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How to update a claim
In the course of the hearing often reveals facts that can radically change the course of the proceedings, therefore, the parties, the legislator has provided the inalienable right right to respond to changes in the process. Thus, the plaintiff has the ability to clarify the essence of the claim at almost any stage of the proceedings.
How to amend a statement of claim
How to apply for partial recognition of the claim
How to change the claims
To clarify the claims you can in the same pattern, which was their claim statement. Submit clarification at any stage of the judicial process. Filing regarding your claim may be considered by the court as a reason for postponement of the hearing to provide time for the defendant to prepare for the meeting with the changes. The plaintiff is entitled to the right to make additional requirements not previously stated in the lawsuit.
You, as the plaintiff has the right to increase or decrease the amount of claims claims. To do this, apply to the court where your case is considered. Enter the case number that is already in the process of litigation. Against the string "the plaintiff put your name, surname, patronymic. Write your location. If you are a natural person, the required date and place of your birth. For legal entities have to put the date and place of state registration. What is the name of the defendant specified in the claim statement, his place of residence or location.
In a statement about the clarification of claims justify the reasons that require further action. Further specify under which articles you make them. If you plan to make two or more updates, then number them in separate lines. At the end of the statement put the date of the submission, as well as his signature.
Part 1 of article 130 of the APC allows you to connect in one statement the requirements that are interrelated on the grounds of it the evidence presented. If detailed requirements are connected wrongly, the court returns the statement of claim, pursuant to paragraph 2 of part 1 of article 129.
Interrelated claims may be presented in a serial chain: to recover the unpaid loan, the interest on the loan and the penalty; to annul the act, and the refund of the amount paid under this act; to recover the value of shortage, given on these transport documents, and was a single act of acceptance or accepted for payment in one settlement document.
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Q: Using the prediction accuracy as the gridsearch score i wondering if can I use the prediction to find the best score instead of the cross validation in the GridSearchCV in sklearn?
I have a imbalanced dataset that I used RandomUnderSampler() to get a balanced train_test_split and used this to train a RandomForestClassifier() to predict a unseen dataset called df2.
My problem is this: i got a accuracy score of ~0.77 without hyperparameter change, but every time i run the gridsearch, the performance in X_test increase, but the performance on the unseen dataset (df2) is worst than the default parameters. So my idea is to use the result of the .predict() to choose the best params, but I don't know how do it. Any insight?
rfc=RandomForestClassifier(random_state=508312)

param_grid = {
    'n_estimators': [10, 100, 200, 500],
    'max_features': ['sqrt', 'log2', None],
    'max_depth' : [4,8,12,16],
}

RF_clf_CV = GridSearchCV(rfc, param_grid, cv=5, verbose=True, n_jobs=-1)

# uncoment below to use the gridsearch

RF_clf_CV.fit(X_train, y_train)
RF_clf_CV.best_params_

best_params_lr = RF_clf_CV.best_params_
clf = RandomForestClassifier(**params).fit(X_train, y_train)

# predict X_train
y_pred = clf.predict(X_train)
y_pred_proba = clf.predict_proba(X_train)[:,1]
acc_score = accuracy_score(y_train, y_pred)
auc_score = roc_auc_score(y_train, y_pred_proba)
print(f'The score on X_train has an accuracy of : {acc_score:0.4f} and AUC of {auc_score:0.4f}')

# predict X_test
y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)
y_pred_proba = clf.predict_proba(X_test)[:,1]
acc_score = accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred)
auc_score = roc_auc_score(y_test, y_pred_proba)
print(f'The score on X_test has an accuracy of : {acc_score:0.4f} and AUC of {auc_score:0.4f}')

print()
# predict balanced unseen dataset df2
y_pred = clf.predict(df2_X_scaled)
y_pred_proba = clf.predict_proba(df2_X_scaled)[:,1]
acc_score = accuracy_score(df2_y, y_pred)
auc_score = roc_auc_score(df2_y,y_pred_proba)
print(f'The score on the unseen dataset has an accuracy of : {acc_score:0.4f} and AUC of {auc_score:0.4f}')

# MSE & RMSE score of the results in unseen dataset df2
mse = mean_squared_error(df2_y, y_pred)
print(f'Mean Squared Error : {mse:0.4f}')
rmse = np.sqrt(mean_squared_error(df2_y, y_pred))
print(f'Root Mean Squared Error : {rmse:0.4f}')

output:
The score on X_train has an accuracy of : 0.8500 and AUC of 0.9174
The score on X_test has an accuracy of : 0.8479 and AUC of 0.9163
The score on the unseen dataset has an accuracy of : 0.6272 and AUC of 0.7007
Mean Squared Error : 0.3728
Root Mean Squared Error : 0.6106

A: If you have alot higher accuracy in your train datasets then in your test it means that you overfit your model.  This an undesirable situation because the fit obtained will not yield accurate estimates of the response on new observations that were not part of the original training data set.
Just turning the situation around by choosing the .predict() values will not improve your model. I think you need to find a different approach. Try to get a model where the accuracy of your train is similar to your test.

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The Mudhol or Caravan hound has numerous well-defined characteristics. The head is long and narrow, broad between the ears with a tapering muzzle. The jaws are long and powerful, with a scissors bite. The nose is large and black. The ears are pendulous and hang close to the skull. The eyes are large and oval in shape, from dark to hazel. The expression is a piercing gaze. The neck is long, clean, and muscular, and fits well into the shoulders. The forelegs are long and straight. The back is long, broad and well-muscled. The loins are wide and deep. The chest is strong and deep with well sprung ribs. The abdomen is tucked in. The hind quarters appear wide and well-muscled. The tail is set on low, strong at the base and tapering, quite long and carried in a natural curve. The gait is high-footed, flexing all four legs, but should not be hackneyed.
The Caravan was introduced to the Deccan Plateau of western India from Central Asia and Arabia, and can thus be considered a direct descendant of the Saluki or Tazi. This region covers mainly parts of the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and, to a lesser degree, Andhra Pradesh. The breed is popular in and around Mudhol Taluk of Karnataka, thereby giving rise to the breed's name, i.e. Mudhol hound.
These dogs can be remarkably loyal and deferent if treated with kind attitude. The Caravan Hound must be socialized with ceaseless ardor and zest from a tender age. Since these dogs have a nervous temperament, they need a firm, consistent and gentle owner. It will never respond to harsh or high-handed treatments. If proper steps are not adopted to curb the breed's nervous temperament, it may exacerbate with time. Adequate socialization, combined with consistent, firm, decent, patient, gentle, positive training, could be enough to make this dog a well-tempered one.
The Caravan Hound is a perfect example of the doctrine 'Survival of the fittest.' Consequently, the breed suffers from no specific health issues.
The Caravan Hound cannot live properly in an apartment. It happens to be in its comfort zone in a home with access to a large, fenced yard. It abhors cold, wet climates. It is happiest outdoors, and is at home in tropical climates. If kept in a cold environment, extra protection such as winter coats and doggy boots are required. This is not the type of dog that loves living solitarily; it needs human interaction and must be an integrated member of the family.
Being a sighthound, the Caravan needs a tremendous amount of daily exercise in order to remain physically and mentally sound. Daily long walks where the dog is made to heel beside or behind the person holding the lead are essential, coupled with long, weekly or bi-weekly running sessions in a large, enclosed, safe area. Never allow a Caravan off leash on an unfenced ground, as its intense prey drive has the ability to become selectively deaf to its master's calls. Exercise is one of the key ingredients for the development of a well-adjusted Caravan. So, if you cannot provide enough of it, please opt for another dog breed.
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with the candidates in district 3 and district 5 in this year's city council races in Albuquerque.
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Mike Huckabee, libido: He pretends the media is lying about his quote.
It depends on what your definition of "libido" is.
The politician caught up short by a gaffe can respond in all sorts of ways. He can 1) apologize—those were not the words he was looking for! He can 2) insist that biased hacks and/or flacks were distorting what he said. He can 3) own the gaffe, and reword it, to make up a policy on the fly.
Mike Huckabee, who—credit due—understands the media better than he understands feminism, has responded to the fooferah over his "libido" comments by merging strategies one and two. On the Saturday episode of his Fox News show, Huckabee spent more than five minutes walking through the controversy, crediting his audience for being "smarter than the media." You see, he was only repeating what he said on the most recent episode of his show (true). Conservatives had agreed with him. Why did a rougher version of the same remarks generate a controversy?
He's narrowly right about that. MSNBC's Kasie Hunt originally wrote: "Huckabee: Women 'helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing them … birth control because they cannot control their libido." That left out the point of the whole riff, that Huckabee was accusing Democrats of considering women helpless.
Problem is, the rest of the media got the quotes right from the start, and CNN/MSNBC quickly corrected the tweets. For Huckabee to be a victim here, the rest of the media would have had to rely on the botched quotes. Didn't happen.* In a surreal moment, Huckabee told his audience that "even White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was reacting to a completely phony story." He played this question, from Thursday's White House briefing. I've bolded the key part.
Jay, not that long ago, at the RNC winter meeting here in Washington, Mike Huckabee said that the Democrats' message to women is that they are – I'm reading from the report here – "they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of government." Is that the president's message?
What the heck was Huckabee listening to? The reporter clearly got the quote right—"Mike Huckabee said that the Democrats' message to women" was yadda yadda libido Uncle Sugar. Huckabee pretended that the reporter got it wrong, and his audience applauded. The next day, as this Twitter thread started by Matt Lewis demonstrates, conservatives were piling on reporters for refusing to admit that "the narrative" was false. It's a fascinating exercise in ref-working, an attempt to define Huckabee's gaffe as a media gaffe.
Sorry, it just isn't. Two reporters got a quote wrong. Everyone else got it right, and the errant two quickly corrected their record. The White House responded to an accurate version of the quote. Even on his own TV show, Huckabee couldn't come up with an example of the botched quote driving a story. He played the accurate quote, and insisted it was a botch. The press is being told to apologize because it's not as easily fooled as Huckabee's audience.
*This National Review "Timeline of Media's Huckabee Hysteria" accidentally demonstrates what I'm talking about. It records that CNN's Dana Bash and MSNBC's Kasie Hunt got the quote wrong—no one denies that—and goes on to play their actual TV reports, which get the quote right. But we're told the story blew up "in part surely because they were misinterpreted." No evidence, no other media getting the story wrong—pure assertion.
Huckabee's counting on lots of similar misinterpretations.


