Organization of photos into albums?
Travel Forums System Talk Organization of photos into albums?
Is it possible to have uploaded photos further catergorized into albums or folders? Reason being, it's a little daunting going through a really long list of photos when inserting photos into blog posts, and it would be easier if the list included only photos from a certain day/week/location/etc. Any thoughts?
2. Posted by Sander (Moderator 5348 posts) 10y Star this if you like it!
When the photo gallery system was set up, we purposefully skipped any formalized album/folder structure, instead considering the tagging mechanism to have greater flexibility. You can tag all your photos that should be in a distinct "album" with a unique tag, and then link to the gallery for that tag as the "album".
3. Posted by jtlande (Full Member 4 posts) 10y Star this if you like it!
This is one of my biggest day-to-day ("while actively blogging") pet peeves. A month into my last trip I resorted to renaming all my photos with a code prefix just so I could have a hope of recognizing which of the dozens/hundreds of photos in the drop-down I wanted to insert in my blog entry...and even then it's a trial-and-error process.
It shouldn't be this difficult to navigate. I'd love to see this made easier, somehow.


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Jan Albus
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Jan is now in her tenth year as executive producer of Variety Theatre. She has produced and directed over 300 special events, including ballet, musical theater, operetta, and concerts. Her performing career includes 40 productions with The Muny, the St. Louis Civic Ballet, and the Florida Ballet Company. She holds a teaching degree and BA in French and English from St. Louis University, and a doctorate from the I.S.T.D., London, England. While teaching in the theater department at Webster University, she established the St. Louis Performing Arts Academy and the Westport Playhouse Dance Department. Jan founded St. Louis Performing Arts Productions and counts Bye Bye Birdie and Babes in Toyland as her favorites as producer with that company. At Variety, her position as CEO has utilized her background in theater, fundraising for children's causes, and her marketing experience with national corporate sponsors. Since joining Variety in 1995, she has founded many programs, including Variety's Bikes for Kids, Adventure Camp, Variety Chorus, Variety Dance, Curtain Up Camp, Variety Theatre, Young Variety, Pedia Pals, TherHappy Kids, and the Dennis and Judith Jones Playground in Forest Park. She created Variety's Runway Lights Fashion Show, and produced the Dinner with the Stars gala for 21 years. In 2011, Jan received the Women in Leadership Award from the St. Louis Empowerment Foundation. This past year, she and Lara Teeter were honored with the St. Louis Theater Circle Award for their "Body of Work" over the past nine years for Variety Theatre. Jan is married to Larry, her mentor and inspiration in all endeavors, and is proud of her daughter Jacque, son Mike and his wife Annie, and two incredible grandsons Sam and Ben.
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Tom Dempsey's family: Son Toby, daughter Ashley, grandson Dylan, wife Carlene and daughter Meghan.
Encinitas' hometown hero Tom Dempsey was inducted into the San Dieguito High School Academy Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 14 with a ceremony at the school's bell tower.
Dempsey, who graduated San Dieguito in 1964, is a former NFL kicker who, in 1970, set the record for the longest field goal in the league with a 63-yarder as a New Orleans Saint. The mark stood for 43 years until it was finally broken, by one yard, in 2013.
What made Dempsey's kick and all of his athletic achievements even more impressive is that he was born without a right hand and only half of his right foot.
"That was irrelevant to Tom," Sullivan said, recounting classmates' recollections of Dempsey doing one-handed chin-ups on the bars of the elementary school playground, being a left-handed pitcher and a strong one-handed hitter.
Sullivan remembered the first time he saw Dempsey at Earl Warren Middle School in 1960 at a Pony League All Star game, a kid catching the ball in a glove on his left hand, tucking the glove under his right arm, dropping the ball into his right hand and throwing it.
Dempsey, who lives in New Orleans, is fighting dementia and was unable to attend but his family was there from Louisiana to accept the honor, including his wife Carlene, daughters Ashley and Meghan, son Toby and grandson Dylan. Tom's sister, Jan Dempsey McArthur, was also in attendance with her husband.
Encinitas City Councilman Tony Kranz, San Dieguito class of 1977, presented a mayoral proclamation, making it Tom Dempsey Day in the city of Encinitas. Kranz said Dempsey is "extra special" for him as he has fond memories of Dempsey throwing out the first pitch at little league games when he was a young boy.
Born in 1947, Dempsey grew up in Encinitas and attended Encinitas Elementary School and Oak Crest Middle School. His parents Huey and Laverne were very active members of the Encinitas community.
"You had to be really tough to play on the line on that team and Tom really was," Sullivan said, recalling that his friend would chow down after practices at Frank's Burgers in downtown Encinitas where you could get five burgers for a dollar.
Dempsey went on to play football at Palomar College as a defensive lineman and it was there that he started to kick.
"I thought some of his kicks would go into orbit," said Sullivan, noting he would line up as a kick returner in the end zone and Tom would sail the ball beyond the end line.
Dempsey played semi-pro football in Massachusetts and was picked up as a placekicker in 1969 by the Saints. After a 1969 Pro Bowl appearance, Dempsey had an 11-year career in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills.
As part of the bell tower ceremony, alumni Charles Higgins played the radio broadcast from a Nov. 8, 1970 game against the Detroit Lions in which Dempsey sealed the Saints 19-17 victory with just two seconds left in front of 67,000 fans.
"Holy daylight, I've seen 'em all but this is the most exciting moment in Saint history!" the announcer proclaimed. "Two seconds left, here's the snap…Dempsey kicks, it's on the way, it is… good! It is good! The Saints have won! The Saints have won! The stadium is wild, Dempsey is being mobbed!" he shouted over the roar of the crowd and cheers from alumni at the school.
As Sullivan said, "Tom completed the impossible," beating the previous record by seven yards. The 63-yarder was matched only three times over 43 years until the Denver Broncos' Matt Prater hit a 64-yard field goal in 2013 to break the record.
At the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, his kick is recognized in an exhibit and he is also a member of the American Football Association Semi-Pro Hall of Fame and the Palomar College Hall of Fame. As of Oct. 14, he is forever a part of San Dieguito's Hall of Fame.


Dental extractions, the removal of one or more teeth from the alveolar bone, are far more feared than most other dental treatments like fillings or veneers. Most people simply dread the prospect of having a tooth pulled. However, knowing exactly what to expect during the process may help to relieve anxiety, while knowing what to do afterward will help speed up your recovery.
But first, why does a tooth have to be removed?
Severe Damage: If one or more of your teeth have been damaged or decayed to the point that repair is simply not possible.
Extra Teeth: Occasionally, some people have extra teeth in their mouth, which are very likely to keep regular teeth from erupting or cause problems with the bite.
Impacted Teeth: An impacted tooth is one that, for one reason or another, has either failed to erupt or has emerged only partially. This is a problem common to one's wisdom teeth, especially when there is insufficient room in the back of the jaw. While not all impacted teeth cause discomfort, sometimes swelling, pain, and infection of the gum tissue can result.
Orthodontic Treatment: Misaligned or crooked teeth can be straightened with braces. However, on occasion, the teeth are crowded, and space has to be made in the jaw so the remaining teeth can be aligned properly.
Most tooth extractions are a relatively simple procedure performed under a local anesthetic, which has to be injected into the gum. While there is some discomfort associated with the injection, a numbing agent is usually applied to the surface of the gum, so you do not feel much of the prick of the needle. If you are very nervous, additional local anesthetic can be preceded by oral medication that keeps you calm or nitrous oxide that causes you to feel slightly euphoric. Both are highly effective ways to alleviate mild to moderate anxiety.
As the medication begins to take effect in about three to five minutes, you may notice your tongue, cheek, and/or lip have lost feeling. If you have been in pain with a decayed or traumatized tooth, you will feel blessed relief at this stage. After the area is completely numb, the tooth can be extracted.
Most people are under the impression that their teeth are set in the bone like a pole is set in concrete. This is far from the case. The tooth is attached to the alveolar bone by connective fibers called the periodontal ligaments. The tooth has to be rocked back and forth to loosen it from the bone and detach the ligaments that hold it in place, a motion you may feel.
Because local anesthetic only works on nerve fibers, you will feel both pressure and movement while the tooth is being removed. However, under normal circumstances, there will be no pain. And in case you do begin to feel some, you can always signal you would like a little more pain medication.
Also, you may hear a snapping or breaking noise, which is nothing to worry about, being usually caused by one of the roots of the tooth breaking. This is a minor issue, and the remaining part of the root will be removed separately.
In most cases, dental extractions take between five and 15 minutes. You will be asked to bite down on a piece of gauze until the bleeding stops and may be prescribed an antibiotic to discourage any infection.
Our Tampa dental office will also discuss what you should and should not eat and drink until the wound is completely healed.


