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Luka Doncic inspired the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Memphis Grizzlies to end their record winning streak, while the Golden State Warriors crushed the Chicago Bulls. A summary of the NBA's Friday night action…
Dallas Mavericks 112-85 Memphis Grizzlies
Luka Doncic scored 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in his 40-thousand-three as the Dallas Mavericks secured a 112-85 win over Memphis on Friday night to end the Grizzlies' record winning streak in 11 games.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 16 points and Jalen Bronson contributed 15 points, nine assists and five career goals to Dallas, who has won for the seventh time in his past eight games. And the Mavericks outperformed Memphis 62-30 in the second half.
Marquis Chris also scored 15 points, Dwight Powell and Dorian Finney Smith added 13 points each, and Reggie Bullock scored 10 points and nine rebounds for the Mavericks.
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Grizzlies 85-112 bucks
Warriors 138-96 bulls
Raptors 87-103 pistons
Suns 112-94 Pacers
Celtics 99-111 76ers
Hawks 118-124 heat
Cavaliers 114-109 Tottenham
Missiles 114-126 Kings
Magic 116-109 Hornets
Ja Morant scored 19 points, eight assists and Desmond Payne 16 points to lose Memphis for the first time since its 113-104 fall to the Golden State Warriors on December 23. Kyle Anderson added 12 points.
Golden State Warriors 138-96 Chicago Bulls
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Jonathan Cominga scored six double-digit scorers with 25 points and Kevin Looney scored 10 points and 12 rebounds to lead the visiting Golden State Warriors to a victory over the Chicago Bulls 138-96 on Friday night.
Chicago lost three of four after a nine-game winning streak. Golden State, which has lost four out of the previous five, has won 10 consecutive times over Chicago.
Zach Lavigne, Bulls' second leading scorer, sustained a left knee injury after committing an intentional foul in less than four minutes of the game, and he hasn't returned. Lavigne, who had never fallen to the floor, walked into the locker room under his force but did not return to work.
Lavigne ruptured his left anterior cruciate ligament in February 2017 while playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Media reports said he will undergo an MRI on Saturday.
Toronto Raptors 87-103 Detroit Pistons
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Trey Lyles scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds from the bench and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 103-87 on Friday.
Kid Cunningham scored 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Hamidou Diallo provided 18 points with six rebounds. Sadiq Bay contributed 15 points and Josh Jackson added 13 points from the bench for Detroit, which made Toronto shoot 32.2 percent.
Fred Van Vliet led the Raptors with 24 points and 10 rebounds, although he shot 6 for 21 from the field, and Pascal Siakam provided 23 points and 11 rebounds. OG Anonobi scored 16 points and Chris Boucher scored 10.
Phoenix Suns 112-94 Indiana Pacers
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Devin Booker scored 22 of 35 points in the third quarter and Dendry Eaton scored 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 112-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday in Indianapolis.
Booker used six three-pointers in his career to lead Phoenix to its fifth win in its last six games.
Eaton made 12 of 18 shots and his only 3-point attempt to drop one point off his season total. He scored 28 points in the Suns' 111-107 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers on December 14.
Boston Celtics 99-111 Philadelphia 76ers
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Joel Embiid scored 25 points, 13 rebounds and six assists to beat Philadelphia 76ers from the visiting Boston Celtics 111-99 on Friday night for his eighth win in nine games.
Embiid finished five points shy of what would have been his ninth game in a row by at least 30 points, which would have broken the franchise record he shares with Hall of Famers Allen Iverson and Wilt Chamberlain.
Therese Maxi added 23 points, Tobias Harris added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Seth Curry added 17 points for Philadelphia, who rebounded from a 109-98 setback against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday that cut a season high, seven games in a row.
Atlanta Hawks 118-124 Miami Heat
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Tyler Hero scored 24 points, including two green-light throws 46 seconds left, to help the Miami Heat win 124-118 over the visiting Atlanta Hawks, extending their winning streak to four games.
Herro was 7 for 16 from the field and made four three-pointers. He also scored 21 in Wednesday's 115-91 win over Atlanta.
Jimmy Butler, who missed three games with a sprained ankle, came back with 23 points and 10 assists. PJ Tucker and Omer Yurtseven each scored 17 goals.
Max Strauss added 16 points, all in the first quarter.
Cleveland Cavaliers 114-109 San Antonio Spurs
Highlights from the Cleveland Cavaliers vs San Antonio Spurs in Week 13 of the NBA
Darius Garland scored 32 points to equal a season high as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-109 on Friday in their first consecutive game for both teams.
The Cavaliers led with five goals in the first half but led 104-103 after a free throw from Sidi Othman with 5:37 minutes to play. The two teams did not score any goals for more than three minutes before Cleveland players Laurie Markkanen and Garrett Allen dunked back-to-back, causing the Cavaliers to maintain their victory.
San Antonio missed seven consecutive shots from the ground and three free throws in the crucial fourth-quarter stretch.
Allen scored 17 points and collected 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have won three consecutive games and four of five in their six-game continuous run. Evan Mobley added 15 points and Osman 14 points.
Houston Rockets 114-126 Sacramento Kings
Highlights Houston Rockets vs Sacramento Kings in Week 13 of the NBA
Marvin Bagley III scored a season high with 26 points and 13 rebounds, and DeAaron Fox scored a game-high with 27 points Friday night, as the Sacramento Kings overcame a slow start to overtake the guest Houston Rockets 126-114.
Buddy Heald and Terence Davis combined for seven three-pointers and 33 bench points for the Kings, who won their second straight game for only the sixth time this season.
Christian Wood led a balanced attack with 26 points for the Rockets, who opened their five-game campaign with a win over San Antonio on Wednesday. The clubs will meet in the rematch also in Sacramento on Sunday.
Orlando Magic 116-109 Charlotte Hornets
Highlights of the Orlando Magic vs the Charlotte Hornets in Week 13 of the NBA
Moritz Wagner scored 26 points from the bench to bolster his brother's powerful outing in a starting role as the Orlando Magic snapped a 10-game losing streak by surprising hosts Charlotte Hornets with a 116-109 victory on Friday night.
Franz Wagner contributed 19 points and seven assists, and Gary Harris scored 18 points, while Galen Suggs contributed 12 points and Terrence Ross and Robin Lopez each got 10 points to help the Magic end a slip on the road with six games.
Moritz Wagner and Harris each had four 3-point baskets. This helped Orlando overcome 20 spins.
The Hornets stopped a four-game winning streak. That streak included a pair of wins over Milwaukee and a win on Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
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Q: MongoDB: Getting entries with maximum version-id after grouping I'm rather new to MongoDB and I'm trying to create a query which I though would be pretty trivial (well, alteast with SQL it would) but I can't get it done.
So have a collection patients in this collections a single patient is identified using the id property. (NOT mongodbs _id!!) There can be multiple version of a single patient, his version is determined by the meta.versionId field.
In order to query for all "current versions of patients" I need to get for every patient with a specific id the one with the maximum versionId.
So far I've got this:
    AggregateIterable<Document> allPatients = db.getCollection("patients").aggregate(Arrays.asList(
            new Document("$group", new Document("_id", "$id")
            .append("max", new Document("$max", "$meta.versionId")))));

    allPatients.forEach(new Block<Document>() {
        @Override
        public void apply(final Document document) {
            System.out.println(document.toJson());
        }
    });

Which results in the following output (using my very limited test data):
{ "_id" : "2.25.260185450267055504591276882440338245053", "max" : "5" }
 { "_id" : "2.25.260185450267055504591276882441338245099", "max" : "0" }
Seems to work so far, but I need to get the whole patients collection.
Now I only know that for the id : 2.25.260185450267055504591276882440338245053 the max version is "5" and so on. Of course I could now create an own query for every single entry and sequentially get each patient document for a specific id/versionId-combo from mongodb but this seems like a terrible solution! Is there any other way to get it done?

