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Subatomic particle
Fermion
Baryon
Nucleon
Mass: 940 MeV/c?
Electric charge: 0 C
Spin: ?
Quark composition: 2 Down, 1 Up
In physics, the neutron is a subatomic particle with no net electric charge and a mass of 939.6 MeV/c? (Template:Sn kg, slightly more than a proton). Its spin is ?. Its antiparticle is called the antineutron.
The nucleus of most atoms (all except the most common isotope of hydrogen, which consists of a single proton only) consists of protons and neutrons.
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Outside the nucleus, neutrons are unstable and have a mean lifetime of 886 seconds (about 15 minutes), decaying by emitting an electron and antineutrino to become a proton. Neutrons in this unstable form are known as free neutrons. The same decay method (beta decay) occurs in some nuclei. Particles inside the nucleus are typically resonances between neutrons and protons, which transform into one another by the emission and absorption of pions. A neutron is classified as a baryon, and consists of two down quarks and one up quark. The neutron's antimatter equivalent is the antineutron.
The characteristic of neutrons which most differentiates them from other common subatomic particles is the fact that they are uncharged. This property of neutrons delayed their discovery, makes them very penetrating, makes it impossible to observe them directly, and makes them very important as agents in nuclear change.
Although atoms in their normal state are also uncharged, they are ten thousand times larger than a neutron and consist of a complex system of negatively charged electrons widely spaced around a positively charged nucleus. Charged particles (such as protons, electrons, or alpha particles) and electromagnetic radiations (such as gamma rays) lose energy in passing through matter. They exert electric forces which ionize atoms of the material through which they pass. The energy taken up in ionization equals the energy lost by the charged particle, which slows down, or by the gamma ray, which is absorbed. The neutron, however, is unaffected by such forces; it is affected only by the very short-range strong and weak nuclear forces which comes into play when the neutron comes very close indeed to an atomic nucleus. Consequently a free neutron goes on its way unchecked until it makes a "head-on" collision with an atomic nucleus. Since nuclei have a very small cross section, such collisions occur but rarely and the neutron travels a long way before colliding.
In the case of a collision of the elastic type, the ordinary laws of momentum apply as they do in the elastic collision of billiard balls. If the nucleus that is struck is heavy, it acquires relatively little speed, but if it is a proton, which is approximately equal in mass to the neutron, it is projected forward with a large fraction of the original speed of the neutron, which is itself correspondingly slowed. Secondary projectiles resulting from these collisions may be detected, for they are charged and produce ionization.
The uncharged nature of the neutron makes it not only difficult to detect but difficult to control. Charged particles can be accelerated, decelerated, or deflected by electric or magnetic fields which have about no effect on neutrons (there is a small effect of a magnetic field on the free neutron because of its magnetic moment). Furthermore, free neutrons (neutron radiation) can be obtained only from nuclear disintegrations; there is no natural supply. The only means we have of controlling free neutrons is to put nuclei in their way so that they will be slowed and deflected or absorbed by collisions. These effects are of great practical importance in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. The capture of free neutrons often results in neutron activation, inducing radioactivity. Free neutron beams are obtained from neutron sources by neutron transport.
One use of neutron emitters is the detection of light nuclei, particularly the hydrogen found in water molecules. When a fast neutron collides with a light nucleus, it loses a large fraction of its energy. By measuring the rate at which slow neutrons return to the probe after reflecting off of hydrogen nuclei, a neutron probe may determine the water content in soil.
In 1930 Walther Bothe and H. Becker in Germany found that if the very energetic alpha particles emitted from polonium fell on certain of the light elements, specifically beryllium, boron, or lithium, an unusually penetrating radiation was produced. At first this radiation was thought to be gamma radiation although it was more penetrating than any gamma rays known, and the details of experimental results were very difficult to interpret on this basis. The next important contribution was reported in 1932 by Ir讥 Joliot-Curie and Fr餩ric Joliot in Paris. They showed that if this unknown radiation fell on paraffin or any other hydrogen-containing compound it ejected protons of very high energy. This was not in itself inconsistent with the assumed gamma ray nature of the new radiation, but detailed quantitative analysis of the data became increasingly difficult to reconcile with such an hypothesis. Finally (later in 1932) the physicist James Chadwick in England performed a series of experiments showing that the gamma ray hypothesis was untenable. He suggested that in fact the new radiation consisted of uncharged particles of approximately the mass of the proton, and he performed a series of experiments verifying his suggestion. Such uncharged particles were eventually called neutrons, apparently from the Latin root for neutral and the Greek ending -on (by imitation of electron and proton).
The existence of stable clusters of four neutrons, or tetraneutrons, has been hypothesised by a team led by [[Francisco-Miguel Marques|Francisco-Miguel Marqu�] at the CNRS Laboratory for Nuclear Physics based on observations of the disintegration of beryllium-14 nuclei. This is particularly interesting, because current theory suggests that these clusters should not be stable, and therefore do not exist.
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Le vicomte Louis de Noé, né le  à L'Isle-de-Noé et mort le , est un noble français, maire de Bordeaux du  à 1790.

Biographie
Louis de Noé nait à L'Isle-de-Noé, prés d'Auch dans l'actuel département du Gers le , issu d'une famille noble dont la généalogie est établie depuis le . Il est le cadet des sept enfants de Marc-Roger de Noé, vicomte de Noé mort en 1733 et de Marie-Charlotte Colbert de Saint-Mars. Il est admis aux honneurs de la cour en 1753.

Il fait carrière dans la marine de guerre, où il participe à plus de dix campagnes, atteignant en 1751 le grade de lieutenant de vaisseau. Pour raison de santé, il quitte le service en 1757, promu alors capitaine de vaisseau.

Il épouse en 1752 Madeleine-Elisabeth-Flavie de Cohorn de la Palun. Un fils Charles-Louis leur nait le , sans postérité.

Il assume, au moins en 1769, charge de chambellan du duc d'Orléans.

Il est nommé maire perpétuel de Bordeaux le , mais ne s'y installe qu'en 1769, préférant vivre à la cour.

Il fait consigner un certificat de vie (comprendre : une preuve qu'il n'a pas émigré comme beaucoup de nobles à la Révolution) le .

Mandature
Malgré 23 ans de fonction, l'empreinte de Louis de Noé sur la ville de Bordeaux est négligeable : d'une part il n'y réside pratiquement pas, préférant Paris et la cour de Versailles à la capitale de Guyenne ; d'autre part, conséquence d'une volonté constante, de Louis XIV à Louis XVI, de réduire le pouvoir de la bourgeoisie et des communes dans le royaume, maire et jurats voient leurs prérogatives affaiblies au profit des Intendants : en 1771, le duc de Richelieu fait révoquer le Parlement de Bordeaux pour y installer ses fidèles.

En 1773, Louis de Noé implante à Bordeaux une des premières loges du Grand Orient de France, qui vient d'être créé.

Des altercations surviennent entre le duc de Richelieu et le maire, notamment au sujet du choix de l'architecte du Grand Théâtre ; après un incident lors de l'inauguration de la salle en 1780, Richelieu ordonne son arrestation. Le vicomte s'exile en Angleterre, d'où il ne rentrera qu'à la mort du duc en 1788. L'autorité du maire, « véritable fantôme », est inexistante et la jurade elle-même est cantonnée à un rôle administratif.

