There is no way to escape the stresses of the season. Every year about the time that fall rolls around, I take an oath to myself that I will find a way to celebrate the season without getting caught up in all the hoopla. Nice thought, but easier said than done.
I have always liked to make things, maybe because I always think it is so special to receive something homemade. It really doesn't matter what it is; just the idea that somebody put their time and effort into something for me is enough.
So, this year, I started making things for the kids on my list. There were a couple of wood projects, a couple of photo projects and a couple of painting projects. I am interested in all these areas, and the project ideas were good, but I didn't start soon enough. Now it is less than a week before Christmas, and all of them are started and none are done. I am stressing, but I do it to myself.
On a good note, I have most of my shopping done. I actually knew what I wanted to get each person on my list for whom I wasn't going to be making a gift. Between getting out there and shopping early and my new best friend, the Internet, I am free from being part of the mad rush the last week before the holiday. This part is good.
As far as food goes, I was going to make all the old standbys to share with family and friends. However, my friend the Internet shows me new recipes each day that are promised to be quick, easy, and ones that everyone will rave over. So, I head to the store to buy ingredients that I have never heard of to make recipes that I have never made. So, I have more stress trying to get my platters done. Why don't I just stick to the dishes that I love to make and people love to receive? I do this to myself.
Then there are Christmas cards ... Ugh. Don't get me wrong, I love to receive them, I love to write them, and I think it is great that people still send cards instead of just putting greetings on Facebook. It is just that it is so time consuming. Some folks do the Christmas letter. You know, they write a letter detailing what has happened in their lives for the whole previous year and send it with the card. Everyone is split on this issue — either you like it or you don't.
Some say that this is a lazy way out and that everyone gets the same thing. It makes the cards a lot less personal. I used to think this way too, until I realized that I would write basically the same thing in each card, with only slightly different versions. I will never be able to just sign my name and send the card because there is no point in buying the cards and stamps just to sign my name.
So, yes, now I do the Christmas letter, too. However, being the writer that I am, it still seems so generic to stuff the letter in a card and sign my name. So, I still write the letter and print them off, stuff them in the cards, and still write a personal note before signing my name. Instead of the letter making my life easier, it ends up being just one more step I've added. I do this to myself.
After spending two days stuffing the cards, writing my personal notes in them, signing them, hunting up addresses, sealing and stamping the envelopes, I am done. This is after 126 cards.
Although this is a chore, something magical always happens when I go through my list. I usually have a steaming cup of coffee and my phone beside me. When I come across a name of a person that I haven't talked to recently, I pick up the phone and call.
We are all so busy that there are always people in our lives that we seldom see, but this is the season to reach out and reconnect. What a pleasant break from writing, and how nice to hear the voice of a friend or relative that I haven't kept in such good contact with on the other end of the line.
Each year, too, I am humbled as I go through my list. There are always names that I cross off because they are no longer with us. We all have them, people who have been part of our lives at some point in time, but for one reason or another, have gone by the wayside. Yet, we still feel driven to stay connected, hence the annual Christmas card. Each year I swear to keep better contact, but it is usually the next year when I break out the Christmas card list that I think of them again. It's the same cycle, but I do it to myself.
Even worse is when I try to make up for this loss of and write in so many cards that we should "get together between the holidays." I do know that "between the holidays" is only 7 days, or 168 hours, long. This is not enough time to squeeze in all the people that I hope to see. I do this to myself.
I really think that holiday stress is a tradition in itself. We are so driven and run in such a high gear throughout the year that at holiday time we try to experience all the good will, good cheer, and all the other laid-back stuff that we deprive ourselves of all year long. We do this to ourselves.
Why can't we keep the holiday feeling all year? What price do we pay for success? We push for something better, something more, as if just being where we are at is not good enough. There is nothing wrong with striving for more, but maybe we should step back and see how blessed we are wherever we are. You know those 126 cards that were a huge chore? I step back and think of how blessed I am to have so many in my life that care about me, and whom I want to stay connected to.
This year I did not put up a tree. I have only a few simple decorations up, and I probably won't get Christmas cookies made. It's OK though. I didn't just promise to reconnect, I did it this year. That's the important stuff. I feel good. I do this to myself.


