BarCamp Manchester is Manchester's longest-running and largest "unconference".
What is an unconference? An unconference is a multi-track conference without a set agenda; the lines between attendee and speaker are blurred and all attendees are encouraged to give talks, with the schedule open for anyone to place their own talk in.
BarCamp Manchester was started in 2008 as a grass-roots event in the tech community but has expanded to include a diverse range of attendees around a loose identity of "geekdom": our attendees in previous years have included professional engineers and technologists, hobbyists from the crafting & maker community, developers, designers, teachers, students, technicians & more. It spans a weekend with an "overnight" portion continuing into the evening between the two days for social gaming.
Where is BarCamp Manchester 8?
AutoTrader are hosting us at their office on First Street in Manchester. The main entrance is next to Pizza Express, opposite HOME and the statue of Engels and you can find the reception desk there.
The venue is centrally located in Manchester, walking distance from the Deansgate and Oxford Road rail stations, the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop and bus stops for the free Metroshuttle and other services. There is car parking nearby at First Street.
Yes, if everyone can use #BCMCR8 on their social platform of choice, that'll help everyone out!
Doors open at 9am on Saturday and the main event starts at 9.45am. Sunday will be a slightly later start, with doors opening at 9.30am and a 10.30am start. Please note that unlike some previous events, there is no overnight stay permitted this year.
Yes! Our wonderful sponsors are covering the cost of providing lunch both days and an evening meal on the Saturday, although for those who prefer a wider choice, there is plenty of options nearby! A number of dietary options will be catered for.
Everyone. Especially you (unless you really, really don't want to). No talks are scheduled in advance, instead the a number of tracks are available in rooms of similar size and people place a card with their name and talk in one of the spaces on The Grid, the dynamically evolving schedule for the day.
Each session lasts 25 minutes, and sessions can be on anything (within the code of conduct). Previous BarCamps have seen a wide variety of talks, such as the Raspberry Pi, Cocktail Making, NFC, Life Hacking, Arduino, Roller Derby, Fencing Lessons, and Web Development, as well as other activities such as "let's watch videos of robots on YouTube" or group discussions and activities. You might not be able to think of anything now, but a lot of people find inspiration on the day, and impromptu talks and discussions are a huge part of BarCamps. We encourage everyone who attends to give a presentation, and this can be as formal or as informal as you like. If you find that you're struggling to see talks you want to go to, fill an empty slot with a discussion on a topic you are interested in!
The grid opens after the opening session at 9.45am. It'll be organised into time on one axis, and tracks along another. Find a free slot, check it doesn't clash with anything that you want to see, and put an index card with your name and session title up in that slot. The grid evolves during the day, so remember to keep checking it for talks you're interested in!
What happens if a talk starts and I don't understand it?
BarCamp operates on the rule of two feet. If you're not enjoying a talk, then please leave and find another one that you will! It's okay to join a session half way through, we want you to make the most of your day.
On the flip-side, if you're speaking and people leave, that's okay! It just means that they're not a good match to your session, not that you're boring or bad!
Does anything happen outside of the main event?
As the main set of talks grows to a close on Saturday and the evening meal starts, then social tracks start in the evening (please note that any under-18s must leave at 6pm). This includes BarCamp staples such as PowerPoint karaoke, and Werewolf 🐺.
At 10pm, AutoTrader closes and we can move to a nearby bar where we have some space reserved to continue the gaming.
All of the rooms are equipped with a projector or TV screen, and there's wi-fi at the venue. If you want to present from a computer, please bring that along with you, and any necessary dongles for connecting to common projector equipment (assume either HDMI or VGA is available).
Yes! We use the Hack Code of Conduct, please take some time to read the Code of Conduct before the event.


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I usually make a ton of festive biscuits to gift to friends, family and neighbours, but I've been running really short of time this year. I made some gluten free chocolate pistachio biscotti and also some Christmas bliss balls a few days ago and thought that would be it. But Christmas really isn't quite right without shortbread and I've still got nothing for the neighbours. Luckily, I've just managed to squeeze in these wholemeal clotted cream shortbread, which I adapted from the Rodda's clotted cream shortbread recipe. I made mine with wholemeal flour, a little chestnut flour and flavoured them with cinnamon.
Gosh, they're good!. CT's just come in and demolished several. I had to tell him to stop or there would be none left for the neighbours. The chestnut flavour is a little understated, but it does contribute to the rather lovely texture. Rodda lodda loveliness.
Scrumptious cinnamon flavoured shortbread biscuits made with clotted cream, wholemeal flour and a little chestnut flour.
Cream the butter, cream and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Work in the flours until the mixture is crumbly.
Bring it all together with your hands into a ball of dough.
Roll out to the thickness of a £1 coin and stamp out whatever shapes you fancy.
Bake at 160℃ for 10 minutes or until just golden.
Thanks for visiting Tin and Thyme. If you make these festive wholemeal clotted cream shortbread biscuits, I'd love to hear about it in the comments below or via social media. Do share photos on social media too and use the hashtag #tinandthyme, so I can spot them. For more delicious and nutritious recipes, follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.
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Did I miss something here..didn't see chestnut flour mentioned in the recipes…these cookies look fabulous!
Your shortbread looks so delicious and they are so pretty – would love to receive some as a gift!
I've never used chestnut flour nor have I used clotted cream in my shortbread, I can see that I shall have to change that, as these look delicious!
Oh, indeed you do need to try these Janice. Both make splendid additions. I was told by one friend that her boyfriend snaffled them with great glee and normally he will eat nothing but McVities! I'm not at all sure how to take that.
How much of the chestnut flour do you use Choclette ? The amount isn't mentioned in the list of ingredients. I suppose it is a nice and special taste, although I have never baked with chestnut flour before. Chestnut flour is very expensive here so I'd probably replace it with buckwheat flour which also gives a nutty taste.
25 gram isn't much in comparison with the wholemeal flour. Do you think the cookies will crumble too much if you'd use more of the chestnut flour ? From other experiences I'd say it would be safe to go up to at least 30 %. Anyway, room for experimentation here ;)) I appreciate the fact that you use and introduce all these alternative flours. It makes baking even more interesting.
Using the chestnut flour is a great idea! I bet it gives it a unique flavor. I have never used it, but I look forward to trying it.
Thanks Stella. I only used a small amount of it, but it was noticeable. Next time I will try adding a bit more and see how it goes.
I love chestnut flour, its one of my favourite to bake with as the flavour is so interesting and delicious! Loe the idea of using cream as well as butter in a shortbread….
It's a really lovely flour, but I use it sparingly as it's so very expensive.
Oh these sound delicious. I love the flavour of chestnut! YUM.
Next time I make these I will add a bit more chestnut flour so the flavour is less subtle.
These sound so lovely Choclette, love the combination of chestnut flour and clotted cream, perfect for a post-Christmas treat!
Bet using clotted cream creates such a lovely flavour and texture!
It sure does Kavey. I'm not sure why I've never tried it before, but this won't be the last time.


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Q: Can't figure out why my Codewars kata won't pass... error message not helpful friends. Here's the kata I'm talking about...
https://www.codewars.com/kata/the-hashtag-generator/train/javascript
Here is the code I input. Every test invocation I come up with passes, but there's one error that won't let me get the points.
function generateHashtag (str) {
  if(str.length > 140 || str.length === 0){
return false
  } else {
    let ht = str.split(' ').map((item) => item[0].toUpperCase() + item.slice(1)).join(" ")
return "#" + ht
  }

}

And here is the error I get. I understand that there must be a test I'm failing because it's not going into the .toUpperCase() method properly, but I can't allude to a case where this would happen in the instructions.
TypeError: Cannot read property 'toUpperCase' of undefined
    at str.split.map
    at Array.map
    at generateHashtag
    at Object.handleError
    at ContextifyScript.Script.runInThisContext
    at Object.runInThisContext

I've commented on the kata about my concern, but really don't want to miss out on the points.
Would appreciate any enlightenment.

