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May 22, 2017 Sam
New HP Specter x2: Specs, Release Date and Price
The firm HP has announced a major renovation in its range of notebooks that includes a total of four new products; HP Specter x2, HP ENVY x360 15, HP ENVY 13 and HP ENVY 17.
In all, we find a clear commitment to guarantee the quality of finishes and maintain an attractive and elegant design, although there is no doubt that the HP Specter x2 is the model that stands out in this regard thanks to the terminations presented by its aluminum chassis and the steel hinge.
New HP Elite x2 1012: The best "Surface Pro 5" you can buy
HP has announced the launch of the second generation HP Elite x2 1012, one of the most advanced "2 in 1" professionals on the market.
Taking into account, the latest information that speaks of the delay of Microsoft's Surface Pro 5, the Elite x2 1012 G2 is the closest thing you can get. A device with a 12.3-inch multi-touch display , 450 nits of brightness, native resolution of 2734 x 1824 pixels and Gorilla Glass protection.
May 3, 2017 Sam
HP ProBook x360 with Windows 10 S: Specs, Features and Price
HP is one of Microsoft's partners that will market computers with the new Windows 10 S operating system, and will do so with the HP ProBook x360 convertible. So, HP will release its new version that will be titled as HP ProBook x360 with Windows 10 S.
November 18, 2014 Sunny
HP Envy x2 13inches and 15inches hybrid PC: Review, Specs, Features
HP has just released latest generation of its hybrid mobile device Envy x2 and added two new devices in the series HP Envy x2 13inches and HP Envy x2 15inches. Both the models are pretty interesting and hybrid.
HP Omen the first Gaming Laptop of HP: Specs, Features and Price
Yes, soon HP is going to release a new model for a gaming notebook, which is called as HP Omen.
HP Omen specifications includes a 15.6-inch touchscreen display with a Full HD resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and 4-core processor Intel Core i7-4710HQ, clocked at 2.5 GHz. The basic version is available with 8 GB of RAM, solid state drive capacity of 128 GB and a discrete graphics card NVIDIA GTX 860M with 2GB of memory. For such a configuration, HP Omen price is $ 1,500. Version with a solid-state drive capacity of 256 GB will have to pay $ 1,600. Price version with 256 GB SSD and extended up to 4 GB memory card is already $ 1,700. The top configuration includes a solid-state drive capacity of 512GB and a video card with 4 GB of memory, but the price of such a solution is not specified.
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This 1989 BBC mini-series of Tom's Midnight Garden is a good adaption of the 1958 fantasy time travel novel by Carnegie award winner Phillipa Pearce. Julia Jones' adaption for the screen, is probably one of the best adaptions over the years. Due to the extension to six episodes, (previous adaptions had only been three) this BBC version is able to stick more closely to the book, allowing us as the audience to empathise with the characters as the narrative starts to unfold.
Originally broadcast at a time when children's sci-fi and fantasy was a popular scene on children's afternoon TV, this version first aired in early 1989 following a few similar style successful dramas and Sci-fi for children. Programmes like Box of Delights and Dramarama set the tone for a new wave of children's fantasy and spookiness, made successful by the increase and improvement of special effects over the course of the decade. Only a year earlier the highly successful Chronicles of Narnia appeared, laying the path for several BBC classic book adaptions, Tom's Midnight Garden being one of these.
At sixteen, I was a little too old to appreciate this series when it aired back in 1989, and if I'm honest, I was not really one for these twee BBC adaptions that didn't really represent my childhood anyway, preferring more gritty drama like Grange Hill. Today I am perhaps better able to appreciate such adaptions for what they are, an escape to another world where times (as portrayed by many of these dramas of the time) were more pleasant and simple.
Set initially in the 1950s (when the book was written), Tom's Midnight Garden sees a young boy, 'Tom Long' (Jeremy Rampling) sent away to stay with his Aunt (Isabelle Amyes) and uncle (Shaughan Seymour) whilst his brother recovers from measles. Particularly disappointed that the flat his aunt and uncle live in has no garden, Tom turns his attention to the old Grandfather clock in the hallway. A clock that appears to keep good time, but the strikes are all out of kilt. This fascination leads Tom to investigate the clock when it unusually strikes thirteen at what should be midnight. His curiosity leading him to throw open the locked backdoor and be transported to a most amazingly beautiful Victorian walled garden.
Whilst nervously exploring the garden, Tom comes across 'Hatty' (Caroline Waldron) and thus a friendship develops due to the loneliness of both characters. Each night Tom continues to visit the garden and Hatty. As their friendship develops, Tom begins to not want to go back home and tries to find a way to stay in the past for eternity. Sadly, his plans don't work out when on his final night at his aunt and uncles, he is devastated to find out that the door to the garden has gone. However, there is still one last discovery for Tom to make.
Director Christine Seacombe (Johnny Briggs and Grange Hill) manages to create a series that develops with the audience. The drab nothingness of the first episode almost prevented me watching the series and I am sure that had I watched it back in 1989 I would not have bothered. However, as each episode unfolds, the boredom decreases and by the end of the series, I was shocked at how emotionally entangled I had become with the characters. Whether this was deliberate or coincidental, or just a biproduct of the narrative, it worked.
One of the aspects that saw BBC children's drama take a new turn in the 1980s was the development of better special effects. In today's world, the special effects in Tom's Midnight Garden are limited and perhaps disappointing and I can quite imagine my own 8-year-old son laughing hysterically. Fortunately, the only real use of effects is when Tom (Jeremy Rampling) squeezes through doors and on occasions when he tries to touch or pick up objects such as an apple, so the use of effects does not detract too badly from the tone of the narrative. Later, the disappearing effect on Tom as his need and bond between himself and 'Hatty' (Caroline Waldron) starts to diminish, works well despite being basic.
As would be expected in a story about time travel, clocks and discussion around time are in abundance, even before Tom first discovers the Victorian garden. Time is referred to throughout the 6 episodes and we are very often shown close ups of clocks depicting various times or are party to conservations around time such as the question on how time can seem to go too quickly one moment and at other times seems to drag. The play with time within the narrative, particularly the non-linear points where Tom goes back to a time when Hatty is younger or much older, considerably reminded me of the book The Time Travellers Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) and like when reading that book, I found myself contemplating time and time travel theory. As a result, the ending explanation felt too childlike and disappointing, but I guess it was true to the novel and to have changed the ending would have in some way soiled the memory of the original book.
Some symbolic contrast between the two settings is evident in the first shot of the bright and colourful Victorian garden against the dreary, dim and repressing post war home décor of Tom's aunt and uncles. However, this symbolism is not consistent and at times seems to be altogether forgotten, our only reminders being a few panoramic shots of the garden and other landscapes sporadically interspersed, which feel almost an afterthought. Personally, I would have liked to have seen this contrast developed more as I think it would have subconsciously helped the audience to empathise more deeply with Tom's distress at losing his portal to the garden at the end.
Whilst one of the reasons I don't watch this type of children's drama is that I generally can't stand child actors, finding their performances often very wooden or even worse, seriously over the top, Jeremy Rampling's portrayal of the lonely and bored 'Tom Long' is commendable for a young actor. Although not perfect throughout, overall his performance is secure and believable. Similarly, his co-star Caroline Waldron as' Hatty' is slightly over the top at times. However, as the series goes on and the two spend more screen time together, both seem to develop a good relationship, convincing the audience of their growing friendship. Another noteworthy, although brief, performance is that of Renếe Asherson as 'Mrs Bartholemhew. Asherson manages to give off a great mysterious, stern and scary feel as the little seen and unwelcoming landlady and yet her humanity and joy is overwhelming at the end.
Overall, I can't really say if I fully enjoyed this mini-series or not. It was a good adaption of the novel, the acting was largely good, and the special effects were not awful. It's not really my usual cup of tea and I guess my desire to watch the adaption was probably more of a nostalgic look at my youth, or maybe I even felt a little remorse for being so adamantly against this type of children's drama at the time and therefore felt I should give it a go. Whatever the reason, I enjoyed it enough to make it through to the end and I was indeed drawn into the lives of both Tom and Hatty, even shedding a tear at the end, which surprised me.
My biggest reservation is that today's youth might find this a little too quaint and lacking in action. Let's face it, its probably going to appeal more to the nostalgic adult looking back at when they first watched it as a child in 1989 than the average 10-year-old of today. That said it is worth a watch and because the episodes are only 25 minutes each, it can be viewed in one go. Perhaps one for grandma to sit and watch on a Sunday afternoon with the younger grandchildren.


