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Q: Converting a hexadecimal string to integer value without pre-made syntax I'm taking a computer organization class in college. I was tasked with writing a java program that takes a user-inputted string, calls a function that converts said string into a hexadecimal integer, and then outputs the results.
The kicker is that I can't use any existing syntax to do this. for example, Integer.parseInt(__,16) or printf. It all neds to be hardcoded.
Now I'm not asking you to do my homework for me, just wanting to be put in the right direction.
So far, I've made this but can't seem to get the method created right:
import java.util.*;

public class Demo_Class
{

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner AI = new Scanner(System.in);
        String str;

        System.out.println("Please input a hexadecimal number: ");
        str = AI.nextLine();

        converter(str);
    }

    public static int converter(String in)
    {
        String New = new String();
        for(int i = 0; i<= in.length(); i++)
        {
            New += in.charAt(i);
            System.out.println(New + 316);
        }

        return 0;
    }
}

A: Consider this, lets says you have the hex value 1EC which in hex digits would be 1, E, C.  In decimal they would be 1, 14, 12.
so set sum = 0.

*

*sum = sum*16 + 1.  sum is now 1

*sum = sum*16 + 14  sum is now 30

*sum = sum*16 + 12  sum is now 492

So 492 is the answer.
If you have a string of 1EC you need to convert to characters and then convert those characters to the decimal equivalent of hex values.
Try this on paper until you get the feel and then code it.   You can check your results using the Integer method you mentioned.

A: @WJS gave a good hint, I'd just like to add that the charAt() returns the char, which is encoded in ASCII.
As you can see in the ASCII table, the characters A-F have decimal values from 65 to 70, while 0-9 go from 48 to 57 so you'll need to use them to convert the ASCII characters to their intended value.
To do so, you can either get the decimal value of a character by casting to short like short dec = (short)in.charAt(i);, or directly use the characters like char current = in.charAt(i) - 'A'.
With this in mind, all that's left is some calculation, I'll leave that as the homework. :)
Also:

*

*you are looping one character more than needed, change the i <= in.length() to i < in.length(), since it's going from 0

*I don't know what that 316 "magic number" is, if it does mean something, declare a variable with a meaningful name, like:

final int MEANINGFUL_NAME = 316;