En , les 240 délégués choisis par les trois États de Guyenne choisissent parmi eux quatre-vingt-dix électeurs chargés de désigner les quatre députés de Bordeaux aux États Généraux. Ce groupe de quatre-vingt-dix, négociants, avocats, médecins, bourgeois, citoyens avisés, se constitue en comité permanent dans le but affirmé d'assurer l'ordre public et d'administrer la ville : ils vont assurer pendant plusieurs mois l'administration de Bordeaux, remplaçant maire, jurats, gouverneur et intendant tout à la fois.

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Maire de Bordeaux
Vicomte français
Naissance en juin 1723
Naissance dans le Gers
Décès en janvier 1793
Décès à 69 ans
Officier de la Marine royale (France)

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Defaulting container name to sleep.
Use 'kubectl describe pod/sleep-88ddbcfdd-fgn45 -n default' to see all of the containers in this pod.
Secondly, I have the cluster configured to REGISTRY_ONLY to be the same as what it was in 1.0.6. (note installed istio using helm template). Yet with this setting from a pod I can still access external sites without needing a service entry, and in fact having those entries in place was preventing the traffic from working.
Third, in our testing of the installation for istio1.1.1 using helm template, I was never able to create a cluster where SDS would work from scratch. What I mean by this is that using a values file with the desired settings, if no istio mesh was in place, I could not successfully bring up the mesh. If I created a no auth mesh first and then updated it with the sds config, then sds would work.
Here is my values file for sds.
Minor update in regards to issue 1. When I originally tested the service I did not have the policy and dr which are supposed to be in place for mtls. With the below in place, I cannot communicate with the service. This would lead me to believe that mtls with sds is not working as I originally thought. And with the istioctl authn tls-check I dont know how to verify the traffic.
Thanks for your report. Did you get a chance to take a look at this example: https://istio.io/docs/tasks/security/auth-sds/? It shows how to config SDS, with authnPolicy and DestinationRule set properly. It should solve issue 1.
For issue 3, not sure what you mean by "if no istio **mesh** was in place, i could not successfully bring up the **mesh**". Can you explain more on this please?
And for issue 2, I will talk to the team and get back to you soon.
RE #3: by mesh I mean any istio being installed or not. This may be entirely related to issue #1, so until that is resolved, working this issue is probably irrelevant.
More info for #1. Note there are no DRs or policys defined in any namespace. Just the default meshpolicy which is set to permissive.
Use 'kubectl describe pod/sleep-88ddbcfdd-x2hml -n default' to see all of the containers in this pod.
To clarify: let's put aside mtls.yaml and everything else, does the sds example https://istio.io/docs/tasks/security/auth-sds/#before-you-begin work for you?
@Tao_Li Perhaps I'm misunderstanding that SDS is a replacement for using key/certs with mtls? Otherwise, why would we ignore my having an mtls policy in place given thats a requirement for mtls?
As I show in my previous comment, if I do not have the mtls policy and DR in place, the connection does work. I believe this would be in the spirit of following the SDS example. But no where in this example is there proof that mtls is working. Nor is there anything in this example which enforces mtls. The default meshpolicy for this example is permissive. The example only shows that the services can talk to one another. In this scenario istioctl shows that the connection is not actually mtls, but just http. Is using istioctl not a valid way to verify mtls comms between services when sds is enabled? Just curling from one service to another within the mesh doesnt prove to me that the comms are mtls. Other than trying to wireshark on my nodes or trusting istioctl, I'm not aware of any way to verify that actual network traffic is TLS.
To make sure we are on the same page, can you summarize the command you used to create new mesh as well as to upgrade.
Do you restart the app after applying sds config? If sidecar was injected with the old configuration (i.e no sds), it will not work with the new one, and vice versa.
The app was installed post istio installation.
It means is mTLS enforced, not permissive.


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RAVENSBURGER ANNOUNCES 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS ADVENTURE BOOK GAME'
New Storybook-style Board Game
Ravensburger announced The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game, a new storybook-style game, which will hit retail in August 2023 after an initial exclusive release through Target in February 2023.
In this game, players must work together to deliver the One Ring to Mount Doom and destroy it before Sauron's shadow consumes Middle-earth. They will help the Fellowship get from The Shire to the fires of Mordor, all while avoiding the Eye of Sauron. This game is part of Revnsburger's Adventure Book line (see "Ravensburger Opens 'Adventure Book'") and will offer players the chance to play through LotR storylines and moments through various chapters that are experienced over the course of eight different board game "pages." The game also features LotR artwork as well as detailed miniatures.
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Q: jquery noty.js disable click to hide I am using noty.js plugin (http://ned.im/noty/) to display status info to user. If user click on noty.js message when it is displayed, the message will get hide.
How can I disable click to hide function? I just want the message to stay appear until I auto-hide it or my program command to hide it.
Thank you.

A: From the docs, here are the default values:
$.noty.defaults = {
    layout: 'top',
    theme: 'defaultTheme',
    type: 'alert',
    text: '', // can be html or string
    dismissQueue: true, // If you want to use queue feature set this true
    template: '

',
    animation: {
        open: {height: 'toggle'},
        close: {height: 'toggle'},
        easing: 'swing',
        speed: 500 // opening & closing animation speed
    },
    timeout: false, // delay for closing event. Set false for sticky notifications
    force: false, // adds notification to the beginning of queue when set to true
    modal: false,
    maxVisible: 5, // you can set max visible notification for dismissQueue true option,
    killer: false, // for close all notifications before show
    closeWith: ['click'], // ['click', 'button', 'hover']
    callback: {
        onShow: function() {},
        afterShow: function() {},
        onClose: function() {},
        afterClose: function() {}
    },
    buttons: false // an array of buttons
};

Notice this property:
closeWith: ['click'], // ['click', 'button', 'hover']

if you call:
noty({
  ...
  closeWith: []
});

Then it won't close when you click on it.

A: noty({text:'Data Saved', layout: 'topRight', type: 'success',killer : true,timeout: 1000});

