Janssen have generously agreed to provide financial support to the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology for a Research Fellowship or research grant.
To promote New Zealand research in gastroenterology.
EITHER an advanced trainee in Gastroenterology or Gastro-Intestinal Surgery.
OR a Gastroenterology or Surgical specialist in New Zealand working in a department involved in training registrars.
Applicants are required to be current financial members of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology at the time of application. This includes trainees and specialists.
The Fellowship is jointly funded by Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd and the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology.
The Fellowship amount is up to $65,000.
If awarded to a trainee, the fellow will be an employee of the host institution who will provide the contract of employment and claim reimbursement for salary and related expenditure from the treasurer of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Inc.
The Fellowship may be awarded for a second year after further application. This would depend on a satisfactory report at the end of the first year. The decision will be made by the Executive and will depend on the relative merits of all applications.
The fellow or specialist (if awarded as a grant) is required to present results of his or her research at a scientific meeting of the society.
Transfer of the Fellowship to a new host institution is not encouraged. This would require the approval of both host departments, the authority of the Society and the approval of the Executive of the NZ Society of Gastroenterology.
The fellow should acknowledge the support of Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd and the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology in all publications and in programmes of meetings at which the research is presented.
All research conducted by fellows must be approved by either an approved institutional animal ethics committee or a human subjects ethics committee (accredited by the Health Research Council of New Zealand).
Intellectual property will be subject to the rules of the host institution.
Leave during the fellowship will be subject to the rules of the host institution.
Trainees who have secured research post outside New Zealand who require wages in order to take up the position may also apply. However research based in New Zealand will take priority.
A succinct account of the proposed research project including background, aims, methods and significance sections with no more than 20 key references (maximum length 5 x A4 pages of 12 point type).
A curriculum vitae and full publication list of the trainee OR for all researchers if this is an application for a project grant.
The names of two referees who have agreed to provide a reference.
For applications from trainees, a letter from the applicant outlining future career plans and explaining the arrangements for supervision and availability of facilities and working expenses for the research within the host department.
For applications from a specialist for a project grant, a full itemised account of expenses needs to be provided. Details of the extent of involvement of trainees should be provided.
For trainees, a letter of support from the head of the host department or the supervisor of the research explaining the arrangements made for research supervision and outlining the facilities and working expenses available for research within the host department.
Closing Dates: Applications should be received by the Executive Officer of the Society by 30 September 2018. The Fellowship should be taken up within six months of confirmation of the award.


