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Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) hasn't been seen on Vikings in almost a month, and it looks like we'll finally find out why this week. TV Guide has your exclusive first look at the shieldmaiden's return in Wednesday's episode, and based on these photos it's pretty obvious that Lagertha's time away hasn't been easy on her.
The former Queen of Kattegatt is nearly unrecognizable in the images, with her gray hair matted and cropped to the shoulders. She's covered in cuts and the deep bags under her eyes hint that something's been keeping her up at night. Lagertha's body language is also a stark contrast to what we're used to. Instead of the poise she typically carries herself with, Lagertha appears tense, curling up as though she would like nothing more than to disappear.
The last time we saw Lagertha, it was while she watched Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) die on the battlefield. Is it grief that has driven her to this... or something more?
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David Nalin
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""No other single medical breakthrough of the 20th century has had the potential to prevent so many deaths over such a short period of time and at so little cost.
David R. Nalin (born April 21, 1941) is an American physiologist who perfected the method for delivering oral rehydration therapy (ORT), a simple formula combining water, sugar, and salt used to treat dehydration, especially in children and infants with diarrhea. ORT existed before him, and scientists as early as the 18th century had noted a link between certain diseases and dehydration. What Nalin did was find that if the volume of solution patients drank matched the volume of their fluid losses this would drastically reduce or completely replace the need for the only current treatment for cholera, intravenous therapy. Intravenous therapy works well, but it's costs and complicated set up require professional medical staff and equipment not available to many of the world's poor. Combining the exact ratio of salt, sugar and water can be easily understood by anyone, doesn't require any professional medical expertise, and is unbelievably inexpensive. It has been estimated that Nalin's innovations in ORT have saved between 50 and 70 million lives worldwide.[1][2] Even modest efforts to increase access could save hundreds of thousands more each year.
1 Oral Rehydration Therapy
1.1 Nalin's Work
2 Political Activism
Oral Rehydration Therapy[edit]
A small bottle of ORT solution.
Salt packets used for ORT.
ORT is a surprisingly simple but extremely effective way to combat cholera. Combining small amounts of salts (sodium and potassium), sugar, and water it can be used to save rapidly dying people with an extremely high rate of effectiveness. The salts are needed for organ function and the sugars help the salts to be absorbed in the intestines. On occasion it is fortified with zinc.[3] Virtually anyone can administer ORT as long as they have access to water. The packets of the salts are cheap and commercially available, representing one of the simplest and most cost-effective health interventions in the world. First demonstrated by Indian physician Hemendra Nath Chatterjee in 1953,[4] news of ORT quickly spread to the Western world where new formulas were attempted. By the late 1960s, Nalin and Richard A. Cash had discovered that matching the amount of fluids lost with a glucose-electrolyte solution dramatically improved the outcomes of patients.
Nalin's Work[edit]
Nalin and Cash were the first to apply ORT in the field. Working out of an overcrowded tent hospital in the Bangladeshi jungle, Nalin and Cash recognized the need to ensure that for all fluids lost by a patient, an equal amount of ORT must be given. They also sought to apply ORT more broadly to anyone with diarrhea, not just those with cholera.[5][6] Since their initial work, they continued to study and promote ORT as a powerful tool in combating dehydration and now large numbers of scientists, public health officials, and the World Health Organization have embraced the practice, recognizing it as one of the key breakthroughs in 20th century medicine.
Political Activism[edit]
In addition to his humanitarian medical work in East Pakistan(now Bangladesh) Dr. Nalin also helped expose the horrendous 1971 Bangladeshi genocide to the world. This eventually lead to US military aid to Pakistan being cut off. Although this did not end the violence it was certainly the right thing to do.
Dr. David Nalin in Bangladesh([1])
↑ Woodward, Billy. "David Nalin-Over 50 Million Lives Saved." Scientists Greater Than Einstein. Fresno: Quill Driver Books, 2009.
↑ Heroes of Progress, Pt. 20: David Nalin Human Progress. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
↑ Telmesani, A. M. (2010). Oral rehydration salts, zinc supplement and rota virus vaccine in the management of childhood acute diarrhea. Journal of family and Community Medicine, 17(2), 79.
↑ Chatterjee, H. (1953). Control of vomiting in cholera and oral replacement of fluid. Lancet.
↑ Cash, R. A., Nalin, D. R., Rochat, R., Reller, L. B., Haque, Z. A., & Rahman, A. M. (1970). A clinical trial of oral therapy in a rural cholera-treatment center. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 19(4), 653-656.
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Allied Health Professions at University of Holy Cross
10 Bachelor's Degrees
Every allied health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the allied health program at University of Holy Cross stacks up to those at other schools.
UHC is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 1,246 students attend the school each year. Of the 104 students who graduated with a bachelor's degree from University of Holy Cross in 2019, 10 of them were allied health professions majors.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.
UHC Allied Health Professions Degrees Available
Associate's Degree in Allied Health
Bachelor's Degree in Allied Health
UHC Allied Health Professions Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at UHC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.
Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.
The allied health major at UHC is not ranked on College Factual's Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Most Focused Colleges for Allied Health Professions 213
Most Popular Colleges for Allied Health Professions 890
Allied Health Student Demographics at UHC
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at University of Holy Cross.
UHC Allied Health Professions Associate's Program
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of allied health associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Holy Cross with a associate's in allied health.
UHC Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Program
During the 2018-2019 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in allied health from UHC. About 10% were men and 90% were women.
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Holy Cross with a bachelor's in allied health.
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Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into
A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for University of Holy Cross.
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics 3,810 $36,930
Health Technologists and Technicians 2,620 $38,370
Respiratory Therapists 2,380 $53,510
Surgical Technologists 1,840 $39,990
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1,210 $60,360


