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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969. It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway Commission, was created by an act of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1913. It works closely with the five-member Oregon Transportation Commission (the modern name of the Highway Commission) in managing the state's transportation systems.

The Oregon Transportation Commission, formerly the Oregon State Highway Commission, is a five-member governor-appointed government agency that manages the state highways and other transportation in the U.S. state of Oregon, in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Inception

The first State Highway Commission was created on August 12, 1913, and was composed of Governor Oswald West, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott and Treasurer Thomas B. Kay. On January 12, 1915, James Withycombe became Governor and replaced Oswald West on the commission. The 1917 Oregon Legislative Assembly redesigned the State Highway Commission, with citizens appointed to replace the elected officials.

The new commissioners held their first meeting on March 6, and the commission was then known as the Oregon Highway Division. As Oregon's transportation needs started to grow, the division expanded and, in 1919, it employed their first State Bridge Engineer, Conde McCullough.

Events
By 1920, Oregon had  of paved roads and  of plank roads for a population of 783,389 and, by 1932, the work that had been started on the Oregon Coast Highway (also known as U.S. Route 101) in 1914 was completed, except for five bridges, which meant greater responsibility for the division. This work was complete when the construction of the bridges over the Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, and Umpqua rivers and Coos Bay were completed, closing the last gaps in the highway. By 1940, the highway division was managing more than  of state, market and country roads in Oregon, with nearly  being hard-surfaced.

In 2018, the city government of Portland, Oregon and ODOT entered into an intergovernmental agreement in which the Portland city government takes over the cleanups of transient camps on ODOT right-of-way in select locations in Portland in exchange for payments from ODOT.

In 2019, ODOT installed boulders at five locations in Portland to deter transient camps around the freeways. The installations have received support from neighbors while criticized by homeless advocacy groups.

Exploding whale incident
On November 12, 1970, the department was tasked with disposing of a dead sperm whale that washed ashore on the beach near Florence. The department exploded the dead whale using half a ton of dynamite to blast it off the beach. Pieces of dead whale went everywhere including the beach, bystanders, a parking lot and a park, severely damaging at least one car. Willamette Week reports "The decision to publicly dynamite an enormous mammal has become one of Oregon's all-time most bizarre moments."

This became known as the "exploding whale incident".

Directors

 John Fulton — July 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
 George Baldwin — January 1, 1971 – June 30, 1971
 Sam Haley — July 1, 1971 – July 8, 1973
 George Baldwin — July 9, 1973 – April 30, 1976
 Bob Burco — May 1, 1976 – January 8, 1979
 Fred Klaboe — January 9, 1979 – December 31, 1981
 Fred Miller — January 1, 1982 – February 16, 1987
 Bob Bothman — February 17, 1987 – June 30, 1991
 Don Forbes — July 1, 1991 – 1995
 Grace Crunican — 1996 – 2001
 Bruce Warner — 2001 – 2005
 Matthew Garrett — December 19, 2005 – June 30, 2019
 Kris Strickler — September 2019 – Present

Slogans
 1913 - "Get Oregon Out of the Mud"
 1957 - "Building Oregon Thru Better Highways"
 1958 - "Oregon Freeways...Symbol of 2nd Century Progress"
 1961 - "Freeways are Easier"
 1967 - "Fifty Years of Building Better Highways in Oregon" (not technically correct; the department was formed in 1913)
 1978 - "Keep Oregon Green and in the Black"
 1986 - "ODOT on the Move"
 2006 - "The way to go!"

See also
 Glenn Jackson, an influential twenty-year member of the commission
 Oregon Department of Aviation
 State highways in Oregon

References

External links

Exploding whale video on YouTube, linked from Willamette Week news article
 Oregon Department of Transportation Museum online
 Oregon Transportation Commission

1913 establishments in Oregon
Motor vehicle registration agencies
Transportation, Oregon Department of
State departments of transportation of the United States
Transportation in Oregon


