Vladikavkaz is the capital city of North Ossetia and a major transit hub for the North Caucasus region. Its position on the Georgian Military Highway makes it a staging post for journeys to both Georgia and South Ossetia.
Modern Vladikavkaz was founded in 1784 at the gateway of Daryal Canyon.
Basically no English is spoken. Do not expect to be able to comfortably move around the city without brushed-up knowledge of Russian or assistance from a translator.
43.20544.6066671 Beslan Airport (OGZ IATA) (15 km (9.3 mi) from downtown).
44.21344443.1415282 Vladikavkaz railway station. Trains run daily to Moscow (35 h) and other southern regional cities such as Rostov on Don (13 h), Adler (17 h) and Novorossisk (18 h).
43.02598544.6759031 Mukhtarov Mosque. A striking historic mosque completed in 1908. The mosque takes its name from the Azerbaijani millionaire Murtuza Mukhtarov who financed its construction.
Vladikavkaz also has quite a few outdoor sculptures and monuments.
The Mariinsky Theatre has a branch in Vladikavkaz.
The main street, Prospekt Mira, runs roughly parallel to the Terek River, and is a pleasant boulevard with shops and restaurants. The railway station is to the east of Prospekt Mira's northern end.
Vogue Restaurant, U. Mayakovskogo, 21, ☎ +7 8672 53-95-64. 10.00-24.00. Salads, Pasta, Pizza, Deserts, full bar and shisha. Lots of pretty people who like to stare at foreigners. One of the few places in town with outside seating.
Grusha, Ul. Shumlevicha, 41, ☎ +7 8672 54-88-55. 12.00-24.00. Excellent Georgia food and shashlik. Loud music.
Magiya Cafe, Ul. M. Gorkogo, 9, ☎ +7 8672 54-06-48, e-mail: kofemagia@mail.ru. 9.00-23.00. Good deserts, light meals, drinks, great coffee.
Leonardo Cafe/Gallery, Ul. Revolutsii, 62, ☎ +7 8672 53-88-88. 12.00-23.00. Interesting local art. Good meals, good cocktails, basement bar filled with smoke.
43.02860644.6803971 Hotel Imperial, Prospket Mira, 19, ☎ +7 8672 54-74-74. directly on the central street of the city. Comfortable, recommended over other options, little bit pricier. Restaurant Bavaria behind the hotel with outside seating and extremely loud karaoke during the summer months. Sauna onsite.
The city's phone code is 8672.
The striking North Ossetian mountains: Tse and Fiagdon in particular. However, all non-Russian citizens are forbidden to travel outside the main towns of Vladikavkaz, Beslan, Alagir and Ardon. If found by local authorities outside the regulated areas you may be subject to a fine and/or deportation.
Georgia - head south on the Georgian Military Highway to the border post at Verkny Lars and then to Kazbegi in Georgia.
South Ossetia - head south on the Trans-Caucasian Highway through the Roki tunnel to the disputed region's capital, Tskhinvali.
This city travel guide to Vladikavkaz is a usable article. It has information on how to get there and on restaurants and hotels. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.


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Spreading fake news, winning hearts
Pakistan-origin French newspaper hawker makes Parisians laugh with funny headlines
The lone French newspaper vendor of Pakistani origin Akbar Ali has been selling newspapers on Paris streets for last 47 years. He sells Le Monde only. Akbar Ali is perhaps the last newspaper hawker of Paris doing this without fail since 1972. Image Credit:
Islamabad - France's lone newspaper vendor of Pakistani origin, Akbar Ali, has been selling newspapers on the streets of Paris for the past 47 years. He only sells Le Monde. Ali is perhaps the last newspaper hawker in Paris who has been doing this job for such a long time. His funny headlines and humorous outbursts make people laugh. He has become a darling of Parisians. They enjoy listening to him whenever he 'breaks' news. They know it is fake, yet they enjoy his sense of humour and readily buy the paper from him.
Speaking to Gulf News, Ali said he works seven days a week and sells newspapers even on Sunday.
Parisians know exactly where to find him, at any hour.
"Usually, I sell papers in and around the Latin Quarter, and they spot me from a distance, pedaling my old bicycle to my fixed point and yelling news to them. I have almost become part of people's daily life in those quarters.
Asked why he never thought of switching professions, Ali said "I have made friends, a large number of politicians, writers and eminent personalities. They know me by name and invite me for a drink or coffee. I can't think of quiting this profession. I am the last newspaper street hawker of Paris," said the 65-year-old French Pakistani.
Ali has come up with his own way of attracting Parisians to buy newspapers. "It is the fact I always announce fake headlines. By doing that, customers come to me, appreciate my style of selling, and it works!"
One famous scoop was the days when media had gone crazy with former US President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, Ali startled those taking coffee at the historic Lipp, Flore or Deux Magots cafes by yelling "Monica's pregnant by Bill Clinton! She got twins!"
Another hilarious scoop was about Dominic Strauss-Kahn's molestation of an African woman in a New York hotel. Ali treated that scandal in following lines: "Strauss-Kahn was arrested ... he was with a goat!" On that day, I sold more than 500 copies of Le Monde, said Ali.
However, he said the business of print is on the decline and most people read newspapers online. "I can sell only 50 newspapers a day. There was a time when I used to sell more than 250."
Senior Media Researcher and an admirer of Ali, Jacques Rosselin told Gulf News that in France, like the rest of the world, people's preference for online edition has contributed to a fall in print. Ali was born in Rawalpindi and spent his childhood there. He is married person with five sons. In 1972 Ali entered France on a tourist visa and then he met some people who helped him settle down there. To a question, he said being a Pakistani Muslim he faces problems sometimes but there are good people as well. He visits Pakistan off and on to see his mother. She is 92. "I go to Pakistan for two reasons: To see my mother and to release birds."
Ali has written books, too, like "Je fais rire le monde mais le monde me fait pleurer (I Make the World Laugh, but the World Makes me Cry). The book is an autobiography and recounts his struggle against the odds and his poor background. Another is "La Fabuleuse Histoire du Vendeur de Journaux qui a Conquis le Monde" (The Fabulous Story of a Vendor of Newspapers who Conquered the World).
Pakistani activist says prevented from leaving country
Kohli greatest ODI player of all-time, says Finch
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Only in production for fifteen years, the Standing Liberty quarter was to suffer an early demise. 1932 marked the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth, and a new quarter dollar featuring his portrait was introduced as a circulating commemorative. Though no longer made in silver for circulation, the Washington quarter is still being minted today.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{Intro}

What does it really mean that no standard model (SM) superpartners have been observed, at the LHC or elsewhere, but the SM is in good shape? Something seems to be undeniably ambiguous. Therefore an alternative point of view should be looked for. I believe the answer is that supersymmetry (SUSY) has to be implemented on a different level. I propose SUSY should be introduced one level below the SM, namely on the quark and lepton constituent, i.e. preon level. The beauty of SUSY is that a single fermion Dirac-Maxwell system plus superpartners is shown to produce the standard model fields: quarks, leptons, gauge fields and the Higgs. The preons themselves do not participate in strong and weak interactions \cite{Rai_00}, which are emergent phenomena in this model.

The scheme presented in this article is based on a previous preon model of SM particles \cite{Rai_00}. I define the updated, supersymmetric model as follows
\begin{enumerate}
\item the elementary fields are members of a supermultiplet,
\item the matter field is a light spin 1/2, charge 1/3 preon,
\item the gauge interaction is electromagnetism,
\item the quantum group SLq(2) is used to classify topologically scalar particles, preons, quarks and leptons \cite{Finkel_00, Finkel_0a}.
\end{enumerate}

Graviton and gravitino must also belong to the supermultiplet. Gravity is further supposed to organize the preons in bound state `bags'. These questions are, however, beyond the scope of this article.

The point of this article is that supersymmetry must be implemented in a specific way. Composite systems in physics often `hide' quantum numbers. Single hadrons are color neutral as measured in laboratory but quarks carry color quantum number inside hadrons. Following this method I propose that supersymmetry is valid only for free preons. Bound states of preons do not feel supersymmetry.

This article is organized as follows. The supersymmetric preon model is described in section \ref{Preon}. Elements of supersymmetry are introduced in subsection \ref{susy}. After the apogee, in section \ref{Knot} quantum group structure for scalars, preons, quarks and leptons is described to indicate the differences and the unity of these objects. Finally, conclusions are given in section \ref{Concl}. The article is aimed to be self-contained.

\section{Supersymmetric Preon Model}
\label{Preon}

In case supersymmetry is familiar subsection \ref{susy} may be skipped by going to subsection \ref{preonmodel}.

\subsection{Supersymmetry}
\label{susy}

An operator $Q$ which generates transformations between fermions and bosons is an anti-commuting spinor
\begin{equation}
Q|\rm{boson}\rangle = |\rm{fermion}\rangle, ~~~ Q|\rm{fermion}\rangle = |\rm{boson}\rangle
\label{}
\end{equation}

$Q$ and its hermitian conjugate $Q^{\dagger}$ carry spin 1/2. Therefore supersymmetry must be a space-time symmetry. The generators $Q$ and $Q^{\dagger}$ satisfy the following algebra
\begin{equation}
	\begin{split}
	\{Q, Q^{\dagger}\} =&~ P^{\mu} \\
	\{Q, Q\} =&~ \{Q^{\dagger}, Q^{\dagger}\} = 0 \\
	[P^{\mu}, Q] =&~ [P^{\mu}, Q^{\dagger}] = 0
	\end{split}
\label{}
\end{equation}
where $P^{\mu}$ is the four momentum generator of space-time translations.