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When Pawling teenager Shane Smith was killed in a car-motorcycle accident inJuly 2009, police discovered the 21-year-old man who was driving the car was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
The substance Johnson had ingested wasn't alcohol or cocaine. It was heroin.
And in the two years since then, police, prosecutors, defense attorneys and substance abuse counselors say, heroin use among young people in Dutchess County has increased substantially.
"Heroin has become a middle-class phenomenon here," said Michael North, director of the county Department of Mental Hygiene's Intensive Treatment Alternative Program. ITAP is a drug rehabilitation program for those accused or convicted of crimes.
North said about 28 percent of his clients had heroin addictions in 2009, but the number has risen to more than 50 percent this year.
"It doesn't seem like it's peaked yet, either," North said.
Those who are arresting and prosecuting drug users and traffickers say they've been seeing heroin use grow for at least three years.
"In 2008, about 25 percent of our cases involved heroin. Now, it's about 60 percent," said Frank Tasciotti, a coordinator of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force.
Tasciotti and Brett Orlich, another member of the task force, attributed the rise in heroin use to the easy availability of opium-based prescription drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin.
"Young people are getting hooked on those drugs, then if they can't get them, they turn to heroin," Orlich said.
He said many of those who become addicted don't know how dangerous the drug can be.
Dutchess County Senior Assistant Public Defender David Martin said heroin had become the "drug of choice" for many of his clients.
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Aviv Segal, a prosecutor with the county district attorney's Narcotics Bureau, said the price of heroin has dropped steadily as supplies have increased in the past three or four years, leading more young people to try it.
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The US Is Botching The Zika Fight
by John Cohrssen, Henry I. Miller
via Wall Street Journal
Almost every day seems to bring more bad news about the Zika virus: babies born with malformed brains; adults suffering the progressive paralysis of Guillain-Barré syndrome; Americans diagnosed after traveling to the tropics; active transmission of the disease in U.S. territories. Several companies are working on a vaccine, but primarily because of regulatory requirements none is likely to become commercially available before the end of the decade.
Last month President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for $1.8 billion to fight the mosquito-borne disease. But the president seems unaware that the bumbling of his Food and Drug Administration is blocking progress on a vital tool to control the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry and transmit Zika and the viruses that cause dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever.
Using genetic engineering techniques, the British company Oxitec (a subsidiary of American-owned Intrexon) has created male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with a specific mutation that causes them to need a certain chemical (the antibiotic tetracycline) to survive. Without it, they die—and their offspring die before reaching maturity. Releasing the males over several months causes a marked reduction in the mosquito population. Because male mosquitoes don't bite, they present no health risk, and, because their progeny die, no genetically engineered mosquitoes persist in the environment.
This approach has already been widely and successfully tested abroad. Brazil has approved it, and Oxitec is helping to control mosquitoes in the city of Piracicaba. But in the U.S. the FDA has been paralyzed, unwilling to permit even small-scale testing. How did the feds go wrong?
The first problem is that the FDA and the Agriculture Department are stepping on each other's turf. The technique of using sterile insects to control pest populations was developed in the 1940s by the USDA's E.F. Knipling. He used irradiated males to eradicate the New World screwworm, a nightmarish parasite that attacks livestock and humans, from the U.S. and much of North America.
The Oxitec mosquito should be regulated by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which has the authority and expertise to oversee field trials and commercialization of genetically engineered insects. But for a combination of reasons—including budgetary concerns and antagonism to genetic engineering among some senior USDA officials—the department demurred. It ceded jurisdiction to the FDA, which is unqualified to review the mosquito and unwilling to move it along.
The FDA regulates the genetic material introduced into the mosquito as a "new animal drug"—similar to the way it regulates flea medicines and analgesics for dogs and cats. This was an unwise policy decision, but that is a story for another day. According to statute, the genetic material must thus be shown to be safe and effective for the animal.
To approve the Oxitec insect, then, the FDA must employ logic that only a regulator could love: It must somehow conclude that the genetic material that causes a male mosquito to self-destruct after producing defective offspring is safe and effective for the mosquito. The FDA could find itself tied up in legal knots if its ultimate approval of the insect were to be challenged in court by environmentalists or anti-genetic-engineering activists.
Nevertheless, in 2011 the FDA, apparently whistling past the graveyard, accepted Oxitec's application to perform a field trial in the Florida Keys. But the gears of government grind slowly, and the release of the first test mosquito is still nowhere in sight. Last May the FDA announced that a proposed environmental assessment of the trial would be issued. The draft assessment, finding "no significant impact," was finally released last week. Now we must wait 30 days, at least, for public comment. Then the FDA will analyze the comments and decide whether to issue a final assessment or prepare a complete environmental-impact statement—which could take years.
For the USDA's part, in 2011 its Office of Inspector General issued a report highly critical of the department's oversight of research on genetically engineered animals and insects. It concluded that there had been no progress since 2007, when a new Animal Policy Branch was established in an effort to delineate regulatory authority for genetically engineered animals. The department responded to the report by committing to develop a regulatory framework by the end of 2011. We're still waiting.
Had the Obama administration's bureaucracy functioned appropriately, let alone efficiently, the president could now take credit for helping to pioneer a new technology to attack Zika-carrying mosquitoes. Instead the U.S. is falling behind, solely because of bureaucratic muddle.
With the Zika threat becoming more ominous, the president should take immediate action to unravel the regulatory tangle. The Agriculture Department should be directed to accept jurisdiction over the Oxitec field trial and subsequent tests of insect biocontrol agents (genetically engineered or not). We need to get the show on the road in the Florida Keys—and perhaps also in Puerto Rico, where Zika is spreading rapidly.
Mr. Cohrssen was formerly the associate director of President George H.W. Bush's Council on Competitiveness. Dr. Miller, a physician, was the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology at the FDA and is now a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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The ethanol industry is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to increase from 10 percent to 15 percent the amount of ethanol that is blended into gasoline, saying it will boost demand, create jobs and foster development of cellulosic fuels.
BusinessWeek argues otherwise in a column by Ed Wallace, who calls ethanol a scam that should be abandoned. He argues the ethanol industry is "quickly failing" and says, "Don't let anybody mislead you: The new push to get a 15 percent ethanol mandate out of Washington is simply to restore profitability to a failed industry."
The Renewable Fuels Association has said the success of corn-based ethanol will hasten the development of cellulosic ethanol. "In order to have a second generation of ethanol fuel," it argues, "you have to have a first-generation." Wallace flatly accuses the ethanol industry of lying to make its case and lays out a laundry list of reasons why ethanol is a dead-end that Washington must stop traveling.
The industry says Wallace is wrong on every count and offers a point-by-point rebuttal.
Using ethanol creates more smog than regular gasoline, a point he says the EPA conceded in 1995.
Independent studies show ethanol is a net energy loser, though some research suggests there is a small gain.
Fuels blended with ethanol reduce fuel efficiency 30 to 40 percent.
Aside from the food-for-fuel debate, "the science seems to suggest that using ethanol increases global warming emissions over the use of straight gasoline."
Ethanol-laced gasoline "is already destroying engines across the country in ever larger numbers."
Wallace, who also is a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, spoke to several mechanics in suburban Fort Worth who said they're seeing more cars with fuel pumps, intakes and other components damaged by ethanol-blended gasoline.
"Not one mechanic I've spoken to said they would be comfortable with a 15 percent blend of ethanol in their personal car," he writes. "However, most suggest that if the government moves the ethanol mandate to 15 percent, it will be the dawn of a new golden age for auto mechanics' income."
Growth Energy, an ethanol industry trade group, takes issue with every point.
"In his column, Mr. Wallace fails in his journalistic duty to provide readers with the facts," the organization writes. "He relies on anecdotal evidence in support of his erroneous claims while completely ignoring the large body of scientific literature that supports the use of higher blends of ethanol in vehicles."
Evidence suggests increased use of ethanol brought a 5 percent decrease in ground-level ozone between 2001 and 2007.
Every gallon of ethanol produced delivers one-third or more energy than is used to produce it.
"Study after study" has shown ethanol has minimal impact on food prices, and rising food prices are the result of rising energy costs. As for the issue of global warming emissions, Growth Energy says a study in the Journal of Industrial Ecology states "the ethanol industry currently is producing a fuel that is as much as 59 percent lower in direct-effect lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline."
The push to increase the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline is needed because the industry is producing more ethanol than can be used under current government regulations. The current limit is "arbitrary" and "threatnes to block research and development into cellulosic and future generations of biofuels."
You can read Wallace's column here and Growth Energy's full rebuttal here. The EPA has extended the public comment period for the proposal to increase the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline. More information about that is available here.
POST UPDATED 7:15 p.m. Eastern time May 26 to include additional information from Growth Energy.
POST UPDATED 1 p.m. Eastern time May 27: Ed Wallace dropped us a line to say he stands by his column and takes issue with some of Growth Energy's points. He says the 5 percent reduction in smog can be attributed to the replacement of old vehicles with newer, cleaner models. About 5 percent of the nation's fleet is turned over annually, he says. He also says a Congressional Budget Office report released last month shows ethanol production increased the price of food by 10 to 15 percent. He's written a follow-up column; you can find it here.
POST UPDATED 1:15 p.m. Eastern time May 27: The Environmental Working Group, a health and environmental research and policy organization, just sent us an email challenging Growth Energy's claims. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the organization makes many of the same claims Wallace does and says Growth Energy makes "numerous fundamental errors of fact and interpretation, both in its arguments advocating for ethanol increases and in its supporting data." You can read the letter here.


