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FPL Dream Team: Chelsea dominate in Gameweek 11
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Antonio Conte's squad supply four players to the Gameweek 11 Dream Team, as Fantasy Premier League managers scramble to seize upon Chelsea's dominant form following the 5-0 victory over Everton.
Both Thibaut Courtois (£5.5m), the goalkeeper, and defender Marcos Alonso (£6.0m) make their Dream Team debuts on the back of a fifth successive clean sheet. Incredibly, Chelsea were the only side to register a shutout in Gameweek 11.
Fielded as a left wing-back in a 3-4-3, Alonso was the top-scoring backline option, with a goal, clean sheet and single bonus point earning him a 13-point haul.
Owned by just 2% of FPL managers, that figure is rising rapidly with Alonso attracting more than 51,000 new FPL owners since Saturday's deadline.
Elsewhere in Conte's squad, Eden Hazard (£10.1m) and Pedro (£7.2m) were the top scoring players in Gameweek 11, with 19 and 16 points respectively.
Brought into more than 180,000 squads ahead of Gameweek 12, Hazard is now the overall points leader in FPL thanks to a run of four goals and two assists in his last four outings.
A revitalised Pedro produced a goal and two assists against the Toffees to cement his place on the Chelsea teamsheet. He has started each of the last four top-flight matches ahead of Willian (£7.2m), delivering 38 points over that spell.
Cut-price defenders Michael Dawson (£4.4m) and Mike Van der Hoorn (£4.3m) were afforded their maiden Dream Team appearance after popping up with set-piece headers.
Centre-half Dawson has started each of the last three Gameweeks since recovering from injury. He grabbed a goal and two bonus points in Hull City's 2-1 home win over Southampton, earning a 10-point return.
Van der Hoorn – who has been reinstalled to the Swansea City back four by new manager Bob Bradley – claimed a late consolation in a 3-1 home defeat by Manchester United.
Budget midfield duo Robert Snodgrass (£5.5m) of Hull and Johan Berg Gudmundsson (£5.1m) of Burnley also made their Dream Team debuts.
Both provided a goal and assist apiece and, ahead of some very favourable fixtures, could now rival popular picks such as Joe Allen (£5.4m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£5.8m) in their price bracket.
Michael Dawson scored a goal and two bonus points in Hull's 2-1 win over Southampton
Liverpool's Roberto Firmino (£8.7m) completes our five-man midfield.
Appearing in the Dream Team for the third time this season, the Brazilian moved into fourth place in the midfield standings after producing a goal and two assists in a 6-1 win over Watford.
Identically priced and just eight points behind compatriot Philippe Coutinho (£8.7m), Firmino is found in just 14.2% of squads compared with Coutinho's 46.2% ownership.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£11.1m) and Jermain Defoe (£7.3m) lead the attack in a 3-5-2 formation, with both making their third Dream Team outing of 2016/17.
Roberto Firmino moved into fourth place in the midfield FPL standings after producing a goal and two assists for Liverpool
Ibrahimovic earns a recall after ending a six-match scoring drought with a brace in the victory over Swansea.
But the Man Utd forward also collected a fifth yellow card of the campaign and will miss the Gameweek 12 Old Trafford meeting with Arsenal due to suspension.
Defoe produced a goal and an assist away to former club AFC Bournemouth as Sunderland registered their first win of the season.
The Black Cats' frontman is now level on points with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero (£13.1m), yet is owned by just 14.2% of FPL managers ahead of a vital home meeting with Hull.


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What are some tips and tricks for investing in commercial real estate?
This answer is mostly focused on multi-family rental properties (5+units).
Commercial real estate is a lot more accepting of creative negotiations and financing than residential and deals can often be quite complex.
Learn about cap rates and what your local cap rates are. There is a tradeoff between high-income potential at low cost and stable/dependable properties in high demand areas.
Beware of properties with individual cap rates that are significantly higher than the market. While it can represent a potential bargain, it can often indicate incomplete or misleading financial information and/or distressed property that is either in a bad neighborhood or needs significant repairs and maintenance.
Always look at operating costs, maintenance, etc.
Go over the current financial records very carefully as it's easy to manipulate the numbers.
Always ask for a full month's rent credit at closing.
Don't bite off more than you can chew when you're new.
Cash, and cash flow are king. Retain and maintain reasonable cash reserves.
Learn to read and understand financial statements (for real estate it's not too complex—but it is essential).
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This is the latest article in the popular Blues Law series by lawyer, author, and radio personality Brian Lukasavitz, "The Blues Attorney", that explores interesting and landmark law cases related to the blues genre.
The entertainment industry operates on written agreements that dictate what music is performed, recorded, licensed and distributed. It was common in the 1950's and 1960's for small independent labels to sign distribution agreements with larger, more-established labels to get the music out to radio stations and music stores. Arguably, no contract rocked the R&B music scene like the one set forth in 1960 (formalized in 1965), between Stax Records co-founder, Jim Stewart, and Atlantic Records co-owner, Jerry Wexler.
This contract would be mutually beneficial for both Stax and Atlantic during the early to mid-'60s, however, the agreement would eventually lead to the undoing of Stax. The string of artists from both labels who benefitted from the contractual relationship reads like a who's-who of soul legends: Wilson Pickett; Sam and Dave; Otis Redding; Carla Thomas; Eddie Floyd; Booker T & the MGs; Don Covay; The Mar-Keys; Isaac Hayes; The Bar-Kays and on and on. Both labels provided talented artists, but Stax provided a killer studio band and an amazing team of writers and producers, while Atlantic provided a distribution machine that allowed hit after hit to be disseminated to every radio station and record shop.
By 1960, the Atlantic Recording Corp. had established itself as a premier R&B label with artists Big Joe Turner, The Clovers, The Drifters, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and the Coasters among others. The big New York label had grown successfully from a small blues and jazz label, incorporated in 1947 by Herb Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun, into one of the largest labels on the East Coast. Atlantic was so successful that they began acquiring small independent labels and also distributing releases for small regional labels, like Stax.
Stax Records was a little studio and record company started by siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. After changing its name from Satellite Records, relocating a few times and the investing in a new recording system, Stax Records was finally able to set up shop in the old Capitol Theatre at 926 East McLemore Avenue in Memphis. This would be the site where Rufus and Carla Thomas would record "Cause I Love You", their first Stax recording. It was a regional hit but the next single "Gee Whiz", recorded as a solo by Carla, became a national hit. Although originally released on Stax, the new arrangement resulted in "Gee Whiz" being re-issued under Atlantic/Atco and the hits would begin stacking up. Wexler, impressed by the quality of the records, the talent of the staff songwriters, producers, and house-band, was soon bringing Atlantic artists to the Stax studio to record. Though many of the artists were signed to Stax, all of the music from this point on was released by Atlantic or one of their subsidiaries labels, such as Atco.
Both labels continued to churn out hits recorded at the Memphis-based studio through the bulk of the 1960's. In 1967, Warner Brothers purchased Atlantic Records. This purchase triggered an automatic renegotiation of the distribution deal with Stax Records. At this time it became apparent, under the 1965 agreement between Atlantic and Stax, that buried deep in the contract was a clause which stated "all right, title and interest, including any rights of reproduction, in all Stax's Atlantic-distributed recordings". This clause meant that the entire catalogue of recordings made by Stax, regardless of the artist or designation of label, had become property of Atlantic Records. This was a major blow to Stax Records. To add insult to injury, in 1965 Atlantic had begun using the Fame studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for many of their artists as well. All of the classic soul hits that had been cranked out of Memphis were now owned by Warner Brothers and their newly-acquired Atlantic Records.
The end of the '60s would bring great change for the label. Though they'd never regain their ability to crank out hit after hit, by the end of the decade they'd have a growing roster of successful artists and firm grasp on the pulse of soul and early funk. Stewart's attempts to renegotiate with the Warner Brothers proved fruitless, but they quickly negotiated a favorable new distribution deal with Paramount Records. Stax would lose two of their most successful acts in 1967, when Otis Redding and the majority of the Bar-Kay would tragically die in a plane crash. Racial tensions in the country and changing music trends would further complicate Stax's situation. In an attempt to stay on top of the changing music trends, Stewart promoted marketing executive, Al Bell, to the position of Vice President. Under Bell's leadership, Stax would help to facilitate a new sound for their older soul acts like the Staple Singers and Rufus Thomas, as well as spotlighting innovative newer acts like Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, and the Soul Children.


