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from mock import MagicMock
import os
import six
import unittest

import dbt.clients.system
import dbt.compilation
import dbt.exceptions
import dbt.flags
import dbt.linker
import dbt.model
import dbt.project
import dbt.templates
import dbt.utils

import networkx as nx

from dbt.logger import GLOBAL_LOGGER as logger # noqa

class GraphTest(unittest.TestCase):

    def tearDown(self):
        nx.write_gpickle = self.real_write_gpickle
        dbt.utils.dependency_projects = self.real_dependency_projects
        dbt.clients.system.find_matching = self.real_find_matching
        dbt.clients.system.load_file_contents = self.real_load_file_contents

    def setUp(self):
        dbt.flags.STRICT_MODE = True

        def mock_write_gpickle(graph, outfile):
            self.graph_result = graph

        self.real_write_gpickle = nx.write_gpickle
        nx.write_gpickle = mock_write_gpickle

        self.graph_result = None

        self.profiles = {
            'test': {
                'outputs': {
                    'test': {
                        'type': 'postgres',
                        'threads': 4,
                        'host': 'database',
                        'port': 5432,
                        'user': 'root',
                        'pass': 'password',
                        'dbname': 'dbt',
                        'schema': 'dbt_test'
                    }
                },
                'target': 'test'
            }
        }

        self.real_dependency_projects = dbt.utils.dependency_projects
        dbt.utils.dependency_projects = MagicMock(return_value=[])

        self.mock_models = []
        self.mock_content = {}

        def mock_find_matching(root_path, relative_paths_to_search,
                               file_pattern):
            if 'sql' not in file_pattern:
                return []

            to_return = []

            if 'models' in relative_paths_to_search:
                to_return = to_return + self.mock_models

            return to_return

        self.real_find_matching = dbt.clients.system.find_matching
        dbt.clients.system.find_matching = MagicMock(
            side_effect=mock_find_matching)

        def mock_load_file_contents(path):
            return self.mock_content[path]

        self.real_load_file_contents = dbt.clients.system.load_file_contents
        dbt.clients.system.load_file_contents = MagicMock(
            side_effect=mock_load_file_contents)

    def get_project(self, extra_cfg=None):
        if extra_cfg is None:
            extra_cfg = {}

        cfg = {
            'name': 'test_models_compile',
            'version': '0.1',
            'profile': 'test',
            'project-root': os.path.abspath('.'),
        }
        cfg.update(extra_cfg)

        project = dbt.project.Project(
            cfg=cfg,
            profiles=self.profiles,
            profiles_dir=None)

        project.validate()
        return project

    def get_compiler(self, project):
        return dbt.compilation.Compiler(project)

    def use_models(self, models):
        for k, v in models.items():
            path = os.path.abspath('models/{}.sql'.format(k))
            self.mock_models.append({
                'searched_path': 'models',
                'absolute_path': path,
                'relative_path': '{}.sql'.format(k)})
            self.mock_content[path] = v

    def test__single_model(self):
        self.use_models({
            'model_one': 'select * from events',
        })

        compiler = self.get_compiler(self.get_project())
        graph, linker = compiler.compile()

        self.assertEquals(
            linker.nodes(),
            ['model.test_models_compile.model_one'])

        self.assertEquals(
            linker.edges(),
            [])

    def test__two_models_simple_ref(self):
        self.use_models({
            'model_one': 'select * from events',
            'model_two': "select * from {{ref('model_one')}}",
        })

        compiler = self.get_compiler(self.get_project())
        graph, linker = compiler.compile()

        six.assertCountEqual(self,
                             linker.nodes(),
                             [
                                 'model.test_models_compile.model_one',
                                 'model.test_models_compile.model_two',
                             ])

        six.assertCountEqual(
            self,
            linker.edges(),
            [ ('model.test_models_compile.model_one','model.test_models_compile.model_two',) ])

    def test__model_materializations(self):
        self.use_models({
            'model_one': 'select * from events',
            'model_two': "select * from {{ref('model_one')}}",
            'model_three': "select * from events",
            'model_four': "select * from events",
        })

        cfg = {
            "models": {
                "materialized": "table",
                "test_models_compile": {
                    "model_one": {"materialized": "table"},
                    "model_two": {"materialized": "view"},
                    "model_three": {"materialized": "ephemeral"}
                }
            }
        }

        compiler = self.get_compiler(self.get_project(cfg))
        graph, linker = compiler.compile()

        expected_materialization = {
            "model_one": "table",
            "model_two": "view",
            "model_three": "ephemeral",
            "model_four": "table"
        }

        nodes = linker.graph.node

        for model, expected in expected_materialization.items():
            key = 'model.test_models_compile.{}'.format(model)
            actual = nodes[key].get('config', {}) \
                               .get('materialized')
            self.assertEquals(actual, expected)

    def test__model_incremental(self):
        self.use_models({
            'model_one': 'select * from events'
        })

        cfg = {
            "models": {
                "test_models_compile": {
                    "model_one": {
                        "materialized": "incremental",
                        "sql_where": "created_at",
                        "unique_key": "id"
                    },
                }
            }
        }

        compiler = self.get_compiler(self.get_project(cfg))
        graph, linker = compiler.compile()

        node = 'model.test_models_compile.model_one'

        self.assertEqual(linker.nodes(), [node])
        self.assertEqual(linker.edges(), [])

        self.assertEqual(
                linker.graph.node[node].get('config', {}).get('materialized'),
                'incremental')

    def test__dependency_list(self):
        self.use_models({
            'model_1': 'select * from events',
            'model_2': 'select * from {{ ref("model_1") }}',
            'model_3': '''
                select * from {{ ref("model_1") }}
                union all
                select * from {{ ref("model_2") }}
            ''',
            'model_4': 'select * from {{ ref("model_3") }}'
        })

        compiler = self.get_compiler(self.get_project({}))
        graph, linker = compiler.compile()

        actual_dep_list = linker.as_dependency_list()

        expected_dep_list = [
            ['model.test_models_compile.model_1'],
            ['model.test_models_compile.model_2'],
            ['model.test_models_compile.model_3'],
            ['model.test_models_compile.model_4'],
        ]

        self.assertEqual(actual_dep_list, expected_dep_list)


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Жак Готко (Янкель или Яков Готковский, , 1899, Одесса — 2 января 1944, Освенцим, Польша) — живописец, график, гравёр, художник кино, художник «еврейского Монпарнаса» Парижской школы. За еврейское происхождение был депортирован и погиб в Освенциме.

Биография

Яков Готковский родился в 1899 году в Одессе в Херсонской губернии. В 1905 году семья, опасаясь погромов, эмигрировала в Париж. Отец работал рабочим на заводе Fiat. В 1913 году умер его отец и семья оказалась в трудном финансовом положении. У Готко была сестра Рене (Renée, род. 31 октября 1895 года в Одессе). Готко учился архитектуре и дизайну, а также художественной постановке кино и театра в Школе изящных искусств у . По окончании учёбы работал арт-директором и художником-постановщиком на киностудии, на картине  (1934, совместно с художниками Жоржем Вакевичем и ), режиссёр , на картине  (1935, совместно с Робером Ги), режиссёр Макс Офюльс, на картине  (1935), режиссёр , на картине  (1936, совместно с Жоржем Вакевичем), режиссёр Кристиан-Жак, на картине  (1937, совместно с Жоржем Вакевичем), режиссёр Ив Миранд.

Женился на француженке. В 1937 году Готко с женой, матерью и сестрой оставил Париж и поселился в департаменте Приморская Шаранта на южном побережье Франции, где вплотную занялся живописью, рисовал пейзажи и портреты. Его живописные работы имели успех и выставлялись в «Салоне Независимых» (1921—1939, с перерывами), «Осеннем салоне» (1927, 1937). Участвовал в групповых выставках. 26 апреля 1939 года в галерее Джин Кастель (Jeanne Castel) в Париже прошла его персональная выставка акварелей, написанных в Шаранте.