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Karthik (Varun Sandesh) doesn't believe in love. He is forced to say I Love You to his father's friend's daughter Madhulatha (Preetika Rao). Now he wants to get rid of her. Prasad (Ranadheer) who is an ex-classmate of Madhulatha is in love with her. Karthik wants to get rid of Madhulatha by setting her up with Prasad. The rest of the story is all about how he falls in love with Madhulatha in the process.
Varun Sandesh: Varun Sandesh is a revelation in this movie. He is excellent in emotional scenes and performed them very convincingly. His looks and styling is pretty good. Varun Sandesh has made action sequences believable in his films for the first time. This film should give him enormous confidence as an actor.
Others: Preetika Rao might not be a beauty, but she is a pretty good actress. The director has cleverly discounted for the looks of the lead pair by referring to them as 'china face' and 'bakkodu'. Randheer is like a second hero in this movie. He has done well despite of a dumb characterization. Nassar looks too old to be the father of Varun Sandesh. Kota's characterization is inspired by that of Nagesh in Toli Prema film. Thagubothu Ramesh has a wonderful quality of getting his scenes work despite director's ability to extract comedy timing. The comedy by Ali is ineffective.
Story - screenplay - direction: Story of the film is a properly formatted one if emotions work well. The debutant director Shravan has succeeded in romantic episodes and emotional scenes. However, he failed in getting the comedy timing and music right. The story of the film offers variety. I didn't like the idea of showing Ranadheer character dumb (ironically calling his genius). The story will also work if he is shown as an intelligent guy suffering from phobia of expressing love (Hitch film is an example where hero sets up girl for a fat guy without showing the fat guy as a dumb one). Screenplay of the film is good, but erred towards the climax with unwanted extensions. We are getting too many teary climaxes these days where the entire family of boy and girl lecture about values and love with tears in eyes (latest examples being Mr. Perfect and Solo). It's a decent debut for Shravan and he will prosper if he can get the entertainment angle right with the correct comedy timing.
Other departments: Music of the film is average. Love based films like Priyudu need excellent music to get in into the youth. The background music is not up to the mark in the first half, but is decent in the second half. Cinematography by Malhar Bhatt is nice for its budget. The Hyderabad locations (mostly madhapur and gachibowli) are also fresh. Dialogues are fine. Editing is alright. The fights are well composed (especially car-parking one) Production values are decent for it's budget.
Analysis: First half of the film is decent. The second half works till climax, but post-climax prolongation mars the mood. There are three ingredients for this film. Love, family emotions and entertainment. Love and family emotions are good. The entertainment should have been more effectively executed. Priyudu is a better film for Varun Sandesh after Kotha Bangaru Lokam. This film is a big one for him as he establishes himself as an actor who can convincingly execute emotional scenes. A better promotion will definitely help Priyudu.


