January 17, 2013 – Designing the computers of 2025 is the focus of a new $28 million, five-year research center led by the University of Michigan.
The Center for Future Architectures Research (C-FAR) opens today, and involves 14 other major research institutions. C-FAR aims to harness the power and boost the reliability of the tiniest transistors that will emerge over the next decade. Transistors are the fundamental building blocks of modern electronics, and more than a billion of them compose each integrated circuit in today's cell phones and personal computers. C-FAR will support the design of the next generation of computers that will enable applications such as computer vision, speech recognition, enhanced graphics, and "big data" analysis.
Together, the STARnet centers are charged with guiding the field through the approaching sunset of Moore's law, named for the Intel co-founder who in 1965 identified a trend that has fueled the semiconductor industry for the past 50 years. The law observes that the industry is able to shrink transistors enough to double the number that fit on an integrated circuit, or chip, every 18 months. With this increased density comes a doubling of computing power, which has transformed the room-sized computers of the 1950's to the significantly more powerful smartphones of today. But the field is reaching the limit to miniaturization.
"It's a challenging time as we approach the end of Moore's law – not tomorrow, but soon" said Todd Austin, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and C-FAR director. "The dimensions of the transistors of today are in the tens of atoms. We can still make them smaller, but not without challenges that threaten the progress of the computing industry."
"Industry is adding more and more cores. Last year, your cell phone had two, next year it will have four. The problem is your cell phone doesn't do much more than it did before because harnessing all those cores is a challenge," Bertacco said.
The researchers at C-FAR will work to overcome these challenges on three fronts. They will design specialized chips tailored for different applications. They'll rethink how to build computers so they're capable of analyzing massive data sets more efficiently, which will be a key application in the next decade. And they'll explore how to integrate tomorrow's technologies into conventional silicon processing techniques to ease the transition for industry. These advanced technologies include three-dimensional stacked chips and phase-change memory, which uses heat to store information in the molecules of a glass-like material.
"If we can build better systems with these smaller and less reliable transistors, we have an opportunity to make the next generation of faster, more energy-efficient computers. Imagine your tablet of tomorrow running high-end applications, like real-time medical imaging or computer vision, without needing a recharge for days," Bertacco said.
"The center provides a unique environment to collaborate closely with other researchers and our sponsors to create rule-breaking technologies that are both effective and relevant," Austin said.
"If we can't continue to improve the speed and energy efficiency of tomorrow's computers, the computing industry will stagnate," Bertacco concluded. "It's important that we find ways to move the industry forward, even in the face of all these great challenges."
Other universities in C-FAR are Columbia University; Duke University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Northeastern University; Princeton University; Stanford University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, San Diego; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the University of Virginia; and the University of Washington, Seattle.
Prof. Todd Austin heads the new C-FAR reseach center for development of future architectures that will enable applications such as computer vision, speech recognition, enhanced graphics, and "big data" analysis.
C-FAR Website launches with full list of center investigators.


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What was the first thing Prairie and Ivy did together on the playground?
I thought, You are my earth. How will I grow up any more without you?
"Crying don't get the oil changed"
...that was the silver lining in the cloud. Grammy always told me to look for the good even in bad situations. It's a challenge, but pretty often you can find something if you look hard.
In a pack of coyotes, everyone watches out for one another: they are a team. It works that way with coyotes and cats and chickens, and I think it ought to work that way with people too.
This is a sweet story about a young girl whose family moves from North Carolina to New York state. She has been home-schooled for her whole life so far and when her parents decide she should go to school, she is scared. She doesn't want to go. She dreads the bus, the other students, sitting in school all day... But, she finds something at school that she never had before... a best friend.
Young girls will love this sweet story about friendship, dealing with change, and discovering who you are.
Cute book about friendship and learning empathy and how to care about other's feelings.
I didn't want to read this. I mean, chickens? Really? No, thanks. But I decided to give it a few pages, and before I knew it, I was a good 50 pages into the story. Prairie sucked me right in. Turns out, chickens aren't so bad (as long as I just get to eat them and their tasty by-products, not actually be in the same general area as live ones).
Prairie Evers' world is changing too quickly. First she is dragged away from her North Carolina home to live in the hills of upstate New York. Fine. She d I didn't want to read this. I mean, chickens? Really? No, thanks. But I decided to give it a few pages, and before I knew it, I was a good 50 pages into the story. Prairie sucked me right in. Turns out, chickens aren't so bad (as long as I just get to eat them and their tasty by-products, not actually be in the same general area as live ones).
Prairie Evers' world is changing too quickly. First she is dragged away from her North Carolina home to live in the hills of upstate New York. Fine. She dealt with it. Then her beloved grandmother, Grammy, tells the family she misses North Carolina too much, and is moving back home. This is almost too much for Prairie to bear. Grammy is her very best friend. But she adjusts. Then the final straw: her parents are sending her to public school. For the first time ever in her life, she will not be homeschooled. This is nearly too much for Prairie to bear.
After the first few dreadful days, however, she learns school isn't so bad. It's even better if you have a friend, and Prairie (who isn't so fond of kids her own age, to tell the truth) finds one: Ivy. Both girls are thrilled to have found a true friend. But Ivy's home life isn't a happy one, and something needs to be done about it.
You have five main characters here: Prairie, Ivy, Grammy, and Prairie's parents. Loved 'em all. I loved her mother's quiet, loving strength and the relationship between Ivy and her dad (seen often in her attempts to get him to give up smoking, and his response to her). I loved Grammy, who reminded me of Miss Eula in Love, Ruby Lavender, and her down-home wisdom. I loved quiet Ivy's shyness but desire to love and be loved. And I loved Prairie and her clever ways, determination, and zest for life.
This is an excellent debut novel. I hope to see more for elementary from Ms. Airgood.
Also- is Prairie not the coolest name ever?!?
Ellen Airgood is a story teller. This book is engaging, realistic, and complex. That is a pretty darn good mix for a middle-grade novel. Her character development is strong. Granny, Prairie, and Ivy were spot on. The issues explored are important and relevant. I recommend it to kids in 3rd or 4th grade through 7th ish. And I recommend it as a family read aloud. There is potentially a lot to talk in this story. Enjoy!!!
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. When Prairie's parents move them to New York (from North Carolina) to take over Prairie's grandparents' farmstead, Prairie isn't thrilled – especially when her Grammy, who lives with them, announces that she's moving back to NC. And things don't improve immediately, either. Prairie also has to go to public school for the first time in her life and the kids there tease her about her name (and because she's new). The only thing Prairie has to look forward to are her chickens (she convinces her fol When Prairie's parents move them to New York (from North Carolina) to take over Prairie's grandparents' farmstead, Prairie isn't thrilled – especially when her Grammy, who lives with them, announces that she's moving back to NC. And things don't improve immediately, either. Prairie also has to go to public school for the first time in her life and the kids there tease her about her name (and because she's new). The only thing Prairie has to look forward to are her chickens (she convinces her folks to let her raise chickens, so she can sell eggs at the farmers' market alongside them – they sell artistic birdhouses and quilts as they work on getting the farm up and running). Then, Prairie makes a friend. Ivy is in her class at school and they have a lot of similar interests, and once they become friends they spend all of their time together. Ivy has problems of her own, though. Ivy's mother isn't the best of moms to her, and once she remarries, she's even less available to Ivy. Prairie and her parents hatch a plan that allows Ivy to live with them (at least for the rest of the school year) and the girls are thrilled. Well, mostly. It turns out that they don't have everything in common and being almost like sisters means that sometimes you fight.
This book was really good! It was about Prairie Evers having to go to school when she's been home schooled her whole life. She thought it was going to be the worst but then she met Ivy and they became inseparable. Ivy was going to have to move with her mom and her new husband George. Neither of them really like Ivy. Prairie's mom convinced Ivy's mom to let Ivy stay with them. They had so much fun everyday! Them Prairie's Grammy came back. It was a happy ending!
Here it is, my favorite book of 2012! The chicken tie-in (pecking order!) is too cute! Great conversation and characterization. Prairie learns what being a true friend is all about, also something she needs as she tackles public school after being homeschooled for so many yearsP. Good read-aloud for grades 4 and up.
I've only read two of the William Allen White nominees for 2015-- but I know I could vote right now. Hands down the best middle-grade book I've read since I was a kid. And the main character raises chickens!!! What more could a reader want?!
As a former homeschooler, I was disappointed with how the parents looked down on homeschooling, fearing that their daughter was spending "too much time with old people," and wouldn't be properly socialized. It annoyed me that these were the only reasons that they sent Prairie to "real school." But that's just my opinion.
I quite liked how guns and hunting were dealt with in this story. While Prairie only ever handles a BB Gun in the book, there is a bit of gun safety hidden throughout these pages As a former homeschooler, I was disappointed with how the parents looked down on homeschooling, fearing that their daughter was spending "too much time with old people," and wouldn't be properly socialized. It annoyed me that these were the only reasons that they sent Prairie to "real school." But that's just my opinion.
I quite liked how guns and hunting were dealt with in this story. While Prairie only ever handles a BB Gun in the book, there is a bit of gun safety hidden throughout these pages. The idea of hunting, target practice and defending yourself with a gun was not looked down upon as is the case with so many books today. Even after Prairie discovers why Ivy doesn't want to use the gun, she states that she doesn't take it out while Ivy is around, not that she never uses it.
While there's no language or out-right violence in the book, Prairie's best friend, Ivy, comes from a difficult household where - when Ivy was quite young - she witnessed a killing. There are no graphic details and I felt it was handled quite delicately, but some parents may not wish their children to read a story involving this type of plot.
Prairie Evers, by Ellen Airgood, the theme for me on this book, is when life gives you lemons make lemonade. I think the author wanted me to get this idea, because of all the changes Prairie goes through during the book, and how she learns to accept it. I think the book has definitely accomplished this.
The genre of this book is realistic fiction. The setting in this book is New Paltz, New York. I think the author didn't really make me feel like I was there necessarily, but they did a good job wi Prairie Evers, by Ellen Airgood, the theme for me on this book, is when life gives you lemons make lemonade. I think the author wanted me to get this idea, because of all the changes Prairie goes through during the book, and how she learns to accept it. I think the book has definitely accomplished this.
The genre of this book is realistic fiction. The setting in this book is New Paltz, New York. I think the author didn't really make me feel like I was there necessarily, but they did a good job with everything else, so it wasn't really necessary for the author to. I think the main characters are definitely believable for this book, mostly because of all the details the author puts, makes them easy to picture.
I think a big strength of this book how Ellen really gives her audience a good idea of how she feels. An example, is in the first few chapters when Evers is pretty bummed about something. I really like the author's writing style because it helps me get a good idea of what is going on, but it also keeps me interested.
I think this was a great book. Prairie preservers through many comments, she is not taught properly and that she is very unfortunate although she is not. Very sweet story touching at moments. Prairie shows that hard work will pay off. For me this book good because I was able to relate emotionally and physically for example me and her raised chickens.
Prairie is a free spirited, fun loving, lover of all things learning, curious spirit. It is easy to feel exactly as Prairie feels throughout the WHOLE book. AMAZING!! Must read.
This is a book that will get you to think about family, friends, and overcoming obstacles.
While the backdrop is a farm, with chickens!, the story could have taken place in just about any town and at just about any point in time.
Prairie is a character that you can root for to rise above the others and make something out of a presumed bad situation.
I read 11 chapters hoping it would get better or more interesting. Just didn't. The synopsis on the book cover actually sounded interesting. However, it was just going nowhere with the plot, characters. There was too much whining about grandma leaving. Not good for ES. NO!
Loved Prairie Evers...the main character telling the story. She is caring, kind, and determined, the kind of friend everyone should have. I loved her grammy too. Thanks for recommending this book to me Harmony!
I liked this story a lot. Prairie and her family members and Ivy are all such good, convincing characters. I especially liked Grandma! The story was sweet, and had a bit of depth to it, but was filled the optimism that I love in children's books.
This was a very good book. I like all the characters and there personalities. The names are very creative like prairie and ivy, and it has a good problem to solve. I would definitely recommend this book.
This book is classified as young adult but is probably at a level for 6-8 year olds. I started reading it anyway and finished in one sitting. It had a good story. I will read it again to my 6 and 8 year old granddaughters.
I liked this book, but it was pretty sad.
It is about a girl names Prairie Everes and she is starting a chicken farm and she didn't know it was also a rooster farm.
This is a tale of a young girl that has to move and is faced with some difficulties of having her grandmother leave, to having to go to school and not being homeschooled anymore.
I grew up on a small farm, the youngest of four children. My father was a blacksmith and a schoolteacher. For the last nineteen years I've been a waitress in Grand Marais, Michigan. I was twenty-five when I came to this tiny, Lake Superior town, on a camping trip with my sister, and fell in love with the man who made my cheese sandwich and chocolate malt at the local diner. We met, exchanged asses I grew up on a small farm, the youngest of four children. My father was a blacksmith and a schoolteacher. For the last nineteen years I've been a waitress in Grand Marais, Michigan. I was twenty-five when I came to this tiny, Lake Superior town, on a camping trip with my sister, and fell in love with the man who made my cheese sandwich and chocolate malt at the local diner. We met, exchanged assessing, almost challenging gazes, and six months later we got married. I told my sister we would, on the way back to our campsite that first day. "You're crazy," she said worriedly. But pretty soon she grinned, shook her head, started getting into the spirit of it. "Well," she said. "This is going to be interesting." And it has been.


