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Correspondence to: Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 110 S Paca Street, 2N-141, MD 21201, USA. Email: [email protected].
Abstract: The concept of navigation bronchoscopy is not new, but has evolved over past few decades. Clinicians performing bronchoscopy have utilized various forms of navigation technology ranging from fluoroscopy or computed tomography (CT)-aided guidance in earlier years, now to virtual bronchoscopy and real-time tracking using electromagnetic navigation (EMN) platforms. EMN bronchoscopy relies on a pre-procedural CT of the chest to create a three-dimensional (3D) virtual airway map. This approach is utilized for diagnostic sampling of lung and mediastinal lesions, placement of fiducial markers, or dye marking of the overlying pleura. The diagnostic yield, using this technology, is superior to conventional bronchoscopy techniques and is discussed. The respiratory motion of the airways, lung, and nodule hysteresis creates unique challenges for targeting the lesion. Use of fluoroscopy and radial-probe ultrasound provide meaningful information and additional confirmation with difficult lesions. We continue to evolve in our understanding of how best to utilize the technology, modify diagnostic tools, and improve next-generation platforms. Even so, EMN bronchoscopy has changed the landscape of tissue acquisition for peripheral lung lesions. This review provides important principles and practical aspects of pre-procedure preparation, assessment of airway-lesion relationships, procedural workflow and performance, and points for consideration when contemplating acquisition of an EMN system. The future is in development of intuitive platforms that will allow consistent targeting with higher accuracy so ablation techniques could be performed safely via the endobronchial approach.
Received: 10 June 2018; Accepted: 13 November 2018; Published: 26 December 2018.
Electromagnetic navigation (EMN) technology first became available over two decades ago. The ability to reconstruct two-dimensional (2D) CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into a 3D model delivered a platform for interactive tracking of surgical instruments. This first emerged in the early 1990s and the initial application of the technology was limited to accurately sampling brain lesions using stereotactic platforms (1,2). Its successful application was later reported in other surgical fields including urology and otorhinolaryngology (3,4). The development of 3D CT scan of the thoracic cavity, along with mathematical morphological tools to perform registration algorithms and a model-based shape-form-shading algorithm led to successful synthesis in near real-time of a CT-derived virtual view that corresponded to actual endoscopic views (5). Reconstruction of the airways to generate a "road map" allowed its application for real-time electromagnetic (EM) tracking and subsequently navigation of the bronchoscope and endobronchial tools via the working channel into the peripheral lesions (6,7). The success of real-time EMN bronchoscopy was demonstrated in first human study where the diagnostic yield approached 70% (8). Since that first report, multiple clinical studies have been published exploring the utility of this technology, with or without combination of fluoroscopy, radial-probe endobronchial ultrasound (r-EBUS), and cone-beam CT imaging for additional confirmation or maneuvering of sampling tools.
Small peripheral pulmonary opacities are being increasingly identified due to growing use of CT imaging of the chest. Also, the propensity of smaller filtered cigarette smoke particles to penetrate deeper in the tracheobronchial tree is likely contributory to the increase in relative proportion of peripheral lung lesions (9). This upsurge requires an ever-increasing amount of resources for the evaluation, follow-up, and management of radiographic pulmonary findings (10). Further, lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality and this is projected to increase by 2020 (11,12). The National Lung Cancer Screening Trial demonstrated relative risk reduction in mortality by 20% with the application of lung cancer screening by low-dose CT to a pre-specified target population of high-risk patients (13). Based on this trial, the United States Preventive Service Task Force endorsed low-dose CT for lung cancer screening with a Grade B recommendation in high-risk patients (14). As a natural consequence of adaptation of low-dose CT by professional societies as a screening tool (15-17), there has been an increase in the number of patients referred for further diagnostic work up of lung nodules. In this context, it is behooving for the institutions offering lung cancer screening to have a formal multi-disciplinary program to risk-stratify patients with radiographic abnormalities and have the ability to offer, if necessary, a timely and minimally invasive diagnostic evaluation for lung lesions.
EMN relies on the ability of the charged particles (electric current) to generate an EM field. A field generator emits a low-strength (<0.0001 Tesla) EM field that passes through the patient's body. Once a dedicated sensor is placed into the field, current is generated within the sensor coils allowing for determination of their x, y, and z coordinate positions, as well as, orientation including roll, yaw, and pitch. As illustrated in Figure 1, a multitude of sensor coils are embedded in the EM sensor to provide accurate spatial position within the EM field. Importantly, the EM field can be distorted due to the induction of electric currents in ferromagnetic materials close to, or within the field. To counter this issue, one of the commercially available platforms (superDimensionTM) recommends mapping of the procedure bed and the room. Other commercially available platforms require placing the field generator over the patient's body, preferably on the side of the lesion, and do not require bed or room mapping. Regardless, the ability to track a sensor in spatial context is but one half of the equation.
Figure 1 Magnified view of (A) single sensor coil embedded within the electromagnetic sensor and (B) multiple coils intertwined and aligned within the sensor to predetermined specifications and calibrated. Feedback from each individual sensor coil is integrated by software to determine its spatial position in the electromagnetic field.
Much of the application of EMN technology depends upon CT imaging techniques. A standard CT scan contains a set of 2D slices, consisting of 512×512 pixels. Based upon density of the imaged structure, each point is assigned a numeric value. This scale measured in Hounsfield units (HU), ranges from −1,000 to +3,000. Air has the lowest density at −1,000 HU and bone the highest at +3,000 HU (aside from metallic foreign bodies), with fat, water, blood, and tissue in between at −100, 0, 20, and 30–150 respectively. A 3D volume can then be generated as each pixel actually represents an average of a defined slice thickness or depth.
From these data, both segmentation of the airways, and a virtual bronchoscopic (VB) image can be generated. Segmentation refers to the process of extracting anatomic structures from CT images. Each pixel is assigned a label according to certain visual characteristics. Through the use of propriety software algorithms, structures such as airways, nodules, blood vessels, and lung parenchyma can be added or removed from a reconstructed image. Accurate airway reconstruction allows generation of a reliable VB image, which can then be utilized concomitantly with the real-time bronchoscopy view. This allows the operator to follow the "road map" during the procedure while the EM sensor provides real-time feedback on the path, as well as, relationship with the target lesion. Importantly, certain VB navigation platforms, e.g., ArchimedesTM, have a different algorithm that integrates CT data, bronchoscopy and fused fluoroscopy, which provides a 3D, real-time airway, and proprietary parenchymal navigation without the use of EM field generator, or sensor.
Implementation of any new technology requires a streamlined workflow, training of all team members, and understanding of nuances at individual institutions. A procedural overview and practical work flow that could be adopted by the users of EM technology platforms is discussed in the following section.
EMN bronchoscopy is a multi-disciplinary team procedure that involves careful review of the clinical history, delineation of the intent of the procedure, pre-procedure planning including thorough review of CT imaging, selection of type of sedation based on patient and/or operator factors, utilization of ancillary equipment such as fluoroscopy and r-EBUS, and discussion with pathology team on sample processing to maximize yield.
An important aspect of pre-procedure planning is to meticulously review the CT imaging including coronal, sagittal, and axial sections to identify the target segment or sub-segment, and importantly to assess airway-lesion relationship. Accurate pre-procedure mapping and identification of pathways leading to the target lesion depend on the quality of input CT images. Many digital imaging networks upload lower fidelity thick-cuts of 4–5 mm which compromises a full assessment of bronchial anatomy via 3D reconstruction. Thin-cut CT images on the order of 1 mm provide the bronchoscopist with a better sense of the aforementioned variables and therefore need to be requested. For instance, small airways leading to the target and its relationship to the lesion may become more apparent on a thin-cut CT. Additionally, one can assess the acuity of sub-segmental branch points, the number of bifurcations of a given pathway to the lesion, and an estimate of the trajectory of sampling tools needed to access the lesion. This is likely to assist the operator in optimal tools selection, e.g., extended working channels (EWC), needles, cytology brushes, and biopsy forceps, thus developing a meticulous approach to sampling.
Currently available EMN systems require CT acquisition and subsequent uploading into the hardware unit using proprietary software and in a specific format that allows for optimal 3D airway reconstruction and navigation. CT protocols recommended by some of the widely available commercial navigation platforms in North America are reviewed below and in Table 1.
Same day imaging is recommended and prior to CT acquisition, proprietary sensors or vPadTM are placed over the anterior chest in an inverted L formation with the tail opposite the side of lesion. Once these are securely attached, an inspiratory scan is obtained with arms above the head followed by an expiratory scan with the arms by the patient's side.
Inspiratory scan only as per manufacturer's recommended protocol and preferably within 30 days of the procedure.
CT imaging is acquired at functional residual capacity (FRC) preferably within 30 days of the procedure. Image acquisition is performed after placing a positioning board with a headrest, cushion, and a knee wedge underneath the patient in a fashion that is similar to the patient positioning during the actual procedure. Patient is coached to hold their breath at FRC.
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) formatted images can be loaded onto a planning station by either a media CD/DVD or via a direct network feed. The planning phase can be performed using standard axial, coronal, and sagittal views, or any combination of those where one can essentially pivot around the target to identify an airway closest to it, or with a tracheobronchial tree obtained via segmentation as previously discussed. Additional functions such as contrast, zoom, pan, and measurements are available via toolbars. Subtle differences exist depending upon which commercial system is used, however, the concept of identifying the target lesion and closest immediate airway while working back to the more central airway, so called "the breadcrumb method", is conceptually similar. The view offering the best alignment is determined by the bronchoscopist. However, by using different views, one can identify airways and paths that would otherwise not be obvious in single views. Once the preliminary plan has been outlined, the plotted route can be visualized via a VB tour, replicating the view that will be seen during the procedure. This allows for adjustment, especially in those lesions for which two leading pathways are identified. In addition, manual registration points that are easily identifiable, such as main and lobar carinas, can also be labelled should automatic registration be unsuccessful.
Systematic bronchoscopy set-up prior to initiating EMN is key to a successful procedure. The SPiN System™ from Veran has a mobile field generator that can be placed in a number of orientations and does not require a mapped patient bed or room. For procedures performed with superDimension™ EMN System, ensuring a field free of ferromagnetic materials within approximately 60 cm (2 feet) radius reduces system errors. The location board, which contains the EM field generator, is placed under the patient's mattress. Both systems include a set of pads placed on the anterior-lateral thorax to allow for automatic registration and precise tracking of the sensor. The ArchimedesTM system does not have an EM field generator. Even so, a patient position board and proper positioning of fluoroscopy is required for optimal results. Figure 2 illustrates three main commercially available platforms in North America.
Figure 2 Commonly available navigation bronchoscopy platforms in North America. (A) VeranTM Medical Technologies EMN platform with an electromagnetic field generator and view screen demonstrating real time procedure; (B) VeranTM vPadTM placement for a supine position with the pads forming an inverted L and the smaller pads placed opposite the lesion; (C) superDimensionTM EMN platform; (D) superDimensionTM location board containing electromagnetic field generator placed under the patient's mattress; (E) superDimensionTM pads in a triangular orientation with the cranial pad 2 cm below the sternal notch and the lateral pads overlying the 8th rib bilaterally; (F) ArchimedesTM VB navigation platform; (G) patient positioning board used during the ArchimedesTM navigation procedure to allow placement of the patient in same position as during the CT imaging.
Following an initial inspection bronchoscopy for secretion clearance and assessment for occult endobronchial lesions or abnormalities, registration is performed.
The superDimension™ Navigation System version 7 contains an EWC and locatable guide (LG), containing the EM sensor, that are inserted together through a bronchoscope with a minimum working channel of 2.8 mm until roughly 10 mm of the LG is visible endoscopically. The EM sensor feedbacks its location within the EM field. The bronchoscopist then performs a balanced inspection whereby the software can "automatically" register the airways. Once enough data has been collected to correlate the patient's anatomy with the CT-generated model, a VB image appears on the screen. Should this process fail, manual registration is required. For this, the operator is required to touch the LG to the pre-determined registration points, including main carina and lobar carinas.
The SPiN System™ from Veran differs in that the software automatically registers the patient and tracheobronchial tree via a CT scan that was performed on the same day with respiratory sensors in place. The operator selects which tool or catheter will be used for the system to register the device prior to the navigation phase. In essence, the patient's real-life anatomy and CT images are automatically linked to generate a VB image, thereby avoiding a step and potentially decreasing procedural time. For CT images obtained from referral scans, manual registration similar to that described above is required.
The registration process with ArchimedesTM VB platform requires aligning of 3D CT view with live 2D fluoroscopy view. Three fluoroscopy images of the patient's thorax are obtained using C-Arm, each alternating with the software prompt to match up with the virtual fluoroscopic image of the same target area. The fused fluoroscopy essentially uses body fiducial points to minimize the CT-to-body divergence.
The initial navigation phase is similar across platforms. All systems can display multiple screens simultaneously at the discretion of the bronchoscopist including axial, sagittal, and coronal CT images, 3D map, video bronchoscope, VB, and a local or "tip view" where the sensor is overlaid on a planar CT. Other information available to the bronchoscopist is the selected target, pre-planned pathway, and distance to the center of the target. The method by which the bronchoscopist navigates to the lesion is where the systems diverge.
The superDimensionTM Navigation System utilizes the EdgeTM EWC along with LG to reach the target lesion. The catheter comes in various pre-formed curves, ranging from 45° to 270°. The decision of which angulation to use is at the discretion of the bronchoscopist and pre-planning, as previously described, plays a key role. For example, lesions located in the superior segment or medial sub-segments of the lower lobes, as well as, those with acute airway branching points are likely to need a greater curvature. During navigation, the catheter is rotated so that in the ideal situation, the planned pathway is bright and on the right-hand side of the screen. Most of the navigation occurs beyond the endoscopic view of the bronchoscopist and in the "peripheral view" window of the software. Once the lesion is reached, the EWC is locked, the LG is withdrawn, and sampling tools are sequentially inserted through the EWC.
The SPiN SystemTM from Veran, in contrast, utilizes a continuous monitoring system. In this system, the navigation sensor is embedded within each sampling tools, such as needles, brushes, and forceps. The use of tracked instruments relies on the bronchoscopist to visualize and access the appropriate pathway leading to the lesion in conjunction with the virtual image and pathway. Should the bronchoscopic navigation be unsuccessful, EM trans-thoracic needle aspiration (ETTNA) or SPiN PercTM can be utilized. An example of EMN guided TTNA is shown in Figure 3. In this configuration, the operator chooses a pre-planned pathway from an entry site on the chest wall using a percutaneous needle with an inner stylet containing the navigation sensor. Tissue sampling is performed after removing the inner stylet and using the needle as co-axial system to pass smaller gauge needle biopsy tools.
Figure 3 Transcutaneous needle sampling using SPiN PercTM EMN technology (Veran Medical Technologies). (A,B,C) Sagittal, 90° oblique, and oblique views with the target lesion in red, skin entry site indicated by a red circle, and the green line denoting the needle trajectory. The circle and the square, overlying the green crosshairs, both turn green when the needle trajectory is in alignment with the target; (D) SPiN PercTM tip-tracked biopsy needle; (E) SPiN PercTM biopsy gun for core sampling.
The ArchimedesTM system from Broncus® integrates CT data, bronchoscopy, and fused fluoroscopy to provide 3D, real-time airway and proprietary parenchymal navigation, commonly referred to as bronchoscopic trans-parenchymal nodule access (BTPNA). The segmentation tools allow for nodule, vessel, and airway mapping with virtual pathway guidance. The system does not utilize an EM sensor or tracker during the procedure to confirm the position of the catheter. It is important for the user of EM technology to understand the principles of fused fluoroscopy and BTPNA as there is good bit of overlap exists with competing platforms.
The importance of understanding airway-lesion relationship cannot be overstated. In their seminal study, Tsuboi et al. carefully reviewed the tumor mass morphology in surgically resected specimens and described four types of relationships between the bronchus and tumor mass. Type I: bronchial lumen patent up to the mass and tumor tissue exposed into the lumen; type II: bronchus appeared to be caught in the growing lesion and the tumor tissue exposed into the narrowed lumen; type III: bronchus compressed by the tumor with narrowed lumen and tumor tissue not exposed; and type IV: complete obstruction of the bronchus preventing passage of tools via the stenotic airway (18). In the aforementioned study, tissue sampling was performed using a rotatable biopsy curet advanced via modified Metras' catheter under fluoroscopic guidance. In current authors' opinion, this pioneering work exemplifies the importance of understanding the crucial relationship between scrutinizing review of the CT image and selection of tools deployed for successful specimen acquisition.
The role of CT in delineating airway-lesion relationship was described by Naidich et al. (19). The "bronchus sign" or "CT-bronchus sign" is the finding of an airway leading to or contained within the lesion (nodule or mass). Its value in predicting success of diagnostic bronchoscopy has been well studied (20,21). The success rate of diagnostic sampling increased for both the peripheral and central lung lesions when bronchus sign was present. Further increase in diagnostic yield was noted when transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) was performed in addition to transbronchial biopsies, signifying the utility of sampling tool with penetrating ability across the bronchus unlike brushes and biopsy forceps (22-24).
As illustrated in Figure 4, attention to the airway-lesion relationship not only helps with tool selection but may also provide valuable information on the need for steerable catheter to better align the distal tip of the EWC or guide sheath to the target lesion.
Figure 4 Airway-lesion relationship with CT imaging as a helpful tool. (A) Axial view of a cavitating lesion with an airway adjacent to the lesion. Extended working channel as well as sampling tool, such as needle, brush, or biopsy forceps are likely to bypass the target lesion if deployed in the adjacent airway (arrow illustrating theoretical path of sampling tool); (B) coronal view of the same lesion with a smaller branch that has an end-on relationship with the nodule. Deployment of a steerable catheter through this smaller airway (illustrated by arrow) may allow end-on alignment for sampling the lesion; (C) sagittal view of the same airway as in coronal view re-demonstrating end-on alignment with the thick walled cavitary lesion.
The choice of sampling tools is an important aspect of the procedure and may impact the diagnostic yield, thus resulting in success or failure of EMN. Commonly used diagnostic tools include cytology brushes, cupped or serrated forceps, and "standard" TBNA catheters (25-27). As illustrated in Figure 5, for fluoroscopically visible lesions, intra-procedure fluoroscopy is valuable in selection of sampling tools. Other tools that are available, but less widely studied include modifications to TBNA needles including SPiN FlexTM, Arcpoint™, GenCut™, and superDimensionTM triple needle cytology brush.
Figure 5 Use of fluoroscopy for sampling tool selection in a fluoroscopically visible lesion (circle). (A) Relationship of biopsy forceps with the lesion; (B) inability of cytology brush to navigate across the occluded airway (Tsuboi Type III or IV lesion) thus resulting in sampling of only bronchial cells. Arrow indicating proximal deployment of the cytology brush; (C) needle deployment into the proximal aspect of the lesion via an established guide sheath.
In situations where a curved EWC is used and the catheter maintains a significant degree of curvature for appropriate alignment with the lesion, a more flexible tool that is less likely to deflect the catheter should be considered. The flexible cytology brush or GenCutTM are examples of such tools. This concept is illustrated in Figure 6. Flexible peripheral TBNA needles are also commercially available, however, there is paucity of data on use of these needles. In the authors' personal experience these tools may be helpful in select circumstances. In contrast, a curved catheter may be needed to navigate into proximal acute angles, e.g., left or right upper lobe apical or posterior segments, but the catheter may not be in direct alignment with the lesion distally. In such situations use of a stiffer tool such as a needle or forceps may be required to purposefully deflect the catheter into an appropriate alignment. When a direct communication between the airway and nodule is not present, as in Tsuboi type III and IV lesions, TBNA is usually necessary to achieve diagnostic sampling.
Figure 6 Deflection of the extended working channel (EWC) with different sampling tools in an attempt to sample a lesion in the posterior segment of the left upper lobe. (A) Curved EdgeTM EWC in position after withdrawal of the LG. Image in inset shows the tip of curved EdgeTM EWC; (B) flexible radial probe passing through the established EdgeTM EWC without significant deflection and eccentric view of the lesion, which is shown inset; (C) deployment of cytology brush without significant deflection of the EWC. An example of cytology brush is shown inset; (D) use of a flexible GenCutTM needle penetrating the lesion without much deflection. Distal tip of GenCutTM is shown in inset; (E) significant deflection of the EWC when superDimensionTM aspiration needle catheter was passed via EWC; (F) significant deflection with partial straightening of the EWC with passage of a rigid biopsy forceps tool, illustrating the value of fluoroscopy in assessing real-time tool alignment; (G,H) illustration of the degree of deflection of the EWC with passage of a stiffer biopsy forceps.
Combining other technologies with ENB can augment and refine the navigation and position of the sampling tools and catheters. Use of the planning CT and 3D reconstructed pathway provides the bronchoscopist a sense of the trajectory of the sampling tools/catheters needed to successfully access a lesion. Radial-probe EBUS can delineate airway-lesion relationship and provide positioning in real-time as demonstrated in Figure 7. By using fluoroscopy, one can make subtle adjustments based upon the spatial relationship above. If using a catheter-based system, fluoroscopy is helpful to assess the degree of deflection by individual tools. Some limitations to this include the inability to see small nodules on fluoroscopy, the cumbersome nature of fluoroscopy, additional radiation dose, and the need for larger procedural space. Another adjunct technology is the use of cone beam CT or 3D fluoroscopy to confirm successful navigation or catheter/tool-nodule relationship and anticipated biopsy trajectory. This requires a dedicated machine and personnel time that may be challenging to secure at some institutions. Also, cone-beam CT is associated with a higher radiation dose than standard fluoroscopy though much lower than low-dose CT for lung cancer screening (28). Further, the value of intra-procedure 3D imaging is diminished in the case of procedural hemorrhage, which may obscure the lesion.
Figure 7 Use of radial-probe EBUS (r-EBUS) to better delineate airway-lesion relationship after navigation to the lesion is performed. (A) Airway leading into the lesion with a concentric view on r-EBUS; (B) airway with tapering as it gets closer to the lesion or possibly a branch point resulting in partial-concentric view on r-EBUS; (C) airway circumventing the lesion or lesion exerting extrinsic compression of a patent airway, resulting in partial view on r-EBUS; (D) airway with peri-bronchial tumor invasion and extrinsic compression preventing adequate visualization of lesion with r-EBUS; (E) complete occlusion of the airway resulting in no visible lesion on r-EBUS, though EWC catheter or sampling tool may be in desired alignment with the lesion. EBUS, endobronchial ultrasound; EWC, extended working channel.
The diagnostic yield for EMN bronchoscopy is quite variable, ranging from 33–88%. Three recent meta-analyses have pooled diagnostic yields of 65–70% (25,26,29). Since the release of the first EMN system, numerous updates have occurred. These include evolution in the technology, as well as catheters and biopsy tools. The platform offered by superDimensionTM is now in its second generation with seventh generation software, while a majority of the published studies were performed with earlier versions. Additionally, navigation catheters have undergone extensive modification and greater number of devices are available. Clinical studies with other commercially available systems are currently limited but early data is promising. Factors including the use of rapid on-site cytology evaluation (ROSE) and fluoroscopy are difficult to account for across studies though in authors' experience, both are valuable.
Lobar location has not been shown to definitely effect yield (30-35) although right middle lobe lesions are likely to be more accessible (31). Technically, the upper lobe segments have acute angles to negotiate and require flexible tools despite use of curved catheter. Likewise, the medial sub-segments of the lower lobes offer limited freedom due to tool displacement given acute bends of the tracheobronchial tree. Lesions located in lower lobes, especially those in proximity to the diaphragm, are more likely to be affected by respiratory variation (36). Attention to branching points and anticipation of challenges will help the operator to be better prepared.
Although both conscious sedation and general anesthesia (GA) have been used in published studies, an optimal method has not been identified. In two of the earlier EMN bronchoscopy studies by Eberhardt et al. (31,37), no statistically significant differences in diagnostic yield were noted and similar findings were noted by Bowling et al. (33). A meta-analysis of 15 studies by Gex et al. suggested a better diagnostic yield with GA (69% vs. 58%) (26). Until optimal anesthetic modality is ascertained, the decision on which anesthetic modality to use depends on operator preference, patient co-morbidities, anticipated procedure time, lesion characteristics, and need for procedures such as concurrent mediastinal staging, and available institutional resources.
Lesion size has an impact on the yield. Yield has been shown to be significantly reduced for lesions <2 cm (61% vs. 83%) despite the ability to navigate within 1 cm of a target lesion in 93% of cases (34,38). Various factors including real-time navigation error and nodule hysteresis during respiratory cycle could possibly explain this finding (36,39). Additionally, catheter deflection as a result of variable rigidity of sampling tools could result in alteration of catheter-lesion alignment during real-time sampling and reduce the diagnostic yield.
The importance of the bronchus sign in predicting success of bronchoscopy procedures has been studied extensively and discussed in an earlier section (20,21). While intuitively this should be applicable to EMN bronchoscopy, only one study has evaluated this systematically. In a prospective study by Seijo et al., lesions with a bronchus sign were accurately diagnosed in 79% of cases versus 31% in those without (40). Other studies have indicated a trend toward increased yields with the bronchus sign (41). Importantly, confirmation with r-EBUS prior to sampling has also been shown to be associated with a higher diagnostic yield (42). Important to note here is that lack of r-EBUS image could also mean complete occlusion of the airway, although the navigated catheter may be in good alignment with the lesion. This and other types of r-EBUS relationship are shown in Figure 7.
Lastly, while most of the interest and research has been focused upon diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions, EMN is also applicable to central lesions, including lymph node sampling and is reported to have a high diagnostic yield (43). In these instances, the software can be used to make the airway wall appear more transparent making the lesion of interest more visible. By using the navigation VB image in conjunction with an endoscopic view, the needle entry site and trajectory can be determined. The LG is used to make an indentation on the mucosa and TBNA is performed via the marked entry site. Availability of convex-probe EBUS bronchoscopes at most centers with EM technology limits its use for sampling central lesions.
In addition to diagnostic sampling, EMN bronchoscopy has been used successfully to mark pulmonary lesions to facilitate radiotherapy as well as surgical resection of non-palpable lesions. Tumor marking can be performed by a transthoracic approach under CT guidance albeit with a relatively higher complication rate, namely pneumothorax and hemothorax (44), both of which may not be a major issue if surgical resection is planned the same day (45). Rare adverse events such as air or marker embolization to coronary artery have been reported as well and carry high morbidity (46). In that respect and in the hands of an experienced operator, EMN allows accurate localization and marking of the lesion endobronchially with low risk of complications.
Fiducials are radiographically visible markers made of dense metal, gold or platinum, which are deployed inside or in the vicinity of the tumor to allow precise identification and tracking for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Commercially available fiducial markers come in various shapes and sizes, and can be linear or coil-springed. These are illustrated in Figure 8. The marker can be deployed either by retrograde technique of fitting into the distal tip of a brush or transbronchial needle catheter or by dedicated catheter where the fiducial is inserted through the proximal hub of the catheter. The catheter is then advanced via the working channel of the bronchoscope to the target lesion and fiducial is deployed by gently pushing it out with the brush, needle, or stylet wire. Depending upon the type of SBRT system and software enhancements, between 1 and 6 fiducial markers are required per target lesion. The accuracy of bronchoscopic placement of fiducials for peripheral pulmonary lesions is greatly enhanced by EMN. In experienced centers, rates of success for placement by EMN guidance are between 90% and 100% (47,48).