Let us introduce the simplest possible supersymmetric model, the Wess-Zumino model \cite{Wess_Z}.\footnote{A fluent introduction to supersymmetry is \cite{Martin}.} It contains a single chiral supermultiplet: a massless, non-interacting left-handed two-component Weyl fermion $\psi$ and, as its superpartner, a complex scalar field $\phi$. The corresponding Lagrangian is
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{L}_{WZ} = i\psi^{\dagger}\bar{\sigma}^{\mu}\partial_{\mu}\psi - \partial^{\mu}\phi^*\partial_{\mu}\phi
\label{WZlagrangian}
\end{equation}
where $\bar{\sigma}^0 = \sigma^0, \bar{\sigma}^i = - \sigma^i, i=1, 2, 3$. The infinitesimal supersymmetry transformation of the scalar field changes it to a fermion
\begin{equation}
\delta\phi = \epsilon\psi, ~~~\delta\phi^* = \epsilon^{\dagger}\psi^{\dagger}
\label{phitransform}
\end{equation}
where $\epsilon^{\alpha}$ is an infinitesimal, anti-commuting, two-component Weyl fermion quantity. It turns out to be constant and has the dimension of [mass]$^{-1/2}$. For the fermion the transformation is
\begin{equation}
\delta\psi_{\alpha} = -i\big(\sigma^{\mu}\epsilon^{\dagger}\big)_{\alpha}\partial_{\mu}\phi, ~~~ \delta\psi^{\dagger}_{\dot{\alpha}} = i\big(\epsilon\sigma^{\mu}\big)_{\dot{\alpha}}\partial_{\mu}\phi^*
\label{psitransform}
\end{equation}

The supersymmetry algebra closes only on-shell, i.e. when the classical equations of motion are valid. One would like the symmetry to hold also quantum mechanically. For this purpose one introduces an auxiliary complex scalar field $F$ which has no kinetic term. It has dimension [mass]$^2$ and it gives a term $F^*F$ in the Lagrangian. The auxiliary field is useful in connection of spontaneous supersymmetry breaking but for the present purposes it cancels out.

In a general supersymmetric model there are one or more chiral supermultiplets with both gauge and non-gauge interactions. Let us construct a general model of masses and non-gauge interactions for particles contained in (\ref{WZlagrangian}). We want to find the most general renormalizable interactions for the Lagrangian (\ref{WZlagrangian}). Each term in the interaction Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}_{int}$ must have field content of mass dimension $\leq 4$. The only available terms are
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{L}_{int} = -\frac{1}{2}C^{ij}\psi_i\psi_j + C^i F_i + c^{ij}F_iF_j + c.c. -U
\label{intlagrangian}
\end{equation}
where the $C^{ij}, C^{i}, c^{ij}$ and $U$ are polynomials in the scalar fields $\phi_i, \phi^{*i}$ with degrees 1, 2, 0 and 4, respectively.

Requiring (\ref{intlagrangian}) to be invariant under supersymmetry transformations leads to the condition that $U(\phi_{i}, \phi^{*i})$ must vanish. Likewise the coefficients $c^{ij}$ are zero, and we are left with $-1/2 C^{ij}\psi_i\psi_j + C^i F_i + c.c.$ only. Further it turns out that $W^{ij}$ cannot contain $\phi^{*i}$.  Therefore we have
\begin{equation}
C^{ij} = M^{ij} + d^{ijk}\phi_k
\label{}
\end{equation}
whre $M^{ij}$ is a symmetric mass matrix for the fermion fields, and $d^{ijk}$ is a Yukawa coupling of a scalar $\phi_k$ and two fermions $\psi_i\psi_j$ that is totally symmetric under interchange of $i, j, k$. It is convenient to write
\begin{equation}
C^{ij} = \frac{\delta^2}{\delta\phi_i\delta\phi_j} W
\label{}
\end{equation}
where the $W$
\begin{equation}
W = \frac{1}{2}M^{ij}\phi_i\phi_j + \frac{1}{6}d^{ijk}\phi_i\phi_j\phi_k
\label{super-potential}
\end{equation}
is called the superpotential. It is a holomorphic function of the complex scalar fields $\phi_i$. One can add a linear term $B^i\phi_i$ in the superpotential (\ref{super-potential}). The fermions and the bosons obey the same wave equation. Their masses are obtained from the same mass matrix with real non-negative eigenvalues: $(M^2)_i^{~j} = M^*_{ik}M^{kj}$.

The chiral Lagrangian density is
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{L}_{chiral} = -\partial^{\mu}\phi^{*i}\partial_{\mu}\phi_i  + i\psi^{\dagger i}\bar{\sigma}^{\mu}\partial_{\mu}\psi_i - \frac{1}{2}\big(W^{ij}\psi_i\psi_j + W^*_{ij}\psi^{\dagger i}\psi^{\dagger j}\big) - W^i W^*_i
\label{chirallagrangian}
\end{equation}

Details of interactions, as well as supersymmetry breaking, are beyond the scope of this article. I hope to return to these questions elsewhere.

\subsection{Preon Model}
\label{preonmodel}

The setup is the following. Quarks and leptons consist of three light spin 1/2, charge zero or 1/3 particles called preons, as indicated below (\ref{2-1}). At an energy of the order $10^{16\pm1}$ GeV quarks and leptons ionize into their constituents, preons. Below this dividing point, I assume that the standard model, with all its subtleties, is well behaving renormalizable theory. Above the ionization energy, supersymmetry enters the scene: it is defined for preons, which are now unbound.

In the simplest supersymmetric preon model one has as the basic constituents the photon $\gamma$ and its neutral spin 1/2  superpartner, photino, denoted $\tilde{m}^0$. The second superpair is the charge 1/3, spin 1/2 preon $m^+$ and a complex scalar superpartner $\tilde{s}^+$. All fields $\gamma$, $\tilde{m}^0$, $m^+$ and $\tilde{s}^+$ have two degrees of freedom:
\begin{equation}
	\begin{split}
\scriptsize{\gamma = \left( \begin{array}{c} \rightarrow \\ \leftarrow \\ \end{array} \right)}~~ \rm{and}~~~
\scriptsize{\tilde{m}^0 = \left( \begin{array}{c} \uparrow \\ \downarrow \\ \end{array} \right)}, ~~
\scriptsize{m^+ = \left( \begin{array}{c} \uparrow \\ \downarrow \\ \end{array} \right)} ~~\rm{and}~~~
\scriptsize{\tilde{s}^+_{1,2}}
	\end{split}
	\label{susyconstituents}
\end{equation}
where the horizontal and vertical arrows refer to helicity and spin, respectively, and + and 0 refer to charge in units of 1/3 electron charge. $\tilde{s}^+_{1,2}$ indicates that there are two charged scalar fields $\tilde{s}^+_1 ~\rm{and}~ \tilde{s}^+_2$. The $m^+$, $\tilde{m}^0$ are assumed to have light mass, of the order of the first generation quark and lepton mass scale. The $\tilde{s}^+$ adds two physical scalar bosons, each consisting of three $\tilde{s}^+$ preons, with charge one. The R-parity for fields in (\ref{susyconstituents}) is simply $P_R = (-1)^{2(spin)}$.

The standard model is constructed as follows. In section \ref{Knot} it will be established that matter originates from the $j=3/2$ and $j=1/2$ representations of  $SLq(2)$ for fermions. Originally this was postulated from a simple analysis of quark and lepton quantum numbers in \cite{Rai_00}.

Starting from the known quark and lepton charges it is natural to assume the following charge quantization \{0, 1/3, 2/3, 1\} of which only the first (0) and the last (1) are physical charge states. To make these charges available with spin $1/2$ preons, quarks and leptons must be built as bound states of three preons. For same charge preons fermionic permutation antisymmetry factor $\epsilon_{ijk}$ must be included. These arguments lead to four bound states made of preons, which form the first generation quarks (q) and leptons (l) \cite{Rai_00} (dropping tildes)
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
  u_k =&~ \epsilon_{ijk} m^+_i m^+_j m^0  \\
  \bar{d}_k =&~ \epsilon_{ijk} m^+ m^0_i m^0_j   \\
  e =&~ \epsilon_{ijk} m^-_i m^-_j m^-_k  \\
  \bar{\nu} =&~ \epsilon_{ijk} \bar{m}^0_i \bar{m}^0_j \bar{m}^0_k
  \end{split}
\label{2-1}
\end{equation}

A useful feature in (\ref{2-1}) with two same charge preons, on lines 1 and 2, is that the construction provides a three-valued index for quarks on the left-hand side, to be identified as quark $SU(3)$ color. This is how color emerges in the preon model. It is the way quark color was originally discovered \cite{Greenberg}. The corresponding gauge boson states $q_i\bar{q_j}\rightarrow g_{ij}$ are in the adjoint representation $\bf{3}\otimes\bf{3^*}=\bf{8}\oplus\bf{1}$.\footnote{Introduction of color is done slightly differently in \cite{Finkel_0a}.} The weak $SU(2)$ left handed doublets can be read from the first two and last two lines in (\ref{2-1}): $l^-\bar{l^0}\rightarrow W^-$. The standard model (SM) gauge structure $SU(3)\times SU(2)$ is emergent in this sense from the present preon model. In the same way quark-lepton transitions between lines 1$\leftrightarrow$3 and 2$\leftrightarrow$4 in (\ref{2-1}) are possible gauge interactions.

