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Solidarity — it's a Santana thing
By JR Russell 20 April 2011 A Night of Neglect Dave Karofsky Glee lesbian Santana Lopez
SPOILERS for last night's "Night of Neglect" episode ahead:
2 queers and a girl? Er, close.
Ok, so there wasn't very much Klaine time, and we'll get to Sandy Ryerson and his "predatory gay" remark later. But right now, I want to focus on this beautiful scene.
Worries I've had about how Santana's coming out would be handled are slowly eroding.
When she tells Brittany that she wants to be with her, that's her second step, after admitting it to herself. We have a big — huge — step in last night's episode too, and that's finding community and feeling solidarity.
For a lot of us, it's easier to stick up for others like us than it is to stick up for ourselves. Somehow, in our humanity, we find the strength to help others before we can find an excuse to help ourselves. I think it's one of the most beautiful faults we have as a society. Of course, we mostly help people like ourselves. And here Santana shows her identification with the two out gay students, Kurt and Blaine. She, of course, is not privy to the struggles of the bully, Karofsky, but she stands with Kurt and Blaine and protects them. What she's really doing, of course, is standing up for herself. Which is pretty awesome, actually.
One of these things is not like the other.. oh wait, no, that is not actually true
Brad Falchuk has promised a focus on Santana's story in the upcoming and much spoiled Prom episode. It's looking good so far, anyway.
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2 thoughts on "Solidarity — it's a Santana thing"
Palaverer
I have never been a Santana fan, but this was a wonderful moment with her.
deconstructingglee
Me neither, but she's certainly getting better… fingers crossed it continues!


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Ein Sextaner ist ein Gymnasiast der fünften Klasse, in der Schweiz der siebten Klasse. Er gehört somit als Angehöriger der untersten Jahrgangsstufe zu den jüngsten Schülern eines Gymnasiums.

Die Bezeichnung stammt aus der Reformationszeit, in der die Einteilung und Benennung der Unterrichtsklassen nach römischen Ordinalzahlen allgemein üblich wurde. Man zählte damals von der obersten Klasse der Oberstufe abwärts. Die unterste Klasse, die sexta classis (daraus die Kurzform), war also ursprünglich, wie der lateinische Name besagt, die sechste Klasse. Die zugrunde liegende lateinische Ordinalzahl sextus (sechster) entspricht der lateinischen Kardinalzahl sex für sechs. Ungeachtet zahlloser Umstrukturierungen in den Schulsystemen wurde diese Bezeichnung – wie die entsprechenden Bezeichnungen der anderen Klassen – im deutschsprachigen Raum teilweise bis heute beibehalten.

Ausdrücke wie Im Stile eines Sextaners bezeichnen eine unreife Ausdrucksweise. Bekannt ist auch Sextanerblase für einen Biertrinker, der häufig urinieren muss.

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"The real problem is we don't have enough doctors In the Right places and In the Right specialties," Olds said, noting that doctors tend to cluster in big cities, and are Far more scarce in rural areas and in other small communities as well as certain parts of some big cities.
But how did this shortage come about, and how has the problem gotten so acute?
• How doctors get paid: Choosing to go into primary care is also a choice of lesser pay.
Starting salaries in high-paying specialties can range from $354,000 (general surgery) to $488,000 (orthopedic surgery), while primary-care fields tend to bring a sub-$200,000 starting salary, from$188,000 (pediatrics) to $199,000 (family medicine), according to a Merritt Hawkins report.
The pay disparities reflect America's "fee for service" health-care model, which compensates providers based on the number and type of services they complete, and which inherently favors specialists.
Reform-minded critics say compensation should instead be based on the period of time a patient is cared for. They argue that this structure would incentivize preventative care and prevent unnecessary (and often costly) medical procedures. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the very early stages of considering this global payment model.
Experts say it's not just that primary-care doctors are paid less; they also typically work longer hours and have to be well-versed in a wide array of medical issues, to refer patients to the appropriate specialists.
Paired with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, it's a recipe for a shortage, Olds said.
• More Demand: People are living longer and thus need more medical care, accelerating doctor Demand; AAMC's 2015 report calculates an 11% to 17% growth in total Demand, of which a growing and aging population is a significant component.
The shortage is one that's been stewing for decades but of late was exacerbated by passage of the Affordable Care Act, which increased the number of insured people and along with that the Demand for doctor access, experts say.
• Medical schools themselves: Few medical schools consider a community-service background or an expressed interest in primary care when admitting applicants, though these are factors that would be easy to screen for. Past service in programs such as the Peace Corps and Teach for America are good predictors of students taking an interest in primary care, Olds said.
Diversity also plays a role. Olds said he's found that students from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds tend to go into a diversity of medical fields, too.
Then there's the structure of the programs themselves. A majority of med-school faculty members tends to be composed of specialists (a more research-oriented bunch, aiding the school's federal funding), which influences their students' choices, and use of university hospitals as teaching sites doesn't immerse students as much in the outside community, inhibiting growth of community Roots.
Osteopathic schools — which have the same educational requirements as an M.D. degree institution but with a focus on holistic medicine and a more hands-on approach — tend to have more luck sending students into primary care, with over half of graduates going into nonspecialized fields, said Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, dean of the New York Institute of Technology's new osteopathic medical campus at Arkansas State University.
The NYIT ASU campus was founded to alleviate Arkansas's physician shortage and will enroll its first class of 115 students in August.
Like other osteopathic schools, the NYIT ASU degree program will focus on patients' overall wellness, an approach that dovetails with the philosophy and role of a primary-care doctor.
But osteopathic programs are also designed to expose students to general medicine, with generalists making up much of the teaching faculty and clinical training opportunities in settings where primary care is Delivered. The school also asks students in entrance interviews about their interest in primary care, Ross-Lee said.
• Geography: It doesn't take more than a quick scan of a map of medical schools in the U.S to note that they're heavily concentrated in the northeastern U.S. Graduates tend to stay in the areas where they went to school, so this contributes to a geographic skew among doctors.
Prospective doctors must complete a residency in order to practice medicine, but those programs — funded in part by federal dollars — aren't located in areas with great need nor do they geographically calibrate with that factor in mind.
Pay figures in, too. Suburban areas typically offer a perceived higher quality of life to doctors and their families, along with, often, better compensation than a public, urban system, said Raju, resulting in shortages even in places such as his own hospital system in New York City.
• The government's role (or lack thereof): In the U.S., though government dollars sponsor aspects of medical education, especially residencies, there's no oversight in how doctors are sorted into various specialties.
But fingers aren't just pointing at medical schools. Fear of a doctor surplus prompted a 1997 payment cap on Medicare funding for residencies, which has served as a "stumbling block" for doctor training ever since, John Iglehart wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2013.
So as medical-school enrollment has swelled — medical schools planned to increase their enrollment classes by almost 30% between 2002 and 2016, according to Iglehart — residency-slot expansion has slumped.
• A numbers game: Only about one in four medical-school graduates is heading into a primary-care career, according to Olds, a ratio that's half what it should be.
But doctors also want to practice differently today than their predecessors did, placing a higher premium on regular, 9-to-5 hours, Miller said. So "we find it takes more than one doctor coming out today to replace an old-style, baby boomer doctor [of 25 years ago]," he said.
Then there's the seven years it takes to train a doctor — a lag time that's built into any program or effort to address the shortage.
That means there's little wiggle room. "The Time is Now," said Ross-Lee.


