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Cells in pleural fluid and their value in differential diagnosis
Rashmi Kushwaha, P Shashikala, S Hiremath, HG Basavaraj
October-December 2008, 25(4):138-143
DOI:10.4103/0970-9371.50799
Background : Both non-malignant and malignant causes of effusion can be identified by the relatively non-invasive technique of pleural fluid cytology. With this basis the present study on cytology of pleural fluids was taken up. The diagnostic significance of the cytologic study of the fluid may be attributable to the fact that the cell population present in the sediment is representative of a much larger surface area than that obtained by needle biopsy. Materials and Methods : One hundred samples of pleural fluid were examined for total cell count, cell type and cellular features. They were also subjected to biochemical study to find out the level of protein, glucose and chloride. Results : A total of 82% samples were exudative and 18% were transudative. Total leukocyte count (TLC) was less than 1000 cells/cu.mm in most (88.89%) of transudative effusions. Overall 52.44% of exudative effusions had TLC greater than 1000 cells/cu.mm. It was noted that 96.88% of tuberculous effusions had more than 50% lymphocytes, 81.25% had protein greater than 5 gm/dl and 90.63% had glucose greater than 60 mg/dl. Approximately 28% of pleural effusions were positive for malignant cells. Most (82%) of malignant effusions were exudative. The primary site could be assessed by cytological examination in 57.14% of malignant effusions. Conclusions: The most useful test in establishing the diagnosis of pleural effusion is pleural fluid cytology and pleural fluid cell count. Cytologic study of pleural fluid is a complete diagnostic modality which aims at pointing out the etiology of effusion as well as, in certain cases, a means of prognostication of disease process.
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Pitfalls in the cytodiagnosis of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck: A retrospective study
Karabi Konar, Sulekha Ghosh, Tapan Ghosh, Subodh Bhattacharya, Saurabh Sanyal
Background: Lateral neck swelling in an adult is a common presentation for primary and secondary malignant lesions. Metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma often leads to various secondary changes in the lymph nodes, which makes their diagnosis on cytology a difficult task. Sometimes, the primary sites remain occult and any false negative cytological diagnosis becomes a misleading factor. Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in diagnosing metastasic squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck, and to highlight the precautions that can reduce the rate of false negative diagnosis. Materials and Methods: Two thousand five hundred and twelve patients in an age range of 18 to 80 years and presenting with a solitary lateral swelling of the neck were selected for this study. Results: Three hundred and seventy positive and 45 suspicious cases of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma were detected by FNAC; there were 15 false negative cases. All of them were associated with cystic change, abscess, or necrosis. The primary sites for carcinoma were the tonsil, tongue, pharynx, and larynx. No primary site could be detected in three cases. Histopathological confirmation was done in all the cases. The specificity and sensitivity of FNAC in the detection of positive cases of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma were 96.05 and 96.5% respectively. Conclusions: Any lateral neck swelling in adult patients that is associated with cystic change, abscess, or necrosis on FNAC should be carefully searched for malignant cells. Clinical re-evaluation and image guided surgical biopsy should supplement FNAC in suspicious cases. In spite of the possible limitation of a false negative diagnosis, FNAC remains a useful tool in diagnosing metastasis with good certainty.
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Diagnostic problems in fine needle aspiration cytology of fat necrosis within a subcutaneous lipoma
Vikas S Kavishwar, Asha B Rupani, Anjali D Amarapurkar, Vyankatesh Anchinmane
Fat necrosis in subcutaneous lipomas is very unusual and has been reported only occasionally. Literature regarding fine needle aspiration cytology of such a lesion is lacking although fat necrosis is well described in the breast. We came across a case of a large subcutaneous lipoma in the anterior abdominal wall with a well encapsulated area of fat necrosis. The aspiration smears showed an unusual picture which was misinterpreted as the fragments of the hydatid cyst wall. They were actually enlarged, nonnucleate, single adipocytes showing laminations, along with calcification and paucity of inflammation. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of fat necrosis within the lipoma. Such lesions can be mistaken on radiology for malignancy.
Cytological assessment of endometrial washings obtained with an insemination cannula and its histological correlation
Reeni Malik, Renu Agarwal, Puneet Tandon
Background: Endometrial cytopathology is a powerful tool for the detection of a wide variety of benign atypias, inflammatory changes, and infectious organisms. It is also helpful for the cytohormonal evaluation of patients and the detection of endometrial malignancies. Aims: The present study was carried out to assess the sensitivity and specificity of endometrial cytology performed by using an insemination cannula. Materials and Methods: Endometrial aspiration using an insemination cannula was done in 60 cases who presented with dysuterine bleed, infertility, or postmenopausal bleed. The cytological evaluation of endometrial smears was correlated with histopathological findings with reference to cyclic endometrium, atypical hyperplasia, and endometrial malignancies. Results: There were 35 patients in the reproductive and 25 in the menopausal age groups. The sample was inadequate in four cases but there was an overall 100% correlation between cytological and histological findings of cyclic endometrium, atypical hyperplasia, and endometrial malignancy. The sensitivity and specificity of endometrial aspiration was 83.3 and 95.4% respectively, with two false negative and false positive cases. Conclusions: Endometrial aspiration cytology was found to be a safe outpatient procedure in the diagnosis of normal and abnormal endometrium for patients of all ages.The present study emphasizes the need for endometrial screening in postmenopausal patients to enable the detection of endometrial malignancies at an early stage.
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Cytohistological study of eyelid lesions and pitfalls in fine needle aspiration cytology
Santosh Kumar Mondal, Tapan Kumar Dutta
Aims : The purpose of the study was to evaluate different eyelid lesions appearing as a swelling or mass, using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), to conduct a cytological diagnosis of these lesions with subsequent histopathological correlation, and to identify the problems faced during microscopical examination of the smears. Materials and Methods : Fine needle aspirates from 80 eyelid swellings and histopathological correlation in 62 cases were studied. Results: Forty eight cases of benign and 32 cases of malignant lesions were diagnosed by FNAC. The five leading benign lesions were chalazions (12 cases, 15%), epithelial cysts (eight cases, 10%), chronic nonspecific inflammation (six cases, 7.5%), seborrheic keratosis (five cases, 6.25%) and benign adnexal adenoma (four cases, 5%). The most common malignant lesion was basal cell carcinoma (12 cases, 15%) followed by sebaceous gland carcinoma (nine cases, 11.25%) and squamous cell carcinoma (eight cases, 10%). Conclusions: Histopathological correlation showed that the accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in making diagnosis was 83.87%. Incidence of basal cell carcinoma in the study was lower, compared to most western studies. Therefore, there may be a racial and geographical variation.
Radiologically guided fine needle aspiration cytology of retroperitoneal and spinal lesions
Mehar Aziz, Nishat Afroz, Eram Kahkashan, Ibne Ahmad, Tariq Mansoor
Aim: This study was undertaken to assess the role of image-guided, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of retroperitoneal and spinal lesions. Materials and Methods: Over a period of one year, ultrasonography and computerized tomography-guided FNAC was performed in 55 cases who had presented clinically with signs and symptoms related to the retroperitoneum and spine. Histopathological confirmation was available in 27 out of 55 cases. Results: Of the 55 cases, 39 were males and 16 were females. Malignant and benign lesions accounted for 58.2 and 29.1% respectively. Among the cases on whom radiologically guided FNAC was performed, the spine contributed the largest proportion of cases (32.7%), followed by renal lesions (20%). Among the malignant lesions, renal cell carcinoma was the most commonly found malignancy, followed by metastasis to the spine. In the benign and inflammatory category, tuberculosis of the spine and the lymph nodes was the most common lesion accounting for 68.7% of all cases. On correlating clinical, radiological, and cytologic features, the sensitivity, specificity, and overall accuracy of guided FNAC obtained in this study were 97.1, 84.2, and 92.4% respectively. Conclusions: Radiologically guided FNAC is a fairly accurate and safe procedure in diagnosing the most difficult cases in the region of the retroperitoneum and the spine.
Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of cryptococcal lymphadenitis: A window of opportunity
S Suchitha, CS Sheeladevi, R Sunila, GV Manjunath
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common, life-threatening, opportunistic, fungal disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. An expeditious diagnosis is of utmost importance because once a cryptococcal infection disseminates, it becomes life-threatening. Pulmonary, intestinal, bone marrow, and retinal involvement have been described. There are very few reports, however, of lymphadenopathy along with cryptococcal meningitis. We report here a case of cryptococcal meningitis with lymphadenitis, which was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology of the involved lymph nodes.
Cutaneous metastasis in renal cell carcinoma
Shamshad Ahmad, Uzma Zafar, Farhan A Siddiqui, Kafil Akhtar
A case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurring in a 65 year-old male presenting primarily as cutaneous metastasis to the chest, is being reported for its unusual presentation in the form of a skin nodule, even before the development of any urological presentation. RCC had metastasised to the liver as well. This case emphasises the importance of looking for a primary renal cancer in cutaneous metastasis cases as most of these patients have recurrent or multifocal metastatic disease.
Primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma diagnosed by transthoracic fine needle aspiration cytology
Paras Nuwal, Ramakant Dixit, Sidharth Sharma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon tumor that very rarely affects the lower respiratory tract and lung parenchyma. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of primary pulmonary ACC has been rarely described. We report here a 32 year-old female with peripheral ACC, diagnosed by percutaneous transthoracic FNAC. The cytological diagnosis was further confirmed by histological examination of the biopsy specimen.
Solitary eosinophilic granuloma of the ulna: Diagnosis on fine needle aspiration cytology
Anshu Jain, Kiran Alam, Veena Maheshwari, Vivek Jain, Roobina Khan
Solitary eosinophilic granuloma is a part of the spectrum of Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) which are rare diseases with varied clinical presentations. They comprise of three major overlapping syndromes: solitary eosinophilic granuloma (unifocal disease), Hand-Schueller-Christian disease (multifocal, unisystem), and Letterer-Siwe disease (multifocal, multisystem). A case of solitary eosinophilic granuloma of the ulna is presented here for its relatively uncommon incidence and the difficulty in making an accurate diagnosis based on the radiological picture alone. We hereby, emphasize the importance of a quick and reliable diagnosis based on fine needle aspiration cytology, and the need to consider the possibility of LCH in the differential diagnoses of a slide showing a large number of histiocytes and eosinophils, as in tuberculosis, Hodgkin's disease, and other primary and metastatic bony lesions. Characteristic nuclear grooves and a large number of eosinophils help in clinching the cytological diagnosis.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma: A rare presentation as a nasal and hard palate mass
Richa Pandey, PK Singh, Lubna Khan
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Cytodiagnosis of tumoral calcinosis
Subhashish Das, R Kalyani, ML Harendra Kumar
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Introductory Remarks At The Fifth Southern African Metals And Engineering Indaba
By SEIFSA12th Sep 2019 Press Release
By Kaizer M. Nyatsumba, Chief Executive, SEIFSA
Thank you, Melissa, for that fantastic introduction.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we meet at a most inauspicious time for our beautiful country. Unlike a year ago when there was so much hope of a New Dawn in the air, when the Commission into State Capture had just begun its public hearings and so much was expected to come of the President's inaugural Investment Conference, we meet today at a time when our country is engulfed with bad news and our leadership has been exposed to be weak and so far unequal to the gargantuan task ahead.
Everywhere we look, leadership has taken cover and, as I had occasion to write in a poem more than two decades ago, "the sanguinary are in control". We have become the rape and misogyny capital of the world, where just having been born female is enough to mark one out for all kinds of abuse. Our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters live in palpable fear of being molested and murdered with what looks like absolute impunity, while our leadership limply throws its hands into the air, mouths yet more empty condemnations and makes more unconvincing promises and undertakings.
Our streets have been taken over by angry, vile and unemployed men who rape, murder and pillage with gay abandon, comfortable in the knowledge that they will get away with it because our police are either on the take or useless and our law-enforcement agencies are impuissant. With unspeakable savagery, they lay into men and women whose only sin is that they are from another African country; torch trucks on the country's roads for no reason other than that those who drive them across our towns, cities and borders are employed and are unknown to them; and target construction sites in our industrial areas to demand – by brute force – a stake in other people's businesses, to which they will add not an iota of value.
Our borders exist in name only, with anybody who so desires free to walk in and out of them any time, in the process worsening our unemployment crisis and seriously inflaming passions among the indigent who do not know where their next meal will come from and for whom the only asset they have in abundance is time. Our borders are porous, our police are useless – I guess I have earned the right to say so: my brother was murdered in 2009 and, more than a decade later, nobody has yet been arrested – and our Department of Home Affairs and the National Defence Force are laughing stocks.