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Exporting 'Made in Italy.' The Importance of Working Together
Kicking Off the New School Year With La Scuola
Roberta Cutillo (September 13, 2019)
Video of WELCOME TO 'LA SCUOLA'. YOUR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN NEW YORK
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Cav. Richard Nasti
Although not himself Italian or Italian-American, has embraced the culture and is philantropic to italian causes, philantropic to the consulate, and happens to be probably the foremost ferrari collector certainly in this region, probably in the country. (aboutt Mr. Kalikow, by R.Nasti)
Left to right: Diego Rodino' Di Miglione, Massimo D'Angelo, Richard Nasti
Consul General Francesco Genuardi
A fantastic community, which has always had a special energy and has, in these past years especially, displayed great strength and unity. (F.Genuardi)
i-Italy video for La Scuola
La Scuola d'Italia maintains alive the culture and language of Italy and that is growing and becoming more and more international (M.Palandra)
With the winners of the Mario Cuomo Scholarship: Alexander Pringle Bertellini, Alessandro Pezzella, and Marina Siddu.
Students who received the Mario Cuomo Scholarship
La Scuola d'Italia invited parents, teachers, board members, and supporters of the school to celebrate the inauguration of the new academic year and to present the new initiatives undertaken by the school in this crucial phase of growth and development, reiterating its commitment to providing all New York parents with the best multilingual and multicultural education the city has to offer.
Last night, September 12, a celebration to kick off La Scuola d'Italia's 43rd school year was held in the prestigious 101 Club at 101 Park Avenue, the iconic building owned by Comm. Peter Kalikow, a great supporter of La Scuola and of Italian institutions in New York.
The purpose of this annual appointment is to gather all members of La Scuola's community including parents, faculty, board members, and all those who have supported and continue to support the school and its students.
The first to speak, as guests savored delicious cocktails and food - which ranged from fresh sushi rolls to decadent cheese-stuffed maccheroni - was one of the school board's trustees and father of two La Scuola students, Massimo D'Angelo, who, after thanking everyone for attending, acknowledged the outstanding work the teachers and board are carrying out for the development and growth of the school. "The school has been through some tumultuous times," he noted "we are changing and I see in this room the spirit of that change."
Afterwards, Cav. Richard Nasti, Executive Vice President of H.J. Kalikow & Co., LLC as well as chair of Stony Brook University and of its Center for Italian Studies, took the stage, speaking also for Mr. Kalikow, who "although not himself Italian or Italian-American, has embraced the culture and is philantropic to italian causes, philantropic to the consulate, and happens to be probably the foremost ferrari collector certainly in this region, probably in the country."
Cav. Nasti, began his speach by remembering Mario Mignone, the executive director of the Center of Italian Studies and a beloved supporter and member of the Italian community in New York, who passed away a couple of days ago. "Mario Mignone was an extraordinary individual." he stated after asking everyone to join him in observing a moment of silence.
"There aren't many people in this country who did more to promote Italian culture, Italian language. I went to his funeral mass in Stony Brook this morning and I'll tell you, it was an hour for communion. That's how many people were at this funeral."
He then went on to express his support for La Scuola and brought the importance of building a culture of philanthropy to help institutions like La Scuola keep evolving, growing and offering their students an excellent multilingual and multicultural education before passing the microphone on to Consul General Francesco Genuardi.
The Consul applauded the incredible work done by the faculty and the school's "fantastic community, which has always had a special energy and has, in these past years especially, displayed great strength and unity."
He emphasized how, especially now that La Scuola offers the International Baccalaureate program, it has become "the perfect springboard" for students to reach the most prestigious schools in America, in Italy, and all over the world, making it increasingly attractive not just to Italians and Italian Americans but to New Yorker wishing to provide their children with a well-rounded international education.
Follwing this intervention, a short video presentation of La Scuola, which i-Italy created working closely with dedicated parents, faculty, and student, as well as the head of the school Prof. Maria Palandra, and particularly Diego Rodino' Di Miglione, who all agreed worked incredibly hard to put together this event and who followed the video's production closely, displaying his passion and dedication to La Scuola and to its future.
You can see it here.
Prof. Palandra then took over, inviting everyone to come visit La Scuola, which is holding open houses on October 5, November 14, and February 28 (for more information or to book a private tour, visit >> )
She defined the school as a place that "maintains alive the culture and language of Italy and that is growing and becoming more and more international" and explained that their goal to have a more diverse, more dynamic school, year after year.
The head of the school then spoke about the school's scholarship programs, which provide not only a perfect occasion to support the students but also to honor and commemorate people who are no longer with us such as prof. Mario Mignone, "someone who guided all of us who came from Italy and helped us find a way in this society," to whom they have just dedicated a new scholarship program.
She then invited on stage three students who were awarded a scholarship in the name of Mario Cuomo (sponsored by Nutella and Aldo Uva as well as by La Scuola chairman Charles Adams) during the school's gala last spring: Alexander Pringle Bertellini, Alessandro Pezzella, and Marina Siddu.
This scholarship will help these students continue their studies at La Scuola, a community they have grown to love and feel a part of. They each thanked their sponsors and of course their teachers for having inspired and supported them throughout the years, as well as their parents for having chosen La Scuola, providing them with an excellent international education and preparing them to succeed in today's global world.
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Russian Android owners just can't seem to catch a break. The country's massive malware industry, combined with a lack of official app stores, has made it one of the five most malware-infected nations in the world. Now Malwarebytes has tipped us off to yet another Russian-targeting Trojan to look out: a fake installer that's actually a premium text message scam.
Fake Installer SMS Trojans are nothing new, and antivirus companies have developed plenty of ways to stop them. So this updated version, Android/Trojan.SMS.FakeInst.asy, uses a few tricks to avoid detection. First, it disguises itself as a legitimate app like ContraCity.apk or Avito.apk, a common tactic for getting more unwitting victims to install the malware. A craftier technique used by the Trojan is that it checks for Android emulators. Security researchers sometimes use emulators to create environments for malware testing. By avoiding emulators, SMS.FakeInst.asy avoids testing. And if researchers can't test it, they can't develop ways to beat it as easily.
Instead of sneaking onto your device through a shady app store, SMS.FakeInst.asy spreads itself through spam text messages with links to its APK. The malware then tries to earn cash for its creators, at the victim's expense, by automatically agreeing to charges for premium SMS services. To gain even more control over its host device, the Trojan requests admin privileges. Having that level of access also makes it more difficult to remove. And to increase its reach even further, the malware "can use an infected phone as an SMS bot to distribute links pointing to trojanised APKs," according to Malwarebytes.
SMS.FakeInst.asy specifically targets Russians, but plenty of other malicious apps use text message spam to infect new devices all over the world. There are a few things you can do to keep your phone, and your wallet, safe from these scams. Never respond to unsolicited text messages. Remember that texting services are packed with hidden fees and make sure your family, especially young kids, knows that as well. Carefully check your phone bill for unexplained charges. Ask your service provider to block third-party charges. And don't click on weird links, advice you should remember whenever you're dealing with the Internet.
Text message scams are just one part of the whole awful universe of Android malware. So the best way to keep yourself completely safe is to obtain Android security software. Malwarebytes offers Android antivirus products as do Editors' Choice winners Avast and Bitdefender. If you're ignoring texts from your friends and family, and don't pretend that you aren't, you can ignore texts from scammers, too.