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New Biographies – April 2011
April 21, 2011 November 29, 2022 Lynne
Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks and Second Chances
B BROWN
The extraordinary life journey of the current U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
All That Is Bitter and Sweet
B JUDD
The author explains why she opted out of a successful Hollywood career to find her true calling: as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts of the world.
Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of an American Icon
Kathleen C. Winters
B WINTERS
When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during an attempted around the world flight, she was at the height of her fame. A fascinating portrait of a complex woman.
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare, The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
B LEE
The extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered.
B DENCH
The life story of the famed British actress, Dame Dench, in her own words.
And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road
Margaret Roach
B ROACH
The author left her big-city life, including her work as an editorial director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, to seek an entirely different reward.
Bird Cloud
B PROULX
Bird Cloud is the name Annie Proulx gave to the 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie that she calls home.
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
B HAMILTON
Before the author opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life.
A Box of Darkness: The Story of a Marriage
Sally Ryder Brady
B BRADY
Upton and Sally Brady were cultivated and elegant, living a life of literary glamour and high expectations. The author looks back on her marriage of forty-six years and the discoveries that she made following her husband's death.
Branch Rickey
Jimmy Breslin
B BRESLIN
In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues.
Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War
Annia Ciezadlo
B CIEZADLO
In the fall of 2003, the author spent her honeymoon in Baghdad. Over the next six years, while living in Baghdad and Beirut, she finds the rituals of food and friendship sustaining in a time of war.
The Elephant to Hollywood
B CAINE
The acclaimed actor tells the story of his transformation from Maurice Micklewhite to Sir Michael Caine.
The Foremost Good Fortune
Susan Conley
B CONLEY
When her family says good-bye to family and friends in Maine for two-years in Beijing, China, that have little concept of just how much their lives will change.
J.L. Heilbron
B GALILEO
The hero and martyr of science is captured through a wide-angled lens that takes in the wide spectrum of culture, religion, science, theology and politics of late Renaissance Italy.
I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond
B OHER
An account of the Baltimore Ravens football player who is at the center of the book and the movie, The Blind Side. Here's his own story.
I Love a Broad Margin to My Life
Maxine Hong Kingston
B KINGSTON
Reflections related in flowing verse lines explore the author's thoughts as she turns sixty-five.
I'm Over All That: and Other Confessions
B MACLAINE
The author has reached the time in her life when she realizes what is truly important and what just doesn't matter any more.
Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Greg Lawrence
B ONASSIS
A chronicle of an important part of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's life—her nineteen-year editorial career.
J.D. Salinger: A Life
Kenneth Slawenski
B SALINGER
The mysterious and reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye is revealed in this examination of his life.
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
B RUMSFELD
A memoir of the controversial Secretary of Defense and his half-century career in public service.
The Memory Palace: A Memoir
B BARTOK
Mira Bartók
"A disturbing, mesmerizing personal narrative about growing up with a brilliant but schizophrenic mother…. Richly textured, compassionate, and heartbreaking." Kirkus Reviews.
My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth that Led to an American Tragedy
Nora Titone
B BOOTH
A penetrating look a the personal stories of the Booth family and the background rivalry that was integral to the assassin's motivation.
Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses
Claire Dederer
B DEDERER
After throwing out her back ten years ago, the author turned to yoga and soon fell in love with the practice, both physically and spiritually.
Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
Stefan Kanfer
B BOGART
A look at one of the great movie icons of the 20th century and an appraisal of the actor's singular legacy.
Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus III
B DUBUS
After their parents divorced in the 1970s, the author and his three siblings grew up with their working mother in a town where drugs and violence were an everyday occurrence. On Sundays his father, a college professor, took the kids to a totally different world.
Wait for Me! Memoirs
Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire
B DEVONSHIRE
The remarkable life story of the youngest of the famous Mitford family, from her eccentric childhood to her residence at the noted historic home of Chatsworth.
A Widow's Story: A Memoir
B OATES
The noted author unveils a poignant memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of forty-six years and its wrenching aftermath.
Biographies, Books, Nonfiction
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Often known as 'Hunts Mineral Statistics' after Robert Hunt who lead a team in their compilation within the Geological Survey. They were published between 1860 and 1881 when responsibility for the Mining Records Office passed to the Mines Department of the Home Office and statistics were issued as Parliamentary Papers. Previously: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (Mining Records).


