Genalyte, Inc. has announced the launch of its Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) antigen panel that runs on the Maverick™ Detection System.
The Genalyte T1D antigen panel is the first multiplexed assay that measures seven autoantibodies associated with the destruction of pancreatic islet cells seen in type 1 diabetes.
In a related development, Genalyte reported that it is collaborating with the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (BDC) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine to further develop and test multiplexed antigen panels for the early detection of T1D.
The Genalyte T1D antigen panel was developed as part of the first phase of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded to Genalyte to develop multiplexed assays for the early detection and monitoring of type 1 diabetes.
The $500,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases also provides support for expansion of the approach to allow autoantibody response profiling by multiple criteria, which is expected to enhance the ability of researchers and clinicians to detect and monitor the development of the disease.
An estimated three million individuals in the U.S. have T1D, an autoimmune disorder that leads to life-long dependence on insulin injections.
New disease-modifying therapies may have the potential to reduce or stop the destruction of islet cells in patients at risk of developing T1D.
The availability of tools to identify these patients early in the disease process would facilitate the development and use of these preventative therapies.
The Genalyte T1D antigen panel requires only a 2 to 5 μL serum or plasma sample and provides results in less than 15 minutes, without the use of dyes, fluorescent probes or radioactive labels.
The T1D panel measures autoantibodies to insulin, proinsulin, GAD 65, GAD 67, IA-2 (PTPRN, ICA512), phogrin (PTPRN2, IA-2ß) and ZnT8 (SLC30A8). For more information, visit http://genalyte.com/maverick-type-1-diabetes-t1d-assay-kit/.
Other commercially available tests for the Maverick Detection System include MT-ADA, ENA 4, ENA 6 and ANA 14 assay kits.
Additionally, Genalyte offers researchers a Custom Spotting Service that loads proteins supplied by customers, such as antibodies, peptides, biomarkers, cytokines and antigens, on to standard-format Genalyte chips that are ready to be run on the Maverick System.


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Tim Mikkelson (Matamata, 13 de agosto de 1986) é um ruguebolista de sevens neozelandês.

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Mikkelson integrou o elenco da Seleção Neozelandesa de Rugby Sevens quinto colocada no Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016.

Jogadores olímpicos de rugby sevens da Nova Zelândia
Jogadores de rugby sevens nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016

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1. "…a scandal that we've been referring to as 'Stupid Watergate', because it has all the potential consequences of Watergate but everyone involved is REALLY stupid."
A term coined by John Oliver on his HBO topical political commentary series 'Last Week Tonight' referring to the criminal conspiracy (collusion) involving Donald J. Trump Sr and Russian operatives to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The term illustrates how inept and laughably transparent the involved members of Donald Trump's campaign and transition (including DJT) were at both perpetrating said crimes, and covering them up after the fact.
I can't believe how f***ing obvious the ties between Trump & Russia are, and how incredibly obvious these goons attempts at a coverup are. How the hell does 'House of Cards' seem more like an actual corrupt presidential administration and this farce of an administration seem like a laughably cheap over the top parody. Literally "Stupid Watergate."


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Q: meshgrid like function for a list of 3d arrays I want to be able to compute a pairwise distance between a list (or array) of n-dimensional points. I would like to compute the distance matrix between a list of origin a destination.
I tried np.meshgrid, but it does not get me what I want. Probably I am using it wrong.
Image I have points [x1,...,xn] and [y1,...,y_n] and I want to construct the pair wise matrix [[(x1,y1), .... , (x_n, y1)], ...., [(x_1, y_n), ...,(x_n, y_n)]. It can also be two matrices containing xs and ys.
n=2 %number of points
d=3 %dimesion of points

X = np.random.random((d, n))
Y = np.random.random((d, n))
xv, yv = np.meshgrid(X,Y)

xv.shape
>>(6,6)  %here I would like to obtain a 3x2x2 matrix

In math it is the distance matrix between a pair of tensors.
Probably the solution is some broadcasting magic...

A: This is the solution I found:
X1 = np.array([[1,2,3], [4,5,6]])
X2 = np.array([[7,8,9], [10,11,12]])

xv, yv = np.repeat(X1, 2).reshape(3,2,2), np.repeat(X2, 2).reshape(3,2,2).transpose((0,2,1))

That gives:
xv
>>array([[[1, 1],
        [2, 2]],

       [[3, 3],
        [4, 4]],

       [[5, 5],
        [6, 6]]])
yv
>>array([[[ 7,  8],
        [ 7,  8]],

       [[ 9, 10],
        [ 9, 10]],

       [[11, 12],
        [11, 12]]])

The desired matrix is obtained:
np.stack([xv, yv]).shape
>>
(2, 3, 2, 2)

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Saint of the Day Online - St John of God
Saint of the day online, Wednesday, March 08, 2018
St John of God
St John of God who was born on March 8, 1495 was a Portuguese-born soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a worldwide Catholic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick, and those suffering from mental disorders. He has been canonized by the Catholic Church, and is considered one of Spain's leading religious figures.
From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. The challenge for him was to rush to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit gave him, not his own human temptations. But unlike many who act impulsively, when John made a decision, no matter how quickly, he stuck with it, no matter what the hardship.
At eight years old, John heard a visiting priest speak of adventures that were waiting in the age of 1503 with new worlds being opened up. That very night he ran away from home to travel with the priest and never saw his parents again. They begged their way from village to village until John fell sick. The man who nursed him back to health, the manager of a large estate, adopted John. John worked as a shepherd in the mountains until he was 27. Feeling pressure to marry the manager's daughter, whom he loved as a sister, John took off to join the Spanish army in the war against France. As a soldier, he was hardly a model of holiness, taking part in the gambling, drinking, and pillaging that his comrades enjoyed. One day, he was thrown from a stolen horse near French lines. Frightened that he would be captured or killed, he reviewed his life and vowed impulsively to make a change.
John experienced a major religious conversion on Saint Sebastian's Day (January 20) of 1537, while listening to a sermon by John of Ávila, a leading preacher of the day who was later to become his spiritual director and would encourage him in his quest to improve the life of the poor. At the age of 42 he had what was perceived at the time as an acute mental breakdown. Moved by the sermon, he soon engaged in a public beating of himself, begging mercy and wildly repenting for his past life. He was incarcerated in the area of the Royal Hospital reserved for the mentally ill and received the treatment of the day, which was to be segregated, chained, flogged, and starved. Cidade was visited by John of Avila, who advised him to be more actively involved in tending to the needs of others rather than in enduring personal hardships. John gained peace of heart, and shortly after left the hospital to begin work among the poor.
Around this time, he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura, where it is said he experienced a vision of Mary, who encouraged him to work with the poor. Cidade expended all his energy in caring for the neediest people of the city. He established a house where he wisely tended to the needs of the sick poor, at first doing his own begging. When John began to put into effect his dream, because of the stigma attached to mental illness, he found himself misunderstood and rejected. For some time he was alone in his charitable work, soliciting by night the needed medical supplies, and by day attending to the needs of his patients and the hospital; but he soon received the cooperation of charitable priests and physicians. Many stories are related of the heavenly guests who visited him during the early days of his immense tasks, which were lightened at times by the archangel St. Raphael in person. To put a stop to his custom of exchanging his cloak with any beggar he chanced to meet, Sebastian Ramirez, Bishop of Tui, had a religious habit made for him, which was later adopted in all its essentials as the religious garb of his followers, and the bishop imposed on him for all time the name given him by the Infant Jesus, John of God.
John of God is patron saint of booksellers, printers, heart patients, hospitals, nurses, the sick, and firefighters and is considered the founder of the Brothers Hospitallers.