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Q: Xamarin.Android APK crashes following migration to Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) We've got a mobile application (Xamarin.Forms for iOS and Android) that we've been in the progress of migrating from our on-premise Team Foundation Server (TFS) to Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). For the last couple of months now we've hosted our code in VSTS but have performed the builds and releases to the respective stores from our on-premise TFS. Late last week I migrated both the build and release definitions to VSTS as well, so that now we have the entire process in VSTS.
Or so I thought... For, while the iOS build and release works fine, and Android builds and releases as well, the Android application now crashes when you attempt to run it. No major (read: no) changes have taken place in the code and neither HockeyApp nor our App's own error log are able to record the reason for the crash - nor does the Google Developer Console provide us with any insight for that matter. After a couple of tries I was able to get the following exception out of a Logcat:
I/MonoDroid(21970): UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:
I/MonoDroid(21970): System.ArgumentException: element is not of type Xamarin.Forms.View
I/MonoDroid(21970): Parameter name: element
I/MonoDroid(21970):   at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.VisualElementRenderer`1[TElement].Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.IVisualElementRenderer.SetElement (Xamarin.Forms.VisualElement element) [0x0001c] in <fa196d4afd1b4356b38d6cf3bb1e4df8>:0
I/MonoDroid(21970):   at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.Platform.CreateRenderer (Xamarin.Forms.VisualElement element, Android.Support.V4.App.FragmentManager fragmentManager, Android.Content.Context context) [0x00031] in <fa196d4afd1b4356b38d6cf3bb1e4df8>:0
I/MonoDroid(21970):   at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.AppCompat.FragmentContainer.OnCreateView (Android.Views.LayoutInflater inflater, Android.Views.ViewGroup container, Android.OS.Bundle savedInstanceState) [0x0001b] in <fa196d4afd1b4356b38d6cf3bb1e4df8>:0
I/MonoDroid(21970):   at Android.Support.V4.App.Fragment.n_OnCreateView_Landroid_view_LayoutInflater_Landroid_view_ViewGroup_Landroid_os_Bundle_ (System.IntPtr jnienv, System.IntPtr native__this, System.IntPtr native_inflater, System.IntPtr native_container, System.IntPtr native_savedInstanceState) [0x00020] in <20045e457c414d37bc46e447a5bb3bb5>:0
I/MonoDroid(21970):   at (wrapper dynamic-method) System.Object.b09cff61-6f2e-471d-b43a-8d2949513eb7(intptr,intptr,intptr,intptr,intptr)

Now there's only one place in our code where we use fragments, which is in a custom renderer we use to extend the default implementation of the BottomBarPage we use instead of Xamarin's default TabbedPage. I therefore attempted a build with this feature turned off (using the default TabbedPage instead of a BottomBarPage and removing the ExportRenderer-attribute), but this did not solve the problem. Of course I also had a look online to see if I could match the error message with any problem anyone else might have experienced. Results seemed rather meager and not particularly applicable to my case: install the latest version of Xamarin.Forms (which we cannot do at the moment - besides things were working on our private build server) or do a clean and rebuild (I actually tried turning on the Clean-option in our Xamarin.Android-task, but to no effect).
I therefore proceeded to compare the last build log from TFS with a recent one from VSTS to see if I could find any major difference. This turned out to be rather tricky as the output between the two build definitions differs markedly. Superficially, they both look the same, though, performing the same tasks. I did notice, however, that our own Mac build server used newer versions of both MS Build and Android Build Tools than does the VSTS Hosted Mac (15.6.0.0 versus 15.4.0.0 and 27.0.1 versus 23.0.0 respectively), so I decided to change the build environment, as there seems to be no way to influence these parts of the build-environment and the highest installed version of the Android Build Tools will be used when none is explicitly specified anyway (according to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/deploy-test/building-apps/build-process). Running on VS2017 Hosted now at least gives me Android Build Tools version 27.0.3. The JDK-version is the same on all environments, by the way.
With the switch in build-environment also not resolving the issue I next tried the following:

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*Turned off AOT-compilation - though a comparison of the log showed that what differed mostly were IDs and compression levels/final file sizes.

*Verified that I deselected to use the shared runtime (as suggested here) and that both "armeabi" and "armeabi-v7a" architectures are selected for compilation (as proposed here).

*Switched from using the Xamarin.Android build-task to using the shell-script which I had built for our on-premise TFS, as the latter's agent had lacked the Xamarin.Android-capability and the script was meant as a work-around.

*Compared the list of Android resources reported by the log as included in the build, which was equal.

*Compared the list of intermediate assemblies reported by both build logs as being packaged and found them to be more or less equal (with the new VSTS-build adding unfamiliar Mono.Data.Tds.dll- and System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll-assemblies).

*Performed a per-project comparison of copied files reported by the build logs - something I found of little informative value, since I considered additional assemblies & files reported by VSTS harmless, but am otherwise unable to evaluate the impact of files reported by TFS but not reported by VSTS (in other words, I'm unsure of the informative value of comparing the lists of copied files).

*Verified the list of files reported by both logs as having been signed and zip-aligned (the configuration between TFS and VSTS is completely the same, therefore this task has received little attention in my investigation otherwise).