Dan Dos Santos paints his winning portrait in the first round of competition.
Cameras flashed. People crowded. The bass dropped.
The Center for Visual Artists seemed more like a raving arena than an art venue on Jan. 16 as the second installment of Greensboro's Ultimate Painting competition took flight. The atmosphere was electric as artists carefully set up their easels. Some kicked their shoes off, exposing their feet to the plastic that covered the gallery floor. A rainbow of paints completed their palettes and their brushes sat waiting, ready for action. And if the gallery was the arena, Dan Dos Santos was the heavyweight contender.
Calling him that is actually kind of ridiculous because Dos Santos is anything but heavyweight. About 5-foot-6, with an unassuming smile and a humble presence, he showed up in a black sweatshirt and khaki pants, more muted than many of the other colorful participants, some with brightly painted faces. A raggedy backpack contained his weapons of choice: paintbrushes. Behind him tagged along his two boys and most enthusiastic cheerleaders, ages six and eight.
The competition which brings 12 local artists together, takes place over three rounds of fierce painting in just 20 minutes. During each of the first two rounds, the group is split up into two groups of 6 artists who paint their best work, hoping to make it to the third round where they head off with the other round's winner.
In the first round, spectators voted Molly Chopin the winner after she wiped out the competition with her serene, moonlit seascape. Before the second round of painting began. Dos Santos readied his brushes and lined up his blank canvas on the easel. The DJ counted down the seconds, spectators joined in and six new artists got in their fighting stances.
Molly Chopin, the winner of the competition focuses as she paints her winning masterpiece.
The artists grabbed their brushes and smeared paint here then there. They only had 20 minutes to finish their creations and prove they were worthy of advancing to the final round. Dos Santos marked his canvas with brown, swift streaks filling up the white space. Quickly, the gestures began to come together, creating the rough outline of a human face.
Her features took form as he gave her hair, a nose and eyes. He spent the last couple moments finishing up the essentials from her eyelashes which gently kissed the edges of her closed eyes, to her dangling feather earrings detailed with pops of white and red. He enhanced her with tones of blue in the background that surrounded her deep olive skin. She was so beautiful, Beyonce' had nothing on her. She was stunning.
The clock ran out of time and Dos Santos came out of his fighting stance, throwing his sweatshirt off. His sons circled around him, enthusiastic and completely unaware that their dad had just elevated the standards of the competition. Spectators crowded around his work gasping in awe and making exclamations.
Dos Santos and his family just moved from Connecticut and have only been in Greensboro for six weeks. He found out about the competition at a local art store and candidly impulsively decided to enter. Little did he know he would become the talk of the evening.
The voting finished up and the DJ announced Dos Santos as the landslide winner for the second round. He would face Chopin in the third and final round for the chance to advance to regionals.
Dos Santos set to work again, bobbing to the beat of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" in the background. He sketched out another human head. As the Voldemort-like figure started to appear out of the void of the canvas, it took the form of a satyr and sprouted horns and elf-like ears. He layered broad strokes of black paint around the satyr's head, and then hastily took the painting off the easel and began waving it to dry and moved it to the floor. He added tiny black dots that turned into beady black pupils, haloed by yellow irises. His fingers smeared blood-red paint on the creature's forehead and cheeks like war paint, and some dripped out of its lips. Its spine jutted out as it turned to look out at the viewer, annoyed, like it had been interrupted. Gray stringy hair grew from its face that exhibited a distinct snarl.
And then, the 20 minutes was up.
It was so striking that the security guards left their posts to watch him work. In a mere 20 minutes, Dos Santos had created another world where this thing, this bloodthirsty creature existed.
Dos Santos relaxes with his sons after finishing his painting of a devilish satyr in the final round.
The final round of voting happened quickly, and Molly Chopin walked away victorious. She had knocked out Dos Santos with her vibrant painting of a fiery flower, advancing her to the regional competition. It seemed that his threatening satyr wasn't enough to thwart Chopin, but Dos Santos wasn't dejected. He smiled and sat on the floor, talking to his sons. Later that night, both of his paintings sold in a silent auction for more than $200 each.
He might not have won the competition over all, but Dos Santos certainly left an impact on the audience including the curator of CVA who approached him afterwards, urging him to leave his résumé and contact information.
Dos Santos may not know his way around Greensboro yet but he proved that he knows his way around with a paintbrush and Greensboro should be excited.


Published to the internet by arrangement with Homespun Peddler.
The seed pod was a free newsletter for crafters and other artists interested in primitive folk art published between 1997 and 1999.
Originally a bi-monthly newletter of an on-line doll club called the Primitive Pals, the newsletter was an edited collection and summary of e-mail conversations. The club organized projects and swaps and shared pictures which were posted on the Homespun Peddler web site along with the seed pod.
What you are reading is an archive of these old newsletters. After the Primitive Pals disbanded, the seed pod was made available to the public on the Homespun Peddler web site. Our objective was to share what we had learned and the fun that we've had. Homespun Peddler will leave them on-line for their historic significance and for the timeless tips and techniques they contain.
All of the original paintings, drawings sketches seen in the Seed Pod are the work of Maria Pahls.
Unless specifically noted, the finished dolls, crafts and other art shown in the seed pod are NOT available for sale. Most of these items are illustrations for the articles.


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Non-Profit Fair Seeks Volunteers
9 years 3 months 1 week ago Wednesday, October 13 2010 Oct 13, 2010 Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:20:25 PM CDT October 13, 2010 in News
COLUMBIA-The struggling economy can make it difficult to give money, or even time back to the community. Thirty-six non-profit groups held a fair Wednesday night to encourage volunteer participation. Though people may be cutting back on spending, the fair showed that giving back is not as hard as it seems.
"The purpose of the fair was to bring non-profits together with people that want to give back here in the community," fair coordinator Chris Lunn said.
First Chance For Children was one of the non-profit agencies at the fair.
"Our mission is to make sure kids are ready for school and we work with infants to three year olds to supply materials to make sure children are safe," volunteer Jack Jensen said.
It also works to ensure parents know about the importance of reading.
"We want parents to read, play and hug their children and then we also work with childcare centers to make sure they supply a quality program for the children" Jensen said.
With the struggling economy, non-profit groups have had a tough time meeting their financial needs.
"It is right now a struggle for non-profits because everything's tight for everybody," Jensen said.
But the decrease in money has led to an increase in non-profit participation.
"I think what we see is people are willing to give their time and their talents where sometimes in the past they were able to maybe give more financially. I think people are still looking for ways to serve people in the community that need help," Jensen said.
Other non-profits groups that attended the fair include Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Intersection, Rainbow House and Ronald McDonald House.

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Just Genesis : Extraordinary Questions!
People visit Just Genesis from all over the world. They often come to this site by searching for an answer to an interesting question. The following are some of the more extraordinary questions that have been asked recently. Given that many readers of Just Genesis have become very astute at answering questions of this nature, I encourage you to take a shot at answering these tough ones!
Have you posted an answer key?
2. Asenath bore Joseph two sons: Manasseh and Ephraim. Asenath's name means "holy to Anath". This woman was the daughter of the priest of Heliopolis, a shrine sacred to Horus. She was named after Mari-Anath, the consort of the high God. Many water shrines were dedicated to her and women came to these shrines to ask God for children or to ask for healing (compare to John 5).
3. The kinship pattern of Abraham's royal family was both matrilineal and patrilineal. Bloodline was traced through the mothers and the right of rule was passed from the fathers.
4. No human reasoning can change Holy Tradition because Holy Tradition is founded on the fixed binary distinctions observed universally in nature. These binary disctinctions frame the biblical worldview so when gay activists agrue that the Bible permits homosex, they are wrong. If it did, there would be cleansing rituals for those who had homosex, just as there were cleansing rituals for priests when they became defiled in their time of service. Instead the Bible perscribes death for homosex, adultery, witchcraft and for the daughters of priests who behave immorally.
5. Adam and Eve are the names for the first ancestors of the Afro-Asiatic peoples who gave us the Bible. The story of Adam and Eve finds its closest parallels in the first parent narratives of Africa. Here they are understood NOT as the parents of all humanity, but of their tribe. The names Adam and Eve are etymological names, not historic names such as those found in Genesis 4 and 5. The first historical persons are found in Genesis 4 and 5, where we already have an established kinship pattern.
6. There are 17 language families in the world. All the peoples and languages mentioned in Genesis 10 (The Table of Nations) are in one language family: the Afro-Asiatic family. This is the oldest known language family. This is proof of the reliability of the Geneis record. Were the Chinese and Polynesians listed here (as examples), we'd know that someone corrupted the text, since Abraham's people had not knowledge of those groups 7,000 years ago.
8. Zipporah's sisters are not named in the text. However, it may be that Moses married 2 daughters of Jethro (as Jacob married 2 daughters of Laban). This would mean that his other wife was the daughter of Jethro's Kushite wife, since the text calls her a Kushite.
9. Samuel was born around 1010 B.C. Jesse was about the same age. Jesse appears to have sired David when he was about 30 years of age.
David is believed to have been born around 1040 BC.
Sorry! The Prophet Samuel was born about 1056 B.C.
Edwin R. Thiele dates David's birth to 1040 B.C., and I think he's right, given the data for Samuel and Jesse. David ruled over Judah from about 1010–1003 BC, and ruled the united kingdom of Israel about 1003–970 BC.
Many Jewish sources accept this dating for David also.


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Single-shot compressive spectral imaging with a dual-disperser architecture.
This paper describes a single-shot spectral imaging approach based on the concept of compressive sensing. The primary features of the system design are two dispersive elements, arranged in opposition and surrounding a binary-valued aperture code. In contrast to thin-film approaches to spectral filtering, this structure results in easily-controllable, spatially-varying, spectral filter functions with narrow features. Measurement of the input scene through these filters is equivalent to projective measurement in the spectral domain, and hence can be treated with the compressive sensing frameworks recently developed by a number of groups. We present a reconstruction framework and demonstrate its application to experimental data.