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Climate tech start-ups: The need of the hour | IDR
Climate tech start-ups: The need of the hour
Climate tech start-ups play a crucial role in combating climate change. Here's how we can strengthen the ecosystem in India.
by Deepanshi Balooni, Ramraj Pai, Shriya Nene
India currently ranks seventh on the Global Climate Risk Index 2021—a huge impediment to its goal of building a USD 5 trillion economy over the next few years. There are a number of geographical and socio-economic factors that make India acutely vulnerable to climate change:
India's long coastline makes it prone to coastal floods. Between 1990 and 2016, India lost about 235 square kilometres of land due to coastal erosion.
Agriculture in India contributes to around 18 percent of its GDP and is heavily dependent on the monsoon. As a result, any adverse changes in the monsoon levels can have a significant impact on the economy.
The country has a low per capita income and few social safety nets, which limit its ability to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.
In 2019 alone, floods and cyclones in India caused an economic loss of nearly USD 10 billion. The effects of climate change are real, and climate change–induced natural disasters are likely to lead to a significant contraction in the country's per capita GDP in the absence of large-scale adaptation and mitigation efforts.
COVID-19 has redirected significant funding to healthcare, away from issues such as climate action. | Picture courtesy: Pixabay
There is a need for urgent climate action in India
In response to the situation, the Government of India has made a series of ambitious climate action commitments over the last decade. These include the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) and signing the Paris Agreement. While India has made some headway in the renewable energy space, it is considerably behind in meeting other targets, specifically around carbon capture. Moreover, in the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has justifiably redirected significant portions of funding to healthcare, away from equally essential issues such as climate action.
Till now much of the work on climate finance in India has centred around large, utility-scale renewable project financing. Moving ahead, we need a deep and sustained decarbonisation of the economy at all levels—food production and consumption, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and retail. To do this, we require new and innovative solutions that transform the way stakeholders engage with the natural world. Climate tech start-ups deploying low-carbon, affordable technologies present a clear pathway to achieve the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions at scale.
Simply understood, climate tech start-ups refer to for-profit, early-stage enterprises that work on innovative technology-based solutions to reduce carbon footprint or improve people's adaptation and resilience to climate change. Investing in these and building a coherent narrative around the role such enterprises can play in climate action is the need of the hour.
A new wave of climate tech is emerging in India
A recent study by Impact Investors Council (IIC), Climate Collective, and Areté Advisors examined the investment landscape of the Indian climate tech ecosystem. They found that over the past five years, 120 climate tech start-ups raised more than 200 funding rounds from 272 unique investors.
There was sustained growth in both the volume and value of equity deals in the sector between 2016 (18 deals; USD 102 million) and 2019 (58 deals; USD 506 million). In 2020, however, there was a slight dip in numbers (48 deals; USD 236 million) due to the pandemic.
Climate tech start-ups take relatively longer to attract larger pools of capital, and therefore to scale up.
The sector is at a nascent stage and needs mainstreaming. Despite the positive outlook, our research shows that climate tech accounted for only 9 percent of the investments flowing to impact-oriented sectors such as education, healthcare, and financial education between 2016 and 2020. This could be attributed to the fact that a majority of the equity deals in the sector were still in early stages of funding (seed) and of relatively smaller ticket sizes (less than USD 5 million). Further, the conversion from seed stage to the Series A stage of funding is very low (approximately 17 percent) when compared to 29 percent internationally. This indicates that climate tech start-ups take relatively longer to attract larger pools of capital, and therefore to scale up.
The climate tech ecosystem in India has shown distinct characteristics, a few of which have been listed below:
1. Sustainable mobility receives a large share of the investment pie
Within the climate tech space, sustainable mobility—which includes electric vehicle manufacturing and clean logistics—has seen the highest investment activity (84 deals worth USD 705 million) since 2016.1 This was followed by energy, which covers clean energy generation, energy access, energy storage, and energy optimisation products (44 deals amounting to USD 301 million).2
Climate-smart agriculture, waste management and circular economy, and environment and natural resources are gradually beginning to gain traction.
Both sustainable mobility and energy are relatively mature sub-sectors, and benefit from a favourable regulatory environment and easy-to-capture impact metrics. Climate-smart agriculture, waste management and circular economy, and environment and natural resources are the other sub-segments gradually beginning to gain traction.
2. Start-ups focusing on mitigation and product innovation dominate the space
The energy and sustainable mobility sectors have predominantly focused on mitigation solutions because the carbon footprint in these sectors is high. As a result, mitigation accounts for 86 percent of the equity infusion in the last five years. Other verticals such as smart agriculture, waste management, and environment and natural resources have seen fewer adaptation and resilience solutions as they require more localised modifications.
Additionally, almost two-thirds of the start-ups that have raised Series A funding and beyond have showcased product innovation. This is in large part due to electric vehicle innovations within the sustainable mobility segment.
3. Climate tech start-ups need more women leaders
Only 9 percent of the climate tech start-ups that have raised Series A funding and beyond in the last five years have been founded or co-founded by women. This number is low in comparison to women founding or co-founding 14 percent of the top 150 start-ups and less than half of the 20 percent women-owned enterprises in India. However, within the climate tech space, the participation of women increases as we move to executive leadership positions (15 percent).
Climate tech has the potential for disruptive growth
In recent years, multiple factors have contributed to creating a stimulating environment for climate tech start-ups in India. These include a more conducive policy environment and steady development of low-carbon technologies. Moreover, the development of a large asset base in clean energy over the last decade has propelled new start-up innovations to service these assets. For example, energy optimisation solutions such as energy analytics, energy accounting, drone-based and GIS-based survey companies, among others.
From an investor's perspective, three key enabling factors have been identified to aid the growth of the climate tech ecosystem in India:
The growing awareness on the need for climate action.
A growing interest from global capital allocators and policymakers.
The emergence of a range of innovative deal pipelines. Even as the number of start-ups working on novel technologies such as green hydrogen generation, alternative proteins, or carbon capture grows, the enabling ecosystem—incubators, accelerators, policy advocacy groups, and think tanks—which helps surface these interesting models is also expanding.
Key enablers in the climate tech sector for investors | Source: IIC
One-third of the investors surveyed were also of the opinion that the climate tech ecosystem in India needs standardised language to bring cohesiveness to the sector. The entrepreneurial ecosystem also agrees that if we are to transform the climate tech ecosystem from a niche asset class to a mainstay of venture capital and impact investment, we need to build a coherent narrative and distinct identity for the ecosystem.
Despite these enabling factors, several significant roadblocks remain for climate tech start-ups. Entrepreneurs highlight four key areas where they need support from the wider ecosystem:
The climate tech sector is hardware intensive and therefore start-ups in this space take longer to get their products market ready. They need abundant patient capital in the early stages to enable this; however, the current ecosystem doesn't provide adequate early-stage, long-term capital.
Building a narrative that makes buyers or customers more willing to pay the green premium associated with climate tech products and services
Business assistance covering tactical support, mentorship, and talent management
Regulations that ease the compliance burden for start-ups
Key challenges faced by climate tech start-ups when scaling up | Source: IIC
The climate tech start-up ecosystem needs more support
From a larger ecosystem perspective, start-ups working on science and technology innovations need customised support in the early stages for prototyping, testing, technical validation, and product commercialisation. This can be done by setting up dedicated centres of excellence (COEs), specialised entrepreneur support organisations (including incubators and accelerators), and greater academia– industry interface.
Additionally, the government can play a vital role in creating demand for climate tech start-ups by introducing policies that nudge consumers to adopt green products, subsidising the green premium on such products, and acting as the first large buyer itself. It can also help in improving the supply side by funding infrastructure such as COEs and scientific labs, and providing directed fiscal incentives.
Capital providers such as government-backed funds, corporate venture capitalists, foundations, and philanthropies can take on a larger role in encouraging early-stage climate tech investing. A way for them to do this is by providing capital for longer periods. Furthermore, well-designed blended finance and/or affordable debt structures can help in de-risking private investments and bringing in other relevant actors into the climate tech sector.
Finally, given the multidisciplinary and complex nature of climate tech businesses, the investing community can benefit from capacity-building interventions. These can help cultivate relevant technical expertise for due diligence or portfolio management of climate tech start-ups.
This USD 705 million includes approximately USD 300 million of funding to Ola Electric in 2019.
Well-established and stable businesses like utility-scale renewable energy and rooftop solar were excluded from this study.
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Tags: climate change, startups, sustainability
Deepanshi Balooni
Deepanshi Balooni manages the research portfolio at Impact Investors Council (IIC), with a focus on climate tech investing and gender lens investing. She has more than six years of experience in the social impact space and has worked across areas of policy research, programme management, and partnerships. She has previously worked with Villgro and the United Nations Development Programme. She holds a master's degree in public policy from St Xavier's College, Mumbai, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Delhi University.
Ramraj Pai
Ramraj Pai is the CEO of the India Impact Investors Council (IIC). He has been a credit market specialist, with specialisations in financial services and inclusion-related issues. Before joining IIC, Ramraj served as the president at CRISIL and led them to set up an integrated business development function across businesses, focusing on relationship management, deepening product penetration in banks, financial institutions covering India, and emerging markets.
Shriya Nene
Shriya Nene is a research associate at the India Impact Investors Council (IIC). She is a development professional with a keen interest in the learning more about the impact investing space. She has been a part of three research reports at IIC. Prior to working with IIC, she was with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India. She holds a master's in development studies from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK.
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Although there is the potential for tollbooth workers at the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel to be exposed to high levels of cancer-causing air toxins emitted from the thousands of vehicles that pass under their nose, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the tollbooth ventilation system was effective in keeping air toxins out of the tollbooth and away from the workers. The researchers measured levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) inside and outside the tollbooth and found relatively high levels outdoors and relatively low levels indoors. The study is published in the May 1, 2005, issue of Environmental Science & Technology.
"Tollbooth facilities represent a potential worst-case scenario for occupational exposure to mobile source-related air pollution, as these employees spend a majority of their shift within an arm's length of thousands of vehicles emitting a wide range of toxic pollutants. Yet, little has been done to evaluate worker exposure and the protection afforded by the indoor environment," Amir Sapkota, PhD, lead author of the study and a post-doctoral fellow in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
In June 2001, the researchers measured the concentration of air toxins at a tollbooth at the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. They also examined traffic volume in addition to curbside pollutant concentrations and the concentrations inside the tollbooth. They compared air toxin levels during the three shifts worked by tollbooth employees—morning (6 a.m.–2 p.m.), afternoon (2–10 p.m.) and night (10 p.m.–6 a.m.).
The researchers found that levels of 1,3-butadiene and benzene peaked with the morning and afternoon rush-hour traffic. In contrast, they found that the levels inside the tollbooth were relatively low and constant. They found, however, that some of the chlorinated VOCs used in dry cleaning, air deodorizers and cleaning products were present in higher concentrations inside the tollbooth than outdoors.
"It is wonderful to discover that the tollbooth environment is doing what it is designed to do—protect workers from the hazardous environment in which they would otherwise be immersed. It is important to note, however, that not all tollbooth workers in this country, and especially in developing countries, are provided with this protection," said Timothy J. Buckley, PhD, MHS, senior author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
"Tollbooth Workers and Mobile Source-Related Hazardous Air Pollutants: How Protective Is the Indoor Environment?" was supported by the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center Pilot Project Research Training Fund, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Co-authors of the study were Amir Sapkota, D'Ann Williams and Timothy J. Buckley.
Public Affairs media contacts for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Kenna Lowe or Tim Parsons at 410-955-6878 or paffairs@jhsph.edu. Photographs of Timothy J. Buckley and Amir Sapkota are available upon request.


