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59-Year-Old Woman With Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Lower Extremity Edema.
A Multifaceted Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
A common polymorphism in extracellular superoxide dismutase affects cardiopulmonary disease risk by altering protein distribution.
A comparison of continuous intravenous epoprostenol (prostacyclin) with conventional therapy for primary pulmonary hypertension.
A nitric oxide processing defect of red blood cells created by hypoxia: deficiency of S-nitrosohemoglobin in pulmonary hypertension.
A novel inhaled organic nitrate that affects pulmonary vascular tone in a piglet model of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
A reassessment of the echocardiogram in mitral stenosis.
ACCF/AHA 2009 expert consensus document on pulmonary hypertension a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents and the American Heart Association developed in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians; American Thoracic Society, Inc.; and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
ACCF/AHA 2009 expert consensus document on pulmonary hypertension: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents and the American Heart Association: developed in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Inc., and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
ATS Core Curriculum 2015. Part I: Adult Pulmonary Medicine.
Addition of inhaled treprostinil to oral therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
An adult canine model of chronic pulmonary hypertension for cardiopulmonary transplantation.
An analysis of the pulsatile hemodynamic responses of the pulmonary circulation to acute and chronic pulmonary venous hypertension in the awake dog.
An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease.
An opportunistic study evaluating pharmacokinetics of sildenafil for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in infants.
Anomalous right coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) coexisting with obstructive atherosclerotic disease of the left coronary artery.
Antibody to E- and L-selectin does not prevent lung injury or mortality in septic baboons.
Assessment of pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric catheterization laboratory: current insights from the Magic registry.
Association between oral sildenafil dosing, predicted exposure, and systemic hypotension in hospitalised infants.
Association of anemia and long-term survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Association of intraoperative hypotension and pulmonary hypertension with adverse outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation.
B-type natriuretic peptide, vascular endothelial growth factor, endothelin-1, and nitric oxide synthase in chronic mountain sickness.
Biomarkers in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Gauging Response to Therapy.
Blockade of endothelin-converting enzyme reduces pulmonary hypertension after cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest.
Brain natriuretic peptide: diagnostic and therapeutic implications in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
CCR2 deficiency, dysregulation of Notch signaling, and spontaneous pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Carbon monoxide promotes hypoxic pulmonary vascular remodeling.
Cardiac glutaminolysis: a maladaptive cancer metabolism pathway in the right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension.
Cardiogenic shock.
Characteristics of pediatric cardiovascular clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Chest pain in the nontraumatized patient.
Clinical Risk Factors and Prognostic Model for Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
Clinical implications of pulmonary hypertension in mitral stenosis.
Comparative effectiveness and safety of drug therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Comprehensive assessment of right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension with global longitudinal peak systolic strain derived from multiple right ventricular views.
Congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension.
Contemporary trends in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: an initiative to close the care gap.
Continuous infusion of epoprostenol improves the net balance between pulmonary endothelin-1 clearance and release in primary pulmonary hypertension.
Continuous intravenous epoprostenol for pulmonary hypertension due to the scleroderma spectrum of disease. A randomized, controlled trial.
Continuous intravenous infusion of epoprostenol for the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension.
Cor pulmonale caused by recurrent pulmonary emboli.
Critical arrhythmia associated with pulmonary artery catheterization in a parturient with severe pulmonary hypertension.
Cutaneous findings in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving long-term epoprostenol therapy.
Cutaneous hypersensitivity and eosinophilia associated with treprostinil.
Delivery of intravenous treprostinil at low infusion rates using a miniaturized infusion pump in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Developing therapies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: current state and future directions.
Differences in Eccentricity Index and Systolic-Diastolic Ratio in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension.
Differences in time-related cardiopulmonary responses to hypoxia in three rat strains.
Distinctive clinical features of portopulmonary hypertension.
Echo/Doppler and hemodynamic correlates of vasodilator responsiveness in primary pulmonary hypertension.
Effect of SB 217242 on hypoxia-induced cardiopulmonary changes in the high altitude-sensitive rat.
Effect of obesity on B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Effect of single vs bilateral lung transplantation on plasma surfactant protein D levels in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Effects of biventricular pacing on left heart twist and strain in a porcine model of right heart failure.
Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the lung.
Effects of ischemia on pulmonary dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Effects of long-term infusion of prostacyclin (epoprostenol) on echocardiographic measures of right ventricular structure and function in primary pulmonary hypertension. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group.
Effects of nitric oxide after cardiac transplantation in the setting of recipient pulmonary hypertension.
Effects of supplemental oxygen administration in an infant with pulmonary artery hypertension.
Effects of the dual endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a 1-year follow-up study.
Effects of the dual endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a randomised placebo-controlled study.
Efficacy and safety of treprostinil: an epoprostenol analog for primary pulmonary hypertension.
Electrocardiography to define clinical status in primary pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to collagen vascular disease.
Electron microscopic alterations in experimental pulmonary hypertension.
Elevated pulmonary artery pressure is a risk factor for primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Emission-particle-induced ventilatory abnormalities in a rat model of pulmonary hypertension.
End points and clinical trial design in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Enhancing Insights into Pulmonary Vascular Disease through a Precision Medicine Approach. A Joint NHLBI-Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund Workshop Report.
Epoprostenol for treatment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Erythropoietin mediates brain-vascular-kidney crosstalk and may be a treatment target for pulmonary and resistant essential hypertension.
Etiologic significance of enlargement of the left atrial appendage in adults.
Exhaled nitric oxide (NO), NO synthase activity, and regulation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB.
FOXO1-mediated upregulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-4 (PDK4) decreases glucose oxidation and impairs right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension: therapeutic benefits of dichloroacetate.
Familial association of primary pulmonary hypertension and a new low-oxygen affinity beta-chain hemoglobinopathy, Hb Washtenaw.
Fatal small-bowel necrosis and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease.
Frequency of anomalies and hospital outcomes in infants with gastroschisis and omphalocele.
GIANT PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS.
GRK2-mediated inhibition of adrenergic and dopaminergic signaling in right ventricular hypertrophy: therapeutic implications in pulmonary hypertension.
Health insurance and racial disparities in pulmonary hypertension outcomes.
Heart transplantation for adults with congenital heart disease: analysis of the United network for organ sharing database.
Hemodynamic Characterization of Rodent Models of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Hemodynamic and inotropic effects of milrinone after heart transplantation in the setting of recipient pulmonary hypertension.
Hemodynamic changes after protamine administration: association with mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery.
High-frequency jet ventilation for respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery.
Hospital Readmissions in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Multi-Institutional Analysis.
Hypoplastic right lung with systemic blood supply and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: reversal of pulmonary hypertension with surgical management in infancy.
Identification of genetic polymorphisms associated with risk for pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension: connecting the dots.
Imatinib mesylate as add-on therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: results of the randomized IMPRES study.
Impact of low body weight on frequency of pediatric cardiac catheterization complications.
Impaired left ventricular filling due to right-to-left ventricular interaction in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Improving on the diagnostic characteristics of echocardiography for pulmonary hypertension.
In vivo pressure-radius relationships of the pulmonary artery in children with congenital heart disease.
In-hospital outcomes of premature infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Incidence and prevalence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: from acute to chronic pulmonary embolism.
Increased arginase II and decreased NO synthesis in endothelial cells of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Infantile pulmonary hypertension associated with foreign body vasculitis.
Inhaled ethyl nitrite gas for persistent pulmonary hypertension in infants.
Inhaled ethyl nitrite gas for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
Inhaled nitric oxide selectively dilates pulmonary vasculature in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension, irrespective of etiology.
Inhaled nitric oxide therapy increases blood nitrite, nitrate, and s-nitrosohemoglobin concentrations in infants with pulmonary hypertension.
Inhaled nitric oxide, right ventricular efficiency, and pulmonary vascular mechanics: selective vasodilation of small pulmonary vessels during hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
Intermittent hypoxia during recovery from neonatal hyperoxic lung injury causes long-term impairment of alveolar development: A new rat model of BPD.
Interventricular septal configuration at mr imaging and pulmonary arterial pressure in pulmonary hypertension.
