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Q: Zend\Db Model with Child Models ZF2 project - no Doctrine, using native Zend\Db: Have the following structure:
Controller
    ProductController
Model
    Product
    ProductTable
    ProductType
    ProductTypeTable

Product is the model, has variables corresponding to the "products" table fields.
ProductTable is table class which is connected to the database via tableGateway. ProductTable has getItem() method to retrieve requested product by "id".
ProductType is the model, has variables like id, name, description corresponding to the "productTypes" table fields.
ProductTypeTable is table class just like ProductTable.
Each product belongs to a certain ProductType
products.productTypeId = productTypes.id

is the relation.
In ProductTable->getItem() method, I can simply get productTypeId.
I can use joins to get productTypes.name, productTypes.description, or any field from "productTypes" table.
But I don't want to do this - instead dealing with new variables in Product entity like productTypeName, productTypeDesc,
 I'd like to have Product->getProductType() and set it to be a ProductType object, so I can get Product->getProductType() ->getName() to get product type name.
Simply I'd like to assign a child model as a variable of the parent model.
I can do this in the controller like below:
$product = $this->getProductTable()->getItem(7); // id = 7
$product->setProductType($this->getProductTypeTable()
                    ->getItem($product->getProductTypeId());

But I'd like to make it happen in product table class getItem() method. So I don't have to think about it in every controller, and it is kind of encapsulated.
What is the right way to do this?
Thank you.

A: The issue that you have is the Table Gateway pattern is only really any good at abstracting database access to a a single database table. It does not in anyway allow for the hydration of entities or management of relationships. Object Relationship Mappers (ORM's), such as Doctrine, solve this problem.
If Doctrine, for whatever reason, is inappropriate for your use case an alternative could be implementing the Data Mapper Pattern

The Data Mapper is a layer of software that separates the in-memory objects from the database. Its responsibility is to transfer data between the two and also to isolate them from each other

The data mapper will use the table gateway to fetch the required data for each table and construct the Product instance, including it's associated ProductType. You would then expose the mapper to the controller (rather than the table gateway).
A simple example of a ProductMapper.
class ProductMapper
{
    // @var  \Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway
    protected $productTable;

    protected $productTypeMapper;

    // an 'identity map' of loaded products
    protected $loaded = [];

    public function __construct(ProductTable $productTable, ProductTypeMapper $productTypeMapper)
    {
        $this->productTable = $productTable;
        $this->productTypeMapper = $productTypeMapper;
    }

    protected function hydrate(Product $product, array $data)
    {
        $product->setId($data['id']);
        $product->setName($data['name']);
        $product->setFoo($data['foo']);

        if (isset($data['type_id'])) {
            // Load a fully constructed product type from the database
            $type = $this->productTypeMapper->findById($data['type_id']);
            $product->setType($type);
        }

        return $product;
    }

    public function findById($id)
    {
        if (isset($this->loaded[$id])) {
            return $this->loaded[$id];
        }
        // Get the data
        $row = $this->productTable->select(['id' => $id]);

        if (empty($row)) {
            throw new SomeCustomException("No product could be found with id $id");
        }
        // Create and hydrate the product
        $product = $this->hydrate(new Product, $row->current())
        $this->loaded[$id] = $product;

        return $product;
    }

    public function save(array $data);

    public function update($data);

    public function delete($id);
}

A: You can achieve this, you just have to follow the following 3 steps:

*

*Make your Product->exchangeArray() function smarter

*Get all required ProductType fields, using a prefix helps for example: type_

*Add @var ProductType so you will have proper autocompete (works for me in Eclipse)
<?php
namespace Product\Model\Product;

class Product {
    public $id;
    ...
    /**
     * @var ProductType
     */
    public $productType;
    ...
    public function exchangeArray( $data ) {
        $this->id = (isset($data['id'])) ? $data['id'] : null;
        ...
        $productType = new ProductType();
        $typeData = array(
            'id' => $data['type_id'],
            'value' => $data['type_value']
        );
        $productType->exchangeArray( $typeData );
        $this->productType = $productType;
    }
}

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Probably the hardest facet of teaching is differentiating instruction. Now that I've been teaching for five years and I have a handle on the content, classroom management, and other random everyday challenges I want to get better at reaching all my students in ways that best suit each individual student. It's a tall order and it's not something that can be achieved all the time, but I read a book that gave me new ideas I can implement next year.
The book is called Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design. The latter idea–also known as backwards planning–is the lesson planning method to ensure that teachers first outline what students should know and be able to to do in the unit before they start planning the daily activities. From here, it's easier to identify where in the daily activities a teacher can differentiate the material to support students of varying levels. This is a major issue in all content areas but I've found especially in language, where I teach freshmen through seniors, some with prior language experience and some without, and still others who are highly motivated to learn a new language and some who aren't at all. I will face these same challenges every year and I need to try better strategies for teaching such a diverse audience.
The first major goal for next year is to give students an outline of where we'll be going each unit by giving them whole unit packets. On the first page I have put the unit goals and a list of all the items in the packet. I want to show students the link between the big ideas and what we're doing in class to learn them. I also want to reinforce that the learning material relates to the end task or product. I think this will help more students stay organized and on top of their work if they are absent. I also think it will help me stay organized in my teaching by reminding me to reiterate the big ideas and remind students of those connections every day.
My new packet cover page with unit goals and assignment tracker.
The second goal for next year is offering more choices for learning. This is something I've tried in the past but I continue to tweak after trials in the classroom. I want students to have options of assignments and I also want to integrate more advanced vocabulary and practice grammar examples into the pre-made packets. In the past I have lumped all of this together, but now I want to explicitly mark what is advanced so that I can tell students what is above and beyond my expectations. In this way, I hope some will have more learning to do while I can help others who are struggling.
Here's an example of offering different practice assignments to students. Next year I have differentiated the tasks for point values based on the unit standards.
Finally, one other major goal for next year is to align my grading practices with differentiated instruction. I just started doing standards-based grading last year but I want to expand it further. The idea of this grading system is that an "A" represents going above and beyond the prescribed unit goals–which should be more advanced material to push those students who need a challenge. A "B", meanwhile, shows that a student mastered all of the essential knowledge and skills of the unit. A "C" means a student almost mastered the unit's goals whereas a "D" or "F" shows that a student did not effectively master the material. I think by using these standards as grading metrics aligned with the unit goals I will be able to differentiate summative assessments for students too. From using this system in class this year I can also say that it's better for students because they have the expectations and understand how they will be assessed. So I already changed my syllabus and I will add the standards-based grading scale to all work I plan on collecting.
This is the grading scale I made for my syllabus. I will reinforce this system on all work students complete.
This is an example of a rubric from last year. I want to modify it further but I really liked using standards-based grading.
I think finally connecting the unit goals with the content and the grading will make it much easier to differentiate my classroom than in the past. I hope to make class time more flexible some days and allow students opportunities to work at their level to attain the grade they want.
There's a lot of work to do to get it these ideas in order, but I'm excited to try them out next year!


Editor's note: As for Castor's request the chapters of this story will be published in the order they're writtern, rather than the correct reading order.
It was hot. The kind of hot that wasn't meant for an Asphalt jungle, a city where it melted the oil slicks in the potholes, and the steam collected the failed chemicals used to 'clean it. It create a horrible smell that moved like clouds on the windless day. The flies, strengthened by the garbage on the ground went up onto his forehead as he lied in his cardboard box.
He looked up into the sky with prematurely old eyes.
she smiled. And then walked away on high kinda of awkward platform heels.
"Well you got to make the world a good place" She said as she walked forward on shaky legs.
Diana sighed pushing her black hair out of her face, framing her slightly frail face to pale for the hot sun. She didn't have anything to say just walked in her formless grey business suit forward.
"So do you want to go out with me tonight" smiled Rick.
"No thank you" said Diana looking up from her computer with her best fake smile.
She briefly found the eyes of Etta. She was the company's receptionist, who sat dead eyed at the front desk. Saw the sympathy, the creepiness-but also the envy. She wasn't pretty enough for this-granted Etta Hated Rick, but still. Diana shook her head.
"To obvious-Thai" said rick with his suit somehow made in 2017 out of polyester.
This was a game they played. Or it was a game that rick played. Cause he could.
Diana sat in the office of The Gaia Foundation feeling the chill of the overly strong air conditioner on her shoulder. Hot or cold. Pick one. She sat at her tiny grey cubicle smiling.
"This is complicated" said Diana.
Diana grinned the grin of losing just a touch of your soul.
It wasn't so much warm or cold in prison- but it felt like a temperature. The air had a way of not moving creating a stillness-yes there was odors and smells-but mainly the profound sense of stasis that got to him.
Edgar sighed looking up at the cell from his bunk. He knew hope. And hope was a dangerous thing.
"Time for your patrol hearing you psycho" said the guard with a smile.
he did. Edgar Cizko was just under 5 feet tall-a dwarf really as they called them though little person, midget-he didn't care. But that wasn't the thing people noticed. People noticed his stare, how he looked at you. For his body-for anybody really he had big eyes, huge eyes to look right at you and.
Honey candy. She didn't need it. She didn't even particularly want it.. Baklava they called it right?
There was a voice somewhere in her head telling her if she had to take something for herself she should actually want it. That was the problem with the world.
"Oh yes-you're a grad student" said the parole with a smile-A Smile, the bitchy whore. Was.
She laughed. He smiled. Such a big happy smile.
She would go out and wash her hands.
Meanwhile Edgar sighed hyperventilating at the effort to be with the woman.
Diana sat at her desk. Tapping a pen down with it. There was evidence of Carbon monoxide on site would it do anything.
She turned to look up to see a face she had seen in pictures googling. The face was gorgeous. The kinda gorgeous that comes from a regime of makeups to suggest exactly that. Gorgeous. Not Sweet, Not cute, Not Sexual, but a kind of striped down lines of blond gorgeousness. It was a face that smiled at her.
Diana smiled. He had a large office at the end of a hall. She saw him … maybe once a month when he was walking. He Was a Green washing company CEO who seemed to follow the philosophy of schmooze with the clients at expensive lunches.
She put a hand on Diana's shoulder.
Diana paused but she took off her reading glasses and looked at her.
Diana paused. There was the aura of a command that realized it was a command.
Diana stood in the middle of the office and extended her arms a bit bring them in, for a second and then out, doing a kind of ballet like pirouette as she spun around. Her bun like hair got loose and floated around flying through the air, coming in long waves loose It reminded her of something and for a second she was free..not like she had been in a long time.
Diana looked at herself, her long black hair around her arms floating and looking like some kind of jungle child in her now rumpled suit, the sleeves of her bluenose pulled up over her large metal bracelets. There was a dozen eyes looking at her.
"Power" said Cale. And before she could elaborate she seemed to push Dartvist away and towards the hall and ignored her talking at length about things that Diana couldn't quite make out. She heard them arguing once they left the office.
She wondered-well this was Cales power over her-but was it?
Diana went to the bathroom embarrassed a touch to be scene redid her hair, pushed down her suit and went back to work.
Diana walked to subway home Feeling-something, she couldn't quite put her finger on. Something still. Hard, strange.
When she felt something. It was a man brushing up against her on the platform. Her eyes got him. He was large-not in the muscular sense but in the fat slug like large way 6'6, maybe 300 pounds . she saw his eyes … but they weren't on her, but on another woman next to him on the other-side from her-a small frail looking girl who had a look of disgust as he grabbed her thigh with a grin.
Somewhere inside of her came a punch-an honest huge punch she didn't remember she had. A terrifying blow of might as muscles underneath her suit welled up and connected with his jaw.
He staggered back hurt obviously, but just pushed back. He shook his head "Hey" then looked at her.
Diana for a second-just a second felt fear panic-what the hell had she done.
The girl next to her now screamed-screamed fear-but not at her she realized him.
And Diana leaned in and did a slap against his side, feeling her large metal bracelets as metal-as hard stuff against the edge of a body.
She grabbed his head with both of her heads, and felt her muscles-she felt her strength come into her body, some kind of power.
And pushed him to the ground face first.
Diana looked around the woman was next to her as well as half dozen other people-one of which she saw was guard of some kind-but the door to the subway was now open. She grabbed the girl and pushed both of them into the train as the doors closed behind them.
the train pushed out of the station as Diana saw the girl beside her a guard in a window and a dozen people who had seen it.
Diana found her gaze and offered a weak smile to it.
"Yes" said the voice on the other end.
Diana found a seat in the train and looked out through the window at a the city in twilight moving a hundred miles an hour on the elevated track.
She looked at her bracelets with their intricate inlays of pasterns-they where very large for the modern styles-bracers really-carved with symbols and patterns that she barely understood and for a second as she watched them riding in the subway … she felt a wonder over her.


