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BCG and IL − 2 model for bladder cancer treatment with fast and slow dynamics based on SPVF method—stability analysis
1 Department of Mathematics, Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT)
2 Department of Mathematics, Ben-Gurion University, Azrieli College of Engineering
3 Department of Bioinformatics, Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT)
4 Department of Computer Science, Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT)
5 Department of Mathematics, Ariel University
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Keywords: mathematical modeling; therapy schedule; impulse differential equations; dirac deltafunction; gamma distribution function; BCG and IL-2 combined therapy
Citation: OPhir Nave, Shlomo Hareli, Miriam Elbaz, Itzhak Hayim Iluz, Svetlana Bunimovich-Mendrazitsky. BCG and IL − 2 model for bladder cancer treatment with fast and slow dynamics based on SPVF method—stability analysis. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2019, 16(5): 5346-5379. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2019267
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I'm not sure how to take this song.
It's Corn Star by Craig Morgan. It's the follow up single to his top fifteen comeback hit This Ole Boy. This new song is sure to make a few people scratch their heads, but I think there are also some folks out there that will just kick back with a smile and sing along.
Check it out.
Corn Star – Craig Morgan
It's hard to imagine any country artist singing Corn Star besides Craig Morgan. He's proven over the last decade that he's not afraid to get crazy with his music. This song certainly alludes to the racy side of things, but it kind of works out. You can't take it too seriously and if you just let your hair down a bit you might actually like this one.
The song is fun. It's catchy. After a few listens it's easy to picture this song on the radio. You can see people rocking in their cars at the stop lights nodding their heads back and forth. And I'm sure you even know a few real life corn stars out there.
There's nothing wrong with it I guess. I think it's got a chance on the charts. It all depends how people take the title of the song. I don't think it's meant to be taken too seriously and I'm sure this really gets the fans going wild in the live shows. Maybe that's what Craig is after in the first place. He seems to be a real smart guy.
Songs like this can succeed. Trace Adkins had a huge hit with Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. That song just shot up the charts. People loved it. They kicked their boots on the dance floor and loved shaking their badonkadonks.
Now it's Craig's turn to see if he can take his fun hit to the top.
What do you think?
Is this one a big hit for Craig Morgan?
Chart Estimate: #15
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Born in Munich, Germany, she studied scenography at Bologna's School of Art.
She began her career in 1991 as an assistant to costume designer Moidele Bickel for Peter Stein and Chloè Obolensky's shows at Salzburg Festival. Her love for Italy led her to continue her career there. Later in 1991 she designed costumes for Thierry Salmon's Three studies on Demons. In 1994 she worked on Richard III directed by Claudio Morganti, and later on Lear Opera and Totò Prince of Denmark directed by Leo de Berardinis. An important turning point in her career came in 2001 when she met director Mario Martone, with whom she worked on The 10 Commandments, The Secret Opera produced by Naples Teatro Mercadante, Small Moral Works, A Night in Colono, Carmen and Danton's Death for Turin Teatro Stabile.
Within the Rossini Opera Festival, Patzak designed costumes for three operas directed by Martone: Matilde of Shabran in 2004 ( staged also in 2008 at London Covent Garden), Torvaldo and Dorliska and Aureliano in Palmira. She created costumes for Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, directed by Giorgio Battistelli for Ravello Festival. In 2006 she worked on Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro staged at Teatro San Carlo, Verdi's Falstaff and Macbeth staged at Paris' Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Othello at Tokyo New National Theatre. In 2011 she made her debut at Milan Teatro alla Scala with Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci directed by Martone, followed by Luisa Miller in 2012, Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio in 2013 and The Jesters' Supper in 2016. In 2012 she worked on Fidelio, opening opera of Turin Teatro Regio season. She also designed costumes for Curlew River, Prodigal Son and The Bassarids staged at Rome Teatro dell'Opera.
She joined up with comics artist Guido Crepax on Lulu staged at Palermo Teatro Massimo and with Sergio Tramonti on Don Giovanni at Teatro San Carlo, directed by Martone.
She teamed up with artist Anselm Kiefer for costume design of Elektra at Naples Teatro San Carlo; she created costumes for Idomeneo, Elektra, Curlew River and Maria Stuart, all directed by Andrea De Rosa. She also worked with director Luca Ronconi on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice produced by Milan Piccolo Teatro and with Jean Louis Martinelli at Nanterre Amandiers Theatre where she designed costumes for Ithaka by Botho Strauss, Britannicus by Racine and Moliere's The Miser.
In 2009 she ventured in the world of costume design for film, working on Noi Credevamo directed by Martone, that earned her the David di Donatello and Ciak d'oro in 2011. She also designed costumes for Acciaio by Stefano Mordini and Un giorno speciale by Francesca Comencini. In 2015, her work for Il Giovane Favoloso directed by Martone was awarded once again the David di Donatello and Ciak d'oro.


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There are many things that are common, shared experiences among teens. Prom, a first kiss and, unfortunately now for many, cyberbullying. We all know someone who has been sent a mean text from a jealous ex-friend or been the victim of a cruel meme. I'm 32 years old and even I have had a friend who was cyberbullied via a meme, well her child was. Someone made a meme of her TWO YEAR OLD CHILD! A person from her hometown decided to pull a picture of her son off of her Facebook and poke fun at the expense of this little boy by creating a mean meme. A mean meme, of a two-year-old child… I just don't get why the person did it.
