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/**
* CArtAgO - DEIS, University of Bologna
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package cartago;
import java.util.*;
/**
* Interface for CArtAgO controllers for a workspace
*
* @author aricci
*
*/
public interface ICartagoController {
/**
* Get current user list.
*
* @return user names
* @throws CartagoException
*/
AgentId[] getCurrentAgents()throws CartagoException;
/**
* Get current artifact list
* @return artifact names
* @throws CartagoException
*/
ArtifactId[] getCurrentArtifacts() throws CartagoException;
/**
* Get artifact information
*
* @param name
* @return
* @throws CartagoException
*/
ArtifactInfo getArtifactInfo(String name) throws CartagoException;
/**
* Remove an artifact from the workspace
*
* @param artifactName artifact name
* @throws CartagoException
*/
boolean removeArtifact(String artifactName) throws CartagoException;
/**
* Remove a user from the workspace
* @param agentGlobalId agent id
* @throws CartagoException
*/
boolean removeAgent(String agentGlobaId) throws CartagoException;
}
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaGithub"
}
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4"
}
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4"
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Collet, Tormach TTS, 3MT, 3/4"
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4"
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namespace TraktApiSharp.Tests.Modules.TraktCommentsModule
{
using FluentAssertions;
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using TestUtils;
using Traits;
using TraktApiSharp.Exceptions;
using TraktApiSharp.Objects.Get.Users;
using TraktApiSharp.Requests.Parameters;
using TraktApiSharp.Responses;
using Xunit;
[Category("Modules.Comments")]
public partial class TraktCommentsModule_Tests
{
private const string GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI = "comments/recent";
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI,
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response = await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType_And_IncludeReplies()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE, true);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType_And_ExtendedInfo()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE, null, EXTENDED_INFO);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ObjectType_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_IncludeReplies()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, true);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ExtendedInfo()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_CommentType_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_IncludeReplies()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, true);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_IncludeReplies_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_ExtendedInfo()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, EXTENDED_INFO);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_ExtendedInfo_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ObjectType_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}?page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, OBJECT_TYPE, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_IncludeReplies()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?include_replies=true",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, true);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_IncludeReplies_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_IncludeReplies_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?include_replies=true&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_IncludeReplies_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?include_replies=true&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, true, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ExtendedInfo()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ExtendedInfo_And_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ExtendedInfo_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_ExtendedInfo_And_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_Page()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?page={PAGE}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, 10, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(10u);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, 1, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(null, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(1u);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_With_Page_And_Limit()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}?page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(null, null, null, null, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Complete()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(
$"{GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI}/{COMMENT_TYPE.UriName}/{OBJECT_TYPE.UriName}" +
$"?include_replies=true&extended={EXTENDED_INFO}&page={PAGE}&limit={LIMIT}",
COMMENTS_JSON, PAGE, LIMIT, 1, COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
var pagedParameters = new TraktPagedParameters(PAGE, LIMIT);
TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment> response =
await client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync(COMMENT_TYPE, OBJECT_TYPE,
true, EXTENDED_INFO, pagedParameters);
response.Should().NotBeNull();
response.IsSuccess.Should().BeTrue();
response.HasValue.Should().BeTrue();
response.Value.Should().NotBeNull().And.HaveCount(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.ItemCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(COMMENTS_ITEM_COUNT);
response.Limit.Should().Be(LIMIT);
response.Page.Should().Be(PAGE);
response.PageCount.Should().HaveValue().And.Be(1);
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_NotFoundException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktNotFoundException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_AuthorizationException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktAuthorizationException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_BadRequestException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktBadRequestException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ForbiddenException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.Forbidden);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktForbiddenException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_MethodNotFoundException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.MethodNotAllowed);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktMethodNotFoundException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ConflictException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.Conflict);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktConflictException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_BadGatewayException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, HttpStatusCode.BadGateway);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktBadGatewayException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_PreconditionFailedException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)412);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktPreconditionFailedException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ValidationException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)422);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktValidationException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_RateLimitException()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)429);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktRateLimitException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerUnavailableException_503()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)503);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerUnavailableException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerUnavailableException_504()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)504);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerUnavailableException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerUnavailableException_520()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)520);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerUnavailableException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerUnavailableException_521()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)521);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerUnavailableException>();
}
[Fact]
public void Test_TraktCommentsModule_GetRecentlyCreatedComments_Throws_ServerUnavailableException_522()
{
TraktClient client = TestUtility.GetMockClient(GET_COMMENTS_RECENT_URI, (HttpStatusCode)522);
Func<Task<TraktPagedResponse<ITraktUserComment>>> act = () => client.Comments.GetRecentlyCreatedCommentsAsync();
act.Should().Throw<TraktServerUnavailableException>();
}
}
}
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Netflix Star Power: From Nova to Galaxy
Philip Cu-Unjieng
Just released on Netflix is the directorial debut of one Brie Larson, star of what will surely be one of the biggest film success-stories of 2019, Captain Marvel. Her Unicorn Store has 'nova' Hollywood star Brie playing the central character, and surprise of surprise, also stars Samuel L. Jackson. And if you're not intimidated by subtitles, there are three glorious seasons of Call My Agent!, a French TV series that chronicles the successes and travails of a talent management agency; and playing themselves in cameos is an astounding galaxy of the Who's-Who of French cinema of the last 50 years.
Unicorn Store was actually a project Larson worked on right after winning the Oscar for Best Actress for Room; and even with Jackson in the film, predates Captain Marvel. It was first screened in Toronto in 2017; and if it lures in a lot of viewers, chalk that up to uncanny timing and marketing by Netflix.
It's an earnest, well-meaning film that has an arrested development, inner-child syndrome, central character - Kit, as played by Brie. The film has some problems with tonality, often too cute or mawkish for words; but it does have its heart in the right place. You just wished there was a bit more grit, or harder look at reality sequences - there's the possibility of inter-racial romance, and potential sexual harassment in the office place, but both themes are never really explored.
Brie Larson plays Kit with chutzpah and charm in equal measures; but Samuel L. Jackson is basically coasting, without all that much to do besides play himself, in a silly get-up. It's Mamoudou Athie as Virgil, the DIY Hardware Store assistant who you notice, as he basically accepts Kit, with all her social interacting deficiencies, and guileless approach to adulthood. Hamish Linklater as Gary, the VP of the PR firm where Kit temps, is the other stand-out. He oozes the right mix of sleazy and authoritative.
Isabelle Adjani, Juliette Binoche, Jean Dujardin, Monica Bellucci, Christophe Lambert, and Isabelle Huppert - these are just some of the luminaries of French Cinema who play themselves in farcical situations on the wonderful TV series Call My Agent! In France, it was called Dix pour cent (a reference to the 10% the talent agency earns). The series centers on life in the talent agency ASK, where things get sticky when the four main VP's have to assume the baton when the Founder & CEO suddenly dies while on holiday.
And if you give the series a chance, you will love how the four VP's will quickly be your best friends, as they deal with artists' egos, crazy demands, the competition, and personal issues. My favorites would be Mathias (Thibault de Montalembert) and Andrea (Camille Cottin). The script sparkles with humor, with real-life situations that examine ethics, morals, and personality, and little dramas buttered with irony and compassion.
One moment I thoroughly enjoyed was during the first season, when one veteran actress/client of the firm was talking about her 'rival'; and commented that she's reached that age when the candles cost more than the cake! That's how witty the bitchy remarks can get, as they fly fast and furious. Just like how The Office was originally a British TV series and was adapted to a US setting; don't be surprised if Call My Agent! eventually gets the same kind of treatment. It's that good. And I can imagine how all these French stars were wondering when they'd get a call to cameo in the series.
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Ceu seems to be an even stronger singer here than before – still able to drift in and out of an easygoing rhythm when she wants, but also more suited to take on tunes with a more soulful vibe – which includes a number of standout tunes that really make the record shine! There's still some of the nods towards older Brazilian styles that graced Ceu's earlier albums, but many of the numbers here sparkle with a more contemporary vibe – never overdone, but a nice blend of subtle rhythms and guitar lines from Pedro Sa – mostly moving at a midtempo pace that's just right for the vocals. Marc Ribot plays guitar on a few tracks, Seu Jorge guests on another, and titles include "Nada Irreal", "Coreto", "Forcar O Verao", "Corpocontinente", "Off", "Fenix Do Amor", and "Ocitocina". © 1996-2021, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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12 Brasas Para Voce
CNCr/Discobertas (Brazil), 1967. New Copy
CD...$16.99
A really cool collection of 60s rockers from Brazil – music that was part of the jovem guarda generation, right before the Tropicalia years – but served up here in a package that's a bit groovier than most from the time! Unlike some of the bigger-label material from the jovem guarda ... CD
Mi Proprio Yo
Sonus/Discobertas (Brazil), 1964. New Copy
An unusual album from Brazilian singer Miltinho – one of his few 60s efforts recorded in Spanish, and issued by the Sonus label in the Dominican Republic! Backings are more Latin-styled overall – handled by Pocho Perez with a nice mix of percussion and brass, which underscores the ... CD
Helio Mendes e Seu Conjunto
Sabor De Juventude (with bonus tracks)
Musiplay/Discobertas (Brazil), 1967. New Copy
The flavor of youth in mid-60s Brazil – served up by keyboardist Helio Mendes, who also plays a bit of organ on the set! As with Mendes' other great albums of the time, the rhythms often have a slight samba current, and mix together acoustic and electric modes – in the best Brazilian ... CD
Elis, Essa Mulher
Warner (Brazil), 1979. New Copy
CD...$7.99
Really great late work from Elis Regina – recorded in the company of arranger Cesar Mariano, whose masterful touch made for some of Elis' best albums of the 70s! Cesar arranged and conducted here, and although the production is perhaps a bit more contemporary than Elis' work for Philips, the ... CD
ZZYZX
Mutantes (Brazil), 2020. New Copy
Surprising new work from this legendary Brazilian group – a combo who had a huge influence in the Tropicalia generation, then went on to grow and expand over the years, and open up countless new ears in the process! This set is a bit different than some of their other revival work – ... CD
Geraes (plus bonus tracks)
EMI (Brazil), 1976. New Copy
Beautiful stuff – and one of Milton Nascimento's greatest albums of the 70s! The style here is a bit more subdued than on some of his later work – but in a way that's really majestic and soulful, showing the further development of Milton's unique idiom as he becomes one of the ... CD
Alex Malheiros & Banda Utopia with Sabrina Malheir
Far Out (UK), 2009. New Copy
CD...$7.99 16.99
Beautiful grooves from Alex Malheiros – best known for his bass work in Azymuth, but stepping out here in a warm and wonderful set of his own! The groove here really takes us back to the sunny, soulful fusion we first loved when Azymuth hit the scene in the 70s – and Malheiros' ... CD
Latino Fantastico
The rare Latino Fantastico from Rubens Bassini – featuring a range of percussion and overall vibe that blends the feverishly rhythmic vibes his native Brazil with African, Cuban and South American styled numbers with ultra groovy exotica! Bassini is a master percussionist and he's backed by ... CD
Plenty cool sounds from Joyce – a lady who's always been the definition of the world used in the title – thanks to her totally unique, totally wonderful style! The album's one of a number of recent gems that have Joyce really going back to basics – hitting that soaring blend of ... CD
Esperanto/Victor Assis Brasil Toca Antonio Carlos Jobim (with bonus tracks)
Quartin/Far Out (UK), 1970. New Copy
A fantastic double-length set – two full albums of music, essential for any fan of Brazilian jazz – or even jazz in general! First up is Esperanto – an incredible album from one of Brazil's greatest reed players of the 70s – the mighty Victor Assis Brasil – a free-thin ... CD
Jose Roberto Bertrami
Things Are Different
New work from the legendary founder of Azymuth! Jose Roberto Bertrami's keyboards have graced dozens of Brazilian jazz sessions over the past 30 years – not only with his famous combo Azymuth, but also on albums by other Brazilian singers and instrumentalists of the 70s and 80s. This new ... CD
Far Out 100
A joyous celebration of the mighty Far Out label – now over a decade old, and still one of the most freshly creative companies around! Far Out is the brainchild of London DJ Joe Davis, who has a great way of bringing together older bossa-styled grooves with a fresher take on the genre. Joe's ... CD
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'No updates in nearly two weeks'
US leaving Israel in the dark on Iran talks, say Israeli officials
American negotiator Wendy Sherman tried to call Israel's national security adviser Yossi Cohen, but couldn't reach him, US officials insist
By TOI staff 8 July 2015, 3:24 am Edit
From left, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, sit during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)
The American negotiating team at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna has not updated Israel on developments in the talks in nearly two weeks, Israeli and American officials acknowledged Tuesday.
The officials did not agree on the reasons for the failure, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
In a briefing to reporters in Vienna, senior American officials said that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who has led the Iran talks for the US, tried to contact Israel's National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen three times over the past ten days, but scheduling conflicts prevented the calls from going through.
A senior official in Israel's Prime Minister's Office confirmed that the last update from Sherman took place 12 days ago, but insisted, "we have not declined any offers for further updates."
Yossi Cohen, National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ FLASH90)
High-level contact between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations has all but ceased as the Iran negotiations entered their critical final phases in recent weeks, the newspaper reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not spoken once with US Secretary of State John Kerry since the latest round of talks began in Vienna.
The result, according to Israeli officials, is that Israel has only a very partial understanding of what is taking place in the negotiating room.
American officials said Sherman intends to attempt to update Cohen again in the coming days.
Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the Iran talks in recent months, angering the American administration with his March trip to Washington to speak in Congress against the deal that US President Barack Obama considers a cornerstone of his foreign policy.
The prime minister spoke out again against the deal Tuesday, calling Iran "the greatest threat to world peace" and insisting world powers were caving in to Tehran's demands.
"Iran, which is the greatest patron of terror in the world, is extorting from world powers more and more concessions," Netanyahu said at a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem that marked 111 years since the death of Zionist movement founder Theodor Herzl.
"Iran is the greatest threat to world peace. The capitulation agreement that Iran is about to get from world powers is paving the way for it to arm itself with nuclear weapons and to carry them further with the missiles that it continues to develop, and of course to spread terror," Netanyahu said.
Ministers from the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany — the so-called P5+1 nations — further extended nuclear talks with Iran Tuesday after missing a second deadline in a week.
The deadline was the latest to have been set for a comprehensive pact that would replace the interim deal world powers and Iran reached in November 2013. That package was extended three times, most recently on June 30.
The deal, aimed at ending a 13-year-old standoff over Iran's nuclear program, would build on a framework accord reached in April in Switzerland.
World powers fear Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing weapons, an accusation the Iranians deny.
Stuart Winer and AP contributed to this report.
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With the popularity of poker today, getting to know the pros and rising stars in the game is important. Thuận B. Nguyễn is an American professional player who is renowned in the world poker platforms. He has participated in world poker competitions where he has won accolades and taken home colossal monies. These tournaments are run in circuits, elimination lies at the core of the competition in order to determine the final winners. Having thrown his hat in the WSOP events, this cast him some limelight in the gambling sphere. However, a closer look at his resume reveals he is one player whose winnings leave a tinge of legacy in the poker world.
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Egr-1 contributes to IL-1-mediated down-regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ expression in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Sarah-Salwa Nebbaki1,
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri1,
Hassan Afif1,
Mohit Kapoor1,
Mohamed Benderdour2,
Nicolas Duval3,
Jean-Pierre Pelletier1,
Johanne Martel-Pelletier1 &
Hassan Fahmi1
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-catabolic properties and to be protective in animal models of osteoarthritis (OA). We have previously shown that interleukin-1β (IL-1) down-regulates PPARγ expression in human OA chondrocytes. However, the mechanisms underlying this effect have not been well characterized. The PPARγ promoter harbors an overlapping Egr-1/specificity protein 1 (Sp1) binding site. In this study, our objective was to define the roles of Egr-1 and Sp1 in IL-1-mediated down-regulation of PPARγ expression.
Chondrocytes were stimulated with IL-1 and the expression levels of Egr-1 and Sp1 mRNAs and proteins were evaluated using real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. The role of de novo protein synthesis was evaluated using the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX). The recruitment of Sp1 and Egr-1 to the PPARγ promoter was evaluated using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. The PPARγ promoter activity was analyzed in transient transfection experiments. The roles of Egr-1 and Sp1 were further evaluated using small interfering RNA (siRNA) approaches. The level of Egr-1 in cartilage was determined using immunohistochemistry.
Down-regulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1 requires de novo protein synthesis and was concomitant with the induction of the transcription factor Egr-1. Treatment with IL-1 induced Egr-1 recruitment and reduced Sp1 occupancy at the PPARγ promoter. Overexpression of Egr-1 potentiated, whereas overexpression of Sp1 alleviated, the suppressive effect of IL-1 on the PPARγ promoter, suggesting that Egr-1 may mediate the suppressive effect of IL-1. Consistently, Egr-1 silencing prevented IL-1-mediated down-regulation of PPARγ expression. We also showed that the level of Egr-1 expression was elevated in OA cartilage compared to normal cartilage.
Our results indicate that induction and recruitment of Egr-1 contributed to the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression. They also suggest that modulation of Egr-1 levels in the joint may have therapeutic potential in OA.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease and is a leading cause of disability in developed countries and throughout the world. Clinical manifestations of OA may include pain, stiffness, and reduced joint motion. Pathologically, OA is characterized by progressive degeneration of articular cartilage, synovial inflammation, and subchondral bone remodeling. It is also characterized by increased levels of inflammatory mediators, among which interleukin 1 (IL-1) is considered a key player in the initiation and progression of the disease [1].
The mechanisms through which IL-1 exerts its effects include increased expression of inflammatory genes such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 (mPGES-1), and the release of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) [1]. IL-1 also promotes cartilage degradation by suppressing the synthesis of the major components of extracellular matrix proteoglycan and collagen and by enhancing the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and aggrecanases [1].
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a family of transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, which includes receptors for steroids, thyroid hormone, vitamin D, and retinoic acid. Three PPAR isoforms have been identified: PPARα, PPARβ/δ, and PPARγ [2]. PPARα, present primarily in the liver, heart, and muscle, plays a central role in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism [3]. PPARβ/δ is ubiquitously expressed and has been suggested to participate in various physiological processes such as lipid homeostasis, epidermal maturation, tumorogenesis, wound healing, and brain development [4]. PPARγ, the most thoroughly studied member of the PPAR family, exists as two forms as a result of differential splicing: PPARγ1 and PPARγ2. PPARγ1 is expressed in several tissues and cell types, whereas PPARγ2 is found mainly in adipose tissues. PPARγ plays important modulatory roles in lipid and glucose metabolism, cellular differentiation, vascular function, and immunoregulation and has been implicated in various conditions, including inflammation, atherosclerosis, and cancer [5–7].
There is increasing evidence that PPARγ also plays an important role in the pathophysiology of OA and other arthritic articular diseases [8]. Activation of PPARγ inhibits IL-1-induced NO and PGE2 production as well as iNOS and COX-2 expression in human and rat chondrocytes [9–12]. PPARγ activation was also shown to suppress the induction of mPGES-1, which catalyzes the terminal step in PGE2 synthesis [13, 14]. In addition to having effects on inflammatory responses, PPARγ activation modulates several events involved in cartilage destruction. For instance, PPARγ activation was demonstrated to inhibit IL-1-induced MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, and MMP-13 expression [9, 15, 16] as well as IL-1-mediated proteoglycan degradation [11]. Moreover, PPARγ activation was reported to prevent IL-1-mediated degradation of type II collagen in human OA cartilage explants [16]. Additional in vitro studies demonstrated that PPARγ activation suppressed several inflammatory and catabolic responses in synovial fibroblasts, including the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, MMP-1, and MMP-3 [17–19] and the expression of iNOS, cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2), COX-2, and mPGES-1 [20–22]. Finally, the protective effects of PPARγ in OA have been proven in vivo in animal models of the disease. In this context, we have demonstrated that PPARγ activators reduced the size, depth, and histological severity of cartilage lesions in two models of OA: the partial medial meniscectomy in guinea pigs [23] and anterior cruciate ligament transection in dogs [24].
We previously showed that IL-1 suppresses PPARγ expression in human OA chondrocytes [25]; however, the underlying signaling mechanisms remained undefined. The PPARγ proximal promoter contains an overlapping binding site for the transcription factors Egr-1 (early growth response gene 1) and Sp1 (specificity protein 1). In the present study, we demonstrated that Egr-1 contributes to the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression, likely through displacement of prebound Sp1.
Reagents and antibodies
Human recombinant IL-1 was obtained from Genzyme (Cambridge, MA, USA). Aprotinin, leupeptin, pepstatin, phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), cycloheximide (CHX), and sodium orthovanadate (Na3VO4) were from Sigma-Aldrich Canada (Oakville, ON, Canada). Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), penicillin and streptomycin, fetal calf serum (FCS), and Trizol reagents were supplied by Invitrogen (Burlington, ON, Canada). Antibodies against Egr-1, Sp1, and β-actin were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). The antibody against PPARγ was from Cayman Chemical Company (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). Polyclonal goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was from Pierce (Rockford, IL, USA).
Specimen selection and chondrocyte culture
Human normal cartilage (from femoral condyles) was obtained at necropsy, within 12 hours of death, from donors with no history of arthritic diseases (n = 12, mean ± standard deviation (SD) age: 61 ± 14 years). To ensure that only normal tissue was used, cartilage specimens were thoroughly examined both macroscopically and microscopically. Only those with neither alteration were further processed. Human OA cartilage was obtained from patients undergoing total knee replacement (n = 31, mean ± SD age: 66 ± 15 years). In all patients, OA was diagnosed on the basis of criteria developed by the American College of Rheumatology Diagnostic Subcommittee for OA [26]. At the time of surgery, the patients had symptomatic disease requiring medical treatment in the form of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or selective COX-2 inhibitors. Patients who had received intra-articular injections of steroids were excluded. The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Notre-Dame Hospital approved the study protocol and the use of human articular tissues. Informed consent was obtained from each donor or from an authorized third party.
Chondrocytes were released from cartilage by sequential enzymatic digestion as previously described [25]. Cells were seeded at 3.5 × 105 cells per well in 12-well culture plates (Costar, Corning, NY, USA) or at 6 to 7 × 105 cells per well in six-well culture plates in DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and were cultivated at 37°C for 48 hours. Cells were washed and incubated for an additional 24 hours in DMEM containing 0.5% FCS before stimulation with IL-1.
Chondrocytes were lysed in ice-cold lysis buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), 1 mM PMSF, 10 μg/mL each of aprotinin, leupeptin, and pepstatin, 1% NP-40, 1 mM Na3VO4, and 1 mM NaF). Lysates were sonicated on ice and centrifuged at 12,000 revolutions per minute for 15 minutes. The protein concentration of the supernatant was determined by using the bicinchoninic acid method (Pierce). Twenty micrograms of total cell lysate was subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and electrotransferred to a nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad, Mississauga, ON, Canada). After blocking in 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 containing 150 mM NaCl, 0.1% Tween 20, and 5% (wt/vol) non-fat dry milk, blots were incubated overnight at 4°C with the primary antibody and washed with a Tris buffer (Tris-buffered saline (TBS) pH 7.5 with 0.1% Tween 20). The blots were then incubated with HRP-conjugated secondary antibody (Pierce), washed again, incubated with SuperSignal Ultra Chemiluminescent reagent (Pierce), and exposed to Kodak X-Omat film (Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA).
RNA extraction and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Total RNA from cultured chondrocytes or cartilage was isolated by using the TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen) in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer. To remove contaminating DNA, isolated RNA was treated with RNase-free DNase I (Ambion, Austin, TX, USA). The RNA was quantitated by using a RiboGreen RNA quantitation kit (Molecular Probes Inc., now part of Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, CA, USA), dissolved in diethylpyrocarbonate-treated H2O, and stored at -80°C until use. One microgram of total RNA was reverse-transcribed by using Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (Fermentas, Burlington, ON, Canada) as detailed in the guidelines of the manufacturer. One fiftieth of the reverse transcriptase reaction was analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as described below. The following primers were used: PPARγ, sense, 5'-AAAGAAGCCAACACTAAACC-3' and antisense, 5'-CTTCCATTACGGAGAGATCC-3'; Egr-1, sense, 5'-CTGACCGCAGAGTCTTTTCCTG-3' and antisense, 5'-TGGGTGCCGCTGAGTAAATG-3'; Sp1, sense 5'-AAACATATCAAAGACCCACCAGAAT-3' and antisense 5'-ATATTGGTGGTAATAAGGGCTGAA-3'; and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), sense 5'-CAGAACATCATCCCTGCCTCT-3' and antisense 5'-GCTTGACAAAGTGGTCGTTGAG -3'.
Real-time polymerase chain reaction
Real-time PCR analysis was performed in a total volume of 50 μL containing template DNA, 200 nM of sense and antisense primers, 25 μL of SYBR® Green master mix (Qiagen, Mississauga, ON, Canada) and uracil-N-glycosylase (UNG) (0.5 Units; Epicentre Technologies, Madison, WI, USA). After incubation at 50°C for 2 minutes (UNG reaction) and at 95°C for 10 minutes (UNG inactivation and activation of the AmpliTaq Gold enzyme), the mixtures were subjected to 40 amplification cycles (15 seconds at 95°C for denaturation and 1 minute for annealing and extension at 60°C). Incorporation of SYBR® Green dye into PCR products was monitored in real time by using a GeneAmp 5700 Sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) and allowing determination of the threshold cycle (CT) at which exponential amplification of PCR products begins. After PCR, dissociation curves were generated with one peak, indicating the specificity of the amplification. A CT value was obtained from each amplification curve by using the software provided by the manufacturer (Applied Biosystems).
Relative mRNA expression in chondrocytes was determined by using the ΔΔCT method, as detailed in the guidelines of the manufacturer (Applied Biosystems). A ΔCT value was first calculated by subtracting the CT value for the housekeeping gene GAPDH from the CT value for the gene of interest. A ΔΔCT value was then calculated by subtracting the ΔCT value of the control (unstimulated cells) from the ΔCT value of each treatment. Fold changes compared with the control were then determined by raising 2 to the -ΔΔCT power. Each PCR generated only the expected specific amplicon as shown by the melting-temperature profiles of the final product and by gel electrophoresis of test PCRs. Each PCR was performed in triplicate on two separate occasions for each independent experiment.
Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay
The chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments were performed according to the ChIP protocol provided by Upstate/Millipore Biotechnology Inc. (Lake Placid, NY, USA) and previously published protocols [27]. After treatment, the cells were cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde for 10 minutes at room temperature. The fixed cells were washed twice with ice-cold phosphate-buffered saline containing protease inhibitors and then lysed for 10 minutes at 1 × 106 cells per 200 μL of SDS lysis buffer (50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 8.0), 0.5% SDS, 100 mM NaCl, and 5 mM EDTA) plus protease inhibitors. The chromatin samples were sonicated to reduce DNA length to 200 to 500 base pairs (bp). Twenty microliters of the supernatant was saved as the input DNA, and the remainder was diluted 1:10 in ChIP dilution buffer (0.01% SDS, 1.1% Triton X-100, 1.2 mM EDTA, and 16.7 mM Tris-Cl) containing protease inhibitors. The chromatin samples were precleared with a salmon sperm DNA/protein A-agarose 50% gel slurry for 3 hours. The samples were then immunoprecipitated overnight at 4°C with antibodies specific for either Sp1 and Egr-1. As negative controls, cross-linked chromatin was incubated overnight with control Ig or in the absence of antibody. Immune complexes were recovered by addition of salmon sperm DNA/protein A-agarose slurry for 2 hours at 4°C. The immune complexes were sequentially washed three times each (5 minutes on a rotating platform), with low salt, high salt, lithium chloride, and Tris/EDTA buffers, and eluted twice with 250 μL of 1% SDS and 0.1 M NaHCO3 for 15 minutes. The eluted material and the DNA input samples were heated for 4 hours at 65°C to reverse cross-linking. The samples were treated with 40 μg/mL DNase-free proteinase K for 1 hour at 45°C, extracted with phenol-chloroform-isoamyl alcohol and chloroform, and ethanol-precipitated in the presence of 20 μg of glycogen. Pellets were suspended in 25 to 30 μL of H2O and subjected to PCR analysis. The primer sequences used were PPARγ sense, 5'-TCGGATCCCTCCTCGGAAATGG-3' and antisense, 5'-GCGCGACTGGGAGGGA-3'.
Transient transfection
The luciferase reporter construct pGL3-PPARγ1p3000, containing a 3,000-bp fragment of the human PPARγ1 gene promoter, was kindly provided by Johan Auwerx (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France). Egr-1 expression vector (pcDNA3) was donated by Yuqing Chen (Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA) [28]. The β-galactosidase reporter vector under the control of SV40 promoter (pSV40-β-gal) was from Promega Corporation (Madison, WI, USA). Transient transfection experiments were performed by using the FuGene-6 transfection reagent in accordance with the recommended protocol of the manufacturer (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN, USA). Briefly, chondrocytes were seeded 24 hours prior to transfection at a density of 3 × 105 cells per well in 12-well plates and transiently transfected with 1 μg of the PPARγ promoter construct and 0.5 μg of the internal control pSV40-β-gal. Six hours later, the medium was replaced with DMEM containing 1% FCS. At 1 day after transfection, the cells were left untreated or treated with IL-1 (100 pg/mL) for 20 hours. In the overexpression experiments, the amount of transfected DNA was kept constant by using the corresponding empty vector. At the end of the indicated treatment, the cells were washed twice in ice-cold phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and extracts were prepared for firefly luciferase reporter assay (Promega Corporation). Luciferase activity was normalized for transfection efficiency by using the corresponding β-galactosidase activity.
Specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) for Sp1, Egr-1, or scrambled control was obtained from Dharmacon Inc. (Lafayette, CO, USA). Chondrocytes were seeded in six-well plates at 6 × 105 cells per well and incubated for 24 hours. Cells were transfected with 100 nM of siRNA by using the HiPerFect Transfection Reagent (Qiagen) in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer. The medium was changed 24 hours later, and the cells were incubated for an additional 24 hours before stimulation with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for 1 or 20 hours.
Cartilage specimens were processed for immunohistochemistry as previously described [25]. The specimens were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraffin. Sections (5 μm) of paraffin-embedded specimens were deparaffinized in toluene and dehydrated in a graded series of ethanol. The specimens were then preincubated with chondroitinase ABC (0.25 U/mL in PBS pH 8.0) for 60 minutes at 37°C followed by a 30-minute incubation with Triton X-100 (0.3%) at room temperature. Slides were then washed in PBS followed by incubation with 2% hydrogen peroxide/methanol for 15 minutes. They were further incubated for 60 minutes with 2% normal serum (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA, USA) and overlaid with an anti-Egr-1 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) for 18 hours at 4°C in a humidified chamber. Each slide was washed three times in PBS pH 7.4 and stained by using the avidin-biotin complex method (Vectastain ABC kit; Vector Laboratories). The color was developed with 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (Vector Laboratories) containing hydrogen peroxide. The slides were counterstained with eosin. The specificity of staining was evaluated by using an antibody that had been preadsorbed (1 hour at 37°C) with a 20-fold molar excess of the protein fragment corresponding to amino acids 500 to 550 of human Set1A (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) and by substituting the primary antibody with non-immune rabbit IgG (Chemicon, Temecula, CA, USA), used at the same concentration as the primary antibody. The evaluation of positive-staining chondrocytes was performed by using our previously published method [25]. For each specimen, six microscopic fields were examined under 40× magnification. The total number of chondrocytes and the number of chondrocytes staining positive were evaluated, and results were expressed as the percentage of chondrocytes staining positive (cell score).
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. Statistical significance was assessed by the two-tailed Student t test. P values of less than 0.05 were considered significant.
Downregulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1 requires de novoprotein synthesis
First, we investigated whether IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ expression in chondrocytes requires de novo protein synthesis. Chondrocytes were incubated with cycloheximide (10 μg/mL) for 30 minutes prior to stimulation with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for 18 hours, and the levels of PPARγ mRNA were analyzed by real-time PCR. Changes in PPARγ mRNA gene expression were evaluated as percentage over control (untreated cells) after normalization to the internal control gene, GAPDH. As shown in Figure 1, stimulation with IL-1 down-regulated PPARγ mRNA expression to approximately 80% of control (bar 2 versus bar 1), confirming our earlier findings [25]. Treatment with CHX prevented IL-1-mediated suppression of PPARγ mRNA expression (bar 4 versus bar 2), suggesting that the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ was an indirect effect and was dependent on de novo protein synthesis.
IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ mRNA expression requires de novo protein synthesis. Chondrocytes were incubated with cycloheximide (10 μg/mL) for 30 minutes prior to stimulation with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for 18 hours. Total RNA was isolated and was reverse-transcribed into cDNA, and PPARγ mRNA was quantified by using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results are expressed as percentage of control (100 is considered the value of untreated cells) and represent the mean ± standard deviation of four independent experiments. *P < 0.05 compared with cells treated with IL-1 alone. CHX, cycloheximide; IL, interleukin; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma.
Downregulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1 correlated with increased Egr-1 expression
Analysis of the PPARγ promoter identified a putative Egr-1-binding site, which overlaps with a Sp1-binding site, between nucleotide-184 and -173 relative to the transcription start site. To evaluate the role of these transcription factors in the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression, we first examined the effect of IL-1 on their expression in chondrocytes. Cells were treated with IL-1 for different time periods, and the levels of Egr-1 mRNA were quantified by using real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). IL-1-induced changes in gene expression were evaluated as fold over control (untreated cells) after normalization to the internal control gene, GAPDH. As shown in Figure 2a, treatment with IL-1 enhanced Egr-1 mRNA expression in a time-dependent manner. Egr-1 mRNA was rapidly and significantly induced at 0.5 hours post-stimulation with IL-1, reached the maximum at 1 hour, and started to decrease at 2 hours. Next, we performed Western blot analysis to determine whether changes in mRNA levels were paralleled by changes in Egr-1 protein levels. Consistent with its effects on Egr-1 mRNA, IL-1 induced Egr-1 protein expression in a time-dependent manner (Figure 2d). Egr-1 protein levels were significantly increased by 0.5 hours post-stimulation, further increased up to 1 hour, then gradually declined starting at 2 hours, and reached basal levels at 8 hours. The induction of Egr-1 mRNA by IL-1 was also dose-dependent (data not shown). These results indicated that IL-1 is a potent inducer of Egr-1 mRNA and protein expression in human chondrocytes. In contrast, IL-1 had no significant effect on the expression levels of Sp1 mRNA and protein (Figure 2b,e). Importantly, the induction of Egr-1 protein expression by IL-1 preceded the suppression of PPARγ expression (Figure 2c,f). The correlation between the downregulation of PPARγ expression and the induction of Egr-1 suggests a link between these two events.
Effect of IL-1 on Egr-1 and Sp1 expression in osteoarthritis chondrocytes. Chondrocytes were treated with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for the indicated time periods. Total RNA was isolated and was reverse-transcribed into cDNA, and Egr-1 (a), Sp1 (b), and PPARγ (c) mRNAs were quantified by using real-time polymerase chain reaction. All experiments were performed in triplicate, and negative controls without template RNA were included in each experiment. (a,b) Results are expressed as fold change, and 1 is considered the value of control (that is, untreated cells). (c) Results are expressed as percentage of control (that is, cells treated with IL-1 alone) and are the mean ± SD from four independent experiments. The results represent the mean ± SD of four independent experiments. *P < 0.05 compared with unstimulated cells. Cell lysates were prepared and analyzed for Egr-1 (d), Sp1 (e), and PPARγ (f) protein expression by Western blotting. In the lower panels, the blots were stripped and reprobed with a specific anti-β-actin antibody. The blots are representative of similar results obtained from four independent experiments. Egr-1, early growth response gene 1; IL, interleukin; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; SD, standard deviation; Sp1, specificity protein 1.
IL-1 induced the recruitment of Egr-1 and decreased Sp1 occupancy at the PPARγ promoter
To determine whether Egr-1 and Sp1 proteins physically interact with the PPARγ promoter in vivo, we performed ChIP assays. Chondrocytes were stimulated with IL-1 for various time periods, and formaldehyde-cross-linked DNA-proteins were immunoprecipitated by using antibodies specific to Egr-1 and Sp1. Control Ig and no antibody were used as controls. DNA isolated from the immunoprecipitates was analyzed by real-time PCR by using primers amplifying the PPARγ promoter region (bp -322 to -139) that harbors the overlapping Sp1/Egr-1 site.
As shown in Figure 3b, treatment with IL-1 enhanced the levels of Egr-1 at the PPARγ promoter in a time-dependent manner. It started to increase significantly at 1 hour after IL-1 stimulation, reached a maximum at 2 hours, and returned to a near basal level by 8 hours. In contrast, the levels of Sp1 at the PPARγ promoter decreased after IL-1 stimulation (Figure 3c). Sp1 levels were significantly decreased by 2 hours after stimulation, with a further decrease at 4 hours, and remained downregulated until the 18-hour time point. No immunoprecipitable PPARγ promoter DNA was detected with the control Ig and no antibody controls (data not shown).
Effect of IL-1 on the recruitment of Egr-1 and Sp1 at the PPARγ promoter. (a) Schematic diagram of the PPARγ promoter showing the locations of the overlapping binding site for Egr-1 and Sp1. Arrows indicate primers used for ChIP analysis. (b,c) Confluent chondrocytes were treated with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for the indicated time periods, and ChIP assays were performed by using specific anti-Egr-11 (a) and anti-Sp1 (b) antibodies. (a) The results are expressed as fold change of Egr-1 binding to the PPARγ promoter relative to untreated cells and represent the mean ± SD of four independent experiments. (b) Results are expressed as percentage of control (that is, untreated cells) and are the mean ± SD of four independent experiments. *P < 0.05 compared with unstimulated cells. ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; Egr-1, early growth response gene 1; IL, interleukin; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; SD, standard deviation; Sp1, specificity protein 1.
The recruitment of Egr-1 and reduced occupancy of Sp1 at the PPARγ promoter preceded the suppression of PPARγ transcription by IL-1, suggesting that the recruitment of Egr-1 mediates PPARγ downregulation. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ involves the recruitment of Egr-1 and reduced occupancy of Sp1.
Overexpression of Egr-1 suppressed, whereas that of Sp1 enhanced, PPARγ promoter activity
To further characterize the functional roles of Sp1 and Egr-1 in IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ expression, we performed transient transfection experiments in which we examined the effects of Egr-1 and Sp1 on PPARγ promoter activity. Chondrocytes were transiently co-transfected with the PPARγ promoter and increasing concentrations of expression vectors that encode Sp1 or Egr-1, and at 18 hours post-transfection, the cells were left untreated or stimulated with IL-1 for an additional 18 hours.
As shown in Figure 4a, treatment with IL-1 suppressed PPARγ promoter activity (bar 5 versus bar 1), consistent with previous data [25]. Overexpression of Egr-1 had no significant effect on the basal PPARγ promoter activity (bars 2 to 4) but dose-dependently potentiated the suppressive effect of IL-1 (bars 6 to 8). These data suggest that Egr-1 mediates the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression. In contrast, overexpression of Sp1 slightly enhanced (bars 2 to 4) the basal activity of the PPARγ promoter and prevented (bars 6 to 8) the suppressive effect of IL-1 on the PPARγ promoter activity (Figure 4b). These data corroborate the ChIP data, suggesting that Egr-1 mediates the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression, likely by competing with endogenous Sp1.
Effect of Sp1 and Egr-1 on PPARγ promoter activity. Chondrocytes were co-transfected with the human PPARγ promoter (1 μg/well) and the internal control pSV40-β-gal (0.5 μg/well) together with increasing concentrations of an expression vector for Egr-1 (a) or Sp1 (b). The total amount of transfected DNA was kept constant by addition of the empty vector. The next day, transfected cells were treated with IL-1 (100 pg/mL) for 18 hours. Luciferase activity values were determined and normalized to β-galactosidase activity. Results are expressed as percentage of control (100 is considered the value of untreated cells) and represent the mean ± SD of four independent experiments. *P < 0.05 compared with cells treated with IL-1 alone (control). Egr-1, early growth response gene 1; IL, interleukin; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; SD, standard deviation; Sp1, specificity protein 1.
Egr-1 silencing with siRNA mitigated IL-1-mediated suppression of PPARγ expression
To further confirm the role of Egr-1, we examined the impact of its silencing by siRNA on IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ protein expression. Chondrocytes were transfected with the scrambled control siRNA, siRNA for Sp1, or siRNA for Egr-1, and after 48 hours of transfection, the cells were stimulated or not with IL-1 for 1 or 18 hours. As shown in Figure 5, transfection with Egr-1 siRNA reversed the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ. In contrast, transfection with Sp1 siRNA or with scrambled control siRNA had no effect. Sp1 protein levels were reduced by as much as 70% to 75%, and Egr-1 protein levels were almost completely suppressed, confirming silencing of both genes (Figure 5). Together, these data clearly show that Egr-1 is required for IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ protein expression.
Egr-1 is required for IL-1-mediated suppression of PPARγ expression. Chondrocytes were transfected with 100 nM of control scrambled siRNA, Sp1 siRNA, or Egr-1 siRNA. At 24 hours after transfection, cells were washed, reincubated for another 24 hours, and left untreated or treated with 100 pg/mL IL-1 for 1 or 18 hours. Cell lysates were prepared and analyzed for Egr-1, Sp1 (1-hour treatment), and PPARγ (18-hour treatment) protein expression by Western blotting. In the lower panels, the blots were stripped and reprobed with a specific anti-β-actin antibody. The blots are representative of similar results obtained from four independent experiments. Egr-1, early growth response gene 1; IL, interleukin; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; siRNA, small interfering RNA; Sp1, specificity protein 1.
Egr-1 levels are elevated in osteoarthritis cartilage
To determine whether Egr-1 levels were altered under OA conditions, we analyzed the levels of Egr-1 mRNA in total cartilage from normal (n = 9) and OA (n = 9) donors by using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. As shown in Figure 6a, the level of Egr-1 mRNA was approximately 3.5-fold higher in OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage. Next, we used immunohistochemistry to analyze the localization and the expression level of Egr-1 protein in normal and OA cartilage. As shown in Figure 6c and 6d, Egr-1 was expressed primarily in chondrocytes of the superficial and upper intermediate zones of the cartilage. Statistical evaluation for the cell score revealed that the percentage of cells expressing Egr-1 was approximately 3-fold higher in OA cartilage (n = 9) compared with normal cartilage (n = 9). The specificity of the staining was confirmed by using an antibody that had been preadsorbed (1 hour at 37°C) with a 20-fold molar excess of the peptide antigen or non-immune control IgG (data not shown). Together, these data indicate that the expression level of Egr-1 is increased in OA cartilage.
Expression of Egr-1 in normal and OA cartilage. (a) RNA was extracted from normal (n = 9) and OA (n = 9) cartilage, reverse-transcribed into cDNA, and processed for real-time polymerase chain reaction. The threshold cycle values were converted to the number of molecules. Data were expressed as copies of the gene's mRNA detected per 10,000 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) copies. *P < 0.05 versus normal samples. (b) Percentage of chondrocytes expressing Egr-1 in normal and OA cartilage. The results are the mean ± standard deviation of nine normal and nine OA specimens. *P < 0.05 versus normal cartilage. Representative immunostaining of human normal (c) and OA (d) cartilage for Egr-1 protein. Egr-1, early growth response gene 1; OA, osteoarthritis.
The transcription factor PPARγ has been shown to modulate a number of inflammatory and catabolic responses in articular joint tissues and was suggested to be protective in OA and other arthritic diseases [14–32]. Although many stimuli have been reported to regulate the expression of PPARγ in several cell types (including chondrocytes) [8], little is known about the details of the exact mechanisms that govern its expression.
In the present study, we investigated the roles of the transcription factors Egr-1 and Sp1 in the downregulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1. We demonstrated that IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ coincided with the induction of Egr-1 expression. In addition, downregulation of PPARγ expression was preceded by Egr-1 recruitment to, and concomitant reduced Sp1 occupancy at, the PPARγ promoter. Overexpression of Egr-1 suppressed, whereas that of Sp1 enhanced, PPARγ promoter activity. Furthermore, Egr-1 silencing prevented the downregulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1. Together, these data indicate that Egr-1 mediates the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression, likely through displacement of Sp1.
The PPARγ promoter contains an overlapping Sp1/Egr-1-binding site. The transcription factor Sp1 is ubiquitously expressed in cell lines and tissues and generally functions as an activator of transcription [29]. The transcription factor Egr-1 is not expressed in normal tissues but is rapidly induced by inflammatory cytokines and growth factors [30–33]. In promoters containing overlapping Sp1/Egr-1-binding sites, Egr-1 can function as a transcriptional activator or repressor. For example, Egr-1 has been shown to compete with Sp1 for an overlapping region in the promoter of platelet-derived growth factor-A (PDGF-A) and activates transcription in vascular endothelial cells [34]. Egr-1-mediated transcriptional activation through displacement of Sp1 was also observed for N-myc downregulated gene (NDRG1) [35] and tissue factor [36]. In contrast, other studies reported that Egr-1 competes with Sp1 and represses the transcription of a number of genes, including the β-adrenergic receptor [37], protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B [38], sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP-1) [39], the adenosine 5'-triphosphate-binding cassette transporter 2 (ABCA2) [40], and type II collagen [31].