All this goes on while our political mandarins are either conspicuous through their silence or, when they dare surface to make some pronouncements, either make the same mealy-mouthed excuses for their failure to do the jobs for which they were elected or threaten – yet again – fire and brimstone, fully knowing that their words are not worthy of the pieces of paper or the Notepads from which they read them.
To our utter dismay, it would seem that our beautiful country is on auto pilot. Its leaders have either gone to ground or are too pre-occupied with their internecine conflicts and sundry machinations. It is as if we are left to our own devices.
Is it any wonder, then, that our economy has continued to flounder so badly and that our State-owned companies are in such a pitiable state? I don't think so.
Far be it from me, Ladies and Gentlemen, to depress you right at the beginning of our Fifth Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba. That is not at all my intention. I point these things out because it would be irresponsible of us, as business and labour leaders, to stick our necks in the sand and pretend that everything is hunky-dory. In my view, we all have a duty, individually and collectively, not only to face our current reality squarely in the face, but also to do something about it. We are not as helpless as we may sometimes believe ourselves to be.
We are far more powerful beyond measure. We must, each one of us, speak out robustly against the many ills confronting our country, and join hands with those who are similarly concerned and are keen to get involved in various efforts to reverse the very evident decay confronting us. We need to stop romanticising about a non-existent nirvana and face up to the challenge that ours is a sick country that is dangerously close to tipping over – unless we fold our shirt sleeves and put shoulder to the wheel.
The responsibility to save South Africa belongs to us all. In any society, this is way too important a task to leave to politicians alone. It is even worse in our case, where a growing number of politicians are exposed in various forms almost on a weekly basis to be self-serving individuals who worry only about themselves, their families and their political parties, with the country coming stone last. We need to reach out across the racial, political, class, gender and whatever other divides to work with all who profess to love South Africa and want to see it prosper.
That is the context in which we hold this Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba. We believe that South Africa can – and will – be saved, if we all work together as a team. We believe, as I often point out, that, however much the men and women of goodwill and integrity in government may be willing to do so, the Government cannot execute this mammoth task alone. Obviously, with business not pulling the levers of legislative power, business also cannot do it alone. Instead, we need a strong partnership involving, in the first instance, Government, Business and Labour, followed by the general community.
Regrettably, it is sad to observe that, even during this period of a supposed New Dawn, we still have some people in Government behaving as if they were some demi-gods, rather than Servants of the People who elected them into office in the first place. It is a great pity, for instance, that among the nine members of the Ramaphosa Government invited to address this conference and interact with you, the Shareholders of this Beautiful Republic, all but two contrived to come up with various excuses for their absence. Even with one of the largest Cabinets in the world, in which every Minister has a Deputy, those who showed disdain to the metals and engineering sector by spurning our invitation would not even dispatch their Deputies or Directors-General to address this conference.
Sadly, both we and others who organise similar industry conferences have come to know that some among our Cabinet Ministers prefer events where theirs will be the only voices to be heard, without any other stakeholders to challenge them or hold them to account. Some would even go as far as to seek to control a conference's agenda by insisting that members of political parties other than their own should not be invited.
We at SEIFSA have doggedly resisted such pressure – and will continue to do so. We are a Federation representing important stakeholders in our economy, and have no appetite whatsoever for any political gimmickry or games. We invite to our conferences any individual that we deem to have the experience, insights, wisdom and the power to contribute meaningfully to discussions of any issues being considered.
As always, Ladies and Gentlemen, we look forward to a fruitful, robust engagement with our speakers in the course of the next two days.
As you may recall, during the Indaba last year, we asked you to consider adopting resolutions on some of the important issues that came under discussion. To refresh your memory, those resolutions saw delegates:
Expressing disappointment at the failure of some Cabinet Ministers to attend important sessions of the conference to which they were invited;
Calling on the Government to enforce designation of local content more rigorously in production processes across all value chains and expressing disappointment at the awarding of tenders to foreign companies by some State-owned enterprises when there is capacity for local businesses to manufacture the same products;
Calling on the Government to include the local manufacturing industry in decision making regarding foreign and domestic investments to promote beneficiation and job creation;
Calling on the Government to prioritize local businesses in all investment and construction projects, including Black Economic Empowerment partners, to comply with South African rules to address racial disparities;
Calling on the Government to find a way of extending to the mid- and downstream group of industries in the metals and engineering sector the support available to primary steel producers; and
Calling on the Government to reconsider the introduction of a carbon tax in the country, at a time when business is already struggling.
These resolutions have formed the basis of SEIFSA's lobbying activities during the course of the last year. Regrettably, we have all lost the fight on the carbon tax, thanks in no small measure to the parlous state of the fiscus.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we at SEIFSA believe very firmly that, however difficult things may be at the moment, there continues to be a future for Manufacturing in South Africa and our region, and we believe that that future also includes a thriving Metals and Engineering Sector. However, for the sector to realize its full potential, it behoves all of us – in business, Government and labour – to get all hands on deck.
Thank you very much, yet again, for your attendance. Let us have a fruitful engagement that will be seen by future generations to have been vital for the continued survival of our Sector.
Thanks, too, to our host, the IDC, and all our Sponsors and Media Partners.
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Washington Dithers Over Macedonia
US reluctance to get involved in Macedonia could undermine peace prospects.
By Ian Williams
The sense of mystification in Washington about what Bush policy on Macedonia actually entails was only increased when the administration reluctantly bowed to the inevitable. The US government said last week that American troops would participate in a NATO force that collects weapons from ethnic Albanian fighters, if there is a settlement of their conflict with the Skopje authorities.
Until now, insofar as there had been a policy, it was to hope that US mediator James Pardew pulled off a deal that cut the risk of involvement of US forces, and the consequent risk of casualties, to as close to zero as possible. "We have a plan that will be implemented once there is final agreement among the parties on a political settlement," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
The collection of weapons from Albanian guerrillas is likely to be part of any accord. "We'll come in and do what we need to do," he said.
The decision came after a speech by the House Democratic leader, Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri, in which he criticised the Bush administration's foreign policy on the grounds that "the administration has resisted a commitment of even a small number of ground troops to this mission".
Gephardt, who met with allied leaders in Europe, said Lord Robertson, the NATO secretary-general, had told him an American presence would reinforce the US commitment to NATO and send a signal to the warring factions that a military solution to the crisis is impossible.
US policy-makers appear to have finally realised that no troops equals no deal. James Hooper, managing director of the Washington-based Public, International Law and Policy Group was scathing about US policy before last week's announcement.
The Bush administration "sees Macedonia as a third rate country, and they are attempting a second rate solution by sending a diplomat instead of a senior political figure," he said. "Pardew is a first rate diplomat, but he does not have the clout that a senior political figure would have."
On ideological grounds, in line with its isolationist approach, the new administration has set itself against special envoys. But then it has, until now, also set itself against the commitment of troops to areas like Macedonia.
It is not so much that the GIs are especially efficient or good peace-keepers - it is the symbolism. They would be a token of American interest and commitment, and in their absence all the parties infer the worst - that no GIs means no interest inside Washington.
There is, of course, a US commitment to the territorial integrity and survival of Macedonia. This is based not on any particular sentiment, but simply an acknowledgement that a conflict in Macedonia would destabilise the whole region. Between Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria and Albania there is more than enough combustible material to set the region on fire, and Macedonia - over which several of these countries stake historic claims - could be the spark.
Washington recognised the danger signs in the early years of the Balkan crisis when it put troops on the Macedonian border as part of a UN conflict prevention force. This deployment took place even while Washington refused, for several years, to deploy forces further north in Bosnia.
That reluctance to get involved militarily has characterised US policy almost from the beginning of the Balkan conflicts. It has the effect of making American policy reactive. It is only when disaster threatens and the fuse is burning close to the gunpowder barrels that the US overcomes its inhibitions.
Somehow, the administration hoped that even a diplomatically disarmed Pardew could extinguish the fuse. The fervent hope that this time negotiations may work has led the administration to be very low key, and to go as slowly as the diplomatic traffic can bear.
Assisting this approach is the obscurity of the issue for most of the people on Capitol Hill. Most legislators have seen no great burning issues for themselves or their constituents.
The Albanian lobby is vociferous but small. The Macedonians in the US are more culturally than politically oriented.
Behind the scenes, however, officials have been working on various scenarios, and they are reportedly increasingly vexed by the threat to an agreement posed by Macedonian nationalists such as Prime Minister Ljupco Georgievski.
One thing that almost everyone in Washington is agreed on is to dismiss conspiracy theories coming from the region. The reluctance of US troops to go aggressively after armed NLA troops on the border is more likely to derive from commanders' reluctance to risk casualties than from any devious CIA plot to back their "Albanian friends".
Yet there is little evidence that the current US administration realises that it is taking the same type of calculated risk that the Bush and Clinton administrations took when they sat on the sidelines in the early days of the Bosnia war. And it looks very much like this is a bet against local realities it may lose.
As Hooper concludes, "There will be an agreement, but it will not be implemented, and the nationalists in the Macedonian parliament will probably vote against it anyway. If the US stands on the sidelines, we risk a gradually evolving partition, hopefully non-violent. But look at Bosnia."
Ian Williams is a New York-based journalist and long-time contributor to IWPR.
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The deadline for Industry Canada's PIPEDA consultation is January 15th.
Michael Geist's weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Homepage version) focuses on a recent case in which a British Columbia court ordered Hush Communications to decrypt hundreds of emails and to send them to the U.S. law enforcement officials. Faced with a valid court order, the company complied, shipping 12 CDs filled with unencrypted personal email to investigators in California. The case challenges several myths that have developed about privacy, law enforcement, and the Internet.
A statement from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the recent government proposal to tackle identity theft. See CIPPIC press release and Michael Geist: Canada's Identity Theft Bill: What It Says and What's Missing.
An article by Carly Weeks , CanWest News Service discusses current privacy legislation surrounding disclosure of security breaches.
The federal government says banks, retailers and other businesses should decide whether to tell Canadians they've suffered a security breach, a decision some privacy advocates say is "backwards" and may keep Canadians in the dark when their personal information has been lost or stolen.
"I think we have a real problem here," said John Lawford, counsel for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. "They got it backwards."
Briony Smith has an article in ITWorld Canada describing the current consultation Industry Canada is doing on Canada's federal privacy legislation PIPEDA.
Ottawa, ON – September 18, 2007 – The Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa today released the results of a comprehensive investigation into the privacy implications of digital rights management technologies, or "DRM". The study, titled "Digital Rights Management and Consumer Privacy: An Assessment of DRM Applications Under Canadian Privacy Law", investigated the DRM technologies used in 16 different digital products and services. The study concluded that many DRM technologies in fact pose threats to privacy and that organizations using those technologies often fail to comply with basic requirements of Canadian privacy law.
Do I moan too much about protecting online privacy and other rights?
Here is a site that moans about it more than I do.
Apple criticized for embedding names, e-mails in songs?
An article by Greg Sandoval, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, talks about how EFF is taking issue with Apple's practice of embedding customer information within iTunes music. Normally I am in total agreement with EFF, but in this case I don't understand the complaint. Having personal identifying information of the licensee of downloaded music seems reasonable to me. I couldn't find any reference to this complaint on EFF's website.
An Edmonton Journal article by Larry Johnsrude talks about James Rajotte's private members bill C-299 which criminalize the fraudulent activity known commonly as pretexting. This bill is now in front of the Senate and will hopefully pass soon.


