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\emph{Note by the author: It was found after this derivation, that the work presented here had been derived differently but with similar conclusions by Steinhart and Plestil \cite{Steinhart-1993}. We nevertheless believe that this simplified derivation may be of use to some readers.}

Usually, equal time is given to measuring the background and the sample, or even a longer background measurement is taken as it has so few counts. While this seems the right thing to do, the relative error after background subtraction improves when more time is spent counting the measurement with the highest amount of scattering. As the available measurement time is always limited, a good division must be found between measuring the background and sample, so that the uncertainty of the background-subtracted intensity is as low as possible.

Herein outlined is the method to determine how best to divide measurement time between a sample and the background, in order to minimize the relative uncertainty. Also given is the relative reduction in uncertainty to be gained from the considered division. It is particularly useful in the case of scanning diffractometers, including the likes of Bonse-Hart cameras, where the measurement time division for each point can be optimized depending on the signal-to-noise ratio.

The optimum setting for machines with photon-counting two-dimensional detectors has to be further evaluated, but the intention is to include that in this note.

\section{The calculation}
We assume that the number of background intensity photons $I_b$, measured for a time $t_{b}$ is subtracted from the sample measurement photon count $I_s$ which was measured for a time $t_s$, to result in the background subtracted count rate $C_{bs}$:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:sIbgs}
C_{bs}=\frac{I_s}{t_s}-\frac{I_b}{t_b}
\end{equation}
Defining the sample uncertainty as $\Delta I_s=\sqrt{I_s}$ and the background uncertainty similarly as $\Delta I_b=\sqrt{I_b}$, the uncertainty $\Delta C_{bs}$ would then be:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:sIerr}
\Delta C_{bs}=\sqrt{\left(\frac{\Delta I_s}{t_s}\right)^2+\left(\frac{\Delta I_b}{t_b}\right)^2 }=\sqrt{\frac{I_s}{t_s^2}+\frac{I_b}{t_b^2}}
\end{equation}
Defining the number of counted photons $I$ to be a multiplication of the count rate $C$ and the measurement time, we get $I_b=C_b t_b$ and $I_s=C_s t_s$. Further defining the signal-to-noise ratio $g=\frac{C_s}{C_b}$, the total time $t_t=t_b+t_s$ and the fraction of time spent measuring the sample $f=\frac{t_s}{t_t}$, we can define our relative uncertainty in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and time fraction:

\begin{equation}\label{eq:sErel}
\frac{\Delta C_{bs}}{C_{bs}}=\sqrt{\frac{\frac{C_s}{t_s}+\frac{C_b}{t_b}}{(C_s-C_b)^2}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{C_b t_t}}\sqrt{\frac{\frac{g}{f}+\frac{1}{(1-f)}}{(g-1)^2}}
\end{equation}

We then can try to find the optimum by locating the value for $f$ where the derivative of equation \ref{eq:sErel2} is zero:

\begin{equation}\label{eq:sd1}
\frac{\partial \frac{\Delta C_{bs}}{C_{bs}}}{\partial f}=\frac{\partial}{\partial f}\sqrt{\frac{1}{C_b t_t}}\sqrt{\frac{\frac{g}{f}+\frac{1}{(1-f)}}{(g-1)^2}}=0
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:sd2}
0=\frac{\partial}{\partial f}\sqrt{\frac{\frac{g}{f}+\frac{1}{(1-f)}}{(g-1)^2}}
\end{equation}
which, given $0<f<1$, is true for
\begin{equation}\label{eq:finalf}
f=\frac{g-\sqrt{g}}{g-1}
\end{equation}

We can calculate the relative reduction in uncertainty compared to the 50/50 case (i.e. equal time spent on background and sample measurements) as:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:finalopt}
\frac{\frac{\Delta C_{bs}}{C_{bs}}\mid_\mathrm{50/50}-\frac{\Delta C_{bs}}{C_{bs}}\mid_\mathrm{optimal}}{\frac{\Delta C_{bs}}{C_{bs}}\mid_\mathrm{50/50}}=\frac{\sqrt{\frac{2g+2}{(g-1)^2}} - \sqrt{ \frac{ \frac{g^2-g}{g-\sqrt{g}}+\frac{g-1}{\sqrt{g}-1}}{(g-1)^2}} }{\sqrt{\frac{2g+2}{(g-1)^2}}}
\end{equation}

\begin{figure}
   \centering
   \includegraphics[angle=0, width=0.75\textwidth]{optimal_ratio.eps}
   \caption{The optimal fraction of time $f$ spent measuring the sample as opposed to measuring the background, as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio $g$.}
    \label{fg:finalf}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
   \centering
   \includegraphics[angle=0, width=0.75\textwidth]{reduction_in_error.eps}
   \caption{The reduction in error that can be obtained by dividing the time optimally between sample and background measurement, as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio $g$.}
    \label{fg:finalopt}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}
Figures \ref{fg:finalf} and \ref{fg:finalopt} show the optimal division of time between sample and background, and the reduction in uncertainty obtained through this optimization, respectively. These figures clarify that the reduction in uncertainty may be worth the trouble of a quick determination of the signal-to-noise ratio, especially in areas where this ratio strongly deviates from unity.

A quick scan of sample and background may be used to automatically select the most optimal use of measurement time, in particular for scanning (small- and wide-angle) diffractometers (including oddities such as Bonse-Hart cameras) where the measurement time \emph{per point} can be freely tuned.