Well,I decided to get off of the fence and start making some serious headway on these medication issues that I have been dealing with for the past year. The first step was to get off of everything that is absolutely unessential, so I dropped the Lyrica, all the break-through meds, and the muscle relaxers, and I am currently stabilized with the BuTrans patch and the Cymbalta, with the MMJ as needed. I was absolutely amazed at the withdrawals that came with stopping the Lyrica, too! It was similar to a moderate opiate withdrawal in its physical effects, but it only lasted about a week and the middle three days were the worst. It was also all physical as well, with little or no adverse mental effects.
Then, to make matters worse, I am still getting sick every morning and have no idea why. If I eat or drink anything other than water first thing in the morning, it all comes right back up. At first, I just assumed that it was related to the tapering process that I have been going through for the last year or so, but that does not seem to be the case. There is no "build-up" either, I am fine one minute and puking the next. Then, once it is gone, I am fine and can function somewhat normally. Something else I get to talk to get doctor about in a few days, I guess.
Other than that, I haven't been around as much because, well.....Life intrudes! I am coming out of a fog of drugs and mental conditions, and life is exciting again! I go outside and do things rather than sit around huddled up in front of my computer. I am actively trying to re-engage in life and find some value and worth in this mundane existence. It is getting warm out again, so me and The Dog get out and explore our world, chase squirrels, go for car rides to out of the way places, and bark at the girls. I have my garden put in, and I spend a lot of time watching the plants grow.
So, this month is over, and I am looking forward to the next one already!


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\section{Introduction}
Epidemic forecasting has been studied  for decades \cite{perra2015}. Many statistical and machine learning methods have been successfully used to detect epidemic outbreaks \cite{rev2014}. In previous works, epidemic forecasting is mainly considered as a time-series problem. Time-series methods, such as Auto-Regression (AR), Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) neural networks and their variants have been applied to this problem.
One of the current directions is to use social media data \cite{volk2017}. In 2008, Google launched Google Flu Trend, a digital service to predict influenza outbreaks using Google search data. The Google algorithm was discontinued due to flaws, however Yang et al. \cite{argo} designed another algorithm ARGO in 2015 also using Google search pattern data. Google Correlate, a collection of time-series data of Google search trends, plays a vital role in this refined regression algorithm. Though ARGO succeeded in accuracy as a time series algorithm, it lacks spatial structure and requires the additional input of external features (e.g., social media data). The infectious and spreading  nature of the epidemics suggests that forecasting is also a spatial problem. Here we study a model to take advantage of the spatial information so that the data from the adjacent regions can introduce regional spatial  features. This way, we minimize  external data input and the accompanying computational cost. Structured recurrent neural network (SRNN) is a model for the spatial-temporal problem first adopted by A. Jain et al. \cite{Jain_16} for  motion forecasting in computer vision. Wang et al. \cite{Wang,Wang:DLCrime,Wang:GSRNN} successfully adapted SRNN to forecast real-time crime activities. Motivated by \cite{Jain_16,Wang,Wang:GSRNN}, we present an SRNN model to forecast epidemic activity levels. We test our model with data provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which collects data from approximately 100 public and 300 private laboratories in the US \cite{cdc}.
The CDC data \cite{cdc} is a well-established authoritative data set widely used by researchers, which makes it easy for us to compare our model with previous work. CDC provides the influenza data by the geography of Health and Human Services regions (HHS regions). We take the geographic structure of ten HHS regions as our spatial information. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In section 2, we overview RNN. In sections 3-5, we present a graph-structured RNN model, graph description of spatial correlations, and sparsity promoting penalties. Experimental results and concluding remarks are in sections 6 and 7.

\section{A Short Review of Recurrent Neural Network}
Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) is a neural network designed for sequential data. It is widely used in natural language processing (NLP) and time-series analysis because of its capability of processing sequential information. The idea of RNN comes from unfolding a recursive computation for a chain of states. If we have a chain of states, in which each state depends on the last steps:
$s^n=f(s^{n-1})$,
for some function $f$.
Then we can unfold this equation to:
$s^n=f(f(...f(s^0)))$.
Suppose we have a sequential data ${x^1,x^2,....,x^n}$, the idea of RNN is to unfold the $x^n=f(x^{n-1},\theta)$ to a computational graph.
An unfolded RNN is illustrated in Fig.~\ref{RNN:Demo} and given by the recursion:
\begin{figure}[!ht]
    \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=6cm,height=6cm,keepaspectratio]{RNN.pdf}
    \caption{an unfolded recurrent neural network.}
    \label{RNN:Demo}
    \end{center}
\end{figure}
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$$
h_t=\tanh(b+W\, h^{t-1}+U\, x^t), \;\;
y_t=\tanh(V\, h_t+c),
$$
where tanh is the activation function; $(U,V,W)$ are the weight matrices; $b, c$ are bias vectors. Given $y^t_i$ the true signal at time $t$, the  popular loss function for classification task is the cross-entropy loss, which reads in the binary case:
$\mathcal{L(\theta)}=-\sum_{t}y_t\cdot \ln(\hat{y_t})+(1-y)\ln(1-\hat{y})$.
The mean-square-error loss is widely used for regression problem:
$\mathcal{L(\theta)}=\sum_{t}(y_t-\hat{y_t})^2$.
Then, as in most neural networks, RNN is trained by stochastic gradient descent.
A major issue of RNN is the problem of exploding and vanishing gradients.
Since
$$\frac{\partial L}{\partial W}=\sum_{t}\frac{\partial L_t(y^t,\hat{y^t})}{\partial W},\;
\frac{\partial L_t}{\partial W}= \sum_{k=0}^{t}\frac{\partial L_n}{\partial \hat{y^t}}\frac{\partial \hat{y^t}}{\partial s_t}  \frac{\partial s_t}{\partial s_k}\frac{\partial s_k}{\partial W},\;
s_t=\tanh(Ux^t+Wh^{t-1}),
$$

$${\rm then}\; \;\;\;
\frac{\partial L_{t}}{\partial W}=\frac{\partial L_t}{\partial \hat{y^t}} \frac{\partial \hat{y^t}}{\partial s_t} \big ( \prod_{j=k+1}^{t} \frac{\partial s_j}{\partial s_{j-1} }\big ) \frac{\partial s_k}{\partial W}.
$$

It is well-known \cite{Pascanu:2013:DTR:3042817.3043083} that
$$||\frac{\partial \hat{y^t} }{\partial s_t} \big (\prod_{i=k}^{t-1} \frac{\partial s_{i+1}}{\partial s_{i}}\big ) ||\leq \eta^{t-k}||\frac{\partial s_t}{\partial \hat{y^t}}||
$$
where $\eta < 1$ under the assumption of no bias is used and the spectral norm of $W$ being less than 1. We see that the gradient vanishes exponentially fast in large $t$. Hence, the RNN is learning less and less as time goes by.
LSTM \cite{LSTM}, is a special kind of RNN that resolves this problem.

$$
\Bigg(\begin{tabular}{c}
$f_t$ \\$i_t$\\$o^t$\\ $\tilde{C}_t$
\end{tabular}\Bigg)
=
\Bigg(\begin{tabular}{c}
$\sigma(W[h_{t-1,x_t}])$ \\ $\sigma(W[h_{t-1,x_t}])$ \\ $\sigma(W[h_{t-1,x_t}])$ \\ $\tanh(W[h_{t-1,x_t}])$
\end{tabular}\Bigg)
+
\Bigg(\begin{tabular}{c}
 $b_f$ \\$b_i$\\$b_o$\\$b_C$
\end{tabular}\Bigg)
$$
$$C_t=f_t*C_{t-1}+i_t*\tilde{C}_t, \;\; h_t=o_t*\tanh(C_t).$$
Since one does not directly apply the same recurrent function to $h_t$ every time step in the gradient flow, there is no intrinsic factor $\eta$ in  $\frac{\partial L_t}{\partial W}$.
This way the gradient has much less chance to vanish as time goes by. In our model, we use LSTM for all RNNs.

