We all of us go through either negative or positive change in our lives. Though you may not believe it; you have more control over your life. Here are some of the steps that you can take to change your life for the better.
Commence exercising often and keep improving on this. Your body will get used to the high intensity after a short time. Jogging and swimming are both decent workouts. Begin slowly and build on the momentum weekly. Find ways to compel yourself to exercise. Every time you're just about to give up, do ten squats. To begin with, try body weight exercises. In case you want to have more lean muscle, start lifting weights. You can start a martial art as nothing will build your self-confidence like beating people up. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing are great examples of these.
Therapy supplies you with an incredible chance to understand how you feel and what you'd wish to attain in the future. There are several forms of counseling that you could try like stress, dating, marriage or self-esteem counseling and much more. You do not even have to visit a counselor's office since you can talk to an online counselor who is experienced who will meet your needs and suit your busy lifestyle.
An easy thing that people don't realize is the value of eating healthy. You should eat the recommended five portions of food including vegetables daily. Do not forget to eat lean meats such as fish, chicken and some red meats. Make time to cook your food and understand what goes into your body every time you eat.
Compile a list of the things you would like to read. The list may comprise of nonfiction books on varying subjects such as politics and current affairs. Fiction offers great entertainment and will aid you in your quest of learning something new daily. Learn how to design a website or code as opposed to playing video games. In your free time, read educational sites in addition to watching or reading the news.
Take risks be it in your workplace or something you have wanted to do in a long time. In case you are in an unfulfilling job, make plans about how you can quit the job and look for you an enjoyable and fulfilling job. Make a change in your life to ensure that you do not live a life filled with bitterness and regrets.
Know whether there are any bad parts in your personality and deal with them. You will find lots of information on the net about social awkwardness.
Push yourself physically and mentally to understand your capabilities, and if possible exceed any limits you might have set.


A day of outdoor theatre, live bands, food and drink, activities, pamper treatments and arts and crafts will be held on Saturday 24 May.
Tickets are now available for MayFayre, which will take place at Southlands Arts Centre, 75 The Green, West Drayton, from 2pm-10pm and is brought to you by Uxbridge College and Hillingdon Council.
Events in the afternoon will include Shakespearean performances, arts crafts stalls, makeovers, massages, face painting, food and drink and acoustic music.
From 7pm, live local bands will perform, including Spanner Jazz Punks, Kustom IV, David Goo and Death Ray Trebuchey. Hayes FM are due to be broadcasting live throughout the evening.
* For tickets call The Compass Theatre box office 01895 673200.
* Tickets are also available on the door on the day.


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When Dulkar starts speaking dialogues, on the other hand my Chankitik- Siddiqui
When Dulquer starts speaking the dialogue, my boyfriend on the other end says: Siddiqui
Siddique said that during the shooting of Ustad Hotel, he was more stressed than Dulquer Salmaan. Siddiqui said that when Dulquer used to speak dialogues from the other side, he used to get tense sitting on this side. In an interview to IndiaGlitz Malayalam, Siddique said that he has the same concerns about Dulare and Pranav as Mammootty and Mohanlal.
'I have been watching Dulare and Pranav since they were very young. I feel the same tension as Mohanlal and Mammook when I see them grow up and act. It seems that it was enough if they all went well.
When Dulquer speaks dialogues in Ustad Hotel, I sit on this side and get tensed. Then I wonder why I am so stressed and he is not so stressed. When someone I knew asked me to sing, I used to get nervous about acting with them whether they would get it wrong or not. But it is a pleasure to watch them grow up in front of us.
I was nothing at the age of darlings. When I was 26, it was difficult for me to do a very small role. But at that age, Dulquer and Pranaam play central characters in a film and make it a success. I feel immense love, respect and admiration for all of them," Siddiqui said.
"There was an incident when Dulquer was little. Mamuka and I have to go for a shoot. Mamuka said you come home in the morning and we will go together. When I went home in the morning, Dulquer was sitting there. Not talking Saying uncle, he sat there.
At that time one of my films was released. He was asked if he had seen it, and he said that he had. When asked how he felt, he said very predictable. What an intelligent replay. Not that the film is bad or good. I said ok dear,' Siddiqui said.
Ingredients Highlight: Siddique said he was more stressed than Dulquer Salmaan while shooting for Ustad Hotel
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Problems should be resolved and students can continue with their studies: Actor Fahadh Fazil
Grace was said to not have the looks and glamor of a heroine, so she played a character role in the film
At that time I felt that this mole would be spicy; Katapram about actress Samyukta Verma
They ran to me thinking it was actress Soundarya, but they did not know that Soundarya was dead; Chandra Laxman shared his experiences
Women can go to any temple including Sabarimala, God will not be upset if menstruating women go to the temple; Aishwarya Rajesh

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An in-depth report on how machine tools manufacturer can aid defence manufacturing in India.
India has the third largest armed forces in the world. Nearly 60 per cent of defence related requirements are met by imports which offer a huge opportunity for Indian manufacturer as import substitution. This translates a great business opportunity for the sector through 'Make in India' improving the country's self-reliance in defence production. Reduction in import will create need for advanced manufacturing systems including mother machineries. The defence procurement policy or DPP aiming priority to indigenously made defence products and boosts the 'Make in India' initiative.
Machine tools are considered a strategic industry segment and backbone of entire manufacturing sector impacting on high-end manufacturing including defence, with the latest technology and sophistication. Indian machine tool sector has proved to be capable of world-class manufacturing and excellence with cost-effective technological solution. Here we present an in-depth analysis on how machine tools manufacturer can aid defence manufacturing in India.
Nitin Wakode, Associate Vice President PSG, Onward Technologies Ltd, says, "Make in India campaign launched recently had helped Indian companies to work as a partner of exporter in better way. Earlier these companies were used to do something for name sake just to show offsets." He feels it is for sure private players can deliver the quality, timely delivery and cost completive equipment's. Definitely govt. can monitor such R&D as well as manufacturing facilities for security reasons.
Machine tool industry is backbone for any metal parts manufacturing. In recent past most of the DRDO labs, BEL labs, ISRO labs, HAL etc are getting well equipped with CNC machines for their part productions. Multi- axis machines i.e. Shaublin, DMG, Mazak, Makino, are being purchased along with highly advanced CAM software like Mastercam, NX, Hypermill etc. These shops are able to produce quality products with shortest cycle time. Machine tool industry has helped them almost modernise their capabilities and capacity is increased multifold.
He explains, "We are recently witnessing involvement of private industries in defence manufacturing to some extent." He believes Industry 4.0 can bring a big change in this. Once the Industry 4.0 is implemented every equipment will be sharing the real-time data and every minute detail can be captured from a manufacturing shop. This will build the required confidence in Government and bigger companies.
With the Defence Ministry's intention of procuring about US$10 billion worth of defence products per year in the next 5 to 10 years, and the government undertaking several initiatives and reforms, there is a sea of opportunity available for all stakeholders in the sector. For instance OEMs as well as SMEs in the defence manufacturing sector are focussing on moving from a buyer-seller to a co-developer and co-manufacturer relationship. They have not only come together and formed strategic partnerships to support the development of a sustainable supplier base for the defence sector, but have also moulded themselves quickly to foster a culture of innovation and R&D. So far, they have demonstrated a huge amount of potential and capability to deliver on this assurance.
Since the government has opened investment opportunities with 100 per cent FDI in defence equipment manufacturing through collaboration and joint ventures, many off-shore defence equipment manufacturers are setting up their base in India in collaboration with Indian industries.