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Industrial internet: Maxim uses Arduino and ARM components to build system to identify false sensor data
September 7, 2016 by Abdul Montaqim
Maxim Integrated has developed a system which makes it easier to authenticate sensor and avoid false readings
Maxim Integrated says it has developed a system which provides protection against counterfeit sensor data, guaranteeing its authenticity and integrity along the entire data chain, from transducer to the cloud.
The company says its system addresses the many issues related to system security in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) installations.
The Arduino-compatible MaxRefDes143# Reference Design consists of a protected sensor node with a DS28E15 secure authenticator, DS7505 temperature sensor, and MAX44009 light sensor, all connected to the ARM mbed technology shield with its DS2465 secure coprocessor (SHA-256), 1-Wire and I2C interfaces, Wi-Fi module, and LED/LCD/pushbutton user interfaces.
The rapid growth of IoT capabilities for industrial applications comes with legitimate concerns about data integrity, due to deliberate corruption of critical sensor data anywhere between a source and the cloud.
Maxim says the reference design's architecture and components, Arduino-compatible hardware interface, and ARM mbed libraries support simplifies development of secure, uncorrupted, and authenticated sensor-to-web data.
The company adds that the system is "ideal" for analog sensor node and data authentication in factory automation and industrial processing applications.
The reference design's two-stage hierarchical architecture consists of a shield that communicates to a web server, and a protected sensor node for data acquisition and authentication.
The shield includes a Wi-Fi module; a DS2465 secure coprocessor for offloading SHA-256 cryptographic computation; 1-Wire and I²C interfaces; user-interface LCD, LEDs, and pushbuttons; along with alarm and logging functions. The sensor node contains a DS28E15 secure authenticator, DS7505 temperature sensor, and MAX44009 light sensor.
Scott Jones, executive director, embedded security, Maxim Integrated, says: "The reference design is a powerful, much-needed tool for addressing the genuine issues of data security and authentication for Industrial IoT installations.
"The reference design combines the shield and sensor node to offer a solution with a high level of security and minimal development start-up effort, and with low system-overhead burden."
Michael Horne, vice president of marketing and sales, IoT business, ARM, says: "Enabling robust security and data integrity is critical to the continued adoption of IoT solutions.
"The MaxRefDes143# simplifies testing with ARM mbed-compatible development boards, allowing designers to rapidly develop resilient industrial IoT platforms."
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After following answers on Stack-overflow, I've got the code below. However, I try to delete checked users from the database by checked them then press delete using Ajax but when I press the delete nothing happens at all,
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The ownership of one's body parts represents a fundamental aspect of self-consciousness. Accumulating empirical evidence supports the existence of this concept in humans and nonhuman primates, but it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience similar feelings. Therefore, the present study used rubber tails to investigate body ownership in rodents. When the real tails and rubber tails were synchronously stroked, the mice responded as if their own tails were touched when the rubber tails were grasped. In contrast, when the stimuli were delivered asynchronously, there was a significantly lower mean response rate when the rubber tail was grasped. These findings suggest that mice may experience body ownership of their tails, suggestive of the rubber hand illusion in humans.
SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT To explore the manner in which the ownership of body parts is experienced, this study specifically used the rubber hand illusion (RHI), in which self-consciousness can be extended out of one's own body. Accumulating empirical evidence supports the existence of this concept in humans and nonhuman primates, but it remains unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience similar feelings. This study demonstrated for the first time that mice may experience body ownership of their tails, which is suggestive of the RHI in humans and provides evidence that may highlight how humans experience the ownership of body parts.
The ownership of one's limbs represents a fundamental aspect of self-consciousness. Under particular conditions, as in the rubber hand illusion (RHI), this feeling can be extended out of one's own body (Botvinick and Cohen, 1998). In the human RHI, when a rubber hand and a participant's hand are synchronously stroked by two brushes, the participant feels that the rubber hand is his or her own. The representation of the body in the brain is thought to be a multisensory construct; thus, visuotactile integration is important for the RHI (Botvinick and Cohen, 1998; Armel and Ramachandran, 2003; Tsakiris and Haggard, 2005).
Nonhuman primate experiments have shown that animals may experience body ownership as well. For example, Iriki et al. (1996) reported that the visual receptive fields of bimodal neurons (somatosensory and vision) in the posterior parietal cortices (PPCs) of monkeys were altered during tool use such that they included the entire length of a rake or covered an expanded accessible space. Similarly, synchronous stimulation applied to a monkey's unseen arm and a fake arm caused changes in the receptive fields of multimodal neurons in the premotor cortex and superior PPC (Graziano, 1999; Graziano et al., 2000). The neural activity within these fields suggests that the body representation of the monkey's limbs extended beyond their own bodies. Likewise, neurons in the sensorimotor cortex were activated by virtual touches to an avatar arm following the synchronous stimulation of the monkey's arm and the avatar arm (Shokur et al., 2013).
In contrast to nonhuman primate studies, no empirical evidence regarding the experience of body ownership in rodents has been reported to date. Therefore, the present study examines whether an RHI-like phenomenon occurs in mice by applying tactile stimulation to rubber tails. Tails are important for locomotion and balance in mice (Siegel, 1970), which suggests that mice may experience body ownership of their tails. In humans, RHI-like phenomena occur in a variety of different body parts, including the feet, abdomen, and whole body (Gentile et al., 2015). Therefore, it was hypothesized that this type of illusion could be measured in mice using rubber tails. Real tails and rubber tails were either synchronously or asynchronously stroked, and the responses of the mice (e.g., head movements) were assessed when the rubber tails were grasped. In human and nonhuman primate studies, the motoric defense of the body is a key behavioral indicator of body ownership (Graziano and Cooke, 2006; Ehrsson et al., 2007); thus, the evaluation of defensive withdrawal movements in mice may be a suitable measure of body ownership. Using this procedure, the present experiment provided the first empirical evidence showing that mice may experience body ownership of their tails.
The present study included 21 male C57BL6NCrj mice (Charles River Laboratories) that weighed 15–20 g at the beginning of the training period (postnatal week 5). The mice were trained daily to stay in a small tube with their heads stationary. Subsequently, the mice received three to five daily training sessions per week and were provided ad libitum access to water for >24 h over each weekend. All mice gained significant weight over the course of the training period. The mice were housed in groups of three to five in a room with a 12 h light/dark cycle; all behavioral experiments were conducted during the light cycle. Before the present experiments, the mice had no history of drug administration, surgery, or behavioral testing. The experiments were approved by the institutional committees for animal experimentation (Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities).
The mice were trained in a stainless-steel tube specifically designed for the present study (O'Hara). One side of the tube was open, and the other side of the tube was connected to a stainless-steel cone that had windows on the right and left sides. For the experiments, a rubber tail was placed either to the right or left of the cone; because mice can bend their tails forward, the rubber tail was placed in a proper anatomical position. The rubber tail was not placed in an anatomically impossible position because a human study found that an improbable location of a body part far away from the body caused a breakdown of the illusion (Lloyd, 2007; Brozzoli et al., 2012; Kalckert and Ehrsson, 2014).
To prepare the rubber tail, an electric wire coated with red plastic (diameter, 3 mm; length, 10 cm) was cut into a conical shape and covered with double-coated adhesive tape. Additionally, small black hair-like particles (Super Million Hair Mini Set; Ruan) were sprayed on the wire. In Experiments 1–3, the rubber tail and the real tail were manually stroked by small flat brushes made of soft sheep hair (width, 7 mm; length, 12 mm; Namura Taiseido; Fig. 1A).
The basic illusion task consisted of two phases. During phase 1, the mice (n = 17) were trained daily to stay in the small tube with their heads stationary for 20 min. If mice move and the rubber tails do not move in the same way, this inconsistency may weaken the illusion (Kalckert and Ehrsson, 2012). Phase 1 was completed by the majority of mice within 1 month, and the four mice that could not complete the phase were excluded from further analyses. During Phase 2, the tails of the mice and the rubber tails were manually stroked using brushes (∼0.5–2 Hz); the real tails always remained unseen by the mice throughout the experiment. After the rubber tails were stroked for >1 min, they were strongly grasped by an experimenter and the responses of the mice were recorded.
Three experiments were conducted in the present study. In Experiment 1, the mice (n = 17) performed daily tests under two conditions using a brush: the real tails and rubber tails were synchronously stroked or the real tails and rubber tails were asynchronously stroked. After the tails were stroked for >1 min, they were grasped by the hand of an experimenter that approached from the front of each mouse with a grasping strength similar to that used by the experimenters when lifting a mouse. The order of conditions was counterbalanced and the responses (head movements) were evaluated using a digital video camera (GZ-G5; JVCKenwood) that was placed in front of the head. In the asynchronous condition, asynchronous stroking was applied to the real tails and rubber tails with small brushes, as performed previously in the control conditions of human RHI experiments (Botvinick and Cohen, 1998; Armel and Ramachandran, 2003; Ehrsson et al., 2004). In 6 of the 17 mice (mice 12–17), one experimenter who was exposed to white noise over headphones and who could not to see the apparatus during the tactile stimulation firmly grasped the rubber tail after seeing a hand sign from another experimenter who had stroked the real tail or the rubber tail. Thus, the experimenter who grasped the rubber tail was blind to the task conditions.