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More About Katrin
nomadic cosmopolitan
Katrin's Travel blog: 200 countries, and counting…
Kjolur: Riding across Iceland
100 horses in line
One of oldest trails in Iceland is the one that goes from the north of Iceland to the southwest, where the national Assembly was held every year just outside of Reykjavik. It was the trip hundreds of powerful rulers, sheepherders, tradesmen and post men traveled across over the last 1000 years, with the help of their faithful horses, and it took them atleast 3 days to cross, sometimes a whole week. There were many unbridged rivers, icy glaciers, and stormy weather to deal with, but the journey was always made. Nowadays there's a gravel road, passable even by little 2-wheel-drive hatchbacks, a lot of bridges, and heated huts along the way, and Ishester does the trip north and south in 6 days on horse back.
Kjolur
We follow the road sometimes, since there's alot of wet lands, lava fields and rivers we also need to use bridges to cross. But then we also follow the thousand-year old trails that have been worn down and multiplied all along the way. We stay at the mountain huts, sometimes alone without electricity or showers, and sometimes we share the popular huts with dozens of other hikers and jeep-riders. We try to not run into another horse group, even though there are others that do the same trail, since sorting out two herds of 100+ horses each is hard to do if we cross paths on the way.
big river crossing
Ironically enough, it was my first time riding Kjolur too, even though I was the guide for the 2 biggest groups Ive ever ridden with. The group north was 21 guests and 10 staff, so we crammed 32 and a half people (there was also a 1 year old baby with the cook) into each and every hut for dinner, sleeping and breakfast every day. The group south was even bigger, but between all those people, we were lucky enough to have great riders and one heck of a party both ways.
trails and trails
The trip starts at Kjoastadir farm, with some 100 horses, and makes its way up between two glaciers. The third day is the longest, and we ride through a famous green-valley oasis that used to house many-a outlaws, and is still home to some sheep, elves and trolls. One of the biggest highlights of the tour is the third night, when we stay at Hveravellir, a natural geothermal area with a pool-sized hottub surrounded by steaming pools and more green valleys. We managed to fit more than 30 people inside at once, and it does wonders to your body after 3 days of riding. The trip continues north towards Maelifell mountain, and we finally wind our way down into Skagafjordur valley, also known as the horse capital of Iceland.
Hveravellir pool
If you want to join us next year, check out the tour on Ishestar's website.
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Northern Exposure around Mývatn
There is a lake in Iceland affectionately called Mývatn, which literally translates to ´lake of the midges,´or a.k.a annoying-fly-lake. But, if its rainy and windy, the midges have a hard time flying, and we actually looked forward to cold and wet weather. It was storming like crazy all around the rest of Iceland, especially the south coast where the national horse competition Landsmót had been cancelled for 2 and a half days out of 6… But somehow, we managed to get the best weather in Iceland, with mostly sun and clear skies, and of course a few midges.
good weather over the desert highland
We were riding with Halldór and his horses from Bjarnastaðir, and most of the staff were related to him except me. It was his first time operating the tour and my first time guiding the tour, so we had a blast going back and forth trying to decide who had to decide what and when and where and how. We couldn´t have asked for a better group of guests, they were all great riders and super patient, so even though they were riding a herd of horses still kicking with spring fever, and we weren´t getting home until late every evening but waking up early every morning, they never stopped smiling and laughing.
Jarðböðin, the Mývatn nature baths
The trip wasn´t just a riding trip, but also a sight-seeing trip of the area around Mývatn. We soaked in the luxurious Mývatn Nature baths, the blue lagoon of the north, and also some local swimming pools. We checked out the funny lava formations at Dimmuborgir and the caves at Grjotagja, the waterfalls Dettifoss and Hafragilsfoss, the red cliffs at Hljodaklettar and the horse-shoe shaped Asbyrgi canyon.
Halldór infront of Hljóðklettar
We learned lots about birdlife and wanted to go whale watching, but our luck with good weather finally ran out on the last day as our whale-watching tour from Husavik got cancelled due to stormy seas. We opted to go to the Whale Museum instead, so atleast we got to see some pictures and bones of whales, but then our flight also got cancelled and we have to take an impromptu roadtrip to Akureyri to catch another flight out that afternoon.
the horses liked playing in the puddles
In the end we all made it back to Reykjavik in one piece, except for one poor guest who had her collar bone in two pieces. We tried to expand our group by picking up the two captains, but they didnt fall for it so me and a couple girls capped the night off with a drink together before saying goodbye.
Iceland Travel	Icelandic horses, ishestar, myvatn, northern exposure, riding	1 Comment
Katrin Sif´s update
Katrin is 33 years old and has visited over 200 countries. It's debatable whether or not there even are 200 countries, but she's still got at least another 20 to go so what the heck, count them all.
Katrin is currently in Iceland, with very few international travel plans on the horizon. Instead she's focusing on finishing a book (or two) and preparing for a photo exhibit at Flæði art gallery in Reykjavik.
Follow Katrin on Instagram @nomadic_cosmopolitan
(home) Iceland
(the Americas)
St. Eustacius
(Asia)
(Central Asia)
(Australasia & the Pacific)
The Cook Islands
Micronesia aka FSM
(Middle East-ish)
North Ireland
The Faroe Islands
(Africa)
Congo DR
(Indian Ocean)
Ile de la Reunion
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Interviews and Article Publicity
Travel Reflections
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What countries are left?
Traveling in the pandemic
"Katrin has been to around 222 countries and plans to finish them all"
"Almost visited every country in the world"
A covid-free trip to Tallinn & Copenhagen
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Q: Full Calendar Get current date I've been learning Ruby over the last year and I'm very new to JS so I'll try to explain this as best I can.
I am using Adam Shaw's full calendar plugin. All I want to do is get the current month I am viewing (and use that to limit how far in the future or past a user can navigate, but that's not the problem).
I can get the current date, sort of. But, because of my lack of JS knowledge I'm not sure how to access the date.
Here is the relevant section of the config file,
viewRender: function(view){
  var maxDate = "<%= finish.strftime('%Y/%m/%d') %>";
  var currentDate = $('#calendar').fullCalendar('getDate');
  console.log(currentDate);
  if (view.start > maxDate){
    header.disableButton('prev');

  }
}

When I inspect the console log I see this being output as I click through the months.

So as you can see it is displaying the current date in view. My question is how do I access the _d bit of the Moment variable so I can use it?
My understanding would be that the Moment is class instance and the stuff in the dropdown is like its attributes, would this be a correct interpretation?

A: To get the current date of the calendar, do:
var tglCurrent = $('#YourCalendar').fullCalendar('getDate');

This will return the date as a moment object. You can then format it as a string in the usual date format like so:
var tgl=moment(tglCurrent).format('YYYY-MM-DD');

For the actual time, use the format: YYYY-MM-DD LTS

A: FullCalendar's getDate returns a moment object, so you need moment's toDate() method to get date out of it.
So, in you code try:
console.log(currentDate.toDate());

and that should return a date object.

A: var moment = $('#YourCalendar').fullCalendar('getDate');
var calDate = moment.format('DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm'); //Here you can format your Date

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Ludi publici
ancient Roman games
Ludi publici, (Latin: "public games"), ancient Roman spectacles, primarily consisting of chariot races and various kinds of theatrical performances, usually held at regular intervals in honour of some god; they are distinct from the gladiatorial contests (associated with funeral rites). A special magistrate presided over them. Oldest and most famous were the Ludi Romani, or Magni, dedicated to Jupiter and celebrated each year in September. Like the Ludi Apollinares (for Apollo) and the Ludi Cereales (for Ceres), they centred on the chariot races of the Circus Maximus. A special feature of the Megalensia, or Megalesia, held in April and dedicated to Cybele, the Great Mother, were the ludi scaenici, consisting of plays and farces.
chariot racing
…the Roman public games (ludi publici) that took place at the Circus Maximus.…
Secular Games
Secular Games, celebrations held in ancient Rome to mark the commencement of a new saeculum, or generation. The games originated with the Etruscans, who, at the end of a mean period of 100 years (as representing the longest human life in a generation), presented the underworld deities with an…
Ancient Rome, the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 bc, through the events leading to the founding of the republic in 509 bc, the establishment of the empire in 27 bc, and the final eclipse of…
Perseus Digital Library - Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities - Ludi


My good friend Teken is putting together the City Spit Art Show Minneapolis to celebrate some amazing artists. Many of these artists I know personally and own their art. If you do one thing in March please go see this show and support our local art.
Inspired by Times Square Show, the legendary 1980 group, CWA: CITY SPIT will be a monumental show exhibiting some of the Twin Cities' most interesting, talked (or whispered) about known, and unknown artists.
With a focus on social and art diversity reflecting the values of City Wide Artists, we have assembled 50+ new and known artists – and project that some major ideas and names should emerge, thus offering a thoughtful representation of the state of Twin Cities art.
With our anniversary show, we are aiming for accessibility without compromise – presenting art works ranging not only in medium and content, but also in price. We are proud to be working with artists whose price points range in the few hundred dollars to a few thousand. The goal is to get art to everyone. The sharing of creative ideas is key, but we want to encourage our community to get behind local artists in order to stimulate their careers and practice. It is the sort of artistic and economic development model that we are dedicating our space to.
These artists represent some of the various communities contributing to our local art scene. From wheat paste to fine painting, we will see a mix of ideas and mediums that from the street to the gallery inspire our mission for City Wide Artists.


