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Joseph P. Thomas' Patient Approach
The class action defender at Ulmer & Berne in Cincinnati changes perceptions about big pharmaceutical firms
Published in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers magazine
By Beth Taylor on December 17, 2012
Q: Is defending pharmaceutical companies an uphill battle?
A: That's always the case. They are significantly maligned; jurors have negative perceptions of them. In just about any jurisdiction in the United States, there is a very, very high level of skepticism. I like changing those perceptions and helping [jurors] to understand, if they're sick or a family member is sick, they're going to be grumbling about paying for pharmaceutical products, but they're also going to be saving the lives of their loved ones.
Q: How do you change those perceptions?
A: Obviously, you've got someone who's been injured, and there's a lot of sympathy associated with that. You have a significant amount of educating to do. Even if you are the defense lawyer in the case, the only proper thing for you is to be compassionate yourself. The only proper approach to the litigation and to the plaintiff is to have compassion for the people who were truly and genuinely injured. That's not always the case; sometimes they're truly and genuinely injured, but it's not from the product. But compassion is an important part of it. We're dealing with human beings. I still like to think of them and treat them as patients as opposed to plaintiffs.
Q: In fact, in your first career, you were a pharmacist—one with lots of patients.
A: I became the chief of the inpatient pharmacy at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati … when I was maybe 26. I don't think I had an employee that was younger than me, and I had a pretty big staff. In the clinical pharmacy scenario, you do a lot of things that … are not traditional pharmacy; you work on the wards with the physicians.
Q: So why the switch to law?
A: This is not going to make a lot of sense to a lot of people, but I went to law school because I was curious about it and I wanted to learn about it. I didn't necessarily go to law school with an intention of being a practicing attorney. [When] I was just about to graduate, I thought to myself at the time that if I ever wanted to find out what the practice of law was like, I needed to do it right away, because if I didn't, I wouldn't really be employable as a lawyer. I had a total of two interviews for law jobs and was hired immediately following one of them, so but for that, I probably would not have changed.
Q: What firm was that?
A: I went to the law firm Porzio, Bromberg & Newman in Morristown [N.J.] because they represented a lot of pharmaceutical companies. I have almost exclusively represented pharmaceutical companies since the time I graduated from law school. It's a combination of things that I know, and it's logical, but it's also very, very interesting. When you represent pharmaceutical companies, you learn the details of medicine involving your particular litigation in a tremendous amount of detail, almost to the point where, from litigation to litigation, you become an expert in that area. If you already have a doctorate degree in pharmacy, you have a significant advantage.
Q: Major cases?
A: The most recent and most compelling case that we have had is the case of Pliva v. Mensing. That's my case. I argued it in the district court and prevailed on it; I argued it at the 8th Circuit and lost; my office filed the petition for cert with the U.S. Supreme Court, and that was granted. Our office didn't argue it … but it's a landmark decision, and you don't have that opportunity very many times.
Q: You were at the counsel table?
A: Yes. You know that, when you're there, you're on something that's fairly momentous. The really curious thing about it is you're closer to the justices than you ever are to a judge at the federal courthouse. You sit remarkably close to the bench, so you see their expressions and their mannerisms, and you can almost sense what they're thinking because you can see how they're reacting. I've argued that particular issue … so many times all over the United States. I've had an awful lot of people try to tell me that I was wrong, including very many judges, over the years. So it felt good to come out on top of that after fighting the battle for 15 or 16 years.
Q: What is the theory you've been arguing?
A: The idea is that generic pharmaceutical companies sell products that have to be the same as the branded product in terms of the active ingredient, for example, but also in terms of the labeling. Pharmaceutical litigation almost always boils down to the argument that you failed to provide adequate warning to the [prescribing] physician. So [my theory] here is that [the generic brand] had no choice about the content that the warning provided to the consumer because it had to be, by law, the same as the branded warning. [So] you should not be subject to liability for having provided an inadequate warning.
Q: What is the opposing argument?
A: In the early course of this, making this argument, we prevailed in some cases because the plaintiff simply gave up or thought we were right. When what was at stake became larger and larger mass torts, plaintiffs were more willing to fight over it. Some judges came to the conclusion that we were right only with regard to what our labeling needed to be at the time of approval. Plaintiffs argued that we could change the labeling after we got approval if we came across new or different information. What we ultimately prevailed on was the notion that the label needs to be the same at all times, so therefore there can't be any basis for claim.
Q: But if the brand changes its label, the generics also need to change theirs?
A: Yes, it has to remain the same. The FDA sends out emails to the pharmaceutical industry that include links to all the labels that have been revised. Someone in the pharmaceutical company is responsible for monitoring that: They click on the link and they can see the changes that have occurred, and they have to update and change their labels so that they remain the same as the branded labels.
Q: What is the benefit of keeping generic drugs free of liability?
A: I would say that 99 percent of the people in the United States, if going to a pharmacy to get their prescription filled, were given the option of getting their prescription for $4 or $10 instead of $150, and if they were told that—if they took the $4 or $10 prescription—they wouldn't be allowed to file a lawsuit if they had a side effect, would [opt to pay] $4 or $10 for their prescription. There is a tremendous benefit that the generic pharmaceutical user receives by using generic drugs, and the cost savings to society and even to the government is measured in the billions upon billions of dollars. Almost every day there's a [court] decision that involves Mensing. We can hardly count them. In our office alone, we're involved in hundreds upon hundreds of matters that have to do with Mensing. In just about every jurisdiction in the United States, my office has cases where Mensing is the key and core issue.
Q: Must be amazing to think you're the one who started all that.
A: It's interesting that people talk about they're going to file a Mensing motion. It's part of the lingo already.
Q: Had Mensing gone the other way, what would be the repercussions?
A: There are maybe 15 or 20 different generic drugs for the same pharmaceutical product, and they all would have different warnings and different labeling. Every company would have the obligation to go out and monitor the literature and come to conclusions on its own, and the generic companies would have to do that without the benefit of the clinical studies that only the branded companies and the FDA possess. … Physicians would no longer have the confidence that they could go to a shelf [and] get the correct and accurate information, because it would just depend on whose product was on the shelf.
Q: Who were the early influences in your life?
A: Your parents are always an influence. … We were a family that didn't have a whole lot. I was the fourth of six kids, and I was the first of the six to go to college. So my parents aren't people who went to college. My father was probably the most intelligent person I ever met, and he had an eighth-grade education. He retired from San Bernardino County; worked as a benefits administrator. He did ultimately get a GED, and when he was in his 50s or 60s, he did go to college. He was a straight-A student. But when he was a kid he finished the eighth grade. It was the Depression and wartime, and that was it for him till his family was raised.
Q: Was education stressed in your home?
Certainly we were expected to do well. I would say there wasn't much of an expectation that we would actually go to college because that was not something that had ever been done before.
Q: So you must have worked your way through school?
A: I worked untold numbers of hours while I was in school, yes. First I went to Long Beach State until I got into pharmacy school; I was a chemistry major there, and I worked on campus in the area where they had the printing shops. I did the same thing when I was at Washington State; I got a job on campus in the area where they did all the printing.
Q: What has changed over the years, in your practice area?
A: Someone said to me when I first started handling pharmaceutical litigation that it was basically a mature business, meaning it didn't have much life left. What really happened from that point forward is it absolutely exploded. The sophistication of the plaintiff's bar in monitoring scientific and regulatory events, getting information posted almost immediately about new studies that have come out, the organization of the plaintiff's bar … I think it has just grown tremendously.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I do believe that I'm on the right side of these issues. A lot of people are in litigation and it doesn't matter [to them] if they're on the plaintiff's side or on the defense side: It's a job. I—maybe in part because I'm a pharmacist—believe pretty strongly in the pharmaceutical industry. When you try a case and you have the opportunity to fully and completely explain the position of the pharmaceutical industry, and the benefits they provide and the improvement to society and the lives of individuals, that's what's rewarding.