A: If you know the columns that you want to retrieve , say patient name , address, etc I guess you can append those columns to the document with value 1.
AggregateIterable<Document> allPatients = db.getCollection("patients").aggregate(Arrays.asList(
            new Document("$group", new Document("_id", "$id")
            .append("max", new Document("$max", "$meta.versionId")).append("name",1).append("address",1))));

A: An approach that could work for you would be to first order the documents getting in the pipeline by the meta.versionId field using the $sort pipeline operator. However, be aware that the $sort stage has a limit of 100 megabytes of RAM. By default, if it exceeds this limit, $sort  will produce an error.
To allow for the handling of large datasets, set the allowDiskUse option to true to enable $sort operations to write to temporary files. See the allowDiskUse option in aggregate() method for details.
After sorting, you can then group the ordered documents, carry out the aggregation using the $first or $last operators (depending on the previous sort direction) to get the other fields.
Consider running the following mongo shell pipeline operation as a way of
demonstrating this concept:
Mongo shell
pipeline = [
    { "$sort": {"meta.versionId": -1}}, // order the documents by the versionId field descending
    {
        "$group": {
            "_id": "$id",
            "max": { "$first": "$meta.versionId" }, // get the maximum versionId
            "active": { "$first": "$active" }, // Whether this patient's record is in active use
            "name": { "$first": "$name" }, // A name associated with the patient
            "telecom": { "$first": "$telecom" }, // A contact detail for the individual
            "gender": { "$first": "$gender" }, // male | female | other | unknown
            "birthDate": { "$first": "$birthDate" } // The date of birth for the individual
            /*
                And many other fields
            */
        }
    }
]
db.patients.aggregate(pipeline);

Java test implementation
public class JavaAggregation {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws UnknownHostException {

        MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient();
        DB db = mongo.getDB("test");

        DBCollection coll = db.getCollection("patients");

        // create the pipeline operations, first with the $sort
        DBObject sort = new BasicDBObject("$sort",
                            new BasicDBObject("meta.versionId", -1)
                        );

        // build the $group operations
        DBObject groupFields = new BasicDBObject( "_id", "$id");
        groupFields.put("max", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$meta.versionId"));
        groupFields.put("active", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$active"));
        groupFields.put("name", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$name"));
        groupFields.put("telecom", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$telecom"));
        groupFields.put("gender", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$gender"));
        groupFields.put("birthDate", new BasicDBObject( "$first", "$birthDate"));
        // append any other necessary fields

        DBObject group = new BasicDBObject("$group", groupFields);
        List<DBObject> pipeline = Arrays.asList(sort, group);

        AggregationOutput output = coll.aggregate(pipeline);

        for (DBObject result : output.results()) {
            System.out.println(result);
        }
    }
}