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[ARCHIVED] IN THE NEWS: Why one Latina teacher resigned
Op-ed: Why one Latina teacher resigned
Written by Diana Martinez, a Greenwich Resident
Published 3:08 pm EDT, Tuesday, August 28, 2018
In a recent editorial, you called on educators to recruit more Latino teachers. Greenwich won't have a problem doing this. They recruited me four years ago with an attractive salary and an internationally diverse student body that appreciated my bi-cultural perspective. But if the aim is to reduce the achievement gap between Latino and white students, you'll have to see Latino teachers as more than just a means of translating the town's message to Spanish-speaking families. You'll need to help us change the message.
This year, I resigned from teaching for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it became so hard to advocate for the children and families of underserved communities. I hope I can make a difference in another profession.
Let's face it, we have a president who has painted Latino immigrants broadly as rapists and MS13 members. Our Latino students feel targeted and, unless teachers and schools denounce this racist rhetoric, our Latino students will wonder whether we resent them, too.
But Greenwich Public Schools has made no official statement in contrast to our president. In fact, some immigrant students have felt harassed by Trump-supporting teachers who have made their politics clear. It is hard to stand by and watch this.
From a Latina perspective, very few stories of the Latino experience are incorporated into the curriculum, depriving Latinos of the validation other groups get from seeing the struggle of their people represented in a way that honors their history. Whereas districts like Stamford offer bilingual classes, which allow Latino students to use their Spanish as a bridge into English and help students connect new learning to what makes sense in their own culture, Greenwich eschews the idea of bilingual education. The English-only approach is sold as the fastest way to high test scores, but too many children get left behind when school feels irrelevant.
Latina teachers also see Latino students deprived of special education services and supports that their white peers tend to benefit from, in part because the system is careful not to confuse second language learning issues with learning disabilities. ESL and students of color shouldn't be overrepresented in special education as we plug along with our curriculum, ignorant of the inherent biases in our educational institutions.
But one study by the U.S. Department of Education done in 2016 found that students of color were actually less likely to receive the special education supports and services received by their white peers for similar learning needs. They concluded that students of color were more likely to be exposed to risks "that themselves increase the risk for disability," such as lead exposure and low birth weight. Previous studies that raised red flags about putting too many students of color into special education had not corrected for these factors.
When I tried to advocate for Latino children in my class who I suspected had developmental or learning disabilities at the root of their behavioral problems, I was directed to the school protocol. The school protocol is a lengthy process that involves reading and writing interventions that can take years, even as a child becomes at risk for suicide, depression, drug abuse other problems that can result from learning difficulties.
One important intervention is PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports), a new program that ironically resulted in many detentions for these at risk students and ultimately involved holding them back from special field trips and other rewards that the other students could enjoy.
Finally, Greenwich students are tracked into groups that end up being fairly homogeneous in terms of race and class. It was impossible to get a Latina student into the honors track because she didn't do well on the entrance exam, even though her writing was breathtaking.
Let's level the playing field for children with disabilities who come from low-income families, acting as partners to their parents in order to break down the cultural divide that leads to school failure for these children. Let's make learning relevant for Latino students and make them feel that schools appreciate the contributions of their people. Let's find ways to support Latino students rather than to discipline them and let's reconsider how we track students so that Latinos who can do honors work have a chance to excel.
Then we'll have more than just a handful of Latino teachers. We'll have racial and economic justice, and that matters a whole lot more.
Diana Martinez is a Greenwich resident.
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After over a decade of designing and shipping t-shirts, hats, and toys for many of Valve's beloved franchises, the company recently revealed they would be shutting down their own merchandise store to focus all eyes on a new partnership with long-time partner WeLoveFine. With their own store now closed, the primary place to get your hands on Valve-themed merchandise will be "www.valvestore.welovefine.com", with WeLoveFine themselves seemingly handling all of the paperwork, assets, and distribution.
In this week's slightly belated Round-Up, we're investigating a recently discovered reference to Left 4 Dead 3 in a Destinations VR tutorial and running through all the details of the biggest CS:GO gambling scandal to date.
With news of a new TF2 update coming thick and fast, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to catch all the latest details! Thanks for watching!
Valve's Tristan Reidford has lightly teased Left 4 Dead 3 in a tutorial for the Destinations Workshop Tools.
The eighth image in the tutorial, titled "08_directory_fun.png," showed a conveniently placed folder called "left4dead3."
From the pessimist's perspective, this was just a mistake. It's funny, though, that the folder viewport was scrolled in such a way that left4dead3 was shown first.
According to Tristan's Valve Developer Wiki contribution history, the image was first uploaded on June 28, and then about 24 hours later - after the community had been teased - it was replaced by an edited version to remove the Left 4 Dead 3 reference.
The arrival of this year's Steam Summer Sales also brought about several other minor talking points. These include the release of new Immortal Treasures for Dota 2, the start of CS:GO's ESL One Cologne 2016 Pick'Em Challenge, and a behind-the-scenes discussion with Valve engineers about early prototypes for SteamVR and the HTC Vive!
With the first wave of modern virtual reality headsets now out in the wild, the number of people who have yet to try the HTC Vive or any of its competitors is quickly shrinking. Although a large number of people have now tried or purchased a Vive, the same can definitely not be said of Valve's early and extremely rare internal prototypes. First shown off at Steam Dev Days 2014 and GDC 2015, these early prototypes were extremely rough, hacked-together pieces of equipment designed exclusively to test functionality and new ideas.
As confirmed by leaks some time ago, this evening has brought about the start of the 2016 Steam Summer Sale, dubbed the "Steam Summer Picnic Sale". From June 23rd through July 4th 2016, Steam users will be able to view and purchase over 12,000 pieces of discounted content, including games, software, and DLC.
Aside from a few new sections to highlight Steam Hardware devices and virtual reality, the sale and its layout are largely unchanged from previous years, with a "Highlighted Deals" area showing off some of the biggest discounts on a daily basis and an updated Discovery Queue which provides up to three Steam Trading Cards per day for those who explore it.
With the exciting conclusion of ESL One Frankfurt 2016 earlier today, Valve have announced the six teams that have been directly invited to the fast-approaching The International 2016 in early August. The top six teams have been determined largely by recent performances at the Manila Major and ESL One Frankfurt over the past few weeks, with the following teams impressing Valve and the community enough to receive direct invites.
Quietly, and without much fanfare, Valve have this evening announced and released the 6.88 balance patch for Dota 2. The unexpected update comes only a day after the conclusion of the Manila Major tournament, and is therefore only a minor patch featuring small gameplay tweaks with no major changes to hero abilities or item capabilities.
After a hiatus of a year and a half, Valve's extremely successful Steam Dev Days are once again returning to Seattle! As the follow-up to the 2014 event, this year's Steam Dev Days will take place on October 12th and 13th 2016 and will once again feature numerous talks and events designed to connect professionals in the video game industry while discussing and advertising a bunch of Steam's current and upcoming functionality.
While I'm thankful I've never had to make a post like this before, I am extremely frustrated (at myself) that I now have to make one at all.
Earlier this evening, we aired a Round-Up episode claiming Erik Wolpaw, one of the senior writers on Portal and Portal 2, had left the company to continue working more closely with Double Fine Productions on Psychonauts 2. In this particular instance - we were wrong, and follow-up emails to Erik himself have confirmed he is still indeed at the company.
In this scenario, we failed to take the necessary and ridiculously basic steps to proving or disproving the news story before running it as big, high profile reveal. This mess-up is amateurish and unacceptable, and I sincerely apologise for spreading false stories of this nature.
Here is Erik's reply to us.
With "The Lab" having been out for a little over a month and a half at this point, it's definitely the perfect time for Valve to re-inject some life into their freely available virtual reality title. Today's "Appliance of Science" update, available free of charge, adds a bunch of extra functionality into The Lab's three most replayable mini-games, Longbow, Xortex, and Slingshot.
Although slightly later than planned, this week's Round-Up episode covers an interesting and wide spread of news and discussions. Headlines from the past week include a huge sexual discrimination legal case against Valve, the release of early Vulkan support for Dota 2, and claims by Valve engineer Alan Yates that the Oculus Rift is just a big copycat!
Alan Yates, who likes to refer to himself as Chief Pharologist at Valve, is one of the senior engineers working on the Lighthouse tracking system and other VR technologies for the HTC Vive. According to him, both the Vive and the Rift use the same core features from Valve's research program.
Yates went to Reddit yesterday and declared, "the CV1 is otherwise a direct copy of the architecture of the 1080p Steam Sight prototype Valve lent Oculus when we installed a copy of the 'Valve Room' at their headquarters." He went on to say, "I would call Oculus the first SteamVR licensee."
In this very Dota-centric Round-Up episode, we're talking about the introduction of The International 2016 Battle Pass and the amazing success it has garnered thus far, before briefly discussing the welcome return of the Dota 2 Short Film Contest!
Following the enormous success of last year's Dota 2 Short Film Contest, Valve are bringing back the now-annual tradition to allow for a whole new set of videos to be created and submitted. Between May 20th and July 26th, Valve will be accepting Dota-themed videos of no longer than one minute, which will then be voted on by the Steam Community and Valve's staff to potentially win one of ten top prizes. These include $25,000 for first place, $10,000 for second place, $5,000 for third place, and $500 for each of the other seven finalists.
Following yet another very quiet week from Valve, this week's short Round-Up episode is discussing a recent hat-filled patch for Team Fortress 2 and revisiting a bunch of neat improvements to the Steam Reviews and Broadcasting features added a few weeks back!
After accidentally missing last week thanks to one of my own blunders, we're back to recap the past two weeks of Valve news! With Valve once again quiet, the biggest news we have to discuss revolves around the on-going Dota 2 / Warhammer cosmetic item contest, the re-tweaking of the 6.87 balance update, and a mind-blowing new speedrun of Half-Life 2!