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In addition to their direct effects on osteogenic cells that will be discussed in a later paper, systemic agents may have important interactions with local factors in bone and cartilage. Local factors are necessary for intercellular communication and include cytokines and growth factors. A cytokine can be defined as a soluble low molecular weight cell product that affects the activity of other local cells in a paracrine manner; they may act on their cell of origin by an autocrine mechanism, or via release into the circulation may affect cells at a distant site, behaving as classic endocrine agents. In hard tissues another mechanism of control exists, where locally produced growth factors, or those in the circulation, are incorporated into mineralised matrix and are released during matrix dissolution by osteoclasts or chondroclasts. The term cytokine is now generally used to include molecules that were originally defined as growth factors, e.g., the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), the transforming growth factors (TGF alpha and TGF beta), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). The list of known cytokines is ever increasing and the availability of recombinant forms has allowed extensive study of their biological activities.
In recent years it has been demonstrated that a large number of growth factors and cytokines regulate the proliferation and differentiation of bone and cartilage cells in vitro and in vivo (Table 2). This subject has been extensively reviewed (Goldring & Goldring, 1990; Canalis, McCarthy & Centrella, 1988a; Price & Russell, 1992; Martin, 1989). There is also increasing evidence that abnormal production of cytokines in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis may result in inappropriate responses by bone and cartilage cells. Those cytokines and growth factors considered to be of particular importance during bone development and growth include the IGFs, TGF a and b, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), FGF, PDGF and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Many of the cell types present in the microenvironment of growing bone contribute to the local synthesis of cytokines and growth factors including the resident endothelial cells, marrow stromal cells, osteoblasts, periosteal cells and chondrocytes. The haemopoetic cells present in bone marrow include circulating monocytes, macrophages and T cells; these are another potential source of cytokines. In fact, several lines of evidence point to there being a close relationship between bone cells and cells of the immune system (Skjodt & Russell, 1993).
In addition to having effects on the growth plate chondrocytes, locally synthesised and circulating IGFs retained in bone matrix are important in the regulation of bone remodelling. Osteoblasts synthesise IGFs; with human bone cells producing more IGF-II relative to IGF-I, and in human bone matrix IGF-II is present in 10-15-fold greater concentrations than IGF-I (Canalis, McCarthy & Centrella, 1988b; Mohan et al., 1988). However, in the rat, IGF-I is considered to be more important than IGF-II in regulating bone cell metabolism (Mohan & Baylink, 1991). Both IGF-I and IGF-II stimulate osteoblast and chondrocyte proliferation, induce differentiation in osteoblasts and maintain the chondrocyte phenotype (McCarthy, Centrella & Canalis, 1989; Sandell et al., 1988). Some of the anabolic effects of PTH and oestrogen on bone may be effected by alterations in the local synthesis of IGFs (Canalis et al., 1988; Ernst, Heath & Rodan, 1989). Local concentrations of IGFs will also be regulated by osteoblastic synthesis of binding proteins (IGFBPs), IGFBPs synthesis itself being altered by growth hormone and oestradiol (Schmid et al., 1989).
TGFs have diverse effects on growth and differentiation in normal and neoplastic cell types (Lawrence, 1989). Most important in skeletal tissue are members of the TGF-b gene family which includes the activins, inhibins, mullerian inhibiting substance, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), the drosophila decapentaplegic gene complex product (dpp), and products of the mammalian Vgr gene. At least three isoforms of TGF-b have been isolated in mammalian tissues (TGF-b 1,2,3). There is considerable sequence identity and shared biological effects between these isoforms (Burt & Paton, 1992). TGF-b is produced by several cell types, with bone matrix one of the most abundant sources of both TGF-b1 and TGF-b2 (Seyedin et al., 1985). Regulation of TGF-b, like that of many cytokines, occurs not only at a transcriptional or translational level; it is secreted and stored in a latent form that requires activation to become functional. Considerable evidence exists supporting a role for TGF-b in morphogenesis, in the regulation of endochondral ossification and in bone remodelling (Kimelman & Kirchner, 1987; Ruscette & Palladino, 1991; Carrington et al., 1988). High levels of TGF-b messenger RNA are expressed in the growth plate of fetal human long bones (Sandberg et al., 1988), and TGF-b has been immunolocalised at sites of endochondral ossification in the developing mouse skeleton (Heine et al., 1987). TGF-b induces chondrogenic activity in mesenchymal cells (Seyedin et al., 1985), and accumulates during endochondral ossification in the demineralised bone implant model (Carrington et al., 1988). In vitro studies have shown that TGF-b regulates the synthesis of collagen by growth plate chondrocytes; increasing the synthesis of type I relative to type II collagen (Rosen et al., 1988; Sandell et al., 1989); it may therefore control mineralisation by regulation of hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation. The effects of TGF-b on endochondral ossification may be to stimulate growth in the undifferentiated cell, with different effects on the terminally differentiated chondrocyte.
TGF-b has a role to play in regulation of bone remodelling, having effects on the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells in vitro (Bonewald & Mondy, 1990), and periosteal injection will stimulate bone formation in vivo (Mackie & Trechsel, 1990). TGF-b inhibits interleukin-1 and 1,25(OH)2D3 induced bone resorption and the formation of multinucleated osteoclast-like cells in a human marrow culture system (Chenu et al., 1988; Pfeilschifter, Seyedin & Mundy, 1988). These diverse effects of TGF-b on bone cells have led to the hypothesis that TGF-b may have a role in the coupling of bone formation to bone resorption. One proposed mechanism is that during bone resorption latent TBF-b is released from bone matrix and activated (possibly by the low pH and/or proteases), to act locally on bone cells (Bonewald & Mundy, 1990).
This large family of proteins has aroused considerable interest in the bone cell field, since the discovery that the implantation of demineralised matrix at subcutaneous or intramuscular sites leads to bone formation (Urist, 1965). The factors in bone matrix responsible for this induction of bone formation were named the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). There are now known to be 7 members of this family (BMPs 1-7); all except BMP1 are members of the TGF-b family. BMP1 has been classed as a novel regulatory protein (Wozney, 1989). Chromosome mapping has shown that the BMP2A and BMP3 genes map to conserved regions between mouse and human, while the BMP1 gene does not (Tabas et al., 1991). The term 'bone morphogenetic' may, however, prove to be a misnomer, since the messenger RNA for the BMPs are expressed in a wide variety of tissues (Bentley et al., 1992), suggesting limited tissue specificity of function.
BMPs are the only molecules so far discovered capable of independently inducing endochondral ossification in vivo. TGF-b1 and TGF-b2 enhance the osteoinductive properties of BMPs; however, injection of TGF-bs on their own leads to extensive fibrous tissue formation only (Bentz, Armstrong & Seyedin, 1987). The mechanism of action of the BMPs has yet to be defined. However, the availability of recombinant forms has led to much work on their biological activity in vivo and in vitro. Recombinant forms of BMP2 and BMP4 induce ectopic bone formation, and BMP2 will heal cortical bone defects by an endochondral process (Hammonds et al., 1991; Wang, Rosen & Cordes, 1990; Yasko et al., 1992). BMP2 stimulates the growth and differentiation of growth plate chondrocytes in vitro, and results in the development of the osteoblast phenotype in a rat pluripotential cell line (Hiraki et al., 1991). Osteoblasts have been shown to have high affinity binding proteins for BMP on the cell surface (Paralkar, Hammonds & Reddi, 1991).
Indirect lines of evidence demonstrate that BMPs have a critical role in bone development. Firstly, the protein encoded by the decapentaplegic locus (dpp) in Drosophila is a member of the TGF-b family member with 75% sequence homology to BMP2, suggesting a common ancestral gene. Developmental anomalies produced by mutations of the dpp gene are similar to patterns of disease expression in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, a developmental disorder characterised by deformations of the hands and feet and heterotopic chondrogenesis (Kaplan, Tabas & Zasloff, 1990). In addition, the chromosomal locations of the BMP genes overlap with the loci for several disorders of cartilage and bone formation (Tabas et al., 1991). More direct evidence is provided by a recent study which demonstrated that BMP2, together with fibroblast growth factor-4, is important in regulating limb growth in the mouse embryo (Niswander & Martin, 1993).
FGF is a heparin binding peptide that exists in two forms, acidic and basic, with 55% sequence homology between the two (Gimenez-Gallego, 1985). The regulation of the synthesis and secretion of FGF is not well understood, although the biological effects have been widely characterised. FGFs are potent mitogens for osteoblasts, chondrocytes and endothelial cells, and stimulate proliferation of mesenchymal cells in the developing limb that leads to limb outgrowth (Niswander & Martin, 1993). FGF receptors are expressed in limb mesenchyme as is mRNA for FGF-4 (Niswander & Martin, 1992; Suzuki et al., 1992).
There is increasing evidence that basic FGF (bFGF) is also important at later stages of bone growth, bFGF interacts with two classes of binding sites on bovine growth plate chondrocytes: a high-affinity bFGF receptor and a low-affinity heparin-like binding site (Tripper et al., 1992). FGF and IGF-1 are the minimum growth factor requirements for serum-free growth of avian growth plate chondrocytes (Leach & Rosselot, 1992), and bFGF increases collagen and proteoglycan synthesis by growth plate chondrocytes cultured from sheep, having a synergistic effect with TGF-b (Hill et al., 1992). FGFs are not secreted proteins since a leader sequence is lacking, so they may only be released from their cell of origin after membrane disruption. In this way FGF released from the degenerating chondrocyte may act as a mitogen for metaphyseal vessels (since FGF is a potent angiogenic factor) and cells of the osteoclast lineage. Like the growth factors discussed previously, bFGF is found in bone matrix, and has been shown to be synthesised by bone cells in vitro (Hauschka et al., 1986; Canalis, Centrella & McCarthy, 1988). During bone remodelling, FGF synthesised by osteoblasts and stored in bone matrix may be released following osteoclastic bone resorption. Activated FGF may then be important in stimulating bone formation by increasing the number of osteoblastic precursor cells. bFGF has no effect on osteoblast differentiation (Canalis, Centrella & McCarthy, 1988).
PDGF, a dimeric 30kDa peptide, was initially isolated from human platelets and is known to exist in both homo- and heterodimeric forms (Ross, 1989). PDGF has been found in bone matrix extracts and is secreted by human osteosarcoma cells and untransformed rat osteoblasts (Betsholtz et al., 1986). However, its synthesis by normal human osteoblasts or chondrocytes has not been reported. The PDGF located in bone matrix may be sequestered from the systemic circulation. PDGF is mitogenic for osteoblasts, fibroblasts and periosteal cells, although it is possible some of these effects may be mediated by IGF-I, since PDGF increases IGF-I synthesis in mesenchymal cells (Mohan & Baylink, 1991).
PDGF may play a role in bone development and growth, although little is known of the precise mechanism. PDGF gene expression has been reported in pre-implantation mouse embryos (Rappolee et al., 1988), but PDGF has no effect on limb bud elongation in mice (Niswander & Martin, 1993). Both homodimeric forms of PDGF bind and increase DNA synthesis in growth plate chondrocytes, having an additive effect with IGF-1 (Wroblewski & Edwall, 1991). This study also demonstrated an increase in alkaline phosphatase activity and c-fos expression in chondrocytes following PDGF stimulation.
Several other cytokines are known to be important in the regulation of bone and cartilage cells, although little is currently known of their role in normal endochondral ossification. In the stunted child, where disease may be a significant contributing factor, cytokine effects on the bone growth plate may be of particular importance. For example, in post-menopausal osteoporosis, cytokine production by circulating cells may be altered, and this mechanism is believed to be important in the uncoupling of bone formation from resorption characteristic of this disease (Pacifici et al., 1987).
Alpha and beta forms of TNF exist and, although there is only 28% sequence identity, they share the same receptors, and their range of biological activities overlaps, with many similar functions to IL-1. A second form of the TNF receptor exists that binds to circulating TNF, and is shed after cleavage of the extracellular TNF cell surface receptor. TNFa is produced by most cell types, including osteoblasts, in response to a range of non-specific signals (Gowen et al., 1990). TNFb is only induced by specific antigens and has only been shown to be synthesized by activated T cells (Beutler & Cerami, 1988). In skeletal tissues, TNFs stimulate bone and cartilage resorption and cell division (Gowen, MacDonald & Russell, 1988; gunning & Russell, 1989). TNFa has been shown to reversibly inhibit ectopic bone formation in mice by preventing mesenchymal cells from differentiating into chondrocytes (Yoshikawa et al., 1988). Since TNFa induces neo-vascularisation in vivo, it may work with other local factors, including FGF and TGFa to stimulate vascular invasion of the growth plate (Folkman & Klagsbrun, 1987).
IL-1 exists in two 17 kDa forms, alpha and beta, that have a similar spectrum of biological activity but little sequence homology. IL-1 was originally isolated from cells of the monocyte series but has subsequently been shown to be expressed by most cell types, including human osteoblasts (Keeling, Rifas & Harris, 1991). The range of biological effects of IL-1 is extensive, with activities previously attributed to leucocyte endogenous mediator (LEM), mononuclear cell factor (MCF), osteoclast activating factor (OAF) and catabolin now known to be those of IL-1 (Dinarello, 1987). The first cell surface receptor to be identified for IL-1 was found to be a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily (Sims et al., 1988), and it is felt that cytokine interactions occur at this level of the receptor, with receptors for PDGF, IL-6 and the colony stimulating factors (CSFs) included in this family. A naturally occurring specific antagonist has been recently characterised that competes for occupancy of the cell surface receptor (IL-1ra, Dinarello & Thompson, 1991). There is also evidence that there may be a soluble form of IL-1 receptor (Symons, East-gate & Duff, 1991). The most potent inducer of IL-1 synthesis is endotoxin, but it is also induced by a number of other cytokines and in an autocrine manner by IL-1. IL-1b stimulates bone resorption in vitro and in vivo, and increases the proliferation of osteoblast cells and the production of other cytokines by osteoblasts (Gowen et al., 1983; Gowen, Wood & Russell, 1985; Gowen et al., 1990). IL-1 mRNA has been localised in the calcified cartilage zone of growth plate, and together with BMP enhances ectopic bone formation in vivo, and cartilage formation in vitro (Mahy & Urist, 1988). Since IL-1 suppresses cell proliferation and proteoglycan synthesis in chondrocytes, and decreases types II and IX collagen synthesis, it may suppress the cartilage phenotype in the hypertrophic zone that precedes the onset of mineralisation (Ikebe, Hirata & Koga, 1988; Goldring et al., 1988). Local synthesis of IL-1 and TNFa may also be important in the remodelling of matrix in the metaphysis via stimulation of the synthesis of proteinase enzymes by bone and cartilage cells.
IL-6 is a 23-28 kDa protein produced by many cell types including fibroblasts, bone and cartilage cells as well as monocytes. Synthesis in osteoblastic cells is stimulated by a range of factors including IL-1 and PTH (Linkhart et al., 1991; Lowik et al., 1989; Feyen et al., 1989). The considerable overlap in the biological activities of IL-6 and IL-1 has led to the suggestion that IL-6 mediates some of the actions of IL-1. The role that IL-6 plays in bone is not clear. Direct effects have been demonstrated in osteosarcoma cells, although it has not been shown to affect cell growth or differentiation in primary cultures of human osteoblast cells (Fang & Hahn, 1991; Littlewood et al., 1991). Similarly the effect of IL-6 on bone resorption is not well defined. In two studies involving the mouse calvarial system IL-6 had no effect on resorption, whereas others reported that IL-6 stimulated resorption (Al-Humidan et al., 1991; Ishimi, Miyaura & Jin, 1990). There is also evidence that IL-6 may mediate some of the effects of oestrogen on bone.
IL-8, or neutrophil activating factor (NAF), is an inflammatory mediator produced by a wide variety of cell types. IL-8 is a potent attractant for neutrophils and may have an important role to play in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis (Peveri et al., 1988). Other members of the IL-8 supergene family may also have effects within connective tissues, including the monocyte chemotactic and activating factor (MCAF), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-2) and platelet factor-4.
This is a family of molecules that are potent inhibitors of malignant and normal cell proliferation. There are three types, alpha, beta and gamma, and of these only IFNg has significant osteotropic effects. Its principal role is believed to be that of an antagonist to IL-1 and TNFa induced bone resorption. IFNg inhibits bone resorption, in part, by inhibiting osteoclast formation from precursors (Hoffmann et al., 1987; Takahashi, Mundy & Roodman, 1986).
These molecules are of importance in haematopoetic differentiation and those studied most in relation to bone are the monocyte./macrophage CSF (M-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage (GM-CSF) and multi-CSF (IL-3), because of the assumption that osteoclasts and monocytes share a common ancestor. Both GM-CSF and M-CSF are produced by marrow stromal cells, and M-CSF is known to be required for normal osteoclast development (Felix, Elford & Stoerckle, 1988). In the 'op/op mouse', a naturally occurring model in which the M-CSF gene is mutated, the animals have osteopetrosis (a condition of impaired bone resorption), and this can be reversed by the injection of M-CSF (Felix, Cecchini & Fleisch, 1990).
PTHrP is a peptide closely related to PTH that is produced by normal tissues, with similar effects to PTH on bone. It has been established as having an important role in regulating the hypercalcaemia that is associated with some malignancies (Webb et al., 1988). PTHrP has also been identified as a fetal hormone which may regulate placental calcium (Ca2+) flux (Orloff, 1989). This peptide may also have an important role in skeletal development, having been localised in embryonic bone, and a recent study has shown that mice with a defective PTHrP gene have multiple skeletal abnormalities (Karaplis et al., 1992).
This peptide is a separate product of the calcitonin gene. There is increasing evidence to suggest it is important in the local regulation of skeletal tissues. CGRP inhibits bone resorption (De Souza et al., 1986), it has effects on osteoblast cells, and may regulate cytokine synthesis by osteoblast precursors (Michelangeli et al., 1989). Its location in nerve cells is evidence for a potential role as a neurogenic modulator of bone cells (Weigent & Blalock, 1987).