Chromatin immunoprecipitation (Myriam protocol). (Based on Bowler et al. Chromatin techniques for plant cells.Plant J. 2004.) Chromatin immunoprecipitation combines immunoprecipitation of chromatin fragments and polymerase chain reaction to map sites of proteinDNA interaction in vivo. The ChIP technique has been successfully used in Drosophila and yeast to study histone modifications of eu/heterochromatin and localization of regulatory chromatin factors. The method relies on the rapid cross-linking of protein/DNA complexes within the nucleus of living cells, followed by chromatin isolation, its random shearing and immunoprecipitation with antibodies directed towards proteins of interest. The amount of co-immunoprecipitated DNA is analysed by PCR. The relative enrichment or depletion of a particular DNA fragment in the immunoprecipitated fraction reflects its in vivo association with the examined protein (Hecht and Grunstein, 1999; Orlando et al., 1997).In plants, ChIP was first used to map the subnuclear distribution of linker histone variants in Arabidopsis thaliana (Ascenzi and Gantt, 1999). Further studies in plants exploiting ChIP investigated the chromatin structure of the pea plastocyanin gene (PetE) by determination of the acetylation states of histones H3 and H4 and the nuclease accessibility of this gene (Chua et al., 2001). The protocols used for Arabidopsis as well as for pea were essentially adopted, with slight modifications, from either Drosophila (Orlando et al., 1997) or yeast (Hecht and Grunstein, 1999). The major difficulty encountered in plants was the limiting amount of material, as early protocols (Ascenzi and Gantt, 1999; Chua et al., 2001) required 100 g of Arabidopsis tissue for a single ChIP experiment. This problem was circumvented by recent studies that successfully combined various protocols (Gendrel et al., 2002; Johnson et al., 2002; Tariq et al., 2003). These methods used ChIP with antibodies directed against modified histone tails and allowed downscaling to 11.5 g of Arabidopsis. Here we describe a ChIP protocol adapted from Gendrel et al. (2002) with slight modifications. Equipment and reagents Miracloth Formaldehyde (Fluka, Buchs SG, Switzerland) Glycine 2 MDouble distilled autoclaved water Vacuum chamber Vortex Rotator Liquid nitrogen Falcon tubes for 50 and 15 ml Refrigerated centrifuge Branson Sonifier 250 (Branson-sonifier, Frankfurt, Germany) Protein-A beads, 0.5% BSA and Salmon sperm DNA. (It would be perfect order: Sheared salmon sperm DNA/protein A agarose mix (Upstate Biotechnology, Lake Placid, NY, USA)) 1 M TrisHCl, pH 6.5 5 M NaCl 0.5 M EDTA Heating block at 65C Proteinase K (14 mg ml 1; Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim, Germany) Novagen pellet paint (CN Bioscience, Darmstadt, Germany) RNase A (DNase-free) Phenol:chloroform:isoamylalcohol, 25:24:1 Chloroform Ethanol Extraction buffer 1 for 100 ml 0.4 M Sucrose 20 ml of 2 M stock 10 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 1 ml of 1 M stock 5 mM-ME 35 l of 14.3 M stock 0.1 mM PMSF 50 l of 0.2 M stock Protease inhibitors Protease inhibitors should be added immediately before use because they are quickly degraded Aprotinin 100 l of 1 mg ml 1 stock Pepstatin A 100 l of 1 mg ml 1 Leupeptin 100 l of 1 mg ml 1 Antipain 100 l of 1 mg ml 1 TPCK 100 l of 3 mg ml 1 Benzamidine 100 l of 1 mg ml 1Extraction buffer 2 for 10 ml 0.25 M Sucrose 1.25 ml of 2 M stock 10 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 100 l of 1 M stock 10 mM MgCl2 100 l of 1 M stock 1% Triton X-100 0.5 ml of 20% stock 5 mM-ME 3.5 l of 14.4 M stock 0.1 mM PMSF 5 l of 0.2 M stock Protease inhibitors 10 l of each as in buffer 1 Extraction buffer 3 for 10 ml 1.7 M Sucrose 8.2 ml of 2 M stock 10 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 100 l of 1 M stock 0.15% Triton X-100 75 l of 20% stock 2 mM MgCl2 20 l of 1 M stock 5 mM BME 3.5 l of 14.3 M stock 0.1 mM PMSF 5 l of 0.2 M stock Protease inhibitors as in buffer 1 and 2 Nuclei lysis buffer for 5 ml 50 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 0.25 ml of 1 M10 mM EDTA 24 l of 0.5 M1% SDS 0.25 ml of 20% PMSF and protease inhibitors as in buffer 1 ChIP dilution buffer for 10 ml 1.1% Triton X-100 550 l of 20% 1.2 mM EDTA 24 l of 0.5 M16.7 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 167 l of 1 M167 mM NaCl 334 l of 5 MPMSF and protease inhibitors as in buffer 1 Elution buffer for 20 ml 1% SDS 1 ml of 20% 0.1 M NaHCO3 0.168 g Low salt wash buffer for 50 ml 150 mM NaCl 1.5 ml of 5 M0.1% SDS 0.25 ml of 20% 1% Triton X-100 2.5 ml of 20% 2 mM EDTA 200 l of 0.5 M20 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 1 ml of 1 MHigh salt wash buffer for 50 ml 500 mM NaCl 5 ml of 5 M0.1% SDS 0.25 ml of 20% 1% Triton X-100 2.5 ml of 20% 2 mM EDTA 200 l of 0.5 M20 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 1 ml 1 MLiCl wash buffer for 50 ml 0.25 M LiCl 3.125 ml of 4 M1% NP-40 2.5 ml of 20% 1% sodium deoxycholate 0.5 g 1 mM EDTA 100 l of 0.5 M10 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 0.5 ml of 1 MTE buffer for 50 ml 10 mM TrisHCl, pH 8.0 5 ml of 1 M1 mM EDTA 100 l of 0.5 MExperimental protocol Note: All steps must be carried out at 4C, unless stated otherwise. Preparation of plant material. 1.Germinate Arabidopsis seeds on agar plates. 2. Harvest 2 g (different days after germination) of seedlings in a 50 ml Falcon tube. 3. Rinse seedlings twice with 40 ml of double distilled (dd) autoclaved water by gently shaking the tube (room temperature). Formaldehyde cross-linking. 4. After thoroughly removing the water, submerge seedlings in 37 ml of 1% formaldehyde in cross-linking solution, extraction buffer 1 (room temperature) and vacuum infiltrate for 10 min. 5. Stop the cross-linking by addition of glycine to a final concentration of 0.125 M (2.5 ml of 2 M glycine in 37 ml of extraction buffer 1) and application of vacuum for additional 5 min. At this stage, seedlings should appear translucent. 6. Rinse seedlings twice with 40 ml cold dd autoclaved water. 7. Remove water as thoroughly as possible by placing seedlings on a paper towel before transferring to a new Falcon tube. At this stage cross-linked material can be either frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at 80C or processed further for chromatin isolation at step 8. Isolation and sonication of chromatin. 8. Pre-cool mortar and pestle by filling with liquid nitrogen before placing seedlings in the rest of the liquid nitrogen and grinding them to a fine powder. 9. Resuspend the powder in 30 ml extraction buffer 1 (4C) in a 50 ml Falcon tube. 10. Filter the solution through two layers of miracloth into a new 50 ml Falcon tube. 11. Spin the filtered solution for 20 min at 2100 g at 4C (Freeling lab centrifuge) 12. Gently remove supernatant and resuspend the pellet in 1 ml of extraction buffer 2. 13. Transfer the solution to 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube. Leave it on ice 5-10 min. 14. Centrifuge at 12 000 g for 10 min at 4C. Made another wash if the pellet continues green. OPTIONAL (I do not use to do it if the pellet is clean because you loose sample) 15. Remove the supernatant and resuspend pellet in 300 l of extraction buffer 3. 16. Overlay the resuspended pellet onto 300 l of extraction buffer 3 in a fresh Eppendorf tube. 17. Spin for 1 h at 16 000 g at 4C. 18. Remove the supernatant and resuspend the chromatin pellet in 300 l of nuclei lysis buffer by vortexing and pipetting up and down (keep solution at 4C). At this stage save a 12 l aliquot for later examination. Aliquots taken at this step as well as at step 21 (see below) must be treated as described in 'elution and reverse cross-linking' procedure (see below) before analysing on the gel. 19. Once resuspended, sonicate the chromatin solution for 20 sec, four times on 20% power 550 Sonic Dismembrator (2nd floor cold room), to shear DNA to approximately 0.52 kb DNA fragments. 20. Spin the sonicated chromatin suspension for 5 min at 4C (16 000 g) to pellet debris.The sonicated chromatin solution can be frozen at 80C or processed to step 20 for immunoprecipitation. Immunoprecipitation. 21. Remove supernatant to a new tube. Use an aliquot of 12 l to check sonication efficiency by reverse cross-linking (follow from step 35) and electrophoretic determination of the average size of DNA fragments as compared with the aliquot from step 18. 22. Split the 200 l into two tubes with 100 l each (one for the Mock =negative control, and the other for the IP) 23. Add 900 l of ChIP dilution buffer to each tube. This dilutes the SDS to 0.1% SDS. Take a sample of 20-40 l for the INPUT chromatin. 24. Equilibrate Protein-A Sepharose CL-4B beads (Amersham Bioscience) in ChIP dilution Buffer (3Xwash). Antibodies (normally 1:200. It is the dilution that I use in the case of monoclonal FLAG Antibody) were prebound to Protein A beads by 2-4 h incubation at 4C in ChIP Dilution Buffer with 0.5% BSA. Prior to use, the beads should be rinsed three times and resuspended in ChIP dilution buffer. Remember prepare Protein A beads for the the MOCK (same components without antibody) 25. Add to the 1ml diluted chromatin 30 l of Prot-A (already treated with BSA) and 2 g/ml of salmon sperm DNA (the ssDNA must be preheated 10 min at 95C and then placed on ice for 5 min) 26. Incubate overnight at 4C with gentle agitation (in the wheel). 27. Collect immunoprecipitate with 30 l of protein A agarose beads. 28. Prepare fresh elution buffer (1% SDS, 0.1 M NaHCO3). 29. Pellet beads by centrifugation (2 min, 16 000 g) and wash them with gentle agitation for 10 min at 4C each wash, using 1 ml of buffer per wash followed by pelleting the beads. Apply the following washes in the order listed below: (a) Low salt wash buffer (one wash). (b) High salt wash buffer (one wash). (c) LiCl wash buffer (one wash). (d) TE buffer (one washes). After the final wash, remove TE thoroughly. Elution and reverse cross-linking of chromatin. 30. Release bead-bound complexes by adding 250 l of elution buffer (made fresh at step 30) to the pelleted beads. 31. Vortex briefly to mix and incubate at 65C for 15 min with gentle agitation. 32. Spin beads and carefully transfer the supernatant (eluate) to a fresh tube and repeat elution of beads. Combine the two eluates. 33. Add 20 l 5 M NaCl to the eluate to reverse the cross-links by an overnight incubation at 65C. 34. Add 10 l of 0.5 M EDTA, 20 l 1 M TrisHCl, pH 6.5, and 1.5 l of 14 mg ml 1 proteinase K to the eluate and incubate for 1 h at 45C. 37. Extract DNA by phenol/chloroform/isoamilic (equal volume) and precipitate with 2 vol of ethanol 100% at -70C for 2 h to overnight. Spin at 16000 rpm 20 min at 4C to recover the DNA. 38. Dry briefly the pellet in the speed vac (5 min) 38. Resuspend the pellet in 25 l of TE The immunoprecipitated and purified DNA is then used in PCR reactions to amplify examined target sequence in relation to a reference sequence (internal control), preferably in a multiplex PCR in order to quantify the enrichment or depletion of target(s) as compared with the reference and mock control. 39. Use 1 l for a 25 l PCR reaction. The amount of recovered templates may vary between experiments depending upon efficiency of immunoprecipitation, thus PCR conditions, for example, number of cycles (I normally use 40 cycles PCR reaction) may need adaptation.


