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The Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) Model: What you need to know
With the booming of the HDB resale market, we have seen resale flat prices hitting a record high in the third quarter of this year. A record number of HDB flats has also been seen crossing over the $1 million mark, 174 to be exact, and in just the first nine months of 2021. A huge jump as compared to the 82 $1 million flats sold in the whole of last year. With all these in mind, the government has decided to bring about a new measure that would ensure that public housing remains affordable, especially in prime locations where most of the million dollar big ticket sales have been occurring. This new measure comes in the form of the new Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model.
So what is the Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model and why was it introduced?
The PLH model was first introduced on October 26 by National Development Minister Desmond Lee. It was introduced with the main aim of keeping public housing in prime/central locations like the city centre and the Greater Southern Waterfront affordable, accessible and inclusive for all Singaporeans both at the initial purchase and at subsequent purchase on the open market.
Who will be affected by the PLH model?
The PLH model only applies to future HDBs, not existing ones, so current home owners need not worry about the PLH model. For example, The PLH model will apply to the new pilot project at Rochor, which is a new BTO November 2021 sales exercise located along Kelantan Road. It will not, however, apply to older projects like the Pinnacle @ Duxton, for instance.
How many PLH model HDBs will there be?
According to Mr Desmond Lee, the exact number of projects launched each year under this model will depend on site availability and overall supply of flats across all towns. However, we do know that at least one prime location HDB project will be launched every year.
Key measures of PLH model
Buying a new PLH HDB flat
Additional Subsidies Provided
Because prime location HDBs have higher market values, the government will be pricing new PLH flats with additional subsidies on top of the current ones to keep flat prices affordable for a wider range of Singaporeans. This is to eliminate the idea that only the more "well off" can afford prime/central located housing.
Additional Subsidies To Be Recovered Upon Resale of Flats
Once flat owners of PLH flats sell their flats in the resale market, they will have to pay a percentage of the resale price of the flat back to HDB, in a way to recover the additional subsidies. The additional recovery is based on the initial additional subsidy that was granted to the flat owner when the flat was purchased.
Under the PLH model, owners of the recently launched Rochor flats, will have to pay 6 percent of the resale price or valuation (whichever is higher), to HDB when they sell their home on the open market for the first time.
However, this subsidy clawback only applies to the first resale transaction and not to subsequent resale transactions..
This measure is taken by HDB since it has to provide additional subsidies in addition to those provided for all BTO flats, in order to ensure that these prime area flats are kept affordable.
Reduced Priority Allocation Quota for Married Child Priority Scheme
Currently up to 30% of new flats are set aside under the Married Child Priority Scheme, which is a scheme that gives priority to those whose parents or children live in the same area. With reduced priority to those under this scheme, it allows public housing in prime/central locations to be more inclusive and also allows more opportunities for Singaporeans to live in these prime/central locations.
Buying a resale PLH HDB flat
Additional Eligibility Conditions for Buyers of Resale PLH Flats
To ensure that PLH flats remain inclusive and affordable to a broad group of subsequent buyers, buyers must first meet the above eligibility criteria. Without such criteria, resale prices will again rise to a level where it is unreachable to many Singaporeans, something the government is trying to refrain from. As per the intentions of HDB and MND, only buyers who are able to meet the prevailing eligibility conditions of BTO flats to approximately half of the 99-year lease, will be allowed to purchase resale PLH flats. The eligible buyers will then be put through a review.
After the Purchase of a PLH flat
To ensure that PLH flats are being sold to Singaporeans who have "genuine housing needs", meaning that they buy with the main intention of staying instead of buying with the intention of selling as an option to invest, they have increased the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP) to 10 years instead of the usual 5 years. This means that you can only sell your PLH flat after the 10 year period.
Also, changes have been made for rentals too. Only spare bedrooms of PLH flats are allowed to be rented out. Renting of the whole flat is not allowed even after MOP. This can be seen in the table above.


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Q: Working with REST, SQL, foreign keys, and nested resources I'm struggling to understand how to handle nested resources in REST.
For example, if I have a table called cities, and another table called companies that has a foreign key constraint(a company exists in a city), then when someone GETs a city, should I also send a list of all companies in that city? If so, if they do a PUT on a specific city(cities/55) and they have the nested collection of companies present, do I also update the nested companies?
Or how about a delete? Do I cascade delete all companies in a city, or just change the city they are in to a null value temporarily...
At a certain point, the SQL I am doing on the nested resources could get pretty unwieldy, imagine doing a PUT on cities/55 and have changed the list of companies associated with the city(or even a worker, in a company, in a city, all in a PUT on a city...)
If this doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll try to clarify. I've looked around and haven't found any answers regarding this exactly.

A: You could look at restSQL for inspiration. It can model resources as two level hierarchies. Write ops can be on the parents or children, but not both.


