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Q: Count groups of NULL values - partition or window?   n | g
 ---------
  1 | 1
  2 | NULL
  3 | 1
  4 | 1
  5 | 1
  6 | 1
  7 | NULL
  8 | NULL
  9 | NULL
 10 | 1
 11 | 1
 12 | 1
 13 | 1
 14 | 1
 15 | 1
 16 | 1
 17 | NULL
 18 | 1
 19 | 1
 20 | 1
 21 | NULL
 22 | 1
 23 | 1
 24 | 1
 25 | 1
 26 | NULL
 27 | NULL
 28 | 1
 29 | 1
 30 | NULL
 31 | 1

From the above column g I should get this result:
 x|y
 ---
 1|4
 2|1
 3|1

where
x stands for the count of contiguous NULLs and
y stands for the times a single group of NULLs occurs.
I.e., there is ...
4 groups of only 1 NULL,
1 group of 2 NULLs and
1 group of 3 NULLs

A: Compute a running count of not-null values with a window function to form groups, then 2 two nested counts ...
SELECT x, count(*) AS y
FROM  (
   SELECT grp, count(*) FILTER (WHERE g IS NULL) AS x
   FROM  (
      SELECT g, count(g) OVER (ORDER BY n) AS grp
      FROM   tbl
      ) sub1
   WHERE  g IS NULL
   GROUP  BY grp
   ) sub2
GROUP  BY 1
ORDER  BY 1;

count() only counts not null values.
This includes the preceding row with a not null g in the following group (grp) of NULL values - which has to be removed from the count.
I replaced the HAVING clause I had for that in my initial query with WHERE g IS NULL, like @klin uses in his answer), that's simpler.
Related:

*

*Find "n" consecutive free numbers from table

*Select longest continuous sequence
If n is a gapless sequence of integer numbers, you can simplify further:
SELECT x, count(*) AS y
FROM  (
   SELECT grp, count(*) AS x
   FROM  (
      SELECT n - row_number() OVER (ORDER BY n) AS grp
      FROM   tbl
      WHERE  g IS NULL
      ) sub1
   GROUP  BY 1
   ) sub2
GROUP  BY 1
ORDER  BY 1;

Eliminate not null values immediately and deduct the row number from n, thereby arriving at (meaningless) group numbers directly ...

While the only possible value in g is 1, sum() is a smart trick (like @klin provided). But that should be a boolean column then, wouldn't make sense as numeric type. So I assume that's just a simplification of the actual problem in the question.

A: select x, count(x) y
from (
    select s, count(s) x
    from (
        select *, sum(g) over (order by i) as s
        from example
        ) s
    where g isnull
    group by 1
    ) s
group by 1
order by 1;

Test it here.