Dr. Strasburger is the first orthopaedic surgeon in Nebraska trained to utilize the NAVIO Surgical System to treat patients who require a total or partial knee replacement. This robotics-assisted navigation technology allows patients who undergo knee replacement to have shorter recovery times, less pain during recovery, and to regain a fuller rage of motion after surgery.
NAVIO Robotics is an advancement in the way orthopaedic surgeons can perform knee replacements. This state-of-the-art robotics-assisted technology is designed to work in tandem with a skilled surgeon to achieve precise positioning of the knee implant. With NAVIO, the entire process is streamlined and improved from evaluation to recovery.
Instead of a time-consuming and radiation-intensive preoperative CT scan being scheduled, the NAVIO system requires only a simple x-ray to collect anatomical data to build a 3D model of the patient's knee. Then the advanced planning software creates a treatment plan tailored to the patient's anatomy and robotics assistance helps the surgeon align the implant and balance the knee.
The use of robotics allows extremely precise bone preparation and implant positioning, accurate bone resurfacing and implant placement, customized patient specific planning with virtual implant positioning, and greater consistency than is possible with traditional knee replacement methods.
Who can benefit from NAVIO?
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Maureen Macmillan (born 9 February 1943 in Oban) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region from 1999 until 2007.

Prior to her election she worked as a teacher of English at Millburn Academy in Inverness and in a voluntary capacity with Ross-shire Women's Aid of which she was a founding member.  Apart from her work in her native Highlands, she is particularly credited as being the force behind the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 which extended protection of victims of domestic violence to unmarried couples.  The Bill was promoted by the then Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee and became the first Committee Bill ever to be enacted into law by the Scottish Parliament.

References

External links

Maureen MacMillan MSP profile at the site of Scottish Labour

1943 births
Living people
People from Oban
Scottish schoolteachers
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
20th-century Scottish women politicians

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Barbecue. Cowboys. Rodeo. Tex-Mex. Just a few things that come to mind upon the mention of the Lone Star State. Austin, however, is a progressive outlier in the land of beefy burgers and cattle ranges. The Texas state capital embodies the proud characteristics of Texas while also standing out, open to change and adaptation. Amongst the vibrant live music scene, motorsports events, outdoor activities, and University of Texas football games, there is an emerging vegan community, driving the demand for some seriously good plant-based eats. Austin demonstrated its willingness to embrace a more plant-based food culture as early as 1978 when Whole Foods founded its flagship store in the city. Years later, national dairy-free ice cream brand NadaMoo launched its headquarters here as well. Grab your vegan leather cowboy boots, check out the live music line-up, and come hungry. Here are 9 standout eateries for your trip to America's live music capital.
Before you hit the show at any one of Austin's 250 live music venues, fuel up at Arlo's. This permanent food truck has three locations outside of Cheer Up Charlie's, The Grackle, and The Spider House, serving up vegan comfort food until 2 am. Fill up with a BBQ Burger, tots, or sweet potato fries then enjoy a late night live music bar crawl.
The Texas heat is no joke. Swing by NadaMoo's first brick-and-mortar location for a cup, cone, or dairy-free milkshake made with your favorite NadaMoo flavors. The shop also features an ice cream test kitchen where customers can watch chefs experiment and get a peek of what may be a future NadaMoo pint. Don't leave without a double scoop of the Birthday Cake, Lotta Mint Chip, or Caramel Cold Brew & Cookies flavors, and let it rain sprinkles!
Go against the norm. At Counter Culture, they're challenging the misconceptions about vegan cuisine by serving internationally-inspired comfort foods that are completely plant-based and omnivore-approved. The food truck-turned-restaurant makes everything from scratch and often uses local and organic produce. The business also believes in balance, offering good-for-the-soul dishes such as pastrami melts and baked seitan smothered in gravy, to nourishing raw butternut tacos and seaweed salad. The menu also includes many gluten, oil, and soy-free options. Don't forget to pick up a few vegan cupcakes from the vegan wholesale baker, Zucchini Kill, on your way out!
This no-frills vegetarian cafe is a favorite among locals. The restaurant is open from 7 am-midnight (8 am on weekends) and serves a vast array of dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Most of the menu is vegan, and the few items that are not can be veganized upon request. Go in with a "Big Azz Salad" or the Tamale Breakfast Plate. Neither will disappoint.
Want to enjoy a cocktail or glass of wine with your meal? Citizen Eatery offers many vegan dishes along with local beer on tap, wine, and cocktails. It also hosts a great happy hour. As far as the food is concerned, order the Citizen Vegan Queso for the table, then treat yourself to breakfast for dinner or choose from one of the stellar dinner entrees, including the Vegan Chorizo Nachos, Flame Grilled Tofu Sandwich, or the BBQ Pulled Plant Sandwich. Traveling with kids? Citizen also offers a children's menu.
Austin's first vegan gastropub is an absolute must on a plant-based food tour of the city. The joint serves dinner, brunch, and late-night snacks along with a robust selection of craft beer, wine, and cocktails. For those rolling out of the concert looking for some midnight munchies, The Beer Plant has you covered with Buffalo Cauliflower Wings, Sriracha Glazed Brussels Sprouts, and Cheesecake. Regular diners can choose from a medley of starters, salads, sandwiches, entrees, and desserts, all homemade with fresh produce and minimally processed ingredients. This is not your average pub food. It's better.
Craving cupcakes? Capital City Bakery has these and so much more. Brownies, pop tarts, cookie cream sandwiches – you'll feel like a kid in a candy store surrounded by all the sweet vegan options. Go ahead and take a few boxes to go; the business is based on sustainability and makes its pastry boxes out of recycled materials.
There's more than one vegan scoop shop worth visiting in Austin. NadaMoo may be the newest, but Sweet Ritual is the original. This established dairy-free ice cream parlor lets you go wild with flavors, toppings, and epic sundae creations. Ask for lavender simple syrup drizzled over pure vanilla, or revert back to childhood and order a scoop of the Unicorn Poop ice cream with toppings galore and a hot vegan brownie. The shop also makes milkshakes and custom ice cream cakes.
You can't visit Texas without eating BBQ. Well, technically you can, but you shouldn't. BBQ Revolution is a completely plant-based food truck serving No Bull Brisket, Tempeh Ribs, and Soy Curls all smothered in a sticky barbecue sauce and served with all the fixin's. You're going to need a few napkins.
Check out these 9 spots for vegan eats in Austin, including restaurants, food trucks, gastropubs, and dairy-free ice cream shops for Texas-sized desserts!