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Q: Unable to Install dm-sqlite-adapter Gem on Windows PC I am new to Ruby/Sinatra and I am trying to install the DataMapper SQLite Adapter. When I run gem install dm-sqlite-adapter I get the message below.  I did previously install sqlite3 using the command gem install sqlite3.  However, if I try to call gem install sqlite3 --platform=ruby, I get errors.

  c:\Ruby_Dev_Kit>gem install dm-sqlite-adapter
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing dm-sqlite-adapter:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    C:/Ruby200-x64/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for sqlite3.h... no
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=C:/Ruby200-x64/bin/ruby
        --with-sqlite3-dir
        --without-sqlite3-dir
        --with-sqlite3-include
        --without-sqlite3-include=${sqlite3-dir}/include
        --with-sqlite3-lib
        --without-sqlite3-lib=${sqlite3-dir}/

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/do_sq
lite3-0.10.13 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/do_sqlite3-0.10.13/ext
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I have tried multiple different approaches to get around this issue. I was able to install the Ruby Development Kit as I was able to install the JSON gem.  Similarly I downloaded the SQLite source code from SQLite.org but I was not able to figure out how to properly configure all aspects of the amalgamation to be found by the tool.  Below is the mkmf.log's value:
have_header: checking for sqlite3.h... -------------------- no

"x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0/x64-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0 -I. -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/include -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wall  -DHAVE_NO_DATETIME_NEWBANG conftest.c  -L. -LC:/Ruby200-x64/lib -L/usr/local/ -L/opt/local/ -L/usr/ -L.      -lx64-msvcrt-ruby200  -lshell32 -lws2_32 -limagehlp -lshlwapi  "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: int main(int argc, char **argv)
6: {
7:   return 0;
8: }
/* end */

"x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -E -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0/x64-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby200-x64/include/ruby-2.0.0 -I. -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/include -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wall  -DHAVE_NO_DATETIME_NEWBANG  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
conftest.c:5:21: fatal error: sqlite3.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <sqlite3.h>
/* end */

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I tried many different things to get it working, and I realize this may be a stupid question. However, at this point, I am out of ideas.  Any assistance would be really appreciated.
System Information:

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*Windows 7 64 bit

*Ruby Version: 2.0.0 p247 x64

*Installer - Standard Ruby Exe Installer

A: I eventually was able to work around this issue.  For those who run into this on the future, Bosko Ivanisevic wrote a great guide how to work around this.
See here: http://rubyonwindowsguides.github.io/book/ch02-05.html
Many details in there to be careful about so be sure to read through it step by step and follow everything exactly.  Great explanation.


Handheld vacuums make vacuuming easier and more convenient. Try to remember those days when your grandma used to grab her trusty Dust-buster in order to clean after-dinner messes and kitchen spills. It was such a nasty tussle, wasn't it? For over 30 years, vacuum technology has grown to offer a lot of convenience and efficiency. The modern handheld vacuums have a slimmer nozzle, are of lightweight, and are designed with aesthetics in mind. They also have stronger, safer and more efficient batteries. They have also greatly improved on the suction noise.
Choosing the best handheld vacuum may not be a cup of tea for everyone since several brands, seasoned and young alike, have upped their game in marketing gimmicks. We understand what you could be going through as every marketed handheld vacuum may seem best suited for your need. Worry not. We have conducted an intensive research and eventually singled out the top 10 best handheld vacuums that the market offers. Moreover, we also provide you with a buyer's guide all under the same link. We seek your undivided attention as we take you through our refined list.
This stick vacuum will make you bid bye to your dustpan and broom alike. It features a reliable Wind Tunnel technology and a fade-free lithium-ion battery which collectively make it more efficient and easy to operate. It can be used on carpets and surfaces of flat floors.
This is a do-it-all cordless vacuum. It is efficient for cleaning ceilings. It is packed with fade-free power and a strong suction that enable it to clean all the stubborn pet hair that can be found within the home.
Oreck Commercial XL2100RHs & Pound Commercial Upright is well-designed vacuum comprising of an automatic floor adjustment enabling it to move between hard floors and carpets.
This is a top-of-the-line vacuum which has suction power and versatile cleaning capabilities. It also features advanced steering which lets you be in control at all times. Compared to other vacuums within its price range, this machine also has better cleaning capabilities.
Makita is a seasoned brand well known for manufacturing best vacuum cleaners. It has a nozzle extension that enables it to effectively clean the floor. Its battery is very reliable and it also has a star protection which enhances data exchange in real time.
Oreck AL Classic Upright Vacuum Cleaner Lightest Weight 8LBs is another top-notch vacuum from Oreck brand. Its ergonomic design enables it to carry out several cleaning tasks conveniently. It comprises of a 6500 RPM double helix brushes making it very sturdy when cleaning.
If you are thinking of a vacuum that you can easily convert from an upright vacuum to a lift-off canister to be used in hard-to-reach areas then Hoover Air Lift Deluxe is not far from what you are craving for. It channels suction in a bid to remove embedded dirt on any surface.
Dyson DC35 Digital Slim Multi floor cordless Vacuum Cleaner lets you say goodbye to those old days when cleaning was a serious hassle. It has an in-built motorized cleaner head which practically works on all types of floors.
This super-efficient handheld vacuum has twice the suction power of any cordless vacuum available on the market. It flawlessly works on any floor and is perfect for quick cleaning. It has ultra-fine conductive power brushes which make it completely unique.
Thinking of the best solution to hefty cleaning tasks? Here is one. This machine boasts of an avalanche of excellent features. It is loaded with some of the best features to ensure easy time for all its users. Its two cleaner heads enable it to clean all types of floors with a lot of ease. It also features a direct drive cleaner head that lets it remove dirt with ease.
To supplement your already accumulated knowledge on top 10 best handheld vacuums, we wish to take you through some impeccable factors to consider when choosing your next hand vac. Please, follow closely.
Your level of comfort matters a lot. This implies that you have to pay close attention to the manner in which the vacuum's handle is built. You definitely do not want a slick handle which is difficult to hold. You would rather go for a handle with soft or textured grip that you will feel comfortable handling.
Generally, the handheld vacuums tend to be slim on their own. It is worth noting that there are several places that a bare nozzle can't go. You need a hand vacuum with a crevice tool in order to get into extremely tight spaces.
You may not expect the bin of the vacuum to collect large amounts of debris or liquid owing to the fact that the hand vacuum cleaners are generally small. You should, however, be sure to settle for a handheld vacuum which can hold approximately 100 milliliters of liquids or 500 milliliters of debris.
Whatever you do with your vacuum must be of great significance to you. When choosing your next handheld vacuum, it is good that you take the afore-listed into consideration. Our refined list of top 10 best handheld vacuum cleaners, in addition to our buyer's guide, provides you with the requisite information for an informed purchase. We hope you ultimately found the best item to add to your shopping list.