Joseph P. Thomas
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Khloe Kardashian Relives Moment She Heard Lamar Odom Had DIED!
by Simon Delott at September 22, 2017 5:44 pm . Updated at September 23, 2017 1:04 pm .
Kylie Jenner might be pregnant, which is interesting news but also the best imaginable press for the Keeping Up With The Kardashians 10th Anniversary Special that airs on Sunday.
They have an entire decade of their family's dramatic ups and downs to cover, but obviously there are some highlights that they couldn't gloss over. One of them being Lamar Odom's overdose.
In the sneak peek below, Khloe talks about when she first received the news -- which she later learned was false -- informing her that Lamar Odom had died.
It might not seem like that long ago, but it was nearly two years ago when Lamar Odom had a very serious "medical event" while in a Las Vegas brothel.
At the time, it was really unclear if he was going to survive.
The Kardashians got blasted for filming Keeping Up With The Kardashians at the hospital.
(You know, the usual -- people accused them of being vultures, of using Lamar's near-death experience for publicity and drama, etc)
But this was a genuintely upsetting thing for them. Lamar was family, and not just to Khloe.
In fact, that's how the topic came up at the reunion special, as you can see in the sneak peek below.
This anecdote, in which the Kardashians relive this dramatic and traumatic moment when they first got the news about Lamar, starts with Kendall.
Kendall Jenner was asked about what was, in all of her years of filming the show, the hardest scene or moment to film.
Kendall sort of ... pivots.
She instead describes the day that was the hardest, for her, to do any sort of work.
This was, of course, when she heard the news of Lamar Odom's overdose.
"I landed in London and the first text that popped into my phone, it was from Kim and it had said, 'Lamar passed away.'"
Now, that was not true. Bear with her, for a moment.
"I, like, immediately started sobbing on the plane. Then I got -- the next text came through saying, 'OK, actually he's OK, he's alive, but he's not doing well.'"
Again, Lamar was family. That's not easy for anyone to deal with.
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Kim explains what happened.
"Someone made a fake account. And emailed me with the wrong information."
That's a nasty, inexcusable thing to do to someone.
To anyone -- not just to a celebrity.
Khloe's personal emotional reaction was ... not subtle. She was inconsolable.
"I was screaming."
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Thankfully, Lamar has since recovered.
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SWELLNET INTERVIEW BY STU NETTLE
Bert Burger on making a statement at big Nazare
Since being put on the big wave map a few years ago, Nazare has quickly become a base for big wave surfers, especially those from Europe. While it may not have the front loaded heft of Jaws or Mavericks, the sheer scale of Nazare sets it apart from every other big wave and creates a challenge of its own: how to make equipment that reaches escape velocity while handling the open ocean chop of big Naz?
Enter Western Australian board builder Bert Burger. As a shaper Bert has a quiver full of accolades: pioneer of parabolic rails, Surfer magazine's shaper of the year in 2007, and the accepted king of composite board technology. His label, Sunova, is a bastion of progressive tech; a greenfield project in a hidebound industry.
Recently Bert hooked up with Sebastain Steudtner and began making boards for the two-time XXL Big Wave award winner. Their combined mission is to get Sebastian down the largest wave ever ridden. For Sebastian it would be a world record, but for Bert it would be something more profound.
Swellnet: What are you doing in Nazare?
Bert Burger: I'm here working with Sebastian Steudtner, German big wave surfer as most people would know him. We're working on two areas: dialing in his tow boards and his big wave paddle boards
How did the collaboration with Sebastian come about?
Originally my German business partner in the Board Factory Thailand, Martin Jandke, saw something online about a Go Fund Me project. Sebastian was looking for help to achieve his goal of riding the largest wave ever ridden. We dont have any cash but figured maybe he needs boards. So Martin gave him a call.
Up until that point I hadnt heard of him, but I knew that a few years back a German guy did win a big wave award. I just remember a big stir around Christian Fletcher and some comments at the awards night that hit the media...
Martin spoke with him a few times over the course of a year and things started to line up enough on both sides for us to be able to meet up and discuss some boards. So about a year ago we had multiple in depth Skype discussions about tow boards, different tow locations, variations in each wave location, what he needed, what he was feeling in his current boards. I would chime in with the logical reasons why he was feeling that and what the design options were to solve some current issues.
Finally, late last year I put together a few tow boards and Sebastian tried them at the end of the season. For Nazare, they were pretty much duds. What can happen when working with people for the first time is that if you dont make them a really good board first time they walk away and try something else. But I was able to convince Sebastian that this is part of the normal process of working through variables to isolate what is the best approach.
So far, over the course of the last year, I've put together around 25 boards, which is actually quite low, I've seen pro surfers working through 200 boards in a year to nail down the good ones. However, the right conditions for testing in big waves just dont roll around that often.
What materials are the boards made from?
Lightweight EPS [expanded polystyrene foam], fibreglass, balsa wood, and epoxy resin are the main ingredients. At this point I really want to make a statement about tech and alternative surfboard construction materials...it's just fucking better - full stop! Fifteen years ago, JR [Justin Redman], was the only guy along with a Brazilian guy, whose name I totally forget, that were doing well on longboards in alternative construction at international events.
Fast forward to 2014, I'm at the World Longboad Titles in China and half the field was riding some sort of variation of alternative materials: sandwich construction, hybrid EPS/Epoxy/Sandwich, under more than ten different labels. Plus Kelly brought Firewire, which completely validates the tech, and it will eventually go the same way in shortboards. But still I hear from the naysayers, "Yeah, but those materials dont work in big waves." I call total bullshit on those comments.
I've personally surfed enough big waves, and had others win big wave contests at Margaret River and Yallingup, to know, hands down, this tech is capable of performing and winning. But to show that to the world I need someone with the balls and the audience of Sebastian to prove my point.
How much do they weigh?
This is one of those areas that, to date, the status quo says you need heavy boards for big waves. But this isn't a clear cut argument, so I'll throw some of my observations at you. With light surfboards you can swing around on a dime, take a few strokes and be instantly able to accelerate to full paddle speed, climb onto the nose and you can still push them over the edge, and once into the wave you have way more ability to correct your line and navigate gnarly sections.
I've always said that when it's windy you're fighting the wind. If you have a heavy board you're fighting the wind and the weight of your board. I've had heavy boards that slide around and wont stick to the face and I've had light boards, really light, that just hug the face and hold any drop or turn at mach speed. What made the difference was not the weight, but the design.
Are you trying to achieve stiffness to cut through the water
or incorporate dampening to soften the impacts?
[Laughs]…maybe the stuff I've been saying is getting out there. Just your question alone already offers up an alternative approach. For twenty years I've been harping on about the shock absorbing qualities of using light EPS in big wave boards, not building them too heavy or stiff that you actually deal with bumps in a different way.
In the '70s we had surf mats, kind of like an inflatable bodyboard with rope handles on the nose. They weren't capable of dealing with a freefall or square bottom as they would fold up and you came to a violent stop, but in down the line bumpy conditions they were so fast. It didn't make sense. The bottoms would completely morph to the chop on the wave so the rider and his weight were unaffected by the forces of the bumps and the momentum kept you going in one direction, like good suspension in an off road car
When bumps or heavy chop are transferred through a stiff board to the rider, these are known as vector forces. They're forces that act in directions other than the desired direction you want to go and they slow you down. But you also have overall stiffness of the board length ways: too floppy and the board bends as it hits giant chop. The rocker changes and you're pushing water.