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CFX_LinkUserData::CFX_LinkUserData(const WideString& wsText)
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2004| March-April | Volume 70 | Issue 2
A study of rheumatological manifestations of leprosy
K Vengadakrishnan, Pradeep K Saraswat, PC Mathur
March-April 2004, 70(2):76-78
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Rheumatic manifestations are a common feature of leprosy. The present study was performed to assess the incidence of rheumatic manifestations in leprosy. METHODS: Seventy cases of leprosy attending the indoor and outdoor departments were studied. RESULTS: Out of the 70 cases studied, rheumatic manifestations were seen in 61.42% of cases: arthritis in 54.28% and soft tissue rheumatism in 17.14%. Enthesitis was seen in 2.84% of cases. The incidence of arthritis in lepra reactions was 57.57%. CONCLUSIONS: Musculoskeletal manifestations can occur at any time during the infection. Articular inflammation in leprosy usually occurs in reactive states, particularly erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). Leprosy can present with arthritis as the first symptom.
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Nevus of ota associated with nevus of Ito
Amiya Kumar Mukhopadhyay
March-April 2004, 70(2):112-113
Nevus of Ota is a dermal melanocytic nevus seen predominantly in females. It is uncommon in India. Its association with nevus of Ito, another dermal melanocytic nevus, is extremely rare. We report this rare association in a male patient, which is another interesting feature of the present case.
Mucocutaneous manifestations of HIV infection
A Shobhana, Subhasish Kamal Guha, DK Neogi
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with various mucocutaneous features, which may be the first pointer towards the existence of HIV infection. This study was done to note the different mucocutaneous lesions present in the HIV population in eastern India. METHODS: Four hundred and ten HIV seropositive patients attending the outpatient and inpatient departments were included in the study. RESULTS: Out of 410 HIV positives, 40% had mucocutaneous involvement at presentation. The mean age of the study population was 29 years and male to female ratio was 2.5:1. The common mucocutaneous morbidities included oral candidiasis (36%), dermatophytosis and gingivitis (13% each), herpes zoster (6%), herpes simplex and scabies (5% each). A striking feature, noted in 36% males, was straightening of hairs. Genital herpes was the commonest genital ulcer disease. Lesions associated with declining immunity included oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia and herpes zoster with median CD4 counts of 98, 62 and 198/ L respectively. CONCLUSION: Early recognition of mucocutaneous manifestations and associated STDs help in better management of HIV/AIDS.
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ANCA-negative limited Wegener's granulomatosis
A Ghosh, D Bandyopadhyay, S Basu, A Majumdar, S Dutta
A 26-year-old man presented with epistaxis, nasal obstruction and a subcutaneous swelling over the left malar region with radiological evidence of a mass in the right nasal cavity. Histology of the lesions showed necrotizing granuloma with evidence of vasculitis. There was no other systemic involvement and the patient was ANCA-negative. Excellent response to systemic steroid and cyclophosphamide therapy was noted.
Salicylic acid peels
Maya Vedamurthy
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RESEARCH METHDOLOGY
Sample size and power analysis in medical research
Sanjay P Zodpey
Among the questions that a researcher should ask when planning a study is "How large a sample do I need?" If the sample size is too small, even a well conducted study may fail to answer its research question, may fail to detect important effects or associations, or may estimate those effects or associations too imprecisely. Similarly, if the sample size is too large, the study will be more difficult and costly, and may even lead to a loss in accuracy. Hence, optimum sample size is an essential component of any research. When the estimated sample size can not be included in a study, post-hoc power analysis should be carried out. Approaches for estimating sample size and performing power analysis depend primarily on the study design and the main outcome measure of the study. There are distinct approaches for calculating sample size for different study designs and different outcome measures. Additionally, there are also different procedures for calculating sample size for two approaches of drawing statistical inference from the study results, i.e. confidence interval approach and test of significance approach. This article describes some commonly used terms, which need to be specified for a formal sample size calculation. Examples for four procedures (use of formulae, readymade tables, nomograms, and computer software), which are conventionally used for calculating sample size, are also given
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Wood's lamp
Lalit Kumar Gupta, MK Singhi
Peeling skin syndrome
Ringworm of the scalp in a 5-day-old neonate
MK Singhi, Lalit K Gupta, BC Ghiya, Ravindra Dhabhai
An intervention study to enhance AIDS awareness among underprivileged population in Chandigarh
Vikas Bhatia, HM Swami, Amrit Pal Kaur
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 4 million persons are suffering from HIV infection/AIDS in India. A family health awareness campaign (FHAC) has been implemented under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) to scale up HIV/AIDS awareness in vulnerable groups. METHODS: A community based study was conducted in April 2001 to find the impact of FHAC and IEC activities in 12 villages and slums with a population of 1-1.5 lakhs in Chandigarh. Information was collected from 643 persons in the age group of 15-49 years, 323 in the pre-intervention phase and 320 in the post-intervention phase. RESULTS: Awareness about AIDS increased from 58.2% to 70% (p < 0.01). The major sources of information were the mass media and friends. Knowledge regarding the mode of spread also increased after the campaign. Knowledge regarding prevention of AIDS by using condoms increased from 42% to 61.2%; having a single partner, from 59% to 72.3%; using safe blood, from 14.9% to 29%; and sterile needles/syringes, from 18.1% to 33.9%. Over 90% of respondents consider AIDS a dangerous disease. CONCLUSION: Community based intervention such as FHAC and IEC activities were successful in enhancing the awareness among underprivileged groups. Since a large section of the population still remained unaware, regular efforts must be made to achieve universal awareness about AIDS.
An open study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tazarotene gel (0.1%) in acne vulgaris
DG Saple, RG Torsekar, Vikas Pawanarkar, UR Dhanalakshmi, G Ravichandran, Daljeet Kaur, Neelesh Dongre, Anish Desai
BACKGROUND: Tazarotene is a new third generation topical acetylenic retinoid. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tazarotene gel (0.1%) in Indian patients of acne vulgaris. METHODS: The present study was a prospective, open, multicentric, phase III trial. The duration of study was 14 weeks, including a 12-week active treatment period, preceded by a 2-week washout phase. Patients applied 0.1% tazarotene gel as a thin film over the affected area once daily in the evening. The efficacy was evaluated by analyzing changes in the number of facial acne lesions and patient's and physicians' global assessment. The efficacy parameters were assessed at baseline, visits 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. Tolerability and safety was assessed by physical examination, laboratory parameters and evaluation of adverse events. RESULTS: A total of 126 patients in 6 centers completed the study. At the end of the 8th and 12th weeks, the mean number of inflammatory lesions reduced by 70.6% and 86.1%, non-inflammatory lesions by 81.5% and 92%, and total lesion count 75.6% and 88.8% respectively from baseline. Also, 90.7% and 93.6% of total study cases showed complete to moderate clearance of acne lesions according to physicians at the end of the 8th and 12th weeks. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the efficacy and safety of tazarotene gel (0.1%) in Indian patients of acne vulgaris.
Cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics
Gatha S Rao
BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption can have a variety of cutaneous manifestations. Awareness of the cutaneous changes of alcohol abuse can allow early detection and intervention in an attempt to limit the adverse medical consequences. Hence a study was planned to determine the cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics. AIMS: To determine the cutaneous changes in chronic alcoholics. METHODS: All the patients attending alcohol de-addiction camps were examined for cutaneous changes. The results were analyzed using Gausian test and compared with other reports. RESULTS: Out of 200 alcoholics examined for cutaneous changes, 182 (91%) had cutaneous, nail, hair or oral cavity changes. Nail changes were found in 51 (25.5%) alcoholics, koilonychia being the commonest (16%). Oral changes were present in 107 (53.5%) alcoholics and changes due to nutritional deficiency in 20 (10%). Diseases due to poor hygiene were seen in 55 (27.5%) alcoholics. Tinea versicolor (14%) and seborrheic dermatitis (11.5%) were the commonest cutaneous changes noted. CONCLUSION: Even though alcohol abuse has a variety of cutaneous manifestations and perhaps aggravates many diseases, there are no specific cutaneous signs of alcoholism. Knowledge of the spectrum of cutaneous manifestations of alcohol abuse can allow its early detection and treatment in an attempt to minimize the medical consequences.
Congenital genralized cutis laxa in two sisters
Naina Dogra, Pramod Kalsotra, Devraj Dogra
Two sisters, aged 2 and 3 years, having generalized cutis laxa, presenting with progressive loose pendulous skin since birth are reported.
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome: Report of two cases
Monica Uppal, CR Srinivas, KT Thowfeeq
Two cases of Sjogren-Larsson syndrome are discussed along with a review of the literature. Both the patients had generalized ichthyosis, spastic paraplegia, mental retardation and ophthalmologic examination showing glistening foveal and parafoveal dots.
Klippel trenaunay parkes-Weber syndrome
Vibhu Mendiratta, RV Koranne, Kabir Sardana, Upma Hemal, RS Solanki
Partial unilateral lentiginosis with lisch nodules: A forme fruste of segmental neurofibromatosis?
Tropical dermatopathology
Rajiv Joshi
Systemic sclerosis, localized morphea, en coup de sabre and aortic regurgitation: A rare association
YK Sharma, M PS Sawhney, S Srivastava
March-April 2004, 70(2):99-101
A 24-year-old male presented with Raynaud's phenomenon, digital infarcts, salt and pepper pigmentation and characteristic facies. There was gastrointestinal involvement clinically, endoscopically as well radiologically. In view of these findings and the demonstration of anti-nuclear antibodies with a homogeneous pattern of immunofluorescence and ScL-70 antibodies, he was diagnosed as a case of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. In addition, the patient had plaques of localized morphea, en coup de sabre with facial hemiatrophy on the left side, and mild aortic regurgitation (detected on echocardiography). The occurrence of these rare associations of localized plaques of morphea, en coup de sabre and aortic regurgitation in a single case of systemic sclerosis is quite an exceptional and interesting occurrence.
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Amiya Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Debjani Mukherjee
Apert's syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by craniosynostosis, mid-facial malformations and symmetrical syndactyly. We present a 2-month-old girl having features of Apert's syndrome, with cerebral cortical atrophy and bifurcation of the right first metatarsal base, a hitherto undescribed finding.
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Systemic sclerosis is a uncommon connective tissue disorder characterized by vascular damage, immune cell activation and fibrogenesis. Each of these components may respond to different therapies. Therefore, a combination strategy treating all three processes is more likely to control the disease than single agent therapy. Clinical trials have gone a long way towards defining the therapy of scleroderma and many drugs previously used for scleroderma have been critically assessed. Angiotensin blockade is effective in treating as well as preventing scleroderma renal crisis. The 9-year cumulative survival has improved from 38% to 68% after the introduction of angiotensin blockade. There is definitive evidence supporting the use of cyclophosphamide in systemic sclerosis associated alveolitis. Newer molecules aimed at various cytokines are being tried. The therapy for systemic sclerosis is far from perfect at present. But, individualization of the treatment with respect to stage and subset of disease as well as organ involvement can eventually result in rational, effective management.
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Systemic sclerosis is unusual in childhood. We describe three children who presented with diffuse hidebound skin associated with gastrointestinal and pulmonary abnormalities. Cardiac and renal dysfunctions, which are often encountered in these patients, were notably absent in our cases.