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Плане́тная у́лица — улица в Северном административном округе города Москвы на территории района Аэропорт.

История
Улица получила своё название 27 января 1967 года по расположению вблизи Центрального дома авиации и космонавтики.

Расположение
Планетная улица проходит от кругового перекрёстка с улицей Серёгина, Старым Петровско-Разумовским проездом, Петровско-Разумовской аллеей и Нарышкинской аллеей на северо-запад, далее к Планетной улице примыкают улица Пилота Нестерова с юго-запада, затем Эльдорадовский переулок с юго-запада и 1-я улица 8 Марта с северо-востока, далее — Старый Зыковский проезд с юго-запада и 4-я улица 8 Марта с северо-востока, затем — улица Коккинаки с северо-востока, далее Планетная улица пересекает улицу Академика Ильюшина, затем к Планетной улице с северо-востока примыкает Кочновский проезд, Планетная улица проходит далее до улицы Черняховского, за которой продолжается как Часовая улица. Нумерация домов начинается от улицы Серёгина.

Примечательные здания и сооружения
По нечётной стороне:
 № 3 — Военно-воздушная инженерная академия им. Н.Е. Жуковского (ВВИА);
 № 3, стр. 3 — 3-й центральный военный клинический госпиталь им. А.А. Вишневского, филиал № 6; консультативно-диагностический центр № 52 МО РФ;
 № 11 — территориальное агентство по развитию предпринимательства;
 № 23 — филиал школы № 1575;
 № 37 — молодёжный центр.

По чётной стороне:
 № 36 — Московская академия предпринимательства.

Транспорт

Автобус
22к: от улицы Академика Ильюшина до улицы Черняховского и обратно
105, 105к: от улицы Серёгина до улицы Черняховского и обратно

Метро
 Станция метро «Аэропорт» Замоскворецкой линии — западнее улицы, на Ленинградском проспекте
 Станции метро «Динамо» Замоскворецкой линии и «Петровский парк» Большой кольцевой линии (соединены переходом) — юго-восточнее улицы, на Ленинградском проспекте

Железнодорожный транспорт

 Платформа «Гражданская» Рижского направления МЖД — северо-восточнее улицы, на улице 8 Марта

Примечания


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Reader Engagement Data Makes the Case for Long-Form Content at Lehigh University
By Parse.lyFebruary 22, 2016July 13th, 2022No Comments
Home » Reader Engagement Data Makes the Case for Long-Form Content at Lehigh University
Founded in 1894, The Brown and White is Lehigh University's student newspaper — produced entirely by a student staff that is responsible for all editorial and management decisions. The newspaper's current editorial staff includes around 40 editors and more than 100 writers.
In Fall 2015, The Brown and White participated in Parse.ly's University Partnerships program in an effort to better understand reader engagement. Editors of The Brown and White partnered with Parse.ly to explore how the length of a piece of content corresponds to a reader's engagement time. Read on to see what they learned!
Guest blog post from Danielle DiStefano, editor-in-chief, The Brown and White
Inspired by Medium's "min read" feature, The Brown and White staff developed a system called "minute-read" in which an editor assigns a predicted read-length tag to every story.
Initially the goal of this system was two-fold. The first was to alert our audience of an estimated reading time per article under the assumption that bounce rates on content would decrease if a reader knew in advance how long they would need to spend reading.
The second was internal — that we could use Parse.ly to determine if the length of our content was affecting the average engagement time with different sections, topics, formats, etc. Ultimately we focused only on engagement due to the placement of an article's tags on the bottom of the page. We've since implemented a plugin that displays a minute-read estimate at the top of all stories.
The ultimate question we were looking to answer: Are readers spending less time, on average, with long-form content than shorter pieces?
Average Engagement Time Across All Content
On average, The Brown and White's readers spend between 0.1 and two minutes per article, depending on a variety of factors. Content between one and 10 minutes shows average engagement times of less than one minute, and content 11 minutes or longer garners engagement between one and two minutes.
The bulk of the content produced by The Brown and White is considered between a six- and seven-minute read. And of the 335 posts published in our study's date range, 55 percent of the stories were between 600 and 749 words.
The distribution within the two groups — short stories and long stories — is varied and possibly more dependent on content subject matter than length. For example, student and faculty profiles  generally perform well related to engagement, regardless of length. Student interest stories also have higher-than-average engagement rates.
What Did We Learn?
At the end of the semester, we returned to our hypothesis that readers spend less time, on average, with long-form content than shorter works.
But the results we explored above tell a different story: Readers spend about the same amount of time on all pieces of content, relative to the length of the article. The slightly higher amount of time spent on short and medium-length articles is negligible when looking at engagement with content overall.
As previously mentioned, the range of average engagement times is small:
Short- and medium-length stories (1,000 words or fewer) have average engagement of a minute or less.
Long stories (1,000-2,000 words) have engagement between one and two minutes.
Relatively speaking, these aren't much different. The biggest variables are the format and subject matter, which greatly influence how long our readers will spend with our content. It's also important to consider that our readers may be conditioned to reading content from the "short" group because more than half of our publication falls into that category.
The most significant conclusion we can make from using the minute-read tags to analyze our engagement from a static perspective is that The Brown and White has a very short window to capture its audience and convey its message before readers jump off the page.
However, it's also a testament to the idea that long-form content isn't dead.
Over the last few semesters, the editorial board renewed its focus on investigative pieces that often require higher word counts. We feared people wouldn't read the full article and prematurely draw conclusions about the work from the headline and a few paragraphs. But the results of this project indicate that while we must be strategic in how we capture our readers, that conclusion is the same across all lengths of content, not just one format. However, there are fewer long posts than short- or medium-length posts, so it is more difficult to draw conclusions about them.
This is greatly helpful in determining how reporters structure articles, what kind of content we produce (e.g. infographics, illustrations, etc.), and what that content is about. We have identified a few other tools and technologies that could help us further delve into this question in the future.
For more information from Lehigh University, and to learn more about ongoing investigations from The Brown and White, please visit Parse.ly's University Partnerships page.