A: If item[0] returns undefined the string must be empty.  Perhaps you want to do something like:
str.split(' ').map(item => item.length > 0 ? item[0].toUpperCase() + item.slice(1) : '')

A: This is probably happening since the test case is an empty string (empty string meaning a string with any number of spaces, but no alphanumeric characters)
So it's passing ' ' (or something similar) to the function and your split is splitting the string into ["", ""] which doesn't have any characters in each index.
In order to prevent this, you'll want to do something like trimmedStr = str.trim() or str = str.trim() at the start of your function to ensure that those edge cases don't slip through the cracks.

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Why I'm ditching the Arduino software platform
I'm getting set up for my next project and decided to update my development environment. I've finally decided to entirely ditch the Arduino software environment and just use the boards. I stopped using the Arduino IDE some time ago, but now I'm going whole hog and ditching the Arduino library as well. Why? Well, it's simple:
Significant parts of it are pile of junk.
I know that's a pretty strong statement, so I better back it up with evidence. OK, let's start with the hardware serial IO code. Before version 1.0 of the Arduino platform, although reading from the serial ports was interrupt-driven, writing wasn't. Rather, the code went into a spin loop, polling the transmit status bit until the USART was idle before sending the next character. Why was that a problem? Well if you wrote a 80-character string at 9600 baud it would take (8 bits + 1 start bit + 1 stop bit) * 80 / 9600 = 0.083, i.e. 83 milliseconds. That's a huge amount of time for the CPU to be spending just to do some output. I found a number of posts where people were complaining that doing reasonable amounts of IO screwed up all the other bits of their sketches, and no wonder. Admittedly the Arduino 1.0 release notes say that's been changed so that output now uses interrupts as well, but that's not the end of the problems.
Let's take a peek at the HardwareSerial.cpp class. First thing to note is that two 64-byte buffers are allocated for each USART, even if it isn't used. That's 128 bytes on a Duemilanove and 512 bytes on a Mega, or 6% and 12% of the available SRAM respectively. On the Duemilanove that's reasonable as there's only 1 UART, but on the Mega it represents a significant waste of precious memory when only 1 USART is normally going to be in use.
OK, let's look at the new write() function that does interrupt-driven output:
size_t HardwareSerial::write(uint8_t c)
int i = (_tx_buffer->head + 1) % SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE;
// If the output buffer is full, there's nothing for it other than to
// wait for the interrupt handler to empty it a bit
// ???: return 0 here instead?
while (i == _tx_buffer->tail)
_tx_buffer->buffer[_tx_buffer->head] = c;
_tx_buffer->head = i;
sbi(*_ucsrb, _udrie);
Is there a problem? Let's look at the definition of _tx_buffer:
struct ring_buffer
unsigned char buffer[SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
volatile unsigned int head;
volatile unsigned int tail;
Oh dear. head and tail are declared as int, i.e. 16 bits, 2 bytes. They are accessed by both the write routine and the interrupt service routine that actually transmits the data yet there's no locking in the write routine so the accesses aren't atomic. Why is that an issue? Well, the avr-libc documentation makes it clear:
A typical example that requires atomic access is a 16 (or more) bit variable that is shared between the main execution path and an ISR. While declaring such a variable as volatile ensures that the compiler will not optimize accesses to it away, it does not guarantee atomic access to it.
The documentation goes on to explain the sorts of symptoms you'll see if you ignore this, follow the link above if you want the full details. This is inexcusably shoddy code - the constraints on accessing variables that are shared between ISR and non-ISR code are well-known. What really concerns me is that people will use the Arduino code as an example of 'good' AVR code and it isn't, in many places it's frankly awful.
"So what?" you say, "That's only one chunk of code that's a bit naff." Unfortunately it's not an isolated instance. Let's move on now to look at one of the newer features that has been added to the Arduino platform, the re-implemented String class. Ok, let's build a minimal program that uses it:
#include "WString.h"
String bloat = "hello world";
And let's build it:
WString.cpp: In member function 'int String::lastIndexOf(char, unsigned int) const':
WString.cpp:503:38: error: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Werror=type-limits]
WString.cpp: In member function 'int String::lastIndexOf(const String&, unsigned int) const':
Sigh. One would think that the Arduino developers would at least turn on warnings when they are compiling their code, but they don't. And in this case, the consequence is a bug. So, temporarily comment out the offending lines so we get a successful build, and:
/opt/avr-gcc/bin/avr-size build/test.elf
text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
10194      20       5   10219    27eb build/test.elf
Can that really be right? 10K for a one-line program? Unfortunately it is. Any mention of String pulls in the entirety of the class, as well as all the other avr-libc routines it references. So on a Duemilanove that only has 32k to start with, a third of the available memory is gone before you start. At the time the class was being rewritten I expressed my opinion that it was probably a bad idea and that the Arduino developers really needed to target the platform they actually had and not the one they wished they had. And that's not the end of the issues with the String class - on a constrained-memory platform such as the AVR, providing a class like String that relies on malloc, creates lots of temporaries, fragments the (tiny) heap and has no real ability to deal with out-of-memory conditions is a recipe for problems, problems that will manifest themselves as random, mysterious and un-diagnosable run-time errors. And sure enough, a quick google shows that's exactly what tends to happen - just about the worst possible outcome for a platform that's targeted at neophytes.
That's just two examples - there are others as well, such as the well-known performance problems with pin access, which may be up to 50x slower that direct pin access. In fact the only two remaining parts of the Arduino libraries that I still use are the millisecond clock and the serial IO, and they are easy enough to replace, so that's what I'm doing.
While I applaud the aims of the Arduino project, the realities of the restricted hardware platform have to be taken into consideration. In addition, one of the aims of the project is to:
provide a well-designed, maintainable, and stable platform for the future
and despite its unquestionable success on many other fronts, on that one I feel the Arduino platform is less than entirely successful. I for one won't be using any of the software any more, it's just not what I consider to be acceptable quality.
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Posted by Alan Burlison on 29 February 2012 20:50:00 GMT#
Scala snippet of the day
The following is useful for benchmarking code from inside the REPL:
def timed(op: => Unit) = {
val start = System.nanoTime
(System.nanoTime - start) / 1e9
Then you can use it like this:
scala> timed { Thread.sleep(5000) }
res0: Double = 5.010083526
That's syntactic sugar for an anonymous function definition and a call of timed. If a function takes only a single parameter you can pass it inside { }, so if we wrote that out longhand it would be:
scala> def fn = Thread.sleep(5000)
fn: Unit
scala> timed(fn)
The other neat bit is the use of Scala's pass-by-name mechanism to pass the op parameter. That's the funny-looking op: => Unit argument list to timed. Normally Scala uses by-value parameters, i.e. the line timed(fn) would result in the evaluation of fn, and then passing the returned value (in this case, nothing) into timed. However by using pass-by-name, the evaluation of fn takes place inside timed, and by wrapping it inside timing instrumentation we can time how long op takes to execute.
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Property authorised investment funds (Property AIFs): introduction and conditions of membership for the regime: foreign equivalents to 'UK-REITs'
Where a Property AIF owns shares in foreign entities equivalent to UK Real Estate Investment Trusts (UK-REITs) then the shares will be assets of the property investment business (PIB) (Regulation 69F(1)(c) and (5) SI 2006/964).
The basic characteristics of a UK-REIT are that:
most of the assets and income must be derived from the property rental business (75%),
it invests mainly in property and that it is exempt from corporation tax on property income, and
it must distribute at least 90% of the income it derives from the property rental business.
There are certain other characteristics that must also be present to satisfy the criteria in regulation 69F SI 2006/964 as set out below:.
In order to be equivalent to a UK-REIT the foreign entity:
must not be required to pay tax on property income in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or carries on its business (regulation 69F(5) SI 2006/964),
must be a property company, a unit trust scheme or similar arrangement (regulation 69F(3) SI 2006/964),
must be listed on a recognised stock exchange (as defined by section 1005(1) of ITA 2007) (regulation 69F(3)(b)(iii) or 69F(6)(a) - depending on the type of entity),
must not be a collective investment scheme (as defined by section 235 FSMA00) (regulation 69F(3)(b) SI 2006/964), see CTM48105. If it is a company it cannot be an open-ended investment company as defined by section 236 FSMA 2000 (regulation 69F(6)(b) SI 2006/964 (regulation 69F(6)(b),
must have defined capital and should not have any obligation to provide opportunities for redemption of the investment, nor should it have a mechanism to enable investors to sell their investment at or around the underlying net asset value (regulation 69F(3) and (6) SI 2006/964), and
is not within the charge to corporation tax in the United Kingdom (regulation 69F(4)).For a list of foreign structures that HMRC has identified as being equivalent to UK-REITs please refer to http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/collective/scheme-types.htm, which HMRC will update as more structures are identified as acceptable. While this list is not necessarily exhaustive, no other structures should be accepted as being equivalent to UK-REITs by HMRC without agreement from CTIS (Financial Services).
If it is argued that any other structure is equivalent to a UK-REIT, then it must be established that it is not subject to corporation tax and that its property income is exempt from tax in its home jurisdiction, or is subject to tax in such a way to achieve the economic effect of exemption. If these basic requirements are met then HMRC should establish how its capital is defined, how investors can realise their shares or units and whether it is required to be listed on a recognised stock exchange. Having obtained this information, all such cases should be referred to CTIS (Financial Services) for advice.
If the shares are assets of the Property Investment Business then the income from those shares will be income of the Property Investment Business except in as far as any of that income is specifically identified by the payer as not arising from the tax-exempt property business of the payer.
A Property AIF is not required to analyse the income received from a foreign entity equivalent to a UK-REIT for the purposes of pooling income except in so far as the foreign REIT entity itself identifies separate pools within its distribution, as is the case with UK-REITs from which distributions are pooled accordingly (regulation 69G(3) SI 2006/964).