Intraoperative use of inhaled PGI(2) for acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.
Intrapulmonary Milrinone for Cardiac Surgery Provides Insight Into Precision Delivery of Aerosolized Vasodilators.
Late "adult form" scimitar syndrome presenting with "infant form" complications.
Long Noncoding RNA MANTIS Facilitates Endothelial Angiogenic Function.
Long-term effects of inhaled treprostinil in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: the Treprostinil Sodium Inhalation Used in the Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (TRIUMPH) study open-label extension.
Longitudinal follow up of elevated pulmonary artery pressures in children with sickle cell disease.
Longterm survival among patients with scleroderma-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with intravenous epoprostenol.
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Lung EC-SOD overexpression attenuates hypoxic induction of Egr-1 and chronic hypoxic pulmonary vascular remodeling.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Prognostic Evaluation of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Magnetic resonance imaging-derived parameter of portal flow predicts volume-mediated pulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates.
Management of systemic and pulmonary hypertension.
Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease.
Medical therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Methodology and grading for pulmonary hypertension evidence review and guideline development.
Milrinone improves pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular function in chronic pulmonary hypertension.
Molecular and functional mechanisms of right ventricular adaptation in chronic pulmonary hypertension.
Multiple Clustered Dermatofibromas Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Nebulized prostacyclin for pulmonary hypertension: a step in the right direction.
Neonatal and pediatric respiratory care: what does the future hold?
Nitric oxide improves transpulmonary vascular mechanics but does not change intrinsic right ventricular contractility in an acute respiratory distress syndrome model with permissive hypercapnia.
Novel Goal-Directed Hemodynamic Optimization Therapy Based on Major Vasopressor during Corrective Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pilot Study.
One-and-done: Do left ventricular assist device patients on the transplant list really need frequent right heart catheterization assessments for pulmonary hypertension?
Oral treprostinil for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients on background endothelin receptor antagonist and/or phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor therapy (the FREEDOM-C study): a randomized controlled trial.
Oral treprostinil for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients receiving background endothelin receptor antagonist and phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor therapy (the FREEDOM-C2 study): a randomized controlled trial.
PDE5A inhibitor treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension after mechanical circulatory support.
Paradoxical cerebral arterial embolization of cement during intraoperative vertebroplasty: case report.
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pediatric postoperative cardiac care.
Percutaneous edge-to-edge leaflet repair: a solution to the risk-treatment paradox of mitral regurgitation complicated by pulmonary hypertension?
Persistent tricuspid regurgitation and its predictor in adults after percutaneous and isolated surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defect.
Pharmacokinetics of oral treprostinil sustained release tablets during chronic administration to patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pharmacologic management of perioperative pulmonary hypertension.
Pharmacological strategies for improving diastolic dysfunction in the setting of chronic pulmonary hypertension.
Physiologic and pathologic responses of the pulmonary circulation to high flow shunts.
Placenta growth factor in sickle cell disease: association with hemolysis and inflammation.
Portopulmonary Hypertension and Liver Transplant: Recent Review of the Literature.
Portopulmonary hypertension and the liver transplant candidate.
Prevalence and risk factors of elevated pulmonary artery pressures in children with sickle cell disease.
Primary pulmonary hypertension in families with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Prospective evaluation of pulmonary artery pressures during pulmonary angiography performed with low-osmolar nonionic contrast media.
Prospective evaluation of risk of protamine reactions in patients with NPH insulin-dependent diabetes.
Protection against platelet-activating factor-induced injury by interferon inducer in perfused rabbit lung.
Protection of perfused lung from oxidant injury by inhibitors of anion exchange.
Pulmonary Delivery of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Gases.
Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study.
Pulmonary Hypertension in the Era of Mechanical Circulatory Support.
Pulmonary artery hypertension and sleep-disordered breathing: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure augments right ventricular pulsatile loading.
Pulmonary cholesterol granulomas in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension: chest radiographic and CT findings.
Pulmonary hemodynamics and blood flow characteristics in chronic pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary hypertension and elevated transpulmonary gradient in patients with mitral stenosis.
Pulmonary hypertension and long-term mortality in aortic and mitral regurgitation.
Pulmonary hypertension and nitric oxide depletion in sickle cell disease.
Pulmonary hypertension and other potentially fatal pulmonary complications in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Pulmonary hypertension and risk of death in cardiomyopathy: patients with myocarditis are at higher risk.
Pulmonary hypertension and sleep apnea.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with portal hypertension in a child with Williams syndrome--a case report.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with sickle cell disease: clinical and laboratory endpoints and disease outcomes.
Pulmonary hypertension in glycogen storage disease type I.
Pulmonary hypertension in hemophilia.
Pulmonary hypertension secondary to serum hyperviscosity in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Pulmonary vascular impedance analysis of adaptation to chronically elevated blood flow in the awake dog.
Pulmonary vascular impedance and recipient chronic pulmonary hypertension following cardiac transplantation.
Pulmonary vascularity: radiographic considerations.
Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic findings in total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage to the coronary sinus.
Radiographic analysis of pulmonary vascular distribution: a review.
Radiographic findings in pulmonary hypertension from unresolved embolism.
Randomized study of adding inhaled iloprost to existing bosentan in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Redistribution of pulmonary blood flow secondary to pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Reduction of chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in the rat by beta-aminopropionitrile.
Relation between pulmonary artery pressure and mitral stenosis severity in patients undergoing balloon mitral commissurotomy.
Reply: Practice guideline for pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell: direct evidence needed before universal adoption.
Respiratory syncytial virus morbidity and mortality estimates in congenital heart disease patients: a recent experience.
Response to inhaled nitric oxide predicts survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Reversible pulmonary hypertension in POEMS syndrome--another etiology of triggered pulmonary vasculopathy?
Right Ventricular Function in Left Heart Disease.
Right ventricular dysfunction after cardiac transplantation: primarily related to status of donor heart.
Right ventricular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Right-sided heart catheterization: de rigueur in sarcoidosis?
Risk factors for immersion pulmonary edema: hyperoxia does not attenuate pulmonary hypertension associated with cold water-immersed prone exercise at 4.7 ATA.
Risk stratification in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Role of hypoxia in development of pulmonary hypertension.
S-nitrosothiol repletion by an inhaled gas regulates pulmonary function.
Safety and Tolerability of High-dose Inhaled Treprostinil in Pulmonary Hypertension.
Safety and efficacy of IV treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a prospective, multicenter, open-label, 12-week trial.
Safety of sildenafil in infants*.
Screening, early detection, and diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Segmentation and quantification of pulmonary artery for noninvasive CT assessment of sickle cell secondary pulmonary hypertension.
Selective endothelin A receptor antagonism with sitaxsentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue disease.
Severe erythroderma as a complication of continuous epoprostenol therapy.
Severe pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Sildenafil and retinopathy of prematurity risk in very low birth weight infants.
Sildenafil improves walk distance in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Sitaxsentan therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Staging classification of aortic stenosis based on the extent of cardiac damage.
Successful use of chronic epoprostenol as a bridge to liver transplantation in severe portopulmonary hypertension.
Surgical treatments/interventions for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
TRPV4 channel contributes to serotonin-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction and the enhanced vascular reactivity in chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension.
The 6-min walk test (6MW) as an efficacy endpoint in pulmonary arterial hypertension clinical trials: demonstration of a ceiling effect.
The coexistence of portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome.
The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease.
The early outcomes of candidates with portopulmonary hypertension after liver transplantation.
The effect of calcium antagonists on hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in the piglet.
The impact of pulmonary hypertension on morbidity and mortality following major lung resection.
The pulmonary arterial hypertension quality enhancement research initiative: comparison of patients with idiopathic PAH to patients with systemic sclerosis-associated PAH.
The response to inhaled nitric oxide in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension is not masked by baseline vasodilator use.
The role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in the development of pulmonary hypertension in chronically hypoxic infant swine.
Thrombospondin-1 gene polymorphism is associated with estimated pulmonary artery pressure in patients with sickle cell anemia.