\section{Graph-Strutured RNN model}
Similar to previous work of structured RNN, we partition the nodes into different classes, and for each class we join the nodes in the class. We compare the level of activity of nodes by summing up the data of each node. Then, we partition the nodes based on their activity level, from the class that has highest activity level to the lowest one. After some experiments, we find that SRNN works the best when we have two classes (see Fig. \ref{figure2}). We denote the class with relatively high activity level H, and the other class L. After some experiments, we classify the nodes based on following criteria: Let $G$ be a weighted graph with nodes indexed by $Z = \{1, \dots, N\}$, and edge weights $w_{ij} \geq 0$. Let $g : Z \mapsto \{1, \dots, C\}$ be the function that assigns each node to its corresponding group, and assume for simplicity that $g$ is a surjection. Let us define:
$$|v|=\text{sum of the historical activity level of node }v,$$
$$M=\operatorname*{arg\,max}_v |v|\text{,  }\;\; m=\operatorname*{arg\,min}_v |v|,\;\;
g(v)=\floor{\frac{|v|-m}{M-m+10^{-6}}}.$$
In our model, nodes with label 0 are in the relatively inactive class, nodes with label 1 or higher belong to another class, the relatively active class.

We define an RNN $E_{i,j}$ for each connected edge $w_{ij} \neq 0$. We denote $E_{i,j}$ as the \emph{edge} RNN since it models the pairwise interaction between two connected nodes. We enforce weight sharing among two edge RNNs, $\text{RNN}_{E_{i', j'}}$ and $\text{RNN}_{E_{i,j}}$, if $g(i) = g(i')$, $g(j) = g(j')$, i.e., if the class assignments of the two node pairs are the same.
Similarly, we define an RNN $N_i$, for each node in $Z$, which we denote as a \emph{node} RNN, and apply weight sharing if $g(i') = g(i)$. Even though the RNNs share weights, there state vector are still different, and thus we denote them with distinct indices.

Let $\{v^t_i, i\in 1\dots N\}$ be the set of node features at time $t$. The GSRNN makes a prediction at node $i$, time $t$ by first feeding neighboring features to its respective edge RNN, and then feeding the averaged output along with the node features to the respective node RNN. Namely,
\begin{equation}
f^t_i  =  \sum_{j} w_{ij} \text{RNN}_{E_{i, j}} (v^t_i, \alpha_{ij}v^t_j), \;\;\;
\hat{y}^t_i  =  {\rm RNN}_{N_i} (v^t_i, f^t_i).
\end{equation}
Let $y^t_i$ be the true signal at time $t$. We use the mean square loss function below:
\begin{eqnarray}
L^t(\Theta) = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i} \;  (\hat{y}^t_i - y^t_i)^2.
\end{eqnarray}
We back-propagate through time (BPTT), a standard method for training RNNs, with the understanding that the weights for edge RNNs and node RNNs are shared according to the description above.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
    \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{figure1.pdf}
    \caption{red edges are of type H-L, green edges are of type L-L, and blue edges are of type H-H.}
    \label{figure2}
    \end{center}
\end{figure}
In our model of $C=2$, we have three types of edges, H-H, L-L, and H-L. The H-H is the type of edge between two nodes in class H, L-L is the type of edge between two nodes of class L, and H-L is the type of edge edge a node of class H and a node of class L. Each type of edge features will be fed into a different RNN. We normalize our edge weight by maximum degree. Each edge has weight $\alpha_{ij}=w_{ij}=\frac{1}{M_e}$, $\forall \, i$ and $j$, where $M_e$ is the maximum degree over the ten nodes. We use a look-back window of two to generate training data for RNN: the node feature of $v^t$ contains the information of node $v$ at $t-1$ and $t-2$. Then, the edge features of a node $v \in H$ with the edges $E_v$ are:
$$
    e_{v,H}^{t}=\left [\frac{v_{1}^t}{M_e},\frac{v_{2}^t}{M_e}\cdots \right ]
$$
for all $v_{i}\in H$ such that $(v,v_i)\in E_v$,
$$e_{v,L}^t=\left [\frac{u_{1}^t}{M_e},\frac{u_{2}^t}{M_e}\cdots \right ]$$
for all $u_{i}\in L$ such that $(v,u_i) \in E_v$. We feed $e_{v,H}^t$ and $e_{v,L}^t$ into the corresponding edgeRNNs:
$$f^{t}=\frac{1}{M_e}\text{edgeRNN}_{H-L}(v^t,e_{v,L}^t),\;\;
h_{v}^t=\frac{1}{M_e}\text{edgeRNN}_{H-H}(v^t,e_{v,H}^{t}).$$
Each edge RNN will jointly train all the nodes that have an edge belong to its type:
$$\operatorname*{arg\,min}_\theta \mathcal{L}_{H-L}(\Theta)=\frac{1}{|N_w|}\sum_{w\in N_w}\sum_{t}({y_w}^{t}-{\hat{y}_w}^{t})^2$$
where $N_w=\{w\in H\cup L | \ \ E_w \text{ contains an element of type L-H}\}$.
$$\operatorname*{arg\,min}_\theta \mathcal{L}_{H-H}(\Theta)=\frac{1}{|N_v|}\sum_{v\in N_v}\sum_{t}({y_v}^{t}-{\hat{y}_v}^{t})^2$$
where $N_v=\{v\in H| \ \ E_v\text{ contains an element of type H-H}\}$.\\
Finally, we have a node RNN that jointly trains all the nodes in this class:
$$\operatorname*{arg\,min}_\theta \mathcal{L}_{H}(\Theta)=\frac{1}{|H|}\sum_{v\in H}\sum_{t}({y_v}^{t}-{\hat{y}_v}^{t})^2, \;\; \forall v \in H.$$
We feed the outputs of two edge RNNs, together the node feature of $v$ itself into $\text{nodeRNN}_{H}$:
$$v^{t+1}=\text{nodeRNN}_{H}(v^t, f^t, h^t).$$
\begin{figure}[!ht]
    \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=0.65\textwidth]{figure2.pdf}
    \caption{Edge features of the same type are jointly trained by one edge RNN. Nodes from the same class are jointly trained by one node RNN.}
    \label{figure3}
    \end{center}
\end{figure}

\section{Graph Description of Spatial Correlation}
The graph is a flexible representation for irregular geographical shapes which is especially useful for many spatio-temporal forecasting problems. In this work, we use a weighted directed graph for space description where each node corresponds to a state. There are multiple ways to infer the connectivity and weights of this weighted directed graph. In the previous work \cite{Wang:GSRNN}, Wang et al. utilized a multivariate Hawkes process to infer such a graph for crime and traffic forecasting, where the connectivity and weight indicate the mutual influence between the source and the sink nodes. Alternatively, one can opt for space closeness and connect the closest few nodes on the graph, and the weight is proportional to the historical moving average activity levels of the source node. In this work, we employ the second strategy, where we regard two nodes as connected if the corresponding two states are geographically adjacent to each other. The graph in this work is demonstrated in Fig.~\ref{fig:example}. We will explore the first strategy in the future.