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ExxonMobil has knowingly misled the public for decades about the danger climate change poses to a warming world and the oil giant's long-term viability, according to a peer-reviewed study.
There's peer reviewed and peer reviewed of course.
"Using social science methods, we found a gaping, systematic discrepancy between what Exxon said about climate change in private and academic circles, and what is said to the public."
As early as 1979, when climate change barely registered as an issue for the public, Exxon was sounding internal alarms.
"The most widely held theory is that… the increase in atmospheric CO2 is due to fossil fuel combustion," an internal memo from that year read.
A peer-reviewed study by Exxon scientists 17 years later concluded that "the body of evidence… now points towards a discernable human influence on global climate".
At the same time, however, the company was spending tens of millions of dollars to place editorials in the New York Times and other influential newspapers that delivered a very different message.
"Let's face it: The science of climate change is too uncertain to mandate a plan of action that could plunge economies into turmoil," Exxon said in 1997, as the Bill Clinton administration faced overwhelming opposition in Congress to US ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
It's entirely possible that all three statements are true you know. That climate change is true, happening, and also that overturning the entire global economy isn't a good idea….
Or as is true more generally, that something needs to be done does not mean that it is this thing which needs to be done.
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bloke in france August 24, 2017 at 7:46 am
Social scientists are experts in climate change.
In the same way my dog is an expeert in anatomy, as he likes bones.
Oblong August 24, 2017 at 7:53 am
Did this article fall out of the 1990s archive?
Social Science Methods =
1. Reading some documents
2. Wilfully misunderstanding them
3. Making a political point masquerading as science on the basis of them
As you say, all those statements quoted are not exclusive.
I don't think the oil majors were virtuous about climate change issues, but it was an externality, not really their problem until it was made their problem. After all, the oil companies weren't burning (most of) the oil, it was consumers who actually put the stuff in the atmosphere.
Chris Miller August 24, 2017 at 7:59 am
The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the 'social sciences' is: some do, some don't.
Ernest Rutherford (Baron Rutherford of Nelson) 1871-1937
JuliaM August 24, 2017 at 8:12 am
Who doubts that climate change is happening?
Andrew again August 24, 2017 at 8:19 am
Evidence is irrelevant. It's all about chasing the weakest member of the herd down and then killing it. Hounds harass the quarry until it is exhausted and gives up the gift for life. The process repeats until the herd is thinned out or gone.
Bandwagon chasing is another way of looking at it.
Of course they seek to pin the blame on Exxon but looking at a different way – Exxon is to blame as they knew by carried on pumping oil – but that logic applies in spades to environmentalists who, unless they lead an ultra low carbon lifestyle as they demand of others, are equally guilty.
Trump doesn't play the game by the same rules interestingly enough. He seems to have survived harassment that would have brought down any normal politician who would have tried to answer the critics rather than just say they are wrong and say no more.
Tim Newman August 24, 2017 at 8:29 am
I don't think the oil majors were virtuous about climate change issues…
You clearly don't work for one. ExxonMobil held out for a while – not denying it, simply by commissioning their own studies which, probably reasonably, cast doubt on the "consensus" – but nowadays they're all on board with all the gusto of a bypass protester. I sometimes have fun reminding people in meetings that we're an oil company.
Bloke in North Dorset August 24, 2017 at 8:38 am
From the abstract: "We conclude that ExxonMobil contributed to advancing climate science—by way of its scientists' academic publications—but promoted doubt about it in advertorials."
So anyone who was paying attention, like policy makers (ok, big assumption), would have known what was happening and been able to take it all in to account when formulating policy.
Another silly season page filler for the Guardian, who didn't even link to the paper or the journal that wrote it. They just lifted the AF piece which in itself looks like a press release by campaigners and designed to influence policymakers.
John Square August 24, 2017 at 8:58 am
I have (a little) skin in this game- some of my clients are oil (super)majors and the rest of them are involved in the supply chain in some way or another.
All of them are doing things to reduce emissions and limit consumption. A certain (French) one is doing an absolutely sterling job in increasing the efficiency of it's charter tanker fleet- it's genuinely changed the nature of owner/charter relationships and Exxon (specifically, as I also know about this one) is looking to copy much of what the French mob are doing.
But the point made above by Oblong stands: oil companies aren't to blame for what Johnny Nobody chooses to burn in his 15year old Datsun.
tomo August 24, 2017 at 9:45 am
excellent analogy – but then … it's the Guardian….
Eco piety in operations is really quite handy for the middle and senior managers in oil majors. That said – I do wish that just sometimes they took a firmer line with the loons and shakedowns… Cabot in the USA are to be applauded imho
Mr Ecks August 24, 2017 at 9:48 am
To Hell with all climate change cockrot.
That oil companies should be pandering to these ecofreak leftist scum rather than standing up to the lying vermin shows why we are in the mess we are in.
Jack Hughes August 24, 2017 at 10:00 am
Oil companies, eh?
They come over here with their gas, petrol & diesel, which allow us to heat our homes, cook our food, keep the wheels of industry turning, supply electricity to our hospitals, schools & offices, deliver food & medical supplies, have personal mobility & the ability to fly to different countries at low cost. They also supply the feedstock for a range of chemicals and pharmaceuticals which clothe us, help construct our buildings, keep pests from our crops, cure our diseases, alleviate our pain and keep us alive for longer and in better health.
The CO2 their products produce has raised crop yields by at least 9%, and maybe as much as 30%.
The pay taxes directly, and generate taxation on fuel use which allows governments to waste billions on failed IT projects, vanity trainlines , useless wind & solar installations and policing words on Twitter & Facebook.
Not only that, but they don't seem to raised the average global temperature (if you can get anyone to define what that is) by much, if at all. If the IPCC is right, and up to 2C temperature rise is net beneficial, I think they should try a bit harder.
I suspect that oil companies, bastards all, have contributed a few billion per cent more towards human well-being that all the social 'science' lecturers ever.
Gamecock August 24, 2017 at 11:09 am
I do. A one or two degree average temperature is NOT climate change. It would take a lot more to change the Köppen climate classification of most places.
The Sahel does appear to be getting wetter. That's it for climate change.
Of course, "climate change" as used by the political/science crowd has nothing to do with the environment.
'ExxonMobil has knowingly misled the public for decades about the danger climate change poses to a warming world and the oil giant's long-term viability, according to a peer-reviewed study.'
This crap is politics, not science.
Knowing Me, Knowing Steve August 24, 2017 at 11:44 am
"Peer review" is about as trustworthy as Jeremy Kyle's lie detector.
It just means a bunch of crayon-haired SJW' s and skinnyfat bugmen who've never had real jobs agree that you should be forced to live in a miserable carbon-neutral eco-yurt, drive a wind-powered car made out of damp cardboard and recycled pubic hair, and drink locally-sourced organic cat piss.
I only listen to credible dreadlocked scientists, such as Dr. William L Connelly.
DocBud August 24, 2017 at 1:00 pm
John Square,
You got lucky. Johnny Nobody could own a 15 year old Datsun, if it is a D22 pick-up, produced between May 2001 and October 2002 in Japan only. All other Datsuns are more than 30 years old.
Surreptitious Evil August 24, 2017 at 1:32 pm
So the wet zone has moved south at the massive rate of about 10 miles per century? Obviously, was rather difficult to spot as it transmitted through the Sahara.
bloke in spain August 24, 2017 at 2:07 pm
The climate change scare does have a basic credibility problem, doesn't it? It's impossible to discern any actual climate change outside the normal range of variability. All the, supposedly discernible changes are going on in places no-one ever goes to or cares very much about.
Take sea level/salinity change. Which we're told is happening. I'm sitting beside the Med, not far from Gib. The sea level in the Med is the result of a balance between inflow from the rivers/ rainfall on the sea/evaporation/the net inflow-outflow through the Straits. You'd expect that balance to be sensitive to climate change. Yet there's been bugger all change in either levels or salinity since the Romans were around.
Come to think of it, you'd expect any changes to be amplified again up in the Black Sea. Which is a cut-down Med feeding into the big one. But again, if you stand on the beach at Constanta it sure looks like it's much the same as it's always been.
John B August 24, 2017 at 2:19 pm
But that study by Naomi Oreskes gives as an example of Excon's alleged duplicity… 'Exxon scientist Henry Shaw at a 1984 Exxon/Esso environmental conference, which showed that Exxon's expected 'average temperature rise' of 1.3 °C–3.1 °C was comparable to projections by leading research institutions (1.5 °C–4.5 °C)'
Well that clearly was not misleading the public at a public conference – was it?
But speaking of misleading the public, a climate doomster (Dr Gavin Scmidt) helpfully explains why climate 'scientists' prefer to use Temperature Anomalies… the difference between the current average temperature of a station, region, nation, or the globe and its long-term, 30-year base period, average… instead of simply showing a graph of the Absolute Global Average Temperature in Celsius or Kelvin.
Here's the Dr… "But think about what happens when we try and estimate the absolute global mean temperature for, say, 2016. The climatology for 1981-2010 is 287.4±0.5K, and the anomaly for 2016 is (from GISTEMP w.r.t. that baseline) 0.56±0.05ºC. So our estimate for the absolute value is (using the first rule shown above) is 287.96±0.502K, and then using the second that reduces to 288.0±0.5K [2016]. The same approach for 2015 gives 287.8±0.5K, and for 2014 it is 287.7±0.5K. All of which appear to be the same within the uncertainty. Thus we lose the ability to judge which year was the warmest if we only look at the absolute numbers."
So there you have it from an expert, global warming has been the same for all recent years and is unmeasurable, so a mathematical slight of hand is needed to claim 'warmest evah!'.
And yet some people are easily deceived and believe these snake oil salesmen.
I'm trying to work out how you would measure 0.05degK. The only way I can think of is put your thermometer at the centre of a very well insulated cube of metal & wait a couple weeks for the metal temperature to become uniform. Or maybe you could use liquid helium.
Pretty well any liquid or gas at normal temperatures has currents due to outside influences, convection, conduction etc etc fluctuate the temperature by decimals of a degee or more.
Or is this some sort of artefact of repeated averaging without discarding the trivial figures? I can remember science teachers taking the piss out of bods who did that.
Oh,I missed that! +/- 0.502K 0.002K That down at the quantum level, isn't it?
Watchman August 24, 2017 at 4:09 pm
Gamecock,
A one or two degrees change in average temprature is clearly change (as it happens I belive most of that is a measuring error, as the higher tempratures mainly happen at night in colder seasons – when more heating is used (which does mean that better insulation would defeat climate change ironically)), but in can be natural variation – and variation is a synonym of change.
It's a bit pointless denying the climate changes unless you're planning on attending an ice fair on the Thames soon. Far better to point out that we can't measure it accurately, and that the assumption of human causes for change are particularly arrogant.
Bloke in Costa Rica August 24, 2017 at 5:49 pm
I remain unconvinced that there is a meaningful thing called "average global temperature".
Gamecock August 24, 2017 at 6:13 pm
"A one or two degrees change in average temprature is clearly change"
But it is NOT climate change.
The UAH satellite data is probably the closest to a valid number.
Climate scientists using a decimal point shows they have a sense of humor.
GC: what I mean is that I am not sure a bulk (i.e. intensive) property like temperature can meaningfully be ascribed to a high degree of freedom dynamical system like the Earth's atmosphere. Given oracular knowledge of the system it might be derivable as a parameter, but we're not even close to that, and even if we were it is by no means clear that a single variable like that tells us very much.
Bloke in North Dorset August 24, 2017 at 9:01 pm
BiS,
I'm sure some climate scientist will be able to find a few molecules of water captured in a bubble in fossil that shows beyond all doubt that 2,000 years ago the Med was a lot less saltier than now. They'll then add that to reports from sailors from 1,000 years ago that imply it was less salty than now and, hey presto, a graph of the increase in salinity of the Med will appear, along with the usual doomsaying forecasts.
Andrew again August 24, 2017 at 9:04 pm
Even more amusing than using averages is the thing that they are using to get the average in the first place. To get an average daily temp you would think they would use some form of continuous monitoring, maybe hourly for practicality. Oh no. That would be too honest. Much simpler to use the daily highs and lows. Of course it might be have hot for minutes but they still use it.
This means the error bar on the error bat on the average is huge. Climate is changig, just measuring it and ascribing the vast majority to CO2 is scientific fraud.
Oblong August 24, 2017 at 9:08 pm
If anyone is interested in actually looking st some primary evidence for climate chanemge, you can do worse than reading the IPCC reviews on the state of the topic
Three volumes – the physical evidence, impact and mitigation.
Personally, I think the evidence is actually rather good that there is human activity-induced climate change at an 'abnormal' level. I know a lot of commentators on the blog won't agree, but I would encourage people to browse the real scientific papers.
http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/mindex.shtml
I also happen to agree with the notion Tim has expressed before that we may well be on one of the more benign scenarios where technological change is retarding energy demand and driving low-carbon supply.
Whilst 'green' policy has helped to get this kicked off (sometimes in good ways, sometimes in stupidly expensive ways), it's really only started to work because of good old fashioned capitalist economics; it's starting to get cheaper than hydrocarbons for some applications and the rate of improvements mean that will continue to widen.
Gamecock August 24, 2017 at 10:40 pm
Sorry, Oblong. I'm not reading 3 volumes to search for something I think absurd. If you have good evidence, produce it.
Mohave Greenie August 25, 2017 at 4:59 am
I would really like them to show temperature change in Kelvin on a linear scale over time. The line would be wider than the change over the last 100,000,000 years. That would definitely scare the public into demanding drastic lifestyle changes!
'former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres who stated: "This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution." (Investors Business Daily, February 10, 2015)'
Oblong, "you can do worse than reading the IPCC reviews on the state of the topic"
The person in charge of the IPCC publicly declared the goal was killing capitalism. You are a chump.