Transpulmonary flux of S-nitrosothiols and pulmonary vasodilation during nitric oxide inhalation: role of transport.
Treatment-related biomarkers in pulmonary hypertension.
Treatments for pulmonary artery hypertension: show me the outcome!
Trends and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension listed for orthotopic heart transplantation in the United States.
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced lung injury and its modulation by synthetic polynucleotide: a physiologic-morphometric analysis.
Two Cases of Late Shone Syndrome With Pulmonary Hypertension: Heart-Lung Transplant or Valve Surgery?
Two-dimensional and Doppler-echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization correlates of survival in primary pulmonary hypertension.
Two-dimensional echocardiography.
Updated evidence-based treatment algorithm in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Upregulation of osmo-mechanosensitive TRPV4 channel facilitates chronic hypoxia-induced myogenic tone and pulmonary hypertension.
Use of aerosolized inhaled epoprostenol in the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension.
Use of aprotinin in pediatric lung transplantation.
Use of outcome measures in pulmonary hypertension clinical trials.
Use of stellate ganglion blocks for chronic chest pain associated with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Validation of the obesity surgery mortality risk score in a multicenter study proves it stratifies mortality risk in patients undergoing gastric bypass for morbid obesity.
Vascular remodeling--the emerging paradigm of programmed cell death (apoptosis): the Francis B. Parker lectureship.
Venous and arterial changes in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, mitral stenosis and fibrosing mediastinitis.
Volume-mediated pulmonary responses in liver transplant candidates.
Worsening pulmonary hypertension after resection of arteriovenous fistula.
Bradford, William Dalton, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
Gunn, Michael Dee, Professor of Medicine, Immunology
Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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Q: Use plpython in PostgreSQL13 function to connect pymssql error I want to use plpython in postgresql's function. I installed Python3.9 and configured the path and some other configations, and I copied the python's dll into the pg directory (my server is windows server 2019, my pg is pg13), and I created the plpython3u language.
I tried some simple script to test plpython3u, everything looks so fine. In fact, I want to connect to mssql to synchronize data between pg and sqlserver, so I installed pymssql package by pip command.
I can successfullly create the function, but cannot call it normally. Below is my script:
create or replace function public._py_sync_mspg()
  returns bigint
  language plpython3u
  cost 100
  volatile
as $body$
import pymssql
conn = pymssql.connect('mssql host', 'ms user', 'mssql password', "database")
cursor = conn.cursor(as_dict=True)

cursor.execute('select fitemid,fname from t_empl_detail where fname=%s', 'someone')
for row in cursor:
    print("ID=%d, Name=%s" % (row['fitemid'], row['fname']))

conn.close()
$body$;

alter function public._py_sync_mspg()
    owner to postgres;

I can create the function, But I can not call the function!
Below is the error message:

The application has lost the database connection: ⁃ If the connection
was idle it may have been forcibly disconnected. ⁃ The application
server or database server may have been restarted. ⁃ The user session
may have timed out. Do you want to continue and establish a new
session?

Below is the error captured image:
the error capture
I ever encountered the error for could not load some dll, I solved it. I ever thought that the import clause could not be used, I tried import os, that's ok. Now the current error completely stopped my hope to connect to SQLServer.
What's wrong?
Waiting for your help, thanks very much.

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Possible to change the background of a ribbon button?
Posted 10 years ago by Derek Smithson - Software Developer, Vista Systems, Corp.
Is it possible to set a background color of a ribbon button? Setting the 'Background' property of the button didn't appear to have any effect, and I didn't see any other obvious values that would work for my purposes.
I have an application that needs a save button in the ribbon to blink whenever a save is required. Certainly open to any ideas that would allow me to accomplish this. Thanks in advance for the help.
We'll update our control templates to use the Background property when not hovered or pressed. This should be in the next maintenance release.
Sweet! Thanks for the help!
I'd really like to see this as well. For some extra flexibility, perhaps you could expose resource keys for the background, inner and outer border brushes for the button's "normal" state and just default them to Transparent. That would allow us to add proper background "chrome" to those buttons when used outside of the ribbon, simply by adding some brushes to our application resources.


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Lancashire Cricket to offer 5,000 tickets to NHS staff
The Club will offer tickets to NHS staff for a Vitality Blast match this season a gesture of support for their ongoing heroic efforts
Lancashire Cricket has committed to offering up to 5,000 tickets to NHS staff to a Vitality Blast match this season at Emirates Old Trafford as a gesture of support for their ongoing heroic efforts in the fight against Coronavirus.
The Club will offer NHS workers the opportunity to attend a game with their families, with dates to be confirmed once the cricket schedule has been finalised.
Details on how to redeem tickets will be confirmed in due course after the announcement of the schedule.
It is the first of the Club's commitments to honour and thank those fighting on the front line to keep our Members, supporters, staff and stakeholders safe.
Lancashire Cricket Chief Executive, Daniel Gidney, said: "This is a small token of our appreciation towards those who are doing themselves, the NHS and the whole country proud in fighting this disease.
"Cricket takes a seat on the backburner at this moment in time for obvious reasons, but we hope to be able to provide some entertainment for those who have worked heroically during a national health crisis.
"The greatest way we can continue to support the NHS at this time, however, is to continue to follow the Government advice on good hygiene and social distancing. Stay home and save lives.
"We stand with all of our colleagues in the NHS at the most difficult of times and continue to wish everyone good health during this ongoing period."
Brian Booth Obituary (1935-2020)
International tickets at Emirates Old Trafford on general sale
Douglas Cameron Obituary
Priority Registration opens for Roses Vitality Blast fixture

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St Austell Running Club's men's team had a third-place finish in the second round of the Cornwall Glass and Glazing Grand Prix.
More than 80 runners from the club headed to a bitterly cold Newquay Sports Centre early on Sunday morning.
Simon Williams (13th), James Cutlan (15th), Dan Alsop (16th), Jamie Masters (18th), Tim Adams (33rd) and Paul Stevens (44th) all qualified for the team.
There were also second-placed age category prizes for Simon Williams, Nigel Rapson and Iain Walker.
Full results of St Austell Running Club runners: Simon Williams (35.48), James Cutlan (36.21), Dan Alsop (36.26), Jamie Masters (36.30), Tim Adams (37.44), Paul Stevens (38.59), Brett Jackson (39.44), Alan Giles (40.22), Rich Shirley (41.08), Jessica Buscombe (41.15), Mike Greer (41.49), Steve Reid (41.56), Paul Johnson (43.01), Rob Wallbank (43.09), Nigel Rapson (43.33), Harry Houlding (43.38), Andy Chase (44.35), Iain Walker (44.38), Kerry Sweet (44.42), Mark Knight (44.57), Tony Morris (46.08), Steve Gardiner (46.30), Darren Vicary (46.33), Dan Bray (47.20), Andrew Jay (48.16), Barry Russell (48.18), Chris Marriott (48.20), Ross Lawry (49.06), Patrick Haynes (49.55), Ira Griffiths (50.04), Taryn Montgomery-Smith (50.32), Fay Gilbert (51.10), Jo Skyba (51.19), Karl Walker (51.19), Martin Trethewey (51.19), Sue Floyd-Norris (51.25), Marie Ferris (52.16), Jo Collins (52.18), Melissa Rowe (52.23), Andrew Lucas (52.28), Claire Budge (53.28), Charlie Trethewey (53.32), Gareth Rowett (53.35), Laura Highland (53.40), Debbie Marshall (53.57), Nicola Bertho (54.00), Claudia Hafford-Tear (54.29), Nigel Marshall (54.40), Holly Payne (54.53), Georgina Speake (55.17), Katie Davey (55.23), Helen Stuthridge (55.26), Megan Leyland (57.03), Mick Cutlan (57.14), Lesley Pothecary (57.19), Lynsdey Retallick (57.19), Rachel Waters (57.58), Paula Viera (58.08), Jean Cutlan (58.59), Alison Loosley (59.11), Miranda Greer (59.12), Jennie James (59.30), Andrew Budge (59.31), Richard Tonkins (59.35), Dave Hampton (1.00.04), Tim Cutlan (1.00.08), Jacqui Martin (1.01.10), Lisa Rowe (1.01.12), Kate Smith (1.01.45), Gennara Iaconianni (1.02.12), Michelle Dudley (1.02.17), Jodie Roycroft (1.03.16), Daniella Walker (1.04.35), Tami Best (1.04.35), Andrew Mclean (1.05.51), Kay Prescott (1.06.27), Rachel Brennan (1.09.04), Sam Ewart (1.09.42), Christine Todd (1.09.49), Mandy Blight (1.11.24), David Ralls (1.13.57), Susan Trudgeon (1.14.33), Liz Wyatt (1.15.29), Sharon Webber (1.17.56).