The horizontal lines in (\ref{2-1}) can be regarded as equivalence relations of different topological objects in the sense of section \ref{Knot}, and the vertical coordinate  in (\ref{2-1}) giving the gauge structure of the left-hand side fields.

The above gauge picture is supposed to hold up to the energy of about $10^{16 \pm 1}$ GeV. The electroweak interaction has the spontaneously broken symmetry phase below an energy of the order of 100 GeV and symmetric phase above it. The electromagnetic and weak forces take separate ways at higher energies ($100$ GeV$ \ll E \ll 10^{16}$ GeV), the latter restores its symmetry but melts away due to ionization of quarks and leptons into preons.This gives a cutoff for the theory. The electromagnetic interaction, in turn, stays strong towards Planck scale, $M_{\rm Pl} \sim 1.22 \times 10^{19}$ GeV. Likewise, the quark color and leptoquark interactions suffer the same destiny as the weak force. One is left with the electromagnetic and gravitational forces only near Planck scale.

The proton, neutron, electron and $\nu$ can be constructed of 12 preons and 12 anti-preons. The construction (\ref{2-1}) is matter-antimatter symmetric on preon level, which is desirable for early universe. The model makes it possible to create from vacuum a universe with only matter. Corresponding antiparticles may occur equally well, but the matter dominance case seems to have been made. Neutral dark matter is formed of preon-antipreon pairs more likely than ordinary matter when the temperature of the universe is lowered to a proper free mean path value between preon collisions.

The baryon number (B) is not conserved in this model: a proton may decay at Planck scale temperature by a preon rearrangement process into a positron and a pion. This is expected to be independent of the details of the preon interaction. Baryon number minus lepton number (B-L) is conserved.

\section{Knot Theory of Fermions}
\label{Knot}

Early work on knots in physics goes back in time to 19th and 18th century \cite{Thom, Fadd_N}. More recently Finkelstein has proposed a model based on the quantum group  $SLq(2)$ \cite{Finkel_00, Finkel_0a}. The idea stems from the fact that Lie groups are degenerate forms of quantum groups \cite{Reshet_T_F}. Therefore it is of interest to study a physical theory by replacing its Lie group by the corresponding quantum group. Finkelstein introduced the global group $SLq(2)$ as an extension to the SM electroweak gauge group obtaining the group structure $SU(2) \times U(1) \times SLq(2)$.

Knots are objects in three dimensional space. Their projections onto two dimensional plane are considered here. Oriented knots can be characterized by three numbers as follows. Where two dimensional curves cross there is an overline and an underline at each point, a vertex. It has a crossing sign +1 or -1 depending on whether the overline direction is carried into the underline direction by a counterclockwise or clockwise rotation, respectively. The sum of all crossing signs is the writhe $w$ which is a topological invariant. The number of rotations of the tangent of the curve in going once around the knot is a second topological invariant and it is called the rotation $r$. An oriented knot can be labeled by the number of crossings $N$, the writhe $w$ and rotation $r$. The writhe and rotation are integers of opposite parity.

One can transform to quantum coordinates $(j, m, m')$. These indices label the irreducible representations of $D^j_{mm'}$ of the symmetry algebra of the knot, $SLq(2)$, by defining
\begin{equation}
j = N/2, ~~ m = w/2, ~~ m' = (r + o)/2
\label{3-1}
\end{equation}
This linear transformations makes half-integer representations possible. The knot constraints require $w$ and $r$ to be of opposite parity, therefore $o$ is an odd integer.

The knot or quantum algebra for a two dimensional representation $\scriptsize{M = \left( \begin{array}{cc} a & b \\ c & d \\ \end{array} \right)}$ is as follows
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
  ab =&~ qba ~~~bd = qdb ~~~ad -qbc = 1 ~~~bc = cb\\
  ac =&~ qca ~~~cd = qdc ~~~da - q_1 cb = 1 ~~q_1 = 1/q
  \end{split}
\end{equation}
with real valued q.

Any knot $(N, w,r)$ may be labeled by $D^{N/2}_{w/2,(r+o)/2}(a, b, c, d)$. The following expression of the algebra is associated to a $(N, w, r)$ knot
\begin{equation}
	D^j_{mm'}(a. b, c, d) = \sum_{\substack{\delta(n_a+n_b, n_+) \\ \delta(n_c+n_d, n_-)}} A^j_{mm'}(q, n_a, n_c) \delta(n_a + n_b, n^{'}_+) a^{n_a}b^{n_b}c^{n_c}d^{n_d}
\label{3-2}
\end{equation}
where $(j, m, m')$ is given by (\ref{3-1}), $n_{\pm} = j \pm m$, $n^{'}_{\pm} = j \pm m^{'}$ and $A^j_{mm'}(q, n_a, n_c)$ is given by
\begin{equation}
A^j_{mm'}(q, n_a, n_c) = \bigg[\frac{\langle n^{'}_+\rangle_1 \langle n^{'}_-\rangle_1}{\langle n_+\rangle_1 \langle n_-\rangle_1} \bigg]^{1/2} \frac{\langle n_+\rangle_1!}{\langle n_a\rangle_1!\langle n_b\rangle_1!} \frac{\langle n_-\rangle_1!}{\langle n_c\rangle_1!\langle n_d\rangle_1!}
\label{3-3}
\end{equation}
where $n_+ = n_a + n_b$, $n_- = n_c + n_d$, $\langle n\rangle_q = \frac{q^{n-1}}{q-1}$ and $\langle\rangle_1 = \langle\rangle_{q_1}$.

One assigns physical meaning to the $D^j_{mm'}$ in (\ref{3-2}) by interpreting the a, b, c, and d as creation operators for  spin 1/2 fermions. These are the four elements of the fundamental $j = 1/2$ representation $D^{1/2}_{mm'}$ as indicated in table 1.
\begin{center}
  \begin{tabular}{ c | c | c }
    \hline
    m & m' & preon \\ \hline
    ~1/2 & ~1/2 & a \\ \hline
    ~1/2 & -1/2 & b \\ \hline
    -1/2 & ~1/2 & c \\ \hline
    -1/2 & -1/2 & d \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular} \\~\\
\bf{Table 1. }  \\
\textmd{The j=1/2 representation of SLq(2) giving the preon states.}
\end{center}
Using the terminology of section \ref{Preon}, let us call the fermions $j=1/2$ preons and $j=3/2$ quarks or leptons. I use in the tables 1. and 2. the fermion names of \cite{Finkel_00}. The preon dictionary from the notation of \cite{Rai_00} to the notation of \cite{Finkel_00} is the following:
\begin{equation}
  \begin{split}
  m^+ \mapsto  a, ~~ m^0 \mapsto  c \\
  m^- \mapsto d, ~~ \bar{m^0} \mapsto  b
  \end{split}
\label{}
\end{equation}

The standard model particles are the following $D^{3/2}_{mm'}$ representations
\begin{center}
  \begin{tabular}{ l | c | c | c }
    \hline
    ~~m & m' & particle & preons \\ \hline
    ~3/2 & 3/2 & electron & aaa \\ \hline
    ~3/2 & 3/2 & neutrino & ccc \\ \hline
    ~3/2 & -1/2 & d-quark & abb \\ \hline
    -3/2 & -1/2 & u-quark & cdd\\
    \hline
  \end{tabular} \\~\\
\bf{Table 2. } \\
\textmd{The j=3/2 representation of SLq(2) giving the the first generation quark and lepton states.}
\end{center}

All details of the $SLq(2)$ extended standard model are discussed in \cite{Finkel_00}, including the composite gauge and Higgs bosons and a candidate for dark matter. I do not, however, see much advantage for introducing composite gauge bosons in the model (gauge invariance is a local property). Therefore the model of \cite{Rai_00} and the knot algebra model of \cite{Finkel_00} are equivalent in the fermion sector.

Preon binding into bound states is not completely clear. The trefoil field structure may be regarded as a trefoil flux tube carrying energy, momentum and charge so that all three are concentrated at the three crossings. Then one can regard these three concentrations at the three crossings as actually defining the three preons, without assuming their existence as independent degrees of freedom.

The most elementary configuration is a simple loop having $j=0$. These are scalar fields. Some pairs of these loops with opposite rotation may be brought together, e.g. in the early universe, by gravitational attraction making two opposing $j = 1/2$ twisted loops.

In summary, knots having odd number of crossings are fermions and knots with even number of crossings are correspondingly bosons. Instead of considering spin 1 bound states of six preons I assumed in section \ref{Preon} that the SM gauge bosons are genuine point like gauge fields. The leptons and quarks are simple quantum knots, the quantum trefoils, with three crossings and $j = 3/2$. At each crossing there is a preon. The preons are twisted loops with one crossing and $j = 1/2$. The $j = 0$ states are simple neutral loops with zero crossings (see figures in \cite{Finkel_00}).

\section{Conclusions}
\label{Concl}

The present supersymmetric preon model is an economic Dirac-Maxwell system. Its low energy limit is the standard model. The standard model can be constructed with the superpartners being included within the resulting model.

Compared to the early version of the preon model the new fields are the two scalar spreons $\tilde{s}$ having charge 1/3. Consequently, there must be two three spreon scalar boson bound states with charge one in nature. Preon-antipreon and spreon-antispreon pairs make two neutral observable scalar boson. It is tempting to associate both the charged bound states and the neutral  preon-antipreon pairs with the Higgs bosons \cite{Branco_al}. Even single charge 1/3 scalar bosons may exist, which would be a clear signal for the model.