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US Soccer "war" temporary truce – how it impacts Florida
January 7, 2017 ·	by Kartik Krishnaiyer ·	in Fort Lauderdale Strikers FC, Jacksonville Armada, Orlando City SC, Tampa Bay Rowdies	· Leave a comment
Five of Florida's six men's pro soccer clubs were impacted directly by the ongoing United States Soccer Federation (USSF) sanctioning saga at the lower division level the past three months. In the end the North American Soccer League (NASL) the long-standing USSF-sanctioned Division 2 has lost full sanctioning and now is a provisionally sanctioned D2, while the United Soccer League (USL) which has competed at the Division 3 level the last six years is now also a provisional Division 2. NASL was originally based in Miami but moved to New York in 2014. The sanctioning saga which began in late October led to the type of back-biting and predatory behavior that ultimately is not beneficial for the sport in a country where it is growing but still nowhere near reaching critical mass.
NASL has three Florida clubs, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Jacksonville Armada FC and Miami FC. The former two have had financial problems in recent months while the later has been in existence only about 18 months. USL currently has two Florida clubs, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Orlando City SC B. The Rowdies defected from NASL this past fall with owner Bill Edwards as recently as Thursday referring to the New York-based league as "corrupt."
USSF's decision essentially kicks the can down the road for nine months when one league or the other is likely to be designated as the sole D2 for the United States. USSF is being criticized for making the decision they could have on the surface two months ago – however my sources confirm that ownership questions related to New York, Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville – three NASL clubs prevented USSF from making this decision earlier. The Federation's delay was designed to give NASL every opportunity to pull away from a potential collapse and to live to fight another day. Had USL been more willing to accept NASL clubs with reduced fees or willing to conform to some sort of hybrid league, the USSF would have made a decision sooner and perhaps killed NASL off as a D2 league.
An option to sanction one or both leagues as "affiliated pro leagues" without divisional designations briefly was considered per multiple sources but didn't come to pass.
Where does this leave each of Florida's current USL or NASL clubs? What about both leagues?
Here is a primer:
Orlando City B
With an announced move to the new downtown stadium in Orlando, the Lions reserve team made a proactive move to ensure this team unlike many other USL-based, MLS-reserve clubs meets D2 stadium standards. The "baby Lions" were the only postseason participant among Florida's pro teams in 2016 and will look to build on that experience.
The Rowdies controversial move from NASL to USL helped stimulate this crisis. Rowdies owner Bill Edwards is a controversial figure, but he has grown into the soccer business over the three years he has owned the club. Edwards has been able to turn the Rowdies who were weeks away from folding when he bought the club into one of the success stories in lower-division soccer. But his personality which grates on people and his take-no-prisoners attitude grated on many in NASL, a league who benefited directly from his loaning of money to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers over the course of 2016*.
Edwards launched #MLS2StPete in December, and as a club with a robust supporters base in the biggest exclusive D2 soccer market in the US with a downtown stadium, the club couldn't be healthier. USL being granted provisional D2 status simply justifies Edwards' move between the leagues. Ultimately few if any other clubs in American lower division soccer have the combination of the right market, right locale, fan base, willing owner and positive vibe that the Rowdies do currently. The Rowdies hyper-local marketing didn't jive with the culture of NASL driven by the likes of the New York Cosmos, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Miami FC to be a global player. But in lower-division soccer local trumps national and international and the Rowdies future appears brighter than ever.
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
The Strikers are currently undergoing a sale and are per published reports unlikely to compete in Spring of 2017 at the NASL level. My understanding is that the club could compete in another division with a U-23 or reserve side while retooling/rebooting for the future. Fort Lauderdale had a tumultuous 2017 season despite the near-heroic efforts of Coach Caio Zanardi and his players. the Strikers, one of NASL's most successful clubs on-the-field since the league began independent play in 2011, has been unable to match on-the-pitch achievements off the field in terms of club sponsorships, merchandise sales, or support. The Strikers were last in attendance in 2016, after leading NASL in attendance among non-MLS bound sides just five years earlier in 2011.
With new owners likely to close a deal next week for the club, a full assessment will need to be done of the local marketplace. The Strikers efforts to be a global brand yielded some success in far-flung locales such as China and Brazil but didn't do enough to move the needle locally where it really mattered.
Jacksonville Armada FC
The Armada had a similarly tumultuous season to Fort Lauderdale which saw player, coach and staff departures during the season followed up by rumors about finances during the offseason. Jacksonville remains a very viable D2 soccer market but it's limited in its ability to attract fans from outside a smallish-catchment area because of the presence of MLS in Orlando. Reports state NASL will operate the club while a sale to new owners is complete. The team is likely to play in 2017 according to sources at either the University of North Florida or Jacksonville University after having spent the last two seasons at the Baseball Grounds downtown.
Whomever buys the Armada will inherit a good market and a decent-sized fan base. They also inherit facility and venue issues and a need to grow both ticket and sponsorship revenue to the point where the club could be a sustainable long-term business.
The club which played its first season in 2016, were reportedly the biggest spenders outside of MLS in US club soccer last year. Southeast Florida is a tough sports market and even more difficult one for the American club game. In most large markets be it MLS ones or lower division once the cool/hipness factor of a new club that spends lots of money wears off problems ensue. Miami FC has made a lot of right moves but NASL as a whole has to pull back from its unrealistic ambition of challenging MLS for the foreseeable future, and how that will impact a club that marketed itself as a global brand and beamed live feeds of its matches to 140 countries is anyone's guess. Also the overall historic weakness of the local market is a problem for this club.
I don't have great long-term hopes for this club but perhaps this model and not the Rowdies hyper-local one is better? Miami FC has hired lots of capable folks in its front office, but even that might not be enough over the long haul.
Tampa-based USL is a league whose management operates a company that sells franchises to individual owners in markets across the US and Canada. I will state here my personal preference is against this sort of model and way of doing business. I prefer open leagues and owner-driven decision making, not independent businesses selling franchises to local operators. However, USL is much healthier than NASL at the current time, and provides the level of club services and support to its clubs that NASL isn't even close to matching.
USL demonstrated its club services and discipline with every team sending out similar press releases and graphics packages on Twitter after the USSF decision was announced. NASL, by contrast had clubs bumbling and stumbling around and the league itself sent out a short release long after most USL clubs and the league had made contact with the media.
Right now USL looks an attractive proposition for those owners who will want to mitigate the high costs of doing business in lower division soccer, an industry that has proven through the years to be a loss-leader. However, NASL per my sources has already become more aggressive in seeking expansion teams by undercutting the entry costs to join.
The cost structure of NASL is out-of-whack for a lower division league. A high-rent New York headquarters which was ostensibly acquired to secure big sponsorships which never materialized is a strong symbol of the wasteful and largely purposeless spending that drove the league to the brink of extinction in the past few months. NASL's spending on staff and an elaborate headquarters doesn't prevent USL from doing more for its member clubs at the league level than NASL. This is both a curse and a blessing because NASL does allow its clubs the type of autonomy which owners prefer but when clubs run into trouble, the league has time and again appeared helpless to ensure smooth operations and timely pay for players, coaches, staff and vendors. A few more problems of this nature next season and it could be all-she-wrote for the league. Additionally, NASL needs to reassess its scheduling, travel, club spending on players/technical staff, TV/streaming video options and long-term vision and goals if they are to continue as a D2 league beyond 2017.
Ultimately my view is it would be good for a hybrid D2 league with NASL's ideological principles but USL's business savvy and understanding of the soccer business to prosper. I believe that is what the US Soccer Federation wants as well but unless both leagues are willing to be more mature about things as I articulated on Twitter Saturday morning, we might be in the same place again nine months from now.
*At the time of the Edwards loans and legal action I was serving as the official media contract for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Therefore, I am bound to only discuss this loan in terms of what others have posted/written publicly. I cannot analyze the legal action or the loans publicly.
Disclaimer: Kartik Krishnaiyer worked for the NASL from December 2009 to May 2013 and has served in various advisory capacities to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers over the past six years.
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Halton Region Heritage Services
"Who is Halton" Exhibit
5181 Kelso Road, Inside Kelso Conservation Area, Milton, ON, L9E 0C5
Tel: 905-825-6000 ext: 7935
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Office/Administration: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm, weekdays Closed December 24, reopens Monday, January 2, 2019 Donations and Research requests: To make appointments and inquiries contact Claire Bennett, Assistant Curator and Collections Coordinator: 905-825-6000 ext: 3441
Based inside Kelso Conservation Area in Milton, Ontario, Heritage Services is not open to the public. If you have an appointment or are expected by Heritage Services, the Conservation Halton/Park gate staff is generally on duty from May long weekend to Labour Day. On entering the park advise them you are visiting Halton Heritage Services and gate fees will be waived.
The Halton County Museum was founded in 1961. In 1974 it became the responsibility of the Region when the new Regional Municipality of Halton was formed. In 2014, Regional Council adopted a new Master Plan for the Museum under which it is being transformed into Heritage Services, which supports regional heritage organizations and institutions and cares for Regionally-owned heritage assets.
Halton Region Heritage Services is located on the site of the formerly known Halton Region Museum, situated on the five acre historic site of the former Alexander Homestead in the heart of Kelso Conservation Area, Milton. Based at Kelso Conservation Area.
Preservation Services
Heritage Services preserves the material and cultural heritage of Halton Region and acquires and shares knowledge of the Region's historical and natural world. Heritage Services accepts donations from the public that speak to the history and culture of Halton on a case-by-case basis. The archives and reference library are available for researchers by appointment only.
Programming and Exhibits
Heritage Services creates memorable, engaging and accessible exhibits and public programs to encourage discovery, appreciation and understanding of Halton's heritage. It supports the preservation and appreciation of the heritage of Halton Region through partnerships with museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organizations and attractions. Most programs are created to be delivered on site at partner locations as outreach initiatives.
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Don Chow Tacos is a Chinese-Mexican fusion food truck based in Los Angeles, California. A veteran in the food truck industry, Don Chow was founded on April 22, 2009 by Dominic Lau and Lawrence Lie. Their motto, "Where Chino meets Latino", represents the pair's Chinese heritage, (represented by the truck's logo, a depiction of the traditional Chinese guardian lion), and the Hispanic influences that had been constant in their lives as they grew up in LA. Don Chow Tacos ceased operations on February 16, 2015.
Don Chow has appeared on the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, as well NBC and KTLA. Don Chow is also set to appear on the Cooking Channel's "Chinese Food Made Easy" for offering some of the best late-night street food in Los Angeles.
The idea for founding the truck was conceived when owners Lau and Lie identified a foodie niche in the late-night bar-goer crowd. When they decided to found Don Chow Tacos, the food truck industry was in its infancy. The name they chose to represent their fusion tacos, Don Chow, was derived from the honorific Spanish title "Don" in combination with the popular Chinese surname "Chow", (which also became a play-on-words for being synonymous with "food").
Don Chow began as a two-man operation, with Lau and Lie cooking and serving bar crowds on Thursday and Friday nights, as well as anyone else who encountered the truck on weekends. They appeared regularly at Zanzibar in Santa Monica and Townhouse in Venice. Both kept their day jobs, working after regular business hours to get Don Chow up and running.
When the truck transitioned to a full-week schedule in October 2009, Ernie Gallegos was hired to manage a cook to take over for Lau and Lie. With Gallegos' guidance, Don Chow was able to establish regular operations. Sales took off after Guy Fieri sampled Don Chow's fusion fare on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on June 21, 2010. Earlier that year, Don Chow had been recognized on NBC's Food Truck Week on the truck's first birthday: April 22, 2010, and Dominic Lau was interviewed by Kurt Knutsson, "Cyberguy" for KTLA in May. As its popularity continued to grow, Don Chow was featured on a segment for National Taco Day on KTLA on October 4, 2010.
Don Chow Tacos and owner Lau were featured on the Cooking Channel's show "Easy Chinese" hosted by Ching-He Huang in June 2012. The episode focused on late night street food. Lau prepared one of Don Chow's signature dishes, the Chinese BBQ Pork taco, while Huang prepared a spicy oyster omelet "Taco".
In July 2013, Don Chow Tacos' owner Dominic had the opportunity to participate on the Lifetime Network's reality competition show Supermarket Superstar. Lau won his episode (Episode 2 Category "Global Cuisine") with the Kung Pao Chicken Chimale and went on to be a finalist in the show's final episode.
The Don Chow truck serves a variety of traditional Mexican food with Chinese flavors drawn from Lau and Lie's family and friends' recipes. Items on the menu include tacos, burritos, tortas, "Chimales," and noodle dishes. Some of their most popular dishes are their Kung Pao Chicken Tacos, Chinese BBQ Pork Burritos, and "Chimales", (traditional tamales stuffed with their own Chinese style meats). Other signature dishes are their Carne Asada Chow Fun and "Ultimate LA Tacos" – carne asada tacos topped with bacon – which were inspired by the bacon-wrapped hot dogs that pervade tailgating parties during the football season at USC, (both Lau and Lie's alma mater).
All food is prepared and cooked to order by the staff on the truck. Excepting their signature dishes, the menu remains flexible and rotates depending on its location. Additionally, the truck offers several secret off-menu items.
The mobility of the food truck has enabled Don Chow to cater to a variety of Californians and their lifestyles. The truck makes regular appearances at events such as the Los Angeles Outdoor Cinema Food Fest, the LA Street Food Fest, and farmers' markets. Balancing fun and profitability, Don Chow appears at a variety of catered events in addition to being on the streets. Past catered events have included the sets of the Food Network's Giada at Home and the film No Strings Attached.
Don Chow gives back to the community, participating in fundraisers and charity events for local schools and other causes. The truck has collaborated multiple times with Cal State LA to benefit their Urban Learning Program and participated in charity events for the 2009 Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Don Chow also partnered with KTLA's news anchor Wendy Burch and the Good News Foundation to rebuild the Gilbert Lindsay Park in Los Angeles, providing free lunches for all volunteers on May 29, 2010.
Don Chow is regularly commissioned to appear at special events. On April 16, 2011, Don Chow Tacos catered Lacoste L!ve at Coachella, which included celebrity guests including Katy Perry, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, and Ke$ha. Don Chow received especially positive reviews from indie rock band, The Strokes. Don Chow made an appearance at Cal State Northridge's "Big Show" on October 3, 2009, where performers included Far East Movement and Lupe Fiasco, as well as the following year on October 2, 2010, when the talent included LMFAO and Kevin Rudolf. In September 2010, Don Chow participated in the Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food and Wine.
Technology had been vital to the growth Don Chow experienced soon after its founding, and continues to attract a technologically savvy audience to the truck. The locations of Don Chow are updated daily on Twitter, as well as Facebook.
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April 1st- 1983 — April 1st – 2013
On April 1st 1983 Saba was granted the status of Island Territory. This brought about representation in the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles, first as a Spokesman and then effective January 1st, 1986 a full fledged Senator and a State Secretary in the Council of Ministers. These positions were hard fought for and brought about a change in our dealings with the Federal Government as well as opened up the possibility to deal directly with the Netherlands for projects.
After the disintegration of the Netherlands Antilles, Saba had no other choice than to remain in the Dutch Kingdom. In another two years a referendum will probably be held to make a definite choice for a new status. I will not burden my party or the Sabans living abroad with my choice. For me it will be a vote for independence. Like the Saba of former times, with Independence you will have to either fish or cut bait, but you will not be going on a cruise to relax. Saba has enough infrastructure now to be independent and for me that is the only way to go. Shake off the unwanted ballast. Who wants to remain and work hard are quite welcome. If the vote for independence does not have enough support then I think the complainers will have to put up and shut up. Anyway I thought to remind people that in the past thirty years that we had a mostly autonomous position in the Netherlands Antilles and in the Kingdom, mostly through neglect by the two aforementioned entities, but as for Saba itself we achieved a lot during those years and established good relationships in the region. We have had to cope with many hurricanes during those thirty years but thank God no loss of life and we were able to pull up our sleeves, go to work and get the island back on her feet after each hurricane. We were able to lay solid foundations for a good economy and employment for all, in all these years. Saba has been greatly blessed and we look with confidence to a more independent future for our people. Amen. Saba's National Territory will include all that you see in this map, including the Saba Bank. Powerful neighbours as well. In the North Great Britain and France, to the West the United States and in the South Venezuela. Percy will be called on to blow the conch shell to herald in the independence and a call for one and all to either fish or cut bait or to hit the road.CIAO.