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Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos , by Jordan Peterson
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Enough Already , by Valerie Bertinelli
Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond.
Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli's life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war against herself for years, learning to equate her value to her appearance as a child star on One Day at a Time and punishing herself in order to fit into the unachievable Hollywood mold. She struggled to make her marriage to Eddie Van Halen — the true love of her life — work, despite all the rifts the rock-star lifestyle created between them. She then watched her son follow in his father's footsteps, right up onto the stage of Van Halen concerts, and begin his own music career. And like so many women, she cared for her parents as their health declined and saw the roles of parent and child reverse. Through mourning the loss of her parents, discovering more about her family's past, and realizing how short life really is when she and her son lost Eddie, Valerie finally said, "Enough already!" to a lifelong battle with the scale and found a new path forward to joy and connection. Despite hardships and the pressures of the media industry to be something she's not, Valerie is, at last, accepting herself: she knows who she is, has discovered her self-worth, and has learned how to prioritize her health and happiness over her weight. With an intimate look into her insecurities, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and revelations, Enough Already is the story of Valerie's sometimes humorous, sometimes raw, but always honest journey to love herself and find joy in the everyday, in family, and in the food and memories we share.
"This thoughtful, bighearted book is sure to be a hit with Bertinelli fans and those with an appetite for stories of hard-won self-acceptance. A warmly intimate memoir."
Already Enough , by Lisa Olivera
When Lisa Olivera was just a few hours old, her birth mother abandoned her behind a rock near Muir Woods in Northern California. She was found and later adopted.
Growing up, Lisa knew she was adopted. She later learned she was abandoned. Like with many adopted children, this led Lisa to wonder: why did her mother leave her behind? Without answers, Lisa came up with her own: something must be wrong with her. Lisa came to believe she was not enough. This story wasn't true, but it made sense of a confusing experience. It allowed her to move forward. It felt like the only way. Until, with the help of a therapist, Lisa began to tell herself a better story.
If you have ever felt like you didn't belong, or like you weren't worthy, or like you weren't enough, just as you are...it might be time for you to rewrite your story, too. Now a therapist herself, Lisa shows you how.
In Already Enough, Lisa explores how our stories affect us—often much more than we realize. She guides us through reframing our stories so we can remember that we are already enough, just as we are. And she invites us to join her on a transformative journey to healing. Tender, hopeful, and inspiring, Already Enough is a powerful reminder that we are the authors of our own stories. The sooner we decide to write a better story, the sooner we can live a more whole, more meaningful, more nourishing life.
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The project will analyze how does the use of antiseptic barrier caps compare with the use of manual alcohol swabs in the prevention of central line infections in adult hospitalized students.
Overview of the Problem
The microorganisms aim to access a central venous catheter through the catheter hub which should be appropriately disinfected in order to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). But, compliance with the manual disinfection process is very time-consuming. Therefore, antiseptic barrier cap is used as an alternative to this problem to prevent central line infections.
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Spotlight on the use of antiseptic barrier caps as compared with the use of manual alcohol swabs in the prevention of central line infections in adult hospitalized students.
Background and significance
"Reducing to zero" the rate of central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are needed optimizing to catheter insertion as well as to maintaining the catheters. One currently invented approach to decrease CLABSI rates is the use of catheter-port antiseptic barrier caps which contain an antiseptic-impregnated sponge to disinfect the port hub during placement and thereafter physically covers the hub. The investigators have conducted a multiphase prospective trial in order to assess the efficacy of antiseptic barrier caps in reducing rates of CLABSIs and blood culture contamination in a single tertiary-care cancer center. Therefore, the use of an antiseptic barrier caps for intravenous catheter ports aims to reduce rates of central-line–associated bloodstream infections in a high-risk cancer unit.
According to the current study, the catheter hub should be appropriately disinfected to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) (Blood diseases and conditions – sepsis, 2017). The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Sophia Children's University Hospital, "However, compliance with the time-consuming manual disinfection process is low. An alternative is the use of an antiseptic barrier cap, which cleans the catheter hub by continuous passive disinfection. To compare the effects of antiseptic barrier cap use and manual disinfection on the incidence of CLABSIs. Systematic review and meta-analysis.
The primary outcome, reduction in CLABSIs per 1000 catheter-days, expressed as an incidence rate ratio (IRR) was analysed with a random effects meta-analysis. The studies were included if that are conducted in a hospital setting or used antiseptic barrier caps on hubs of central lines with access to the bloodstream and reported the number of CLABSIs per 1000 catheter-days when using the barrier cap and when using manual disinfection.
According to the study (Blood diseases and conditions – sepsis, 2017), a total of 1537 articles were identified as potentially relevant and after exclusion of duplicates, 953 articles were screened based on title and abstract, 18 articles were read full text. Eventually, nine studies were included in the systematic review, and seven of these nine in the random effects meta analysis. The pooled IRR showed that use of the antiseptic.
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The following quote has been received by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: "The present invention relates to disinfectant caps for medical devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to disinfectant caps for luer access devices that provide direct contact with antiseptic fluid stored therein.
"Intravenous (IV) devices are widely used to administer fluids to patients, such as through the use of a catheter inserted into a patient. Usually, the catheter is connected to an injection site, such as a luer access device, which provides fluid communication from a fluid source (e.g., IV bag, syringe, etc.) to the patient. The connectors are frequently separated from each other (e.g., when a patient needs to use the bathroom), which exposes the connectors to the environment, which can result in contamination." (Excelsior medical corporation, 2016)
"To reduce the risk of contamination, the connectors are usually disinfected between uses. Current procedures include swabbing the connectors with a disinfecting pad, which is prone to human error and not often implemented. Existing antiseptic caps utilize the corresponding female luer thread geometry to secure the capto the injection site. However without the additional tapered luer tip geometry, which secures these types of connections between syringes and injection sites, the antiseptic caps do not securely fit on the injection site, and are prone to falling off inadvertently."
In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, VerticalNews journalists also obtained the inventors' summary information for this patent application: "The present invention relates to disinfectant caps and packaging for use with a medical device (e.g., connector, luer access device, etc.). The disinfectant caps apply the antiseptic fluid (e.g., disinfectant) directly onto the surface of the medical device. The disinfectant caps incorporate specific thread geometry to provide a secure fit to threaded access sites.