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If you've studied chiropractic, you certainly understand the advantages of a lumbar adjustment. Indeed, spine adjustments have been helping pain sufferers for decades, and chiropractic continues to be popular all over the world, with individuals embracing non-invasive ways to feel better when their lower back hurts.
There are a lot of reasons for patients to enjoy the benefits of lumbar adjustment. In 2003, the British Medical Journal published the results of a study that examined 183 individuals with neck and lower back pain. The year-long study sent one-third of the participants to a chiropractor, another third to a physiotherapist, and the last 61 individuals saw their general practitioner for treatment, agreeing to a combination of counseling and drugs when it came to controlling their lumbar pain.
The results are probably not surprising to those to know the true value of chiropractic. The statistics showed that chiropractor-treated patients recovered more quickly than the other two groups and, as an added perk, the cost of chiropractic added up to only about a third of the costs involved with being treated by a physical therapist or general practitioner. That's a win-win for the chiropractic field!
So, when conferring with new patients considering regular chiropractic care, this is a great study to cite. Patients will be enticed by both the lower cost and the quicker recovery. However, it's also a good idea to give new patients a perfunctory lesson on the spine in general, including how the spine moves and what a lumbar adjustment can do to help them.
To accomplish that task, an accurate spine model is a necessity. That's why so many chiropractors are already using the finely-detailed models manufactured by Dynamic Disc Designs. These models are ideal for educating new (and existing) patients about whatever it is that's ailing them. Furthermore, it's a tool you can return to again and again as the patient begins and continues to improve.
"This is what was happening to your spine, and this is what chiropractic adjustment has done to help your spine," is a line you'll love saying to your patients as they progress through their treatment.
When Dr. Jerome Fryer established Dynamic Disc Designs (DDD) and crafted his first model, he was determined to help his patients better understand the advantages of chiropractic. With his models, patients can hold the spine in their own hands while the chiropractor points out different parts and demonstrates movement.
They'll leave the office knowing that it's possible for their pain to disappear and with a determination to make it happen. That's the best you – the chiropractor – can hope for, right?


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Acroconidiella — рід грибів родини Cladosporiaceae. Назва вперше опублікована 1964 року.

Класифікація
До роду Acroconidiella відносять 7 видів:
 Acroconidiella eschscholtziae
 Acroconidiella eschscholziae
 Acroconidiella gracilis
 Acroconidiella indica
 Acroconidiella manoharacharii
 Acroconidiella trisepta
 Acroconidiella tropaeoli

Примітки

Джерела
 Lindquist, J.C.; Alippi, H.E. 1964. Un nuevo genero de hongo parasito de Tropaeolum majus; Acroconiciella tropaeoli (Bond) nov. comb. sinonimo Heterosporium tropaeoli Bond. Darwiniana. 13(2-4):607-614 - P.612

Роди грибів


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Cancer victim trapped as path row goes on
A CANCER victim has become a prisoner in her own home because Kirklees Council has not yet laid a path.
Wheelchair-bound Eileen Sykes, 65, needs just three concrete slabs to be laid, to link with a neighbour's access so she can be pushed down a ramp to the outside world.
But despite almost three weeks of negotiations with housing officers and building inspectors , nothing has been done at Mrs Sykes's Newsome home.
"It's very disappointing. Time is so precious to Eileen and she wants to enjoy her life," said her sister-in-law Mrs Christine Battye.
"Eileen can't go for day care at the hospice because she would have to be pushed over a grassed area to get into the ambulance which takes her there.
"We've contacted department after department and we just feel to have been fobbed off," added Mrs Battye.
Mrs Sykes was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February and has had surgery. But no further treatment is available to her.
She returned to her ground-floor flat three weeks ago.
But because of health and safety rules ambulance drivers are not allowed to carry her in her chair from her back door on to a neighbour's path which has a ramp.
Her front door has three steps.
Mrs Sykes's family say a building inspector has visited her home and told her the work would be done.
A Kirklees spokeswoman said flags had been ordered and should be in place this week.
She added: "We are also looking at whether a temporary ramp would help Mrs Sykes get easier access."


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Erlang Thursday – lists:zip/2
Today's Erlang Thursday is lists:zip/2.
lists:zip/2 returns a new list of two-tuples, from the corresponding elements of the two lists passed as arguments.
lists:zip([a, b, c, d], [1, 2, 3, 4]).
% [{a,1},{b,2},{c,3},{d,4}]
lists:zip([a, b, c, d], [{1, 3}, {2, 5}, {3, 7}, {4, 11}]).
% [{a,{1,3}},{b,{2,5}},{c,{3,7}},{d,{4,11}}]
lists:zip([a, b], [fun lists:map/3, fun lists:foldl/3]).
% [{a,#Fun<lists.map.3>},{b,#Fun<lists.foldl.3>}]
If the lists are not of the same length a function clause match exception is thrown.
lists:zip([a, b, c, d], [1, 2, 3]).
% ** exception error: no function clause matching lists:zip([d],[]) (lists.erl, line 385)
%      in function  lists:zip/2 (lists.erl, line 385)
%      in call from lists:zip/2 (lists.erl, line 385)
lists:zip([a, b, c], [1, 2, 3, 4]).
% ** exception error: no function clause matching lists:zip([],[4]) (lists.erl, line 385)
There is also a 3-arity version of the zip function lists:zip3/3, which behaves like lists:zip/2 but takes three lists as arguments instead of two.
lists:zip3([a, b, c, d], [1, 2, 3, 4], ["alpha", "bravo", "charlie", "delta"]).
% [{a,1,"alpha"},{b,2,"bravo"},{c,3,"charlie"},{d,4,"delta"}]
If you need to combine the arguments in a different manner, you can use lists:zipwith/3, or lists:zipwith3/4, each of which takes as the first argument a 2-arity combining function.
lists:zipwith(fun(X, Y) -> X * Y end, [1, 2, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4, 5]).
% [2,6,12,20]
lists:zipwith(fun(X, Y) -> X + Y end, [1, 2, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4, 5]).
% [3,5,7,9]
lists:zipwith3(fun(X, Y, Z) -> X * Y * Z end, [1, 2, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4, 5], [4, 3, 2, 1]).
% [8,18,24,20]
lists:zipwith3(fun(X, Y, Z) -> {{X, Y}, Z} end, [a, b, c, d], [1, 2, 3, 4], ["alpha", "bravo", "charlie", "delta"]).
% [{{a,1},"alpha"},
%  {{b,2},"bravo"},
%  {{c,3},"charlie"},
%  {{d,4},"delta"}]
This entry was posted in Erlang, Erlang Thursday and tagged Erlang, Erlang Thursday on December 18, 2014 by steven.proctor@gmail.com.
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University of California-Irvine is located in Irvine, California and is a public college. University of California-Irvine is a four year college and offers Bachelor's Degrees, Master's Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, and a number of different programs and courses.
University of California-Irvine is in a relatively urban area (in or near a city), which may be something you prefer if you like a city lifestyle as a student.
University of California-Irvine does not have a rolling admission policy, and you will want to make sure that you get your application in before November 30.
University of California-Irvine is a larger college with an enrollment of 23,835 students.
University of California-Irvine accepts about 53% of its applicants on average, and 46% of the students receive some sort of financial aid for college at University of California-Irvine.
If you are looking for more information on financial aid at University of California-Irvine, you can may want to contact Brent Yunek, who is the Director of Financial Aid at University of California-Irvine. You may also qualify for scholarships for college in California to attend University of California-Irvine or grants for college in California to attend University of California-Irvine.
If you are interested in joining the Army ROTC, University of California-Irvine does have an ROTC Army program that is available for attending students.
If you are interested in joining the Air Force ROTC, University of California-Irvine does have an ROTC Air Force program that is available for attending students.
On a 4.0 scale, the average high school gpa for students that are entering University of California-Irvine is 3.61.
Don't forget to study for the SAT, because the average SAT score for students that are entering University of California-Irvine is 1179.
Do a lot of students come from out of state to attend University of California-Irvine? Well, about 3% of the student body at University of California-Irvine comes from outside the state of California.
Do a lot of the students at University of California-Irvine live on campus? Well, about 77% live on campus, while 23% live off campus and commute to school every day.
Does University of California-Irvine offer Associate's degrees?
Does University of California-Irvine offer Bachelor's degrees?
Does University of California-Irvine offer Master's degrees?
Does University of California-Irvine offer Doctoral degrees?
Is University of California-Irvine a private college?
Is University of California-Irvine a coed college?
Is University of California-Irvine a 2 year or 4 year college?


