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Many still recovering from Hurricane Sally, as Tropical Storm Beta hits Texas
September 22, 2020 September 22, 2020 Catholic News Service Nation/WorldNo comments
PENSACOLA, Fla. (CNS) — As Tropical Storm Beta made landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas, along the Gulf Coast the night of Sept. 21, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee prepared to dispatch its "Caring Coach" to help those still recovering there from Hurricane Sally's wrath unleashed on the Gulf Coast a week earlier.
Sally made landfall early in the morning Sept. 16 near Orange Beach, Alabama, packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. As many news reports noted, it was the first hurricane to make landfall in Alabama since 2004's Ivan, which occurred 16 years earlier to the day.
At one point, over 500,000 residents were left without power as severe winds brought down power lines in parts of Florida and Alabama. Insurance companies have put the costs of damage in the Gulf Coast region at between $1 billion and $3 billion.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to all that have been impacted by Hurricane Sally," says a message on the website of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, https://ptdiocese.org/hurricanesally.
A man in Period Key, Fla., tries to recover some items from his building Sept. 17, 2020, after Hurricane Sally swept through the area. (CNS photo/Kathleen Flynn, Reuters)
"God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress," the diocese tweeted early Sept. 22."Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken and mountains quake to the depths of the sea, Though its waters rage and foam and mountains totter at its surging (Psalm 46:2-4). Thank you for continuing to join us in prayer for those affected by Hurricane Sally."
The same day, Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida in the diocese was dispatching its Caring Coach, one of the agency's many outreach services, to distribute food in Miramar Beach, Florida, one of the communities still coping with Sally's aftermath.
The diocesan website also includes a detailed posting on what churches and schools sustained damage in the hurricane, with regular updates.
Pensacola's Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel had little damage to the church itself, though outside a wall between it and the Regions Bank branch — which had a historic sign on it — are gone, along with security cameras on the back of the parish house.
However, there was "something interesting" about the damage, the posting said. "The very old statue of Our Lady of Lourdes that is under the back kitchen window was blown over on the concrete patio and did not break."
Four schools in Pensacola, including Pensacola Catholic High School, suffered electrical outages or flooding in buildings; 11 parish churches suffered similar effects from Sally.
The Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, announced Sept. 20 that most Catholic schools in Mobile and Baldwin counties reopened Sept. 21. Two were to open Sept. 24, St. Patrick Catholic School in Robertsdale, Alabama, and St. Benedict Catholic School in Elberta, Alabama.
In an email to Catholic News Service Sept. 22, Terry Dickson, director of communications for the Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, and editor of the Gulf Pine Catholic diocesan newspaper, said that "apart from some wind, rain and flooding in low-lying areas, we were pretty much unscathed by Hurricane Sally."
As Texans along the Gulf of Mexico and others faced flash flooding brought by slow-moving Beta, heading in a northeasterly direction, the Diocese of Victoria, Texas, a suffragan diocese of Galveston-Houston, continues to help people recover from yet another storm — Hurricane Harvey, which hit three years ago this August.
It put many people in temporary housing and some are still not back home, reported The Catholic Lighthouse, Victoria's diocesan newspaper, in a recent story.
The COVID-19 crisis has sent some traveling volunteer groups in the diocese back home to hunker down with their families until they feel safe returning. That means even longer waits for many families to get into safe, permanent housing, according to Ashley Hernandez-Razo, the disaster services manager for the Diocese of Victoria.
Razo said the diocese, with grant funding earmarked for Hurricane Harvey recovery, is one of few entities still funding unmet needs. The office has been working with the Long Term Recovery Groups in Calhoun, Victoria and Wharton counties.
"It's been amazing assisting families within our community in their recovery from Hurricane Harvey. To be a part of their journey, from not knowing how or where to start their recovery to having their home and family life restored, and seeing their relief and gratitude is a feeling that I cannot put into words," Razo said.
"It makes all the work I do so rewarding. I feel so grateful that I have been able to work with such amazing partner organizations that have been able to reach so many families," she added.
So far, the diocese has provided $2.7 million in assistance to 663 households, Razo told The Catholic Lighthouse. Funds have been spent on interior and exterior repairs, appliances, plumbing, utilities and temporary housing.
A large amount has been on the "House in a Box" program. A signature program of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, it provides homeowners the basic household furnishings following a disaster.
Razo said the Long-Term Recovery Groups reported in January of this year they were still getting 40 to 50 calls a month for assistance. She said most were applying so late because they simply did not know there was additional help available.
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AUSTIN, TX (KCBD) – Transfer and dual credit issues will take the stage Thursday during a board meeting with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as heightened concerns have questioned efficiency.
Legislators have been somewhat vocal recently on problems constituents have with issues stemming from dual credit classes in high school and transfer credits not going towards student's bachelor's degree, Raymund Paredes, commissioner of higher education with the THECB, said.
It was unintended that so much of Thursday's board meeting, which will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Austin, will be centered over dual and transfer credit, but both are much needed issues to focus on, he said.
Students taking dual credit courses has increased in Texas and the state is estimated to have one of the highest number of students enrolled in those courses with more than 150,000. Usually, dual credit courses act to streamline entry into university-level classes and weed out basic entry-level classes.
One proposal on the table is to set up more efficient academic advising for students who take these courses. That would mean aligning instruction between both institutions of higher education and high schools.
Overall, the dual credit courses are beneficial to students but there is still a bit of a struggle with the economically disadvantaged and students of color, Paredes said. A study the board conducted found college readiness was more apparent in affluent students, but for minority students that was a bit harder to achieve.
But after advising students on what classes to take, members of the board also see problems with how some of those credits transfer. Many times, there is a divide between credits that are needed for specific majors and credits that can transfer from community college to community college, community college to a university and university to university.
Because of those transfer issues the board will recommend a restructuring of core curriculum to be sure students take course that count towards degrees and require institutions to post degree program information on its websites to let students better navigate needed courses.
In its research the board also found the best transfer practices came from Texas A&M Commerce, the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, University of Houston-Downtown and West Texas A&M University.
"In all cases (credits) will transfer, but if they don't take the right courses for their major, it will count but they won't get to their degree or certificate as efficiently as they should," Gardner said.
The board will also dig a bit deeper into student's fields of study, that way they can gauge more efficiently the majors students are transferring into. They are also looking into career tech programs that begin at the high school level.


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Q: Efficiently referencing a C array using inline assembly Using Windows XP, gcc.
I have a C++ project with some inline assembly code.
The assembly code needs to reference a C array.
Because I am using inline assembly. I have to pass a pointer to the array into one of the registers. Unfortunately this robs me of a register I need for some complex calculations.
I would like to know if there is an inline assembly way to reference a C array without having to lose a register or pushing the pointer to the stack.  The reason I cannot use the stack is because I am relying on the stack to store other values because I don't have enough registers as it is.

A: Doing "complex calculations" in assembly code?  Sounds like a mistake.  Usually, the only reason to write in-line assembly code is when you need to use a machine instruction that is not supported by a compiler intrinsic.
You didn't say what compiler you are using.  The asm() statement in GCC is very powerful.  You usually can write an asm statement that references your local or global variables by name, and you let the compiler choose the register(s).

A: You normally use esi or edi registers to store informations like that, so registers which aren't involved in calculations at all. (assuming you're working on x86)

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Q: Display specific record from for loop I have a for loop that displays set of data from age 22 to 60
$amount = 3150;
$age = 22;
$fv_21 = futureValue('.045', 1, 0, $amount) * -1;
echo $fv_21;
echo "
";

$fee_21 = round($fv_21 / 100 * 1.5, 2);
echo $fee_21;
echo "
";

$balance = $fv_21 - $fee_21;
echo $balance;
echo "

";
//exit;

for ($x = $age; $x <= 60; $x++) {
    //calculate super amount
    $amount = round($amount * 1.025, 2);
    echo "amount_$x = $amount
";

    //calculate FV
    $fv = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1,2);
    echo "FV of age $x is : " . $fv;
    echo "
";

    //calculate fee
    $fee = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1 / 100 * 1.5, 2);
    echo "Fee of age $x is: $fee";
    echo "
";
    //calculate balance
    $balance = $fv - $fee;
    echo "Balance of age $x is : ".round($balance,2);
    echo "

";
}

this is the output that i get
amount_22 = 3228.75
FV of age 22 is : 6617.03
Fee of age 22 is: 99.26
Balance of age 22 is : 6517.77

amount_23 = 3309.47
FV of age 23 is : 10120.54
Fee of age 23 is: 151.81
Balance of age 23 is : 9968.73

amount_24 = 3392.21
FV of age 24 is : 13809.53
Fee of age 24 is: 207.14
Balance of age 24 is : 13602.39