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Japan Air Lines Boeing 727-100 hijacking 1970
I don't speak Japanese but I believe this to be footage from a 1970 hijacking of a Japan Air Lines Boeing 727-100 by left wing Japanese terrorists.
Channels: Classic jetliners, Boeing, Accidents and incidents
Japan Airlines DC-8-62 take-off 1987
Nice footage of a JAL DC-8-62 taking off filmed in 1987.
Channels: Classic jetliners
Japan Asia Airways DC-8-61 Landing & Taxi
1987/12/29 Japan Asia Airways DC-8-61 Landing & Taxi at Nagoya. Videographer not known.
Japan Asia DC-8-61 engine start up 1987
Fantastic footage featuring the unique sounds of a Japan Asia Airlines DC-8-61 starting engines. Too bad these magical sounds can no longer be heard at airports.
Japan Asia DC-8-61 JA-8050 Take-off from Nagoya 1987
Japan Asia DC-8-61 JA-8050 taxi and take-off sequence filmed at Nagoya in 1987.
Jet Age Models from the Collection of Anthony J. Lawler
For nearly half a century, from the time of the first successful flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, the predominant form of aircraft propulsion had been propellers driven by piston engines. Jet engines were initially conceived in the early twentieth century, but were not put into practical use in aircraft until World War II and were not installed on commercial airliners until the late 1940s. These first applications were turboprops or propellers attached through a gearbox to the turbine of a jet engine. In 1952, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) introduced the de Havilland Aircraft Company's Comet, the first commercial pure-turbojet, and the fastest airliner in the world at the time. Six years later, an improved Comet and other jetliners from Boeing, Sud Aviation, and Douglas Aircraft emerged. Not only were these jets capable of high velocities, but they also enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs, and thus lower ticket prices and open up air travel to a large percentage of the public. The jet age of commercial aviation had effectively arrived. When these new airliners were introduced they were celebrated as one of the greatest advances in commercial aviation, and were promoted with great enthusiasm during the 1950s and 1960s. Producing scale models of these jetliners was an effective means for airlines to promote the new aircraft, and for manufacturers, an important part of the design, production, and marketing process. Crafted by in-house model shops or through independent model makers, they represented the new aircraft designs in miniature for convenient three-dimensional viewing and analysis. Accurately painted livery schemes on the models helped the airlines to imagine the new, swift jets operating within their fleets, and carriers distributed the models to their sales offices and travel agents for proud display. The models exhibited here represent the first three decades of the jet age of commercial aviation, from the early 1950s until the introduction of supersonic transports and wide-body, jumbo-jets in the late 1970s. All models are from the collection of Anthony J. Lawler, an aviation industry professional and avid airliner model collector since first seeing the de Havilland Comet fly over his boyhood home in Rhodesia 1952. Mr. Lawler has spent decades assembling his collection of scale airliner display models, most of which were acquired while working as a senior sales representative for Airbus North America during the 1980s and 1990s. His collection spans almost a century of commercial aviation design innovation. Jet Age Models is on view in the Aviation Museum and Library through October 2014. View exhibition highlights: http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/jet-age-models
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Kai Tak 10 minute airport history (Cantonese)
Cantonese with some English sub-titles. This ten minute video clip explains the history of world famous Hong Kong Kai Tak airport. Features some old footage of Kai Tak, airplanes landing in stormy conditions, and some nice old airline liveries, including Cathay Pacific CV880, Pan Am 707 and BOAC Comet. (Thumbnail photo by Daryl Chapman)
L188 Approach to PANC
By the Cielo Company. L188 Approach to Anchorage AK
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Critics: Proposed charge could pull plug on clean energy growth
A proposed new grid charge leveled at small solar and wind projects in legislation on the Michigan Senate floor could derail growth in the state's net metering program that incentivizes clean energy produced by homeowners and small businesses.
Despite some changes in Michigan Senate Bills 437 and 438 — primarily sections that govern net metering program rules — businesses in the state's small solar and wind industry say the proposed bill package could reverse more than eight years of growth in net metering by discouraging investment in small projects.
Under SB 437, the Michigan Public Service Commission would be empowered to set a "fair and equitable grid charge to apply to customers who participated in a net metering or distributed generation program."
"If the grid access fee is comparable to what other states have done (about $5 per month), there would be a slight impact. The bill doesn't put a cap on the fee. If it is high, it could have a substantial impact on net metering and solar." – Mark Hagerty, president of Michigan Solar Solutions in Commerce Township
The proposed bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, would likely require the MPSC to hold a contested hearing before an administrative judge who would hear testimony from all sides about a grid charge. The judge would then make a recommendation to the MPSC, which the commission could accept, reject or modify in an order, said MPSC spokeswoman Judy Palnau.
Last week, Nofs distributed draft four of SB 437 S-6 to the Republican caucus. Spokesman Greg Moore told Crain's that while Nofs wanted to hold a vote on SBs 437 and 438, which is sponsored by Sen. John Proos, R-St. Joseph, a vote on the energy package likely will be held sometime in October.