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The Travesty of False Drama
A terrorist has snuck a nuclear bomb into the U.S. and plans to detonate it in Washington D.C. during Memorial Day weekend. Super CIA agent Mitch Rapp will risk everything to stop him. Dum dum dummmmm.
That's the basic plot of Memorial Day, one of thrillerist Vince Flynn's popular Mitch Rapp series. Last year, I read the first five books in the ten-book (and counting) series when I was traveling and at other times I wanted to read without being consciously aware that I was reading. They're not bad, I suppose — I mean, they deliver what they promise: they're mindless and silly, but they're better than squinting furiously at the plane's 10" screen to catch the latest Zac Efron vehicle.
But my No. 1 problem with most of the Rapp books is also my No. 1 problem with The Girl Who Played With Fire so far (I'm about halfway through). The conflict is false, and thus so is the drama. Here's what I mean: Because I already knew that Vince Flynn had written five more Mitch Rapp novels after Memorial Day, I was at no time concerned that the terrorists were actually going to succeed in blowing up Washington, D.C. Similarly, because I know there's another Millennium trilogy novel after The Girl Who Played With Fire, I can be reasonably confident that Lisbeth Salander isn't actually guilty of the murders she's accused of— or if she is, Larsson's got some (probably far-fetched) trick up his sleeve to ensure that she's not caught, convicted, or killed. (Not spoiling anything there — even though it doesn't happen until about halfway through the novel, the murders that hinge the plot are revealed on the back cover blurb! Seriously? Seems to me like a blurb-writing fail, there.)
The false drama doesn't totally destroy the reading experience, but it sure lessens it a bit. Less cynical readers might be thinking, "Well, Greg, you know what you're signing up for with these thrillers, and if you can't accept that the evil-doers' plot has a chance, then why read them?" My response: I guess I'd hoped that the author is able to create conflict with a touch more nuance and a little less transparency. What we have in these cases is basically a false choice: Either the world is destroyed or it's not, or either the main character on which a trilogy is built will be spending the rest of her natural life in Swedish prison, or she won't. And it's pretty easy to work out the answer.
Please understand an important distinction. My issue here is not that the plot is preposterous or not believable, or that I'm talking about a mystery that's too easy to solve from clues in the text. Sure, Lisbeth could be guilty of the murders and, sure, God forbid, a terrorist could get a hold of a bomb and blow up a city. My issue is that we know the plot is preposterous in the context of what we know from external circumstances, i.e. more novels in a series. I suppose it could be argued that when these novels were first published, readers may not have known there would be future novels with the same characters, so the drama is real. And maybe that's true for some readers, and as a result, they read these books on the edge of their friggin' seats. But I suspect most readers were aware that these weren't isolated books. At least I'd hope so.
But you know what medium does this idea of "false drama" in such a way as to make the fact that you already know what's going to happen irrelevant? Movies. Think Titanic. The King's Speech. Apollo 13. Those are three incredibly dramatic, incredibly fantastic movies, all with an already-known ending. Sure, the comparison to thriller novels isn't not totally accurate, but it's in the same ballpark. Just thought I'd throw that out there...
So what do you think? Have you run across novels in which you lost interest because of this false drama? Why was the drama false?
Posted by Greg Zimmerman at 12:23 PM
Ben Carroll February 10, 2011 at 12:40 PM
do you really read novels to find out what happens? what about when you read a classic, when you often know the full tenor of the story beforehand?
it should be enough that the choice (end of world/saved world) is viable within the book. you can know one way won't happen, but nobody IN the book should know it.
lady t February 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM
When you read books in a series,the fun can be found not by figuring out the end results before the players do but in seeing what new insights the characters might glean from their latest set of adventures.
This doesn't excuse poor writing or plotting(which has made me abandon some series altogether)but it helps to keep in mind that's the journey not the destination here that keeps those pages a-turning.
scott g.f.bailey February 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM
The drama in the movies you list (I'm not sure about Apollo 13 because it's been forever since I've seen it but I'm going to plow ahead anyway) is about the relationships between characters, not about the outcome of the external plot. "Real people caught up in history" or whatever the current marketing phrase is. But "Titanic" is essentially a romance, not the story of a ship sinking.
My problem with thrillers in general is that the stories are usually just machinery to set up, complicate and solve a single problem and the characters are just parts of the machinery. They're sort of like roller coaster rides. You pretty much know how they'll turn out, but you want the thrill of being on the ride. Either that stuff works for you or it doesn't.
Greg Zimmerman February 10, 2011 at 3:41 PM
@Ben - Well, yeah! I think more so than any other genre, you read thrillers to find out what happens. You're certainly not reading Vince Flynn for the paragon-of-the-craft writing! And I'd say the best thrillers do both: They keep you reading to find out what happens AND the choice is viable within the framework of the plot.
@lady T - Normally, I'd agree with you - but in Mitch Rapp's case, you know just about everything you need to know about him after the first three pages of the first in the series. He's not exactly a deep character, nor are the others in the series. In regards to The Millennium Trilogy, your character-building point is certainly valid. We're learning a lot more about Lisbeth's past in this second novel than we did in the first - even if we're pretty sure we know she's not going to jail.
@Scott - Yeah, you're exactly right, and that's exactly my point - the drama shifts from knowing what will happen at the end to engaging character-focused narrative. And we're certainly on the same page about characters in thrillers - you described Mitch Rapp to a T. He's just there to take us on the roller coaster of whatever contrived and implausible plot Flynn wants to tell us about. But, there are also thrillers (like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), where there's a ton of drama and you don't know the outcome based on external factors - so you read both to be thrilled and to find out what happens at the end. Those are the best - and by best, I mean silly fun to read.
superheidi February 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM
That's an interesting point and I never have thought of it like that. Could it be the reason I don't read thrillers anymore? Perhaps...
But I do like novels that work the other way around. It's been years since I've read "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel García Márquez. And here, the title already reveals the story. The protagonist will die. Yet I found it a thrilling and gripping read. It takes a skilled writer to make it happen.
Kath February 11, 2011 at 7:48 PM
I have read a couple of books with this 'false drama' but so long as there was something else alongside the obvious ending that I wanted to find out, like do they get together? Did her mother ever forgive her? then my interest was held. If not, then it's a dead loss for me. It's like Scott said - if the story is about a relationship point with the backdrop of a story to which we know the ending already, then it's fine. But in the case of Lisbeth being accused of murder? I don't buy it. And that (and the fact I abhor gratuitous use of violence) is why I'm not reading the rest of the trilogy.
Steve Anderson February 12, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Great posts. I'd say that if the author's writing well enough to keep you engaged in the story, then problem solved. Once a writer doesn't give the reader reason to wholly commit to the story, then reader starts thinking about things like believability, and asks questions. There's an old saw in screenwriting: If the viewer starts coming up with equally plausible ways the story could go or even starts pointing out holes in the story, then the movie's a dud. No matter the story, the reader won't question it if the character is well defined enough and someone you want to follow. It all starts with character, and wants and needs. I get bored with these thrillers too, because things are often too broad and mechanical even when the author takes time to set up character. But that's just me, and why I dig writers like James Lee Burke and Charles McCarry.
For me, the writing in the Steig trilogy was so terrible that the believability of the plot was irrelevant. Dragon Tattoo was by far the best, and I read it before I knew the others would also be Salander books. Believe me, it's WAY downhill from there!
Doug February 13, 2011 at 7:00 PM
I see where you're coming from, saying that book #5 of a 10-part series can bear about as much dramatic consequence as an episode of Miami Vice.
But your main deal seems to be the forgone conclusion aspect, so let me ask this: has there ever been a book where you found yourself irrationally thinking that there's no friggin' way the hero's getting out of this one? Or the flipside--that you know the thing ends tragically, yet you're caught up in the story, hoping that it won't? People have this with Shakespeare performances so involving that they feel maybe, just maybe, Hamlet will live through this one. But that's bloody Shakespeare. This is Vince Flynn and the effect isn't there. But have you had that experience before? That to me signals a *great* book when it makes you forget its forgone conclusion.
Greg Zimmerman February 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
@superheidi - Yeah, similarly, I loved Skippy Dies - in which the "ending" is also revealed in the title and then confirmed in the prologue. But Paul Murray is such a masterful writer, I had no trouble staying with him for 600 pages. Talented writer, indeed!
@Kath - Certainly agree - there has to be something else beyond the false drama. In the Millennium Trilogy there definitely is - yes, with some pretty gratuitous violence. In Vince Flynn, there definitely is not. But they still make a flight go quicker. ;)
@Steve - Well, a cynic would say a lot of screenwriters these days breaking the rule prescribed by that old "saw." But it does make sense - character is king.
@2many - Well, I'd say two things. 1) They're thrillers so you're not reading them expecting David Foster Wallace, and 2) They're translations, so it's hard to tell whether any writerly craft may have been lost in the Swedish-to-English to conversion. But you're right. The writing IS abysmal and often distracting, but I'm willing to overlook it for story. I actually enjoyed Played With Fire. Good ending.
@Doug - Well, in regards to the flipside, I'd again cite Skippy Dies, as well as those three movies I mentioned. Knowing a story will end tragically, but staying invested takes a writer with incredible talent - like Shakespeare. ;)
@Greg — Great point about scripts breaking rules. At the same time, it's still always about character as you say.
Dadrocant February 14, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Sometimes the point of reading a thriller is to know HOW that foregone conclusion comes about. I know that there will be a next book on the series, so yea the character survives, but how the hell dos he do it. Specifically in the case of the Millenium Trilogy the third book is a continuation of the story, so you could think of it not as a three story series, but more as two stories in three volumes, but that's just my take on it.
MedSchoolWife February 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Yep, hence my general disinterest in thrillers.
Though I totally agree with you on the movie thing. King's Speech was incredible.
I suppose in order to create something (book or movie) in which the ending is so predictable, you better make it one helluva ride getting there.
Books Before the Blog: Mini-Reviews
Choose Your Own Swedish Adventure
February's Compendium of Literary Links
A Few Thoughts on the Borders Bankruptcy
The Girl Who Played With Fire: Patience Is A Virtue
Gone With The Wind: Four Fascinating Characters, F...
Who Is This Haruki Murakami Fella?

