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The day after: test case for a greater disaster
4th annual Women's March
Rattlesnake Island Saga
49ers to Super Bowl
By Gene Paleno |
You and I have just had our dress rehearsal for a really big emergency. Such a larger crisis may come someday and we shall be ready. It may be a final nuclear war, a scale 10 earthquake, or an invasion of monsters from space. Lake County is an ideal test case for just such a greater emergency.
We are, 50,000 plus people left alone and isolated, on an island county, surrounded by extinct volcanoes and mountains, with no railroad and being a poor community filled with older persons like me, who live on Social Security. who that get by as best we can.
We did OK this time. We got through the Great Five-Day PG&E Shutdown. It had its price. Some of our businesses face bankruptcy because they lost thousands of perishable foods for lack of power, and others lost loads of business. Some of us may have gone stark raving mad in the dark and the silence with no TV and no Internet to keep us feeling part of the human race. And some older people, alone and without help, may have turned into icicles in the gripping low temperatures we faced without heat, and all for a supposedly, greater need to avoid more fires.
Were all the fires caused by the unseasonal late fall and gusty winds, low humidity, and careless citizens? Or, was it PG&E's failure to mend the wiring and equipment so that the proper repairs would have stopped electrical shorts that may have sparked and caused the fires?
I have no answer for certain. There is increasing reports and evidence to suggest that the Shut-Downs may not have been necessary if PG&E had done what was necessary when they knew of the needed repairs.
CBS appeared to confirm that. "PG&E, may have, intentionally, shut down our power to prevent more fires." If true, that means only one thing to me. That tells me those needed repairs, that were known much earlier, and should have been made at that earlier date, were not made. Why not?
If PG&E knew the repairs were necessary, the only possible reason for not making the needed repairs, other than an act of criminal negligence, would have been to decide to use the money to pay greater dividends to its stockholders. If true, that is a damning statement.
I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the PG&E big shots. They'll probably face a hailstorm of lawsuits and complaints for PG&E's lawyers to field.
I wonder, why our power isn't owned by the people? Sacramento has government-run power in SMUD. Los Angeles has a people's power company. If my information is correct, neither city has had to have a power Shut-Off like ours. Both of those companies must answer to the people.
PG& E does not. Both, San Francisco and other Northern California cities, have tried to buy their own power grid from PG&E and San Jose, and were refused. If true, as my daughter, Dolly, pointed out, "PG&E is like a child with a broken toy, who refuses to give up that toy to others that would fix it and run it properly." Power owned by the people will mandate improvements timely to reduce the probability of shorts that cause fires.
I said we were a good test case for survival of a community in crisis. On the plus side. My good neighbor, Linda and I had lunch at the Lakeport Senior Center. What a fine meal we had; salad, soup, an entrée and a great choice of desserts. Yvonne, who brought me coffee, and Director Jonathan Crooks and all the good elves, who run the Lakeport Senior Center did themselves proud.
What Lakeport's Senior Center, and all the senior and community centers have done during the Power Shut-Off Crisis, as well as scores of caring individuals, who helped each other, was to demonstrate once again, Lake County people are among the most generous, kind, and giving people of any anywhere.
Mike Thompson returns to Middletown
Zone A deer season opens Saturday
California Grange moves to possess Big Valley Hall
The Rattlesnake Island Saga; part two
High school scoreboard, Tuesday's results
Moke Simon delivers 'State of the County' address in Middletown
Gene Paleno
Lake County residents march for their rights at 4th annual Women's March
Hurst made most of her chance
ov. Newsom kicks off weeklong tour meeting with individuals receiving homeless services
About the Record-Bee
Lake County Destinations

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Q: Creating multiple boxplots using plotly I'm trying to replicate the following boxplot I made in matplotlib using plotly:

My data is in a very simple dataframe imported from an Excel file and looks like follows:

As you can see, I want to have the different conditions in the x-axis and a y-axis that covers from 0 to 10 and have a different box plot for each condition with its own mean, SD etc. However, when I try the following code I get a very weird output:
import plotly.express as px
conditions = df1.keys() #all conditions, df1 being my DataFrame
conditions=list(conditions)
fig = px.box(df1, x = conditions)
fig.show()

Output:

Anyone knows what do I have to do to get a similar plot like the one I got with matplotlib but with plotly?

A: You can use plotly.express or plotly.graph_objects.
Reading data:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(r'Documents\test.csv', sep=',')
print(df)
print(df.to_dict())

   p=0; t=0  p=1; t=6"  p=1; t=30"  p=3; t=6"  p=3; t=30"  p=3; t=1'
0         0          3           3          2          10         10
1         2          3           5          4           9          9
2         2          6           1          1          10          9
3         1          1           4          2           7          8

{'p=0; t=0': {0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 2, 3: 1}, 'p=1; t=6"': {0: 3, 1: 3, 2: 6, 3: 1},
 'p=1; t=30"': {0: 3, 1: 5, 2: 1, 3: 4}, 'p=3; t=6"': {0: 2, 1: 4, 2: 1, 3: 2},
 'p=3; t=30"': {0: 10, 1: 9, 2: 10, 3: 7}, "p=3; t=1'": {0: 10, 1: 9, 2: 9, 3: 8}}

plotly.graph_objects:
import plotly.graph_objects as go

fig = go.Figure()

for col in df:
  fig.add_trace(go.Box(y=df[col].values, name=df[col].name))

fig.show()

plotly.express:
import plotly.express as px

fig = px.box(pd.melt(df), x="variable", y="value", points="outliers")
fig.show()

A: import plotly.express as px

df = px.data.tips()

fig = px.box(df, x="day", y="total_bill", color="smoker")
fig.update_traces(quartilemethod="exclusive") # or "inclusive", or "linear" by default
fig.show()