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Łeba – rzeka Pobrzeża Bałtyckiego o długości 117 km. Płynie przez Pojezierze Kaszubskie, Pradolinę Redy Łeby i Wybrzeże Słowińskie. Dorzecze zajmuje 1801 km².

W systemie administrowania wodami dorzecze Łeby zaliczane jest do obszaru dorzecza Wisły.

Przebieg
Rzeka wypływa z terenów na zachód od Kartuz w okolicy Borzestowa na wysokości 170 m.
Przepływa przez szereg jezior, z których największymi są Długie Jezioro, Wielkie Jezioro, Jezioro Reskowskie, Jezioro Sianowskie i Łebsko. Uchodzi do Bałtyku koło miasta Łeba.

Od Jeziora Sianowskiego do ujścia przez rzekę prowadzi szlak spływów kajakowych.

Dopływy: Białogardzka Struga, Charbrowska Struga, Chełst, Dębnica, Jezierna Struga, Jeżowska Struga, Kisewska Struga, Kanał Łebski, Kanał Mielnicki, Okalica, Kanał Pobłocko-Łebski, Pogorzelica, Rzechcinka, Sitnica, Struga B Strzepcz, Struga Kożyczkowska, Struga Krępkowicka, Struga Mirachowska, Węgorza.

Główne miejscowości leżące nad Łebą: Miechucino, Sianowo, Staniszewo, Miłoszewo, Bożepole Wielkie, Łęczyce, Lębork i Łeba.

Jakość wód
Łebą płyną metale ciężkie, w ciągu 2012 roku w ilościach: 3,3 tony cynku, 0,9 tony miedzi, 0,9 tony ołowiu, ok. 100 kg kadmu, 0,4 tony chromu oraz 0,9 tony niklu.

Historia
Po I wojnie światowej rzeka po polskiej stronie granicy w górnym biegu nosiła nazwę Łeba, zaś po stronie niemieckiej w środkowym i dolnym biegu Leba. W okresie międzywojennym na odcinku pomiędzy miejscowościami Tłuczewo i Paraszyno ustanowiono granicę między II Rzecząpospolitą a Republiką Weimarską.
W 1948 roku ustalono urzędowo nazwę Łeba dla dolnego i środkowego biegu w miejsce niemieckiej – Leba Fluss.

W latach 1920–1930, dolny bieg rzeki tj. od Lęborka do ujścia do Jeziora Łebskiego został uregulowany poprzez odcięcie zakoli, przekopanie odcinków prostujących bieg i powstanie kilkunastu starorzeczy. Najdłuższymi są zakole na wysokości miejscowości Gorzyno i stare ujście do Jeziora Łebskiego na prawo od obecnego ujścia koło miejscowości Gać.

Ochrona przyrody
U ujścia w półkolu zakreślonym promieniem długości 500 m w kierunku morza ze wschodniej głowicy wejścia do portu został ustanowiony stały obwód ochronny, w którym obowiązuje zakaz połowu.

Na morskich wodach wewnętrznych w granicach portu został ustanowiony okresowy obwód ochronny dla troci wędrownej i łososia, który obowiązuje od 15 września do 31 grudnia. Wprowadzono zakaz sportowego połowu ryb metodą spinningową na wodach portowych.

Górny bieg rzeki objęty jest ochroną siedliskową Natura 2000 Dolina Górnej Łeby.

Zobacz też

 Łeba (miasto)

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Rzeki w Polsce


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What graphic improvements are you expecting?
By YellowDragon,
August 25, 2017 in Red Dead Redemption 2
I know we were blown away by the graphics in the first one. I mean to me, the game looked amazing and still does looking back. With that said though, what are you expecting in terms of graphic improvements? Are there areas where the last one was lacking?
Dutch's new-gen mustache.
The last one sucked in resolution especially on PS3. As for other improvements whatever they can throw into what a console can handle I guess.
ZLion
I think better scaling. It seems to be an issue when you would get close to something. It would almost look pixelated and morphed.
Improved details in general. While the game did look great for its time, in comparison to games out now, it was flawed in many areas if you ask me.
All around the game is going to look much better. It has been several years since the last one and systems are all about that 4K now. The next Xbox along with the current PS will be able to showcase HUGE improvements for the game. Based on the trailer alone, we can see it is a beaut!
mizTik
On 8/25/2017 at 6:43 PM, Alborghetti said:
It will be glorious! I think I got it spot on there
9 hours ago, mizTik said:
Dutch van der Nietzsche?
Nah it had issues for back then too. It felt like they cut corners. I think that it could have looked better and could have been less glitchy. So for me, a good smoothing out is in order for this one.

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Extreme er et amerikansk rockband med Gary Cherone og Nuno Bettencourt i front. Bandets popularitet toppede i slutningen af 1980'erne og starten af 1990'erne.

Blandt de grupper der har påvirket Extremes musik er Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith og Led Zeppelin. Bandet spillede ved The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert i 1992 og Cherone blev en del af Van Halen i 1996. Extreme beskriver deres egen musik som "funky metal" i de tidlige dage, men den udviklede sig mere i midten af 1990'erne og blandede klassisk rock med post-grunge og alternativ rock.

De har udgivet fem studiealbums, to EP'er (i Japan) og to opsamlingsalbums siden de blev dannet. Bandet var en af de mest succesfulde rockgrupper i starten af 1990'erne, og de har solgte over 10 millioner albums på verdensplan. Extreme oplevede stor succes med albummet Pornograffitti fra 1990. Det toppede som nummer 10 på Billboard 200 og blev certificeret guld i maj 1991 og dobbelt platin i oktober 1992. Albummet indeholdt den akustiske ballade "More Than Words", der nåede nummer 1 på Billboard Hot 100 i USA. Den er senere blevet indspillet i flere coverversioner, heriblandt af det irske boyband Westlife på deres debutalbum fra 1999.

Tidslinje

Diskografi
 Extreme (1989)
 Pornograffitti (1990)
 III Sides to Every Story (1992)
 Waiting for the Punchline (1995)
 Saudades de Rock (2008)

Referencer

Musikgrupper fra USA
Musikgrupper fra 1985


The fire that ruined the former KBTV (Tex.) headquarters in February has been ruled a case of arson.
KBTV said in a statement it had known for some time that the case was seen as arson, but had been asked by the authorities to remain quiet as they searched for the suspects.The ATF has released sketches of two men they believe to be witnesses and is asking for help from the public.


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Accessibility Properties

Java Accessibility Guide > Java Accessibility API (JAAPI) Programmer's Guide > Accessibility Properties

Available Properties

The <tt>javax.accessibility</tt> package provides the following
properties:

<tt>assistive_technologies</tt>

<tt>screen_magnifier_present</tt>

<tt>screen_reader_present</tt>

Loading Assistive Technologies

The <tt>assistive_technologies</tt> property specifies the
assistive technologies to load into the JVM. It takes a
comma-delimited list as input. For example, if you set this property to com.sun.java.accessibility.AccessBridge, then Java Access Bridge is enabled.

Indicating the Presence of a Screen Magnifier

When the <tt>screen_magnifier_present</tt> property is set to
<tt>true</tt>, it lets the Java platform libraries know that a
screen magnifier is present on the system. Application developers
can check this property, and if a screen magnifier is present,
developers should make sure their applications are compatible with
screen magnification. For example, on Microsoft Windows operating
systems, the reference implementation of the Java 2D API
checks this property and if <tt>true</tt>, turns off Microsoft
DirectDraw to avoid problems with the screen magnifier. (Some
screen magnifiers may not be able to magnify DirectDraw
graphics.)

Indicating the Presence of a Screen Reader

When the <tt>screen_reader_present</tt> property is set to
<tt>true</tt>, it lets the Java platform libraries know that a
screen reader is present on the system. Application developers can
check this property. If an application is self-voicing and a screen
reader is present, developers can turn off the self-voicing.