The SLq(2) group provides a solid topological basis for the fermion sector of the present model. In \cite{Finkel_0a} it was shown that the SLq(2) preon model agrees with the Harari-Shupe (H-S) rishon model \cite{Harari, Shupe}.\footnote{\scriptsize The basic idea of the present model was originally conceived during the week of the $\psi$ discovery in November 1974  at SLAC. I proposed that the c-quark is a gravitationally excited u-quark, both consisting of three spin 1/2 and charge \{0, 1/3\} heavy black hole constituents.   This idea met resistance. Therefore the model was not written down until years later.} Unlike the said preon/rishon authors, I do not think that (i) SM gauge bosons should be treated as bound states of several preons, or (ii) hypercolor is realistic for preon interactions. In any case, a mechanism for preon binding into quarks and leptons is yet to be developed. There are tentative models where the electron, or preon, is considered a spinning Kerr black hole with a superconducting `bag' vacuum source \cite{Burinskii}.

It is hoped that the present preon model provides a new avenue towards better understanding of the roles of all four interactions, and gravity in particular. In the present scenario, gravity and electromagnetism are the genuine interactions of early cosmology. The weak and strong interactions are emergent from the basic fermion structure of the model in (\ref{2-1}). Traditional advantages of supersymmetry (like top-stop cancellation, gauge coupling unification, etc.) loose their meaning in their old form. Instead, a wholly new phenomenology will have to be calculated, with the hope of including in it local supersymmetry.

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From The Editor | May 27, 2020
"Show Me The Data:" New Publication Moves Long-Held Regulatory Debate Forward
We've gotten used to hearing the phrase "if, then," a lot in the biosimilar industry over the past 15 years. This has been especially true on the regulatory front. Beyond the general discussions surrounding extrapolation or interchangeability, there's been much lively debate on what the biosimilar development paradigm of the future could look like as analytical methodologies and technologies continue to improve. Peppered throughout these discussions has been one phrase: "If there is enough known analytically about the product's structure and function and there is a biomarker, then we can eliminate the requirement for a large comparative efficacy study."
To be fair, some progress has been made to establish a more efficient development paradigm. We celebrated the FDA and EMA approval of two different biosimilars for pegfilgrastim that were approved without a comparative efficacy study — though pegfilgrastims do have a PD biomarker. The EMA introduced a pilot program enabling companies to bring forth suitable candidates for tailored development, however this program has yet to bear fruit. Some peer-reviewed publications, such as this one, have even gone so far as to lay out a future development paradigm for biosimilars sans comparative efficacy studies, and some regulators are increasingly on board. Despite these bright spots, however, we've had a hard time moving beyond the statement, "If this can be done."
But a new peer-reviewed paper fresh off the press in early April aims to do just this: lift us out of our "if" prison into concrete, data-supported discussions on how we can do this. The paper published in BioDrugs is entitled "The Path Towards A Tailored Clinical Biosimilar Development" and was penned by Sandoz's Martin Schiestl and experts from member companies of the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA). In an interview with Schiestl, we discussed the paper's most important findings and what implications these data will have for biosimilar developers and regulators moving forward.
The Paper In Brief: Filling In The Knowledge Gap
Schiestl did an excellent job at giving me the paper's 30-second (or less) elevator pitch. As he described, "We carried out a retrospective analysis on all development programs for biosimilars approved in the EU and/or the U.S. between April 2006 and November 2019 and found that comparative clinical efficacy was never an issue in the review process. If a biosimilar did not receive regulatory approval, it was not because of data uncovered at the comparative efficacy level. Therefore, we propose that we need to re-think biosimilar development following today's regulatory science. A more tailored development approach with no routine need for comparative efficacy trials could be adopted while maintaining robust regulatory standards."
As we all know by this point (hopefully!), the comparative clinical efficacy study is carried out simply to confirm a biosimilar's similarity, which has already been thoroughly illuminated through extensive analytical characterization and a PK study. However, given the number of biosimilars approved since 2006 — 60-plus in the EU and 23 in the U.S. as of November 2019 — the industry has increasingly questioned whether these large studies provide additional information that has not already been gleaned from the analytical profile. In fact, many are concerned that comparative clinical efficacy trials are only being prescribed because this is what has been required since 2006.
But "Despite the number of conversations and publications on this topic of tailoring, there were no sources containing the answers to the scientific questions we often hear from regulators," Schiestl explained. "We wanted to unite all the relevant development data in one place so we could ground this discussion in the scientific reality."
In total, the publication's authors reviewed 45 biosimilar programs, 42 or which had been approved in the EU and 23 in the U.S. The remaining three did not gain EMA or FDA approval for reasons discussed in detail in the article. While all 42 programs carried out a PK study, 38 of them also had a comparative efficacy trial. Following the completion of those 38 trials, 36 of them were deemed highly similar and subsequently approved. Interestingly, the remaining two biosimilars were deemed equivalent in the comparative efficacy trial; however, each program revealed differences in immunogenicity due to process-related impurities. In turn, both programs returned to the manufacturing process to improve product quality to enable regulatory approval.
It's also critical to note that these two biosimilars were developed in the early days of biosimilar development, and the study found that no other programs have encountered the same pitfalls since 2010. In fact, given the rate at which technology and scientific knowledge has improved, the authors emphasize it's highly unlikely we'd see such issues emerging today.
Though the industry and global regulators are currently (and rightfully) distracted by the current Covid-19 response, Schiestl hopes this retrospective analysis serves as the necessary stepping-stone for regulators to arrive at greater consensus about biosimilar development data needs moving forward. "This paper can be the baseline for discussions that move beyond the basic 'yes, we can,' or 'no, we cannot' debates we've been having to this point."
(Don't forget to download the supplemental data file following the references in the full-text article for more insights!)
Regulatory Alignment And Learnings: What Potential Does This Data Reveal?
After more than 700 million patient days of effective biosimilar use globally, regulators (and in turn physicians and other stakeholders) have naturally become more comfortable with biosimilars. In the past, there have been concerns about scientific misalignment between the agencies. In a global industry like the biosimilar industry, this can ultimately lead to difficulties efficiently approving the same biosimilar in multiple territories.
This retrospective analysis will go a long way toward continuing the dialogue amongst agencies about where regulatory requirements can continue to align. The agencies know it's in everyone's best interest to provide consistent regulations. But what is important to note is that the biosimilar development program proposals that companies bring to the agencies remain individual and complex. "One company may choose to provide certain types of data in an effort to make sure the agency cannot say no to their overarching development plans," Schiestl clarified. As such, in reviewing data for this publication, the authors weren't able to make any sweeping assertions about the current level of scientific alignment between agencies for the currently approved biosimilars. "It was impossible to differentiate between data that was requested from the agency or that was part of the company's individual strategy for that development program," he explained.
One of the most interesting case studies we've seen that exemplifies the complexity of establishing and reviewing biosimilar programs is that of trastuzumab. The development programs for two different trastuzumab biosimilars — ABP980 and SB3 — uncovered a shift in the reference product's ADCC critical quality attribute (CQA) that impacted the clinical primary endpoint. Though this shift was due to a presumed manufacturing change and affected only a certain number of the reference product's lots, the biosimilar development programs were, of course, impacted — but to a different extent depending on the agency. Under the EMA, the primary endpoint was not achieved in either biosimilars' comparative efficacy study. However, under the FDA's purview, only the ABP980 program did not meet its primary endpoint. As the authors point out, this was "presumably because the FDA and EMA had different expectations for the analysis plan of the same study." This goes a long way to showcasing the complexity that can arise in each company's statistical plans.
However, Schiestl urged looking at the big picture here: in each case, the EMA and FDA came to the same conclusion about these products and ultimately approved them. "This shows the degree of alignment between agencies," he qualified. "But there will always be some level of differences; it's inevitable, especially given that different individuals are assessing these products and there are different strategies companies may choose when developing the same molecule."
Moving forward, the industry must put its best, highest quality proposals forward demonstrating the necessary functional characterization and bioassays have been carried out. In addition, each company will show it has analyzed all process-related impurities and that they are well-controlled.
It's also important that the regulatory agencies arrive at a consensus on how they plan to evolve the biosimilar pathway together. After all, making biosimilar development more efficient and sustainable is not just for the benefit of the industry; it will also improve regulatory efficiency. This paper comes at the perfect time for the EMA, which released its "Regulatory Science to 2025" strategy in January 2020. These overarching regulatory science goals have prioritized (among many other things) the reevaluation of the biosimilar development framework. To achieve the biosimilar-related goals of this regulatory strategy, it is imperative that the agency take into account and integrate the latest scientific knowledge about the comparability assessment into its biosimilar clinical requirements.
How These Lessons From The Past Can Shape The Road Forward
Now that this retrospective analysis has been completed, the next step is to gain consensus with regulators about how to move forward. It is highly unlikely regulations will be made that eliminate comparative efficacy trials for every single product. Rather, this shift in mindset will happen first with the molecules that regulators are more familiar with — for instance the IgG1 monoclonal antibodies. It will all come down to how much is known about the functional properties of the molecule, and, so far, we do have a large knowledge base for all the antibodies, Schiestl qualified. As an industry, we are accustomed to attaining as much knowledge as we can about molecules' CQAs. In fact, this practice was established in a systematic manner for all biologics more than a decade ago during the quality by design initiatives in Europe and the U.S. which ultimately led to the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) guidelines Q8, Q9, Q10, and Q11.
Of course, that's not to say that there won't be products whose functional profiles aren't still somewhat of a mystery. Schiestl pointed specifically to erythropoietin. Though this is a simple cytokine, more than 40 percent of the molecule's mass is attributed to glycosylation, which does impact the functional profiles and is difficult to characterize in its entirety. Erythropoietin's immunogenicity profile is not currently linked to glycosylation in the scientific literature; regardless, immunogenicity needs to be prevented by all means as it may have severe consequences for patients. Molecules such as this could serve as a special case in which the development package requires additional scrutiny.
But Schiestl also urged we move beyond the notion that we've been operating under today: that we can only employ tailored development for products that are equipped with biomarkers. This paper proposes expanding beyond this for a few key reasons. For one, most antibodies do not have biomarkers, and finding them is a risky exercise that may not result in success. Similarly, Schiestl argues that, "Because a biomarker study measures the clinical physiological response, which is required for efficacy, it actually serves the same purpose as a primary endpoint of a comparative efficacy trial. Therefore, we need to think beyond how we can ensure robust regulatory conclusions without the PD biomarker."
To move the conversation forward, this article proposes an outline of what a streamlined biosimilar development paradigm could look like. Primarily, it would place greater emphasis on confirming that the physiochemical and functional CQAs are highly similar to that of the reference product. Should any of the analytical testing reveal problematic differences, the company would need to go back to the manufacturing process to reoptimize the product's quality. Depending on the CQA affected, this could mean further purification to eliminate host-cell proteins, media optimization, or, on an even larger scale, going back to the drawing board with a new cell line to ensure the highest quality protein is being produced.
Once high similarity is established, the biosimilar would move into the PK equivalence trial to determine PK and further confirm safety and immunogenicity. Though there will be greater emphasis placed on the PK study in a development paradigm without comparative efficacy studies, Schiestl does not foresee this posing additional challenges for the industry. PK studies are far from novel, and there has been plenty of guidance over the years helping companies structure these trials.
Rather, the emphasis is going to fall much more heavily on the analytical physiochemical and functional characterization. "What our paper shows is that we have the technology and the agency guidance to do this thoroughly today," he offered. For example, he singled out the FDA's recent guidance on comparative analytics. This guidance laid out the quality-range approach to help companies determine that their moderate- to high-risk CQAs are in line with those of the reference product's. To Schiestl and many others in the industry, this method is the "perfect approach" and the "way of the future" to ensure that biosimilar CQAs are well-controlled. (Of course, it will depend upon the reference manufacturer maintaining the same control of their product. That said, it's not anticipated we'll see similar CQA drifts in reference products beyond the trastuzumab example.)
As such discussions evolve and we strive to keep stakeholders informed of the data behind biosimilars' approvals, it will be critical to approach these proposed regulatory changes with the right mindset and language. Revising the regulatory pathway to eliminate comparative efficacy studies must not be considered or labeled a "short-cut" by industry players. The goal is not to do less; rather, these conversations are to ensure that regulators only require the best, most scientifically precise data.
"The regulatory science is a continuum," Schiestl concluded. "If new knowledge about these products comes up — for example, due to manufacturing changes or biosimilar development — it must and will be included. Integrating this knowledge and acting upon it will not be a radical action; it will be taken step by step."