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Никола́й Ива́нович Ивани́цкий (, Вологодская губерния — , Псков) — русский писатель и педагог, .

Брат изобретателя и писателя А. И. Иваницкого. Его племянником был писатель, поэт, этнограф Н. А. Иваницкий (1847—1899).

Биография
Родился  года в деревне Широгорье, в 25 верстах от Вологды. Происходил из обер-офицерских детей. С 1817 года его отец работал управляющим Серёговским солеваренным заводом купца Рыбникова в Яренском уезде.

В 1823 году семья переехала в Вологду, где вскоре приобрела собственный дом. В следующем году Николай Иваницкий был принят в Вологодскую гимназию. В гимназии начали проявляться его литературные способности. Окончив учёбу в гимназии, 23 августа 1833 года отправился в Санкт-Петербург. На вступительных экзаменах он не блистал, но всё-таки был принят на 1-е, историко-филологическое отделение философского факультета Петербургского университета на «казённый кошт». Во время обучения он продолжал свои литературные опыты. Вспоминая о рукописном студенческом журнале, он указал: «Я по обыкновению был самым ревностным сотрудником: писал много, но для того только, чтобы написать, а об усовершенствовании и не думал». На Иваницкого обратили внимание преподаватели русской словесности университета П. А. Плетнёв и А. В. Никитенко. Они отстояли его после второго курса, когда «по малоуспешности» он был намечен к отчислению с назначением в учители. Они также помогли ему найти частные уроки в Москве. Иваницкий посещал литературные «среды» Плетнёва и «пятницы» Никитенко, где познакомился со многими известными писателями.

В 1838 году со степенью кандидата окончил 1-е отделение (историко-филологическое) философского факультета Императорского Санкт-Петербургского университета и был назначен учителем русского языка в Псковскую мужскую гимназию. Иваницкий вспоминал, что «последний год в университете и два года во Пскове решительно не писал (стихов). Во Пскове написано было только одно стихотворение к К. А. Я. Оно есть в моей книге». Внимание Иваницкого здесь привлекли Псковские древности: Изборская крепость, храмы Пскова.

В 1840 году, по ходатайству своего отца, был переведён на открывшуюся в Вологодской гимназии вакансию учителя русской словесности и приехав Вологду сразу разместил в «Вологодских губернских ведомостях» статью «Осада Пскова Баторием» (1840. — № 8). В 1841 году Иваницкий познакомился с М. П. Погодиным, который проезжал через Вологду и в журнале «Москвитянин» опубликовал полученные от Иваницкого «Причитания невесты в Вологодской губернии» (1841. — Кн. 12). В Вологде Иваницкий написал немало стихов, как собственных, так и переводных. Некоторые из них были напечатаны в журнале «Маяк»: стихотворение о Бородинской битве и лирические стихи «Могильный цветок» (1842. — Т. 2, кн. 3), «Весна» (1842. — Т. 4, кн. 8), «Падучая звезда» (1843. — Т. 7, кн. 14) и переводные из Шиллера «Четыре века» (1843. — Т. 9, кн. 17) и Кернера (1844). В 1842 году в журнале «Маяк» (Т. 4 кн. 7. — С. 23—64) была помещена его статья «О способе преподавания логики в гимназиях и о руководстве к логике Рождественского» с критикой этого учебника и схоластического преподавания предмета, которая получила одобрительный отзыв в «Журнале Министерства народного просвещения». В журнале «Маяк» была опубликована также его критическая статья «К русским поэтам» (1844. — Т. 16, кн. 32), в которой он указывал на ответственность авторов за формирование общественного мнения и воспитание вкуса читателей.

Летом 1844 года Иваницкий подал прошение об освобождении от службы в Вологодской гимназии и поехал в Петербург, где 25 августа ему удалось устроиться по вольному найму заместителем преподавателя института Корпуса инженеров путей сообщения. Спустя два года, 5 октября 1846 года ему удалось получить место старшего учителя русской словесности 5-й Петербургской гимназии; в 1852 году он был уже её инспектором. В петербургский период своей жизни он начал сотрудничать в «Современнике» (некролог «Г. Ф. Пухта, знаменитый берлинский правовед». — 1846. — Т. 42; Из записок Гёте. — 1846. — Т. 43) и в «Отечественных записках» (рассказ «Натальин день». — 1849. — Т. 63; две статьи о Гоголе, 1852—1853 — Гоголь — адъюнкт-профессор). По роману Вальтера Скотта «Оклей Камерон» Иваницкий подготовил драму в 5 действиях «За короля», которая в 1847 году была сыграна на сцене Императорского Александрийского театра.

«Высочайшим приказом по гражданскому ведомству от 23 августа № 165 инспектор 5-й С.-Петербургской гимназии надворный советник Иваницкий назначен директором училищ Псковской губернии». Отдельной должности директора в губернской гимназии тогда не существовало, а в ведении директора училищ Псковской губернии находилась не только единственная в губернии мужская гимназия, но и 8 уездных, 10 приходских и 26 волостных училищ. Но поскольку в каждом уездном училище штатом предусматривался заведующий, называвшийся смотрителем, директор училищ фактически руководил гимназией, возглавляя её педсовет. С 5 января 1854 года Н. И. Иваницкий состоял в чине коллежского советника.

