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ROUNDUP: Granite Hills-El Capitan, Santana
Updated: March 9, 2016
2016 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
LAKESIDE (3-9-16) — In a duel between two of East County's best pitchers, El Capitan's Oregon-bound TRISTAN DUNCAN and Granite Hills' ANDREW BROWN matched pitch-to-pitch in Tuesday's (Mar. 8) Hilltop/Lolita's Tournament.
"It was a battle of two guys who can each throw 90 mph," said El Capitan coach CLAYTON CURO.
Duncan and the Vaqueros came away with a 2-1 victory as El Capitan scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th.
"He'd been pounding them for six innings and then went to the off-speed stuff in the 7th," added Curo.
The winning rally started when Granite Hills misplayed a ball in right field. El Capitan's JONATHAN SUMMERS followed with a base hit and stole second. That set the stage for JASON MOORMAN's game winning base hit.
However, the play did not come without resistance from Granite Hills as it was bang-bang at the plate.
"It was close, but the guy was safe," said Eagles coach JAMES DAVIS.
Granite Hills took the early lead on a solo home run by DILLAN SHRUM in the 4th inning.
The Vaqueros fought back to tie the contest in the 6th inning as VICTOR CARLINO swatted the game-tying double. Carlino accounted for two of the Vaqueros five hits.
Davis noted that his Eagles will play nine of 10 teams in the pre-season rankings.
"We don't dodge anybody," he said.
Hilltop/Lolita's Tournament
VAQUEROS 2, EAGLES 1
Granite Hills 000 100 0 – 1 4 3
El Capitan    000 001 1 – 2 5 1
(Two outs in the bottom of the 7th.)
Brown and Fenn. Duncan and Emmerson. WP-Duncan (1-0). LP-Brown (0-1).
HR-Shrum (GH-1) 4th, solo.
RANCHO BERNARDO 3, SANTANA 2 (8 inn.) – Opening the season against a Rancho Bernardo team that was ranked No. 1 in San Diego County and No. 10 in the nation, the visiting Santana Sultans more than held their own on Tuesday (Mar. 8) before succumbing to the host Broncos in 8 innings of the Hilltop/Lolita's Tournament.
The Sultans were definitely coiled for the upset as starting pitcher DAULTON BARRY allowed only 3 hits and 2 unearned runs in six innings. He walked 2 and struck out 6.
Santana erased a 2-0 deficit with runs in the 3rd and 4th innings. REECE HERNANDEZ, who was 3-for-3 with 2 doubles slashed a lead double to open the 4th. He advanced to third on a drag bunt single by TRISTEN SALINAS. AIDAN RASMUSSON banged into a double play, but the Sultans picked up a run in the process.
In the 5th NOAH NUNEZ ripped a single for the Sultans and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by EMORY ALLEN-FOX.
A balk by Rancho Bernardo starting pitcher Jamison Hill sent Nunez to third. Nunez later scored on a throwing error by the Broncos' catcher Connor O'Brien.
The bottom line, however, is O'Brien responded in the bottom of the 8th with a game-winning single.
Games posted by wet fields are as follow:
Hiltop/Lolita's Tournament
BRONCOS 3, SULTANS 2 (8 inn.)
Santana         000 110 00 - 2 7 2
Rancho Bernardo 002 000 01 – 3 7 2
(Winning run scored with nobody out in the 8th.)
Barry, Salinas (7) and Mora. Hill, Gorman (7) and O'Brien.
WP-Gorman (1-0). LP-Salinas (0-1).
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Monte Vista at SD-Southwest, 3-PPD
Imperial at Mount Miguel, 3 – PPD
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LEAN, KAIZEN OR SIX SIGMA?
This is a familiar question that is often addressed by organizations. In fact, it's the wrong question. These concepts are nothing more than tools in your management toolbox. You don't fix a watch with a hammer, and you get the same results when you deploy Six Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen incorrectly. The fact is, a business problem is a business problem, and it needs to be fixed. Understanding the application of these tools to various improvement opportunities is the key to success. Figure 1 provides a perspective on how to integrate Six Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen into a total business improvement strategy.


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US Mac homes likely to also have Windows PC
By Patrick Goss
published 6 October 2009
NPD 'home penetration' survey unveils stat
Apple - big increase in Mac homes
There is a Mac in 12 per cent of US computer-owning households, but 85 per cent of those homes are likely to have a second PC that runs Windows, according to the latest figures.
The NPD's horribly named Household Penetration Study reports that Mac owners, which have grown from 9 per cent to 12 per cent of computer-owning homes in the US, are far more likely to have multiple computers and gadgets aplenty in their houses than their Windows PC-owning brethren.
The HPS – as we'd prefer to call it – found that Mac owners are far more likely to have another PC which, wait for it, runs Windows.
High correlation
The study also found that Mac owners have more gadgets, more income and a laptop.
"While Apple owners tend to own more computers and more electronics devices, there's also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis.
"36 per cent of Apple computer owners reported household incomes greater than US$100,000, compared to 21 per cent of all consumers.
Of course, more money means more goodies – and that is a major factor.
Mo' income – mo' gadgets
"With a higher household income, though, it's not a surprise that those consumers are making more electronics purchases," Baker added.
"The average Apple household owns 48 consumer electronics devices, whereas the average computer household owns about 24.
"Apple household owners' actions and purchases can be used by the industry as leading indicators for hot new products and adoption."
Via DigiTimes
Patrick Goss
Patrick Goss is the ex-Editor in Chief of TechRadar. Patrick was a passionate and experienced journalist, and he has been lucky enough to work on some of the finest online properties on the planet, building audiences everywhere and establishing himself at the forefront of digital content. After a long stint as the boss at TechRadar, Patrick has now moved on to a role with Apple, where he is the Managing Editor for the App Store in the UK.
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The Apple Cup has come and gone and it looks like the hopes of the Wazzu faithful have fleeted, as the opportunity for a final place in the CFP ranking are gone. It isn't for a lack of effort though. The Cougs played their hardest through what felt like a blizzard for the majority of the game.
While the regular season is over, the team's season is far from over as they look ahead for bowl season. Our prospects will get one last shot to improve their draft stock in a live game. Stay tuned as I give my final bowl projection for the Washington State Cougars.
Snow usually means a miserable day on the gridiron for many, but Williams really seemed un-phased by the cold. He found more success on the ground than through the air, but the weather made it difficult for the Cougs to pass all night. Two scores on the ground really showed the toughness that he can play with. We have seen his finesse and elusiveness most of the season, but we saw a new wrinkle to his game. That is his Grit.
Williams was the Offensive Player of the game in this one.
You never want to make excuses, but the weather really was a factor in the Wazzu passing game. With a season-low, 152 yards passing, there wasn't much going the way of the receivers. Martin's stats were low, but he accounted for almost 10% of the yardage in the passing game, so you have a little insight into how little production there was across the board.
I do not slight Martin for this, but there will be times you play in the snow in the NFL, hello Green Bay. I think this can be a great learning experience for Martin to grow and develop from. Poor game conditions are something to try and fight through.
Only allowing 2 sacks as a unit is really something against one of the best defensive lines in the PAC-12, with Utah being the other to make that claim. With that being said, Dillard did an excellent job run blocking, which is something that you do not often get a huge sample of in this offense.
It was great to see more of his skill set, which will help separate him from the competition in April on draft day.
This was a huge game for Pelluer. It was senior night and it was Apple Cup. For a 4th generation Coug, emotions had to be running high. His performance was outstanding and showed us more of the grit that was new to the Wazzu team in many ways. Pelluer was there to put people on the ground and cover his assignment. He did an amazing job all game and is my defensive player of the game for the Speed D.
Washington was able to pass more than the Cougars are used to allowing. It is odd that the weather seemed to hamper both teams through the air, but the Huskies seemed to play through it better. Thompson continued playing the way he knows how and tried to cut off half of the field like he has done so many times this year. He is still one of my favorite Safeties in this next draft.
Let me know which bowl you think the Cougs will be invited to in the comments!