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Q: Bind number key (numeric keypad) I'm trying to make a fancy calculator (using button widget).
It necessary input numberkey (like 1,2,3 or num1,num2).
So i tried like this
bind . <key 1> {multiply $numberKey}

or
bind . <1> {multiply $numberKey}

But it's not working.
how can i bind the numeric key?

A: The name of the 1 key is 1, without <…> around it.
bind . 1 {puts "pressed one"}

You can also use the full name, which needs to be described as a KeyPress event (which you can shorten to Key if you want):
bind . <KeyPress-1> {puts "pressed one"}

To get the name of an arbitrary key, try this little script:
bind . <KeyPress> {puts "pressed %K (producing character %A)"}

That prints the name of the key (what you need with a KeyPress prefix as a description) when you press the key. Single character keysyms can be used directly, but numbers cannot be just put in <…> because that's special cased to mean mouse button presses instead (as those are more commonly bound to specifically in most applications).


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Correction of iodine deficiency: benefits and possible side effects
F Delange
The iodine requirements in humans are 90 μg/day in infants and children aged 0–6 years, 120 μg/day in prepubertal children, 150 μg/day in adolescents and adults and 200 μg/day in pregnant and lactating women (1, 2). When the physiological requirements of iodine are not met in a given population, a series of functional and developmental abnormalities occur, including thyroid function abnormalities and, when iodine deficiency is severe, endemic goiter and cretinism, endemic mental retardation, decreased fertility rate, increased perinatal death and infant mortality. These complications, which constitute a hindrance to the development of the affected populations, are grouped under the general heading of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) (3). Based on the most recent evaluation (4), IDD currently represent a significant public health problem for 1571 million people in 118 countries. Twenty million of these are believed to be significantly mentally handicapped as a result of iodine deficiency (5), which, therefore, constitutes probably the
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GOITROUS ENZOOTIC IN THE WILD RAT WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION SIMILAR TO ENDEMIC HUMAN GOITRE
S. Orts, P. Dustin and F. Delange
The aim of the present work has been to verify the determining influence of the environmental factor on the geographical distribution of goitre in Idjwi Island (Lake Kivu, Dem. Rep. of the Congo). The weight and histology of the thyroid of wild rats have been compared in the areas of high (North Idjwi) and low (South West Idjwi) prevalence of goitre in man. This animal has been chosen because its food consists mainly of the remains of human food and because it abounds in the two areas investigated.
The mean thyroid weight in 114 rats captured in the North of the Island is 18.3 ± 0.5 mg. This result is significantly higher than the value of 12.1 ± 0.3 mg obtained in 101 animals captured in the South West of the Island (P < 0.001). Furthermore, an aspect of hyperstimulation characterized by a reduction or disappearance of the colloid of the thyroid vesicles was observed in 66.7% of the glands in the first area, as compared to 8.5% only in those of the second area (P < 0.0005).
This investigation thus shows the existence of a goitrous enzootic in the wild rat in Idjwi Island, which is geographically superimposable on the endemic human goitre.
Since the North and the South West of the Island have a similar iodine deficiency, the present data support the hypothesis of the existence in the North of the Island of an additional goitrogenic factor, distinct from the iodine deficiency.
Silent iodine prophylaxis in Western Europe only partly corrects iodine deficiency; the case of Belgium
F Delange, A Van Onderbergen, W Shabana, E Vandemeulebroucke, F Vertongen, D Gnat and M Dramaix
OBJECTIVE: Belgium is one of the Western European countries in which no program of iodine-deficiency correction using iodized salt has been implemented, in spite of well-documented mild iodine deficiency. In 1995, the median urinary iodine concentration was 55 microg/l (normal: 100-200) and the prevalence of goiter was 11% (normal: below 5%) in representative samples of schoolchildren aged 6-12 years. Based on these results, the authors of the present study and others had emphasized to health professionals and to the public the necessity for iodine supplementation. The objective of this study was to evaluate as to whether these efforts had resulted in an improvement in the status of iodine nutrition. DESIGN: We performed a national survey of the status of iodine nutrition in Belgium based on the determination of thyroid volume, obtained by ultrasonography, and urinary iodine concentrations in schoolchildren. METHODS: A mobile van equipped with an ultrasound instrument, a computer and a deep-freeze visited 23 schools selected from across the country. The sample included 2855 schoolchildren (1365 boys and 1490 girls) aged 6-12 years. RESULTS: The results show a homogeneous situation in the whole country, with a median urinary iodine concentration of 80 microg/l and a goiter prevalence of 5.7%. Urinary iodine slightly decreases with age in girls and reaches a critical value of 59 microg/l at the age of 12 years, together with a goiter prevalence of 18.4%. CONCLUSION: Iodine nutrition has improved slightly in Belgium but mild iodine deficiency continues, with public-health consequences. The improvement indicates silent iodine prophylaxis, as no official salt-iodization measures have been taken. Silent iodine prophylaxis only partly corrects iodine deficiency in Western Europe. Active measures, including the implementation of a program of salt iodization, are urgently required.
Toward a consensus on reference values for thyroid volume in iodine-replete schoolchildren: results of a workshop on inter-observer and inter-equipment variation in sonographic measurement of thyroid volume
MB Zimmermann, L Molinari, M Spehl, J Weidinger-Toth, J Podoba, S Hess and F Delange
OBJECTIVE: Interpretation of thyroid ultrasonography for assessing goiter prevalence requires valid reference criteria from iodine-sufficient populations. Reports have suggested the current reference criteria for thyroid volume (T(vol)) of WHO/ICCIDD (International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders) may be too high. Our objective was to determine if inter-observer and/or inter-equipment variability contributes to the disagreement in sonographic T(vol) in children reported from iodine-sufficient areas. DESIGN: A 2-day workshop in which four experienced ultrasound examiners from around Europe measured T(vol) in 45 6--12-year-old Swiss schoolchildren using four different portable ultrasound machines. One of the participating examiners (observer A) had generated the T(vol) data in European children that are the basis for the WHO/ICCIDD reference criteria. METHODS: Sonographic T(vol) was measured in each child by all four examiners on all four machines. Six hundred and eighty-four examinations were completed, with examiners having no knowledge of one another's results. Inter-observer and inter-equipment variation was calculated. RESULTS: Mean inter-equipment variation in T(vol) was 15.2% (95% CI: 14.1, 