I would like to achieve displaying data of certain age only, for example if the user logs into the system and if his age is 23 then display data for age 23 only, how can i extract this data from the loop?
Important: The data for age 23 is dependent on data of age 22, data from age 24 is dependent on data from age 23 and so on.
I will really appreciate if someone can point me to the right direction.
UPDATE:
This is the futureValue() function I am using
function futureValue($rate, $nper, $pmt, $pv = 0, $type = 0)
{
    if ($nper < 0) {
        return PEAR::raiseError('Number of periods must be positive');
    }
    if ($type != FINANCE_PAY_END && $type != FINANCE_PAY_BEGIN) {
        return PEAR::raiseError('Payment type must be FINANCE_PAY_END or FINANCE_PAY_BEGIN');
    }

    if ($rate) {
        $fv = -$pv * pow(1 + $rate, $nper) - $pmt * (1 + $rate * $type) * (pow(1 + $rate, $nper) - 1) / $rate;
    } else {
        $fv = -$pv - $pmt * $nper;
    }
    return $fv;
}

A: Store the age of user who logins into a session variable like this
session_start()
$_SESSION['age']="23";// some value here

And inside for loop add if block like this
for ($x = $age; $x <= 60; $x++) {
    $amount = round($amount * 1.025, 2);
    $fv = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1,2);
    $fee = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1 / 100 * 1.5, 2);
    $balance = $fv - $fee;

    if($age == $_SESSION['age']) {  <- new condition added

    echo "amount_$x = $amount
";
    echo "FV of age $x is : " . $fv;
    echo "
";

    echo "Fee of age $x is: $fee";
    echo "
";

    echo "Balance of age $x is : ".round($balance,2);
    echo "

";
    }
}

A: Try this,
for ($x = $age; $x <= 60; $x++) {

    //calculate super amount
    $amount = round($amount * 1.025, 2);

    //calculate FV
    $fv = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1,2);

    //calculate fee
    $fee = round(futureValue('.045', 1, $amount, $balance) * -1 / 100 * 1.5, 2);

    //calculate balance
    $balance = $fv - $fee;

    if($x == $loggedInUserId) {
        echo "amount_$x = $amount
";
        echo "FV of age $x is : " . $fv;
        echo "
";
        echo "Fee of age $x is: $fee";
        echo "
";
        echo "Balance of age $x is : ".round($balance,2);
        echo "

";
    }

}


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Submitted by cwaller on February 3, 2014 - 3:52pm
02.04.2014 Silence Is Not So Golden
BY: ARNIE B. MASON
As illustrated in the recent decision issued by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Bell/Heery, a Joint Venture v. United States, No. 2013-5002, 2014 WL 43892 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2014), a contractor must carefully articulate how the Government has breached a contract and be persistent in imploring the Government to cure its breach or otherwise formally respond.
Background of Bell/Heery
The facts of Bell/Heery concerned the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("FBOP") award of a $238,175,000 design-build contract to Bell/Heery, a Joint Venture ("BH"), in May 2007 to build a federal correctional institution in New Hampshire. The contract required completion by June 10, 2010 at the risk of $8,000 a day in liquidated damages for each day of delay.
The key issues in Bell/Heery surrounded the work required by the Request for Proposal ("RFP") for a "cut to fill" site, such that the contractor had to level the ground by excavating materials from one area of the site to fill lower areas of the site. These cut-to-fill operations had to be performed in compliance with the requirements of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Sciences ("NHDES"). BH assumed a single-step, cut-to-fill operation in which it would transport cut materials directly to the final fill location without interruption. Instead, NHDES limited BH to disturbing no more than 40 acres of land at any one time. Rather than approve one plan for the entire Project, NHDES required a phased plan of operation, and ultimately imposed ten additional limits on BH's plan.
By written correspondence and during progress meetings, BH repeatedly notified FBOP of the impact on its operation, including potential delay, from not being able to perform the single-step operation that formed the basis of BH's bid and which BH alleged was standard in the industry. According to BH's allegations, FBOP representatives did advise that BH "would be treated fairly … ." Importantly, however, the Court cautioned that BH did not "refuse to proceed with construction under the restrictions imposed by the NHDES, nor did BH press the Government to directly intervene with the NHDES on BH's behalf."
Ultimately, BH submitted a Request for Equitable Adjustment ("REA") seeking $7,724,885 for the impact on its cut-to-fill operation. After FBOP's Contracting Officer ("CO") denied the REA, BH filed a lawsuit in the Court of Federal Claims based upon theories of breach of contract, breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, constructive change and cardinal change. Upon motion by the Government, the Court of Federal Claims dismissed BH's lawsuit for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. On appeal, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's ruling.
Summary of Court's Holdings in Bell/Heery
Breach of Contract – Permits and Responsibilities
The contract incorporated the FAR's Permits and Responsibilities clause, which, the Government argued, controlled who was responsible under the contract for the costs of obtaining the necessary approval for the cut-to-fill work. The Permits and Responsibilities clause provides in relevant part that the "Contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for complying with any Federal, State, and municipal laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work." 48 C.F.R. § 52.236-7 (emphasis added). While acknowledging that the Permits and Responsibilities clause "can be constrained by other contractual provisions that specifically limit the scope of the contractor's obligations for permitting requirements …," ultimately the Court concluded that no such limitation existed in the FBOP-BH contract.
In this regard, the contract contained three provisions of note:
" The Contractor shall perform the following in conjunction with the FBOP Project Management Team: (a) In preparing for the design for the project, consult with appropriate officials of the State or a political subdivision of a State, or both, in which the project is located and who would have jurisdiction over the project if it were not a project constructed or altered by a federal agency."
"[i]n preparing construction documents, the Contractor is to consult with appropriate officials of the State or a political subdivision of a State, or both, in which the project will be located, who would have jurisdiction if it were not constructed by a federal agency."
"[i]n no case are the comments or recommendations of these officials to be implemented into the developmental documents without the approval of the FBOP."
(citing RFP § C.4(d)(1), 4(e) and Technical Design Guideline 01415(D) (emphasis added))
Based upon the foregoing provisions, Judge Mayer concluded in his dissenting opinion that, accepting well-pleaded factual allegations as true and making all reasonable inferences in BH's favor, the contract could be read as requiring FBOP "to confer with local permitting authorities and to approve or not any recommendations made by them." The Court disagreed, however, finding that BH had failed to plead a breach of any contractual obligation by FBOP.
In reaching its conclusion, the Court made two primary points. First, the Court rejected BH's argument that the requirement for approval of FBOP as a condition to implementation of comments or recommendations made by NHDES somehow created any FBOP duty with respect to BH's obligations under the Permits and Responsibilities clause. Second, the Court concluded that any duty of FBOP to consult "with the appropriate officials" applied only during the design phase, not during the preparation of construction documents. Because BH did not make any allegations that FBOP refused to consult with NHDES during the design phase, but instead alleged that FBOP failed to consult during the "construction phase of the project", the Court concluded that no breach of contract was alleged. The Court reached this conclusion notwithstanding the dissent's view that the alleged failure of FBOP to consult occurred when BH revised its phasing plan, including detailed drawings for its excavation and clearing plan—i.e., as part of the design process, not construction.
Breach of Contract – Changes Clause
The Court also rejected BH's argument that the Government breached the FAR's Changes clause, also incorporated into the contract. See 48 C.F.R. § 52.243-4(a). Central to the Court's holding was the absence of any allegation that the CO ever ordered specific, additional work. Instead, BH only alleged that the Government's silence ratified the alleged changes to the work. In rejecting this argument, the Court noted that "'[s]ilence in and of itself is not sufficient to establish a demonstrated acceptance' of a contractual change by the Contracting Officer." (quoting Harbert/Lummus Agrifuels Projects v. United States, 142 F.3d 1429, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 1998))
Constructive/Cardinal Change and Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
The Court also dismissed BH's remaining counts for constructive/cardinal change and breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing. The Court rejected the constructive change and cardinal change claims because it was the actions of NHDES, not FBOP, that resulted in modified cut-to-fill operations. In addition, while acknowledging the well-established rule that "Implied in every contract is a duty of good faith and fair dealing …," the court rejected BH's claim of a breach of this duty because the "implied covenant, however, cannot 'create duties inconsistent with the contract's provisions.'" (quoting Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. United States, 596 F.3d 817, 831 (Fed. Cir. 2010))
There are several lessons that can be learned from the decision in Bell/Heery:
A contractor's obligations under the Permits and Responsibilities clause may be limited by other contract provisions, but there remains the risk that a court will read the obligations of the Permits and Responsibilities clause broadly as did the Court in Bell/Heery.
Silence is not always golden. As good as it is to be vigilant in notifying the Government of delays and the impact of delays, it may not be enough. Contractors should act to obtain direction from the Government, in writing, to maximize the protection of the contractor's rights and to obtain clarity as to the Government's official position.
While the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing applies to every government contract, it cannot create obligations that are contrary to the express terms of the contract.
Arnie B. Mason