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The Childhood Autism Rating Scale, second edition (CARS 2), consists of two 15-item rating scales completed by the practitioner and a Parent/Caregiver Questionnaire. The Standard Version Rating Booklet (CARS 2-ST) is equivalent to the original CARS and is used with children younger than 6 years of age and those with communication difficulties or below-average cognitive ability. The High-Functioning Version Rating Booklet (CARS 2-HF) is an alternative for assessing verbally fluent children and youth, 6 years of age and older, with average or above intellectual ability. The Questionnaire for Parents or Caregivers (CARS 2-QPC) is an unscored questionnaire designed to obtain pertinent developmental information from parents or caregivers.
Items on the Standard form duplicate those on the original CARS, while items on the HF form have been modified to reflect current research on the characteristics of higher functioning children and youth with autism (HFA) or Asperger Syndrome. To complete the ratings on the CARS 2-HF, the professional must have convergent information from MULTIPLE sources such as direct observation, parent and teacher interviews, prior assessments of cognitive functioning and adaptive behavior, and information from the Questionnaire for Parents or Caregivers (CARS 2-QPC). Ratings are based not only on frequency of the behavior in question, but also on its intensity, atypicality, and duration. Rating values for all items are summed to produce a Total Raw Score. Each form includes a graph that allows the practitioner quickly convert the Total Raw Score to a standard score or percentile rank (based on a clinical sample of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders).
The psychometric properties of the CARS 2-HF indicate a high degree of internal consistency and good interrater reliability. Validity information reports an overall discrimination index value of .93, with sensitivity and specificity values of .81 and .87, respectively. The HF form also demonstrates a relatively strong relationship with the "gold standard" Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Preliminary research findings suggest that a high proportion of individuals who meet the clinical cut-off for autism on both the CARS-2-ST and CARS-2-HF meet the criteria for autism based on both the DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 (Dawkins, Meyer, & Van Bourgondien, 2014).
The following are critical features of the CARS 2-HF.
1. Parents and teachers should NOT be asked to complete the CARS 2 forms. Only well-informed professionals should complete the ratings.
2. The CARS 2 should NOT be used for screening in the general school-age population.
3. The practitioner must have a good understanding of the criteria for making the ratings and be in a position to collect information from multiple sources (direct observation, parent and teacher reports, prior assessments and clinical impressions).
4. The ratings from the CARS 2 should be considered as only one part of a multimodal, multidisciplinary decision-making process in the identification of children with ASD.
5. Direct observation and a developmental history MUST always be included in the assessment process.
6. Scores on the CARS 2 are interpreted relative to the level (severity) of autism-related behaviors compared to a clinical sample of individuals diagnosed with autism, NOT the typical individual.
In summary, The CARS 2-HF represents an important alternative that will be welcomed by professionals such as school psychologists. It is a sensitive and reliable instrument that will find a place in the school-based professional's assessment "Tool Box." Given the dramatic increase in the numbers of students being referred for screening and assessment, the CARS 2-HF is a useful instrument that helps quantify the level of symptom severity and importantly, assist with intervention and program planning. The CARS 2-HF scores are particularly helpful in identifying more capable children on the autism spectrum. Of course, the CARS 2 is not intended to be and should not be used as the sole instrument in making diagnostic or classification decisions. An example of a comprehensive assessment battery can be found in A Best Practice Guide to Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Schools (2nd Edition).
Schopler, E, Van Bourgondien, M. E., Wellman, G. J., & Love, S. R. (2010). Childhood autism rating scale, second edition. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
Thank you for the timely and thorough review of the CARS2-HF. I particularly appreciate your emphasis on the CARS2 as only one part of a comprehensive assessment. In a world where "quick" is often valued more than valid, it is helpful to have one more voice supporting multi-modal, multi-disciplinary assessment!


The 2019 Finance Law Institute will be held in Philadelphia on August 9 as part of the National LGBT Bar Association's Annual Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair. The Institute is a space for the leading legal minds involved with finance law, as it pertains to the LGBTQ+ community, to share ideas and network.
The Institute hosts experienced practitioners and academics focusing on financial legal issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community. Participants shared their collective wisdom and discuss cutting-edge legal strategies.


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It is easy to remember that 100/25 = 4, and therefore 1000/25 = 40, 10000/25 = 400, etc.
For example, what is 4725 / 25? This is 4×40 + 7×4 + 1 = 160 + 28 + 1 = 189.
Equivalenetly, sometimes it is easier to multiply by 4 than to divide by 25. For example, divide 4732 by 25. We already know that 4725/25 = 189. What remains is to divide 7 by 25. Multiply 7 by 4 and divide by 100 to obtain 0.28 = 7/25. The final result is then 4732/25 = 189.28.
48×25 = 48×100/4 = (48/4)×100 = 1200.
63×25 = 63×100/4 = 6300/4 = 3150/2 = 1575.
As you see, dividing by 4 can be done in two steps.


The Department of Music Research of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University invites applications for a three-year non tenure track Contract Academic Staff appointment beginning August 1, 2015 in Sound Recording at the rank of Associate Professor. We seek an audio producer/engineer with international industry experience at the highest level – a specialist in audio systems engineering, software design, studio practices and production who is able to teach advanced multichannel audio production and recording techniques for multimedia (video).
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Home /Statement regarding the concession of land belonging to the Jerusalem Patriarchate to the Zionist state.
Statement regarding the concession of land belonging to the Jerusalem Patriarchate to the Zionist state.
The Greek Front of Resistance and Solidarity for Palestine "Ghassan Kanafani", strongly condemns the concession of Palestinian land to the Zionists by the Jerusalem Patriarchate. As a result of this action, there has been an uprising of the Arab-Christian communities in occupied Palestinian land and Jordan.
The Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III is entirely at fault for the sell-off of the Patriarchate's property, which rightfully belongs to the Palestinian people, and thus torches the long-lasting Greek-Palestinian friendship. We, as Greek citizens, stand against the Greek Patriarch Theophilos III and demand his immediate deposition. Meanwhile, we issue a world-wide call for resistance in any attempt of seizure of Palestinian lands by the Zionists, no matter which way it is carried out.
Given the chance, we salute the Christian Orthodox Palestinians who strongly and persistently resist the Zionist occupation.


 Walking through a tunnel entrance into the small venue of Gorilla (which looks very much like the opening scene of School Of Rock) full of eager fans of all ages waiting to see their favourite double act creates an ecstatic atmosphere from the start.
Support act Scott Quinn (7) edges the audience into the night with his dreamy vocals and piano solos (which sound much better live than on his singles). As well as playing known favourites such as Know Me and From Afar, Scott shows his passion with an emotional tribute to his friend who died from suicide with his performance of Young, silencing the audience with tears rolling down their cheeks as he shows his powerful vocal ability. The simplicity of vocals backed by a single piano shows Scott's talent and ability to perform. Finishing with the upcoming single Run, he joins the audience to watch Aquilo welcoming any fans to come and chat to him in the break.
Aquilo (9)'s performance, however, is simply mesmerising with their beautiful melodies, impressive vocal combinations and serene synthesiser magic. Opening with I Could Fight On A Wall sends the audience into a state of pure tranquillity followed by You Know Where You Stand showing Tom Higham's impressive vocal range backed by Ben Fletcher's mellow piano work and backing vocals. Performing a combination of their early singles and upcoming tracks, Aquilo's setlist shows their stylistic variation between the tranquillity of You There, played without the band and the energetic performance of their new single Silent Movies with extended guitar solos played in perfect unison. Aquilo show their down-to-earth character with their humorous tour stories and witty banter with the crowd and each other as they perform Better Off Without You. With fourteen tracks played in an hour, the band leave the stage, returning almost immediately as the crowd's cheers fill the venue to play the beautiful Silhouette. A flawless combination of Tom's sincere lyricism and Ben's instrumentation creates the perfect balance of profuse beauty and effortless execution.
Aquilo leave their audience breathless by their performance, with both band members giving it their all and showing how they can take their tracks to a new level, played with greater depth and feeling than on their studio albums. A near-flawless performance on every level, showing exactly why they have gained so much attention and will continue to with another album announced for later this year.


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He was apparently convinced that property crimes going up in Britain were the result of "radical Islamic terror."
At 6:30 A.M. this morning, Trump tweeted, "Just out report: 'United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.' Not good, we must keep America safe!" This is almost precisely the same wording used by One America News Network moments earlier. OANN is a satellite-only channel known for promoting conspiracy theories and as a favorite choice for friendly questions by Trump's press secretaries.
Crime is indeed up in England and Wales (though not the UK as a whole), according to statistics published yesterday that reflect a 13% increase in all crimes reported to the police. About 4.5 million crimes were recorded in the past year. These include everything from fraud to burglary to domestic violence. Virtually none of those millions of crimes had anything to do with terrorism.
British officials were not pleased by Trump's comments, which were not the first time he's suggested that British citizens needed to be more afraid.
Trying to stoke fear and erode confidence in legitimate governments is the goal of terrorism.
A president who copies actual "fake news" rather than get his information from the best law enforcement and intelligence services in the world is either incompetent or too lazy for the job.


