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How To Become Wealthy By Following These Five Gold Laws
by Claudiu Cozma 2 months ago in how to
It allows you to amass wealth and riches.
In 1926, George Samuel Claisen published a book called The Richest Man in Babylon, which was based on a series of parables set in the ancient city of Babylon. The book became a classic in financial literature.
If you've never read the book, the tried-and-true lessons will astound you.
Bond Seer, a chariot builder, and Kabhi, a musician, are the protagonists of the storey. They had become the best at their craft but were poor and had no money.
So they went out to seek the counsel and wisdom of their childhood friend, Cod, who, in stark contrast, had amassed vast fortunes.
Despite spending lavishly and giving generously to charity, our Cod was Babylon's richest man.
Our Cod told his two friends a storey about how he seemed to have an endless supply of gold and how his fortune continued to grow.
He claimed to have been a poor scribe who struck a deal with a wealthy man to learn the secret to wealth accumulation in exchange for his work on a clay inscription. The wealthy man agreed and taught him a valuable lesson.
He said, "I discovered the path to wealth when I decided that a portion of everything I earned was mine to keep, and so will you." This is a powerful lesson, and it's the foundation upon which every wealthy person has built their fortune, including our Cod.
The wealthiest man in Babylon did not amass his wealth by spending more than he could afford.
He became wealthy by putting aside a tenth or tenth of his earnings and investing it in ways that would guarantee him more money.
The First Golden Rule Is To Set Aside 10% Of Your Income For Investment.
According to the book, gold will come gladly and in increasing quantities to any man who will set aside not less than 1/10 of his earnings to create an estate for his and his family's future. This law ties into the principle of paying yourself first, which is a proactive approach to financial freedom that rich people understand very well.
Many people will always complain about how little money they have, regardless of what they do.
I always have nothing left over at the end of the month, or they'll say something to the effect that I'm not getting paid enough.
Although these points are valid, if one examines where their money is going, they will discover that most of the so-called priorities, such as weekly dinners out or weekly outings, are not necessary expenditures at all and are, in fact, a significant drain on your income statement.
Instead, set aside 10% of your monthly income as soon as you receive it, before paying your bills, utilities, or mortgage. Make sure you have 10% set aside for Netflix. The sooner you start, the better off you'll be and the larger your savings and investment funds will become. Not only will you be able to benefit from compound and growth to help grow your money faster, but you will also be protected in the event of a major financial crisis, such as a large medical bill, a large car repair, or, in the worst-case scenario, a layoff.
You won't be as terrified as before.
The Second Golden Rule Is To Put Your Money To Work.
According to the book, gold works diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds profitable employment for it, multiplying even as the flocks of the field gold and money indeed is a willing worker the richest man in Babylon learned early on how money works and how to put his money to work for him.
He was able to keep track of his spending and learn the difference between necessities and luxuries. While many people have difficulty distinguishing between the two, the rule of thumb for luxuries is simple.
If you don't need something, don't buy it. As your savings grow, you can start looking for profitable, safe investments to put your money into. There are many options.
You can invest your money in things like real estate, stocks, bonds, and businesses; you should think of your money as little soldiers going into battle and returning with a bounty; the more soldiers you have, the more bounty and loot they'll bring back; however, before making any major investment, you must be absolutely certain about where you're putting your money; make sound investments, and your money will come back in abundance; this brings me to the third law of gold: seek first advice.
According to the book, gold clings to the protection of the owner who invested under the guidance of wise men.
You did work hard for your money, didn't you?
You should also not lose a single penny.
So why would you put your faith in your own inexperience to make sound financial decisions?
This is exactly what a lot of poor and middle-class people do; they make investments based on their gut feelings or information they've overheard from friends, colleagues, or even on the radio, and the end result is always the same: they lose their money.
Occasionally, what they thought was a sound solid investment turned out to be a scam.
Would you be able to hear that?
The rich, on the other hand, seek advice from experts in the field of money management before making any major investment, just as you wouldn't trust a cook to perform heart surgery on your chest.
You shouldn't put your trust in people who aren't knowledgeable about how to make and manage money to advise you on where to put and invest your hard-earned cash.
This Leads Me To The Fourth Golden Rule.
Gold slips away from the man who invests in businesses or purposes with which he is unfamiliar or that are not approved by those who know how to keep it safe. I believe that using my friend John to illustrate this point is the best way to do so.
So, for the past year, John has been following and practising the first law of gold, and he has amassed a substantial sum of money, totaling $10,000.
So, my friend James is a reasonably intelligent individual.
He reads a couple of books a year and watches TV and YouTube videos about investing and making money, which is his favourite subject.
Despite the fact that, as I previously stated, James is a smart individual.
In terms of investing, he has a serious flaw.
It's been dubbed his Achilles' heel.
This is the type of investment James and a lot of poor people are making right now.
They hear about a good investment on the radio or television. They seize the opportunity right away.
You've probably heard it all before, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime real estate opportunity. You can't afford to pass up this opportunity to buy or sell this stock.
It's far too important to fail after only two months. Guess what the most important rule to follow when investing is.
If you don't understand it, don't invest in it. Instead, seek advice from wise men who know how to keep and make money, as the third law suggests.
Instead of investing in bad real estate stocks, James should have done this.
Instead, he should have sought the advice of someone who is successful and profitable in real estate or stock investing.
So now my friend James is broke and only has about $500 in his bank account, but not all is lost in his misery.
He concocts a brilliant scheme to recoup his losses and then some; his scheme is simple, brilliant, and cunning in his eyes. John's trip to Vegas is unavoidable.
Yes, the gambling city placed bets on a few games in order to recoup their losses.
He was defeated.
He is absolutely certain that he will be able to recoup his investment and then some.
The Fifth Golden Rule
Gold runs away from the man who tries to force it to impossible profits, or who takes the alluring advice of con artists and schemers, or who puts his faith in his own inexperienced and romantic investment desires.
You can see this in James's attempt to recoup the funds.
When he lost, he reasoned that gambling would be the quickest and easiest way to recoup his losses, despite the fact that some people do make a lot of money gambling. James didn't have a good day.
The premise of the book is that there is no quick way to become wealthy, and the lessons that Cod taught his friends are the wealth-building habits that I believe every wealthy person has followed to accumulate their wealth.
These lessons have helped millions of people become financially stable and wealthy, and I am confident that they will help you build a solid financial foundation as well.
Claudiu Cozma
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Arizona Cardinals QB Carson Palmer has been lost for the season, coach Bruce Arians told reporters Monday. Palmer suffered a torn ACL in his left knee yesterday and will be placed on the injured reserve for the remainder of the year.
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Q: Why does cooling down result in a decrease in density? In chapter one of the textbook by AC Phillips, we find "... as the temperature fell, the density of the universe became too low for the neutrinos to interact effectively with matter..."
This doesn't make sense because I thought hot air/gas was less dense.  For example, in weather, hot air is less dense and rises while cold air sinks.  If temperature falls, shouldn't the density increase?
Thanks, Ned

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The thing that drove the cooling of the very hot early universe was, in fact, its expansion- a process well-accounted for by the laws of thermodynamics. A thorough and eminently-readable exposition of this whole process is furnished by Weinberg in his book, The First Three Minutes, which I highly recommend. It contains a straightforward accounting of all the details of how the composition of the early universe changed as its temperature dropped.