Cyberbullying follows us, into the privacy of our home, where we can't escape or prevent others from seeing it and joining in. This year nationally, more than 13 million American children will be bullied. 1 in 6 parents know their child has been bullied over social media and in over half of these cases their child was a repeat victim. The reason this is such a big deal is because overall, the suicide rate among teens has climbed in the past few years. According to http://www.nydailynews.com, the rate has climbed "from 6.3% in 2009 to 7.8% in 2011… According to the survey about 20% of high-schoolers said they'd been bullied while at school, and 16% said they'd been 'cyberbullied' through email, chat, instant messaging, social media or texting. As more and more forms of communication spring up, there's opportunity for bullying to occur, which could eventually lead to an increased rate of attempted suicides, neuropsychologist Dr. Hector Adames told MSNBC."
So what are we going to do about it? Before now, bullying online had minimal risk. If you could prove you didn't create the content then you wouldn't get in trouble, only the person who generates the content would get punished, but any of the hundreds or more people that could re-tweet, or resend the content would get off scotch free, creating virtually no risk for these quiet bullies that are perpetuating the abuse. Now that has changed!
Thanks to Assemblymember Christina Garcia, who proposed bill AB 881(a bill that Junior League Long Beach supported), beginning Jan 1, 2016 anyone who transmits (re-tweets, re-posts, re-sends) the content CAN ALSO BE SUSPENDED!!! This will hopefully get those, otherwise well behaved, kids from jumping on the bandwagon and contributing to something that could encourage a peer's suicide.
A lot of people that take part in online bullying don't realize how much they are really damaging their victim. We need to think twice before making a mean comment or re-posting harmful posts and be conscious when we are online. We need to be aware of our actions and how they can affect those around us. I wish this bill wasn't necessary, that we would all post only the positive and kind. It takes a lot more energy to hate someone then it does to ignore them. Think of how you would feel if someone said those things to you and try to be sympathetic towards others. Then we could really see some positive change in this world!
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Master of Public Affairs (MPA) candidate Mikhaila Calice shared her perspective on addressing climate change during the Fastest Path to Zero Summit in April at the University of Michigan. Summit participants included high-level clean energy and climate leaders, policymakers, news reporters, and faculty from Michigan's energy policy and engineering programs.
Professor Todd Allen, chair of Michigan's Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, invited Calice as a future energy leader. Allen also serves as a senior visiting fellow at Third Way, a national think tank that champions modern center-left ideas and co-sponsored the two-day summit.
Calice spoke with Kelsy Green, a doctoral pre-candidate in the University of Michigan's Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department. Representing "the generation that has to react to climate change challenges," they offered three main takeaways: the need for interdisciplinary work, radicalism, and a sense of urgency.
"Climate change is an expansive challenge with an even more expansive set of solution options," they said. "We must not only identify these solutions and their pragmatic feasibility, but work together across disciplines, industries, and levels of experience to most efficiency approach the wide array of solution options."
As part of their interdisciplinary effort, Calice and Green also advocated for innovative public engagement strategies.
The students' second takeaway, radicalism, focused on a dedication to ingenuity, creativity, and agitation of the status quo. "We need to employ coordinated, interdisciplinary solutions that will radically alter or halt the momentum of climate change," they said.
Finally, they acknowledged tension between the idealism of the younger generation and the "so-called pragmatism" of the older generation.
"Those of us here today must have a sense of urgency to effectively and efficiently implement technical, political, and social solutions," they said. "This meeting is the perfect opportunity to create a new infrastructure that will support the expeditious deployment of interdisciplinary climate change mitigation research."
Calice, who served as a project assistant with La Follette School Professor Greg Nemet during the 2018-19 academic year, will receive her MPA and a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy on May 12. She begins her doctoral studies in mass communications through UW–Madison's Department of Life Sciences Communication this fall.
"While I anticipate working on many projects associated with the department, I hope to also study how technical and controversial topics regarding the energy transition are communicated to the public and policymakers as well as collaborative approaches to policymaking," said Calice, who received her bachelor's degree in political studies and international studies from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia.
A video of the presentation by Calice and Green is available online (at 2:15 mark).


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Making spirituality an integral part of the hectic workday is a key concern for the authors of At Work. They offer a number of solutions meant to help integrate these two worlds, all with a common theme—the positive renewal and transformation of both worker and workplace. Carefully avoiding the pat answers of pop psychology, At Work is instead an in-depth read for teachers, consultants, and people interested in making their work environment a more healthful and compassionate one.
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Another View
Theoretical Perspectives
Tom Brown
1 Diapers to Car Keys: The State of Spirituality, Religion and Work Research
Charles J. Fornaciari and Kathy Lund Dean
2 Integrating Spirituality at Work: An Interview with Ken Wilber
Thierry C. Pauchant
3 Towards a Spiritually Integral Theory of Management
David S. Steingard and Dale E. Fitzgibbons
4 The Growing Interest in Spirituality in Business: A Long-Term Socio-Economic Explanation
Len Tischler
5 Spirituality at Work: An Overview
Dan Butts
6 Festivalism at Work: Toward Ahimsa in Production and Consumption
David M. Boje
The Individual Within Organizations
Tom Brown
7 Religion in the Workplace: Correlates and Consequences of Individual Behavior
Nancy E. Day
8 Spirituality For Managers: Context and Critique
Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J.