Midwest Rampage is behind us and you can expect lots of tournament coverage over the next week from the bastards that attended (there were 6 of us there). Congrats to Hastings for bringing in best overall.
As I was playing I didn't get a chance to take as many pictures as I would like. But here are a few of the ones I was able to snag.
Some of the boys hanging out.
One of my desert tables that I brought to MWR9.
Best General Greg Dupuis went 5-0!
Another one of John's victims.
Another shot of the great venue.
Here is the "kiddie" room.
Hastings riding Domus to best overall.
There is a Ginger Budah in all of us!
Dwarf Stomper indeed. I got pretty lucky against the Dwarfs this weekend. With my normal list facing Dwarfs 2/5 times would have been a death sentence!


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Muslim man in India lynched on video
Indian police say they have arrested 11 people over the torture of a Muslim man who later died of his wounds, in the latest suspected lynching in the country by Hindu vigilantes.
A 10-minute video shows Tabrez Ansari, 24, being beaten by a group of men last week over accusations he had carried out a burglary in Kharsawan district, in Jharkhand state.
Tied to a pole, Ansari is also forced to shout "Jai Shri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram), a slogan increasingly used by Hindu far right groups, according to the footage, which has gone viral.
Kartik S, a local police chief, told the AFP news agency that two police officers have also been suspended over the handling of the lynching of Ansari.
The villagers beat Ansari for nearly 12 hours, police said, before he was taken into custody and then hospital. He died in hospital of his injuries on Saturday, four days after he was attacked. "Two police have also been suspended because they failed to inform seniors about the case and tried to manage it at their level," the police chief said.
Indian local media reports said Ansari's wife has accused police of deliberately taking him to jail first – instead of a hospital – despite the critical injuries he suffered.
"An environment has been created across the country that enables and encourages this kind of violence," said Harsh Mander, a founding member of Karwan-e-Mohabbat ("a caravan of love"), a solidarity campaign for victims hit by hate violence, including lynchings. "For perpetrators, such attacks are an act of heroism. Ansari was not only lynched by a mob, there was an obvious religious hatred in the manner it was done by asking him to shout Hindu slogans," he told Al Jazeera.
Commenting on reports that police registered a case against Ansari after he was handed over to authorities, Mander said: "It is a pattern by the police; they tend to register cases against the victim [first] rather than the accused. There is a bias which is always been legitimised, by police."
On Monday, India rejected a US State Department report that said religious intolerance and violence has increased against minorities in India under the government of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The US religious freedom report stated that there had been growing numbers of attacks by Hindus claiming to protect cows – which is considered sacred by Hindus – since 2014 when Modi came to power.
After the attack on Ansari, Jharkhand Minister CP Singh, said in a press conference on Monday that such incidents should not be politicised and linked to BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu supremacist organisation that wants India to be defined as a Hindu nation.
"The government will conduct an investigation. The trend to politicise such incidents is wrong," Singh was quoted as saying by local media group NDTV.
Earlier this month, Modi condemned a rise in mob attacks saying: "Killing people in the name of 'gau bhakti' (cow worship) is not acceptable. No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands."
Dozens of Muslims have been killed by Hindu groups in the past five years over allegations that they slaughtered cows or had eaten beef.
Source: Al Jazeera and News agencies
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150 million Indians go on strike today against Modi's 'anti-labour' policies
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The Baltic Fleet will host the all-army stage of the contest "Seaborne assault-2020»
On the basis of the Baltic fleet will be held all-army stage of the competition for professional training "Seaborne assault-2020" in the framework of Army games-2020.
Seven teams from the Navy, airborne troops, Ryazan highest airborne command and far Eastern higher combined arms command schools will take part in the competition. The winners of the all-army stage will have the right to represent Russia at the international contest "Seaborne assault-2020".
Traditionally, the stage of the all-army competition will take place in Kaliningrad region in July at the Khmelyovka training ground and at the territory of the marine corps in Baltiysk. Since 2016 there were created competition track and obstacle line, material-educational base, target's range, and accommodation, repair and parking for military equipment.
In 2019, the all-army and international stages of the competition were held at the Khmelevka training ground. The Russian Navy marine corps team won.
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Need to let it go … heart strings in the way.
My poor dear friend. It sounds as though the illness is taking a very firm downward spiral…oh how I wish I could be there to hold your hand , or give a hug, You are always in my thoughts so even when you feel dejected and at wits end remember that I am still here. Give you thoughts and pain to The Lord..He knows how to ease such things.
a moments pause … I see … I am o.k. smiles!