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Q: ScalaJs + ZIO: Program works with sbt 1.2.8 but not >= 1.3 I'm trying out scala.js with zio using the sample app at
https://github.com/wongelz/zio-scalajs-solarsystem
as soon as I update the sbt version from 1.2.8 to 1.3.13 or 1.4.4 I'm getting the following error:
[error] Referring to non-existent method java.time.LocalTime$.NANOS_PER_SECOND()long
[error]   called from private java.time.LocalDateTime.plusWithOverflow(java.time.LocalDate,long,long,long,long,int)java.time.LocalDateTime
[error]   called from java.time.LocalDateTime.plusNanos(long)java.time.LocalDateTime
[error]   called from java.time.LocalDateTime.plus(long,java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit)java.time.LocalDateTime
[error]   called from java.time.LocalDateTime.plus(long,java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit)java.time.temporal.Temporal
[error]   called from java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit.addTo(java.time.temporal.Temporal,long)java.time.temporal.Temporal
[error]   called from java.time.OffsetDateTime.plus(long,java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit)java.time.OffsetDateTime
[error]   called from java.time.OffsetDateTime.plus(long,java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit)java.time.temporal.Temporal
[error]   called from java.time.Duration.addTo(java.time.temporal.Temporal)java.time.temporal.Temporal
[error]   called from java.time.OffsetDateTime.plus(java.time.temporal.TemporalAmount)java.time.OffsetDateTime
[error]   called from private zio.Schedule$.$anonfun$fixed$2(scala.Option,java.time.OffsetDateTime,long,java.time.Duration,long,scala.runtime.LazyRef)zio.Schedule$Decision
[error]   called from private zio.Schedule$.$anonfun$fixed$1(scala.Option,long,java.time.Duration,long,scala.runtime.LazyRef,java.time.OffsetDateTime,java.lang.Object)zio.ZIO
[error]   called from private zio.Schedule$.loop$23(scala.Option,long,long,java.time.Duration,scala.runtime.LazyRef)scala.Function2
[error]   called from zio.Schedule$.fixed(java.time.Duration)zio.Schedule
[error]   called from private SolarSystemExample$.$anonfun$run$1(SolarSystemExample$SolarSystem)zio.ZIO
[error]   called from SolarSystemExample$.run(scala.collection.immutable.List)zio.ZIO
[error]   called from private zio.App.$anonfun$main$1([java.lang.String)zio.ZIO
[error]   called from zio.App.main([java.lang.String)void
[error]   called from SolarSystemExample$.main([java.lang.String)void
[error]   called from static SolarSystemExample.main([java.lang.String)void
[error]   called from core module module initializers
[error] involving instantiated classes:
[error]   java.time.LocalDateTime
[error]   java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
[error]   java.time.OffsetDateTime
[error]   java.time.Duration
[error]   zio.Schedule$
[error]   SolarSystemExample$

Why does this bug happen? And where should I report it?

A: To answer my own question (for anybody strugling with the same problem):
Make sure you don't have scalajs-java-time (1.0.0) as a dependency in your classpath.
It is a incomplete library and if it is picked before scala-java-time you will receive the error posted in the question.
The reason this error occurred, was, that at least on my system, the ordering of the classpath changed from sbt 1.2.8 to sbt 1.3.x, which resulted in the scalajs-java-time library being picked before scala-java-time which resulted in the
Referring to non-existent method java.time.LocalTime$.NANOS_PER_SECOND()long

Error

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"We Were" is a song written by Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released on 13 May 2019 as the first single from Urban's eleventh studio album The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020). A duet version featuring Church was later released, making it the second collaboration between Urban and Church, following 2015's "Raise 'Em Up". The song reached number-one on the Canada Country chart.

Background
Country music singer Eric Church wrote the song with Ryan Tyndell and Jeff Hyde, and Urban produced it with longtime producer Dann Huff. The song uses "vivid imagery" and "earnest nostalgia" to tell of "romances that we all know won't last". Billy Dukes of the blog Taste of Country found the song similar in content and tone to previous Urban singles such as "'Til Summer Comes Around" and "We Were Us", while also noting a more "sparse" production compared to the Graffiti U album preceding it. On 2 August 2019, Urban released an acoustic remix. The song was released as a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl with a cover of Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" as its B-side.

Chart performance
"We Were" reached number four on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. It has sold 65,000 copies in the United States as of November 2019.

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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2019 songs
2019 singles
Keith Urban songs
Eric Church songs
Capitol Records Nashville singles
Male vocal duets
Songs written by Eric Church
Songs written by Jeff Hyde
Songs written by Ryan Tyndell
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Yay! We finally had a snow holiday! Yes, for someone living in Phoenix, it is a totally different experience and something to be excited about. If you remember, our last efforts to have a snow holiday at Big Bear Lake, CA during Thanksgiving didn't bear fruit. But we being a determined lot, decided to drive 7 hours all the way to Utah this time in search of thick blanket of snow.
In Utah, we found a scenic community called Duck Creek Village, situated at 8,400 feet just off Utah scenic highway 14, close to Zion and Bryce National Parks. And in Duck Creek Village, we found a beautiful cabin called Pine Forest Lodge situated in a serene location amidst tall pine trees and tons of snow. Lounging in the patio looking at the mounds of snow with the pine trees in the background simply made my day! My eyes had their fill trying to soak in the view which is in stark contrast to the deserted look of Phoenix.
There was snow everywhere. It was not only pleasing to our eyes but it was great for sledging. And we sled on the snow for hours, at different locations and from different heights. And we had lots of fun.
While the snow was definitely the highlight of the trip, equally lovely was the cabin we stayed in. The pictures below would give you a peak into the cabin while there is much more to it. If you are planning to visit both Zion and Bryce National Parks, I would definitely recommend staying in this cabin in Duck Creek Village as it is not only a beautiful cabin but also located in between both these National Parks making it a great choice.
We talked about the snow and the cabin, but you should also know about the 15-seater van we rented along with a trailer to carry our luggage. As I mentioned in my previous blog, I totally believe that "Great friends together make Excellent vacations." So, we decided not only to stay in the same cabin but also drive together in the same van. That made the drive itself a memorable part of the trip.


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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.util.Arrays;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Singleton;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl;
import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
import org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl;

import com.commafeed.CommaFeedApplication;
import com.commafeed.CommaFeedConfiguration;
import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UnitOfWork;
import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UserDAO;
import com.commafeed.backend.model.UserRole.Role;

import io.dropwizard.lifecycle.Managed;
import liquibase.Liquibase;
import liquibase.database.Database;
import liquibase.database.DatabaseFactory;
import liquibase.database.core.PostgresDatabase;
import liquibase.database.jvm.JdbcConnection;
import liquibase.resource.ClassLoaderResourceAccessor;
import liquibase.resource.ResourceAccessor;
import liquibase.structure.DatabaseObject;
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	private final UserDAO userDAO;
	private final UserService userService;
	private final CommaFeedConfiguration config;

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				if (connection != null) {
					connection.close();
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		} catch (Exception e) {
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	private void initialData() {
		log.info("Populating database with default values");
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			userService.register(CommaFeedApplication.USERNAME_ADMIN, "admin", "admin@commafeed.com", Arrays.asList(Role.ADMIN, Role.USER),
					true);
			if (config.getApplicationSettings().getCreateDemoAccount()) {
				userService.register(CommaFeedApplication.USERNAME_DEMO, "demo", "demo@commafeed.com", Arrays.asList(Role.USER), true);
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void stop() throws Exception {