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Boston is on the verge of remarkable breakthroughs for our toughest medical conditions
Local researchers could transform treatment for conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to depression, heart disease to cancer.
By Elizabeth GehrmanDecember 2, 2015, 2:35 p.m.
Francesco Bongiorni
The big news in cancer research is immunotherapy, which involves enlisting a patient's own immune system to fight the disease.
Two immunotherapy-based cancer vaccines are already on the market; both prevent the virus that causes cervical and other cancers. But now researchers around the world are also working to ward off cancers once they've started, using the body's own immune response to fight bladder, breast, kidney, brain, and lung cancers, among others. Researchers at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed a vaccine that in trials has resulted in sustained remission of leukemia and myeloma, and others are working on drugs to enable T cells to attack solid tumors in diseases like kidney cancer and melanoma.
Much of this is based on the work of Gordon Freeman and his team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who in the early 2000s discovered the PD-1 pathway that cancer hijacks, turning off your immune system's reaction to the invader. "The idea is that once you stop the tumor from inhibiting your immune response, then things can get rolling," says Freeman.
Also exciting are discoveries in the recently uncovered realm of genetic "dark matter." "Our whole knowledge on cancer right now comes from 2 percent of our genome," says Pier Paolo Pandolfi, director of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel. "The rest of our genome, the 98 percent we haven't studied, is extremely important in diseases, including cancer. All this space is called dark matter of the genome because no one knew anything about it until recently."
The dark matter contains several types of RNA molecules that were originally written off as "junk cells" but are now believed to play a role in all kinds of diseases. "We have to reassess each and every disease based on this research," Pandolfi says, adding that the study of truly personalized medicine can finally begin now that we are able to read the entire "book of life" rather than just a chapter.
Because developing RNA-based drugs is less complex than protein-based ones, they may get through development faster. If they prove useful, the drugs ultimately could be used in combination with existing therapies. In addition, compounds affecting the molecules could be employed in combination with existing therapies, particularly in the realm of cancer, since it's believed RNA plays a critical role in the life cycle of the disease.
"There's a great deal of interest now, and as a community we're very optimistic," says Pandolfi, who launched Beth Israel's Institute for RNA Medicine in 2014. "Never before could we use all these approaches at once."
Today, 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and the cost of caring for them is an estimated $226 billion a year. If no effective treatments are found, that cost could increase fivefold by 2050. But several significant studies that might advance care are underway in Massachusetts labs.
With a treatment called transcranial magnetic stimulation, already used for depression, doctors stimulate a patient's brain with electric current, then engage the patient in cognitive tasks. "It increases plasticity of the networks and modifies connectivity," says Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel. "So it makes the traffic in the brain areas flow easier." The treatment has been shown to help the day-to-day functioning of people with early stage Alzheimer's up to three times better than current drug interventions.
Another promising approach involves an antibody that selectively destroys the clumping tau proteins characteristic of Alzheimer's. "All of us have tau and need tau in our brains," says Pascual-Leone, "but it comes in two shapes — the good form and the toxic form." Beth Israel scientists have found a way to keep the conversion to the harmful form from happening in mice. The challenge, of course, is to do the same in people. "But we're not that far off," Pascual-Leone says.
A third intervention is also an antibody, this time against amyloid plaques, another hallmark of Alzheimer's. "Amyloid plaques occur 10 to 20 years before significant memory loss," says Reisa Sperling, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. To head off symptoms before they start, Sperling is at work on a large trial with people aged 65 to 85 who are at risk of getting the disease; she soon hopes to start studying subjects as young as 55. "If you already have brain shrinkage and symptoms of dementia," she says, "it may be too late for the amyloid treatment to fully work."
CROHN'S AND COLITIS
The explosion of research on the human microbiome — the 10 to 100 trillion bacterial and other cells that live on and in everyone, particularly in the intestines — in recent decades has given those suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases new hope. Fecal microbial transplant has an inherent gross-out factor, but the procedure, which implants stool from a healthy donor into a patient with IBD, is up to 95 percent effective against colitis caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diff.), which until this discovery was almost impossible to fight.
Enter so-called poop pills — processed, frozen, acid-resistant capsules. A 2014 research paper by Libby Hohmann of Massachusetts General Hospital's Infectious Diseases Division and others showed the pills were nearly as effective as delivery of fecal matter by colonoscope, without the expense and medical risks involved. So far, 163 patients have taken the pills — 30 of them over two days — and, voila, for almost all, their C. diff. colitis disappeared. "I would call it a cure," says Hohmann, "with the caveat that it's not a panacea." The bacterium, which in this country primarily colonizes patients who are on antibiotics, may return in those who are repeatedly treated for chronic infections, and the regimen does not work as well for other kinds of bowel disorders.
But demonstrating the importance of the microbiome has jump-started research on targeted, lab-grown probiotics that restore specific microbial communities in patients, not only for Crohn's and colitis but also for immune problems, mental health, and other conditions as diverse as asthma, eczema, heart disease, and obesity. "It's something we didn't appreciate was such an important part of health," Hohmann says.
Many new avenues are being explored in treating depression, which may affect as many as 1 in 6 American adults at some point in their lives. At Mass. General, Paolo Cassano, a researcher at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, is working on one of several pilot studies nationwide of transcranial infrared light therapy. Believed to decrease inflammation and oxidative stress in the brain as well as increase the formation of neurons, the treatment would be used to alleviate depression. The current study in humans is small, so much more work needs to be done, but Cassano says he's "seen some patients responding really well."
At McLean Hospital in Belmont, low-field magnetic stimulation has a similarly quick positive effect. In early studies, physicist Michael Rohan has found that a particular sequence of magnetic pulses was as effective as Prozac. "It was greeted with some skepticism, because the [magnetic] fields we use are so low that people couldn't see how it was working," says Rohan. "But we have a fairly strong clinical result now, and others are following up with new studies." His dream is to make a device that patients could use at home.
"The most surprising thing about studying depression is the ability of the brain to repair itself once it gets into a stable position," he says. "Given the right environment, the brain will heal itself."
By 2030, 40 percent of the US population is expected to have some form of cardiovascular disease due to longer life spans and increased risk factors like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. "There are millions of Americans walking around with heart disease who don't know it," says Dr. David McManus, director of the Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Program at UMass Memorial Medical Center. "AFib and congestive heart failure are emerging epidemics, both in the US and worldwide."
Atrial fibrillation — which is associated with a fivefold increase in stroke risk — and congestive heart failure are nearly asymptomatic in their early stages. "But there are concepts now like pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension, and I'm saying there's [also] pre-heart disease," McManus says. "We're way behind in mechanisms to identify people headed toward these diseases."
One of the challenges with AFib, in particular, is that it comes and goes, so your heart might look normal during an electrocardiogram or stress test but still be skipping beats intermittently, causing random fatigue or a periodic not-so-great feeling. McManus and his colleagues have developed a smartphone app that can diagnose potential problems in real time by prompting users to put their finger on the phone's camera at intervals throughout the day.
McManus's team is also working on variations of a smart vest that operates like a wearable EKG, pairing with the app to monitor heart function. "I guarantee eventually this stuff will be in your Under Armour shirt to wear to the gym," he says. Once that happens, we should be able to "keep people with AFib or congestive heart failure living longer and living well. That's the goal." If the disease is diagnosed in time, McManus adds, "it can go from life-threatening to an inconvenience — something you die with, not from."
The promise of bionic medicine — first introduced to most Americans by TV's The Six Million Dollar Man — has finally arrived. "Smart" artificial limbs have been around for several years, and technology can now improve hearing and sight in some patients. The next frontier? Bionic organs. And one of the most innovative ideas comes from a collaborative team of researchers from Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital led by Edward Damiano, a BU professor of biomedical engineering, and Dr. Steven Russell, an assistant professor of medicine at MGH's Diabetes Research Center.
The team expects US Food and Drug Administration approval by 2018 of what appears to be the most sophisticated artificial pancreas now in development. Like all such devices, this one will use a sensor implanted in the skin to determine how much insulin to give the patient; but it will be unique in that it will learn to predict a patient's carbohydrate consumption patterns based on minimal input from the subject. When paired with the proper software, the device will include functionality for a system (the researchers hope it will be approved by 2019) that will deliver not only insulin but also tiny doses of glucagon to prevent blood sugar from getting too high or too low, reducing complications down the road.
Today, only 30 percent of adults and 15 percent of children keep their blood sugar within levels recommended by the American Diabetes Association. Russell says his insulin/glucagon system has the potential to increase both numbers to nearly 100 percent. It could remove a huge burden from children and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes as well as older adults with Type 2, who may have a harder time managing the disease as their vision, dexterity, or mental function decreases. "It takes decisions about managing blood sugar away from patients completely by managing almost everything automatically," Russell says.
Since early 2014, progress made at Massachusetts General Hospital and other research centers across the country has proved "a massive game changer" for patients with hepatitis C, according to Dr. Raymond Chung, vice chief of MGH's gastrointestinal unit and director of its liver center. Such a game changer, in fact, that new combination therapies have the potential to "eradicate the virus from the population." And unlike traditional treatment with interferon, the therapies have few side effects and can be administered orally to nearly all patients.
The only thing standing in the way of eradication is finding those infected with the virus, which can cause liver disease, cancer, and death if left untreated. As many as three-quarters of the approximately 3 to 4 million Americans with hep C don't know they have it. Since the majority of those are baby boomers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone born between 1945 and 1965 get tested. The bonus: Advances in the treatment of hep C have renewed hope for a cure for hepatitis B.
It sounds like science fiction, but researchers at McLean Hospital are working with an element called xenon that can alter memory, potentially helping those with PTSD and other psychiatric conditions. "For a while, things like car accidents really bother you," says Marc Kaufman, director of the Translational Imaging Laboratory at the hospital. "After a while, it doesn't have the grip on you it once did, because new information and new memories come along to displace it. For people with PTSD and other problems, that doesn't happen."
Other issues that rely on memory include obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders — "If you have a dirt or germ phobia, for example," Kaufman says, "that's an emotional memory" — as well as addiction, which relies on the memory of how a particular drug (or its withdrawal symptoms) makes you feel.
While researching Parkinson's disease, Kaufman and his colleagues discovered almost by accident that xenon can be used to treat such disorders. Because xenon is inhaled and reaches the brain quickly, it can be used in a targeted way in combination with exposure therapy, in which patients recall their unsettling memory in the safe environment of a doctor's office. "It won't erase the problematic memory," Kaufman says, "but it could change the protein structure of that memory to make it less emotionally intense."
In utero, humans make a blood-cell protein known as fetal hemoglobin, and most people start producing the adult form of the molecule shortly after birth. Unfortunately, in certain populations — notably those of African descent — adult hemoglobin is susceptible to an amino-acid change that causes painful, life span-shortening sickle cell anemia, which affects up to 100,000 Americans and countless Africans. A deficiency sometimes seen in adult hemoglobin is behind Cooley's anemia, too, which requires frequent transfusions and can also shorten life span. But because some rare individuals continue to produce the fetal version throughout their lives with no adverse effects, scientists realized that "if we could increase the amount of fetal hemoglobin in adults in a directed way, it would take care of these problems," says Dr. Stuart Orkin, chairman of the department of pediatric oncology at Dana-Farber.
Over the past 10 years, Orkin and his colleagues at the institute have found a protein that controls the switch. In lab-grown human cells and in animal models, silencing a gene called BCL11A can reactivate the production of fetal hemoglobin, completely reversing sickle cell. A proof-of-concept trial was recently approved using gene-editing techniques on a patient's own blood, and "in the next year or two, in principle, we'll know if it all works," says Orkin. "We hope that in less than five years, it will be available to patients." The only problem then will be access. "It's expensive," he says. "But I think if it's successful, insurance will pay."
• Gene studies shed light on women's reproductive health
• Electricity may spark medical treatment
• In the future, treatments tailored to patients
• The beginning of the end? The race for a Parkinson's cure
Elizabeth Gehrman is a frequent contributor to the Globe Magazine. Send comments to magazine@globe.com.