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The American health care system is under intense scrutiny as national reform efforts are directed toward decreasing costs and improving accessibility to services for all citizens. Quality and efficiency are crucial to the sustainability of both the profit margin and the mission of organizations, with the elimination of preventable hospital-acquired conditions being a major focus. Avoidable infections are a source of increased morbidity and inflated costs, causing longer lengths of stay and needless human suffering.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stopped reimbursing facilities for the treatment of certain preventable infections, urging greater accountability to higher standards of patient safety. (Smith, et al., 2012)
Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are among these largely preventable conditions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 80,000 cases of CRBSI occur annually in the United States in intensive care units alone. If entire hospitals are assessed, the number increases to 250,000. O'Grady et al1 reported an approximate cost of $25,000 per episode and an attributable mortality rate of 12% to 25%. These alarming statistics call for the concerted and sustained effort of health care providers to prioritize and maximize patient safety through the reduction or elimination of CRBSI.
Background. Needleless connectors (NC) are used on virtually all intravascular devices, providing an easy access point for infusion connection. Colonization of NC is considered the cause of 50% of postinsertion catheter-related infections. Breaks in aseptic technique, from failure to disinfect, result in contamination and subsequent biofilm formation within NC and catheters increasing the potential for infection of central and peripheral catheters. Methods. This systematic review evaluated 140 studies and 34 abstracts on NC disinfection practices, the impact of hub contamination on infection, and measures of education and compliance. Results. The greatest risk for contamination of the catheter after insertion is the NC with 33-45% contaminated, and compliance with disinfection as low as 10%.
The optimal technique or disinfection time has not been identified, although scrubbing with 70% alcohol for 5-60 seconds is recommended. Studies have reported statistically significant results in infection reduction when passive alcohol disinfection caps are used (48-86% reduction). Clinical Implications. It is critical for healthcare facilities and clinicians to take responsibility for compliance with basic principles of asepsis compliance, to involve frontline staff in strategies, to facilitate education that promotes understanding of the consequences of failure, and to comply with the standard of care for hub disinfection.
References:Blood diseases and conditions – sepsis; findings from sophia children's university hospital in the area of sepsis reported (antiseptic barrier cap effective in reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis). (2017, Jun 08). Blood Weekly Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1904578850?accountid=34574Excelsior medical corporation; "disinfectant caps" in patent application approval process (USPTO 20160045629). (2016, Mar 10). Politics & Government WeekRetrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1770949112?accountid=34574
Smith, Judy S, MSN,R.N., C.R.N.I., Irwin, Gwen, RN,C.R.N.I., V.A.-B.C., Viney, Mary, MSN, RN,C.P.H.Q., N.E.A.-B.C., Watkins, Lynda, MPH, BSN,R.N., C.I.C., Morris, Shonnie Pinno, BSMT,A.S.C.P., S.M., PhD, K. M., & Brown, A., PhD. (2012). Optimal disinfection times for needleless intravenous connectors.Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 17(3), 137-143. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1173329977?accountid=34574
Voor In 't Holt AF, Helder OK, Vos MC, Schafthuizen L, Sülz S, van den Hoogen A, Ista E. (2017). Antiseptic barrier cap effective in reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28130997
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Our Sunday morning service (10am) is held at Bennetto School, 47 Simcoe Street East. The Children's Ministry SK- Grade 8 takes place at the church, children are dismissed from the service. If driving, there is a parking lot on John Street, just north of Simcoe, or use the lot at the North Hamilton Community Health Centre just a little further north, or there is street parking in the area.
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Op-Ed: Rocks thrown at Jews are "non violent."
Source: This Op-Ed originally appoeared on the Arutz 7 website on June 22, 2016.
Rocks thrown at Jews are "non violent."
The writer, a New Jersey attorney, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1995.
When is the throwing of boulders "non-violent"?
When a Palestinian throws them, of course. Just ask Thomas Friedman of the New York Times.
The Palestinian attackers first spilled oil across the highway, hoping to cause cars to slide and crash.
A few years ago, Friedman included rock-throwing in his list of types of "non-violent resistance" that he hopes Palestinians will carry out. This week, on the highway known as Route 443, some Palestinians decided to throw some of those "non-violent" rocks, including some particularly large ones.
According to Israel Hayom, two passengers in an Israeli automobile were injured when "boulders smashed into the windows of their vehicle." Before throwing the boulders, the Palestinian attackers first spilled oil across the highway, hoping to cause cars to slide and crash.
Despite attempts by advocates of the Palestinian cause to depict rock-throwers as children engaged in schoolyard hijinks, the truth is that these rock-terrorists are more sophisticated than one might imagine--sophisticated, that is, in the art of murdering and maiming Jews.
Last year, when they targeted an Israeli school bus in Jerusalem, they attacked from two sides with different weapons: one hurled rocks at the windows, while the other threw bags of black paint at the front windshield, hoping to blind the drive and cause the bus to crash.
They also long ago figured out that a rock can cause a lot more damage if thrown at an automobile moving at high speed. In fact, that's how one Palestinian rock-thrower died by his own hand--one of the rocks he threw at an Israeli car near the city of Emanuel in 2009 bounced back and hit him in the head at an extremely high velocity, because of the speed of the automobile.
Surely many Americans Jews still remember how Palestinian rock-throwers murdered U.S. citizen Asher Palmer and his young son, Yonatan. By throwing the rocks from a fast-moving car at Palmer's car, which was traveling in the other direction, they doubled the impact of the rocks. That crushed the front windshield, causing the car to crash and killing both Asher and Yonatan.
But while many American Jews may recognize the name Asher Palmer, I doubt many have heard of Route 443. Stretching for some twenty miles, the four-lane highway is one of the most heavily-traveled routes from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In other words, it is part of the lifeblood of Israeli daily life. It is also one of the most frequently-terrorized roads in the country.
Last January, the Israeli police arrested a ring of 16 Palestinians who had carried out a number of rock or firebomb attacks against Israeli motorists along Route 443. According to news media reports at the time, several of the culprits had previously served prison sentences for terrorism--thus validating, once again, the charge by some Israelis that too many terrorists are receiving unduly brief sentences. The recidivism rate among released Palestinian terrorists is alarmingly high. This problem deserves to be re-examined, and soon.
In the meantime, Israel Hayom reports that "Since last fall, the number of rock throwing incidents has increased dramatically" along Route 443. This news will no doubt come as a surprise to American Jews, since the major American news media have completely ignored the story. Dozens, hundreds, even thousands of Palestinian rock-throwing attacks against Jews do not interest the New York Times or the Washington Post.
But since a Palestinian teenager was killed in the latest incident, we can count on the American news media to suddenly sit up and pay attention. And since the teenager allegedly was a bystander rather than a perpetrator (although it remains to be explained why he was in the vicinity of Route 443 at 2:00 in the morning, when the attacks took place), the U.S. media no doubt will be very interested.
Our own American legal system has already shown the way in dealing with rock-throwing. Not by ignoring it. Not by re-defining it as "non-violent resistance." But by treating it for what it is: attempted murder.
Three teenagers threw rocks at cars on the Capital Beltway in Washington, D.C., in 1990,. wounding thirty drivers or passengers, including a girl who suffered irreversible brain damage. The attackers were convicted of "assault with intent to murder" and each sentenced to 40 years in prison. An editorial in the Washington Post at the time correctly asked, "What's the difference between assault with a deadly weapon--a shooting--and assault with rocks that hit cars at potentially lethal speeds?"