Отдельно Иваницким были издана дискуссионная работа «Исследования о времени основания Пскова» (Псков, 1856). Он оставил «Воспоминания о виденном и пережитом», в которых описана Вологда. Иваницкий оставил после себя содержательные воспоминания и дневник, охватывающие период 1820—1840-х годов — опубликован в VIII выпуске «Щукинского сборника» (, 1909. — С. 218—358); небольшой отрывок был перепечатан в XIII выпуске сборника «Пушкин и его современники» (, 1910. — С. 30—37.)

Иваницкий — автор дневника и воспоминаний о Пушкине, которого он видел на лекции Гоголя в Петербургском университете в октябре 1834 года.

Умер  году и был похоронен, по сообщению Б. Л. Модзалевского, на Дмитриевском кладбище, около церкви, с левой стороны, рядом с могилами Милевского и Скрыдлова; надгробье на могиле Скрыдлова сохранилось, находившийся рядом памятник с могилы Милевского был восстановлен в сентябре 2005 года к 140-летию со дня его кончины, а могила Иваницкого совершенно утрачена.

Н. И. Иваницкий не был женат и по делу о его движимом имуществе в 1861 году в Псков вызывалась дочь коллежского асессора девица Екатерина Ивановна Иваницкая (очевидно, его сестра).

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Литература

 Иваницкий, Николай Иванович // Русские фольклористы. Биобиблиографический словарь. XVIII—Х1Х вв.: В 5 т. / РАН. Ин-т рус. лит.; gод ред. Т. Г. Ивановой. — СПб.: Дмитрий Буланин, 2017. — Т. 2. — С. 340—346.

Ссылки
 Левин Н. Ф. Педагог, писатель и краевед Николай Иваницкий // Псков. — 2006. — № 25. — С. 41—49.

Писатели России XIX века
Русские писатели XIX века
Педагоги Российской империи
Выпускники Вологодской гимназии
Выпускники историко-филологического факультета Императорского Санкт-Петербургского университета
Преподаватели Пятой Санкт-Петербургской гимназии
Педагоги Вологодской гимназии
Директора Псковской гимназии
Институт инженеров путей сообщения
Коллежские советники

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"Like a grand and miraculous spaceship, our planet has sailed through the universe of time…" Those words evoke emotions of excitement and elation for the Disney World fanatic. They are from the Spaceship Earth attraction at EPCOT. And while fanatics still get excited about this timeless attraction, they know that you won't need a FastPass+ time for it, unless you just have to ride it first thing in the morning. That's because there is less than a 5-minute wait for Spaceship Earth in the evening. Since it is the first attraction Guests come to inside the park, those who've never visited before mistakenly get in the queue for the ride in the morning when they first arrive at EPCOT. But later in the day, the crowds have somewhat moved on into the park, past Future World and on to the World Showcase. Unless you are absolutely determined to experience Spaceship Earth first thing in the morning, you won't need a FastPass+ time.


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We caught up with Cape Town-based designer and illustrator Daniel Ting Chong to find out more about his love for design, stand-out projects and what went into the creation of the new Design Indaba 2019 campaign.
South African artist and designer Kim van Vuuren (aka STUDIO.KIM) talks to us about her creations and what it's like living in beautiful Barcelona.
The House of Rémy Martin has partnered with renowned artist Matt W. Moore (MWM) on an augmented reality app that allows you to make art using your surroundings.
Ben Huynh is a designer and animator based in Long Beach, California who responded to a call for visual artists, designers and illustrators to get creative with numbers and letters of the alphabet.
Girma Berta is an Ethiopian graphic designer and photographer known for his cut-out street photography portraits of working and elderly people in the streets of Addis Ababa known as Moving Shadows.


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import { LocalizerService } from '@app/framework';
import { ScheduleDto } from '@app/shared/internal';

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    styleUrls: ['./content-status.component.scss'],
    templateUrl: './content-status.component.html',
    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
})
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    public status!: string;

    @Input()
    public statusColor!: string;

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    public scheduled?: ScheduleDto | null;

    @Input()
    public layout: 'icon' | 'text' | 'multiline' = 'icon';

    @Input()
    public truncate?: boolean | null;

    @Input()
    public small?: boolean | null;

    public tooltipText = '';

    public get isMultiline() {
        return this.layout === 'multiline';
    }

    public get isText() {
        return this.layout === 'text';
    }

    constructor(
        private readonly localizer: LocalizerService,
    ) {
    }

    public ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
        if (changes['scheduled']) {
            if (this.scheduled) {
                const args = { status: this.scheduled.status, time: this.scheduled.dueTime.toStringFormat('PPpp') };

                this.tooltipText = this.localizer.getOrKey('i18n:contents.scheduledTooltip', args);
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BOA App
Caring for patients awaiting orthopaedic surgery
By Bibhas Roy
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Manchester University Foundation Trust
Healthcare has long recognised that rules are necessary to equitably distribute medical resources in situations of scarcity1. Various models are described in the recent literature, all require 'triage' in some way. This inevitably creates ethical questions and specific policies are necessary.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global healthcare services, with the potential to overwhelm healthcare infrastructure and resources. Governments have attempted to improve their infrastructures, however, by necessity, concepts of 'triage' have been introduced.
Originating from the French verb 'trier' meaning 'to sort', triage has been used in healthcare primarily in the 'mass casualty incidents'. This has been extensively used in the military2, but the concepts are also widely used in emergency departments3. It must be remembered that effective triage is a specific skill, and authors have noted that 'most who write scholarly articles on the subject have never practiced triage, or even witnessed it!'2. It is also important to recognise that demands can create the need to ration medical equipment and interventions4, making concepts of resource allocation necessary for a complete solution.
The three components of triage therefore are sorting, prioritising and allocating resources5. Sorting requires assigning a ranked value or priority to what is being sorted, which leads itself to creation of a prioritisation hierarchy. Resource allocation becomes necessary as the magnitude of the problem increases to an 'overwhelming' level. This brings the concepts of 'the greatest good for the greatest number' implying a shift in decision making from a focus on individual patient outcomes to population-level outcomes. These concepts have been discussed extensively in the literature, with theories of utility described first in the 1700s, along with many other philosophical principles such as the difference principles of justice, principle of equal chance etc6.
In addition, triage does not necessarily conform to modern 'values' of medicine such as autonomy – the right of the patient to choose treatment via informed consent, fidelity – the clinician is not always able to act on the best interest of individual patients, etc. There is necessarily a creation of a system that systematically allocates the benefits of healthcare as well as the burden of limited or deferred care within the population.
Institutions and governments at all levels have had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic with systems considering the above principles.
As the first wave hit, systems were optimised to care for the covid patients, and several governments and institutions cancelled elective surgical procedures7. The cancellation rates for elective non cancer surgery were between 71.2 – 87.4% during the initial 12 week period that followed the WHO announcement in March 20207. It is possible that worldwide, over 115 million operations have been cancelled8. There is now little doubt that elective surgery has restarted in most areas, and policies are in operation to process the procedures safely. There are examples where active surveillance of resource availability and case urgency have been taken into account to develop comprehensive policies9.
NHS Surgical Priority Groups
The Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations (FSSA) Guide was first produced at the request of NHS England at the start of the pandemic. The Guide states that "it is a short-term expedient to the pandemic and not for long term use". This followed the prioritisation systems (P1-4) already in practice in emergency departments2. It is important to recognise that when evaluating a potential benefit of a treatment to a patient, one is attempting to determine the incremental benefit of that treatment compared with receiving a less resource-intensive or delayed treatment, but rarely does this ever mean no treatment.
Therefore, patients who are deemed to be suitable for waiting specific intervals for their procedure must be clinically reviewed regularly, for purposes of detecting any change in their clinical condition.
The FSSA prioritisation system is necessary for Orthopaedics to retain comparability with other surgical specialities. It is however recognised that this system is not valid for T&O, especially with respect to the P3 and P4 categories. However, this does map to more familiar systems of clinical prioritisation as demonstrated in prioritisation Table 1.
Table 1: FSSA prioritisation mapped to more traditional system of prioritisation
P1 A Urgent <24 hrs
P1 B <72 hours
P2 Soon <1 month
P3 Routine <3 Months
P4 >3 Months
In addition, it is important to acknowledge that waiting time is an important metric to be taken into consideration for prioritisation, RTT is routinely measured in the NHS, and should not be abandoned.
Suggested process flow diagram
We would suggest a process that is more appropriate for our vast group of P3/P4 patients who are frequently deteriorating as they wait and who must be confident that their plight is recognised and important to us.
*The BOA and several specialist societies have recently finalised a position paper on 'caring for patients awaiting surgery', which focuses on reviewing and prioritising patients on the current waiting list.
Iserson KV, Pesik N. Ethical resource distribution after biological, chemical, or radiological terrorism. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2003;12(4):455-65.
Swan KG. Triage: the past revisited. Mil Med. 1996;161(8):448-52.
StatPearls. 2021.
Emanuel EJ, Persad G, Upshur R, et al. Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(21):2049-55.
Christian MD. Triage. Crit Care Clin. 2019;35(4):575-89.
Moskop JC, Iserson KV. Triage in medicine, part II: Underlying values and principles. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49(3):282-7.
Soltany A, Hamouda M, Ghzawi A, et al. A scoping review of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical practice. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020;57:24-36.
Simoes J, Bhangu A, Collaborative C. Should we be re-starting elective surgery? Anaesthesia. 2020;75(12):1563-65.
Coleman NL, Argenziano M, Fischkoff KN. Developing an Algorithm to Guide Resumption of Operative Activity in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Ann Surg. 2020;272(3):e236-e239.