9 What Does Spirituality Mean to Me?
Abbass F. Alkhafaji
10 Christian Spirituality and Contemporary Business Leadership
André L. Delbecq
11 Managing with Ahimsa and Horse Sense: A Convergence of Body, Mind, and Spirit
Grace Ann Rosile
Organizational and Societal Issues and Applications
12 Integral Sensemaking for Executives: The Evolution of Spiritually-Based Integral Consciousness
John E. Young and Jeanne M. Logsdon
13 Lessons From Oz: Balance and Wholeness in Organizations
Jerry Biberman, Michael Whitty, and Lee Robbins
14 Integrating Spirituality into Management Education in Academia and Organizations: Origins, a Conceptual Framework, and Current Practices
Sandra King, Jerry Biberman, Lee Robbins, and David M. Nicol
15 Linking Community and Spirit: A Commentary and Some Propositions
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Tom Brown
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Are you steering without a compass? Failure is an inevitable cul-de-sac on the road to success.
March 08, 2012
I listen to Charlie Rose every day (or at least every day if I can). Charlie Rose offers no nonsense interviews with the world's leaders in every walk of life or occupation from science, politics, actors, writers, politicians, directors, producers, and entrepreneurs.
I often find the speakers inspiring. These are the smartest, hardest working and usually, most articulate people in the world who are able to bring ideas and introspection to the plain wooden table of Charlie Rose.
Today, I want to share a couple of thoughts that may be helpful to artists and makers. Of course, these quotes weren't really about art, or art careers, I have taken their words completely out of context, but their words of wisdom warrant being heard. In fact, I think they should be our mantra.
The first quote is from an interview with George Shultz, Former US Secretary of State from Monday, January 24, 2011. I have been savoring this for over a year now. He said, "If you don't have ideas, you don't have a compass." This opinion works for both our art work and for our careers. If we don't have a compass we don't know what direction we are going. It is very easy to get lost. We need a plan. We need a one year goal and a five year goal.
Continuing with inspiring thoughts from Peter Gruber on Charlie Rose - March 14, 2011
PETER GUBER: "Failure is an inevitable cul-de-sac on the road to success."
"So the idea is you learn from it. You don't want to make the same mistake twice. You want to be able to grow. You want to be able to recognize that most of the stuff, the fear that you express is really false evidence appearing real. It's not, you know, it's not always going to happen."
"So if you become, not immune to the failure, but you recognize that failure is a part of the process, when you take really good creative chances, when you really take good business chances, you will have failures. And the idea is you learn from them and move on. If they own you, if you surrender to them, then the pain is unbearable. If you haven't failed, you haven't lived life to the fullest."
PETER GUBER continues: "And you know, I think the idea is that failure and success are this close together, Charlie. Inside every failure are the seeds to great success, and in every great success are the opportunities for failure."
Whenever I am working on a new project, I think "failure and success" are very close together. Only hard work, skill, perseverance, intuition and insight help you find your compass. Experience has taught me not to give up.
Working on the pencil project Pick Up Your Pencils, Begin was discouragingly slow. I worked on it for four years. Talk about scary! Its finally done, and the work is being exhibited for the first time. I hope you can come to the reception on March 22, 2012 from 6-8 pm, at Castelleja. if you live near Palo Alto, CA. The next phase to make a video is going forward.
So keep working...every day with a plan. And work on your compass.
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A significant flaw in a key security feature of computer processors could allow attackers to gain control of devices far more easily than was previously possible. There's currently no cure because the problem lies in the chip's firmware.
WIRED reports
a team of researchers based at the Free University of Amsterdam
discovered the technique
by exploiting low-level areas of processor architectures. The attack can be completed from a web browser, allowing hackers to bypass a critical security feature using a specially constructed webpage. This could be distributed via conventional phishing emails.
Memory Management Units
The exploit focuses on the Memory Management Units (MMU) inside processors. As chip architectures developed, manufacturers implemented mechanisms designed to stop attackers executing arbitrary code. One of the systems used is called ASLR, short for Address Space Layout Randomisation.
ASLR randomises where information is stored inside memory. The running program never gets to know where its data is being kept, preventing hackers from hijacking regions of RAM. Even if they successfully manage to execute code, it's impossible to ascertain where exactly it's running from. Unfortunately, the research team found it's possible to side-step ASLR's protections, taking us "back to the '90s in terms of security." When a program stores something in memory, the processor assigns it a random location and then stores the address in the MMU. This giant "address book" of memory locations is kept in the processor's cache.
Measuring MMU performance
This is
where the problems
start. The cache isn't exclusive to the MMU. It stores data that's being frequently used by the CPU for quick reference, improving the chip's efficiency. Programs can store information in the cache, placing data near to the MMU. More importantly, it's possible to work out how fast the MMU is operating.
The researchers realised that a program could determine its memory addresses by overwhelming the processor cache. The attack script continually writes to the cache until it observes the speed of the memory access has been reduced.
When this occurs, it's a sign that the data just deleted
wasn't part of
the MMU's "address book." The MMU has to momentarily retrieve information from the system memory rather than the cache, incurring a performance delay.