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A rare experimental glass penny made during World War II has netted a pretty penny at auction — selling for $70,500.
Heritage Auctions announced Friday that the penny was sold during Thursday's auction based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to an American buyer who wishes to remain anonymous.
During the war, copper was needed for ammunition. The U.S. Mint authorized tests that included making uncirculated pennies from other metals, plastic and rubber. The Blue Ridge Glass Co. in Tennessee made experimental pennies using tempered glass.
The penny's former owner, Roger Burdette, says the coins' impressions weren't precise, their weight and size weren't uniform and they developed sharp edges. He says they were likely destroyed.
The penny is likely unique since Burdette says only one other glass penny exists and it is broken.
The Mint made 1943 pennies from low-grade steel covered in zinc.


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Dr. Angelos Amditis has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Athens. He is currently the Research Director at the NTUA's Institute of Communication and Computer Systems and a member of its Board of Directors. He is a founding member and Director of the ISENSE Group. He is also the Chairman of ERTICO-ITS Europe, Deputy Chairman of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA), and the current Vice President of ITS Hellas. He is also a member of the Alice Executive Group (Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe), and a board member of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP S.A.).
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The Bush family matriarch cared little for glamour or the spotlight, but her tart tongue and forthright attitudes endeared her to the American people.
Barbara Bush was everybody's grandmother. White haired, a tad overweight, and unafraid to speak truth to power, she made no pretense to glamour, and the American people loved her for it.
She died Tuesday at age 92, closing the book on the longest marriage of a president and first lady in U.S. history.
Barbara Pierce was 16 when she met her future husband, then a handsome naval aviator, at a Christmas dance. He was 17 and soon off to fight in World War II, where he would name three of the planes he flew after her: Barbara, Barbara II, Barbara III.
They married in 1945. She was 20, he was 21. They moved a dozen times in the first six years of their marriage as George built his career, and when their second child, a daughter, Robin, fell ill with leukemia, Barbara of necessity shouldered most of the burden of caring for her.
Robin died at age 3, and everyone marveled at Barbara's strength. She said that's when her hair turned white. In photos then, her reed-thin, gangly husband looks like a college boy. She looks like she could be his mother.
Coming after the Reagan years, with the glitz and glitter of Hollywood and Nancy Reagan's love of designer clothes, Barbara Bush brought a refreshing New England flintiness to the White House. She came from old money, where people who had money didn't flaunt it. Her family's ancestry dated back to the colonies.
In the White House as First Lady, she adopted a cause close to her heart, literacy, an interest spurred in part by her son Neil's dyslexia, heightening her awareness of the importance of reading and writing and comprehending.
That was the image Barbara Bush projected, but she was anything but the avuncular grandmother. Nicknamed "Silver Fox" by her children, she was the enforcer in the Bush family, the sometimes sarcastic, tart-tongued parent her eldest son, George W. Bush, says he most resembles.
When asked what she thought of Geraldine Ferraro after the Democratic vice-presidential nominee debated her husband in the '84 campaign, Bush famously said, "It rhymes with rich." She later apologized.
Asked about Sarah Palin in a 2010 interview, Bush said, "I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful, and I think she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay." It was vintage Bush, the perfect putdown.
In the White House, she was no Nancy Reagan, meddling in personnel, but she was feared for her well-placed zingers. Watching then Vice President Bush's chief of staff Craig Fuller sort through a stack of phone messages aboard Air Force Two, she said loud enough for her husband to hear, "When you get to the bottom of that pile, you might find a few from me." Fuller did not continue as President Bush's chief of staff.
She assured voters she would be a "traditional" First Lady, and in 1990, when Wellesley College invited her to speak at its commencement, 150 students at the all women's school signed a petition opposing her selection on the grounds that her life story did not exemplify the kind of career woman that Wellesley seeks to instill in its graduates.
"To honor Barbara Bush as a commencement speaker is to honor a woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her husband, which contravenes what we have been taught over the last four years at Wellesley," read the petition, which kicked off a national debate over the meaning of feminism, and whether it was anti-family.
As an old-line, blue blood Republican, Bush's views on social issues put her out of step with the party's increasingly hard-line stances. When her son, Jeb, who had been governor of Florida, first talked of running for president in 2016, she tried to discourage him, saying, "We've had enough Bushes" in the White House.
"My mother is the strongest woman I know," Bush countered in a debate.
"She should be running," Trump said. That was never the aspiration of this proud, fiercely loyal matriarch. The wife of a president and the mother of a president, she made her mark as she should, as a woman of her time.