	}

	private static DataSource getDataSource(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
		if (sessionFactory instanceof SessionFactoryImpl) {
			ConnectionProvider cp = ((SessionFactoryImpl) sessionFactory).getConnectionProvider();
			if (cp instanceof DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl) {
				return ((DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl) cp).getDataSource();
			}
		}
		return null;
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module Schools
  class ConsentGrantsController < ApplicationController
    load_and_authorize_resource :school
    load_and_authorize_resource :consent_grant, through: :school

    def index
      @consent_grants = @consent_grants.by_date
    end

    def show
    end
  end
end


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Part III: Empire
contraryperspective / January 21, 2018
Peter Van Buren
Peter is a 24 year veteran as a State Department diplomat and ended his service as leading an FOB ( forward operating base) during the Iraq war. The base was used to establish an American presence to spend millions on Iraqi community support. – Ed.
In the longer view, the Iraq Wars will be seen as a turning point in the American Empire. They began in 1991 as a war for oil, the battle to keep the pipelines in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia open to the United States' hungry mouth. They ended in 2017 when Persian Gulf oil is no longer a centerpiece of American foreign policy. When oil no longer really mattered, Iraq no longer really mattered.
More significantly, the Iraq Wars created the template for decades of conflict to come. Iraq was the first forever war. It began in 1991 with the goal of protecting oil. The point of it all then shape-shifted effortlessly to containing Saddam via air power to removing weapons of mass destruction to freeing Iraq from an evil dictator to destroying al Qaeda to destroying Islamic State to something something buttress against Iran. Over the years the media dutifully advised the American people what the new point of it all was, reporting the changes as it might report the new trends in fashion — for fall, it's shorter hemlines, no more al Qaeda, and anti-ISIS, ladies!
The Iraq Wars changed the way we look at conflict. There would never again be a need for a formal declaration of war, such decisions now clearly were within the president's whims and ordinations. He could ramp things up, or slow things down, as his mind, goals, temperament, and often domestic political needs, required. The media would play along, happily adopting neutral terms like "regime change" to replace naughty ones like "overthrow." Americans were trained by movies and NFL halftime salutes to accept a steady but agreeably low rate of casualties on our side, heroes all, and be hardened to the point of uncaring about the millions of souls taken as "collateral damage" from the other. Everyone we kill is a terrorist, the proof being that we killed them. Play a loud noise long enough and you stop hearing it.
The mistakes of the first try at a forever war, Vietnam, were fixed: no draft, no high body counts for Americans, no combative media looking for atrocities, no anguish by the president over a dirty but necessary job, no clear statement of what victory looks like to muddle things. For all but the most special occasions the blather about democracy and freeing the oppressed was dropped.
More insidiously, killing became mechanical, nearly sterile from our point of view (remember the war porn images of missiles blasting through windows in Iraq War 1.0? The hi-tech magic of drone kills, video game death dispensed from thousands of miles away?) Our atrocities — Abu Ghraib is the best known, but there are more — were ritualistically labeled the work of a few bad apples ("This is not who we are as Americans.") Meanwhile, the other side's atrocities were evil genius, fanaticism, campaigns of horror. How many YouTube beheading videos were Americans shown until we all agreed the president could fight ISIS forever?
Without the Iraq Wars there would be no multi-generational war in Afghanistan, and no chance of one in Syria. The United States currently has military operations underway in Cameroon, Chad, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Uganda, and Yemen. Any one will do of course, as the answer to one last question: where will America fight its next forever war, the lessons of Iraq well-learned, the presidents ready?
January 21, 2018 in U.S. Military, US Foreign Relations, US Military, war. Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Vietnam
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Iraq: The Twisted Road to American Irrelevance
Part I: The Price We Paid in Iraq
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greglaxer says:
It must be more than a little galling for the people of Cuba to see their entire island colored to indicate US military presence, whereas this is confined to Gitmo, of course. And what's that little pocket of resistance to Imperialism on the Pacific Coast of S. America?? I imagine that's Ecuador, which I understand recently finally granted asylum to Julian Assange. "Only" problem being getting him out of the embassy in London and safely to the asylum-granting nation. !Viva senor Assange!
A small correction, Greg: Ecuador has already granted asylum to Julian Assange. Recently they went a step further and granted him Ecuadorian citizenship. Now, if Ecuador goes even further and grants him diplomatic status, then that could set up a real test of whether "great" Britain truly intends to violate international law and diplomatic custom — any more than they already have — by arresting him should he leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Letting Julian Assange leave England and travel to Ecuador would save the British taxpayers a ton of money and bad publicity, but the United States could just force down any plane carrying him, as the U.S. did to a plane carrying the Bolivian president (and mistakenly thought to carry Edward Snowden). As George Orwell wrote in 1984: "In Oceania there is no law." And by Oceania, he meant the United States and "Airstrip One," formerly known as England.
Speaking of George Orwell and his views on the subject of press censorship, in a famous essay entitled "The Prevention of Literature" (1946) Orwell told of attending a meeting of writers called by the P.E.N. Club to celebrate the tercentenary (three hundred year anniversary) of John Milton's Areopagitica, "a pamphlet, it may be remembered, in defence of freedom of the press." As Orwell observed:
"Out of this concourse of several hundred people, perhaps half of whom were directly connected with the writing trade, there was not a single one who could point out that freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose. Significantly, no speaker quoted from the pamphlet which was ostensibly being commemorated. Nor was there any mention of the various books which have been 'killed' in England and the United States during the war. In its net effect the meeting was a demonstration in favor of censorship."
The hysterical attempts at press (and intellectual) censorship now running amok in both the United States and England gives Orwell's essay — if not John Milton's — a fresh immediacy. In Milton's day, a standardized spelling of English had not taken root, so writers spelled their words any way they chose. This makes a contemporary reading of Milton's pamphlet difficult, although not impossible. The words — if one pronounces them out aloud — pretty much conform to what one would hear today if Milton stood beside Julian Assange on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and declared:
Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governours: a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. … The glory of reforming all our neighbours had bin compleatly ours. But now, as our obdurat Clergy have with violence demean'd the matter, we are become hitherto the latest and backwardest Schollers, of whom God offer'd to have made us the teachers.
If George Orwell and John Milton lived today, as indeed they do through the immortal words and phrases that they constructed and published for our eternal edification — then I have no doubt that they would defend the freedom of Julian Assange and Wikileaks to print whatever they will, trusting that a free, open and discerning public will judge what seems true to them and what doesn't. Most of all, though, I think that both George Orwell and John Milton would concur with and appreciate what the American scientist/logician/philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce wrote at the end of his famous essay "The Fixation of Belief," Popular Science Monthly 12 (November 1877), 1-15.
"But, above all, let it be considered that what is more wholesome than any particular belief is integrity of belief, and that to avoid looking into the support of any belief from a fear that it may turn out rotten is quite as immoral as it is disadvantageous. The person who confesses that there is such a thing as truth, which is distinguished from falsehood simply by this, that if acted on it should, on full consideration, carry us to the point we aim at and not astray, and then, though convinced of this, dares not know the truth and seeks to avoid it, is in a sorry state of mind indeed."
"Yes, the other methods [of fixing belief] do have their merits: a clear logical conscience does cost something — just as any virtue, just as all that we cherish, costs us dear. But we should not desire it to be otherwise. The genius of a man's logical method should be loved and reverenced as his bride, whom he has chosen from all the world. He need not condemn the others; on the contrary, he may honor them deeply, and in doing so he only honors her the more. But she is the one that he has chosen, and he knows that he was right in making that choice. And having made it, he will work and fight for her, and will not complain that there are blows to take, hoping that there may be as many and as hard to give, and will strive to be a worthy champion of her from the blaze of whose splendors he draws his inspiration and his courage."
To which John Milton would no-doubt add:
"Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?"
Are American citizens and British subjects such children or cowards that they will submit — willing and docile — to having their every thought and opinion selected and handed down to them by self-serving bureaucrats, geriatric generals, racist apartheid foreigners, and sycophant media scribes, all in the pay of a global corporate oligarchy terrified of nothing so much as individual freedom and the universal rights of all humankind?
And we, the English speaking inheritors of Orwell and Milton must now look to tiny, Spanish-speaking Ecuador for the protection of Truth in the person of Julian Assange who only wants us to know, see, and judge for ourselves?
traven says:
Orwell's insight into the fragility of democracy based on his experience in WW II working in the British office of war "information" fueled his understanding of how people are mislead by their governments. Our own H.L. Mencken put it more succinctly in observing American political democracy as "the worship of jackals by jackasses". The 40% of our citizens that polling shows still support Trump proves Mencken assessment isn't too far off.
No, Mencken–sad to say–was not off the mark at all. And if he was alive today? He might blow his brains out in despair at what passes for an "informed public" in "the Greatest Nation in the History of the World." And I'm afraid an honest answer to Mike Murry's rhetorical question is, "Yes, we have devolved into a nation of children in adult bodies and moral/intellectual cowards." Would that I could offer a solution!!