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Since we moved to our new location, we have been able to enjoy many new activities. Last week, Mr. Kano installed volleyball net posts on the school grounds. When the concrete at the base of the posts dried, we finally got the go-ahead to use the new equipment. Mr. Kano put the net up for us and we started to learn how to receive (bump) the ball over the net.
As you can see from the photo, even on our first day ever, we were getting some good height!


As promised in my earlier post: 10 Reasons why every Singaporean should visit Kakis Bistro and Bar, here is a full review on Kakis Bistro & Bar food and its prices. As I was invited to a food tasting event by OC Group Asia, we got to try out special activities such as making our own Mojito. A Mojito is a cocktail that consists of white rum, lime or lemon juice, sugar, mint, ice, and carbonated or soda water.
Although the process is a really easy one, it's actually really difficult to make a delicious Mojito. My creation was too strong in mint and lime, and tasted weirdly minty! Others managed to make a really refreshing drink though.
Moral of the story: Looks like I'm really not cut out for making alcoholic beverages and should stick to eating and drinking merrily instead.
The prawns tasted freshly-caught and cooked. I loved the fact that they removed the digestive tract (containing poo) of the prawns, as I really can't stomach the idea of eating prawn poo. The lemongrass and coriander removed the nasty pungent prawn odour, making the dish refreshing and light.
While others at my dining table lavished praise on the Stir-Fried Button Mushrooms, I thought the texture was slightly too soft and almost soggy. Despite having a very strong fragrance (courtesy of the white wine), the uneven cuts of the mushrooms (some pieces were quite huge for biting) made it quite uncomfortable. Other diners, however, saw that as a bonus because the natural juice from the mushrooms actually spurted tantalisingly with each bite.
This is a 'love-it-or-hate-it' kind of dish. Coated with strong chilli and other spices, the fries initially tasted too spicy. However, there is something enchanting about this dish: the more you eat it, the more you truly get addicted to it. Even my friend with no tolerance for chilli persevered and fell in love with the fries. What I loved most was that the thinly-cut fries were long and extremely crispy.
I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Chicken Quesadilla to every patron. Initially disappointed with its lacklustre presentation, I fell head over heels with it after my first bite. The tomatoes and spices were not overpowering and the cheese was generously slathered within. The flavours of sweetness and saltiness seemed to be at loggerheads in my mouth, yet gave rise to a unique blend of contrasting sensations.
Love how they generously spread the cheese within the tortilla.
Similar to the Prawn Alioli, the prawns here were really fresh and tasty. This is one of the stronger-tasting Aglio Olios in which the spices seemed to overpower the olive oil, thus creating a spicier, more fiery pasta. I really loved how the pasta strands did not turn soggy even though we left the food on the table for a long time while making our Mojito. The strong fragrance emanating from the swirls of pasta certainly made my stomach growl: I want all of that in my tummy.
Fish & Chips is a tradition, so really, there wasn't any innovative twist to this. However, I loved the flaky batter which made the fish really crispy and satisfying to chew. I thought that the slab of fish was too thin, but was glad that it remained the highlight and focus instead of ancillaries like the coleslaw and chips. This is the real deal: forget about fish and chips without chips (but rice instead, common at hawker stalls). The dish is served with a highly-delicious coleslaw on the side, which is extremely fresh, crunchy and sweet.
I would definitely not recommend the Red Velvet Cake, although it must have been freshly-baked on the spot as Kakis took quite a while to serve it. The cake was sorely lacking in moisture, making every bite difficult and uncomfortable. There was only a faint sweet flavour, and I couldn't help thinking it tasted like Pandan Cake. Anyway, this most probably is a healthy rendition of Red Velvet Cake so it's great for weight-watchers and those on a strict diet.
Remember to quote "Kakis1309" and get 10% off all food items. (Valid till 31 Dec 2014). Check out the ambience of Kakis Bistro and Bar in my earlier post.


Transport your doll to a world of fantasy dressed in our Celtic Green mermaid doll tail set! Sized just for 18-inch dolls, this two-piece, look-alike set includes a tail and top. Doll not included.
Transform your child's favorite 18-inch doll into Ariel with Fin Fun's Celtic Green doll tail set! Made of Fin Fun's exclusive Mermaidens fabric, this doll tail set includes a fade-resistant mermaid tail and bikini top made of the same swimmable fabric available in sizes for kids and adults. Vibrant scales of green hues promote a realistic mermaid look worthy of any Ariel mermaid fan.


When you are choosing a watch there are a lot of options out there. From that the cheap bit of plastic that lasts 3 - 6 months until it dies right up to high-quality swiss watches that are built of high-quality metal mechanisms that are meant to last a lifetime. We only stock the later kind and if you are looking for something that is cheap and will break in a few months we are probably not the website for you. We see a lot of watches come into our repairs workshops from different brands, price points and styles and we have put together a list of things you need to know about swiss watches before you buy.
Almost all Swiss made watches label their watches predominantly on the faceplate, fully capitalised, positioned at the bottom of the face.
Just recently we have been able to add some fabulous new Swiss made watches to our watch category.
This beautiful woman's watchmakes for a stunning Christmas or Birthday gift.
Or if you are struggling to find something for the man in your life you cannot go past this men's dress watch.Suitable for any occasion.


This welding training seminar helps participants understand the complete range of welding practices and procedures, while increasing your proficiency and broadening your capabilities.
Learn about applied metallurgy, welding process applications, safety, principles of weld inspection, and troubleshooting. The course material is in accordance with the American Welding Society.
This is a Process-oriented seminar and thus also great for cross-training. In general, it is designed for welding operators, technicians, and supervisors looking to gain a better understanding of welding repair procedures encountered in a maintenance environment.
**Please keep in mind you will need to provide the welding equipment.


LOVELY 3 BEDROOM RENOVATED & PRIVATE END UNIT TOWNHOUSE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE OLD CENTER, TOWN COMMON, SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND SHOPS/RESTAURANTS! Location, location, location. On a beautiful lot , ideal for a first time home buyer, someone downsizing, or an investor looking to get tens of thousands of dollars of rental income per year. Light and bright it has its own private driveway and features Hardwood floors throughout. RENOVATED, PRETTY baths. Air Conditioners with temp control in every room. Also 2 to 3 deeded parking & Great outdoor space and very low condo fee. easy access to the highways. The charm of this rarely available 3 Bedroom for THIS price in North Andover will enchant any discerning buyer.


The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s Cricket Committee head Mohsin Khan has suggested that Test captaincy should be handed over to any other senior player in order to give relief to wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed.
He added: "I had said make him T20I and ODI captain and in Tests, put in a senior player for a year, year-and-a-half which will give him [Sarfraz] time, allow him to relax and groom himself as a leader, to get some confidence."
However, Mohsin further went on to clear that PCB's Cricket Committee do not possess the power to remove captain or any other official from their post, as they are only there to give recommendations to the board chairman.
Talking about the upcoming series against New Zealand, the 63-year-old believes it will give a clearer picture about whether Sarfraz is mentally strong enough to lead the team in all three formats.
"This New Zealand series will give us a better picture of how much mentally strong Sarfraz has become," said Mohsin. "I will repeat that I only said this because he is still young and he doesn't need this much pressure on him. He needs some relief time because wicketkeeping itself is such a difficult job."


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How do I know if the terms of the contract to which I am a party, are fair or unfair?
Categories: Contracts
This article will illustrate and explain the relevant provisions of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA), in relation to the question above. It is hoped that the reader will gain a greater understanding and perception of the validity of the terms of a contract, to which they are a party.
UCTA focuses on, but is not limited to, terms which seek to exclude or restrict the liability of one party, when that party has for example breached the contract. Before considering whether a contract term is fair or not, it is imperative to discern whether in fact UCTA applies.
Do the provisions of UCTA apply?
Section 3 of UCTA provides in relation to contractual liability that: "as between contracting parties where one of them deals as consumer or on the other's written standard terms of business except in so far as (in any of the cases mentioned above in this subsection) the contract term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness".
This means that UCTA can apply to a consumer and a business. When a person acts as consumer he or she: "neither makes the contract in the course of a business nor holds himself out as doing so and…the other party does make the contract in the course of a business and in the case of a contract governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase, or by section 7 of this Act, the goods passing under or in pursuance of the contract are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption." (s.12 UCTA).
UCTA also can apply in business to business contracts, provided that one party deals "on the other's written standard terms of business."
Reasonableness how is it assessed?
An exclusion or limitation clause must satisfy the requirement of reasonableness (see supra in relation to section 3 of UCTA). This requirement of reasonableness: "is that the term shall have been a fair and reasonable one to be included having regard to the circumstances which were, or ought reasonably to have been, known to or in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made". (s. 11(1) of UCTA.) As this section highlights the test of reasonableness is conducted at the point of time when the contract was made not, it must be stressed, at the time the breach occurred.
Furthermore, it can be seen in light of section 11(1) of UCTA, reasonableness is a matter of fact and degree, that is, it is decided on a case by case basis. UCTA, however provides some guidelines to which regard is to be had when assessing the reasonableness or otherwise of an exclusion or limitation clause, these are provided in Schedule 2. The following points which appear relevant should be considered:
(a) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other, taking into account (among other things) alternative means by which the customer's requirements could have been met
(b) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term, or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons, but without having to accept a similar term
(c) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term (having regard, among other things, to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties)
(d) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with, whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would by practicable
(e) whether the goods were manufactured, processed or adapted to the special order of the customer.