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The senators who met with President Trump when he used "tough" language by his own account, racist language according to others, faced a character challenge. Speak up or not?
Speaking truth to power is no small thing. As we all know, there may be serious consequences. Careers ruined. Reputations destroyed. Social connections broken. Family relationships damaged. Challenge a man like Turmp? Beware.
I'd like to think if faced with hateful, racist comments, I'd do the right thing and call the speaker out. But to be honest, I can't be uncertain. In other posts I've questioned whether I have that much courage.
My reticence has deep roots. In our family, we didn't challenge our parents' authority. We didn't challenge the church. As a girl, I learned to keep peace, not make waves. Those skills served me well as a public relations counselor, particularly when coupled with my natural tendency to observe and think more than talk. I've spent most of my life holding back my personal opinions.
As each situation comes up, I debate whether to engage. Most of the time, I convince myself not to. Even when the #MeToo wave swept the country, I shared my own experiences only with my friends.
I've always had lots of reasons (excuses) for remaining silent. I don't know all the facts. I don't want to offend a client/friend/neighbor. I would look foolish. It's not really about me. Oh, I could go on.
The risks of speaking are real. But when we fail to speak, we enable bad behavior. When we fail to speak out, we become complicit.
The events of this time are forcing me out of my shell. I know the kind of country I believe we are. A country that welcomes immigrants. A country that cares for ALL its people. A country with leaders and citizens who show respect to each other and to the citizens of the world. Those are things worth fighting for.
In the past 18 months, I've joined marches, written blog posts, contacted my State and Federal representatives. Repeatedly. I'm following in the footsteps of those who've gone before, learning from them, modeling them, drawing courage and strength from them. It's time for me to speak up.
When have you spoken out? Was it easy or hard? What challenges did you face in speaking up?
Good for you, Carol! I'm like you, diplomatic, keep the peace at all costs, etc. Early in our marriage that had to change. When I spoke up for myself instead of retreating into my shell things got better all around. I still struggle with it though.
A workshop I took part in many years ago used a technique called the Johari Window to assess how openly I shared and received information from those I work with. The feedback was that I was an effective communicator with those who reported to me, but not with my superiors. I took that to heart and began to be more open with my bosses. What I learned was that I could share my thoughts, and I didn't die. Unfortunately, while I applied the workshop learning to my work life, I didn't transfer that to my personal life. I was well into my second marriage before I internalized this important learning there. Like you, our relationship improved all around. Like you, I find I still struggle with this. Good for you for figuring it out early.
I agree with this, Carol. And good for you!
I am shy, and it is difficult for me to speak out. I get tongue-tied and nervous on the phone, and I am not good speaking in crowds.
I hope I can do the right thing.
It is important for "ordinary citizens" to speak out, but at the same time, it makes me angry that so many politicians will not speak out–and some who are flat out lying. They are elected to serve the people and to speak out, and that should–I know it's an ideal– but it should trump Trump and everything else. I am almost more angry about those who have enabled him than I am with dt himself.
I share your anger at our elected representatives who are unwilling to stand up to the President. One of my senators repeatedly responds to my questions from the position that he can't control the White House, his job in Congress is to be a check on the President. On the one hand, he's right. On the other hand, this feels very much like a cop out. I expect more. Part of my 'speak up' effort has been and will be to let him know that.
Bravo to you! Right on!
Thanks, Paulette. A journey in clarifying what I think and then having the courage to speak it.
I know several people who feel this way. I shared this on FB. What your wrote needed to be said (and circulated). Well done!
The good thing about the last election is it got many of us up off the couch and out of our apathy. Hopefully we will not slide back. Thanks for sharing the post, Lee.
I believe it's time for all of us to speak up. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and courage.
Time to speak up and to find a way to do it civilly. Such a challenge in this environment. Best to you, Joan, as you reclaim your creativity.
Congratulations, Carol. Speaking up is a difficult area for me. Growing up speaking up and speaking out garnered swift and severe punishment from my father as well as from my church and school. By the time I entered the workforce, authority figures had unnerved me into silence. When I spoke out in my relationships, they got worse. I'm in a season in my life in which I believe it's time for me to speak up, but I have to practice. I'm not good at it. I frequently fall back on the excuse that I don't have enough information. But, things continue to worsen. How much more information do I need? Thank you for this thought-provoking post. May all of us learn to speak out in ways that preserve dignity and respect for everyone involved.
Thank you for sharing your experiences so honestly, Billie. As young people, we cannot always be expected to voice our thoughts clearly and appropriately. Lucky are those who have adults who will help them learn more effective ways to speak and be encouraging in the process. I'm glad you're finding your voice through writing.
Thanks for this, Carol. It is so timely and right on target. We all have reasons for not speaking out. It's time we took a long look at whether are more excuses than reasons.
I know I was caught by excuses in many cases. Though I will say it's easier now that I work for myself.
I'm delving deep into this subject myself right now — reading Muriel Rukeyser's The Life of Poetry (1949) which is about the power of writing (poetry in her book, but in my opinion a well-told story works like poetry) to bless readers/hearers with a gift, with a form of love, which is what "speaking up" is really all about, isn't it? To speak against hatred and for love.
I have and have not been one who speaks up. When I have spoken up, I've suffered (sometimes because I spoke up unwisely or at the wrong time/place; sometimes because people who expose bad behavior become targets) and those pains have created fear.
My struggle (my "work") right now is focused on learning the power of words, which is why I'm puzzling through Rukeyser's difficult book, and why I'm taking another look at the work of Nobel Laureate Heinrich Böll who said "Words kill; words heal ((Worte töten; Worte heilen.). I intend to speak/write my emotional truth; I hope to do it in a way that brings healing, not death.
You're taking a thoughtful approach to a complex topic, Tracy. I'm not familiar with Rukeyser's book, but it sounds interesting. Would that we all could speak our truth and bring healing. An admirable goal.


Sometimes it is so hard to shop for guys. They usually just buy what they need for themselves or they say they don't need anything! Thats why today I have gathered a few top favorite Gift Ideas For Men. I know my husband or brothers would love any of these gifts. Some of them are simple but guy love it! Check out all the Gift Ideas For Men and let us know what ones your getting for your loved one!!
My husband loves working our in these.. don't ask why but they love them!
This year I think I'm going to get my husband this! He's been looking at it and would die to get one! My dad and brother both have one and they love it. My brother travels a ton and will take a drone when he goes and he gets amazing pictures! Does anyone else have one?
These can get pricey but they honestly are amazing!! We love using them for travel and my husband uses them daily for working out! He's in love!!
This is such a nice robe and it isn't breaking the bank!
I love how nice and clean this charging stand looks. Its simple but nice to have all of your charging products in one place.
I love this bag for traveling! I love the colors they used.
Men can always use more ties especially plain ones! I don't know about your husbands or brothers but mine love getting a new tie for each season.


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Activists hold protest against Union Square Park restaurant
Carolyn Maloney and Richard Gottfried call on the state to review the deal
Mar.March 10, 2014 02:23 PM
TRD Staff
Union Square Park advocates rallied this week against the opening of a seasonal restaurant in the park's north pavilion, despite a recent court ruling allowing the city to lease the space.
Residents of lower Manhattan and city officials, including Assembyman Richard Gottfried and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, gathered in the park Sunday to protest Chef Driven Market's coming al-fresco location, which is slated to open as early as mid-April.
The company, which owns both the Pigalle and 5 Napkin Burger franchises, picked up the spot in a 15-year agreement with the city. The deal calls for Chef Driven Market to pay an annual rent of $300,000, and then $450,000 in the final year. The New York State Court of Appeals has already determined that the deal is not a "violation of the public trust," as plaintiffs in a two-year legal battle claimed.
Still, activists say the play space and free speech uses at the Woman's and Children's Pavilion will be negatively impacted, and that the restaurant should be required to get state approval for the arrangement. [DNAinfo] — Angela Hunt
carolyn maloneynew york state court of appealsunion square
The Strand's building could become an official landmark despite owner's opposition
Here's what's filling the gap left by shuttered diner, Coffee Shop, in Union Square
This is how Westbrook is funding its buy of the Union Square W Hotel
Vornado refis 4 Union Square South with $120M loan
Cuomo joins rally as battle between Related and unions heats up
Congresswoman Maloney earns income from rental complex accused of "slumlord" tactics
Nooklyn plants a flag in Manhattan
By the numbers: Union Square's building blitz


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package custom

import (
	"database/sql"
	"encoding/gob"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

type Article struct {
	Id         int64     `json:"id"`
	UserId     int64     `json:"user_id"`
	Title      string    `json:"title"`
	State      int       `json:"state"`
	Content    string    `json:"content"`
	Donation   float64   `json:"donation"`
	CreateTime time.Time `json:"create_time"`
	UpdateTime time.Time `json:"update_time"`
}

func (obj Article) String() string {
	if data, err := json.Marshal(obj); err != nil {
		return fmt.Sprintf("<Article Id=%v>", obj.Id)
	} else {
		return string(data)
	}
}

func init() {
	gob.Register(Article{})
}

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Q: Can I create my own option variables I intend to create a set of options in vimscript as flags that I can then set at runtime to change the behaviour of my script.
How can I create custom option variables, other plugins like NERDTree for example seem to be able to do it...

A: The set of Vim options (i.e. the stuff that you manipulate with :set) is fixed. But plugins use variables, usually named g:PluginName_OptionName or so, to get something very close to options. With the different variable scopes (g:, b:, w:), you can even achieve something like the buffer- or window-local options in Vim: This means that the plugin checks for the existence of the local variable first, and falls back to using the global variable if no local one exists.
Plugins should provide default values for their configuration variables, that can be overridden in the user's .vimrc. This is achieved by a test like this:
if ! exists('g:PluginName_ConfigItem')
    let g:PluginName_ConfigItem = 'default value'
endif

If you plan to publish your plugin, be sure to document the variables and what values they can hold.