Carpenter bees are large, black and yellow bees frequently seen hovering around the eaves of your house or the underside of decks or porch rails in warm weather. They are often mistaken for bumble bees, but differ in that they have a black shiny tail section and a penchant for doing damage to structural wooden members on the exterior of your home. The carpenter bee is so-called because of its habit of excavating tunnels in wooden members on the exterior of your home with its strong jaws. The round half-inch diameter entrance holes are usually found on the underside of boards. A telltale trace of coarse sawdust is often found on the surface beneath the hole or on the ground below where they're drilling. Wooden decks, overhangs and other exposed wood on your home are prime targets for this destructive pest. Painted and treated woods are less preferred by Carpenter Bees, but they are by no means immune to attack.
Unpainted or stained cedar, cypress and redwood shingles and siding are also attacked despite their pest-resistant reputations. Carpenter bees, like their distant relatives, the carpenter ants, differ from termites in that they do not consume the wood as food. They simply excavate damaging tunnels into the wooden members on the exterior of your home for nesting sites.
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The text given to the Open command must contain at least one and at most two names. If a name contains white space, the name must be quoted with double quote marks ("name with space") for it to be recognized as a single token. The first name is generally that of a multi-cell source, such as a path to a layout file. The second name, which is optional, is the name of a cell from that source to open as the current cell. If not given, depending on the source, either a default cell is opened, or the user is presented a list of cells from which to choose. If a single name is given, it can also be the name of a cell in memory, or the name of a cell resolvable through a library or the search path for native cells.
In short, the first or only name given can be one of the following.
The name of an OpenAccess library, if the OpenAccess plug-in has been loaded.
A path to a layout file in a supported format.
The access name of a Cell Hierarchy Digest (CHD) in memory.
A path to a CHD file on disk.
A URL to a layout file on a remote server. This can also apply to a CHD file, but the layout file referenced by the CHD must be available locally.
The name of a library file.
In each of the cases above, a second name can appear, giving the name of a cell to open. If no cell name is given, the action depends on the type of source. An OpenAccess library source requires that a cell name be given, otherwise the OpenAccess database is not consulted.
If no cell name is given and the source is a layout file containing only one top-level cell, that cell will be opened. If there are multiple top-level cells, a pop-up will appear allowing the user to choose which cell to open. These calls will already be in memory, the choice simply defines the current cell for editing.
If the source is a CHD and no cell name is given, the CHD's default cell will be opened. This is either a cell configured into the CHD, or the first (lowest offset) top-level cell found in the original layout file. There will never be a selection pop-up with a CHD source.
If the file is a library file, the second argument should be one of the reference names from the library, or the name of a cell defined in the library. If no second name is given, a pop-up listing the library contents will appear, allowing the user to select a reference or cell.
The Open command can access the internet. The name given to the Open command can be in the form of a URL, followed by options. The URL must begin with ``http://'' or ``ftp://'', and the file is expected to be suitable Xic input.
Ordinarily a temporary file is used for downloading, which is destroyed. The user must save the hierarchy to retain a copy on the user's machine. If this option is given, the downloaded file will be saved in the given file and not destroyed.
If the name can not be resolved as a source archive as described above, it may be the name of one of the special library files. If not, it is taken as a name for a cell. If it can not be resolved as a known cell, a new, empty cell is created with that name.
The name of the model or device library file.
The name of a cell already in memory.
The name of a cell resolvable through open libraries or the native cell search path.
The name of a new cell to create and open.
If the name of the file given is that of the present model library (default ``model.lib'') or device library (default ``device.lib''), the library file is first copied into the current directory if it doesn't exist there, and the file in the current directory is then opened for text editing. These files contain the devices and some of the models used in electrical mode for producing SPICE files.
Cells can also be opened for editing within Xic by dragging the name from a file manager and dropping in the main drawing window, or by pressing the Ok or Open buttons in the File Selection panel. Files can also be opened from the Open buttons in the files, cells, and contents listing pop-ups in the File Menu. These are all equivalent to opening the cell with the Open command, so that the information in this section applies in those cases.
If the name string given to edit matches the name of a cell in memory, the editing context is switched to that cell, and no disk file is read in this case. However, if the name given to edit contains a directory separation character, i.e., is a path, then Xic will always attempt to read the file from disk. Thus, if the user wants to re-read a native cell file from disk, if the cell is already in memory, the user should add a path prefix to the name. For example ``./noname'', assuming noname is in the current directory, will force Xic to read the disk file, even if the noname cell is already in memory.
The interpretation of any path prefix which is included with the name of a native file to open for editing is set by the variables NoReadExclusive and AddToBack. The top level cell will always be read from the given file if a path to the file is specified. Subcells are resolved by cell name only through the search path. The search path is modified during the read according to the state of the NoReadExclusive and AddToBack variables.
All of the settings in the Setup page of the Import Control panel (from the Convert Menu) apply. However, none of the options, such as layer filtering or cell name modification, found in the Read File page of the same panel apply in this case. If these options are needed, the Read File button in this page should be used to read the file, rather than the Open command. Note that this is different from pre-3.0.0 releases, in which cell name case changes and file-based aliasing were supported in the Open command.
The table in 14.1 lists the variables and modes that apply to the Open and similar commands.


Shinsei Ryu's research focuses on quantum mechanical aspects of condensed matter systems in the areas of nanoscale physics and strongly correlated systems, as seen in the transport and entanglement of electrons. The goal of his research is to exploit quantum effects to enable quantum computation and quantum communication in next-generation electronics.
In 2015, he was selected as one of Science News's 10 "Bright Young Minds," scientists who have demonstrated high-caliber research leading to noteworthy achievements. He is the recipient of the 2015 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, a Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Nishinomiya-Yukawa Memorial Prize for outstanding research in theoretical physics, and Japan's Condensed Matter Science Prize.
Ryu received a BS in physics and an MS and PhD in applied physics, all from the University of Tokyo. He completed two postdoctoral appointments, the first at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the second at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the University of Chicago, he was an associate professor of condensed matter physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


The Virtual Manuscript Room (VMR), developed at ITSEE, brings together digital resources related to manuscript materials (digital images, descriptions and other metadata, transcripts) in an environment which will permit libraries to add images, scholars to add and edit metadata and transcripts online, and users to access material.
It is designed entirely around metadata, operating to a granularity not common in digital libraries. Thus, in the VMR we do not provide metadata records just for whole manuscripts: we provide records for each page image, and for each transcription of text on the page, and for specificying exactly what text is on each page.
The metadata states the exact resource type associated with the URL specified in each record: the resolution and colour depth of each image, the file format; for text files, whether it is XML and the document schema, and if it is a transcription, what type of transcription.
The VMR is designed so that it makes optimal use of standard institutional structures. All records may be accessed via the university OPAC, and long-term maintenance of VMR materials and metadata will be offered though the university Institutional Repository.
The VMR is open, not just to access, but to reuse. Because all metadata created by the VMR will be syndicated on an RSS feed, others may create their own search systems and their own interfaces to VMR data. Most immediately, this permits the two initial VMR partners, Munster and Birmingham, to share data, so that users can access data on both system through a single interface. More interestingly, this will permit others to add material on their own (or indeed on anyone's) server to the VMR: all they need do is create a metadata record for the resource following VMR protocols and add the record to a RSS feed read by any VMR partner.
Taken together, these features will enable any scholar with access to computer and basic computing skills to create high-quality scholarly materials over the web, and have it found and used by others.
The Birmingham VMR showcases full digitized manuscripts from Birmingham's Mingana collection of Middle Eastern manuscripts, previously unavailable on the web, with descriptions from the printed catalogue.
The NT.VMR at the University of Münster, Germany, contains digitizations and transcriptions of New Testament manuscripts.
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Olga Orlova made her dream come true and went to Antarctica
44-year-old singer Olga Orlova, instead of the southern edges, chose to spend the New Year holidays in the kingdom of ice.
TV presenter Olga Orlova at the end of last year spoke about her plans for the New Year holidays. She admitted that she decided to spend them with her husband and friends in a very unusual place. And went to Antarctica. Olga said that the journey to the South Pole will take quite a long time. They had to make several transplants, including in Argentine Buenos Aires.
Olga Orlova in Antarctica
Now the singer is in Antarctica, from where she shares snow photographs and talks about her impressions. Orlova admitted that the meeting in 2022 was the most unusual for her. In addition, the singer added that she did not expect such beauty from Antarctica. "I assumed that it would be beautiful … But, so much, I could not even imagine! 🇦🇶❤", – she wrote on Instagram
According to Orlova, she has long dreamed of being in an atypical place for tourists. And she dreamed of Antarctica for several years. The artist travels by ship, meeting penguins and other inhabitants of the snow kingdom on the way. "It was my dream to visit Antarctica !!! The beauty around is simply mesmerizing! Fifty shades of white and one hundred shades of blue", – shared her emotions Orlova.
By the way, at the end of 2021, the artist said that the journey to the Arctic Circle was originally conceived as a romantic trip for her and her husband. However, after the spouses told their friends and family about their plans, there were more people wishing to keep them company. At the same time, Olga clarified that she was going on a trip in the company of 15 people.
The singer said that her husband quickly agreed to an unusual New Year, but after it became known how many things to take with him, he was slightly embarrassed. "With the right motivation, my husband is very easy going. But when they announced to us the list of clothes that we had to buy for the trip, then I listened to a lecture on the topic "how great it would be to take two swimming trunks and fly to the Maldives", – the TV presenter shared with humor.
It became known where Nazarbayev is hiding
Putin took a risk: Indiga will open the way to the North. Or close
Firefighters rescued a swan frozen to ice
It's time to blame: Liberals "off the street" are leaving Russia. The top remains
Husband left makeup artist Gohar Avetisyan when she was dying after surgery
Kuravlev's children were convicted for sending the artist to a nursing home
After publishing a farewell photo shoot, Gohar Avetisyan broke up with her husband
Previously bald Nargiz Zakirova showed a frame in which it is difficult to recognize her


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var slugid = require('./slugid');
var uuidv4 = require('uuid/v4');

/**
 * Test that we can correctly encode a "non-nice" uuid (with first bit set) to
 * its known slug. The specific uuid was chosen since it has a slug which
 * contains both `-` and `_` characters.
 */
exports.encodeTest = function(test) {
  test.expect(1);

  // 10000000010011110011111111001000110111111100101101001011000001101000100111111011101011101111101011010101111000011000011101010100....
  // <8 ><0 ><4 ><f ><3 ><f ><c ><8 ><d ><f ><c ><4 ><0 ><6 ><8 ><9 ><f ><e ><f ><d ><5 ><e ><1 ><8 ><7 ><5 ><4 >
  // < g  >< E  >< 8  >< _  >< y  >< N  >< _  >< L  >< S  >< w  >< J  >< -  >< 6  >< 7  >< 6  >< 1  >< e  >< G  >< H  >< V  >
  var uuid_ = '804f3fc8-dfcb-4b06-89fb-aefad5e18754';
  var expectedSlug = "gE8_yN_LSwaJ-6761eGHVA";

  // Encode
  var actualSlug = slugid.encode(uuid_);