16.3%). There were no significant differences in T(vol) between equipment (P=0.51). For all observers, the mean inter-observer variation in T(vol) was 25.6% (95% CI: 23.9, 27.2%). At all ages and all body surface areas, there was a large systematic measurement bias (+30% volume) between the mean T(vol) of observer A and the mean Tvol of observers B, C and D. Reanalysis using data from observers B, C and D reduced the mean inter-observer variation in T(vol) to 13.3% (95% CI: 11.9, 14.7%). A correction factor for the systematic difference of operator A for the P50 and P97 of T(vol) was estimated using analysis of covariance. When applied to the WHO/ICCIDD reference data, it sharply reduced the discrepancy between the WHO/ICCIDD criteria and those from other iodine-sufficient children around the world. CONCLUSIONS: Inter-equipment error contributes minimally to reported differences in sonographic T(vol). Even among experienced examiners, inter-observer variation in sonographic T(vol) in children can be high, and probably contributes to the current disagreement on normative values in iodine-sufficient children. A systematic bias at least partially explains why the WHO/ICCIDD reference data differ from those reported from other iodine-sufficient children around the world. The findings argue strongly for the standardization of methods used for sonographic measurement of T(vol) in children.
Thyroid volume and urinary iodine in European schoolchildren: standardization of values for assessment of iodine deficiency
F Delange, G Benker, Ph Caron, O Eber, W Ott, F Peter, J Podoba, M Simescu, Z Szybinsky, F Vertongen, P Vitti, W Wiersinga and V Zamrazil
Up to 1992, most European countries used to be moderately to severely iodine deficient. The present study aimed at evaluating possible changes in the status of iodine nutrition in 12 European countries during the past few years. Thyroid volume was measured by ultrasonography in 7599 schoolchildren aged 7–15 years in one to fifteen sites in The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary and Romania. The concentrations of urinary iodine were measured in 5709 of them. A mobile unit (ThyroMobil van) equipped with a sonographic device and facilities for the collection of urine samples visited all sites in the 12 countries. All ultrasounds and all urinary iodine assays were performed by the same investigators. The status of iodine nutrition in schoolchildren has markedly improved in many European countries and is presently normal in The Netherlands, France and Slovakia. It remains unchanged in other countries such as Belgium. There is an inverse relationship between urinary iodine and thyroid volume in schoolchildren in Europe. Goiter occurs as soon as the urinary iodine is below a critical threshold of 10 μg/dl. Its prevalence is up to 10 to 40% in some remote European areas. This work produced updated recommendations for the normal volume of the thyroid measured by ultrasonography as a function of age, sex and body surface area in iodine-replete schoolchildren in Europe. This study proposes a method for a standardized evaluation of iodine nutrition on a continental basis, which could be used in other continents.
European Journal of Endocrinology 136 180–187
A programme of iodine supplementation using only iodised household salt is efficient--the case of Poland
Z Szybinski, F Delange, A Lewinski, J Podoba, M Rybakowa, R Wasik, L Szewczyk, B Huszno, F Golkowski, E Przybylik-Mazurek, M Karbownik, T Zak, J Pantoflinski, M Trofimiuk and I Kinalska
BACKGROUND: Iodine prophylaxis in Poland started in 1935 and has been interrupted twice: by World War II and in 1980 for economic reasons. Epidemiological surveys carried out after the Chernobyl accident in 1989 as well as in 1992/1993 and in 1994 as a 'ThyroMobil' study, revealed increased prevalence of goitre in children and adults. Ninety per cent of Poland was classified as an area of moderate iodine deficiency, and 10%, in the seaside area, as mild iodine deficiency territory. Iodine prophylaxis based on iodisation of household salt was introduced again in 1986 as a voluntary model and in 1997 as a mandatory model with 30+/-10 mg KI/kg salt. OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of the obligatory model of iodine prophylaxis in schoolchildren from the same schools in 1994 and 1999. METHODS: Thyroid volume was determined by ultrasonography. Ioduria in casual morning urine samples was measured using Sandell-Kolthoff's method, within the framework of the ThyroMobil study. RESULTS: Goitre prevalence decreased from 38.4 to 7% and urinary iodine concentration increased from 60.4 to 96.2 microg/l mean values between 1994 and 1999. In four schools the prevalence of goitre diminished below 5%. In 1999, 70% of children excreted over 60 microg I/l, and 36% over 100 microg I/l, whereas in 1994 the values were 44 and 13% respectively. CONCLUSION: The present findings indicate that iodine prophylaxis based only on iodised household salt is highly effective.
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After two weeks away from the remote school where I teach, I returned to frozen and burst water pipes in the trailer where I "camp out." My first night back, the trailer was waterless, except for two three-gallon jugs I cadged from a neighbor.
One of the maintenance guys spent all day Monday repairing the damage. After school, I found him packing his tools and getting ready to leave.
"So, how long are you going to stay here?" he asked as he headed for the front door.
"Oh, about 20 years," I said.
"That means May," he said.
My friend is right: The hardest part of the journey is to stay. Leaving for what I think might be greener pastures is always a temptation. Other schools in other states pay much more than I am earning here. Living conditions would be better farther south of this cold, barren land. For one thing, I wouldn't have to worry about frozen water pipes! Sometimes this place tries my patience.
Patience [writes theologian Henri J.M. Nouwen in Bread for the Journey] is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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Oh, patience is a virtue that I sorely lack!
I lived in Alaska for three years, and I left the house door open in winter. The pipes froze. When we (sister and I) got home, we shut the door and the house warmed up again. The pipes busted.
I let my gold fish swim in the two feet of water and it died. I felt really bad.
I don't think many people think of 20 years; and when we do, it is for change not for the same.
I like your haikus, especially the frog one!


12 delightfully flamboyant abstract poses make up the new SLEEK collection. Both elegant and extravagant. SLEEK is a very mordern and expressive collection. Her slender lines and her dramatic charachter give her a rather forcefull presence. The collection also comes in a version of abstract head with removable lips. Available in two versions: Abstract head in glossy white and abstract head with removable lips in flat white. Removable heels.


Clear vision and long lighting distance.
The lamp body made of aviation aluminum can efficiently extract heat and has good heat dissipation effect.
IP68 waterproof and dustproof without fear of various environmental challenges, the best choice for your offroad vehicle.


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Antonio Calpe (4. dubna 1940 Valencie – 7. dubna 2021) byl španělský fotbalista, obránce.