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#include <aws/devops-guru/model/UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace DevOpsGuru
{
namespace Model
{

UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig::UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig() :
    m_opsCenterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_logsAnomalyDetectionHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig::UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_opsCenterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_logsAnomalyDetectionHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
}

UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig& UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("OpsCenter"))
  {
    m_opsCenter = jsonValue.GetObject("OpsCenter");

    m_opsCenterHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("LogsAnomalyDetection"))
  {
    m_logsAnomalyDetection = jsonValue.GetObject("LogsAnomalyDetection");

    m_logsAnomalyDetectionHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue UpdateServiceIntegrationConfig::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

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  {
   payload.WithObject("OpsCenter", m_opsCenter.Jsonize());

  }

  if(m_logsAnomalyDetectionHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithObject("LogsAnomalyDetection", m_logsAnomalyDetection.Jsonize());

  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace DevOpsGuru
} // namespace Aws

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Our daughter Tilly's bedroom walls have been unchanged since we moved in over two years ago. Although she'd deeply love pink walls, the opportunity to do any painting has been all but non-existent. Her room is crying out for something to personalise it, though, so I leapt at the opportunity to try out Stickerscape's range of stickers for children's rooms.
Here is the scene; a blank wall in dire need of something to brighten it up. Functional but it doesn't shout out "child's bedroom".
Stickerscape offer a wide array of stickers, browsable by category and type. I opted for a sticker from their designer collection and in particular Emma Vallis, whose hand drawn designs are full of charm and character. My choice for Tilly's room was the Rainbow Bike wall sticker. It's a bright and colourful design and also features rabbits, adored by Tilly.
The sticker arrives in a robust card tube, lovingly wrapped within. Once unrolled the sticker reveals the instructions, which are pretty straight-forward. The process involves cutting out the stickers comprising the scene, using a credit card-like item to rub the sticker, peeling off the backing paper, applying the sticker and peeling off the protective layer.
I have to admit that I don't do a great deal of DIY or decorating though, so it was with more than I a little apprehension that I set about doing the stickers justice. My lack of coordination might mean I ended with nothing more than a sticky mess. Nevertheless I decided to film myself putting the stickers up to show how the process works.
I started off preparing one of the small stickers, one of the bees, to check I got it right. It turned out I'd pulled off the protective layer rather than the backing paper. Fortunately it still stuck to the wall but I quickly learnt which side of the stickers to be peeling. After that it was pretty plain sailing. There were a few edges that would stick to the backing paper and that needed some additional pressing to get them sticking to the protective layer instead but it wasn't difficult.
As you're building the scene, it's important to consider the order the stickers need to be applied to the wall to provide the intended appearance. In the case of the Rainbow Bike sticker, this means the rainbow first, the bike on top and then the smaller grass and bee stickers last of all.
The trickiest element was preparing the bike sticker. Now to be fair the instructions do recommend using two people for larger stickers but as ShireMum was entertaining Tilly downstairs I thought I'd have a bash myself. The bike has a lot of edges, many of which initially stuck to the backing paper and needing further pressing. You can see me repeatedly going back and forth to the table to do this in the video. When applying the sticker I didn't quite get it flat across, so I needed to reapply to avoid any creases but with some gentle persuasion the sticker could be removed without damaging the stickers underneath.
That done, everything else went on the wall without a hitch. All that remained was the grand unveiling.
Tilly was delighted by the end result. It does look great, giving a hand drawn and painted appearance to the wall with some loveable characters for Tilly to enjoy. At £25 for the large sized sticker that we used, it's a really nice way to easily provide striking art and characters to a child's room.
Disclaimer: The Rainbow Bike sticker was provided in exchange for a review. All views expressed in this review are my own, honest, opinions.
<3 looks gorgeous!! Great idea!
I'm really pleased by how the stickers turned out. Easier than I expected and they look great.
Eeeek! So excited to see you applying the Rainbow Bike Sticker! Glad you like the design, it was inspired by our family bike trips when my three girls were little. Hope your little girl enjoys the sticker.