*Made a build on VSTS from the same branch and commit as the last-known working one made on TFS and compared these using Android Studio's APK analysis/package comparison tool.

Only the latter - the package comparison - I've found to be informative, yet of what I do not know. That is to say, one would expect packages containing exactly the same code and resource files to have little difference among them except for maybe the version numbers in the Android-manifest. And, indeed, this is what I'm seeing for the assets and resources. However, significantly (at least in my opinion), the META-INF, lib, classes.dex, assemblies and typemap-files all differ in size. It is unclear to me what this means, though...
Now about 1.5 days in, the only promising result so far is another post here on Stack Overflow that seems to describe the same symptoms as we're experiencing, yet reports a different exception message in their logcat. No resolution has been posted, however.

Edit 1
One thing I've noticed just now when comparing the Android-manifest between builds made on TFS versus those made on VSTS is that the following metadata is lacking from the application-node when building on VSTS (yet is present in local [debug-]builds):
<meta-data
    android:name="android.support.VERSION"
    android:value="26.1.0" />

I'm unsure what package adds this node and what it does, however, but feel it might be significant and will be investigating this further.

Edit 2
After a long day of frustration trying all kinds of different combinations of libraries (some of which don't seem to want to install on the .NetStandard projects VS2017 creates for mobile Apps by default instead of the old PCL), I managed to narrow down where the above entry in the Android-manifest comes from: apparently this is something that the version 26.1.0 Xamarin Android support libraries add. It turns out that one of the Xamarin Android support libraries referenced in the CS-project-file of one of the three Android-projects our App uses was still pointing towards an old 26.1.0.1 version, whereas all other references had been updated to 27.0.2. Changing this entry manually ensured that entry in the Android-manifest went away. This, however, did, unfortunately, not solve our build issues with the Android-version of our App...

Edit 3
Building on a hosted VS2017 environment now results in the below exception messages:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2374):C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2374,3): Error : error XA5101: Missing Android NDK toolchains directory '\toolchains'. Please install the Android NDK. at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainDirectories(String toolchainsPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainPath(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkTool(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch, String tool) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolPrefix(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<GetAotConfigs>d__73.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerable.GrabChunk_Buffered(KeyValuePair`2[] destArray, Int32 requestedChunkSize, Int32& actualNumElementsGrabbed) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerator.GrabNextChunk(Int32 requestedChunkSize) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionEnumerator_Abstract`2.MoveNext() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClass42_0`2.<PartitionerForEachWorker>b__1() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvokeWithArg(Task childTask) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClass176_0.<ExecuteSelfReplicating>b__0(Object )
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2374):C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2374,3): Error XA3001: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> Java.Interop.Tools.Diagnostics.XamarinAndroidException: error XA5101: Missing Android NDK toolchains directory '\toolchains'. Please install the Android NDK. at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainDirectories(String toolchainsPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainPath(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkTool(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch, String tool) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolPrefix(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<GetAotConfigs>d__73.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerable.GrabChunk_Buffered(KeyValuePair`2[] destArray, Int32 requestedChunkSize, Int32& actualNumElementsGrabbed) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerator.GrabNextChunk(Int32 requestedChunkSize) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionEnumerator_Abstract`2.MoveNext() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClass42_0`2.<PartitionerForEachWorker>b__1() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvokeWithArg(Task childTask) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClass176_0.<ExecuteSelfReplicating>b__0(Object ) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.PartitionerForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](Partitioner`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 simpleBody, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](IEnumerable`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEach[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.RunParallelAotCompiler(List`1 nativeLibs) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<>c__DisplayClass71_0.<DoExecute>b__0() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.GetResultCore(Boolean waitCompletionNotification) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result() at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.DoExecute() at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.Execute() ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> Java.Interop.Tools.Diagnostics.XamarinAndroidException: error XA5101: Missing Android NDK toolchains directory '\toolchains'. Please install the Android NDK. at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainDirectories(String toolchainsPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainPath(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkTool(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch, String tool) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolPrefix(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<GetAotConfigs>d__73.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerable.GrabChunk_Buffered(KeyValuePair`2[] destArray, Int32 requestedChunkSize, Int32& actualNumElementsGrabbed) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerator.GrabNextChunk(Int32 requestedChunkSize) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionEnumerator_Abstract`2.MoveNext() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClass42_0`2.<PartitionerForEachWorker>b__1() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvokeWithArg(Task childTask) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClass176_0.<ExecuteSelfReplicating>b__0(Object ) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.PartitionerForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](Partitioner`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 simpleBody, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](IEnumerable`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally) at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEach[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.RunParallelAotCompiler(List`1 nativeLibs) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<>c__DisplayClass71_0.<DoExecute>b__0() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute() ---> (Inner Exception #0) Java.Interop.Tools.Diagnostics.XamarinAndroidException: error XA5101: Missing Android NDK toolchains directory '\toolchains'. Please install the Android NDK. at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainDirectories(String toolchainsPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolchainPath(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkTool(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch, String tool) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.NdkUtil.GetNdkToolPrefix(String androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.Aot.<GetAotConfigs>d__73.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerable.GrabChunk_Buffered(KeyValuePair`2[] destArray, Int32 requestedChunkSize, Int32& actualNumElementsGrabbed) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionerForIEnumerable`1.InternalPartitionEnumerator.GrabNextChunk(Int32 requestedChunkSize) at System.Collections.Concurrent.Partitioner.DynamicPartitionEnumerator_Abstract`2.MoveNext() at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.<>c__DisplayClass42_0`2.<PartitionerForEachWorker>b__1() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvokeWithArg(Task childTask) at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c__DisplayClass176_0.<ExecuteSelfReplicating>b__0(Object )<--- <---
Process 'msbuild.exe' exited with code '1'.