\begin{figure}%
    \subfloat[ HHS regions on map]{{\includegraphics[width=5.5cm,height=4.5cm]{hhs.png} }}%
    \qquad
    \subfloat[Graph Structure]{{\includegraphics[width=5.5cm,height=4.5cm]{hhs_graph.pdf} }}%
    \caption{HHS Graph}%
    \label{fig:example}%
\end{figure}

\section{Sparsity Promoting Penalties}
The convex sparsity promoting penalty is
the $\ell_1$ norm. In this study, we also  employ a Lipschitz continuous non-convex penalty, the so-called transformed-$\ell_1$
\begin{definition}\label{TL1Definition}
The transformed $\ell_1$ (T$\ell_1$) penalty function on $x =(x_1,\cdots, x_d) \in \mathbb{R}^d$ is
\begin{equation} P_a(x) := \sum_{i=1}^d \rho_a(x_i),\;\;\; \rho_a(x_i) = \frac{(a+1)|x_i|}{a+|x_i|},\;\; \;
{\rm parameter}\;\; a \in (0,+\infty).\label{Tl1}\end{equation}
\end{definition}

Since $ \lim_{a \to 0^+} \rho_a(x_i) = 1_{\{x_i \ne 0\}}$, $\lim_{a \to +\infty} \rho_a(x_i) = |x_i|$, $\forall i$, the T$\ell_1$ penalty interpolates $\ell_1$ and $\ell_0$. For its sparsification in compressed sensing and other applications, see  \cite{TL1} and references therein. To sparsify weights in GSRNN training via  $\ell_1$ and T$\ell_1$,
we add them to the loss function of GSRNN with a multiplicative penalty parameter $\alpha > 0$, and call stochastic gradient descent optimizer on Tensorflow. Though a relaxed splitting method \cite{RVSM} can enforce sparsity much faster, we shall leave this as part of future work on $\ell_0$ penalty.

\medskip

\section{Experimental Results}

Among the previous works on influenza  forecasting, ARGO \cite{argo} is the current state-of-the-art prediction model for the entire U.S. influenza activity.
To compare with previous works conveniently, we use the CDC data from 2013 to 2015 as our test data. The accuracy is measured in:
    RMSE=$\sqrt{\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}{(y_i-\hat{y_i})^2}}$.
\medskip

We use a single layer LSTM with 40 hidden units for edge RNNs, and a three-layer multilayer LSTM with hidden units $[10,40,10]$ for node RNNs. We use the Adam optimizer to train GSRNN. The RMSE of the forecasting from 2013/1/19 to 2015/8/15, 135 weeks in total, is shown in Table.~\ref{Table1:RMSE:Comparison}. We outperform LSTM and Autoregressive Model of order 3 (AR(3)) in all nodes, and ARGO in 8 nodes, see Fig.~\ref{fig:Comparison} for activity plots in each region. It is easy to see that in regions 1, 2, 7 and 8, there are some under-predictions, while GSRNN's prediction is almost identical to the ground-truth. The general form of an AR(p) model for time-series data is $$X_t=\mu+\sum_{i=1}^p \; \phi_i \, X_{t-i}+\epsilon,$$
where $\vec{\phi}=(\phi_1,...,\phi_p)$ is computed
through the backshift operator. ARGO\cite{argo}, as a refined autoregressive model, models the flu activity level as:
$$\hat{y_t}=\mu_y+\sum_{j=1}^{52}\; \alpha_j \, y_{t-j}+\sum_{i=1}^{100}\; \beta_i \, X_{i,t}+\epsilon_t, \;\; \;
[\mu_y,\,\vec{\alpha},\, \vec{\beta}] := \operatorname*{arg\,min}_{\mu_y,\,\vec{\alpha},\, \vec{\beta}}\sum_{t}\; (y_t-\hat{y_t})^2,$$
$\epsilon_t$ being i.i.d Gaussian noise, $X_{i,t}$ the log-transformed Google search frequency of term $i$ at time $t$. \\

We observe that ARGO has inconsistent performance over nodes. We believe this is because the external feature of ARGO, the Google search pattern data, does not offer useful information, since the national search pattern does not necessarily apply to a certain HHS region. Meanwhile, we also have much less computational cost than ARGO, which takes in top 100 search terms related to influenza as well as their historical activity levels, with a look-back window length of 52 weeks. During the time for ARGO to compute one node, our model finishes all the ten nodes. \\

We sparsify the network through $\ell_1$ and T$\ell_1$ (eq. (\ref{Tl1}) using $a=1$ and penalty parameter $\alpha=10^{-8}$ during training.
Post training, we hard threshold small network weights to 0
at threshold $10^{-3}$, and find that high sparsity under T$\ell_1$ regularization is achieved while maintaining the accuracy at the same level, see Table \ref{table3} and Table \ref{table4}.
Hard-thresholding improves the predictions for some nodes but not all of them, however it reduces the inference latency and is thus beneficial for the overall algorithm.

\begin{table*}[h]
\centering
\fontsize{10.0}{10}\selectfont
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{The RMSE between the predicted and ground-truth activity levels by different methods over 10 different states. }\label{Table1:RMSE:Comparison}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccccccc}
\toprule
Node     & 1  & 2   & 3  & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8  & 9 & 10\cr
\midrule
AR(3)       &0.242 &0.383 &0.481 &0.415 &0.345 &0.797 &0.401 &0.305 &0.356 &0.317 \cr
ARGO        &0.281 &0.379 &0.397 &0.335 &{\bf 0.285} &0.673 &0.449 &{\bf 0.244} &0.356 &0.310 \cr
LSTM        &0.271 &0.364 &0.487 &0.349 &0.328 &0.751 &0.421 &0.333 &0.335 &0.310 \cr
GSRNN       &{\bf 0.223} &{\bf 0.354} &{\bf 0.374} &{\bf 0.320} &0.289 &{\bf 0.664} &{\bf 0.361} &0.275 &{\bf 0.284} &{\bf 0.303} \cr
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table*}

\begin{figure}[!h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{argo0.png}&
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{argo1.png}\\
(HHS Region 1) & (HHS Region 2) \\
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{argo6.png}&
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{argo7.png}\\
(HHS Region 7) & (HHS Region 8)\\
\end{tabular}
\caption{The exact and predicted flu activity levels by GSRNN and ARGO.}
\label{fig:Comparison}
\end{figure}

\medskip

\begin{table*}[h]
\centering
\fontsize{10.0}{10}\selectfont
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{Percentages of weights $<10^{-3}$ in absolute value in
GSRNN w/ and w/o $\ell_1$, T$\ell_1$ penalties.
}\label{table3}
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
\toprule
Penalty     & 1  & 2   & 3  & 4 & 5 \cr
\midrule
$\alpha=0$                   &51.2\% &47.8\% &50.3\% &50.6\% &49.9\%  \cr
$l_1(\alpha=5\cdot 10^{-8})$ &67.7\% &51.8\% &57.7\% &60.7\% &61.2\%  \cr
$TL1(\alpha=5\cdot 10^{-8})$ &{\bf 82.3}\% &{\bf 58.9}\% &{\bf 71.9}\% &{\bf 64.2}\%& {\bf 71.1}\%  \cr
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table*}

\begin{table*}[h]
\centering
\fontsize{10.0}{10}\selectfont
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{Node-wise RMSE of GSRNNs via post-training hard thresholding at threshold $10^{-3}$.}\label{table4}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccccccc}
\toprule
Node     & 1  & 2   & 3  & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8  & 9 & 10\cr
\midrule
$\alpha=0$                   &0.230 &0.351 &0.390 &0.334 &0.314 &0.676 &0.380 &0.297 &0.287 &0.316 \cr
$l_1(\alpha=5\cdot 10^{-8})$ &0.234 &0.351 &0.388 &0.327 &0.306 &0.685 &0.363 &0.290 &0.281 &0.296 \cr
$TL1(\alpha=5\cdot 10^{-8})$ &0.225 &0.363 &0.379 &0.328 &0.296 &0.690 &0.365 &0.272 &0.311 &0.305 \cr
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table*}

\section{Concluding Remarks}
We studied epidemic forecasting based on a graph-structured RNN model to take into account geo-spatial information.
We also sparsified the model and reduced 70\% of the network weights to zero while maintaining the same level of prediction accuracy. In future work, we plan to explore wider neighborhood interactions and more powerful sparsification methods. Furthermore, training RNNs with the recently developed Laplacian smoothing gradient descent \cite{LSGD:2018} is worth exploring.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
This material is based on research sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and DARPA under agreement number FA8750-18-2-0066; the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, DOE-SC0013838; the  National Science Foundation DMS-1554564 (STROBE), DMS-1737770, DMS-1522383, IIS-1632935.
The authors thank Profs.
M. Hyman, and J. Lega for helpful discussions.