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Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2010 to March 2011, Pre- and post-operative data
This is part of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
01 Apr 2010 to 31 Mar 2011
This is the finalised publication of pre- and post-operatives scores from the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme for the period April 2010 to March 2011. This publication considers the change in patients' self-reported health status for the four common elective surgical procedures in the PROMs programme: groin hernia surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement and varicose vein surgery. Analysis covers the period from April 2010 to the end of March 2011 and includes pre-operative questionnaires that all English providers treating NHS patients have been asked to collect from patients who wish to participate and post-operative questionnaires returned by patients following their surgery. Not all patients undergoing the relevant operations returned questionnaires for a variety of reasons.
For the coverage period April 2010 to March 2011:
There were 245,516 eligible1 hospital episodes and 171,499 pre-operative questionnaires returned - a headline participation rate of 69.9 per cent, which is an increase of 3.8 percentage points compared to 2009-10.
For the 171,499 pre-operative questionnaires returned, there were 162,614 post-operative questionnaires sent out, of which 131,696 have been returned - a return rate of 81.0 per cent 2.
95.8 per cent of hip replacement respondents and 91.4 per cent of knee replacement respondents recorded joint related improvements following their operation as measured by their response to a series of questions about their condition (Oxford Hip and Knee Scores). These values were 95.7 per cent and 91.4 per cent respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.
82.5 per cent of varicose vein respondents recorded varicose vein related improvements following their operation as measured by their response to a series of questions about their condition (Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire score). This value was 83.4 per cent in the finalised data for 2009-10.
86.7 per cent of hip replacement respondents and 77.9 per cent of knee replacement respondents recorded an increase in their general health following their operation, based on a combination of five key criteria concerning their general health (EQ-5D Index score), compared to 51.6 per cent for varicose veins and 50.5 per cent for groin hernias. These values were 87.2 per cent, 77.6 per cent, 52.4 per cent and 49.3 per cent respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.
61.4 per cent of hip replacement respondents and 50.8 per cent of knee replacement recorded an increase in their EQ-VAS score (current state of the patient's general health marked on a visual analogue scale) compared to 39.8 per cent for varicose veins and 39.1 per cent for groin hernias. These values were 61.4 per cent, 50.2 per cent, 40.4 per cent and 38.2 per cent respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.
An 'eligible episode' is an episode in HES in the period in question, clinically coded with relevant hip, knee, varicose vein or groin hernia OPCS procedure codes which make it suitable for inclusion into PROMs. Note that some patient may have undergone more than one PROMs procedure in a single eligible episode and those episodes will have been counted here twice; this affects 73 of the 245,516 episodes.
Not every pre-operative questionnaire will have a post-operative questionnaire sent out. This may be for a number of reasons including the cancellation of an operation or the death of the patient.
Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2010 to March 2011: Annual refresh report [pdf, size: 807.5 kB]
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Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2010 to March 2011: Finalised score comparison (xls) [xls, size: 5.2 MB]
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Video Shows Cuba Gooding Jr. Rubbing Up On Accuser, Randomly Shouts Out David Ortiz After Pleading Not Guilty
Cuba Gooding Jr. out here actin' a fool these days...
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Just because Cuba Gooding Jr.'s popularity got a slight jolt from his performance as O.J. Simpson on FX's The People v. OJ Simpson a few years back, that doesn't mean his celebrity was big enough to let him act like a jerk.
Earlier this week, the Oscar-winning actor was arrested on a misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third-degree charge after being accused of rubbing up and violating a woman at a bar on Sunday night.
In a video obtained by TMZ, an inebriated Cuba Gooding Jr. can be seen touching the accuser on her thigh and breast at the Magic Hour Rooftop Lounge in New York City. This while he was sitting next to his girlfriend, Claudine De Niro, mind you.
Apparently, things only got weird from there.
Another man then walks over and stands in front of the group. He puts his hands on the shoulders of Gooding and the accuser, leans over and appears to be talking to the entire group.
Things get a little weird then … as the man gyrates, drawing attention to his crotch. It appears Gooding and his GF playfully paw at his crotch. The guy also takes a drink away from Gooding. A few more people join the group, and everyone's casually chatting for a few more minutes. They all walk away — separately but in the same direction — about 3 minutes after the initial touching. There's no argument.
However, about 30 minutes later … Cuba and Claudine were downstairs lounging on a couch and making out. A man, who we're told works security for the bar, was standing next to the couch when the accuser approached him and started arguing.
We've blurred her face to protect her identity, but she appears to say, "Yes, he did." She repeated that after the security guard shook his head. It's unclear if Cuba heard their conversation, but he got up, stumbled and then walked right past the accuser and left.
Claudine and the security guard followed right behind him.
As we said, Cuba was booked for his disturbing behavior and after pleading not guilty to the charges walked out of court without bail. You'd think he'd leave well enough alone but PageSix is reporting that CGJ continued to act weird as he addressed reporters outside the courthouse.
"It's been a long day," the Bronx-born actor told hordes of reporters as he left Manhattan criminal court, minutes after being arraigned for allegedly groping a woman at a rooftop bar in Midtown.
Gooding said nothing, but nodded vigorously when asked whether he denied the charges of sexual abuse and forcible touching levied against him by prosecutors.
Pressed whether he had anything else to add, Gooding — who won an Oscar for playing a hot-shot athlete in "Jerry Maguire" — extended well wishes to a real-life sports star: retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.
"Get well, Big Papi!" said Gooding, using the nickname of Ortiz, who was wounded in an attempted hit Sunday in his native Dominican Republic.
Well, that was random, to say the least.
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For the most part, it didn't feel like I was meeting people for the first time.
"Well, that was quite a blast" I'm thinking to myself as the plane touches down in Timisoara, Romania – almost home again, after a 3-day stay in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.
When I started working for 5CA, back in August 2015, I hadn't expected my path to go this way. That feels like ages ago, now. When I spotted the ad for the position on Upwork (back then it was called Odesk), the "gaming industry" part immediately caught my eye and I wanted a piece of that! So, I applied and, soon after, started as a multi-vendor agent; my first project had been Activision. Long way to go – I moved to QA, some 8 months after, then had an excursion into the lands of Team Coaching and nowadays I'm invested in improving some of our more "quirky" projects. All of this, as a work from home agent. I had never met my colleagues live, despite talking to some of them on an almost daily basis.
Arriving in Utrecht was interesting.
I knew the offices were in a central location, but this was almost ridiculously central: Utrecht's train station is next to and under a Mall. That mall is under the 5CA offices and some 5ish minutes away from the old city centre with the dome tower and canals and all that. (Yet I still managed to get lost in that mall – a story for another time). Upon entering the offices, I was immediately greeted like part of the team – as if I was simply returning after a long trip. I guess we're all so used to living in an age of constant communication, that far away isn't all that far anymore. And I really enjoyed it. For the most part, it didn't feel like I was meeting people for the first time.
The recently expanded office was littered with game and gaming paraphernalia (As I write this, I realize that I should probably have asked to try one of those good looking VR headsets, lying around there), plastered with game-related posters and all in white and glass, dotted by spots of intense orange colour. It seemed like a modern yet comfortable place to work at.
Me and my colleague, Linda.
Everyone was laughing, joking – looking like they were having a good time. Being so used to working from home, I frankly found the whole experience a bit distracting, since you were always surrounded by other people, talking and working next to you. But, of course, being at the office comes with benefits, for example if you need to quickly talk to someone (so you don't need to wait for them to respond to your chat message or email).
Throughout those days, but especially on Friday (thanks, Jason!), I was able to have a look at Utrecht in the warm spring sun – surprisingly good weather, I was told (and realized, after seeing the swarm of Dutch people coming to sit outside, catching some of those warm rays). Utrecht itself, is a gorgeous city of some 330k people (twice that, if you count the whole Metro area), bustling with history, nightlife, tasty fries and with cyclists.
Oh, gods – the cyclists! I knew the Netherlands was big on that, but I didn't expect to have to play Frogger at every intersection. I started hunting traffic lights, which offered a decent – but not total – amount of protection from the rolling hordes of cyclists heading to work each morning. I also didn't expect to be more worried more about being run over by them, than cars – a rather new experience, shaped by the proximity to the city centre, which is an off-limits zone for most cars. I later found out that being hit by a raving cyclist, that you didn't spot in time, is more-or-less a rite of passage for anyone new to the Netherlands.
We decided to go to dinner on my last day in Utrecht.
As Saturday morning rolled around, I had to pack up my things, leave the gorgeous apartment I was staying at and make my way towards the Utrecht central station, to get to Eindhoven airport. I left early – fearing that I might get lost again (I need some time to get used to new places – stop judging me!). Luckily, all went well (good thing everyone speaks English perfectly in the Netherlands) and as the jet engines of the plane revved up and it took off, I knew I wanted to return at some point soon. It was, after all, quite a blast!
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Just to wrap it up – Friday drinks at the office!


