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describe('JSONP', function() {
  var Exceptions, jsonp;
  jsonp = null;
  Exceptions = null;
  before(function(done) {
    return requirejs(['jsonp', 'exceptions'], function(JSONP, E) {
      Exceptions = E;
      jsonp = new JSONP();
      return done();
    });
  });
  afterEach(function() {
    cookie.empty();
    trak.io._protocol = 'https';
    trak.io._host = 'api.trak.io';
    trak.io._current_context = false;
    trak.io._channel = false;
    trak.io._distinct_id = null;
    return trak.io._should_track = true;
  });
  describe('#call', function() {
    after(function() {
      jsonp.jsonp.restore();
      return jsonp.url.restore();
    });
    return it("calls jsonp passing endpoint and params through #url", function() {
      var jsonp_method;
      jsonp_method = sinon.stub(jsonp, "jsonp");
      sinon.stub(jsonp, "url").returns('the url to call');
      jsonp.call('endpoint');
      return jsonp_method.should.have.been.calledWith('the url to call');
    });
  });
  describe('#callback', function() {
    it("does nothing when request is a success", function() {
      var callback;
      callback = sinon.spy();
      expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: 'success'
        }, callback);
      }).to.not["throw"](Error);
      return callback.should.have.been.calledWith({
        status: 'success'
      });
    });
    it("raises a DataObjectInvalid exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "DataObjectInvalid"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.DataObjectInvalid);
    });
    it("raises a DuplicatedDistinctIds exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "DuplicatedDistinctIds"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.DuplicatedDistinctIds);
    });
    it("raises a InternalServiceError exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "InternalServiceError"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.InternalServiceError);
    });
    it("raises a InvalidToken exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "InvalidToken"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.InvalidToken);
    });
    it("raises a MissingParameter exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "MissingParameter"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.MissingParameter);
    });
    it("raises a PersonNotFound exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "PersonNotFound"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.PersonNotFound);
    });
    it("raises a PropertiesObjectInvalid exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "PropertiesObjectInvalid"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.PropertiesObjectInvalid);
    });
    it("raises a RouteNotFound exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "RouteNotFound"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.RouteNotFound);
    });
    it("raises a Timeout exception", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "Timeout"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.Timeout);
    });
    it("raises an Unknown exception if exception is unknown", function() {
      return expect(function() {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          exception: "NotAKnownException"
        });
      }).to["throw"](Exceptions.Unknown);
    });
    it("sets the exception's code", function() {
      var error;
      try {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          code: 123
        });
      } catch (_error) {
        error = _error;
        return error.code.should.equal(123);
      }
    });
    it("sets the exception's message", function() {
      var error;
      try {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          message: "my message"
        });
      } catch (_error) {
        error = _error;
        return error.message.should.equal("my message");
      }
    });
    it("sets the exception's details", function() {
      var error;
      try {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          details: "my details"
        });
      } catch (_error) {
        error = _error;
        return error.details.should.equal("my details");
      }
    });
    return it("sets the exception's data", function() {
      var error;
      try {
        return jsonp.callback({
          status: "error",
          foo: "bar"
        });
      } catch (_error) {
        error = _error;
        return error.data.should.deep.equal({
          status: "error",
          foo: "bar"
        });
      }
    });
  });
  describe('#url', function() {
    afterEach(function() {
      trak.io.protocol.restore();
      trak.io.host.restore();
      trak.io.api_token.restore();
      return jsonp.default_params.restore();
    });
    return it("joins Trak#protocol Trak#host / endpoint and params for endpoint", function() {
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "protocol").returns('mcp://');
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "host").returns('my_host.com');
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "api_token").returns('api_token');
      sinon.stub(jsonp, "default_params").returns({
        override: 'foo',
        keep: 'foo'
      });
      return jsonp.url('my_endpoint', {
        override: 'bar'
      }).should.equal('mcp://my_host.com/my_endpoint?override=bar&keep=foo');
    });
  });
  describe('#params', function() {
    afterEach(function() {
      return jsonp.default_params.restore();
    });
    it("merges provided params with defaults for endpoint", function() {
      sinon.stub(jsonp, 'default_params').returns({
        override: 'foo',
        keep: 'foo'
      });
      return jsonp.params('endpoint', {
        override: 'bar'
      }).should.equal("?override=bar&keep=foo");
    });
    it("merges nested objects and encodes them to json", function() {
      sinon.stub(jsonp, 'default_params').returns({
        top: 'top',
        nested: {
          override: 'foo',
          keep: 'foo',
          second: {
            override: 'foo',
            keep: 'foo'
          }
        }
      });
      return jsonp.params('endpoint', {
        nested: {
          override: 'bar',
          second: {
            override: 'bar'
          }
        }
      }).should.equal('?top=top&nested=' + encodeURIComponent('{"override":"bar","keep":"foo","second":{"override":"bar","keep":"foo"}}'));
    });
    return it("merges arrays and encodes them to json", function() {
      sinon.stub(jsonp, 'default_params').returns({
        top: 'top',
        array: ['foo', 'duplicate']
      });
      return jsonp.params('endpoint', {
        array: ['duplicate', 'bar']
      }).should.equal('?top=top&array=' + encodeURIComponent('["foo","duplicate","bar"]'));
    });
  });
  describe('#default_params', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "distinct_id").returns('distinct_id_value');
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "company_id").returns('company_id_value');
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "api_token").returns('api_token_value');
      sinon.stub(trak.io, "channel").returns('channel_value');
      return sinon.stub(trak.io, "context").returns('context_value');
    });
    afterEach(function() {
      trak.io.distinct_id.restore();
      trak.io.company_id.restore();
      trak.io.api_token.restore();
      trak.io.channel.restore();
      return trak.io.context.restore();
    });
    it("returns default params for alias", function() {
      return jsonp.default_params('alias').should.eql({
        token: 'api_token_value',
        data: {
          distinct_id: 'distinct_id_value'
        }
      });
    });
    it("returns default params for identify", function() {
      return jsonp.default_params('identify').should.eql({
        token: 'api_token_value',
        data: {
          distinct_id: 'distinct_id_value',
          properties: {}
        }
      });
    });
    it("returns default params for track", function() {
      return jsonp.default_params('track').should.eql({
        token: 'api_token_value',
        data: {
          distinct_id: 'distinct_id_value',
          properties: {},
          channel: 'channel_value',
          context: 'context_value'
        }
      });
    });
    it("returns default params for company", function() {
      return jsonp.default_params('company').should.eql({
        token: 'api_token_value',
        data: {
          company_id: 'company_id_value',
          properties: {}
        }
      });
    });
    return it("returns empty object for unknown", function() {
      return jsonp.default_params('jibersih').should.eql({});
    });
  });
  describe('#noop', function() {
    return it("does nothing, zip, nadda", function() {
      return expect(jsonp.noop()).to.equal(void 0);
    });
  });
  return describe('#jsonp', function() {
    it("creates and inserts a script tag for the provided url", function() {
      jsonp.jsonp('/test/empty.json');
      return $("script[src^='/test/empty.json']").should.exist;
    });
    it("adds its own callback param", function() {
      jsonp.jsonp('/test/empty.json');
      return $("script[src$='callback=__trak" + (jsonp.count - 1) + "']").should.exist;
    });
    it("when __trak* called cleans up and calls callback", function() {
      var callback;
      callback = sinon.stub(jsonp, 'callback');
      jsonp.jsonp('/test/empty.json');
      window["__trak" + (jsonp.count - 1)]({
        some: 'data'
      });
      callback.should.have.been.calledWith({
        some: 'data'
      });
      $("script[src$='callback=__trak" + (jsonp.count - 1) + "']").should.not.exist;
      return callback.restore();
    });
    return it("triggers #callback with timeout error if script hasn't executed by timeout", function() {
      var callback, clock;
      clock = sinon.useFakeTimers();
      callback = sinon.stub(jsonp, 'callback');
      jsonp.jsonp('/test/empty.json');
      clock.tick(10001);
      callback.should.have.been.calledWith({
        status: 'error',
        exception: 'TrakioAPI::Exceptions::Timeout',
        message: "The server failed to respond in time."