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Parastandechehr, G., Faezi, S., Paragomi, P., Akhlaghi, M., Akbarian, M. (2016). Can pregnancy induce relapse in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?. Rheumatology Research, 1(1), 27-32. doi: 10.22631/rr.2016.40681
Gilda Parastandechehr; Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi; Pedram Paragomi; Maassoumeh Akhlaghi; Mahmood Akbarian. "Can pregnancy induce relapse in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?". Rheumatology Research, 1, 1, 2016, 27-32. doi: 10.22631/rr.2016.40681
Parastandechehr, G., Faezi, S., Paragomi, P., Akhlaghi, M., Akbarian, M. (2016). 'Can pregnancy induce relapse in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?', Rheumatology Research, 1(1), pp. 27-32. doi: 10.22631/rr.2016.40681
Parastandechehr, G., Faezi, S., Paragomi, P., Akhlaghi, M., Akbarian, M. Can pregnancy induce relapse in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?. Rheumatology Research, 2016; 1(1): 27-32. doi: 10.22631/rr.2016.40681
Can pregnancy induce relapse in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?
Article 6, Volume 1, Issue 1, Winter 2016, Page 27-32	 PDF (368.42 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.22631/rr.2016.40681
Gilda Parastandechehr; Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi ; Pedram Paragomi; Maassoumeh Akhlaghi; Mahmood Akbarian
Rheumatology Research Center, Shariati hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease which mostly affects women of reproductive age. We evaluated the impact of pregnancy on maternal/fetal health, the pattern of organ involvements and the fare-up risk. In a retrospective study we studied the thirty-year medical records of patients between 1976-2005. Maternal, neonatal and infantile health data was retrieved. Incidence of flare-ups, pattern of organ involvements and the outcome of pregnancy was analyzed. We studied 155 pregnancies in 129 SLE patients. Mean age of patients was 27.0 ± 5.5 years (range, 16-44). Thirty one cases (20.2%) experienced flares in the course of pregnancy. During pregnancy, SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) score increased in 92 (59.3%) patients (median increase = 6 scores). On the other hand, 38 cases (24.5%) SLEDAI score remained unaltered and in 25 cases (16.1%) SLEDAI score decreased (median decrease = 1). Mean SLEDAI during pregnancy were significantly higher than preconceptional scores (P-value = 0.002).Term delivery was more common in quiescent SLE (54.2% vs. 34.6%, P-value = 0.04). Number of therapeutic abortions was higher in active SLE (38.5% vs. 10.2% P-value = 0.003). In this study increased SLEDAI and flare-up episodes were observed during pregnancy. However the majority of cases did not face major fetal or maternal complications.
Pregnancy; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) score
Introduction_________________________
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease mostly affecting women of reproductive age. SLE studies in Iran have reported the median age of disease is 24.5 years and female to male ratio of 8.8/1 [1]. The complex interrelation between SLE and pregnancy has been the subject of an ongoing dispute. This is partly due to the underlying role of sex hormones and prolactin [2]. Understanding the impact of SLE on maternal or neonatal outcome is substantial to provide optimized care during pregnancy andpuerperium [3].
Pregnancy in SLE cases may result in maternal or fetal complications [4]. In lupus pregnancies there is an increased risk of maternal morbidities such as cesarean sections, preterm labor and preeclampsia [5]. Fetal morbidity and mortality such as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), premature birth, stillbirth and neonatal deaths has been indicated in lupus pregnancies [6]. The stable disease activity prior to conception is the key predictor of pregnancy outcome [7]. Literature has reported varying rates of lupus flare up during pregnancy and puerperium [8]. Signs and symptoms such as arthritis, skin rash, proteinuria, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia and anti-ds-DNA expression are among the key clinical findings which must be examined in SLE pregnancies. The lupus flares occasionally mimic clinical picture of preeclampsia and commonly coexist with it [9].Hence SLE flare-up during pregnancy, count as diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Pregnant SLE cases should be intricately managed by a collaborativeteam.
During recent decades, improvements in maternal management have led to dramatic dip in pregnancy loss [10]. Thus it is assumed that if disease is thoroughly controlled, there will be a favorable maternal and fetal outcome [11]. The improved pregnancy outcome has led the patients to more frequently consider pregnancy [4].
There has not been a comprehensive study in Iranian SLE patients during the pregnancy period. Therefore we designed a study based on the 30-year record in our referral center. In this study we aimed to elucidate the pattern of organ involvements in pregnancy and the severity of SLE flare ups in this criticalperiod.
Materials andMethods__________________
In our retrospective study, we investigated the pregnancies in SLE population. Lupus patients had referred to SLE clinic of Shariati hospital at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) which is a nationwide academic referral center for rheumatologic disorders. Maternal, neonatal and infantile health data was retrieved from our database and patient's files. Incidence of flare ups, pattern of organ involvements and the outcome of pregnancy was analyzed. Furthermore number of spontaneous or therapeutic abortions wereregistered.
StatisticalAnalysis
In order to assess the relation between SLEDAI before and during pregnancy, Spearman correlation test was applied. We investigated the correlation between organ involvements before and during pregnancy via McNemar test. To unravel the correlation between qualitative parameters Chi-square test was used. In categories with limited sample size we applied Fischer test and Odds Ratio (OR), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Due to non-normal distribution of patients' scores, non-parametric test Mann-Witney U test was used to compare scores between groups. In order to determine the independent predictive factors, logistic regression was applied. P-value = 0.05 was set as significant. Collected data was analyzed via SPSS software version 22.0 (Chicago, IL).
Ethicalapproval
The study proposal was discussed and approved by the ethical committee of TUMS. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. A code is assigned to each of the SLE patients. The researchers excerpted data from the coded database without revealing the identity of thepatients.
Results______________________________
We studied 155 pregnancies in 129 SLE patients. Mean age of patients was 27.0 ± 5.5 years (range, 16-44).
Maternal outcome ofpregnancy
Pregnancy in 2 cases (1.3%) occurred in the active phase of disease. In the remaining 153 cases (98.7%), pregnancy occurred in the quiescent phase of SLE. Of these quiescent SLE cases, 31 cases (20.2%) experienced flare up in the course of pregnancy. Flare ups had become under control in 2 out of 31 cases (6.5%). In comparison with pre-conception period, during pregnancy the SLEDAI score decreased in 25 cases (16.1%) with median decrease of 1 score. Meanwhile in 92 patients (59.3%) SLEDAI score increased (median: 6 scores) and in 38 pregnancies (24.5%) SLE activity score remained unaltered. Overall SLEDAI scores significantly increased in comparison with pre-conception period (P value=0.002).
Among patients with active SLE, central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis in 19.3%, worsening of proteinuria in 29%, thrombocytopenia in 8.4%, leucopenia in 10.3%, Skin rash in 58.1%, skin ulcer in 19.3%, and arthritis in 7.7% wereseen.
Of laboratory data, anti-ds-DNA expression was associated with SLE activity. In flare-up cases 45.2% had positive anti ds-DNA while in quiescent cases 16.1% had positive anti ds-DNA (P value= 0.0012). Hypocomplementemia was detected in 38.7% of active lupus cases which was significantly more common in comparison with quiescent subset (11.3%, P-value=0.0008).
Infantile outcome ofpregnancy
Only two pregnancies (1.3%) occurred during the active phase of SLE. In one case, SLE was controlled during pregnancy however the pregnancy led to spontaneous abortion. Pregnancy in the other active lupus case ended in termdelivery.
Overall among 155 pregnancies, term pregnancy occurred in 73 cases (47%), 7 cases of preterm labor (4.5%), spontaneous abortion and therapeutic abortion in 30 (19.4%) and 22 (14.2%) patients respectively. Stillbirth occurred in 13 cases (8.4%). Among patients with quiescent lupus during pregnancy, term infant in 54.2%, preterm delivery in 5.1%, stillbirth in 9.3%, spontaneous abortion in 21.2% and therapeutic abortion in 10.2% of them wereexecuted.
In active lupus SLE (Flare-ups), term delivery in 34.6%, preterm delivery in 3.8%, stillbirth in 7.7%, spontaneous abortion in 15.4% and therapeutic abortion in 38.5% of them were observed. Preterm birth, spontaneous abortion and stillbirth were more common in non-active SLE subset; however the difference with active SLE was statistically insignificant. Detailed description of infantile outcomes of pregnancies is tabulated in Table1.
Renal involvement and maternal/infantileoutcome
We had data of renal biopsy of 46 patients. All the patients of this group had inactive SLE at conception. According to our data, even though a linear correlation between renal involvement and unsuccessful pregnancy (stillbirth or abortion) was seen however no significant correlation was detected (P = 0.057).
Table 1. Pregnancy outcome: comparison between active and quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus
Flare-ups
Pregnancyoutcome
N(%)
Terminfant
Preterminfant
1(3.8)
11(9.3)
SpontaneousAbortion
TherapeuticAbortion
Table 2 demonstrates the distribution of various levels of renal involvement during pregnancy between flare-up and quiescentsubsets.
Discussion___________________________
Our results revealed the SLEDAI scores during pregnancy increased significantly. In 59% of patients SLEDAI score increased and 20.2% of patients experienced flare-up episodes during pregnancy. The surging SLEDAI pattern in pregnancy was comparable with numerous previous studies and reported figures [3, 12]. However, a number of case-control studies have denied any significant increase in SLE activity during pregnancy in comparison with non-pregnant SLE patients [13-16]. Furthermore, past reports have suggested contrasting results regarding incidence of SLE flares during pregnancy [17]. The prevalence rate of flare in our study was within reported prevalence brackets. This clinical difference in various reports may be partly due to the inclusion criteria applied in different studies. In addition, the varying methods of defining SLE activity and flares in SLE pregnancy, impedes a resoluteconclusion.
Our major findings in active SLE during pregnancy included CNS vasculitis, arthritis, skin rash, ulcer, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia and escalated proteinuria. Muscloskeletal symptoms are common among pregnant SLE patients. Low back pain, effusions and worsened fibromyalgia are most notable reported comorbidities [18]. In our study in 7.7% of SLE pregnant cases arthritis wasdetected.
Thrombocytopenia was detected in 8.4% of our studied patients. In 8% of normal pregnancies mild thrombocytopenia may develop with no clinical significance [19]. Furthermore In our study, 16.8% of cases had hypocomplementemia while in 29%of pregnancies deteriorated proteinuria was detected. Lower complement levels indicate serum consumption due to underlying inflammatory process. The association of hypocomplementemia during pregnancy with SLE activity or fetal outcome must be interpreted cautiously. The concordance of low complement levels with high SLE activity is predictive indicate poorer fetal and maternal outcomes in SLE [20-22]. Likewise proteinuria is another biochemical factor associated with poor pregnancy outcome inSLE [23].
Various clinical and paraclinical factors have predictive value in the forthcoming SLE activity during pregnancy. The history of highly-active preconceptional disease and discontinuation of antimalarial therapy prior to conception were heeded as two main predictive factors for flare during pregnancy [24, 25]. Moreover, preexisting proteinuria and anti- ds-DNA expression are frequently associated with SLE flares during pregnancy and implicated in poor prognosis of pregnancy [26]. Accordingly our results unraveled anti ds-DNA expression before pregnancy corresponds to increased SLE activity during pregnancy. On the other hand, in lupus flares during pregnancy, anti- ds-DNA positivity was significantly more common than stable lupus. Yang et al. [27]reported a similar difference between active and stable SLE subsets. Study by Clowse et al. [22] has revealed the association of anti- ds-DNA expression and highly-active SLE led to dramatic increase of perinatal mortality as well as decrease in full-termbirths.
Table 2. The distribution of various levels of renal involvement during pregnancy between flare-up and quiescent subsets of systemic lupuserythematosus
Renal involvement
Flare-up (n=6)
Quiescent (n=40)
Total (n=46)
Of signs of active SLE, leucopenia was implicated in poor pregnancy outcome in our studied cohort via multivariate analysis. No significant association between other clinical findings and fetal wastage was detected. Previous studies have introduced other predictive factors for fetal loss such as preconceptional active lupus nephritis, history of fetal loss, and high antiphosphopholipid antibodytiters [30-36].
According to our results term deliverywas significantly more common among quiescent subset. Meanwhile we detected a higher rate of spontaneous abortion amongst non-active subset which was statistically insignificant. It is noteworthy that a significantly-higher rate of therapeutic abortions was executed in active SLE patients. This notion may partly contribute to the lower rate of term birth in active lupus cases. A number of previous studies have suggestedthe significant association between SLE activity and preterm delivery [37, 38]. Study by Yang et al. has revealed that preconceptional SLE activity as the pivotal predictive factor for pretermdelivery [38].
Interestingly we detected no significant association between renal involvements and pregnancy outcome. This finding was in contrast with previous studies [39, 40]. The degree of renal functioning at the time of conception is the key factor predicting fetal and maternal prognosis [41]. A study by Stojan et al. [4]has introduced active lupus nephritis at the time of conception, as the major predictor of preeclampsia in SLE. This discordance between our study and literature might be partly due to non-active status of SLE prior to pregnancy, or due to the limited number of available renalbiopsies.
In this study increased SLEDAI and flare-up episodes were observed during pregnancy. However the majority of cases did not face major fetal or maternal complications. We suggest that intricate preconceptional control of SLE improves the maternal/fetal outcome and limits the disease manifestations during pregnancy. Large-scale prospective studies are warranted to address the influence of various predicting factors in maternal and fetalprognosis.
Conflict ofinterests
Authors have no conflict of interests.
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Detroit rockers Artificial Agent are unleashing a new EP on the world in June. The disc opens with "Master Blaster" which is chock full of guitar riffs and attitude, in addition to some vocals that gives the song a heavier vibe than earlier releases. Title track "Brain Grenade" rolls out next and gives the band an even heavier groove that they embrace and excel at. The bass and drums give legs to the track and support the downtuned nature of the track. "Out Of Time" rolls out and gives the disc a lift to a more mainstream rock sound that is accentuated by the aggressive vocals and bassline. "Another Punch In The Face" is exactly that. The song busts through from the first note, punches you directly in the face, and rocks until the last note. The background vocals are a nice contrast to the lead during the chorus. "Psychomotor Aggitation" is pure rock that gives the guitarist room to run and play crunchy riffs full attitude and fun. This track is a diamond in the rough and should come off well live. "Some Things Never Die" is the last original track on the disc and nicely wraps all of the other tracks together, by encompassing all the different styles and putting them in one track. A cover of KISS' "Not For The Innocent" closes the disc and the band pulls it off musically. The band puts its own stamp on the track and carries this one off nicely.