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Documentary Review: Jay Maisel's eye for images is captured in "Jay Myself"
Posted on July 22, 2019	by rogerinorlando
The Grand Old Man of Photography pushes his glasses back up on his nose, gestures with a non-existent cigar (for once) and speaks.
"My entire philosophy can be summed up in two words. 'Hey look!'"
"Jay Myself" paints an affectionate, curmudgeonly documentary portrait of one of New York's greatest photographers. Jay Maisel was a star of ad photography during the "Mad Men" era, an art photographer of great renown after that and a portrait photographer whose work graced profiles and album covers, such as Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue."
His street-scene specialty was his neighborhood, The Bowery. His fortress of photographic solitude was his home, office, studio and archive, a six story, 72 room, 35,000 square foot building that once housed the Germania Bank, 190 Bowery.
Photographer Stephen Wilkes interned with Maisel there in 1979, and photographed and filmed home movies of their time, then. He returned to the scene when, 35 years later, Maisel — 83 — finally gave up the expansive, ruinously expensive to maintain monument of late 19th century Manhattan. Wilkes captures the comically cranky master as a team of assistants, his wife and daughter, and movers crate up 35 truckloads of personal history for an overdue downsizing.
"Never throw anything out!" the old man bellows. "People who are collectors don't have any choice in the matter. They just collect."
Wilkes, who occasionally narrates his film, describes Maisel, one of the most-honored photographers of the 20th century, as an artist, a philosopher and "the toughest critic I ever had."
He never uses the word "hoarder," which is entirely too harsh for a generally organized packrat. But as Wilkes' camera drifts past odd looking objects — blue, green and amber bottles of a vast array of shapes, cigar boxes, lamps and tools and bullhorns and vases and discs and cut out letters, and stacks and stacks of glass panes of various shapes, thicknesses and colors — the word might leap to the viewers' mind.
What Brother Maisel really needs, you think, "is to hold the greatest yard sale in the history of the Bowery."
He's been all about "the perception and enjoyment of objects," Maisel says, picking up this or that tchotchke, admiring its texture, the ways the light hits it, the possibilities it holds if he were to paint it and photograph it in juxtaposition with other odd objects Maisel has acquired and refused to part with.
"Art is…trying to make others see what you see."
Wilke's film traces the education and evolution of Maisel, from black and white portraits of Duke and Louis and Chet and giants of 1950s jazz, beautifully composed black and white street scenes, to the color of his dazzling '60s work, some of it art for art's sake, other shots artfully composed to sell "The Real Thing" (Coke) or Renaults.
In The Bowery, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were his neighbors, his home — when he finally married Linda, "LA," his wife, and they had daughter Amanda, was "the least-child-proof house in America."
There's footage of Maisel shooting the 1992 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, of him receiving tributes from Eastman Kodak. And there's new footage of his vast "collection," a sea of slides swept up dramatically with a push broom, others "stored" in a pool-sized glass-topped table/case, a peek inside walls of cabinets where he can show off unused cases of Kodak Kodachrome film, happy with this or that vintage ('76) like a collector of fine wine.
And there are the photographs, sixty years of capturing spectators at parades, ordinary kids in vintage baseball uniforms, a man in a red truck yawning in traffic — working people on the street and "Bowery bums," or the first snowfall of the winter at an evocative corner of Elizabeth Street.
"I photograph anything that interests me," Maisel explains. His disciples recall shadowing him, learning about color and composition, the artifice of his juxtapositions (he'd shoot through odd frames of glass, plant objects in the frame) at the feet of the master.
"I saw what he saw!
Truthfully, the three-month-long move that the movie captures gets tedious in "Jay Myself." Or maybe that's just the anxiety talking. Organized or not, this guy's mountain of…stuff and the thought of moving it boggles the mind.
The salty Maisel ribs Wilkes & Co. mercilessly, "directing" — "How many close-ups of my face do you need?" Let the F-bombs fall where they may.
Wilkes asks Maisel if what other photographers have confessed to is try, if it's "like therapy, taking pictures." As a first-time documentarian, Wilkes gets across the artistry even if he's too close to the subject to ask the harder, more obvious questions.
We seen a parade of scenes with workers packing, sometimes with great care, other times almost haphazardly — hampers full of slides, stamped down into the hamper to squeeze more in — and aren't surprised that the 80something Maisel wonders if he's developing dementia. He can't remember where everything is.
"'You don't have Alzheimer's,'" he says his doctor assured him. " You're crazy!" Some 4800 drawers of slides and film exposures are presented as proof.
But by the end of "Jay Myself," you get a handle on why he kept everything, the savvy businessman who charged top dollar for his work and always owned his negatives, his annuity.
His New York, from his vantage point down the street from CBGB in the roughest period in the neighborhood's history, may be the most thoroughly and accurately portrait of the city during that era, when taken as a whole.
And when there's a museum, or at least an unexpurgated online archive that takes all or much of it in, everybody will be able to see for themselves what Maisel saw, what he was doing with that camera on his eye determined to "go out there and really see what's in front of me."
MPAA Rating: unrated, nudity, smoking, lots of profanity
Cast: Jay Maisel
Credits: Directed by Stephen Wilkes, script by Josh Alexander. An Oscilloscope Labs release.
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Charities and Community
Supporting Charities and the Community
The Downie family actively supports several charities and community organisations
Legacy is a voluntary organisation dedicated to caring for the families of veterans who have died or become incapacitated as a result of their military service. This includes veterans who have served in war, and on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.
Since 2011, we have raised over $240,000 for Legacy. We are deeply honoured to offer our support to the families of Australia's Servicemen and Servicewomen.
You can find out more and offer your support at www.legacy.com.au/DonateOnline
Kidney Health and the Kidney Kids Camps
Kidney Health Australia is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping people living with kidney disease, with a view to improving their health outcomes and quality of life as well as that of their families and carers. They develop and drive initiatives to 'Prevent, Detect, and Support', kidney disease – which is predicted to ultimately impact 1 in 3 Australians at some point of their life. Find out more and donate at www.kidney.org.au
Each year the National Kidney Kids Camps provide vital support for about 100 children who are living with Kidney disease. The camps offer free care and respite for children aged 7-17 and their families. There are also Kidney Kids Capers and Young Adult Programs held in the major states.
Through their participation in the annual Kidney Kar Rally, Downies has raised nearly $150,000 towards these Kids programs. Downies staff also participate in the annual Kidney Research Walk and the Kidney Health Golf Day as well as supporting other ad hoc events to support Kidney Health Australia.
Royal Children's Hospital
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing care for Victoria's children and their families for over 140 years. As the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, the hospitals' care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales, and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a highly skilled team of almost 4,000, RCH provides clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people. They are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation. Downies is a regular donor to the RCH Good Friday Appeal.
Downies has been proud to support The Melbourne Museum with a number of donations. This has included rare Australian gold sovereigns, ancient coins and commemorative medals.
War Graves
In 2016 Downies supported a local program to restore the damaged graves of soldiers lost in WWI.
Supporting the Long Term Unemployed
Since 2014 Downies has provided temporary employment opportunities to 26 long-term unemployed people. Four people have been offered ongoing employment by Downies, and 6 more people regularly support the company on a part time basis.
In September 2015, Downies was recognised for their support of local community employment with an invitation to the official launch of the new Job Active program.
Local Community Groups
From helping Downies staff with their sporting commitments, to fundraising for the local Kindergarten, Downies is pleased to be involved in the local community, and the local communities of our team.
Since 2012 the Downies office has been part of a green initiative with the aim of reducing our environmental footprint.
When our office was updated, factors such as LED lighting, formaldehyde free desks, and other products certified by Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) were selected. Office stationery, and Money Magazine both use FSC approved paper. The office also has its own recycling, and waste reduction program. In 2015 The City of Whitehorse Council recognised Downies' sustainable business practices with a Business and Innovation award.
RUOK? Day
Set up in 2009 in the hope of combatting suicide, RUOK? Day takes place on the second Thursday of September each year. Operating with the view that asking that one simple question, "Are you ok?" could indeed change a life for the better, it's one of many initiatives we participate in at Downies.
Downies is also committed to Heads Up – a joint initiative between beyondblue and the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance.