Interested in volunteering for Archway North Phoenix's lunch program? You've come to the right place!
Unlike previous years, volunteers will be helping the Teachers' Assistants organize and distribute the meals. Feel free to signup for any day and as many days as you'd like. Select the day(s) you'd like to volunteer in this list. Please go to the front office to check-in on your selected days. Then go to the Multi-purpose Room (MPR) for further instructions.
Kindergarten Lunch helpers will be coordinated through individual classrooms. They will have their own signup geniuses for this so please do not sign up here for Kindergarten lunches.
ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BE FINGERPRINTED. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please do not signup until you have already gone through the fingerprinting process and have the appropriate ID badge reflecting this.
If you cannot make a day you've signed up for, please email [email protected] so the Lunch Program Committee Chair can notify the Hot Lunch Lead.
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METALLICA: Watch Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of LEMMY Tribute Song 'Murder One'
Video footage of METALLICA in the band's headquarters in San Rafael, California during the writing and recording of "Frankenstein", the song that later became "Murder One", can be seen below. The official "Murder One" video was directed by Robert Valley, who has built his reputation as a much-wanted hired-gun on other people's projects, from the ...
RONNIE JAMES DIO, LEMMY KILMISTER, RANDY RHOADS To Be Inducted Into 'Hall Of Heavy Metal History'
Legendary musicians and music industry executives will join together to be inducted into the annual Hall Of Heavy Metal History on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Anaheim Expo Center, Anaheim California. Television and radio personality Eddie Trunk will host the event. Proceeds from the event are being donated to the Ronnie James Dio Stand ...
MOTÖRHEAD's PHIL CAMPBELL: LEMMY 'Is In My Mind All The Time'
MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell and vocalist Neil Starr of PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS (formerly PHIL CAMPBELL'S ALL STARR BAND) were interviewed by Planet Rock's Paul Anthony at the Planet Rockstock festival on Friday, December 2 at Trecco Bay, South Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE ...
Watch 'Live To Win', Newly Released Documentary About Making Of LEMMY Statue
Director Rocio Romero has released "Live To Win", a documentary about the the August 24 unveiling of a statute of Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister in front of the late MOTÖRHEAD frontman's favorite haunt, the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. The six-minute clip features interviews with development directors Katon De ...
OVERKILL, ONSLAUGHT, UGLY KID JOE, MONSTER MAGNET Featured On 'Snaggletooth: A Tribute To Lemmy'
Metalville Records has released a Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD) tribute album called "Snaggletooth: A Tribute To Lemmy". This is not just a classic tribute record — bands like OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION, MONSTER MAGNET, UGLY KID JOE, MONSTER MAGNET and ONSLAUGHT are playing their favorite songs. The master himself, Lemmy, is on this record with three tracks — ...
VOLBEAT: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Seal The Deal' Performance At FORTAROCK Festival
Professionally filmed video footage of Danish/American rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT performing their song "Seal The Deal" this past June at the FortaRock festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, the Netherlands can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's sixth full-length album, "Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie", which was released on June 3 ...
Rainbow Bar & Grill Patio Dubbed 'Lemmy's Lounge' In Memory Of Late MOTÖRHEAD Frontman
West Hollywood, California's famous Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip has dedicated its patio to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister and re-named it "Lemmy's Lounge." It is a fitting gesture from the Rainbow, as when Lemmy wasn't touring or recording, the majority of his waking hours were spent on said patio. There is ...
MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL Talks THE BASTARD SONS, Debut Solo Album, Book
Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS: "It's four years old, the band. Basically, when my eldest son had a big birthday party, we hired a band and everything. We ...
MOTÖRHEAD: 'Röadkill: Victory Or Die' Photo Book Due In December
Publisher Heel Verlag Gmbh has set a December 20 release date for the new MOTÖRHEAD hardcover book "Röadkill: Victory Or Die" by Pep Bonet. The book's official description reads: "Celebrating Lemmy Kilmister's 70th birthday along with the 40th anniversary of his band MOTÖRHEAD, the lavishly illustrated volume presents exciting and intimate behind-the-stage pictures by much-acclaimed ...
METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says Fans Can Expect 'Plenty Of Tributes' To LEMMY In Next Few Years
Lechon Atomico of Mariskal Rock TV conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich before the band's October 26 concert in San Juan, Puerto Rico. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if fans can expect to see METALLICA perform any MOTÖRHEAD covers as a tribute to Lemmy Kilmister at any of the upcoming ...
Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR CAVALERA Recalls Funny Story Involving MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY
Agoraphobic News conducted an interview with Igor Cavalera on November 14 in Belgrade, Serbia. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to recall a funny story involving late MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister, Igor said: "One time we were on tour with MOTÖRHEAD. I like to draw; I draw little caricatures of people's faces, kind ...
MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist's PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS: 'Spiders' Video Released
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS (formerly PHIL CAMPBELL'S ALL STARR BAND), the band featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, plus vocalist Neil Starr, will release its self-titled debut five-track EP on November 18 via Motörhead Music. The official video for the song "Spiders", taken from the EP, can ...
MOTÖRHEAD, MÖTLEY CRÜE Part Of AXS TV's 'Merry Metal-Thon' In December
Get ready to rock around the Christmas tree with AXS TV this December, as the network presents a day of heavy hits in the Merry Metal-Thon on Sunday, December 18. The event begins at 2 p.m, with "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet", the incredible true story of Jason Becker — a guitar virtuoso who, at ...
Watch METALLICA's Video For LEMMY Tribute Song 'Murder One'
METALLICA's video for the song "Murder One" can be seen below. The clip was directed by Robert Valley, who has built his reputation as a much-wanted hired-gun on other people's projects, from the GORILLAZ music videos to the "Tron: Uprising" series. "Murder One" is is a tribute to late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister and uses ...
'FAST' EDDIE CLARKE Recalls MOTÖRHEAD's Near-Reunion In Late '90s
Former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke spoke to EonMusic about a reunion of the band's classic lineup that almost happened nearly two decade ago. He said: "I talked about it in the late nineties with [MOTÖRHEAD mainman] Lemmy. I had a serious conversation with him, and it was looking pretty good. It was ...
MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist On LEMMY: 'He Didn't Want To Sit Around The House Waiting To Die'
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Roche acquires Trophos to expand neuromuscular disease portfolio
Roche has agreed to acquire Trophos, a privately held biotechnology company based in Marseille, France. The company has developed a proprietary cholesterol-oxime based chemistry platform. Trophos's mitochondrial targeted compounds enhance the function and survival of stressed cells by preventing mitochondrial permeability transition, a key determinant of cell death or survival.
Trophos's proprietary screening platform generated olesoxime (TRO19622), which is being developed for SMA, a rare and debilitating genetic neuromuscular disease that is most commonly diagnosed in children. Results from a pivotal phase II clinical trial with olesoxime in SMA showed a beneficial effect on the maintenance of neuromuscular function in individuals with type II and non-ambulatory type III SMA, as well as a reduction in medical complications associated with the disease.
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Trophos's shareholders will receive an upfront cash payment of $138 million, plus additional contingent payments of up to $404 million based on achievement of certain predetermined milestones.
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SMA is an autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by a loss of function of the Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) 1 gene, which leads to insufficient levels of SMN protein, progressive deterioration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and loss of motor neurons. The mutated SMN1 gene responsible for SMA is carried by up to 20 million potential parents in the U.S. and E.U., most of them unaware that they are carriers.