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Surgical Science
10.4236/ss.2017.81002
An Analysis of War Weaponry Trauma Victims from a Medical College Setting in Kashmir Valley
Mumtazdin Wani, Mushtaq Chalkoo*, Peer Hilal Ahmad Makhdoomi, Ankush Banotra, Awhad Mueed, Yassar Arafat, Syed Shakeeb
Government Medical College, Srinagar, India
Received: December 21, 2016; Accepted: January 9, 2017; Published: January 12, 2017
Background: Kashmir valley, being a known conflict zone keeps on receiving war victims due to scuffles between civilians and the government forces. Such upsurges have been noted in the recent past in 2008 and 2010; however, a new face of upheaval took place in the month of July 2016. Herein, we present an analysis of 500 abdominal trauma victims reported to our department at Government Medical College Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Methods: Government Medical College Srinagar Kashmir is a tertiary care teaching hospital situated in the heart of Kashmir valley. Being one of the referral hospitals, for trauma, we received a total figure of 6149 trauma victims out of which 500 were purely of abdominal in nature managed by the department of surgery. The study conducted was a short analysis of these abdominal trauma patients that reported from 8th July to 8th November 2016. Results: The result of analysis of 500 abdominal trauma patients is reported herein. The male female ratio of patients was 19.8:1 (male = 95.2%, female = 4.8%). The age range was from 5 years to 65 years with majority reported in the age range of 15 - 30 years. The number of bullet injuries was =85 and the pellet injuries were =349. The commonest organs involved were small intestines, spleen, large bowel and liver in descending order. Penetrating injuries were seen in =60.4%, non-pene- trating were seen in =39.6%. The patients were grouped into conservative, non operative and operative group. The commonest morbidity observed was wound sepsis and a total mortality reached to a figure of 2%. Conclusion: This short study of analysis of trauma victims has explored the newer horizons of trauma management and we believe and conclude that specialized trauma hospitals with skilled manpower and modern gadgets of handling trauma is need of an hour especially in developing countries like ours.
Abdominal Trauma, Pattern, Morbidity, Mortality, Management
Trauma is a growing menace and killer of mankind. There are various modes of trauma among which the road traffic accidents, natural catastrophes like fire, earth-quacks, tsunami, and floods have taken a lead in killing mankind in bulk. However, over last few decades, a new dimension of trauma has cropped up as a result of, man to man conflict, upheavals, uprisings, and terrorist activities. It is a global challenge to handle it. The medical personnel especially the surgeons are ought to handle the trauma victims. It needs a gamut of trained personnel, modern gadgetry and sophisticated triage centres for the management of trauma victims as a unit. Abdominal trauma is an injury to abdomen; it may be blunt or penetrating and may involve damage to the abdominal organs [1] . The signs and symptoms may include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity and bruising of the external abdomen. Abdominal trauma presents a risk of serious blood loss and infection. Diagnosis may involve ultrasonography, computed tomography and peritoneal lavage and treatment may involve surgery [2] . Injury to the lower chest may cause splenic or liver injury [3] . Abdominal trauma is divided into blunt and penetrating types, while penetrating abdominal trauma is usually diagnosed on clinical signs; diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma is more likely to be delayed because the clinical signs are less obvious. Penetrating trauma is further sub divided into stab wounds and gunshot wounds which require different methods of treatment [4] . The initial treatment envisages stabilizing the patient enough to ensure adequate airway, breathing and circulation and identifying other injuries. Surgery may be needed to repair injured organs. Laparotomies are often performed in blunt abdominal trauma and is urgently required if an abdominal injury causes a large potentially deadly bleed [5] . Abdominal injury needs a prompt diagnosis otherwise a worst outcome is associated. Delayed treat- ment is associated with high morbidity and mortality, if perforation of gastrointestinal tract is superadded.
Our hospital is placed in the centre of Kashmir valley and is a tertiary care teaching hospital. It caters to a huge population of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India. We do not have well structured and designed trauma centre in our state and the only few centres that cater to these trauma victims are available with us. Pre hospital triaging, transportation and resuscitative measures are not handy to these victims, which adds to their mortality; who otherwise could have been saved. We report an analysis of the trauma victims from our medical college as a result of current upheaval that took place in valley from 8th July 2016 to 8th November. The study was performed in the department of surgery after obtaining ethical clearance from the ethical committee of the institution. The trauma victims were received in our triage centre and a fleeting examination and triaging was performed by our team of residents and the abdominal injuries screened, were shifted to our general surgical armamentarium. A total of 500 patients were managed in the current turmoil of which 55% were given a conservative trial of treatment, 3% received a non-operative mode of management while as a 42% of them were taken for surgical intervention.
Baseline investigation was carried out after resuscitation of trauma victim. A skeletal survey of abdomen, thoracic cavity and peripheral limbs by radiography in majority of the patient was performed. The patients who presented with shock and hemoperitonium were directly taken for operative intervention and FAST preoperatively, in theater setting was performed. The patients also underwent FAST in their respective wards. The patients, who were apparently stable but having clinical suspicion of intra-abdo- minal injury with doubtful findings on ultrasound, were subjected to CT SCAN of abdomen (Figures 1-3). The criteria for laparotomy were laid and results were analysed after surgery.
The study of analysis of war weaponry trauma victims from our medical college from Kashmir valley exhibited a different scenario of presentations from the studies already published prior to this. The age profile of our sample study of 500 victims showed a preponderance of young age group. The victims in age range of 15 - 30 years (80%) made the big chunk of study sample. Around 56 were in an age group of 31 - 45 years (11.2%). The results of the age distribution are depicted in Figure 4.
Figure 1. CECT abdomen showing pellet in splenorenal area.
Figure 2. CECT abdomen with pellet in area of left lobe of liver.
Figure 3. CT showing pellet near pericardium.
Figure 4. The commonest age of trauma victims reported in the age group of 15 - 30 years.
Age distribution in abdominal trauma:
Interestingly, we found that females too were involved in the turmoil and fell victims to the war weaponry. However 95.2% were males and around 4.8% were females involved with abdominal trauma. The pie chart in this regard is shown below as Figure 5.
Sex distribution of trauma victims:
The analysis showed a peculiar mode of injury as 69.8% (349) presented with pellet injuries of abdomen, back, flanks. Around 17% (85) reported with bullet injury of abdomen. 4.4% (22) victims were injured by shell and victims also reported with a physical assault to the tune of 8.8% (44). Table 1 given below is self explanatory.
Mode of injury:
The clinical history and examination of trauma victims revealed majority of penetrating abdominal wounds comprising of 60.4% (302) and 39.6% (198) were labeled as blunt abdominal trauma as shown below in Figure 6.
Pattern of abdominal trauma:
The clinical presentation of the victims was varied, however, majority of them presented with pain abdomen and hemoperitonium amounting to 42% and 41.4% respectively, as is shown in Table 2.
Clinical presentation of abdominal trauma:
Different modalities of treatment based on history, clinical presentation, pattern and mode of injury were selected. Around 55% of patients received a conservative line of treatment and 42% required operative intervention. However 3% were managed non- operatively, as is shown in Figure 7.
Figure 5. The pie chart showing male female distribution of trauma victims.
Figure 6. Pie chart showing pattern of abdominal trauma.
Table 1. The majority of trauma victims analysed were peculiarly having pellet injury.
Table 2. The majority of patients presented with mixed presentation of clinical symptoms and signs However abdominal pain and hemoperitonium predominated.
Modalities of treatment of abdominal trauma:
The operative findings revealed injuries to different organs in the abdomen, Hemoperitonium being the common face of presentation. Interestingly, we found that hollow viscera; small bowel as the predominant organ involved 44.76% (94), Splenic injury was next in the list and a mixed presentation was seen in 2.38% as depicted in Figure 8.
Organ distribution:
The above pictures show the different presentations of abdominal trauma (Pictures 1-4).
Figure 7. Majority of patients were conservatively managed (55%).
Figure 8. The commonest organ involved in abdominal trauma was small bowel (44.76%).
Picture 1. Showing small bowel pellet injury.
Picture 2. Showing evisceration of omentum.
Picture 3. Showing collage of pellets.
Picture 4. Showing exploratory laparotomy.
The world is on a melting point as newer and newer tragedies strike the mankind. The Disorders and diseases are part of our day to day living. While as medical science has conquered the dreadful diseases to a large extent, yet a newer horizon of man killer diseases are getting explored. It is beyond doubt that natural catastrophes engulf mankind in bulk. The second major killer under the heading of trauma, emerging out as the predominant killer of mankind, is man to man conflict. In view of this, blunt abdominal trauma is on a decline and penetrating abdominal trauma is on surge. While evaluating and analysing the literature available for abdominal trauma: the penetrating abdominal injuries appear to be on the increase due to increase in the inter personal violence throughout the world. Penetrating abdominal trauma now accounts for 60% of the abdominal trauma due to a decline in the blunt abdominal trauma [6] .
In another report from southwest Nigeria Ayode et al reported blunt abdominal trauma to the tune of 79.2% and Penetrating abdominal trauma 20.8% [7] . In another study from Nigeria; in kanu, a populated urban area in northern Nigeria Edino S.T reported penetrating abdominal trauma 53.7% and blunt abdominal trauma 46.3% [8] . In our study, the analysis is almost concordant with the studies published from Nigeria exhibiting the penetrating abdominal trauma to the tune of 60.4% and blunt abdominal trauma 39.6%. The man to man conflict is the universal disorder and war weaponry modern gadgets are used to surpass each others terrain and domains resulting in massive casualties.
In reference to this it is not out of place to mention that studies are also conducted from Yemen, Syria and Palestine which show the same results as our study. The studies which have already been published from Kashmir valley are also concordant with our study in this regard. The study published from Sheri-Kashmir institute of medical sciences by Ghulam Nabi et al. shows a penetrating injuries of 52.77% and non penetrating injuries in 47.23%: However the pattern of injury was gunshot [9] . Males constitiute the great majority of patients across the United States approximately 90% with penetrating trauma [10] .