Governing boards need skilled, motivated people who are committed to making an improvement in our schools.
Would you like to give active service to the community?
Do you want to help our schools provide the best education for each child?
Would you like to be part of a team dedicated to achieving this?
Induction training and undertake ongoing professional development?
If you are interested in becoming a school governor we are hosting a briefing session on 11 June at 2pm to 3:30pm at Borough Hall.
To book a place please email governorstraining@bedford.gov.uk or phone at 01234 718387.
Bedford Borough works with 'Governors for Schools' to address recruitment needs in Bedford Borough schools. By finding, nurturing and supporting a committed network of governors we help to drive systematic change in how schools operate; and provide governors who are interested in the role and bring the skills and experience required.
'Governors for Schools' states that it is effective in supporting school governing boards become more diverse. The website is a useful resource for people interested in finding out more about what is involved in becoming a school governor.
Inspiring Governance connects skilled volunteers interested in serving as school governors and trustees with schools in England. It also provides free, expert support for volunteers and governing bodies, as well as for employers wanting to run programmes for their staff serving as school governors..
Academy Ambassadors provides a free, bespoke service matching business people and professionals with multi-academy trusts looking to strengthen their boards.
If you are looking for governors for your Academy or if you are interested in becoming an Academy Ambassador yourself visit this website to find out more.
How much time does it take to be a school governor?
It is difficult to say precisely as each governing board operates in its own way. However, the full governing board must meet once a term and these meetings are of about two hours duration. In addition governors will be expected to join a committee and the committee will meet each term. Governors will be expected to make a visit to the school at least once a year.
Nearly all people over the age of 18 can become a school governor, although safeguarding checks will be made. A willingness to learn and to attend training is also important.
A few people may be disqualified, see disqualifications sheet below.
Governors must adhere to the Seven Principles of public life and the Code of Conduct for their governing board. New governors are expected to attend Induction training for new governors.
Governing boards are made up of several categories of school governors who are elected or appointed in different ways. These include staff governors, parent governors, co-opted governors, local authority governors and those appointed by religious foundations.
Some governing boards also have associate members who are appointed in the same way as governors but may be appointed for a particular skill or with a view to being considered as a governor when a vacancy becomes available. This is to help the governing boards reflect the communities that they serve and to enable the governing board to appoint to the skills they need.
In maintained schools the composition is determined by the instrument of government which has been agreed by the governing board. For an Academy the composition is detailed in the Articles of Association. Every school has a governing board which varies in size usually between 9-15.
Please complete the application form if you would like to be introduced to a school with a suitable vacancy which will normally be the co-opted category. If you are interested in a particular school you can also contact the head teacher to ascertain whether there are any vacancies.
The Head teacher is a governor by right of their office. All other governors' term of office is four years, although occasionally this can be less.
Governors are elected or appointed and can serve further terms of office if they are reappointed or re-elected.
What help is there for governors?
Many governing boards provide help for new governors such as a mentor.


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Guys like straightforward woman and those who can speak up their mind and not play games to get what they want. If you want something from your guy, just tell him instead of playing mind games. Any man will appreciate a woman who makes her needs known by communicating directly.
Wearing too much makeup to look good is a big turn off for any guy. Most guys like a girl who looks natural and wears light makeup instead of literally painting her face and looking like a plastered mannequin.
Acting dumb in front of men to get their attention is a turn-off for most men. Men like to be your knight in shining armor and often like to help a damsel in distress but that does not mean that you should try to seek their help by acting unnecessarily dumb and naive.
Guys like the natural fragrance of a woman and if you smell bad after a hard day's work, you should at least use a good perfume when you set out to meet your guy. Coming close to a woman who smells bad is undoubtedly a big turn-off.
Self-centered behavior is a turn-off for any guy. A woman who only thinks about her comfort and outright, acts selfish is a big no-no for a guy. No guy would want to stay with such a woman for a long-term who only thinks about herself and doesn't give a damn for her man or any other person.


How was your week, friends? Mine was gloriously quiet. I worked a million, revelled in the fact that I don't have to commute (we had a huuuuuge snowstorm) and attended a monster-truck rally with a big group of friends, just like last year.
Anyway! Links! We've got a lot this week. I have a cape and I can never figure out how to style it. Here's how.Other things I can't seem to pull off? Turbans. Jessie figured it out.
I love the piece of art hanging over Ashley's bed. "You are my bucket list" indeed.
Are you type-A? Then you'll love this round up of 2014 planners.
7 things I learned in 7 years of reading, writing, and living.
I'm always telling my clients that they need to create how-tos and tutorials for their blogs. Want to know how to film and photography those tutorials so people will forward them to all their friends?
Welp, now I want to go to Lisbon.
This perpetual calendar is perfect for the type-A in your life. Related: a cute notebook set.
Do you have a cocktail enthusiast in your life (dur, obviously.) Your gift-buying just got really easy.
I bet your best friend or sister wants one of these necklaces for Christmas.
Yup. I love Rachel Hills.
I've never been overly concerned with whether people call themselves feminists. I'm more interested in debranding feminism than I am in rebranding it.
This gem-shaped soap would make a great stocking stuffer.
Yes. Why it's smart to court your friends.
A winter coat that will stand out among all that grey and houndstooth.
I'm a vegetarian and even I can admit that bacon-wrapped turkey sounds amazing.
Plum Vanilla Crumble Bars? Twist my arm whydoncha? And doesn't this salad look great?
I want to buy everything from Jo Gordon.
Hope you had a good weekend, friends!
I'm probably just weird but I find the doll pic really disturbing. I saw a documentary once about adult women who collect dolls, which at first I thought was a bit silly. Then I realized they had babies who had died and had made the dolls look like their baby. It was one of the saddest, most disturbing things I've seen. That's all I can think of when I see that picture now. It probably didn't help that I saw the documentary right after I'd had a baby.
Just looked around and found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEqYhUZAoc It was from the BBC -"Reborn Baby Dolls". Interesting but deeply disturbing.
I'm saying this out of love and respect for everyone on here, including Sarah Von Bargen, but I have to say this as a person of color, because it seems lately that cultural appropriation is becoming a common problem in North America. Please think twice before deciding to wear a turban accessory if you do not wear one for cultural or religious purposes. I know turbans have been used as a fashion accessory by white women for a very long time but think about this. A Gap ad in a subway was recently vandalized with racial slurs because the man in the ad was a dark skinned Sikh man with a full beard wearing a turban. If a white woman wears a turban she is not discriminated against…do you find that fair? Now, whatever skin colour you are, if you need to wear one for religious or cultural purposes, as I said by all means I think you should wear one. But if you are just wearing one to make a fashion statement I beg of you to please think about what you are doing to the people of color who are wearing them for reasons that are much deeper than that. Your white privilege (the fact that in this society a white person is much less likely to be discriminated against based on race than a person of color) is allowing you to wear that turban without discriminatory repercussions when someone else who really needs to wear it is likely to feel those repercussions. When we all stop to think about how even something that might seem small can hurt someone else, we make huge steps in helping to improve the equality of this great nation. Thank you for reading this and hearing me out.
I've always wondered about how to wear capes, too, and that post was super adorable and helpful!
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Q: How can I "move through a hypersphere?" A man walking along a 2 dimensional circle will take a periodic path that begins and ends at the same point.

Since he can travel in only a single direction, let's say how far along he is in his walk is represented by a single variable $\theta$.  His position is then given in cartesian coordinates by

$$
x = r\cos \theta \\
y = r\sin \theta
$$
A man walking along a 3 dimensional sphere will take a periodic path that begins and ends at the same point.

Since he can travel in only 2 (orthogonal) directions, let's say how far along he is in his walk is represented by a 2 variables $\phi, \theta$.  His position is harder to find here, but if we always have the axis through his head and the two circles along which he can move lined up with the other 2 cartesian axes, a displacement along the surface of the sphere (from a given starting position) can still be found:

$$
x \approx r\sin \phi \\
y \approx r \\
z \approx r\sin \theta
$$
(For this to be correct the axis must always follow him.  I don't think the above formula is completely correct! But the point is, he can walk along the sphere by chasing these 2 variables (and by walking along these orthogonal "elastic band" lines that we wrap around the sphere based on his current position)).
So now here's my question.  If you can move along the 1 dimension of a circle in 2D space in a periodic fashion by moving one variable, and you can move through (and completely cover) the surface of a sphere in 3D space in a periodic fashion using two variables, what does motion of the same type described above look like for the hypersphere??  What "directions" do the 3 required variables navigate?  Where is the "wrap point" for someone standing in a hypersphere?  Can someone visualize this at all?