      });
      $("script[src$='callback=__trak" + (jsonp.count - 1) + "']").should.not.exist;
      clock.restore();
      return callback.restore();
    });
  });
});


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Would-be robber shot by man with concealed carry permit
Posted Dec 12 2017 05:51AM CST
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A would-be robber was shot and critically wounded early Tuesday when the victim of the robbery fired shots in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side.
Shortly after 2 a.m., a 27-year-old man was pulling his vehicle into a back yard lot in the 9100 block of South Blackstone when another male approached and pointed a weapon, according to Chicago Police.
The 27-year-old, who has a concealed carry permit, opened fire, striking the would-be robber in the chest, police said. The suspect was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
By Dakarai Turner
The Chicago Police Department defeated the Chicago Fire Department in their annual charity game Tuesday night.
The game also commemorates those who have lost their lives in service.
Called, the "Finest," city police jumped to an early lead. The "Bravest" were led by team captain Tony Budvaitis.
By Natalie Bomke
Local police are chasing the checkered flag this Saturday night to raise money for the Special Olympics of Illinois.
"The competition is hot out there. All the cops want to drive fast. They all want to win," said Chris Soderlund, a Crestwood Police Department Detective and the founder of the event, which is in its third year.
24 police officers from Chicago and departments all over the suburbs will race retired squad cars on the dirt oval track at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet. The event is called "Five-O at the Dirty O".
Nearly two years ago, Hurricane María exposed the raw dysfunction of Puerto Rico, collapsing long-neglected infrastructure and leaving several thousand dead on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's watch. Last week, two of his top former officials were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges.
But the scandal that is threatening to buckle the boyish 40-year-old governor centers on a profanity-laced and at times misogynistic online chat with nine other male members of his administration in which some of the U.S. territory's most powerful men act like a bunch of teenagers. The leak of at least 889 pages of the private chat has sunk Rosselló into the deepest crisis of his career.
In the chats on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, Rosselló calls one New York female politician of Puerto Rican background a "whore," describes another as a "daughter of a bitch" and makes fun of an obese man he posed with in a photo. The chat also contains vulgar references to Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin's homosexuality and a series of emojis of a raised middle finger directed at a federal control board overseeing the island's finances.

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Inaugural concert will take place of traditional Illinois ball
By nkorecki Dec 16, 2014, 3:45pm CST
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Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner is offering high-dollar, VIP opportunities before and after his January inauguration, but he will forego the traditional ball, instead holding an inaugural concert by an undisclosed, well-known artist, costing $125 for tickets.
Sponsorships range from $1,000 to $25,000, allowing various levels of access or bonuses.
Rauner spokesman Mike Schrimpf said the series of inaugural activities include "four free, open to the public events, including the swearing-in…most of the inaugural celebration is either free and open to the public."
The concert headliner will be the subject of a separate announcement, he said. Here is a link to all the events: http://illinoisinauguration.com/events/Rauner, a Republican, has capped donations to the inauguration at $25,000. Rauner's transition committee is capping its donations to $100,000, Schrimpf said. That won't include any of Rauner's money. Rauner dipped into his own personal to fund his candidacy for governor, but will not be among the donors for the inaugural events or transition costs. "You can take unlimited money from any source and not disclose it," Schrimpf said. "We are capping it at $100,000," and plan to disclose.
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On Nakba Day, we continue to expose the Jewish National Fund in Canada
Harold Shuster
Today marks the 66th anniversary of the Nakba, the term used to describe the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian people when Israel declared independence. Leading up to and following Israel's Declaration of Independence, approximately 780,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled out of fear of atrocities, after Jewish forces committed several massacres in Palestine. The Jewish National Fund (JNF), a quasi-governmental organization, has been used by the Israeli state to appropriate the property of these refugees, and to cover up the sites of more than 90 depopulated and demolished Palestinian villages with parks and forest.
The JNF was founded in 1901 at the Fifth Zionist Congress. Its primary purpose has been to acquire land in historic Palestine -- land that can only ever be owned or leased to Jews. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that restricting ownership of land to a certain ethnic group is illegal. Yet, despite its ongoing and flagrant disregard for international law, an organization whose activities would be illegal in Canada is supported by the Canadian government through its charitable tax status, among other means.
The JNF presents itself as an environmental organization, working to "make the desert bloom" and "redeem the Land of Israel." To help support its "charitable" work in Israel/Palestine, the JNF hosts gala dinners in cities across Canada where it has affiliates. The fund was able to raise over $15 million for the building of Canada Park, and through its fundraising galas, it is still investing money in the park. Canada Park was built over the ruins of three destroyed Palestinian villages: Imwas, Yalu, and Beit Nuba, and it displaced over 5,500 Palestinians who called those villages home. Expelling villagers and demolishing their homes violates the fourth Geneva Convention. Canada Park also sits within occupied territory, which goes against official Canadian government policy. Annual tax-deductible donations of between $10 and 13 million flow to the JNF. We think that needs to stop.
As part of IJV's campaign to expose the JNF in Canada, recent actions have been held with allies in Toronto, where the JNF "honoured" Prime Minster Stephen Harper, who has had the Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary named after him, as well as in Vancouver, with a protest against the JNF's fundraising gala. IJV-Halifax will be protesting the JNF Negev Gala "honouring" Dalhousie University's Chair of the Board of Governors Jim Spatz on May 22nd, and IJV-Winnipeg is currently planning an action to coincide with the JNF's Negev Gala on May 27. The Winnipeg Gala will feature Montreal-born jazz star Nikki Yanofsky. Nikki performed at the Vancouver Olympics, and has been described by Quincy Jones as having "it."
Well, we have had it with the JNF. Its green veneer should be stripped off in Canada, as it is continually being exposed abroad. IJV Canada has partnered with Change.org to launch a petition campaign asking Nikki to cancel her performances. We encourage you to show your support by going there now and signing it. The petition has links to Facebook and Twitter for you to share. We asked Nikki's management team nicely to cancel her performances, and they ignored us. While ignorance may be bliss for Nikki and her profiting management, it means continued house demolitions, ethnic cleansing, and racial discrimination for Palestinians on the ground.
Harold Shuster is a member of Independent Jewish Voices – Winnipeg, and an active member of the campaign to Expose the JNF.
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Global Health Lectures, Seminars & Conferences for MD Students
NYU Grossman School of Medicine offers two global health selectives and a global health research elective. One selective focuses on infectious and noncommunicable diseases and mental health in the developing world. The second selective, set to launch in March 2017, focuses on global surgery and acute care.
VIDEO: Learn more about the complementary global health offerings at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, including the Global Health Symposium Lecture series and the Global Health Clinical Pathological Conferences series.
The research elective is an independent course that provides training in research methodology in low-resource settings. It is frequently taken in preparation for study abroad.
Other events take place throughout the year.
International Health Week
NYU Grossman School of Medicine's annual celebration of global health activities, International Health Week, is usually held in late October or early November. Events are open to all.
The keynote talk sets the theme for the week's discussions and presentations on emerging topics in global health.