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Abortion Doesn't Have to Be Illegal to Be Out of Reach
Sarah C.M. Roberts
Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and several other states are trying to create insurmountable obstacles for women seeking abortions.
Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
Protestors rally outside of the Georgia State Capitol following the signing of a bill that would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
Alabama legislators voted Tuesday to ban most abortions, including for victims of rape and incest, the strictest law in the country. Last week, Republican Governor Bill Kemp of Georgia signed a bill that would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, which is often before women know that they're pregnant. Georgia is one of the more than half of U.S. states that have advanced or enacted policies so far in 2019 that seek to further restrict abortion access. Ohio and Texas have also recently advanced multiple policies that put abortion out of reach, such as those limiting insurance coverage for abortion and banning abortion after 20 weeks, while Alabama votes Tuesday on making abortion a felony.
The proliferation of restrictive abortion laws is a reminder that abortion does not need to be illegal in order for it to be nearly impossible to obtain. Many state abortion restrictions already severely limit abortion access, which falls heavily on poor people. New data further illuminate the crisis of reduced abortion access in states like Louisiana, where restrictive policies already make abortion care impossible to obtain for some women and where new laws will make the current situation even worse.
Reproductive-rights advocates recently asked the Supreme Court to strike down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law that would effectively close abortion clinics throughout the state. The measure, which the high court temporarily blocked in February, would require Louisiana abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. As a dissenting judge noted in a previous federal court case that upheld this new restriction, the Louisiana law is in "clear conflict" with the Court's 2016 ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, which overturned a similar admitting privileges requirement in Texas that forced numerous abortion clinics in the state to close.
A study published late last year by my research team at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a research group at the University of California, San Francisco, recruited more than 500 women entering prenatal care in Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland. About three out of ten women in both states had considered abortion for their current pregnancy; most of them decided to continue the pregnancy.
But in Louisiana, several state regulations prevented women from obtaining abortions. About six times as many women in Southern Louisiana than in Baltimore reported that a regulation (like Medicaid withholding funding for abortion and bans on abortions after 20 weeks) prevented them from terminating a pregnancy. If Louisiana's admitting privileges law is upheld by the Supreme Court, more women would have another hurdle to overcome to obtain abortions.
How would measures like Louisiana's admitting privileges law further restrict access to abortion? If all three remaining clinics in Louisiana were to close—a distinct possibility if the restrictive admitting privileges requirement were to take effect—71 percent of women in the state would be more than 150 miles from the nearest abortion clinic, up from just 1 percent today. Fully 100 percent of Louisiana women would live at least 50 miles from the nearest clinic, compared to 45 percent currently. For the overwhelming majority of people in the state, abortion would be a right in name only: legal in theory, all but impossible to actually access.
When legal barriers like Louisiana's admitting privileges law, restrictions on Medicaid funding for abortion, and 20-week bans make abortion nearly impossible to obtain, many women continue their pregnancies. And the women and their families suffer. Limiting women's ability to obtain abortions negatively affects their physical health, financial security, their ability to escape from violent men, and the well-being of their children.
Not only do these types of restrictions lead women to continue unwanted pregnancies, they also lead some women to attempt to self-induce an abortion. More than 10 percent of Louisiana women entering prenatal care who had considered abortion also tried to self-induce using herbs, other drugs or medications, or by hitting themselves in the abdomen. They did not report trying to obtain, could not get, or did not know about misoprostol, a medication that women can use to safely and effectively induce abortions. By contrast, only 3 percent of women entering prenatal care in Maryland who had considered abortion tried to self-induce.
Lawmakers who pursue these policies are, of course, not basing their laws on science or the health and safety of abortion patients but on their own conservative anti-abortion political agendas, and have zeroed in on the strategy of establishing seemingly innocuous parameters like local hospital admitting privileges for doctors that actually reduce access.
Several states are following Maryland's lead and implementing policies that can make abortion more accessible. New York recently passed the Reproductive Health Act, which removes unnecessary and arbitrary gestational limits on abortion. In Maine, state lawmakers are advancing legislation that allows public funding of abortion care for low-income women. Policymakers who are interested in evidence-based abortion policies that remove barriers to abortion can look to these states for examples.
Obtaining an abortion is already very complicated for some of the most vulnerable women in the country. Instead of agonizing about the uncertain future of Roe v. Wade and focusing solely on new laws—like Georgia's six-week ban—designed to set up a legal challenge to Roe, public-health practitioners and policymakers should focus on how current state restrictions negatively impact women's ability to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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Jean Claude Bourbault est un comédien français. Il a été acteur au Théâtre du Soleil à partir de 1972.

Biographie

Venu de Marseille avec Philippe Caubère et Maxime Lombard, il reste au Théâtre du Soleil après le départ de ses deux condisciples.

Ensemble ils ont joué sous la direction d'Ariane Mnouchkine 1789, 1792, L'Âge d'or et le film Molière où il interprète le rôle de Louis Béjart. Il joue ensuite Méphisto d'Ariane Mnouchkine.

Lorsqu'il quitte le Théâtre du Soleil, Claude Lelouch l'engage pour jouer le rôle du garde-barrière dans Les Uns et les Autres, puis dans Édith et Marcel et Attention bandits. Il enchaîne au cinéma avec divers rôles, dont le rôle principal dans La Palombière de Jean-Pierre Denis.

Il a été photographe de plateau sur plusieurs longs-métrages de Bernard Dartigues.

En 2005, on l'a vu dans Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars de Robert Guédiguian et dans Truands de Frédéric Schoendoerffer.

Filmographie

Cinéma
 1981 : Les Uns et les autres de Claude Lelouch
 1983 : Édith et Marcel de Claude Lelouch
 1983 : La Palombière de Jean-Pierre Denis
 1985 : À nous les garçons de Michel Lang
 1987 : Attention bandits ! de Claude Lelouch
 1988 : La Maison assassinée de Georges Lautner
 1996 : Delphine 1, Yvan 0 de Dominique Farrugia
 1999 : La Maladie de Sachs de Michel Deville
 2005 : Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars de Robert Guédiguian
 2007 : Truands de Frédéric Schoendoerffer
 2009 : L'Armée du crime de Robert Guédiguian

Télévision
 1984 : La bavure de Nicolas Ribowski
 1992 : Interdit d'amour de Catherine Corsini

Théâtre
 1970 : Oh ! America ! d'Antoine Bourseiller, mise en scène de l'auteur, Théâtre du Gymnase
 1971 : Un songe pour une nuit d'été de Michel de Ré, mise en scène de l'auteur, Festival de Vaison-la-Romaine
 1982 : Une nuit pour Vaclav Havel de Pavel Kohout, lecture mise en scène Stephan Meldegg, Festival d'Avignon
 1999 : Minuit chrétien de Tilly, mise en scène Tilly, La Coursive, 2000 : Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin, Théâtre de Nice
 2010 : La femme du boulanger de Marcel Pagnol, mise en scène Alain Sachs, Théâtre André Malraux, représentation du  retransmise en direct sur France 2

Liens externes

Acteur français de cinéma
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)