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Radio interview with Screenwriter Kelly Masterson of Killing Kennedy
Kelly Masterson, the screenwriter of Killing Kennedy, is interviewed by TV Time Machine radio host Jim Benson about his compelling docu-drama about the assassination of President John F Kennedy, which is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.
In this audio journey of the TV Time Machine, we visit one of the darkest days in our nation's history as we explore Killing Kennedy. In this edition of our program, we are pleased to welcome Kelly Masterson, the screenwriter of the film Killing Kennedy, based on Bill O'Reilly's best-selling book. Mr. Masterson is an accomplished screenwriter, whose work includes the film, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Over the next audio segment, Kelly Masterson helps us explore virtually every aspect of this compelling film, now available on Blu Ray and DVD. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to rendezvous with destiny, feel free to be a witness, as we motorcade out of the present, while opening a window to a tragic past.
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada February 28th, 2018 – The NEOMED Institute (NEOMED), a leading not-for-profit Canadian R&D organization announced today that it has launched its first spin-out company, NEOMED Therapeutics 1 Inc. (NEOMED Therapeutics), a company dedicated to advancing novel, orally bioavailable epigenetic inhibitors for the targeted treatment of cancer. NEOMED licensed the original technology in 2014 from privately-held Epigenetix Inc. which was founded on research developed by Dr. Claes Wahlestedt, MD, PhD, Leonard M. Miller Professor and Associate Dean & Center Director for Therapeutic Innovation at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
The NEOMED project team has generated four distinct chemical series/scaffolds from which a portfolio of novel orally bioavailable epigenetic inhibitors have been advanced through preclinical development. Following IND / CTA filing in early 2019, first-in-human clinical trials are planned to start thereafter for the lead molecule – NEO2734, an orally bioavailable and potentially first-in-class and differentiated dual BET and CBP/P300 inhibitor. In addition to NEO2734, NEOMED Therapeutics 1 pipeline comprises a dual BET and CBP/P300 inhibitor back-up program, a dual BET and SMARCA4 inhibitor program and a complementary biomarker program.
"With the spinning off of this technology into NEOMED Therapeutics 1, I am confident that the team led by Christine Lennon to attract strategic financial investors will bring NEO2734 to in-human clinical trials" stated Claes Wahlestedt, a scientific cofounder of Epigenetix Inc.
Prior to joining NEOMED, Ms Lennon held a number of leadership roles in large pharma, biotech and in venture capital, most recently at Novartis Oncology in Canada and in Europe, Shire and Neurochem (now Bellus Health). Christine has been an Advisor / Executive-in-Residence in Healthcare Venture Capital for both Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Capital and for CDP Capital. Ms Lennon holds a MBA and a BSc (Honors) both from McGill University.
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Being a sports fan is not all 'fun and games'. Being a fan of a sports team (especially a losing sports team) might be one of the hardest 'jobs' out there. Yea it's a job! We (true fans) dedicate a lot of time and money to supporting our teams. The effort and commitment that goes in to being a fan should not be scoffed at. So, again I say it's a job. A lot of time it is a unrewarding job. Only one team in any competition can win the championship during a given year. That means all the fans of the other teams will be disappointed at the end of that year. However, when your favorite team finally wins the championship; the heartache and disappointment seems worth it. Some people don't understand what it really means to be a fan. I came across this post entitled the absurdity of sports fan loyalty. Although the writer makes some interesting points, I can see that he truly doesn't understand what it means to be a sports fan.
When you become a fan of a sports team, you develop a connection with that team. This connection might be formed because the team originates from your city, state or country. The connection might also be formed because you identify with the team or its players. It might have been the team your father or grandfather supported. Some people even become fans because they like the colors associated with a team. The rationale behind how you became a fan of a sports team is not important. What is important is your loyalty to that team. This is what differentiates a fan and a bandwagonist/average sports watcher. It's all about the loyalty – Supporting your team through thick and thin, winning streaks and losing steaks, regulation and promotion.
To the average sports watcher, the relationship between a fan and their favorite sports team seems unbalanced at the very least. As a fan, you fork out money to attend matches or to buy team merchandise and memorabilia, while seemingly getting nothing in return. This could be furthest from the truth. There is an entertainment value, being part of an institution and the camaraderie among fans of a sports team. It's like a family, and just like a regular family; sometimes you have to go in your wallet, sometimes you are disappointed, but you don't give up on family. You stick it out, that's something a bandwagonist fan will never understand. The bandwagonist is only there for the good times (championships), as soon as things get rough, they abandon the ship.
I don't necessarily have a problem with bandwagonists. People are free to support whichever sports teams they choose. The problem true fans have with bandwagonists is that they want to be a part of the conversation. They want to have their cake and eat it too. Don't approach me at the water cooler at work talking about how my team performed the day before. There are rules to being a fan; I won't get in to those rules now. Bandwagonists should be treated like children in the presence of adults. They should be seen and not heard and only speak when spoken to. Being a true fan takes so much time and effort, it's hard to have any respect for bandwagonists.
