"Acibadem Sistina" was awarded the Gold Seal of Approval for quality and safety as a result of compliance of the working processes with internationally recognized standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a testament that quality is a result of the commitment of the hospital in providing safe and efficient services to its patients. JCI accreditation guarantees that every patient of Acibadem Sistina receives safe and highest quality healthcare services.
"Acibadem Sistina" is the first hospital in the country and the region to be awarded the prestigious accreditation by Joint Commission International (JCI). This accreditation also means that the Republic of Macedonia is part of the world map of more than 100 countries worldwide, with hospitals accredited by JCI. The JCI accreditation awarded to Acibadem Sistina is changing the healthcare system in the country and proves that Macedonia can follow international standards. The end goal is high quality healthcare services and greater patient safety.
Joint Commission International is the most eminent hospital accreditation worldwide, due to the strict standards that are focused on areas that directly affect patient care and treatment. The JCI Accreditation Program covers the entire process from patient admissiontothe hospital, following his/her treatment, up to the hospital discharge. In a word, the JCI standards are a step towards excellence in patient care. The end result is a reliable and safe healthcare.
Joint Commission International (JCI) is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental agency based in Chicago, Illinois (USA). Joint Commission International aims to improve the quality and safety of medical services to healthcare organizations through education and accreditation. Joint Commission has been evaluating the conditions of the healthcare institutions in the USA for more than 55 years, who have voluntarily joined the accreditation process. Joint Commission has accredited nearly 20,000 healthcare organizations in the USA, including hospitals, clinics and other healthcare institutions. Starting from 1997, Joint Commission has extended the mission worldwide by forming the Joint Commision International. JCI helps in improving the quality of healthcare services in many countries through international accreditations, consultations, publications and educations. So far, JCI has accredited public and private healthcare institutions in more than 100 countries.
Why is this accreditation required?
According to the latest global research and statistics, one of the leading causes of death in the world, in addition to malignant and cardiovascular diseases, are medical errors. This includes wrongly applied therapy, wrong patient identification, healthcare associated infections,unexpected treatment development, unexpected fall risk in hospital conditions and many moreunexpected life-threatening errors that are part of the daily operations in a healthcare institution. JCI standards are aimed at eliminating such errors. The standards application guarantees patient safety and high quality of care through clearly defined processes, activities and programs. The standards provide an accurate direction for managing of all hospital processes in order to enablea highly professional service, prediction of all risks, information to the patient during the treatment process… All in all, a JCI accredited hospital corresponds to a hospital that hasimplemented the International Patient Safety Goals.
Acibadem Sistina Hospital was awarded an Accreditation Certificate by the State Agency for Quality and Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions. Thus, Acibadem Sistina is the first private healthcare institution in the Republic of Macedonia which obtained this prestigious certification, that ensures quality and safe service to patients.
The regular annual expert review of the Diagnostic Laboratories for maintaining accreditation according to the medical laboratories standard MKC EN ISO15189: 2013 was successful, without any identified non-conformity. As a result, the assessment team proposed continuation of the Diagnostic Laboratories' accreditation.
The standard MKC EN ISO 15189: 2013 ensures continuous quality control of the medical laboratories. This accreditation is proof that the results and findings issued by our laboratories are prepared according to internationally recognized standards and meet the highest quality criteria. With the implementation of this standard, the Diagnostic Laboratories' results and findings are recognized both in our country and in every country in the world.
Acibadem Sistina's Diagnostic Laboratories are the first and only in the country, with simultaneously accredited histopathological, microbiological and biochemical methods.


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New Model Reveals More Oxygen In Earth's Core
AES Publications
October 27, 2015 AES PublicationsBy Shant Minas
Geologists have taken a new approach to modeling the Earth's core. Their surprising conclusion: It contains more oxygen than we used to think.
In a radical step away from the tradition of looking at the Earth's core (center) and mantle (surface portion) separately, scientists have taken a look at the geochemical signatures of each with a new model that considers how the two might interact. This new model concludes that the core began as an iron-rich metallic planetesimal — basically a solid blob like a small planet — which dropped into a molten sea and descended towards the middle.
Geologist Rick Ryerson and his colleagues came up with the inference that there is more oxygen in the Earth's core by using this new approach to examining the models we already have. It is believed this casts new light on the formation of the Earth billions of years ago.
The study concluded that the unexpectedly high concentration of oxygen in the core fits with the idea that an asteroid-like body, called a planetesimal, had to play a role in the formation 4.56 billion years ago. These bodies are made from rocks and other materials and typically have a high iron content. They can be anywhere from a few meters across to hundreds of kilometers.
Over tens of millions of years, the newborn planet gradually grew, acquiring additional material and additional energy from repeated impacts by space bodies, such as asteroids and planetesimals. The energy added to the system helped keep things hot enough for rock to remain liquid, like lava. Gravity began the process of separating metal and silicate. The heavier metals fell to the bottom, becoming the Earth's core. The lighter silicate rose to the surface and became the mantle.
Previous attempts at analysis only looked at the geochemical signature of each by itself. This is the first time that experts have considered both sets of signatures and what that suggests about their relationship to each other and for the evolution of the earth as a whole.
The analysis combined mineral physics, petrology, geochemistry and seismology. Their conclusion: The core formed in a hot magma ocean no more than 1,800 kilometers deep in more oxidized conditions than we have presently. This new model is a significant departure from all previous models. They concluded that there is more oxygen in the core and lower levels of silicon than previously believed.
Source – https://www.llnl.gov/news/research-lends-new-view-earth%E2%80%99s-core
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Laguna Lăng Cô, winner of the 2017 IAGTO Golf Resort of the Year Award, will be hosting the prestigious Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for young golfers for the first time from 15 – 17 March 2017.
Laguna Lăng Cô and Sir Nick Faldo – Laguna Golf Brand Ambassador share the like-minded vision and passion in the nurturing of aspiring youths. The Faldo Series is a premier not-for-profit programme for young golfers aged 12 to 21. The six-time Major Champion will pass on his expert golf insights from over 40 years of playing at the highest level. Besides the tournament, young golfers will also participate in sustainable activities and inspire local children on the game of golf.
"In line with Banyan Tree Group's ethos of Embracing the Environment, Empowering People, Laguna Lăng Cô is committed to elevate the local golf scene with Sir Nick while showcasing Laguna Golf Lăng Cô as a world-class golf destination of Vietnam at the 11th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final," said Mr Gavin Herholdt, Managing Director of Laguna Lăng Cô.
Established in 1996, 40 Faldo Series tournaments now take place in 30 countries worldwide with more than 7,000 golfers participating each year.
Sanctioned by Asian Tour and Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, the 11th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final will gather more than 90 leading Asian young golfers, along with the 2016 Europe Grand Final winners. Results will count towards the World Amateur Golf Ranking (boys and girls) and Sir Nick will invite each age-category champion (three boys, two girls) to compete in the 2017 Europe Grand Final. The overall boy and girl champion will play in a professional Tour event.
Played over 54 holes (with no cut), the format will be gross stroke-play with trophies awarded to the winner and runner-up in five categories: Boys' Under-21, -18 and -16 and Girls' Under-21 and -16. The Faldo Series Asia Trophy will be awarded to one overall champion, regardless of age or gender.
Laguna Golf Lăng Cô is one of the "must-go" golf destinations in Vietnam's central coast area and is the first in the country to have Zoysia fairways and Tiff Eagle greens. The course is nestled between mountains and sea on a sandy strip of dune land that is perfect for golf. Starting from an open paddy field environment beside a large lake, the layout moves towards the edge of a mountainous forest area before swinging towards the beach at the ninth hole. This 6,961-yard, par-71 course is the 26th course designed by the six-time Major winner and is arguably his boldest and best creation yet.


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Q: closeness of a set of vectors Is there some measure that captures the "closeness" of a set of vectors? Say I have a matrix,
$$
A = \left[ \begin{matrix}
0.8 & 0.15 &  0.05 \\
0.82 & 0.09 & 0.09 \\
0.78 & 0.08 & 0.14 \\
\end{matrix} \right]
$$
and another matrix
$$
B = \left[ \begin{matrix}
0.5 & 0.2 & 0.3 \\
0.01 & 0.6 & 0.39 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{matrix} \right]
$$
Based on this hypothetical measure of "closeness", the row vectors of A are closer to each other than are the rows of B
For any two vectors, I could get their cosine similarity.
Furthermore, if my matrix was square and had nonzero determinant, the determinant would in some sense capture the "closeness" of the rows, as rows that are very "close", or similar, would span a parallelpiped with smaller volume than would a matrix whose rows were very different
But what if I had a bunch of vectors (say, the rows of a 100 x 3 matrix)?  How would I measure the collective ''closeness'' of the row vectors?  I'm looking for some sort of measure like the determinant, where if the row vectors of a square matrix are close to one another, then the volume of the parallelpiped spanned by these vectors is smaller than if they are quite different - except I could use it for a matrix that is non-square.