This compares with our study showing a figure of 95.2% as males and 4.8% as females. Males are more resilient and constitute an active aggressive segment of population. In our study the peculiarity about the male involvement observed was little different. The young age segment of our population, who have grown in the conflict zone showed a maximum involvement in this turmoil about 80% (15 - 30) years of age. Osime and Oludiran showed that 21 to 30 year age group was the most vulnerable (41.2%). Navsaria et al. study showed a mean age of 29.5 years [11] .
Our study showed a little different face of males being involved in the turmoil. The majority of the victims were in the young age group which was rather disturbing as this is the career making age and constitutes the productive segment of the society. Penetrating abdominal trauma may result from firearm, knives and broken glass pieces. 80% of penetrating injuries are due to firearm and 20% due to stab wounds [12] . Our current study of analysis revealed 69.8% penetrating injuries caused by pellets. We strongly feel that the decline may only be possible if the youths in the society are addressed and their conflicts are listened to their satisfaction.
However, appropriate legislation and enforcement against the use of lethal weapons is strongly recommended. The common organ injury was perforation of small intestine. This is not surprising because the small gut and omentum occupy a large area of the abdominal cavity.
Some studies have advocated adoption of conservative management of penetrating abdominal injury especially when caused by stab wounds. In our study we followed a scientific protocol of management given the gamut of history, clinical presentation and imaging. We devised the treatment protocol as conservative, non operative and operative. The patients who had a fleeting abdominal injury without any clinical evidence of shock, haemoperitoneum, and imaging did not reveal any positive finding of intra-ab- dominal viscus injury, were managed conservatively which comprised about 55% of the total number of patients.
Other group of patients, who were clinically unstable, reported in a shock like picture with clinical presentation of intra-abdominal injuries, were directly sent to the theatre and an attempt of FAST performed reported hemoperitoneum; were explored through a proper laparotomy. This comprised around 42% of patients. We did have patients in whom the clinical presentation was unstable at the time of reporting; with resuscitation and ward management, daily observations with vital charts and monitoring responded to a so called non-operative management of treatment. It is imperative to mention here that ideally these were the patients who could have been sent for laparotomy; the idea to manage them non-operatively was to avoid an otherwise laparotomy. This was done with a thin margin of safety but with a thick margin of day to day rigorous monitoring of these patients through vital charts and serial imagings.
It comprised a small segment of trauma victims to the tune of 3%. Bowel injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality following trauma. We recorded a mortality of 2% [10] . The mortality recorded was due to the fact that most of these severely injured patients had developed an exsanguinating shock prior to hospitalization as there is no pre-hospital care in the form of on spot resuscitation and brisk transportation.
However the ones, who died in the hospital, were due to refractory haemorrhage; and few died of the post operative sepsis and multi organ failure. The average mortality rate for all patients with penetrating abdominal trauma is approximately 5% in most level 1 trauma centres. Van Brussel and Van Hee reported 8.8% mortality [13] . Shock was responsible for the death in all these patients with fatal outcome.
In summary, our study reflected an otherwise different scenario of abdominal trauma victims. This was a short analysis due to time and again uprisings in Kashmir valley with a new face of penetrating abdominal trauma. The analysis of 500 trauma victims showed an unusual age group of teenage victims and males being predominantly involved. Pellet injury was the commonest mode of injury and penetrating trauma was on upsurge. Majority of our patients were handled with conservative and operative line of treatment.
Kashmir valley is a conflict zone and time and again uprisings are order of the day. We at Government Medical College Srinagar, at a tertiary care hospital and the only trauma centre available, are used to handle the trauma victims over last 3 decades. We have shown encouraging results amidst of paucity of well designated trauma and triage centres and skilled personnel. The current turmoil was third time seen in the consequent running decade. An inference from this short study of analysis of 500 victims has explored newer problems of the on going conflict and taught us to handle them with otherwise meagre infrastructure available. The limitation of the study was that we had a short time for the upheaval and the follow-up of the patients couldn't be undertaken. It is imperative to convey from this study that a well structured trauma centre is the need of the hour and personnel skilled in handling trauma victims are required in larger numbers; as otherwise the newer turmoil may go beyond control. Pre-hospital on spot resuscitation, brisk transportation, well equipped ICU mobile ambulances can go a long way in declining the mortality of these trauma victims.
Wani, M., Chalkoo, M., Makhdoomi, P.H.A., Banotra, A., Mueed, A., Arafat, Y. and Shakeeb, S. (2017) An Analysis of War Weaponry Trauma Vic- tims from a Medical College Setting in Kash- mir Valley. Surgical Science, 8, 9-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ss.2017.81002
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The national power utility, Eskom, has implemented stage-6 load shedding which effectively means it has lost close to half of its generating capacity.
Since last week, South Africans have been experiencing stage 4 load shedding which saw 4000 MW being shed from the national grid in an effort to cope with shortages.
Eskom, the country's embattled state-owned power utility, has recently implemented stage-6 load shedding which is reportedly meant to end today but South Africans are not having it.
Earlier this year in February, Eskom brought back stage-4 load shedding after rampant corruption has left the power utility unable to carry out simple maintenance work on crucial coal-powered stations and in constant need of billion rand bailouts from the government with South Africans having to bear the financial brunt of it. According to energy analyst Chris Yelland who spoke to Fin24, stage-6 load shedding indicates that Eskom has lost 40 percent of its generating capacity—catastrophic in his view.
Naturally, the load shedding has caused a national uproar with South Africans fed up with corrupt government officials, a ruling party which they feel does not prioritize the interests of its citizens and more simply, having to navigate through daily life in the dark.
To make matters worse, President Cyril Ramaphosa left for Egypt shortly after Eskom announced its plans to implement stage 6 load shedding. This drew considerable criticism from South Africans across the board.
John Steenhuisen of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the country's main opposition party, called on Ramaphosa to return home. "The president must come clean on exactly what the structural problems at Eskom are and how his government plans to address them within the coming days. Steenhuisen added that, "There is severe trouble at home, and Ramaphosa must attend to that ahead of all other engagements." EWN reports that Ramaphosa has cut his trip to Egypt short and is now returning to South Africa to address the national power crisis.
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Nyanzi is currently serving a 15 month sentence for "cyber harassment" after she published a poem in which she wrote that she wished "the acidic pus flooding Esiteri's (the president's mother) vaginal canal had burn up your unborn fetus. Burn you up as badly as you have corroded all morality and professionalism out of our public institutions in Uganda."
According to the director of PEN International, Carles Torner, her unfiltered outspokenness around the issues facing her country is what earned her the award. "For her, writing is a permanent form of resistance in front of a regime that is trying to suppress her," said Torner at the award ceremony.
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Foster and Poots launch £11.5million Centre for Stratified Medicine at Altnagelvin
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Pictured, left to right are Health Minister Edwin Poots, Prof Tony Bjourson and Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Health Minister Edwin Poots today announced the opening of an £11.5million clinical research facility in Londonderry which will create 22 high-quality research posts.
The Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine is based at the University of Ulster and is a collaboration between the university's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, C-TRIC (the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre) and the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
It will primarily focus on personalised medicine approaches to managing chronic diseases, in essence, tailoring healthcare to individual patients.
It has been offered £5.6million of support from Invest Northern Ireland, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The Department of Health has offered £1.5million towards the project with the balance of £4.4million provided by the University of Ulster.
Speaking at the opening of the centre, Arlene Foster said: "This project will help to establish Northern Ireland as a leader in personalised medicine, where discoveries are moved rapidly to commercial and clinical use. This both enhances health and supports economic regeneration.
"Health and Life Sciences is one of the fastest growing sectors in Northern Ireland and one that will play an increasingly important part in helping to strengthen our economy. This new centre will speed up commercialisation of intellectual property from our universities, positioning the economy to compete strongly in this high-value sector.
Stratified medicine is the term given to predicting how groups of patients will respond to a particular therapy and providing personalised treatment for them.
Edwin Poots said: "This multi-million pound investment is the first major initiative funded jointly through my Department and InvestNI since the signing of the Connected Health and Prosperity Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). It is a clear demonstration of how health innovations will benefit those who need services while at the same time boosting our economy.
"This investment will enable the creation in Northern Ireland of a major centre with significant expertise in areas such as translational science and computational biology. These skills, currently scarce locally, will enable effective research and development based upon data from the health services, for example, electronic patient health records or telemonitoring. It will allow key staff to gain experience of working in effective teams with clinicians to deliver evidence for healthcare interventions.
"This centre integrates long-standing excellence in Life Sciences research and development undertaken in universities and Trusts, with cutting-edge technologies. The Centre's work plan will require the realisation of benefits both for healthcare and for the economy. It is expected to become a magnet for commercial inward investment as well as for funding from sources across the globe."
Commenting on the new centre, Professor Tony Bjourson, University of Ulster, said: "This Centre aims to develop improved clinical tools that can provide accurate and personalised treatment decisions in chronic human diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. This Stratified Medicine approach to clinical care is amongst the most important concepts to emerge in 21st- century clinical science.