  // Test that it encoded correctly
  test.ok(expectedSlug == actualSlug, "UUID not correctly encoded into slug: '" + expectedSlug + "' != '" + actualSlug + "'");

  test.done();
};

/**
 * Test that we can decode a "non-nice" slug (first bit of uuid is set) that
 * begins with `-`
 */
exports.decodeTest = function(test) {
  test.expect(1);

  // 11111011111011111011111011111011111011111011111001000011111011111011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101....
  // <f ><e ><f ><e ><f ><e ><f ><e ><4 ><3 ><e ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><f ><d >
  // < -  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< Q  >< -  >< -  >< -  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< _  >< Q  >
  var slug = '--------Q--__________Q';
  var expectedUuid = "fbefbefb-efbe-43ef-bfff-fffffffffffd";

  // Decode
  var actualUuid = slugid.decode(slug);

  // Test that it is decoded correctly
  test.ok(expectedUuid == actualUuid, "Slug not correctly decoded into uuid: '" + expectedUuid + "' != '" + actualUuid + "'");

  test.done();
}

/**
 * Test that 100 v4 uuids are unchanged after encoding and then decoding them
 */
exports.uuidEncodeDecodeTest = function(test) {
  test.expect(100);

  for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    // Generate uuid
    var uuid_ = uuidv4();

    // Encode
    var slug = slugid.encode(uuid_);

    // Test that decode uuid matches original
    test.ok(slugid.decode(slug) == uuid_, "Encode and decode isn't identity");
  }

  test.done();
};

/**
 * Test that 100 v4 slugs are unchanged after decoding and then encoding them.
 */
exports.slugDecodeEncodeTest = function(test) {
  test.expect(100);

  for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    // Generate slug
    var slug1 = slugid.v4();

    // Decode
    var uuid_ = slugid.decode(slug1);

    // Encode
    var slug2 = slugid.encode(uuid_);

    // Test that decode uuid matches original
    test.ok(slug1 == slug2, "Decode and encode isn't identity");
  }

  test.done();
};

/**
 * Test: Make sure that all allowed characters can appear in all allowed
 * positions within the "nice" slug. In this test we generate over a thousand
 * slugids, and make sure that every possible allowed character per position
 * appears at least once in the sample of all slugids generated. We also make
 * sure that no other characters appear in positions in which they are not
 * allowed.
 *
 * base 64 encoding char -> value:
 * ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_
 * 0         1         2         3         4         5          6
 * 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
 *
 * e.g. from this we can see 'j' represents 35 in base64
 *
 * The following comments show the 128 bits of the v4 uuid in binary, hex and
 * base 64 encodings. The 6 fixed bits (`0`/`1`) according to RFC 4122, plus
 * the first (most significant) fixed bit (`0`) are shown among the 121
 * arbitrary value bits (`.`/`x`). The `x` means the same as `.` but just
 * highlights which bits are grouped together for the respective encoding.
 *
 * schema:
 *      <..........time_low............><...time_mid...><time_hi_+_vers><clk_hi><clk_lo><.....................node.....................>
 *
 * bin: 0xxx............................................0100............10xx............................................................
 * hex:  $A <01><02><03><04><05><06><07><08><09><10><11> 4  <13><14><15> $B <17><18><19><20><21><22><23><24><25><26><27><28><29><30><31>
 *
 * => $A in {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} (0b0xxx)
 * => $B in {8, 9, A, B} (0b10xx)
 *
 * bin: 0xxxxx..........................................0100xx......xxxx10............................................................xx0000
 * b64:   $C  < 01 >< 02 >< 03 >< 04 >< 05 >< 06 >< 07 >  $D  < 09 >  $E  < 11 >< 12 >< 13 >< 14 >< 15 >< 16 >< 17 >< 18 >< 19 >< 20 >  $F
 *
 * => $C in {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, a, b, c, d, e, f} (0b0xxxxx)
 * => $D in {Q, R, S, T} (0b0100xx)
 * => $E in {C, G, K, O, S, W, a, e, i, m, q, u, y, 2, 6, -} (0bxxxx10)
 * => $F in {A, Q, g, w} (0bxx0000)
 */
exports.niceSpreadTest = function(test) {
  var charsAll = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_".split('').sort().join('');
  // 0 - 31: 0b0xxxxx
  var charsC = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdef".split('').sort().join('');
  // 16, 17, 18, 19: 0b0100xx
  var charsD = "QRST".split('').sort().join('');
  // 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62: 0bxxxx10
  var charsE = "CGKOSWaeimquy26-".split('').sort().join('');
  // 0, 16, 32, 48: 0bxx0000
  var charsF = "AQgw".split('').sort().join('');
  expected = [charsC, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsD, charsAll, charsE, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsF];
  spreadTest(
    test,
    function() {
      return slugid.nice();
    },
    expected
  );
}

/**
 * This test is the same as niceSpreadTest but for slugid.v4() rather than
 * slugid.nice(). The only difference is that a v4() slug can start with any of
 * the base64 characters since the first six bits of the uuid are random.
 */
exports.v4SpreadTest = function(test) {
  var charsAll = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_".split('').sort().join('');
  // 16, 17, 18, 19: 0b0100xx
  var charsD = "QRST".split('').sort().join('');
  // 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62: 0bxxxx10
  var charsE = "CGKOSWaeimquy26-".split('').sort().join('');
  // 0, 16, 32, 48: 0bxx0000
  var charsF = "AQgw".split('').sort().join('');
  expected = [charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsD, charsAll, charsE, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsAll, charsF];
  spreadTest(
    test,
    function() {
      return slugid.v4();
    },
    expected
  );
}

/**
 * `spreadTest` runs a test against the `generator` function, to check that
 * when calling it 64*40 times, the range of characters per string position it
 * returns matches the array `expected`, where each entry in `expected` is a
 * string of all possible characters that should appear in that position in the
 * string, at least once in the sample of 64*40 responses from the `generator`
 * function */
function spreadTest(test, generator, expected) {
  // k records which characters were found at which positions. It has one entry
  // per slugid character, therefore 22 entries. Each entry is an object with
  // a property for each character found, where the value of that property is
  // the number of times that character appeared at that position in the slugid
  // in the large sample of slugids generated in this test.
  var k = [[], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []];

  test.expect(1);

  // Generate a large sample of slugids, and record what characters appeared
  // where...  A monte-carlo test has demonstrated that with 64 * 20
  // iterations, no failure occurred in 1000 simulations, so 64 * 40 should be
  // suitably large to rule out false positives.
  for (i = 0; i < 64 * 40; i++) {
    var slug = generator();
    for (j = 0; j < slug.length; j++) {
      if (k[j][slug.charAt(j)] === undefined) {
        k[j][slug.charAt(j)] = 1
      } else {
        k[j][slug.charAt(j)]++;
      }
    }
  }

  // Compose results into an array `actual`, for comparison with `expected`
  var actual = [];
  for (j = 0; j < k.length; j++) {
    a = Object.keys(k[j])
    actual[j] = ""
    for (x = 0; x  0) {
        actual[j] += a[x]
      }
    }
    // sort for easy comparison
    actual[j] = actual[j].split('').sort().join('');
  }

  test.ok(arraysEqual(expected, actual), "In a large sample of generated slugids, the range of characters found per character position in the sample did not match expected results.\n\nExpected: " + expected + "\n\nActual: " + actual)
  test.done();
}

/**
 * `arraysEqual` checks arrays `a` and `b` for equality
 */
function arraysEqual(a, b) {
  if (a === b) return true;
  if (a == null || b == null) return false;
  if (a.length != b.length) return false;
  for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
    if (a[i] !== b[i]) return false;
  }
  return true;
}

