NACDS recently announced the launch of three demonstration projects aimed at boosting pharmacy-based immunization rates, and the significance of the initiative has not gone unnoticed by Associations Now – which covers the association industry.
The goals of the project are for healthcare entities to work together to develop and implement a value-based payment model that results in improved immunization rates for a targeted population that are recorded in the appropriate state-based registry. The models also will feature innovative methods for sharing immunization information among the participating health plans or systems, accountable care organizations, community pharmacies and patients. The awardees also will collaborate with public health agencies to improve pandemic vaccine preparedness.
Note: The RFP is supported by Grant Federal Award Identification Number, IH23IP000985, for $800,000 funded by the CDC. The content of this RFP is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the Department of Health and Human Services. NACDS showed its strong commitment to this $800,000 grant by contributing an additional $300,000 to execute the demonstration projects. Given this contribution, each sub-awardee will receive approximately 67 percent ($200,000) of its funding from the CDC and approximately 33 percent ($100,000) from NACDS to implement its demonstration project. A total of $1.1 million will be used to complete CDC project work, with 80 percent from the CDC and 20 percent from NACDS.


Lieutenant Commander Cillian James is currently a refugee aboard the USS Gorkon, formerly serving as First Officer aboard the USS Triumphant, in an alternate universe where the Federation lost the Dominion War.
Hobbies: Cillian was never really creatively talented as he never played an instrument, wrote stories or made paintings and so on. Deep inside him, he would've liked to have creative hobbies, but since his home colony was one of the earliest targets during the war, he soon began to exercise for fighting instead. He is very well trained in many different martial arts, but is a bit out of practice since he began to work for Starfleet, where close combat is not always necessary.
Personality: Cillian James is a constant doubter and sees, since his time as Resistance fighter, danger behind everything, but is therefore a protecting First Officer. He considers that as his duty, so he isn't really close with his crew (apart from Brunsig), but can cope with everyone. Since his wife's break up with him and later divorce, he feels like he hasn't got anything to lose anymore. That made him more dauntless than ever during battle situations and it is the reason why he is sure that he will once die while fighting.
Family: Cillian lost most of the contact to his parents when he joined the Resistance and later on Starfleet, because they couldn't understand why he chose to fight against the Dominion. The last time he spoke to his parents was when he married Lynn Mayr (and that was in 2385). He didn't talked to them afterwards, because they still didn't want to accept his lifestyle and his father began to dislike Lynn.
Friendships: Most of Cillian's friends died during the war, because most of them were part of the Resistance like himself, but stayed there instead of joining Starfleet. Except for Walter Brunsig, he didn't make any friends on any ships, because year after year he started to mistrust people more and more. He likes everyone on the Triumphant, but wouldn't consider them as friends (except for Walter Brunsig).
Romantic Relationships: Since Cillian's divorce from Lynn, he never started a releationship again. He was very hurt, when Lynn broke up with him and Walter was the only one who helped him through that difficult time. Cillian was very thankful for that, but never really told Walter. After the divorce, he never wanted to feel such pain again, so rather stayed away from any romantic relationship. Sometimes he feels lonely because of that, but never regretted his decision.
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Background: Diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is based on endoscopic criteria. I-scan technology, a new technique of virtual chromoendoscopy, increases the diagnostic accuracy for lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. Aim: To establish the role of i-scan endoscopy in the diagnosis of PHG.
Method: In this prospective study, endoscopic examination was conducted first by using white light and after that i-scan 1 and i-scan 2 technology in a group of 50 consecutive cirrhotic patients. The endoscopic diagnostic criteria for PHG followed the Baveno criteria. The interobserver agreement between white light endoscopy and i-scan endoscopy was determined using Cohen's kappa statistics.
Results: Forty-five of the 50 patients met the diagnostic criteria for PHG when examined by i-scan endoscopy and 39 patients were diagnosed with PHG by white light endoscopy. The strength of agreement between the two methods for the diagnosis of PHG was moderate (k=0.565; 95%CI 0.271-0.859; p<0.001). I-scan 1 classified the mosaic pattern better than classic endoscopy; i-scan 2 described better the red spots.
Conclusion: I-scan examination increased the diagnostic sensitivity of PHG. The diagnostic criteria (mosaic pattern and red spots) were easier to observe endoscopically using i-scan than in white light.
Key words: portal hypertensive gastropathy – upper gastrointestinal endoscopy – i-scan.
Abbreviations: FICE: Fuji Intelligent chromoendoscopy; GAVE: gastric antral vascular ectasia; NBI: narrow band imaging; PHG: portal hypertensive gastropathy; PHT: portal hypertension; UGIB: upper gastrointestinal bleeding.