A: I would add that space itself expanded at the big bang.  I don't know if it's exactly the same thing, but read up on our sun - only at the core with huge temperatures and gravitational pressures is energy produced.

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Stefan Bembiński (nom de guerre Harnaś - a traditional title for the leader of a Podhallian or Carpathian bandit band)) (born July 24, 1917 in Łagowiec Opatowski, died January 1, 1998) was a Polish veteran of World War II, member of the Home Army, and a Polish senator.

Interwar period
In the interwar period, Bembiński finished the State Seminary for Education in Kielce. From 1936 he worked in public schools in Wsola and Kobylnik, at first as an instructor and later as a director of the Kobylnik school. Between 1938-1939 he attended the School for Reserve Cadets of the 8th Division of Infantry in Pułtusk.

World War II
He took part in the fighting during the Nazi invasion of Poland. He was captured and imprisoned as a prisoner of war, but he managed to escape and returned to Kobylnik where he resumed work at the school. Soon he became active in underground anti-Nazi resistance in the Radom Home Army (AK) where he was the commander of a station in Błotnica. He was the second in command of the section for diversion and sabotage of the Radom Inspectorate and the head of the 72nd Infantry Regiment of the AK.

After the war
He left Radom after the entry of the Red Army and moved to Kraków. In April 1945 he was arrested by communist authorities but soon released. He came back to Radom, where he participated in several armed actions of the anti-communist underground (among others, the capture of the prison in Kielce and the release of political prisoners in August 1945, the freeing of former AK soldiers from the Radom prison in September 1945). He was arrested again at the end of September 1945 and in February 1946 he was sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life in prison which he began serving in the prisons in Rawicz and Wronki. He was released in 1952 but he was forbidden to return to working in Education and as a result worked for the Director of Industrial Timber of Radom. He was thrown out of that position after a few years for political reasons. Subsequently, he worked as a construction worker and ran a produce shop. In his spare time he studied History at the Warsaw University and the Humanities at the Catholic University of Lublin.

After October 1956
He was active in Veteran's organizations. After the events of the "Polish October" in 1956 he organized in Radom the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy, of which he became the president. Since the early 1980s, he was associated with the Solidarity movement. Among other functions, he was its president of the Section for Military Affairs in the Radom region. In June 1989, after the Polish Round Table Agreement he was elected as a Senator from the Radom Voivodeship. He was part of the Commission on Emigration and the Commission on Poles Abroad. As a veteran of World War II and the anti-communist resistance he was decorated with the Armia Krajowa Cross (The Home Army Cross), Cross of Valor and the Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari.

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Toronto funeral home under fire over charging extra fees for charitable donations
by Josh Sherman for Streets Of Toronto Posted: September 9, 2022
More families are sharing their stories about bad experiences with a Toronto funeral home after a grieving father accused the facility of charging extra fees on charitable donations made in his late son's honour.
"A lot of people have started to come out," says Raziel Zisman, whose 19-year-old son, Liam, died on Jan. 3 this year, and who now faces a legal battle with Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel over contributions to the memorial fund.
On the day of Liam's death, Zisman says he and his wife, Jeanne, scrambled to have a Zoom meeting with Michael Benjamin, the president of Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, and make arrangements for the service. In the call, Zisman says his family opted to establish the memorial fund with the chapel's Benjamin Foundation, a registered charity, with the intention of eventually distributing proceeds to Chai Lifeline and Camp Quality. What he wasn't told, he alleges, is that the foundation takes a 10 per cent cut of donations as an admin fee for holding the funds.
When Zisman was signing the contract after the call, he was so overwhelmed with grief that he didn't notice the stipulation in print. "I can barely breathe," he says, describing how he felt that January day.
In February, Zisman launched a lawsuit, which is ongoing, against the funeral home. Then, in May, he complained to the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, the province's funeral-industry watchdog which, in a ruling last month, ordered Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel to send all donations to the Zisman's chosen charities. The BAO also says the funeral business must release all 10 per cent fees dating back to Jan 1, 2016, by Jan. 31, 2023, and publish the fee on its website and in obituaries where the fund is mentioned.
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel — known for being one of the only funeral homes serving the city's Jewish community — has applied to the Superior Court of Ontario for a judicial review in hopes of striking down the BOA's decision.
"We are seeking a judicial review for the simple reason that charities like the Foundation clearly and unequivocally do not fall under the jurisdiction of the BAO and are already regulated extensively and thoroughly under existing Canadian laws and regulations as well as the CRA," says Benjamin in an email statement to Post City.
Benjamin also explained that the family created the foundation, but that it is independent of the chapel.
Other Toronto families have alleged that the funeral home has been less than forthcoming in the past. Suzanne Heft hadn't thought about her experience with Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel for some time — until she heard about the Zismans' situation in the Canadian Jewish News.
"The funeral itself went perfectly well," she says of the service that she arranged for her late husband, Harold, in July 2015.
But, towards the end of that year, when she was selecting a headstone from a different business, a salesperson warned her that she might have been charged for a headstone "credit" on her funeral bill. (She suspects the salesperson was familiar with Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel and trying to help her out.)
She was shocked to discover it was true: she'd allegedly been charged a monument credit towards the future purchase of a headstone that never occurred. Upon contacting the North York funeral home in November 2015, she was refunded within a week but left wondering if other families had been charged without realizing it, too.
She filed a complaint with the BAO in January 2016. In its investigation into the complaint, the BAO discovered, in a random sampling of 2015 contracts, similar credits were sold to 35 per cent of the mortuary's clients — but it's unclear how many were aware. Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel committed to the BOA to change its contractual wording for clarity and send four regular reminders to those who purchase the plan within the first two years of the transaction.
Seeing the latest orders against Benjamin's, Heft wonders at what point a funeral home loses its licence — or at least faces suspension. "How many strikes against you do you have to get before you're told, 'That's it'?"
That depends, according to the BAO.
"It varies related to the risk posed to consumers. Licence revocations occur a few times a year in general," David Brazeau, the BAO's communications manager, tells Post City in an email.
The BAO publishes a list of revoked licences on its website. "Follow-up inspections occur to ensure compliance," Brazeau adds.
The notice of the decision against Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel outlines possible consequences of non-compliance: "Failure to comply may result in a Registrar's action, which includes licence conditions, suspension, or revocation."
The notice also mentions previous decisions "related to inappropriate extra fees charged to grieving families by Benjamin's in 2020 and 2021." The BAO determined the funeral home had to reimburse any of its clients who were charged a "Special Care Fee" for deaths unrelated to COVID-19 or whose fees were higher than listed. Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel complied with the decisions in April, providing 258 refunds totally $75,918, plus tax, according to the regulatory body.
"Such extra-fee issues are not common in the bereavement sector as licensees typically show great respect for grieving families," says Brazeau in an email.
Benjamin tells Post City in the email statement that the chapel is undertaking "a complete review" of its business practices and says the mortuary's foundation no longer charges a 10-per-cent administrative fee on donations. "We recognize there are concerns and have listened to the feedback," says Benjamin.
Benjamin says his company would like to release the funds collected in Liam's name — and even make its own contribution — but can't until a legal resolution is reached.
Zisman, who works as a consultant but is a lawyer by training, says "it's hard to comprehend" why the foundation won't release any funds.
"They are holding money in trust against the bereavement authority's order," alleges Zisman. "What I find very sad is the money that was donated in January by friends and family all over the world has been sitting in a bank account… and not deployed to take kids to camp this summer."
Jordan Solway is one of many who reached out to Zisman after hearing about his family's struggle. He wanted to share his own experiences with Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.
Following his mother's funeral in August 2020, Solway filed a complaint against the bereavement company with the BAO. "In essence, it had to do with lack of transparency [and] not being provided with basic information that they're required to provide," he alleges.
Following a BAO inspection, the regulator found that the chapel didn't provide necessary documents, including an itemized price list, before entering the contract, which is required under Ontario's Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act. Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel agreed to waive the remaining balance owed on the account.
"Because of the circumstances under which you have to make the decisions — which are pretty rushed, admittedly — I think there's a heightened obligation on their part to make sure people understand what they're incurring," says Solway. "It wasn't the money; it was the principle of it."
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Jacob F. Field is an early modern historian based at the University of Cambridge. He was an undergraduate at Oxford, received his PhD from Newcastle for his thesis on the Great Fire of London, and also has written for several popular books on war and history. He is also a contributor to 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History (2015), where an earlier version of this Britannica entry first appeared.


