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The Liberty Gradle plugin supports install and operational control of Liberty runtime and servers. Use it to manage your application on Liberty for integration test and to create Liberty server packages.

* [Build](#build)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Plugin Configuration](#plugin-configuration)
* [Tasks](#tasks)
* [Extensions](#extensions)

## Build

Clone this repository and then, with a JRE on the path, execute the following command in the root directory.

```bash
$ ./gradlew build
```

This will download Gradle, build the plugin, and install it in to the `build\libs` directory. It is also possible to install the plugin in to your local Maven repository using `./gradlew install`.

To build the plugin and run the integration tests execute the following commands in the root directory. The `runtime` and `runtimeVersion` parameters are used to select the Liberty runtime that will be used to run the tests. The `wlpLicense` parameter is only needed for Liberty packaged as a JAR file.

 ```bash
 $ ./gradlew install check -Druntime=<wlp|ol> -DruntimeVersion=<runtime_version> -DwlpLicense=<liberty_license_code>
 ```

## Usage

### Adding the plugin to the build script

Within your Gradle build script, you need to set up the classpath to include the Liberty Gradle plugin. You also need to define the Maven Central repository to find the plugin and its dependencies.

If you are using a snapshot version of the plugin make sure to define the Sonatype Nexus Snapshots repository in addition to the Maven Central repository.

Your build script should look like this:

```groovy
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            name = 'Sonatype Nexus Snapshots'
            url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'net.wasdev.wlp.gradle.plugins:liberty-gradle-plugin:2.1.1-SNAPSHOT'
    }
}
```

To use the Liberty Gradle Plugin, include the following code in your build script:

```groovy
apply plugin: 'liberty'
```

## Plugin Configuration

See the [Liberty extension properties](docs/libertyExtensions.md#liberty-extension-properties) reference for the properties used to configure the Liberty plugin. See each task for additional configuration and examples.

## Tasks

The Liberty plugin provides the following tasks for your project:

| Task | Description |
| --------- | ------------ |
| [cleanDirs](docs/clean.md#clean-task) | Cleans the Liberty server logs, workarea, and applications folders.|
| [installLiberty](docs/installLiberty.md#installliberty-task) | Installs the  Liberty runtime from a repository. |
| [libertyCreate](docs/libertyCreate.md#libertycreate-task) | Creates a Liberty server. |
| [installFeature](docs/installFeature.md#installfeature-task) | Installs an additional feature to the Liberty runtime. |
| [uninstallFeature](docs/uninstallFeature.md#uninstallfeature-task) | Remove a feature from the Liberty runtime. |
| [installApps](docs/installApps.md#installapps-task) | Copy applications generated by the Gradle project to a Liberty server's `dropins` or `apps` directory. The server can be stopped or started for this task. |
| [libertyStart](docs/libertyStart.md#libertystart-task) | Starts the Liberty server in a background process. |
| [libertyStop](docs/libertyStop.md#libertystop-task) | Stops the Liberty server. |
| [libertyRun](docs/libertyRun.md#libertyrun-task) | Runs a Liberty server in the Gradle foreground process. |
| [libertyPackage](docs/libertyPackage.md#libertypackage-task) | Packages a Liberty server. |
| [libertyDump](docs/libertyDump.md#libertydump-task) | Dumps diagnostic information from the Liberty server into an archive. |
| [libertyJavaDump](docs/libertyJavaDump.md#libertyjavadump-task) | Dumps diagnostic information from the Liberty server JVM. |
| [libertyDebug](docs/libertyDebug.md) | Runs the Liberty server in the console foreground after a debugger connects to the debug port (default: 7777). |
| [libertyStatus](docs/libertyStatus.md) | Checks to see if the Liberty server is running. |
| [deploy](docs/deploy.md#deploy-task) | Deploys a supported file to a running Liberty server. |
| [undeploy](docs/undeploy.md#undeploy-task) | Removes an application from the Liberty server. |
| [compileJsp](docs/compileJsp.md) | Compiles the JSP files from the src/main/webapp directory into the build/classes directory. |

### Task ordering

The Liberty Gradle plugin defines a built-in task order to allow a user to call an end task without worrying about calling the necessary tasks in between. By having the plugin manage tasks and their order of execution we can easily avoid some simple human errors. For example, in order to have a majority of the tasks function, the principal task `installLiberty` must be called, which our plugin would do for you.

The most appealing benefit from defining a task order is the ability to allow the user to call an end task directly. For example, if the user calls `libertyStart` out of the box, Gradle will recognize that it must call `installLiberty -> libertyCreate -> installFeature -> installApps` to get a server with features and apps properly running.

Click on a [task](#tasks) to view what it depends on.

## Extensions

Extensions are tasks that improve the compatibility or user experience of third party libraries used with Liberty. The `liberty-gradle-plugin` provides the following extensions:

| Extension | Description |
| --------- | ------------ |
| [configureArquillian](docs/configureArquillian.md) | Integrates `arquillian.xml` configuration for the Liberty Managed and Remote Arquillian containers in the `liberty-gradle-plugin`. Automatically configures required `arquillian.xml` parameters for the Liberty Managed container. |


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Lucy Kimbell is Director of the Innovation Insights Hub and Professor of Contemporary Design Practices at University of the Arts London. She has written widely on design thinking and service design. Before joining UAL Lucy was AHRC research fellow in Policy Lab in the Cabinet Office in the UK government and Principal Research Fellow at the University of Brighton where in addition she jointly led projects for the AHRC around social design.
Previously Lucy was Clark Fellow in Design Leadership at Said Business School, University of Oxford for five years, where she remains an associate fellow teaching design thinking on the MBA. Lucy co-founded one of the UK's first digital arts groups and went on to work in digital innovation consultancy before joining academia. Lucy's book Service Innovation Handbook was published in 2014.