Other events include presentations from second-year students on their international research projects. Students' academic posters are on display, and a panel presents the benefits of dual degree programs, such as the MD/MPH or MD/MBA, for careers in global health.
Sponsored in conjunction with the Global Medicine Club, a panel on careers in global health is also featured. This panel presents different ways of incorporating global health into your medical career.
Contact Elizabeth Robinson at elizabeth.robinson@nyulangone.org for details.
Global Health Clinical Pathological Conferences
Our paracurricular course, Global Health Clinical Pathological Conferences, is aimed at preclinical students. The conferences are opportunities to learn how the routine diagnostic process may differ in a low-resource setting and how social, economic, and cultural factors affect health and healthcare. Topics aligning with the Practice of Medicine curriculum are presented every month by NYU Langone physicians who have worked internationally or with an international population.
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The Global Health Symposium is a monthly one-hour lecture series on current issues and hot topics in global health that is open to the entire NYU Langone community, including students, faculty, and staff from all of the health sciences. After each lecture, there is a small reception and students are encouraged to connect and network with other students and faculty as they consider how global health concerns affect the practice of medicine. Continuing medical education (CME) credit is offered for faculty and staff in attendance at these lectures.
If you have a global health topic that you would like discussed in a symposium lecture or wish to share your work or research, please contact Elizabeth Robinson at elizabeth.robinson@nyulangone.org.
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A Shifting Identity: Perspectives of a Surgeon–Administrator on the Work of Doctors Without Borders
Keynote Global Health Symposium, International Health Week
Speaker: John Lawrence, MD, President, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontièrs–USA, Board of Directors
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Speaker: Arthur Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics, Department of Population Health and Director, Division of Medical Ethics
Global Climate Change and Public Health
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STATEMENT ON PASSING OF FORMER REP. ELLEN TAUSCHER
Sacramento, CA – The following is a statement from California Democratic Party (CDP) acting Chair Alexandra Gallardo Rooker on the passing of former U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher: "The California Democratic Party joins our entire family of California Democrats in mourning the passing of former Rep. Ellen Tauscher. Ellen helped Democrats win back the 10th Congressional District in 1996 and was later appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She also served Californians as a member of the UC Board of Regents. Ellen led a life full of purpose, public service, and dignity. Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time."


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By Gregory M. Lamb Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
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Cellphones already play music, scan the Internet, send and receive text messages, and snap photos. Are they going to take the place of our wallets too?
Some big players in telecommunications and finance, including Motorola, Nokia, Sony, and MasterCard, think the answer will be yes, that people will rush to make their phones into a kind of magic wand that effortlessly makes purchases or retrieves information for them.
Americans are already starting to wave a card or key-chain fob near a receiver to do things like travel on a bus, buy gasoline, or unlock a door. But the real shift will happen, some observers say, when mobile phones, with their additional capacities, can do the same thing.
Imagine it's 2009: You're at the movies and see a poster for a coming attraction. You pass your mobile phone within a few inches of the poster, which is embedded with a radio frequency (RF) chip, and download a trailer for the movie, which you view on your phone's screen. The phone then connects you with a website that offers to sell you a ticket and give you a discount on the movie's soundtrack, which you can have either sent to you on a CD or downloaded directly into your MP3 player.
The idea of using mobile phones as vehicles for commerce has been around for years. But this year it finally seems to be getting some traction as major players agree on standards. Last month, Motorola and MasterCard announced they were teaming up to do a field trial of mobile phones equipped with chips that allow them to pay for products. "In essence, your phone will become your wallet, key chain, and your ID," said Ron Hamma, a Motorola vice president, adding that the new handsets have "the potential to be a lifestyle-changing device."
Some industry observers are more reserved. "We are cautiously optimistic that over the medium-to-long term this is an idea that has legs," says Ed Kountz, a senior analyst for emerging technologies at TowerGroup in Needham, Mass.
Next year will see more field trials and pilot programs using the new phones, says Mohammad Khan, president and chief operating officer of ViVOtech Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., which makes software that stores credit-card information in an "electronic wallet" within phones as well as terminals for merchants who process purchases. By 2006, he predicts, phones using "near field communications" (NFC) will go mainstream with millions of users. By 2009, more than half of cellphones will be capable of making such payments, according to one analysis he's seen.
The advantage of mobile-phone "wallets" over cash or conventional credit cards centers on speed and convenience. Customers don't have to pull out their wallets and hand over cash, take out and swipe a credit card, or sign a sales slip. By waving a cellphone within a few inches of a receiver - a so-called "contactless payment" - customers make their purchases faster. Early tests indicate that they also tend to spend more using that method.
In Japan, mobile customers already can wave their phones to pay for mass-transit rides or buy inexpensive items in stores, vending machines, and restaurants. The phones must be "loaded up" by prepaying cash, as people do when they buy calling minutes on a phone card. The system being envisioned in the United States is bolder, tying phone-based payments directly into the customer's Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or other credit-card accounts.
Security has not been a major concern so far. The signal has such a short range - a few inches - that it would be difficult to steal. And the feature is password-protected and can be turned off when not in use.
"Privacy is essential, and companies are going to address those needs before they roll out any product. It's absolutely critical," says Erik Michielsen, an analyst who follows wireless technologies for ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Some companies also envision biometric safeguards, such as requiring a fingerprint ID, to further secure the phone.
A marketing push by credit-card companies next year will be aimed at educating consumers about the merits of all kinds of contactless payments - chip-enhanced credit cards, key-chain fobs, and cellphones, Mr. Kountz says.
Only 10 percent of Americans are aware that a cellphone could be used as a contactless payment device, according to a survey earlier this year by Synergistics Research Corp. in Atlanta, a financial research company. In the same survey, 85 percent expressed concern that it might be hard to verify a contactless transaction if there's no paper receipt.
The potential uses for phones with NFC extend beyond sales into marketing, with products gabbing to customers about their price and features with a wave of their phone.
Myriad other business uses are envisioned, too, such as an on-site technician waving his phone near a disabled machine tagged with an RF chip to receive instructions on how to repair it.
Contactless payments have been slowly working their way into the marketplace for several years. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, serving the Boston area, is just one of several around the country now converting to contactless cards for passengers. McDonald's is beginning to accept contactless MasterCards in its restaurants. "That's a major, major announcement," Mr. Khan says. "We're going to see a lot more retailing chains announcing these programs."
ExxonMobil's Speedpass allows drivers to wave a key-chain fob at the pump to buy gasoline. But it is a "closed system" that works only at that company's stations. The new NFC-enabled phones are an "open system" that someday would work at millions of different sales outlets. Comparing Speedpass to NFC phones is like comparing a pair of roller skates to a fully loaded SUV, Kountz says. "It's got all the bells and whistles."
Even so, getting consumers to abandon cash and plastic and leave their leather wallets at home is going to be "a long-term process," he says. Consumer habits can be hard to shift, and the advantages of wallet phones have to exceed "the hassle of making that shift," Kountz says.
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UPLAND, CA-The $10.5-million sale of the 75,134-sf center heads a list of new retail property closings totaling $20.4 million in the Inland Empire.