A: Visualization is really difficult in higher dimensions, generally I find the easiest way is thinking of the lower dimensional cases and just "go" from 3 to 4 dimensions in the same way I go from 2 to 3.
Like, if I'm walking on a one-dimensional line  it's fairly easy to visualize what changes when I switch to walking on a two-dimensional plane, there is one more variable or degree of freedom.
But when I start walking on a three-dimensional "plane", it's hard to visualize beacause I can't visualize a four-dimensional space containing the three-dimensional plane. In this case there's also an additional degree of freedom, so one way of visualizing the change from a two-dimensional plane in a three-dimensional space to a three-dimensional hyperplane in a four-dimensional space is to just imagine one dimension is "hidden" from view.
It might not sound as much, but that's what works for me. I look at the two-dimensional plane as a line and the three-dimensional hyperplane as a plane, keeping in mind that there are "hidden" dimensions.
In the case of spheres it becomes more complicated to visualize. But I look at it like this, when I'm moving on the circle, I'm essentially walking on a straight line whith the property that after a while I return to where I started. The two dimensional case is like playing a computergame where moving of the screen makes you enter on the opposite side. So moving on a three-dimensional hypersphere is like moving on a "surface" where you can move in three dimensions (i.e. meatspace), but where if you move in one direction you'll be back where you started. Like som theories suggests the universe could be like.
I don't have a firm grasp of the exact mathematical differences between "flat" and "spheric" surfaces, but they're both surfaces and share many behaviours. For working out the coordinate mappings I suggest taking a look at wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersphere#Spherical_coordinates
I hope this makes sense, otherwise feel free to ask for clarifications. :)

A: A line can be regarded as one specific cut (1D-view/move/degree of freedom...) of a 2D-space (a plane).
A plane can be regarded as one specific cut (2D-view/move/degree of freedom...) of a 3D-space.
Suppose a 3D space can be regarded as one specific cut (3D-view/move/degree of freedom...) of a 4D-space.
...
Similar it is with your example in spherical coordinates.
A circularity on a circle can be regarded as one specific cut (view/move/degree of freedom...) of a circularity on a sphere... hence suppose a circularity on a sphere can be regarded as one specific cut (view/move/degree of freedom...) of a hypersphere.
In other words you would have different spheres (3D) on which the buddy moves at the same time (as it would, in lower dimmension, do on different circles that embodied in a sphere), which embody into the same hypersphere.
This is why when the buddy moves in the hypersphere it would look to us in 3D that he would appear and then disappear because we remain part of one sphere (3D). So what I am somehow missing in your well thought approach is that he may disappear and appear. Your approach resembles then such a navigation rule for the buddy in order to never disappear and remain constrained to the one sphere; although moving in the hypersphere.
This accords with the fact that there might be a possiblity to achieve a hyperspace by some folding of space. And I am not talking about science fiction, rather strong strong geometric imagination based on mathematical foundation. In your case it could be for instance that the buddy disappears on one side and just abruptly appears on the other side of the sphere. Imagine you would live on a circle and watch a buddy moving on a sphere, which emboddies that circle - that would be like on one of your colored lines, he then may appear and disappear.
Note: by visible I mean that we are also on the sphere and remain as reference in 3D on the sphere, watching the buddy or waiting for him. I think it is usually significant to be aware about the viewers position and restriction as the reference.