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Backwards-compatibility in Cloudflare Workers
Kenton Varda
Cloudflare Workers is our serverless platform that runs your code in 250+ cities worldwide.
On the Workers team, we have a policy:
A change to the Workers Runtime must never break an application that is live in production.
It seems obvious enough, but this policy has deep consequences. What if our API has a bug, and some deployed Workers accidentally depend on that bug? Then, seemingly, we can't fix the bug! That sounds… bad?
This post will dig deeper into our policy, explaining why Workers is different from traditional server stacks in this respect, and how we're now making backwards-incompatible changes possible by introducing "compatibility dates".
TL;DR: Developers may now opt into backwards-incompatible fixes by setting a compatibility date.
Serverless demands strict compatibility
Workers is a serverless platform, which means we maintain the server stack for you. You do not have to manage the runtime version, you only manage your own code. This means that when we update the Workers Runtime, we update it for everyone. We do this at least once a week, sometimes more.
This means that if a runtime upgrade breaks someone's application, it's really bad. The developer didn't make any change, so won't be watching for problems. They may be asleep, or on vacation. If we want people to trust serverless, we can't let this happen.
This is very different from traditional server platforms, where the developer maintains their own stack. For example, when a developer maintains a traditional VM-based server running Node.js applications, then the developer must decide exactly when to upgrade to a new version of Node.js. Careful developers do not upgrade Node.js 14 to Node.js 16 in production without testing first. They typically verify that their application works in a staging environment before going to production. A developer who doesn't have time to spend testing each new version may instead choose to rely on a long-term support release, applying only low-risk security patches.
In the old world, if the Node.js maintainers decide to make a breaking change to an obscure API between releases, it's OK. Downstream developers are expected to test their code before upgrading, and address any breakages. But in the serverless world, it's not OK: developers have no control over when upgrades happen, therefore upgrades must never break anything.
But sometimes we need to fix things
Sometimes, we get things wrong, and we need to fix them. But sometimes, the fix would break people.
For example, in Workers, the fetch() function is used to make outgoing HTTP requests. Unfortunately, due to an oversight, our original implementation of fetch(), when given a non-HTTP URL, would silently interpret it as HTTP instead. For example, if you did fetch("ftp://example.com"), you'd get the same result as fetch("http://example.com").
This is obviously not what we want and could lead to confusion or deeper bugs. Instead, fetch() should throw an exception in these cases. However, we couldn't simply fix the problem, because a surprising number of live Workers depended on the behavior. For whatever reason, some Workers fetch FTP URLs and expect to get a result back. Perhaps they are fetching from sites that support both FTP and HTTP, and they arbitrarily chose FTP and it worked. Perhaps the fetches aren't actually working, but changing a 404 error result into an exception would break things worse. When you have tens of thousands of new developers deploying applications every month, inevitably there's always someone relying on any bug. We can't "fix" the bug because it would break these applications.
The obvious solutions don't work
Could we contact developers and ask them to fix their code?
No, because the problem is our fault, not the application developer's, and the developer may not have time to help us fix our problems.
The fact that a Worker is doing something "wrong" -- like using an FTP URL when they should be using HTTP -- doesn't necessarily mean the developer did anything wrong. Everyone writes code with bugs. Good developers rely on careful testing to make sure their code does what it is supposed to.
But what if the test only worked because of a bug in the underlying platform that caused it to do the right thing by accident? Well, that's the platform's fault. The developer did everything they could: they tested their code thoroughly, and it worked.
Developers are busy people. Nobody likes hearing that they need to drop whatever they are doing to fix a problem in code that they thought worked -- especially code that has been working fine for years without anyone touching it. We think developers have enough on their plates already, we shouldn't be adding more work.
Could we run multiple versions of the Workers Runtime?
No, for three reasons.
First, in order for edge computing to be effective, we need to be able to host a very large number of applications in each instance of the Workers Runtime. This is what allows us to run your code in hundreds of locations around the world at minimal cost. If we ran a separate copy of the runtime for each application, we'd need to charge a lot more, or deploy your code to far fewer locations. So, realistically it is infeasible for us to have different Workers asking for different versions of the runtime.
Second, part of the promise of serverless is that developers shouldn't have to worry about updating their stack. If we start letting people pin old versions, then we have to start telling people how long they are allowed to do so, alerting people about security updates, giving people documentation that differentiates versions, and so on. We don't want developers to have to think about any of that.
Third, this doesn't actually solve the real problem anyway. We can easily implement multiple behaviors within the same runtime binary. But how do we know which behavior to use for any particular Worker?
Introducing Compatibility Dates
Going forward, every Worker is assigned a "compatibility date", which must be a date in the past. The date is specified inside the project's metadata (for Wrangler projects, in wrangler.toml). This metadata is passed to the Cloudflare API along with the application code whenever it is updated and deployed. A compatibility date typically starts out as the date when the Worker was first created, but can be updated from time to time.
# wrangler.toml
compatibility_date = "2021-09-20"
We can now introduce breaking changes. When we do, the Workers Runtime must implement both the old and the new behavior, and chooses behavior based on the compatibility date. Each time we introduce a new change, we choose a date in the future when that change will become the default. Workers with a later compatibility date will see the change; Workers with an older compatibility date will retain the old behavior.
A page in our documentation lists the history of breaking changes -- and only breaking changes. When you wish to update your Worker's compatibility date, you can refer to this page to quickly determine what might be affected, so that you can test for problems.
We will reserve the compatibility system strictly for changes which cannot be made without causing a breakage. We don't want to force people to update their compatibility date to get regular updates, including new features, non-breaking bug fixes, and so on.
If you'd prefer never to update your compatibility date, that's OK! Old compatibility dates are intended to be supported forever. However, if you are frequently updating your code, you should update your compatibility date along with it.
While the details are a bit different, we were inspired by Stripe's API versioning, as well as the absolute promise of backwards compatibility maintained by both the Linux kernel system call API and the Web Platform implemented by browsers.
Serverless Cloudflare Workers Developers
Kenton Varda |@kentonvarda
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Please note that WISTA (Women's International Shipping and Trading Association) have invited us to breakfast in Melbourne on Tuesday 5th March to celebrate International Women's Day – full details are here https://mailchi.mp/a1bfefd71c5c/international-womens-day-breakfast?e=e6ae2c140f Please contact me if you need more information.
Also please note that there will be a Nautical Colleges' Reunion in Sydney on 24th of March. If you may be interested in that please contact me.
Captain Peter Martin of our Tasmanian Section has recently written some fascinating articles concerning Matthew Flinders, an article on one of our Women in Maritime – Holly Saunders, and a letter to Seaways. All can now be found in our Members Area (If you need the login and password just contact me).


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A simple whiteboard written in [Elm](http://elm-lang.org/) using the [html package](https://github.com/evancz/elm-html) just for fun.

Try it [here](http://mpetrone.github.io/elm-whiteboard/)


Surrounded by olive groves, Robinson Club faces the Mediterranean in a scenic location at the foot of the Taurus Mountains. The resort features a private beach, extensive sporting facilities and a spa.Opening out onto large private balconies, air-conditioned rooms at Robinson Club Camyuva are decorated with terracotta floors and wooden furnishings. They are equipped with satellite TV channels and include en suite bathrooms with hairdryer.Guests can enjoy traditional Turkish specialities from Antalya Province, served at the restaurant of the hotel. Outdoor dining is possible during the warmer months thanks to on site barbecue facilities.In house WellFit Spa features a modern gym and various face and body treatments with a sauna area. Sports facilities at the Robinson Club hotel include 12 tennis courts, diving equipment and an archery range.Popular nearby attractions include the coastal Kemer, a 12-minute drive away and the pristine village of Çıralı, where treks for the Lycian Way depart. Free private parking is available on site.


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Q: How can I chain some asynchronous operations like then() with Observables I create a user and now I want to login the user after this operation. I was using toPromise() but now I just want to use observables:
    return this.httpClient.post('/user', user)
                          .map(response => response.json() as User)
                          .catch(this.handleError);

With promises I could do this
return this.create(data)
           .then(function(user: User) {
              return self.login(user.email, user.password);
           })
           .then(function(resp: loginStuff) {
              // set session
           })

How can I chain with observables?