In Experiment 2, the mice (n = 5) performed daily tests under two conditions using small brushes. The stimuli were always administered synchronously; however, in one condition, the rubber tail was occluded by an opaque plastic plate to evaluate the importance of visual stimuli.
In Experiment 3, two rubber tails were prepared and placed to the right and left of the head of each mouse, and one of the rubber tails was stroked synchronously with the real tail. The mice (n = 6) performed daily tests under two conditions: the stroked rubber tail was grasped and the nonstroked rubber tail was grasped. After the tails were stroked for >1 min, an experimenter firmly grasped the rubber tail and the response was recorded.
To minimize the number of animals used in the present study, in some cases the same mice were included in different experiments. Please note that each number in the figures (1–17) indicates an individual mouse.
During the behavioral tasks, the head movements of the mice were recorded using a digital video camera. Head movements in response to the grasping of the rubber tail were evaluated by two technical staff members who were blind to the experimental conditions and the results of these staff members were averaged. If the head promptly faced toward the rubber tail or retracted into the tube, this was considered to be a full response and was scored as 1.0. If the response was small or slightly delayed (∼1 s), this was considered to be an insufficient response and was scored as 0.5. The findings of the two technical staff members were well correlated (r = 0.82, p < 0.01). Next, the mean response rates under each condition were calculated from the responses obtained over 10 d of testing and compared using paired t-tests after an assessment for normality with the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test.
The present study developed an animal model of the RHI to investigate the concept of body ownership in mice. In Experiment 1, the mice (n = 17) performed daily tests under two stimulation conditions using a brush: synchronous stroking of real tails and rubber tails and asynchronous stroking of the tails (Fig. 1A–C). After the tails were stroked for >1 min, an experimenter firmly grasped the rubber tail, and the mean response rate over 10 d of testing under each condition was recorded. Following synchronous stroking, the mice responded as if their own tails were being touched by turning or retracting their heads when the rubber tails were grasped. Nine of the 17 mice exhibited a significantly higher response rate (mean ± SEM) under the synchronous stimulation condition (0.54 ± 0.0017) than under the asynchronous stimulation condition (0.43 ± 0.0022; paired t test, p = 0.00000036 < 0.000001; t(16) = 8.27; Cohen's d = 2.01; Figure 1C), which is similar to RHI findings in humans (Armel and Ramachandran, 2003). In 6 of 17 mice, the behavioral tests were assessed by experimenters who were blind to the stimulation conditions (mice 12–17); that is, the experimenters who firmly grasped the rubber tail could not see the apparatus and did not know whether the real tail or the rubber tail had been synchronously stroked. The difference in the response rates between the stimulation conditions was significantly higher for the synchronous stimulation condition (0.61 ± 0.044) compared with the asynchronous stimulation condition (0.51 ± 0.052; paired t test, p = 0.0062 < 0.01; t(5) = 4.53; Cohen's d = 1.85).
The rubber tail task in mice. A, Picture and illustration of the apparatus. Mice were trained to stay in a stainless-steel tube with a cone that had windows on the left and right sides, and a rubber tail was placed on the left or right side of the cone. B, The rubber tail task in Experiment 1. The mice performed daily tests under two conditions: real tails and rubber tails were stroked synchronously or asynchronously. C, Response rates (head movement) when the rubber tail was grasped. The bars indicate the mean response rate under each condition from the responses obtained over 10 d of testing (mice 1–17, synchronous condition, 71.7 ± 6.0 trials; asynchronous condition, 70.6 ± 5.5 trials). Error bars indicate SEM.
Experiment 2 assessed the effects of visual occlusion on this RHI-like phenomenon to confirm that the mice saw the rubber tail during the task. As in Experiment 1, the mice (n = 5) performed daily tests under two stimulation conditions using a brush: synchronous stroking of real tails and rubber tails and synchronous stroking of real tails and rubber tails with the rubber tail masked by an opaque plastic plate so that it could not be seen (Fig. 2A). Similar to Experiment 1, if the rubber tail could be seen, then the mice responded as if their own tails were being touched when the rubber tail was grasped (0.52 ± 0.035). However, when the rubber tail was occluded, the response rate was significantly lower (0.28 ± 0.033; paired t test, p = 0.0046 < 0.01; t(4) = 5.71; Cohen's d = 2.55). Individual analyses revealed that the response rates of all five mice were significantly lower, suggesting that visuotactile integration was important for the manifestation of the RHI-like phenomenon.
Control experiments. A, Effects of visual occlusion (Experiment 2). Mice (n = 5) performed daily tests in which the stimuli were always administered synchronously, but under one condition, the rubber tail was occluded by an opaque plastic plate. Response rates of the mice are shown. Bars indicate the mean response rate under each condition from responses obtained over 6 d of testing (mice 2–4, 6, 7, without occlusion condition, 46.6 ± 0.93 trials; with occlusion condition, 47.2 ± 1.6 trials). B, Effects of cross-modal spatial congruence (Experiment 3). Two rubber tails were placed to the right and left sides of the mice. One of these rubber tails was synchronously stroked along with the real tail. Mice (n = 6) performed daily tests under two conditions. Under one condition, the stroked rubber tail was grasped, and under the other, the nonstroked rubber tail was grasped. Mouse response rates are shown (mice 4, 5, 7, 9–11, same side condition, 42.5 ± 4.7 trials; opposite side condition, 43.2 ± 2.1 trials).
Experiment 3 evaluated the influence of spatial location on the RHI-like phenomenon using two rubber tails placed to the right and left sides of the mice (Fig. 2B). The aim of this experiment was to determine whether or not the rubber tail phenomenon was spatially confined. If cross-modal spatial congruency is important (Pavani et al., 2000), then the response should be confined to the side where the synchronous stimuli are applied. The real tails of the mice (n = 6) and one of the rubber tails were synchronously stroked, and then the mice performed daily tests under two conditions: one in which the stroked rubber tail was grasped, and one in which the nonstroked rubber tail was grasped. When the stroked rubber tail was grasped, the mice responded as if their own tails were being touched (0.48 ± 0.047), similar to the synchronous condition in Experiment 1. In contrast, when the nonstroked rubber tail was grasped, there were significantly fewer responses (0.33 ± 0.052; paired t test, p = 0.000021 < 0.0001; t(5) = 15.4; Cohen's d = 6.30). In the individual analyses, this difference remained significant for five of six mice, which suggests that the RHI-like phenomenon was related to cross-modal spatial congruence, as during the RHI in humans.
The present findings from Experiment 1 demonstrate that mice responded as if their own tails were being touched when the rubber tails were grasped after synchronous stroking with two small brushes. The differences between the synchronous and asynchronous conditions suggest that the temporal simultaneity of vision and touch was important for this task. Experiment 2 confirmed the importance of vision during the performance of the illusion, and Experiment 3 demonstrated that the spatial location of the rubber tails influenced the RHI-like phenomenon and that spatial attention may be an important consideration during this process. Together, the present behavioral data indicate that mice may experience body ownership of their tails and that the RHI-like phenomena were related to visuotactile integration and spatial congruence.
The present findings are consistent with those of studies investigating the RHI in humans. In the original RHI experiments, watching a rubber hand being stroked while one's own unseen hand is synchronously stroked elicits a feeling that the rubber hand is one's own. In contrast, the asynchronous stimulation of two hands eliminates this illusion (Botvinick and Cohen, 1998). Accordingly, the importance of visuotactile integration and spatial congruence for the perceptual phenomenon of the RHI has been repeatedly reported and discussed (Pavani et al., 2000; Makin et al., 2008; Tsakiris, 2010; Kilteni et al., 2015; Samad et al., 2015).
Functional brain imaging studies in humans have revealed that the ventral premotor cortex and the PPC are activated during the RHI (Ehrsson et al., 2004; Ehrsson et al., 2005). These brain regions are known to be involved in body-related multisensory integration and may coordinate information from various sensory modalities with respect to the RHI (Tsakiris, 2010). Based on the findings of electrophysiological studies, rodents also have a distinct brain region for multisensory processing near the primary sensory cortex (Wallace et al., 2004; Menzel and Barth, 2005). Additionally, Hirokawa et al. (2008) and Wada et al. (2010) reported that the expressions of c-Fos, which is an activity-dependent gene, in these multisensory areas increases after the detection of temporally congruent audiovisual stimuli and temporal order judgments, respectively, in rodents. This multisensory cortex in rodents, which may correspond to the PPC in humans, also represents spatial information (Kesner, 2009). Together, these studies suggest that multisensory brain regions play a role in RHI-like phenomena in mice.
Although empirical studies using rodents have successfully identified the neuronal bases of multisensory processing (Benedetti, 1995; Iurilli et al., 2012; Reig and Silberberg, 2014; Chabrol et al., 2015), the cognitive aspects of body representation in rodents have yet to be fully examined. The present findings suggest that mice may experience body ownership of their tails; therefore, the task used in this study may be applicable for the evaluation of the cognitive aspects of body representations in mice. Future research using this behavioral task may provide novel insights into the ownership of one's body parts.
This study was supported in part the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Grants 23300151, 15H03126, and 26700012. We thank T. Ogata, T. Sakurada, T. Nawa, and S. Iwama for their help, and Y. Nakajima for his continuous encouragement.
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Q: How convert wchar_t to unicode number? How convert wchar value into number in unicode table?
I have a variable:
wchar_t znak;
znak=getwchar();