Mark Hagerty, president of Michigan Solar Solutions in Commerce Township, said his business could be adversely affected if the grid charge was too high and discouraged customers from investing $10,000 to $20,000 in a rooftop solar project.
"If the grid access fee is comparable to what other states have done (about $5 per month), there would be a slight impact," Hagerty said. "The bill doesn't put a cap on the fee. If it is high, it could have a substantial impact on net metering and solar."
While Hagerty said his business is up 40 percent over last year with about 55 projects, several customers have already backed away from rooftop solar installations because of talk of changing the law. He said the vast majority of system installations are solar projects approved for net metering.
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Globe Wealth How much money do you need to get the attention of a financial adviser?
At Elevate Wealth Management, a team of advisors in Vancouver under the Quintessence Wealth umbrella, clients need about $250,000 to access services, portfolio manager and founding partner Rob Parrish says.
If you are seeking the services of a high-income financial planner, you need money – or "investable assets," as the industry calls it.
Most high-net-worth wealth management firms deal with customers with at least $1-million to $5-million, says Charlie Sims, CEO and president at Cumberland Wealth, a firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary and Kingston.
It's the combination of services provided that bring those clients through the door of the wealth management firm, Mr. Sims says, including tax and retirement planning, estate and legacy planning.
"We manage money on a discretionary basis, which means we take on a fiduciary responsibility for our clients. All of our client-facing individuals have the chartered financial analyst designation, the CIM [Chartered Investment Manager] designation or are certified financial planners. Many of them have business degrees. Some of them have chartered accountant designations and we have a suite of portfolio managers who are responsible for running investment pools," Mr. Sims says.
And high-net-worth firms, most of which charge a fee for service, also are willing to put in the all-important time with the client. They set themselves apart with a premium "high-touch" experience, offering far more than investment advice.
At Sandstone Wealth in Calgary, clients can expect three initial meetings with the company's team to determine whether the client and the firm are a good fit, president Brent Pickerl says. Then there is another meeting to go over statements and there will be quarterly meetings for the first year. After that, it's up to clients to choose how often meetings are scheduled.
Sandstone clients generally have a minimum of $2-million to invest, Mr. Pickerl says, although younger clients with "great characteristics" and good wealth potential are also in the customer mix.
The firm provides a variety of services and works with clients' personal lawyers, accountants and their families. If there are services and investments not available in-house, Sandstone will find them. And unlike less-premium firms, the company offers services related to foundations and family trusts.
At Elevate Wealth Management, a team of advisers in Vancouver under the Quintessence Wealth umbrella, clients need about $250,000 to access services, portfolio manager Rob Parrish says.
That's not high net worth these days, Mr. Parrish says. The average client at Elevate probably has $500,000 and up, he adds.
"What we found is that most of the new clients we're meeting, unless they have about that number [$250,000], they're focusing on the day to day. They don't have a lot of options moving forward.
"Frankly, my partners and I have been in the business for 20 or 30 years. Most of our clients have been with us 15 or 20 or 30 years. We only have so many hours in a day. We put limits on new clients and we just cannot accept clients with low dollars that frankly we can't really help very much," Mr. Parrish says.
The face-to-face helps Elevate partners get a feel for the client.
"Sometimes their stated comfort with risk is high, but we can see it in their eyes that if they knew more it may not be that high," Mr. Parrish says.
He adds that the team needs to determine the characteristics of the client. A client who is bringing in $1-million which is their entire life savings built over the years has different needs than one who is the grandchild of a someone with $100-million who has $1-million of their own to make their mark.
Abacus Wealth in Edmonton offers high touch for clients but doesn't have a minimum floor level in terms of assets.
The group of 17 independent brokers offers investments and insurance products, and debt and financial planning counselling, adviser Trevor Bernes says.
Mr. Bernes estimates he spends three to four hours in meetings with new clients in the first month. He thinks the industry as a whole is moving to lower levels of service for lower-net-worth clients.
"The regulators are going to start to determine the answer to this question. Right now on the table they're talking about taking away deferred sales charging investments. That's where you get paid an up-front commission that does not charge the client unless they leave the financial institution you've set them up with.
Mr. Bernes says without the deferred sales charge, for advisers at a large brokerage the commission on a $50,000 investment isn't enough to pay for enough time to create a customized financial strategy.
"The commission structure and the time versus compensation for advisers is what's dictating this aversion to the smaller family client and forcing advisers to only take on a large amount of capital," Mr. Bernes says.
The regulators haven't changed the rules yet, Mr. Bernes says, but he's concerned about the future.
There is also a shortage of advisers, which limits access for those with moderate or low assets to invest, adds Mr. Bernes, 36, who is planning a long career in the business, but that's not the general pattern for independent advisers.


