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HMHS Britannic: the sleeping giant
HMHS Britannic. The third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line still puzzles the explorers and lures for underwater visit. She is one of three sister ships (together with RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic), built as the transatlantic passenger liner. But the First World War broke out, changing her destiny. In 1915 Britannic was transferred into a hospital ship…
Unfortunately, Britannic's lifespan happened to be way too short. In just about a year after a launch (on 21 November, 1916) she was lost by an underwater mine, failing the attempt to pass the Kea Channel.
The ship sank in just 55 minutes, leaving one of the biggest mysteries in maritime history. How could such a giant, additionally reinforced after the loss of the Titanic, go down in less than an hour?.. Britannic was the biggest ship lost in the First World War. Fortunately, out of 1,066 people on board, 1,036 survived the shipwreck.
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May 2013: visiting "Polynesia"
May, 2013. U-Boat Navigator heads to the spot, where a French container ship "Polynesia" went down to the bottom in a distant 1918. The crew mapped out a plan to work out the immersions before going to visit the legendary "Britannic".
"Polynesia" was launched in 1890. After almost 30 years of perfect service it was attacked by the German submersible boat. For nearly 100 years she's been resting a couple of miles away from Valletta harbor. The ship seems to be a real magnet for divers and researches, attracting their attention for decades. No wonder "Polynesia" is now known as a "Titanic of the Mediterenean".
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(15160) Wygoda (2000 FK44) – planetoida z grupy pasa głównego asteroid okrążająca Słońce w ciągu 4,23 lat w średniej odległości 2,61 j.a. Odkryta 29 marca 2000 roku.

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The Torch • October 25, 2006 • https://www.torchonline.com/uncategorized/2006/10/25/diddy-returns/
Diddy returns!
Amadeo Plaza, Entertaiment Editor
It has been five years since Diddy has released an album, and in the meantime the Bad Boy music mogul has dabbled in various projects including taking artists Yung Joc and Cassie under his wing and creating the newly popular girl group, Danity Kane.
All-in-all, however, Bad Boy has been in somewhat of a creative rut and Diddy's new album, Press Play, breathes some much needed life back into the label.
The album, which is heavy in featuring artists, offers up an eclectic serving of party hits, traditional rap, and R&B inspired songs. The album opens with "The Testimonial," an intro track that finds Diddy rhyming over a soulful piano melody.
The track is perhaps one of the best showings of his musical prowess, which to this day many believe is not his own. His impressive, albeit smug lyrics, can be heard over many of the tracks including the intro, evidenced by the lyrics: "I told mom I would be something, I gave myself to the world and now it's like you owe me something/Listen up I got a story to tell, it's like I fell out of heaven just to walk through hell/But it fueled my fire, united my desire, and gave me the bricks and the sand to build an empire."
The succeeding three tracks have a strong Diddy presence, but every song following is absolutely riddled with guest appearances. Singles "Come To Me," featuring Nicole Scherzinger and "Tell Me," featuring Christina Aguilera, begin the series of guest artist tracks.
As mentioned, the album features a variety of music styles, "Come To Me" being the main danceable song. "Diddy Rock," which features Timbaland, Twista, and Shawnna makes the album more accessible to fans of the increasingly popular southern sound.
Halfway through, the album hits "Claim My Place," a fabulous interlude featuring Avant, marking act two of the LP which carries a noticeably soulful tone. The second half of the album features an assortment of R&B stars such as Brandy, Keyshia Cole, Mary J. Blige, and the up-and-coming Keri Hilson. Hilson, who has been ghostwriting for various artists since 2000 and is slated to release her solo-album, Keri'd Away In a Perfect World, next year, did a fantastic job with the song "After Love."
Although the first half of the album is formidable, the second half clearly makes for a considerably stronger performance, which Diddy owes heavily to the featured artists who brought the album to new heights. The final track, "Partners For Life," featuring Jamie Foxx, was clearly inspired by Diddy's relationship with girlfriend Kim Porter, and reveals a more sensitive side of the Bad Boy CEO that suggests that perhaps he isn't as much of a "bad boy" as he is made out to be.
Press Play is undoubtedly a strong showing and worthy of the five-year hiatus Diddy took between albums. Although at times it almost seems as though the album is not his own but instead a compilation of varying artists, it easily acts as a solid addition to any hip-hop fan's collection.
Next time around Diddy has to be wary of how many feaured artists he has and invest a little more confidence into his own abilities.