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South Korea lifts most Covid-related curbs as cases dips
ArticleHealthNewsWorld
As the Omicron variant recedes and daily infections drop to a more than two-month low of less than 50,000, South Korea dropped practically all of its Covid-19 safeguards on Monday, marking a major step toward a return to normalcy.
A midnight curfew on restaurants and other establishments, as well as a limit of 10 persons allowed to meet, were repealed. Snacks will be permitted in theatres and other indoor public venues such as stadiums beginning next week.
People must still wear masks outside, with the government expecting to examine the restriction in two weeks to see if it should be lifted.
The regulatory changes came as the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea plummeted to 47,743 on Monday, the lowest level since February 9, after peaking at over 620,000 per day in mid-March.
Some requirements, such as mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated inbound travellers and negative PCR testing for those who have been completely vaccinated, remain in place.
South Korea has largely limited deaths and serious cases through extensive vaccination, and it has pulled back the aggressive tracking and containment measures that made it a mitigation success story for most of the pandemic's first two years.
According to data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, about 87 percent of the 52 million people have been fully vaccinated, with 64 percent having additionally received a booster.
Companies are progressively returning to their workplaces as the constraints are relaxed.
The majority of employees at big steelmaker POSCO have returned to work this month, making it one of the first major corporations to do so.
LG Electronics announced on Monday that it had decreased the percentage of staff working from home to 30% from 50%, as well as eliminating a limit on the number of individuals allowed in meetings.
Samsung Electronics said it had yet to put its back-to-office strategy into action, and the public sector is likewise waiting for new government instructions.
Officials at the Bank of Korea, which has 30 percent of its head office workers working from home, are considering loosening their guidelines.
Workplaces with 300 or more employees should embrace flexible working hours and have 10% of their employees work from home, according to the government.
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African radiologists call for more cooperation with the ESR in radiation protection
African radiologists will share their knowledge and experience of medical imaging practice in their respective countries, today during the 'ESR meets Africa' session. Examples of cooperation with the European Society of Radiology will be presented, notably in radiation protection, a field where efforts between Europe and Africa are starting to pay off.
Africa is big, diverse and full of possibilities. Its myriad of countries (54), languages, cultures and economic scenarios offers unmatched potential, but it can also complicate the organisation of radiology.
Prof. Dina Husseiny Salama and Prof. Hassen Gharbi, together with ESR President Prof. Lorenzo E. Derchi and Prof. Guy Frija, Chair of EuroSafe Imaging, surrounded by delegates at the 5th African Society of Radiology conference in January 2019, in Cairo, Egypt.
Equipment and workforce tend to vary considerably from one country to another. For example, the radiologists' ratio ranges from 1 to 80 per million population, depending on the country.
"Our main challenges are in training and the implementation of national legislation that can help organise the field, especially regarding radiation protection," said Prof. Hassen Gharbi from Tunis, Tunisia, who will co-chair the session with ESR President Lorenzo Derchi from Genoa, Italy.
Technological advances have opened new horizons for the application of ionising radiation in healthcare all around the world and this has led to an increase in medical imaging procedures using radiation, also in Africa.
Unlike most of the continent, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco have dedicated guidelines on ionising radiation use. But even there, rules must be implemented to help healthcare professionals prescribe examinations adequately.
"There is a growing need for structured strategies and a holistic approach towards the full integration of radiation safety and clinical imaging guidelines in Africa," said Prof. Dina Husseiny Salama from Cairo, Egypt.
Prof. Husseiny Salama, who will talk about radiation protection during the session, will highlight the role of strategic planning for more cooperation between the ESR and African radiology societies.
"There have been proactive actions in Africa to improve the situation and enhance the implementation of radiation protection in several countries, however further actions and joint activities are needed to enhance the process. Local initiatives work, but we need to accelerate things through cooperation with the ESR. Africa needs free, evidence-based tools, which a global player like the ESR can provide," she said.
Prof. Hassen Gharbi from Tunis, Tunisia, will co-chair the 'ESR meets Africa' session with ESR President Lorenzo Derchi from Genoa, Italy.
The ESR launched the EuroSafe Imaging campaign three years ago to promote the safe use of ionising radiation in medicine, and is now developing a EuroSafe Imaging Star assessment scheme for low and middle-income countries (LMICs), to recognise imaging departments that embody best practice in radiation protection.
Justification of examinations is another key aspect of radiation protection and the ESR is supporting the use and uptake of imaging referral guidelines, especially in LMICs. The ESR iGuide web portal is free to use for ESR radiologist members, and a model with unrestricted access for LMICs is currently under development.
"The ESR iGuide is an excellent online tool to help clinicians justify examinations, and it's already showing results in Egypt. Cooperation with the ESR works on our side, so why not in the rest of Africa?" Prof. Husseiny Salama said.
The process for a stepwise implementation of the ESR iGuide was started last year at four centres of excellence in Cairo. A recently performed audit showed that the number of inappropriate referrals declined significantly, especially in the emergency setting. "So far, we've had 15% fewer inappropriate referrals, which is quite important for patient radiation protection and the financial budget of the radiology department," Prof. Husseiny Salama said.
The ESR is also supporting African radiologists by offering the opportunity for non-European radiological national societies to become Associate Institutional Members. The ESR has ten Associate Institutional Members from Africa, including Algeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda.
Professionals in the field outside of Europe can also become corresponding members of the ESR. Corresponding members are entitled to a wide range of benefits, including reduced registration fees for ECR 20201, free access to all contents of the ESR e-learning platform Education on Demand, the option to participate in the European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) and all the activities of the European School of Radiology (ESOR), and many more.
Both memberships are completely free of charge.
A 92% increase in abstracts from Africa was registered for ECR 2019, as a result of inviting Africa to the 'ESR meets' programme. The number of African ESR members also rose from 3% to 5% in just over a year. The benefits of joining the ESR must be made even clearer south of the Mediterranean, so that African radiologists can enjoy all the support the ESR can offer, according to ESR President Prof. Lorenzo Derchi.
"We hope this is just the start. It is only a matter of making us visible and making the advantages of ESR membership known. We hope that 'ESR meets Africa' will be the right place and moment to get to know each other better," he said.
African radiologists have high hopes regarding their cooperation with Europeans, according to Prof. Gharbi.
"Medical imaging is advancing rapidly in Africa but we want things to develop in the utmost safety conditions and in respect with our guidelines. Africa hopes the ESR can help with radiation protection, and also to help promote, advance and homogenise training," he said.
Ultrasound can play a major role in promoting radiation protection, as it provides easy access to sophisticated diagnostic methods for the poorest patients. "Two thirds of the global population have no access to medical imaging. Ultrasound must play an important role in radiation protection and in tropical diseases, for example hydatid disease, a scenario we are commonly faced with in Africa," Gharbi concluded.
1 Provided that ESR 2019 membership is activated and approved by August 31, 2019.
ESR meets Session
Thursday, February 28, 10:30–12:00, Room B
ESR meets Africa
EM 1 Radiology in Africa: facing challenges and opportunities
Presiding:
L.E. Derchi; Genoa/IT
H.A. Gharbi; Tunis/TN
» Chairpersons' introduction
» Structured strategies to combat radiation protection challenges in Africa. What can the ESR do?
Husseiny Salama; Cairo/EG
» Is imaging underused in Africa? East Africa as an example. Solutions: what can the ESR do?
Vinayak; Nairobi/KE
» Interlude 1: Enjoy the difference between African and European music
» How to promote radiation protection in West Africa. Needs and expected role of the ESR
E.H. Niang; Dakar Fann/SN
» Most important challenges for imaging in North Africa
Rezgui Marhoul; Tunis/TN
» Interlude 2: Enjoy the difference between Arabic and European music
» The WHO's programme in Africa: the past, the present and the future
M.D.R. Perez; Geneva/CH
» Panel discussion:
Radiology in Africa, reality and dreams
Frija; Paris/FR
Mansouri; Algiers/DZ
K.M. Naidu; Cape Town/ZA
» Conclusion
This session is part of the EuroSafe Imaging campaign.
Africa, ESR Meets, ESR President, Professor Dina Husseiny Salama, Professor Hassen Gharbi, Professor Lorenzo E. Derchi, Radiation protection, ultrasound


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package util

import (
	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"

	authorizationapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/authorization/api"
	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/client"
)

func CanRequestProjects(config *restclient.Config, defaultNamespace string) (bool, error) {
	oClient, err := client.New(config)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	sar := &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{
		Action: authorizationapi.Action{
			Namespace: defaultNamespace,
			Verb:      "list",
			Resource:  "projectrequests",
		},
	}

	listResponse, err := oClient.SubjectAccessReviews().Create(sar)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	sar = &authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview{
		Action: authorizationapi.Action{
			Namespace: defaultNamespace,
			Verb:      "create",
			Resource:  "projectrequests",
		},
	}

	createResponse, err := oClient.SubjectAccessReviews().Create(sar)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	return (listResponse.Allowed && createResponse.Allowed), nil
}


Nowadays kids are exposed to visuals both in schools and at home. This means that they are more liable to get affected with eyesight issues. Detecting this at an earlier stage will help a lot.
Watch the distance at which your kids read books or watch television. While it is always advised not to sit very near a television, when your kid does it more frequently or when he reads a book closer than required, he is shortsighted.
Is your kid feeling uncomfortable to face the camera flash or screen light? Are they frequently facing headache or nausea when exposed to excessive light? Then this is undoubtedly a symptom of poor eyesight that requires your immediate attention.
When your kids watch a lot of T.V or play games on mobile or computer, the eyes strain a lot due to overexposure to screens. This may result in red-eye symptoms which shows that the eyes require some rest. This gets settled in a few days but if it isn't cured, consulting a doctor would be better.
When your kids face fading or yellowing of colors they are again facing an eye issue. Double vision is a symptom of cataract. This can be treated at an early stage once detected else your kid will end up wearing an eyeglass.
If your kids have blurred vision or see grey shades like a curtain in front of them, then their retina is at fault. While most floaters are harmless, if your child sees a lot of grey shades blurring their vision, it might be due to retinal detachment. Any eye disease or physical injury may lead to retinal detachment in the eyes which requires immediate attention.
Should you notice any of the above symptoms, contact your pediatrician or an eye specialist to investigate further and get timely help.


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Q: java script current geolocation I need to locate my self in my web app. I am using google maps to pin my location. The problem i have is with function that returns my current location:
function setLocation() {
            var temp = { lat: 0, lng: 0 };
            navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position, temp) {
                //here is all ok, temp.lat and tem.lng are assigned correctly
                temp.lat = position.coords.latitude;
                temp.lng = position.coords.longitude;
            });
            //here temp.lat and temp.lng are again 0
            return temp;
        }

I put some comments in my code which describe the problem.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for reading this.
p.s. I am new at java script.

