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Probe of back-channel dealing continues at California PUC
Sacramento Bee (2015-03-30) David Siders
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More Info: California Public Utilities Commission, San Bruno Explosion, Shutdown Diablo, Shut San Onofre
BY DAVID SIDERS
DSIDERS@SACBEE.COM
On Sept. 9, 2010, a massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, the result of a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people. MICHAEL SAH ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
Michael Peevey's announcement last fall that he would not seek reappointment to the California Public Utilities Commission appeared to offer closure to years of controversy surrounding his tenure.
The commission, which regulates California's massive energy and telecommunications industries, had been shaken by revelations of back-channel communications with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. following a fatal gas line explosion in San Bruno in 2010.
On the same day critics assembled in San Francisco to call for his ouster, Peevey relented. In a prepared statement, he said, "Twelve years as president is enough."
Then, at his final meeting in December, Peevey closed with a laugh.
"Don't shoot," the commission president said. "I surrender!"
In the months since Peevey left the PUC, however, the scandal that ushered him out of office continues to erupt.
Investigators executed a search warrant at Peevey's house in January. Lawmakers this month convened oversight hearings on private communications and safety measures at the PUC.
Last Wednesday, Michael Picker, the new president of the commission, acknowledged that before the explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno, PG&E diverted money approved for pipeline safety to executive compensation.
"I think there's a very clear case that in some places, the utility did divert dollars that we approved for safety purposes toward executive compensation," Picker told state senators at an oversight hearing.
Since last summer, the PUC has released tens of thousands of emails documenting close ties between regulators and utility officials, and law enforcement officials are searching for more.
Federal and state authorities opened separate investigations regarding rate-setting procedures and the San Bruno gas-line explosion last year. They have requested about 1.6 million documents, and the PUC has received more than 200 other public records requests, Picker said.
Ed Howard, an expert in regulatory and administrative law at the University of San Diego's Center for Public Interest Law, said, "I would be shocked if what we've learned so far even gets beyond the tip of the iceberg."
Asked about the scope of the investigation, Picker said, "I have no idea where it goes." He said he avoids details of the investigation so that he does not inadvertently disclose information to anyone law enforcement officials might be targeting.
Public outrage over PG&E and the PUC flared last summer, with the release of an initial cache of emails at the prodding of the city of San Bruno. The correspondence showed Peevey giving public relations advice to PG&E. It revealed that his then-chief of staff, Carol Brown, tutored a utility executive in how to answer questions from an administrative law judge in the San Bruno proceedings.
Brown suggested to the executive, Laura Doll, that she write a "sweet note" to the judge. Doll was grateful. In one email to Brown, Doll responded, "Love you."
Emails released later that year showed PUC and PG&E executives apparently coordinating the selection of a judge in a rate-setting case, and Peevey pressuring PG&E for political contributions to favored causes.
In one email, Brian Cherry, a former PG&E executive, said Peevey wanted the utility to spend at least $1 million opposing a ballot measure seeking to undo provisions of Assembly Bill 32, California's greenhouse gas reduction law. As the president of the state's chief regulatory agency, Peevey wielded immense power over utilities such as PG&E.
Howard, who testified at an oversight hearing in Sacramento this month, said, "My jaw hit the floor" when he learned about the judge selection process and how casually PG&E and state regulators interacted. He said the emails depicted a "thoroughly dysfunctional, lawless and renegade culture" at the PUC.
In January, the state Department of Justice seized day planners, computers and a thumb drive from the home of Peevey and his wife, Democratic state Sen. Carol Liu.
The Department of Justice said in its search warrant that it was investigating a felony. But no charges have been filed against Peevey.
First appointed to the PUC by then-Gov. Gray Davis in 2002, the former president of Southern California Edison Co. has long-standing ties to Democratic Party politics in California, including Gov. Jerry Brown.
Peevey is widely credited with advancing California's renewable energy policies at the PUC, and Brown has held fast in his support of the former commissioner.
Two days after investigators searched Peevey's house, Brown said at a news conference that Peevey was "a real champion in advancing the state's environmental goals." The next month, Brown administration officials joined prominent Democrats, including former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, at a tribute dinner for Peevey in San Francisco.
The event was advertised as honoring Peevey's "lifetime of service to the people of California," with proceeds benefiting the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
Goldman School administrators initially defended the event, but the school's dean reversed course amid public criticism.
In a letter to faculty, staff and students, Henry Brady said the school was "merely to be the beneficiaries of excess funds generated by the event," a fact he said was "largely lost in the ensuing coverage."
In declining to accept the money, Brady said he regretted that an "effort to provide resources for the Goldman School was undercut by these events and misunderstandings."
Peevey, meanwhile, resigned from Goldman's advisory board.
According to Brady, Peevey wrote to him, "This sorry episode has led me to question my value to the School going forward."
Neither Peevey nor Liu responded to requests for comment. Liu was absent from the Senate and excused for "personal business" in the days immediately after the search of her home, as well as for five days in February, according to Senate records.
Like her husband, she has demonstrated a willingness to engage in his defense.
Last year, Liu lobbied her colleagues on the Senate floor against a bill, eventually approved, expanding a restriction on PUC members sitting on boards of nonprofit organizations created by the commission.
Liu called the measure "a jab at my husband, period."
The bill's author, Sen. Jerry Hill, a Democrat who represents San Bruno, returned with other lawmakers this year to introduce legislation seeking, among other measures, to impose greater restrictions on private, or "ex parte," communications between regulators and utilities.
"The initial scandals have now turned into the layers of an onion being peeled back," said Sen. Mike Mc Guire, a Healdsburg Democrat who has used his seat on the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee to rail against what he said is a lack of public involvement in PUC proceedings.
Mc Guire, who sits directly in front of Liu in the Senate chamber, added, "Whether it's the issue of ex parte communication, the lack of public involvement or individual scandals, this is now a focus of the state Legislature."
Picker, a former renewable energy adviser to Brown, said he agrees with many of the lawmakers' concerns, including about the closeness of regulators and utility officials.
PUC officials are screening emails now for ethical breaches and inappropriate communications. A broader culture change at the PUC, Picker said, could take three years.
Like Brown, Picker praised his predecessor for his environmental work, calling him "a very complicated person who got things done."
"The way he dealt with a very complicated agency is he just cut through the bureaucracy," he said. "Sometimes when you do that, it leads to problems."
At a legislative hearing on the PUC this month, Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, thanked Picker for attending, noting it had been three years since Peevey appeared before the panel.
He applauded Picker's "contrasting and refreshing commitment to transparency." But he said, "At the same time, we recognize the daunting challenges that you face in this effort."
"On a nearly daily basis," Rendon told Picker, "we hear about new allegations of backroom deals and policy procedures and organizational culture at the PUC that continues to undermine the public's confidence and trust in the commission."
Seated before the lawmakers, Picker said, "I wish I could say that this was going to be a simple process to modernize the CPUC and to make it a truly available as well as transparent and accessible and fair organization."
But he added, "I think that we have a long ways to go."
This post was updated at 2:15 p.m. March 30, 2015 to correctly attribute a quote from a March 25 legislative hearing to PUC president Michael Picker.
Call David Siders, Bee Capitol Bureau, (916) 321-1215. Follow him on Twitter @davidsiders.
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Faith and Beliefs
The Gospel and Race
The Gospel and Gender
The Lord's Supper
Worship and Music
Be still, and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10a
The Women's Ministry at PBC believes that with God all things are possible. We want to trust God because He tells us He ALWAYS leads us in triumph in Christ! We know life can be difficult but we believe that God still has the answers to our problems. And we want to encourage women to live off the love of Jesus at every turn their lives take them.
As we give everything to the Lord in prayer, He can and does help us lift our eyes off of our circumstances and onto Him, who is actively working on our behalf. We believe that those who consistently spend time with God in prayer and in the reading of His Word are blessed. They will grow deep roots of faith to help weather the storms of life and emerge fruitful.
Claggett Center – Adamstown, MD
To all ladies, high-school age and older: please join us for the PBC Women's Fall retreat! Our theme is "R & R" – not just for "Rest & Relaxation," but also "Refining and Restoring." We will look at how God uses trials to conform us to the image of Christ, and discover more about the heart of God who constantly seeks us, and takes joy in restoring us! As it says in 1 Peter 5:10, "And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."