Clinicians must often decide what do to for an asymptomatic patient who has minimally elevated serum creatinine level. Serum creatinine concentration is used clinically as a convenient index of kidney function, but it is important to remember that even a minimal elevation in creatinine can reflect significantly decreased rate of glomerular filtration. In fact, up to 40% of patients with normal serum creatinine level may have some reduction in glomerular filtration rate.1 Calculation of the glomerular filtration rate is very important to more accurately measure and assess kidney function. We present a typical clinical situation and suggest a possible course of evaluation and treatment.
You are evaluating a 55-year-old white woman who has a 14-year history of diabetes mellitus and a 20-year history of hypertension and who previously received treatment for diabetic retinopathy. The patient's blood pressure measured in the office is 142/88 mm Hg, weight is 156 lb (70.2 kg), most recent blood glycosylated hemoglobin (HBA1C) measurement was 8.2% of total hemoglobin, and most recent low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level was 145 mg/dL (3.75 mmol/L). The patient's current regimen for blood pressure control includes hydrochlorothiazide, 25 mg per day; atenolol, 25 mg per day and clonidine, 0.1 mg twice a day; and for blood glucose control she uses glipizide at 5 mg per day. The patient has no known history of heart disease or congestive heart failure. Result of a serum creatinine test obtained just before this visit is 1.3 mg/dL (114.92 mol/L), which is the same result as that obtained three months earlier. The reference ranges for serum creatinine are 0.7 to 1.3 mg/dL (61.9-114.9 mol/L) in men and 0.6 to 1.1 mg/dL (53.0-97.2 mol/L) in women.
Because the serum creatinine value is elevated slightly, results of her previous serum creatinine tests should be reviewed, and the test should be repeated if this is the first elevated value noted. The next step is to stage the patient's renal disease according to recent Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines.1 Glomerular filtration rate (expressed as mL/min/1.73 m2 of body surface area) can be estimated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula: 186 (serum creatinine in mg/dL)1.154 (age in years)0.203 (0.742 if female) (1.212 if African American).2 Soon, Kaiser Permanente Southern California clinical laboratories will calculate and report estimated glomerular filtration rate by using this formula. An online glomerular filtration rate calculator that uses this formula can be accessed at the Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Web site: www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/index.cfm. Historically, 24-hour urine collection was used to assess creatinine clearance. However, this method is time-consuming and frequently inaccurate because of improper specimen collection. For example, undercollection leads to falsely low estimates of glomerular filtration rate. Accuracy of the MDRD formula is validated, and use of this formula is currently the preferred method for estimating glomerular filtration rate.
Application of the MDRD formula to the data for this patient yields a glomerular filtration rate of 46 mL/min/1.73 m2. According to the most recent guidelines, calculated glomerular filtration rate can be used to classify chronic kidney disease into five stages (Table 1);1 the chronic kidney disease in the case example is at stage three. Despite minimal elevation in serum creatinine level, the patient has moderate reduction in glomerular filtration rate. Reduced glomerular filtration rate warrants investigation of potential causative or contributive factors, including chronic medical conditions, prescription or over-the-counter medication, and urinary tract obstruction. The chronic conditions most commonly associated with decreased glomerular filtration rate are hypertension or diabetes. Medication use should be carefully reviewed, particularly use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory or other nephrotoxic medications, and less-nephrotoxic agents should be substituted when possible. The patient's medical and family history, physical examination findings, and symptoms (if any) should be evaluated for evidence suggestive of obstructive nephropathy.
The next diagnostic procedure is urinalysis to screen for hematuria and proteinuria. The K/DOQI guidelines accept use of a standard urine dipstick to screen for proteinuria:1 Proteinuria of 1+ or higher requires further quantification and confirmation.
The K/DOQI guidelines recommend using an untimed ("spot") urine sample to determine the albumin-to-creatinine ratio instead of using the traditional timed (eg, 24-hour) urine collection method.1 Results of urinalysis from a spot sample can be used to accurately estimate daily urinary albumin loss. A first-morning-urine specimen is optimal, but a random urine specimen is also acceptable. If the magnitude of proteinuria is within the nephrotic range (ie, >3 g/d), referral of the patient to the nephrology department should be considered. If the patient has subnephrotic-range proteinuria (ie, <3 g/d), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (such as lisinopril) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (such as losartan) should be prescribed unless contraindicated, and the dosage should be adjusted according to the patient's blood pressure response. Serum potassium and creatinine levels should be checked about 7-10 days after the patient begins taking any of these medications; up to 30% increase in serum creatinine level is often seen within this time period and is not an indication to discontinue medication use. These medications will reduce proteinuria while providing a renal protective effect and are especially important in patients with diabetic nephropathy. If the patient is unable to take these medications, a nondihydropyridine calcium channel blocker such as diltiazem or verapamil should be prescribed. These medications reduce proteinuria but are considered second-line agents.
For this case example, results of urinalysis show proteinuria (1+) without hematuria, white blood cells, or casts. Follow-up urinalysis of a spot sample show an albumin-creatinine ratio consistent with urine protein loss of 1.2 grams per day.
This patient began taking lisinopril at a dosage of 10 mg per day, and the dosage was adjusted to achieve her target blood pressure. The proteinuria was requantified three months later, and urine protein loss had decreased to 0.3 grams per day. The patient was counseled on the importance of blood glucose control, and the glipizide dosage was adjusted to achieve the target glycosylated hemoglobin value. She eventually began taking lovastatin and made dietary and lifestyle modifications to reach the target LDL cholesterol level.
any degree of chronic kidney disease should have their blood pressure, blood glucose level, and blood cholesterol level managed aggressively to help reduce or prevent the progression of kidney disease as well as to reduce risk of cardiovascular events.
Woldemariam Gebreselassie, MD, and Mohammed Idroos, MD, reviewed the manuscript.
1. National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) Advisory Board. K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Am J Kidney Dis 2002 Feb:39(2 Suppl 1):S1-246.
2. Levey AS, Bosch JP, Lewis JB, Greene T, Rogers N, Roth D. A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: a new prediction equation. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group. Ann Intern Med 1999 Mar 16;130(6):461-70.
3. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report [published erratum appears in JAMA 2003 Jul 9;290(2):197]. JAMA 2003 May 21:289(19):2560-72. Epub 2003 May 14.
4. Peterson JC, Adler S, Burkart JM, et al. Blood pressure control, proteinuria, and the progression of renal disease. The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study. Ann Intern Med 1995 Nov 15;123(10):754-62.
5. Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Clinical practice guidelines: chronic kidney disease (CKD). Available from: http://wpsapp15.crdc.kp.org/pkc/scal/cpg/cpg/html/CKD.html (accessed December 11, 2003).


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Charlotte Hannah Pay
Charlotte Hannah Pay1
(c 1826-)
Father John Pay (c 1802-)
Mother Hannah Sackett (1799-)
Charlotte Hannah Pay, daughter of John Pay and Hannah Sackett, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, KentG, on 12 February 1826.2 She married in Thanet, KentG, in 1851, John Hobbs.3 He died before 1861.
In 1841 Charlotte was living at St Peter in Thanet, KentG, in the household of her parents James and Hannah, and was recorded in the census as Charlotte Pay, aged 15 and born in Kent.4
In 1861 she was living at 18 John Street, Ramsgate, KentG, in the household of her father James [or John?] Pay, a shoemaker, and was recorded as Charlotte H Hobbs, housekeeper, a widow, aged 35, and born in St Peter's. Living with her was her son Thomas, aged seven. Also in the household were her unmarried sister Sarah F Pay, 26, and her widowed grandfather William Sackett, 89.5
Charlotte was named as a beneficiary in her uncle Thomas Sackett's will made in St Peter's, KentG, on 31 October 1868.6
Child of Charlotte Hannah Pay and John Hobbs
Thomas J Hobbs b. c 1854
Source for data on this individual not recorded.
Baptism, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent (IGI), "12 February 1826 Charlotte Hannah Pay d. James Pay & Hannah."
GRO Indexes to Marriages, 1837 to date (FreeBMD), "Mar qtr 1851. Pay, Charlotte H. I of Thanet. 5:517."
"Mar qtr 1851. Hobbs, John. I of Thanet. 5:517."
1841 England census, digital image, Ancestry.com, St Peter, Kent
William Sackett, 65, coach maker, b. Kent
Elizabeth Sackett, 65, b. Kent
James Pay, 35, shoemaker, b. Kent
Hannah Pay, 40, b. Kent
Charlotte Pay, 15, b. Kent
Jane Pay, 10, b. Kent
Elizabeth Pay, 9, b. Kent
Sarah Pay, 6 , b. Kent
HO107; Piece 468; Book: 18; Civil Parish: St Peter; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 19; Folio: 13; Page: 18; Line: 15; GSU roll: 306863.
1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/?
18 John Street, Ramsgate, Kent
James Pay, head, widower, 59, shoemaker, b. Minster, Kent
Charlotte H Hobbs, dau, widow, 35, housekeeper, b. St Peter's
Sarah F Pay, dau, unm., 26, milliner, b. St Peter's
Thomas J Hobbs, grandson, 7, scholar, b. St Peter's
William Sackett, father-in-law, widower, 89, formerly postmaster, b. Birchington.
Will of Thomas Sackett of St Peter's, Kent, 31 October 1868, proved in Canterbury, 27 July 1870 (Somerset House Indexes, unknown reference).