A: The Problem is You Are Using an Asynchronous Function
The return value is not correct because getCurrentPosition() has not executed yet. You must use a callback function that will be passed the result after getCurrentPosition() is finished. As Mike C said, a more detailed description of asyncronous function can be found at How do I return the response from an asynchronous call?
function setLocation(callback)
{
    var temp = {
        lat: 0,
        lng: 0
    };

    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position, temp)
    {
        temp.lat = position.coords.latitude;
        temp.lng = position.coords.longitude;
        if ("function" === typeof callback)
        {
            callback(temp);
        }
    });
    return;
}

setLocation(function (coords)
{
    // This will alert the correct data
    alert(coords.lat + " " + coords.lng);
});

Promises Can Be a Better Solution
Call backs can get out of hand quickly so I would recommend using Promise object. Tutorial at https://davidwalsh.name/promises. The main idea is that you can have an easy to read/understand code flow while using asynchronous tasks. An example for your code would be.
function setLocation()
{
    return new Promise(function (resolve)
    {
        var temp = {
            lat: 0,
            lng: 0
        };

        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position, temp)
        {
            temp.lat = position.coords.latitude;
            temp.lng = position.coords.longitude;
            resolve(temp);
        });
        return;
    });
}

setLocation
    .then(function (coords)
    {
        // This will alert the correct data
        alert(coords.lat + " " + coords.lng);
    });

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NHS Digital will not be amending a QOF Read code which logs patients with thrombocytosis - an elevated platelet count - as having cancer.
This comes despite GP users arguing that the code was wrong and should be amended.
NHS Digital circulated new business rules for QOF Read codes this week, in line with its annual schedule. This will see 67 Read codes being updated from the previous version.
This followed concerns raised by EMIS Web users that the latest QOF Read codes brought in this year had not been accurately logging patients within their QOF disease registers.
GPs told Pulse this included patients being labelled as having cancer and dementia when they did not.
The problem stemmed from EMIS Web translating the Read codes into the new SNOMED CT clinical vocabulary, first included in NHS Digital's v. 39 of the business rules, and published in April.
SystmOne users were not affected because TPP still runs on v. 38 of the business rules. EMIS was awaiting NHS Digital's new version of business rules before amending their system.
Last week, GPs raised concerns that they would not be giving their patients the correct follow-up treatment based on the issues affecting disease registers.
In a statement issued jointly with the BMA yesterday, NHS Digital told Pulse: '85 out of more than 16,000 new SNOMED codes have been identified and queried, which is equivalent to 0.5%.
'Of these, 67 were found to be incorrect and have been changed in the latest version of the business rules. These 67 codes impact on 12 of the 28 registers in QOF.
However, NHS Digital said they would not be amending the Read code which logs patients with thrombocytosis as having cancer.
GPs had claimed automatically logging thrombocytosis as cancer was inaccurate and had the potential to unnecessarily alarm patients.
Commenting on the difference in opinion, GP cancer expert Professor Willie Hamilton, professor of primary care diagnostics at the University of Exeter, said: 'Thrombocytosis is not cancer. So, NHS Digital have got that wrong.
'There are very rare platelet cancers with very high platelet counts, but much more common is benign thrombocytosis or thrombocytosis as a marker of other cancers.
Regarding essential or primary thrombocytosis (polycythaemia), Professor Hamilton added: 'I think they've got mixed up. Polycythaemia is a haematological disorder whereby several blood cells increase – mostly one is worried by the red blood cells, but the platelets can rise too.
GPs had also raised concerns in the autumn over whether they would be paid accurately for QOF this year, as a result of the issues with Read codes.
Actually primary or essential thrombocytosis is a myelodysplasia and thus a cancer as defined by the WHO. Thrombocytosis secondary to other causes is not. NHS Digital are correct. Also acute myeloid transformation (aka leukaemic change) which can occur in essential thrombocytosis is being incorrectly described in this article as "malignant polycythaemia".


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Data Features
Network access control: Are we ready yet?
All networking vendors now agree that port-level security is a necessary standard. What's not clear it whether it works yet, and if not, when it might start working.
By Network World staff | Jun 21, 2006
Network companies are now pushing a clear message about how network security should work: Hardware devices identify users at the network port level, provide virus scanning and authentication services, then allow or deny network access based on strict role-based policies. Whether this actually works or when it will be widely available is less clear.
Among the companies offering network access control (NAC) products are established network vendors such as Cisco, Nortel, Enterasys and Extreme Networks; start-ups such as ConSentry, Lockdown Networks and Nevis; and security companies such as Internet Security Systems (ISS) and BlueCoat Systems. But observers say that the industry is a long way from agreeing on how best to handle and build NAC systems.
Within 18 months to two years, Microsoft's Network Access Protection, Cisco's Network Admission Control and the Trusted Computing Group's (TCG) Trusted Network Connect will establish themselves, and SSL VPN vendors will defer to whichever ones prove viable and popular, says Joel Snyder, senior partner at technology consulting firm Opus One.
Meanwhile, SSL VPN vendors offer a broad range of endpoint-checking software that varies widely in its capabilities. Snyder said most vendors won't spend a lot more effort on these protections in anticipation of those separate network access initiatives.
"Here's a prediction - endpoint checking won't ultimately be in the VPN box," he added. "It will be in a NAC box. There will be just a thin layer of endpoint checking in the SSL VPN gateway that punts off to policies that are defined on a different box."
One network professional said the days of putting network ports on desktops and managing security issues after the fact are over.
"I really want role-based security in place," said Peter Hricak, senior network operations manager for visual effects creator Lucasfilm. "That's something that we're seriously looking at - to get authentication-based policies applied. I want to know who a user is, and give them rights only to what they're allowed to do."
Forcing all clients to authenticate to a LAN switch port, and enforcing network access policies based on user identities, is the direction Hricak wants to go. On the Lucasfilm network in San Francisco, he manages multiple 10G Ethernet trunks and widespread Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop for high-end digital editing. While the Foundry-based infrastructure provides plenty of bandwidth, securing users via the network is one of his challenges. Rudimentary controls such as virtual LANs (VLAN) or access control lists now on network hardware are not enough.
"It's not good enough to just lock a port to a particular VLAN," he said. "That port should really just be vanilla, until you authenticate; then you turn the port into what you need it to be."
A first line of defence
Another user examining policy-based network access control sees the technology as a first line of defence behind the primary entry point for viruses and worms into a network - the desktop switch port.
Policy-based networking "is going to help us alleviate worms, bugs, viruses, stuff like that, and protect the network," said Jeff Sandbridge, IS specialist with the State of West Virginia's MIS Office. "It's something that has to happen. You used to just have hubs and switches and then your security boxes. It's come to the point now with all the easy ways and multiple ways of attacking a network, you have to be able to provide all the features that were inside those security boxes down at the port level."
Sandbridge plans to deploy Enterasys LAN switches along with that vendor's Atlas Policy Manager server. The server software can detect activities on ports that are out of bounds for individual users on the network. The switches can take directions from the server to shut down or limit network access to traffic flows that the server identifies as breaking policy rules.
But a standard technology to scan PCs before they are allowed network access will not be fully developed for two years, according to other experts.
"Right now, most NAC offerings are really single-vendor solutions," said Steve Hulquist, principal analyst at Infinite Summit. "You have the client/server approach that Microsoft is taking and it's not even available yet. There's Cisco's approach, which is all-Cisco hardware," and the TCG's effort, which is standards-based but also not yet available. "I would be hesitant to do a full-scale enterprise implementation, given the products that are available today."
Even SSL VPN vendors, who already supply a version of this endpoint-checking software, acknowledge it has a way to go before it is fully featured and flexible.
"It's relatively early in the development of that technology," said Reggie Best, vice president of marketing for AEP Networks, which makes SSL VPN equipment. "There's a lot of work that needs to be done on that."
Microsoft Network Access Protection review Cisco's new security technology hits the market