I type 'ą' how convert znak to #261
I need number in unicode table.
ą U+0105 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
UTF-16: 0x0105
XML: & # 261;

A: The standard didn't specify sizeof(wchar_t) (or its encoding), so you should have stated what system you are on.
Assuming *nix (Linux, BSD, OSX etc.)
wchar_t is 32 bits and stores UTF-32 code points, which is a fixed-length encoding. You could use znak directly with no conversion needed.
Although you should first check whether UTF-8 and char aren't better up to your task (For conversion, UTF-32 is certainly better, but your program might do more than that).
If you determine that UTF-8 is an overall better choice for your program, you can use mbstowcs to get a UTF-32 code point out of your UTF-8 code point.
Assuming Windows
wchar_t is 16 bits and stores UTF-16LE code units. For Console I/O you are limited to UCS-2 though. The difference lies in that UTF-16 is not a fixed length encoding. So-called Surrogate pairs (albeit rare) allow the representation of non-BMP code points.
So in your case, just using using znak directly will work too.
For completion sake's though, here is a possible implementation from the UTF-16 Wikipedia article:
u32 read_code_point_from_utf16()
{
  u16 code_unit = getu16();
  if (code_unit >= 0xD800 && code_unit <= 0xDBFF) {
    u16 code_unit_2 = getu16();
    if (code_unit_2 >= 0xDC00 && code_unit_2 <= 0xDFFF)
       return (code_unit << 10) + code_unit_2 - 0x35FDC00;
    push_back(code_unit_2);
  }
return code_unit;
}

Finally, use sprintf(s, "&#%d;", znak) and sprintf(s, "0x%x", znak) to get it into the required base.


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Q: Where are the labels of the Q3DScatter grapph? I was expecting to see the labels by doing the following:
#include "mainwindow.h"

#include <Q3DScatter>

using namespace QtDataVisualization;

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
{
    Q3DScatter *graph = new Q3DScatter;
    QWidget *widget = QWidget::createWindowContainer(graph);
    setCentralWidget(widget);
    graph->axisX()->setLabels(QStringList{"a", "b", "c"});
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow() {}

But nothing, and I found no method to show/hide labels, so where are the labels?

A: It may need a signal to update your window. Try graph->axisX->labels = QStringList{"a", "b", "c"};

A: you miss the second line as shown below:
graph->axisX()->setTitle("a");
graph->axisX()->setTitleVisible(true);


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Q: MySQL same id but different value in another column contains needle with match order table
+-----+-------+---------+
|  id |   pid |   note  |
+-----+-------+---------+
|  1  |    66 |  la qux |
|  2  |    66 |  la foo |
|  3  |    66 |  la bar |
|  4  |    66 |  el foo |
|  5  |    27 |   aaaaa |
|  6  |    27 |  barAAA |
|  7  |    27 |  AAfooA |
|  8  |    43 |     aaa |
|  9  |    43 |     qux |
| 10  |    11 |    hehe |
| 11  |    98 |     foo |
+-----+-------+---------+

needle is a needle in a haystack, or find substring in string
For each group with the same pid, select one whose note (a string) contains a match for the first substring needle following the needle order. So if any note in that group contains the first needle select that one and move on, else see if any contain second needle etc. If the group has no needle matches, dont select anything from that pid group.
Wanted output:
If these were the needles used with the table above:
$needle1 = 'foo'
$needle2 = 'bar'
$needle3 = 'qux'

+-----+-------+---------+
|  id |   pid |   note  |
+-----+-------+---------+
|  2  |    66 |  la foo |
|  7  |    27 |  AAfooA |
|  9  |    43 |     qux |
| 11  |    98 |     foo |
+-----+-------+---------+

How would you go about achieving this?
What I have so far:
SQL / php
$needle1 = 'foo';
$needle2 = 'bar';
$needle3 = 'qux';

$sql = "
        SELECT id, pid, note
        FROM `table`

        WHERE INSTR(`note`, '{$needle1}') > 0
            OR INSTR(`note`, '{$needle2}') > 0
            OR INSTR(`note`, '{$needle3}') > 0

        GROUP BY pid
        LIMIT 10
        ";

But this only finds the first one in the group that matches any needle

A: There are probably neater ways to do this but here is one way
    CREATE TABLE #temptable
    (
    id int,
    pid int,
    note varchar(20)
    );

    INSERT INTO #temptable (id, pid, note) VALUES
    ('1', '66', 'la qux'),('7', '27', 'AAfooA'),
    ('2', '66', 'la foo'),('8', '43', 'aaa'),
    ('3', '66', 'la bar'),('9', '43', 'qux'),
    ('4', '66', 'el foo'),('10', '11', 'hehe'),
    ('5', '27', 'aaaaa'),('11', '98', 'foo'),
    ('6', '27', 'barAAA');

    CREATE TABLE #tempNeedle
    (
    id int,
    note varchar(20)
    );

    INSERT INTO #tempNeedle (id, note)
    VALUES ('1', 'foo'),
    ('2', 'bar'),
    ('3', 'qux');

    Select t5.* from #temptable t5
    INNER JOIN(
    Select t1.id, t1.pid, t1.note,ROW_NUMBER()Over(Partition by t1.PID
    Order by t3.id)  as row
    from #temptable t1
    CROSS APPLY (Select t2.id from #tempNeedle t2
            Where t1.note LIKE concat('%',t2.note,'%')
            ) t3
            )t4 ON t5.id=t4.id AND t5.pid=t4.pid
    Where t4.row=1

A: I think you can get away using LIKE along with a simple join:
SELECT t1.id,
       t1.pid,
       t1.note
FROM yourTable t1
INNER JOIN
(
    SELECT pid, MAX(id) AS id
    FROM yourTable
    WHERE note LIKE '%foo%'
    GROUP BY pid
) t2
    ON t1.pid = t2.pid AND
       t1.id  = t2.id


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«ДЖАЗ-НА-АМУРЕ» (tm) — ежегодный дальневосточный фестиваль джаза и импровизационной музыки, проходивший в Хабаровске в 1986—1991 годы. Организован Секцией джаза Хабаровского городского Клуба филофонистов (ХГКФ, 1974-2021) при политической поддержке Комсомола и участии местных органов культуры, телевидения, при содействии джазовой общественности СССР.