During last year's NATO ''Steadfast Jazz'' international military exercises in Latvia, the cyber-attacks that were observed against Latvia came from IP addresses in Russia, the Information Technology Security Incident Response Institution of the Republic of Latvia (CERT.LV), which operates under the Defense Ministry, points out in its annual report, cites LETA.
The hacker group "Anonymous Ukraine" is believed to have organized a series of cyber attacks that occurred during "Steadfast Jazz 2013".
CERT.LV has recorded cyber attacks from IP addresses in ten countries during the military exercise, with many coming from Russia. Part of the attacks came from servers that had already been compromised. CERT.LV, in cooperation with foreign colleagues, was able to take timely preventive action and halt the attacks.
In the cyber-attacks, the hackers attempted to post misleading information in Latvian on-line media web-sites about NATO, thus attempting to discredit the alliance as well as the exercises themselves.
According to CERT.LV, part of the attacks was targeted at public administration websites, whereas the other part – at websites not associated with the public sector. CERT.LV has found that the hackers chose to attack websites that were run using vulnerable content management systems.
While most of the websites attacked by the hackers were simply defaced, the Defense Ministry's website was targeted by a service denial attack, which was successfully deflected by the ministry's experts. As a result, although the website did become slower, access to the website was not denied.
CERT.LV coordinated the monitoring of the cyber-attacks with colleagues in Lithuania and Estonia. ''We came to the conclusion that many of the cyber-attacks observed came from IP addresses in Russia, however, this does not mean that the organizers of the attacks come from Russia as well,'' the report points out.
As reported, the number of cyber attacks and attempted cyber attacks against Latvia and other Baltic countries increased rapidly during the ''Steadfast Jazz 2013'' military exercise.


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History of FOR SA
Regulation of Religion
International Trends
Log a Dispute
Book FOR SA to Speak
FOR SA (Freedom of Religion South Africa) is a legal advocacy organisation working to protect and promote the constitutional right to religious freedom in South Africa. We do this by engaging with government on policies, and making submissions to Parliament on draft legislation, that may negatively impact on religious freedom. We also appear – as a "friend of the court" or principal party – before government commissions and the Courts (including the Constitutional Court) in cases affecting religious freedom.
Increasingly, laws are proposed that make the State rather than the Bible the highest authority on what Christians should believe, and how they should act according to those beliefs. Many of these laws subscribe to a secular liberalist world-view and as such, are in direct conflict with Christian and family values.
This is a serious threat to the constitutional rights of religious freedom, freedom of religious expression, freedom of association and the rights of religious communities. Our Constitutional Court has recognised that together these rights give churches a degree of autonomy to govern their own affairs.
"The constitutional right to practice one's religion is of fundamental importance in an open and democratic society. It is one of the hallmarks of a free society."
– The Honourable Justice Sachs in Christian Education SA v Minister of Education v Minister of Education (2000) (Constitutional Court)
The Real Threat
The real threat lies in that these laws open the door to persecution of Christians in South Africa. Religious persecution is often thought of as extreme physical acts of violence directed at adherents of a particular faith. As a result of this limited understanding of religious persecution, it is often not recognised until it is too late. A common but more subtle form of persecution is the outlawing of Christian teachings and practices that are seen to contradict the secular liberalist world-view. As a result of the criminalisation of such teachings and practices, Christian pastors and members of the faith are forced to choose between obeying the law and obeying their faith, with potentially harsh consequences should they choose to disobey the law. This is a situation that should be avoided in an open and democratic society built on human dignity, equality and freedom.
Against this background, FOR SA serves as a voice for Christians in South Africa to government and society on issues affecting the autonomy of the church and our constitutional freedom as Christians to:
believe what we believe according to our interpretation of the Bible;
declare our religious beliefs openly and without fear of interference or punishment by the State; and
manifest our religious beliefs by worship and by practice or by teaching and dissemination.
Calling Christians to Stand Together
"…When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." – Isaiah 59:19 (NIV)
FOR SA believe that the Lord is calling all Christians, irrespective of doctrinal differences, to stand together against the ungodly laws threatening to flood our nation and to stop government from systematically removing our freedom to believe, teach and live out the Word of God in its entirety and according to our interpretation of the Bible. There are without a doubt many battles ahead for the Church in South Africa. It is not an option for the Church to stand on the sidelines and to watch secular forces who drive an anti-religion agenda, determine what she may believe and how she should act according to those beliefs. If we as Christians do not speak up, we may soon find ourselves in a country that embraces freedom from religion, rather than freedom of religion.
FOR SA believe that together and with God for us, Christians in South Africa can make a difference – to the glory of God and the good of our nation.


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Q: Unable to share a folder between Windows 7 and Ubuntu (running in VMWare) I have installed vmware toolbox in Ubuntu (guest OS). I tried to share a location from the settings of the virtual machine. But when I click Ok, the following error in thrown in the host (Win 7) OS.

Unable to update run-time folder sharing status: Unknown error.

The location is not showing up in /mnt/
What could be the reason?
P.S I have vmhgfs process running in my Ubuntu VM.
I was following the how-to-share-folders-with-your-ubuntu-virtual-machine-guest method from howtogeek.com

A:
1 .Install vmware tools then try
2 .if the vmware tools are installed  then run the following command (i got the same error )

apt-get install build-essential linux-headers
vmware-config-tools.pl

It happens when { build-essential , linux-headers } packages are updated
You have to rerun " vmware-config-tools.pl "
refer to this link for more information

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Q: Working of Date in Javascript I recently learned that we can't access inner function directly. We need to make the object of the function to do that. However it looks different to me in Date function since we can access inner functions like Date.now().typeof Date returns "function" and not "Object".
What am I missing here?

A: You can make a such thing. Here b function is a function of the A.
Typeof A will return function. But in Javascript functions are also objects. So you can add properties and functions(methods) to the function object itself.

function A(){

}

A.b = function(){
  console.log('B');
}

A.b();

But if you mean inner function to this

function A(){

  function b(){
    console.log('b')  ;
  }

}

You can't access the inner b function outside the A .
One case to access the inner function outside the A, you need to assign the function to the this, which is called method, then create an object of A and use that method.

function A(){

  this.b = function (){
    console.log('b');
  };

}

let a = new A();
a.b();

A: Actually, Date is the constructor of the Object Date,
so it is a common sense that you use new Date() to get access into these 'inner functions' you referred in your question:
type of Date // function
type of Date() // string, shorthand of new Date().toString()
type of new Date() // object

A: The inner function mostly is a constructor Function.
e.g:

    function MyDate () {
    }
    MyDate.prototype.getDate = function () {
        console.log('getDate')
    }
    MyDate.getDate() // getDate


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MPS - The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of Vietnam on March 26 hosted a meeting to review the outcomes of the cooperation between Vietnam and Laos and Cambodia in preventing and fighting human trafficking. Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong, Deputy Minister of Public Security, attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech.
The event also saw the presence of Major General Tran Ngoc Ha, Director of the Criminal Police Department under the MPS and Head of the Vietnamese delegation; Youk Sokha, Deputy Commissioner General of the Cambodia National Police, Head of the Cambodian delegation; and Colonel Phengsavan Thipphavongxay, Vice Director of the General Department of Police under the Ministry of Security of Laos, Head of the Lao delegation.
Reports revealed that functional forces of Vietnam uncover 400 cases of human trafficking every year. In particular, the number of cases of overseas human trafficking accounts for about 80% of the total. In 2018, the police force of Vietnam detected 211 human trafficking cases, arrested 276 involved subjects and recued 386 victims. More than 80% of the victims were provided with initial supports, psychological counseling, health care and legal assistance. Many victims received financial aid, vocational training and employment, helping them settle down their lives and quickly reintegrate into society.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister Le Quy Vuong expressed his hope that leaders of the participating delegations would further direct their subordinate units to effectively implement the bilateral cooperation agreement on prevention and fight against human trafficking signed between the Governments of Vietnam and Cambodia in 2005 and between the Governments of Vietnam and Laos in 2010.
He also underlined the need to promote dissemination of information about human trafficking to raise the public awareness of protecting themselves from human traffickers as well as to actively participate in prevention and fight against trafficking in persons, focusing on key areas and routes, particularly the border area of the 3 countries.
Deputy Minister Vuong emphasized that relevant forces of the three countries should well maintain and promote the role of the available hotlines and liaison offices to exchange information about criminals and victims, and effectively handle issues of mutual concern.
He also asked relevant forces of each country to actively coordinate with authorities of border areas, organize regular and irregular meetings to exchange the local situation, and develop coordination mechanism. The Vietnamese Deputy Minister also urged the three countries' forces to promptly detect and prevent the formation of any organizations and complicated criminal networks in border areas, as well as to reach consensus on the launch of joint intensive campaigns against transnational crimes in 2019.