21 мая 1941 года Готко арестовали как еврея в ходе операции «Зелёный билет», когда людям было приказано явиться в полицейский участок в Париже, откуда они были отправлены в лагерь Руалье в Компьене. Первоначально Готко поместили в «советской» части лагеря, а затем перевели в «еврейскую». Все картины в студии в Шаранте были уничтожены как «дегенеративные». Лагерный номер Готко был 1496. В Компьене продолжал работать, вырезая из дерева гравюры, создавая рисунки и акварели, сцены из ежедневной жизни лагеря. Некоторые работы передал из лагеря жене. Вместе с Абрамом Йозефом Берлиным (1894—1942), Давидом Гойхманом (1900—1942) и  организовал в мае 1942 года в лагере выставку. В сентябре 1942 года переведён в лагерь Дранси, где рисовал портреты. Через некоторое время мать и сестру Готко арестовали в Бордо, также интернировали в Дранси, 11 ноября 1942 года он был свидетелем того, как их отправили в лагерь смерти Освенцим. 31 июля 1943 года Готко был депортирован в Освенцим конвоем № 57. По прибытии в Освенцим, он был выбран для работы в составе 363 мужчин, прибывших с конвоем. Ему была сделана татуировка с номером 130612. Умер 2 января 1944 года от сыпного тифа в возрасте 44 лет.

Некоторые работы сохранись благодаря выжившим друзьям, художнику Изису Кишке и историку , которые были также узниками лагеря вместе с Готко и передали некоторые его работы, созданные в лагере, галерее дома-мемориала борцов гетто «Бейт Лохамей ха-геттаот» и мемориалу «Яд ва-Шем» в Израиле, где они хранятся в настоящее время. Жорж Веллер посвятил свою книгу From Drancy to Auschwitz Жаку Готко, его матери и сестре. Другие уцелевшие творения Готко хранятся в коллекции Музея современного искусства в Париже, а также в Мемориальном музее Холокоста в США, линогравюру в 2018 году Мемориальному музею Холокоста подарили Дебора Пирсон (Deborah Pearson) и Джанет Вальдман (Janet Waldman), наследницы Джорджа Вальдмана (George Louis Waldman, 1890—1972), узника лагеря Руалье с декабря 1941 года по июль 1943 года. С 28 февраля по 12 марта 1955 году работы художника были показаны Музеем еврейского искусства в Париже на выставке художников и скульпторов, погибших в депортации (Oeuvres d'artistes juifs morts en déportation), в . В 2005 году работы Готко участвовали в выставке «Депортированный Монпарнас» в Музее Монпарнаса.

Примечания

Литература

Художники Франции XX века
Парижская школа
Художники кино Франции
Жертвы Холокоста
Заключённые концлагеря Дранси

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Laphroaig's 'The Ian Hunter Series' Hits Shelves At $2,000 A Bottle
If unique and exclusive whiskies are your kryptonite, then we've got some bad news for your bank account.
Islay Scotch whisky distillers, Laphroaig, have begun releasing an annual dram of legacy-inspired whisky, one to sure tickle the tonsils of any Laphroaig fans across the world.
The inaugural release is titled Book One: Unique Character, and is a tribute to Ian Hunter, the youngest member of Laphroaig's founding Johnson family and a polarising individual of the early 20th-century Scotch whisky industry.
Only 400, 9L cases will be produced globally of this rare 30-year-old whisky, which represents everything that is traditional about Laphroaig today. This whisky is matured solely in ex-bourbon barrels as a tribute to Hunter, who was successful in selling Laphroaig to America during prohibition by leveraging the spirit's unique character so it could be sold for medicinal purposes.
The limited-edition whisky is available at selected retailers from the end of January for an RRP of $2,000 AUD. Book Two will be released in 2021.
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Peter Jensen is having an Archive Sample Sale on the 27th, 28th and 30th April at their studio in Dalston, where you'll find exclusive pieces straight from their iconic catwalk shows and presentations – covering 18 years of fashion history! Pieces are one-off womenswear, menswear and accessories. Cash and card accepted.


International Consolidated Airlines Group's drastic cuts at its Iberia unit highlights just how difficult it is for flag carriers to compete with low cost carriers. IAG's plans to cut 4,500 jobs, downsize its fleet by 25 aircraft and reduce capacity by 25% at its Spanish operations comes on top of swingeing job cuts announced at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM.
Rising fuel costs and slack growth in much of Europe are problems for most European airlines but this is compounded by unionized workforces that inflate non-fuel costs making it well nigh impossible for them to compete on cost with low cost airlines.
The collapse of several regional airlines such as Hungary's Malev, Spanair and Danish airline Cimber Sterling Group has added to the overall cut in capacity, boosting the success of no-frills airlines such as Ryanair even more.
"IAG is in survival mode and these aggressive cuts represent a very significant capacity reduction," said Gert Zonneveld, analyst at Panmure Gordon.


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Q: How to specify variable bounds in a clean way? /*@
    requires 0 <= lb < N_LOG_BLOCKS &&  0 <= lp < N_PAGE ;
    requires  (  1 <= h_clean_counter + l_clean_counter <= N_PHY_BLOCKS );
    requires 0 <= h_act_block_index_p < N_PHY_BLOCKS &&   0 <= h_act_page_p < N_PAGE;
    requires 0 <= l_act_block_index_p < N_PHY_BLOCKS &&   0 <= l_act_page_p < N_PAGE;
    requires 0 <= l_to_p[lb][lp] < N_PHY_BLOCKS * N_PAGE || l_to_p[lb][lp] == -1;
    requires -2147483648 <= d <= 2147283647 ;
    requires 0 <=  chance_index_p < LRU_SIZE;
    requires 0 <= index_2_physical[h_act_block_index_p] < N_PHY_BLOCKS ;
    requires \forall integer i; 0 <= i < N_PHY_BLOCKS ==> 0 <= index_2_physical[i] < N_PHY_BLOCKS;

    requires 0 <= l_array_counter < N_PHY_BLOCKS/2;
    requires l_clean_counter == low_array_counter;
    requires h_clean_counter == high_array_counter;
...
*/

My code has tons of variables with some intended bound. As a result, I need to put all these bound constraints in all "requires" and "ensures" regions of all functions.  I wonder whether there is a smarter way for me to specify the variable bound, preferably in a global manner.

A: If these bounds are indeed the same for all functions and you have global variables or the formals are consistently named across all functions, I'd say that this is something MetAcsl can do for you, with something like (for your first requires)
/*@ meta \prop,
  \name(lb_bounds),
  \context(\precond),
  \targets(\ALL),
  0 <= lb < N_LOG_BLOCKS;
*/

[NB: I haven't tried to type-check it, it may contain typos]
Basically, this tells MetAcsl to insert a pre-condition (because of the \precond context) to \ALL functions saying 0<= lb < N_LOG_BLOCKS.
You can find more information about the annotations that can be generated by MetAcsl on its gitlab repository.

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Mayor Glover's Parallel Universe – Forward Now!
Today's Shreveport Times article forced me to recheck my pulse. Glover's proclamation, "every effort to comply with the provisions" seemed a stretch, even for the Times. However, I bit, and read on. Then I had to check the calendar. Had I become Rip van Winkle and slept through 2012 and the first half of 2013? The diametrically opposed facts stated in this article, relating to the mayor's claims about his "efforts" and the facts that seem to be in the record made me pause again.
Dealing in data it is often difficult to read fiction seriously. So I brought out my recently constructed list of dates and court documents. Nope, the mayor truly is living in a parallel universe. Not a single item prior to the ruling indicated the mayor was "making an effort." As a matter of fact, every effort he made was to oppose, obfuscate facts, deter reconciliation and block efforts of all parties to build constructive discussions.
All we have seen lately is efforts of the mayor to change the conversation and "here, let me buy you a sandwich." Sorry mayor, but the public is tired of paying your bills and we can only hope the courts feel the same way about your failure to honestly comply with your duties to citizens of the city of Shreveport.