Возродил джазовую фестивальную традицию на Дальнем Востоке. Первый, безымянный, дальневосточный джаз-фестиваль состоялся в декабре 1968 года, поэтому «ДЖАЗ-НА-АМУРЕ» (tm) являлся вторым по счёту дальневосточным джаз-фестивалем. Ставил целью популяризацию и стимулирование развития джаза в регионе Советского Дальнего Востока, укрепление статуса местного джаза и обретение им общественного и официального признания, продвижение дальневосточных музыкантов на сцены Сибири, Центра страны и далее. Также имел косвенной целью продвижение известности дальневосточного региона.

Сделал известными на советской джазовой сцене отдельных дальневосточных музыкантов, дал импульс развития плеяде музыкантов, в той или иной степени посвятивших себя джазу. Был хронологически первым относительно независимым от власти художественно, или компромиссным, масштабным музыкальным фестивалем на Дальнем Востоке. В 1989—1991 годы существовал уже полностью независимо от органов культуры, на средства спонсоров, в сотрудничестве с учреждённой в 1988 году Советской джазовой федерацией.

От современных ему провинциальных фестивалей отличался включением в свою программу в заметных объемах, наряду со всем возможным спектром джазовых направлений, «пост-джазовой», импровизационной и не-джазовой  музыки, опережающей массовые и профессиональные вкусы и тенденции. Будучи скромным региональным фестивалем, охватывавшим огромную территорию, показывал, наряду с дальневосточными, отдельных ведущих исполнителей Сибири и Центра СССР, а также отдельных зарубежных исполнителей.

Стал заметным региональным культурным явлением своего времени. Оставил след в грамзаписи в виде отдельных знаковых записей, CDs и LPs отечественных и иностранных исполнителей, записанных с его концертов, в том числе Валентины Пономаревой, Владимира Тарасова, Kazuo Uehara, японского noise-дуэта Merzbow.

Примечания

Джазовые фестивали СССР
Джазовые фестивали России
Культура Хабаровска
1980-е годы в Хабаровском крае
1990-е годы в Хабаровском крае
Фестивали, появившиеся в 1986 году
Исчезли в 1991 году
Появились в 1986 году в России

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Sometimes you just want a job that is straightforward and becoming a courier driver or delivery person is one of those career options. It may not pay huge amounts of money, although it would solely depend on the hours and distance you travel, but it can certainly be a simple job requiring you to concentrate on getting from one place to another. Many people consider this job as it can be flexible, enabling you to choose the hours you work and the distance you travel. It can often suit people coming to the end of their working life, who are wanting to keeping bringing in an income without the same levels of stress that some other jobs can have.
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Of course, there are other opportunities you could consider. Working on the road in sales, traveling to different countries because you have the benefit of knowing different languages, the options are endless, you just need to look into what is available for you in terms of your skills and what you want from a career.


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The candy's smooth wrapper crinkles as I trace its edges with my fingertips, imagining its contents. The wrapper tears like a fine fabric, revealing a corner of dark chocolate. I break off a piece and take pleasure in its creamy essence. I have always had a sweet tooth, but it is not just sugary snacks that I crave. Being raised by a single parent has been a bittersweet experience, but one that has given me resilience and ambition.
When I was young, my mother would tell me that the racks of candy in the store's checkout line belonged to the cashier. She said this not to confuse me, avoid spoiling me, or even to teach me a lesson about earning rewards, though she inevitably did. She said it because she didn't want me to worry because she could not afford a 50-cent chocolate bar. Nevertheless, I saw through her tactic and made a promise to myself that I would grow up to be prosperous enough to buy my family all the Hersheys on the stand.
Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to strive for success so that I could lead a more comfortable life than hers. She worked long hours every night and struggled to pay the minimum due on her bills. Still, she would find time to read and snuggle with my sister, Emily, and me. Mom taught me the value of perseverance, education, and moral fiber. Although I did not have two parents, I was loved and nurtured just as much.
Not all of life's milestones were easy; some left an insurmountably bitter taste in my mouth. Domestic abuse, divorce, and homelessness, for example. I dealt with these when my mother married a man in Maryland and moved us several states away from our roots in Georgia. The first few months were great: baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners together, and movies. It felt like we were the perfect All-American family. Then things changed. Baseball games were too expensive, and trips to the mall were replaced with days Emily and I spent isolated in our rooms on his orders. Screaming matches between my stepfather and my mother interrupted dinners, and he swapped movie tickets for vodka.
We spent five years living in a family setting that had turned into a war zone. I remember the verbal spats became so routine that I would no longer rush to my little sister's room to cradle her in my arms and wipe away the tears spilling down her cheeks. Emily and I grew so used to this lifestyle that we just turned on the televisions in our rooms to drown out the screams. We became immersed in the world of sugar-coated sitcoms, pretending the spiteful cursing matches downstairs were normal.
Then one evening, an argument erupted. My sister and I had begun to predict the start of these altercations. We called our system ETF, Estimated Time of Fight, named for its accuracy. Emily joked about patenting it some day. But on this night my mother swung open my bedroom door and told me to pack – we were leaving and not coming back. I could hear Emily sobbing in her room.
We loaded our things into Mom's Ford, my stepfather barking hatefully all the while. We drove for a long time before Mom pulled into the parking lot of a large store. I gazed out the window, watching people carry bags to their cars and head off to their warm homes. They were oblivious to our bittersweet tears. They had no idea how relieved and traumatized we felt, all at the same time. I was 14, my sister 11, school was still in session, and we were homeless.
"We're not the first people to go through this, and we won't be the last," Mom assured us.
A friend of my mother's let us stay with her. Each day, Mom would wake us before dawn so we could commute from Virginia to Maryland for our last three months of school. I remember looking out at the gleaming Washington Monument from the Potomac bridge, wondering how many others in the nation had suffered in silence. How many had packed up and moved on?
We eventually relocated to Texas, where Mom is still working to re-stabilize her life. And now, as I compose this essay with some dark chocolate – my favorite candy – close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best point in our lives. I have triumphed here, both academically and personally. I satiate my hunger for knowledge by remaining dedicated to my intellectual pursuits – for example, the Distinguished Graduation Plan with its rigorous course of study and community service, and the learning opportunities it offers.
I savor the fact that I am not a bitter product of my environment; I am not a person who lets trying times interrupt her focus, for I know that they are learning experiences also. Success, like candy, can be the sweetest treat of all.
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You are profoundly clever ..
Also, I meant to add that how you used bittersweet chocolate for symbolic means was very clever and creative of you. That was something else that really stood out to me in your piece.
Amazing work! This article is actully the very article that my 8th grade teacher had us read for English class when we started writing essays. I remember reading it and thinking, "Wow this is good!" You have great word choice, the way your ideas flowed so coherently is a pleasure, and I really love your writing style and how this essay is written with a free-form style making it much more interesting and personal.
go moms! and good job.
How far that little candle throws his beam! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Wow...you are amazingly strong and brave. I know how you feel, to some extent.
That's awesome, where do you live?
This essay was great. Very motivational.you show people that no matter how hard things, they will eventually get better. I'm an 11th grader preparing to start writing my essays for college and my program teacher is having my class read your essay to show what a great essay is.
Is it a reference to Surviving High School?
Sometimes, life just changes in an instant. When we left my last step-father, my mother had no money saved and we could only take a few essential possessions. Thus, we had to start from scratch.
I really enjoyed this essay because of the deep connections to most broken homes without the sense of it being a pity party.
I don' t want to sound maudlin but this really did made me cry, maybe because of the fact that it connected deeply with a part of me. You don't know how much i owe you now for inspiring me at a time when I was in great need of it!