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In this activity, students develop arguments for the adaptation and natural selection of Darwin's finches, based on evidence presented in the film The Beak of the Finch. Students watch segments of the film and then engage in discussion, make predictions, create models, interpret graphs, and use multiple sources and types of evidence to develop arguments for the evolution of Darwin's finches.
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– (Darwin, 1859p.64) Shortly after this, the eminent physicist William Thompson (later Lord Kelvin) pointed out that Darwin got the math wrong. After about 500 years, there should only be about 16 thousand elephants, not 15 million.
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But Darwin's view that systems could evolve without the guidance. "Once the Mendelian hereditary system [came into] use, mathematics becomes inevitable," says Ewens. Quantitative methods quickly.
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And it's now 100 years since D'Arcy Thompson published the first edition of his magnum opus On Growth and Form—and tried to use ideas from mathematics and physics. no less than Charles Darwin wrote.
During his voyage, and in the years after, Darwin developed and refined a set of ideas that could explain the patterns he had observed during his voyage. In his book, On the Origin of Species, Darwin outlined his two key ideas: evolution and natural selection.
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McIntosh, Harold (1868–1917)
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Harold McIntosh (1868-1917), grazier and soldier, was born on 14 June 1868 at Bathurst, New South Wales, eighth child of John Nepean McIntosh, solicitor, and his wife Mary Ann, née Black, both Australian born. He was educated at All Saints' College, Bathurst, where he was a good student and a gifted sportsman; in his final year, 1885, he was school captain. After graduating from the University of Sydney (B.A., 1889) he served his articles with his father's firm, McIntosh & Co., before going on the land at Rockley, near Bathurst.
When a half-company of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles was raised at Bathurst in 1895 McIntosh was one of the local horsemen to join. In 1897 he accompanied a privately funded detachment from the regiment to England to compete in military tournaments and to train with British Army regiments. The tour culminated in the military celebrations for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. He was a sergeant two years later when he joined the regiment's special service squadron raised for active service in South Africa.
'A' Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Rifles, embarked from Sydney in November 1899 and was one of the first Australian units to arrive at the front. Sergeant McIntosh took part in all its major operations including the relief of Kimberley, the action around Paardeberg, the entry into Bloemfontein and the capture of Pretoria. He was commissioned lieutenant while on service and returned to Sydney in January 1901. He went back to South Africa as a lieutenant in the 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles in April. This regiment served for one year, mostly in the Transvaal, during which time McIntosh was promoted captain.
On 5 October 1904 he married Florence May Lee at All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst. Returning to his family's property, Bunnamagoo, which he managed, in 1907 he was elected a local shire-councillor and was three times president. He was also active in his school's old boys' activities.
McIntosh enlisted as a captain in the Australian Imperial Force on 4 May 1915 and on 1 June was appointed to command 'B' Squadron of the 12th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of major; he embarked for Egypt that month. On 29 August the regiment landed at Gallipoli where it was broken up to serve as reinforcements for other light horse units. Next day he was wounded in the thigh and evacuated and eventually sent to England to recuperate. The 12th L.H.R. was being re-formed in Egypt when McIntosh rejoined it. He was appointed second-in-command in February 1916 and commander in June; his promotion to lieutenant-colonel was confirmed on 11 August. The regiment operated in Egypt and Sinai and in October took an active part in the sharp action against the Turks at Maghara.
Early in 1917 the 12th L.H.R. became part of the reorganized 4th Light Horse Brigade and prepared for action on the Gaza-Beersheba front. McIntosh led his regiment in the 2nd battle of Gaza where on 19 April it was heavily committed at Atawineh Redoubt. During the battle the diminished 4th Brigade captured an enemy position at Two Tree Farm and soon afterwards came under heavy fire while advancing dismounted. In the face of increasing shell and machine-gun fire the 11th and 12th Regiments were forced to halt and flatten themselves in barley crops gay with red poppies. McIntosh was hit by shrapnel, a pellet severing an artery in his groin. He was evacuated for treatment but on 24 April his wound reopened as he lay in a hospital train at El Arish and he was found dead in the morning.
A leader in civic affairs, Harold McIntosh was also an outstanding soldier who had risen through the ranks to command a regiment on active service. He 'was a daring leader, much loved by his men' and his death 'cast a gloom over the whole of Bathurst district'. He was buried in Kantara war cemetery and was survived by his wife.
Australian Defence Department, Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, P. L. Murray ed (Melb, 1911)
H. S. Gullett, The A.I.F. in Sinai and Palestine (Syd, 1923)
W. A. Steel and J. M. Sloman, The History of All Saints' College, Bathurst, 1873-1934 (Syd, 1936)
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Posted on October 27, 2019 by Jeff Kallman
Santa showed up early for Alex Bregman and the Astros Saturday night.