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Q: Need to get Average count I would like to get average of product=A that a client have. Say inner select return 1,2,1,4,4,4 for 6 clients
I would like to see result as 4 which means the avg product count a client can have is 4
Can somebody please confirm the following.
E.g
Select avg(count)
From (
Select count(*) as count
From Table1
Where product = A
Group by client)
as counts

A: Having sample data is important to getting assistance. It's still difficult to determine how your data looks. Let's assume it looks like this:
    create table table1 (
      client varchar(10),
      product varchar(10)
     );

    insert into table1 values
    ('xxx', 'A'),
    ('bbb', 'A'),
    ('bbb', 'A'),
    ('ccc', 'A'),
    ('ddd', 'A'),
    ('ddd', 'A'),
    ('ddd', 'A'),
    ('ddd', 'A'),
    ('tt', 'A'),
    ('tt', 'A'),
    ('tt', 'A'),
    ('tt', 'A'),
    ('bdad', 'A'),
    ('bdad', 'A'),
    ('bdad', 'A'),
    ('bdad', 'A');

I don't have access to a DB2 database, but this query works for most dbms types. You may need to tweak to fit DB2.
    select purchased as most_common_value
    from (
      select client, count(*) as purchased
      from table1
      where product = 'A'
      group by client
      )z
    group by purchased
    order by count(client) desc
    limit 1

Output of query is:
    most_common_value
    4


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Q: watch command not working with special characters and quotes watch -n 1 "paste <(ssh ai02 'nvidia-smi pmon -s um -c 1') <(ssh ai03 'nvidia-smi pmon -s um -c 1' )"

The above command is used to horizontally stack two server GPU stats together. It works without the watch command but get the following error
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
sh: -c: line 0: `paste <(ssh ai02 'nvidia-smi pmon -s um -c 1') <(ssh ai03 'nvidia-smi pmon -s um -c 1' )'

A: You didn't provide a reproducible example, but I think I managed to make one for testing:
watch -n1 "paste <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '10' ) <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '10')"

output a similar error:
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
sh: -c: line 0: `paste <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '10' ) <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '1
0')'

To solve this problem in a simpler way, we can change sh -c for bash -c:
watch -n1 -x bash -c 'paste <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n "10" ) <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n "10")'

From the watch manual:
-x, --exec
     Pass command  to exec(2) instead of  sh -c which reduces  the need to
     use extra quoting to get the desired effect.

If you need maintain the apostrophes from the original commandline, you can escape then too:
watch -e -n1 -x bash -c 'paste <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '\''10'\'' ) <(seq -w 1000 | shuf -n '\''10'\'')'


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Two U.S. major investment banks forecast low oil prices for next year and foresee rising U.S. oil output increasing overall supply in 2019 in spite of OPEC and its allies agreeing to curb production at the latest OPEC meeting in Vienna on Dec. 7.
Citigroup said Monday in a note that output cuts from the cartel and its allies, dubbed as OPEC+, would encourage U.S. shale producers to pump more crude to the global oil market.
"OPEC+ did the work of drawing down inventories that otherwise would have to be done through a painful period for shale producers," Ed Morse, the global head of commodities research at Citigroup, said in a statement.
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Another American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley said Monday that it lowered its oil price forecast by $10 a barrel for next year.
It said in a note that OPEC+ curbing production would have a calming effect over concerns of a supply glut in the global market, but the bank also determined that the oil cut deal would have a limited impact on oil prices.
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Republican representative Louie Gohmert introduced new legislation on Thursday that would end up implicitly banning the Democratic party.
The legislation calls for the ban of all organizations or political groups that have historically supported either the Confederacy or slavery.
As The Hill reports:
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) introduced a House resolution Thursday calling on lawmakers to ban organizations or political groups that have historically supported the Confederacy or slavery in the U.S., a list he said includes the Democratic Party.
"A great portion of the history of the Democratic Party is filled with racism and hatred. Since people are demanding we rid ourselves of the entities, symbols, and reminders of the repugnant aspects of our past, then the time has come for Democrats to acknowledge their party's loathsome and bigoted past, and consider changing their party name to something that isn't so blatantly and offensively tied to slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan," Gohmert said in a statement.
The resolution is co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Randy Weber (Texas) and Andy Harris (Md.)…
The vote followed weeks of nationwide protests against racial inequality and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd. Protests and demonstrations have targeted statues of Confederate leaders, explorer Christopher Columbus, former President Andrew Jackson and others.
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By: Arleigh Truesdale | Dec 2022 | Campus News
A gathering of faculty members, industry professionals and leaders, students, and community members, the ISEN Annual Symposium convened on December 1 and 2, 2022 on Northwestern University's Evanston campus. The Symposium created a space to explore the interdisciplinarity of current issues related to Climate and Energy Transition and Resilient Communities. Over sixty panelists represented more than twenty disciplines across Northwestern and beyond.
From the clean energy economy to intersectional issues like environmental justice, sustainable investing, climate policy, and science communication, panelists and plenary presenters lent expertise to guide the way forward.
"The necessity of mobilizing the fullest complement of expertise across engineering, physical sciences, social sciences, humanities, business, communications, and law has really never been greater. It really points out the need for mustering all of these fields in order to address these critical problems for our planet and for society in general." - Michael R. Wasielewski, ISEN Executive Director
Each day began with a Dean's Plenary. Julio Ottino, Dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Tim Stojka (McC '89), Founder of Agentis, opened the first day with an examination of technology and software that facilitates energy efficiency and consumer education. Referencing Stojka's engagement with students as NUvention Energy Advisory Board Chair, Dean Ottino noted the importance of diverse thinking, perspectives, and experiences. "In order to come up with innovative ideas, there must be the duality of analytical thinking and also a proclivity for more of the creative side of things," remarked Ottino. As utilities increasingly need to innovate to move forward with decarbonization of electrical energy, Stojka shared ideas about ways to expand the scope of the grid while integrating renewable energy sources.
After attending morning and afternoon panel sessions on autonomous mobility, regenerative agriculture, international climate negotiations, synthetic biology, and more, participants gathered for a second Dean's Plenary with Adrian Randolph, Dean of the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Art History. Randolph spoke with Brad Sageman, ISEN Co-Director and Professor in the Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The plenary resituated the day's topics within a geological timescale, exploring the history of Earth's carbon cycle as it relates to global climate change.
Thinking about the human-nature relationship, Dean Randolph asked how 40 years of recommendations from the IPCC have changed the climate movement. "We are in the middle of a revolution right now," replied Sageman who has witnessed his graduate students shift from seeking careers in the oil and gas industry to working for companies pursuing carbon sequestration. "They want to be part of the solution," he said. The two wrapped up the first day with an exploration of the role of educational institutions in promoting climate literacy amongst the general public and the next generation of learners.
Leading the second day, Hari M. Osofsky, Dean of Pritzker School of Law and Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law, spoke with Paul Marushka, Founding CEO and President of Sphera. Dean Osofsky's work focuses on improving governance and addressing justice and energy in climate change regulation and litigation. Marushka discussed the complexities of operating Sphera, a company that provides software to monitor and report on ESG capabilities for corporations around the world.
"One of the challenges to progress is that often jurisdictions make suboptimal law regarding emerging science and technology. In part, because the people who are making the law may not always understand the science and technology well enough or have adequate data. This is one of the reasons we are deeply committed at Northwestern to looking at this law/STEM interface."
-Hari M. Osofsky, Dean of Pritzker School of Law; Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law
Marushka explained the opportunities for partnership between academic institutions and corporations to expand ESG data accessibility and to train students to use data to avoid greenwashing and promote corporate accountability. With this framing, the second day's sessions examined climate migration, U.S. climate policy and regulation, emerging contaminants remediation, the hydrogen economy, and critical minerals for clean energy.
The fourth and final Dean's Plenary featured Charles Whitaker, Dean and Professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Communications and Gabrielle Levy (Medill '11) of Climate Nexus, an organization who elevates the communications work of frontline organizations and small advocacy groups around the world. The two tied together the importance of climate communication in an environment where misinformation runs rampant. Levy and Whitaker tackled the complexities of how to move forward with climate mitigation and the transition to green energy sources at a time of heightened political polarization and deep entrenchment.
"People want to read about people and human impact as opposed to policy, and so the best way to get them interested in policy is to talk about the human impact."
-Charles Whitaker, Dean and Professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Communications
Opportunities to address the pressing global impacts of climate change have never been more critical, particularly in this consequential climate decade. Every opportunity to share leading research, niche insights, and diverging perspectives plays a role in garnering the collective effort necessary to address the climate crisis. The 2022 ISEN Annual Symposium is a meeting point for faculty, partner organizations, and students that will hopefully lead to continued collaboration. Thanks to all who contributed to the dynamic conversations throughout the Symposium.
Arleigh is a Communications Specialist for ISEN. She supports public facing communications and marketing efforts and writes copy for the website, social media, and other materials.
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Павел Леонтьевич Шемиот (1768—1859) — участник Отечественной войны 1812 года, начальник 7-й дружины Петербургского народного ополчения. Полковник лейб-гвардии (кирасир), предводитель ямбургского дворянства.