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NFPA Today - September 13, 2022
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First draft of NFPA 1970 proposes changes to firefighter PPE standard and will be open for review and Public Comment through January 4, 2023
By Chris Dubay
In my continuing effort to keep interested parties apprised of the latest standards activity related to firefighting gear and conversations about the presence of PFOAs, the first draft of the upcoming edition of NFPA 1970, Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural and Proximity Firefighting, Work Apparel and Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services, and Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) has been posted online and is now available for review and Public Comment through January 4, 2023.
One of the proposed changes within the draft includes the elimination of the light degradation resistance test on the moisture barrier layer of jackets. It will be replaced by a multi-environmental conditioning procedure (9.1.22) that will be applied to composite test samples before certain tests. Some of the additional changes in the NFPA 1971 portion (protective ensembles) of NFPA 1970 include:
Added new requirements for manufacturer indication of "PFAS FREE" gear. (6.1.7.6 & 6.4.13)
Added new requirements for acceptable levels of specific restricted substances and added a test method to determine the presence and quantity of specific restricted substances. (7.1.14, 7.4.9, 7.7.6, 7.10.10, 7.13.7, 8.20, & 9.83)
The Correlating Committee recommended to consider adding similar requirements for SCBA in Chapter 17 of NFPA 1970 (NFPA 1981 portion).
Added requirements to test for ease of cleaning. (8.1.29, 8.4.17, 8.7.26, 8.10.19, 8.13.12, & 9.81)
Added requirements to test for effectiveness of cleaning. (8.2.7 & 9.82)
Added requirements to test for liquid repellency and penetration resistance of persistent contaminants. (8.2.8 & 9.84)
Added requirements to test for leaching of material substances. (8.2.9 & 9.85)
It's important to note that these proposed changes and additions reflect the recommendations of the Technical and Correlating Committee on Hazardous Substances in the NFPA 1970 First Draft Report.
As I outlined in a previous blog, NFPA does not create or dictate the provisions within our codes and standards. NFPA is the neutral facilitator of the standards development process; each standard is developed by balanced voluntary technical committees. It is an open and transparent process in which anyone (except NFPA staff) can review and provide input and comment. I strongly encourage everyone who has opinions, perspectives, and insights on these proposed changes to make sure their voices are heard by the committee. Comments will be accepted through January 4, 2023.
Anyone who believes the first draft of the standard should be changed to address these and other topics is strongly encouraged to submit proposed changes (public comment) to the next edition of the standard. You do not have to be an NFPA member or on an NFPA Technical Committee to provide comment and propose additional changes. Anyone (except NFPA staff) can propose a change to the standard by suggesting specific wording and providing a technical rationale through our online submission system, which is accessible at nfpa.org/1970next.
The deadline for Public Comment is January 4, 2023.
In the following months, the Technical and Correlating Committees will consider all of the proposed changes received by the deadline and will develop a Second Draft of NFPA 1970. NFPA anticipates that the Second Draft Reports will be posted for public review in the Fall of 2023. Throughout the process, the latest information on this standard can be found at nfpa.org/1970next.
Important Notice: Any opinion expressed in this column (blog, article) is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the official position of NFPA or its Technical Committees. In addition, this piece is neither intended, nor should it be relied upon, to provide professional consultation or services.
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A team of divers have walked from the seabed to the summit of Ben Nevis while wearing a vintage diving suit - and in doubly quick time.
A team of fundraisers who successfully scaled Ben Nevis wearing a vintage diving suit said they were "elated" on completing the challenge.
The Seabed to Summit Challenge started 16 feet below Loch Linnhe with the diver emerging at the pier before a 2.5 mile trek to the mountain to begin the ascent.
The idea came from Ginge Fullen who has climbed the highest mountains in 170 countries as well as also being a former Royal Navy Clearance diver.
The aim was to do something that no one else had done so that "no one else would have to do it" while raising £1 per foot climbed.
They fulfilled both ambitions, first by reaching the summit at 12.56pm after setting off on Saturday morning – a whole day ahead of schedule.
And secondly by raising £4,825 – much more than the £4,430 target they set on the Just Giving page. They collected cash while on the walk both through Fort William and on Ben Nevis.
The money raised will go to the Historical Diving Society and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, as well as to the family of Saman Kunan, the former Thai Navy diver who died while assisting the rescue of a football team and their coach in flooded caves.
To make it to the top the fundraisers established a relay team with one member getting into the 176 pound diving suit every 328 feet.
At night a couple of members would camp out on Ben Nevis with the diving gear and the others would head back to the Underwater Centre base that supported the team for free.
Speaking yesterday, Mr Fullen expressed his admiration for the "fantastic" team who "gelled" despite not knowing each other before the attempt.
He said: "We summited at 12.56 to be precise. Were we tired? Yes and no because we were on such a high – we were just elated at having made it.
"We were elated when we reached the top because it was such an unknown – there was a couple of high steps and then it was all rocky at the top. It was a fantastic achievement I think.


