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POWERMIND CLINIC – Saving lives from addiction
Powermind is raising funds to set up a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation clinic based in Chiswick (London Borough of Hounslow) but also accessible from anywhere online.
Powermind's vision is to provide first-class care to improve the lives of people with substance use disorders. Our mission is to empower individuals to live healthy, fulfilling lives by healing their body, soul and subconscious. We will help people improve their health and well-being by offering individualized programs tailored to each person's needs. We will provide first class care and support through COMPASSION, RESPECT, COMPETENCE, and COMMITMENT.
Powermind will be managed by Diana Capraro, CEO and Founder. Diana lived a traumatic childhood surrounded by people who had addictions and understands the difficulties that people with substance use disorders can face as well as the impact that addiction can have on their loved ones. Diana graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology and has 10 years of experience working in mental health and addictions services with adults and children. Diana has worked in the NHS and the private sector for London's most prestigious mental health and addiction services, such as the Priory and Nightingale Hospital.
What are we dealing with?
Club Addiction
Cocaine addiction/crack cocaine
Ecstasy/MDMA addiction
Cannabis addiction
Dependence on new psychoactive and illicit substances (legal high)
Amphetamine addiction
Ketamine addiction
Spice Addiction
Stimulant addiction
Our treatment program includes:
Outpatient detox
Outpatient – Individual therapy sessions available at Powermind, online or hybrid
Outpatient addiction treatment – includes detox sessions, individual sessions and 6 weeks of psychoeducational workshops (accessible online, in person or hybrid – Monday to Friday) with the option to extend up to 12 weeks
Follow-up is offered FOR LIFE after the 12 week treatment at the Powermind clinic, or for 12 weeks after the 6 week treatment
Family Support Groups are offered FOR LIFE after the 12 week treatment at the Powermind Clinic, or for 12 weeks after the 6 week treatment
Powermind will offer the following therapies:
Psychoeducational workshops
Individual advice
Music and art workshops
Mutual Aid (AA; NA meetings)
Why is this so important?
Substance use is indirectly and directly responsible for 11.8 million deaths each year worldwide. Just over 350,000 people died from substance use disorders in 2017 (185,000 from alcohol and 167,000 from illicit drugs), with the number rising 18% nationally in overdose during pandemic years (Abramson, 2021). Statistics show that addiction to alcohol and illicit drugs (which includes opioids, cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis) has the highest number of deaths among substance use disorders worldwide and United Kingdom. More than half of the people who die from an alcohol or drug overdose are men and women under the age of 50 (Ritchie & Roser, 2019).
These graphs clearly show the importance of accessing treatment at an early stage to prevent death. Although there are some options available on the NHS, due to a lack of government funding, unfortunately these options are limited. The waiting list is very long and some people may not be seen in time. The success rates of the best private rehab clinics are far better than the rates achieved through the NHS and community services. The 2012 report demonstrates this (Acquiesce, 2021).
Some of the benefits of choosing to go private are: fast admission, a flexible and adjustable treatment plan, confidentiality and a support team you can trust, multiple treatment methods at one site, access to a ongoing support from a range of professional therapists, time to build trust, often offer complementary therapies and aftercare programs to support your recovery beyond your stay (Hilliard, 2019).
Why Powermind?
At Powermind, we differentiate ourselves from others because as an outpatient clinic, we offer the same structured treatment as inpatient rehabilitation centers, and individuals can also access their treatment online wherever they are! We believe that 30 days of treatment is not enough, so we will give customers the option to extend their treatment to 12 weeks!
Powermind aims to give people the tools they need to lead the fullest life possible. Our goal is to improve health, support individuals and families on the road to recovery, and ultimately help the wider community reduce crime. Funds will be spent to start the project, such as renting a clinic, renovating, hiring staff, and purchasing assets needed to practice safely.
To test the success of the Powermind Clinic, psychometric testing and feedback was used to gather qualitative evidence from clients who engaged in individual sessions and 12-week psychoeducational workshops with Diana Capraro. Diana Capraro currently works privately and for the NHS.
The graph shows an improvement in the general well-being of clients when they participate in psychoeducational workshops and individual sessions.
MS: Mental Health
PH: Physical health
Quality of life: quality of life
HQP: Depression
TAG: Anxiety
Powermind Long Term Plan
Our long-term plan is to treat other types of addictions, have inpatient rehab, and expand internationally. The types of addiction we want to deal with in the future are gambling addiction, love and sex addiction, shopping addiction, porn addiction, food addiction, gambling addiction, plastic surgery addiction, exercise addiction, and work addiction.
With the support of professionals, we have developed a detailed business plan to chart the course towards financial viability and sustainability.
These comments were collected from clients participating in one-on-one sessions and workshops with Diana Capraro.
"Hey Diana, I will miss you very much. You challenged me and supported me, and I felt like you really cared about me. You will go far because you are so good and passionate about your craft, THANK YOU! "
"I enjoyed all the workshops I attended. I am so grateful that Diana made this possible for me, when I needed help with some issues, she was non-judgmental and helped me recognize where I had gone so wrong. I actually loved my time doing the workshops and made so much difference in everything in my life"
"Thank you so much for all the help you have given me through this process. You have been amazing and I will miss our sessions very much, but you have given me the tools to move forward, so thank you again"
Abramson, A. (2021). Substance use during the pandemic. [online] American Psychological Association. Available at: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/substance-use-pandemic.
Nod. (2021). Private vs NHS Rehab | Differences explained. [online] Available at: https://www.acquiesce.org.uk/private-vs-nhs-rehab-differences-explained/ [Accessed 27 Nov. 2022].
Hilliard, J. (2019). The benefits of rehabilitation: inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. [online] Rehabilitation spot. Available at: https://www.rehabspot.com/treatment/before-begins/the-benefits-of-rehab/.
Ritchie, H. & Roser, M. (2019). Drug use. [online] Our world in data. Available at: https://ourworldindata.org/drug-use.
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Rep. Candice Miller should be commended. This is just another FCC "we can't admit we made a mistake." Nothing significant in new frequencies will happen until 6.25-kilohertz digital. The user gets nothing; a political intervention is all that will stop this. The FCC just doesn't care whose money they waste.
I find it almost comical that Rep. Candice Miller should be so concerned about migration to 12.5-kilohertz narrowbanding. She's a Michigan Congresswoman, a sate that is probably 80 percent on 800 MHz for public safety and thus exempted from the narrowbanding rules. She should be more concerned that the statewide system uses proprietary trunking that is not only ridiculously expensive but also, in reality, locks the state and all it's participants into just one vendor, Motorola. EF Johnson is a second supplier, in name only. Apparently Congresswoman Miller has idle time on her hands.
Thanks to MissionCritical Communications and Ralph Haller for a nice article. To many in the communications world, the enforcement actions of the FCC are a glorious past. Without knowledge of enforcement actions, the rules are nice pieces of paper for good people to follow and the less than good to ignore. Please do this more often so we can see the policeman of the spectrum has more than a feared and glorious past.
Regarding Motorola's response to the narrowbanding question, can we get this on official Motorola letterhead? I have many public-safety clients who have calendar year budgets. They have spent their 2010 monies for new radios but their fleet is not yet completely narrowband capable. Because of this, they can't narrowband until 2012. They have monies in the 2011 budget to complete their fleet. I have been telling them to try to order late in 2010 for receipt before Dec. 31, to preserve the wideband operability of their fleet. This poses legal issues for them of obligating unencumbered monies.
If this statement from Motorola is true, then it will provide them some relief. It would be nice if the FCC would offer a pathway through the disconnect between the last date for new wideband radios and the mandatory cutover date. Why not make the radio change and the narrowband mandate both on Jan. 1, 2013?
Motorola isn't doing this to solve end user problems. Motorola is doing this strictly from a business standpoint: They only low cost repeater, the RPU2160, utilizes 15 MHz Tx/Rx offsets. It currently runs at two watts and is licensed as a mobile, skirting the requirements that craft usage of higher power, higher antenna heights. This unit, when produced in higher power might make Motorola price competitive in the stand alone analog repeater market, which it currently is not. Intermodulation problems have a number of easily obtainable solutions and don't require confusing the band plan, which, if the Motorola petition is granted, would do.
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Being a leader of people and an organisation is a difficult task at any time but steering a ship through a COVID storm requires someone to take charge, make decisions and provide clear direction. This award will go to someone who has kept his/her team motivated and informed despite everyone working from home, someone who has continued to inspire and show passion and optimism in exceptionally difficult circumstances. Who do you think has shown exceptional lockdown leadership skills?
You may enter one or two of these categories.
Entries are open to all SME's including those who have already reached the finals.
If you are through to the finals in three categories already, you are still eligible to enter these as additional categories.
The cost of entry is free.
The closing date for these categories is Monday 9th November 2020 at 2pm.
Please note there will be no extensions.
In addition to these rules, entrants must also adhere to the main Terms and Conditions.
View the full entry rules here.

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and join us for our two other exciting showcase events!
Join us for a celebration of female power and the arts, featuring accomplished contemporary artist, Michele Utley Voight, completing a masterpiece; live music by Hope In Harmony and spoken word by poetic activist and author, Cheyenne Taylor Jacobs. Plus, peruse the art collection, including artwork by American pop phenomenon, Ashley Longshore. Bring the whole family! Drinks & appetizers served.
This piece will be auctioned at the May 19th event.
New Orleans-based mixed-media artist, Ashley Longshore, has been compared to a young, feminist Andy Warhol for her obsession with pop culture figures and brands. From George Washington on a Supreme hoodie to Kate Moss as a nun, Longshore's paintings, focusing on pop culture, Hollywood glamour, and American consumerism, are never shy of daring – her art makes noise. Dubbed by The New York Times as "Fashion's Latest Art Darling," she has emblazoned the path for pop art and fashion to coexist.
A deeply urgent workshop (based upon Rachel's book) that gives adults and daughters the tools to work together to reject "supergirl" pressure, overcome a toxic stress culture and become resilient leaders with healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
*Small, private VIP reception with Rachel Simmons includes cocktails and appetizers.
100% proceeds benefit LiveGirl and CWEALF programs to support girls and women in Connecticut.