I'm not - as far as I'm aware - using the Android NDK, so I don't quite understand why I'm getting this exception message now. However, the VSTS hosted Mac environment doesn't seem to experience these problems (yet), so I'm switching back to building on Mac.

Edit 4
Did some searching, and apparently the above exception messages are due to problems with the automated update of Visual Studio from version 15.6 to version 15.7, which recently took place (source). Always nice to see these things being checked global roll-out.

Edit 5
So here are some further things I've tried since the last update: explicitly setting the JDK-version used by Xamarin.Android to version 8 and the JDK Architecture to x64 (as described here); and removing all custom renderers for Android, since the original exception seems to point at the VisualElementRenderer<TElement>, which is the base class for almost all (if not all) default and custom renderers. All of this to no avail, however, so that I suspect the exception thrown derives from within Xamarin.Forms itself.

Edit 6
We finally tried adding the Mac we use for our internal build flow in TFS as a private build agent to VSTS today, which was a surprisingly easy thing to do! We didn't even need to change our firewall configuration, as it seems that the agent makes connection with the server (across HTTP and HTTPS), not the other way around (we followed the steps described here). I would that all installations were this easy!
Notwithstanding the ease with which we configured our private build agent, we still experienced the same crash following builds, irrespective of whether we built with the Xamarin.Android build-task or our custom build script (which we had previously used on the very same machine from within TFS with success).
We did eventually bump into the solution by following up on a suggestion made here, however, something that seemed somewhat unrelated and not pertinent before. Yet, as I had coincidentally just updated the version of our Xamarin.Forms from version 2.5.1.444934 to version 2.5.1.527436 the day before, I decided to try running a build with this code. Which turned out to work! I've got no clue why though... But I guess that's less relevant than being able to build again!

A: As it turns out, updating Xamarin.Forms is the solution.
Though suggested as resolution to the same error as ours on the Xamarin forums, and something I had come across before, the age of the post and the old version of Xamarin.Forms involved made me disregard this option as less relevant to our problem. What didn't help either was that I thought we were already on the highest version of Xamarin.Forms 2.5.1, and are not quite ready to move to Xamarin.Forms 3.0 yet. Yesterday, however, I discovered there was still a revision we could upgrade within the 2.5.1-branch, which is what I did. When I then tried a build with this code, surprisingly the resulting APK turned out to run without any issue!
The reason why updating Xamarin.Forms works is unclear to us, though. We did, however, observe that this particular version of Xamarin.Forms, 2.5.1.527436, was released just about a week before I migrated our build definition from TFS to VSTS. It might therefore be that there's some correlation there.

Edit 1
Ran into some trouble with Xamarin.Forms 2.5.1.527436 today, which has eventually led me to the most likely cause for our problems creating an Android build of our App. That is, in order to resolve a crash caused by Xamarin.Forms, I tried to revert Forms to the last version I knew still worked. However, the problem with Xamarin.Forms persisted, even after the downgrade. This triggered me to inspect the project-files and compare the working version of the App to that which had been downgraded, yet should have ended up the same notwithstanding.
As it turns out some project files had references to two different versions of Xamarin.Forms: the one that I had intended to use, and the one we had been using before that. Now this mixture didn't cause any problems while running on a local development machine, since this machine would have both old and new versions of Xamarin.Forms installed and there would therefore not be any missing assemblies. However, I can imagine that this would not be the case when running a VSTS-build on a build-server. Moreover, the project files containing the incorrect assembly references were both Android projects - which explains why iOS had no trouble building...!