Figure 8 Examples of commercially available fiducial makers. (A) SuperLockTM, comprised of a gold seed for visualization/tracking and a nitinol coil to facilitate anchoring into the airway; (B) CyberMarkTM, linear gold seed marker; (C) VISICOILTM, helical coiled gold spring that can either be linear or conform to tissue anatomy; (D) chest radiography showing final placement of 2 fiducial markers for a left upper lobe lesion.
A major limitation of bronchoscopic fiducial placement is marker migration, the incidence of which approaches 10% (47-49). Lower displacement rates may be achieved with coil-spring markers (50) or use of vascular embolization coils as markers (51). Lack of a leading airway is rarely a barrier, since deploying fiducials directly inside the target is not necessary for successful stereotactic delivery of radiation therapy. The major complication of the procedure is pneumothorax, reported to occur at a rate of approximately 6% (50,51). However, since transbronchial biopsies, brushings, and needle aspiration are also frequently performed at the time of fiducial placement, direct causality is difficult to attribute to fiducial deployment alone.
Tumor marking can also be performed using embolization coils that are deployed using VB navigation relying on the airway mapping and fluoroscopic or CT guidance. This is done without the use of EM sensor or tracker and typically requires ultra-thin bronchoscope. One to two coils can be placed per lesion at the discretion of the operator. In experienced centers and following careful patient selection, the success rate for tumor marking with embolization coils using VB navigation guidance approaches 100% with a 30-day retention rate of 100% (52,53). The overall cost of coil marking is similar to that of EMN bronchoscopy and requires intra-operative fluoroscopy to identify the lesion.
EMN bronchoscopy is able to localize surgically "invisible" and non-palpable lesions during open, video-assisted, or robotic assisted thoracic surgery (54). Such lesions are usually smaller than 10 mm, appear as ground-glass nodules on CT, or located deep from the pleural surface. Ability to generate 3D airway road map using high quality thin-slice CT images allows for accurate localization and direct access to the lesion for marking to facilitate surgical biopsy or resection. As illustrated in Figure 9, dye marking can be achieved by lesion infiltration and extension of the "tattoo" to the overlying pleura with methylene blue or indigo carmine. Colored collagen (55), lipidol (56), or barium (57) are used less often.
Figure 9 Dye marking of a non-palpable lung nodule to facilitate surgical biopsy performed using electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy prior to the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedure. After navigating to the lesion, LG was withdrawn and a 25 G sclerotherapy needle catheter was advanced via EWC to its distal tip. The needle was then advanced and methylene blue was injected to a total volume of 0.5 mL to tattoo the overlying pleura. Thereafter, wedge resection of the lesion via VATS was performed. EWC, extended working channel; LG, locatable guide.
Dye marking can be performed as a separate procedure prior to the surgery or under "live" conditions during surgery, allowing direct feedback from surgeon. If the tissue samples are to be obtained bronchoscopically for cytopathology review, these should be done prior to dye infiltration. Dye injection is achieved with a 25-gauge needle and volumes of 0.25 to 1.0 mL of methylene blue or indigo carmine are usually sufficient. The volume of dye injected also depends on the distance from the pleural surface (54,58). The choice of dye depends upon the timing of surgery as indigo carmine has an advantage of being visible to the surgeon ≥3 days after marking (59). Penetration of the visceral pleura and dye dispersion into the pleural space can be a potential consequence (60). As such, reported success of the dye marking ranges between 80% and 100% (58,61).
Given the minimal invasive nature of EMN bronchoscopy, the safety profile is reasonable. The risk of complications is similar to that of performing a needle or forceps biopsy sampling with routine bronchoscopy. The overall complication rate ranges from 0–10% with a pooled range of 4.2–7.2% in 2 recent meta-analyses (26,29). These include pneumothorax, hemoptysis, bleeding, and post-procedure respiratory failure.
Pneumothorax is the most common complication with a pooled rate of 3.1% in a recent meta-analysis (26). Of these, roughly half required tube thoracostomy for drainage. The recently published NAVIGATE study included 964 cases of peripheral lung lesions and reported a slightly higher rate of 4.9%, of which 3.2% required intervention (27). Literature examining TTNA may provide some insights as to mechanisms and risk factors. Longer needle passes, emphysema, smaller nodules, traversing fissure, and repeated pleural punctures, are all associated with increased risk of pneumothorax from TTNA (62-64). Shared characteristics that may increase the risk for EMN bronchoscopy related pneumothoraces include small nodules in close proximity to the pleura and proximity to the fissure. In both cases there is a greater risk of violating the visceral pleura. Chino et al. illustrated this relationship and risk of pneumothorax in a retrospective study of 991 patients (65). Target lesions located near interlobular pleura were 5 times more frequently associated with pneumothorax after bronchoscopy.
Procedural aspects may also impact the incidence of pneumothorax. An important component of EMN is the virtual nature of technology. CT-based planning is done at total lung capacity (TLC) in most commercially available platforms. During EMN bronchoscopy, the patient is breathing much closer to FRC independent of sedation modality. Chen et al. noted that nodules can move up to 4 cm or more during respiration (36). Also, the nodule movement is significantly more accentuated in the lower lobes compared to the upper lobes. For peripheral nodules as small as 1 cm, difference due to registration and/or navigation error can result in puncture of the visceral pleura by overshooting the lesion. In the authors' experiences, use of fluoroscopy may mitigate this by visualization of the biopsy catheter and tools in relation to fluoroscopically visible nodules and the periphery combined with tactile feedback.
The incidence of hemoptysis during EMN bronchoscopy is quite low and this may be due to the use of an EWC in majority of the existing literature. When wedged into the periphery, it acts to tamponade any intra-procedural bleeding by occupying most, if not all, of the distal airways. While there is no evidence to suggest that topical therapies reduce bleeding, solutions such as cold saline or recombinant thrombin can be delivered through the EWC directly to the source. Reports of fatal arrhythmia complicating application of diluted epinephrine through EWC to control bleeding should probably discourage its future use (66). In contrast, when bleeding is more brisk, the catheter occupies most of the working channel of the bronchoscope, thereby significantly reducing suction capability. In order to effectively aspirate the resultant blood, the catheter must then be removed. Management principles are as in the case of bleeding with any other type of bronchoscopy.
During early implementation of EMN technology, theoretical concerns of interaction with EM field generator and automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) or permanent pacemaker (PPM) were present. Suggested interactions included interfering with device function, damage, overheating, and lead displacement. This led to an initial recommendation that EMN bronchoscopy is relatively contraindicated in patients with these devices. This is despite the extremely low magnetic field of <0.0001 T with an established safety profile of AICD/PPM in MRI of up to 3 T. Subsequently, a study of 24 patients showed no adverse cardiac events or navigation errors (67). Another study showed that not only was there no negative effect on AICD function, but it would still detect a tachyarrhythmia and deliver an appropriate shock (68). While cardiac monitoring is recommended, EMN bronchoscopy appears to be safe to use in patients with AICD and PPM.
The growth of technology has resulted in increasing number of procedures available to clinicians. The vendors for each technology platform provide training to physicians though none is validated for competency development. An education and training program must be competency-based and milestones driven. Recently, a multi-society guideline was published outlining required procedures and their quantity to each accreditation (69). However, many of the required number of procedures were reached by expert opinion rather than direct evidence. Well-designed studies are needed to characterize the learning curve of physicians in achieving competency in performing EMN bronchoscopy using validated assessment tools. In the context of EMN bronchoscopy, an effective training program must not only meet the learning needs of the proceduralist but also address the barriers in learners' environment.
Since the introduction of the first EMN system into the market in 2006 (superDimensionTM), several other commercial systems and technologies have been developed, thus expanding the market and opening it for competition. Prominent among them are Veran SpinDriveTM and ArchimedesTM. Additional systems are emerging to the market or are in different stages of research and development.
As with many new technologies, the cost of EMN bronchoscopy is high. While the exact cost of a system is variable, the initial capital purchase can be easily more than 100,000 US dollars. The list price for the Veran SpinDriveTM is $225,000 with a $30,000/year service contract that includes procedural support, software upgrades, and hardware damage. In comparison the list price for superDimensionTM is approximately $250,000 with an annual service contract pricing ranging from 14,000 to 32,000 $. In addition to the upfront capital outlay, the two commercially available systems use a number of proprietary biopsy tools and catheters. While a direct per procedure comparison is not possible due to variance in individual provider practices, one can expect to use at least 1,000–2,000 $ worth of disposables per case.
The ArchimedesTM system is currently priced around $325,000. Although upfront price of capital purchase is high, it does not require dedicated catheters for lesions not requiring BTPNA. This possibly offsets the higher purchase cost over the life span of the equipment.
It is an exciting time for the field of bronchoscopy. The industry continues to learn from the limitations of existing platforms. Their partnership with the clinicians has resulted in introduction of enhanced software algorithms and sampling tools. Newer platforms have integrated fluoroscopy to mitigate CT-body divergence error, and the lesions are more visible with newer algorithms. Also, growth of competing technologies has helped with innovation. Recently, there has been a great interest in robotic bronchoscopy. Auris Health, Inc. (Redwood City, CA) recently received FDA approval for its MonarchTM robotic platform. This platform integrates advancements in robotics, micro-instrumentation, endoscope design, and sensing, while using the airway map generation software and EM tracker real-time during bronchoscopy. A recent study using the MonarchTM platform demonstrated greater accessibility to the periphery of the lung, as well as, the ability to obtain tissue biopsies for small lung lesions (70). Whether these advances will translate into higher diagnostic yield and better patient outcomes remains to be seen.
In summary, EMN is an indispensable technology in assisting with diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions. It has transformed the landscape of bronchoscopy and opened avenues for innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of early stage lung cancer. As the technology advances, we anticipate intuitive platforms with improved accuracy and greater efficiency. Successful application of technology requires proper education and training of the operator, focus on program development, institutional support, and multi-disciplinary teams to engage, interact, and communicate effectively.
Wilson DS, Ellis R. Improved Diagnostic Yield of Bronchoscopy in a Community Practice: Combination of Electromagnetic Navigation System and Rapid On-site Evaluation. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2007;14:227-32.
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An 8-year-old girl was killed and several were injured Monday when a man crashed his car into a pizza restaurant outside Paris.
The 39-year-old driver was detained shortly after the incident in the town of Sept-Sorts, The Associated Press reports. Police called it a "deliberate" attack that "apparently has no connection with a terrorist act," according to The Telegraph.
The act comes less than a week after six French soldiers were injured, two of them seriously, in a hit and run Wednesday in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret. A 37-year-old Algerian man identified as Hamou Benlatreche was detained hours after the attack. (RELATED: France Reports 60 Percent Increase In Radicalization In Two Years)
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CBS has snagged the rights to Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop pilot. Yes, that Beverly Hills Cop. The hour-long potential series was pitched as a procedural drama with comedic elements.
According to various reports, the number one television network has given a commitment to a pilot, which is being described as a "continuation of the iconic Beverly Hills Cop universe." The sort-of-kind-of-a-sequel will follow Axel Foley's son, Aaron, a young cop working to establish a career of his own, outside of the shadow of his famous father. Murphy is set to reprise the role he played in the films in the series' pilot, and may recur if the series is greenlit according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Chicago Code), executive producer of the upcoming ABC series The Last Resort, will serve as executive producer with Marney Hochman (of MiddKid Productions) and Murphy. Sony Pictures Television will distribute.
The rumor mill is spinning with suggestions for actors to tackle the role of Aaron. On the top of many lists is Saturday Night Live's Jay Pharoah. The 24-year old star not only favors Murphy's looks, but does a spot on impression of the comedy legend that could have you doing a double take (check out his skits on YouTube).
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What's on around Italy on social media during Coronavirus pandemic
While the opera houses, museums, art galleries and concert halls are closed here are some suggestions to follow on your computer, iPads or phones.
Accademia S. Cecilia
On the S. Cecilia website the film Il Carattere Italiano, directed by Angelo Bozzolini, comes at exactly the right moment. It is a poetic film about the orchestra, its musicians (who come from all over Italy) its soloists (who come from all over the world), its repertoire and its many famous conductors. Its dynamic music director, Antonio Pappano, conducts the film, holding it all together with his usual irresistible charm. The film is only available until 22 April. On Instagram S. Cecilia is still showing personal interviews with members of its orchestra at home. Every Thursday at 19.30, Friday at 20.30 and Saturday at 18.00, there will be replays of S. Cecilia concerts on Rai5. santacecilia.it.
Teatro dell'Opera di Rome
The Teatro dell' Opera di Roma is streaming replays of its productions from 18 March onwards. So far nine operas are available, with more to come. The best way to find these is to go to the opera's website and select Teatro Digitale and then click on the operas. Some of these are also available on YouTube under Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. One of the replays on YouTube is La Boheme at the Baths of Caracalla for the summer season 2015 with an interview with the director David Livermore at the beginning. Rome's opera house has scheduled Il Viaggio a Reims by Rossini (from 2015) on 7, 8 April, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (from 2016) on 8-11 April and Lucia di Lammermoor (from 2015) on 9-12 April. There are also a series of podcasts the day before the scheduled operas. The one ballet is Don Chisciotte in the American Ballet Company version by Mikhail Baryshnikov. www.operaroma.it
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ESG's Turning Point: Four Trends Could Accelerate Flows in 2021
- As the foundation for ESG investing expands, momentum will continue to build across the globe.
- Rebecca Chesworth looks at four trends that that could continue to drive the momentum.
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Brie Williams
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So much transpired across society, economies and the investment community to advance ESG investing in 2020. Moving out of an exceptional third quarter, global inflows into ESG funds held strong, amassing $45.8 billion in Q4 2020, with Europe pushing past $821 billion in AUM to close the year.1 We believe ESG flows will continue to accelerate in 2021 as these four trends drive momentum:
Morningstar, as of 12/31/2020. Calculations by SPDR Research Americas.
1. An emphasis on ESG to pursue better risk-adjusted returns
The debate over whether positive ESG characteristics can afford a stock premium performance has dissipated over recent years. In fact, in 2020, ESG indices outperformed their non-ESG counterparts. Compared with the S&P 500 Index, the S&P 500 ESG and S&P ESG Exclusions II indices achieved ~1.5% outperformance, with less volatility of returns.2
These better risk-adjusted ESG returns were strongly correlated with quality and large-cap stocks in 2020. Although market dynamics are likely to be different in 2021, ESG strategies (whether exclusionary, best-in-class/positive screening and/or benchmark aware) could continue to benefit as they could remove potential threats to performance and help investors pursue lower downside risk. Given the evolution of views, we see investors becoming more willing to accept tracking error to standard benchmarks.3
2. The pandemic highlighting ESG's lower-profile S pillar
Historically, the E in ESG has taken the spotlight, with vital emphasis on mitigating climate change through corporate and investor action. The climate story was not forgotten in 2020, and indeed many people reveled in the fact that lockdowns caused emissions to fall. However, the challenges that COVID-19 inflicted on workforces and underprivileged parts of the population made corporate social responsibilities more relevant, increasing the focus on the S in ESG and new means of measuring it.
Throughout the pandemic, we saw companies that were better prepared for upheaval prosper. During shareholder engagements by State Street Global Advisors, we saw how strategic planning on supply chains -- including more diverse sourcing, digitalization and robust supply-chain risk management processes -- helped companies in more strained times.
In the US, while President Biden has already rejoined the global effort to curb climate change, it is too early to gauge the administration's impact on social issues. However, the inclusion demonstrated by Biden's Cabinet picks sends a reinforcing message on the importance of diversity.
3. Increasing ESG integration into investment policy statements
Although ESG investing is not mandatory, global regulators and policymakers have published increasingly strict guidelines to ensure that asset managers who incorporate ESG considerations into their investment strategies can provide end investors with a transparent understanding of their methodology. For example, the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) now requires its signatories to adopt mandatory climate-related financial disclosures, or face loss of their accreditation.
As Europe continued to advance toward ESG investment data standardization in 2020, the US made progress to regulate how companies disclose ESG information. To provide transparency for this information, a slew of reporting frameworks and scoring systems have been developed, although despite collaboration between the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and GRI (formerly named the Global Reporting Initiative), standard criteria on specific disclosures remains elusive in the US. And although the Securities and Exchange Commission has yet to take specific action to implement ESG requirements, expectations for transparency and comparability, as well as complete and accurate information, are rising.
Looking ahead, we believe that companies that engage in stakeholder capitalism (considering the impact on clients, employees, society) are likely to be better positioned for long-term value creation. This remains a core argument for value-based ESG integration.
4. Greater recognition of the climate emergency
While the COVID-19 crisis could have knocked climate from the top of the ESG agenda – and efforts were derailed by the postponement of United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) – a tipping point was reached in global consciousness in 2020 with more action to limit the use of fossil fuels and speed up the low-carbon transition. The PRI lists climate change as the biggest risk faced by investors, citing physical and transition risks to portfolios. And Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on the governance of climate risks and their strategic impact became compulsory for PRI signatories last year.
2020 also featured the European Commission's launch of two climate benchmarks that align with a 1.5-degree scenario: the Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) and the broader Climate Transition Benchmark (CTB), which permits fossil fuel investments in transition. These benchmarks demonstrate how the European Commission has pulled ahead in terms of legislation to support sustainable finance. And they will be useful for investors who want to be at the forefront of change.
Looking ahead, Europe's wide-ranging Green Deal, presented in 2020, has the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050. It was Europe's "man on the moon moment," to quote European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Policy areas in the action plan include clean energy, sustainable mobility, sustainable food systems, and biodiversity. And in the US, President Biden's "build back better" approach could also support ESG as planned fiscal stimulus is directed to low-carbon projects such as electric vehicle charging networks, hydrogen and renewable energy infrastructure, and improving building energy efficiency and retrofits. For additional detail, see our article on ESG and the Biden presidency.
While the pandemic was the catalyst for increased flows into ESG investments in 2020, we expect global action on environmental and social challenges to spark flows in 2021. As Europe continues to lead the way in ESG investing, innovations soon to be introduced in the European Union include:
Green bond standards to help build credibility and participation in ESG investments
Sustainability disclosure obligations for financial market participants which will enforce reporting from March 2021
The publication of a classification system for sustainable activities. The initial focus of this taxonomy is defining what is sustainable in climate terms, but the intention is to introduce rules on other environmental sustainability objectives and to extend to social objectives at a later stage.
As the foundation for ESG investing expands, momentum will continue to build across the globe. We look forward to seeing how investors will respond to businesses and governments that hold themselves accountable to multiple sets of stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, affected communities, and local and global environments.
1Morningstar, as of 12/31/2020. Calculations by SPDR Research Americas.
2S&P Dow Jones Indices, December 31, 2020.
3State Street Global Advisors, Global Market Outlook, "Investments Theme: Momentum Will Carry ESG Investing Far Beyond the Pandemic" Carlo Maximilian Funk https://www.ssga.com/etfs/insights/esg-investing-momentum-will-carry-it-beyond-the-pandemic
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I really really really really like this highlighter. I was at Sephora to purchase something I'd actually researched and took time to think about when I happened on the Stila section and was completely mesmerized by this product. It was like the sky opened up above and a beam of light shone down and illuminated it in all of it's shiny glory. I looked left. I looked right. Then I placed a solitary finger in the tester and the next thing I knew I was grinning like an idiot while standing in line, helpless to this divine product and trying not to make eye contact with my boyfriend. Once I was in my car I was full of regret and thought about returning it because I can be an impulsive moron. First I decided to compare it to all of my other highlighters because I was sure I had something similar but that was not the case. This highlighter is beautiful! It can be subtle and it can be blinding. It gives an almost wet look to the skin that made it unique to the other highlighters I own. The texture is delightful. I'm actually still not sure what the hell it is. It's like a cream that's also a powder. More like a putty in that if you push your finger in the product it leaves an indention. I like to use this on my cheekbones subtly but build it up heavily in the inner corners of my eyes. It lasts at least 8 hours on me and I've been wearing this every day for months now. Today, I applied it to the tops of my shoulders and collar bones and in the direct sunlight, it was quite glittery but I don't pick that up on my face. I think I went a little overboard on my body. This gets an A+++. | {
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Akiko Tsuruga
Birth: www.akikojazz.com
She's "Sweet and Funky," she's "Cute and Bad". A Composer. A Performer extraordinaire.
The legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith describes her this way: "Akiko's playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world. Akiko is here…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akikojazzpage/
The legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith describes her this way: "Akiko's playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world. Akiko is here to stay."
Raised in Osaka, Japan, this talented musician began studying the organ at the age of three, at the famed Yamaha Music School. After discovering her passion for jazz very early on in her musical journey, Akiko launched her career immediately after graduating from the Osaka College of Music.
While living and playing in Osaka, she had many opportunities to perform with world- renowned jazz musicians from the United States. Meeting Grady Tate, in particular, was a life-changing event for Akiko. He took a great interest in her after hearing her play, and ultimately convinced her that to fully pursue her career in jazz she must make the move to the United States. He further showed his belief in her talent by performing on her debut album in Japan, Harlem Dreams.
After landing in the mecca for jazz, New York City, it didn't take long for Akiko to make her mark - she was soon embraced not only by audiences, but by her fellow musicians, as one of the top organ players in the city. It was during these early years that she had the great honor of playing several gigs with jazz greats Frank Wess and Jimmy Cobb.
But it was the meeting of organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith that proved to have the greatest impact on Akiko's musical development and career. He became an important mentor to Akiko, and she considers him her greatest influence. She flourished and continued to be a constant draw on the NY jazz scene. Her extraordinary musicianship and captivating stage presence ultimately drew Lou Donaldson's attention, when he chose her in 2006 as his quartet's organist.
Akiko has ten albums as a leader to her credit. Her debut album in the U.S., "Sweet and Funky" ,was selected as a "Best album of 2007" in DOWNBEAT Magazine. Akiko has been a regular in the DOWNBEAT magazine critics poll since 2008. Her albums have constantly placed in the top ten on the National Radio Jazz Chart. DOWNBEAT Magazine and Keyboard Magazine have featured articles on Akiko.
Akiko's most recent recording, "So Cute, So Bad" is a live record date, recorded at the Alvas Showroom in Los Angeles, and features Jeff Hamilton (Drums) and Graham Dechter (Guitar). This album was released in both the U.S. and in Japan in May 2017. The CD debuted on the Jazz charts at number #31 - the highest debut for that week.
Just take a listen to this dynamic performer, and I'm sure you will agree with the legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Akiko is here to stay!" | {
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Oakland International Airport Increases Security Measures in Response to Orange Threat Level
Random Inspections of Vehicles Using Airport Roadways Begin Today
Contact: Cyndy Johnson, (510) 563-2820
After Hours, (510) 563-3360
Oakland, CA, March 18, 2003 - Law enforcement officials today begin random vehicle searches at Oakland International Airport. The searches, which rn will occur along the airport's inbound roadway and at the terminal curbsides, are in response to the heightened terror alert (Orange Threat Level) and a new security directive for airports. There has not been any specific threat targeting Oakland International Airport.
Vehicles will be checked for explosives and other suspicious materials as they approach the terminal buildings and when they stop at the terminal curbside. A routine stop is expected to last no more than 90 seconds. Law enforcement officials may ask to inspect vehicle trunks and backs of vans. Inspections will last indefinitely.
Other mandated security changes include the elimination of taxi staging at the terminal building first curb. Taxis will be called forward from a remote staging area on an as-needed basis. Taxis picking up passengers at the first curb and all other ground transportation vehicles using the second curb (AC Transit and AirBART buses) and third curb (hotel/motel and off-site rental car agency shuttles) will be inspected with the use of extension mirrors.
"Traveler safety and security is our number one priority," said Steven rn J. Grossman, director of aviation for the Port of Oakland, which operates the Port. "Airport staff is working cooperatively with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and local law enforcement officials and we ask travelers to work cooperatively with us as we implement these increased security measures rn on their behalf."
Travelers may also notice an increased presence of law enforcement officials in and around the terminal buildings and increased searches of baggage by the airport's canine unit while the airport remains at this heightened level of security.
Passengers traveling through Oakland International Airport are reminded to arrive at the airport 90 minutes prior to departure time for domestic flights and two to three hours prior for international flights. In addition, all passengers are now required to obtain a boarding pass prior to passenger security screening. Passengers should check with their airline for more information.
Oakland International Airport has 200 flights a day on 14 domestic and international carriers to 36 nonstop destinations, including Atlanta, New York, Washington, D.C., the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico and Costa Rica (service begins 5/03). The airport is a revenue division of the Port of Oakland, an independent department of the city of Oakland. For information on alternative transportation to/from the airport, call 1-888-IFLYOAK (435-9625). Once at the airport, motorists can tune to 1700 AM for current airport information. Visit www.oaklandairport.com for additional information. | {
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YHC's liberal arts foundation educates the whole person—mind, body and spirit—and encourages the lifelong pursuit of knowledge and truth.
For 130 years, thousands of YHC graduates have gone on to world-class graduate programs and accomplished amazing things in various industries all over the globe. And there's one thing our dedicated alumni have in common: a fierce loyalty to the College and a lifelong relationship with the people who helped them realize their true potential.
This is where your student will grow and develop enviable skills, newfound confidence and marketable attributes for professional gain. Learn more about us as your son or daughter considers YHC.
So much of your son's or daughter's future is riding on these formative four years. Whether you and your child are applying or renewing, you will soon recognize that a Young Harris College education is priceless and worth the investment. Working together with your family, we will find a way to make it a reality for you.
Our tight-knit community pushes yet nurtures your student to do more than he or she ever imagined. This fosters such a sense of belonging, students can't help but feel comfortable as they learn and grow. Know that your son or daughter will be safe and supported 24/7 at YHC.
YHC is a community of individuals. We encourage everyone to gather at activities and events, family included. Our campus is filled with endless academic, athletic, artistic, professional, personal, social and spiritual opportunities for your student to discover how to be his or her best self. | {
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Ultra 2014's Ten Worst Moments
Miami New Times staff
Miami New Times staff | April 2, 2014 | 4:30pm
Ultra Music Festival is epic. Until it's not.
There is much about the EDM fest that's awe-inspiringly, eye-bulgingly, brain-meltingly awesome. It's among one of the best raver parades on the planet. It's got 200-foot LED stages that look like arcades from outer space, complete with lasers, pyrotechnics, and other expensive gimcracks. And it can't be denied that its lineup is perpetually loaded with hundreds of the world's best DJs, whether commercial or underground, trance or house or techno or bass or dubstep or trap.
But it's not all spectacle and fun. Here are Ultra 2014's ten worst moments.
See also: Ultra 2014's Ten Best Moments
Celebrity DJ Tracy Young Marks 25 Years Behind the Booth
Curse of the Superstar DJ
Seven days before Ultra 2014 was set to begin, the first famous disc jockey went down when Tiësto smacked his head on an LED screen during a set at an EDM fest in San Jose. He was sent to the hospital, found to have a concussion, and forced to cancel the next night's show in Los Angeles.
The following week, Avicii suddenly fell ill in Miami. He was rushed to the hospital. He was admitted for some mysterious illness. And his gig as part of the Avicii Hotel at the SLS South Beach hotel was nixed.
That same day, Afrojack fell on his face while doing a Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week promo appearance. And he too was sent for emergency medical care.
The spectre of mass superstar DJ cancellations hung over Ultra like the shadow of Skirllex's spaceship. But in the end, Tiësto and Afrojack were both able to fulfill their Ultra engagements. Unfortunately, Avicii had to cancel. And so did Laidback Luke.
At least Luke's reason was his wife, DJ Gina Turner, going into labor. And the birth of a child ain't no curse. S. Pajot
See also: Ultra 2014 Superlatives: Grumpiest Cat, Most Revealing Raver, and More!