London Calling by James Craig, a Mysterious Review.
Review: Detective Inspector John Carlyle walks a fine line when he investigates the murder of several men, who also to have a connection to the country's political elite in London Calling, the first mystery in this series by James Craig.
Initially at a loss to explain the link between the men, who have each been murdered in a most particular manner, Carlyle does the obvious: enter their names in a search engine. They all have ties to early- to mid-1980s Cambridge, and more specifically, "The Merrion Club: Young, Rich, and Drunk". Further research reveals that "it wasn't considered a proper night out until a restaurant had been trashed. A night in the cells was part for the course for a Merrion man. So, too, was the debagging of anyone who incurred the irritation of the Club." But in order to learn a motive for the crimes, Carlyle must question other members of the Club, who were there at the same time as the murdered men. And several of those members are on the cusp of taking over leadership of the country, including the presumed next Prime Minister, none of whom seem particularly interested in revisiting the past.
London Calling is an unusual sort of modern crime novel. It's not a procedural or a whodunit; in a series of flashbacks it's revealed that a man committed suicide after a round of "debagging" by the Club, and it's pretty obvious early on to the reader, if not Carlyle, who the killer is. Indeed, the investigative plotline is actually fairly thin. Rather the narrative often takes on a literary quality, with long, elegantly written paragraphs that are stylish but contribute little in the way of advancing the plot. There are also conversations between two people often lasting 20 pages or more. Lengthy, to be sure, but also surprisingly interesting and well-written, providing unexpected insights into the characters. And in a twist that isn't a twist, everything is not neatly wrapped up in a pretty package at the end.
From a character perspective, John Carlyle is refreshingly normal. His family life is normal, he has a normal relationship with his colleagues, and he seems to take a balanced and reasoned approach to his job (i.e. not doing the dumb things smart people do in so many other mysteries).
While it doesn't take any significant risks in plot or character development, London Calling is on balance a departure from what seems to pass as popular crime fiction these days, and a welcome one at that.
Acknowledgment: Soho Press provided an ARC of London Calling for this review.