This Sunday, Pastor Ken continues our series on The End, entitled "Parable of the Talents" in Matthew 25:14-30. Next week, Pastor Todd continues our series on The End, entitled "Judgement of the Right" in Matthew 25:31-40.
Sign up for Life at Crossroads classes at www.lifeatcrossroad.info or at the registration cart. All classes meet on Sundays.
LAC 101 Meet Our Family: April 29 | 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
LAC 201 Live As Family: May 6-27 (4-week class) | 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Men, our world is organized to lead us astray from simple obedience and purity. This study is designed to help all men gain victory in their thought lives by understanding how God has made them. Our minds are complex organs; this study will help you in your journey to purity as you learn to transform your mind. Curriculum: Seven Pillars of Freedom, by Dr. Ted Roberts and led by Roger Ruddick. The minimum age to attend this study is 21. Sign up today at lifeatcrossroads.info or at the Registration cart in our lobby.
We are honored to highlight the ministry of AWANA Lifeline for the month of April. Awana Lifeline ministries are in over 30 states and five countries and host their gospel-centered programs in the county, state, federal, and private detention centers. One of their programs is called Malachi Dads and led right here at Pitchess Detention Center by Crossroads member, John Reed. The purpose of Malachi Dads is to host bible studies to the men there, showing them what it means to be in a relationship with God and how to be a godly parent. We are excited to host AWANA Lifeline and speaker Troy Delone, a former inmate, to come and present their ministry on Sunday, April 29. If you would like more information on this ministry or would like to serve, please email go@lifeatcrossroads.org.
We are excited to present a short-term missions trip this summer to Hope Gardens in Sylmar, CA. Hope Gardens, few miles away, is a housing facility and haven for women and children experiencing homelessness. We will be sending a team to Hope Gardens from July 23-26 to put on a Vacation Bible School for the children and a Women's Conference for the ladies living there, along with serving in other ways they may need. If you would like to be a part of this team or would like more information, please email go@lifeatcrossroads.org.
Mother Daughter Brunch: Mothers, grandmothers, and daughters, please join us for a continental brunch and fun craft on Saturday, May 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For children grades 1st – 6th. The cost is $20 per person. Sign up at www.lifeatcrossroads.info or email nexgen@lifeatcrossroads.org with any questions.
VBS: Join us for a fun-filled week of connecting with God's word through the story of Daniel. Any kids going into 1st grade through 6th grade (going into 7th grade) are invited to Vacation Bible School. Vacation Bible School runs 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from July 9-13. The cost is $10 per child and you can register up through Sunday, July 1st at www.lifeatcrossroads.info. After June 25th, the cost will be $15 per child.
VBS Volunteers: Please help us lead children in a fun-filled week of connecting with God's word through the story of David. We need volunteers in a variety of areas. To sign up to volunteer go to www.lifeatcrossroads.info and click on VBS volunteer sign-ups to choose which area you would like to serve in.


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IT'S GETTING MESSY
Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks
The Oval Office confrontation between Mercedes Schlapp and Kelly Sadler was more dramatic and damaging than widely assumed.
Published 05.30.18 4:41AM ET
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty
Not long after news broke that White House communications aide Kelly Sadler had made a flippant comment about Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) impending death from brain cancer, President Donald Trump gathered a small group of staffers in the Oval Office.
The conversation included Sadler herself, chief of staff John Kelly, director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp, and principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah, and the topic was, at least partially, the "leakers" terrorizing the Trump administration from within. Trump let it be known that he was displeased before asking Sadler whom she thought were prominent leakers in the ranks.
As first reported by Axios, Sadler shocked those in attendance by pointing to, among others, Schlapp.
What happened next, however, was equally dramatic and potentially far more critical for the future of an already frail White House communications staff. Schlapp recoiled in indignation, aghast that anyone would suggest she would betray the president—least of all a more junior aide whom she had given increasing responsibilities within the administration.
Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk, watching the drama unfold in real time. The meeting adjourned shortly after the tense—even for the Trump White House—exchange. But the drama didn't end there. Two sources recounted that Schlapp remained heated, saying that in separate conversations detailing what happened in the Oval, she referred to Sadler as "a bitch."
Schlapp vehemently denied saying the word and insinuated that any suggestion she had done so was, itself, a malicious leak designed to undermine her. "I have never used that word to describe anyone on the White House staff," she said in a statement to The Daily Beast. "This smear by anonymous sources is not fit for print by any reputable news outlet. The leakers should be more concerned about promoting the president's agenda than trying to take down fellow members of the team."
Whether or not an epithet was used, for some inside the administration, is of secondary concern. Far more important was the chaos that the episode illuminated about the state of the president's communications staff. After weeks of trying to patch together a coherent operation, the framework appears to be falling utterly apart. Leaks, chief among them the one involving Sadler's McCain comments, have decimated morale. But factionalism was the real poison, with aides growing more and more convinced that enemies within are spreading gossip and innuendo to enhance their own standing.
The end result is a Trump White House that more closely resembles scenes from the kind of reality TV that Donald Trump used to host before he became leader of the free world.
"The only thing that would have made this scene better is if Omarosa were somehow involved in it," a former West Wing official said, obviously referencing Trump's hit TV show The Apprentice, of which Omarosa Manigault was a recurring villain, years before she became an actual Trump administration official.
Shah said in a brief statement, "In my conversations with Mercy and others, she did not use that word." Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, conveyed something similar. Other White House officials, when asked about the incident, pointed The Daily Beast to past press briefings where spokespersons have said that it is an internal staff matter that will be handled, and discussed, internally.
But sources close to the president suggested that firings would come sometime soon and that they would be targeting members of the communications team. Late last week, Schlapp and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders met to discuss potential personnel changes as a means of stemming the flow of White House leaks. And according to two administration sources, Sadler's name was among those raised as a possible target for dismissal.
Sadler had appeared to have weathered the storm following her controversial comments on McCain. But some officials who spoke to The Daily Beast described her calling out Schlapp as a potentially fatal mistake.
It wasn't her only slip-up, either. Early last week, Sadler sent a series of White House talking points to a large email list of academics and think tank scholars. But she forgot to "bcc" the recipients, as is standard, instead including a list of all their email addresses at the top of the message, a copy of which was reviewed by The Daily Beast.
It was a small hiccup but still another blemish for a press shop eager to appear less amateurish. Following Daily Beast inquiries, two White House sources independently referred to it as the "BCC fuck-up."
Ultimately, it will be left to the president to decide Sadler's fate, along with the future of his communications operation. Those close to Trump said he was not turned off by the McCain comment. If anything, it may have helped her, at least momentarily.
"This [White House] has no shortage of infighting and backstabbing," one White House official said. "But what Kelly did, that takes [a] gigantic pair of balls."