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Toronto struggles to find a market for curbside foam
Canada's largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort reached a clear conclusion, but it wasn't good news.
"After distribution of the densified EPS to potential re-processors for evaluation, no viable market could be established for either the densified EPS, or standard baled material, with the existing quality," according to a post summarizing the project.
The 2017 pilot project was led by Toronto Solid Waste Management Services. The city contracted with Mason, Ohio firm Eco Development LLC to help conduct the project and share the results of its research.
The project received funding support from the Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF), which contributed 35,000 Canadian dollars. The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA), donated another 7,500 Canadian dollars. The project and its results were described in a report submitted this spring to the CIF, a joint industry-government initiative funded by brand owners as part of Ontario's extended producer responsibility program for residential recycling.
"As a result of the pilot, it is believed that an offer to purchase for the recycling of EPS at this time, whether baled or densified, is likely to produce few or no bids and that the price offered would be costly to the City," according to the report.
Foam at the curb
Toronto first added expanded polystyrene (EPS) to its curbside program in December 2008. Households were allowed to begin diverting a range of contaminated foodservice items, including meat and produce trays, take-out food containers and egg cartons.
The material is sorted from the single-stream mix at a materials recovery facility (MRF) operated by Canada Fibers. The majority of pieces are picked out by manual sorters, either at the beginning of the sorting system, on the pre-sort line or on the cardboard line, according to the city's report. Smaller pieces are picked by manual sorters off the PET line.
Handling foam in the MRF has been challenging for multiple reasons. In addition to food contamination, the foam breaks into pieces, comes in a variety of colors and often includes film wraps and labels. Additionally, lookalikes made of polyethylene, polypropylene or other plastics can be difficult to distinguish from PS. And foam is more difficult to bale than denser products, and the freight economics are challenged by the low density.
In addition to those issues, the loss of downstream markets have challenged the city's program. Toronto has been without a regular contracted vendor to take foam bales since April 2017. That being said, CPIA has arranged for a handful of truckloads of PS foam collected by the city to be sent to Plastics Recycling, Inc. (PRI) in Indianapolis, helping to reduce city stockpiles. PRI has a large and technologically advanced facility capable of recycling post-consumer foam into pellets for use in various products.
How the pilot was conducted
An aim of the pilot project, which began in June 2017, was to see if densified foam could be more readily moved to market than baled material. City crews transported bagged foam from the MRF to a city-owned maintenance building, where densifying took place.
For the project, Eco Development rented a RUNI SK200 densifier, which uses a screw press to compact EPS pieces. City staff hand-sorted the EPS, removing obvious contaminants, before feeding the machine's hopper.
As a result of the hand-sorting, staff generated 285 pounds of residue. It was made up of PP foam used to protect electronics during shipping; PE foam wrap used as packaging protection and plumbing insulation; No. 7 foams used for foodservice packaging; and a variety of films.
Some of the film managed to get into the densifier and wrap around the screw, forcing staff to take time to remove it.
Over the course of the densifying, which took place in October, the SK200 processed about 88 pounds per hour. The equipment has a maximum throughput capacity of 100 pounds per hour.
The finished blocks weighed just over 17 pounds each, and the pilot project densified more than 3,800 pounds total. In November and December, Eco Development shipped samples to processors to see if they could use them on a regular basis.
Reclaimer reactions
While mostly off-white in color, the samples were also gray in areas and had small patches of pink and blue. Cracks in the logs were an indication of contamination, especially non-EPS foam, according to the city's report.
Plastics processors found the samples contained fire retardants, which are used in insulating foams. The report described their presence as problematic.
"Blue and pink sheets that resembled foam insulation were sorted out during densification as residue, but it is possible a small amount was missed and that it became mixed into the densified sample blocks," the report states.
Eco Development looked at a number of potential processors. Berga Recycling of Montreal expressed initial interest in recycling a sample into pellets for sale into construction markets, but it decided not to because it was concerned contamination would cause problems in the melt filtration equipment.
The consultant also reached out to three other Canadian companies: GreenMantra Technologies and Pyrowave, which use chemical recycling technologies to break down plastics, and Polystyvert, which uses essential oils to dissolve EPS before later separating it for recycling. According to the city's report, issues related to the presence of fire retardants, contamination, freight costs and inexperience processing MRF-generated material dimmed hopes that those outlets would regularly take the city's EPS.
Eco Development put together a proposal through which a broker would intermittently send the city's EPS to a reclaimer to make pellets or into the waste-to-energy market. But the proportion of burned versus recycled wasn't disclosed, and city officials wouldn't get to determine the outlet. The inclusion of a waste-to-energy component was a deal-killer for the city.
Toronto officials are now waiting to hear whether PRI would be interested in taking additional material on a long-term basis. PRI's decision will depend on quality, PRI's capacity and cost, according to the report, which noted PRI works with PS products maker Dart Container Corp.
Additionally, Ontario's transition to full extended producer responsibility for residential recycling could ultimately affect reprocessing capacity and/or the prevalence of EPS in the stream, according to the report.
In the meantime, Toronto has continued sending occasional loads to PRI with CPIA's assistance.
Photos courtesy of City of Toronto Solid Waste Management Services
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David Roberts Wall Art
David Roberts (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter who was born at 8 Gloucester Street (formerly Duncan's Land). He was the son of Christian Richie and John Roberts, a shoe maker. At only ten years of age, David was apprenticed for seven years to Gavin Beugo, a house painter and decorator. His fellow apprentice was David Ramsay Hay who became his great friend. David used to study arts in the evening. After the apprenticeship, David moved to Perth where he got his first job as a foreman for the redecoration of Scone Palace. He exhibited his first easel painting in 1824 in London. Four years later his success enabled him to give up theatrical work. He then undertook journeys abroad in search of impressive or exotic subjects. He is especially known for a series of detailed lithograph prints of Near East and Egypt that he produced from sketches he made during his tour of the regions between 1838 and 1840. David became one of the first professional and independent British artists to experience Orient at first hand. His experience as a scene painter made him to effectively convey the vistas of deserts, mountains and towns and also the vast proportions of the Egyptian temples. David's drawings show his ability to create visually effective compositions from a variety of subjects which also depicted scenes of local life and detailed interiors of buildings. He was elected ARA in 1838 and RA in 1841. His prime concern in his watercolor and oil paintings was the depiction of the constant aspect of any place.
Palace and Fort at Agra
Jama Musjia Agra
Hill Fort of Ghulab Sinj
Statues of Memnon at Thebes
Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae
The Great Temple of Aboo Simble
Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh


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package gcppostgres_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"gocloud.dev/postgres"
	_ "gocloud.dev/postgres/gcppostgres"
)

func Example() {
	// PRAGMA: This example is used on gocloud.dev; PRAGMA comments adjust how it is shown and can be ignored.
	// PRAGMA: On gocloud.dev, add a blank import: _ "gocloud.dev/postgres/gcppostgres"
	// PRAGMA: On gocloud.dev, hide lines until the next blank line.
	ctx := context.Background()

	// Replace this with your actual settings.
	db, err := postgres.Open(ctx,
		"gcppostgres://user:password@example-project/region/my-instance01/testdb")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer db.Close()