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Zlotolow & Associates Launches New York City Personal Injury Website
Dec 19, 2017 | Business
The law firm's new website provides helpful information to accident and injury victims and their families in NYC's five boroughs and Long Island.
NEW YORK, NY, December 19, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ — The New York City personal injury law firm of Zlotolow & Associates, P.C., announced today the unveiling of the law firm's new website, ZlotoLaw.com.
The eye-catching website provides a wealth of information about personal injury and wrongful death claims for people who have been hurt or lost a loved one due to the negligence of others. Thanks to the site's easy-to-navigate design, visitors can easily access information on topics such as:
–	Defective products.
"Our guiding principle is to provide the best client service, and our new website reflects that commitment," said Scott Zlotolaw, a native New Yorker who founded the law firm more than two decades ago.
Today, Zlotolow & Associates features two offices and serves clients throughout New York City's five boroughs as well as Long Island.
"Our website should help people to understand their case a little better, and it will explain the important role that a lawyer can play for them when it comes to seeking the money they deserve," he added.
In addition to information about the law firm's core practice areas, the website contains profiles of the firm's attorneys, a look at the firm's record of results and testimonials from clients about their experience of working with Zlotolow & Associates.
Additionally, the new website features an online contact form and phone numbers for accident and injury victims to call in order to speak with an attorney about their case in a free consultation.
About Zlotolow & Associates, P.C.
Zlotolow & Associates, P.C., is a New York City personal injury law firm. For more than two decades, the firm's attorneys and legal staff have helped accident and injury victims to seek the compensation they deserve for their losses. The firm serves clients in Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. To learn more, call or reach the firm online today.
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1938 – Bray, John Arnold
Source: Derbyshire Times
Family History Researched by Paul Burkitt:
Arnold Bray was born on 16 March 1904 in Brampton, Derbyshire. His parents were Walter Bray (1880 – 1941) and Lydia Coupland (1877 – 1947).
In 1928, Arnold married Nellie Hickman (1903 – 1985) in Staveley. They had two children, Philip and Maureen. At the time of the disaster, Arnold was employed as a ripper at Markham Colliery, and he lived with his wife and two children at 30, The View, Poolsbrook. Nellie, his widow and two children, still lived at the same address on the 1939 Register.
An article in the Daily Mirror on 13 May 1938 covering the disaster, mentioned Arnold:
"Most of all the village will mourn Uncle Bray. He was the children's friend. At thirty-two he was a father himself, and he loved the village children. Arnold Bray was the organist at the Wesleyan Chapel. For weeks he had planned for the children's anniversary procession and service next Sunday, had selected the hymns. Now Uncle Bray is dead, and there will be no children's procession on Sunday."
John Arnold was commemorated on the 26th September 2018. The location of the artwork dedicated to Arnold can been seen here. Zone 4.
Further information can be downloaded here.
John Arnold Bray
John Arnold Bray Family Tree
Other Information.
Markham Colliery 1938 disaster
List of miners killed and injured in the 1938 disaster
List of miners killed in the 1938 disaster who were buried in Staveley


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Due soon is a smart reply API, providing suggested text snippets to fit a context.
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You can download Google ML Kit through Firebase.