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The 3,467th least sensible thing VIA Rail has done
Some prankster has threatened a VIA Rail train.
A spokesman for the passenger rail company says a threat was received recently and police were informed, but it appeared to be unsubstantiated.
Sounds like your usual garden variety threat, right? The kind that was plaguing Calgary schools last February that are not really legitimate and the announcement of which plays right into the goofball's hands.
So naturally, in the wake of a completely unfounded threat that in no way actually impacts the Crown Corporation, VIA Rail has decided to...
...act on them.
Via Rail says it has increased police and canine patrols in certain train stations following what it calls an "unfounded" threat.
So is this a case of officials publicly stating that the threat was unfounded but in reality knowing it is legitimate and planning accordingly? Or is it another case of security overreactions and ass-covering that will make VIA Rail (somehow even) more expensive and ultimately provide no tangible benefit to either train-riders or the public at large?
The answer, of course, is the second one. [as an aside, extra security was implemented after the nonsensical Calgary bomb threats as well. -ed]


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Even though the Red Hot Chili Peppers arrived at veteran status long ago, a recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame only solidified the group's status as major innovators in alternative rock. That trend continued at the Chicago area stop of a tour supporting last year's "I'm With You," during which the band packed plenty of funk-infused fury into a set list split between the past and present. For those who missed the explosive fusion this time around, there's always a headlining reprise at Summerfest in Milwaukee on Saturday, June 30, followed by Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, August 4.
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Gnarls Barkley - Concert review - Milwaukee, WI - Feb. 2007
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Irwin King, Social Computing and Its Influence in Education, Invited Talk at the 2009 Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Conference,Taipei, Taiwan: , October 8, 2009.
The Web has changed the landscape of how humans interact socially. With the advent of Web 2.0, Social Computing has emerged as a new and innovative paradigm that changes the way we communicate, interact, and learn. Social Computing involves the investigation of collective intelligence by using computational techniques such as machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, etc. on social behavioral data collected from blogs, wikis, emails, instant messages, clickthrough data, query logs, social bookmarks, tags, etc. In this talk, I will first introduce Social Computing by outlining some of the unique characteristics and aspects that are found on the various social platforms. In particular, I will emphasize how Social Computing is being used in education. Applications in various social platforms will be presented to further demonstrate the usefulness of these new technologies to enhance education. Lastly, I will conclude with some current challenges and potential future promises of Social Computing.
Dr. King's research interests include machine learning, web intelligence & social computing, and multimedia processing. In these research areas, he has over 160 technical publications in journals (JMLR, ACM TOIS, IEEE TNN, Neurocomputing, NN, IEEE BME, PR, IEEE SMC, JAMC, JASIST, IJPRAI, DSS, etc.) and conferences (NIPS, IJCAI, CIKM, SIGIR, KDD, PAKDD, ICDM, WWW, WI/IAT, WCCI, IJCNN, ICONIP, ICDAR, etc.). In addition, he has contributed over 20 book chapters and edited volumes. Moreover, Dr. King has over 30 research and applied grants. One notable system he has developed is the VeriGuide System, which detects similar sentences and performs readability analysis of text-based documents in both English and in Chinese to promote academic integrity and honesty.


"People who have visions should go and see a doctor!" This quotation is attributed to the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who thus responded to Willy Brandt's postulation that politics in the Federal Republic of Germany would have to develop a vision for the country. Many lawyers appear to agree with Schmidt. No fewer than 50% of the US law firms surveyed by Altman Weil in 2018 are convinced that they do not have to differentiate themselves from other law firms in order to be successful.
What is this all about? If you work on a strategy, you will soon find out that at the very beginning of this work, there has to be an idea as to where you want to go. What ideal should guide me when I develop a strategy for my law firm? Thus the point is to define, together with the partners, a kind of lodestar for the purpose of positioning, which should provide orientation and act as an incentive at the same time.
The vision should be ambitious, but not unattainable. It may describe a long-term objective, but must be sufficiently specific to be able to offer practical guidance in important decision-making processes of law firm management. And it should provide a value-based, conceptional frame for the development of the strategy.
Would you like specific examples? Just have a look at the website of big, internationally operating business law firms! In a nutshell, they often say things like: "We provide demanding, internationally operating corporate clients with legal advice of the highest quality with regard to complex issues." Of course, this is all very well, but not particularly distinctive. In comparison, the vision of a small, still young Swiss law firm in the Canton of Zug sounds rather more exciting. It says: "More business – true partnership!" The law firm has developed a set of values and services around this nucleus which should fill clients with enthusiasm. The partners have set themselves the target of being that law firm in their clients' perception which stands out in its market through a pronounced commitment to (economic) client benefit, to personal attention at partner level and to a close dovetailing of their service provision processes with those of their clients. This may sound banal, but – hand on heart, dear colleagues – it is definitely not!
Be daring when you develop a vision for your law firm! What is important for me? What should my law firm's DNA be? Do I want to be the local divorce law firm which besides legal consultation also provides support for people with psychological or social problems? Do I want to be the law firm in my region which thanks to outstanding technology competence becomes the (legal consultation) partner of choice for start-ups? Do I want to be the globally operating law firm which has such a convincing cooperation culture that it will attract all the best talents from all social strata and thus become a global player with the highest degree of diversity? Or do I want to become the law firm which excels like no other in the consultation of charitable foundations?
And another tip: if a vision is to fulfil its function as a lodestar for strategy development and daily operative work, it must be pithy and memorable. I recommend that you should formulate your vision in a one-liner short enough to fit on a luggage tag! How you can manage the leap from the vision to a strategy will be discussed in my next article. Until then!


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ASTM F963-16/F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety - 16 CFR Part 1250 - Wheels, Tires, and Axles 4.17 (ASTM F963-16/F963-17) 058 01/25/2021 08/30/2017
ASTM F963-16/F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety - 16 CFR Part 1250 - Wires or Rods 4.10 (ASTM F963-16/F963-17) L3846 01/25/2021 08/30/2017
ASTM F963-16/F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety - 16 CFR Part 1250 - Wires or Rods 4.10 (ASTM F963-16/F963-17) 058 01/25/2021 08/30/2017
ASTM F963-16/F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety - 16 CFR Part 1250 - Yo-Yo Elastic Tether Toys 4.37 (ASTM F963-16/F963-17) L3846 01/25/2021 08/30/2017
ASTM F963-16/F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety - 16 CFR Part 1250 - Yo-Yo Elastic Tether Toys 4.37 (ASTM F963-16/F963-17) 058 01/25/2021 08/30/2017
Determination of Phthalates CPSC-CH-C1001-09.4 L3846 01/25/2021 09/25/2018
Determination of Phthalates CPSC-CH-C1001-09.4 058 01/25/2021 09/25/2018
Dive Sticks and other small articles 16 CFR Part 1500.86(a)(7) and (8) 058 01/25/2021 03/30/2010
Electrically operated toys/articles 16 CFR Part 1505 (Except for: 1505.4 Manufacturing requirements, 1505.6(f) Hydrokinetic) L3846 01/25/2021 06/09/2010
Electrically operated toys/articles 16 CFR Part 1505 (Excluding the following: Toys having pressure relief valves and/or steam engines) 058 01/25/2021 06/09/2010
Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film 16 CFR Part 1611 058 01/25/2021 08/28/2012
Lead in Children's Metal Jewelry CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3 L3846 01/25/2021 03/24/2009
Lead in Children's Metal Jewelry CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3 058 01/25/2021 03/24/2009
Lead in Children's Metal Products CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3 L3846 01/25/2021 12/10/2009
Lead in Children's Metal Products CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3 058 01/25/2021 12/10/2009
Lead in Non-Metal Children's Products CPSC-CH-E1002-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.3 L3846 01/25/2021 12/10/2009
Lead in Non-Metal Children's Products CPSC-CH-E1002-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.1 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.2 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.3 058 01/25/2021 12/10/2009
Lead Paint Regulation 16 CFR Part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1) L3846 01/25/2021 04/27/2011
Lead Paint Regulation 16 CFR Part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1) 058 01/25/2021 04/27/2011
Lead Paint Regulation - 16 CFR Part 1303 (ASTM F2853 HDXRF METHOD ONLY) *Select "Lead Paint Regulati 16 CFR Part 1303 (ASTM F2853-10) 058 01/25/2021 06/26/2012
Pacifiers 16 CFR Part 1511 L3846 01/25/2021 01/21/2009
Pacifiers 16 CFR Part 1511 058 01/25/2021 01/21/2009
Rattles 16 CFR Part 1510 L3846 01/25/2021 09/23/2009
Rattles 16 CFR Part 1510 058 01/25/2021 09/23/2009
Small Parts Regulation 16 CFR Part 1501 L3846 01/25/2021 12/03/2008
Small Parts Regulation 16 CFR Part 1501 058 01/25/2021 12/03/2008
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (FF 3-71) 16 CFR Part 1615 058 01/25/2021 08/28/2012
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through 14 (FF 5-74) 16 CFR Part 1616 058 01/25/2021 08/28/2012
Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles 16 CFR Part 1610 (except for: Dry clean) L3846 01/25/2021 09/02/2010
Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles 16 CFR Part 1610 058 01/25/2021 09/02/2010
Surface Flammability of Carpets and Rugs 16 CFR Part 1630 058 01/25/2021 08/28/2012
Surface Flammability of Small Carpets and Rugs 16 CFR Part 1631 058 01/25/2021 08/28/2012