The Nature Conservancy of Utah is spending $4.6 million to save a working ranch from developers. The Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park is now safely in conservancy hands since owner Heidi Redd and conservancy officials closed a deal Oct. 15.
"I couldn't be happier," said a relieved Redd. "The Nature Conservancy has bent over backwards to satisfy all of us." Redd explained that when she and her family needed to sell the ranch, she approached the nonprofit to keep the property intact and out of the hands of developers.
The conservancy has raised $3.7 million, and needs another $933,000 by Jan. 1, 1999, in order to qualify for a grant from the Kresge Foundation. Otherwise, conservancy spokeswoman Libby Ellis said, the group will take out a loan to pay the difference.
The group's goal is to preserve the 5,167-acre ranch, plus 250,000 acres of federal grazing allotments, as a working model of sustainable ranching, as well as to save the ranch's fragile desert environment. The conservancy has already protected 525,000 acres on 77 different projects in Utah.
"We didn't really want to see condos and golf courses at the gateway of Canyonlands National Park," Ellis said. Black bears, mountain lions, rare plants and archaeological sites also make the Dugout Ranch a top priority for the conservancy.
Ellis called the conservancy's desire to buy the ranch a "logical match" with Redd's progressive ranching, which has preserved 42 miles of riparian area in the second driest state in the country. Ellis said she hopes the Dugout Ranch deal provides a good example to conservationists.
Redd will keep her cattle and continue running the ranch for the next 10 years. But, said Redd, "I'll be on the ranch until I die."
For more information, call The Nature Conservancy at 801/531-0999, or write, 559 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.


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GOP Lawmaker to Introduce Bill to Keep Supreme Court Justices at 9
Rachel del Guidice / March 20, 2019
A lawmaker from Tennessee plans to introduce a bill in Congress to keep the Supreme Court at nine justices amid efforts by some Democrats to increase the number to as many as 15.
"This Thursday, I will be introducing a constitutional amendment that would limit the number of Supreme Court justices to 9—the number of seats since 1869," Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., tweeted Tuesday. "The Supreme Court must remain a fair and impartial branch of government, not beholden to party."
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York told Politico that they would consider increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
"We are on the verge of a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court," Harris said. "We have to take this challenge head-on, and everything is on the table to do that."
President Donald Trump pushed back on the idea, however, at a joint press conference Tuesday with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the White House.
"We would have no interest in that whatsoever. It will never happen," Trump vowed, at least not for as long as he's in office. "It won't happen. I guarantee, it won't happen for six years."
Since 1869, the number of Supreme Court justices has been held at nine.
The number of justices was originally set at six with the Judiciary Act of 1789, then raised to seven in 1807, and bumped up to nine in 1837 before rising to 10 justices in 1863.
It dropped back to seven in 1866, when Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act and kept President Andrew Johnson from adding new justices to the court, and in 1869, the number was set at nine, where it has remained since.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt sought to pack the Supreme Court to protect programs in the Democrat's New Deal that were challenged, and often overturned, by the high court, but his push was rejected by Congress.
Even Roosevelt's fellow Democrats in Congress rejected his call for what came to be known as his "court-packing" scheme, as did his own vice president, John Nance Garner.
>>> The Left Is Doubling Down on Schemes to Pack the Supreme Court
Green said he views Democrats' efforts to add justices to the court as a threat to American democracy.
"Schemes to pack the court are dangerous to the Founders' vision of an independent judiciary that serves as a check on both the executive and legislative branches of government," the freshman lawmaker said.
On the Senate side, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a constitutional amendment Tuesday night to "prevent this court-packing scheme."
Ironically same people always preaching about our "constitutional norms" want to change the ones they find inconvenient.
In addition to getting rid of #ElectoralCollege they also want to pack #SCOTUS.
I will soon file a bill to prevent this court packing scheme.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 19, 2019
Thomas Jipping, deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal in an email that Democrats' efforts to add justices to the Supreme Court is a bad idea.
"The federal courts have been politicized too much already, and the recent, reckless talk about 'court-packing' is irresponsible," Jipping said. "The real issue is what judges are supposed to do in our system of government, not the number of judges on a particular court."
Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network, told The Daily Signal in an email that the effort to pack the court is a partisan push.
"Democrats are so, so desperate to turn the courts into a rubber stamp for their political agenda that they are now talking openly about packing the Supreme Court," Severino said. "This is a thinly disguised effort to bully and intimidate the court's justices into serving as a rubber stamp for a liberal political agenda, and it threatens to destroy the independence of the judicial branch."


So, there's a competition on the League of Legends community to draw one of their champions in pony form, such is the madness that has taken over Ponyland Equestria Ponyland. The prize is $20 worth of Riot Points, so I figured it was worth a shot, right? So this is Sona. I pretty much replicated her source art. Now I kind of want to draw an Urgot pony as well and I really shouldn't be drawing any of them given my commission queue. Er.
You play LoL? I love playing as Miss Fortune.
I'm terrible at it, but I enjoy it from time to time yeah! I play Gangplank mostly, but Cho'Gath and Pantheon are also my faves.