Our speaker will be Chelsea Wortman, former PBC member who served here faithfully with her husband for many years before moving their family to North Carolina. We will be going to the Claggett Center in Adamstown, MD (near Frederick), and staying in their Cottages.
The cost of the retreat is $220 per person, which covers two nights lodging (double-occupancy rooms), five meals, and our own private meeting room, with kitchenette.
Click to register here or print the retreat brochure/registration form. Brochures will be available in the foyer.
Checks should be made payable to Potomac Baptist Church, memo Women's Retreat. Mail/drop off at Potomac Baptist Church, 20747 Lowes Island Blvd. Sterling, VA 20165.
Scholarships are available.
For more information, email Carol Abell
The PBC Women have a Facebook group where we share praises, prayers and information about church activities. If you would like to join the group, just sign in to Facebook, visit the page for Potomac Baptist Sisters and request to join!
Do you have questions about Potomac Baptist Church?
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This document describes how to use Linux to connect to an Internet Service Provider via a dial-up modem TCP/IP connection. As well as the basic dial-up procedure and IP establishment, email and news handling is covered.
2. How do I connect to the rest of the world?
5.1 How do I set up an online news-reader?
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Social Services Advisory Board
Beginning with January, the board meets the 4th Tuesday of every other month
Hanover Human Services Center
Large conference room (behind the Hanover Department of Social Services)
12304 Washington Highway
Minutes are available following approval.
View Most Recent Minutes
Ed Gooding, Chair/Beaverdam District 17050 Old Ridge Road Montpelier, VA 23192 Home Phone: 804-883-7172 Email Ed Gooding
Bernadette Cornelius, Vice Chair/Cold Harbor District
7097 McCauley Lane
Email Bernadette Cornelius
Vandi Hodges, Ashland District
Email Vandi Hodges
Dan Johnson, South Anna District 14225 Clazemont Road Montpelier, VA 23192 Phone: 804-883-7249 Email Dan Johnson
Alice Miller, Mechanicsville District 7424 Kelshire Trace Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Home Phone: 804-730-0639 Cell Phone: 804-370-7658 Email Alice Miller
The Honorable Faye O. Prichard, Member-at-Large/Board of Supervisors/Ashland District
Work Phone: 804-828-5866
Email Faye O. Prichard
Timothy M. Tillman, Chickahominy District 9245 Deer Run Road Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Home Phone: 804-730-6389 Email Timothy M. Tillman
Don Ward, Henry District 4308 Locust Green Lane Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Phone: 804-690-6229 Email Don Ward
Sheila Crossen-Powell, Director Hanover County Social Services
Email Sheila Crossen-Powell
Amy Taylor, Clerk of the Board County Social Services
Fax: 804-365-4110 Email Amy Taylor
Members represent each of the 7 magisterial districts in the county. An 8th member is an at-large member and a member of the Hanover Board of Supervisors. Staff members include the director of Social Services and the clerk of the board, who are non-voting members of the board. Legal counsel from the County Attorney's Office also is present in a non-voting capacity.
Members serve 4-year terms and may serve no more than 2 consecutive terms, unless they have filled an unexpired term. In that case, the unexpired term does not count toward their appointment time.
The Social Services Advisory Board is composed of 8 members: 7 members who represent their magisterial districts and are appointed by their Hanover Board of Supervisor members; and 1 at-large member from the Board of Supervisors. According to the Code of Virginia, §63.2-305, an advisory board has 5 charges:
Display interest in all matters pertinent to the public assistance and social services needed by the people of the jurisdiction served by the local department
Monitor the formulation and implementation of public assistance and social services programs by the local department
Meet with the local government official who constitutes the local board at least four times a year for the purpose of making recommendations on policy matters concerning the local department
Making an annual report to the governing body or bodies, concurrent with the budget presentation of the local department, concerning the administration of the public assistance and social services programs
Submit to the governing body or bodies other reports that the advisory board deems appropriate (Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Social Services, Local Board Member Handbook, March 2012, page18)
Board members also are expected to function as liaisons with community partners and as public educators (ibid, page 19).
The Hanover Board of Supervisors approved the move of the Board of Social Services from an administrative board to an advisory board on June 9, 2010. This decision was based on the county's and the department's desire to assist each other during difficult financial times and due to the county's awareness that many other jurisdictions of similar size had moved from administrative to advisory boards. Ordinance 10-13 became effective on July 1, 2010.
Citizen, Board
Board members receive $250 per month.
The department's main telephone number is 804-365-4100.
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Clerk of the Social Services Advisory Board
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K-pop giant SM Entertainment strikes licensing deal with NetEase … – Music Business Worldwide
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Established in 1995, South Korea's SM Entertainment features a roster of prominent K-Pop artists like KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, SUPER JUNIOR, Girls' Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT and aespa.
SM Entertainment is led by founder and Chief Producer Lee Soo-man. He recently delivered a speech at Stanford University about the company's history and vision.
NetEase Cloud Music notes today that it has been "actively expanding its broad portfolio".
The platform adds that it recently struck agreements with record labels including Modern Sky, Emperor Entertainment Group and China Record Group.
Paris-headquartered music company Believe also recently inked a renewed deal with NetEase Cloud Music (as well as with its rival Tencent Music Entertainment Music).
MBW reported last month that NetEase Cloud Music and its rival Tencent Music both added more paying music users than Spotify in Q1, 2022.
NetEase Cloud Music's overall monthly active users (MAUs) of online music services stood at 181.7 million in Q1 2022, down slightly from 183.1 million in the prior year quarter.
The platform's paying online music users (36.7m) accounted for 20.2% of all of its online music MAUs in the quarter.
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I just spent the productive part of the last couple of days going over several alternatives, as I didn't want to do the most obvious thing.
But I ended up doing it.
I think I did it carefully... And in a restricted system.
Submitted by vicm3 (not verified) on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 09:19.
Feel worry, but not dirty... I know it's diferent... but as we talked before... looks like there is no other way to accomplish that task... if you post your trouble? who know maybe someone has found a better solution.
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...if you did it carefully.
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if you are sure about your decision. and it works.
sometimes, the most obvious way, is the one. even if it is not the better one.
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Abdominal stab wounds: diagnostic peritoneal lavage criteria for emergency room discharge.
R P Gonzalez, B Turk, M E Falimirski, M R Holevar
Journal of Trauma 2001 November
OBJECTIVE: To prospectively evaluate a method for management of abdominal stab wounds that allows for immediate emergency room discharge.
METHODS: Anterior abdominal stab wound patients were prospectively placed in a study trial during a 48-month period. Consent was obtained for all patients before study entry. Anatomic boundaries for abdominal stab wounds were costal margins, inguinal ligaments, and anterior axillary lines. Hemodynamically stable patients with negative physical examinations were entered in the study and evaluated with closed diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL). Patients with DPL results less than 1000 RBCs/mm3 were sent home. Patients with DPL results greater than 1000 RBCs/mm3 (including gross blood) were admitted for observation. Hemodynamically stable patients with evisceration and no abdominal tenderness had the viscera replaced in the emergency room. Eviscerated patients did not undergo DPL and were admitted for observation. Patients that presented with hemodynamic instability or peritonitis were not entered in the study and underwent immediate surgical intervention.
RESULTS: Ninety hemodynamically stable patients were entered in the study. Forty-four (49%) patients had DPL < 1000 RBCs/mm3, 34 of which were discharged home. Of the 10 admissions that qualified for discharge, 4 were admitted due to elevated ethanol levels and no family assistance, 3 were admitted to psychiatry, and 3 required other surgical procedures. No patient with DPL < 1000 RBCs/mm3 required laparotomy or had complications associated with their stab wounds. Thirty-eight (42%) patients were observed because DPL counts were greater than 1000 RBCs/mm3. Eight (21%) of these patients developed positive physical examinations that prompted exploratory laparotomy, of which five (63%) were therapeutic. There were no complications associated with delayed laparotomy. Four (4%) patients had DPL results greater than 500 WBCs/mm3, all of which underwent immediate exploratory laparotomy. Four (4%) patients presented with evisceration, one of which underwent therapeutic laparotomy.
CONCLUSION: Abdominal stab wound patients that are hemodynamically stable can be safely sent home from the emergency room when DPL counts are less than 1000 RBCs/mm3. Observation of hemodynamically stable patients allows for low laparotomy rates with minimal morbidity.