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Malaysia began their quest for a Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title with a comfortable 5-1 win over Poland at the Azlan Shah Stadium here in Ipoh.
It was a uplifting performance from the Malaysians who were parading four newcomers to the team.
But to be fair the Poland side, they were a last-minute replacement for South Africa and could not have had a long training period before coming here.
Still, the Malaysians ranked 13 in the world were better and better organised in their play and had the 21st ranked Poland on the defensive throughout the game.
The Malaysians play Japan next and that match could be a better testament to their final potential. Malaysia tops the group on an opening day with a better goal difference to South Korea.
Malaysian coach Roelant Oltmans said it was good to start off with a win at any time but was more pleased with the players keeping to their playing structure.
"We are starting to play a new structure and it is pleasing to see the team doing well. It is not a finished product but there are still some areas that will need to improve. We cab seen that the payers are trying and that is good. I am also pleased with the new players as they gave a good account of themselves. There is a lot of talent and we need to nurture them correctly," he said.
The Malaysians were without their influential skipper Mohamed Shukri Mutalib as he is out of the squad due to a broken finger. The team had decided to rotate the captaincy and Mohamed Marhan Mohamed Jalil took over the armband for the match.
The first half saw the Malaysians dominating the play but a defensive error in the 13th minute allowed the Polish to gain a penalty corner. But fortunately for the Malaysians, the corner was poorly executed.
Malaysia opened their scoring in the 20th minute when they earned their first penalty corner of the match. Faizal Saari made no mistake with the flick to the right of the goalkeeper Maciej Pacanowski.
In the 28th minute, the Malaysians gained the second penalty corner but Razie Rahim missed with the flick. But the Malaysians kept the ball in the D and this time Fitri Saari was at close quarters to ram home a shot for the second goal.
The Malaysians ended the first half on a high note as they scored the third goal with Faizal on target with their third penalty corner in the 30th minute.
But their good performance was blotted in the last second of the first half when the Poland side scored off their third penalty corner through Michal Kasprzyk.
In the 36th minute Ashran Hamsani scored his first goal for the senior side when he slotted home a field goal for a 4-1 lead.
Malaysia's relentless attacks brought goal number five in the 45th minute when Faizal Saari scored from a penalty corner set-piece move for the tournament's opening hattrick.
Poland coach Karol Sniezek admitted that they were not at theory best but gave credit to the Malaysians for taking their chances well.
"It is a good tournament to come to and I am pleased that we were able to play well in the match although we conceded five goals. We came here to learn and gain experience. In that sense playing a high-level game with such an atmosphere is greatly welcomed.
"This is not our full side as some players had commitments in Europe. But all of them are fighting for a place in the squad for the world series," he added.