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New Amsterdam Season 4 Episode 10: Release Date, Spoilers & Preview
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New Amsterdam Season 4 episode 10
The newest episode of season 4 chronicles a totally random malware assault on the hospital. Meanwhile, Max declined to sign the documents that would legally dismiss his New Amsterdam colleagues. Helen meets her potential successor, and the two of them treat a cancer patient together. If you missed the episode's television debut, you might find more information about it in the recap section. This is New Amsterdam season 4 episode 10.
In New Amsterdam, it seems that Max would go against Veronica's wishes in order to assist illegal migrants. There is nowhere else for the refugees to go, and Veronica does not want them to remain at the hospital without their will. As a result, we will see another confrontation between Veronica and Max. Furthermore, it seems that the hospital has had enough of Veronica's antics. This is because a vote on whether or not to fire Veronica is scheduled for the following episode.
New Amsterdam season 4 episode 10 release date
New Amsterdam season 4 episode 10 will release on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, on NBC at 10:00 PM, eastern time, United States. Firstly, the episode's title is "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception". Secondly, this series' episodes normally drop on Tuesdays. Thirdly, the episodes normally have a runtime of 42 minutes. Lastly, the upcoming episode will feature the story of With As Max and Sharpe prepare to depart for London, a deadly superbug hits the hospital and draws them back in.
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The most convenient method to watch 'New Amsterdam' season 4 episode 10 is on the official network NBC, which can be accessed with a cable subscription at the time and date shown above. Having said that, if you're looking for alternative choices, you can always watch it on NBC's official website or on the NBC app. In addition, the episode will be accessible on Peacock TV and the Peacock TV app one day after it airs on broadcast television.
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New Amsterdam season 4 episode 10 spoilers
When are Max and Helen planning to depart from New Amsterdam? On the basis of what we're hearing right now, it seems as if season 4 episode 10, might be the episode in which it occurs. At the very least, that is their stated objective. Because we expected to see these characters at a huge crossroads at some point in the novel, we found this specific one to be particularly intriguing. In the event that they choose to leave the hospital, what does this indicate for the show's future? When two of the key characters aren't really at the hospital, it's difficult to visualize New Amsterdam as a place.
While we could see it for a few episodes, it was difficult to figure out what it was beyond that. As it stands now, it seems like the two will not be able to go as planned, but will there be a solution before the episode's conclusion? In terms of that, we'll have to wait and see, but we're getting closer to the point in the season when the rubber hits the road. The future of Max and Helen's plans to go to London is unclear at this point, and we'll have to wait and see what happens.
New Amsterdam season 4 episode 9 recap
"In a Strange Land," the title of episode 9, was an emotional episode that revolved in thought-provoking tales of patients who were fighting to get by. As is customary for Max, he will give his best to ensure that they all get the therapy they need. Hundreds of illegal immigrants were taking safety in a church when it was destroyed by fire in the forthcoming episode. Sharpe and Malvo will care for a patient who is struggling for his or her life at all times.
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Okay, I did say that if we managed to get a result from this match I'd start to get excited. And here we are, 3 points later.
Watford had the better of the early going, playing dangerous balls in from their left-hand side. Switches in play caught Tom Holmes narrow, or Meite failed to track the run of the second player. If I were an opposition manager I'd be looking to switch the play almost every time - either with a player undercutting Richards (who goes wide early to attempt to close down that ball), or overlapping Holmes (who stays narrow).
Most of Holmes passing was safe balls inside, rather than attempting to be incisive
Reading's right side of defence was fairly dysfunctional getting the ball forward. Holmes and Morrison don't trust themselves to play forwards, and deferred to others. That is, of course, other than Holmes' assist for the goal. It was noticeable that it was his only pass from the middle of the pitch - tending to stick to wider areas. Much like Araruna before him, he often didn't have a simple pass forward, and his inability to beat a player meant having to go round the back before going forward.
The reason Holmes found himself central for the only goal of the match was because of Reading's pressure in the far left corner. As we've seen before, that pulls the Reading defence toward that side. Holmes offered the pass which opened up space centrally, before picking out Puscas. If anything, Holmes could have opened up more space for himself by making his run a bit wider, but in the end, it was perfect.
Puscas didn't mean that touch, got a huge amount of luck, but like Olise's strike last time at The Madejski, his instinct to take it early was the key. And it's slightly at odds with the discussion around Reading's shooting stats (at least by Reading fans). Yes - Reading's shots are coming from good positions, and are worth high xG, but that doesn't mean that Reading are creating the best chances. And, as we've seen, creating good chances can sometimes be a little overrated.
It's almost definite that our current level of shots-to-goals is unsustainable, but in Puscas and Meite we have two high volume shooters that, you would expect, will tend the other way over the course of the season if they play any kind of minutes.
Puscas and Meite both benefitted from Watford's high defensive line, allowing them more leeway in holding up the ball but both have noticeably improved their first touch - although the sample size is still small this season. Above - Puscas does hold the ball up well and plays a lovely pass out to the right, but his touch on another day would see him lose the ball. It's the sort of performance that can help build to something greater.
Sone Aluko sans free-kicks - linking play, but not troubling the final third
As @JordanCottle touched upon on Twitter, Sone Aluko had a great game as Paunovic altered the role of his CAM. He dropped deep, held onto the ball, and recycled possession but rarely looked incisive at the other end. His ability in tight spaces was crucial to breaking the Watford press. On first glance, his tally of three key passes (out of eight) is an impressive stat, but two of those were free-kicks and one a lay-off to Tom Holmes thirty-yards from goal.
If there was any sign that this squad may still need reinforcements, it's that Tom McIntyre replaced Olise with half an hour still to play. He may add some defensive solidity, but I'm not convinced he's the missing piece going forward. Michael Olise didn't have the best of games, but it's a little difficult to see how bringing McIntyre on helped the side. It makes the decision to have Femi Azeez on the bench, a winger who played 90 minutes for the U23s the day before, even stranger.
But none of that should detract from the fact this was a superb result, and Reading deserved the win. On another day maybe Watford connect with one of those crosses or the free-kick dips under the bar rather than hitting it, but that's downplaying how comfortable we were for large parts. Watford may be struggling to adapt offensively, but they still have tremendous players that could have caused real problems.
I expect that with Ejaria fit Aluko will drop back to the bench. Ovie presumably heading out to the left-wing, while Olise, assuming he's not sold before the deadline, playing centrally. The eighteen-year-old has the same ability to get out of trouble as Aluko, but also a more direct dribbling style and a desire to look for the ball that occasionally drags him out of position when playing wide. If Joao is fit he'll come straight back into the side, but it would also be interesting to see whether Olise and Puscas could play in combination.
Just avoiding defeat at The Riverside is probably more than good enough, given we then host two promoted sides - and anything other than six points from those two games would be a disappointment.
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Prussia occupies Silesia OTD in 1740
by History of the Germans Podcast on 16th December 2021 16th December 2021
On this day, December 16th, 1740, King Frederick II (the Great) of Brandenburg-Prussia occupied Silesia, until then a possession of the House of Habsburg. Frederick claimed Silesia as compensation for accepting the "Pragmatic Sanction".
The Pragmatic Sanction was a change in the rules of inheritance prevailing in the Habsburg lands. If the imperial family had died out in the male line, the eldest daughter of the last holder of the title should now inherit the lands. This insurance policy had to be called earlier than expected when Emperor Charles VI died in 1740 and left all to his daughter Maria Theresia.
As soon as Charles VI had passed, various pretenders contested the validity of the Pragmatic Sanction, including Bavaria, Saxony and Prussia. Frederick II stood out for having no claim on Silesia at all – he just wanted it. What he did have was a formidable standing army created by his father who he despised. That army he put to use in Silesia, which he occupied within days.
The invasion of Silesia kicks off a period of near continuous warfare between Austria and Prussia that involved France, Great Britain and several of the German states. It lasts until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763. Prussia and Great Britain emerged as the winners in this, the first global conflict. Britain gains an empire in North America and India and Prussia leapfrogs Bavaria and Saxony to the #2 position in Germany behind Austria.
Prussia's or more precisely Frederick II's success was hard won and brought him more than once to the abyss.
The post 1763 power structure in Germany pitted Prussia against Austria for leadership in a future unified German national state. That conflict gets resolved 100 years later in the battle of Königgrätz/Hradic Kralove (1866) and the subsequent creation of the Deutsche Reich under Prussian leadership in 1871.
I am not a fan of the "great man" approach to history, but Frederick II, for good or ill, had been one of the rare individuals whose choices did change the course of history. Without his daring and persistence, Prussia would have remained a mid-ranking state within Germany. National unification would have come about in a very different fashion…