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PHOTOS & VIDEO: The First Traditional African Gay Wedding Ceremony
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The gay couple who tied the knot in a traditional Zulu and Tswana wedding while dressed in traditional attire say they will not be fazed by the criticism being aimed at them by social network users and Zulu culture experts.
Thoba Sithole, a Zulu from KwaDukuza, and Tshepo Modisane, a Tswana from Johannesburg, tied the knot on Saturday in KwaDukuza with about 200 people, including family, friends, onlookers and the media in attendance.
Sithole and Modisane, both 27, defended their wedding and said there was nothing evil or untraditional about it.
The Gay Couple Took a Kiss Professor Velaphi Mkhize, a Zulu traditional culture analyst and writer, said Zulu culture did not recognise homosexuality, therefore, traditionally, Modisane and Sithole's marriage was void.
"In the olden days there were homosexuals, but when a gay child was born the family used to slaughter an animal to plead with the ancestors to intervene and take the evil spirit away from the child."
"However, now the constitution recognises homosexuality and gay marriages and the biggest challenge we are facing is how do we continue to call something a taboo if it is recognised by the constitution."
He said the marriage was an insult to Zulu forefathers because marriage was traditionally a way to expand the family. Wives were expected to give birth to children who would carry their families' names forward. Homosexuality made this impossible, said Mkhize.
However, Sithole, an IT specialist based in Johannesburg, said:
"If being gay is evil, why did God create gay people? Gays are born gay and according to a Bible scripture we were all created by God, so I don't see anything evil about being born gay because it means that God wanted you to be gay."
Modisane said they did not need to justify their wedding to the public because it was only between them, and to make them happy.
"We decided to have a traditional wedding because we firstly wanted to show people that being homosexual can be part of an African culture.
"Secondly, we wanted to celebrate the love we have for each other and show people that we don't feel ashamed for the choices we have made in our lives," said Modisane, who works as a chartered accountant in Johannesburg.
The couple said the support they had received from their families made it easier for them to tie the knot.
"My family has always been there for me and had always been there for me even in my previous homosexual relationships," said Modisane.
Sithole said his mother had always told him how she was looking forward to seeing him getting married to his partner.
They started dating in 2011 after they had been friends for some time.
Modisane said he was attracted to Sithole because he was a well-grounded man who loved God and was someone who could bring stability in his life.
Sithole said their next step after the wedding was buying a home and starting their own family. "We are fully committed to each other and we believe children form an important foundation in bringing stability in one's life," he said. "We will be adopting two kids – a boy and a girl – to be part of our family."
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Hassanat April 9, 2013 At 4:55 pm
THis is a real madness
t April 9, 2013 At 5:08 pm
Mate April 9, 2013 At 5:33 pm
Why adopting children when you dont believe in opposite sex.
Felix April 9, 2013 At 5:47 pm
Madness. Why adopt a child when you can give birth to one by yourself? Who is going to give birth to the baby you will adopting? Is your father and mother didn't how will you have come into this world? This is total insanity and a slap in Africa culture and the Lord is not happy about this just as He wasn't happy with those that practice such act in time of old. Everyone practicing such act should repent from it as what happen to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah will definitely happen to them.
humility April 10, 2013 At 11:51 am
God forbid such evil.
South-africa is way out of our continent.
'child rights institutions' shud try to hinder gay couples from adopting children. This shit's really gotten out of hand.
dey'ld be maimed if dey tried dat #Shit in my beloved #Nigeria…
Wetin u go do wif ur fellow man wen women full area?!
God dey April 11, 2013 At 2:37 am
Dis is arab nonsense,since luv can make u2 marry ur felow man ,y do u adopt children born by a woman,GOD must justify d intricite attitude of man claimin cultural developmt,u cannt change african culture u foolish gay bearers,"end tym beware"
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According to the book of President of Turkmenistan found the treasure
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The Turkmen scientists have discovered a treasure in the historic town Mehne, who in his book described the country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. This writes the state Agency "Turkmenistan today."
The Agency says that all was discovered 91 silver coin. 47 of them there is an inscription with the name of Abaga Khan, another 36 — name Argun. On the reverse side of the coin are images of a lion and of a bull like creature. On the basis of these inscriptions, scientists suggest that the coins belong to the XIII century ad.
The city of Mehne was described in the second volume of the book of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov "Turkmenistan — the heart of the Great silk road", released in 2018. In it, he talks about the historical places and the importance of their study.
The first volume of this book was published in 2017. The title of the work was the motto of 2018, and its presentation took place in different countries of the CIS, Europe and Saudi Arabia. The book was made into a movie and staged a play, and based on the stories included in the publication, graced the capital's square for the New year.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov headed by Turkmenistan since the end of 2006. He is known as the author of over 50 published in Turkmenistan books. In March pupils of the Turkmen capital were obliged to buy books Berdimuhamedov and take them to school. The books that the students will give ownership of schools to use for special stands of the presidential books. Each school of the capital will be obliged to host such an exhibition.
Now the President is working on my 55th book. It is dedicated to the puppies of Alabai breed.
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Mangos and marijuana go together. The fruit is known to enhance the high for many people, and some cannabis strains are bred to evoke the fruit. The taste of Mango Kush, not surprisingly, is similar to mangos and Kush, with notes of pine. It smells of the tropics, sweet mangos, and bananas. THC can make up as much as 16% of this strain, while CBD is much lower, about 0.3%. That makes this a poor choice for treating conditions that respond to CBD, such as severe seizure disorders. Mango Kush is an indica-dominant hybrid (35:65 sativa/indica ratio) that can be used to treat nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and depression. The high is centered on the body, with deep relaxation, strong euphoria, and a general sedated feeling. Many patients find themselves talking and giggling more than usual while high on this strain. Dry mouth is a common concern, as are bloodshot eyes, but most other adverse effects are limited. While it's most popular on the West Coast, Mango Kush can also be found on the legal medical markets in Arizona and Michigan. Mangos and marijuana go together. The fruit is known to enhance the high for many people, and some cannabis strains are bred to evoke the fruit. The taste of Mango Kush, not surprisingly, is similar to mangos and Kush, with notes of pine. It smells of the tropics, sweet mangos, and bananas. THC can make up as much as 16% of this strain, while CBD is much lower, about 0.3%. That makes this a poor choice for treating conditions that respond to CBD, such as severe seizure disorders. Mango Kush is an indica-dominant hybrid (35:65 sativa/indica ratio) that can be used to treat nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and depression. The high is centered on the body, with deep relaxation, strong euphoria, and a general sedated feeling. Many patients find themselves talking and giggling more than usual while high on this strain. Dry mouth is a common concern, as are bloodshot eyes, but most other adverse effects are limited. While it's most popular on the West Coast, Mango Kush can also be found on the legal medical markets in Arizona and Michigan.
Indica Dominant Hybrid -65% Indica / 35% Sativa
Mangos and marijuana go together. The fruit is known to enhance the high for many people, and some cannabis strains are bred to evoke the fruit. The taste of Mango Kush, not surprisingly, is similar to mangos and Kush, with notes of pine. It smells of the tropics, sweet mangos, and bananas. THC can make up as much as 16% of this strain, while CBD is much lower, about 0.3%. That makes this a poor choice for treating conditions that respond to CBD, such as severe seizure disorders. Mango Kush is an indica-dominant hybrid (35:65 sativa/indica ratio) that can be used to treat nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and depression. The high is centered on the body, with deep relaxation, strong euphoria, and a general sedated feeling. Many patients find themselves talking and giggling more than usual while high on this strain. Dry mouth is a common concern, as are bloodshot eyes, but most other adverse effects are limited. While it's most popular on the West Coast, Mango Kush can also be found on the legal medical markets in Arizona and Michigan. Mangos and marijuana go together. The fruit is known to enhance the high for many people, and some cannabis strains are bred to evoke the fruit. The taste of Mango Kush, not surprisingly, is similar to mangos and Kush, with notes of pine. It smells of the tropics, sweet mangos, and bananas. THC can make up as much as 16% of this strain, while CBD is much lower, about 0.3%. That makes this a poor choice for treating conditions that respond to CBD, such as severe seizure disorders. Mango Kush is an indica-dominant hybrid (35:65 sativa/indica ratio) that can be used to treat nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and depression. The high is centered on the body, with deep relaxation, strong euphoria, and a general sedated feeling. Many patients find themselves talking and giggling more... Mangos and marijuana go together. The fruit is known to enhance the high for many people, and some cannabis strains are bred to evoke the fruit. The taste of Mango Kush, not surprisingly, is similar to mangos and Kush, with notes of pine. It smells of the tropics, sweet mangos, and bananas. THC can make up as much as 16% of this strain, while CBD is much lower, about 0.3%. That makes this a poor choice for treating conditions that respond to CBD, such as severe seizure disorders. Mango Kush is an indica-dominant hybrid (35:65 sativa/indica ratio) that can be used to treat nausea and vomiting, pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and depression. The high is centered on the body, with deep relaxation, strong euphoria, and a general sedated feeling. Many patients find themselves talking and giggling more than usual while high on this strain. Dry mouth is a common concern, as are bloodshot eyes, but most other adverse effects are limited. While it's most popular on the West Coast, Mango Kush can also be found on the legal medical markets in Arizona and Michigan.
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When setTimeout runs code, it actually evaluates code in another thread outside of the Angular context. Hence, our scope is not updated. Here are two ways to fix this issue:

# Solutions

$timeout is an Angular resource that can replace setTimeout and run code in the Angular context. Note: You have to dependency inject $timeout to use it. Usage:

{% highlight javascript %}
$scope.name = "Alex";
$timeout(function(){
  $scope.name = "John";
}, 3000);

//$scope.name changes to "John" after 3 seconds
{% endhighlight %}

$apply is another Angular resource you use to tell Angular the code is in Angular context, so watch for changes and digest please! Usage:

{% highlight javascript %}
$scope.name = "Alex";
setTimeout(function(){
  $scope.$apply(function(){
    $scope.name = "John";
  );
}, 3000);

//$scope.name changes to "John" after 3 seconds
{% endhighlight %}

Finally, please note that resource is used broadly, as in something that came with Angular.

Hopefully that solved your problems with setTimeout! Comment if there's any comments or questions!


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Q: Xpath: How to find the parent of all descendants of the node matching the specified xpath condition? There are HTML:

//some levels...

      Address 1

      Address 2

//some levels...

      Address 2

      Address 3

      Address 4

//some levels...

      Address 1

</atricle>

I need find article where NO text Address 1 in all a elements (only one article in this example). I use (//div[@class="address item"]/descendant::a[not(contains(text(), "Address 1"))])/ancestor::article but it still find article where are Address 1.

A: Try this one and let me know if it still doesn't meet requirements:
//article[not(.//a[normalize-space(text())="Address 1"])]


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Sep 13, 2017 I Brett Tingley
Otherworldly Sounds Heard in the Sky Ahead of Hurricane Irma
anomalous sounds
mysterious booms
mystery booms
sky sounds
weird weather
With all of the horrific natural disasters lately, we've had the chance to witness some of the unexplained and mysterious phenomena that sometimes accompany many of these meteorological and seismic events. From eerie earthquake lights in Mexico to strange clouds of toxic mist in England, the planet has been pretty weird lately. Must be that Mercury retrograde.
Mercury retrograde is totally throwing my energies out of orientation.
No, not really. At any rate, the global weirdness has continued this year with reports coming in all over the globe of unexplained, eerie sounds which seem to emanate directly from the sky. Take this video (admittedly not the best quality) taken in Virginia on September 1st:
https://youtu.be/CAHJC-ggcdQ
A few days later, similar haunting, chime-like sounds were recorded in Illinois:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f5mZS5WDZU
These sounds were heard in the days prior to Hurricane Irma making landfall in the U.S. On top of that, unexplained booms have been reported in many areas over the last week, from South Australia to New Jersey and even throughout the U.K. Could all of these be related?
It's possible, sure. These unexplained noises and the recent deadly hurricanes in the Americas has me wondering, though. I'm not one to typically buy into HAARP or geoengineering conspiracies, but the timing of their recent announcement that the facility is resuming ionospheric experimentation sure has me wondering: Could it be possible for a shadowy military research facility to alter the climate and create superstorms? Who would benefit from such destruction of property and loss of life? I dunno, while I like the idea of HAARP-related high strangeness, that one's still left to the realm of science fiction.
They're just creating artificial auroras and bouncing high-energy transmissions off of the ionosphere. What could go wrong?
More likely, these anomalies could be the result of the intense and unprecedented solar weather currently wreaking havoc on our upper atmosphere. We're just beginning to understand the interactions between cosmic and solar radiation and the Earth's protective fields. Given that the Earth's magnetic field has been shown to be weakening lately, perhaps these strange sounds are the magnetosphere and ionosphere 'crying out' as they are lashed by flares of solar radiation. Sounds pretty cool, anyway.
Brett Tingley
Brett Tingley is a writer and musician living in the ancient Appalachian mountains.
Warrior in Famous Viking Grave Was Actually a Woman


One of the best kept secrets in the San Juans is the Snug Harbor Resort and Marina. Sitting in the tranquility of Mitchell Bay, Snug Harbor has made major improvements over the last few years. If you haven't been in a while, it's a whole new experience!