Bypassing randomisation
By continually monitoring how long the MMU takes to respond, the attack code can begin to work out its own location in RAM. At this point, ASLR has been bypassed and the program can begin to gain control of memory.
The attack has been likened to an old fashioned stethoscope robbery. As listening to the cogs in a safe can reveal its code, watching for MMU slow-downs can hint at memory addresses.
When combined with other memory hijacking techniques, this style of attack could enable highly sophisticated exploits of target machines. The researchers warned that it could open the door to a new wave of hacks that weren't previously feasible.
"Bugs are everywhere, but ASLR is a mitigation that makes bugs hard to exploit," Ben Gras, one of the researchers who developed the technique," said to
. "This technique makes bugs that weren't exploitable exploitable again."
Significant implications
The technique can be used against processors manufactured by a range of companies, including Intel, AMD and Samsung. However, the industry has shown little interest in the problem, with Intel claiming it "doesn't represent a significant change in the security" of its chips.
The CPU companies point out that another memory technique must also be used to gain control of the computer. However, failing to properly respond to this discovery could give rise to a new breed of online malware campaign, where malicious adverts can weave their way into system memory.
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Last week I made several writing goals and even though I didn't accomplish them all in their entirety, I am happy with my accomplishments. These were my goals last week:
- Continue to work on transferring Tarzinëa's characters and world building notes over into Scrivener.
- Work on The Celestial One's first episode outline.
- I also have to transfer all The Celestial One's serial series notes, character sheets and world building information over into their own Scrivener file.
- Work on editing flash fiction scenes I plan to showcase on my Patreon page and blog, featuring characters from Tarzinëa. I will feature two a month for free and two to three for patron members only. I will offer this to all Patron Tier Levels, and you can get access to all these for as little as $2 a month.
- Need to work on "An Elf, A Dragon, and A God's Intervention" cover. I am planning to release this mid-September. I spent about three hours alone last night looking at images and I think I might have a concept I want to go with now. Perhaps next week I will have a cover reveal for you all to enjoy.
Now I refreshed your memory, I'll tell you about my week and what I accomplished. I transferred notes from Tarzinëa and The Celestial One over into Scrivener. I wish I would have gotten more of this done than I did but some is better than none.
The Celestial One's outline got worked on during this last week. I wrote it out and looked over several chapters I already accomplished. During, this period I edited and rewrote those chapters to work into the new outline. The next thing I knew, two chapters were complete, and I had written over 11k words.
In saying 11k words is awesome for a day of writing for myself. This word count doesn't include the creation story I wrote for Vladkis and his father Nëyvia, that was close to 3k by itself. Then I wrote notes all over the place and worked on the outline, it was like it possessed me. I'm hoping to do more this week but it will depend on the kids and my event I have going on over on my #AMA platform. My #AMA is going live tomorrow and I'm still scrambling around trying to complete the questions coming in. Just last night I had five left now I'm back up to ten. Wish me luck and feel free to ask questions yourself :).
My Writing Goals for this week:
- Get through my #AMA event alive.
- Continue transferring over Tarzinëa's notes into Scrivener.
- Work more on The Celestial One's outline and notes.
- If possible write 5k in any WIP.
- Need to get the cover designed for my short story, An Elf, A Dragon, and a God's Intervention.
This week I have several things new to share. My first item to share is that I finally go my street team group live over on Facebook. I decided on naming it, GODS AMONG MEN. I decided on this because in several of my works I touch on gods walking among the world of men. It comes more from Tarzinëa though.
In a time long ago when Dragon Ryders ruled supreme, many believe they were born of the gods and sent down to protect the realms of men. They were always to this day referred to as GODS AMONG MEN.
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Rain and snow forecast for Sunday
Another weekend, more rain.
For the sixth weekend out of the last eight, San Diego County had rainfall.
As of early Saturday night, most places in the county had received 1/4 of an inch or less rain in the latest storm, said forecaster Stefanie Sullivan of the National Weather Service.
On Sunday, scattered showers, some moderate to heavy, are expected through most of the day, tapering off in the evening, Sullivan said. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible.
Snow is forecast Sunday in the county's mountains above 4,500 feet, with a winter weather advisory in effect until 2 p.m.
Snow accumulations could reach four to six inches in a 12-hour period ending Sunday afternoon, including on Palomar Mountain, Cuyamaca and Mount Laguna, the weather service said.
Snow and dense fog may cause zero visibility at times. Poor visibility combined with slick roads will make travel hazardous, forecasters said.