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How an ex-Oakland writer is trying to repay the people whose stories he told
Ryan Kost July 16, 2019Updated: July 17, 2019, 5:04 pm
Richard Davis sells the homeless advocacy newspaper Street Spirit in front of a Trader Joe's in Oakland. Photo: Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
For six years, Rick Paulas worked as a freelance writer in the Bay Area, and during that time he collected stories about people's homes being torn down, stories about the aftershock of the Ghost Ship fire, stories about activists and the people they fought for. He collected these stories, and he wrote them down, and then he got paid for it.
These were stories that needed telling, he says. But something about it all felt a little uncomfortable.
"It's not like freelance writers make a ton of money or reporters or journalists in general," Paulas says. "But you are making money off of the story and, I don't know … It's always been in the back of my mind when reporting on these things."
It was also on his mind as he wrote "Eastern Span," a work of fiction that is not entirely fiction, not exactly. There is no actual Pug, the novel's protagonist, a "down-on-his-luck gig economy worker" turned detective. But the book's East Bay setting — the dive bars and underground parties, the details about homeless encampments, like Berkeley's Here/There — feels absolutely real, even tangible. The book is, after all, informed by all the stories Paulas had collected.
So back in 2018, Paulas pressed send on a tweet: "A few beers in, I'll say: My ultimate dream for this is for it to be distributed like street newspapers, given away for free to the homeless, who'll sell it for however much they want and keep the money."
Homeless vendors of the Street Spirit and Street Sheet newspapers are selling donated copies of author Rick Paulas' self-published novel, "Eastern Span." Photo: Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
Now it's happening. Earlier this month, two days before he moved to New York City, Paulas delivered about 500 copies of the self-published novel to a pair of area street newspapers, Berkeley's Street Spirit and San Francisco's Street Sheet. And for the past couple weeks, the newspapers' vendors — people experiencing homelessness — have had the option of selling the book along with the newspapers. They can charge however much they want, and they keep all the proceeds.
"There's something weirdly pure about these street newspapers," Paulas says. He'd written a piece for the Poetry Foundation about the street newspapers, and their mission stuck with him. There are hundreds worldwide, reporting on issues central to homelessness and at the same time giving unhoused people a foothold, a way to make money. "They stand apart from a lot of other types of media, in terms of just their model and their goal. … It kind of has this weirdly punk thing to it."
Alastair Boone has a small office just of Adeline Street in Berkeley. It's a bit hidden, tucked away in the leafy backyard that belongs to Youth Spirit Artworks, Street Spirit's publisher, but it's full of soft light and copies of the paper. Boone has been the editor of the paper for about a year now. She's the only one on staff, so she writes for the paper and manages the freelancers, many of whom have been homeless themselves. Paulas got her attention through Twitter.
His pitch was unusual — but not exactly unheard of. A few years ago, Street Spirit vendors sold a movie called "Dogtown Redemption," a documentary about West Oakland recyclers. But that was a film very much about the homeless community; it made sense. Paulas' book takes the reader to encampments, but it's not a novel about homelessness.
Still, after reading the book, Boone thought it was a good fit — worth a try, anyhow.
Street Spirit editor Alastair Boone says "Eastern Span" is a good fit for the newspaper. Photo: Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
"His view of Oakland is broad, and that is what you get a lot of in the book — you get a real sense that you're grounded in Oakland and … he sees all these things as being connected to each other," Boone says. "Writing anything about Oakland requires writing about unhoused people in Oakland, because that's a big crisis the city is facing."
Paulas gave Street Spirit 280 copies of his book, and 10 days into the project, Boone says she only had about 60 left. One woman who sells the paper near Boone's office had sold 40 copies of the book. She kept coming back to the Street Spirit office, taking five at time. The suggested price is $5 to $10, but that's just a suggestion. Be a little generous with the math and that adds up to $400 of revenue the woman wasn't expecting this month.
Last week, not far from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station, another woman was selling "Eastern Span." Copies of the book sat on top of copies of Street Spirit. The woman didn't want to be interviewed. No photos either. She was working, she said. No time to chat. No time to pose. She was selling the book for $20. People were paying, too.
"I can sell anything," she said.
A Street Spirit vendor at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station is selling "Eastern Span" for $20. Photo: Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
"I think it's really amazing that in … the process of reporting, (Paulas) realized he wanted the actual, tangible book to give back to the unhoused community and to contribute positively to the lives of the unhoused community," Boone says.
It may not all be entirely altruistic. People are reading his book that wouldn't have read his book otherwise. But it's also clear Paulas feels this issue deeply. On the flip side of the book's cover, where writers usually reserve the rights to their work, Paulas does the opposite.
"I'm purposefully not reserving 'all' rights. If somehow this moves you and you want to, I don't know, print out a copy for a friend, or make your own kind of art related to it, please do so. Have at it," he writes. "Just don't make any money off it. Or if you do, donate it to organizations working with homeless folks, or just give the money to homeless folks themselves."
"Eastern Span"
By Rick Paulas
(240 pages; $20 plus shipping at www.oaktownnoir.com)
Ryan Kost
Ryan Kost Ryan Kost is a San Francisco Chronicle features writer. Email: rkost@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @RyanKost
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When the terminally ill Count Hervé de Kerloquen (Pierre Brasseur, Goto, Isle of Love) vanishes without trace, his heirs are told that they have to wait five years before he can be declared legally dead, forcing them to devise ways of paying for the upkeep of the vast family château in the meantime. While they set about transforming the place into an elaborate son et lumière tourist attraction, they are beset by a series of tragic accidents – if that's really what they are…
The little-known third feature by the great French maverick Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face, Judex) is a delightfully playful romp through Agatha Christie territory, whose script (written by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac of Les Diaboliques and Vertigo fame) is mischievously aware of the hoariest old murder-mystery clichés and gleefully exploits as many of them as possible.
They're equally aware of the detective story's antecedents in the Gothic novel, a connection that Franju is only too happy to emphasise visually at every opportunity thanks to his magnificent main location. A young Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist, Amour) is amongst the Kerloquen heirs.
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Battle Born – Battle Born
Posted in Review with tags 80s heavy metal, Battle Born, Power Metal, Skyrim on 20th July 2020 by Nico Davidson
Released 26th June 2020
Power Metal/Skyrim Metal
Hailing from Windhelm (Apparently), Battle Born are a new power metal act on the scene. Described as "true Skyrim Metal" by some, I have to admit my curiosity was piqued. The self-titled EP is said to take the listener on an adventure through the rolling mountains of the frozen land of Skyrim.
The EP charges straight in with the gallant title track, Battle Born. It's a strong enough opening for the EP, featuring the standard trademarks of European power metal. Bring The Metal Back is a catchy track with memorable riffs and an overall grandiose chorus, though some of the lyrics do sound quite cheesey. Man Of War takes on a more classic metal sound, with a styling that would be closer to early Manowar, or Judas Priest, than modern power metal. The chorus is poignant enough to have you singing it for days. For Our Home is a far gentler song, making use of more emotional keyboard passages and moving vocal lines. The guitars add to the uplifting sound of the track. The EP ends on Sovngarde Awaits, which despite the name, isn't as mournful as one would assume. Instead, it thunders in with encouraging guitar riffs, exhilarating keyboards, and boisterous vocals. Such an enlivening song makes you want the EP to carry on.
For a Skyrim Metal band, the lack of Thu'um usage and sweetrolls which is disappointing, however the EP shows promise these sons of Skyrim. With an arsenal of fun choruses, and uplifting songs, Battle Born is a mighty release and just the soundtrack you need when taking the fight to the Imperials!
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Battle Born online:
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Existance – Breaking the Rock
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 80s heavy metal, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest on 22nd October 2016 by izaforestspirit
Existance
Breaking the Rock
Released 15th October 2016
Released via Black Viper Records
'Breaking the Rock' is the second album from the French heavy metal band Existance. The band was formed back in 2008 by Julian Izard (son of Didier Izard from the speed metal band H-Bomb). Existance expressed their aim to "keep the spirit of the 1980s heavy metal alive". Their music has been compared to the likes of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Saxon.
First off is Heavy Metal Fury with a deceptively slow and melodic guitar intro paving the way to some classic heavy metal in which most of the emphasis is on the guitar riffs and Izard's melodic vocals. The 80s heavy metal influences are fairly easy to detect; the guitar patterns, riffs and vocal style reminds me of the more prominent bands from the NWOBHM movement such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. If it's retro-style, heavy metal guitar riffs you're after, you will find them in abundance on tracks such as All Is On Fire, Pain In Paradise.
As with most classic heavy metal albums, there's usually at least one slow ballad to show the band's 'softer', more melodic side and (hopefully) underline the skills and vocal range of their singer. On here we get Sinner of Love in which it's definitely the vocals that enter the spotlight. Izard's vocals are a good match to the guitar melodies giving the song a pleasant vibe. By contrast there's the adrenaline-packed title track which really speeds things up in the riff department.
Overall, 'Breaking the Rock' is more than just a homage to 80s heavy metal. Existance did a great job of replicating the sounds of that era in metal music and their influences are fairly evident. It's practically a genre-defining album. This is classic heavy metal in its purest form.
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International Mineralogical Association
Home page > MINERAL OF THE YEAR
Bojarite - Mineral of the year 2020
In 2014, the IMA introduced its "Mineral of the Year" initiative, aimed to recognize the most inspiring and exciting mineral discoveries published in a given calendar year. With this initiative, the IMA likes also to acknowledge the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) for their tireless work. It is never easy choosing the winner and we are happy to announce the finalists in the category "Mineral of the Year 2019":
The prestigious title went to "Tewite" that was discovered in the vicinity of Nanyang village, Huaping County, located in the south of the Panzhihua–Xichang region, southwestern China. It occurs in the Neoproterozoic Sinian light-weathered biotite–quartz monzonite, near the contact zone with gabbro. The associated minerals are alkali feldspar, biotite, clinoamphibole, ilmenite, zircon, zoisite, tourmaline, monazite-(Ce), allanite-(Ce), scheelite, tellurite and the new mineral wumuite (KAl0.33W2.67O9, IMA2017-067a), in addition to an unidentified, potentially new mineral corresponding to WO3.
Tewite forms platy crystals that range from 0.08×0.1×0.1 to 0.1×0.2×0.5 mm in size. The crystals are greenish yellow, with a light-yellow to white streak, translucent to transparent, and with adamantine luster. Mohs hardness is 3½–4, and the tenacity is brittle. Tewite has perfect {100}, {001}, and {010} cleavages. The empirical formula, based on 19 O, is (K1.61Na0.06□0.33)∑2.00(Te1.06W0.35□0.59)∑2.00W5O19. Already first studies showed tewite to be a new mineral with a new crystal-structure type and a composition containing Te, W and K. No similar minerals or synthetic compounds corresponding to this mineral have been previously found.
Tewite has a new tungsten-bronze (TB)-type derivative structure. Distorted TeO6 octahedra break TB slabs into ribbons which are displaced by ½ a relative to their neighbors, while K partly occupies two mutually exclusive sites in hexagonal channels || c. Short-range order and displacement of K ions are likely responsible for an observed incommensurate modulation of the average structure indicated by weak satellite reflections along c*, which were not considered in the structure refinement.
The two closest runners-up were Rudabanyaite, a new mineral with a [Ag2Hg2]4+ cluster cation from the Rudabánya ore deposit (Hungary) described by Herta Effenberger and co-authors (2019) in the European Journal of Mineralogy and Davidbrownite-(NH4), a new phosphate–oxalate mineral from the Rowley mine, Arizona, USA, described by Anthony R. Kampf and co-authors in the Mineralogical Magazine (2019).
We would like to congratulate Guowu Li and co-authors on the discovery of tewite and encourage all colleagues to read about this fantastic find in the European Journal of Mineralogy article.
Li, Guowu, Xue, Yuan, Xiong, Ming (2019): Tewite: A K–Te–W new mineral species with a modified tungsten-bronze type structure, from the Panzhihua-Xichang region, southwest China. European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (1):145–152.
https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2813
Effenberger, H., Szakáll, S., Fehér, B., Váczi, T.; Zajzon, N. (2019): Rudabányaite, a new mineral with a [Ag2Hg2]4+ cluster cation from the Rudabánya ore deposit (Hungary).
European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (3):537–547.
Kampf, A.R., Cooper, M.A., Rossman, G.R., Nash, B.P., Hawthorne, F.C., Marty, J. (2019): Davidbrownite-(NH4), (NH4,K)5(V4+O)2(C2O4)[PO2.75(OH)1.25]4·3H2O, a new phosphate–oxalate mineral from the Rowley mine, Arizona, USA. Mineralogical Magazine 83 (6):869-877.
https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.56
MINERAL OF THE YEAR 2018