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Triple Eight – Knockout
Released: 21st April 2003
Writers: Anders Bagge / Pär Åström / Wayne Hector / Reed Vertelney / Mikael Berg Andersson
Peak position: #8
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Following an exodus of boybands from the charts, Triple Eight sought to fill the void with their debut single Knockout. But with pop music quickly falling out of fashion, were they punching above their weight?
Launching a new boyband in 2003 was more of a gamble than ever before. Even if you had just a passing interest in the charts, you couldn't fail to notice the shift that was happening. Various iterations of rock music – from Busted to Evanescence – dominated the airwaves, while the flagship pop acts of yesteryear – Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake – were growing up and shedding their bubblegum sound and image. In terms of boybands, these were bleak times. a1 and Five had split up, the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC were on hiatus (*NSYNC still are, technically), and Westlife had just released a greatest hits, so no one really knew what was going to happen there. In theory, there was a gap in the market for some new acts and wouldn't you know it, along came two simultaneously.
Triple Eight were fashioned as the rebels in the template of a classic boyband rivalry against the more squeaky-clean D-Side, who released their debut Speechless the week before Knockout. In truth, the precise alignment of their singles (the follow-ups also arrived a week apart) was the only real parallel between the two because there just wasn't the appetite – or a big enough audience – by this stage for a full-scale rivalry. However, Triple Eight definitely had the edge in terms of hype and exposure. The group (David Wilcox, Ian "Sparx" Farquharson, James Bell, Justin Scott and Josh Barnett) were managed by Chris Herbert, and his experience with acts like the Spice Girls, Five and B*Witched was evident. Triple Eight landed magazine covers and multiple-page spreads in Smash Hits without even a hit to their name. They were primed to be big. Or at least, as big as a boyband could hope to be at this time.
While Triple Eight were certainly not on a quest to revive bubblegum pop. Refreshingly, they were also not here to be disparaging about it. The group cited *NSYNC as one of their major influences, and Knockout does sound like a distant relative of their Celebrity album as it bounces from genre to genre throughout its three and a half minute running time. The track opens with deep electric guitar riffs (which are reprised later in the song) and distorted vocals delivered atop a punchy beat: "Checking him when you're with me, thinking that I don't see, little games that you play, make me wanna walk away". There's a punky swagger here that sends Knockout straight down the pop-rock route with vigour. And that would have been an entirely understandable direction. However, halfway through the first verse, there's a switch-up. The song starts flipping between a smooth, shimmering R&B melody: "You come over late at night (you come over late at night), saying everything is right…" and urgent interludes: "My boys keep sweatin me, I'm stressin out, stressin out" peppered with record scratches.
The chorus throws all those elements in together to create a part-sung, part-chanted refrain: "Knockout (you know I wanna out the light, I wanna) knockout (you know I wanna start a fight, I wanna) knockout (you know I wanna do this right)". It's here that Knockout arguably veers too close to style over substance, although there's no mistaking what it was trying to do. If Triple Eight were to be the new rabble-raising rebels of the chart, then they needed a song that would generate some crowd response at live gigs; something for the audience to shout back at them. As a chorus, it's passable. As a slogan, it's perfect.
Stylistically Knockout is all over the place. It's almost exhausting to listen to, such is the frequency and unpredictability with which it changes course. But that's the point. Taking Celebrity as the template, the intention with that album was to defy expectation and push the boundaries of what pop music can do. This wasn't an easy sound to emulate, considering few (if any) acts had tried, and to set the benchmark so high for their debut single speaks volumes of Triple Eight's ambition. They do pull it off, though. At its best, Knockout captures the same frenetic energy that *NSYNC had brought to their final album along with a cacophony of production effects, some of which are used once and never heard again.
While the song may be eager to defy convention, the same isn't quite so true of the music video. It's certainly impressive in scale as Triple Eight perform in a caged arena while a swarm of extras climb and claw their way over the structure. Again, the group embrace their boyband status and deliver slick choreography without even a hint of playing it up self-knowingly or tongue-in-cheek. As the video ends, the crowd descend on Triple Eight, water pours down on them all (it's unclear why a cage would have a sprinkler system installed, but there we go), and the dancing takes a rather unsavoury turn. While the visuals do fit alongside Knockout, the issue really is that the whole setup feels overly familiar. This is essentially a textbook example of how to craft a pop video designed to portray its subject(s) as 'edgy'. With a muted colour palette, it's part Dirrty by Christina Aguilera, part Do We Rock by Point Break and in all, perhaps a little bit overdone by this point in time, and certainly not a fair reflection of the creativity seen elsewhere within Knockout.
Rivalry or not, there was likely to have been a sigh of relief as Triple Eight landed at #8, a whisker ahead of the #9 peak achieved by D-Side with their debut single the previous week. The consistency with which both acts arrived was a clear indication that the era of boybands scrapping over the top spot was over. Thus, this was probably about as good as anyone could have hoped for in a commercial sense, considering how much the market had shifted in a short space of time. In truth, we were barely scratching the surface in terms of just how hostile the charts would become to pop acts. But for the time being, at least, there was still a place for Triple Eight, and they were about to give us one very good reason why.
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July 27, 2018 /0 Comments/in News /by Oldham Cares
An Oldham pensioner has thanked a new health and social care partnership for helping him improve his quality of life.
Graham Williams, 78, has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease which has led to regular trips to hospital.
He had also become socially isolated following the death of his mother several years ago and hospital staff recognised he would benefit from some extra support.
Graham was seen by the Oldham Rapid Community Assessment Team (ORCAT) and agreed to support from Age UK Oldham, who are part of ORCAT.
ORCAT works closely with colleagues at The Royal Oldham Hospital, including those in the A&E department, to react quickly and prevent people from being admitted to hospital if they can be supported at home with the right professional help.
The service was established by the Oldham Urgent Care Alliance, a partnership of 10 health, care and voluntary sector organisations developed to improve outcomes for local people by enhancing current service provision.
Donna Speat from Age UK Oldham arranged for Graham to attend luncheon clubs and other activities to socialise with others.
She said: "We've been working with Graham for about six months now and I'm delighted to see how much he's enjoyed having some company."
Graham added: "I've enjoyed every minute of it. I feel very close to all the staff."
Vicki Elcock, ORCAT Manager at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: "It's fantastic that we've been able to help Graham not only improve his health but also start to take part in more social activities.
"There's a clear link between social interaction and wellbeing and it's something we're proud to support with ORCAT.
"Our service helps to get people out of hospital by putting support in place at home to give them the best possible quality of life."
Once at home, the team takes a partnership approach to assessment and care planning to understand what level of support the individual may need to live as safely and independently as possible.
Find out more about ORCAT at www.penninecare.nhs.uk/ORCAT
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Public Image Limited – Live at Rockpalast 1983 DVD
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There's no question that the first three Public Image Limited albums are post-punk masterpieces. They will go down as legendary in the annals of punk history. John Lydon (aka: Johnny Rotten) shocked the world after the disbanding of the Sex Pistols by almost immediately starting PiL and carving out a unique style of music that was ever-changing. None of those early albums sounded alike. After those three albums, the band started experiencing regular lineup changes but still put out quality music for quite a few years, eventually enjoying some more mainstream success in the later 1980s.
Rockpalast is a German TV show that sounds like it is a better version of what MTV used to be (you know, a music TV channel) and often times they'd broadcast concerts on the network when bands would come through Germany and play there. Public Image Limited did just that way back on Halloween of 1983. This was after their first three albums had been released and the band had gone though another lineup change with only John Lydon and Martin Atkins remaining in the band. Session musicians were hired and PiL continued on, doing a tour before releasing This is What You Want, This is What You Get in 1984 (parts of which were written and recorded before Keith Levene left the band, but that's a story for another day, look up the bootleg Commercial Zone album for that story).
It may have taken just shy of 30 years but PiL's performance has finally been released for public consumption worldwide on this newly released DVD. The band performed that day to a packed house full of enthusiastic fans and the band itself was in top form, performing songs from their first three albums along with a couple that would appear on This is What, This is What You Get. The show started with the songs, "Public Image", "Analisa", and "Religion" before giving some love to the Metal Box and Flowers of Romance. The playing was spot-on and John was dancing about, sneering, and his vocal delivery was fantastic at this show. The show was filmed on multiple cameras that nicely captured all the members playing their instruments, the crowd and everything going on. The band played 13 songs, which included both opening and ending their show with "Public Image" and it also includes a rare rendition of the Sex Pistols', "Anarchy in the UK". Other standouts include "Flowers of Romance", "Memories", and "Solitaire" among others. It really is a great time capsule of fairly early PiL and a great live performance.
The video is presented in 4:3 full frame which is how it was originally shot and how it originally aired, and the sound is 2.0 stereo. The audio sounds excellent and is actually so good it is amazing that they never released it as a live album. The video quality is also excellent with nice vivid colors and a clear, sharp picture. This footage aged nicely. Bonus features includes a video of the band's sound check and a brief interview with John Lydon which was interesting, albeit brief. It rounds out the package nicely on what is a fantastic concert film. The running length is about 75 minutes long. This DVD is a must-own for PiL fans and it's great that it has finally been made available.
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Legoland Dubai
Families with children aged 12 and under are welcome to visit the park. There are also a number of rides and activities available at the park. Dubai's Legoland theme park contains a Miniland, where over 20 million Lego bricks are used to make 15,000 small replicas of various locations and structures from across the world, similar to many other Legoland theme parks.
Legoland Dubai (a sister park to others around the world, notably in Florida) brings Legos to life with 60 interactive attractions and 15,000 Lego models for the young and young-at-heart. The theme park, which is aimed at families with children aged 2 to 12, was built using 60 million Legos and has six indoor and outdoor zones. The outdoor attractions can be too much to handle in the summer heat, but the interior attractions are just as good—and they're air-conditioned.
What's the atmosphere like here?
Legoland Dubai (a sister park to others around the world, notably in Florida) brings Legos to life with 60 interactive attractions and 15,000 Lego models for the young and young-at-heart.
The theme park, which is aimed at families with children aged 2 to 12, was built using 60 million Legos and has six indoor and outdoor zones. The outdoor attractions can be too much to handle in the summer heat, but the interior attractions are just as good—and they're air-conditioned.
Are there any sights that you absolutely must see?
The indoor Middle East–themed Miniland is the main attraction, with a small exhibition of Dubai's famed skyline and other familiar city sites created entirely of millions of bricks. Rest areas and restrooms are plentiful, and most attractions are accessible.
For what—and who—does this work best?
To get the most out of Legoland, you'll need at least a few hours. Families with young children will enjoy themselves here, and a Legoland Hotel will be opening soon.
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tmgroup have today announced the appointment of experienced industry professional Jamie Shah, who will serve as Key Account Manager for the South of England.
Having joined tmgroup in March 2015 as business development manager, Jamie has now been promoted to look after Legal 100 firms in the South.
With a decade of experience in the property market, Jamie calls upon a wealth of knowledge and expertise and is looking forward to working closely with our existing portfolio of clients to bring them market-leading online property and conveyancing solutions.
Having begun his career at Bairstow Eves, an estate agency part of Countrywide Group, Jamie was then head hunted by CLC-regulated firm Fridays Property Lawyers and managed a sales team of a dozen people there for 3 years.
Jamie then worked with foreign investors in Canary Wharf at high-end residential estate agency Felicity J Lord and, most recently before joining tmgroup, was at unique start-up company Lifetime Legal helping to bring estate agents and property solicitors closer together.