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For some women, breast augmentation is about size, about increasing the breast size to feel more natural and proportional. For almost all, there is an emotional aspect to breast augmentation that cannot be ignored. Dr. Oldham is acutely aware of the delicate nature of talk about body image and self-esteem. That's why your consultation with Dr. Oldham will include significant time spent discussing the procedure and what you desire from it. Dr. Oldham will ask you about the breast augmentation size that you would like to achieve, and he will show you photos of other patients with a size and shape similar to yours. Before your breast augmentation surgery, you may lack the fullness and projection that most women desire, but after the procedure, you will have more roundness, more general fullness and projection that gives the breast the best possible shape. Prior to your consultation with Dr. Oldham you can see some of those images of patients before and after breast augmentation surgery with Dr. Roger J. Oldham.
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Q: find orthonormal basis for a planar 3D ( possibly degenerate) polygon Given a general planar 3D polygon, is there a general way to find the orthonormal basis for that planar polygon?
The most straight forward way to do it is to assume to take the first 3 points of the polygon, and form two vectors each, and these are the two orthonormal basis vectors that we are looking for. But the problem for this approach is that these 3 points may line on the same line in the polygon, and hence instead of getting two orthonormal vectors, we get only one.
Another approach to find the second orthonormal vector is to loop through the polygon and find another point that forms a different orthonormal vector than the first one, but this approach is susceptible to numerical errors (e.g, what if the second vector is almost the same with the first vector? The numerical errors can be significant).
Is there any other better approach?

A: You can use the cross product of any two lines connected by any two vertices. If the cross product is too low then you're in degenerate territory.
You can also take the centroid (the avg of the points, which is guaranteed to lie on the same plane) and do pick the largest of any two cross products of the vectors from the centroid to any vertex. This will be the most accurate normal. Please note that if the largest cross product is small, you may have an inaccurate normal.
If you can't find any cross product that isn't close to 0, your original poly is degenerate and a normal will be hard to find. You could use arbitrary precision or adaptive precision algebra in this case, but, of course, the round-off error is already significant in the source data, so this may not help. If possible, remove degenerate polys first, and if you have to, sew the mesh back up :).

A: It's a bit ott but one way would be to compute the covariance matrix of the points, and then diagonalise that. If the points are indeed planar then one of the eigenvalues of the covariance matrix will be zero (or rather very small, due to finite precision arithmetic) and the corresponding eigenvector will be a normal to the plane; the other two eigenvectors will span the plane of the polygon.
If you have N points, and the i'th coordinate of the k'th point is p[k,i], then the mean (vector) and (3x3) covariance matrix can be computed by
m[i] = Sum{ k | p[k,i]}/N (i=1..3)
C[i,j] = Sum{ k | (p[k,i]-m[i])*(p[k,j]-m[j]) }/N (i,j=1..3)

Note that C is symmetric, so that to find how to diagonalise it you might want to look up the "symmetric eigenvalue problem"

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Are These Bonuses Always Available?
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Apartment locators are simply unique websites that make it so easy to find the apartment that you would like to live in. They are designed to be very easy to use, but always remember that the special deals that you find may not be there the next day. Use these websites to also take advantage of special offers and bonuses that are provided to those that successfully rent an apartment through their website. It's a great way to take away the stress of finding a new place to live in San Antonio using these high tech websites.


Joe Sheehan: Excerpt: "The Awards"
"In going over the ballots at BBWAA.com, I was most taken by the affiliations. It was just five years ago, at the 2008 winter meetings, that the BBWAA first opened its membership rolls to writers who made their living online. Christina Kahrl and Will Carroll of Prospectus, along with ESPN.com's Rob Neyer and Keith Law, were the first to be admitted. It's 2013 now, and in addition to Law with ESPN.com and Carroll with Bleacher Report, voters for the major awards came from places like FOXSportsWest.com, Yahoo!, CBSSports.com and MLive.com. I don't want to make a virtue out of necessity -- this is happening in no small part because newspapers are dying and the BBWAA needs members -- but it's a pretty significant change in a short time. I'm not ten years removed from having Rich Levin refuse my request for a winter meetings credential to my face with a team representative at my side backing the request, so seeing Will and Keith voting on awards…I've seen the revolution up close. It's something we should celebrate. (Now, if the organization would just drop its archaic objection to MLB.com's professional and dedicated pool of writers….)"


