The metafile header is the first object to appear in any metafile.
Metafile versions of 1.x are expected to maintain some degree of compatibility.
Flags indicate to a general degree of how the file is structured or should be read.
A database file indicates that the metafile is a library, and all objects that are shared appear in the table of contents.
A stream file indicates that no references exist in the metafile, so that a parsing program may discard encountered data when it is through with it.
If the toc location (Table of Contents location) is NULL, the entire file must be parsed to find a Table Of Contents.
The begin group object is used similarly to the container object, except it is used as the starting delimiter for a group. This allows a naive parser to traverse a metafile without special casing the many types of groups that appear in the metafile spec. It also allows for a single mechanism that is used to declare a group.
Please note that all objects of type group MUST be contained in a begin group, to allow them to be identified as starting a group.
Used to bind objects together to form a single object.
Container objects always contain other objects.
The first object in the container is called the root object, and sets the scope of the remaining objects in the container, called subobjects.
In general, the root object instantiates the object with its default values, and subobjects append information to the original root object.
There is one exception to these encapsulation rules, which is group objects. Although group objects contain a list of other objects, they are delimited with another 3DMF object, the end group object.
This object is used as a delimiter for all group objects.
Groups should be arranged into non-overlapping pairs of BeginGroup ( group type/data ) and an EndGroup object.
The junk object contains garbage, and serves as a placeholder for deleted information in the metafile.
Junk objects should always be skipped and never parsed.
The reference object is used to instantiate an object multiple times in a metafile.
It may be substituted anywhere in the metafile for another Shared object. Only shared objects may be referenced.
References are resolved in the Table Of Contents. If a Storage object is specified as a subobject, it is assumed that the reference is external to the current metafile, and should be resolved in that external storages table of contents.
The table of contents provides a means of resolving references within a file. The nextTOC file pointer points to the next table of contents in the file, or is NULL if no other table of contents exists.
The reference seed indicates the next available reference id available for reference objects. It is an unsigned positive number that is incremented with each addtional reference in a file. It is always one more than the maximum reference seed in a file.
The type seed indicates the next available type ID available for type objects. It is a negative number that is decremented with each additional type in a file. It is always one less than the minimum type seed in a file.
The tocEntryType and tocEntrySize are a set of paired values which indicate the size and type of information stored in a tocEntry.
The tocEntries are sorted by reference ID, in increasing order, to allow fast searching of the table of contents.
A type definition is used to declare a custom data type. A type definition may appear anywhere in a file, however, the custom type must be encountered before the custom object of that type is encountered..
All custom types in the metafile are negative numbers, and the typeID field begins at -1 and is decremented for each additional type. Only 2147483648 (or 2^31) custom types are permitted in a single metafile.
The owner string is an ISO 9070 registered owner string. Owner strings are unique globally for each type of custom data.
In the binary and text metafile, the typeID is used as the object type later in the file.
The face attribute set list specifies a list of attributes to be attached to a set of faces determined by the parents topology.
nObjects indicates the total number of objects being mapped to.
packing indicates how AttributeSet objects are mapped to indices. Include packing lists the face indices, in sequential order, of those faces to be assigned face attribute sets. Exclude packing lists the face indices, in sequential order, of those faces to NOT be assigned face attribute sets.
So, for example, supposing nObjects was 5, Include packing with a list of 3 indices after it means that there are 3 subobjects, each assigned to the indices in their order. Exclude packing with a list of 3 indices after it means there are 2 attribute sets subobjects, assigned to the indices NOT in the exclude list, in order.
The face attribute set list is padded to the nearest long word.
The values in indices always appear in increasing order.
If a packing value other than Include or Exclude is found, this object and its subobjects should be ignored.
The geometry attribute set list specifies a list of attributes to be attached to a set of geometric entities determined by the parents topology.
Currently, only the PolyLine primitive uses this object. Each attribute set is mapped to a line segment in the PolyLine.
Packing for this object is identical to the other attribute set lists.
The vertex attribute set list specifies a list of attributes to be attached to a set of vertices determined by the parents topology.
The camera placement specifies the location and orientation of the camera in space, by a camera location, a point of interest, and an up vector. This placement locates and orients the camera, and defines a space in which the rest of the parameters are interpreted.
If the up vector is not of unit length upon reading, it should be normalized by the reading program.
The camera placement is affected by the current transformation state in a hierarchy. The location and point of interest are multiplied by the current transformation directly, and the up vector is multiplied by the current transformation minus any translation component of the transform, and unitized.
The camera range affects the clipping of the viewing frustum.
This is used to bound the range of the set of objects of interest.
Hither is the frontmost clipping plane (sometimes referred to as near), yon is the backmost clipping plane (sometimes referred to as far).
Each of these distances is measured along the camera vector, described in the Camera Placement object.
The camera viewport specifies a rectangular region of the viewing frustum to which the image is clipped. Effectively the view port may be used to zoom in on a particular feature of an image.
The view port uses the cartesian coordinate system, with Y towards the top of the screen, X to the right, and Z coming towards the viewer, as shown in the diagram.
This object simply allows the attributes associated with the bottom cap of a Cone or Cylinder to be encapsulated.
Presence of a bottom cap attribute set does not neccessarily mean the bottom cap is drawn.
The Caps object determines whether the Cone and Cylinder caps are drawn or not.
In the binary file, the upper 28 bits of the caps bitfield should be ignored. In the text file, unknown bitfield strings should be skipped. The default caps value is 0, or None.
The Top cap bit (label) is ignored in the Cone.
Attaches a set of attributes to the face cap of the cone and cylinder primitives. For the cone, its indicated in the diagram.
Attaches a set of attributes to the top cap of the cylinder primitive.
Presence of a top cap attribute set does not neccessarily mean the top cap is drawn.
The Caps object determines whether the Cylinder caps are drawn or not.
To have non-user interface items which may serve only as decoration and should not be picked.
To have a group of shaders/attributes which affects the state as an inline group so it may be instantiated and inherited in many parts of a hierarchy.
The GeneralPolygonHint gives a reading application some hint of what shape a general polygon is.
A Complex general polygon may contain intersecting, concave, or convex polygons.
A Concave general polygon contains no intersecting polygons, but contains 1 or more concave polygons.
A Convex general polygon indicates that all contained polygons are convex and non-intersecting.
The light data object affects information about a light that is common among all lights.
A light may be on or off, may vary in intensity, or may have different colors.
Mesh Corners allow you to attach AttributeSets to a mesh vertex, to allow for attributes to be associated with a particular face-vertex pair. This may be used to allow sharp corners in an object (diagram above), to set different shading parameters for adjacent faces, etc.
Mesh corners supplies a vertex index, a list of face indices, and a vertex attribute set for each corner.
The mesh corners object most often appears inside a container, and always has AttributeSet subobjects. The first corner in the mesh corners data is mapped to the first attribute set subobject, the second corner to the second attribute set, etc.
Mesh Edges allow you to attach AttributeSets to a mesh edge.
You may attach mesh edges to any edge in the mesh that corresponds to a face edge. To specify and edge that should have an attribute set attached to it, include it as the nth edge the list of edges, and specify the attribute set as the nth attribute set subobject.
The NURB Curve 2D is a subobject of the TrimCurves object, and supplies a 2 dimensional curve to trim NURB Patches.
The shader data initializes boundary wrapping conditions for a shader.
This transforms a shaded object into another world space coordinate system. It does not affect how the object is drawn, or the current state of the hierarchy.
The Shader UV transform allows the uvs on a geometric object to be transformed before shading occurs.
This allows you to rotate a texture map, for example.
The Trim Loop subobject allows users to attach trimming loops to a NURB Patch. The Trim Loop object contains no data, and serves only as an encapsulation of various 2-dimensional curves used for trimming.
The Trim loop object contains a sequence of 2 dimensional curves which are concatenated together to form a loop. The subobjects are order-dependent. Each trim loop subobject should contain loops that are geometrically continuous, meaning the first trim curves end point ends at the next trim curves starting point.
In the metafile version 1.0, the only 2-dimensional curve allowed is a NURBCurve2D.
In future releases of the metafile, we expect to add additional types of 2d trim curves for trimming NURBS.
This specifies the preferred rgb color with should be used to clear the drawing areas background.
The image dimensions specifies the preferred image width and height in bits. It is a subobject of the view hints, which aids an application in determining how to display an image.
The image mask is a bitmap that specifies how an images rendered pixels should be clipped. The origin of the bitmap (the upper-left) is aligned with the origin (upper left) of the drawing area. Generally, the image mask and the image dimensions are used simultaneously to specify an image which is partially clipped.
The example to the right specifies a mask to clip a 32x32 image. The application using this data uses this clip mask to only render to a clipped portion of a custom document icon in this case, the bitmap will only draw inside of a document icon, providing a small preview in the Finder with a black document icon. The image mask to the right was used to render the example above.
The ambient coefficient describes the intensity of the ambient light that is reflected by a surface.
The diffuse color indicates the amount of diffuse light reflected by a surface.
The highlight state attribute, when true, indicates that the current attribute state is overridden with the current highlight styles attribute set. The highlight state attribute allows various portions of a geometry object to be highlighted for user interface, etc. while retaining the integrity of a geometrys attribute set.
The normal indicates the surface normal at a vertex.
The shading UV indicates an alternate UV to the Surface UV for shading purposes.
Shading UVs are generally used by shaders that affect appearance information, such as texture maps, which alter the color on a geometric surface.
Surface UVs are generally used for trimming.
Any UV parametrization is allowed, however, shading generally occurs with the following values.
The specular color indicates the color of specular highlights on a surface.
The specular control attribute indicates the power to which the specular component of lighting computations is raised.
The surface tangent attribute indicates the direction of changing U and V on a surface.