Here, we found that treatment of chondrocytes with IL-1 led to a time-dependent increase in Egr-1 expression, whereas the expression of Sp1 was not altered. This is consistent with previous studies showing that IL-1 is a potent inducer of Egr-1 expression in the chondrocyte cell line C-28/I2 [31]. We then examined the effect of IL-1 on the recruitment of Egr-1 and Sp1 to the PPARγ promoter. ChIP results demonstrated that IL-1 induced Egr-1 recruitment to the PPARγ promoter with a parallel reduction in Sp1 occupancy, indicating that Egr-1 displaced the binding of Sp1. It is noteworthy that these changes at the PPARγ promoter were concomitant with the decrease in PPARγ expression, suggesting that Egr-1 recruitment to the PPARγ promoter could mediate the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression.
Using reporter gene assays, we found that IL-1 down-regulated PPARγ promoter activity and this effect was further potentiated by co-transfection with an expression vector for Egr-1. In contrast, Sp1 overexpression mitigated the suppressive effect of IL-1. This confirms the respective negative and positive regulation of the PPARγ promoter by Egr-1 and Sp1.
It should be noted that, in the absence of IL-1, transfection with Egr-1 had no effect on PPARγ promoter activity, indicating that Egr-1 needs to be activated to achieve inhibition of PPARγ promoter activity. In this context, it has been reported that the effects of Egr-1 on transcription are modulated through its phosphorylation by casein kinase II [41] and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) [42]. Egr-1 activity can also be regulated through acetylation, methylation, and ubiquitination, which are known for their impact on the activity of a number of proteins, including transcription factors. Indeed, Egr-1 harbors several consensus sites for acetylation and methylation. Further studies are needed to determine whether the repressive effect of Egr-1 on PPARγ expression involves such post-translational modifications.
Collectively, these results strongly suggest that the induction of Egr-1 expression and its recruitment to the PPARγ promoter mediate the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression. This is further supported by the fact that siRNA-mediated silencing of Egr-1 blocked IL-1-induced downregulation of PPARγ protein expression.
There are a number of potential mechanisms through which Egr-1 could mediate the downregulation of PPARγ expression by IL-1. The first possibility is that Egr-1 can repress transcription by displacing prebound Sp1. This is corroborated by our finding that the recruitment of Egr-1 to the PPARγ promoter paralleled reduced Sp1 occupancy. Moreover, several studies have shown that, through competition with promoter-associated Sp1, Egr-1 represses transcription of genes that harbor overlapping binding sites for Egr-1/Sp1 [34–36]. Secondly, Egr-1 may inhibit PPARγ expression through direct binding to Sp1 and inhibition of its transcriptional activity. In this context, Egr-1 has been shown to inhibit Sp1 transcriptional activity, independently of DNA binding, through mechanisms that involve protein-protein interactions [41]. Thirdly, Egr-1 can also repress transcription by interfering with the interaction between Sp1 and TATA-binding proteins (TBPs). Indeed, Sp1 has been shown to interact with TBPs [43], and Egr-1 was reported to inhibit the binding of TBPs to target promoters [44]. Finally, Egr-1 can attenuate Sp1 activities by competing for limited amounts of general transcriptional co-activators. Of note, Egr-1 has been reported to repress transcription by disrupting the interaction between Sp1 and CREB-binding protein (CBP/p300) [31]. It is noteworthy that the overlapping binding site for Sp1 and Egr-1 in the PPARγ promoter can also bind the transcription factor Sp3. Indeed, Sp3 and Sp1 recognize and bind to the same DNA element with similar affinity and their DNA-binding domains share over 90% DNA sequence homology. Therefore, it is possible that Sp3 contributes to the regulatory effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression. Indeed, IL-1 induces Sp3 expression and Sp3 down-regulates the transcriptional activity of Sp1 in chondrocytes. Such a mechanism was documented in IL-1-induced downregulation of type II transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) receptor [45]. In addition to containing the overlapping Sp1/Egr-1-binding sites, the PPARγ promoter contains binding sites for other transcription factors known to be activated by IL-1, including activation protein-1 (AP-1), nuclear factor-kappa-B (NF-κB), nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT), and myogenic differentiation 1 (MyoD). Although the role of these elements in IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ expression is still unknown, we cannot exclude the possibility that activation of these transcription factors by IL-1 also participates in the downregulation of PPARγ expression. This is supported by the observation that siRNA-mediated silencing of Egr-1 did not completely reverse the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression.
The involvement of Egr-1 in IL-1-mediated downregulation of PPARγ expression may be of relevance for other stimuli known to modulate PPARγ expression. For instance, TNF-α and oxidative stress are known to down-regulate PPARγ expression [46, 47]. Interestingly, TNF-α and oxidative stress are potent inducers of Egr-1 expression [30, 48]. Therefore, it is possible that the induction of Egr-1 expression is part of the mechanisms by which TNF-α and oxidative stress down-regulate PPARγ expression.
Several studies have suggested roles for Egr-1 in the regulation of several genes involved in the pathogenesis of arthritis. For example, Egr-1 was shown to mediate TNF-α-induced MMP-9 [32], IL-1-mediated suppression of type II collagen [31], and TNF-α-mediated suppression of aggrecan [33]. Egr-1 was also shown to positively regulate several inflammatory responses. Indeed, Egr-1 mediates IL-1-induced mPGES-1 expression and PGE2 production in several cell types, including chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts [22]. Furthermore, Egr-1 contributes to lipopolysaccharide-induced transcription of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS-1), a key regulator of lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine production [49]. Egr-1 was also demonstrated to play a critical role in the induction of a number of chemokines [50] and cytokines, including IL-2, TNF-α [51], IL-6, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and intracellular adhesion molecule [52]. In addition to inflammatory and catabolic responses, chondrocyte apoptosis plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of OA. Of importance, Egr-1 was shown to positively regulate the expression of several pro-apoptotic factors, including TNF-α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) [53] and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) [54]. These data, together with our findings that Egr-1 mediates the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression, suggest that therapeutic interventions that control Egr-1 expression may have protective effects in OA. Further in vivo studies will be required to elucidate the exact role of Egr-1 in cartilage integrity and the pathogenesis of OA.
Finally, we showed that OA cartilage expresses high levels of Egr-1 compared with normal tissue. Positive immunoreactive staining for Egr-1 was located primarily in chondrocytes of the superficial layers. Interestingly, the levels of IL-1, a key player in the pathogenesis of OA, were reported to be elevated in these regions [55], suggesting that IL-1 may be responsible for the observed increase in Egr-1 in OA cartilage. This is consistent with our findings that IL-1 is a potent inducer of Egr-1 expression in cultured chondrocytes. Our results are consistent with the findings of Trabandt and colleagues [56], who showed elevated Egr-1 expression in rheumatoid synovium, which is characterized by increased production of inflammatory cytokines. In contrast, Wang and colleagues [57] reported reduced expression of Egr-1 in OA cartilage. These apparent discrepancies in the expression of Egr-1 may be due to differences in study design. Indeed, Wang and colleagues [57] performed their immunohistochemical study by using cartilage from two donors: one OA and one normal. The discrepancies may also lie in differences in tissue processing, antibody concentrations, or staining detection methodology.
These data suggest that Egr-1 mediates the suppressive effect of IL-1 on PPARγ expression through a mechanism involving displacement of prebound Sp1. They also suggest that this pathway could be a potential target for pharmacologic intervention in the treatment of OA and possibly other arthritic diseases.
base pairs
CHX:
cycloheximide
COX-2:
cyclooxygenase-2
CT:
threshold cycle
DMEM:
Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
Egr-1:
early growth response gene 1, FCS: fetal calf serum
GAPDH:
HRP:
horseradish peroxidase
IgG:
iNOS:
inducible nitric-oxide synthase
MMP:
matrix metalloproteinase
mPGES-1:
microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1
OA:
PBS:
phosphate-buffered saline
PCR:
PGE2:
prostaglandin E2
PMSF:
phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride
PPAR:
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
RT-PCR:
reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
siRNA:
Sp1:
specificity protein 1
TBP:
TATA-binding protein
TNFα:
UNG:
uracil-N-glycosylase.
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This work was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant MOP-84282 and the Fonds de la Recherche du Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM). The authors thank Virginie Wallis for her editorial assistance.
Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CR-CHUM), Department of Medicine, Notre-Dame Hospital, University of Montreal, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, J.A. DeSève Pavillion, Y-2628, Montreal, QC, H2L 4M1, Canada
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S-SN designed and carried out cell and real-time RT-PCR experiments and some immunoblotting experiments. FEE contributed to the study design and carried out immunoblotting experiments. HA performed siRNA and some immunohistochemistry experiments. MK and MB performed transient transfection experiments and participated in data analysis. JM-P, J-PP, and ND helped to obtain tissues and participated in the study design and in some immunohistochemistry experiments. HF conceived, designed, and coordinated the study, carried out some cell experiments, and drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data and read and approved the final manuscript.
Nebbaki, S., El Mansouri, F.E., Afif, H. et al. Egr-1 contributes to IL-1-mediated down-regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ expression in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes . Arthritis Res Ther 14, R69 (2012) doi:10.1186/ar3788
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Sacramento is a river city, enjoying a unique natural setting at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers. But Downtown Sacramento is cut off from these natural resources, separated from the waters by levees and an Interstate freeway. The Railyards project brings a new opportunity for Downtown to connect to the rivers, making them a more integral part of the Downtown experience.
The Sacramento and American Rivers shaped more than just the geography of Sacramento. In the 1800s, as gold miners flocked to the area from around the world, Sacramento's waterfront location made it a prime trading spot for miners and merchants and provided an easy way to get supplies to the growing population of California.
Today, the rivers are a highly valued recreational resource. The American River Parkway, known as the "Jewel of Sacramento", brings over 5 million annual visitors to enjoy 23-miles of wildlife, fishing, boating, rafting, golfing, picnic sites, and natural and historic tours. Its extensive system of trails and open spaces link the confluence with outlying communities. But there's no direct access point from Downtown Sacramento.
In decades past, construction of railroad levees and the I-5 freeway essentially cut off Downtown Sacramento from both the Sacramento and American Rivers.
However, The Railyards area is located in a pivotal position between Downtown and the rivers, and its redevelopment brings fresh opportunities to create new connections that will make the rivers a more integral part of the Downtown experience.
The Railyards Specific Plan has outlined a goal in its redevelopment, Plan Goal #8: reconnect Downtown and the Central City with the rivers.
In conjunction with the River District Area Plan to the north, the Railyards Specific Plan calls for new links to be created between downtown and the American River Parkway by way of 5th, 7th and 10th Streets.
The Railyards' Plan also calls for stronger connections to the Sacramento River by way of linkage beneath the I-5 freeway viaducts. This will create direct pedestrian connections between Old Sacramento and the historic Central Shops complex of the Railyards, and result in pedestrian and bicycle linkages to West Sacramento by way of the new I Street Bridge.
The Railyards Plan doesn't stop at connecting Downtown with the waterfront. The Railyards has a role to play in Sacramento's riverfront revival through the development of a Riverfront District situated along the Sacramento River.
The Railyards Riverfront District will revitalize the underutilized waterfront through the creation of public parks and open space that ensure visual and physical access to the waterfront.
Riverfront Park is a public park planned for the Riverfront District that combines riparian planting with active uses, water access, and smaller gathering spaces. The park allows for a mix of active and passive uses that will draw users from all districts and from around the city.
Over the past decade, more than $1 billion in public and private investments have been made in Downtown Sacramento, with projects including the Golden 1 Arena, DOCO (Downtown Commons) area, and many more.
But Downtown isn't the only area that's been selected for revitalization. Sacramento is planning plenty of ways to rejuvenate the Riverfront and reconnect with the water.
The Powerhouse Science Center will provide a major anchor to the riverfront. The $50 million project will redevelop a 106-year old historic power plant structure into a 50,000 square foot campus featuring dome planetarium and 22,000 square feet of exhibit space at 400 Jibboom Street.
The I Street Bridge replacement project aims to replace the current, aging I Street Bridge with a new bridge that spans the Sacramento River. The new bridge will link C Street in West Sacramento to Railyards Boulevard in Sacramento. The new bridge will provide a crossing for automobiles, cyclists, and pedestrians, while the existing I Street Bridge will continue to be used by the railroad.
The Crocker Art Museum recently announced its plans to develop 3-acres of unimproved land into multi-functional civic space, the Crocker Park. Crocker Park will be transformed into a public, art-focused gathering place that includes multi-level parking space.
Alan Maskin, principal architect for Olson Kundig, the Seattle-based architect firm selected to head this project, has ideas for the space that include a parking structure with a rooftop park that provides views of the nearby river. While the Crocker is separated from the river by I-5, it is within walking distance of Downtown, The Railyards, the Bridge District, and Raley Field. This close proximity and desire to incorporate river views into its design earns it an inclusion on our list of riverfront revitalization projects.
Sacramento is a City that sprung from and is defined by its rivers. Now, it's setting its sights on the waterfront. Through ambitious development projects and river crossings, Sacramento is looking toward a future where the riverfront is a true destination and integral part of life for residents and visitors.
Photo courtesy of Eli Margetich.
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Sudanul de Sud a participat la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2016 de la Rio de Janeiro în perioada 5 – 21 august 2016, cu o delegație de trei sportivi, care a concurat doar în probele de atletism. A fost prima sa participare la Jocurile Olimpice, după ce a fost admis în Comitetul Olimpic Internațional în anul 2015. Nu a primit nicio medalie.
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Referințe
Sudanul de Sud la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2016 pe Rio2016.com
Sudanul de Sud la Jocurile Olimpice
Țări la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2016
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The Customer Service Representatives role is to ensure exceptional client service to Arthur J. Gallagher's Commercial Insurance clientele.
Assisting the Producer in client service duties.
Prioritizing and managing daily phone calls, e-mails and mail.
Providing timely responses to client queries.
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Assisting with marketing of accounts and attend client meetings as necessary.
Problem solving regarding different coverages, rating, claims and competition.
Administration associated with client service – record notes, instructions, changes, new submissions, renewal submissions, letters, claim reporting.
Managing activities in EPIC, all activities reviewed daily.
Review claim notices and ensure a timely reporting to carrier(s).
Complete duties according to Corporate Policies and Procedures as outlined in the Operations manual.
Ability to work in a fast paced file free environment.
Proficient in EPIC, Outlook, Work and Excel.
Strong organizational skills/maintenance of work in conjunction with CLIPS program.
Use the technology and systems available to increase operating efficiencies.
If you're interested in working at Gallagher please submit your resume to [email protected] We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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— First, the Washington Warm Up at Colorado, presented by Miller Lite, will be held Saturday from 8:30-11:15 a.m. at Millennium Harvest House in Boulder. The Husky Marching Band and Cheer Squad will be on hand and a $15 admission gets one ticket for beer, wine or soft drink (additional beverages and food will be available for purchase inside). Souvenir buttons will also be given to all attendees. For more info & directions visit the UW Alumni Association website.
— If you are not going, the UWAA has viewing parties across the nation. You can view them here.
— And remember that the game will be televised nationally on FX at 10:30 a.m. Seattle time (11:30 a.m. in Colorado).
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Q: Jackson ignores Annotations during serialization I have the following structure to serialize
@JsonTypeName("DS")
public class Elemencik implements IC {
private String item;
public String getItem() {
return item;
}
public void setItem(String item) {
this.item = item;
}
public Elemencik() {
}
}
@JsonTypeInfo(use= JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include= JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property="type")
@JsonSubTypes({
@JsonSubTypes.Type(Elemencik.class)
})
public interface IC {
}
I use ObjectMapper to serialize instance of Elemencik class.
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.USE_ANNOTATIONS, true);
IC mm = new Elemencik();
String res = mapper.writeValueAsString(mm);
After serialization I see that mapper ingores information about type included in annotation @JsonTypeName("DS"). So final json does not have field type.
This is my pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.11.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
<version>2.11.1</version>
</dependency>
What could be the problem ?
A: I think you have a problem in your import if your import is
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
then it can't serialize type field and you have this string:
{"item":null}
but if your import is:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
and the code is:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(MapperFeature.USE_ANNOTATIONS, true);
IC mm = new Elemencik();
String res = mapper.writeValueAsString(mm);
it can serialize type field and you have the following string:
{"type":"DS","item":null}
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When I say Lovely, what springs to your mind should be Sarah Jessica Parker and her perfumes. They are always unique and instant classics which is what's made them hits season after season.
This spring, the collection expands with 3 new incarnations called together The Lovely Collection. There's Dawn, Endless, and Twilight and they all smell different from each other.
Dawn is for those of you who want something fresh, Endless is for the fruit lovers, and Twilight is for those who like floral fragrances.
Each scent has a deep musky, vanilla base so the scents have a deeper dry down than it seems at first smell. My favourite scent, and the one that I think you should check out, is the Twilight. It's light enough for day-wear because the florals are helped by a touch of citrus, but the scent is still amber and musk at its heart.
You can find the Lovely Collection on perfume counters now!
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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event (Shortly After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Second Pair of Non-Alert Fighters Takes Off from Otis Air Base. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
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In the early morning hours of Saturday September 1, 2018, William Bruce Epp, the patriarch of the Epp family, peacefully departed this world to once again join his beloved wife.
William was born on January 17, 1931 at Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois. After battling polio at a young age, He went on to attend Castle Heights Military Academy and Northwestern University. He then moved to Cortland where he played football for Cortland State and where he would meet the love of his life, Dorothy. They were married and together raised six children. z
During his adult years, he worked for Wickwire, Champion Sheet Metal, Cortland Hardware, Carrier Corp and Syracuse University, leaving an impression everywhere he went. Bill also had a deep love and passion for boxing. This passion would earn him the Golden Gloves. Family was the most important thing in Bill's life. Right up to the end, his family brought a smile to his face. Memories will always be cherished but the most profound and lasting gift he gave everyone was what he left in their hearts.
Bill is survived by his sons; Robert (Stacy Field), William (Julie), Rick (Lisa Weir), and his daughters; BettyLou (Joe Camillo) Bakker, Nancy (John) Sinclair, and Rhonda (Joseph) O'Mara, 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother; Robert and sister, Betty.
He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, his parents, a sister, Virginia, and grandsons, Michael, Ronald, and Donald.
87 years in the ring and the final bell has rang to call him home to heaven. We are forever grateful for our time with this titan of mankind! Those who knew him are honored to have been able to call him; husband, brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather, mentor, and most importantly…friend.
There will be no services however, a celebration of William's life will be held on September 16, 2018 from 1 – 4pm at The Red Dragon on Tompkins St, Cortland.
Donation in William B. Epp's name may be made to the Central New York Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, 441 W. Kirkpatrick St, Syracuse, New York 13204
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From tree tops to the ocean floor, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands are home to some fascinating creatures – some found nowhere else in the world. Start your wildlife adventure in the Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, not far from Latitude 0. Perched 900m above sea level, the rainforest is alive with over 400 species of birds – including 36 endemics, as well as monkeys, peccaries and puma. Meander along the pathways in the early morning, watching and listening as the birds and mammals come alive with the rising sun. Next, sail through the iconic Galapagos archipelago on Santa Cruz II and visit the sea lions lazing along the beaches of Santa Fe, the grand giant tortoises of Santa Cruz, the magnificent albatross of Española and the soaring frigatebirds and flapping blue-footed boobies of San Cristobal.
Day 1 Depart the UK for your overnight flight to Bogota and connection onto Quito.
Day 2 Arrive Quito in the morning and transfer to the heart of this dramatic city set in a valley overlooked by Pichincha volcano. Located in the historic centre, sumptuous Casa Gangotena overlooks the cobbled Plaza San Francisco. A Neo-Classical converted mansion, the elegant rooms are furnished with Art Nouveau pieces with a contemporary feel. Choose your view from the historic square, the bright inner courtyard or the iconic El Panecillo hillside.
Day 3 Colonial Quito, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest and best preserved in South America. Stroll around the cobbled streets with your local guide, taking in the grandeur of the Independence Plaza including the Presidential Palace. A beautiful example of French Renaissance and Spanish Baroque architectural styles, the palace dates back to late 16th century. Admire La Compañía de Jesús and perfect gilded interior. Due north of Quito, lies the Middle of the World Monument marking latitude 0º straddling both hemispheres.
Day 4 Winding roads lead to lower altitudes and the diverse cloud forest ecosystem. Mashpi Lodge is a luxurious, magical retreat hidden in 1200-hectare private reserve. A naturalist will provide an introductory talk showcasing the lodge and the Masphi experience. A guided walk along the Napa trail showcases the importance of forest conservation in the Chocó region. Meander along the paths, admiring the beauty of the region, taking in the sights and sounds of birds like the multi-hued toucans and choco toucans.
Day 5 Discover more about the life in the cloud forest tree tops in the morning when the birds are most active, foraging for food in the trees. As dawn breaks, sun filters through the canopy and is the perfect moment for up close observation. A truly original way to experience the upper canopy is by taking the lodges suspended sky bike. Absorb the colours and sounds of natural environment as you ride the two person bike covers a distance of 200m crossing a river gorge. From the 30m high observation tower spot toucans, woodpeckers, tanagers and parrots as well as birds of prey.
Day 6 Experience the morning call of the birds and spot butterflies as nature comes alive in front of your eyes. Take in the lush green undergrowth – mosses, giant ferns amidst the swirling mist of clouds. As you hike for 2 hours to Copal waterfall with a drop of 50 metres. Cool down and refresh in the pure gushing water. Leaving the reserve and the contemporary hideaway of Mashpi Lodge, recall the sounds of nature as you return to the modern sounds of the city.
Day 7 Depart mainland Ecuador for the magical Galapagos Islands located over 600 miles from the mainland in the Pacific Ocean. First discovered in 1835 by Charles Darwin, the islands remain an awe inspiring destination. On board Santa Cruz II every detail is taken care as you cruise in style and comfort, learning about the diverse wildlife from your experienced naturalist guide. Choose from three different itineraries exploring different areas, including an option for the Eastern Islands starting in San Cristobal. Please ask for details.
Day 8 Ease into island life with two excursions for complete immersion to the dramatic scenery and wildlife. At Santa Fe Island, the idyllic sandy-white beach is dotted with sea lions lazing in the sun. Look out for the endemic land iguana, unique to this particular island and walk amid the giant prickly pear cactus. The channel at South Plaza Island, with it shimmering turquoise water is home to frigates, swallow-tailed gulls and shearwaters.
Day 9 Sail to the main island of Santa Cruz and Puerto Ayora to spend time at the Charles Darwin Research Station, the headquarters scientific investigation, conservation and the National Park administration. Home to the giant tortoise Breeding Centre this is where the late 'Lonesome George' lived. Options are available for the afternoon including hiking, mountain biking or kayaking in Tortuga Bay. Get up close to the wildlife on both land and in the sea.
Day 10 Española Island has one of the most beautiful white coral beaches in the archipelago at Gardner Bay. This idyllic setting is home to sea lions, mockingbirds and finches. Relax on the beach and observe the wildlife or venture into the ocean for some great snorkelling. Walk to the viewpoint for a spectacular view of the Galápagos famous "blow-hole" whilst looking out for waved albatrosses (April- January), Nazca boobies, blue-footed boobies and swallow-tail gulls.
Day 11 Transfer from your cruise to the Finch Bay Eco Hotel in a wonderful secluded location next to the beach. The main town of Puerto Ayora is visible across the bay, scattered with local fishing boats. Relax by the hotel's swimming pool or take an optional excursion to further immerse yourself in the wonderful biodiversity of this unique location. Dine at the hotel's restaurant offering Galapagos inspired cuisine featuring locally grown produce.
Day 12 Finch Bay offers a host of activities from exploration, relaxation and adventure. Explore the nearby islands of North Seymour, Bartolome, South Plaza & Santa Fe on the hotel's Sea Lion yacht or venture in the water to snorkel with turtles. Relax at the pool or in your hammock with a good book, visit the nearby town of Puerto Ayora with it's small cafes, restaurants and vibrant nightlife. For adventure there is nearby hiking, biking, kayaking, scuba diving and surfing. As the sun dips below the horizon, lighting up the sky reflect on the wonderful memories from your magical trip in the Galapagos Islands.
Day 13 Transfer to Baltra for your flight to the coastal city of Guayaquil . Relax in the warmth of the Ecuadorian lowlands at the impressive Wyndham hotel. As the sun sets venture to the attractive promenade, known as the Malecon 2000. Watch as locals and visitors enjoy the fresh river breeze and admire the views. Wander north to the old district of Las Penas , part of colonial Guayaquil with brightly painted wooden houses and narrow cobbled streets. Indulge in some coastal cuisine, such as the local seafood.
Day 14 Depart Guayaquil for your return flight to the UK.
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On behalf of Law Offices of Connie Yi, PC posted in Tax Controversies on Friday, June 28, 2013.
In a legal challenge that claims that a recent real estate tax measure will hurt local California businesses, two plaintiffs have initiated a tax litigation procedure that seeks to have it declared illegal. The suit alleges that the Centinala Valley high school district is attempting to raise money to hire extra teachers and expand school programs by illegally and disproportionately assessing higher local real estate parcel taxes on businesses in the district. Four local elementary school districts in the area are also named in the tax litigation procedure along with the Centinala Valley High School district.
The plaintiffs allege it is unfair that local home owners will have a lesser real estate tax obligation for each land parcel than local businesses will. The suit claims that the tax rate should be the same by law for all real estate parcels regardless of whether the owners are residential or commercial. One of the plaintiffs is also a former member of the Centinela Valley School Board.
Representation for the plaintiffs has described the original modification of the prior uniform parcel taxation law, known as Measure CL, as an election strategy. The claim has been made that the strategy behind Measure CL was to maintain lower real estate taxes for local homeowners living in the district and gain voter approval. In their defense against the parcel tax litigation, the five school districts describe the 70 percent vote last November in favor of the higher tax rate for businesses as one made in support of public education.
In California, the parcel tax is used mainly to provide funding for public education and state law specifies that the tax be uniform. In 1978, an amendment to the California constitution, Proposition 13, enabled local government to levy special taxes if the measure is approved by two-thirds of the district voters. The recent measure voted in levies a square-foot tax rate of 2 cents on their residential lots while nonresident land holdings are taxed at a rate of 7.5 cents per square-foot. If the plaintiff's parcel tax litigation efforts succeed in proving that Measure CL is illegal, the school district stands to lose an estimated $7 million in tax proceeds. Both sides of the suit are facing a precedent-setting case whose outcome can affect additional and future parcel tax collection issues throughout the state.
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His international book launch tour is in full swing, with the most recent of talks being given at his old stomping ground, the Grande Prairie Regional College on February 10. Peterson discussed the release of his new book, 12 Rules for Life – An Antidote to Chaos to a sold out and enthusiastic crowd.
If you've been watching the news, walking the bookstores, or doing almost anything else – there's a good chance you've heard of Jordan Peterson. An Alberta-born professor at the University of Toronto and clinical psychologist, Peterson has made headlines of late in his response to Canada's compelled speech laws (Bill C-16), and his adamant opposition to postmodern rhetoric and social justice advocacy.
If all you know about Peterson came from the news, there's a good chance you've got a narrow understanding of his philosophy, and of his approach to life. Despite all the contentious news coming out of Peterson's outspoken dissent to compelled speech and the polarizing sound bites our media is so oft to provide, Peterson is an encyclopedia of knowledge and insight, and a figure worthy of consideration and pride among Albertans and Canadians alike.
With nearly 300 YouTube videos and over 800,000 followers, it's hard to say his insights are limited to the issues that have brought him visibility in the public sphere. A true intellectual, Peterson's breadth of expertise extends from the political sciences, to clinical psychology (PhD McGill University 1991). He taught at Harvard University ('93-'98) before returning to Canada for the University of Toronto (current).
Peterson expresses keen interest and knowledge in 20th century history, including but not limited to the world wars and their impact on our understanding of the collective human psyche. He is a library of knowledge where it relates to prominent thinkers and philosophical figures from Nietzsche to Jung, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Piaget. Integrated in his philosophical teachings is his understanding and work with mythology and religion, attempting to attribute applicability of the stories of the past to the relevant present. His overall message? Stop complaining and fix your life – something our youth has hungered for, and something that twenty and thirty something males are gobbling up at a desperate rate.
Peterson spoke for nearly 3 hours, discussing everything from the nervous systems of crustaceans to the development and rearing of malevolent psychopaths and their manifestation in society (via rules #1, 6 and 7). His improvisation on stage is something to be observed, often determining the lecture topic once he's got a clear view of his audience. Perhaps even more compelling, though, is the sobering existential dialogue that often results from question period. Taking 6 questions from the audience, we saw Peterson at his philosophical best. Questions were heard with interest, and responses were laid out with the wisdom of what could only be expected from one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and the accuracy of a seasoned clinician.
We watched with heavy hearts as one audience member asked how to progress in life in the aftermath of having witnessed the brutal murder of a family member as a child, and the continued malevolent emotional trauma he has since endured. Peterson took in the question with a sincere interest, and remained stoic throughout his response. The manner of his response was reminiscent of the parenting expression 'meet them where they're at'. He met this person where he was, showed sincere appreciation for the magnitude of his despair, and offered him a way forward. Without fanfare or drama, he discussed the perceived need to put distance between the subject's family and himself, while putting emphasis on fostering connections with other trauma survivors to anchor away the sense of loneliness and isolation that these experiences can no doubt cause.
Questions around how to live in a time of such chaos were tempered with Peterson's wisdom about the role that media has in generating a sense of chaos and confusion for its consumers, and his feeling that all is certainly not lost in the West. Regarding efforts to help others being swallowed up by tragedy and despair, he offered the biblical reference: "Cast not pearls before swine". In other words, put your efforts into helping those who wish to be willing participants in the process.
For many of Peterson's followers, the book offers non-academics their first opportunity to consume his written work. His previous work, Maps of Meaning – the Architecture of Belief, is a lengthy and highly academic read coming in at nearly $140.00 at local bookstores. Those of us not living in the world of academia and clinical studies have struggled to digest the work to extract the full meaning of his writings. His new book offers the best of Peterson's take on life in language we can all understand, with all its inherent darkness and even more-so, its inherent inspiration.
[transcribed from Jordan Peterson on Why Happiness is Deceiving. YouTube. Rob Velzeboer, 2017].
Peterson describes the book as intentionally dark, and delves further into his insights on the embodiment of the logos (reason and logic in Jungian psychology), in an effort to maintain balance between the worlds of order and chaos inherent in all of our lives. Peterson's 12 steps remind us to take our life and our responsibilities seriously. Rather than strive for happiness, to strive to become [someone] worthy of, above all else, our own self-respect.
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Location: Grenada, St Vincent & Gren.
A superb opportunity to acquire a beautiful 10 acre private island in one of the word's most sought after and exclusive locations.
There is permission for development of a private residence on White Island, and this has the potential to be the most exquisite of Grenadine private islands in the company of Mustique, and Palm Island.
White Island has the potential for a fabulous home, a blissful haven away from busy city life. Materials and supplies can easily be landed by boat. Experienced sailors rank White Island as the best Island destination in the Grenadines, and it is easy to see why.
White Island, named for the dazzling coral sand on its beautiful beaches, is an immaculate 10 acre Grenadine Island in an ideal location. White Island is a mere 1 mile off the Southern Tip of Carriacou in the Grenadines, 35 miles South of Mustique and 20 miles from Grenada.
From this island you are also in an exceptional position to visit many other spots in the Southern Grenadines including Union Island, Mayreau, and the breathtaking Tobago Cays a place that is world renowned for its beauty. White Island enjoys over 3000 ft of coral sand beaches, unbelievable world class diving and snorkelling, fringing reefs, a small mountain, an untouched island ecology and marine environment.
White Island is sheltered by other islands and coral reefs ranging in depth from 8 feet to 40 feet. The island has a unique, stunning shape, with a small mountain at one end. The beach is fantastic, and the whole island is completely untouched, meaning that a prospective buyer has endless possibilities to develop the area. Three sides of the island have sandy white beaches, and there are beautiful coral reefs to explore around the area as a whole.
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Q: How to use Angular date pipe to convert a date coming from server formatted as local time but actually in UTC? I am getting data back from server like 2020-02-17 15:36:47 (with no time zone descriptor). This is a date that is generated BY the server and is actually in UTC time (the server's "local" time). However, it is stored as DateTime in MySQL without time zone information.
When I get this back from the server, I need to convert it to local time, but when I try to apply date pipe like dateVariable | date: 'short' : 'UTC' it actually adds time rather than takes it away (my local time is EST) - so I get 2/17/20, 8:36 PM where it should actually be 2/17/20, 10:36 AM.
I guess ths issue is that the client assumes the time coming from the server is already local time, and my pipe is converting it to UTC. In fact, I want to do the opposite - the server time is stored as UTC (even though it is not indicated as such in MySQL DateTime column), and I want to convert to EST (local) using the date pipe. I've searched about and not sure how to handle this outside of modifying what the server returns.
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Black Ink Crew's Young Bae Reveals What She Was Born To Do - Exclusive
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By Amy Mackelden/June 1, 2021 9:26 am EST
Season 9 of VH1's "Black Ink Crew New York" is in full swing, and the show's cast members are excited to be back on our screens once more. However, as the season was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn't without its challenges. "It's overwhelming and it's so different, but we take it day by day," Young Bae told Nicki Swift. "We've been doing good, I think. It's just so different."
Young Bae's journey to becoming a renowned tattooist might surprise some people unaware of her backstory. The talented artist moved to the United States after growing up in South Korea, where tattooing is banned. "When I came here, I was clueless on everything. Literally. I didn't speak any English," she explained. "I didn't have any family members or friends. Nothing. I was just full of dreams and hopes."
Nicki Swift caught up with Young Bae to find out all about Season 9 of "Black Ink Crew New York," and learn how the reality star discovered what she was born to do.
Young Bae found a way to channel her art
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"Black Ink Crew New York" star Young Bae is well-known for her intricate and beautiful work as a tattoo artist. But before she moved to the United States, Young Bae grew up in South Korea, where tattooing was banned. Luckily, Young Bae was able to explore her artistic side from early on. "All my life, I was an artist. And I'm still an artist," Young Bae told Nicki Swift. "I've never stopped painting since I was a baby. I graduated from art university in Korea and everything. I didn't know I was going to be a tattoo artist, but I knew eventually I was going to do something artistic."
"I knew how to draw already, so that part was there," Young Bae continued. "I didn't have to practice drawing, but I just had to learn about different types of skin and different skin reflections and all that. Because it's really different, how I have to tattoo Asian skin or Black skin or white skin. It's all different, because we all have different types of skin and color. I have to work with skin, and that took me a little while to learn." However, there's one thing that Young Bae has always been certain of. "But as far as drawing and making designs, that's what I was born to do."
You can catch all of the artistry and drama during "Black Ink Crew New York" Season 9 Monday nights on VH1.
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Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality
by Walter Wang May 17, 2011 0 comment
For years the natural gas drilling industry has decried the lack of data that could prove—or disprove—that drilling can cause drinking water contamination. Only baseline data, they said, could show without a doubt that water was clean before drilling began.
The absence of baseline data was one of the most serious criticisms leveled at a group of Duke researchers last week when they published the first peer-reviewed study linking drilling to methane contamination in water supplies.
That study—which found that methane concentrations in drinking water increased dramatically with proximity to gas wells—contained "no baseline information whatsoever," wrote Chris Tucker, a spokesman for the industry group Energy in Depth, in a statement debunking the study.
Now it turns out that some of that data does exist. It just wasn't available to the Duke researchers, or to the public.
Ever since high-profile water contamination cases were linked to drilling in Dimock, Pa. in late 2008, drilling companies themselves have been diligently collecting water samples from private wells before they drill, according to several industry consultants who have been working with the data. While Pennsylvania regulations now suggest pre-testing water wells within 1,000 feet of a planned gas well, companies including Chesapeake Energy, Shell and Atlas have been compiling samples from a much larger radius – up to 4,000 feet from every well. The result is one of the largest collections of pre-drilling water samples in the country.
"The industry is sitting on hundreds of thousands of pre and post drilling data sets," said Robert Jackson, one of the Duke scientists who authored the study, published May 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Jackson relied on 68 samples for his study. "I asked them for the data and they wouldn't share it."
The water tests could help settle the contentious debate over the environmental risks of drilling, particularly the invasive part of the process called hydraulic fracturing, where millions of gallons of toxic chemicals and water are pumped underground to fracture rock. Residents from Wyoming to Pennsylvania fear that the chemicals will seep into aquifers and pollute water supplies, and in some cases they complain it already has. But the lack of scientific research on the issue – including a dearth of baseline water samples – has hindered efforts by government and regulators to understand the risks.
The industry has two reasons to collect the data: To get to the bottom of water contamination problems, and to protect itself when people complain that drilling harmed their drinking water.
"Unless you have the baseline before the analysis you can argue until the sky turns green," said Anthony Gorody, a geochemist who often works for the energy industry. "The only real way to address this without anybody bitching and moaning is by doing this before and after."
Chesapeake Energy alone has tested thousands of private water supplies in the Marcellus Shale, and the company says its findings demonstrate that much of the water was contaminated before drilling began.
"Water quality testing… has shown numerous issues with local groundwater," wrote the company's spokesman, Jim Gipson, in an email to ProPublica. "One out of four water sources have detectable levels of methane present… and about one in four fail one or more EPA drinking water standards."
Gipson declined to elaborate on the findings or share Chesapeake's test results, making it difficult to verify whether the companies had, indeed, found the water was contaminated before drilling began. But he did note that Pennsylvania does not regulate water quality in private wells and that water sampling is typically not done by homeowners.
"This fact substantially explains why many of these pre-existing issues have not been previously identified or resolved by landowners," he wrote.
It is also unclear whether Pennsylvania state environment officials – who declined to answer questions for this story – have been allowed to review the industry data or are using it when they investigate drilling accidents in the state.
That leaves open questions about who will see the water data, whether it has been verified by independent labs, and how it might be useful in the public debate. The Environmental Protection Agency's study of hydraulic fracturing is due to be completed next year, and the Department of Energy recently appointed a review panel to assess the risks of drilling.
Energy in Depth's Tucker and others expect the industry will eventually make its data public.
"There has been talk about releasing it and putting it in the public domain," said Fred Baldassare, a former Pennsylvania environment official and expert on underground gas migration who now consults for the industry. Baldassare said the drilling companies were concerned that releasing water test results could affect property values for residents and amounted to a violation of their privacy. "How do you identify these points while maintaining some confidentiality?"
Jackson said the data should be made available now to independent researchers and to agencies investigating the hydraulic fracturing process. But even without the data, he stands behind his study. The Duke report said that the link between drilling activity and water degradation was clear, and said the contaminants could be migrating through manmade underground fractures, or, more likely, were coming from cracks in the well structure itself. The researchers said the wells they analyzed had been hydraulically fractured, but that more study of that process was needed to understand whether fracturing might be causing the contamination. No indicators of fracturing fluids were found in the samples.
Jackson likened the questions about drilling risk to those about the link between smoking and lung cancer.
"In an ideal study you follow people through their lives. You take measurements on them in their lungs as they start smoking and as you grow old. That's what you need to prove cause and effect," he said. "But instead they asked: 'If you smoke, did you get lung cancer?' That doesn't prove that smoking is the cause, but it's a pretty good step.
"That's all we did here. If you live near a gas well are you more likely to have methane contamination? That answer is yes. It's not proof, but it's a good first step."
Article by Abrahm Lustgarten, appearing courtesy Propublica.
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Walter's contributions to CleanTechies over the past 4 years have been instrumental in growing the publications social media channels via his ongoing editorial and data driven strategies. He is the founder and managing director of Sunflower Tax, a renewable energy tax and finance consultancy based in San Diego, California. Active in the San Diego clean technology community, participating in events sponsored by CleanTech San Diego, EcoTopics, and Cleantech Open San Diego, Walter has also been a presenter at numerous California Center for Sustainability (CCSE) programs. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law where he teaches a course on energy taxation and policy.
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By bragger1 | February 5, 2019 | 0
Originally published in the Gainesville Times newspaper. Article by Layne Saliba.
Tony Butler crashed on the first day of his bike ride from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta as part of Bicycle Ride Across Georgia's U.S. Bicycle Route 21 event in September last year.
But he was having too much fun to stop. He completed the ride and will now be riding in Big BRAG, the organization's ride across the state.
"I got me some road rash and messed up my thumb a little bit, but I was having too good a time to quit so I just kept on going," said Butler, a Gainesville native who just moved to Hiawassee.
"I thought about doing Big BRAG, last year, but I knew I wasn't ready for that, so I set my goal a little bit lower and went for the (U.S. Bicycle Route 21) to see how I would do and that went real well, so I had to get training for the big one."
BRAG, which is celebrating its 40th year in 2019, has stopped in Gainesville once about every 10 years, with the last time in 2006. This year's Big BRAG ride, June 1-8, will start in Ellijay with stops in Gainesville, Covington, Milledgeville, Swainsboro and Hinesville on its way to the coast where it will end in Darien, about 50 miles south of Savannah.
Riders take part in a Bicycle Ride Across Georgia event. Big BRAG will make a stop in Gainesville this year during its 40th anniversary. (Photo courtesy BRAG)
The trip is about 350 miles. Riders average about 55 miles each day with a day off to rest in the middle. If 55 continuous miles are too much, there are rest stops about every 15 miles.
"We kind of like to move around in the state since there's a number of riders who do it every year, and most folks who've done it have done it in the past, so we like to vary it up and go through new areas of the state," said Franklin Johnson, executive director of BRAG. "We always like to end somewhere scenic, where folks can spend some time with their family at the end of the ride."
The trip through Gainesville wil be like a homecoming for Butler, and it's one of the things that solidified his decision to take part in this year's ride.
"I still have a lot of family in Gainesville," Butler said. "Instead of sleeping in a tent that night, I can probably stay with some family."
At each stop on the course, participants sleep overnight — some in tents, others in hotels or with family in the area — after spending some time out in the community. Johnson said that's one of the big draws of BRAG. Participants get to see different parts of the state, especially the small towns "that might normally be passed over." Those small towns have a lot to offer, and when 1,200 bikers come through, "they get to shine."
When the ride comes through Gainesville, participants can camp out at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park, where there will be concessions and a concert. They're also encouraged to get out into the city. BRAG will provide shuttles from the park to the Gainesville square.
"It gives riders a unique perspective, just to experience the state of Georgia at a much slower pace, on two wheels sitting on the seat of your bike, rather than sitting in your car," Johnson said.
That's exactly the experience Butler said he had on his ride from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He said it's hard sometimes to remember it's a ride, not a race, especially since he's naturally competitive, but when he was passing the scenery, he was quickly reminded to simply take it all in.
"If you treat it like a race, you're not probably going to enjoy it as much," Butler said. "Because you miss the scenery. I stopped here and there to take pictures. I tried to enjoy it, I wasn't on a schedule. I just wanted to get done in time to rest, get some food and get up the next day to do it again."
Apart from the scenery, Butler said he enjoyed getting to know some of the other riders. Although it's an individual event, there's never a moment when riders are by themselves. There's always someone around.
And anyone can do it. He said he saw people in their 20s and others in their 70s, which is another reason he's excited to take part in Big BRAG this year and years to come.
"You can either see somebody up the road or somebody's riding beside you," Butler said. "You never feel alone … and you had some people that were going slow, and then you'd have a group of people pass you that looked like they were going 100 mph. It's a variation of everything, and I didn't feel out of place or that I wasn't as good as some other people."
Tony Butler hoists his bicycle over his head in front of the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia finish line after completing the U.S. Bicycle Route 21 in September 2018. Butler will be riding in Big BRAG, a one-week bicycle ride from Ellijay to Darien, this year. (Photo courtesy Tony Butler)
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How to install
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Installing the boilerplate is easy, there's two possible ways to do it.
Clone the repository
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You can clone the boilerplate repository to your machine, and use it from your
machine, that will guarantee you that you always have access to the boilerplate
even if you don't have internet connection.
* Clone the repository
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$ git clone https://github.com/clione/dboilerplate3.git
* After cloning the repository to your machine you can start you project (we
assume you already installed django either globally or in your virtual
environment)
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$ django-admin startproject --template=/path/to/the/template <your_project_name>
Grab it from GitHub
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Downloading the boilerplate from GitHub guarantees you that you always have
the latest version, and you can do the installation automatically when you
create the project.
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From The Archive: Dizzy and Duke, and All That's Jazz, Sat Here – The New York Times
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/dizzy-and-duke-and-all-thats-jazz-sat-here/?_r=0
Dizzy and Duke, and All That's Jazz, Sat Here
By COREY KILGANNON
Phil Schaap taking it easy in the Dizzy Chair, where many jazz luminaries were interviewed. The original upholstery has been shredded for a fund-raising drive at the Columbia jazz station, WKCR-FM (89.9). (Photo: Corey Kilgannon/The New York Times)
For almost as long as Phil Schaap has been playing jazz records as a disc jockey at WKCR-FM (89.9), a red chair has been hanging around the station on the Columbia campus, where he was a freshman 41 years ago.
The chair had been dragged over from a nearby student lounge. Although it was a simple piece of furniture — a modest wooden frame with red upholstered padding — it was the deluxe chair in the station's waiting room and soon became the seat of honor for renowned jazz musicians when they visited.
"We've always been a bare-bones station, and this was just a decent chair to have guests sit in," Mr. Schaap, 57, said this week in the station's studio on campus in Morningside Heights.
When Duke Ellington visited the station while on campus receiving his honorary doctorate from Columbia in May 1973, he was interviewed there while in the chair. From then on, it retained a certain "Duke Sat Here" aura and was reserved as a chair of honor for the untold numbers of musicians and personalities to follow.