Did we say World Series Game Four was going to be a bullpen game? Didn't quite turn out that way. Did we say the Astro pen wasn't guaranteed to equal bona fide Nationals fourth starter Patrick Corbin? Boy did we get that one wrong.
Not only did the Astros' rookie designated opener Jose Urquidy pitch the quality start of his young baseball life, he out-pitched both Corbin and his own team's still formidable but lately vulnerable Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole.
And he did it on a night the regular season version of the Astros finally, once and for all, turned up. Big. 8-1 big. They finished what they started in Game Three and obliterated any chance of the short series nobody with a brain really thought was likely to happen in the first place.
Michael Brantley with two hits thus far on the night, plus Alex Bregman still trying to shake away an overall postseason hitting funk despite one launch earlier in the set, remembered especially what Nationals manager Dave Martinez forgot in the seventh inning.
He forgot that these Astros are the greediest little suckers in the American League when handed gifts. They don't stop at "Thank you." They demand more, help themselves, and make you look like a battered fool before they're done. Turning the seventh inning stretch into a visit to the urgent care clinic.
Bad enough rookie Nats reliever Tanner Rainey handed the Astros the gifts of back-to-back inning-opening walks before closing the giveaway with Jose Altuve flying out to right. Martinez put on his Santa suit and gave the Astros an extra early merry Christmas.
He reached for ancient Fernando Rodney. Against whom Brantley took a lifetime .462 batting average and 1.038 OPS to the plate. Instead of Wander Suero, who's almost young enough to be Rodney's son, and against whom Brantley before Game Four only ever batted once and had nothing to show for it but a measly out.
Respecting your elders goes only so far with a World Series game on the line and the other guys in one of the highest leverages of the night. Brantley's respect went only far enough to line a base hit up the pipe into short center field that wasn't quite deep enough for leadoff pinch hitter Kyle Tucker to score.
So the Astros settled for ducks on the pond. And Martinez, who'd managed mostly to turn his infamously shaky bullpen into something resembling a respectable postseason crew, re-learned the hard way about generosity's limits. Bregman delivered that hard re-education and duck dinner when he sent an 0-1 pitch on a high parabola into the left field seats.
That one re-ignited Bregman's fire and put the game so far out of reach the Nats couldn't bring it back with a search party and a band of bloodhounds.
Not on a night when they sent less traffic to the bases than they'd wasted in Game Three and got their only run of the night in the sixth with the bases loaded, one out, and Juan Soto—who doesn't quite looking so superhuman anymore—grounding out in almost slow motion to Astro first baseman Yuli Gurriel, enough to score Gerardo Parra, before Astro reliever Will Harris struck Howie Kendrick out swinging for the side.
The Nats picked the wrong time to get their shark off. And they may have picked the wrong time to even think about walking Brantley to get to Bregman's then still-cold postseason bat in Game Three. That proves to have been poking the barracuda.
"In Game Three, we stopped the bleeding," Bregman told reporters after Game Four. "Then we played well tonight. We want to keep rolling. We're fired up. It's really exciting. It's a great atmosphere here. The fans are into the game, [and] it's good to know we're going home."
Now Cole and Max Scherzer have a rematch in Game Five to look forward to. And Max the Knife won't be pitching just to beat the Astros, he'll be pitching to help save the Nats' very skins and fins.
Ordinarily, you might be tempted to stop right there and pull out your history book. It would tell you that the 1986 World Series began with the first four games being won in the road ballpark, too. The Red Sox won Games One and Two in Shea Stadium, the Mets won Games Three and Four in Fenway Park.
But those Red Sox won Game Five in the Fens before returning to Shea Stadium, losing Game Six in the second most heartbreaking way in Red Sox history before getting bopped until they dropped by the Mets in Game Seven.
Then in 1996, the Braves won the first pair in Yankee Stadium and the Yankees won the next three in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. The set moved back to the Bronx and the Yankees won Game Six. Nope, that's not a reference to encourage the Nats, either. But it sure should have the Astros feeling like early Christmas.
Corbin picked the wrong night to spot the Astros a pair of first inning runs. And, to spot them another pair when Astro catcher Robinson Chirinos, who'd rung the left field foul pole net in Game Three, hit a no-doubt two-run homer halfway up the seats in the top of the fourth.
And Urqiudy picked the right night to take advantage of the Nats' sudden inability to do what they'd done most of the postseason to date, adjust on the fly to pitchers dialing up the Mixmasters.
"When you go in with a game plan of kind of working off his scouting report and he goes the complete opposite with it," said Nats right fielder Adam Eaton, whom Urquidy kept to a pair of measly popup outs, "by the time you kind of make the adjustment, it's too late."
The husky righthander also picked the perfect night to display a changeup that may yet qualify for designation as a weapon of mass destruction. It's not that his fastball or his slider were necessarily weakfish, but that changeup was the perfect setup pitch for him on a night the Nats couldn't and didn't adjust, kind-of or otherwise.
When he deigned to throw it at all, that is. If the Nats did their homework on Urquidy, knowing he was changeup reliant, Urquidy had them figured almost the way Nimitz had the Japanese navy figured during the Pacific branch of World War II. He was the Astros' one-man can of shark repellant Saturday night.