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Q: Setting working directory of a converted .py file to .exe file I am having issues with a converted .exe file. It does not find my excel file.
I have the following code
import pandas as pd
import os

abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
os.chdir(dname)

#Load data
data = pd.read_excel("data.xlsx")
...

The second part of the code (abspath, dname, os.chdir(dname) is setting the path to the location of the .py file. Hence, having the .py file and .xlsx file together will always make it find it no matter the location.
Then I convert it to .exe using
pyinstaller --hidden-import=pandas --onefile script.py

To make my script.py work, I have to have the data.xlsx file in the same folder as the script.py file.
I would assume dragging the .exe file out of the dir folder into the same location at as the .xlsx file would make it run but running the .exe files returns the following error:
Failed to execute script script. No such file 'data.xlsx' in directory.
How can I make it read my excel file no matter the location of the '.exe+.xlsx' folder?

A: The problem you're encountering is that when you run the executable the files are extracted to a temporary directory and run from there. This means that i) the current/working directory is the temporary directory and ii) the location of the program that is actually executing is also that temporary directory, so neither way of obtaining the path will do what you want.
However, when run as an executable some additional values are available via the sys module. The ones that are useful in this case are sys.frozen, which is set to True, and sys.executable, which is set to the location of the executable that the user ran.
In the past I've found the path I need in the following way:
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
    app_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
    app_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

where app_path will now be the directory of the script or executable. You can then use this as the basis of accessing other files.


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Offensively the Canaries have been irresistible, but the team is now built on much more solid foundations. That starts with the current skipper.
During Norwich's last return journey to the Premier League, there was a moment which may just have defined the remainder of Alex Tettey's career in Canary yellow.
With club stalwarts such as Russell Martin injured ahead of a home match to Swansea, there was much talk of who would take the captain's armband. Conventional wisdom pointed to a few of the squad's 'Steady Eddies', yet Alex Neil decided to place his trust in the Norwegian international. It raised more than a few eyebrows, even though at the time it was to be for a solitary match.
Alex Tettey?!? Yes, THAT Alex Tettey. The joker. The man who dances badly-constructed-jigs* in front of adoring fans. The man who the club's media team never really trusted to put in front of local journalists for fear of him saying something outlandish, swearing, or sometimes both.
Neil saw something everyone else hadn't. That Tettey had the credentials to be a dressing room leader. His experience, both at Carrow Road and in his previous stints on the continent, meant he could rally those around him and guide the younger heads through times of trouble.
At the time, Tettey's role as dressing room sergeant was to be short lived, but it could have proved more to himself than anyone else that he had what it takes to step up in the leadership stakes.
Fast forward just over three years and Daniel Farke sees the same qualities that his predecessor had astutely identified.
When Grant Hanley's absence created an uneasy sense of foreboding, Tettey stepped into the void and proved himself more than able.
He's still the joker, still the character we know and love – it's just now that he's so much more, relishing the additional responsibility given to him.
The man has reinvented himself under Farke's tutelage. The quality of coaching he's received, and role he's played in this upwardly mobile City side, underlines Tettey's growing confidence.
In a team packed full of able technicians, his colleagues need someone to read opposition attacks and quell them before they become a threat.
He's always been able to do that, yet now he plays with a freedom rarely seen since he joined from Rennes in 2012.
The passing on display is more measured. The license to roam, and potentially shift his side higher up the pitch, has seen Tettey appear on the edge of the opposition area more times this season than ever before.
Cries of 'shooooooooooooot!' when the ball arrives at his feet are now bellowed in hope rather than jest. His transformation from potential scapegoat to pivotal player is complete.
This is all at the tender age of 32, with supposedly glass knees. While his international retirement has surely helped, City fans were told incessantly over the past few seasons that the midfielder wasn't able to play twice in the space of a week.
2018-19 Tettey has already done that four times this season, also appearing three times in seven days at least once. The difference is that now he's being sensibly managed by the sports science team, his rehab recently being undertaken at Colney rather than a Tampa sun lounger and Boeing 747 restricted legroom seat.
It's recognition that Tettey represents one of the most vital cogs in the City engine room. Remove him, Moritz Leitner or Timm Klose for any sustained period of time and there might be genuine reasons to be fearful City might not sustain their form in the manner fans have been accustomed to.
Farke's young charges have been exceptional this season, but their impact has been well documented elsewhere.
Tettey's impact is altogether more understated, less exciting, yet it's just as important – an essential component of what makes Norwich successful.
Get that man a proper terrace chant - his role in what is becoming our most exhilarating team for years needs to be acknowledged.
*disclaimer - Alex Tettey's badly constructed jigs are a thing of beauty and I wouldn't change them for the world. Celebrate them for what they are, not what they should be.


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America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood
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Degrees of Debt
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Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A First Look at 2002 High School Sophomores 10 Years Later
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Financial Literacy of 15-Year-Olds: Results From PISA 2012
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High School Longitudinal Study of 2009: First Follow-Up
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High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) First Follow-up
Published by the Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, HSLS:09 is a longitudinal study that follows students who were in the ninth grade in 2009. Information is now available from the first follow up, conducted in 2012, which includes data from students, parents, teachers, administrators, and counselors.
Out-of-Pocket Net Price for College
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Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009–10
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This report reveals that high school graduation rates are at their highest level since 1974. The report states that during the 2009-10 school year, 78.2 percent of high school students nationwide graduated on time, an increase from the 73.4 percent recorded in 2005-6.
Public High School Graduates and Dropouts From School Years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
This report from the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics provides information about four-year, on-time graduation rates and dropout rates for school years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.The data reflect a national four-year cohort graduation rate of 79 percent for school year 2010-2011 and 80 percent for school year 2011-2012, representing the first time that nearly four out of five students receive a regular high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
STEM Attrition: College Students' Paths Into and Out of STEM Fields
This report from the Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics analyzes data collected on a cohort of students on their movement into and out of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from the start of their postsecondary education through the subsequent six years. The study focuses on the rate of attrition from STEM and other fields, characteristics of students who leave STEM fields, course taking and performance differences between students who stay in or leave these fields, and the factors associated with STEM attrition.
The Condition of Education 2014
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Institute of Education Sciences
The Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics has released, "The Condition of Education 2012," which summarizes important developments and trends in education. The report includes 49 indicators on the status and condition of education and a closer look at high schools across the country over the past two decades.
Trends Among Young Adults Over Three Decades
The Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics' report, "Trends Among Young Adults Over Three Decades, 1974-2006" outlines patterns of change in postsecondary enrollment, labor force roles, family formation, and civic engagement as measured in young adults two years out of high school in 1972, 1980, 1992, and 2004.
Web Tables on Associate's Degree Attainers
The Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics developed web tables that reflect characteristics and degree completion times for undergraduate students who entered postsecondary education for the first time in 2003–04 and whose first degree attained by spring 2009 was an associate's degree.