This is another follow-up to the HHAMS airfields I made for RealFlight 7.5. This time I modeled the Bethpage state park on Long Island. The polo field at the state park serves as RC model airfield for various AMA clubs including Whitman Flyers and Cobra.
I heard about this big bubble thing people do, from a Radiolab podcast episode, "Bigger than Bacon" (jump to the section Bigger Better Bubbles at 23:13). On a whim I bought the Bubble Thing (bubble-making wand) and the Big Bubble mix from David Stein featured in the podcast. This Bubble Thing became the highlight of a pool party. One thing led to another, and more big bubble demonstrations were demanded on other occasions. But it turned out that "bubble juice", as the solution is affectionately called by bubble fanatics, was quite expensive to buy, and one could easily go through a gallon of juice in less than an hour. I did some research online for better and cheaper bubble juice. Then I experimented with a few different recipes. And after only a few iterations I hit the jackpot. Thus this article.


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The Baader Meinhof complex
Summary: Germany 1967: murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism, and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still-fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. The man who understands them is also...
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2010
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Summary: A woman vacationing in the Austrian mountains discovers that she is separated from all human contact by an invisible barrier. With her loyal dog Lynx as her sole companion she undergoes an inward journey of growth and transcendence.
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Summary: Edward is the only witness to his father's suicide and is a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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First, move to where the .NRLIB files are.
The databases are built using the *.NRLIB/info files.
I'm still pondering your "split" request for database file loads.
and writes them out into a random access file format.
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Lisa over at My Little Creative Wonderland hosted this fun idea for a cracker swap. The idea was to take a 5" piece of board roll it and create a cracker that would be filled with notions for your partner then wrapped in fabric.
I was lucky enough to be paired up with Kate over at Show and Tell. If you have not seen her blog yet I suggest that you pop on over. She is super creative and productive. She is always creating stuff that I would love to add to my every growing "to-do" list.
all in the colors that are quite often seen in her sewing projects.
and of course some Bells .... just wish I could have found some rusty ones like the ones that Kates uses quite often.
Kate has now opened her cracker/Bon Bon so that's why I can snow share here with you.
How exciting...love the fabric yours is wrapped in I have used it in a quilt. My cracker is coming from Ireland am waiting with much anticipation.
oh Sharon i love what you sent !! hehe kate is funny teasing you .Hopefully your arrive tomorrow!! oops is tomorrow public holiday ok tuesday ..
thanks for being a great swapper.