The surface UV indicates an alternate UV to the shading UV for shading purposes.
Surface UVs are generally used for trim shaders.
The transparency color indicates the degree of light allowed to pass though the various channels (r,g,b) of a surface.
A renderer that doesnt do anything, but may be used to accumulate state or for picking.
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A attribute set groups sets of unique attributes together and is associated with a vertex, face, or an entire geometry. Any object that is an Element may be placed in an attribute set.
An attribute set also may be placed in a group. The various attributes in an attribute set are inherited to nodes lower than it in a hierarchy.
The lens characteristics are set with the dimensions of a rectangular view port in the frame of the camera.
A perspective camera specified in terms of the minimum view angle and the aspect ratio of X to Y.
A view plane camera is a view angle aspect camera specified in terms of an arbitrary view plane. This is most useful when setting the camera to look at a particular object.
The viewPlane is set to distance from the camera to the object.
The halfWidth is set to half the width of the cross section of the object, and the halfHeight equal to the halfWidth divided by the aspect ratio of the viewPort.
This is the only perspective camera with specifications for off-axis viewing, which is desirable for scrolling.
A size of zero indicates the default values, helpful in instantiating a unit-cube.
Basically, the faces perpendicular to the orientation direction are assigned first, then the majorAxis, then the minorAxis.
A cone may have a cap, and may have attributes assigned to the entire geometry, to the face cap, or to the bottom cap.
The default parametrization is shown in the diagram.
A cylinder may have either top or bottom caps, and may have attributes assigned to the entire geometry, to the face cap, the bottom cap, or the top cap.
This is an elliptical disk at the given origin with two vectors specifying the dimensions.
This is an ellipse at the given origin with two vectors specifying its dimensions.
There is no default parametrization for an ellipse.
An ellipsoid may have an attribute set attached to it.
The default parametrization is shown in the diagram. V is zero to the left of majorRadius, and is 1 to the right. U is zero at the orientation vector, and 0 at the bottom.
A general polygon is a polygon that may be convex or may contain holes. A general polygon also assumes that all faces are planar within floating point tolerances.
Holes are indicated by specifying a contour of the generalPolygon in clockwise order.
Polygons that cross use the even-odd rule to specify holes (see diagram).
You may specify the complexity of a GeneralPolygon by adding a viewHints object.
Our basic line primitive is a line segment, a simple line drawn between two vertices.
Optional vertex attributes may be attached using a VertexAttributeSetList.
A set of attributes may be applied to the entire line segment by attaching an attribute set.
The marker is used to rasterize bitmaps parallel to the viewing plane. They are used for annotation of an image.
The mesh is used for representing complex topological objects. It contains enough information to determine which polygonal faces are adjacent to each other without numerical ambiguity. This metafile object contains topological as well as geometrical information.
A contour (hole) in a face is indicated by supplying a negative number for the number of vertices, and adds a hole to the previous face that was not a contour.
The size of nFaceVertexIndices and faceVertexIndices is based on the value of nVertices.
We introduce a special subobject used only with the mesh, called MeshCorners. This object allows multiple attribute sets to be attached to a single vertex, where each attribute set is bound to a set of vertex-face pairs. It can be used to place a sharp edge in the mesh (if the attribute set contains a normal, for instance).
Weights (w) are always positive.
Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURB) Patches are closed under projective transformations, can represent quadrics exactly, and can be refined locally to allow additional detail.
The default parametrization is given by the knot vectors.
The basic point primitive is an infinitesimally small point in space. It is specified as a 3D point plus an optional attribute set.
A 3D point has no default parametrization.
The polygon is convex with no holes. To describe concave polygons or polygons with holes, use the general polygon primitive.
The points that make up a polygons face are assumed to be planar within floating point tolerances.
A polyline is NOT closed, and the last point is never connected to the first point.
A polyline has no default parametrization.
The orientation length specifies the radius of the circular along the orientation vector of the torus cross-section.
The major and minor axes are vectors to the center of the torus cross-section (as in the diagram).
The ratio is the change in the orientation length in the axial direction. A ratio of 2, for example, creates a fatter torus cross-section along the major and minor axes, a ratio of 0.5 creates a fatter cross-section along the orientation.
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The most basic polygon is a triangle, which contains 3 points.
A VertexAttributeSetList may be used to attach attribute sets to the vertices (containing three vertex attribute sets) or an optional AttributeSet may be added to attach to the face.
There is no default parametrization for a triangle.
Points specified are given in row major order.
You may add a FaceAttributeSetList to attach a set of attributes for each of the triangles generated by this primitive.
You may also add a VertexAttributeSetList to attach attributes to each vertex.
The group is useful for grouping any type of shared objects together.
It is delimited by an end group object.
A display group contains only objects that are drawable.
A display group adds the ability to be traversed for various operations via the DisplayGroupState subobject.
The IO proxy display group contains drawable objects that are similar representations of the same object in different formats. For example, if it is known that a particular application does not understand NURBPatchs, the writing application may write the NURBPatch in an IO proxy group along with a mesh which is the tesselated NURBPatch.
The objects in a IO proxy display group appear in their preferencial order. The first object is the most preferred representation, the last object the least. The first object that is understood by a reading application should be used.
You may specify a group of objects inside a IOProxyDisplayGroup, as a group (up to its EndGroup) delimiter is a single object.
It is understood that ONLY the first understood object in an IO proxy display group is traversed while drawing, bounding, or picking.
In other words, if an IO proxy display group contains many objects, only one of them will be drawn when it comes time to render an image, etc.
An info group contains nothing but String objects. It is used to add human-readable information pertaining to a files origin or history. A use that comes to mind is copyright notices.
The info group object should be preserved by a reading application, and appended with additional information if a file is re-written.
A light group contains nothing but lights.
An ambient light supplies light that comes from secondary reflections.
In lieu of other light sources, the ambient light illuminates the scene with a flat, uniform light.
A directional light is far enough away from the scene that we may treat it as though it were infinitely far away. This produces shading results faster than any other type of light (except ambient).
It is specified with a vector pointing in the same direction as the light rays, an attenuation and a boolean value indicating whether this light casts shadows or not.
A point light is a light at an infinitesimally small point in space. It may be attenuated or it may cast shadows.
A spot light radiates with a circular cone of light that tapers toward the edge of the cone.
The hotSpotAngle is the angle (in radians) from the axis of the spot light for which the spot light has maximum, constant intensity. The outer angle is the angle for which the light falls to zero. Between these two, the light intensity tapers to zero according to the FallOff enumerated type.
The texture shader is used to perform shading using a texture (in this case, a PixmapTexture).
The backfacing style tells a renderer how to clip backfacing polygons while rendering.
The fill style tells a renderer what parts of a polygon to draw.
The highlight style sets the binding for highlighting features of a geometry via the HighlightState attribute. The attribute set subobject sets the highlight attribute set.
The interpolation style tells a renderer how to interpolate shading values on a polygon.
The Orientation style is used to change the orientation of polygons.
The pick ID style is used to allow the user to insert ids within a hierarchy to aid in picking a hierarchy.
The pick parts style determines the level of granularity for picking.
The receive shadows style determines whether a geometry receives shadows when rendering. It is coupled with the casts shadows field in all lights, excluding the ambient light.
The subdivision style tells a geometric decomposition the courseness of a geometric primitive tesselation. There are three methods of subdivision: constant, world space, and screen space subdivision.
Constant subdivision supplies 2 integral values, which indicate the number of sections the u and v axes of a decomposition should be divided into.
The Screen Space value indicates average size of a single polygon in a tesselation in screen space.
The world space value indicates the average size of a single polygon in a tesselation in world space.
A custom, invertible matrix transform.
The quaternion specifies three axes of rotation and a twist value.
Rotate about the X, Y, or Z axes.
Rotate about an arbitrary axis in space.
To rotate about the X, Y, or Z axes at an arbitrary point in space.
The unknown binary object is a way of transporting unknown data found in a binary file. It is an encapsulated replica of the original data found in a binary metafile, containing the object type (an Int32), the object size (in bytes), the byte order of the original file, and the data itself. The byte order is needed if unknown data is transported across different processors, and allows for parsing endian-specific primitives within the raw data block.
Unknown binary objects may be written in either the text or binary files.
Unknown objects are inherently dirty, meaning you may assume the unknown binary object may contain out-of-sync (bogus) information, as the original object may have been removed from its original context.
The unknown text object is a way of transporting unknown data found in a text file. It is an encapsulated replica of the original data found in a text metafile, containing the object type (a String), and a text string containing the original data. In some cases, white space and comments may have been stripped from the contents field.
Unknown text objects may be written in either the text or binary files.
Unknown objects are inherently dirty, meaning you may assume the unknown text object may contain out-of-sync (bogus) information, as the original object may have been removed from its original context.
The unix path object serves as a way to reference files on a unix file system.
The path should obey naming standards for unix operating systems.
The CString is a way of embedding text in a metafile.
Other string types allow for internationalization.
The only allowable characters in a CString are 7-bit ASCII numbers.
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The unicode object is another way of embedding text in a metafile.
See UNICODE reference for details.
A generic means of transferring pixmap data. Used in the Texture Shader.
The subobjects of the view hints object specifies the preferences supplied by a writing application when rendering a scene.
The semantic to be followed when a view hints object is encountered in the metafile is that the view hints is specified previous to a list of objects to be rendered to that particular view hints preference. The subobjects of the view hints object are inherited from the previous view hints in a metafile.
For example, if a modelling application contains 10 camera locations for viewing various portions of a scene, it would first store the default view as the first object in a metafile, then the group representing the scene, then a view containing the second camera position, then a reference to the scene, etc.