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Attius Tullus Aufidius est un aristocrate volsque du début de , connu pour avoir recueilli chez lui Coriolan exilé de Rome, et s'en être fait un allié contre Rome.

Histoire
Afin de convaincre les Volsques de reprendre les armes malgré leur récente défaite, il se rend à Rome durant les jeux et convainc les consuls de les bannir de la ville. Une fois ce bannissement effectué, il les excite à se venger de l'affront subi en se soulevant contre Rome.

Il est, avec Coriolan, nommé général des armées volsques et èques et, après avoir pris plusieurs villes, marche sur Rome. Cette campagne a tourné au désastre à la suite de la défection de Coriolan, cédant aux implorations de sa femme sous les murs de Rome.

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Personnalité du Ve siècle av. J.-C.
Adversaire de la Rome antique
Date de naissance non renseignée (VIe siècle av. J.-C.)
Date de décès non renseignée (Ve siècle av. J.-C.)

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GWAR, Amon Amarth, Satyricon, The Black Dahlia Murder Sidewaves Announced
Greg Moskovitch Feb. 11, 2014
Soundwave 2014 orangisers have been doing a fine job of wrangling heavy lineups for their Sidewave tours, but their latest is impossible to surpass in sheer brutality, with Sydney and Melbourne shows planned for GWAR, Amon Amarth, Satyricon, and The Black Dahlia Murder.
Anyone looking to experience a GWAR live show would be well advised to come prepared with a set of clothes they don't mind throwing away afterwards, lest they have their favourite outfit ruined by the precious bodily fluids of this puny universe's mighty gods of gore and heavy metal.
During their 30-year stay on our pathetic excuse for a planet, GWAR have unveiled some of the gnarliest and most gutspewingly funny thrash metal this side of a latex factory, their most recent epic being last year's Battle Maximus, which received high acclaim from fans and critics alike.
From the land of the midnight sun, Amon Amarth are to melodic death metal what a legion of orcs are to an idyllic village. Infusing their pounding riffs with virtuosic technical flourishes and tales sourced from Norse mythology and the Middle Earth canon, they are gods in their own right.
Forming in 1991 in the world's premiere black metal hub, Norway, and lead by the mighty Satyr and Frost, Satyricon went on to create some of the genre's most uncompromising and thought-provoking albums, consistently pushing the often rigid and narrow expectations of black metal.
The Black Dahlia Murder have earned a reputation as not only one of the hardest-working bands in heavy metal today, but as the proprietors of one of its most brutal live shows, combining the iconic Gothenburg style with unrelenting deathcore elements for a must-see live experience.
The GWAR, Amon Amarth, Satyricon, The Black Dahlia Murder Sidewaves will kick off with a Licensed All Ages show on Wednesday, 26th February at the Factory Theatre in Sydney, before departing for 170 Russell (formerly Billboard) in Melbourne for the next evening's an 18+ show.
Watch: GWAR – Madness at the Core of Time
GWAR, Amon Amarth, Satyricon, The Black Dahlia Murder Australian Tour Dates
Tickets on sale 9:00am AEDT Thursday, 13th February
Factory Theatre, Sydney (Licensed All Ages)
Tix: Via Ticketek | Factory Theatre
170 Russell, Melbourne (18+)
Tix: Via Oztix | 170 Russell
AJ Maddah Plans Shake-Up For Australian Warped Tour 2014
Record Roundup: Dan Sultan, Drowners, Hellyeah
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Муссураны, или клелии (лат. Clelia) — род змей семейства ужеобразных.

Обитают в Южной Америке. Достигают в длину 57—280 см. Самки, как правило, крупнее самцов. Яйцекладущие змеи.

Виды
Содержит 7 видов:

 Clelia clelia Daudin, 1803
 Clelia equatoriana Amaral, 1924
 Clelia errabunda Underwood, 1993
 Clelia hussami Morato, Franco & Sanches, 2003
 Clelia langeri Reichle & Embert, 2005
 Clelia plumbea Wied, 1820
 Clelia scytalina Cope, 1867

Примечания

Литература
 Дмитриев Ю. Д. Соседи по планете. Земноводные и пресмыкающиеся. — М.: АСТ, 1997. — 304 с.