If the stringers are too thin and light, then, PU especially can get an ugly reverberation, or a dulled slow spring back after hitting bumps. If the board can't instantly pop back to shape before hitting the next bump then you're on a rollercoaster ride.
So you really want the structure of the board, its flex length wise, to be almost stiff, but with the ability to bend if needed and rapidly return to shape after hitting giant chops. Then the bottom to be soft to absorb smaller chops.
Current PU construction just doesnt allow for all those features to be built into one board. It's either heavy, stiff, and transfers the bumps, or it's lighter, flexy to the point of reverberation, changing rocker losing speed and it still feels the bumps. So what we really have is a complete mindset about big wave boards needing to be heavy, that's evolved around the materials that make up the status quo construction. Namely PU foam and polyester resin.
I've built both PU guns and EPS sandwich guns. I learnt to shape in both mediums, so there was always shapes that worked better in each. PU needs to be heavy because it flexes differently, has a slower rebound/flex return, you need heavier stringers to get the extra glass and resin to springback quick enough. It cant absorb chop so you need enough weight to make it plow through chop.
Light EPS with a balsa sandwich and you have the same stiffness with a faster springback at a lower weight, plus the ability to absorb and morph to chops so you dont need as much weight. If you did throw weight onto this board it's still smoother to ride than its PU counterpart even if the weight was identical.
So your questions about weight, stiffness, and shock absorption are all related and interwoven…
What was it like watching Monday's session in person?
When I saw the photos and videos later, it really does look bigger in person. The crowds that came were huge, and this wasn't for an event. The word gets out it's gonna be on and people just come. The whole crowd just lights up when someone charges a big one or wipes out heavily.
I sat and watched for seven hours from about 8am until 3pm. Knowing how different big waves can be it was really important to get an idea of what Nazare is like as a big wave and also the range of waves it can throw at you. Then to see the paddle in guys, their various approaches both successful and unsuccessful, check out what they're riding, talk with them. Its all really important to take in so you can consider it all for the next round of designs.
I came away from that day with two basic themes or designs that would tackle that wave and what it demands of you, each one needing a different plan as to deal with the types of waves to paddle into and where to sit in the line up.
All up, since I've been here I've really enjoyed rubbing shoulders with these guys. It's kind of motivating. While I never see myself doing what these guys are doing in giant surf, it makes me want to get back out there on the smaller big days. Ten years without solid waves and a few beers each day catches up with you, but being in the company of the surfers here makes me want to be a solid waterman again.


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By Fred Afflerbach | March 2022
Vietnamese Parish Celebrates the Beginning of the Lunar New Year
On Jan. 30, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Parish in Austin welcomed the Lunar New Year the same way they have for about 35 years — in the country's traditional manner. First, they celebrated Mass. Then they flooded the parish hall parking lot for the celebration.
The high point of the day was the Lion Dance, a ceremony in which four frisky costumed animals and their mischievous monk sidekick warded off wicked spirits and evil creatures in a dazzling effort to spawn a year of good health and prosperity. At the climax, one dancer, who is the head of the lion, stood on the shoulders of his partner, who is the tail. Suddenly, a 12-foot lion in a brilliantly-colored costume stood on its hind legs.
Tommy Nguyen, age 21, was the head of a bright green and white lion wearing a yellow sash. (The lions actually look like giant stuffed animals.) He has been a lion dancer for about four years, practicing weekly all year. Performing the amusing stunts while inside a lion costume is akin to martial arts, he said.
"We have to learn how to make a lion look alive.
And learn how to do tricks. We have a set of special benches that we're going to do tricks with as well. There's a lot of teamwork," Nguyen said. "For me, it never gets old. I enjoy it every year."
Bishop Joe Vásquez celebrated Mass that morning and then attended the celebration along with various priests, deacons and, Father Le-Minh Pham, the parish's pastor who emigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam as an 11-year-old boy.
"I remember as a seminarian coming to the parish just to attend the Asian New Year. It was small, but it was intimate," Father Pham said. "We start out with thanks for the many blessings we receive. We respect our elders, so we have a gift for each one of them. It's a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas."
Paul Nguyen, an usher and parishioner for 32 years, was wearing a traditional bright purple smock with matching donut-shaped hat — called a khan dong. He remembers well the Lunar New Year celebrations of yesteryear.
"Back then, it was a very small community, it was only a couple hundred families," Nguyen said. "Now we have thousands."
After morning Mass, the parking lot at the parish activity center filled with folks of all ages, many wearing traditional gowns and ringed hats, and some holding parasols. The vibrant costume colors — magenta, gold, yellow, blue and especially red because it is the color of good luck — stood out beneath a brilliant blue January sky.
Hai Hoang emigrated from Vietnam at age 21 and is a diaconate candidate scheduled to be ordained in March. He said "Chúc mừng năm mới" means Happy New Year in Vietnamese. The party this year was particularly rewarding for Hoang because the event was canceled in 2021 due to the coronavirus.
"It's a time when we create a bond between our parishioners … as a parish we all get together. And it's a very good time to do some evangelization," Hoang said.
After the lion dancers retired to their den, a band took to a stage with four flags flying above it — two Vietnamese and two American. A blue and red backdrop decorated with a map of Vietnam displayed the community's pride in a far away homeland. Parishioners and some visitors played games such as corn hole, ring toss where the player tries to lasso a bottle of wine, holy water pong, and a challenge where the player wins a Coke by knocking down a pyramid of cans with a baseball.
But the longest lines, by far, were for the Vietnamese food.
Aromatic wood smoke drifting from the back of the parking lot was all the advertisement needed for grilled pork served on a stick. Greenish-colored waffles made with coconut milk attracted a long line, and volunteers served five flavors of cotton candy to the kids.
Hung Nguyen has been a parishioner for 25 years and volunteer coordinator for the last six. (Her husband plays bass in the band.) She said a team of 50 workers prepared food for about two weeks prior to the celebration. They made egg rolls, rice cakes, noodles with beef, lo mein and an ethnic sandwich much like a poor boy called a Bánh Mì Thị Nguội.
This year the Lunar Year began Feb. 1 and lasts about 354 days, which is 12 complete cycles of the moon. Celebrations in Asia can last up to 16 days.
Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Parish is located at 1107 E. Yager Ln. in Austin. Visit their website at www.hvmcc.org or call (512) 834-8483.


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China Telecom AmericasPress ReleaseChina Telecom taps Nokia for 4G network expansion
China Telecom taps Nokia for 4G network expansion
Herndon, VA – August 12, 2016 – Nokia and China Telecom have signed an agreement to expand the deployment of 4G technology in 19 provinces in China. By expanding the radio access network, China Telecom plans to meet growing subscriber demand with ubiquitous 4G coverage and faster internet access, as well as improve access in urban and suburban areas. The agreement with Nokia also lays the foundation for China Telecom's planned launch of VoLTE services in 2017.
Under the terms of the contract, Nokia is deploying its 4G technology in 19 provinces in China, namely Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Anhui, Liaoning, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. The roll-out includes Nokia's Flexi MultiRadio 10 base stations.
Nokia will also provide its Global Services, including project management, network design and installation, as well as Care hardware and software maintenance services. Nokia optimization experts will use Nokia NetAct to upgrade the performance of the network for subscribers.
China Telecom ended June with 207 million mobile subscribers, of which 90 million are 4G device users, which represents an increase of more than 31 million during the first six months of 2016. Last year the company saw 4G traffic increase by more than six times, and it is predicted to account for more than 90 percent of mobile data traffic on the network by 2017.


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The Atlanta Braves: Should the Braves Trade for Brandon Phillips?
By Devin Jones October 22, 2013
Brandon Phillips is a fan favorite in Cincinnati, but Reds fans may have to deal with parting ways this off-season.