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Aluminiumtoxizität und -resistenz
Connection between aluminium exclusion and accumulation in the aluminium accumulator buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) (Abstract)
Relationship between aluminium exclusion and accumulation in the aluminium accumulator buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) (Poster)
Efficiency of complex formation between aluminium and morin or lumogallion in the presence of organic ligands (Abstract, Poster)
Die Rolle der Zellwand und der Plasmamembraneigenschaft bei der Aluminiumtoxizität und -resistenz
Apoplastic binding of aluminum is involved in silicon-induced amelioration of aluminum toxicity in Zea mays (Abstract)
Modification of cell-wall properties through silicon: effect on aluminium resistance of maize (Poster)
Cell-wall composition modulates aluminium toxicity (Poster)
Cation-specific exchange capacity of cell-wall material isolated from roots of plant species differing in Al resistance (Poster)
A possible role of sphingolipids in the aluminium resistance of yeast and maize (Abstract)
Localization of aluminium in the maize root apex: Can morin detect cell wall-bound aluminium? (Abstract)
Cell-wall pectin and its degree of methylation in the maize root-apex: Significance for genotypic differences in aluminium resistance (Abstract, Poster)
The effect of aluminium on apoplastic and cytoplasmic proteins in root tips of maize (Poster)
Screening auf Aluminiumresistenz und auf Adaption an saure Böden
Characterisation of maize cultivars in their adaptation to acid soils on the single plant level (Poster)
Screening maize for adaptation to acid aluminium-toxic soils of Colombia (Paper)
Effects of heterogeneous Al and P supply on root growth and screening of maize cultivars differing in Al resistance (Poster)
Aluminium-induced callose formation in root apices: Inheritance and selection trait for adaptation of tropical maize to acid soils (Abstract)
Combining ability of maize populations for Al resistance based on callose formation (Poster)
Proton toxicity interferes with the screening of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for aluminium resistance in nutrient solution (Abstract)
Die Rolle von Wurzelausscheidungen auf die Aluminiumresistenz
Aluminium-induced exudation of citrate from the root tip of Zea mays (L.): Are differential impacts of Al on citrate metabolism involved in genotypical differences? (Abstract, Poster)
Aluminum-induced exudation of organic acid anions from the DTZ of Zea mays (L.) root apices is mediated by an anion channel (Poster)
Aluminium activates a citrate-permeable anion channel in the Al-sensitive zone of the maize root apex: a comparison between an Al-sensitive and an Al-resistant cultivar (Abstract)


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Soham man announces his intention to stand in forthcoming by-election
PUBLISHED: 12:06 12 May 2014 | UPDATED: 12:06 12 May 2014
A by-election has been called for the vacant Soham south seat on East Cambridgeshire District Council.
The election is expected to be called this week following the death of independent councillor John Palmer, who died last month, aged 85.
Soham man Geoffrey Woollard, 76, has already announced his intention to stand as an independent for the seat, with an election scheduled to take place in June.
He said: "I'm especially well-placed to serve the Soham South Ward as I live in the middle of it - at St Andrew's Park - and I lived for 18 years within a mile of it - near Upware.
"I am very fond of Soham, where my wife and I have made our home, and I know many good people in Soham.
"I am standing as an independent - though I was an active Conservative until the 1990s - because I believe that councillors whose loyalties are only to political parties ought to alter their loyalties. I will never be told what to do by party political bosses."
Following his death, friends of Councillor Palmer paid tribute to the "best councillor the town has ever had".
Cllr Palmer was elected as an independent to the Soham south ward in 2011 having served as a town and district councillor on several previous occasions.
Cllr Palmer, a former greengrocer, was responsible for founding the Soham and District branch of the Pony Club and also played a leading role in saving Soham chapel when it was threatened with demolition.
Potential candidates can collect their official nomination papers from the electoral services offices at East Cambridgeshire District Council or download them from www.eastcambs.gov.uk or www.electoralcommission.org.uk to put themselves forward.
The deadline for completed nomination papers is noon on Thursday, May 22.
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In the past few years, being broke has become something of a communal experience in America, to the point that television can no longer just air constant streaming coverage of millionaires and their matchmakers, their real housewives, their stylists, their babies, and their real estate, without seeming completely out of touch. Network television's response to the financial crisis is CBS's 2 Broke Girls, which tells the story of Max, a waitress and nanny living in Brooklyn, and Caroline, the daughter of a Bernie Madoff type who has lost everything with her father's arrest. When Max first sees Caroline, she sums up the entire reason for the series' existence: "Whatever that is, it does not belong in this diner. It belongs in a show on Bravo."
True, 2 Broke Girls panders in stereotypes of absentee fathers, drug and alcohol abuse, bar fights (on Max's part), and cheating wives, frivolous spending, superficiality, and spoiled obtuseness (on Caroline's). Much of the plot is derived from contrived (instead of more nuanced) class conflict, and much of the humor is comprised of crude sexual innuendo (and, ugh, the occassional rape joke). The crew that work at the diner with Max and Caroline—the Asian owner, the Ukranian chef, and the black cashier—are all portrayed in an incredibly racist and problematic way. Add a laugh track and a few predictable plot lines, and I know that for many viewers, this mess will understandably inspire a change of the channel, never to return.
I probably would have been a channel-changer, but, you know, I had to write this post, so I stuck with it. And I found that somehow, I actually find the characters a bit endearing. (Not actually funny, though, which the writers would probably prefer.)
Caroline's upper class naïveté is turned into something hopeful; growing up in a world without limitations makes her dream big not only for herself, but for her new friend Max. And, as she repeatedly reminds Max, she does have a degree from Wharton (which prompts one of the show's funnier lines: "Is there any way to do a Yelp review of Wharton business school?" I checked. There is.) My hope is that Caroline's education and self-proclaimed "business genius" will eventually show through—so far the momentum behind her new cupcake enterprise seems driven by dumb luck and big hopes rather than actual business savvy. Still, Caroline is caring, (somewhat) self-aware, and resolutely upbeat in the face of her new poverty, where she could have been reduced to a selfish, oblivious, and helpless stock character.