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Economic panel chooses reluctant chairman
The countywide economic development corporation appointed a new board chairman Tuesday, but not without confronting the renegade behavior of member Mike Beneke.
When former Hillsboro economic development director Clint Seibel was asked if he would take over the chairman position from outgoing chairman Amy Doane, who has taken a job in Smith Center, he expressed reservations.
Seibel called out one board member by name. Board treasurer Mike Beneke has been the subject of public criticism by county commissioner Dianne Novak for arranging a meeting with a potential executive director and inviting a group including county commissioners Randy Dallke and Kent Becker, but not Novak.
"I understand when things aren't moving fast enough, Mike would put it on the table and make it move," Seibel said. "I would not be part of that and I don't want to do it.
"I guess what I want is a commitment that members of the board don't speak for the group."
"They listen to me better than they listen to you," Beneke said.
Doane said everyone has their own opinion about what happens in board meetings and they go out and talk to people about what the group is doing.
"I wouldn't want to take the chair of this group today," Doane said.
Doane said there are "a lot of individual agendas" that might get in the way.
"That has caused us much conflict in the past," Doane said.
Seibel said he didn't want to the group to not have leadership, and behavior of some board members have caused misunderstandings among the public that a chairman would have to address.
"I just don't know if I have the patience and desire to go dance with all the peripherals," Seibel said. "The chairman is the spokesman, and I just don't have time for that."
Seibel said he'd like to be vice-chairman to now-vice-chairman Merlin Entz.
"I'm going to be active on this committee but I don't want to step out," Seibel said.
Board member Hannah Bourbon agreed that the issue of board behavior needs to be addressed.
Seibel said he'd serve as chairman if there is board consensus on the matter.
"So you'll agree to the rest of (Doane's) term?" Bourbon asked.
"I agree until I resign," Seibel said.
Board members voted unanimously to elect Seibel chairman.
"I made this little hullabaloo because it was an elephant on the table," Seibel said.
In other matters, the board interviewed a potential executive director during a half-hour executive session; reviewed the strategic plan as it exists now; agreed to have an annual audit by an outside accountant; updated each other on the status of last month's action plan; approved purchasing accounting software; and agreed to have a booth at the county fair.


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Q: Group by average intervals across a timeframe So let's say that I want to keep track of my CPU temperature, with simple columns 'date' and 'temperature'. I'd like to see what period saw the highest temperatures on average in the last week. I capture the data every 10 minutes, so I want each 10 minute block averaged with the same block from the other days of the week.
So for example:
2018-01-08 02:00:00 78.3
2018-01-08 03:00:00 81.2
2018-01-09 02:00:00 74.1
2018-01-09 03:00:00 75.9

I would want the averages of each day @ 02:00:00, each day @ 03:00:00, and so on. (except the real data is every 10 minutes) The exact datetime varies - it's not always 02:00:02, sometimes it could be 02:00:07, etc., so I can't just do an exact conditional.
Any idea how I'd go about making this data? I assume there's some way I can use GROUP BY for this, but I'm lost as to how.

A: Format just the hour and minute, and group by that.
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date, '%H:%i') AS time, AVG(temperature) AS temp
FROM yourTable
GROUP BY time

This assumes that the readings are never delayed by more than a minute from the expected 10-minute periods -- if the reading for 02:10 happens at 02:11:01 it will not be put in the group.


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Valériya Mijáilova Sorókina –en ruso, Валерия Михайловна Сорокина– (Reshetija, URSS, 29 de marzo de 1984) es una deportista rusa que compitió en bádminton, en la modalidad de dobles.

Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012, obteniendo una medalla de bronce en la prueba de dobles (junto con Nina Vislova). Ganó tres medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Bádminton entre los años 2008 y 2012.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Jugadores de bádminton de Rusia
Jugadores de bádminton en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de bádminton
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Rusia
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Londres 2012
Deportistas de Rusia en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012

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Q: How do you prevent tmux from echoing the results of a command in the status bar? Whenever I execute a command in tmux, for example, set status, the status bar turns yellow and echoes back the results of the command.  I find this behavior rather obtrusive.  Can I turn this behavior off?

A: You can set the quiet server option to suppress many of the messages that are displayed in the status line (including the message shown by set-option). This will not suppress messages that come from using the display-message command.
If the quiet option is too broad*, or you want to be able to review the messages with show-messages†, then you might try setting the display-time session option to a very small value‡. This will affect all messages (even those from display-message), so it also may not be appropriate for all situations.
If you are only interested in suppressing the message from that one set status command/binding, and you are comfortable building software from source, then you might want to try out the current SVN trunk. Its set-option command has a -q option that suppresses the normal informational message (i.e. set -q status). This will be included in the next release (i.e. 1.7).
*quiet is is a server option, so it will affect all your sessions.
†quiet prevents the message from being entered into the show-message message log. By default, (prefix) ~ is bound to show-messages.
‡display-time must be from the range 1–750. So zero is not a valid value, but the minimum value (1 millisecond) will probably be too fast to notice in most circumstances (e.g. unless your tmux server is on the other side of a slow link).


HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Happy Holidays! TxDOT is giving Houston drivers an early Christmas present by limiting construction of freeways this weekend.
However, if you are driving on the Gulf Freeway this weekend, expect some overnight roadwork through the holidays.
Crews are scheduled to shut down both directions of the Gulf Freeway between 610 and Woodridge from 9 p.m. - 5 a.m., nightly, through Jan. 8. For an alternate route, take Telephone Road.


"I bought a container from Walmart that holds 8 glasses of water and I take it to work with me everyday to make sure that I consumed enough and I make it a goal to finish it before I leave work for the day."
"I think I did really well this week with drinking a lot of water and look forward to seeing how next week play out. :)"