Speculation has already begun about the Reds shopping their all-star second baseman. After posting a .310 on base percentage this past season, one point better than Braves second baseman Dan Uggla (.309), the Reds front office staff is concerned about Phillips being able to produce. To make things worse, Phillips is owed a hefty 50 million over the next four seasons.
While these are reasons to believe he will be traded, it is not guaranteed. With that aside, here are two reasons why the Braves should trade for Brandon Phillips.
1. Anything is an upgrade at this point. The Braves did grab Elliot Johnson before the waiver deadline, but he was clearly seen as a replacement.
2. He would be a fan favorite, and a change in scenery could work to perfection. Braves fans witnessed first hand how Justin Upton coming to Atlanta helped revive his game. Don't forget Phillips is also from Atlanta.
Now for a couple reasons why Brandon Phillips is not worth pursuing.
1. His price is steep. The Braves already owe Dan Uggla 26 million over the next two seasons. With his price being high, and the Braves generally being a low payroll team, the costs outweighs talent.
2. The Braves have internal options they could turn too next season. Ramiro Pena is expected to be back around spring training. Pena could take the roll if Uggla continues to struggle early on in 2014. Atlanta also has Elliot Johnson, who they picked up from the Kansas City Royals at the waiver deadline. In Triple-A, Phil Gosselin continues to improve and be on the verge of becoming a major league second baseman. The Braves would save money by looking at the options they already have.
The rumor mill will continue to stir as the off-season is just around the corner. It will be interesting to see where Phillips ends up next season. Regardless, he'll be a hit among the fans to his new team.
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The Great Gatsby Comparative Studies | HSC English
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The Great Gatsby Comparative Studies
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald (1896 –1940), the author of "The Great Gatsby" was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He finished four novels. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.
Irish upper class Catholic family
Born in Minnesota to an Irish upper class Catholic family, Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy, but was expelled for neglecting his studies. He entered Princeton University in 1913 and wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club—a kind of musical-comedy society. A poor student, Fitzgerald left Princeton to enlist in the US Army during World War I; however, the war ended shortly after Fitzgerald's enlistment.
Zelda Sayre
While at Camp Sheridan, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre the "silver girl", in Fitzgerald's words. The two were engaged in 1919, and Fitzgerald moved into an apartment at 1935 Lexington Avenue in New York City to try to lay a foundation for his life with Zelda. Working at an advertising firm and writing short stories, he was unable to convince Zelda that he would be able to support her, leading her to break off the engagement.
Post-WWI
Scott returned to his parents' house. His novel about the post-WWI flapper generation was accepted by a publishing company in 1919, and Zelda and Scott resumed their engagement. Scott and Zelda were married. Their only child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, was born on October 26, 1921.
The 1920s proved the most influential decade of Fitzgerald's development. The Great Gatsby, considered his masterpiece, was published in 1925. Fitzgerald made several excursions to Europe, notably Paris and the French Riviera, and became friends with many members of the American expatriate community in Paris, notably Ernest Hemingway.
Fitzgerald's friendship with Hemingway was quite vigorous, as many of Fitzgerald's relationships would prove to be. Hemingway did not get on well with Zelda. In addition to describing her as "insane" he claimed that she "encouraged her husband to drink so as to distract Scott from his 'real' work on his novel," the other work being the short stories he sold to magazines.
This "whoring", as Fitzgerald, the author of "The Great Gatsby", and subsequently Hemingway, called these sales, was a sore point in the authors' friendship. Fitzgerald claimed that he would first write his stories in an authentic manner but then put in "twists that made them into saleable magazine stories."
Fitzgerald′s marriage was mixed
Fitzgerald's marriage was mixed—both destructive and constructive. Fitzgerald drew largely upon his wife's intense and flamboyant personality in his writings, at times quoting direct passages from her letters and personal diaries in his work.
Zelda made mention of this in a 1922 mock review saying that "It seems to me that on one page I recognised a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously disappeared shortly after my marriage, and also scraps of letters which, though considerably edited, sound to me vaguely familiar.
In fact, Mr. Fitzgerald—I believe that is how he spells his name—seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home". But the impact of Zelda's personality on his work and life is often overstated, as much of his earliest writings reflect the personality of a first love, Ginevra King.
In fact, the character of Daisy as much represents his inability to cultivate his relationship with King as it does the ever-present fact of Zelda, although Gatsby's economic failure to immediately wed Daisy in 1917, with an eventual return in financial triumph, does closely mirror Fitzgerald's own experiences with his future wife.
New York celebrities
Although Fitzgerald's passion lay in writing novels, only his first novel sold well enough to support the opulent lifestyle that he and Zelda adopted as New York celebrities. As did most professional authors at the time, Fitzgerald supplemented his income by writing short stories for magazines as, and sold movie rights of his stories and novels to Hollywood studios.
Because of this lifestyle, as well as the bills from Zelda's medical care when they came, Fitzgerald was constantly in financial trouble and often required loans from his literary agent, Harold Ober, and his editor Maxwell Perkins. When Ober decided not to continue advancing Fitzgerald, the author of "The Great Gatsby" the author severed ties with his longtime friend and agent.
Fitzgerald began working on his fourth novel during the late 1920s but was sidetracked by financial difficulties that necessitated his writing commercial short stories, and by the schizophrenia that struck Zelda in 1930. Her emotional health remained fragile for the rest of her life. In 1932, she was hospitalised.
Although he reportedly found movie work degrading, Fitzgerald was once again in dire financial straits, and spent the second half of the 1930s in Hollywood, working on commercial short stories, scripts and his fifth and final novel. Scott and Zelda became estranged; she continued living in mental institutions on the East Coast, while he lived with his lover Sheilah Graham, a gossip columnist, in Hollywood. From 1939 until his death, Fitzgerald mocked himself as a Hollywood hack.
Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic since his college days, and became notorious during the 1920s for his extraordinarily heavy drinking, leaving him in poor health by the late 1930s. Scott claimed that he had contracted tuberculosis, but some dismiss it as a pretext to cover his drinking problems.
Fitzgerald suffered two heart attacks in late 1940. He moved in with Sheilah Graham. As the two were leaving the theatre one night, Fitzgerald experienced a dizzy spell and had trouble leaving; upset, he said to Ms. Graham, "They think I am drunk, don't they? The following day," Fitzgerald died of a massive heart attack.
Literary Style
The publication of The Great Gatsby prompted T. S. Eliot to write, in a letter to Fitzgerald, "It seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James." J. D. Salinger expressed admiration of Fitzgerald's work, even saw himself for some time as "Fitzgerald's successor."
Richard Yates, called The Great Gatsby "the most nourishing novel he ever read…a miracle of talent…a triumph of technique." It was written in a New York Times editorial after his death that Fitzgerald "was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation, The Great Gatsby.
He might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction."
Values of the Time
Decadence and wealth were very important to the upper classes and often society was so shallow that you had friends while you were wealthy and none when you were poor. True friendship, and even true romantic relationships or other depths of feeling were rare for these emotionally numb times.
Greater independence for women followed after WWI and the rise of the flapper as someone who deliberately went against social niceties regarding a woman's traditional role led to affairs being the norm, and there were "petting parties" where women would openly make out with men – something which was never done in public in polite society. Such women were often openly contrary, independent and selfish – they didn't need men unless those men came with fringe benefits such as expensive presents or social contacts.
Prohibition didn't mean that people couldn't access alcohol, it just meant they had to go underground to do it. So along with questionable social morality, the upper classes now freely consorted with criminal elements such as the mafia in order to get their booze. In fact, there was probably more drinking during the 1920s because of prohibition.