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Applications now open for Protein Industries Canada's Artificial Intelligence Program
Written by Glenda-Lee Vossler Monday, Jan 09 2023, 5:50 AM
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) will start accepting "expression of interest" applications today for its new Artificial Intelligence Program.
The industry continues to see a need for the adoption and use of artificial intelligence with its growth in Canada's plant-based food, feed and ingredients sector.
The program was launched in 2022 and is focused on working with agri-food companies in the development of AI technology for their business.
The first round of applications saw a steady flow of intake, and projects which are currently under review for approval.
PIC CEO Bill Gruel says artificial intelligence technology has the potential to make our sector more efficient and more sustainable.
"As companies across Canada look towards how they can incorporate new forms of this valuable technology into their toolkits, it's important they
have the knowledge, skills and support in place that helps them adopt and implement it properly. Our Artificial Intelligence Program is one way of helping make that happen."
With the proper data strategies and partners in place, companies can use AI to address challenges related to ingredient development, process optimization and recipe
formulation.
Information on how to apply for the AI project is available here.
Protein Industries Canada will close applications for the Artificial Intelligence Program on Febuary 15, 2023.
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Q: Remove two or more Occurrence of '\r' '\n' How do you replace more than two occurrence of \r&\n into one in a String?
if the sample string is
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec blandit magna et quam maximus elementum et id ex.\r\n Donec luctus massa ut sapien consectetur blandit. Maecenas vehicula ex odio, eu sollicitudin felis vehicula sed. \nPhasellus hendrerit neque volutpat urna fermentum, eget cursus erat finibus.                               \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
should not remove single or two occurrences.
Tried this code:
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "[\r\n]+", options: NSRegularExpression.Options.caseInsensitive)
let range = NSMakeRange(0, sampleString.count)
let modString = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: sampleString, options: [], range: range, withTemplate: "")