...yeah, honestly, it went green and everything!
What, you mean to say no-one has been listening since Saturday???
Glad to be back, cheers all!!!
timewizard wrote: I ended up talking to Lord Malek over the weekend.
Poor you. I bet no one was happier to see the site back up so you could talk to other people!
We actually had a very nice email chat. We related some family info, steered away from rules discussions and debates.
Those topics we save for AoS!


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A new Quinnipiac University poll shows nearly half of all Americans believe U.S. President Donald Trump is guilty of wrongdoing in connection with Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
A federal judge upheld the constitutionality of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's appointment on Monday, finding Acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein lawfully named Mueller in May 2017 in a challenge to an indictment brought by a Russian firm accused of funding an Internet trolling operation targeting USA voters.
Some advocates have said they are seeking to get an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Dabney Friedrich, who serves at the trial-court level in DC federal court, said Concord Management and Consulting could not have its case tossed on constitutional grounds.
Rosenstein is overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused past year.
Concord Management's main argument against Mueller's appointment centered on the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, claiming that Mueller was not nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, nor was he appointed via Congressional approval.
The company is accused to financing the Internet Research Agency, a Moscow-based social media troll farm, to sow discord in the US political system from 2014 through 2017.
Friedrich ruled in a 41-page opinion that the special counsel is an inferior officer subject to the direction and supervision of the acting attorney general, who may rescind or revise the rules governing his work and who "moreover. has the power to remove the Special Counsel at will".
Of those questioned, 70% believe the president should testify before Mueller, while the former FBI director has enjoyed a sizable bump in the polls, with 47% now saying they approve of his handling of the Russian Federation investigation, up from 41% in June.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., June 21, 2017. Roger Stone aide Andrew Miller tried it, only to be shot down earlier this month. "Nor has the Special Counsel exceeded his authority under the appointment order by investigating and prosecuting Concord", she said, referring to the Russian company that sought for the charges to be dismissed on the basis that Mueller lacked the authority.
Last week, Jackson also announced that she is on the cover of the Harper's Bazaar Espana September issue. Her grandmother, Katherine Jackson , also made an appearance.
Symptoms develop between six and 19 days after infection, and include a runny nose, cough, sore eyes, a fever and a rash. The CDC says two doses of MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles; one dose is about 93% effective.
She told us in the Nick of time about her decision and we are very happy for her... "I think he really enjoyed it", she added. Previous reports have said that Jonas shut down an entire Tiffany store in NY to buy an engagement ring for his now-fiancée.
On top of the GPUs , NVIDIA is also debuting its Quadro RTX server that combines the GPUs with the new Quadro Infinity software. According to NVIDIA , both the RTX 8000 and RTX 6000 are capable of 10 GigaRays/sec while the RTX 5000 reaches 6 GigaRays/sec.
The artwork, in which an eagle feasts on the President's bones, was made by the band's Jeff Ament with artist Bobby Draws Skulls . Republican politician Matt Rosendale later voiced his disgust at the pic, branding it a 'blatant display of extremism '.
Then Twitter responded to a CNN investigation by admitting that some Jones tweets were in violation, and deleted them. A Twitter spokesperson told Breitbart News that they: "can confirm that the account now has limited functions".
At the time, the pound weakened significantly against all major currencies. Key UK data will be published from Tuesday through Thursday.
The US has cancelled its military exercises with China in a $716 billion defence bill signed by President Trump yesterday. When Trump was running for president, the senator criticized him for attacking Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen soldier.
Brunson has lived in Turkey for 23 years, but his case has been taken up as a cause for the USA government. Under the decree, Turkey will also raise tariffs to around 100 percent on imports of some other products.
We consider them a strategic mistake and incorrect, but we will abide by them to protect the interests of our people", he stated. Conflicting reports emerged on Monday around a potential visit by Mr Abadi to Iran.
Whalen also participated in camps and served as a role model for girls and teens who are learning to play the game of basketball . For her career, she has averaged 11.5 points, 4.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game to go with a 46.1 field goal percentage.
Last year , Microsoft and Amazon announced the two companies would work together to integrate their respective digital assistants. Get started with Cortana on Echo devices by saying, 'Alexa, open Cortana, ' and you'll be connected directly to Cortana.
University of Karachi students celebrate with a large national flag ahead of the Independence Day in Karachi on Monday. The day dawned with 31 gun salutes in the federal capital and 21 gun salutes in the provincial headquarters.
Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne has suffered a serious knee injury which may rule him out of action for at least two months. And The Times report that De Bruyne himself had a worrying reaction after he picked up the injury in training.
Turkey's trade minister Ruhsar Pekcan said: "The United States is an important trading partner but it is not our only partner". Erdogan has warned Turkey could seek alternative partners pointing to Ankara´s strong ties with Russia, Iran and China.
Nicholas Rostow, who served as a national security aide to George W. Critics slammed Trump's action as an abuse of presidential power.
Cochin International Airport temporarily suspended flight operations citing rising trend of water inflow at the airport. Many moaned that they had lost virtually all their possessions after surging waters swept away whatever they possessed.
She accused him of using his rowdy political rallies to divide, even suggesting Trump is promoting violence. In tweets on Monday night, Mr Trump denied ever using "such a awful and disgusting word".
The executive order comes after Florida Senator Bill Nelson tweeted about the need for help with the red tide crisis last week. How is red tide affecting Florida?
The selection of dates is somewhat unusual because it takes into account job gains or losses before Trump and Obama took office. CBS News' parent company, CBS Corp ( CBS.N ), owns Simon and Schuster Inc, which published her book .
The president has attacked Manigault-Newman in recent days after excerpts from her book were disclosed. The White House has not disputed the authenticity of recordings she's released so far.
During the same briefing, Trump is said to have asked whether Modi would be bringing his wife along with him on the visit. Macron would be like: 'Hey what are we talking about?' These are very busy people.
National security adviser John Bolton speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House , Aug. 2, 2018, in Washington. The Trump administration has slapped the Turkish regime with tariffs and sanctions for holding the USA citizen captive.
De Bruyne made 52 appearances in a marathon 2017-18 season for City before featuring heavily for Belgium at the World Cup. He may even miss the trip to Liverpool on October 7.
The stock has slid more than 17 per cent this year, while New York-listed rival Alibaba Group Holding remained mostly unchanged. China's gaming industry in particular has drawn government attention over concerns about violent content and game addiction.
Smoke from British Columbia and fires in the Cascades continues to build in the Puget Sound region Monday. A value of 0-50 is considered good , 51-100 is moderate and 101-150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups .
A combined total of less than a dozen death penalty supporters and opponents gathered in the rain while the execution took place. Witnesses said he coughed several times before going still, and it was then that his face gradually turning from red to purple.