Older Australians in residential aged care or receiving support from a service provider have to be provided with a document detailing their rights under the latest aged care quality and safety reforms.
Under the reforms aged care providers will have to, for the first time, provide a personally signed copy of the Charter of Rights to every one of their residents or care recipients, giving them or their authorised representative an opportunity to co-sign.
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt AM says the Government is standing up for our most vulnerable senior Australians and says he "won't tolerate anything less".
The new Charter covers 14 fundamental protections including safety, quality care, independence, information, personal privacy, control, fairness and choice, and is replacing and strengthening the four previous charters.
The Charter will underpin the new Aged Care Quality Standards coming into effect from 1 July 2019, which mandates quality clinical frameworks, open disclosure to consumers, minimal use of restraint and safe, effective and consumer-focussed care.
"Being treated with dignity and living without abuse and neglect are among the top tiers of the new Charter," Mr Wyatt says.
He says the Charter and Standards will work alongside the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission as it works to protect older Australians.
Residential aged care services will have until 30 September 2019 to provide the signed Charter to existing residents, while home care providers have until 31 December 2019, which has come under scrutiny by aged care peak bodies.
Chief Executive of the Council of the Ageing Australia (COTA) Ian Yates welcomes the Charter, having worked on its development with Government and other stakeholders for a long time but is deeply concerned about the delay for providers to give the Charter to residents and consumers.
Mr Yates is calling for the deadline to be brought forward.
"If providers are so badly organised that they need extra time, 30 September is the absolute latest we would find acceptable – that's six months to communicate with their customers about their basic rights.
"Why on earth would it take a provider nine months to tell consumers about the Charter? I am sure if they were telling them about an increase in fees it would only take a month or two at most!
"After recent experience with many home care providers not complying with the Minister's requirement that they publish service information and prices in an understandable way, who knows when Home Care consumers will hear about their rights under the Charter?
"We urge providers who really do put consumers first to set a much earlier deadline and those who do COTA will publicly welcome and draw to people's attention," Mr Yates says.
A spokesperson for Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) says the organisation is supportive of a rights-based approach to aged care.
"ACSA will look at the detail of what was announced over the weekend and continue to work constructively with Government, providers, families and older Australians."
Developed through broad consultation of more than 550 public submissions last year, the Charter is concise, easy to read and will be available in a variety of languages.
It was created with consumer and industry input, with approximately 40 percent of submissions made by aged care recipients, their families and carers and 48 percent made by providers, staff and peak organisations.
You can view the Charter of Rights on the Department of Health's Ageing and Aged Care website.