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You've got the leafy camouflage suit ready for some high-quality turkey hunting this season, though why not go the full way and get a matching mask? These masks along with a leafy suit offer the perfect camouflage combo for laying low during the turkey hunting season, blending in nicely with all the fallen leaves on the ground.
As well as providing you with some nice cover from the potential targets, you want something that's also going to be comfortable for long periods of use, as well as being able to protect your face. What it boils down to mainly is the quality of the material used and the how well the sizes fit the face.
We've gone ahead and rounded up the 5 best turkey hunting face masks that you should be considering below.
This leafy bucket hat combined with a facemask is perfect for blending in with your surroundings. It features 3D printed leaves like those on QuikCamo's ghillie suit, designed to break up the profile of your face and keep your prey from detecting you. This design also gives you 360 degrees of shade, keeping the sun off your face and providing a layer of UV protection, helping prevent sunburns.
The fabric is quick-drying, moisture-wicking and breathable, and it also includes a Scent-Blocking Anti-Microbial technology to keep bacteria from growing, preventing any odors that might tip off your prey.
Any problems? First, it's one-size-fits-all, limiting whom it will fit. If you have an exceptionally large head, it probably won't. And it also cannot be machine-washed, as the fabric and leaves would come off in the washer, ruining it and making you stand out to your target.
So, if it fits you and you don't feel the need to wash it, it's a fantastic 3D facemask that will break up your outline, keep you concealed, and keep the sun off your face.
North Mountain Gear makes good hunting equipment, and this Ambush mask is no different. Besides being very affordable, it's also a high-quality mask that does an excellent job at breaking up your outline and helping you blend into the terrain around you. It has a breathable micro-mesh netting that lets you breathe and stay cool and dry in hot weather, and elastic so it can stretch and conform to your face.
It is one size fits all, and comes in two colors – Green Tan, and Green Brown Tan. They are both meant to work in conjunction with North Mountain Gear's 3D Leafy Suit; life-like leaves that blend in and move just like the real thing.
The material can be a bit shiny at times, reflecting the sun, which can obviously take away from the camouflage effect. It's also quite thin and perhaps a bit cheap – the downside of being breathable mesh.
But otherwise, this is a great choice for a breathable, 3D leafy facemask. It's so inexpensive, you could probably grab two or three and have a selection to choose from.
Another great mask, this one from DecoyPro is a bit different. It doesn't offer any 3D printed leaves for camouflage effect, but does have a super-breathable, cool, quick-drying mesh fabric that will keep your cool and won't fog your glasses up. It is one-size fits all.
The DecoyPro Face Mask also boasts an extended neckline, which ensures your entire neck is covered so as not to reveal any skin and can be tucked into your jacket for a smooth look.
Our only complaint is again, that the fabric is a little bit thin. This makes it nice and cool but does make us question its durability.
Honestly, this mask is great. It doesn't have as many features or the 3d leafiness that helps blend into the terrain and foliage, but is a simple, straightforward mask that will keep you cool and covert.
Another mask from QuickCamo, this one combines a ball cap with a camo facemask to create a versatile covering for both your head and face. The face mask drapes down over your neck, and covers your ears, to provide all-around protection, and the fabric is UV-resistant add a layer of protection from sunburn. And while it doesn't have any 3D leaves, the Mossy Oak camo is designed to break up your shape and help you blend in.
It uses the same breathable, quick-drying stretchy fabric as QuickCamo's other masks, combined with Scent Bandit Anti-Microbial technology to ensure it never smells from sweat and wears. Furthermore, it comes in different sizes – unlike most others.
This is a great cap all-around, but we don't the mask design. It just kind of hangs there, flopping around in front of your face. It would be better if it had some kind of way to stay tight and secure in place, as opposed to just flopping around uselessly. The upside to this, of course, is that it remains super cool.
Other than that, a good choice if you'd like a loose ball cap, as opposed to a tighter, face-hugging mask.
This Mossy Oak Spandex Face Mask offers a slim, contoured fit that covers your entire head and hair, and even fits under a cap for a complete camo outfit. It's lightweight and breathable, keeping you cool year-round. Two camo patterns – Mossy Oak Break Up and Mossy Oak Obsession – give you several options.
And bonus points: it's so small, you can literally stash it in your pocket when you don't need it.
One common gripe with this facemask is that it is one-size-fits-all, which means that it is a bit tight and small on larger heads. This can make it uncomfortable for many and much hotter than looser fitting masks.
But with that said, how can you really complain when this mask is this affordable? It's a versatile, breathable facemask that covers your whole face warm in the winter and helps you stay concealed.
There are a couple things to look for when buying yourself a nice turkey hunting facemask.
Most facemasks come in a one-size-fits-all, or a one-size-fits-most. While this will work for the majority of people, they won't literally fit "all" and will often be too small for those of us with large faces – uncomfortably tight, especially. Some masks will come in different sizes you can choose from, however, so if you think this may be a problem for you, be on the lookout!
Another very important consideration! Wearing a facemask can be uncomfortably hot in the summer and can also cause any shooting glasses or goggles you wear to fog up. Look for a mask made of a breathable, stretchy fabric, preferably moisture-wicking, or even mesh – though mesh is often less durable – to help keep yourself cool and comfortable year-round.
While the pattern itself may not matter, decide if you're looking for simple a printed camo, or a full-on 3D leafy hat and mask – which work well in tandem with ghillie suits. They're more expensive and a bit bulkier, but leafy masks do a much better job at breaking up your outline and helping you blend into your surroundings.
Our favorite Turkey Hunting Facemask is the QuikCamo Mossy Oak Bucket Hat, thanks to its loose, versatile design combining both hat and facemask, 3D camo that effectively breaks up your outline and keeps you concealed in any terrain, and breathable fabric. Add in that Scent Blocker Anti-microbial fabric and UV protection and you have a great mask that will keep you concealed and keep your face cool.
If you'd like to save a few bucks and get something cheaper, we also really like the DecoyPro Camo Face Mask. It doesn't have the leafy camo of the QuikCamo, but is lightweight, slim mask that keeps your face covered and warm in cool weather and cool in on hot weather, with a loose neck that drapes comfortably and lets air flow.
Grab one for yourself and suit up for your next turkey hunt in camouflaged style.