Similarly counter to most pop culture representations, Max's current state of poverty is not attributed to stupidity or laziness. She's smart and witty, although her witticisms usually take the form of either mocking her past sexual relationships (of which there seem to be many) or her new roommate. Max works two jobs and is shown to be competent at both. She occasionally has lines that get to the heart of what it means to be broke in America, like when she tells Caroline, "I am too poor to have a fear of success." She can't feel one way or another about the possibility of future success, because she's too wrapped up in the necessities of day-to-day living. Additionally, Max makes at least one joke each episode about avoiding unplanned pregnancy, though I'm not sure where the writers are going with this. Are they bringing out the stereotype of the poor welfare mom indiscriminately having babies? Making a commentary on the accessibility and affordability of birth control? I don't know, but the former seems problematic and the latter seem incongruous.
Furthermore, Max does live in an apartment that exceeds the real estate rental power of anyone on a shoestring budget, and she does at least two things in each episode that, in real life, would get her fired on the spot. Still, for so many women in low-paying jobs forced to bite their tongues and wait on ill-mannered customers, it must be nice to watch Max snap her fingers in diners' faces, mock their hats, and tell them off with impunity. Unfortunately, for most low-income Americans, such sassy performances are not affordable.
The most interesting, most complicated character in the show—from a class analysis standpoint—is Peach, the Upper East Side mother who employs Max as a nanny for her baby twins. But if the show is trying to actually portray an upper class woman (and I don't really think they are), they're doing it wrong. Rich women don't decorate their walls with Louis Vuitton logos and name their twins "Brad" and "Angelina." More importantly, they don't hire part-time waitresses from Brooklyn to be their nannies; they hire bilingual college graduates with degrees in early childhood education, or older women of color who have been caring for children for over thirty years. I'm not sure if the show is setting up these weird misrepresentations on purpose to be explored in future plots, or if the point is just to set up a foil for Max and Caroline's "brokeness."
The real promise and potential of 2 Broke Girls lies in its focus on the friendship between the two women. The show passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors: It mostly revolves around Max and Caroline's interactions, as they discuss not just relationships and sex, but their jobs, their childhoods, their goals and dreams, and, of course, their different backgrounds and experiences of financial hardship. When they go shopping it's not a consumerist-driven spree, but a bonding experience at Goodwill in a scene that ultimately brings them closer together. And when posh Caroline nearly gets in a bar fight to win back Max's favorite thrift store find, you want to smile—almost as much as you do when Max takes Caroline's champion show horse for a walk through the Brooklyn streets.
The show is set up with the premise that, despite these differences, these girls have each other's backs. I'd love to see, then, how they support each other when dealing with real struggles of being broke. What happens when one gets sick and they don't have health insurance? How do they cope when they can't cover their heating bill this winter? How's long will Caroline's relentlessly upbeat attitude endure now that it's no longer accompanied by a lavish lifestyle? I want to see how Caroline copes with her first instance of being judged or stigmatized for being poor. I want to see how long Max's patience will last with her roommate's big ideas. More than that: What are the real challenges of forming friendships across class lines? Max and Caroline had completely different lives growing up. I'd like to see the show explore how these differences impact their growing friendship. I still have hope that, despite their many flaws, these two broke girls can be fixed and serve as an example of resiliency and humor in response to economic hardship.
Previously: The Hidden Class Politics of Teen Mom 2, "Talk like a Cover Girl" and the Classing of Voice on America's Next Top Model
23 Comments Have Been Posted
It's a Comedy
Anonymous replied on
They're not trying to change the world. They're just trying to be funny.
No one wants to watch television comedies to see real life - they want to escape it. The show is hilarious. Let's not weigh it down with social commentary and all that jazz. Let's just be happy we have it, considering all of the comedy drivel out there (I'm looking at you, every other freshman comedy this year).
Why on earth do you read
Anonymous replied on

Why on earth do you read bitchMedia, a magazine and blog about feminism and pop culture, if you don't want "social commentary and all that jazz"? I'm sure you can find TV Guide online if that's all you're looking for.

I don't think social
Margo replied on
I don't think social commentary weighs it down- Bitch magazine is a response to pop culture and a show that makes social commentary (comedic or otherwise) opens itself up to criticism. I like the show- though I agree with a lot of the points made in this post. Even though they go to lengths to make the apartment appear "grungy" and run-down, I'd like to see it on a more real level. If the show is about 2 broke girls, I want it to be believable. I do find the show funny, even though the plot lines are predictable. My boyfriend thinks the show is hilarious, and I think sometimes he likes it more than me. To me its encouraging to see a man relating to a show about 2 women. It has its problems, but I plan to keep watching.
Just sayin'
Tati replied on
Speak for yourself.
Dang. Until now, I didn't
Anonymous replied on
Dang. Until now, I didn't even know anyone existed that didn't find this show forced, trite, and awful. Maybe I just exist in some kind of TV snob bubble or something
sorry, but the story of two
J Ultra replied on
sorry, but the story of two girls struggling to pay their electric bill? not so funny. while it may be worthwhile to note some of the show's flaws in character and plot, you can't expect a comedy to be so heavy and grounded in real life struggles.