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Need $15K for a house down payment?
A $60 million program for down payment assistance announced for some Shelby neighborhoods.
Need $15K for a house down payment? A $60 million program for down payment assistance announced for some Shelby neighborhoods. Check out this story on commercialappeal.com: http://memne.ws/2jUqotc
Tom Bailey, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 11:01 a.m. CT Feb. 6, 2017 | Updated 2:59 p.m. CT Feb. 6, 2017
Charia Jackson with the Frayser CDC puts up a banner outside of a house for sale on Riney Road before the start of a press conference to announce a program by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, which will provide $15,000 to help pay down payment and closing costs on rehabilitated properties in certain ZIP codes.(Photo: Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)Buy Photo
A Tennessee agency is offering 50 percent more money — $15,000 — with fewer strings attached to help low- and middle-income families to buy a house in neighborhoods still struggling after the Great Recession.
The loan — a second mortgage — will help pay down payment and closing costs. The loan comes with zero interest, no monthly payments and a much easier way for families to avoid having to repay any of it.
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) designed the program using $60 million in federal funds not only to increase home-ownership, but to protect home owners already living in targeted neighborhoods from blight, falling property values and the risk of foreclosure.
Those neighborhoods comprise 21 ZIP codes in Memphis, parts of West Tennessee and several other areas of the state.
"The idea here is that neighborhood stabilization requires more than investment; it requires the presences of an invested home owner,'' Ralph M. Perrey, executive director of THDA, said at a press conference staged Monday at a house for sale in Frayser.
"And this encourages people to buy and to stay and to help build up these neighborhoods.''
There's a huge demand for such a down payment-assistance program, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in the living room of the home renovated by the Frayser Community Development Corp. The city's own $500,000 program -- providing up to $10,000 loans -- has only $10,000 to $15,000 left. Nearly 65 home buyers have participated in it.
"Despite what you see on your TV stations, there's huge demand for these kind of programs,'' Strickland said, apparently referring to the image of living in the Memphis core. "... Some people want to live in the suburbs — and God bless them — but we want more people living in the city. And it's happening and this is going to make it happen even more.''
In Shelby County, households of one or two people can make up to $60,100 total to qualify. Households of three or more can make up to $69,115 total.
THDA's existing Great Choice Home Loan program has offered $10,000 in down-payment loans that are not repaid until the borrower sells or refinances the house. That loan is forgiven, however, if the borrower remains in the house for the full 30 years of the mortgage.
Ralph Perrey (left) with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency talks to the press in Memphis about a program which will provide $15,000 to help pay down payment and closing costs on rehabilitated properties in certain zip codes. (Photo: Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)
But with the $15,000 loan announced Monday, 20 percent is forgiven each year after the sixth year. So if the borrower does not refinance, sell or move out of the home for 10 years, the entire $15,000 loan is forgiven.
"We're creating a substantial incentive for homeowners to buy in areas that are struggling for sales right now,'' Perrey said in a prepared statement. "Increased market activity in these areas will help stabilize property values for existing homeowners, thereby reducing the risk they will fall into delinquency or foreclosure.''
THDA's $15,000 assistance program is available in targeted ZIP codes based on stress factors including foreclosures, short sales and negative equity rates. Those ZIP codes in Memphis and parts of West Tennessee are 38012, 38016, 38018, 38053, 38063, 38105, 38107, 38109, 38111, 38115, 38116, 38122, 38125, 38127, 38128, 38133, 38134, 38135, 38141, 38301 and 38305.
Qualified home buyers can simultaneously receive both THDA's new $15,000 down payment assistance and one of the city of Memphis's three programs that provide up to $10,000. While most of the city's money has been claimed, Housing and Community Development plans to ask for more money in the 2016-17 budget, director Paul Young said.
Participants in the city program must meet income restrictions or be employed as a Memphis uniformed police officer, firefighter, paramedic or emergency medical technician. Eligible Shelby County public school teachers can also qualify.
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United Launch Alliance was scheduled to launch a Delta II 7920H-10C rocket as part of the GLAST mission. The launch window for the Astrophysics mission was on Wed, Jun 11th, 2008, 12:05 PM EDT from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral, FL. The status of the launch was Success with an 0% chance for favorable weather conditions. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch!
A joint mission between NASA, USA Department of Energy and government agencies of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Its mission to suvery astrophysical and cosmological phenomena, also has instruments to study Gamma-ray bursts.


Hospitals in the states of Louisiana and Texas needed to make sure medical services are provided through the duration of and right after Hurricane Harvey, without breaking the HIPAA Rules. Questions were brought up regarding when it is allowed to share patient data with the patient's family, emergency services and the media and how the Privacy Rule apply in emergency cases. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights replied by providing guidance to covered entities about the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the sharing of patient health data during emergency cases to help healthcare providers safeguard patient privacy and refrain from breaking the HIPAA Rules. Permitted disclosures are described in this pdf file.
After hurricane Harvey comes hurricane Irma, then hurricane Jose. Hospitals in many areas of the U.S. need to deal with the storm and its consequences and still adhere to the HIPAA Rules. OCR reminded covered entities that they need to prepare. OCR stated that the HIPAA Privacy Rule was meticulously put together to make sure that in emergency scenarios, healthcare providers can safeguard patient privacy while sharing individually identifiable health data.
OCR likewise reconfirmed that even during emergency circumstances, the HIPAA Security Rule is not revoked and preparing for disasters is important. HIPAA-covered entities as well as business associates need to follow techniques to make sure ePHI is safe all the time and the confidentiality, availability and integrity of ePHI is not put at risk. In times of an emergency, ePHI should be accessible, that means covered entities need to make plans for all situations so that patient health data are always accessible.
OCR mentioned the requirement of the HIPAA Security Rule – § 164.308(a)(7) that contingency plans should have a data backup plan, emergency mode operation plan and disaster recovery plan. These are all needed components of the HIPAA Security Rule.
The data backup plan ought to create and maintain retrievable, exact copies of ePHI. The disaster recovery plan should be sure that any data lost in a natural disaster or emergency could be restored from backup copies. Procedures should be established, and executed as required so that data could be immediately restored. While in emergency mode, security procedures to safeguard ePHI should be maintained, even in the event of power failures and technical problems.
Additionally, there are two addressable prerequisites: 1. testing and modification procedures and 2. application and data criticality analysis. Covered entities must regularly test their contingency plans and modify them as required to make sure they are effective in emergency circumstances. Covered entities must also choose software apps that store, manage or transfer ePHI, and evaluate how crucial each is to meeting business needs. Priorities ought to be established for data backup, emergency procedures, and disaster recovery.
OCR promoted an interactive decision tool on its HHS website which was developed to assist healthcare companies get ready for the worst and determine how the HIPAA Rules are applied in emergency cases.
Although the reminders were given particularly for guiding covered entities in preparing for the coming of hurricane Irma, covered entities that are not affected should also be prepared worst situations.


Cooking 4 all Seasons: Come, join us for Breakfast ~ September Event Announcement!
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Strategic Plan of Palpung Thubten Choling
Palpung Thubten Choling Strategic Plan
Updated and Approved by the Board of Trustees and Officers – (July 2, 2017)
The following Strategic Plan objectives embrace multiple suggestions provided by members of the sangha, residents, Officers, and KTC Board members. They were coordinated, collated and condensed by members of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees requested a Plan to reflect the desires and determination of the membership to update and improve the administration of the Monastery and to express upgraded, but attainable, constructive goals. As a short term Strategic Plan, 30 September 2019 was selected as a goal by which time measurable progress might be expected.
Operating Atmosphere at The Monastery
Spiritual elements and secular administration operate with transparency, openness, helpfulness, kindness, and respect with opportunities for all to reach their full potential. This, within the authentic Tibetan Buddhist lineage of the Palpung tradition functioning compatibly with American ethical standards.
A Board of Trustees in place, trained and functioning according to its duty of care (prudent use of assets, including facility, people and good will), duty of loyalty (decide in the best interests of the organization) and duty of obedience (obey applicable laws, ethical practices and adhere to organization's purposes, while advancing its mission). The fiduciary obligations of oversight of financial activity, legal compliance, loyalty to the mission of the Center, operating in harmony and contributing support to the organization are understood and are being met.
A manager appointed to support the Officers, engaged to plan, oversee and guide the day to day operation of the office, support the religious activity of the Center and the management of the buildings and grounds of the Center
A human resources plan and schedule in place to assure that residents and volunteers have clearly defined work assignments and schedules that provide adequate time for religious practice and rest
A clear definition of membership qualifications established, published and in place
All agreements and contracts are completed in writing, witnessed and available for review by those accountable
Regular inventories of Center supplies, schedules and purchasing budgets up to date and approved
Plans and procedures documents maintained and made available to responsible leadership
An active Fund Raising Program in place that can be adjusted as time and needs evolve
Religious Practice
Full recognition of our Monastery's primary mission of Kagyu Buddhist practice in the Palpung tradition and excellent authentic teaching
A permanent Lama sent by Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa/Palpung Institute to provide for regular teaching and transmission of the Dharma to retreats, residents and the sangha.
Standards and qualifications for teachers established, with guidance and training available
A regular schedule of Teaching, and religious events in place
Retreats: Vetting procedures for aspiring retreatants updated (When feasible, an endowment fund established to provide support in qualified cases of need)
A list of translators (Tibetan/English and Tibetan/Chinese) available to call upon to facilitate a full schedule of Teaching
Maitreya Center
Needed repairs completed, regular maintenance budgeted and upgraded equipment list available for prioritized funding
Recognition of donors in place and up to date
A Volunteer Coordinator in place, working in cooperation with, and under the guidance of the Officers to seek out and train volunteers to meet needs for assistance in all areas of the operation and maintenance of the Monastery including building and grounds, food services, event support, housekeeping and general administration
Plant and grounds in neat, clean condition with established routines to keep it up
Food service standards and hygiene maintained at highest level
All buildings up to code and well maintained
Visitors welcomed to the Center, tour guides available on Saturdays and Sundays, with occasional special events planned with community invited
Sufficient funds available to hire part time assistance when workloads are intolerable and qualified volunteers are not available
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Les XL 600 désignent des motos à vocation trail, produites par Honda de 1983 à 1987.