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Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Seven: Prospects #16-20
Derek Bodner
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Jacob Eisenberg
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Matt Williams
Kyle Nelson
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Josh Riddell
@Joshua_Riddell
We continue our coverage on the top NBA draft prospects in the Big East with part seven, players ranked 16-20: Kellen Dunham, Angel Delgado, Ryan Arcidiacono, Tommy Hamilton and JaJuan Johnson.
More DX Conference Preseason Previews:
-The Top 20 NBA Draft Prospects in the Pac-12
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part One
(#1) Kris Dunn (Scouting Video)
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Two
#2) Henry Ellenson (Scouting Video)
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Three
(#3) Jalen Brunson (Scouting Video)
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Four
(#4) Josh Hart
(#5) Isaiah Copeland
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Five
(#6) Trevon Bluiett
(#7) Justin Patton
(#8) Luke Fischer
(#9) Isaiah Whitehead
(#10) Daniel Ochefu
-Top NBA Prospects in the Big East, Part Six
(#11) Phil Booth
(#12) Paul White
(#13) Jalen Reynolds
(#14) Yankuba Sima
(#15) L.J. Peak
#16, Kellen Dunham, 6-6, Shooting Guard, Senior, Butler
Kellen Dunham came to Butler as a consensus top-100 high school recruit and, after showing promise as a freshman and sophomore, finally broke out as an elite shooter in the Big East as a junior. He finished third in the conference in scoring, averaging 16.5 points per game for a team that finished 23-11 and earned a #6 seed in the NCAA tournament.
At 6-6, Dunham is the appropriate height for an NBA wing, though he'll need to continue to add muscle to his slight frame. He's already added approximately 15 pounds since his freshman year, but has yet to break the 200-pound threshold. He's not particularly strong or athletic for an NBA prospect, which raises some red flags from the get-go.
Dunham will catch teams' radars for his ability to shoot the ball from deep. He's a gunner from anywhere on the floor, and is comfortable in catch-and-shoot situations, shooting off screens, and shooting off the dribble. His release is lightning quick, he sets his feet incredibly fast, and he has range extending beyond the NBA line. Dunham converted on 77-of-188 three-point attempts (41%) last season and 84% of his half-court possessions came off jumpers. He's made more three-pointers and shot the ball at a higher efficiency in every season thus far at Butler, which is a very encouraging sign.
Last season, Dunham showed more ability to put the ball on the floor and create offense for himself in the midrange with an arsenal of skilled shots. Synergy Sports Technology shows Dunham shot 55-for-151 on pull-up jumpers (36%), a solid mark especially considering the volume of attempts. No returning draft prospect attempted as many off the dribble jumpers last year, showing how much more frequently Dunham was asked to create for himself compared to years past.
But beyond his ability to make shots off the dribble, Dunham's most impressive quality as a shooter is his adaptability in the air. Seldom will Dunham attempt a straightaway jumper; he seemingly prefers taking leaners, double clutches, or spins into fade-aways. There aren't many shooters in recent memory who regularly contort their upper body and release away from the defender in mid-air, yet shoot as efficiently as Dunham.
Dunham is mostly a shooter right now, as it's fairly rare to see him create a shot and get all the way to the rim. When he does, he tends to lack the length, strength and explosiveness needed to finish inside the paint in traffic against better competition, finishing under 50% of his "inside the paint" attempts in the half-court. Though he lacks an explosive first step, Dunham's quick release and propensity to knock down shots off-balance enables him to create inches of space against even the best defenders in the Big East. This is a wrinkle in his game that should separate him from other one-dimensional sharpshooting prospects, even if it remains to be seen how attractive his mid-range game will be in today's NBA.
While Dunham makes his living as a scorer mostly outside the paint, he does find ways to get to the free throw line, which is very beneficial to his teamas an 85% free throw shooter. He is extremely intelligent with the way he initiates contact and forces refs to blow their whistle, having all kinds of crafty tricks in his arsenal to draw fouls. While it's unlikely that he'll get to the line very often in the NBA, this is a great example of his basketball IQ and overall toughness, as he's not afraid to throw his body around.
While Dunham improved as a scorer and even become more efficient while doing so, he is somewhat of a one-dimensional player in that regard, not contributing much as a rebounder (3.1 per-40), passer (1.1 per-40) or with his ability to force turnovers (.7 steals per-40, 1 overall block).
Defensively, Dunham should be commended for his attentiveness and hustle. His feet never stop moving away from the ball and he dedicatedly maintains focus on both his man and the ball. He shows a nuanced understanding of his opponents' tendencies: in some instances, when his opponent is a weak shooter, he'll sag off of in a subtle effort to bait the opponent into a shot. In other instances, against a strong shooter, he'll stay at home on his man although nearby steal opportunities lurk.
He closes out on shooters well and rarely bites on pump fakes. His defensive stance is fine and he diligently keeps his hands up at a high rate for a wing. Still, his weak frame, poor wingspan and lack of lateral quickness could potentially spell nightmares for him at the NBA level. Even in college, opponents found success by forcing Dunham into switches on pick-and-rolls and then bullying him inside with taller and stronger offensive players.
Entering his senior season, Dunham will need to continue to work on his defense, and maximize his frame and athleticism to enhance his chances of catching an NBA team's radar. His offensive skillset and height make him an intriguing prospect but his physical limitations are worrisome projecting to better competition.
#17, Angel Delgado, 6'9", Sophomore, Center, Seton Hall
Talent evaluators are frequently looking for an "NBA skill", something that they can feel confident will translate to the next level and allow the rest of a prospect's game to develop over time. Some prospects do not have such a skill when they arrive on a college campus and require growth, both in terms of their physical profile and skill level, to develop one such skill.
Angel Delgado is not such a prospect.
Delgado, a 6'9" big man with a chiseled frame, was a dominant rebounder from the day he arrived at Seton Hall. Delgado collected 9.8 rebounds per game in just over 28 minutes per night last season for the Pirates, making his presence felt on the glass on a nightly basis.
On a per-minute basis, Delgado's averages of 5.0 offensive rebounds (1st) and 8.7 defensive rebounds (3rd) per 40 minutes, pace adjusted, would both rank among the top figures for any player selected in last year's draft. His rate statistics, having collected 14.2% of available offensive rebounds and 25.2% of available defensive rebounds, both measure among the best rebounders in the country.
Delgado can quite simply be described as relentless on the glass, as you'll rarely see him take a possession off on either end of the court, and you'll frequently see him contest a shot on the perimeter, then fight his way back into rebounding position. His combination of quickness, size, strength, motor, anticipation, and positioning all allow him to be a very good rebounder, and that should carry over to the next level.
Delgado also contributes on the defensive end, altering shots at the rim, playing good post defense, and showing the ability to defend the pick and roll. His well-developed frame, which also plays a part in his rebounding, allows Delgado to hold his position down low, and he does a good job of engaging the offensive player early in the shot clock. He also shows enough quickness to hedge and recover on pick and rolls, although a combination of Delgado playing largely at center, and Seton Hall playing a substantial amount of zone, limited the number of times he was put in pick and roll situations defensively.
Delgado does show good timing as a shot blocker, and uses his length well to contest shots and stay out of foul trouble. That being said, he's not overly explosive off his feet, and this limits his potential as a shot blocker. Delgado swatted just 1.8 shots per 40 minutes, pace adjusted, a relatively low number for a center, especially one who doesn't contribute all that much on the offensive end.
On the offensive side of the court, Delgado remains a work in progress. The majority of his half-court offense comes off the ball, with his aforementioned offensive rebounding prowess his biggest contribution. He's also a quick, fluid athlete who does a good job of finding seams in a defense, with solid hands and an upper body that allows him to play through contact around the rim.
In terms of creating his own offense, Delgado will occasionally try posting up, but this can sometimes be an adventure at this stage of his skill development. According to Synergy Sports Technology, just under 16% of Delgado's half-court shot attempts came off of post-ups, but he shot an abysmal 25.8% on these attempts, generating 0.548 points per shots, which ranks in the bottom 10% in terms of efficiency. His strength allows him to establish deep position, with his go-to move being a right handed hook shot, which he does show some touch on. Unfortunately, Delgado lacks any move with his left hand, struggles to read double teams, and lacks any type of a counter move if the defense takes him out of his comfort zone. The combination of these factors can cause Delgado to take wild, out of control attempts more frequently than you would like.
Another area where Delgado will need to work to diversify his game is from the perimeter, as he attempted just 16 jump shots, most of them from short range, and connected on only 31% of these, according to Synergy Sports. These struggles continue to the free throw line where, despite a free throw rate of 51%, which suggests an ability to get to the line, Delgado converted on just 41.4% of his free throw attempts. His form here needs considerable improvement, as there's a lot of extra motion and inconsistency in his mechanics.
Delgado's incredible rebounding on both ends of the court is enough to get him noticed, and something that could conceivably translate well to the next level. Whether or not Delgado can turn himself into a legitimate NBA prospect, however, will be largely dependent on the progress he's able to make on the offensive side of the court.
#18, Ryan Arcidiacono, 6'3, Point Guard, Villanova, Senior
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Ryan Arcidiacono did not post the most eye-popping numbers as a junior, but there is no denying the role that he played in Villanova's run that culminated in a top seeding in the NCAA Tournament, and Big East Player of the Year Honors for him.
Though Arcidiacono ultimately struggled in Villanova's disappointing loss in the Round of 32, he solidified his reputation as one of the top point guards in the country as a junior. Villanova needs another big season from its four-year captain in order to repeat, but backcourt help is on the way in the form of freshman phenomenon Jalen Brunson. The question on scouts' minds, however, is whether Arcidiacono can be more than just another great collegiate point guard.
At 6'3 with a 195-frame, Arcidiacono has good size for an NBA point guard, though his 6'3 wingspan leaves a lot to be desired. So, too, does his below average athleticism, particularly his lack of explosiveness and average first step. While he can play at different speeds and seems to know and play within his athletic limitations, quicker guards gave and will continue to give him problems on both ends of the floor.
Arcidiacono was not a prolific scorer during his first two seasons at Villanova, and his junior year was no exception. His role remained unchanged, as well, and he once again saw a majority of his possessions in pick-and-roll and spot up capacities. Ultimately, he averaged just 13.2 points per 40 minutes pace adjusted, but he did so on better efficiency, up to 56% TS%, while splitting backcourt duties among a trio of talented guards.
His most pronounced weakness, however, is represented by his 42% 2P%. Arcidiacono attempted more 3s than 2s for a reason, and 87% of his half-court shots came on jumpers. Even when he did attack the basket, he struggled to finish over and through defenders at the rim, making under 50% of his looks inside the paint.
As has been the case throughout his entire career, Arcidiacono's biggest strength is his steadiness at the point guard position. He averaged 4.7 assists per 40 minutes pace adjusted against 1.7 turnovers, and his 2.69 assist/turnover ratio ranked eleventh among point guard prospects in our database. On film, he displays good instincts as a distributor out of the pick-and-roll, particularly to spot-up shooters who made 45.8% of the attempts that Arcidiacono set up for them. He is an unselfish player in general, not particularly flashy, but he does a good job of finding his teammates in rhythm while making good decisions with the ball in his hands.
Arcidiacono is also a decent scorer out of the pick-and-roll. Along these lines, he made an impressive 38% of his shots off the dribble, many of them coming off difficult attempts. In particular, he knows how to change speeds with the ball in his hands and create space to find a shot when needed.
Arcidiacono posted a career high shooting from beyond the arc, making 38% from 3 as a junior, up from 33 and 34.5% the two seasons prior. This is an important development for his pro prospects, especially considering his limitations as a scorer inside the arc.
On defense, Arcidiacono lacks ideal length and lateral quickness for the point guard position, but does a good job of moving his feet, rotating and communicating, and staying involved while guarding the perimeter. Though his physical limitations will be more pronounced at the next level, he is a pesky defender for Villanova and consistently displays solid effort, awareness, and fundamentals.
There is a lot to like about Ryan Arcidiacono's game at the collegiate level, and NBA scouts should expect another strong season from Villanova's four-year captain. His combination of intangibles, steady point guard play, defensive effort, and ability to create on the pick and roll will get him looks as an NBA prospect, even if his below average athleticism significantly limits his potential as a player at the next level. Even if the NBA does not work out, Arcidiacono's experience with the Italian national team the past two summers, and his collegiate resume should prepare him well for a long career playing professional basketball at a high level.
#19, Tommy Hamilton, 6-10, Junior, C, DePaul
After being named to the Big East All-Rookie team as a freshman, DePaul's Tommy Hamilton took another step as a sophomore and looks poised for a breakout junior season. The Blue Demons haven't made the NCAA Tournament since 2004 and will be hoping the hometown Chicagoan can put the team on his shoulders and improve their win total under new head coach Dave Leitao.
Hamilton measured at 6'10" in 2010, although he looks to have grown an inch or two since that time. At the same time, he measured just an average wingspan at 6'10.5" and will have to find a way to overcome his lack of length against professional caliber interior players. He has solid upper body strength, but he will need to improve his lower body strength, as he has a tendency to get pushed around at times around the rim. He does have good agility for a player of his size and looks to be able to hold his own physically against NBA centers, although he doesn't possess any elite athletic traits, and has struggled with his conditioning throughout his career thus far.
Hamilton took a giant leap in efficiency from his freshman to sophomore season, thanks mainly to an increased ability in finishing around the rim. He shot a below average mark of 45.6% his freshman year but he jumped all the way up to 67.2% his sophomore season. He was much improved at finishing through contact and displayed a nice combination of touch and toughness around the rim. He'll need to have another season where he shows he can finish around the rim and prove he is the type of finisher that he showed in his sophomore season.