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Let all of your Jason-crazy out in here - and please don't hold back, because none of us ever do.
Let the new adventures begin!!!
LOL re Jason, family and friends "Dancing their way Through Idaho!"
Do we detect any changes?
And can I just say about the clips @Karpenko posted: (1) that's such a pretty quad! (2) in the TCC clip I love seeing the two people in the front row with insanely happy grins, the little white haired lady struggling to her feet to give him a standing o, and his crossed fingers while he waits his score. (3) I don't care what anyone says, I love Scott and Sandra's commentary to Riverdance. What kind of look do you think Scott gave Sabdra when she says, "a little two foot on that"?
That was classic and memorable repartee between Sandra and Scott. I think Sandra was the more likely one to have given Scott a poke in the ribs and/or the evil eye for his obvious over-enthusiastic oversight re Jason's slight double-footed second 3-axel, which was a minor mistake in an otherwise brilliant, star-making performance. Sandra did soften her accurate correction of Scott's OTT utterance, with an immediate complimentary comment about Jason, as I recall.
And thanks for those links @Tavi!
Does anyone know more details about Jason working with Frank Carroll?
Looking forward to Jason competing ALL year this time around!
Icenetwork has Jason's exhibition program from the Sun Valley Ice Show. He's the last one to skate, if you want to fast forward to him.
@el henry Fais Do Do! That's how it is when it comes to Jason!
I'm confused about the mention of Jason and Frank Carroll. Has he switched coaches? Moved training locations?
As far as we know, he is working with Frank this summer but has not changed coaches. When he was struggling with the 3A Kori had had him work with other coaches including Tom Z, so presumably it's something similar now. According to the most recent TSL, he will be working with Frank until Glacier Falls; Kori and the rest of her kids will join him there a few days before that.
Icenetwork has the second half of the Sun Valley Ice Show up. Jason's skate starts at around the 27:45 mark.
That's probably a good move to work with a legendary coach at least for part of a season. Good for Kori that she can easily share the coaching with others. She seems to be all about what her skaters need. It seems common anyway, for top skaters to seek the advise of more than one coach .
^^ Thanks for the closer, unobstructed view @skatesindreams. Jason looks well-trained and sharp for this point in the off-season. Great job and wishing Jason lots of luck and success for remainder of summer and for the new season!
I am not that enamored of Jason's costume, but I do like that it seems they made some slight changes from what the outfit looked like on Jason at TCC. The adjustments they made give his body longer lines and make his limbs not as cut-off looking/ out of proportion. I'm not sure about the different shades of blue. I liked Jason's Liebstraume light blue outfit better than this one. But at least the more streamlined look here is better than at TCC.
If he hits at Nationals I think he's got a great shot at Worlds this year. Great start!
A poster on GS at the comp said that none other than Frank Flippin' Carroll gave Jason a standing O at the end of his FS.
That back spiral was pretty spectacular.
Couldn't help posting this epic photo in Nagoya, Japan. Watch how exactly he copied the posture of the statue above the fountain. Can't wait to see his debut in THE ICE. His Japanese messages are so natural and fluent. He must be warmly welcomed by Japanese fans.
How Jason does his ponytail.
Even though the recipe didn't appeal to me, it's a lot of fun watching Jason enjoying himself.
It's a bit like a healthy version of cold sesame noodles. Well, kinda!
Definitely not in my flavor profiles but I think Jason could make reading the phone book aloud fun. His joy of life is catching!!


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require 'spec_helper'

describe 'RailsAdmin PaperTrail history', active_record: true do
  describe 'model history fetch' do
    before(:all) do
      RailsAdmin.config do |config|
        config.audit_with :paper_trail, 'User', 'PaperTrail::Version'
      end
    end

    before(:each) do
      PaperTrail::Version.delete_all
      @model = RailsAdmin::AbstractModel.new('PaperTrailTest')
      @user = FactoryGirl.create :user
      @paper_trail_test = FactoryGirl.create :paper_trail_test
      with_versioning do
        PaperTrail.whodunnit = @user.id
        30.times do |i|
          @paper_trail_test.update!(name: "updated name #{i}")
        end
      end
    end

    it 'creates versions' do
      expect(PaperTrail::Version.count).to eq(30)
    end

    describe 'model history fetch with auditing adapter' do
      before(:all) do
        @adapter = RailsAdmin::Extensions::PaperTrail::AuditingAdapter.new(nil, 'User', 'PaperTrail::Version')
      end

      it 'fetches on page of history' do
        versions = @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, false, nil, 20
        expect(versions.total_count).to eq(30)
        expect(versions.count).to eq(20)
      end

      it 'respects RailsAdmin::Config.default_items_per_page' do
        RailsAdmin.config.default_items_per_page = 15
        versions = @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, false, nil
        expect(versions.total_count).to eq(30)
        expect(versions.count).to eq(15)
      end

      it 'sets correct next page' do
        versions = @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, false, 2, 10
        expect(versions.next_page).to eq(3)
      end

      it 'can fetch all history' do
        versions = @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, true, nil, 20
        expect(versions.total_count).to eq(30)
        expect(versions.count).to eq(30)
      end

      describe 'returned version objects' do
        before(:each) do
          @padinated_listing = @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, false, nil
          @version = @padinated_listing.first
        end

        it '#username returns user email' do
          expect(@version.username).to eq(@user.email)
        end

        it '#message returns event' do
          expect(@version.message).to eq('update')
        end

        describe 'changed item attributes' do
          it '#item returns item.id' do
            expect(@version.item).to eq(@paper_trail_test.id)
          end

          it '#table returns item class name' do
            expect(@version.table.to_s).to eq('PaperTrailTest')
          end
        end

        context 'with Kaminari' do
          before do
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            @adapter.listing_for_model @model, nil, false, false, false, nil
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        end
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Richie Benaud's Police, Camera, Action!
MORNING everyone, and welcome to a busy stretch of the M25 where some crazed lunatic has taken it upon himself to cut his fellow drivers up, with little or no consideration for other motorists. The consequences of the sort of driving we've just witnessed could've been disastrous.
But not quite as disastrous as the time Geoffrey Boycott ran local hero Derek Randall out in front of a packed Trent Bridge in 1977 – tragedy for the youngster, although unlike the mad driver, Boycott went on to score a century and didn't get fined £750 for his troubles.
Statistics have shown that there are something like 2,500 deaths on the roads in the UK every year, mostly thanks to idiots like this woman driving a Range Rover in haphazard fashion – statistics to make anyone sit up and take note.
Speaking of statistics, it's worth noting that the last man to score a hundred hundreds in first class cricket was Mark Ramprakash, who I'm lead to believe has never driven his vehicle in such cavalier fashion. Indeed, he seems to spend much of his time on reality TV shows, when perhaps he'd be better advised working on that lofted off-drive of his.
Just look at these two boy racers – they obviously fancy themselves as a couple of budding Lewis Hamiltons. Ignorant of their fellow drivers they've run several red lights and have already caused another five cars to spin off the road – it's a miracle no-one's been hurt. And that's lunch here in the edit suite, as the runner brings in my KFC Bargain Bucket. Oh dear, that's full fat Pepsi – didn't ask for that – and looks like she's forgotten the Vienetta too. The last time I felt this disappointed was when Jack Russell, the ex-England wicket-keeper and professional artist, turned down my offer to pose nude for him.
Whilst road safety is a deadly serious subject, it's sometimes good to take a slightly sideways look at the crazy things that our brave traffic policemen see day in, day out. For instance, look at this old woman on her shopmobility cart, trundling along in the outside lane of the M62. You simply wouldn't read about it, would you?
Ooh dear – tragedy there. I think it's safe to say that the editor's decision to include footage of an old woman getting cleaned up by an articulated lorry is a poor one. Indeed, nearly as poor as Nasser Hussain's decision to insert the Australians at Brisbane in 2002.
It just goes to show you that a motorway is simply no place for a woman of such advanced age and limited horsepower. In some ways it reminds me of an incident some time ago when I took part in a charity cricket match – usual sort of thing, mixture of celebrities and ex-players. Stephen Hawking came in at number four and I don't mind telling you the running between the wickets was absolutely appalling.
Twilight Characters To Have Fumbling, Slightly Painful Attempt At Sex
THE next Twilight film will see Bella and Edward's relationship finally get physical in a massively humiliating and shame-filled way, it emerged last night.
Really bad at sex
Their awkward failed tryst is the culmination of the ever-strengthening bond of immortal love between the pair, coupled with Edward threatening to tell all their mates that Bella is a lesbian cow.
A spokesman for producers Summit Entertainment said: "They're in her room and Edward is fumbling for a johnny bag amongst all the other crap in his pockets – pulling out keys and old receipts while she struggles to keep looking sultry.
"But just as he gets it together Bella's dad walks in with hot drinks and a multi-biscuit selection.
"You think he's going to go fucking mental but actually he just apologises in a really shocked way, which is sort of worse. Thus their first go at it is cancelled."
However fans will see coitus successfully achieved later in the film, entitled Breaking Dawn.
"A couple of weeks later Edward turns up again with a bottle of whiskey he's nicked off his parents and a wildly optimistic amount of condoms, while Bella sticks on some Linkin Park.
"The next day Edward tells his mates everything, while Bella has a massive meltdown thinking she's got some imaginary bat disease like venereal rabies and goes to the doctor's with her best mate where she gets given a load of leaflets with pictures of pensive-looking girls on the front.
"He doesn't call her and when they bump into each other at a party a couple of weeks later it's really awkward. And that's about that really. End of saga."
Film critic Tom Logan said: "The portrayal of sex as being humiliating rather than magical allows the director to show some mild smut without compromising the franchise's creepy Mormon message about how fornicators are doomed to eternal torment.
"None of which will matter, of course, if you're a teenage girl 'in heat'."