Modèles

Plusieurs modèles sont apparus en parallèle :
XL600 R, de 1983 à 1987 ;
XL600 L "Paris-Dakar" de 1983 à 1985 ;
XL600 LM, de 1985 à 1987, à démarreur électrique et réservoir de 28L dont 6 litres de réserve ;
XL600 RM (PD04), de 1985 à 1987, à démarreur électrique et réservoir de 13L dont 2 litres de réserve ;

Historique

Ce modèle fait suite à la XL500R dont il n'hérite que l'esthétique. La XL600R est présentée au Salon de Paris en octobre 1982, est homologuée en  et commencera alors à être distribué d'abord en France puis dans le reste du monde. Elle est équipée d'un moteur monocylindre quatre temps type RFVC.

Le modèle Paris-Dakar se différencie du modèle "normal" par une esthétique proche de celle des motos officielles engagées en rallye et surtout un réservoir de 20L (dont 4 litres de réserve).

Les modèles LM et RM, à démarreur électrique sont dévoilés à Paris en 1984 et commercialisé en 1985. La LM est facilement reconnaissable grâce à son gros réservoir et son double optique avant. La RM se distingue par deux ouïes sur le réservoir, permettant de canaliser le flux d'air sur le moteur. La cylindrée passera à  (). Le poids à sec augmente de 6 kg.

Les 600 XL sont remplacés en 1988 par la Honda NX 650 Dominator.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Un site consacré à la 600XLR: http://ebgy.free.fr/moto/600.htm
 Revue Moto Technique N° HS 3, édition ETAI,

XL
Motocyclette des années 1980
Trail (moto)


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è una visual novel giapponese prodotta da Success Corporation, distribuito esclusivamente per PlayStation 2 in Giappone il 21 ottobre 2004. Un'edizione a prezzo ridotto, inclusa in SuperLite 2000 Series, è stata pubblicata il 27 ottobre 2005. Il titolo si riferisce alla leggenda del filo rosso del destino.

Akai Ito non è stato distribuito ufficialmente fuori dal Giappone, ma grazie allo sforzo dei fan è stata tradotto, come accaduto per il popolare gioco dōjin soft Tsukihime.

Trama
Per organizzare l'eredità a causa della morte della madre, Kei Hato si dirige verso la casa del padre a Hemizuka. Nel viaggio in treno, Kei ha un misterioso sogno di un enorme albero e di una donna che sembra essere persa nella tristezza. A Hemizuka, Kei scopre il segreto nascosto nel suo stesso sangue attraverso vari incontri con una cacciatrice di Oni, un'amica della sua defunta madre, una giovane ragazza accompagnata da una volpe bianca, e anche dalla misteriosa ragazza dei suoi sogni. Nel corso della storia Kei è ostacolata dalle gemelle Nozomi e Mikage. La storia di Akai Ito varia notevolmente in base alle decisioni del giocatore che, non solo influenzano il corso della storia ma anche il finale che il giocatore raggiunge (molti dei quali suggeriscono sentimenti romantici tra i personaggi femminili).

Personaggi

Doppiatore: Miyu Matsuki

La protagonista della storia. Kei è una persona negligente, cosa ironica visto che la sua frase preferita è "essere sempre preparati"

Doppiatore: Yūko Minaguchi

La misteriosa ragazza che appare nei sogni di Kei.

Doppiatore: Akeno Watanabe

La cacciatrice di Oni che Kei incontra alla stazione del treno, la sua spada è un vero flagello per gli oni.

Doppiatore: Rie Kugimiya

Una ragazza che ha la metà dell'età di Kei, è sempre accompagnata da una volpe bianca. Kei la incontra nella casa abbandonata di suo padre.

Doppiatore: Asami Sanada

Un'amica della madre deceduta di Kei. Ha il soprannome di "West".

Doppiatore: Megumi Kobayashi

Le gemelle oni antagoniste della storia.

Doppiatore: Kazutaka Ishii

Un ragazzo misterioso.

Doppiatore: Nana Furuhara

Doppiatore: Mamiko Noto

Doppiatore: Miyuki Sawashiro

Modalità di gioco

Accoglienza

Musica
Canzone d'apertura 『 Mawaru Sekai de (廻る世界で) 』 di Haruka Shimotsuki / Riya
Canzone di chiusura 『 Tabiji no Hate (旅路の果て) 』 di Haruka Shimotsuki / Riya

Voci correlate
 Filo rosso del destino

Collegamenti esterni

Videogiochi yuri


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Q: Lucene scoring, precision about vector space model I'm not sure to understand how vector space model is used in lucene scoring.
I read here (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/practical-scoring-function.html) that lucene scores a document as the sum of the tf-idf of each term query (if we omit coordination factor, field length and boosts). I don't understand how vector space model is used.
Space vector model could be used to calculate the similarity between the tf-idf vector of a document and the tf-idf vector of the query.
This should give us a CosSimilarity score between the query and a document. The score would be between 0 and 1, so different requests should be easy to compare.
Why not using lucene score ?

A: Lucene uses the 'practical score function' mentioned in your link, which is an approximation of the cosine similarity - extended to support 'practical' features such as boosts.
If you take the vector space cosine similarity formula for a query q and a document d, you have:
s(q, d) = q * d / (||q|| * ||d||)

Considering that q and d are vectors like [tf(t1) * idf(t1), ...], and that in the q vector tf(t) is either 1 or 0, the formula becomes:
s(q, d) = ∑( tf(t in d) * idf(t)² )(t in q) / (||q|| * ||d||)

You can further replace ||q|| with 1 / queryNorm(q) given their definition queryNorm = 1 / √sumOfSquaredWeights
s(q, d) = queryNorm(q) * ∑( tf(t in d) * idf(t)² )(t in q) / ||d||

which is close to the formula they give in the docs:
score(q, d) = queryNorm(q) * coord(q,d) *
              ∑ ( tf(t in d) * idf(t)² * t.getBoost() * norm(t,d)) (t in q)

||d||, the norm of the document vector, however, does not have a direct equivalent in the terms of their formula.