A: Assuming that your matrix (of row vectors) contains more rows than columns, you can calculate
$\sqrt{\det(A^T A)}$.  In the case that $A$ is a square matrix, this reduces to
$$
\sqrt{\det(A^T A)} = \sqrt{\det(A^T)\det(A)} = \sqrt{\det(A)^2} =|\det(A)|
$$
Furthermore, we will only have $\sqrt{\det(A^T A)} = 0$ when the columns of $A$ are not linearly independent.

A: A standard way to measure how "close" two sets of vectors are is in terms of the distance and principal angles of subspaces which they span.
Let $X\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times p}$ and $Y\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times q}$ be matrices containing bases of two subspaces $\mathcal{X},\mathcal{Y}\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, respectively, such that $p=\dim\mathcal{X}\geq\dim\mathcal{Y}=q$ (assuming $q\geq 1$). (In your case, $X=A^T$ and $Y=B^T$). The principal angles $\{\theta_i\}_{i=1}^q$ (where $\theta_i\in[0,\pi/2]$) between $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$ are defined in a recursive way by
$$
\cos\theta_i=x_i^Ty_i=\max_{\substack{x\in\mathcal{X}\setminus\{0\}\\x\perp x_1,\ldots,x_{i-1}}}\max_{\substack{y\in\mathcal{Y}\setminus\{0\}\\y\perp y_1,\ldots,y_{i-1}}}\frac{x^Ty}{\|x\|_2\|y\|_2},\quad i=1,\ldots,q.
$$
The principal angles can be computed using the SVD. Let $X=Q_XR_X$ and $Y=Q_YR_Y$ be the (thin) QR factorisations of $X$ and $Y$, respectively, that is, the columns of $Q_X$ and $Q_Y$ contain orthonormal bases of $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$ in their columns. Now  compute the SVD of $Q_X^TQ_Y$:
$$
Q_X^TQ_Y=U\Sigma V^T,
$$
such that $U$ and $V$ are orthogonal matrices and the singular values in $\Sigma=\mathrm{diag}(\sigma_1,\ldots,\sigma_q)$ are ordered in the non-increasing order. It can be shown that the cosines of the principal angles are precisely the singular values $\sigma_i$:
$$
\cos\theta_i = \sigma_i,\quad i=1,\ldots,q.
$$
Note that if $\mathcal{X}=\mathcal{Y}$, all singular values of $Q_X^TQ_Y$ are equal to one, that is, the principal angles between $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$ are zero. On the other hand, if $\mathcal{X}\perp\mathcal{Y}$, then all singular values of $Q_X^TQ_Y$ are equal to zero, that is, the principal angles between $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$ are equal to $\pi/2$.
If $P_{\mathcal{X}}$ and $P_{\mathcal{Y}}$ are orthogonal projections onto $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$, respectively, then a natural way to define the distance between $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$ is
$$
\mathrm{dist}(\mathcal{X},\mathcal{Y})=\|P_{\mathcal{X}}-P_{\mathcal{Y}}\|_2.
$$
If $p=q$, this distance can be expressed in terms of principal angles as
$$
\mathrm{dist}(\mathcal{X},\mathcal{Y})=\sqrt{1-(\cos\theta_q)^2}.
$$

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A short time ago, I brought you the first of three installments in the You Might Have Hired the Wrong Person If … series. In the series, I explain some workplace behaviors that could raise some red flags about an employee or two that you may have in your workforce. In part two, I offer three more reasons why you might have hired the wrong person.
The employee doesn't take ownership or accountability. Owning up to your mistakes is critical in any professional role. If an employee is eager to blame others when a mistake is made, it will be very difficult for this individual to learn, grow, and develop their skills.
The employee has a negative attitude. A positive attitude can make all the difference in your job (or in your everyday life). Employees that are pessimistic or cynical and those that don't put forth a good effort are more likely to underperform or poorly perform. In addition, an individual with a negative attitude can have a significant impact on the morale of the rest of the team. On the other hand, having the right attitude positively correlates with being more successful on the job. It's true that there's power to positive thinking, but a negative attitude rarely gets you anywhere.
The employee doesn't know how to adequately problem solve. Many professional careers today require the ability to quickly and correctly synthesize a lot of information to reach a desired outcome. An employee that can't gather information from his or her surroundings to draw conclusions and solve a problem will likely not perform well in your organization. In a similar sense, your employees should be proactive and willing to step up when confronted with a problem that needs solving.