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And just like that – it's Friday! If you're reading this prior to 11AM US Eastern Time/5PM Central European time – then don't miss out on my YouTube Livestream today (Friday) with GPLama and DesFit – here to answer all your sports tech questions.
But, on to the round-up for the last 24 hours. Oh, and I was going to include the Apple Watch ECG features in this, but still having some challenges with my US-account tied unit getting it to work. So more on that later.
Going forward into next year, Interbike will be canceled for 2019. The organization says it may make a comeback in 2020 in a different format, but not for next year. In a detailed piece with Bicycle Retailer, the organization noted that the decision was made after taking feedback from the industry following this September's show in Reno (a move from Las Vegas). A core reason cited by the industry was that it needed to be more cost efficient with the entire event being less expensive for retailers especially.
They also noted that with the rise of bike-company specific events, there was simply less money to go around to travel to more bike shows. That's, of course, a reference to many of the big bike brands (such as Trek) hosting their own events and inviting bike shops to travel to them. While these events no doubt provide for a more direct and intimate event for that bike brand, they come at the cost of retailers being unable to attend larger industry events. But more on that in a second.
I'm actually somewhat surprised by the decision to cancel next year. While it's no secret that most were concerned going into Interbike this year, I'd argue that most people were actually really happy with how Interbike went off this year in its new home. I thought the Outdoor Demo venue was fantastic (minor first time-locale issues aside). There was something for everyone and the scenery was stunning. It was awesome.
The main convention center was also great in that it was super easy to access and didn't require going through massive Casino's or even paying for parking. Quick and efficient, and only like 2 minutes from the airport. I will say that having the venues separated by so far was a bit of a pain, but the structure made it work out so that it mostly didn't matter to people. Food trucks outside was also awesome.
Now while there were fewer vendors this year, people seemed pretty excited to be in a refreshed location – and as a result I expect we would have seen an uptick in registrations for next year. At this point though it'd have been too soon to really see that, since the show was too fresh. For example, I know some trainer brands, like Elite, had initially not planned to do Interbike 2018 this past fall, and then decided at the last minute to get a show booth.
But back to a key point here: Lack of major brands.
Companies like Trek, Specialized, Cervelo and many other bike brands aren't there. Well, actually, they are. Virtually all of these companies send employees to the show – either under the bike brands name, or simply under various other names. That means that these companies are there conducting business, but aren't actually truly supporting the event as a legit exhibitor. So when a retailer looks at an exhibitor list, they won't find these companies on it – even if those companies are actually present.
Mind you, this is hardly limited to the biggies either. Nor is it limited to Interbike. It's common for companies of all sizes to skip exhibitor space in favor of side meetings in hallways or dedicated hotel suites just offsite (or even onsite). This is often driven by cost, due to an event's exhibitor space simply being too pricey to justify. Though, I haven't heard that to be a major driver in the case of Interbike specifically (whereas in the case of CES, it most definitely is).
Finally, the last bit of trouble for Interbike was the explosive growth of Sea Otter as a key industry meeting place (which takes place in April). That show has become popular not just with industry, but consumers alike. It bills itself as a cycling festival that happens to have an industry/conference component. And that's definitely true. It's no-doubt festival first (which is why everyone enjoys it). But that also means that it's actually not a great place for industry and behind closed door meetings. Virtually all booths are open-air tents that water and wind easily penetrate. Nor are there great spots for private conversations. This isn't a knock on Sea Otter, but rather making it clear that it's not really a good replacement for Interbike – at least in its current form.
In any case – I'll be bummed to miss going to Reno/Tahoe again next year, if for no other reason than the riding and hiking itself. Awesome spot for it. But I'm hoping that Interbike will be able to figure out in 2020 an event time and locale that works better for the industry. And I'm hoping the industry itself remembers that if they want an event to succeed, it's gotta be diverse and include players big and small.
It's been an interesting few weeks for Strava, and this time they didn't even do anything to get themselves in trouble. Instead, it's been other companies innovating around them that I'd hope is causing someone there to re-think what a product roadmap is. First, we had Specialized last week announce a new group-ride planning and tracking app (that's free, btw), and then today we've got Zwift announcing a significant increase of social features in their companion app. Both of these moves are squarely aimed at Strava – even if all companies pretend they're still friends (which they will of course).
– New post-activity analytics including graphs on speed/power/heart rate. Runners also get running splits.
So, all but the bottom three are direct competes with Strava. It can't get any more Strava than that. Again, I'm sure Zwift would say they're not competing with Strava, blah, blah, blah. But ultimately, they are. People are absolutely deciding where to spend that monthly sports platform 'allowance', and if they realize that they can get much of the same experience in Zwift, why spend more for Strava?
Of course, as it sits today I wouldn't say that Zwift's new companion app features are a replacement for Strava's. As of today Zwift doesn't account for outdoor workouts off the platform (something that competitor TrainerRoad does however), and Zwift doesn't account for other sport types like skiing or swimming. And, and, and. Lots of reasons. But ultimately, you can't boil the ocean overnight, and Zwift has piles of money to throw at these sorts of things.
The new analytics feeds are another example of that – with more detail than before. Again, Strava has more detail than this today, but these sorts of metrics are trivial to expand upon. We've seen more training platforms do something like this, the key here is making it more and more social.
Now some of you might ask how's this any different than Polar, Garmin, or Suunto and their activity feeds with similar functionality. Does that compete with Strava? Of course it does. Many of you have stated exactly that. You've noted that you get 'good enough' analytics from those companies, and that you just use Strava for cross-device social elements. Which…is exactly that Zwift is aiming for here.
Now, some would say to use ZwiftPower for some of this – and I think ZwiftPower is doing cool stuff. But ultimately I think it's a huge mistake for Zwift to half-load some of that to a 3rd party platform. Zwift should be putting in place an API that allows 3rd parties to do things within an approved framework (be it better organization, managing results, etc…). But fundamentally the end-state results of who placed where and whether someone was DQ'd should absolutely reside on Zwift.
Trying to say that an athlete has to go to a 3rd party site to find out where they actually placed is frankly the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Can you imagine if Ironman or the Tour de France did that? That's nuts. Yet, that's actually what happens today.
Again, some will probably get all upset and misunderstand me: I'm not saying do away with ZwiftPower. In fact, I'm saying the opposite: Give them more power, but do it through actual legit API's. Make it truly above-board. But also don't force users there. Heck, the above screenshot even shows the confusion itself. It notes some 33,000 registered riders. Yet Zwift stated just yesterday that they have 500,000 registered riders (note: Definitely not active, but that's fine, we're comparing registered to registered here). So, only 6% of Zwifters know about this 3rd party site.
Races should have specified organizers within the Zwift platform, and that organizer (an actual person, not an uncontactable bot) should be making DQ decisions. If a racer wants to appeal that decision, then it should be to the specified organizer of that event. All of which should be tracked within Zwift. That takes Zwift out of the feedback loop, but also keeps racers within the platform for final results. Again, there's tons of ways 3rd party platforms could do incredibly cool analytics (à la Dimension Data for the TdF), but ultimately the final results are always within Zwift.
This isn't really practical or scalable. Even if looking at a typical cycling or tri team, you might have hundreds of registered members, of which only a portion will attend. It's limited to 50 people as well. So you manage to go in and manually invite 50 people, and of course only 10 of them show up. Ideally this would simply be an event with a URL I could post somewhere else, or subscribe to a concept of teams or groups within the app. I'd love to be able to publish a URL to Twitter or such for people to join up.