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INVITED REVIEW
Year : 2008 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | Page : 2-6
Temporal lobe epilepsy in children
Jayanti Mani
Department of Neurology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Research Centre and Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
R. No. 209, New Wing IInd floor, MRC Building, Bombay Hospital, 12, New Marine Lines, Mumbai - 400 020, Maharashtra
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a fairly homogenous syndrome in adults, with hippocampal sclerosis being the commonest etiology. In children, temporal lobe epilepsy is more commonly due to cortical dysplasia or tumors. The semiology and electrophysiology of temporal lobe seizures in children are distinct from adults and have age-dependent variations. The first-line treatment option in children includes antiepileptic drugs. Ketogenic diet and surgery are therapeutic options in refractory pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy.
Keywords: Epilepsy, pediatric, temporal
Mani J. Temporal lobe epilepsy in children. J Pediatr Neurosci 2008;3:2-6
Mani J. Temporal lobe epilepsy in children. J Pediatr Neurosci [serial online] 2008 [cited 2023 Feb 1];3:2-6. Available from: https://www.pediatricneurosciences.com/text.asp?2008/3/1/2/40584
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in adults and adolescents is a fairly homogeneous syndrome, both in terms of seizure semiology and in terms of its pathology; and it has been studied extensively. Temporal lobe epilepsy in infants and young children has a different clinico-pathological picture. Clinically, the concept of complex partial seizures, which may be useful in adults, is difficult to apply to infants, since it is often not possible to assess impairment of consciousness in this age group. In contrast to adult and adolescent patients, mesial temporal sclerosis is a rare finding in infants, in whom the pathological abnormalities associated with seizures of temporal lobe origin consist mostly of dysplasias, migrational disorders, hamartomas and low-grade tumors such as gangliogliomas.
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Syndrome in Adults
The temporal lobe plays an extremely important role in the refractory partial epilepsies in adolescents and adults. TLE in adults is a rather homogenous syndrome, and mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) is its most common pathologic substrate. This constitutes the mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) syndrome. It is defined not only by the topography of the pathology but also on clinical, EEG and evolutive features. [1]
Clinical and evolutive features
It is associated with febrile seizures in at least 40% of cases, [2] which is often considered the first phase of the syndrome. Patients may report other preceding insults like head trauma, birth injury or infection and prolonged nonfebrile convulsions in childhood - a second quiescent phase of variable latency.
A third phase of chronic epilepsy begins in the second half of the first decade of life with refractory habitual complex partial seizures.
Seizure description
Typical mesial temporal seizures start with an epigastric aura associated with fear, followed by behavioral arrest, oroalimentary and ipsilateral hand automatisms, contralateral limb dystonic posturing. Secondarily generalized seizures are rare.
Associated problems
Memory disturbances are common with left hemisphere involvement.
EEG features
Interictal: Anterior temporal, subtemporal and sphenoidal spikes.
Ictal: The typical pattern is a theta frequency rhythm that is best appreciated over the sphenoidal or basal temporal electrode array.
High-resolution MR images of the temporal lobes reveal [Figure - 1]:
Increased signal in the hippocampus on FLAIR and T2 W images
Loss of hippocampal volume on T1 images
Loss of gray-white differentiation of the hippocampus
MTS is the commonest substrate for mesial temporal epilepsy in adults. This includes neuronal loss in the cornu ammonis CA1 region of the hippocampus, moderate loss in CA3/CA4 with relative sparing of the CA2 region. The subiculum, entorhinal cortex are resistant to cell loss
Etiology of TLE in Children
Critical differences exist between TLE in adults and children.
Unlike in adults, isolated MTS is reported in very few childhood cases. Low-grade neoplasms and cortical dysplasia are common causes of TLE in children. These may involve the mesial temporal structures or the lateral neocortex or both. Even in children with MTS, it is rarely isolated, but rather coexists with cortical dysplasia. Temporal lobe epilepsies due to lesions other than MTS are likely to present first at an earlier age than isolated MTS.
Semiology of TLE children
Semiology of TLE in children older than six years resembles adult semiology, but younger children exhibited features reminiscent of frontal lobe seizures, with symmetric motor phenomena of the limbs and head dropping. [3] Prominent and early motor features in the form of tonic, myoclonic or infantile spasms are common in children younger than three years and progressively decrease with age. [4] Complexity of mouth and hand automatisms increases with age. Ictal semiology has been demonstrated to have poor localizing value in TLE in very young children. [5] Case series have also documented the occurrence of epileptic spasms in patients with focal temporal lesions. [6]
The main distinctive features of complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin in infants are (1) a predominance of behavioral arrest with possible impairment of consciousness, (2) no identifiable aura, (3) automatisms that are discrete and mostly orofacial, (4) more prominent convulsive activity and (5) a longer duration (more than one minute). In addition, seizures of temporal lobe origin in infants may appear clinically generalized, such as infantile spasms or generalized tonic seizures
EEG patterns in TLE in children
Older children with TLE due to MTS demonstrate interictal and ictal EEG patterns similar to those in adults, which are of good localizing value. However, infants and younger children with temporal lobe neoplasms often have unusual EEG features including bilateral, multifocal or contralateral interictal discharges and poorly localized ictal onsets. [3],[5] Despite these EEG features, seizure outcomes have been good after surgery. Thus the main value of video EEG in very young children with neocortical temporal epilepsy is to establish that the reported ictal behavior is indeed epileptic with temporal lobe semiology and not to localize ictal EEG patterns.
Imaging in pediatric TLE
As discussed above, seizure semiology and EEG may not clearly localize partial seizures in infants and very small children. Neuroimaging, both structural and functional, may be crucial in clarifying the diagnosis and proceeding with presurgical evaluation. Relatively recent advances in MRI technology have revolutionized the field and resulted in a paradigm shift in the management of refractory lesional pediatric epilepsy. While the role of MRI in the identification of tumors is unquestionable [Figure - 2], the major impact has been in the identification of small focal cortical dysplasias and other subtle focal lesions.
Functional imaging studies like PET (positron emission tomography) and ictal and interictal SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) may provide additional information in a few patients and thus aid in clinical decision making. Chugani et al. have demonstrated the value of PET scans to identify focal lesions in infants with epileptic spasms. [7] They believe that PET studies are particularly useful in infants in whom incomplete myelination may limit the value of the MRI.
Medical therapy for TLE
A variety of conventional and newer anti-epileptic drugs AEDs are available for medical therapy of recurrent seizures. Benefits of AED therapy outweigh risks in patients who have had more than two unprovoked seizures. Most drugs are approved for pediatric use and are available in pediatric formulations. Large trials have established similar efficacy of conventional AEDs in children with focal epilepsy. [8],[9] The role of newer AEDs in pediatric epilepsy has not been clearly defined yet, especially with respect to side-effect profiles. The current guidelines for the use of AEDs in refractory epilepsies have been outlined by the practice parameters published by the American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society (AANAES). [10]
Surgical therapy for TLE
About 10-20% of epilepsy is refractory to medical therapy. Failure of the first AED trial in children predicts refractoriness to medical therapy at two years. [11] Failure of the first AED has a positive predictive value of 0.89 and a negative predictive value of 0.95. The chances of seizure freedom in children who failed one AED are about 11% with additional AEDs. These results are similar to trials in adults. [12] Hence most experts opine that patients who fail adequate trials of two AEDs should be considered for a presurgical evaluation.
While newer antiepileptic drugs have widened drug choice and have better tolerability, none of the existing drugs are likely to cure epilepsy. While a third of newly diagnosed pediatric TLE remits spontaneously, presence of a lesion on MRI is a predictor of intractability. [13] Surgical resection of a focal lesion offers the best chances of seizure freedom. Presurgical evaluation is required to confirm the relationship of the lesion to the ictal onset zone and to eloquent areas in the cortex. The surgical strategy may range from a limited lesionectomy to selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAH), anterior mesial temporal resection and finally a standard mesial temporal plus neocortical resection. The limited data available comparing various surgical techniques reports worse seizure outcomes after selective surgery in children. [14] Significantly better seizure outcome (95%) was achieved after standard temporal lobectomy compared with more limited surgery like SAH (75%) or lesionectomy plus hippocampectomy (77%). Larger resections are potentially likely to worsen neuropsychological outcome after TLE surgery, especially of the dominant temporal lobe. Systematic studies comparing the neuropsychological outcomes after the various surgical strategies are lacking.
The other unique situation that is encountered in children with TLE is dual pathology. Mohammed et al. report coexistent cortical dysplasia on histopathology in nearly 80% of children and adolescents who had temporal lobectomy for MTS. [15] Interestingly the presence of dual pathology did not portend worse surgical outcome in their study group, with 90% being seizure free after standard temporal lobectomy. The existence of dual pathology is also likely to influence the choice of the surgical technique.
Seizure freedom
Much evidence is now available regarding the effectiveness of surgery for refractory TLE. Based on a single randomized trial [16] and an analysis of retrospective data from several centers globally, the AANAES established that approximately two-thirds of patients with refractory TLE were free of disabling seizures after standard anterior temporal lobectomy. Exclusively pediatric studies are few, but Clusmann et al. report good outcome in 86.5% children with a mean follow-up of 48 months. [14] Wyllie and colleagues report seizure-free outcomes in 74% children (<12 years of age) and 80% adolescents (13-20 years) after temporal resections. [17] The outcome is found to be slightly better with low-grade neoplasms and restricted lesions (86%) than with cortical (56%) or hippocampal sclerosis (75%) or nonlesional cases in short-term analysis. [14] Long-term outcome data is significantly lacking in children. In adults it has been established that seizure freedom rates after TLE may not be sustained in the longer term. Seizure freedom rates decline from 66% at one- or two-year follow-up to 45-55% at 10 years. [18],[19] In adults the one-year outcome is predictive of the long-term durability of seizure outcome [18] (Salanova) but such an association has not been reported in children. Long-term data in children from pooled data (444 patients) suggest seizure freedom rate of 62%.
Predictors of seizure outcome
In adults, a previous history of febrile seizures, unilateral interictal discharges, concordant unilateral temporal ictal onsets, type I seizure pattern, concordant and unilateral focal MRI lesion, absence of interictal discharges on postoperative EEG and infrequent and disabling seizures in the first operative year have been predictors of good seizure outcome post-surgery.
In the outcome studies performed in children, however, the validity of these variables in predicting good postoperative outcome was questionable. In a study on 33 children with TLE, younger age at surgery, shorter duration of epilepsy, unilateral temporal lesion on MRI and right-sided surgery showed trends toward a better seizure outcome after surgery. [20]
These confusing and counter-intuitive results suggest that the predictors of outcome after surgery may be different in the pediatric and adult populations.
Neuropsychological outcome
The evidence for neuropsychological impact of TLE surgery comes from small studies and is conflicting. Some report unchanged or improved verbal memory scores, [21] and others document verbal memory declines after dominant temporal lobectomy (Adams, Williams). [22],[23] However, the functional significance of the decline in memory scores is not clear.
Complete freedom from seizures has been identified as crucial for postoperative improvement in quality of life in adults with refractory epilepsy, but quality of life (QOL) issues remain to be studied in children.
Timing of surgery
The other major issue that needs to be evaluated in children is the timing of surgery. In their study of 22 patients with childhood-onset TLE who had surgery in adulthood, Mizrahi et al. suggest that patients with surgery later in life had problems with adjusting to a seizure-free existence despite good outcome with respect to seizure freedom. [24] The ongoing Early randomized surgical epilepsy trial (ERSET) to evaluate early surgery versus medical therapy in adult TLE began enrollment in 2003 and results are still awaited.
Other treatment options
This high-fat low-carbohydrate and low-protein diet is another therapeutic option in drug-resistant epilepsy. Although it was initially introduced for resistant epilepsy due to some metabolic deficiencies, it is now widely prescribed for other medically resistant generalized epilepsies as well.
The evidence for the effectiveness of ketogenic diet in drug-resistant partial epilepsies is conflicting, but no systematic studies have compared the ketogenic diet in partial versus generalized epilepsies. The diet may be considered in drug-resistant TLE patients who are not good candidates for surgery. Problems with the diet include poor compliance due to poor tolerability and metabolic derangements, reduced bone density, hemolytic anemia, renal stones.
Vagal nerve stimulation
The vagal nerve stimulator was first implanted in humans in 1989. It involves continuous pulsed stimulation of the vagus nerve through an implanted pacemaker and is approved for use in refractory partial and generalized epilepsies. Its efficacy is modest; and in the largest trial that included 198 patients, a 50% reduction in seizures was reported in 23% versus 16% in controls at three months. [25] A review of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy in the pediatric population suggests that it is at least as effective in children as in adults. [26] Costs prohibit its routine use, and it is reserved for drug-resistant epilepsies if surgery is not an option.
Future Therapies
In the current scenario, respective surgery offers the best chances of cure for resistant focal lesional epilepsy in carefully selected patients.
Future areas of research include newer AED development, better imaging techniques to map brain structure and function and brain stimulation techniques.
Recommendations for lesional epilepsy in older children and adolescents
Cortical dysplasia, tumors, mesial temporal sclerosis, remote symptomatic epilepsy due to perinatal or childhood brain injury are common causes of refractory lesional epilepsies in late childhood and adolescence. Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare cause for refractory epilepsy that manifests at this age.
Treatment options in epilepsy are based on various medical, social and economic considerations and may vary with the social context. In the context of the current evidence,
Medical therapy with AEDs will be the first treatment option in lesional epilepsies in children.
The choice of the AED would be driven by issues of tolerance and cost rather than efficacy.
A trial of at least two AEDs in adequate therapeutic doses for a period of one to two years is recommended.
In view of the excellent results offered by surgery for lesional TLE, it would appropriate to evaluate surgical candidacy after a trial of two AEDs.
Presurgical evaluation establishes the location of the epileptogenic zone based on concordance of clinical EEG and imaging data. Additionally the seizure frequency and its impact on cognitive development; the pathology of the lesion, its anatomical location with regard to eloquent cortex and easy resectability will be factors that influence decision making.
If surgery is not an option, other alternatives, viz., ketogenic diet or vagal nerve stimulation, may be considered.
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Historical version for the period November 27, 2017 to December 13, 2017.
Last amendment: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16.
Legislative History: 1995, c. 1, s. 11-70; 2001, c. 7, s. 16-18; 2001, c. 13, s. 13; 2002, c. 18, Sched. J, s. 2; 2006, c. 19, Sched. D, s. 6; 2006, c. 21, Sched. F, s. 136 (1); 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 23; 2006, c. 35, Sched. D, s. 1-3; 2008, c. 14, s. 51; 2009, c. 34, Sched. J, s. 27; 2016, c. 37, Sched. 6; 2017, c. 8, Sched. 6; 2017, c. 14, Sched. 4, s. 11; 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16.
s. 43 (First contract arbitration)
Non-application of s. 43 of the LRA
5 (1) The operation of section 43 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 is subject to the modifications set out in this section. 1993, c. 38, s. 5 (1); 1995, c. 1, s. 18 (1).
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "section 43" and substituting "section 43.1". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (1))
(2) The following provisions apply, with necessary modifications, with respect to arbitrations under section 43 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995:
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "arbitrations under section 43" in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting "mediation-arbitrations under section 43.1". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (2))
4. Subsections 4 (14) and (15) (Collective agreement prepared by arbitrator, etc.). 1993, c. 38, s. 5 (2); 2016, c. 37, Sched. 6, s. 2.
(3) If the hearing of the arbitration does not commence within the time period set out in subsection 43 (11) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, the Minister may make such orders as he or she considers necessary to ensure the arbitration is heard without delay. 1993, c. 38, s. 5 (3); 1995, c. 1, s. 18 (2).
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "arbitration" wherever it appears and substituting in each case "mediation-arbitration" and by striking out "subsection 43 (11)" and substituting "subsection 43.1 (15)". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (3))
Minister's order: completion of arbitration
(4) If the decision of the board of arbitration is not released within the time period set out in subsection 43 (12) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, the Minister may,
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "board of arbitration" and substituting "mediator-arbitrator" and by striking out "subsection 43 (12)"and substituting "subsection 43.1 (16) in the portion before clause (a). (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (4))
(b) make such orders as he or she considers appropriate respecting the remuneration and expenses of the members of the board of arbitration. 1993, c. 38, s. 5 (4); 1995, c. 1, s. 18 (3).
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "members of the board of arbitration" in clause (b) and substituting "mediator-arbitrator". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (4))
(5) An arbitrator or board of arbitration shall not include or require the parties to include in a collective agreement a term that requires the employer to guarantee an offer of a job for employees whose positions have been or may be eliminated or that otherwise compels the employer to continue to employ them. 1995, c. 1, s. 18 (4).
Note: On January 1, 2018, subsection 5 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "An arbitrator or board of arbitration" at the beginning and substituting "A mediator-arbitrator". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (5))
Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, clause (a) of the definition of "facility" in subsection 7 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2017, c. 14, Sched. 4, s. 11)
2017, c. 14, Sched. 4, s. 11 - not in force
26 Section 43 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 does not apply in respect of the next collective agreement for a designated bargaining unit referred to in subsection 23 (2) that is made following the expiry of a collective agreement referred to in subsection 23 (3) or (4). 2016, c. 37, Sched. 6, s. 7.
Note: On January 1, 2018, section 26 of the Act is amended by striking out "Section 43 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 does not apply" at the beginning and substituting "Sections 43 and 43.1 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 do not apply". (See: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 16 (6))
47 (1) The Grievance Settlement Board shall be composed of the chair and two alternate chairs. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 6, s. 2.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall appoint as the chair and alternate chairs the persons who are selected for the positions by agreement of the Crown and the trade unions representing Crown employees or, failing such agreement, the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall select the persons to be appointed. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 6, s. 2.
(4) The chair and alternate chairs shall be paid such remuneration and allowance for expenses as are determined by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 6, s. 2.
(5) When the chair is absent or unable to perform the powers of his or her office, or when the office of chair is vacant, an alternate chair may exercise the powers of the chair set out in sections 9, 47, 47.1 and subsection 49 (3). 2017, c. 8, Sched. 6, s. 2.
62.-71 Omitted (amends or repeals other Acts). 1993, c. 38, ss. 62-71.


