signed with Trinity Valley Community College.
He was playing Saturday night in the secondary for the East, though. Other than some time playing defense during 7-on-7, Cooper had never played a live game there for Grand Oaks.
"I consider myself an athlete," Cooper said afterwards. "So I'm going to go out there and compete anywhere on the field. If the team needs me to go play in that spot, I'll go play in that spot. I just want to be a team player."
Cooper secured a late fourth quarter interception to seal the win for the East. The team knelt on the ball from there to run the clock out.
"I felt relieved knowing that the team could relieve some stress," Cooper said. "I know they were stressing the last two minutes. It felt good to pick off the ball and run down the sideline."
Cooper was joined in the secondary by Louisiana-Monroe signee D'Juan Grant, a first-team All-District and All-Montgomery defensive back from New Caney. Grant had 83 tackles, forced two fumbles and had an interception for the Eagles, who made the playoffs in the fall.
Grant made a couple big stops in the Bayou Bowl, most notably a big hit early in the fourth quarter to stop West on a third down.
Magnolia offensive lineman Daniel Hinojosa blocked well for the East all night, which scored two rushing touchdowns.
Hinojosa was a key member up front for a district championship won by the Bulldogs in the fall. Behind Hinojosa, Mitch Hall was a 1,548-yard rusher as the Bulldogs also featured a big recruit up front in Texas A&M signee Matthew Wykoff.
"Honestly, it was crazy," Hinojosa said of the Bayou Bowl. "It was a great experience. I enjoyed every moment. I'd just encourage everyone to play their hearts out. You really don't know what you've got until it comes down to it. Just go all out."
Although Magnolia should probably be considered a west school in terms of Greater Houston, Hinojosa enjoyed playing alongside the East squad.
"It was a little weird at first," Hinojosa said of getting to know his teammates for the week. "But once the first day went by — we had four days together. We were rooming with each other and once the first day was over, we were bonding and everyone became tight."
Porter wide receiver Jaylynn Briley was targeted a couple times in the first half for East, including a near-touchdown in the corner of the end zone on the opening drive. Briley was a second-team All-District selection for the Spartans.
The game used an XFL-style point after touchdown scoring system and Briley caught one-point conversion in the third quarter, which gave the East a 13-3 lead.
For the West, Montgomery wide receiver Tre Harden was back in action. His lone catch came in the final drive for the team, prior to Cooper's interception.
"It was fun being out here one last time (in high school)," Harden said. "But this isn't going to be my last time playing. But it was fun."
The Blinn Junior College signee was banged up in the Bears playoff game against Fort Bend Marshall, but still played some in the season-ending contest.
"I've been waiting to play this game for a long time," Harden said. "I've been waiting to play for a minute. It feels good to be back on the field."
Harden had 1,088 yards and nine touchdowns during a big fall at Montgomery.
Magnolia defensive lineman Cedric Harris, a first-team All-District selection, missed Saturday's contest due to illness.
East got on the board in the first quarter as Jonathan Lewis (Klein Collins) punched in a 2-yard touchdown run. The 2-point conversation failed to make it 6-0.
West got on the board before the end of the first quarter. Caleb Mendez (Pearland) booted a 34-yard field goal.
The score was 6-3 at halftime with no scoring in the second quarter.
Ja'Kenan Davis (Baytown Lee) then busted a 90-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, on his home turf, to put the East ahead 13-3.
West scored just past the midway point of the fourth quarter as Kendric Rhymes (Houston Heights) passed to JerMichael Johnson (Katy Morton Ranch) for 15 yards on a trick play. Cy-Fair quarterback Carter Cravens then pushed in a two-point run to make it a two-point game.
East quarterback Christian Olige (Baytown Lee) was named the Offensive Player of the Game while East lineman Kam'rin Devault (Clear Brook) was the Defensive Player of the Game.
Editor's Note: There was no operational scoreboard at Stallworth Stadium, resulting in no times on scoring plays for this story.
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Rob Tate


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Amoxil (Amoxicillin) is prescription medication used to treat different types of bacterial infections including bronchitis, gonorrhea, pneumonia, and infections of the ears, nose, throat, skin, or urinary tract. Amoxicillin belongs to a class of medications called penicillin antibiotics. It works by fighting the growth of bacteria in your body. Amoxil is also sometimes used in combination with other medications to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infection (H. pylori). It will not work for colds, flu, and other viral infections. Take Amoxil exactly prescribed.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) fell 1.77%, the Wilshire 5000 Total Market IndexSM (Wilshire 5000SM) lost 1.56%, the Standard & Poor's 500® Index (S&P 500) declined by 1.45% and the NASDAQ Composite Index (Nasdaq) shed 1.78%. Sector breadth was negative as all 10 of the S&P sector groups finished lower.