Again, they'll get there – the whole boil the ocean thing at play. Anyway, interesting stuff from Zwift for sure.
And don't forget about the DCR Livestream coming up in a few hours here! Update: Stream's over, but you can watch the whole thing on replay below! Note: The audio is less than ideal until about the 8-minute marker, then our brainpower figures it out. Enjoy!
With that – have a great weekend ahead!
I bailed on Zwift…$15/mth is too much considering the level of riding I do on it…maybe 2-3 times a month. I was on for its Virtual World and…well that is it. Patiently waiting on the Yearly App update.
Hopefully Zwift doing its own social thing might just stop my Strava feed just being a constant list of friend's warm ups and zwifting (complete with the same repetitive screenshots) as it seems to be at this time of year!
It's called Stravini, and you filter out all that Zwift crap.
Ooh, thanks. Added, much better now!
Come late March, when the weather is tolerable (if still unpredictable) here in DC I'll stop using Zwift until next November, and go back to my main platform being Strava. I think that says a lot… Zwift is pretty much all indoor and its super cool, but Strava is where the meat and potatoes of my data and info get sorted and stored. The other great thing, as mentioned in the piece, is that Strava is very cross-platform and it simply works. I do a run, a ride, a row, and my information and data are there when I settle back at home afterward. The interface is clean and can I view it easily on my phone or computer (which I use more than anything, shock, and horror!). Zwift's encroachment and its new features will be fun, but not everyone Zwifts, and not everyone wants to pay for it either. I can get a lot out of free Strava if I want (but I do use the paid). What I am hoping from all this is that it pushes Strava to innovate more quickly, (Why can't I get an easy yearly total of miles from ALL activities? Why are endurance sports other than running, swimming, and cycling given only cursory support?) What comes next will be interesting indeed!
Try VeloViewer if you want to get more stats from your Strava data. It makes it a lot easier to get annual totals, and compare with previous years etc.
I just bailed on Zwift due to the $15/mth (up from $10). I travel too much and only use it 2-3 times a month and liked for its Virtual World and….not much else. Patiently waiting on Ray's app review to try something new.
The real value of Zwift for me is the ability to tolerate longer indoor rides. Make that ANY length indoor ride. I'm happy to pay the monthly for that. The social aspects of ALL the apps and sites isn't of interest to me while training metrics are. The product that brings that all together is going to be where I'll head.
What you are describing with Interbike is happening across different industries: the largest car show happens in Geneva and a number of top brands have pulled out. They want consumers to see their cars, not industry participants. On the other hand something like the Goodwood Revival and Goodwood Festival of Speed is absolutely booming. These are themed events (you really should take a look at them, amazing!) where manufacturers tag on, rather than the other way around.
It is the future, where consumers want to have fun and purchase not through hard and captive sale channels!
In more Zwift news, British Cycling have announced an e-racing national championship in partnership with them. I wonder what the rules will say about when you're allowed to wear that national champs jersey?
Too bad for Interbike. I wonder, is Eurobike in danger too???
No, Eurobike has the opposite problem – it's hard getting an exhibitor spot there.
Why is Eurobike successful when Interbike is not?
B) Eurobike comes before Interbike in the calendar, generally by about 2 weeks, which means that many (most?) international companies will launch products there as opposed to Interbike. So there's less of a reason for press to go to Interbike to hear about new things if they're already announced.
C) Eurobike has traditionally had a consumer day, though, not this past year. I haven't looked if it'll come back next year or not.
D) Eurobike is in a better place for cycling than Interbike has historically been. Reno/Tahoe wasn't bad (Vegas proper was mostly horrible), but it's still nothing like Eurobike's locale. It makes riding central to the event for many things.
E) I'm sure there's plenty more if I thought about it, but it's time to find lunch. I think item #B with a sidedish of #A are the most critical.
I've also bailed on Strava recently for the similar above reasons. Cost increase and not being interested in social side.
I use indoor cycling to train, not to chit chat. So the Sufferfest has come to my rescue, good training program, and very cycling focused. Looks dated at times, but a big update is due to drop soon.
Zwift news, and no mentioning of their buying Milestone?
Just to quibble a bit about the Zwift results aggregation figures: in that Tour of New York event you did, there appear to have been 624 riders (I assume the app only shows finisher numbers, not all signups). In ZwiftPower that same event shows 213 finishers. So (based on a sample size of 1 event!), I'd say at least 1/3 of Zwifters *who participate in events* know about the site. Probably more, but many choose not to share their results with the 3rd party. And the "fondo" type event probably has less crossover; I'm sure the high-level races have much higher registration. And of course many of the 500,000 registered Zwifters may never sign up for an event (and may not even ride that often!). I agree at some point Zwift will need to own "official" results themselves, but for now I am happy going to ZwiftPower especially for some of the fun and detailed metrics they track.
Sure, but it's silly to have a 3rd party app supposedly DQ people when the core results remain on Zwift itself. Thus, you have two set of results, and therefor two winners?
Product roadmap, it's more like they've been on the side of the road, fixing an perpetual flat. They've never cared about their clients, only ways to get more users. I was a Premium member for 3 years, then realized, that I was wasting my money. I moved those dollars to RidewithGPS, which is a much better cycling activity tracker. And they, are always improving their site, unlike Strava.
Strava app only shows time in power zones which I've always found odd.
Zwift app also allows you to drag over the ride graph and see data for that point in time.
The issue WRT to results is that Zwift has refused to do anything WRT to DQ'ing people. Effectively saying that they don't want to prevent a paying subscriber from doing something etc etc.
ZwiftPower evolved to perform this function. It might be better if Zwift did it directly. But at least until now they have refused to do so.
The introduction of results into the companion app may have the result that more race organizers have their events configured to not display Zwift results. The only place results will be displayed will be on ZwiftPower. This has some mild side effects that make racing less pleasant, you don't see your position in the race or the number of participants. That is why not all organizers have not already disabled it.
Registration at ZwiftPower is directly proportional to the amount of racing someone does and at what level they are doing it. The proportion of A and B riders that are registered is much higher than C or D. The overall proportion of registered riders is higher for the competitive events (e.g. KISS Europe) than for the smaller events (WBR short races intended mostly for introducing people to racing). The proportion of riders registered drops dramatically for the large "featured" races, e.g. GCN, when a lot of new people get incentivized to jump in.
Yeah, I guess I'm not entirely understanding why ZwiftPower has to be separate. In some ways, it'd be attractive acquisition of concept/functionality.
The challenge I see is that Zwift has been waving the 'eSports is everything' flag for a while. Be it at the IOC (for 2028 exhibition inclusion) or UCI (for obvious reasons), and most recently this week at British Cycling. But all of that sidesteps the really stupid-simple questions about how races should be managed.
But ultimately, I don't understand why the core of results should ever be outside of Zwift. I think Zwift should allow (like Strava) a strong API that encourages cool analytics, etc… But using Strava as an example, your actual results remain the same in Strava no matter what analytics a platform does on them off-Strava. Same should apply to Zwift.
I'll agree to disagree. While it would be nice if Zwift did a better job of it, managing DQ's, etc, it is reasonably obvious that they don't want to perform that role at this point.
Second, for better or worse, ZwiftPower is small and flexible, that means that a lot of experimentation can take place quickly as a result of the racing communities feedback. This is good for everyone including Zwift, but unlikely to be possible if it had to be a managed process within Zwift.
The ZwiftPower Opt-in rate as a percentage is very high for what you might call serious Zwift racers.
In a high-end race (e.g. KISS Europe) it is 90% or higher for the A and B top 10.
Currently, the number of opted-in riders sits at 34,000, and that is increasing by about 1000 every three to four days.
Coincidentally as I type this I am listening to your DC Rainmaker Live Q&A w/GPLama & DesFit, as you discuss and promote some single dev apps. So I know that you appreciate what small independent developers can do and are doing.
You should review what ZwiftPower is doing, to see where they are at.
For those of us who are becoming what Greg Leo calls Indoor Specialists, ZwiftPower is starting to be the daily review instead of TrainingPeaks and definitely of (far) more interest than Strava.