	// Use database in your program.
	db.Exec("CREATE TABLE foo (bar INT);")
}

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In developing a search strategy the most important thing is to decide on the keywords that sum up the information one wants. In my research paper I am researching on the history of cheese. The keywords in my topic are history and cheese. The synonyms of cheese include cheese flower, high mallow, malva sylvestris and tall mallow. History synonyms include account, chronicle and story. Cheese production and consumption has proliferated all over the world since its discovery years ago. This is due to its availability in the stores all over the world.
The process of making is also easy and the ingredients that are used in its production are easily presented. The main ingredient is milk. Production of cheese has been converted from small scale production to large scale production as years since its discovery progress (Martin 12). Cheese refers to a group of milk-based foods which come in different flavors, forms and textures. It comprises of proteins and fat that is gotten from milk. The milk is produced by cows, goats, sheep or buffaloes (Harbutt 8). Cheese is produced by curdling of milk protein.
The mild is acidified and an enzyme called rennet is added to cause the curdling. The solid and liquid are separated and modeled into different forms and shapes. There are a variety of cheese that includes cheddar, camembert, stilton and parmesan. The history of cheese according to a study done at the University of Georgia was discovered by an accident. An Arabian merchant was carrying milk in a pouch. The pouch made from a sheep's skin contained rennin. Due to the scorching heat from the sun, the enzyme rennin was activated causing the milk to turn into solid curds.
Though the exact time of the discovery of cheese is unknown, cheese appeared 3500BC. It was widely used in Asia and then migrated to Europe. Cheese was mentioned in Homer's epic, The Odyssey. In the scene the Cyclops is making cheese and placing in wicker (University of Georgia 1). In the early days of cheese production, milk from different sources was mixed, and a variety of seasonings added to produce abundant flavors. Cheese was introduced in America after Mayflower landed and became a staple component in many American households.
The first cheese factory was established in 1851 in Oneida County, New York. The Jesse Williams factory eliminated the production of cheese individually or by local farms. This flourished the production of cheese (Sokol 2). Writers like Richard claims that cheese was first forum in the Middle East. It was in form of sour milk which came into being after it was discovered that domesticated animals could be milked. It was observed that milk left in a container turned into a solid especially in hot temperatures. The curds and whey that were gotten from milk were discovered to be edible.
The history of cheese is also mentioned in the old testament of the bible. David was fed with cheese of kine when he escaped across the river Jordan. David was also asked to bring with him ten cheeses to his commander of his brothers as they were participating in the battle against the philistines (Sokol 2). The ingredient of cheese is mostly milk. All kinds of milk like reindeer, caribou, yak, and llama have been used to produce cheese. In the process of cheese production, Sokol in his book, "And That's How You Make Cheese" claims that protein in the milk is curdled and separated from water.
The curdles are cut, cooked, drained and pressed to drain out more water. This leads to the production of a solid cheese that can be sliced. Archeologists that were excavating lake dwellings on the shores of Lake Neuchatel found potsherds that had pierced with holes. The findings dated back to six hundred years before Christ. The vessels had been used as drainers that were used to separate curds from whey (Toussaint-Samat 103). This made them conclude that the production of cheese which was mainly from sheep and goats milk had been done on their land earlier.
Cheese contains high concentration of essential nutrients. Some of these nutrients include quality proteins and calcium that help in the development of the body. The invention of cheese grew tremendously due to the many benefits that are accrued from it. Cheese contains high concentration of calcium that helps in cavity prevention in the teeth. It helps in the development of strong teeth because it has low concentration of lactose. The consumption of cheese after a meal such as cheddar, Swiss, Brie and Monterey helps in the prevention of tooth decay.
Cheese has also been proven to prevent cancer due to its high concentration of conjugated Linoleic acid and Sphingolipids (Roberts, Petrini and Hooper 350). The cheese business has thrived in the world greatly due to the large profits accrued from the industry. Cheese production and consumption has increased all over the world. Companies have cropped up and ventured in the industry thus creating a viable business enterprise. Some of the companies like the Arena Cheese factory, Aria Foods, Inc and Andrew & Everett are some of the companies that have ventured in the cheese industry.
They have enabled many households to enjoy wide variety of cheese after their meals. Cheese like the Provolone and Ricotta are used as appetizers, salads. They are first refrigerated and wrapped in order to retain freshness. Other types of cheese like the Parmesan and Roman are grated on soups, bread and spaghettis. Camembert cheese is used o crackers or with fruit that help in appetizers and desserts. It is first refrigerated during storage and preserved in a temperature controlled room.
The United States is the largest producer of cheese in the world. This has been facilitated by the large supply of milk in the US. The United States has dedicated large amount of funds and time on investment and research work. The availability of large farms involved in milk production has also contributed to the production of cheese in the US. There are more than four hundred and fifty plants in the United States dealing in cheese production. The companies operate on a strict sanitary and quality standards set up to control the cheese industry.
This has helped the United States to position itself as the premium cheese supplier (Pastorino, Hansen and McMahon 67). One of the most popular types of cheese is Roquefort. This cheese falls in the family of blue veined cheese because throughout the cheese, there are thin blue lines amidst the cream colored cheese. Originally produced in Southern France, it has moved across the world as a favorite of so many. For this cheese, one can choose between goat, sheep, and cow milk.
The sheep the French use to make their cheese are fed grass in which there is a high level of limestone or calcium carbonate. Cheese-France 1) If the milk has too much or too little acid in it, a different cheese may be formed or the milk can spoil at a faster rate and therefore making an unappetizing block of cheese. The limestone helps balance the pH level and acts as a buffer. At time the cheese maker adds rennet, to start the curdling process, and then must wait at least two hours to allow the rennet to form. People can't eat Roquefort cheese because of an allergy to penicillin. As one article states, "The traditional way of getting penicillium is to place loaves of bread in a dark, damp space, and letting them mold.
After ten weeks the bread crust is pealed back to reveal the inside of the bread, which is nothing more than a fine green powder, the powder is called penicillium". After combining the bacterium with the curd, the cheese begins to take shape but, the cheese needs to monitored because many other byproducts must be removed throughout the curdling process. Once the salt has settled, the cheese maker must put holes into the cheese to allow the carbon dioxide to release into the air. The cheese maker will receive his final product about six months later, as the bacterium is hard at for that long. Encyclop? dia Britannica 1) Cheese since its discovery has evolved in a great way. The production of cheese used to be in small scales during the early years. Today it is produced commercially by large companies. The use of cheese has also changed from the time when it was used as food. Cheese is currently used in prevention of teeth cavities, salad and preservatives. This shows that since cheese was invented tremendous changes have been experienced thus leading to its development to what it is in the present world (Sokol 29).


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Expert Determination Case Studies
Expert Determination is a procedure where an expert whose decision is final and binding resolves a dispute, usually of a technical nature.
Many expert determination appointments come from the list maintained by the President of ICAEW; there are about 100 on the list, out of a total membership of 150,000 chartered accountants, who are regarded as competent to carry out this work.
The process is supposed to be quick, but one of Chris's cases lasted about 7 years, because before fixing the price of the company, he had to wait for a decision from the tax commissioners on RIOTs (Reservation of Interest in Offshore Trusts). Conversely, because all concerned were ready and wanted a prompt decision, another case was completed in five working days.
Department store dilapidations
The warring solicitors (surely not!)
And warring doctors


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Q: nginx entire site case insensitive without redirect I have several WordPress sites that I've inherited managing.  On this one particular site, running nginx, (and CloudFlare if that matters) you can use any case on pages after the URL.  For example, www.example.com/TeSt will load the page www.example.com/test AND it will not redirect/change the case in the browser.  The page loads and the URL in the browser remains www.example.com/TeSt.  You can do this for any URL, /test, /media, /whatever and there are no specific rules in the site's nginx config for these directories/URLs.  First, I can't find any way to make nginx case insensitive site-wide and second, I only have experience using mod_speling in Apache which does a redirect, which they don't want.
Anyone have experience with this on nginx or Apache?  They have this one that works this way and want them all to be the same way.

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Il giallo storico può essere considerato una particolare variante - generalmente di tipo classico-deduttivo - all'interno del genere giallo o poliziesco, ed è caratterizzato da un'ambientazione temporale storica anziché contemporanea.

Il giallo storico, che si è affermato a partire dagli anni settanta del XX secolo, abbraccia un arco temporale estremamente vasto, per cui si spazia dal giallo medievale a quello ambientato nella Roma classica, nell'antico Egitto o nella Grecia antica, dal giallo rinascimentale a quello di età moderna. Spesso il detective protagonista della finzione letteraria è un personaggio realmente vissuto, come Aristotele, Archimede, Dante Alighieri o il celebre medico Galeno.

Tra gli autori più prolifici vanno annoverati Ellis Peters, Paul Doherty, Margaret Doody, Candace Robb, Lynda S. Robinson, Lindsey Davis e gli italiani Danila Comastri Montanari, Giada Trebeschi e Giulio Leoni.

Il giallo storico non è limitato all'antichità ed al medioevo, ma arriva anche a tempi più recenti, come il XIX secolo e la prima metà del XX secolo. In questo specifico segmento del giallo storico si sono segnalati gli inglesi Philip Kerr e Alan Furst, il polacco Marek Krajewski, l'italiano Carlo Lucarelli e l'italo-americana Ben Pastor, creatrice della saga di Martin Bora.

Età antica

Antico Egitto
Abbastanza numerosi i gialli storici le cui vicende si svolgono nell'antico Egitto, fra questi si possono ricordare il prolifico scrittore britannico Paul Doherty e la statunitense Lynda S. Robinson. Doherty è l'autore della serie del giudice Amerotke, ambientata nel XV secolo a.C., comprendente i romanzi La maschera di Ra (1998), Il tempio di Horus (1999), I delitti di Anubi (2000), Le dieci coppe dello scorpione (2002) e Gli assassini di Isis (2004).

Lynda S. Robinson ha scritto fra il 1994 ed il 2001 una serie di gialli in cui indaga il principe Meren, iniziata con L'ombra di Anubi (Murder in the Place of Anubis) ed ambientata nel periodo del faraone Tutankhamon (metà XIV secolo a.C.).

Anche la "regina" del mystery, Agatha Christie, moglie dell'archeologo Max Mallowan, ha scritto nel 1945 C'era una volta (Death Comes as the End) un giallo storico ambientato nell'antica Tebe in Egitto, attorno al 2000 a.C.

Antica Grecia
Anche l'antica Grecia è stata fonte di ispirazione per numerosi autori di gialli storici, fra questi Omicidi nell'agorà (Meurtres sur l'Agora) del 1978, scritto dalla storica francese Claude Mossé ed ambientato ad Atene nel 349 a.C.

Spesso nei gialli storici ambientati nell'antica Grecia sono protagonisti importanti personaggi storici, come ad esempio nella serie di romanzi della canadese Margaret Doody (nata nel 1939) nei quali indaga il grande filosofo Aristotele, serie iniziata nel 1978 con Aristotele detective. Anche Paul Doherty inserisce un grande personaggio della storia nei suoi mystery "greci" nei quali - a partire da A Murder in Macedon del 1997 - è presente la figura del sovrano macedone Alessandro Magno.

In due romanzi di autori differenti le indagini sono svolte da un filosofo sofista: Melanolykos è il protagonista de La trentaseiesima orazione di Lisia del 2002 dell'italiano Luciano Bellè, mentre Prodico di Ceo indaga nel romanzo Le due morti di Socrate (2003), dello spagnolo Ignacio García-Valiño ambientato ad Atene nel 399 a.C.

L'archeologo greco Thanos Kondylis è autore del romanzo Omicidio a Olimpia (titolo originale Έγκλημα στην Αρχαία Ολυμπία) (2007), ambientato ad Olimpia nel V secolo a.C. in occasione dei giochi olimpici. Il migliore atleta spartano viene ucciso e ad investigare sull'omicidio sono due giovani, l'ateniese Alèxandros e lo spartano Leonìdas.

In Archimede e il mistero del planetario, romanzo giallo del 2011 di Annalisa Stancanelli ambientato nel 213 a.C. tra Alessandria d'Egitto, Siracusa e Roma, il protagonista è lo scienziato siracusano Archimede, alle prese con un antico mistero.

Lo spagnolo Marcos Chicot ha pubblicato nel 2013 "L'assassinio di Pitagora", giallo storico sul filosofo di Samo, presto tradotto nelle principali lingue europee e divenuto bestseller internazionale.