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Australia's Studio One Flight Up Achieves "Fantastic" Sound with an API 1608
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 2014: A self-proclaimed 'analog-minded person,' Nick Irving, owner of Studio One Flight Up in Sydney, works with independent singers, songwriters and musicians who are driven to create great records. While the studio is home to several vintage analog outboard gear pieces, Irving wanted a brand-new, reliable analog console to bring together the sound he works to achieve. Deb Sloss of Studio Connections Australia advised him towards a 32-channel API 1608 console, fitted with twenty-four classic API 550A EQs, and eight 560 EQs.
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"It's a dream console, really," said Irving. "Computers make great multi-track recorders, but for the actual work of recording and mixing sessions, I need to be 'hands-on"." The moveable size of the 1608 played a role in Irving's decision, allowing the studio to eventually grow into a new building. It also comes in 16-channel sections, allowing the actual console to expand, or even be retrofitted. "It's chock full of API's sensational EQs and mic preamps, silky-smooth faders, nice, bright, clear LED lights in all the buttons, and full metering with the brightly-lit VU meters."
Studio One Flight Up uses the 1608 for both recording and mixing needs. "My sounds just get better and better now that I have an API console. Switching the metering between input and direct out is fantastic and very useful. Having buttons to engage the insert points is also a great and useful feature." With the 1608, Irving and his crew do not need extra DI boxes, as each channel of the console has an instrument input. "It's also great that the power supplies are quiet enough that they don't have to be housed in a separate machine room," Irving added.
Now that the studio renovations are complete, Irving is recording and collaborating on an album with Grammy award-winner Myles Heskett (ex-Wolfmother). "It is proving to be lots of fun. We're really enjoying working on the API console. Everything I've done on it sounds fantastic – solid, crisp, clear." Irving proclaimed, "I'll never need another console in my lifetime!"
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Harvey Weinstein's lawyers ask for change of rape trial venue again
New York [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): American film producer Harvey Weinstein's defence team has asked for a change in the venue of the alleged rape trial as the case has developed into a media circus.
Weinstein faces trial for sexual assault charges in New York, two years after the first allegations against the Hollywood mogul emerged.
As per Variety, in August, his team had demanded to move the case to Albany or Suffolk Country, on Long Island. However, in October the court denied the request.
On Wednesday, Harvey's defence lawyers tabled a revived motion demanding that the jury be moved to a quieter jurisdiction.
Citing an alarmingly high percentage of prospective jurors that have said it cannot be fair, Weinstein's attorney Arthur Aidala claimed that his client has had a total bias outbreak.
Few days ago, nearly 100 anti-rape demonstrators protested outside the courtroom, reported Variety.
Arthur said: "Reporters and camera crews fill the entrance to the courthouse and line the hallways leading into the courtroom, celebrity press conferences denouncing the Defendant occur on the courthouse steps, and protests and demonstrations are audible inside the courtroom during proceedings."
On Thursday at the Appellate Court, the defendant requested a hearing on the motion for a new venue.
The motion also requested a delay in choosing the jurors while the Court of Appeal reviews the new request. (ANI)
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This chapter examines the Congo reform movement's use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed.
This article examines the development of tourism in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, and explores the extent to which tourism builds peace or reproduces processes of past conflict. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with tour managers and tour guides that include West Belfast in their itineraries and participant observations of tours conducted in West Belfast in the summer of 2007. The findings from this data suggest that while tourism there is reproducing some processes of past conflict, particularly territoriality, it has the potential to build cross-community relationships.
Ours has become a middle class world. In order to succeed in this environment individuals must become more professionalized. They must learn to be self-motivated experts in their personal and public lives. "The Professionalized Self" explains what is involved. It points to what people must learn to achieve upward mobility in a techno-commercial society.
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(1/7/2018) DenPost reports that lahar flows from active Mount Agung have reduced the depth of the Tukad Unda river in the Regency of Klungkung.
The major Balinese river has seen a reduction of water depths by as much as 4-meters due to lahar brought from the mountain's slopes by heavy rains.
Officials now claim they are trying to determine if steps should be made to remove the accumulation of volcanic material from the Tukad Unda.
Because of the ongoing eruptions on Mount Agung, the accumulation of lahar in the river is likely to increase even more over the coming weeks and month. On one hand, the dredging of the river will help prevent flooding of areas adjoining the Tukad Unda while, on the other hand, the lahar, if left in the river, will be harvested by sand farmers producing a much-needed source of income for the Klungkung economy.
Any plans to dredge the river back to its normal depth would be a massive undertaking both in engineering and financial terms as the siltation of the river has affected almost the entire length of the river from the slopes of Mount Agung down to the city of Semarapura and to the ocean on the eastern shore of Bali.