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Angelo De Martini (Villafranca di Verona, 24 de gener de 1897 - Verona, 17 d'agost de 1979) va ser un ciclista italià que fou professional entre 1928 i 1932. Durant la seva carrera es dedicà principalment al ciclisme en pista.

El seu èxit més important l'aconseguí als Jocs Olímpics de París de 1924, on guanyà la medalla d'or en la prova de persecució per equips, fent equip amb Alfredo Dinale, Francesco Zucchetti i Aleardo Menegazzi. Als 50 quilòmetres quedà el quart.

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Growth Of A New Han Dynasty
Chinese literary phenomenon (and racecar driver) Han Han's essays are funny, sharp and wryly self-aware
Alec Ash
Han Han: Young iconoclast (©Simon & Schuster)
It is a truth of any society that yesterday's lot of young critics can become disillusioned with those who come after them. In China, that has played out over successive generations and changes of power. The May Fourthers who protested for a new, more democratic China in 1919 felt that the cause had been lost by the 1930s. Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution, whose passion was co-opted into Mao's vision for China, bemoaned the lack of political convinction of the youth to follow them. And the generation of students who protested on Tiananmen square in 1989 have spoken out against what they saw as vapidity among those too young to remember it.
It was Han Han, a teenage literary phenomenon, racing-car driver and blogger born in 1982, who first pushed back against that criticism of his "post '80s" generation. "Society," he wrote in a 2008 essay called "This Generation", published in English in a 2012 collection of that name, "gives this generation plenty of negative labels. They're 'self-oriented,' we're told, or they 'don't care about politics'. This is unfair." That was the charge laid against them by their elders. But Han Han, now 34, is no longer the young gadfly biting at the heels of his society and its leaders. He is a husband and a father of two, and it is his turn to give way to the next generation.
A new collection, The Problem with Me, adds another three dozen essays, blog posts and interviews to the index of his writing available in English. While a few of them are more recent than those in the last collection, Han Han by and large stopped writing by the end of 2012, focusing instead on his racing-car career and putting his creative energies into side projects, including a roadtrip movie. Instead, we are offered a wider tasting board, with essays spanning his school and university years, until the height of his blogging fame — before those platforms were overshadowed by the microblog Weibo and messaging service WeChat, where he has a less public presence.
Han Han is a joy to read: funny, sharp and with a knowing false modesty and wry amusement at his own fame that is hard not to like. Translators Alice Xin Liu and Joel Martinsen capture his acerbic wit, no small feat given the challenges of translating Chinese puns. Han Han takes on a range of social topics, including petty local cadres, grassroots democracy and the "deplorable education system", while savvy enough to avoid those that sail too close to the changeable political winds. As we see him grow — from an 18-year-old writing about soccer and his dormmates to a 30-year-old railing at society and its scandals — we see China grow with him.
It is as a new father that Han Han finds his most critical voice, furious at food safety and child abuse issues that plague China. "Everything we do, we do for our children," he writes in a 2012 post "The New Masters Have Arrived". "These people are the new masters of the future. They're here. The world is yours, and ours, but in the end it's theirs." It is the same sentiment expressed about his peers in the early 2000s, when he was just starting to write. And while he may now be the role model for a new cohort of troublemakers, some of his latter essays are tinged with a hint of nostalgia for his heyday, an era more permissive than the current Xi Jinping years.
In that regard, Han Han's silence speaks volumes. The closest equivalent to him in China today is perhaps Jiang Yilei, a 29-year-old woman who records and live-streams video blogs under the name Papi Jiang. Her shtick is a fast delivery and digitally-altered high-pitched voice, making fun of everything from regional accents to dating woes. But while she touches on social issues, including gender equality and parental pressure, her topics are not political. Even so, she ran foul of the authorities last April, when China's top censoring body chided her for her "vulgar language" and took down her videos temporarily. If she is Han Han's successor, then the gadfly has lost its bite.
The final essay in the collection revisits a previous post and shares the same title — "This Generation" — but is written four years later, in 2012. (English publications of Han Han, it seems, are fated to be perpetually four years behind.) "When I debuted I was the rebel, defying my seniors," he writes. Now China has new youth icons, and the conversation has changed. Yet Han Han, less relevant but still revered among those his age, is still hopeful for the transformative potential of his peers. "I'm convinced we're supposed to bear witness to many things," he closes. "I'm particularly looking forward to the social changes brought along by this generation once it amasses power."
It is China's youth who have led the vanguard of the nation's progress, from 1919 to 1989. That legacy can be harder to identify today, given the chilling effect of Tiananmen and more individual priorities for many young people. But Han Han's generation was the first to grow up in an outward-looking, post-Mao China, and they are shaping its future direction through their different politics and values, even while the country is in a period of political crackdown. We would be well-advised to understand them, and Han Han's iconoclasm is a good place to start.
Han Han
The Problem With Me
Blogger Han Han targets the official media and politicians but his omissions of subjects like Tibet highlights the limits of dissent in China
China Counterpoints
A Voice For the Oppressed
The Dark Road is a novel that transmits the reality of human suffering at the hands of the Chinese government
Anna Halpine
Books Literature
Chronicle Of History's Greatest Carnage
Tombstone, by Yang Jisheng, is an uncomfortable read but a brave and important account of the huge human cost of Mao's Great Leap Forward
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Prisoner in Disguise
Pop · 1975
For 1975's Prisoner in Disguise, Linda Ronstadt reunited with the team that was so successful on Heart Like a Wheel, led by producer Peter Asher and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold. She returned to her favorite songwriters (Lowell George, J.D. Souther, Anna McGarrigle), and though many of those works had already been recorded, Ronstadt had a way of gilding the lily. Songs like Neil Young's "Love Is a Rose" and Little Feat's "Roll Um Easy" almost sound like demos next to Ronstadt's versions. Among the album's highlights are "Silver Blue" and the title song, two J.D. Souther originals that are perfectly tailored to the uninhibited romantic longing of Ronstadt's voice. At a time when female roles were sharply delineated, she proved it was possible to have real feelings and also have fun. Her sweetened romps through two Motown classics ("Tracks of My Tears" and "Heat Wave") lead directly into "Many Rivers to Cross," which morphs Jimmy Cliff's poignant song into a hymn of empathic feminism. It's not hard to see why singers such as Trisha Yearwood have cited Prisoner in Disguise as a key influence.
Love Is a Rose
Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox
Roll Um Easy
Tracks of My Tears
The Sweetest Gift
You Tell Me That I'M Falling Down
Silver Blue
℗ 1975 Asylum Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
More by Linda Ronstadt
Canciones de Mi Padre (Remastered)
Greatest Hits (Remastered)
Heart Like a Wheel
The Complete Trio Collection (Deluxe)
Trio (Remastered)
'70s Country Essentials
Linda Ronstadt Essentials
Karla Bonoff
The Best of Carly Simon
Platinum & Gold Collection: Melissa Manchester
The Best: Loggins & Messina Sittin' In Again
Best of Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes


From 2013-2016 more than 325 playgrounds were built or renovated through Mayor Emanuel's Chicago Plays! Program. Learn more about this program.
A playground is considered accessible if it has a rubberized surface (poured in place) or EWF (engineered wood fiber) surface and ADA swing(s).


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Liverpool (1) AFC Bournemouth (0): Controversy at Anfield as Christian Benteke Crushes the Cherries
August 18, 2015 August 27, 2015 Steven McMillan	0 Comments Arsenal, Artur Boruc, Callum Wilson, Christian Benteke, Eunan O'Kane, Jordan Henderson, liverpool fc, Liverpool vs AFC Bournemouth, Liverpool vs AFC Bournemouth match reaction, Liverpool vs AFC Bournemouth Premier League, match reaction, Max Gradel, Nathaniel Clyne, Philippe Coutinho, premier league, Simon Mignolet, Stoke City
Liverpool made it two Premier League wins on the hop with another unconvincing, uninspired performance, this time against top-flight new comers AFC Bournemouth. Where their victory over Stoke City last weekend came on the heels of a spectacular bit of skill from Philippe Coutinho, the three-points they picked up earlier today arrived under far more controversial circumstances — though the Brazilian played his part in this win as well.
With referee Craig Pawson already turning the travelling Cherries contingent against him after ruling out Tommy Elphick's early header for what looked to be a rather soft foul on Reds defender Dejan Lovren, if the Man in Black wanted to get back in their good books he did himself no favours by allowing Christian Benteke's first competitive goal for Liverpool to stand. Coutinho, clearly in an offside position and trying to get on the end of a Jordan Henderson cross at the Kop End before the big Belgian, clearly distracted Bournemouth 'keeper Artur Boruc before the Aston Villa transplant poked the ball in just before the half-hour to score what would ultimately be the deciding goal.
Considering the change in the offside rule over the summer, you'd be remiss for rolling your eyes at the suggestion that a player who didn't touch the ball is interfering in play, but the rules now dictate otherwise. "A player in an offside position shall be penalized if he clearly attempts to play a ball which is close to him when this action impacts on an opponent or makes an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball."
Watch it again and it doesn't matter what tint you have on your spectacles, it's offside and should have been disallowed. That being said, terrible decisions happen all the time — sometimes in your favour, and sometimes not so much — though this one will remain the main talking point considering it was such a closely contested, hard fought match.
As I said earlier, Liverpool failed to inspire; sticking with the same starting eleven that plodding to victory against the Potters last weekend, Reds boss Brendan Rodgers looked to be sticking with what he believes is his best balanced side despite the extremely positive impacts that both Roberto Firmino and Emre Can had on the cohesion and tempo of play when they were introduced at the Brittania Stadium.
Though both would find their way on to the pitch during the second half — the German for injured captain Jordan Henderson only 7-minutes after the re-start and the Brazilian for Jordon Ibe with 20-minutes left to play — the visitors had already established their grip on proceedings. The Anfield outfit looked dangerously listless at times, passengers in a match they should be dominating in front of their own fans.
Callum Wilson, who scored so many in the Championship last season, refused to be bullied by either Lovren or his partner in Martin Skrtel with the 23-year old caused all kinds of problems in the final third. Max Gradel, a £7mil from Ligue 1 over the summer, also made his presence felt, but it'd be Matt Ritchie who came closest to restoring parity when his low shot shaved an inch or so off the base of the post and team-mate Eunan O'Kane got himself an honourable mention with a tight passing play ending with his effort in the side-netting.
At points you might of been able to forget which one was the newly promoted side as Liverpool, throughout the second half, looked more concerned with surviving than adding to their already slim tally — though Benteke almost did just that in the dying moments only to see his well taken shot slam off the cross-bar. There's little doubt that a team with far more quality than Bournemouth would have run this tight match even tighter or that on another occasion the Reds could have come up short against the South Coast outfit.
While that's troubling in itself with an Arsenal side packed with quality just over the horizon, there were a number of positives to take from the match with the Belgian's contribution being only one. Nathaniel Clyne, who was consistent both going forward as well as defending, looks like a proper fullback and a major upgrade from the downward trajectory of one Glen Johnson over the last could of years. James Milner is looking as industrious and enterprising as ever since his move from Manchester City and Alberto Moreno, though his future remains in question, can still go on a run with his mad dash forward in the final minutes earning the Reds a free-kick in a dangerous area.
That, and of course, another three-points. I'm not about to bang the new players, new leagues and new surroundings drum as the new boys bed in to the side, but there's an obvious adjustment period going on as evidenced by Roberto Firmino's quiet cameo appearance and our disturbing lack of bite throughout the 90-minutes. This, hopefully, will change as the matches pile up and the players start to gel — and if we can pick up some points and keep some clean sheets along the way, all the better. No one is going to remember or care how we earned these points come May; well, except maybe Bournemouth.
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Margie (film), een Amerikaanse film uit 1946 onder regie van Henry King
 Margie (televisieserie), een Amerikaanse komedieserie uit 1961/1962, gebaseerd op bovenstaande film
 Margie (jazzstandard), een jazz/dixielandstandard uit 1920, geschreven door Con Conrad en J. Russel Robinson
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Q: Tomcat configure external properties and log files I have a webapp deployed in a Tomcat7 in webapps/webapp. Inside this webapp there a logback.xml and persistence.property files.
When I start the server this files are taken into consideration. I'd like tomcat to load this files from an external directory. e.g. /home/tomcat/conf
How do I do that?

A: You can use VirtualWebappLoader to load logback.xml and persistence.property from an external directory.
The configuration looks like this:
<Context ...>
  <Loader className="org.apache.catalina.loader.VirtualWebappLoader" virtualClasspath="/home/tomcat/conf" />
</Context>

Hope this helps.