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Before the Parliamentary Elections: France's Shifting Political Landscape
10.7 Minutes
Am 12. und 19. Juni entscheidet Frankreich bei der Parlamentswahl über die Zusammensetzung der Nationalversammlung
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In the final stages of the election campaign, Emmanuel Macron had already announced a "new method" as the re-elected, and therefore "new", French President. Looking at the political developments in the last few weeks since his re-election on 24 April, two decisions in particular are crucial to providing information on the continuity and change in the French political landscape and specifically on the centrist movements in France: the renaming of La République en Marche party as Renaissance and also the appointment of the new French government.
Tribute to Europe: En Marche Becomes Renaissance
"Today we are initiating a move to reform La République en Marche so that we can continue to expand this political movement, created by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron a little over six years ago, into a political party that will be called Renaissance", explained Stanislas Guerini, the former Executive Officer of En Marche, who has since risen up the ranks to become a Minister, at a press conference on 5 May in Paris.
With Guerini's entry into the new team of Ministers, the question of the leadership of En Marche, and respectively the future Renaissance movement, has finally arisen. Guerini cannot wear both hats and no longer has any particular desire to lead the movement anyway, indicated a spokesperson of En Marche. Until the leadership question is clarified, so until the parliamentary elections due to take place on 12 and 19 June, Marie Guévenoux, number 2 in the party, and Richard Ferrand, President of the National Assembly and Executive Board, are steering the movement on a transitional basis. Behind the scenes, hard work is already underway to find a successor, who henceforth will not only preside over En Marche, but also Renaissance. The initial outline of the new movement – which uncoincidentally bears a the same name as the centrist delegation in the liberal Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament – is already known: it will be a coalition between En Marche and smaller groups - Agir, En Commun and Territoires de Progrès.
However, it is unclear when the inaugural conference for Renaissance will take place, what its statutes will look like and who will lead it. One person is always mentioned in this regard: the incumbent Chair of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, Stéphane Séjourné. This close confidant of Emmanuel Macron and former political adviser in the Elysée Palace, belonged to Macron's close circle of advisors during both presidential campaigns in 2017 and 2022. Now Macron has personally tasked him with restructuring En Marche into Renaissance - a task which, as the former campaign manager for the European elections, he will most certainly manage with success. If he really does find his way back to Paris, this would certainly not be greeted with very much enthusiasm in Brussels, given that in January 2022, Séjourné became the new Chairperson of the even younger liberal-centrist Renew Europe Group. Contrary to initial fears, the consensus-oriented Frenchman has settled well into the role of group leader and has built bridges between the different camps within the group.
New Liberal Party in Europe? Turmoil at the ALDE Congress
During the ALDE Congress which was hold in Dublin on June 2-4 after a hiatus of 3 years, uniting Europe's liberal parties, En Marche announced its intention to form a new pan-European centrist alliance.
The initiative would link Macron's Renaissance Alliance and other parties with the long-established ALDE party. The proposal was made in a letter signed by Stéphane Séjourné as well as Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and new Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob. The letter was addressed to Timmy Dooley and Ilhan Kyuchyuk, the ALDE co-presidents. However, Séjourné, who was present at the ALDE congress, declined to comment on details of the proposal. He thus made clear that Renaissance was interested in becoming a larger political force with ALDE. In any case, the surprise coup caused a lot of mixed feelings among those present at the congress, who saw the initiative (once again) as a French attack, similar to what happened in 2018, as the new study by the European Dialogue Programme of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels on French European policy-making under Emmanuel Macron points out. Others see the proposal as a necessary step to overcome the internal divisions between the European Democratic Party (EDP), ALDE, and the other forces not yet affiliated to any political party within the liberal-centrist camp. Negotiations generating trust are therefore necessary to ensure that the liberal forces are well positioned for the 2024 European elections.
New Government, New Method?
It took a whole month after the presidential elections before Emmanuel Macron first appointed his new Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and then set up the new French government. The French people, to whom Macron has promised not to simply continue as before but rather that he'll start a "new" five-year term of office as a "new President", are not used this level of caution at all. Accordingly, Macron and his political movement have received a lot of criticism that he had fallen into a state of lethargy, during which time other political groups, specifically the left camp, were hard at work forging new strategies. But how much renewal is there in the carefully assembled new government team? What is clear is that many top politicians have stayed in office, such as the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, Éric Dupond-Moretti as Justice Minister and Bruno Le Marie as Minister of the Economy, while others, starting with Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, have only changed portfolio. Nevertheless, a positive that should be stressed is that, with Borne, a woman is leading the business of the Executive and a few new interesting faces have also arrived, in particular the new Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, who was the former French Ambassador in London and Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, who is responsible for Francophonie and International Partnerships. The Greek MEP had lived in France since 2007 before her move to Brussels and was previously better known in European expert circles, where she belonged to the French delegation of the liberal Renew Europe Group. In addition, Clément Beaune, who has traded various other ministerial posts in the meantime, was promoted from Secretary of State for European Affairs to Minister of State for European Affairs. With these two figures, the new team is steeped in European politics.
On the other hand, it is doubtful whether it is worthwhile carefully learning these new names when a portion of the government team could be replaced again: no fewer than fifteen of the twenty-eight members of government are up for re-election in the forthcoming parliamentary elections! In the event of defeat, they will have to step down, even though they are given quite good odds overall.
Priorities for the Second Term of Office: Purchasing Power, Pension Reform and Energy Transition
Emmanuel Macron has identified several priorities that he wants to tackle starting this summer and in the course of the coming years. Above all, this includes the topic of purchasing power. This was one of the main themes of the presidential election campaigns, specifically in the duel between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. As early as back in mid-April, Macron promised to pass a law this summer to support purchasing power. Furthermore, the law should oblige companies with substantial revenue to pay employees a bonus in one of two ways: either through profit-sharing or by paying them a purchasing power bonus. This bonus - also called the "Macron bonus" - was introduced in 2019 in response to the demands of the yellow vest movement. It enables employers to pay those employees who earn less than three times the minimum wage a bonus that is tax-free for employees and exempt from social security contributions for employers. Up until now, it was limited to €1,000, but Macron now wants to raise it to €6,000.
A further central intention under the leadership of the new Prime Minister Borne, which is due to be addressed after the parliamentary elections, is raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 65 years old. This is a polarising proposal for a large part of the French population, but social partners will be consulted in the decision-making. Several Macronistes would have liked the consultation, and the promised cross-party institutional reform committee, to begin straight after the presidential elections and, therefore, before the parliamentary elections. However, Emmanuel Macron appears to prefer to play for time.