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Q: Multi-tenant ADAL JS SPA along with an Azure AD web application back-end I'm currently trying to implement a multi-tenant Azure AD application that will use Microsoft Graph API's to monitor and analyze Office 365 "metadata" for members of the tenant domain. For example, the application might monitor One Drive user space over time. The architecture of the application will include an AngularJS SPA client along with a web application back-end. The idea is that the web application allows for both local registration (e.g. traditional sign up using an email address and password) in addition to Azure AD authentication. In the case of local registration, the user might be able to associate an Azure AD tenancy with the local account in the future, for example.
I'm struggling to understand how various authentication mechanisms should work. For example, I think that there should be two levels of authentication in the case of Azure AD: one authentication for the users of the client SPA, and another authentication used by the back-end for making continuous calls to the Microsoft API's, requesting refresh tokens, etc.

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*How might this architecture be implemented using the various Azure AD authentication scenarios Microsoft has already provided examples for?

*If my initial inclination that I will have two applications registered with Azure AD (for example, the SPA registered as a native application, say, and the web application registered by itself), how will users allow access to both of them, and what would this workflow look like? In addition, what would the flow of user requests look like? The SPA would make a request to the back-end using its Azure AD token, but what will the back-end do to receive its authentication token and make calls to the Microsoft API's?

*How might I best incorporate Azure AD authentication along with local registration into my application?

A: Generally speaking, you can associate your each user to his entity in Azure AD tenant in your backend server / database. As every user in Azure AD has several unique properties in the entity object. You can use the user's email or objectId as mentioned at Claims in Azure AD Security Tokens as the external column in your user table.
When your user authenticate your site via ADAL.JS, you can grab the access token in your backend server via the Authentication header. You can use the access token to request for the resources protected by Azure AD. And the access token is a JWT token, which you can decode directly to get the user basic claims as we mentioned before. You can retrieve the claim which you stored in your user table and match the special user registered in your server for requesting the resource protected by your self.

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Game #148: Nightmarish Rain
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John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports
"…Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again." – The Tempest
Early on, Kendall Graveman had some major sink on his offerings and was flashing off his strong defensive abilities. Matt Olson blasted his 20th home run of the season, his ninth in his last thirteen games. Matt Chapman nearly had a home run of his own. When the clouds did open, at the start of the bottom of the third inning, putting play on hold for one hour and forty six minutes, the game felt as though it were a dream.
By the end, I was crying to dream again.
Matt Olson stroked a long and low home run into the right field bleachers, and Matt Chapman crushed a line drive double to left that set the stage for a sacrifice fly, quickly putting the A's up 2-0 in the early innings of the ballgame.
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Kendall Graveman faced the minimum through his first two innings pitched, and the A's were in the drivers' seat early.
Meanwhile, Ray Fosse and the Phillie Phanatic discovered that true love has no rules or boundaries.
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Then the rains came, and for nearly two hours the two teams sat and waited for the storm to subside.
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The Phillies emerged from the tempest looking energized and ready to play ball. The A's looked stiff and as though they assumed the game wouldn't be continuing.
When the game resumed, Chris Smith entered the game to replace Graveman, who was forced to sit for too long during the delay and was unable to re-enter the game. Smith, still seeking his first win on the season, was let down by his defense right away, as the long delay clearly had an impact on the guys on the field. With two outs, pinch hitter Ty Kelly hit a sinking line drive into left field, and Matt Joyce made an ill-advised dive, resulting in the ball hitting his glove and scooting right on by the left fielder and turning a would-be single into a double. The very next pitch was hit back up the middle for a run-scoring single. Marcus Semien booted a sharply hit ground ball to extend the inning even further, but Smith was able to dance out of danger with the A's still leading 2-1.
Unfortunately, Chris Smith didn't last the third, the lone out he recorded in the inning coming on a hit that would have most assuredly gone up the middle for a single had Smith's body not been in the way to block it. Smith was ok, physically, following the comebacker, but his performance was anything but ok. A walk and two hard hit singles tied up the game and Smith's night was done, replaced by Liam Hendricks. Hendricks ended the fourth inning without any more runs scoring, but the damage was already done and the game was tied at two apiece.
Simon Castro relieved Liam Hendricks after a fruitless top of the fifth inning for the A's lineup, their second consecutive 1-2-3 inning after the delay, and managed to pitch a scoreless inning despite uncorking a wild pickoff throw that gifted the Phillies a runner at third base with just one out. In the sixth inning, Castro got two quick outs and got ahead of top-prospect J.P. Crawford, but then threw four straight balls to walk him. The very next pitch Castro threw was a low 90's fastball that caught too much of the middle of the plate and it was hit by the Phillies backup catcher over the wall in center field for a two run home run that gave the Phillies their first lead of the game. On the home run, Boog Powell tricked himself into thinking he was ten feet tall and jumped at the fence in an attempt to catch the home run ball, and wound up banging his knee awkwardly against a post. While he was ultimately, fortunately, alright, there was a scary brief moment where it appeared the A's shiny new center fielder hurt himself very badly. The score was then 4-2.
If the slow pace of the ballgame didn't put anyone to sleep in the eighth inning, where perhaps they could dream of riches and good baseball teams, Santiago Casilla's first pitch of the inning hit Odubel Herrera in the foot. Herrera stole second base without a throw, and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. A sacrifice fly drove him in to increase the Phillies' lead to 5-2. But the A's didn't lose because of the bullpen's efforts.
Matt Chapman's double in the second inning was the last hit of the game the A's offense had, prior to the ninth. Following the rain delay, no Athletic reached base before the final inning other than a Bruce Maxwell walk in the seventh. Jed Lowrie did manage to stroke himself a solo home run in the ninth inning off of the Phillies' closer, drawing the A's within two runs, but the rest of the lineup couldn't back him up and the A's lost the game 5-3.
After a dreamy start to the game, the rain delay spelled disaster for the A's. Like a tempest destroying a ship, the stiff and weather-beaten position players couldn't hold up against the Phillies' relief staff, and the A's pitchers were worn down by a consistent and pressing Phillies' offense. A's lose a long and boring affair, and will try again for the series victory tomorrow morning.