Aside from all the partying, there was a sense of loss and decay. If one felt the apocalypse was coming and the world was at an end, they might as well get drunk and have a party and try not to care. This attitude sums up the Modernist disillusionment with society and their feeling that life was cheap and meaningless.
by Tegan Schetrumpfin HSC Englishtags English Advanced, English Standard, HSC English, Year 11 English, Year 12 English
Comparative Studies | The Roaring Twenties | HSC EnglishNineteen Eighty Four Comparative Studies | HSC English
Tegan Schetrumpf (Tegan Schetrumpf)
Tegan has several degrees from the University of Sydney, including
a Bachelor of Medical Science,
a Master of Letters in English, and
a Master of Arts Research in the field of Australian poetry.
Her thesis won the Dame Leonie Kramer university prize, and her essays and poetry are published in Australia and internationally.


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Talanku Beats Sarkodie, Stonebwoy & Shatta Wale To Top Ghana's Itunes Chart
Born Daniel Boateng, Talanku is a Ghanaian singer-songwriter. He was discovered on the hustling path by talent manager, Leslie
After hitting the studios a couple of times, Leslie took no hesitations than to work with him. He got signed no sooner than expected to Star Life Records in the early days of 2019.
Talanku then released his first debut single for the label , 'Day By Day'. With his first single, Talanku became the first artist to have a single from a debut record chart on itunes top 100.
Our minds hustle with our inferiority complex for great positivity. Music should speak to you and he figured, 'Day By Day' is a voice to soothe the hustlers mind. His trend of genre is a new face to the general public which has become a day by day inspiration to the public interface.
With the work of his team leader by renowned blogger and publicist Prince Fiifi Cudjoe also known as Fiifi Adinkra and love by the public's thoughts on purchase, he debuted at number one in the country, surfacing, Stonebwoy, Shatta wale and even Sarkodie.
Enclosing in "Day by Day" is the reigning rapper of the year, Medikal who delivered his amazing competence.
Uptrending a history on one's checklist as the first ever rising artist in Ghana to hit itunes most purchased track. He aced himself up with people believing in him, hence he had to trust his guts with perseverance and hardwork. Gracing him to work with Medikal and emerging as number one on itunes in the country.
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Let's Build a Switch Embedded Team in SCVMM!
Hello, my name is Michael Godfrey and I am a Platform's Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. I have been a Fabric Administrator for the past few years and have made it a habit of building quite a few Hyper-V Clusters with System Center Virtual Machine Manager. I have helped a lot of customers deploy Switch Embedded Teams in SCVMM 2016 over the past year, and like every good engineer, I decided it was time to share that knowledge with the world.
So, in this post, I will be walking you through a deployment of a Switch Embedded Team in SCVMM 2016 or the new SCVMM 1801 edition. The steps are the same in both, so feel free to check out SCVMM 1801, if you are not familiar with our Semi Annual Channel release of System Center, you can read more about it here.
If you are not familiar, a Switch Embedded Team or SET, is a new function in Server 2016 as well as SCVMM 2016/1801 and will allow converging of multiple network adapters. This is not new from 2012R2, but SET will allow us to simplify the deployment of our teams, with the combined benefits of Hardware Accelerated Networking features like RDMA and RSS. The SET is managed at the Hyper-V Switch level and not the Network Team or LBFO level, ensuring that we can build multiple vSwitches inside the team, while preserving our QOS.
As with every network deployment, it is wise to understand your available networks first, before you start deploying. In this example, I am using vlans presented to me by my Network Team, that are already created and deployed. I will be taking these networks, and creating a matching Virtual Network in SCVMM and Hyper-V. In the example I have the following networks.
These are just example networks for this demo, you will need subnets with enough range for all your hosts. I would also include other networks like SMB, Guest Vlans for all the Virtual Machines and Backup networks. For the sake of the post, I wanted to keep things simple.
First thing you need to do is create a Logical Network. You can think of the Logical Network as the definition of all your Hyper-V Hosts networks for your entire organization. This is the central space we can manage our "Distributed Networking" if you will in VMM. In it, we will deploy several Network Sites. The Network Sites will be the barrier for the network segments, and I like to describe them as Datacenters. You can use them how ever you like, as a DMZ, a Lower Lifecycle or any other network barrier, but I have found Datacenters works best for me.
You will need to visit the Fabric Workspace of VMM to get started with Logical Networks, then you can find it in the networking section. Start by creating a new logical network, giving it a name and a description. Then you will have the choice between three options for what type of logical network you would like. This is a crossroads, and you will not be able to change this. You need to determine one and can use multiple logical networks in that case.
You will see a One Connected Network. This is a great option if you are planning on using the same virtual network for all your VMs or if you are planning on implementing Software Defined Networking v2 in Server 2016. This option allows you to create your own network segmentation at a Virtual level but will require the deployment of Network Controllers in your environment.
The most popular option I see is the second, VLAN Based Independent. This option is useful for providing VLAN based segmentation for our VMs and the Infrastructure Networks. This requires you to add each vlan to the assigned Network Site in VMM, and then create a VM Network. Once the Logical Network is deployed to a host, any change you make like adding a VMNetwork and Subnet is automatically associated with the host(s), essentially working in a Distributed Switch model.
The third option is a Private Network, this is great in a Lab scenario, where all the VMs will be able to communicate with themselves, they will however not be able to communicate outside their VMNetwork to other resources outside the cluster.
Once you select the Logical Network Setting, you will need to create your first, of many, Network Sites. Remember, Network Sites can be any form of Network Isolation you need, I prefer to separate my sites as Datacenter Locations. You will give your Network Site a name and then isolate it to your Host's Groups, this will make sure that network can only be deployed to Hosts in that Network Site. This prevents accidental deployments and helps create my favorite word in Virtualization; Consistency.
You will then need to add the Vlan ID or Subnet or even both, no one will ever fault you for providing both, so I suggest adding both, the more information you present, the better the design.
The next step in our journey toward a Consistent and Highly Available Switch Embedded Team is to provide a Port Profile. There are two types of Port Profiles; Uplink and Virtual. We will be using Virtual Port Profiles in Logical Switching but will need to define an Uplink Port Profile for the Physical Adapters to use in our Virtual Networks. The Uplink port profile will also define the Load Balancing method and Algorithm our Physical adapters are subjected to. You have a few choices, but in utilizing Switch Embedded Teaming, we are restrained to using Switch Independent connections for our Physical Adapters. This means that each of our nics is connected to a separate Physical Switch. Most Admins connect Nic 1 & 3 to Switch A, and Nics 2 & 4 to Switch B, to provide Fault Tolerance. This is a best practice and is widely accepted as a good design.
You will see that LACP is another option, while this is great if you can configure your Switch with Aggregate ports, it is not supported in S.E.T. Therefore we will not use it.
You also will be picking a Load Balancing option, in S.E.T. we will choose the Host Default, which provides load balancing for all network traffic in our team, across all Nics. This will work best when we utilize things like SMB Multichannel and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) to utilize the full bandwidth available to our NICs.
The last option in the Port Profile is selecting a Host Group that can utilize it. The great thing about Port Profiles is they are Logical Network Dependent and not Site dependent, so you can use just one, or you can make several, the option is up to you, and dependent on the type of Network Traffic you expect.
The Virtual Machines and Virtual Switches will need something to connect to, to provide their Network Isolation, this is known as VM Networks. These networks provide the VLAN and Subnet separation in VMM and should be a virtual representation of your Physical networks. You will need these in the Uplinks section of Logical Switches and can create them in the Fabric Workspace. When creating them, give them a name so when your Administrators assign them, they can be confident they chose the right network. Also, be sure to select the correct Logical Network associated with the Subnet/VLAN you are creating the VM Network for. In the Isolation Options, you will be able to select the Network Site, IPV4 Subnet or IPV6 Subnet for the VM Network. This will ensure that VMs or Virtual Network Adapters that are placed in this VM Network are isolated to that VLAN/Subnet. If you provided a VLAN ID of 0 in the Network Sites selection of Logical Networks, the VLAN will be untagged for the VMs in that VM Network.