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Take a look at some of our favourite new Irish tracks below
Fontaines D.C., 'Jackie Down The Line'
The Dublin rockers have shared Skinty Fia's lead single, which they performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday. 'Jackie Down The Line' finds them in a looser form than on much of A Hero's Death. While the song still has that album's hazier, rainier atmosphere, it's also a brisk piece of jangle rock. It comes with a video directed by Hugh Mulhern. The band's third album, produced by Dan Carey, will arrive on April 22nd and sees the quintet explore their Irishness as they recreate new lives for themselves elsewhere. Skinty Fia translates in English as "the damnation of the deer".
Fia Moon, 'By Now'
The Irish singer-songwriter sensation showcases an intimate side of her that we've rarely seen on her raw new single. The sparkling pop ballad with minimal instrumentation perfectly soundtracks the season, co-written with acclaimed fellow artist DAY_S. Fia tells of the universally experienced pain of watching lost lovers move on.
"The inspiration for 'By Now' came from some deep-rooted feelings that I thought I had already processed. When a relationship ends, you can lose touch with the other person, so when you discover they've moved on to a new relationship it can come as a surprise - and it can sting!"
Tara Nome Doyle, 'Caterpillar'
Norwegian-Irish, Berlin-based artist Tara Nome Doyle drops her sophomore album Værmin on January 28th. Following 'Snail I' and 'Crow', the intriguing, atmospheric act has released brand new single 'Caterpillar'. The track delivers broad and euphoric textures, with her warm and passionate voice layered seamlessly over a progressive organ-led production. Tara's newest offering showcases compelling, enthralling songwriting.
"Sometimes it seems to me as if my depression is actively trying to lull me into a false sense of comfort in times of perceived hopelessness," Doyle says. "I wanted to explore my relationship with this state that is at once harrowing and oddly tempting, so I wrote 'Caterpillar' from the perspective of personified depression."
banríon, 'end times'
Dublin artist banríon has unveiled her first solo single in the first week of 2022, the gentle 'end times'. The folk-leaning single explores the notion of finding beauty in the everyday mundanity of life, and features production from Diarmuid O'Connor, AKA passersby. Her growth as an artist is effortlessly on show with the single's softer sound. A delicate acoustic guitar marks the skeleton of the track, while banríon (Róisín Ní Haicéid) uses diaristic lyricism and nostalgia to bring the moments within the song to life.
CMAT, 'Lonely'
CMAT has dropped her tender new single 'Lonely' from her upcoming record If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, which lands on March 4th. 'Lonely' is a transparent exploration of CMAT's feelings of isolation built on top of ethereal backing vocals, a steady beat and banjo-driven folk instrumentation. The accompanying video was shot and produced by Tiny Ark, featuring a roller-skating CMAT.
"I started writing the song 'Lonely' in the Arndale food hall in Manchester when I was on my break from work," said CMAT. "It is as aesthetically unpleasant as it is bustling, at all hours of the day. There was something that always drew me to it though – people. I was very isolated during this period of my life and longed for a day when I could be sitting at a table of friends that I did not have."
NewDad,'Say It'
Banshee track 'Say it' was debuted this week on BBC Radio 6 with Steve Lamacq, a long time supporter of the Galway indie-rock band. The quartet's new EP arrives on 9th February via Fair Youth Records. The track traces the feeling of unrequited love, and the frustration of one person not giving anything in return for another's affection and compassion.
"The fast pace of the song makes it feel like I'm venting which works considering the feelings of irritation and bitterness I'm talking about when you don't want to like someone but you can't help it'," NewDad songwriter and frontwoman Julie Dawson explains of 'Say It', an urgent pop song.
Rory Sweeney x Ahmed with Love x Curtisy, 'Men On A Mission.'
Ahmed Karim Tamu (Ahmed, With Love.) and producer Rory Sweeney have collaborated before on 'X-Pac Heat', but Gavin Curtis (Curtisy) has joined the fun on their powerful new track. Seemingly taking inspiration from Detroit and Flint's new wave rap scene, the fast-paced background instrumentation is all hype and no chill. Fast-paced flows and lines like "he sells weed by the sea-side" litter 'Men On A Mission.' as they traipse through Dublin. The black and white visuals were directed by Belfast film maker Conor Bradley, and follows Ahmed and Curtisy across the Irish capital over the course of 24 hours. It's visceral, brooding and downright infectious.
Nixer, 'People Feel'
Nixer are Seán Keenan and Gearóid Peggs, an Irish duo recording and producing from their homes in London and Dublin respectively. 'People Feel' marks the lead single and title track from Nixer's upcoming EP. It's a statement of intent with a vocal delivery so direct, it's hard not to feel the chorus when it comes. The lyrics tell a hard-hitting story, accompanied by electronic drums, dancefloor-enticing basslines and melodic guitar lines. 'People Feel' is seemingly the most simple track from the concept EP, but it's a smack of intention and the perfect single to welcome listeners, old and new, into the world of Nixer.
No Monster Club, 'Save The Circus'
Irish indie band No Monster Club announced their new LP deadbeat effervescent on Emotional Response this week alongside the video for 'Save The Circus'. What began as the solo project of Bobby Aherne, aka solo artist Sir Bobby Jukebox – and continued as such for six of their 12 out-of-print releases before deadbeat effervescent – No Monster Club has featured a revolving cohort of collaborators, including Paddy Hanna, Mark Chester (Ginnels) and M.SORD (Jon Spencer and the HITmakers).
Now settled as a trio, deadbeat effervescent is the first No Monster Club band album since 2013's Foie Gras – and their first release since 2016's Where Did You Get That Milkshake? 7" EP. On the album's first single 'Save the Circus', Aherne uses the circus as a metaphor to lament noteworthy places being left to rot and crumble – a timely nod to his home city's ongoing housing and infrastructural crisis.
Súil Amháin, 'Oíche Mhaith'
Kerry rapper Barra Ó Súilleabháín — Súil Amháín — brought 2021 to a close with those moody jam along with Cork producer Ruairí Lynch AKA Bantum. The track was written in memory of the hip-hop artist's mother who passed away in 2020. 'Oíche Mhaith' is a poignant song that Súil Amháin uses to heal from the pain but it also serves as a reminder to what he has lost. The song was inspired by an empty house he came back to one night:
"I thought about all the times I came home in the past, and the house warm from the embers in the stove. This night though, I felt that cold for the first time. The song is a celebration of unconditional love, and keeping the fire lit," he wrote on Instagram.
Anamoe Drive, 'Procrastination'
In early 2020, Thumper frontman Oisín Leahy Furlong debuted his new solo project Anamoe Drive. 'Goodbye & Goodluck' was a taster of the moody indie music he would take international almost immediately with a gig at San Francisco's iconic Bottom of the Hill venue, supporting acclaimed American singer-songwriter Elizabeth Moen. 'Procrastination' doubles down on the broody ambience but develops Anamoe Drive's sound as he explores denser soundscapes that makes the music even more immersive.
Sprints, 'Little Fix'
Sprints have started 2022 just as they finished 2021. With plenty of angst, attitude and noise. 'Little Mix' is a frenetic song riddled with post-punk anger taken from Sprints upcoming EP, A Modern Job. Sprints lead singer Karla Chubb explained the inspiration behind the song as a number of conflicting thoughts and feelings:
"Plagued by insecurities, imposter syndrome and gender stereotypes, 'Little Fix' is the culmination of all my fears – the, sometimes, self-applied pressure that as a woman in music I can't just be good, I have to be great," lead singer Karla Chubb explains. "I feel like I am in a constant state of proving myself. That no matter what I achieve, learn, write, play or sing, there will always be a critic, a voice in the crowd or in my head telling me that it's still not good enough, that there's a million men out there who are better and I'll always just be 'good for a girl.'"
Crash Ensemble x ELLLL, 'Images & Sensations'
Images and Sensations is a live EP from Crash Ensemble by Irish producer and DJ ELLLL (Ellen King). "Images & Sensations is shaped largely by the theme of dreaming. Specifically daydreams, lucid dreams, fever dreams and the sensations that these evoke, such as feelings of disconcertion, deja vu, nostalgia and deciphering what is (un)real," King said about the project. The experimental project incorporates ASMR, mindfulness and mediation as it takes the listener on a journey of mood and emotion.
Kyoto Love Hotel, 'Fortune Tellers (December)'
Electronic pop duo Kyoto Hotel — comprising Joe Geaney and Laura Sheary — followed up their February release 'Saithnín.' 'Fortune Tellers' explores winter, returning home, and the special moments we share with others at this time. Sheary's vocals are ethereal atop glistening synths and the cinematic lyrics all combine to create a portrait of a snow-struck city at night.
Stephen James Smith x Basciville, 'Only for This'
Taken from the Dublin spoken word poet's new EP Tell it to a Tree, 'Only for This' features assistance from Irish brother duo, Cillian & Lorcan Byrne - AKA Basciville. The pair explore the joys and sorrows of human existence through intense lyricism & dark harmony within their music. 'Only for This' delves into the purpose of art and creativity, noting the tribesmen linking Dublin with its surroundings. Noting Brendan O'Brien as a "giver of light", Smith notes that we wouldn't know darkness if we didn't know the alternative. Bridges and rivers are a dominant subject matter of the track, which features delicate background instrumentation.
And So I Watched You From Afar – 'Ill Lung'
Jangly opening guitar chords and angular percussion introduce the Belfast instrumental outfit's two-minute number 'III.Lung' as a nuanced addition to the bands sonic arsenal. The song builds the opening riff into an ethereal and beautiful soundscape awash with twinkling guitars and a crescendoing wave of compelling drum and bass. Layered in shuddering rhythms, the delicate weaving of melody and texture that traverses ASIWYFA's 'Ill Lung' will leave you captivated. New album Jettison will be available on February 18th, 2022 via Equal Vision Records in partnership with Velocity Records.
Lyndsey Lawlor, 'Same Blue'
Taken from Tallaght artist Lyndsey Lawlor's engrossing debut album Dearest Philistine, 'Same Blue' is a world of texture held together by weaving wordplay. Lawlor's 2021 EP Sake is a world away from her debut LP, though the potential for greatness was always there. Dearest Philistine is consistently beautiful, diaristic, frustrated, confused and always human. With electronic soundscapes produced by Gary O'Neill, Lyndsey explores perils of artists, poverty, politics, class and the gentrification of Dublin on the project.
Saibh Skelly, 'Is Your Bedroom Ceiling Bored?'
17-year-old Dublin newcomer Saibh Skelly continues to make fresh waves with her second single release. On 'Is Your Bedroom Ceiling Bored?' Saibh teams up with fellow Dublin street-musician Jacob Koopman for their own inspired, knockout version of this Sody & Cavetown song, which Saibh credits as being one of the key tracks that has helped her through lockdown. Skelly's debut single, 'Come Here And Leave Me Alone', has racked up an impressive 87,000 views on YouTube, with Saibh's social media profile continuing to grow. Currently, her overall YouTube stats are in excess of 4 million views, with two sold out headline gigs set to take place at Dublin's Smock Alley and The Workman's Cellar.
Hallie, 'Impact'
'Impact' marks Hallie's fifth single since launching her music career in June 2020. The track is written as an honest, open conversation to herself while reflecting on a past turbulent relationship. It features a plea for understanding and acceptance, following a breakup that arrived without closure and wounds that never seem to heal. The rising act and chronic pain advocate is fast making a name for herself for crafting emotive, honest, alternative pop with shades of synth pop combined with a unique brand of art pop. Previous single 'Circles' was made Track of the Day back in October 2021, and for good reason.
49th & Main x Chameleon, 'need to feel your LOVE'
Irish independent electronic duo 49th & Main have over 3.5 million Spotify streams to their name since pumping out tune after tune in 2020. 'need to feel your LOVE' is taken from the pair's new EP, rodeo doors (COVID TAPES) - featuring assists from Fynch and A New Local Hero winner Chameleon (aka chief Malaki collaborator Matthew Harris). The joint effort with Chameleon is a sunny dance effort, drenched in funk and hip-hop influences. A track that urges you to forget about the chaos around you, the addictive beat could lure anyone onto a nearby dancefloor. The synths; the quickfire rap interludes; the harmonised melody; we're hooked.
Soulé, 'Body'
Having been nominated for Choice Music Song of the Year on two occasions, Soulé has become a leading force in a new wave of emerging Irish talent. From 'Troublemaker', 'What Do You Know' and hit single 'Love Tonight', Soulé serves up upbeat, catchy tunes that have soared past the multi-million streams landmark. The Dublin-based electro-pop artist returns this week with the slick, funk-infused 'Body'. Marking an impressive, standout offering from the charismatic act, her silky voices sounds perfect over the infectiously catchy beat.
IMLÉ x Róisín Seoighe, 'ÉAD'
Connemara native Róisín Seoighe began her musical start as a Sean nós singer, winning All Ireland titles and travelling as part of an Irish cultural delegation with then-President Mary Mc Aleese to Liverpool. As she got older she branched out into performing her own Irish language compositions and released her single 'Geasa' in 2019. Seoighe collaborated on a new version of 'EAD' with MC Muipéad & Cian Mac Cárthaigh from IMLÉ.
Produced & mixed by Karl Odlum, ÉAD (Jealousy) is written from the perspective of two people longing to share a loving relationship with someone. It is a song about the painful realities of life and how everything is not always seems, in particular the highly unrealistic environment of social media and the many harmful expectations synonymous with imagery and profiles depicting perfection.
Sundown, 'Pirate'
Dublin quartet Sundown have unveiled their new single 'Pirate', recorded and produced in-house over three sessions in Pirate Studios. The band have been featured on editorial playlists along the lines of Alternative Eire, Discover Weekly and Release Radar, with over 213,000 collective streams to their name.
'Pirate' is a psychedelic-tinged tune doused in retro tones, funky swagger and lavish musicianship. Compelling basslines and a lush soundscape add to the charm of the track, while sleek guitars strut a chic rhythm throughout. The retro atmosphere and soothing vibes are propelled forward by the smooth vocal delivery. Filled with shimmering synths, ethereal textures and a sassy saxophone embellishment, Sundown have outdone themselves on their irresistible new tune. Keep an eye on this crowd, their talent is blooming.
Hudson Taylor, 'Won't Be Too Long'
The Dublin folk-pop brother pairing are back with a post-pandemic song about human connection and loving throughout a storm. It's highly relevant to the turbulence of the past two years, lyrically:
"Now we're gonna set fire to last year / Say goodbye to the songs and the old dreams we held dear / Setbacks and all of those dead ends / And a million reasons why we've got to give it in," Hudson Taylor croon. The track has simple backing instrumentation, with rootsy acoustic guitar melodies and soft piano chords to help them out. It's optimistic, gentle and giving at a time where their audience needs it most. The duo's most recent album, Loving Everywhere I Go was released in 2020. Perhaps 'Won't Be Too Long' signals a new LP?
Lucy Gaffney, 'Easy Come Easy Go'
The title track from Belfast act Lucy Gaffney's brand new EP 'Easy Come Easy Go' explores moody alt-rock terrain as Gaffney's expressionistic songwriting grabs the spotlight. Following the release of 'Star Sign Lover' in 2021, and an unforgettable performance on the the Y&E Series, Lucy Gaffney returned with new single 'Heartstrings' last November. Despite being raised up North, the singer-songwriter has been based in Liverpool in recent years – working in the city's iconic Parr Street Studios with James Skelly on her first two singles.
Photo: Phoebe Fox
Blood Red Shoes, 'GIVE UP'
Rising outfit BRS have released their sixth album, Ghosts On Tape on Velveteen Records today. After years spent living on opposite sides of the Atlantic, world events threw Laura Mary Carter and Steven Ansell of Blood Red Shoes back together into what has become the most fruitful era of their 17 years together. Obsessed by true crime and murder podcasts, many songs on the record are told in character and explore the dark psyche of those at the pinnacle of outsiderdom: serial killers. Ghosts On Tape paints a picture of a dark and unsettling world. 'GIVE UP' is our favourite track, propelled forward by warped synths, crunching guitar soundscapes and a driving drum beat. It's antagonistic, visceral and rock-heavy: they've got our attention.
Wallfella & Graham, 'Paid In Full'
Dublin rapper Wallfella has teamed up with Graham after releasing his Way Too Cosy EP last August following on from his brilliant 2020 sophomore album, The North's Face. 'Paid in Full' is taken from the burgeoning Toitín Galánta EP alongside 'Mozzarella' with Curtisy. The former track is compelling for its dark yet relaxed beat, which can't draw the attention away from Wallfella's enrapturing flow. Graham's own raps stay true to his roots throughout, and parallel effortlessly his rap colleague's personality.
Listen to the playlist in full below:
Track of the Day: Rory Sweeney, Curtisy, Ahmed, With Love. - 'Men On A Mission.'