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Child-resistant packaging requirements for medicines - Guidance on TGO 95
Version 1.0, May 2018
Guidance on meeting the requirements for child-resistant packaging in TGO 95
On this page: Introduction | How to use this guidance | About child-resistant packaging | Which medicines need child-resistant packaging? | Medicines to which TGO 95 does not apply | My medicine requires CRP - what next? | Transition period
This guidance assists medicine sponsors to meet the Australian requirements for child-resistant packaging (CRP). The requirements are outlined in Therapeutic Goods Order No. 95 - Child-resistant packaging requirements for medicines 2017 (TGO 95). These requirements apply to prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) and listed medicines.
This guidance replaces the previous Guidance on Therapeutic Goods Order No. 80 (TGO 80) Child-resistant packaging requirements for medicines.
How to use this guidance
This guidance is not provided as a legal interpretation of TGO 95. It includes clarification on, and information relating to, the mandatory requirements.
Following this guidance is not a guarantee that your CRP is fully compliant.
About child-resistant packaging
The purpose of TGO 95 is to set particular requirements for the packaging of medicines that present a significant risk of toxicity to children if accidentally ingested. These requirements describe packaging that is designed to be resistant to opening by children, thereby reducing the incidence of accidental poisoning.
CRP is not child proof - it should be difficult for young children to open, but should not be difficult for adults to use properly. It is intended to provide a delay in the time taken by a child to open a package, thereby increasing the probability of adult intervention before the contents are fully accessible.
Child-resistance is associated with a package as a whole, rather than an individual component such as a bottle closure.
Which medicines need child-resistant packaging?
Medicines that contain a substance that is listed in Part 1 (a list of substance classes) or Part 2 (a list of individual substances) of Schedule 1 to TGO 95 require CRP, unless a specific exemption applies. The requirements apply regardless of whether the medicine is available only on prescription or can be self-selected as an OTC or listed medicine.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 uses the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system, an index of active ingredients by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology. This index classifies drugs according to the organ or system on which they act, their therapeutic intent and the drug's chemical characteristics.
Part 2 of Schedule 1 lists specific substances rather than classes. A medicine containing a substance listed in Part 2 requires CRP unless an exemption applies (see Medicines to which TGO 95 does not apply).
Compared to the previous Order for CRP (Therapeutic Goods Order No. 80 - Child-Resistant Packaging Requirements for Medicines), Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order no longer includes examples of substances. This change was made to:
prevent Part 1 of Schedule 1 being misinterpreted as an exhaustive list of substances
promote the use of the ATC index to identify by class the substances to which this Order applies
The criteria used to determine whether a substance should have CRP are outlined in Section 4 of the Order, and include:
the toxicity of the substance and risk of harm if accidentally ingested by a child;
the extent and patterns of availability in the community;
the number and type of incidents reported to the Poisons Information Centres;
the consequences of incidents (e.g. hospital admission, serious injury, or death);
any special needs of patients who regularly need access to medicines (e.g. older persons or people with a disability); and
the technical feasibility and practicality of CRP for medicines containing the substance.
A substance will generally require CRP if the amount contained in a maximum prescription quantity or the largest retail pack size is likely to produce significant harm in a typical 18 month old child. The requirement for CRP is not restricted to medicines that are ingested; CRP may also apply to medicines that may cause serious harm through inadvertent contact with the eyes, skin or mucous membranes (e.g. mouth or tongue).
Compared to TGO 80, TGO 95 includes two additional substances in Schedule 1:
podophyllum/podophyllotoxin
alpha blockers.
These were included due to their toxicity, extent and pattern of availability in the community, and the number of incidents of accidental poisonings that have occurred in Australia.
'Alpha blockers' are not identified as a separate class in the ATC Index. Therefore, alpha blockers have been added to the Order under the classes 'alpha and beta blockers' and 'alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists' in line with the ATC index. The alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonist 'phenoxybenzamine' has been specifically identified, as it is currently not classified in the ATC index.
Medicines to which TGO 95 does not apply
Section 7 of TGO 95 provides a list of pack types, dosage forms, intermediates and goods that do not require CRP. In general, medicines do not require CRP where the risk of accidental ingestion by children is low. These are goods that are difficult to open and gain access to the contents, e.g. medicines in small containers with restricted flow inserts.
Some exemptions are specific to the dosage form and intended application. For example, solids or semi-solids intended for application to the skin or mucous membranes, such as creams, ointments, sticks and dusting powders for external application.
Other exemptions are based on there being minimal chance of the medicine being available to children. Examples include bulk tablets not at their final stage of manufacture because they are still to be packaged; medicines only for use in a hospital setting; or bulk medicine packs that are only supplied to pharmacies.
To determine if a medicine requires CRP, sponsors should follow the flowchart in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Flowchart to determine if a medicine requires CRP.
Text version of Flowchart
This text representation of the Flowchart is provided as a list with numbered steps.
Does medicine require CRP?
Is medicine exempt under Section 7?
If Yes - No CRP required. End of Flowchart
If No - Go to step 2
Is the medicine class listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1?
If Yes - CRP required. End of Flowchart
Does the medicine contain a substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1?
Does the labelling or packaging give the impression that it is child resistant?
If No - No CRP required. End of Flowchart
A sponsor is seeking to register a tablet containing diazepam in a reclosable bottle. The sponsor is not sure if the packaging requires CRP. The sponsor searches the ATC Index for 'diazepam'. The results show that diazepam is classified as:
N NERVOUS SYSTEM
N05 PSYCHOLEPTICS
N05B ANXIOLYTICS
N05BA Benzodiazepine derivatives
The sponsor then compares the results to Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order. 'Benzodiazepine derivatives' is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1. If no exemptions apply then CRP must be used for the bottle of diazepam tablets.
My medicine requires CRP - what next?
The requirements for CRP are set out in Sections 8, 9 and 10 of TGO 95.
Generally, CRP must remain fit for purpose until the expiry date of the medicine. CRP must be able to withstand at least the number of openings and closings (if a reclosable container) needed for removal of all individual doses - no deterioration in the child-resistant characteristics or performance should occur.
A tablet is packaged in a bottle with a child-resistant closure. The pack size is 100 tablets. The recommended dosage is one tablet daily. The child-resistant closure must be demonstrated to withstand at least 100 openings and closings without any deterioration.
There is a requirement that performance of the CRP must not be adversely affected by the contents of the package. In some cases, e.g. liquid formulations, medicine components may be incompatible with particular plastics and may cause failure of the CRP. In other cases, the performance of a closure can be compromised by liquid contents which are sugary because crystals or a layer of the liquid may be deposited around the mouth of the bottle with repeated use.
Reclosable packages
A reclosable package is a container closure which is capable of being reclosed with a similar degree of security after it has been initially opened.
Subsection 9(1) of the Order specifies international and Australian Standards with which child-resistant reclosable packages must comply. Compliance with any one of the five Standards is considered to provide equal assurance that a package, when tested according to the Standards, meets an acceptable level of child-resistance and ease of use for adults. There is no order of precedence for the Standards: all are accepted with equal standing.
The Standards referenced in the Order are available to the public for a fee, as is established practice for access to Australian and international Standards. The referenced United States Code of Federal Regulations Standards is available to the public free of charge.
Compared to TGO 80, the Standards referenced in TGO 95 have been updated to reflect the current editions.
In addition to compliance with Standards, the reclosable package must include adequate directions for opening and effectively reclosing the package. These directions must be clearly written in English or demonstrated in graphics.
Illustrated example of directions on a reclosable bottle cap with CRP:
Evidence of compliance with Standards
Sponsors are required to hold, and be able to submit upon request, evidence that the CRP complies with at least one of the nominated Standards. This evidence may be requested during the TGA evaluation process or post-market review. For listed medicines, at the time that an application for listing is submitted, sponsors must certify that the medicine conforms to every applicable Standard which includes those relating to CRP.
In most cases, certification issued by an agency accredited to test packaging for child-resistance is sufficient evidence of compliance with Standards.
Other evidence requirements
Sponsors must also hold evidence to demonstrate that the CRP:
is fit for purpose during the shelf-life of the medicine
retains child-resistant properties throughout the in-use life of the medicine
is not adversely affected by the contents
is not adversely affected by any change in specifications of the package.
Additionally sponsors should hold information ensuring that the expected child-resistant performance of the package is achieved and maintained during the packaging processes.
Extrapolation of test results