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Complaints Against Two Bladen County Board of Elections Democrats Dismisses by Cooper's NCSBE on Technicality
RALEIGH – The focus of the 9th District electoral fraud drama, Bladen County, was again before the N.C. State Board of Elections last week with complaints of political impropriety by two Democrats on the Bladen County Board of Elections. However, the the Cooper-appointed Democrats on the State Board circled the wagons, dismissing the complaints on a technicality without even hearing from the person making who actually made it.
Making it all that much more intriguing, the one of the Democrats accused of the impropriety was represented in the hearing by none other than Joshua Malcolm. Malcolm, is the the former Cooper-appointed chair of the NCSBE, who was caught having improper communications with Bladen County Democrat in the middle of the fraud drama. He just resigned as general counsel for UNC Pembroke amid an ongoing lawsuit for his public communication records there.
The Democrat Bladen Board of Elections member, Patricia Sheppard and Louella Thompson were accused by Bladen County Republican Party leader Wayne Shaeffer of being demonstrating improper hyper-partisanship in emails and statements; a big no-no for an election official. His complaint included documents and links to his evidence, which he would presumably have detailed for the State Board at the heading. 'Presumably,' because the Board held the hearing with out Shaeffer present or on the call.
From WECT6:
"[…] Complaints against two members of the Bladen County Board of Elections were dismissed by state election officials on Friday for failing to meet basic requirements.
Motions before the North Carolina State Board of Elections to call for evidentiary hearings in the complaints against Patricia Sheppard and Louella Thompson both failed 2-3 along party lines.
The complaintant, Bladen County Republican Party leader Wayne Shaeffer, was not present on the phone-meeting, nor was any legal representation.
Patricia Sheppard was represented on the call by former NCSBE chair Joshua Malcolm.
Malcolm argued that complaints presented to the board have strict requirements, and that the complaint submitted by Schaeffer lacked to fulfill those requirements. […]"
Trending: Legislature Sends Bill Repealing Pistol Purchase Permits to Governor
The complaints being dismissed so perfunctorily stinks of leniency for political allies. The fact that Malcolm, stained by his own partisan communications baggage, is representing the Bladen Democrats to the Board, now in an official capacity, is too funny. The complaints are of a nature familiar to the Board, too, as yet another former Cooper-appointed chairman was ousted after his own bout of anti-Trump tirades on social media caused concerns.
All of that is not on it's own surprising. However, holding a meeting to determine whether a full length hearing is necessary and not even having the complaintant there to present his case seems, at the very least, bad form.
"[…] Ken Raymond, who moved that the board hold a hearing, said he was disappointed Schaeffer was not on the call, but that he had serious concerns about the ability of the accused board members to conduct their jobs impartially.
"This is something we need to address going into an election year," he said. "We cannot have board members who appear to be incapable of performing their duties in an impartial and non partisan manner." […]"
Alas, the Democrats voted against exploring the issue further. 'Nothing to see here' won the day. Read more about the original complaints here.