Another long-running topic that has caused some explosions in French society, at least since the yellow vests protests, is energy transition, which was identified from then on as a top priority for the new government. Macron's aim of "ecological planning", which is hopefully not the same thing as a state-led ecologically-planned economy, is henceforth in the hands of a trio of women. Two former ministers have been promoted to take on the two green portfolios, which will now be directly attached to Prime Minister Borne, to enable France to become carbon neutral by 2050.
Amélie de Montchalin will implement energy transition at national level, where the topics of housing, traffic and waste management are particularly important. Her Ministry also combines town planning, conservation and biodiversity. Agnès Pannier-Runacher will be responsible for future energy policy. This means that in France too, renewable energy has to be massively expanded by continuing to use nuclear power in parallel. With their rather technocratic backgrounds, it seems very probable that all three women will be committed to the goal of implementing ecological transition in a myriad of policy areas. Meanwhile, the non-governmental organisation Greenpeace has criticised the fact that the two Ministers Montchalin and Pannier-Runacher in particular do not have "any specific experience in their portfolio". In addition, in 2018 Montchalin voted against the ban on glyphosate. However, as in many other regulatory areas, her justification is particularly significant here: she stressed the need of a European regulation on the matter. France should not go it alone. This goes hand in hand with the French government's will to get fully involved in European climate and environment policy. The EU's "Farm-to-Fork" strategy, which appeared in 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal, for example, provides for a 50% reduction in the use of pesticides and risks by 2030, although the update to the new Pesticide Strategy has been postponed for the time being, due to the imminent food crisis in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
The French Parliamentary Elections and their Role for Europe
Whereas Europe links the current governing majority of centrist parties and movements, which have grouped themselves together into the alliance "Ensemble" ("together") for the upcoming general elections, attitudes towards Europe divide the "New People's Ecological and Social Union" ("NUPES" for short), under the leadership of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Before the coalition between the far-left La France Insoumise, the Communists, the Greens and the Socialist Party, the presidential candidate Yannick Jadot said that Mélenchon's 'Project for Europe' resembles that of Marine Le Pen. Since his defeat in the first round of the presidential elections, Mélenchon has recommended himself as Prime Minister and he repeats this offer mantra-like with every media appearance. However, this coalition of different parties has by no means resolved the European question – on the contrary, it is openly admitted that attitudes vary on this, particularly on the question of the extent to which EU law should be breached.
In any case, the NUPES coalition has already succeeded in fading out the far-right voices of Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour. The presidential formation En Marche is increasingly trembling: while a few weeks ago it had safely counted on an absolute majority, it is now likely to be a neck-and-neck race between En Marche and NUPES. The results of the first round of the parliamentary elections among French living abroad, which were published on Sunday 6 June, are casting their shadow. While En Marche is ahead by a majority, the Left Alliance made a breakthrough by qualifying for the second round in a full ten out of eleven constituencies - twice as many as in 2017, arousing suspicion to concern in the Macronist ranks.
As in the presidential elections in April, three blocs can be identified for the parliamentary elections: Macron's presidential majority is 28%, just ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Nupes (27%), followed by Marine Le Pen's "Rassemblement national" (21%), according to the latest Ipsos/Cevipof poll for Le Monde on 23 May. However, it remains unclear whether the electoral alliance Ensemble will have an absolute majority with 289 MPs.
To avoid a potential cohabitation, meaning the interplay between a French president from one political family fails to secure a governing majority in the National Assembly appoints a Prime Minister from the opposition, "Ensemble" will send joint candidates with François Bayrou's MoDem and Édouard Philippe's Horizons into the race with the aim of achieving a majority in the National Assembly.
It is expected that NUPES will establish itself as a strong opposition in the French political landscape; how sustainable this coalition will be, however, is still unclear. Looking at some of the left-wing group's European policy ideas, cohabitation will hopefully be prevented.
Even if Macron's concept of Europe – analysed in the new study by the Brussels office of the Naumann Foundation - is shaped by continuity rather than further disruption, there is enough to do in the coming months and years, and there are already plenty of ideas as to how the European Union can develop further in terms of its democratic structure and legal capacity to act. For example, the 325 ideas collected together on Europe Day on 9 May in the Conference on the Future of Europe's report on the final outcome of a year-long citizens' dialogue , include the creation of transnational lists (which are in the planning stage already anyway), a possible right of legislative initiative for the European Parliament, subsidies for organic farming, setting the voting age at 16 years old, better digital education and training, and the issue of unanimity in the Common Foreign and Security Policy. More than enough ideas that now need to be translated into concrete political measures and initiatives, which the French President will work on together with Germany and his European partners, without shying away from treaty changes that might be necessary.
Jeanette Süß is the European Affairs Manager in the regional office of the "European Dialogue" of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Brussels, where she heads the France section.
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The Czech Republic is looking for a president
31.01.2023 Ester Povýšilová
After ten years, the Czech Republic will have a new president: Retired General Petr Pavel clearly won the run-off election against former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. His victory is good news for the country's pro-Western development. After years of dividing society under outgoing President Miloš Zeman, who was known for his love of Russia and China, the new president will have his hands full in bringing together the currently highly polarised society and charting a new course.
The ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty has shown that both countries agree on the challenges of our time, but Franco-German relations could certainly be in better shape, at least at the highest political level. Even before announcing multi-billion investments in the French military, French President Macron stated that he would deliver light combat tanks (AMX 10-RC) vehicles to Ukraine, while also not ruling out the delivery of Leclerc battle tanks. The announcement can be interpreted as a signal to Chancellor Scholz for Germany to finally deliver Leopard 2 tanks.
20.01.2023 Dr. Adnan Huskić
On 2 October 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina held its ninth regular parliamentary and presidential elections amidst brewing crises, both domestic and international. The liberal party "Naša stranka" is poised to be the part of the new governing coalition. Despite some successes of progressive parties, the ethnic nationalist and conservative parties continue to dominate. All of this will make for a challenging environment in which liberals will have to manoeuvre, seeking to affirm the principles and values around which the party was built.
Since 2012, the Czech president has been directly elected by citizens in two rounds of voting. Czechs enjoy this right to vote and the last presidential election in 2018 saw the highest turnout in a national election in 20 years. Thus, the presidential election has become a great show that people discuss for months and years ahead, arousing great emotions. The bookmakers are sure about the winner of the election, the polls are groping in the dark and a third of the voters are still undecided. So what can we expect in the first and second rounds of the presidential election?