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News Release 9-Oct-2019
Ex-smokers, light smokers not exempt from lung damage
A new Columbia University study shows that just a few cigarettes a day cause long-term lung damage.
The impact of smoking on lung function lasts decades, upending an assumption that it only take a few years for the rate of lung function decline to return to normal after smokers quit.
People who smoke fewer than five cigarettes a day cause long-term damage to their lungs, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"Many people assume that smoking a few cigarettes a day isn't so bad," says study leader Elizabeth Oelsner, MD, a Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. "But it turns out that the difference in loss of lung function between someone who smokes five cigarettes a day versus two packs a day is relatively small."
The researchers looked specifically at lung function--the amount of air a person can breathe in and out--in smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers. Lung function declines naturally with age (starting in one's 20s), and it's well-known that smoking accelerates the decline.
Because of the large number of people in the study--more than 25,000--Oelsner and her colleagues could see differences in lung function among light smokers (<5 cigarettes/day) and heavy smokers (>30) that other studies have been unable to detect.
Their analysis found that lung function in light smokers declines at a rate much closer to that of heavy smokers than non-smokers. [Compared to the rate of decline in a never-smoker, set to zero for the analysis, the additional decline for light smokers is 7.65 mL/year and 11.24 mL/year for heavy smokers].
That means that a light smoker could lose about the same amount of lung function in one year as a heavy smoker might lose in nine months.
"Smoking a few cigarettes a day is much riskier than a lot of people think," Oelsner says. "Everyone should be strongly encouraged to quit smoking, no matter how many cigarettes per day they are using."
After Quitting, Lungs Don't Fully Recover
The study also tested an assumption, based on a 40-year-old study, that the rate of decline in lung capacity "normalizes" within a few years of quitting smoking.
The new study shows that although lung capacity declines at a much lower rate in ex-smokers (an extra 1.57 mL/year compared with nonsmokers) than current smokers (an extra 9.42 mL/year), the rate doesn't normalize (reach zero) for at least 30 years.
"That's consistent with a lot of biological studies," Oelsner says. "There are anatomic differences in the lung that persist for years after smokers quit and gene activity also remains altered."
Light Smokers and COPD
Smoking's effect on lung function explains why smokers are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is diagnosed when lung function dips below a certain threshold.
Light smokers may have a greater risk of developing COPD than most researchers have realized, Oelsner says. Most COPD studies have looked only at smokers with heavier habits (>10 pack years).
"We probably need to expand our notions of who is at risk," Oelsner says. "In the future, if we find therapies that reduce the risk of developing COPD, everyone at increased risk should benefit."
The study, "Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study," was published online Oct. 9 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Other authors: Pallavi P. Balte (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Surya P. Bhatt (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Patricia A. Cassano (Cornell University), David Couper (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Aaron R. Folsom (University of Minnesota), Neal D. Freedman (National Cancer Institute), David R. Jacobs Jr. (University of Minnesota), Ravi Kalhan (Northwestern University, Chicago, IL), Amanda R. Mathew (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL), Richard A. Kronmal (University of Washington, Seattle, WA), Laura R. Loehr (University of North Carolina), Stephanie J. London (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), Anne B. Newman (University of Pittsburgh), George T. O'Connor (Boston University), Joseph E. Schwartz (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Lewis J. Smith (Northwestern University), Wendy B. White (Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS), and Sachin Yende (University of Pittsburgh).
The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (R21HL121457, R21HL129924, and K23HL130627).
Columbia authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center provides international leadership in basic, preclinical, and clinical research; medical and health sciences education; and patient care. The medical center trains future leaders and includes the dedicated work of many physicians, scientists, public health professionals, dentists, and nurses at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, the College of Dental Medicine, the School of Nursing, the biomedical departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and allied research centers and institutions. Columbia University Irving Medical Center is home to the largest medical research enterprise in New York City and State and one of the largest faculty medical practices in the Northeast. For more information, visit cuimc.columbia.edu or columbiadoctors.org.
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Mickey Rourke a gracious 'Wrestler' despite Oscar pinfall
Despite losing the coveted Best Actor Oscar at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony, The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke remained gracious in defeat. According to Telegraph.co.uk, the actor -- whose performance as Randy "The Ram" Robinson has earned a Golden Globe, a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award and Film Independent's Spirit Award -- said he'd rather have more time with his beloved Chihuahua Loki, who passed away last week, than win an Oscar.
"It's bittersweet. I said to myself I'd rather have Loki for another two years than an Oscar. And I told her that. But she stayed as long as she could, you know," Rourke told Telegraph.co.uk.
At Sunday night's awards in Los Angeles, Rourke sported a pendant displaying a photo of Loki.
"She's the love of my life. She made it until six days ago. She left me at a time where, after 18 years, she knew I'd be all right," he told Telegraph.co.uk.
The Best Actor Oscar was awarded to Sean Penn for his role in Milk. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the Darren Aronofsky-directed The Wrestler has grossed more than $27 million worldwide. Rourke plans to attend the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania as a guest of WWE.


Raglan Road is gearing up for a foot-stompin', soul-rockin' Mighty Festival like no other. Make sure to mark your calendars for March 16 through March 18 when the Raglan Road Mighty St. Patrick's Festival returns to Disney Springs with a lineup of award-winning Irish talent.
Young Dubliners, one of Celtic rock's hardest working bands, play hundreds of shows to thousands of fans across the United States and Europe each year. They're back at Raglan Road after their powerhouse performances at last year's Mighty Festival.
Joining them just six months after bringing down the house during Raglan Road's Great Irish Hooley: Elevation, the irrepressible U2 tribute act with two special nighttime shows March 16 and 17.
For family fun on the scale of "insanely awesome" during the 3-day-and-night festival March 16-18, don't miss the Irish family band, The Maguires. And, back by demand, The Byrne Brothers are talents-times-four — critically acclaimed in Ireland, America and beyond.
More award-winning bands are lined up for the three non-stop days of live music, Irish dance, first-rate food and fun during the Mighty St. Patrick's Festival 2018.
Briste – a breakout all-female trio who've won numerous awards at County, Ulster and All Ireland competitions, quickly gaining themselves a fine reputation in traditional music circles.
Reel Republic, three seriously talented musicians always pushing to make the next gig better than the last; and Out the Gap, the pub's newest house band showcasing their innate musicianship, beautiful tune playing and fairly outrageous virtuosity.
Our breathtakingly talented Raglan Road Irish Dancers will perform throughout the Mighty Festival, and you can even learn some traditional Irish dance steps – no experience necessary!
You can enjoy a mighty selection of beers, spirits and craft cocktails to pair with exceptional pub grub and more elegant Irish fare while musicians and dancers perform on multiple stages, indoors and out, from noon-1:30 a.m. March 16 and 10 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. March 17 and 18.
Mighty Festival guests can accent their Irish holiday attire with complimentary face painting available during scheduled times all three days. On March 17, St. Patrick's Day, guests will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis with a cover charge of $10 for each guest age 18 and older. Reservations can be booked for other festival days by calling 407/938-0300.


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Badu's Duer, which launched in 2015, has added a new skill to its repertoire. In addition to booking flights and ordering movie tickets, it can now hold its own as a sports announcer.
In conjunction with the Rio Olympics this week, Logan Bradley of SportTechie wrote an informative story about Duer's new talents.
"Through new, innovative uses of artificial intelligence, Baidu has created a personal assistant which produced machine generated, real-time commentaries for the recently finished Olympic basketball games in Rio," writes Logan.
"Duer learned to give running commentary by analyzing thousands of hours of NBA basketball games as well as 2012 games from the London Olympics.
The large amounts of data collected over this time tends to serve fans well, said Wu Tian, senior director of Baidu's Natural Language Processing team. 'Sports broadcasting usually relies on statistics and analysis of a large volume of data for both matches and players which can be a strength of AI (artificial intelligence) against a human being.'
Another one of the greatly beneficial aspects of Duer is the ability for fans to get questions answered mid-game. If a fan is interested in a specific player, Duer can provide commentary on just that player….
Duer also doesn't necessarily have to work alone. 'Duer live broadcasting has been very well received,' said Tian. 'It broadcasted the basketball quarterfinals with China's star commentator, Yang Yi on live TV.'
Tian says that Yang spoke very highly of Duer's commentary skills, saying that it was quick and knowledgeable along with having a sense of humor to make it more human-like.
In the future, Baidu will focus on applying Duer's commentary to games that most closely resemble basketball such as volleyball, tennis and ping pong. Tian explained that for more complex sports like gymnastics and diving it may take a different approach."
Read the SportTechie article here.
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This week's Carnival of Space is hosted at the Dear Astronomer Blog. The site is run by Ray Sanders, an astronomer with nearly fifteen years of amateur astronomy experience and an education in astronomy/astrophysics. Currently working to make the transition from "backyard astronomer" to "professional astronomer", Ray is passionate about observing, research, outreach, answering questions submitted to his site, and writing for sites like Universe Today.
If you've never been to the Carnival of Space before you're missing out. The Carnival is a weekly collection of astronomy and space writing from various blogs around the web. Once you've taken the ride you're sure to come back again and again. So, check out this weeks' Carnival of Space #234.