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North Dakota oil train derailment involves tank cars slated for phase-out
The fiery derailment of an oil train forced the evacuation of a central North Dakota town Wednesday morning. At least 6 tank cars caught fire when the BNSF train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed at about 7:30 a.m., 2 miles outside of Heimdal, N.D
BNSF confirmed the train cars involved in the derailment were unjacketed CPC-1232 models – the same model the federal government would like phased out by 2020.
Wells County Emergency Manager Tammy Roehrich confirmed 35 people were evacuated, but no injuries were reported. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg said investigators were en route to the scene.
BNSF statement
"At approximately 7:30 am CDT today, a train derailed at Heimdal, ND carrying crude oil. The train consisted of 109 total cars – 107 cars loaded with crude oil and two buffer cars loaded with sand. There are no injuries but there is a fire at the scene. The tank cars involved in the incident are the unjacketed CPC-1232 models. Local first responders are on the scene as is BNSF personnel. Additional BNSF personnel are en route. BNSF team members will continue to assist first responders."
Federal Railroad Administration statement
"A crude oil train has derailed near Heimdal, North Dakota this morning, resulting in a large fire involving several tank cars. The town of Heimdal is being evacuated. The FRA has deployed a ten person investigation team to the site and will be conducting a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. Today's incident is yet another reminder of why we issued a significant, comprehensive rule aimed at improving the safe transport of high hazard flammable liquids. The FRA will continue to look at all options available to us to improve safety and mitigate risks."
Concerns in Minnesota
A new MnDOT analysis released in March shows 326,170 Minnesotans live within the half-mile evacuation zones along state oil train routes.
"It's a reminder that we have that exposure all across large parts of Minnesota," Gov. Mark Dayton said. "We need to do whatever we possibly can -- the rail crossings and the projects that are in the bonding bill that would provide for some overpass -- so train don't have to go into downtown Willmar where something like that would be catastrophic."
Gov. Dayton has proposed a 10-year, $330 million plan to build safer railroad crossings, including an enhanced crossing in the middle of a densely-populated neighborhood along Como Avenue in St. Paul. The cost of the upgrades would be covered by an annual $33 million assessment and new property tax charged to the railroads. The Minnesota Railroads Association says the tax "ignores the improvements that railroads make year-after-year and the more than $500 million in safety and service improvement that railroads will be making in Minnesota this year alone."
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The lead poisoning statistics for Iowa children are staggering: according to the Iowa Department of Public Health, seven percent of children living in Iowa are affected by lead poisoning, compared with just 1.6 percent of children nationally. These lead exposed children can suffer from a variety of health concerns, including developmental issues, slowed muscle and bone growth, speech and language disabilities, nervous system damage, behavioral problems, anemia, and even death.
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The most definitive way to determine if your child's blood contains unsafe levels of lead is through testing. In Iowa, lead testing has been mandatory for all children starting kindergarten since 2007. These tests, conducted by the Iowa Bureau of Lead Poisoning Prevention, can catch instances of lead poisoning early and intervene with medical treatments that can reduce the effects of dangerous levels of lead. If you would like to get your child tested before kindergarten, talk to your doctor about your concerns.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends lead poisoning testing for children on their first and second birthdays. They also recommend testing for the first six years if you live in a home built before 1950, regularly visit a home built before 1950, receive Medicaid, have a close relative who has tested positive, or have not been tested in the past.
Be particularly wary of the common signs and symptoms of lead poisoning if your environment may contain lead. In Iowa, most children are exposed to lead through lead paint chips and lead paint dust, as more than half of all houses built before 1950 contain lead paint. Ask your landlord about the lead paint situation on the property you are leasing or take paint chip samples and have them tested.
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Updated November 8, 2018
Yarmouth prohibits election of town employees to council, OKs school bonds
By Elizabeth Clemente
YARMOUTH — Town and school employees will no longer be allowed to serve on the Town Council after voters Tuesday passed an amendment to the Town Charter, 3,088 to 2,147.
Landlords in town will also be required to give tenants 75 days' notice for rent increases, after voters narrowly passed an ordinance requiring formation of a Rental Housing Advisory Committee, 2,423 to 2,390.
Three bond questions on the ballot also passed.
The first approves borrowing $8.5 million for a public safety facility on North Road; it passed 3,350 to 1,910.
Part 1 of the second referendum question asked voters to approve borrowing $40 million to expand and renovate Yarmouth Elementary School, improve security measures at Yarmouth High School, fund a roof project at Harrison Middle School and upgrade the restrooms at Rowe School. The measure passed 3,168 to 2,091.
Under Part 2 of that question, residents approved spending an additional $12.2 million for construction and expansion of Rowe School, Harrison Middle School, and a capital roof project at Yarmouth High School. The vote was 2,900 to 2,049.
Councilor Meghan Casey, who teaches at Yarmouth High School and was elected to the council in June, Wednesday said she is "disappointed" the charter amendment passed.
Casey said she thinks the ban "is based on an inaccurate understanding" of the work the Town Council does with regard to schools.
"Five months ago Yarmouth residents elected me with full knowledge that I am a teacher," she said. "(It is) unlikely now they believe teachers in Yarmouth should not serve."
Casey also thinks the council has spent "way too much time" thinking about the operation of the Town Council, which "takes time away from the actual work of the council that needs to be done."
Casey said she didn't know Wednesday morning how she feels about a possible legal challenge to the amendment, and still needed time to "digest" the results.
But she said legal experts "are in agreement" that prohibitions on school employees serving on town councils "don't jive" with state law or the U.S. Constitution. She said she believes the concept needs to be tested statewide "at some point."
"I don't know if Yarmouth will be that test case or not," she said. "We have to get a definitive answer on whether this can happen or not."
She also said, however, that the council elected in June has made "good progress" in putting such "constant challenges" behind it.
"It is what it is," Casey said. "Time to get back to work."
In July, a petition drafted by Councilor April Humphrey with input from members of the Yarmouth Tenants' Association was submitted in support of the Rental Dwelling ordinance, which proposed establishing the Rental Housing Advisory Committee and requiring the 75-day notice for tenants.
Most councilors opposed the proposal, or aspects of it, when they voted Sept. 5 to send it to voters.
The proposal also received criticism from many who said it unfairly targeted Taymil Properties, which owns Yarmouth Pointe, Yarmouth Green, Yarmouth Place, and Yarmouth Landing, because the ordinance would only impose the notice restriction on landlords with 10 or more rental units.
Elizabeth Clemente can be reached at 780-9123 or [email protected]. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter @epclemente.
Election clerks work the Yarmouth polls Nov. 6. Voters passed all referendum questions Tuesday, including an amendment to the Town Charter that will prevent town or school employees from serving on the Town Council.
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Will the Commissioner get hit by a custard pie tomorrow?
On Tuesday morning, the eyes of the data protection world will be focussing on events unfolding the Wilson Room in Portcullis House, Westminster.
The Justice Select Committee of the House of Commons will hold its first evidence session in its inquiry into the EU's data protection framework proposals.
The warm up acts will get going around 10.30am, when Ian Readhead, Director of Information, Association of Chief Police Officers, and Merilyne Knox, Head of Public Access Office, Metropolitan Police, will be questioned on the considered views of the law enforcement community. That won't take long. Twenty five minutes later, Jean Gonié, Director of Privacy EU Affairs, Microsoft, and Sietske de Groot, Senior EU and International Affairs Policy Adviser, Federation of Small Businesses, will occupy the witness seats. They just get 35 minutes.
Then, at 11.30, everyone gets ready to hear from the main men. Yes, for 60 minutes, Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner and David Smith, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Data Protection, get to answer questions put by Committee members without hesitation, deviation, or repetition on some of the most important issues of the moment.
It's going to be fun. But don't worry if you can't get there yourself. It ought to be broadcast live on Parliamentary TV, and a recording of the session will be available for posterity.
I don't think it's going to be one of those "custard pie" sessions – you know, where an aggrieved member of the general public becomes so incensed with the evidence given by the principal witness that they try to toss a custard pie in their face. This has happened before - in that very same room - remember what Rupert Murdoch got from Jonnie Marbles when he kindly agreed to share some of his views with politicians in Portcullis House on 19 July 2011. And remember how brilliantly his wife, Wendi Deng had reacted: "with an open palm, she brought down a blow hard and with full fury on to Marbles' head, just as if she was spiking a volleyball."
I wonder whether Christopher Graham's wing man, David Smith, has been taking any self-defence lessons – after all, Tuesday just might well be his Wendi Deng moment.
Seriously, I hope the Committee gets something out of this session. It ought to give the Commissioner the opportunity to tell the Committee what we all know already (after all, we're all ICO disciples and all have eagerly devoured every comment that has ever been made by any ICO official about this initiative). But I hope Christopher Graham gets the opportunity to offer some new material too. It would be nice for him to be asked, if he explains that the current proposal is actually too expensive to implement within a reasonable period of time, to set out just what level of investment within what time period ought/could be made by data controllers to improve their current standards.
I also hope he gets the opportunity to make the point that it's unfair for so many commentators to criticise his officials for failing to be sufficiently proactive in so many areas at a time when he is starved of the resources that are really required to meet the obligations that are imposed on him. His office may, in relative terms, be better resourced than many of the Information Commissioners in the rest of Europe, but is that really sufficient? I think not.
Perhaps, he will need to reduce public expectations about his public role so that the public understand why bad stuff continues to happen. Like spam, mistakes on credit files and data breaches. Why should the ICO be blamed for a series of events that they can't control, or effectively police? All I tend to hear is that "something must be done" and that "the ICO" must do it, but without any proper discussion about how the resources will be provided (or reallocated) to enable it to do it properly.
I'll probably be in the audience. But I most certainly won't have a custard pie in my pocket.
This link also provides a link to a video of that awful event in July 2011: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8648659/Rupert-Murdoch-hit-by-custard-pie-Wendi-Dengs-volleyball-spike.html
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Class QgsMapCanvas

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                                           QgsMapCanvas

QgsMapCanvas(QWidget parent=None, str name=None)

        Nested Classes
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        WheelAction

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QGraphicsView:
      CacheMode,
      CacheModeFlag,
      DragMode,
      OptimizationFlag,
      OptimizationFlags,
      ViewportAnchor,
      ViewportUpdateMode

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QFrame:
      Shadow,
      Shape,
      StyleMask

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QWidget:
      RenderFlag,
      RenderFlags

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QPaintDevice:
      PaintDeviceMetric

        Instance Methods
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          antiAliasingEnabled(...)

          canvasColor(...)

          canvasPaintDevice(...)

          center(...)

          clear(...)

          clearCache(...)