Setting Properties

You can set a property at run time or in a properties file. To
set a property at run time, enter a command such as the
following:

java -Djavax.accessibility.screen_magnifier_present=true foo.class

The reference implementation includes an
<tt>accessibility.properties</tt> file in the <tt>jre/lib</tt>
directory. To set a property in the
<tt>accessibility.properties</tt> file, add a line or lines such as
the following:

assistive_technologies=com.sun.java.accessibility.AccessBridge
screen_magnifier_present=true
screen_reader_present=true

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A headline that has been making rounds on the internet claims that almost half of children born in the United States live near poverty. This statement, however, is misleading and is, in essence, a tautology that gets its shocking figure by stretching the definition of words such as "near" and "almost" to their breaking point.
To Indicate how misleading the headline if I flip the headline around, it turns into "Children being born in the united states today stand a 57% chance of being born into a middle class or richer household" which gives one the opposite image that first headline conjured up while still using the same data. This headline is just as misleading as the first one and gives a far too rosy view on the situation but it illustrates the problems with stretching words to their breaking point.


Growing up you always hear anti-immigration hate speech, whether it is people complaining about immigrants taking their jobs or negative things said about people's culture. It has always been subtle, now that I think about it I have always heard anti-immigration speech from I was a child.
My grandfather traveled via boat from the Caribbean to England looking for work and a better life. Later he sent for my grandmother to also travel to England. It was always hard for them to maintain a comfortable living. They had to deal with racism, low paying jobs and adjusting to a new environment. In the 60s there was opportunities for people to immigrate to Canada to work on the railway. Off my grandfather went again and later brought over my grandmother and their children. Since then, over the years my grandparents have sponsored majority of my family to live in Canada. It has not been easy but through hard work and family togetherness, they have made a better life for our generation.
Since I was born here, Canada always felt like home.


Every person, at some point in their life, wrestles with their identity. Joel has been part of the Milestone family for several years, and in that time God has done some amazing things in his life. Joel's story is so powerful because it demonstrates God's heart to define His purpose and calling in our lives.
In Galatians 4:7 Paul shares this truth, "So you are no longer a slave, but God's child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir." When we truly see ourselves the way God sees us, as adopted sons and daughters, we're transformed! It's out of that transformation that we can recognize the perfect will of God for our lives and who He's called us to be.


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Have you been wearing your bra wrong? Lingerie expert divides the internet the 'correct' way
Leave a Comment / Internet / By admin
It's a burning question for anyone who has ever worn a bra: fasten it in the front of your body, then twist it into place, or fasten it after you're done. in the place?
A no-nonsense British lingerie expert has gotten to the heart of the matter, and it seems many of us have gotten it wrong.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Lingerie expert demonstrates the proper way to put on a bra.
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Kelly, an employee of Janice Rose Lingerie in the city of Nottingham, has taken to TikTok with a protest to try and settle the issue once and for all.
The fully clothed sales assistant has shared a clip of herself trying on a bra in several common ways, before showing off what she says is the correct method.
To start, Kelly puts it over her head and throws it at him before saying, "No, no, no."
Kelly tries to 'climb' into a bra. Credit: Jam Press Vine/Janice Rose Lingerie
She then tries to climb into the bra before confirming again that this is not correct.
The expert then uses the common method of clasping the bra from back to front, before snapping it into place, before saying again, "No, no, no."
Kelly fastens the bra in the front, then pushes it into place. Credit: Jam Press Vine/Janice Rose Lingerie
Finally, it illustrates the 'proper' method of securing the undergarment.
Kelly shows off the bra she already has on, the back undone, before awkwardly leaning in and placing her hands behind her back to secure it in place.
Kelly shows the bottom line of the 'correct' way to put on a bra: clasping it in the back. Credit: Jam Press Vine/Janice Rose Lingerie
The hilarious video has gone viral, racking up 7.4 million views and 150,000 likes.
Viewers also flocked to leave their opinions, with many derisively calling Kelly "Janice," after the name of the store and its founder, Janice Holmes.
From the front to the back
Overwhelmingly, commentators objected to what they saw as the relatively difficult method of 'fixing in situ'.
Most suggested that the front-attach-then-twist method was the way to go.
One person said, "Janice, I'm physically incapable of doing it the last way, so it's a 'No, no, no' on my part."
"Well Janice, some of us are incapable of doing that," another user commented.
Someone else said, "Don't tell me 'No, no, no,' Janice. The penultimate is always right."
"No, that's the hardest way to put it," insisted another viewer.
Another added: "I don't have eyes in the back of my neck."
"I don't have the mental abilities to cut my back," someone else quipped.
prolonging life
Meanwhile, today's Janice has had a few words for the critics about the 'correct' fit of bras.
"Our TikTok video shows a back-closing bra, which needs to be fastened in the back to prevent stretch on the bottom band," Janice Holmes explained.
"This is in line with the manufacturer's instructions and is designed to help extend the life of the bra."
Janice described "other styles of bras, without back bras" that she said did have to be pulled over the head.
"These fabrics are designed to pull and stretch," she said, but added, "Breast support won't be as good."
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Note — The early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.
November BBQ — Guest Speaker Dr Mark Zagorski who will talk about Arthritis and answer any questions you may have.
Death Literacy Course — Presented by Rose Sexton*. This is a short course at the Neighbourhood Centre commencing Monday November 12th, 11.30am – 1.30pm and runs for four weeks. Cost for the four sessions is $30.00. Course examines topics around death and dying, living well until the end, planning for a good death, grief, dying in the 20th century, planning your own funeral etc. Bookings — contact the Neighbourhood Centre Tel: 5754 1166.
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Living with Anxiety & Building a Resilient Mt Beauty — This session is on in Mt Beauty Monday 26th November 2018 at the Auditorium 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Information session covers: understanding the role of anxiety, stress and worry, signs and symptoms, anxiety disorders, what's helpful and not helpful, relaxation techniques and tools, mindfulness, breathing etc and where to go for more information/help. Session is Free and presented by the Anxiety Recovery Centre of Victoria.
Victorian Men's Shed Association (VMSA) — October Newsletter. Click [HERE].
Blair's Hut Day Trip (13th December 2018) — Blair's Hut is in the West Kiewa Valley and 40 km from Mt Beauty and is accessed via the West Kiewa Logging Track which is a very acceptable 4WD track. The plan is to invite members who don't have a 4WD vehicle to be passengers in a vehicle driven by a competent driver. It's a whole day trip so you will need to bring your own food, snacks, drink, thermos, hat, wet weather gear etc. The camp/picnic area (Diamantina Stockyards) that we park at is very nice. You may need to walk 1.5 km to the hut from there. If you have never had the opportunity to see some of our high country this is it. We need to know your interest so please place your name on the clipboard in the Shed ASAP.
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Q: Wich one is better to use when we ask an user to do it again or finish? In Java We ask to the user if he wants to do it again or finish.
The thing is we let him put [Y] or [N] answer, but can be that he mistakes.
So my problem enters here...
Structure one
       //kb = keyboard
       Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
       //String for the [Y] or [N] answer
       String r = "";
       //boolean to go out the loop and finish
       boolean out = true;

       do {
       //rest of the code of the program
       some stuff
       //
       System.out.println("Do you want to do it again?\n"
                + "[Y] or [N]");
        r = kb.next();
       }while(r == "y" || r == "Y");

Structure two
       do {
       //rest of the code of the program
       some stuff
       //
       System.out.print("Do you want to do it again?\n"
                + "[Y] or [N]");
        String answer = kb.next();
        switch (answer)
        {
        case "Y": out = true;
             break;
        case "y": out = true;
             break;
        case "N": out = false;
             break;
        case "n": out = false;
             break;
        default :
             System.out.println("Not a valid option")   ;
             break;
        }//end switch
        }while(out);

And how I can do it better if the user answer with another word?

A: This is really a style question.  There's no exact right answer.
The switch is a lot more code, so I'd avoid that.
You can take care of the case issue with
 r = kb.next().toUpperCase();

and then use
while ( r.equals("Y") )

since r is a string.


Brazil have won a total of five medals at the Olympic Games and have been in every edition of the quadrennial since 1964. The Brazilians won gold at Barcelona 1992 and Athens 2004. They won their first Olympic medal – a silver - at Los Angeles 1984. In the last two editions at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, the Brazilians also finished with silver medals. As hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazil are looking to improve on these silver medal finishes and capture their third gold medal in front of their home fans.
During the 15-year tenure of renowned coach Bernardo 'Bernardinho' Rezende, Brazil have at times seemed unstoppable, collecting plenty of trophies along the way. Rezende led the team to the 2001 World League title in his first outing and they claimed the championship in successive years from 2003 to 2007. The Brazilians won back-to-back World League titles again in 2009 and 2010, three successive titles at the World Championship in 2002, 2006 and 2010, and two titles at the World Cup in 2003 and 2007. As one of the most consistent competitors in the World League, Brazil aimed to go one better than they did in 2013 and 2014, when they finished second to USA and Russia, respectively. They were assured a place in the 2015 final round in Rio de Janeiro as hosts, but only managed to finish in fifth place. Brazil went close to winning the 2014 World Championship in Poland, losing in the final to an impressive host nation. The Brazilians are the most dominating nation in the South American Championship with 30 gold medals in 31 editions.
Bernardo Rezende's tenure as head coach with Brazil's men's team began in 2001. Since then he has led them to the numerous podium finishes. Rezende's Brazil teams won gold at the 2003 and 2007 World Cup and bronze at the event in 2011. At the Olympic Games, he led the team to gold in 2004 and silver in 2008 and in 2012. The team also won gold at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Championships. Brazil have secured eight World League titles since Rezende's arrival. He had previously coached the Brazil women's team from 1994 to 2000, and had played for Brazil at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in the latter.