By Bob Howard | Updated on December 28, 2004
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UPLAND, CA-A Glendora-based private investor has paid $10.5 million for the six-building, 75,134-sf Red Hill Plaza retail center at 1386, 1460, 1410 and 1490 E. Foothill Blvd. at the southwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Grove Avenue in one of three Inland Empire transactions totaling $20.4 million, according to Sperry Van Ness. The others include a $5.4-million Rite Aid building in Fallbrook and a $4.5-million former Montgomery Ward building in Victorville.Red Hill Plaza was built in 1988 and occupies a 5.6-acre parcel, reports Brad Umansky of the Ontario office of Sperry Van Ness, who represented the seller, an Irvine-based private investor. Paul Sylvester of Re/Max Masters in Glendora represented the buyer. The property is 84% leased, with tenants including Firestone Tires, EZ Lube, Earl Scheib, Labor Ready, Purrfect Auto and Subway.The Fallbrook Rite Aid building is at 1331 S. Mission Rd. and was purchased by a private investor from Redondo Beach, Umansky reports. The 16,708-sf building was sold by Tustin-based Marketplace Partners II LP, with Umansky representing the seller and Hook McCullough of CB Richard Ellis representing the buyer. It was built in 1999 and is occupied by Rite Aid on a 20-year, triple-net lease.In Victorville, Umansky and Vicki Donkin of Sperry Van Ness report that Calabasas-based REA Victorville LLC bought the former Montgomery Wards building from Ft. Wayne, IN-based Lincoln National Life Insurance with the Sperry Van Ness brokers representing the buyer and the seller. The 86,459-sf building is at 12400 Amargosa Rd., near Interstate 15. The building will be converted to house a Bed Bath & Beyond with an expected opening date of March 2005, and the buyer is seeking additional national retail tenants to occupy 40,000 sf that is available adjacent to the Bed Bath & Beyond space. Other retailers in the vicinity include Best Buy, PetsMart and Toys R Us.
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Seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official presidential palace and even more seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official presidential palace where you get to meet the president and talk to him about your research project. But seldom does not mean never and if you want to know more please keep on reading further.
ZEF presented its research in: the tent "World of insects" together with Museum König, next to a "walk-in tent" with living edible insects from the company Katz Biotech and in the "Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research" (Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung) tent together with the Bonn Alliance partners Hochschule Rhein Sieg, BICC, DIE and UNU-EHS.
What made this event exceptionally special is that it took place at the Villa Hammerschmidt ,one of the most famous buildings in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany and the official residence of the Federal President in Bonn, and the former Federal Chancellery that today houses the primary seat of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The Villa is situated in the heart of the former government quarter of Bonn, bordering the river Rhine to the north and opposite the zoological Museum Koenig to the south. It is also adjacent to the secondary official seat and secondary official residence of the Chancellor, the Palais Schaumburg, to the west. The upper floor of the building houses a private apartment for the German President, while the ground floor consists of state rooms which are used for ceremonial purposes.It was built by August Dieckhoff in 1860 in Neo-classical style, as a stately home for a wealthy industrialist. It was redecorated in 1868 by the architect Otto Penner.
I did wake up very early that day not wanting to be late on an event we planned for very well and a head of time, there were long queues at Villa Hammerschmidt as 14,000 took advantage of an event that happens once every two years. I was lucky to have a quick side access dedicated to the participants of the event.
And I did get the chance to talk to the German President about our research and I did tell him about some of the wonderful things that ZEF researchers are doing to help improve the environmental conditions and the livelihoods of people in the developing world and it was all caught on camera 😉 and I was the next morning on the front page of Bonn's local newspaper.
With its 150 years of age, Villa Hammerschimdt is a place of history and today it became part of my history 🙂 Thank you for opening your doors to me.Dear Prof and ZEF PR thank you for giving me this exceptional opportunity to take part in such an interesting event. I got to keep the black soldier fly roll-up and I got some nice treats to take home with me including a guided free tour ticket to Museum Koenig.


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That may be about to change now that the UK government has recognised this issue, and at the end of February, formed NHSX, a new joint unit responsible for driving digital, data and technology advances in the NHS for the benefits of both patients and staff.
Whilst previously this responsibility had been split across multiple organisations, NHSX will take up the mantle to deliver the NHS tech vision with the help of policy and industry experts in technology, digital, data and cyber security. As well as setting new policies and standards of service, NHSX will also strive to implement new technologies into the NHS, from reliable and secure transfer of data across NHS systems to user-focused projects to directly improve clinical patient care.
That being said, it's not going to be easy. Widespread implementation of new technology into the world's largest healthcare provider that currently uses a plethora of antiquated systems, will always remain a challenge. But perhaps with a new body in position to drive the change, it may open up new opportunities for health technologies to make their mark on the NHS, and see the UK's healthcare services move nearer the forefront of the health tech race.


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This book is the true story of my tearful and soulful journey, learning to deal with and accept the illness and death of my ten year old daughter. How she contacted me through a medium in England many years later.
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Following the construction of a large extension to this private hillside dwelling in Wrose, near Bradford, we provided architectural and interior design services in order to assist the client in undertaking a full internal refurbishment of the existing and extended areas of the property. The scheme comprised of a large open-space kitchen / living area with a high vaulted ceiling to maximise the feeling of light and space. Glazed bi-folding doors were incorporated to the north elevation of this area of the house, which enjoys access to a large decked area with swimming pool and incredible views over the Aire valley and the city of Bradford.
A cinema room was created off the main entrance hall, along with bedroom, office and bathroom accommodation. At the opposite end of the property to the kitchen / living area a huge new master bedroom was formed with a dressing room and integral en-suite facilities. A large walk-in shower was created, while the bath was sited in front of a full-height window to make the most of the spectacular views across the valley.


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In order to focus most teaching time on osteopathic practice, students are required to have at least four years' post-graduation experience and to be familiar with research methodology and statistics. This is to enable more time to be spent investigating issues such as the nature of osteopathic expertise, palpation, good practice and clinical skills.


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Moral conduct, self-restraint, And control of the mind- What else does one need Who perseveres in these?
He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.


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The man reportedly told Wilson that she was nasty, at which time Wilson pulled out a knife.
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The American Legion Family float participated in the Tournament of Roses Parade partly to highlight 2019 as the Legion's 100th anniversary year. The float was decorated by Legion and its auxiliary youth program participants who put in more than a thousand hours of work. Riding on the float were people from the Sons of The American Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Legion Riders, Boys Nation and Auxiliary Girls Nation, four Medal of Honor recipients — Hershel Williams, Ron Rosser, Walter Marm and Britt Slabinski and representatives from each of the five military branches.
Vietnam Veterans of America criticized two U.S. Senators, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, for killing the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans bill last month.
"Despite the science and despite the support from both Republicans and Democrats in both houses of Congress, obstruction by two Senators, Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Mike Lee (R-UT), the Senate was prevented from voting on H.R. 299," president of Vietnam Veterans of America John Rowan said.
The bill would have helped up to 90,000 sailors and Marines who served aboard ships in the waters off the former South Vietnam. It had passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 382-0.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) brought up the bill on the floor of the Senate. When she asked for unanimous consent, Enzi, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, objected, citing cost concerns and saying that it would cause "budgetary and operational pressures that would happen at the VA." Lee questioned the science.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated a cost of $1.1 billion over 10 years to extend benefits to the Blue Water veterans; the VA said it would cost more than $5 billion.
"Contrary to the VA's assertions, in both testimony before Congress and in a letter rife with inaccuracies, confused speculation, and outright lies, from VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to Senator Johnny Isakson – the Georgia Republican who chairs the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs – we have the science that shows the pathways of exposure to Agent Orange," Rowan said.
In 2002, VA terminated benefits to Navy, Coast Guard, and Fleet Marine Force Marine veterans, limiting the scope of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to those veterans who could provide proof of boots on the ground.
"The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act would right this wrong, and partially restore coverage to those aggrieved veterans who suffer from illnesses considered presumptive to exposure to Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides," Rowan said.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military used Agent Orange, a tactical herbicide used to reduce vegetation and tree cover in Vietnam. It was also used in the DMZ in Korea. Some veterans experience health effects potentially related to Agent Orange.