The major market indices finished broadly lower for a second consecutive week. The poor performance reflected policy uncertainty, the lack of headway in resolving the Eurozone debt crisis, slowing global growth and an uptick in geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. While almost all of these problems have been festering for quite some time, the sheer lack of progress in tackling these issues coupled with the looming fiscal cliff in the United States had investors booking profits and heading for the exits.
While resolving the fiscal cliff by year end still appears better than a coin toss, investors appear to be voting with their wallets, a potential sign they have little confidence in policymakers to reach a solution by year end. On a positive note, party leaders met with President Obama on Friday, and while no decision was reached, the after meeting press conference seemed to indicate that everybody is on the same page. However, with Washington being Washington, actually putting together a deal that everyone ultimately agrees to still seems like an uphill battle.
Worries over the fiscal cliff have pushed the S&P 500 down by over 7% since the highs reached in mid-September. The small stock focused Russell 2000 and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite has fared even worse, with both indices falling into correction territory (defined by a 10%-plus decline from a prior high). The pullback has significantly pared the major indices year-to-date performance, although all still remain in positive territory. The selling pressure in the equity markets, amongst a host of other things, seems related to fears over higher taxes on both capital gains and dividend income, as dictated by the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. If these tax cuts are not extended then capital gains, for high income investors, will be taxed at 20% and taxes on dividend income will jump to 39.6% (both rates are currently at 15%). In addition, high income earners will also be subject to a 3.8% levy associated with Obamacare on both capital gains and dividend income, therefore the ultimate tax burden could rise to 23.8% and 43.4%, respectively.
The meeting minutes from the October 23/24 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting were released last week followed by a parade of speeches from several FED officials. The overall tone coming out of the FED remained quite "dovish" and it appears that more policy accommodation could be on the way. The FED minutes highlighted what looks to be a growing consensus toward incorporating "economic thresholds" versus (or in addition to) time/calendar based commitments. This would mean that the FED would continue with their accommodative policies until some economic objective is reached, for example an unemployment rate of 6%, instead of pledging to keep rates low until some future point in time. The FED minutes also suggests that they could step up their bond buying activity into next year. As stated in the minutes "looking ahead, a number of participants indicated that additional asset purchases would likely be appropriate next year after the conclusion of the maturity extension program (i.e. Operation Twist) in order to achieve a substantial improvement in the labor market." This suggests that the current bond purchase rate of $85 billion per month will be sustained for the foreseeable future.
This week's batch of economic data, in many cases, fell well short of economists' expectations. Most of the setbacks, however, appear related to hurricane Sandy and are likely to prove temporary in nature. On the labor front, initial jobless claims surged by 78K to 439K, the highest reading since April 2010. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau reported that retail sales during the month of October fell by 0.3% well below the 0.4% gain expected by economists. While storm related issues are likely to continue to cloud the economic data in the near-term a "payback" period will likely occur at some point reflecting pent up demand and the rebuilding efforts associated with the storm.
Data releases will be front end loaded reflecting the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. The economic calendar features several housing related releases as well as the closely watched initial jobless claims release. In addition, the University of Michigan confidence data will be a focal point to see how the storm, election and recent pullback in the market has impacted consumers attitudes.
While uncertainty surrounding the resolution of the fiscal cliff will likely weigh on near term stock performance, expectations of an eventual solution should set the stage for higher asset prices as we approach the end of the year. Domestic growth has been gaining traction reflecting the resiliency of the consumer and the improving housing sector. While the political "noise" will dominate the investment landscape in the near-term, Equities remain attractive on a longer-term basis reflecting the combination of attractive valuation, the overall healthy nature of corporate balance sheets and the commitment from the FED to maintain accommodative monetary policy through at least mid-2015.


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Cape Cod Healthcare Confirms First COVID-19 Patient
(Hyannis, MA – March 14, 2020) On March 13, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) confirmed the first positive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Barnstable county. The patient was admitted to a Cape Cod Healthcare hospital with respiratory symptoms. The patient was screened following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening criteria. Cape Cod Healthcare consulted with the DPH which approved the patient for COVID-19 testing. The test result was reported positive approximately 24 hours later.
The patient will remain in our care until they are stable and can return home for the remainder of the CDC recommended quarantine period of 14 days. All staff who came into contact with the patient are currently being monitored.
The patient will be provided with comprehensive CDC instructions for managing care for COVID-19 at home; and the patient has been referred to the DPH which will continue to monitor the patient's condition.
"Cape Cod Healthcare is taking every necessary precaution to keep our patients and community safe," said Michael Lauf, President and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare. "We strongly encourage the community to continue educate themselves by visiting www.capecodhealthcare.org/coronavirus - and practice an abundance of caution and common sense during this time to limit the spread of this illness. We are ready to support the needs of our community, but we will need everyone's help and support in this process."
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