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Italian company to pick up stake in West Bengal's ice-cream company
October 29, 2018 Food / What's Hot!No Comment on Italian company to pick up stake in West Bengal's ice-cream company
An Italian frozen dessert company will soon seal a deal to pick up 40 per cent stake in a West Bengal's home grown ice-cream maker.
"We are in advanced talks with two Italian frozen dessert companies for technical and financial joint venture and we'll seal a deal with one of them in a month's time. Though the deal is not yet sealed, but we'll divest 40 per cent stake in the company having its product brand name Milkberry ," Rainbow Dairy Food Product Managing Partner Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh told PTI.
The deal is advised by an Italian consulting company 'Bizdev' and an MoU was signed with it.
Confirming the developments, Jean-Claude Morel, founder-managing partner, Bizdev, Italy, said "Italian companies are very impressed and excited over the positive developments taking place in West Bengal recently.
"I personally attended Bengal chief minister's business meetings in Milan as part of the Italian business team and our interest in this part of India grew manifold. We are very excited about the establishment of association with Milkberry," he said.
Rainbow Dairy is in the ice-cream making and distributing business for the past five years with a double digit growth and a manufacturing facility close to Kolkata, Ghosh said.
"We are now aiming at high growth rate of 100 per cent with new flavours with Italian tie-up. The new products will be co-branded," Ghosh said.
'Milkberry' has a current capacity of 800 litres/hour and presence in the eastern and north eastern states, with more than 40 variants and flavours.
The development was reported by retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com
frozen dessert, icecream, italian, Milkberry, west bengal, wise retail
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Yo-Yo Ma: 'Culture is about the creation of values'
ShopClues revenue up 46% to Rs 273 crore
Sony India launches new, high zoom camera for Rs 34,990


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> This is an opinionated set of ESLint configurations for our needs. It was inspired by [airbnb/javascript][airbnb-config], but we wanted to make it further opinionated.

## Getting started

This repository is organized as a monorepo to split the ESLint configuration into individual [packages](./packages/) for each specific use-case.
For further installation instructions have a look at each specific package in [packages](./packages/).

For adding & testing new rules just checkout this repo and run the following:

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$ npm install

# run tests in all packages
$ npm test
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## License
MIT

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29-year childhood leukemia survivor and business owner running for LLS Woman of the Year
Sara Pokorny
spokorny13@gmail.com
March 9, 2017, Hatfield, MA – Sally Ekus, a 29-year survivor of childhood leukemia and co-owner of The Lisa Ekus Group in Hatfield, kicks off fundraising for her Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Woman of the Year campaign today.
The Man & Woman of the Year (MWOY) campaign is a blind 10-week stretch of fundraising in which one dollar donated is equal to one vote. The campaign culminates on May 18 at a finale gala in Boston, where the man and woman who raised the most funds will be named the 2017 winners. Sally – a literary agent and co-owner at The Lisa Ekus Group, improv performer, and longtime LLS fundraiser – was nominated by the Boston Chapter of LLS as a candidate, where she was welcomed on to the board last year.
Sally was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) at three-and-a-half years old, a discovery that came quickly after a routine pediatric check-up and set off a whirlwind of 27 months of chemotherapy and a changed lifestyle for a child so young.
"Heading to the hospital for spinal taps and balling up tightly on the crinkly paper-lined table, well, that was just a thing that needed to happen some days," Sally recalls of that period of her life. "Just like some days if my blood counts were low my family would have to pivot plans and keep me inside so as not to be exposed to even a simple cold. Chicken pox could kill me."
Sally was cured in August 1993, and in the years since has been a part of numerous LLS fundraising campaigns. However, this one takes on a whole new meaning. It's her only shot to win the coveted title, and she not only wants to make it count for herself but those who are going through a life she's all too familiar with.
"I am running for Woman of the Year because I want to show the parents and children going through treatment right now that life after cancer is possible," she said. "Life is beautiful."
Sally's goal is to raise over $125,000. If she reaches that, she will be able to link her name to one of LLS's cutting-edge research portfolios.
"To go from being a patient, to survivor, to being linked to ongoing research would be an incredible accomplishment and beneficial to so many who have, and will, be touched by a blood cancer," she said.
Donations to Sally's campaign can be made by visiting this link (http://www.mwoy.org/pages/ma/ma17/sekusa) or sending a check to 57 North Street, Hatfield, Ma 01038, payable to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, with "Sally Ekus" in the memo section. Check deadline is May 5. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax deductible.
Fundraising events:
Cook Up A Cure: A Brews and Bites Benefit for LLS, will be held on Saturday, April 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. at New City Brewery, 180 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA.
Happier Family Comedy Show: April 15, 4-5 p.m., in the community room of Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA.
For more information, ways to donate and help, or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact campaign manager Sara Pokorny at spokorny13@gmail.com. For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
Things to know about LLS and the campaign:
Every 4 minutes someone new is diagnosed with a blood cancer, and every 10 minutes someone dies.
Many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients, but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS funded drugs like targeted therapies and immunotherapies are now saving thousands of lives every day.
As a candidate for the MWOTY, Sally is running to honor the chapter's local blood cancer survivors, the Boy and Girl of the Year, Cole Moniz and Teaghan Bresnahan.


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