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Featuring typewriters made available by Rob Neuwirth and Andrea Haenggi at Occupy Wall Street a couple of weeks ago.
Even though other typospherians have covered the issue better than I ever could, I thought I'd share some cinematic examples of mechanical writing machines. Mild spoilers, typewriter violence, and bad screencaps ahoy. You have been warned.
Our first example is found in the 2011 film, The Help. The glimpse is but fleeting, allowing yours truly to acquire little more than a hasty snap, but that Royal portable is there all the same.
On the one hand, the quality of this picture is terrible. On the other hand, Emma Stone.
Next up is the 2001 film, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand. Tough to describe this one, but try to imagine if Clerks and Trainspotting had a baby. In Australia. Professional weird-looking guy Noah Taylor plays a distracted and disenfranchised writer who just so happens to have a penchant for Kerouac.
Even the title cards are typed out.
Of course, HDwaFiHH is not all sunshine and roses. After a particularly disheartening event, Taylor's character does something...drastic.
Where...where you goin' with that typewriter, fella?
For God's sake, man! Don't do it!
Ironically enough, he receives a BAROP sometime later. Oh sweet irony.
Next is 2011's The Rum Diary by noted typewriter-user and stark-raving lunatic Hunter S. Thompson. I neglected to take any screens while I was watching it, so these images are courtesy of the 'tubes. Note also that Depp's character, Kemp, uses a Nakajima typewriter, which wasn't even available at the time (thanks to ozTypewriter for the info on that one). Still, several Royals are seen in the film, so I'm gonna give it credit.
Johnny Depp, looking like Johnny Depp.
Last and certainly not least we have 2009's Paper Man, starring Jeff Daniels and – once again – Emma Stone. DO NOT JUDGE ME, INTERNET. Kind of a weird flick, it features a SCM Electra pretty prominently.
Hardly an Underwood 5, but I'm going to allow it.
Like Felafel, unfortunately Paper Man too indulges in scribeosadism when Daniels' character, in fit of...something pries the H key off the poor machine and promptly loses it for the rest of the film.
That's kind of thing is contraindicated by the service manual, you monster!
You deserve to look miserable, Daniels.
A Denver TV news show has devoted five precious minutes to the typewriter revival. They gush over a cursive Smith-Corona and show a local repairman.
Typewriters "taking the country by storm"?
Maybe well-timed, considering the recent movie trailer for On the Road, but Maya Stein is going to head out with a bike and a typewriter and a head full of poetry and trace a route that looks like it's going to come within shouting distance of many in the Typosphere.
A sale on March 16-17 in San Pedro, CA includes lots of typewriters, especially postwar office machines but also plenty of portables and some older machines (such as an Oliver 9). I expect it will be a good chance to get an affordable Selectric, KMM, SG3, or other excellent writing machine.
Go to this page and scroll through the photos until you start hitting the typewriters.
Right now they don't provide any details on exactly where and when the sale is. But you can send them an e-mail through their site, or visit them on Facebook.
This trailer for "On the Road" prominently features Kerouac's Underwood portable and his famous continuous roll of paper.
William Pannapacker has written a great article on typewriting that appears in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and with his permission I've also added it to my collection of "Typewriter Tributes."
The typewriter was a device used back in the 20th century that printed characters one at a time as the keys were pressed on its keyboard onto a storage device known as paper, which was highly susceptible to fire and could not easily be shared with more than one other unless additional copies were made using a labor or machine-intensive process. Some advanced typewriters used electricity and had the ability to delete single characters at a time but older versions did not require electricity and could only have corrections made by applying a white liquid to the paper called "correction fluid" to cover up the errors, thus destroying the audit trail. In the latter half of the 20th century, the computer made such devices obsolete except for their use on equally obsolete forms that had a crude copying technology called "carbon paper". Carbon paper allowed individuals to simultaneously copy material onto multiple pages without the use of the now ubiquitous photocopier. When corrections were made using carbon paper, the carbon paper required the use of an eraser. The eraser was a correction device found at the end of another obsolete device known as the pencil. A pencil allowed people to make corrections by rubbing against paper, thus lifting the graphite impression left in the paper by the pencil. Luckily, these indentations were usually still present, allowing individuals to view the audit trail. However, this ability to correct is, of course, a defect since the audit trail is obfuscated. In any case, all of these technologies suffered from the defect that it was impossible to exactly determine who had actually written the documents in question. Thus in order to achieve proper identification people used another device called a pen to "sign their names" using an archaic process called "cursive writing", which no one really understands or uses now that biometric chips instantly transmit identification signals onto all transmissions. Correction fluid was needed to eliminate errors when pen was put to paper, which again destroyed the audit trail. However, the bigger problem was that names were not automatically attached exclusively to one individual. It is reported that the number of individuals with the moniker of "John Smith" may have exceeded one million. This made tracing the originator of the documents very difficult. The solution was that each signature was supposed to be unique but inventions like the "autopen" destroyed this reliability. The typewriter was replaced with the ancestor of the biometric chip called a computer. It had the nasty habit of rebooting spontaneously without warning, which led many to decide to stick to the older technology. Only with the passage of legislation mandating biometric chips in all individuals did we achieve the elimination of all of this environmentally wasteful material. Now we instantly transmit all information and thought to all individuals around the world using our advanced biometric devices. This has the additional advantage of allowing governments to instantly detect subversive content, know exactly who has said what, and require individuals to attend reeducation camps to ensure that they are fully in compliance with all regulations concerning attitudes and belief systems.