Fotbalová kariéra
Hrál ve Španělsku za CD Alcoyano, Levante UD a Real Madrid. S Realem Madrid získal 3 mistrovské tituly a jednou vyhrál španělský fotbalový pohár. Za reprezentaci Španělska nastoupil v roce 1964 v 1 utkání. V Poháru mistrů evropských zemí nastoupil ve 12 utkáních, v roce 1966 pohár s Realem vyhrál. V Interkontinentálním poháru nastoupil v 1 utkání.

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Španělští fotbaloví reprezentanti
Vítězové Poháru mistrů evropských zemí
Fotbalisté Realu Madrid
Fotbalisté Levante UD
Španělští fotbaloví trenéři
Trenéři Levante UD
Narození 4. dubna
Narození v roce 1940
Narození ve Valencii
Úmrtí 7. dubna
Úmrtí v roce 2021
Pohřbení v Madridu
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Q: SSRS filter to show more than one type of entry I'm sure this is pretty simple, I need an expression that I an use within Group Properties to show only a certain type of product. My Column title is Product_Group within this are fruit and veg.  Potatoes, Carrots, peas, Oranges and Apples.  I want my filter to work so that when I run my report only apples and oranges appear.  I thought this would be as simple as
=(Fields!Product_Group.Value ="apples")and(Fields!Product_Group.Value = "oranges")

A: Your AND needs to be an OR
=(Fields!Product_Group.Value ="apples")OR(Fields!Product_Group.Value = "oranges")


FOCUS IS ONE MONTH OLD!
It's hard to believe FOCUS is now a month old! So much time and energy went into this album and we have had so much great feedback so far! We've had a couple of blog reviews and heaps of re-shares on socials and Spotify plus a bunch of radio stations have been playing it across Australia! So thank you for helping us make that happen. Up until now we have been offering the album as a free download, however, as independent musicians we can't do that forever. So from today we are selling the album for $9.99 and up until the end of January if you purchase FOCUS we will chuck in our previous self-titled EP for free! So please keep listening and telling your friends, family, pets and anyone else you can think of!
Just kidding. We are super hard at work already on more tunes for an upcoming album in 2019. Not to mention the fact that we are gigging everywhere up and down the East Coast of NSW this summer.
If you are keen to hear some new snippets of material every week follow @lttlekng on Insta for some tasty Tuesday tunes every…. Tuesday.
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Their debut self-titled EP was produced by Alex Gooden, who has previously worked with Evermore, Bluejuice and Megan Washington, at Myrtle Street Studios in Sydney, and released in June on the North Coast, followed by a brief East Coast tour and a two week tour of New Zealand's South Island, where their music was extremely well received.
Between the back-and-forth of touring the East Coast, promoting their music, of which they are receiving airplay all over the country, snowboarding, surfing and skating, LTTLE KNG continue to spend their days tucked away in the Hinterland of the Coffs Coast, writing & rehearsing.


Individual Prerequisites Asbestos consultants must meet one of the following: Hold a current, active Florida license as a professional engineer, architect or geologist OR Be a diplomat of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene OR Be designated as a certified safety professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. AND Must show satisfactory completion of ALL the following: A three-day inspector course; A two-day management planning course; A three-day project designer course; A three-day respiratory protection course; State Asbestos Consultants' examination. Consultants must also demonstrate satisfactory completion of at least 10 asbestos projects within the last five years, which must be verified by the owner of the project, including notarized certification, and be submitted on the project verification forms provided with the application.
Individual App Requirements Individuals who wish to conduct an asbestos survey, develop an operation and maintenance plan, monitor and evaluate asbestos abatement or prepare abatement specifications are required to be licensed by the state of Florida as an Asbestos Consultant. Government employees who have completed training described in Chapter 469.002, F.S. and performs work solely for his/her employer is not required to seek licensure with the state.
Individual Exam And Fees For the FL Asbestos Consultant License, participants are required to take the state Asbestos Consultant Examination. This is a 3rd party exam and is not provided during the training classes.
Reciprocity No. Florida does not currently have reciprocal agreements or criteria for endorsement of applicants from other states. You must meet the Florida requirements for licensure and receive a passing score on the Florida examination.


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Q: Unable to feed array with az output I query the list of all the resource group names in my Azure subscription. This is OK:
az group list --subscription "${subscription}" --output table | awk '{print $1}'
Then I need to have this list in an array in bash, but I keep getting syntax error:
This one lists them, but the array length is 0:
#!/bin/bash
subscription="$*"
#Get the Resource Groups names
rg_array= az group list --subscription "${subscription}" --output table | awk '{print $1}'
echo "${#rg_array[@]}"

If I use bracketts, I get syntax error:
#!/bin/bash
subscription="$*"
#Get the Resource Groups names
rg_array= (az group list --subscription "${subscription}" --output table | awk '{print $1}')
echo "${#rg_array[@]}"

...
test.sh: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
test.sh: line 8: 'rg_array= (az group list --subscription "${subscription}" --output table | awk '{print $1}')'

A: This should work:
foo=$((az group list --subscription "Your Subscription" --output table | awk '{print $1}' | awk '{if(NR>2)print}' ) | tr '\r\n' ' ')

IFS=' ' read -r -a bar <<< $foo

# Access individual elements
echo "${bar[0]}"

Then you can iterate over the array to access invidual elements.


A 50-minute documentary style about X-treme Wrestling's Champion of the World, P-Funk Chainsaw. Standing 5'4" (and a half) P-Funk is a small man with big dreams. His early days were influenced by his spiritual guide (and uncle) the Rev. D Money Jr - a Black-American preacher stuck in a white man's body - who after sipping to much of the communion wine would preach that Jesus himself was a wrestler.
Dai Henwood is one of New Zealand's hottest new properties as the youngest winner of TV2's Billy T Comedy Award in 2002. He has played to sell out crowds all over New Zealand and recently completed his first tour on the Australian Comedy Circuit. His unique brand of character-based comedy was a gale of fresh air to Edinburgh audiences!
Renee Te Pairi (Set Designer) Renee graduated from UNITEC with a Diploma in Performance Technology in 2000 and has since been working on numerous theatre and screen productions in design and support roles. Renee worked on two successful shows at the 2002 Wellington Fringe Festival: French Toast, winner of the Best Theatre Award and Indiscretions, nominated for Best Design. She worked in the art department at Canterbury Opera and designed Novaional Film Festival. Renee currently works at Third Stage in Auckland.


Thank you for your interest in becoming a vendor at Market 7!
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Thank you for submitting to vend at this summer's Market 7 Flea. We look forward to reviewing your application! Please allow 5-7 business days for a response.