On Dizzy Gillespie's 70th birthday, a sound booth was set up around the chair for him to be interviewed -– the second defining moment: it was baptized as the Dizzy Gillespie Chair.
Now, with the station trying to raise money to continue operating, the chair is being used as a fund-raising tool during its station's marathon broadcast (10 days of Dizzy round the clock from Oct. 13 to 22) to mark Gillespie's birthday — he died in 1993, but would have turned 90 on Sunday.
The chair's original red upholstery has been pulled off and chopped into 1,600 pieces to be "sold." A piece is offered to any donor of $1,000 or more, as a shred of jazz history.
Mr. Schaap said he has put the chair up for sale in the past, but each time, the buyer donated the money but asked that the chair remain at the station. The station, which runs no commercials, operates on a $280,000-a-year budget. The university provides just a fraction of that.
If each person donates $1,000 the station will amass an endowment of $1.6 million, said Mr. Schaap, which will ensure its financial well-being for many years. Ben Young, a longtime D.J. at the station, walked in with a small metal box of red scraps of worn, red upholstery.
Was it leather?
"Naugahyde?" Mr. Young conjectured.
Most of the musicians have come by to be interviewed by Mr. Schaap, an encyclopedic jazz historian who has a collection of more than 3,000 recorded interviews of jazz figures.
On Tuesday morning, he was in the studio playing recordings of Charlie Parker and Gillespie together. As he spoke, his hands automatically found the combination of buttons, switches and dials to segue from "Hot House" to "Salt Peanuts" on CD and then cueing up "Slim's Jam" on an LP.
Mr. Schaap plopped down on the chair, which has been redone with similar red upholstery, and rattled off a staggering list of names of jazz greats who sat there while being interviewed at WKCR through its 66-year history. Jazzwise, this included Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz and Ornette Coleman. Other luminaries included Margaret Mead, Allen Ginsberg and Dennis Hopper. In all, more than 250 renowned musicians and others have been through since the station played its first record over the air (which, incidentally, was "Swing Is Here," by an ensemble that included Benny Goodman and Roy Eldridge. Both have spent time in the Dizzy Chair).
Mr. Schaap alternated the music with extended pleas for listeners to call in and donate. Their donations will save jazz radio in New York, he said. If the radio station's finances continued to sink, listeners would lose their daily dose of Charlie Parker.
In an adjacent room, a team of student D.J.'s fielded the calls, some of whom had not returned to their dorms the previous night. Out in the hallway, two mattresses were leaned against a wall. Jordan Paul, the station manager, confessed to spending the previous night sleeping at the windowless station.
The station regularly plays this type of multiday music marathon — including 11 days of John Coltrane in 2004 and two weeks of Billie Holliday in 2005.
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Take your choice of flavors says Carl Lueddy, Isaly's employee with a 27-year service record. Some homemaker attending the cooking school will receive a certificate for $20 in Isaly dairy products (undated Post-Gazette photo).
This is the recipe for Isaly's BBQ sauce, sent in by reader Judy Melvin of Oakmont.
Men and women workers lined up at an Ohio Isaly's in the 1930s.
It's been more than 30 years since the legendary part of Pittsburgh's food scene faded away from its landmark location on Boulevard of the Allies. But when you hear native Pittsburghers talk about historic 'happening' food scenes that represent more than just a 'grabbing something to eat' kinda place, you'll most certainly hear a story or two or maybe ten about Isaly's, the famous dairy that offered chipped ham and legendary Skyscraper Cones formed by special spoons. Oh, and the Klondike ice cream bar also took its wrapped-in-chocolate shape at Isaly's, it's just that only few people know about it because corporate transitions erased all signals tracing Klondikes back to Isaly's.
What's in the name? It's a family name. William Isaly founded the company in 1902 in Ohio, the Pittsburgh branch was established 30 years later by his son Henry. To remember the name and help people with the spelling of Isaly's a marketing campaign suggested a read-out — I Still Always Love You Sweetheart.
"During the '40s, '50s and '60," according to The Pittsburgh Press, "It was not uncommon on Saturday and Sunday evenings for hundreds of parents with anxious youngsters in tow from throughout the Tri-State area to queue up at Isaly's 40-yard-long front counter.
Isaly's purists saw it coming. The demise started in the 1970s, they say, when Isaly's stopped making its famous dairy products at its Oakland headquarters. It really started going down when the ownership changed and new management sold the Boulevard of the Allies property to Presbyterian-University for $3.3 million.
Hey, how about a shout out to BARD'S DAIRYLAND, which was a competitor to Isaly's and offered much the same fare. Worked there in high school on the one near Perry and Charles on the North Side. Their famous thing was the WALKAWAY SUNDAE…..a miniature sundae served in a V-shaped cup. I think they may have been owned by Country Belle Dairy.
You have that backwards Tom. Bards was in Brentwood and Isalys was in Carrick.
I am 75 years old and have lived in Pittsburgh all my life. My mom had a recipe (now I make it) for Bar-B-Que sauce like Isaly's. She worked in Kelly's Bar-B-Que which was where the Fort Pitt Tunnels are now. First sign of Spring … I make a gallon of sauce!! I've bought, eaten and served a LOT of Isaly's ham over the years and I NEVER called it "chipped chopped ham"!!!! It was always just "chipped ham" or "Isaly's chipped"!! Just sayin'.
You are so right. Chipped ham it was! And I went to the one on Braddock Avenue in Braddock. Loved the counter. Loved the whole place.
Joanne would you be willing to share your homemade bbq sauce recipe. I would love to try it.
My Dad drove Mom, my brothers and me to that iconic Isaly's store from Beaver Falls occasionally in the summer months of the 1940s-1950s, making one of the greatest memories of my youth. Thanks for the memories !!!
As a kid, I loved Islay's rainbow ice cream. Great memories.
Me too! One day I was so anxious for that cone that when I took a lick, all of the ice cream came off of the cone and fell to the ground! Going to the big Isaly's in Oakland was a treat. Oh those wonderful memories!
Dahnstreet Homestead was alive with neon & 2 Islay's stores. Cantaloupe skyscrapers with my Dad. Watching them make Klondike's. Precious memories.
I worked with both of them in the late 60's.
HI Tony…I remember you nad a lot of the folks who worked there in the 1960's….It was a great time with great poeple, and a friendly family atmosphere to go to for an occasional treat, and my first real job as a teenager. Thanks to you, and to all of you, for your friendship. Thanks to the managers who have passed on now, as well, like Mr. Art Weyman, who hired me, Mr. Tony Zamule, and Mac Macgonigle.
That should read WALTER Weyman. Worked for him for five years when I was in college from 1958 to 1963. As we both lived in Wilkinsburg, he saved me a trolley ride many a night over those five years.
My memories are more from the North Versailles and Irwin locations. I'm 69, and with my own home slicer, some good ham, and my own version of this sauce, I make lots of friends happy. Just grab a Wonder bun, and fill it up. Sloppy fun in NJ!
2 Isaly's in Homestead – lunch there often, klondikes and skyscraper cones!! Rainbow, chocolate chip, whitehouse, black raspberry or lime sherbert – oh the difficulty of that decision!!!
One of my earliest memories was on a Saturday night, with family and friends, coming from West Homestead, in the backseat of a big convertible, driving through Schenley Park. The Nirvana of the lit up huge Islays on the Blvd of the Allies…..it was a treat that happened a few times each summer.
Bill Eisley and his wife live near Clearwater Florida now and are a member of my country club, countryside country club.
That's nice. Bill Gaites lives next door me and sometimes we play miniature golf.
There were also (2) Isaly's on McKeesports mile long downtown 5th Ave. for decades. The ham bbq's in that unique sauce will be duplicated. Their ice cream treats were second to none.
There were also (2) Isaly's on McKeesports mile long downtown 5th Ave. for decades. The ham bbq's in that unique sauce will never be duplicated. Their ice cream treats were second to none.
Remember those deviled crabs in a foil base with less than a shred of crab in each, delicious.
Another excellent story Mila! Thank you and PG for keeping the history of Pittsburgh alive.
How many Isaly's were there in all in say, 1960?
Isaly's local stores were grouped by size: AAA, AA, A and as I remember it from the mid – 60's, there were over 30 throughout the area. They also had franchises hundred of miles away.
We had an Islay's in Swissvale on the corner of Noble and Dickson St. I remember going after dancing to get a skyscraper, my favorite was Whitehouse. I also loved their pickles in the big jars on the counter 25 cents. Oh the great memories of the 50's 60's. And oh by the way we were lucky enough in Swissvale to have a Bards Dairyland at the othe end of noble St. The Walk Away Sundee was the bomb.
Was this a nod to the The Left Banke's one hit wonder "Walk Away Renee"?
If so that's so odd, really odd. Ha!
Great memories of Isaly's on Evans Avenue in McKeesport. Besides the cone and chipped ham, I recall getting very good ham salad there as well.
I forgot all about that location !
Mr. Graubard scooped the ice cream.
I was fortunate to have grown up on the street next to "Big Isaly's", Niagara Street, off the Boulevard of the Allies. Have very fond memories of sitting on Isaly's wall, eating skyscraper ice cream cones. Our dad (Bozo, who would have turned 90 yesterday) used to buy our family of four, sundaes, and carry them home in his arms. He never got lids because "you wouldn't get as much whipped cream that way." It was a very sad day when Isaly's closed, but I will always have the memories.
Lived on Bates Street just down the hill from Isalys early memories of Isalys park play ground and later of taking orders from my neighbors and running up to get ice cream for all. Also fondly remember Bozo the fire truck Santa Claus, and later taking bowling trips with him and others from St Mike's hall!
I worked at the location in Turtle Creek from 82-85. A big chunk of the company was sold I think in 1984 but I think the Turtle Creek location is still operating. I remember the tons of cod fish sold on Friday's and the endless pies sold during the holiday's. Had a great time working there.
While the special scoop was the key to getting the shape of the skyscraper cone, it was the good quality of Isaly's ice cream that brought people back. Delicious! The closest in quality in Pgh today is probably Dave and Andy's in Oakland.
Isalys in Irwin then at the Norwin Shopping Center were my memories. Pistachio or Toasted Almond Fudge was a tough decision. I also remember getting a glazed donut for 6 cents.
I remember Isaly's in Lower Burrell Shopping Center. We would all meet up there on Saturdays.
I used to walk to Isaly's in Bellvue for a skyscraper ice cream cone. When I was growing up and as an adult, we bought Isaly's Chipped Ham. "Chipped Ham". Somewhere along the way, started to add " chopped"… But not in my neck of the woods, the Brighton Heights area of the Northside.
Aside from the fabulous ice cream. Does anyone remember the Shamrock brand potato chips???
I remember going to the one in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Monroeville. I can still remember the smell and the green and yellowish tile floor at the entrance.
Me too! My grandmother or my uncle would bring me there for ice cream or sometimes we would have lunch. My mother and I would go for the Friday fish fry! Happy memories of Isaly's at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center (along with Kresgees and Woolworth's 5 & 10 stores and Loreski's Hobby Shop)!
I remember going to that store for fish, ham bbq, Klondike's and Mac and Cheese. Loreski's was awesome too! The Flea Market on Sunday's was big too.
my favorite ice cream flavor was called Maricopa. it was like a carmel ripple. but calling it maricopa made it taste even better.
I have a Skyscraper Scoop hanging on my kitchen wall. We used to go to Squirrel Hill all the time, and Oakland once in awhile.
Hi Brad would you be willing to sell the scoop?
I was always so happy when I got $.10 so I could go to Isaly's to get a cone. For awhile we lived in Mckeesport and could walk to the one on Evans Ave. Then we moved to Penns Woods in Irwin and there was one in the Norwin Shopping Center. Also would stop at the one in White Oak on Lincoln Way. How I loved that store growing up in the 50's and 60's.
I remember going to the one in Bridgeville at Great Southern shopping center when I was little. So excited to get a crispy Klondike!
Read my post. I also went to bridgeville.
In the Mon Valley , we had the Charleroi Isaly's. Saturday shopping trips always ended at Isaly's and a Rainbow cone . Yum! I can taste it even now. Sweet memory !
What a beautiful trip to the past! Was there an Isaly's on Braddock Avenue in Braddock? I attended Sacred Heart School in the 1950s and would go out for lunch because I "commuted" to school from Forest Hills. I think it was Isaly's that I went to.
Great Southern shopping center Bridgeville. 1 scoop 10cents. skyscraper 15 cents. Cherry soda(cherry flavor pop in big fluted glass with a load of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream and cherry on top) 25 cents. I loved to go with grandma shopping and we always would go to Isalys. I Shall Always Love You. A pittsburgh icon would sit there sometime . He was a blind man who would have preaching on a big radio. Sign said his eyes got shot out in a mine. He had a jar for money. God rest his soul Thank you for the memories. Isalys alway had SWISS MAID brand chocolates.
No mention of local historian Brian Butko's great book "Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's"? An excellent read on how the chain was founded, its spread through Ohio and Western PA, and eventual (almost) demise.
We had one at the Monroeville miracle mile shopping center. It competed with a Baskin and Robin and both stayed in business for a long time. They had the best hot fudge Sundays and chocolate chip ice cream.
When I was little I lived in Shaler Twp. It was a treat to go to Isaly's In Etna. Later I worked at Bards on Mt Royal Blvd. I now live in Rainbow Springs, Florida and I still love Klondikes.
For many lunches, I walked from Lincoln Elementary School in Mt. Lebanon to the Isaly's on Beverly Road. It was a weekly tradition with one of my best friends. What wonderful memories!
ialays in Bellevue was always packed..i always stopped after school for a coke in a paper cup…sat inside with all my friends b-s ing for about an hour.
I worked there at the Blvd. of the Allies Oakland store in the late 60's, when they started to transition from Skyscraper cones to regular ice cream scoops to save money, in part because of how generous we could be as employees. A lot of times, if we knew the customer, we'd scoop an extra large skyscraper cone for him or her. For one jolly older guy, who we used to call the "Maricopa Kid", once we must have scooped most of a quart of his favorite Maricopa/butterscotch ice cream onto the cone. One other time, a college guy from, say, Pitt wanted to have a little bit of every flavor in his "hand-packed" take home container (remember hand-packed quarts and pints? ). He didn't like how we were doing it, so we challenged him to come over to our side and do it himself. He did, but we were chewed out for that one. Another great memory was you could see famous people come in, sometimes with their families/kids. I waited on Mr. Rogers, Vernon Law, and Willie Stargell myself. This was a "hometown Pittsburgh", and American, icon, and is sorely missed. The Toasted Almond Fudge ice cream flavor was unique, and some customers would be greatly disappointed and even get angry when we ran out of butter pecan or peach ice cream — they were great flavors, too. But they could always go across the street, where they had 28 flavors (Howard Johnsons), and they never were as crowded as we were.
I first visited Isaly's location in Squirrel Hill at the corner of Murray Ave and Forbes St. holding my father's hand. His love of the place influenced me and my love of ice cream cones & chipped ham was born. How wonderful it was to get in the car with my sister on a warm summer's evening with my Mom in the passenger seat while the "boss" drove over to the Blvd. of The Allies store. In my memory it is a white marbled shrine, maybe with columns, and the sound of dishes, meat cutters, orders being given, and the army of ice cream slingers. Great memories.
my dad moved to Bellevue to be the mgr. of isaly's in 1940..
My Dad worked for Isalys for 42 years (1938-1980) at 10 different stores and finished at the closing of the Charleroi store. I helped out there and also the Monongahela and Monessen stores back in the late 60's. All 3 towns had movie theaters and it got crazy every weekend after the show let out.Made 1000's of cones and hated making banana splits because it took too long.The milkshakes where made with ice milk and not vanilla ice cream.Mixing the klondikes up because the free Pink Slips were in the same spot on every level in the can. The Family Picnics at South Park were the best.Eat all day, win game prizes and find silver dollars in the giant sandpile. And then there was the day at Heinz History Center(7/14/2001) for all the old Isaly employees.No one wanted to leave till the doors closed. Took lots of pictures and listened to a hundred memories. Dad was the 2nd oldest manager there and knew a lot of people including H William Isaly. It was funny when Dad had a disagreement with author Brian Butko about Grape Klondikes.Does anyone ever remember a Grape Klondike ? Dad said never in 42 years !
Your father gave my client his first job. He hired him right on the spot. He was just telling me about Isalys bc we don't have it in the south and I came across your post just as he told me his manager's name. I think he said it was in Donora, Pa. in 1945. He started to work on the same day. Great memory he has of your father. He was very nice and knowledgeable of Isalys and taught him a lot and was very patient while he learned how to make the trademark Isalys Cone. Just thought it was a great memory to share.
My grandmother lived on parkview ave off the Blvd of the allies. We would walk to the big Isaly's whenever we visited. My favorite flavor was maricopa. Now, 40 some years later, I live in maricopa county, Arizona. A story I like fellow pittsburghers.
That was my second favorite, after Rainbow.
In the late 40's and early 50's, my father, a projectionist at the Sewickley Theatre, would take us with him. Isaly's was across the street from the theatre and he would always take us to Isaly's and buy us a Klondike or cone of our choosing. I also visited the Bellevue Isaly's as a friend of mine worked there. Thank you for taking me down memory lane.
Live in Greentree, but I spent my first two years of my life in Crafton. There was a Bards there near the Crafton Theatre. Since I remember, it was there for quite a while. I remember their chipped ham as a better quality than Isalys, and tasted better. I never ate Isalys, and still don't. It has too much gristle. Love the Isalys ice cream and cones. though!
I went to high school in Homestead, PA and also worked after school. We had two Isaly's on 8th Avenue. I remember my mother taking my brother and me there after church at St. Mary's for a cone. During high school my friends and I would walk from 18th Street down to 8th Avenue to get a cone or a Klondike before getting on the but to go home or running across the street to go to work.
There was definitely a Bard's on Brownsville Road in Carrick near St. Basil's where I went to Church and grade school.
I went to St. Basil's too. We used to call Bard's "Bardsies". The Isaly's was further out Brownsville Road towards Brentwood, as I recall. Dad used to bring skyscraper cones wrapped in waxed paper for my 5 sibs and me. My favorite flavor a were toasted almond fudge and rainbow. I wonder how they made the rainbow. It wasn't sherbet and I don't think it was just vanilla ice cream with color added. Anyone have any idea how they made it? I'm trying to remember if Anthony's Pizza is where Bard's used to be. So many good memories of growing up in Carrick!
Maricopa was also my favorite – can't believe so many comments mentioned it! When I was somewhere 6-8 years old, my mother parked me at a table in the Homestead store closest to Amity street with an ice cream cone while she ran down to Amos market in the next block. Must have eaten it really fast because I was finished and thought I was abandoned and in tears by he time she got back! Couldn't and wouldn't do that these days!
My grand mother loved shopping at Troutmans in Greensburg and I was her companion on Saturday morning, Isaly;s was just down the street from Troutmans and I always was excited to go there for ham bbq and an ice cream cone. That was in the mid 50's and I just made ham bbq today( without the right ham as I live in New Hampshire today). Thanks Isaly's for all the fond memories.
There was an Isalys, next to Sun Drugs, in the Donaldson Crossroads shopping center in Peters Township. I remember my mother would occasionally buy a six pack of Klondikes, which was a perfect desert for my dad, mom, two brothers, sister, and me. The fun was in that Islays would put a coupon for one free Klondike in one of the six. Whoever got the coupon in their Klondike would get to go to Isalys with mom on her next trip to get their free extra treat. I also remember the night my sister, who worked there, cut her finger on the slicer, chipping ham. Those were the days.
for ice cream or root beer floats. As an extra treat, sometimes we'd get to ride through the Liberty Tubes and we'd have a contest to see who could hold their breath the longest. I can still see it so clearly in my mind.
Does anyone remember how long they stayed open on Sunday nights? I remember going there on Sunday evenings and sometimes it would be dark. This was during the late 50's.
I am 72 and worked at Isaly,s in Carnegie for three years during high school. After three years in the Army I worked there again as I attended Robert Morris College in Downtown on the G I bill. I loved those days and got to know just about everybody in town as they all came to Isaly,s. My lunch break usually consisted of a very large hot fudge Sunday, and a chocolate milk shake. Great memories. Thank you Isaly,s.
In the mid fifties, my friends and I walked to Harding School in Carnegie and because we lived so far away, we couldn't make it both ways to go home for lunch, so somehow, we ended up with our bag lunches in the back of the Italy's. They let us do that for at least 3 years and all we bought were cokes and those giant pickles. Near payday, we were given enough money to splurge on a Klondike. And when things were really good, or we were with an adult who was willing to pay, we got a skyscraper cone. I also remember ordering 4 or 5 pounds of chipped ham, packing it in my suitcase and flying it to friends in California who were craving Italy's good chipped ham barbecues from "back home". Great memories of Carnegie Italy's.
WalMart deli section sells chopped ham by Isaly's which is marked "chopped ham for chipping". I was really disappointed when I brought several pounds of it home with me. I have been buying cooked ham at the grocery store deli which is 99% fat free and having it chipped, and either eating it in a sandwich or as a ham BBQ. The fat in the Isaly's ham was just too much!
I'm suprized no one said the Isaly's in Dormont. I think the store front is still there with the tile entry, but another type store.
Lou, can you tell me where that Dormont store was?
About two doors up from Potomac ave. I think the tile entrance is still there, I haven't been over that way for a while.
I started to enjoy Isaly's around 1936 at their store in Zelienople, PA where I would get a milkshake for 10 cents that was so thick you could stand a spoon in it. Their Whitehouse ice cream was my favorite. In 1941 several of my high school classmates worked at that store to my advantage as they seemed to know which Klondike bars had the pink centers (strawberry). A pink center got you a free Klondike bar. I most often got one with a pink center.
Egad. Where to start? Someone messed up, I reckon. I mean, how else would you explain selling such an extremely successful family business? I went to high school at McKee Place School for a while, 80, 81, (It's the old church on McKee Place, it's still there on Google Earth, but I think they put a different school in there) and one of the regular places to go was Isaly's for chipped ham sandwiches. I live in Virginia now, they don't even know what chipped ham is here. When I was a kid, we'd go to visit my Grandma in Monessen, and we always stopped at Isaly's for ice cream on the way home. Coffee was the best flavor. Baskin's & Robin's ain't got nuthin on Isaly's.
From working there in the late 1960's, I heard that the younger generations did not want to continue doing the business after the oldest survivor passed on. That, and I imagine inheritance races were a great burden, just like with the Steelers, and having to sell big pieces of the team while trying to keep control.
I remember going to Isaly's with my mother and sister in Greensburg, Pa. I am 78 now and live in Mich.
One of my favorite memories! Every other Sunday my Grandmother or Father or Uncle would take us to Isaly's in Oakland! Durning the week we would walk to the Isaly's on 2nd Avenue in Hazelwood. Love getting the pineapple ice cream soda and watching them make those soda's adding the cherry on top. Maricopa was my favorite flavor along with Butter Pecan, Strawberry, and Rainbow sherbert! I share this memory with my 8 grandchildren often!
I remember going to Isaly's in the Caste Village Shopping Center in Castle Shannon bordering Whitehall in the late 50's and early 60's. My friends and I would take a walk there in the summer-yum! Can't remember what my favorite flavor was- I'm still a big ice cream fan so it was probably all of them! And those Klondikes and chipped ham barbecues! Nothing like them. We were visiting Pgh. this summer (I now live in Northeastern PA) & I was with my adult children at PNC PARK. Was so glad to see Isaly's there! Of course they didn't have the skyscraper cones but was explaining them to my daughter. She had to Google it to see what I was talking about. Thanks for the memories!
There was an Isaly Dairy store in Tarentum, PA & NATRONA HEIGHTS,,MANY Memories HERE,,I have been in Okkahoma since late 1970s,,no one here knows what chipped ham is,,,years ago I had spoke to a man also from Pittsburgh,,,we talked about Isaly's,,but when I saw Klondikes here I knew they came from Isaly and glad to see them..
My grandmother lived in East Liberty and some of my earliest memories were of treats at Isaly's. Does anyone recall their location during the 1940's on Penn Ave?
Wow, we had an Isaly's close to our house in Masury. Plus I thought there was a small ice cream counter across the street from the old Sharon General Hospital Hospital that you could get its ice cream. But our Isaly's in Masury had no big following of people coming there for ice cream at all, just us kids from the neighborhood, who had to count out dimes, nickels and pennies to get enough money together for a cone. We had no idea that the cone was anything special. But I can tell you that the staff, particularly one old lady with white hair, HATED scooping out that ice cream! I remember that unusual scooper that she rarely used on us kids. We didn't care because we didn't know any better. We should have!!
The other thing I think may have been relevant about the Isaly's in Masury is perhaps it may have been owned by a tall man with white hair. He was definitely the boss. So after reading about the wonderful history noted above, how could our little store in Masury been a part of such a wonderful dynasty of ice cream history?
I worked at Southland Isaly's on Rt 51, Pleasant Hills late 60's early 70's. Great place, great memories. I saw in an earlier post about a gentleman named Ramsey. Was it Herb Ramsey? These guys worked their buns off for a local company and had a lot of pride. Isaly's had a great idea and business plan. It's a shame todays kids missed it!
I was surprised to hear that Isaly's had anything but rainbow ice cream. It's the only flavor I ever ordered. We'd go to the movie in Jeannette, PA. When the movie was over, cross the street to Isaly's for a ham barbecue followed by a rainbow cone. Yum. I'm having Isaly's ham barbecue for supper tonight. It's not the same but Isaly's chipped ham and Isaly's barbecue sauce. Really enjoyed reading everyone's memories.
We lived in Hazelwood and my Mom and Dad would pile me and my four siblings in the Chevy station wagon (no seatbelts, heads out of open windows) and head off to a magic night at the big Isalys on the Blvd of the Allies. Maricopa was definitely my favorite flavor. Waited forever in long lines, but what a memory. I also worked at the Isalys on Second Ave in Hazelwood. Never heard of the ham called anything but "chipped". Ate one million chipped ham sandwiches with Mom's homemade bbq sauce (yellow mustard, ketchup, and brown sugar).
I grew up in Homewood and there was a great Isalys on Homewood Ave. Then when the East Hill shopping center opened in the early 60's, there was a Sweet Williams restaurant that opened and served Isaly's ice cream. Anyone else remember them?
I remember the Sweet Williams stores being the first sign that skyscraper cones were going away. That all happened around the same time. I really liked Isaly's and being an employee there as a teenager on the Blvd of the Allies. Most other cities did not have anything like that with a home town feeling.
We're you ever an employee there?
I spent a lot of time walking around East Hills Shopping Center as a teenager. I lived off of Frankstown Rd. on Glendale Rd.
Sweet Williams was a popular place especially when I had some extra money from my job as caddy at Longview CC. Bought a lot of calories there!
Hi. I lived in Moon Run in the 1940s. We rode the bus to McsRocks on Saturdays to a movie. We each got a quarter. Bus 5 cents each way. Movie 12 cents. We walked home so we could purchase a cone at Isaly's, cones were 5 cents. We'd have such a good time walking on the old railroad bed which ran along our yard. That's a memory I share with kids, grandkids, great grandkids and now great, GREAT grand kids. Oh, that I could take them for a skyscraper cone. They sure don't know what they're missing.
I grew up in East Liberty and it was a real treat to stop in at the store on Penn Ave. My grandparents lived next door to us on Washington Blvd. My grandfather being a retired mailman loved to walk. He would often walk to the shopping district and my mom would send one her kids along with him to help out. Our reward was a stop at Isalys. I loved the Klondike bar as first choice and a Whitehouse Cherry cone as a second choice. Whenever I see Klondikes in the store I remember my walks with Ben Pierce, my grandfather.
In the early 50's we walked from Mt Lebanon High School to Islay's in Mt. Lebanon after school. I remember going to Eleanor Hatch's house and her freezer had Klondikes in it and we opened them and got the coupons and went to Isalys and cashed them in when we could have just eaten the ice-cream at her house. Live in NJ and really miss Chipped Ham and Isaly's ice cream cones.
I remember going to Isaly's in Aspinwall as a kid. My mother's last name was Eisele, it confused me when I learned to spell. Chipped ham barbeque was all I knew growing up. Imagine my surprise when I left western PA. Every pound of chipped ham was carefully wrapped in a cardboard dish so it didn't get smashed down. To this day I tell the deli meat cutters how it was done back in the day.
I always went to the Isalys on Carson Street on the Southside of Pittsburgh. Loved their chipped ham and rainbow ice cream cones. I was always so excited when my dad would take me to Isalys for the rainbow ice cream cone. Now when I visit Pittsburgh I always go to Giant Eagles and buy the Isalys BBQ sauce. Taste just like when they made it. I always buy several jars and bring it back to Atlanta with me. Memories!!
In Larenceville the Isaly's Store next to the Arsenal Theater was "the place" for Chipped Ham and my favorite Toasted Almond Fudge Skyscraper Cone location. Many trips to the Blvd of Allies as a special outing treat in the late 30 's and 40's (I'm 92 now). I've lived in many places since the 50's (in California now) and have never been able to replace "Chipped ham" wherever I have lived and many years when my sister visited in the locations I made home, she would always bring a pound of it to me from Isaly's! . The nearest flavor to Toasted Almond Fudge I have found is the ubiquitus Rocky Road that has been altered by marshmallow pieces–no comparison!
I have worked at Isaly in Turtle Creek, Wilkinsburg,Blvd Of Allies,Wilmerding and then back in Turtle Creek. It was my first job that I had.
Isaly's started in Mansfield Ohio. The first expansion of the business took the company to Marion, Ohio, after acquiring the Marion Pure Milk Company in 1914. Operated by Charles Isaly, the Marion operation was quickly modernized, and business grew accordingly. From Marion, the company expanded to Youngstown, Ohio, and by 1918 had a dairy and new headquarters on Mahoning Ave. The Youngstown area was the largest Isaly's market, boasting at one time almost 130 stores. In 1929 they expanded to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (on the Blvd. of the Allies). Expansion continued through the 1930s and 1940s with additional dairies built from Columbus, Ohio (at North High Street and Arcadia Avenue) west to Iowa and 310 stores. Pittsburgh residents regarded Isaly's so highly that the company was and still is mistakenly considered a Pittsburgh original.
In its advertising, the dairies used the mnemonic phrase "I Shall Always Love You Sweetheart" to help with the spelling of the Isaly's name. In Marion, Ohio, Isaly's fielded an amateur basketball team that played against the Buffalo Silents – a team composed of deaf/mute players and LaRue, Ohio-based World-Famous Indians with Jim Thorpe.
No one mentioned the Country Gardens Isaly near the entrance to South Park. John McGeary was the manager there for many years. He would tell us about how his arm hurt from "chipping" ham before the days of the automatic chipper. My grandad Lee Weet sold all the Isaly stores their dill pickles (big ones in the case) and many other sauces and pickle products. We were frequent Isaly visitors. Several bosses from the Bard's Dairy Stores broke away to found Eat n' Park. There my grandad developed the famous Epicurean Sauce for their Big Boy sandwiches. We loved as kids getting served by the waitresses in our cars. Great memories. So glad many people remember these great places of our youth.
I went to the Isalys on Mt. Lebanon Boulevard. Skyscraper cones were only a dime. Chipped ham was chipped fresh. One of my best memories.
There definitely was an Isaly'sice cream store there on So. Union Ave in the 40's and 50's……the best ice cream cones for a nickel….and lots of good will…..
I worked at #66 Isaly's "Country Garden" on Rt 88 in Bethel Park while in High school. John McGeary was my boss, tough but fair! John was on WQED's program "Things that aren't here anymore" lots of good memories. I quit in 1963 to take a fulltime job after I graduated High School. John offered me a raise to $0.75 if I stayed but no! I remember Klondikes on sale 6 pack for 39 cents.
I was born n raised on Main St in Lawrenceville..we always went 2 Isaly's on Butler Street….luckily my kids were able 2 experience Isaly's on Carson St as their Dad immigrated from the Ukraine n lived on 17th St so when visiting Baba we would go 2 Isaly's there..I miss Isaly's on Butler St n Weber's frozen custard on Butler..I nust Miss the Burgh!!! Butler St is sooooo different now! We can get Klondikes here..suburb of Philly.
I was born n raised on Main St in Lawrenceville..we always went 2 Isaly's on Butler Street….luckily my kids were able 2 experience Isaly's on Carson St as their Dad immigrated from the Ukraine n lived on 17th St so when visiting Baba we would go 2 Isaly's there..I miss Isaly's on Butler St n Weber's frozen custard. We can get Klondikes here..suburb of Philly.
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I love everything about living in London. Except for one thing. The food. Don't get me wrong the cuisine here is amazing and you are literally spoiled for choice. Though since arriving in 2009 I've been searching for a place to buy rye bread. You might know that we are big on smørrebrød or smorgasbord in Scandinavia, these open sandwiches often served on dark rye bread with various toppings. Since childhood, this has been a staple part of my diet and I've never gotten used to not having it on a daily basis.
There are bakeries selling rye bread all around the capital and you can buy vacuum packed alternatives in various supermarkets, but they never quite live up to expectations. With these often dry and hard examples on sale many here have bad experiences with rye bread. So imagine my joy when I saw that one of my favourite Danish bakeries had opened right on out doorstep in beautiful Richmond!
Ole & Steen Lagkagehuset is an amazing place! Since living next door to their very first bakery on Christianshavn in Copenhagen in my 20's I regularly stop by their store at the airport when Caspian and I have been back to Denmark to visit friends and family. We buy our lunch there before we board. Though it is not just their delicious rye bread I've missed but their scrumptious cakes and sweet pastries, too.
Having them around the corner is, therefore, an amazing treat. If you live in London or are due to visit this year then I would highly recommend you stop by for breakfast or lunch. Besides their new residence on George Street in Richmond, you can find Ole & Steen at St. James' Market in central London and very soon at Victoria and Canary Warf, as well. Not to mention plans to open in New York and Amsterdam, too.
The newly opened store and cafe is spacious and perfectly reflects its Scandinavian heritage. I was very excited to visit Ole & Steen in Richmond last week and try out their lunch menu and intrigued to see if the products could live up to what I was used to from Denmark. Naturally, I had to try their open sandwiches. Though they also do a great selection of salads and focaccias as well as toasted sandwiches. We were not disappointed and I can't wait to go back.
Ole & Steen have a selection of three different open sandwiches on offer. The egg and salmon on rye bread is mouthwateringly good and was my favourite followed by the avocado and tiger prawns! The organic salmon is so tasty and the perfect topping finished off with pickled red onions.
Many people associate Danes with pastry and rightly so. Though funnily enough, we call it Wiener Brød (Vienna Bread) and you can find an amazing selection at Ole & Steen. From cinnamon swirls to The Birkis (renamed a Copenhagener) which is topped with poppy seeds there is something for everyone.
If you prefer cakes to pastry then fear not. I highly recommend the Strawberry or Raspberry Tart and the Mini Layered Cake, but don't deny yourself one of the tasty muffins or a classic Danish Hindbærsnitte (Raspberry Slice).
Ole & Steen also sell a range of very well-made barista coffees, cold drinks and beer.
Caspian had napped through most of our lunch but magically woke as the cakes were served. He not only devoured a chocolate muffin but helped himself to my Strawberry Tart and my friend, Mary Jo's Mini Layered Cake. They all got the toddler approval! It's in his blood, so he should know.
What we especially loved about the place is that it's spacious enough that you can meet your mummy friends with buggies in tow yet with the light and airy upstairs you will also find peace and quiet perfect for a working lunch. It's clear that Ole & Steen have managed to appeal to a very broad audience from teenagers stopping off for a sweet treat after school to pensioners seeking out the cafe for a light lunch.
Please note that the shop/cafe works on a queuing system. It's easy to miss the ticket machine as you enter, so remember to press the button and collect your number in order to get served.
Have you been to Ole & Steen? What do you think?
Please note we were gifted this lunch. All words and opinions are my own.
The cafe looks lovely, I will definitely stop by if I am in the area. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Hear Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl Team for New Song 'Eazy Sleazy'
Ryan Reed Published: April 13, 2021
Mick Jagger recruited Dave Grohl for "Eazy Sleazy," a hard-hitting and partly satirical new song that explores the absurdity and anxiety of pandemic-era life.
Throughout the stripped-down track, the Rolling Stones singer documents a music industry full of canceled tours and virtual premieres ("I've got nothing left to wear"), the monotony of lockdown life (Zoom, "way too much TV," dishes piling up in the kitchen sink) and a culture where grim COVID-19 numbers have become the new norm.
The singer also slips in some overt jabs at conspiracy theorists: "Shooting the vaccine; Bill Gates is in my bloodstream," he sings over the gritty riffs. "It's mind control; the earth is flat and cold." (In a new Rolling Stone interview, he calls the lyrics a "piss take" on those ideas.)
But the ultimate theme is hopeful: On the chorus, he sings about an eventual "escape from these prison walls," adding, "Soon it'll be a memory you're trying to remember to forget."
The duo paired the single with a remote performance video featuring Jagger on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, with Grohl adding drums, bass and lead guitar. You can watch the clip below.
"It's a song that I wrote about coming out of lockdown, with some much needed optimism," Jagger said in a statement, noting, "It was a lot of fun working with [Grohl]." In the Rolling Stone interview, Jagger called the track "a reflection on the last year; the physical and mental strains put on society."
Grohl added, "It's hard to put into words what recording this song with Sir Mick means to me. It's beyond a dream come true. Just when I thought life couldn't get any crazier ... and it's the song of the summer, without a doubt!"
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Like Persian miniatures, Bustamante's paintings are elaborate and enticing, combining human-interpreted flora with otherworldly environments. Her work is constructed with layers of gouache and acrylic paint to create ethereal and atmospheric settings, where microscopic gardens float and flourish. By contrasting highly rendered flora with abstract settings, she explores the schism in the human brain between our delight in nature and our global inability to maintain it. Each of Bustamante's paintings are about the size of a book page and invite the same level of intimacy.
Thirteen Birds
All the Little Live Things
Nightbird in Pompeii - SOLD
And Return
Beneath the Canopy of Stars Flowed the Serpent River - SOLD
Little Paradise - SOLD
Moonlit Green
The Lodgers
Two Birds Circled with Everything
*click on image to enlarge and for more information
Laurel Bustamante (b. 1956, California) studied painting and drawing in the San Francisco Bay area and received her BFA from Southern Oregon University in 1999. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and abroad. She was awarded the Artist on Location Project residency in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles in 2000 and the Crater Lake National Park Artist Residency in 2001. In 2013, she was a finalist for the Portland Art Museum's Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. Bustamante was one of eight artists featured in the 2015 Schneider Museum of Art exhibit, "Exploring Reality." She lives and works in Ashland, Oregon.
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You Asked For it, You Got it -- "The Martian Skull"
Last year, an independent Mars researcher named Joseph Skipper found an object on one of the Mars Rover images that resembled a skull. He posted several version of the image on the web, and speculated about the possibility it was the skull of some unknown humanoid creature. His full story and images can be found here.
Our own take is that this image is quite convincing. It certainly does resemble a skull, with a rounded cranium, two round eye sockets, an ethmoid bone division between the eye sockets, and a significant amount of symmetry. As far as we know, no other pictures of it have been found, but it is certainly intriguing.
It also fits quite nicely into our own Mars Tidal Model. Creatures caught in the catastrophic flooding that would have followed the separation of Mars from its parent planet would have been buried under tons of mud and silt, which would eventually be worn away by the constant winds of Mars, leaving only the preserved, fossilized remnants of what may once have been a vast civilization on Mars. It is this link, more than any other (and described in detail in "Dark Mission") which inclines us to consider that this may be a genuine artifact -- not just of a ancient dead Martian civilization, but of its inhabitants.
Posted by Mike Bara at 5:19 PM 41 comments:
A NASA Veteran Speaks Out
My name is Ken Johnston and it has been 12 years since I first contacted "The Enterprise Mission" at a conference in Seattle, WA and told them my story.
I worked at NASA in Houston, TX for almost 17 years and in addition to being one of the five Lunar Module test pilots and Astronaut Consultant Pilot, I also worked at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. At the LRL I was in charge of the "Data and Photo Control" department where I kept five copies of every picture and negative taken during each of the moon missions.
After Apollo15 I was directed to destroy all but one set of the pictures and negatives. After discussing it with my supervisor I made the decision to take one set of everything and deposit it at the Oklahoma City University science department. I then did as I was told and destroyed all but one other set.
I told this story to Richard Hoagland and the Enterprise Mission team at that Seattle conference, and that I had a private collection of NASA Apollo photographs that backed up what I was telling them. The next day about 5 people along with Mr. Richard C.Hoagland came to my house to see the pictures that I had told them about. What an experience I had and what a shock they had. My wife pointed out several anomalies in some of the photos and then everyone in the room went wild looking for more strange things in the pictures.
Personally, I know that there are a lot more people like myself that have solid data and personal experiences that will back up a lot of what is published for the first time in this book "Dark Mission".
What is needed right now is for others to come out of hiding and bring out into the light their information so that at last we can tell the truth for the world to see. I could name at least a dozen people that I worked with at NASA that were in direct contact with every member of the Apollo Mission flight crews and other key personnel that controlled the data produced from each mission. I think that if Richard and Mike could use this 'blog' as a place where others could come forward with their stories, we could accomplish the goal of this book, GETTING THE TRUTH OUT!
How would you suggest that we go about it to find the others out there and make them understand that the only way for them to be safe is for them to come public with their information? That way if any threats or accidents were to happen to any of them, it would raise an even bigger red flag about what's been going on. Now it is up to those of us who know the truth to stand together and shout it out loud for all to hear and understand.
NASA by Far the Biggest Government Censor on Wikipedia
According to an article on Govenment Executive.com, NASA is far and away the biggest Wikipedia editing source when it comes to US government agencies. A website called Wikiscanner keeps track of just who is editing what pages, and NASA is the clear winner with over 6,800 Wikipedia pages edited.
One has to wonder; why is NASA so intent on filtering the Wikipedia content that the general public has access to?
Until the Wikiscanner search for individual pages is enabled, we won't know exactly which pages they are editing, but with 6,800 edits, they must have a whole team devoted to holding the NASA party line over at Wikipedia.
-- MB
The Book is Off to the Printer!
"Dark Mission" went to the printers this past Wednesday, August 15th and copies should start appearing in stores in mid-to-late October. Look for it at the front tables of Barnes and Noble stores, as they ordered copies for front table display. You can also pre-order through Amazon.com. See the link on the main page.
Posted by Mike Bara at 11:59 AM 3 comments:
Welcome to the Dark Mission Blog!
Richard and I will be using this space to keep you updated on all "Dark Mission" related news and notes.
Posted by Mike Bara at 11:52 AM 11 comments:
NASA by Far the Biggest Government Censor on Wiki...
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Danceworks is a TV show on British national television from BBC4 with an average rating of 3.8 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 4 episodes of Danceworks in our archive. The first episode of Danceworks was broadcast in May, 2018. Did you miss an episode of Danceworks but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add Danceworks to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!
May 10, 2018 of the TV-show Danceworks was broadcast by BBC4 on Thursday 10 May 2018 at 19:30.
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May 7, 2018 of the TV-show Danceworks was broadcast by BBC4 on Monday 7 May 2018 at 19:30.
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COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - The National Infantry Museum will salute thousands of service members who have served in the Global War on Terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001.
Service members include active duty, veterans, and those who died defending the country.
The museum will unveil its Global War on Terrorism memorial Monday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. The memorial includes eight panels etched with the names of nearly 7,000 men and women who died fighting the war on terrorism.
A 13-foot steel beam taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and donated to the museum by New York City firefighters sits atop the concrete columns representing the Twin Towers. Nine bronze figures representing an Infantry squad, illustrations of each service's role in protecting the nation, and narrative panels chronicling the nation's longest war are also featured.
The longest-serving commander of the United States Central Command, as well as several four-star generals, will speak at the event.
The dedication is open to the public.
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EOS - European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry | News - It's new year's resolutions time and it's time for a fresh start!
It's new year's resolutions time and it's time for a fresh start!
As the new year is approaching with new goals, promises and hopes that brighten up our thoughts, the EOS Secretariat has prepared a "political resolutions to aim for in 2018" to be disseminated to the Members of the European Parliament. With this letter, EOS sent its best season's greetings in a fruitful way, inviting the Members of the EU Parliament to take into account three simple industrial oriented commitments.
The European economy has entered its fifth year of recovery, which is now reaching almost all EU Member States with some differences in industrial sectors. This is expected to continue at a largely steady pace in 2018 and hopefully with your support and engagement economic difficulties would be overcome.
As the calendar year ends, people around the globe commit with vigour to all sorts of virtuous goals. Here are some political resolutions proposed by the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry to consider adopting in 2018.
1. ADVOCATE FOR A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. The European sawmill industries have become more complex due to globalisation, production assortment and the development of technologies. While it is the responsibility of the industry itself to adapt and innovate in order to face the market challenges, the European Union and its Member States should support these efforts by guaranteeing a level-playing field, by promoting investment and by creating a favorable business environment.
2. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FIRST. European policy makers should work for developing a new competitive, sustainable and resource efficient European Industry, ensuring both the creation of new jobs, and the transition to low-carbon economy. The use of renewable and natural resources, such as wood, would result in healthier products with a reduced environmental impact considering that these components could be returned to the biosphere at the end of their service life. To make possible the transition to a sustainable growth an economically competitive bio-economy should be promoted through the implementation of climate policies (e.g. carbon market) and non-discriminatory regulation for construction materials.