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Home > Explore News > Coral Bleaching May be Induced by Hypoxia
Coral Bleaching May be Induced by Hypoxia
Research Area(s): Stressor Impacts and Mitigation / CHRP, Hypoxia; Other Topics / Sponsored Research
Region(s) of Study: Waterbodies / Caribbean Sea; Foreign Countries
Primary Contact(s): kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov
NCCOS-supported researchers found low oxygen (hypoxia) led to coral bleaching, mass coral mortality, and changes in the microbial community on a Caribbean coral reef. In 2017, hypoxia was detected on a coral reef in an inner bay on the coast of Panama. The reef was then compared to a nearby reef on the open coast, which remained well oxygenated. Over six days, the researchers documented the impacts of the hypoxic event to include the corals losing their symbiotic algae (coral bleaching), dramatic shifts in the microbial assemblage, including bacteria that are unique to hypoxic environments, and 50% loss of live coral cover.
In response to low oxygen, mobile invertebrates, such as brittle stars, aggregated on the top of boulder corals. Photo Credit: Maggie Johnson, WHOI.
While the impacts on corals persisted one year after the event, the microbial community rapidly rebounded within a month. This suggests that future studies focused on coral bleaching should consider measurements of oxygen in addition to temperature, as it too can cause a coral bleaching response. More generally, the documented difference in recovery trajectory between corals and reef-associated microbes provides guidance to conservation and management efforts interested in the response of coral reefs to environmental change.
This project is part of the NCCOS Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP) led by the University of Florida in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution. It is examining the impact of hypoxia on coral reef ecosystems.
Citation: Johnson, M.D., J.J. Scott, M. Leray, N. Lucey, L.M. Rodriguez Bravo, W.L. Wied and A.H. Altieri. 2021. Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef. Nature Communications 12: 4522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24777-3
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Morphometric study of the skull-cervical position in patients with skeletal Class II and III.
The skull-cervical position is an important factor in the morphological diagnosis of bone, joint and myofunctional discrepancies. Based on the various classes skeletal differences are observed in the locations that are critical points Craneometric diagnosis of orthostatic balance skull with the cervical portion of the spine. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare Skull-cervical position in skeletal class II and III. Hundred fourteen lateral skull radiographs were collected, analyzed and compared the craniometric points through cephalometric with Rocabado technique. The results show a statistically significant difference in the positions for each skeletal cranial both class distances as rotation between the skull and cervical portion of the spine.
KEY WORDS: Cephalometric; Cranial-cervical; Position; Skeletal class.


As part corporate engagement, Lalitpur Patriots team today visited the premises of Subaru Nepal. Managing Director Annie Gardner Vaidya welcomed the team. The event included a tour of the office, presentation on Subaru vehicles, cutting of a cake and presenting the visiting team with gifts. The Subaru team wished Lalitpur Patriots all the luck and support.