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Although the indie publishing world sometimes seems to be populated by young entrepreneurial authors, in fact a lot of writers publishing books today are at the other end of the spectrum—senior citizens.
It may be hard to pin down what exactly we mean by "older authors," but I generally take it to mean people 50 years of age and over who haven't published their own books before.
And this is a particularly good age for anyone who has dreamt of writing a book to actually do so. And there's never been a better time for these people to publish, either.
One way to look at the span of human development is through the lens of three major stages of life.
It's this third stage of life I'm talking about.
Once you've lived 50 or more years, you have a different perspective on life. The crazy energy and passion of youth are great memories, and the long development of skills and expertise we've gathered in parenting and making a living are gradually coming to an end.
Many of the normal developments of life create a positive environment for those who want to set to work putting a book into the world.
What kind of positive environment?
Giving back—After a lifetime of accumulating, older people often want to give something back to society, to the culture that has allowed them to thrive, or to a group our cause that has enriched their own lives. This can be a powerful motive for writing a book.
Family legacy—A lot of seniors want to memorialize their own knowledge of their family tree and leave personal accounts of relatives who will be seen as ancestors by succeeding generations.
Eyewitness to history—Seniors today may have lived through, been affected by, or even participated in World War II, the Korean war, the civil rights conflict, the Vietnam war, the rise of a counterculture, the advent of technology, and all the other tumultuous events of the past decades. Memoirs that revolve around these kinds of events are a great reason to publish.
The call of the storytelling gene—Surveys consistently show that over 80% of Americans would like to write a book someday, yet few actualize this dream. However, more and more people take the leap because it has become easier, faster, and less expensive than ever before.
Passive income for retirement—While most senior self-publisher publish for reasons that have nothing to do with profit, there are also many who would like to create additional revenue to help in retirement. This will move an author into the ranks of the entrepreneurs, but it's a path that can work well for the right authors.
Working on the "bucket list"—Do you have "finally write that book" on your bucket list? If so, you know your time isn't unlimited, and that book won't write itself, will it?
Perhaps you have your own reason; an idea you came up with that you'd like to spread more widely; a unique theory of historical development; innovations you created during your working life.
All the same benefits will accrue no matter what subject you write on, but keep in mind that the audience for some of these books is going to be very, very small.
It's important for senior authors—for every author, really—to understand their own motivations going into the publishing process, because it's going to take time and dedication to get to the point where you have a copy of your book in your hand.
Most of these authors I've dealt with over the years aren't driven so much by the chance to make money on their books, but for the reasons mentioned above.
Technology—Let's face it, many seniors are uncomfortable with the technology we use to produce and market our books. Simply putting up a website for the book can be a daunting challenge unless the author can learn this herself, or finds someone to help.
Finances—Many seniors are living on a fixed income, and that may not allow for expenses like a custom professional cover design. Luckily, there are more and more low- or no-cost offers that can blunt this problem. Seniors, like all authors, need to realize that the goals they've set for the book should determine how the book is published.
Confidence—If you've never had a "public voice" or taken a stand or put yourself out into a public arena, it's normal to be uncertain or wary of what the effects may be. Luckily, social media sites like Facebook are giving seniors a way to experience publish "sharing" gradually.
This last point can't be over-emphasized. Just like scammers selling fake reverse mortgage or tax schemes, there are "bad operators" in the indie publishing world, and seniors need to be educated and informed to make good decisions.
Seniors Can Write and Publish, Too!
I'm not sure it's very well known that some of our most famous and successful authors started very late in life. Examples include Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prarie) and Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes) among many others.
If you're a senior author, what has your experience been like? Let me know in the comments.
your article is amazing, and as there are so many seniors that are participating one thing that I want to share with them is you all are the champions and more power to you. In this age, a proper diet and exercise are must which prevents several vitamin deficiencies and problems such as kyphosis and arthritis.
Hi Joel and all, This is a great discussion. My two cents, as I move toward launching my 5th MASTERPIECE, is that this whole thing is friggin' crazy hard. If you're not a senior when you start, you'll become one fast. I'm a diehard DIY-er so, with the exception of editors, I do all of it alone. ALONE like deserted-island alone. In fact, I wouldn't wish my style of self-dubbing on my worst enemy—or actually I might, what a great idea! I took the pains to learn the entire process because I had a lot of books. But, despite what could only be called torture, I have 4 books published (that never would've happened otherwise), they look great and have great reviews, there are more on the way, I'm committed to the marketing side (necessary evil) and fulfilling my destiny.
What I wanted to say though, before the venting, is that I couldn't have done even 1% of the work without your blog, Joel. From a year before my first book came out in Sept. 2012 to this moment, you've been my go-to resource. (I guess that's obvious, where else would I go?) When I found you and started reading, I began to realize I could do it. And just yesterday, I told myself to stop reading so many blogs because alright already I get it! Yet here I am again because the community is important to me now—it's critical to know others are doing what I am even though we've never met, it's sweet music in the distance. It's a writers' club of its own, a cafe with great coffee that's open early and closes late. And I just want to thank you, Joel, and wish everyone patience, healthy breaks, endless fresh ideas, unheard-of financial success, kinship with other writers, and that glow in the hearth of your soul that comes from continuing to write ANYWAY-no-matter-what because it's what you must do.