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Xiaomi launches the long anticipated Mi Max, and announces MIUI8 at an event in China.
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Budget 2010: Bank accounts for all
Guy Anker | Deputy Editor & Head of Operations
Banks must offer all customers a basic current account at the very least, the Chancellor has announced.
He says over the next five years one million more people will have access to a current account, as revealed in yesterday's Bank accounts for all MSE news story.
The Government intends to introduce what it calls a "universal service obligation" giving people the right to a basic bank account under certain conditions. The exact details of the plan are subject to a consultation.
Denied access
Many consumers complain they are unable to get any account facility when they apply, which leaves them unable to carry out transactions that many take for granted (see the Best Bank Accounts guide).
Almost two million people cannot get an account due to a poor credit rating or because they have only been resident in the UK for a short time.
Many are rejected when applying for a standard account but should be offered a basic facility instead. Basic bank accounts usually come with no overdraft and no debit card.
'Long overdue'
Martin Lewis, MoneySavingExpert.com founder, says: "This is long overdue. While banks have been offering basic bank accounts for a long time, their application process indicates they don't really want to offer them.
"Go into some branches, and say you've a poor credit score, and you'll often just be given a normal application – rejection ensues and instead of saying 'try applying for a basic account' you're allowed to walk out unbanked.
"Banks can't have it both ways. Basic bank accounts were brought in as a sop to offset political pressure for banking for all. But if banks are promising current accounts for all they need to deliver – hopefully this will be a step forward."
The British Bankers' Association says in a statement: "Everybody can have a bank account if they want one, unless, and this is rare, the law says they can't.
"It is unclear whether a legal obligation to provide such accounts would make any difference to this steady trend."
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Warning: HSBC customers should triple check payments when transferring cash after app update – some almost sent £1,000s by mistake
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Get tax credits or child benefit paid into a Post Office card account? Set up an alternative account now or your payments will stop
Around 19,000 people who get tax credits, child benefit or guardian's allowance paid into a Post Office card account need to take action urgently as HMRC will stop making payments into these accounts after 30 November.
Lloyds to shut 41 branches and Halifax to close seven - here's a full list of the impacted sites
Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Lloyds and Halifax, is to shut 48 branches next year, citing a fall in customer demand for the closures. We have full details below on which banks are being closed and what to do if your local branch is affected.
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Buffett's Berkshire reveals big stakes in Verizon, Chevron
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone company Verizon Communications Inc and a $4.1 billion stake in oil company Chevron Corp.
The investments were disclosed in a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire's U.S.-listed stock holdings as of Dec. 31.
Berkshire also disclosed a new $499 million stake in the professional services company Marsh & McLennan Cos.
To make room, Berkshire reduced its investments in several companies including Apple Inc, though at approximately $121 billion the iPhone maker remains by far its largest common stock holding.
Verizon shares rose 3.0%, Chevron rose 2.2% and Marsh was unchanged in after-hours trading following Berkshire's filing.
Tuesday's filing signals where Buffett and his portfolio managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler see value, without saying who bought what. Buffett normally handles larger investments such as Verizon and Chevron.
"They are Buffett-esque investments," said Steven Check, who invests $1.3 billion at Check Capital Management Inc in Costa Mesa, California, including $300 million in Berkshire. "Verizon has a low price-earnings ratio, and while oil prices are recovering the stocks still have a long way to go."
The filing also shows Berkshire deploying some of its cash hoard, which totaled $145.7 billion as of Sept. 30.
Berkshire owns more than 90 businesses including Geico car insurance, the BNSF railroad and Dairy Queen ice cream, but has gone five years since its last big acquisition.
The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate had begun investing in Verizon, Chevron and Marsh by last year's third quarter.
As it had several times before, Berkshire won permission from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delay revealing the stakes, to avoid having investors piggyback on its wagers before it was done buying.
Tuesday's filing showed Berkshire, a major investor in Bank of America Corp, cutting back on other banks, reducing its stake in Wells Fargo & Co and shedding JPMorgan Chase & Co, M&T Bank Corp and PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Berkshire also invested more in drugmakers Abbvie Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co while selling a small stake in COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer Inc. It also shed mining company Barrick Gold Corp.
Doug Kass, managing partner of Seabreeze Capital Investment Inc in Palm Beach, Florida, said the Verizon investment "makes sense" reflecting the company's dividend payout and wireless revenue growth prospects.
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Hoping for happy returns: Tariff controversy sent utility-scale solar industry into cost 'tailspin,' but recent changes may alleviate issues
Against the backdrop of a complicated chain of geopolitical trade events, there's a simple conclusion to draw for local solar energy purveyors: Their utility-scale projects have fallen off.
In just the latest governmental action to affect the oft-temperamental costs associated with solar projects, a federal move to address countries suspected of circumventing tariffs imposed on solar cells from China sent the market into what solar expert Thomas Loredo called a "tailspin."
Thomas Loredo. (File photo)
"The prospect of a tariff being imposed really hurt the industry," he said. "It made the availability of modules scarcer. It drove up price points. And it actually had a big enough impact on utility-scale projects that many actually were canceled."
The amount of utility-scale solar being deployed in the second quarter of this year was about 25% diminished from what it was the year before, according to a September report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and research group Wood Mackenzie.
Loredo, a senior vice president at Hawthorne-based Pfister Energy, which develops utility-scale solar projects, said there's been some relief for his sector offered since. In June, President Joe Biden suspended anti-dumping duties that could be levied on imported solar components from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in an effort to accelerate solar projects.
Solar cells and panels imported from those Southeast Asian countries became the subject of a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation after it was alleged that products coming through those countries were circumventing tariffs that would have to be paid if they came directly from China. The U.S. has been collecting countervailing and anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar imports for the past decade.
After talk of anti-circumvention duties (and extra costs devoted to imported solar components) stalled projects, a moratorium was introduced that would temporarily shield products brought into the U.S. from the four Southeast Asian countries in the case that the industry's feared anti-circumvention duties are imposed.
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"The 30-50% price increase we've seen hasn't reduced," Loredo said. "We used to buy panels in the low 30-cents-per-watt range. Now it's around the 40-cent-per-watt range. The availability is there, more than it was, but the prices are still higher than they were."
Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie's September industry report noted a slight uptick in utility-scale solar projects from the start of the year. But the full effect of the temporary safe harbor the federal government introduced might not be felt immediately.
Meanwhile, Loredo does see some sunlight breaking through the clouds in another way.
One of the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was a 10-year extension of the Investment Tax Credit, which was credited with growing adoption of solar energy to begin with. The bill provides a credit at 30% of the cost of installed solar equipment, with additional benefits for the project's location or the use of domestic products.
Especially with the conundrum imported solar components have put the sector in, Loredo said the next few years will have more of the industry's manufacturing brought stateside.
"In fairness, we're two and a half to three years down the road from seeing a lot of domestic products," he said. "The manufacturers there are in the U.S. are overburdened right now. … But we're seeing a lot of ramp-up and manufacturers coming online."