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PERMANENT STATE OF EXCEPTION
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Human Rights Defenders and Activists
A Parallel Justice System
The Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP), a special branch of the Public Prosecution responsible for prosecuting crimes that relate to "state security", has an expanding role in Egypt's justice system. The authorities justify this as a response to violent attacks by armed groups in the country. However, Amnesty International's research demonstrates how it functions as a tool of repression by misusing recently enacted counter-terrorism legislation to detain individuals for acts that should not even be criminalized, such as peacefully expressing critical views of the authorities, engaging in human rights work or waving a rainbow flag.
The growing role of the SSSP, along with the related use of a special police force, the National Security Agency (NSA), and special courts, also points to the emergence of what can be described as a parallel justice system. This comes in a context where a state of emergency is renewed continuously by President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. Since he took over power in 2013, the human rights situation in Egypt has deteriorated. The authorities have arbitrarily detained thousands, prosecuted hundreds in unfair trials, leading in many cases to death sentences, repressed protests and clamped down on civil society.
The hand of prompt justice is shackled by laws.
President Abdelfattah al-Sisi at the funeral of former Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, assassinated in June 2015
ABUSES BY THE SUPREME STATE SECURITY PROSECUTION IN EGYPT
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Supreme State Security Prosecution
Established in 1953, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) is responsible for investigating and prosecuting a wide range of activities that could constitute threats to "state security". Unusually, its prosecutors have powers that are usually reserved for judges when it comes to detaining suspects. The SSSP works in tandem with the NSA, a specialized police agency which conducts investigations, either initiating them itself or following SSSP instructions. Over the past two decades, the percentage of prosecutors who were educated at the Police Academy or who had previously served in the Ministry of Interior, including at the NSA, has grown significantly. Several prosecutors at the SSSP are former NSA officers; others are relatives of President al-Sisi and other top government officials. Since 2013, the numbers of those detained by the SSSP pending investigation has increased markedly.
Violations of fair trial guarantees
Amnesty International found that the SSSP is responsible, on a significant scale, for arbitrary detention on the basis of the misuse of vague national security legislations. Although most individuals whose cases it documented were detained pending investigation for "membership in" or "aiding" "terrorist" or "banned groups", the actual reason for their detention seemed to be their peaceful participation in protests, public statements they had made, such as posts on social media criticizing the President, or their political or human rights activities or backgrounds. Prosecutors based accusations against suspects mainly on NSA investigations case files, according to interviewees, even though Egypt's highest court has ruled that, on their own, they do not constitute "evidence".
Amnesty International's research showed that suspects are being systematically denied the right to effective legal representation. An analysis of documented cases revealed that suspects are never informed of their rights by either the police or the SSSP. Further, 60 victims said they were subjected to coercive methods at the SSSP, including by being blindfolded until reaching a prosecutor, subjected to verbal insults and derogatory comments that amounted to ill-treatment and threatened with being returned to the NSA, which is notorious for torturing detainees and interrogating them afterwards.
Amnesty International found that SSSP prosecutors systematically order suspects to be detained after questioning and repeatedly renew their detention every 15 days up to the maximum period available to them, 150 days. They then keep suspects in detention through requests to judges to renew it. The SSSP has the power to release them at any time, but invariably chooses not to do so.
Defence lawyers told Amnesty International that release orders issued by judges are implemented only following an "NSA approval". When the NSA does not give this "approval", the detainee may find themselves added as a suspect to a new or existing SSSP case or even subjected to enforced disappearance.
The SSSP limits judicial review and oversight of detention orders. Amnesty International found that it regularly prevented defendants from appealing against detention orders, in violation of their rights under Egyptian and international law.
Permanent State of Exception: the Video
This is the experience of many who have undergone an interrogation at the Supreme State Security Prosecution
Complicity in police violations
Amnesty International found that SSSP prosecutors were complicit in enforced disappearance and torture and other ill-treatment by systematically neglecting to investigate allegations of such practices by Egyptian police, particularly the NSA, and admitting confessions extracted under torture as evidence in trials. In some cases, such evidence led to defendants being sentenced to death and executed.
The lack of investigations into allegations of enforced disappearances is evident in official documents as well. According to the files of five judicial cases seen by Amnesty International, 339 of the 381 defendants who were in custody told prosecutors that they were subjected to enforced disappearances, but prosecutors took no action to investigate NSA officers for these allegations.
Information gathered by Amnesty International indicated that 46 of the 138 individuals whose cases it documented were subjected to torture or other ill-treatment in police custody, particularly in NSA detention. The most common methods of torture reported were the application of electricity to parts of the body, beating and suspension by the limbs. In three cases, victims reported that male doctors forced them to undergo forced anal tests or a sex determination test. In three other cases, detainees said that NSA officers had threatened them with rape. In only one case did the SSSP refer a detainee alleging torture to the Forensic Medical Authority. Further, to Amnesty International's knowledge, SSSP prosecutors have not investigated a single police officer for such abuse.
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Hostile environment for lawyers
Lawyers representing individuals prosecuted by the SSSP work in a hostile work environment, which undermines detainees' right to an effective defence. Of the 29 lawyers Amnesty International interviewed, 17 reported that they had decided to stop working on SSSP cases because they feared arrest and prosecution, threats and harassment.
Among the 138 cases that Amnesty International documented, 17 lawyers – 14 men and three women – have been arrested and prosecuted by the SSSP since September 2017. In at least nine cases, their prosecution appears to be in response to their work representing clients before the SSSP. The remaining eight were prosecuted because of their legitimate political activities.
Thirteen lawyers with whom Amnesty International spoke said they had been threatened or harassed during their work representing clients in front of the SSSP, either by prosecutors or by police officers operating there. Some reported being threatened by policemen at the SSSP with prosecution in SSSP cases because they were insisting on providing effective legal representation. Three female lawyers said they experienced demeaning comments, some with sexual connotations, by prosecutors, such as on their appearance and choice of clothes.
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PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PROSECUTED BY THE SSSP
Ramy Shaath, political activist
Alaa Abed El-Fattah, political activist
Ramy Shaath is a political activist who has played an instrumental role in co-founding several secular political movements in Egypt. He is also the co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Egypt and has been its Egypt coordinator since 2015. As part of his activism, Ramy raises public awareness about Palestinians' rights and has been vocal in the media in denouncing the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. The Egyptian authorities have been harassing Ramy for years because of his political activism. More recently, he was detained on 5 July 2019 on trumped-up charges as part of a case known as "Hope cell" which involves at least 105 individuals, many of whom are also detained.
Take Action for Ramy
Alaa Abed El-Fattah is a political activist and software engineer who rose to prominence during the 2011 uprising. Security forces re-arrested him on 29 September on charges of spreading false news and joining an illegal organization. Alaa had already served an unjust five-year prison sentence for participating in a peaceful protest in 2013, and he was required to spend 12 hours every night at a police station for five years upon his release.
Take Action for Alaa
Esraa Abdelfatah, human rights defender
Zyad el-Elaimy, former parliamentarian and human rights lawyer
Hoda Abdelmoniem, lawyer and human rights defender
Esraa Abdelfatah is one of the prominent human rights defenders who have been rounded up since the outbreak of 20 September's protests. She was also among the HRDs who were banned from travel in relation to the NGO foreign funding case known as "Case 173". On 12 October, she was abducted from her car before being taken to an undisclosed place of detention, managed by the National Security Agency (NSA) where she was tortured by officers who beat her, attempted to strangle her and forced her to stand for nearly eight hours.
Take Action for Esraa
Zyad el-Elaimy is a former parliamentarian and human rights lawyer. He was arbitrarily detained on 25 June 2019 in a known as "Hope case" over charges that relate to his peaceful political activities. His arrest is directly related to a coalition's plans to unite secular parties ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place in April-May 2020.
Take Action for Zyad
Hoda Abdelmoniem is a lawyer at the Egyptian Cassation and Supreme Constitutional Courts, as well as a former member of the National Council for Human Rights and of the Egyptian Bar Association. Since 2015, Hoda has been documenting human rights violations, including cases of enforced disappearances. Amnesty International believes that Hoda's activism, as well as her being a member of the defense team in several human rights cases, are the reasons behind her arbitrarily arrest and detention since 1 November 2018.
Take Action for Hoda
Mohamed el-Baqer, human rights lawyer
Mahienour el-Masry, human rights lawyer and political activist
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, researcher
Asmaa Dabees, feminist activist
Mohamed el-Baqer is a human rights lawyer and director of the Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms. On 29 September, he was arrested in the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) building while he was representing detained political activist Alaa Abdelfattah on the same unfounded charges as his client. He is a prisoner of conscience who is detained solely for his work defending victims of human rights violations.
Take Action for Mohamed
Mahienour el-Masry is a prominent human rights lawyer and political activist. She is committed to defending the rights of workers, women and refugees. On 22 September 2019, security officers in plainclothes arrested her and bundled her into a minivan, as she left the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) building in Cairo. An SSSP prosecutor later questioned Mahienour el-Masry on unfounded charges in a case related to the March 2019 anti-government protests. She is still detained solely for her peaceful work defending victims of human rights violations.
Take Action for Mahienour
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din is a 26-year-old researcher at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), where he focuses on the right to housing. He has been investigating Egypt's record of ensuring that everyone has access to safe and affordable housing, documenting forced evictions and Egypt's urban planning policies. On the night of 11 June 2019, plain clothed police took Ibrahim from the street near his home in Cairo. His family and lawyers enquired about him at the police station, but the authorities denied that he is in their custody and denied that he was detained at all.
Take Action for Ibrahim
Asmaa Dabees is a women human rights defender and a feminist activist. On 26 September 2019, she was kidnapped by security officers in plainclothes from a cafe in Damanhour, Egypt in the midst of a major crackdown following 20 September protests. She was forcibly disappeared for five days before appearing in front of a prosecutor who ordered her 15-days detention that has constantly renewed.
Egypt's Public Prosecutor should ensure that individuals being investigated by the SSSP are afforded fair trial guarantees. They must be able to meet with lawyers of their choice ahead of interrogations; have access to NSA investigation case files and any other documents relating to their case; and be able to challenge the lawfulness of their detention at all times before an ordinary judge. The Public Prosecutor should also ensure that lawyers are protected from threats and reprisals and that all lawyers detained solely for carrying out their work are released.
At the same time, the Public Prosecutor should open an independent commission of inquiry into the role of the SSSP in arbitrary detention, violations of fair trial guarantees and complicity in enforced disappearances and torture. The "assumption of judicial powers" by SSSP prosecutors should be ended and any pre-trial detention decisions should be taken by a judge. Allegations of violations by officials, including NSA officers, should be independently investigated and those responsible held accountable in the context of a fair trial. All those detained for peacefully expressing their opinions or for carrying out human rights or journalistic work should be immediately and unconditionally released; other detainees should be brought to trial promptly before a fair and impartial tribunal, or released.
Egypt's President should institute a system of independent national monitoring of all places of detention, including those run by the NSA. He should also ensure that accurate figures are published on the number of detainees in Egypt.