Avicii's Gallbladder Surgery
Hawthorne Heights and Emery
Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 / 6:30pm @ Culture Room 3045 N Federal Hwy Fort Lauderdale FL 33306
Kingston Trio
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 / 7:30pm @ Amaturo Theater at Broward Ctr For The Perf Arts 201 Sw 5th Avenue Fort Lauderdale FL 33312
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For a full day after the Swedish star's hospitalization, the cause of his illness remained a mystery to the general public. Rumors abounded, but there was no official word. Some said he had already left doctors' care. Others suggested he was still in serious trouble.
Eventually, it was announced that the Swede required gallbladder surgery. The secret had been revealed. But that meant he wouldn't be headlining Ultra 2014.
Almost immediately, wails of disappointment went up from Avicii superfans, many of whom actually seemed more preoccupied with not getting full value for their $399.95 plus fees than the health of their EDM idol.
That's pretty selfish, bro. S. Pajot
See also: Ultra 2014: Deadmau5 Subs for Avicii, Plays "Levels," Pisses Off Tiesto for Being "Sarcastic"
"#Selfie"
Damn the Chainsmokers. Damn those pretty boys to Hell.
First of all, let's be real ... That "#Selfie" song is terrible. It's like listening to every Afrojack song ever while trying to avoid a conversation with some blabbering moron that won't shut up. We'd say it's this generation's "Valley Girl," but we have too much respect for Frank Zappa.
That being said, this poop machine has a great press team behind it, because every third person at Ultra bought the Kool-Aid and took it through an IV like saline. We saw "#Selfie" kandi necklaces and "Go Fuck Your Selfie" t-shirts at every turn. It was like everyone collectively decided to make the same lame joke and give up on originality, almost exactly in the way the Chainsmokers did when they put their name on this release.
After that deluge of underwhelming stimuli, we'll enjoy their steady descent back to obscurity in the coming years. Kat Bein
MGMT Almost Falling Asleep
Indie-electro rock group MGMT are scenester darlings. So why did it seem like they hated themselves so much during their Ultra set?
Sure, most people know them for the seminal album Oracular Spectacular, and that came out all the way back in 2007. But shouldn't they be happy to have had megahits at all? Cut Copy's biggest hits are even older, and they performed "Hearts on Fire" with all the gusto of a high-school kid on his first big break.
MGMT's lack of enthusiasm for their back catalog -- and hell, even their new material -- was painfully obvious. You won't win over new fans with an attitude like that. So did the crowd thin because they'd already played "Kids"? Or did the masses split because the group on the stage was hard to watch? Kat Bein
See also: Ultra 2014: M.I.A., MGMT, Basement Jaxx
Saturday Night Blues
On Friday -- day one of Ultra 2014 -- everyone was fresh. They were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to fucking rage like rabid bunny rabbits.
But the thing is, those yummy feelings of peace, love, unity, and respect dwindle as the stresses of exhaustion, dehydration, and substance abuse set in. Not that everyone is doing drugs at Ultra, but for those who are partaking, even by the second day, their serotonin is all used up and their brain is desperately looking for new ways to generate good feelings. Mostly, it can't, because now all its good-feeling chemicals are depleted.
So, Ultra's usual Saturday crowd tends to be much snippier, more self-involved, even pushy. A mean partier is not a fun partier. Oddly enough, by Sunday, the vibe mostly returns to its chill beginnings, and then everyone (thankfully) goes home. Liz Tracy
Another reason why Saturday's 2014 ravers were in a bad mood .... The weather forecast.
The meteorologists had been calling for severe thunder storms. And all day, the Miami sky was clogged with clouds. Then as dark finally fell, the wind picked up and it poured.
By South Florida standards, this "storm" was some weak shit. But everyone got at least a little soaked. And Mother Nature succeeded in ruining the vibe.
The worst part, really, was the temporary closure of many Ultra performance areas, including the live and radio stages, causing sets to be delayed and cut short, which prevented any truly climactic moment from emerging on what's supposed to be the fest's big night.
The stagnant pools of empty water bottles, soggy cigarette butts, and discarded raver masks weren't so awesome either. S. Pajot
Ultra Selling Out
No, not "selling out" in the naive, vaguely anti-capitalist electronic dance music purist sense. We mean literally getting rid of all available Ultra Music Festival passes.
Now, a sold-out fest would seem like a good thing, right? Except that tickets for Ultra 2014 weren't all bought up until its second day while tix for recent years' editions were gone as early as two and a half months before the gates even opened.
There are a number of possible reasons for sluggish ticket sales. We think it's mostly price. But the cynics suggest "EDM is dead." S. Pajot
Which brings us to ...
Ultra 2013: Redux
The point of Winter Music Conference -- and consequently, Ultra Music Festival -- is to take the time to expose the scene to the new music, genres, artists and all other forms of musical merriment that'll shine through and set the standard for the rest of the calendar year.
Unfortunately, this year's festivities turned up practically nothing. Anything that was "new" sounded more like everything from the last three years. And more often than we'd ever have liked to admit, we heard songs that were already popular the last time around. It is definitely way too late to be playing 2 Chainz' "Birthday Song." Especially during musical March madness.
As far as UMF production was concerned, we were diggin' the new main stage look. But everything else, from the general layout to the spectacle of the Carl Cox mega structure, was pretty much exactly the same. It was like time-traveling back to the year before, but only for one weekend. We guess there's not much coming in 2014. Kat Bein
See also: Ultra Ravers Talk About the Meaning of Life
The Trampling of Security Guard Erica Mack
All of our previous "worst moments" are petty and insignificant by comparison with the senseless gate-crashing that resulted in the hospitalization of Contemporary Services Corporation security guard Erica Mack with a broken leg and head trauma.
See also: Miami Police Chief: Ultra Organizers Could Face Charges Over Trampling
The Death of Adonis Escoto
Yet another tragic incident that marred Ultra 2014 was the death of 21-year-old Adonis Peña Escoto. He and his friends had attended the festival on Friday. They returned on Saturday, and that evening, Escoto apparently began feeling dizzy. It's unclear why he might've become sick, though it's been suggested by his aunt that "maybe someone put something in his drink without him knowing."
Whatever the cause, his friends left him in a car to sober up, according to the aunt. But instead, he died.
See also: Young Ultra Attendee Dies After Saturday's Show
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studio2000 Wolfgang Fuehrer
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well-respected artist believes in studio 2000
By WF on 19. February 2016 in news
We are proud to announce that Peter Weihs who lived for more than 20 years in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) decided to do with us his new exhibition catalogue. It was a big challenge to work with those beautiful pictures in a way that is not too traditional on one hand and not disturbing on the other.
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Steve and Joe talk about how to beat the winter blues! "There is a lot to be thankful for; we are in between storms!"
Has the winter season brought you down?
Are you having difficulty waking up in the morning? Are you over oversleeping and over eating? Are you lacking energy and having difficulty concentrating on or completing tasks? Are you withdrawn from friends, family, and social activities? These symptoms and much more may suggest that you are experiencing a mood disorder called Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression. If you are, you are not alone. There are many reasons for what causes SAD and there are many ways to help combat the winter blues.
Biological clock (circadian rhythm): Reduction of sunlight can affect disrupt your body's internal clock. Less sunlight in the winter months may cause SAD.
Serotonin levels: A brain chemical called serotonin that affects mood may decrease and might play a role in SAD. Reduced sunlight can cause serotonin levels to decrease that may cause SAD.
Melatonin levels: Melatonin is a natural hormone produce by our body to help induce sleep. The change in season (less sun light) can affect the body's level of melatonin, which plays a role in sleep patterns and mood.
What can we do to combat the winter blues?
Keep your shades up during the day to let more light in. Sit near windows as much as possible. Try changing the light bulbs in your house to "full spectrum" bulbs. Blue light is a full spectrum light which is similar to sun light. Blue light will help your body's natural production of serotonin. Blue light are more stimulating and produce less glare than white light.
Nutritious foods can help you beat winter blues and the winter flu. Eat more fruits and veggies. People who eat more Fruits and veggies are less likely to be anxious and depressed. Reduce you consumption of processed foods.
We often don't take in enough fluids during the cold winter months. When hydrated, your appetite is better controlled. Dehydration can cause you to feel tired, and become more susceptible to winter colds and flu.
Simple changes like painting the walls a brighter or lighter color, hanging cheerful images, and moving your furniture can keep your spirits up.
Hobbies, projects or activities that help you prepare or think of spring can help uplift spirits!
Organic Essential Oils can help combat winter blues. According to aromaweb.com, natural fragrances using simple blends of citrus oils are emphasized because they are energizing and uplifting oils. Orange, lemon and grapefruit oils are oils favored by many people, so your whole household may enjoy the aroma when diffused.
This is nice natural way to introduce aromas without introducing chemicals into your home.
Exercise is great for relieving the stress. Exercise increases energy and improves mood throughout the day. Outdoor physical activities also promote exposure to sunlight as well.
Whether you work outside in the cold or just walking to school or work, you should be dressing accordingly to minimize discomfort and stress. No one likes to be cold. (Avoid cold hands and feet) Try to ware three layers for better comfort.
Look for volunteer opportunities where you can make a difference. Help out a neighbor, family or friend. Volunteer your help at an organization. This will get you active and feeling good about yourself when helping others.
Do something outdoors that embraces winter like sledding! Sledding has been a long lasting tradition of good old fashion American fun! Take advantage of these types opportunities during the winter season. Staying active will boost your energy and keep your spirits high.
If you have the winter blues, there is a lot we can do to change it. It takes action on our part. | {
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Kościół Masthugget – świątynia luterańska w Göteborgu, w Szwecji. Został wybudowany w 1914 według projektu Sigfrida Ericsona na wzgórzu w pobliżu centrum miasta i rzeki Göta älv. Ze względu na fakt, że wieża kościoła ma 60 metrów wysokości, Masthugget jest widocznym punktem na panoramie miasta, jego wizytówką i jedną z popularniejszych atrakcji turystycznych.
Kościół ma status zabytku sakralnego według rozdz. 4 Kulturminneslagen (pol. Prawo o pamiątkach kultury) ponieważ został wzniesiony do końca 1939 (3 §).
Przypisy
Masthugget
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XRP Volume Soars Nearly 100% in Q2 2021 Amid Crypto Volatility: Ripple Report
in Regulators, Ripple and XRP
Digital payments firm Ripple Labs is reporting that XRP's trading volume soared in the second financial quarter of 2021 as the crypto market met some turbulence.
In a new blog post, Ripple says that blockchain insights platform CryptoCompare TopTier (CCTT) found that the daily trading volume for XRP wildly increased between Q1 and Q2 of 2021.
"CCTT's reported daily volume for XRP increased significantly in Q2 2021 from Q1 2021. The average daily volume reported doubled to $4.49B in Q2 vs. $2.26B in the previous quarter. Notably, XRP volumes posted four of the highest volume days ever recorded."
XRP's volatility in Q2 was also significant, particularly in comparison to the volatility rates of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), according to Ripple.
"XRP's standard deviation of daily returns over Q2 was 11.5% and was more volatile than BTC (5.0%) and ETH (7.3%) due largely to XRP's volatility in early April."
Ripple also comments on the firm's ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in which the SEC claims that Ripple sold unregistered securities in the form of XRP.
Ripple says that in the second quarter, the payments company set a couple of key milestones in its legal battle against the SEC.
"The Court agreed – for the third time – that Ripple is entitled to certain internal SEC documents.
The Court denied the SEC's request that it be granted access to Ripple's privileged communications with its attorneys. The Court found that the proper focus of Ripple's 'fair notice defense' is on 'the SEC's failure to provide fair notice to the market about the Commission's state of mind as to whether XRP qualified as a security.'"
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package cli
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"sync"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/flynn/go-docopt"
tuf "github.com/flynn/flynn/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/flynn/go-tuf/client"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/Godeps/_workspace/src/gopkg.in/inconshreveable/log15.v2"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/pinkerton/layer"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/pkg/cluster"
"github.com/flynn/flynn/pkg/exec"
)
func init() {
Register("update", runUpdate, `
usage: flynn-host update [--driver=<name>] [--root=<path>] [--repository=<uri>] [--tuf-db=<path>]
Options:
-d --driver=<name> image storage driver [default: aufs]
-r --root=<path> image storage root [default: /var/lib/docker]
-u --repository=<uri> image repository URI [default: https://dl.flynn.io/tuf]
-t --tuf-db=<path> local TUF file [default: /etc/flynn/tuf.db]
Update Flynn components`)
}
func runUpdate(args *docopt.Args) error {
log := log15.New()
// create and update a TUF client
log.Info("initializing TUF client")
local, err := tuf.FileLocalStore(args.String["--tuf-db"])
if err != nil {
log.Error("error creating local TUF client", "err", err)
return err
}
remote, err := tuf.HTTPRemoteStore(args.String["--repository"], tufHTTPOpts("updater"))
if err != nil {
log.Error("error creating remote TUF client", "err", err)
return err
}
client := tuf.NewClient(local, remote)
log.Info("updating TUF data")
if _, err := client.Update(); err != nil && !tuf.IsLatestSnapshot(err) {
log.Error("error updating TUF client", "err", err)
return err
}
// read the TUF db so we can pass it to hosts
log.Info("reading TUF database")
tufDB, err := ioutil.ReadFile(args.String["--tuf-db"])
if err != nil {
log.Error("error reading the TUF database", "err", err)
return err
}
log.Info("getting host list")
clusterClient, err := cluster.NewClient()
if err != nil {
log.Error("error creating cluster client", "err", err)
return err
}
hosts, err := clusterClient.ListHosts()
if err != nil {
log.Error("error getting host list", "err", err)
return err
}
if len(hosts) == 0 {
return errors.New("no hosts found")
}
log.Info("pulling images on all hosts")
images := make(map[string]string)
var imageMtx sync.Mutex
hostErrs := make(chan error)
for _, h := range hosts {
go func(hostID string) {
log := log.New("host", hostID)
log.Info("connecting to host")
host, err := clusterClient.DialHost(hostID)
if err != nil {
log.Error("error connecting to host", "err", err)
hostErrs <- err
return
}
log.Info("pulling images")
ch := make(chan *layer.PullInfo)
stream, err := host.PullImages(
args.String["--repository"],
args.String["--driver"],
args.String["--root"],
bytes.NewReader(tufDB),
ch,
)
if err != nil {
log.Error("error pulling images", "err", err)
hostErrs <- err
return
}
defer stream.Close()
for info := range ch {
if info.Type == layer.TypeLayer {
continue
}
log.Info("pulled image", "name", info.Repo)
imageURI := fmt.Sprintf("%s?name=%s&id=%s", args.String["--repository"], info.Repo, info.ID)
imageMtx.Lock()
images[info.Repo] = imageURI
imageMtx.Unlock()
}
hostErrs <- stream.Err()
}(h.ID)
}
var hostErr error
for _, h := range hosts {
if err := <-hostErrs; err != nil {
log.Error("error pulling images", "host", h.ID, "err", err)
hostErr = err
continue
}
log.Info("images pulled successfully", "host", h.ID)
}
if hostErr != nil {
return hostErr
}
updaterImage, ok := images["flynn/updater"]
if !ok {
e := "missing flynn/updater image"
log.Error(e)
return errors.New(e)
}
imageJSON, err := json.Marshal(images)
if err != nil {
log.Error("error encoding images", "err", err)
return err
}
// use a flag to determine whether to use a TTY log formatter because actually
// assigning a TTY to the job causes reading images via stdin to fail.
cmd := exec.Command(exec.DockerImage(updaterImage), fmt.Sprintf("--tty=%t", term.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd())))
cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(imageJSON)
cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
return err
}
log.Info("update complete")
return nil
}
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Macke leads North Team at Nebraska Shrine Bowl
By Kevin Sjuts
Published: Jul. 8, 2020 at 9:15 PM CDT|Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 11:20 PM CDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln High's Mark Macke is back in his happy place. He's spending this week on the football field coaching the North team for the Nebraska Shrine Bowl. The game is scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in Kearney. The 62nd annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl will be the first football game in America during the pandemic.
Because of the layoff, Macke says transitioning back into a football routine has been challenging for some athletes. However, players are enjoying the opportunity to get back onto the field in preparation for Saturday's all-star game.
"One of our main themes is appreciation," Macke said. "We're very appreciative of this opportunity. We reminded each other that it could be taken away at any moment. Things could get shut down."
Coaches and players at the Shrine Bowl are following COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing, sanitizing, and wearing masks. Macke says practices look normal with physical contact and huddles. However, off-the-field is where athletes must abide by all rules.
"Once you get on the field, its football," Macke said. "Back to what we've done for years."
Macke served as an assistant coach in the 2011 Nebraska Shrine Bowl. He says he's humbled and honored to lead the North team this summer. Macke says his squad has an impressive collection of talent.
"A lot of great coaches and players have participated in this," Macke said.
Macke is entering his eighth season at Lincoln High. He's led the Links to three playoff appearances, including a record-setting campaign in 2018.
Copyright 2020 KOLN. All rights reserved.
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The chromosomes of the 23rd pair are called allosomes consisting of two X chromosomes in most females, and an X chromosome and a Y chromosome in most males. Grati et al.
Females of these species are ZW, and males are ZZ. Updated February 07, In asexual reproduction, resulting organisms are genetically identical to a single parent. In unstable environments, populations with genetic variation are typically able to adapt to changing situations better than those that do not contain genetic variation.
Male gametes contain only the Z chromosome. Sexual reproduction involves the contribution of genes from both male and female gametes that fuse to form a distinct individual. Table of Contents Expand. These disturb the development of the gonads more than they influence the external genitalia; therefore, many of the conditions are not diagnosed until after puberty, when the child or parents becomes concerned about the lack of development of sexual characteristics.
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In humans, male gametes are spermatozoa sperm cells and female gametes are ova or eggs. The what are genes located on sex chromosomes called in Bendigo expressed in a red blood cellfor example, differ from those expressed in a sex cell. Linkage Genes that are located on the same chromosome are called linked genes.
A genotype producing the phenotype of a straight hairline, for example, differs from the genotype resulting in a V-shaped hairline. Sex chromosome. Most of these genes are the so-called maleness determiners, which are necessary for development of the testes in the fetus.
These alternative forms are called alleles and there are typically two alleles for a given trait. Some mutations can result in disease, while others may have no negative impact on or may even benefit an individual.
Sex chromosomes are found within our reproductive cells and determine the sex of an individual. Traits are passed on from one generation to the next by our genes.
Sex chromosome , either of a pair of chromosomes that determine whether an individual is male or female. The sex chromosomes of human beings and other mammals are designated by scientists as X and Y.
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An extra copy of the X chromosome can be associated with tall stature, developmental delays, learning problems, and other features in some girls and women. In some bryophytes, microchromosomes have been found to co-occur with sex chromosomes and likely impact sex determination. How could a third of our genes be differently controlled in men and women?
See also: Sexual differentiation in humans. Dominant inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from one parent causes disease even though the matching gene from the other parent is normal.
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of a gene on the Y chromosome, called the sex-determining region Y an abnormal X chromosome, which has a copy of the SRY gene. Some genes on the X chromosome escape X-inactivation. Many of these genes are located at the ends of each arm of the X chromosome in areas known as the.
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What is the gene called on the Y chromosome that is responsible for the development of the testes in an embryo? SRY - Sex determining region on the Y. A gene that is located on either sex chromosome is called: sex-linked gene. Genes on the Y chromosome are called _____ and Genes on the X chromosomes are called _____. Y-linked genes; X-Linked. The other pair consists of sex chromosomes (XX in females, XY in males). Only the Y chromosome contains genes that determine sex. Humans have an estimated 20, to 22, genes. The majority of human genes have two or more possible versions, called alleles. Genes that are located on the same chromosome are called linked genes.
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Q: Using Nokogiri to scrape groupon deal I'm following the Nokogiri railscast to write a scraper for Groupon. I keep on getting the following error when I run my rb file.
Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa Deal of the Day | Groupon Napa / Sonoma
traveldeal_scrape.rb:9:in `block in <main>': undefined method `text' for
nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
Here is my scrape file.
require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'open-uri'
url = "http://www.groupon.com/deals/ga-flamingo-conferences-resort-spa?c=all&p=0"
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
puts doc.at_css("#content//h2/a").text
title = doc.at_css("#content//h2/a").text
price = doc.at_css("#amount").text[/[0-9\.]+/]
puts "#{title} - #{price}"
puts doc.at_css(".deal")[:href]
EDITED: Code above now works!
I used the exact same rubular expression as the tutorial. I am also unsure of whether or not my CSS tags are correct. Thanks!
A: I think you've got an oversight:
doc.css(".deal").each do |deal|
title = item.at_css("#content//a").text
price = item.at_css("#amount").text[/\[0-9\.]+/]
puts "#{title} - #{price}"
puts item.at_css(".deal")[:href]
end
Should be:
doc.css(".deal").each do |deal|
title = deal.at_css("#content//a").text
price = deal.at_css("#amount").text[/\[0-9\.]+/]
puts "#{title} - #{price}"
puts deal.at_css(".deal")[:href]
end
A: The problem with your regular expression is that it's missing the dollar sign you're trying to escape: .text[/\$[0-9\.]+/]
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package com.jquery.menu;
import com.algocrafts.clickables.Menu;
import com.algocrafts.conditions.Equals;
import com.algocrafts.converters.Filter;
import com.algocrafts.converters.FirstMatch;
import com.algocrafts.locators.ElementLocator;
import com.algocrafts.locators.Locators;
import com.algocrafts.pages.Page;
import com.algocrafts.selectors.ClassName;
import com.algocrafts.selenium.Clickable;
import com.algocrafts.selenium.Element;
import com.algocrafts.selenium.Locator;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
import static com.algocrafts.conditions.ElementPredicates.DISPLAYED;
import static com.algocrafts.conditions.OptionalPresents.PRESENT;
import static com.algocrafts.converters.GetText.TEXT;
import static com.algocrafts.converters.OptionalGetter.GET;
import static com.algocrafts.locators.Locators.element;
import static com.algocrafts.locators.Locators.elements;
import static com.algocrafts.selectors.Id.GLOBAL_NAV;
import static com.algocrafts.selectors.TagName.*;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
public class AllMenuLocatorForJQuery
implements Locator<Page, Stream<Clickable>> {
private static final Locator<Page, Stream<Element>> MENU_BAR =
new ElementLocator<Page>(GLOBAL_NAV)
.andThen(element(ClassName.L_TINYNAL1))
.andThen(elements(LI))
.andThen(new Filter<>(DISPLAYED
.and(Locators.<Element>optionalElement(UL)
.and(PRESENT.negate())
.or(Locators.<Element>optionalElement(LI)
.and(PRESENT)))));
private static final Locator<Element, String> LINK_TEXT =
new ElementLocator<Element>(A).andThen(TEXT);
private static final Locator<Element, Optional<Element>> MENU_GROUP =
Locators.<Element>optionalElement(UL);
@Override
public Stream<Clickable> locate(Page page) {
List<Clickable> allMenu = new ArrayList<>();
MENU_BAR.locate(page).forEach(header -> {
Element menubar = MENU_BAR
.andThen(new FirstMatch<>(TEXT
.and(new Equals(LINK_TEXT.locate(header)))))
.andThen(GET)
.locate(page);
String group = LINK_TEXT.locate(menubar);
allMenu.add(new Menu(page, new MenuGroupLocator(group)));
page.mouseOver(header);
Optional<Element> menuGroup = MENU_GROUP.locate(menubar);
if (menuGroup.isPresent()) {
menuGroup.get().until(DISPLAYED);
allMenu.addAll(Locators.<Element>elements(LI).locate(menubar).map(menu -> {
String menuText = page.mouseOver().andThen(LINK_TEXT).locate(menu);
return new Menu(page, new MouseOverMenuLocator(group, menuText));
}).collect(toList()));
}
});
return allMenu.stream();
}
}
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Home » Business » Fashion Won't Achieve Equality Without Targets
Fashion Won't Achieve Equality Without Targets
Throughout the second half of 2020, in the wake of a renewed Black Lives Matter movement, fashion companies said they were committing to addressing racial equality within their ranks. Following through will be the hard part.
Companies reviewing their 2021 diversity agendas should set specific hiring and retention goals, draw up policies to provide feedback and career progression plans, track equity in pay and promotions, and invest in staff and designers who are Black and people of color, experts said.
At the same time, it's unclear how far companies will invest in the resources to do so, amid a depressed economy and existential challenges for apparel retail as the pandemic continues, said Patrick McKay, professor of human resource management at Temple University's Fox School of Business. Though the cause of equality and fairness should be self-evident, fashion's traditionally white establishment and its leadership have tended not to prioritize diversity efforts that they haven't viewed as affecting or benefiting them personally, he said.
"For the folks that would be stewards over this [effort], is there enough at stake in it for them to care? I don't know if there would be an affirmative answer right now," he said. "Historically, if you look at organizational downturns, you do see this tightening of belts. So you doubt you're going to see a lot of fighting for rights, when [companies] are basically fighting for survival."
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Recently, some companies have sought to show they intend to set goals in this area and track progress. Target Corp., for instance, said in its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report it has formed a committee to address equity efforts within the company and outside of it.
"We've formed a REACH Committee that will listen to — and work with — our Black team members, guests, community leaders and industry partners to help guide Target in taking bold, intentional and transparent actions toward being a company that helps drive social justice," the company said in its report. "The committee will set specific, measurable goals to define success across this work and regularly report on our progress."
Nordstrom Inc. has said roughly 60 percent of its 60,000 employees "identify as nonwhite" and that it has three Black directors on its 11-member board. The company also set some targets for improvement, saying that, by 2025, it plans to increase the "representation of Black and Latinx populations in people-manager roles by at least 50 percent."
Such moves are critical in making substantial progress in an industry where the makeup of its leadership ranks has looked largely stagnant despite assurances to the contrary, said Shawn Grain Carter, associate professor of fashion business management at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
"We need to be more consistent in terms of measurable goals and accountability for how we address fashion," she said.
"Not just in terms of supply and demand from a retail manufacturing point of view, but also in terms of media," she said. "We are not consistent in the messaging, in terms of our brand messaging, in terms of our visual messaging."
Another part of the equation is for the fashion establishment and investors to support Black creatives and talent and the community at large, she said. In response to pressure from employees last year, Adidas had agreed to invest $20 million over the next few years in programs to support Black talent, including its Adidas School for Experiential Education in Design, which the company said "creates career paths in footwear design."
The handful of efforts at financial investment and setting of targets should serve as models for what should become a more widespread practice in the industry to make more concrete progress, and more quickly, said FIT's Carter.
"It is very difficult for Black designers…to have access to capital, [but] that's what helps the brand grow," she said.
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The pandemic led to less mobility to and from BI in the past year. BI's ambition, nevertheless, is to take a global approach to teaching, research and business, and we place strong emphasis on providing the students with international perspectives in the classroom.
Exchange and student mobility
BI International Case Competition
China cooperation
International alumni involvement
BI International Advisory Board
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Our lecturers are supposed to have international experience and to be able to draw on such experience in their own research and teaching. Therefore, high priority is given to an international background and international experience when researchers are recruited.
All master's degree programmes are taught in English and we see an increased interest in these from international students. We are also working to further develop the programmes in order to attract even more international students and students with bachelor's degrees from other institutions than business schools.
A different year for exchange and student mobility
The corona pandemic had great consequences for many students and BI' s work to make arrangements for outgoing and incoming students. The majority of Norwegian students abroad interrupted their stay abroad while several international students decided to stay in Norway rather than go home.
A total of 90 students from BI were taking part of their Bachelor's Degree in International Marketing (BIM) at different institutions in seven counties. During the spring, 79 returned to Norway whereas 11 chose to stay.