Given the horrific amount of tragedies, violence, and hate polluting our world in present day, we have been thinking a lot about how we can possibly combat this as individuals in our own communities.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that".
Sometimes, it's easy to get caught up in all the darkness around us, only to slowly, tragically, experience the fading light that comes from within ourselves.
In face of the very real, very scary existence of travesty, terror, and pain - we remind you of the power of that glimmering light inside of you.
Don't let it fade. Spread it!
...because "a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" - James Keller.
Rachel Cord, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern #89397. Pacific MFT Network, © 2016.
It is mid-December and we are in the middle of the holidays, also known as the "most wonderful time of the year". A time when we are supposed to be full of joy, surrounded by love, and at peace. But the disheartening truth is that our world is suffering from a lack of such things.
The irony is that right now I should be running a therapy group with 7 middle-schoolers, leading them in an activity intended to encourage reflection around "intangible gift-giving" (such as kindness, hope, gratitude, and trust). Instead, these children are not able to be at school due to threats of violence targeting the LAUSD, resulting in 900 school closures across Los Angeles today. Yes, we have a violence problem, a terrorism problem, a gun problem, but at the root of it all we have a humanity problem.
In these moments I wonder: how do we stay in the holiday spirit (or any kind of positive spirit) when there is such pain, fear, and tragedy happening around and within us?
1. Get outside. As tempting and cozy as it may be to stay indoors during this "harsh" California winter, getting outside can be the perfect redirection from negative feelings. Whether you take a five minute work break for some fresh air, find a beach to sit on, or go for an hour long walk, getting a taste of nature is a great "pick me up".
2. Snuggle a furry friend. Spend some extra time with your pet. Experiencing unconditional love and affection from a dog (or any animal you share a bond with) is actually an evidence-based way to feel a multitude of renewed uplifting emotions.
3. Tell someone you love them, and tell them why. In my opinion, the first step to feeling joy and combating the negativity in the world, is to open our hearts to others, spread the love, and remind people why they are cherished.
4. Make a list of all the things you are grateful for. Glad you have hot water to take a warm shower with later? Thankful to have someone who loves you despite how weird you really are behind closed doors? Blessed with money to pay for other things you enjoy and/or need? ... Perspective is the key to happiness.
5. Give back to your community or a charity. Because giving feels good. And the world needs our time and money invested in things that actually matter. Every little bit counts.
6. Exercise. What's that? Physical activity is good for the body AND the mind? Yes! exercise = endorphins = happy.
7. Make use of that mistletoe. Speaking of endorphins...if you're looking to self-medicate, kissing is one dopamine-producing drug I'm actually willing to support.
8. Remind yourself that it's okay to be happy, and that you deserve to be. Make a conscious decision to allow yourself to experience joy, however that may be for you. Mindfully living with intent, purpose, and awareness of the positive things, however small, is part of breaking down the walls that can prevent your heart from feeling happy.
There are many ways to experience joy, but sometimes it can seem impossible to find joy in things that normally bring us pleasure. Personal therapy is a good way to rediscover that ability in yourself. If you are interested in considering therapy, I encourage you to contact me to discuss options for therapeutic services.


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Q: Incremental MySQL reading using Logstash I have a MySQL database which data is added to it over the time. And I want to transmit the data into a Elastic using Logstash to generate some report.
Is there a way to memorize MySQL's the last transmitted record and resume the logging process once a new record is inserted?

A: In order to incrementally update the data in the Elasticsearch, we have to have a column in the database such that it can be used as a reference. And also we have to set up a schedule to run the configuration file again and again.
Let's say you want to send the newly added rows to Elasticsearch and you have an id field which gets auto incremented in the table. Then you can tell the Logstash to fetch only the records which value of the id is greater than the id value of the previously fetched record. In order to tell Logstash to track a column and which column to track we have to use the

tracking_column and use_column_value

options in the JDBC section. After that the configuration file will look like the following.
input {
  jdbc {
  jdbc_driver_library => "mysql-connector-java-5.1.36-bin.jar"
  jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
  jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database"
  jdbc_user => "DBUSERNAME"
  jdbc_password => "DBPASSWORD"
  statement => "select * from TABLE where id >:sql_last_value"
  tracking_column => id
  use_column_value => true
  #I have scheduled this to run in every second
  schedule => "* * * * * *"
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => "localhost:9200"
    index => "index"
    document_type => "type"
    user => "userName"
    password => "password"
  }
  stdout {
    codec => rubydebug
  }
}

:sql_last_value

contains the value of the id of the record which has been sent previously. But with an id field, you can only send the records which are newly added. If you want to update the documents in the Elasticsearch which were sent previously according to the changes done to the records in the database, you have to use a row_update_time column (Or something similar to use as a reference) that gets updated every time you change the records in the table. You can find more information about that here.

A: The logstash jdbc{} input can maintain state for subsequent queries.  Some examples are given in their documentation, but the general idea is that you can use sql_last_value in your WHERE clause:
statement => "SELECT id, mycolumn1, mycolumn2 FROM my_table WHERE id > :sql_last_value"

and tell logstash which field to use to update sql_last_value:
tracking_column => id

If you're using an id column like this, you also need to set
use_column_value => true

If you're using a datetime field, then use_column_value should remain the default of false.


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Carly Fiorina Makes Planned Parenthood a National Story Again
The Republican candidate seems to have been confused when she described a graphic image of a living fetus on a table. Politically, it may not matter.
By David A. Graham
Brian Snyder / Reuters
Seven candidates on the Republican debate stage mentioned Planned Parenthood. But only one of them managed to turn it into national headlines. That was Carly Fiorina, who's being widely heralded as the debate's winner.
"As regards Planned Parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes," Fiorina said. "Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain."
There has been a series of videos released recently by the Center for Medical Progress, a conservative anti-abortion group. As I wrote when the first video was published, they are potent tools for the anti-abortion movement, because they show Planned Parenthood officials speaking in graphic detail about aborted fetuses and how tissue from them can be used. Opinions on abortion have barely moved since Roe v. Wade, and anyone not convinced by a morality argument is unlikely to suddenly be persuaded. The idea here is that the "ick" factor might be a more powerful means of changing minds.
Still, the image Fiorina described stuck out as something that I didn't recall from the videos. Nor did anyone else, it turns out—it doesn't seem to exist. There is, however, a description similar to this in one video. A former technician from an abortion lab, Holly O'Donnell describes a scene (these quotes are taken starting around 3:30 in the video, with some breaks in between sections):
The moment I see it I'm just flabbergasted. This is the most gestated fetus and closest thing to a baby I've seen ... She has one of her instruments and she just taps the heart and it start beating. I'm sitting here and I'm looking at this fetus and its heart is beating. I don't know what to think …. I don't know if it's technically dead or its alive. It had a face …. Since the fetus was so intact, she said, OK, well, this is a really good fetus. It looks like we can procure a lot from it. We're going to procure a brain.
O'Donnell then describes being shaken as she removed the brain from the fetus. At one point in the video, there's an image of a fetus on the screen, but that is a stillborn baby and not an aborted one.
Thursday on Good Morning America, George Stephanopoulos pressed Fiorina on the discrepancy, asking if she misspoke. "I didn't misspeak and I don't know who you're speaking about in terms of watching the tapes, but I have seen those images," she said. "I don't know whether you've watched the tapes, George. Most people haven't." He again asked her to specify, and she deflected with an answer to a question he didn't ask, about whether the tapes were doctored: "Well, you know, there's a lot of commentary about these tapes being doctored. In fact, that's what the mainstream media keeps talking about is the tapes and their origins. Rest assured, I have seen the images that I talked about last night."
She may have seen the images somewhere, but they were not in the Center for Medical Progress's Planned Parenthood tapes. (Another video shows stock footage of a fetus, but it's not from a Planned Parenthood clinic.)
What Does the Planned Parenthood Video Show?
Democrats Moved the Filibuster Overton Window
Ronald Brownstein
Trump Fans Have Found Their Safe Space
Elaine Godfrey
For political purposes, that may not matter. As Ian Tuttle suggests at National Review, the real coup is just to once again make the videos a story in the mainstream media. It's anybody's guess how much they'll affect the debate over abortion and Planned Parenthood. Congress still seems on course for a potential shutdown over federal funding for the organization (here's a little more on what Planned Parenthood does with that funding, and why it's so hard to defund it), and this likely won't change that. But what about the longer-term debate? In August, right after the videos were released, Rebecca Traister argued that the "big secret" of abortion was that "women already know how it works." Given that, she doubted these tapes would shift the conversation.
The real war over abortion isn't being waged at the federal level, though. Periodic showdowns over funding in Washington are largely a sideshow to what's going on at the state level. And across the nation, as Molly Redden recently reported, conservatives have managed to marshal their forces and use propaganda coups like the Center for Medical Progress videos to dramatically tighten access to abortion. "Activists have been calling it the 'war on women,'" Redden writes. "But the onslaught of new abortion restrictions has been so successful, so strategically designed, and so well coordinated that the war in many places has essentially been lost."