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The European Court of Justice held in Höfner & Elser v. Macrotron that "the concept of an undertaking encompasses every entity engaged in an economic activity, regardless of the legal status of the entity or the way in which it is financed." An undertaking is a "concept not necessarily identical with the notion of corporate legal personality in national commercial company or fiscal law." Pre-insulated Pipe Cartel  OJ L24/1, para 154. It is not necessarily coterminous with the legal entities – so subsidiaries may be treated as a single undertaking with their corporate parents, joint ventures may be treated as separate entities or common entities of their parents, etc., and agent may be treated as a separate undertaking from its parent – or as a common undertaking, depending on the nature of the relationship.
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March 28, 2019 March 28, 2019 ~ Dan Wallace
Like much of America, I anxiously awaited the results of the Mueller investigation with some hope that it would find evidence that Trump cooperated with or enlisted the assistance of Russia in order to gain the presidency. I had that hope because I'm in favor of anything legal that gets him out of office.
Just so we're clear, I want him out of office because, as I've been saying for three years longer than George Conway has, his behavior demonstrates that he has a significant mental defect which – whether we call him an extreme narcissist, a sociopath or a psychopath – makes him exceptionally unfit to be President of the United States.
But unlike, I suspect, most people who hoped for a **Collusion!!!** outcome, I really didn't expect one. I always thought that while Trump and his clown-car staff (clown car: full of clowns; clowns keep leaving it; somehow, there are always more clowns) were inept enough to be unwitting dupes of those crafty Russians, they were way too inept to pull something like that off on purpose.
That said, whether intentional or not (my money is on "not"), Trump has pulled off an extraordinary misdirection play.
What became the Mueller investigation started as an FBI inquiry aimed at understanding how Russia interfered in the 2016 election so that we could keep it from happening again. One strand of that inquiry was to ascertain whether any Americans aided Russia. One thin strand within that strand was to ascertain whether "any Americans" included Trump or anyone in the clown car.
Yet that strand-within-a-strand became the entire focus of public interest, if not of the investigation itself. So how did THAT happen?
What really seemed to spook Trump when Russia's election meddling was first revealed was that it might delegitimize his election. But the investigation didn't become focused on Trump until he fired James Comey, and then bragged to both Russian officials (in the oval office, no less) and the American people (via Lester Holt) that he did so in order to stop the FBI from investigating the aforementioned Russian meddling (see "inept" and "clown").
That required the appointment of a Special Counsel because administrations aren't supposed to investigate themselves.
But what Trump did next was brilliant. He started yelling "No Collusion!" at the top of his lungs – 231 times according to the Washington Post.
Then, instead of saying, "I am committed to the integrity of our electoral process and have instructed my staff to cooperate fully with this investigation," he stonewalled it in every way possible. He stonewalled it so much that it really started to look like he had something to hide, which was great fodder for the media ("Fake News! Fake News! Enemy of the People!").
This is the shell game. He had all of us looking at the shell called "collusion." Yet when Mueller finally lifted it up – guess what? – no pea. Meanwhile, nobody is looking at the shell that matters, which is that Russian meddling very likely did have enough of an impact to sway the election, and that even if it didn't, the dissension it has sown in America has been an extraordinary coup (see what I did there?) for them.
It used to be said that Russians play chess and Americans play Pac-Man. We don't even do that anymore.
We just play shell games.
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:21 PM Carp Diem (Fish of the Day!) wrote:
> Dan Wallace posted: "Like much of America, I anxiously awaited the results > of the Mueller investigation with some hope that it would find evidence > that Trump cooperated with or enlisted the assistance of Russia in order to > gain the presidency. I had that hope because I'm in " >
Holly L. Thomas says:
Heck yeah. And while we've been watching that shell game play on its milk-crates-on-a-city-sidewalk stage, a (insert collective noun of your choice) of pickpockets in cahoots with 45 or his party have fleeced the entire crowd.
chicagoadam says:
Great work Dan. I always enjoy reading your newsletters. Although I think this was intentional. If you consider all your connection points between Russians and those in and around POTUS you can easily see how those who are very smart (like Putin) would create the shell game of diverting attention from the goal (subverting US elections) to Presidential collusion. Knowing the latter is a political problem that is unlikely to lead to anything meaningful happening quickly, it is a smart stroke to put attention on the latter, rather than the former. How do you create this misdirection so that the investigation goes off the rails? Have POTUS pull it off the rails. All Putin had to do was tell him to do this in one of their 1-on-1 chats. Then Putin promises to keep using his Russian tools to keep Trump and colleagues in office. Tell him to fire Comey, and tell him to keep all the attention on POTUS, so the work behind the scenes can keep moving forward. I would not give Trump credit. I would give Putin credit for knowing how to direct his lackey. And that would be something done very intentionally.
The Trump playbook was not created by Trump. He clearly is not bright enough. It takes a mind like Hitler or Putin to take over a country. Trump isn't that savvy. But Putin is smart enough to know how to apply a Hitler use of nationalism as a way to wrap people in the flag in an effort to undermine the foundations of democracy. CPAC once stood for balanced budgets, free trade, etc.€Now CPAC is supporting an unstable economic policy, and an unstable international trade policy sure to damage America's world standing. Converting these "true believers" into supporting everything they once hated was done by playing the "we should be nationalists first" card. It was a smart move, and those on the conservative side were gullible enough to follow through.
Trump is going to end his Presidency some day and return to Russia a wealthy man, or Putin will kill him. One or the other. But America will be in this war between factions for many future years, making it possible for Russia and China to make tremendous progress toward taking over world leadership. That is the success Putin wants and that looks likely to be achieved.
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Dan Wallace says:
Thanks, Adam. Your analysis is super-sharp, as always. I can't say with certainty that it happened the way you describe, but I certainly can't say that it didn't. SOMETHING happened in those 1-on-1's. I've been inclined to think that Putin just wanted to throw some sand in our gears (a no-lose proposition for him) and has spent the last 2.5 years laughing in his sleeve at his dumb luck. But perhaps he planned and controlled the whole thing. For sure Russia and China are the big beneficiaries.
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OSA Publishing > Optics Express > Volume 23 > Issue 5 > Page 5607
James Leger, Editor-in-Chief
Passively Q-switched nanosecond erbium-doped fiber laser with MoS2 saturable absorber
Jun Ren, Shuxian Wang, Zhaochen Cheng, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Yanxue Chen, Liangmo Mei, and Pu Wang
Jun Ren,1 Shuxian Wang,2 Zhaochen Cheng,1 Haohai Yu,2 Huaijin Zhang,2 Yanxue Chen,2 Liangmo Mei,2 and Pu Wang1,*
1Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
2State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
*Corresponding author: wangpuemail@bjut.edu.cn
J Ren
Z Cheng
H Yu
H Zhang
Y Chen
P Wang
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.005607
Jun Ren, Shuxian Wang, Zhaochen Cheng, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Yanxue Chen, Liangmo Mei, and Pu Wang, "Passively Q-switched nanosecond erbium-doped fiber laser with MoS2 saturable absorber," Opt. Express 23, 5607-5613 (2015)
Lasers and Laser Optics
Femtosecond fiber lasers
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Original Manuscript: December 19, 2014
Revised Manuscript: January 28, 2015
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Optics Express Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2014 (2015)
Passively Q-switched nanosecond pulsed erbium-doped fiber laser based on MoS2 saturable absorber (SA) is experimentally demonstrated. The high quality MoS2 SA deposited on the broadband high-reflectivity mirror with a large modulation depth of 9% was prepared by pulsed laser deposition method. By inserting the MoS2 SA into an erbium-doped fiber laser, stable Q-switched operation can be achieved with the shortest pulse width of 660 ns, the maximum pulse energy up to 152 nJ and pulse repetition rates varying from 116 to 131 kHz. The experimental results further verify that MoS2 possesses the potential advantage for stable Q-switched pulse generation at 1.5 μm.
Widely-tunable, passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser with few-layer MoS2 saturable absorber
Yizhong Huang, Zhengqian Luo, Yingyue Li, Min Zhong, Bin Xu, Kaijun Che, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Jian Peng, and Jian Weng
Nanosecond-pulsed, dual-wavelength, passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped bulk laser based on few-layer MoS2 saturable absorber
Fei Lou, Ruwei Zhao, Jingliang He, Zhitai Jia, Xiancui Su, Zhaowei Wang, Jia Hou, and Baitao Zhang
Photon. Res. 3(2) A25-A29 (2015)
Passively Q-switched Nd:YAlO3 nanosecond laser using MoS2 as saturable absorber
Bin Xu, Yongjie Cheng, Yi Wang, Yizhong Huang, Jian Peng, Zhengqian Luo, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Jian Weng, and Richard Moncorgé
Passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on SnS2 saturable absorber
Kangdi Niu, Qingyun Chen, Ruyi Sun, Baoyuan Man, and Huanian Zhang
Opt. Mater. Express 7(11) 3934-3943 (2017)
Few-layer MoS2 grown by chemical vapor deposition as a passive Q-switcher for tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers
Handing Xia, Heping Li, Changyong Lan, Chun Li, Jinbo Du, Shangjian Zhang, and Yong Liu
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R. Paschotta, R. Häring, E. Gini, H. Melchior, U. Keller, H. L. Offerhaus, and D. J. Richardson, "Passively Q-switched 0.1-mJ fiber laser system at 1.53 µm," Opt. Lett. 24(6), 388–390 (1999).
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M. Laroche, A. M. Chardon, J. Nilsson, D. P. Shepherd, W. A. Clarkson, S. Girard, and R. Moncorgé, "Compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched tunable Er-Yb double-clad fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 27(22), 1980–1982 (2002).
J. Y. Huang, S. C. Huang, H. L. Chang, K. W. Su, Y. F. Chen, and K. F. Huang, "Passive Q switching of Er-Yb fiber laser with semiconductor saturable absorber," Opt. Express 16(5), 3002–3007 (2008).