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Tuesday — December 19th, 2017
ULTRA Music Festival's Twentieth Anniversary
PHASE ONE LINEUP OUT NOW
Having welcomed over one million fans to forty-five events internationally in 2017, the world's largest, most international and most successful remaining independent electronic music festival brand is just three months away from its biggest show ever – ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL's twentieth birthday.
Incredibly, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 will see the Miami event alone exceed two million attendees spanning over twenty consecutive years since its inception in 1999. Kick-starting the most anticipated lineup in the event's history, Phase One has been released just in time for the holiday season.
View the full ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 Phase One lineup here.
Returning to Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami on March 23, 24 & 25, 2018, at the end of Miami Music Week, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL's Phase One is layered with the expected and the unexpected, with nods to the past, present and future of electronic music. Featuring an incredible array of world-class talent across seven state-of-the-art stages, ULTRA is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its flagship show will head straight into the history books.
Festival greats Armin van Buuren, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, David Guetta, Eric Prydz, Hardwell, DJ Snake, Tiësto and many more will all be present in 2018, with the likes of The Chainsmokers and Kaskade set to return for the first time since 2016. Marshmello and Virtual Self are among the headliners making their ULTRA MAINSTAGE debuts in March, with bass dons Flosstradamus and RL Grime returning for the first time since 2014.
ULTRA's twenty-year anniversary will again see RESISTANCE dominate two arenas across the park as both the Arcadia SPIDER and Carl Cox Megastructure return. In addition to headline sets from Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex and Sasha | John Digweed, a special B2B2B set between Nicole Moudaber, Dubfire and Paco Osuna and a four-way performance from Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Troxler (under their 'J.E.S.u.S' moniker) are guaranteed to draw crowds across the weekend.
As ever, ULTRA's LIVE Stage receives extra special attention, with headliners Azealia Banks, The Crystal Method, Empire Of The Sun, Infected Mushroom, Tchami X Malaa: No Redemption and The Wailers feat. Julian Marley all confirmed. Many more live acts will be confirmed in the coming months.
In addition to the ULTRA MAINSTAGE, Carl Cox Megastructure, Arcadia SPIDER and LIVE Stage, the UMF Worldwide and UMF Radio stages will also return. Furthermore, ASOT, Brownies & Lemonade, Jacked and Revealed will also be hosting arenas across the weekend.
ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL began as a 10,000-person beach party in 1999 and has since grown to a 165,000-person mega-festival, surrounded by skyscrapers in the heart of Downtown Miami. The legendary Josh Wink and Rabbit In The Moon were both part of the very first Ultra Music Festival at Collins Park, Miami Beach in 1999 and will return in March 2018. With thirty headliners and over forty additional support acts making up Phase One, the twentieth anniversary is shaping up to be a truly historic event.
ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is an 18+ event. For tickets and more information, head to ultramusicfestival.com.


I was a student living on 13th & Broadway from ` 61 to `63. Brings back such memories of the NYC I can remember. Thanks . . .
near union square in the village? – did you attend nyu?
I can hear the music! Your poem adds a new dimension to West Side Story. The picture has a grand and furious energy.