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On 20 March 2019, the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 came into force to make sure that rented houses and flats are 'fit for human habitation'. With this new act, tenants are given the right to sue landlords who fail to adequately maintain their properties. The new act is an update to the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1985. It extends to England and Wales; however, its practical changes are only for England. Wales maintains its own fitness consultations.
We must stress that there are no new obligations for landlords under this Act; the legislation requires landlords to ensure that they are meeting their existing responsibilities with regards to property standards and safety.
The Act is designed to prevent tenants from having to endure unsafe or unsanitary conditions of their rented homes. The Act must make the landlords responsible for the condition of their rented houses and flats and prevent causing serious harm to the tenants.
The Act gives tenants who encounter such situations legal grounds to take their landlords to court if they persist in not maintaining their property in a condition that makes it 'fit for human habitation'.
If a landlord is found guilty on these grounds he can be sentenced to pay compensation to the tenant or require the landlord to repair the property adequately to be healthy and safe again.
The Fitness for Human Habitation Act applies to tenants who live in private or social rented houses and flats. The type of housing, the way of paying rent, housing benefit or universal credit does not affect the application of the act. The Act applies immediately for signed lease contracts on or after 20th March 2019. Tenants who signed the contract before 20th March 2019 will have to wait until 20th March 2020 before being able to claim rights on the Act against their landlords. However, they can turn to the local council to act on their behalf and take action on the matter, but only when the conditions of the home are dangerous or inhuman.
There are several exceptions when it comes to the responsibility of the landlord to fix certain problems such as problems caused by irresponsible or illegal tenant behaviour. Other examples are events completely beyond the landlord's control (also called "acts of God"), repair possessions or furniture belonging to previous tenants which were not included in the inventory at the beginning of the lease.
As with any new regulations, only time will tell exactly how it is interpreted by the courts, and whether there will be unintended consequences.
For all landlords, the Fitness for Human Habitation Act means they must make sure that the provided property is fit for human habitation. The property needs to be free from any possibility that the state of the property can cause harm to the tenants or anyone in the household. There is a list of issues that can make the property to be classified as unfitted. The Act makes primarily the landlord responsible for the habitation circumstances of the rented property.
Not all unfit properties are being reported to landlords or agents. Sometimes it is the tenants who create an unhealthy environment for themselves without being aware. For example, inadequate ventilation of the property; drying clothes indoors on the radiator with no windows open causes condensation and moisture to build up, causing damped walls. For landlords to be sure tenants are taking good care of the rented property should conduct regular inspections and maintenance routines.
It is important to bare in mind that a thorough inspection needs to be undertaken before the tenancy has begun. It is advised to let the tenant be present during the inspection. Of course, there will be tenants who will refuse access for inspections knowing they are responsible for an unsafe environment. In this case, the landlord cannot be held responsible. To prevent tenants creating an unsafe environments for themselves, landlords should provide tips on a diverse range of maintenance subjects to the tenants. They should also let the tenants sign a declaration stating their responsibility for damage or creating an unhealthy environment. Keeping records regarding tenant inspections and correspondence regarding property problems may come handy when presenting proof of repair and maintenance if the parties end up in court.
Overall most landlords needn't worry too much about the new act. A well-maintained property shouldn't be deemed unfit. Only those whose properties suffer from serious disrepair issues should be affected.
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There is a lot we still need to understand about how our bodies work, how it may be affected by diseases, and how we can alleviate these conditions. We use our knowledge to create hypotheses and then must use repeated trials to test these theories. One of the difficulties of testing in humans is that we all have vastly different medical backgrounds – we eat differently, we are brought up differently, we get diseases at different ages from different things. This makes testing things very hard. To help, we use models whereby we try and keep as many factors as possible constant in an effort to understand the one we vary. This is often impractical, impossible or unethical to do in humans. Thus we use animal models.
In Aysha Akhtar's recent post she has continued to misunderstand and misrepresent the role of animal research in the medical discovery process. Having debunked her first attempt it seems we really ought to do so a second time as well. This time round, much of her argument premises on the idea that research uses EITHER animals OR humans. In truth there is ongoing clinical (humans) and preclinical (animals and non-animal) research for most diseases. It would be impossible to truly understand human diseases without human studies, but animals play a vital role as well.
Akhtar begins with an anecdote about her father, who is suffering from diabetes and nerve damage. She suggests that because no treatments works for her father, that animal research has done nothing for diabetes. This is wrong. The development of insulin, which has saved millions of lives, relied on research involving dogs. Earlier this year a new diabetes drug, Lixisenatide, developed using the saliva of the Gila Monster (a lizard), was launched in the UK. So animal research is continuing to have an impact on those suffering from diabetes.
Akhtar then moves onto to discussing stroke.
"Strike 1: Artificially inducing stroke in animals does not recreate the complex physiology that causes the natural disease in humans, which may develop over decades.
Strike 2: Animal stroke models don't usually include the underlying conditions, which contribute to human stroke.
While trying to create the façade of three arguments, Akhtar has essentially written the same argument in three different ways. The problem with Ahktar's view is that she is implicitly assuming that all treatment efforts for stroke must aim to solve all the underlying conditions. Prevention is also important, but both parts of research are necessary (and indeed both involve the use of animals).
While noting the failure of many new drugs for treating stroke, Akhtar does not mention that the main treatment for stroke, thrombolysis, was initially shown to work through experiments on rabbits. Furthermore, Ahktar provides no suggestion as to why taking animals out of the research equation will suddenly improve our chances of finding a novel treatment (preventative or remedial). Indeed much of our general understanding about the mechanisms of human stroke comes from research in animals.
So does Akhtar have any evidence to back up her claims? This is where things get interesting. In support of her claims she cites the paper "What can systematic review and meta-analysis tell us about the experimental data supporting stroke drug development?" by Professor Malcolm Macleod of the University of Edinburgh, published in the International Journal of Neuroprotection and NeuroRegeneration in 2005 (1). The obvious first step for anyone wishing to evaluate Akhtar's claims would be to read that paper, but there is a problem. The International Journal of Neuroprotection and NeuroRegeneration is stopped being published in 2008, is not available online, and is no longer indexed in PubMed…making it very difficult to get hold of the paper in question. Very frustrating, and all the more so since Professor Macleod has published many papers on animal models of stroke that can easily be accessed online…one would almost think that Akhtar is trying to hide something.
Macleod, along with his colleague and Dr H. Bart van der Worp of the University Medical Centre Utrecht, has earned a deserved reputation as a strong critic of inadequate design and reporting of preclinical animal studies of stroke, and has advocated for improved experimental design and reporting and for rigorous systematic reviews of preclinical data supporting a potential therapy to be undertaken before that study is evaluated in human trials. In an open access paper published PloS Medicine in 2010 (2) entitled "Can animal models of disease reliably inform human studies?" they examined weaknesses in experimental design and inadequacies and biases in preclinical animal studies and the misinterpretation and misapplication of the results of animal studies when designing clinical trials. They found that in many cases the design of clinical trials was so different in terms of the treatment regime and outcome measures to the preclinical study that it was impossible to tell whether the failure of a treatment in human patients actually contradicted the earlier success in an animal model. Both outcomes were entirely plausible even if you assumed that there was absolutely no fundamental biological difference between the effects of stroke in the animal model and in human patients. For example, one problem is that the vast majority of neurprotective drugs evaluated in the past few decades in clinical trials were shown to be effective in animal models of stroke only when administered unrealistically soon after induction of stroke – usually after less than 15 minutes – whereas in the subsequent clinical trials treatment did not usually begin until more than 4 hours after stroke onset, too late to be helpful.
In their conclusion they discussed how preclinical research could be improved.
"Although there is no direct evidence of a causal relationship, it is likely that the recurrent failure of apparently promising interventions to improve outcome in clinical trials has in part been caused by inadequate internal and external validity of preclinical studies and publication bias favouring positive studies. On the basis of ample empirical evidence from clinical trials and some evidence from preclinical studies, we suggest that the testing of treatment strategies in animal models of disease and its reporting should adopt standards similar to those in the clinic to ensure that decision making is based on high-quality and unbiased data. Aspects of study quality that should be reported in any manuscript are listed in Box 3.
Sample size calculation: How the sample size was determined, and which assumptions were made.
Eligibility criteria: Inclusion and exclusion criteria for enrolment.
Treatment allocation: The method by which animals were allocated to experimental groups. If this allocation was by randomisation, the method of randomisation.
Allocation concealment: The method to implement the allocation sequence, and if this sequence was concealed until assignment.
Blinding: Whether the investigators and other persons involved were blinded to the treatment allocation, and at which points in time during the study.
Flow of animals: Flow of animals through each stage of the study, with a specific attention to animals excluded from the analyses. Reasons for exclusion from the analyses.
Control of physiological variables: Whether and which physiological parameters were monitored and controlled.
Control of study conduct: Whether a third party controlled which parts of the conduct of the study.
Statistical methods: Which statistical methods were used for which analysis.
While they don't answer the question in the title of their paper directly, the implication is clear…with improved experimental design, reporting and reviewing prior to clinical trials, animal models can reliably inform human studies.
In March 2012 just such a large international clinical trial of hypothermia in ischemic stroke – EuroHYP-1 – was launched.
It is notable that unlike animal rights campaigners who use deficiencies in some animal studies to call for a ban on it, Macleod and van der Worp understand its continuing importance to medical progress, and have worked with animal researchers to improve both the design and reporting of the preclinical animal studies that underpin the decisions to initiate clinical trials. Initiatives such as the ARRIVE guidelines are similar in many ways to recent improvements the design of clinical trials supported by the work of the Cochrane collaboration, and the widespread adoption of standards for the reporting of clinical trials (though as the AllTrials initiative has highlighted the reporting of clinical trial results is still far from perfect). The work that Macleod, van der Worp and their colleagues to improve animal studies, is a direct follow-on from similar work undertaken in the field of clinical trials. This highlights another risk that Akhtar's clains pose; in claiming that the use of animals is at the root of the failure of potential stroke therapies to translate into clinical benefit she distracts attention from the real problems, problems that affect many areas of medical research and not just animal studies (similarly animal rights activists often attack mouse xenograft studies in cancer, ignoring the fact that it is the standard laboratory cell lines such used to create these models – and for most in vitro cancer research – that are the problem, something that is now being addressed through the development and increasingly widespread use of GM mouse models of cancer and patient-derived tumor xenografts).
"Even if we know all about the animal model, we don't necessarily know about the disease…"The model becomes what we study, not the human disease".
Once again Akhtar's argument doesn't stand up to closer scrutiny.
2) Van der Worp HB, Howells DW, Sena ES, Porritt MJ, Rewell S, O'Collins V, Macleod MR. "Can animal models of disease reliably inform human studies?" PLoS Med. 2010 Mar 30;7(3):e1000245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000245.
3) Van der Worp HB, Sena ES, Donnan GA, Howells DW, Macleod MR. "Hypothermia in animal models of acute ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Brain. 2007 Dec;130(Pt 12):3063-74. Epub 2007 May 3.
Posted on October 15, 2013 September 22, 2014 by EditorPosted in #ARnonsense, Animal Rights News, NewsTagged animal experimentation, Animals Don't Get Human Diseases, Aysha Akhtar, stroke research, Why Animal Experimentation Doesn't Work.
I found it interesting to note that at UW-Madison, the same percent of total research funding (20%) is associated with animal research and human research (based on percent of grants requiring IACUC approval or requiring IRB approval). A fourth of those grants require both, meaning that both human and animal studies are a part of the studies.
In the interests of transparency I've made the pdf of the 2005 article (apparently badged by the journal as 2004 due to production issues) available at http://www.camarades.info/index_files/Pubs.html.