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Home Your travel guides Copenhagen Museum of Music
Museum of Music
See file Bredgade See file Victorian Home Museum
This museum takes a journey through the history of not only the country's music, but the music of the whole world, .
The world history of music.
Although the Museum of Music (Musikmuseet) was opened in 1898, its museum's treasures date from 1500 BC to the present day, with donations of instruments that are still used today and that allow the tracking of centuries of musical evolution from Europe to Africa and Asia. The Museum of Music is divided into two museum spaces. One of them is the collection of documents which consists of a record of organs built in Denmark, an extensive library and photo and audio-graphic collection which can be seen in the former museum building at 32 Aabenraa street. The other space, the main exhibition with objects and musical instruments from all over the world is moving to a larger space at 22 Rosenørns Alle, which will probably open its doors to the public in early 2014.
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I absolutely love cloth nappies and use them exclusively and following on from my review of Cheeky Wipes reusable wipes I also use reusable wipes but haven't tried any other wipes. So when Bum Deal Nappies offered their new reusable wipes for me to test and review I was keen to give them a go (I have previously reviewed their Bamboo Charcoal Pocket Nappy).
BumDeal Nappies is an UK company based in Ceredigion (less than 10 miles from where we live), Wales which was founded by Ella Parkin in 2010. Whilst expecting her first child, Nellie, Ella looked into using reusable cloth nappies however she was put off with the average cost of a reusable nappy kit being around £250. As she wanted to use cloth nappies and help the environment by minimizing her daughter's carbon footprint she researched other options and Bum Deal Nappies was born. Bum deal specialise in funky, easy to use cloth nappies at affordable prices. As well as selling cloth nappies and reusable wipes she also sells baby legs, wet bags, bandana bibs, reusable and flushable liners, boosters and soap nuts.
Bum Deal Nappies' reusable Wonder Wipes have been especially made to match their range of cloth nappies and wet bags; so that you can choose prints that match your pocket nappies. Bum Deal Nappies say that "reusable wipes are a great way to reduce your carbon footprint even more!" and that they will also save you a lot of money if you switch from using disposable to reusable wipes. These wipes can be stored wet or dry and can be washed with your nappies and wet bags at 40 or 40 degrees.
We were given the Giraffe Wonder Wipes Minky/Bamboo to test and review. The print is gorgeous and matches the Bum Deal Nappies XL wet bag I recently purchased to replace my nappy bin which is just too small and the Giraffe pocket nappy I purchased from them when Tristan was born. I love that you can purchase prints to match your nappies and wet bags. The wipes are a great size being 20 x 15cms, which is a perfect size for cleaning in one go with just one wipe. The new wipes are a minky fabric on one side and bamboo on the other side. They are extremely soft to the touch and very well made.
I first used these Wonder Wipes to clean Tristan's hands and face to see their effectiveness in cleaning him up after a messy meal and they worked brilliantly. The wipe cleaned thoroughly and only one wipe was needed to get him squeaky clean again. I love that the wipes are super soft so they aren't harsh on his sensitive skin. I have also used these for nappies changes and will be keeping them for this job from now on as I like to use separate wipes for hands and face. I have found they are also great for nappy changes, easy to use and more effective than disposable wipes. Even with a very messy nappy they have effectively cleaned using the one wipe. The bamboo side is brilliant as it collects any mess without smearing and the minky side is extremely soft on his skin. The wipes wash really well and are just as soft as they were new. It is quick and easy to add to the wash along with cloth nappies.
I love that with reusable wipes you can be reassured that no nasty chemicals are getting on your little ones skin, you can simply use them with water; I keep my wipes ready to use in a box where I like to add a touch of essential oils to the water. I would highly recommend these Wonder Wipes Minky/Bamboo, I think they are high standard reusable wipes. I love that in one wipe you get the benefit of both minky and bamboo. Using these wipes you can save money, help the environment and use a soft wipe that is kind to your little ones skin. I will definitely be buying some when I can and I love how with the different prints available it is easy to keep wipes for nappy changes separate from wipes for hands and face – you can use different prints for different jobs.
The Giraffe Wonder Wipes Minky/Bamboo can be purchased on the Bum Deal Nappies website for £3.99 for a pack of 5 wipes, which I think is great value for money for such a well made set of wipes. Their Wonder Wipes are also available in a range of other prints – Daisy, Dotty, Black Dotty, Zebra, Hearts, Leopard, Green Stars and Brown Cow. The prints are gorgeous and I love the Leopard print in particular! Bum Deal Nappies have a Facebook page and can be followed on twitter @nelliesnappies.
I'd like to try a different kind of wipe. I seem to be allergic to most of them.
When my children were little, I would have loved to be eco-friendly and use re-useable nappies and wipes. But it just wasn't possible! Being an on-the-go mum, I didn't like the idea of having a smelly nappy on the pushchair for a number of hours. Times have changed from when the mother was expected to stay home all the time.
It's good that these wipes are available nowadays. Moms would be thrilled to know that there's a product that would clean and leave their babies' skin healthy.
With twins, I have found that the free super savers shipping on economy size diapers is a godsend. The diapers seem a little thinner but I have never had a problem with leaking. They have the same stretch tabs on the sides that I liked about honest diapers. I love having these shipped right to my door & always having so many on hand. It's one less thing to worry about carrying when shopping with the kids. They always ship within a couple of days so I just make sure that I order them a few days earlier than when it looks like we'll need them.


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Nutria Eradication Efforts Moving Ahead In Delta
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was recently awarded $8.5 million in funding over three years by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy to expand its nutria eradication operations.
The funding was awarded in a competitive process as part of the Delta Conservancy's Proposition 1 Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program. The money complements state funding anticipated in Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2019-20 budget, which together will establish a dedicated Nutria Eradication Program within CDFW and vastly expand field operations across the entire area of infestation.
The grant funding represents the second, significant award from the Delta Conservancy. In 2018, the Delta Conservancy awarded CDFW $1.2 million over three years that, along with grants from the Wildlife Conservation Board and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's State Wildlife Grant Program, largely enabled CDFW's eradication efforts to get off the ground.
To date, CDFW has prioritized detection and eradication efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in order to limit the invasive rodents' spread and impact on California's most important water resource and the heart of the state's water delivery and infrastructure.
In mid-May, CDFW confirmed via trail camera video the first nutria detected in Stockton. This is the northernmost nutria detected to date and is approximately 16 river miles north of the nearest known nutria population near Manteca, where CDFW and its partners have been actively trapping. The Stockton detection is within the heart of the Delta. CDFW immediately responded with trapping in the area, redirecting additional resources to the Delta, and surveying for upstream source populations.
Since first discovering nutria in Merced County in 2017, CDFW and its partner agencies have taken or confirmed the take of 510 nutria in five counties – 430 from Merced County, 65 from San Joaquin County, 12 from Stanislaus County, two from Mariposa County and one from Fresno County. Nutria have also been confirmed in Tuolumne County.
Nutria, which are native to South America, have established populations in more than a dozen states, including Oregon, Washington, Texas, Louisiana, and the Delmarva Peninsula region of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.
In California, nutria pose a significant threat as an agricultural pest, a destroyer of critical wetlands needed by native wildlife, and a public safety risk as their destructive burrowing jeopardizes the state's water delivery and flood control infrastructure. CDFW is working with both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to eradicate nutria from the state.
Any suspected nutria sightings should be reported immediately to CDFW's toll-free public reporting hotline at (866) 440-9530. The e-mail address to report sightings is invasives@wildlife.ca.gov. CDFW's nutria eradication webpage at wildlife.ca.gov/nutria offers references for identifying nutria and distinguishing nutria from other similar aquatic animals.