What a nice surprise this morning when I stepped on the scale!
Breakfast was Honey Nut Cheerios and strawberries in almond milk. I had a serious craving for it this morning! Don't understand why the picture is sideways though!
I went over to Lisa's for some more P90X action. Today's video was Legs/Back and Abs. The leg video was challenging but it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be so that was nice! I came home and changed and then I had Lisa come with me to Home Depot to pick out some new light bulbs for my kitchen. Mine were too bright and white so she picked out a softer white for me. I stink at this sort of stuff. Now my kitchen looks and feels much warmer. We went to Starbucks afterwards. I tried a new drink: skinny cinnamon dolce latte. I usually get the vanilla version but thought I'd give this one a try. At first I didn't like it....I thought it had too much cinnamon flavor but then it began to grow on me and I ended up liking it. I still like the vanilla better but it's a nice change of pace.
I then went to Trader Joe's and Ralph's to load up on the week's groceries....in the pouring rain. Ugh.....I was soaked when I got home so I changed my clothes and got down to work paying bills, checking email, etc.
Soup sounded really good for dinner so that's what I had. Tomato/Roasted Red Pepper soup and a grilled cheese sandwich made with light wheat bread and light cheese. I lost one half of the sandwich to my son so I only ate one half and half of the soup. I got full very fast.....strange.
I re-took my Weight Watcher points quiz and it turns out I'm losing a point. I'm down from 24 to 23. That's not very nice!!!!
That's about it folks. I hope everyone had a nice Monday. Hasta la manana!
your breakfast looks really good! how is almond milk? it sounds so interesting!
I am going to be starting p90x tomorrow and can't freaking waittt!!
Tomato Soup is one of my favs.
If you like Almond milk try Hemp milk... it tastes better and it has calcium so you will be consuming the same number of points but gaining more nutrients for the same points..
I love almond milk. :-) And looking forward to the Special K Granola review. I've seen it, but didn't buy it.
PS- I nominated you for a Beautiful Blogger Award...check my recent post.
Nice job on the P90x!! I haven't ever tried one of those workouts!!


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Nicolas talks to Marnix (the other one).
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Aimee invited my best friend to her party, but she hasn't invited me.
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Protests target Bartow officer after 'racist' post
BARTOW (FOX 13) - Protesters want an officer and chief of police to be fired in Bartow.
Horns honked and drivers waved in support as the demonstrators marched in front of the Bartow Police Station Thursday. The protest stems from something Officer Christina Arribas posted on her Facebook page last November.
The post refers to former President Barack Obama as a gorilla.
It said, "This year, we lost two gorillas. One is in heaven. One will be moving out of the Whitehouse. One will be missed. One will not be."
"It's not only saying she thinks he is a gorilla, but all those who look like him are possibly considered gorillas," commented Dr. Clayton Cowart, one of the organizers of the event. "How can we trust her judgment on the streets with that attitude? That's pure racism."
The marchers were under the impression that Arribas was suspended for three days without pay. When questioned by reporters, the police department said Arribas was sanctioned for violating the department's social media policy, but not for the gorilla comment. She was sanctioned because she posted photos of herself on Facebook wearing her uniform.
"It is saying, to me, the uniforms are worth more than the comment," said Cowart after he learned the news.
The State Attorney's Office has sent Arribas a letter saying they can no longer use her testimony in court, in regards to future cases in which she may be involved as an officer of the law. If her testimony is no good in court, she may become a liability for the police department, meaning the State Attorney's letter essentially ends her career as an officer on the streets of Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties.


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Re: Trade Secrets
by Boreades » 8:52 pm
After enduring years and years of ortho-archeos telling us everything they find is "high status elite ritual" stuff, even when they find it in the village midden, it came as a bit of a surprise to find these archeos daring to say something quite different.
The discovery of 373 intact and broken tin-bronze socketed axes accompanied by 404 fragments in four pits at Langton Matravers collectively represents one of the largest hoards found to date in prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
So far so good. Were they any good, these axes?
They were very probably never meant to be used as axes as the very high levels of tin they contain would have made them brittle. Many were poorly finished, with the majority still containing their casting cores.
Oh. Seems strange, were these early axes? From when they were still figuring out how much tin to use?
The axes are typologically dated to the Llyn Fawr metalwork phase (c.800–600 BC) and span the Bronze Age/Iron Age transition, when the production, circulation and deposition of bronze appear to have been substantially reduced throughout north-west Europe.
Oh. Even stranger, the later the axes are made, the worse they are as axes. I've read the article twice, but can't find if the authors come up with any convincing explanation. If I understand their academic wanderings correctly, they are suggesting the trade in axes as a commodity collapsed, and they were dumped wholesale as scrap metal.
There is, however, one map in the article (of known hoard locations) that may be more relevant to TME than it is to them.
Ref : page 372 of the article, with numbered locations:
Finds of Llyn Fawr metalwork in Britain (after O'Connor 2007, Boughton submitted).1. King's Weston Down (Bristol); 2. Bassingbourn (Cambridgeshire); 3. Quy Fen (Cambridgeshire); 4. Wicken Fen(Cambridgeshire); 5. Carn Brea (Cornwall); 6. Higher Roseworthy (Cornwall); 7. Mylor (Cornwall); 8. St Erth(Cornwall); 9. Skelmore Heads, Urswick (Cumbria); 10. 'Ulverston' (Cumbria); 11. Blandford (Dorset); 12.Eggardon Hill I (Dorset); 13. Eggardon Hill II (Dorset); 14. Langton Matravers (Dorset); 15. Portland (Dorset); 16.Thorney Down (Sixpenny Handley); 17. Puddleton (Dorset); 18. Weymouth (Dorset); 19. Preston Down, nrWeymouth (Dorset); 20. Terminus Rd, Eastbourne (East Sussex); 21. Danebury (Hampshire); 22. Nether Wallop(Hampshire); 23. New Forest (Hampshire); 24. nr Southampton (Hampshire); 25. Steephill, Ventnor (Isle of White);26. R Ribble, Clitheroe (Lancashire); 27. Cringleford (Norfolk); 28. East Rudham (Norfolk); 29. Syderstone(Norfolk); 30. Watton (Norfolk); 31. Tower Hill (Oxfordshire); 32. Compton Beauchamp (Oxfordshire); 33. WestRow, Mildenhall (Suffolk); 34. R. Thames, Kingston (Surrey); 35. Ferring (Sussex); 36. Sompting (Sussex); 37.Figheldean Down (Wiltshire); 38. Manton Copse (Wiltshire); 39. Hindon (Wiltshire); 40. Vale of Wardour(Wiltshire); 41. Salisbury, Netherhampton (Wiltshire); 42. Tillicoultry (Clackmannanshire); 43. La Mancha(Peeblesshire); 44. Poolewe, Gairloch (Ross & Cromarty); 45. Plas-yn-cefn (Denbighshire); 46. Cardiff II, Leckwith(Glamorgan); 47. Llyn Fawr, Rhigos (Glamorgan); 48. Chapel Hill, Tintern (Monmouth); 49. 'South-West England'Group (not mapped); 50. Stockbury (Kent); 51. Melksham (Wiltshire); 52. Arreton (Isle of Wight); 53.Tisbury (Wiltshire)
Besides the obvious cluster in the Dorset & Wiltshire area (on routes still travelled), the outlying clusters reveal their own story. Either on the Greater Ridgeway heading towards Doggerland, or near ports and harbours.
Article Ref:
https://www.academia.edu/7567910/Collap ... ers_Dorset
Boreades
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by Mick Harper » 5:10 pm
That was my immediate thought when I started reading your post. My second thought was that bronze would need to be traded in regular 'ingots' and what better method than using standard axe-head moulds for that purpose. They would, for example, stack rather neatly, each one reversed on top of another. The problem now is with the end-user on being presented with over-tinned bronze ingots.
Explanation one: when being worked for whatever the end-user actually wanted bronze for, the extra tin gets bashed out/refined out
Explanation two: the brittleness is only relevant if you are going to use the bronze for axes
Are there any bronze-smiths in the house? [Perhaps you might post this on the AEL under Recent Archaeological Discoveries since we are more likely to run into them there.]
PS There are a number of 'matravers' in Dorset. What are they all about?
PPS Nos 2, 3, 4, 33, 30 and 27 on your map are all along the Michael Line. What's that all about?
Mick Harper
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by Boreades » 11:05 pm
I don't really think it's good enough to suppose that this was the British Leyland of its day.
We've always made them that way, it were good enough for me grandfather's grandfather...
On the other hand, if you are wholesaling a basic manufacturing raw material as a commodity to other manufacturers of retail items ...
Basic recipe: take one high-tin ingot, add the same weight of copper. Heat until molten, stir briskly, pour into your own molds. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Mick Harper wrote: PS There are a number of 'matravers' in Dorset. What are they all about?
Dunno. Haven't found anything definitive, except they are all on old pathways. As is the Matravers in Wiltshire.
Mick Harper wrote: PPS Nos 2, 3, 4, 33, 30 and 27 on your map are all along the Michael Line. What's that all about?
As before:
Boreades wrote: on the Greater Ridgeway heading towards Doggerland, or near ports and harbours.
by Mick Harper » 8:04 am
on the Greater Ridgeway heading towards Doggerland, or near ports and harbours.
Sorry, didn't notice that. But why would people be dropping off ingots en route? Fell off the back of a lorry doesn't seem likely in the circumstances. I suppose you might set up local foundries based on a passing trade but that doesn't seem likely either. Unless we are dealing with a full-blown Megalithic new technology corridor.
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Q: How to put variable values in the other list of list using pandas/python I have two variables :
date = 2018-10-25