At long last and after much deliberation, the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification is pleased to announce its chosen Mineral of the Year 2018. The "race" was tight and there were many worthy contenders, but the winner is a true gem (or at least, was presented as such in the media). The new complex oxide carmeltazite (ZrAl2Ti4O11) forms black inclusions in blue corundum crystals ("Carmel SapphireTM") from Cretaceous pyroclastic rocks and associated alluvial deposits at Kishon Mid-Reach in northern Israel. Its name alludes to the type locality at Mt. Carmel and the three principal metals in its formula (Ti, Al and Zr). Carmeltazite was discovered by William L. Griffin (Macquarie University, Australia), Sarah E.M. Gain (University of Western Australia), Luca Bindi (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy), Vered Toledo (Shefa Gems Ltd., Israel), Fernando Cámara (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy), Martin Saunders (University of Western Australia), and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly (Macquarie University). Since its description was published in Minerals (Griffin et al., 2018), the mineral has gained much publicity online as "the world's newest gemstone" (EraGem, 2019), and even an "extraterrestrial mineral harder than diamonds" (Flatley, 2019). Although perfectly terrestrial in origin and not particularly gemmy, the Mineral of the Year 2018 does contain Ti3+, altogether rare in the geological environment, and possesses a peculiar crystal structure, which is remotely related to the close-packed arrangement of spinel. As can be seen from its formula, the structure of carmeltazite is cation- and anion-deficient relative to spinels, while its symmetry is reduced to orthorhombic. Perhaps even more remarkable than its public image or structure is the association of carmeltazite with other Ti3+ and carbide minerals, which indicates very unusual geological conditions in their volcanic cradle and promises new exciting discoveries in the future (Griffin et al., 2018).
We would also like to acknowledge here the close runners-up, which included the modular carbonato-phosphato-silicate aravaite from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex in Israel (Krüger et al., 2018) and the first-ever tin sulfate genplesite from the Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni-Pd-Pt deposit in Siberia, Russia (Pekov et al., 2018). Once again, we congratulate Bill Griffin and his co-authors on their interesting discovery.
EraGem (2019) Carmeltazite the world's newest gemstone (https://eragem.com/news/)
Griffin WL, Gain SEM, Bindi L, Toledo V, Cámara F, Saunders M, O'Reilly SY (2018) Carmeltazite, ZrAl2Ti4O11, a new mineral trapped in corundum from volcanic rocks of Mt Carmel, northern Israel. Minerals 8:601 (https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/601)
Flatley H (2019) Extraterrestrial mineral harder than diamonds discovered in Israel (https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/15/carmel-sapphire)
Krüger B, Krüger H, Galuskin EV, Galuskina IO, Vapnik Y, Olieric V, Pauluhn A (2018) Aravaite, Ba2Ca18(SiO4)6(PO4)3(CO3)F3O: modular structure and disorder of a new mineral with single and triple antiperovskite layers. Acta Crystallographica B 74: 492-501
Pekov IV, Sereda EV, Zubkova NV, Yapaskurt VO, Chukanov NV, Britvin SN, Lykova IS, Pushcharovsky DY (2018) Genplesite, Ca3Sn(SO4)2(OH)6∙3H2O, a new mineral of the fleischerite group: first occurrence of a tin sulfate in nature. European Journal of Mineralogy 30: 375-382
In 2014, the IMA introduced its "Mineral of the Year" initiative, aimed to recognize the most inspiring and exciting mineral discoveries published in a given calendar year, and to acknowledge the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) for their tireless work. Over 100 new mineral species are approved by the Commission every year from an even greater number of proposals sent in from around the globe. Choosing the winner is never easy and always extra work for the CNMNC expert panel. We applaud them for their dedication and are happy to announce the finalists in the category "Mineral of the Year 2017".
The prestigious title went to black cuboctahedral crystals peppering green mottramite in an underground tunnel at the abandoned Rowley mine in Arizona, and named for the type locality ROWLEYITE. The chemical formula of this new species is as complex as its crystal structure, and both are a testament to the capabilities of modern science and to the uniqueness of geological conditions that led to rowleyite crystallization. Although structurally related compounds are known in materials science as "salt-templated mesoporous solids" and "polyoxometalates", it is difficult to succinctly identify something that has the formula [Na(NH4,K)9Cl4][V25+,4+(P,As)O8]6·n[H2O, Na,NH4,K,Cl]. Rowleyite can be described as a phosphovanadate with a zeolite-like, porous framework, in which small cages host the [(NH4,K)9Cl4]5+ clusters forming a "salt net" and large cages accommodate H2O, NH4, Na, K and Cl. This paragon of mineralogical complexity was discovered and published in American Mineralogist (volume 102, pages 1037-1044) by Anthony R. Kampf (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA), Mark A. Cooper (University of Manitoba, Canada), Barbara P. Nash and Thure E. Cerling (University of Utah, USA), Joe Marty (Salt Lake City, Utah), Daniel R. Hummer (Southern Illinois University, USA), Aaron J. Celestian (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County), Timothy P. Rose (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA), and Thomas J. Trebisky (University of Arizona, USA). Congratulations to the winning team on this exciting discovery!
The two closest runners-up were kegginite (another polyoxovanadate from the Packrat mine in Colorado, described by Anthony R. Kampf and colleagues (2017) in American Mineralogist and the Ti3+-dominant garnet rubinite discovered in the Vigarano, Allende and Efremovka carbonaceous chondrites by Chi Ma et al. (2017).
Kampf AR, Cooper MA, Nash BP, Cerling TE, Marty J, Hummer DR, Celestian AJ, Rose TP, Trebisky TJ (2017) Rowleyite, [Na(NH4,K)9Cl4][V5+,4+2(P,As)O8]6·n[H2O,Na,NH4,K, Cl][Na(NH4,K)9Cl4][V25+,4+(P,As)O8]·n[H2O,Na,NH4,K,Cl], a new mineral with a microporous framework structure. American Mineralogist 102: 1037-1044 6
Kampf AR, Hughes JM, Nash BP, Marty J (2017) Kegginite, Pb3Ca3[AsV12O40(VO)]·20H2O, a new mineral with a novel ε-isomer of the Keggin anion. American Mineralogist 102: 461-465
Ma C, Yoshizaki T, Krot AN, Beckett JR, Nakamura T, Nagashima K, Muto J, Ivanova MA (2017) Discovery of rubinite, Ca3Ti3+2Si3O12, a new garnet mineral in refractory inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 (LPI Contrib. No. 1987), 6023.pdf
The International Mineralogical Association is pleased to announce that the Mineral of the Year award for 2016 goes to merelaniite, Mo4Pb4VSbS15.
This mineral was discovered in collector specimens from the Merelani region in northeastern Tanzania, and investigated by John A. Jaszczak (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA), Michael S. Rumsey (Natural History Museum, London, UK), Luca Bindi (Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy), Stephen A. Hackney (MTU), Michael A. Wise (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA), Chris J. Stanley (NHM), and John Spratt (NHM). Merelaniite, whose unusual whisker-like crystals were initially mistaken for molybdenite, is actually a new member of the cylindrite group (Jaszczak et al. 2016). The new species is remarkable not only for its morphology, which is reminiscent of slender, partially unwound microscopic "scrolls", or the structure composed of alternating pseudo-tetragonal (PbS-type) and pseudo-hexagonal (MoS2-type) layers, but also for the fact that it comes from the famous mining area that has produced the gemstone tanzanite (vanadium-bearing blue zoisite) for 50 years. Other unusual minerals found in association with merelaniite are well-crystallized wurtzite and alabandite, which represent just one evolutionary stage in the complex metamorphic history of the Merelani deposits. We would like to congratulate John Jaszczak and his co-authors on this award and encourage the readers to learn more about merelaniite from theiropen-access article in Minerals (www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/4/115).
The closest runner-ups to the winner were the Pb-Cu-Te oxysalt andychristyite (Kampf et al. 2016a), and the mineral vanarsite containing As-V polyanions (Kampf et al. 2016b).
Jaszczak JA, Rumsey MS, Bindi L, Hackney SA, Wise MA, Stanley CJ, Spratt J (2016) Merelaniite, Mo4Pb4VSbS15, a new molybdenum-essential member of the cylindrite group, from the Merelani tanzanite deposit, Lelatema Mountains, Manyara Region, Tanzania. Minerals 6:115.
Kampf AR, Cooper MA, Mills SJ, Housley RM, Rossman GR (2016a) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, USA: XII. Andychristyite, PbCu2+Te6+O5(H2O), a new mineral with hcp stair-step layers. Mineralogical Magazine 80: 1055-1065.
Kampf AR, Hughes JM, Nash BP, Marty J (2016b) Vanarsite, packratite, morrisonite, and gatewayite: four new minerals containing the [As3+V4+,5+12As5+6O51] heteropolyanion, a novel polyoxometalate cluster. Canadian Mineralogist 54: 145-162.
Figure caption: (top) a 0.73-mm long cylindrical whisker of merelaniite perched on green dravite; (bottom) scanning electron microscope image revealing the scroll-type structure of a 0.07-mm long segment of a merelaniite whisker.
The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) is pleased to announce that the Mineral of the Year award for 2015 goes to chanabayaite.
This mineral was discovered and studied by Nikita V. Chukanov of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Chernogolovka, Moscow Region) in collaboration with Natalia V. Zubkova (Moscow State University, MSU), Gerhard Möhn (Niedernhausen, Germany), Igor V. Pekov (MSU), Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky (MSU), and Aleksandr E. Zadov (NPP Teplokhim, Moscow).
Chanabayaite, Cu2(N3C2H2)Cl(NH3,Cl,H2O,[])4, is a new mineral species from Mt. Pabellón de Pica near the village of Chanabaya in the Tarapacá region of Chile (Chukanov et al. 2015). This unusual organometallic mineral does not only have a unique crystal structure that features the 1,2,4-triazolate anion (N3C2H2)-, but also acts as a "bridge" between the geosphere and the biosphere because its deep-blue crystals formed where guano deposits (the source of the C and N) came into contact with a chalcopyrite-bearing gabbro (which supplied the Cu). Chanabayaite formed by Na and Cl leaching from, and by the dehydration of, another triazolate-bearing natural compound – and potentially another new mineral – NaCu2Cl3[N3C2H2]2[NH3]2·4H2O (Zubkova et al. 2016).
Prof. Chukanov is known internationally both for his fascinating mineral discoveries (chanabayaite is but one of the 190 new species under Chukanov's belt) and his prominent contributions to mineral spectroscopy [most recently, Chukanov (2014) and Chukanov and Chervonnyi (2016)]. A close runner-up to the winner was decagonite (Al71Ni24Fe5), the second naturally occurring quasicrystal from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite (Bindi et al. 2015).
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Bindi L and 12 coauthors (2015) Decagonite, Al71Ni24Fe5, a quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. American Mineralogist 100: 764-772
Chukanov NV (2014) Infrared Spectra of Mineral Species: Extended Library. Springer-Verlag GmbH, Dordrecht–Heidelberg–New York–London, 1, 716 pp
Chukanov NV, Chervonnyi AD (2016) Infrared Spectroscopy of Minerals and Related Compounds. Springer, Cham–Heidelberg– Dordrecht–New York–London, 1,109 pp
Chukanov NV and 5 coauthors (2015) Chanabayaite, Cu2(N3C2H2)Cl(NH3,Cl,H2O,[])4, a new mineral containing triazolate anion. Geology of Ore Deposits 57: 712-720
Zubkova NV and 7 coauthors (2016) The crystal structure of the natural 1,2,4-triazolate compound NaCu2Cl3[N3C2H2]2[NH3]2·4H2O. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 231: 47-54
The Mineral of the Year for 2014 is ophirite!
Ophirite, Ca2Mg4[Zn2Mn23+(H2O)2(Fe3+W9O34)2]·46H2O, is a new mineral species from the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine, Ophir district, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA, and was described by Anthony R. Kampf of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and co-authors: John M. Hughes (University of Vermont), Barbara P. Nash (University of Utah), Stephen E. Wright (Miami University), George R. Rossman (Caltech), and Joe Marty (Utah) (Kampf et al., 2014). Ophirite forms beautiful, orange-brown tablet-shaped crystals up to 1 mm in length and is the first known mineral to contain a lacunary defect derivative of the Keggin anion, i.e. a heteropolyanion missing some of its octahedral segments (Keggin, 1934). Phases with the Keggin anion are important in solid state chemistry as a catalyst (e.g. Sun et al., 2009).
We would like to mention that there were other very interesting phases which were close runner-ups, including bluebellite, Cu6[I5+O3(OH)3](OH)7Cl (Mills et al. 2014), qingsongite, BN (Dobrzhinetskaya et al. 2014) and peterandresenite, Mn4Nb6O19·14H2O (Friis et al. 2014).
Once again, we would like to congratulate the authors on the discovery of ophirite and encourage all of the readers to read about this fantastic find in the American Mineralogist article.
Dobrzhinetskaya LF, Wirth R, Yang J, Green HW, Hutcheon ID, Weber PK, Grew ES (2014) Qingsongite, natural cubic boron nitride: The first boron mineral from the Earth's mantle. American Mineralogist 99: 764-772
Friis H, Larsen AO, Kampf AR, Evans RJ, Selbekk RS, Sánchez A, Kihle J (2014) Peterandresenite, Mn4Nb6O19·14H2O, a new mineral containing the Lindqvist ion from a syenite pegmatite of the Larvik Plutonic Complex, southern Norway. European Journal of Mineralogy 26: 567-576
Kampf AR, Hughes JM, Nash BP, Wright SE, Rossman GR, Marty J (2014) Ophirite, Ca2Mg4[Zn2Mn23+(H2O)2(Fe3+WO34)2]·46H2O, a new mineral with a heteropolytungstate tri-lacunary Keggin anion. American Mineralogist 99: 1045-1051
Keggin JF (1934) The structure and formula of 12-phosphotungstic acid. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 144: 75-100
Mills SJ, Kampf AR, Christy AG, Housley RM, Rossman GR, Reynolds RE, Marty J (2014) Bluebellite and mojaveite, two new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine 78: 1325-1340
Sun CY, Liu SX, Liang DD, Shao K9Z, Ren YH, Su ZM (2009) Highly stable crystalline catalysts based on a microporous metal−organic framework and polyoxometalates. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 1883-1888
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Expanded condition monitoring of less-critical assets calls for easily installed, low-cost wireless sensors for temperature, power and vibration, but no one wants to be changing batteries constantly. So sensor and software companies have developed interesting alternative approaches to extending battery life or eliminating batteries altogether.
Batteries in traditional Wi-Fi devices have a useable life of only a few days. Through partnership with GainSpan, Sensicast has developed a power management system-on-a-chip that allows its Wi-Fi sensor nodes to operate for years on a single battery.
Alternatives include solar power where the lighting is good or vibration where it's available, such as rotating equipment. But these power sources are constant and low.
If more power is needed, MIT researchers recently demonstrated a practical method for wireless power transfer using magnetically coupled resonance (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/wireless-0607.html).