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Q: creating gui in jruby using swing I'm trying to create a gui using jruby. What I want to do is to open a new frame when I click a button and add some buttons and textfields to the new window.
But my new window doesn't show any buttons.
The code is:
          include Java

             import javax.swing.JButton
              import javax.swing.JFrame
              import javax.swing.JPanel
                import javax.swing.JTextArea
                import javax.swing.JScrollBar
              import javax.swing.JLabel
              import java.lang.System
              import java.awt.Font

        class Project < JFrame

        def initUI

          frame = JFrame.new "My frame"

          panel = JPanel.new
          frame.getContentPane.add panel

          panel.setLayout nil
           panel.setToolTipText "A Panel container"

           repo = JButton.new "CREATE REPO"
    repo.setBounds 300, 60, 150, 40
    repo.setToolTipText "Create Repo "
    repo.add_action_listener do

    frame1 = JFrame.new "Hello new frame !!"
    frame.setVisible false

     def mygui
      frame1.newint
     end

        def newint
        panel1 = JPanel.new "panel"
        frame1.getContentPane.add panel1
        panel1.setFlowLayout

        mybutton = JButton.new "NEW BUTTON"
        mybutton.setBounds 50,30,100,30

        mybutton1 = JButton.new "button"
        mybutton1.setBounds 10,10,10,10

        panel1.add mybutton
        panel1.add mybutton1

      end

      frame1.setVisible true
      frame1.setDefaultCloseOperation JFrame::EXIT_ON_CLOSE
      frame1.setSize 500,500

    end

    afile = JButton.new "ADD FILE"
    afile.setBounds 300, 130, 150 , 40
    afile.setToolTipText "Add File"

    efile = JButton.new "EDIT FILE"
    efile.setBounds 300 , 190 , 150 , 40
    efile.setToolTipText "Edit File"

    txtarea = JTextArea.new
    txtarea.setBounds 10, 60 , 200 , 170
    txtarea.setEditable false

    cancel = JButton.new "CANCEL"
    cancel.setBounds 110 , 250 , 300 , 50
    cancel.setToolTipText "Cancel"
    cancel.add_action_listener do
       System.exit 0
    end

    label = JLabel.new "GIT INTEGRATED FILESYSTEM"
    label.setFont Font.new "Sans serif" , Font::PLAIN , 14
    label.setBounds 100 ,10 , 300 , 20

    panel.add repo
    panel.add afile
    panel.add efile
    panel.add txtarea
    panel.add cancel
    panel.add label

    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation JFrame::EXIT_ON_CLOSE
    frame.setSize 500, 500
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo nil
    frame.setVisible true
            end
            end
            obj = Project.new
            obj.initUI

A: it's cause you did not add anything to it - you simply defined methods in the action listener block but there's nothing being added to the new frame - also most of the methods are broken see the commented parts :
include Java

import javax.swing.JButton
import javax.swing.JFrame
import javax.swing.JPanel
import javax.swing.JTextArea
import javax.swing.JScrollBar
import javax.swing.JLabel
import java.lang.System
import java.awt.Font

class Project < JFrame

  def initUI

    frame = JFrame.new "My frame"

    panel = JPanel.new
    frame.getContentPane.add panel

    panel.setLayout nil
    panel.setToolTipText "A Panel container"

    repo = JButton.new "CREATE REPO"
    repo.setBounds 300, 60, 150, 40
    repo.setToolTipText "Create Repo "

    repo.add_action_listener do
      frame1 = JFrame.new "Hello new frame !!"
      frame.setVisible false

      #def mygui
      #  frame1.newint
      #end

      #def newint
    panel1 = JPanel.new #"panel"
    frame1.getContentPane.add panel1
    #panel1.setFlowLayout

    mybutton = JButton.new "NEW BUTTON"
    mybutton.setBounds 50,30,100,30

    mybutton1 = JButton.new "button"
    mybutton1.setBounds 10,10,10,10

    panel1.add mybutton
    panel1.add mybutton1

      #end

      frame1.setVisible true
      frame1.setDefaultCloseOperation JFrame::EXIT_ON_CLOSE
      frame1.setSize 500,500

    end

    afile = JButton.new "ADD FILE"
    afile.setBounds 300, 130, 150 , 40
    afile.setToolTipText "Add File"

    efile = JButton.new "EDIT FILE"
    efile.setBounds 300 , 190 , 150 , 40
    efile.setToolTipText "Edit File"

    txtarea = JTextArea.new
    txtarea.setBounds 10, 60 , 200 , 170
    txtarea.setEditable false

    cancel = JButton.new "CANCEL"
    cancel.setBounds 110 , 250 , 300 , 50
    cancel.setToolTipText "Cancel"
    cancel.add_action_listener do
       System.exit 0
    end

    label = JLabel.new "GIT INTEGRATED FILESYSTEM"
    label.setFont Font.new "Sans serif" , Font::PLAIN , 14
    label.setBounds 100 ,10 , 300 , 20

    panel.add repo
    panel.add afile
    panel.add efile
    panel.add txtarea
    panel.add cancel
    panel.add label

    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation JFrame::EXIT_ON_CLOSE
    frame.setSize 500, 500
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo nil
    frame.setVisible true
  end
end

obj = Project.new
obj.initUI

P.S. next time please try formatting the code before posting.


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Myotis vivesi — вид рукокрилих роду Нічниця (Myotis), який живе навколо Каліфорнійської затоки, живиться рибою і ракоподібними.

Поширення, поведінка
Цей вид зустрічається на узбережжі Сонора і Нижня Каліфорнія (Мексика), в основному на невеликих островах.

Зовнішність
Темно-коричневий кажан з довгими зубами і великими ногами.

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Довжина тіла — 8,5 см
Довжина хвоста — 6 см
Розмах крил — 40 см.

Харчування
Харчується рибою і ракоподібними.

Джерела

 Brad R. Blood, Mary K. Clark. Myotis vivesi. «Mammalian Species». 588, p. 1-4, 1998

Тварини, описані 1901
Нічниця
Ссавці Мексики
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Q: Разделить одну строку на две Дана строка, в которой записаны две последовательности символов через пробел.
Нужно разделить их на 2 отдельные строки, пробел удалить.
Пример ввода:
string1 = sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe

Пример вывода
string1 = sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm

string2 = bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe

A: Непонятно, через string или C-строки.
Итак, если известно, что пробел один...
Решение через строки C++.
string str = "sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe";

auto pos = str.find(" ");
if (pos != string::npos)
{
    string s1 = str.substr(0,pos);
    string s2 = str.substr(pos+1);
    cout << s1 << endl << s2 << endl;
}

Со строками C:
char str[] = "sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe";

char * c = strchr(str,' ');
if (c != 0)
{
    char s1[100], s2[100];
    strcpy(s1,str);
    s1[c-str] = 0;
    strcpy(s2,c+1);
    cout << s1 << endl << s2 << endl;
}

Естественно, это лишь одни из множества вариантов..

A: Если пробел один (и для результатов (sttring2 и string3) выделено достаточно памяти), то
sscanf(string1, "%s %s", string2, string3);

Если же требуется разделить строку string1 по первому пробелу и учесть вариант, когда нет ни одного пробела, то можно написать что-то в таком духе
 ....
 char *p = strchr(string1, ' ');

 if (p) {
   strncpy(string2, string1, p - string1);
   string2[p - string1] = 0;
   strcpy(string3, p + 1);
 } else {
   string3[0] = 0;
   strcpy(string2, string1);
 }

A: еще можно вот так:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

int main(){
    string s="sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe";
    stringstream ss(s);
    string s1,s2;
    getline(ss,s1,' ');
    getline(ss,s2,' ');
    cout<<s1<<"\n"<<s2;
}

можно написать это функцией что бы делила кучу слов сразу, передать надо саму строку и символ дележки:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

vector<string> split(string s,char delim){
    string temp="";
    stringstream ss(s);
    vector<string> vec;
    while(getline(ss,temp,delim)){
        if(temp.length()){
            vec.push_back(temp);
        }
    }
    return vec;
}

int main(){
    string s="sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe adadad, 123123";
    vector<string> ans;
    ans=split(s, ' ');
    for(const auto& a:ans)
    cout<<a<<"\n";
}

A: std::string s1 = "sdkmaskmdawekqwemkqwekmqwekm bqmekwmqwekmqewkqwemkkmwqe", s2, s3;
std::stringstream(s1) >> s2 >> s3;

A: Мне такой вариант, найденный на просторах сети понравился, больше подходит если разделителей несколько
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
    std::string sString = "bla.bla.bla";
    std::string sResult = "";
    char cSeparator = '.';

    for (size_t p = 0, q = 0; p != std::string::npos; p = q)
    {
        sResult = sString.substr(p + (p != 0), (q = sString.find(cSeparator, p + 1)) - p - (p != 0));
        std::cout << sResult << "\n";
    }
}

Результат:
bla
bla
bla


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Role of geometric parameters in electrical measurements of insulating thin films deposited on a conductive substrate
The effects of film thickness, electrode size and substrate thickness on the impedance parameters of alternating frequency dielectric measurements of insulating thin films deposited on conductive substrates were studied through parametric finite-element simulations. The quasi-static forms of Maxwell's electromagnetic equations in a time harmonic mode were solved using COMSOL Multiphysics® for several types of 2D models (linear and axisymmetric). The full 2D model deals with a configuration in which the impedance is measured between two surface electrodes on top of a film deposited on a conductive substrate. For the simplified 2D models, the conductive substrate is ignored and the two electrodes are placed on the top and bottom of the film. By comparing the full model and the simplified models, approximations and generalizations are deduced. For highly insulating films, such as the case of insulating SiO2 films on a conducting Si substrate, even the simplified models predict accurate capacitance values at all frequencies. However, the edge effects on the capacitance are found to be significant when the film thickness increases and/or the top electrode contact size decreases. The thickness of the substrate affects predominantly the resistive components of the dielectric response while having no significant effect on the capacitive components. Changing the electrode contact size or the film thickness determines the specific values of the measured resistance or capacitance while the material time constant remains the same, and thus this affects the frequency dependence that is able to be detected. This work highlights the importance of keeping in mind the film thickness and electrode contact size for the correct interpretation of the measured dielectric properties of micro/nanoscale structures that are often investigated using nanoscale capacitance measurements.
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The building is eight stories high and nearly rectangular in plan, with two bays facing Braddock Avenue and six facing Seventh Street. It was designed by Pittsburgh architect Harry H. Lefkowitz in the International Style, with smooth, plain surfaces and a distinctive curved corner featuring large bands of glass brick on each floor above the main entrance. The street elevations are faced with white terra cotta, with brick infill in some of the window spaces which was added later.