Why not? I'm sure any halfway
Gretchen Sisson replied on
Why not? I'm sure any halfway decent comedy writer could find humor in the girls' electricity being shut off, and the two of them living by candlelight while trying to figure out how to bake cupcakes in the dark. Or walking around wearing every piece of winter clothing they own for a few days while collecting enough tips to pay the heating bill. Max could even start making out with that guy she has a crush on, but it takes 20 minutes to take off all the layers of clothes and UH OH something comes up in the meantime that ruins the moment and the audience is kept in the predictable will-they-or-won't-they suspense. (Hint: they will.) I just don't buy this "reality can't be funny" line.
Monika replied on
Wow ... maybe YOU should be writing for this show. All your vague suggestions were, by themselves, pretty funny and relatable. I totally agree with your final thought. Doesn't some of the best comedy come from suffering, from struggle? Claiming that "reality can't be funny" just seems like a cop-out ... it's an excuse to not be creative.
Roseanne had a hilarious
Anonymous replied on
Roseanne had a hilarious episode about their electricity getting cut off. (Jackie: Did you tell them you had CHILDREN? Roseanne: Yeah, they didn't want 'em.)
Don't worry! Roseanne is my
Gretchen Sisson replied on
Don't worry! Roseanne is my next post. Couldn't forget about her!
I think the best comedy comes
Anonymous replied on
I think the best comedy comes from a place of reality. The problem with THIS show is that it ignores reality and instead tries to write jokes based off of silly racial stereotypes
You're absolutely correct.
Anne Mari replied on
You're absolutely correct. The only reason I don't watch this show is that I feel like I've seen the humor before. It doesn't feel current, nor relatable. I have seen it try with jokes about current events, but the bulk or the heavier elements still pretty much pander to tired stereotypes.
The chef is Ukranian! :)
ophaaa replied on
The chef is Ukranian! :)
Gretchen Sisson replied on
Fixed. Thanks for catching that.
Fan of the Show
Melinda Clayton replied on
There are some issues that are considered unrealistic that are purely/purposely fictional, as to help move the show-- the apartment, the nanny job (as far as i know they have yet to cover how she got the job, so there may actually be a story there). I would like to point out that it happens alot in sitcoms- someone will lose a job one week only to have it again the next with no explaination.
The issue of Max telling off customers is another-- i think its is done purposely as an outlet for those watching. As someone with three jobs, two of which i have to deal with sometimes rude and ignorant customers, I finding this refreshing and extremely enjoyable. : D
As for Peach, I don't think they are trying to portray an upclass society woman, such as the Kennedys or other old money families but more the RHWof NJ type, which she fits perfectly.
The rape jokes might get alot of flack from some, but as someone who is and lives in a lower class area it is a way to ease the real fear in every day life. The threat is so much more real, and terrifying. I come from a family mostly of women and its is a running joke.And as weird as it may seem making a joke is the best defense.
When you think about it living in an (unrealistic) apartment in a bad area, with little security or security options, what would you do?
Definitely agree that Max
Gretchen Sisson replied on
Definitely agree that Max telling customers off is an outlet, and I think it's one of the more enjoyable parts of the show. Anyone who's worked at a serving job or in any form of customer service, really, has had moments of biting one's tongue. Unrealistic? Definitely. Amusing? To be sure.
And I do think Peach is a hyperbolic exaggeration of... someone. She's definitely not supposed to be any time of society grand dame; with all of her faux pas they might as well have a neon sign in her home that says "TACKY NEW MONEY." But the point is that the way Peach acts marks her as more similar to Max than Caroline, which I think is really interesting and has a lot of potential as a plot line. She's so exaggerated that if they don't explore it, I don't really know why they wrote her that way. I made note because I really hope that it comes up at some point.
I also really liked your comment about rape jokes as a form of escapism, too -- I honestly hadn't thought of that. I can acknowledge that there may be room for a type of dark humor about safety and the inherent risk of certain neighborhoods. However, my gut reaction is that, without context, those rape jokes are still really problematic.
I'm not trying to nitpick,
S.M. replied on
I'm not trying to nitpick, and I certainly understand the point about humor you are making and appreciate it, but I don't know that it is necessarily fair or statistically correct to say that the threat of rape is anymore real or terrifying in a lower class area than anywhere else. Rapists haven't exactly shown themselves to prefer one class over or neighborhood type over another.
Also, the point you are making about little security or security options in conjunction with your statement about the threat being more real and terrifying in a bad area seems to assume that the threat of rape comes primarily from people we don't know and/or wouldn't voluntarily let in. If this is correct, then that assumption is unfortunately a dangerously erroneous one. Most of us have known our rapists an average of one year before we are raped. There's no high-falutin' security system in any upper class area that can be set to go off when we let our guard down in a situation with someone we trust that isn't nearly as safe as it should be.
Well, there is, but you have to program the settings first so it knows what to look out for. It's called PTSD.
Ba dum BUM!
Just my two cents...
Anonymous replied on
Different Anon here! I agree that the physical threat of rape is not any more real in one area over another. However, here's where I begin to think about research done on perceived safety, crime and government and economic stability. I would link to this, but it was actually information I read in a few books for an essay on democratic stability and civil society. But it still showed some interesting correlations between economic status, national situations, and perceived notions of reality. Maybe some will find it interesting, too.