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HMCS Halifax sets sail for six-month mission in Europe
Family and friends of the crew onboard HMCS Halifax had to watch the ship's departure ceremony on a live stream Friday, instead of packing the jetty for final hugs and good byes.
HMCS Halifax is heading to Europe to take part in NATO exercises under Operation Reassurance. It's the same mission HMCS Toronto was working on. The ship returned a month earlier than planned just days before Christmas.
This is just the second navy deployment to leave Halifax Harbour under the cloud of the pandemic, and officials say they had to do everything possible to ensure the crew was healthy before departing Friday afternoon.
"Typically we would see jetty full of people here wishing us fair winds and following seas," said Commodore Bradley Peats as he addressed the families watching on social media.
"While we cannot see you physically, know that you are in our thoughts and you are in our hearts."
Carolyn Ray/CBC
After months of training under the unique circumstances, the crew spent the last few weeks isolating with their families, and undergoing multiple COVID-19 tests.
"It's a day of excitement mixed with anxiety," said Cmdr. Christopher Rochon.
"COVID challenged us to adjust our training, technical and personnel management in ways that we would have never imagined."
Now that they're on board, the 252 sailors will be isolated for six months, creating a bubble at sea. They'll also have access to rapid testing, so if anyone feels unwell, they'll be able to determine if COVID-19 somehow made its way on board.
"We will be taking all measures to remain safe and healthy while recognizing that this will place additional hardship on our crew."
No shore visits
Petty Officer 1st Class Joyce Farmer says this mission will have a much different feel than her previous deployments.
Their first destination is a stop in Portugal, but they won't be leaving the ship.
"When we come alongside into a foreign port, we don't get to go ashore any more," she said.
"We as a family, we will be able to keep ourselves entertained, we'll be able to work out, we'll have a lot more time to ourselves."
Instead of being on the jetty, families were encouraged to space themselves out along Halifax's boardwalk so they could watch the ship leave its home base.
"Departure day is often difficult, but what today marks is the countdown to leaving is finish, and the countdown to homecomings is beginning," said Peats.
Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. As darkness fell, there were no reports of any clashes. Security was stepped up in recent days after the FBI warned of the potential for armed protests in Washington and at all 50 state capitol buildings ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. Crowds of only a dozen or two demonstrated at some boarded-up, cordoned-off statehouses, while the streets in many other capital cities remained empty. Some protesters said they were there to back President Donald Trump. Others said they had instead come to voice their support for gun rights or decry government overreach. "I don't trust the results of the election," said Michigan protester Martin Szelag, a 67-year-old semi-retired window salesman from Dearborn Heights. He wore a sign around his neck that read, in part, "We will support Joe Biden as our President if you can convince us he won legally. Show us the proof! Then the healing can begin." As the day wore on with no bloodshed around the U.S., a sense of relief spread among officials, though they were not ready to let their guard down. The heavy law enforcement presence may have kept turnout down. In the past few days, some extremists had warned others against falling into what they called a law enforcement trap. Washington State Patrol spokesman Chris Loftis said he hoped the apparently peaceful day reflected some soul-searching among Americans. "I would love to say that it's because we've all taken a sober look in the mirror and have decided that we are a more unified people than certain moments in time would indicate," he said. The security measures were intended to safeguard seats of government from the type of violence that broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when far-right Trump supporters galvanized by his false claims that the election had been stolen from him overran the police and bashed their way into the building while Congress was certifying the Electoral College vote. The attack left a Capitol police officer and four others dead. More than 125 people have been arrested over the insurrection. Dozens of courts, election officials and Trump's own attorney general have all said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential race. On Sunday, some statehouses were surrounded by new security fences, their windows were boarded up, and extra officers were on patrol. Legislatures generally were not in session over the weekend. Tall fences also surrounded the U.S. Capitol. The National Mall was closed to the public, and the mayor of Washington asked people not to visit. Some 25,000 National Guard troops from around the country are expected to arrive in the city in the coming days. U.S. defence officials told The Associated Press those troops would be vetted by the FBI to ward off any threat of an insider attack on the inauguration. The roughly 20 protesters who showed up at Michigan's Capitol, including some who were armed, were significantly outnumbered by law enforcement officers and members of the media. Tensions have been running high in the state since authorities foiled a plot to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last year. At the Ohio Statehouse, about two dozen people, including several carrying long guns, protested outside under the watchful eyes of state troopers before dispersing as it began to snow. Kathy Sherman, who was wearing a visor with "Trump" printed on it, said she supports the president but distanced herself from the mob that breached the U.S. Capitol. "I'm here to support the right to voice a political view or opinion without fear of censorship, harassment or the threat of losing my job or being physically assaulted," she said. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he was pleased with the outcome but stressed that authorities "continue to have concerns for potential violence in the coming days, which is why I intend to maintain security levels at the Statehouse as we approach the presidential inauguration." Utah's new governor, Republican Spencer Cox, shared photos on his Twitter account showing him with what appeared to be hundreds of National Guard troops and law enforcement officers standing behind him, all wearing masks. Cox called the quiet protests a best-case scenario and said many "agitating groups" had cancelled their plans for the day. At Oregon's Capitol, fewer than a dozen men wearing military-style outfits, black ski masks and helmets stood nearby with semiautomatic weapons slung across their bodies. Some had upside-down American flags and signs reading such things as "Disarm the government." At the Texas Capitol, Ben Hawk walked with about a dozen demonstrators up to the locked gates carrying a bullhorn and an AR-15 rifle hanging at the side of his camouflage pants. He condemned the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and said he did not support Trump. "All we came down here to do today was to discuss, gather, network and hang out. And it got blown and twisted completely out of proportion," Hawk said. At Nevada's Capitol, where demonstrators supporting Trump have flocked most weekends in recent months, all was quiet except for a lone protester with a sign. "Trump Lost. Be Adults. Go Home," it read. More than a third of governors had called out the National Guard to help protect their capitols and assist local law enforcement. Several governors declared states of emergency, and others closed their capitols to the public until after Biden's inauguration. Some legislatures also cancelled sessions or pared back their work for the coming week. Even before the violence at the Capitol, some statehouses had been the target of vandals and angry protesters during the past year. Last spring, armed protesters entered the Michigan Capitol to object to coronavirus lockdowns. People angry over the death of George Floyd under a Minneapolis police officer's knee vandalized capitols in several states, including Colorado, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin. Last last month, crowds in Oregon forced their way into the Capitol in Salem to protest its closure to the public during a special legislative session on coronavirus measures. Amid the potential for violence in the coming days, the building's first-floor windows were boarded up and the National Guard was brought in. "The state capitol has become a fortress," said Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, a Democrat. "I never thought I'd see that. It breaks my heart." ___ Associated Press writers Farnoush Amiri in Columbus, Ohio; Gillian Flaccus in Salem, Oregon; Mike Householder and David Eggert in Lansing, Michigan; Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina; Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Washington; Sam Metz in Carson City, Nevada; Marc Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report. David A. Lieb And Adam Geller, The Associated Press


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package com.flowpowered.math;

/**
 * A class designed for fast trigonometry operations. Sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent secant and cosecant use a sine float table.
 */
public class TrigMath {
    // Constants
    public static final double PI = Math.PI;
    public static final double SQUARED_PI = PI * PI;
    public static final double HALF_PI = PI / 2;
    public static final double QUARTER_PI = HALF_PI / 2;
    public static final double TWO_PI = 2 * PI;
    public static final double THREE_PI_HALVES = TWO_PI - HALF_PI;
    public static final double DEG_TO_RAD = PI / 180;
    public static final double HALF_DEG_TO_RAD = PI / 360;
    public static final double RAD_TO_DEG = 180 / PI;
    public static final double SQRT_OF_TWO = Math.sqrt(2);
    public static final double HALF_SQRT_OF_TWO = SQRT_OF_TWO / 2;
    // Trig
    private static final int SIN_BITS = 22;
    private static final int SIN_SIZE = 1 << SIN_BITS;
    private static final int SIN_MASK = SIN_SIZE - 1;
    private static final float[] SIN_TABLE = new float[SIN_SIZE];
    private static final double SIN_CONVERSION_FACTOR = (SIN_SIZE / TWO_PI);
    private static final int COS_OFFSET = SIN_SIZE / 4;
    // Arc trig
    private static final double sq2p1 = 2.414213562373095048802;
    private static final double sq2m1 = 0.414213562373095048802;
    private static final double p4 = 0.161536412982230228262E2;
    private static final double p3 = 0.26842548195503973794141E3;
    private static final double p2 = 0.11530293515404850115428136E4;
    private static final double p1 = 0.178040631643319697105464587E4;
    private static final double p0 = 0.89678597403663861959987488E3;
    private static final double q4 = 0.5895697050844462222791E2;
    private static final double q3 = 0.536265374031215315104235E3;
    private static final double q2 = 0.16667838148816337184521798E4;
    private static final double q1 = 0.207933497444540981287275926E4;
    private static final double q0 = 0.89678597403663861962481162E3;

    static {
        for (int i = 0; i < SIN_SIZE; i++) {
            SIN_TABLE[i] = (float) Math.sin((i * TWO_PI) / SIN_SIZE);
        }
    }

    private TrigMath() {
    }

    /**
     * Sine calculation using a table.
 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle the angle in radians
     * @return the sine of the angle
     */
    public static float sin(double angle) {
        return sinRaw(GenericMath.floor(angle * SIN_CONVERSION_FACTOR));
    }

    /**
     * Cosine calculation using a table.
 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle the angle in radians
     * @return the cosine of the angle
     */
    public static float cos(double angle) {
        return cosRaw(GenericMath.floor(angle * SIN_CONVERSION_FACTOR));
    }

    /**
     * Tangent calculations using a table.
 sin(angle) / cos(angle)

 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle in radians
     * @return the tangent of the angle
     */
    public static float tan(double angle) {
        int idx = GenericMath.floor(angle * SIN_CONVERSION_FACTOR);
        return sinRaw(idx) / cosRaw(idx);
    }

    /**
     * Cosecant calculations using a table.
 1 / sin(angle)