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sat down with Lea Thompson — who plays Cappie's mom, April — on the set of ? Thompson: They have very important news to tell him. I think we're here to make some clarity for Casey about their relationship and what should happen with them. I think the story actually touches you and you don't realize it because it's funny and interesting. Every single thing in , do you look at them and see yourself in them? I feel vulnerable." She said, "Oh, I totally get it, let me help you out." We're just like comrades.
It's just shocking what they're going to tell Cappie. The whole idea of saving your parents from themselves is an awesome idea. Thompson: The lovely thing about being an artist is that it crosses ages and generations. I love hanging out with young artists because they don't think of me as older.
[Editor's Note: The following contains light spoilers from the "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" episode "Trent?!
Indie Wire spoke to co-creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh Mc Kenna, and composer Adam Schlesinger about the number, "A Buttload of Cats.""The idea was to dramatize Rebecca's decision to turn away from pursuing love," said Brosh Mc Kenna.
returns, Cappie (Scott Michael Foster) and Casey (Spencer Grammer) will be heading into an uphill battle to save their relationship. " They all loved it, so I caught up with episodes on and I fell in love with the show, so I'm really happy to be here. did you think that it would become such a huge part of pop culture and history? Bob Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg were there all the time, so I knew it was a big deal, but I didn't realize how much it would endure.
Enter Cappie's parents, who come to town to help the new pair find some clarity. They offered it to me and I hadn't seen it too much because I'm not their target audience, but I had a room full of teenage girls, my daughter and my niece, and said "They want me to play Cappie's mom," and they flipped. TVGuide.com: Why are Cappie's parents coming to town? We're open and free-spirited, not corporate America. It endures because it's got a really powerful story. If you watch it again, you think, they never even bothered to thread that. so I was saying to Spencer, "Will you run these lines with me because I'm kind of nervous because I don't know you guys.
Mc Dorman plays a character inspired by Cooper's, who will also appear in the television series.
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Countries that have relatively recently legalized divorce are Italy (1970), Portugal (1975), Brazil (1977), Spain (1981), Argentina (1987), Where it is seen as a contract, the refusal or inability of one spouse to perform the obligations stipulated in the contract may constitute a ground for divorce for the other spouse.


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Today as Ron makes his way up to the Toronto Film Festival Talent Lab, we have some more Canadian festival news to share: Stranger Things will be screening at the Edmonton International Film Festival later this month. It's the western Canada premiere. Please tell all your Edmontonian friends to come!
Other films playing at the festival include Sarah Polley's new film Take This Waltz (which will also have it's western Canada premiere), documentary The Swell Season by Nick August-Perna, Carlo Mirabella-Davis and Chris Dapkins, and fellow IFP lab alum Josh Hyde's Postales.
Sunday, Sep 25 @ 5pm at Zeidler Hall in the Citadel (9828 101 A AVE, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
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A primary GSO focus is increasing Deloitte's resiliency, so working with local Deloitte firms to formulate and implement effective business-continuity programs is a priority. The GSO's regional security managers help enhance Deloitte's security and crisis response capabilities through on-site visits, meetings with country managing partners, and working with the Global Security Council made up of security officers in each member firm.
On an average day, more than 25,000 Deloitte people are traveling to serve clients. As part of Deloitte Global's travel security protocols, all Deloitte locations are encouraged to incorporate security into their travel programs and consult with the GSO before undertaking travel to high-risk locations.
When member firm engagement teams need to travel to high-risk locations, assistance provided to engagement teams can range from designing comprehensive security plans that include location-specific security briefings to hotel and transportation recommendations, on-the-ground project logistics, and direct security support, as needed. In doing so, an external network of specialized security providers based in many high-risk locations is available to assist. During FY2018, the GSO provided security planning support to more than 1,250 engagement teams.
Implemented a new global emergency communications system across the Deloitte network to significantly improve the ability to account for the safety of Deloitte people during crisis events. The system is live in almost 70 percent of member firms and is expected to become fully operational in all member firms during FY2019.
Responded to 208 medical-assistance cases, several of which involved serious medical conditions or accidents necessitating emergency air evacuations.
Rolled out a new member firm business continuity self-assessment process.
Provided ongoing security design and implementation support for new global delivery centers.


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Courts Permit Fla. Catholic College, Ohio Business To Deny Contraceptive Coverage
October 29, 2014 — A federal judge on Tuesday granted Ave Maria University and Ave Maria School of Law's request for a preliminary injunction against the federal contraceptive coverage rules under the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), the Fort Myers News-Press reports (Wozniak, Fort Myers News-Press , 10/28).
Officials at the Florida university initially challenged the contraceptive coverage requirements in February 2012, but a federal judge dismissed the case because the federal government was continuing to work with the school and the final contraceptive coverage rules had not been released. Ave Maria sued again after HHS finalized the rules, arguing that the rules' accommodation that allows religious not-for-profits to avoid providing the coverage directly to their employees still violates its religious beliefs ( Women's Health Policy Report , 9/4/13).
The accommodation aims to ensure that enrollees in health plans at not-for-profits with religious objections still have access to contraceptive coverage benefits under the ACA. The accommodation enables such not-for-profits to notify their insurer or third-party administrator of their objection so the insurer or third-party administrator can facilitate contraceptive coverage for members of such health plans.
In August, in an effort to address ongoing court challenges, HHS announced a new rule that maintains the accommodation but creates a second way for those entities to provide notice of their objections. Under the new option, religiously affiliated not-for-profits can send a letter to HHS stating that they object to offering contraceptive coverage in their health plans. Such organizations still have the original option of filling out a form to send to the insurer or third-party administrator if they prefer ( Women's Health Policy Report , 9/18).
Ave Maria University President Jim Towey said the accommodation still would cause the university to be "complicit" in providing contraception to its employees (Fort Myers News-Press , 10/28).
Preliminary Injunction Ruling
The temporary injunction ruling from Judge James Moody of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida allows the university and law school to avoid fines for violating the contraceptive coverage rules while the case continues in court. Without the injunction, the schools would have been subject to the fines on Nov. 1 (Viebeck, The Hill , 10/28).
Towey estimated that the fines for not offering contraceptive coverage to the university's approximately 170 full-time employees would have been about $17 million annually. An Ave Maria Law School spokesperson did not know how much the fines would be for its 68 full-time employees (Fort Myers News-Press , 10/28).
Judge Grants Ohio Business Exemption From Contraceptive Coverage Rules
In related news, a federal judge last week ruled that a small family-owned business in Ohio is not required to comply with the ACA's contraceptive coverage requirements, the Dayton Daily News reports.
Johnson Welded Products in April 2013 filed a lawsuit against the requirements, citing religious objections (Torry, Dayton Daily News , 10/28).
According to the AP/Miami Herald , the ruling in favor of the company was expected following the Supreme Court's ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees if the corporations' owners have religious objections ( AP/Miami Herald , 10/28).


ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Nicole Persley grew up in the southern United States and always thought she was a white American.
That is, until she was a student at Michigan.
"Someone asked me which one of my parents was black, and I laughed and I said 'Neither, I'm a white girl from Virginia,'" she said.
So she decided to do technological DNA testing, which confirmed she is African-American. She also discovered her paternal grandfather, Dr. Alonzo Persley, was black and a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School in 1915.
When Nicole saw her grandfather's date of birth and handwriting for the first time from archives at the University of Michigan, she couldn't contain her excitement.
"October 15, 1890. Mason, Georgia," she read. "His handwriting looks like a doctor's."
She also discovered he was a Michigan football fan after he wrote he was interested in receiving Michigan football announcements and ticket information.
"He was into football! Yes, go blue!" she exclaimed.
Persley's fandom for football was not in doubt, but one thing that was in doubt was whether or not he identified as an African-American before or during medical school. It was an unknown because Nicole's grandfather died when her father was a teenager, so her father and immediate family members had no idea about their African-American heritage.
Nicole was the first person in her family to question it. With the help of University of Michigan Archivist Brian Williams, she was able to unveil the answer to that generation-old question.
Williams discovered Persley attended undergraduate school at Lincoln University, a historically black university. Williams also discovered Persley lived in a traditionally African American area while at the University of Michigan, and tha he was featured in the NAACP's Crisis Magazine.
With all this information, it appears Persley identified as an African-American.
"I love that," Nicole said. "That makes me feel even more proud of him."


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Euro 2016 security concerns grow after French Cup incidents
Associated PressMay 24, 2016, 3:34 PM EDT
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
PARIS (AP) The French football federation opened disciplinary proceedings against Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille on Monday following incidents during the French Cup final that raised major concerns only a few weeks before the country hosts the European Championship.
Despite a two-meter high security wall surrounding the Stade de France and triple security checks, supporters smuggled flares into the venue in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis and ignited fires in the stands on Saturday. Some supporters also tried to invade the pitch.
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Fans also complained about severe overcrowding at the security check points. PSG won the game 4-2.
Following a meeting on Monday, the French Interior Ministry said "it has been decided to correct dysfunction without delay in order to guarantee the fluidity of supporters entering sporting venues and to strengthen security checks by private companies and secure stadium exits."
Seine-Saint-Denis area prefect Philippe Galli admitted there were serious security breaches during a match that was seen as the final test before Euro 2016, which will be held in 10 cities across France from June 10-July 10.
"The system was under pressure, and it gave way on some points," Galli told Europe 1 radio, adding that police were overwhelmed by fans.
Galli said problems arose due to the limited number of access points to the stadium, reduced from 26 to just four under the new security plan.
He said body searches also need to be improved before the tournament starts.
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Trying to ease concerns, both the football federation and Interior Ministry insisted that security measures put in place during the Euros will be different.
The French federation said it did not consider the game a "test event" because it was a club match. Marseille and PSG fans have often clashed in their tense derbies.
In the wake of the attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead in November last year, France remains in a state of emergency which was recently extended by two months and will cover the ongoing French Open at Roland Garros, Euro 2016 and the Tour de France in July.
It expands police powers to put people under house arrest and allows authorities to forbid the movement of people and vehicles at specific times and places.


It's definitely one of my favourites this season as it reminds me of what's to come with Spring and on the rare couple of hours we've seen the sunshine over the past few weeks, this colour has just felt really fresh and inspiring.
Below are just some of the inspiration i've been pinning on Pinterest and some great paper goods, which i think show just how beautiful it can look - i'm especially loving when it's combined with metallics!
What do you think? I'm pretty sure mint is a bit of a love or hate colour!