Antica Roma
Le vicende ed i personaggi dell'antica Roma e delle città e province che facevano parte dell'Impero Romano hanno dato lo spunto ad un gran numero di scrittori di gialli storici.

Periodo repubblicano
Il tedesco Gisbert Haefs ha scritto due romanzi gialli ambientati al tempo delle guerre puniche: il primo è Il mercante di Cartagine del 1999, ambientato nell'anno 230 a.C. e che ruota attorno alle figure del generale cartaginese Amilcare Barca e di suo figlio Annibale, il secondo è La spada di Cartagine del 2005 le cui vicende, come nel precedente romanzo, si svolgono 10 anni dopo la fine della prima guerra punica.

Le vicende raccontate in Tempesta su Roma. Lo scandalo dei Baccanali (2002) dello scrittore genovese Gino Abitino si svolgono nel 186 a.C. quando era console Spurio Postumio Albino. Prendendo spunto da Tito Livio (Ab Urbe Condita, XXXIX, 8 - 20), Abitino narra l'azione del console contro la diffusione dei Baccanali.

L'autore statunitense Steven Saylor è l'autore di una lunga serie iniziata nel 1991 intitolata Roma Sub Rosa, in cui il protagonista è l'investigatore Gordiano il Cercatore. Il periodo storico durante il quale si svolge la serie va dall'anno 80 a.C. di Sangue su Roma (Roman Blood del 1991) all'anno 46 a.C., al tempo del trionfo di Cesare (The Triumph of Caesar del 2008).

Nel periodo della tarda repubblica sono ambientati anche i romanzi gialli Omicidi nell'Urbe e Omicidi nella domus di Walter Astori, editi entrambi nel 2018, che hanno come protagonista il questore Flavio Callido chiamato a districarsi in vicende delicate che coinvolgono personaggi del calibro di Cicerone, Pompeo, Lutazio Catulo e Murena.

Nel 49 a.C. a Roma è ambientato il giallo storico La Vespa nell'ambra (2015) di Emma Pomilio.

Anche John Maddox Roberts, scrittore statunitense celebre per le sue opere di fantascienza e fantasy si è dedicato al giallo storico ed ha scritto la serie intitolata S.P.Q.R. ambientata negli ultimi anni della Repubblica. Nel primo romanzo, intitolato SPQR I. The King's Gambit (SPQR: a Roma la corruzione non è iniziata ieri), del 1990, il nobile Decio Cecilio Metello il Giovane indaga su corruzione, immoralità e intrighi.

La storia narrata nel romanzo Meminisse iuvabit (2005) di Luigi Calcerano si svolge alla fine dell'età repubblicana, al tempo del principato di Augusto, nell'anno 23 a.C. ed il protagonista del giallo è il celebre poeta latino Quinto Orazio Flacco.

Nel 2015 Massimo Blasi e Laura Zadra pubblicano il giallo Quel che è di Cesare, ambientato nei giorni immediatamente successivi all'assassinio di Gaio Giulio Cesare, nel 44 a.C.. Protagonista, un imbalsamatore di cadaveri di origini etrusche, Lart, aiutato dal servo pasticcione e vanesio Silvius e dalla moglie Licinia, una prefica superstiziosa.

Periodo imperiale
Una delle serie più note - soprattutto in Italia - di gialli ambientati nell'antica Roma è la serie di romanzi di Danila Comastri Montanari in cui indaga il nobile senatore Publio Aurelio Stazio. I romanzi (il primo dei quali è Mors tua del 1990) sono ambientati al tempo dell'imperatore Claudio (prima metà del I secolo d.C.).

Si muove fra giallo e spy-story Seren la Celta di Giuliano Dego, pubblicato nel 2006, in questo romanzo le avventure di una principessa britannica si intrecciano con le vicende che ruotano attorno alla figura e alla corte dell'imperatore Nerone.

Lo scrittore francese Guillaume Prévost è l'autore de L'assassino e il profeta (L'Assassin et le Prophète del 2002), un giallo che si svolge a Gerusalemme nel periodo antecedente l'inizio della predicazione di Gesù: il giovane filosofo ebreo Filone di Alessandria indaga sull'uccisione del capo del gruppo religioso ebraico dei Farisei.

La città di Pompei e la sua tragica distruzione hanno ispirato alcuni autori: fra questi l'archeologo statunitense Arthur Crane, con i suoi romanzi collocati nel 62 d.C. in cui agisce l'investigatore Meleagro (I veleni di Pompei. Meleagro, inspector ante litteram e Il ventre di Pompei. Meleagro e la ricetta assassina). Due romanzi sono ambientati nel 79 d.C., poco prima che la città campana venga distrutta dall'eruzione del Vesuvio: in Rosso pompeiano del 1995 di Nino Marino, Marco Holconio deve scoprire l'assassino della figlia di un notabile, mentre in Pompei dello scrittore e giornalista televisivo inglese Robert Harris, il protagonista, l'ingegnere addetto all'acquedotto dellAqua Augusta Marco Attilio, deve risolvere il mistero della scomparsa improvvisa del suo predecessore e il motivo per cui l'acquedotto risulta bloccato.

Appartengono al periodo dell'imperatore Vespasiano (seconda metà del I secolo d.C.) i numerosi romanzi scritti dall'autrice inglese Lindsey Davis. Il primo romanzo della serie, in cui è protagonista Marco Didio Falco, è Le miniere dell'imperatore (The Silver Pigs, 1989).

Sono ambientati nel secondo secolo sia Il ratto del Quirinale (Search the Seven Hills), giallo del 1983 di Barbara Hambly che racconta le indagini del filosofo Marco Silano al tempo dell'imperatore Traiano, sia Roma. La prima morte di Marco Aurelio (Roma - Der erste Tod des Mark Aurel del 2001) di Gisbert Haefs, in cui si narra il piano per un attentato nell'anno 165 d.C. all'imperatore Marco Aurelio da parte del centurione Gaio Pacuvio Lentulo.

Indaga un'importante figura dell'antichità in due romanzi di Rosario Magrì (1924-2005), medico e scrittore: ne Il medico delle isole (1982) e Il medico dell'imperatore (1984) appare il celebre medico Galeno (vissuto nella seconda metà II secolo d.C.). Magrì ha scritto anche un'altra serie di romanzi gialli nella quale svolge le indagini il capo dei vigiles Ponzio Epafrodito (La statua d'oro, Il sale in bocca, Indagini sulla morte di uno schiavo).

Si svolgono nel IV secolo d.C. i romanzi di Luigi De Pascalis nei quali indaga il magistrato Caio Celso: la serie è iniziata nel 2003 con il giallo Rosso Velabro ambientato nell'anno 363 d.C., al quale sono seguiti  Il Signore delle Furie Danzanti (2006) e La dodicesima Sibilla (2009).

Sono ambientate anch'esse nel IV secolo d.C. i romanzi di Ben Pastor che narrano le indagini di Elio Sparziano, storico romano vissuto fra il IV ed il V secolo d.C.

Anche nella letteratura per ragazzi sono presenti gialli storici ambientati in epoca romana, fra questi si ricordano le opere di Henry Winterfeld (1901-1990) che ha pubblicato 4 romanzi nei quali le indagini sono affidate a scolaretti.

Antica Cina
Anche l'antica Cina ha fatto da sfondo ad alcune serie di romanzi gialli, in particolare si ricordano le opere di Robert Van Gulik e Frédéric Lenormand. L'olandese Van Gulik (1910-1967), scrittore, diplomatico e musicista, ha pubblicato in inglese romanzi e racconti dedicati alle indagini del giudice Dee, a partire da Dee Goong An (alias Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee) del 1949. La figura e le avventure del giudice Dee (o meglio Di Renjie 狄仁傑 in lingua cinese), un magistrato cinese realmente vissuto durante il periodo della dinastia Tang, ritornano nella serie di romanzi scritta dal francese Lenormand, iniziata con Le Château du lac Tchou-An del 2006.

Età medievale
Anche il periodo medievale, che tradizionalmente inizia con la caduta dell'Impero romano d'Occidente (anno 476) e termina con la scoperta dell'America (1492), è lo sfondo temporale di un gran numero di gialli storici ambientati in diversi paesi europei.
Lo scrittore inglese di origini scozzesi Peter Berresford Ellis, noto con lo pseudonimo di Peter Tremayne, ha dato vita al personaggio di sorella Fidelma, una religiosa irlandese protagonista di numerosi romanzi che si svolgono alla metà del VII secolo d.C. generalmente in Irlanda e Inghilterra. Ancora un personaggio religioso, fratello Cadfael è il protagonista dei gialli storici di Ellis Peters (pseudonimo della scrittrice britannica Edith Mary Pargeter, 1913-1995), iniziata con La bara d'argento del 1977 ed ambientati alla metà del XII sec. Generalmente le storie delle indagini di fratello Cadfael, monaco erborista, si svolgono nell'abbazia benedettina di Shrewsbury.

Appartengono ad un'altra epoca e ad un altro periodo storico i gialli di Tom Harper, pseudonimo usato dallo scrittore britannico Edwin Thomas, creatore di Demetrios Askiates, risolutore di misteri per l'imperatore di Bisanzio, al tempo della I Crociata (1096-1099). Fra il 2004 ed il 2006 sono stati pubblicati tre romanzi: Mosaico d'ombre (The Mosaic of Shadows), Delitto sotto le mura (Knights of the Cross) e Siege of Heaven.

Protagonista di cinque romanzi gialli storici (I delitti della Medusa, I delitti del Mosaico, I delitti della Luce, La crociata delle tenebre, La sindone del diavolo) scritti da Giulio Leoni è il grande poeta italiano Dante Alighieri, che indaga su complotti e delitti nella Firenze del 1300.