"Ossuary" means a receptacle used for the communal placement of cremated remains without benefit of an urn or any other container in which cremated remains may be commingled with other cremated remains and are nonrecoverable.
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Wight & Chapman Block, Springfield, Mass
July 9, 2020 September 9, 2018 by Derek Strahan
The commercial block at the corner of Main and Oak Streets in the Indian Orchard neighborhood of Springfield, around 1938-1939. Image courtesy of the Springfield Preservation Trust.
The neighborhood of Indian Orchard is located in the northeastern corner of Springfield, about five miles from the city center, and during the mid-19th century it developed into a small factory village along the Chicopee River. In part because of this distance, Indian Orchard's growth was largely independent from the rest of Springfield, and came to include a small downtown area, with its own Main Street that was lined with brick commercial blocks. Among these was this three-story, Italianate-style building at the corner of Oak Street. Built in 1875, it was located at one of the busiest intersections in the neighborhood, and included stores on the first floor, plus offices and a public hall on the upper floors.
The building was originally owned by businessmen Henry K. Wight and George H. Chapman, who each had stores on the ground floor. Wight was a partner in Wight, Rivers & Co., a grocery store that occupied the corner storefront, and city directories of the era describe the company as "Dealers in Choice Groceries, Crockery and Glass Ware, Flour, Teas, Coffees, Sugars, Butter, Cheese, Syrup and Molasses. All varieties of Canned Fruits, with a complete assortment of goods usually kept in a first-class store. Also Dealers in Paints, Oils, Window Glass, etc." Next to this store, on the left side of the building, was Chapman & Bengle, "Dealers in Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly done."
George Chapman's business partner, Charles Bengle, purchased Chapman's interest in the company in 1886, and he remained in business in this building until 1905, when he built a new commercial block, directly across Oak Street from here, and moved his store into the new building. Then, around 1910, the older Wight & Chapman Block was purchased by Charles Rieutord, the proprietor of the nearby National House hotel on Oak Street. Upon purchasing this building, he set about renovating it, including extending the storefronts along both the Main Street and Oak Street sides.
Rieutord opened a wholesale liquor store on the left side of the ground floor, and ran it for about a decade, until Prohibition was enacted in 1920. Along with this, he was also involved with the Springfield Breweries Company, which attempted to adapt to Prohibition by producing non-alcoholic beverages. By the mid-1920s, he was the company's vice president, serving under president Theodor Geisel – the father of Dr. Seuss – but the brewery ultimately went out of business before the end of Prohibition.
By the time the first photo was taken in the late 1930s, the building's retail tenants included Frank J. Livi, an Italian immigrant who ran a clothing shop in the corner storefront. The store would remain here until at least the 1960s, and since then the exterior of the building has remained well-preserved. Indian Orchard still retains much of its historic appearance, and still bears closer resemblance to a small mill town rather than a neighborhood of a large city. The Wight & Chapman Block is one of many historic buildings along this section of Main Street, and today it stands as one of the finest commercial buildings of its era, not just in Indian Orchard but in the entire city of Springfield.
Categories 1930s, Commercial Buildings, Italianate, Massachusetts, Springfield Massachusetts Tags Indian Orchard Springfield, Main Street Indian Orchard, Oak Street Indian Orchard
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The different reactions of each character to a horrible situation seem remarkably realistic: No one knows quite what to do, but they all feel they have to do something.
Jackman: One thing I think Denis is really drawn to is the moral ambiguity – the gray areas – of characters and life. And I think that's what really attracted us both to this material.


A Gay Couple Bus Trip Volcano Askja Central Iceland – High on our list: the famous Askja Volcano and a swim in its famous caldera lake Víti. But how do you get there safe through the rough nature of the Icelandic central region? Our tip: Let someone else drive and enjoy the a gay-friendly bus ride. The tour with an old but very charming, white and red Mercedes-Benz Bus and driver Alex Stefánsson, is an experience on its own.
The Icelandic nature of the Herðubreiðarlindir nature reserve in this part of Iceland is stunning and simply indescribable. But what is Askja actually? Askja is the Icelandic word for caldera and is the name of a volcano system of about 200 km width. Several, nestable calderas of different sizes creating a landscape partially filled with water or lakes. The biggest and with 220 meters deepest lake of Iceland is Lake Öskjuvatn. A very beautiful but very dangerous water, in which different scientist already lost their lives because of unpredictable streamings.
During our one-day trip to Askja, the bus made several stops perfectly fitting for short excursions with our guide Arnthrudur Anna Jónsdóttir. Already the first stop was delicious since we were able to taste fresh, pure volcanic Iceland Water from a natural spring. The view over the flat land and Volcanos far away is stunning. Next highlight of the trip: a ride through an Icelandic river. The way to Askja is open during summer and Autumn time also for public. But be aware that you might have to cross deep rivers. Your 4×4 has to be equipped with a special exhaust pipe on top of your car. Anyways, it was a little extra adventure to try it by bus!
A lunch stop that has no equal. The bus stopped in the middle of nowhere but with an amazing view over the table mountain Herðubreið. A perfect spot for absorbing pure and fresh air nd moment of rest. Or, like we did, the natural place for stunning travel photography. Don't forget to take a deep breath.
The trip towards the volcano Askja with its caldera lake continued. The closer we came to our final destination, the stronger the wind started to swirl up the dust and sand of the landscape. Out of a sudden, we were in the middle of a sandstorm. But the driver knew what to do and how to drive safely around the rock formations along massive rivers and never ending lava fields. Keep an eye on your camera! The sand might be difficult for the lenses!
When you finally reach Askja, dress water- and windproof and be brave: the way through the wind over glacier ice to the caldera lake can be exhausting but the view is worth every effort.
They say in summertime you are able to take a bath in the small caldera lake, named lake Víti (Icelandic for "Hell"). When we were there, the weather conditions were simply too bad to risk the muddy and slippery descent. Although we were very disappointed that a bath in the volcano lake was not possible, the way there was full of interesting sights and beautiful landscapes. And the view over Askja spectacular.
On our way back to Lake Mývatn, we made a short stop by an extraordinary canyon, named Drekagil gorge (Icelandic for Dragon canyon), just at the mouth of the Dyngjufjöll massif. We sadly didn't have enough time during our Gay Couple Bus Trip Volcano Askja Central Iceland to going in, but if you like that kind of special rock formation in unique nature, take your time here and go explore!
Take me to the moon! The first man on the moon, Nils Armstrong, used this area of Iceland as a training center to learn how to walk on the moon.


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T's the season to be giving your LEGO fans amazing LEGO books! Here is one LEGO book they will definitely enjoy.
Beautiful LEGO by Mike Doyle, No Starch Press 2013 – is indeed a "beautiful" book of over 275 pages of remarkable LEGO creations. It is a LEGO Art book of sculptures, magnificent buildings, whimsical characters, bizarre, and futuristic models. Just about all styles of building are represented from the colossus City of Odan by Mike Doyle, the author, to Vignettes, to mini builds, to mosaics, to Cube Dudes, to Macha, to cars, to sci-fi.
The photos of the LEGO artwork are in full, beautiful color (except for a few works by Doyle in black & white, which may be for the effect). There are 77 artists represented including Agnes MacLane, and two I have had the pleasure of meeting at their showings of their works – Nathan Sawaya and Arthur Gugick; and many more some I honestly never heard of, but through this book I am introduced to and will look for more of their works.
This is one book LEGO fans "must" have in their collection. And if you are a LEGO fan yourself, send a "hint" to family & friends or just treat yourself to this "Beautiful LEGO" book.
Note: To see other book reviews on this blog, type in "A Review" in the Search This Blog.