VA recognizes certain presumptive conditions as associated with Agent Orange exposure. The conditions are: AL amyloidosis, porphyria cutanea tarda, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, chronic b-cell leukemia, prostate cancer, Parkinson's disease, ischemic heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, early-onset respiratory cancers, diabetes mellitus type 2, multiple myeloma, chloracne and soft tissue sarcomas.
"VVA and our colleagues in the other veterans and military service organizations will begin this fight for justice all over again when the 116th Congress is seated. And we will do so with renewed vigor," Rowan said.
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars vowed to continue the fight and incoming House Committee on Veterans Affairs chairman Mark Takano, (D-CA), promised the act will resurface early with the 116th Congress, which was sworn in this week.
American Legion Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Division Director Chanin Nuntavong joined lawmakers and other veterans service organizations in lamenting the bill's defeat.
"The American Legion and our nearly two million members are extremely disappointed that this common-sense bill was not sent to President Trump, who promised so aggressively to take care of the men and women who have served our country," Nuntavong said.
Benefits included children born with spina bifida due to a parent's exposure in Thailand, coverage that already exists for the children of Vietnam and Korean DMZ veterans.
The legislation would have also required the VA to report on research being conducted on a broad range of conditions possibly related to service in Southwest Asia, which is important for future legislative efforts to create a list of presumptive conditions for veterans seeking VA health care and benefits related to toxic substance exposure, such as burn pits.
Vietnam Veterans of America is asking Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to act on fake news Facebook trolls who target veterans. The posts look like they are coming from VVA but the fake posts are re-dated posts with false information. One was a notice about an old effort to cut disability benefits that is no longer true. Another fake post is labeled "share this photo if you think that veterans should come before refugees." An investigation showed that social media trolls from Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Philippines and more than two dozen other countries are targeting the military community.
In August 2017 VVA first discovered an imposter Facebook page called "Vietnam Vets of America," which used VVA's official logo to deceive people into believing the page represented a legitimate veterans' organization.
The page built up trust among American veterans, then sensationalized and manipulated news in order to sow division and anger among them. The content had much greater reach than many of the paid ads that were so infamously promoted by Facebook pages affiliated with Russia's Internet Research Agency.
In March 2018, VVA discovered two other imposter pages targeting American Vietnam veterans operated by the same entity. One of these pages was created in 2015, again using VVA's logo, and with a new website "Vietnam-Veterans.org" which was registered by a person called Nikoli Mitov in Bulgaria.
There were dozens of similar pages that target American veterans with divisive political content.
"Our investigation is ongoing, but we have found over two dozen pages targeting American veterans which together have over 100 foreign admins, with locations on six continents and in 26 different countries outside of the United States," Rowan said. "Many of these pages have paid for and displayed ads which include politically sensitive topics. On these pages, American veterans are often encouraged to share personal information and photographs of themselves in uniform, which can then be harvested by these foreign entities for further use. VVA has been providing information from our investigation directly to Facebook's Threat Intel Team, and to date, our reporting has resulted in the closure of several pages which deceptively targeted service members and veterans. As a result, we have liberated from foreign influence over 20 million users who followed these pages — but we believe that we've only addressed a fraction of the problem.
"We're thankful to the Threat Intelligence Team at Facebook, and the Site Integrity Team at Twitter, both of whom have taken this problem seriously," Rowan said. "But this is not a private-sector problem. This is an issue of national security, and affects the well-being of American troops and veterans. That's why we're asking for the blame game to end, and for America's government to step up and protect our population from being targeting by foreign elements who seek to do us harm."


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Use a heat pump to cool the London Underground, warm the streets and generate energy
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The London Underground is, for some reason I don't understand, quite a bit warmer than the streets above it. There is also a lot of it. It's four hundred kilometres long in total and over 3.5 metres in diameter everywhere. Assuming this to be semicircular, that gives it a volume of over 1900000 cubic metres. This volume of air seems to be heated to around five degrees K above the atmosphere above ground. I can't do the maths because I don't know enough about heat capacity and stuff, but it seems to me that the energy required to heat such a huge volume of air must be considerable. Most people travelling on the Tube don't seem to enjoy the warmth, although in the winter I've found it quite nice.
So: why not install Stirling engines, in the tubes to refrigerate them down to the ambient temperature and transfer the heat onto the streets while generating either power or mechanical energy? The ground surface can be warmed in winter to melt snow and ice, which can then run off into the water supply, generating further hydroelectric power as it goes and providing a grey water source for cisterns. Meanwhile the energy can either be added to the underground rail system mechanically, perhaps in the form of wheels between the tracks which accelerate the trains, or used to provide electrical power for the underground itself.
I'm almost certain they already air condition the Underground, so the system is already partly in place to do this.
I'm pretty sure this is by no means a negligible power source.
— nineteenthly, Apr 27 2017
https://en.wikipedi...Underground_cooling [hippo, Apr 27 2017]
amazed at how small those tubes are. I had to look it up.
— po, Apr 27 2017
Me too. I think that's the minimum size though, and I think they have smaller trains running through them. Also, there is more space elsewhere on the system such as above platforms and in station concourses.
Assuming the tunnels are three-quarters of a circle in cross-section, that they are 3.56 m in diameter and 402 km long rather than doing all my rounding down, that makes the volume of the system over three million cubic metres, and that's still ignoring all the extra bits. But what's the volume of all the trains added together?
The trains are mostly hollow shells, so the volume they occupy is possibly more ignore-able than the volume of all the passengers (body heat from the passengers would explain some of "mystery" warmth --each person's body produces about the same total warmth as a 100-watt incandescent light bulb, radiating from a larger surface area).
— Vernon, Apr 27 2017
In addition to body heat, is it not also heat given off by the trains as they move, and by electric motors and the like?
And being closer to the centre of the Earth - that's why deep mines are always hot places.
The linked article says that the heat comes from trains, and that the clay surrounding the tube has heated up from 14C since the tube was built to 19-26C now. It also discusses the use of heat pumps.
— hippo, Apr 27 2017
Examining the map, the obvious solution to cooling is to drill vertically up from the tunnels at selected locations. This would ensure that the temperature of the system was rapidly lowered to that of the Thames.
— 8th of 7, Apr 27 2017


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WASHINGTON -- Republican Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out an independent bid for president in 2016, and he dug in on creating a database to track Muslims in the U.S.
Asked on ABC's "This Week" whether he would consider a third-party run if GOP opponents try "to take you out," Trump said, "I will see what happens. I have to be treated fairly. If I'm treated fairly, I'm fine."
The billionaire and former reality show star is leading the race for the GOP nomination for the fourth straight month, with Republican establishment candidates such as Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio far behind. All the GOP candidates, Trump included, have signed a pledge to support the party's eventual presidential nominee and forgo independent runs in 2016.
He suggested his lead in the polls, unshaken by disparaging remarks he's made about ethnic groups or his lack of specifics on foreign policy, has vexed the Republican Party.
"They can't understand, you know, how come an outsider can be doing so well within the party," Trump said.
His standing in national polls has solidified since recent Islamic militant attacks in Europe, particularly the Nov. 13 strikes on Paris that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds of others. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for those attacks. The upsurge in violence has put pressure on the candidates from outside government, primarily Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who have little foreign policy or national security experience.
Trump has pledged to be the toughest of all candidates toward people posing threats to the U.S. On Sunday, he said he would back ways to track Muslims in the U.S. and also bring back waterboarding on terrorism suspects.
"I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back. I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they'd do to us," he said.