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California, in-doors and out; My early days; Ideal attained...
Robert Herrick
An anatomy of literature; Clark's Field; The web of life...
Janice N. Harrington
Born: in Vernon, Alabama
Connection to Illinois: Harrington lives in Champaign.
Biography: Janice N. Harrington writes poetry and is the author of award-winning children's books. Growing up in Alabama and Nebraska, both settings figure prominently in her writing. A Cave Canem Fellow, Harrington is also the winner of a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Poetry. Her poetry appears regularly in American literary magazines and has led to awards from the Illinois Arts Council and appearances on ''Poetry Daily'' and ''Verse Daily''. Previously a public librarian and a professional storyteller, she told stories at festivals around the country, including the National Storytelling Festival. Harrington currently teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Busy-Busy Little Chick Illinois READS Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2014
Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, BOA Editions; Kate Tufts Discovery Award
The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County Top 10 Children's Books, ''Time'' magazine, 2007
Going North Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, New York Public Library, 2005
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turne Best STEM Book, NSTA/CBC, 2020; Starred Review, School Library Journal; Illinois READS Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2023
Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Non-Fiction; Poetry
Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children
Blog: https://www.janiceharrington.com/contact.html
E-Mail: jharr@uiuc.edu
Web: https://www.janiceharrington.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_N._Harrington
Busy-busy Little Chick /
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 2013.
Mama Nsoso knows her chicks need a warm new house, but each day when they set out to collect sticks and mud she is distracted by good things to eat, while Little Chick stays busy gathering the building materials himself.
Buzzing with questions :
Questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner's mind. Fascinated by bugs and other animals, he wondered: Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? --from dust jacket.
Catching a storyfish /
Even the hollow my body made is gone :
Going North /
Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York : ©2004
A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.
Primitive :
Roberto walks home
Viking, New York : 2008.
Roberto is very angry when his older brother Miguel promises to walk him home from school and then forgets.
The chicken-chasing queen of Lamar County /
A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways.
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Prom is supposed to be the most magical night of any teenager's life. Everything -- from the dress or tux to the decorations and handouts -- has to be perfect. So if you're in charge of choosing the prom night giveaways for your school, you're likely starting to feel the pressure. How will you choose the perfect prom handouts for the big event?
To help make the decision process a little easier, we've constructed this guide. Follow Motivators' prom handout buying guide and the big party will be a guaranteed hit.
First and foremost it is imperative that you come up with a budget. Every school will have a different spending limit, so meet with the PTA, student council, and school board to come up with an appropriate number. If you haven't got enough funds to throw the kind of party you were hoping for, think about launching a prom fundraiser. The kids will have a great time earning money for their prom, and it's the perfect way to get everyone involved.
Once you've figured out how much you can spend, the fun can finally begin! To weed out products that are not within your price range, try filtering items by price. You'll find there is a wide variety of giveaways at many different price points, so whether you're looking for a prom handout that's under $1 or more than $20, you'll find it with ease. If you're celebrating a smaller class' graduation, feel free to spend a little more on their giveaways.
For those with particularly tight resources, items like silicone bracelets, lollipops and picture frames are available at unbelievable prices. These fun products can be purchased for under $1 -- who says prom has to cost you an arm and a leg?
If you don't necessarily want to choose a theme but you'd like to commemorate prom in your own way, consider handing out metal keytags with the year. What better way to celebrate the year students went to their first prom?
If you'll have a professional photographer on-hand to capture moments throughout the night, there are a few ways you can use this to your advantage. For example, ask the photographer to shoot each couple's entrance. Then, while the kids are having fun, print their photos and place them into imprinted picture frames. At the end of the night, you'll have the perfect party favor to hand out to each guest.
Another great idea, if you've got the budget, is to create each guest a custom album filled with all of the photographer's best shots from prom night. The kids will cherish your gift for the rest of the lives and will never forget prom! Motivators has the best promo photo albums to help everyone commemorate the big night.
If you're stressing out about choosing the best prom handouts for your school, don't worry at all. With the help of this guide, you'll undoubtedly make the right decision. And if you have any questions, everyone you'll talk to at Motivators has already been to a prom, so they are happy to help! Remember, prom only comes once, so make it one worth remembering.