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Why bats are the perfect hosts for viruses
They harbor thousands — and they spill over to humans more often than you think
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Mark Honigsbaum
By	Mark Honigsbaum
https://spectator.us/topic/bats-perfect-hosts-viruses/
The common horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis, is a feat of biological engineering. The size of a small pear, it spends most of the day hanging upside down in dark, dank caves. To keep itself warm it huddles in tight colonies, wrapping its wings — which can measure up to two inches — around itself like a blanket. Even so, in winter its body temperature can fall as low as 43°F.
Then, two hours before sunset, it emerges to forage for insects using a horseshoe-shaped sonar dish on its nose to find its bearings. But now it has a new problem: flying requires so much energy that its metabolic rate can spike as high as 34 times its resting level, and its core temperature can exceed 104°F, causing cells within its body to break down and release bits of DNA.
Ordinarily, these cell fragments would cause inflammation, but thanks to bats' weakened immune systems, they don't. Instead, R. affinis and other species of bats can tolerate a wide range of viruses that in other mammals would trigger aggressive and sometimes deadly immune responses.
That is good news for bats, but potentially very bad news for humans. Bats harbor thousands of viruses, including coronaviruses, any one of which, under the right ecological and epidemiological conditions, could be the spark for the next pandemic.
No one can yet be certain where SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, originated. But its nearest relative is a coronavirus isolated by Chinese scientists from an R. affinis bat that roosted in a cave in Yunnan, south-west China, in 2013. The virus, dubbed RaTG13, shares 96.2 percent of its genome with SARS-CoV-2. Case closed, you might think.
However, the virus is missing a key gene that enables it to attach to cells in the human respiratory tract (interestingly, in the human virus, this section of the gene more closely resembles a virus found in pangolins smuggled to China from Malaysia). In addition, the human virus possesses a unique 'furin cleavage site', a sort of molecular can opener that allows the virus to get into host cells. Moreover, Yunnan is 800 miles from Wuhan, where the first human cases of COVID-19 were reported in or near a wild animal market.
That is not to say SARS-CoV-2 did not originate in R. affinis or some other species of horseshoe bat; only that these mutations probably occurred a long time ago — the 3.8 percent genetic divergence with RaTG13 is equivalent to an average of 50 years (and a minimum of 20 years) of evolutionary change — and the particular bat involved has yet to be identified, as has the path of infections which led to the outbreak in Wuhan at the close of last year.
This is hardly surprising when you consider the sheer abundance of bats, which make up a fifth of mammal species on the planet, or the diversity of their ranges. 'If you go to Malaysia and you sit on the edge of a river with a street lamp nearby, you'll see bats flitting about all night long eating insects,' says Peter Daszak, a British-born veterinary ecologist and president of EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based non-profit that trawls disease hotspots in search of novel bat viruses. 'They are extremely abundant, extremely diverse, and so are their viruses.'
It is also common to find different species of bats sharing the same roosts. For instance, in Guandong, southern China, horseshoe bats frequently roost alongside fruit-eating Rousettus macrobats. This exposes them to each other's viruses and makes it more likely they will exchange genetic material.
Once a virus is circulating in bats, all that it takes for it to spill over into humans is for someone to come into contact with feces or fluids from an infected animal. This could happen, for instance, when a local farmer enters a bat cave to collect guano to fertilize his crops or to net a bat for the table. 'If you're a poor farmer in south-east Asia and you've got a bat cave nearby, it's free protein,' explains Daszak. 'It's absolutely like fishing in a river in the UK.'
Another key factor is deforestation. Tropical forest edges are a major launch-pad for pandemics. Edges arise as humans build roads or clear forests for timber production and agriculture. Road building, mining and logging camps, and livestock and crop monocultures, such as palm oil, all increase the risk of the spread of animal viruses to humans. In addition, people frequently enter forests to hunt wild game — pangolins, raccoon dogs and palm civets are highly prized in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.
But perhaps the most important ecological insight is that spillovers of bat viruses occur all the time. In 2018, EcoHealth Alliance conducted a survey of people living in rural parts of Yunnan and found 3 percent carried antibodies to bat coronaviruses. Extrapolating across the entire range of bats that carry these viruses in south-west China and bordering areas of Myanmar and Laos, Daszak estimates it could mean that 'right now, every year' as many as seven million people in the region are being infected with bat coronaviruses. Indeed, Daszak estimates that based on the rate of scientific discovery, there may be as many as 13,000 new coronaviruses out there waiting to be discovered.
But coronaviruses are not the only threat. Bats also carry marburg, nipah and hendra viruses, which have been the cause of human outbreaks in Africa, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Australia. They are also thought to be the reservoir of ebola, which caused a major outbreak in West Africa in 2014-16. When you include viruses harbored by other wild animals, Daszak estimates there may be as many as 1.7 million undiscovered viruses in wildlife. That is an awful lot of pandemic potential.
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Given the clear link between deforestation and virus emergence, one solution would be to reduce dependence on land-intensive monocultures through subsidies and direct forest-protection payments. Another would be tighter regulation of the trade in wild animals, a $75 billion industry in China employing some 14 million people.
The time to act is now. Daszak and his colleagues have identified 335 emerging infectious disease events between 1940 and 2004, with a peak incidence in the 1980s at around the time of the Aids pandemic. Their survey leaves little doubt that these events have been increasing in incidence since the mid-point of the last century.
'A pandemic such as this one isn't a once-in-a-lifetime tragedy,' says Daszak. Whether or not the next pandemic is sparked by a coronavirus or some other animal-origin virus, 'there will be another one'.
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By	H.R. McMaster
How liberal globalism went bankrupt
By	Michael Lind
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By	Stephen Daisley
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By	James Forsyth
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By	Melissa Chen
The death of Hong Kong
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This year's Singapore River Festival returns for the fourth time, with the largest outdoor bazaar across Clarke Quay, plus more spectacular outdoor circus performances, movie screenings, gameshows and lots of prime eats. Underrated as it can sound, the Singapore River Festival combines all three quays—Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay—to produce an expanse of carnival-ish activities with experiences you won't soon forget. Here's what to check out.
Kicking off the Festival with a month-long bazaar everyday from Oct 16, 3 to 10:30pm, the Local At Heart (LAH) Bazaar aims to outdo all the previous bazaars in scale and offerings, with uniquely Singaporean brands, talents and traditions stretching across the three quays. This will also be Singapore's first cashless marketplace with fuss-free transactions, (you can pay by EZ-link)—so no more long queues at the ATMs or being turned away at stalls because the vendors don't have enough change.
Like last year, expect an insane display of light-emitting diode (LED) kites in a light show by local start-up GoFlykite. While last year's was a dazzling array of flying dragons, where dragon-headed remote-controlled LED kites were set adrift through the skies, this year's theme is the "Sky Aquarium", which hints at LED aquatic creatures. It's set to be an insta-worthy scene, so come with fully charged phones.
What festival is complete without circus acts? Over two weekends (Oct 26-27 and Nov 2-3), the iconic Clarke Quay Central promenade transforms into a stage for performances by Singaporean circus acts, musicians and other personalities.
Apart from the indispensable circus acts, there will be lucky draws and romantic outdoor movie screenings happening beside Fort Canning on specific dates. Raving alcoholics can get their fix with the pub crawl; but the highlight is the series of specially curated live gameshows, starting off with a "Family Feud" trivia battle this year. Take part in the interactive gameshows for a chance to win prizes like hotel staycations and restaurant vouchers; for the ultra-competitive, the grand prize pool for the Master Brain quiz is $10,000, if you get 10 consecutive questions right.
The event falls within the Halloween period every year but this year, Singapore River Festival's Walaoween will bring you a Halloween bash with local flavor. Get your fill of spine tingles at the street party on Circular Road, as you meet with Singaporean myths and ghouls—along with a groovy lineup of local musicians and the mass of revelers that party on through the night. People typically rock up in full Halloween gear; to get the most out of the festivities, we suggest you do the same.
Singapore River Festival 2018 takes place on Oct 16-Nov 11 along the Singapore River. More information here.


I parked at the top of the side trail (Fern Hollow?) and hiked down to junction at Panther Hollow and then down to the pond and back up along the utility trail to the junction in Panther Hollow and then north up to the trailhead at the north end then south along River Place Blvd back to the Jeep so that is how I got my miles without any retracing of steps.
This is THE BEST neighborhood greenbelt trail I have seen in Austin. Such terrain, such scenery! It was neat to see the pools of water along sections of the trail, no doubt caused by run off from the golf course above the hollow. This will be an outstanding hike after we finally get some real rain here in Central Texas.


This month will be busy for sake lovers with an abundance of sake tasting events in NYC. In addition to the nine tastings at SAKAYA, there is the Nishimoto Trading "The Best 100 Sake!" at EN Brasserie on Saturday, May 15, and the annual Japan Society sake lecture by sake expert extraordinaire John Gauntner and accompanying tasting on Wednesday, May 19.
Our lineup of tastings at SAKAYA kicks off with the latest of the exciting new spring seasonal namazake followed by a series of brewers visiting from Japan who will introduce you to their sake. After all the opportunities to explore so many this month, you'll be sure to celebrate Memorial day with sake!
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The Guardian as "impressive.... shocking" and The Daily Beast as "eye opening"
If enough people book tickets, your screening happens. Don't worry, money is only taken once the screening is confirmed. If not enough tickets are sold to the screening, it doesn't happen and no one is charged any money.If you need any help at all, please get in touch with us directly at screenings@dartmouthfilms.com or 020 7845 5857.
Aug 28 7:00pm London Frontline Club 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ The Frontline Club event space is on the second floor and does not have disabled access.


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Q: Chained select boxes using jquery and json In the current web app which I'm working, I would like to populate 4 select boxes using chained filtering.
Here's the json structure were's defined the relationship between the options available on each select box:
var example = {
        "first_select_box_option_1" : [ {
            "" : [],
                "second_select_box_option_1" : [ {
                    "third_select_box_option_1" : [
                                                               "",
                                                               "fourth_select_box_option_1"]
                }],
                "second_select_box_option_2" : [ {
                    "third_select_box_option_1" : [
                                                               "",
                                                               "fourth_select_box_option_1"]
                }]
        }]
};

What I intend to do is hook some listeners to the firs three select boxes. Based on the made selection, the following ones should be filled with the proper options based on the previous json. Note that the json should be composed by multiple levels.
As example: on the first iteration, it the user selects the option *first_select_box_option_1* the second select box should be filled with the options *second_select_box_option_1* and *second_select_box_option_2*.
First of all, I would like to know if my json structure is adequate to represent the options available on each select box and the corresponding relations.

A: It is actually easier to make an AJAX(J) query which requests new JSON each time after user changes the value of the select. I am sorry for the blatant self promotion, but you might be interested to check the source of the remote version of jQuery Chained Selects plugin.