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Every so often we add an hour to our day (or take one away).
Some of us measure things in units of 12. Others, use units of 10.
Measurements can be just plain weird.
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Q: process running batch which dont do what inside it I have searched a lot of ways to run a batch file with process in c#, all of them didn't help me.
the actions of the batch file are: using psexec, it connects to remote control and stops there some services. after that it deletes a lot of files and then copies the new ones, connecting again ,using psexec to the computer and starts services.
All those action take awhile when I execute the batch by myself. But when I execute the batch file using process it finish in 5 seconds and show all the output it should.
I found out that it haven't done anything. Just show up the output it should do when it successfully do it.
I am using this code to execute the batch
batch = new Process();
batch.StartInfo.FileName = batchPath;
batch.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
batch.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
batch.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
batch.OutputDataReceived +=  new DataReceivedEventHandler(IncomingOutput);
batch.Start();
batch.BeginOutputReadLine();
batch.WaitForExit(TimeWait * 1000);
batch.CancelOutputRead();

What am I doing wrong?

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There isn't much home-state comradery between Wisconsin Dems and Paul Ryan.
No Ryan pride for Wisconsin Dems
By JUANA SUMMERS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Paul Ryan may be a native son to Wisconsin's Democratic delegation gathered here, but they're sure not treating him like one.
In speeches and interviews, Badger State Democrats described the Republican vice presidential candidate as an extremist and friend of the wealthy. They blasted what they called outright falsehoods in Ryan's acceptance speech last week that roused the GOP convention in Tampa.
And they're demanding Ryan be held accountable for some of his most controversial assertions — from his claim that President Barack Obama "raided" Medicare to pay for the federal health care law to his criticism of Obama for the closing of the General Motors plant in his Janesville hometown.
"I thought it was really, as many of the headlines said after the convention, it was probably the most dishonest set of speeches that have ever been given at a political convention," said Marlene Ott, 72, of Greendale, Wis. "It's the only thing I watched at the Republican convention. … He's trying to present himself as this policy wonk, but he continues to tell untruths or half-truths."
Ott, a retired high school English teacher, said adding Ryan to the GOP ticket was a "bonus" for the Democratic Party.
"In his current district, he's not in any large media market and he's never really been completely vetted. I think once a lot more press gets to examine his record, they're going to start to discover the weaknesses," she said.
Former Sen. Russ Feingold – who also hails from Janesville — told Wisconsin delegates he took Ryan's statements personally.
"There has been wall-to-wall condemnation," he said. "You can't turn on the television without hearing it.
"I've known Paul's family all my life," he said. "I know his dad. His dad and my dad worked in the same office building in Janesville. We to the same high school. … When he was nominated, I admit it, I felt the pride of my hometown. I felt some pride. But when I heard what he chose to say in his speech, I realize he not only must have had different math teachers than I had, but different guidance counselors."
Feingold also slammed Ryan over his account of the Janesville GM plant closure. But Republicans and those within the campaign maintain that Ryan's speech was factual top-to-bottom and say the Obama campaign is twisting the Wisconsin congressman's words.
They say Ryan never blamed Obama for the Janesville plant closure. The decision to close the plant was made before Obama took office. Rather, they say the problem is that the plant has not reopened, despite Obama's statement in October 2008 that "As president, I will lead an effort to retool plants like the GM facility in Janesville so we can build the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow and create good-playing jobs in Wisconsin and all across America."
"The truth about President Obama's broken promises hurts," Romney campaign spokesman Brendan Buck wrote in an email. "The recovery that he pledged — including to restart production at the plant in Janesville — has not come to Wisconsin. With these disgraceful charges from Democrats, it's clear they want to tear down anyone articulating the obvious: People aren't better off than they were four years ago."
While Republicans have suggested that the addition of Ryan puts Wisconsin in play in November, Democrats say there's no way Obama will lose their state.
"Nobody outside of his district knows who the hell [Ryan] is," said Jeff Johnson, 53, of Wausau. "They really don't. And when they find out who he is and that he's the architect of the budget plan, they really don't like him. … There's nothing to be a fan of unless you're doing an ad for P90-X."
Johnson, a retired probation and parole officer, also slammed Ryan's economic plan.
"His budget, President Obama said it best, is Robin Hood in reverse," he said. "It would cause those who don't make a lot of money to pay more so we can pay more for tax cuts for the rich. I'm sorry, the rich have done quite well, thank you very much."
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said he agrees with Ryan's football sensibilities, but not much else.