84 BI students, scattered around the world, were abroad on their exchange semester. 23 of them chose to stay, whereas the rest returned to Norway during the spring.
17 Double Degree students, who spend one year at BI and one year at a partner institution, were studying at institutions in Europe and Canada. Some of them returned to Norway but were able to complete their programmes digitally. Three students were strongly affected and have had to delay their graduation.
8 QTEM students, who take a master's degree with a compulsory stay abroad and an internship, were studying in Europe and Australia. Six of these completed their programmes, whereas two students of foreign origin were hard hit by closed borders, since entry into the country is governed by nationality and not affiliation with a programme of study.
In the spring semester of 2020 BI's Oslo campus had 178 bachelor's degree students and 96 master's degree students from partner institutions. The students were well taken care of and they were all offered digital teaching and examinations. Some chose to return home, while many students thought it was safer to remain in Norway than to return to their home countries during the pandemic.
At the end of April and in May, BI decided to cancel all mobility for the autumn semester (including incoming and outgoing exchange) to and from countries outside Europe and countries inside Europe respectively.
BI had more than 50 master's degree students who intended to attend a summer school abroad in the summer of 2020. Many of them cancelled their plans and the rest attended the teaching digitally. This has been recognized as part of their degree. In order to meet the great need for a summer course, we also decided to offer two courses for master's degree students from BI.
70 students took the course Crisis Management – Preparedness and Response, whereas 40 students. took the course Cross-Cultural Negotiations: Doing Business Internationally. The students' response was very positive.
In February, before the lock-down, we hosted our international case competition BIICC for the fifth time. Twelve teams from eleven different countries and four continents, consisting of top students from prestigious global schools came to BI to solve real business cases provided by some of BI's business partners. In the main case the winner was Queen's University, Canada.
After more than 20 years of activity, BI has gained broad experience with education in China through our cooperation with School of Management at Fudan University in Shanghai. So far, around 2,600 business leaders have taken the BI-Fudan MBA. Many of these graduates are now employed by the largest Nordic and international enterprises in the region.
In 2017 BI also started cooperation with Tsinghua, a top university in Beijing, to help Chinese technology entrepreneurs and leaders develop global business models. Since the start, several programmes for top executives, with participants from several of the country's biggest technology enterprises, have been conducted. We have also hosted a number of delegations from, among others, Abelia and Equinor who visited our centre for innovation in Beijing. In 2020 it was decided to postpone all planned activities at Tsinghua due to the corona pandemic.
BI Alumni BI Alumni is a global community with more 85,000 members in more than 80 countries. Former BI students who live and work outside Norway are BI's most important ambassadors internationally. In 2020, due to the corona pandemic, several planned alumni events abroad were cancelled. Instead, our members were offered a number of webinars in Norwegian and English. We believe that international alumni activities contribute to brand building, which is an important element in our international recruitment strategy.
BI International Advisory Board is an independent body consisting of business leaders from major international enterprises, academics and alumni. They have an advisory function towards the Management and the Board of Trustees, where the objective is to strengthen BI internationally through an external look at BI's role in society, its strategic priorities and the implementation of these. | {
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paysafecard receives "Austrian Leading Companies" award.
Vienna, 28 November 2014 - At the sixteenth prize-giving ceremony for the "Austrian Leading Companies" (ALC) award, paysafecard - part of the international Skrill Group, won third place in the category of "Big Player" as one of the most successful companies in Vienna. On the national level paysafecard landed tenth place among the big players.
The prize is awarded by the newspaper WirtschaftsBlatt, PwC Austria and KSV 1870 and is considered to be one of the most important domestic industry awards. The primary decision criteria for the award are that applicants are based in Austria and that they demonstrate sustainable growth and sound financial basis. The award also considers objectively accountable economic strength and future viability, which are determined by the performance standards of previous years. The prize was presented during a gala event held in Palais Lichtenstein on 25 November 2014.
Udo Müller, CEO of paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH: "Our success in international markets forms the basis of our continued development. We are naturally particularly pleased to win such renowned awards as the ALC Award. paysafecard is one of the few global success stories to come out of Austria and it is important to raise the profile of such successes. This award contributes significantly towards this."
paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH (holding of all paysafecard companies), www.paysafecard.com, is based in Vienna with subsidiaries in London, Düsseldorf, Lucerne, New York, Mexico City and Buenos Aires, among other places. The company was founded in Austria and Germany in 2000 and is a 100% subsidiary of the Skrill Group. The company is now present in 39 countries at over 450,000 sales outlets worldwide with its core product paysafecard. paysafecard is a prepaid online payment solution which anyone can use. No bank account or credit card is necessary. The paysafecard 16-digit PIN is all that's needed to complete a payment transaction. paysafecard can be used at thousands of online shops. The company has become the European market leader in prepaid payment solutions with the brands paysafecard, my paysafecard, paysafecard Mastercard® and YUNA.
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Maingear Pulse 15 Review
By Brian Westover
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/maingear-pulse-15
The Maingear Pulse 15 is a midrange gaming laptop that rivals our top pick in many ways, and even adds a couple of touches all its own.
Maingear Pulse 15 Maingear Pulse 15
Quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M graphics.
Slim, lightweight design.
Durable aluminum chassis and attractive paint job.
Customizable keyboard backlighting.
Short battery life.
Runs hot.
Gaming performance falls slightly short.
Though once a very small niche among enthusiasts, ultraportable gaming laptops have grown to be a substantial subset of gaming notebooks in general, and ultraportable design has crossed over into other categories, too. Take for example the Maingear Pulse 15 ($2,325 as tested), which is ultrathin and light, but its 15-inch size is a bit large for a true ultraportable, making it a midrange gaming laptop. The Pulse 15 is the bigger sibling to Maingear's Pulse 14, with a larger higher-resolution display and a slimmer chassis. It squares off against others, like the Editors' Choice MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K($1,799.99 at Office Depot® & OfficeMax®), and while it doesn't supplant the leader, it proves itself a worthy peer.
The chassis sports an all-metal construction, making for a slim, yet sturdy design. Measuring just 0.8 by 15.4 by 10.5 inches (HWD) and weighing 3.9 pounds, the 15-inch system is large enough to enjoy the latest games, but thin enough to carry in a laptop bag, something you couldn't claim about any gaming laptop just a couple of years ago. It does get hot when you really let it go to town with a demanding game, but no more so than other slim-bodied systems, topping out at 100 degrees (as measured by a Fluke IR thermometer). That's cooler than both the Razer Blade (2014)($2,999.11 at Amazon) (126 degrees) and the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K (108 degrees).
It looks quite similar to the MSI Ghost Pro, with both systems offering comparable components in what is essentially the same chassis. To help differentiate between the two, Maingear offers some fancy Glasurit paint jobs, with a rainbow of colors available, in either glossy or matte finishes. Our review unit came in an eye-catching orange, but you can get any color you choose, or you can skip it for a black, brushed-aluminum finish. The matte paint job makes for a nice soft-touch feel.
The real treat of this system is the 15.6-inch 3K display, which boasts a 2,880-by-1,620 resolution and an impressive In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel. The color quality is very good, and it has pretty wide viewing angles, too, but there is some reflectivity on the glass of the display. It's not quite as nice as the 3,200-by-1,800 Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) display seen on the Razer Blade, but it's still a giant step up from full HD. There are four built-in SoundBlaster speakers plus an integrated subwoofer for sound that is clear and deep.
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The chiclet-style keyboard has
multizone, colored backlighting, with each zone color-customizable. While it looks just like the keyboard seen on the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K—right down to the font on the keys—the Maingear model doesn't boast the SteelSeries branding. It does, however, still offer full anti-ghosting, letting you press several keys simultaneously without the keyboard locking up or slowing down your game controls. The wide clickpad is quite spacious, but without discrete right and left buttons, even gamers who like gaming on a trackpad—and they are few and far between—will probably want a dedicated gaming mouse.
On the right side of the laptop, you'll find a single USB 3.0 port, an SD card slot, an HDMI port, and a mini DisplayPort. The Ethernet port comes with Qualcomm's Killer-brand networking hardware, which is optimized for gaming, and prioritizes online gaming and media streaming traffic for lower latency and better performance. On the left side are jacks for headphones and a microphone, two USB 3.0 ports, and a Kensington lock slot. Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 come standard.
You'll get plenty of storage, with a 1TB, 7,200rpm hard drive combined with a pair of 128GB solid-state drives (SSDs) in RAID 0, offering zippy performance and spacious storage. That's a full terabyte more than the Razer Blade offers, but it's on par with the smaller Maingear Pulse 14 and the MSI GS60, which both offer a similar trio of drives.
Maingear doesn't weigh down the Pulse 15 with extra software, so the only things installed on the drive are the Windows 8.1 (64-bit) operating system and drivers for the Nvidia graphics card. The GPU comes with Nvidia's Optimus automatic graphics-switching technology, and a dashboard, called GeForce Experience, that lets you adjust the card settings and maximize performance. Nvidia now includes a lot more with GeForce Experience, with BatteryBoost, for better on-the-go gaming performance, ShadowPlay, which lets you capture gameplay footage using a DVR-like tool, and GameStream, which lets you stream games from the PC to the Nvidia Shield handheld. Maingear covers the Pulse 15 with a one-year warranty and adds a lifetime of phone support and labor for repairs and maintenance on top of that.
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The Pulse 15 is outfitted with a 2.5GHz Intel Core i7-4710HQ, 16GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M graphics card, the same hardware options seen in the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K. Understandably, this led to extremely similar, though not identical, performance between the two across the board. For instance, the Pulse 15 managed 3,047 points in PCMark 8 Work Conventional compared with the MSI GS60's 2,988 points, but it fell behind by an equally narrow margin in Cinebench R15 with 556 points against the MSI GS60's 656 points. The same can be seen on our multimedia tests, where the difference between the two is negligible—the Pulse 15 completed Handbrake in 1 minute 22 seconds and Photoshop in 3:29, while the MSI GS60 edged ahead in both, finishing in 1:14 and 3:26, respectively.
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The more important performance results for a gaming machine are in our graphics and frame rate tests. With its Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M graphics card and 3GB of dedicated video emory, the Pulse 15 scored 16,709 (CloudGate), and 2,192 (FireStrike). In gaming tests, with the resolution at 1,366-by-768 and the detail settings turned down, it cranked through Heaven at 80 frames per second (fps) and scored 94fps in Valley. With the resolution dialed up to 1,080p and the eye-candy turned on, frame rates dropped considerably, down to 12fps in Heaven and 16fps in Valley. At lower resolutions, the Pulse 15 will handle any game you throw at it, but the 3K display supports higher resolutions than the GPU can adequately handle. Interestingly enough, this isn't a problem we saw on the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro, despite the similar hardware and display.
The Pulse 15 lasted 3 hours 13 minutes on our rundown test, only four minutes behind the MSI GS60, but a full hour behind the latest Razer Blade (4:15). Nonetheless, it does offer some battery life, and will even allow some on-the-go gaming.
The Maingear Pulse 15 is a solid slim midrange laptop, and why wouldn't it be? It shares the same chassis and similar specs as our Editors' Choice MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K. But while we still love the slim design, the impressive 3K display, and even the improved speakers and stylish paintjob, the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K offers a better overall package with slightly better gaming performance, and remains our top pick.
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I accepted an invitation to be interviewed on Univision tomorrow for broadcast on their evening news. I am probably fucked, but what choice do I have? Check it out tomorrow night on Univision.
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Last Thursday three of our team - Hannah, Amy and Jeff, dressed up in Naked Clothing outfits and walked the catwalk for the fashion show portion of an important local fundraiser, the "Handbags for Housing" benefit put on annually by Lydia Place.
We decided to strike yoga poses on the catwalk (Hannah's idea!) to show how our clothing, with its natural fibers, is so comfortable that even in a dress one can ease into complicated yoga postures - no problemo! We had fun.
Afterward, we heard from the organizers that a ton of money was raised for troubled local women who need housing help and more. We were one of several boutiques in Bellingham who participated, and not only was it fun to see our neighbors but it felt so good to be gathering for this important cause. | {
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Details haven't changed too much on what's causing what in the forecast, so welcome to an outlook-only Tri-Cities Weather Blog forecast!
Tonight-Cloudy with evening showers/storms. Low 68.
Tuesday-Partly cloudy, rain and storms developing in the afternoon. High 83.
Tuesday night-Mostly cloudy with some showers and storms possible. Low 68.
Wednesday-Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. High 84.
Friday-Mostly sunny, a stray pop-up shower or thunderstorm is possible late. High 87.
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These are the resources I'd recommend to a friend.
This is based on preschool with my older two (seeing what worked and what didn't) and what I'm doing right now with my three-year-old.
Remember to check your library and house before spending money. Homeschooling preschool requires almost no investment to begin.
Raising caterpillars and watching them turn into butterflies is a great preschool project.
I know you are an overachiever, like I was, and want to skip this and go right to kindergarten. Let me just say with my first son I jumped ahead and handwriting took us three years of tears. It's really better to get the fundamentals of motor skills and obedience down first before trying to teach them to read.
Character / Life Skills – all resources are optional.
These are Christian-based, but you could find other ones that fit your family.
Before Five in a Row The parent's book has a list of classic picture books and also information on teaching little ones. If you buy one thing, I'd recommend this.
Other guides to great books: Sonlight preschool book list Click on "included items" to see titles. (check your library) OR Simply Charlotte Mason. OR the Honey for a Child's Heart book (check your library).
Talking and listening. This builds vocabulary.
Memorizing poems, songs, nursery rhymes. (You probably already do this.) We've been doing a Circle Time and I LOVE this for wiggly preschoolers. They get to jump around and have no idea how much they are learning. Here's a link to our Fall Circle Time. Also, here are the poems we learned one year.
Rod and Staff 3 year old workbooks (I use these) when they are ready to sit and color. They can just work through them at their own pace.
Toys: good books (try used book sales); puzzles; toys for large motor skills like bats, balls, beanbag tosses, tricycles, etc.
Sensory activities like play-doh, playing in a sand box, digging, pouring dried beans, pouring water, making rolls, bathtub play, washing toys outside. Lots of things outside provide this: sand, leaves, grass, water, etc.
Craft activities like cutting, pasting, coloring, watercolor (cleans up easily) painting, playdoh.
Learning toys like puzzles, shape sorters, matching games, etc.
Toys: chalk, crayons, watercolor paint, kid scissors, felt to cut up and tell stories with, puzzles, any of the tools mentioned above.
This sweet little workbook is cheap ($3) and gives them practice sitting in a chair, holding a pencil, etc.
If you have a choice between a LeapFrog Phonics toy or reading a book with your child, I'd say read a book, or let them look at it if you need to do something else. If your child gets used to letters jumping around and talking to him, he's going to be really bored by a plain old book when it comes time to read. Think about the appettite you're creating.
I think this is as important as any curriculum! If you are home all day with a preschooler and/or baby(ies), it is very helpful to have a weekly break. Think about what might work for you: switching off babysitting with another mom, a MOPS group, joining the YMCA, a babysitter, or a Mother's Day Out program.
(4s and early 5s) – When they can sit 5-20 minutes and focus without getting frustrated. One or two little 5-20 minute sessions a day is plenty.
Continue with obedience, character training, and the hands-on ideas above.
Learning to Read: If they know all their consonants and vowel sounds, they may be ready to blend three-letter-words. Try Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. If they get frustrated, stop and try again in a few months.
Math: I LOVE this sweet little booklet ($3!). My daughter did this and was well prepared for her kindergarten math curriculum.Includes coloring, cutting, etc.
This is mainly to let you know where you are headed. This is what I use, but you can go to Mardel or a homeschool convention and see what you like. You can get many books used or from the library, you don't have to own them, but it's helpful to have a list made of some classics you would like to read. I'd say my kids spent about one-two hours total a day on workbook/sit down work. Maybe another hour reading, broken up through the day. Lots of play, helping, outside time.
c) you could start chapter books now ( Little House in the Big Woods is my favorites to start.) They could listen to audio books at rest time.
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears – same links and supplements mentioned above under older preschoolers.
Science / Nature: Try to spend lots of time outside–gardening; walks; collecting leaves; visiting lakes, streams or beaches; experiencing the seasons, etc. This gives a foundation for science and a rich experience upon which to build. You can check out books from the library on subjects that interest them: animals, birds, bugs, butterflies, etc. Raising caterpillars into butterflies is a great project for this age. If you can get tadpoles, you can watch them turn into frogs. Plant tomatoes or peppers or radishes or basil or beans. Miracles abound!
Everything else is extra. They will learn about history, science, etc. from all the reading they are doing and from experiencing life (assumed they are doing interesting things, not TV all day of course).
Look around your house before you buy a bunch of stuff. You can improvise. My three-year-old might do one such activity a day, not really tied to a letter, and it might last 10-20 minutes. Also, don't get overwhelmed by the volume of ideas. If you do one or two, that's awesome.
The Read-Aloud Handbook and the author's site have lots of research on reading. I read this book every few years because it's so inspirational!
Nurturing Competent Communicators – Audio Download ($3) by Andrew Pudewa, founder of Institute for Excellence in Writing. Discusses the importance of 1) reading aloud and 2) memorizing poetry. Excellent. Highly recommend.
Honey for a Child's Heart – lists of the best in children's literature.
A Love that Multiplies by the Duggars – lots of practical ideas for training little ones in obedience and character. Also, the Bible, especially Psalms, Proverbs, and the New Testament.
Endangered Minds by Jane Healy and Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax – the effects of TV (Healy) and video games (Sax) on our children's brains.
Simplicity Parenting by Kim Jon Payne (not from a Christian worldview) – great ideas on creating a slower, richer life with children.
The Seven O'Clock Bedtime by Inda Schaenen or Mitten Strings for God - both discuss simplifying and slowing down children's routines. Practical ideas. Neither are from a Christian perspective, but I learned from both of them.
Bringing Up Bebe - very random book, and you'll need to toss some out, but if you feel like your kids are running your home instead of you, I'd recommend this one. I found the French approach to parental authority, routine, healthy eating, and teaching children to wait extremely practical. I wish I would have read it 8 years ago.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some, so I may add to this list periodically.
What questions do you have? Feel free to ask in the comments and I'll try to answer as best as I can!
What a great reference! Thank you! Among other things, I hadn't thought to discuss weight and weighing with my two-year-old. Also, I look forward reading Endangered Minds. We don't have an actual television-we watch everything online. That makes it more difficult to rely heavily on electronics but certainly not impossible.
By the way, we recently crossed paths on I Can Teach My Child. I wrote a guest post about Homeschool Preschool. I've been following your blog for quite some time on Facebook, too!
Something's weird with my comments so this may show up twice, but Rachael, thanks so much for stopping by here! No TV–good for you. Some days I wish we didn't have one, but on days when I'm sick (like today and can barely talk) I'm so glad for it as backup. Yes, I loved your post on I Can Teach My Child recently. It sounds like you do all sorts of wonderful things! Very fun. | {
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The course content covers much of the syllabus of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification, giving you the opportunity to work towards an additional professional qualification while you are studying with us through the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. If you choose this option, you will receive revision support from our faculty ahead of sitting the first examination in term three of your course. You can then sit parts two and three of the qualification after completing your course. More information about the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program and associated CFA Program Awareness Scholarships can be found on the CFA website.
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Q: Passing an object to another component in router I have a todoDetail component like this:
<mat-card class="todos" [class.done]="todo.done === true">
<h3>
<input (change) = "done(todo.id)" [checked]="todo.done" type="checkbox"/>
<a [title]="todo.name + ' details'" >
{{ todo.name }}
</a>
<button (click)="delete(todo.id)" class="del" mat-mini-fab color="warn" aria-label="Delete todo">
x
</button>
<button routerLink="/editTodo" class="edit" mat-mini-fab color="accent" aria-label="Edit todo">
Edit
</button>
</h3>
<p>{{todo.urgency}}</p>
<p *ngIf="todo.description">
Description: {{ todo.description }}
</p>
</mat-card>
<br>
What I want is when I click on the edit button, it will take me to the edit todo screen, which is the add todo screen but with the values of the todos filled. I specified the routes below:
{ path: 'addTodo', component: AddTodoComponent },
{ path: 'editTodo', component: AddTodoComponent },
How would I pass the todo data to that component when I click on edit? I'm new to Angular so I hope that makes sense. Thank you!
A: You could bind the routing to a function in the controller and send additional optional parameters to the recipient. Try the following
app.component.html
<h3>
<input [(ngModel)]="todo.done" type="checkbox"/>
<a [title]="todo.name + ' details'" >
{{ todo.name }}
</a>
<button routerLink="/dashboard">
Cancel edit
</button>
<button (mouseup)="gotoEdit()"> <!-- binding to a function instead of directly routing here -->
Edit todo
</button>
</h3>
<p>Urgency: {{todo.urgency}}</p>
<p *ngIf="todo.description">
Description: {{ todo.description }}
</p>
<router-outlet></router-outlet>
app.component.ts
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
export class AppComponent {
todo = {
done: true,
id: '2',
name: 'Groceries',
urgency: 'high',
description: 'Get groceries immediately'
}
constructor(private _router: Router) { }
gotoEdit() {
this._router.navigate(['/editTodo', {todo: JSON.stringify(this.todo)}]);
}
}
And retrieve it in the recipient using Angular ActivatedRoute.
edit-todo.component.ts
import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
export class EditTodoComponent implements OnInit {
todo: any;
constructor(private _actRoute: ActivatedRoute) { }
ngOnInit() {
this.todo = JSON.parse(this._actRoute.snapshot.paramMap.get('todo'));
}
}
edit-todo.component.html
<ng-container *ngIf="todo">
Got 'todo' object from parent:
<pre>{{ todo | json }}</pre>
</ng-container>
Here is the routing config I used for reference
app.module.ts
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
const appRoutes: Routes = [
{ path: '', component: DashboardComponent },
{ path: 'dashboard', component: DashboardComponent },
{ path: 'editTodo', component: EditTodoComponent }
];
@NgModule({
imports: [ BrowserModule, FormsModule, RouterModule.forRoot(appRoutes) ],
...
})
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Katharine Hayhoe is a highly-respected expert on climate change. As an associate professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, her focus is developing new ways to quantify the potential impacts of human activities at the regional scale. Katharine's work has resulted in over 120 peer-reviewed publications, which include serving as lead author on the Second and Third U.S. National Climate Assessments as well as on reports by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Science. In 2014, Katharine was named one of 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy and one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME, and was awarded the American Geophysical Union's Climate Communication Prize. Together with her husband, pastor and Christian author Andrew Farley, she wrote A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions.
Every day seems to bring startling new headlines about climate change. From climate refugees and out of control wildfires to record flooding and warnings of global water shortages, its impacts are here, now, and serious.
The science is clear that climate is changing. It's not just a matter of thermometers or satellites. Around the world, there are more than 26,500 indicators of a warming planet—from cherry trees in Washington, D.C. blooming ever earlier in the year to the wintering ranges of migratory birds creeping northward—many of them right here, in our own back yards.
The science is also clear that it's people—not natural cycles or the sun—causing these changes. If the earth's temperature were being controlled by natural factors right now, it would be cooling. Why isn't it? Because when we dig up and burn massive amounts of coal, gas and oil, we are wrapping an extra blanket around our planet. This extra blanket traps the earth's heat that would otherwise escape to space. And that's why the planet is warming.
The science is clear too that our choices matter. If we continue to depend on fossil fuels, the impacts will be expensive, extensive, and dangerous: for our food supply, our water resources, our economy and our health. Transitioning to clean, renewable sources of energy will give us time to adapt, and to help others – particularly the vulnerable and disadvantaged of the world –prepare. The choice is up to us.
Science can tell us a great deal about how we are affecting this world we live in. But science can't tell us what's the right way to fix what we've done. Should we divest from investments in the companies that profit from them, or work from within to change their trajectories? Should we support a price on carbon here at home, or a Green Climate Fund to help poor nations prepare? These are questions we can only really answer from our hearts; and for many of us, what's in our hearts relates directly to our faith.
As Christians, we believe that we have been given responsibility over every living thing (Genesis 1:26-28), and we are to be faithful stewards of that with which we have been entrusted (I Cor 4:2). The Bible doesn't just talk about duty and responsibility; it also tells us that we are to love one another in the same way we have been loved, and we will be recognized by that love (John 13:34-35). And finally, we know that we are not called to act out of fear, but rather from the spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind we've been given by God (2 Timothy 17).
So what is an appropriate response to a changing climate? It's one that accepts our unique responsibility to care for all of creation, including ourselves; one that demonstrates in a clear and unmistakable way our love for our brothers and sisters here at home, and on the other side of the world; and one that is not motivated by fear, but rather by a spirit of power and conviction, and informed by a sound mind. That's our litmus test for the right choice.
Thank you, Katharine. The trend is becoming clear: shills for the fossil fuel industries are losing the battle, and even conservatives in Congress are realizing it is safe and necessary to come out of the climate change closet and begin to find solutions to the problem at the national policy level. It needs to start with a revenue-neutral carbon fee that is returned to every American household. Preach on, Katharine, preach on! | {
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NFL free agents 2023 Ranking top 10 running backs
NFL free agents 2023: Ranking top 10 running backs
NFL free agents 2023: Ranking top 10 running backsoriginally appeared onNBC Sports Boston
There is no shortage of serviceable NFL running backs set to become available in free agency.
New York Giants star Saquon Barkley headlines an impressive list that also includes 2022 rushing champion Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys dual-threat Tony Pollard. New England Patriots running backDamien Harrisalso is expected to hit the market after an injury-plagued campaign.
There are more big names where that came from. Heres a look at the top 10 running backs set to become free agents in March.
2022 stats (Panthers):203 carries, 914 yards, 5 TD
Foreman had a career year with Carolina following the departure of Christian McCaffrey. He isnt much of a threat in the passing game, but he still tallied 940 yards from scrimmage to set himself up for a solid payday this spring.
2022 stats (Bills):177 carries, 819 yards, 5 TD; 38 catches, 280 yards, 1 TD
Singletary topped 1,000 yards from scrimmage for the second consecutive season despite Buffalo drafting James Cook in the second round. Hes a solid dual-threat back who can thrive in the right offense.
2022 stats (Patriots):106 carries, 462 yards, 5 TD (11 games)
Injuries were an issue for Harris throughout the 2022 season. That led toRhamondre Stevensontaking over as the starter in the Patriots backfield, and that should be the case going forward in Foxboro. While his time in New England might be over, Harris should find a consistent role somewhere else in 2023.
2022 stats (Browns):123 carries, 468 yards, 3 TD; 35 catches, 210 yards, 1 TD
Hunt was more of a pass-catching back in Cleveland with Nick Chubb leading the backfield. Itll be interesting to see whether he can regain his Kansas City Chiefs form (1,327 rushing yards in 2017), with a change of scenery.
2022 stats (Lions):262carries, 1,066 yards, 17 TD
Jamaal Williams was a big reason the Detroit Lions were able to exceed expectations and flirt with a playoff spot in 2022. He eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards for the first time in his career and broke Barry Sanders franchise rushing TD record with 17. Seems like a good way to finish a contract year.
2022 stats (Bears):201carries, 801 yards, 5 TD; 34 catches, 316 yards, 1 TD
Montgomery hasnt been the most efficient rusher over the last two seasons, but his ability to do damage in both the running and passing game makes him a valuable asset for any offense. He was a 1,000-yard rusher in 2020 and could have a similar season in 2023 in the right situation.