Mainly a back to the basket player with 35% of his offensive possessions ending in post-ups, Hamilton has displayed some success at the collegiate level, but it is unclear whether this success can translate when matched up against NBA defenders. Hamilton can read the defense well and make the right move to the basket but doesn't always have the footwork to beat his defender. He doesn't command a double team and will need to improve his arsenal of moves to become a better player on the block. He's not a dominant post player, which does make it hard to project him to have the ability to score in the NBA without major improvement.
One of the more interesting aspects of Hamilton's game is his jump shooting. He flashed some potential to step outside the arc as he converted 46.9% of his 49 three point attempts and 44.6% of the 56 jump shots logged by Synergy Sports Technology. His three point percentage was the highest among centers in our database with at least 40 attempts. He has a smooth release and his shooting form looks like it could work over a larger number of attempts. If he can continue to shoot at this level, scouts could project a role for him at the next level as a big man who can play inside and out.
Defensively, Hamilton doesn't make a high impact for his team. He has had issues with conditioning and his work ethic in the past, and will have this aspect of his game scrutinized very closely moving forward. He will have to be matched up against post players, as he doesn't look comfortable stepping outside the paint and defending.
However, he will have difficulty defending NBA post players with his lack of explosiveness and poor length. When defending the post, he can get backed down under the basket and will need to add lower body strength to hold off his opponent. He also doesn't block many shots, just 1.2 per 40 minutes pace adjusted.
At the very least, scouts will want to see Hamilton become a better rebounder, to show he is capable of filling a role for a NBA team. His 5.8 defensive rebounds per 40 minutes pace adjusted is an average mark for a center, so he will need to show a more concerted effort this season, boxing out his opponent and chasing down loose balls.
Hamilton is the lone big man for DePaul, so they need him to play on the interior. However, he has displayed some perimeter skills and NBA teams may want to see him more of him from this part of the floor to see if he can be a floor spacer in the NBA, especially with his size. Showing some steady improvement leading to a big junior season could get scouts intrigued and cause them to take a closer look at Hamilton and his NBA potential.
#20, JaJuan Johnson, 6-5, Junior, Shooting Guard, Marquette
A consensus top-40 recruit in the high school class of 2013, JaJuan Johnson's first two seasons at Marquette were mostly a learning process, averaging 6 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 18 minutes per-game.
Listed at 6-5, with a 6'9 or even larger wingspan, Johnson has solid size for a shooting guard and a terrific blend of speed, length and explosiveness. He's added some weight to his frame since his high school days, but still has some room to get stronger to add to his already impressive physical tools.
Skill-wise, Johnson has a lot of room to grow. In his first year under Steve Wojciechowski he excelled in the open floor where his run-jump athleticism made him an effective finisher running the wings, he made fairly sound decisions with the ball posting a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio, and he even looked comfortable knocking down an occasional jump shot.
In the half court, Johnson didn't enjoy the same degree of success, he drove into bricks walls at times, posted 0.8 assist-to-turnover ratio, and shot 31% compared to the 65% he shot in transition as he made only 23% of his catch and shoot jump shots and 18% of his pull ups.
Bringing the ball across his body when he shoots and struggling to pick and choose his spots a bit as a slasher, Johnson was thrust into a role that he likely wasn't ready for a year ago, with a 24% usage rate on a young team that lacked significant talent. With a talented five-man class entering the fold, Marquette likely won't demand as much of him, and the opportunity to take a step back this year and settle into a smaller role may benefit him as he begins to improve his skill level and feel for the game.
Defensively, Johnson has solid potential. He has long arms, and his combination of size and quickness could allow him to match up with players at both guard positions if he dedicates himself to being a stifling defender. Marquette played a considerable amount of zone last season, so it's a bit difficult to evaluate his immediate upside locking down man-to-man, but he made some nice plays in the passing lanes a year ago and played with solid intensity, which leaves plenty of room for optimism long-term.
Like many young, raw wings, the best thing you can say about Johnson at this stage is that he has potential, as he was clearly not very productive as an underclassman. Whether Johnson takes a considerable step forward as a sophomore remains to be seen, but he was solid for the Golden Eagles during their tour of Italy and is a player to keep an eye on in the coming years.
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Accumulation of the Uncommon: OX513A Releases and Genome Introgression
September 30, 2019 - 08:00 -- Mark Benedict
A paper that appeared in Scientific Reports by Evans et al. (1)asked whether changes in the genotypes of target mosquito populations would occur due to introgression of released transgenic mosquito genomes. The paper in fact describes the introgression of released mosquito strain genome into wild populations of Aedes aegypti after releases of the OX513A strain developed by Oxitec and the paper has generated a lot of controversy. Is this a surprising finding or an entirely predictable outcome? Is it cause for alarm?
When transgenic or radiation-sterilized insects are released, the genetic barrier between the released and wild-type target populations is seldom, if ever, perfect, and in some cases could be non-existent. Even in the 'Sterile' Insect Technique (SIT), sterility is usually incomplete – often by design. This is often the chosen approach for radiation-sterilized insects because males become less competitive for mates as the radiation dose increases; the suppressive effect may increase as the individual sterility decreases.
This is because sterility causes a population effect, not simply an individual one. It's more effective to release more-competitive but partially sterile males than uncompetitive and fully sterile ones. While developers may refer to a 'sterile' insect, this is often shorthand for the overall effect rather than an absolute description of the attribute.
In contrast, transgenic mosquitoes might be created that result in almost full sterility (i.e. fully penetrant lethality in this case) with little loss of competitiveness, an approach that was considered by Oxitec (2). The OX513A strain of Aedes aegypti was not one of these. It resulted in 3-4% of F1 adult progeny. To my knowledge, Oxitec did not claim that the OX513A mosquitoes were fully sterile nor that the lethal phenotype was fully penetrant, but a casual observer might take that understanding away.
Evans et al. observed that after releases of millions– repeat millions- of transgenic males into the city of Jacobina, Brazil that the frequency of exotic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the release strain genome increased so that 10-60% of the individuals contained detectable release-strain SNPs. This demonstrated that release strain genotypes were being introduced into the population. Small, but detectable levels of the OX513A genomes were also observed in nearby populations, presumably due to migration.
This 'introgression' effect was detectable because the release strain had exotic genotypes, a unique fingerprint if you will. If the transgene had been introgressed into the Jacobina genetic background prior to releases, the effect not only could not have been detected, but it should not have resulted in an effect that might be of concern.
To be clear, the authors did not describe the spread or persistence of the transgene itself, only of the genome of the release strain.
This is likely not an isolated case and has nothing to do with transgenic or Oxitec technology per se. A similar effect is certainly occurring wherever a strain of transgenic or irradiated insects is released when sterility is not absolute and the release and target genomes are different. The salient question is, does harm result?
One possible avenue of harm that might result would be if the release strain conferred an ability to transmit a pathogen at higher rates than the target population. In this case, the study determined that as far as this was examined, there was no evidence to indicate this (a result puzzlingly presented in the Evans et al. Discussion section). Another possibility, greater insecticide resistance, had been dismissed previously by studies conducted at LSTM (3).
The Evans et al. paper includes another possible harm. They speculate in the Discussion section that hybrid vigor would result in a 'more robust population than the pre-release population'. Ok. That's commonly observed in many biological systems and is not a controversial statement though less certainty might be prudent.
In my estimation, less well-supported is their attribution of diminished effectiveness of releases at one point to 'discrimination against OX513A males, a phenomenon known to occur in sterile male release programs.' for which they cite a Concept Paper monograph by the senior author(4), which in turn cites a single MedFly example(5). I don't feel the generalization is merited but the reviewers disagreed I suppose. I also cannot wrap my head around why if the target population was becoming more similar to the release strain that assortative mating would arise late in the program. In the same context, the statement that 'This observation also implies that introgressed individuals may be at a selective disadvantage…' seems at odds with the hybrid vigor hypothesis elsewhere.
The authors do not discuss other possible well-established causes of reduced suppression including changes in mass-rearing, holding and release methods, all of which are clearly causes of loss of effect, but these are the kinds of suggestions that reviewers should have made.
Much of the 'surprise' surrounding this paper implies that the introgression of the release genome was unexpected. Given what has been published, there was no reason to believe that introgression would not occur. The question was how much. In fact, developers of the Oxitec technology have previously detailed the possibility of introgressing beneficial alleles into target populations using a variation of their transgenic technology (6). Was anybody listening?
The developers of the OX513A strain had reported that adults were observed among progeny of transgenic females and males at rates of 4.2 and 2.6% respectively (Table 1 of (2)and possibly elsewhere) and repeatedly acknowledge incomplete penetrance, so if there is surprise surrounding the existence of F1 adults and the possibility of matings, it's not a result of misrepresentation by the developers as has been implied in the press.
Sterile Insect Technique and similar methods inundate target populations so there are far more released males than those in the target population – 100 times as many is not uncommon – so if introgression had NOT been observed it would have been surprising. Millions of transgenic males were released over several months (Table 2, panel B of (3)), and the developers acknowledged survival to adulthood, so some degree of transgenic strain introgression was inevitable. Evans et al. have served the field well to describe an instance of this and their speculation regarding changes in the population should stimulate follow-up observations.
If, as Evans et al. suggest, a more robust population has resulted, this is of concern.
In my estimation, further research into whether the Jacobina population is indeed more robust and now mates assortatively seems not only feasible but extremely enlightening. One good experiment stops endless arguments and the authors are well-suited to pursue this.These populations offer an ideal opportunity to test some of the generalizations that are stated. The results would determine whether the controversy surrounding this paper is a tempest in a teapot or indicate that a significant concern has been realized.
The take-home lesson is that considerable numbers of low frequency events will occur when the magnitude of all events is great. That's neither surprising nor alarming.
(I welcome comments. Please stay on topic, polite and reference specific language above if you'd like to make a suggestion for improvement of the blog. Thanks for reading. The opinions above are mine alone.)
1. Evans BR, Kotsakiozi P, Costa-da-Silva AL, Ioshino RS, Garziera L, Pedrosa MC, et al. Transgenic Aedes aegyptiMosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population. Sci Rep. Springer US; 2019 Sep 2;:1–6.
2. Phuc H, Andreasen MH, Burton RS, Vass C, Epton MJ, Pape G, et al. Late-acting dominant lethal genetic systems and mosquito control. BMC Biol. 2007;5(1):11.
3. Carvalho DO, McKemey AR, Garziera L, Lacroix R, Donnelly CA, Alphey L, et al. Suppression of a Field Population of Aedes aegypti in Brazil by Sustained Release of Transgenic Male Mosquitoes. Olson KE, editor. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015 Jul 2;9(7):e0003864.
4. Powell J. Genetic Variation in Insect Vectors: Death of Typology? Insects. 2018 Dec;9(4):139–15.
5. McInnis DO, the DLAO, 1996. Behavioral resistance to the sterile insect technique by Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii. annals of the Entomological Society of America.
6. Alphey N, Coleman PG, Donnelly CA, Alphey L. Managing insecticide resistance by mass release of engineered insects. Journal of Economic Entomology. 2007 Oct;100(5):1642–9.
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Great analysis! I have been
Submitted by Beverly Anaele on October 3, 2019 - 06:27
Great analysis! I have been following this story for a couple of weeks now and just learned that an article was published on the dissent between the co-authors of the Evans et al. (2019) paper (Servick, 2019). Apparently, not all of the authors were aware of what the final paper looked like before it was published online.
Although the evidence for a more "robust" mosquito population does not exist, what are your thoughts on future steps that Oxitec or the Evans et al. team can take? I found the fact that no studies were seemingly done (to my knowledge, please correct me if I am wrong) to determine the pathogenic transmittance capabilities of these hybrid mosquitoes very interesting. Ultimately, productive steps need to be taken.
Servick, K. (2019). Dissent splits authors of provocative transgenic mosquito study. Retrieved from https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/dissent-splits-authors-provocative-transgenic-mosquito-study
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Submitted by Mark Benedict on October 3, 2019 - 14:01
Yes, I also understand that there are dissenting authors and more news will almost certainly be forthcoming.
One issue in determining what was known about the strains is that reports may be provided to the regulators that are not in the peer-reviewed literature. I don't know whether these are generally available to the public via the governments. I also do not know whether these might be made available upon request directly from Oxitec. Simply don't know.
Certainly changes in the vector capacity of the population is always a concern. Comparisons of the released mosquitoes with the target population seem prudent.
I've suggested some studies that the Evans et al team might do to resolve some of the fitness issues, but I suspect that since the well has been poisoned that a subset of the authors (the Brazilians?) would have to take this up.
That makes sense. I guess we will have to see how this plays out. Thanks for your response!
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Its similar to using Activator.CreateInstance(objectType) in c#.
For more info, read http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ALT/Reflection/ and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d49ss92b(v=VS.71).aspx