In 1994, Willy Claes, former Belgian Foreign Minister and NATO Secretary General, grants an interview to the French journal Politique internationale on the risks of military instability in Europe and the revival and future missions of the Atlantic Alliance.
Source: Politique internationale. 1994, n° 66. Paris: Politique internationale. ISSN 0221-2781.


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Q: Unable to find the connection profile reference by DS connection properties in BIRT report I am completely new to Birt Report.
I have generated a ".rptdesign" file and it get the data from postgres then generated the Birt report. I have deployed same file into  path "/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt"
 from Ubuntu OS and dbconnection profile file also same path.Now I openthe browser hit the following url
http://ram.com:8080/birt/frameset?__report=report.rptdesign
It throwing an Exception. Some one facing the same issues? How to resolve the bug?
Exception:
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: An exception occurred during processing. Please see the following message for details: Cannot open the connection for the driver: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile. org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find the connection profile referenced by the data source connection properties. ; org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find or access the named profile (reportsource) in profile store path (/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt/dbsource). ; org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException ; java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to determine the default workspace location. Check your OSGi-less platform configuration of the plugin or datatools workspace path. (Element ID:9)

Stack Trace:
org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: An exception occurred during processing. Please see the following message for details:
Cannot open the connection for the driver: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find the connection profile referenced by the data source connection properties. ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find or access the named profile (reportsource) in profile store path (/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt/dbsource). ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException ;
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to determine the default workspace location. Check your OSGi-less platform configuration of the plugin or datatools workspace path. (Element ID:9)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.addException(ExecutionContext.java:1237)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.addException(ExecutionContext.java:1216)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.QueryItemExecutor.executeQuery(QueryItemExecutor.java:96)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.TableItemExecutor.execute(TableItemExecutor.java:62)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.WrappedReportItemExecutor.execute(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:46)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.emitter.ReportItemEmitterExecutor.execute(ReportItemEmitterExecutor.java:46)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.dup.SuppressDuplicateItemExecutor.execute(SuppressDuplicateItemExecutor.java:43)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLBlockStackingLM.layoutNodes(HTMLBlockStackingLM.java:65)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLPageLM.layout(HTMLPageLM.java:92)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLReportLayoutEngine.layout(HTMLReportLayoutEngine.java:100)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.presentation.ReportDocumentBuilder.build(ReportDocumentBuilder.java:258)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.doRun(RunTask.java:262)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunTask.run(RunTask.java:86)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.ReportEngineService.runReport(ReportEngineService.java:1325)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.BirtViewerReportService.runReport(BirtViewerReportService.java:158)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.BirtRunReportActionHandler.__execute(BirtRunReportActionHandler.java:81)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.BirtGetPageActionHandler.__checkDocumentExists(BirtGetPageActionHandler.java:58)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.AbstractGetPageActionHandler.prepareParameters(AbstractGetPageActionHandler.java:119)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.AbstractGetPageActionHandler.__execute(AbstractGetPageActionHandler.java:104)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.actionhandler.AbstractBaseActionHandler.execute(AbstractBaseActionHandler.java:90)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.AbstractBaseDocumentProcessor.__executeAction(AbstractBaseDocumentProcessor.java:47)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.executeAction(AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.java:143)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.BirtDocumentProcessor.handleGetPage(BirtDocumentProcessor.java:87)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.processor.AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.process(AbstractBaseComponentProcessor.java:112)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.soapengine.endpoint.BirtSoapBindingImpl.getUpdatedObjects(BirtSoapBindingImpl.java:66)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
   at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:397)
   at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:186)
   at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:323)
   at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
   at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
   at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
   at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:454)
   at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:281)
   at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:699)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.doPost(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:265)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
   at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.service(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:122)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:116)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor296.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.ClassLoaderBeanHandler.invoke(ClassLoaderBeanHandler.java:67)
   at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy642.doFilter(Unknown Source)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:116)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:165)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortalClassLoaderFilter.doFilter(PortalClassLoaderFilter.java:74)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:204)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:109)
   at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.doFilter(InvokerFilter.java:96)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
   at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1023)
   at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:589)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:312)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.adapter.api.AdapterException: An exception occurred during processing. Please see the following message for details:
Cannot open the connection for the driver: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find the connection profile referenced by the data source connection properties. ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find or access the named profile (reportsource) in profile store path (/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt/dbsource). ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException ;
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to determine the default workspace location. Check your OSGi-less platform configuration of the plugin or datatools workspace path.
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.adapter.impl.DataRequestSessionImpl.execute(DataRequestSessionImpl.java:644)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.DteDataEngine.doExecuteQuery(DteDataEngine.java:152)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.DataGenerationEngine.doExecuteQuery(DataGenerationEngine.java:83)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.data.dte.AbstractDataEngine.execute(AbstractDataEngine.java:267)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.executeQuery(ExecutionContext.java:1939)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.QueryItemExecutor.executeQuery(QueryItemExecutor.java:80)
... 75 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.OdaDataException: Cannot open the connection for the driver: org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find the connection profile referenced by the data source connection properties. ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find or access the named profile (reportsource) in profile store path (/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt/dbsource). ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException ;
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to determine the default workspace location. Check your OSGi-less platform configuration of the plugin or datatools workspace path.
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.ExceptionHandler.newException(ExceptionHandler.java:54)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:177)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.executor.DataSource.newConnection(DataSource.java:224)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.executor.DataSource.open(DataSource.java:212)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.DataSourceRuntime.openOdiDataSource(DataSourceRuntime.java:217)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.QueryExecutor.openDataSource(QueryExecutor.java:407)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.QueryExecutor.prepareExecution(QueryExecutor.java:317)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedQuery.doPrepare(PreparedQuery.java:455)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedDataSourceQuery.produceQueryResults(PreparedDataSourceQuery.java:190)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedDataSourceQuery.execute(PreparedDataSourceQuery.java:178)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.impl.PreparedOdaDSQuery.execute(PreparedOdaDSQuery.java:145)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.adapter.impl.DataRequestSessionImpl.execute(DataRequestSessionImpl.java:624)
... 80 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find the connection profile referenced by the data source connection properties. ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException: Unable to find or access the named profile (reportsource) in profile store path (/home/ram/tomcat-7.0.42/webapps/birt/dbsource). ;
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.OdaException ;
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to determine the default workspace location. Check your OSGi-less platform configuration of the plugin or datatools workspace path.
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.impl.Connection.open(Connection.java:109)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.impl.Connection.open(Connection.java:62)
   at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.consumer.helper.OdaConnection.open(OdaConnection.java:250)
   at org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.odaconsumer.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:165)
... 90 more