Many of the nominated Standards permit extrapolation of test results over a range of similar packages, such as a range of closure (neck diameter) or container sizes, provided all other characteristics of the package remain the same.
If a series of containers differ only in capacity and the closures are identical, the International Standards Organization Standard ISO 8317:2015 requires testing only on the largest and smallest container sizes.
Extrapolation of results from one package to another in a series to the extent permitted by the nominated Standard chosen for test is acceptable for the purposes of compliance with this Order.
Non-reclosable packages
Unlike the requirements for reclosable forms of CRP, requirements for non-reclosable packaging do not involve performance testing. Instead the requirements are based on design and materials of construction as outlined in Section 10 of the Order. Blister packaging is generally considered to be compliant with requirements for CRP.
Transition period
Prior to TGO 95, the requirements for CRP were outlined in Therapeutic Goods Order No. 80 - Child-Resistant Packaging Requirements for Medicines (TGO 80), which will cease to exist (sunset) on 1 October 2018.
TGO 95 commenced on 5 December 2017, the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation (FRL). Sponsors have until 30 September 2018 to achieve compliance with the provisions of TGO 95. During this time, sponsors can choose between complying with the requirements of TGO 80 or TGO 95 as relevant to their medicine. At the end of the transition period, all medicines supplied in Australia to which TGO 95 applies, must comply with the requirements of TGO 95.
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Debra was finishing her salad and not really listening. She wanted to talk about her yoga class but it was difficult to edge that into the conversation.
"Frog, you are right, but there are hopeful signs. Some brilliant younger guys like Antonio Sanchez from Mexico are making great music. The clubs in New York are hatching some chicks who can really sing." Toad was always sanguine about such things. His glass was usually half-full.
"That's just what's wrong with jazz. All of it is centered in New York. The rest of the country could care less." Frog drained his glass of Jack and soda. He tried to cap discussions like this with a foregone conclusion. Then he nudged his friend and gestured toward the women at the next table.
Frog and Toad winked at each other and ordered another round.
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Jessica Hart, a NAMI PR and lobbyist, continues to send me appeals for help. Following is her latest, and my latest response. (My apologies for formating transfer complexities.)
Stuart ,
First responders – from law enforcement officers to EMTs, and paramedics to emergency room doctors and nurses – deal with the unimaginable every day, and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to their already difficult job.
In far too many communities, first responders must also take the place of an inadequate mental health crisis system. Unfortunately, that often causes delays for the individual and their family to get connected to mental health care quickly, and it adds to already strained emergency services.)
It doesn't have to be this way. A mental health or suicidal crisis deserves a mental health response.)
There are an estimated 240 million calls to 911 each year in the U.S., and over 19 million of those calls are mental health related. Just like law enforcement responds to a crime in progress, firefighters respond to a fire, or EMTs respond to a broken leg, we must #ReimagineCrisis.
When people call 988 after it goes live in July 2022, professionals who are best trained to help with a mental health crisis should be the ones to respond. Mental health advocates and first responders all know this change is needed, so everyone gets the right response – and an equitable response – that connects them to the help they need.
During Day 4 of REIMAGINE, A 988 Week of Action, ask your members of Congress to #ReimagineCrisis by investing in a mental health crisis system in their fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget.)
Thank you for your advocacy.
Senior Manager, Field Advocacy
NAMI Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy Team
Pronouns: She/Her
*988 will not be available widely until July 2022. If you or a loved one are experiencing a crisis, please call the National Suicide Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text "NAMI" to 741741.
When a "mental health crisis" is occurring, it means that a person is acting dangerously or obnoxiously. The person is scaring or offending someone, or endangering him/herself sufficiently, so as to cause calls for third party help with the situation.
The emergency help needed is to control the threatening/offending individual's behavior to avoid harm. It is not to provide immediate medical intervention for a stopped heart, or obstructed breathing, or a broken hip, or a gunshot wound, or a drug overdose.
I believe it is absolutely critical to understand that behavior control is a different errand from medical help. We must attend very closely to that distinction, lest we completely abdicate all social and moral authority to expert doctors.
A pill for every antisocial mood or act, a psychiatric expert for every rule of etiquette, no responsibility of individuals, but only dictates by objective standards handed down? Of course that is an impossible society!
I have no problem with more emergency mental health response teams, provided only that they are explicitly NOT ruled by any medical/psychiatric model of forced drugging and threatened involuntary hospitalization.
Ultimately, until psychiatrists are no longer the leading/ruling authorities of mental health teams, help and control will remain utterly confused, and mental health itself will continue to be at least as dehumanizing as the roughest law enforcement.
NAMI has always suggested a 180-degree opposite view: that psychiatry should ultimately cure all social and moral questions by treating errant chemistry in brains.
Your organization is a substantial part of the problem; your advocacy cannot lead to any creative solution.
Kretchmar & Cecala, P.C.
Me and NAMI
Following is an email I recently received from a woman who is apparently up the food chain a ways, in NAMI's PR and lobbying function. Below her email, I post my response.
Stuart,
Our country's lack of an effective and widely available mental health crisis system leads to tragic results for people in crisis. For marginalized communities, limited access to crisis care and all types of mental health treatment cause even more devastation. And in too many places, a person in crisis is more likely to come into contact with law enforcement instead of a mental health professional.
Since 2015, nearly 1 in 4 fatal police shootings have been of people with mental illness, with 1 in 3 of those being people of color. People with mental illness are also overrepresented in our criminal justice system, and Black individuals with mental illness in jail are more likely to go into solitary confinement, become injured while incarcerated, and stay in jail longer – where mental illness is often left untreated.
We need to change the status quo and ensure that every person in crisis gets help, not handcuffs. We can and must do better because a mental health crisis should not lead to trauma and tragedy.
When 988 launches in July 2022 to provide mental health and suicidal crisis response, our communities need to be ready to provide robust crisis services that can respond to a range of crisis calls and needs. Every person in crisis, and their families, should receive a humane mental health response that treats a person with dignity and connects them to appropriate, timely, and culturally competent care.
Today is Day 2 of REIMAGINE: A Week of Action to Reimagine Our National Response to People in Crisis, hosted by NAMI. Ask your members of Congress to #ReimagineCrisis by investing in a robust mental health crisis system that will reduce the need for a law enforcement response and end tragic outcomes when individuals and families call for help.
ACT TODAY If you haven't already registered for this week's events, sign-up here and attend as many sessions as you can.
Senior Manager, Field Advocacy NAMI Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy
Team Pronouns: She/Her
988 will not be available widely until July 2022. If you or a loved one are experiencing a crisis, please call the National Suicide Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text "NAMI" to 741741.
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What you call "our country's lack of an effective and widely available mental health crisis system" is really, as I see it, our prevailing culture in which all human difficulties of thinking, emotion or behavior are quite arbitrarily considered to be illnesses of the brain. The first postulate of psychiatry is, "Insanity is brain disease." The highest technical authority which we allow to administer mental health is psychiatry. Psychiatric "diagnosis" and psychiatric "treatment" are the basic purpose. This is the source of all the social ills which you cite.
As you suggest, we SURELY DO need to change the status quo and reduce trauma and tragedy. But the status quo is not too much law enforcement, or too little "treatment". It's too much medicalization, too much psychiatry!
Your own organization has a long history of contributing to this problem. For decades, NAMI forwarded and defended, even insisted upon, the myths of "chemical imbalances in the brain" which required psychiatric drugs "just like insulin for diabetes". Even now, many years after none other than Allen Frances called psychiatric diagnosis "bullshit" — and none other than Thomas Insel admitted that psychiatric "treatment" just sucks — NAMI's advice to people suffering mental health crises and their families remains more or less, just trust psychiatrists, take their drugs and just do what they say, after all they are DOCTORS.
I believe that such apotheosis of medicine as our one and only sure route to salvation has become a national cult. Any improvement in our country's mental health crisis system, any widely available and affordable help for people who are desperate, must await the demise of this psychiatric cult. The state institutions must be ceremoniously razed. The euphemism of involuntary "hospitalization" for mental, emotional and behavioral troubles must be forgotten to history, recalled only in mockery. Forced drugging and shock must be banned as torture.
If you can credit my point of view here at all (which I doubt), or if NAMI has any ability or intent to advocate for these changes that I recommend, then please continue to ask me for money and collaboration. Or at least correspond (I would honestly look forward to that).
But if you notice that I have not signed up with your current projects, you might understand why.
I think have spent most of my life in conversation or debate with people who fundamentally disagree with me. It's what I like to do. Maybe Jessica, or someone else at NAMI, will respond, and we'll have a dialogue.