"I'm sure that some people from Wisconsin might appreciate having a Packer fan on the ticket," Tate said. "But I think this is actually a great opportunity for the voters of Wisconsin because Paul Ryan has had a free pass ever since he got elected to Congress."
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International Asia Quartararo dominates Malaysia practice with lap record
Quartararo dominates Malaysia practice with lap record
Quartararo said he was "really happy" to set a new lap record at the challenging Sepang circuit but cautioned there was still a long weekend of racing ahead.
Petronas Yamaha SRT's French rider Fabio Quartararo competes during the second practice session of the Moto GP Grand Prix of the Czech Republic in Brno on August 2, 2019. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
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Fabio Quartararo clocked the fastest practice time and set a new lap record at Sepang Friday ahead of the Malaysian MotoGP, a boost for the French rookie after he crashed out in Australia.
The 20-year-old Petronas Yamaha rider, whose race at Phillip Island last week ended at turn two when he collided with Danilo Petrucci, powered to a quickest lap of 1min 58.576sec in the afternoon session.
It was the second time he had broken the lap record — previously held by Dani Pedrosa — in the space of a day, after smashing it in the morning session.
Petronas Yamaha teammate Franco Morbidelli of Italy was second fastest, 0.534 behind the Frenchman.
Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, this year's runner-up in the world standings and the winner at Sepang in 2016 and 17, was third fastest, 0.630 off the pace.
Quartararo said he was "really happy" to set a new lap record at the challenging Sepang circuit but cautioned there was still a long weekend of racing ahead.
"It's only Friday," he told reporters. "For sure in the qualifying, if it is good weather, we will need to beat it again to make the front row."
The result will nevertheless lift the confidence of the up-and-coming rider, who finished second to already-crowned world champion Marc Marquez in Japan last month, after a double disaster in Australia.
As well as the collision in the main race, he had a dramatic smash in the first practice session which saw him thrown over his handlebars, although he escaped serious injury.
"Phillip Island was really tough, honestly the weekend did not go like we expected, two crashes. Of course we arrived here with not a lot of confidence," he said.
Marquez, aiming for his second consecutive victory in Malaysia on Sunday and his 12th of the season, only managed to clock the sixth fastest lap Friday.
The Spaniard could cap a stellar season in Malaysia, the year's penultimate race, by sealing the team championship for Repsol Honda, to add to the riders' and constructors' accolades.
He also needs to score just nine points in Malaysia — a seventh-placed finish or above — to top three-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo's highest ever tally of 383 in a season.
1. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha-SRT) 1min 58.576, 2. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha-SRT) 0.534, 3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.630, 4. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 0.642, 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.708, 6. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.941, 7. Alex Rins (ESP/Suzuki) 0.970, 8. Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati) 1.017, 9. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 1.131, 10. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda-LCR) 1.135
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The Ministry of Transport launched the Sea-Air Vaccination Exercise on Monday (18 Jan), to vaccinate 37,000 frontline workers in the aviation and maritime industry. Airplane and port pilots, cabin crew, cargo handlers, transit lounge workers, local seafarers, ship and plane repair technicians...
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A veteran teacher, who continued to teach and help her students without rest despite suffering from cancer, passed away on Saturday (16 Jan). 60-year-old Ng Su Lan was so dedicated to her students that she led classes every day until the final...
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As record numbers of Americans hit the road for Labor Day, a new study shows that travel is one of the most potent job creators of any American industry. Find out more.
President Donald Trump's budget proposal would shift funding for the program to Customs and Border Patrol. Here's the latest.
Travel professionals and politicians alike are worried about potential cuts to Brand USA, which brought nearly $9 billion to the U.S. last year. Here's the latest.
President Donald Trump's new budget seeks to eliminate Brand USA and shift the resulting revenue to Customs and Border Protection. Here's the latest on what travel groups are saying.
As a federal judge in Hawaii moves to extend the halt on President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, the U.S. Travel Association is urging Congress to welcome travel to the United States. Here's the latest.
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow emphasizing the importance of welcoming legitimate travel to the United States. Here's the latest.
Industry officials called the tighter scope and greater clarity an improvement, but the longer-term impact remains unclear. Here's the latest.
President Donald Trump has sign a new travel ban Monday that halts new visas from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. Here's what's new about the policy.
In his first address to Congress President Donald Trump said he would ask Congress for a $1 trillion investment in U.S. infrastructure. Here's what that means for the travel industry.