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Archives|BROOKLYN'S POLYTECH, A STORYBOOK SUCCESS
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BROOKLYN'S POLYTECH, A STORYBOOK SUCCESS
By CYNTHIA SANZ JAN. 5, 1986
January 5, 1986, Page 012026Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
IN A converted razor factory in downtown Brooklyn, across the street from a pizza parlor and a hardware store, resides a school whose contributions to science stand in wild contrast to its surroundings. Over the years it has been a key center of research in the development of microwave physics, radar, polymers and the space program. More recently it has played a key role in the promotion of Metrotech, a 16-acre academic-industrial research park in Brooklyn. And just this year the school - Polytechnic University, the newest of several names it has taken over its 131-year history - was awarded a research grant to develop technology for the ''Star Wars'' project, the Strategic Defense Initiative.
''We are the institution of the American dream,'' said Dr. George Bugliarello, president of Polytechnic. ''We're scrappy and we're determined to be the best.''
With a relatively small and unpretentious campus and buildings designed more for function than esthetics, Polytechnic University, the name it adopted last year, seems light-years away from the ivy-covered walls that usually accompany the image of academia. Founded in 1854 as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, the school was first an upper-class college-preparatory and finishing school for young men, as recalled by Prof. A. George Schillinger, chairman of Polytechnic's division of management, who came to the institute in 1957. In the late 19th century downtown Brooklyn grew as a commercial and residential area. In response the school altered its focus to training in engineering and the sciences; and in 1890 it became a college, changing its name to the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. It retained the preparatory division until 1917, when it split off. By 1958 the college had outgrown its facilities and moved a few blocks away to its present, larger quarters.
The school's shift to a scientific curriculum reflected a change in the student pool from the wealthier group to an upwardly mobile middle class. These demographics remained stable until the 1930's, according to Professor Schillinger, when the school began to attract the immigrant groups that until that time had mostly attended City College.
Polytechnic has long had a distinguished faculty. Over the last half-century its members have included Herman Mark, a chemist in polymers, who came in 1930; Paul Ewald, an early leader in crystal physics and a founder of X-ray crystallography; Ernst Weber, an electrical engineer and an early leader of the university's Microwave Research Institute; and Donald Othmer and Raymond Kirk, who together edited the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
During World War II the Microwave Institute worked on problems whose solution led to the development of radar, and later broke ground in electromagnetic theory and electronics in general. In later years the university's aerospace department has participated in the space program, solving re-entry problems of the manned space capsules.
Enrollment at Polytechnic is 5,100, making it the largest technological university in the New York metropolitan area and the second-largest in graduate enrollment in the nation after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
But while its position now is comfortable, there were days not long ago when faculty members outnumbered students, and a $3.5 million deficit, despite state subsidies of more than $18 million, threatened to close the school for good.
The university began to experience severe budgetary difficulties in the late 1960's as a result of cutbacks in Federal science and engineering support and a general decline in engineering enrollment nationally. By 1970, having invested more than $4 million in teaching and research faculty and new laboratories, Polytechnic found itself left with very few students.
From 1969 to 1975, Polytechnic was forced to rely on state subsidies, which it obtained on the basis of its value as an engineering school and the economic hardship it would create locally if it folded. Despite the state aid, with no cushion of endowments to tide it over, Polytechnic was forced to merge in 1973 with New York University's School of Engineering and Science in the Bronx, another financially troubled private school, but one with enough students to help pay Polytechnic's bills. With the merger went another name change, to Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Over the next several years, Dr. Bugliarello and his staff managed to turn Polytechnic around. An intensive student recruitment plan increased enrollment, while the encouragement of early retirement pruned the faculty. The makeover did not end there. In the mid-1970's Polytechnic began an undergraduate engineering program at its Long Island campus in Farmingdale, which had previously been used only for research, and started offering courses through other universities in the metropolitan area. University administrators meanwhile were furiously pursuing research dollars and endowments.
After three and a half years of tightening its belt, Polytechnic managed to balance its budget, and in 1979 was able to achieve enough of a budget surplus to begin a program of capital reinvestment. ''The moment we balanced the budget, we accelerated the tempo,'' Dr. Bugliarello said. ''We started strengthening our computer program while most universities were ignoring theirs, and at the same time we reached out into previously unexplored areas. We began a technological management program and created the nation's only philosophy and technology studies center.''
Of the 300 engineering schools in the United States, Polytechnic has the second-largest graduate enrollment and is among the most successful institutions in the country as a producer of science and engineering graduates who go on to doctoral studies. An average of 7.2 percent of Polytechnic graduates go on to achieve a Ph.D., compared with two other schools with large engineering programs: Carnegie-Mellon, with an average of 6 percent, and Princeton, with 4.5 percent.
Today, Polytechnic is a full-fledged university generally rated academically in the top 5 percent of all U.S. colleges and universities, and is well known for its research centers in electrophysics and polymer blends. Last year the school was awarded a $3.2 million Federal Government grant to study the concept of pulse-power physics - how to produce bursts of power - in space, for the ''Star Wars'' program.
Polytechnic is also designated the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications, and last year it played a lead role in organizing support for bringing to downtown Brooklyn the Metrotech complex, a 16-acre academic-industrial research park.
''Poly has a reputation of being the best,'' said Maria C. Elevado, a computer-science junior at the school. She remembers applying for a part-time job with the New York City Department of General Services as a freshman and being called immediately to interview for the position. ''They saw 'Polytechnic' at the top of my resume and didn't even read any further,'' she said. ''Simply by virtue of that name, I was chosen for the interview, and I'm sure it was at least partly responsible for my getting the job.''
Remi Begonia Mendoza, a graduate student in technological management, agrees. Miss Mendoza says she would have left New York if she felt she could get a better technological education elsewhere, but after studying the alternatives, decided on Polytechnic. ''Polytechnic is exploring new areas in this type of education,'' she said. ''Most colleges don't offer such a wide range of courses in the field of technology.'' She is currently a senior flavor chemist at Pepsico.
''Poly is a breeder of entrepreneurs,'' said Dr. Bugliarello. ''We see our mission as that of a catalyst in the economic development of the region.''
The school hopes to give the New York area a strong center of academic support that will insure that it holds its place as the technological nerve center of the nation. ''New York is one of those cities at risk,'' Dr. Bugliarello said. ''People can easily move their operations somewhere else, someplace less expensive. But if we can provide an environment that cannot be found in other cities, then New York will continue to be extremely vital.''
A version of this article appears in print on January 5, 1986, on Page 12012026 of the National edition with the headline: BROOKLYN'S POLYTECH, A STORYBOOK SUCCESS. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


Just like all top tech companies do, OnePlus launches different versions of its smartphones. The company loves to meddle with mid-ranged smartphones and premium level ones as well. However, there is a difference between the premium smartphones that OnePlus puts out when compared to the likes of Samsung and Apple.
All of OnePlus's flagship smartphones are renowned for offering high-end hardware specs while behind equipped with an affordable price tag at the same time and this is why they are dubbed as "the flagship killers". Nonetheless, OnePlus 6 is weeks away from being launched and a massive leak unveiled everything there is to know about it.
As previously mentioned, OnePlus 6 is weeks away from being launched. To be more exact, the smartphone is scheduled to come out on May 21nd and this information was unveiled in the massive leak. Things get even better than this because the leaks also unveiled how much OnePlus 6 will cost.
According to the recent leak, the 64GB version of OnePlus 6 will cost 519 Euros which converts to $620 while the bigger 128GB model will be priced at 569 Euro which is $680. These prices seem to be real because a previous leak showed that there will be a third OnePlus 6 256GB model which will cost $749.
The reason why OnePlus 6 is so highly anticipated, is because it will feature a 6.28-inch AMOLED display that puts out a pixel resolution of 2280 x 1080. In addition, the display will be coated in Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for scratch and crack resistance. OnePlus 6 will also be a powerhouse when it comes to processing speed because it is fueled by one of Qualcomm's latest octa-core Snapdragon 845 CPU and 8GB of RAM.


I know that all of us have at least once sought to translate Tweets from a foreign language. It's only logical, as users are spread across the globe, we don't always follow people who only speak our language. There are a few third-party tools that you can use to translate Tweets, but now Twitter has launched it's own built-in solution.
Enter, translation powered by Microsoft Bing and voila! You can now read Tweets in other languages.