I'm with Susan J who (in May) took issue with your use of senior citizen for people in their 50s. Like her, I'm 51 and hardly a senior. If you're referring to people in that "third stage" in life, you should use a different term, bc no 50 year old would think your article applied to them (I came here solely to make this comment). If you want to attract seniors, then I'd adjust that age range you refer to.
I wasn't particularly trying to "attract seniors" but I'm interested in what term you would suggest instead?
Great article but I'm in my fifties and don't consider myself a 'senior' :D. Fifty is the new thirty after all :D. But I have been pondering how I could help seniors publish. There are lots of sharks out there and I hate to hear of anyone being taken advantage of.
Janet, I agree. And it's still worth doing if what you are writing has meaning to you.
This is a seniors group. I learned that "legacy" income continues to the successors of writers for up to 7-years.
I sent a query to amazon, where my books are listed, and got a goofy reply from kindle that did not answer my question.
Can you please shed some light on legacy income to my heirs after I pass? Others may be interested in learning more.
I assume the author's estate will become the rights holder upon the author's death, and therefore the payee for any income derived from those rights.
However, I am not an attorney and this needs to be addressed and/or provided for in the author's will because the rights could be granted to a charitable organization or some other third party.
Please check with your attorney or estate planner to make the provisions you want to be made. You'll also find out whether the "7 year" idea is a myth (it doesn't sound right, to be honest).
Brenda, you have big plans! Great to hear about your progress, and with determination you will reach your goal.
I have a website that encourages life writing and has resource articles, and I commonly answer questions from older first-time writers working on their memoirs or family history books. Your three obstacles are spot on – often I tell them to ask their younger family members to help, due to cost of hiring professionals to do it all for them. Add the difficulties of marketing to strangers (difficult even for young people). I explain how publishing for sales is a tough business and try to steer them away from high-cost publishing services if I know they have little money and will not market their books. Family-only writing should not be looked down upon but can be their important legacy to the people who matter most in their lives.
I wrote my mother's memoir of living through WWII in Japan – she was nearly illiterate – and she and our family loved it. My last publishing project was with an 80+ year-old Korean War veteran with no family, money, or computer skills but incredible stories of front line experience – from stacks of notes written during the war. Both these books were a lot of work, but so rewarding for all of us. My mother and my new veteran friend loved doing book signings, and we made a nice profit together, with the books still selling online on their own. People who are not experienced writers or who are not famous or rich have wonderful stories worth saving, too, and I can only hope they have family to help as I can't help them all myself! Thanks so much for your helpful blog, Joel – I often share your postings, and this one fits right in with my mission to spread the life writing joy.
Linda, thanks for your input, and the awesome help you provide in getting these books into the market. It's clients like yours with stories to tell that can so enrich our culture, but whose books, without help, will never see the light of day. Thanks for doing what you do.
Has anyone dealt with United PC Publishing? I got a letter from them today offering me a contract for a "free" publication of my book, but I have a lot of questions. And I read a couple reviews online where the authors hadn't had any support and had not received their royalty payments in over a year, so I have concerns.
I don't know them, but any publisher that's behind by a year in paying royalties should be avoided, in my opinion. Maybe you should think about self-publishing, where you pay yourself.
It can be difficult to tell the difference between a self-publishing company and a legitimate publisher these days. One key differentiator: If the company charges you to produce the book, controls the printing, receives the revenue, and promises to pay you a royalty, watch out.
Legitimate publishers buy the rights to publish your book and shoulder the expenses to do so. They recoup that investment by keeping a portion of your profits and paying you a royalty. This is fair.
Self-publishing companies charge you to produce the book AND share your profits. They have no investment in your book, so what entitles them to any portion of your profits?
True indie publishing means YOU are the publisher. You pay experts to prepare your book and you keep 100% of the profits. Many companies, including mine, are ready to help with services and coaching.
Today, indie publishers can obtain POD printing and online and bookstore distribution on their own without any middleman and without losing control of their book.
Michele, doesn't your list of things to watch for sort of describe CreateSpace?? The author pays to publish, and Amazon keeps a portion of the profits, I think. . . help me out here?
Hi Jana. CreateSpace is a bit different from other self-publishing companies because they are owned by Amazon. Though they use the word "royalty" to describe payments to the author, they don't deduct more than the wholesale discount and printing cost to arrive at that figure. Other self-publishing companies deduct the wholesale discount, the printing cost, AND a fee for themselves in one way or another, either by claiming to "split" your royalty or by reporting a printing cost that is higher than it should be.
I've used createspace and have enjoyed consistent, good results.
LINDA–Shred the letter and Stay away from United PC Publishing. There are multiple complaints posted about the company. I've written multiple articles on the tricks, lures and snares of the predators. Do the Google search I recommend in the one that I've listed below. AND… no author should ever sign a contract that says the contract can be terminated if "mutually agreed"(which United PC publishing has within theirs).
Like Joan, I've helped a lot of authors who went into self-publishing without knowledge of the industry and fell prey to predators. Sometimes the authors are lucky and we meet before they sign with one of these companies, other times they are not. It is one of the reasons I believe sites like yours are so important. They help to spread information to new authors so they can make informed decisions and hopefully avoid some of the pitfalls along the way.