When a study was done in Latin America in some capital cities, something interesting happened. The perceived crime rate had been thought to go up during times of economic hardship, even though real numbers showed that the crime rate in the polled areas had gone down. I'm sure you're thinking, "different regions of the world..." if you're in the USA. However, the most interesting case study was done in Chile, considered more developed than its regional peers, a UK ally, strong democratic system/rule of law, etc, etc. A great majority of Chileans were shown during a time of economic hardship to not trust each other. Furthermore, those in the lower strati of economic wealth felt they were more at risk of being robbed, raped, or murdered. The reality was that across the board, national statistics showed a large decrease in crime (my mind wants to say close to 200%, though as I don't have the book in front of me, I'll refrain from giving an exact number, though it was large since it was looked at steadily for quite a few years). More interesting still was that some of the most dramatic decreases had been accounted for among the poorest of the poor. Such perceptions of general unsafety and mistrust were ultimately proven harmful to the concept of social stability, since Chileans felt they could not trust each other, could not trust Chileans running for office to speak for their interests, etc.
When looking at such cross-discipline studies, or the economics of unhappiness rather than happiness, the correlation between lack of economic stability being reflected in an ultimately feeling of safety gives us insight into why it is that such jokes might be more prevalent among lower-income groups sometimes as a method of escapism, and assimilation into a perceived environment. (I say this as someone that was lower-income most of her life, being the child of a single mother and an immigrant -- not generalizing, but giving insight into my experience. Just mention that because I don't want someone to think I'm mentioning this derisively.) An econ professor of mine doing research on something similar gave further insight to me that while it is difficult to measure unhappiness, or even a feeling of 'insecurity' it /is/ possible to see its effects in such studies that ask people to gauge by how high they think the crime rate has gone. Typically, this was reinforced by just what people perceived.
I don't disagree with your statements regarding the problems behind the implications instilled in a statement that paints a bad area as more prone to rape or crime, or strangers as more likely to be rapists. However, I don't think that was what the original poster meant to say, and was instead dictating an experience over the way in which she and those close to her have assimilated their environment. Yes, it's not what is seen in the statistics, and it discounts the experiences of those that were raped by people they were familiar with. This is not good. But my point is that such perceptions have a basis in "perceived" reality, and should not be devalued so easily either. Sadly, this perceived reality seems to reinforce itself with feelings of /general/ lack of security, not typically physical, but actually more economic, which might explain the differentiation between safety in perceived 'bad' areas and 'good' areas -- whatever that's really supposed to mean by general standards. The root causes behind perceived reality are important, too.
I just mention it because -- like I mentioned before -- the original poster made a comment that the joke was a way to distance themselves from the reality perceived in the environment. And that's interesting because while it might not be true based on statistics, it doesn't make it any less important to consider perceived notions of safety, and to not undermine when or why someone feels unsafe.
Just my two cents.
Right on
Jessica Langlois replied on
The problem with television and comedy (particularly in these days of the ubiquity of hulu, netflix, et al) is that is does numb/distract us from real life issues.
It's fine to not want to think about making your bill payments, but much more gratifying to feel like there is a empathic voice out there rendering the real issues we deal with in a clever way. What better way than a particularly drole/biting comedy? And thank goodness for Bitch for keeping our creators of contemporary culture on task (or challenging them to step up).
This review was very well written and actually quite fair -- far from simply 'bitching' -- she gave cred where due and set the bar a little higher. awesome.
I like the show!
Anonymous replied on
Personally I find it to be a funny enjoyable show. I could see why some people don't like it, which is fair not everyone can or will like the same things, but for me there is just something about Max's dark sense of humor that really gets to me. True parts of it are over the top and talking like that to customers would in any other job get you fired but I do so love Max's verbal abuse of her patrons. As to the jokes about unplanned pregnancy personally I believe those speak more to just the reality of being a sexually active woman that transcends rich or poor. Even using birth control their is always that risk, hell I'm a middle class lady living in Canada with a job, good education and no worries about health care and I worry about unplanned pregnancy its just part of being a woman I think which is why I find those jokes in particular so funny.But that may just be me.
Mary replied on
I love this piece, because it hits on so many things I've experienced watching the show. I like the show, but I kept on not being sure why. The racist portrayal of Han (which I think has become less profound. He still speaks with a strong accent, but the jokes on him being Asian have become less I think) really bothered me when I first saw it and some of the really crude sex jokes are not my favorites either. BUT I still like it and perhaps because these are two woman who at least are not building there whole identity around having a boyfriend or husband. I also don't mind it being not realistic. One of my absolute favorite comedies is 30 Rock, which often is so absurd it doesn't even come close to reality. Or maybe I just like 2 broke girls because it relentlessly takes the piss out of hipsters :)
Mary replied on
For those who like crass women in a comedy (with maybe some less 'hope' than your average American comedy), check out Pulling on Netflix. I thought that was a very funny Bri'ish comedy, innit?
Lilydale replied on
Yeah, people who actually have had to make a living and have some perspective about life can find humor in this show. As one grows up and realizes life is actually very difficult and any chance we have to make light of things is actually a blessing, should find this show worth zoning out to. I think it's also a great thing to have a major network that features a real friendship between two women and comes from a woman's perspective. I fear many younger people have no idea how imbalanced Hollywood (and the male media perspective) which has always been featured is not only annoying, boring and unrealistic, I'm glad to see things breaking out of that box. It's nice to see women can be just as base and idiotic as men. I think its funny despite its reliance on working blue - get over it - the ladies like sex, too.