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Dino Melaye Recall Attempt Fails As INEC Verifies Only 18,742 Signatories
The attempt to recall the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has failed after the verified signatories to the petition for his recall fell short of requirements.
For the verification exercise to succeed, 50 percent plus one of the signatories to the petition had to be verified.
However, based on the results announced by Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti, the Declaration Officer for the exercise held in the senatorial district on Saturday, only 18,742 of the 189,870 of the signatories to the petition for the Senator's recall were verified by INEC.
The verified signatories represent 5.34 percent of the 351,146 registered voters in the Senatorial district.
After announcing the results, he declared, "I Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti, affirm that the information on verification of signatures to the petition for the recall of Senator Dino David Melaye of Kogi West Senatorial District has taken place on this day, 28th day of April 2018, and that the verified signatures is 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the constituency and has therefore not satisfied a requirement of the law for a referendum."
He said the results were signed by him and the two agents to the petitioners and the agent of Senator Melaye.
Saturday's verification exercise came months after the petition for Senator Melaye's recall was submitted to INEC because of lawsuits filed by the Senator challenging the petition.
A total of 189,870 signatories were on the petition, representing 54 percent of the 351,146 registered voters in the senatorial district which is comprised of seven local government areas including Lokoja, the state capital.
When the exercise was finally held on Saturday, it was characterised by low turnout with some verification centres quiet hours later. By the time the verification ended by 2 pm and collation of results started, talks of its failure had started spreading.
Although the exercise was largely peaceful, there was violence in Mopa Amuro towards the end of the exercise. Six polling units were reportedly affected. As a result, the exercise in six out of the 10 wards in the LGA were cancelled.
Consequently, the LGA had the least number of verified signatories with 710 as against the 9,173 on the petition.
The low turnout for the exercise was most evident in Lokoja, which had the highest number of signatories on the recall petition – 66,266. Out of that number, only 4,810 people showed up for the verification with 3,763 verified.
Had the verification exercise been successful, INEC would have proceeded with the recall process by holding a referendum.
Unlike the verification exercise which is limited to signatories of the petition, a referendum is open to all registered voters in the constituency. A referendum is considered successful when more than 50 percent of registered voters in the constituency vote yes in support of the recall petition.


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package org.apache.lucene.util.packed;

import junit.framework.TestCase;
import org.apache.lucene.search.exposed.ExposedSettings;

import java.util.Random;

public class TestMonotonicReaderFactory extends TestCase {

  public void testBasicReduce() throws Exception {
    final int VALUES = 10000;
    final PackedInts.Mutable original = PackedInts.getMutable(
        VALUES, PackedInts.bitsRequired(VALUES), 0);
    ExposedSettings.debug = true;
    for (int i = 0 ; i < VALUES ; i++) {
      original.set(i, i);
    }
    PackedInts.Reader reduced = MonotonicReaderFactory.reduce(original);
    assertEquals(original, reduced);
  }

  public void testMonkey() throws Exception {
    Random random = new Random();
    final int VALUES = 10000;
    final int MAX_DELTA = 100;
    final PackedInts.Mutable original = PackedInts.getMutable(
        VALUES, PackedInts.bitsRequired(VALUES*MAX_DELTA), 0);
    ExposedSettings.debug = true;
    long val = 0;
    for (int i = 0 ; i < VALUES ; i++) {
      val += random.nextInt(MAX_DELTA);
      original.set(i, val);
    }
    PackedInts.Reader reduced = MonotonicReaderFactory.reduce(original);
    assertEquals(original, reduced);
  }

  private void assertEquals(
      PackedInts.Reader expected, PackedInts.Reader actual) {
    assertEquals("Sizes should match",
                 expected.size(), actual.size());
    assertEquals("BPV should match",
                 expected.getBitsPerValue(), actual.getBitsPerValue());
    for (int i = 0 ; i < expected.size() ; i++) {
      assertEquals("Entries at index " + i + " should match",
                   expected.get(i), actual.get(i));
    }
  }

}

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The Seaside consists of 1 self-catering apartment that can sleep 6 people.
We are a half a kilometer from the Rocky Bay Ski Boat Club, where boats are launched for fishing, fun rides, Shark cage diving and taking divers to one of the most popular diving spots in the world - Aliwal Shoal.
Snorkeling in beautiful rock pools, fishing as well as swimming in a big tidal pool situated in front of The Seaside.


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The 50s:... World
The 50s: A Decade of Music That Changed the World
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Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
Growing up in the 50's was a blessing due to a strange beast called Rock & Roll, the sound of which was a siren call to many, and the negative reaction given by the parents was like a certification of authenticity for the beautiful, edgy tunes.
According to American pianist Fats Domino, Rock & Roll is essentially Rhythm & Blues, as that was the main inspiration of most of the 50's rockers.
A Different Tune
Rockers like Chuck Berry and Bill Haley, who idolized the legend Louis Jordan, strangely enough, sounded nothing like him. The new rockers, influenced by the previous generation of music, looked and sounded completely original and breathtaking.
Bill Haley and The Comets were a runaway success in 1955, having an R&B style yet a unique sound of their own.
The Riffs of The Generation
... were recorded by producer Sam Phillips of Sun Label including Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis among other stalwarts.
The tunes were mostly rebellious, catering to the teen crowd, and the 'Marginal Americans', those living in the ghettos or doing lowly jobs. This segment helped rock & roll explode in the mid-Fifties, making it a social and generational disruption of the highest degree.
Humble Beginnings
Many Rock & Roll legends of the Fifties started in the sidelines as small-time artists, playing to a handful of audience, while the major music labels concentrated on high-volume sales using disposable songs.
The '50s saw the rise of a white rocker, Elvis Presley, to assure the triumph of rock & roll. One look at Elvis Presley and one couldn't take the eyes off him. His magnetic presence was unheard and unseen, with no match even till now. He became an idol of millions in no time.
The Term 'Rock & Roll'
The name of this brand of music was coined by an R&B disc jockey, Alan Freed, and it was known to many (but not too many) people that the term 'Rock & Roll' was slang for sex.
Teens Going Crazy
Rock & Roll was carried to the top by the teens, who had spending money, a rebellious nature, in-group secret codes and 'slanguage', which they used to express themselves. They got along with this brand of music like a house on fire.
The Beats of the Fifties
... were multi-ethnic hybrids with a variety of origins.
The Bo Diddley beat, inspired by Afro-Caribbean music, caught on well with many performers putting it in their records, from Johnny Otis to Buddy Holly.
A bass guitar riff was conveniently used by Elvis and Fats Domino among many others was from Cuban music.
Mexican rhythms were popularized by Ritchie Valens.
The swinging saxophone heard in the Fifties rock was derived out of the Forties Big-Band swing, along with the stop-time breaks.
The 1955-56 era released from the cage the rock & roll heavyweights like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and of course Elvis Presley.
The dark horse, who can be credited with defining rock & roll as a mainstream genre, was drummer Earl Palmer.
Too Good To Last
The Fifties rock & roll culture succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination, turning out to be an inspiration of every subsequent musical innovation from punk to hard rock.
The few years of high-octane rock & roll were like a fever dream, when it reigned unchecked by any law or political correctness, with limitless possibilities and a free hand to live and create on the edge.
The Real History of Rock and Roll
Louis Menand on the role of technology in a musical revolution, and on Peter Guralnick's "Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll."
The Inventor Of Rock & Roll
… was originally, according to Billboard Magazine, Rhythm & Blues music. This was until Producer Sam Phillips (Sun Records), the 'inventor' of Rock & Roll, started promoting little known ar...
He was not looking to make big money. His heart always wanted to do something great and original, to leave a mark. He recorded new music from upcoming artists, only to stop doing that once the real surge in sales was about to begin.
Race Music
... was the original name given by Billboard to the genre which was later called Rhythm & Blues.
Black artists were more creative, edgy, talented, and had a wild style that was light years ahead of white performers. This made 'race music' popular across all demographics and regions, something that was picked up by many record companies, including Sun Records.
Pop music 'saw three revolutions'
The evolution of western pop music, spanning from 1960 to 2010, has been analysed by scientists. A team from Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London looked at more than 17,000 songs from the US Billboard Hot 100.
Western pop music
A research team looked at more than 17,000 songs from the US Billboard Hot 100 and found three music revolutions - in 1964, 1983, and 1991.
The researchers looked at the di...
Stylistic revolutions
In the 1960s, the radical new rocky sound emerged from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones.
The minor seventh chords were introduced through funk, soul, and disco in the 1970s.
In the 1980s, there was a blip where the introduction of arena rock meant that music lacked diversity.
New technology, synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines marked the second major style shift in 1983.
In 1991, rap and hip-hop went mainstream. This revolution doesn't use a lot of harmonies. Emphasis is on speech sounds and rhythm.
Game of Throne's Daenerys is Machiavelli's Perfect Princ[ess] - PopMatters
popmatters.com
Too often mislabeled the counselor of evil par excellence, Niccolò Machiavelli ends his treatise De principatibus-The Prince-invoking a "redeemer" who shall save enslaved Italy from the domination of foreign powers that have left her gravely wounded and "almost without life".
Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince
Machiavelli ends his treatise The Prince invoking a "redeemer" who shall save enslaved Italy from the domination of foreign powers that have left her gravely wounded and "almost without...
Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen
Her character development throughout the seasons unfolds within a dynamic that probes fundamental questions of politics and leadership.
Machiavelli examined the same questions in the 16th century in his treatise, The Prince. Daenerys may be a version of the redeemer he talk about in his treaty.
Machiavelli's First instruction
First instruction to maintain power and preserve order: The prince does not have free range to conduct evil, but must strive for goodness as the primary measure of actions.
Daenerys gives conquered soldiers a choice: "Bend the knee and join me. Together, we will leave the world a better place than we found it. Or refuse and die."