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Back with a vengeance
No kidding around
Back for more
By Michael Pickard
After a 20-year absence, Rebecca Gibney is reprising her role as forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax in Australian crime drama Halifax: Retribution. The star and series creator Roger Simpson tell DQ how the show has evolved to meet modern TV viewing habits.
If it had been up to Australian broadcaster Network Nine, forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax might never have disappeared from television. The lead character in Halifax FP, she was portrayed by Rebecca Gibney in 21 telemovies between 1994 and 2002.
But it was at that point that the show's creator, Roger Simpson, decided to pull the plug on the franchise. He went on to produce series such as police drama Stingers and Satisfaction, which starred Jacqui Weaver and Liam Hemsworth.
However, almost two decades after Halifax FP last aired, the series has now been resurrected, with Gibney returning to the titular role in Halifax: Retribution. Like the TV industry itself in the intervening years, the series has evolved, with the reboot telling one serialised story across eight episodes rather than returning to the original telemovie format.
Roger Simpson
"It's kind of the stupid thing you only do when you're young," Simpson says of turning down Nine's offer to produce more episodes of the original series. "I wouldn't do it now, but it was the arrogance of youth and we thought, 'Let's try something new.' We went on and made other things. But now we have a second chance to do it again, so it all worked out.
"But streaming has completely changed the nature of television. There's no slot for a telemovie, so we really had to reconfigure it in terms of the format that's now current, which is the six-, eight- or 10-part serial."
Jane is the only survivor from the original series, although as Simpson points out, she was the only regular character in each of the telemovies anyway. "Each episode was completely different and each setting was completely different apart from Jane," he says. "She didn't even have the same assistants in the office. We used different directors, different writers, different composers and designers – and by doing that, we attracted the best of Australian actors and practitioners, so it was really quite a successful format we came up with, more by accident than anything else."
Set once again in Melbourne, Halifax: Retribution finds a sniper terrorising the city, with Jane approached by Inspector Tom Saracen (Anthony LaPaglia) to leave her university teaching position and help find the killer, 20 years after she last worked with the police. In a long-term relationship with Ben (Craig Hall) and a stepmother to Zoe (Mavournee Hazel), Jane is initially thrilled at the prospect of returning to the field. But when someone close to her is murdered, she must confront the possibility that the killing is related to the shooter and also linked to secrets from her past.
When DQ speaks to Gibney and Simpson, they are approaching the halfway point of filming the series. Four directors are each overseeing two episodes of the Beyond Lonehand Production show, which is distributed by Beyond Distribution. Six writers, including showrunner Simpson, were involved in penning the scripts, based on an initial storyline Simpson conceived. Though he would usually prefer to write a series by himself, the length of Halifax: Retribution demanded a "high-concept crime," while the speed of production meant Simpson needed to open a writers room to accelerate the writing process.
Rebecca Gibney returns as Jane Halifax in Halifax: Retribution
The expanded storyline also means viewers will learn more about Jane's private life, with the original telemovies rarely touching on her non-work relationships. Part of Jane's backstory is the revelation that she left police work after succumbing to the pressures of the job, going into teaching instead. Halifax: Retribution reintroduces her as a professor of forensic psychiatry at Melbourne University, quite happily ensconced in her new role until a new case draws her back into a life she realises she misses.
"In the old days, we could have no continuing story at all because the network reserved the right to show [the films] in whatever order the programmers decided," Simpson says. "They wanted total flexibility. That precluded us from any serial elements or going into her private life.
"Twenty years ago, when she was in her early 30s, she was someone who couldn't keep a relationship. That had to be the nature of the telemovie. She would have a different relationship, if she had one, for each film. Now that she's 20 years older, we could give her a family, a history and a backstory. It was really interesting to explore who Jane Halifax is today."
Halifax FP originated off the back of Australian period drama Snowy, on which Simpson was a writer and Gibney part of the ensemble cast. When it ended after a single 13-episode season, Simpson designed a new vehicle for the actor, writing the pilot of Halifax FP with her in mind.
"The usual thing is to write the pilot and then cast it. But this time we actually cast it first and wrote it for her," he recalls. "We haven't done that too often over the years. So that was unique. It's been a long friendship so it's been great to come back and work together again after all that time.
"She's just utterly convincing in the role. It's like she's a born sleuth and, in Australian terms, she's one of our leading actors down here, so the combination is pretty good."
For New Zealander Gibney, returning to the role of Jane Halifax was like putting on an old pair of slippers, or in this case, one of Jane's trademark designer jackets. When asked by Nine if there was a show she would like to bring back, she immediately said Halifax. And when the network said they would be interested in a reboot, she called Simpson.
"It was just one of those things that took on a life of its own really," she explains. "I love the fact that when we first came up with Jane Halifax, I was about 28 or 29, and even back then with the research that I was doing, I thought, 'I don't know if that's a true depiction of a real forensic psychiatrist.' The reality is they're older than that, so now I'm actually a woman in my early 50s, I feel like I can bring a lot more to the character."
The series also stars Anthony LaPaglia
Gibney describes Jane as "ahead of her time," being the first female forensic psychiatrist on screen in a world dominated by men. "She was alone, she was flawed. She had a lot of emotional issues. We hadn't really seen a lot of that," says the actor, citing Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren as her hero. "We've now got [other series like] The Fall, The Killing, The Bridge and Marcella, so there are a lot of strong female characters out there. But back then, Jane was one of a few."
Revisiting Jane, what Gibney has enjoyed most is learning that the character has a family. But just as she is enjoying domestic life, she is drawn back into criminal profiling. It's not just the sniper who is in her sights, however, but also La Paglia's Tom, with whom she clashes from the outset.
"He doesn't hold a lot of play with forensic psychiatry but he's at a loss at how to find this person, so he needs her," Gibney says. "Over the course of the series, we uncover their relationship and find out he has his own demons and his own secrets and they form an unlikely friendship. I've known Anthony for 25 years – we first played fiancés in [1994 romantic comedy] Lucky Break and then husband and wife in the [2012] PJ Hogan film Mental. Now we've come back together again. Our chemistry is great; we're good friends and we carry that on screen with us."
Gibney's role in Halifax: Retribution isn't limited to the lead character, however, as she is also an executive producer, following similar dual roles on series such as miniseries Winter and Wanted, which she created with husband Richard Bell. As such, she has been across the dailies and looking at the rushes and various episode edits, as well as having input into the story.
Gibney in Halifax FP
"I'm probably bossy," she jokes. "Roger's getting used to the robust discussions we have. We don't always agree on how things should be, and that's been interesting. Twenty years ago, I was quite content to play Jane Halifax, but now, because I've been producing my own shows, I'm probably a little more vocal and he's getting used to it! He's also a dear friend. It's a great collaboration. It's been great to be back."
Watching early cuts of the series has allowed Gibney to be objective about her own performance and take a view of the overall production. She admits that, more often than not, "I just think [I'm] crap," but says she has learned to watch herself unemotionally.
"Particularly now I'm in my 50s and looking at my face ageing on screen, I'm kind of OK with it," she says. "Weirdly enough, I would have struggled with it a lot more in my 30s than I do now. I'm a lot more accepting about who I am as a performer and as a producer in general. I don't really care as much about the physicality of how I come across, which allows me the freedom to probably be a better actor because I'm OK with who I am. I don't want to stop the clock, I just want to slow it down! I have no interest trying to look like I'm in my 30s or 40s. I want to portray a woman of my age.
"Sometimes as a producer I have to let performances go through that I don't like because the other actor or the shot works better. Sometimes it's frustrating but, generally, I'm OK with that. While I'm very passionate about what I do, it's not who I am. We are making entertainment. As a mother of a 15-year-old, that's way more important to me."
Providing Halifax: Retribution is a hit, Gibney is hopeful the character could return for a new story next year. Similarly, having let the original show slip away, Simpson is not about to make the same mistake twice, revealing that he's "learned to love Jane Halifax all over again."
He adds: "The mature Jane Halifax is probably a more interesting character than the one in her early 30s who was just starting out in this world of crime. Now she's wiser and smarter. It's been really enjoyable to come back to her."
tagged in: Halifax FP, Halifax: Retribution, Rebecca Gibney, Roger Simpson


A couple of weeks ago a box of cards came in damaged– corners crushed after the box had a rough time of it in the mail. It was unfortunate and troubling to report the damage to the seller. We'd like to tell everyone: Take time to pack your cards so they will be well-protected in the mail.
Pack the cards in a box of an appropriate size. The cards don't necessarily need to be sleeved, but snug the cards up with foam or peanuts. If you use newspaper as stuffing, then the cards should be sleeved.
Then place your box of cards in a larger box, (box-in-a-box). Fill with padding (again– foam, peanuts, or newspaper) to secure it so that nothing moves or shifts when you hold it closed and shake it. Even when sending in small batches, use a secondary outer box or thick outer envelope with appropriate padding for security.
Ready to seal and ship!
I would add this: never have the interior box touching the exterior box if possible, especially at the corners. ALWAYS insulate the interior box from the exterior box with newspaper or peanuts.
If you do not do this, sometimes the exterior box is crushed at a corner, and this will also crush the interior box, damaging 20-30 cards at that corner. This just happened to me recently, and it changed how I ship. Depend upon the exterior box being brutalized.
It is not enough just to insulate the inside to secure it from movement or shifting; the interior box must be fully protected (with peanuts, newspaper) if possible.
I hope everyone shipping to and from COMC learns from the bad experience I had. It's an important addition to what is outlined above.
I never thought of putting a little bit of pizza in with my shipment. That's a very good idea. You guys might get hungry while you're scanning my cards….
Seems like common sense, but sooo many don't have it (common sense)!
I've had good luck wrapping my inner boxes in bubble wrap…… then use peanuts, etc to fill in the gaps.
Lol…….love the chicken toy added in there. I really hope this was a real package!
Maybe you can change your name to checkoutmychicken.com?


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Do you want just go out and enjoy shopping? Well, you should come on down to Barney's New York, the best department store in Lyndhurst. They serve a lot for men and women, as well as household.
Mambo Empanadas is an expansion of the wonderful Mambo Tea House, both present in Rutherford, NJ. They specialize in dishes from Dominican Republic, Cuba, Peru and other Latin American.