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The availability of secured credit to households was reported to have increased in the three months to end-May 2013, with a further increase expected by lenders over the next three months.
Lenders reported that the availability of unsecured credit to households also rose in 2013 Q2, with a significant further increase anticipated in Q3.
The overall availability of credit to the corporate sector was reported to have increased in Q2. Availability increased across all firm sizes, with the most significant increase for large companies. Lenders expected overall credit availability to the corporate sector to be little changed in Q3.
Demand for secured lending for house purchase was reported to have risen significantly in 2013 Q2, and was expected to increase significantly further in Q3. Lenders also reported a significant increase in demand for secured lending for remortgaging in Q2.
Demand for total unsecured lending was reported to have fallen significantly in Q2, reflecting a fall in demand for credit card lending. Demand for total unsecured lending was expected to be broadly unchanged in Q3.
Lenders reported increased corporate demand for credit across all firm sizes in Q2. In Q3, credit demand was expected to increase significantly for large businesses, to increase a little for medium-sized businesses and to be broadly unchanged for small businesses.
Lenders reported that default rates on secured loans to households were little changed in 2013 Q2, with little change expected in Q3. Losses given default were also broadly flat, and were expected to fall a little in Q3.
The default rate on total unsecured loans fell slightly in Q2 and was expected to fall a little further in Q3. Losses given default increased slightly and were also expected to pick up a little in Q3.
Default rates for large and medium-sized companies were little changed in Q2, while the default rate on small business loans was reported to have increased significantly. Losses given default were reported to have increased for medium-sized companies and to have increased slightly for small businesses in Q2. No significant changes in corporate loan performance were expected in Q3.
Lenders reported that overall spreads on secured lending to households — relative to Bank Rate or the appropriate swap rate — fell significantly for the third consecutive quarter in 2013 Q2, and were expected to fall significantly further in Q3.
Spreads on total unsecured lending were reported to have been broadly unchanged in Q2, and were expected to fall a little in Q3. While spreads on credit card lending remained broadly flat in Q2, spreads on other unsecured lending products were reported to have fallen significantly.
Changes in spreads on corporate lending varied across firm size in Q2, with significant falls reported for large firms, a slight decrease for medium-sized firms, and little change for small businesses. While spreads were expected to fall significantly further for large firms in Q3, spreads on lending to small and medium-sized firms were expected to be unchanged.


Ahh, fall is the most beautful time of year.
The leaves are changing, the air is cooling, harvest festivites are in full swing….
What a perfect time to cause irreversible psychological & emotional damage on a 2 year old.
The Toddler, now a grown man, lies down on the worn leather couch in his psychologist's office. He twiddles his thumbs & stares at the ceiling.
"I don't know, Doc…." he mutters as a single tear rolls down his cheek.
Using a giant knife to stab holes into your kid's favorite object may send off a "oh-my-god-my-parents-are-psycho-murderers" vibe. Instead, I guess you'll just have to fingerpaint the damn thing until your kid toughens up a bit.
Yes, poor dayday. I loved it, the innocence of children.
Haha too funny! No stabbing for us this year!


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Q: Android application not running on Mac i have made an android application on my windows machine. Now i am trying to test the application on my Mac. Everytime i do this i enounter the following problem:
how i do it
i copy pasted my project onto my mac desktop.
i imported the project into my Eclipse.
My application uses internet connection.Hence i have added the necessary permissions in my android.manifest file for accessing internet. I have tried and tested my app on emulator on windows system many times. But now if i run the same on my mac, the emulator gives connection error (hostunresolved exception)
another problem
when i try and change the OS version of Android on my project: By default my app has Android 2.2, when i change it to 2.1, it gives a .classpath file not found error and my app starts to have many errors.
what could be the reasons for the above happening?
thank you in advance.

A: Eclipse will work fine in Mac...
May be their is no internet connection on simulator..thats y you getting that error
Check a url in ur browser....Also did you try clean the project after changing the OS version