This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2018 by Daniel Todd.
Pilomaticoma or Pilomatrixoma also known as cacifying epithelioma of Malherbe. It is a rare calcifying epithelioma of hair follicle matrix cell origin. It happens in the Head and Neck 50% of the time. It is sometimes associated with other genetic disorders such as Turner Syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Garder's Syndrome and Cranial Dysostosis. It seems to be slightly more prevelent in females and in young people 8-13 years of age.
Wide local excision is the treatment of choice and recurrence is rare. It does seem though that if you do not get clear margins it will persist.
This entry was posted in Common Conditions, Uncategorized on October 29, 2018 by Daniel Todd.
The term rhinophyma is derived from the Greek rhis ('nose') and phyma ('growth'). Rhinophyma is a large, bulbous, ruddy nose caused by granulomatous infiltration, commonly due to untreated rosacea. It has often been referred to as "potatoe nose". It is most common in white men with a mean age of 50.
Rhinophyma is characterized by prominent pores and a fibrous thickening of the nose, sometimes with papules. It is caused by chronic overgrowth of the sebaceous glands and overgrowth of the colonizing bacteria Dermodex Folliculorum. It is associated with the common skin condition rosacea and can be thought of as the end stage of acne rosecea. It can carry a strong psychological impact due to its effect on one's personal appearance.
Alcoholism is mistakenly attributed as a cause of this disease, but heavy alcohol consumption does aggravate the condition due its to chronic vasodilation effects. Rhinophyma may be diagnosed without testing, but a skin biopsy can confirm the diagnosis. Surgical treatment may be beneficial.
Rhinophyma is a slowly progressive condition due to hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands of the tip of the nose often seen in cases of long-standing acne rosacea; it is not a neoplasm. It presents as a pink, lobulated mass over the nose with superficial vascular dilation; it mostly affects men past middle age. Patients seek advice because of the perceived unsightly appearance of the enlargement, or obstruction in breathing and vision.
Treating with topical Metrogel seems like a good idea in theory with its activity against Dermodex folliculorum, however, it really does very little in reality. Treatment consists of paring down the bulk of the tissue with a sharp instrument or carbon dioxide laser and allowing the area to re-epithelialise. Sometimes, the tissue is completely excised and the raw area skin-grafted. I personally have never tried putting a skin graft on this and many of my colleagues think this would be a bad idea. With the deep and ever present epithelial elements I would expect it to re epithelialize completely in less than a month with just conservative cares (H2O2 and bactroban applied TID). The painting on the right is from Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 – 11 January 1494), he was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence.
This entry was posted in Nose Post, Uncategorized on October 29, 2018 by .
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2018 by Daniel Todd.
I had not seen a case of Burkitt's Lymphoma since I was in Africa in 1989. I was amazed at that time the resolution the young patient had with chemotherapy. I recently encountered a 3 year old with a massive right tonsil. It was the most difficult intubation I have encountered and after removing the tonsil, it took nearly an hour to obtain complete hemostasis.
Branchial Cleft Sinus Tract VS Fistula?
Methylene blue and lacrimal probes assist in the dissection. Over probing can lead to cyst wall penetration and over dissection. Often the surgeon needs to combine direct larygoscopy with the external approach to identify the origin of the fistula. Cauterization of the mucosa at the origin has proven acceptable vs some type of a stitch closure.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2018 by Daniel Todd.


The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a federally funded program that provides health insurance for children of uninsured families who do not qualify for Medicaid. Many families affected by hemophilia rely on this program for their children's health care. Recently, funding for the program expired and Congress has failed to renew it. Emergency short-term funding was passed in late December but without new long-term funding, the program will end soon.
We urge you to contact your representatives in Congress on this critical issue. When you contact them, please help us create awareness by sharing your personal hemophilia story, and include a mention of the uniqueness of hemophilia B.
The Hemophilia Federation of America, another national organization, has set up a page to facilitate contacting legislators on this issue. It includes telephone, email and Twitter options – just choose the one you are most comfortable with. You can reach the page by clicking HERE.


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Q: Subscribe to a Firebase Cloud Messaging Notification in .NET 6 C# Backend Code I am working on an IoT project using Raspberry Pi which runs C# code written in .NET 6. I know we can subscribe to FCM notifications from android, iOS or javascript (web). But I want to subscribe/listen to firebase notifications directly in the C# backend code. Is it possible?
I have tried the 'FirebaseAdmin' NuGet package but I could not find in the documentation what I need.

A: // These registration tokens come from the client FCM SDKs.
var registrationTokens = new List<string>()
{
    "YOUR_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_1",
    // ...
    "YOUR_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_n",
};
var message = new MulticastMessage()
{
    Tokens = registrationTokens,
    Data = new Dictionary<string, string>()
    {
        { "score", "850" },
        { "time", "2:45" },
    },
};

var response = await FirebaseMessaging.DefaultInstance.SendMulticastAsync(message);
if (response.FailureCount > 0)
{
    var failedTokens = new List<string>();
    for (var i = 0; i < response.Responses.Count; i++)
    {
        if (!response.Responses[i].IsSuccess)
        {
            // The order of responses corresponds to the order of the registration tokens.
            failedTokens.Add(registrationTokens[i]);
        }
    }

    Console.WriteLine($"List of tokens that caused failures: {failedTokens}");
}


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Burden of Posttraumatic	Stress Disorder (PTSD) – health, social, and economic impacts of exposure to the London bombings
Fuchkan Buljan, Nika (2015) Burden of Posttraumatic	Stress Disorder (PTSD) – health, social, and economic impacts of exposure to the London bombings. PhD thesis, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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Background: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common disorder that causes a significant health, social and economic burden for the individuals who suffer from it and consequently, for society as a whole. However, little is known about the consequences of PTSD, and in particular there is a lack of empirical data in relation to its economic impact on individuals and health systems, or on the treatments that might be provided. Aims: The aim of this research is to assess the health, social, and economic impacts of PTSD by focusing on the individuals exposed to the London bombings by: a) reviewing the current evidence and measures of the health, social and economic impact of PTSD; b) assessing the impact of the London bombings in terms of service use and the impact on health, social, and economic activity of those affected; c) conducting an economic evaluation of the 'screen and treat' programme implemented as a mental health response after the London bombings; and d) assessing the broader implications and feasibility of screening for PTSD in primary care. Method: Semi-structured interviews with 230 participants, screen and treat programme users and potential users conducted as a part of the evaluation of the NHS mental health response to the London bombings, analysis of the dataset on the outcomes collected as a part of the programme, and semistructured interviews on the benefits of and barriers to implementing screening for PTSD in the primary care sector. Analysis: A range of quantitative and qualitative methods are conducted including: estimation of the costs associated with exposure to the London bombings, analysis of cost and outcome variation between individuals exposed to the bombings, economic evaluation of the screen and treat programme distinguishing three comparator groups, and directed qualitative content analysis of fourteen interviews on the benefits of and barriers to screening for PTSD in primary care. Results: The higher prevalence of London bombing-related problems for individuals who were not treated, even as long as two and a half years after the 9 bombings, confirms the benefits of long-term screening after exposure to traumatic events. Participants who used the screen and treat programme reported significantly higher average direct and total costs. The treated group reported up to three times higher total costs in comparison to individuals who were screened and assessed only, with work-related costs making the highest contribution to the total cost, followed by the programme itself, and then other health care costs. Similar service use patterns were found between the treated, and the screened and assessed only groups. The main cost drivers identified in the analysis for the full sample of individuals exposed to the London bombings were being of female gender, being in a non-white British ethnicity group, experiencing injury, old age, and feeling one might be killed and/or injured. The treated group consisted of individuals who were more severely affected by the London bombings when compared to the group who were screened and assessed only. Conclusions: The effects of trauma exposure and PTSD have a wideranging and long-term health-related and economic impact on exposed individuals. The findings suggest that the screen and treat programme was successful in identifying participants with greater mental health needs and providing them with treatment. Providing the best evidence-based treatment early in the form of the 'screen and treat' approach does not seem to be costeffective. However, without having a proper waiting list comparison group the questions on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the ST programme are difficult to answer with certainty. This study has pointed out vulnerable groups such as minority ethnic groups and women who are likely to experience worse outcomes and generate higher direct and indirect costs. There is a need for timely, rigorously-implemented economic evaluations of mental health interventions for PTSD. There is a role for non-RCT study designs in economic evaluations of PTSD interventions. There is also a need for economic evaluation of screening for PTSD intervention in primary care.
© 2015 Nika Fuchkan Buljan
Library of Congress subject classification:
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Departments > Social Policy
Knapp, Martin and Beecham, Jeni
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3274
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"I must have been inspired" Joseph Conrad
Beatles legend Paul McCartney asks punk rock politician for HELP with Isaac Bashevis day
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The recital last night didn't go too badly - I've played better, but equally I've played a lot worse. I've got to start work on the second movement now, for next Friday's concert. After I'd played at the recital I went to the prefects' evening in the New Pavilion, and then went to the pub - I must have got to bed about eleven in the end. I got a copy of the libretto for Pirates this morning, and I really have got one of the biggest parts! I've got at least one song to myself, and I'm on stage almost constantly. I'd better start learning my lines!