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Q: Static member accessed via instance reference (using 'this' keyword) public class RoundCapGraph extends View {
   static private int strokeWidth = 20;

   public void setStrokeWidth(int strokeWidth){
       this.strokeWidth = strokeWidth;
       //warning : static member 'com.example.ud.RoundCapGraph.strokeWidth' accessed via instance reference
   }
}

In android studio I'm trying to set strokeWidth using setStrokeWidth.
But I get warning
static member 'com.example.ud.RoundCapGraph.strokeWidth' accessed via instance reference
Question : Does 'this' keyword make new instance and access variable via new instance?
EDITED : I don't really need to set strokeWidth variable static, but I want to understand why using 'this' keyword produce particular warning

A: this keyword doesn't create a new instance, but this. is usually used to access instance variables.
Therefore, when the compiler sees that you try to access a static variable via this., it assumes that you might have made a mistake (i.e. that your intention was to access an instance variable), so it warns about it.
A better way to access the static variable is:
RoundCapGraph.strokeWidth = strokeWidth;

EDIT: you are setting your static variable within an instance method. This is a good indication that the compiler was right in warning you about accessing the static variable as if it was an instance variable.
You should set static variables via static methods, and set instance variables via instance methods.

A: When you access static member using object's instance, the instance gets replace by Class. i.e this.strokeWidth would be replace with RoundCapGraph.strokeWidth
There will be no NullPointerException due to the instance replacement.
I found a reference to this in the Java Specification: Chapter 15, Section 11: Field Access Expressions.

Example 15.11.1-2. Receiver Variable Is Irrelevant For static Field Access
The following program demonstrates that a null reference may be used to access a class (static) variable without causing an exception

public class RoundCapGraph extends View {
   static private int strokeWidth = 20;

   public void setStrokeWidth(int strokeWidth){
       RoundCapGraph roundCapGraph = null;
       roundCapGraph.strokeWidth = strokeWidth; // NullPointerException?
       //warning : static member 'com.example.ud.RoundCapGraph.strokeWidth' accessed via instance reference
   }
}

A: Correct, Static members belong to the class not to an instance.