Old stuff, unique treasures, family heirlooms… is it valuable or is it not? Dave Allen, owner of A&M Auctioneers and Appraisers, Auctioneer, GPPA & CAGA Certified Appraiser, welcomes us to the fascinating world of appraisals! To start, Dave will share with us how appraisals work and the different types of appraisals. After a brief Q&A, he will then spend about an hour verbally approximating the value of items brought in from our very own community!
Although attendance to the seminar is free, if you would like to participate in the unofficial appraisal portion, there is a $10 fee per item that will be charged directly to your membership account, should your item be chosen for appraisal (limit of 10 items). Please email Jennifer Greenawalt at [email protected] with photos of each item that you would like to submit for possible appraisal with a description or any information you have regarding the item. (Please note: your item(s) may or may not be chosen for appraisal. Dave Allen will choose 10 of the submitted items to appraise during the seminar.) You MUST be able to bring your item with you to class for the appraisal. Email submissions accepted until Friday, April 12th.


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package eu.ydp.empiria.player.client;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
import eu.ydp.empiria.player.client.controller.body.IPlayerContainersAccessor;
import eu.ydp.empiria.player.client.controller.delivery.DeliveryEngine;
import eu.ydp.empiria.player.client.util.file.xml.XmlData;
import eu.ydp.empiria.player.client.version.Version;
import eu.ydp.empiria.player.client.view.ViewEngine;

/**
 * Main class with player API
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public class Player {

    /**
     * Delivery engine do manage the assessment content
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    private final IPlayerContainersAccessor accessor;

    {
        logVersion();
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    @Inject
    public Player(@Assisted String id, @Assisted JavaScriptObject jsObject, ViewEngine viewEngine, DeliveryEngine deliveryEngine,
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        this.deliveryEngine = deliveryEngine;
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            RootPanel.get(id);
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
        RootPanel root = RootPanel.get(id);
        viewEngine.mountView(root);
        getAccessor().setPlayerContainer(root);

        deliveryEngine.init(jsObject);
    }

    public void loadExtension(JavaScriptObject extension) {
        deliveryEngine.loadExtension(extension);
    }

    public void loadExtension(String extension) {
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    public void load(String url) {
        deliveryEngine.load(url);
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    public void load(XmlData assessmentData, XmlData[] itemsData) {
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    }

    private void logVersion() {
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        System.out.println(versionMessage);
    }

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    private IPlayerContainersAccessor getAccessor() {
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Heinrich Roman Abt (* 15. Januar 1883 in Bünzen; † 27. März 1942 ebenda; heimatberechtigt in Bünzen) war ein Schweizer Politiker (BGB), Agronom und Rechtsanwalt. Er vertrat von 1919 bis zu seinem Tod den Kanton Aargau im Nationalrat.

Biografie
Der Sohn des Nationalrates Heinrich Eugen Abt und Neffe des Zahnradbahn-Konstrukteurs Carl Roman Abt absolvierte die Bezirksschule in Muri und die Kantonsschule in Aarau. Von 1903 bis 1906 liess er sich an der ETH Zürich zum Ingenieur-Agronomen ausbilden. Anschliessend unterrichtete er bis 1911 in Brugg an der Landwirtschaftlichen Winterschule, wo sein Vater zuvor Rektor gewesen war. 1910 promovierte er mit einer Dissertation über das Aargauer Flurgesetz, im darauf folgenden Jahr erhielt er das Patent als Rechtsanwalt und Notar. 1912 übernahm er den landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb seines Vaters, eröffnete aber auch eine Anwaltspraxis in Wohlen.

Abts politische Karriere begann 1917 mit der Wahl in den Aargauer Grossen Rat, dem er bis 1941 angehörte. 1923/24 war er Grossratspräsident. 1919 wurde er in den Nationalrat als Nachfolger seines Vaters gewählt, im Gegensatz zu diesem aber nicht als Mitglied der FDP, sondern der Aargauer BGB, zu deren Mitbegründern er gehörte. 1921 sorgte er mit einer Motion, welche die Erhöhung der wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit von 48 auf 54 Stunden forderte, für grosses Aufsehen. Im Jahr 1932 war er Nationalratspräsident.

Als Präsident des Verbandes Aargauischer Hutgeflechtsfabrikanten (1920–1942) und mit Einsitz in mehreren Verwaltungsräten (Aargauische Elektrizitätswerke, Nordwestschweizerische Kraftwerke, Schweizerischer Bankverein) versuchte er, zwischen Industrie und Landwirtschaft eine Brückenbauerfunktion einzunehmen. Zu Beginn war der katholische Ultramontanismus sein weltanschauliches Feindbild, ab den 1930er Jahren bestand sein Ziel darin, mit einer Einigung der bürgerlichen Parteien Widerstand gegen Sozialismus und Kommunismus zu leisten. In den 1940er Jahren zeigte Abt Sympathien für die nationalsozialistische Diktatur im Deutschen Reich. Nachdem Generalstabsoffizier Gustav Däniker 1941 aus der Armee entlassen worden war, weil er die «freiwillige Eingliederung» der Schweiz (wenn auch ausdrücklich unter Erhaltung ihrer Eigenstaatlichkeit) in das «neue Europa» unter Führung des Deutschen Reichs gefordert hatte, bezeichnete er diese Massnahme als «ein Landesunglück, und zwar aussen- und innenpolitisch gesehen».