Yup, but I think using the example of TP and Strava, that's correct – that's what I want ZPower to be for Zwift.
But in that example, the underlying data from the source (Zwift) doesn't change on those platforms. It's sliced and diced and analyzed, but fundamentally if you rode 50 miles, you still rode 50 miles.
My point is that Zwift needs to both better control the end-data (results), but also give empowerment to 3rd party apps to manage results within the platform, and then analyze the data to their hearts content off platform. IMHO, there should *never* be a case where someone competes within the Zwift app, and it shows 1st place there, but DQ somewhere else. That should all be one cohesive engine. What I'm saying is that a race organizer (whowever organized that event), should be able to DQ a person witihn the Zwift platform/engine. Thus, the results always match. When you join a race, you fall under the rules of that race.
In other words, just like real life.
GDPR rather killed off ZwiftPower as a truly useful resource for me. I used to check it for who I ran or roder with in group runs & rides (as well as races) but now it is just the minority that have signed to up it as GDPR prevents showing data for people who have not signed up. As mentioned, race results where less than half the people you raced are listed is somewhat unsatisfactory to say the least! Presume if ZwiftPower was "owned" by Zwift the GDPR problems largely go away. After all IRL you cannot enter a race and opt not to be in the results. Well none I have ever been in.
Zwift does provide a private API for ZwiftPower to use to get race and power data. Zwift could extend that API to allow ZwiftPower to push back DQ information. That would be the simplest solution, and not difficult to implement if Zwift thinks it is important.
Couldn't agree more with this. This should have been a core feature when Zwift first rolled out. I'm sure they don't want the headaches of officiating results. Racing on zwift is what makes training fun. I look forward to my trainer sessions now.
I wish there was an alternative to Zwift that was strictly racing oriented without all the social cruft, running (what's the point?) and the garish UI.
there was so much echo that the conversation was difficult to follow.
Yeah, we got most of it figured out around the 8 minute marker – it's much better after that.
Totally agree with you Ray on Zwift and race results. I am registered for Zwiftpower and, like you, think it is great. BUT the hugely annoying thing is that loads of people in the race aren't registered with ZP and so the results – which only list those in the race who are registered – are meaningless. This has been made worse by GDPR as data can't be used without people expressly consent. The answer is simple. ZWIFT needs a rule that you can't race unless you consent to your data being used in the results. Then they can publish a proper results list.
To be clear, I am pretty average and finish well down the field. But it is really irritating to be shown as coming 4th on ZP when I know full well that I was more like 17th…. it detracts from the experience of having a RACE.
Why can't we get a real iPad companion app?
Not sure how Zwift can compete with Strava as they aim at two different markets which for me can over lap in the winter. So this week I will do two zwift days and two outdoor ones.
Zwift is excellent which is why I will pay for the winter but then disappear until November.
Maybe I'm a crazy, but I think Zwift's Companion App is now vastly superior to Strava's iOS for reviewing cycling data – it's almost like Zwift took the best features of Strava's website and made it an effective mobile experience. Strava needs to catch up!
When zwift made their choice of non linear flow I cancelled my premium subscription.
I think he means Strava & chronological order…….
With respect to Strava, why is their UI or CX so lacking and basic. I wanted to use it as a bike computer but there is no way to configure the display. Only average speed is available, not current speed, for example. Users have commented on this for over 2 years now and nothing has changed!
I am really hoping this will spur Strava toward making improvements which users have been requesting for years.
For example, the list of people requesting a private chat feature is huge and ever-growing–so that people can view each other's rides and then suggest/arrange a future ride etc. without having to post their email address or cell # publicly as comments on the ride. Many times I meet someone on a ride and find their avg. speed and personalities are a match for mine; after the ride you say "Are you on Strava?" and if the answer is "yes" you can find them through the "rode with" feature on Strava. But then arranging a future ride with them becomes either a huge long list of public comments as you set it up; or someone having to post their info. Years of riders requesting something like this have been ignored by Strava repeatedly. And I'm aware that there are 3rd-party options for this, but that's no good unless everyone you want to ride with uses them. It should be integrated in the app/website. And this should be easy to add in but Strava keeps ignoring thousands of requests.
I think he means Strava & chronological flow…..
I enjoy riding but at my age there's a lot more trainer than road. Zwift suit me better than any other I've tried but I kinda need Strave for tracking. It doesn't look like the Zwift Companion isn't quite there yet but it's probably close enough for me. User interface could use a little work though, again, at least for me.
Strava's road to fame was all about segments and social timing comparisons. So, yes it "can be more Strava" than this. Even at the time Strava surfaced other companies provided better tools for ride analytics. If Zwift added segments (preferably a variety) then we wouldn't need to also upload rides to Strava.


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Four state councils set up to address minority concerns have been ineffective and should be fixed or dumped, according to Minnesota's legislative auditor.
The Pioneer Press reports that's the conclusion of Minnesota's legislative auditor, which reviewed four independent bodies created by the Legislature from 1963 to 1985 to advise the governor and Legislature and serve as liaisons to policymakers.
They include the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Chicano/Latino Affairs Council and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. The four were allocated about $3 million last year and are expected to spend more in the next two years. The councils employ 16 workers.
The Associated Press reports that the audit, released Friday, cites a lack of clear purposes for the councils, poor attendance at meetings, and poor communications between the councils and other organizations that serve minority groups. The audit offers four options for change, ranging from strengthening them to eliminating them.The legislative auditor suggested the councils could be closed or absorbed into existing state agencies.
"We identified six overarching problems: isolation from state policy making, lack of clear statutory purposes, inadequate identification of specific objectives and outcome measures, little substantive collaboration among the councils, untimely appointments and lack of attendance at council meetings, and poor communication with constituent organizations," Jim Nobles, the legislative auditor said in the report.
The Star Tribune called the report "harsh," noting that the audit found that they councils have lacked clear goals or power.
The response from the councils varied. The council for Asian-Pacific Minnesotans acknowledged the need for some improvement. The executive director of the Chicano-Latino councils welcomed at least some of the recommendations. But the directors of the councils for black and American Indian Minnesotans objected to the report.
"It traps the reader in a litany of revisionist history and the promotion of stereotypical rhetoric about African heritage people and other ethnic groups," wrote Edward McDonald, director of the Council on Black Minnesotans, who urged that the report not be released and said adoption of any its recommendations would be a disgrace.
Annamarie Hill, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, wrote that the auditor's office had "chosen to ignore the unique nature of the Council and the crucial role it plays in fostering and developing the government to government relationship between the State of Minnesota and the tribal governments within the state."
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The NSW Legislative Council is holding an inquiry into elder abuse. The TU argues in its submission that elder abuse is more than an action between two people with unequal power in a situation of trust. We argue that government policies and practices can also lead to elder abuse. We identify the forced re-location of social housing tenants from Millers Point in Sydney as elder abuse in this way.


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Joe Jonas got his start as the frontman for the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling group, Jonas Brothers, which quickly grew into one of the highest-grossing bands in music history.Beyond his career in music, Joe has appeared in guest-starring roles on TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" and The CW's "90210", and has earned his comedic bonafides with quick-witted posts to his nearly eight million social media followers.Recently, Joe made a name for himself in the fashion world, co-hosting Fashion Rocks Live and serving as a contributor for New York Magazine's The Cut, GQ and Nylon Guys.This summer, Joe will co-star in NBC's highly anticipated variety series, "I Can Do That," hosted by Marlon Wayans and co-starring Cheryl Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ciara, Jeff Dye and Alan Ritchson.Joe was born in Casa Grande, Arizona, to Denise (Miller), a teacher and singer, and Paul Kevin Jonas, a musician and former ordained minister. He has German, English, Scottish, Irish, Italian (from a great-grandfather), and French-Canadian ancestry.
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The majority of real estate investors recognize that purchasing a rental home, should it be a studio, a duplex, a triplex or a fourplex located in a very good community, is many times a dependable means to pull in additional income each month. While a handful of individuals are able to pay all cash to acquire their investment properties, there is also the option to obtain a rental property loan in Texas. However, if you are self-employed or have a poor credit score, it may be tough to get a standard bank to consent to funding your next investment. What's more, most banks have an approval process that is prolonged and time-consuming, which makes a fast closing nearly impossible. But getting a mortgage loan for a rental property isn't as stressful as you might believe.