Trump this weekend has tried to back away from his support for a government database to track Muslims in the United States, an idea that drew rebukes from his GOP rivals and disbelief from legal experts.
On Thursday, an NBC News reporter pressed Trump in Iowa on whether there should be a database for tracking Muslims in the U.S. Trump replied: "There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases."
Would he put such a database in place as president?
"I would certainly implement that. Absolutely."
He tried in another interview to clarify that position, suggesting a "watch list" for the Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S.
On ABC Sunday, Trump was asked whether he rules out a database on all Muslims in the U.S.
"No, not at all," Trump said. "I definitely want a database and other checks and balances. We want to go with watch lists. We want to go with databases."
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You may have noticed my focus on food has shifted a bit since I started writing this column last year: more salads, more color, less fried and sugary things. The truth is I simply can't eat whatever I want anymore. Being recently diagnosed as...
Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin remembers moon landing, recalls space flights
Fifty years ago this Saturday, man landed on the moon, and the country is celebrating the milestone. Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin of Jackson said she still sees the mission as "quite an accomplishment." People understood the physics to travel...
Officials look for compromise on Center Junction
If there was one thing everyone at the Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization (SEMPO) meeting Wednesday could agree on, it was you can't please everybody. "But we're looking for a solution everyone can live with," said Missouri Department of...
Committee members identify pool priorities
Cape Girardeau's proposed indoor aquatic center needs to include a 50-meter competition pool and a separate recreational pool, as well as a diving well, an advisory committee concluded Wednesday. Committee members at the meeting, held at the Cape...
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Daddy Daughter Tea Party at the Jackson Civic Center
Disney princesses, live violinists, fingernail stations, a photo booth and coloring activities were provided for entertainment at a Daddy Daughter Tea Party hosted by Chick-Fil-A on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at the Jackson Civic Center.
Trump is wrong to constantly attack others
At lunch the other day, a good friend of mine explained he stays away from the national news, and he's all the happier for it. He no longer watches the cable news channels, and he's deleted all but one of the national newspaper apps he used to have...
Former Cape councilman John Voss to run for House seat, setting up GOP battle
Former Cape Girardeau City Council member John Voss will run for a state House seat, setting up a Republican primary battle next year with state Sen. Wayne Wallingford. Voss announced his candidacy Tuesday in an emailed news release. Voss said his...
Faith compels new facility for homeless in Cape
On any given night, the Rev. Renita Green says there are a dozen or so homeless men living on the streets in Cape Girardeau. "When I say 'on the street,' I mean sometimes they tent, sometimes they sleep in bathrooms, some wedge themselves into...
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Lucero to headline 55-band Fawkesfest19 in Cape
Homegrown multi-day music festival Fawkesfest19 is joining forces with American rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in support of the Honorable Young Men Club and Safe House for Women on Aug. 30 and 31 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Justin Aden,...
Rainy-day swim Tuesday in Cape
After spending the morning at vacation Bible school, Nicholas Elfrink, center, leaps into the pool while swimming with John Paul Barinque, right, and Declan Vowels, left, as an afternoon rain shower begins to fall Tuesday in Cape Girardeau.
Kelly welcomes new school district superintendent
BENTON, Mo. — Nearly 100 people turned out to meet Scott County "Kelly" School District's new superintendent during a welcome reception Sunday in the high school gymnasium. After he was introduced by Kelly School Board president David Brashear,...
Southbound I-55 in Scott County reduced for bridge work
Southbound Interstate 55 in Scott County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform maintenance to the bridge at mile marker 80 in Benton, Missouri. According to the MoDOT news release, the work will be done...
Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin
Scenes of former NASA astronaut and Southeast Missouri native Linda Godwin's experiences from STS-108 Shuttle Mission on which she served as mission specialist.
Flood of 2019 sets record for duration
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau has set a record. Today marks the 126th consecutive day the river has exceeded flood stage, breaking the previous mark of 125 days set between June 10 and Oct. 12, 1993, according to the U.S. Army Corps of...
Cape city board nixes road projects from funding list
A Cape Girardeau committee developing a list of transportation-sales-tax projects has removed one proposed Veterans Memorial Drive project from consideration while keeping extension of another section of the street on the list for now. ...
Cape Council defends decision to hire consultant for aquatic project
Cape Girardeau City Council members defended their decision Monday to hire a second consultant to plan for a new, indoor aquatic center. Ward 1 Councilman Daniel Presson said "people get tired" of hearing about the city hiring consultants. Ward 5...
Jackson Aldermen approve medical-marijuana zoning, move forward on sewer extension
Zoning for medical-marijuana businesses in Jackson was approved Monday night by the city's Board of Aldermen, but only after two Jackson residents asked the aldermen that the buffer zone between those businesses and any existing schools, churches...
Business Notebook: Coming to Cape: Custom cutlery, flavorful food, health-care hacking
Aside from Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, there hasn't been a great deal of development along Morgan Oak Street in the past decade or so. Once a heavily-traveled avenue that led to the old Mississippi River bridge, Morgan Oak...
Waterlogged East Cape bracing for remnants of Tropical Depression Barry
The remnants of Tropical Depression Barry will bring heavy rain to parts of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois from Monday morning through Tuesday evening, according to a Sunday afternoon alert from the National Weather Service. The alert...
Rick Horton: 'Our effort is not only just about success'
After a video of baseball days gone by, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Rick Horton gave a talk reinforcing the idea everyone has a "purpose and destiny" during the sixth annual Semoball Awards on Saturday at the River Campus. Horton, who is...
Telescopes, fishing poles and more: Library loans out much more than books
Lending fishing poles with full tackle boxes, telescopes — and soon binoculars — are part of Riverside Regional Library's initiative to welcome new faces who may not be aware there is more to discover beyond the walls of its six branches. Jackson...
Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 7/15/19
Study session Presentations n Recognition of John Richbourg for retirement from the city Communications/reports n City Council n Staff Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report...
Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 7/15/19
Public hearing n Hearing to consider amendments to Chapter 65 of the Code of Ordinances, regarding the addition of medical marijuana dispensing, manufacturing, cultivation and testing facilities as uses in specified zoning districts and establishing...
MoDOT changes course on center junction closure
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) engineers have shifted gears and now are looking to keep traffic flowing on U.S. 61 during construction of an Interstate 55 interchange between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. MoDOT officials, including...
Saint Francis to forbid physicians from medical marijuana certification; SoutheastHEALTH 'exploring' subject
Citing a federal prohibition against marijuana, Saint Francis Healthcare System says it will not allow its affiliated physicians to become certified to prescribe medical cannabis. Meanwhile, SoutheastHEALTH is exploring the issue as health care...
Deeper dive: Cape council, committee to hire second consultant for aquatic center project
The Cape Girardeau City Council looks to hire another consultant Monday to help plan for a new, indoor aquatic center even as an advisory committee offers up an expansive list of what could be included in the project. City staff has recommended...
Oran celebrates 150th with two-day celebration
Oran, Missouri, turns 150 years old July 16. To commemorate, the town is hosting a two-day celebration with food, games, tours and a full entertainment lineup at Tilles Memorial City Park July 19 and 20. To kick things off, a non-denominational...
Cape Council rewards city manager with 'reasonable' pay raise
note: with fact box showing Meyer's salary to jackson city administrator and county commissioners Cape Girardeau city manager Scott Meyer was rewarded with a $3,155 pay raise for the new fiscal year that began July 1, which one councilman called...
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Zaorsky et al. conducted a meta-analysis of 12 randomized clinical trials covering data on 6,884 patients treated with external beam radiation at various dose levels. Their goal was to determine whether increasing the delivered biologically effective dose made a difference to 5- or 10-year metastasis-free, prostate cancer-specific, and/or overall survival.