          clearExtentHistory(...)

          connectNotify(...)

          currentLayer(...)

          currentLayerChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.currentLayerChanged[QgsMapLayer] [signal]

          destinationCrsChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.destinationCrsChanged [signal]

          dragEnterEvent(...)

          enableAntiAliasing(...)

          enableOverviewMode(...)

          enableRotation(...)

          event(...)

          extent(...)

          extentsChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.extentsChanged [signal]

          freeze(...)

          fullExtent(...)

          getCoordinateTransform(...)

          getDatumTransformInfo(...)

          hasCrsTransformEnabled(...)

          hasCrsTransformEnabledChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.hasCrsTransformEnabledChanged[bool] [signal]

          isCachingEnabled(...)

          isDirty(...)

          isDrawing(...)

          isFrozen(...)

          isParallelRenderingEnabled(...)

          keyPressEvent(...)

          keyPressed(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.keyPressed[QKeyEvent] [signal]

          keyReleaseEvent(...)

          keyReleased(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.keyReleased[QKeyEvent] [signal]

          labelingResults(...)

          layer(...)

          layerCount(...)

          layerStateChange(...)

          layers(...)

          layersChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.layersChanged [signal]

          map(...)

          mapCanvasRefreshed(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.mapCanvasRefreshed [signal]

          mapRenderer(...)

          mapSettings(...)

          mapTool(...)

          mapToolSet(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.mapToolSet[QgsMapTool] [signal]
      QgsMapCanvas.mapToolSet[QgsMapTool, QgsMapTool] [signal]

          mapUnits(...)

          mapUnitsChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.mapUnitsChanged [signal]

          mapUnitsPerPixel(...)

          mapUpdateInterval(...)

          mouseDoubleClickEvent(...)

          mouseLastXY(...)

          mouseMoveEvent(...)

          mousePressEvent(...)

          mouseReleaseEvent(...)

          moveCanvasContents(...)

          paintEvent(...)

          panAction(...)

          panActionEnd(...)

          panToSelected(...)

          previewMode(...)

          previewModeEnabled(...)

          readProject(...)

          refresh(...)

          renderComplete(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.renderComplete[QPainter] [signal]

          renderFlag(...)

          renderStarting(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.renderStarting [signal]

          resizeEvent(...)

          rotation(...)

          rotationChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.rotationChanged[float] [signal]

          rotationEnabled(...)

          saveAsImage(...)

          scale(...)

          scaleChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.scaleChanged[float] [signal]

          selectionChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.selectionChanged[QgsMapLayer] [signal]

          selectionChangedSlot(...)

          setCachingEnabled(...)

          setCanvasColor(...)

          setCenter(...)

          setCrsTransformEnabled(...)

          setCurrentLayer(...)

          setDestinationCrs(...)

          setDirty(...)

          setExtent(...)

          setLayerSet(...)

          setMapTool(...)

          setMapUnits(...)

          setMapUpdateInterval(...)

          setParallelRenderingEnabled(...)

          setPreviewMode(...)

          setPreviewModeEnabled(...)

          setProgress(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.setProgress[int, int] [signal]

          setRenderFlag(...)

          setRotation(...)

          setSelectionColor(...)

          setSnappingUtils(...)

          setWheelAction(...)

          showError(...)

          snappingUtils(...)

          stopRendering(...)

          unsetMapTool(...)

          updateCanvasItemPositions(...)

          updateFullExtent(...)

          updateMap(...)

          updateOverview(...)

          updateScale(...)

          useImageToRender(...)

          wheelEvent(...)

          writeProject(...)

          xyCoordinates(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.xyCoordinates[QgsPoint] [signal]

          zoomByFactor(...)

          zoomIn(...)

          zoomLastStatusChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.zoomLastStatusChanged[bool] [signal]

          zoomNextStatusChanged(...)

      QgsMapCanvas.zoomNextStatusChanged[bool] [signal]

          zoomOut(...)

          zoomScale(...)

          zoomToFullExtent(...)

          zoomToNextExtent(...)

          zoomToPreviousExtent(...)

          zoomToSelected(...)

          zoomWithCenter(...)

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QGraphicsView:
      alignment,
      backgroundBrush,
      cacheMode,
      centerOn,
      contextMenuEvent,
      dragLeaveEvent,
      dragMode,
      dragMoveEvent,
      drawBackground,
      drawForeground,
      drawItems,
      dropEvent,
      ensureVisible,
      fitInView,
      focusInEvent,
      focusNextPrevChild,
      focusOutEvent,
      foregroundBrush,
      inputMethodEvent,
      inputMethodQuery,
      invalidateScene,
      isInteractive,
      isTransformed,
      itemAt,
      items,
      mapFromScene,
      mapToScene,
      matrix,
      optimizationFlags,
      render,
      renderHints,
      resetCachedContent,
      resetMatrix,
      resetTransform,
      resizeAnchor,
      rotate,
      rubberBandSelectionMode,
      scene,
      sceneRect,
      scrollContentsBy,
      setAlignment,
      setBackgroundBrush,
      setCacheMode,
      setDragMode,
      setForegroundBrush,
      setInteractive,
      setMatrix,
      setOptimizationFlag,
      setOptimizationFlags,
      setRenderHint,
      setRenderHints,
      setResizeAnchor,
      setRubberBandSelectionMode,
      setScene,
      setSceneRect,
      setTransform,
      setTransformationAnchor,
      setViewportUpdateMode,
      setupViewport,
      shear,
      showEvent,
      sizeHint,
      transform,
      transformationAnchor,
      translate,
      updateScene,
      updateSceneRect,
      viewportEvent,
      viewportTransform,
      viewportUpdateMode

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QAbstractScrollArea:
      addScrollBarWidget,
      cornerWidget,
      horizontalScrollBar,
      horizontalScrollBarPolicy,
      maximumViewportSize,
      minimumSizeHint,
      scrollBarWidgets,
      setCornerWidget,
      setHorizontalScrollBar,
      setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy,
      setVerticalScrollBar,
      setVerticalScrollBarPolicy,
      setViewport,
      setViewportMargins,
      verticalScrollBar,
      verticalScrollBarPolicy,
      viewport

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QFrame:
      changeEvent,
      drawFrame,
      frameRect,
      frameShadow,
      frameShape,
      frameStyle,
      frameWidth,
      lineWidth,
      midLineWidth,
      setFrameRect,
      setFrameShadow,
      setFrameShape,
      setFrameStyle,
      setLineWidth,
      setMidLineWidth

Inherited from PyQt4.QtGui.QWidget:
      acceptDrops,
      accessibleDescription,
      accessibleName,
      actionEvent,
      actions,
      activateWindow,
      addAction,
      addActions,
      adjustSize,
      autoFillBackground,
      backgroundRole,
      baseSize,
      childAt,
      childrenRect,
      childrenRegion,
      clearFocus,
      clearMask,
      close,
      closeEvent,
      contentsMargins,
      contentsRect,
      contextMenuPolicy,
      create,
      cursor,
      customContextMenuRequested,
      destroy,
      devType,
      effectiveWinId,
      enabledChange,
      ensurePolished,
      enterEvent,
      find,
      focusNextChild,
      focusPolicy,
      focusPreviousChild,
      focusProxy,
      focusWidget,
      font,
      fontChange,
      fontInfo,
      fontMetrics,
      foregroundRole,
      frameGeometry,
      frameSize,
      geometry,
      getContentsMargins,
      grabGesture,
      grabKeyboard,
      grabMouse,
      grabShortcut,
      graphicsEffect,
      graphicsProxyWidget,
      handle,
      hasFocus,
      hasMouseTracking,
      height,
      heightForWidth,
      hide,
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from __future__ import absolute_import

import calendar
import errno
import logging
import posixpath
import re
import sys
import time

from functools import wraps

from boto.exception import S3ResponseError
from hadoop.fs import normpath

ERRNO_MAP = {
  403: errno.EACCES,
  404: errno.ENOENT
}
DEFAULT_ERRNO = errno.EINVAL