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Q: How to create a file with its name given on command line in C++? I'm doing some C++ tutorials, and so far I am pretty damn good at it. However, there is one thing that perplexed and forced off the rail my knowledge acquiring, which gives me a headache.
How to create a file with its name given on the command line?

A: You're asking about how to get a string from the command line to name the file to open?
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>

int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
    if(2>argc) {
        std::cout << "you must enter a filename to write to\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    std::ofstream fout(argv[1]); // open a file for output
    if(!fout) {
        std::cout << "error opening file \"" << argv[1] << "\"\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    fout << "Hello, World!\n";
    if(!fout.good()) {
        std::cout << "error writing to the file\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

A: You need to parse the command line parameters and use one of them as the file name for your file. see this code:
#include <stdio.h>

int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    if ( argc != 2 ) /* argc should be 2 for correct execution */
    {
        /* We print argv[0] assuming it is the program name */
        printf( "usage: %s filename", argv[0] );
    }
    else
    {
        // We assume argv[1] is a filename to open
        FILE *file = fopen( argv[1], "r" );

        /* fopen returns 0, the NULL pointer, on failure */
        if ( file == 0 )
        {
            printf( "Could not open file\n" );
        }
        else
        {
            int x;
            /* read one character at a time from file, stopping at EOF, which
               indicates the end of the file.  Note that the idiom of "assign
               to a variable, check the value" used below works because
               the assignment statement evaluates to the value assigned. */
            while  ( ( x = fgetc( file ) ) != EOF )
            {
                printf( "%c", x );
            }
            fclose( file );
        }
    }
}

See here for more details: http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/c/lesson14.html


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'Major Shakeup': Kyle Richards On Chopping Block, Kim Richards Potentially Returns For 'RHOBH' Season 13
A major cast shakeup is reportedly coming to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
By Lindsay Cronin Jul. 26 2022, Published 9:14 a.m. ET
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Home/FIFA TABLES/Liverpool under-23s captain makes bold step to join Feyenoord
Liverpool under-23s captain makes bold step to join Feyenoord
Liverpool under-23s captain George Johnston has joined Feyenoord on a permanent deal, with his route to a first-team role at Anfield increasingly difficult.
Johnston departs after initially signing a new contract with the Reds, having been named among those offered fresh terms back in June.
The 20-year-old spent part of pre-season with the senior squad, playing the second half in the 6-0 thrashing of Tranmere, but reported back to the U23s upon Dejan Lovren's return to training.
He then started against The Spartans FC, Hearts, Coventry and Anderlecht, and came off the bench in victory over Marine, as preparations for the Premier League 2 campaign began.
But now, Johnston leaves the armband behind as he heads to Rotterdam to join Eredivisie side Feyenoord, in a deal worth €300,000, including a 30 percent sell-on clause.
This is a bold move by the Scotland youth international, but comes with more opportunities available to young players in the Netherlands.
The agreement comes after Dirk Kuyt, now a youth coach at Feyenoord, contacted his former club to seek a recommendation.
Johnston arrived at Liverpool as a nine-year-old, and progressed through the ranks as an accomplished, ball-playing centre-back, whose leadership developed in recent years.
He was given the U23s captaincy following Corey Whelan's loan switch to Crewe Alexandra last summer, and was praised by Neil Critchley for his consistency back in March.
"George has been outstanding for us. His best trait is his consistency, he is a joy to work with," the U23s manager said.
"I gave George the captaincy because we wanted him to develop more of his leadership skills, his communication and he has definitely developed his personality on and off the pitch this season.
"I think he is feeling more confident about himself as a person and that has transcended onto the pitch.
"George is someone you can rely on and you always want him in the trenches with you."
Unfortunately Johnston's chances of breaking into the first team were slim, particularly following the signings of Ki-Jana Hoever and Sepp van den Berg.
However, his exit does leave the young Reds short in defence, with Whelan having moved to Phoenix Rising, Conor Masterson joining QPR, Juanma released and Rhys Williams on loan with Kidderminster Harriers.
This could see Hoever and Van den Berg regularly called upon at academy level, while Nat Phillips' hopes of leaving the club in search of first-team football may have taken a blow.
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Royal Household accused of evicting couple 'over £32 bill'
Couple claims they were evicted from their Royal Mews flat because they charged their electric car 'a handful of times' without permission
By Victoria Ward 25 November 2020 • 11:32am
Christopher Brown and Daisy Bow Du Toit Credit: Tony Kershaw, SWNS
The Royal Household has been accused of "cold and petty" behaviour by a young couple who claim they have been evicted from their Crown property home over a £32 electricity bill.
Christopher Brown, 33, and Daisy Bow Du Toit, 31, said they had been turfed out of their flat in Royal Mews, Hampton Court, after using a communal plug socket to charge their electric car.
They blamed the Queen, 94, as their "landlady," for their treatment, insisting that they had apologised for any offence caused and had offered to pay the bill and any fine the household might wish to levy.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson declined to elaborate but said in a carefully worded statement: "Tenancy agreements are terminated very rarely, and only in exceptional circumstances."
The couple have lived at the period property for five years and described their time there as "a fairytale".
They said they had spent time and money landscaping a communal garden, which was a wasteland when they moved in, growing their own vegetables.
Before buying an electric Volkswagen eGolf early last year, Mr Brown asked the Royal Household if they could have a charger installed in their garage.
The couple had been charging their Volkswagen e-Golf Credit: LIVEPIX
He said they initially seemed "receptive" but later declined the request and refused to back down when he appealed the decision.
Mr Brown, a mechanical design engineer, said that instead, he had charged the car at his workplace but during lockdown he had been forced, on occasion, to charge the vehicle using a communal socket in a utility room on the Royal Mews site.
He said that a workman saw the cable in September and without warning, they received a letter informing them that they had until Christmas to vacate the property.
Mr Brown, who estimated that the electricity he had used would cost around £32, said he tried everything to persuade them to change their minds, even writing to his local MP and asking neighbouring tenants to write them glowing references.
He said the situation had been exacerbated by the fact that Royal Household tenancies are not covered by new Covid-19-based legislation that protects tenants from being evicted with less than six months notice.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "The Royal Household engages an external agency to lease a small number of residential properties at Hampton Court Mews, on the Occupied Royal Palaces Estate."
The estate agent that manages the property declined to comment.


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"The biggest plus of developing your website in the cloud is that all the infrastructure, servers and instances are configured by the vendor," says Gregovský. "Where it previously took days, you can now get access to your CMS within hours and minutes. You don't need to set up servers and maintain them.
For website owners, that's a big plus in terms of cost-savings and efficiency. The infrastructure is in place. They do not need to source and maintain equipment, nor train the staff to keep it running.
Another plus is that the cloud speeds up work for front-end testing and deployment. Gregovský explains: "Compared with on-premises, there is no manual deployment with cloud. You don't need to trigger actions by typing out shell commands. It is automatically connected to GIT and you control everything over a web UI.
The front-end developers working on Magnolia's corporate site took a new approach to the existing customizations. They evaluated what was really needed, used the newest out-of-the-box features instead of customized ones, moved a couple of Java modules to external or connected services.
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