A: In order to remove only from three to more occurrences you should change the matching pattern from [\r\n]+ to (\r\n){3,}.
So the above code should become
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "(\r\n){3,}", options: NSRegularExpression.Options.caseInsensitive)
let range = NSMakeRange(0, sampleString.count)
let modString = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: sampleString, options: [], range: range, withTemplate: "")

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static void callback_destroy_context(KHRN_POINTER_MAP_T *map, uint32_t key, void *value, void *data)
{
   EGL_CONTEXT_T *context = (EGL_CONTEXT_T *)value;

   UNUSED(map);
   UNUSED(data);
   UNUSED_NDEBUG(key);

   vcos_assert( context != NULL );
   vcos_assert((uintptr_t)key == (uintptr_t)context->name);

   vcos_assert(!context->is_destroyed);

   context->is_destroyed = true;
   egl_context_maybe_free(context);
}

/*
   void callback_destroy_surface(KHRN_POINTER_MAP_T *map, uint32_t key, void *value, void *data)

   Implementation notes:

   Passed as a callback to khrn_pointer_map_iterate.

   Preconditions:

   Thread owns EGL lock

   map is the CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_T.surfaces
   value is a pointer to a valid EGL_SURFACE_T
   key is a key in map
   map[key] == value

   Postconditions:

   Does not alter map
   value is a dead pointer (i.e. either a pointer to a freed thing or something we don't hold a reference to)

   Invariants preserved:

   (EGL_SURFACE_IS_DESTROYED)

   Invariants used:

   (CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_SURFACES)
   (EGL_SURFACE_BINDING_COUNT)
*/

static void callback_destroy_surface(KHRN_POINTER_MAP_T *map, uint32_t key, void *value, void *data)
{
   EGL_SURFACE_T *surface = (EGL_SURFACE_T *)value;

   UNUSED(map);
   UNUSED(data);
   UNUSED_NDEBUG(key);

   vcos_assert( surface != NULL );
   vcos_assert((uintptr_t)key == (uintptr_t)surface->name);

   surface->is_destroyed = true;
   egl_surface_maybe_free(surface);
}

/*
   CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_T *client_egl_get_process_state(CLIENT_THREAD_STATE_T *thread, EGLDisplay dpy, EGLBoolean check_inited)

   Returns the process-global CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_T object. If check_inited is true, also insists that the process state
   is inited.

   Implementation notes:

   -

   Preconditions:

   thread is a valid pointer
   Thread owns EGL lock

   Postconditions:

   The following conditions cause error to assume the specified value

      EGL_BAD_DISPLAY               An EGLDisplay argument does not name a valid EGLDisplay
      EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED           check_inited is true and EGL is not initialized for the specified display.

   if more than one condition holds, the first error is generated.

   If error, NULL is returned. Otherwise a pointer is returned which is valid for the lifetime of the process.

   Invariants preserved:

   -

   Invariants used:

   -
*/

CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_T *client_egl_get_process_state(CLIENT_THREAD_STATE_T *thread, EGLDisplay dpy, EGLBoolean check_inited)
{
   if ((size_t)dpy == 1) {
      CLIENT_PROCESS_STATE_T *process = CLIENT_GET_PROCESS_STATE();

      if (check_inited && !process->inited) {
         thread->error = EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED;
         return NULL;
      } else
         return process;
   } else {
      thread->error = EGL_BAD_DISPLAY;
      return NULL;
   }
}

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Q: Using Oracle in select query Question: Given the CITY and COUNTRY tables, query the sum of the populations of all cities where the CONTINENT is 'Asia'.
City table contains fields: CountryCode, Population
Country table contains fields: Code, Continent
(CITY.CountryCode and COUNTRY.Code are matching key columns.)
I tried the following query: (I know this can be solved using Inner join)
Select sum(city.population) from city
where city.countrycode in (Select code from Country where continent = 'Asia')

Hacker rank gives following error:
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended

A: Do you need a semi colon?
Something along these lines......
Per city..........
SELECT City.Name, SUM(City.Population)
FROM City INNER JOIN Country ON Country.Code = City.CountryCode
WHERE
  Country.Continent = 'ASIA'
GROUP BY
  City.Name;

Per Country & City
SELECT Country.Name, City.Name, SUM(City.Population)
FROM City INNER JOIN Country ON Country.Code = City.CountryCode
WHERE
  Country.Continent = 'ASIA'
GROUP BY
  Country.Name, City.Name;

Just the Total for ASIA
SELECT SUM(City.Population)
FROM City INNER JOIN Country ON Country.Code = City.CountryCode
WHERE
  Country.Continent = 'ASIA';

A: What we are doing here is querying the city table and finding all matches in the country table by using the identifying field in both those tables:
country.code  in your country table
city.countrycode in your city table
Whenever country.code = city.countrycode and country.continent= 'Asia', you will be returned the sum of that population.
Select sum(city.population) from city inner join country on country.code = city.countrycode
where country.continent= 'Asia';

I also recommend you select the city the population count belongs to:
Select city.name, sum(city.population) from city inner join country on country.code = city.countrycode
where country.continent= 'Asia';

A: This is the right code
Select sum(city.population)
from city inner join country on country.code = city.countrycode
where country.continent= 'Asia';

A: Select SUM(City.POPULATION) from City join Country ON city.countrycode=country.code
where country.continent='Asia'

A: Use ; at the end of the code.
Select sum(city.population) from city
where city.countrycode in (Select code from Country where continent = 'Asia');