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My degree is one intimately concerned with literature and yet there are whole great areas of this domain that I remain entirely unfamiliar with. Chinese literature is one such area, and so I was interested in taking just a very small step to remedy that. I attended an event that was held as part of the Writing Chinese project at the University of Leeds (the project looks to bring together writers, translators, publishers, literary agents and academics working in the field of contemporary Chinese literature, in order to foster closer links and dialogues and help promote contemporary Chinese writers in the UK) in which esteemed writer Xu Xioabin 徐小斌 visited to discuss her new novel, The Crystal Wedding, and talk about how she established her craft.
The first half of the talk focused mainly on Xioabin as a writer. Although, unlike other audience members, I had to rely exclusively on the translator for understanding, her charisma was evident. When asked about how and why she became an author Xioabin covered a great many subjects and discussed at length her formative years, covering her educational development and political awakening. She recalled the primary influence of the paralysing Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966 and continued for a decade. She also spoke about her rebellion from a young age and her mistrust of the government and scepticism of the media, no doubt influenced by her scholar father who abhorred the political humiliation of intellectuals and widespread mistreatment occuring at the time. Concerned about Xioabin's guarded fascination with their political climate, he tried to distract her with literature; the likes of banned works by Russian literary wonders Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Xioabin learnt about many things while the suffering around her continued unabated. She read about philosophy and romances and much of the classical canon as only a young girl. She used wonderful metaphors as she spoke, comparing her budding adolescent physicality with her fraught geographical circumstances. She pithily comments that this literary emersion only handed her from the arms of one dangerous obsession to another. Although essential for her development as a writer, she become too well acquainted with unfamiliar and fantasy worlds that had little practical bearing on her circumstances. This all conveyed to me that from a young age politics and literature were irrevocably combined for Xioabin. The very act of reading became a form of rebellion and defiance. At this early point, it seems Xioabin began to understand the tension existing between political interests and honesty/morality in the dissemination of literature.
She then talked about what happened when she was 'sent-down' to the province of Heilongjiang, during the era of the 'Iron Girls' (this video looks at gender equality in China, examining both the role of the 'Iron Girls' under Mao and the current phenomenon of the 'Leftover Women', something Xioabin is highly concerned with) and coerced into undertaking the most debilitating acts of manual labour. In these dire circumstances, Xioabin recalls that she stepped into the role of storyteller by accident, and found she occupied it well; providing the only entertainment among 38 girls as they gathered around warming soybean and ham soup each bitter winter night (she recalled this particular memory with a smile). She had soon exhausted her repertoire of established stories and so began to make up her own tales. Xioabin's value and talent was affirmed as her peers did all sorts of odd jobs for her, provided she continued to share her gift with them all each evening.
The second half of the talk saw Xioabin discuss her newest novel, The Crystal Wedding, one that has been translated immediately into English with the talent of Nicky Harman, and not yet published in her native China for reasons of censorship. The narrative toes two lines that are increasingly sensitive to the government: politics and female sexuality – both key themes in the novel. The Crystal Wedding deals with both the effects and patterns of oppression and the role of the 'leftover woman' in China. The heroine, the passionate and intelligent Yang Tianyi, must deal with a loveless and ill-suited marriage or go against the grain, and seek out 'true love' and lasting companionship. The novel provides a vivid and painfully honest depiction of the conflicts and concerns facing many Chinese women, as well as exploring issues that affect women all over the world, such as sexual oppression and indeed, sexual ignorance. The chaotic political backdrop of 1980s/1990s China allows Xioabin to draw a number of parallels between the public sphere and the private domain. For example, how the stifling climate of a loveless marriage shares similarities with the political suppression of an individual's creativity and expression.
So what does one do when they are dealing with a political atmosphere that still exerts powerful and negative influence over its writers? Well, Xioabin feels a writer should have a slightly fraught relationship with their society and surroundings; that it is a moralistic and integral struggle to establish truth, or a representation of it, in literature. She is aware of the extraordinary nature of her book, in how it so unabashedly examines sex and femininity, but she is dedicated to bringing the female perspective to light. As she explores abuses of power in China she refuses to play the part of apolitical 'chameleon' writer, an artful role that she is aware many of her literary fellows have perfected. Her talk was an eye-opening look at the relationship between literature and all manner of effects- protest, education, subversion, liberation, comfort, escapism, justice.
Naturally, once the talk was over, I rushed over to the book stall to buy the The Crystal Wedding and asked Xioabin to sign it. She graciously obliged and I thanked her for her brilliant words.
N.b. all images (besides portrait) were created by Xioabin, who is also a skilled artist!
Jun 7, 2016 by colonnadequiet	art, chinese literature, female writers, literature, the crystal wedding, translation, university, xu xioabin