DAY OF DARKNESS Festival on the 12th June 2004 @ Pedigree Corner, Ballylinen, Co. Laois.
Day of Darkness was the original name of Ireland's D.O.D. Festival.
It happened annually in Ballylinan from 2002 to 2008 as a metal music festival.
The 2002 line-up was headlined by Primordial and ran for a second year in 2003. Numbers however dwindled that year and a number of changes were implemented before the festival's third running in 2004. In 2005, the festival was moved to the first week in July and has been held on the same weekend each year since. In 2006 a second day was added to the festival and camping tickets were introduced.
The festival discontinued in 2008.


Australia a country with its diverse topographical features, food and people is a famous tourist destination in the world. It is a country famous for its camping destinations, enhancing with long drives along the coastal areas. Topping over the charts of the travel destinations, it has a niche of entertaining the tourists in diverse ways. Nature has blessed the region with its beautiful white sand beaches, the lush green rainforests, and the famous Great Barrier Reef etc. The plan to visit the country is in itself a rendezvous of enjoyment and adventure.
Every place has its own beauty and its diverse culture. With a multiple Australian visa, it becomes easier to visit every city. Now let us see the way to save some money while travelling in Australia. There are numerous ways by which the whole trip can be according to your budget.
While visiting a country which is expensive, it is preferable to book the tour packages which include the sightseeing, the water sports, food, and accommodation. These tours can be planned according to the schedule you are following and at the end it will save hundreds of dollars from your budget.
Having meals outside in hotels during the trip may be very expensive, so better when travelling in this country, one may carry food and cook accordingly, which saves lots of money and also gives the opportunity to have self-made food.
While moving with friends or in a group it is better to rent a car or a camper van and share the cost of the gas. This will give you the freedom to have your own car and also saving the money and visiting all the destinations.
The train services are the best in this country as they connect each place to the other, and also they are very expensive. So to save your pocket one must go for the rail pass as it will not only cover the whole network but will save up to 50 to 70 % of the money.
There are different ways to have your accommodation, starting from bag pack hostels, apartments which you can share with your friends. These families who give their houses for bag packing also serve food on cheap rates. So now travelling to Australia will not be pocket crunching and will be full of adventure, enjoyment and comfort with the eye splashing beauty of the country.


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As a man getting married you often feel a bit in the dark on what to do fashion wise. Tux rentals, black suits, grey suits, blue suits, linen, neck tie, bow tie…with all of the options out there I think a lot of guys just go with what they know. For many grooms the last time they wore a tux was at prom (okay, let's face it, probably the only time unless they wore one as a groomsmen at a friends wedding). So where do you start? What's right for you? Let's run through some of the options and see if we can't help you get a better idea.
Before we dive in to specifics let me cover a few 'rules' for men's fashion. Remember, as much as these are rules, they can be broken, so take them as guidelines to start from.
1. GOOD FIT IS EVERYTHING. You can have a poor fitting $3000 tux that looks horrible next to a great fitting $75 H&M suit that looks incredible and I'd pick the H&M suit every time. Fit is the first thing I notice in men's fashion at weddings…all too often the fit is very poor and most men don't even realize it. Know your body type and make sure your wedding day attire fits appropriately.
2. The later the ceremony time, the more formal the event. This is a simple fact about events in general that I find most men don't know. Where it might be appropriate to wear a black tux at a late evening wedding, it will most likely look very out of place at a brunch wedding.
3. Suit colors change with the season…know what's appropriate for the time of year you're getting married…you don't want to show up to a winter wedding in a summer suit!
4. Let's not be so serious…let your character show through. Whether it's in the entire outfit or small details like your cuff links or socks—dress like YOU so you feel like yourself. There's nothing worse than feeling like you're wearing a costume all day. Find something that feels like you and own it!
A huge thanks to our guest editor this week, Stephen Devires, for writing this article and providing the photography.
I came across your website when image-searching for grooms in blue. I just adore the groom's blue suit!! Any tips on where I can find something similar?


A gift certificate for 3 000 rub at Krygina Studio.
The certificate exists only on physical media. You can purchase it through the Krygina Beauty Store website or directly in one of the studios. The certificate is valid for one year from the date of purchase.


2019 (FC Cincinnati): Has made three appearances, all starts, and has scored one goal ... made FC Cincinnati debut and played 73 minutes at Atlanta (March 10) ... led all FC Cincinnati players with four tackles ... was replaced by Kenny Saief in the second half ... started, played 90 minutes and recorded his first MLS and FCC goal against Portland (March 17) ... goal was nominated for AT&T Goal of the Week for MLS Week 3 ... was named Heineken Star of the Match for his performance ... missed the match at New England due to being on international duty with Costa Rica (March 24) ... returned to the starting lineup and played 76 minutes before being replaced by Frankie Amaya in the second half against Philadelphia (March 30) ... started and played 90 minutes against Sporting Kansas City (April 7) ... started and played 66 minutes at LAFC (April 13) ... was replaced by Roland Lamah in the second half.
2018-19 (CS Herediano): Made a combined 27 appearances, including 26 starts, scored five goals and added three assists across all competitions … made eight appearances, including seven starts, and scored one goal in the 2018 Scotiabank Concacaf League … tallied in the first leg of the Concacaf League final against CD Motagua (Oct. 26) … made 13 appearances, all starts, and scored three goals in the Liga FPD winter season … made debut in season opener against Universidad de Costa Rica (July 22) … scored first goal of season against Grecia (Aug. 19) … missed three matches between Sept. 6-13 due to being away with the Costa Rica national team … tallied second goal of winter season against Deportivo Saprissa (Oct. 7) … missed three matches between Oct. 10-18 due to being away with the Costa Ria national team .. scored in winter season finale against Limón FC (Nov. 11) … played all 420 minutes in Herediano's four winter-season playoff matches … recorded two goals and added an assist in playoffs … registered a pair of assists in first leg of winter-season playoff final against LD Alajuelense (Dec. 3) … scored in second leg of winter-season playoff final against LD Alajuelense (Dec. 9) … played all 210 minutes of winter-season grand finale against Deportivo Saprissa … registered an assist in the first leg of the match (Dec. 17).
2017-18 (CS Herediano): Made a combined 49 appearances, including 34 starts, scored five goals and added two assists across all competitions … made two Concacaf Champions League appearances, recorded an assist … tallied an assist in first leg of the Round of 16 against Tigres (Feb. 21) … made 18 appearances, including seven starts, and scored one goal in the Liga FPD winter season … made debut in season opener against Guadalupe FC (July 30) … made a second-half substitute appearance against Limón FC (Aug. 10) … appeared in eight-consecutive matches … recorded lone goal of winter season against Universidad de Costa Rica (Nov. 2) … made three appearances, all starts, and scored one goal in the winter-season quadrangular … scored at Santos FC (Dec. 7) … started and played 57 minutes in the first leg of the winter-season grand finale at Pérez Zeledón (Dec. 21) … made 18 appearances, including 14 starts, scored two goals and added an assist in the Liga FPD summer season … made summer-season debut as a second-half substitute and logged 18 minutes in opener at Universidad de Costa Rica (Jan. 7) … recorded an assist against Municipal Grecia (Jan. 18) … tallied the game-wining goal against Deportivo Saprissa (Jan. 21) … recorded second summer-season goal at AD Municipal Liberia (April 16) … made five appearances, all starts, and scored one goal in the summer-season quadrangular … scored against LD Alajuelense (May 7) … started both legs of the summer-season grand finale against Deportivo Saprissa (May 16, May 21).
2015-16 (CS Uruguay de Coronado): Made a combined 24 appearances, including 15 starts, and scored one goal across all competitions … made nine appearances, including six starts, and scored one goal in the Liga FPD winter season … Played five minutes in season opener at LD Alajuelense (Aug. 3) … earned first start of season against Deportivo Saprissa (Aug. 30) … began a stretch of three consecutive appearances … tallied lone goal of the campaign against Santos FC (Nov. 8) … made 15 appearances, including nine starts, in the Liga FPD summer season … started and played 90 minutes in season opener against LD Alajuelense (Jan. 17) … appeared in each of the first nine matches.
2014-15 (CS Uruguay de Coronado): No information available.
2013-14 (CS Uruguay de Coronado): Began professional career with Uruguay de Coronado … named to the 18-man matchday squad once, but did not make an appearance.
International (Costa Rica): Has six caps for Costa Rica dating back to his international debut in a friendly at South Korea on Sept. 7, 2018 … has played alongside FCC center back Kendall Waston on three occasions in international matches … scored first-ever international goal in a friendly at Peru on Nov. 21, 2018 … represented Costa Rica at various youth levels.
Personal: Born Feb. 24, 1994 in Nicoya, Costa Rica.