S3_PATH_RE = re.compile('^/*[sS]3://([^/]+)(/(.*?([^/]+)?/?))?$')
S3_ROOT = 's3://'

def lookup_s3error(error):
  err_no = ERRNO_MAP.get(error.status, DEFAULT_ERRNO)
  return IOError(err_no, error.reason)

def translate_s3_error(fn):
  @wraps(fn)
  def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
    try:
      return fn(*args, **kwargs)
    except S3ResponseError:
      _, exc, tb = sys.exc_info()
      logging.error('S3 error: %s' % exc)
      lookup = lookup_s3error(exc)
      raise lookup.__class__, lookup, tb
  return wrapped

def parse_uri(uri):
  """
  Returns tuple (bucket_name, key_name, key_basename).
  Raises ValueError if invalid S3 URI is passed.
  """
  match = S3_PATH_RE.match(uri)
  if not match:
    raise ValueError("Invalid S3 URI: %s" % uri)
  key = match.group(3) or ''
  basename = match.group(4) or ''
  return match.group(1), key, basename

def is_root(uri):
  """
  Check if URI is S3 root (S3://)
  """
  return uri.lower() == S3_ROOT

def abspath(cd, uri):
  """
  Returns absolute URI, examples:

  abspath('s3://bucket/key', key2') == 's3://bucket/key/key2'
  abspath('s3://bucket/key', 's3://bucket2/key2') == 's3://bucket2/key2'
  """
  if not uri.lower().startswith(S3_ROOT):
    uri = normpath(join(cd, '..', uri))
  return uri

def join(*comp_list):
  def _prep(uri):
    try:
      return '/%s/%s' % parse_uri(uri)[:2]
    except ValueError:
      return '/' if is_root(uri) else uri
  joined = posixpath.join(*map(_prep, comp_list))
  if joined and joined[0] == '/':
    joined = 's3:/%s' % joined
  return joined

def s3datetime_to_timestamp(datetime):
  """
  Returns timestamp (seconds) by datetime string from S3 API responses.
  S3 REST API returns two types of datetime strings:
  * `Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:42:07 GMT` for Object HEAD requests
    (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectHEAD.html);
  * `2015-02-26T20:42:07.000Z` for Bucket GET requests
    (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTBucketGET.html).
  """
  # There is chance (depends on platform) to get
  # `'z' is a bad directive in format ...` error (see https://bugs.python.org/issue6641),
  # but S3 always returns time in GMT, so `GMT` and `.000Z` can be pruned.
  try:
    stripped = time.strptime(datetime[:-4], '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S')
    assert datetime[-4:] == ' GMT', 'Time [%s] is not in GMT.' % datetime
  except ValueError:
    stripped = time.strptime(datetime[:-5], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
    assert datetime[-5:] == '.000Z', 'Time [%s] is not in GMT.' % datetime
  return int(calendar.timegm(stripped))


The Society were entertained in March, by the two-handed act of Ian Edgar and Don Baines illuminating the long, long haul along the road to the Restoration of Bugsworth Basin. The talk inspired several members to make a note in their diaries to visit the site, soon, if not sooner !
Following the brief, but important, AGM, Ruth Hargreaves and Ann Hearle gave an insight into the five year project to study Longhurst Lane, work undertaken by a dedicated team of volunteer researchers , to create the story of Moor End to Marple Bridge.
17th November: Steve Williams - Oh! What a Lovely War?
8th December: David Burridge - Where are we now?
19th January 2015: Ann Hearle - Hollins Mill, who owned it?
On September 15th the new season of talks and the new venue will see a curtain-raiser presentation from Ian Morgan. Ian will enlighten of the history of the A1 road. The A1 – renowned as being the route from London to Edinburgh has changed its path and even its name many times over the years, yet as the travellers pass on their way do they know just how fortunate they are? Ian writes "We shall see the scenes of horrific battles, the haunts of highwaymen, the sites of murder and much, much more… Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of horror and humour as the stories of this ancient highway unfold." The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK, at 410 miles (660 km). It was designated by the Ministry of Transport in 1921, and for much of its route it followed various branches of the Great North Road. The Great North Road was a coaching route used by mail coaches between London, York and Edinburgh.
In 2013 Judith arranged a visit to Congleton and Ian acted as our host and guide. As well as showing us around the little gem of a museum, of which he is the curator, he also led us on a fascinating walk around the town. This time Ian returned the compliment by visiting Marple but he still had to sing for his supper. Rather than covering the complete history of Congleton he elected to concentrate on the last 250 years and show how the textile industry has shaped the town.
November 17th 2014: Oh! What a Lovely War?
2014 has seen the commemoration of a century passing since the inception of the First World War. Our speaker in November our Steve Williams delivered a talk on WW1, 'Oh! What a Lovely War?'.
Oh what a lovely war?
The question mark was important, Steve Williams, our speaker for the evening, assured us. Steve is an expert on the First World War and leads tours there but his object this evening was to put the conflicts of the war into an overall context and to show some of the realities of the "War to end all wars." - Quite a challenge to cover four years in just over an hour.
Read more: November 17th 2014: Oh! What a Lovely War?
December 8th 2014: Where are we now ?
Our December meeting broke new ground. We had three of our members giving short introductory talks on subjects that interested them.
Anthony Burton began proceedings with a novel approach to a familiar subject – Samuel Oldknow as an architect. His thesis was that, although there was no architectural style associated with Oldknow there were certain design features that were commonly used across many of the buildings. The only building that we know had an architect was All Saints church where Robert Goldsmith was in charge but there is a continuity of design across all Oldknow's buildings in Marple that would suggest a clerk of works or a master mason working closely with Samuel.
Read more: December 8th 2014: Where are we now ?
January 19th. 2015 Hollins Mill, who owned it ?
Hollins Mill, four storeys high, 30m long and 15m wide, stood on the site that is now occupied by Hollins Parade and the Co-Op store, soon to be Asda.
For our first meeting in 2015, Ann Hearle, author of our latest publication, 'Hollins Mill, The heart of Marple for over one hundred years', will took us on journey through the history of this lost landmark. During our travel through that evening, Ann enlightened us on the workings of the mill, its impact on the history of Marple, how workers and the mill were managed, the owners of the mill, and the fate of these owners and the mill.
Read more: January 19th. 2015 Hollins Mill, who owned it ?
What a choice! What was it to be? United versus Preston North End in the Fifth Round of the Cup or David Frith talking about his native Longdendale? For 101 members and visitors to Marple History there was no contest. David Frith, of course. And David did us proud. It was not so much a lecture as a love poem, conducting us from Woodhead to Mottram with many side excursions on the way.
This many-faceted transport corridor has seen huge changes over time but particularly in the last two hundred years. Historically the valley formed the panhandle of Cheshire - the thin piece of land that projects towards Yorkshire.To prove the point, the upper reaches of the Etherow is known as Salter's Brook.
Judith Atkinson began the talk with a health warning - disciples of Health and Safety might find some of the scenes disturbing. In the event no one chose to leave the auditorium and it was just as well because they would have missed a fascinating description of an engineering marvel. When it was opened on 1st January 1894 it was the largest river navigation in the world and even today it is still the eighth longest ship canal in the world.There are plenty of superlatives to attach to the project including the cost overrun from £6.5 million to £14.5 million but Judith concentrated on describing the actual building of the canal with the benefit of an engineer's eye.
As the curtain came down on the History season at the April meeting, following a brief AGM section, we went behind the curtains – the curtains of Marple Hall. Although the Hall is long gone, Neil Mullineux took us on a visit to the hall. He guided us through the main rooms, revealing the richness of the lost interior. A local version of the Antiques Roadshow. Not only that but sale prices as well! How much was paid for a suit of armour or the bed that John Bradshaw actually slept in? And is it all truly lost? Where are these items now? What happened to the stained glass? And the unique French tapestries? If that is not enough to whet your appetite there may be one or two tales about the people who lived there. What happened to the girls who were rude to their new stepmother? Who was the man who married for money and got his comeuppance?
The new season of talks will begin with a presentation, on the history of the English Longbow, by Bernard Dennis.The first meeting of the year is always busy with new members signing up, current members (I nearly said "old members" but that wouldn't be right) renewing their subs and a crowd around the bookstall looking at the latest publication. However, what were we to make of a stranger bringing a couple of fearsome-looking bows and a quiver full of vicious sharp pointed instruments? We were about to call the police but he then introduced himself as the speaker for the evening - Bernard Dennis.