If you thought the Nats coming home to bathe in the Washington love became too great a weight to bear in Games Three and Four, a possibility not exactly out of bounds, Urquidy—who'd gone from nothing special up and down the minors before getting his callup to never better as a bona-fide Astro late in the season and now Saturday night—only let the magnitude hit him once.
"Yes, a couple moments, a couple moments I was thinking, 'Oh, my God, I'm in the World Series pitching'." the 24-year-old who's only the third Mexican (behind Jaime Garcia and Fernando Valenzuela) to start a World Series game said after Game Four. "It was awesome." "It" was nothing compared to him.
Astros manager A.J. Hinch went in hoping Urquidy could give him two, maybe three, please-please-please four innings. He got a performance Verlander and Cole themselves just might have envied. And if Game Four was To Tell the Truth, Hinch's Bud Collyer got the best surprise of his life when he asked, "Will the real Alex Bregman please stand up?"
Oh, brother, did Bregman stand up. Only nineteen previous players ever hit grand salamis in World Series games. Only three of them were hit by Hall of Famers: Tony Lazzeri (Game Two, 1936), Mickey Mantle (Game Five, 1953), and Yogi Berra (Game Two, 1956). And only two were ever hit in a Game Four: Chuck Hiller (1962) and Ken Boyer (1964).
Boyer hit his two games before talented but troubled young Yankee first baseman Joe Pepitone nailed a salami in the '64 Series. The Astros actually got gifted a shot at only the second salami in the same inning, when Grandpa Rodney was left in after Bregman launched and re-loaded the bases on a trio of walks interrupted only by a ground ball force out.
Then Martinez reached for Suero, with Tucker coming up for a encore. And Suero struck Tucker out swinging to end the nightmare at last. The rest of the game seemed like a mere formality.
Even when the Nats put first and second aboard in the bottom of the eighth, abetted by a throwing error when Altuve fielded Rendon's hopper on the far side of second but threw off line. Soto worked out a walk immediately following, but Astro reliever Brad Peacock struck Kendrick out and got Ryan Zimmerman to pop out to George Springer playing right field for the night.
Bregman was rather gracious after the game about his confrontation with Rodney. "He's really tough to face," the third baseman told reporters. "He's got an incredible change-up. His fastball is dirty, has a lot of sink to it. He has another fastball he throws, a four-seamer, that has some jump to it. He's not an easy at-bat all."
"He got him 0-1 and the ball just didn't sink where he wanted it to be," said Martinez after the game. "But he's come in two innings and done really well for us." That he had. "I like Rodney in that spot," Martinez added. Unfortunately, Bregman liked Rodney in that spot even more.
Indeed, Rodney started Bregman with a changeup that dove right into the low inside corner. Even Bregman wouldn't have been able to hit it with a five-iron. The next pitch was the four-seamer and it forgot to jump. Bregman didn't. He jumped it for maybe the single most world-shattering hit of his life.
Did it shatter the world of the Nats who'd gone from the living dead in late May to the live-and-very-well the rest of the season and all the way through Game Two? Who hadn't lost back-to-back games since 13-14 September? Who had to be taught the hard way all over again how unwise it is to stake the Astros to an early Christmas?
"We're tied after four games," shortstop Trea Turner told reporters. "It's all about perspective and how you perceive it."
"At this point in time, you literally just live and breathe each and every day," said Scherzer, into whose hands the Nats place the live-and-breathe ball Sunday night.
"I'll take it," said Eaton. "We don't mind where we're at—a best-of-three with Scherzer and Stras going the next two days." Not to mention the Nats' absolute two best relief options, Daniel Hudson and Sean Doolittle, untroubled in Game Four and well enough rested if needed in Five and Six. If.
On paper that looks like advantage, Nats. Psychologically, this is exactly what Nats fans signed up for. Max the Knife and Not-So-Stoic-Stephen. Just plunge the blade in before it goes back to Houston, Max the Knife. If you do, two nights in hell will be worth it.
There's just one problem. Namely, an Astro team that knows the differences between paper and performance but marries them effectively until death do they part. And for these Astros, the wedding night is never enough. Maybe even in spite of Scherzer and Stras. Maybe.
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Robert Easter Jr: I want Mikey Garcia or Jorge Linares, sign the contract!
World lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. has set his sights on a massive unification following his recent win over Javier Fortuna.
The American edged out an overweight Fortuna at the Barclays Center and immediately turned his attention to fellow world rulers Mikey Garcia and Jorge Linares.
"It was a tough fight, he's a former world champion for a reason," Easter told Jim Gray of Showtime.
"We made it tough trying to counter punch. He wasn't throwing much and it made it difficult for me to chase this guy around.
"I couldn't get the knockout but we got the win and that's all that matters. I knew he was going to run once he felt my power. He just wanted to grab and hold the whole fight."
Looking ahead, Easter made his intentions clear as he seeks unification bouts in the near future, "I want to fight the champions and unify these belts. Fights like these aren't in my game plan. I'm ready for Mikey Garcia and Jorge Linares to sign the contract."
A disgruntled Fortuna also spoke to Gray, "the public knows what happened here. They booed because they know that I won this fight.
"If he's a man let's fight again at 135-pounds," said Fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Friday, which meant that Easter's belt would not be on the line.
"I will definitely make the weight. I didn't give myself enough time to train."
Fortuna couldn't win the title after coming in a pound and half over, a move which was roundly criticised by the boxing fraternity.


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