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Pujols' 3 hits, 3 RBIs power streaking Halos past Astros 9-6
Albert Pujols got three hits and drove in three runs, and the Angels remained unbeaten since the All-Star break with a 9-6 victory over the AL West-leading Houston Astros
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols, right, scores past Houston Astros catcher Robinson Chirinos after a double by Kevan Smith and a throwing error by Astros second baseman Jose Altuve during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 15, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels all acknowledge they're still mourning Tyler Skaggs' death, even if the relentless grind of the baseball schedule doesn't give them much time to do it.
Kevan Smith believes that pain contributes to the passion with which the Angels are climbing the standings without their teammate and friend.
Albert Pujols got three hits and drove in three runs, and the Angels remained unbeaten since the All-Star break with a 9-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Mike Trout didn't play due to a strained right calf, but Pujols picked up the slack with his first three-hit game since May 13 and the Angels took the series opener from the AL West leaders.
Andrelton Simmons also homered as Los Angeles rallied from an early three-run deficit and improved to 7-3 since Skaggs' death, including four straight home victories out of the break. The Angels (49-46) are three games above .500 for the first time since June 25, 2018.
"Skaggs is definitely smiling down on us right now," said Smith, who drove in three runs. "We're still grieving Skaggsy, and we miss him to death, but there's an incredible energy on this team. Everybody is just getting it done. We're just going out there and trying to have some fun."
Los Angeles even overcame a terrible start by rookie Griffin Canning, who walked six and threw four wild pitches while getting just four outs.
Five relievers combined for 7 2/3 resilient innings, with Taylor Cole throwing 3 1/3 innings of three-hit ball in his first appearance since combining with Félix Peña on their no-hitter in the Angels' cathartic 13-0 victory over Seattle last Friday. Justin Anderson (3-0) got the win, and Hansel Robles secured his 14th save.
"We don't really look at .500 as a goal," Angels manager Brad Ausmus said. "It's something you pass on the way to your goal."
Pujols had an RBI double in the fourth inning and a two-run single during the Angels' four-run fifth, and the 39-year-old slugger even scored twice with clever baserunning.
George Springer hit two homers for the Astros, who opened a four-game series with their third loss in five games.
Jose Altuve played shortstop for the first time in three years after a defensive switch in the late innings for the Astros, whose patchwork lineup hasn't hurt their cushion in the AL West yet.
"We had a lot of issues, from on the mound to throughout hitting, and to a couple of errors," Houston manager AJ Hinch said. "We had our opportunities, and we just didn't do much right."
Justin Upton and Pujols opened the fourth with doubles off Framber Valdez (3-6). Pujols eventually tagged up and scored on a sacrifice fly — no small feat for one of the slowest runners in baseball.
Valdez yielded six hits and seven runs — four earned — over four innings, failing to impress in his latest chance to secure a rotation spot.
"I feel disappointed right now," Valdez said through a translator. "It's not what I've been accustomed to. It's not what I did last year. You can't deny it's been tough."
Pujols came up with the bases loaded in the fifth and knocked a two-run single to right.
He singled again in the seventh, and then showed he still has wheels — or at least great baseball instincts. He went to third on Smith's double, and when Altuve bobbled the throw back to the infield, Pujols took off and slid home safely when Robinson Chirinos dropped the throw to the plate.
Canning's last start was July 4, and the rookie looked profoundly rusty. Just 20 of his 50 pitches were strikes.
Canning issued four consecutive two-out walks in the first inning with one wild pitch included. After escaping that jam, he gave up two walks and two singles with three wild pitches in the second, his deliveries bouncing all around home plate while Smith frantically tried to stop them.
ALBERT AND THE ASTROS
Pujols' double was the 651st of his career, tying him with Honus Wagner for eighth place in baseball history. Nap Lajoie is next with 654.
Pujols' single gave him 160 career RBIs against Houston, passing Tony Perez for the most against the Astros in major league history. Pujols already leads every opponent with 59 homers against Houston.
Astros: Carlos Correa and Aledmys Diaz began rehab assignments with Triple-A Round Rock. Correa has been out since May 27 with a broken rib, but could return next week.
Angels: Trout left Sunday's game after two innings, but the two-time AL MVP said he didn't think the injury was serious. An MRI exam Monday revealed what the Angels called "a small strain in his right calf." Trout hopes to play Tuesday. "I wanted to be out there, but the training staff didn't think it was a good idea," he said.
Andrew Heaney (1-3, 5.18 ERA) takes the mound for the Angels for the second time since the death of Skaggs, his best friend. Hinch said the Astros will call up a pitcher from the minors.
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More than 1,000 people apply for 'dream' job at Legoland in Trafford Centre – and now it's crunch time for candidates
02 Aug 2018 - 10:28AM | By Edward Roberts
Legoland received more than 1,000 applications from people desperate to become a model builder at their site in the Trafford Centre.
The master model builder role – which is being hailed as a dream job– is one of only 24 in the whole world.
A typical day will see the successful candidate create colourful masterpieces at the Legoland Discovery Centre located in the popular shopping outlet in Trafford.
Bosses spent in excess of 20 hours sieving through applications, which included picture and video evidence of what people were capable of constructing.
A shortlist has since been determined – and now it's crunch time for candidates who have made it this far.
The remaining applicants will take part in an intense 'build off' at the site on Saturday, August 4.
Jenn McDonough, General Manager Manchester Cluster, Merlin Entertainments, said: "We're really excited about meeting our master model builder candidates.
"We've received some incredibly impressive applications, so I'm sure it's going to be a close call, but I can't wait to see what our aspiring master model builders are going to create.
"The successful candidate will be joining an already brilliant team to ensure guests are provided with an inspiring and fun-filled experience."
The judges panel is made up of the attraction's very own Creative Crew, which is a team of six to 10-year-olds with an eye for all things Lego.
In the first of the tasks, candidates will be given just 20 minutes to battle it out in a unicorn vs monster truck build off.
Those with the skills will then go through to a Manchester-themed round, which will see them construct a special model based on the city.
Ultimately only five people will make it through to one-to-one interviews as they move one step closer to their dream job.
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The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain in Hobart. As the sovereign predominantly lives outside Tasmania, the governor's primary task is to perform the sovereign's constitutional duties on their behalf.

As with the other state governors, the governor performs similar constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the governor-general of Australia does at the national level. The position has its origins in the positions of commandant and lieutenant-governor in the colonial administration of Van Diemen's Land. The territory was separated from the Colony of New South Wales in 1825 and the title "governor" was used from 1855, the same year in which it adopted its current name. In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the governor now acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the premier of Tasmania.

Tasmania retained British-born governors longer than most other states. The first Australian-born governor was Sir Stanley Burbury (appointed 1973) and the first Tasmanian-born governor was Sir Guy Green (appointed 1995).  Since Burbury, all Tasmanian governors have been Australian-born, except for Peter Underwood who was born in Britain but emigrated to Australia when a teenager.

Titles
Since December 2014, the incumbent and all future Tasmanian governors have been entitled to be styled as The Honourable for life.

Governor's personal flag
The personal flag of the governor of Tasmania is the same design as the British blue ensign with the Union Flag at the upper left quarter. On the right side, the state badge of Tasmania, consisting of a white disk with a red lion passant, is surmounted by St. Edward's Crown.  The flag was adopted in 1977.

If the standard is flying at Government House, on a vehicle or vessel, or at an event, this indicates that the governor is present.