Uno dei più celebri gialli storici è certamente il romanzo che è stato l'esordio nella narrativa dello scrittore e semiologo italiano Umberto Eco: Il nome della rosa del 1980, che divenne un best seller internazionale e fu tradotto in quarantaquattro lingue. Il romanzo, ricco di citazioni di altri testi, è ambientato nel 1327 in una imprecisata abbazia benedettina in Italia, e narra della "missione" del monaco francescano Guglielmo da Baskerville, accompagnato dal giovane benedettino Adso da Melk, alle prese sia col conflitto dottrinale sul pauperismo sia con una serie di misteriosi delitti che ruotano attorno ad un testo perduto di Aristotele.

Il britannico P.C. Doherty è senza dubbio uno dei più prolifici scrittori di gialli storici, soprattutto di ambientazione tardo medievale. Doherty, che utilizza diversi pseudonimi per differenziare le sue opere, ha in corso alcune serie di gialli medievali: la serie con Hugh Corbett, iniziata con Satana a St. Mary del 1986 ed ambientata in Inghilterra alla fine del XIII sec.; la serie con fratello Athelstan (firmata Paul Harding) iniziata con La galleria dell'usignolo del 1991 ed ambientata nella seconda metà del XIV sec.; la serie con il medico ed erborista Kathryn Swinbrooke (firmata C.L. Grace) ambientata al tempo della guerra delle due rose e la serie con Sir Roger Shallot (firmata Michael Clynes).

La statunitense Candace Robb è l'autrice di due serie di gialli storici: la prima, iniziata con La rosa del farmacista del 1993, ha come protagonista l'arciere gallese Owen Archer, investigatore al servizio dell'arcivescovo di York nella seconda metà del XIV sec.; nella seconda serie invece indaga Margaret Kerr ed è ambientata in Scozia alla fine del XIII sec., nel periodo in cui la nazione combatteva per l'indipendenza dall'Inghilterra.

La scrittrice francese Viviane Moore ha dato vita al personaggio di Galeran de Lesneven, cavaliere che indaga nella Francia del XII secolo; il primo romanzo, Blu sangue (Bleu sang), è stato pubblicato nel 1999.Nei suoi romanzi, l'autrice fornisce in appendice le ricette dei piatti tipici citati.

Altra interessante autrice è l'inglese Susanna Gregory (pseudonimo di Elizabeth Cruwys), che ambienta i suoi romanzi nella Cambridge della metà del XIV secolo e affida le indagini a Matthew Bartholomew, docente presso la locale Università nel Michaelhouse College. La serie ha preso inizio nel 1996 con il romanzo I segreti di Cambridge, pubblicato in Italia nel 2007. I gialli con Matthew Bartholomew nel Regno Unito sono arrivati alla diciottesima edizione. La stessa autrice ha dato inizio anche ad una nuova serie di gialli nel 2007: protagonista è Thomas Chaloner, che indaga nella metà del Seicento; questa serie non è ancora pubblicata in Italia.

Gialli storici ambientati in epoca medievale sono presenti anche nella letteratura per ragazzi, ad esempio L'artiglio di Satana della coppia di autori italiani Riccardo Parigi e Massimo Sozzi, ambientato in Maremma nel 1320, edito nel 2005 nella collana Junior Gialli da Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

Età moderna

XVI secolo
Il precedentemente citato scrittore francese Guillaume Prévost è autore di un giallo storico ambientato nella Roma del Rinascimento: ne I sette delitti di Roma (Les sept crimes de Rome del 2000) indaga il poliedrico artista e scienziato italiano Leonardo da Vinci.

L'inglese Christopher John Sansom ha pubblicato una serie di romanzi gialli con protagonista Matthew Shardlake, un uomo di fiducia di Thomas Cromwell chiamato a risolvere intricati e spinosi casi nell'Inghilterra della prima metà del XVI secolo.

Protagonista de La questione del metodo (À l'enseigne de l'amitié ), giallo storico del 2003 del francese Jacques Bonnet, è il filosofo italiano Giordano Bruno, impegnato a Parigi nel 1582 ad indagare sulla morte di un libraio.

Si svolge a Praga durante i tre giorni della Pasqua del 1592 il giallo storico Il quinto servitore (The Fifth Servant, 2010) di Kenneth Wishnia. Nel romanzo lo shammes Benyamin Ben-Akiva indaga per risolvere il mistero dell'assassinio di una ragazza cristiana, del quale è stato accusato un membro della comunità ebraica della città imperiale.

La modernista italiana Giada Trebeschi ha ambientato due dei suoi romanzi in pieno Rinascimento italiano, Il vampiro di Venezia che si svolge durante l'epidemia di peste del 1576 e L'amante del diavolo che parla di un processo d'Inquisizione a una strega realmente avvenuto a metà XVI secolo.

XVII secolo
La coppia di scrittori Rita Monaldi e Francesco Sorti ha iniziato la pubblicazione di una serie di romanzi dei quali è protagonista l'abate Atto Melani, cantante, diplomatico e spia vissuto tra il XVII e il XVIII secolo. Fanno parte della serie Imprimatur (2002), Secretum (2005) e Veritas (2006), gli ultimi due non ancora pubblicati da case editrici italiane.

XVIII secolo
Lo statunitense Bruce Alexander Cook (1932-2003) ha pubblicato alcuni romanzi dedicati alle indagini del magistrato cieco britannico Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), fra questi Gli occhi del giudice (Blind Justice).

Ottocento
Il periodo napoleonico ha ispirato alcuni scrittori, fra questi il polacco, Waldemar Łysiak autore di Scacco all'Imperatore (Szachista del 1980), un thriller storico in cui si narra di un piano elaborato da alcuni politici britannici per rapire Napoleone.
Anche John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), che spesso inseriva nei suoi gialli particolareggiate descrizioni storiche, ha pubblicato nel 1950 un giallo storico, La sposa di Newgate (The Bride of Newgate), ambientato a Londra al tempo delle guerre napoleoniche.
Appartengono sempre al periodo napoleonico le indagini di Hanno Stiffenis, magistrato di Lottingen in Prussia ed allievo di Immanuel Kant, le cui vicende sono narrate da Michael Gregorio in diversi romanzi (il primo dei quali è Critica della ragion criminale del 2006).

Il britannico Jason Goodwin è autore di una serie di gialli che hanno come protagonista Yashim, eunuco presso la corte imperiale di Istanbul della prima metà del XIX secolo, amante della buona cucina e ottimo conoscitore della cultura occidentale e ottomana.

Si svolge nel 1855, al tempo di Napoleone III, un altro dei gialli storici di Guillaume Prévost, Jules Verne e il mistero della camera oscura del 2005, in cui indaga il celebre scrittore francese Jules Verne.

Protagonista dei gialli storici di Harold Schechter - fra cui Il ritorno della Morte Rossa (Mask of the Red Death del 2004) - è il celebre poeta e scrittore statunitense Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), tradizionalmente riconosciuto come creatore del genere giallo.

Fra gli autori più prolifici del genere giallo storico va indubbiamente annoverata la britannica Anne Perry (1938), specializzata nel periodo vittoriano durante il quale si svolgono due serie distinte: la prima con le indagini dell'ispettore Thomas Pitt (periodo 1880-1890), la seconda dedicata all'ispettore Thomas Monk (periodo 1850-1860).

Lo scrittore italiano Luca Masali ha pubblicato La vergine delle ossa (Castelvecchi, 2010) in cui Emilio Salgari, finito in manicomio, indaga insieme al suo psichiatra Cesare Lombroso in una Torino plumbea e crudele.

Novecento
La britannica Anne Perry ha iniziato nel 2003 - con il romanzo Alto tradimento (No Graves as Yet) - una nuova serie di gialli storici ambientati prima e durante il primo conflitto mondiale (1914-1918), serie della quale è protagonista il capitano Joseph Reavley.

La scrittrice italoamericana Ben Pastor (1950) ha pubblicato due serie di romanzi storici collocati in due periodi importanti del XX secolo: la prima, alla quale appartengono I misteri di Praga e La camera dello scirocco, è ambientata a Praga alla vigilia della prima guerra mondiale; la seconda, iniziata con Lumen del 1999, è dedicata alle indagini di Martin Bora, un ufficiale-detective tedesco, ispirato alla figura di Claus von Stauffenberg che attentò alla vita di Adolf Hitler.

Marek Krajewski (1966), scrittore e filologo polacco, ha pubblicato una serie di romanzi polizieschi ambientati nell'allora città tedesca di Breslavia nel periodo fra le due guerre mondiali. La serie, iniziata da Morte a Breslavia (Śmierć w Breslau) del 1999, ha come protagonista il commissario Eberhard Mock.

Anche il britannico Philip Kerr ha ambientato alcuni dei suoi thriller storici nella Germania nazista, fra questi Violette di marzo (March Violets del 1989) primo libro della serie dedicata a Bernie Gunther ed ambientato nel 1936 durante i giochi olimpici.

La storica italiana Giada Trebeschi, nota per la cura puntigliosa dell'ambientazione storica, ha ambientato La dama rossa e L'autista di Dio nel 1938 in pieno periodo fascista.