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PubMed 27214553: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli protein TcpC attenuates activation of the Nlrp3 inflammasome by binding both Nlrp3 and Casp1.
PubMed 26305961: Nlrp3 deficiency protects mice from the development of type 1 diabetes by suppressing Th1 responses and impairing T-cell migration to pancreatic islets through the down-regulation of chemokine expression (Ccl5, Cxcl10, Irf1) in islets.
PubMed 26341399: Nlrp3 and Casp2 are required for endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced inflammation.
PubMed 26416893: Impairment of the mitochondrial electron transport chain by rotenone primes Nlrp3 inflammasome activation upon costimulation with ATP.
Nod2 (Mus musculus) PubMed 18981137: Nod2-deficient mice have impaired resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection through defective innate and adaptive immunity.
PubMed 20679225: Nod2 functions in non-hematopoietic cells of the small intestinal crypts and this is critical for protecting mice from a Th1-driven granulomatous inflammation in the ilum.
PubMed 20685341: Nod2 and Nod1 account for neutrophil recruitment to the lungs of mice infected with Legionella pneumophila.
PubMed 17705131: Nod2 and Nod1 activation results in substantial secretion of Ccl5 by murine macrophages and induces binding of NF-kappaB subunits to Ccl5 promoter.
PubMed 21072876: Nod2 and Nod1 can detect Legionella pneumophila and these receptors modulate the in vivo pulmonary immune response differently.
PubMed 21199260: Nod2 is both a positive and negative regulator of Tlr4 - the effect it exerts is dependent on the presence of MDP. Nod2 upon engagement with its ligand, MDP, positively regulates Tlr4-mediated signaling; in the absence of MDP, Nod2 negatively regulates the Tlr4 pathway.
PubMed 21236705: Nod2 is a peripheral peptidoglycan intracellular sensor and is important for the progression and pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (animal model of multiple sclerosis).
PubMed 21108472: Nod2 detects heat-killed Legionella pneumophila and stimulates NFkB and IFN-beta promoter activity. Nod2 deficiency results in increased proinflammatory cytokine expression at 4hrs and greater neutrophil recruitment to the lung.
PubMed 22750073: Nod2 recognition of muramyl dipeptide, a component of bacterial cell walls, improves the barrier function of intestinal epithelial cells.
PubMed 24163408: Nod1 and Nod2 synergize with Tlr4 in dendritic cells to increase IL12 production and enhance invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell activation, and are important regulators of the IFN gamma response by iNKT cells during S. typhimurium and L. monocytogenes infections.
PubMed 25817335: Nod2 regulates type-1 cytokine responses to Mycobacterium avium but is not required for the control of M. avium infection in vivo.
PubMed 26444420: Leukotriene B4 acts on Nod2 pathway to enhance the immune response against influenza A infection.
PubMed 21874025: Iltifb (Il22) is produced by lymphoid tissue-inducer cells where it regulates the maintenance of colonic lymphoid structures during Citrobacter rodentium infection, a mechanism that bridges the lymphotoxin pathway to mucosal epithelial defense mechanisms.
PubMed 25395539: Flagellin induces Tlr5-dependent Il22 production and Nlrc4-dependent Il18 production to promote a protective gene expression program in intestinal epithelial cells and elimination of rotavirus-infected cells.
PubMed 25456160: Cxcl16-Cxcr6 crosstalk coordinates the intestinal topography of Il22 secretion required for mucosal defence against Citrobacter rodentium infection.
PubMed 25680273: Il22 augments the expression of Il18 mRNA and inactive precursor protein (proIL-18) in intestinal epithelial cells after Toxoplasma gondii or Citrobacter rodentium infection and maintains the homeostatic amount of proIL-18 in the ileum.
PubMed 26649819: Innate lymphoid cells, potent producers of Il22 after intestinal injury, increase the growth of mouse small intestine organoids in an Il22-dependent fashion.
PubMed 25902484: Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) can mediate immune surveillance, which constantly maintains a proper microbiota, to facilitate early colonization resistance through an Id2-dependent regulation of Il22.
Tlr9 (Mus musculus) PubMed 11286707: Tlr9 binds CpG DNA and induces dendritic cell maturation in a MyD88-dependent manner in mice.
PubMed 19923461: Tlr9 engages in signalling crosstalk with Tlr4 during activation, and as a result, amplifies the inflammatory response of murine macrophages.
PubMed 17452530: Tlr9, 7, and 3 interact with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein Unc93b and this is essential for proper TLR signaling.
PubMed 21376231: Tlr9 signalling enhances the rate of acidification of the Salmonella-containing phagosome, and this acidification induces the expression of Salmonella pathogenecity genes that are necessary for intracellular survival, growth, and systemic infection. Tlr9 deficiency rescues the high Salmonella susceptibility phenotype observed in Tlr2,Tlr4 double mutant mice.
PubMed 21402738: Tlr9 requires proteolytic processing in endolysosome by asparagine endopeptidase and cathepsin in the endolysosome to initiate signalling in response to DNA.
PubMed 21439959: Tlr9 deficiency reduced pancreatic edema, inflammation and pro-Il1b expression in pacreatitis.
PubMed 21482737: Tlr9 synergistically interacts with Tlr2::Tlr6 in lung epithelium to induce rapid pathogen killing, and can be used as a therapeutic target to treat otherwise lethal pneumonia.
PubMed 21604257: Tlr9 is proteolytically cleaved in the endosome to form a soluble Tlr9 (sTlr9), which inhibits Tlr9-dependent signalling and contributes to the prevention of autoimmune disease.
PubMed 21860217: Tlr9 promotes macrophage Hif1a levels, oxidative burst and nitric oxide production in response to group A Streptococcus (GAS), contributing to GAS clearance in vivo in both localized cutaneous and systemic infection models.
PubMed 21947771: Tlr9 is selectively compartmentalized to fungal phagosomes and negatively modulates macrophage anti-fungal effector functions.
PubMed 22342842: Tlr9 expression and signalling capacity oscillates with the circadian clock.
PubMed 22535248: Mitochondrial DNA that escapes from autophagy induces Tlr9 inflammatory responses in cardiomyocytes and is capable of inducing myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
PubMed 23071157: TLR9 activation by endogenous self-ligands generated during oxidative stress promotes platelet hyper-reactivity and thrombosis.
PubMed 23142781: Tlr9 contributes to the control of activated endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) and ERV-induced tumours.
PubMed 23752491: The N-terminal region of TLR9 is cleaved in the endolysosome to form an intracellular DNA sensor with the C-terminal TLR9.
PubMed 24270517: Mir126-Kdr axis is an important regulator of the innate response. Mir126 controls the survival and function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and regulates gene expression of Tlr7, Tlr9, Nfkb1 and Kdr.
PubMed 25600358: Dnase2a is required for Tlr9 activation by bacterial genomic DNA.
PubMed 26957214: Tyrosine phosphorylation is essential for Tlr9 protein stability and signalling.
PubMed 26416273: Tlr9 activation requires a single CpG positioned 4-6 nucleotides from the 5'-end and this activation is augmented by a 5'TCC sequence one to three nucleotides from the CG.