Impersonator, singer, actress and TV host Véronic DiCaire will join Céline Dion as her opening act on her LIVE 2017 European Tour this summer. Véronic has been a very popular complement to Céline's tours in previous years... starting with the Taking Chances tour in 2008, and most recently opening up for her in Belgium in 2016.
Véronic is able to recreate many of the greatest voices in the world with uncanny accuracy, impressing audiences everywhere she goes. She's an incredible talent and truly one-of-a-kind!
In 2008, Céline Dion and René Angélil personally requested Véronicto open for the Taking Chances show at the Montréal Bell Centre. In one night, her life had changed! With this huge success, she performed to sold-out shows everywhere in Québec and travelled with her multiple voices on a European tour, which saw her play 12 nights at the renowned Olympia de Paris Theatre.
Véronic began a residency in Vegas in 2013– Voices – at Bally's Hotel & Casino's Jubilee Theatre. The show was co-produced by Céline Dion and ran until the end of 2015. It garnered much critical acclaim and she was chosen as Best Singer for the 2014 Best of Las Vegas Awards, and voted winner in the category of "best impressionist successor to Danny Gans" in Vegas SEVEN's Best of the City 2014.
Véronic will open for Céline's shows across Europe and the UK, kicking off in Copenhagen on 15 June and travelling to Sweden, Netherlands, The UK, France, Switzerland and Germany.
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Mildly flavored lentil soup with light Indian spices and herbs.
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Combination of tandoori chicken, lamb kebab, fish kebab and shrimp, served with Bengal crisp salad. Served with carmalized onions, mixed peppers and basmati rice.
Fresh whole shrimp cooked with light Indian spices and herbs served with caramelized onion. Served with basmati rice.
Fresh shrimp cooked with spinach, cauliflower and mushrooms in a thick spiced flavor sauce. Served with basmati rice.
Cooked in tandoori oven, sauteed with Indian spices. Served with basmati rice.
Cooked with Indian spices and herbs. Served with basmati rice.
Jumbo shrimp cooked with spiced flavor sauce. Served with basmati rice.
Cooked with cashews, almonds and mild creamy sauce. Served with basmati rice.
Fresh spinach with aromatic spices. Served with basmati rice.
Eggplant cooked with Indian spices, onions and tomatoes. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Chickpeas and potatoes cooked with curry flavored sauce. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Mixed vegetable cooked in onion flavored sauce. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Fresh okra sauteed with onion, tomatoes and a blend of spices. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Spinach and tomatoes sauteed with Indian herbs and spices. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Homemade cheese with spring peas and Indian spices. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Sauteed cauliflower, potatoes and fresh tomatoes. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
Mix vegetables in traditional spices and sweet cream sauce. Served with basmati rice. Veggie.
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Fluffy fruit bread with nuts.
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Pan fried stuffed with potatoes.
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Yellow lentils with onions, garlic and spices.
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Sauteed mushrooms and mixed veggie.
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hwæl-weg, m.n: the path of the whale, the ocean, the 'whale-way'.
Image: Thomas de Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, Valenciennes, BM, ms. 320, f. 111v. Ca 1285. From Medieval Animal Data Network.
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Barca, the colloquial identify for Futbol Club Barcelona or F.C. Barcelona, is known and respected throughout the world as certainly one of its premier groups, and is one among solely three never to have been relegated from the Spanish La Liga. In April 2007, Cablevision offered its 60% interest in FSN Bay Space to Comcast. The network was rebranded as Comcast SportsNet Bay Space on March 31, 2008, and continued to carry select FSN programming till August 2012. Fox Sports activities offered its stake in the network to Comcast in April 2008.
Right now that's the manner the Fed and the Treasury act. The Fed has all these securities it has bought. One way or the other it's thought the Treasury owes the Fed the money it has spent in buying the securities. Both the Treasury will get the money from taxes or from banks which already have cash to lend. So, the Treasury points new securities, banks buy them and then the Fed buys the securities with money it creates out of skinny air. (The implications of that are ignored). The Fed now holds the securities. Treasury buys again the outdated mature securities with cash obtained from issuing new securities. Fed then buys these new securities from the banks. Every purchase by the Fed means the Fed will get 6% of the curiosity on the securities it buys as a transaction charge. So this turns into a gentle earnings stream for the Fed.
10. Because the Manzanares River impedes expansion to the west, Madrid has unfold eastward from the nucleus between the Plaza Mayor and the Royal Palace (Palacio Actual or Palacio de Oriente). Up to the mid-nineteenth century, development was restrained by the partitions constructed by Philip IV in 1625, however in 1860 the walls La Liga have been demolished and a brand new stage of development started. The marquis de Salamanca based the Salamanca residential district east of the Paseo de Recoletos (Paseo de Calvo Sotelo), and in 1910 the Gran Vía was lower by the old city.
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BASKERVILLE (PTC): The adventure of the omnipresent detective
December 13, 2015 - Ninni Saajola
Ron Menzel, Adam Green, and Henry Clark in PTC's BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY (Photo credit: Mark Garvin)
Playing the part of Sherlock Holmes in some form or another has become one of the contemporary world's must-dos for actors. Similarly, the source material has seen countless versions—different genres, time periods, countries, genders. So Ken Ludwig's idea of turning a Sherlock Holmes story into a comedy isn't groundbreaking, which means the execution of the idea needs to be really good to stand out from the crowd of adaptations. It isn't.
BASKERVILLE is based on one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, the one where Sherlock (Ron Menzel) and Dr. Watson (Henry Clarke) travel to Dartmoor (or "The Moors") where they try to figure out whether the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, a monstrous dog that haunts the moors, is true. When they arrive, one mysterious murder has already happened, and the American heir Sir Henry (Matt Zambrano) is the likely target of the next one—but why? Since this is a comedic version, if features a whole host of strange side characters played by Crystal Finn, Adam Green and Matt Zambrano. Most of the comedy comes from these minor characters, and most of that comedy is based on different bad accents and caricatures that would be at home in a 1940s musical.
It's not so much that BASKERVILLE isn't fun or funny—it has its moments. Those moments, however, are overshadowed by the fact that most of the comedy is not just tired, but bordering on offensive. For example, the character of the butler is apparently funny because he is disabled. And the character of Stapleton is funny because he's an effeminate man. When it comes to comedy, being offensive is not a bad thing, but it becomes a problem when offense is made in such a tiresome way. Watching this play, one half expects a character to show up in blackface to complete the range of what was funny in 1948.
It's sad that the script is so uninspired, as other parts of the production deserve praise. The costume (Jess Goldstein) and set (Daniel Ostling) design, for example, are much more creative and fun than any part of the script. In fact, they are responsible for most of the truly delightful moments in this production. The acting is farcical, but it couldn't really be anything else under the circumstances, and at times, the actors manage to elevate the material into something laughter-worthy. But not even the good acting can lend this production any real substance.
If you enjoy farces in general and Ken Ludwig's style in particular, or wish to be delighted by some innovative set and costume design, BASKERVILLE is a good choice. Otherwise, you're better off reading the book or watching one of the thousand other adaptations.
[Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad Street] November 27-December 27, 2015; philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
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Ninni Saajola
Ninni Saajola is a screenwriter who has written both for television and radio theatre in her far, far away homeland and is now finishing her second B.A. in Philadelphia while working with miscellaneous theatre projects and continuing to write professionally in Europe.