Voci correlate
 Romanzo storico
 Romanzo poliziesco
 Giallo (genere)
 Ellis Peters Historical Award
 Anne Perry

Collegamenti esterni

Letteratura gialla
 Giallo storico

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Use of Cemented Spacer with a Handmade Stem to Treat Acute Periprosthetic Tibial Fracture Infection: A Case Report
LluÍs Font-Vizcarra*, 1, Oscar Izquierdo1, Laura GarcÍa-NuÑo1, Araceli GonzÁlez2, VicenÇ Diaz-Brito3, Juan Castellanos1
1 Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
2 Department of Microbiology of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
3 Department of Infectious Diseases of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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DOI: 10.2174/1874325001408010024
Received Date: 8/10/2013
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We report an 85-year-old woman with dementia and dependent for normal life activities who was admitted due to a left periprosthetic tibial fracture. The tibial component was replaced by one with a long stem and she was discharged. Four weeks after the intervention the patient was re-admitted due to an acute prosthetic joint infection. All the components were removed and a bone-cement spacer with a handmade stem with a metal core was implanted. Radiological signs of fracture consolidation were observed after 3 months of follow-up. Due to the previous health status of the patient, it was decided to keep the spacer as a definitive treatment. After 24 months, the patient was able to sit without pain and to stand up with help using a knee brace. There were no radiological or clinical signs of infection.
Keywords: : Acute prosthetic infection, cement spacer, periprosthetic fracture..
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In contrast to fractures of the distal femur or patella associated with a total knee arthroplasty (TKA), periprosthetic fractures of the tibia are very uncommon [1]. The largest series reported by Felix et al., [2] classified these fractures according to the anatomical location of the fracture and prosthesis fixation. Fractures associated with a well-fixed prosthesis could be successfully treated with the usual principles of fracture management, while those associated with loosening of the components require a revision arthroplasty.
Infection after treatment of this type of fracture has no frequently been described. In these cases, the fracture repair and the treatment of the infection is a challenge for the surgeon. We present a case managed with an antibiotic-loaded bone cement spacer with handmade stem and a metal core. To the best of our knowledge, this surgical procedure has not been previously reported in similar cases.
An 85-year-old woman with hypertension, dementia and dependent for normal life activities presented after an accidental fall with a left periprosthetic tibial fracture around total knee arthroplasty (Alpina®, Biomet-France) implanted 9 years ago (Fig. 1). The fracture was classified as type IIB according to the Felix classification [2] (adjacent to the stem and with an unstable tibial component). To treat this lesion, areplacement of the tibial component by one with a long stem was performed (Fig. 2). Although the patient was discharged two weeks later without clinical complications, she was readmitted 4 weeks after the intervention due to wound drainage. Acute prosthetic joint infection was suspected and a surgical debridement was performed. The intraoperative cultures were positive for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli and ampicillin- and high
Fig. (1).
AP and lateral X-rays showing type IIB periprosthetic tibial fracture.
AP and lateral post-surgical X-rays after the replacement of tibial component.
level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Despite this surgical approach and parenteral antibiotherapy with vancomycin and imipenem, the clinical evolution was non-satisfactory, so after three days, all components were removed and a bone-cement spacer coated with clindamycin and gentamicin and a handmade stem with a metal core was implanted (Fig. 3). The stem was made using the following
AP and lateral X-rays after implantation of bone-cement spacer coated with clindamycin and gentamicin and a handmade stem with a metal core.
technique: first, the cement was injected using a cement gun into a mold (although we used the tube used for cementing the femoral component of hip prosthesis, other molds, such as chest tubes, could be used) [3]. After this, a Kischner wire was inserted into the tube and buried in the cement leaving about an inch uncovered to allow for connecting it with the tibial plateau cement spacer. The limb was immobilized with knee extension with an orthosis for 4 weeks to control rotational forces at the level of the fracture focus. The wound evolution was correct except for a skin defect at the level of tibial tuberosity that required a neurocutaneous pedicled graft. Based on antibiogram, specific-parenteral antibiotherapy (imipenem 28 days + vancomycin 17 days followed by 11 days of linezolid) was prescribed. The patient was discharged with an articulated knee brace. Radiological signs of fracture consolidation were observed after 3 months of follow-up. Due to the previous health status of the patient and short life expectancy, it was decided to keep the spacer as definitive treatment. In the latest follow-up (24 months after surgery), the patient was able to sit without pain and to stand with help using a knee brace. There were no radiological (Fig. 4), clinical (Fig. 5), or blood analysis signs of infection.
AP and lateral X-rays at 24 months follow-up.
Images showing the clinical aspect of the knee at the end of follow-up.
Surgical debridement and prosthesis retention is the recommended surgical approach to acute prosthetic joint infections [4]; however, when this initial approach fails, the replacement of all components in one or two steps is recommended. Infected non-unions require procedures to control infection, to provide stability, and to achieve union. In order to control the infection, surgical debridement and systemic antibiotherapy are required, and the use of local antibiotics at the infection site is advisable. Classically, fracture stabilization has been managed using external fixation [5]. However, a high prevalence of pin-site infections has been observed in association with external fixation [6]. Moreover, some patients do not tolerate the use of these devices. Therefore, in recent years, internal fixation using various devices with antibiotic-impregnated cement has been reported: cement-coated intramedullary nails [7], Ender or Küntscher nails coated with antibiotic-impregnated cement [8, 9] and antibiotic cement rods [3]. These strategies allow stabilization concurrent with local antibiotic elution.
An acute prosthetic joint infection around a non-consolidated periprosthetic tibial fracture is an exceptional complication which to our knowledge, has not previously been reported. In our case, external fixation was ruled out due to her general condition. Amputation is a technique also associated with a high rate of complications in such patients. Therefore, we decided to use a personal modification of the previously described technique for preparing antibiotic cement rods [3] that consisted of a cement stem with a Kirschner wire as metal core combined with an antibiotic-loaded cement spacer (Biomet). With this device, we controlled the axial and sagittal forces but we needed to use a brace to control rotation of fragments. Due to the high risk of complications, and in agreement with the patient's family, we decided to keep the spacer as definitive treatment. Fracture healed, and the patient is still alive. However, we think that leaving a cement spacer as definitive treatment is only indicated in selected cases, for instance elderly patients with multiple co-morbidities, short life expectancy and very low level of activity. In the rest of patients, this treatment should be used as the first step of two-stages surgery. The value of our report is that it documents an inexpensive reproducible surgical technique as an alternative to external fixation for treatment of an acute septic non-union of a periprosthetic tibial fracture. However, this is a personal experience with a single case, so more studies are needed to corroborate our results and verify the utility and practicality of this surgical technique.
The authors confirm that this article content has no conflict of interest.
Written informed consent was obtained from family members of the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images.
We thank the Department of Research and Innovation of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu and specially Dr. Haro, Dr. Pares and Mrs. Elena Romero for their support during the progress of preparation of the manuscript.
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[2] Felix NA, Stuart MJ, Hanssen AD. Periprosthetic fractures of the tibia associated with total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1997; 345: 113-24.
[3] Paley D, Herzenberg JE. Intramedullary infections treated with antibiotic cement rods: preliminary results in nine cases. J Orthop Trauma 2002; 16: 723-9.
[4] Font-Vizcarra L, García S, Bori G, et al. Long-term results of acute prosthetic joint infection treated with debridement and prosthesis retention a case-control study. Int J Artif Organs 2012; 35: 908-12.
[5] Engin U, Metin E. Treatment of infected femoral fractures by unilateral external fixators. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc 1990; 24: 237-40.
[6] Eralp L, Kocaoglu M, Tuncay I, Bilen FE, Samir SE. Knee arthrodesis using a unilateral external fixator for the treatment of infectious sequelae. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc 2008; 42: 84-9.
[7] Thonse R, Conway JD. Antibiotic cement-coated nails for the treatment of infected nonunions and segmental bone defects. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008; 90 (Suppl 4): 163-74.
[8] Ohtsuka H, Yokoyama K, Higashi K, et al. Use of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement nail to treat septic nonunion after open tibial fracture. J Trauma 2002; 52: 364-6.
[9] Grimer RJ, Belthur M, Chandrasekar C, Carter SR, Tillman RM. Two-stage revision for infected endoprostheses used in tumor surgery. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2002; 395: 193-203.
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Infrastructure as an inflation hedge | Linchpin
Inflation is investors' primary concern
Inflation is centre stage at the moment. The U.S. consumer inflation rate is 7.5%, a level not seen for more than 30 years. Central banks are confident that the supply-side factors behind it will fall back, and they will have it under control over the next twelve months. The jaw-jaw of multiple interest rate rises continues. Investors and consumers are more sceptical because they see what's happening on the high street.
In our annual inflation survey only six weeks ago we suggested that inflation would drop back before any sustained rise. That is still our central view: economic growth remains fragile (e.g. the most recent US quarter was almost all inventory build-up); food and energy price rises will act as a tax to reduce consumer demand; and central banks' institutional memories of the 1970s and 1980s are still strong. At Linchpin we think they are more likely to err by tightening policy too harshly.
LGPS liabilities have no inflation cap
However, there is clearly a scenario where a more inflationary psychology takes hold and/or the authorities feel obliged to turn to the magic money tree of quantitative easing once more. Inflation might stay above 5% for a number of years, combined with relatively low growth. For UK pension funds whose liabilities are linked to inflation (unlike the U.S. where pensions tend to rise in nominal terms) this is the dangerous scenario. It is particularly so for funds like the LGPS where, unlike much of the private sector, there is no cap.
Mitigating inflation risk – Linchpin panel debate
At our recent panel debate on de-risking we touched on how best to mitigate the inflation risk. The private sector does it by holding a portfolio of index-linked gilts, using leverage to mitigate the opportunity cost. But the risk of doing this is of 'de-returning' the portfolio as well as de-risking it, and forcing higher contributions or lower pension pay-outs. The travails of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) make a good case study in this respect.
Our panel clearly favoured an approach where inflation hedging is done by holding assets with inflation-linked properties rather than via index-linked gilts. The obvious one is infrastructure where, at least at the more regulated end of the spectrum, the underlying assets are substantially linked to inflation and at the same time give a positive real return. Other real assets, real estate and even equities will to a lesser extent perform a similar function.
Duration risk in infrastructure
But these all tend to be long duration assets, and if inflation is sustained at more than 5%, it is almost certain that long bond yields will be a lot higher than they are now. That means that the present value of their future earnings stream will be marked down, perhaps considerably so. The question is whether that matters to a pension fund.
One of the points which came out of our panel debate was a reminder that pension funds have a period of accumulation (more contributions than pay-outs) and a period of decumulation (the reverse). So, if an infrastructure asset is effectively an index-linked annuity (i.e the promise of an index-linked income stream in the future in return for a capital down-payment today), a pension fund may not care if the present value is marked down so long as the inflation-linked income stream is delivered.
The price paid for infrastructure does matter
At Linchpin we would argue that, while that may be true, the price paid does matter. The obvious point is the level of risk accepted in return for the level of income delivered. Index-linked gilts provides perfect protection but at a high opportunity cost. Infrastructure involves substantially more risk (regulatory, political, execution, economic) and less certain protection, but provides a much better return.
Infrastructure also carries duration risk, much like index linked gilts. That is a good match for private sector pension funds whose liabilities also have long duration and whose discount rate is based on the gilts swap curve. It is less clear a match for open public sector funds which are less obviously in the decumulation phase, and whose discount rate is nowadays based on either the underlying assets or inflation.
There are also more nuanced points about the nature of the infrastructure assets purchased, which may affect their duration. Are they leased assets? If so, there will be less or nil value at the end of the contract? How long do the contracts last? How will they finance new assets and will there be equity dilution? Is there reinvestment risk?
Infrastructure is only part of a good mitigation strategy
Most LGPS funds are raising infrastructure weightings today to mitigate the inflation risk because they do not wish to go down the private sector route of leveraging and purchasing index linked gilts. There is no shortage of supply of infrastructure projects to invest in, but the 'hot' market increases the risk that funds will overpay for the infrastructure they are buying. Their inherently long duration nature makes that particularly true in a market where bond yields are rising and the infrastructure 'risk premium' is falling. At Linchpin, in the light of the heavy fine levied on Southern Water (and indirectly on its shareholders), we also think that political and regulatory risk is understated.
In summary, infrastructure is one way for the LGPS to mitigate the risk of sustained high inflation. But the risk of over-paying today is growing, and we believe any risk mitigation strategy should be based on a broader array of tools. That might even include opening the private sector's toolbox.