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BLOG TOUR: Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
Title: Elizabeth is Missing
Author: Emma Healey
Genre: Adult Contemporary/Mystery Fiction
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: June 10/2014
Acquired: Print copy provided by publisher
In this darkly riveting debut novel-a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also an heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging-an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared, and her search for the truth will go back decades and have shattering consequences.
Maud, an aging grandmother, is slowly losing her memory-and her grip on everyday life. Yet she refuses to forget her best friend Elizabeth, whom she is convinced is missing and in terrible danger.
But no one will listen to Maud-not her frustrated daughter, Helen, not her caretakers, not the police, and especially not Elizabeth's mercurial son, Peter. Armed with handwritten notes she leaves for herself and an overwhelming feeling that Elizabeth needs her help, Maud resolves to discover the truth and save her beloved friend.
This singular obsession forms a cornerstone of Maud's rapidly dissolving present. But the clues she discovers seem only to lead her deeper into her past, to another unsolved disappearance: her sister, Sukey, who vanished shortly after World War II.
As vivid memories of a tragedy that occurred more fifty years ago come flooding back, Maud discovers new momentum in her search for her friend. Could the mystery of Sukey's disappearance hold the key to finding Elizabeth?
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I'll tell you this much, I will like to stay 27 forever, thanks. The synopsis of this book alone terrified me to no end of aging, of the even minuscule chance that I could constantly be losing my train of thought: Why am I this room? Where I was supposed to be going? It's a disheartening thought, and one that Emma Healey captured fantastically in it's reality. Elizabeth is Missing was a mixture of genres vying for your attention, and I couldn't even tell you which part I enjoyed more-the whole book was brilliant.
82-year-old Maud has fallen prey to the vice-like grips of dementia, and is, at times, completely aware of it, and at others, vehemently adamant about denying it. It was at once both humorous, and very depressing. The plot-line is bounced between a present day mystery: Maud is convinced that her best Elizabeth has gone missing, and the unsolved mystery from Maud's past: her older sister vanishing without a trace. With no one left in her life to take her seriously, Maud is determined to find the truth all on her own. In her attempts as super sleuth, Maud inadvertently marries past with present, and begins to inch closer to not just one revelation, but two.
I loved Maud's character, right from the Prologue. It's strange, the way I connected with a character that possessed characteristics, and age-related conditions, that were completely unlike my own. It was fascinating to exist within her mind space, to follow her inner monologue, and every day activities, as she struggled to control her failing memory. I expected to grow tiresome, as Maud increasingly become one of the most unreliable narrators I've ever read, but the fact that it was done literally, and with added touches of humour, it was impossible to not become wholly invested. Healey's writing was smooth, despite Maud's fragmented thoughts, and there wasn't a moment that I wanted to take a break from the story she was telling. Elizabeth is Missing is definitely a narrative that would translate well into film, there were just so many fantastic details: Maud's plethora of reminder sticky notes, endless cans of peaches, and descriptive scenes that shouted colours, and smells, into my senses.
It's not often that I can say I experienced something brand new with a book, but Elizabeth is Missing was a book that did that for me. The subject matter wasn't a unique one, but Emma Healey's writing was a marvel all on it's own. There was no denying that she cared about her characters, and wasn't subtle in her attempts to make you fall for them too.
An excellent debut, and an author that I will definitely be looking out for.
Recommended for fans of: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, Water for Elephants by Sara Greun, Contemporary, Mystery, Historical Fiction elements.
Emma Healey grew up in London where she completed her first degree in bookbinding (learning how to put books together but not how to write them). She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing: Prose at UEA in 2011. Elizabeth is Missing is her first novel.
Emma will be taking part in lots of events around the UK (and Toronto) during June, July and August. Find out more.
Thank-you to Trish from TLC Book Tours for hosting this tour, and to Harper Collins for sending me a print ARC to review!
CLICK HERE to follow the rest of the tour
Posted by Reeka at 3:08 PM
Labels: Elizabeth is Missing, Emma Healey, Review, TLC Blog Tour
Heather J @ TLC Book Tours June 27, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Dementia is actually the thing I fear the most, much more than any other disease/disorder/illness. Still, this sounds like a great read!
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Charged by a Bear
One weekend I was in Anchorage checking proofs from the printer. Dennis and a friend were at the homestead. They spotted a big grizzly at the salmon cove on the other side of the lake, so they took a boat across and silently drifted around a bend quite near the bear, taking pictures. This bear didn't like being on candid camera. He swung his head from side to side, stood up on his hind legs to get a better look, then suddenly charged. Dennis got most of it on video (see below, but was so startled that he didn't keep a steady hand on the camera. It was a fake charge, thank goodness, and the irritated bear wandered on back into the woods to put some distance between himself and his unwelcome watchers.
In 2011, our friend Peter, originally from Germany, came to visit us in Alaska. He wanted to see moose and bear, but they aren't always easy to find when you're looking for them. Eventually, though, we got the following photo of him which he circulated to his friends and family back in Europe. "Why would he run?" they must have wondered. "He has a gun!"
His friends were alarmed, but not fooled for long. Between 1994 and 2011, Susan learned to use Photoshop. The photo above was her first masterpiece, and a fun gift for our guest. Peter himself took the photo of the bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
Our pal Al lives in the Bush year-round. He keeps track of all the animals in his area. In 2007, he told us an amazing story. A cow moose that spent a lot of time near his cabin lost her only calf that year to a hungry grizzly. In early summer, nearly 80% of moose calves become prey.
Some weeks later, the bear showed up in the yard of a woman a mile or so down the road, menacing. She shot it, wounding but not killing it. It left her yard and lay down on the side of the main road. The cow, whose calf that very bear had devoured, saw him there and charged, stomping the grizzly to death.
A few interesting facts about grizzly bears:
An adult male bear is called a boar, an adult female is a sow, an immature bear is a cub and a group of bears is called a sloth. Grizzly bears live up to 32 years in the wild.
Grizzlies differ from black bears in that they are larger, have prominent shoulder humps, and have dish-shaped faces.
Grizzly bears are endangered in the continental United States, but there are more bears than people in Alaska. Between 34,000 and 45,000 of Alaska's bears are grizzlies. Grizzlies that live on the coast and feed primarily on salmon are called Brown Bears.
Bears can run up to 30 miles per hour. It is not possible to outrun a bear. Don't believe what you see in the movies.
Bears are omnivores. They will eat anything they can find and don't mind stinky, rotten meat. They bury food and will defend their caches.
Grizzlies weigh 500 - 900 pounds, up to 1,400 pounds by fall. The largest are about nine feet tall standing on their hind feet.
The eyesight of bears is no better than humans, but they have an excellent sense of hearing and an incredible sense of smell. They can detect odors from a mile away. It's been said you can't bury anything deep enough that a bear can't smell it.
Bears gain up to seven pounds a day in the summer to fatten up for winter. They have to eat a year's worth of food in just six months.
Grizzly bear bodies are not well-suited to travel on snow. They are too heavy (compared to wolverines), have legs that are too short (compared to moose) and feet that are too small (compared to polar bears).
Grizzlies mate between May and July, but the fertilized eggs don't implant until late fall. If a sow is not adequately nourished, no embryo develops.
Dens are usually above tree line. In winter in the den, a grizzly's heartbeat drops to 10 beats a minute (compared to 40 beats a minute when sleeping in the summer). Body temperature falls several degrees. Everything s-l-o-w-s down to conserve energy so they can survive through the cold months.
Sows give birth to 1 - 3 cubs (rarely 4) in the den around the end of January. Cubs weigh less than a pound at birth. They are weaned when they are 2 - 3 years old.
Bears are rarely in groups (sloths) unless they are sows with cubs or gathered at salmon streams. Boars will attack and eat cubs, even their own cubs, so sows avoid them.
Between 1900 and 1985, 20 people died from bear attacks. Statistically speaking, a person is much more likely to be killed by a dog than by a bear. Since 1985, there have been proportionately more bear attacks. Anyone in the wilderness should stay alert and give bears a wide margin. Normally, they hear or smell you first and move away. But just like there are a few aggressive, outlaw human beings, there are occasionally aggressive, outlaw bears.
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Srinagar: The National Conference said Wednesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should clarify whether the Awantipora youth was in the custody of NIA or state police at the time of his death.
"Whether the youth was in the custody of NIA or police, the responsibility lies at the door of the governor. The young teacher was in the custody of the state," NC chief spokesman Aga Roohullah told reporters here.
"Initial reports said he was in NIA custody but now the NIA is washing off its hands. Whether it was the NIA or state police, an FIR should be registered so that the culprits can be identified," he said.
Roohullah alleged that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was becoming an "instrument of terror" in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Q: Pandas 'isin' : Retrieving rows except a list of column indexes I want to retrieve rows which are not the indexes of a list of columns.
Below is a df :