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Tapping in to the Earth's Energy to Grow Local Food
Tri States Public Radio | By Grant Gerlock
Published February 9, 2016 at 6:02 PM CST
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Russ Finch holds up half of a Cara Cara orange that grew in his geothermal greenhouse.
The middle of winter is when the stream of locally grown fruits and vegetables in the Midwest begins to freeze up. Nicole Saville knows first-hand. Saville is the produce manager at the grocery co-op Open Harvest.
The store -- in Lincoln, Neb. -- promotes food grown by local farmers, but this time of year there just isn't much available.
"We can get kale and some culinary herbs this time of year," Saville said. "Otherwise the only other local option is a soil mix in our garden center."
That means the bunches of carrots, bags of onions, and piles of pears on shelves from Lincoln, Neb., to Ames, Iowa, to Columbia, Mo., made a long trip to get there.
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Nicole Saville is produce manager at Open Harvest grocery coop in Lincoln, Neb. Whenever possible she orders from local farms, but in the winter few farmers are able to keep producing fresh fruits and vegetables.
"This time of year we are sourcing globally almost," Saville said. "It hurts me to say because the fossil fuels it takes to get things here are astronomical. But we try to source from within the United States when we can. Florida and California are going to be the two biggest options."
In the Midwest, it's possible to stretch the growing season for nine months or more with unheated hoophouses or high tunnels, metal frames stretched over with plastic coverings. But even a well-insulated high tunnel is likely to have to go dormant at some point.
Greenhouses can produce year round, but they are typically heated by burning fossil fuels. That's why growing in local greenhouses isn't always best for energy consumption, says Dawn Thilmany, who studies the local food system at Colorado State University. .
"It might actually, energy-wise, make more sense to ship from far away distances because we do have a lot of energy efficient ways to ship including trains, barges and such," Thilmany said.
But some creative locally-focused growers are working on ideas that could change that equation.
"In the case where people are being innovative, where some of that energy is in alternative forms, it might make sense to produce locally year-round," Thilmany said.
Russ Finch of Alliance, Nebraska designed his first geothermal greenhouse around 20 years ago. He sells new designs which have been built in six states.
One alternative is up-and-running in western Nebraska, created by an amateur engineer. Former mail carrier and farmer Russ Finch built a greenhouse near Alliance, which he calls the Greenhouse in the Snow. Though it looks ordinary from the outside, inside it's a citrus grove with lemons the size of oranges and oranges the size of grapefruits. In Nebraska.
"We can grow the best citrus in the world here on the High Plains," Finch said one afternoon as he was walking me through the original greenhouse design he built 20 years ago.
And it doesn't break the bank or suck too much energy because the other unique aspect about his greenhouse is that it's geothermal. It harnesses the earth's heat by pumping air through underground tubes to heat and cool the plants.
"All we try to do is keep it above 28 degrees in the winter," Finch said. "We have no backup system for heat. The only heat source is the earth's heat at 52 degrees at 8-foot deep."
Generally, locally grown fruits and vegetables have a lower carbon footprint because it travels a shorter distance to consumers. But if it's grown in a greenhouse heated with fossil fuels, that carbon advantage is likely lost.
The idea behind Finch's design is that you can grow a variety of crops year-round in a low-energy, low-carbon system. If that were to work on a large scale, Nebraska stores could sell local lettuce in the dead of winter. Maybe even local oranges.
Designs for low energy greenhouses vary; some move air or water underground, while others heat water in solar cells and store it in tanks to heat the greenhouse at night. Stacy Adams, a horticulture and greenhouse management instructor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, says whatever the method it's aimed at the same goal: to find a sustainable ways to get through cold winter nights.
"We could use fossil fuels, but if we can make the environment better by using sustainable options why not do it?" Adams said. "It's basically free energy that we can capture."
And that's better for a farmer's bottom line because energy is one of the biggest costs for Midwest greenhouses.
Adams says geothermal greenhouses can work, but there are limitations to such a low-energy system. For instance, Adams says they are best suited for cold crops like kale, cabbage, or lettuce.
"But when we start getting to the warm-loving crops like tomatoes, which everyone loves, or cucumbers and squash, then we're talking about greenhouses that need to be much warmer," Adams said.
It's actually easier to grow oranges in a cold greenhouse than tomatoes, Adams says.
Also a low-energy greenhouse is most efficient if it's relatively small. It might supply a farmers market, but probably not a supermarket.
To grow more, you'll need more energy. Perhaps fossil fuels. But that's where Adams says people should think outside of the box. Imagine using heat from the wastewater at a factory like a slaughterhouse or an ethanol plant. He says manure from dairy barns or beef feedlots could generate methane to heat a greenhouse.
Any method that incorporates renewable energy sources would improve the footprint of local food grown in a greenhouse when compared to the shipments brought in from California or Mexico.
That could give winter a local flavor, even in Nebraska.
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Harvest Public Media's reporter at NET News, where he started as Morning Edition host in 2008. He joined Harvest Public Media in July 2012. Grant has visited coal plants, dairy farms, horse tracks and hospitals to cover a variety of stories. Before going to Nebraska, Grant studied mass communication as a grad student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and completed his undergrad at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm in southwestern Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor, but has taken up city life in Lincoln, Neb.
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Moving can be one of the most exciting, yet nerve wrecking events in life. You are all ready to get started with your new adventure, but there is just one thing standing in your way. The move! Moving is a major task and there is a lot that can go wrong if you do not leave it to the professionals. This article will describe the challenges that come when attempting to handle a move all by yourself.
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2. Damaging articles happens frequently. As discussed within #1, when people do moves on their own, they often try to pack as much as possible in each box to limit the number they ultimately have to move. This almost always leads to damaged things. There is nothing more disappointing then unpacking your things and finding a bunch of broken glass. Letting the professional handle the packing will save you a major headache.
3. Damage to your old and/or new home happens. If you have ever tried moving a heavy couch, a piano or a bookshelf, there is a good chance you nicked up your wall or scratched your floors. This happens all the time when people attempt to move on their own. Professional movers come equipped with an appropriately sized crew, and understand when they need to disassemble pieces of furniture to avoid scratching the walls and/or floors. You can also add mover's insurance so if there is damage, you will be covered.
4. It is easy to injure yourself when moving. Moving heavy pieces of furniture often ends up with a strained back. It is recognized as one of the most common ways of injuring your back.
5. Moving is time consuming. Attempting to move on your own can take a tremendous amount of time, even if you are able to bribe a couple friends. Professionals are much more efficient at handling a move.
6. It is exhausting to move on your own. Moving on your own is a physically and mentally exhausting process and can damper what should be an exciting time in your life.