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Происходил из могилёвского рода Шемиотов — обрусевших польских дворян. Родился в 1768 году.

Начал военную службу в 1871 году в качестве капрала лейб-гвардии кирасирского полка. В 1788 году участвовал в русско-шведской войне, получил чин полковника в 1806 году.

После женитьбы на Надежде Адамовне фон Роткирх (её мать, баронесса Роткирх, в девичестве носила фамилию Ганнибал и приходилась внучкой А. П. Ганнибалу) П. Л. Шемиот поселился в Ямбургском уезде в имении Кайбола, полученном в качестве приданого. В 1811 году был избран предводителем уездного дворянства.

В 1812 году на чрезвычайном дворянском собрании Ямбургского уезда был выбран командиром 7-й дружины ополчения, состоящей из жителей Ямбургского уезда. Дружина сражалась при Батуре, Старом Борисове, Студенке, Витебске и на Березине. Шемиот получил ордена: Святого Георгия IV степени (№ 2770; 30.12.1813), Святого Владимира 3-й степени (31.07.1813), Святой Анны 3-й степени. По окончании войны на территории России вернулся в Кайболу (владел также деревнями Пятницкое и Падога).

С 1827 по 1833 год вновь был предводителем дворянства Ямбургского уезда.

Умер  года в собственном имении, похоронен в Новопятницком в ограде церкви Архангела Михаила (на территории усадьбы Роткирхов). В 2015 году его могила, теперь находящаяся на приусадебном участке, оказалась под угрозой уничтожения.

Семья
Павел Леонтьевич и Надежда Адамовна ()17.10.1782 — 05.07.1856) имели двух дочерей и трёх сыновей. Сыновья Александр и Георгий (Егор, 1803—1830) погибли в Польскую кампанию 1830-1831 гг. (последний — в чине поручика). Две дочери — София (1798—1827) и Ольга (1801—1879) последовательно были жёнами Александра Федоровича Веймарна.

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Участники Отечественной войны 1812 года
Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия IV класса