In that all dates are stored
df =[['Euro', 0.8762059999999999], ['British Pound', 0.7755920000000001], ['Indian Rupee', 73.246211], ['Australian Dollar', 1.4093959999999999], ['Canadian Dollar', 1.308288], ['Singapore Dollar', 1.379124], ['Swiss Franc', 0.999036], ['Malaysian Ringgit', 4.1631849999999995], ['Japanese Yen', 112.293159], ['Chinese Yuan Renminbi', 6.944638]]

like that list of list are there.
I want Output:[['Euro',2018-10-25, 0.8762059999999999],['British Pound', 2018-10-25, 0.7755920000000001],['Indian Rupee',2018-10-25, 73.246211],....] like that for all element of the list with for loop using pandas/python.
And want to store that in Mysql Database So, how its query comes?
So please help guide me how should i do.
I tried this but not working :
 total = []
 for i in df:
         total = [df[0][0], date, df[0][1]]

A: Super simple:
date = "2018-10-25"

df =[['Euro', 0.8762059999999999], ['British Pound', 0.7755920000000001], ['Indian Rupee', 73.246211], ['Australian Dollar', 1.4093959999999999], ['Canadian Dollar', 1.308288], ['Singapore Dollar', 1.379124], ['Swiss Franc', 0.999036], ['Malaysian Ringgit', 4.1631849999999995], ['Japanese Yen', 112.293159], ['Chinese Yuan Renminbi', 6.944638]]

// Loop through df, i being the position, and append the date to the end of each
// of those arrays under df, because df is a multi dimensional array.
for i in df:
   i.insert(1,date)

print(df)

A: Try this:
date = '2018-10-25'
for i in df:
    i.insert(1,date)

In [1154]: df
Out[1154]:
[['Euro', '2018-10-25', 0.8762059999999999],
 ['British Pound', '2018-10-25', 0.7755920000000001],
 ['Indian Rupee', '2018-10-25', 73.246211],
 ['Australian Dollar', '2018-10-25', 1.4093959999999999],
 ['Canadian Dollar', '2018-10-25', 1.308288],
 ['Singapore Dollar', '2018-10-25', 1.379124],
 ['Swiss Franc', '2018-10-25', 0.999036],
 ['Malaysian Ringgit', '2018-10-25', 4.1631849999999995],
 ['Japanese Yen', '2018-10-25', 112.293159],
 ['Chinese Yuan Renminbi', '2018-10-25', 6.944638]]

Now, you can create a dataframe from above to insert into Mysql
frame = pd.DataFrame(df)
frame.columns = ['Currency' ,'date', 'value']
frame.date = frame.date.apply(pd.to_datetime)
In [1156]: frame
Out[1156]:
                       0           1           2
0                   Euro  2018-10-25    0.876206
1          British Pound  2018-10-25    0.775592
2           Indian Rupee  2018-10-25   73.246211
3      Australian Dollar  2018-10-25    1.409396
4        Canadian Dollar  2018-10-25    1.308288
5       Singapore Dollar  2018-10-25    1.379124
6            Swiss Franc  2018-10-25    0.999036
7      Malaysian Ringgit  2018-10-25    4.163185
8           Japanese Yen  2018-10-25  112.293159
9  Chinese Yuan Renminbi  2018-10-25    6.944638

from pandas.io import sql
import MySQLdb

frame.to_sql(con=con, name='table_name', if_exists='replace', flavor='mysql', index=False)

Let me know if it works.