Is ethnography a tool or a product? This page introduces platforms and resources for ethnographers to meet and exchange ideas.
BEL is a platform based in Tokyo for ethnographers in academia as well as in business in Japan to communicate and exchange ideas. BEL organizes educational workshop to promote the idea of ethnography in business scenes, and do consultation on ethnography design upon request.
Follow BEL at Twitter (@LabEthnography) and Facebook (Business Ethnography Lab).
Zhu, Yi. 2013. Control and Manipulation: The Company Building Process of a Japanese Fashion Enterprise in Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong. Download the thesis here.


I was first introduced to the concept of a community health center (CHC) during residency. There were certain things about the experience that stood out to me: The waiting room was always full, patients had to take numbers like customers at a deli and the door that led from the waiting room to the exam rooms only opened if a staff member pushed a button to buzz someone in.
But beyond the seemingly cold atmosphere of the waiting room, the overall ambiance of the clinic was warm, and patients and those I worked with were joyful.
It was at that CHC that I witnessed firsthand the barriers to health that many Americans face every day. Although I didn't know the phrase at the time, I was learning how the social determinants of health impacted the work we do. I became determined to dedicate my medical career to tackling these barriers head-on, so I joined a CHC after I graduated from residency.
I love the work I do. In fact, while many of my peers working in other settings struggle with burnout, I find great professional and personal joy in my own career. My hope is that more medical students, residents and family doctors already in practice will be drawn to this satisfying work.
CHCs(bphc.hrsa.gov) come in different shapes and sizes, ranging from rural practices with only a handful of physicians to multispecialty offices with multiple sites in urban areas, but they are all rooted in the 1960s civil rights movement and War on Poverty,(www.nachc.org) and they share a common aim: to serve the underserved populations of our country. Many aspiring medical students express a desire to serve the underserved in admission essays and interviews, yet that honorable goal is often lost in the mix of training and medical school debt.
Health centers are an ideal place to serve the underserved, but research shows that almost 70 percent of all CHCs are in need of more family doctors. This is unfortunate not just for the health centers but for patients who arguably have some of the greatest needs in health care.
There are many reasons why some family doctors might not be interested in working in a CHC, but I find they can be distilled down to two: The pay might not be as lucrative as other settings, and the patients can be challenging.
I recently spoke with some of my colleagues who also work in CHCs and also contribute to this blog, and I would like to share with you the main reasons we love working in CHCs and why the pay and the challenge shouldn't deter you from working in this model.
My organization's primary mission is "providing quality, compassionate primary medical and dental care and social services to those who need it most."
My co-workers fully embrace this mission, and in doing so, we are united behind a singular purpose of improving the health of our community.
Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., who helps teach medical students at a CHC in Brooklyn, N.Y., told me, "The medical assistants, social workers, mental health clinicians, care navigators, diabetes educators and nurses that we have at our practice are exceptionally competent, often going out of their way to ensure patients get the care they need. We value working with the underserved and find our particular site to be a place for continued learning."
Kimberly Becher, M.D., who practices in a CHC in Clay, W.V., said, "We don't just provide health care, we work to make achieving health possible. My office is filled with people who go out of their way to help patients get the care they need, whether that means physical help getting through the front door or emotional support with difficult family dynamics or contributing their own time and money for incentive programs for colon and breast cancer screening."
I never know what is going to walk through my door, but isn't that part of the excitement of medicine? I recently saw a 26-year-old woman who has never had a period. She had never undergone a full workup for reasons that can be summed up in one word: poverty. Another patient had several months of abdominal pain that was unexplained -- that is, until a CT scan showed multiple hepatic abscesses consistent with amoebiasis. He had traveled to his home country in South America several months earlier and brought back a few "friends." Patients with Marfan, Prader-Willi and Kleinfelter syndromes have all presented in our office after being misdiagnosed elsewhere. Needless to say, I have been challenged in a good way, and my differential steps outside what may be seen in a typical family medicine office.
Chris Baumert, M.D., who works in a CHC in Billings, Mont., told me, "I never get stuck in a boring routine or mental rut at my job. I get to provide prenatal care, including first trimester ultrasounds, do well-child care, perform procedures and counsel on end-of-life decision-making -- a real broad scope of practice."
Dr. Becher said she doesn't see much racial or ethnic diversity in rural West Virginia, but she has a huge variability in patient complexity and health literacy.
"It is common for me to see a patient who has either never seen a doctor or not seen one in decades," she said. "I see people who can't read, while in the next room I may see someone who has an iPad with an app trending their blood sugars who is reading primary literature."
Because we're motivated by our mission to improve the health of a population that faces many challenges, we've had to think outside the box to deliver the best care we can. Every CHC innovates differently based on patient needs.
Many CHCs, including mine, provide services that include medication-assisted therapy for drug and alcohol abuse, in-house behavioral health and psychiatry, and even nutritionists to guide our patients. My practice has been screening all adolescents and adult patients for substance use disorders using the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment tool,(www.integration.samhsa.gov) which has revealed many cases that would have otherwise gone undiagnosed. Additionally, when a patient is struggling to get food or transportation to a subspecialist appointment, we have care navigators who can facilitate access to these resources.
Dr. Becher has integrated home visits into her practice.
"Through my home visits, I often provide complex acute care when patients refuse ER or hospital care," she said. "I manage IV antibiotics at home and have even done biopsies and sutures in patients' living rooms."
Dr. Baumert's office recently started screening patients for social determinants of health. In being able to identify and assist with those factors, they have seen a decrease in A1c levels in patients who received targeted case management.
Perhaps most rewarding in our type of work is the positive change we can make in our communities. Every year, my organization has challenged clinicians and staff to help improve a handful of patient-specific quality measures, and every year, we've succeeded in increasing the rates of our cancer screenings and appropriate therapies.
Dr. Abhyankar told me, "I can't begin to describe how happy I am when I see blood pressure controlled or A1cs improving."
For Dr. Baumert, even more than the measurable clinical impacts, it's the gratitude he receives.
"Our patients are beyond grateful for our help; thank you cards for helping patients quit smoking or for caring for their mother at the end of life dot my wall and remind me what an important role I play in their lives," he said. "Identifying the reason behind poor health of the CHC patients is like an intriguing puzzle, and finding and addressing the missing piece -- chronic financial stress, poor health literacy, history of sexual or emotional trauma -- can be a rewarding process."
The broad scope of CHC practice, the variety of patients we see and their socioeconomic barriers to good health are certainly challenging. All the same, I believe that if we're not challenged in our practice, our work can become stale and we can lose our skills as physicians. The variety is exciting and helps us enjoy learning from our patients; in doing so, we can also build strong relationships with them.
Making "achieving health possible" is really the primary mission of CHCs. Those of us who have taken this mission to heart have found a great purpose in our lives. Since we are driven by a mission that focuses on patients who are most in need, this creates a sense of unity and family.
Finally, CHCs are centers of innovation that also recognize that every individual patient has a story. They are well positioned to give patients the tools they need to write new chapters of greater health and well-being and to make a difference in both the lives of patients and in the delivery of health care in our country.
Luis Garcia, M.D., is a family physician in York, Pa., working at Family First Health, a federally qualified health center. He focuses on caring for the Spanish-speaking community and spending time with his wife and two daughters. His hobbies include gardening and photography.
Posted at 01:38PM Dec 11, 2018 by Luis Garcia, M.D.