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RAD51 functional biomarker to more precisely guide patient selection for PARPi therapy
Home news RAD51 functional biomarker to more precisely guide patient selection for PARPi therapy
One major challenge in improving outcomes for cancer patients is reverting resistance to anticancer therapies including PARP inhibitors (PARPi). The need to identify functional biomarkers to better predict sensitivity to these therapies and more precisely guide clinical decision making is critical. While PARPi have recently and thankfully been approved for the treatment of BRCA1/2-mutated metastatic breast cancers, unfortunately these patients will ultimately become resistant to these agents over time.
Now published both open access online and in print in the flagship journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Annals of Oncology*, VHIO's translational and clinical investigators have shown the efficacy of a protein, RAD51, as a functional biomarker with clinical utility in more accurately selecting patients who will be most likely to benefit from PARPi therapy.
First authored by Cristina Cruz, Medical Oncologist and Clinical Investigator at VHIO and the Vall d´Hebron University Hospital (HUVH), this study was spurred through support received from the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC), and is reflective of VHIO´s purely translational approach to advancing research against cancer. The multidisciplinary team counted on the expertise of other VHIO leading researchers from its Experimental Therapies Group directed by Violeta Serra, High Risk and Cancer Prevention Group led by Judith Balmaña, and VHIO's Breast Cancer Group headed by Cristina Saura.
The team investigated the in vivo mechanisms of PARPi resistance in patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDX) models generated by implanting tumor samples from patients with a germline BRCA1/2 mutation and breast or ovarian cancer to subsequently establish sensitivity or resistance to PARPi. "We know that not all patients carrying these germline mutations respond to these inhibitors and numerous mechanisms of resistance have already been described. Identifying functional biomarkers is of paramount importance and our research has effectively demonstrated RAD51 to be a predictor of resistance to these agents," explains Cristina Cruz, who is also Staff Scientist of Judith Balmaña's Group.
PARPi block the PARP enzyme in helping to repair DNA when it becomes damaged. Preventing it from doing its repair work in cancer cells leads to cell death. However, patients become resistant to these inhibitors and there is therefore a pressing need to better predict resistance in these patients.
Violeta Serra, corresponding author of the paper observes, "As a multidisciplinary translational tour de force our teams have successfully identified a dynamic and predictive biomarker, RAD51, as an indicator of functional DNA homologous recombination repair and its consequent clinical utility in establishing which patients will be sensitive to PARP inhibitors."
"Up until now, RAD51 could only be used in fresh samples and applicability was therefore extremely limited. Our discovery has shown that it can also be used in a retrospective sample set. As a previously identified biomarker, we have now been able to show its true clinical value," continues Cristina.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes encode essential proteins for DNA homologous recombination repair (HRR), and loss of function of either gene impairs this high-fidelity DNA repair pathway triggers genetic instability and increases the risk of breast or ovarian cancer at a younger age due to the difficulty in repairing DNA damage. Between 5-10% of these breast cancers are hereditary mainly caused by these BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. These patients are sensitive to DNA damaging agents including anthracyclines, platinum salts as well as novel therapies that block DNA repair including PARPi.
VHIO teams are dedicated to potentiating these inhibitors for the more effective treatment of BRCA mutation carriers, and these devoted and purely translational efforts have since led to the approval of certain agents by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "Aimed at improving outcomes for patients who have progressed on other approved therapies, treatment with PARPi has shown excellent results when compared with standard chemotherapy," explains Judith Balmaña who is also co-author and (co) Principal Investigator of several pioneering clinical studies investigating PARPi.
"Importantly, not only has efficacy of these inhibitors been demonstrated in ovarian and breast cancer, their promise, although still requiring further studies, has also been seen beyond treating breast cancer patients with a BRCA germline mutation. We are now seeing promise in patients with metastatic disease across tumor types," adds Judith.
"While we know a great deal about mechanisms of resistance occurring preclinically, we still have to establish their implication and impact at the clinical level. Our study has successfully delivered on this ambition by validating the functionality of RAD51 as a biomarker and demonstrating that tumors from BRCA1/2-mutation carriers may restore the restauration of homologous recombination repair and acquire PARPi resistance through diverse mechanisms ," concludes Violeta.
VHIO teams are now investigating the relevance of this biomarker across more tumor types including prostate, pancreatic and endometrial cancers. Further, the direct detection of RAD51 as a functional biomarker of HRR may better guide the selection of patients eligible for PARPi-monotherapy as well as the use of combination therapies such as PARP paired with ATM blockade for PARPi-resistant patients.
* RAD51 foci as a functional biomarker of homologous recombination repair and PARP inhibitor resistance in germline BRCA-mutated breast cancer. C Cruz, M Castroviejo-Bermejo, S Gutiérrez-Enríquez, A Llop-Guevara, Y H Ibrahim, A Gris-Oliver, S Bonache, B Morancho, A Bruna, O M Rueda, Z Lai U M Polanska, G N Jones, P Kristel, L de Bustos, M Guzman, O Rodríguez, J Grueso, G Montalban, G Caratú, F Mancuso, R Fasani, J Jiménez, W J Howat, B Dougherty, A Vivancos, P Nuciforo, X Serres-Créixams, I T Rubio, A Oaknin, E Cadogan, J C Barrett, C Caldas, J Baselga, C Saura, J Cortés, J Arribas, J Jonkers, O Díez, M J O'Connor, J Balmaña, V Serra. Annals of Oncology, Volume 29, Issue 5, 1 May 2018, Pages 1203–1210, https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy099.