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Oracle's net income for the third quarter ended Feb. 28 rose 78 percent to US$2.1 billion over the same period last year, helped by strong software sales and an improving hardware business, the company said Thursday. Revenue for the quarter jumped 37 percent to $8.8 billion.
Revenue from new software license sales, which provide a key insight into a vendor's growth and how customers are feeling about IT spending, rose 29 percent to $2.2 billion year-over-year.
Miro knows of roughly 20 multimillion dollar Exadata deals that have closed in the past 10 to 12 weeks, both for its own clients and others, Colon said. The firm has even added specialized staff to deal with Exadata-related sales.
Oracle executives are expected to discuss the results further during a conference call later Thursday.


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Vevo CTO exits in latest executive departure
Vevo's chief technical officer (CTO), Alex Nunes, has left the company, marking the music video firm's latest big executive departure. Nunes' exit comes after Vevo CEO Erik Huggers stepped down in December to "pursue new opportunities". Head of product Mark Hall followed earlier this year, leaving to become vice-president of product and strategy at Bandcamp. […]


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Post success of the teaser and the audio of Mahanati, everyone is excited to watch first-day first show of this epic biopic, which made on the life of Legendary actress Savitri.
Especially, Keerthy Suresh is receiving great applause from all the South people even before the release of the film. Now whatever the appreciation she is getting for her features which resemble Legend Savithri. Behind this, a foreign makeup artist' work truly deserves an appreciation. He has done a lot of research on Savitri by watching old classic movies of her despite not aware of language.
As Tarak said during Mahanati audio launch, the young women who behind this project will definitely corroborate girl power to the society. And they got the blessings of Savitri as told by Jr NTR. By proving all the positive buzz around the film is true, the censor board has allotted a U-certificate.
No other film has got U-certificate from CBFC in recent times, especially this year. Mahanati clears with U and ready for the grand release on 9th May.


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DPS: Motorcyclist injured after head-on collision with tanker trailer
By Tyler White | twhite@mrt.com
Published 4:42 pm CDT, Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Law enforcement officials worked to clean up the aftermath of this head-on collision involving a motorcycle and 18-wheeler Wednesday at the intersection of South County Road 1130 and Farm-to-Market Road 307. Tyler White/Reporter-Telegram less
Law enforcement officials worked to clean up the aftermath of this head-on collision involving a motorcycle and 18-wheeler Wednesday at the intersection of South County Road 1130 and Farm-to-Market Road 307. ... more
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A motorcyclist was transported to Midland Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday after a head-on collision with a tanker in east Midland.
Midland County deputies, Midland police officers and Department of Public Safety troopers responded to the crash at 7:09 p.m. at the intersection of South County Road 1130 and Farm-to-Market Road 307.
A motorcycle heading west on FM 307 collided with a tanker that was turning east after heading south on County Road 1130, according to troopers at the scene.
A law enforcement official said the motorcyclist was conscious and alert at the scene of the crash.
DPS troopers have yet to determine the cause, and citations are pending in the ongoing investigation.


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Financial distress levels worst in hospitality and retail
by admin@rmiaccountancy.com / Wednesday, 10 August 2022 / Published in Uncategorized
he level of financial distress in companies jumped by 37% in the last quarter compared to the same period last year
Bars and restaurants, retailers and construction sectors were the main sectors affected by tough trading conditions, with year-on-year rises of 70%, 48% and 36% respectively.
The latest Red Flag alert from Begbies Traynor showed that the number of companies rated as being in 'critical financial distress' continued to rise, increasing by more than a third in Q2 2022 – edging up 3% compared to Q1 2022.
Julie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said: 'Having emerged from the pandemic, many companies were hoping for an economic boom but that has simply fizzled out, as supply chain issues and the invasion of Ukraine have taken their toll by driving up raw material and energy costs and reducing both business and consumer confidence.
'We are now in a very high inflationary environment that's piling pressure on businesses that were already weakened by the shock of the pandemic.
'Sectors most exposed to discretionary consumer spending – bars and restaurants, and general retailers – are feeling the pain most.'
SMEs are also affected, with more than 582,000 companies in significant financial distress, although this figure was unchanged from the previous quarter.
Businesses continue to be impacted by rising inflation, far exceeding the official rate of more than 9%. With high labour, material and energy prices and faltering consumer and business confidence, companies are facing a difficult economic backdrop.
Palmer added: 'I am also particularly concerned for those SMEs who operate in energy-intensive sectors, such as manufacturing, as some could simply become unviable. Without the benefit of an energy price cap, business energy tariffs have at least trebled, and for many it will be much worse.'
Evidence of this financial distress comes from county court judgement (CCJ) data, which revealed 46,235 rulings in the first six months of 2022, up 5% on the first quarter, as creditors tried to recover debt – there were 59,042 CCJs during the whole of 2021.
CCJs are leading indicators of insolvency, and as the courts return to normal, there are fears this number could rise much further.
Sectors with the highest number of critically distressed businesses include construction, real estate, general retailers and restaurants, automotive and industrial transportation.
Ric Traynor, executive chairman of Begbies Traynor, said: 'The combination of macro-economic risks is now taking its toll on UK businesses, as evidenced by this latest Reg Flag Alert data.
'With inflation nearing 10%, and showing little sign of abating, there can be no doubt that things are going to get worse for UK businesses before they get better. This, combined with a deteriorating geo-political landscape, is likely to have serious consequences for the UK economy.
'Rising insolvency rates, combined with our own evidence from speaking to the directors of distressed companies, highlight the impact of rising costs on businesses. The very same directors, who benefited from government-backed Covid support loans to get them through the pandemic, are now telling us that they are simply unable to repay these debts, plus they are having to deal with rising wage demands and higher input costs.'
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The pilot activities will demonstrate innovative approaches to different stages of sustainable integrated wastewater treatment and reuse, especially the reuse of treated municipal wastewater for irrigation.
Tackling wastewater at its source by source separation, reuse oriented decentralized treatment and effective reuse for energy and agricultural production, as well as improving rainwater harvesting.
Treating wastewater with central conventional and decentralized alternative technologies for reuse in agriculture and restoration of the environment.
Controlling treated wastewater quality at storage and transfer to final user, including water quality based contracts between farmers and (waste)water providers.
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Report: Cowboys expected to let Jason Garrett's contract expire
After being eliminated from playoff contention despite a win yesterday, the Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones are expected to allow head coach Jason Garrett's contract to expire, per a report from Patrik Walker, who covers the Cowboys for CBS.
There have been a few different opinions on when exactly Garrett's contract is up. Some have said it's at the end of the calendar year, while other credible reports (like this from
From @gmfb: #Cowboys coach Jason Garrett's contract is up on Jan. 14, but it's highly unlikely owner Jerry Jones waits until then to officially move in a new direction and start their search. pic.twitter.com/CSwF7Hf964
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 30, 2019
">Ian Rapoport) nail down January 14th as the final day of Garrett's contract. Regardless, the expectation is that Garrett will hit the open coaching market and the Cowboys will begin a search for a new head coach. After the loss yesterday, owner Jerry Jones wasn't willing to provide any clarity on the future of his head coach. This move has been the worst-kept secret in the NFL all season, especially among the loose-lipped leadership of Jerry and Stephen Jones. Garrett came into this season with boom-or-bust expectations following a 2018 season in which Dallas won the NFC East and reached the divisional round, and it appeared the Cowboys were finally prepared to join the NFL's elite after a 3-0 start in which the club scored at least 31 points and won each game by double digits. But Dallas dropped eight of its next 12 games, with the final nail in the coffin coming via a 17-9 loss at Philadelphia in Week 16. Following an 10-6 2018 season, the Cowboys shook up their staff in the hopes of improved results, but an 8-8 finish to the 2019 season was ultimately not what they were hoping for. Garrett holds a 85-67 mark as the head coach of the Cowboys dating back to 2010. It took him four full seasons to lead the team to the playoffs, and Garrett went 0-3 in those divisional playoff games. He was the longest-tenured NFL head coach without a conference championship appearance by four seasons. (Houston's Bill O'Brien, hired 2014, is currently second.) For a franchise and fan base that had become accustomed to competing for Super Bowl titles, that simply wasn't enough. CBS shares that a number of teams have already reached out to express interest in Garrett, provided that the Cowboys don't offer him a position in their front office. Head here to read more.
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Votteler helped the Tide to the 2020 national title in a key personnel role
Sources: Auburn poised to add former Oregon, Tennessee assistant coach to aide O-line
Bernardi starred at Fresno, coached in Pac-12, SEC
Sources: Mario Cristobal, Miami targeting Ole Miss' Kevin Smith for running backs job
Smith is a Miami native who coached with Kiffin at FAU and starred at UCF
Sources: Duke, Mike Elko tabbing FCS head coach for offensive line coach
Elko is nabbing a long-time Big Ten assistant and current FCS head coach
Sources: Furman filling key offensive post with former Oregon QB, still needs OL coach
The Paladins are regrouping on offense after losing former coordinator to ETSU
Vic Fangio will not return to Denver Broncos
The Broncos job was the pinnacle of a 40-year journey for Fangio. Now he's out after three seasons.
Sources: Presbyterian lands new offensive, defensive coordinators
The Blue Hose are rebuilding with a nucleus of coaches with NCAA experience
Indiana hiring coach from Big Ten rival to run Hoosiers' defense
Sources confirm Wilt's impending addition to the Hoosiers' defense