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Most Americans support President Trump's proposed payroll tax cut which is why you'll never see this on the evening news
By Duncan Smith
Because Americans generally support some taxes in order to make the country function but also like keeping more of what they earn, the vast majority polled in a new survey love President Trump's proposed payroll tax cut.
But you won't hear or read that in the lamestream media since it's a 'Trump is good' story.
Just The News reports:
A majority of registered U.S. voters support President Trump's recent enactment of a payroll tax cut, according to a new Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen.
Trump earlier this month announced the cut via executive order, a measure the president took as negotiations stalled between Republicans and Democrats over a new coronavirus relief package.
Asked whether they either "favor or oppose cutting the payroll taxes for all workers and businesses," 26% of registered voters responded that they "strongly" favored it, while 26% said they "somewhat" favored it.
Slightly over a third of respondents were opposed to the measure, with 12% being "somewhat" and 23% being "strongly" against it.
Rasmussen noted that among voters in the poll who only "somewhat disapprove" of the president, 48 percent of them nevertheless approve of the tax cut.
"Those numbers suggest the payroll tax cut might convince some of these disapproving voters that there is a reason to vote for Trump," he said. "In a close election, even a small gain among these voters could have a big impact."
We're not really sure who wouldn't want a payroll tax cut — we have to assume that most of those who didn't approve are just too stricken with Trump Derangement Syndrome to know what's good for them.
But it's clear that this president is doing all he can to provide some relief to Americans who suffered from — and are still experiencing — coronavirus shutdowns as he struggles to get as much of the country reopened as he can.
President Trump is Breaking Down the Neck of the Federal Reserve!
He wants zero rates and QE4!
You must prepare for the financial reset
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The three most common acronyms when it comes to digital video – AVOD, SVOD and TVOD – all play pivotal roles in the global OTT market.
But which brings in the most revenue?
The latest Global Ad Trends report from Warc focuses on the OTT market and the money it brings in from subscriptions, advertising and purchases. It measured data from 138 countries and VOD platforms including Netflix, Hulu, Sony's Crackle in the U.S., HBO Go and more. It also included YouTube, however it only measured professionally made TV shows and movies that air on the platform, not user-generated content such as vlogs and clip compilations.
The report found that consumer and advertiser spending on OTT platforms will reach a projected $129.3 billion by 2023, up from a projected $68.7 billion by end of 2018. Of that nearly $130 billion, $46.6 billion is expected to be spent by advertisers on AVOD platforms, including HBO Now, Hulu and YouTube, which all host advertisements. That's almost double the level invested in AVOD today: $23.8 billion.
By the end of this year, the OTT market as a whole is predicted to hit $68.7 billion. That represents a rise of 29% from $53.3 billion in 2017.
SVOD currently outperforms AVOD in its revenues ($35 billion this year), with the remaining $9.8 billion in OTT revenues coming from transactional platforms, like iTunes or Amazon's rental services.
Between October 2015 and 2017, Warc recorded a net increase of 44% in the use of AVOD and 53% in the use of SVOD among all age groups. The biggest age groups driving these increases are millennials and Gen Z, which represents a 56% increase for AVOD and 62% for SVOD.
Canada has been identified by Warc as one of 10 key markets for OTT growth. It estimates that internet penetration is at 92.4%, and with moderate-to-strong mobile and desktop speeds (around 10 MBPS and 16 MBPS respectively), the country is one Warc predicts will see a rise in consumption – and revenue – for OTT.


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Prince Hans from Disney's "Frozen" Shares What It's Like Singing with the Tabernacle Choir
byLDS Living | Dec. 01, 2015
Santino Fontana, the voice of Prince Hans from Disney's hit Frozen, shared what it was like performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Muppets from Sesame Street® last year during the 2014 Christmas concert.
"This experience is unlike any other performance I've been a part of," he says. "The level of musicianship and skill is remarkable." Check out what else he had to say below.
Own this incredible performance on DVD!
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square join the Muppets® from Sesame Street® and guest vocalist Santino Fontana (the voice of Prince Hans in the popular Disney movie Frozen) in a celebration of the spirit of Christmas. Standout moments are a duet with the Count and the Choir's organist, Richard Elliott, to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," a medley of songs from Sesame Street® as well as the popular "Keep Christmas With You," and hilarious hijinks and banter from the Muppets® from Sesame Street® throughout the show. This show is a world-class performance perfect for all ages as you celebrate the Christmas holiday.
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The ECO. modern essentials Cinnamon Essential Oil has a sweet, warm and spicy scent, combined with antiseptic qualities that can really lift your spirits.
Wellbeing: Excellent to help combat exhaustion, feelings of depression and weakness.
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Catamount recently overhauled the sound system at Frank, "a purveyor of artisan sausage". Frank inhabits a very large space in the warehouse district of downtown Austin. They feature live music and DJ sets and have an in-house speaker system for restaurant atmosphere. Their sound system was inherited from previous generations of restaurant owners that inhabited their space. As of late 2012 the sound system was in deplorable shape.
There was around 16 speakers throughout the restaurant that were powered by two very precariously wired amplifiers. The slightest bumping or changing of settings on this system could cause the system to cut out completely.
Using a system of subtraction Catamount overhauled their sound system while still utilizing the Crown brand amplifiers the restaurant currently owned. The centerpiece was a 4-zone line-level mixer that enables the staff to send either iPod, Cable TV or DJ to any or all of the four areas of the restaurant.
The owners of Frank purchased an iPod with large storage capacity and Catamount created a tamper-proof equipment rack that enabled the end-user to control volumes in a simplified manner.


Material instances can be created either within the Unreal Editor or at runtime from UnrealScript.
Creating an instance of a material in the Unreal Editor is as easy as right-clicking on the Material in the Generic/Content Browser and selecting Create New Material Instance (Constant/Time Varying) if the package containing the Material isn't cooked.
If the Material's package is cooked though, those menu options will be grayed out in the Generic Browser and you need to create the material instance manually in an uncooked package via right click -> New MaterialInstanceConstant/TimeVarying. The material instance properties window for the new instance should pop up, if not just open it manually. Use the Generic Browser to find the material you wanted to create the instance for and assign it to the instance's Parent property.
There are two ways to create MaterialInstances from UnrealScript.
If you want to modify parameters of a material already assigned to a specific Mesh, you just call the function CreateAndSetMaterialInstanceConstant(index) or CreateAndSetMaterialInstanceTimeVarying(index) on the MeshComponent(UDK, UT3), with index being the material slot to create a MaterialInstance for. The functions automatically replace the material on the actor so any changes, like setting material parameters, become immediately visible on that actor and only on that actor.
Here the ParentMaterial is the Material you are creating the instance for.
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Task Finder provides an overview on active and inactive Tasks. Especially useful for managing large number of Tasks stored in multiple folders, Task Finder allows seeing them all in one place.
Task Finder allows to quickly locate Automation Workshop Tasks. It shows Task location, whether they are enabled or disabled and how many active Triggers and Actions they contain and which user credentials are used to run them.
Find any Task by its Triggers, such as File / Folder Watcher, Task Scheduler or others. When the Task is located, you can go directly to the Task folder or open the Task properties to view or change its configuration, disable or enable.
Task Finder allows to easier find and manage Tasks.
Allows quickly locating particular Task in Task folders.
Shows active and inactive Tasks.
Shows the number of active Triggers and Actions in a Task.
Allows quickly filtering Tasks by their name.
Sort Task by name, number of Triggers or Actions, user credentials or location.
Task Finder · using Task Finder to quickly locate the necessary Task.
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Q: Windows-style, terminal based, text editor for linux Every once in a while, I find myself editing some text file on a remote Linux server. Most of the time, I do my best to avoid this, because I'm used to, and like, the windows way of editing files:

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*Shift+arrows to highlight text

*Ctrl-X,C,V for cut/copy/paste

*Tab/Shift Tab to indent/dedent highlighted text

*etc...

I'm not saying that vi and emacs are bad, it's just that I'm not used to them. Right now nano is my editor of choice, but it has very limited support of cut and paste, no smart indent, and some unusual shortcuts.
so my question is: it there an editor that feels like Notepad++/Notepad2/eclipse/kate/gedit but can run on a linux terminal?
Alternatively, is there a way to configure vi/emacs/nano to feel more like those apps?
And please, no "you should really learn vi" answers. Tried that, didn't take.
UPDATE: I was suffering from keyword blockage. Googling for "linux console text editors" gets much better results than "linux terminal text editors".