Make healthy, fresh fruit juices at home!
Get the whole family together, and press your own cider with this vintage style Fruit and Wine Press. Its cast-iron ratchet system and wooden cage makes easy work of crushing grapes, apples, and pears. An excellent addition to the well-outfitted kitchen. Fruit Crusher and Wooden Hopper sold separately. 1 year warranty.
This Apple Hopper attaches to Apple Fruit Crusher to load more apples, pears, and hard fruits quickly and easily.
Crush apples, pears, peaches, pineapples and other hard fruits for the Weston Fruit & Wine Press.


Only a 1-hour drive from Copenhagen lies beautiful Tisvildeleje. Throughout a century, a popular holiday resort for Copenhageners. Between one of Denmark's best beaches and the marvellous wilderness forest in Tisvilde Hegn lies Sankt Helene Holiday and Course Center.
With 8 conference rooms of up to 270 seats, a suitable centre for both large and small courses, conferences and staff days. With 25 holiday apartments, 28 cabins, 40 rooms, animal husbandry, nature playground, etc. an attractive holiday centre for young and old. With 4 banqueting rooms, versatile kitchen and possibility for accommodation perfect for both family and corporate parties.
At the holiday resort Sankt Helene you can rent holiday flats for the whole family.
A one-room flat has its own bath, toilet, kitchenette, TV, and access to a terrace. The kitchenette is equipped for 4 persons and has a fridge, an oven, and hot plates. There is a double sofa bed in the living room, and a loft with 2 single beds. Linen, towels, and breakfast buffet can be ordered separately.
A two-room flat has its own bath, toilet, kitchenette, TV, and a terrace. The kitchenette is equipped for 6 persons and has a fridge, an oven, and hotplates. There are 2 single beds in the bedroom and a loft with 2 more. In the living room, there is a single bed and a double sofa bed. Linen, towels, and breakfast buffet can be ordered separately.


Android 4.1.2 XXDMB3 Jelly Bean official firmware is released for LTE version of Galaxy Note 2 N 7105.
Android 4.1.2 XXDBM3 Jelly Bean official firmware is available for the LTE version of Galaxy Note 2 with model number N7105. The update was originally rolled out for users from Singapore but is compatible with some European countries, including the UK. The XXDMB3 Jelly Bean software brings bug fixes and a maintenance update.
Galaxy Note 2 users who have already updated their devices with the latest Android 4.1.2 XXDMB3 Jelly Bean may follow our step-by-step guide below to root the same. IBTimes UK reminds its readers that it will not be held responsible for any damage to the device. Users are advised to verify the model number of their device since the root package works only on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE N7105 and not on any other variant.
1) Install USB Drivers for Galaxy Note 2 on a computer.
3) Back up all phone data.
4) Ensure the battery of the Note 2 has more than 80 per cent charge.
5) Rooting the phone will void manufacturer's warranty. The process is also likely to increase binary counters.
6) The tutorial below only roots the device. To install custom ROM, users need to install custom recovery separately.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE N7105 running on Android 4.1.2 XXDMB3 Jelly Bean official firmware is now successfully rooted.


Mr. Dennis Hof won Nevada's 36th Assembly District from beyond the grave.
TAGHVA: Will the budget ever balance itself?
The torture, killing, and dismemberment of a journalist whether sanctioned or unsanctioned implies a truly horrific state of affairs.
The Canadian economy requires safe and effective pipelines now!


ORDINARY MOMMY DESIGN: New Flower Hair Pins.
More and more, the hair accessories that show up in the shop are designed because I need something in particular for my hair. With the super hot (horrible) weather we had the middle of last week, my hair was spending a lot of time piled up on the top of my head. I needed something super quick, light, and easy to pop in there and bring a little order. These flower bobbies were just the thing. I love mine so much! Seriously, I've been wearing mine all day, every day since I made them. Now that they're available in the shop you can too!
They are lovely Faith! I especially love the aqua ones. You amaze me; your beautiful design ideas seem endless!


Newly signed to AW Records, Chioma Sylvia Odimba popularly known as Ccioma presents Ccioma Live Recording Album Concert tagged Calvary – A Symbol of Victory.
Ccioma will be performing Live along side the Delectable and amazing gospel minstrel, Onos Ariyo and AW Records artiste Yemy TPX.
Calvary is a Symbol of Victory, the ultimate price Jesus paid for us that we may live victoriously here on earth and also live eternally with Him.


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New Technique Limiting Radiation Exposure
Limiting radiation exposure to normal tissue around the heart and lungs is a primary concern during breast cancer treatment. CentraState Medical Center is now one of the few facilities in New Jersey to offer a new, state-of-the-art technique called deep inspiration breath hold, a method of delivering radiation only when the patient is holding their breath at a specified level.
"By doing that, the lungs and chest wall expand, moving the heart away from the breast and out of the treatment field," says Dr. Neesha Rodrigues, radiation oncologist.
"The radiation beam only comes on
during the ideal respiratory point. If
the patient needs to exhale, we turn
the radiation beam off. It's meant to
be as comfortable as possible for the
patient."
Incidental radiation to the heart,
as well as the risk of developing
radiation-induced heart disease
long-term, is significantly de-
creased. That, in turn, can lead to a
decreased chance of future cardiac
"We look at each patient individu-
ally and this technique may not be
for everyone," said Dr. Rodrigues.
"We use other techniques as well to
decrease radiation dose to the heart,
including treatment in the prone
position (lying on the stomach)
where the breast falls away from the
chest wall. The technique we use
depends on each person's particu-
lar anatomy and circumstances,
ensuring that they will get the best
treatment tailored to them."
"At CentraState we put a big focus
on not only curing a patient's cancer,
but also on sparing normal tissues to
the greatest extent possible to mini-
mize the risk of potential long-term
side effects," says Dr. Rodrigues.
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Confirming Breast Cancer Treatment Options
According to Dr. Michelle O'Shea, medical director of breast services at Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical Center, important news in the treatment of breast cancer was presented earlier this year by the primary investigators of the ongoing and randomized TAILORx trial.
Currently, breast cancers that
are estrogen receptor positive and
lymph node negative in women
under age 75 are tested for a recur-
rence score that predicts the risk
of breast cancer being found again
within the next decade in women
treated only with hormone therapy
pills after surgery. "It has been clear
that scores under 18 are low risk
and scores over 30 are high risk
and benefit from chemotherapy," she
said. "Based on the first update of the
TAILORx trial earlier this year, women
age 50 or older with breast cancers
that have a tumor recurrence score of
less than 26 do not need chemotherapy
after surgery. This evidence removes
much of the anxiety related to an
intermediate score and the decision to
add chemotherapy to a woman's breast
cancer treatment plan."
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Thanks to more sophisticated techniques and procedures, revisionary breast reconstruction has become much more common these days, especially for breast cancer patients, according to Dr. Robert Zubowski. "The process of reconstruction has advanced dramatically over the years," he says. "I am seeing many more patients for revisions to enhance the appearance of their reconstructed breast. That can mean we're changing implants, doing
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Australia Poll: Half Want Immigration to End
Brenda Walker
Why don't we ever get nice straightforward polls like this in America? It would be a welcome change if Gallup or Rasmussen would ask whether we little citizens think the country is full, but no such honesty of inquiry has been forthcoming.
Australians think their country has enough people, and therefore the policy that allows the population growth should end.
Zero immigration. What a fine idea.
Below, asylum seekers recently on Christmas Island.
The tide of public opinion is turning against immigration, Sydney Daily Telegraph, May 22, 2012
MORE than half of Australians want our borders closed and immigration ended.
New research, provided exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, reveals a dramatic swing against border issues, with 51 per cent in favour of saying no to all migrants – a 10 per cent jump since 2005.
Fears over falling job security and the burgeoning population putting more strain on infrastructure are two reasons for the shift in attitudes. The federal opposition said yesterday the anti-immigration sentiment was due to rising public anger about the number of asylum seekers attempting to enter the country.
Just a third of the 2000 people questioned by Quantum Market Research for AustraliaSCAN believed overseas migration made Australia "a more interesting and exciting place", down from almost half in 1995.
Almost two thirds said they believed migrants should try to "adopt the Australian way of life" when they arrived.
The number who believe the country has room to accommodate more people also plunged to less than a third, down from 42 per cent a decade ago.
Monash University migration expert Bob Birrell said the results showed public opinion about immigration had moved into new territory.
"I think they are right to be worried, we have record levels of immigration and as a consequence we are allowing 100,000 migrants to enter the workforce at a time when employment growth is at a level lower than that," Dr Birrell said.
"People are concerned that the present rate of population growth is not sustainable and is going to make Australia a poorer place to live rather than a better one."
The government's immigration and refugee program for 2012-13 is expected to reach a record 203,000 people, similar to the mass migration intakes of the 1960s.
Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison blamed Labor's border protection policies for public hostility to migration.
"So long as Labor continue to crash confidence as a result of their failures on our borders, they will continue to crash community confidence in our immigration program," he said. "That's why the Coalition will reinstate proven border protection policies to stop the boats, getting our borders back under control and restoring the integrity in our immigration program."
A spokesman for Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said migration had brought substantial economic and cultural benefits to Australia, but net overseas migration numbers had blown out under the Howard government due to an influx of low-skilled workers who abused the system.
"Our immigration reforms are delivering a sustainable level of migration, while responding to labour market needs," he said.