10-year freedom from biochemical failure improved by 9.6 percent in low-risk men.
10-year freedom from biochemical failure improved by 7.2 percent in intermediate-risk men.
There was no corresponding improvement in metastasis-free, prostate cancer-specific, or overall survival out to 10 years.
Dose escalation was not correlated with increases in acute toxicities.
Late-term gastrointestinal toxicities increased in patients treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT).
Late-term toxicities were lower among patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) despite higher dose levels.
The abstract makes no mention of dose-escalated radiation treatment of high-risk men.
We discussed some conflicting survival data on higher risk patients in a previous commentary. As we saw then, even at the higher risk levels, 10 years follow-up was not long enough to detect difference in survival due to dose escalation.
In our opinion, this is an unwarranted conclusion based on the data presented in the abstract.
We discussed the issue of surrogate endpoints (like freedom from biochemical failure) and length of followup in another previous commentary. For a newly diagnosed, intermediate-risk man, the time frame for development of distant metastases could easily be upwards of 10 years, and a lot longer for low-risk men. The only valid conclusion one can draw from the analysis by Zaorsky et al. is that 10 years is too short a time frame to detect any effect of dose escalation on metastasis-free, prostate cancer-specific, and/or overall survival in these risk groups. Their analysis makes the argument for using surrogate endpoints, rather than against them. Given the long natural history of prostate cancer progression in these risk groups, how else can we gauge the impact of dose escalation within a practical follow-up timeframe?
The other interesting conclusion is that dose escalation, when delivered with IMRT technology, had no impact on acute or late-term toxicities. This argues for IMRT-delivered dose escalation: since it did not increase toxicity risk, and may increase long-term cancer control, there is no reason not to use it. This holds true even among low-risk men who, for whatever reason, have elected not to engage in active surveillance. It also holds true for men with fewer than 10 years of life expectancy who, for whatever reason, have elected not to engage in watchful waiting.


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20 Celebrity Basements You Wish You Lived In
Maria McCutchen 1 year ago
Believe it or not, basements used to be where families stored all their extra junk and in some instances, a place where parent would send their kids to play when they were getting on their nerves. Fast forward to 2018 and basements are nothing like the moldy, dark rooms they once were. Today, they are epic spaces. They are game rooms, home bars, media rooms, gyms, and so much more. Of course, celebrities are the group that tend to take their basements to an entirely new level of extreme. In fact, some of their basements are so amazing that you'll want to move in and never leave. Here are 20 that fit the bill.
1. Lebron James
The basketball great's Bath Township, OH basement is apparently a favorite hangout spot of his teammates and looking at this photo, it's pretty easy to see why. Essentially, it's a private sports bar that's bigger and better than many actual sports bars. The fiery room boasts a full bar, several comfy sitting areas, and of course, a pool table. What you don't see in this photo is the two-lane bowling alley, online casino, aquarium, and movie theater that are also housed in the 30,000 sq. ft. mansion's basement.
2. Oprah Winfrey
When Oprah heads to her Telluride home, chances are good that she spends quite a bit of time in her luxury basement. Although it's not particularly large, it is fully equipped with everything she could possibly need to have fun. On the right, pennant lights highlight the full bar, while several African sculptures sit on the opposite side of the room, near the movie screen that is ideal for watching the latest movies. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Just outside of the room is Oprah's personal wine mine, complete with a mining car and "sounds effect like you're moving through a mine shaft and lights that are computerized to flicker like a lantern would in a mine," according to T.D. Smith, the agent who sold her the home in 2015. The mine holds up to 1,600 bottles at a time.
3. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert
Before the couple's 2015 split, they shared an epic mansion, which included this walkout basement, hidden away in the rolling hills of Brentwood, TN. Judging by the pool table, part of their basement functioned primarily as a game room. (Be sure to get a good look at the fabulous box beam ceilings above the table.) On the other end of the room, a full bar can be seen. By the way, you could walk directly out of the basement to the pool, which definitely makes you question why the room is carpeted (and, for that matter, how it stayed so clean). The home sold in early 2017 for $2.245 million, meaning someone else gets to enjoy the basement now.
4. Hines Ward
Despite spending his entire 14-year career with the Pittsburg Steelers, Hines Ward, still calls Atlanta, the city where he grew up, home. This is where his epic basement, which includes a poker and billiards room, trophy room, high-tech theatre, full bar, workout room, and sauna, is located. Down here, rich shades of red, purple, and yellow and dark chocolate woods are almost exclusively used, resulting in a space that is the epitome of elegance, yet obviously meant to be used for entertainment. By the way, the trophy room, which features his awards, alongside the jerseys of some of the NFL's greatest players, is painted yellow and black in honor of the Steelers. If you're interested, the home is currently for sale, with a list price of $5.5 million, but you'll have to act fast. There is a pending offer.
5. Snoop Dogg
While Snoop Dogg's basement isn't technically a basement, it functions exactly like one, which is why we've included it on this list. (Instead, it's a windowless shed in his backyard.) Snoop actually called in experts from the DIY Network to create his "basement man cave." The result is the perfect space for watching sports and playing video games. Designed to have a retro feel, the trunk of a vintage Cadillac has been repurposed into a comfy couch. Above it, plenty of photos, along with a custom painting of the Dogg himself, are hung. Although not seen in these photos, the room includes 2 50-inch flat screen TVs, a media storage system, and a direct phone line to the local Denny's, which happens to be his favorite restaurant.
Referred to as "The Batcave," the basement in Lady Gaga's Malibu home is only accessible through a hidden door. Down here, the object is to relax and have fun. That's probably pretty easy to do, thanks to the vintage basketball arcade games, authentic 1960s 2-lane bowling alley with the original scoreboard, and home theater that is surrounded by plenty of comfortable seating. The Batcave also includes a full bar and an 800-bottle wine cellar.
7. Michael Bay
It shouldn't come as a big surprise that one of Hollywood's most legendary directors has a state-of-the-art home theater in his Hollywood basement. With enough seating for 35, the basement theater features plush seating upholstered in midnight blue, as well as a spectacular domed ceiling that has been filled with LED lights to resemble the nighttime sky. Apparently, the theater is also equipped with an acoustic sound system that is so exceptional even Steven Spielberg was impressed by it. Just outside of the theater, there is rumored to be a "movie prop museum," which serves as the home to memorabilia from several of his top films.
8. CC Sabathia
After a long night riding the bench at Yankee Stadium, CC Sabaitha, the Yankees pitcher who is currently on the disabled list, can look forward to going home to his massive Alpine, NJ mansion, which includes an amazing basement recreation room. Definitely a place for his entire family to play, the rec room includes an air hockey table, several video games, and an ultra-modern round sectional sofa. However, what really sets this basement apart from most is the indoor basketball court, which includes an electronic scoreboard.
9. Ryan Seacrest
When Ryan's long day of hosting TV and radio programs is over, he can always retire to his cozy basement, at least, when he's in Los Angeles. His basement screening room is equipped with the latest home theater equipment, including two in-wall subwoofers and four in-wall speakers. However, it's not the high-tech equipment that makes the basement stand out. Instead, it's the log cabin-esque look that really sets it apart. Although the walls and ceiling are clad in wood paneling, it's definitely not the pressed fiberboard or plywood that was so popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Instead, it's rich, authentic wood that is perfectly highlighted by the recessed lighting and the fireplace on the right. A couple of oversized couches provide a comfy space to sit, while what appears to be a bar at the back of the room is sure to have plenty of refreshment options.