2022 stats (Eagles):259 carries, 1,269 yards, 11 TD
It was a bounce-back year for Sanders as he shattered the 1,000 rushing yards milestone while adding a career-high 11 TDs and earning his first Pro Bowl nod. Oddly enough, he hasnt been relevant in the passing game since his stellar rookie year, but perhaps he could reprise that dual-threat role in a different offense.
2022 stats (Cowboys):193 carries, 1,007 yards, 9 TD; 39 catches, 371 yards, 3 TD
Even with veteran Cowboys back Ezekiel Elliott stealing snaps, Pollard put himself on the map as one of the games most dynamic RBs in 2022. It was a career year for the 26-year-old as he set personal bests in rushing yards, touchdowns, and receiving yards. Dallas should look to lock him up to a long-term deal ASAP.
2022 stats (Raiders):340 carries, 1,653 yards, 12 TD; 53 catches, 400 yards
Josh Jacobs exploded in his first season in Josh McDaniels offense with nearly 2,000 total yards from scrimmage. The effort earned him his second Pro Bowl selection, a First-team All-Pro nod, and a chance to make a lot of money this offseason whether it be with the Raiders or another RB-needy club.
2022 stats (Giants):295 carries, 1,312 yards, 10 TD; 57 catches, 338 yards
Barkley entered the season with injury concerns, but he put those in the rearview mirror and played all 17 regular-season games in 2022. Hes among the most dynamic, explosive running backs in the league and should be paid accordingly.
Honorable mentions:Rashaad Penny, Mark Ingram, Raheem Moster, Jeff Wilson Jr., Samaje Perine, Jerick McKinnon, Boston Scott.
Saturday will hardly go down as the most memorable installment of NFL divisional round playoffs, but it sets up compelling title game matchups.
The Colts have 14 potential candidates for their head-coaching position. They have interviewed 11. Sooner than later, the field will begin to narrow. The second wave of interviews likely will begin next week, with the final list depending on whether the finalists are available to be interviewed again. One name that could end up on [more]
Jalen Hurts and the Eagles dismantled the Giants in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, but cmon.
The school announced Dec. 27 that the Pro Football Hall of Fame member had agreed in principle to become its new head coach.
In a recent survey, U.S Bank Stadium ranks as one of the ugliest buildings in the world
The Bears met with Virginia Tech LB Dax Hollifield at the Tropical Bowl, according to Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network.
The AFC is loaded at quarterback and this is the pressure for Kenny Pickett.
The Cowboys have two former Cardinals on the team. The 49ers do not have any.
Bengals announce inactives for divisional round playoffs vs. Bills.
Will there be a second season for the pass rusher in Cleveland?
The Panthers are potentially losing the fewest amount of 2022 snaps to free agency, and its not even close.
The Eagles dominated the Giants in the divisional round, earning the best grades of the entire season. By Dave Zangaro
The Eagles sprinted to a two-score lead Saturday night and never relinquished that cushion, rolling past the Giants and on to the NFC Championship Game. By Reuben Frank
Lane Johnson played through a painful injury on Saturday night and his teammates marveled at his toughness. By Dave Zangaro
Mathieu and Pierre-Olivier Joseph provided the blooper of the week with hilarious incidental penalties in their first NHL game against each other on Friday.
In this Giants news conference, Xavier McKinney says the loss to the Eagles is not a good feeling for this team now, but hes proud of the growth this group was gone through the last two years.
Josh Naylors postseason baby has grown into something more than he intended. Clevelands fiery first baseman insists he wasnt taunting New York pitcher Gerrit Cole or the Yankees in last seasons playoffs with an emotional home run celebration in Game 4 of the American League Division Series. Three months later, Naylor says his gestures were an attempt to inspire his teammates.
According to multiple reports, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes MRI revealed a high ankle sprain.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid spoke about QB Patrick Mahomes ankle injury and CB LJarius Sneeds nose injury following the divisional-round win against the Jaguars.
Daniel Jones had a nice 2022 season, but the Giants blowout loss to the Eagles proved that Big Blue simply needs a better quarterback.
Gunman kills 10 near Lunar New Year festival in California
Violent protest in downtown Atlanta over killing of activist
Mini bottles of Fireball arent actually whiskey, leading to a lawsuit
Lights, Camera, Weapons Check? Actors Worry After Baldwin Charges.
New Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations Revealed in Secret Sundance Doc
FREE AGENCY: Damien Harris open to returning to the Patriots in 2023
Saquon Barkley wants to be a Giant for life, headed into free agency after playoff loss to Eagles
Saquon Barkley, Daniel Jones express desire to return to Giants with free agency looming
Saquon Barkley on his future with the Giants, loss to a tough Eagles squad Giants Post Game
Saquon Barkley: I cant envision that was my last time in a Giants uniform
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I couldn't find anything on the new Android 3.0. I know that it has just come out, but i was looking to see if development has started on it.
3.0 is tablet-centric and is only on the Xoom at the moment, so my assumption is that it's not really a top priority of volunteer contributors to the project right now.
BrumfieldAD wrote: We plan to start looking into issues we have in the 3.0 version of android in an emulator soon. If you have a device you could help us test on please contact me directly.
Yes, I do have a xoom and would love not to only do testing but to also help in development. I am just finishing up my degree in computer science engineering and want to start developing for android specifically the tablets.
Have seen reports about the tablets and the Xoom and there was some press out there that that one was the first of a number of Android-based tablets to come out this year. Those Android 3.0 (although there are a few already out with Android 2.2.1 running on them) tablets will probably begin showing up on the market more towards the summer of this year.
jallmitch wrote: Yes, I do have a xoom and would love not to only do testing but to also help in development. I am just finishing up my degree in computer science engineering and want to start developing for android specifically the tablets.
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I'm no expert on programming but I would be happy to help test gospel library/lds tools on Android 3.0, I have a Motorola Xoom.
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Welcome to the Department of Anthropology, Gender Studies, and International Studies. We bring together The City College of New York's historic Department of Anthropology, grounded in a four-field approach, with the Women's Studies Program, a key site for the critical production of gendered analyses, and the International Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program where students select concentrations, including Culture and Communication, Development, Comparative Public Policy, and International Relations. The Department is an academic and activist space for students committed to engaging issues ranging from global economic inequality in the past and the present, to peace building in war-torn societies, to gender and racial justice globally and locally. Students can select to major or minor in Anthropology, major in International Studies, and/or minor in Women's Studies. Dedicated to pursuing an antiracist, intersectional, and anticolonial pedagogy, the Department supports the intellectual and creative pursuits of our students and our faculty as they develop their regional, thematic, and theoretical interests.
Current faculty interests are expansive and represent a commitment to public scholarship: research and teaching that address pressing societal issues that are important to our students and to the diverse communities in which we live and work. With projects centered around social justice issues and concerns, our faculty research the global industrial prison complex, African Diasporas, Latinx and Latin American diasporas, South Asian and Asian American diasporas, the Caribbean, and Archaeology of the modern world. In these realms, faculty are also concerned with health and medicine, refugees and immigrant lives, gender, race, sexuality, and disability.
The Department is perched at an exciting and vital moment in higher education, as it prepares students with the cross-cultural and global perspective necessary for a range of careers from engineering, education, heritage management (i.e. museums and public archaeology) to public health and allied professions. Moreover, Department majors and minors are provided with a firm foundation for graduate work in anthropology, international studies, women's and gender studies, and related social sciences. Ultimately, The Department of Anthropology, Gender Studies, and International Studies assists all students in understanding themselves in the context of their community, nation, and world.
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wander off His course…and it's not pretty!
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Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film The Lady Vanishes was based.
Early years
Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in 1876, Ethel Lina White was the daughter of William White, builder and inventor of the Hygeian Rock Building Composition, and Ethel C White, both of Clifton, Bristol. She was one of nine children. Her father's invention, a compound of bitumen and cement was the first waterproof building material, and used in the construction of the London Underground, which brought wealth to the family.
White grew up in Fairlea Grange, which was built in the 1880s by her father, and started writing as a child and contributing essays and poems to children's papers. She passed the Government Examination (Second Class) in freehand drawing at Newport School of Art in 1890. She later began to write short stories, but it was some years before she wrote books. She was living in Abergavenny in 1911.
Career as a writer
By 1917 White was working in London in the Ministry of Pensions, but in 1919 she resigned for a £10 advance in order to write, later saying it was because she disliked "the lack of fresh air and office life". Her publications made her one of the best known crime writers in Britain and the United States in the 1930s and 1940s.
White's first three works, published between 1927 and 1930, were mainstream novels. Her first crime novel, published in 1931, was Put Out the Light. Although attention to her has faded, in her day she was as well known as writers like Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie. Her works have enjoyed a revival in recent years with a stage adaptation of The Lady Vanishes touring the UK in 2001, a BBC broadcast of an abridged version on BBC Radio 4, and a BBC TV adaptation in 2013. Many of her out-of-print works have recently reappeared in Amazon Kindle.
Death
Ethel Lina White died of ovarian cancer in London in 1944 aged 68. Her estate was valued at £5,737. Her will read: "I give and bequeath unto [sister] Annis Dora White all that I possess on condition she pays a qualified surgeon to plunge a knife into my heart after death" thought to reflect her lifelong fear of being buried alive, a theme which featured in her novel The First Time He Died, published in 1935.
Adaptations
The first film adaptation of White's work was of The Wheel Spins, renamed The Lady Vanishes. The novel was optioned to be filmed soon after publication in 1936, but shelved until Alfred Hitchcock took it up. Whilst The Lady Vanishes is primarily seen as one of the highlights in Alfred Hitchcock's career, he almost did not make the film, doing so only to fulfil a studio contract.
The success of The Lady Vanishes brought interest in making more films from her books. In 1945, her novel Midnight House became The Unseen, directed by Lewis Allen. Shortly after came an adaptation of Some Must Watch, one of White's earlier novels. Again the name of the novel was changed and became The Spiral Staircase. It gained a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination for Ethel Barrymore. In 1979 Elliott Gould did a film version.
Commemoration
In 2021, a blue plaque was to be erected on a building in Frogmore Street, Abergavenny, marking her birthplace. It gained support from the HistoryPoints project and the Abergavenny history society.
Bibliography
The Wish-Bone (1927)
Twill Soon Be Dark (1929)
The Eternal Journey (1930)
Put Out the Light (1931)
Fear Stalks the Village (1932)
Some Must Watch (1933; filmed in 1946 as The Spiral Staircase; remade under the same title in 1975, and again for TV in 2000)
Wax (1935). Expanded from the short story "Waxworks" qv.
The First Time He Died (1935)
The Wheel Spins (1936) (filmed in 1938 by Alfred Hitchcock as The Lady Vanishes; remade in 1979 and again for TV in 2013) . Expanded from the short story "Passengers" qv.
The Third Eye (1937)
The Elephant Never Forgets (1937)
Step in the Dark (1938)
While She Sleeps (1940)
She Faded into Air (1941)
Midnight House (U.S. title Her Heart in Her Throat, 1942, filmed in 1945 as The Unseen)
The Man Who Loved Lions (U.S. title The Man Who Was Not There, 1943)
They See in Darkness (1944)
Short stories
"Old Man River". Reprinted, Best Mystery Stories (Faber & Faber, 1930)
"Green Ginger". Windsor Magazine, March 1932
"Rain". Windsor Magazine, April 1933, issue 460
"Passengers". Raleigh News & Observer, 15 October 1933. Reprinted, Bodies from the Library. Volume 4 (HarperCollins, ed. Tony Medawar, 2021)
"An Unlocked Window". The Novel Magazine, April 1934. Reprinted, Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library, ed. Martin Edwards, 2016)
"Honey". Pearson's Weekly, 7 September 1935
"Cheese". Reprinted, Capital Crimes (British Library, ed. Martin Edwards)
"Waxworks". Australian Women's Weekly, 25 May 1935. Reprinted, Silent Nights (British Library, ed. Martin Edwards, 2015)
"White Cap". Akron Beacon Journal, 31 January 1942. Reprinted, Bodies from the Library. Volume 2 (HarperCollins, ed. Tony Medawar, 2019)
Stage plays
The Port of Yesterday (1928)
References
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Citations
External links
Works by Ethel Lina White at Project Gutenberg Australia
1876 births
1944 deaths
20th-century British short story writers
19th-century Welsh poets
19th-century Welsh women writers
20th-century Welsh novelists
20th-century Welsh women writers
People from Abergavenny
Welsh women novelists
Welsh women poets
Welsh crime novelists
Women mystery writers
Welsh people of English descent
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Строительство (construction) — выполняет строительные, сборочные и пусконаладочные работы.
В некоторых случаях контрактор несёт на себе риски по выполнению графика работ, а также по выполнению бюджета, с фиксацией цены по EPC-контракту. В этом случае при изменении цен у субподрядчиков или при возникновении не учтенных в контракте работ или затрат, контрактор покрывает такие расходы самостоятельно. В таких случаях цена всего EPC-контракта объявляется контрактором заказчику единой (паушальной) суммой.
Встречаются и разновидности EPC-контракта — например, «EP» — контрактором выполняются только стадии «E» и «P», а строительство выполняется заказчиком самостоятельно.
Обязательства контрактора и заказчика
После заключения EPC-контракта, контрактор становится ответственным за выполнение проекта, согласно определенным в контракте условиям. EPC-контрактор может на свой страх и риск привлекать субподрядчиков и поставщиков материалов и оборудования, для выполнения различных частей проекта. После выполнения этапов работ заказчик выплачивает контрактору причитающееся вознаграждение за вычетом уже выплаченных авансов.
Проекты выполняются успешно в случае, если заказчик:
фиксирует в контракте план финансирования;
фиксирует в контракте рамки и уровень качества работ;
фиксирует в контракте этапность и сроки работ;
чётко определяет размеры штрафов и условия, при которых они накладываются
Проекты выполняются успешно в случае, если контрактор:
Перекладывает соответствующие условия EPC-контракта на субподрядчиков и поставщиков;
Выдерживает сроки и этапность
Тщательно контролирует выполнение работ, чтобы избежать ошибок и необходимости их устранять.
Фактор фиксирования цены
Основным аргументом выбора заказчика EPC-контракта является фиксирование цены контракта. Однако в случае вмешательства заказчика на этапе реализации контракта и внесения изменений в контракт, должна быть предусмотрена процедура внесения таких изменений, с соответствующей коррекцией цен, сроков, качества и рисков.
Ответственность заказчика
Чтобы успешно реализовать проект заказчик должен выбирать опытного EPC-контрактора. При этом заказчик обязательно проверяет основные этапы реализации контракта с помощью своих или привлеченных независимых специалистов.
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EPCM
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A collection of thoughts, ramblings and experience of making technology work for me. It may include some further diversions.
Now time to make the final tweaks to the Expert EAC settings to do this select the EAC menu and then EAC Options.
Normalize - I did not alter this.
Catalog - I did not alter this.
Directories - I only set my ripped music directory file path.
Write - I did not alter this.
Interface - I did not alter this.
That's the set up done. To test it out, insert an audio CD after it has been detected click the CD icon shown below to query freedb for the CD title, artist, track names etc.
To rip to flac click the MP3 icon, this icon effectively means extract to the external encoded format which was set to be flac earlier in this post.
EAC will now do its thing and start ripping the CD, this could take anything from 20mins to over an hour depending on the condition of the CD. Depending on the settings it should present a rip report at the end of the extraction process which highlights any errors encountered during the ripping process.
The script will now use EAC to rip to flac before converting to alac. I suspect that with alac recently becoming open source the requirement to use both a flac and alac may reduce in the future.
If anyone knows of a native equivalent to EAC for *nix please let me know in the comments below.
I've used Rubyripper in Linux. It reads blocks several times and compares results (configurable), can convert to flac etc.
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Q: Meaning of dot in lm(y~.) in R I am trying to understand the meaning of this statement in R in a code written by somebody else.
mymodel = lm(gene ~ ., data = mydata)
mydata is as follows:
> mydata
gene cna rs11433683 PC1 PC2
TCGA.BH.A0C0 270.7446 0.1291 0 270.7446 0.1291
TCGA.A2.A3XY 87.9092 0.0128 1 87.9092 0.0128
TCGA.XX.A89A 255.1346 0.1530 1 255.1346 0.1530
I have gone through the R help section to find how . is interpreted. I understand that . is typically not used, but this is what I found
help(formula)
There are two special interpretations of . in a formula. The usual
one is in the context of a data argument of model fitting functions
and means 'all columns not otherwise in the formula': see
terms.formula. In the context of update.formula, only, it means
'what was previously in this part of the formula'
help(terms.formula)
AllowDotAsName: normally . in a formula refers to the remaining
variables contained in data. Exceptionally, . can be treated as a
name for non-standard uses of formulae.
data: a data frame from which the meaning of the special symbol . can be inferred. It is unused if there is no . in the formula.
However, I am not really sure what the statements mean. Can somebody give me a simple example of what it means in the context of statement and data I mentioned above?
A:
in the context of a data argument of model fitting functions and means 'all columns not otherwise in the formula'
Exactly what it says there on the box!
So with
mymodel = lm(gene ~ ., data = mydata)
you get every variable other than gene that's in mydata on the RHS of the formula:
cna + rs11433683 + PC1 + PC2
As far as I can see, the quoted phrase is clear and unambiguous (... but you could also see it just from trying a few small examples)
The only thing that might not be obvious is what it does if you didn't supply a data argument (but that's answered in the help of terms.formula that is referred to in your quote).
A: Means you are comparing gene to all the variables
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Graham Crackers: Chocolate Cookies, Ginger Snaps or whatever you have.
Marshmallows: large or small, Marshmallow Cream, or try Peeps, Bunnies and Chicks.
Chocolate Candy: any kind, Chocolate Bars, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Boxed Candies, Kisses, Caramels, Christmas Candy, Valentines Candy, Easter Candy, Ghirardelli Squares, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms, Gum Drops, Chocolate Syrup, Carmel Syrup, M&M's or what ever you have.
Build your treat in a paper cupcake cup. This will keep the gooey goodness contained. You can use a piece of foil or a piece of filter paper if you don't have a paper cupcake cup.
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Proudest Achievement: Raising a family and valuing my years of service with CGH.
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Missy Elliott Supplies the Crazy Visual for "I'm Better" Video
Missy Elliott is back. She shared her new single and video titled "I'm Better" today (Jan. 27). The song sounds like it was made by Metro Boomin but Missy finds a way to make it her own. She switches deliveries from triplet flow to harmonizing while Lamb comes in for the hook. The visuals are the highlight of the song. Missy is really one of the most creative hip-hop artists of all-time. The video was directed by Missy and Dave Meyers,
"He say I'm hot, I'm so fuego/Pull up on him in my vehicle/He say I'm pretty, I'm pretty/You must be from Brazil, it must be from Me-hico/Roll up on him in my Lambo/Jump out like skrrrt, yeah bro," she raps.
The 45-year-old artist has been in and out of the music industry for the last year. She made her major return last year during the 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance, joining Katy Perry on stage. Since the event, Missy has been featured on a couple of records like Fall Out Boy's "Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)" and released non-album singles such as "Pep Rally" and "WTF (Where They From)" with Pharrell. It's been over 10 years since her last album Missy released The Cookout in 2005.
She also contributed on "This Is for My Girls" in collaboration with Michelle Obama. Listen to "I'm Better" on above. Be on the lookout for her documentary, which is coming soon.
In an interview with FACT, Missy said she has"at least five, six albums of music, but it's blackmail music that I would never put out." Get excited.
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In for the Kill Book Blast
In for the Kill
by Shannon McKenna
Publisher: Kensington Books
Years ago, the McClouds and their friends rescued little Sveti Ardova from ruthless organ traffickers. Now she's all grown up, and getting into some scorching trouble of her own . . .
NO SURRENDER
The risks ex-cop Sam Petrie has taken have turned his life into a train wreck. So he has nothing to lose by doubling down as the elusive Svetlana Ardova's unwanted bodyguard on her ill-advised trip to Italy. Her crusade against modern slavery has blazoned a bulls eye on her chest, but when one of the death threats against her almost hits the mark, Sam's protective instincts go into overdrive. Every lethal obstacle and trap they encounter ups the stakes—and the undeniable heat between them.
Now they're spiraling in on a deadly and explosive secret—one that could either redeem them or destroy them … and the closer they get, the shorter the fuse …
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"Planning to?" he persisted. If this was going to be the definitive crotch-kick of reality, then bring it on.
Sveti's gaze dropped. He waited.
"You're not involved with him at all," he said.
"I told you," she said. "We're good friends."
"And it doesn't bug you that he was fondling the wait staff."
"No, not anymore," she said softly. "I've known for a long time that he doesn't have feelings for me that I'd, um. Hoped."
Hoped? Sveti had hoped, and the guy hadn't delivered the goods? God. Cattrall must be brain damaged, not to hit on that.
"He was touching you as if you were lovers," he said. "But you're not an ass-grab kind of girl. You asked him to do that for my benefit. He was a safe date, in case I came to smoke you out. Your human shield."
Her color rose. "Wow, Petrie. You may be surprised to learn this, but you are not, in fact, the center of all my thoughts."
"Tell me if I'm right," he persisted, though he was already sure.
"Get out of my way!" She tried to push past him, toward the door.
He grabbed her. He knew he shouldn't, but the part of him that knew had no say. The rest of him clamped onto her, nerves jangling at the sweet shock of contact. Her heat and scent overwhelmed his senses, laced up into that tight cage of crimson satin. Straining away from him. Provoking a dangerous, animal urge to drag her close. Pin her down.
"Let me go, Petrie," she said. "Or I start to scream."
"You treat me like I'm a criminal lowlife, out to rape and pillage," he said. "I'm one of the good guys, Sveti."
"Hah," she muttered. "There are no good guys."
"We're all bad, then? You lump me in with Arbatov? Zhoglo?"
The mention of the two mafiya Vors energized her struggle. He clamped her tighter against his body. Her heartbeat was so frantic and birdlike. She felt so fragile. But she wasn't.
"I can't believe we're talking about my love life, when that monster is in the ballroom with my friends and their kids eating tempura dipped zucchini flowers! He's committed horrible crimes against innocents!"
"You're not the only one who tries to protect the innocent."
She sniffed. "Yes, of course. The police are so very noble."
He waited for a moment. "Not fair," he said quietly. "We try."
She looked down, abashed. "That is true, and I apologize," she said. "This is silly, Sam. I promise, I won't be rude to the criminals. I won't get myself or anyone else killed. Let go. Please. I'll be good."
Now she was trying sweet reason. Who cared. She may have gotten a handle on her self-control, but he most definitely had not.
His grip did not slacken as he put words to the thought forming in his head. "You know what your problem is, Sveti?"
She tilted a winged dark brow. "I imagine you're going to tell me?"
Shannon McKenna is the NYT bestselling author of over ten action packed, turbocharged romantic thrillers, among which are the stories of the wildly popular McCloud series. She loves tough and heroic alpha males, heroines with the brains and guts to match them, villains who challenge them to their utmost, adventure, scorching sensuality, and most of all, the redemptive power of true love. Since she was small she has loved abandoning herself to the magic of a good book, and her fond childhood fantasy was that writing would be just like that, but with the added benefit of being able to take credit for the story at the end. Alas, the alchemy of writing turned out to be messier than she'd ever dreamed. But what the hell, she loves it anyway, and hopes that readers enjoy the results of her alchemical experiments. She loves to hear from her readers. Contact her at her website, http://shannonmckenna.com, or join the newsletter by signing up here: http://shannonmckenna.com/connect.php .
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Watch this PBS Frontline Documentary About Trump's Big Lie
Our democracy is hanging by a thread. It has never been in more danger during my lifetime, and I'm an old geezer who can remember back to the Nixon Administration. And the source of democracy's jeopardy is Trump's Big Lie that the election was stolen from him. This lie motivated the January 6 insurrection and, just as importantly, it is motivating efforts to place acolytes of this lie in positions where they are the ones who decide how the votes will get counted in 2024. Had they been in those key positions in 2020 then they would have had the ability to overturn the election despite the will of the people.
PBS/Frontline has made an hour-long documentary examining how this Big Lie developed and how it will influence our politics ahead. I have done a LOT of research on this subject, and this is the best documentary I have seen so far. I strongly recommend you watch it.
The only quibble I have is that it's narrative starts in 2020. Trump's history with the Big Lie goes back to at least 2016 when he accused Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and Mitch McConnell of trying to steal the Republican nomination from him. And in 2012 he tweeted that voting machines helped President Obama steal the election from Mitt Romney. There is no doubt that he would have accused Hillary Clinton of stealing the 2016 election if he lost. And he started claiming in May 2020 that the Democrat's would steal the election. He repeated this claim about a half dozen times during 2020--and each time he made this claim, Biden was leading in the polls.
From this we can conclude that Trump would have accused ANYONE who had beaten him in any election--no matter who had beaten him and no matter how wide a margin he was beaten by--of stealing the election. And whether he intentionally planned it or not, by repeatedly predicting the election would be stolen from him, he was priming his base to believe his Big Lie if he lost in November.
I discussed the history of Trump's claiming the election would be stolen from him in much greater detail here.
It is easy to come under the impression from watching the movie that a bunch of shady characters convinced Donald Trump that the election was stolen from him. Actually, this was a claim he was going to make anyway. They didn't convince him of anything. They just provided him with "evidence" which he could use could use to dupe the rubes.
But despite this reservation, I still strongly recommend watching this.
Patrick Byrne
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No driving does not mean loss of independence
By Bill Poteat [email protected]
Jul 12, 2019 at 2:45 PM Jul 12, 2019 at 2:45 PM
Jo Anne Parker has a very simple message for senior citizens who fear the loss of independence they think will come with giving up driving.
"It's not the end of the world," the 82-year-old woman said, with a resolute look in her eye. "But it could be the end of the world for you or for someone else if you wait too long."
Jo Anne, a retired widow who lives in Gastonia to be near her son Rob, was involved in a traffic accident a couple of years ago. Driving at night, she turned in front of a car on her way home from a birthday party.
A badly broken right arm and the thought of what could have happened to the people in the other car -- luckily they were not injured -- made Jo Anne ponder the possibility of no longer driving. She quickly decided it was the right thing to do.
"I have not regretted it for a single moment," said Jo Anne as we chatted in her comfortable south Gastonia home. "My friends who have helped me get around may regret it, but I certainly never have."
Stylishly dressed with her luxuriant gray hair perfectly in place, Jo Anne seems the epitome of an independent older woman, and indeed that independence is something she treasures and that she wants to see other older folks preserve as well.
"That's why I wanted to share my story," she emphasized. "If you plan and if you learn how to use the resources that are out there, you can remain independent."
Jo Anne is quick to point out that living in a friendly neighborhood where folks watch out for each other has made her transition from driver to non-driver easier than it otherwise would have been.
"I am blessed with wonderful friends at church and here in the neighborhood," she said, "who often will pick me up or bring me home from church."
But, not wanting to be a burden on either friends or family, she has also taken a variety of steps to make sure she can do many things on her own.
Her first words of advice to her fellow seniors? Become proficient in computer technology, including the use of the Uber app for the car service and how to use Amazon and other internet providers of products.
"I have found Uber to be very safe and very reliable," Jo Anne told me. "I use it several times per month and really have never had a problem with the service or the drivers."
Jo Anne also enjoys taking Amtrak from Charlotte to Raleigh to visit with family there. "There's not much in the way of scenery," she said of the 3.5-hour trip, "but it allows me three hours of uninterrupted reading time."
As to her grocery shopping, Jo Anne has the Publix store near her home deliver them right to her kitchen.
"I pay $130 a year for their delivery service," she said. "One of the best investments I have ever made."
Summing up her two years without driving, Jo Anne said, "If I had known it was going to be this easy, I would have given it up even earlier."