3. THINK ABOUT WOOD! Wood is by far the most economically important forest product although not all forests are focused on wood production. Let's ensure that the Forest Strategy is geared towards securing healthy European forests which have to be able to provide their social, environmental and economic services, including enhancing wood availability, which is the pillar upon which the whole European sawmill Industry is standing. When implementing the LULUCF regulation, harvested wood products and their central role in the decarbonization of the economy should be properly accounted for.
The European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry wishes to all Members of the European Parliament a fruitful 2018.
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"Gamers aren't overcharged, they're undercharged," says Wall Street analyst
By Sherif Saed, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 10:06 GMT
In the wake of Star Wars: Battlefront 2's bungled microtransactions implementation, one analyst has adopted a controversial stance.
Evan Wingren, a financial analyst for KeyBanc Capital Markets, has said in a note to investors that the negative reaction microtransactions in $60 games, such as in the recent case of Star Wars: Battlefront 2, is "an opportunity to add to" game publishers, despite the "transitory risk" that comes from EA's decision to temporarily remove microtransactions.
"Gamers aren't overcharged, they're undercharged (and we're gamers). … This saga has been a perfect storm for overreaction as it involves EA, Star Wars, Reddit, and certain purist gaming journalists/outlets who dislike microtransactions," said Wingren (via CNBC).
According to him, the cost per hour for a video game is still much lower than TV, and movies. This is even taking into account paying $20 per month for loot crates on top of the $60 admission price. Assuming the player in question plays the game for around two-and-a-half hours per day for a year, it comes out to 40 cents per hour, compared to 60 cents for television, and 80 cent for a movie rental.
"Quantitative analysis shows that video game publishers are actually charging gamers at a relatively inexpensive rate, and should probably raise prices," he added.
With that said, the analyst predicted that Battlefront 2 may not hit its 13 million sales forecast, as a result of this controversy.
"Despite its inconvenience to the popular press narrative, if you like Star Wars and play video games at an average rate, you're far better off skipping the movie and playing the game to get the most bang for your buck."
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Inland Revenue is on the hunt for 'digital change head', as the organisation looks to meet its customers' changing expectations and Government priorities on the road to becoming digital at its core.
As the company undergoes a 'business transformation', which involves a new tax system that the IRD says will 'radically improve' how business, customers and other parties interact and transact, it is looking for an 'authority' on digital innovation.
The newly-created role of Director Digital Change will be tasked with developing the right skills, capabilities and culture to deliver new, customer-focused digital services and products across Inland Revenue, and across other agencies and business partners.
"Our business transformation doesn't only relate to the transformation and modernisation of our IT systems, it also includes all of our processes, platforms, policies and service delivery," Inland Revenue says.
"Inland Revenue is transforming; we're making it easier for customers to do business with us, we're listening and working collaboratively with customers, agencies across government, and in the private sector as we design new processes and services," the company explains.
"We have started digitising our current world, and now need to progress the journey to become digital at our core," it says.
This is where the digital change director comes in.
Inland Revenue says the new director will be working in an environment of constant change and innovation, and the company will be looking into all potential candidates' backgrounds in successfully delivering digital transformation within a large and complex organisation.
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Jan-Olov Gezelius, född 15 januari 1935 i Norrbärke församling i Kopparbergs län, död 9 juni 2021, var en svensk officer i flygvapnet.
Biografi
Gezelius blev fänrik i flygvapnet 1959. Han befordrades till löjtnant 1961, till kapten 1967, till major 1972, till överstelöjtnant 1973, till överste 1983 och till överste av första graden 1986.
Gezelius inledde sin militära karriär i flygvapnet 1959 vid Södertörns flygflottilj (F 18). Åren 1967–1968 var han divisionschef vid Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7). Han var 1972–1976 lärare på Flyglinjen vid Militärhögskolan (MHS). Åren 1976–1979 var han flygchef vid Västgöta flygflottilj (F 6). Därefter var han 1983–1985 ställföreträdande sektorflottiljchef och tillika flottiljchef för Upplands flygflottilj (F 16/Se M). Åren 1985–1987 var han chef för Operationsledningen vid Södra militärområdesstaben (Milo S). Han var chef för Operationsledningen vid Försvarsstaben 1987–1989 och var därefter 1989–1991 chef för Personalledningen vid Flygstaben. Åren 1992–1993 var han militärrådgivare vid den svenska nedrustningsdelegationen i Genève. Gezelius lämnade flygvapnet 1993.
Jan-Olov Gezelius invaldes 1986 som ledamot av Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien.
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The rapid advancement in Computer Science and Information Technology has brought the added need and challenge for qualified personnel such as engineers, technicians, physicist , scientists, radiological technicians and other related professionals in order to cope with and address the needs of every nation, in particular South Africa. It is thus fitting that the school education system and the Higher Education Sector should be in a position to prepare our youth, especially in scientific and technological fields.
The Undergraduate Support Programme for undergraduate students is a programme initiated by SAASTA towards increasing the SET human capital in the country.
Identify and nurture talent towards SET careers, in particular a career in Physics.
Exposing undergraduate students in Physics to career opportunities in Physics; through interacting with appropriate role models, visiting of science councils, research facilities and industries.
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I recently tweeted that one of my favourite things about Paris is that it seems totally acceptable to walk around with your head in a book and bump into a total stranger by accident. This is probably something I completely romanticise, but I love that I saw it so frequently whilst over there. People don't seem to let modern life get in the way of them reading regularly – something that I'm finding increasingly harder to make time for recently. I find it really hard to shut off my brain and just enjoy the book in front of me – hence the fact that whenever I go on holiday I get through about five books. The Shakespeare & Co bookshop is the perfect little hideout for a rainy day in Paris, a treasure trove full of classics, special editions, and even a Sylvia Plath shrine. I could have spent hours in there and would definitely recommend paying a visit if you're a fellow literature lover.
Side note – if you're interested in reading more about the Shakespeare & Co book shop, I came across a great little Vanity Fair article that you can read here!
My favourite place we spent time in would have to be Le Marais – it just has such a magical vibe to it that's noticeably different to the rest of Paris. The narrow streets were buzzing with all kinds of little quirks, falafel shops, and an array of colours that could keep you visually entertained for hours. We had a day of just wandering around, before visiting the Picasso museum and then drinking gin in a cute little bar just outside. It was even more beautiful in the evening time (all lit up like a dreamy postcard), and one place that I want to head straight back to as soon as I get the chance!
We decided to get a ticket to the top of the Eiffel Tower during the evening rather than the daytime. Mainly because we both love city light skylines and thought this would be the best way to experience it. We weren't actually allowed to the very top due to bad weather, but the second floor didn't seem like a downgrade in any way! It didn't feel too 'touristy' or cheesy which I was afraid it might do – it was just sparkling lights for as far as my eyes could see, and a sense of witnessing something very special. Basically one of those moments that you have dreamed about for years and then it finally comes true.
We queued up for about 25 minutes to get inside but it was more than worth it – I had been recommended this place by a few people so was keen to see what all the fuss was about. We eventually got let inside and wandered up this dark little road to a back door entrance of what looked like a completely abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. Inside, we were greeted with an elaborate display of rich coloured vintage furniture displays, fairy lights and hanging plants. There was also a cute little dance floor with a giant disco ball and everybody seemed to be drinking rum and juice – I could have basically moved in. It was like nowhere I have ever been, so put this to the top of your list for a night out in Paris!
A must-see for any Serge & Jane fans – the apartment is all closed off but apparently kept in it's original state from the day he died. It was pretty special to stand outside and imagine what treasures might be locked away inside. There's also lots of graffiti/art work on the walls outside which is fun to read!
We stayed in a lovely little Air bnb that we panic booked about two weeks before we flew – we had both been so busy with work that we just kept putting off the time to sit down and find the perfect place. Luckily, we found an ideal spot in the Japanese district of Paris – buzzing with personality and our host couldn't have been more helpful. I'd definitely recommend using Air bnb if you haven't before – I like the idea of staying in a place that's lived in by a real local, someone who is likely to steer you away from the usual cheesy tourist spots, and give you a real insight into their city.
Sam (my boyfriend), only informed me a few nights before we flew that we only had hand luggage, which is completely fine, but really meant that I was limited in terms of what I could take. If you're a serial over packer like myself then hand luggage can be a scary prospect – heaven forbid that you might have to wear the exact outfits you planned out. Of course, this sent me into a slight panic the night before – I wasn't sure what the weather would be like or what I'd feel like wearing whilst I was there. This made me conclude on the most simple pieces in my wardrobe – my fail safes that I wear to death and never disappoint me. I packed some staple frayed denim jeans, some striped knitwear, a classic wool coat, and a couple of cute blouses just incase. I was so grateful of my Levi jeans because they kept me warm the whole time, but could also be dressed up in the evening with a polka dot top and some lipstick.
I hope you enjoyed reading a little more about what we got up to, and do let me know in the comments below if there's anything you'd like me to discuss in more detail. Thanks again to all of you who took the time to message me with your recommendations – it's the best feeling knowing that I can engage with you guys and share new experiences with you!
Good choices on the outfits, I've been to Paris twice in the Winter and once in Summer. Winter, it was SO cold and only having hand luggage, I wore everything I could on the plane.
Also, LOVE Le Comptoir Général & Monmartre!
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I found it hard to believe that after being away for three weeks I came back to find the same fires that were burning when I left were still not contained! These disasters, and the current hurricane threat on the East Coast, are becoming more and more common. Frightening, no? Are you ready? Are your pets covered in your emergency plans? If the fire here last year wasn't a wake up call, then consider this one! Get prepared!
There are actually two different kinds of emergencies and although they have some common tenants, they are actually very different. In California, until recently, we mostly focused on earthquakes as the most likely emergency we would face. In that case, we are told, we need to be prepared to survive for three to five days on our own before help will arrive. That means we need to pack away food and water, basic toiletries and clothing and first aid materials. Including food, litter and other necessities for all your pets. Assume no electricity or phones and road closures so you have to stay in place.
The second type of emergency is something like the fires where you grab and go. The whole world is not burning (although it may seem all of California is in flames at times) so as soon as you are out of the area you will be able to buy groceries and clothing. Then what you need to grab from your home – besides your family and pets – are your valuables and irreplaceable items like photos. It was interesting to hear about some of the things people took with them during the fires last year. People packed their cars with toilet paper and water and lost precious pictures and family heirlooms.
The part that's the same for any kind of emergency is to have a plan on how to catch and transport your pets. Do you have cat carriers handy? Is your dog's leash always in the same place so it's easy to grab? Do you have pictures of your pets in case they disappear? Are they microchipped so they will be easy to identify? What are you waiting for? Microchips are free for Rohnert Park and Cotati residents at the shelter! Do you have a list of any medications your pets are on? A great idea I recently heard was to take a picture of the bottle of all medications so you can show to a veterinarian if you need to evacuate and get a refill. Take a picture of their vaccination records too so you can show proof if needed; then you are not trying to remember to grab a file and shuffling through papers.
Do you have a bag packed with some of your pets' food and litter if you need to grab and go? Do you know where you would go that will accept pets? More and more emergency shelters are allowing pets in with their owners if they are pet and people friendly but you might want to have some back-up options ready. And pick someone that lives out of the immediate area that can be your central contact in case you and other family members get separated. Make sure that person's contact information is programmed into everyone's phone.
There are some great resources for lists and suggestions on what to have in your emergency kits for pets. Instead of listing those items here, I'll just refer you to these websites: www.redrover.org/resource/pet-disaster-preparedness and www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/pet-disaster-preparedness and www.humanesociety.org/issues/animal_rescue/tips/pet_disaster_preparedness_kit. What I didn't realize when I first set-up my emergency containers is that's not the end of the work. You can't just pack it once and forget about them. The food and water you store away must be continuously rotated or when you need it years later you will be sadly disappointed that everything is spoiled. Being prepared for emergencies is a continuous process. Pick a date or day of the month that you will focus on this important task. As a family do a drill and check your supplies. Better to be ready and not ever need it than the opposite, right?
Would you like your cat to be happy?
I've been thinking a lot about the information from a cat behavior course I took last year. I'm finally getting around to rewriting our cat adoption packet to reflect some of the new thoughts and this summer I presented the cat care talk to our summer campers. Not wanting to be insulting, I skipped the part about cats needing food and water and tried to focus on simple things we can and should do as good cat parents to keep our pets safe and happy. It's really not that difficult if you whittle down all the possible extras that you could do and stick to the core items.
One of the most common reasons for cats to be surrendered to shelters has to do with litterbox issues. Cats are extremely fastidious creatures and also have a highly developed sense of smell. Put those two things together with a dirty litterbox and you can see right away where the problem lies. It's our job to provide enough litterboxes to give everyone a choice – that means one per cat plus one extra. And to keep them clean (to their standards, not ours) – which means scooping twice daily and washing it out weekly.
Understanding how cats in the wild live can help us understand some of our pet cats needs and instincts. The wild cat does just five basic behaviors all day – hunt, kill, eat, groom and sleep. Repeat. So does that mean we should all let our cats outside to indulge their need to hunt? Well the campers came up with a pretty impressive list of dangers to cats that are outdoors so that is definitely not the answer. As we've become more urbanized the risks outweigh the benefits by far. Of course you could compromise by buying or building an outdoor cat enclosure so they can feel sunshine yet be safe – check out one option at www.cdpets.com, or google catios for lots of ideas. But we can also enrich our indoor cats' lives by giving them the experience of hunting (there are hundreds of interactive toys on the market and you only need two-10-minute play sessions a day to keep your kitty happy), followed by a small meal or treat. Play is a positive release for pent-up energy and can help build the confidence of a timid or shy cat.
Cats are both preys and predators and need both high places and hiding spots to feel safe. So easy to do in the home! Jackson Galaxy, the Cat Daddy, coined the term "catify" to describe making the home more cat friendly. You can buy climbing trees and tunnels or just get creative and put a cat bed up on a bookcase and cut out windows in a cardboard box. Most conflicts between animals are because of perception of limited resources that need to be guarded. Make sure there are plenty of high and low sleeping spots, multiple food and water dishes (instead of one big bowl) in various places, lots of scratching posts and multiple litterboxes in safe locations and you've reduced the reasons for conflict.
I love sharing simple ideas that can have such a powerful positive effect on our pets' lives. If you've built a cat enclosure or special climbing post, came up with a fun game or catified your house in some way please post pictures on our Facebook page. It would be great to start sharing these good ideas so we can all make our cats happier. That is our job as their parents after all!
OK, I admit it. I'm consumed with puppy envy! My sister just adopted the cutest little puppy and since she doesn't live close by, I get to follow him via Facebook. I want to snuggle his furry little body and smell puppy breath! I guess it's hitting me harder than when she adopted a puppy a couple years ago since then I was set with my two dogs and could only think back to the one time I did adopt an 8-week-old pup and how difficult that was! Since then I have always said "been there, done that – never again!" Having a puppy is a lot of work, especially if you are serious about trying to do it right.
First you have to be aware of the two fear imprint stages (8-12 weeks and about 8-10 months). This is a time when a scary event, sudden noise, a too rough dog, friend, etc. could have lasting effects on your dog. Enough to make you want to put the pup into a safety bubble! But on the other hand according to Dr. Ian Dunbar, puppies have a critical socializing period between eight weeks and four months where they need to be exposed to other animals, surfaces, sounds and at least 100 new people each week in order to be a well adjusted, social, friendly, fearless dog as an adult. Uh huh – you read that right! Just like some people go into parenting assuming they will instinctively know what to do, too many people assume that if you provide food and water and a bit of exercise that puppies will grow up to be good dogs automatically.
I guess the down side is I know enough to be frightened of the responsibility! My one and only puppy was a real learning experience for me. It was back when I was just starting in the animal welfare field and, of course, I thought I knew everything! She was allowed to come to work with me so she had a very stimulating environment. It's amazing how quickly a puppy can do damage though. I left her loose in my bedroom (in a rental house) for less than two minutes while I ran to the bathroom and when I returned she had chewed a hole through the plaster of the wall. Right in the center of the room. I have no idea why. But that cost a pretty penny to have it patched and painted.
The biggest mistake I made raising Shana, was that I wanted a dog as a friend and treated her that way instead of being the parent and setting rules and making sure she followed them. As she matured it became apparent that I was not her leader and that made her both insecure and confused. I didn't realize that raising a youngster meant saying "no" sometimes and having consistent repercussions for disobedience. That was back in the day when training was a bit more coercive and we used choke chains to get dogs to do our bidding. Training meant putting on the chain and doing 10 minutes of sit, stay, down and come. I didn't realize that training was really what happened the other 23 hours and 50 minutes of the day! I would do things so differently now.
I guess the reason that this time I am envious, rather than pitying my sister for all the work she has before her, is that I'm down to just one dog at the moment and have begun the search for a second. My current dog can be selective about his dog friends so I have to be careful in my selection. My husband has also requested that since we've taken on a few dogs with behavioral issues it would be nice to just have a friendly easy dog (is there really such a thing?). Which makes me think maybe I should just raise one! But my husband is against a puppy and he also has to agree to our next canine. So I just wait for the next cute video of my new pup-nephew and give my two cents of advice when asked. Can't wait to meet him!
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Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools district building.
Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools hosting resource fair, discussion on gun violence
by: Mike Coutee
Posted: Nov 11, 2022 / 10:44 AM CST
Updated: Nov 11, 2022 / 10:44 AM CST
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools will be hosting a resource fair and panel discussions regarding gun violence.
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Office of Communications » Artstream Nomadic Gallery Brings Ceramic Art—and Artists—to Pitzer College
Artstream Nomadic Gallery Brings Ceramic Art—and Artists—to Pitzer College
Claremont, Calif. (March 29, 2017)—The Artstream Nomadic Gallery, founded by Pitzer College alumnus Alleghany Meadows '94, will cruise into Claremont on April 4, bringing an Airstream trailer full of work by contemporary ceramic artists to Pitzer's campus. Handmade ceramics will be on sale at the gallery, which will set up shop next to the Grove House, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The day-long visit includes artists' demonstrations and lectures. All events are free and open to the public.
The Artstream Nomadic Gallery is an exhibition space that criss-crosses the country in a restored 1967 Airstream trailer. Created by Meadows in 2002 to spread access to and appreciation of ceramic art, this gallery on wheels has toured the US from New York City to Los Angeles, exhibiting work by more than 150 national, international and emerging ceramic artists, according to the Artstream website. When it's not on the road, the Artstream Nomadic Gallery is based in Carbondale, CO.
Tim Berg, Pitzer College associate professor of art, says the Artstream Nomadic Gallery "is an incredible redefinition of what a gallery can be in the twenty-first century."
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Meadows and three other ceramic artists—Doug Browe, Ben Carter and Julia Galloway—will show and share their techniques in two sessions, one from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the other from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Pitzer College Ceramics Studio on the first floor of McConnell Center. Meadows and Galloway will talk about their work at 4 p.m. in Avery Hall 201.
Meadows majored in art at Pitzer. After graduating from Pitzer, he received a Watson Foundation Fellowship to study potters in Nepal and earned his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. His work has been exhibited across the country and can be found in private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX, and West Virginia's Huntington Museum of Art, which honored him with the Walter Gropius Master Award.
Meadows will also speak about art and entrepreneurship as part of the College's Career Services' Guiding Pitzer Students alumni event series on Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in the McConnell Living Room.
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\section{Introduction}
In this paper we study the dynamics of the probability density function $\rho(t,\omega)$, as one-particle distribution at time $t$ with direction $\omega\in\mathbb S^{d-1}$ (unit sphere of $\mathbb R^{d}$), which satisfies the system
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{main}
&\partial_{t}\rho= \Delta_{\omega}\rho-\nabla_{\omega}\cdot\Big(\rho\,\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega_{\rho}\Big),\\
&\Omega_{\rho}=\frac{J_{\rho}}{|J_{\rho}|}, \quad J_{\rho}=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\,\rho\, d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
Here the operators $\nabla_{\omega}$ and $\Delta_{\omega}$ denote the gradient and the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the sphere $\mathbb S^{d-1}$, respectively. The term $\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega$ denotes the projection of the vector $\Omega$ onto the normal plane to $\omega$, describing the mean-field force that governs the orientational interaction of self-driven particles by aligning them with the direction $\Omega$ determined by the flux $J$.
Notice that $\Omega$ is not defined when $J=0$, and this singularity in the vector field is one of the main difficulties
when studying the system \eqref{main}.\\
The equation \eqref{main} is the spatially homogeneous version of the kinetic Kolmogorov-Vicsek model, which was formally derived by Degond and Motsch \cite{D-M} as a mean-field limit of the discrete Vicsek model \cite{A-H, C-K-J-R-F, G-C, Vicsek} with stochastic dynamics. Recently, the stochastic Vicsek model has received extensive attention in the mathematical topics such as the mean-field limit, hydrodynamic limit, and phase transition. Bolley, Ca$\tilde{\mbox{n}}$izo and Carrillo \cite{B-C-C} have rigorously justified the mean-field limit
when the unit vector $\Omega$ in the force term of \eqref{main} is replaced by a more regular vector-field,
and Degond, Frouvelle and Liu \cite{D-F-L-1} provided a complete and rigorous description of phase transitions when $\Omega$
is replaced by $\nu(|J|)\Omega$, and there is a noise intensity $\tau(|J|)$ in front of $\Delta_{\omega}\rho$, where the functions $\nu$ and $\tau$ satisfy
\[
|J|\mapsto \frac{\nu(|J|)}{|J|}\quad\mbox{and}\quad |J|\mapsto \tau(|J|)\quad\mbox{are Lipschitz and bounded.}
\]
Indeed, this modification leads to the appearance of phase transitions such as the number and nature of equilibria, stability, convergence rate, phase diagram and hysteresis, which depend on the ratio between $\nu$ and $\tau$. It is important to observe that the assumptions of $\nu$ remove the singularity of $\Omega$ because $\nu(|J|)\Omega\to 0$ as $|J|\to 0$.
This phase transition problem has been studied as well in \cite{A-H, C-K-J-R-F, D-F-L-1, D-F-L-2, F-L, G-C}.
Concerning studies on hydrodynamic descriptions of kinetic Vicsek model we refer to \cite{D-F-L-1, D-F-L-2, D-M, D-M-2, D-Y, F},
see also \cite{Bo-Ca, D-D-M, H-J-K} for other related studies.
For the well-posedness of the kinetic Kolmogorov-Vicsek model, Frouvelle and Liu \cite{F-L} have shown the well-posedness in the spatially homogeneous case with the ``regular'' force field $\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}J$ instead of $\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega$. Moreover they have provided the convergence rates towards equilibria by using the Onsager free energy functional and Lasalle's invariance principle, and their results have been applied in \cite{D-F-L-1}.
On the other hand, Gamba and Kang \cite{Ga-Ka} recently proved the existence of weak solutions to the kinetic Kolmogorov-Vicsek model with the singular force field $\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega$ under the a priori assumption of $|J|>0$, without handling the stability issues, whose difficulty is mainly coming from the facts that the momentum is not conserved and no dissipative energy functional. As a study for its numerical scheme, we refer to \cite{G-H-M}. \\
The purpose of this paper is to present the global well-posedness and large time behavior of weak solutions to the spatially homogeneous problem \eqref{main}. In order to prevent the singularity of $\Omega_{\rho}$, we shall consider initial probability densities $\rho_0$ satisfying $|J_{\rho_0}|>0$. Nonetheless, since the momentum $J$ is not conserved, the condition $|J_{\rho_0}|>0$ may not immediately ensure that $|J_{\rho}|>0$ for all time.
As we shall see, a formal computation actually does show that $|J_{\rho(t)}|\geq |J_{\rho_0}|e^{-2(d-1)t}$
(see Lemma \ref{lem-moment}).
However, since it does not seem obvious how to justify this estimate, we shall rather argue by approximation.
More precisely,
we first regularize the equation \eqref{main} by adding a small constant $\varepsilon >0$ to the denominator of
$\Omega_{\rho}$. This allows us to look at \eqref{main} as the gradient flow with respect to Wasserstein distance of a $\varepsilon $-perturbed free energy functional,
and we will be able to prove the well-posedness of the regularized equation using the time-discrete scheme by Jordan, Kindeleherer, and Otto \cite{JKO}. Finally, using a compactness argument, we will obtain the global well-posedness of \eqref{main}.
For the large time behavior, we observe that,
as a consequence of \eqref{formula-2}, the system \eqref{main} can be written as the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation:
\begin{equation}\label{main-0}
\partial_{t}\rho= \Delta_{\omega}\rho-\nabla_{\omega}\cdot\Big(\rho\,\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho})\Big).
\end{equation}
We can easily see that the equilibrium states of \eqref{main-0} have the form of the Fisher-von Mises distribution: for any given $\Omega\in\mathbb S^{d-1}$,
these are given by
\[
M_{\Omega}(\omega):=C_M e^{\omega\cdot\Omega},
\]
where $C_M$ is the positive constant given by
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:CM}
C_M=\frac{1}{\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}e^{\omega\cdot\Omega}\,d\omega},
\end{equation}
so that $M_{\Omega}$ is a probability density function. Notice that the normalization constant $C_M$ does not depend on $\Omega$,
and can be easily computed when $d=3$ (see Appendix). In this paper we prove that any weak solution of \eqref{main} converges
exponentially to a stationary Fisher-von Mises distribution.\\
The paper is organized as follows.
In the next section, we briefly present some useful results and estimates in the optimal transportation theory, and then state our main results. Section 3 is devoted to the proof of existence of weak solutions. In Section 4, we prove the convergence of weak solutions towards the equilibrium in $L^1$ distance. In Section 5, we show that weak solutions are locally stable with respect to the Wasserstein distance, and as a consequence we obtain the uniqueness of the weak solution.
\section{Preliminaries and Main results}
\setcounter{equation}{0}
\subsection{Probability measures on the sphere}
Here we summarize useful results from optimal transportation theory that will be used throughout the paper.
We consider the embedded Riemannian manifold $\mathbb S^{d-1}\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ endowed with the ambient metric and geodesic distance given by
\[
d(x,y):=\inf\bigg\{\sqrt{\int_{0}^{1}\mid\dot{\gamma}\mid^{2}dt}~\Big|~ \gamma\in C^{1}((0,1),\mathbb S^{d-1}),\gamma(0)=x,\gamma(1)=y\bigg\}.
\]
We define the 2-Wasserstein distance (or transportation distance) with quadratic cost between two probability measures $\mu$
and $\nu$ as
\begin{equation}
W_{2}(\mu,\nu):=\sqrt{\inf_{\lambda\in\Lambda(\mu,\nu)}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}\times \mathbb S^{d-1}}d(x,y)^{2}\,d\lambda(x,y)},
\label{distance}
\end{equation}
where $\Lambda(\mu,\nu )$ denotes the set of all probability measures $\lambda$ on $\mathbb S^{d-1}\times \mathbb S^{d-1}$ with marginals $\mu$ and $\nu$,
i.e,
\[
\pi_{1\#}\lambda = \mu,\quad \pi_{2\#}\gamma = \nu,
\]
where $\pi_1: (x,y)\mapsto x$ and $\pi_2 : (x,y)\mapsto y $ are the natural projections from $\mathbb S^{d-1}\times \mathbb S^{d-1}$ to $\mathbb S^{d-1}$, and $\pi_{1\#}\lambda$ denotes the push forward of $\lambda$ through $\pi_1$.\\
Whenever $\mu$ is absolutely continuous with respect to the volume measure of $\mathbb S^{d-1}$, it follows by McCann's Theorem \cite{MC} that there exists a unique optimal plan $\lambda_0\in\Lambda(\mu,\nu)$ which minimizes \eqref{distance},
and such a plan is induced by an optimal transport map $T: \mathbb S^{d-1}\rightarrow \mathbb S^{d-1}$, i.e., $\lambda_0
=(Id,T)_{\#}\mu$ (thus, $T_{\#}\mu=\nu$). In addition, $T$ can be written as
\[
T(\omega)=\exp_{\omega}(\nabla \varphi(\omega)),
\]
for some $d^2/2$-convex function $\varphi : \mathbb S^{d-1} \to \mathbb R$
(see for instance \cite[Theorem 2.33]{user}).
We shall denote by $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ the metric space of probability measures on the sphere endowed with the Wasserstein distance.
We recall that $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ is a complete separable compact
metric space, and a sequence $\mu_{n}$ converges to $\mu$ in $W_{2}$ if and only if it converges weakly in duality with functions in $C(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ (see for example \cite[Theorem 3.7 and Remark 3.8]{user}).
The following proposition provides a useful estimate on the directional derivative of the map
$\mu\mapsto W_{2}^{2}(\mu,\nu)$, which is used in Section 3.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop-W}
Let $\mu,\nu\in \mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$, assume that $\mu$ is absolutely continuous,
let $X: \mathbb S^{d-1}\rightarrow T\mathbb S^{d-1}$ be a $C^{\infty}$ vector field, and define $\mu_{t}:=\exp(tX)_{\#}\mu$.
Then we have
\[
\limsup_{t\rightarrow0}\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\mu_{t},\nu)-W_{2}^{2}(\mu,\nu)}{t}\leq-2\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}\varphi (\omega)\cdot X(\omega)\,d\mu,
\]
where $\varphi:\mathbb S^{d-1}\to \mathbb R$ is a $d^2/2$-convex function such that
$\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi)$ is the optimal map sending $\mu$ onto $\nu$.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Let $\lambda_0\in\Lambda(\mu,\nu)$ be the optimal plan, i.e., $(Id,\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega} \varphi))_{\#}\mu=\lambda_0$. Since the measure
\[
\lambda_{t}:=\big((\exp(tX)\circ \pi_{1},\pi_{2} \big)_{\#}\lambda_0
\]
belongs to $\Lambda(\mu_t,\nu)$, it follows by the definition of $W_2$ (see \eqref{distance}) that
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
W_{2}^{2}(\mu_{t},\nu) &\leq \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}\times \mathbb S^{d-1}}d(\omega,\bar\omega)^{2}\,d\lambda_t\\
&=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}\times \mathbb S^{d-1}} d(\exp_{\omega}(tX),\bar\omega)^2 \,d\lambda_0\\
&=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} d\bigl(\exp_{\omega}(tX),\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega} \varphi)\bigr)^2 \,d\mu.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
We now recall that the following formula about the squared distance function (see for instance \cite[Section 1.9]{F-V}):
\begin{equation}\label{taylor}
d\bigl(\exp_{\omega}(tX(\omega)),\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega))\bigr)^2 \leq d\bigl(\omega,\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega))\bigr)^2 -2tX({\omega})\cdot \nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega)+C\, t^{2}.
\end{equation}
Thus
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
W_{2}^{2}(\mu_{t},\nu)&\leq\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}d\bigl(\omega,\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega))\bigr)^2 \,d\mu
-2t\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}X({\omega})\cdot \nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega)\,d\mu+C\,t^2\\
&=W_{2}^{2}(\mu,\nu)-2t\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}X({\omega})\cdot \nabla_{\omega} \varphi (\omega)\,d\mu+C\,t^2,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
and the result follows.
\end{proof}
Throughout the paper, we mainly deal with absolutely continuous measures. Hence, by abuse of notation, we will use sometimes $\rho$ to denote the absolutely continuous measure $\rho \,d\omega$ on the sphere $\mathbb S^{d-1}$.
\subsection{Formulas for the calculus on the sphere}
\label{secf:formulas}
We present here some useful formulas on sphere $\mathbb S^{d-1}$, which are used throughout the paper.\\
Let $F:\mathbb S^{d-1}\to \mathbb R^d$ be a vector-valued function and $f:\mathbb S^{d-1}\to \mathbb R$ be scalar-valued function. Then we have the following formulas related to the integration by parts:
\begin{equation}\label{formula-0}
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} f\,\nabla_{\omega}\cdot F \,d\omega = -\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} F\cdot(\nabla_{\omega}f -2\omega f)\, d\omega,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned} \label{form-0}
&\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} \omega \,\nabla_{\omega} \cdot F \,d\omega = -\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} F\, d\omega,\\
&\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} \nabla_{\omega} f \,d\omega = (d-1)\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} \omega\, f \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
Since $\nabla_\omega f$ is a tangent vector-field,
it follows immediately by the definition of the projection $\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}$ that
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{formula-1}
&\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\omega = 0,\\
&\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\nabla_{\omega} f =\nabla_{\omega} f.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
Moreover, for any constant vector $v\in\mathbb R^d$ we have
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{formula-2}
&\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot v) = \bbp_{\omega^{\perp}} v,\\
&\nabla_{\omega}\cdot(\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}v) = -(d-1) \,\omega\cdot v.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
We refer to \cite{O-T} for the derivations of the above formulas.
\subsection{Main results}
We now state our main existence, uniqueness, and convergence results.
In the sequel we shall restrict to the case $d \geq 3$ since
we will need to use the logarithmic Sobolev inequality on the sphere (see the proof of Lemma \ref{lem-equili}).
We point out that Lemma \ref{lem-equili} is not used in the existence part,
hence our approach allows one to get existence of solutions even in the case $d=2$.
\begin{theorem} (Existence and Uniqueness) \label{thm-exist}
Assume $d \geq 3$. Let $\rho_{0}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ be an initial probability measure satisfying
\begin{equation}\label{ini-assume}
|J_{\rho_{0}}|>0,\quad \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0 \,d\omega<\infty.
\end{equation}
Then the equation \eqref{main} has a unique weak solution $\rho \in L_{loc}^{2}([0,\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb S^{d-1}))$ starting from $\rho_0$, which is weakly continuous in time, and satisfies \eqref{main} in the weak sense: for all $\varphi\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ and $0\leq t<s$,
\[
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi\,(\rho(s)-\rho(t))\,d\omega=\int_{t}^{s}\bigg(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho(r)})\big]\,\rho(r)\,d\omega\bigg)\,dr.
\]
Moreover for all $t>0$,
\[
|J_{\rho}|^{2}\geq |J_{\rho_{0}}|^{2}e^{-2(d-1)t}.
\]
\end{theorem}
\begin{theorem} (Convergence to steady state) \label{thm-converge}
Assume $d \geq 3$. Let $\rho_{0}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ be an initial probability measure satisfying \eqref{ini-assume}.
Then there exist a constant vector $\Omega_{\infty} \in \mathbb S^{d-1}$ and a constant $C>0$,
depending only on $\rho_0$ and the dimension $d$, such that
\[
\|\rho(t) - M_{\Omega_{\infty}}\|_{L^1(\mathbb S^{d-1})} \le C\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\, d\omega+1\Big) e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}.
\]
\end{theorem}
\begin{remark}
Notice that, since the momentum $J_{\rho(t)}$ is not conserved in time, it is not clear how to determine the vector $\Omega_{\infty}$ from the initial data $\rho_0$.
\end{remark}
The following theorem provides a short time stability in Wasserstein distance when two initial probability measures are close to each other.
In particular it implies uniqueness of solutions.
\begin{theorem} (Stability in Wasserstein distance) \label{thm-stable}
Assume $d \geq 3$. Let $\rho_{0}, \bar\rho_0\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ be probability measures satisfying \eqref{ini-assume} and
\[
W_{2}(\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}_{0})\leq \frac{|J_{\rho_{0}}|}{16},
\]
and let $\rho(t)$ and $\bar \rho(t)$ denote the solutions of \eqref{main} starting from $\rho_0$ and $\bar\rho_0$, respectively.
Then there exist constants $C>0$ and $\delta>0$, depending on $\rho_{0}, \bar\rho_0$, such that
\[
W_{2}(\rho(t),\bar{\rho}(t))\le e^{\lambda t}\,W_{2}(\rho_0,\bar{\rho}_0)\qquad \forall\,t<\delta,
\]
where $\lambda:=(1+2/|J_{\rho_0}|)-(d-2)$.
\end{theorem}
\section{Existence}\label{sec-e}
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In this section, we prove the existence part in Theorem \ref{thm-exist}. For this, we first regularize the equation \eqref{main} using a parameter $\varepsilon \in (0,1)$ to prevent the singularity of $\Omega_{\rho}$, and then take $\varepsilon \to0$ using standard compactness argument.
It is worth noticing that the existence of solutions to the regularized system could be proved also by more standard
PDE arguments. However, we prefer to use this alternative approach since it will also provide us with some useful estimates for the limiting system.
\subsection{Regularized equation}
We first regularize \eqref{main} by adding $\varepsilon >0$ to the denominator of $\Omega_{\rho}$ as follows:
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{eqrob}
&\partial_{t}\rho^{\varepsilon }=\nabla_{\omega}\cdot\Big(\rho^{\varepsilon }\,\nabla_{\omega}\,(\log\rho^{\varepsilon}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}})\Big),\\
&\rho^{\varepsilon }(0)=\rho_{0},\\
&\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}=\frac{J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}},\quad J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}=\int_{S^{d-1}}\omega\,\rho^{\varepsilon } \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
In the next subsections, we show the existence of weak solutions to the regularized equation \eqref{eqrob} as a gradient flow with respect to Wasserstein distance of the $\varepsilon $-perturbed free energy functional
\[
\mathcal{E}^\varepsilon(\mu):=\begin{cases}
&\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} \rho\log \rho \,d\omega -\sqrt{| J_{\rho}|^{2}+\varepsilon}\quad\mbox{if}~\mu=\rho ~d\omega \\
&+\infty,\quad \mbox{otherwise}.\\
\end{cases}
\]
Notice that since $\rho\mapsto J_{\rho}$ is continuous with respect to $W_{2}$, the functional $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}$ is lower semicontinious with respect to $W_{2}$.
The next lemma provides some useful properties on derivatives of the functional $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon }$.
\begin{lemma}\label{lem-E}
For a given $\rho\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$, the following results hold.\\
(1) For any $d^2/2$-convex function $\varphi :\mathbb S^{d-1}\to\mathbb R$, the second derivative of $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}$ along
the geodesic $\rho_{t} \,d\omega:=\exp(t\nabla\varphi)_{\#}\rho \,d\omega$ at $t=0$ is given by
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
\label{Hessian}
&\quad\frac{d^2}{dt^{2}}\bigg|_{t=0}\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{t})=\int {\rm tr}([D^{2}\varphi]^{T}D^{2}\varphi)\,\rho \,d\omega+(d-2)\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla\varphi|^{2}\rho \,d\omega\\
&\qquad+\int\nabla\varphi \,D^{2}(\Omega^{\varepsilon}_\rho\cdot\omega)\,\nabla\varphi\,\rho \,d\omega
- \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\bigg(\Big|\int\nabla\varphi\,\rho \,d\omega\Big|^{2}
-\Big(\int\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho}\cdot\nabla\varphi\,\rho \,d\omega\Big)^{2} \bigg).\\
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
(2) For any smooth vector field $X: \mathbb S^{d-1}\rightarrow T\mathbb S^{d-1}$, the directional derivative of $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}$ along $\mu_{t}:=\exp(tX)_{\#}\rho \,d\omega$ at $t=0$ is given by
\begin{equation}\label{direct-E}
\lim_{t\rightarrow0}\frac{\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\mu_{t})-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho)}{t}=
\int_{S^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_\rho)\cdot X(\omega)\,\rho\,d\omega.
\end{equation}
(3) The slope of $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}$ is given by
\begin{equation}\label{E-slope}
|\nabla\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho)|:=\limsup_{\bar\rho\rightarrow\rho}\frac{(\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\bar\rho)-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho))_{+}}{W_{2}(\bar\rho,\rho)}
=\sqrt{\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_\rho)|^{2}\rho ~d\omega}.
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Once we prove \eqref{Hessian}, since the Hessian of the map $\omega \mapsto \Omega^{\varepsilon}_\rho\cdot\omega$ has norm bounded
by $1$ and $\mbox{tr}([D^{2}\varphi]^{T}D^{2}\varphi)\ge 0$,
we get
\begin{equation}\label{see}
\frac{d^2}{dt^{2}}\bigg|_{t=0}\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{t}) \ge - \lambda \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla\varphi|^{2}\rho \,d\omega,
\end{equation}
with $\lambda=(1+\varepsilon ^{-1/2})-(d-2)$.
This means that the functional $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}$ is $(-\lambda)$-convex,
and it follows by standard theory (see for instance \cite[Chapter 10]{Ambrosio-Gigli-Savare}) that \eqref{direct-E} and \eqref{E-slope}
hold.
Thus the remaining part is devoted to the proof of \eqref{Hessian}.
We begin by noticing that, since $\rho_{t} \,d\omega:=\exp(t\nabla\varphi)_{\#}\rho \,d\omega$ is a geodesic in $W_2$,
the couple ($\rho_t,\varphi_t$) solves the following system of continuity/Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the distributional/viscosity sense
(see for instance \cite[Chapter 13]{Villani}):
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned} \label{system}
&\partial_{t}\rho_{t}+\nabla\cdot(\rho_{t}\nabla\varphi_{t})=0,\\
&\partial_{t}\varphi_t+\frac{|\nabla\varphi_{t}|^{2}}{2}=0,
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
where $\rho_0=\rho$ and $\varphi_0=\varphi$.\\
Then, using first the continuity equation above, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_t\log\rho_t \,d\omega-\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}\Big)&=\int\log\rho_t\,\partial_{t}\rho_t \,d\omega-\frac{J_{\rho_t}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\cdot\int\omega\,\partial_{t}\rho_t \,d\omega\\
&=-\int\log\rho_t\,\nabla\cdot (\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,d\omega+\int\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot \omega\,\nabla\cdot (\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,d\omega\\
&=\int\nabla\varphi_t\cdot\nabla\log\rho_t \,\rho_t \,d\omega-\int\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega\\
&=-\int\Delta\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega -\int\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Thus,
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d^2}{dt^2}\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{t})
&=-\frac{d}{dt}\int\Delta\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega
-\frac{d}{dt}\int\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega\\
&=: I_1 +I_2.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Using \eqref{system}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_1 &=\int \Delta\frac{|\nabla\varphi_t|^{2}}{2}\,\rho_t\,d\omega +\int\Delta\varphi_t\nabla\cdot(\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t)\,d\omega\\
&=\int \Delta\frac{|\nabla\varphi_t|^{2}}{2}\,\rho_t\,d\omega -\int\nabla\Delta\varphi_t\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t\,d\omega\\
&= \int \mbox{tr}([\nabla^{2}\varphi_t]^{T}\nabla^{2}\varphi_t)\,\rho_t \,d\omega+\int \mbox{Ric}(\nabla\varphi_t,\nabla\varphi_t)\,\rho_t \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
where in the last equality we used the Bochner formula
\[
\Delta\frac{\mid\nabla\varphi\mid^{2}}{2}-\nabla\varphi\cdot \nabla\Delta\varphi
=\mbox{tr}([\nabla^{2}\varphi]^{T}\nabla^{2}\varphi)+\mbox{Ric}(\nabla\varphi,\nabla\varphi).
\]
Since the Ricci curvature tensor of $\mathbb S^{d-1}$ is $(d-2)I_{d-1}$, we have
\[
I_1=\int \mbox{tr}([\nabla^{2}\varphi_t]^{T}\nabla^{2}\varphi_t)\,\rho_t \,d\omega+(d-2)\int |\nabla\varphi_t|^2\, \rho_t \,d\omega.
\]
For $I_2$, we use \eqref{formula-1} and \eqref{formula-2} to get
\begin{equation}\label{equ-1}
\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t = \bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\nabla\varphi_t = \bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\nabla\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} = \nabla\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t},
\end{equation}
which yields
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_2 &=-\frac{d}{dt}\int\nabla\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\,\rho_t \,d\omega\\
&=-\int\partial_t\rho_t \,\nabla\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} \,d\omega-\int\rho_t \,\nabla\partial_t\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} \,d\omega-\int\rho_t \,\nabla\varphi_t\cdot \partial_t\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} \,d\omega\\
&=: I_{21} + I_{22} + I_{23}.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Using \eqref{system} and \eqref{equ-1}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_{21}&= \int \nabla\cdot (\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,\nabla\varphi_t\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} \,d\omega\\
&= \int \nabla\cdot (\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega\\
&= -\int \rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t\cdot \nabla\bigl(\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\varphi_t \bigr) \,d\omega\\
&=-\int\rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t \,D^{2}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\,\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega+\int\rho_t \,\nabla(\omega\cdot \Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\Big(\frac{|\nabla\varphi_t|^2}{2}\Big)\,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Similarly we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_{22}&= \int\rho_t\, \nabla\Big(\frac{|\nabla\varphi_t|^2}{2}\Big)\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t} \,d\omega\\
&= \int\rho_t \, \nabla(\omega\cdot \Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\cdot\nabla\Big(\frac{|\nabla\varphi_t|^2}{2}\Big)\,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
thus
\[
I_{21}+I_{22} = -\int\rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t \,D^{2}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t})\,\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega.
\]
Concerning $I_{23}$, since
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\partial_t\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}&= \frac{\partial_{t}J_{\rho_t}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}
- \frac{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\,\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot \partial_{t}J_{\rho_t}\\
&= \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}} \Big( -\int \omega\,\nabla\cdot(\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,d\omega + \Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\int\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\omega\,\nabla\cdot(\rho_t\nabla\varphi_t) \,d\omega \Big)\\
&= \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}} \Big( \int \rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega -\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\int \nabla(\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\omega)\cdot\nabla\varphi_t \,\rho_t\, d\omega \Big)\\
&= \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}} \Big( \int \rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega -\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\int \Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\, \rho_t\, d\omega \Big),\\
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_{23}&=- \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\int\rho_t \, \nabla\varphi\cdot\Big( \int \rho_t\,\nabla\varphi_t \,d\omega - \Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\int\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\nabla\varphi_t \,\rho_t \,d\omega \Big) \,d\omega\\
&=- \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\bigg|\int\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega\bigg|^{2}
+ \frac{1}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho_t}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\bigg(\int\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_t}\cdot\nabla\varphi_t\,\rho_t \,d\omega\bigg)^{2}.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Recalling that $\rho_0=\rho$ and $\varphi_0=\varphi$, this completes the proof of \eqref{Hessian}.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Minimizing movements for the free energy}
To prove existence of solutions to the regularized problem,
we use the time-discrete scheme by Jordan, Kindeleherer and Otto \cite{JKO} (see also \cite{Figalli-Gigli}).