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Kristen Doute Sells Valley Village House After "Vanderpump Rules" Release
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A former "Vanderpump Rules" star has put her house up for sale.
Just over a year after four cast members were fired from the reality show Bravo because of their past callous behavior, former show star Kristen Doute is leaving the Southern California home qu 'she bought at the height of her glory.
According to Reality Blurb, Doubt listed his 1,770-square-foot home in Valley Village for $ 1.3 million, two years after paying $ 1 million for the pad. The three bedroom, two and a half bathroom property is fully renovated and features white oak floors, a whirlpool tub in the master bathroom, a self-contained office space, a whirlpool tub exterior and a fireplace.
The house is located in the same neighborhood that three "Vanderpump Rules" couples bought homes, and is located just five blocks from the home of former Doubt co-stars Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney, by refinery 29.
Some critics have asked how Doubt could afford to buy the house itself
After Doubt paid $ 1 million for the Valley Village property in 2019, she applauded critics who questioned whether she was really making enough money to buy a house on her own.
"No, I just kindly asked for the house and they gave it to me", sarcastically Doubt tweeted in response to a commentator who asked her if she could afford to own it.
BravoTV.com noted that at the time, Doubt had been a star on "Vanderpump Rules" for seven seasons; she starred in the show while working at Lisa Vanderpmp's West Hollywood restaurant, ON. Doubt then went into her own business and also launched her very successful James Mae line of t-shirts. She also partnered with Maloney and her friend Stassi Schroeder for the now defunct Witches of WeHo brand of wine, the store said. Additionally, Doubt also has several paid acting credits on his resume, by IMDb.
At the end of his time on "Vanderpump Rules", Doubt no longer needed a SUR paycheck. The former waitress earned $ 25,000 per episode in her final seasons on the show, by In Touch Weekly.
Doubt is in a serious relationship with Alex Menache
Although it is not known where Doubt plans to move, she has had a serious relationship for over a year, so it is possible that she is considering a permanent roommate. The former Bravo has been dating businessman Alex Menache since early 2020, and a source said Us weekly that Menache "wants to get married and have children soon".
"He's from the valley and he owns a lot of apartment buildings in the LA area," the insider said early last year. "He's not the LA guy who befriends a lot of celebrities though. He's looking for a wife.
Doubt has shot down the wedding rumors, tell the story of life and style that she "doesn't feel the need to rush" into marriage with Menache.
"I think Alex and I are just doing it the way that works for us," she said. "We had this conversation, of course. I think we're both in the right place at the right time in our lives and if it happens, it happens.
But Doubt revealed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was quarantined at home with Menache.
"I mean, I spend every day with him," she said. "He's really special. He is the best thing.
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Belvoir Castle: One of the most beautiful castles in England and the seat of the Dukes of Rutland for over three centuries
May 3, 2017 Marija Georgievska
Belvoir Castle is a stately manor home in Leicestershire and is owned privately by the Manners family, and is the seat of the Dukes of Rutland.
Today, this remarkable structure, which overlooks the Vale of Belvoir, is open to the public, and it is a Grade I listed building. Originally, a Norman castle stood on the site where the current castle stands. At that time, the land where it was built belonged to Robert de Todeni, as recorded in the Doomsday Book, and later it was inherited by William d'Aubigny.
Belvoir Castle. Photo Credit
The castle overlooks the Vale of Belvoir and is open to the public. Photo Credit
In 1234, the home was granted to Robert de Ros, who married d'Aubigny's granddaughter, Isabel. After the family had died out, the castle was given to George Manners in 1508. Since 1464, the Norman castle had been in ruins and in 1528, the 9th Earl of Rutland, John Manners, started the construction of the new castle.
This castle was one of the most notable strongholds of King Charles's supporters during the English Civil War, who spent one night here when he was traveling to Lincolnshire. A third castle was started in 1654 after the previous one was destroyed by Parliamentarians in 1649.
It is owned privately by the Manners family and is the seat of the Dukes of Rutland. Photo Credit
England is full of amazing manors and castles – below is drone footage of the Odiham castle – it's beautiful!
It was rebuilt many times and it sits on the site of the original building, which was a Norman castle. Photo Credit
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The new castle was designed by John Webb as a large family home, and the construction was finished in 1668. For five hundred years, the castle has been the home of the Manners family and over three centuries it has been the seat of the Dukes of Rutland.
In 1799, the castle was rebuilt again, and this time in the Gothic Revival style and designed by James Wyatt but, unfortunately, in 1816, it was almost completely destroyed by a fire. After this event, it was rebuilt again in 1832, and the architect this time was Sir James Thornton. Belvoir Castle is best-known for its many works of art, held principally in the Elizabeth Saloon, the Roman-inspired State Dining Room, and the Regents Gallery.
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Part of the gardens. Photo Credit
It has been involved in several films and television programs including The Da Vinci Code where it was used as the Pope's summer residence. Close to the main house of the Castle lie Rose and Statue gardens, and a little further are the Duchess's Spring gardens which were first planted in 1800.
Read another story from us: Güstrow Palace: A picturesque castle from the 16th-century with grounds that contain gardens with beds of lavender and walkways
The castle sits on an estate of 15,000 acres and its name means beautiful view. Belvoir Castle is the host of the Belvoir Fireworks and also hosts the Belvoir Cricket Club in the village of Knipton.
Marija Georgievska
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Turning the last corner on his way to his boss's office, Matt heard laughter, and he instantly knew that Robert was again working on Will. He paused and took a breath, but when he turned into the doorway and looked into Will's office, he was hurt by what he saw.
Robert was in Will's chair, at Will's desk. Robert looked at Will as if to say "Up to you."
"Excuse me," Matt said to Will. "I can come back."
Will turned to Matt. "No, come in, come in," he said.
"It's OK," Matt said. "I'll be back after lunch. No problem." He turned and left, but he knew there was a problem.
When a peer curries favor with your boss, your options are limited. Before you act, think carefully.
The current favorite has probably been working on your boss for longer than you know. If you're considered a threat, you've been targeted. And for aggressive operators, truth is no constraint.
Unless something changes, your current job probably won't last.
Those who curry favor are usually well practiced. They expect their peers to respond somehow, and they're probably ready for all the obvious or typical counter-tactics.
Know their level of expertise. Unless you can deal with their tactics, taking direct action could further jeopardize your tenure.
Writing, either electronic or hardcopy, is dangerous. Pretend that you've been given an organizational Miranda warning: Anything you put in writing could be used against you.
Email can be especially risky. If you do take action, do so in person.
Responses to your actions might be difficult to handle. The boss might feel accused of favoritism. The current favorites will likely defend their positions. Others on the sidelines might view your action as an attempt to become the new favorite.
Choose actions that take account of these risks.
Keep an open mind about what you see happening around you. The really effective operators are so clever that they're very hard to detect. They can curry favor with you at the same time that they do with your boss.
Trusting the wrong person can be a serious mistake — one I've made myself.
If the favorites are making headway, the boss is partly responsible. Possibly the boss knows what's happening and chooses to play along, or your peers are exploiting a vulnerability that the boss cannot control.
The situation is unstable in either case. If you manage to restore fairness, and the boss remains in place, a recurrence is likely. Any progress you make has to be considered temporary, until you can permanently discredit the favorite. Consider moving on.
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There's nothing like the open road, and with so many amazing destinations in California, we're poised for endless road trip possibilities. These road trip tips will help you make the most of your wanderlust-driven adventures this year.
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What Time Does Boston Market Close & Open?
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Boston Market restaurants are open from early morning till late night. There might be a small variation in the operation hours of some areas. A lot of areas open and close under the hours we have actually offered listed below. Please bear in mind that Boston Market hours might be impacted by some legal holidays and unique occasions.
What Time does Boston Market Close & & Open?
The Majority Of Boston Market restaurants open around 11 a.m. and close at 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday hours are a bit various; most areas open from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. Do not forget that Boston Market hours might differ from one restaurant to another. For this factor, we advise that you connect to your regional restaurants to discover their accurate opening and closing time.
Is Boston Market Open on Saturday and Sunday?
Boston Markets are open on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Please keep in mind that weekend hours are likewise most likely to vary in some locations. Some locations are most likely to run under somewhat lowered hours on Saturday and Sunday.
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What Time Does Little Caesars Open & Close?
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What Time Does Taco Bell Close & Open?
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Why You Should Marry Someone Who Laughs at the Right Things
By Anna Mussmann
On Valentine's Day, one of my Facebook friends shared this quote from Timothy J. Keller's The Meaning of Marriage: "To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God."
Mr. Keller is right. I am married myself, and it is an amazing thing to live with someone who knows more about my flaws than anyone else does, yet continually lives out his marriage vows by loving me anyway. I am deeply grateful that I am able to experience the blessed estate of marriage. It is truly awesome.
Yet finding a spouse isn't always easy. In fact, in a world filled with marital strife and divorce, it is downright scary. Many young people have reacted to this by delaying marriage and waiting for someone who is perfect enough to sweep away all of their fears. Unfortunately, like unicorns, perfect spouses are extraordinarily elusive.
I have heard many debates about the qualities that Christian young people should really be looking for in a prospective spouse. I would suggest that the list be kept short. The items at the top are (or ought to be) pretty obvious. Find someone who recognizes his or her own sin and who rejoices in Christ's forgiveness. Find someone who treats others kindly and whom you would trust to raise your children. Find someone whom you are willing to try to love, no matter what, even though he or she is flawed (note that this is really about you more than it is about the other person). In addition, I would like to point out one more trait that I think makes married life more pleasant for everyone.
Find someone who laughs at the right things.
Good Spouses Can Laugh at Themselves
Do not marry a man who cannot laugh at himself. Do not marry a woman who is deathly serious about her own choices, opinions, and actions. People who cannot see the humor in life's messiness must either be crushed by their own faults and failures or else blame others. People who cannot recognize that we are all sometimes absurd have a hard time forgiving their loved ones for being flawed and complicated.
The beauty of laughter is that it helps us see things in proportion. It reminds us that we, too, might be wrong, and that being wrong is rarely the end of the world. Laughter makes it easier to relax enough to grow and improve. Look for a future spouse who can laugh at himself.
Good Spouses Laugh at Each Other's Jokes
The two members of a married couple need not have the same personality or even the same sense of humor. However, reconsider tying the knot with a woman who does not laugh at your jokes. Think hard before accepting a ring from a man who can't tell when you are trying to be funny. Communication in marriage is huge. If your spouse's mode of thought is so different from yours that one of you has trouble recognizing when the other is cracking a joke, it probably means that all of your serious conversations are going to require increased effort. You may also have frequent misunderstandings because it never occurred to you that anyone would take your words in a given way. This isn't insurmountable, but it is something to be aware of.
Besides, laughing at someone's jokes (or looking out the window when she points out a pretty view, or asking about his day, or otherwise responding good-naturedly to her attempts to engage with you) is a way that people show they care about each other. It's one of those things that correlates with healthy relationships.
Sometimes, Good Spouses Don't Laugh at All
Different families and different groups of friends follow a range of conventions about teasing and laughing at others. The line between what is perceived as "funny" v. "mean" is different in different places. That's fine. However, do not marry someone whose laughter reveals that he or she finds a sneaky pleasure in the failings and mishaps of others. Watch out for individuals who relish the unhappiness of their enemies or even their friends. Cruelty is never pleasant in a marriage.
In addition, avoid a prospective spouse who uses false humor as a way of controlling others--who has a pattern of teasing other people into doing things that make them uncomfortable, for instance, or of disclaiming responsibility for anything that hurts others by retorting that they need a better sense of humor.
Marriage is awesome. That doesn't mean it is necessarily easy--we are, alas, sinful human beings who must live in daily repentance and who must constantly receive forgiveness both from God and from each other. Yet the forgiveness and love that we learn in marriage are breathtakingly beautiful.
I hope that you, too, will find someone to whom you can vow this kind of faithful love. Hopefully he or she will be someone who laughs at the right things.
After graduating from Concordia Wisconsin, Anna taught in Lutheran schools for several years and became so enthusiastic about Classical Education that she will talk about it to whomever will listen. She is a big fan of Jane Austen, dark chocolate, and the Oxford comma. Anna and her husband live in Pennsylvania with their two small children. Anna's work can also be found in The Federalist.
Labels: Anna Ilona Mussmann, Desiring Marriage, Humor, Husbands, Marriage
This is a wonderful and poignant article. Beautifully written, faith-based, and important to share!
Hamlette (Rachel) March 13, 2017 at 6:36 PM
When my husband and I first started dating, we quickly discovered we knew many of the same jokes... because both of us had spent our teen years reading old Reader's Digests from the 1950s and 1960s and memorizing lots of old jokes and anecdotes from them! Crazy, random happenstance, but it made us feel really comfortable together.
Over the past 15+ years, we've learned that we often laugh at the exact same things for vastly different reasons, but that's okay :-)
Anna Mussmann March 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM
Ha, I remember reading the jokes in my grandparents' stash of old Readers Digests. I don't think theirs were quite that old.