A story about Jo Anne Parker could be far longer, as she is a delightful storyteller and has some good ones to tell -- stories about growing up in a tiny town in far eastern North Carolina, stories about her love for her husband, Bob, who died 22 years ago, stories about her years as a teacher.
But for today, Jo Anne wanted me to convey that simple message: Don't wait too long to give up driving. Don't injure yourself or someone else. And, with a little planning, a new era of independence can follow giving up the car keys.
Bill Poteat, who would love to ride a commuter train to work each day, may be reached at 704-869-1855. | {
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Free Men and a Boat.
by Anna Raccoon on April 29, 2015
Once upon a time, Albania was a communist country. Those of us who grew up in the 50s were indoctrinated with the notion that anyone who 'escaped' from a communist country was nothing short of a Hero. We fondly imagined them as Steve McQueen from our annual Christmas Day fare of The Great Escape.
In the 1990s, the communist government lost power, and the same people, escaping from the same country, miraculously turned into 'illegal immigrants'. It must have been as confusing for them as it was for us. Suddenly they became 'undesirables'.
The Italians sent gun boats to turn them back. Still 28,000 of them braved the open sea for their chance to be greeted as heroes. They found themselves in the stinking port of Brindisi. What to do with 28,000 heroes that no one wanted? The Italians were appalled. They set up barricades in their ports. Another 16,000 crashed the barricades…the Italians sent them back to Albania by plane arbitrarily declaring Albania now a 'safe country'.
Somehow word was not getting through to the Albanians still in their homeland that they were actually living in a paradise that was infinitely preferable to life on an Italian harbour front with no food, water, or sanitation. Nor that they were no longer heroes, but were now illegal immigrants.
The politicians came up with a masterstroke. Admit Albania to the European Union! Albania was graded on concepts like Intellectual Property Law and Climate Change and it was agreed that though there was 'room for improvement' at least the concept of 'Freedom of movement for Workers' could be implemented…
Voila! No more Heroes, no more illegal immigrants, nor even refugees; the roaming Albanians were now European Citizens in all but name searching for work. End of problem – they could get the train like everybody else. So simple.
Now Italy is under siege once again, this time from Eritrea, Sudan and Libya. Men and Women who would be 'Free' are piling into old rust bucket boats and trying to land in Lampedusa. Many of them never get that far – some 3,000 died last year alone, but we weren't overly worried about the ones that died with only several dozen of their companions – it was when 500 died in one batch, including 100 children that we really got agitated.
It's like car accidents, see – every year around 1,000 people are fatally smashed to smithereens in their latest model whatever – but put five or six of them in the same vehicle and suddenly we want to know how their nearest and dearest feel about their loss, and need to be reassured that children in the local school are receiving 'appropriate counselling'. We're funny like that. I often wonder how the nearest and dearest of all the others killed on the same day must feel about their lowly place in our compassion based solely on their loved ones decision to be a 'sole occupant' of a vehicle.
Anyway, 500 heroes escaping from dictatorship in Libya, whoops, illegal immigrants, nope, (now consigned to one liquid coffin so lets try 'desperate refugees') did engage our compassion. But what to do? The answer is obvious.
Let Eritrea, Sudan and Libya join the European Union! Then they can all be 'engaging their right to freedom of travel for workers'. End of problem, they will all be living in the paradise that is the European Union – why would anyone want to leave? (Apart from the British of course. They want to escape en masse).
Back in 1918, when northern Morocco was a Spanish protectorate, there was a proposal for a tunnel between the two countries, like the English channel tunnel. It was technical problems and the fear of another Moorish invasion which saw the project dropped, rather than a political or economic decision.
It has been revived. By the European Union, naturally. The Euromed project is busy having meetings and conferences, flying experts hither and thither. Feasibility studies are underway and the Swiss engineer Giovanni Lombardi, hired to design the tunnel. Just one fly in the ointment. Finance. At the moment it is a joint Spanish and Moroccan initiative – but with lots of EU involvement. Spain and France are building high speed railways which will connect up with it. As is Britain – from London right up to the frozen north. Bring Morocco into the European Union and the EU can announce it as an EU initiative.
Just think. No more drowning Eritreans. They can get the train straight to Glasgow. Doesn't that give you a warm glow?
What's that you say? There aren't enough schools or food or medical care? Look, that's not my department – I'm giving you a political solution to the problem of illegal immigration without shooting anybody, or drowning them…I'm creating lots of jobs.
Did you know there's a Tunnelling Academy in London? It's the only one in Europe. We're training a generation of young men as novice nozzle sprayers…once Cross-rail is finished, they will be available for tunnelling projects all over Europe.
Herman Sörgel's nightmare vision of artificially solving all the major problems of European civilisation by constructing an embankment at the Gibraltar Strait to create a new continent, 'Atlantropa', consisting of Europe and Africa, has come a significant step closer.
Sörgel was run down by an unknown car in 1952, but his Atlantropa Institute continued to peddle the idea of combining Europe and North Africa right up until 1960. The central feature was a hydroelectric dam to be built across the Strait of Gibraltar – that may happen yet! – in the meantime, the architects of European foreign policy have contented themselves with a 'legislative' bridge.
On New Year's Day 2010, the 'Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly' was born. It is the bastard child of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership; a birth shrouded in secrecy and misinformation. A Google search under 'news' for this EU organisation reveals not one, not a single mention, in the British press. It has taken two days of searching through foreign language items to write this article.
When you consider the impact that this involuntary euthanasia of European life will have, it is nothing short of criminal that it has been ignored by the main stream media.
The goal of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation is to create a new Greater European Union encompassing both Europe and North Africa, with the Mediterranean Sea becoming a domestic Eurabian sea. The goal is to establish a "comprehensive political partnership," including a "free trade area and economic integration"; "considerably more money for the partners"; and "cultural partnership".
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership now includes all 27 member states of the European Union, along with 16 partners across the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Some of the most important agreements include a rotating co-presidency with one EU president and one president representing the Mediterranean partners, and a Secretariat based in Barcelona that is responsible for identifying and promoting projects.
It is an extension of the European Free Trade Area which was the origins of the EU we now 'enjoy' in these post Lisbon Treaty days. As such it enjoys special priority status under the 'Blue Card' system which will see 50 million migrant workers enter 'Fortress Europe' with full rights to housing, welfare, education, and security of employment.
Politicians can solve any problem – so long as they can make you feel queasy about the alternative. You do feel queasy about all those people drowning in the Mediterranean, don't you?
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Moor Larkin
I'm always impressed how the authorities know exactly how many people are on these boats, and what age and sex they all are/were.
Do the people smugglers have to submit shipping manifests like in the old American slave trading days?
Sounds like the re-creation of the Roman Empire. Back to the future.
Indeed. We've even got the barbarian hordes massing to the east, and given our current energy policy, the Dark Ages are just round the corner, too.
I think in future, we should only make strong alliances with countries that play cricket. Most of the EU doesn't, and look where it's got us.
The ICC in Dubai fills me with the same foreboding as the ICC in the Hague quite frankly.
I'm inclined to think the ECB should have stuck to administering English and Welsh cricket and stayed out of central banking in Europe, too. Still, at least we don't have Mario Draghi dictating the Test fixtures.
Sigillum
My understanding (gleaned admittedly from hearing a radio interview with former First Sea Lord Lord West is that under international maritime law it is lawful to stop any boat from leaving port which is likely to be a danger to its crew and passengers or anyone else. But then of course, as Jeremy Clarkson pointed out in one of his better columns in the Sunday Times last week, just how do you do that? Ram them of shoot at them? To which I suppose the answer is: yes.
I have heard many heartrending interviews with refugees, and amongst them are clearly mean and women (and children) of good character who are fleeing some or other corrupt, lawless war torn shithole. And that's part of the problem because that describes large swathes of Africa and the Middle East, and there's damn all I or we or anybody can do about it. And I do not want cultures that display their credentials in that way being imported en masse (or at all) into my once green and pleasant land. In amongst the fleeing persecuted there will be the usual motley collection of psychos, murderers, and would be drug lords, and I don't want them either.
But then of course, I don't think we have a navy left, and neither at national or transnational lever is their the political will or courage to take a stand and blockade Libya. But the mass migration of population from Africa and the Near/Middle Eeast will (not might, will) ultimately result in the collapse of social cohesion and democratic values.
That's just my take.
Sorry for the spelling. It seems to go awry when I'm venting in the morning (not a euphemism!)
Ms Mildred
There have been migrations over the ages, implanting into female mitochrondrial DNA all kinds of surprising ancestors, probably due to rape and pillage. This was veeeery slooooow over millenia piled on millenia, hence those Daughters of Eve. The grass is always greener and humans wander where they think the grass is greener and the living easier. This is no comfort to us for what is happening now. In the 19th century Europeans poured into America and treated the indigenous population, who had been there for 13-16k years atrociously. Shot nearly all the buffalo. Funnily enough all those years of European 'peace' did not stem the flow. Gold fueled some of the migration. In Africa Europeans laid waste to tribal boundaries and the customs, culture, ways of living over most of a vast continent. Maybe what goes around comes around, as the saying goes. They want what Europe has. Just as Europe wanted that other places could give. Mainly religious freedom, land, precious metals and minerals,spices. opium. I feel queasy about most things that are happening these days. Difficult to reserve my quease for large numbers drowned in one batch. Tsunamis,wars, ebola, massive earthquakes, genocides, suicidal plane crashes, twin towers floods, terrible typhoons and hurricanes. Compassion fatigue sets in. I wonder how many drowned reaching Africa and America, in the days of sail and scurvy. If we added them all up together it would be….a lot! Rant ended.
Stewart Cowan
Modern genetics back up the Genesis account as the true history of the world.
Because paternal sorting was used to disperse the people across the world after the Tower of Babel, the three main lineages of mitochondrial DNA (from the three daughters of Noah) are spread evenly throughout the world as the offspring from the three main families had intermixed between the Flood and the dispersal.
Adam, Eve and Noah vs Modern Genetics
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Actually, the Aboriginal Americans had made a pretty good start on killing off the buffalo, and then the Spanish brought in their cattle, some of which were infected with anthrax.
The Aboriginal American Grey Squirrel has all but wiped out our indigenous red race…
binao
I understand the compassion bit, but I also believe our politicians have a primary responsibility for the wishes & well being of those they represent.
Harsh & unfeeling, maybe, but this little island can't solve the whole world's problems or provide for vast populations who would sooner be here for economic or personal safety reasons.
I'm not saying we shouldn't do more, but the more our leaders salve their consciences at our expense & comfort, the more I think they should empty their own wallets, leafy homes & estates first.
And I unconvinced by the arguments about what the ancestors did. First, I wasn't there, & second I don't know if my ancestors were victims or invaders, how ever far we look back.
Nobody's going to solve a failed state's problems by permanently siphoning of the best of the population, i.e. those that are successfully able to migrate. At some stage the problem has to be dealt with at source.
'….wallets & open their leafy homes…' of course, apologies.
Rob J
Off topic, but…..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32510543
Ancient+Tattered Airman
Our landlady may have something to say about the BBC report! I have a word for it myself!!
Clearly we have characterised the landlady as defender of essential liberty, whereas in truth she is yet another one of the victims of the JS the Great and Powerful.
Maybe she needs the memories of her abuse to be "recovered" – that worked well in both Rochdale and the Orkney's as I recall.
Mudplugger
The key problem is that we are dealing with distressed millions who now know via available media that there is a 'promised land' alternative to their current squalour, there are transport methods which make the transit physically possible, there are helpful agents prepared to organise the travel components in exchange for folding currency and there are recipient states beset by post-colonial guilt, tabloid-brained populations and an apparent need to demonstrate social conscience.
Whatever European states feel compelled to do is merely treating the symptoms, the root cause lies in dysfunctional, failed states (some of which we may have helped partly along that way, but remember Iraq wasn't exactly Eden before 2003).
The real solution is not deliverable in even a decade or two, it will take generations, even if they were willing, to develop those states into such attractive places that their people would prefer to stay. And who's going to make that happen ? The locals seem incapable, the United Nations is an impotent talking-shop, so who's going to fix it ?
* so who's going to fix it ? *
They will, if the new liberals and their NGO agents stop screwing up their countries.
Nobody else can.
Who's going to fix it? Well, not this lot……….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTwOap7ohc4
and certainly not Jim…
Yeah the internet is a giant advertisement for what they have not got and what we appear to have, another problem then with the internet? Advertising our goodies to all and sundry and tempting them to leave for pastures new. By the way the answer to 'Who do you think you are?' is was, is, will be registered in mitochondrial DNA. No blow by blow account of man's age old trickle migrations required. It is there to be studied by those probing biochemists. I think it was because they didn't have compasses or satnavs, so knew not where they wandered. Most of it virgin land for starters, till humans occupied every congenial space on this amazing planet.
There's a fascinating interview with Orson Welles in about 1955, where Orson discusses "passports" and how his father railed against their introduction as a blow against his freedom to move about the world as he chose. Orson himself regards them as turning him into a cipher – a number, but he knows he has to tolerate them and the petty officials who delight in checking them every time he goes anywhere.
Alexander Baron
I'm not saying we shouldn't help these people, ditto the people of Nepal but no one in his right more wants more "asylum seekers" and the myriad "equality" laws and brainwashing that comes with them. Leaving aside austerity, Britain is no longer the global power or a global power. Let China or better still Israel take them in. And see what their politicians and citizens make of that.
The liberal dream is nothing if not comprehensive.
"Nigerians have been forced to keep a low profile in South Africa this week to avoid a wave of anti-foreigner violence, while South African businesses in Nigeria are facing angry protests in retaliation. The dispute between the two key African countries, after similar feuding in the recent past, is another blow to the dream of African integration that investors and traders have been touting for decades. "
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/african-and-mideast-business/fallout-from-attacks-on-foreigners-damaging-south-african-businesses/article24093294/
The 'Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly' link doesn't work.
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JimmyGiro
On the lines of building a damn across the Strait of Gibraltar, another project would be to utilise the Sahara desert as a giant solar farm. There would be the added advantage to locals, as it would provide thousands of jobs, and 'rent' income, for those people in their own countries.
Plus the solar energy from the desert would produce more electricity than European Solar, to the extent that it would be more economical to conduct it to Europe from Africa, even with conduction losses taken into account. For example, conduction loss is proportional to distance, whereas photoelectric production is proportional to Lambert's cosine law; so the closer to the equator, the better.
Spain would then become a 'power' hub for the rest of Europe, E.U. or not, and an international force could permanently patrol the installations for further job opportunities.
Small problem. They have night-time in the Sahara just like everywhere else. Solar power is great in principle, but so far, we've struggled to make it work when it's dark.
For night time we use nuclear, as God intended.
Just run the nuclear stations continuously. They work far more efficiently that way. We can then forget the expense of uncontrollably intermittent suppiers.
Heretical Thought for the Day.
The world was a generally less troubled place when Britain ruled a large chunk of it as an empire. Why? Because a very small cadre of basically civil servants did the ruling. There were so few of them, that the locals were in general just left alone to get on with normal life themselves, without NGOs and corrupt juntas pushing them around.
Thank you for sticking with it, despite no mentions in our own mainstream propaganda press. But that's not a surprise, seeing as we are not supposed to know what is going on with the agenda to globalise the world politically. The same media give us bread and circuses: "The X-Factor", soap operas, the Lottery, football most days. There's even the "European Games" now – in Baku, I believe. Why not Khartoum next time?
What is especially shocking is that the masses don't bother to familiarise themselves with what's going on, so we'll have another bunch of Labour or Tory traitors in charge for the next five years.
Ted Treen
More proof that the Roman tradition of "Bread & Circuses" is still highly effective…
Henry the Horse
Albania only got EU candidate status in 2012 (compared to Turkey's 1966). I don't think it is going to join any time soon and I don't remember anyone back in the 1990s suggested membership as a solution to the refugee problem. Morocco was comprehensively turned in 1987 as not being a European country and any future applications will undoubtedly be treated the same.
Anna seems to miss the point about the Euromed partnerships. As she points out they are about a "comprehensive political partnership," including a "free trade area and economic integration"; "considerably more money for the partners"; and "cultural partnership". There is NOTHING about freedom of movement. The whole point of it all is to do what Europe can to improve north Africa economically so people are less inclined to leave. And that is just about all we can do apart from humanely rescuing those that do try.
And the European Prison Grid was once a trading bloc. You think the bods in Brussels care about the people of Africa? They don't care about us! They'll do what they have to in order to create the long-held aim of creating a global socialist system out of the destruction they are causing to the economic, moral, religious, cultural vandalism they have caused. They want freedom of movement to create a homogenised population with no particular loyalty to the country they reside in .
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Nuage articulé (übersetzt "gegliederte Wolke") ist ein surrealistisches Objekt in Form einer Assemblage von Wolfgang Paalen aus dem Jahr 1937. Das Objekt, ein mit Naturschwämmen besetzter Regenschirm, zählt zu den sinnfälligsten Objekten in der legendären Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, die 1938 in Paris in der Galerie Wildenstein stattfand. Es wurde auch in den zahlreichen Folgeausstellungen in Amsterdam (1938), Cambridge (1938) und Mexiko-Stadt (1940) ausgestellt. Zahlreiche Fotografen haben das Objekt in seinem Kontext festgehalten, so Man Ray, Kurt Husnik, Josef Breitenbach und Denise Bellon.
Beschreibung
Das Objekt besteht aus einem handelsüblichen schwarzen Regenschirm als Träger und flachgeschnittenen, trockenen Naturschwämmen, die auf die Textilflächen, das Spannwerk, den Griff und Stiel des Schirms aufgeklebt sind. Die Maße sind 66 × 94 cm.
Entstehungsgeschichte
Die Ur-Definition der surrealistischen Objektkunst stammt von dem französischen Dichter Comte de Lautréamont, der in seiner Schrift Die Gesänge des Maldoror die Schönheit des Jünglings Mervyn mittels antipodischer Metaphern beschreibt: "Er ist schön wie die Einziehbarkeit der Fänge von Raubvögeln; oder auch wie die Unsicherheit der Muskelbewegungen in den Wunden der Weichteile in der Gegend des hinteren Nackens; oder noch eher wie diese dauernd wirksame Rattenfalle, die immer vom gefangenen Tier neu gespannt wird, also selbsttätig unendlich Nager aufnehmen kann und sogar unter Stroh verborgen funktioniert; und vor allem wie das zufällige Zusammentreffen einer Nähmaschine und eines Regenschirms auf einem Seziertisch!" (6. Gesang, 3. Strophe) Gallimard bereitete 1937 die Herausgabe der Gesammelten Schriften Lautréamonts in einer illustrierten Luxusausgabe vor, zu der Breton neben anderen Künstlern auch Paalen einlud, eine Illustrationen beizusteuern. Der Regenschirm kehrt in der Metaphorik des Surrealismus immer wieder: Nach einem Regentag im Jahre 1930 geriet er über lange Jahre ein kongeniales Symbol maskulin-surrealistischen Furors – André Breton hatte damals vor einem Kinobesuch einem kleineren Passanten den Schirm aus der Hand gerissen, weil dieser dem großen Breton beim Vorbeigehen beinahe damit in die Augen gestochen hatte. Der Schriftsteller zerbrach den Schirm kurzerhand über seinem Knie, was die Freunde Desnos, Prévèrt, Tanguy, Péret und Duhamel dazu animierte, bei anderen Passanten Gleiches zu tun. Der Kinobesuch fiel durch den sich anschließenden Tumult sprichwörtlich ins Wasser, aber die Gruppeneuphorie erzeugte jene emotionale Befriedigung, die Breton eine Herzensangelegenheit war und blieb.
Im Herbst 1937 begann Breton »bei einigen Freundschaftsessen, nach oder vor Versammlungen und mit beschränkter Teilnehmerzahl« Meinungen und Vorschläge zu der geplanten Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme zu sammeln und auszuwerten, sowie den Katalog vorzubereiten. Obwohl ihm seine Schwägerin Geo Dupin bei der Arbeit half, wurde Paalen mit Nuage articulé vor Drucklegung des Katalogs Dictionaire abrégé du surréalisme nicht fertig; dass Breton das Schirmprojekt jedoch für wesentlich erachtete, belegt die Zeichnung, die er ihn davon anfertigen und im Dictionnaire abdrucken ließ. Ob Paalen den halb fertigen Schirm zu einer der diskreten Privatversammlungen im kleineren Kreis abseits des Cafés mitbrachte oder nur davon erzählte, wissen wir nicht. Schon die Möglichkeit allein, Paalen würde die Wirklichkeit des Regenschirms dialektisch erotisieren, wird jedoch sicher für Aufregung gesorgt haben, und als deutlich wurde, dass hier eine männlich-weibliche Vereinigung vollzogen werden würde, standen alle Augen auf Empfang. Der Schirm als Utensil verkörperte über den Phallus hinaus eine maskulin geordnete, bürgerlich auf alle Fährnisse der Natur gewappnete Existenz und war plötzlich wieder in aller Munde. Paalens Vorschlag einer materiellen Verweiblichung wurde dabei zunächst fast übersehen – die Schwammbedeckung zog Feuchtigkeit in sich ein, hatte nackte Frauenhaut reinigend berührt und war doch dabei Natur geblieben, und die gewölbte Öffnung des Schwammschirms wurde unversehens zum Blütenkelch mit dem Stängel als befruchtendem Staubblatt. Der Schirm als mit Händen zu greifender Koitus wurde allerdings im surrealistischen Kontext in erster Linie als Bedrohung durch schlechte Wetterverhältnisse empfunden. Marcel Duchamps Intimus Henri-Pierre Roché berichtet, dass Duchamp sogleich von Breton "gebeten wurde, für den großen Hauptraum der Ausstellung eine Decke zu machen", und die spontane Idee hatte, "hunderte von aufgespannten Regenschirmen mit ihren Spitzen nach unten gekehrt" aufzuhängen. Erst im letzten Moment, als klar wurde, dass es unmöglich sein würde, kurzfristig so viele gebrauchte Schirme zu finden, lieh Duchamp von einem Kohlenhändler aus La Villette einen offenen Kohlenofen und eine ganze Wagenladung gebrauchter Säcke, aus denen der Kohlenstaub rieselte und die er mit Zeitungspapier gefüllt über den Kohlenofen anstelle der Schirme an die Decke hing. In beiden Versionen Duchamps stand die obskure Bedrohlichkeit im Vordergrund – nicht auszudenken, was mit einer Regenschirm-Decke im Falle prasselnden Regens passiert wäre –, das Spiel mit den erotischen Bedeutungsebenen wurde dagegen sehr zurückgenommen oder fehlte ganz.
Wie vor allem seine späteren Schriften belegen, dachte Paalen jedoch mit Nuage articulé über die surrealistischen Projektionen erotischer Inhalte hinaus auf eine tiefere Verschränkung scheinbar dissonanter Bedeutungsebenen. Die visuellen Verbindungselemente der auseinanderfallenden Wirklichkeiten sind für ihn die gefühlsmäßigen Ähnlichkeiten und tiefen Entsprechungen, die er zum Thema macht. Anders als im klassischen surrealistischen Objekt, in dem die Unvereinbarkeit und das bewusst sinnlose Auseinanderfallen von Bedeutungen als Vexierspiel zelebriert wird, versucht Paalen verdeckte Zusammenhänge im scheinbar Entgegengesetzten zum Leben zu bringen.
Rezeption
Dass Paalen von Anfang an auch die auf Bedrohlichkeit abgestellte Ebene der Ausstellung mitgedacht hatte, ist – über einen Umweg – zumindest denkbar. Im darauffolgenden Jahr illustrierte Nuage articulé eine provokativ-satirische Stellungnahme zu der im September 1938 von Hitler einberufenen Münchner Konferenz im London Bulletin (Nr. 10, Februar 1939) mit der Unterschrift: »Ein Schwamm-Regenschirm an einen anderen Schirm erinnernd, der es zu trauriger Berühmtheit gebracht hat.« Der aufgerollte Schirm des britischen Premierministers Neville Chamberlain, den dieser während der demonstrativ einvernehmlichen Presseauftritte mit Hitler trotz strahlendem Sonnenschein ständig mit sich führte, war vor allem in der englischen Öffentlichkeit zu einer Art Symbol des erfolglosen Appeasements stilisiert worden. Die Londoner Zeitung The Tatler subsumierte 1939 in der Rezension von Paalens Solo-Ausstellung in Peggy Guggenheims Londoner Galerie Guggenheim-Jeune ähnliche Referenzen, gebrochen freilich im schwarzen Humor der Objekte: "Nuage articulé wird Ihnen kaum einen Schwamm-Regenschirm andeuten. Aber genau ein solcher ist es, und eine schöne Handhabe für scherzhafte Freunde, seitdem sich ein gewisser Regenschirm in der Außenpolitik bedrohlich wichtig nahm – unsere uneinnehmbare erste Verteidigungslinie."
Versionen und Präsentation
Die erotischen Konnotationen von Nuage articulé verhalfen dem Werk schnell zu hoher Anerkennung unter den Surrealisten und ihrem wachsenden Publikum. Geo Dupin, Paalens Schwägerin, Händlerin und Assistentin bei der Gestaltung der Objekte, erinnert sich, dass Alfred Barr von Paalens Objekt hingerissen war und es nur nicht für das Museum of Modern Art in New York ankaufte, weil es für den Transport zu fragil und groß war. 1938 wurde das Objekt meist an der Decke hängend präsentiert, 1940 entschied sich Paalen für eine musealere Präsentation auf einem Sockel.
Von dem Werk sind zwei Versionen erhalten geblieben, die erste (1937) auf einem Schirm mit 8 Segmenten, die zweite (1940) auf einem Schirm mit 10 Segmenten aufbauend: Nuage articulé I (1937/38) wurde von Geo Dupin aufbewahrt und in den 1970er Jahren von dem schwedischen Kunsthistoriker Pontus Hultén für das Moderna Museet, Stockholm, angekauft, wo es heute noch zu sehen ist. Nuage articulé II (1939/40) wurde von Paalen im Herbst 1939 nach seiner Ankunft in Mexiko für die Internationale Surrealismusausstellung in Mexiko-Stadt (Eröffnung im Januar 1940) neu ausgeführt, da kriegsbedingt keine Objekte aus Paris verschifft werden konnten. Es wurde von Ines Amor, der Inhaberin der Galería de Arte Mexicano, die 1940 die Ausstellung ausrichtete, aufbewahrt und später in eine Privatsammlung in San Diego verkauft. 1956 wurde das Objekt nach einem Schaden von Paalen selbst restauriert. Es befindet sich heute in einer Privatsammlung in Berlin. Es wurde in jüngster Zeit mehrmals ausgestellt, so 2011 in der Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (Ausstellung Surreale Dinge), 2012 im Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad (Ausstellung Surrealistiska ting), 2013 im Centre Pompidou, Paris (Ausstellung Le surréalisme et l´objet) und 2018 in der Nationalgalerie Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart (Ausstellung Hello World - Revision einer Sammlung). Seit 2015 wird es nur noch zusammen mit einer, eigens von dem italienischen Architekten und Designer Giuseppe Boezi entworfenen, zehneckigen Plexiglashaube gezeigt.
Weblinks
Nuage articulé I im Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Nuage articulé II in der Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Nuage articulé II im Centre Pompidou 2013
Einzelnachweise
Werk der Bildenden Kunst
Surrealismus
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TIMEOUT 72 Is Taking The Next Big Step In The Music Festival Space In India!