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Why Immunize?
Frequent Concerns
Can vaccines actually give you the disease they are meant to prevent?
No. Inactivated vaccines contain dead viruses or bacteria. When administered, these vaccines are similar enough to the disease to generate an immune response, but since they are dead, they do not cause illness.
Live-attenuated vaccines contain a weakened version of the virus or bacteria. The virus or bacteria is just strong enough to get the immune system to recognize it as the disease, but since it is not the disease itself, it cannot make you sick. The only exception would be in people whose immune systems are severely compromised. For these individuals, their immune system is so fragile that they may not be able to turn a vaccination into immunity, so the vaccine simply doesn't work for them.
In both cases, the vaccine cannot make you sick.
The oral polio vaccine is no longer used in the United States, because in about 1 of every 2.4 million recipients, the live, weakened virus contained in the oral polio vaccine reverted back to the wild type (the disease-causing virus) and caused paralysis. Though this was a rare event, it was withdrawn from the US and the inactivated version, which contains dead virus, is used instead.
I read that natural immunity, the immunity you get from having a disease, is better than vaccine-induced immunity. Is that true?
The immunity conferred from a live-attenuated vaccine is the same as the natural immunity a person gets from having the disease. Live-attenuated vaccines contain a weakened version of the virus or bacteria. The virus or bacteria is just strong enough to get the immune system to recognize it as the disease, but since it is not the disease itself, it cannot make you sick. The immune system generates a response as if the person had been exposed to the disease without the person getting sick with that disease.
Inactivated vaccines require more than one dose of vaccine to confer immunity and protection can wane over time, so booster doses (subsequent dose of vaccine to increase immunity) are given. In addition to protecting a person against a disease without the person having to get the disease, some inactivated vaccines induce a better response than an infection would. Moreover, inactivated vaccines often offer protection against multiple strains of the same disease. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is given as a two- or three-dose series and protects against nine strains of cancer-causing HPV.
Are there toxins in vaccines?
None of the ingredients in vaccines at the amounts present in vaccines are toxic, even if they are injected into small children. Healthcare providers get a lot of questions on aluminum and mercury (thimerosal), two ingredients found in some vaccines that have been shown over and over to be safe, even when injected into babies.
Aluminum is present in some vaccines in order to make them more effective. A more effective vaccine means better protection against a disease and fewer shots needed to get that protection. A child will get more aluminum from breast milk or formula than from vaccines, and even though the aluminum from vaccines is injected instead of ingested, most of the aluminum that can be found in a child's circulation is from eating or drinking it, not from an injection. Moreover, levels of aluminum that can be detected in the blood do not change after a vaccine was given. This is because there is so much more aluminum in the milk or formula than the small quantities used to make a vaccine. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has this sheet (complete with citations) about aluminum in vaccines.
Thimerosal, an ethylmercury-containing compound, is present in some vaccines as a preservative. Studies have shown that the amount of thimerosal used in vaccines is safe. Moreover, countries where thimerosal was removed from all childhood vaccines did not see a decline in autism rates (10). Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has a sheet (complete with citations) about mercury in vaccines.
Why do we give kids so many shots at one time? Isn't it too much for babies and toddlers?
Children get multiple doses of the same vaccine in order to get complete immunity to a disease. Some vaccines require more doses than others, but the result is the same: immunity against a disease without the risks associated with getting the disease.
Vaccines are given at the same time to reduce the number of times children need to come to the clinic and be poked with a needle (12,13).
Vaccines are given at the earliest possible age to prevent illness. During the last months of pregnancy, the baby gets the same antibodies (proteins produced by the immune system to help eliminate bacteria and virus) that mom has, so at birth, the child is protected against some diseases. This is called passive immunity and is only temporary, lasting from a few weeks to a year. When this immunity begins to wane, vaccines are given to prevent the child from being vulnerable for any period of time to a disease (32).
The womb is a sterile environment. The moment the baby leaves it, the child is exposed to viruses and bacteria from everything: mom, the air, the fingers they put in their mouth and, when older, food and water. Babies can respond to millions of different kinds of viruses and bacteria from the moment of birth because they have billions of cells in their immune system. This same immune system is robust enough to handle the comparatively small amount of antigen (substance capable of generating an immune response) that is present in vaccines, even when they get multiple shots at the same time (11).
If vaccines are safe, why is there a national Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), and why has this paid out over four billion dollars since its creation in 1988?
Vaccines are safe. Because they are given to otherwise healthy individuals, they are held to the highest safety standards. (Remember the hippocratic oath: "first, do no harm"). They are safer than aspirin and definitely safer than getting the disease they are meant to prevent. But safe in this context does not mean the risk is zero. On very rare occasions, vaccines can cause side effects, some of which can be serious, but even given that reality, getting a vaccine is a safer choice than choosing not to get a vaccine.
For example, measles has a mortality rate of about 1 to 2 per 1000 (0.01 to 0.02%). Before there was a vaccine, about 500 people died per year from measles (8). Between 1989 and 1991, there was an outbreak during which 55,622 cases were reported and 123 people died; 49% of those deaths were children younger than 5 years old (9). By contrast, since the introduction of the measles vaccine in the 1960s, there have been case reports of only 6 deaths with the measles vaccine, all involving the vaccine being given to patients with severely compromised immune systems (6).
The VICP had 120 compensable claims and 126 non-compensable claims for the MMR vaccine from 2006 to 2017. During this period, 101,501,714 doses were distributed, so the number of claims made represents a rate of 0.000242% of the total number of people who received the MMR vaccine (7) . By comparison with those numbers, you are twice as likely to give birth to conjoined twins (30) and 35 times more likely to get struck by lightning (31).
Vaccination is a choice, and it is safer to get a vaccine than it is to choose to go without a vaccine.
Read more about the VICP here.
If there is scientific consensus around the safety of vaccines, why are some doctors and nurses speaking out against vaccines?
Some people who have obtained a medical degree or a nursing degree have decided to speak out against vaccines. These people represent a small minority of practitioners and are operating against the beliefs of every major medical association and volumes of international scientific research. Many of them are capitalizing on their stance against vaccines by selling advertising space or merchandise on their websites. They have chosen to exploit the anxiety surrounding the impending parenthood of mothers- and fathers-to-be. They present their own feelings as fact, ignoring all the evidence (and there is an overwhelming amount of it) to the contrary.
What is the VAERS? Why do we have it if vaccines are safe?
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national vaccine safety surveillance program run by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS serves as an early warning system to detect possible safety issues with vaccines in the U.S. by collecting information about adverse events that occur after vaccination. The law requires the reporting of all adverse events occurring within 30 days of vaccination to VAERS.
Approximately 30,000 VAERS reports are filed each year. About 85% to 90% of the reports describe mild side effects such as fever, arm soreness and crying or mild irritability. The remaining reports are classified as serious, which means that the adverse event resulted in permanent disability, hospitalization, life-threatening illness or death. Reports of an adverse event or possible side effect after vaccination do not necessarily mean that the vaccine caused the specified problem. VAERS reports help alert scientists to possible cause-and-effect relationships that require further investigation. While these problems happen after vaccination, it is rare that they actually end up being caused by the vaccine.
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On Foreign Shores
Pritam P Hans | Print Edition: February 2012
Are you planning to buy a second home? If a heritage home in Goa, which can be worth crores of rupees, is too expensive for you, how about an old villa or cottage with a sprawling garden in a serene village in France, Italy or Spain? Yes, a residential property in these countries can be cheaper than premium apartments in places such as Delhi and Mumbai.
Economic troubles in the US and Europe have led to a sharp fall in property prices there.
"Banks have ended up owning a large number of foreclosed, non-performing assets (especially in the US). These are bad for their books, resulting in a situation where they are offering foreclosed assets at very low prices just to liquidate their non-performing assets," says Ajit Krishnan, partner and leader, real estate and infrastructure, Ernst & Young India.
Economic turmoil is not the only reason property investors are exploring overseas locations.
"Some international places offer themselves as sound investment destinations, irrespective of the overall economic situation. They are reasonably liquid and not volatile," says Anand Narayanan, national director, residential agency, Knight Frank India.
Buying properties abroad is not unusual for non-resident Indians. However, many high net worth Indians who travel overseas frequently are now becoming attracted by the potential for price appreciation in other countries.
"Dubai, London, New York and Singapore are the most popular property destinations for Indians. Except Dubai, the other three have given attractive inflation-adjusted returns in the last two years, as well as over a longer time horizon. Exotic resort locations in Thailand, Florida, Mauritius and south of France, too, are in demand along with education destinations such as Sydney and Melbourne. In the eyes of the discerning Indian buyer, they offer better value for money compared with properties in India," says Narayanan.
"It is the holiday home segment which is picking up strong momentum. After the price crash, Spain, Greece and Italy have become attractive for buying a holiday home," says Krishnan.
While Europe has some good options, London is the popular choice of those who can afford it. Though prime location properties there can be very expensive, independent houses in several locations are available for around $300,000, or around Rs 1.5 crore (this is the price of a three-bedroom villa listed on the website of a leading London property brokerage).
In Asia, Singapore and Thailand are attracting Indians due to easy access. Singapore allows foreigners to buy property but with restrictions. If a foreigner wants to own a property with land, he needs clearance from the government. No special approval is needed to buy apartments and condominiums. However, properties there can be as expensive as in Indian metro cities. So, if you are searching for a bargain, you may have to look somewhere else.
You can also explore Thailand, known for tourism and beaches. Property developers there are offering three-bedroom independent houses in Pattaya, a seaside resort city, for around 40 lakh Thai Baht or Rs 68 lakh.
In Bangkok, three-bedroom villas are available for 50 lakh Thai Baht or around Rs 85 lakh (listed on CB Thailand website).
Like Singapore, Thailand does not allow foreigners to own land. A foreign national can own land on lease with a maximum tenure of 30 years that can be extended twice for the same duration. This means if you want to own a villa in Thailand, the land can be yours for just 90 years. The rules are different for foreign companies incorporated in Thailand.
Dubai is another popular destination among Indians. "In West Asia, Dubai is preferred due to accessibility. Distance is a deterrent in case of the US. However, the US is preferred by Indians who have spent some time studying and working there," says Krishnan. Though there is the advantage of proximity to India, properties in Dubai are expensive. A two-bedroom apartment there can cost $400,000 or Rs 2 crore.
Look for property consultants who can also help with the legal aspects of ownership
ANAND NARAYAN
National Director, Residential Agency, Knight Frank India