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The Dark Tower VII
Read by George Guidall
Book #7 of The Dark Tower
Illustrated by Michael Whelan
Unabridged Audio Download
Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds from a vast and complex canvas, here is the conclusion readers have long awaited—breathtakingly imaginative, boldly visionary, and wholly entertaining.
Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide across multilayered worlds of wheres and whens. The destinies of Roland, Susannah, Jake, Father Callahan, Oy, and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself, which now pulls them ever closer to their own endings and beginnings...and into a maelstrom of emotion, violence, and discovery.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower Reading Group Guide from The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance
1. Of all the books in the Dark Tower series, The Dark Tower is probably the most action-packed. What are the major crisis points within the novel? How does King create this dramatic tension? How do you think King goes about planning such a plot? Does the story line just evolve naturally from the characters he imagines?
2. What do Jake and Callahan find in the Dixie Pig? In what ways do the forces of the Outer Dark mock the White? Since the Crimson King is also descended from Arthur Eld, is there some hidden significance in this mockery? If so, what does this say about the nature of the White? What about the nature of the Tower?
3. How does Pere Callahan's death, at the beginning of The Dark Tower, refer back to his experiences in 'Salem's Lot? What does this say about Callahan's ka?
4. What is an aven kal? How is it similar to, or different from, todash?
5. What kind of "walk-in" do Eddie and Roland meet along Route 7 in Lovell? How did this creature enter our world? What connection does King make between walk-ins, the Prim, and the creative imagination?
6. What is the difference between a magical door, which links worlds, and a mechanical one? Where do the different types come from? Is one aligned with the White and one with the Outer Dark? Can such simple labels be put on them? Why?
7. The Breaker prison in Thunderclap is known as the Devar-Toi to the prisoners and Algul Siento to the can-toi and taheen guards. How do these two names express different perspectives on the duties being performed there?
8. The three Breakers who initially aid Roland, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake all come from other places in King's fiction—either from earlier parts of the Dark Tower series or from other stories or novels. Where do these characters come from? Why does King choose these characters? What does this say about the Dark Tower itself, and about the interconnectedness of the "Stephen King Universe"?
9. To describe Pimli Prentiss, Master of the Devar-Toi, Stephen King compares him to Jim Jones, the leader of the People's Temple in Guyana, who convinced his followers to commit mass suicide. What effect does this have upon us? Is King making a wider social statement when he draws this comparison?
10. What is ka-shume? How does this force manifest in the ka of our ka-tet? Can a person escape ka-shume?
11. Although it has its own stark beauty, Roland's world has been devastated by mutations, plagues, and ruinous technology. Now that you've finished the series, how do you think Mid-World relates to our world? Does the company North Central Positronics have any symbolic significance? Is King commenting on contemporary culture? If so, what is he saying? Is his vision completely positive, completely negative, or something in between?
12. In the final two books of the Dark Tower series, King enters the tale directly. In fact, at one point King calls himself the deus ex machina, or the "god out of a machine." What is your reaction to King's appearance in the Dark Tower series? What place does the fictional Stephen King have in the Dark Tower universe? What about the real Stephen King?
13. According to the people of the Tet Corporation, there is a direct link between the Dark Tower series and King's other fiction. What is it? Do you view King's various novels as pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle, with the Dark Tower novels at the center? Why or why not? If you don't see King's fiction in this way (or if you haven't read many of King's other books), think about any King films you've seen, or any episodes of his various TV series. Are there any themes that seem to repeat?
14. What are the can-toi? What are the taheen? How are they the same and how are they different? King compares the taheen to the monstrous figures found in Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted circa AD 1500. Take a look at this painting. (It's fairly easy to find. Just type Hieronymus Bosch, and Garden of Earthly Delights, into your search engine.) As you will see, when the triptych is closed, its outer shutters depict the creation of the world. When the triptych is open, the left panel depicts Adam and Eve and the earthly paradise, the center panel illustrates the world engaged in sinful pleasures, and the right panel (where our taheenlike creatures appear) represents Hell. How are King's creations similar to these painted figures? By drawing this comparison, what other, unspoken comments is King making about End-World, the Devar-Toi, and the Crimson King?
15. At the beginning of The Dark Tower, Jake reflects upon one of Roland's sayings. According to our gunslinger, "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." What does this statement mean? Do you agree or disagree with the philosophy it expresses? Take a look at each member of Roland's ka-tet: Eddie, Susannah, Jake, Oy, Callahan, and even Roland himself. Do any or all of them remain true to this vision?
16. At the beginning of Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King includes a section entitled "The Final Argument." According to this introductory piece, each of the seven novels of the Dark Tower series has a subtitle. Moving, in order, from The Gunslinger to Song of Susannah, these subtitles are "Resumption," "Renewal," "Redemption," "Regard," "Resistance," and "Reproduction." In terms of Roland's quest, what is the meaning of each of these subtitles?
17. Although each of the first six novels of the Dark Tower series has a singleword subtitle, The Dark Tower (the final book of the series) has a four-word subtitle. It is "Reproduction, Revelation, Redemption, Resumption." How does this subtitle reflect the action of the novel? How does it interact with the subtitles of the previous novels? If you sit and contemplate the meaning of each of the words in The Dark Tower's subtitle, does it affect your interpretation of the novel's ending? How does it affect your interpretation of Roland's quest?
© Shane Leonard
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Michael Whelan
Publisher: Scribner (September 21, 2004)
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"[A] hypnotic blend of suspense and sentimentality...sprawling, eventful tale of demons, monsters, narrow escapes, and magic portals."
– The New York Times Book Review
"One gets the feeling that this colossal story means a lot to King, that he's telling it because he has to....He's giving The Dark Tower everything he's got."
– San Francisco Chronicle
"With the conclusion of this tale...King has certainly reached the top of his game."
– Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Q: Do I need to guess a distribution to use MLE? From what I understand about Maximum Likelihood Estimation, by observing a set of data, we guess a distribution family and then find the parameters for that distribution that will maximize the probability of observing the data we have observed. (Am  I right?)
So prior to using MLE I do need to have a way to guess a distribution family that the data follow. How can I make this guess?

A: To apply parametric MLE, you need to specify a parametric distribution.  For non-parametric MLE, you do not specify a parametric distribution.
The most popular of the non-parametric MLE approaches is called Empirical Likelihood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_likelihood (not much of a write up on that page).  The classic book in the field is "Empirical Likelihood" by Art B, Owen https://www.amazon.com/Empirical-Likelihood-Art-B-Owen/dp/1584880716 . The freely accessible paper "Empirical Likelihood", Art B, Owen, Annals of Statistics 1990, Vol. 18, pp. 90-120 https://projecteuclid.org/download/pdf_1/euclid.aos/1176347494 will give you a pretty good idea of the field.  Freely available slides by Owen are at http://statweb.stanford.edu/~owen/pubtalks/DASprott.pdf .
Basically, Empirical Likelihood makes use of the empirical distribution of the data, as the basis for forming an empirical likelihood. This empirical likelihood can be maximized, subject to various constraints, sometimes in closed form, but often requiring numerical constrained nonlinear optimization methods.  It can be used as the basis for computing non-parametric likelihood ratio tests and confidence regions (not necessarily ellipsoidal or symmetric).
There are relationships between empirical likelihood and bootstrapping, and indeed, the two can be combined.
If you don't have a solid rationale for use of a particular parametric distribution, you're generally better off using a non-parametric method, such as empirical likelihood.  The downside may be that the computations are more computationally intensive, and the confidence regions which result do not look like those most people have come to expect based on, for instance, Normal distribution assumptions.