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Special Interests: Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Consulant Cardiac Surgeon at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Trained in Oxford and West Midlands.
Co chair of Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) Education Sub-Committee.
Member of SCTS Executive
Member of Specialist Advisory Board-Cardiothoracics
Member of Specialist advisory Group, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Member of Intercollegiate Specialty Board for Examinations
Training Attended
SCTS 2015
AATS 2015
ASCTVS 2015
Qualifications & Accreditations
Bsc Hons Bristol 1989
MB ChB Bristol 1992
FRCS CTh 2003
MD Birmingham 2003
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Risk-adjusted in-hospital survival rate
This graph shows the "in hospital" survival rate of patients who are operated on by the individual surgeon/unit you have selected. "In hospital" means time the patient is in the hospital where they have had their operation. It does not include any time that patients may have spent in other hospitals, either before or after their heart operation.
The data has been through a complex methodology, including the variations in patient risk factors in order to give you a comparative base from which to work from. This means that the survival rates take into account the type and risk of patients being operated on for each surgeon/unit. This is known as risk adjusted survival.
The vertical axis shows the GMC number of the surgeon or the Hospital identifier. In brackets is the total number of patients operated on by the surgeon/unit and the percentage of patients for whom the survival is known. The horizontal axis is the percentage survival. The dashed vertical line shows the risk adjusted survival rate for the UK as a whole. The solid black horizontal line represents the surgeon/unit. What is important here is that the horizontal line crosses the vertical dashed line. If this occurs, it means that the surgeon/unit are within the expected outcomes given the case-mix and risk factors of the patients they operate on.
The icons that sit on the horizontal line should give you more information about your surgeon/team.
The open square is the survival rate with no risk adjustments:
The X is the predicted survival with adjustments
The solid dot is the survival probability after the methodology has been applied.
If the solid dot is red it means survival is worse than expected
If the solid dot is black it means that it is within limits
If the solid dot is green it means that there is significantly higher survival than expected
There is a lot of information on these plots, but the takeaway message is that if the solid black line crosses the dashed vertical line then the survival rate for the surgeon/unit is within expectations and that there is no reason for any concern.
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Now that you have taken the postal battery 473-e test, what do you do? When can you expect the test scores to come in? And what happens after that? These questions have no doubt plagued you as soon as you have completed your proctored exam at the supervised testing site.
When the postal test 473 was still a pencil and paper test, applicants had to wait for about 4 weeks for their test score to arrive. Back then, the answer sheet had to be sent to the National Test Administration Center for scoring. Now, however, technology has vastly improved to the point that you can see your test score right away as soon as you check your email. The USPS will send your score to the email address listed in your Candidate Profile as soon as you have finished taking the test from the supervised test site.
You need to have a score of 70/100 to be eligible for the entrance register of the Postal Service. In this register, the names of all who took the exam will put on the list. Take note that the register will rank the applicants in descending order and most of the time, only those who are on top of the list are called for an interview. That means you need to have a score of 90 or more to make it to the top of the roster. Just because your name is already on the register doesn't assure you of a USPS job. However, your score on the postal exam 473-e is valid for six years if you have not been hired during that span of time. For other postal battery exams, the date of validity of your test is shown in your Notice of Rating.
If you have received a score below the set minimum (70/100), your test result will indicate that you got an ineligible rating. This means that you will not be placed in the entrance register and therefore, will not be able to proceed to the next step of the hiring process. Your notice of rating will indicate when you can take another test. For the 473, you will have to wait for at least 120 days before you can take that test again. Furthermore, you will only be able to take the test if you apply for another USPS employment opportunity requiring the taking of that particular postal battery test.
Once you receive a call for an interview, it is imperative that you show up on time and in professional attire. Try to answer the panelists honestly and respectfully. If you pass that interview, you will be asked to undergo some more background and medical assessments before you will finally be offered a job at the United States Postal Service.


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Liberals promise pipeline revenue will go to 'natural' solutions like tree planting
By Victoria Gibson. Published on Sep 27, 2019 1:17pm
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau canoes on Lake Laurentin before making an enivironment announcement while campaigning Thursday, September 26, 2019 in Sudbury, Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
A re-elected Liberal government would spend $3 billion, offset by revenue from the Trans Mountain Pipeline, on planting trees and other "natural" climate solutions over the next decade, party leader Justin Trudeau promised on Friday.
Trudeau's newest commitment on the campaign trail — which includes planting two billion trees, supporting 3,500 seasonal tree planting jobs and working on cost-sharing models to increase tree cover, among other measures — came after a morning meeting between Trudeau and 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in Montreal. (Thunberg has previously criticized the Liberal government's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion purchase as "shameful.")
Thunberg told reporters after the meeting that Trudeau was "not doing enough." When asked about the criticism, Trudeau told reporters he agreed with Thunberg "entirely" — but carried on to defend their purchase of the pipeline, saying the Liberal government's plan "includes getting a better price for our oil resources."
Like his Green and NDP counterparts, Trudeau is set to participate in a climate march on Friday afternoon — Trudeau and Elizabeth May will march in Montreal, and Jagmeet Singh will march in Victoria. Trudeau took aim at Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, who is not participating in any of the marches, by accusing his opponent of "choosing to hide today." The two leaders have sparred in particular over the Liberal government's carbon tax; Scheer has vowed that repealing the levy would be his first action as prime minister.
READ MORE: Carbon pricing and climate pledges, explained: a look at where the parties stand
Trudeau, along with Liberal candidate Steven Guilbeault, touched on a particular criticism of the carbon tax on Friday. Earlier this year, a Parliamentary Budget Officer report earlier this year determining that on top of existing policies, the carbon tax would have to double by 2030 for Canada to meet its Paris climate agreement targets. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said at the time that they didn't intend to raise the tax after it reaches $50 per tonne in 2022.
Shortly before the campaign began, McKenna appeared to back off that pledge in an interview, saying the issue would be consulted upon towards the end of the next mandate. Some Conservative politicians interpreted her comment as an admission that the tax could go up; McKenna continued to deny that an increase was planned. Guilbeault, who is running in the riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie, was asked by reporters at Trudeau's Friday announcement if he thought the tax would have to go up. "We'll have to see," Guilbeault replied.
Trudeau then returned to the mic, telling reporters his party had a plan until 2022, and there would be an election in 2023 to talk about "next steps."
The new pledges from the Liberals the latest in what's been a week-long blitz of environment-related announcements. On Tuesday, the party pledged a target of net-zero emissions by 2050, though neither Environment Minister Catherine McKenna or Trudeau offered much detail on their plan to reach that target.
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On Wednesday, the party added vows to create a national flood insurance program, an EI benefit for those who miss work due to natural disasters, and a national action plan to assist homeowners in high risk zones for repeat flooding with potential relocations. Details on the action plan were sparse, with Trudeau telling reporters that his re-elected government would start with their national insurance plan and more flood mapping country-wide.
The Liberals also made promises on Wednesday around home retrofits, including the offer of interest-free loans. Other parties, too, have identified home retrofitting as part of their environmental plans. The Conservatives have promised a 20 per cent refundable tax credit for "green" home improvements; the NDP says they will set a goal to retrofit all Canadian housing stock by 2050; and the Green Party is pledging to mandate energy retrofits for all buildings by 2030.
Yesterday, in Sudbury, Trudeau added that a re-elected Liberal government would set new land and ocean protection targets — aiming for 25 per cent protection of each by 2025. Trudeau faced questions in response about Canada's existing 2020 biodiversity goals; his government was criticized by a group of scientists earlier this year for allegedly falling short on those goals. Trudeau responded by saying the existing goals would be achieved by the end of next year.
Trudeau also announced on Thursday that his government would expand a Learn to Camp program, if elected again, and would create an assistance program for lower-income families that provided camping accommodations and a bursary of up to $2,000 for their trip. Trudeau was asked by a reporter on Friday whether he felt it was "paternalistic" to offer low income families money that could only be used for camping; in response, Trudeau cited the uptake of measures like free access to parks during Canada 150. "We want to raise a new generation of young people who understand how important nature is," Trudeau said.
Some details of Friday's pledges are yet to be worked out. The Party has pledged to "work with experts" to design the newly-promised initiatives, with an emissions-reduction goal by an estimated 30 megatonnes by 2030.
Like other campaign promises so far from the Liberal Party, the announcement on Friday was not accompanied by an independent costing by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Trudeau vowed in Montreal on Friday that the party would be sharing their platform and a full costing, including work by the PBO, before a TVA debate planned next Wednesday. Trudeau has not committed to costing all his election promises through the PBO, telling reporters in Fredericton, N.B. last week that the PBO was analyzing "specific measures" that his party was pitching.