Past and present flags of the governor

Divided in two
Between 1804 and 1813, Van Diemen's Land was divided along the 42nd parallel, and the two sections governed as separate lieutenant-governorships under the governor of New South Wales. Collins was the only officially appointed lieutenant-governor—upon his death in 1810, the government in Hobart Town was administered, by the Commandants at Hobart Town (Lord, Murray and Geils). The northern settlement at Port Dalrymple (now George Town) was administered by four commandants until the settlements were merged to form the single colony under the governorship of Thomas Davey in 1813.

Lieutenant-governors and commandants in the south

Commandants in the north

List of governors of Tasmania

Lieutenant-governors
The colony was called Van Diemen's Land until 1856.

Governor-in-chief

Governors

References

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Nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges kam der Osten Deutschlands (das Gebiet der späteren Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) unter sowjetische Verwaltung. In fünf Regionen der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone, darunter auch in West-Sachsen, wurden ab Juni 1945 neue Briefmarken herausgegeben.

Als West-Sachsen wird in der Philatelie die Briefmarkenausgaben, die westlich der Elbe sowie Mulde und der Zwickauer Mulde gelegene Teil der vormaligen Reichspostdirektion Leipzig bezeichnet. Dieser Bereich war bis zum 30. Juni 1945 amerikanisch besetzt gewesen und es fand kein Postverkehr statt. Erst unter der sowjetischen Besatzung begann dieser am 23. Juli 1945 in Leipzig und wurde allmählich wieder aufgenommen. Am 6. August 1945 wurden Postkarten und Briefe nach der gesamten Sowjetischen Besatzungszone zugelassen. Die ersten Briefmarken erschienen am 28. September 1945 bis dahin wurde Barfrankierung durchgeführt.

Im Bereich West-Sachsen wurden zwischen September 1945 und Mai 1946 insgesamt 26 Dauermarken und 18 Sonderbriefmarken herausgegeben, vier Sondermarken wurden dabei als Briefmarkenblock herausgegeben.

In Sachsen (Provinz, Ost und West-Sachsen) durften vom 29. Oktober bis 10. Dezember 1945 sämtliche noch gültige deutsche Zonen-, OPD- und Lokalausgaben zur Freimachung verwendet werden, ab 11. Dezember 1945 nur noch die OPD- und Lokalausgaben der Sowjetischen Zone.

Liste der Ausgaben und Motive

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 Werte: Der Frankaturwert der einzelnen Marke.
 Ausgabedatum: Das erstmalige Datum des Verkaufs dieser Briefmarke.
 Gültig bis: Nach diesem Datum konnte die Marke nicht mehr verwendet werden.
 Auflage: Soweit bekannt, wird hier die zum Verkauf angebotene Anzahl dieser Ausgabe angegeben.
 Entwurf: Soweit bekannt, wird hier angegeben, von wem der Entwurf dieser Marke stammt.
 MiNr.: Diese Briefmarke wird im Michel-Katalog unter der entsprechenden Nummer gelistet.

Literatur
 Michel-Katalog Deutschland 2006/2007 (broschiert), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

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Comer formally requests statewide recanvass in Republican gubernatorial primary
Christina Mora
It's still too close to call in the Republican gubernatorial race between entrepreneur Matt Bevin and State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer.
On Wednesday afternoon, Republican gubernatorial candidate James Comer submitted a written request to Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' office for a statewide recanvass.Mobile VideoKentucky GovernorAfter 100 percent of the votes were counted Tuesday night, entrepreneur Matt Bevin led Comer by 83 votes. More than 140,000 Kentuckians voted for either Bevin or Comer on Tuesday.App users: Tap here for race results County boards of elections will convene May 28 at 9 a.m. to recheck and recanvass the voting machines."They are merely looking at the vote totals from the machine versus a recap sheet, which were provided to the county clerks, which were then reported to the state board of elections," Grimes said.County boards of elections will notify the candidates of the location of the recanvass.After the completion of the recanvass, the county boards of elections will file their recanvass reports with the secretary of state.For more than two hours Tuesday night, the race flipped back and forth between Bevin and Comer.Bevin ended election night in Louisville optimistic."Together we can do this, together we can do this because we are Kentucky," Bevin said.Fifty miles away in Frankfort, Comer did the same."This has been a difficult election, we've gone through a lot together in this race and you all stuck with us and you never stopped fighting all the way until the last vote was counted," Comer said.Either candidate can also request a recount, which costs money and is handled by the court system."A recount is a procedure that is wholly governed by the circuit court. In this instance, because this is a statewide race, it would be Franklin Circuit Court. A judge would oversee the process," Grimes said.In the case of a recount, each ballot is physically counted. A judge would decide how and when that happens.For now, all election results are unofficial until June 8, when the state board of elections makes the nominees official."Whoever is the winner when this recanvass is finished, I can make you one promise, we are going to elect a Republican governor in November," Comer said.Hal Heiner and Will T. Scott were also on the Republican primary ballot.
FRANKFORT, Ky. —
On Wednesday afternoon, Republican gubernatorial candidate James Comer submitted a written request to Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' office for a statewide recanvass.
No additional recanvass requests following primary election
After 100 percent of the votes were counted Tuesday night, entrepreneur Matt Bevin led Comer by 83 votes. More than 140,000 Kentuckians voted for either Bevin or Comer on Tuesday.
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County boards of elections will convene May 28 at 9 a.m. to recheck and recanvass the voting machines.
"They are merely looking at the vote totals from the machine versus a recap sheet, which were provided to the county clerks, which were then reported to the state board of elections," Grimes said.
County boards of elections will notify the candidates of the location of the recanvass.
After the completion of the recanvass, the county boards of elections will file their recanvass reports with the secretary of state.
For more than two hours Tuesday night, the race flipped back and forth between Bevin and Comer.
Bevin ended election night in Louisville optimistic.
"Together we can do this, together we can do this because we are Kentucky," Bevin said.
Fifty miles away in Frankfort, Comer did the same.
"This has been a difficult election, we've gone through a lot together in this race and you all stuck with us and you never stopped fighting all the way until the last vote was counted," Comer said.
Either candidate can also request a recount, which costs money and is handled by the court system.
"A recount is a procedure that is wholly governed by the circuit court. In this instance, because this is a statewide race, it would be Franklin Circuit Court. A judge would oversee the process," Grimes said.
In the case of a recount, each ballot is physically counted. A judge would decide how and when that happens.
For now, all election results are unofficial until June 8, when the state board of elections makes the nominees official.
"Whoever is the winner when this recanvass is finished, I can make you one promise, we are going to elect a Republican governor in November," Comer said.
Hal Heiner and Will T. Scott were also on the Republican primary ballot.