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Il s'agit maintenant de trouver une nouvelle ligne de demarcation entre le droit civil et la common law, tache ardue puisque les deux traditions cherchent a etablir un equilibre entre, d'une part, la protection equitable du titulaire du brevet et, d'autre part, la securite juridique, c'est-a-dire la previsibilite de l'etendue du monopole (133).
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Attitudes positives envers le brevet communautaire.
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Manhattan Title Lawyers
Manhattan Boundary Dispute Lawyers and Manhattan Title Attorneys
Find the right Title & Boundary Dispute attorney in Manhattan, IL
Title & Boundary Dispute Law in Illinois
Finding out that property lines are improperly drawn and learning that you have been partially occupying your neighbor's land, or vice versa, can cause some very serious legal issues.
In these cases, neighbors usually have the option to resolve the dispute by themselves. If the neighbors are on amicable terms with each other, and the dispute is minor (for example, it only contains a difference of a couple feet), and enforcing the property lines would be a major inconvenience for one or both of the neighbors, they'll probably decide to just go on as they had before. This is a viable option, to be sure, but it's not a perfect one: if, sometime down the road, one of the neighbors wants to attempt to enforce the legal boundaries, they might find themselves unable to do so.
It's more commonly the case that one neighbor wants to maintain the current use of the land, property lines notwithstanding, while the other neighbor wants to enforce the property lines that are on record. This is because moving a property line necessarily expands the land of one neighbor, while shrinking the land of another. Obviously, the neighbor whose land would be shrunk will likely oppose any attempt to enforce the property lines.
In Manhattan, Illinois, property can also be the subject of title disputes, rather than boundary disputes described above. These types of disagreements stem from disagreements over who owns a piece of property. Confusion in this area is more frequent than one might think. If a deed is improperly recorded, land can be "owned" by 2 people simultaneously. Even more troublesome is when land is "sold" to more than one person. This is normally inadvertent, but some people do it deliberately, hoping to abscond the profits acquired by selling the same thing twice. In cases like this, a court has to determine which buyer owns the land. This is a big deal, considering how unlikely it is that a defrauded buyer could get his or her money back.
Possible Outcomes of Boundary and Title Disputes in Manhattan, Illinois
Courts have many tools at their disposal to resolve boundary disputes. One way is to just re-draw the property lines to reflect how the neighbors had been using the land before the discrepancy was discovered. This doesn't truly change the position of either neighbor, and is sometimes the fairest result. This is most commonly done because the neighbors were both aware of the legal property lines, and that they differed from how they were using the land, and went on using the land anyway.
A court may do the opposite, and decide to enforce the property lines as they're drawn. This will generally benefit one neighbor and hurt the other. A court will probably do this if one neighbor knew that his land was encroaching onto another person's property, and actively tried to hide that fact from his neighbor. Obviously, such bad actions shouldn't be rewarded. Conversely, if the neighbor whose land was being encroached upon knew about the discrepancy, and did nothing about it, the court will likely change the property lines to reflect this prior use, to prevent that neighbor from being rewarded for "sitting on his rights."
In the case of disputes over title, courts have to figure out who owns a specific piece of real property. Courts will consider many factors, and there are some perplexing and (in some cases) antiquated legal issues that guide Manhattan, Illinois courts on these matters.
Suffice to say, you'll want the assistance of an expert on this subject. In general, however, you should know that courts almost always rule in favor of the buyer who first recorded the deed, AND (not "or") didn't have knowledge of any previous conveyances. This protects the buyer who was most diligent in vindicating his own rights, and acted in good faith (obviously, a buyer who knew about a previous sale of the same land isn't acting honestly).
What Can A Manhattan, Illinois Attorney Do?
The legal problems that can come up in boundary and title disputes can get very intricate. Given this fact, and the high stakes of such disputes, most people shouldn't approach these issues without good legal representation. It should therefore go without saying that the counsel of a reliable Manhattan, Illinois real estate attorney is essential in most of these disputes.
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On Saturday, Katherine and Josh brought home their baby girl. "She is a special needs baby and because of that it all moved so much faster," Katherine said of the 6-month adoption process. "They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible."
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Actress Katherine Heigl and her hubby Josh Kelley, are adopting a baby girl from Korea, her representative confirmed to People magazine. The "Grey's Anatomy" star is set to officially announce the news on the "Ellen Degeneres Show" on Friday.
It is being reported on RadarOnline.com that the duo has been going through the adoption process for the past six months. The 10-month-old baby girl's name is Nayleigh, and the first time parents plan on calling her Leigh.
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Q: How can I remove the decimal part from JavaScript number? I have the results of a division and I wish to discard the decimal portion of the resultant number.
How can I do this?

A: You can also use bitwise operators to truncate the decimal.
e.g.
var x = 9 / 2;
console.log(x); // 4.5

x = ~~x;
console.log(x); // 4

x = -3.7
console.log(~~x) // -3
console.log(x | 0) // -3
console.log(x << 0) // -3

Bitwise operations are considerably more efficient than the Math functions. The double not bitwise operator also seems to slightly outperform the x | 0 and x << 0 bitwise operations by a negligible amount.
// 952 milliseconds
for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
    (i * 0.5) | 0;
}

// 1150 milliseconds
for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
    (i * 0.5) << 0;
}

// 1284 milliseconds
for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
    Math.trunc(i * 0.5);
}

// 939 milliseconds
for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
    ~~(i * 0.5);
}

Also worth noting is that the bitwise not operator takes precedence over arithmetic operations, so you may need to surround calculations with parentheses to have the intended result:
x = -3.7

console.log(~~x * 2) // -6
console.log(x * 2 | 0) // -7
console.log(x * 2 << 0) // -7

console.log(~~(x * 2)) // -7
console.log(x * 2 | 0) // -7
console.log(x * 2 << 0) // -7

More info about the double bitwise not operator can be found at Double bitwise NOT (~~)

A: With ES2015, Math.trunc() is available.
Math.trunc(2.3)                       // 2
Math.trunc(-2.3)                      // -2
Math.trunc(22222222222222222222222.3) // 2.2222222222222223e+22
Math.trunc("2.3")                     // 2
Math.trunc("two")                     // NaN
Math.trunc(NaN)                       // NaN

It's not supported in IE11 or below, but does work in Edge and every other modern browser.

A: Math.trunc() and ~~ remove decimal part without any influence to integer part.
For example:
console.log(Math.trunc(3.9)) // 3
console.log(~~(3.9)) // 3

A: Here is the compressive in detailed explanation with the help of above posts:
1. Math.trunc() : It is used to remove those digits which are followed by dot. It converts implicitly. But, not supported in IE.
Example:
Math.trunc(10.5) // 10
Math.trunc(-10.5) // -10
Other Alternative way: Use of bitwise not operator:
Example:
x= 5.5
~~x // 5
2. Math.floor() : It is used to give the minimum integer value posiible. It is supported in all browsers.
Example:
Math.floor(10.5) // 10
Math.floor( -10.5) // -11
3. Math.ceil() : It is used to give the highest integer value possible. It is supported in all browsers.
Example:
Math.ceil(10.5) // 11
Math.ceil(-10.5) // -10
4. Math.round() : It is rounded to the nearest integer. It is supported in all browsers.
Example:
Math.round(10.5) // 11
Math.round(-10.5)// -10
Math.round(10.49) // 10
Math.round(-10.51) // -11

A: You could use...

*

*Math.trunc() (truncate fractional part, also see below)

*Math.floor() (round down)

*Math.ceil() (round up)

*Math.round() (round to nearest integer)

...dependent on how you wanted to remove the decimal.
Math.trunc() isn't supported on all platforms yet (namely IE), but you could easily use a polyfill in the meantime.
Another method of truncating the fractional portion with excellent platform support is by using a bitwise operator (.e.g |0). The side-effect of using a bitwise operator on a number is it will treat its operand as a signed 32bit integer, therefore removing the fractional component. Keep in mind this will also mangle numbers larger than 32 bits.

You may also be talking about the inaccuracy of decimal rounding with floating point arithmetic.
Required Reading - What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic.

A: For Example:
var x = 9.656;
x.toFixed(0);           // returns 10
x.toFixed(2);           // returns 9.66
x.toFixed(4);           // returns 9.6560
x.toFixed(6);           // returns 9.656000

or
parseInt("10");         // returns 10
parseInt("10.33");      // returns 10
parseInt("10 20 30");   // returns 10
parseInt("10 years");   // returns 10
parseInt("years 10");   // returns NaN

A: You could also do
parseInt(a/b)

A: u can also show a certain number of digit after decimal point(here 2 digits) using following code :

var num = (15.46974).toFixed(2)
console.log(num) // 15.47
console.log(typeof num) // string

A: You can use .toFixed(0) to remove complete decimal part or provide the number in arguments upto which you want decimal to be truncated.
Note: toFixed will convert the number to string.

A: toFixed will behave like round.
For a floor like behavior use %:
var num = 3.834234;
var floored_num = num - (num % 1); // floored_num will be 3

A: If you don't care about rouding, just convert the number to a string, then remove everything after the period including the period.  This works whether there is a decimal or not.
const sEpoch = ((+new Date()) / 1000).toString();
const formattedEpoch = sEpoch.split('.')[0];

A: Use Math.round() function.
Math.round(65.98) // will return 66
Math.round(65.28) // will return 65

A: Use Math.round().
(Alex's answer is better; I made an assumption :)

A: This is for those who want to prevent users to enter decimal numbers
<input id="myInput" onkeyup="doSomething()" type="number" />

<script>
    function doSomething() {

        var intNum = $('#myInput').val();

        if (!Number.isInteger(intNum)) {
            intNum = Math.round(intNum);
        }

        console.log(intNum);
    }
</script>

A: For an ES6 implementation, use something like the following:
const millisToMinutesAndSeconds = (millis) => {
  const minutes = Math.floor(millis / 60000);
  const seconds = ((millis % 60000) / 1000).toFixed(0);
  return `${minutes}:${seconds < 10 ? '0' : ''}${seconds}`;
}

A: In this examples I use Number.toFixed and Math.trunc methods:
const num = 1.234

Number(num.toFixed(0)); // Returns 1
Number(num.toFixed(2)); // Returns 1.23

Math.trunc(num); // Returns 1

The toFixed() method formats a number using fixed-point notation.
The Math.trunc() static method returns the integer part of a number by removing any fractional digits.