Well, you do if you're CEO; we just said that to get your attention. Most of the time you're the sole person to be accountable, make the final decision and have all the answers. CEO networking is a great way to test your thinking and learn from others.
And that's why we organise the Larato Inner Circle. It's lovely, every now and again, to come together, share ideas, talk about challenges, have a drink and listen to brilliant guest speakers.
We love running these events because they are just so good. We like to get people together, but more than that, we love the energy we create in a room by assembling elite business leaders: each with their own unique stories, triumphs and journeys.
We've had some great speakers. Did you hear about Sir Ken Olisa? That was seriously cool. I'm not sure we should admit it, but there was a moment of doubt whether we'd get someone as accomplished as him again. Not to fear though; we've delivered.
This time, we're welcoming Dawn Wright, one of the owners up until 2016 of Techgate, an IT company specialising in cloud infrastructures and DR services.
In 2016, Dawn and her fellow directors completed the trade sale of Techgate to a pan European managed services provider with annual revenues in excess 228M Euros.
Prior to co-founding Techgate, Dawn spent 14 years with AT&T where she headed up the International and Wholesale Division for EMEA and was responsible for growing annual revenues to 250M US Dollars. During this role, she completed an MBA in Global Business Management.
She now works with her livery company in the city and, as a passionate advocate for women's opportunities in science and technology, spends as much time as possible mentoring young women in the industry.
It's amazing she's found the time to join us, but we are delighted to say she has.
If you're familiar with our Inner Circle, you'll know it's invitation-only, to keep the numbers intimate and the conversation flowing, so please do look out for your invites on their way soon, with the details of April's event.
We're looking forward to seeing you all again. 'Conversation is a Catalyst for Innovation' and we can't wait to see what comes out of this one.


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Medical textbooks
Ebooks for SGUL Library users
May 15 2020 May 21 2020 stglibrary
As we are sitting at desks in bedrooms and kitchen tables around the UK and indeed the world, electronic resources have become increasingly important to our learning and teaching. The immediate chaos of rethinking a Library service without a physical library space has died down and your Librarians are busy developing new online learning resources to prepare for an uncertain future and continue to develop existing ones. While that work is going on, we are highlighting a range of electronic resources that are available to you at the moment.
Online resources available to SGUL students
Our own e-book collection has expanded dramatically and we continue to work to make the textbooks you need available electronically. As a little reminder, you can find these by searching Hunter, our Library catalogue, and filtering resources to "online resources" only.
In this blogpost, we are presenting electronic resources by a range of publishers which are temporarily available to SGUL library users during the coronavirus crisis. Please note the dates of when access ends.
EBSCO e-book collections
EBSCO have made three e-book collections available to St George's Library users. St George's University students and staff need to login with their username and password. NHS staff at St George's Trust use their OpenAthens details to access the textbooks.
The collections cover clinical, nursing and psychology topics and all three are available until 30 June 2020.
You can find the links for the collections on our Databases A-Z list. Make sure to use the appropriate one, based on whether you are with the University or the Trust.
The clinical collection includes topic areas such as dermatology, gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, medicine (general), nursing, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pathology, paediatrics, pharmacology and surgery.
The nursing collection includes over 700 e-books, from clinical guides, and evidence-based practice manuals, to practical handbooks and professional growth titles. You can find textbooks on subjects like nursing research & theory, pharmacology, nursing management, evidence-based nursing, home care nursing and leadership.
Topics such as in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling, social psychology, evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology are included in the psychology collection, which has over 500 popular textbooks.
To make the most of these textbooks, think about a topic that interests you and condense it into one or two keywords. As the example below shows, it is a good idea to keep search strategies in mind when searching the EBSCO e-book collection, but don't be intimidated by the interface! Our Libguide on effective searching offers further guidance.
Example keyword search in EBSCO clinical e-book collection
If you are unsure of how to search for e-books, email us at liaison@sgul.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.
AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine is available to SGUL staff and students and can be accessed until 30 June 2020. You need your username and password to log in.
The website includes over 130 e-books covering basic sciences, clinical medicine and healthcare systems. It also includes cases, videos and Q&As making it an all-around great learning resource. You can even create multiple-choice revision examples for yourself.
For example, you can look at Harrison's pathophysiology animations, which are short, animated presentations. Short lectures on various topics are available too.
AccessMedicine lectures
There also videos and lectures on human anatomy. If you are revising anatomy at the moment, have a look at Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy too. You have permanent access to it with your SGUL username and password.
Until 22 June 2020, you also have access to LWW Health Library, which includes videos, cases and textbooks, much like AccessMedicine, but for a broader range of courses, including physiotherapy and radiography.
Sage Nursing Support
Twelve chapters from key nursing textbooks are available from Sage for anyone to download, meaning it is available to both NHS staff and SGUL students. They are available for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis.
Sage Nursing chapter examples
Topics covered include biological and pathological chapters, caring for adults with respiratory diseases, infection control, and managing the transition to professional practice – with reference to working under pressure and mindfulness.
For more help available, to get information on resources available or to book a 1:1 appointment with your Liaison Library, please contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk.
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Three resources for students to check out
April 17 2020 May 21 2020 stglibrary
In response to the current Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, many academic publishers and providers of educational content have made all or parts of their collections temporarily, freely available for you to use via your George's login.
You can find a list of all current databases available to support you in your learning here. We have highlighted the educational resources we think you might find particularly useful by putting them together under the tag "Online Learning and Teaching Resources".
In this blog post, we highlight three of those and show you how to make the most of them.
JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments)
We subscribed to JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments) at the beginning of the current academic year. JoVE includes biology, immunology and infection, medicine and neuroscience. Our subscription also includes access to some parts of Science Education.
Currently, however, JoVE has made its entire collection of Science Education available to subscribers. In addition to clinical skills, JoVE has modules on biology, psychology and chemistry for example.
Access JoVE via the following link: https://www.jove.com/science-education-library. Please you note that you still need to sign in with your St George's username and password.
Homepage of JoVE
LWW Health Library
As a St George's student, you have free access to the LWW Health Library until June 22 2020. You can access the library here with your St George's username and password.
It includes key textbooks, thousands of videos, cases and questions for the following subjects:
Physician Associate (core education and rotations)
LWW Health Library includes key textbooks for all of the above subjects, divided into the different topics important to you, for instance medical students might want to have a look at Grant's Atlas of Anatomy or relevant introductions to clinical medicine.
Example of medical education in LWW Health Library
Considering the wide range of subjects covered, we are sure LWW Health Library is a great resource for most students at St George's to check out. If you create a personal account, you can also take the quizzes for each of these topics and bookmark useful content.
In addition to the 5,000 e-books that you have access to normally, numerous publishers have made their collections temporarily available for free. You are able to find and access those via Hunter, as you would any other e-book.
You can access 256 titles in the ScienceDirect e-book collections here. Again, you need your username and password to access this collection.
Filter for appropriate textbooks in ScienceDirect
To find the most appropriate textbooks for your course, you can filter the collection. Make sure to choose to select "books". As a "domain", you can choose for example:
Nursing and health professions
Pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutical science
Please have a look at the ScienceDirect entry on our Databases A-Z list to find a list of all the titles you have access to.
Other e-book collections
Cambridge Core textbooks are also currently available for free for students (login required). You can find it on the Databases A-Z list, under the "Online Learning and Teaching resources" tab. Cambridge Core includes a small collection of healthcare related books, which you can find by selecting "Medicine" among the subjects and then filtering to see only books under content type. They have a good selection of nursing and mental health textbooks in particular.
Example of nursing textbook in Cambridge Core
Also available through the Databases A-Z list is SpringerLink, another collection of e-books with many healthcare related content. You need to filter for books and English language. They include sub-disciplines for oncology, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine and imagine/radiology for example. So, this is one to check out for radiology students as well as MBBS students.
Our regular providers of e-books, Dawsonera and Ebook Central are currently allowing multiple concurrent users, so you will always be able to access the content you need when you need it.
Any more questions? As a little reminder, you also currently have access to some CPD courses on BMJ Learning for free. The courses cover Covid-19 treatment, Well being and clinical skills for fast-tracked students. All you need to do is create a personal account with them. You can do that here.
Have you got any questions around e-resources or how to make the most of them? Please email us at liaison@sgul.ac.uk.
Catalogue, Databases, e-resources, hunter, Medical textbooksdatabases, e-books
Placing Holds: a quick guide
March 22 2019 March 26 2019 stglibrary
Books that are out on loan can be reserved in a few quick steps using the Library's search tool, Hunter.
After finding the book you want, select Check availability of print copies to find out whether it's available:
If all copies are out on loan, you'll be able to reserve a copy. Just follow the three steps below:
If you haven't already, sign in to Hunter.
SGUL staff and students can sign in with their SGUL username and password
NHS staff can find out their Hunter login by asking at the Library helpdesk or emailing library@sgul.ac.uk
After you sign in, a Place hold option appears. Click here…
…and select Request
Hunter confirms that your hold is placed:
When a copy of the book becomes available you'll receive an email, and will then have one week to collect it from the Library Helpdesk.
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Quick Guide to Placing Holds
May 25 2018 June 14 2018 stglibrary
It's now easier than ever to reserve a book that's out on loan using the Library's search tool, Hunter.
First check the Locations tab to find out whether the book you want is available. If all copies are out on loan, you'll be able to reserve a copy. Just follow the three steps below:
NHS staff can find out their Hunter login (which is different from the Library username and password) by asking at the Library Helpdesk or emailing library@sgul.ac.uk
…and select Request.
Hunter confirms that your hold is placed.
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World Physiotherapy Day
September 8 2016 September 5 2016 stglibrary
This September 8th is World Physiotherapy Day, a global event that aims to celebrate the role that Physiotherapists play in keeping us well, mobile and independent.
Building on the findings of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) World Report on Ageing and Health, the theme for this year's event is 'Add life to years'. As our ageing population continues to grow, (with an expected 2 billion people over the age of 60 by the year 2050) the focus of the campaign is the contribution and cost effectiveness of physiotherapy in healthy ageing.
To mark the occasion, we've put together a collection of resources available from St George's Library to our support our students and Physiotherapists in practice. We've also highlighted some other useful links, including websites, tweet chats and other social media tools that may be useful in supporting Physiotherapists throughout their career.
Click the image below to view the collection:
You can also explore all of our other curated collections of resources here: https://wakelet.com/@sgullibrary
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Spring selection of books 2015
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A selection of new titles recently added to stock. Just click on the image to access the book details on the Library Catalogue.
Wallach's interpretation of diagnostic tests: QY90 WAL
Professional values in nursing: WY86 BAI
Farquharson's textbook of operative general surgery: WO500 FAR
Orthopedic imaging: WE141 GRE
Chest radiology : the essentials: WF141 COL
Quick reference dictionary for occupational therapy: WB555 JAC
The internet and CBT : a clinical guide; WM425 AND
Drugs in pregnancy and lactation : a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk: WQ200 BRI
Nutrition in clinical practice : a comprehensive, evidence-based manual for the practitioner: WB400 KAT
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that : selected writing: Q162 GOL
Children and young people's nursing at a glance: WS100 GLA
Mental health nursing at a glance: WM35 SMI
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Six Oxford Handbooks now available online
August 8 2011 stglibrary
The following e-books are now available through Books@Ovid:
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills
Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties
Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry
Click here for access, or search the Library Catalogue
Please note that access to these e-books requires an SGUL login
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Medical text books online – discussion forums
October 20 2008 stglibrary
New Media Medicine http://www.newmediamedicine.com/ , based at Otago University in New Zealand, provides an online portal for healthcare professionals, with several discussion forums including one for medical textbooks here:
http://www.newmediamedicine.com/forum/medical-textbook-discussion/
A second website, supported by Elsevier publishers, http://www.medicaltextbooksrevealed.com/ provides sample chapters online together with reviews from medical students. Just need to bear in mind that the books are from Elseviers, and they also finance this website.
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Just last week, Star Boy Wizkid announced that he will be working with American superstars, Diplo, Naughty Boy and Mike Will on his new album to be released in September (If you missed it,read here). The Starboy Ceo recently hinted on his Instagram page that he is also working on a collaboration with Norwegian stars, Nico and Vince, stating that he's in the studio with the duo.