Literatur
 Franziska Keller: Oberst Gustav Däniker – Aufstieg und Fall eines Schweizer Berufsoffiziers, Dissertation. ars historica Thusis Verlag, Zürich 1997, ISBN 3-908544-20-3

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Nationalrat (Aargau)
Nationalratspräsident (Schweiz)
Grossrat (Aargau)
BGB-Mitglied
Landwirt (Schweiz)
Rechtsanwalt (Schweiz)
Schweizer
Geboren 1883
Gestorben 1942
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C1–MFJ Objects
Emperor and King Franz Joseph I. Bridge
Trail Old and New Centre
Americká třída , Denisovo nábřeží (Plzeň) Plzeň Jižní Předměstí
Public transport: Mrakodrap
Václav Mencl
Müller & Kapsa
In the early years of the independent Czechoslovak state, the Radbuza riverbank in the city centre was transformed into in impressive urban area. However, the impulse to regulate the flow of the river came earlier, after a great flood struck the city in 1890. The modification of the riverbed as designed by Karel Vosyka, Professor of the Czech Technical University, began in 1897-1898 in the area stretching along the Burghers' Brewery and Pecháčkovy Sady (today's Štruncovy Sady). The main part of this ambitious plan included the construction of embankment walls between the U Jána Bridge and a railway bridge from the year 1862, filling in the Mill Drain area, the replacement of the Royal Weir with a new solid weir, and the construction of a new bridge.
Although the first design of the bridge, which was originally meant to be linked to the new weir, was drafted as early as in 1894, the city did not start with its implementation until 1912. The chief city engineer and later director of the City of Pilsen Building Authority Václav Mencl designed it so that its implementation would not depend on the long-postponed construction of the regulatory walls. Work on today's Wilson Bridge, which was originally named after Emperor Franz Josef I, was completed by the well-known construction company Müller & Kapsa in the following year. The town thus acquired another connection between the centre and the Imperial Suburb and the railway station and the Prague Suburb.
Although reinforced concrete was already being applied in bridge constructions relatively often at that time, Václav Mencl chose a traditional brick construction made mostly from granite taken from the nearby village of Štěnovice (concrete was only used in the foundations). The structure consists of two arches of a 27.5-metre clear span connected by a massive central pier and accentuated by a set of "voussoirs" along the perimeter. Two pairs of corbel supported booths for toll collectors protrude from the parapet of the structure, which was last great stone bridge to be built in the Czech lands. The bridge bears an inscription of the year "1913". The same anchoring was used for sightseeing niches with candelabras for arc lamps above the central pillar. The castellated stone parapet, which is complemented by a massive post at the apex of each arch giving the impression of a keystone, also extends over the edge of the bridge and is supported by a set of support brackets. Steel rails were originally laid into the pavement of the bridge, but the planned tram line was replaced by trolleybus transport in the years following World War II.
During the 20th century the bridge was renamed several times – after the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 it was named after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, and during WWII it bore the name of King Charles IV. Subsequently, it was named Victory Bridge and J. V. Stalin Bridge, only to readopt the name "Wilson", which it bears at present. In 2013 and 2014, the bridge underwent complete renovation under the supervision of the historic preservation authority, as it has been protected as an immovable cultural monument since 1988.
City of Pilsen
Monument preservation
Immovable cultural heritage, listed under registration no.: ÚSKP 44239/4-4330.
Pavel Domanický, Technické památky v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, III. díl, 2003, p. 133–135
Pavel Domanický, Technické památky v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, III. díl, 2003, p. 69–70
Pavel Domanický, Technické památky v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, III. díl, 2003, p. 136
Václav Mencl, Technický obzor, 1914, p. 199–204
Antonín Müller, Vojtěch Kapsa, Čtyřicet let inženýrské práce, 1930
Jaroslav Řežáb, Josef Karlovský (eds.), 75 let městské hromadné dopravy v Plzni, Plzeň 1974
Pavel Domanický, Plzeň. Průvodce architekturou města od počátku 19. století do současnosti, Plzeň 2013, p. 152
neuved., Nová doba, 1925
Luděk Krčmář, Plzeňský deník, 2010, p. 26
Petr Ježek, Mladá fronta DNES, 2013, p. B/2
Jaroslava Nesvadbová, Calluna. Časopis západočeských botaniků, 2014, p. 30
Jiří Cais, Ladislav Voldřich, Průvodce naučnou stezkou Údolím Radbuzy, Plzeň 2011, p. 11, 21, 23
Vladislava Valchářová, Industriální topografie. Průmyslová architektura a technické stavby. Plzeňský kraj, Praha 2013, p. 51–52
Wilsonův most, Encyklopedie mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, http://libri.cz/databaze/mosty/heslo.php?id=735, vyhledáno 7. 2. 2017.