AfriForum's project to test water quality in South Africa is misleading the public, the department of water affairs said on Tuesday.
"Such actions carry the possibility of a legal challenge and an even more dangerous potential to mislead the public about the true nature of water services regulation and performance monitoring," department spokesman Mava Scott said.
Earlier in the day, AfriForum spokesman Julius Kleynhans said the organisation had launched its own blue-and-green-drop project to test water quality in South Africa.
The project would test potable and sewage water quality to ensure national standards were upheld.
Mava described the initiative as opportunistic.
He said the type of testing AfriForum was referring to focused only on water quality analysis, which was just a portion of the original blue-and-green-drop audit the department conducted on an annual basis.
He said the department's audits focused on the entire value chain which included: reticulation, pumping, treatment and discharge of the waste water business with regard to the treated water assessment.
The blue drop, which was drinking water quality, looked at risk management from source to tap.
Mava said such kind of analysis and evaluation was based on annual results and not once-off sampling which did not record any sort of trend in analysis.
He said AfriForum needed permission from the minister to have access to the premises to conduct the tests.
The law did not allow ordinary citizens access to water treatment facilities unless the minister granted permission in writing, Scott said.
AfriForum said the project was part of an initiative to test the quality of potable and treated water in the municipalities across the country.
Water samples would be tested and results would be made available on March 17.
The public was invited to report water-related issues to AfriForum.


From time to time, and especially at the start of these teeth and gum care practices, you may find areas of your gums that are sore when touched. This usually indicates that they're under stress. Unless you have recently burned or injured your gums, this typically means an inflammatory reaction to an infection from the bacteria in your mouth.
Massaging your gums with your (clean) fingers will stimulate increased blood flow to the massaged area of the gums. The increased blood flow improves the body's natural defenses to protect infected gums via the immune system. Quite a number of dental professionals recommend gum massage daily, whether the gums are sore or not.
A balanced blend of select natural substances that have been dissolved in saliva can expose the gums to their properties and can also help provide lubrication underneath your fingers. Gum tissues have absorptive capabilities. They are mucous membranes (as are the linings of the food-absorbing stomach and intestines) and are part of the gastro-intestinal tract, so the choice of natural substances is important. Harsh chemicals should definitely not be used.
To massage with the typical powders of natural substances, place a very small amount in the dry palm of a hand. Dab a moistened finger into the powder and touch the sore area of gums. Give it a second or so to let the powder completely dissolve into a liquid before massaging the area for about 15 seconds.
I have been doing this since I was 17, at the advice of my then Dentist. I am now in my 50's. I still have all of my teeth minus my wisdom teeth. That's only because they tried to come in-crooked. I floss, brush and massage daily. I don't smoke, chew or do Meth! I can guarantee that if you start early in life with good oral hygiene, you will probably have the same results. If you start late, eg., in your 40's by massaging your gums, you may be able to stop and reverse any primary stage periodontal gum disease. It's free and you don't have to go to a dentist. You do it to yourself. Do go the dentist for a checkup and the things you cannot do!
Any specific ointment or powder for gum massage?
Hi Mike, thank you for your message.
Yes, we recommend Good-Gums tooth powder, which uses 100% natural ingredients and puts all the vital vitamins and minerals back into your gums.
I was looking the good gum massager for lil baby that helps him to have good gum. I found certain products online, will probably buy it. Btw, it is good for me, will sure try it! Thanks for ur post.