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This scarf was created from a vintage cotton sari. The silk is lightweight, soft, and has a beautiful, fluffy drape. Colors are bright red, orange, green, and white, with black accents in floral and paisley designs.
This scarf is 60 inches by 20 inches.
Hand wash in cold water and hang to dry. May be gently steamed.
This is a vintage sari and may have signs of wear such as small, light stains or tiny holes. I do my very best to insure that each piece is as close to perfect as possible, but please remember that they came from saris that have been worn and loved by one or more women. If there is something that is unacceptable to you, that I missed, I will gladly take the piece back. These may be steamed, dry cleaned, or carefully hand washed in cold water.


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Limerick Council to establish life sciences innovation hub to help boost start-ups
Life sciences innovation hub – A request has been put out by the council for tenders for a feasibility study to evaluate protentional sites.
The facility will help life sciences, entrepreneurs, and researchers, to explore their ideas, test them, and ultimately grow their businesses
By I Love Limerick correspondent Ellie McCarthy
In recent years, the life sciences industry has expanded rapidly with capital investment by such firms as Cook Medical and Regeneron.
Limerick City and County Council is looking to establish a life sciences innovation hub to provide laboratory space, along with other facilities. This is to help start-up companies within the region.
A request has been put out by the council for tenders for a feasibility study to evaluate protentional sites. The study will assess whether the proposed sites are suitable or not. A set of recommendations for developing the concept for the Limerick region has also been produced.
In a tender document published earlier this month, it states that the idea is to create a successful biopharma project in Limerick City to complement existing regional research already out there and development infrastructure, along with the many major multinational firms operating in the mid-west.
Earlier this year, Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company, said it would be €400million into a new manufacturing facility in Limerick that would create 300 jobs.
The council document said the life sciences innovation hub would help fill a gap in the science start-up ecosystem in the Limerick area by providing a space where early-stage small firms could get access to expensive specialised equipment and lab space to help them grow.
The document said, "As part of its regular operations, the hub will run regular accelerator and venture development programmes for cohorts of life sciences start-ups, coaching them in entrepreneurial and scientific excellence, advising them on likely routes to investment, and facilitate an environment for peer learning."
The life sciences innovation hub will help entrepreneurs, and researchers, to explore their ideas, test them, and ultimately grow their businesses.
The project is on a tight timescale, with tenders due in the first week of September. The closing date is September 7 at 5 pm.
Winning applicants will be expected to produce an interim report by November 18 for inclusion in an application for a Regional Enterprise Innovation Scoping Scheme grant.
The entire project is expected to take four months on a budget of up to €42,000.
For more information on the life sciences hub, go HERE
For more stories on Science, go HERE
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Knights of Glin Experience will help to attract tourists and visitors to the village of Glin
Croi Conaithe Towns Fund aims to rejuvenate towns and villages
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The winter season is almost here. The first day of practice is Monday November 26 at 3:30. Please have forms, including an up to date physical, turned into the athletic office no later than the 20th.
There will be a parent/athlete meeting Wed November 28 at 5:45.
I am excited to get the season underway! I would HIGHLY recommend trying to get in the water a few times before the season starts to ensure a strong start to the season.


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International artists pull together to treat Norfolk boy with Leukemia
Bethany Wales
Henry at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Photo: Sarah Cannell - Credit: Sarah Cannell
More than 300 artists from all over the world have donated works to raise money to send a nine-year-old with Leukemia to Legoland Denmark as an 'end of treatment adventure'.
Henry was diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2016 aged just seven.
His mother Sarah Cannell, from Raveningham, near Beccles, is hoping money raised by the 'Henry's Odyssey' exhibition of postcard sized artworks will allow him to fulfil his dream of visiting Legoland in Denmark, as well as helping other children affected by cancer through charity Childhood Cancer UK.
The joints in Henry's hands were weakened as a result of chemotherapy and playing with lego was a fun way to keep them strong.
He hopes that by raising money for research, other children can access less aggressive treatment.
One of the artworks donated to Henry's Odyssey, 'Lets Fly A Kite' by Dee Nickerson. Photo: Sarah Cannell - Credit: Sarah Cannell
He said: 'I hope we can raise lots of money for the scientists to make the medicine less horrible for other children with Leukemia.'
Although he still has eight months of gruelling treatment to go, his family are positive that when it is over Henry will be able to move on with his life.
Mrs Cannell, a Norfolk based artist and curator, has been thrilled by the response to Henry's Odyssey.
She said: 'Caring for a child with cancer is an extremely isolating experience and the response of artist friends and colleagues to Henry's Odyssey has filled my heart with joy and made us feel connected to lots of lovely people.'
One of the artworks donated to Henry's Odyssey, 'Galleon' by Amelia Bowman. Photo: Sarah Cannell - Credit: Sarah Cannell
Each piece of original artwork will be sold at £40, with an added twist - no artist names will be displayed on the works.
This lucky dip system means art enthusiasts could pick up a serious bargain if they choose a piece by one of the many internationally famous artists that have contributed.
Work by Susan Gunn, winner of the European Sovereign Painting Prize and wife of Bryan Gunn will be featured, as well as Tate Britain artist Colin Self. All proceeds raised will be split equally between Henry's treat fund and charity Childhood Cancer UK.
The charity invests more than £4m a year in research across a range of childhood cancers and are committed to improving both survival rates and quality of life for children suffering from the disease.
The exhibition will take place at Mandells Gallery on Elm Hill from August 29 to September 1, 2018.