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See Cobra Kai Season 3 First Photos
Cult 80's phenomenon The Karate Kid, finally gets a worthy sequel in the form of a ten-episode series, both series originally aired on YouTube Red in 2018 but has recently been picked up by Netflix earlier this year, after YouTube's transition to their "Premium" service. EW has a first look at Season 3 with some exclusive photos.
COBRA KAI (L to R) WILLIAM ZABKA as JOHNNY LAWRENCE, MARTIN KOVE as JOHN KREESE, and RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO in episode 308 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and COURTNEY HENGGELER as AMANDA LARUSSO in episode 306 of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) PEYTON LIST as TORY and JACOB BERTRAND as ELI in episode 308 of COBRA KAI Cr. BOB MAHONEY/NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and MARY MOUSER as SAMANTHA LARUSSO in episode 307 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) TANNER BUCHANAN as ROBBY in episode 303 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) MARTIN KOVE as JOHN KREESE in episode 302 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020
COBRA KAI (L to R) GIANNI DE CENZO as DEMETRI in episode 304 of COBRA KAI Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020
Do you need a refresher for Season 1 & 2 or just want to get caught up so you can watch Season 3? Check out our review of Seasons 1 & 2 below! Both are available to stream now and holy chopsticks are you in for a treat. by Marco Biondi
Enter The Cobra
Cobra Kai follows on from the original film some 34 years later with Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) both reprising their immortalised characters. The major difference with Cobra Kai versus The Karate Kid is that this time around we're seeing things through Johnny's eyes. It's his story, his memories and his perspective of how things went down all those years ago, that invites the audience to totally reconfigure our perception of past transgressions and life-altering moments. The writers ( Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald) have been praised endlessly by the cast during press runs and interviews, for how lovingly they've honoured the source material and managed to create a show that slots right into the Karate Kid universe, perfectly. And it's certainly not hyperbole. It's just that good.
And so here we are 34 years on and poor old Johnny's fallen on hard times since his high school glory days, now working as a handyman, paying the bills by cleaning out gutters and fixing televisions to (the wrong) walls. What little money he does make is enough to fuel in his red Pontiac Firebird, live in his crappy Reseda apartment and single-handedly support the production of Coors beer. I genuinely don't think he's aware that tap water exists. But this isn't the same leather jacket toting frat boy we knew back in the '80s, sure he retains a lot of that alpha-male attitude but exudes it here in a more humorous, likeable way, that is almost endearing. You can't help but like the guy, even when he's being a total dick. The first episode tees up proceedings with the arrival of Johnny's new to the area neighbour, Miguel (sound familiar?), a kind-natured-nice- guy-nerd whose attempt at a polite introduction to Johnny is quickly shut down with what becomes his signature stroke of mockery. Not too long after though, Miguel finds himself in a spot of trouble with some nuisance classmates and sure enough, we get our first taste of flying kicks and spinning backfists courtesy of Johnny Lawrence. It's a glorious moment, not so much in the actual fighting but rather the whole vibe coming together as we're wilfully pulled back into this Karate universe.
The series gains momentum quickly when Johnny agrees to mentor Miguel and resurrect the infamous Cobra Kai dojo. Queue training montages. From this point onwards, the series really explodes and finds it's footing. The writers have delivered an almost unprecedented level of fan service, you'll find dozens (and I mean literally dozens) of Easter eggs, tastefully scattered throughout each season that respectfully pay homage to the original movies, complimenting them rather than mimicking. It all feels so innately familiar yet simultaneously completely new. The show is funny too. Johnny has developed a sincerely hilarious apathy for the digitally aged world he's been forced into, shamelessly brandishing his 80's influences at every opportunity, everything from his vocabulary, to his demeanour, to his personal taste; just screams retro. There's been a resurgence of the revered 80's era in television and film, both mediums have revived classic franchises and forged new offerings too, most notably shows like Stranger Things come to mind as one of the more successful incarnations that accurately portray the popular era. Johnny is a monument to that time. I almost fell over laughing when Miguel pulls out his inhaler during a training session and whimpers "I'm asthmatic" only for Johnny to swipe it out of his hands replying, "not anymore". His intolerance to society's perceived weaknesses are the residual of his former sensei's cruel teachings. Something Johnny struggles to shake even to this day.
A New Challenger Arrives
Cobra Kai's 'ying' wouldn't exist without it's 'yang'; Miyagi Do. By complete contrast, perhaps not surprisingly, Daniel LaRusso lives the American Dream. Nice car, nicer house, beautiful family and an abundance of positivity seeping through his veins. Life's sweet for LaRusso, that is until a drive-by glimpse of Johnny's dojo reignites a flame, he'd thought to be long extinguished. As the popularity of the Cobra Kai dojo grows, as does its members. With Miguel at the forefront of the clan, other fellow nerds and rejects join the fold. It's great to see these young actors spread their wings, especially a character by the name of Eli, his transformation throughout the first two seasons is startlingly bad-ass, to use a Johnny colloquialism. With the prospect of competing at the 'All Valley Tournament' looming ahead, the students are put through their paces, undergoing unusual and probably unlawful training regimes in order to prepare for the ultimate challenge, this of course presents the ultimate opportunity for Johnny to redeem himself from the defeat he'd suffered at the hands of Daniel, thirty-odd years prior.
Anyone For Mini-Golf?
But it's not all fists and feet mind you. This is after all, an adaptation from what is essentially a set of family-friendly movies and so while there's plenty to gawp at for the martial arts fans, there's also a soft, gooey centre at the heart of the show too. Given that we're now in modern times, the series explores the societal themes of high-school-aged kids; bullying, rejection, insecurities, social media, relationships; the typical pain points of young adults as they battle for a place in the world as they carve a path to their true selves. Daniel and Johnny's respective worlds collide when Miguel favours the attention of Daniel's daughter, Samantha. A kind-hearted popular girl that has a few tricks up her sleeve too (wink wink). Running parallel to this, a troubled kid called Robby enters the fray. I won't disclose his connection to the characters but let's just say, he's paradoxically integral to the show. It has to be said, Cobra Kai tackles some fairly harsh themes but it never strays too far into dramatic prose, always keeping the balance just right between action, comedy and drama. The episodes are just shy of thirty minutes a piece, so things move at a refreshingly spritely pace. I can't count how many series I've watched over the last few years where the hour-long episode lengths have been completely wasted or stuffed with filler. Thankfully, there's none of that in sight here.
The first season of Cobra Kai wraps up in spectacular fashion with the inevitable 'All Valley Tournament'. It's a serendipitous journey to get there and ends with a huge, huge character reveal for season two; which incidentally builds on what's been laid out from the first and absolutely maintains the quality with bigger fights, more intricate explorations of the group's relationships, heartbreaks, twists and turns and a shocking, cliff-hanger ending. Since Cobra Kai released on Netflix earlier this year I've watched it twice over and am returning for a third helping, this time with my daughter. The student has indeed become the master.
Cobra Kai is one of the greatest things to come out of the streaming era. I could not have imagined a better way for The Karate Kid's universe to be explored and I certainly could not have asked for a more fitting homage to these iconic characters. It's fun, it's cheesy, it's even a little corny at times but overall, Cobra Kai stands as one of the most thoroughly enjoyable slices of entertainment you're likely to see. With Season 3 and 4 recently announced, I'm already ironing my Gi in preparation. Cobra Kai, never dies. 5 Stars
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Juan María Vázquez García, né le  à Castuera, est un homme politique espagnol membre du PSOE.

Biographie

Vie privée
Il est marié et père d'une fille et deux fils.

Profession
Il est ingénieur agronome et fonctionnaire technique.

Carrière politique
Il est maire de Castuera de 1983 à 1999 et président de la députation provinciale de Badajoz de 1999 à 2007.

Le , il est élu sénateur pour Badajoz au Sénat et réélu en 2015 et 2016.

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 Sénateurs de la XIIe législature de l'Espagne

Lien externe
 Fiche sur le site du Sénat (Espagne)

Conseiller de la Junte d'Estrémadure
Sénateur espagnol de la Xe législature
Sénateur espagnol de la XIe législature
Sénateur espagnol de la XIIe législature
Personnalité politique espagnole du XXIe siècle
Personnalité du Parti socialiste ouvrier espagnol
Maire membre du Parti socialiste ouvrier espagnol
Naissance en août 1953
Naissance dans la province de Badajoz


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Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg contain colchicine, an alkaloid phenanthrene derivative originally obtained from the plant Colchicum or Autumn Crocus. Colchicine in Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg act on inflammatory leucocytes and inhibit the migration of these cells into an inflammatory site, such as inflammation caused by uric acid crystals. Colchicine in Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg also inhibits the ingestion (phagocytosis) of uric acid crystals by inflammatory cells, which is the way that foreign objects are normally disposed of. This action of colchicine in Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg reduces the amount of inflammatory chemicals released by these cells and helps break the inflammation cycle.
Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg contain the active ingredient colchicine, an alkaloid phenanthrene derivative used to treat acute attacks of gout.
Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg contain colchicine, an alkaloid phenanthrene derivative that is used to treat attacks of acute gout and to reduce the incidence of recurrent acute gout attacks. Gout is a condition caused by a build-up of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricaemia) forming uric acid crystals to be deposited in the joints causing inflammation, pain and swelling. Colchicine in Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg inhibit the migration of inflammatory leucocytes into an inflammatory site, such as inflammation caused by uric acid crystals and also inhibits ingestion (phagocytosis) of uric acid crystals by these cells, which reduces the amount of inflammatory chemicals released by these cells and helps break the inflammation cycle. Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg help reduce the pain and discomfort of gout but do not act as a long-term analgesic nor do they prevent the progression of acute gout to chronic gouty arthritis, which is when which uric acid crystals that have been deposited in joints cause chronic pain and swelling, with loss of joint mobility.
What are the side effects of Zycolchin?
The most commonly reported side effects when taking Zycolchin include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea. Prolonged treatment can cause hair loss, loss of appetite and muscle weakness (myopathy).
When should Zycolchin not be used?
What medications interact with Zycolchin?
How should Zycolchin be taken?
You should take your Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg until pain is relieved and for no more than four days to relieve pain of gout attack. You should not take any further tablets within three days and then begin another course of Zycolchin tablets 0.5mg, if recommended by your doctor.
How long should you take Zycolchin?
If you miss a dose of Zycolchin take it as soon as you remember, unless it is time to take the next dose, then skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose.
How should Zycolchin be stored?
You should store your Zycolchin below 25°C in a cool dry place.