Hence, in all this section, $\varepsilon >0$ is fixed and, to simplify the notation, we shall not explicitly show the dependence on it.
Given a time step $\tau>0$, for a given initial data $\rho_{0}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ we set
\[
\rho_{0}^{\tau}=\rho_{0},
\]
and then recursively define $\rho_{n}^{\tau}$ as a minimizer of
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{scheme-W}
\sigma\mapsto \frac{W_{2}^{2}(\sigma,\rho_{n-1}^{\tau})}{2\tau}+\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\rho).
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
The existence of a minimizer to \eqref{scheme-W} is guaranteed as follows.
\begin{lemma}\label{lem-step} For a given $\tau>0$ and $\rho\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$, there exists
a minimum $\rho_{\tau}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ of
\[
\sigma\rightarrow\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\sigma,\rho)}{2\tau}+\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\sigma)\label{minmov}.
\]
Furthermore, the optimal transport map $T$ sending $\rho_\tau\,d\omega$ onto $\rho\,d\omega$ is given by
\begin{equation}\label{T-map}
T(\omega)=\exp_{\omega}\big[\tau\nabla_{\omega}\big(\log\rho_{\tau}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_{\tau}}\big)\big].
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
First of all, the existence of a minimum $\mu_{\tau}=\rho_{\tau}\,d\omega$ follows from the fact that
$\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}$ is lower semicontinous and bounded from below thanks to
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{E-lower}
\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{t})&\geq \min_{x>0}x\log x \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} \,d\omega -\sqrt{\Big|\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_t \,d\omega \Big|^2+\varepsilon}\\
&\geq |\mathbb S^{d-1}|\, e^{-1}\log e^{-1} -\sqrt{1+\varepsilon}.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
To show \eqref{T-map}, let $\varphi$ be a $d^2/2$-convex function such that $\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi)$ is the optimal map
sending $\rho_\tau\,d\omega$ onto $\rho\,d\omega.$
For any smooth vector field $X$ on $\mathbb{S}^{d-1}$, we set
\[
\mu_t:=\exp(tX)_{\#}\rho_{\tau} \,d\omega.
\]
Using the minimality of
$\rho_{\tau}$, we get
\[
\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\mu_t)-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{\tau})+
\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\mu_t, \rho)-
W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{\tau}, \rho)}{2\tau}\geq0.
\]
Then we use Proposition \ref{prop-W} and \eqref{direct-E} to obtain
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
&\int_{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}\big(\log\rho_{\tau}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_{\tau}}\big)\cdot X(\omega)\,\rho \,d\omega
-\frac{1}{\tau}\int_{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot
X(\omega)\,\rho \,d\omega\\
&\quad\geq \limsup_{t\rightarrow0}\Big( \mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\mu_t)-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{\tau})+
\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\mu_t, \rho)-
W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{\tau}, \rho)}{2\tau} \Big)\ge 0.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Exchanging $X$ with $-X$, this yields
\[
\int_{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}\tau\,\nabla_{\omega}\big(\log\rho_{\tau}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_{\tau}}\big)\cdot X(\omega)\,\rho \,d\omega = \int_{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot
X(\omega)\,\rho \,d\omega,
\]
and since $X$ is arbitrary we get
\[
\nabla_{\omega}\varphi=\tau\,\nabla_{\omega}\big(\log\rho_{\tau}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho_{\tau}}\big),
\]
which proves \eqref{T-map}.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Existence of the regularized equation \eqref{eqrob}}
Using the sequence of minimizers defined in the previous section, we define the discrete solution $t\mapsto \rho^{\tau}(t)$ by
$$
\rho^{\tau}(t):=\rho_{n}^{\tau},\qquad \text{for } t\in[n\tau,(n+1)\tau).
$$
We show now the existence of weak solutions to \eqref{eqrob} as a limit of the discrete solutions $\rho^{\tau}$ as $\tau\to 0$.
\begin{proposition} \label{prop-exist}
Assume $\rho_0\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ with $\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log \rho_0 \,d\omega<\infty$. Then, for any sequence $\tau_{k}\downarrow0$,
up to a subsequence $\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t)$ converges to some limit $\rho(t)$ locally uniformly in time. The limit $t\mapsto\rho(t)$
belongs to $L_{loc}^{2}([0,\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb S^{d-1}))$ and is a weak solution of \eqref{eqrob}.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Throughout the proof, we will use the following inequality for the sequence of minimizers $\rho_n^{\tau}$ of \eqref{scheme-W},
\begin{equation}
\label{e-ineq}
\frac{1}{2}\sum_{i=n}^{m-1}\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{i+1}^{\tau},\rho_{i}^{\tau})}{\tau}+\frac{\tau}{2}\sum_{i=n}^{m-1}|\nabla \mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{i}^{\tau})|^{2}\leq \mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{m}^{\tau})-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{n}^{\tau}),\qquad \mbox{for any}~ n< m,
\end{equation}
referring to \cite[Lemma 3.2.2]{Ambrosio-Gigli-Savare} for its proof.\\
Since $\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{m}^{\tau})\le \mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_0)$ for all $m$ and
$\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{n}^{\tau})$ bounded from below due to \eqref{E-lower}, we have
\begin{equation}\label{e-1}
\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{m}^{\tau})-\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{n}^{\tau})\leq {\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{0})}+\sqrt{1+\varepsilon }.
\end{equation}
Let $\{\tau_{k}\}_{k\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence converging to $0$. Then, for any $n< m$,
\begin{equation}\label{useful}
\frac{1}{2}\sum_{i=n}^{m-1}\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{i+1}^{\tau_{k}},\rho_{i}^{\tau_{k}})}{\tau_k}\leq {\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{0})}+\sqrt{2}
\end{equation}
(recall that $\varepsilon \leq 1$).
Notice that
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Eeps}
\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{0}) \le \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log \rho_0\,d\omega<\infty.
\end{equation}
Also, it follows by Jensen's inequality that
\[
\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{m}^{\tau},\rho_{n}^{\tau})}{(m-n)^2}\le \Big(\frac{\sum_{i=n}^{m-1}W_{2}(\rho_{i+1}^{\tau},\rho_{i}^{\tau})}{m-n}\Big)^2 \le \frac{\sum_{i=n}^{m-1}W_{2}^2(\rho_{i+1}^{\tau},\rho_{i}^{\tau})}{m-n}\le 2\tau ({\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{0})}+\sqrt{2}).
\]
Hence, setting $n=[\frac{s}{\tau}]$ and $m=[\frac{t}{\tau}]$ for any $0\le s<t$, we have
\begin{equation}
\label{d-equicont}
W_{2}(\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t),\rho^{\tau_{k}}(s))\leq\sqrt{2(\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho_{0})+\sqrt{2})\,[t-s+\tau_{k}]}.
\end{equation}
This equicontinuity estimate combined the compactness of $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ implies that, up to a subsequence,
\begin{equation}\label{converge}
\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t)~\mbox{converges to some limit}~\rho(t)~\mbox{in} ~(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1}),W_{2})~\mbox{ locally uniformly in} ~t\ge0.
\end{equation}
We now show that $t\mapsto\rho(t)$ is a weak solution of
\eqref{eqrob}. For $n\in\mathbb{N}$, by \eqref{scheme-W} and Lemma \ref{lem-step}, we have
\[
\Big(\exp_{\omega}\big(\tau_{k}\nabla_{\omega}\big(\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}}\big)\big)\Big)_{\#}\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}\,d\omega = \rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n}\,d\omega.
\]
Thus, for any $\varphi\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1})$,
\[
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi(\omega)\,(\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}}-\rho_{n}^{\tau_{k}})\,d\omega
=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\Big(\varphi(\omega)
-\varphi \big(\exp_{\omega}(\tau_{k}\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}}))\big)\Big)
\,\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1} \,d\omega.
\]
Using, for each $\omega \in \mathbb S^{d-1}$, the Taylor formula along the geodesic $s\mapsto\exp_{\omega}(s\tau_{k}\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}}))$, we have
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{sum-eq}
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi(\omega)\,(\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}}-\rho_{n}^{\tau})\,d\omega
&=-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\tau_{k}\,\nabla_{\omega}\varphi(\omega)\cdot
\nabla_{\omega}\big[\log\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}}
-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}}\big]\,
\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega
+R(n,\tau_{k})\\
&=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\tau_{k}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}})\big]
\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega+R(n,\tau_{k}),
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
where the remainder term $R(n,\tau_k)$ can be estimated by
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{remainder}
R(n,\tau_k)&\leq\|D_{\omega}^{2}\varphi\|_{L^{\infty}(\mathbb S^{d-1})}\int_{S^{d-1}} d^{2}\Big(\omega,\exp_{\omega}(\tau_{k}\nabla_{\omega}\big[\log\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}}-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}}\big]\Big)\,\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}}\,
d\omega\\
&=\|D_{\omega}^{2}\varphi\|_{L^{\infty}(\mathbb S^{d-1})}\,
W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}},\rho_{n}^{\tau_k}),
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
For any $0\leq t<s $, we sum up \eqref{sum-eq} from $l:=[\frac{t}{\tau_{k}}]$ to $m:=[\frac{s}{\tau_{k}}]$ to get
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi\,(\rho^{\tau_{k}}(s)-\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t))\,d\omega
&\le \sum_{n=l}^{m}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\tau_{k}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}_{n+1}})\big]\,
\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \\
&\quad +\sum_{n=l}^{m}R(n,\tau_k)\\
&=\int_{(l+1)\tau_k}^{(m+2)\tau_k}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r)})\big]\,
\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r) \,d\omega \,dr \\
&\quad +\sum_{n=l}^{m}R(n,\tau_k).
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Letting $\tau_{k}\to0$, \eqref{converge} implies
\[
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi\,(\rho^{\tau_{k}}(s)-\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t))\,d\omega \to \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi\,(\rho(s)-\rho(t))\,d\omega.
\]
Since $J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}\to J_{\rho}$, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
|\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}-\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho}| &\le \frac{\Big| J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}(\sqrt{|J_{\rho}|^2+\varepsilon }- \sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}|^2+\varepsilon })+ \sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}|^2+\varepsilon }(J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}-J_{\rho}) \Big|}
{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}|^2+\varepsilon }\sqrt{|J_{\rho}|^2+\varepsilon }}\\
& \le \frac{1}{\varepsilon }\Big(|J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}-J_{\rho}|+\Big|\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}|^2+\varepsilon }- \sqrt{|J_{\rho}|^2+\varepsilon }\Big| \Big)\\
&\to 0,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
which implies that, for all $r$,
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
&\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r)})\big]\,
\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r) \,d\omega\\
&\quad\to \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho(r)})\big]\,
\rho(r) \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Moreover since $\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r)})\big]\,
\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r) \,d\omega$ is uniformly bounded, the dominated convergence theorem yields
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
&\int_{(l+1)\tau_k}^{(m+2)\tau_k}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r)})\big]\,
\rho^{\tau_{k}}(r) \,d\omega \,dr\\
&\quad\to \int_{t}^s \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho(r)})\big]\,
\rho(r) \,d\omega \,dr.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
On the other hand, since \eqref{remainder} and \eqref{useful} give
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\sum_{n=l}^{m}R(n,\tau_k) &\leq C\,\sum_{n=l}^{m} W_{2}^{2}(\rho_{n+1}^{\tau_{k}},\rho_{n}^{\tau_k})\\
&\leq C(\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon }(\rho_{0})+\sqrt2)\tau_{k} \to 0,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
we have shown that $0\leq t<s $,
\[
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\varphi\,(\rho(s)-\rho(t))\,d\omega =\int_{t}^s \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\big[\Delta_{\omega}\varphi
+\nabla_{\omega}\varphi\cdot \nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho(r)})\big]\,
\rho(r) \,d\omega \,dr,
\]
which provides the weak formulation of $\eqref{eqrob}$. Moreover, thanks to \eqref{d-equicont} and \eqref{eq:Eeps},
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:equicont}
W_2(\rho(t),\rho(s)) \leq \sqrt{2 \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log \rho_0\,d\omega}\,\sqrt{t-s},
\end{equation}
hence
$t\mapsto \rho(t)$ is weakly continuous and $\rho$ is a weak solution to $\eqref{eqrob}$.
It remains to show that $\rho\in L_{loc}^{2}([0,\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb S^{d-1}))$. Using again \eqref{e-ineq} and \eqref{e-1} we see that, for any $0\le t<s$,
\[
\int_t^s |\nabla\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho^{\tau_{k}}(t))|^{2}dt\leq 2(\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon }(\rho_{0})+\sqrt2),
\]
which together with \eqref{E-slope} yields
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{e-com}
2(\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon }(\rho_{0})+\sqrt2)&\ge \int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}-\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}})|^{2}\rho^{\tau_{k}} ~d\omega \,dt \\
&\ge \int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}|^2\rho^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \,dt
-2\int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}\cdot\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}})\,\rho^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \,dt\\
&\ge \frac{1}{2}\int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}|^2\rho^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \,dt
-2\int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\tau_{k}}})|^2\rho^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \,dt.
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
Since $|\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon})|=|\bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega|\le 1$, we have
\begin{align*}
\int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}\sqrt{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}|^2 d\omega \,dt
&=\frac{1}{2}\int_t^s\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}\log\rho^{\tau_{k}}|^2\rho^{\tau_{k}} \,d\omega \,dt\\
&\le 2(\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon }(\rho_{0})+\sqrt2) + 2(s-t),
\end{align*}
which implies that $\sqrt{\rho^{\tau_{k}}}$ is uniformly bounded in $L^{2}_{loc}([0,+\infty),H^{1}(\mathbb S^{d-1}))$.\\
Therefore, letting $\tau_k \to 0$, we get
\begin{equation}\label{sqrt}
\sqrt{\rho}\in L^{2}_{loc}([0,+\infty),H^{1}(\mathbb S^{d-1})),
\end{equation}
that combined with H\"older inequality implies that
${\rho}\in L^{2}_{loc}([0,+\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb S^{d-1}))$.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Uniqueness}
The following results provide the stability estimates for weak solutions to \eqref{eqrob}, thus their uniqueness. We shall revisit the arguments of the proof to show the stability and uniqueness of weak solutions to \eqref{main} in Section 5.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop-unique} (Uniqueness and stability).
Assume $\rho_0,\bar\rho_0\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ satisfy \eqref{ini-assume}. Let $\rho^{\varepsilon}, \bar{\rho}^{\varepsilon}$ be solutions of \eqref{eqrob} with corresponding initial datas $\rho_0,\bar\rho_0$. Then for all $t>0$,
\begin{equation}\label{eps-uni}
W_{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar{\rho}^{\varepsilon}(t))\leq e^{\lambda t}W_{2}(\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}_{0}),
\end{equation}
where $\lambda:=(1+\varepsilon^{-1/2})-(d-2)$.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
For a fixed time $t>0$, let $\varphi_0$ be a $d^2/2$-convex function such that $\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_0)$ is the optimal map
sending $\rho^\varepsilon (t)\,d\omega$ onto $\bar\rho^\varepsilon (t)\,d\omega$, and
consider the curve $[0,1]\ni r\mapsto\alpha_{r}\,d\omega$ of absolutely continuous measures defined by
\[
\alpha_{r} \,d\omega=\exp_{\omega}(r\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_{0})_{\#} \rho^{\varepsilon}(t)\,d\omega
\]
(the absolute continuity of $\alpha_r$ follows, for instance, from \cite[Section 5]{F-F}).
Then the curve $r\mapsto\alpha_{r} \,d\omega$ is the unique geodesic in $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ connecting $\alpha_{0}=\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)$ to $\alpha_{1}=\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)$ (see for example \cite[Corollary 3.22]{user}).\\
For each $r\in[0,1]$, let $\varphi_r$ be a $d^2/2$-convex function such that $\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_r)$ is the optimal map
sending $\alpha_{r} \,d\omega$ onto $\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)\,d\omega.$
Similarly, the curve $s\mapsto\alpha_{r,s} \,d\omega$ defined by
\begin{equation}\label{exp-alpha}
\alpha_{r,s} \,d\omega = \exp_{\omega}(s\nabla\varphi_{r})_{\#}\alpha_{r} \,d\omega,
\end{equation}
and it is the unique geodesic in $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ connecting $\alpha_{r,0}=\alpha_{r}$ to $\alpha_{r,1}=\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)$. Notice that it follows from the uniqueness of the geodesics that, for all $r,s\in[0,1]$,
\[
\alpha_{r+(1-r)s}=\alpha_{r,s}.
\]
Now, applying \eqref{Hessian} in Lemma \ref{lem-E} to \eqref{exp-alpha}, we estimate the second derivative of $\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}$ by Wasserstein distance as
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{second-1}
\frac{d^{2}}{dh^{2}}\bigg|_{h=r}\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{h})&=\frac{d^{2}}{dh^{2}}\bigg|_{h=0}\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{r,\frac{h}{1-r}})\\
&=\frac{1}{(1-r)^2}\frac{d^{2}}{ds^{2}}\bigg|_{s=0}\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{r,s})\\
&\geq-\frac{\lambda}{(1-r)^{2}}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla\varphi_{r}|^{2}\alpha_{r} \,d\omega\\
&=-\lambda\,\frac{W_{2}^{2}(\alpha_{r},\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))}{(1-r)^{2}}\\
&=-\lambda\, W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)),
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
where $\lambda:=(1+\varepsilon^{-1/2})-(d-2)$ (see \eqref{see}).\\
Since, by Taylor formula along the geodesic $r\mapsto\alpha_{r} \,d\omega$,
\[
\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{1})=\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{0})+\frac{d}{dr}\bigg|_{r=0}\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{r})+\int_{0}^{1}(1-r)\frac{d^{2}}{dr^{2}}\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\alpha_{r})\,dr,
\]
we use \eqref{direct-E} and \eqref{second-1} to have
\[
\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))\geq\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))+\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\varphi_{0}\cdot\nabla(\log\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})\,\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega-\frac{\lambda}{2}\,W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)).
\]
Similarly, applying the above arguments to the $d^2/2$-convex function $\overline{\varphi}_{0}$ satisfying
\[
\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)\,d\omega=\exp_{\omega}(\nabla\overline{\varphi}_{0})_{\#}\overline{\rho}^{\varepsilon}(t)\,d\omega,
\]
we have
\[
\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))\geq\mathcal{E^{\varepsilon}}(\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))+\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\bar\varphi_{0}\cdot
\nabla(\log\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})\,\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega-\frac{\lambda}{2}\,W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)),
\]
therefore
\begin{multline}
\label{eq:lambda}
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\varphi_{0}\cdot\nabla(\log\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})\,\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega\\
+ \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\bar\varphi_{0}\cdot\nabla(\log\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})\,\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega
\le \lambda \,W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)).
\end{multline}
We now claim that
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:claim}
\begin{split}
\frac{d}{dt}W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t))&= \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\varphi_{0}\cdot\nabla(\log\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})\,\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega\\
&\quad+ \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla\bar\varphi_{0}\cdot\nabla(\log\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)})
\,\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t) \,d\omega.
\end{split}
\end{equation}
Indeed, $\rho^{\varepsilon }$ and $\bar\rho^{\varepsilon }$ solve the continuity equation
\[
\partial_{t}\rho+\nabla_{\omega}\cdot(v[\rho]\rho)=0,
\]
where $v[\rho]:=\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_\rho-\log\rho)$ is a locally Lipschitz vector field. Moreover it follows
from \eqref{sqrt} that, for all $t<s$,
\[
\int_t^s \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}} |v[\rho]|\,\rho \,d\omega\le C\,(s-t)\Big(1+\|\nabla\sqrt{\rho}\|_{L^2(\mathbb S^{d-1})}\Big)<\infty.
\]
Hence the hypotheses of \cite[Theorem 23.9]{Villani} are satisfied implying \eqref{eq:claim},
and combining it with
\eqref{eq:lambda} yields
\[
\frac{d}{dt}W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)\le \lambda\,W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)),
\]
which completes the proof.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Properties of solutions to \eqref{eqrob}}
In the next lemma, we show that the momentum does not vanish for any finite time $t\in(0,\infty)$,
with an estimate independent of $\varepsilon $.
\begin{lemma} \label{lem-moment}
Let $\rho^{\varepsilon}$ be a solution of \eqref{eqrob}. Then, for all $t>0$,
\[
| J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}(t)} |^{2}\geq | J_{\rho_{0}}|^{2}e^{-2(d-1)t}.
\]
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
It follows from \eqref{eqrob} that
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}\frac{1}{2}| J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}|^{2}&=J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot\partial_{t}J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\\
&=J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \bigg(\int\omega\,\Delta\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega-\int\omega\, \nabla\cdot(\rho^{\varepsilon }\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}))\,d\omega\bigg)\\
&=J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \int\omega\,\Delta\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega-\int J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \omega\,
\nabla\cdot(\rho^{\varepsilon }\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}))\,d\omega \\
&=: I_1 + I_2.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
We use \eqref{form-0} to get
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_1 &= -J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \int\nabla\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega\\
&= -(d-1)J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \int\omega \,\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega\\
&=-(d-1)|J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}|^2.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Also, using \eqref{formula-0}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
I_2 &= \int \nabla(J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}\cdot \omega) \cdot\nabla(\omega\cdot\Omega_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}})\,\rho^{\varepsilon }
d\omega\\
&= \int \frac{\rho^{\varepsilon }}{\sqrt{|J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\, |\nabla(\omega\cdot J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}})|^2\, d\omega\\
&\ge 0.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Thus
\[
\frac{d}{dt}| J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}|^{2} \le -2(d-1)|J_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}|^2,
\]
which completes the proof.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Proof of the existence in Theorem \ref{thm-exist}}
Let $\{\varepsilon _{k}\}_{k\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence converging to $0$.
As a consequence of \eqref{eq:equicont} it follows
that the sequence $\{\rho^{\varepsilon _k}\}_{k\in\mathbb{N}}$ is equicontinous, so the compactness of $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1}),W_{2})$ imply that up to a subsequence, $\rho^{\varepsilon _{k}}(t)$ converges to some limit $\rho(t)$ in $(\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1}),W_{2})$ uniformly in $t\ge0$. Then since $J_{\rho^{\varepsilon _k}}\to J_{\rho}$, it follows from Lemma \ref{lem-moment} that for all $t>0$,
\begin{equation}\label{J-0}
| J_{{\rho}(t)} |^{2}\geq | J_{\rho_{0}}|^{2}e^{-2(d-1)t}.
\end{equation}
Therefore by the same arguments as the proof of Proposition \ref{prop-exist}, the limit $\rho$ is a weak solution to \eqref{main}. Moreover since a straightforward computation yields
\begin{align*}
\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{E}^{0}(\rho)& =-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho})|^2 \rho\,d\omega,
\end{align*}
the analogue of \eqref{e-com} with $\varepsilon =0$ combined with \eqref{eq:Eeps} provide
\[
{\rho}\in L^{2}_{loc}([0,+\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb S^{d-1})).
\]
\qed
\section{Convergence towards equilibrium}
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In this section, we prove Theorem \ref{thm-converge}. We start with the following estimates on the difference between $\rho^{\varepsilon}$ and $M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}}$.
\begin{lemma}\label{lem-equili}
Let $C_M$ be as in \eqref{eq:CM}, and let $\rho^{\varepsilon}$ be a solution of \eqref{eqrob}
starting from $\rho_0$. Then, for all $t>0$,
\[
\|\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)-M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)}}\|_{L^{1}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1})}\leq e^{-C_1t}\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\,d\omega +1-\log C_M\Big)+\sqrt{\varepsilon }.
\]
where
\[
C_1:=\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}
\]
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
First of all, for each measure $\rho^{\varepsilon }$, we denote its relative entropy with respect
to the probability measure $M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}}(\omega)\,d\omega =C_M e^{\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}}d\omega$ by
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}} )=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho^{\varepsilon }\log\Big(\frac{\rho^{\varepsilon }}{M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}} }\Big)\,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
which can also be rewritten as
\[
H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}} )=\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho^{\varepsilon }\log\rho^{\varepsilon } \,d\omega-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}
\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon }}\,\rho^{\varepsilon } \,d\omega- \log C_M.
\]
Since
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{{\rho}^{\varepsilon }}\,\rho^{\varepsilon } \,d\omega &=
\frac{J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\cdot\int\omega\,\rho^{\varepsilon } \,d\omega=\frac{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\\
&=\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}-\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}},
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
we have
\begin{equation}\label{relation-1}
\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho^{\varepsilon })=H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}})-\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}} + \log C_M.
\end{equation}
We now set $\alpha:=|\mathbb S^{d-1}|^{-1}$, and
regard the measure $M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}} \,d\omega$ as a bounded
perturbation of the constant probability measure $\alpha \,d\omega$, i.e.,
\[
M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}} = e^{\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}- \log C_M}=e^{\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}- \log C_M-\log\alpha}\alpha,
\]
where
\begin{equation}\label{osc}
{\rm osc}(\omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}- \log C_M-\log\alpha)\leq2.
\end{equation}
Since the Ricci curvature tensor of $\mathbb S^{d-1}$ is $(d-2)I_{d}$ and $d \geq 3$, the logarithmic Sobolev inequality \cite{B-E} implies
\[
H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid \alpha)\leq\frac{1}{2(d-2)}\int\bigg|\nabla\log\frac{\rho^{\varepsilon }}{\alpha}\bigg|^{2}\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega.
\]
Thus,
since the logarithmic Sobolev inequality is stable under bounded perturbations (see for instance \cite{H-S, Otto-Villani}),
it follows from \eqref{osc} that
\begin{equation}\label{ineq-1}
H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}})\leq\frac{e^{2}}{2(d-2)}\int\bigg|\nabla\log\frac{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}{M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}}}\bigg|^{2}\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega.
\end{equation}
Therefore, since \eqref{relation-1} yields
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}(\rho^{\varepsilon })=\frac{d}{dt}H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}})-\frac{d}{dt}\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}},
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
and we see
\begin{align}
\begin{aligned}\label{ineq-2}
\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{E}^{\varepsilon}({\rho}^{\varepsilon})& =-\int |\nabla(\log{\rho}^{\varepsilon}- \omega\cdot\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}})|^2 {\rho}^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega\\
&=-\int\bigg|\nabla\log\frac{{\rho}^{\varepsilon}}{M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho^{\varepsilon}}}}\bigg|^{2}\rho^{\varepsilon} \,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align}
it follows from \eqref{ineq-1} and \eqref{ineq-2} that
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}})\leq-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}\,H(\rho^{\varepsilon }\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}})
+\frac{d}{dt}\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Integrating this inequality, we get
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
H(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon}_{\rho^{\varepsilon }(t)}})&\leq e^{-C_1t}H(\rho_{0}\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho_0}})
+ e^{-C_1t}\int_0^t e^{C_1s}\,\frac{d}{ds}\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }(s)}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\,ds\\
&=e^{-C_1t}H(\rho_{0}\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho_0}})
+ \frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{\mid J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }(t)}\mid^{2}+\varepsilon}} - e^{-C_1t} \frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{\mid J_{\rho_0}\mid^{2}+\varepsilon}}\\
&\quad -C_1 e^{-C_1t}\int_0^t e^{C_1s}\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{|J_{\rho^{\varepsilon }(s)}|^{2}+\varepsilon}}\,ds\\
&\leq e^{-C_1t}H(\rho_{0}\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho_0}})+\sqrt{\varepsilon }.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Hence, thanks to the Csiszar-Kullback-Pinsker inequality (see for example \cite[Theorem 1.4]{entropy-inequality}) and the bound
\[
H(\rho_{0}\mid M_{\Omega^{\varepsilon }_{\rho_0}})\le \int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\,d\omega +1-\log C_M,
\]
we have the desired inequality.
\end{proof}
The above estimates immediately imply that our weak solutions of \eqref{main} looks more
and more as a Fisher-von Mises distribution as $t \to \infty$.
\begin{proposition} \label{prop-expo}
Let $\rho$ be a solution of \eqref{main}. Then for all $t>0$,
\[
\|\rho(t)-M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}}\|_{L^{1}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1})}
\leq e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\,d\omega +1-\log C_M\Big).
\]
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
The desired inequality follows by taking $\varepsilon \to 0$ in Lemma \ref{lem-equili} for each $t>0$.
\end{proof}
The above proposition only tells us that our solution $\rho(t)$ resembles to $M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}}$ for $t \gg 1$,
but it does not say whether the vector $\Omega_{\rho(t)}$ stabilizes to a fixed vector as $t\to \infty$.
To prove this fact, we first use the above result to obtain the uniform positivity of $|J_{\rho}|$ in time, which improves the estimate \eqref{J-0}. The following result ensures that if there is a limit $J_{\infty}$ of $J_{{\rho}(t)}$ as $t\to\infty$, then $J_{\infty}$ has to be a nonzero vector.
\begin{lemma} \label{lem-positive}
Let $\rho$ be a solution of \eqref{main} with initial data $\rho_{0}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ satisfying \eqref{ini-assume}. Then there exists a positive constant $C(\rho_0)$ only depending on $\rho_{0}$ such that for all $t>0$,
\[
|J_{{\rho}(t)}|>C(\rho_0).
\]
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Using Proposition \ref{prop-expo}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\bigg| J_{\rho(t)}-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}} \,d\omega \bigg|
&
= \bigg|\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\,(\rho(t)-M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}})\,d\omega\bigg|
\\
&\leq \|\rho(t)-M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}}\|_{L^{1}(\mathbb{S}^{d-1})}\\
&\leq e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\,d\omega +1-\log C_M\Big),
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
which yields
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
|J_{\rho(t)}|
&
\geq \bigg|\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}} \,d\omega\bigg|-\bigg| J_{\rho(t)}-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}} \,d\omega \bigg|
\\
&\geq \bigg|\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}} \,d\omega\bigg|-e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}\Big(\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\rho_0\log\rho_0\,d\omega +1-\log C_M\Big)\\
&=:R(t).
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
By \eqref{J-equ}, $C(d):=\big|\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\omega\cdot M_{\Omega_{\rho}} \,d\omega\big|$ is a positive constant independent of ${\Omega_{\rho}}$, thus
\[
R(t)\to C(d)\quad\mbox{as}~t\to \infty.
\]
Recalling \eqref{J-0}, this completes the proof.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Proof of Theorem \ref{thm-converge}}
We begin with
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt} J_{\rho}&=\int \omega\, \nabla_{\omega}\cdot\big(\rho \nabla_{\omega}(\log \rho-\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho}))\big) \,d\omega\\
&=-\int \rho\, \nabla_{\omega}\log \rho \,d\omega +\int \rho\,\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho}) \,d\omega.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
If we regard the above terms as functionals on $\rho$, that is,
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
&\mathcal{I}_1(\rho):=\int \rho\, \nabla_{\omega}\log \rho \,d\omega,\\
&\mathcal{I}_2(\rho):=\int \rho\,\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho}) \,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
then we see that
\[
\mathcal{I}_1(M_{\Omega_{\rho}})=\mathcal{I}_2(M_{\Omega_{\rho}}).
\]
Also, noticing that $\mathcal{I}_1(\rho)$ and $\mathcal{I}_1(\rho)$ can be written as (see Section \ref{secf:formulas})
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
&\mathcal{I}_1(\rho)=\int \nabla_{\omega} \rho \,d\omega=(d-1)\int \omega\, \rho \,d\omega,\\
&\mathcal{I}_2(\rho)=\int \rho\, \bbp_{\omega^{\perp}}\Omega_{\rho} \,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
|\mathcal{I}_1(\rho)-\mathcal{I}_1(M_{\Omega_{\rho}})|&\le (d-1)\Big| \int \omega \,(\rho-M_{\Omega_{\rho}}) \,d\omega \Big|\\
&\le C \|\rho - M_{\Omega_{\rho}}\|_{L^1(\mathbb S^{d-1})},
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
and
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
|\mathcal{I}_2(\rho)-\mathcal{I}_2(M_{\Omega_{\rho}})|&\le C \|\rho - M_{\Omega_{\rho}}\|_{L^1(\mathbb S^{d-1})}
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
for some dimensional constant $C$.
Thus, thanks to Proposition \ref{prop-expo}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\Big|\frac{d}{dt} J_{\rho}\Big|&=\Big| -\mathcal{I}_1(\rho) + \mathcal{I}_1(M_{\Omega_{\rho}}) -\mathcal{I}_2(M_{\Omega_{\rho}}) + \mathcal{I}_2(\rho) \Big|\\
&\le C \|\rho - M_{\Omega_{\rho}}\|_{L^1(\mathbb S^{d-1})}.\\
&\le C \,e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}.
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Together with Lemma \ref{lem-positive}, this implies that there exist a nonzero constant vector $J_{\infty}\in\mathbb R^d$ such that
\[
|J_{\rho(t)} - J_{\infty}| \le C e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t}.
\]
Therefore, setting $\Omega_{\infty}=\frac{J_{\infty}}{|J_{\infty}|}$, we have
\[
\|M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}}-M_{\Omega_{\infty}}\|_{L^1(\mathbb S^{d-1})}\le C\,|\Omega_{\rho(t)} -\Omega_{\infty}|\le C\, e^{-\frac{2(d-2)}{e^{2}}t},
\]
that combined with Proposition \ref{prop-expo} completes the proof.
\qed
\section{Uniqueness and Stability}
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In this section we present a stability estimate in Wasserstein distance, which provides as a corollary the uniqueness result in Theorem \ref{thm-exist}. First of all, notice that the stability estimate \eqref{eps-uni} does not imply the stability for \eqref{main}, because of the dependence
on $\varepsilon $ in
\eqref{eps-uni}.
We obtain here a stability estimate for short time when the two initial data $\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}_{0}$ are close to each other as
\begin{equation}\label{close}
W_{2}(\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}_{0}) \le \frac{|J_{\rho_0}|^2}{16}.
\end{equation}
To get the stability estimate, we use the following lemma on the continuity of the momentum $J_\rho$
with respect to the density $\rho$.
\begin{lemma}\label{lem-mc}
Let $\rho,\bar\rho\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb S^{d-1})$ be any measures satisfying $|J_{\bar{\rho}}|>0$. Then,
\[
\big| |J_{\bar{\rho}}|-|J_{\rho}| \big|\leq \frac{2\,W_{2}(\bar\rho,{\rho})}{|J_{\bar{\rho}}|} .
\]
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
We follow the same arguments in the proof of Proposition \ref{prop-unique}. Let $\varphi_0$ be a $d^2/2$-convex function such that $\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_0)$ is the optimal map sending $\rho\,d\omega$ onto $\bar\rho\,d\omega$, and
consider the unique geodesic $r\mapsto\alpha_{r} \,d\omega$ connecting $\alpha_{0}=\rho$ to $\alpha_{1}=\bar\rho$.\\
Similarly for each $r\in[0,1]$, let $\varphi_r$ be a $d^2/2$-convex function such that $\exp_{\omega}(\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_r)$ is the optimal map
sending $\alpha_r\,d\omega$ onto $\bar\rho\,d\omega$,
and consider the geodesic $s\mapsto\alpha_{r,s} \,d\omega$ connecting $\alpha_{r,0}=\alpha_{r}$ to $\alpha_{r,1}=\bar\rho$. Notice that $s\mapsto\alpha_{r,s} \,d\omega$ satisfies the continuity equation in the sense of distributions:
\[
\frac{\partial}{\partial s}\bigg|_{s=0}\alpha_{r,s} = -\nabla_{\omega}\cdot(\alpha_{r,s}\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_r ).
\]
Using the same computations as in \eqref{second-1}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{\partial}{\partial h}\bigg|_{h=r}\alpha_{h}=\frac{1}{1-r}\frac{\partial}{\partial s}\bigg|_{s=0}\alpha_{r,s} = -\frac{1}{1-r}\nabla_{\omega}\cdot(\alpha_{r}\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_r ),
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
thus
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}\bigg|_{h=r}| J({\alpha_{h}})|^2 &= 2J({\alpha_{h}})\cdot \frac{d}{dt}\bigg|_{h=r}J({\alpha_{h}})\\
&=\frac{2}{1-r}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot J(\alpha_{r}))\nabla_{\omega}\varphi_{r}\alpha_{r} \,d\omega\\
&\leq\frac{2}{1-r}\sqrt{\int_{S^{d-1}}\mid\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot J(\alpha_{r}))
\mid^{2}\alpha_{r} \,d\omega}\sqrt{\int_{S^{d-1}}\mid\nabla_{\omega}
\varphi_{r}\mid^{2}\alpha_{r} \,d\omega}\\
&\leq \frac{2}{1-r} W_{2}(\alpha_{r},\bar\rho)\\
&\leq 2\,W_{2}(\rho,\bar\rho).\\
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
Integrating the above inequality from $r=0$ to $r=1$ we get
\[
| J_{\bar{\rho}} |^2- |J_{\rho}|^2 \leq 2\,W_{2}(\rho,\bar\rho).
\]
Similarly applying the above arguments to another $d^2/2$-convex function $\overline{\varphi}_{0}$ sending
$\overline{\rho} \,d\omega$ onto ${\rho} \,d\omega$
we get
\[
|J_{\rho} |^2- |J_{\bar{\rho}}|^2 \leq 2\,W_{2}(\rho,\bar\rho),
\]
hence
\[
\Big| |J_{\bar{\rho}}|-|J_{\rho}| \Big|\leq \frac{2\,W_{2}(\bar\rho,{\rho})}{|J_{\bar{\rho}}|+|J_{\rho}|} \leq \frac{2\,W_{2}(\bar\rho,{\rho})}{|J_{\bar{\rho}}|}.
\]
\end{proof}
\subsection{Proof of Theorem \ref{thm-stable}}
Since $\rho$ solves the continuity equation
\[
\partial_{t}\rho+\nabla_{\omega}\cdot(\rho\,\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho}-\log\rho))=0,
\]
it follows from the Benamou and Brenier formula \cite{Benamou-Brenier} that, for any $t>0$,
\[
W_{2}^2(\rho(t),\rho_0)
\leq t\int_{0}^{t}\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho(\tau)}-\log\rho(\tau))|^2 \rho(\tau) \,d\omega \,d\tau.
\]
In addition, since
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{E}^{0}(\rho)& =-\int_{\mathbb S^{d-1}}|\nabla_{\omega}(\log\rho-\omega\cdot\Omega_{\rho})|^2 \rho\,d\omega,
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
we have
\[
W_{2}^2(\rho(t),\rho_0)
\leq t\int_{0}^{t} \Big(-\frac{d}{d\tau}\mathcal{E}^{0}(\rho) \Big) \,d\tau.
\]
Recalling \eqref{relation-1}, we see that
\[
\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{E}^0(\rho)=\frac{d}{dt}H(\rho\mid M_{\Omega_{\rho}}).
\]
Thus, for all $t>0$,
\[
W_{2}^2(\rho(t),\rho_0)\le t\,\Bigl(H(\rho_0\mid M_{\Omega(\rho_0)})-H(\rho(t)\mid M_{\Omega_{\rho(t)}})\Bigr)
\le t \,H(\rho_0\mid M_{\Omega(\rho_0)}).
\]
Analogously
\[
W_{2}^2(\bar\rho(t),\bar\rho_0)\le t\,H(\bar\rho_0\mid M_{\Omega(\bar\rho_0)}).
\]
Therefore, setting
\[
\delta:=\frac{|J_{\rho_0}|^4}{2^8 \max \{H(\rho_0\mid M_{\Omega(\rho_0)}),H(\bar\rho_0\mid M_{\Omega(\bar\rho_0)})\}}
\]
we have that, for all $t\le \delta$,
\begin{equation}\label{instant}
W_{2}(\rho(t),\rho_0)\leq \frac{|J_{\rho_0}|^2}{16},\qquad W_{2}(\bar\rho(t),\bar\rho_0) \leq \frac{|J_{\rho_0}|^2}{16}.
\end{equation}
For each time $t\le\delta$,
we consider the unique geodesic $r\mapsto\alpha_{r} \,d\omega$ connecting $\alpha_{0}=\rho(t)$ to $\alpha_{1}=\bar\rho(t)$.\\
Then, using \eqref{close} and \eqref{instant}, we have
\begin{align*}
\begin{aligned}
W_{2}(\rho_{0},\alpha_{r})&\leq W_{2}(\rho_{0},\rho({t}))+W_{2}(\rho({t}),\alpha_{r})\\
&\leq W_{2}(\rho_{0},\rho({t}))+W_{2}(\rho({t}),\bar{\rho}({t}))\\
&\leq2\,W_{2}(\rho_{0},\rho({t}))+W_{2}(\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}({t}))\\
&\leq2\,W_{2}(\rho_{0},\rho({t}))+W_{2}(\rho_{0},\bar{\rho}_{0})+W_{2}(\bar{\rho}_{0},\bar{\rho}({t}))\\
&\leq\frac{|J_{\rho_0}|^2}{4},
\end{aligned}
\end{align*}
and applying Lemma \ref{lem-mc} to $\rho_0$ and $\alpha_r$ we get
\[
\big| |J_{\rho_0}|-|J_{\alpha_r}| \big|\leq \frac{2\,W_{2}(\rho_0,\alpha_r)}{|J_{\rho_0}|}\le \frac{|J_{\rho_0}|}{2},
\]
thus
\begin{equation}\label{alpha-r}
|J_{\alpha_r}|\geq \frac{|J_{\rho_0}|}{2}.
\end{equation}
We now compute the second derivative of $\mathcal{E}^{0}$ using \eqref{second-1} and \eqref{Hessian}
with $\varepsilon =0$, and thanks to
\eqref{alpha-r} we have
\[
\frac{d^{2}}{dh^{2}}\bigg|_{h=r}\mathcal{E}^0(\alpha_{h})\ge -\lambda\, W_{2}^{2}(\rho^{\varepsilon}(t),\bar\rho^{\varepsilon}(t)),
\]
where $\lambda:=(1+2/|J_{\rho_0}|)-(d-2)$.\\
Hence,
using the same arguments in the proof of Proposition \ref{prop-unique}, we deduce that
\begin{equation}\label{w-stability}
W_{2}(\rho(t),\bar{\rho}(t))\le e^{\lambda t}W_{2}(\rho_0,\bar{\rho}_0)\qquad \forall\,t \in [0,\delta],
\end{equation}
as desired.
\qed
\subsection{Proof of the uniqueness in Theorem \ref{thm-exist}}
The short time stability estimate \eqref{w-stability} implies the uniqueness of weak solutions to \eqref{main}. Indeed, if $W_{2}(\rho_0,\bar{\rho}_0)=0$, then $W_{2}(\rho(t),\bar{\rho}(t))=0$ for all $t\le\delta$. Thanks to Lemma \ref{lem-positive} and
\[
\frac{d}{dt}H(\rho\mid M_{\Omega_{\rho}})\leq 0,
\]
a continuation argument implies
$W_{2}(\rho(t),\bar{\rho}(t))=0$ for all $t\ge 0$.
\qed
\begin{appendix}
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\section{}
We here present how to compute explicitely the momentum $J_{M_{\Omega}}$ of the Fisher-von Mises distribution
in the case $d=3$.
Let us fix a reference Cartesian coordinate system with $e_3=\Omega$, and then consider the spherical coordinate system $(\theta,\phi)$ associated with the orthonormal basis $(e_1,e_2,\Omega)$. Then a straightforward compution yields
\[
C_M^{-1}=\int_{\mathbb S^2}e^{\omega\cdot\Omega} \,d\omega=\int_0^{2\pi} d\phi \int_0^{\pi} e^{\cos\theta} \sin\theta \,d\theta =2\pi (e-e^{-1}).
\]
Moreover, since
\[
\omega=\sin\theta\cos\phi \,e_1 + \sin\theta\sin\phi \,e_2 +\cos\theta \,\Omega,
\]
we have
\[
J_{M_{\Omega}}= \int_{\mathbb S^2}\omega \,M_{\Omega}(\omega) \,d\omega=C_M\Omega \int_0^{2\pi} d\phi \int_0^{\pi} \cos\theta \,e^{\cos\theta} \sin\theta
\,d\theta =\frac{2e^{-1}}{e-e^{-1}}\, \Omega.
\]
Similarly using the generalized spherical coordinate system on $\mathbb S^{d-1}$, we have
\begin{equation}\label{J-equ}
J_{M_{\Omega}}=\frac{\int_0^{\pi} \cos\theta\, e^{\cos\theta} \sin^{d-2}\theta \,d\theta}{\int_0^{\pi} e^{\cos\theta} \sin^{d-2}\theta \,d\theta} \,\Omega.
\end{equation}
Notice that $C_{M}$ and $|J_{M_{\Omega}}|$ are constants only depending on dimension $d$, but independent of $\Omega$.