When creating a Custom Port Profile or customizing the ones Microsoft provides, you have several options, including Security, Offload and Bandwidth Settings.
In the offload settings you will be able to enable things like VMMQ, SR-IOV, RSS and RDMA. Virtual Machine Queue is a way of distributing the packet processing among the virtual processors in a VM. The SR-IOV and RDMA options will require Network cards that support these, and SR-IOV cannot be used in a Team, so keep that in mind.
The Security Settings will allow you to block things like MAC address spoofing, or DHCP broadcasts in your VMs. It will also allow NIC teaming in your VM Guests, handy if you want to deploy Virtual SQL Clusters.
The Bandwidth settings allow you to set Network QOS settings. This is the section that allows you to set "speed limits" on your Virtual Networks and even provide lanes, for higher priority traffic, like Live Migrations or Storage.
The Logical Switch is where we begin to build our Switch Embedded Team. This is a Network Site dependent feature, so you will need one per Datacenter in my example, or per Network Site. Then logical switch is where we create a Network Team, create several vSwitches and then set QOS Port Profiles to define the traffic on those vSwitches.
In the Logical Switches section of the Fabric Workspace, you will create a new Logical Switch. You can then give it a name and description. The next step is important. In the Uplink Mode you will have an option for Team or Embedded Team. Since we are doing Switch Embedded we will select Embedded Team. The Team option will deploy a Load Balanced Failover Team (LBFO). This is the method we used in Server 2012 & 2012R2, but with 2016 we will be using Switch Embedded, and so we want to select it.
The next Settings are the bandwidth settings, this comes into play with our Virtual Port Profiles, or Network QOS. You can select Weight or Default, which will use the Weight setting in our Virtual Port Profiles. The other options are Absolute and None, the best practice guidance is to use Weight or Default, they are the same setting.
The Extensions are used for Network Filtering, they are not recommended for Switch Embedded Teaming, and so we will clear these selections.
The next setting in Logical Switches is where we start to define what type of traffic we will be assigning to our virtual switches. For this we will be using Virtual Port Profiles. These are the Network Settings on a Nic that are Pre-defined, to make Network QOS or Security settings consistent to deploy. The System Center team has included several pre-built Port Profiles for you, but you can always customize them, with from the Logical Switch Wizard or the Port Profiles Section of the Fabric Workspace. We will add a Port Classification for each type of Network Traffic we expect to use. Each Port Classification will be attached to a Port Profile, that will define things like Minimum/Maximum Bandwidth, Bandwidth Weight and Network Security Options, more on that later. Add each classification you plan to use, and then connect it to the Virtual Port Profile that matches that Classification. In this example, pre-defined Port Profiles are being used, but remember you can always customize.
The last step is to define the Switch Embedded Team. This is what you have been waiting for, so lets do it. First add your existing Port Profile we created earlier. If you forgot, don't worry, you can select New Port Profile and create it here as well. You will see the Port Profile Load Balancing settings for the Team and will see the Network Site assigned. Then select New Virtual Network Adapter and create the first of many Virtual Switches. In the example I create a virtual Switch for Management Traffic (OS), Cluster and Live Migration. Each Virtual Network Adapter will have a VM Network assigned to it, which was previously created. Then you can pick the IP Pool settings, to allow VMM to assign the IP address for you, or Statically assign it. The last option is to set the Port Profile Classification, which we defined in the previous step of the Logical Switch Wizard.
One important note, the Management network will need to have two additional checkboxes enabled, the virtual adapter will be used for host management and Inherit Network Connection Settings from Adapter. These will allow our Management team to function as the primary vSwitch and let us adopt the Static IP address of our Hyper-V Host.
Once you place all these Uplinks in the Logical Switch, it will be deployed to every host, with these settings when assigned. This is the key to Cluster Network Consistency. I told you that word would be used a lot.
Congratulations, the Logical Network is designed. This is the hard part. The next step is to assign it to our hosts.
The last step of setting a Switch Embedded Team is to deploy it to the hosts. This is so much easier now in SCVMM 2016 and leads again to my favorite word in Virtualization; Consistency. This method will ensure that every host at the Network Site is deployed with the same configuration, every time.
Start with the Fabric workspace and navigate to the Host Group that you will be working with. Select a host and go the properties of the host. You will then select Virtual Switches from the Navigation Bar and then begin applying your Logical Network.
Select the New Virtual Switch option, then then select New Logical Switch. Select the Logical Switch we created for that site and in the Physical Adapters select the Physical Nics you will be assigning to the team. Here is a hint I have picked up over the years, name the nics something that describes their purpose, and if you can append a switch name and switch port for easier troubleshooting later.
The rest is done for you, as we defined the Uplinks in the Logical Switch configuration, so you see all the Virtual Networks that will be deployed to the hosts, in this case Management, Live Migration and Cluster Networks will be added as vSwitches on this host. I also created IP Pools to handle IP address assignment for my Live Migration and Cluster Networks, and because we told the Management Virtual Network to inherit the IP settings, it set our Static IP as the Management Address.
Please visit my GitHub repository here. to download the PowerShell to build the Switch Embedded Team via SCVMM. You will need to update some Variables and the subnets to be your own, but I hope you find it useful.
That's it, we have deployed Switch Embedded Teaming in a scalable, consistent manner. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I look forward to sharing more.


People faced severe delays and cancellations at Bristol Airport during the weekend, as snow hit the region but most flights began running as normal on the morning of Monday, March 19.
Several flights coming in and out of Bristol Airport on Sunday morning (March 18) were delayed or cancelled after snow hit the region overnight.
The main runway on Bristol Airport was too icy to be used, and some flights have already been cancelled.
Temperatures plummeted to -4C in parts of North Somerset on Saturday night (March 17), with Bristol Airport police tweeting in the early hours of the morning to warn about the cold weather.
Below we had the latest updates on the airport, together with all the cancellations and delays.
Pictures show an ambulance in Castle Park and paramedics attending to a man who reportedly collapsed.
A witness who sent us the pictures said one ambulance and a paramedic crew were in the park after the a man collapsed.
The Bristol Airport website technical issues have been resolved. Thank you for your patience during this time.
We have had a report that the airport is short of staff from a passenger currently sat on a plane waiting for bags to be loaded.
And the airport is short staffed cause of the weather. Currently sat on runway waiting to take off whilst bags still being loaded.
The Met Office has issued a brand new weather warning that includes most of the UK.
Bristol woke up to treacherous conditions on the roads this morning (March 19) as temperatures dipped overnight and froze the melted snow.
The same is likely to happen this evening meaning that tomorrow will see similarly hazardous conditions.
Bristol Airport says its website is currently down due to technical issues and customers are unable to access the site.
Currently the Bristol Airport website is experiencing technical issues which means customers are unable to access the website. The Arrivals and Departures Board can still be viewed here https://t.co/Uc3Z9lFb2P. We are working to resolve this as a matter of urgency.
Bristol Airport says it is open but disruption continues after more snow over night.
Operations are expected to improve throughout the day as more snow is forecast.
Update 1/2: Bristol Airport is open, however, some disruption continues due to the impact of the overnight snow at the airport and on transport around the region. No further snow is forecast and we expect operations to improve as the day goes on.
2/2: Please allow extra time for your journey. Customers are requested to contact their airlines for specific flight information. We thank everybody for their patience during this period of adverse weather.
Most arrivals to Bristol Airport appear to not be affected by weather this morning, with some flights landing just a few minutes late.