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I have a header parameter "username" for the RUN request.
Now, I want to have different username for each request. How do I do it? Do I need a CSV Data Set Config? But then while controller would be needed. And it will go through entire csv for each thread (user), which I don't want.
So how do I do it?

A: I think what you are looking for is the CSV Data Set Config.
See this for working of it.
Make sure your thread settings are correct. You do not need the while controller.


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The following morning I went along to the council offices and withdrew my nomination. I did not tell McGlade that I had done this as I wanted him to give me a full explanation is writing for his actions. He refused to explain himself, but in the late afternoon of the 9th April he did send me this final e-mail upping his cash offer:
I kept trying to get the explanation, but had no joy. At noon on the 10th I told him that the nomination had been withdrawn and the following day I received an official UKIP cheque for £230, signed by Fred McGlade, and a letter which still gave no information.
By the weekend several UKIP members had got in touch to express outrage at what had happened, with the general conclusion being that I should have stayed and continued the campaign.
It was pointed out that a regional organiser does not have the authority to suspend anyone, and on those grounds alone I should have just ignored the man.
I didn't, with the result that the people of Pendle Central do not have a UKIP candidate to vote for on the 2nd May 2013.
Clearly I made a terrible mistake in listening to Fred McGlade in the first place, but I honestly believed that if I did not do as he wished then he would turn the party machine against me. It was only later that it was patiently explained to me by more than one long-term member that the party does not have a machine and that the regional office consists of one F. McGlade and a press spokeswoman. By one of those little ironies that so abound in this life, the wages and the office are kept going because UKIP has a Northwest Euro MP: that's right, it's European Union money.
However, the real losers in all this are the people of Pendle central who no longer have a UKIP candidate to vote for. Since the party has never run in this division before the chances of winning were remote, but it was a marker for the future and had my campaign run to its conclusion then it could have been the starting point for other fights on other days. That will not not happen all because one man decided to lose the plot completely.
We still do not know what was going through Fred McGlade's mind because he will not answer repeated requests for a full accounting. His telephone conversation with me on the 8th April was disjointed and incoherent to say the least, so the only explanation currently available is the one that he ordered the press spokeswoman to write to the Socialist Workers Party member later that afternoon. In it he said that my withdrawal was as a direct result of the internet spat that had occurred some days earlier. If that version is truthful, then it is fair to say that McGlade was acting in the interests of the Socialist Workers Party rather than UKIP. If the mail is not truthful, then why was the press office told to write it?
The most logical explanation is that McGlade was angry with me because of my Thatcher Tweet and then ordered a cock and bull tale to be told to the Trotette just to shut her up. However, what kind of organisation is UKIP where party functionaries tell one tale to outsiders and refuse to say anything to party members?
I have put in official complaints about these actions and I demand a full and open investigation of the matter. As things stand UKIP is in danger of becoming a laughing stock, and the party really only has itself to blame for that situation.
Posted by Ken Bell at 12:30 pm
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David Richardson 15 April 2013 at 14:17
Ken, your comments were disgusting.
I live in Waterside ward and was thinking of voting for you until I see your horrible comments.
Ken Bell 15 April 2013 at 14:24
If you are siding with a Trot then I doubt that you would ever vote for either me or UKIP, but never mind. It was a good try.
I used to vote Tory, I am not a socialist!! What are you on about?
Well, given that you said that you would not vote for me based upon what I had said, and given also that the remarks were aimed at a member of the SWP, it seemed logical to take you as a member of that weird cult as well.
The Tories will be running, as will the BNP and a new rightist party called the Brit Dems. Knock yourself out with one of them.
I meant your comments about Thatcher were horrible.
As a candidate i don't think you should have made them...
Ah! Gotcha now, sorry for the misunderstanding.
So, as a candidate for one party you think that I should be nice to a woman from another party that I loathed? A curious idea...
I think you need to be bigger than that if you're to be an elected representative.
The lady is dead, your comments weren't nice.
Well, they weren't nice in your opinion, but the people who loathed her would not agree. Given that 60% of the people feel that public money should not be used to plant her, there are now rather a lot of us.
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Thoughts as Thatcher is planted
Fred has one of those moments
Enter the infantile left and Fred McGlade
Why UKIP?
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A shame on our city…..
The G20 summit brought with it the usual concerns – would the day be hijacked by anarchists? Would those groups wanting to 'hang the bankers' really do it? How would the disparate groups be kept in one place safely? Would the protests really have much resonance across the world? But many of the press before the event nervously questioned the police's insistence that they would turn violent. Yes, there were elements in any anti-globalisation demonstration that would be bound to hijack it for their own skewed means, but the talk up to the event seemed like it was a self-fulfilling prophecy: violence would need strong-handed police, which would result in trouble, justifying their actions.
No one would've guessed the events of that day would turn out as they had. While violence did erupt sporadically, and the symbolic destruction of a branch of RBS (bailout money to fix the windows, how poetic, and pointless) fed the news frenzy, one tragedy appeared almost a footnote to the day's events. Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper seller, had died of a heart attack in the early evening in the backstreets around the Bank Of England. Seemingly unconnected to events, statements from the police called it a 'tragic accident'.
But over the last 24 hours, as eyewitness reports of the events started to tell a different story. And a video shows most of the attack as it happened, pouring cold water on the police's version of events. The man – not even a protester, and on his way home, and came across the remnants of a police line 'kettling' protesters away from the Bank of England. Walking away from a line of police, hands in his pockets and quietly, he appeared to be struck, first by a baton, then pushed from behind by the same man, falling and apparently hitting his head on the pavement. Dazed, he appears to talk to the police, who do nothing to aid him, before being helped up by bystanders. Three minutes after walking away groggily, he dies on a pavement of a heart attack.
The storm that's been played out today, with the IPCC's enquiry mercifully having the City of London police removed from it (would we face more 'inquiries' the like of which have seen no policeman from the capital convicted of any violent offence against a protester in the last 50 years?) we may yet see justice for a man whose only crime was to head home, through an area he used daily, and walk away from a line of over-zealous police. It's hardly the scandal from Genoa, but it's the final straw in a city and country where we should pride ourselves in our democracy and our civil protectors, but we face an ever eroding set of liberties, sacrificed to the 'war on terror' and the police with ever-increasing reign to 'protect' us. We have a right to protest, and yet even that seems to be diminished now. From Stockwell to Forest Gate, I have little faith in their ability to deal with truth any more, and the skewed statements, denying any contact with Ian Tomlinson before his death, sounded like the echo of Sir Ian Blair all over again. We haven't learnt, it seems, a single thing.
Indeed new footage uncovered by Channel 4 news tonight gives further evidence that the officer struck Tomlinson forcefully before he was pushed to the ground. And the officer who was involved has gone to the IPCC – no doubt to tell them of his provocation. There are glimpses of hope, that process can be followed, and that the police can be held accountable, but we've heard it many times before, only for it to ebb away in a sea of misadventure, of 'cannot recall who was at the scene' or 'details have been lost'. I hope for once they can do the right thing. If the protester had struck the policeman, we all know he would be in court before his feet had touched the ground, and it's high time the police were treated with the same 'respect' we are by them.
In case you think ID cards aren't enough….
The government now plans to introduce a database to track every email, text message and phone call made by anyone in the UK in order to 'combat terrorism'. This is because terrorists used it to plan attacks. They also use speech, to one another. Will this soon be monitored too?
On Question Time, renowned hawk Geoff Hoon went further to justify his colleagues' plans. Not monitoring it would be "giving a licence to terrorists to kill people". I'm pretty sure an email didn't fly the planes into the WTC, but I may be wrong. Police and security services already have powers to monitor phone traffic, but this is on a case-by-case basis, and not a wholesale right to watch every single communication we all send and receive. It makes the ID card scheme, when the government has already proven itself to be far less than competent in managing our personal data, look like a molehill.
Responding to Lib Dem MP Julia Goldsworthy who likened it to "something I would expect to read in [George Orwell's book] 1984", and asked "How much more control can they have? How far is he prepared to go to undermine civil liberties?", he continued: "To stop terrorists killing people in our society, quite a long way actually." Seemingly, by any means neccessary. "If they are going to use the internet to communicate with each other and we don't have the power to deal with that, then you are giving a licence to terrorists to kill people." Hardly. Why don't we just lock everyone up and then no one will be able to kill anyone.
Thankfully, the bill has now been put back to 2009, when hopefully, given the reaction of pilots and students to the first wave of 'voluntary' ID cards, it will be defeated in both the house and the Lords. It really isn't hard to understand that this sort of invasion of our human rights to free discussion and being innocent until proven guilt are being undermined.
Clearly bigger than every other one, in Labour's eyes.
4 billion pounds…. money well spent?
Is it really necessary to stump up almost 4 billion (yes, BILLION) pounds for two new huge aircraft carriers for the British Navy when we don't have the armour to keep our soldiers alive? Ok, so there's more jobs, for an industry that's almost dead, but think of what that could've done on healthcare, social welfare, inner cities, or even charity. The mind boggles, but hey, we prop up the defence industry and have for the last century, so why stop now?