J. B. Lecourt, G. Martel, M. Guézo, C. Labbe, and S. Loualiche, "Erbium-doped fiber laser passively Q-switched by an InGaAs/InP multiple quantum well saturable absorber," Opt. Commun. 263(1), 71–83 (2006).
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V. N. Philippov, A. V. Kir'yanov, and S. Unger, "Advanced configuration of erbium fiber passively Q-switched laser with Co2+: ZnSe crystal as saturable absorber," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16(1), 57–59 (2004).
D. Lin, K. G. Xia, R. X. Li, X. J. Li, G. Q. Li, K. Ueda, and J. L. Li, "Radially polarized and passively Q-switched fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 35(21), 3574–3576 (2010).
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Screening for vascular supply problems of the brain can assist in the clinician's differential diagnosis and greatly benefit the dizzy and/or balance-impaired patient.
Screening for vascular supply problems of the brain can assist in the clinician's differential diagnosis and greatly benefit the dizzy and/or balance-impaired patient. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) or, so called, "beauty parlor syndrome" has been known for nearly a century as a basis for many vertigo, lightheadedness and imbalance problems. While the patient approximates provocative neck extensions during the course of routine tests for positioning and positional nystagmus and vertigo a simple, safe and very quick modification will allow for the screening of VBI syndromes.
Modifications to clinical test routines that maximize efficiency while maintaining patient comfort and safety are always welcome. Changes to clinical test routines have be the focus of germane publications in the past such as Dr. Barany's and Dr. Nylen's publications of the 1920's and 1930's, Dr. Dix's and Dr. Hallpike's publication of 1952 and recently entries into reference texts such as Dr. Brant's 1999 suggestions in Dr. Jacobson, Dr. Newman and Dr. Kartush's text, "Handbook of Balance Function Testing" as well as conference presentations. In most balance assessment clinics there is a large contingency of elderly patients suffering vertigo, dizziness and imbalance. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) is a common contributing factor of vertigo and "dizziness" symptoms in the elderly1. Incorporating a vertebrobasilar insufficiency screening element into your positioning and positional electro- or videonystagmography routine takes literally seconds and provides benefit2.
The safe screening for VBI following the informed consent of the patent can benefit both your clinical practice and the balance-impaired patients you serve4. Screening for VBI symptoms while the patient is standing or seated on an unstable support is not recommended as the loss of control of the lower extremities and of consciousness are known symptoms of this syndrome. Estimates for serious complication for this type of manipulation ranged from one in 20,000 to five in 10,000,0005. The body, neck and head position that results from completing a proper Dix-Hallpike maneuver is precisely the provocative position subjects were in when the syndrome was first recognized and termed the so called, "beauty parlor syndrome." Symptoms from lightheadedness to slurred speech and dysarthria to loss of consciousness have been noted as customers bent their head and necks backwards to wash or rinse their hair. Following the initial step of a head-lateral Dix-Hallpike maneuver the patent becomes supine with the head rotated 45 degrees to one side and hanging (but supported) off of the end of an examination table. Shortly after this positioning maneuver the clinician is assessing for benign paroxysmal positioning nystagmus and/or vertigo (BPPN / BPPV). While in this position and before returning to a seated position clinicians may question the patient about the maneuver experience and any resulting dizziness, determine if any resulting nystagmus is suppressed by visual fixation and other adopted clinical tasks including the resolution of any resulting BPPV. Now, setting BPPV aside, this is an opportune moment to screen for VBI by simply extending the rotation of the head from 45 degrees to a 45 degrees + rotation as possible. Extending the head and neck rotation just an additional 5-10 degrees is adequate. At this time alterations in function and consciousness are assessed as described above. In this laboratory VBI screening is completed during a ten second visual fixation period before returning to a seated position to complete a dix-Hallpike maneuver. VBI screening was initially a part of its own 40-60 second-long section within our VNG routine but it simply was easier and more practical to complete this seconds-long assessment as part of the Dix-Hallpike maneuver.
There are pitfalls and considerations with this proposed alteration of your clinical routine. Most of the time the VBI screening procedure is completed without any signs or symptoms or negative consequences. As with all clinical testing of human subjects there may be a very upsetting event and your facilities needs to be prepared for that. Limited mobility and/or flexibility of the back and neck and/or significant pain with movements such as these can eliminate the Dix-Hallpike and VBI screening from consideration. In this laboratory, when there are no explicit signs or symptoms of VBI, VBI screening is further assessed by determining if there is a new onset of lightheadedness. This lightheadedness would be a new and screening-maneuver-provoked symptom that is disassociated from BPPV. This new onset lightheadedness is magnitude estimated on a 10-point scale similar to common pain-rating scales, 10 being a loss of consciousness. New onset lightheadedness during this screening procedure is noteworthy for the referral source and increased values of the patient's magnitude estimation of lightheadedness increase the suspicion for VBI syndromes. Chronic lightheadedness that is increased by the screening procedure may be noted in the same fashion. The increased head and neck rotation do not provoke any compromise of vascular structures when this complex vascular system is healthy and no signs or symptoms should result. One school of thought is that VBI is a constant undiscovered dysfunction such that when this posterior vascular system is unhealthy the additional neck rotation may alter the internal carotid arteries decreasing the volume of blood flow resulting in positive findings for this syndrome. An example would be turning the head to the right and slowing the volume of blood flow through the left internal carotid artery resulting in a new onset of lightheadedness or other symptoms. Positive and negative indications of your screening results are welcome information as referral sources attend to the formal diagnosis and management of VBI.
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First Love Limited
Cover of volume 1 published by Shueisha, depicting Ayumi Arihara
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初恋限定.
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Hatsukoi Gentei.
Mizuki Kawashita
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Weekly Shōnen Jump
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List of First Love Limited episodes
First Love Limited (初恋限定., Hatsukoi Gentei.?), also known as Hatsukoi Limited, is a Japanese shōnen romantic comedy manga by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 2007 to May 2008 and collected in four bound volumes. The series depicts vignettes in the love lives of eight girls in middle school and high school.
A drama CD adaptation was released in February 2009, and a light novel in March 2009. An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was broadcast in twelve episodes in Japan from April 11 to June 27, 2009.
The manga features a series of short stories about eight girls in middle school and high school, plus their classmates and relatives.[1] Each chapter focuses on a different main character. These stories are intertwined and eventually lead to a main story involving most of the cast.
Middle school students
Ayumi Arihara (有原あゆみ, Arihara Ayumi?)
Voiced by: Mariya Ise[2]
A second year in middle school and the focus of Chapter 1 where she is one day asked out by Misao Zaitsu. Though she claimed she would accept any offer, she is consistently unsettled by Zaitsu's monstrous appearance. However, she shows she can be somewhat caring as well as crafty. She has a crush with Misao's younger brother Mamoru after he carries her to the infirmary in the manner like a princess by a prince. At the end of the anime, she is trying to decide between the two Zaitsu brothers, whether to choose the one who likes her (Misao) or the one she likes (Mamoru). In the Manga, she rejects Misao and told him she doesn't want to give up just yet on her first love.
Kei Enomoto (江ノ本慧, Enomoto Kei?)
Voiced by: Shizuka Itou[2]
One of Ayumi's friends, Kei is apparently very popular with guys due to her earlier developed body and "mature" face. However, she sees the attention she receives as a hassle, and believes confessions of love are just a chore if the feeling isn't mutual. She openly admits that looks are a major factor when starting a relationship, but carries a love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with Kusuda. Because of this belief, she denies any attraction to him, even to herself. But when he confessed his feelings to her, she returned them and at the end of the series she change her way of thinking that looks are no longer a major factor to start a relationship but inner beauty(which surprise everyone especially Rika saying that it sounds like a big joke from her). She is in the same grade as Ayumi.
Koyoi Bessho (別所小宵, Bessho Koyoi?)
Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki[2]
Another one of Ayumi's friends, Koyoi has an open brother complex with her brother Yoshihiko, which stressed him a lot. For a while when Misao started hanging around, she, along with Nao Chikura, stopped walking home with Ayumi, who is also her classmate. Since her brother likes Misaki, a popular and attractive girl, she regards her as a "Final Boss" that she must defeat. She also quotes that Misaki's chest is a "truly evil power."
Rika Dobashi (土橋りか, Dobashi Rika?)
Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki[2]
Seemingly the most level headed out of the group, Rika (or Doba-chan to her closest friends) seems to enjoy teasing others. A well known tom-boy, she excels in athletics and has been stated to be domineering. She is in the same grade as Ayumi. She became close to tennis player Haruto Terai when he started physical training with her, and over time became attracted to him, but didn't give him that impression at first, thinking that was all there was to have a relationship. However, after Kei explained to her about what boys think and feel, Rika became more overt about her feelings, and surprised Haruto with a kiss, and furthermore, after the runaway incident by some of the boys, she admits that if Haruto also ran away, she "absolutely won't like it".
Nao Chikura (千倉名央, Chikura Nao?)
Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura[2]
Another one of Ayumi's friends and classmates, Nao is somewhat envious of Kei's attention. Along with Koyoi, she, for a while, stops walking home with Ayumi in fear of Misao. Being a member of the art club, she came to admire the artist who made the painting of a Sakura tree, Renjou Yukito, and after meeting him, she asked him to assist her in her painting. However, upon his graduation, he left Japan, leaving her broken-hearted. When she learned about Hiroyuki Sogabe's feelings towards her, she became close to him. But it is hinted that she still holds strong feelings towards Yukito at the end of the series and it is stated by the author, Mizuki Kawashita herself that weather Chikura will choose Sogabe over Yukito or remain her feelings to Yukito has become an unsolved mystery.