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Brazil's Expanding Yellow Fever Outbreak Started With Monkeys, Latin America is now at greater risk of urban epidemics [of yellow fever] than at any time in the past 50 years. WHO Feb 2017
February 24, 2017 by drgaurav Leave a Comment
Brazilian howler monkeys are known to carry yellow fever — and can die of the disease.
Miguel Rangel Jr/Flickr
The first sign of trouble was the monkeys dropping dead in the forest. Then people started getting sick and dying, too.
Brazil is in the midst of its worst yellow fever outbreak since the 1940s, when the country started mass vaccination and mosquito eradication campaigns to thwart the virus.
The first cases in this current outbreak were detected in December among men living in rural parts of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, an agricultural region just north of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. As of the first week of February, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported more than 1,000 suspected human cases of yellow fever and hundreds more probable cases in monkeys since December.
Usually there are only a handful or at most a few dozen cases of yellow fever a year in Brazil, and they're found deeper in the Amazon, not hundreds of miles to the south in Minas Gerais.
Most of these cases are sylvatic or "jungle" cases in which a person who's working in or visiting a forest is bitten by an infected mosquito, says Anna Durbin, a professor of international health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Human outbreaks tend to follow larger outbreaks among primates in the jungle.
"One of the proverbs is that 'when the howler monkey falls silent, everyone starts to worry,' because they know yellow fever is in the area," Durbin says. In this outbreak more than a thousand monkeys have been found dead. Health officials are analyzing the corpses to confirm whether the animals actually died from yellow fever.
Durbin says this is a significant outbreak.
"What we are starting to see now is a larger number of cases," she says. "And the concern is it could spread to a city and you'd have urban yellow fever, which they haven't really had in South America in something like 50 years."
In an urban outbreak, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread it from person to person. A different strain of mosquitoes circulates the virus in jungle outbreaks.
Mosquito control programs nearly wiped out the Aedes aegypti in the Americas in the latter half of the 20th century, but that mosquito has since staged a comeback.
That's the same mosquito that fueled the yellow fever outbreak in Angola last year and allowed Zika to infect millions throughout the Americas in 2015 and 2016. (WHOannounced this week that the Angolan outbreak is now officially over.)
Public health officials say there's the potential for yellow fever to spread like wildfire if it takes hold in a place that has Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and where vaccination rates are low. Unfortunately that's the case throughout much of the tropics of this hemisphere.
"The nightmare scenario for me is San Juan, Puerto Rico," says Mariano Garcio-Blanco, an emerging infectious disease specialist and the chair of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Given how deadly yellow fever can be, an outbreak in a crowded city like San Juan, Puerto Rico, or Sao Paulo, Brazil, could be a public health disaster.
"San Juan hasn't seen yellow fever in probably a century. Aedes aegypti is rampant," says Garcio-Blanco. "It [yellow fever] could spread. Yes, it could spread rapidly." San Juan also happens to be where he grew up.
Lessons from America's Tropical Epidemic
The disease itself doesn't hit everyone hard. Most victims have only mild symptoms, like fever and chills, aches and nausea. Some have no symptoms at all. About 15 percent of patients develop a more severe form that can lead to high fever, bleeding, shock, organ failure and death. In the current outbreak the Brazilian Ministry of Health is pegging the fatality rate among confirmed cases at 36 percent. Among people who develop severe symptoms, there is no specific cure and as many as half the patients die.
Yet a highly effective vaccine is available to prevent the disease. The vaccine is relatively expensive and can cause adverse side effects. Also there's been a global shortage of the vaccine recently as tens of millions of doses were shipped last year to Angola and the DRC (including from Brazil) to battle the outbreak in Africa. But even before that, yellow fever vaccination rates in the Americas have been fairly low.
"The great majority of the population in all of South America and Central America and the Caribbean are unvaccinated [against yellow fever]," Garcio-Blanco says.
Officials in Brazil have launched mass vaccination campaigns in areas around where the cases have been detected. In addition, the governor in Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency. The Brazilian government already has shipped 10 million doses of vaccine to five states in the south to try to stem the outbreak and has ordered additional stockpiles to be used in other hot spots as needed.
The World Health Organization is monitoring the Brazil outbreak and offers a rather pessimistic assessment of the region's preparedness. WHO's website states: "Latin America is now at greater risk of urban epidemics [of yellow fever] than at any time in the past 50 years."
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This Cookworks deep fat fryer is quite the fry guy. There's no need to go out to eat, as it will provide you with restaurant quality fish and chips right in your very own home! With an ample 2.5 litre capacity, you can watch your fry through the large observation window and use the mechanical dial to adjust the temperature to your choosing.
Permanent removable and odour filter.
Ok this frier dose the job OK but I brought this expecting to be able to poor 2.5 litres of oil to fry a large quontaty of food. But the MAX mark only allows 1.5 litres and the frying basket has a holding size of nearly 700 mils and the instructions even suggest to not fill the basket to the top so let's say 500mill. The chips end up floating out of the basket and into the bowl witch is very enoing. Best of just getting frying bowl and basket to go on the gas or electric cooker.
This is not fancy but has good features for storage and use. The basket handle feels a bit cheap or it would have got 5 stars.
No, the Cookworks DF5318-GS Deep Fat Fryer is recommended for 2 portions.
Can the basket be raised and left raised while the lid is closed?
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where can replacement filters be purchased?
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Şehir Hatları Ferryboats, Istanbul
Istanbul's 34 big traditional passenger ferryboats, operated since 2010 by Istanbul Şehir Hatları ("Istanbul City Routes"), serve 45 docks throughout the metropolis. Information on fares(excluding the Bosphorus Cruises) is here. More...
Şehir Hatları apps are available for Apple and Android phones and tablets from the relevant app stores.
Here are the most important services:
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Bosphorus Cruises
The big traditional ferries are my favorites for Bosphorus cruises. More...
Golden Horn (Haliç)
A Golden Horn cruise, great for photographing the city, takes just over a half-hour from Eminönü. More...
Şehir Hatları ferries depart Eminönü for the islands at least eight times daily year-round, with additional voyages in summer. More...
Eminönü-Kadıköy
Ferries depart each dock every 20 minutes from about 07:00 am until about 20:40 (8:40 pm) every day on the 35-minute voyage.
Eminönü-Üsküdar
Ferries depart each dock every 20 minutes from about 06:30 am until about 22:30 (10:30 pm) every day on the 25-minute voyage. On Sundays and holidays, first departures are after 07:00 am.
Karaköy-Kadıköy
Ferries depart each dock every 20 minutes from about 06:30 am until midnight 01:00 (1:00 am) on the 30-minute voyage.
Karaköy-Haydarpaşa
Historic Haydarpaşa Station, is not currently in use as a train station, so there is no regular service to the beautiful antique dock in front of the station, although TurYol and Dentur Avrasyaferries may be serving the station. Otherwise, take a ferry to nearby Kadıköy.
Karaköy-Bostancı
On workdays, four voyages depart Bostancı in the morning and one in the evening; two depart Karaköy in the morning and three in the evening.
Beşiktaş-Kadıköy
Departures every 30 minutes at 15 minutes past the hour and before the hour, from 07:15 am until at least 21:15 (9:15 pm), on the 40-minute voyage. First voyages are earlier on weekdays.
Beşiktaş-Küçüksu
Two commuter boats on workdays depart in early morning from Küçüksu, in the evening from Beşiktaş, with one morning boat from Beşiktaş and one evening boat from Küçüksu.
Üsküdar-Beykoz-Anadolu Kavağı
On weekdays only, eight voyages operate in each direction between Üsküdar and Beykoz on the Bosphorus, stopping at the Asian-shore villages Beylerbeyi, Çengelköy, Anadolu Hisarı, Kanlıca, Çubuklu and Paşabahçe. Three of these voyages—morning, early afternoon and late afternoon—continue beyond Beykoz to Anadolu Kavağı. The voyage all the way takes 100 minutes—just over 1-1/2 hours), and can be used as a Bosphorus cruise: depart Üsküdar at 11:45 am, arrive Anadolu Kavağı at 13:20 (1:20 pm); depart Anadolu Kavağı at 14:30 or 16:00 (2:30 pm or 4:00 pm) and arrive back in Üsküdar at 16:05 or 19:00 (4:05 pm or 7:00 pm). (See also the Eminönü-Sarıyer-Rumeli Kavağı voyages below.)
Eminönü-Sarıyer-Rumeli Kavağı
On weekdays only, up to 12 voyages operate between Eminönüand Sarıyer on the European shore of the Bosphorus. Three voyages in each direction serve Rumeli Kavağı as well. All stops (except for Eminönü) are on the European shore: Beşiktaş, Arnavutköy, Emirgan, İstinye, Sarıyer and Rumeli Kavağı. These voyages can be used as Bosphorus cruises, though on weekdays only (no voyages on weekends or holidays), and they do not stop at Anadolu Kavağı, so you'd have to make other arrangements if you want to see the Yoros Kalesi fortress. Board the 11:00 am boat at Eminönü and you reach Sarıyer at 12:15 pm. Have a quick bite and a look around, board the southbound ferry at 13:00 (1:00 pm), and you'll be back at Eminönü by 16:05 (4:05 pm).
İstinye-Çubuklu Car Ferry
Car ferries cross the Bosphorus between İstinye and Çubuklu every 20 minutes (every 30 minutes on Sunday) starting at 07:00 am (08:00 am on Saturday, 09:00 am on Sunday), with the last voyage at 21:00 (9:00 pm) every day. Foot passengers are carried as well—you don't have to ship a car.
Sarıyer-Rumeli Kavağı-Anadolu Kavağı
These "ring voyages" depart Sarıyer 13 times daily for Anadolu Kavağı, with six voyages stopping at Rumeli Kavağı on the way, on the 10- or 20-minute voyage. Most voyages are in the morning and evening, with midday voyages from Sarıyer only at 10:30, 13:30 (1:30 pm) and 15:40 (3:40 pm).
Istanbul Ferryboat History
The Şirket-i Hayriye ("Beneficial Company") was founded (1851) in Ottoman Istanbul to facilitate transport in this city of three parts land and three parts water.
In the later 20th century the new Bosphorus bridges, new bus routes, trams and fast catamaran "sea buses" rendered many traditional ferry routes obsolete or unprofitable.
The route system may shrink again now that the Marmaray rail link is operating beneath the Bosphorus, but you'll still find the big white boats a convenient—and extremely pleasant!—way to travel from Europe to Asia and back again.
Online Form - History Travel Bosphorus Tour
Şehir Hatları Website (in English)
Ferryboat Route Maps
Bosphorus Cruise Boats
Bosphorus Cruise Highlights
Southern Bosphorus Sights
Northern Bosphorus Sights
Istanbul Restaurants
Above, a traditional Istanbul ferryboat at the Eminönü ferry docks beneath the Yeni Valide andSüleymaniye mosques.
Golden Horn ferryboat.


There's my favorite, the complexly flavored Merry Monks There's Verboten, the 5.9% ABV, is a Belgian-style Pale Ale with an American twist. There's the seasonally awesome Imperial Pumpkin Ale and... well, let's just say that there are a ton of Weyerbacher beers.
However, even though you've tasted them and have picked out your favorite, have you ever visited to where they are made? For some, it's almost crazy to find out that Weyerbacher beers are ALL brewed in Easton.
"All the beer is brewed here, on site, right in Easton, PA," Brewmaster Chris Wilson, said. "We also use Easton water, which is very low in minerals. All we do is take out the chlorine, but it's the same water that all Easton citizens drink and makes Weyerbacher what it is."
You and your friends can see exactly how Easton makes Weyerbacher what it is by visiting for free tours and free samples.
Weyerbacher's Visitors Center is open noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday offering free samples as well as logo merchandise and to-go beer sales. Free tours are offered on Friday at 5:30 and Saturday at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and require no reservations (groups of 15 or more should contact in advance).
Tours range from 30 to 40 minutes in duration and cover the history of Weyerbacher and the brewing process. The friendly tour guides will attempt to answer all your questions and leave everyone feeling much more knowledgeable about the craft beer industry. Visit www.weyerbacher.com/visitorscenter for more details.
Did we mention free samples and free tours?