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Chris Layton: Double Trouble's Drummer Talks 'Crossfire'
Oct 19, 2020 | 100 Years of Radio
The 100 Years of Radio – 100 Years of Hit Makers limited series podcast gives music fans a front-row seat for conversations with songwriters behind some of the biggest hits of yesterday and today. You'll learn the stories behind the songs from the people who wrote them. Each episode will focus on one writer: sometimes, they'll just talk about one song, other times, they'll talk about a number of hits.
New episodes will be released each Monday through November of 2020.
100 Years of Radio – 100 Years of Hit Makers special podcast series is produced in partnership with Beasley Media Group, XPERI (HD Radio), and BMI in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast.
Chris Layton was the drummer of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, but he didn't usually write songs for the band. Until their last album, that is: he was one of the co-writers on "Crossfire," one of Stevie Ray's last classics oof of In Step. He told us the story behind the song, and how the label asked if they could ditch the guitar solo to get it to top 40 radio.
So let's talk about "Crossfire."
I was having a conversation with [co-writers] Bill Carter and Ruth Elsworth, who are really songwriters by trade. And we were talking about the idea of [Double Trouble keyboardist] Reese Wynans and [bassist] Tommy Shannon and myself and the two of them getting in our production studios and spending a week [together], and that we would work on all sorts of ideas and then we would see what we ended up with."Crossfire" was one of a number of songs… we wrote nine songs. This was as we were a couple of months out from beginning the In Step record. We just said, "Let's do the business splits now and then whatever happens, happens, and we'll all be writers, owners, if you will, of the properties when we're done."
So that being the agreement, we went into our space. And we just started working. "Crossfire" originated with the bassline that Tommy Shannon plays on the song. He and I, we developed a groove really based on that on his on his bass line. And we got together and kicked around things like chords, chord structure. Bill Carter and Ruth Elsworth actually wrote the lyrics to the song.
The band had gone through a bunch of different difficulties with substance and whatnot and had come to a point where we had made a decision to take a different tack in the way that we were going. In the direction in our music, our lives, everything else. And so we discussed the things that had, you know, tempted us, plagued us, inspired us, troubled us. The list goes on and on.
And they came back with lyrics that kind of expressed all of that in a simple way. And we took that and we developed that into what became the finished song as a demo. We took it into the studio and we changed it a little bit more.
I remember seeing Stevie Ray right before In Step came out. He popped up at a Living Colour concert with just his electric guitar. I think he played "Tightrope" and something else before Living Colour came on. It just seemed like he was sort of rejuvenated. I think there was an awareness with that ans that he had gotten through some substance stuff at that time. And I guess that was part of the energy of that record.
Very much so. He was in Dallas. He had reconnected in a real significant way with one of his old oldest friends, Doyle Bramhall. That's the father; not Doyle Bramhall II, who we were later in the Arc Angels with.
We were all like one big kind of extended family. But they had reconnected and they were sitting around talking about their experiences with life and with substance abuse and whatnot and they they spent long hours just sitting in Stevie's living room with guitars. And they developed [those conversations] into songs. So when we got together, he said, "Hey, I've got these songs." One of them was "Tightrope"… that was a groove that Tommy and I actually developed and said, "Here, take it up to Dallas if you want to see what you guys can do with it." So those songs were kind of connected, but "Crossfire," Stevie didn't have any part of [writing].
And when we played it for him, we talked about the lyrics. He goes, "What is the song saying? 'Save the strong, lose the weak?'" We said, "No, that's in jest. The idea is that what we don't want to do is just save the strong and lose the weak." And he said, "Yeah, I get that."
He took the song and he said, "I have to live with it for a minute. to see if I really connect with everything about it," which is really a great thing about him. That's why I can go back and listen to all the music that we recorded. And every bit of it is is really focused on intent and meaning. And there was really no other consideration to the music that we ever did.
But he did sit with it for about a week and he came back. He said, "I got it. Let's let's cut it. "And so we did.
When that record came out, the two songs you would hear on the radio most were "Crossfire" and "Tightrope." And later on, I think "The House Is Rockin'." I've heard stories of artists who don't have to write all their own songs, but they want the singles to be the ones that they wrote. Were you surprised to see that "Crossfire" was one of the first singles from the album?
Stevie never treated songs that way. He usually didn't care about money, which could be a little bit of an issue at times because, you know, we were while we were a band, we were also trying to run a business. We have to care about money because if we don't care about it we'll suffer for that. So there was not a conversation, "Well, I wrote this one, so that's got to be the single." I always heard that as one as, that could be a single… and a really good one. And it did become that.
In fact, as it went up, the album oriented radio charts, it hung at number one for quite a while. Sony Music wanted to do an edit in order to cross it over into contemporary hit radio because they thought it could be like actual real national chart topper.
And that's a funny story. They said, "It's a great song. And it would really do everything that [a hit] needs to. But we'd have to get rid of the guitar solo because that that kind of stuff doesn't really work on contemprary hits radio. And Stevie said, "Well, I thought we were a guitar band." So anyway, it turned into a little bit of a heated discussion because they were really pushing for this.
He said, well, "Let me think about it." And so after about six or seven weeks, right as the song started going back down the AOR charts, Stevie said, "Well, OK, I think we could do that." They said, "Well, it's actually too late now. We've lost the momentum anyway."
The album did great anyway. And a lot of fans would have gotten upset by that edit.
Yeah, well, that was kind of always his main consideration.To change that would be to change something fundamentally that really wasn't us, you know. So that's one of those things where you could say, "Well, yeah, but we could maybe make a lot more money. We could sell tons of records." And it was like, "Yeah, but are we changing what we're about?"
And that's where he always had a really good head about him to say, "Well, I don't want to change us fundamentally."
So you guys co-wrote "Crossfire" on the last album, and he co-wrote songs with Doyle. Did you ever talk about writing together?
After he got sober, clean and sober, he went to spend more time with his mother because she lived in Dallas. Doyle lives in Fort Worth, so they were just visiting [each other] and that kind of turned into songwriting as opposed to, "I'm going to go write with him and not with ya'll." Because we all had lived here [in Austin] and he bought a house in Dallas because he wanted to have a closer relationship with his mother. So it just kind of sprung up pretty naturally as opposed to being a planned idea.
I was there the night you guys got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. It felt like there was a whole block of seats bought by people who came up from Texas just to see you guys. How did you feel about that night?
I had just come from Europe, I was in the middle of a tour in Europe. I'd been over there for almost a month already. So I just kind of landed and walked right into all of it. So there was that. But like you said, when we got there, we were like, "Is half the place from Austin?"
We never really endeavored for things like, "Well, what if we can get a Grammy?" I'm not saying that those things never crossed our mind. That would be a lie. But we never strived for any of that. We were never really any different than we were when we were playing 100 seat bars in Texas. We just had to learn how to do it in front of a lot of a lot more people on bigger stages.
So that night, it was surreal. That's probably a cliche way to describe it, but it was surreal. I've written my acceptance speech [in my mind] several times since then. It was it was a lot of fun, it was very well put together.
They seemed to put so much care into your segment. And I thought they did such a great job. I mean, the whole thing was perfect and moving.
Yeah, I did, too. I went back and looked at "Texas Flood" from the performance. It was really good. Jimmie [Vaughan] and John Mayer's speech, I thought was just fabulous. I really thought it was really wonderful. And playing with Jimmie and Gary Clark Jr. and Doyle and everybody.
How does it feel for you to have a guy like John Mayer, or Johnny Lang or Kenny Wayne or Susan Tedeschi play your music… it must be pretty cool to see young people coming out and still being really into what you guys did.
You know what blows me away? None of this stuff ever even crossed my mind, you know? When you're playing some little lounge somewhere and some funky part of town in your hometown, you're like, "Will I be able to pay rent next month?" You don't think about this kind of thing.
But you can lose sight of what you're doing if you're really struggling to get yourself together to pay the bills and make ends meet.
I interviewed John Mayer before he released [his breakthrough, 2001's] Room For Squares, and he told me Stevie was his biggest influence, even though he wasn't playing much electric guitar yet. I asked him about that and he said, "Wait until my next album."
I wondered about that, you know, about John Mayer hitting the scene and announcing himself like, "Hey, I'm going to be the next guitar dude." The way he talked about Stevie. He was just awestruck with the what he could get out of a guitar, the way he could express himself. He said, "I have no idea how he was able to do that."
So when people come up to me… they are a generation, two, even three generations younger, and they go, "Man, that guy was just…" I go, "Yeah, he was special." And we were all fortunate. We were all fortunate together.


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Arizona blockchain law spawns cryptocurrency ATMs, market growth
September 1, 2017 /in News/by Andy Crisenbery
Newswire: Aug. 19, 2017.
Dateline: Tucson, Ariz.
Cryptocurrency ATMs are popping up across Arizona thanks to the state's recent adoption of a law recognizing blockchain signatures as legally valid in contracts.
The Arizona Daily Star of Tucson, Ariz. reports that five new bitcoin ATMs have opened in the Phoenix area, offering bitcoin credit in return for a deposit. Coinsource, the company that opened them, pointed to the legislation as the biggest incentive to move into Arizona's market.
The chief executive of Scottsdale-based Dash Core Group, which manages the Dash cryptocurrency, said the legislation has helped take cryptocurrency from the realm of "crypto-nerds and mathematicians and computer-science-geeks," and is helping to mainstream it.
"I think when you prioritize and educate merchants and consumers on the benefits, I think we'll start to see more and more adoption happening," said Ryan Taylor, the Dash CEO.
Coinsource's cofounder said that Arizona is "through the roof," with regard to opportunity and incentive in the blockchain/cryptocurrency space. "There's a lot of companies in the tech world, and in particular cryptocurrency, that are going into Arizona," he told the Star.
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eOriginal, MERSCORP partner to develop new eNote solution for digital mortgage industry
Demand for Bitcoin surges, leading to more ATMs in Atlanta area
In The News: Regenstrief to make electronic health records more complete and accessible
Australian venture restarting coal-fired electric plant to power blockchain development
IBM: Healthcare most susceptible to inside jobs targeting e-records
Country doctor who doesn't use a computer won't get license back
In The News: S.C. Medical Association attempts to tackle Electronic health records


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Japan's Toyota Tsusho wins contract to build Egyptian vehicle terminal
CAIRO (Reuters) - A consortium led by Toyota Tsusho Corp 8015.T, a unit of Japan's Toyota Group, signed a contract on Thursday to set up and operate a roll-on, roll-off vehicle terminal at East Port Said in Egypt, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said.
The consortium, which also includes Bollore Africa Logistics BOLL.PA and Nippon Yusen Kaisha, will develop and operate a 600-metre quay and a new 21.2-hectare terminal for the import, export and transshipment of vehicles, an SCZone statement said.
It will invest $150 million in equipment and infrastructure to enable the terminal to handle 800,000 vehicles a year, plus an annual $233 million for the operating concession, the statement quoted SCZone chairman Yehia Zaki as saying.
East Port Said lies along the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal, which is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government's main sources of foreign currency.
The government hopes to turn East Port Said into a major transshipment hub, meaning goods will flow through the facility on the way to other destinations.
Reporting by Patrick Werr; Editing by Jan Harvey


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Q: Handle key shortcuts across all windows forms application but not in other processes I need to launch a new search form from all the open windows of my application if the user presses Control + F.
Currently I am using windows user32.dll methods to register a hotkey that I want to show across my application like this:
// Registers a hot key with Windows.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, uint fsModifiers, uint vk);
// Unregisters the hot key with Windows.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);

The issue with this method is that the shortcut is launched even when a different application like a web browser is selected.
I have tried using MainForm_KeyDown with KeyPreview set to true but it only works for the main form. I also tried overriding ProcessCmdKey but again, it only works for the main form.
I was thinking that maybe the UI Automation library offers support to watch for input. Otherwise would it be possible to add a filter to the windows hotkey registration so that it only works for the process id of my application?

A: As I understand it, you have these requirements:

*

*Control-F makes a new form

*Regardless of which Form (or control) has the focus currently, the hotkey should still work.

*The hotkey is local to the application.