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Q: Best way to store file blobs within JSON string in a mongodb? In my mongo database, I will be storing a JSON string that is basically a representation of a file system. I'm now looking to store the actual file blobs, likely within the json string as well...this is sounding very memory heavy as there could be several files...are there any suggestions for alternatives? I'm not opposed to storing as base64 instead of blob, but looking for best practice ideas. Thanks in advance. Note: I was originally using a windows file system for storage but now the requirement is to store data in a database instead, so I'm trying to translate and make that work.
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     type: "folder",
     children:[
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             node:1,
             type: "folder",
             children: [
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                      node:1.1,
                      type: "file",
                      fileDesc:"file description",
                      fileBlob:[What do I put here??],
                 }
             ],
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Mistresses Loses Ratings
August 13, 2010 Broadcasting ATV Today
The third season of Mistresses continued to lose viewers last night as its second episode dipped below 4 million viewers while a documentary on the Princess Royal was seen by nearly 4 million viewers.
The third season of Mistresses continued to lose viewers last night as its second episode dipped below 4 million viewers. The BBC One drama, starring Sarah Parish and Joanna Lumley, returned for its third season last week with 4 million viewers. The figure for the opening episode was down on previous years but the drama is in a new Thursday evening slot rather than the Tuesday evening slot it previously occupied. Last night's second episode of the drama saw figures fall below the 4 million mark with 3.8 million viewers according to overnight ratings – the BBC commissioned a final season of Mistresses to wrap up all the storylines. Elsewhere last night Celebrity Masterchef was seen by 4.6 million at 8pm while following the BBC News a documentary on Princess Anne, the Princess Royal. The Inside Sport documentary on the Princess, to mark her 60th birthday, was seen by 3.8 million viewers.
Over on ITV1 at 9pm Police, Camera, Action! had 3.4 million viewers while Channel Four had 2.1 million viewers for Undercover Boss at the same time. Victorian Pharmacy was seen by 2 million viewers on BBC Two at 9pm with The Hotel Inspector on Channel Five also securing 2 million viewers at 9pm. The latest Big Brother coverage on Channel Four had 2.2 million at 10pm for the broadcaster.
New crime documentary Fraud Squad for ITV
Mariella Frostrup to explore Objects of Desire
ATV Featured
Sarah Palin rules out running for President
Why did Oscar Pistorius Kill our Daughter?
Operation Weeting: Police arrest man
BBC confirm 2013 Strictly Come Dancing Celebrities


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CWA Tries to Win Over Women By Claiming Romney Can't Overturn Roe v. Wade
By Miranda Blue | October 16, 2012 4:25 pm
Concerned Women for America is trying out a novel strategy in its fight to draw women to support Mitt Romney this November: denying that the next president can do anything to eliminate abortion rights. In a new TV ad, CWA counters a MoveOn.org ad featuring female celebrities talking about the issue of reproductive rights in the presidential election. In the CWA ad, women derisively call the MoveOn.org supporters "Hollywood women" and mock the contention that a President Mitt Romney would "overturn Roe v. Wade."
"Have they ever heard of the separation of powers?" asks one Concerned Woman.
Maybe it's CWA that needs the civics lesson. Mitt Romney has repeatedly stated that he would choose Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. It even says so on his website. With as many as three Justices possibly retiring in the next four years, Romney might very well have the opportunity to shape a court that would take away the right to choose.
Which, of course, is what CWA has been working toward since its founding. A petition on CWA's website calls for signers to support "any and all legislative efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade" and "support pro-life nominees to the courts." A pamphlet the group distributed shortly before President Obama's inauguration said anti-choice advocates should work to "pass limits on abortion and appoint judges who will overturn Roe." And here's the CWA's blog discussing an Alabama Supreme Court ruling in February that challenged Roe.
This ruling has major implications for the pro-life movement. First, it clearly mirrors the growing sentiments of a majority of Americans who are pro-life, especially our younger generation. Second, Alabama has set a clear precedent that more states are expected to emulate. Finally, as state laws continue to represent Americans' growing pro-life attitude, the U.S. Supreme Court will be called upon to reconsider and, ultimately, repeal Roe.
Unveiling the deception of Roe shouldn't be a difficult task. Mario Diaz, Esq., Legal Counsel for Concerned Women for America, explains, "Legally speaking, Roe v. Wade is simply indefensible. It rests on the false premise that the 'fetus' is not a 'person' because the Justices say so. The scientific bases for that claim simply were not there in 1973, and they are not there now. In fact, JusticeBlackmun acknowledged that '[i]f this suggestion of personhood is established, [Roe's] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [Fourteenth] Amendment.' Advances in science have been proving just that: we are dealing with a baby, not a blob of tissue as some conveniently tried to tell us. This decision by the Alabama Supreme Court is another indication that Roe's house of cards is slowly tumbling down."
Pro-life conservatives can only hope that the Supreme Court revisits the abortion question sooner rather than later. With a few more decisions like the one in Alabama, we may just hold the legal trump card when that time comes.
Romney himself as also tried this tactic, claiming that there is nothing he would do to restrict abortion rights. A New York Times editorial this morning sets that notion straight.
Tags: Mitt Romney Abortion Election 2012 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Concerned Women for America
AUL: Stall Supreme Court Nominee To 'Roll Back Roe v. Wade'
Pat Robertson: 'Ask God Why He Didn't Kill' Justices Behind Roe V. Wade
At World Congress of Families, Anti-Choice Activists Celebrate Victories & Map Strategy To Overturn Roe v Wade
Supreme Court Rejects Attempt At Restrictive Six-Week Abortion Ban


MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore repatriated 43 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday.
These repatriations are a result of three separate interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits. The events consisted of Cubans attempting to illegally enter the United States on unseaworthy vessels commonly referred to as "rustics" or "chugs." In these instances, the Coast Guard not only helped secure the U.S. border, but they also prevented perilous sea voyages from ending in tragedy.
The Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore, along with numerous other Coast Guard patrol boats and aircraft, aggressively patrol the Florida Straits to detect and deter illegal and unsafe maritime migration. Safety of life at sea is always the Coast Guard's top priority.
In fiscal year 2015, 4,462 Cuban migrants attempted to illegally migrate to the U.S. via the sea. These numbers represent the total amount of at-sea interdictions, landings and disruptions in the Florida Straits, the Caribbean and Atlantic.


How can donors be sure that the money they give will go to fund the things they want? Mr. Marcus says it is time to hold administrators' feet to the fire. Along with John M. Templeton Jr. and the John William Pope Foundation, Mr. Marcus has provided the seed money ($5 million) for the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE). The Indianapolis-based center, launched last month, aims to help donors "use philanthropy as a lever to reform higher education," says Frederic Fransen, its executive director. Reform includes a greater emphasis on core curricula, a free-market understanding of economics, a more balanced approach to politics, affordable tuition, tenured faculty who spend more time in the classroom, greater transparency in university governance, and an end to grade inflation.
"For a buck, universities would do anything," Mr. Marcus said in a recent interview.
To quote my own Distinguished Patron, Candidia Cruikshanks, "Philanthropy is the best friend Wealth Bond*ge ever had. There is nothing these Universities won't do for a buck. It's the Free Market, Sweetie. Get used to it."


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1986 Murder Conviction Upheld
PIERRE, S.D – Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that First Circuit Court Judge Bruce Anderson has upheld Lewis Ashker's first degree murder conviction.
In 1986, Ashker was convicted by a jury of first degree murder of Jerry Plihal, who died of multiple stab wounds. Both Ashker's conviction and sentence were affirmed by the South Dakota Supreme Court in 1987. Ashker secured federal habeas relief in 1992, but that was later reversed by the Eighth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.
Ashker's then filed a request for a new trial under SDCL Ch. 23-5B, a law passed in 2009 that allows convicted felons to have DNA testing done in their case if a number of conditions are met. Ashker sought, and received, mitochondrial DNA testing on certain hairs that were found in the victim's right hand and neck wound. The Arizona Department of Public Safety Criminal Laboratory completed the testing. The lab determined that two of the hairs tested had a high probability they belong to the victim. The results from the other hairs showed that either the victim could not be ruled out as a source for these hairs or that further results were inconclusive. Accordingly, no results exonerated Ashker from the jury conviction. This led Judge Anderson to conclude that there was an insufficient basis under the statute to grant Ashker a new trial. Ashker remains incarcerated in the South Dakota State penitentiary.