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Boston Children's Hospital History
Soon after the Civil War, in 1869, Dr. Francis Henry Brown organized a small group of Harvard Medical School graduates joined by Boston's civic leaders to establish a 20 bed Children's Hospital in a townhouse on Rutland Street in Boston's South End. The hospital treated just 30 patients that first year. One year later the Children's Hospital relocated to a larger building on the same street. The patients were predominately Irish immigrants and many had traumatic injuries or infectious diseases. Philanthropy completely supported the new hospital. Sister Theresa and the Anglican Order of the Sisters of St. Margaret oversaw the nursing care of the children for the first 45 years of the hospital's existence.
By 1882 having outgrown its current structure, the hospital was moved to Huntington Avenue near the current Symphony Hall. This larger building was designed especially for children's needs. As the range of illnesses grew, so did the professional staff. Between the years 1882 and 1914 the practice of pediatrics was recognized as a specialty and Harvard Medical School made its first appointment of a physician devoted solely to the care of children. The first medical house officers (interns and externs) were appointed and a nursing school was opened to educate nurses. Children's Hospital's neighbors were far different in 1914 than today.
Children's Hospital's neighbors were far different in 1914 than today.
In the early 1900s Harvard Medical School moved to the former Ebenezer Francis Farm, its current site, and in 1914 the Children's Hospital relocated to its current address on Longwood Avenue immediately adjacent to the Medical School. During this era the Hunnewell building housed the children until a series of "cottages" were built in an effort to prevent the spread of infection. These "cottages" housed medical, surgical and orthopedic patients. Departments now differentiated into Surgery, Medicine, Radiology, Orthopaedics, and Pathology to mention only a few. Cystic fibrosis, erythroblastosis fetalis and other diseases were described and studied. Pediatric medicine subspecialized into metabolism, hematology and bacteriology. Surgeons developed new techniques for repairing congenital abnormalities. The field of cardiac surgery was begun and the iron lung for polio victims was developed by physicians at Children's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health. Harvard medical students began to learn pediatrics at the Children's Hospital. The housestaff grew from 3-4 in 1900 to over 30 in the early 40s. Women became residents when men left to serve in World War II. The Medical & Nursing Alumni Associations were established. During this period, Children's Hospital forged strong bonds with other institutions including the House of the Good Samaritan (for rheumatic fever patients), the Sarah Fuller School (for deaf children), the Judge Baker Children's Center (for psychiatric illness) and the Sharon Sanatorium. Remarkably, in 1939 the average cost of a hospital visit was just $1.50.
Prior to the mid-1950s, Children's wards were separated into cottages to limit the spread of infection. The white marble buildings of Harvard Medical School are in the background.
During the years 1946 to 1990 the Children's Hospital was well positioned to take a leadership role in pediatric health. Experienced physicians returned from the military service. The NIH established programs to support academic research. The Children's Hospital organized itself into the Children's Hospital Medical Center. The hospital endorsed specialized pediatric care, and began the construction of new buildings: the Farley inpatient building (in 1956), the Fegan outpatient building (in 1967), the Martha Eliot Health Center (in 1967), and the Enders research building (1970) named for Dr. John Enders, recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work with polio virus. In1987 a new inpatient facility was built bringing the number of inpatient beds to 330. Old diseases such as polio, measles, pertussis, meningitis, pneumonias, and epiglottitis decreased in prevalence because of vaccines, and new antibiotics, only to be replaced by new diseases like HIV, Kawasaki's, substance abuse, and the autism spectrum disorders. The faculty in all departments grew rapidly. The medical housestaff by 1990 numbered over 86 residents. All subspecialties had developed outstanding fellowships. The hospital was now a primary education site for Harvard medical students and elective students from throughout the US, and Children's Hospital enjoyed both a national and international reputation.
The years since 1990 have seen increasing excellence in patient care, great research productivity, new medical innovations, and remarkable contributions to pediatric medical education. Children's Hospital clinicians have pioneered lung, liver, and multiple organ transplants, innovative procedures for short gut syndrome, surgery using robotics and lasers, the development of tissue engineered organs, the use of small devices to repair holes in the heart, hydroxyurea to treat sickle cell disease, gene therapy, novel treatments for vascular malformations, and fetal intervention for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, among others. Children's researchers have developed treatments for blood disorders, regenerated damaged nerves, identified genes associated with specific diseases, developed new vaccines for serious illnesses, created disease-specific human stem cells, invented genomic tools to classify tumors and identify new drug therapies, and developed whole new fields, such as angiogenesis.
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Q: Azure VM second NIC unreachable from VPN Gateway I recently re-deployed a VM to achieve multiple NIC's (IIS needs an ip address per SSL site).
I also have a Point-to-Site VPN into a seperate subnet, but as the MS docs says, they are automatically routed between on the same VNet.
All this worked fine, VM1 can ping interfaces VM2, VM3 etc. and vice versa.
But now after redeploying VM1 with two interfaces, i cannot ping interface 2 from the VPN. All internal traffic is still ok, i can ping VM1 interface2 from VM2, VM3, etc.
I made a few explanations from the Azure Diagram.

So the question is, why can't i ping Interface2 on VM1 after loggin into the Point-to-Site VPN?

A: I test it for you on my lab. It turns out that this is not caused by VPN Gateway.
I checked the route entry on my server which has two NICs and I found that only one default route exists. Then I tried to add another default route for the interface which doesn't have one. After that I can ping both of them.

By the way, two NICs are normally used in the scenario that one VM needs to connect to the front-end and back-end networks. Which means that only one NIC has the default gateway. Configuring 2 default gateway on the same machine is not recommended and may cause unexpected issue.


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Q: Solution Verification using the Divergence Test I just wanted to check some of my solutions here concerning determining the convergence or divergence of a series using the divergence test. Can the divergence test be used to see if the following series diverges:

*

*$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{\pi}{3})^n$. The answer here is yes since the series diverges.

*$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^n \arctan(2n)$. The answer here is again, yes, since $\arctan(2n)$ converges to $\frac{\pi}{2}$, which means it diverges.

*$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{n^2}{n^3+2}$. Sadly this one seems to not be applicable. It converges to 0, which means no information can be given.

*$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{n}{n+1})^n$. This would just be $(1)^n$ when $n$ approaches infinity. So it diverges.

Thank you for your time :D

A: You're right.  Except for the third one, the divergence test applies, since the general terms don't go to zero.  (As noted in the comments,  $1/e $ is the actual limit for the last one.)
Btw, $3$ also diverges, by the comparison test.  Namely $\dfrac {n^2}{n^3+2}=\dfrac1 {n+2/n^2}\ge\dfrac1 {n+2} $.  And $\sum\dfrac1 {n+2} $ diverges, as it is just the harmonic series minus the first two terms.


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Q: Question regarding the similarity of an invertible matrix with its inverse .
Find the set $S$ of all possible $n×n$ invertible matrices $M$ such that $M$ is similar to $M^{-1}$ .

My approach
Actually, I was thinking about this problem when I came across a theorem stating that $\mathbf {every}$ square matrix is $\mathbf {similar}$ to its $\mathbf {transpose} .$
Obviously, for the trivial cases if $M = M^{-1}$ or $M^{-1} = M^t$ , then $S$ consists of all possible orthogonal matrices and matrices of order $2$ over $\mathbb R$ or $\mathbb C$ as similarity over one holds $\mathbf {iff}$ over another .
Also, I thought that if $M \in S$, then if all  possible eigenvalues of $M$ are $\{ \lambda_j : 1 \leq j \leq k\}$ where each $\lambda_j$ appears $n_j$ times , then all  possible eigenvalues of $M^{-1}$ are $\{ 1/\lambda_j : 1 \leq j \leq k\}$ .
Also, if $TMT^{-1} = M^{-1}$, then $M$ and $T^2$ commutes .

A: I answer the question for $\mathbf C$. Consider the Jordan canonical form (JCF) $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_jI_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ of $M$, where bl.diag. means "block diagonal matrix of...", $I_j$ is the identity matrix of size $n_j$, $N_j$ the matrix of size $n_j$ consisting of zeros except on the first
superdiagonal and where $\lambda_j\neq0$ are the eigenvalues of $M$. They are not necessarily distinct in this way to write the JCF.
The JCF of $M^{-1}$ is then $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_j^{-1}I_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$.
$M$ and $M^{-1}$ are similar if and only if their JCFs agree except for a permutation of the diagonal blocks.
Therefore the set of all invertible matrices similar to its inverse consists of all matrices having a JCF $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_jI_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ such that $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_j^{-1}I_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ is equal to $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_jI_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ except for a permutation.
In particular, the set $E$ of its eigenvalues must be stable by the mapping $x\mapsto1/x$, but this is not enough.
The answer for $\mathbf R$ is the same. In this case only the JCF of $M$ has an additional property: $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\overline{\lambda_j}I_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ is equal to $\mbox{bl.diag.}(\lambda_jI_j+N_j,j=1,...r)$ except for a permutation of the diagonal blocks, where $\overline a$ means the complex conjugate of $a$.