 I'm trying to extract rows of 'text' columns which are not state, gender. I tried the below to retrieve rows except the indexes of 'state' column. But how do I do it for multiple columns?
df_2 = df[~df.index.isin(state.index)]

# multiple columns - doesn't work
df_2 = df[~df.index.isin(state.index,gender.index)]


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SECO Energy Scores 91 in 2021 American Customer Satisfaction Index
Category: Company News, Press Releases
SECO Energy has scored an impressive 91 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) for 2021. SECO's 91 score was measured as part of the not-for-profit electric cooperative's member satisfaction survey and calculated by ACSI. SECO has scored a 91 in the ACSI for two years in a row.
The American Customer Satisfaction Index provides a one-of-a-kind, cross-industry measurement of customer satisfaction in the United States. Each year, the ACSI uses data from interviews with roughly 300,000 customers as inputs to an econometric model for analyzing customer satisfaction with more than 400 companies in 46 industries and 10 economic sectors. ACSI data has proven to be strongly related to several essential micro and macroeconomic performance indicators.
At the end of 2021, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) conducted the membership survey on SECO Energy's behalf, including the ACSI metrics. The NRECA contacted a member sampling by email to ask about their unique experience with the cooperative. Members rated SECO with an impressive ACSI score of 91, maintaining its high score for two years.
SECO Energy's ACSI score is impressive when compared to average ACSI scores in the Energy Utilities Sector. The average ACSI score for energy utilities as an industry ties its 2020 score at 72. Nationally, cooperative utilities averaged 73 in 2021 – the same as 2020. Investor-owned utilities averaged 72 while municipal utilities averaged 71.
CEO Curtis Wynn is proud of SECO's continued high customer satisfaction scores. Wynn stated, "We are honored to learn that SECO Energy members surveyed by the ACSI rated SECO with a customer satisfaction score of 91. Our score of 91 shows that SECO is both a state and national frontrunner when compared to investor-owned and municipal utilities as well as our cooperative peers. On behalf of our 400+ employees who strive to provide exceptional customer satisfaction every day, we thank the members who rated us highly."
SECO Energy has received national attention and three J.D. Power trophies for its exceptional customer satisfaction rankings. In the 2015 J.D. Power study, SECO Energy was ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Midsize Utilities in the South." And in 2016 and 2017, SECO was ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Cooperatives."
"Like" SECO on Facebook and "follow" @SECOEnergy on Twitter for news releases and cooperative updates. SECO Energy is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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In 2015, 25% of Australian graduates were jobless four months after their graduation. Moreover, the average salary for those who found jobs was lower than it was for previous years.
In the US, a recent study showed that degree inflation is undermining the country's global competitiveness. EU countries are experiencing similar problems as well.
Avoiding these unfortunate outcomes is possible. You can do that by following these 4 tips to getting a degree that will result in good wages after graduation.
Median pay refers to the salary that most people earn after completing a particular course and then going into a specific profession. For example, the median annual pay for sociologists in the US is $79,650.
In contrast, registered nurses earn a median income of $70,000 per year. That means sociologists earn more than registered nurses do. The extra earnings might seem like a small figure, but $9,650 translates into slightly less than $100,000 in ten years.
An average home in the US costs $200,000. That means it is possible for sociologists to pay 50% of this cost with their extra earnings.
Examining the outlook of the profession that you are considering is a useful way of determining its competitiveness in the future. Remember, the high reward for going into a specific profession may last for a short while.
That may happen because some low-paying jobs become high-paying jobs in the future. For example, the demand for registered nurses is likely to increase by 15% in the next 18 years. At the same, the demand for sociologists over the same period is likely to increase by 1% only.
The expected increase in the demand for nurses means that their pay will increase steadily over the coming years. It is unlikely that sociologists will receive a median pay increase over the same period.
A degree may help you secure an entry-level position in a specific organization. How likely is it that you will move up the ranks within that organization? Will your pay reflect that rise in position?
Examining the degrees most commonly held by billionaires and millionaires reveals the ones that promote upward mobility. One of them is a BSc. in Business Administration. Warren Buffet completed it when he was 19 years old.
Other degrees most commonly held by millionaires deal with politics, finance, computer sciences, law, and economics. Rich people also hold degrees in accounting, business administration, commerce, and engineering.
Technology affects the competitiveness of our degrees. Remember, studying for a degree gives you the power to read literary materials on particular issues. Then you can interpret those materials to others accurately.
You lose relevance when people get this information through the internet and then they interpret it accurately without your help. That also happens when technological devices do the practical work that your lecturers trained you to do.
Ensuring that technology does not interfere with the competitiveness of your degree is possible if you study technology-based courses. In other words, enroll in colleges offering computer information degrees.
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Feeling All the Feelings
John Legend shared the true stories behind the couples in his latest video and it'll hit you in the feels
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As if we needed anymore reasons to love John Legend, the singer has shared the true emotional stories of the IRL couples featured the video for "Love Me Now" and now we're getting all emotional.
Earlier this month, the John Legend announced his new single "Love Me Now" and his fifth album Darkness & Light, which is due for release December 2nd. What's more, the singer also teased the emotional video for the song, which looked set to feature both his partner Chrissy Teigen and their adorable daughter, Luna.
Of course, the video itself didn't disappoint. In fact, it made us feel pretty emotional, too.
The video features real couples from around the world.
"The video…features a diverse group of people from all over the world. From Standing Rock to Iraq, from Orlando to the DR. Love is universal. We all need it. We all can give it," he said at the time.
Now John Legend has shared the honest stories for each of the couples and it's just so beautiful.
Firstly, he shared the story of Miles and LaDonna.
"Miles has dedicated his life to raising his 9 children and helping to raise his grandchildren alongside his wife of more than 30 years, LaDonna," he wrote. "LaDonna and Miles met in college, and for 30 years they have been praying for unity and solidarity, and working to help leave the world a better place.
He then shared the story of Abdulrahman and Zeren from Syria.
"Abdulrahman and Zeren met at a house party a year ago and fell in love quickly," he wrote. "Though their relationship was initially a secret, they were married a year later and are striving to build a life together at Domiz."
He then told the tale of Nata and Julissa and their lives in the backstreets of Cabarete Town, Dominican Republic, an impoverished neighborhood of Dominicans and Haitians known as "La Cienega."
"[T]hey have each other and they have the ocean. Just a few kilometers from the place they call home, is Encuentro Beach, a famous surf town, where Julissa and Nata surf together," he wrote.
Finally, he told the story of Norman Casiano and Ryan Cunnington from Orlando, Florida.
"Norman frequented Pulse nightclub and felt safe there until June 12th, when a gunman rained fire on them and some close friends. Norman was shot twice and although his life changed dramatically on that night, he has begun his healing process and continues to do better thanks to his friends and family," he wrote.
John also thanked the director of the video, Nabil Elderkin, for capturing these tender moments between the couples.
We don't know about you, but all of this is hitting us right in the feels. It's so incredible to see so many people overcoming adversity and finding love in the darkest of spaces. We're really glad artists like John Legend are using their platform to share such emotional and important stories.