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Encyclopedia of
Death and Dying » Sy-Vi » Taboos and Social Stigma
Taboos and Social Stigma
Death is the greatest mystery of life. Its inevitability has been a source of wonder, fear, hopefulness, and puzzlement throughout history. Humans, being the only species consciously aware of the inescapability of death, have sought from time immemorial to cope with this unique insight. In Western society the traditional patterns of death were shaped by an ancient attitude informed by simplicity, meaningful ceremony, and acceptance. The experience was public; that is to say, a caring community of family and neighbors ministered to the dying person. In the traditional context, death was conspicuously visible throughout society and people went to great lengths to remind themselves of how fragile life is. Reminders of mortality were everywhere, whether they be in literature, paintings, oral traditions, or the cemeteries and churches where the physical remains of death intersected with the daily activities of the community. In this convergence, death held sway over the imagination of individuals, and was a source of elaborate ritual known as the ars moriendi. In these ceremonies that characterized the traditional patterns of death, acceptance and openness were the most important qualities.
Traditional Views of Death Give Way to New Perceptions
Throughout the ages particular rituals, along with their participants and meanings, may have varied. Nonetheless, death, dying, and grieving in the traditional model were an important part of everyday cultural practices. And the rituals they spawned connected dying and grieving persons to a broader community and set of meanings. In this way, the ordeal of dying was never just personal, it was communal. These great ceremonies, along with their deep religious and social meanings, accompanied dying persons into their deaths. They provided a sense of strength for the broader community that was being threatened by the loss of one of its members. Additionally, these traditional rituals were a healing balm to dying persons and their intimates, offering strength and comfort to both.
In the twentieth century, the social and psychological landscape was transformed, redefining American cultural, social, and personal experiences of death. The result of this transformation is that dying, once an integral and meaningful part of social life, has become a source of terror and thus largely vanquished from public visibility. Herman Feifel has argued that this change has produced the American "taboo on death." Four major social trends are responsible: (1) the abdication of community to a pervasive sense of individualism; (2) the replacement of a predominantly religious worldview with one that is secular; (3) the sweeping power that materialism holds on the values, interests, and behaviors in modern society; and (4) the influential place of science and technology in daily life.
As individualism, secularism, materialism, and technicism have become driving forces in modern American culture, the experience of dying and its meanings have been dramatically recast. Specifically, as individualism replaces community in daily life, community presence and support is withdrawn from the dying and grieving processes. Secularism as a way of life offers many opportunities and great pleasures, but is ultimately unable to offer meaning and comfort at the end of life. Like secularism, materialism poorly equips individuals and societies to grapple with the mystery of death. In addition, technological achievement and dependence have enabled humanity to actively fight against dying, thus forestalling death for countless numbers of individuals. In this technological framework, dying is no longer a natural, necessary, and important part of life. Rather, it is as if it has become an enemy. Success lies in its control and defeat; failure becomes defined as the inability to turn it away.
The New Model of Death
These social changes have given rise to a new model of death, wherein dying and grieving are atomized and disconnected from everyday pathways of life, leading to their social isolation. As the historian Philippe Ariès astutely observes, in this context, dying has become deeply feared and a new image has replaced the traditional patterns of acceptance: the ugly and hidden death, hidden because it is ugly and dirty. As death has become frightening and meaningless, a culture of avoidance and denial has correspondingly emerged. Specifically, it has led to widespread pretense that suffering, dying, death, and grief do not exist. When individuals are forced to confront these inevitable experiences in their personal lives, they typically do so without social support and the comfort of participatory rituals or shared meanings. A pattern of death entirely unfamiliar in the traditional era has hence emerged. It is rooted in a sense of separation from the dominant culture and profound feelings of shame, both of which exacerbate the suffering inherent in the experience of dying and grieving.
As the legitimation and comfort of traditional ways of dying have given way to meaninglessness, isolation, and shame, stigma has become attached to suffering, dying, death, and grief. The stigmatization of death, wherein the experience of dying has become shameful, has helped to create an environment in which comfort at the end of life is scarce, and where suffering rages uncontrollably against dying individuals and their loved ones. As
Female children were once considered a social stigma in China where "one-child" policies existed, and infanticide was common if a woman gave birth to a baby girl. With the hopes of curtailing infanticide rates, billboard posters in the community still encouraged "one-child" policies, but said that it was acceptable to have daughters.
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thanatologist David Moller documents, this stigma is far more than an abstract intellectual concept. It is a part of the actual experience of dying in the modern era, as embodied in the voices of persons facing the end of their lives. The following extract contains words expressed by different individuals who because of serious illness were forced to confront their own mortality. They are indeed testimonial to the profound suffering that accompanies dying in the individualistic, secular, materialistic, and technocratic organization of American life:
Oh God the pain is so great. To go to sleep and
feel normal, then to awake with such pain! Why
has God deserted me? I want to die. I can't live
with this newness. There are so many tubes in
my body. Every orifice. My hair is gone, my head
a giant bandage. Why can't I just die?
. . . illness creates in me a desire to withdraw from
society . . . I retreat to a resignation that most things
in life are empty-colorless-undesirable.
Because of all this, most days I try not to look in
the mirror, so I can still pretend that I look like
anything other than a cancer patient.
It seems that everything keeps going back to this cancer. It makes me
feel so ugly, and it's just so depressing.
I'm not myself anymore. Oh, the way I used to be.
I can't even stand to look in the mirror anymore
(tears begin to stream from her eyes).
I'm no good to anybody. Why am I living? Why
doesn't God just let me die? I feel so useless, and
I'm a burden to everyone. This is no way to live.
The pain, oh why? I'm just no good.
Everything seems to lead me back to my cancer.
Cancer, cancer, that's it! That's all there is.
I'm just wasting my life away. There's absolutely
nothing positive happening. It's (having cancer)
all just so time consuming. It doesn't make me
feel well . . . feel good or happy. It's boring and
painful. Physically and emotionally, it's confusing
and depressing. There's nothing positive! All it
does is hurt. Everybody!
(Moller 2000, pp. 26, 33–35, 144–155)