Real estate investors, who are intending to buy a new investment rental property or wanting to refinance a current mortgage, can always approach private loan companies for a rental home loan in Texas. Instead of the person's income or credit score, these types of loans, which come with reduced durations of six months to three years and interest rates starting at 10%, tend to be determined by the particular home's capability to earn a reliable income, an outside valuation of the place, and in some circumstances, the person's understanding of property management. To put it briefly, the easy qualifying and fast closing Texas rental property loans from private loan providers will let you take full advantage of every worthwhile prospective real estate deal that comes your way.
Consider the situation of the independent realtor from South Carolina who got in touch with Read Rock Capital, wanting to purchase a single-family home using rental property financing. The nature of her profession, being self-employed, considerably reduced her chances of being approved for a bank loan, in spite of the fact she maintained a great credit score and was in a position to pay 30% towards the deposit. On the other hand, she knew that the opportunity was far too lucrative to miss out on. Once she contacted Read Rock Capital, the 30% down payment and a favorable rental market assessment worked to her benefit and helped her get the money she needed to finalize the deal successfully.
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Brian Rudman: Mayors must focus as they face execution
by Cameron Slater on April 14, 2009 at 3:37pm
Brian Rudman: Mayors must focus as they face execution – Constitutional experts have spent decades trying to hatch a constitutional structure for Fiji with spectacular lack of success. With Auckland, Prime Minister John Key and his advisers have tried the other approach, taking just two… [NZ Herald Politics]
Brian Rudman usually write trite socialist tosh. Today he has delivered a pearler and a message to the Mad Mayor, Brown Eye Bob and Aortic Len, get over yourselves.
You know that the government has got something right when Brian Rudman and my old man agree on something. On the Super-City plan they are in broad agreement. I am astonished and therefore must be of the belief that if these two old war horses can agree then it must be good.
Rudman actually visits the taudry tale that other media fails to grasp in that these failed outer-lying mayors are the architects of their own demise;
The doomed outer mayors are now pleading from death row for a last date with their executioner. I'm not surprised that Mr Banks, whose allies are in power, can't stop grinning, and that both he and regional council chairman Mike Lee are mocking them. They're smart enough to realise that if Mr Hide does go to meet the condemned tomorrow, it will be solely to measure them up for a swift end. We've had so many variations on this theme from the mayors – both present and past – that one last death cell revelation is not going to carry much weight.
The scariest suggestion was from Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey, who invoked the desire to bring in business leaders such as Deloitte chairman Nick Main to mediate. As ARC chairman Mike Lee so eruditely replied, "sounds like elitist bullshit to me Bob".
Mr Lee, was of course, the intended victim of the comic-book putsch against the regional council, Mr Harvey and a gaggle of mayors and shadowy big-business backers tried to engineer in 2006. As in pre-European times, Tamaki Makaurau is the land of a 1000 lovers, the rich lands that everyone wants to control, be it big businessmen, Wellington politicians or local mayors trying to protect their patches.
Rudman also provides a good history lesson for all from the 1989 commission report that the government ignored to the present day;
In more recent times, a flurry of reforms – often eccentric and usually with Mr Harvey's fingerprint nearby – have been proposed. In 2005, Mr Harvey called for a Lord Mayor of Auckland, based as some sort of ambassador in Wellington. A year later he actually sent a letter applying for the non-existent job to Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen.
By spring 2006, everyone was talking one city. In the background were businessmen like Stephen Tindall and Mr Main. With their encouragement, Mr Harvey and the then mayors of Auckland, Manukau and North Shore, produced a plan to replace the ARC with an all-powerful Greater Auckland Council. This GAC was to have direct government and possibly other outside appointees, guaranteed seats for the mayoral plotters, but contemplated having no directly elected councillors.
The mayors advised Government against a referendum on this because it would "slow the process down" and "would create uncertainty and could potentially derail the process …" The mayors argued "that speed and urgency is important as a means of overcoming pullback and resistance to change". So much for the present calls for consultation.
A week later and the attempted coup laughed out of court, Mr Harvey confessed to his fellow plotters, "last week we were roosters, today we're feather dusters". It's maybe unfair to link the other mayors with their predecessors' high jinks, but with Mr Harvey still playing a star role, is it any wonder people are no longer listening?
Cameron Slater
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Oscar Nominee Caleb Deschanel On 'Never Look Away': Connecting Emotion With Images, The Mystery Of Art & More
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Veteran cinematographer Caleb Deschanel last week scored his sixth Oscar nomination, for his work on Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Never Look Away, one of the three Foreign Language nominees that crossed into other key categories this year. Deschanel, a respected DP who has surprisingly never won the Academy Award, has such varied credits as Being There, The Black Stallion, The Right Stuff, The Natural, National Treasure, Killer Joe and The Passion Of The Christ. I caught up with him recently from London (where he's working on this year's The Lion King for Disney) to discuss his approach to Never Look Away, the mystery of creating art and connecting emotionally through images.
Never Look Away is inspired by the life of artist Gerhard Richter and premiered to much acclaim in Venice. It spans three eras of German history, centering on art student Kurt (Tom Schilling) who escapes post-war East Germany for the West with the love of his life (whose own family has a complex connection to Kurt's past), but remains tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and begins to create works that mirror his own fate and the traumas of a generation.
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Henckel von Donnersmarck contacted Deschanel even before writing the script. He tells me he said to the DP, "I know you pass on almost everything, but I just don't know who else could photograph this." He then recounted the full story, scene-by-scene, and Deschanel tells me he loved it. "I've never seen a movie that gets to the mystery of creating something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music or film and I think Florian really got to some sort of place that understands the universal camaraderie of the arts. There is this mystery of where these ideas come from."
Sony Pictures Classics is handling Never Look Away and had also released Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar winning The Lives Of Others. SPC Co-President Michael Barker says that when the filmmaker told them he had convinced Deschanel to shoot Never Look Away, "That sealed the deal for us." The film opened solidly this weekend in an exclusive engagement at New York's Paris Theater — which Barker notes is conveniently located near some of the city's major museums. It heads to Los Angeles on February 8 and then goes wider by February 22.
Henckel von Donnersmarck and Barker have something in common when it comes to Deschanel: Both cite Carroll Ballard's 1979 The Black Stallion as a pivotal point in their lives. The German filmmaker saw it at age 7 in New York "and it made me understand that cinematography can be Art. I remember sitting there… and actually feeling that these moving images on screen were every bit as great as the paintings my parents took me to see at MoMA." For Barker, "I remember when I first moved to New York from Texas, it was one of the first movies I saw and I was like 'Wow!' He's one of the greatest cinematographers in the world."
Because Never Look Away is the story of an artist, Deschanel says the filmmakers "wanted the movie to be in a way a canvas for the canvas of the paintings. It needed to be visual images that inspired the art and made you aware of all the emotions of these characters. It was a great team that gave us these things that really rose to the level that became something worth looking at."
Henckel von Donnersmarck believes part of Deschanel's secret is a particular admiration for actors. Deschanel responds, "The most important thing I do is observe them really carefully. One of the outcomes of doing a movie where you don't understand the language is you come to an understanding of how they express themselves. You are often the person closest to them and who gets to see what they're doing. I find it amazing. People talk about cinematography as making pretty pictures, but we get to be there when an actor does a performance that really astounds you and you know people will see that performance a year later and respond way you did, and it's exciting to get to be the first person to see the performance." He adds, "Elia Kazan says he spent his whole life reading emotion in photographs, but in reality that's what he did in his movies and his plays."
Deschanel also offers that great cinematography "is all storytelling" that "distills the visual images down to certain aspects of a story. There's lighting and camera moves, whether a close-up of an actor that enhances performances or helps express the emotion of that story. It's all part of what you do." He points to a scene in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. "Jack Nicholson is writing his novel and then his wife comes up and sees what he's writing over and over again and it's 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' There it is, a perfect way to describe what visual images do. You find the visual equivalent of expressing the insanity or joy or emotions of these characters."