While US initiated a sharp U-turn in its policy towards Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's reaction on Tuesday was not in sync with the official position the United Progressive Alliance government took in 2005.
Reacting to the US move to have a meeting between its envoy to India, Nancy J Powell, and Modi, Khurshid said the US approach to the BJP's prime-ministerial candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls should be consistent with its professed policies on human rights issues.
"He is not the example that should be seen as an Indian. We are a country that believes in Gandhian way of life, compassion, service without recognition and none of these terms applies to Modi," Khurshid told journalists after the US State Department in Washington and Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi confirmed that Powell would meet Modi.
The American ambassador is likely to travel to Gandhinagar to meet Modi on Thursday, ending a nine-year-long boycott.
Khurshid also said it would be interesting to know what Powell would tell Modi since India had been 'lectured' on human rights issues "by some countries" in the past.
"There are a lot of things that they will not and we should not put behind. The Holocaust is not put behind and if Holocaust is not put behind who are we to lecture them to say you put Holocaust behind?" he added.
His comment was apparently an attempt to compare the genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany led by Adolph Hitler during World War II with the Gujarat riots in 2002.
The External Affairs Minister's strong reaction was not in sync with the position of the Congress-led UPA government, which had in 2005 requested the US to review the decision to revoke the tourist/business visa earlier issued to Modi.
The US, however, had turned down the request and stuck to its earlier decision to deny Modi entry into America.
The American State Department in March 2005 revoked the tourist/business visa issued to Modi, in view of his alleged role in the 2002 riots.