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LAHORE: The CNG Owners Association is adamant on not providing relief to the commuters and motorists who have been facing difficulties due to their undeclared strike.
A spokesman of the association said in a statement that CNG stations owners could not sell the gas at current price and had decided to keep their filling stations closed until their demanded were met.
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Do Queer Books Still Need Happy Endings?
Danika Ellis Mar 22, 2021
I've been talking about queer books on the internet for more than a decade now, and one of the most common requests continues to be "Where can I find queer books with a happy ending?" It's understandable! Many times, the person asking has just come out or is exploring their identity. At that point, it's crucial to be able to see positive representations of your identity and possible bright futures for yourself. Even after being out for 15 years, I still want to escapist into a fluffy queer book quite often. The only problem is when there becomes pressure for authors, especially queer authors, to only write queer stories with happy endings. Like any other group, we also have complicated, messy, and tragic stories to tell. When can we begin telling those, too?
To understand the significance of happy endings in queer stories, you have to know the history of queer representation in media. Obviously throughout history there hasn't been a ton of representation of queer people, and when there was, it usually wasn't very positive. There are exceptions to that, but it's only really recently that we've seen mainstream representation in TV and books.
Historically, queer characters have acted to serve a couple of functions. 1) The Monster. This is the idea that queer people are inherently evil or monstrous and are trying to seduce an innocent person into their lifestyle. 2) The Joke. Queer people have been the butt of jokes for even longer than the Sassy Gay Best Friend character has existed. Many of the early representations of queer characters are simply, "Look! This person is queer! Isn't that funny?"
When I think about the history of queer representation, I think of queer pulp fiction, and lesbian pulp in particular. These were around in the 1950s, and they were these cheap, disposable paperbacks that were meant to be titillating and alluring. They are an interesting facet of lesbian literary history, because although the assumption was they were in by and for straight men, they were often a reader's first introduction to lesbians existing, and to the possibility of being a lesbian. They were incredibly important to lesbians of the 1950s and '60s, and some queer women even wrote them.
The reason lesbian pulp is relevant to this post is that at the time, in order for your book to not be considered obscene, you had to punish the lesbian characters. It was okay to publish a lesbian book, as long as you proved at the end that it was meant to serve as a warning. Typically, lesbian pulps would end with one or both characters killed, having a mental breakdown, turning straight, or generally being left alone and sad. There were hundreds of these titles published, and that's the legacy that queer happy endings try to subvert. Similarly, the first queer characters to show up in TV and movies were generally villains, and they were often the killer on a crime show.
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For hundreds of years, if you found anything with queer representation, it was going to punish the queer character in the end, if they weren't already the villain. Even recently, there is the pervasive bury your gays trope, which highlights how queer characters are disproportionately more likely to be killed off in media. This is primarily seen on TV shows, but it also applies to movies and books.
Luckily, we are seeing more queer stories, especially queer YA, reaching mainstream audiences. I think that we are in the golden age of queer YA: I've seen such a huge shift just in the last five years in how many titles are getting published. Obviously, we still have a way to go, especially in terms of intersectionality in queer lit, but it is a huge improvement. In the very early days of queer YA, they were "issue" books that included lots of homophobia and were likely to have a bittersweet ending. Then we started to see books like Boy Meets Boy that acted as a beacon of optimism and light — a real departure from the darkness before it. We started to see books where the same-sex couples stayed together in the end — and, you know, were both alive. They were necessary to contrast what had come previously.
It's been more than a decade since those happier queer YA books started to be published, though, and we've reached a new point in the history of queer lit. We're starting to see more complicated narratives around queer books coming out: books that aren't just about experiencing homophobia, but also aren't completely utopian. We're seeing queer books that explore different genres, including horror. We're beginning to see books published that deal with how race and culture can intersect with homophobia and queer identity (like The Henna Wars or Zara Hossain Is Here). Now that more of those stories are getting published, there is sometimes backlash to queer books that don't have a happy ending.
Which, after all that prologue, leads me back to my original question: do we still need all queer books to have a happy ending?
Obviously, no one can dictate what all queer books have to be — queer books with unhappy endings have been published and continue to be. Are those books considered bad representation, though? For example, is it "bury your gays" if the book in question is a queer horror book? Bury your gays is a problem because there aren't a lot of queer characters in mainstream media, so each one is weighted heavily. It doesn't count if the majority of your cast is queer and they're not dying because they're queer; it's not that no queer characters can ever die or have an unhappy ending — it's about how few queer characters there are and whether they have a disproportionate amount of unhappy endings or chance of being killed off.
There should be space for dark queer stories. It's completely understandable if you as an individual don't want to read them, but queer authors should be able to write them and find an audience. I also think we sometimes need different representation at different points in our lives. If you are just coming out and feeling really vulnerable, maybe all you want to read it is happy, fluffy stories. Or maybe you're going through a really hard time, and all you want to read are books that reflects your reality and that don't sugarcoat things.
There's also a danger in condemning all unhappy endings or bleakness in queer books, because this criticism can be aimed at authors reflecting their own experiences. Take More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera or Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta: these books by authors discussing their own communities, their own upbringings and cultures. Both of these books I read and thought, "Wow, this is a little dark for me right now." But I also know that these books can be life-saving for the right reader, especially when they are from cultures that aren't represented very often in queer media. Having these books is important, and criticizing them for not being happy and optimistic is counterproductive, because it's just narrowing the kind of queer books that can succeed, and it pushes people out who don't have an "acceptable" narrative.
I think it's important to know what you're getting into: there should be some indication that this is a darker story, ideally with content warnings, so readers aren't blindsided by tragedy. You shouldn't pick up what you think is a queer romance only to find that one dies at the end. When we're discussing and recommending books, those warnings are important, but it doesn't mean those books shouldn't be published, or that they shouldn't be celebrated and talked about.
Unsurprisingly, I think the answer is that we need more of all of it. We need more books with happy endings. We need happy, fluffy, queer books. But we also need books that deal with really dark issues in a realistic way, ones that don't always end happily. We don't need more queer suffering books from outside perspectives, though: I don't think it's appropriate to profit off another community's pain. Authors representing their own communities, though, should be able to follow that story wherever it takes them, even if it isn't to a happy ending tied in a bow.
I also think dealing with difficult situations in fiction can also help readers figure out how to survive it themselves. Of course, we need the option to escape into a story without having to encounter the bigotry of the real world as well. We need more of all of it: more queer books in every genre and every variety, escapist and realist. The problem was never the existence of queer characters with unhappy endings, it was that there was no alternative given. I hope that in this continuing golden age of queer lit — and queer YA especially — that we can make room for all of these stories, no matter how complicated and messy they can get.
Are you looking for queer books with happy endings? Try 31 of the Best Queer Books with Happy Endings. For queer books of every variety, check out our LGBTQ Archives.


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// // ROS msgs
#include <moveit/kinematics_constraint_aware/kinematics_constraint_aware.h>
#include <moveit/robot_model/robot_model.h>
#include <moveit/planning_scene/planning_scene.h>
#include <Eigen/Geometry.h>
#include <eigen_conversions/eigen_msg.h>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>

namespace kinematics_constraint_aware
{
KinematicsConstraintAware::KinematicsConstraintAware(const robot_model::RobotModelConstPtr& kinematic_model,
                                                     const std::string& group_name)
{
  if (!kinematic_model->hasJointModelGroup(group_name))
  {
    logError("The group %s does not exist", group_name.c_str());
    joint_model_group_ = NULL;
    return;
  }
  kinematic_model_ = kinematic_model;
  group_name_ = group_name;
  joint_model_group_ = kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(group_name);
  if (joint_model_group_->getSolverInstance())
  {
    has_sub_groups_ = false;
    sub_groups_names_.push_back(group_name_);
  }
  else
  {
    logDebug("No kinematics solver instance defined for group %s", group_name.c_str());
    bool is_solvable_group = true;
    if (!(joint_model_group_->getSubgroupNames().empty()))
    {
      const std::vector<std::string> sub_groups_names = joint_model_group_->getSubgroupNames();
      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sub_groups_names.size(); ++i)
      {
        if (!kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names[i])->getSolverInstance())
        {
          is_solvable_group = false;
          break;
        }
      }
      if (is_solvable_group)
      {
        logDebug("Group %s is a group for which we can solve IK", joint_model_group_->getName().c_str());
        sub_groups_names_ = sub_groups_names;
      }
      else
      {
        joint_model_group_ = NULL;
        return;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      joint_model_group_ = NULL;
      logInform("No solver allocated for group %s", group_name.c_str());
    }
    has_sub_groups_ = true;
  }
  ik_attempts_ = 10;
}

bool KinematicsConstraintAware::getIK(const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene,
                                      const kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsRequest& request,
                                      kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsResponse& response) const
{
  if (!joint_model_group_)
  {
    logError("This solver has not been constructed properly");
    return false;
  }

  if (!planning_scene)
  {
    logError("Planning scene must be allocated");
    return false;
  }

  if (!response.solution_)
  {
    response.solution_.reset(new robot_state::RobotState(planning_scene->getCurrentState()));
  }

  ros::WallTime start_time = ros::WallTime::now();
  if (request.group_name_ != group_name_)
  {
    response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.INVALID_GROUP_NAME;
    return false;
  }