Trial-and-error over time also helps to develop instincts, Deschanel says. Things begin "to bubble up to the surface and you end up creating something without feeling like you're responsible for it. When I'm at my best, I don't have any ego. You feel like it's coming from your subconscious or some other mysterious place so that you can be as excited about it as the audience that sees it later. There's something wonderful about that. Some parts sweep you away to the point that you don't think you worked on it because it's so complete. It's a combination of images and performances and music that all come together."
Deschanel praises Henckel von Donnersmarck who "really would get everything out of the performances that was in the script. He was there to make sure it got through. You look at the movie and everything is very clear, you understand. And yet at the end you have this wonderful sense of mystery about creativity and the creation of art. Very few get to that level."
The project did not come without its challenges, however, even for such a seasoned DP. There's a particular sequence towards the end of the film when Karl has a breakthrough creating photorealistic images. The scene also involves projectors and giant window shutters. It was "the most complex scene I've ever done in my life," says Deschanel. "I was really terrified doing it because I knew how difficult it would be. It sort of became just getting every last detail. You needed to get all the pieces that had to go together. Part of it was to get the performance from Tom and the progression of painting, using the episcope, drawing the images; it goes on and on — and it's a combination of that and Max Richter's score. Every time I see that scene, I become emotional. It really gets to me."
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Some time ago I published a recap of one of our internal development team meetings. And now I want to pick up that dropped ball again, and share with you the recap of our most recent team meeting.
The concern was raised that our Daily's main question "What did you learn?", which everyone answers during the meeting, is not really useful. It seems too narrow. In parts it was even perceived that we can only talk about what we learned with regards to our product and/or codebase.
So the question was raised again: What's the goal of our Daily Standup Meeting?
And the main answer to that was: Get together! In a Campfire-kind-of way.
As we're a distributed team, and it happens quite often, that several of the HQ-located team members are also working remotely, we want to see each other at least once a day. Because, while gifs are funny and great, they can't keep up with seeing the laughing face of your colleagues. Also, we want to get a more real sense what everyone is up to, what's keeping them busy and what's on their mind.
All of these questions are actually optional. We made it explicit that it's ok to talk about something completely different if that's what one wishes to do.
Additionally we keep the practice of everybody writing a more status-like message of what they achieved and worked on since the last Daily, in a specific HipChat room. It helps to keep the pure status-/progress updates out of the meeting. Which is a good thing.
We were "doing" Cognitive Bias of the Month since January, and wanted to reflect on how the format was working out for us.
Our most recent Cognitive Bias of the Month, which we chose via an anonymous vote, was the Sunk Cost Fallacy.
While we disagreed on what exactly didn't work out, some stated the Sunk Cost Fallacy didn't happen often enough in our daily work, while others said that we didn't talk about the bias often enough, and that this was the reason we didn't encounter it in our work.
Whatever the real reasons, we all agreed that we didn't get much out of it. Furthermore we agreed that it's good to know about our biases and educate ourselves about them, in order to make better decisions and communicate better.
Give the format one more try.
One person chooses a Bias in the hopes that a conscious choice in this case is better then a simple group vote.
One person will explicitly try to bring up the topic of the bias more often than before. Simply as a way to get more opportunities to talk about and reflect on the bias.


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Will Islamists Trump Democracy?
by John Price
https://www.investigativeproject.org/3833/will-islamists-trump-democracy
"Regime change, brought about by the Arab Spring, has emboldened Islamists in their quest to establish a Pan-Islamic caliphate, and govern under Islamic law."
The Arab Spring led to the overthrow of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, which unleashed the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Islamists in their quest to take control of the country. President Mohammed Morsi assumed office on June 30, 2012, supported by Islamists. His goal is to establish an Islamic state ruled under Sharia, the Islamic law. The ultraconservative Salafists also want to participate in the governing process.
More bloodshed in Egypt can be expected, since democracy in a Muslim society will be difficult to attain. The protesters have said they wanted 'change', which the U.S. interpreted as our form of democracy. In reality the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists both observe narrow tenets of early orthodox conservatives, which are not compatible with the tenets of democracy. The State Department has defended the regime change noting, "It was the process that matters, not the ideologies of those taking part," and that, "[We] trained and gave guidance to the Muslim Brotherhood and other fundamentalist candidates in the electioneering process."
The Muslim Brotherhood has since dominated daily life, expanding its grip on a society that had just rid itself of an autocratic ruler. What they got back instead was an Islamist who wants to institute Sharia, and create a Pan-Islamic caliphate among the Arab states. This could be a prescription for on-going destabilization in Egypt, and across the Maghreb and Sahel region. Democracy will not take hold in such an ultraconservative Islamic culture. Libya's President Mohammed Magerief is under pressure from Islamists, as he attempts to institute democratic governance, as is President Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, and King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists will continue to compete for control of the entire region. The U.S. has only a few friends in the Muslim community who trust us, and believe we are not at war with Islam. Most feel we have an inconsistent foreign policy toward Muslims and Islam in general.
With the Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Egypt, we lost a friend that maintained peace in a region, honoring the Israeli Peace Accord of 1979. The Muslim Brotherhood, formed in 1928, became intertwined in the 1960's with the Wahhabists in Saudi Arabia. Their influence today stretches across the Arabian Peninsula, including involvement in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Gaza Strip. President Morsi has already shown his disdain for Israel, by allowing Islamic extremists to become embedded in the Sinai Peninsula, which is a threat to Israel's security, in violation of the peace accord. Morsi's recent visit to Iran, sources say, has cemented a working relationship to underpin Hamas, which will continue to destabilize the region.
Egypt is not addressing the issues of unemployment, poverty, high food prices, and human rights abuses. Mohammed Morsi, who was democratically elected, promised a new beginning for the country. However in October the Washington Post wrote, "Egypt's Islamist revival most evident at the grass roots", noting that a "draft of Egypt's new constitution, which will replace the 1971 version used under Mubarak, was released last week." This version stipulated "that Islam is the religion of the state and that the principles of Islamic law are the primary source of legislation." If Morsi enforces such an edict, it will be the prelude of massive demonstrations by secularists and liberals.
President Obama and Secretary Clinton, in late November 2012, lauded President Morsi for helping to mediate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Bestowing praise on this Islamist only emboldened him to seek absolute control over the decision making process in Egypt, without the possibility of a challenge by the judiciary. Mohammed ElBaradei, a well-respected Egyptian reform leader, proffered, "Morsi today usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt's new pharaoh…a major blow to the revolution that could have dire consequences."
The U.S. support of the dissidents in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, in deposing dictators, only emboldened a new breed of Islamic extremists. The ultimate goal of these Islamists is to create Islamic states, not institute the unfamiliar tenets of freedom, rule of law, transparency or religious coexistence. Broader regional concerns are the Wahhabists who reject modern influences and the Salafists who follow the original tenets of Islam, both wanting to take the Arab countries back to the 12th century, when Sultan Saladin became the Sultan ruler of Egypt and Syria; led Muslim armies into battle with the Crusaders, taking control of Jerusalem.
After the Gaza ceasefire Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Badi', in a sermon, reportedly stated: "The Palestinian cause is most important…much blood has been spilled in the region, and this stream of blood will not stop as long as [Israel] continues usurping Palestinian land. The Muslim and Arab nation will not rest until it wins back all of Palestine." Thus the Muslim Brotherhood, in its anti-Semitic rhetoric, has drawn a 'line-in-the-sand'.
With a lack of democratic institutions, in the liberated Arab countries, one needs to question whether the Arab Spring and regime change were worth the loss of four American lives in Benghazi. The incursion into North Africa, from the inception, was a military operation without an endgame plan. We inspired a new generation of Islamic extremists, and unleashed the suppressed Muslim Brotherhood. At the same time, we placed Israel in the precarious situation, of having to deal with a hostile Egyptian government. Our only leverage, over the 'new pharaoh', is the billions of dollars of aid we provide to Egypt. Expect this Islamist regime to support the Arab countries surrounding Israel–a small island of democracy–in an unfriendly neighborhood, fighting for its survival.
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