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    app.route('/contatos/:id')
        .get(verificaAutenticacao,controller.obtemContato)
        .delete(verificaAutenticacao,controller.removeContato);

};

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Remember when Donald Trump visited President Macron in France and they shared the world's longest and most intense handshake? And you were like "wow, this handshake can't possibly last much longer, right?" but you were so wrong, because it lasted forever? Turns out Trump thought it was kind of weird, too.
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Q: Finding min and max of a linear system So I'm trying to make sense of a scenario in my class exercise which is to find the max and min value of a function.  I have two vectors, w and v, of weights which are to sum to 1. The vectors are w = [0.6, 0.2, 0.2]^T  v = [0.8, -0.2, 0.4]^T
These vectors form a linear combination of weights M = Aw + Bv, and A and B must sum to 1.
The function we are then optimizing is r = [0.1, 0.2, 0.1] • M
The constraints are as follows: 0 ≤ (0.6A + 0.8B) <= 1 , 0 ≤ (0.2A - 0.2B) <= 1 , 0 ≤ (0.2A + 0.4B) <= 1
The answer we should get are A = B = .5 for the minimum value of r which is 0.1.  For the maximum we should get A = 2, B = -1 with r = 0.16.  But the values I'm getting for the max are A =  3.5714286, B = -1.4285714, and for the min I'm getting A = B = 0.
Below is the code.
import pulp as p
from pulp import *

problem = LpProblem('Car Factory', LpMaximize)

A = LpVariable('Amound of w',  cat=LpContinuous)
B = LpVariable('Amount of v',  cat=LpContinuous)

#Objective Function
problem += (0.1)*(0.6*A + 0.8*B) + (0.2)*(0.2*A - 0.2*B) + (0.1)*(0.2*A + 0.4*B) , 'Objective Function'
#Constraints
problem += (0.6*A + 0.8*B) <= 1 , 'A'
problem += (0.6*A + 0.8*B) >= 0 , 'AL'
problem += (0.2*A - 0.2*B) <= 1, 'B'
problem += (0.2*A - 0.2*B) >= 0, 'BL'
problem += (0.2*A + 0.4*B) <= 1, 'C'
problem += (0.2*A + 0.4*B) >= 0, 'CL'

problem.solve()
print("Amount of w: ", A.varValue)
print("Amount of v: ", B.varValue)
print("total: ", value(problem.objective))

I'm sure it has to do with the set up which I'm just not seeing.  And also is there a more efficient way to put this together?

A: I think you are missing a constraint, which would explain your deviation from the expected result.  Where is your constraint that:
A + B == 1

Also, you are importing pulp twice, which may cause some confusion in the namespace of your code.  Do one or the other, not both.
On expressing the problem more efficiently...?  Nahh.  You could treat your two column vectors as arrays of length 3 and do the math in your objective a bit differently, but it probably isn't worth it and your variables are just scalars, so I'd write it as you did.  Now if the vectors were much larger, or if the variables were vectors, sure, I'd do something else.
pulp doesn't naturally handle vectors (like numpy arrays) to my knowledge.  If you are going to be doing a lot of optimization in vector-matrix format and you are comfortable with the linear algebra, you might look at cvxpy which handles them naturally.  If you're in a class that uses pulp, it's just fine to learn the basics.


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Biografia
Il gruppo nasce dal sodalizio fra Federico Zanatta (treviso 17/06/1977 che usa il nome Freddie Murphy), Chiara Lee, Vittorio Demarin (che usa il nome GVitron laureato al conservatorio e in precedenza con band trevigiane come:imodium (grunge band come batterista),haran banjo (voce e chitarra),bubamara(violino),gomma workshop (tutti gli strumenti più tutti quelli inventati più regia video).

Il primo EP esce con il titolo omonimo per la Madcap Collective, etichetta fra i cui fondatori vi è lo stesso Federico Zanatta. Nei primi anni nei concerti cambiano continuamente la formazione, stabilizzandosi come trio a fine 2004, e quindi dalla fine del 2013 con l'attuale formazione.

La seconda uscita discografica è When We Were Young The World Wasn't In Your Hands uno split CD diviso con il progetto parallelo di Zanatta che qui prende il nome di Mrs France.

Nel 2005 esce anche Six Musicians Getting Unknown, al quale farà seguito un lungo tour italiano e tedesco e l'anno successivo vede l'uscita dello split album con Lorenzo Fragiacomo.

È la volta quindi, nel 2008 di ...And He Told Us to Turn to the Sun per Aagoo Records (USA) e Boring Machines (in Italia) che vede un cambio repentino nello stile della band, a cui segue una continua attività live (quasi 300 concerti in 3 anni), intermezzata dall'uscita dell'EP No Room for the Weak sempre per Aagoo Records-Boring Machines.