The portrait that surfaces from these voices is one of agony and regret. It reflects an isolation and terror that was unheard of during the eras of traditional death. Also emerging is a silhouette of evil, whereby the body is being decimated by disease and the very foundation of cultural and social life is being attacked. The result is that dying people and their loved ones often live in a state of social exile, enduring their suffering in isolation. Simply, these people suffer deeply and unnecessarily, and they do so in a societal context where the very idea of death has become inconceivable and unbearable.
See also: Cannibalism ; Death System ; Infanticide
Ariès, Philippe. The Hour of Our Death. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1981.
Becker, Ernest. Escape from Evil. New York: The Free Press, 1975.
Becker, Ernest. The Denial of Death. New York: The Free Press, 1973.
Elias, Norman. The Loneliness of the Dying. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985.
Feifel, Herman. The Meaning of Death. New York: McGraw Hill, 1959.
Gorer, Geoffrey. Death, Grief, and Mourning. New York: Doubleday, 1965.
Moller, David. Life's End: Technocratic Dying in an Age of Spiritual Yearning. New York: Bayword, 2000.
Moller, David. Confronting Death: Values, Institutions, and Human Mortality. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Quill, Timothy. Death and Dignity. New York: Norton, 1993.
DAVID WENDELL MOLLER
Jun 7, 2008 @ 5:05 am
I agree with the above though feel that the need to be accepted by a particular social group (gain social acceptance), has become the main social drive force in most communities and as status and money have become the end goals of most social groups, then the individual has no ability to sit out side the social group and validate their self worth (according to internal perceptions, hypotheses which may differ from the social group ).
Hence to differ from a group means social isolation, as most peoples greatest fears are to do with, extrapolating it to mean death ,
Social isolation has become synonymous with the concept of death. There is no objective forum for an individual to see their views out side then selves and/ or get feed back on weather their fears are justified or agree with other peoples perceptions of fear and or death.
My own social interactions have shown me that the general population in Australia (generalization), is like a person with out a self focus or direction, I often wear taboo clothes like a female dress and or costume, though otherwise carry out what most people would perceive as an acceptable code of conduct ie I go shopping , have a cafe stop with friends , go to social functions etc and am a man at all times, only my appearance may differ from other men in clothing , sometimes it may be pajamas, or may be colorfull mens clothes, which make me stand out in a crowd. though as I do not mind what other people think or say about me , there appears to be no problem with the viewing audience (public). Yet, to ask some of my friends to do the same, is like saying putting a gun at their heads? it evokes great fear and hence they justify their fear as a socially acceptable function rather than admit that they are victims of conditioning.
Personally I get no sexual or ego gratification by wearing womens clothing or other costumes though find it interesting that so many people are so easily controlled by these concepts????
To me standing in a crowd of many people while dressed as a man in a giant babies nappy (costume only) with the associated icons of a oral dummy, obligatory teddy bear, and babies hat, is the same as me wearing, mens pants and shirt except occasionally I find people looking at me , who once realizing I am aware of them try to cover up their gaze by hiding their face or eyes, as I am not under threat from their gaze.
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Woman aged just 24 becomes one of youngest in UK to have double mastectomy as cancer plagues family
Esther Taylor, who watched her mum battle the disease, is at "high risk" of developing breast and ovarian cancer
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Esther Taylor underwent the gruelling procedure to reduce her odds of developing cancer (Image: SWNS.com)
A woman aged just 24 has become one of the youngest in the UK to have a double mastectomy after nine members of her family were diagnosed with cancer.
Esther Taylor, who watched her mum battle the disease, has a gene mutation meaning she is at "high risk".
She underwent the gruelling nine-hour double mastectomy on March 2 in a preventative operation to beat the scourge of cancer which has haunted her family.
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Esther was 24 when she underwent a double mastectomy (Image: SWNS.com)
Vital lifesaving NHS equipment in dire need of replacement with more than 1,000 machines more than decade old
The paediatric nurse from Preston, Lancs., has been offered support from Liberty X pop star Michelle Heaton, who also underwent the procedure.
Speaking about the thought process behind the operation, the now 25-year-old said: "It was a difficult decision, it is scary, it is painful, it is risky and it is emotional, but ultimately it is brave, it is beautiful and it is life changing.
"A lot of people I have told think I'm 'too young' to make this sort of decision, but if you knew you were living with a high risk of developing breast cancer and you had a choice to significantly reduce the risk, then why wouldn't you?"
Esther is one of the youngest women in the UK to undergo a double mastectomy (Image: SWNS.com)
Prior to the op, Esther had a 'Bye Bye Boob' party with friends (Image: SWNS.com)
Blood tests had previously revealed Esther had a rogue unidentified gene, putting her at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer.
It follows several members of her family being diagnosed with cancer including aunties, uncles and her mum Patsy Fenning, who was struck down in her 40s.
Esther said: "My mum comes from a big family, I have sadly lost many members of my family to cancer and the majority of aunts and uncles that are still alive have suffered cancer, too.
Esther watched her mum Patsy Fenning (right) battle cancer (Image: SWNS.com)
Esther in hospital after the nine-hour procedure (Image: SWNS.com)
"It suddenly hit me, there came a time when a cancer diagnosis in the family no longer shocked me.
"I think at that point I realised it was a complete injustice to all these family members dying if I didn't do something about it.
"Ultimately, I didn't want the deaths of those so close to me to be for nothing. I wanted to celebrate them with life."
Esther says nine of her family members have been diagnosed with cancer (Image: SWNS.com)
Having had to watch, care and endure her own mum Patsy's suffering when she was just eight years old, Esther, says the 'C' word was never far from her mind.
Esther's surgery, a nine-hour operation, took place on March 2 at Wythenshawe Hospital.
Prior to the op, she had a 'Bye Bye Boob' party with colleagues from Royal Blackburn Hospital at a friend's house.
Esther on her first day back to work following the operation (Image: SWNS.com)
She admits, while the scars of the surgery are healing, emotionally and mentally she still has a way to go with further big decisions to face at a later date and taking confidence in a look that she still finds a little 'alien'.
She added: "I went for a very like-for-like look, same size boobs and shape.
"This for me was never a 'boob job' or a cosmetic decision. These aren't my boobs.
Esther was just eight-years-old when her mum battled cancer (Image: SWNS.com)
"I have a long way to go until I can accept that and my confidence has really taken a hit – more people than I can count have seen my boobs now.
"I do have days of regret when I think I wish I'd never done it.
"And I'm only halfway there to live a cancer-free life. I'm not totally rid of the risk yet but every day I think I'm living life for those people."
Esther will one day consider a full hysterectomy, too, but says she is not yet in a place to make that decision.
Hannah Fitzpatrick, from Burton upon Trent, Staffs,, is the youngest in Britain to have a double mastectomy.
She chose the preventative operation at the age of 19 after two of her cousins were diagnosed with breast cancer in their 20s.
Genetic screening had revealed that she carried the BRCA2 gene, which meant she had an 85 per cent chance of developing the condition.