A: Have a look at the Sanos editor:
http://www.jbox.dk/sanos/editor.htm
Only a 28k binary can do what all those other editors try to -- and fail.
It does exactly what the OP asked for:
Shift+arrows to highlight text
Ctrl-X,C,V for cut/copy/paste
You can also have several open files simultaneously, and "pipe" commands into it.  For example, press Ctrl-P and at the prompt enter:
cat yourfile
and it will insert yourfile at the position of the cursor.  This way the full power of the bash commands are at your disposal ( use grep to get only specific parts of the file inserted ).

A: I did a search for the same thing recently.  There are several (see JumpingPA's list, plus, 'joe').  Joe or jed are good choices for a no-nonsense simple editor that does more than nano. Diakonos is under active development, and is aiming at users exactly like yourself, but has higher than normal dependencies (Ruby), which not everyone would be able to install on their hosts.
An entirely different solution, which might work depending on your setup is to use a Windows text editor with the ability to edit files remotely.  Notepad++, for example, has an FTP plugin, and several Windows IDE's have such functionality.  The advantage is that you don't have to install anything on the web host, and you can edit in a full GUI.
Hope that helps.

A: As I just noted in another answer, you're looking for TUI (Text-based User Interface) text editors that adhere to the CUA (Common User Access) conventions.  See the other answer for a full discussion.  Then note that some (almost) CUA TUI text editors are still available as Linux/Unix TUI programs, including ones built upon Turbo Vision (which is close to, but not quite, CUA) such as SET's Editor.

A: a quick scan in the web revealed:
diakonos, nano and jed
all are OpenSource

A: fte (in many distributions as fte-terminal) is fairly CUA. Mad props to it for supporting mouse cursor movement even over ssh.

A: Try micro editor: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro
Supports ctrl+c, ctrl+z and so on, plugins, commands, even mouse pointer selection and integrates into the OS clipboard.

A: Check out Ash:
https://akashnag.github.io/ash/
It is exactly what the OP asked for; and also looks & feels more like Windows than any of the other editors mentioned here. And it has the same "windows like" key bindings like Shift+arrow/home/end/pgup/pgdown for selection, and Ctrl+C/X/V for copy cut paste...

A: Have you tried nano? The shortcuts are a bit different, but it's more "Windows"-y like vi and emacs.

A: NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for X Window System that is available on all major Unix and Linux systems. Users of Windows based text editors should find NEdit a familiar and comfortable environment.

A: I just found the fiflo text editor.
Doesn't need any dependencies. Simple and lacks some features.

A: If you like good ol' WordStar commands, I can recommend JOE - Joe's Own Editor. It can be installed on Ubuntu and Debian with
sudo apt-get -y install joe

JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions. [...] most of the basic editing keys are the same as in WordStar as is the overall feel of the editor. JOE also has some of the key bindings and many of the powerful features of EMACS.

A: This is exactly the situation why we at e10labs created CTE! You'll love this. https://cte.e10labs.com.
Details:
Cᴛᴇ is a text editor for the Unix terminal, like nano and vi, but is better as there is no learning curve. It behaves like a modern application with mouse, menus and dialog boxes. This makes it like Linux Gedit, Kate, a web browser, Microsoft Notepad or Word. For example: To find some text one presses Ctrl-F and a dialog box appears.
Cᴛᴇ is distributed as a single binary, ready to run, with no dependencies, or a .deb or .rpm with the same. Cᴛᴇ is free for personal use.
cte screenshot

A: sudo apt install ne

ne, the nice editor
if you do copying and pasting with the mouse, (select with left mouse button, copy with right button, insert at cursor with right button) then ne is pretty decent.

cmd
shortcut

F1
toggle menu bar

open
ctrl-o

save
ctrl-s

quit
ctrl-q

mark block
ctrl-b

cut
ctrl-x

find
ctrl-f

replace
ctrl-r


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Video: India Arie – Break The Shell
By Ni'Kesia Pannell on Nov 19, 2013
Motown soul singer India Arie is back with another visual! Premiering the video for her track "Break the Shell", the single serves as the latest release from the artist.
Having the ability to touch listeners with every song that she creates, the veteran songstress shows a fun side of herself with this new video. With clips of her on stage at performing in various venues, the black and white video shows the low-cut wearing "Brown Skin" performer delivering her all to fans. Definitely a nice watch and listen for those in need for a good "pick-me-up".
Take a look and tell us what you think!
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Our Prominent Political Figureheads - Where The F*ck Are They Now?
men, would be in the public eye forever. But they weren't.
as they are cast into the dustbin of history, never to resurface.
to give a flying turd-nugget any more, it's left to HDUK to ask the question on nobody's lips – where are they now?
Look upon ye works Cleggy, and despair.
he returns to the daylit world. None whatsoever.
of his new routine, when the former MP mentioned Jeremy Corbyn's name over tagliatelle and whelks, Ed has now learned his lesson and will never mention that man's name in the house again.
around closing time, talking up the possibility of a coup. This would be achieved by wrestling Carswell to the ground then tying his thumbs together.
Copies of Farage's 2015 opus 'The Purple Revolution' are available for less than a pound, hardback.
that, once back on terra firma, Vince will spend his remaining life on tour with a travelling circus, either as Ringmaster or the boy who washes down the elephant.
finding your local bingo hall.
Alex Salmond spends each day lounging around his Inverness mansion, dressed in his favourite kilt and an XXL t-shirt with Irn-Bru down the front.
Q' at the Hull Adelphi.
Renowned election co-ordinator David Axelrod is available for hire as a 'senior strategic adviser' to political parties who are willing to pay for his services, anywhere in the world.
his CV, so it currently ends at 2014.
Who is Natalie Bennett? I confess, I've no idea.


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Is a slingshot classified as a motorcycle?
What states consider a Slingshot a motorcycle?
What type of motorcycle is a Slingshot?
Can you drive a Slingshot on the highway?
Do you need a motorcycle license to buy a motorcycle?
Do you need a motorcycle license to drive a Slingshot in Florida?
Do you need a motorcycle license to drive a Slingshot in California?
Can a Polaris Slingshot be a daily driver?
How long does a Slingshot last?
How many miles will a Slingshot last?
Can I drive a motorcycle with a car license?
Can I ride a motorcycle with a car license?
What is code A1?
The classification of the Polaris Slingshot is state-dependent. The most common classification is autocycle, which only requires a state drivers license. Three states classify the Slingshot as a motorcycle, which requires a motorcycle endorsement or license.
While Kentucky and West Virginia now categorize Slingshot as a motorcycle subtype called "autocycle," in Georgia, Slingshot remains in its original motorcycle category. With the addition of these three states, thirty-six states require only a driver's license to operate Slingshot.
Let's be clear: Though it resembles a sports car, the Slingshot is classified as a three-wheeled motorcycle. It's actually a reverse trike, with two wheels in the front and a single drive wheel in the rear.
The Polaris Slingshot has a 2.0-liter Kawasaki inline four-cylinder engine and a 5-speed automatic transmission. … Polaris claims it can top out at 125 mph and go on the highway; however I didn't have the nerve to attempt either feats.
Yes, if you buy the bike cash, you can do it without a licence. … If you finance the bike, the bank would want proof of insurance on the bike before they give a release note to the seller. And the insurance company will not cover the motorcycle with an unlicensed rider.
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Rick Scott signed an "autocycle" bill into law on March 30 that goes into effect on July 1 which will allow auto-licensed drivers to drive three-wheel vehicles, such as the Polaris Slingshot, without a motorcycle license.
In California, for instance, a driver can operate a Slingshot on public roads with a Class C Drivers license, the same license required for standard passenger cars. A Class M (for motorcycles) endorsement is not required.
From what I can tell, you can easily drive this thing every day. You just might not be as comfortable as you would be in a comparably priced car, but what the Slingshot lacks in comfort, I'm sure it makes up for in driving fun.
It is basically a trade off between projectile speed and band life span. A record breaking slingshot bandset may last between 1 and 5 shots. A training band can last 2000 shots.
A Polaris Slingshot can last over 70,000 miles if it's well-kept per the service schedule, appropriately stored, ridden responsibly, and broken in per Polaris's break instructions.
As stated above, if you have a full car driving licence you can ride a motorcycle up to 125cc, but you need to have completed your CBT first. This is just a day long course that begins with basic motorbike training in a car park and then finishes with you riding the motorbike yourself out on the road.
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Yes, if you have a full car licence you can ride a 125cc scooter or motorbike off-road. However, you must take and pass your compulsory basic training (CBT) before riding on the road.
Code A1: This is for a motor cycle with or without a sidecar and with an engine not exceeding 125 cc. … Code B: This is for a motor vehicle, including a minibus, bus and goods vehicle, with a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 3 500 kg. You must be 18 years or older to apply.
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Q: How to write exact string inside block instead of executing them? While using << EOF in Bash? I have a file configure.sh with following (it creates a test.sh file with configuration, so that i can use that test.sh finally as main configuration task). But it does not work
cat > /var/tmp/test.sh << EOF
regex='value=(.*)'
for i in $(cat /var/tmp/test.ini);
do
    if [[ $i =~ $regex ]];
    then
        echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
        #or
        curl -v ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
    fi
done
EOF

When the configure.sh is executed it makes the test.sh file completely wrong such as
reged='value(.*)'
for i in
original line1
original line1
original line1
original line1
do
  if [[ =~ ]];
  then
  fi

done
EOF

The EOF block is not writing exactly how i set above. How do you write such string inside EOF?

A: Change << EOF to << 'EOF' and leave the EOF at the end unchanged. Quoting the EOF in this way will stop Bash from executing expansions on the here-document.

A: From man bash, section Here Documents:

No  parameter expansion, command substitution, arithmetic
  expansion, or pathname expansion is performed on word.  If any characters in word are
  quoted, the delimiter is the result of quote
  removal on word, and the lines in the  here-document  are  not expanded.

So write << \EOF instead of << EOF.