  // Setup the seed and the values for all other joints in the robot
  robot_state::RobotState kinematic_state = *request.robot_state_;
  std::vector<std::string> ik_link_names = request.ik_link_names_;

  // Transform request to tip frame if necessary
  if (!request.ik_link_names_.empty())
  {
    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < request.pose_stamped_vector_.size(); ++i)
    {
      geometry_msgs::PoseStamped tmp_pose = request.pose_stamped_vector_[i];
      // The assumption is that this new link is rigidly attached to the tip link for the group
      if (!kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names_[i])->hasLinkModel(request.ik_link_names_[i]) &&
          kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names_[i])->isLinkUpdated(request.ik_link_names_[i]))
      {
        tmp_pose.pose = getTipFramePose(planning_scene, kinematic_state, request.pose_stamped_vector_[i].pose,
                                        request.ik_link_names_[i], i);
        ik_link_names[i] =
            kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names_[i])->getSolverInstance()->getTipFrame();
      }
      else if (!kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names_[i])
                    ->canSetStateFromIK(request.ik_link_names_[i]))
      {
        logError("Could not find IK solver for link %s for group %s", request.ik_link_names_[i].c_str(),
                 sub_groups_names_[i].c_str());
        return false;
      }
    }
  }

  // Transform the requests to the base frame of the kinematic model
  EigenSTL::vector_Affine3d goals =
      transformPoses(planning_scene, kinematic_state, request.pose_stamped_vector_, kinematic_model_->getModelFrame());

  robot_state::StateValidityCallbackFn constraint_callback_fn =
      boost::bind(&KinematicsConstraintAware::validityCallbackFn, this, planning_scene, request, response, _1, _2);

  bool result = false;
  if (has_sub_groups_)
  {
    result = kinematic_state.getJointStateGroup(group_name_)
                 ->setFromIK(goals, ik_link_names, ik_attempts_, request.timeout_.toSec(), constraint_callback_fn);
  }
  else
  {
    result =
        ik_link_names.empty() ?
            kinematic_state.getJointStateGroup(group_name_)
                ->setFromIK(goals[0], ik_attempts_, request.timeout_.toSec(), constraint_callback_fn) :
            kinematic_state.getJointStateGroup(group_name_)
                ->setFromIK(goals[0], ik_link_names[0], ik_attempts_, request.timeout_.toSec(), constraint_callback_fn);
  }

  if (result)
  {
    std::vector<double> solution_values;
    kinematic_state.getJointStateGroup(group_name_)->getVariableValues(solution_values);
    response.solution_->getJointStateGroup(group_name_)->setVariableValues(solution_values);
    response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.SUCCESS;
  }

  if (response.error_code_.val == 0)
  {
    response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.NO_IK_SOLUTION;
  }
  return result;
}

bool KinematicsConstraintAware::validityCallbackFn(const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene,
                                                   const kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsRequest& request,
                                                   kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsResponse& response,
                                                   robot_state::JointStateGroup* joint_state_group,
                                                   const std::vector<double>& joint_group_variable_values) const
{
  joint_state_group->setVariableValues(joint_group_variable_values);

  // Now check for collisions
  if (request.check_for_collisions_)
  {
    collision_detection::CollisionRequest collision_request;
    collision_detection::CollisionResult collision_result;
    collision_request.group_name = request.group_name_;
    planning_scene->checkCollision(collision_request, collision_result, *joint_state_group->getRobotState());
    if (collision_result.collision)
    {
      logDebug("IK solution is in collision");
      response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.GOAL_IN_COLLISION;
      return false;
    }
  }

  // Now check for constraints
  if (request.constraints_)
  {
    kinematic_constraints::ConstraintEvaluationResult constraint_result;
    constraint_result =
        request.constraints_->decide(*joint_state_group->getRobotState(), response.constraint_eval_results_);
    if (!constraint_result.satisfied)
    {
      logDebug("IK solution violates constraints");
      response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.GOAL_VIOLATES_PATH_CONSTRAINTS;
      return false;
    }
  }

  // Now check for user specified constraints
  if (request.constraint_callback_)
  {
    if (!request.constraint_callback_(joint_state_group, joint_group_variable_values))
    {
      logDebug("IK solution violates user specified constraints");
      response.error_code_.val = response.error_code_.GOAL_VIOLATES_PATH_CONSTRAINTS;
      return false;
    }
  }

  return true;
}

bool KinematicsConstraintAware::getIK(const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene,
                                      const moveit_msgs::GetConstraintAwarePositionIK::Request& request,
                                      moveit_msgs::GetConstraintAwarePositionIK::Response& response) const
{
  if (!joint_model_group_)
  {
    logError("This solver has not been constructed properly");
    return false;
  }

  if (!planning_scene)
  {
    logError("Planning scene must be allocated");
    return false;
  }

  kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsRequest kinematics_request;
  kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsResponse kinematics_response;

  if (!convertServiceRequest(planning_scene, request, kinematics_request, kinematics_response))
  {
    response.error_code = kinematics_response.error_code_;
    return false;
  }

  bool result = getIK(planning_scene, kinematics_request, kinematics_response);
  response.error_code = kinematics_response.error_code_;
  kinematics_response.solution_->getStateValues(response.solution.joint_state);
  return result;
}

bool KinematicsConstraintAware::convertServiceRequest(
    const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene,
    const moveit_msgs::GetConstraintAwarePositionIK::Request& request,
    kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsRequest& kinematics_request,
    kinematics_constraint_aware::KinematicsResponse& kinematics_response) const
{
  if (request.ik_request.group_name != group_name_)
  {
    logError("This kinematics solver does not support requests for group: %s", request.ik_request.group_name.c_str());
    kinematics_response.error_code_.val = kinematics_response.error_code_.INVALID_GROUP_NAME;
    return false;
  }

  if (!request.ik_request.pose_stamped_vector.empty() &&
      request.ik_request.pose_stamped_vector.size() != sub_groups_names_.size())
  {
    logError("Number of poses in request: %d must match number of sub groups %d in this group",
             request.ik_request.pose_stamped_vector.size(), sub_groups_names_.size());
    kinematics_response.error_code_.val = kinematics_response.error_code_.INVALID_GROUP_NAME;
    return false;
  }

  if (!request.ik_request.ik_link_names.empty() && request.ik_request.ik_link_names.size() != sub_groups_names_.size())
  {
    logError("Number of ik_link_names in request: %d must match number of sub groups %d in this group or must be zero",
             request.ik_request.ik_link_names.size(), sub_groups_names_.size());
    kinematics_response.error_code_.val = kinematics_response.error_code_.INVALID_GROUP_NAME;
    return false;
  }

  if (request.ik_request.ik_link_names.empty() && request.ik_request.ik_link_name != "")
    kinematics_request.ik_link_names_.push_back(request.ik_request.ik_link_name);
  else
    kinematics_request.ik_link_names_ = request.ik_request.ik_link_names;

  if (request.ik_request.pose_stamped_vector.empty())
    kinematics_request.pose_stamped_vector_.push_back(request.ik_request.pose_stamped);
  else
    kinematics_request.pose_stamped_vector_ = request.ik_request.pose_stamped_vector;

  kinematics_request.robot_state_.reset(new robot_state::RobotState(planning_scene->getCurrentState()));
  kinematics_request.robot_state_->setStateValues(request.ik_request.robot_state.joint_state);
  kinematics_request.constraints_.reset(
      new kinematic_constraints::KinematicConstraintSet(kinematic_model_, planning_scene->getTransforms()));
  kinematics_request.constraints_->add(request.constraints);
  kinematics_request.timeout_ = request.ik_request.timeout;
  kinematics_request.group_name_ = request.ik_request.group_name;
  kinematics_request.check_for_collisions_ = true;