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What Is Lookalike?
When talking of advertising, there is warm traffic, when people already know about your business and cold traffic- people that haven't engaged with you before. And clearly, it's important to bring new people from this cold traffic into the sales funnel. Selecting a cold audience on Facebook, you have two options: to use interests and demographics or to use a Facebook Lookalike Audience. Lookalike is very simple and fast to create so let's find out what exactly it is.
A lookalike audience is a way to reach new people who are likely to be interested in your business because they're similar to your best existing customers. - says Facebook. Clear enough. Facebook creates an audience relying on your customers' data, you just provide a source audience. You can choose the percentage, so a 1% lookalike will consist of people that most closely match the source audience. This is the most concentrated part of matching users.
One of the advantages of lookalike audiences is that they are being updated every 3-7 days so you don't have to keep creating them.
To get an idea of how accurate is the Facebook interest categorization, check your own "interests" on Facebook. For this go to the Settings menu, then Ads, and you will see "Your interests".
Some of the interests will be highly accurate and correct but still a lot of Facebook's data might be outdated or Ads Manager might have misinterpreted certain signals. So you cannot totally rely on interest categorization.
Facebook lookalikes are really quick to create. Click the Business Manager, then the Audiences section, the blue Create Audience button and finally select the Lookalike Audience option.
To start creating an audience choose the source audience, country and percentage. It will take about 10 seconds and here it is! These audiences are free to create, so move on and create several audiences of different percentages.
What does Facebook use to create these lookalike audiences?
- User behavior on Facebook and Facebook services, including activity in groups
- Interests
- Profile data such as age, gender, and location
- Pages liked
- Ads clicked on and pixel data
There is no exact formula of Facebook lookalike in our mind, but taking into account Facebook's pixel on millions of websites and data in general, combinations of likes, comments, shares and so on, these audiences have to be of real significance.
A value-based lookalike audience is based on data generated by the Purchase pixel event.
There are two advantages over standard purchase audiences:
- Your best and worst customers are sorted by value
- The recency of the data and the frequency of purchases are taken into account. Now you are able to combine the value AND recency AND frequency to create an audience.
The source audience normally should be at least 1000 people. When you have enough people in your audience you will be able to segment it down to find the most matching.
For different countries and regions the percentage of lookalike audience might differ. Just because of the size of these audiences. Sometimes 1% lookalike can be 2 millions and sometimes it's about 40 thousand users. We recommend starting with 1% audiences and later move on to the larger percentages to reach more people.
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Our Popular "Teaching To Change Lives" Workshop Will Soon Be coming To A Restaurant Near YOU!
Over the past two years, our "Teaching To Change Lives" workshop has become one of the best and most helpful training events that we have ever offered. But, it continues to be difficult to find churches that are willing to do the work involved to plan and host the program. So, in an effort to make the workshop accessible to many more people, we have decided to offer the program...and a great meal...to persons across the state through local restaurants, including Hoss's Steak & Sea Family Restaurants (there are 35 Hoss's across Pennsylvania) and selected Old Country Buffet locations.
Each event will begin with dinner. At Hoss's, you will be able to select an entree from a special menu and you will also get the soup, salad & dessert bar and beverage. At Old Country Buffet, you will be able to select your meal from their full buffet plus your beverage. (All taxes and tips are also included at both restaurants.) Check out the complete Hoss's special menu that will be offered, listed below.
A recent survey found that almost half of the persons who attend Sunday school couldn't remember what the lesson was about just two hours after the completion of the session. Why does this happen? Because the lessons that are being presented are not really affecting the students involved…they are not personal. And, the lessons are not producing real changes in the lives of the students involved.
A teacher's job is to "teach" the lesson. But, teaching isn't "teaching" until what occurs? Learning! And, what is learning? Learning is "change" …change in a person's knowledge, understanding, thinking and actions or behavior. To be truly effective as a teacher, you need to be presenting lessons that produce genuine change in the lives of your students…whatever their age.
The "Teaching To Change Lives" workshop has been designed to help all teachers within the church and Sunday school learn how they can plan and present lessons that are more personal and relevant to the lives and needs of their students…lessons that will change lives!
- Why are you a teacher?
- Responsibilities and rewards of being a teacher in the church.
- Understanding the ways people of different ages learn.
- What is involved in bringing about "change" in the lives of your students?
- The importance of inviting students to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
- Using modern methods and technologies in your teaching.
- Steps to preparing a better lesson.
- Encouraging students to get involved in witnessing and invitation.
- The importance of "Active Application" of each lesson.
If you have additional questions about the "Teaching To Change Lives" workshop or the FREE workshop program, contact the P.S.S.S.A. office at 717-652-1930 or 1-800-358-2303.
The "Teaching To Change Lives" workshops will be presented by Rodney L. Pry, Executive Director of the PA State Sunday School Association.
Rod has served as Executive Director of the P.S.S.S.A. since 1998. Before that, he served as the Associate Director of the organization.
Prior to coming to the State Sunday School Association in 1990, Rod worked as a Director of Christian Education, a Director of Creativity for an advertising agency and, for more than 18 years, as a radio announcer.
Rod is an experienced workshop leader and has done extensive writing on subjects related to Sunday school and Sunday school growth.
Rod and his wife, Sally, have three grown children and live in Mifflintown, PA.
YOUR MEAL CHOICES… Your meal includes the entrée, one side, the soup, salad & dessert bar and your drink. This is all included in the registration cost that you pay for the evening ($30.00 per person).
IMPORTANT: Your complete meal (drink, entrée, side, soup & salad bar, tax and 18% tip) will be paid for through your registration for this evening's event.
- Monday evening, May 6th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
- Monday evening, May 20th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
TO REGISTER: You must call 717-215-2614.
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Sites of retroviral DNA integration: From basic research to clinical applications.
One of the most crucial steps in the life cycle of a retrovirus is the integration of the viral DNA (vDNA) copy of the RNA genome into the genome of an infected host cell. Integration provides for efficient viral gene expression as well as for the segregation of viral genomes to daughter cells upon cell division. Some integrated viruses are not well expressed, and cells latently infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) can resist the action of potent antiretroviral drugs and remain dormant for decades. Intensive research has been dedicated to understanding the catalytic mechanism of integration, as…
Fusion of TTYH1 with the C19MC microRNA cluster drives expression of a brain-specific DNMT3B isoform in the embryonal brain tumor ETMR.
Embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (ETMRs) are rare, deadly pediatric brain tumors characterized by high-level amplification of the microRNA cluster C19MC. We performed integrated genetic and epigenetic analyses of 12 ETMR samples and identified, in all cases, C19MC fusions to TTYH1 driving expression of the microRNAs. ETMR tumors, cell lines and xenografts showed a specific DNA methylation pattern distinct from those of other tumors and normal tissues. We detected extreme overexpression of a previously uncharacterized isoform of DNMT3B originating at an alternative promoter that is active only in the first weeks of neural tube development. Transcriptional and immunohistochemical analyses suggest…
Validation of ITD mutations in FLT3 as a therapeutic target in human acute myeloid leukaemia.
Effective targeted cancer therapeutic development depends upon distinguishing disease-associated 'driver' mutations, which have causative roles in malignancy pathogenesis, from 'passenger' mutations, which are dispensable for cancer initiation and maintenance. Translational studies of clinically active targeted therapeutics can definitively discriminate driver from passenger lesions and provide valuable insights into human cancer biology. Activating internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations in FLT3 (FLT3-ITD) are detected in approximately 20% of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients and are associated with a poor prognosis. Abundant scientific and clinical evidence, including the lack of convincing clinical activity of early FLT3 inhibitors, suggests that FLT3-ITD probably represents a…
Characterizing and overriding the structural mechanism of the Quizartinib-resistant FLT3 "gatekeeper" F691L mutation with PLX3397.
Tyrosine kinase domain mutations are a common cause of acquired clinical resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) used to treat cancer, including the FLT3 inhibitor quizartinib. Mutation of kinase "gatekeeper" residues, which control access to an allosteric pocket adjacent to the ATP-binding site, has been frequently implicated in TKI resistance. The molecular underpinnings of gatekeeper mutation-mediated resistance are incompletely understood. We report the first cocrystal structure of FLT3 with the TKI quizartinib, which demonstrates that quizartinib binding relies on essential edge-to-face aromatic interactions with the gatekeeper F691 residue, and F830 within the highly conserved Asp-Phe-Gly motif in the activation loop.…
Medulloblastoma exome sequencing uncovers subtype-specific somatic mutations.
Medulloblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumours in children. Identifying and understanding the genetic events that drive these tumours is critical for the development of more effective diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic strategies. Recently, our group and others described distinct molecular subtypes of medulloblastoma on the basis of transcriptional and copy number profiles. Here we use whole-exome hybrid capture and deep sequencing to identify somatic mutations across the coding regions of 92 primary medulloblastoma/normal pairs. Overall, medulloblastomas have low mutation rates consistent with other paediatric tumours, with a median of 0.35 non-silent mutations per megabase. We identified twelve genes mutated…
An Inv(16)(p13.3q24.3)-encoded CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein defines an aggressive subtype of pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.
To define the mutation spectrum in non-Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (non-DS-AMKL), we performed transcriptome sequencing on diagnostic blasts from 14 pediatric patients and validated our findings in a recurrency/validation cohort consisting of 34 pediatric and 28 adult AMKL samples. Our analysis identified a cryptic chromosome 16 inversion (inv(16)(p13.3q24.3)) in 27% of pediatric cases, which encodes a CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein. Expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 in Drosophila and murine hematopoietic cells induced bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling and resulted in a marked increase in the self-renewal capacity of hematopoietic progenitors. These data suggest that expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 directly contributes to leukemogenesis. Copyright…
Heterogeneous resistance to quizartinib in acute myeloid leukemia revealed by single-cell analysis.
Genomic studies have revealed significant branching heterogeneity in cancer. Studies of resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy have not fully reflected this heterogeneity because resistance in individual patients has been ascribed to largely mutually exclusive on-target or off-target mechanisms in which tumors either retain dependency on the target oncogene or subvert it through a parallel pathway. Using targeted sequencing from single cells and colonies from patient samples, we demonstrate tremendous clonal diversity in the majority of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with activating FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations at the time of acquired resistance to the FLT3 inhibitor quizartinib. These…


Tech Tent: Time for VR to face reality?
Just a couple of years ago it seemed Virtual Reality (VR) was finally going to become an important feature in all of our lives.
But on Tech Tent this week we ask whether it's time for the VR industry to get real - and admit that most people aren't yet ready to spend time in virtual worlds.
Billions of dollars have been invested in VR by the likes of Sony, Facebook's Oculus division and HTC, whose Vive system was at one stage predicted to revive the ailing company's fortunes.
But so far, sales of headsets have proved disappointing and I've yet to hear anyone rave about the VR game they were playing last night - it seems the revolution may have to be postponed again.
But a Finnish start-up founded by refugees from Nokia thinks it knows what the problem is - virtual reality just isn't real enough. Varjo has developed a high-end headset promising human eye resolution and aimed at business users - it will be priced at an eye-popping level, somewhere between €5,000 (£4,400) and €10,000.
When the Varjo team came into Tech Tent HQ, I got a demo and was impressed by the realism of the experience. I was first shown an artist's studio where you could almost smell the paint and breathe in the dust - it was captured by taking more than 2,000 photos.
Then I was moved into an aircraft cockpit, again a very real representation and with more obvious applications as a training environment - because that's where Varjo thinks VR can thrive.
"VR of today has been meant for gaming, taking you to different worlds, not for practical purposes," one of the firm's founders, Urho Konttori, tells us.
He says plenty of companies are trying to use VR for training but are hampered by the fact that headsets are just too low resolution, so people soon get bored with the experience.
We saw a prototype - Varjo aims to release its headset by the end of this year and is hoping for interest from the automotive, aerospace and architecture industries.
It is realistic enough to know that far bigger companies will be racing to provide similar high-resolution experiences but is confident Varjo has a head start and some protection from imitators: "We patented the hell out of everything we do," says Mr Konttori with a grin.
Still, both Varjo and the wider VR industry have a lot to prove. As a new form of entertainment, virtual reality has proved about as enticing to consumers as 3D television. Perhaps like 3D printing it is destined to find a profitable niche in the workplace rather than at home.
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The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31(5):501–508, MAY 2012
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31824de9f6
The Worldwide Impact of the Seven-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Sean Fitzwater;Aruna Chandran;Mathuram Santosham;Hope Johnson;
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) are emerging as one of the most promising means to prevent pediatric disease. The 7-valent PCV (PCV-7) has been extensively evaluated in clinical trials, and recent evidence from the introduction of PCV-7 through national immunization programs has demonstrated impact on pneumococcal disease.Methods:Clinical trials have shown PCV-7 to be effective against the more severe forms of pneumococcal infections: pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), as well as overall child mortality. A review shows the tremendous impact PCV-7 has had to date, and the potential further benefi ts of the emerging multi-valent vaccines.Results:Since its introduction, the PCV-7 has substantially reduced the incidence of IPD, hospital admissions due to pneumonia and acute otitis media in numerous, mostly high income, low-disease burden countries. The reductions in IPD and pneumonia have also been observed among unvaccinated age groups in countries with routine use of PCV-7, demonstrating that PCV-7 provides herd immunity. Some settings observed an increase in rate of nonvaccine serotype IPD, yet rates of overall and vaccine-serotype IPD show marked reductions post–PCV-7 introduction. Limited data are available on the impact of PCV-7 in lower income countries. The available data from effi cacy trials from The Gambia and South Africa suggest that PCV-7 will have substantial impact on reducing pneumococcal disease.Conclusion:PCV-7 has shown dramatic reduction in disease and mortality rates in the countries in which it has been introduced. The newly introduced 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal vaccines are expected to have substantial disease impact, but monitoring is essential to determine their true impact and sustain further introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.