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China Exim Bank Withholds $339m in Loans Amid Debt Reworks...
China Exim Bank Withholds $339m in Loans Amid Debt Reworks
By HAWI DADHI
The loan disbursement was halted as negotiations are underway with the Bank for a debt extension of five years with a one-year grace period, Demisu Lemma, director of Chinese Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance, disclosed to Fortune.
The Export-Import Bank of China has withheld the disbursement of 339 million dollars in loans to Ethiopia as it conducts a review of the country's debt standing, leading to delays in eight infrastructure projects, sources disclosed to Fortune.
The Chinese Bank has made such a move after the Ethiopian government took the offer to become one of the 73 countries eligible to re-negotiate payment of loans under an international initiative multilateral finance institutions took on debt servicing and suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an initiative later endorsed by G20 and Paris Club countries.
The amount withheld accounts for a third of debt disbursed by the end of the third quarter of the just-ended fiscal year.
This, however, will not bode well for Ethiopia; a potential failure to renegotiate its debt owed to major creditors, particularly China, will lead to the expiration of an indispensable program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF approved in December 2019 three billion dollars in loans for Ethiopia to help its address foreign exchange shortages, reduce debt vulnerabilities and enhance domestic revenues mobilisations. Nonetheless, "maintaining sustainable debt levels" is a condition Ethiopia's negotiators have agreed to when accepting a loan that represents 700pc larger than its quote in special drawing rights.
Two years on, the program's continuation depends on the successful negotiations of debt restructuring with the Chinese creditors, according to people knowledgeable of the process.
Officials of the Ministry of Finance have submitted documents necessary for the debt assessment, awaiting to hear back from the executives of the EX-Im Bank. Ethiopia's largest non-Paris Club lender, China Ex-Im Bank covers the lion's share of external debt from such lenders, which had reached 7.5 billion dollars by the end of March this year.
The loans are expected to be disbursed once the Bank completes the process of conducting an analysis of the overall debt stock of Ethiopia, which would be able to enjoy debt extension if it is approved. The analysis includes surveying how much outstanding debt the country has, the type of lenders, and the macroeconomic status.
Ethiopia`s external debt stock was at 28.8 billion dollars in June 2020, an increase of 6.6pc from the same period the previous year. Debt servicing has become an issue; lately, major international credit-rating agencies have downgraded the country's creditworthiness.
A major setback for a government that is already facing financial distress because of a critical shortage of forex, the latest decision of the Exim Bank, a major financier of megaprojects, including the four billion dollar Ethio-Djibouti railway, has forced authorities to suspend eight infrastructural projects temporarily.
The biggest loser from the suspension is the Modjo-Hawassa Expressway project, kicked off five years ago with a budget of 13 billion Br financed by the government, the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), China`s Ex-Im Bank and South Korea. The 202Km expressway was designed by Techniplan International Consulting, an Italian engineering firm, and under supervision by the Ethio-Infra Engineering Plc. Chinese Railway Seventh Group, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC), was awarded the contract for the first segment extending from Modjo to Meki towns. It was built with 3.6 billion Br in financing from the AfDB. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) inaugurated it a few months ago, but has yet to open for service as construction and infrastructure works, such as toll booths remain unfinished.
The initial project plan did not include the construction of toll sites and related infrastructure, but the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has the right to bring variations, according to Nahom Tsedeke, expressway team leader at the Authority.
For the second lot, stretching from Meki to Ziway, the Export-Import Bank of Korea extended a 228 million dollar loan to be repaid in 40 years, with a 15-year grace period.
Construction of the third segment, a 52Km stretching from Ziway to Arsi Negele towns, received 370 million dollars in funding from the World Bank Group as a concessional loan with a maturity period of 38 years and a grace period of six years. Initially planned to be completed this month, the progress has seen less than 30pc mainly due to issues with right of way, Nahom disclosed. The contractor, SBI International Holdings AG, requested an extension months ago and the project completion date has been reset to July 2022.
The last segment of 57Km from Arsi Negele to Hawassa is to be financed using 196 million dollars from the Ex-Im Bank of China, though the funds have yet to be disbursed.
Several other projects with a combined investment of 340 million dollars are awaiting the next round of disbursements from the Chinese financier. The fate of projects such as the Addis Abeba Power Network Rehabilitation & Upgrading Project, the Qality Ring Road Interchange, Tulu Dimtu Roundabout Road and Qality Ring Road Bulbula, and the Bole-Lemi and Kilinto Industrial Zone power transmission project is on balance pending a crucial agreement with executives of the Chinese bank.
Admitting the impact of the suspension on ongoing projects, Demisu says the debt extension would be more beneficial in the long-run. He recalled similar negotiations conducted in the past, even before the G-20 common framework surfaced when disbursements were paused. Demisu wants to see the repeat of the success achieved during the negotiations with other bilateral lenders, which had suspended a total of 221.6 million dollars that should have been paid between May 2020 and June 2021 under the debt suspension initiative of the G20 countries.
Ethiopia was granted restructuring two years ago for 3.3 billion dollars in loans disbursed for the construction of the Addis Abeba-Djibouti railway project. A few other relief agreements have also been made with China, which is believed to be Ethiopia's biggest bilateral creditor, accounting for about 32pc of external debt stock. The World Bank follows close behind.
China has so far financed more than 50 projects worth billions of dollars in Ethiopia: three billion dollars for the expansion of telecommunications, 2.3 billion dollars for hydropower plants, and 1.7 billion dollars for sugar mills.
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Armenia fielded two competitors at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. Both athletes also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Team selection