Implementing IMessageFilter should be effective in achieving these objectives:

public partial class MainForm : Form, IMessageFilter
{
    public MainForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        Application.AddMessageFilter(this);
        Disposed += (sender, e) =>Application.RemoveMessageFilter(this);
    }
    const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x0100;
    public bool PreFilterMessage(ref Message m)
    {
        switch (m.Msg)
        {
            case WM_KEYDOWN:
                switch((Keys)m.WParam | ModifierKeys)
                {
                    case Keys.Control | Keys.F:
                        onNewForm();
                        break;
                }
                break;
        }
        return false;
    }

    int _count = 0;
    private void onNewForm()
    {
        char c = (char)(_count + 'A');
        int dim = ++_count * SystemInformation.CaptionHeight;
        new TextBoxForm
        {
            Name = $"textBoxForm{c}",
            Text = $"TextBoxForm {c}",
            Size = this.Size,
            StartPosition= FormStartPosition.Manual,
            Location = new Point(Left + dim, Top + dim),
        }.Show(this);
    }
}


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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced that the 32nd General Assembly of the IAU in 2024 will be hosted by Cape Town, South Africa. This will be the first time in the 105 year history of the IAU that the General Assembly will be held on the African continent. The award recognises the incredible strides that African astronomy has taken in recent years.
Africa has a long and rich relationship with astronomy, dating back millenia. The world recognised the unique geographical importance of Africa in global astronomy almost two centuries ago with the establishment of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope in 1820. Since then Africa's contributions to global human knowledge have both independently and collaboratively grown from strength to strength.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, congratulated the IAU bid committee for their sterling work, saying the winning bid was proof that Africa was the next big hub for astronomy.
Since the establishment of the IAU's global Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) in 2011, Africa has become the home of three such regional offices coordinating activities across East Africa from Ethiopia, West Africa from Nigeria, and and Southern Africa from Zambia. The mandate of the regional offices is to ensure that the region benefits maximally from the practice of astronomy. In 2017, the 1-metre Marly telescope was installed in Burkina Faso as a research telescope as part of the University of Ouagadougou.
Africa is also host to the world-renowned HESS telescope in Namibia. The continent is developing the very exciting African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN), and a number of countries are rapidly developing their own astronomy programmes and instruments. At the General Assembly which was held in Vienna in August 2018, Algeria, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Mozambique all became new national members of the IAU.
"The support for the bid from not only astronomers but also industry, academic institutions and government has been phenomenal, and its success is a testament to what we can accomplish through our united efforts. For astronomers, this is like winning the bid to host a Football World Cup or the Olympics. It's time for Africa! We are excited and look forward to welcoming our colleagues from around the world to the first of hopefully many IAU General Assemblies on African soil," says Dr Shazrene Mohamed, member of the bid committee, and astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory and the University of Cape Town.
The General Assembly in Cape Town in 2024 is an occasion to give voice to Africa in the global astronomical endeavour, and will bring attention to the excellent science and education conducted on the continent. It is expected that the opportunity for many African astronomers to take part in one of the world's biggest astronomy meetings will contribute to an enduring legacy of astronomy on the continent.
The South African Radio Astronomical Observatory (SARAO) and the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) collaborated at the IAU General Assembly in Vienna to demonstrate the multi-wavelength astronomy applications and research that is being done in South Africa.
The recently revealed Centre of the Milky Way Galaxy panorama was displayed at the exhibition, obtained with the new MeerKAT radio telescope revealing extraordinary detail in the region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is one of several very exciting new views of the Universe already observed by the telescope.


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Q: Why random number generation using parallel processing makes different results even though they have same seed? I'm studying parallel processing with openMP on C.
I made simple random number tester with fixed seed value for testing same random number sequence by several different method.
This is a part of rng tester which is not using parallel processing
  //1. Single thread
  //set seed value
  init_genrand(2020);

  int fk[33] = {0};

  for(int i=0;i<31250;i++){
    int x = genrand_int32();
    int count = 0;

    for(int j=0;j<33;j++){
      if(x & 1) count ++;
      x = x >> 1;
    }

    fk[count]++;
  }

  int sum = 0;
  for(int i=0;i<33;i++){
    printf("fk[%d] = %d\n",i,fk[i]);
    sum += fk[i];
  }
  printf("sum = %d\n",sum);

This code always outputs same result because of fixed seed value of rng function.
However, this code which uses parallel processing does not.
  //2. Multi Threads
  //set seed
  init_genrand(2020);

  int fkMulti[33] = {0};

  int count = 0;
  int x = 0;

  #pragma omp parallel
  {
    #pragma omp for private(count, x) reduction(+:fkMulti[:33])
    for(int i=0;i<31250;i++)
    {
      count = 0;
      x = genrand_int32();

      for(int j=0;j<33;j++){
        if(x & 1) count ++;
        x = x >> 1;
      }
      fkMulti[count]++;
    }
  }

  int sumMulti = 0;
  for(int i=0;i<33;i++){
    printf("fkMulti[%d] = %d\n",i,fkMulti[i]);
    sumMulti += fkMulti[i];
  }
  printf("sum = %d\n",sumMulti);

Both of them generate 32bit random number 31,250 times, and count how many 1 bit each random number has by shift operator.
But the second one works different to the first one.
Results changes every time I run compiled file.
I also checked Rng function( genrand_int32() ) was excuted 31250 times in those two codes.
Why does it happen even though same seed always makes same result?
Thanks for reading my question.

A: The problem is that when multi-threading, each thread is making a modification to the internal "random" numbers. The way the rand function works is that it takes the output of the random number generated and uses it as the seed for the next random number to be generated. Because of this, if you have two threads running parallel, one thread may modify the random numbers at inconsistent times, and the resulting random number is used as a seed for the other thread, creating unpredictable results (race condition). You may be able to fix this by only calling srand() once at the very start of the program.
Hope this helps!


DEKALB trials manager, Anders Christensen uses his observations from the company's 25 site trials network to assess crop progress in the immediate run-up to harvest.
Well-rooted, fairly short crops with well-structured canopies, a short sharp flowering and great pod set across our trials left me pretty of confident going into June. Especially with such good levels of May sunshine and sufficient soil moisture in most places.
Since then, though, the almost total lack of rain across much of the country – less than 10 mm in many southern and eastern counties – coupled with seriously high temperatures have taken the shine off my yield expectations. I continue to be pleased with the way the OSR has been coping with a season of such extremes. However, pod fill is bound to have suffered from such unrelenting dryness and heat.
We'll only know once all the yields are analysed, of course, but travelling around my feeling is that this is a season likely to favour later-maturing varieties more than the earlier ones. It's also one in which the northernmost crops are, again, set to outshine those further south. And it should really highlight the value of the best structured, most resilient soils.
With the exception of Scotland and the north, we've certainly seen less light leaf spot in our trials this season, with an average all-variety score of less than 2.5 (again on our 1-9 scale where 1 is the best).
Topping our first 11-variety trial to be harvested in south western France, DK Expansion stood out for delivering an average 4.85 t/ha, nearly 7% ahead of the next most promising high output hybrid and 9% up on the trial average.
The variety also topped the first German trial to be reported at 5.05 t/ha or 104% of the trial average, with DK Imperial CL not far behind at 4.71 t/ha.
Across the next three French trials for which we have results on notably lower yielding sites DK Expansion at an average 4.22 t/ha was outperformed by DK Exception producing 4.42 t/ha.
DK Exception also outperformed DK Expansion in the first 26 variety trial to be harvested in Germany, leading the field at 120% of the average yield with DK Expansion in third place at 114% and DK Imperial CL also comfortably above the trial average.


I am intrigued by the modern fascination with dinosaurs. Christians are often asked where they came from. It is hard to be certain about this, but my answer is that they were not created by God. I presume they were made by the evil angels. During the thousand years between the fall and the flood, the spiritual powers of evil had a fairly free hand on earth so they were able to do enormous damage to God's creation.
The evil angels do not have the ability to create new specifies, as God did. However, they could modify the genetic material of existing species to make new ones. We know from the Bible that they did this to create giant people (Gen 6:4). I presume that before they made the giants, they practised with other species, and made some very large animals. As part of this, they modified the genetically material of some birdlife and produced the dinosaurs.
The spiritual powers of evil love destruction and death. They are impressed with size and power and strength. Animals that are large, fierce and terrifying look like the work of their hands.
The peak of God's creation was humans (Psalm 8:5). He is more interested in quality than size and power. We are quite small and weak, but we have an amazing ability to think and understand. We have a huge capacity for love, justice and creativity. Humans are vastly superior, to the feeble creative efforts of the powers of evil. The spiritual powers of evil created the dinosaurs for two reasonz.
They wanted to show off, but failed. Their attempts at specifies modification produce size, but failed to match God on quality.
They wanted to make it too dangerous for humans to live on earth. They hoped the spread of the dinosaurs would make it impossible for humans to survive. This would give them a huge advantage, because God gave authority on earth to humans. If humans became extinct, there would be no one with authority to take authority on earth back from them. The powers of evil would be in the driver's seat forever.
The dinosaurs came quickly and disappeared as fast. The reason is that they were not sustainable on earth. God had created a world that was not designed to support this type of life. The last of the dinosaurs were wiped out in the flood, because God did not want them on the ark, and there was nowhere else for them to go.
We live in an age that is fascinated with by size and power. I presume this is the explanation for the popularity of Ice Road Truckers, and also the dinosaurs. However, Christians who are captivated with dinosaurs should understand that they are impressed with the handiwork of the powers of evil.
The more serious fascination with size and power occurs in the political arena. Modern people love big government and are fascinated by powerful leaders. The Bible describes these big human governments and political empires as beasts. These Beasts are also the work of the spiritual powers of evil, in a desperate but futile effort to retain authority on earth. The accumulation of political power amplifies the principalities and powers to leverage their power on earth in a massive way.
The good news is that these Beasts will become extinct too. The Book of Revelation explains how the Beasts will be destroyed, like millstone thrown into the sea. They will disappear and never return.
In a way, the fate of the dinosaurs is a prophetic sign. They represent the peak of the activities of the spiritual powers of evil in the age before the birth of Jesus. They were wiped out during the flood, which was the biggest authority shift during that age.
The political beasts described in Revelation represents the peak of the activity of the powers of evil during the current age. They will be wiped out and become extinct following the biggest authority shift during the age that follows Jesus ministry on earth. Their demise will be so dreadful that people of the world will lose their fascination with political empires. I presume that interest in dinosaurs will go the same way.
Return to Genesis and Creation.