 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle the angle in radians
     * @return the cosecant of the angle
     */
    public static float csc(double angle) {
        return 1 / sin(angle);
    }

    /**
     * Secant calculations using a table:
 1 / cos(angle)

 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle the angle in radians
     * @return the secant of the angle
     */
    public static float sec(double angle) {
        return 1 / cos(angle);
    }

    /**
     * Cotangent calculations using a table.
 cos(angle) / sin(angle)

 No interpolation is performed: Accuracy is up to the 6th decimal place
     *
     * @param angle in radians
     * @return the cotangent of the angle
     */
    public static float cot(double angle) {
        int idx = GenericMath.floor(angle * SIN_CONVERSION_FACTOR);
        return cosRaw(idx) / sinRaw(idx);
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc sine of the value specified

 Returns NaN if the input value is outside the sine range
     *
     * @param value of the sine
     * @return sine arc in radians
     */
    public static double asin(double value) {
        if (value > 1) {
            return Double.NaN;
        } else if (value < 0) {
            return -asin(-value);
        } else {
            double temp = Math.sqrt(1 - value * value);
            if (value > 0.7) {
                return HALF_PI - msatan(temp / value);
            } else {
                return msatan(value / temp);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc cosine of the value specified

 Returns NaN if the input value is outside the cosine range
     *
     * @param value of the cosine
     * @return cosine arc in radians
     */
    public static double acos(double value) {
        if (value > 1 || value < -1) {
            return Double.NaN;
        } else {
            return HALF_PI - asin(value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc tangent of the value specified
     *
     * @param value of the tangent
     * @return tangent arc in radians
     */
    public static double atan(double value) {
        if (value > 0) {
            return msatan(value);
        } else {
            return -msatan(-value);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Computes the phase theta by computing an arc tangent of y/x
 Gets the yaw rotation component in radians when looking into the direction specified
     *
     * @param y direction
     * @param x direction
     * @return tangent arc in radians
     */
    public static double atan2(double y, double x) {
        if (y + x == y) {
            return y >= 0 ? HALF_PI : -HALF_PI;
        }
        y = atan(y / x);
        if (x < 0) {
            if (y <= 0) {
                return y + PI;
            } else {
                return y - PI;
            }
        }
        return y;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc cosecant of the value specified

 Returns NaN if the input value is outside the cosecant range
     *
     * @param value of the cosecant
     * @return cosecant arc in radians
     */
    public static double acsc(double value) {
        if (value == 0) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        return asin(1 / value);
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc secant of the value specified

 Returns NaN if the input value is outside the secant range
     *
     * @param value of the secant
     * @return secant arc in radians
     */
    public static double asec(double value) {
        if (value == 0) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        return acos(1 / value);
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the arc cotangent of the value specified

 Returns NaN if the input value is outside the cotangent range
     *
     * @param value of the cotangent
     * @return cotangent arc in radians
     */
    public static double acot(double value) {
        if (value == 0) {
            return Double.NaN;
        } else if (value > 0) {
            return atan(1 / value);
        } else {
            return atan(1 / value) + PI;
        }
    }

    private static float sinRaw(int idx) {
        return SIN_TABLE[idx & SIN_MASK];
    }

    private static float cosRaw(int idx) {
        return SIN_TABLE[(idx + COS_OFFSET) & SIN_MASK];
    }

    private static double mxatan(double arg) {
        final double argsq = arg * arg;
        double value = ((((p4 * argsq + p3) * argsq + p2) * argsq + p1) * argsq + p0);
        value /= ((((argsq + q4) * argsq + q3) * argsq + q2) * argsq + q1) * argsq + q0;
        return value * arg;
    }

    private static double msatan(double arg) {
        if (arg < sq2m1) {
            return mxatan(arg);
        }
        if (arg > sq2p1) {
            return HALF_PI - mxatan(1 / arg);
        }
        return HALF_PI / 2 + mxatan((arg - 1) / (arg + 1));
    }
}


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Q: File encoding error in Python 3.6 with "UTF8" charset I receive an XML file with incoming orders encoded in UTF8:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Beleg xmlns="http://www.mauve.eu/MauveXml/2.0/"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mauve.eu/MauveXml/2.0/ http://download.mauve.eu/schema/MauveXml_2_0.xsd"
>

And I run a Python 3.6 script to transform this XML file to a CSV file.
In the script the command is
soup = BeautifulSoup(open(xmlfile, encoding = 'utf-8'), 'xml')

and 98% of the times the complete script is working fine.
But, with some of the XML files it doesn't work until I manually change a text character like: ğ, ě etc.
The error is as follows:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Modification Python Scripts\Python Script23\test5\New Folder\xmlconvert-final.py", line 180, in <module>
    convertXMLtoCSV(xmlfile,path)
  File "C:\Modification Python Scripts\Python Script23\test5\New Folder\xmlconvert-final.py", line 152, in convertXMLtoCSV
    outputwriter.writerow(i)
  File "C:\Python36\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
    return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u202d' in position 83: character maps to <undefined>

Any ideas?

A: If you look at the traceback you'll see that the error is occurring in cp1252.py from which we can deduce you are writing the CSV file using codepage 1252.
The character that is giving you problems is a pretty unusual unicode character and doesn't exist in any form in that codepage. That's why it is giving you an error: there is no way to encode the left to right direction override into codepage 1252.
When you open the csv file you can specify an explicit encoding. If you don't have to use cp1252 then try explicitly setting it to utf-8 as that will accept any unicode text. If you do have to use cp1252 then set the errors parameter on the open call to ignore or replace the encoding errors. For example errors='replace' will replace the bad character with a question mark:
with open('output_file_name', 'w', newline='', errors='replace') as csv_file:
    writer = csv.writer(csv_file)
    writer.writerow('my_utf8_string')

Possible settings for errors are:

*

*'strict': raise an exception in case of an encoding error

*'replace':
replace malformed data with a suitable replacement marker, such as
'?' or '\ufffd'

*'ignore': ignore malformed data and continue without
further notice

*'xmlcharrefreplace': replace with the appropriate XML
character reference (for encoding only)

*'backslashreplace': replace
with backslashed escape sequences (for encoding only)

In general when encoding unicode you should attempt to use utf-8 or utf-16 as they will allow you to encode everything without errors. Using any other encoding you may encounter characters than cannot be encoded so if you have to use a different encoding you must be prepared to handle those errors.


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There is a new leadership team at Patriot Flight, an all-volunteer community group that gives World War II, Korean and Vietnam War veterans a free day-trip to visit their memorials and other historic sites in Washington, D.C.
• Bruce D. Mendini of Colonie, an Air Force veteran, is the new president. Mendini served in the Air Force on Okinawa during the Vietnam War as an electronics technician. Afterward, he went to work for Univac as a computer engineer in Chicago using his military training. After less than a year in Chicago he was transferred to Albany to work and supervise computer maintenance operations at the UAlbany, the State Police and the state Division of Taxation and Finance. He also designed and supervised the installation of the state Department of Social Services.
After a 2017 flight with Patriot Flight Washington D.C. memorials, Mendini said he was so impressed with the work done by the volunteers on his trip, he felt the need to offer his services to them. As time went on he took on more of the operational responsibilities and gained the trust of the volunteer group. He often served as a bus captain and performed administrative and logistical tasks. After the retirement of the former president of Patriot Flight, Frank DeSorbo of Delmar, he was instrumental in the reorganization process.
• Edward O. Johnson Sr. of Colonie, an Air Force veteran, is the new vice president. While in the Air Force Johnson was a radio interceptor-operator. The 1962 graduate of Colonie Central High School, enlisted in 1963. He attended Hudson Valley Community College and took advantage of the G.I. Bill to complete funeral director training at a New York City institute. He worked for New York Telephone Co. for a time before working at Colonie Emergency Communications for 10 years. He later worked as a fire inspector for the state Office of Fire Prevention and Control for 26 years before retirement. He has served as a Colonie Village Fire Company volunteer for 56 years. He has been president of the Thunder Road Seniors for nine years.
• Jennifer Lyons of Berne, a payroll and benefits manager at Latham Pool Products, is the new treasurer.
• Christine Thorton of Loudonville, a retired licensed practical nurse, is secretary and Jackie Mendini, of Colonie, is assistant secretary.
• Robert Smith of Rotterdam, a Navy veteran, is head of donor relations. Smith is a 1965 graduate of Lansingburgh High School. He served in the Navy aboard the USS Ingersoll and the USS HOEL, and in Vietnam 1967-68 a time that included the Tet Offensive. He owned and operated the Richard Insurance Agency for 44 years before retirement.
• Allan Atwell of Clifton Park, an Army veteran of World War II and a Battle of Bulge survivor, and New York Army National Guard Col. Richard Goldenberg, remain on the Board of Directors.
• Bruce Mendini, Johnson Sr., Lyons and Smith are new to the Board of Directors.
Since Patriot Flight, a hub of National Honor Flight, was founded by William Peak, of Brunswick, a World War II veteran, in 2007 the local group has flown more than 1,000 veterans to Washington, D.C.
Patriot Flight, which serves a seven-county area including the Capital Region, has a new mail address: Patriot Flight, Inc. at P.O. Box 13776, Albany, NY 12212-3776. Veterans and guardians can download applications and find information at: Patriotflight.org or contact call Bruce Mendini at 518-795-0665. Donations payable to Patriot Flight Inc. can be sent to its address. The next Patriot Flight will be Oct. 5.
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