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Joe's View: We need to talk about digital identity
My attic is full of traffic cones. Why? Well it's do with identity.
When I was a boy, underage drinking was the ambition of any self-respecting 16 year old and this was generally achieved by going to pubs which were known to have a lenient attitude to serving alcohol to minors.
The tallest and hairiest of our friendship group would take our pooled funds and order four pints of vile tasting bitter stuff in a deep voice while the more fresh-faced would hide in the snug, out of sight.
We would then choke down the beer, because that's what men do. We would be polite and well-behaved so as not to draw attention to ourselves and risk exclusion from the forbidden pleasures of the pub. The landlord would turn a blind eye, as did the police, safe in the knowledge that they knew where the underage drinkers were should they need to find them.
ID crackdown
In the last few years however there has been campaign against this tolerance of teenagers in pubs and it is now impossible for teenagers to blag a drink in a pub without showing some proof of age, a passport or a driving licence or any other ID.
My children routinely take their passports on a night out. This campaign has had, I think, some unforeseen consequences.
Instead of congregating harmlessly in a few pubs and chugging unpalatable ale, our youth have been driven to drinking vodka and coke in the park, where they can also access and use cannabis and other drugs. Not exactly what we'd hoped for in the ID crackdown.
In the face of this reality, we gave up our attic to our teenage children and it became a hangout for their friends over the years: an unofficial, unacknowledged unlicenced teenagers' pub.
We turned a blind eye to the beer bottles in the recycling bin and fag-ends in the garden. At least we knew where they were and we could minimise exposure to park-dwelling drug dealers.
Once driving licences and passports were acquired, the young people's drinking moved to pubs and night clubs but at the end of the evening they usually return to the attic, often wearing a traffic cone on their heads. As night follows day, the acquisition of ID leads to drinking in pubs and traffic cones in the attic.
With my youngest now away at university, the attic is disused so I have decided to get the builders in and convert it into an online psychiatry clinic. Somewhere I can practice telepsychiatry, somewhere quiet and away from the rest of the house.
Saint Skype's Online Asylum is the working name of the project. Saint Skype's online psychiatry service will need to be able to establish the identity of its customers. Identity is key.
Interestingly it was my youngest son, who still gets asked for ID and has lost his driving licence, while being out and about, more than once, who pointed me at a potential solution: "Digital ID, dad. The future. Physical passports, driving licences? Nobody wants to carry that stuff on a night out, right? If you lose your passport it'll cost you eighty quid, dad. 80 quid".
Digital identity is the solution
Jake's preferred solution? YOTI . YOTI is a digital identity app for your smartphone that recently raised £65 million in venture capital investment.
In a very simple process, which the app walks you through, it captures your image, a selfie video, an identity document ( I used my driver's licence) and a two- factor authentication process. All done in 2 minutes without the need to visit the post office or fill in any forms.
Now all Jake needs is his phone to prove his age at a nightclub or pub.Door staff ask him to prove his age using YOTI, he scans the venue's QR code and the app confirms he is over 18. He shares no more data than he needs to.
The app can also be used to confirm people are who they say they are if you are conducting business online like Saint Skypes.
Now, identity isn't just key to the future of Saint Skypes. It is key to the digitisation of the NHS. I wasn't able to attend last week's Empower the Person meeting, where Andy Kinnear described Juliet Bauer's presentation as mind-blowingly exciting, which created ripples (of positive nature) in the Twittersphere..
The Citizen ID piece of work is so central to the business of channel shifting our population onto digital health platforms that it should be priority number one for the NHS.
Everything else will stand on the foundations of useful, usable and widely used citizen ID platform. And with innovative British outfits like YOTI and Monzo leading the way, we may not have to look too far to find solutions that move the NHS into being a world leading research outfit.
It warmed my heart to see Simon Eccles, the new National CCIO, spelling out his priorities on Twitter this week to include "deliver the stuff we said we'll do". Well, we've been saying we'd do citizen ID for some considerable time, and we can't really do anything meaningful without it. Hopefully this can be given the priority it needs under the new management.
Less Jaw Jaw
27 February 2018	@ 10:53
In the words of Keith McNeill, proceed until apprehended. Dont seek permission, just do it.
We should be careful what we wish for in the digital ID space:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16721230/wechat-china-app-mini-programs-messaging-electronic-id-system
Interestingly I'm dealing with innovative SMEs that want to provide smartphone apps that effectively enable patients to interact with the NHS Digital Personal Demographics Service (PDS). We are having to look very closely at the safety of the information slows, to avoid spoofing, and also tell them that any update to the PDS requires the use of a smartcard. Of course patients don't have smartcards, and never will. Something like YOTI could be the way ahead. However, we'd have to think about the increased load on the PDS!
Richard Sarson
It is not true that "patients don't have smart cards, and never will". If you are a French patient you will have a smart card. I sometimes think smart cards were invented by the French back in the '80s just to provide a medium for effective patient records.
If you want to study identity in healthcare, forget the UK. Johnny foreigner knows how to do it. They also know how to fund their healthcare intelligently. Get ill in France or Spain, or Germany, and find out for yourselves. But hurry, Brexit will stop you finding out.
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2017/04/citizen-identity-project-will-be-live-by-october-2017/
Bingo. It's still an active project.
On the tech level OAuth2 UMA (or healths HEART) May have answers, it should be possible to use this with citizen Id or YOTI.
Finally we would be able to ask the patient for consent rather than talking about it in meetings for several months!
Nick Samuel
The privacy mafia will stop it
V Saravanan
7 March 2018	@ 15:11
Do you mean David Davis who scuppered the National ID card proposed by Tony Blair's government?
No – The system to share data between organisations involved with children that was being developed after several deaths that could have been preventable. It was scrapped due to the possibility that somebody could get access to the data who should not – against the certainty that children would die because there was no such system.
Chris Frith
Even easier to chip the kids when old enough to drink?
How about the using/amending the Government Gateway or Gov.Verify IDs? Please, please, please don't create another one to forget!
This was attempted in Liverpool – http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500279751/Govuk-Verify-not-secure-enough-for-the-NHS-says-HSCIC
Dave Kelsall
Telepsychiatry sounds like something from a Poul Anderson novel, combining telepathy and mind control 🙂
Seriously, YOTI exposes just how outdated concepts which seemed futuristic only fifteen years ago, such as using a smart card to authenticate users, have become.
I read somewhere that one day even NHS fax machines might be overtaken by new technology 😉
Sorry, bug in chat forum. Had clicked to reply to earlier post.
i couldn't agree more with the need for a decent digital identity process.
Its so fundamental. Without a painfree authentication process for patients, we'll never get users to even register for new services and apps, no matter how beneficial they may be.
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Q: Pressing [x] hides my apps I reseted my windows after a blue screen of death and now I have the following issue:
When I press close in any app (like steam, discord) instead of closing them, it  minimizes them and just hides them. They stay minimized but there are no icons of them in the minimized taskbar.
So I can't close them unless I go into the tasks and press "End Task".
What can I do to fix it?
Running windows 10. Ask me if you need more details.
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Scalable Production of AAV Vectors in Orbitally Shaken HEK293 Cells.
Blessing D., Vachey G., Pythoud C., Rey M., Padrun V., Wurm F.M., Schneider B.L., Déglon N.
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are currently among the most commonly applied for in vivo gene therapy approaches. The evaluation of vectors during clinical development requires the production of considerable amounts of highly pure and potent vectors. Here, we set up a scalable process for AAV production, using orbitally shaken bioreactors and a fully characterized suspension-adapted cell line, HEKExpress. We conducted a proof-of-concept production of AAV2/8 and AAV2/9 vectors using HEKExpress cells. Furthermore, we compared the production of AAV2/9 vectors using this suspension cell line to classical protocols based on adherent HEK293 cells to demonstrate bioequivalence in vitro and in vivo . Following upstream processing, we purified vectors via gradient centrifugation and immunoaffinity chromatography. The in vitro characterization revealed differences due to the purification method, as well as the transfection protocol and the corresponding HEK293 cell line. The purification method and cell line used also affected in vivo transduction efficiency after bilateral injection of AAV2/9 vectors expressing a GFP reporter fused with a nuclear localization signal (AAV2/9-CBA-nlsGFP) into the striatum of adult mice. These results show that AAV vectors deriving from suspension HEKExpress cells are bioequivalent and may exhibit higher potency than vectors produced with adherent HEK293 cells.


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Q: Trouble Creating First Yii Application Here is where I'm at. I am running MAMP on my Mac, and I have Yii in my htdocs folder. I don't understand the yiic.php part of it. I got it working once after numerous tries, but I the folder structure wasn't how I wanted it. So, with my folder structure being:

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Where exactly would I navigate to in the Terminal, and what would I type. I've been navigating into to Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Yii and then once in there running this command:
php framework/yiic.php webapp testdrive

After that I get the Yes/No question, run "Yes", it does its thing, and I get this folder structure:

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Then I navigate in my browser to: http://localhost:8888/yii/testdrive/ and I get nothing...any idea what I am doing wrong?
Any help will be much appreciated! :) Thanks!

A: This is a long shot, but make the Y in yii a capital letter.  This is assuming that the directory Yii does indeed have a capital Y in it.  Unix/Linux machines have case sensitivity when it comes to these sorts of things.
As for your directory structure, you can have the Yii framework files live outside of your web folder if you want to.  The "testdrive" directory is all you need inside of the htdocs folder.  That said, the framework files can live in the folder as well, but it's generally considered insecure.

A: I got the same problem, but I am sure that I did not delete any file there. Fortunately, I try to restart apache server, and I revisite my test website, and it is working.
I use MAMP on Mac Lion. Hope this information would be helpful.


The old fertility legend about a couple who had failed fertility treatments, adopts a baby and then all of a sudden gets pregnant is one we have all heard.
In fact, as a practicing reproductive endocrinologist over the past 25 years, I have experienced this with some of my own patients.
Those stories have led us to believe that it takes longer for women with high stress levels to conceive. Unfortunately, there has not been much research on this. Until now, the best evidence for the benefit of stress reduction comes from the wellness center at Boston IVF where they had shown higher IVF success rates for women who were involved in their Mind Body program.
A new study in the current issue of the ASRM journal Fertility and Sterility (the primary research outlet for our national fertility society) lends credence to a link between stress and fertility. In the study, 274 British women, ages 18 to 40 years old, were examined to determine if using fertility-monitoring devices would improve their chances of conception.
They were followed for six menstrual cycles or until they got pregnant, whichever came first. On Day Six of each cycle, saliva samples were collected. Researchers measured their levels of alpha amylase and cortisol, two substances that reflect how the body reacts to stress.
Pregnancy rates were compared in women with the highest concentrations of alpha amylase in their first cycle to women with the lowest levels of the stress hormone marker. It was found that over the six-month period, the group of women with the highest alpha amylase (and hence stress) were 12 percent less likely to conceive than women with the lowest.
Cortisol levels were not associated with the women's chances of conceiving. The alpha amylase and cortisol reflect two different components of the stress response and don't necessarily correlate well. Alpha amylase reflects the "fight-or-flight" response to immediate stressors.
To confirm these findings, the research team conducted a larger and longer study of women trying to conceive. Evidence from these trials suggests that stress-reduction techniques can improve pregnancy rates in couples who use in vitro fertilization and related methods.
With such findings it appears that patients would benefit if they enroll in various stress reducing programs when trying to conceive. Mind-body programs, support groups, acupuncture and massage apparently offer the greatest benefit.
As a practitioner in the field of infertility for 25 years, I endorse these adjunctive therapies for my patients undergoing treatment, with the goal of reaping the fertility enhancing benefit of stress reduction before we submit them to multiple treatment cycles.