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Residency: UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency (2011) CA
Medical Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (2016) NY
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine (2015)
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center (2015) WA
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2012)
Internship: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (2007) IL
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Call of Duty - What are Physicians' Obligations During Crises? The Journal of emergency medicine Giwa, A. O., Urdaneta, A. E., Wedro, B. 2022
BACKGROUND: Society allows physicians the privilege and responsibility of caring for patients. Those responsibilities demand that their knowledge and technical expertise meet standards defined and policed by their colleagues, through medical societies or governmental entities. However, the fiduciary duty that patients' interests are held above those of the physicians' is an ethical precept that is tested when society is under threat.DISCUSSION: Disasters that stress society are a constant and can present themselves in a myriad of ways to include medical, meteorological, or political. Minimizing the potential damage to the quality and quantity of life of the population is dependent upon public safety personnel and health care professionals who may put their health and safety in harm's way to care for patients. These acts may be taken for granted or assumed to be part of the professional obligations of physicians and other health care workers who work at the bedside. The obligations of physicians to their patients and society may differ from those not in the medical field, and the level of risk deemed acceptable by the physician and by society should be clearly delineated.CONCLUSION: Despite the conflict between normative and descriptive ethics, in times of disaster, physicians must respond to the call of duty. This duty is contingent on the responsibility being shared with governmental agencies and health care facilities, to mitigate the risks borne by those who answer the call.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.07.017
Cutting Edge Acute Ischemic Stroke Management. Emergency medicine clinics of North America Urdaneta, A. E., Bhalla, P. 2019; 37 (3): 365–79
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a medical emergency that requires prompt recognition and streamlined work-up to ensure that time-dependent therapies are initiated to achieve the best outcomes. This article discusses frequently missed AIS in the emergency department, the role of various imagining modalities in the work-up of AIS, updates on the use of intravenous thrombolytics and endovascular therapy for AIS, pearls on supportive care management of AIS, and prehospital and hospital process improvements to shorten door-to-needle time.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.emc.2019.03.001
Radiographic and Clinical Predictors of Cardiac Dysfunction Following Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE Urdaneta, A. E., Fink, K. R., Krishnamoorthy, V., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Vavilala, M. S. 2017; 32 (2): 151-157
Although cardiac dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been described, there is little data regarding the association of radiographic severity and particular lesions of TBI with the development of cardiac dysfunction. We hypothesize that the Rotterdam or Marshall scores and particular TBI lesions are associated with the development of cardiac dysfunction after isolated TBI.We performed a retrospective cohort study. Adult patients with isolated TBI who underwent echocardiography between 2003 and 2010 were included. A board-certified neuroradiologist assessed the first computed tomography head, assigning the Rotterdam and Marshall scores and the type of TBI. Cardiac dysfunction was defined as either systolic or all cause based on the first echocardiogram after TBI. Demographic, radiological, and clinical variables were used in our analysis.A total of 139 patients were identified, with 20 having isolated systolic dysfunction. The Marshall and Rotterdam scores were not associated with the development of cardiac dysfunction. Only head Abbreviated Injury Scale was found to be an independent predictor of systolic cardiac dysfunction (relative risk: 2.70, 95% confidence interval: 1.19-6.13; P = .02).No specific radiographic variable was found to be an independent predictor of cardiac dysfunction. Further study into clinical or radiological features that would warrant an echocardiogram is warranted, as it may direct patient management.
CERVICAL SPINE INJURY: ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF PATIENTS BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE Urdaneta, A. E., Stroh, G., Teng, J., Snowden, B., Barrett, T. W., Hendey, G. W. 2013; 44 (2): 287-291
Cervical spine injury (CSI) studies have identified different factors contributing to CSI, but none compares the incidence and pattern of injury of patients arriving at the Emergency Department (ED) by private vehicle (PV).We compared the characteristics and injury patterns in CSI patients who were transported to the ED via Emergency Medical Services (EMS) versus PV.We conducted a three-hospital retrospective review of patients with CSI from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2007. We excluded transfers and follow-up visits. Using a standardized data collection form, we reviewed demographics, mode of transport, mechanism of injury, imaging results, injury type and level, and neurologic deficits. Means and proportions were compared using t-tests and chi-squared as appropriate.Of 1174 charts identified, 718 met all study criteria; 671 arrived by EMS and 47 by PV. There was no difference between groups in age or gender. Ground-level fall was more likely in PV patients (32%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 20-46% vs. 6%, 95% CI 4-9%), whereas motor vehicle collision was less likely (32%, 95% CI 20-46% vs. 67%, 95% CI 63-70%). PV patients more often sustained a stable injury (66%, 95% CI 52-78% vs. 40%, 95% CI 36-44%), and were more often triaged to a lower-acuity area (25%, 95% CI 15-40% vs. 4%, 95% CI 3-6%). The incidence of neurologic deficit was similar (32%, 95% CI 20-46% vs. 24%, 95% CI 21-28%), though more PV patients had spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (21%, 95% CI 12-35% vs. 5%, 95% CI 4-7%).A small proportion of patients with CSI present to the ED by PV. Although most had stable injuries, a surprising number had unstable injuries with neurologic deficits, and were triaged to lower-acuity areas in the ED.


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Q: How to send images over Wifi using UDP in Python I've been using ZeroMessageQueue (ZMQ) to send numerical data and OpenCV images over wifi between two Python scripts.
The ZMQ architecture was in part chosen because there is an ImageZMQ (https://github.com/jeffbass/imagezmq) implementation and it seemed like what I wanted. However, I found in testing that the images send far too slowly, even after shrinking and jpeg compression, whereas the data is real-time when run on its own. I think part of the reason it's slow is that ZMQ uses TCP, and doesn't really support UDP, which I think would be faster (I'm fine with the drawbacks of UDP). I'm wondering now what the easiest way to send images over UDP would be.
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Daniel Greysolon Dulhut, coureur de bois, fur trader, explorer (b at St-Germain-Laval, France c 1639; d at Montréal 25 Feb 1710). Dulhut helped extend the French trading empire around the Upper Great Lakes.
Daniel Greysolon Dulhut, coureur de bois, fur trader, explorer (b at St-Germain-Laval, France c 1639; d at Montréal 25 Feb 1710). Dulhut helped extend the French trading empire around the Upper Great Lakes (see Fur Trade). After military service in France, Dulhut immigrated to New France in 1675. In 1678-79 with a small party he travelled to the country of the Sioux (headwaters of the Mississippi), where he formally claimed the area for France, persuaded the Sioux [Dakota] and their neighbours to accept a tentative peace agreement, and began a profitable trade in furs. He returned to Montréal in 1681.
In 1683 he was commissioned by Governor La Barre to return to the Lake Superior area, and he spent the next 3 years there trading and working to keep peace among the natives. Stationed at Michilimackinac, he built posts at Lake Nipigon and at Kaministiquia on Lake Superior to facilitate the trade, as well as one at Detroit. Dulhut took part in the campaigns of the Iroquois Wars in 1687, 1689 and 1696, when he was left in command at Fort Frontenac. The city of Duluth, Minnesota, at the head of Lake Superior, is named for him.
Daniel Greysolon DulhutA biography of coureur de bois Daniel Greysolon Dulhut. Includes interesting accounts of the multifaceted dealings between various Aboriginal tribes and the coureur de bois and other representatives of French settlements in the New World. From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
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The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.