\end{appendix}
\bibliographystyle{amsplain}
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#include "config.h"
#include "core/editing/iterators/SimplifiedBackwardsTextIterator.h"
#include "core/dom/FirstLetterPseudoElement.h"
#include "core/editing/EditingUtilities.h"
#include "core/editing/iterators/TextIterator.h"
#include "core/html/HTMLElement.h"
#include "core/html/HTMLTextFormControlElement.h"
#include "core/layout/LayoutTextFragment.h"
namespace blink {
static int collapsedSpaceLength(LayoutText* layoutText, int textEnd)
{
const String& text = layoutText->text();
int length = text.length();
for (int i = textEnd; i < length; ++i) {
if (!layoutText->style()->isCollapsibleWhiteSpace(text[i]))
return i - textEnd;
}
return length - textEnd;
}
static int maxOffsetIncludingCollapsedSpaces(Node* node)
{
int offset = caretMaxOffset(node);
if (node->layoutObject() && node->layoutObject()->isText())
offset += collapsedSpaceLength(toLayoutText(node->layoutObject()), offset);
return offset;
}
template <typename Strategy>
SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm(const PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>& start, const PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>& end, TextIteratorBehaviorFlags behavior)
: m_node(nullptr)
, m_offset(0)
, m_handledNode(false)
, m_handledChildren(false)
, m_startNode(nullptr)
, m_startOffset(0)
, m_endNode(nullptr)
, m_endOffset(0)
, m_positionNode(nullptr)
, m_positionStartOffset(0)
, m_positionEndOffset(0)
, m_textOffset(0)
, m_textLength(0)
, m_singleCharacterBuffer(0)
, m_havePassedStartNode(false)
, m_shouldHandleFirstLetter(false)
, m_stopsOnFormControls(behavior & TextIteratorStopsOnFormControls)
, m_shouldStop(false)
, m_emitsOriginalText(false)
{
ASSERT(behavior == TextIteratorDefaultBehavior || behavior == TextIteratorStopsOnFormControls);
Node* startNode = start.anchorNode();
if (!startNode)
return;
Node* endNode = end.anchorNode();
int startOffset = start.deprecatedEditingOffset();
int endOffset = end.deprecatedEditingOffset();
init(startNode, endNode, startOffset, endOffset);
}
template <typename Strategy>
void SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::init(Node* startNode, Node* endNode, int startOffset, int endOffset)
{
if (!startNode->offsetInCharacters() && startOffset >= 0) {
// NodeTraversal::childAt() will return 0 if the offset is out of range. We rely on this behavior
// instead of calling countChildren() to avoid traversing the children twice.
if (Node* childAtOffset = NodeTraversal::childAt(*startNode, startOffset)) {
startNode = childAtOffset;
startOffset = 0;
}
}
if (!endNode->offsetInCharacters() && endOffset > 0) {
// NodeTraversal::childAt() will return 0 if the offset is out of range. We rely on this behavior
// instead of calling countChildren() to avoid traversing the children twice.
if (Node* childAtOffset = NodeTraversal::childAt(*endNode, endOffset - 1)) {
endNode = childAtOffset;
endOffset = lastOffsetInNode(endNode);
}
}
m_node = endNode;
m_fullyClippedStack.setUpFullyClippedStack(m_node);
m_offset = endOffset;
m_handledNode = false;
m_handledChildren = !endOffset;
m_startNode = startNode;
m_startOffset = startOffset;
m_endNode = endNode;
m_endOffset = endOffset;
#if ENABLE(ASSERT)
// Need this just because of the assert.
m_positionNode = endNode;
#endif
m_havePassedStartNode = false;
advance();
}
template <typename Strategy>
void SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::advance()
{
ASSERT(m_positionNode);
if (m_shouldStop)
return;
if (m_stopsOnFormControls && HTMLFormControlElement::enclosingFormControlElement(m_node)) {
m_shouldStop = true;
return;
}
m_positionNode = nullptr;
m_textLength = 0;
while (m_node && !m_havePassedStartNode) {
// Don't handle node if we start iterating at [node, 0].
if (!m_handledNode && !(m_node == m_endNode && !m_endOffset)) {
LayoutObject* layoutObject = m_node->layoutObject();
if (layoutObject && layoutObject->isText() && m_node->nodeType() == Node::TEXT_NODE) {
// FIXME: What about CDATA_SECTION_NODE?
if (layoutObject->style()->visibility() == VISIBLE && m_offset > 0)
m_handledNode = handleTextNode();
} else if (layoutObject && (layoutObject->isLayoutPart() || TextIterator::supportsAltText(m_node))) {
if (layoutObject->style()->visibility() == VISIBLE && m_offset > 0)
m_handledNode = handleReplacedElement();
} else {
m_handledNode = handleNonTextNode();
}
if (m_positionNode)
return;
}
if (!m_handledChildren && m_node->hasChildren()) {
m_node = m_node->lastChild();
m_fullyClippedStack.pushFullyClippedState(m_node);
} else {
// Exit empty containers as we pass over them or containers
// where [container, 0] is where we started iterating.
if (!m_handledNode
&& canHaveChildrenForEditing(m_node)
&& m_node->parentNode()
&& (!m_node->lastChild() || (m_node == m_endNode && !m_endOffset))) {
exitNode();
if (m_positionNode) {
m_handledNode = true;
m_handledChildren = true;
return;
}
}
// Exit all other containers.
while (!m_node->previousSibling()) {
if (!advanceRespectingRange(m_node->parentOrShadowHostNode()))
break;
m_fullyClippedStack.pop();
exitNode();
if (m_positionNode) {
m_handledNode = true;
m_handledChildren = true;
return;
}
}
m_fullyClippedStack.pop();
if (advanceRespectingRange(m_node->previousSibling()))
m_fullyClippedStack.pushFullyClippedState(m_node);
else
m_node = nullptr;
}
// For the purpose of word boundary detection,
// we should iterate all visible text and trailing (collapsed) whitespaces.
m_offset = m_node ? maxOffsetIncludingCollapsedSpaces(m_node) : 0;
m_handledNode = false;
m_handledChildren = false;
if (m_positionNode)
return;
}
}
template <typename Strategy>
bool SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::handleTextNode()
{
int startOffset;
int offsetInNode;
LayoutText* layoutObject = handleFirstLetter(startOffset, offsetInNode);
if (!layoutObject)
return true;
String text = layoutObject->text();
if (!layoutObject->firstTextBox() && text.length() > 0)
return true;
m_positionEndOffset = m_offset;
m_offset = startOffset + offsetInNode;
m_positionNode = m_node;
m_positionStartOffset = m_offset;
ASSERT(0 <= m_positionStartOffset - offsetInNode && m_positionStartOffset - offsetInNode <= static_cast<int>(text.length()));
ASSERT(1 <= m_positionEndOffset - offsetInNode && m_positionEndOffset - offsetInNode <= static_cast<int>(text.length()));
ASSERT(m_positionStartOffset <= m_positionEndOffset);
m_textLength = m_positionEndOffset - m_positionStartOffset;
m_textOffset = m_positionStartOffset - offsetInNode;
m_textContainer = text;
m_singleCharacterBuffer = 0;
RELEASE_ASSERT(static_cast<unsigned>(m_textOffset + m_textLength) <= text.length());
return !m_shouldHandleFirstLetter;
}
template <typename Strategy>
LayoutText* SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::handleFirstLetter(int& startOffset, int& offsetInNode)
{
LayoutText* layoutObject = toLayoutText(m_node->layoutObject());
startOffset = (m_node == m_startNode) ? m_startOffset : 0;
if (!layoutObject->isTextFragment()) {
offsetInNode = 0;
return layoutObject;
}
LayoutTextFragment* fragment = toLayoutTextFragment(layoutObject);
int offsetAfterFirstLetter = fragment->start();
if (startOffset >= offsetAfterFirstLetter) {
ASSERT(!m_shouldHandleFirstLetter);
offsetInNode = offsetAfterFirstLetter;
return layoutObject;
}
if (!m_shouldHandleFirstLetter && offsetAfterFirstLetter < m_offset) {
m_shouldHandleFirstLetter = true;
offsetInNode = offsetAfterFirstLetter;
return layoutObject;
}
m_shouldHandleFirstLetter = false;
offsetInNode = 0;
ASSERT(fragment->isRemainingTextLayoutObject());
ASSERT(fragment->firstLetterPseudoElement());
LayoutObject* pseudoElementLayoutObject = fragment->firstLetterPseudoElement()->layoutObject();
ASSERT(pseudoElementLayoutObject);
ASSERT(pseudoElementLayoutObject->slowFirstChild());
LayoutText* firstLetterLayoutObject = toLayoutText(pseudoElementLayoutObject->slowFirstChild());
m_offset = firstLetterLayoutObject->caretMaxOffset();
m_offset += collapsedSpaceLength(firstLetterLayoutObject, m_offset);
return firstLetterLayoutObject;
}
template <typename Strategy>
bool SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::handleReplacedElement()
{
unsigned index = m_node->nodeIndex();
// We want replaced elements to behave like punctuation for boundary
// finding, and to simply take up space for the selection preservation
// code in moveParagraphs, so we use a comma. Unconditionally emit
// here because this iterator is only used for boundary finding.
emitCharacter(',', m_node->parentNode(), index, index + 1);
return true;
}
template <typename Strategy>
bool SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::handleNonTextNode()
{
// We can use a linefeed in place of a tab because this simple iterator is only used to
// find boundaries, not actual content. A linefeed breaks words, sentences, and paragraphs.
if (TextIterator::shouldEmitNewlineForNode(m_node, m_emitsOriginalText) || TextIterator::shouldEmitNewlineAfterNode(*m_node) || TextIterator::shouldEmitTabBeforeNode(m_node)) {
unsigned index = m_node->nodeIndex();
// The start of this emitted range is wrong. Ensuring correctness would require
// VisiblePositions and so would be slow. previousBoundary expects this.
emitCharacter('\n', m_node->parentNode(), index + 1, index + 1);
}
return true;
}
template <typename Strategy>
void SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::exitNode()
{
if (TextIterator::shouldEmitNewlineForNode(m_node, m_emitsOriginalText) || TextIterator::shouldEmitNewlineBeforeNode(*m_node) || TextIterator::shouldEmitTabBeforeNode(m_node)) {
// The start of this emitted range is wrong. Ensuring correctness would require
// VisiblePositions and so would be slow. previousBoundary expects this.
emitCharacter('\n', m_node, 0, 0);
}
}
template <typename Strategy>
void SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::emitCharacter(UChar c, Node* node, int startOffset, int endOffset)
{
m_singleCharacterBuffer = c;
m_positionNode = node;
m_positionStartOffset = startOffset;
m_positionEndOffset = endOffset;
m_textOffset = 0;
m_textLength = 1;
}
template <typename Strategy>
bool SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::advanceRespectingRange(Node* next)
{
if (!next)
return false;
m_havePassedStartNode |= m_node == m_startNode;
if (m_havePassedStartNode)
return false;
m_node = next;
return true;
}
template <typename Strategy>
Node* SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::startContainer() const
{
if (m_positionNode)
return m_positionNode;
return m_startNode;
}
template <typename Strategy>
int SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::endOffset() const
{
if (m_positionNode)
return m_positionEndOffset;
return m_startOffset;
}
template <typename Strategy>
PositionAlgorithm<Strategy> SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::startPosition() const
{
if (m_positionNode)
return PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>::createLegacyEditingPosition(m_positionNode, m_positionStartOffset);
return PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>::createLegacyEditingPosition(m_startNode, m_startOffset);
}
template <typename Strategy>
PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<Strategy>::endPosition() const
{
if (m_positionNode)
return PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>::createLegacyEditingPosition(m_positionNode, m_positionEndOffset);
return PositionAlgorithm<Strategy>::createLegacyEditingPosition(m_startNode, m_startOffset);
}
template class CORE_TEMPLATE_EXPORT SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<EditingStrategy>;
template class CORE_TEMPLATE_EXPORT SimplifiedBackwardsTextIteratorAlgorithm<EditingInComposedTreeStrategy>;
} // namespace blink
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Comprehensive elongation of lens fiber cells is normally a central feature of lens morphogenesis. junctional growth with actin cytoskeletal set up during fibers cell elongation. Forestalling development of older N-cadherin junctions led to decreased association of -catenin with N-cadherin, avoided company of actin along horizontal edges of distinguishing zoom lens fibers cells and obstructed their elongation. These research offer a molecular hyperlink between N-cadherin junctions and the company of an actin cytoskeleton that governs zoom lens fibers cell morphogenesis in vivo. Launch Cadherin-mediated cell-cell connections are central to the morphogenetic procedures by which differentiated tissues cytoarchitecture is certainly set up (Gumbiner, 1996; Larue et al., 1996; Takeichi, 1991; Takeichi, 1995a; Takeichi, 1995b). While it is certainly not really however grasped how cadherin junctions get morphogenesis in vivo, most likely paths can end up being deduced from in vitro research. Especially essential among these research are inspections that hyperlink the development of cadherin junctions with the account activation of signaling paths that immediate company 1259389-38-2 supplier of actin cytoskeletal systems along the cell cortex that, in convert, get the expansion of cadherin junctions along cell-cell interfaces (Vasioukhin et al., 2000; Fuchs and Jamora, 2002; Kovacs et al., 2002a; Kovacs et al., 2002b; Perez-Moreno et al., 2003; Verma et al., 2004). Another essential component of the function of cadherins in morphogenesis is certainly the regulations of cadherin junction growth. In vitro research present that the recruitment of -catenin to nascent cadherin junctions is certainly a significant element of the system by which cells type close connections with their near neighbours is certainly (Drees et al., 2005; Fuchs and Kobielak, 2004; Bajpai et al., 2008; Bajpai et al., 2009). -catenin colleagues with cadherin processes through its linkage to either – or LRRC63 -catenin, catenin family members protein that bind to the cadherin cytoplasmic area in a mutually exceptional way directly. Reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of -catenin is certainly thought to end up being important for association of -catenin with -catenin (Balsamo et al., 1996) and the dephosphorylation of -catenin is certainly mediated by phosphatases like SHP-2 (Ukropec et al., 2000). While this system was lengthy believed to provide -catenin to cadherin processes for a 1259389-38-2 supplier function as the important hyperlink between cadherin/-catenin processes and the actin cytoskeleton, it is certainly today understand that -catenin cannot join concurrently to -catenin and actin (Drees et al., 2005; Yamada et al., 2005). Rather, research present that recruitment of -catenin to cadherin processes has a essential function in building up intercellular cadherin an actual in a system indie of the actin cytoskeleton (Bajpai et al., 2008; Bajpai et al., 2009). While -catenin can end up being a essential regulator of a cells decision to type steady adhesion processes, it provides not really however end up being researched whether -catenin has a equivalent function in the 1259389-38-2 supplier growth of cadherin junctions during tissues morphogenesis in vivo. In a smart strategy in which E-cadherin receptors of cultured cells are involved by E-cadherin ectodomains covered onto the tissues lifestyle base, it was uncovered that cadherin junctions can serve as sites for para novo actin filament set up through their recruitment and account activation of elements that indication actin nucleation and polymerization, including cortactin and the actin-related proteins (Arp)2/3 complicated (Helwani et al., 2004; Kovacs et al., 2002b; Yap and Kovacs, 2002). Cortactin is certainly a scaffolding proteins thought to hyperlink to the cadherin complicated by holding to g120 catenin (Boguslavsky et al., 2007). g120 binds to the juxtanuclear area of the cadherin cytoplasmic area straight, a presenting area distinctive from that of -catenin. The Arp2/3 actin nucleator complicated binds to cortactin straight, an association that activates Arp2/3 and stimulates Arp2/3-mediated actin polymerization (Higgs and Pollard, 2001; Uruno et al., 2001; Weaver et al., 2001). While this path is certainly defined in lifestyle, it is certainly not really known if actin government bodies such as cortactin and Arp2/3 are hired to cadherin junctions in vivo to control actin set up for morphogenetic procedures needed for tissues advancement. The embryonic poultry.
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Albany, New York, April 19, 2018: A new research report titled, "Wind Power Coatings Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2017 – 2025" has been added to the comprehensive repository of Market Research Reports Search Engine (MRRSE). According to the report, the global wind power coatings market is likely to grow at a CAGR of over 12% during the assessment period 2017-2025, and reach a valuation of over US$ 1.8 Bn.
The research report studies the global wind power coatings landscape in detail, and offers holistic analysis and insights on the key influencing factors. A thorough analysis on the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and trends impacting the market has been offered for the perusal of the readers. The report also includes a detailed competitive landscape that profiles some of the key market participants in the value chain.
According to the report, among the various available wind power coatings, such as metal, polymer, and ceramic, demand for polymer coatings is likely to remain robust throughout the assessment period. The key factors promoting the demand for polymer coatings in wind power plants include ease of availability and longer lifespan of these coatings.
The demand for wind power coatings is likely to be influenced by broader advances in the wind energy sector. Owing to mounting concerns related to climate change and increasing efforts to harness the natural sources of energy, investments in wind power plants are likely to witness an increase during the assessment period. These factors are likely to provide an impetus to the demand for wind power coatings in the near future.
The research report also offers region-wise analysis and forecast on the global wind power coatings market. According to the report, Asia Pacific continues to be the largest market for wind power coatings globally. The demand for wind power coatings in Asia Pacific is concentrated in China, where the government has prioritized the development of wind energy.
In addition to Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (MEA) is also likely to emerge as a lucrative market for wind power coatings during the assessment period. The focus of Middle East governments to shift towards a non-oil based economy is likely to provide an impetus to market growth during the assessment period.
The research report also offers a detailed analysis on the competitive landscape, highlighting the product and business strategies of some of the leading players in the market. According to the report, some of the key market participants include PPG Industries, Inc., 3M Co., Jotun Group, Akzo Nobel N.V., Hempel Fonden, Teknos Group Oy, and The Sherwin-Williams Company.
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Albufeira in Portugal used to be a quaint little fishing village typical of the Algarve. It has all the whitewashed cottages, winding narrow lanes, lovely beaches and charm that you would expect an old fishing village to have. These days, however, Albufeira is better known as Portugal's top package tour destination than it is for its fish. Whilst the centre still retains its attractiveness, it is surrounded on all sides by hotels, apartment hotels and resorts. Nonetheless, Albufeira is a pleasant place to spend a holiday, just don't go there expecting unspoilt, rural magnetism as there are more souvenir shops per head than you can count.
The famous earthquake that shook Portugal in 1755 had a great impact on the structure and architecture in Albufeira, yet it has managed to retain some of its original Moorish allure in parts. When the Moors ran the Algarve, Albufeira was known as Al Buhera, or Castle by the Sea, and the remains of the castle can still be visited here. The beaches are this town's main attraction these days, and there are some very beautiful stretches of coast towards Galé, or more touristy and built up expanses of sand at Praia da Oura and nearby.
Aside from lounging on the beaches, visiting the cafés and buying souvenirs, what activities are there to do when on holiday in Albufeira? Well, you could visit the Museu Arqueológico in the old town hall if you are there from June to September. It has a well organised collection of Neolithic artefacts, Roman mosaics, and other pots and treasures from various periods in the town's history.
The old church of Ermide de São Sebastião exemplifies some Manueline architecture mixed with Baroque construction, and is just to the west of the tunnel leading down to the beach near Praça Miguel Bombarda. Inside the church there is a religious art museum, which is in attractive surroundings if a little insipid itself.
If you are bringing children to Albufeira they might like the Zoomarine complex at Guia, about 8km northwest of the town, where they can swim in the gigantic pools and watch dolphins and seals performing crowd pleasing tricks.
Cheaper alternatives include long walks in the countryside (make sure you have a map, comfortable footwear, and plenty of water) where there is a variety of wildlife to spot. This kind of tourism is more responsible than the organised safaris as it is less harmful to the environment. If you take a picnic, clear up afterwards to ensure that this lovely area remains as unspoilt as possible for future generations to enjoy.
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What's Up in San Antonio - Weekend of December 24, 2020
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December 24, 2020 at 2:34 pm CST
San Antonio — NFL
SAT: BUCCANEERS @ LIONS 12PM, 49′S @ CARDINALS 330PM, & DOLPHINS @ RAIDERS 715PM
SUN: BENGALS @ TEXANS 12PM, EAGLES @ COWBOYS 325PM
College Football:
SAT: FIRST RESPONDER BOWL- LA TECH @UTSA 230PM
SIDE NOTE: UTSA coach Jeff Traylor was leading the Roadrunners through practice Wednesday afternoon when associate director of sports medicine Nik Turner approached and told him he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Traylor grabbed the attention of his players and, from a safe distance, explained that associate head coach and offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. will most likely be leading the team when UTSA faces No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette in the First Responder Bowl at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Dallas.
SPURS: SAT / RAPTORS @SPURS 730PM, SUN / SPURS @ PELICANS, WED / LAKERS @ SPURS 730PM
NO Garbage or recyclables pick up
No City services available with the exception of First Responders and Police
VIA is on a Holiday schedule
Parking Holiday downtown
NO US POSTAL SERVICES
Botanical Garden offering free admission to San Antonio teachers, faculty
Teachers, school administration and support staff can get into the San Antonio Botanical Garden for free next week. The promotion is valid on Monday, Dec. 28 and Tuesday, Dec. 29
Huebner Oaks Farmers Market 9AM FREE
Located in: Huebner Oaks Center Address: 11745 I-10W
THE PEARL FARMERS MARKET SAT/SUN 9AM FREE
You can begin ordering Girl Scout cookies on Monday
Starting Monday, you can reach out to a Girl Scout and ask for an online link, where you will be able order all the cookies you want for delivery. The organization will not conduct in-person cookie sales this year because of the pandemic. If you don't know a Girl Scout, visit girlscoutcookieflavorfest.org and fill out an iWantCookies form. On the website, customers can also make donations or ship cookies directly to others in a gift box.
Kids, teens can receive free snacks at 6 San Antonio libraries during the winter break
Snack Paks 4 Kids will be available for pick up at 6 libraries from Dec. 16-Jan. 30
he San Antonio Public Library and San Antonio Public Library Foundation will introduce the Snack Pak 4 Kids program this winter break to help children and teenagers stay fed while they're out of school.
The program launches on Wednesday at six SAPL locations, and will continue through Jan. 30. It is for children and teenagers aged 4-18, and they do not need a library card to pick up their packs. SAPL officials say this year's launch is a pilot program to also help families facing food insecurity due to the pandemic.
The libraries participating in the program include:
Bazan Branch Library at 2200 W. Commerce St.; 210-207-9160
Carver Branch Library at 3350 E. Commerce St.; 210-207-9180
Central Library at 600 Soledad St.; 210-207-2500
Collins Garden Branch Library at 200 N. Park Blvd.; 210-207-9120
Memorial Branch Library at 3222 Culebra Road; 210-207-9140
Westfall Branch Library at 6111 Rosedale Ct.; 210-207-9220
Snack packs can be picked up from noon-7 p.m. on Tuesdays, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wednesdays through Saturdays.
The foundation will also be providing a drawstring backpack with a free book and activity sheet.
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is struggling
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is struggling to bring in donors as it tries to pull itself out of a blood shortage. The center had 1.78 days' worth of blood, as of Monday morning, compared to its goal of a three-day supply. STBTC has been trying since Friday to get 500 donors per day in order to catch up on its shortage, which the center said is mostly due to a shortage of donors, though a higher need for blood has played a role. Because of COVID-19, large blood drives at high schools and other community settings have not been possible. Go on-line to register for an appointment https://southtexasblood.org/ or call Toll free: (800) 292-5534
Meet Rudolph, Santa Claus at SeaWorld San Antonio's annual Christmas celebration
Get ready for some ho-ho-ho-liday fun at SeaWorld San Antonio. The park's annual Christmas celebration is returning on select dates starting Nov. 20 and ending Jan. 3. Visitors will have the chance to meet Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus. The park will be open from 1 to 9 p.m. on 26 DEC THRU Jan. 3. TKwanzaa will also be celebrated this year and from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 "guests can experience a joyous time of reflection and celebration of African heritage with the nightly lighting of the kinara," park officials said. Due to concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this year's celebration has been modified and the park's visitor capacity will be significantly limited to help maintain physical distancing. Visitors are required to make reservations to visit SeaWorld San Antonio and are encouraged to do so as early as possible. Reservations can be made at www.SeaWorld.com/san-antonio/tickets/reservations/.
6 Flags Fiesta Texas Holiday in the Park
Our Brightest Celebration of the Season!
Experience enchanting holiday magic for the entire family featuring Christmastime cheer like no other! The park is transformed into a winter wonderland with millions of colorful twinkling lights throughout, magical musical shows, and special appearances by Santa. Presented by H-E-B® returns for select days 26 DEC THRU - January 3. Enjoy millions of lights, our thrilling coasters, and special holiday treats.
44-day celebration lets you walk through 2 million holiday lights in Marble Falls
It's about to look a lot more festive in Marble Falls as the 30th season of the Walkway of Lights returns Nov. 20. The holiday celebration will run until Jan. 3, 2021 at Lakeside Park and includes more than two million lights covering over 350 sculptures illuminating Lakeside Park. Ice skating at Lakeside Park will also be available. Cost is $10 for kids and $12 for adults with skate rentals included in the price of admission. The Walkway of Lights, which will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. daily, will be closed in cases of bad weather. There is no cost to attend, however visitors are welcome to give monetary donations to help support the event and local nonprofits. Masks are required for all activities when visitors are unable to maintain 6-foot social distancing. To learn more about the Walkway of Lights, visit www.marblefalls.org.
IllumiNight
The AT&T Center is one of the places offering a socially distanced option to get in the spirit. The home of the Spurs is welcoming holiday revelers to the grounds for IllumiNight, the arenas first-ever holiday light display. Guests embark on a mile-long journey of more than 4 million lights in themed displays designed by Decor IQ, a local company. Visitors can enjoy the lights from the safety of their vehicles. The AT&T Center is limiting interaction between customers and employees through a touchless ticketing process. Each attendee must wear a mask or face covering when interacting with people outside of one's party, like other guests, concessions employees or photographers. The IllumiNight app, which is available in the Apple Store and Google Play, has interactive opportunities, like trivia and a curated playlist with themed music to listen to during the drive. Admission is charged by the carload for $35.50 and must be purchase online, https://www.illumi-night.com/ticketinginfo
The event will last through Jan. 3. The lights start twinkling at 6 p.m.
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Chi vive in quella casa? (The Comeback) è un film horror del 1978 diretto da Pete Walker..
Trama
Regno Unito, fine anni settanta. Dopo essere stato lontano dalle scene per alcuni anni, a causa di un burrascoso matrimonio, una volta ottenuto il divorzio, il cantante britannico Nick Cooper, decide di rimettersi in gioco. Accetta di buon grado il consiglio del suo manager Webster Jones e si trasferisce in una villa nel Kent per poter lavorare in tutta tranquillità al suo nuovo progetto. I padroni della villa, viaggiatori sempre in giro per il mondo, sono assenti e la casa è custodita solamente da due domestici il signore e la signora B. A causa di strani fenomeni e soprattutto delle strazianti urla di donna. che il giovane cantante sente durante la notte, la permanenza nella dimora si rivela, per lui, tutt'altro che tranquilla al punto da venire ricoverato in un ospedale psichiatrico. Quando Nick fa ritorno alla villa, dopo essere stato dimesso dal ricovero, scopre come stanno realmente le cose.
Promozione
Le grafiche per i manifesti e per le locandine, utilizzate per la promozione del film in Italia, sono state realizzate da Renato Casaro.
Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche italiane a partire dal mese di agosto del 1980.
Data di uscita
Alcune date di uscita internazionali nel corso degli anni sono state:
16 giugno 1978 nel Regno Unito (The Comeback)
1º settembre 1979 in Francia (Le retour) o (Hallucinations)
29 agosto 1980 in Italia
Edizioni home video
In Italia il 20 marzo 2013 è stato distribuito, nel circuito home video, un DVD della pellicola dalla Golem Video (codice EAN:8032853371374).
Accoglienza
Incassi
Si è classificato al 73º posto tra i primi 100 film di maggior incasso della stagione cinematografica italiana 1980-1981.
Critica
La critica italiana, pur apprezzando lo stile sempre personale del regista, riconosce in questo lavoro una mancanza di freschezza rispetto al precedente La casa del peccato mortale dove le inquadrature lambiccate, le armi del delitto infamanti e gli attori suggestivi davano vita ad un originale film gotico.
Note
Collegamenti esterni
Film horror
Film diretti da Pete Walker
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What Are Work Requirements For?: Politicians have long debated "the practical and moral utility of requiring people to work in order to receive government benefits." Now, a last-minute provision added to the GOP health-care bill would impose these requirements on Medicaid enrollees. (Vann R. Newkirk II)
Facts Are Stubborn: In a new interview with Time, Donald Trump "flaunted his elastic relationship with truth," writes Yoni Appelbaum. The president has the freedom to surround himself with people and information that support his beliefs, but "sooner or later, the truth catches up."
Reconfiguring the Republicans: Trump wants to make the GOP a "worker's party" for blue-collar Americans of all races. This goal, however, would require him to attract more support from working-class minority voters. Can he do that? (Ronald Brownstein)
Follow stories throughout the day with our Politics & Policy portal.
Police officers in Westminster hold flowers given to them by well-wishers the morning after an attack in London. Hannah McKay / Reuters
More on Trump and Russia: On Wednesday night, CNN reported that the FBI has information suggesting Trump associates "communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign." On Thursday, the White House dismissed the story.
A President's Self-Evaluation: In his Time interview, Trump brushed aside criticism that he doesn't always adhere to facts and evidence: "I'm a very instinctual person, but my instinct turns out to be right." (Michael Scherer)
When a 'City's Students Vanish': On February 15, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a section of Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city near the U.S.-Mexico border. The next day, 2,100 of the public school district's students missed class. (Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker)
A Rock and a Hard Place: Rich Lowry offers a gloomy forecast for Republicans in Congress: If the new health-care bill becomes law, they'll spend years working to fix it. But if it doesn't, "the rest of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda may sink with it." (Politico)
The Real Immigration Issue: The Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration with a border wall are "anachronistic," according to several economists from the University of California, San Diego. Demographic trends already show slowed immigration, they argue, which will affect the future availability of low-skill labor. (Craig Torres, Bloomberg)
War Against All Puerto Ricans
The Bill to Free Puerto Rico
By Nelson Denis
Congressman Luis Gutierrez has filed a historic bill on behalf of Puerto Rico. It creates a specific referendum, which enables Puerto Rico to choose between Independence and Commonwealth.
The "statehood" option is not included in this bill because the US congress will not give statehood to Puerto Rico…not with Donald Trump in the White House, the GOP in control of the entire legislature, and mass deportations on the Six O'Clock News.
The Gutierrez bill, also known as HR 900, allows Puerto Ricans living in the US to participate in the referéndum. This will increase the eligible electorate from 3.5 million, to roughly 9 million Puerto Ricans.
There is an understandable feeling that only Puerto Ricans living on the island should vote in this referendum. However, Puerto Ricans are a very large extended family. One million of us were forced to leave the island over the past twelve years, and nearly 800,000 of us settled in the Orlando, FL area.
We travel back and forth to the island, and visit our families constantly. Why shouldn't we be allowed to vote?
With respect to the "statehood" option, it has been painfully clear for decades, that there are enormous obstacles within the US government, economy, and social structure, against the statehood of Puerto Rico. Rep. Gutierrez himself discussed several of these obstacles in a recent editorial.
It is time to resolve the political status of Puerto Rico…before the US Financial Control Board, and the people behind it, suck all the life out of the island.
Nelson Antonio Denis is a writer, film director, and former New York State Assemblyman
Your Editor Encourages: More studies on the Puerto Rican issues
Trump's Spokesman Reveals 'easy way' to Make Mexico Pay for the Wall
By Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post
All Sean Spicer wanted to do was explain to reporters why it wouldn't be all that hard to get Mexico to pay for President Trump's wall along the southern border.
"There have been questions about how the president could pay for the wall," the White House press secretary said Thursday. "We've been asked over and over again, 'How could you possibly do this? There's no way that Mexico will pay for it.' Here's one way. Boom. Done."
It turns out, though, that the plan Spicer suggested is the economic equivalent of the U.S. government borrowing more money. Future generations of Americans would in effect be footing the bill, not Mexico.
"It really is a form of borrowing, disguised borrowing, by the government," said Alan Viard, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
In trying to come up with what he called "an easy way" for Mexico to pay, Spicer might have inadvertently demonstrated the point that analysts, commentators and pundits have been making for months. There really is no obvious way for Trump to force Mexico to pay the tens of billions of dollars a wall along the border would likely cost.
Spicer's confusion is understandable, though. The plan he was referring to is a complex proposal from Republicans in the House for a new kind of tax that does appear, at least superficially, to yield more money for the federal government. Here's how it would work.
The GOP plan
The plan is part of a GOP proposal for reforming corporate taxes, which would subsidize exports while levying a new tax on imports.
Currently, corporations pay taxes on their profits — that is, their sales less the costs of doing business. Under the Republican plan, corporations would not have to include sales from any exports in calculating that income. Profits on exports would be completely free of taxation.
Meanwhile, firms that import goods or services from abroad would not be able to count the costs of those exports against their overall profits. In effect, corporations would be paying taxes on the value of anything they buy from abroad.
Republicans have suggested that this kind of system, known as a border adjustment, would be a boon for U.S. producers who compete with goods and services from overseas, although there is disagreement among economists about whether the system would really accomplish that goal.
Another reason for introducing a border adjustment is that in the short term at least, the scheme would generate a lot of money for the U.S. government. Since the United States imports more than it exports at the moment, the new taxes on imports would more than make up for the big break on exports. The plan would yield about $1.2 trillion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
That is the money that Spicer thinks could be used for building a wall along the border with Mexico. To be exact, Spicer suggested that the share of that money generated through trade with Mexico, which he said would be about $10 billion a year, would be dedicated to the wall.
Republicans cannot just spend that money free and clear, though. In the long term, a border adjustment does not make money for the federal government. Any cash the system yields in the short term from taxes on importers will be canceled out by future subsidies to exporters.
The United States probably will not go on importing more than it exports forever, as Viard explained. Right now, the United States is essentially borrowing from foreign countries, as Americans spend more on foreign goods and services than they take in through exports to the rest of the world. The I.O.U.'s take the form of hoards of U.S. dollars overseas, which foreigners are accumulating as Americans buy foreign currencies to make those purchases from abroad.
Eventually, foreign investors might want to cash in those I.O.U.'s, bringing those dollars back to the United States to buy goods and services made by Americans. When they do, the border adjustment will force the government to start paying out that subsidy to the exporters who serve those foreign customers.
It could be decades before the United States begins consistently exporting more than it imports again. All the same, the money the border adjustment yields this decade is, in principle, money that has to be paid back. If Trump uses it to build a wall along the Mexican border, he will effectively be doing so with borrowed cash. The effect on future taxpayers will be the same as if Trump borrowed the money for the wall outright, adding to the official tally of the national debt.
Your Editor Muses: Una cosa piensa el borracho y otra…..
Jaime Jarrín: The Remarkable Story
By Les Carpenter
In 1959, a 23 year-old from Ecuador began calling Dodgers games in Spanish. Nearly 60 years later he is still working – and has helped transformed the team's fanbase.
They come with their fathers, they come with their mothers. They come with their grandmothers and grandfathers and uncles and aunts, some of them dabbing tears from their eyes. They stand outside the Vin Scully Press Box at the LA Dodgers' stadium on Vin Scully Avenue waiting not for Vin Scully, known as baseball's greatest announcer, but for the Spanish language Vin Scully; the voice of their lives. And when he emerges from the elevator, they embrace him and ask for photos and then they beg that he never, ever leaves.
"So many people they come up to me and say: 'My father used to hear you, my grandfather, my grandmother … and so we started growing up together,'" the Dodgers Spanish language broadcaster Jaime Jarrín says softly. "It really pleases me to hear that."
Lost behind the year-long farewell to Scully is a remarkable story. It's a story many baseball fans don't know because when they think of the Dodgers they think only of Scully, the team's narrator for nearly 70 seasons and a man who calls games in such vivid detail he was voted into the Hall of Fame more than 30 years ago. Even as they mourn Scully's October retirement, they have barely heard of the regal 80-year-old legend in Scully's shadow. Nor do they realize that for 58 years, millions of southern California Latinos have had a Vin Scully of their own. And that without him the Dodgers might not be the $2bn franchise they've become.
"I think we opened the door to some organizations to realize how important the Latino market is," Jarrín says.
And that market matters.
In the winter of 1958 Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Being a businessman he looked around the vast, booming city and he saw opportunity in immigrants from Central and South America with no understanding of American sports. He would make them baseball fans by not only broadcasting each game in English but in Spanish too. No team had ever done something like this before, putting every game on Spanish radio. But O'Malley dreamed that someday these new fans would flock to the stadium he was building on a hill above downtown LA – a hill once-populated by Mexican immigrants who had been pulled from their homes in part for the ballpark's construction.
The man who came to be O'Malley's Spanish broadcaster barely knew baseball then. He was 23 years old and had arrived three years before on a boat from Ecuador. But soon Jarrín was telling the same Dodger story as Scully, only to an audience that didn't know Scully. And they did listen, And they did come to his ballpark on the hill, driving from places like Bakersfield and Fresno, several hours away, lured by the story of a team that Jarrín told nightly. Now nearly half of the Dodger Stadium crowd is Latino, and a little less then half of that group speak Spanish as their first language.
"In the Mexican community in Southern California, I don't know if Jaime is God-like but he's at least a notch below," says Charley Steiner, who broadcasts Dodgers games in English. Then he laughs. "I'm so lucky," Steiner continues. "I have two of the greatest broadcasters of all time to go to work with every day."
Jarrín stands outside the Nationals Park press box on a scorching Washington afternoon watching the Dodgers take batting practice. He still travels with the Dodgers, covering every game on every trip. His only exception is a small vacation he takes each summer. He figures that he's earned the right after more than five decades. Otherwise he keeps flying on the planes, moving from hotel to hotel, climbing press box staircases because he enjoys the grind of baseball and the camaraderie of being around a team. He wants to do this for two more seasons, until he reaches his 60th in the game before deciding if he will cut back. His wife, Blanca, who he married long ago back home in Ecuador continues to let him go. He promises her he will stop the moment she asks. So far she hasn't. Maybe she understands how vital his voice is to a population that looks forward to hearing it the way LA's English-speaking fans take comfort in Scully's.
"I am so blessed doing what I do," he says. "I have the best seat in the house and [am] respected by my colleagues. I respect everybody in the organization, I demand respect and they do that, I am very well paid. The main thing is: I love what I do. Most people hate what they do."
A few years ago, Jaime's son Jorge became his broadcast partner. Each morning they have lunch together and share a ride to the stadium where they sit side-by-side, switching every three innings. Jorge talks a lot about statistics and Jaime likes that. It allows him to tell stories. To him, his nightly conversation with Southern California is a public service. He knows his listeners. They are the working people; the ones who leave home at 6am and don't come back until after 5pm. They are tired by day's end, they need a diversion and his Dodger broadcasts are their refuge.
"It's a chance for me to give them something they can enjoy," he says. "Something that can really relax them."
He constantly worries about doing that. He is a worker too. For years he did radio news stories for Spanish language station KWKW in Pasadena, in addition to baseball, only giving it up a decade ago. He has covered riots and protests and presidents. He was the only Spanish-speaking reporter to be at John F Kennedy's funeral, flying to Washington that day without a credential and calling on a Latino congressman who got him a pass and a car within an hour. He became the first Spanish-language journalist in Southern California to win a Golden Mike Award for his coverage of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium. He later won another. For a few years, he was also the sports director at Telemundo 52 in LA, giving the job up when he found he loved radio more than TV. He remembers a five-year period where he worked from 4am to 1am six days a week and he wonders now how he managed to keep going.
But then Jarrín was aways a newsman. His first radio job came when he was 15 reading news and writing scripts for station HCJB – "The Voice of the Andes" – in his hometown of Quito, Ecuador. Two years later, he was the official announcer for the Ecuadoran senate. He could have had that job forever but he longed for something bigger. Bianca, who he married at 18, urged him to search saying she would follow wherever he went. That opportunity came when after interviewing the American consul in Quito, he told the man: "I want to emigrate to the United States."
Three days later Jarrín had a visa. He bought his passage on a boat bound for Florida, and sailed through the Panama Canal. Twice the ship was rocked by huge storms that kept him trapped below deck for three days. He got sick. But when the boat finally reached America the first thing he saw was a great bridge traversing Tampa Bay and he thought: "Any country that can build something like this can do anything"
He was torn about what to do in his new homeland; choosing between flight school in New Jersey, or a radio career in Los Angeles. He picked LA and arrived on 24 June 1955, the same day as Sandy Koufax's big league debut. For six months he worked in a factory making metal fences while trying to convince KWKW to hire him. Eventually they did. Bianca joined him and by 1958, he was the station's news and sports director, broadcasting Thursday night boxing at the Olympic Auditorium.
One day the manager called everyone into his office and told them O'Malley wanted the station to call the Dodgers games in Spanish. Jarrín, the manager said, would be one of the announcers even though he knew almost nothing bout baseball. "Don't worry," the station manager told him, he would have a year to learn. And so Jarrín spent that first summer of the LA Dodgers listening to their games on the radio. When the 1959 season began, he sat with his first partner Rene Cárdenas in a makeshift pressbox in the LA Coliseum's stands. In front of them were Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. He was 23 years old and a long way from writing scripts and reading news in Quito.
"So as you see, I never applied for the [Dodgers] job," Jarrín says with a chuckle. "I never looked for the job. It was extended on a silver platter."
He thought he would do it for six or seven years. Instead he never stopped, toiling all those years in Scully's world, invisible to Scully's listeners. And now he is sad that Scully will soon be gone.
"Vin has been my mentor, my idol, my friend," he says. "I don't have words to say how I feel towards Vin Scully."
When Jarrín was young and new to baseball, Scully gave him two vital lessons: Prepare for every game as if it is your first and never get too close to the players.
Everything he has done as a baseball broadcaster has been built around those words. For the first eight years the Dodgers were in Los Angeles he and Cardenas didn't travel to road games. Instead they did re-creations from the KWKW studios. A special line was set up to the ballpark in New York or Chicago or wherever the Dodgers were playing. An hour before the game, Scully would get on the line and gave Jarrín details about the weather and the crowd and what the Dodgers players and coaches had said that day. Then when the game started, the Spanish broadcasters listened through headphones to the broadcast of Scully and his partner, Jerry Doggett, trying to repeat in Spanish what they were hearing in English.
And something wonderful happened to Jarrín during all those nights listening to Scully in his headphones. He started to sound like Scully. When Scully told stories, he told stories. When Scully described the way the stadium felt or how the pitcher stalked the mound, he did too. For a young man new to America and even newer to baseball there was no better teacher than the announcer who would be the best. He learned things from a distance he would never have known if he had travelled to the games.
"You have to realize he was translating Vin's words and if you are translating Vin Scully for eight years you are going to become Vin Scully," his son, Jorge, says.
Standing now, on the balcony at Nationals Park, Jaime Jarrín looks away, gazing out toward the field and the players finishing batting practice.
"It's impossible to copy Vin," he says. "But I adopted his style. He was such a big part of me. He gave me so much confidence at my work. He gave me so many lessons that I adopted his style. I am like him. I am not a screamer. I pray to God to give me the quality of watching what is going on with my eyes, not with my heart and I try to be very impartial."
Which he has been. With the exception of one player.
His name was Fernando Valenzuela and he arrived from the tiny Mexican town of Etchohuquila in September 1980, a portly left-handed pitcher, all of 19 years old who rolled his eyes heavenward every time he threw the ball. Almost nobody had ever heard of him. By the next spring, Valenzuela was the biggest thing in baseball winning his first eight games, five by shutout. What followed was like nothing Jarrín had ever seen before or since. Spanish-speaking fans filled Dodger Stadium on the nights Valenzuela pitched. The organist played bullfighting music and everyone shouted "Ole!" One night a woman ran onto the field wearing a Fernando shirt and kissed the pitcher.
For the first time baseball had a transformative Latino star. Nobody, not even Roberto Clemente, had seized the nation the way Valenzuela did in the first weeks of the 1981 season. Every place the Dodgers went they had to set up special press conferences for Valenzuela, who spoke no English. The team needed a translator so they asked Jarrín.
"It was like a dream," Jarrín says of those months. "What Fernando did for baseball is amazing. I think that he is the one single player who created more baseball fans than any other player. It doesn't matter if it is Willie Mays or Roberto Clemente or Stan Musial or whatever because thousands and thousands of Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans were very, very indifferent to baseball. They didn't care about baseball. They were big on soccer and boxing – that's it. But thanks to Fernando he created so much enthusiasm and created so much interest, especially among ladies, mothers and grandmothers and grandfathers. Everybody became Fernando followers and later on Dodger followers and baseball followers."
Suddenly everything changed. So many new Spanish speakers came to Jarrín's broadcasts wanting to know about this Mexican star. His ratings grew. As time went on the crowds at the ballpark changed too. Not only did Latino fans show up on days Fernando pitched, they came every game, buying tickets in family-sized blocks. Then their children grew up and brought their children until the Dodgers were no longer a Fernando fad but a culture passed down through generations. The number of Latinos in the stands soared from the 8% when the Dodgers first came to LA and kept growing until today where they make up 46-52% of the crowd on any given day.
More people heard Jarrín's broadcasts. More people knew his name. And in 1998 he was elected to the broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, just as Scully had been many years before.
He went to Cooperstown for the induction ceremony, and was led into a room only for Hall of Famers. Nobody else was allowed inside. Not family. Not staff. Just the tiny handful of men who had been great enough to earn the game's highest honor. There he was, Jaime Jarrín who came from Ecuador on a boat in 1955, never having seen a baseball game in his life, standing beside Stan Musial and Willie Mays.
"I appreciate that because it's very unique," Jarrín says. "The Dodgers with two Hall of Famers working simultaneously – the only organization that has two Hall of Famers. And to be near [Scully] and near the titans of our sport…"
He shakes his head. Who could have imagined?