A: To apply MLE you need to assume a distribution. So, yes, you need to have a distribution in mind, usually. The standard intro texts use Gaussian. For instance, they'd show you how Gaussian distribution leads to MLE in linear model to the same estimators as in least squares regression.
Gaussian distribution with independence (random sample) assumption is a popular choice. However, other distributions are used when they're more suitable for a problem. Often, you don't have to "guess" the distribution, but already know what family it belongs to. Maybe you know it must be Poisson, for instance. In this case you plug it into MLE equations and derive the appropriate likelihood function to estimate the parameter of the distribution

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How can I make this guess?

As pointed out in other answers, sometimes you know what the distribution must be due to the nature of the data generating process. Consider Generalized Extreme Value Distribution as described in Wikipedia:

By the extreme value theorem the GEV distribution is the only possible limit distribution of properly normalized maxima of a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables.

Of course, this is an asymptotic result, but you may count on it for sufficiently large samples.
Other times you may just have a rough idea and would not know exactly. However, this may suffice in the framework of quasi maximum likelihood estimation (QMLE). QMLE allows consistently estimating model parameters and doing inference when the assumed distribution does not match the true distribution. Even though it does not work universally (not all distributions can be assumed in place of other distributions), it can still be pretty useful.
(For an intuitive explanation of why and how QMLE works see Idea and intuition behind quasi maximum likelihood estimation (QMLE).)

A: In general, no you cannot use MLE to find which family of distributions might provide a good parametric model for an outcome. That's not to say that there aren't some exploratory techniques that could shed some light on possibilities. But, as we know from statistics, using the same data as a hypothesis generating and hypothesis confirming tool will lead to increased false positive errors.
Ideally a family of distributions is chosen before the data are collected. You can often think about the data generating mechanism and/or draw parallels between what other researchers have used and discussed. For instance, Poisson variables come from independent exponential interarrival times, and 3 parameter Weibull models can flexibly describe time-to-event curves. You can also rely on the fact that predictions and inference coming from similar probability models tends to be quite similar, for instance, inference from the t-test tends to be quite similar to the z-test even in moderately small samples.
Another thing to consider is that Tukey was quoted as having said, "Build your model as big as a house!" within the limits of the data themselves, making oversimplified assumptions tends to be unnecessary when more flexible nested parametric models are available. For instance, instead of exponential time-to-event models, you could consider Weibull as a bigger class, or 3 parameter Weibull as an even bigger class of models. For counting processes, negative binomial models are basically two parameter Poisson models. You can even consider mixtures or empirical likelihood as ways of describing densities with a minimal number of assumptions.


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Technology has made it easy to justify replacing some jobs with electronic counterparts for the sake of saving money, but this is the first instance we've seen of a company replacing workers with robots to supposedly save the planet. Crate & Barrel recently announced that it is installing a Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System (MFS) for automatic order fulfillment and warehouse operations at its Tracy, California distribution complex. In addition to being time efficient, Crate & Barrel also claims that the system is ultra energy-efficient.
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Crate & Barrel isn't the first company to use Kiva's system. Saks has 700 of the robots in one of its fulfillment centers and says that it has led to a 50% rise in productivity compared when the warehouse used human workers. But how long can it be before managers start justifying layoffs by saying it reduces the company's carbon footprint?


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package com.intellij.codeInspection.bytecodeAnalysis.asm;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.tree.*;
import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.tree.analysis.AnalyzerException;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Specialized version of {@link org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.tree.analysis.Analyzer}.
 * Calculation of fix-point of frames is removed, since frames are not needed to build control flow graph.
 * So, the main point here is handling of subroutines (jsr) and try-catch-finally blocks.
 */
public class FramelessAnalyzer extends SubroutineFinder {
  protected boolean[] wasQueued;
  protected boolean[] queued;
  protected int[] queue;
  protected int top;

  public void analyze(final MethodNode m) throws AnalyzerException {
    n = m.instructions.size();
    if ((m.access & (ACC_ABSTRACT | ACC_NATIVE)) != 0 || n == 0) {
      return;
    }
    insns = m.instructions;
    handlers = (List<TryCatchBlockNode>[]) new List<?>[n];
    subroutines = new Subroutine[n];
    queued = new boolean[n];
    wasQueued = new boolean[n];
    queue = new int[n];
    top = 0;

    // computes exception handlers for each instruction
    for (int i = 0; i < m.tryCatchBlocks.size(); ++i) {
      TryCatchBlockNode tcb = m.tryCatchBlocks.get(i);
      int begin = insns.indexOf(tcb.start);
      int end = insns.indexOf(tcb.end);
      for (int j = begin; j < end; ++j) {
        List<TryCatchBlockNode> insnHandlers = handlers[j];
        if (insnHandlers == null) {
          insnHandlers = new ArrayList<>();
          handlers[j] = insnHandlers;
        }
        insnHandlers.add(tcb);
      }
    }

    // computes the subroutine for each instruction:
    Subroutine main = new Subroutine(null, m.maxLocals, null);
    List<AbstractInsnNode> subroutineCalls = new ArrayList<>();
    Map<LabelNode, Subroutine> subroutineHeads = new HashMap<>();

    findSubroutine(0, main, subroutineCalls);
    while (!subroutineCalls.isEmpty()) {
      JumpInsnNode jsr = (JumpInsnNode) subroutineCalls.remove(0);
      Subroutine sub = subroutineHeads.get(jsr.label);
      if (sub == null) {
        sub = new Subroutine(jsr.label, m.maxLocals, jsr);
        subroutineHeads.put(jsr.label, sub);
        findSubroutine(insns.indexOf(jsr.label), sub, subroutineCalls);
      } else {
        sub.callers.add(jsr);
      }
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
      if (subroutines[i] != null && subroutines[i].start == null) {
        subroutines[i] = null;
      }
    }

    merge(0, null);
    // control flow analysis
    while (top > 0) {
      int insn = queue[--top];
      Subroutine subroutine = subroutines[insn];
      queued[insn] = false;