And in departures, the 6.05am BMI Regional flight to Brussels was cancelled but the rest of the flights today appear to be running as scheduled.
Bristol Airport issues an update at 3am this morning to say that it is open but there is still disruption.
A statement said: "The airport is currently open, however we continue to experience disruption due to adverse weather conditions. There has been further snowfall overnight.
Update from Bristol Airport about passengers left in planes.
A spokesman for Bristol Airport said: "Heavy snow fell throughout the day and into Sunday night.
"Snow clearing teams have worked around the clock to clear not just the runway and taxiways but also to keep surfaces around aircraft stands free of snow and ice to ensure the safety of staff and passengers when embarking and disembarking flights.
"As a result of the challenging conditions this has resulted in passengers being held on aircraft longer than usual.
Several passengers have been left on planes because of 'health and safety' reasons.
We are just getting information from the airport about Monday's flights.
Here is their full statement.
If you're from up to Bristol Airport from the south, please watch this first.
There are dangerous driving conditions tonight.
M5 Southbound lane closed on exit slip road due to broken down vehicle at J21 A370 / B3440 ( Weston-super-mare ).
Main carriageway closed due to strong winds on M48 Westbound at J1 A403 ( Aust ). Traffic is being diverted via the exit and entry slips. This is in preparation for the increased winds speeds and an expected closure to high sided vehicles.
One lane closed due to strong winds on M48 Severn Bridge Eastbound between J2 A466 (Chepstow) and J1 A403 / B4461 ( Aust ). Matrix sign set to 40 mph. A lane is closed to protect vehicles from being blown into adjacent lane.
Advice to passengers from Bristol Airport at this time is to come in as per normal.
A spokesman said: "Runway is clear and flights are currently in progress. It's unknown what the knock on to flight tomorrow will be but the schedule is catching up.


NDSU Extension Cereal Plant Pathologist Andrew Friskop confirms there are reports of ergot in the North Dakota wheat crop from Carrington to Wishek and toward Bismarck. The fungal pathogen is always around and with the right conditions, it can come back. Friskop says the disease prefers wet, cool weather. "It's very similar to scab, but it just has an infection point sooner in the flowering process and in cooler conditions. My gut instinct is although maybe some of the main stems avoided infections, some of the tillers are likely what may have gotten some of the ergot bodies starting to show." Friskop tells farmers to scout for ergot on the outer edge of fields. Look for irregular black structures that have replaced wheat kernels. He says it's usually more severe along the outer edges. Ergot bodies can also fall into the soil and grassy weeds at harvest, surviving over winter. (Photo submitted by Terry Wanzek) Read more about ergot clean up.


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NPAFC Bulletins
The NPAFC Bulletins are peer-reviewed scientific articles presented at NPAFC symposia. Bulletins are published in English.
To order a hardcopy of a Bulletin please e-mail: secretariat@npafc.org
Bulletin No.6 (2016)
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Production in a Changing Climate: Past, Present, and Future
Proceedings of the 2015 NPAFC International Symposium on Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Production in a Changing Climate: Past, Present, and Future, May 17–19, 2015, Kobe, Japan
Editors: Shigehiko Urawa, Marc Trudel, Richard J. Beamish, Edward V. Farley, Jr., Jeffrey R. Guyon, James R. Irvine, Toshihiko Saito, Alexander V. Zavolokin, Olga S. Temnykh, and Nancy D. Davis
Climate Change, Production Trends, and Carrying Capacity of Pacific Salmon in the Bering Sea and Adjacent Waters
Proceedings of the 2008 NPAFC International Symposium on Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey (BASIS): Climate Change, Production Trends, and Carrying Capacity of Pacific Salmon in the Bering Sea and Adjacent Waters, November 23–25, 2008, Seattle, WA, USA
Editors: E. Farley, Jr., T. Azumaya, R. Beamish, M. Koval, K. Myers, K.B. Seong and S. Urawa
Status of Pacific Salmon and Their Role in North Pacific Marine Ecosystems
Proceedings of the 2005 NPAFC-PICES Joint Symposium on the Status of Pacific Salmon and Their Role in North Pacific Marine Ecosystems, October 30–November 1, 2005, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Editors: Richard Beamish and Vladimir Radchenko
A Review of the Research on the Early Marine Period of Pacific Salmon by Canada, Japan, Russia, and the United States
A Review of the 2000 International Workshop on Factors Affecting Production of Juvenile Salmon: Comparative Studies on Juvenile Salmon Ecology Between the East and West North Pacific Ocean, October 29, 2000, Tokyo, Japan
Editor: Philip Symons
Recent Changes in Ocean Production of Pacific Salmon
Proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on Recent Changes in Ocean Production of Pacific Salmon, November 1–2, 1999, Juneau, Alaska, USA
Editors: John H. (Jack) Helle, Yukimasa Ishida, Don Noakes and Vladimir Radchenko
Consulting Editor: Philip Symons
Technical Editors: Hiroko Omori and Wakako Morris
Assessment and Status of Pacific Rim Salmonid Stocks
Proceedings of the 1996 Symposium on Assessment and Status of Pacific Rim Salmonid Stocks, October 28–29, 1996, Sapporo, Japan
Editors: David W. Welch, Douglas M. Eggers, Kiyoshi Wakabayashi, and Vladimir I. Karpenko
Technical Editors: Hisashi Endo and David W. Welch


THE LEAKSHOOTER / LKS1000 v3+ IS THE FIRST CAMERA MADE TO DETECT compressed air, oxygen, azote, steam… leaks / Electrical partial discharges, corona effects, electrical tracking / Vacuum systems leaks / Seal integrity, tightness test ( with optional ultrasonic transmitter).
The LKS1000 v3+ ultrasonic leak Camera detector equipment is used for many general applications within industrial plants.
Logis-Tech have just launched the leakshooter to the UK. The Leakshooter LKS 1000 is the first camera to detect, measure and photograph air and vacuum leaks. It provides the dual possibility of ultrasonic leak detection with a visible image. This enables users, for the first time, to see on a large LCD color screen the precise location of air and vacuum leaks. Near a leak, a dynamic target will appear, and change in size and color from yellow to red depending on the severity of the problem. At the bottom of the screen, the continuous measurement of dB RMS and MAX is displayed on a colour bar graph.
Once facing a leak it is then possible to take a picture of the precise leak location. The Leakshooter LKS 1000 can store up to 1000 pictures in JPEG format. All pictures show date, time, dB level and can be numbered manually. The pictures can be transferred to a PC with the LEAKVIEWER software.
While operating the camera, the possibility to listen to the leak noise with the headphones is still possible. The operator is then for the first time able to see what he's listening to. The Leakshooter LKS 1000 detects a leak of 0.1 mm with 3 bars pressure at 20 meters. Adjustable gain from 50 db to 110 db for use in any kind of surroundings.
Possibility to take a picture of the leak location, JPEG format, and transfert ir to PC into the LEAKVIEWER report software. Each scene picture with date, time and number, dB RMS and Max values are continuously measured and displayed on a color and digital bargraph.
Compressed air is an expensive energy. 20% to 40% is lost in leaks. Deciding to arrest leaks in the compressed air system to minimize electrical energy loss is a wise decision. Repairing leaks are often low cost options, such as tightening of joints to close gaps, replacement of pipelines, and replacing connection valves and rubber seats.
The LEAKSHOOTER LKS 1000 revolutionizes the compressed air and vacuum leak detection. No need anymore To spend hours wearing your headset listening to noisy leaks. With the LEAKSHOOTER LKS 1000 you'll work Like in infrared thermography, just scanning your compressed air system. Near a leak a dynamic target will automaticaly appear on the display. The dynamic target will change in size and colour from yellow to red the closer you come to the leak.