All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.

Results

Retirements
  Luís Pérez Companc - retired before SS1;
  Juan Pablo Raies - retired before SS1;
  Guy Wilks - rolled (SS3);
  Martin Prokop - mechanical (SS5);
  Mads Østberg - retired after first leg (SS7/8);
  Toni Gardemeister - excluded for driving on three wheels.
  Michał Kościuszko - went off the road (SS9);
  Chris Atkinson - went off the road (SS10);

Special Stages
All dates and times are WEST (UTC+1).

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Manufacturers' championship

References

External links

 Results on official site - WRC.com
 Results on eWRC-results.com
 Results on RallyBase.nl

Portugal
Rally Portugal, 2007
Rally de Portugal

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Your next fridge could keep cold more efficiently using magnets
The fridge is the most common of common household appliances. Despite improvements in efficiency over the years, they remain one of the biggest users of electricity in the home, relying on chemical refrigerant and a compressor to transfer heat from the inside to the outside of the fridge. GE researchers have now developed a new type of refrigeration technology using magnets that is more environmentally friendly and is predicted to be 20 to 30 percent more efficient that current technology ... and it could be in household fridges by the end of the decade. Read More
Meet the X1, the biggest phone you've never heard of
By Eric Mack
HiSense, a Chinese-based and state-owned manufacturer best known for its range of white goods and other household electrical appliances, is planning to bring its X1 mobile device to the US later this year. With its 6.8-inch display, the device straddles the blurry phablet line between tablet and smartphone. Read More
High-tech cross-country skis tell you where to put the wax
The waxing of cross-country skis can be a tricky business. Not only do you have to determine the proper hardness for the snow conditions, but you also need to make sure that the grippy kick wax and the more slippery glide wax each end up being applied to the proper sections of the ski. Norwegian ski manufacturer Madshus has set out to simplify the process, with microchip-equipped skis. Read More
The Dash smart earbuds play back music, and monitor your workout
By Dave LeClair
Today, companies the world over are looking to crack the wearable technology market, especially in terms of fitness tracking. Bragi is another among the lot, but instead of trying to get users to adopt some sort of bracelet or other device to do the tracking, its product, called The Dash, takes the form of something that people already wear – earphones. Read More
Timbersled's Mountain Horse kit converts motorbikes into snow machines
Do you hate not being able to use your dirt bike, all winter long? Well, it turns out that there's a way of pressing it into service, even once the snow has fallen – aside from swapping in studded tires, that is. Timbersled's Mountain Horse kit replaces a motorbike's front wheel with a ski, and its rear wheel with a snowmobile-like track. Read More
Sigma redesigns the compact camera, with the dp2 Quattro
By Simon Crisp
At first glance you can see the Sigma dp2 Quattro is not a typical compact camera. It has a long thin body, with a protruding fixed lens and an unusual kinked grip. But its design isn't the only thing that makes this camera different – it also features the latest iteration of Sigma's Foveon X3 direct image sensor, which uses vertical color separation technology. Read More
NASA's Mars Orbiter finds further clues of possible flowing water on Mars
By Anthony Wood
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted further measurements of curious seasonal marks on the surface of Mars. They could be the most compelling evidence yet of flowing water existing on the Red Planet in the present day. Read More
Zeal adds new features to its HD Camera goggles
By C.C. Weiss
Zeal has established itself as the tech-savvy ski goggle manufacturer. It was the first goggle-maker to adopt Recon Instruments' heads-up display and one of the first to integrate an HD action cam into its goggles. This year, it's revealed the updated HD2 Camera Goggle with upgraded hardware and new features. Read More
Shipping containers and silos house students at Mill Junction
By Adam Williams
South African property developer Citiq has recently completed the renovation of unused grain silos in Newtown, Johannesburg, into low-cost – and rather unique-looking – student accommodation, which also features multi-colored shipping containers to the top and side. Read More
Canon adds T5 to EOS Rebel DSLR range
Canon has spruced up its entry-level EOS Rebel DSLR line with the launch of the T5 (or 1200D in Europe). The new release will replace the two year old T3, which is currently in the second spot of Amazon's top-selling DSLRs, and promises improved functionality and ease of use for compact snappers who want to take their photography to the next level without breaking the bank. With the a more capable sensor being the only significant improvement though, you might want to think twice before rushing to upgrade. Read More
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package com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.administrative.domain.factory;

import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.errors.ErrorCode;

public enum StorageContainerErrorCode implements ErrorCode {
	NOT_FOUND,

	NAME_REQUIRED,

	ID_REQ,

	ID_NAME_OR_BARCODE_REQ,

	SRC_ID_OR_NAME_REQ,

	DUP_NAME,

	DUP_BARCODE,

	INVALID_POSITION_LABELING_MODE,

	INVALID_POSITION_ASSIGNMENT,

	INVALID_DIMENSION_CAPACITY,

	INVALID_DIMENSION_LABELING_SCHEME,

	REQUIRED_SITE_OR_PARENT_CONT,

	INVALID_SITE_AND_PARENT_CONT,

	NO_FREE_SPACE,

	CANNOT_SHRINK_CONTAINER,

	PARENT_CONT_NOT_FOUND,

	CANNOT_HOLD_CONTAINER,

	INVALID_NUMBER_POSITION,

	INVALID_ALPHA_POSITION,

	INVALID_ROMAN_POSITION,

	REF_ENTITY_FOUND,

	HIERARCHY_CONTAINS_CYCLE,

	CANNOT_HOLD_SPECIMEN,

	INVALID_ENTITY_TYPE,

	OCCUPYING_ENTITY_ID_OR_NAME_REQUIRED,

	INV_POS,

	INVALID_CPS,

	INVALID_DPS,

	TYPE_REQUIRED,

	INCORRECT_NAME_FMT,

	INVALID_CELL_DISP_PROP,

	DL_TO_REG_NA,

	REG_TO_DL_NA,

	DIMLESS_NO_MAP,

	INVALID_CAPACITY,

	AUTOMATED_NOT_DIMENSIONLESS,

	SPMNS_RPT_NOT_CONFIGURED,

	INV_CONT_SEL_STRATEGY,

	INV_CONT_SEL_RULE,

	SITE_CONT_VIOLATED,

	DL_POS_BLK_NP,

	POS_OCCUPIED,

	INV_USAGE_MODE,

	USAGE_DIFFER,

	NONE_PRINTED;

	@Override
	public String code() {
		return "STORAGE_CONTAINER_" + this.name();
	}

}

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Why can't children get the stimulus payment if they are in the house hold of their parents?
Will I receive the $250 stimulus payment?
Note that disabled children receiving SSI are eligible for the one-time payment.