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Holyoke Medical Center cuts ribbon on new $25.3 million emergency department (photos, video)
Updated Jun 19, 2017 ; Posted Jun 19, 2017
Holyoke Medical Center cuts ribbon on new $25.3 million emergency department
Gallery: Holyoke Medical Center cuts ribbon on new $25.3 million emergency department
By The Republican Newsroom
HOLYOKE - The ribbon was cut Monday on Holyoke Medical Center's new $25.3 million Emergency Department, as elected officials and local dignitaries gathered for a ceremony in the Paper City hospital.
The hospital broke on the project in 2015.
Holyoke Medical Center breaks ground on $22 million addition
Holyoke Medical Center was set to break ground this morning on its $22 million addition, which includes expanded emergency department space, as well as a floor for medical offices.
The new emergency department expands the current space from 8,500 square feet to approximately 20,750 square feet. The office building will be approximately 18,000 square feet.
"We were in desperate need of a new facility," remarked Spiros Hatiras, the president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center. "The old emergency room was undersized and we didn't have enough room to handle the volume of patients. This will be an amazing improvement to patient care."
The emergency department will feature a new Crisis Center for Psychiatric Services, 40 treatment areas, multi-patient trauma rooms, advance lifesaving equipment and a patient navigation service.
The second floor of the new building will be the home of a comprehensive weight and health management program, including services for bariatric surgery, behavioral and nutritional education, general surgery and gastroenterology.
SMRT Architects and Engineers of Andover designed the project.
The hospital announced last month that its capital campaign, in support of the project, had reached $2 million, of the $3 million goal.
Holyoke Medical Center raises $2M; ER ribbon cutting set for June 19
Fund-raiser thermometer on hospital's Beech Street campus to track public campaign toward completing goal of $3 million.
Some 45,000 patients currently visit the hospital's emergency department on an annual basis. The hospital, which admits more than 7,500 patients each year, is a 198-bed facility, with more than 1,200 employees. It has an active staff of 171 physicians, and a consulting staff of 96.
According to its website, the hospital, which dates back to 1893, serves an aggregate population of 180,000 in cities and towns that include Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, Granby, Easthampton, Southampton, West Springfield and Belchertown.
The hospital is a member of Valley Health Systems, whose other members include Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association, Western Mass Physician Associates and River Valley Counseling Center.


In 1976, Annalise Wood disappeared on her journey home from school and instantly became a local celebrity. For decades the town of Lilling tried to solve the mystery of Annalise's disappearance until, almost twenty years later, her body was discovered. Annalise's body was badly decomposed and there was a lack of DNA available; the only trace on the body was found in her skirt and did not match anyone on record. The chances of finding her killer were extremely low and the murder soon became a 'cold case' – but still the most famous Lilling had ever seen.
2017 and Morris Keene has been demoted from Detective Inspector and has now joined the police's Review Team. Morris' first case is none other than the murder of Annalise Wood as forensics have finally found a match for the DNA found on her skirt. With the help of his ex-partner, Chloe Fohrmann, Morris goes on a hunt for a killer from forty years ago. Throughout this novel we follow the journey of multiple complex characters and discover some harrowing truths. Who is responsible for Annalise's disappearance? Was it her body they found twenty years ago? If not, then who did they find all those years ago? And what happened to the real Annalise?
Winslow's novel is a compulsive page-turner. From the first page, when I first met Annalise Williams, who believes that sharing a name with the missing girl forges a bond, I was hooked. Annalise is such a dark, disturbing character that I was desperate to learn more about her and how she was involved in the case of 1976. Instantly we see that she is obsessed with the case and is jealous of the original Annalise for all her love and adoration. Anna Williams is definitely the most complex and interesting character in this novel, but, Winslow's narrative is packed with them. From lost, grieving Dr Laurie Ambrose to naïve, vulnerable Hannah-Claire. All of Winslow's characters will have you hanging on their every word and desperately waiting for the next plot-twist.
I loved Winslow's narrative structure throughout this novel. There is no protagonist but instead a collection of wonderfully crafted characters who individually tell their version of events. I found this style very refreshing as it was continuously swapping between characters with new opinions and points of view; this kept me engaged and excited permanently. Just as one chapter ends you're back to another great character and seeing what is happening in their lives.
My only criticism for Winslow's Look For Her is that sometimes the connections that tied the characters together seemed a little forced and slightly unrealistic. I would have also liked a longer, more developed ending as I was left feeling a little robbed of explanations and equilibrium for the characters I had grown to know and love.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book to any thriller/mystery lover who takes joy in indulging in brilliant characterisation and suspense. Look For Her is the first Emily Winslow novel I have read but I guarantee I will be reading her other works and looking out for her name in the future. Watch out for this novel, it is going to be big!