Mamoru Zaitsu (財津衛, Zaitsu Mamoru?)
Voiced by: Miyu Irino[2]
A cheerful boy who dreams of being a paramedic, Ayumi falls for Mamoru quickly when he offers to take her to the nurse. Although he is in Ayumi's class, Ayumi only realizes that he is in fact Misao's younger brother a day after she meets Misao. He is somewhat taken back by Ayumi; he believes she is more fearsome than she may appear. Furthermore, despite Ayumi's feelings, Mamoru has a crush on his next door neighbor Misaki Yamamoto. Misaki sees Mamoru more as a little brother than anything else. He later runs away with Kusuda and Sogabe after he was turned down by Misaki. Later he has a change of heart after realizing he made Ayumi cry due to his actions. He shares a passing resemblance to Kojima, a character from another of Kawashita's work, Lilim Kiss, as well as Manaka Junpei from Ichigo 100%.
Etsu Kusuda (楠田悦, Kusuda Etsu?)
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma[2]
He is an unattractive, short and perverted friend of Mamoru's. His talent is putting girls to sleep with lame puns. He doesn't see much in Ayumi (though he wanted to see her in a cheerleader outfit), but he is very interested in Misaki; he is nearly obsessed with her. He seems undaunted by Kei's good looks, and with his "Kappa-like" face, they tend to bicker a lot. It's clear that he has more feelings for Kei than he lets on. He runs away from home with Mamoru and Sogabe, because he regrets saying he hates Kei. In the end, he confesses to Kei and finds his feelings reciprocated.
Haruto Terai (寺井, Terai?)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
A member of the tennis club at school, Terai has little athletic ability. However, with Dobashi's assistance, he manages to become a somewhat decent athlete. During that time, he has fallen for Dobashi, but due to her (inadvertent) teasing, plus the fact that she avoided holding hands with him (to which she revealed that she found it embarrassing to do so), he is unsure of their relationship. Eventually, he gets a kiss from Dobashi, which affirms their relationship.
Hiroyuki Sogabe (曽我部 弘之, Sogabe Hiroyuki?)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[2]
A friend of Kusuda, Sogabe is a bit of a delusional character, as well as a little narcissistic. He likes Nao and tries to get close to her to create an opportunity for her to confess to him. He shows his insecurities when Nao shows interest towards Yukito Renjou, an artist and graduated student from their school. He runs away from home because of this (although only for two days) with Kusuda and Mamoru. After he loudly conveys his feelings towards Nao such that she hears it (after she and the other girls pursue the runaways), the two become close. Near the end of the series, he cuts his hair in order to clean himself up.
Soako Andou (安藤そあこ, Andō Soako?)
Voiced by: Saori Goto[2]
A second year middle school student, Soako is the heroine of the four-part Omake at the end of each printed volume of Hatsukoi Limited. The first introduction of Soako is when she is late for school. Unfortunately for Soako, in her lateness, she has forgotten to put on underwear. The story follows her throughout the day, and all the problems that she has. She was, however, helped by Mamoru at the end of the last omake chapter, which made her fall for him (to Ayumi's dismay).
Sumire Fudounomiya (不動宮すみれ, Fudōnomiya Sumire?)
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi
A middle school student who is the head of the Theatre Club. She is determined on producing the best stage-performance since her taking the position. She has hers sights set on making Kusuda join the production due to his kappa-like looks and will resort to any means necessary (her large breasts) to achieve it.
Misao Zaitsu (財津操, Zaitsu Misao?)
Voiced by: Kenji Nomura[2]
With a monstrous face and a huge body, Misao is feared by anyone who sees his face or knows his name (with the exception of his childhood friend and neighbor, Misaki Yamamoto). As expected, he is a capable fighter with plenty of enemies. However, he is also unexpectedly shy; being unable to convey his feelings through words, he writes his confession on a note, and he is unable to bring himself to even say Ayumi's name. He fell for Ayumi when he saw her picture while looking through his brother's class photos. After Ayumi made him realize that he scares her, he decided to watch over her at a distance. At the end when Ayumi realizes his good intentions, she tells him her "answer", that she will need to decide between him and his brother Mamoru. Misao understands this, and also decides Mamoru is his rival. He is a stark 194cm (6'4") tall. He seems to be similar to Migishima, another character from Kawashita's work, Strawberry 100%, due to his intimidating presence despite his good intentions.
Yuuji Arihara (有原有二, Arihara Yūji?)
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino[2]
He is Ayumi's older brother. He can be described as somewhat callous and rude. For example, he steals her cookies (even gives them a rating, given Ayumi's poor cooking and baking) and barges into her room without knocking. Like all other guys at his school, he cowers at hearing the name of Misao Zaitsu, and is under the impression that his sister has fallen for Misao. When Misaki starts to show her interest in him, he is puzzled as why someone such as her would like someone like him. They seem to be a couple at the end.
Misaki Yamamoto (山本岬, Yamamoto Misaki?)
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka[2]
A first year in high school, Misaki is close friends with Meguru and Yuu, as well as the next door neighbor and childhood friend of the Zaitsu brothers. She has a very open relationship with her neighbors, and even comes into Mamoru's room through his window, and is the only character in the series who's not afraid of Misao (in fact she often has casual conversations with him). She somehow knows submission techniques, and can perform them instinctively in her sleep. Though she claimed she had no interest in relationships at the moment, she developed an interest for Yuuji Arihara when he shoved a lollipop in her mouth (showing an example to his friend, Yoshihiko Bessho). But although she likes Yuuji, she is not used to feeling vulnerable around boys, because she's usually cool and level headed. When Yuuji begins to express his interest in her (In the same way she did to him), it makes her shy and unsettled, so she tells Arihara to leave her alone. He later explains that love is about letting people see your other sides as well, not just your tough side. They seem to be dating after the series end. It was also revealed that being an only child, she's quite envious at those who have siblings, and thus, as part of her attraction to Yuuji, she also takes a liking to his younger sister Ayumi, treating her as a younger sister of her own.
Yuu Enomoto (江ノ本夕, Enomoto Yū?)
Voiced by: Satomi Sato[2]
The focus of Chapter 3. Yuu is good friends with Meguru and Misaki, and is also Kei's older sister. She is a cheery girl who never hesitates to make friends. Although she appears to be a little ditsy, she carries an avid interest for just about everything, making her very knowledgeable on a variety of subjects. As a result, she, like her sister, garners a lot of attention from many guys. However, whether its being oblivious or just nonchalant, she doesn't seem to mind being friendly with all of them. She also seems to be younger than her little sister, because of her petite frame and more innocent personality.
Meguru Watase (渡瀬めぐる, Watase Meguru?)
Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi[2]
Meguru is a close friend of both Misaki and Yuu. In middle school, she was a national champion in swimming, making her a reserve candidate for the Olympics. However, Meguru quits swimming when she enters high school because her breasts grew too large and attract too much attention when she's in her swimsuit. Fortunately, those who are openly attracted to her large breasts don't include Takei, whom Meguru secretly likes. She also wears small bras in attempt to make her breasts look smaller. Her friends encourage her to not be ashamed of them, and not hiding them. She eventually joins the school swimming team, at first to save the team from closure (because it had only five members and one of them quit) and taking the position as team manager, and, after some prodding from Takei, eventually as one of the swimmers.Bears a Little Resemblance to Wakaba Fujimiya from Wind: A Breath Of Heart
Uemura (上村, Uemura?)
A classmate of Misaki and Yuu, he has dreamed of being a mangaka since he was 5 years old. He decides to use Yuu as the model for a story he is thinking up, and Yuu inadvertently becomes the first one to find out about his passion. He receives a lot of support from Yuu, and eventually becomes more interested on becoming her boyfriend than writing manga. Still, he is faced by the challenges he face with manga, as well as the competition for Yuu's attention.
Yoshihiko Bessho (別所良彦, Bessho Yoshihiko?)
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino[2]
A first year in high school, Yoshihiko is Koyoi's older brother, with whom she is smitten. However, he does not return her level of affection, and is often annoyed by it. He is in love with Misaki, whom, to his dismay, likes his friend Arihara, but they are in friendly terms such that she often confides in him about boys.
Kazuma Chikura (千倉一真, Chikura Kazuma?)
Nao's older brother, he is classmates with Yoshihiko and Yuuji. To his dismay, all three of their younger sisters are coincidentally friends.
Gengorou Takei (武居源五郎, Takei Gengorō?)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai
Upperclassman who tries to persuade Meguru to join the swimming club at every opportunity. He challenged Meguru to a backstroke contest (to persuade her to join the team) and loses. Takei was Meguru's childhood friend - it is mentioned that they've taken swimming together since they were children. He finally succeeds in getting Meguru to join the swimming club as a star player after he admits to liking her as a girl rather than merely as a champion swimmer.
Yukito Renjou (連城由紀人, Renjō Yukito?)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida
An artist, whom drew the Sakura painting which Nao is inspired at. He used to attend the middle school which Nao goes to. Presently, he goes to a prestigious high school called Kaitei High School and is in his graduating year. He became close to Nao after she finds out he made the painting she often looked at. Upon his graduation though, he left Japan.
Nanoka Kyuuma (久間菜の花, Kyūma Nanoka?)
Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi
A first year in highschool, and Meguru's self-proclaimed rival in swimming since middle school. She shows up to challenge Meguru to a swimming race and beats her, making Meguru unsure of herself, and is also influential in getting her back into swimming. Her small stature makes people think she is a primary school student. Meguru calls her Q-chan, a nickname Nanoka hates.
Hatsukoi Limited was serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1, 2007 to May 26, 2008. The 32 chapters were collected in four bound volumes.[3] Each chapter is a separate story following one or more of the eight main characters. The series is licensed in Hong Kong by CultureCom Comics and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.