A new veterans' hospital in Colorado is on track to become one of the most expensive medical centers in the world with a price tag so far of $1.7 billion.
Like so many other things associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the hospital in Aurora has been plagued by bad decisions that are proving very costly.
The facility was originally budgeted at $328 million. The VA says it will now need another $830 million to finish the project, which is going to take another five years.
The Washington Post reported that some of the reasons the project has gotten so out of hand are hospital doors that were supposed to cost $100 each, but instead cost $1,400 apiece and a design more focused on form than function.
The Obama administration plans to fund the remainder of the project without asking for more money from Congress. Even that proposal is drawing criticism from legislators though.
"For anyone familiar with the VA's allergy to accountability, the fact that they want to take money appropriated to fix one mistake to pay for another should be no surprise," Tyler Sandberg, a spokesman for Representative Mike Coffman (R-Colorado), said in a statement.
The $830 million to complete construction will come out of a special VA fund that was established to make the agency more efficient. The $5 billion fund was set up after it was revealed VA medical facilities in Phoenix had placed hundreds of veterans on a secret waiting list for care. At least 35 died while awaiting treatment.


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Comparison of the BPLab® sphygmomanometer for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with mercury sphygmomanometry in pregnant women: validation study according to the British Hypertension Society protocol
Authors Dorogova IV, Panina ES
Received 7 February 2015
Accepted for publication 12 March 2015
Published 13 April 2015 Volume 2015:11 Pages 245—249
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S82381
Editor who approved publication: Dr Daniel Duprez
This paper has been retracted.
Inna V Dorogova, Elena S Panina
Penza Institute of Advanced Training for Physicians, Penza, Russia
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to validate the automated BPLab® sphygmomanometer for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in pregnant women according to Part II of the 1993 British Hypertension Society protocol. Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic were randomly asked to participate (n=30). The BPLab sphygmomanometer was tested on pregnant women in this study and achieved A/A ratings according to the BHS protocol when compared with the "gold" standard of mercury sphygmomanometry. The device can therefore be recommended for use in pregnancy.
Keywords: pregnancy, BPLab, blood pressure measuring
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has been used in pregnancy for just over a quarter of a century now and is generally accepted in many countries.1,2 One purpose of ABPM has been to determine whether there is a significant "white coat" effect among hypertensive pregnant women who appear to have either preeclampsia or gestational hypertension.1 ABPM is a better predictor than conventional blood pressure (BP) for the development of preeclampsia and adverse pregnancy outcome.2–5
It is well-known that hemodynamics in pregnancy is different from in the nonpregnant condition. Circulatory blood volume is increased, which may affect the pulse wave. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that despite the great importance of the ABPM in pregnancy, only a small number of devices have been validated for use in pregnant women according to the British Hypertension Society (BHS) standards.6 In 2011, the results of validation of the BPLab® monitor (Petr Telegin LLC, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) for ABPM in the general population were published. According to the obtained results, the BPLab monitor was assigned to the "A/A" accuracy class for systolic and diastolic BP.7 We consider those results as a Part I of the evaluation program according to the BHS protocol, and our study as Part II. Thus, the purpose of this study was to validate the device in pregnant women, using mercury sphygmomanometry as the "gold" standard.
The tested device
The manufacturer supplied one test device and confirmed that it had been selected from a normal production line.
The sensor of the device is designed to record pulse waves and to measure pressure in the range 0–300 mmHg and pulse rates in the range 20–200 beats/min. The machine inflates the air in the cuff with an automatic pumping system and deflates stepwise (8 mmHg at each step) with an automatic pressure release valve. Four cuffs are available to be used with the device: small, standard, large, and extralarge size. The unit can be powered by two 1.5 V nickel metal hydride (NiMH) 2700-mAh accumulator batteries or two 1.5 V alkaline batteries (type AA). It weighs 180 g and measures 105×85×33 mm. Communication with the personal computer (PC) is provided via Universal Serial Bus (USB) or Bluetooth.
The device was designed for office ("Office" mode) and ambulatory ("ABPM" mode) use. The Office mode was used in this study.
This was validation study of the device using the BHS protocol.8 The study was approved by the Penza Institute of Advanced Training for Physicians Ethics Committee. Participants were considered to be recruited to the trial if they had provided the signed consent. Recruitment was ad hoc from a population of patients attending routine antenatal clinics at Penza town hospitals. The criteria for exclusion from the study were arrhythmia and sufficiently weak Korotkoff sounds that made acceptable auscultation impossible.
The validation procedure was performed by two medically qualified experts who had been trained using the Compact Disc, read-only-memory (CD-ROM) tutorial detailed on the BHS website.9
The measurements were taken in the morning in comfortable settings (ambient temperature 22°C–25°C, no stimulatory sights or sounds, etc). The women were seated for at least 5 minutes before taking the measurements. Within this period, the participants were asked their age, height, and weight for the record. Arm circumference was measured at the approximate midpoint of the upper arm to establish the correct size cuff to be used. If the circumference was <31.5 cm, the standard size cuff was used, and for a circumference between 31.5 and 42 cm, a large cuff was used.
Same-arm, sequential BP measurements were taken alternating between use of a mercury sphygmomanometer (FC-110DELUXE; Focal, Tokyo, Japan) with binaural stethoscope readings (by both observers) and the tested device. The effect of venous congestion and variability of BP was minimized by allowing >30 seconds but <1 minute between measurements.
The observers were blinded for each other's and the BPLab measurements by positioning the reference device so that each observer could view only the scale of their own device and by ensuring they completed separate forms when writing the results.
The BP of each patient was measured nine times, alternating between the reference measurements and the test device measurements according to the schedule described in the BHS protocol.8
The BHS protocol specifies accuracy criteria for interobserver agreement, as follows: for the device to receive an A classification, at least 60% of the differences must show less than or equal to a 5 mmHg difference from the standard device reading, 85% must show less than or equal to a 10 mmHg difference, and 95% must show less than or equal to a 15 mmHg difference.8
As specified in the BHS protocol, the first and the last recordings from each device were not included, and the remaining seven recordings were used in the analysis.
The BHS protocol dictates that the smaller of the differences between the mercury sphygmomanometer readings at either side of the study device readings are recorded (in mmHg), ignoring the direction of difference. We used for each patient (for systolic BP and diastolic BP, separately) the following formulae:
where BP is the BP measurement result corresponding to the measurement number n.
These differences in readings between the mercury and test devices were categorized into the percentages of BP differences, within 5, 10, and 15 mmHg.
The data were entered into a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet, and this program was used for the analysis. Bland–Altman plots were used to determine the limits of agreement between the readings using the mercury and the test devices, and to ensure there was no bias in the direction of differences between the mercury and the test device.10
Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic were randomly asked to participate. Recruitment continued until all protocol-specified requirements were filled, requiring 33 participants. Three women were excluded because they met criteria for exclusion, leaving the required 30 participants for the analysis. The characteristics of the study group are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (n=30)
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
In the BHS protocol, the number of subjects required for the validation procedure was reduced from 85 for the main validation test in the Part I to 30 in the Part II.8 Thus, the number of the participants was sufficient to provide adequate results of the study. Additionally, there was the minimum number of subjects (five) required by BHS protocol within specified BP interval groups (systolic: 100–115,116–130, 131–145, and 146–160 mmHg; diastolic: 70–80, 81–90, and 91–105 mmHg).8
Observer agreement
The agreement between observers was well within these limits, and the results are presented in Table 2.
Table 2 Grading criteria, mean, and mean differences between the test and standard devices, and analysis of overall pressure levels for both observers
Notes: The pressure ranges were 110–154 mmHg (SBP) and 48–98 mmHg (DBP), on the basis of 90 different values per observer, for SBP and DBP.
Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation.
The BHS protocol specifies that for the device to receive an A classification, at least 60% of the differences must be in the less than or equal to 5 mmHg difference group, 85% in the less than or equal to 10 mmHg group, and 95% in the less than or equal to 15 mmHg category.8 As we can see, interobserver accuracy was excellent.
Observer-device agreement
The overall result of the validation for both observers is shown in Table 2. The BHS protocol allows the selection of the results from the best observer, in this case, observer 2. The "final grade" for each systolic and diastolic BP is the better of the grades obtained by the two observers. Thus, the BPLab device achieved an overall A rating (as shown in Table 2) for both systolic and diastolic.
Figure 1 shows the Bland–Altman plots corresponding to the better observer measurements for diastolic and systolic pressures. Here, the 90 values of the difference between the test device and the readings of the standard device by the better observer (y-axis, in mmHg) are plotted against the mean value of the test device and observer readings (x-axis, in mmHg). The graphs show a random scatter centered about the mean test device–observer difference and no unallowable trends in the data. These are both required features of the Bland–Altman plots for the results to be generalizable.8
Figure 1 Bland–Altman plots of the pressure difference between the standard device (as read by the better observer) and the test device vs the mean pressure.
Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
The oscillometric BPLab BP monitor has been validated in adult and pediatric population achieving similar results to those we have described.7,11 Moreover, the device was validated for measuring central aortic pressure and parameters of arterial stiffness.12–14 It provides normative data for arterial stiffness and central BP indices and allows studying the feasibility of BPLab indices in daily life dynamic conditions.15,16 We believe that this is an additional advantage of BPLab use for ABPM in the antenatal clinic, in the pregnancy day assessment unit, or when admitted to the antenatal ward for hypertension management.
There were no deviations from the standard procedure described by BHS protocol. However articles have discussed some of the limitations of the use of this protocol for the study of ABPM devices, and these should be noted.17,18
The automated BPLab sphygmomanometer for ABPM was tested on pregnant women in this study and achieved A/A ratings according to the BHS protocol when compared with the gold standard of mercury sphygmomanometry. The device can therefore be recommended for use in pregnancy.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using NBitcoin;

namespace Stratis.Bitcoin.Features.PoA
{
    public class PoAConsensusOptions : ConsensusOptions
    {
        /// Public keys of all federation members at the start of the chain.
        /// <remarks>
        /// Do not use this list anywhere except for at the initialization of the chain.
        /// Actual collection of the federation members can be changed with time.
        /// Use <see cref="FederationManager.GetFederationMembers"/> as a source of
        /// up to date federation keys.
        /// </remarks>
        public List<PubKey> GenesisFederationPublicKeys { get; protected set; }

        public uint TargetSpacingSeconds { get; protected set; }

        /// Adds capability of voting for adding\kicking federation members and other things.
        public bool VotingEnabled { get; protected set; }

        /// Initializes values for networks that use block size rules.
        public PoAConsensusOptions(
            uint maxBlockBaseSize,
            int maxStandardVersion,
            int maxStandardTxWeight,
            int maxBlockSigopsCost,
            int maxStandardTxSigopsCost,
            List<PubKey> federationPublicKeys,
            uint targetSpacingSeconds,
            bool votingEnabled)
                : base(maxBlockBaseSize, maxStandardVersion, maxStandardTxWeight, maxBlockSigopsCost, maxStandardTxSigopsCost)
        {
            this.GenesisFederationPublicKeys = federationPublicKeys;
            this.TargetSpacingSeconds = targetSpacingSeconds;
            this.VotingEnabled = votingEnabled;
        }
    }
}


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Q: EditText-like custom view creation from the scratch (standard view) I want to create my customized own controls apart from standard Android views/widgets including View, ScrollBar, TextView, EditText, ...
And already completed others but not TextView/EditText yet.
The two controls interact with soft-keyboard on focus or not. Plus, you can type/edit the text of the control by the keyboard. More challenging part is about controlling the caret. These problems happen because the control inherits View, not TextView/EditText.
You may ask why I chose such difficult way, not using standard ones and customize only some part of them?
That's because of one fatal problem that standard TextView/EditText cannot support large files(a few MB files) and are lagging with them. Additionally, some of the important member functions are private, not protected or public. So we cannot customize fully them as we want.
That's why I created one customized text viewer/editor that supports large files (even over 100 MB). Viewer feature already has been implemented and works well.
Now the editor feature is remaining and it's the reason why I'm here to request your help.
Please let me know what's the best solution and I'd appreciate if you can provide with some sample codes.
Thanks
P.S. This is what I've done so far.
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