      AbstractInsnNode insnNode = null;
      try {
        insnNode = m.instructions.get(insn);
        int insnOpcode = insnNode.getOpcode();
        int insnType = insnNode.getType();

        if (insnType == AbstractInsnNode.LABEL || insnType == AbstractInsnNode.LINE || insnType == AbstractInsnNode.FRAME) {
          merge(insn + 1, subroutine);
          newControlFlowEdge(insn, insn + 1);
        } else {
          subroutine = subroutine == null ? null : subroutine.copy();

          if (insnNode instanceof JumpInsnNode) {
            JumpInsnNode j = (JumpInsnNode) insnNode;
            if (insnOpcode != GOTO && insnOpcode != JSR) {
              merge(insn + 1, subroutine);
              newControlFlowEdge(insn, insn + 1);
            }
            int jump = insns.indexOf(j.label);
            if (insnOpcode == JSR) {
              merge(jump, new Subroutine(j.label, m.maxLocals, j));
            } else {
              merge(jump, subroutine);
            }
            newControlFlowEdge(insn, jump);
          } else if (insnNode instanceof LookupSwitchInsnNode) {
            LookupSwitchInsnNode lsi = (LookupSwitchInsnNode) insnNode;
            int jump = insns.indexOf(lsi.dflt);
            merge(jump, subroutine);
            newControlFlowEdge(insn, jump);
            for (int j = 0; j < lsi.labels.size(); ++j) {
              LabelNode label = lsi.labels.get(j);
              jump = insns.indexOf(label);
              merge(jump, subroutine);
              newControlFlowEdge(insn, jump);
            }
          } else if (insnNode instanceof TableSwitchInsnNode) {
            TableSwitchInsnNode tsi = (TableSwitchInsnNode) insnNode;
            int jump = insns.indexOf(tsi.dflt);
            merge(jump, subroutine);
            newControlFlowEdge(insn, jump);
            for (int j = 0; j < tsi.labels.size(); ++j) {
              LabelNode label = tsi.labels.get(j);
              jump = insns.indexOf(label);
              merge(jump, subroutine);
              newControlFlowEdge(insn, jump);
            }
          } else if (insnOpcode == RET) {
            if (subroutine == null) {
              throw new AnalyzerException(insnNode, "RET instruction outside of a sub routine");
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < subroutine.callers.size(); ++i) {
              JumpInsnNode caller = subroutine.callers.get(i);
              int call = insns.indexOf(caller);
              if (wasQueued[call]) {
                merge(call + 1, subroutines[call], subroutine.access);
                newControlFlowEdge(insn, call + 1);
              }
            }
          } else if (insnOpcode != ATHROW && (insnOpcode < IRETURN || insnOpcode > RETURN)) {
            if (subroutine != null) {
              if (insnNode instanceof VarInsnNode) {
                int var = ((VarInsnNode) insnNode).var;
                subroutine.access[var] = true;
                if (insnOpcode == LLOAD || insnOpcode == DLOAD
                    || insnOpcode == LSTORE
                    || insnOpcode == DSTORE) {
                  subroutine.access[var + 1] = true;
                }
              } else if (insnNode instanceof IincInsnNode) {
                int var = ((IincInsnNode) insnNode).var;
                subroutine.access[var] = true;
              }
            }
            merge(insn + 1, subroutine);
            newControlFlowEdge(insn, insn + 1);
          }
        }

        List<TryCatchBlockNode> insnHandlers = handlers[insn];
        if (insnHandlers != null) {
          for (TryCatchBlockNode tcb : insnHandlers) {
            newControlFlowExceptionEdge(insn, tcb);
            merge(insns.indexOf(tcb.handler), subroutine);
          }
        }
      } catch (AnalyzerException e) {
        throw new AnalyzerException(e.node, "Error at instruction "
                                            + insn + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new AnalyzerException(insnNode, "Error at instruction "
                                              + insn + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
      }
    }
  }

  protected void newControlFlowEdge(final int insn, final int successor) {}

  protected boolean newControlFlowExceptionEdge(final int insn, final int successor) {
    return true;
  }

  protected boolean newControlFlowExceptionEdge(final int insn, final TryCatchBlockNode tcb) {
    return newControlFlowExceptionEdge(insn, insns.indexOf(tcb.handler));
  }

  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  protected void merge(final int insn, @Nullable final Subroutine subroutine) throws AnalyzerException {
    Subroutine oldSubroutine = subroutines[insn];
    boolean changes = false;

    if (!wasQueued[insn]) {
      wasQueued[insn] = true;
      changes = true;
    }

    if (oldSubroutine == null) {
      if (subroutine != null) {
        subroutines[insn] = subroutine.copy();
        changes = true;
      }
    } else {
      if (subroutine != null) {
        changes |= oldSubroutine.merge(subroutine);
      }
    }
    if (changes && !queued[insn]) {
      queued[insn] = true;
      queue[top++] = insn;
    }
  }

  protected void merge(final int insn, final Subroutine subroutineBeforeJSR, final boolean[] access) throws AnalyzerException {
    Subroutine oldSubroutine = subroutines[insn];
    boolean changes = false;

    if (!wasQueued[insn]) {
      wasQueued[insn] = true;
      changes = true;
    }

    if (oldSubroutine != null && subroutineBeforeJSR != null) {
      changes |= oldSubroutine.merge(subroutineBeforeJSR);
    }
    if (changes && !queued[insn]) {
      queued[insn] = true;
      queue[top++] = insn;
    }
  }
}


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From left to right, John Valliant, Fusion's Chief Executive Officer, with Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, at the announcement of $105 million USD in funding for Fusion Pharmaceuticals. Photo by Georgia Kirkos.
Fusion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company founded at McMaster University and based at the McMaster Innovation Park (MIP), has secured $105M (USD) in private financing to help advance a new approach to cancer therapy based on its ground-breaking research.
This new round of funding, which follows earlier investments of $46M (USD), comes from an international syndicate of leading investors. The funds will help advance the work of the company, including growing its operations in Hamilton.
The company was spun off from the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC), which is located at McMaster. Fusion's Chief Executive Officer is John Valliant, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at McMaster.
"We have made tremendous progress in the last two years and this financing reflects strong support for our work, our people and product pipeline," Valliant says. "With this investment, we will be able to broaden our team and clinical program and accelerate our strategies to develop new therapies."
Fusion's lead product is designed to seek out and infiltrate cancer cells and deliver a lethal and highly localized dose of radiation. Its aim is to target and damage the very DNA of the cancer cells so they cannot grow back. It is designed to attack drug-resistant tumours that do not respond to traditional therapies, which may include lung, prostate, breast and colorectal cancers.
"This is a remarkable accomplishment by our colleagues at Fusion," says Rob Baker, McMaster vice-president, research. "First and foremost, their work has the potential to improve the health and well-being of many cancer patients. It's also a true indicator that the plan to grow Hamilton's life sciences sector by commercializing McMaster's research is achieving real results."
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"The world is learning that Hamilton is a great place to grow a life sciences business," says Ty Shattuck, CEO of the McMaster Innovation Park. "Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a homegrown global success story and it paves the way for even more growth and opportunity in this sector for Hamilton and our business community."
It's been a year of great accomplishment for Fusion. In 2018, it was recognized as Ontario's Life Sciences Company of the Year. The award recognizes an Ontario-based company that demonstrates strong leadership and is achieving significant milestones in life sciences research and development and is working to commercialize innovative products.
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