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Q: Is there a way to programmatically change a maps center using maplace.js? I am using the following function in a maplace.js based instantiation for my map. I would like to dynamically change the map's center after the user scrolls to a position in the map. This is what I have so far:
maplace = new Maplace({
    map_div: '#gmap-list',
    styles: styles,
    scrollwheel: false,
    controls_type: 'list',
    controls_on_map: false,
    controls_title: 'Choose a location:',
    locations: LocsB,
    map_options: {
        scrollwheel: false,
        set_center: [45.9, 10.9]
    },
    afterCreateMarker: function(index, location, marker) {
        $(window).scroll( function() {
            var scrolled_val = $(document).scrollTop().valueOf();
            if (scrolled_val < 1027) {
                if (marker.lat == -26.243254) {
                    google.maps.event.trigger(marker, 'click');
                }
            } else {
                console.log(scrolled_val);
                setCenter({lat: 42.346268, lng: -71.095764}); // does not work
            }
        });
    }
}).Load();

Thank you for everyone's help!


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Gerard Way To Make Solo Debut At Reading & Leeds Festivals
By James Derbyshire
Tags: arctic monkeys, blink-182, Gerard Way, Paramore, queens of the stone age, Reading and Leeds
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way will make his live solo debut at this years Reading and Leeds festivals.
Leading the latest wave of announcements, Gerard Way will open the NME/Radio 1 stage at the festivals in the latest huge announcement for the August bank holiday weekend bash, with a whole host of other names added to stages such as the Festival Republic Stage and the Dance Stage.
Joining Gerard Way are Maverick Sabre, We Are Scientsits, King Charles, The Sunshine Underground, Saint Raymond, Duke Dumont, Sigma and many more, check out the full line-up here:
Reading and Leeds festival 2014 is headlined by Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Blink 182 and Arctic Monkeys. Tickets are currently on sale.
Author: James Derbyshire
Music journalist with a love for underground music, I work with unsigned artists and tend to ramble on about how I wish the Britpop 90's were still dominating the charts. Catch me on twitter at @Jamesd068