If you want to spend your time in idyllic villages, you can find rustic cottages and stone houses in places in France, Italy and Greece. If you want to enjoy the beauty of the Alps, you can explore Switzerland. Prices there can be high but are worth paying for the joy of owning a house overlooking the snow-covered Alps. You can find new or resale chalets (wooden houses or cottages) in Switzerland for $800,000 and above.
If Rs 4 crore for a chalet sounds outrageously expensive, you can take comfort from the fact that they can be rented out for Rs 50,000 per week or more (rental of a two-bedroom self-catered chalet) during the skiing season.
In contrast to Switzerland, you can find cheaper properties in various parts of the US. A quick property hunt can lead you to villas that cost as low as $15,000.
For instance, a three-bedroom villa in Michigan, Detroit, is quoting for $28,000, around Rs 14 lakh. Compare it with the price of a two-bedroom apartment (around Rs 15 lakh for small apartments) in the upcoming areas of the National Capital Region.
Homes in places such as New York are very expensive, though. A studio apartment in Manhattan can cost as much as $150,000 or around Rs 75 lakh.
LEGAL DILIGENCE
Buying a property in foreign countries requires more effort and caution. One has to be mindful of foreign investment laws of India as well as the destination country.
"An Indian can buy a house overseas under the liberalised remittance scheme by making a remittance of up $200,000 per financial year. The Foreign Exchange Management Act also allows an Indian resident to acquire a property outside India by way of gift or inheritance from a person resident outside India," says Krishnan. "In addition, a person resident in India may hold an immovable property outside India acquired when he was not a resident in India (when he may have been working outside India)," he adds.
Performance of luxury homes
"The most important aspect is to look for integrated service providers who offer services both in India and the place where the property you want to buy is located," says Narayanan.
"An international property consultant who offers you the property should also have the capability to give legal structuring advice through specialised partners to ensure you fund the purchase without flouting any Indian law or inheritance laws of the country where the property is located," he adds.
You must also check inheritance and succession rules of the country where you intend to buy the property. You also need to consider taxation and the cost of maintaining the property.
Your tax liability for overseas property will depend on citizenship and residential status
AJIT KRISHNAN
Partner, Real Estate and Infrastructure, Ernst & Young India
"The tax implications will be determined by the citizenship status and the duration of stay in the foreign country. For instance, take an Indian who buys a property in the US for giving it on rent and restricts the time spent in the US to a cumulative of 30-40 days per year. In such a case, he will quality as a 'resident and ordinarily resident' in India. In such a situation, any income arising from the US property (whether notional or actual) will be taxable in India. This property shall be taxable in the US as well," says Krishnan.
"In such a case, the property owner will have to avail of the India-US Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. If the owner has a property in India too, one of his property shall be liable for wealth tax as well," Krishnan adds.
Buying properties overseas has its own challenges, more so if the cost of the property that you want to buy is over the annual overseas remittance limit allowed by the Reserve Bank of India.
"The Indian central bank has capped the overseas property investment at $200,000 per person per year. This is a deterrent for overseas investments, as most properties cost more than this," says Krishnan.
Before you get excited about the opportunities that the overseas real estate market offers, keep in mind that several countries require foreign buyers to pay large property transaction fees or taxes.
Singapore, for instance, recently tightened the residential property market for foreigners by requiring them to pay an extra 10% stamp duty on purchases. Consider all the factors to arrive at the actual cost of ownership. If the numbers and prospects of the foreign property market look good, go ahead and seal the deal.
TIPS FOR BUYING PROPERTY OFFSHORE
Visit the place a few times, both when it looks the best and during the off-season.
Don't go by the quoted price; bargain hard, especially if it is a new property.
Get a list of all fees and charges associated with a property transaction.
Hire an international property brokerage firm that is present in your home country as well as where you want to buy the property.
Consult an independent advisor who can guide you through the legal aspects of property ownership in the destination country and ensure a smooth transaction.
Try to time your property purchase when the foreign currency exchange rates are in your favour.
Check whether you will be eligible to visit your foreign home as frequently as you want (visa, residential status, etc)
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Another Farewell to the Theatre: a potlatch
tutorials, poems, aphorisms, disruptions
Freudian washed up on Jungian shores
Here's what I knew earlier today. On a piece of paper my father kept folded up in his wallet was a cartoon depicting an unhappy man sitting in a box. Hermit? Homeless? Definitely dour and dyspeptic. Cloaked and eternal. A monk who's focused effort has led to total en-darken-ment. A Bodhisatva sitting on the bottom line. Underneath the sketch was inscribed "People are no damn good." I don't remember the first time my father showed it to me. I was very young. It always tickled me. My father, I seem to remember, was not forthcoming with details, saying simply that he kept it because he found the image amusing. Someone had given it to him. Memory is unreliable, of course, but I think I carried away a feeling that he found the inscribed sentiment brutally true. I remember him referring to the figure as "some Chinaman living in a box." (Not really a racist comment, I realize, as I now examine the sketch and note it is really easy to mistake the extreme frown lines on the face for a stereotypical "Fu Manchu mustache.") My father would have been characterized by most who met him as a genial and pleasant guy, but this cartoon somehow resonated for him. That, at least, was the conclusion formulated by my younger self. I saw it as his secret truth.
I decided to take a few minutes and go online to find out more about the cartoon, to investigate, finally, a profoundly significant paternal signifier. Was this, perhaps, the very "Name of the Father" itself? In my perpetually inflated view, I was convinced I was going to start some journey of psychoanalytic investigation, work my rusty Lacanian chops, and end up with a charming, but nonetheless challenging, bit of literary autobiography. This little cartoon, with its corrosive brief assessment, had always functioned for me as a tiny banner of identity. I jokingly refer to it as my "birthright." And most people would probably characterize me as a genial and pleasant guy.
I tempered my anticipation, however, with the thought that it all may be for nothing. Along with seeing a profound amusing clarity in the sketch, I was also tempted to convince myself it was just bathroom banality, of the kind I imagined exchanged by young chuckling GI's from my father's war years (WWII). Nothing more than that. An arbitrary item, collected for no other reason than the enjoyment of seeing "damn" in print.
So, warily, I began to investigate. First I discovered that the artist was William Steig. Yes, of Shrek fame (the creator of), but also famed as one of The New Yorker's premiere cartoonists and illustrators through the second half of the twentieth century. I am exultant to think of my father carrying around a Steig cartoon. It flatters my ego. But I also realize he may not have known who Steig was. The cartoon first appeared on a best-selling "studio card" from around 1940. So it was ubiquitous. The Shrek of the moment. The refined had been tempered, or brought back to earth, by the everyday. Was bathroom banality winning out? I begin to work up to a theme. I noted, also, that my knowledge of Steig was, until I began exploring today, superficial. I did not know that I should have been "in the know" about Steig before I began looking into him. That, too, fit with the self-portrait I was seeking and would fit nicely with the themes that began to simmer. Banality, deficit, pretense. Then, in search of more appearances of the cartoon on the web, I googled a link…
http://post45.research.yale.edu/archives/904
This is where it gets bizarre. And to fully appreciate how bizarre, I have to make some confessions. I have a few quirky interests. We all do, I realize. Nothing seriously off the map, I can assure you. No doubt we all have a collection of topics or themes which inevitably trigger our curiosity should we see them referenced in a book title or in a magazine or online. Some of mine, many of mine, were all linked together in a network of associations in the article above, all reflecting my desire to peep into the lives of those who have made mad efforts to pierce the veil–creatively, sexually, politically, egoically. Wilhelm Reich, Kate Bush, Patti Smith and all of her poète maudit forbearers ( I had been reading some article about Smith's album Horses just the day before), Makavejev and his films, including WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, and L. Ron Hubbard–all linked in this particular link, all of them names in my own secret pantheon of enthusiasms. And in the midst of it all was a photo of a button with the Steig cartoon. It appears as the article makes reference to one of Reich's dubious achievements: the Orgone Box. I did some more digging.
Turns out Steig credits Reich with "saving his life" through encounters with the emigre analyst in New York in the 1940s. Steig evidently owned an Orgone box and sat in it every day of his life. The angry "chinaman" is, in fact, an image in which Steig is exploring symbolically some aspect of his Reichean experience. Much of his work did.
I'm not a Reichian, but, because of my background in psychoanalysis and my study at the University of West Georgia's Psychology Department (where I perpetually had to temper the temptations to take piercing the veil seriously–the hallways vibrating with it…), I'm intrigued by Reich, and I'm intrigued by others who have been intrigued by Reich, and an image of a large portion of that world of interest was contained in the cartoon in a way that now feels like a marker of destiny. Even here the clash of the material and the non-. This was not the exercise in autobiography I was expecting.
Further oddness. I clicked on another link…
http://www.kevinislaughter.com/2005/people-are-no-damn-good/
Kind of funny. A collection of "black velvet" work by a Tahitian artist, including a version of the cartoon. Go down to the comments. Someone asks who the original artist was for the cartoon. Kevin Slaughter, whose blog it is, thinks it's Donald Hardman. But he is corrected by someone named "Marc," who identifies the artist as Steig. It was not me. It was some other Marc with a "c."
So I wound up discovering that the cartoon in my father's wallet did, in fact, lead to a very accurate portrait of who I am. It's amazing to me that so many of my interests, and my identity to a certain extent, was, through the cartoon, thrown up onto a screen in an instant. Did someone say "synchronicity?" Why not? I didn't get to the root of myself as a misanthrope stuck in a box, however. I'll have to work more on my own to put that story together.
"What is the Event?" was asked.
20th Century Theatre History Project
A "parent survey" response for my daughter's English class on the topic of internet supervision
A little time to kill in Barnes & Noble, so I sit down with Swann's Way…
Acting: the first four fundamental lessons
Again with the confessions
An experiment Dreams of Rescue haiku collection
Another Farewell to the Theatre
Another Tom Jones
Art: wince and wither
Before you erase the chalkboard: fun with formulas
Breaking Away
Comments during an online rehearsal
Contact Improvisation
Enigma Alignment
Fording a New Stream: To ape, he or she aped, I'm aping
GHP Journal next year
GHP Theatre Journal, begun on:
Here's a template for creating accounts of meetings which did not take place:
Heuristic Guidance in the Clinic of Lacan
How to avoid storytelling in the theatre
Hysterical Hygenesis
I don't blame you
Indolent. That's the last word.
Introduction for a proposed collection of writings
Lacan's Objet Petit (a)
Let me quickly take stock
Make a Talisman
More Fun with Talismans
More with four
Newnan "Performance Collective" announces next project
Notes for Acceptance Speech
On creative group performance development
On the physical act of writing…
Poems, Aphorisms & Provocations
Politeness
Put Things into Play (and, after later theoretical reflection, vice versa)
Reading List for GHP Students
Scripting the Unscriptable
Shaggy Dog Story: recollection exercise
Show, Reflect, Recapitulate
Some Guidelines for a Performance Piece
Starting a Performance Group
THE ART OF TELLING THE TRUTH
the blog comment rehearsal in its entirety
The Psychoanalytic Performer: an invitation to the unknowing
The Vocal Sequence: a tutorial
The Word is the Murder of the Thing
The Writer in Collaborative Group Process
What do you want of me?: improvisation suggestions
what I want from my cinema
Why my waxing and waning: same old manifesto
Work in Progress: New Performance Methods
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The link to the Conference is here.