"It was destiny first of all that got him here," Jorge Jarrín says. "First of all, it was destiny that got him to Los Angeles and it was destiny that he got to a radio station that said: 'you're going to do the games, this will be good for you, you are the guy to do it.' That was in 1958 and he's still doing it in 2016. That's a book. That's a movie."
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The War Child Renita D'Silva 5*#Review @RenitaDSilva @bookouture #saga #WW2 #historicalfiction #histfic #LiteraryFiction #BookReview #TheWarChild #India #England #relationships #secrets
Posted on September 25, 2021 by jolliffe01
Everything will change, my love, she whispers to her only baby. I will make sure you are protected, looked after, loved. She commits his smell, the feel of him, to memory and fastens the gold St Christopher's medal around his neck, tucking it into the blanket. Kissing him one last time, she lets him go. And with him go the pieces of her shattered heart.
London, 1940. Clara Knight grew up an orphan in the first world war and now is fighting to win the second. Nursing brave soldiers, she falls in love with one of her patients, whose warm brown eyes give her hope for a brighter future. But then he is sent to the front, leaving her alone with their child amidst the bombs raining down on the city… When she is offered the chance to give her son a better life, Clara makes the impossible choice to let him go. She leaves her mother's precious St Christopher pendant with him, vowing to find him again when the war is over, so they can be a family once more.
Years later. Indira's life has taken an unexpected turn and her only solace is caring for her grandfather. As he lies in bed, weak and confused, he calls her 'Clara', begging forgiveness for an unknown terrible act, tears rolling down his face. Indira goes looking for the truth… and discovers a tattered box of unsent letters, a gold St Christopher's medal and a photograph of a baby swaddled in a blanket. Who was Clara Knight? And who is the baby in the photo? Her quest will reveal a devastating secret spanning decades, and change everything Indira thought she knew about her family…
An unforgettable and heart-breaking novel set in World War Two about the powerful bond between a mother and her child and a betrayal that echoes across generations.
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Set across two continents and two world wars, this is an epic, and at times heartbreaking family saga full of betrayal, prejudice and sacrifice tempered with the power of love. This author writes from the heart with a myriad of emotions. Her writing is insightful and lyrical, riven with sensory imagery that transports the reader to the place and time. The two women face similar issues years apart determined, and driven they find a way through them.
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A Winter Baby For Gin Barrel Lane Lindsey Hutchinson @LHutchAuthor @BoldwoodBooks #AWinterBabyForGinBarrelLane #Promo #boldwoodbloggers @rararesources #Saga #historicalfiction #HistFic #BlogTour
Posted on August 27, 2021 by jolliffe01
Dolly Perkins and Jack Larkin have grown up in the notorious gin palaces of Birmingham.
It's a world of happiness and friendship, but also violence and poverty. Now that Dolly runs the Daydream Gin Palace on Gin Barrel Lane she can finally control her own destiny, but sometimes fate still plays its hand.
Keen to expand her empire, Dolly and Jack take on a new pub, but they are in for a shock when a foul smell in one of the bedrooms turns out to come from a body hidden in the wall.
As the police hunt for their suspect, rumours abound, spread by the local urchins – happy to be used as runners for a little bit of food and a coin or two.
But rumours can be dangerous, and as one of the worst winters on record covers everything in snow, Dolly and Jack have to fight for the lives they have made for themselves, and for the urchins that they have come to think of as family. Will the arrival of a new baby on Gin Barrel Lane bring the promise of new hope, or will the long-awaited thaw uncover new secrets and new tragedies…
The Queen of Black Country sagas is back on Gin Barrel Lane with a rip-roaring, heart-warming, page-turning story of family, friendship and beating the odds.
Lindsey Hutchinson
Lindsey Hutchinson is a bestselling saga author whose novels include The Workhouse Children. She was born and raised in Wednesbury and was always destined to follow in the footsteps of her mother, the multi-million selling Meg Hutchinson.
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Posted on August 3, 2021 by jolliffe01
Two women raised as sisters. Bound by a secret that could tear them apart . . .
Since childhood, Jen and South African-born Kemi have lived like sisters in the McFadden family home in Edinburgh, brought together by a shared family history which stretches back generations. The ties that bind them are strong and complicated.
Solam Rhoyi is from South Africa's black political elite. Handsome and charismatic, he meets both Kemi and Jen on a trip to London and sweeps them off their feet. Kemi, captivated by Solam and wanting to discover more about her past, travels to South Africa for the first time. Jen, seeking an escape from her father's overbearing presence, decides to go with her.
In Johannesburg, it becomes clear that Solam is looking for the perfect wife to facilitate his soaring political ambitions. And as the real story behind Jen and Kemi's connection threatens to emerge, Solam's choice will have devastating consequences for them both…
I received a copy of this book from Pan Macmillan via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
This is a compelling and complex, mainly historical saga that spans continents and cultures. At its core is the sisterly bond between two women who grew up together despite having different birthplaces, cultural identities and families. The story begins in Southern Rhodesia in 1921 and concludes in 2010 in Cape Town. Short chapters and parts propel the reader through family history and political change until we reach the time when the sisterly bond is tested and family secrets revealed.
Well researched historical details and realistically crafted characters make this an absorbing read. It does move through time quickly, but the story's focus is on the sisters and how their bond is tested. Solam is a pivotal character who represents South Africa's changing political climate. His political ambition makes him manipulative and ruthless, especially in his interactions with the soul sisters.
This book takes the reader on an emotional journey filled with betrayal, love and secrets. It explores culture, family, identity and political change with rich sensory imagery and believable characters that bring the story to vibrant life.
Lesley Lokko
Lesley Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic and novelist, formerly Dean of Architecture at City College of New York, who has lived and worked on four continents. Lesley's bestselling novels include Soul Sisters, Sundowners, Rich Girl, Poor Girl and A Private Affair. Her novels have been translated into sixteen languages and are captivating stories about powerful people, exploring themes of racial and cultural identity.
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Posted on July 8, 2021 by jolliffe01
As the Americans enter the War, there is renewed energy in the war effort.
With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work.
With Ben Harper away, Sally fears she is being followed by a mysterious woman. Who is she and what does she want?
Maggie Gibbs collapses seriously ill in the frontline hospitals and is brought back to England close to death. Can she be saved and what does the future hold for her and her broken heart?
Marion Jackson's father is on the run from the Police already wanted for murder. She fears he will return to threaten his family once more.
And Beth Burrows is pregnant with her second child, worried and anxious for her husband Jack, who has been many months at sea.
As Christmas 1917 approaches what will the future hold for Harpers, its girls and their men at War?
Extract from Wartime Blues for the Harper Girls – Rosie Clarke
London, April 1917
Sally Harper turned to speak to her husband Ben and saw that he'd fallen asleep again in his chair. His newspaper lay beside him – the headlines declaring that America had entered the war – and the cup of tea she'd poured for him ten minutes earlier, untouched by his side. Despite several warnings to Germany from the USA, its submarines had carried on attacking neutral ships carrying cargo bound for Britain. The American President had therefore signed the declaration of war. The news had delighted Ben, who considered that his country ought to have joined long before this so that they could throw the weight of the United States behind her allies in a common desire to bring peace and stability. He considered himself British these days and thought the way an Englishman would that the Americans had dragged their feet.
Sally had no idea where her husband had been for the past couple of weeks but had immediately seen how tired he was on his return home late the previous evening. He was sleeping soundly and though she ought to be leaving for work soon, there was no reason why Ben shouldn't snooze in his chair if he wished. He worked long hours in his job for the British War Office. She had hoped to have time to talk about what they needed to do for the best at Harpers, the prestigious store he and his sister Jenni owned in Oxford Street. Jenni had her own ideas, but Sally was their chief buyer and for once she wasn't in agreement with her sister-in-law. Normally, they got on really well and were the best of friends, but just lately Sally had found that she didn't agree with some of the things Jenni wanted to do in the store.
Her unease was partly due to the fact that Jenni seemed grumpy and distracted, which was probably down to problems in her own life rather than disagreements between them. Jenni now lived in her own apartment and had an entirely independent life after work. She was trying to negotiate a divorce from her husband, who was a General in the American Army, and Sally believed that it was proving difficult for her, though Jenni didn't speak of it much. The problem at the store was simply that Jenni believed they should just fill the shelves of Harpers' departments with whatever they could get, regardless of quality, including substandard goods, but Sally was wary of lowering standards too much. Yes, Jenni was right to say it was expected when there was a war on. People had to accept less than they'd been able to insist on in normal times and would be grateful for whatever they could get. While Sally agreed to a certain extent, she still felt they had to be careful. However, she was just the buyer and she needed Ben's backup if she wanted to fight her corner. Jenni was part owner so therefore her opinion carried a lot of weight and if she insisted, Sally must, of course, give way. It would help if she knew what Ben felt about it.
He'd carried on with his war work throughout these past months, leaving Sally to run the store with the help of the manager, Mr Stockbridge, and various supervisors, though Jenni was a big help now she was living in London. It was her stubborn refusal to return to America that had widened the rift between her and her husband, and her feelings for Mr Andrew Alexander, a brilliant surgeon, that had made her ask for a divorce. Something her husband seemed reluctant to grant.
Jenni's problem with her husband was perhaps the underlying cause of her recent moods, but the problem with Harpers was ongoing. As the war bit ever deeper, and Britain was more and more reliant on home-produced goods, it was becoming harder to find enough decent stock to fill their departments. Of late, one or two of their regular suppliers had let them down, supplying either poor-quality materials that Sally had had to return or sending only partial orders. Sally wasn't sure which annoyed her the most. Jenni said she was too fussy and that they needed to keep their shelves stocked even if some goods were not as good as they were accustomed to selling.
'We're in the middle of a war,' Jenni was fond of reminding her. 'If a customer complains, remind them of that fact, Sally. It's not your fault the Government has ordered manufacturers to cut down on production of certain goods – or that we can't get enough imported goods these days.'
'No, it's the Kaiser's and our Government,' Sally had replied the last time Jenni had brought it up. 'Why they had to start fighting and ruin everything, I do not know…'
Jenni had simply laughed at her frustration. 'That's men all over! It's centuries since your last civil war, not so very long since ours back home in America – and that's even worse, when you fight your own people. Shortages are annoying, Sally but it isn't like you to let it get you down?'
'I know—' Sally had sighed deeply. 'I think it is just Ben being away so much of the time – and Jenny has been a bit fractious recently. It must be because she misses Ben. She is far more aware of the fact that he isn't home now than when she was just a baby.'
Their lovely little daughter was now a lively toddler of three years and into all sorts of mischief. Named after her aunt, she was everyone's little darling. Sally was no longer able to take her to work and settle her in a cot in her office, because she wanted to be into everything. Pearl, her nurse, still came in a few days a week, but also worked three days at the hospital, where the wards were overflowing with injured men sent home from the war. Mrs Hills, Sally's housekeeper, was very good with little Jenny, but whenever she could, Sally tried to work from home. However, that was not always feasible and sometimes she did take the little girl into the office. Jenny loved it because all the staff fussed over and she was thoroughly spoiled, not least by her adoring aunt and namesake.
'She's an absolute imp but adorable,' Jenni had replied, because she loved her niece and was always indulging her with little gifts and treats of all kinds. 'If Ben being away is getting you down, you should tell him, Sally. I'm sure if he knew, he could cut down on these trips. I mean, have you any idea what he does when he is away?'
'None at all…' Sally had frowned. 'He says the official title for his job is logistics controller – whatever that is.'
'It means he's buying and moving stuff on behalf of the Armed Forces, as you well know,' Jenni had replied with a frown. 'But why can't he do that from an office in London?'
'He says that he needs to prod officious store managers into sending what is needed for the troops,' Sally had said and made a wry face. 'Ben says that if he simply puts a chit in for them to send ammunition to a certain location, it might take weeks for it to be actually sent. By going himself and overseeing the packing and transportation, choosing the men escorting it himself, he gets results in a tenth of the time…'
Jenni had nodded her agreement. 'Yes, I can see how that would work. We like to get on with things back home, Sally. You English tend to take your time – and the amount of red tape is maddening.'
'Yes, Ben is forever complaining about that…' Sally had laughed. 'You two are so alike in so many ways. Did you know that?'
'We're both Americans,' Jenni had shrugged and then smiled. 'And we did have the same father. I suppose we may think alike in many ways…'
'You do…'
Jenni had just laughed, clearly pleased to be compared to her brother.
Now, on this sunny morning, Sally's thoughts were interrupted as Ben opened his eyes and smiled at her. 'You look pensive,' he said and yawned. 'Something wrong, sweetheart?'
'In a way… but it needn't concern you, Ben…'
He held out his hands to her, indicating she should sit on his lap. 'Come and tell me what is wrong, Sally.'
'Oh, just a little niggle concerning Harpers. It's the quality of some of the stock these days… it isn't what we're used to, Ben.'
'Ah…' He nodded but looked resigned. 'I know just what you mean. I made a stink about some boots that were delivered to an Army depot while I was there. The leather was not up to standard and they will probably fall to pieces after a couple of weeks of marching. I sent them back, but the quartermaster was furious. He said he'd been on to the suppliers every day for months to get them and what was he going to do now…'
'What did you say?' Sally was interested.
'I went to see the factory myself and inspected what they were doing. We sorted out the problem between us and we've been promised replacements for next month.'
'How did you manage that?'
'Part bribery, part threats,' Ben said. 'It is a game we play all the time, Sally. They will pass off faulty goods if they can, but if you put your foot down hard, they normally come through. I threatened to take the contract away from them unless they pulled their socks up sharpish.'
'Could you do that?'
'Yes.' Ben's mouth set hard. 'I've done it before now. Men need decent boots to march in, Sally – just as they need to get their ammunition when they require it and to be sure that the rations they receive are enough to keep them fighting fit.'
Sally nodded and smiled at him. She supposed she'd always known that what he was doing was important work, but she'd never seen it in terms of men's lives before, but now she understood more of what he had to do. 'No wonder you look worn out when you get home sometimes.'
'It isn't always easy,' Ben said with a smile. 'It involves a lot of driving from one end of the country to the other and hundreds of forms to fill in – and that's when everything goes to plan. When it doesn't, I have to spend ages trying to find the right person and that is sometimes more difficult than it sounds.'
'And then I worry you with my trivial complaints…'
Ben pulled her on to his lap and kissed her. 'Nothing you do or say is trivial to me, my love. Is anything else worrying you?'
'What happens if I can't find enough of the right stock to fill our shelves? Harpers is a big store, Ben, and our stockroom is getting emptier by the week – soon we shan't have any reserves.'
'Remember what you did to raise money for the wounded?' Ben asked. 'You bought seconds cheaply and sold them for very little, giving a contribution to the fund for wounded men. Do something similar again… take the poor-quality goods but at a lower price and make a thing of civilians sacrificing for the sake of our men over there…'
Sally nodded, looking at him with respect. It was more or less what Jenni was saying. 'Yes, that could work. Those boots you rejected for the Army for instance—'
'Would probably last civilians for a few months – bought cheaply enough they would be fine.' He grinned at her. 'I think a certain factory manager would be delighted to sell them to you very cheaply, Sally…'
'Good. I'll get on to it in the morning,' she said, smiling and feeling much better than she had in a while. 'Yes, I can just see the signs we'll put up – and for each pair of substandard boots we sell, we'll give something to the wounded fund again…'
Rosie Clarke
Rosie Clarke is a #1 bestselling saga writer whose most recent books include The Mulberry Lane series. She has written over 100 novels under different pseudonyms and is a RNA Award winner. She lives in Cambridgeshire. Rosie's brand new saga series, Welcome to Harpers Emporium began in December 2019.
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Posted on May 6, 2021 May 5, 2021 by jolliffe01
Not even the Blitz can shake a mother's love.
Cathy was a happy, blushing bride when Britain went to war with Germany three years ago. But her youthful dreams were crushed by her violent husband Stanley's involvement with the fascist black-shirts, and even when he's conscripted to fight she knows it's only a brief respite – divorce is not an option. Cathy, a true Brogan daughter, stays strong for her beloved little son Peter.
When a telegram arrives declaring that her husband is missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope – she only has to wait 6 months before she is legally a widow and can move on with her life. In the meantime, she has to keep Peter safe and fed. So she advertises for a lodger, and Sergeant Archie McIntosh of the Royal Engineers' Bomb Disposal Squad turns up. He is kind, clever and thoughtful; their mutual attraction is instant. But with Stanley's fate still unclear, and the Blitz raging on over London's East End, will Cathy ever have the love she deserves?
I received a copy of this book from Atlantic Books -Corvus via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
I always enjoy reading books in the Ration Book series because of the authentic settings, historical detail and believable characters. The simple plot allows this character-driven story to draw the reader into London during World War two, making it an immersive reading experience.
This story follows Cathy, a young mother, married to an abusive and bigoted man currently fighting in North Africa. The story reads fine as a standalone, but the series is engaging, and it's best to read all the books in the series.
This is a story of forbidden love and making the best of your life. Cathy is a courageous and likeable character, as is Archie, her new lodger, and the reader empathises with them. Realistically paced and well-researched. It's easy to visualise the setting. It incorporates serious issues but manages to keep the story entertaining.
Jean Fullerton
Born and bred in East London Jean is a District Nurse by trade and has worked as a NHS manager and as a senior lecture in Health and Nursing Studies. She left her day job to become a full-time writer in 2015 and has never looked back.
In 2006 she won the Harry Bowling Prize and now has seventeen sagas published over three series with both Orion and Atlantic all of which are set in East London.
She is an experienced public speaker with hundreds of WI and women's club talks under her belt, plus for the past fifteen years she has sailed all over the world as an enrichment speaker and writing workshop leader on cruise ships.
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You Let Me Go Eliza Graham 4*#Review @eliza_graham @AmazonPub #HistFic #contemporary #family #saga #WW2 #France #Legacy #LakeUnionPublishing #BlogBlitz #BookReview @rararesources #MondayBlogs
Posted on March 22, 2021 by jolliffe01
After her beloved grandmother Rozenn's death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall—while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn turn her back on her?
When she finds an old letter linking her grandmother to Brittany under German occupation, Morane escapes on the trail of her family's past. In the coastal village where Rozenn lived in 1941, she uncovers a web of shameful secrets that haunted Rozenn to the end of her days. Was it to protect those she loved that a desperate Rozenn made a heartbreaking decision and changed the course of all their lives forever?
Morane goes in search of the truth but the truth can be painful. Can she make her peace with the past and repair her relationship with her sister?
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This is a poignant dual timeline story, a family saga from occupied France in the 1940s to the present day. The prologue gives clues about the story's secrets and the heartbreaking discoveries to follow.
Two sisters Morane and Gwen, find their relationship strained when their beloved grandmother Rozenn bequeaths her house to Gwen. Morane has already suffered, and now she feels rejected by her grandmother. A chance discovery leads Morane on a quest to find out about Rozenn's life in occupied France, which has surprising consequences.
The dual storylines are well written, both full of vivid characters and emotion. The historical timeline is particularly engaging, as it conveys the horrors and stark choices of life in occupied France. The familial relationships are relatable, and the plot twists keep the reader engaged.
This is a family saga of betrayal, forgiveness, love and sacrifice with a satisfying conclusion.
Eliza Graham
Eliza Graham's novels have been long-listed for the UK's Richard & Judy Summer Book Club in the UK, and short-listed for World Book Day's 'Hidden Gem' competition. She has also been nominated for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
Her books have been bestsellers both in Europe and the US.
She is fascinated by the world of the 1930s and 1940s: the Second World War and its immediate aftermath and the trickle-down effect on future generations. Consequently she's made trips to visit bunkers in Brittany, decoy harbours in Cornwall, wartime radio studios in Bedfordshire and cemeteries in Szczecin, Poland. And those are the less obscure research trips.
It was probably inevitable that Eliza would pursue a life of writing. She spent biology lessons reading Jean Plaidy novels behind the textbooks, sitting at the back of the classroom. In English and history lessons she sat right at the front, hanging on to every word. At home she read books while getting dressed and cleaning her teeth. During school holidays she visited the public library multiple times a day.
Eliza lives in an ancient village in the Oxfordshire countryside with her family. Not far from her house there is a large perforated sarsen stone that can apparently summon King Alfred if you blow into it correctly. Eliza has never managed to summon him. Her interests still mainly revolve around reading, but she also enjoys walking in the downland country around her home and travelling around the world to research her novels.
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Trouble for the Leading Lady Rachel Brimble 5*#Review @RachelBrimble @Aria_Fiction @HoZ_Books #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #Saga #BlogTour @rararesources #BookReview #Victorian #Bath #19thCentury #TroublefortheLeadingLady
Posted on March 11, 2021 March 10, 2021 by jolliffe01
Bath, 1852.
As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.
His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.
Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, an ambitious man always looking for the next big thing to take the country by storm. A self-made man, Francis has finally shed the skin of his painful past and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath's bawdiest pubs.
Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?
The second in Rachel Brimble's thrilling new Victorian saga series, Trouble for the Leading Lady will whisk you away to the riotous, thriving underbelly of Victorian Bath.
I received a copy of this book from the author and Aria in return for an honest review.
Nancy's story is the second book in this challenging and compelling Victorian saga. Nancy dreams of being on the stage end in ruin until Louisa ( A Widow's Vow) saves her. Nancy's life is not what she wants, but her close friendship with Louisa and Octavia keeps her positive. Limited by her gender and social class, Nancy's life choices are few. This poignant theme is explored well in this insightful story.
Francis'life in the workhouse still haunts him. He hopes to let go of the horrors through the play he is writing. There is strong attraction when Francis and Nancy meet, but can they fulfil each other's dreams?
The conflicted romance is passionate, but both driven characters are wary of being hurt. They are easy to empathise with, and you want them to find lasting happiness. The dynamic between Louisa, Nancy and Octavia is relatable and provides humour and realism, adding authenticity.
The setting and historical detail are well researched and give the story its ethos and immersive quality.
This is an engaging Victorian romantic saga with a strong theme of social injustice that resonates.
Rachel Brimble
Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of over 20 published novels including the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin).
In 2019 she signed a new three book contract with Aria Fiction for a Victorian trilogy set in a Bath brothel. The first book, A Widow's Vow was released in September 2020 followed by book 2 Trouble For The Leading Lady in March 2021 – it is expected that the final instalment will be released in the Autumn 2021. Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and has thousands of social media followers all over the world.
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The Hat Girl From Silver Street Lindsey Hutchinson #Extract @LHutchAuthor @BoldwoodBooks #TheHatGirlFromSilverStreet #boldwoodbloggers @rararesources #Saga #historicalfiction #HistFic #BlogTour
Posted on March 8, 2021 March 8, 2021 by jolliffe01
Let bestselling author Lindsey Hutchinson take you back in time to the Victorian Black Country, for a tale of love, hardship and fighting against the odds to succeed.
Life is tough for Ella Bancroft. After her father, Thomas, is wheelchair-bound by an accident at the tube works, the responsibility for keeping a roof over their head falls to Ella. Ella's mother died when she was ten, and her sister Sally lives with her no-good, work-shy husband Eddy, so is no help at all. If she and her father are to keep the bailiffs from the door, then Ella must earn a living.
But Ella is resourceful as well as creative, and soon discovers she has a gift for millinery. Setting up shop in the front room of their two-up, two-down home in Silver Street, Walsall, Ella and Thomas work hard to establish a thriving business. Before long, the fashionable ladies of the Black Country are lining up to wear one of Ella's beautiful creations, and finally Ella dares to hope for a life with love, friendship and family.
Meeting the man she longs to marry should be a turning point for Ella, but life's twists and turns can be cruel. As the winter grows colder, events seem to conspire to test Ella's spirit. And by the time spring is approaching, will the hat girl of Silver Street triumph, or will Ella have to admit defeat as all her dreams are tested.
The Queen of the Black Country sagas is back with a heart-breaking, unforgettable, page-turning story of love, life and battling against the odds.
Extract from The Hat Girl From Silver Street Lindsey Hutchinson
Ella Bancroft looked down at the tangled mess in her fingers and stifled a sob. She pulled at the ruined hat in an effort to rectify her error, but the steaming process had set the blunder in place.
A tear slipped from her eye and rolled down her cheek. This was her second mistake in a week. Her first was sticking her finger with a pin and leaving a blood spot on a piece of white tulle. Ivy had ranted and raved as she had snipped off the offending piece of material to rescue the hat.
Now Ella had spoilt the crown of a felt winter hat, having steamed it into the wrong shape entirely. Thinking quickly, she wondered whether, if she held it over the steamer again, she could re-form it.
About to try, Ella caught her breath as she heard footsteps on the bare wooden staircase. It was too late, Ivy was on her way up.
Ella had been employed at Ivy Gladwin's shop for two years and yet suddenly she had begun making errors. Why? Was it because she was unhappy in her work?
'How are you getting on with that order?' Ivy called as she entered the bedroom, which had been converted to a work room.
'Erm… I…' Ella mumbled as she looked again at the floppy felt monstrosity.
'What the…?' Ivy gasped. Snatching the article from Ella, she held it up between thumb and forefinger. 'How on earth…? Good grief, girl, can't you do anything right?'
The sob Ella was holding back escaped her lips. 'I'm sorry, Miss Gladwin, I don't know what happened.'
'Neither do I!' Ivy snapped, throwing the felt onto the table. 'It's completely ruined! An expensive piece of material at the outset and now it's a – oh, do stop snivelling!'
The sharp slap to her cheek caused Ella to catch her breath and she raised a hand to cover the stinging skin.
Ella sniffed and tried hard to halt the sobs racking her body.
'I… I'm really sorry,' she managed at last.
'Well, you will have to pay for it out of your wages. Now, start again and for God's sake mind what you're doing!' With that, Ivy strode from the room, her long bombazine skirt swishing against her side-button boots.
Ella stared at the hat on the table and thought about the last two years of her life. She had seen the advert in the local newspaper for an apprentice hat-maker. Having applied and been interrogated by Miss Gladwin for over an hour, she was given the post on a month's trial. The pay, she was told, would be one pound and ten shillings a week but she must work a week in hand first. Any damages would be taken out of her money before she received it.
Now she was halfway through this week and already there would be two stoppages from her salary. Ella sighed as she worked out just how much she would have in her hand come Friday.
The gold flecks in her hazel eyes were accentuated as more tears brimmed before falling. Pushing a stray dark curl from her forehead, Ella moved to the workbench. With a sniff and a sigh, she began her work again, this time selecting the correct block to steam the material over.
Ella thought once more about her earnings – would there be enough to feed herself and her father? The food in the larder was running desperately low, and she knew if there was only enough for one of them to eat she would make sure it was her dad.
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Wartime with the Tram Girls Lynn Johnson #guestpost @lynnjohnsonjots @HeraBooks #WW1 #Romance #Saga #BlogTour @rararesources #WartimewiththeTramGirls
Posted on March 6, 2021 by jolliffe01
July 1914: Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys.
Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie – collecting money and giving out tickets – on the trams, despite her parents' disapproval.
Constance, now known as Connie, soon finds there is more to life than the wealth she was born into and she soon makes fast friends with lively fellow Clippies, Betty and Jean, as well as growing closer to the charming, gentle Inspector Robert Caldwell.
But Connie is haunted by another secret; and if it comes out, it could destroy her new life.
After war ends and the men return to take back their roles, will Connie find that she can return to her previous existence? Or has she been changed forever by seeing a new world through the tram windows?
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Guest Post – Lynn Johnson – Wartime with the Tram Girls
I cannot believe that, as I write this post, I have two books out in the big, wide world, a scary but happy situation to be in. Before I start, I would like to introduce to you an acquaintance of mine who would like to have a few words.
"My name is Connie. Don't call me Constance. It is important that everyone knows me as Connie. I have a secret, you see and if it becomes known, I will most probably lose everything. Besides, I like being Connie, the Tram Girl. She is far more interesting than Constance Copeland who has little if anything to do with her life. Connie has more freedom for a start and Father has less control over me. I like it that way. The name change was partly Ginnie's idea. You might know her as The Girl from the Workhouse. She thought that Constance sounded too posh for my plans. I thought Connie would be just about perfect. Ginnie's younger than me but she makes an awful lot of sense sometimes."
This is the voice of Constance Copeland, and Wartime with the Tram Girls tells her story against the backdrop of WW1. As with the first book in my Potteries Girls series, I wanted to write about the Homefront, what happened to the families and friends of those who kept the country going during the Great War, and how they managed when their men came home again, many of them changed forever. Coming from a different social class, writing about Connie gave me the opportunity to look at many events, both good and bad, from a different perspective. I loved getting inside Connie's head and looking at the world through her eyes – always asking the question – what would Connie do?
When I really want to know my characters, particularly major characters, I interview them – perhaps a result of my past life as a personnel manager. By asking characters what they like, don't like, favourite pastimes, which books they read – or can't read, I really have to delve deep inside their psyche. A key part of my process is to get each of these characters to talk about their backstory. What they say and what their feelings are about other characters can often give pointers to where the story is/should be going.
When writing from an individual character's point of view, it is important to relate only thoughts, feelings and speech that that character would be aware of. This makes it rather difficult to get input from others, so writers need to find creative ways to overcome that through such using more than one point of view character, showing through actions and letters and so on, seeing behaviour and emotions reflected through the demeanour of others. An omniscient narrator might tell the reader a lot about the events leading up to the denouement. How much more exciting it becomes when your characters are happy to communicate with you directly.
I love seeing my characters come to life in this way. It's as if they are sitting on my shoulder watching the words become sentences, paragraphs, chapters, stories. And woe-betide me if I get it wrong!
Lynn Johnson was born in the Staffordshire Potteries and went to school in Burslem, where the novel is set. She left school with no qualifications and got a job as a dental nurse (and lasted a day), a nursery assistant, and a library assistant before her ambition grew and she enrolled at the Elms Technical College, Stoke-on-Trent and obtained six O'levels. She obtained a Diploma in Management Studies and a BA Hons in Humanities with Literature from the Open University while working full-time.
Most of her working life was spent in Local Government in England and Scotland, and ultimately became a Human Resources Manager with a large county council.
She started to write after taking early retirement and moving to the north of Scotland with her husband where she did relief work in the famous Orkney Library and Archives, and voluntary work with Orkney's Learning Link. Voluntary work with Cats Protection resulted in them sharing their home with six cats.
She joined Stromness Writing Group and, three months after moving to Orkney, wrote a short story which would become the Prologue to The Girl From the Workhouse.
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The Mother's Day Club Rosie Hendry 5*#Review @hendry_rosie @BooksSphere @LittleBrownUK #WW2 #Norfolk #Evacuees #Mothers #WomeninWar #BlogTour #BookReview @rararesources #HomeFront #TheMothersDayClub
Posted on February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021 by jolliffe01
Meet the women on the home front . . .
1939. When the residents of Great Plumstead offer to open up their homes to evacuees from London, they're preparing to care for children. So when a train carrying expectant mothers pulls into the station, the town must come together to accommodate their unexpected new arrivals . . .
Sisters Prue and Thea welcome the mothers with open arms, while others fear their peaceful community will be disrupted. But all pregnant Marianne seeks is a fresh start for herself and her unborn child. Though she knows that is only possible as long as her new neighbours don't discover the truth about her situation.
The women of Great Plumstead, old and new, are fighting their own battles on the home front. Can the community come together in a time of need to do their bit for the war effort?
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I received a copy of this book from Boldwood Books via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
It's lovely to read a story about an element of WW2 that I haven't come across in my reading, so this book has many original aspects which are refreshing. The story set in Norfolk focuses on the changes brought about by the declaration of war in 1939 in a small Norfolk village. Engaging and informative, it's told from three viewpoints. Thea, a free spirit of independent means. Prue, a born organiser with a kind heart who is married to someone who doesn't deserve her and Marrianne, a pregnant evacuee from London who has a secret she must keep.
The well-paced plot immerses the reader into this home front world brought to life by the vividly portrayed characters. There's conflict, community spirit, heartbreak as the story unfolds. It is the first in a historical saga and makes me want to read the next instalment.
This story has all the drama, emotion and poignancy of a historical saga but with quicker pacing making it the perfect read.
Rosie Hendry
Rosie Hendry lives by the sea in Norfolk with her husband and children. A former teacher and research scientist, she's always loving reading and writing. She started off writing short stories for magazines, her stories gradually becoming longer as her children grew bigger.
Listening to her father's tales of life during the Second World War sparked Rosie's interest in this period and she's especially intrigued by how women's lives changed during the war years. She loves researching further, searching out gems of real life events which inspire her writing.
When she's not working, Rosie enjoys walking along the beach, reading and is grateful for the fact that her husband is a much better cook than her.
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Congratulations to CHAS Health' NP Residency Program, headquartered in Spokane WA! The NP Residency was the first program to complete NNPRFTC's Pre-accreditation process. And now CHAS has successfully transitioned to programmatic Accreditation.
Congratulations! CHAS Health's Nurse Practitioner Residency Program is the first NP postgraduate program to be awarded pre-accreditation by NNPRFTC. CHAS, headquartered in Spokane WA, was awarded pre-accreditation September 27, 2018. Trainees in the class of 2018 are considered to have completed a pre-accredited postgraduate NP training program. CHAS's class of 2018 finished their program in September, and all went on to full-time employment for agencies serving vulnerable, under-served populations.
Pre-accreditation is a formal designation that has national recognition. For programs in their first year, pre-accreditation provides a pathway that may lead to full accreditation. Programs are eligible to apply for pre-accreditation if they meet the eligibility requirements for accreditation, but their first cohort of trainees is still enrolled at the time of the site visit. Pre-accreditation may convert to accreditation during the second year if it is determined that the program is meeting outstanding requirements such as end-of-year trainee and faculty evaluations and on-going program evaluation.
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Why we love this: Our staff puppies and have personally tested every item in the box. We really LOVE these products! The PUPPY box includes training treats from Plato, 2 pumpkin Pouches to soothe digestive upset, 2 Bully Sticks and Tremenda Stick Pack for chewing, and 2 poop bags for life's little messes!
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CLAS has long advocated for measures to reduce barriers in our tenancy laws for those who are fleeing family violence. This week the B.C. government introduced a bill into the provincial legislature that would, if passed, allow tenants fleeing family violence to end fixed-term tenancies early.
Currently, tenants can't end a lease early without a financial penalty, unless their landlord agrees. If passed, tenants will be able to take advantage of this provision by giving their landlord one month's written notice, accompanied by written third-party verification. Eligible third-party verifiers will be professionals who have expertise in assessing risk and safety related to family violence or the need for long-term care.
Although this has been introduced in the Legislature, if passed, these changes will not be in effect for some time, as the Residential Tenancy Branch will need to complete their work on the regulations and implementation of the changes. CLAS and other stakeholders will work with Branch in the months ahead on the development of the accompanying regulations.
Groups in BC such as West Coast LEAF and Battered Women's Support Services have done significant work on this issue. CLAS was part of a coalition of organizations that in 2013 released a report BC's Residential Tenancy System: 13 Recommendations For Positive Change. At the time we recommended that government amend the Residential Tenancy Act to allow victims of domestic violence to end their fixed-term tenancy early, without penalty, on one month's notice. We also recommended that the province should work with women-serving organizations and the anti-violence sector to determine what evidence of abuse will be required for the purpose of the notice to end tenancy.
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you can wire up the R/R seperatly. here (http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3053) is a write up on how to wire in the R/R using seperate Voltage Regulator and Rectifier.
You dont need to change to the nylon screws if you are using the seperate reg and rectifier. If you switch to a combo reg/rect that they use in later models then you have to switch to the nylon screws. The starter relay and starter solenoid(probably the the other piece you speak will need to be used if you plan on using a starter.
Yeah without being able to see what your talking about its tough to know. I have a 77 xs 650 I wired and made a new harness for. If I remember correctly I have a the starter relay and the solenoid also on mine. Are you going to run the original points or update to elec. ignition?
Sweet that all helps. Hopefully I can get it lit off this weekend....we will see. Viz, running points for now.
Cool, good luck with getting her done.
Thanks man, crossing my fingers haaaha! I will probobly switch it over to a pamco at some point but I figured Id wire it with what I got right now.
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"Birthday of Poet Marked By Students"
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"Pauline Johnson Centennial Year Canadian Library Week Program"
"Canadian Library Week Program, April 21st, 1961."
Van Steen, Marcus, Brantford Expositor, 13 May 1989 This article reviews the re-release of The Moccasin Maker by E. Pauline Johnson and the introduction to the new edition written by Prof. A LaVonne Brown Ruoff.
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"The life of famous Six Nations native poet and recitalist, Emily Pauline Johnson, will be the subject of an episode in the CBC Radio drama series called Cranks."
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"In 1961 our activities centred around one theme: The Pauline Johnson Centennial Year. The Year opened March 10th with the issuance by the Canadian Government of a commemorative stamp. This was the first stamp to an Indian, to a Canadian author, and to a woman by name."
"Buckskin & Broadcloth: Pauline Johnson's Life and Work Promoted in Western Canada"
"Today marks the 134th birthday of Mohawk poet/performer E. Pauline Johnson."
"Pauline Johnson Poems Hit in Russia"
"Sheila Ferguson and Raymond Skye have recently returned from a two-week visit to Russia, where they spoke about the life and work of the famous Mohawk poet."
"In addition to being the home of Pauline Johnson, Chiefswood was built in an extremely rare fashion, Ms. Tanner said. Instead of having framed walls, like most homes, the walls are solid, constructed by stacking planks flat on top of each other."
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Tonina Saputo is a singer/songwriter, bassist, music journalist and poet from St. Louis, Missouri who performs her original music along with her arrangements of covers in Spanish, Italian, and English.
Tonina comes from a a family of music lovers that exposed her to many music styles, from funk, soul, and jazz to classical music. She was born in San Diego, California but raised in St. Louis, Missouri from black and Sicilian backgrounds. All these components have given her an unparalleled musical scope playing many different genres yet making each her own. Her sense of rhythm, melody, and her extraordinary voice and song interpretation, make her performances a thrilling experience for all listeners.
Saputo began her musical journey when she was nine years old and was trained classically for 11 years, studying with multiple bassists from the St. Louis Symphony and attending various master classes with Grammy Award-winning bassist, John Clayton. She grew up participating in multiple music programs in the St. Louis area, eventually leading the bass sections of both the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra and The Missouri All State Orchestra. Tonina performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and Lincoln Center in 2012 as a member of her high school Symphonic Orchestra. At the age of 17, she was admitted to Berklee College of Music and went on to study bass performance, songwriting, and Africana Studies. In 2014, she was accepted to study bass performance at the Berklee Valencia campus in Spain, where she met Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter, Javier Limon.
In October of 2016, Tonina travelled to Spain to perform at the National Auditorium of Madrid. She also performed her first showcase on March 30th, 2017 at the Ellas Crean music festival in Madrid and shortly graduated from Berklee College of Music earning two degrees. In January of 2018, Tonina opened for Grammy-Award winning artist, Lalah Hathaway in St. Louis. In April of 2018, Tonina released her debut multi-lingual album, "Black Angel" under Javier Limon's label Casa Limon. In April 2018 she performed at the Catania Jazz Festival in Sicily touring Italy and Spain. She now performs solo and with her quartet at local venues in St. Louis.
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CCTV cameras must have reasonable light to show a picture. Low light BW is always better, then BW, then EXVIEW colour followed by colour. Night view cameras with IR will show pictures in no light using the range of IR. The picture will be BW under the range of IR.
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The academic year of 2017/18 welcomed the introduction of the brand new state-of-the-art ISHCMC Secondary Campus located less than 5 kilometers away from the ISHCMC Primary Campus. Both ISHCMC campuses are located in District 2.
Our Secondary Campus was carefully designed to provide a safe and secure 21st century learning environment for 11-18 year olds, complete with the latest security and clean air systems.
The new facility allows students of both primary and secondary age to flourish on campuses that suit their respective educational needs. This will allow refurbishment and redevelopment of the existing campus as it is converted into a primary school facility that enables our younger students to fully benefit from an inquiry based academic program.
The Primary Campus boasts facilities such as modern learning and collaboration areas, an indoor gymnasium, a large multi-purpose room, a 25m - 6 lanes swimming pool, a large outdoor pitch with an artificial grass playing surface and numerous covered and uncovered hard surface play and sports areas. There are also science labs, a mac lab, a makerspace, performing arts studios, a library media center, information technology labs, music rooms, art rooms, a canteen, a health clinic, an adventure playground, and a newly added early childhood center. These facilities help our students to become well-rounded, balanced individuals with a passion for learning in all its diverse forms.
Take a tour around ISHCMC Primary Campus!
This campus offers great opportunities for student learning through technologically advanced classrooms, collaborative learning spaces and senior student study areas. Unique facilities such as Vietnam's first Innovation Center aim to prepare our students for the realities of the commercial world in the 21st century. Full scale musical productions are hosted in our brand new 350-seat theater with professional lighting and sound equipment, extending opportunities into the technical aspects of theatre productions. In line with our goal of producing well-balanced and healthy students, our new facility provides ISHCMC Secondary-aged students with a wide range of facilities to support their wellbeing. Sports facilities include multi-purpose courts, rooftop sports field and 25m - eight-lane competitive swimming pool with seating.
Take a tour around ISHCMC Secondary Campus
View the Minecraft Virtual Design of the new Secondary Campus, developed by three Grade 11 students.
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Keeping your eyes peeled is something that every detective knows how to do, but the average person, probably doesn't notice half of the things in their surroundings that a trained detective does. This often results in crimes happening in your own home, and sometimes by people that you know and trust. If you have ever been the victim of a burglar coming into your home and steeling your valuables, you know how vulnerable and horrible you feel when your privacy is invaded. But if you have ever been a victim from someone who you invited into your home or someone who works for you, you will never forget the feeling, because you actually trusted this person, and they betrayed your trust.
If you have any type of employees or anybody else in your house when you aren't there, you need to make sure that your belongings are secure. Think about all the people that are in your home on a weekly basis: you may have a house cleaning service come in, a babysitter, au pair, your children's friends and repairmen. Sometimes you can't always follow them around, and you have to leave people alone with your children or valuables.
There are some products that you can use in your home to keep your valuables and even your children, safer. One product that will help in keeping your home safe is a security camera. These aren't as expensive as you may imagine, and come in many different varieties to best suit your needs. The most popular type of camera is a very small camera that you can hide anywhere in your house. This camera will take quality video of the area you want to keep an eye on and send it to your TV. If you want to catch someone in the act, you can record it with your own VCR, so you can have a permanent record. This is great, because you will be able to watch your babysitter to see if she is gets along with your children; or see that the housekeeper that you pay a lot is really working for her money or just shuffling around the dirt. Another great thing that you can do is keep an eye on your children. If they are playing in the living room, you can use it as a monitor, so you can watch what they are doing when you aren't in the room. Another option if you don't need video, you can get cameras that take still photos, and are activated by motion. The advantage to these is always something happening in the pictures, so you don't have to worry about having pictures of nothing, these motion detector cameras can be put in other places, for example in your car or in the reception area of your office, so that you can discreetly take pictures of all of the customers when they come and go.
If you are worried about information that is transmitted over the phone, you can now keep your home business transactions safe with phone recorder. The phone recorders of today are much more advanced than they were just years ago, and no one will even notice that the conversation is being recorded. The phone recorders can capture your phone conversations 24 hours a day, and will hold hours and hours of conversations. This device will keep your business and family safe, because you will be able to re-listen to all of your phone conversations.
If you want to keep your home safe, you need to protect yourself from thieves you don't know, and people you know, but wish you never did, you need to be aware of what you need to keep your property safe. Motion sensor cameras and hidden home security cameras will help to keep your property safe from those that are already in your home. Home security is something that you should think about to avoid the terrible feeling of someone who you trusted doing something to violate this trust.
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Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist used in many different conditions, both licensed and unlicensed. It is used at widely varying doses from 3 to 250 mg.
The aim of this review was to extensively evaluate the safety of oral naltrexone by examining the risk of serious adverse events and adverse events in randomised controlled trials of naltrexone compared to placebo.
A systematic search of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, Embase, other databases and clinical trials registries was undertaken up to May 2018. Parallel placebo-controlled randomised controlled trials longer than 4 weeks published after 1 January 2001 of oral naltrexone at any dose were selected. Any condition or age group was included, excluding only studies in opioid or ex-opioid users owing to possible opioid/opioid antagonist interactions.
The systematic review used the guidance of the Cochrane Handbook and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses harms checklist throughout. Numerical data were independently extracted by two people and cross-checked. Risk of bias was assessed with the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. Meta-analyses were performed in R using random effects models throughout.
Eighty-nine randomised controlled trials with 11,194 participants were found, studying alcohol use disorders (n = 38), various psychiatric disorders (n = 13), impulse control disorders (n = 9), other addictions including smoking (n = 18), obesity or eating disorders (n = 6), Crohn's disease (n = 2), fibromyalgia (n = 1) and cancers (n = 2). Twenty-six studies (4,960 participants) recorded serious adverse events occurring by arm of study.
There was no evidence of increased risk of serious adverse events for naltrexone compared to placebo (risk ratio 0.84, 95% confidence interval 0.66-1.06). Sensitivity analyses pooling risk differences supported this conclusion (risk difference -0.01, 95% confidence interval -0.02-0.00) and subgroup analyses showed that results were consistent across different doses and disease groups.
Secondary analysis revealed only six marginally significant adverse events for naltrexone compared to placebo, which were of mild severity.
Naltrexone does not appear to increase the risk of serious adverse events over placebo. These findings confirm the safety of oral naltrexone when used in licensed indications and encourage investments to undertake efficacy studies in unlicensed indications.