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Jun 15th 2019 @ Cafe Carlyle
About Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 11 Broadway shows – most recently the revival of Violet – and originated roles in the Broa...
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Two-time Tony-winning actress, singer and dancer Sutton Foster returns to Café Carlyle, June 11-22. The New York Times praised her previous residency: The radiance of Julia Roberts and the zany spunk of Holly Golightly: that only begins to describe the seductive charms of Sutton Foster in her irresistible cabaret show. At Café Carlyle, she'll perform Broadway favorites and original recordings, focusing on selections from her new album, Take Me to the World, and stories of how being a mother of a two-year-old has informed her work and changed her life.
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Assemblyman Bill Nojay was facing a fraud trial in Cambodia and reportedly under FBI scrutiny when he went to his family's cemetery plot in Rochester and shot himself in front of an arriving police officer on Friday.
Now the defeat Tuesday of challenger Richard Milne coupled with a quirk in state election law means that local GOP leaders, who encouraged voters to choose Nojay despite his death, get to pick someone to take on Democrat Barbara Baer in November. Nojay's Republican-leaning district in the Legislature's lower chamber covers parts of suburban Rochester and the Finger Lakes region.
"I really don't know what to say. It's such an unusual situation," Milne told The Associated Press as unofficial results showed him trailing by nearly 1,000 of the 4,500 votes cast.
Though he hopes the three county leaders put him on the ballot, Milne was critical of "robocalls" and other efforts by the "powers that be" to boost Nojay after his death.
"They really did some things in the past few days that were in poor taste in my opinion to sway the vote," he said.
While rare, posthumous elections happen, notably when Missouri Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash but defeated the Republican incumbent and future U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in a 2000 Senate race. That victory led to the appointment of Carnahan's widow, Jean Carnahan, to the Senate. Since 1962, four people who died close to Election Day have been elected to the House of Representatives.
Nojay, a 59-year-old Rochester native and father of three, was elected to the Assembly in 2012 and quickly emerged as a leading critic of stricter gun control laws that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through the Legislature after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. He had graduate degrees in law and business from Columbia University and was a research fellow at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to his official biography.
In addition to his work as a lawyer and lawmaker, Nojay hosted a regional conservative talk radio show and encouraged Trump when he previously flirted with running for governor of New York.
Authorities haven't said what might have been behind Nojay's suicide, but multiple Rochester media outlets have reported he was due to surrender to the FBI to face federal fraud charges on the afternoon he killed himself near his brother's grave. Federal prosecutors have declined to comment on that case.
Nojay and two other men were also facing trial in Cambodia on fraud charges, accused of bilking an investor of $1 million in a proposed rice exporting business. Nojay denied fraud was committed.
"All the people I've worked with have been honorable people, but again, some of them have done well, and some of them have stumbled. That's just the nature of small business work," Nojay told Rochester's WHAM radio the day before he died.
Milne, who is mayor of Honeoye Falls, said he ran a "clean and solid race" and was disappointed.
"I really believe we would have fared better with Mr. Nojay still alive," he said.