No.	Title	Release date	 ISBN

1	Beautiful Girl "A" and Monster "Z"
Bishōjo A to yajū Z (美少女Aと野獣Z)	February 4, 2008[4]	ISBN 978-4-08-874482-7

001.	Beautiful Girl "A" and Monster "Z" (美少女Aと野獣Z, Bishōjo A to yajū Z?)
002.	Yamamoto-san From Nextdoor (となりの山本さん, Tonari no Yamamoto-san?)
003.	The Everything Girl (全方位性彼女, Zenhōisei kanojo?)
004.	Wavering Unbalance (ゆらめきアンバランス, Yurameki ANBARANSU?)
005.	Secrets (ナイショノコトバ, Naisho no kotoba?)
006.	Surprise Attack Candy! (ふいうちキャンディ!, Fuiuchi KYANDI!?)
007.	Love You More Than Anybody Else in this World (世界の誰より大好きな, Sekai no dare yori daisuki na?)
008. Pure-hearted Afro (純情アフロ, Junjō AFURO?)
Omake. Limited Girl (part 1) (限定少女, Gentei Shōjo?)

2	Colored Communication
Irozuki COMYUNIKESHON (イロヅキコミュニケーション)	May 2, 2008[5]	ISBN 978-4-08-874515-2

009. Alluring Miss Dolphin (トキメキドルフィン, Tokimeki DORUFIN?)
010. Reverse Boys (逆走少年, Gyakusō shōnen?)
011. Before the Snow Starts Falling (雪が降り出すその前に, Yuki ga furidasu sono mae ni?)
012. Want to Say, But Can't Say (言いたくて,言えなくて, Ītakute, ienakute?)
013. Colored Communication (イロヅキコミュニケション, Irozuki COMYUNIKESHON?)
014. Kotatsu, Mandarins, and One More Thing (こたつとみかんともう一つ, Kotatsu to mikan to mō hitotsu?)
015. Let's Kiss (キスをしようよ, KISU o shiyō yo?)
016. Confused Diving! (とまどいダイビング!, Tomadoi DAIBINGU!?)
017. The Shape of Love (恋するカタチ, Koi suru katachi?)

3	The Melancholy of the Chocolate Bomber
CHOKORĒTO BOMĀ no yūutsu (チョコレート·ボマーの憂鬱)	July 30, 2008[6]	ISBN 978-4-08-874545-9

018. The Melancholy of the Chocolate Bomber (1/3): Ignite (チョコレート·ボマーの憂鬱1/3<点火-ignite->, CHOKORĒTO BOMĀ no yūutsu 1/3 <tenkaーigniteー>?)
019. The Melancholy of the Chocolate Bomber (2/3): Drop (チョコレート·ボマーの憂鬱2/3<投下-drop->, CHOKORĒTO BOMĀ no yūutsu 2/3 <tōkaーdropー>?)
020. The Melancholy of the Chocolate Bomber (3/3): Burst (チョコレート·ボマーの憂鬱3/3<炸裂-burst->, CHOKORĒTO BOMĀ no yūutsu 3/3 <sakuretsuーburstー>?)
021. Konohana Sakuya (1/3): One Flower Bud (コノハナサクヤ1/3<つぼみひとつ>, Konohana Sakuya 1/3 <tsubomi hitotsu>?)
022. Konohana Sakuya (2/3): Open Seamed and the Change of Color (コノハナサクヤ2/3<ほころんで, いろづいて>, Konohana Sakuya 2/3 <hokoronde, irozuite>?)
023. Konohana Sakuya (3/3): In Those Memories, Fully-blooming (コノハナサクヤ3/3<その思い出には満開の>, Konohana Sakuya 3/3 <sono omoide ni wa mankai no>?)
024. Kappa Fight!! (カッパファイト!!, Kappa FAITO!!?)
025. Sparkling☆Pool (first part) (キラキラ☆プール<前編>, Kira Kira☆PŌRU<zenpen>?)
026. Sparkling☆Pool (last part) (キラキラ☆プール<後編>, Kira Kira☆PŌRU<kōhen>?)

4	First Love Limited
Hatsukoi rimiteddo (ハツコイリミテッド)	September 4, 2008[7]	ISBN 978-4-08-874568-8

027. Boys' Escape part 1: Disappearing Sleepless Dreamers (少年達の逃避行その1: 失踪する寝不足ドリ-マ-, Shōnen-tachi no ESUKĒPU sono ichi: shissō suru nebusoku DORĪMĀ?)
028. Boys' Escape part 2: Pursuing Sleepless Dreamers (少年達の逃避行その2: 追跡する寝不足ドリ-マ-, Shōnen-tachi no ESUKĒPU sono ni: tsuiseki suru nebusoku DORĪMĀ?)
029. Boys' Escape part 3: Complicating Sleepless Dreamers (少年達の逃避行その3: 交錯する寝不足ドリ-マ-, Shōnen-tachi no ESUKĒPU sono san: kousaku suru nebusoku DORĪMĀ?)
030. Boys' Escape part 4: Sprinting Sleepless Dreamers (少年達の逃避行その4: 疾走する寝不足ドリ-マ-, Shōnen-tachi no ESUKĒPU sono yon: shissō suru nebusoku DORĪMĀ?)
031. Rainbow-Colored Drop (虹色ドロップ, Nijiiro doroppu?)
032. First Love Limited (ハツコイリミテッド, Hatsukoi rimiteddo?)
Emergency omake manga (緊急おまけマンガ, Kinkyuu omake manga?)

A drama CD adaptation was released by Shueisha on 16 February 2009.[8]
A light novel adaptation written by Sawako Hirabayasi called Winter Photography (ウィンター·フォトグラフィー, Wintā Fotogurafī?) (ISBN 978-4-08-703200-0) was published by Shueisha on 23 March 2009.[9][10]
Main article: List of First Love Limited episodes
The anime television series adaptation was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshiki Yamakawa, with character designs by Tomoyuki Shitaya.[2] The opening theme is "Future Stream" by sphere, and the ending theme is "Hatsukoi Limited" by marble.[11] The series debuted on April 11, 2009 on in Japan on the BS11 cable channel, and completed on June 27, 2009 with the twelfth episode.[12]
The first volume of First Love Limited reached number 10 on the Tohan list of best-selling manga in the week it was released.[13]
The opening episode was rated 4 out of 5 by a reviewer at Anime News Network, who described it as "surprisingly funny and even occasionally sweet" despite "a typical set-up and an overused plot device."[14] Another gave it 2.5 out of 5, saying "this would be a lot more appealing if the plot weren't so cut-and-dried and the characters weren't so transparent,"[15] while a third gave it 3 ½, citing the episode's sensitivity to the character's emotions and that the "female cast is downright delectable, the fan-service lovingly animated, and the overall look realistic."[16]
↑ "Hatsukoi Limited Anime, Drama CD to Be Announced (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Script error
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↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 5–11". Anime News Network. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
↑ Martin, Theron (3 April 2009). "Theron Martin - The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
↑ Santos, Carlo (3 April 2009). "Carlo Santos - The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
↑ Kimlinger, Carl (3 April 2009). "Carl Kimlinger - The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
Official Shueisha webpage (Japanese)
Official anime webpage (Japanese)
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Hatsukoi Limited (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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