The music festival space in India has grown steadily over the last decade for the country to justify its position as one of the hottest emerging markets in the world. While the come up has been a thrilling ride to watch, we currently stand at the dawn of a new era of the country's festival scene. With festival properties like NH7 Weekender, Sunburn Festival, Vh1 Supersonic and Magnetic Fields that have contributed significantly over the years to put India on the global music map, each one of them have successfully managed to bring the global music experience to the Indian fans, while also showcasing many of India's finest and upcoming acts.
And while we have seen a notable few to have stuck to their core values and simultaneously explore new horizons, with each passing day, we see innumerable new festivals cropping up throughout the country! And while it certainly is a point of concern for the industry, it needs to be noted that music festivals should be looking at playing an important role towards benefitting the culture, rather than being willing to just be a part of what appears to be an ongoing trend. But after all being said and done, a bigger spark has been the need of the hour for the next big step to set foot within the music festival space in the country.
And with that being said, we were recently introduced to a brand new player within the vastly growing industry earlier this year. Yes, we're talking about TIMEOUT 72. A three day multi-genre music festival that is all set to take place from December 27-29th, 2017 in Vagator, Goa, TIMEOUT 72's monumental arrival has been further propelled by their vision and a string of humongous announcements that have made the Indian audience happily anxious for what's to come!
Led by their ambitious aspiration to redefine music events in India, TIMEOUT 72 have a lot of weight riding on its shoulders. But at the helm, they have invited international music superstars Jason Derulo, Martin Garrix and Wiz Khalifa to lead the charge. What has been a long time coming indeed, Jason and Wiz's debut India performance is poised to single handedly mark a shift within the country's live music space. While there continues to be a major dearth of global music stars making their way to India, the two acts' highly awaited performances arrive as an important fixture.
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As we shift our focus towards the homegrown roster on the festival bill, it is safe to say that it is a great step in the right direction. With the likes of Lost Stories and Zaeden representing dance music, attendees at TIMEOUT 72 will also be greeted to a dedicated Live Stage. Named "Proximus", the mammoth setup will be headlined by two of India's most prominent singer talents, Lucky Ali and Papon.
With seasoned acts like Advaita, Hari & Sukhmani, Midival Punditz and Prateek Kuhad set to make their presence felt at the festival, rock acts like Parvaaz and The Local Train will also be taking over the stage amongst several other names.
Inspired by the concept of epoch, constellation and space, TIMEOUT 72 will boast of three stages namely Majoris (Main Stage), Eximius (Psy Stage) and Proximus (Live Stage), which will will transport the audience to a whole another dimension. Additionally, Majoris will serve as one of the biggest and mightiest mainstages the country has ever seen. With Eximius set to be headlined by psy trance heavyweights Vini Vici alongside other notable names like Skazi, Ritmo amongst others, TIMEOUT 72 is poised to deliver an audio-visual treat that India has indeed been waiting for!
With less than a month to go before the festival dazzles the audience by providing an electrifying experience which will be led by some of the hottest homegrown and international artists across three different stages, get ready to have the time of your lives and grab your tickets now, if you haven't already!
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Book Review: Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh
August 7, 2017 Kathy Davie Book Reviews 2
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Genres: Paranormal, Romance
Published by Berkley on November 1, 2016
Source: the library
Also by this author: Archangel's Legion, Archangel's Shadows, Archangel's Enigma, Shards of Hope, "Fairy Balloons", "An Unexpected Guest", Allegiance of Honor, "The Song of the Wolf", Silver Silence, Archangel's Viper, Ocean Light, "Elena's School of Horror", Cherish Hard, "Ain't No Party Like A Bear Party", Archangel's Prophecy, "One Night At The Refuge", "Secret Things", Rebel Hard, Rock Hard, Wolf Rain, "Clean and Dirty", "Wolf School", "Naya's Most Important Visitors", "Grocery Shopping", "A Gift for Kit", "Movie Night", "Kaleb and Sahara's Meeting with Sascha and Lucas", "Housewarming at the Orchard", "Christmas in the Kitchen", "Stalking Hawke", "Romancing Drew", "Sunday Morning"
Ninth in the Guild Hunter paranormal romance series and revolving around archangels who rule the world. The couple focus is on Elena and Raphael, and two years have passed since Archangel's Enigma, 8. If you're interested, there is a chronological listing of the Guild Hunter books on my website.
Singh opens with a combination of inner-thoughts and a humor hook that plays up what we all want to know: When will that shoe drop!? Unfortunately, Archangel's Heart is but a bridge for the archangels to tidy a few things up with the focus on the past history of Elena's family.
If you follow the Guild Hunter series, read this, for it's a pivotal story. We finally get the back history on Marguerite, Elena's mother, and…hoo-boy. Is this ever a dark, revealing epiphany!?!! There are plenty of flashbacks throughout the story, including the prologue, along with Singh's foreshadowing of the antagonist's actions.
Singh uses an uneven third-person dual point-of-view with Elena's perspective predominating and Raphael a second perspective in this story about love, loyalty, honor, and family. Traits that Elena, Raphael, and the new discoveries epitomize. Add in events that lead to yet more epiphanies — bad and good — for Elena, and for the other archangels, for a tense read.
I did appreciate the ending, as it completes one minor cycle, not so minor for Elena, even as it leaves the major one open.
Kisses of vampires are bloodying China, and even Xi cannot control them all. It's a question of territory and whether Lijuan is even alive…and should the Cadre carve her territory up amongst themselves.
The summons from the Luminata brings events to a head, more so when the Archangels arrive for their summit meeting, for something is very wrong in Lumia.
Raphael is the Archangel of New York who rules North America and is a member of the Cadre. He's mated to Elieanora "Elena", a.k.a., Ellie, Devereaux, a former born-Hunter whom he turned angel in Angels' Blood, 1. Montgomery is the butler in their home in the Enclave; Sivya is the chef whom Montgomery married a year ago.
Raphael's Seven are…
…seven beings truly loyal to him. The mischievous Illium, a.k.a., Bluebell, is an angel who is back to progressing appropriately for his age; his mother is the broken Hummingbird. The sober Aodhan, a.k.a., Sparkle, is the shimmering artist angel, Illium's best friend, and a student of the Hummingbird. Naasir is a chimera (a blend of boy and tiger created by Alexander) who is mated to Andi (Archangel's Enigma) who is working with Jessamy in the Refuge. The secretive Jason is Raphael's spymaster and mated to Mahiya (Archangel's Storm, 5). Dmitri is Raphael's second-in-command, a thousands-of-years-old vampire married to Honor (Archangel's Blade, 4), a baby vampire who works to save children who were lost and alone. Venom is the youngest of the Seven, a vampire with deadly poison in his blood, and currently based in the Refuge.
Keir is their revered angelic healer. Remus, a failed member of the Luminata, had been Keir's assistant when Aodhan broke. Captain Dougal "Mack" Mackenzie is a vampire and former Scottish laird who pilots Raphael's plane. Stavre was the youngest angel to die in the Falling (Archangel's Legion, 6). Suhani is a vampire receptionist at Angel Tower.
Elena's Guard is…
…an accident and consists of Ashwini and Janvier; the young angel, Izak; and, the hunter-born Vivek Kapur, a newly made vampire (Archangel's Shadow, 7) who had been the Guild's head of intelligence and is now Jason's right-hand man.
Blood-for-Less is…
…Elena's new business with Marcia Blue the chief operating officer. Jonas is a vampire and Elena's financial manager.
The Refuge is…
……a neutral retreat for angels to heal, teach, and work as well as their home and a sanctuary for their young. Each archangel has an enclave there for their people. Jessamy is an angel Historian who teaches there and is married to Galen, Raphael's weaponsmaster (Angels' Flight: "Angels' Dance", 0.4). Sameon is a young angel with whom Elena is friends (Archangel's Kiss, 2).
The Guild Hunters are…
…an organization of humans and hunter-born which tracks down runaway vampires in breach of their contract. Sara, Elena's best friend, is the director and married to Deacon, an amazing weaponsmith (Must Love Hellhounds: "Angel's Judgment", 0.5). Their young daughter, Zoe, adores Raphael (Zoe's Workshop, 6.5). Fellow hunters include Ransom who is married to Nyree, a librarian; Demarco; and, Ashwini, another of Elena's good friends, who is married to Janvier, one of Raphael's vampires ("Angel's Pawn", 0.6, and Archangel's Shadow, 7).
The Luminata are…
…a spiritual sect of angels who seek enlightenment. They alone can summon the Cadre. Their stronghold is Lumia in Morocco. The 5,000+-year-old Gian has been their leader for the past four hundred years. Gervais is Gian's second-in-command. Other brothers include Natal; the relatively new Ibrahim; Laric, a.k.a., Stillness, who had been scarred in the flames that killed Nadiel; Cristiano; Donael is old enough to have been one of Lijuan's playmates; Reed had been their leader until he Slept; and, Hanjel had been the leader before Gian.
The Repository of Knowledge. The Gallery is actually a tower of galleries devoted to art categorized by floor, art that is the greatest produced by angels. Renate is a nine-thousand years-plus vampire of great beauty. Ophelia had been a great angel artist. Josette and Sahar were kept women.
There is a small (and terrified) town near Lumia. Riad is the young boy who becomes friends with Ellie.
Sister Constance is the woman who received the child, Marguerite. Jeffrey Deveraux is Elena's jerk of a father. Beth is the other sister who survived; Maggie is her baby. Harrison Ling is her jerk of a vampire husband. Slater Patalis is the vampire who went mad and torture-killed Elena's sisters, Belle and Ariel. It was his attentions that pushed Elena's mother, Marguerite, to her actions. Majda was Marguerite's mother who was known as Sana Alayna in Paris; Jean-Baptiste Etienne was a vampire soldier.
The Cadre consists of…
…the other archangels in the world who rule territories. Titus, an ally and the warrior Archangel of Southern Africa, has gained power over the earth. Mau'lea is his escort. Astaad, the Archangel of the Pacific Isles, dominates the sea and usually indulges his concubines; Mele, a scholar, is one of his favorites. Magnus is one of Astaad's vampires and his escort. The brutally dominant Dahariel is Astaad's second and Michaela's former lover.
Michaela is beyond arrogant — think snotty top model, once known as the Archangel of Constantinople and today the Archangel of Budapest. Riker is her second-in-command, a psychopathic vampire who hates Elena. Neha is the Archangel of India, the Queen of Snakes and Poisons. Two of her generals include Hiran and Rhys (Brigitte is his heart mate). Anoushka had been Neha's daughter (Archangel's Kiss).
Elijah is an ally with his beloved Hannah. The former Archangel of Persia, Favashi, who can control the winds, is now the Archangel of Sumeria, Persia being split between her and the former Archangel of Persia, Alexander. Yet another sleeping Ancient who woke (Archangel's Enigma), he has become an active member retaking his former title and taking on his murdered son's, Rohan's, palace and territory. Xander is his grandson who has fallen in love with the Ellie who will shoot arrows at Raphael. General Valerius is Alexander's third.
Charisemnon, known as the Archangel of Disease, holds Northern Africa and is a cowardly, disease-causing bastard responsible for the Falling (Archangel's Legion). Caliane is Raphael's mother, an Ancient who woke in Archangel's Consort, 3, and has taken over Japan so that her people of Amanat have a home. Nadiel had been Raphael's archangel father. Tasha is Caliane's second and had been Raphael's playmate and lover in the past. Zhou Lijuan is the Archangel of China and Goddess of Death who lost her battle and disappeared from sight, leaving Beijing a crater only. Xi is her angel general and second-in-command keeping her territory in check.
Cascade is a type of supercharging event that increases an archangel's abilities or powers and can cause catastrophes throughout the world. The Enclave is a "suburb" just outside New York where many of the angels have a home. Vampires are made by angels who require the newly made vampire serve them for one hundred years. Vampires who became so old that they retreat from society are called the Withdrawn.
The Cover and Title
The cover is feral with the white-blonde Elena in a high-necked, sleeveless deep royal blue dress with a slit up to her hip and wearing black knee-high boots, her black-blue-purple wings spread wide, a sheath buckled on her thigh, more sheaths on her forearms, and her custom crossbow in hand, as she stands cloud-top against an orange-to-yellow sky. The author's name is at the top in an embossed silver and the same on the title at the bottom. The series information is tiny at the tip of Elena's left [to us] wing.
The title is odd, and I can only imagine that it refers to Raphael, that his Archangel's Heart has grown to encompass so much more.
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Nadene @Totally Addicted to Reading
I have heard great things about this author, but I am yet to read anything written by her. Great review, Stormi.
I love that there is humor. This is another series I am hoping to read.
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MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (died 1236) lord of Powys
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Elder son of Gruffydd Maelor I, and Angharad, daughter of Owain Gwynedd. With his brother Owen, he succeeded Gruffydd in 1191 and, on Owen's death in 1197, became sole ruler of Powys north of the Rhaeadr and the Tanat. Under his son, Gruffydd Maelor II, this area, comprising Welsh and English Maelor, Iâl, Cynllaith, Nanheudwy, and part of Mochnant, became known as Powys Fadog, in contrast with Powys Wenwynwyn.
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After his death in 1236 the unity of Powys Fadog was disrupted by partible succession among his five sons, Gruffydd Maelor II, Gruffydd Iâl, Maredudd, Hywel, and Madog Fychan. He was buried at his own foundation of Valle Crucis, the last Cistercian monastery to be founded in Wales.
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Mark Tewksbury Net Worth 2020, Early Life, Married Life, Career and Achievement
Mark Tewksbury Net Worth 2020, Early Life, Married Life, Career and Achievement.
Mark Tewksbury Net Worth – Former Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury is well-recognized for winning a gold medal in the 100 meters backstroke at 1992's Summer Olympics. He also got awarded with the Meritorious Service medal back in 1993.
Early Life, Family and Education
Mark was born on 7 February 1968 in Alberta, Canada.
He trained for his swimming at the University of Calgary and competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In the competition, he won a silver medal as a member of Canada's relay team.
For years Mark ranked as one of the top backstrokers in the world. He ranked fourth in the world during the relay event in Barcelona and made the cover of Time magazine.
He became the first Canadian to win gold in swimming since the Communist-boycotted 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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50-year-old Mark Tewksbury revealed his gay sexuality at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre back on 15 December 1998.
While coming out as a homosexual, he disclosed that he wrestled with his orientation for years. He only came out of the closet to his family shortly after winning gold in the 1992 Olympics.
But his family members reacted with tears to his disclosure. So, he felt uncomfortable to come out due to his parent's reaction and decided to hide the secret from his agent, sponsor, the media and the whole country for some time.
Eventually, his parents understood him, and his mother became one of his most ardent supporters. Mark also found confidence in himself and felt free to share his struggles and his not straight sexuality to all the people.
With open thought and pride, Mark now has a prospered dating relationship with Rob Mabee.
Love-life: Boyfriend Helps To Exercise
Mark and his boyfriend Rob Mabee, an art curator and public relations professional, were good friends before they found love during a mutual friend's dinner party in the year 2008. Since then, they have been together.
Mark told Impact magazine on 6 July 2017 that being in a relationship was about enhancing each other's lives. So, he revealed that he and Rob both work out together and encourage each other to live a healthy and happy life.
He further added that they drag each other into exercise whenever the other one showcases their laziness.
Moreover, Mark posted a picture with his boyfriend via Twitter on 17 May 2018. In the caption, he wrote that the only thing better than getting an honorary degree and speaking at the Belong Forum was getting to do it with his partner and love of his life Rob Mabee.
With love and affection for each other, Mark's relationship is budding with every passing day. However, they are yet to be married and pronounce each other husband with all their love.
Career as a Swimmer
Mark Tewksbury is an Olympics champion swimmer whose first shot at competitive swimming was at Seoul, South Korea at the Summer Olympics of 1988 and won the Silver Medal.
The next Summer Olympics was held in Barcelona after four years later in 1992, he gave all his efforts and won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke in the world.
This led him to get into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as well as Canada's Olympic and Sports Hall of fame.
After the Barcelona games, Mark retired from competitive swimming and also featured on the cover of Time magazine.
After the retirement, Tewksburg worked as an athlete representative with an IOC representative. In 198, he came out as a gay and subsequently lost a six-figure contract as a motivational speaker due to he was "too openly gay."
Moreover, he is also known for raising voice for LGBTQ+ community. He became a prominent advocate for gay right and causes in Canada and joined the abroad of directors for 2006 World Outgames as co-president in Montreal.
Apart from that, he worked on several television networks. Tewksbury was the narrator for the TV show How It's Made during the first season. Presently, he is working as a motivational speaker.
In 2008 Summer Olympics, he worked for CBC Sports as swimming analyst along with play-by-play announcer, Steve Armitage. In the year of 2010, Mark Tewksbury was named the chef de mission of the 2012 Canadian Summer Olympic team.
Mark Tewksbury is a Canadian competitive swimmer who has a net worth of $5 million. Mark is a member of the board of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is to reveal whether some meats should be classed as carcinogens.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the WHO, has been reviewing evidence on whether red and processed meats increase the risk of bowel and other cancers.
According to experts, eating a lot of red and processed meat probably increases the risk of bowel cancer.
However, red meat can be part of a healthy diet.
Red meat includes beef, lamb, and pork. It looks darker in color than white meat, like poultry, because of higher levels of hemoglobin and myoglobin, the iron and oxygen-binding proteins you find in blood and muscle.
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Expert scientists' advice is to consume healthier meat or meat products, such as lean cuts and lean mince, and cut down on processed meat.
Since 1971, more than 900 agents, including lifestyle factors and chemicals, have been evaluated by expert scientists for the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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The CXCR4 Mutation Analysis Blood Test is a genetic test to detect abnormalities in the CXCR4 gene. It aids in the diagnosis of immune deficiency and leukemia (specifically, Waldenström macroglobulinemia).
The methodology used for the test may vary from one laboratory to another.
Note: Molecular testing has limitations due to the molecular method and genetic mutational abnormalities being tested. This can affect the results on a case-by-case basis. Consultation with your healthcare provider will help in determining the right test and right molecular method, based on individual circumstances.
What are the Clinical Indications for performing the CXCR4 Mutation Analysis Test?
How is the Specimen Collected for CXCR4 Mutation Analysis Test?
The specimen sample requirements may vary from lab to lab. Hence, it is important to contact the testing lab for exact specimen requirements, before initiating the testing process.
What is the Significance of the CXCR4 Mutation Analysis Test Result?
CXCR4 mutation most notably occurs in a location of the chromosome called 2q22.1 - i.e., the long arm (q) of chromosome 2 in position 22.1.
Certain medications that you may be currently taking may influence the outcome of the test. Hence, it is important to inform your healthcare provider of the complete list of medications (including any herbal supplements) you are currently taking. This will help the healthcare provider interpret your test results more accurately and avoid unnecessary chances of a misdiagnosis.
Hunter, Z. R., Xu, L., Yang, G., Zhou, Y., Liu, X., Cao, Y., ... & Treon, S. P. (2014). The genomic landscape of Waldenström macroglobulinemia is characterized by highly recurring MYD88 and WHIM-like CXCR4 mutations, and small somatic deletions associated with B-cell lymphomagenesis. Blood, 123(11), 1637-1646.
Roccaro, A. M., Sacco, A., Jimenez, C., Maiso, P., Moschetta, M., Mishima, Y., ... & Cohen, L. (2014). C1013G/CXCR4 acts as a driver mutation of tumor progression and modulator of drug resistance in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. Blood, 123(26), 4120-4131.
Liu, Q., Pan, C., Lopez, L., Gao, J., Velez, D., Anaya-O'Brien, S., ... & Malech, H. L. (2016). WHIM Syndrome Caused by Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia-Associated Mutation CXCR4 L329fs. Journal of clinical immunology, 36(4), 397-405.
Gómez-Moutón, C., Fischer, T., Peregil, R. M., Jiménez-Baranda, S., Stossel, T. P., Nakamura, F., & Mañes, S. (2015). Filamin A interaction with the CXCR4 third intracellular loop regulates endocytosis and signaling of WT and WHIM-like receptors. Blood, 125(7), 1116-1125.
Schmidt, J., Federmann, B., Schindler, N., Steinhilber, J., Bonzheim, I., Fend, F., & Quintanilla‐Martinez, L. (2015). MYD88 L265P and CXCR4 mutations in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma identify cases with high disease activity. British journal of haematology, 169(6), 795-803.
Ballester, L. Y., Loghavi, S., Kanagal-Shamanna, R., Barkoh, B. A., Lin, P., Medeiros, L. J., ... & Patel, K. P. (2016). Clinical Validation of a CXCR4 Mutation Screening Assay for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia, 16(7), 395-403. | {
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An Oriental Rug creates a center of gravity for your room.
The right Rug would anchor the room and allow you to arrange your furniture around it. It can also be used to define space specially in open floor plans.
It is much easier to find fabrics that work with an Oriental Rug than vice versa.
Finding the right rug could be difficult, specially if you like a more unique piece like a Perisan Rug. Many of the fine hand knotted rugs are one-of-a-kind. If you're looking for a higher quality unique pieces you can make your lifemuch easier by finding the rug first. That is because there are many choices of fabrics avilable to select from for your furniture that would coordinate with your rug. But if you start with the fabrics first, finding a unique rug becomes very difficult. Any competent designer could help you find several choices that would work with your rug based on your taste and lifestyle. You can also take the fabric swatches home and look at it next to your rug to decide which one you like the best.
It makes sense to build from ground up.
Once you've chosen your Oriental Rug it is easy to lay out fabrics for different pieces of furniture next to the rug and make your final selections. You could also pick the finishes you want for your furniture.
From there you can consider your choices for paint colors and drapery fabrics. You can make all these decisions before you start ordering your furniture pieces and because everything builds up from the rug you would end up with a well coordinated color pallete for the room.
Have an Oriental Rug expert find the best rug for your project.
At Birmingham Design Studio we have two Oriental Rug experts with over 28 years of experience who will search the entire country to fine the best rug for you. We also have an in house professional design team and carry many of the top fabric lines in addtion to the fabrics available from the furniture manufacturers to help you or your designer find the best choices for you.
Contact Kamran or Kristi at Birmingham Design Studio for more advice. | {
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Emerging from the shadow of last year's tense border stand-offs, India and China have managed to put their broken military ties on an even keel.
A People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegation is visiting New Delhi in the middle of thee polls to set the stage for the next round of joint drills and a visit by the Chinese defence minister Chang Wanquan.
South Block was upbeat about the outcome of talks with the PLA delegation led by Lt Gen Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff (operations).
The two sides discussed practical measures to implement the recently signed border cooperation agreement to prevent stand-offs.
The pact, finalised in October last year, restrained both sides from using force to resolve stand-offs and envisaged the setting up of a hotline between the two headquarters.
Differences in perception on the undemarcated boundary led to a number of stand-offs last year, with both sides accusing each other of aggressive patrolling along the Line of Actual Control.
The PLA delegation met Army chief Gen Bikram Singh and Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur after talks at the level of the Directors General of Military Operations.
PLA confirmed its participation in the fourth bilateral joint training exercise to be held in India in November.
The two sides have declared 2014 as the "Year of Friendly Exchanges," and there will be a steady flow of military delegations between New Delhi and Beijing.
A PLA delegation led by Lt Gen W. Guanzhong, deputy chief of general staff, had come to India for the Annual Defence Dialogue in February.
In July 2013, Defence Minister A.K. Antony visited Beijing, followed by PM Manmohan Singh in October to sign the cooperation agreement. | {
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This article section brings along 37 pic of Grade, such First Grade Math Word Problems Math First Grade Math Worksheets. Money Math Word Problems Worksheets 5th Grade Valid Math Word. Free Printable Worksheets For Second Grade Math Word Problems Math 6. Division Word Problems 14. | {
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Q: Using Bulma scss variables in Angular, variables not changing I've got Bulma scss in my Angular assets folder and then I'm importing it into my styles.scss
@import "./assets/bulma-scss/bulma.scss";
@import "./assets/bulma-scss/utilities/initial-variables.scss";
@import "./assets/bulma-scss/utilities/functions.scss";
$primary: red !default;
body {
padding: 50px;
}
Then I'm calling it from my html component:
<div class="container">
<button class="button is-large is-primary">Test Button</button>
</div>
The result I'm expecting is for the button to be red but it's not changing color.
I'm I forgetting something?
A: For Angular CLI applications, all starting configuration happens in the .angular-cli.json file. In that file you'll find a styles array where we can add any CSS / SCSS files we want to add to our project. You'll also find a scripts array where you can add things if you need that.
So ensure your angular-cli.json file has the styles.scss path referenced in your styles array.
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It's almost time for one of our most popular challenges! The 2017 Holiday Challenge begins November 23 (US Thanksgiving) and ends December 24 (Christmas Eve).
To participate, all you have to do is complete your workouts on either the Indoor Rower, SkiErg, or BikeErg and enter your meters in your Concept2 Online Logbook.
For every person who rows, skis or bikes at least 100k during the challenge, Concept2 will donate $.02 per kilometer (1000 meters) to your choice of the organizations listed below.
Note: You must choose a charity from the front page of the logbook for your meters to count toward the donation.
Once you get beyond 100k, we will donate $.04 per kilometer. Note: For kids and adaptive participants, the $.04 rate will take effect at 50k. Visit the Holiday Challenge page for more information.
Wishing you happy healthy holidays!
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Theresa May praises swift police response during London attack
The suspect drove a car into pedestrians walking along Westminster Bridge, crashed it & then ran up to stab a police officer guarding parliament.
Armed police officers stand guard outside of the Houses of Parliament in central London on 22 March 2017 after a man drove his car through a crowd of people and stabbed a policeman. Picture: AFP.
British Prime Minister Theresa May
Terror attacks
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British Parliament Attack
Alex Eliseev | 1762 days ago
LONDON – UK Prime Minister Theresa May has praised those who responded to a terrorist attack in London, as police continue to investigate the man responsible and his motives.
Five people, including the attacker, died on Wednesday while 40 others were injured.
The suspect drove a car into pedestrians walking along Westminster Bridge, crashed it and then ran up to stab a police officer guarding parliament.
May says the location of the attack was carefully chosen and has described it as sick and depraved.
"We'll come together as normal, never allowing the voices of hate and evils to drive us apart."
Police say extra officers will be on patrol today across London and the identity of the attacker is believed to be known.
The policeman who died has been named as Keith Palmer, a 48-year-old father and husband.
While London Mayor Sadiq Khan has assured the city remains safe world leaders have sent condolences and have offered support.
WATCH: Witnesses describe 'horrendous' London attack
Mark Rowley, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, told reporters the attack started when a car was driven over Westminster Bridge, hitting and injuring members of the public and three police officers.
"A car then crashed near to parliament and at least one man, armed with a knife, continued the attack and tried to enter parliament," Rowley said.
He said the police's "fast-paced investigation" was working on the assumption that the attack was "Islamist-related terrorism". Police believed they knew the identity of the attacker but would not provide details at this stage, he said.
It was the deadliest attack in London since four British Islamists killed 52 commuters and themselves in suicide bombings on the city's transport system in July 2005, in London's worst peacetime attack.
It took place on the first anniversary of attacks by Islamist militants that killed 32 people in Brussels.
Reuters reporters inside parliament during Wednesday's attack heard loud bangs and shortly afterwards saw the knifeman and the stabbed policeman lying on the ground in a courtyard within the gates of parliament.
The dead police officer was identified as Keith Palmer, 48, with 15 years of service.