Day at the Beach – Stampin' Up!
I'm having one of those days, the kind of day where I'm really wishing that I was at the beach, soaking up the sunshine…just kicking back & relaxing. Given that I'm a busy mum of 2 boys & I have a husband who also has a hectic schedule, today isn't going to be a beach day.
So what's a girl to do when she can't get to the beach? Well my advice would be to play with this adorable stamp set from Stampin' Up!. This one is called Day at the Beach & it's currently only available in Holiday Catalogue for those of us that live in the South Pacific region… YAY for us!!
I had heaps of fun playing with this stamp set & coming up with new colour combinations. I wanted to get a sherbet lolly kind of feel to these cards & I think I've succeeded.
In fact I had SO much fun with these cards, that I'm going to be featuring the Icy-Pole card at an upcoming Mother & Daughter (or Mother & son) card class that I'll be holding in January 2017.
There's also something else that's special about these cards……can you see what it is?
I've used the NEW Stitched Framelits dies on 2 of these cards!! Don't they look amazing!! I LOVE the little extra detail that the stitch marks make… & even better when I held them up to the light, I could see right through the stitch holes!! So I'm thinking you could get a fine needle & thread through them with a little bit of time & patience :-).
I hope I've inspired you to try something new today or even over the weekend.


There's a good chance that every man and their dog has a bircher muesli recipe under their belts. It's one of those things that many a breakfast aficionado has given a whirl at some time or the other. If you're anything like me, the thought pattern usually goes something like; 'I'm bored with my 'normal' cereal/toast/smoothies/eggs.. I need a change.. but what, what, WHAT could take the place of my previously loved morning meal?' To be served up in this house, meals need to meet a certain number of criteria. 1) Quick to prepare 2) Toddler friendly and 3) Reasonably nutritious are the three keys. Luckily, bircher ticks all of these boxes with the added bonus of being made ahead of time. Genius!
There are a zillion ways you could alter this to suit your tastes, this is just a rough guide.
2 cups muesli – I use Carman's Fruit Free Muesli as I'm one of 'those' people who doesn't like fruity bits in with her muesli goodness. This is also helpful for keeping the sugar content low as dried fruit packs a real fructose punch. This particular muesli has 3g sugar per 45g serving which, when mixed in with the other goodies you're adding, would equate to even less of the sweet stuff.
1 cup natural or Greek yoghurt + another decent dollop to serve – I use Jalna Biodynamic Organic Yoghurt or Barambah All Natural Yoghurt both are full fat versions and both are DEEELISH.
1/2 grated apple – I don't use apple juice, though you could if you prefer your mixture a bit sweeter. I find the grated apple provides just enough sweetness for me without the need for pure juice.
– Mix everything (except the mix-ins) in a large mixing bowl and cover with cling film. Place in the fridge overnight. Bircher us one of those things that actually gets BETTER with time so if you make a batch Sunday night, you're looking at a delicious start to Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
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Q: MATLAB - Too many output arguments error need help I don't really know how to explain what I'm after without an example. I guess the title could be better but I'm not sure how to describe the issue.
I've got the following function
function [x,y] = f(z)
z = 3;
x = z.*[2;1];
y = z.*[1 2; 3 4];
end

Now I want to use f(z) as a function handle in the next function as the input "func" and I want x and y back from f(z) to use separately in the 2nd function.
function a = h(func, b)
[x,y] = func;
b = 2;
a = b.*y;
end

But I get the following error when trying to do so
>> h(f(3),2)
Too many output arguments.

Error in h (line 2)
[x,y] = func;

How do I get x and y back separately? This doesn't seem to be working.
[x,y] = func;

I also tried:
x = func(1)
y = func(2)

but this assigns x to the first index of x and y to the 2nd index of x. How do I get it to do what I want, whilst keeping the input name as "func" and using f(z) which returns 2 outputs?

A:  function a = h(func,arg, b)
 [x,y] = func(arg); % this should assign both outputs

and the call to h
 h(f,3,2) % only writing f without () will send the handle and not execute and send the result into h.

I am not able to reproduce your error. But there does exist a quite large community at mathworks site with questions and answers.

Another thing you can try if you get tired of how multiple outputs behaves is to build a cell and to return it, you can use { and } to build a cell:
function [o] = f(z)

and at the end of function f:
o = {x,y}; % writing variables in { and } separated by , builds a "cell" object.

you can learn more about cells by typing "help cell"

A: Here's how I'd change your example:
h(@() f(3), 2)

function [x,y] = f(z)
  x = z .* [2;1];
  y = z .* [1,2; 3,4];
end

function a = h(func, b)
  [x,y] = func();
  a = b .* y;
end

Notable points:

*

*I removed the assignments to parameters z and b inside the functions.  I assumed those assignments were the remnants of some experimentation.

*What you want, if I'm not mistaken, is to partially evaluate f for z equal to 3 and then pass the resulting (anonymous) function of no arguments to h.  This is done with @() f(3).  The expression f(3) does not evaluate to a function handle, as noted by @mathreadler.

*To call func in h we need a pair of parentheses, as in func().  Otherwise, we try to assign one function handle to two targets, which is an error.
The result produced by MATLAB for the code above is
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
6 & 12 \\
18 & 24
\end{bmatrix}
$$


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NSW Courts definition
The courts make special arrangements for vulnerable persons who need to appear in court to give evidence.
For details of special provisions please refer to Safety and Protection > Courts - special provisions for 'vulnerable' witnesses
In the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 chapter 6 part 6 a vulnerable person is a person who has suffered a personal assault offence and is one of the following
a child, or
a cognitively impaired person. This includes:
(a) an intellectual disability,
(b) a developmental disorder (including an autistic spectrum disorder),
(c) a neurological disorder,
(d) dementia,
(e) a severe mental illness,
(f) a brain injury.
NSW Police Force definition
The NSW Police make special arrangements for vulnerable persons - particularly when they need to give a statement.
In the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 Clause 24 a person who falls within one or more of the following categories is a " vulnerable person":
(a) children
(b) people who have impaired intellectual functioning
(c) people who have impaired physical functioning
(d) people who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders
(e) people who are of non-English speaking background