Rain and confetti, and big smiles all round, as the weather fails to dampen spirits at a Manchester wedding.
A fashionably dressed bride and her equally stylish bridesmaids brighten up the gloom of a wet autumn day in this delightful short film, shot at the South Manchester Synagogue. Never mind the weather, this is a very happy occasion for the newly wed Laurence and Lily, smiling through the shower of confetti, and for their families and friends, enjoying the attention of the camera.


It's CHRISTMAS IN JULY 2015!
My first special for the Christmas in July~Hanukkah in the Heat event is a sale! You have to keep reading to see what the code is but this is a great deal to get a head start on those holiday craft fair items.
I love how quick and easy these patterns work up and they are great if you want to try a graph project and haven't done color work before. They can be worked up in Tunisian simple stitch or single crochet. If you have never tried Tunisian, this project is a great way to get a feel for if you would enjoy it or not.
For the full run of the blog hop, July 6th through 24th, you can get my Christmas drink sleeve patterns INCLUDING THE EBOOK for 30% off using the code "CHRISTMAS" in my Ravelry pattern shop. The eBook is all 3 collections grouped together so if you want all three that is your best deal SO if you get the eBook, you don't need the others.
Also, I am considering adding some new free graphs to plug in that are Christmas/holiday themed. What would you like to see?


Rick Welch winner of over 40 state championships shares his successful shooting system with you. This video will help you shoot better whether on the target range or on big and small game. Ricky reveals the style, practice habits and the means that will help you put you in control of your form. Very good information, in the Ricky Welch style. 76 Minutes.


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Boston Globe Boston Red Sox Conor Frederick contract extension David Ortiz NESN
Report: David Ortiz close to 1-year extension
Conor Frederick 3/21/2014 05:51:00 PM
https://www.redsoxlife.com/2014/03/report-david-ortiz-close-to-1-year.html
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Conor Frederick (@CJFSoxFan1016)
David Ortiz and the Red Sox are close to agreeing to a 1-year, $15 million extension for the 2015 season, according to the Boston Globe. While no official announcement has been made, it is expected to come in the next few days with Spring Training winding down, according to the Globe. David Ortiz has repeatedly expressed confidence that a deal will get done, and reiterated that confidence again yesterday.
"Everything is going the right way," Ortiz said Thursday. "I'm not worried."
Ortiz said in December and February that he wants to finish with the Sox according to the Globe, and it looks like both sides are trying to make that happen.
Ortiz has been struggling in Spring Training hitting .067 (2-30) before Thursday's matchup against the New York Yankees, but that's nothing new, according to NESN.
"I can never hit in spring training," Ortiz said, according to ESPN.com's Gordon Edes. "Ever. I was talking to one of the guys the other day. I got to go through a lot of things, routine and stuff, that I can never do in spring training. They pitch me the same way, always. They pitch me tough. That's why I got to go through my routines to get there. The thing is, with me, I don't really give a (expletive) about spring training. I don't put a lot into it."
Manager John Farrell is among those who are not concerned about his struggles in Spring Training.
"You watch BP, the bat speed is clearly there and the power's there," Farrell said. "He's seeing pitches. He's going to get more everyday at-bats starting Sunday through the remainder of camp. So I have no concern with David."
We'll keep you posted as the situation develops.
Thoughts? Leave a comment or tweet me @CJFSoxFan1016.
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THE POGUES ON MASTERMIND- THE ANSWERS!
…so following on from the quiz we published on St Patrick's Day here's the answers.
If you missed it and want to take it now click on the Mastermind chair below.
1. What was the name of the first Pogues song to enter the charts when it peaked at number 72 in April 1985?
2. Who produced the Pogues' most successful single Fairytale of New York and the album it was taken from If I Should fall from Grace with God?
3. In October '86 the Pogues recorded two songs with the Dubliners. One was the Irish Rover making the Top 10. What was the title of the other song that appeared on the B side?
4. Which new wave artist produced the Pogues second album that was released in August 1985?
5. What was the Pogues debut single for Stiff Records that failed to chart when it was released in October '84?
6. Following a number of promotional appearances, the Pogues first live American concert took place in February 1986. At what venue in New York?
7. What was the title of the 4-track EP that was released in March 1986 featuring among its songs A Rainy Night in Soho and The Body of an American?
8. Who replaced the guitarist Philip Chevron when he missed the band's American tour in late '87 because of ill health?
9. During July and August '87 the Pogues opened for which band in a number of stadium gigs, the first of which was at Wembley in front of a crowd of 70,000?
10. The video of the song Fiesta was filmed in Barcelona in April '88?. Which comedian directed it?
11. By what name is the tinwhistle player and occasional vocalist Peter Stacy better known?
12. Apart from the annual re-releases of the Fairytale of New York, what was the title of the last release by the band to make the UK Top 20?
13. What was the name of the bass player who left the band in '86 following her marriage to Elvis Costello earlier in the year?
14. What was the title of the first album of new material released by the band following the departure of MacGowan . It was produced by Michael Brook and recorded in '93?
15. The Pogues played a benefit concert in Camden in December 1990 for their manager's daughter after she was injured in a diving accident. What was her name?
Your editor here got 11 out of the 15 right. I had no idea for Q.6 or Q.15 and for Q.5 and Q.10 I simply couldn't remember. Old age catching up with me!
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A couple of years ago John Abernethy competed on Mastermind (a English TV quiz show) and had The Pogues as his specialist subject. We know that that the London Celtic Punks bhoys and ghirls are a knowledgeable lot so here's the questions below. Have a go and see how many you got and I'll post the answers one week from today!!
John Abernethy got 12 right out of the 15 so see if you can do better!


When you have enough sourdough to feed an army, every breakfast lunch and dinner could be an array of new and exciting tartines. Just toast a piece of bread and top it with a sauce, vegetable and cheese, and broil! That's it! Tartines are always the solution and are even better topped with a runny poached egg and fresh ground pepper. Can you tell I can talk about tartines for days? This green and delicious Asparagus Tartine is spread with Kale Walnut Pesto and asparagus before being sprinkled with parmesan and toasted under the broiler. Here's how you make it!
Start by bringing a small pot of water to a boil. While the water comes to temperature, you can make your pesto. Pulse a couple big handfuls of kale with the juice of half a lemon, a handful of basil, a half cup of walnuts, a third cup of parmesan grated, a garlic clove, and a couple pinches of salt. While the food processor runs, pour in the olive oil until the pesto is as liquid as you like it. I like a thicker pesto for this purpose!
Once your water is boiling, add your asparagus and cook just one minute. Drain into a colander and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
Toast your sourdough bread slices in a toaster or grill them in a pan. Turn the pan to medium high heat and add just a little olive oil. Toast each side until browned. Then spread each piece with pesto, top with your asparagus, and sprinkle with the remaining parmesan.
Place a rack in your oven about 6 inches from the top of the oven and preheat the broiler to high. Once hot, add your tartines and toast, watching very carefully, until the cheese is melted and starting to brown. Remove and serve immediately.
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Bring a small pot of water to boil. Trim off the woody ends of the asparagus. Boil for just one minute, drain into a colander, and rinse the asparagus with cold water to stop from cooking.
Position an oven rack about 6 inches from the top of the oven. Preheat your oven's broiler.
Toast your sourdough slices in a toaster or grill in a large pan with a bit of olive oil on each side until lightly browned. Spread each slice with kale pesto. Top each with a layer of asparagus. Sprinkle each with the remaining half cup of parmesan cheese. Broil until the cheese is melted and lightly browned. Serve immediately.