  kinematics_response.solution_.reset(new robot_state::RobotState(planning_scene->getCurrentState()));

  return true;
}

EigenSTL::vector_Affine3d KinematicsConstraintAware::transformPoses(
    const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene, const robot_state::RobotState& kinematic_state,
    const std::vector<geometry_msgs::PoseStamped>& poses, const std::string& target_frame) const
{
  Eigen::Affine3d eigen_pose, eigen_pose_2;
  EigenSTL::vector_Affine3d result(poses.size());
  bool target_frame_is_root_frame = (target_frame == kinematic_state.getRobotModel()->getModelFrame());
  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < poses.size(); ++i)
  {
    geometry_msgs::Pose pose = poses[i].pose;
    tf::poseMsgToEigen(pose, eigen_pose_2);
    planning_scene->getTransforms()->transformPose(kinematic_state, poses[i].header.frame_id, eigen_pose_2, eigen_pose);
    if (!target_frame_is_root_frame)
    {
      eigen_pose_2 = planning_scene->getTransforms()->getTransform(kinematic_state, target_frame);
      eigen_pose = eigen_pose_2.inverse() * eigen_pose;
    }
    result[i] = eigen_pose;
  }
  return result;
}

geometry_msgs::Pose KinematicsConstraintAware::getTipFramePose(
    const planning_scene::PlanningSceneConstPtr& planning_scene, const robot_state::RobotState& kinematic_state,
    const geometry_msgs::Pose& pose, const std::string& link_name, unsigned int sub_group_index) const
{
  geometry_msgs::Pose result;
  Eigen::Affine3d eigen_pose_in, eigen_pose_link, eigen_pose_tip;
  std::string tip_name =
      kinematic_model_->getJointModelGroup(sub_groups_names_[sub_group_index])->getSolverInstance()->getTipFrame();
  tf::poseMsgToEigen(pose, eigen_pose_in);
  eigen_pose_link = planning_scene->getTransforms()->getTransform(kinematic_state, link_name);
  eigen_pose_tip = planning_scene->getTransforms()->getTransform(kinematic_state, tip_name);
  eigen_pose_in = eigen_pose_in * (eigen_pose_link.inverse() * eigen_pose_tip);
  tf::poseEigenToMsg(eigen_pose_in, result);
  return result;
}
}


Okay, I've collected some quotes and info on the season 4 finale.
She even had to sneak to the set to know what was going to happen.
We have an amazingly shocking ending this season. I mean, it's so shocking that – it's just shocking is all I can say. It shocked the whole cast.
Maybe, it depends who that guy is?
Hm I guess... No idea how he fits into this.
In episode 412, the season finale, Dexter and Arthur find themselves on a collision course, as Debra unearths a shocking long-hidden truth, Rita admits her marriage to Dexter is troubled, and Batista and LaGuerta face the consequences of an ethics breach.
Looks like Debra is finally going to find out about what Dexter really is.
It does indeed bert, thou I hope she doesn't find out everything at once, it would be such a huge storyline to get through in the episodes we have left this season. Part of me would rather that she only found out the basics for now, like who Dexter's mother was, what happened to her and how Harry came to adopt him, then next season we see her work out the rest.
Have you ever considered Trinity's son as Lundy's killer? I mean he's definitely shorter than Arthur and his motive might be to save his daddy from Lundy.
Harry Morgan actor, James Remar, says he has a very big scene in the finale episode, and it's a very bloody one!!
Save her brother from what?
by the police? If Rita "discovers" the truth, I believe the complaint ..
Hm, I don't think Rita would turn Dexter in.
Still not that interested in the LaGuerta/Batista storyline tbh But does their getting found out mean that one of them is going to leave the show?