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However, as I noted at the time, this can only be used when handling a repeating outer element. But what if there is a repeating element within each of those outer elements? In this second part of the series we will be studying how to handle those situations.
As you can see it is very similar to the examples we used in part 1. I have just taken it to the next level. First I have allowed for a customer to have more than one address. In addition each individual </Address> element can now have a Type attribute associated with it to indicate whether it represents a mailing or shipping address. I demonstrated how to handle attributes in part 1, but this time I am also allowing for the Type to be omitted, in which case the program logic will default it to "Mailing". You can see the changes I have made to the data structures below. Note in particular that I have allowed for a maximum of 10 addresses per customer.
If you were to leave the rest of the program unchanged it would compile just fine, but if you tried to run it you would get the error: "The XML document does not match the RPG variable; reason code 2." And if you were to press F1 on this message you would see that the problem arose when processing the address portion of the first customer.
That is to say that there must be an exact one for one correspondence between the XML document and each and every in field in the DS. To put it another way, the XML cannot contain an element for which there is no "home" in the DS, and there must be an XML element to supply data for every occurrence of every field in the DS.
Remember the Type attribute? If you study the XML you will see that I omitted it for the first customer. This is the data that RPG considers to be missing. So one possible solution would be to modify the XML to include a type for the second customer. That would fix things, right? Sadly, as those of you who rushed ahead and tried have discovered, the answer is no. RPG still thinks that there is data missing. What data? Remember I said that by default the XML has to supply "data for each and every occurrence"? We told the compiler that there would be 10 occurrences of the address element, but in our test data we don't have that many. As a result RPG considers the rest to be "missing".
Clearly that is not satisfactory and there has to be a better way. And indeed there is an alternative that gives us the control we need. The option that controls this is countprefix and it allows us to specify the name of a field into which the compiler can place a count of the number of repeating items loaded. In other words we can specify a count for arrays at any level, in addition to the one that RPG supplies in the PSDS. The critical thing to note here is that RPG will not consider as "missing" any element that can be counted in this manner and so no error is generated.
Since we want to count the number of address elements loaded, we create a count field by prefixing the element name with our chosen prefix. So the name of the field in this case is count_address and it must be specified at the same hierarchal level as the item it is counting. If you are paying attention, you may have also noticed that I added a field count_type to the address DS definition. The countprefix support not only allows us to count the number of elements loaded into an array, but it can also be used to check the presence or absence of any optional element. So we can use it to determine if the type attribute was present or not, rather than have to test for blanks.
This is by no means a comprehensive introduction to the processing of XML with RPG's built-in support. There are many more features that you may need from time to time and in the next edition of Guru Classic, I will explore some of those.
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Council OKs next step toward new police station
By Megan Pacer • August 17, 2017 10:24 am
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Homer is one step closer to seeing a new police station.
Members of the Homer City Council voted unanimously at their Monday meeting to approve a resolution that directs Stantec Architecture to create a 10-percent concept design for a new police station to be located at Heath Street and Grubstake Avenue, to the tune of about $6 million in construction costs.
The resolution was passed after council members made several amendments, which included eliminating two of the site options — a $9 million facility at the same location and an option that would rework the city's HERC building. Council Member Heath Smith said during the meeting that the council already knows the city can't afford the $9 million option.
During a work session held on the police station issue before Monday's regular meeting, City Manager Katie Koester took council members through each of the options. She explained that Police Chief Mark Robl has gone over his basic needs for a new facility and in doing so reduced the square footage the police station might need, planning for a phased approach to the building instead.
The estimated cost of a phased approach to building a police station comes in at just under $7 million.
Koester noted that there could be some additional costs to building.
"We haven't soil samples, and we haven't done any work on that site," she said. "We don't know what we're getting into, so they really want to make sure that that disclaimer's out there in case, you know, you do start digging and find some surprise."
Other concerns expressed during the work session and council meeting were the ability to raise funds for the project.
Council members noted that residents have been resistant to the idea of increased taxes to make up the difference of the facility's cost.
"There really are minimal grants at this moment," Koester said.
The cost for Stantec to create a 10-percent concept design for one site option is estimated to be about $12,000.
Also at Monday's meeting, council members approved a resolution committing Homer to working toward becoming more "universally accessible to all." The resolution focuses on the Americans With Disabilities Act and how to bring the city into better compliance with it.
Proposed by council member David Lewis, the measure stipulates that the ADA committee already established by the city will draft a comprehensive plan and make suggestions for how the city should prioritize accessibility.
It also states that Homer will explore joining the World Health Organizations Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, a stipulation that caused some debate among council members and opposing comments among residents.
Tess Dally, who sits on the ADA compliance committee, commented that becoming a more accessible city would not only improve the quality of life for residents, but also result in an increased number of visitors.
"It is both a human rights issue and an opportunity for our tourist industry to reach a vastly underserved population," she said.
The resolution was passed four to two, with council members Shelly Erickson and Tom Stroozas voting against.
Reach Megan Pacer at megan.pacer@homernews.com.
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Marie was born in Edinburgh and raised in Carlisle.
Having obtained a degree in French, she then went on to study a one-year post-graduate course in radio journalism. Her career began in radio, where she worked as a district reporter for BBC Radio Cumbria in Barrow, Furness, covering the South Lakes.
Six months later, she moved to BBC Radio Nottingham, taking up a reporting job. Then, in 1989, while on placement to Midlands Today, Marie moved to Central TV, where she spent sixteen years, as a reporter and presenter; she would soon became one of the main anchors on the main evening regional news programme there. During her time with ITV, Marie presented many programmes, covering political and social issues.
In September 2005, she returned to the BBC in Nottingham, co-presenting East Midlands Today on Fridays. She also presents the local segments on The Politics Show and from January 2006, Inside Out.
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We work; we manage our tight work schedules, keep ourselves stimulated with caffeine and pure strength of mind! Many of us struggle with energy issues. "Just like houseplants need water, our energy reserves need regular replenishing," says psychologist Michelle Segar, PhD, associate director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls at the University of Michigan.
• Artificial or natural light helps optimize the body's wake-up processes. Leave the shades open or flip on a light switch in the morning to imitate the effect of sunlight.
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• Eat a power breakfast which will fuel your body so you have enough energy to get going.
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Pargali Ibrahim Pascha, född 1493 eller 1494 i Parga, Grekland, död 1536, även känd som Frenk Ibrahim Pascha ("Västerlänningen"), Makbul Ibrahim Pascha ("Favoriten"), och senare Maktul Ibrahim Pascha ("den avrättade"), var storvesir i det Osmanska riket.

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Sedan han inskolats som muslim kom han i prins Süleymans tjänst och vann dennes vänskap och förtroende. Vid prinsens övertagande av Osmanska rikets sultanat som Süleyman I växte hans anseende och inflytande och han fick flera höga ämbeten vid hovet. Han blev sultanens gunstling och blev 1523 utnämnd till storvesir. Som ytterligare hedersbetygelse fick han gifta sig med sultanens syster Hadice sultan dotter av Sultan Selim l och Ayse Hafsa Sultan.

Han slog ned ett uppror i Egypten 1524-1525 och återställde där ett varaktigt styre. Som militär överbefälhavare följde han sultanen på dennes fälttåg, bland annat belägringen av Wien 1529. Med stor diplomatisk skickighet ledde han förhandlingarna 1536 med Frankrike som resulterade i ett fördrag om ett nära militärt samarbete mellan Frankrike och Osmanska riket.

Ibrahim var intelligent, arrogant och maktlysten. Sultanen insåg så småningom faran för egen del från honom och lät avrätta honom 1536.

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