Once on the leak spot an X will appear in the red square target. You can then take a picture of the leak location, in JPEG format, and save it. Each picture is numbered and indicates the date, time and precise dB RMS and MAX. Picture scan be transfered on a PC into the LEAKVIEWER picture report, a software supplied for free with each LEAKSHOOTER LKS 1000. At the screen bottom the continuous measurment of the dB RMS and MAX is displayed on a colour bargraph.
Application Note 1 – Vacuum Leaks in InFusion Processes.
Application Note 2 – Compressed Process Gas Leaks.
Application Note 3 – Searching for Capacitive Electrical.
Application Note 4 – Fault Detection on Steam Trap and Valves.
Application Note 5 – Do you know the cost of Compressed Air leaks.


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Q: Implementing JWT For achieving User access control We are using Loopback , for writing our NodeJs APIs.
Now we are looking for kind of defining and then implementing the user access control system i.e we gonna have 10 sub types of admin users.
Each subtype can able to see some action i.e each subtype user gonna have access to some end points, which we gonna define manually.
Now to implement this we have got JWT , which seems to have exact which we want. It will store all roles and roles permission ( api endpoints ) in json format , which we gonna encode in jwt , and then get the generated access token, which we can decode later to check validity.
So , the flow should be:-
a) Any user logs in , check its role on server side , then create access token by encoding its permissions.
b) Next time when user sends this access token , decode it , on server side , get whats accessible for the user, and then forward him or give him error based on the permissions list and the current requested api endpoint.
So is it possible to check the permissions before actualy going to api endpoint. ( like checking it in server.js in Loopback )
Thanks

A: Yes, unless you use an encrypted JWT, the JSON information in the JWT is accessible in the client. It is just base64-encoded. However you cannot trust the information in the JWT on the client since both the JWT and the JavaScript code can be altered. But it is there for GUI and other non security needs.

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COVER IMAGE, "Front Matters" and Paginated Table of Contents.
Editorial: Geoscience Canada - Forty-Five Years Young.
ANDREW HYNES SERIES: TECTONIC PROCESSES: Structural Features of the Central Labrador Trough: A Model for Strain Partitioning, Differential Exhumation and Late Normal Faulting in a Thrust Wedge under Oblique Shortening.
ANDREW HYNES SERIES: TECTONIC PROCESSES: Age, Geochemistry and Origin of the Ardara Appinite Plutons, Northern Donegal, Ireland.
ARTICLE: An Overview of the Karst Areas in British Columbia, Canada.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank You to 2017-2018 Guest Editors and Reviewers.


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BLU-RAY REVIEW:
Lionsgate;
Thriller;
19.98 DVD, $21.99 Blu-ray;
Rated 'R' for strong violence, pervasive language, drug use, some sexual content and nudity.
Stars Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Taryn Manning, Mark Boone Junior, Taegen Burns, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern.
The crime drama The Gateway offers a strong cast and the seeds of tackling a relevant social issue, but ends up muddling its focus by swerving into the realm of the action thriller.
The always welcome Shea Whigham — the go-to character actor for gruff, hard-edged personalities — stars as Parker, a heavy-drinking, drug-addicted social worker trying to maintain his sanity at work while keeping an eye on kids whose parents have crossed the law one too many times.
He takes a special interest in Ashley (Taegen Burns), whose father is in prison and whose mother (Olivia Munn) works at a local casino trying to make ends meet, often neglecting to remember to take her daughter to school.
Soon enough, though, Daddy's out on parole, beating up his baby momma and involved in a drug ring led by a crime boss played by Frank Grillo. Parker is resolved to protect Ashley no matter the cost, even as he's ordered to leave the family alone.
The movie tries to shed some light on the grim realities of the foster care system, with Parker trying atone for his own troubled upbringing and shady past by trying to find a kid to do right by who isn't a hopeless cause. But the drug gang subplot that ends up taking over the movie is mostly generic crime thriller stuff.
Still, Whigham makes for a compelling screen presence, and Munn turns in some good work as the put-upon mother whose loyalties are twisted by circumstance.
The Blu-ray contains the film's trailer and a single four-minute featurette called "Living Legends: The Cast of The Gateway" in which the filmmakers and cast discuss making the film.
Author John LatchemPosted on September 12, 2021 September 13, 2021 Categories ReviewsTags Bruce Dern, Frank Grillo, Lionsgate, Mark Boone Junior, Olivia Munn, Shea Whigham, Taegen Burns, Taryn ManningLeave a comment on The Gateway
Comedy 'Buddy Games' Coming to Digital and DVD Nov. 24 From Paramount
The comedy Buddy Games will come out on digital, on demand and DVD Nov. 24 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Josh Duhamel (Transformers) stars in the comedy, which follows six lifelong friends who have a five-year falling out. Bob (Duhamel), aka "The Bobfather," reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, a competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot. The determined dudes fight, claw and party for the big bucks in this bro-fest featuring Dax Shepard (CHiPs), Olivia Munn (Office Christmas Party) and Kevin Dillon ("Entourage").
Author Stephanie PrangePosted on November 13, 2020 November 19, 2020 Categories Digital, News, Product NewsTags Comedy, Dax Shepard, Digital, DVD, Josh Duhamel, Kevin Dillon, Olivia Munn, On Demand, Paramount, Paramount Home EntertainmentLeave a comment on Comedy 'Buddy Games' Coming to Digital and DVD Nov. 24 From Paramount
Season Two of 'Six' Due on DVD Aug. 7 From Lionsgate
Six: Season 2 arrives on DVD Aug. 7 from Lionsgate.
Olivia Munn joins the cast for this second season, which follows Navy SEAL Team Six in a mission to destroy the terrorist network responsible for an attack on their former team leader. The SEALs join forces with a CIA agent to scour Eastern Europe, infiltrating hostile territory across Russian borders while tracking a mysterious figure known as "The Prince."
The DVD will be available at $24.98.
Author Stephanie PrangePosted on June 26, 2018 Categories News, Product NewsTags DVD, Lionsgate, Olivia MunnLeave a comment on Season Two of 'Six' Due on DVD Aug. 7 From Lionsgate


Bond and bond fund allocations declined to a four-year low in the September AAII Asset Allocation Survey. Equity allocations rose, but remained within the recent range.
Stock and stock fund allocations increased by 2.2 percentage points to 64.5%. The increase was largely a reversal of August's decline and kept equity allocations within the range that has held throughout most of this year. September was the sixth consecutive month and the eighth out of the past nine months with stock and stock fund allocations above their historical average of 60%.
Bond and bond fund allocations declined 1.2 percentage points to 16.0%. This is the smallest allocation to fixed income since May 2009. It also ended a streak of 50 consecutive months with bond and bond fund allocations above their historical average of 16%.
Cash allocations declined by 0.9 percentage points to 19.6%. September was the sixth month in the past nine months with a cash allocation reading below 20%. September was also the 22nd consecutive month with cash allocations below their historical average of 24%.
Since yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note began to rise in early May, fixed-income allocations have fallen by a cumulative 3.7%. The April 2013 survey showed a 19.7% allocation to bonds and bond funds. At the same time, this year's strong rally in stock prices has increased stock allocations for those investors who have not actively altered their portfolios.
Many individual investors continue to express uncertainty. Prevailing stock valuations, the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to postpone tapering its bond purchases and a lack of key progress by Congress and the president are all influencing AAII members' sentiment towards stocks and bonds.
This month's special question asked AAII members for their thoughts about the rise in Treasury yields that has occurred since May. There was no clear consensus, though the largest number of respondents (26%) said they expected an increase in yields to occur at some point. An additional 11% expect interest rates to continue rising. Approximately 7% thought the extent of the increase was either unjustified or an overreaction whereas 6% said interest rates are still too low.