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Jeff Kelly Lowenstein was part of a team that won a Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award for the Western Cape Region. Jeff and his colleagues took top honors in the data category for their "Gaming the Lottery" project. According to the citation, the project "combined skillful story-telling, in-depth analysis, deep insight and enterprising journalism to uncover a story with both local and global implications, in the process setting a benchmark for media coverage of allocation of funding of any kind." You can visit Vodacom's website for the full citation.
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Jeff Kelly Lowenstein is part of an international group of journalists, educators, and students who was recently awarded a $45,000 grant from the Open Society Foundation to disseminate the results of the recent global lottery investigation, and to being a new project investigating human impact on the world's water supply. Congratulations, Jeff!


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Tysnes ist eine Kommune im norwegischen Fylke Vestland. Die Kommune hat  Einwohner (Stand: ) und liegt südlich der Stadt Bergen auf mehreren Insel verteilt. Verwaltungssitz ist die Ortschaft Uggdal.

Geografie

Die Kommune Tysnes liegt in der Landschaft Sunnhordland an der norwegischen Westküste. Insgesamt gehören rund 170 Inseln zur Kommune. Hauptinsel ist die Tysnesøya mit 197 km². Die Insel Reksteren im Nordwesten ist mit 37 km² die zweitgrößte Insel in der Kommune, danach folgt die im Süden gelegene Insel Skorpo mit rund 9 km². Zwischen den beiden Inseln Tysnesøya und Reksteren befindet sich die Bucht Søreidsvika. Alle Gemeindegrenzen verlaufen in den die Kommune umgebenden Fjorden und Meerengen. Die Grenze zur nördlichen Nachbargemeinde Bjørnafjorden verläuft größtenteils im gleichnamigen Fjord. Östlich von Tysnes liegt Kvinnherad auf dem Festland. Die Grenze zu Kvinnherad verläuft im Hardangerfjord. Auf der südwestlich der Tysnesøya gelegenen Insel Stord liegen die beiden Kommunen Stord und Fitjar. Zwischen den beiden Insel befindet sich die Meeresenge Langenuen. Nordwestlich von Tysnes grenzt die Inselkommune Austevoll an. Die Gesamtfläche der Kommune beträgt  km², wobei Binnengewässer zusammen 9,94 km² ausmachen.

Die höchsten Erhebungen der Kommune liegen im Osten der Tysnesøya. Die Erhebung Tysnessåta stellt mit einer Höhe von  den höchsten Punkt der Kommune Tysnes dar.

Einwohner
Die meisten Einwohner leben auf den beiden Inseln Tysnesøya und Reksteren. Auf der Insel Reksteren ist vor allem die Ostküste dichter besiedelt. Auf der Tysnesøya sind die Nord-, West- und Südküste am stärksten besiedelt. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg fiel die Zahl der Einwohner nahezu jährlich. Eine Ausnahme stellten nur die 1980er-Jahre dar. Später trat ein leichter Wachstum ein. In der Gemeinde liegen zwei sogenannte Tettsteder, also zwei Ansiedlungen, die für statistische Zwecke als eine städtische Siedlung gewertet werden. Diese sind Våge mit  und Uggdalseidet mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ).

Die Einwohner der Gemeinde werden Tysnesing genannt. Offizielle Schriftsprache ist wie in vielen Kommunen in Vestland Nynorsk, die weniger weit verbreitete der beiden norwegischen Sprachformen.

Geschichte

Die Kommune Tysnes entstand im Rahmen der Einführung der lokalen Selbstverwaltung im Jahr 1837. Zum 1. Januar 1907 ging ein von 67 Personen bewohntes Gebiet von Tysnes an die Nachbarkommune Kvinnherad über. Bis zum 31. Dezember 2019 gehörte Tysnes dem damaligen Fylke Hordaland an. Dieses ging im Zuge der Regionalreform in Norwegen in das zum 1. Januar 2020 neu geschaffene Fylke Vestland über.

Tysnes war ein Zentrum für die Verehrung heidnischer Götter, wovon bis heute mehrere Ortsnamen zeugen. In der Kommune wurden viele archäologische Funde gemacht. Zu diesen gehört das eisenzeitliche Gräberfeld Årbakkavollen.

In der Kommune liegen mehrere Kirchen. Die Tysnes kyrkje ist eine Holzkirche aus dem Jahr 1868 in Våge. Die Uggdal kyrkje wurde zehn Jahre später fertiggestellt. Auch bei ihr handelt es sich um eine Holzkirche. Die weiteren Kirchen von Tysnes sind die Onarheim kyrkje aus dem Jahr 1893 und die Reksteren kyrkje aus dem Jahr 1937.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Verkehr

Über die Tysnesøya und die Insel Reksteren führt der Fylkesvei 549. Die Straße führt vom Nordosten der Tysnesøya auf das Festland. Die Anbindung ermöglicht es, ohne Fähren in die Stadt Bergen zu gelangen. Der kürzere Weg in die Stadt ist jedoch die Fährverbindung, die von Våge an der Nordküste der Tysnesøya aus verläuft. Die Verbindung führt über den Bjørnafjord nach Halhjem in der Kommune Bjørnafjorden. An Land trifft die Fährverbindung auf die Europastraße 39 (E39). Im Süden der Kommune führt eine Fährverbindung in die Gemeinde Stord. Dort werden Jektevik und Huglo angesteuert.

Wirtschaft
In der Kommune gibt es vielerorts für die Landwirtschaft gut geeignete Böden. Es werden vor allem Rinder und Schafe gehalten. Das mildere Küstenklima begünstigt die Weidehaltung. Vor allem im Innenland der beiden größten Inseln wird der Wald für die Forstwirtschaft genutzt. Im Jahr 2021 arbeiteten von rund 1380 Arbeitstätigen etwa 940 in Tysnes selbst. Hauptziele der Pendler waren die Kommune Bergen und die Nachbarkommune Stord.

Name
Der Gemeindename lautete im Altnordischen Týsnes. Der Name setzt sich aus dem Gottesnamen "Ty" und dem Wort "-nes" (deutsch Landspitze, -zunge) zusammen. In der Region gibt es mehrere Ortsnamen, die an heidnische Götter erinnern. Der alte Name der Kommune war Njarðarlǫg. Dieser leitet sich von Njörd (bokmål: Njård, nynorsk Njord, altnordisch Njörðr), dem Gott des Wetters und Meere der nordischen Mythologie, her und deutet darauf hin, dass hier das religiöse Zentrum für größere Teile des Vestlandet war.

Weblinks

 Tysnes im Store norske leksikon (norwegisch)
 Fakten über Tysnes beim Statistisk sentralbyrå (norwegisch)