Source: Bolton M, Hodkinson A, Boda S, Mould A, Panagioti M, Rhodes S, Riste L, van Marwijk H. Serious adverse events reported in placebo randomised controlled trials of oral naltrexone: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2019 Jan 15;17(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1242-0.
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Actor Fred Ward, of 'Tremors,' 'The Right Stuff' Fame, Dies
NEW YORK – Fred Ward, a veteran actor who introduced a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such movies as The Proper Stuff, The Participant and Tremors, has died. He was 79.
Ward died Sunday, his publicist Ron Hofmann mentioned Friday. No trigger or place of loss of life was disclosed per the household's needs.
Ward earned a Golden Globe and shared the Venice Movie Competition ensemble prize for his efficiency in Robert Altman's Quick Cuts, and performed the title character in Remo Williams: The Journey Begins. He additionally reached new heights taking part in Mercury 7 astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom in 1983′s Academy Award-nominated movie The Proper Stuff.
"Devastated to study in regards to the passing of my buddy, Fred Ward," tweeted actor Matthew Modine, who co-starred with Ward in Quick Cuts and Alan Rudolph's Equinox. "A troublesome facade protecting feelings as deep because the Pacific Ocean. Godspeed amigo."
A former boxer, lumberjack in Alaska and short-order cook dinner who served within the U.S. Air Power, Ward was a San Diego native who was half Cherokee. One early massive function was alongside Clint Eastwood in 1979's Escape From Alcatraz.
"I mourn the lack of Fred Ward, who was so sort to me once we labored collectively on Remo Williams," actor Kate Mulgrew tweeted. "Respectable and modest and completely skilled, he disarmed with a smile that was without delay heat and mischievous."
Ward's different roles included a rumpled cop chasing a psychotic prison performed by Alec Baldwin in George Armitage's Miami Blues. He was a formidable and intimidating father to each Freddie Prinze Jr.'s character in Summer season Catch and David Spade's title character in Joe Dust.
Ward performed President Ronald Reagan within the 2009 Chilly Warfare espionage thriller Farewell and had a supporting function within the 2013 motion flick 2 Weapons, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.
Within the horror-comedy Tremors, Ward paired with Kevin Bacon to play a pair of repairmen who find yourself saving a hardscrabble Nevada desert group beset by large underground snakes.
With the sexually charged, NC-17 Henry & June, Ward confirmed extra than simply grit. Based mostly on the e-book by Anais Nin and directed by Philip Kaufman, Ward performed novelist Henry Miller, reverse Maria de Medeiros as Nin and Uma Thurman as Miller's spouse, June. "My rear finish appeared to have one thing to do with (that score)," he advised The Washington Put up.
He additionally reteamed with Altman for the a part of a studio safety chief within the director's 1992 Hollywood satire The Participant, and performed a union activist and Meryl Streep's workmate in Mike Nichols' Silkwood in 1983.
Ward demonstrated his comedy chops taking part in a terrorist intent on blowing up the Academy Awards in Bare Gun 33 1/3: The Remaining Insult in 1994.
On the small display screen, he had recurring roles on NBC's ER taking part in the daddy of Maura Tierney's Abby Lockhart in 2006-07 and visitor starred on such collection as Gray's Anatomy, Leverage and United States of Tara. Ward most lately appeared within the second season of HBO's True Detective because the retired cop father of Colin Farrell's Detective Ray Velcoro.
Ward is survived by his spouse of 27 years, Marie-France Ward, and his son, Django Ward.
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The Unlikely Anti-War Candidate and his Colleagues
The fact that Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who wants us to stop being the world's policeman shows how schizophrenic our political system has become.
Paul's motives appear to be mainly related to his crusade for minimal government. But even so, why is it perfectly all right for a Republican to campaign for an end to our imperial policies, while no 'Democratic' candidate would be allowed to do likewise?
The two oceans that spared us direct implication in Asian and European wars - other than for the purpose of steering these areas in directions beneficial to us - have, sadly, isolated 100% of Americans from any notion of social progress. Not even 'progressive' pundits dare to break the taboo against socialism.
Green Parties exist all over the world, and are influential in many European countries. The American Green Party espouses the same progressive policies, but like other third parties, it continues to be marginalized. The idea that the United States could benefit from systems that have been time-tested elsewhere is anathema. The Euro crisis is a handy scapegoat; but it was largely caused by participation in our financial capers. Nor are Americans told that the European 99 percent are better protected against its social fallout. (German industry has people working shorter hours instead of laying them off, and the French are determined to see through a tax on financial transactions which we can scarcely imagine. European demonstrations do not indicate that European workers are worse off than ours, but that they have a vibrant tradition of protest.)
American news of police brutality toward Occupiers in dozens of cities across the country<http://occupywallst.org/, is relegated to brief news crawls. The public can be forgiven for thinking the movement is over, when in fact it is part of the worldwide movement for radical change that has built on that tradition.
Appearing to ignore the growing strength of the 99%, both Democratic and Republican candidates claim 'compassion' while denying that in a country of 300,000,000, government must see to it that compassionate policies are implemented. (Some will say this is easier to achieve in small countries with homogeneous populations. Whatever their failings, the former Communist China and the former Soviet Union belie this myth.)
Republican candidates in Florida are out of touch with second and third generation Cuban-Americans, who see that Cuban socialism is evolving peacefully. Would any sane person disagree with Fidel Castro's description of the Republican race "as the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been", as Haiti continues to flounder under our auspices, and Puerto Ricans can only dream of independence?
Rick Santorum called loudly for us to take back the Southern Hemisphere, even as four of its leaders welcome Iranian president Ahmedinejad. Brandishing the threat of Islamic terrorists entering the US through Latin America, he fails to understand that Iran/Latin American ties represent a logical common anti-imperialist stance, since both Shi'ism and socialism represent a defense of the underdog.
The bottom line is that contrary to the President's blustering assertions, both parties know that neither hundreds of overseas bases nor leaner, meaner drone warfare will prevent this from being the Chinese century.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday to Fix Three Critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities
August 13, 2013Mohit Kumar
Yeah, it's Patch Tuesday once again. Almost 10 years ago in October, 2003 - Microsoft invented the process of regularly scheduled security updates on every second Tuesday of the Month, as Patch Tuesday.
Today, the Microsoft Security team will issue eight security updates in total, out of that -- three of which are designated as "critical," and rest five as "Important" updates, that patches vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Server Software, and Internet Explorer.
The eight bulletins that Microsoft is releasing fixes a total of 23 different vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Microsoft will be rolling out a total of three Critical patches dealing with Remote Code Execution.
Windows 8 is expected to get four of the updates, one of them is critical and dealing with Remote Code Execution with Internet Explorer 10, while the other three updates are Important and deal with Elevation of Privilege and Denial of Service. Windows RT is expected to receive one Critical update affecting Internet Explorer 10 and two Important updates.
MS13-059 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772)
MS13-060 Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850869)
MS13-061 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2876063)
MS13-062 Vulnerability in Remote Procedure Call Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2849470)
MS13-063 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2859537)
MS13-064 Vulnerability in Windows NAT Driver Could Allow Denial of Service (2849568)
MS13-065 Vulnerability in ICMPv6 could allow Denial of Service (2868623)
MS13-066 Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Information Disclosure (2873872)
Updates to Internet Explorer are typically considered the most important ones for users to jump on quickly, because they typically offer hackers the path of least resistance.
As part of today's August 2013 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has also rolled out a firmware update for the Surface RT and Surface Pro.
You can download all patches from Microsoft's Download Center either individually, or as a monthly ISO image.
Critical vulnerability, denial of service, hacking news, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, patch Tuesday, remote code execution, Security News, Windows
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The long-awaited fifth volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE The last of the Targaryons, Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, has brought the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as in the violent past. Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf with half a nose and a scar from eye to chin, has slain his father and escaped the Red Keep in King's Landing to wage war from the Free Cities beyond the narrow sea. The last war fought with dragons was a cataclysm powerful enough to shatter the Valyrian peninsula into a smoking, demon-haunted ruin half drowned by the sea. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS brings to life dark magic, complex political intrigue and horrific bloodshed as events at the Wall and beyond the sea threaten the ancient land of Westeros.
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Strategies to Protect Mammalian Neural Tissue Against Cold and Potentially Other Metabolic Stresses and Physical Damages
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks research co-development or licensees for making research- or clinical-grade preservation solutions for cold-sensitive organ transplantation or protection of brain injury or trauma during surgery.
Selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs) confer protection against photoreceptor degeneration
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered a novel therapeutic strategy of using one or more selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs), which may include the FDA-approved drug, Tamoxifen, for treating retinal degenerative diseases, like retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related degeneration (AMD). SERMs exert their specific protection on photoreceptor degeneration likely by inhibiting microglial activation.
Methods and Compositions for Treating Genetically Linked Diseases of the Eye
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks a co-development partner to co-lead a pivotal multicenter trial and commercialize its AAV-RS1 Gene Therapy for X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS).
Sensitive and Economic RNA Virus Detection Using a Novel RNA Preparation Method
The National Eye Institute seeks research and co-development partners and/or licensees to: (1) advance the production and uses of the new RNA preparation method; (2) manufacture reagent kits for testing in patients with suspected COVID-19 and other DNA/RNA viruses, and (3) manufacture reagent kits for patient biomarker profiles and inherited disease diagnostics.
Surgical Tool for Sub-retinal Tissue Implantation
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) developed a surgical tool to place tissue into position in the retina. The NEI seeks co-development or licensing to commercialize a prototype already in pre-manufacturing. Alternative uses will be considered.
Method for Reproducible Differentiation of Clinical Grade Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and National Institute of Arthritis and Muscoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) seeks licensing and/or co-development of a method of producing human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Tissue Clamp for Repeated Opening and Closure of Incisions/Wounds
This surgical clamp device is particularly useful for intraocular surgeries requiring incision in the sclera. The device provides ease of use for repeated opening and closure of an incision or wound for entry of instruments into the eye. It maintains precise alignment of the wound margins, reducing loss of intraocular fluid and pressure. The NEI seeks licensees or collaborative co-development of this invention so that it can be commercialized.
Metformin for the Treatment of Age-related Retinal Degeneration
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have generated Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS) from two Late-Onset Reginal (L-ORD) patients with a dominant mutation in CTRP5 protein and two of their unaffected siblings. All iPS cells were differentiated into authenticated Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) cells. The NEI seeks licensing and/or co-development research collaborations for Metformin as an FDA-approved drug to treat Age-related Retinal Degeneration.
Novel Methods for Generating Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
The National Eye Institute's Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch seeks partners to co-develop the protocol for iPSC to RPE differentiation and its use in clinical, screening and translational settings.
3D Vascularized Human Ocular Tissue for Cell Therapy and Drug Discovery
Scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a technology for a 3D bioprinting process. Through the process, an artificial blood retinal barrier (BRB) is constructed that may be used as a graft to potentially replace BRB tissues that are lost or damaged in many ocular disorders. The printed tissue structures might be therapeutically useful for grafts or as model systems to test function and physiological responses to drugs or other variables introduced into the system.
Gene Therapy for Treatment of CRX-Autosomal Dominant Retinopathies
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks research co-development partners and/or licensees for gene therapy for CRX retinopathies such as Leber congenital amaurosis, retinitis pigmentosa, and cone-rod dystrophy.
Ex-vivo Production of Regulatory B-Cells for Use in Auto-immune Diseases
Regulatory B-cells (Breg) play an important role in reducing autoimmunity and reduced levels of these cells are implicated in etiology of several auto-inflammatory diseases. Despite their impact in many diseases, their physiological inducers are unknown. The National Eye Institute seeks parties interested in licensing or collaborative research to co-develop a process for the production of regulatory B-Cells for use in auto-immune indications.
Mouse Embryo Culture Chamber and Imaging System and Methods of Use
Scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed an embryo culture chamber, which can be used to culture and image embryos. The chamber allows for the continuous imaging of the embryo for the culture period. NEI seeks research collaborations and/or licensees for the development of this culture and imaging chamber for murine embryos.
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell (BMSC)-Derived Exosomes for the Treatment of Glaucoma
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks licensing and/or co-development of a method to treat glaucoma using exosomes or a vector encoding an miRNA.
RP2 and RPGR Vectors For Treating X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seek research co-development or licensees for advancing AAV8/9-based therapies for X-linked forms of retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) caused by mutations in RPGR (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator) or RP2 (retinitis pigmentosa 2) gene.
Machine Learning and/or Neural Networks to Validate Stem Cells and Their Derivatives for Use in Cell Therapy, Drug Delivery, and Diagnostics
Researchers at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seek licensing or co-development partners for a method to predict functions, identity, disease state, and health of stem cells using machine learning.
Establishment of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) from the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Hibernation in mammals is a seasonal state of metabolic suppression and dormancy characterized by a decrease in body temperature to survive extreme environmental stresses. A new Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) line has been established from the neural precursor cells of wild type thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus), a small mammalian hibernator with unique metabolic adaptations for coping with cold and restricted food supply. This ground squirrel iPSC line can be differentiated into many different cell types for hibernation studies, disease modeling, and drug screening for neuronal injuries or other diseases.
Use of Interleukin (IL)-34 to Treat Retinal Inflammation and Neurodegeneration
Researchers at the National Eye Institute have developed a new cytokine therapy that delivers functional interleukin 34 (IL-34) to the retina for treating ocular inflammatory diseases – such as uveitis and degenerative retinal diseases. Intraocular delivery of IL-34 protein or IL-34 gene expression system can effectively prevent retinal inflammation. Thus, it may be a promising strategy to produce long-lasting effects in suppressing abnormal retinal inflammation and preventing photoreceptor death.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Patients with CEP290-associated Ciliopathies and Unaffected Family Members
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks research collaborations and/or licensees for the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS cells) derived from patients with CEP290 associated ciliopathies. IPS cells were derived from patients with Leber-congenital amaurosis and their unaffected relatives.
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Q: I want to condition prompt and use it too in a CASE or ifthenelse and getting QE-DEF-0260 and QE-DEF-0261 errors in COGNOS case
when (?pAccountingMonth? = 'Monthly')
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What is wrong with above case statement? I get similar errors using if then else
A: Look at the right single quote in 'Monthly'. Do you see anything weird? just put a regular single quote there.
I copied and pasted your code and was getting an error but it worked after fixing the single quote
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Official: EA announces Crysis 3, release in 2013
This is a good news for all the die hard Crysis fans, EA has officially announced Crysis 3 but gamers need to wait before they can get their hands on the 3rd installment in the Crysis game series. The expected release of the game would be somewhere at the start of 2013.
The announcement came on Monday, the game will be simultaneously released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Crysis 3 will take gamers in the year 2047, where the players will take the role of Prophet which returns to the New York city. Crysis 3 features the latest CryEngine technology which will provide stunning graphics and exhilarating gameplay experience.
Crysis 3 game trailer is expected to be released next week which will give users a sneak peak in the latest installment of the game. Crysis 3 is expected to receive a huge response, previous version i.e., Crysis 2 was released in March 2011.
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This was done last year and has since grown in quite a bit. If you live in the Riviera section of Torrance, one can easily notice that most of the plants have at least doubled in size.
Designing this landscape was a bit of a daunting task because the plant choice is greatly limited on what will grow underneath Eucalyptus trees, given their leaf litter containing eucalyptus oil, their shading and how the roots compete for moisture.
Mary designed the front landscape, side yards and backyards, provided the plants and arranged to have them planted. She planted a few containers as focal points in the gardens.
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The inclination in many organizations is to put social media monitoring into marketing or public relations. But is that the right move? I recently spoke with Ross Daniels, Director of Marketing for Cisco, about the challenges of deploying social media monitoring tools inside a larger enterprise.
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You may love social media, but even the biggest fans of the social web will find some sources of frustration. What is your social media pain point? I thought I'd explore some of the main ones I've identified and offer up some potential solutions.
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Recently, I've been thinking a lot about the state of social media, and I'm reminded of where we were in the mid-90s with the advent of the web. I lived through Web 1.0, and am feeling a sense of déjà vu as we play out the same routines with Web 2.0.
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The Master Cleanse Diet: What It Is, Benefits & Risks + How To Do It
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Contributing writer By Sara Lindberg, M.Ed., B.S.
Sara Lindberg, M.Ed., B.S., is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for mindbodygreen. She received her Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Central Washington University, and her Master's of Education in Counseling from City University of Seattle.
Medical review by Bindiya Gandhi, M.D.
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The Master Cleanse (aka the lemonade diet), is a modified juice fast popular with celebrities like Beyoncé, Demi Moore, and others looking to cleanse their bodies and lose weight fast. While dropping pounds can be alluring to some, experts support healthier methods for maintaining weight loss and getting fit.
Still curious about the Master Cleanse? Here's a breakdown of what it is, how to follow it, and what you need to know about the risks.
What Is The Master Cleanse
How Can It Help You Lose Weight
Health Risks Of Master Cleanse
How To Follow The Master Cleanse
Master Cleanse Drink Recipes
What is the Master Cleanse?
The Master Cleanse dates back to the 1940s, when Stanley Burroughs, a dietitian, wrote a book called The Master Cleanser. Though the book was published then, it only became mainstream when the revised version was released in 1976. The cleanse then captured the spotlight, with dubious claims of quick weight loss and its ability to detox the body and treat any health ailment.
The central feature of this program is the Master Cleanse lemonade made with water, fresh lemon juice, cayenne pepper, and pure, organic maple syrup. This drink, which is the only calorie-containing item allowed, is consumed six to 12 times a day for 10 days. You'll also sip on a saltwater flush in the morning and laxative tea before bed (laxative teas vary by ingredients, but some include senna leaf, which has the potential to help shed excess water).
How does it help you lose weight?
The health claims range from detoxing and cleansing your system of impurities to curing certain health conditions and rapid weight loss, but cleansing your body isn't really necessary. Our bodies have a natural detox process and doing a healthy detox is about supporting that natural process and reducing external stressors.
It's based on fasting principles.
The Master Cleanse is a restrictive diet that eliminates food and key nutrients. Any program that eliminates food is bound to cause some temporary weight loss. Since the Master Cleanse is a modified fast, the weight loss is primarily a result of consuming very few calories over several days. However, this rapid change in weight is not so sustainable, as all the weight lost is essentially water weight (more on that later).
That said, there are some reported benefits to fasting. A 2019 study published in PlosOne, looked at a Buchinger periodic fasting program (a fasting diet of only fruit and vegetable juices, as well as tea and mineral water) with fasting periods between four and 21 days. While this diet is a little different than the Master Cleanse, both programs allow you to reach a fasted state. Researchers found in this study that after the one-year observational period, periodic fasting led to weight loss and improvements in several cardiovascular risk factors in the 1,422 subjects.
Additionally, the use of lemons during fasting protocols has been shown to improve weight loss, due to their vitamin C content. A 2016 study published in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine states that low levels of vitamin C are associated with increased BMI and central fat distribution. On the other hand, increased vitamin C intake is associated with higher HDL levels (that's the good cholesterol). The study found that drinking a beverage of lemon water and honey during a four-day fast led to an average weight loss of 4.8 pounds.
Although studies and research about the benefits of various fasting protocols exist, there are no studies to support the specific claims made by the Master Cleanse (and other similar diets) and its ability to remove harmful toxins from the body or improve overall health.
What are the health risks?
While you may shed a few pounds and feel less bloated after 10 days on the Master Cleanse, there are some health risks you should know about before you decide to take the plunge:
1. It can cause undesirable side effects.
Low calories can cause or exacerbate dizziness, shakiness, lightheadedness, fatigue, and lack of mental clarity, according to dietitian Gabrielle McGrath, M.S., R.D., LDN. Not to mention, you may experience extreme hunger from the lack of sufficient calories.
2. It could be dangerous for people with certain health conditions.
"People managing diabetes or those who have blood sugar regulation issues need to be especially careful with fasting-mimicking diets," says McGrath. Also, anyone with anemia, cancer, and other serious medical conditions needs to be very mindful when considering a low-calorie cleanse. Additionally, pregnant women or women that are breastfeeding should avoid the Master Cleanse.
The cleanse can also cause dehydration or electrolyte disturbances, due to the intense calorie restriction, as well as if you're "purging" toxins without rebalancing them back (after all, optimal health is truly all about balance).
3. It may trigger disordered eating patterns.
Anyone with a history of disordered eating or eating disorders should avoid this diet, says McGrath, especially since low-calorie diets (as well as laxative tea use) increase the risk for relapse.
4. It can cause muscle loss.
For many people, losing weight is just part of the equation. Gaining or preserving lean muscle mass and feeling fit is equally important. Unfortunately, a program like the Master Cleanse, which requires very few calories and causes rapid weight loss, has the potential to work against that goal and, consequently, cause a loss in muscle mass.
5. It's not very sustainable.
Philadelphia-based weight loss expert Charlie Seltzer, M.D., points out that essentially, all weight lost is water weight. "With severe calorie and carbohydrate restriction, sugar that is stored in the muscle is used for energy, and every molecule of stored sugar binds to three molecules of water, so the scale can drop dramatically in a short period, but that doesn't indicate fat loss," he says.
What he means is, as soon as the cleanse is over and you go back to eating food, the weight has the potential to come right back on.
How to follow the Master Cleanse.
Despite the lack of evidence and potential risks, proponents of the diet follow a protocol like the one outlined below. Before starting the Master Cleanse diet (or any other aggressive cleansing program), be sure to discuss your plans with your doctor.
Here's how it's done:
For 10 days, a special drink is consumed--it contains freshly squeezed lemon juice, cayenne pepper, pure maple syrup, and water (full recipe down below!). That's it—no food or other calorie-containing beverages are allowed.
Each morning a saltwater flush (another recipe to come) is consumed, followed by several glasses of cleansing lemonade throughout the day. In terms of when to drink the cleansing lemonade, it's up to the individual, as long as they drink six to 12 glasses a day. Then the day is completed with a cup of senna-based herbal tea.
To prepare the body for 10 days of a liquid-only diet, it's recommended to ease into the program by eliminating processed food and sugar, alcohol, caffeine, dairy, and meat, for three days. During this time, pureed soups, broths, and fresh fruit and vegetable juices are allowed. After the 10 days are done, it's best to ease out of the cleanse slowly by periodically adding in solid foods.
Master Cleanse drink recipes.
Here are the recipes for the specific drinks during the diet. As mentioned, the saltwater flush is consumed in the morning, followed by as many glasses of cleansing lemonade as needed. For both drinks, you simply mix the ingredients together in a glass.
Cleansing lemonade:
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (not lemonade or concentrate)
2 tablespoons pure organic maple syrup, Grade B (not pancake syrup)
A dash of cayenne pepper (about 1/10 teaspoon)
8 to 10 ounces of purified or spring water
Saltwater flush:
1 quart of warm water
2 teaspoons of non-iodized salt
What do the experts say?
So, do the experts recommend the Master Cleanse? While many professionals have their own opinions, the verdict from McGrath and Seltzer is clear: It's best to proceed with caution.
According to McGrath, the risks outweigh the benefits. "It's not sustainable, it does not help you make a permanent lifestyle change, it can cause muscle loss, and it's not an enjoyable way of eating."
"In regards to detoxification, the body's kidneys and liver are natural detoxifiers, meaning that structured detoxes are not necessary," she continues. Instead, she recommends focusing on eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking more water to maximize your vitamin and mineral content. All of these essential nutrients play an important role in your body's natural detox process.
More specifically, McGrath recommends cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts, along with allium veggies like garlic and onions, which contain certain sulfur-based compounds that help activate detoxification enzymes and promote other detox-related functions.
Seltzer also recommends avoiding this plan, despite the touted weight loss benefits. "You should avoid cleanses, especially for weight loss. This plan doesn't address the issues that get people into trouble in the first place, so they will still be there when the cleanse is over. If you are going to do it anyway, talk to your doctor first to make sure it is not going to be dangerous for you."
If you're trying to lose weight, Seltzer says your best bet is to eat healthier foods and move more. "How you should do it depends on your lifestyle, food preferences, activity level, and other unique factors," he says. For example, some people do well with intermittent fasting, whereas others must eat breakfast to maintain a calorie deficit. The bottom line is this: You would be better off experimenting with what works best for your body. You might lose water weight, but that weight usually comes back on once you start eating "regularly."
The Master Cleanse is a radical change from a standard diet without clinical proof or evidence that it works. If you're still trying to decide whether the cleanse is right for you, the first step is to talk with your doctor or a registered dietitian. They can help you determine if the benefits of a restrictive diet like this one outweigh the risks.
Sara Lindberg, M.Ed., B.S. Contributing writer
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The Pentagon Explained Why the F-16, Abrams And Patriot Not Transferred to Ukraine Yet
Illustrative photo from open sources
Why the USA doesn't transfer fighter jets, Abrams tanks and Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine is a question that is extremely often asked even by representatives of the Pentagon
During Pentagon media briefings, journalists quite often ask when certain types of weapons, namely heavy, high-cost and high-tech ones, will become the subject of transfer to Ukraine.
Of course, Ukrainians are also extremely interested in why the USA does not transfer fighters such as F-16, Abrams tanks and Patriot air defense missile systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, the Pentagon officials reminded during the last press briefing that it is not enough to simply send the hardware. It's a question of technical maintenance and support of these types of weapons.
A US Defense Department official, said that none of these systems are plug and play and it's impossible just send them on the battlefield and start using them.
The comparison of the entire complex for the creation of a logistic base with plug and play computer technology is quite apt. Its essence is that everything connected to the computer starts working immediately, that is, it is quickly and automatically identified and integrated into its operation. In this case,, when someone now inserts a USB flash drive or a keyboard into a computer, he does not even think about what processes take place in the system "behind the scenes". It just works.
More experienced users may remember such things as "driver", and for understanding, on personal computers of the first generations, which were 40 years ago, it was necessary to resolder boards to connect any new devices. In this analogy, the integration of any Western weaponry into the Armed Forces of Ukraine requires exactly such measures.
For example, the supply of Abrams tanks, in the case of their transfer to Ukraine, requires the transfer of not only machines and crew training. This requires the transfer of trawls with a load capacity of more than 60 tons, at a time when the weight of equipment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not exceed 50 tons and there was no need for such an allegedly ordinary means.
This is the transfer of a significant amount of 120-mm tank ammunition, filters, spare tracks, units and aggregates, which are necessary for current repairs, mobile workshops, combat repair and evacuation vehicles, etc. That is, a huge complex of things that are "behind the scenes". Moreover, the transfer of the notional 10 Abrams will not change the situation on the battlefield in any way, except that these machines will become the #1 target on the battlefield.
But the main difficulties begin not only with integration, but also with the support of new weapons. In particular, one MSE missile for the Patriot PAC-3 costs even the US Army $3 million (at the level of 2017). The standard Patriot fire unit consists of 6-8 launchers, each with up to 16 PAC-3 missiles, their full volley is about 0.38 billion dollars. And the cost of one SAM in this version is more than 1 billion dollars. And even for the US, money is also a limited resource.
At the same time, this does not mean that the F-16, Abrams or Patriot will never reach Ukraine. This means that the resource is currently allocated to other critical things, including the support of those weapons that have already been transferred to Ukraine. And there is also a search for solutions with the finding of an effective alternative to these means.
For example, instead of Abrams, the modernization of almost a hundred T-72s, which are well known in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is being ordered. Soviet fighters are sought, and NASAMS and HAWK are supplied instead of the Patriot. Is this weapon worse than the F-16, Abrams and Patriot? Definitely yes. But before criticizing the allies, it is necessary to ask yourself an extremely painful and uncomfortable question: why Ukraine has not bought a single F-16 or Patriot in 30 years.
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Statute Law Amendment Act 2003 (No 2)
Repealed by Legislation Act 2001, s 89 (1).
The repeal of an amending or repealing law does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments or revive the repealed law (see Legislation Act 2001, s 86).
Act as notified
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The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Statute Law Amendment Bill 2003 (No 2).
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The Statute Law Amendment Act 2003 (No 2) has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.
Notified: 5 December 2003 (Parliamentary Counsel)
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Carter's is one of the main American children's products manufacturers. You can purchase various types of products of Carter's and OskKosh brands in it. For example, winter and summer clothing for children under 7 years, stylish children's footwear, toys and educational games, cosmetic products for children, design items for children's rooms, goods for newborns and many others. Carter's Inc. advantages is the combination of low price and high quality; you will enjoy the diversity of new collections arrivals.
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For other uses, see Monogatari (series).
Monogatari (物語) is a literary form in traditional Japanese literature, an extended prose narrative tale comparable to the epic. Monogatari is closely tied to aspects of the oral tradition, and almost always relates a fictional or fictionalized story, even when retelling a historical event. Many of the great works of Japanese fiction, such as the Genji monogatari and the Heike monogatari, are in this monogatari form.
The form was prominent around the 9th to 15th centuries, reaching a peak between the 10th and 11th centuries. According to the Fūyō Wakashū (1271), at least 198 monogatari existed by the 13th century. Of these, around forty still exist.
Stories dealing with fantastical events.
Pseudo-classical imitations of earlier tales.
Gokurakuin Joshikōryō Monogatari "The Tales of Gokurakuin Girls School Dorm"
Perrine Monogatari "story of Perrine"
Pollyanna Monogatari "story of Pollyanna"
Teito Monogatari: A fantasized retelling of the history of Tokyo across the 20th century.
When European and other foreign literature later became known to Japan, the word "monogatari" began to be used in Japanese titles of foreign works of a similar nature. For example, A Tale of Two Cities is known as Nito Monogatari (二都物語), One Thousand and One Nights as Sen'ichiya Monogatari (千一夜物語) and more recently The Lord of the Rings as Yubiwa Monogatari (指輪物語) and To Kill a Mockingbird as Arabama Monogatari (アラバマ物語).
Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of over one thousand Heian period monogatari, of which 28 remain today.
Frederic, Louis (2002). "Monogatari." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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Sambung Nyawa plants has good medicinal properties hence I will always has it planted in my aquaponics set. One of the growbed I had to cleared up and replant tomatoes, in that I had to remove the existing plants and this include the Sambung Nyawa plants.
Took it out of the growbed, since I had it in pot it's easier to do.
Cut its branches and gave the Tilapia a treat.
In 24 hours those branches will be strip clean.
Those few remaining branches, cut the shoots for planting.
It's an easy plant to grow, stick it in hydroton is that is needed and plant it in a temporary area.
Two pots is all that is requires.
Temporarily placed amongst the newly planted tomatoes.
It will be transferred to larger pot once the plant has shown sign of growth.
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Gym session at Hillside with Hannah Young. 7 vaulters participated.
On 9th December, was the vaulter Christmas outing to do 10 pin bowling at Bowlplex in Dunfermline. This was not very well attended but was enjoyed by those who went. A meal at Frank and Bennie's rounded off the outing.
On 22nd December, We held the KVG Xmas dinner at The Muirs in Kinross.
On 20th October, members of our group visited Loch Leven Equine Practice. 5 of our younger vaulters attended along with parents and Liz. We were given a guided tour and then home bakes, juice and a quiz. This was greatly enjoyed and thanks go to staff for the guided tour, refreshments and quiz.
2* Senior Female Individual: 2nd Molly Turner, 3rd Hannah Ballantyne on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Senior Female Individual : 1st Yazminn Williamson on Bravour, lunged by Lesley Campbell.
2* Junior Male Individual: 1st Atholl Pettinger, 3rd Jack Wilson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Junior Female Individual : 7th Heidi Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
8th Catriona Marden on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Child Female Individual : 3rd Sophie Wilson, 6th Rachel Leslie, 10th Beth Casasola, 11th Sophie MacDonald on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Senior Pas de Deux: 2nd Hannah Ballantyne and Molly Turner on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Junior Pas de Deux: 1st Atholl Pettinger and Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Novice Pas de Deux: 1st Hannah Ballantyne and Heidi Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (a): 3rd Hazel Wilson, 4th Lana McDougall, 5th Tabitha Peck on Toby, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (b): 3rd Zoe McColl, 5th Iona Robertson, 6th Catrina Mackie, 10th Beth Robertson on Toby, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Walk Pas de Deux(a): 3rd Sophie MacDonald and Beth Casasola on Dazzling Edition.
Walk Pas de Deux(b): 1st Zoe McColl and Tabitha Peck on Toby.
Walk Squad(b): 2nd Kinross on Toby, lunged by Janice Henderson.
On 3rd September, We gave a demonstration at the World Horse Welfare Open Day, Belwade. We took ILPH Islay and Toby. Also the two Pas de Deux and nursery group team plus Emily. All did really well and were a credit to the group. Thanks to the parent helpers who supported the demo.
The Junior World and Senior European Championships held in Ebreichsdorf (Austria). A three sector journey with Andy, Charlie and Eddie (the ACE dads) accompanyed Liz and ILPH Islay in the lorry. With Robbie having to withdraw at the last minute, Jack had to compete on Torfy from Reivers lunged by Becca – a horse he had never previously vaulted on. He came a very creditable 19th. Kirstin did really well and finished 34th on ILPH Islay and Atholl finished 7th on ILPH Islay. (All as Junior Individuals). Atholl was the only team GBR individual to make it through to the finals.
In the Senior Pas de deux, Molly and Hannah came 8th on ILPH Islay and in the Junior Pas de deux, Kirstin and Atholl came 6th on ILPH Islay.
It was a great trip though incredibly hot weather wise. Congratulations to these vaulters for being selected to represent their country. It is a credit to the hard work and dedication of our members that 50% of the GBR entries were from Kinross Vaulting Group.
vaulting coaches. We also had a visiting pilates coach Agi Falenta (an ex show-jumper).
proving very successful. We hope very much to be able to hold sessions out there in summer and have activities in there during our camp.
Junior Female Individual: 6th Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Junior Male Individual: 1st Atholl Pettinger on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Senior Pas de Deux: 1st Atholl Pettinger and Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Senior Pas de Deux: 2nd Hannah Ballantyne and Molly Turner on ILPH Islay, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
2* Senior Female Individual : 2nd Hannah Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
1* Senior Female Individual : 1st Yazminn Williamson on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2* Junior Female Individual : 4th Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2* Junior Male Individual: 1st Atholl Pettinger on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Junior Female Individual : 5th Louise Scott, 8th Catriona Marden on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Child Female Individual : 6th Rachel Leslie, 7th Beth Casasola, 9th Sophie Wilson on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (a): 1st Tabitha Peck, 2nd Lana McDougall on Toby, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (b): 3rd Zoe McColl, 4th Catrina Mackie, 6th Iona Robertson, 10th Beth Robertson on Toby, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Walk/Walk(c): 3rd Courtney Fowler Ramage on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Walk Pas de Deux(a): 1st Sophie MacDonald and Beth Casasola on Dazzling Edition.
Walk Pas de Deux(b): 1st Zoe McColl and Tabitha Peck, 4th Lana McDougall and Catrina Mackie on Toby.
Walk Squad(b): 1st Kinross on Toby, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
2* Senior Female Individual : 2nd Molly Turner on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
3rd Hannah Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
1* Senior Female Individual : 1st Yazmin Williamson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2* Junior Female Individual : 2nd Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Junior Female Individual : 4th Alicia Boyle, 6th Catriona Marden on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
5th Heidi Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
1* Child Female Individual : 2nd Rachel Leslie, 3rd Emma Leslie on Dazzling Edition, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (b): 3rd Iona Robertson, 4th Beth Robertson, 5th Zoe McColl & Catrina Mackie on Toby, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Walk Squad B: 1st Kinross on Toby, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Walk Pairs : 3rd Tabitha Peck and Zoe McColl, 4th Lana McDougall and Catrina Mackie on Toby.
On 13th May, a lunging clinic run by Liz at Hillside for our mums. Attended by Suzanne, Sarah P, Adele, Carla and Rebecca.
Child Female Individual: 7th Emma Leslie, 8th Sophie Wilson on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Junior Male Individual: 5th Jack Wilson on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Senior Female Individual : 8th Molly Turner, 13th Hannah Ballantyne on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Senior Pas de Deux: 2nd Hannah and Molly on ILPH Islay, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
2* Junior Female Individual : 26th Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
3* Senior Female Individual: 15th Hannah Young on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
ILPH Islay also won the special Tobreceivevan award.
Junior Female Individual : 12th Heidi Ballantyne, 14th Alicia Boyle on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Junior Female Individual : 11th Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Junior Male Individual: 3rd Atholl Pettinger on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
7th Jack Wilson on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Senior Female Individual : 12th Molly Turner, 18th Hannah Ballantyne on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Senior Pas de Deux: 1st Atholl and Kirstin on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Senior Pas de Deux: 1st Hannah and Molly on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2* Senior Female Individual : 3rd Molly Turner, 4th Hannah Ballantyne on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2* Junior Male Individual : 1st Atholl Pettinger on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
2nd Atholl Pettinger, 4th Jack Wilson on Robbie, lunged by Liz Mackay.
1* Junior Female Individual : 2nd Heidi Ballantyne, 6th Alicia Boyle, 8th Louise Scott, 10th Emily Hardie on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
12th Heidi Ballantyne on Superdelux, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
1* Child Female Individual : 4th Sophie Wilson on Robbie, lunged by Lynn Ballantyne.
Junior Pas de Deux : 1st Atholl Pettinger and Kirstin Henderson on ILPH Islay, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (b): 1st Iona Robertson, 2nd Catrina Mackie, 4th Beth Robertson, 5th Zoe McColl on Toby, lunged by Liz Mackay.
Prenovice Individual Canter/Walk (c): 1st Beth McInroy on Robbie, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Walk Squad B: 1st Kinross on Toby, lunged by Janice Henderson.
Walk Pairs : 1st Tabitha Peck and Zoe McColl, 3rd Lana McDougall and Catrina Mackie on Toby, lunged by Janice Henderson.
On the weekend of 24th- 26th, we held a training clinic with German guest coach Gero Meyer from Sweden. Five vaulters from Kinross took part and vaulters from SEVT/Wee County, Pegasus, Kelvin Valley, and Reivers/SSS also attended sessions.
On 29th January, we held a training clinic with guest coach Joanne Eccles. 14 of our vaulters attended.
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A recent decision of the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal has provided authority on the interrelationship between parallel frameworks under the Water Act 1989 (Water Act) and the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (PE Act). In Stanley Rural Community Inc v Stanley Pastoral Pty Ltd, it was ultimately found that licences conferred under the Water Act cannot be limited by the PE Act without an express provision.
In 2013, Stanley Pastoral Pty Ltd purchased land which included a licence under s 51 of the Water Act to 'take and use' water on its property. Stanley Pastoral applied to Goulburn Murray Water to split the entitlement to extract 19ML from groundwater and 31ML from surface water.
After the entitlement split was granted, Stanley Pastoral applied to Indigo Shire Council (Council) for a planning permit for the use and development of the land for a 'utility installation', which is defined as land used to collect, treat, transmit, store or distribute water. Specifically, the permit application was for a change of use from an existing bore to the development of a water transfer station to include a shed, water silos, and associated equipment.
This case commenced after Council refused to grant the permit on the basis that the groundwater extraction would adversely affect the aquifer, diminish the potential for the land for agriculture and horticulture, and prejudice the land served by nearby bores.
At first instance, VCAT granted the permit, finding that the means by which groundwater is extracted was not subject to controls under the PE Act or the planning scheme. VCAT found that the Water Act provides the necessary controls for the flow, use and management of water (including groundwater).
Objectors from Stanley Rural Community Inc appealed VCAT's decision to the Supreme Court. McDonald J upheld the grant of the permit but for different reasons.
A right conferred by this section is limited only to the extent to which an intention to limit it is expressly (and not merely impliedly) provided in…any other Act or in any permission or authority granted under any other Act.
Stanley Pastoral's right was conferred under s 8(4)(a), which grants a person the right to use water taken or received by that person in accordance with a licence or other authority issued to that person under the Water Act.
His Honour found that because there were no words in the PE Act or in the planning scheme expressly qualifying the rights of a water licence under the Water Act, then rights created under the Water Act to take and use groundwater cannot be the subject of objection or control pursuant to a planning scheme.
In a decision dated 20 December 2017, the Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal.
The Court found that powers to regulate or prohibit use or development of any land under s 6(2) of the PE Act do not expressly demonstrate an intention to limit the rights conferred under s 8 of the Water Act. Therefore, the PE Act did not limit the right under s 8(4)(a) of the Water Act. Their Honours further held that the words in parentheses 'and not merely impliedly' within s 8(6) of the Water Act make this clear.
one upon which the permit applicant can rely in respect of water taken and used under the s 51 take and use licence, by virtue of s 8(6) as 'limited only to the extent to which an intention to limit is expressly (and not merely implied) provided in…' statutory instruments of the various types specified.
Separately, their Honours overruled VCAT's finding at first instance that the planning scheme might have made express provision to limit water rights. The Court cast doubt on the prospect that a planning scheme meets the description found in s 8(6) of the Water Act of 'any permission or authority granted under any other Act'.
Finally, the Court rejected the applicant's argument that the 'real and substantial purpose' of the proposed land use was an innominate 'groundwater extraction' use. Instead, their Honours confirmed VCAT's finding that the 'real and substantial purpose' of the proposed land use fit within the broad definition of 'utility installation' in the planning scheme - therefore requiring a planning permit for 'utility installation'.
The case demonstrates that licences conferred under the Water Act cannot be limited by the PE Act as it does not currently make express provision in relation to the extraction of groundwater.
VGSO regularly advises in planning, water and related areas including development approvals, planning scheme amendments, drainage and sewerage projects and land management. For a discussion of the services VGSO can provide in this area, please contact Annette Jones, Principal Solicitor or Natasha Maugueret, Managing Principal Solicitor.
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Home News Will Microsoft Help Retailers Counter Amazon Go?
Will Microsoft Help Retailers Counter Amazon Go?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is developing a technology that could eliminate cashiers from stores, according to a Reuters report citing six people familiar with the project. Shoppers would scan their smartphones upon entering a store, sensors would detect items being removed from shelves, and cameras would track the items in the shopping cart. Shoppers' accounts would be charged once they left the store.
This setup sounds nearly identical to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Go, which launched in Seattle this January. In February, Recode reported that Amazon could launch "as many as six" new Amazon Go stores this year. Amazon already stated that it won't install the technology in its Whole Foods stores, but the move still probably spooked traditional brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart (NYSE: WMT).
Image source: Amazon.
That's why Walmart is reportedly in talks to install Microsoft's cashier-free technology at its stores. If that test is successful, many other retailers could follow suit and change how brick-and-mortar stores operate.
Why is Microsoft copying Amazon Go?
Unlike Amazon, Microsoft isn't interested in running an e-commerce platform or retail stores. It wants to expand its commercial cloud services to more businesses. These services include Azure, the world's second-largest cloud infrastructure platform after Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Dynamics CRM, its cloud-based customer relationship management platform, which competes against Salesforce's flagship service.
Microsoft's commercial cloud revenue rose 58% annually to $6 billion last quarter — supported by 93% growth in Azure and 65% growth in Dynamics. The widespread use of Windows and Office, another pillar of Microsoft's cloud growth, makes it easier for Microsoft to cross-sell cloud services to more enterprise customers. Offering an all-in-one package for cashierless shopping could tether many more major retailers to that cloud ecosystem.
How Microsoft could help struggling retailers
One of the biggest dilemmas for Walmart is balancing its promise to raise wages with bottom-line growth. In January, Walmart hiked its U.S. minimum wage to $11 per hour, offered cash bonuses, and expanded parental leave benefits — but also announced store closures and thousands of layoffs.
Image source: Walmart.
The company's investments in e-commerce — including its acquisitions of Jet.com and Flipkart — further weighed down its earnings growth. That's why analysts expect Walmart's earnings growth to decelerate from 9% this year to about 4% next year. A look at Walmart's operating margins over the past five years summarizes that bleak tale.
Source: YCharts
Therefore, installing Microsoft's cashierless systems at its stores could enable Walmart to significantly reduce its employee headcount and boost its margins. It would also help it gather more real-time shopping data from individual consumers (which it was already trying to do via its Walmart Pay app), that information could help it optimize its store layouts, inventory, and promotions.
Should Amazon be concerned?
Amazon clearly has a first mover's advantage in the cashierless market. Moreover, it took Amazon nearly four years to develop Amazon Go, and it accumulated data for almost 14 months before opening its first Seattle store. This means that Microsoft probably can't launch a competitive service overnight.
Amazon Go is also currently designed for convenience store-sized areas. Expanding that system of cameras and sensors to Walmart's superstores could be costly and impractical. Certain unpackaged products, like produce, could also be tougher to track. That's probably why Amazon hasn't expanded cashierless systems to its Whole Foods stores yet.
Lastly, Amazon could also sell its cashierless system to other retailers, which could tether them to services like AWS and Amazon Pay. Rivals like Walmart probably wouldn't sign up, but smaller retailers might.
The key takeaway
A cashierless platform could help Microsoft expand its cloud presence and help retailers like Walmart, but it probably won't arrive anytime soon. Meanwhile, Amazon will likely retain its first mover's advantage in the space as it opens more Amazon Go stores across the country.
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On Wednesday night Kidlington's development team continued their successful season last night and are currently sitting in 5th. And following their promotion to Division One West at the start of last season they are poised for their highest ever finish in the Uhlsport Hellenic League. They are also in the final of the OFA Oxfordsahire Intermediate Cup, where they play Watlington Town from the North Berks League.
Title chasing Cheltenham Saracens were the visitors to Kidlington's Yarnton road stadium and the young greens ran out comfortable 6-1 winners. Goal came courtesy of Aaron Morton, Jack Gaul, Callum Rice and a late double from Denilson Silva. Next up is another title chasing opponent, Thornbury town away on Saturday.
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