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He was born July 9, 1938, in Hermitage, a son of the late William Mitchell Gorman and Madge Edney Gorman.
He worked for F & S Pre-Stress Concrete in Hampton for 25 years, owned and operated Bill's Logging and for the last two terms he loved being mayor of the City of Hermitage. He served on many boards as a member of the Hermitage United Methodist Church in Hermitage. He was a member of the Bradley County Medical Center foundation board, a member of the municipal league of Arkansas, a member of the Lions Club, served on the Bradley County Economic Development Corporation board and was a member of the Bradley County Chamber of Commerce.
Preceding him in death was his wife, Monwalah Jarvis Gorman, whom he married July 8, 1960, and passed away September 18, 2005. Also preceding him in death was a brother William Mitchell Gorman and two sisters Sharon Pruitt and Elizabeth Gorman.
Survivors include a son, David Gorman and spouse, Regina, of Monticello; two daughters, Mona Reep and spouse, Marty, Warren, and Angelia Kidwell and spouse, John, of Hermitage; a sister Dorothy Glover and spouse, Reginald, of Monticello; seven grandchildren, Brandon Gorman and spouse, Stacey, Haley Wagnon and spouse, Kyle, Whitney Gorman, Ashley Reep, Trey Kidwell, Emily Kidwell and Joseph Kidwell; two great-grandchildren, Grayson Gorman and Cooper Wagnon; and a special friend Nina Harrod, of Hermitage.
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Once a week for the past six years – a streak that could not be interrupted even by Superstorm Sandy – the New York Movie Klub has gathered its 20 or so members to share a film with each other. Cinephile City's Mark Young is a member of the Klub, and every Monday he will share the previous week's movie here.
When you come to a movie a little later than everyone else, there's a tendency to doubt the conventional wisdom you might have heard. Can Mad Max Fury Road possibly be as good as everyone says it is? (Cinephile City says yes!) Can the newest Fantastic Four possibly be as bad as I was reading on Twitter? (Cinephile City says yes!) Well, as regards the newest film from Disney and Pixar Studios, Inside Out, take one thing away from this column if nothing else: it will make you cry as much as everyone says it will, and possibly more. It's also possibly the best film Pixar has ever done.
The film starts with the birth of a young girl, Riley Anderson (Kaitlyn Dias), and immediately zooms inside her head to watch as she develops the five emotions which will run her brain: Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). They run the show in the massive mindscape of Riley's internal life, hoping to form great "Core Memories" which will stick around forever. Things are running smoothly in Riley's life until, after moving to a new house at age eleven, an accident separates Joy and Sadness from the rest of the group. Her entire emotional world begins to fall apart without them, and they must race back to "Headquarters" to fix her emotional state.
It's impressive how deeply that premise is mined. The gorgeous, expansive vistas of the mindscape are imaginative enough, but then there are the various implications of the ways these emotions interact. The idea that Disgust, pretending to be the absent Joy, would manifest as sarcasm is a tidbit of genius, as are the occasional zooms inside the heads of Mom and Dad to see how they have the same combinations of emotions, but in different roles (Dad is run by Anger, Mom by Sadness). The idea of how an annoying song gets stuck in your head sets up an effortless, brilliant joke, and the idea of how a nightmare comes to be is fully and hilariously realized.
The Pixar animation wizards don't get enough credit any more; they've revolutionized the medium in so many ways that the phrase "beautiful Pixar movie" has become old hat. Still, it's hard not to watch the scene where Riley literally loses her train of thought in awe. Equally impressive is the way color is used in both the mind-world and the real world as an indicator of emotion: the dark nightscape of Riley's deep memory is as gorgeous as the candy-colored flavors of her imagination.
All of those colors essentially serve to turn Inside Out into a nostalgia-powered cry machine. From minute one, the film invests every moment in the young Riley's life with titanic amounts of weight – even the moments in her life which won't be a big deal to her ten years from now, they're a huge deal to these characters, because their whole job is her emotional state. Anyone who can resist tears at the story arc of Riley's imaginary friend Bing Bong (voiced by the great character actor Richard Kind) is made of different stuff than this critic. The stakes in this movie could not be higher: every minute is potentially a formative minute for Riley, and every thought she's ever had is a person with hopes and desires.
This is why Poehler is a great choice to voice Joy. Much of her comedy, going back to her Saturday Night Live days, is about normal people whose happiness is not just contagious but relentless, an oppressive force, oblivious to whatever the conditions might be outside the bubble of their own brains. Joy is no different. She wants Riley's life to be completely happy, but that's not how it works, and the film's comedy and drama alike spin around her discoveries of that fact. It's also important that Joy is still a child, Riley's emotions being no more mature than she herself is, and Poehler is highly skilled at being a little immature and clownish as appropriate.
Some of the most powerful moments in the movie are simple ones. The first time Joy and Sadness try to find something in common, for instance, when it becomes clear that Sadness is simply incapable of being happy. Equally powerful is the moment when we understand that you can't have catharsis without her. The most important aspect of this screenplay is that it understands how Joy can break things by trying to do right, and Sadness can do good just by being herself.
Think about how rarely movies do this, especially animated ones. When was the last time a children's film, from Pixar or anyone else, told us that it was a positive thing to be sad? It's not just the movies, either, because audiences respond to that outlook – there's a reason the Pixar movie which has sold the most merchandise is the relentlessly optimistic Cars. Rarely does any film say something so frank as what this film says: that there is a place for Sadness, and Anger and Disgust too. We can't be whole human beings without them. They have to be allowed to run things sometimes, and that the memories they create have value.
If you wanted to nit-pick Inside Out, there are things your inner Disgust could take issue with. For instance, Dias does not sound even remotely close to eleven years old. But that would be letting one emotion run your Inside Out experience for entirely too long. Allow Sadness and Joy run hand in hand as well: Sadness at how powerfully cathartic its treatment of lost memories, and Joy at how wonderful it is when a masterful movie is made.
Mark Young is the editor of Cinephile City. Follow him on Twitter: @mm_young
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I was checking up on the myspace page of this English electronic music artist called Duke Dumont. I think he's a living genius, or at least a wunderkind for now, but that's for another write up, one which incidentally kills me for it's having not been written yet. Anyway. His latest status on his myspace page is: "a fist bump, a pound, a terrorist fist jab.."
For those of you to whom this doesn't ring a bell, this is a reference to a question that Fox News presenter E. D. Hill raised about what the fist bump Senator Obama gave his wife at some convention 'meant'. Bizarrely, she even brought a body-language expert in to discuss.
To me, the whole thing just came off as rather comical. Getting fist-bumped by your wife on a podium is weird, incredibly silly to make it a news issue, and faintly ridiculous to have to come in defense of it, which in the end you probably do (see above, starting from first comma). But it was news on the news channel which generally doesn't make more news, so I assumed it's largely an internet blogger thing, and moved on.
Never mind that I'm actually wrong, which is interesting enough as it is. But I'm surprised. We have Mr. Adam Dyment, aka Duke Dumont, a fairly minor English electronic musician living in England, quietly raising a slightly-interested eyebrow to all this as well.
Somehow, this brought it home, and now I know, and if you didn't? Ladies and gentlemen, this is history in the making. We are living through things that will take history hundreds of years to forget. And here we are, all paying attention.
And it's not a cliche yet, so you and I get to feel it as it's happening, without any pre-existing idea of how one should take it. Me? I say that it feels just like this. Nothing more than an occasional taking of note, here and there. Nothing to feel that is worthy of posterity. Until many years hence, when a historian wants to aggregate us into a statistic. Or a novelist isolates out something close enough to be one of us, and marvels about how we were able in the face of 'monumental historical events' to be our mildly-interested selves instead of 'people of our time'.
Anyway, you never really think about history you read about in textbooks or see in movies in the same way. That the people then were just as unimpressed by it as we can't be of it today. I'm really fascinated by all of this, and would love to soliloquy on, but I'm already well beyond the borders of the land that my title named. But I'm going to go forth and re-read Doctor Zhivago and The Tin Drum, two Nobel-prize winning books (yes, the writers won their Nobels for almost no other reason) about this sort of thing...
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This is a personal short poetry collection that has deep meaning for the poet but shows to the reader that it could offer much more.
Focusing on her journey to meet and fall for her husband this sentiment alone stays in the mind throughout the reading.
The poet has a sweetness and there is a schoolgirl-like charm to some of the poems as the excited passion overcomes her mind.
Both the beginning and ending to the collection move away from the poetic structure that disturbs the flow despite the content.
The poem themselves are an emotioned base with no use of metaphors or complexion. They are raw in their emotions and seem to easily have been taken from a personal diary.


Should IFAD become a learning organization? Are we effectively sharing the learning emerging from our activities across regions, internally and externally? These are some of the questions that Cristina Sparacino - IFAD's Oprah Winfrey - will be posing to IFAD colleagues.
Today, at IFAD we are hosting a mini knowledge share fair to share the highlights of IFAD-funded projects and programme (better known as IFAD project portfolio) and discuss the challenges and opportunities for 2011 portfolio.
What triggered this event was the realization that we are producing quite a number of "knowledge products". However, these products are of different quality, some are adding value to the overall development discourse, while others may be lagging a bit behind. We also know that these outputs are not always widely shared to trigger learning and generate knowledge.
If we want to expand our horizons and learn from others, we need to look beyond our own horizons and learn about what is happening in the bigger world.
Now, "the bigger world" is relative, it can be the entire development world, or the colleague sitting in the next office. What we're noticing is that we do not necessarily know what everyone is working on and what challenges colleagues are facing. So what is happening is that there are times that we end up reinventing the wheel. When we face a challenge, our prime preoccupation is to overcome it and just get on with it. This is perhaps our Achilles Heal because we do not take the necessary time to ask around and find out if others were confronted with a similar challenge and how did they go overcoming it.
Experience shows us that when we organize learning and sharing events we get an overwhelming response. This means that while we are all keen to learn and share, we do not seem to make it quite a "way of life". Our role as KM/KS facilitators is to create that enabling environment and encourage colleagues to come out of their offices and share their gems and nuggets.
The mini knowledge share fair aims to do exactly that, and do it in a fun way. We'll kick off with an overview of the 2010 portfolio, highlighting the lessons and what we need to do more of and better in 2011. We'll then have a chat show discussing "should IFAD become a learning organization". And then we'll open the market place.
At the market place we have a chill-out corner, where Thomas Rath and Roberto Haudry will share the back-story of why their projects received highest possible rating and will answer to your questions.
Colleagues will alternate at the speaker's corner discussing issues such as Will climate change kill the fisheries and aquaculture sector? and what are the gender dimensions of value chain?
In the Show and tell corner, participants will be able navigate the Globalremittance gateway and track who sends money where, navigate land rights on the web, learn more about innovative approaches to documenting gender in Latin America and the Caribbean, find out how IFAD has built the capacity of pro-poor institutions and learn about Rural Finance Learning Centre. In this corner, colleagues can familiarize themselves with the operations application alphabet soup: PPMS, RIMS, PLF, PSR. Learn about the treasures stored in these applications and learn about the system that keeps track of money and helps them have less headaches, reduces the number of emails and phone calls.
Participants while touring the market place can stop to watch a selection of IFAD-produced videos featuring the people we work for and with or go on a virtual tour and visit where IFAD works by experiencing the power and potential of Geographic Information System and Google Maps. They can also go behind what meets the eye and see how national and international media cover rural development, agriculture, food security, gender-related issues.
In the knowledge sharing corner, participants have an opportunity to learn about 'capitalization' or knowledge capturing methodology and see how 'capitalization' is put into practice, learn how to conduct an open space or a peer assist.
We dedicated a corner to talk about the value and potential of social media, where colleagues can experience first-hand how social media channels are used as knowledge sharing tool.
In the process corner, will be discussing where does the knowledge emanating from our global and regional grants end up? Who is using this knowledge? And how does this knowledge inform new global and regional grants? And last but not least, in the publications corner we have on display all the publications produced in 2010.
As one of the organizers, I am looking forward to have a fun day. We'll be tweeting - so follow #sharefair - and will also be blogging. So tune back in.


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