Einzelnachweise

Insel (Europa)
Insel (Vestland)
Insel (Nordsee)
Gemeindegründung 1838


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Cyberpunk Ending Rewards - Cyberpunk Secret Ending, Cyberpunk 2077 Ending Rewards
https://latestnews.fresherslive.com/articles/cyberpunk-ending-rewards-181621 2020-12-14 10:26:10 GMT
Cyberpunk Ending Rewards for every ending in the game is given in this article. Cyberpunk 2077 has multiple endings where each one is better than each other. To explore every side quest possible, players will have to head into the endings known as Nocturne OP55N1, where players can unlock the full range of Cyberpunk 2077 ending opportunities. In this article, we have given about the cyberpunk ending rewards, cyberpunk 2077 secret endings, and much more. To know about cyberpunk ending rewards, scroll down.
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1. Cyberpunk Endings
2. Trust Arasaka
3. Ask Panam For Help
4. Let Johnny and Rogue go
5. There is another way
6. Secret Ending
7. Cyberpunk 2077 Ending Reward
Cyberpunk Endings
Cyberpunk 2077 endings are down, ensuring players, whether they have completed the main side jobs as possible. Players must complete the panam's arc, for a good ending of the game. There are five endings in the game, and the last ending is the cyberpunk secret ending. The game endings are given below.
Trust Arasaka
Players will have to reach the mission Nocturne OP55N1. You will call Hanko, who will reveal she's being held by her brother. A car will be sent to pick you up, whose driver will be Andres Hellman. Players can opt for Misty while waiting. After rescuing Hanko, all three of you will fly to Arasaka Tower, where she will reveal that her father is still alive as Engram. Yorinbu's have already sent a hit squad, and only a few of you will survive, including Hanko.
Ask Panam For Help
Players will have to finish the Panam Palmer's arc by making a call to her and she agrees to help you break into the Arasaka Tower and reach Mikoshi, saying, she's on her way to pick you up. Players can opt for Misty while waiting. Panam will then take you back to the Aldecaldo camp, where you will be talking over the plan to tunnel under Arasaka Tower. Dakota will help you to reach, to ensure that she will be ready to help once you breach the Arasaka Tower.
Let Johnny and Rogue go
Players must have a great relationship with Johnny Silverhand. Johnny will take over in this level and head towards the afterlife to have a conversation with Rogue. She'll agree to help you, and plan everything all by herself. You will have to gear up alongside Rogue and Weyland, talking about the plan and then comes the time to pay the afterlife's netrunner, Nix, a visit to communicate with Alt there. In the final decision of the game, Johnny will take your body and return to live out the rest of long life as V, knowing you are not going to live long.
There is another way
In this ending, Johnny will be confused and explain how he has done things. It is an anti-climatic ending, but the quickest way to finish the game. This offers no closure, and all who have helped will be incredibly angry in their closing messages to you. This is said to be a really bad ending in the game.
Secret Ending
The cyberpunk 2077 secret ending is the last ending in the game, and players must make sure they have a good relationship with Johnny Silverhand and make the right choices in the campaign and side quests. To unlock the secret ending, players must choose an option which lets Johnny and Rogue go in lieu of V themselves. Hit "Do your thing Johnny" and wait. Keep Locking between Johnny and the gun on the table. He will offer you to go into the Arasaka alone, on a solo mission, where no one else has to die.
Cyberpunk 2077 Ending Reward
The cyberpunk 2077 endgame rewards are given below.
Johnny Tanktop and Johnny Aviators
Aldecaldos Rally Bolero Jacket
Liberty PRIDE
Cyberpunk ending rewards- FAQ
1. How many endings are in Cyberpunk 2077?
Cyberpunk 2077 has five main endings and they differ significantly.


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Pepe, the Destroyer
On Saturday, Real Madrid will play Barcelona in El Clasico. The prize, ostensibly, is the Spanish Primera Division title. (If Madrid wins, they go seven points clear of Barca; lose and their lead shrinks to one.) Jose Mourinho will gesticulate. Pep Guardiola will walk around the technical area in a suit woven by actual angels. Lionel Messi will pinball around the pitch and Cristiano Ronaldo will make lots of sarcastic faces. But the match could very well be decided by Real Madrid's Pepe.
It's strange, considering all the Ballon d'Or winners and world-class attacking talent that will take the pitch Saturday, that everything — the league, the bragging rights, the soul of Spain, etc. — could hinge on the unhinged Portuguese international. But that, it would seem, is exactly how Mourinho wants it.
In Pepe, Mourinho has a pit bull on a leash. And in the last few Clasicos, he has loosened his grip. Pepe is typically played in a central defensive role, partnering with hair conditioner model Sergio Ramos. But against Barca, Mourinho deploys him as an attacking midfielder. I know he's technically lined up as a defensive midfielder, but when Pepe attacks … it just so happens that he attacks Barcelona's players, not their goal.
According to The Guardian's Sid Lowe, some greet Pepe's role in the midfield as a "moral aberration," but Mourinho has obviously settled on the idea that the only way to stop Messi's brilliant talent from blossoming is to scythe him down at the roots (or boots). And Pepe is the man with the machete.
Make no mistake, this is a gamble. There is controlled fury and then there is having a thermonuclear device running around in cleats.
As anyone who was watched one of the countless Clasicos over the last 12 months could tell you, this tactical maneuver has not exactly paid off. Pepe was red-carded in Barca and Madrid's Champions League clash last season (for high-booting Dani Alves), stomped on Messi's hand in the Copa del Rey quarterfinal, and has generally behaved like a freshly escaped lunatic whenever he's been on the field.
But Mourinho will likely have watched tape of his old team Chelsea defeating Barcelona in midweek Champions Legue action. He will have seen Messi pushed deep to pick up the ball, somewhat frustrated (you can only do so much) by Chelsea's armada of midfielders and — because with Mourinho, anything can be seen as a possible advantage — he will have definitely noted Messi slipping and possibly picking up a knock at the end of the first half.
Whether he plays as part of a central defensive pair, a central midfield three, or as some kind of freelancing doom merchant, Pepe will make an impact Saturday. Whether that impact will come from him being sent off the pitch, to the chorus of boos and whistles from the Camp Nou crowd, or because he has, finally, successfully negated Messi's unparalleled attacking genius … well, we'll just have to watch the bullfight and see.
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Last weekend had everyone that attended the launch of Access Bank's launch of the 'W account', talking by the gorgeous multiple awards winning songstress – BECCA.
She came up on stage with a beautiful long dress which was designed by Modella designs, shoes were by Zara, earrings by Kash, hair by Karen Kash Kane, and makeup by Nancy Blaq.
The second outfit was designed by Madlynmode.
The night was styled by Karen Kash Kane.


I was jogging through the forest, with my hair out of it's usual braid. Hiccup was jogging along beside me, our hands locked together. He promised me yesterday that we would go explore and thats exactly what we're doing.
My wedding dress was somewhat flowing as we ran. Since we were only staying one night, me and Hiccup didn't bother to bring extra clothes, all we brought was food.
"Follow me, milady. I've got something you need to see."
"Oh, you do, huh?" I asked quizzically, raising a eyebrow.
He dragged me to the edge of the forest, right before you get to the beach.
"Close your eyes." He says, standing in front of me.
"What? Why?" I ask, a bit frustrated.
So I close my eyes and he starts dragging me somewhere again. Before I knew it, I felt him shove me and then I felt the warm waters of the ocean surround me. Oh he is so dead! I resurface to find a hysterical Hiccup rolling on the ground.
"Oh, you think that was funny, huh?" I ask, fury running across my face, turning it bright red. I wiped the water away from my face with my hands and started making my way towards him.
"Yeah, 'Uh Oh,' you better start running." I warn. He takes off, but I'm much faster than him. I jump on his back, tackling him to the ground, warm sand flying everywhere. I roll him over on his back and sat on his stomach, pinning his arms down with my knees.
"Uh, Astrid, why are you soaking wet?" He asked, trying to play the 'I'm innocent' card on me.
"Oh, I don't know, because some big idiot thought that it would be funny to push me into the ocean!" I rage.
"Hmm, I think I might know that idiot, and I bet he is really sorry." He says, smirking a bit. I can't stay mad at him; I smile and kiss him. I get off of him and he stands up.
"Now it's my turn." I say, pushing him into the ocean this time, but he grabs my wrist and pulls me in with him. We resurface and both laugh at each other.
I swim closer to him and he snakes his arms around my waist pulling me closer, as I place my hands on his chest. I pull him into a long, slow kiss. We kiss for what feels like forever. Then Toothless came splashing into the water, interrupting us.
"Well i guess its time to go home." Hiccup says.
It's great to be home, but I had so much fun on our honeymoon. We walk over to the gang who is sitting on the steps of the Great Hall.
"Hiccup, Astrid!" They all yell, happy to see us.
"Hey gang." Me and Hiccup say.
"So how was the trip?" Ruffnut asked.
"Hey guys, I thought of this game while you were gone. I was wondering if you wanted to play?" Snotlout ask. Me and Hiccup look at each other and then shrug.
"Sure, why not. What is it?" Hiccup ask.
"Well I call it, Truth or Dare. You ask someone from the group if they would rather have a Truth or a Dare. On a truth, someone ask you a question and you have to answer it truthfully. On a dare, someone dares you to do anything! And you have to do it or you're forced to do something even worse." Snotlout explains confidently.
"Cool. So when do we play?" I ask.
"How about we meet in the Great Hall in 2 hours, after everyone is asleep." He says. Everyone agrees and we all go our separate ways besides me and Hiccup, we go to our house to find something to do for 2 hours.
I'm sorry that chapter was a little shorter. Anyway, we are getting closer to the drama and fighting and stuff so yeah. Back to the story.