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Roots: The Remarkable Ryans
By Olivia O'Mahony, Editorial Assistant
October / November 2017
October 1, 2017 by 3 Comments
The Ryan family crest with history's famous Ryans. Clockwise from top left: Nolan Ryan, Meg Ryan, Luke Ryan, Irene Ryan.
Given its status as one of the ten most numerous surnames in Ireland, the name Ryan is recognizable to most people as a telltale indicator of green in the veins. Less commonly known, however, is the fact that the great majority of these Ryans are actually O'Mulryans, an earlier form of the name that has been buried away over time. More unusual source names for Ryan are Ó Riagháin (in modern Irish, Ó Riain), meaning "descendant of Rían"; Ó Maoilriain, "descendant of Maoilriaghain"; or Ó Ruaidhín, "descendant of the little red one." The multiplicity of the name's sources stems from the Middle Ages, a time in which the spelling of one's name was made malleable by the local English official's understanding and ability to pronounce it. As a result, the recorded spelling of a name could change multiple times over the course of an individual's lifetime.
The first appearance of Ryan as we now spell it was in County Tipperary in the 13th century. While some sources say the family claim descent from the Heremon Kings of Ireland through the MacMurrough line, specifically Eoghan, who was ancestor of O'Righin, anglicized Mulraine, O'Ryan, Ryan, and Ryne, others insist that they were descended from Ó Maolriain, located in Owney, which forms two modern baronies on the borders of counties Limerick and Tipperary. Both authorities were chief heralds of Ireland in their own time, so regardless of which lineage study is more accurate, the family's war cry motto of Malo mori quam fodari, "I would rather die than be disgraced," is fitting.
The Robin Hood-esque romantic character Eamonn an Chnoic, or "Ned of the Hill," bore the true name Éamonn Ó Riain (Edmund O'Ryan) and supposedly lived in County Tipperary from 1670 – 1724. Legend has it that, like many others, the aristocratic O'Ryan became a rapparee, or outlaw, after the confiscation of Irish Catholic land in the Act Settlement of 1652 following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The story goes that his life of banditry began the day he shot a tax collector dead in defense of a destitute woman and her livelihood, a cow which was in danger of confiscation. Although there exists no positive proof of O'Ryan's existence, the rumors of his exploits were at least impactful enough that he was mentioned in a 1684 pamphlet alongside four other real-life leaders of rapparee gangs, calling for William of Orange to be overthrown in favor of James II, who was a Catholic. O'Ryan is embedded in Irish cultural memory by a traditional ballad which bears his alias, "Eamonn an Chnoic," and has been recorded by many artists in both Irish and English. While traditionally a slow, mournful tune, its lyrics were adapted to a quicker tempo in 1989 by Irish group the Pogues, who called it "Young Ned of the Hill." A segment of the ballad emphasizes O'Ryan's bravery:
There's some of us have deemed to fight
From Tipperary mountains high
Noble men with wills of iron
Who are not afraid to die
Who'll fight with Gaelic honor held on high.
Another prominent figure is Luke Ryan (1750 – 1789) from Rush, County Dublin, who first served as an officer in the Irish Brigade before turning to the profitable life of a privateer, using subterfuge to gain the confidence of his moneymakers.
In 1778, the Friendship, the smuggling vessel upon which Ryan was stationed with 60 other Rush men, was converted to a privateering operation with Ryan as a minority owner. When the ship returned to Ireland carrying contraband goods, the revenue defined both Ryan and his cousin Wilde as "piratical smugglers." The ship was arrested and its crew taken into custody, barring Ryan, who was not on board at the time. Wilde broke out of the Black Dog Prison in Dublin and reclaimed the Friendship, sailing to Rush to collect Luke.
They traveled to France, renaming the ship the Black Prince, with Ryan in command and Wilde as his officer. Later, Benjamin Franklin, at the time the U.S. Minister to France,* commissioned the ship as an American privateer with an American letter of marque. Officially, Ryan was never listed as captain due to American regulations, but he quickly rose to fame, having ransomed a total of seventy-six masters of British vessels and exchanged 161 merchant seamen during his two-year career.
However, by 1780 Irish privateers operating under American commissions had become a source of political irritation for the French government and a point of concern for Franklin. By this time, Ryan had acquired French citizenship and considered himself safe from British prosecution, but was unaware when Franklin decided to revoke his American commission and letter of marque. He was subsequently arrested and charged with mayhem, murder, mutiny, treason, and piracy against King George III.
During his trial, Ryan never denied that he had committed acts of privateering, flying French and American colors while preying on British shipping in time of war. The main argument, interestingly, concerned his country of birth. If Ryan could prove he was French-born, English law had no bearing upon him and he would walk free. However, if Ryan's Irish birthplace and subjecthood to the king was revealed, he would face execution. After three weeks, the truth came out and Ryan was found guilty, though was miraculously pardoned due to public outcry because of his popularity. But instead of walking free, he was trapped yet again by the debt he had accumulated during his defense trial. He wasn't released from prison until 1784, and four years later was declared bankrupt and arrested for his inability to pay the doctor who had inoculated him against smallpox. He died of septicemia in the King's Prison in June 1789.
Another fascinating bearer of this name was third class Titanic passenger Edward Ryan, who boarded the ill-fated ship at Cobh. Born in Ballynaveen, County Tipperary, he was travelling to reconvene with his sister in Troy, New York. On the night of the sinking, he managed to board a lifeboat, describing the scene later in a letter to his parents: "I had a towel round my neck. I just threw it over my head and left it hang in the back. I then walked very stiff past the officers, who had declared they'd shoot the first man that dare pass out. They didn't notice me. They thought I was a woman. I grasped a girl who was standing by in despair, and jumped with her thirty feet into the boat." Once safe, Edward realized that he still had his smoking pipe in a pocket. He then scrounged up enough tobacco to light it, much to the outrage of a lady of first class sitting beside him.
The strong personalities of the Ryans remain undiluted by time, as evidenced by their powerful presence under today's media spotlight. American actress, director and producer Meg Ryan (b. 1961) is a household name and has appeared in films such as When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You've Got Mail. American actress, singer, voice actress and comedian Roz Ryan (b. 1951) is well-known for her part as Amelia Hetebrink in the television show Amen and for her voice role as Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy in the Disney film, Hercules. Irish American vaudeville, radio, film, television and Broadway star Irene Ryan (1902 – 1973) was best known for her role as Granny in the long-running television show The Beverly Hillbillies. John Ryan (1921 – 2009) was a British animator and cartoonist, most famous for the children's comic strip "Captain Pugwash."
Ryan's Daughter, a 1970 romantic drama directed by David McLean and starring Sarah Miles (The Servant) and Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear), is an adaptation of Gustav Flaubert's Madam Bovary and tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with an English officer during World War I, despite the fury it stirs up in her nationalist community. It was the eighth-highest grossing film of its year of release.
The Ryans are also a clan of great standing in the world of sports, particularly baseball. John Collins "Blondy" Ryan (1906 – 1959) played a starring role in the New York Giants' 1933 World Series win; New Orleans native Cornelius Joseph "Connie" Ryan (1920 – 1996) was coach to the Texas Rangers; and former pitcher Nolan Ryan (b. 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express," is an all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other player to date. Another significant Ryan sportsman was Paddy Ryan (1851 – 1900), the Irish American heavyweight champion boxer who was scouted by an athletic director while dealing with troublemakers in his saloon in Troy, New York.
Bringing further regard to the name of Ryan is PwC's U.S. chair and senior partner Tim Ryan (b. 1965), keynote speaker of this year's 20th anniversary of Irish America's Wall Street 50 awards dinner. Since assuming his current role last July, Ryan has spearheaded dialogues of race, diversity and inclusion in the business community – an essential venture in which he will doubtlessly continue to do his Ryan ancestors proud. ♦
* This article originally misidentified Benjamin Franklin as president of the U.S. Franklin never served as U.S. president and the sentenced edited to reflect his diplomatic position at the time of Ryan's appointment.
Brian Patrick Kennedy says
My latest 436 p book "The Ryans of Tipperary and Limerick – their origins in Owney and Owneybeg" researches the history of the O'Mulryans from the earliest times. It contains much information about recent Ryan families and their locations in the old territory of Owney Mulryan. Contact me re this book at owneymulryan@gmail.com
Patricia Farrell says
Benjamin Franklin was not President of the USA. Meg Ryan adopted the Ryan name for show business
CORRECT !
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Q: ActionScript Local X And Y Coordinates Of Display Object? i'm trying to trace the x and y coordinates from within a sprite.  i've added a rectangle to the stage:
var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(10, 10, 200, 200);
addChild(rect);
rect.x = rect.y = 100;

adding a Mouse_Move event to the rect, i can trace mouseX and mouseY to receive the coordinates of the stage while moving over the rect, but how do i get the local x and y coordinates?  so if i mouse over the very top left of the rect sprite, the mouseX and mouseY return 10 as the global coordinates, but how do i make it return 0 and the local coordinates of the sprite?
i assumed localX and localY was what i was looking for, but this doesn't work:
function mouseOverTraceCoords(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
trace(mouseX, mouseY, evt.localX, evt.localY);
}

A: take a look at globalToLocal

A: It depends how you have designed your Rectangle class,
if you have done something like this:
class Rect1 extends Sprite {
    public function Rect1(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number) {
        var g:Graphics = graphics;
        g.beginFill(0xff0000, 0.5);
        g.drawRect(x, y, width, height);
        g.endFill();
    }
}

your local coordinate will be at 0,0 but you drawing start at x,y so when you are getting the localx, localY you will obtain x,y and not 0,0.
But if your class is designed as something like that :
class Rect2 extends Sprite {
    public function Rect2(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number) {
        var g:Graphics = graphics;
        g.beginFill(0xff0000, 0.5);
        g.drawRect(0, 0, width, height);
        g.endFill();

        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
    }
}

then your drawing start at 0,0 and your object is moved at x,y so the localX and localY from the MouseEvent will be ok.
Edit:
To get the local coordinate you can try using getBounds :
function mouseOverTraceCoords(evt:MouseEvent):void {
 var dob:DisplayObject = DisplayObject(evt.target);
 var bnds:flash.geom.Rectangle = getBounds(dob.parent);
 var localX:Number=e.localX - bnds.x + dob.x;
 var localY:Number=e.localY - bnds.y + dob.y;

 trace(mouseX, mouseY, evt.localX, evt.localY, localX, localY);
}

A: There's no need to do any transformations at all *, your Rectangle will have two properties called mouseX and mouseY which contain the local coordinates of the mouse.
If you're drawing your graphics offset within the rectangle, the coordinate system will not consider this, it's a better idea to offset the entire rectangle instead.
* assuming your Rectangle class is a subclass of DisplayObject, which I'd assume since you've got it on the stage.