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Bethesda Announces Fallout: 76
Jason Schreier
The next big game from Fallout developer Bethesda Game Studios is Fallout: 76, the company announced today, and although the studio hasn't yet said what it is, we hear it's an online game of some sort.
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Sources: Fallout 76 Is An Online Survival RPG
When Bethesda announced Fallout 76 with a teaser trailer this morning, promising more information…
Here's the teaser trailer:
From what we've heard, this game is under development at both Bethesda Game Studios' main office in Maryland and at the Austin office formerly known as Battlecry Studios. That Austin office, which started in 2012, was making a hero shooter called Battlecry before Bethesda canceled it.
We'll see more of the game at Bethesda's E3 press conference on June 10.


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L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E was an avant-garde poetry magazine edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews that ran thirteen issues from February 1978 to October 1981. Along with This, it is the magazine most often referenced as the breeding ground for the group of writers who became known as the Language poets.

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External links
 L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine online archive
 'Meaning, Unmeaning and the Poetics of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E', article by Suman Chakraborty
"L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E P=O=E=T=R=Y", poetry previews
https://web.archive.org/web/20131021134226/http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5661

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Q: Where to place sort() I'm currently working on this code. I need to extract the min and max value in the list, but for some reason they are extracting the first inputted value and the last inputted value as the max. I want to add the sort() function to sort the values in the list from lower to higher, but I don't really know where to put it. Code's below. The list is called ages.
def getAges():
    agesAmount= int(input("How many ages do you want to evaluate: "))
    while agesAmount!= 0:
        ages= []
        numAge= 1
        for i in range(agesAmount):
            ages.append(input("Enter age "+str(numAge)+": "))
            numAge+= 1
        agesAmount //= 10

Any help would be appreciated.

A: Convert your ages to integer
ages.append(int(input("Enter age "+str(numAge)+": ")))

moreover you don't need numAge
while agesAmount!= 0:
    ages= []
    for i in range(agesAmount):
        ages.append(int(input("Enter age "+str(i)+": ")))
    ages.sort()
    print(ages)

A: What I can suggest to you is what follows:
def getAges():
    agesAmount= int(input("How many ages do you want to evaluate: "))
    while agesAmount!= 0:
        ages= []
        numAge= 1
        for i in range(agesAmount):
            ages.append(input("Enter age "+str(numAge)+": "))
            numAge+= 1
        agesAmount //= 10
    return(sorted(ages, key=lambda x: int(x)))

Example output
How many ages do you want to evaluate: 5
Enter age 1: 5
Enter age 2: 4
Enter age 3: 3
Enter age 4: 1
Enter age 5: 2
['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']

sorted takes two arguments (mostly just one, but you can always consider adding a key argument to make a pattern for sorting). The former is an iterable object and the latter, as said before, is a pattern for sorting. If you are explicitly interested in just using sort function, follow the next snippet:
def getAges():
    agesAmount= int(input("How many ages do you want to evaluate: "))
    while agesAmount!= 0:
        ages= []
        numAge= 1
        for i in range(agesAmount):
            ages.append(input("Enter age "+str(numAge)+": "))
            numAge+= 1
        agesAmount //= 10
    ages.sort(key=lambda x: int(x))
    return(ages)

Note that, sort function in List objects use variable by reference, so you will just need to call it on the variable without assigning its output to any other variable. It will do the job for you. The output of the code above would be the same as the first code snippet.

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public class DrawView extends View {

Paint paint;
Path path1 = new Path();
Path path2 = new Path();

public DrawView(Context context) {
    super(context);
    init();
}

public DrawView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
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}

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 }
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Нарисовал поверх ваших - все точно.
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Q: undescore _.each and grunt I get warning from Grunt when I use underscore library:
let userId = 502;
let member = _.find($scope.data.userReports, function (member) {
     return member.person.id === userId;
});

Don't make functions within a loop.
When I try correct this situation I doesn't get member from underscore (is undefined, but also member is not passed into checkUserFunction).
let userId = 502;
var member = _.find($scope.data.userReports, checkUserFunction(member, userId));

let checkUserFunction = (member, dataKey) => {
    if(parseInt(member.person.id) === parseInt(dataKey)){
        return true;
    }
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};

A: Your problem here is that you're calling find like this:
_.find($scope.data.userReports, checkUserFunction(member, userId));

When you should be calling it like this:
_.find($scope.data.userReports, checkUserFunction);

By including the braces when you pass in checkUserFunction you're not passing the function, you're passing in the return value of the function.
Also, the predicate for find only accepts one parameter so I think what you need is more like this:
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var member = _.find($scope.data.userReports, checkUserFunction);

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