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This block is extremely powerful for site designers in that it allows cloning of sub-trees and user permissions. With this you can define a re-usable template somewhere, possibly somewhere hidden, and insert the clone module wherever you want to allow a user to create a copy.
The setup: You set the Copy Button to copy the "_Member Business" page. Then, you select a user named "_template business owner" in this pulldown menu. Set the permissions so that "_template business owner" has permission to edit a General Block and a Picture Block on the "_Member Business" page.
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Jennifer Tilly: Hollywood's Killer Doll
With well over a hundred roles in film and television, Jennifer Tilly has had an extremely lucrative acting career. Born Jennifer Ellen Chan on September 16, 1958, she would break into television in the early 80s, playing recurring roles in Shaping Up and Hill Street Blues before landing the role of nerdy Amy Hopkins in 1985's MOVING VIOLATIONS.
During the decade of decadence, she would continue making guest appearances on various TV shows (e.g. Cheers, Stir Crazy, and Remington Steele), as well as supporting roles in several comedies, starring alongside the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman, Anthony Michael Hall, and Peter O'Toole. Some of her more notable genre appearances in this portion of her career included the Jeff Lieberman-helmed REMOTE CONTROL (1988).
This film features Kevin Dillon in the lead as Cosmo, a video store clerk who stumbles upon an alien invasion plot to brainwash humanity. The villainous weapon of choice? VHS copies of a bad 1950s sci-fi flick! To thwart this nefarious plan, Cosmo and his friends (including Jennifer Tilly as Allegra James) must stop the tapes from being distributed before it's too late! Also released that same year was Neil Jordan's HIGH SPIRITS!
This "spiritual" comedy features Peter O'Toole as the owner of a failing castle turned bed and breakfast, that decides to turn it into a haunted tourist attraction. Hijinks ensue as the hotel staff attempts to scare the guests, while real spirits begin to rise and do a little haunting of their own! Throughout the film, Tilly's Miranda forms a romance with Peter Gallagher's "Brother Tony," and at one point, they are accosted by terrifying ghostly nuns!
Though she would continue to appear in films of varying quality across multiple genres throughout the 90s, including the (formerly) Wachowski siblings' BOUND, a remake of THE GETAWAY, and most importantly, Woody Allen's BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. Her role as Olive Neal in the film garnered her an Academy Award nomination, but sadly she lost out to her co-start Diane West!
Since then, Jennifer Tilly has continued to build herself an impressive filmography, starring in dozens of films and TV shows. Interestingly enough, she has become a rather prolific voice actress. Her distinctive voice has been lent to Celia from MONSTERS INC., Mrs. Stout in STUART LITTLE, the eternally pregnant Bonnie Swanson on Family Guy, and of course Tiffany in the long-running CHUCKY franchise.
Jennifer Tilly is all dolled-up before she gets dolled down.
After coming to a close in 1991 with CHILD'S PLAY 3, everyone thought that we had seen the last of Charles Lee Ray. Then in 1998, Horror fans got a huge surprise with the announcement, and eventual release of BRIDE OF CHUCKY. Jennifer Tilly portrays Tiffany Valentine, former girlfriend and accomplice of the infamous "Lakeshore Strangler." Using voodoo magic, she resurrects her ex, who eventually returns the favor by trapping her soul within a doll's body!
Featuring more comedy than horror, BRIDE OF CHUCKY received mixed reactions from fans and critics. However, it became the highest grossing film in the Chucky series, so it was no surprise that it generated a sequel. In 2004, SEED OF CHUCKY was released, taking place six years after Tiffany gave birth to Glen, a gender-confused child with split personality disorder.
In SEED, Glen brings his murderous parents back to life, and is abhorred by their violent tendencies. This leads to a funny rift between Tiffany and Chucky: She wants to set a good example for their son, but Chucky just can't help himself: Murder is just too much fun! As the film progresses, Tiffany uses voodoo to impregnate actress Jennifer Tilly, then possesses her body to give birth to twins named Glen and Glenda! (A definite nod to a certain Edward D. Wood Jr. film!)
As the film reaches its final act, Chucky learns that the family that slays together, doesn't necessarily stay together. Angry that Tiffany wants to leave him and take his son away, Chucky gives Tiffany the axe (literally). Enraged by this, Glen challenges Chucky to a duel and seemingly finishes off the (not-so) Good Guy Doll permanently. But you can't keep a good villain down, as Chucky would return in 2013's CURSE OF CHUCKY!
Jennifer Tilly also returned as Chucky's pain in the neck girlfriend!
Chucky is mailed to the home of handicapped Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif!) and her mother Sarah, who incidentally betrayed Charles Lee Ray to the police in 1988. Nica survives the ensuing killing spree, but is framed for the murders and placed in a mental institution. Chucky is then held as evidence for the trial, but is freed by Tiffany, who is still occupying Jennifer Tilly's body. Six months later, Chucky attempts to ambush his original nemesis Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent!), only to be gunned down.
Most recently, Chucky returned in this year's THE CULT OF CHUCKY. Using a voodoo spell (that he found on the internet), Chucky can now split his soul into various hosts. This allows him to possess other Good Guy Dolls, allowing him to invade the mental hospital that Nica is stashed in. Chucky bumps off doctors and patients one by one, uses one of his doppelgangers to possess Nica, and eventually escapes with Tiffany before Andy Barclay can stop him.
For the time being, this is the final entry into the series, though there surely will be more sequels as long as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, and Jennifer Tilly are still willing to keep it going! Until then, Jennifer continues to add more screen credits to her impressive filmography, while also taking part in high-stakes games of poker! Believe it or not, she is quite the card shark!
The last thing you'll see before you lose all of your poker chips.
Dubbed "The Unabombshell," Jennifer Tilly has been frequently sighted at many big live poker tournaments, including the unofficial championship (World Series of Poker) where she won the Ladies Only Event in 2005, as well as many other prestigious festivals in exotic locations worldwide! Her ties with the poker world began shortly after she started dating another successful player, Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, back in 2004.
Though she did announce her retirement from poker in 2005, Jennifer is currently back at it with bragging rights to nearly a million dollars in live tournament winnings as of June 2017! Its a real testament to her talent that she seems to effortlessly balance her lucrative poker career with appearances in Broadway productions, films, and voice work! So what's the next step for Jennifer Tilly?
Well I wouldn't be shocked if she ended up combining her two favorite pastimes. Therefore, it's only a matter of time before we see Chucky invade Las Vegas (much like Warwick Davis' Leprechaun did) or maybe even Atlantic City. Either way, I think it'd be pretty funny to see Tiffany and Chucky making a killing (in every sense of the word) at a casino, and it would definitely bring Tilly's career full circle! The ball's in your court Don Mancini – make it happen!
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