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The Small Business Resource Association will host a Networking MINGLE at B2 Bistro, 701 Reading Ave., West Reading, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Registration: https://www.sbrassociation.com/register-b2-bistro. SBRA MINGLES provide a unique opportunity to network with other small business owners. This event is free for members, $25 at the door for non-members.
Wednesday January 25
Berks LaunchBox presents a webinar "Step-by-Step Class to Build a Business Model Canvas," from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Learn how to craft a business plan in a one-page summary with the Business Model Canvas — which shows the feasibility, desirability, and viability of your business. Attendees will learn how to articulate their value proposition, how they deliver value, and how to measure that value. They will also have the opportunity to practice and get feedback on the draft canvas from one of the coaches during a follow-up private meeting. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/step-by-step-class-to-build-a-business-model-canvas-tickets-488658640147. This class is free to the public.
The Berks Family Business Alliance, a signature program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), will present "The 7 Principles of a Healthy Business," from 11:30 to 1 p.m. at the Sly Fox Taphouse at the Knitting Mills, 820 Knitting Mills Way, Wyomissing. Join Steve Essig, third generation president of Essig Plumbing & Heating, to dive deeper into the first of the seven principles, Effective Leadership. Essig will discuss his path to being a successful leader and will help attendees understand what businesses sometimes do wrong. Registration is required at: greaterreading.org. Cost: $30 for members, $40 for non-members.
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance will host a "Breakfast4Success, 3 Leaders: 30 Thoughts," from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Santander Performing Arts Center 3rd Floor Ballroom, 136 N. 6th St., Reading. The event will feature Brianna Campbell, a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach; Santo D. Marabella, a professor emeritus at Moravian University; and Adrean Turner, an entrepreneur and professor at Alvernia University. Each will share their thoughts on how improving self-awareness can lead to dramatic changes. Registration is required for this members only event at: greaterreading.org. Cost: $35 for members.
Thursday February 16
Berks LaunchBox presents a webinar "Building Your Brand on Social Media," from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Presented by Bell Media Group, the session will explore six top social media platforms and how to get active on the ones that align with your business goals. Participants will leave with ideas, tips, and examples to help gain exposure and begin building trust with future customers. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-your-brand-on-social-media-tickets-503419811207. This event is free to the public.
Tuesday February 22
The Small Business Resource Association will host a Tuesday Tune-Up workshop, "How to Manage Your LinkedIn Profile to Grow Your Business," 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., virtually via Zoom. In this session, presented by Sarah Mehesy, learn how to: Engage with your network on LinkedIn, how to construct a great post, how the LinkedIn algorithm impacts your reach and effectiveness, how to grow your network and vet connection requests. Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqduGsqzkoGNRmRMTme5HAIHmvfyfEehCz. This event is free to the public.
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The SHRM Berks County Chapter will meet virtually from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Meeting includes a presentation on a relevant HR topic. Visit www.berkspa.shrm.org for details.
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Several laid-off Google employees took to social media to share their anger and bewilderment about losing their jobs.
Beloved Midwestern restaurant chain Culver's recently made the switch from Pepsi products to Coca-Cola products, and CNN reports that some customers aren't so happy with this decision. Grouchy backlash was bound to happen; both Coke and Pepsi have their loyal fanbases, and this is a battle with no middle ground. (And boy, do people love their Diet Coke.)
An ex-Googler said she "disagrees" with how the tech giant executed the layoffs and is "disappointed" they didn't take other measures.
Automakers and parts manufacturing are bleeding jobs as suppliers and carmakers struggle to hire and retain employees in factories. Is a fix on way?
The news comes as the two companies argue over paint damage on Qatar's A350, which Airbus says is "cosmetic" but the airline says is a safety risk.
For all you die-hard Pepsi fans out there, we understand how hard it can be to find a place to eat that serves your beverage of choice.
The LEGO Group on Tuesday announced that it's moving its North American headquarters to Boston, bringing hundreds of jobs to the area.
As tech giants lay off scores of workers amid a sector-wide downturn, employees who once considered the Silicon Valley companies a safe long-term bet are reconsidering their allegiances.
The internet giant announced 12,000 jobs cuts last week. On Monday, it held a townhall meeting with employees. Here's what happened.
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According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently 6 million Americans who are unemployed. Though that's still less than pandemic levels, it's not exactly…
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While prescription drugs are exempt from Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, their delivery to Russia has been hit by transport, insurance and customs hurdles caused by the war and other restrictive measures, industry figures say. "There has been a shortage of some drugs, despite the fact that we saw production of pharmaceutical products in the (first) three quarters of last year grow by about 22%," Putin said in a televised meeting with government officials.
Mini-bottles of Fireball Cinnamon sold at gas stations around the U.S. don't actually have any whisky in them, leading to a class-action lawsuit in Illinois.
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Watts up with that goes to town on America's method of measuring temperature:
Warren Meyer, one of the first surfacestations.org volunteers, delivered Tucson for us Saturday. It was discovered during an analysis of climate stations around the USA on the Climate Audit blog that Tucson had the greatest positive temperature trend for any USHCN station after the TOBS adjustment was applied. The TOBS adjustment corrects for differences in local times of observation of temperature by the observer. The picture says it all:
Yes folks, this is an official climate station of record, the temperatures it measures go into our National Climatic Database and are used in research such as the graph produced by NASA Goddard Institute for Spaceflight Studies here:
There's a British word that has been bandied about to describe the reaction to pictures like this one: "gobsmacked". The word applies even more so since this station is operated by science faculty members at the University of Arizona.
They are so proud of this station they even had a sign made for it to hang on the chain link fence enclosure:
The complete photo essay is available at the Tucson album at www.surfacestations.org The satellite and aerial photo images there are telling of the environment being measured.
Besides the obvious questions like "why is it in the middle of a parking lot?" and "why would scientists who should know better allow such a bizarre siting for a USHCN climate station of record?" Then there is this burning question: "Why did they go to the trouble of installing a precision aspirated temperature sensor and then not even bother to place it at the standard observing height?".
It appears that the Stevenson Screen serves no other purpose except as an equipment holder, as Warren Meyer reports the Stevenson Screen to be empty. Originally the inside standard mounting board for the mercury max/min thermometers were mounted about 1.5 foot higher than the air inlet of the precision aspirated temperature sensor. So the lower mounting height for the precision sensor adds a positive bias.
Is there no diligence left in basic measurement? Is this what they teach in college science departments these days?
If one of my grad students used such data and didn't question the validity of the data, I would ask that student to re-do the work and to think about what he/she was doing.


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Pork Belly Tacos! Octopus Balls! Ketchup Leather! The World's Best Street Food!
Hungry? Wrap Your Mouth Around This!
"Plan Check" has half a dozen burger options, plus pastrami and chicken sandwiches…I tested the tradition "PCB" – and yes, they all come with ketchup leather! See it there?
It tastes like a ketchup fruit roll up, and a nice chewy addition to the soft bun and juicy burger….there is so much going on here it's almost impossible to capture it!
I am happier than I look, I promise! I am in Cannes, France enjoying one of my favorite meals of all: a sandwich from one of the local kiosks.
The south of France is lined with food kiosks, where you can grab a sandwich and eat it while the world drifts by on the French Riviera.
A "Pan Bagnat" is one of my favorites: flaky tuna with sliced egg, vinaigrette and lettuce on a soft french roll…yes indeed!
Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs in Seoul!
I took a team from G4 to Seoul to film stories about their technology and gaming cultures, but we found plenty of time to enjoy the food as well!
These hot dogs are wrapped in raw bacon and then left to simmer for hours in a sweet and spicy korean sauce…just one of the things I loved about Seoul!
In addition, you could also buy a super-sized hot dog with a very unique distinction: it's been battered and fried with crinkle-cut fries!
I will remember this food adventure forever: the people I encountered spoke no english but were helpful, friendly and fun!
Frites w/ Mayonnaise in Amsterdam!
Hard to miss the shop with the large "cone of fries" outside, and a huge vat of oil fries up potato wedges all day long…and then they squirt a large dollop of any sauce you want right on top…my favorite is mayonnaise!
The best part of Amsterdam french fries is that they are served in a rolled up newspaper with a big squirt of mayo right on top!
Pork Belly Tacos In Chicago!
There's a new taco stand in Chicago with some amazing flavors! Velvet Taco is located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago.
Velvet Taco serves up soft tacos that you can walk away with – like this "Crisp Pork Belly" taco, which has house pickles, grain mustard, tomato, red onion, minor celery, celery salt and of course delicious pork belly!
A "Shrimp And Grits" Taco!
Blackened shrimp are topped with crispy pepper jack cheese grits, charred tomato poblano and a spicy remoulade! It was as good as it looks!
And this may be a more straightforward taco, but a fried fish taco with remoulade is amazing as well!
Chicago has many "pop in" food joints, and Velvet Taco is one of the best!
Finally, I want to share one of the most unique food stands I have ever come across!
I ate the Octopus on a stick, and of course a platter of fried Octopus Balls: topped with a creamy asian sauce and deliciously deep-fried, I could eat these balls forever!
Let me know what your favorite "street food" is, what what you think of a "Shrimp and Grits" taco!
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Facebook Suspends Russian Instagram Accounts Targeting U.S. Voters
Facebook says it has suspended a series of Instagram accounts originating in Russia whose operators posed as people inside the United States that targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's presidential election.
The social-media giant on October 21 said it had also suspended three separate networks operated from Iran. It said the Russian network 'showed some links' to Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA).
The IRA, a St. Petersburg-based organization known for being a Russian 'troll farm,' was mentioned repeatedly by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian election interference.
According to U.S. experts, IRA is owned by the Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, sometimes referred to as 'Putin's Chef.'
'We see this operation targeting largely U.S. public debate and engaging in the sort of political issues that are challenging and sometimes divisive in the U.S. right now,' said Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy.
Gleicher said the IRA-linked network consisted of 50 Instagram accounts and one Facebook account and gathered 246,000 followers, about 60 percent of which were in the United States.
'Whenever you do that, a piece of what you engage on are topics that are going to matter for the election. But I can't say exactly what their goal was.'
Facebook also announced new steps to fight foreign interference and misinformation ahead of next year's election.
U.S. security officials have warned that Russia, Iran, and other countries could attempt to influence the result of the November 2020 presidential vote. Officials say they are on high alert for signs of foreign influence campaigns on social media.
Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly denied the allegations.
Based on reporting by AP, Reuters, AFP, and dpa
Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Republished with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036
Published at Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:15:21 +0000
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