(Edited by Leeto M Khoza)
Austria raises alarm about 'dramatic' femicide plague
Tonga cut off by volcanic blast, fears grow for coastal towns
Family of murdered Booysens mom want answers from police over slow response | {
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from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy
from cradmin_legacy.viewhelpers import listfilter
class Search(listfilter.django.single.textinput.Search):
def __init__(self, label_is_screenreader_only=True):
super(Search, self).__init__(
slug='search',
label=gettext_lazy('Search'),
label_is_screenreader_only=label_is_screenreader_only
)
def get_placeholder(self):
return gettext_lazy('Search listed objects ...')
def get_modelfields(self):
return [
'fullname',
'shortname',
'username__username',
'useremail__email',
]
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Restricting sale of liquor to women: public debate is misinformed
Restricting sale of liquor to women: public debate is misinformed22/01/2018 19/06/2018
Jan 22, 2018 (LBO) – Interdisciplinary think tank, Verité Research says that contrary to popular understanding, Excise Notification No.04/2018 issued by the Finance Minister only prohibits the sale of liquor to women inside a tavern.
The research firm highlights that this restriction has no implication on the purchase of liquor almost anywhere else, which is almost everywhere that liquor is sold.
Verité Explains – Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed
On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media amended Excise Notification No.666 of 31 December 1979. It is widely believed that by this act the Minister revoked a prohibition on the sale of liquor to women. The President and the cabinet responded by asking for the amendments to be reversed. This reversal is widely believed to have reinstated the previous prohibition on women purchasing liquor. Verité Research finds both these views to be poorly-informed.
The Notification that the Minister amended lists categories of persons to whom liquor cannot be sold or given. This includes for example: a 'member of the Police Force or Officer of the Excise Department while on duty'; any 'person under 21 years of age'; and a 'woman within the premises of a tavern'.
The Minister's intervention through Excise Notification No. 02/2018 only removed the restriction on women being sold or given liquor 'within the premises of a tavern'. That was the only consequence it had on women's ability to purchase liquor.
The Excise Ordinance of 1912 does not define the term 'tavern'. Black's Law Dictionary defines a tavern as 'a place of entertainment…[or] a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot.' Sri Lanka's excise licensing regime has over twenty types of licenses that are issued for the manufacture and sale of liquor. This regime includes licenses for retail shops, licenses for bars, licenses for hotels, licenses for rest houses, and licenses for the consumption of liquor on the premises in which it is sold. There are only two types of licenses for 'taverns': licenses for toddy taverns and for foreign liquor taverns. Such taverns appear to be a rarity in Sri Lanka, and it is likely that new licenses for taverns may have long ceased. In fact, the Excise Department does not list a prescribed application scheme for either of these tavern licenses. By contrast, it lists an application scheme number for every other form of license. Excise Notification No. 1004 of 11 December 2017 lists the schedule of fees for liquor-related licenses. It lists the fees for forty types of liquor licenses – including hotel licenses, rest house licenses and retail licenses. Licenses for taverns are not among this list. Therefore, the licensing regime for taverns lack both an application scheme and a corresponding license fee.
By Notification 02/2018, the Minister only set aside a previous restriction on the sale of liquor to women inside a tavern. This restriction has no implication on the purchase of liquor almost anywhere else, which is almost everywhere that liquor is sold.
This begs the question as to why there has been a wide-ranging perception that the sale of liquor to women is restricted at establishments that are not taverns. Past discussions in the press suggest that some sections of the Excise Department have promoted the view that the terminology of 'taverns' (in the law) is applicable more generally to any retail outlet that sells liquor (e.g. supermarkets). This view, however, appears to be untenable in law.
In conclusion, the foregoing analysis reveals that, contrary to popular understanding, the cabinet decision on 16 January 2018 to reverse the Minister's original amendment has no implication on the freedom of women to purchase liquor from retail shops and supermarkets. Excise Notification No. 04/2018 issued by the Minister of Finance reimposed the same restriction on women that was previously removed – this is prima facie inconsistent with article 12 of the Constitution. However, even if the Supreme Court does not declare it unconstitutional, the Notification will only re-impose the restriction on women purchasing liquor inside a tavern. It cannot impede on the freedom of women to purchase liquor anywhere else.
Taken from LBO | {
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Nell Leavitt Family
April's Shower
Once again the reunion was a huge success. Each function was special and there were many in attendance. Staying at the Stables at Clear Creek was a great experience. There were 50 of in and around the big house. We also had two tents and two RV's outside, but we all shared the big house. We had quite a mix of people so it created a lot of fun. We really got a kick out of our rooms? if you could call them that. There were only 3 private rooms (with a real door). All the rest were converted stables so we felt like we were actually in stalls. We joked saying, "I'm in Stall 4" (or which ever one you were in. We actually had a trough inside mounted on the wall in the corner that they used to feed the horses; and each room had a sliding door with bars on the top and a curtain that pulled for privacy. We joked about 'being in jail'....oh, and the stalls locked on the outside!?# So a lot of joking went on about that. But the open spaces in the Stables were large rooms that made it comfy.
The Golf Tournament Friday was well attended. I was told that Charlie (Ken) and Peggy Leavitt; and Larry and Claire Mineer won. Kim's pictures of the golf tournament were great for us that didn't attend.
Dinner was served up by the Russ Leavitt family and Pat & John Schoppmann. Nummy hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, with all the fixin's. Very enjoyable! Thanks guys!
The Ball Games on Saturday were absolutely fantastic. It's been so long since we've had one....so to see the smaller kids playing and see how talented they are was awesome. And no one enjoyed it as much as they did. Thanks to Drew and Dabnew McIntyre for coaching and helping out with it. Aunt Ila's family (Kay and helpers) also had fun things for the very little kids and those who didn't want to play ball in a shady clearing nearby. The big Ball Game was also fantastic. I'm still reeling over the talent in this family. It must be hereditary because they were all soooo good!! Check out the fun pictures of each ball game. By the way, MOST of the pictures I've posted were taken by my 5 year old grandson Kaden Smith. He's pretty good. Also, thanks to Mitch Smith for the great coaching job.
Lunch was served after the ball games by the Glen Leavitt family--Kenny & Peggy, Lynn & Starr, Myrn, Benny & Debbie, Patsy & Bob. The chili and dogs were great (and potato salad.
The family meeting was held after lunch and it went very well. After a song and opening prayer by Jerrol, the business was discussed. Next year's reunion will be held at our property except for the ballgames and dance, which will be held at Clear Creek. Many of us reserved the same places we had this year for next year, so we should be able to get the BIG pavillion. Hope hope hope! Also, since Betty Webster is unable to be Vice President of our Association, Charles Kenny Leavitt (Glen) was nominated for this position and accepted. Welcome, Ken. Jerrol did a great job of conducting the meeting and keeping things under control. He explained how there had been a mixup in property lines and we may have to move our bathrooms and a small piece of the pavilion. We have secured an attorney and he is working on the situation to deal with the adjoining property owners. We discussed what to do with the property, and the it was expressed that an architectural engineer be contacted to draw up plans of the best utilization of our property. Bob & Patsy Metler's daughter will do this for us (if my notes are right) and Jerrol will present them next year to the family. Some of the functions assigned for next year are: Country Store--Teri Prescott & Nell's granddaughters (again); Ball Games--Charlie Leavitt (Lister, Cal); Saturday lunch--Jack's family; Quilt--Gustins; Church--Nell's bunch; Dance--Ray. After the meeting it was play time. The only dark spot at the reunion was that there was a serious accident during this time. There was a huge slide (long plastic slide) going down the huge lawn with water running down it. While doing this standing up, Charlie's wife fell and was injured. An ambulance was called and she was taken to Kanab Hospital where she had to be life-flighted to Las Vegas University Hospital. They took two cat-scans and couldn't pinpoint a concussion but figured that she had suffered a small stroke after the fall. We at the Stables know why, as she had 5 STRONG priesthood holders caring for her while she was lying on the floor waiting for the ambulance, and she got the best care and the most beautiful blessing. She got help from Charlie (her hubby), Cody Okuda and Steve Leavitt (Benny), Bill Kilpack and Mitch Smith (Pete). Shelly was released from the hospital on MOnday and returned to Cedar City where they live. She's back at work this week. She asked me to thank everyone who helped with her care, and all those that prayed for her recovery. She and Charlie have only been married about 7 months so they are both relieved with the outcome.
The dance was held on the HUGE pavilion that night and it was a great dance floor. All were in attendance with their dancing shoes on. Gee, what fun. I love watching the talent that bubbles up at the dance. I also think this is hereditary, as we older kids know how much our parents and grandparents loved to dance. Everyone had sooo much fun dancing the line dances, macarena, limbo, and you name it. Way Cool!! Thanks Ray for the great entertainment and giving of your time and talent. We all enjoy it.
Church Sunday morning proved my favorite function, once again. There's something about hearing your loved one's testimonies that just makes your heart burst. And the spirit is so strong you could cut it with a knife. Bill Kilpack worked up a program and Kenny Leavitt conducted. Brittnee Smith conducted the singing. Opening prayer was by Judy Bailey. Aunt Ila was our Matriarch and bore her testimony after Kenny and Peggy. Then we heard testimonies from Bill and Laura, Kay Warren, Judy and Glade, Corey Chorn, Jeri and Mic. Shazanna Chorn gave the closing prayer then we said our fond goodbyes. A beautiful end to a wonderful reunion.
I hope to see many more of you there next year. It's just too special to miss....and WE MISS YOU! | {
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Local churches swap pastors for a day
Pastor Ginny Wilder is the rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
by Timothy Ramsey
St. Anne's Episcopal Church and St. Stephens Episcopal Church performed a pulpit swap last week, to connect their congregations.
Pastor Ginny Wilder of St. Anne's and Father Hector Sintim of St. Stephens switched places and led a service at the other's church. As two of the smaller Episcopal churches in the area, both parties felt it was a good idea to bring their respective congregations closer to one another.
"Earlier in the year, probably around February, Rev. Sintim came over here to visit and we were talking about how our churches could assist one another or do something together in ministry," said Wilder. "This was a particular reach across the highway system and the downtown area, from one small parish to another small parish."
"He (Sintim) threw out a couple of ideas, some of them are future thinking, but the pulpit swap was low hanging fruit that we could do right off the bat."
Wilder said she jumped at the opportunity, because she loves to meet new communities. Her sermon centered on how people wrapped themselves up in things that take away from the most important thing, which is to be in the presence of God.
Hearing a different voice in the pulpit, Wilder hopes the congregation of St. Stephens heard or experienced something during the worship service that is a part of the work and mission that God has put within them to do.
"I hope that I can reveal God in a way that maybe they haven't experienced yet," she said. "We couldn't be any more different from one another, Rev. Sintim and I, so I am hoping that even though we are very different, that all the people who come to St. Anne's and St. Stephens today will be fed in some way. That is what our job is on Sundays, is to feed."
Wilder has been the pastor of St. Anne's for nearly two years. She grew up in the Episcopal church and felt the call to the ministry at an early age.
"I felt the call to the ministry at an early age, at the age of four," she continued. "In my denomination, that was around the same time the general convention had said women could be clergy, so I think I was picking up on something in the atmosphere about women in ordination.
"I had a pretty strong calling experience at the age of four, but I kind of just always knew it was there, but never really nurtured it to the degree that this is what I am called to do. I left the church for a while, like a lot of folks do. I butted up against some of the old politics of the church," she went on to say. "I am an openly gay woman who is married to another woman and the church wasn't okay with sexuality in the 90s and early 2000s and because of that, I did not feel welcomed or wanted, so I left for a while, but I always prayed and had a relationship with God. I just wasn't in relationship with the institution of organized religion."
In her early 30s everything was pointing Wilder back to the church, she said. She came back to the church and said she needed to be healed and forgiven. She soon began the discernment process for holy orders, which is what the Episcopal church calls making your way through the priesthood journey.
Her being openly gay was never an issue as she progressed through her journey, she said.
"My bishop never brought it up as an issue and the discernment committee I was a part of didn't bring it up as an issue, but that is not true of all dioceses in the Episcopal church across the country," she said. "There are some that struggle with reconciling discernment for holy order, the job and vocation of the priesthood, and human sexuality. I was just blessed not to be in a diocese that found that to be one of the sticking points."
Wilder said she does not look at herself as a trailblazer, but rather thanks those who came before her and opened doors for those like her.
"I find myself reaping the benefits of those who really gave up everything," she said. "My walk has been pretty easy, comparatively speaking. I find in the world in which I live in that it is easier for me to say both I am gay and a Christian, inside worship in church, but out in the real world, sometimes it's hard to say I am both gay and Christian and be accepted by those who feel like that can't be reconciled."
Wilder said in the past, there were times when both congregations have had shared ministries. The goal is for both to learn from one another and become closer.
The congregation of St. Anne's has grown nearly 40% in the last two years. The question now is how they adapt from being a smaller church to a medium sized one. Wilder feels the best way to accomplish that is to reach out to other congregations.
Father Hector SintimPastor Ginny WilderSt. Anne's Episcopal ChurchSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Timothy Ramsey
Evidence of God at work during COVID-19
Taniesha Sanders of Galilee to preach initial sermon
Prayer breakfast brings diverse crowd | {
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Golden Nuggets: The Falcons interviewed Saleh remotely on Monday
January 5, 2021 by Niners Nation Leave a Comment
Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images
Your daily San Francisco 49ers links for Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Monday was a busy day for the 49ers. The players, John Lynch, and Kyle Shanahan held their exit interviews. We'll discuss their quotes today. Adam Peters is a hot name, while Robert Saleh had an interview with Atlanta.
Falcons interview Robert Saleh for head coach
The Atlanta Falcons interviewed San Francisco 49ers' defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on Monday. The interviewed was conducted remotely.
Earlier in the day, the Falcons interviewed Eric Bieniemy, the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator.
Beginning Monday, in-person interviews may begin for head coach and general manager positions with candidates who are not current NFL club employees or whose club is not participating in the postseason.
Virtual interviews for all head coach positions may begin with coaches whose clubs have a bye in the first week of the playoffs and may continue through the conclusion of wild-card games on Jan. 10.
Virtual interviews for high-level club employees and secondary football executive positions may begin. Once a candidate's employer club is eliminated from the playoffs, in-person interviews may begin.
Jimmy Garoppolo Discusses His Future with the 49ers
Q: What did you learn from Richard Sherman while sitting next to him in the booth?
GAROPPOLO: "Especially these last couple games, we sat right next to each other and I really tried to pick his brain in a casual way. He's very insightful. Sherm is a very bright guy, obviously knows both sides of the ball. Just talking schematics, scheme, whatever it is, he has a very interesting outlook on it.
Honestly, I told him this yesterday at the game, I was like, 'Dude, I've learned so much just in these last couple weeks of talking to you. Because as a quarterback, you think you know defenses and you think you know what they're thinking, but now you talk to a corner who has been doing it for so long, it was very insightful. I learned a lot. Sherm is one of my favorite teammates I've ever been with. He's one of those guys you love to be around, love his attitude and how he comes in everyday. He's one of a kind. That was pretty much what we were trying to do up there."
5 Options to Replace Saleh if he Accepts a Head Coaching Job
Bonus: Jeff Ulbrich
Atlanta defensive coordinator, and 10-year 49ers linebacker Jeff Ulbrich, would be the most under the radar, and unlikeliest choice.
It would be shocking for Ulbrich to get the job over the previous five. He's neither an experienced defensive coordinator, nor an in-house hire.
He does, however, know the system.
Ulbrich was an assistant special teams coach for Seattle under Bradley. After a three-year spell as UCLA's linebackers coach, he became Atlanta's linebackers coach in 2015 before becoming the defensive coordinator this year.
He had a brief tryout this season leading a defense, and as stated above, Atlanta improved as the year went on.
Thirty-two days later, 49ers finally heading home to Bay Area – San Francisco 49ers Blog- ESPN
"I'm very excited, it's the first time I've ever packed two days in advance for anything," Shanahan said. "We're all excited to see our families and everything. … When anyone is stuck in a hotel for over 30 days, that does wear on you a little bit, so not just me but the players, the cooks, the equipment guys, everybody involved with us is ready to get back home."
To be exact, it was 32 days ago that the Niners packed up their football operation and headed to Arizona after Santa Clara County banned contact sports as part of expanded COVID-19 restrictions.
"I'd rather be playing in the playoffs but the way that our season has gone, most of the guys getting out healthy toward the end of the year, I think that's what my relief is," tight end George Kittle said.
49ers GM John Lynch gives a thumbs-up to Nick Bosa's recovery but isn't certain about Dee Ford
"That's a good question — I think one we're looking for clarity on," Lynch said. "Our sole focus right now is to help Dee in any way that we can to get him healthy. I think everybody understands we're a better football team when Dee's out there. He's an impactful player. He's a finisher. He's pretty emblematic of a lot of the issues that plagued our team this year. You know the old saying — the best ability is availability, and we weren't available enough this year, and that went for Dee.
"When you're dealing with that part of your body — the back — sometimes these things take more time. I think Dee tries to stay encouraged but I think it's been a struggle for him. We try to stay encouraged as well, but I can't tell you with great absolute (certainty) that yeah, he's going to be ready. We're working hard and he's working hard to try to get there."
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LZX es un algoritmo de compresión de la familia LZ77, el mismo que comparte nombre la extensión de archivo del cual se genera por pasar por el algoritmo. Ambos siendo inventados por Jonathan Forbes and Tomi Poutanen en la década de 1990.
Instancias de uso del algoritmo LZX
Amiga LZX
LZX se lanzó públicamente como un archivador de ficheros para Amiga en 1995.
Microsoft Cabinet
A mediados de la década de 1990, Jonathan Forbes fue a trabajar a Microsoft y modificó el algoritmo LZX para incorporarlo en la compresión de archivos Cabinet.
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM)
Microsoft incorporó el algoritmo LZX en la compresión de archivos CHM.
Archivos de Microsoft Reader (LIT)
El formato de archivo LIT de Microsoft Reader es una derivación del formato CHM y, por tanto, también usa el algoritmo LZX.
Xbox Live Avatars
Microsoft usa la compresión LZX en sus avatares de Xbox Live para reducir su requerimiento de ancho de banda.
Referencias
Enlaces externos
The LZX page, including many versions of the Amiga LZX archiver
unlzx source code
cabextract (includes source code)
wimlib (included source code)
Convert LIT (includes source code)
Microsoft's LZX DELTA specification
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Verizon is dubbing the day before Thanksgiving "Connection Day" and has a slate of gifts prepared for all wireless consumers -- not just Verizon customers.
Verizon Wireless is in a giving mood.
The company is preparing a bundle of freebies to hand out on November 26 -- the day before Thanksgiving -- in what it is calling "Connection Day." The freebies, which range from free apps to free in-flight Wi-Fi, are available to anyone, although Verizon "More Everything" customers can snag a "one-time gift" of 1GB of sharable data and another 1GB of data in their next billing cycle.
The gifts, which come via partnerships with several companies, are largely short-term promotions but represent the carrier's extra effort to grab attention during the critical holiday-shopping season. Connection Day lands a day before Thanksgiving and two days before Black Friday -- the unofficial kickoff to America's annual shopping frenzy. As competition heats up with carriers offering lower prices and higher amounts of data, a company such as Verizon -- which has traditionally charged a premium because of its network superiority -- is likely wary of its more aggressive rivals.
Verizon is also increasingly working with other brands. In July, it launched a Smart Rewards points program that creates discounts to partner retailers -- although the program has been criticized because it allows the partners to market to customers who opt in.
The upcoming freebies -- all tied to the theme of connecting people to content on their smartphones -- include mobile access to movies and TV shows on the Verizon FiOS app on November 26; 10 Amazon app store apps; two Audible.com book downloads (existing Audible members get a $10 credit); digital edition downloads of 17 Conde Nast publications, including Wired and Vanity Fair; a 30-minute Wi-Fi session at airports through Boingo Wireless and in-flight through Gogo Technologies; in-flight Wi-Fi on JetBlue between November 26 and December 24; and a seven-day trial of Pandora One, a premium subscription music service that normally costs $5 a month.
Verizon also mentioned that Apple is planning a special iTunes offer that will be revealed on November 26.
More details are offered at Verizon's Connection Day site, where consumers -- including Verizon customers -- must sign up to receive the gifts. | {
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Whee! All The Way Home: Say What?
Since the day he was born, Eldest has been surrounded by the Brits, most notably his father. (Or "my baby daddy" as I like to think of him.) Not only did we have frequent British invasions in Eldest's early days, we also did a fair amount of invading ourselves, finding our way to the U.K. just about every year until he was in kindergarten and about every two years since then.
His speech patterns lilt. He has expressions that no red-blooded American has a clue as to their meaning.
We were out to dinner the other evening, and he 'fessed up to us. When he was younger, he told us, he used to think those ever-polite and very gracious Brits were offering him pudding all the time. Of course, he'd have loved to have actually been able to take them up on their offers of pudding. Alas, it was never forthcoming.
"Pardon?" they would ask when they couldn't understand what the hell that Yankee boy of mine was saying.
"Pudding?" was all he heard.
Great! Now that Pink Floyd song will be in my head all day. | {
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Home Pavilion
Pantomime Reviews Scotland
Review: Aladdin, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This pantomime is a full-on assault on the senses that gives real bang for your buck this festive season.
19th December 2022 19th December 2022
Review: Cinderella, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As the nights draw in and snow falls on the streets of Glasgow, the Pavilion Theatre opens its doors with a heartwarming tale of love, laughter and magic! At the heart of the story …
8th December 2021 13th December 2021
Column: Braw Panto tour kicks off after a tribute to one of Scotland's greats
I was fortunate enough to attend a remembrance event for Sydney Devine at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre last week. Dubbed "Scotland's Rhinestone Cowboy", Sydney was undoubtedly one of Scotland's biggest stars of the late 20th Century. …
1st December 2021 13th December 2021
Opinion: Remembering Sydney Devine, Scotland's Rhinestone Cowboy
Sydney had been on Scotland's country music scene for decades with a dedicated crowd who would travel far and wide to see the crooner's legendary shows.
Coronavirus Update: Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre postpones The Francie and Josie Sketchbook until May 2021
A message from 'Francie and Josie', aka Johnny Mac and Liam Dolan: China's its with a heavy heart that we have had to postpone our shows at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on 3rd and 4th …
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first record was made.So the first CD "Bleeding Wounds" was released in 2001.
EP "Big Block Damnation" was released in October 2009.
lots of gigs has been confirmed and tons of bands we got to know.
shoot and can be watched at You Tube.
SOUNDPLANT STUDIOS to get our new slow tunes professionally recorded.
on vinyl. Meanwhile we share it on Bandcamp and Soundcloud as online promotion.
There will be a cool videoclip on our YouTube Channel soon to promote the EP. | {
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High Growth Tech Company Expands in Santa Monica
BOSTON PROPERTIES SECURES A 140,000 SQUARE FOOT LEASE AT SANTA MONICA BUSINESS PARK IN SANTA MONICA, CA
BOSTON, June 3, 2021 – Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, announced it has signed a 140,000 square-foot expansion lease with a technology company at 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. at Santa Monica Business Park, the Company's 1.2 million square-foot creative campus in Santa Monica, California.
"We are excited to continue to provide great space and place for this high growth company," said Jonathan Lange, SVP, Los Angeles Region, Boston Properties. "This lease underscores the attractiveness of the West Los Angeles submarket and Santa Monica Business Park, in particular, for attracting and retaining today's creative talent."
Santa Monica Business Park is a creative office campus in the heart of the Sunset and Ocean Park neighborhoods in Santa Monica, CA. With high-profile technology and entertainment companies, and an outdoor environment that extends creativity beyond the office walls, Santa Monica Business Park is one of the most sought-after workplaces in West Los Angeles.
About Boston Properties
Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, concentrated in five markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The Company is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), that develops, manages, operates, acquires, and owns a diverse portfolio of primarily Class A office space. The Company's portfolio totals 51.6 million square feet and 196 properties, including nine properties under construction/redevelopment. For more information about BXP, please visit our website at www.bxp.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram.
At the Company
Laura Sesody
Vice President, Corporate Marketing & Communication
[email protected]
Sara Buda
Vice President, Investor Relations
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25 Rabbis Arrested at Rally on Behalf of Soviet Jewry
A group of 25 local area rabbis — Reform, Conservative and Orthodox — were arrested today during a demonstration in front of the Soviet Mission to the United Nations, as President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev were meeting in Geneva.
Rabbi Allan Meyerowitz, chairman of the Rabbirical Assembly's Soviet Jewry Committee, said the demonstration, which lasted about 30 minutes before the police moved into the group to arrest the rabbis, was aimed at the Geneva summit meeting.
The rabbis prayed, danced and sang, and chanted that "if we cannot trust the Soviet Union to live up to the Helsinki accords, how can we trust them on any arms control agreement?" In a statement distributed at the demonstration, the rabbis declared: "We are determined to put an end to the spiritual 'final solution' which the Soviet Union is carrying out against its Jewish citizens."
Meyerowitz said the demonstrators had no permit and deliberately violated a city ordinance banning demonstrations within 500 feet of an Embassy. The rabbis were taken to a local police station and booked on charges of disorderly conduct. They were released on their own recognizance for appearance in court on December 27. Meyerowitz said he organized the protest in cooperation with the New York Board of Rabbis, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis.
In a similar action, the 3,000 delegates at the biennial convention of the United Synagogue of America held a symbolic 24-hour vigil at the Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. The Conservative movement delegates from the United States and Canada pledged to conduct a series of protests on behalf of Soviet Jews until Soviet leaders open the gates to emigration again, free the Prisoners of Conscience, and permit the teaching of Hebrew and other Jewish cultural subjects. | {
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History of Carillons
Originally carillons were made of twenty-three bronze bells that were played by a carilloneur on a unique "keyboard" consisting of paddles or batons and foot pedals, rather then keys. These instruments can still be found in New York, Minnesota and the traveling carillon based in Valley Forge, PA. Many more carillons can be found in Europe where they still have master carilloneurs, though they are dwindiling in number as are these enormous instruments. In German, a carillon is called a glockenspiel. In French, carillon means "four bells."
Modern Carillons Play Hymns, Tolls, Songs and Tributes
Today's units have evolved into very small and easy to use pieces of equipment similar to other sound equipment or computer apps. They need no large storage space and fit easily on a desk, table or in a closet. Unlike the original instruments, electronic carillons are driven by electronic circuitry and are programmable to play hundreds of arrangements, songs, hymns, tolls, and tributes all at the push of a button.
Carillons are replacing original, heavy cast bronze bells in many churches, universities and institutions as substitutes for renovations to towers and bell ringing equipment. Without having prior knowledge of a carillon installation, most people cannot discern the difference between the sounds of an electronic carillon from those of cast bronze church bells. The only clue is the the wide musical assortment that plays through loudspeakers strategically mounted inside existing bell towers. In most cases, the speakers are not visible to the public.
Ease of Use Created Huge Increases in Popularity
Since many people that consider themselve not very computer-oriented have found electronic carillons to be very easy to use, they have gained in popularity in recent years. Add that to the cost benefits and one can easily understand why carillons are now proudly but discreetly broadcasting the sounds of church bells from bell towers across the country.
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The SITRANS F C MASS 2100 DI 3-15 is suitable for accurate mass flow measurement for all kind of liquids and gases. The full bore design provides lower pressure loss due to same internal diameter throughout the entire sensor and the single tube construction without internal welds, reductions or flow splitters offers optimal hygiene, safety and CIP cleanability. The sensor is also characterized by having a large dynamic turn down range better than 500:1 and the market's thickest tube wall to ensure highest integrity.
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Q: Please resolve this error ' initialization of 'char' from 'char *' makes integer from pointer without a cast ' 5 | char star = "*"; The code is
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char star = "*";
printf("This is %c",star);
return 0 ;
}
A: The type of "*" is a char [2] aka char * but you want a char which you write as:
char star = '*';
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