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Blog: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Kelli B. Kavanaugh is Model D's development news editor and writes a weekly column, Green Space, for metromode. She also frequently writes for the Metro Times.
Prior to becoming a full-time freelance writer, she worked for eight years in community development in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, where she still resides. She is still involved in her community, serving on the boards of the Greater Corktown Development Corporation and the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy.
Kelli moved to Detroit in 1994 to attend the University of Detroit Mercy, from which she graduated with a degree in civil and environmental engineering.
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The last two trends I saw in green technologies at the Auto Show...
Guilt-Free Luxury: For those consumers who can afford to have their environmental cake and eat it too, manufacturers are rolling out the red carpet. This high-end market is promising: Tesla has already pre-sold all of its $98,000 2008 Roadsters.
Two manufacturers you might not have heard of, Fisker and Visionary, both rolled out high-end hybrids. Fisker's uses a lithium-ion battery that can run for 50 miles before it has to use its small four-cylinder gasoline engine. It can also accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.8 seconds. It will set its buyer back a mere $80,000 and will go into production in late 2009.
Visionary Vehicles is a relative bargain -- its sedan (comparable to a Mercedes S-class) will cost $35,000 and can travel 40 to 50 miles on its plug-in hybrid battery. BMW is also jumping into the hybrid market with its X6 coupe.
As for biofuels, the Ferrari F430 Spider concept and GM's Hummer HX both burn E85 ethanol.
Clean Diesel: I've already written about clean diesel at some length (check it out here for info about emissions and such), so I'll skip the science lesson, but it is safe to say that it has become an option in the arsenal of cleaner fuels. Mercedes Benz and Volkswagon have kind of been out in front on this, at least stateside, but Jeep (Cherokee and Renegade concept) and BMW (X5 xDrive35d and 335d) are entering the race.
Toyota announced that it will offer a diesel option for its Tundra and Sequoia and Daimler showed its GLK compact sport utility vehicle with a diesel option that can get up to 35 MPG. Finally, Land Rover unveiled a diesel-electric hybrid concept that gets 50 MPG.
Thanks for reading me this week.
There is so much hype surrounding the Auto Show, it's kind of grody. But it is what it is, one of this region's biggest annual events and a major economic stimulus.
I pray that something -- expansion, remodeling, anything, please -- happens to Cobo Hall, as it is literally one of the most depressing public structures to which I've ever been. Can a new Joe Louis just be announced already, for god's sake?
Also, an elevated walkway to the Sheraton is one thing, but to the Renaissance Center? Um, that's a really, really long walkway. And isn't there a People Mover stop at both places? Just sayin'.
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Anyhoo, when it comes to green technologies at the show, there were many and myriad. I definitely get the impressions that no manufacturer wants to put their eggs in one energy basket, which is reasonable, but I wish I felt more of a sense of urgency, like a full-on race to the future (or maybe that's the AXP vibe rubbing off on me!).
I sorted through the green technologies presented at the show and divvied them up roughly into four categories: plug-in hybrids, guilt-free luxury, standard engine fuel efficiency and diesel. I'll tackle two today and two Wednesday.
Plug-in hybrids: Of course, the Chevy Volt, last year's Auto Show superstar, led the mainstream charge for plug-in hybrids, but will not be available until 2010.
Chrysler, widely acknowledged to be the perennial tortoise in this race introduced three concept plug-in vehicles, the eco-Voyager, a four-door passenger sedan, the two-seater Renegade and the all-electric Dodge ZEO sport wagon. But will concept become reality?
And finally, Toyota announced it will have a plug-in ready for purchase in 2010 -- for a face-off with the Volt -- and promised to announce two more models at next year's Detroit Auto Show.
Fuel efficiency: A push for fuel efficiency with good-old fashioned internal combustion engines could be seen as well. Ford is putting its chips behind the EcoBoost engine, a more fuel-efficient powertrain that it plans to use in about 500,000 vehicles in North America during the next five years. The engine uses direct-injection and turbocharging technologies and costs less to make than a hybrid -- and Ford is claiming a 20% increase in fuel efficiency.
Another example of this is in the Smart Car which simply gets 60 miles per gallon. No mumbo-jumbo, just a smaller, lighter vehicle that uses less gas. Overall, small car sales are expected to grow 25% through 2012 so look for cars -- like the Ford Verve -- that are already available overseas to be rolled out over here to meet that demand.
Green overload, green overload! It seems like every single article I've read in the past week has talked about the greening of the North American International Auto Show, the Big Three's new commitment to alternative energy and blah blah blah.
Forreals, it is great to see every manufacturer include green elements in their displays. But we also saw the pick-up battle continue, with the Dodge Ram, Ford F250 and Toyota Tundra going toe to toe.
A lot of talk was about the fact that there was no Chevy Volt this year -- meaning a singular vehicle that captured the world's attention like the Volt did in 2007.
In my estimation, the biggest announcement was not about a vehicle or a technology, but that General Motors is investing into an Illinois ethanol company that will produce 50 to 100 million gallons of fuel a year by 2011. The best part is that the company, Coskata, will use waste products to create the fuel rather than corn or other food products. (I'm of the belief that the whole corn thing is a house of cards.)
What is revolutionary about this -- think about it -- is that an vehicle manufacturer is getting into the fuel business. I think this is a very strong strategy for GM, and I would not be surprised if it becomes more common industry-wide.
Tomorrow, I'm going to talk about some of the trends that stood out at the NAIAS, so today I'll conclude with a few snippets of green stuff that I just couldn't fit into one of my categories. Jerks.
Plymouth-based Johnson Controls introduced a headliner (it's the fabric on the interior of a car's roof -- I had to look that one up on Wikipedia) called Ecoband that uses natural materials like hemp, flax and knaf instead of fiberglass along with a soy-based adhesive.
Some Cadillac Escalades will have LED headlights.
A limited number of Honda customers in California will start test-driving the fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity later this year.
Next up: diesels and plug-ins and luxury, oh my!
Any initiative of any kind would give their left hand to land a cover story in Wired the very month it makes its formal public debut. But that's exactly what's going on with the Auto X Prize, featured in this month's issue.
But the Auto X Prize (AXP) has the type of back-story that lures media like mice to cheese. A (minimum) $10 million prize will be awarded a team that produces a vehicle that achieves 100 miles per gallon while emitting less than 200 grams of greenhouse gases per mile -- and has a business plan in place that demonstrates that 10,000 of the cars can be produced in a year. Any team that passes that threshold will then compete in a series of races throughout 2009 and 2010.
Funded by the X Prize Foundation, an organization with a history of big cash prizes for scientific innovation, the contest has lured more than 50 teams from seven countries. The X Prize Foundation was founded by Peter Diamandis, who was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic (I didn't realize Lindy's Hop netted him a $25,000 prize!).
It's exciting to think of the inspired minds hard at work across the globe on this problem -- but it raises the question: Why is there not a 100 MPG car already? If a large manufacturer had put serious energy in this years ago, it would already be the norm.
AXP executive director Donald Foley sees the contest as one that has the potential to grasp the public's imagination, much the way that Lindbergh's flight once did. "It excited American people, the world," he says. "It spurred further innovations."
Further innovations in this case might mean that the letters MPG become relics of a silly, wasteful era in which humans came to depend on a finite resource.
One last thing: AXP has issued an RFP for cities interested in hosting one of the 10 on-road races. How cool -- and fitting -- would it be for Detroit to be one of them?
On Monday, I'll start in on the Auto Show itself.
I write about environmental issues. A lot. Sometimes I do get bored of always researching and talking about the same thing over and over, but it's something I've always been passionate about -- I was that annoying kid who started up a recycling program at my elementary school.
What is unfortunate is that this week, the very week I am to blog about the greening of the Auto Show and other environmental issues, I am tired of it all.
I am discouraged by the fact that although I see more shoppers at Eastern Market carrying tote bags, there are still way more who carry like six plastic bags at once.
Although sprawl is a well-documented social and environmental ill, I saw McMansions being built in Oakland County just the other day. In this economy, that is just madness.
And the presidential candidates are getting more coverage for their race and gender than than issues like water and transit. On that note, how about the fact that transit is still not here in Southeast Michigan -- and that there are people alive who are actually against it?
OK, enough bitching. We all know we are fighting an uphill battle when it comes to environmental issues. Which is why it is heartening that, despite this area's less-than-progressive track record when it comes to such things, there are some really good, albeit nascent, programs and people and stuff around us. At least enough to give me something to write about every week!
For the purposes of this blog, I will be focused primarily on the automotive world (which is why I wrote about transit in this week's Green Space). Tomorrow, I will be writing about the Auto X Prize, a contest "going public" at the Auto Show that is pretty exciting. And next week, I will talk about the greening of the Auto Show in general as well as some of the specific technologies showcased.
And I promise not to bitch so much.


1 (1) SOCIAL ALARM MONITORING – The Service Directors Adult Social Care and Asset Management and Culture submitted a joint report considering the possibility of Adult Social Services entering into an in house arrangement with the council's Security Control Centre (SCC), to provide all alarm call monitoring in North Lincolnshire.
Presently the SCC provided the alarm call monitoring service to North Lincolnshire Homes tenants. The service was subcontracted to the SCC by North Lincolnshire Homes (NLH).
The provision of the alarm call system was a condition of NLH tenancy agreement and residents were obligated to pay for the service even if it was not required.
The SCC also provided a call monitoring service to customers who purchased NLH 'Care Call Service', there were presently over 900 people purchasing the service.
Adult Social Care had purchased some pieces of telecare equipment, which had been distributed to people referred by Care Management staff. SCC staff undertook the subsequent monitoring of any calls. At present there was no mechanism in place for reviewing if the person still required the piece of equipment, or for charging clients for the pieces of equipment.
The present hardwired system had been in place for many years and much of the equipment had broken down and was beyond economical repair. BT was undertaking a nationwide upgrade of services in North Lincolnshire sometime in 2010, it had been identified that the equipment supporting NLH tenants would not be compatible with the new upgraded network.
The future of the Housing Related Support Service was considered by the Supporting People Commissioning Body in May 2009. They proposed to contract directly with the SCC to provide the response to the alarm call system.
Resolved – That the proposal to enter into an in house agreement with the Security Control Centre for the provision of Social Alarm Monitoring services be approved.