Formazione
Componenti
Federico 'Freddie' Zanatta - voce, chitarra (2001-presente)
Chiara Lee - tastiere, voce, percussioni (2001-presente)

Ex componenti
Vittorio 'GVitron' Demarin - batteria, percussioni (2001-2013)

Produzioni

Album in studio
2004 - Father Murphy (CD EP, Madcap Collective)
2005 - Six Musicians Getting Unknown (CD album, Madcap Collective)
2008 - ...And He Told Us to Turn to the Sun (CD/LP album, Aagoo Records/Boring Machines)
2011 - Do The Sinister (CD raccolta, Box 13)
2012 - Anyway, your Children will deny it (CD/LP album, Aagoo Records)
2015 - Croce (CD/LP/tape The Flenser)

Singoli ed Ep
2010 - No Room For The Weak (10", CD Aagoo Records, Boring Machines)
2014 - Pain Is on Our Side Now (2x10", Aagoo Records, Boring Machines, tape No=fi Recordings)
2015 - Lamentations (10", Backwards)

Split
2004 - When We Were Young The World Wasn't In Your Hands (split con Mrs France - Madcap Collective)
2006 - When Ground Figures Bless In Black Tutus (split con Lorenzo Fragiacomo -CD- Madcap Collective)
2011 - Split (split con i how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? -7"- Aagoo Records, Avant!, Boring Machines, Brigadisco, La dèlirante, Madcap Collective)
2012 - I Luv Abortion / In The Flood With The Flood (split con Xiu Xiu -7"- Aagoo)

Compilation
2007 - Jardim Elétrico - A Tribute To Os Mutantes - con il brano Ave Lúcifer   (CD, Madcap Collective)
2009 -  Rare Or Not Mix 3 - con il brano We Were Colonists  (File MP3, autoprodotto)
2010 - OCCII Compilation - A Mix Of Snippets 2002 - 2009 - con il brano Go Sinister (CDr, prodotto da OCCII)
2011 - Free Music Impulse - con il brano You Got Worry (2xCD, Hybryda)

Note

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

Gruppi musicali psichedelia occulta italiana

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The following Java program writes an array into the external file using BufferedWriter.
How to append text to an existing file in Java?
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In the above code, all existing content will be overridden.
Above code keep the existing content and append the new content to the end of a file.
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HOW MUCH WILL A STABLE QUARTERBACK HELP HEYWARD-BEY?
Posted by Kevin Bowen on April 2, 2013 – 10:14 am
Continuity between quarterback and receiver is something that has been preached for years by some of the game's finest pass/catching duos in NFL history.
Take for example a player like Reggie Wayne.
During Wayne's first four seasons in the NFL (2001-2004), quarterback Peyton Manning was the lone Colts signal caller to attempt at least 30 passes during that time span.
Wayne's numbers progressed from 27 catches for 345 yards as a rookie to 77 for 1,210 in his fourth season.
On the other end of the 'continuity' spectrum is new signee Darrius Heyward-Bey.
During Heyward-Bey's first four seasons in the NFL (2009-2012), he caught balls from eight different quarterbacks that attempted at least 30 passes during those four years.
His production grew from nine catches as a rookie to a combined 105 the last two seasons.
With the quarterback situation on stable ground in Indianapolis, the Colts are hoping Heyward-Bey will see his development take another step forward in his new home.
Colts general manager Ryan Grigson addressed this issue last week when discussing the potential of signing Heyward-Bey.
"Hopefully we can land him and he can get some more uniformity and be more comfortable being somewhere that has a quarterback like Andrew Luck," Grigson said on March 25.
"To be able to acquire someone of his stature in this offense, where he will be running more slants, being able to utilize that size and speed, I think he can be a great asset for us."
Heyward-Bey walks into a situation with an established No. 1 receiver coming off a Pro Bowl season, a quarterback who took every snap under center last season and an offensive coordinator that wants to 'accentuate the talents of (his) playmakers.'
"I think it's important that we all understand that we're a sum of all our parts offensively," Pep Hamilton said back in February.
"We've got to do whatever it is that our players do well. It's obvious just based on production that we had in the passing game this past season, that we're a team that can push the ball downfield. That should create paranoia for our opponents."
Tags: Andrew Luck, darrius heyward-bey, Pep Hamilton, Reggie Wayne
2 Responses to "HOW MUCH WILL A STABLE QUARTERBACK HELP HEYWARD-BEY?"
By Steve on Apr 3, 2013 | Reply
In 2012 Heyward-Bey at 6.25% had a lower dropped ball per target percentage than Eric Decker, Dez Bryant, Demaryius Thomas and Rob Gronkowski. Those aren't Reggie Wayne numbers (4.62%) but hey. He's fast and strong and he plays hard. He's going to be great.
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Historical Welsh comics, by Pete Fowler
By Sarah Dawood July 24, 2015 5:28 pm July 24, 2015 5:28 pm
Illustrator Pete Fowler has designed comics based on tales associated with two Welsh castles.
The two comics are part of the Welsh Government's Historic Environment Service's (Cadw) summer campaign "Pack your Imagination", which aims to encourage families to see more historic sites within Wales.
His comics are based on the story of Welsh princesses Gwenllian and Branwen ferch Llŷr.
Fowler has also designed five colouring sheets based around other historical Welsh figures.
He says: "I've been interested in myths and legends that surround these sites for some time and being a Welshman, it's part of my country's history and identity.
"I really enjoyed losing myself in the stories. I hope this project does the same for other visitors to the castles, bringing the stories to life."
The comics are available for visitors at Kidwelly Castle and Harlech Castle, and can be downloaded from the Cadw website.
Comic strip from Branwen ferch Llŷr
Comic strip from Gwenllian
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Q: Name suggestions for a python dataclass I'm working on? I need to send messages to an api. There are 2 different types of messages: create or update. Create messages will create an entry in a database. Update messages will update an entry in a database.
Here's the code I've used to implement these as classes:
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass

@dataclass
class Message(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    message_type: str

    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
        return asdict(self)

@dataclass
class CreateMessage(Message):
      message_id: str
      message_status: str

@dataclass
class UpdateMessage(Message):
      message_id: str
      new_message_status: str

However, my coworker said name of these classes sound more like a function. Do you guys have any suggestions of what I could name the UpdateMessage and CreateMessage classes to be less confusing? He suggested UpdateMessageDto and CreateMessageDto, but I'm concerned that other people won't know what a Dto is.

A: I agree that CreateMessage for example seems like that would perform as a function. I would suggest ensuring the name uses a noun instead, if possible, since classes generally are objects which contain data, which makes them noticeably different from function which are generally associated with a verb, for example like create_message.
I'd suggest tacking on something like Action to the model class name. Another option is to also be more explicit and add a noun like Model. In case you find that including the phrase "Message" becomes a bit redundant, I'd also suggest removing the Message part of the class, for example having it like CreateModel, and then you can put it in a module called messages.py and that way the from messages import CreateModel will make it clear that CreateModel is a Message model class.
The below example illustrates one of the possible naming schemas I'd suggest:
from __future__ import annotations

from abc import ABCMeta
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
from typing import Any

@dataclass
class Message(ABCMeta):
    message_type: str

    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
        return asdict(self)

@dataclass
class CreateModel(Message):
    message_id: str
    message_status: str

@dataclass
class UpdateModel(Message):
    message_id: str
    new_message_status: str


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