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1930s Films
Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer Shine In "When Tomorrow Comes"
08.24.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, KL Studio Classics, Onslow Stevens | no comments
Now available on Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics is the 1939 melodrama When Tomorrow Comes. Stopping at a diner, noted concert pianist Philip Chagal (Charles Boyer) felt an immediate and mutual attraction to working-class server Helen Lawrence (Irene Dunne). As…
Guest Review: The Bishop Murder Case
05.25.22 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1930s Films, Philo Vance, The Bishop Murder Case, Wayback Wednesday | no comments
Before Basil Rathbone donned the deerstalker to play Sherlock Holmes in 14 films, he portrayed the dapper sleuth Philo Vance in The Bishop Murder Case (1930), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first film to feature S.S. Van Dine's famous detective hero. Paramount Pictures brought…
Create-A-Caption: The Wizard of Oz
05.11.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz | no comments
We're off to see the Wizard in this week's Create-A-Caption! Since premiering in 1939, The Wizard of Oz has rightfully earned its place in Hollywood history as one of — if not the most — beloved family films in history….
These W.C. Fields Comedy Classics Are Available Now!
04.20.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, KL Studio Classics, W.C. Fields | no comments
Now available via KL Studio Classics, the following W.C. Fields masterpieces will put a smile on your face. Check out the following titles, which are hilarious to watch everywhere, including Philadelphia! You're Telling Me (1934) Training home after yet another…
Obscure Classics: Once to Every Woman
03.09.22 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1930s Films, Columbia Pictures, Fay Wray, Pre-Code, Pre-Code Hollywood, Ralph Bellamy | no comments
In today's guest post, Constance Metzinger looks at a movie that is not on DVD or Blu-ray but should be: 1934's Once to Every Woman. Grey's Anatomy 1934. Well, not quite. But if you want to see what a 1930s…
Barbara Stanwyck Is Unforgettable In "Annie Oakley"
03.02.22 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1930s Films, Annie Oakley, Barbara Stanwyck, George Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Westerns | no comments
"Barbara Stanwyck is splendid in the role of Annie Oakley; this is indeed her most striking performance in a long time" Andre Sennwald, a New York Times reporter, stated the above shortly after seeing the premiere of Annie Oakley in…
Clark Gable and Constance Bennett Delight in "After Office Hours"
10.20.21 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1930s Films, After Office Hours, Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, MGM | no comments
Clark Gable and Constance Bennett, two of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the early 1930s, teamed up only once for a fast-paced mystery/drama called After Office Hours (1935). This MGM release featured the King of Hollywood in a typical…
These Mae West Classics Are Being Released by Kino Lorber!
06.28.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, 1940s Films, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Kino Lorber, Louis Armstrong, Mae West, Pre-Code Hollywood, W.C. Fields | no comments
Legendary actress Mae West is celebrated in nine new releases from Kino Lorber that showcase her work at the height of her popularity in the 1930s and '40s. Available on June 29th, these titles are: Night After Night (1932) Retired…
These Classic Movies Are Now Available from KL Studio Classics
09.20.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, 1940s Films, Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Henry Fonda, Keye Luke, KL Studio Classics | no comments
A quartet of film favorites are now available from KL Studio Classics, take a look: Spawn of the North (1938) The hazardous life of Alaskan salmon fishermen was vividly brought to life in this rugged drama. Jim Kimmerlee (Henry Fonda)…
Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler Shine in "Shipmates Forever"
05.07.20 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: 1930s Films, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler | no comments
Singing sensation Dick Powell and dancer Ruby Keeler were a match made in musical heaven and they had great success in the early 1930s as an on-screen duo. In 1934, Warner Brothers teamed them up in Flirtation Walk, a light-hearted…


Should we re-elect Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto?
Rob Ford cares about tax payers and we need to elect someone who will keep taxes low.
Rob Ford's successes with the budget have been mostly exaggered.
Rob Ford's personal life is not as important as his policies. It is worth re-electing Ford because he is doing a good job.
He has shown a significant interest in improving his personal behavior. His time in rehab proves that he is committed to change.
Rob Ford's behavior should exclude him from consideration in this election. Toronto needs a Mayor who can represent the city and who the people can be proud of.
Should we re-elect Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto on October 27, 2014?
No, we should not re-elect Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto.
Yes, we should re-elect Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto.


ABC: THE BACHELOR gained 0.2 to 1.8, while THE GOOD DOCTOR slipped 0.1 to 1.1.
CBS: BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION dropped 0.3 from last Monday to 1.1, and MAGNUM PI stayed at 0.7. The night ended with a BULL rerun at 0.6.
NBC: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT rose 0.2 to 1.8, and MANIFEST was steady at 1.0.
FOX: THE RESIDENT (0.9) and THE PASSAGE (0.9) were each down 0.1.
CW: ARROW (0.4) and BLACK LIGHTNING (0.3) were steady.
Because tonight was the original date scheduled for the State of the Union Address, the networks had to scramble when the speech was postponed, leading to a line-up tonight heavy with reruns.


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Q: Mod p cohomology ring of real projective space I have looked at five algebraic topology books, but the only computation of cohomology ring of $\mathbb{RP}^\infty$ which I could found is with $\mathbb{Z}_2$-coefficient :
  $$ H^*(\mathbb{RP}^\infty, \mathbb{Z}_2) \cong \mathbb{Z}_2[\alpha] $$
where $\alpha$ generator of degree 1.
From this computation, using the homomorphismes $\mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}_2$ or $\mathbb{Z}_{2k} \to \mathbb{Z}_2$, looking at induced map of chain complexes, I believe we can compute cohomology with coefficient in $\mathbb{Z}$ or $\mathbb{Z}_{2k}$.
However, the question : how to compute cohomology ring of real projective space with $\mathbb{Z}_p$ coefficient? We have no such morphism of groups.

A: For odd $p$, one has $H^*(\Bbb RP^\infty; \Bbb Z_p)=0$.
Consider the cellular cochain complex of $\Bbb RP^\infty$ with $\Bbb Z_p$-coefficients:
$$\cdots \stackrel{\cdot 2}{\leftarrow} \Bbb Z_p \stackrel{0}{\leftarrow} \Bbb Z_p \stackrel{\cdot 2}{\leftarrow} \Bbb Z_p\stackrel{0}{\leftarrow} \Bbb Z_p\leftarrow 0.$$
Note that $2\Bbb Z_p = \Bbb Z_p$ and $\ker(\Bbb Z_p \stackrel{\cdot 2}{\leftarrow}\Bbb Z_p)=0$, hence all cohomology groups vanish.

A: I see that an answer has already been posted, but I am posting my answer because I wrote it up and used a different technique.

By universal coefficient theorem, we have the following short exact sequence
$$0 \to \text{Ext}^1_{\Bbb Z}(H_{n-1}(\Bbb{RP}^\infty), \Bbb Z/p) \to H^n(\Bbb{RP}^\infty; \Bbb Z/p) \to \hom(H_n(\Bbb{RP}^\infty), \Bbb Z/p)  \to 0$$
Whatever the parity of $n$ is, either the Ext term or the hom term is zero because $\Bbb {RP}^\infty$ do not have nontrivial cohomology in adjacent dimensions, and $\text{Ext}^1(\Bbb Z/2, \Bbb Z/p)$ and $\hom(\Bbb Z/2, \Bbb Z/p)$ are both trivial if $p$ is odd because the former is just $\Bbb Z_p/\text{ker}(\Bbb Z_p \stackrel{\times 2}{\to} \Bbb Z_p)$ and the latter is $0$ too since $\Bbb Z/p$ has no element of order $2$, so the generator must go to $0$.
Thus, all the cohomology groups of $\Bbb{RP}^\infty$ with mod $p$ coefficients are $0$. Hence $H^*(\Bbb{RP}^\infty; \Bbb Z/p) \cong 0$.