Intended to "bring fresh voices and perspective to the rigorous work of" translation, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "Play On!" project sparked instant, heated controversy and debate among Shakespeare aficionados.
CSF got in on the act last Wednesday through Saturday when it hosted a table reading of Colorado playwright Douglas Langworthy's new "translation" of two plays, "Henry VI," parts 2 and 3, directed by veteran festival actor and director Geoffrey Kent.
Kent and Langworthy approached CSF to host the reading — entirely paid for by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — after working together on the reading of the playwright's translation of "Henry VI, Part 1" at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year.


There are huge differences between Protestant and Catholic theologies. Two of the most important differences deal with salvation and Mary. In Protestant theology, salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone, without the contribution of works. However, in Roman Catholicism salvation is attained through baptism, keeping the commandments, and participation in the sacraments. Where Protestantism affirms justification by faith alone in Christ alone, Roman Catholicism denies it. Since these positions are opposite, they cannot both be true.
CCC 2068 (CCC is the Catechism of the Catholic Church), "the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments."
CCC 2027, "Moved by the Holy Spirit, we can merit for ourselves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal life, as well as necessary temporal goods."
The Protestant movement regards Mary as a very blessed woman who bore the Messiah. However, it also teaches that she was a sinner like anyone else (Luke 1:47; Romans 3:23). Catholicism, on the other hand, raises Mary to an unwarranted position where she can, for example, hear all the prayers of people all over the world, simultaneously, thought and spoken, in different languages. In much of Catholicism access to Jesus is said to be only through Mary. This is problematic, contradicts Scripture, and exemplifies yet another strong difference between Protestant and Roman Catholic theology.
Mary was "Preserved free from all stain of original sin," (CCC, par. 966).
These differences, and many others, are so profound, particularly in the area of salvation before God, that the Roman Catholic church cannot be said to be Christian. It is apostate.
Following is a grid that compares Protestant and Catholic positions on various topics.
Authority Final authority is God's word Final authority is the Pope and Magisterium. Pope is infallible when speaking "from the chair."
Purgatory Denies existence of Purgatory Purgatory is a place of purification after a person dies where he achieves holiness so as to enter into the joy of heaven (CCC 1030).
Sacraments Visible manifestation of God's work through Baptism and Communion A means of grace and its infusion into the Catholic. The RC seven sacraments consist of Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Confession, Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick.
Salvation By grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone Through baptism, keeping commandments (CCC 2068), penance, and sacraments in the Catholic church.


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Q: Iterating over a NameValueMap in Autodesk Inventor I tried iterating over a NameValueMap using a 0-based index but it did not work. Iterating over it using a 1-based index worked.
Did not work.
public static void onParameterChange(_Document document,
                                     Inventor.Parameter parameter,
                                     EventTimingEnum BeforeOrAfter,
                                     NameValueMap context ,
                                     out HandlingCodeEnum handlingCode)
{
   handlingCode = HandlingCodeEnum.kEventHandled;

   // Did not work. Got an exception.
   for ( int i = 0; i < context.Count; ++i )
   {
      string name = context.Name[i];
      string value = (string)context.Value[name];
   }
}

Worked.
public static void onParameterChange(_Document document,
                                     Inventor.Parameter parameter,
                                     EventTimingEnum BeforeOrAfter,
                                     NameValueMap context ,
                                     out HandlingCodeEnum handlingCode)
{
   handlingCode = HandlingCodeEnum.kEventHandled;

   // Worked.
   for ( int i = 1; i <= context.Count; ++i )
   {
      string name = context.Name[i];
      string value = (string)context.Value[name];
   }
}

I was surprised by that. Is that expected?
I also noticed that NameValueMap inherits IEnumerable. I tried using foreach to get the items of the NameValueMap. However, that only gave me the values of the items. Is there a way to get the names of the items as well?
public static void onParameterChange(_Document document,
                                     Inventor.Parameter parameter,
                                     EventTimingEnum BeforeOrAfter,
                                     NameValueMap context ,
                                     out HandlingCodeEnum handlingCode)
{
   handlingCode = HandlingCodeEnum.kEventHandled;

   foreach ( var item in context )
   {
      // How do you get the name?
      string value = item;
   }
}

A: There is little information on this NameValueMap on the internet, so it is hard to tell if there is an existing method to take advantage of.
However, you can always create an extension method to suit your needs:
public static class NameValueMapExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<object, T>> AsEnumerable<T>(this NameValueMap map)
    {
        for (int i = 1; i <= map.Count; i++)
            yield return new KeyValuePair<object, T>(
                map.Name[i], (T)map.Values[map.Name[i]]);
    }
}

// ...

foreach (var item in context.AsEnumerable())
{
    // item.Key: Name
    // item.Value: ...
}

A: As NameValueMaps do not contain lots of elements, you could also just return a complete Dictionary, instead of yielding KeyValuePair elements. This gives you access to some handy methods, such as .TryGetValue().
public static class NameValueMapExtensions
{
    public static IDictionary<string, object> ToDictionary(this NameValueMap nameValueMap)
    {
        var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, object>();
        for (var i = 1; i <= nameValueMap.Count; i++)
            dictionary.Add(nameValueMap.Name[i], nameValueMap.Value[nameValueMap.Name[i]]);
        return dictionary;
     }
}