10. Khloe Kardashian
When Khloe and her new daughter, True, are ready to return to LA, either with or without Tristan, she can take comfort in knowing that she can hide from the press in her luxury basement screening room. Everything in the room, from the faux fur throws to the velvet chaise lounges and the metallic cylinder that is meant to hold refreshments, is done in a shade of silver, according to the designer, Martyn Bullard. The entire back wall is taken up by a huge couch topped with silky cushions and woven pillows. Above the couch, a blown-up photo of Khloe in the nude hangs. (She is a Kardashian, after all.) To keep the lighting dim and give the room a cozy vibe, a few wall sconces are used to light the room and highlight Khloe's photo.
11. 50 Cent
Located in the bankrupt rapper's Connecticut mansion, this basement nightclub and casino is currently on the market for $4.995 million. (Fun fact: 50 bought the home for $4.1 million from Mike Tyson's ex-wife, Monica Turner, after she was awarded it in their divorce settlement.) Before 50 moved out, he used to post plenty of pics on his Instagram page showing just how much he used the casino. Apparently, he's a big Blackjack fan and used to invite friends over to play. By the way, the basement is also home to a basketball court and screening room.
12. Dwayne Johnson
Once named one of the "5 best home cinemas from around the world," Dwayne Johnson's basement home theater includes a 220-inch screen, built-in speaker system, and a Creston automation system, meaning it's very easy to use. Just outside of the theater, which boasts comfy leather recliners, The Rock can take advantage of the full lobby and bar complete with over 100 types of liquor or at least, he used to could. Dwayne, who is very real estate savvy, later sold the Hidden Hills property for $4.9 million.
13. Jane Fonda
Who knew the 80-year-old star had such contemporary taste? Her walk-in basement includes this bar, which sports bamboo floors, pendant lights with exposed light bulbs, glass shelves for stocking plenty of alcohol, retro-style chrome bar stools, and an under counter wine fridge. The gold records that line the walls belong to her ex-boyfriend, Richard Perry, who has worked with everyone from Tina Turner and Diana Ross to Fats Domino and Barbara Streisand. Sadly, the couple has since split up. In January 2018, Jane sold the house for $8.535 million.
14. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith
The couple's palatial Malibu home has been featured in Architectural Digest and when you look at how beautiful it is, it's easy to see why. Their basement screening room is completely different from most of the others on this list. Instead of being a high-tech space, it gives off a spiritual vibe. In the back, a cushioned daybed is suspended from the ceiling, while several upholstered recliners sit in front of it. The custom millwork on the walls took master woodworkers and carpenters weeks to complete, which gave their designer plenty of time to find the gorgeous and elegant Moroccan lanterns hanging from the wall.
15. Gwyneth Paltrow
First, let's just say that Gwyneth Paltrow's gorgeous basement playroom probably didn't look like this for more than a few minutes after this photo was taken. At least, it didn't if Apple and Moses are like most kids. Now, go back to the incredibly organized room in her Hamptons' home that features bright white carpeting, plenty of white shelving and cabinets, and a cute couch that is perfect for reading. According to the designers at The Home Edit, the room has been "divided into activities on the left and leisure on the right. From there, different zones were created for art, science, etc. Okay, this may not be the adult basement of your dreams, but don't deny that you wouldn't totally live in it, if given the chance.
16. Paris Hilton
Paris has been known to spend quite a bit of time in nightclubs, so it only makes sense that she would build her own in the basement of her $5.9 million Mulholland Estates home. It's equipped with a DJ booth, high-tech Bose sound system, dance pole, laser lights, and smoke machines. Clad in black and gold, with the occasional flash of pink and multiple photos of Paris herself (check out the lampshade on the right), it's referred to as Club Paris. In told, she spent $500,000 to get the basement nightclub of her dreams, which also includes a 20 ft. bar stocked with all types of liquor, multiple ornate black chandeliers, and plenty of leather couches and barstools.
17. Slash/ Big Sean
In December 2017, Slash (of Guns N' Roses fame) sold his Mulholland Estates mansion, which includes this walk-out basement nightclub, for $8.7 million to rapper Big Sean. Big Sean hasn't said what he plans to do with the nightclub that comes with a fully equipped DJ booth, custom LED lighting, and a chrome stripper pool, but there's a good chance it will fit into his plans for the house. As for the home theater that sits off to the side of the nightclub, he'll probably want to make a few changes, such as ripping out the tired plum carpet, getting rid of the gaudy red ceiling, and replacing the old leather recliners. Of course, those are all just suggestions.
18. Ludacris
It's not immediately clear which one of Ludacris's homes this basement rec room can be found in (possibly Atlanta or Beverly Hills), but that shouldn't stop you from wanting to move in, especially if you're a fan of the rapper/ actor. Judging by all the photos he has hanging on the neon red walls, Luda is definitely his own fan. Based on the colors of the room and the leather recliner he's kicked back in, the room also pays homage to his favorite Atlanta Falcons. The room's black carpet means it perfect place to invite friends to play pool or simply hang out, without worrying about what'll happen to the floor.
19. Mark Wahlberg
Before Mark and his family sold their Beverly Hills home for an impressive $12.995 million, this basement theater room provided plenty of room for everyone to spread out and watch movies on the projection screen. The fireplace on the far wall gives the room a cozy touch, though if we're being honest the upholstered chaise lounges do look like they've seen better days. Replace them with something new and it's the perfect basement to stow away in.
20. Barbara Streisand
There are celebrity basements and then there's Barbara Streisand's basement in her Malibu estate known as "The Barn." Here, Barbara has created her own underground mall, complete with a darling cobblestone floor, antique lanterns, a doll shop, antique clothes shop, sweet shop, and more. The basement is so elaborate that it was the subject of an off-Broadway play, Buyer & Cellar. Her reason for creating a basement store is surprisingly smart. She wrote in her book, My Passion for Design, "I have a lot of stuff, and instead of storing it just in a basement, why not make a street of shops that would house these things?" There's simply too much going on in the basement to describe it in words. Instead, you'll have to see it for yourself.
Maria McCutchen
Maria McCutchen is an author and freelance writer living in Chattanooga, TN. She is the published author of her memoir, "It's all in Your Head," and a children's book. She has been writing for over 15 years; writing articles, whitepapers, product write-ups and more for multiple online media sites, blogs, company websites and individuals. She is also an advocate for brain malformations, including Chiari Malformation, and works closely with the non-profit organization, The Chiari Project, writing for their quarterly newsletters.
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Armfield have developed two unique educational reactors for demonstration of flow patterns and reaction rates - the CEY Plug Flow Reactor and CEZ Laminar Flow Reactor.
The CEY demonstrates step and pulse changes for plug flow characterisation, and steady state conversion for a second order reaction.
The reactor allows straightforward visual monitoring of tracer and conversion experiments using colour, and features full instrumentation for measuring conductivity and temperature. Demonstrational capabilities include flow pattern characterization in a packed Plug Flow reactor with axial dispersion, steady state conversion for a chemical reaction in a packed reactor, and the principles of tracer techniques in flow pattern characterization.
The CEZ is a small-scale laminar flow reactor which shares many of these capabilities but demonstrates both flow pattern characterization and steady state conversion in a tubular reactor. The unit is also fully instrumented and allows simple visualization of the progress of reactions using colour.
The reactors are accessories to a common service unit, the Armfield CEX Chemical Reactors Teaching Equipment. The new accessories are small-scale, free-standing units that are easily connected to the CEX, and compliment four existing reactors designed for use with the service unit.
When connected to the CEX service unit, conductivity data logging allows the student to apply flow pattern characterization theory and compare it with experimental results – helping them to understand the principles behind these industrially-important reactions.