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tofu and tempe : all the same?? » How to make a mirror from a piece of the wall?
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science say a simple light bulb, or even the sun, is all you need to send images of light around corners.
While others have turned to lasers to send images of light around corners, a team of scientists at theWeizmann Institute of Science turned on a regular lamp and set to work.
Reporting in the journal Nature Photonics, the Israeli scientists say they have found a way to send images of light around corners by shining light from a normal lamp through a highly scattering plastic film.
Weizmann Institute scientists send images of light around corners. (Image by Shutterstock.com)
"The ability to image through inhomogeneous media is extremely valuable in numerous applications, ranging from astronomic observation through the turbulent atmosphere to microscopic imaging in turbid tissues," the researchers wrote.
The scientists used spatial light modulators (SLMs) to "under" the scattering that makes objects opaque or non-reflecting.
Using a normal lamp, the team used a computer to tune the SLM unit they could see a clear image of the lamp through the film.
"What we have shown is that you don't need lasers – everybody else was doing this with lasers, and we showed you can do it with incoherent light from a lamp or the Sun – natural light," senior author of the study Prof. Yaron Silberberg told BBC News.
The team showed the technique works when the light from an object bounces off a piece of paper.
"You can take a piece of wall and effectively turn it into a mirror, and this is the part that makes everybody raise an eyebrow," Silberberg told BBC.
Silberberg said the technique will be used in biological and medical studies.
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11 Israelis on Higgs boson team
Weizmann scientists take their lectures to the streets
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WWE keeps bringing in new talent and DJZ is certainly going to be an exciting addition to the Performance Center. The former Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion has a lot of potential, but he's not arriving immediately.
DJZ has been working the indies and taking dates. WWE is going to let him finish out all of his dates as well which is their custom. Then he is expected to arrive in the WWE PC sometime in May as part of that class.
You never know who WWE could sign in the meantime. Shane "Swerve" Strickland announced at a recent event that he will be moving on to "better things" soon so he won't be back. This created a big send-off meaning he could very well arrive in NXT soon as well. After all, he would have been in NXT months ago if not for his Lucha Underground contract.
We will have to wait and see what WWE has planned, but May could be another big news month from the PC.


2. An immediate priority must be to address the grave situation in the Gaza Strip. One year after the conflict, the humanitarian and socio-economic situation in the Gaza Strip remains dire. In light of the urgent needs of the people in Gaza, all international community pledges should be honoured. The EU furthermore expresses its concern over UNRWA's severe lack of funds and, as a leading donor to UNRWA, calls on all concerned donors to step up their funding.
3. The EU welcomes recent steps taken by Israel to ease restrictions in Gaza. However, further positive measures are now needed that enable the full delivery of humanitarian aid, reconstruction and economic recovery on a permanent basis. The EU calls for a fundamental change of the political, security and economic situation in the Gaza Strip, including the end of the closure and a full opening of the crossing points, while addressing Israel's legitimate security concerns. Recent rocket fire by militant groups is unacceptable and underlines again the danger of escalation. All stakeholders must commit to non-violence and peace. The EU calls on all parties to agree on a durable ceasefire that prevents a return to conflict, strengthens Gaza, as it is an integral part of a future Palestinian state, and reinforces the link between Gaza and the West Bank.
6. The preservation of the viability of the two state solution is at the core of EU policy and will remain a priority. In this regard, and recalling that settlements are illegal under international law, the EU reiterates its strong opposition to Israel's settlement policy and actions taken in this context, such as building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation - including of EU funded projects - evictions, forced transfers including of Bedouins, illegal outposts, settler violence and restrictions of movement and access. These actions seriously threaten the two state solution. Settlement activity in East Jerusalem seriously jeopardizes the possibility of Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both states. The EU will continue to closely monitor developments on the ground and their broader implications and remains ready to take further action in order to protect the viability of the two state solution. The EU and its Member States reaffirm their commitment to ensure continued, full and effective implementation of existing EU legislation and bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products. The EU expresses its commitment to ensure that - in line with international law - all agreements between the State of Israel and the EU must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
7. Securing a just and lasting peace will require an increased common international effort. The EU, notably through the action of its recently appointed Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, will work actively on a renewed multilateral approach to the peace process in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including partners in the Quartet, notably the US, in the region and the United Nations Security Council. The establishment of an International support group is a possible way to contribute to this end; the Council asks the High Representative to explore options for implementation of this initiative with regional and international actors and to report back in early September. The EU's position on parameters, as set out in the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions of July 2014, provides a basis for achieving consensus on the way forward. The EU is ready to engage in joint work with regional partners on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative, and welcomes ongoing efforts of the Quartet in this regard.


INGREDIENTS: ushrooms champignons 58%, sunflower oil, summer truffles ( Tuber aestivum Vitt. ) 5%, black olives, salt, flavour, aromatic plants, stabilizer: ferrous gluconate.
USEULL INORATIONS: Ready to use. Add either plain butter or chicken stock and grated Reggiano Parmesan cheese to your liking. Avoid overheating lest the truffle aroma will fade. Use a condiment for first pasta courses: pasta and rice; meats, fish, boiled vegetables, eggs, warm crostini, pizza and stuffings for meats and pasta courses.
PRESERVATION: 48 Months room temperature. Store at room temperature far from direct light and heat sources. Once opened keep in the fridge at temperature 0/4 C and use within few days.


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Il dramma pastorale, altresì detto favola pastorale, commedia pastorale o tragicommedia pastorale, è un genere teatrale che vide la nascita negli ambienti colti del Manierismo ed ebbe il suo massimo sviluppo nel Cinquecento e nel Seicento.

Ebbe un forte influsso sull'intermezzo e fu d'ispirazione anche per il melodramma.

Genesi
L'antesignano del genere è il dramma satiresco di origine greca, le cui caratteristiche sarebbero state note soprattutto grazie ai rendiconti di Vitruvio. Il dramma satiresco, infatti, prevedeva una commistione del genere tragico al genere comico, la cui ambientazione era sita in luoghi come boschi, campagne, di rado città.

Altri studiosi vedono nella favola pastorale una possibile evoluzione del teatro rusticale minore diffuso soprattutto in Veneto e nell'Italia settentrionale, come dimostrano le opere di Ruzante, che ha scritto una commedia chiamata La Pastoral e di altri autori. L'evoluzione sarebbe scattata nel momento in cui il teatro rusticale, dimostrati i suoi limiti, si sarebbe ispirato agli antichi per rinnovarsi nelle forme e nei contenuti.

La derivazione da un genere letterario è invece da ricondurre all'egloga di origine virgiliana tramite le Bucoliche, che avevano avuto vasta diffusione ed ampio consenso nelle corti quattro e cinquecentesche. I dialoghi delle egloghe si trasformarono poi in strutture drammatiche. Poliziano e Sannazaro avevano contribuito alla diffusione del genere: il primo con la Favola di Orfeo, il secondo con lArcadia, che proprio per la forma adottata più si avvicina al dramma pastorale.

Caratteristiche
Il dramma pastorale è ambientato in luoghi silvestri o campestri, in una natura bucolica e pura. Su questo sfondo, agiscono personaggi che ben si sposano con l'ambiente circostante: pastori, ninfe, satiri e creature del bosco.

Era composto solitamente in versi.

Le opere maggiori
Molti furono gli autori che si cimentarono nel fortunato genere del dramma pastorale: Baldassarre Castiglione nel Tirsi, Marcantonio Epicuro autore di Cecaria e Mirzia, Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio compose lEgle nel quale recuperò il Ciclope di Euripide, al quale seguirono opere di Agostino Beccari, Alberto Lollio, Agostino Argenti fino ai capolavori del genere, considerati generalmente in primo luogo lAminta di Torquato Tasso, Il pastor fido di Giovan Battista Guarini e la Filli di Sciro di Guidubaldo Bonarelli della Rovere, che incontrarono tutti notevole fortuna letteraria e scenica. Ad essi si aggiungono una serie di opere minori come lAlvida di Ludovico San Martino d'Agliè, Il Clorindo di Giulio Malmignati ed altre ancora.

Si può citare inoltre Valeria Miani che nel 1604, con la commedia pastorale Amorosa Speranza, divenne la terza donna in Italia ad aver pubblicato un'opera teatrale di stampo non religioso.

Modalità di rappresentazione
La fortuna del dramma pastorale è da ricercarsi sia nei contenuti che nelle modalità di rappresentazione in scena. Da una parte, infatti, i raffinati spettatori del genere erano affascinati dall'ambiente rappresentato, di vago sapore esotico e sospeso nel tempo poiché senza precisa connotazione cronologica.

Gli elementi scenici si arricchirono di accorgimenti scenografici spettacolari o preziosi, così come i costumi degli attori. Gli scenari, inoltre, furono pensati appositamente per l'ambientazione bucolica, fornendo ad architetti come Sebastiano Serlio materia su cui lavorare per ideare nuove e stupefacenti macchine e sfondi per le rappresentazioni.

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Voci correlate
Pastorale (arte)
Poesia bucolica
Arcadia (poesia)

Teatro erudito