Simon Chen's path to Vancouver Canucks Development Camp has been anything but ordinary.
Chen, who was born and grew up in Beijing, China, went to the mall with his mom when he was six-years-old. They met a few other families, with the moms wanting to shop and the kids wanting to play. The rambunctious scallywags were swiftly loaded into a car and dropped off at a nearby rink.
Chen found the opposite of mischief. He discovered his passion.
"We saw two kids with hockey gear on and watched them," said Chen, Tuesday afternoon at UBC. "It looked like a real gentleman's sport and we wanted to pick it up. I was also a really chubby kid back then and wanted to lose some weight, so I thought it looked like good cardio."
Chen's uncle lived in Sweden, where hockey is slightly bigger than in China, and he got equipment for Simon. From there it's been hockey, hockey, hockey for the 20-year-old.
Chen, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound defenceman, played for the BCHL's Cowichan Valley Capitals last season (winning the team's Most Improved Player award above), following two years playing prep school hockey at Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts. He relocated to Cowichan Valley, on Vancouver Island, looking for a better opportunity to develop his skills. He found it, and now he's on the same ice as Canucks 1st round picks Brock Boeser, Olli Juolevi and Elias Pettersson.
An opportunity to develop his game is all Chen is asking for. He understands what his growth means in China and that's one of his driving motivators, alongside landing an NCAA Div 1 scholarship and representing his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics in his home country.
"Hockey in China is like Ping-Pong in Canada, it's not that popular," laughed Chen. "It's going to take some time and some patience to really grow the sport; every step we take here is a big one.
"It's such a valuable experience for me to learn everything here, on and off the ice. There are so many skills I've never been taught before and here I have a chance to learn at such a high level. It's special for me."
Chen mentioned his friend Andong Song, the first China-born hockey player to be drafted in the NHL, as proof that good things are happening with hockey in China.
Canucks president Trevor Linden spoke firsthand with China's hockey federation this past March during a trip to Beijing to announce two upcoming exhibition games that will play out against the Los Angeles Kings in China this fall.
Linden said he could feel their love of winter sports and it made an impact on him. He wanted to help grow their hockey culture beyond the camps the Canucks run in China every summer.
"We've done camps there over the last few summers, we're heading to China for pre-season games in the fall and we thought having one of their top young players at our camp would further his development," said Linden. "With him playing in the BCHL, it just made sense for Simon to be here this week."
Although Chen will not be joining the Canucks in China this fall, Linden is well aware of the impact this week will have on his ultimate hockey goal.
"We want to help develop their young players, to develop that culture and it starts with one. If Simon represents his country in 2022, that would be a real thrill for him and we'd also have played a part in that as well."
Chen will again be on the ice Wednesday as Canucks Development Camp continues at UBC.


The improved quality of teaching at St Luke's Primary School in Maidenhead has been praised after it moved closer to being taken out of special measures.
The school, in Cookham Road, has been told it is making good progress towards turning itself around and meeting tough improvement targets after Ofsted inspectors identified failings in all assessment areas on a visit in January 2012.
A series of monitoring reports have identified gradual improvements under the guidance of headteacher Amanda Hough, with the latest report, published last month, stating significant steps have been made to improve teaching and pupil progress in English and maths, while behaviour and attendance has also improved.
The report praised work in the early years foundation stage, particularly in developing reading skills, and noted the 'improved attitudes pupils have towards their learning'.
Mrs Hough said it was 'a very exciting time' for the school, describing year six SATs results as 'fantastic' and adding she expected the school to rise up the league tables once the results are validated.
She said a focus on 'quality first teaching' and a committed staff base was helping speed up pupils' progress and understanding.
"It's been a really hard year of being monitored every three or four months and we have put in a lot of hard work to see this come to fruition," she added.
Cllr Phill Bicknell, Royal Borough cabinet member for children's services, said: "The entire school community deserves praise for the marked turn around now recognised by Ofsted and we look forward to continuing improvements in the future."
Another monitoring inspection is expected to take place in the autumn term, and hopes are high the school will be in a position to be rated 'good' by Ofsted next year.