Track and road events

Field and combined events

Results

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External links
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Call Lambeth Council on their London telephone number 020 7926 1000 to contact a representative with any questions about about the public services administered by the London borough or if you would like to check your council tax band.
The borough of Lambeth houses one of the 32 councils of the capital city, and its council is situated at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton, where it runs meetings and executes policy for the 21 wards in its jurisdiction. Lambeth council is responsible for administering benefits and collecting council tax in the area while also keeping record of the births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships of its residents. The London council also provides public services such as parks and libraries in the area among its work supporting local schools in many postcodes across Lambeth.
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Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan and add the dry fruits and saute for 2 mins.
Cut jaggery into tiny pieces.
Add jaggery into the pan and stur till it melts.
Grease and 8 inch spring pan and pour the jaggery mix into this. Let it cool.


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Q: repeating macro I am looking for a marcro that can copy and paste cells.
The value of cell X must be copied to a cell X + 6.
So A1 text "Xteam" has to be copied to cell A7, this up to cell A380.
The same applies to cell B2 + 6.
It has to be dynamic, so the cell and sequence are dynamic..
I want to be able to indicate for myself which cell it is and the sequence ..
How can I do this,
I have this but doesnot work like i want:
Sub sequence()
Const Nxt As Long = 7
Dim A As Variant, B As Variant, V As Variant, N As Long
A = Range("A1").Value
B = Range("B2").Value
ReDim V(Nxt To 380, 1 To 2)
For N = Nxt To 380
    If N Mod 6 = 1 Then
        V(N, 1) = A
        V(N + 1, 2) = B
    End If
Next N
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Range("A" & Nxt, "B380").Value = V
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

thank you in advance
elmalle

A: Ok well, this is under the assumption that you want to specify how many times you want to copy A1 and B2 down the sheet. So your loop is fairly confusing, instead of using MOD, since you know you want it every 6 spaces and you're not doing anything to the other cells, it's easier just to have the number multiplied by 6 for your indexing. This also helps you figure out the dimensions of your transfer arrays more easily since you want to specify how many times you want to copy.
It's also worth noting that you're Application.screenupdating = False is in the wrong place. The real place you would want to speed up is during the loop. So if you were to include it, I would put it near the top of the code, but this isn't very resource intensive so I've just left it out.
Normally it's good to dim Constants if it helps with the legibility of the code, but in this case it doesn't seem to add any clarity. An example where it could help is where you're changing the colour of cells and are using colour indices. Constant Red as long = 3 makes it a lot more understandable, whereas constant Nxt as long = 7 doesn't add much.
Instead of working with a 2-D array dealing with both A and B at once, I chose to use two column vectors because it makes the pasting easier since they are staggered and it simplifies the math since you don't need to have items on staggered rows.
Lastly, I can't advocate this enough, but please, please, please use names that make sense at a glance. Although it may not have made a huge difference in this case, if you get to a more complicated project people might look at it and have to wonder what V is even used for. It also just makes it easier for people to help you since they won't have to sit for a bit wondering what each variable means.
I've also specified the worksheet it looks at, so currently it'll only look at the first sheet as indicated by the index 1. Make sure you change that so it changes the correct sheet.
Hope this helped and welcome to Stack Overflow.
Option Explicit

Sub sequence()

    Dim A As Variant
    Dim B As Variant
    Dim N As Long
    Dim ArrA() As Variant
    Dim ArrB() As Variant
    Dim NumCopies As Long

    A = Range("A1").Value
    B = Range("B2").Value
    NumCopies = 100

    ReDim Preserve ArrA(1 To NumCopies * 6, 1 To 1)
    ReDim Preserve ArrB(1 To NumCopies * 6, 1 To 1)

    For N = 1 To NumCopies
        ArrA(N * 6, 1) = A
        ArrB(N * 6, 1) = B
    Next N

    Worksheets(1).Range("A2:A" & 1 + NumCopies * 6).Value = ArrA
    Worksheets(1).Range("B3:B" & 2 + NumCopies * 6).Value = ArrB

End Sub


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Южный Биоко (; ) — одна из 7 провинций в Экваториальной Гвинее.
 Административный центр — город Луба.
 Площадь — , население —

География
Расположена в центральной и южной части острова Биоко. На севере граничит с провинцией Северный Биоко. Омывается водами залива Биафра (составная часть Гвинейского залива).

Административное деление
Провинция делится на 2 муниципалитета:
 Луба (Luba)
 Риаба (Riaba)

Провинции Экваториальной Гвинеи


These jeans have a slouchy fit. For a less-relaxed fit, buy 1 size smaller than your regular size.
Some of our favorite Principle Collection x Citizens of Humanity jeans ever! This perfectly faded pair is cropped just above the ankle—the ideal length for showing off your new dad sneakers or sleek booties.
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Love these jeans. I took my normal COH size 29 (5'8" 145), and they fit perfect even after wearing them for hours. I wasn't totally sold on the wash since it seems to have a yellow tone to it, but the fit makes up for it.
A comfortable and good-quality pair of jeans. The material feels very nice, it is the case when you simply want to wear them all the time. As for me, the jeans were true to size (25). Before washing they were a little bit looser, but now look exactly as pictured above. It's my first pair of CoH and I've already ordered another pair of this brand.
Citizens of Humanity is my favorite denim brand. They are always worth the price! I am 108 pounds and 5'3" tall. I ordered these jeans in a size 24. They run larger than I expected. If I keep these jeans I will need to have them taken in at the waste. My concern is whether or not they will stretch out after wearing them. If you are considering these jeans you may want to go down a size.
First off, I love the jeans. Definitely keeping them. HOWEVER, they do not fit like the pic. You probably need to have the same exact body type of the model to get that look in your size. Maybe size up? They are indeed stretchy and comfy, but appear to be more of a skinny jean, at least on me. I have an athletic build - 5'4" and about 125 lbs. If you are looking for a slouchy look I'd go with the Emerson jean, and definitely size down with them.
I own more than a few CoH jeans but this dissapointed me. It fit nothing like the pic. Not sure if i may need to size up from my normal 26 to get the look in the model? They were also a tad to short for me. The wash is beautiful and they are good quality though.
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