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The elephant in the room in Australian workplaces is bullying and harassment.
I am very often asked what can be done about bullying in the workplace. The enquiries are just as likely to come from an employer, as an employee, and rightly so because it is by all statistical accounts a serious problem in Australian workplaces. Most people are stunned to be advised that it is not unlawful and by this I mean that unless the bullying strays into other areas of the law, for example criminal law if the conduct is serious enough to constitute an assault, or perhaps even a criminal defamation which is Western Australia remains on the statute books, there is no regulator tasked with policing it*. True it is that if the conduct amounts to a failure by the employer to provide a safe workplace in theory WorkSafe, WA's occupational and safety regulator, might be persuaded to become involved but I have never seen it so do so. It is also true to say that in the event that the conduct produces a compensable workers compensation injury, for example medically certified work caused stress, an employer (or more likely its insurer) will be liable for the resulting incapacity for work.
However in 2014 The Fair Work Commission was handed an anti-bullying jurisdiction to deal with complaints of workplace bullying. So far it is proved to be a toothless tiger, despite the best endeavours of the members of the anti-bullying panel.
Under the Fair Work Act a worker is bullied at work if:
a person or group of people repeatedly act unreasonably towards them or a group of workers
the behaviour creates a risk to health and safety.
Unreasonable behaviour includes victimising, humiliating, intimidating or threatening. Whether a behaviour is unreasonable can depend on whether a reasonable person might see the behaviour as unreasonable in the circumstances.
Examples of bullying include but are not limited to behaving aggressively, teasing or practical jokes, pressuring someone to behave inappropriately, excluding someone from work-related events or unreasonable work demands. Reasonable management practices are exempt.
The Commission may only become involved if there is an on-going relationship of employer ad employee, so the jurisdiction is useless to an employee who has been forced to leave and it cannot award financial compensation, instead being limited in its powers to issuing stop bullying orders and incidental requirements to achieve that end.
However the law is not entirely an invitation to bullies to bully and harass colleagues. An employer is vicariously liable for the actions of its staff who bully others, and furthermore an employer who ignores the complaints if the victims faces severe potential liability for common law damages in the civil courts for failing to provide a safe system of work and to the wrath of the general protections under the Fair Work Act, particularly adverse action for exercising a workplace right and adverse action for a breach of the prohibited discriminations. An employee who is forced to resign due to bullying, whether not not it is condoned by an employer, may well have unfair dismissal rights.
The bottom line is that if you are bullied at work, there is much that can be done to protect you and if you are an employer who has become aware of bullying in the work place you are right to be very concerned.
In James Willis v Marie Gibson; Capital Radiology Pty Ltd T/A Capital Radiology; Peita Carroll (2015) FWC 1131 delivered on 17 February 2015 the Fair Work Commission has ruled that disciplinary action launched against an employer whose performance was being reviewed might not constitute reasonable management action in its bullying jurisdiction. In rejecting an employer's early objection to a stop-bullying application, Commissioner Lewin said that disciplinary action involving multiple steps towards potential dismissal "could reasonably be perceived to threaten the security of an employee's employment, and cause them to feel threatened".
"Management action will not be taken reasonably where it places an employee under pressure when the action is not commensurate with the behaviour that is the basis of the disciplinary action."
Commissioner Lewin said there had to be "some line of cause and effect between conduct, behaviour or performance of an employee, and the relevant management action" for the action to be reasonable under the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying regime. It also had to be a "reasonable and proportionate response to the attributes of the employee to which it is directed".
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The Biota aesthetic is a true testament to the majesty of the natural world and the restaurants surrounding environs. There are two distinct spaces, which include a spacious dining room and tranquil lounge bar that spills onto a lawn-fringed verandah. In the restaurant, tables go unclothed exposing the raw beauty of their timber tops and matching wooden chairs. The flooring is a knotty sisal weave, and the waiter's station features a centrally located riveted zinc table with a large lichen-crusted branch at its heart. The lounge area is smattered with communal tables and lounges with the distinctive Biota timber foundations. The place is enlivened by green lamp shades that adorn pendant light fittings, and a striking series of rooster portraits by artist Craig Waddell lining the length of one wall.
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Siracusa is the main railway station of the Italian city of Syracuse (It.: Siracusa), in Sicily. Like Palermo Centrale, Catania Centrale and Messina Centrale it is one of the most important stations in Sicily. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.

History
The station was inaugurated on 19 January 1871 as the southern terminal of the line from Messina and Catania. On 13 August 1892 a short rail connection to the port and the station of Siracusa Marittima was opened, originally named Siracusa Porto, not used for passenger traffic.  The original building of Siracusa Porto remains but the tracks have mostly disappeared and the area is now a car park.  At the end of the 1990s, on the line from Catania, a new double-track siding from Targia with a tunnel under the city was built, causing the closure of the historical line and of the Syracusan station of Santa Panagia. Nowadays, except for the station of Targia, located in the petrochemical park in the north of the city, this station is the only one serving Syracuse. Some online maps still show the old railway lines including Google Maps.  Other rail stops located in the municipality are situated in the villages of Santa Teresa Longarini, Fontane Bianche and Cassibile.

Structure and transport
Siracusa station is located in south of the city, in the area of the port and close to the island of Ortygia. Its building has 2 floors. After the closure of the line via Santa Panagia, passing in the eastern side of the city, the station became a terminus.

The station is electrified, but not on the line to Ragusa and Gela, and served by regional trains. Mainly connected to Ragusa, Gela Catania and Messina, it is periodically linked to Palermo. For long distance transport Siracusa is the southern terminal of InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Turin, Milan and Venice, linking it also with Genoa, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Pisa and other cities.  There are around 10 trains a day to Catania and Messina, several trains heading south towards Gela and one or two to Rome and beyond.  There is a daily night service in both directions between Rome and Syracuse.

Facilities
There are several ticket offices and automatic machines.  There is a small café, tobacconists and a police station.

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See also

Railway stations in Italy
List of railway stations in Sicily
Rail transport in Italy
History of rail transport in Italy

Notes and references

External links

Railway stations in Sicily
Buildings and structures in Syracuse, Sicily
Railway stations opened in 1871

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