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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 44, Issue 5, 2008
Posted: 24 Apr 2009
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Rita Almeida
World Bank; IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Ana M. Fernandes
World Bank - International Trade Division; World Bank
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2907
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Jul 2007
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. Their findings also suggest that foreign-owned subsidiaries rely mostly on the direct transfer of technology from their parents and that firms that import intermediate inputs are more likely to acquire new technology from their machinery suppliers.
Keywords: Innovation, Technology Adoption, Exports, Imports, Foreign Ownership, Firm Level Data
JEL Classification: F1, F2, O3
Almeida, Rita and Fernandes, Ana Margarida, Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 44, Issue 5, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1368236
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MI: More billboards won't fix Flint's violence problem -- gun control will
Submitted by: Corey Salo
Did you hear that Flint is getting federal help to attack its violence problem?
Don't get too excited.
Because unless it comes with new laws for gun control, it's destined to fail.
I'm the last person to advocate turning away help....
Say, close the gun-show loophole that allows private transfer of firearms without a background check. If checks are required for gun stores, why make exceptions?
Make semi-automatic weapons illegal. The Second Amendment crowd can keep the muskets that our forefathers were carrying when they came up with right to bear arms.
Put a ban on high-capacity magazines. It won't prevent drive-by shootings but it will create a pause if you have to reload after six shots.
Will any of this happen?
TX: Dallas Officer Fired after Charge in Prostitution Case
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A Dallas police officer has been fired after being charged with soliciting a prostitute in Arlington.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown fired 35-year-old Senior Cpl. Marqueon Skinner Wednesday. Authorities say Skinner told police he hired a prostitute on Craigslist and while in her apartment June 30, a man and woman entered and robbed Skinner at gunpoint.
Authorities say Skinner ran from the apartment naked and called police. Police say they found the officer's clothes and other belongings inside the woman's apartment.
OR: Gunman identified in shooting at Oregon college that left 10 dead
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The gunman who killed nine people and injured seven at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. Thursday before being killed by police has been identified as Chris Harper Mercer, two law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News.
Submitter's note: An Oregon community college is the site of another target-rich environment for the lunatics among us.
MO: Missouri law professor sues school over campus gun ban
One of the University of Missouri�s very own legal eagles is suing the school over its policy banning firearms on campus.
Royce de R. Barondes, who has taught business and corporate law at the school in Columbia since 2002, is looking to give his employers a lesson in constitutional law by challenging a policy he said violates his federal and state rights. Barondes, who also teaches a course on firearms law, has "extensive knowledge and training on the lawful use and safe handling of a firearm," according to his legal case, filed in state court, and believes carrying a firearm helps ensure his safety on the 35,000-student campus.
ID: Sheriff: Woman shot Priest River husband in self-defense
The Bonner County Sheriff released the identity of the man shot and killed during a domestic battery on Tuesday at around 11:00 p.m.
Scott Spangler, 44 from Priest River, was killed from gunshot wound. The Bonner Co. Sheriff confirmed Spangler was fatally shot by his wife in self-defense during a dispute the two were having at the 4800 block of Spirit Lake Cutoff Road.
UT: Utah Supreme Court Says Employees Cannot Be Fired for Self-defense
Nevertheless, many private actors can also interfere with the fundamental right of self-defense by establishing their own antigun policies and practices. Your NRA has therefore supported legislation to prevent gratuitous antigun discrimination in the private sector, including by doctors, employers, insurance companies, and businesses that offer public parking.
After all, the right to keep and bear arms would not mean much if its exercise prevented law-abiding people from availing themselves of the necessities of modern life.
Last week, the Utah Supreme Court issued a strong endorsement of self-defense as public policy in a claim arising out of private action.
Would Gunman Have Chosen Umpqua Community College if Students Could Shoot Back?
After Chris Harper Mercer opened fire on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) campus, killing 10 people on October 1, Breitbart News reported that the UCC was a gun free zone�a zone that is so gun free even the security guards were not allowed to carry guns.
And this immediately begs the question: Would Mercer have opened fire on that campus if law-abiding students had been allowed to carry guns for self-defense?
CO: Charles Sattler found not guilty on all counts in Blake Bostic's death
Charles Sattler, a 43-year-old Denver man charged with manslaughter and first-degree assault following a fight at Frisco�s Snowshoe Motel, was found not guilty of both counts on Thursday.
The trial marked the second attempt to reach a verdict since Sattler was arrested in April of 2014. During a trial last June, a hung jury was unable to reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial. At that time, Sattler also faced a second-degree murder charge, but the charge was later dropped and the location changed for the retrial.
Oregon shooting reignites gun debate: Hear from two men on opposite sides of the issue
"The right to self-defense works. Conceal carry works. Had one person there been able to defend themselves -- you don't need every person in the room to be carrying, but if one person is carrying, those kinds of things don't happen," said Clark.
In his response, President Barack Obama attacks that philosophy.
"'We need more guns,' they'll argue. Fewer gun safety laws. Does anybody really believe that? There are scores of responsible gun owners in this country. They know that's not true," said President Obama.
CA: No charges in deadly May 20 fight
The man arrested by Morgan Hill police after a May 20 bar fight that ended with the death of John Flood will not be charged by the Santa Clara County District Attorney�s Office.
Joseph Haley, 32 of San Jose, will not face criminal charges due to a lack of sufficient evidence, according to Supervising Deputy DA Steve Lowney. A key piece of evidence�a video of the incident recorded by a security camera�suggested that Haley struck Flood in self defense.
�Specifically, we would not be able to prove that the suspect did not act in lawful self defense,� Lowney said.
50 shades of pink now extends to gun market
Revolvers, pistols, rifles and shotguns are now available in an array of colors including pink and purple, a true sign that women are getting more involved in the gun world and want something different to call their own. Have you seen some of the tiger prints? Hot to trot!
Pink ammo hit the market last year when Hornady came out with a line of self-defense rounds in .38 special for women (but men can use it too). The 90 grain pink tipped hollow-point is designed to do maximum damage (in the case of self-defense) while reducing the recoil or kick of the gun when fired.
Leaked Audio: Clinton Says Supreme Court Is �Wrong� on Second Amendment
Hillary Clinton slammed the Supreme Court as �wrong on the Second Amendment� and called for reinstating the assault weapons ban during a small private fundraiser in New York last week, according to audio of her remarks obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
While Clinton has previously supported an assault weapons ban, this is the first time since launching her campaign that she indicated that she would take on the Supreme Court over gun issues.
Defiant Obama Calls for America to 'Politicize' Oregon College Shooting
A frustrated President Obama demanded change on gun control after the Oregon college shooting which grabbed the nation�s attention Thursday.
The president was clearly angry with the frequency of mass shootings in America � and critics who said he was politicizing the issue. �This is something we should politicize,� he said earnestly. �It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic.�
CBS EN Rushes to Blame GOP-Led Senate, NRA for Lack of Gun Control after Oregon Shooting
Following President Barack Obama�s angry reaction Thursday night to the deadly community college shooting in Oregon and pleas to �politicize� mass shootings, the CBS Evening News did just that with a full story lamenting the lack of gun control by laying blame at the feet of the GOP-led Senate and the National Rifle Association (NRA) for their support of candidates in favor of gun rights.
CA: Anti-Gun Bills Still with Governor Brown
Governor Brown has until Sunday, October 11, to decide to VETO or sign four anti-gun bills.
There is still plenty of time for law-abiding gun owners, sportsmen, and Second Amendment supporters to contact Governor Brown urging him to VETO the following bills.
Please let Governor Brown know that these bills would do nothing to address crime and that they would only impact law-abiding gun owners.
Murders decline as gun sales continues and CCW climbs
Homicides declined again in 2014, continuing a multi-year pattern while the number concealed carry licenses and permits keeps rising; a sticky subject touched on yesterday by the Washington Free Beacon in a story quoting Bellevue�s Alan Gottlieb, just back from last weekend�s 30th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference.
�The gun prohibition lobby and Michael Bloomberg and friends must be choking on this huge drop in homicides,� said Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, and chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
A few facts to arm thoughtful people when confronting gun defenders
Here are a few facts, however, to help arm thoughtful people in arguing with the charitably uninformed masses:
This is the 264th mass shooting this year. Yes, 264 mass shootings in less than a year.
Firearms kill 33,000 people every year.
Every 6 hours in America more people die from gun violence than were killed by terrorists in all of 2014. If a disease like Ebola was killing as many people as guns there would be rioting in the streets to cure it.
In the last 30 years there has never been a single instance of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy intent on killing a bunch of people... 30 years.
This NRA Tweet Right Before The Umpqua Community College Shooting Highlights The Pro-Gun Group's Main Problem
The NRA is the nation's strongest defender of the Second Amendment, and its website says: "Together with our more than five million members, we're proud defenders of history's patriots and diligent protectors of the Second Amendment." The group's main argument in favor of minimal gun laws � aside from owning a gun being a constitutional right � is that guns allow Americans to defend themselves against criminals and other threats. But Thursday's shooting is just another example of how that's simply not the reality. The tragedy at Umpqua Community College was the 45th school shooting across the country this year, though it was the most deadly so far, reportedly killing 10.
CO: Man that shot bear: "My family comes first"
News5 spoke exclusively with the man who shot and wounded a bear to defend his family Thursday morning in the Rockrimmon area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says his actions were justifiable.
"It was about three in the morning, and I was downstairs," the father of two told News5. We've chosen not to identify him. "My daughter was upstairs sleeping. My wife was sleeping with my baby. It was out of nowhere it. It just felt like the whole house was shaking. So I came out here and looked, it was a bear."
He did everything he could to scare the bear off. "I was banging on the window, yelling at the bear, hitting pots and pans. I threw a vase at it. It just kept coming after it saw us to try to get through the door even faster."
TX: Austin to Hold Public Forums on Campus Carry
The University of Texas is starting the process of deciding where to allow concealed handguns on campus.
The University of Texas at Austin is hosting on Wednesday night the first of two public forums on campus carry, as it and other universities in Texas get a handle on how they will start implementing the contentious firearms law in fall 2016.
A petition from UT Students Opposing Campus Carry has more than 5,000 signatures. Private universities don�t have to comply. Supporters call it a personal safety and constitutional rights issue.
MN: We need to consider repealing Second Amendment in face of tragedies
Over the years, the Constitution has in fact been amended 17 times since the original 10 known as the Bill of Rights. This includes the 18th for Prohibition and the 21st for the repeal of Prohibition. Now is the time to repeal another amendment.
Our Founding Fathers never envisioned the progress in increasing the destructive power of firearms. They also never envisioned the use of these firearms to slaughter innocent citizens either individually or via our all too familiar mass shootings. After every tragic shooting incident, NRA leaders and some members hide behind the Second Amendment as part of a laundry list of predictable excuses for doing nothing to prevent the next tragedy.
Where Top 2016 Presidential Candidates Stand on Gun Control
A mass shooting on Thursday at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, has left at least 13 dead and up to 20 people injured, Oregon State Police confirmed. The shooting marked the 142nd school shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 and the 294th mass shooting this year.
While reports about the shooting were circulating, 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush took to Twitter to share his sentiments about the "senseless tragedy."
FL: Fla. Lawmakers Introduce New Pro-Gun Bill: �Stand Your Ground� on Steroids
Rep. Dennis Baxley (R-FL) has introduced a bill designed to strengthen Florida�s �Stand Your Ground� law, which law already sets the national standard for vigilante misconduct.
Baxley introduced H.B. 169, the �Use or Threatened Use of Force� bill earlier this month that proposes to increase protections for people like George Zimmerman from standing trial. The bill provides that those claiming self-defense under �Stand Your Ground� will no longer have to prove that they acted for fear of their own lives. The burden of proof would be placed on the victim, and the prosecutor would have to prove the shooter acted with malice. The bill was introduced once last year, but the Florida Supreme Court rejected it.
TX: Survey Asked High School Students How Many Guns Their Parents Owned
Would you let your child answer a survey that wanted to know how many guns you owned, what you used them for, and your political affiliation? Parents of students at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas were skeptical about a questionnaire their children received and demanded to know where it came from.
After a popular radio host and gun advocate, Michael Cargill of Come and Talk It, shared an image of the survey on social media, Hendrickson High School soon found itself embroiled in a controversy it had scarcely expected. According to TheBlaze, parents were initially concerned that the survey had come from school officials�but the staff of the high school said they were never notified of any such survey.
TX: These Moms Show Exactly Why You �Don�t Mess With Texas�
Now this is one neighborhood improvement story I�d like to see more of from coast to coast!
So far this year, the communities of Bellaire and West University, TX have seen nearly 50 residential break-ins and the reaction from residents is pretty typical. �They�re knocking on the front door and if we don�t answer they go and kick in the back door,� exclaimed a mother named Meghan, of Bellaire.
�It�s terrifying. I have two children and if anyone were to break in we would have no protection,� said Lisa Fleishman, also of Bellaire.
I have not one doubt, even if I am in agreement with the National Rifle Association, that that kind of record keeping procedure [gun registration] is the first step to eventual confiscation under one administration or another. �CHARLES MORGAN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON DC ACLU


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