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Stem cell transplant changes donor's life
Kathleen Lavey
Brian Thrush started with a warning.
"I'm going to cry a little bit. I can feel it coming," he said. His eyes were already tearing up.
Thrush, who lives in Wheatfield Township, has cried a few times since February.
About the overwhelming loss of his cousin, Scott Kreger, to leukemia when Brian was 7 and Scott was 9. The memory is still too much to bear even four decades later.
About the overwhelming experience of offering his own healthy stem cells to replace the diseased cells of a child suffering from leukemia in another part of the world.
About the overwhelming hope that that child will live thanks to his donation and that they will someday get to meet.
That's in the future, if it ever happens at all.
In the meantime, Thrush and his wife, Sallie, 45, who signed up for a donor registry on the spur of the moment two decades ago, are trying to encourage others to do the same.
Related: Charlotte girl's struggle for a bone marrow match spurs readers
"It's just really hard for me to explain the feeling of doing it," Thrush said. "It's the best thing that could ever happen to you."
Scotty: A life cut short
In the photo, William Scott Kreger is dressed for school picture day in a pink oxford shirt, his light-brown hair in a fresh buzz cut, a beautifully crooked smile on his face.
He looks like a kid you'd want to know.
Brian Thrush looked up to his older cousin, recalling hours spent playing together, hanging out, riding bikes and raking leaves. He remembers jumping into Scott's neat leaf pile and messing it up.
Scott enjoyed playing youth baseball, his sister, Laurie Riley of Owosso, said. He relished his status as an honorary member of the Detroit Police force.
She recalls that he handled his illness with a grace she could never quite muster herself.
"I was born with a heart defect and was in and out of the hospital before I had surgery at 7," she said. "I was a terrible patient. Scott got sick a couple of years after my surgery, and he never complained, no matter how sick he got from the chemo."
When he came home from the hospital between rounds of treatment, he would ask their mother to stop and buy her a gift from the hospital gift shop.
"The last time I saw him, he said, 'Do you know what we're going to do when I get out of here?'" she said. "I said, 'Go to Cedar Point?'"
She picked it because that was something he had wanted to do.
"He said, 'No, Mom said we can get you a new bike!"
Laurie's mother, Sandra Kreger, died a few years ago, but Laurie recently ran into one of her mom's former co-workers.
"She told me that during his last hospital stay, Scott told my mom to 'take care of Laurie, because she's going to miss me.' And he was right."
Signed up on the spur of a moment
Brian, a 1985 graduate of Howell High School, married Sallie, who operates her own salon from a building on their property, in 1992. They have two daughters, Makayla, 19, and Gabrielle, 16,
They weren't even married yet when they were driving together past a Howell church that had a sign outside recruiting people for Be The Match. It's a global registry that connects donors with people who need bone marrow, stem cells extracted from blood or infant cord blood. All can be used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and other blood-related disorders.
"We thought, 'Why not do it?'" Brian said. They waited in line for a blood draw – matching now can be done from a simpler cheek swab – and filled out some paperwork. That was in 1991.
Two years ago, 22 years after joining the list, Brian got an initial call about being someone's match. Those preliminary contacts go to a number of people who are potential matches for the patient. Tissue matching is a complex process, and after initial contacts are made, some candidates are screened out.
In Brian's case, "They found somebody for that person who was a better match," he said.
Of those who sign up as potential donors, only one in 40 gets a call for a potential match and only one in 540 goes on to donate, according to statistics provided by Be The Match, which facilitated almost 6,300 matches in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
For those who need a donation, the odds of having someone on the registry that matches them range from 66% to 97%, depending on race and ethnicity.
Last June, he got another call from Be The Match. He didn't return the call immediately. Be The Match staffers started calling relatives and friends in an effort to reach him. A child in a foreign country – privacy rules prevent divulging age, gender or location – needed treatment with stem cells.
Brian's tissue was a rare perfect match with the child.
Transplants can proceed with cells that match as few as 7 out of 10 blood markers, but the closer the match, the greater the likelihood of success. Perfect matches are rare.
How rare? One in millions.
"It's like winning the lottery," Brian said. "It's like I won the Lotto, just to help somebody out."
Brian was asked to undergo more blood tests and verify that he still wanted to be a donor. That occurred in June.
He has metal screws in his neck from a 1999 car accident that nearly paralyzed him, which would have prevented him from donating bone marrow. But the screws don't affect a stem cell donation.
"Thank God (the child) needed stem cells," Brian said.
Then they waited. And waited. Sometimes a delay is caused by insurance company paperwork, sometimes by the course of the recipient's disease.
"It was horrible," Brian said.
Near the end of last year, they got the signal to go ahead. Brian had to redo blood tests, go through an interview and have an EKG and a physical.
While a donor is preparing to provide cells, the recipient receives chemotherapy to get rid of any diseased cells remaining in his or her body. It leaves the recipient vulnerable to infection. The donor's healthy stem cells then are injected into the recipient, taking the place of the diseased cells.
For five days before his stem cell donation, Brian received two shots a day of a drug that stimulates the production of stem cells. Blood is produced in bone marrow, which means the process can cause pain in large bones such as the pelvis and skull.
Donors are directed to take ibuprofen for the pain, and Sallie would give Brian his pills on schedule.
Unbeknownst to her, he wasn't taking them.
"I wanted to feel it," he said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I wanted to feel this."
Carrying a plate of cookies baked by Scott's sister, Laurie, Brian and Sallie went to a blood center in Grand Rapids for his donation.
Sallie wasn't feeling well, but wouldn't dream of changing the date of Brian's donation. She wound up lying down near him in the blood center. Both of Brian's arms were connected to tubes, with blood coming out of one arm, going to a centrifuge that collected the stem cells. The remaining blood then was returned into the other arm.
The process can take as long as eight hours; Brian had enough stem cells that it took him only three.
And now what?
Laurie said she is proud of her cousin, hopes the process works for the child who received the donation. She still gets emotional when she talks about her brother.
"I like knowing he was Brian's inspiration, and hopefully that family will never know the heartbreak we have," Riley said.
Brian fell into a brief depression after his donation was complete.
"After you do something like that, you can't top it," he said. "You just want to keep doing something like that, something positive."
The earliest that Brian or his family could have direct contact with the child who received his stem cells is two years from now. However, he can send the child's family a letter through Be The Match and hope that they respond. Brian has sent his letter, offering his hopes for the very best.
In the meantime, he and Sallie are planning a fund-raising and recruiting event for Be The Match, probably in July. Brian has trained to be a volunteer recruiter. Meanwhile, his sister, Jamie Thrush Wiles, a professor at California State University in Long Beach, got an initial call but then was told she wasn't the best match.
She's sitting tight to see if that changes, and also encouraging her students to sign up for the registry. Brian will visit California next month to share his story in person with her classes.
Brian wants potential donors to know that it's not painful if you do take your analgesics, and that even if it does hurt, the pain is worth it.
"What you get from that, the feeling of helping, it changes you," Brian said. "It has put me in a direction where I can really help a lot of people."
Contact Kathleen Lavey at (517) 377-1251 or klavey@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @kathleenlavey.
Finding a match: Charlotte girl needs bone marrow transplant
Who can donate?
The registry is seeking healthy people between the ages of 18 and 44 in all ethnic groups. Those who join must provide contact information; they also will be sent a kit to swab their cheek for cells so a tissue type can be established.
Join online at BeTheMatch.org; local registration drives also are scheduled from time to time.
Once on the registry, potential donors stay on until they are 61 years old. Potential donors are asked to update their contact information from time to time.
If called for a transplant, potential donors may be asked to give blood or bone marrow for a transplant.


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The HBO Family documentary I CAN'T DO THIS BUT I CAN DO THAT: A FILM FOR FAMILIES ABOUT LEARNING DIFFERENCES, an inspiring account of children with LDs who have discovered real abilities, and have learned to use their strengths to overcome their learning struggles.
A learning difference affects how a person understands or uses language, spoken or written, and can also affect the ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations. Some of the most common include dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and auditory or visual processing disorders. While children with learning difficulties may struggle in specific areas, they often have talents that outshine those learning challenges.
While these children are still grappling with the long-term realities of their learning differences, their resolve and tenacity prove they can overcome the challenges life places before them.
Director and producer Ellen Goosenberg Kent has earned four Primetime Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Children's Program, for the HBO specials "I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me," "Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me," "How Do You Spell God?" and "Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger." She has also won two Peabody Awards and numerous other honors for excellence in non-fiction television and documentary film. Goosenberg Kent also directed and produced the critically acclaimed HBO documentaries "Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq" and "Too Hot Not to Handle," and a film for the multi-part HBO series "Addiction." Her other HBO credits include "Middle School Confessions," hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, and "Reading Your Heart Out," which earned honors at film festivals in the U.S. and Canada.
I CAN'T DO THIS BUT I CAN DO THAT: A FILM FOR FAMILIES ABOUT LEARNING DIFFERENCES is directed and produced by Ellen Goosenberg Kent; editor, Andrew Morreale; narrator, Michael D'Addario; co-producer, Nancy Stanton Talcott; associate producer, Quinn Bradlee; director of photography, Wolfgang Held; original music, Michael Bacon; supervising producer, Jacqueline Glover; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.


There are 6 home internet options and 6 business internet options in Tribune. 75.1% of homes can get fixed-line service. Competition in Tribune is less competitive than the average US city. There are 6 home internet providers in the entire city, which is above average, but the majority of Tribune, KS residents have one to two options for wired internet service at their homes.
50.5% of homes can get cable.
75.1% of homes have a wired option.
50.5% of residents in this area can get Pioneer Telephone Association cable. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 50 Mbps, which is above-average speed for Tribune, KS residential internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Pioneer Telephone Association.
For other cities, see Pioneer Telephone Association coverage and availability maps. Cable TV service service is also available through Pioneer Telephone Association cable in Tribune, KS. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
67.0% of residents in this area can get Consolidated Communications DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 25 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Tribune, KS residential internet providers. 1.2% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Consolidated Communications.
The table below shows the percentage of customers who can get the speed listed in the left column. For example, 98.8% of Consolidated Communications's customers can purchase download speeds somewhere in the 11 to 20 Mbps range, while 0% of customers can expect the fastest upload speed to be in the same range.
For other cities, see Consolidated Communications coverage and availability maps. TV service service is not available through Consolidated Communications DSL in Tribune, KS. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
1.3% of residents in this area can get Pioneer Telephone Association DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 80 Mbps, which is the fastest available speed for Tribune, KS residential internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Pioneer Telephone Association.
For other cities, see Pioneer Telephone Association coverage and availability maps. TV service service is not available through Pioneer Telephone Association DSL in Tribune, KS. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
67.0% of residents in this area can get Consolidated Communications DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 25 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Tribune, KS business internet providers. 1% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Consolidated Communications.
50.5% of residents in this area can get Pioneer Telephone Association cable. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 50 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Tribune, KS business internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Pioneer Telephone Association.
1.3% of residents in this area can get Pioneer Telephone Association DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 80 Mbps, which is the fastest available speed for Tribune, KS business internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Pioneer Telephone Association.
As mentioned, competition in Tribune is less competitive than the average area. The table below shows how many options you have in each speed range.