I personally love working with those who are older and want to learn. I don't mind going step by step over the phone or Skype with an author to show them how to make a social media post. Those who have come before me and lived longer than me have such amazing stories they can share (non-fiction and fiction) and I'm always happy to be a part of that.
Well, you've been massively helpful to this senior, Kate, and I really appreciate your patience, especially when I need you to remind me again about something that has slipped my mind.
One of the most common pieces of advice I give senior authors is to find a really good virtual assistant who can help them navigate the publishing journey, and I always have you in mind.
Aw, thank you, Joel! I love being able to help you with your publishing and business goals.
I believe having a team behind you that cares and has your best interest at heart is that secret to a long and successful career. I'm always really honored when I get to be part of that for someone.
Joel, after working with hundreds of authors as consulting clients and meeting hundreds more at author events where I speak, I'd like to add a fourth obstacle to your list: no knowledge of the publishing industry. This is particularly true among those over 60 who barely know how their computers operate.
Goaded by friends and family who say "you ought to write a book," the author dreams of making thousands of dollars, unaware that most authors lose money publishing. They dive in head first and start writing. Because they don't know any better, many of these authors become victims of the publishing predators (you know the names) who "sell the dream" and soak them for thousands of dollars.
By the time they get to me, they're almost broke. But they've invested so much time and money on their book that they go to press anyway, often with a crappy cover, a poorly edited book and absolutely no knowledge of their target market.
I have often heard Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd, say that one of her jobs is to keep bad books from being published. I like her advice to seniors who love to write but don't have the money or the energy to publish a book the right way: join a writing club.
Hear Hear Joan … Right now, I'm working with a 94 year old who has been so pulled in a variety of directions; snared by publishing predators; and all I'm trying to do is get his book "in hand" for his family and followers. We had it–then the "shadows" came in telling him to do this and that–and the reality is that he is thinking very old-school in what a book should look like.
And Joel–great article … I'm rebroadcasting with a lead-in from one via my own mailing lists!
Joan, thanks for bringing up a great point. It may be that seniors are more apt to fall for predatory publishing schemes, particularly if they are new to online pitches. It's something we all watch out for and warn against.
I've written about this—repeatedly—over the years, and although the "subsidy" (or vanity) publishers seem to be in retreat, there are so many scams and bad operators preying on authors who have dreamed of publishing for a long time, it can be difficult to reach all the folks who could be victimized.
I am seventy-five years young. I served my nation abroad for three years while in the Navy, then for over twenty-seven years as an American Diplomat. I lived and worked in nine countries, and traveled and worked on short term assignments in over two dozen more.
I have self-published three non-fiction books and am working on three more. My topic is Islam.
My greatest problem in getting them out there where people can find them. Ideas, please.
Most of your article is about writing memoirs or other non-fiction, but many of us write fiction. For myself, I always wrote, all through my career as a historian and computer tech, but like others I only got serious about it in my 60s. I think it took me a lifetime to learn the discipline required. Also, I wrote alternate historical fantasy, so I have a lifetime of knowledge about the Middle Ages on which to draw.
I have published two short stories, two novellas, and a novel, with another about to release. I have few readers–that marketing stuff is hard!–but the whole experience has been profoundly rewarding.
Ellis, very interesting. Fiction authors seem to start earlier in my experience, often at a very young age. I agree that the marketing part is quite a challenge for most authors, but then again it really depends on why you're publishing in the first place. In any event, you've been very productive, so good luck with all that work. And thanks for using my new WriteWell journals, that's awesome!
I wrote a book @ 71 because "I had to." My internet dating experiences were too humorous to keep to myself. Friends said "write a book". Self-publishing was fairly easy and the $4,ooo investment was the vacation I didn't take that year. Nonfiction wasn't a hot ticket but it was my 18 month experience on 3 different dating sites. Unfortunately I was completely naïve about the marketing aspect; actually SHOCKED. I had/have no interest in "building a following, etc." so there my book sits in print on demand (POD). I give it as gifts to gal friends; guys, including my grown sons, don't appreciate my viewpoint. Equally important, I have listed it in my family Trust/Will… in the event it is discovered long after I depart. I have no regrets.
Jackie, your book sounds funny and interesting. As with many older authors, as long as you're not unhappy with your sales, I can understand avoiding the marketing part of the business, which really requires an entirely different skill set from writing. Good luck!
I am working with an 81 year old recently retired pulmonologist who is writing about a TB hospital that used to be in our area. He is delightful, open to learn, loves to research, and is shocked and horrified by how slow the writing process is. He still isn't sure who is audience is, so I keep asking if he wants doctors to read this or if he is aiming toward those who like local history (big difference!) And I keep encouraging him – he said he thought he had "a tiger by the tail"; I suggested he think of it more as "an elephant to eat". He is worried about running out of time, but I remind him that none of us knows when our time is up.
Jana, "none of us knows when our time is up" is what drives many older authors. Will I have time to finish the projects that are truly meaningful to me? I have the same question, but I think the answer is in finding joy in the journey, not obsessing about the end product or the anticipated sales. Learn to enjoy writing, re-writing, making your book the best it can be—then you have your reward no matter how far you get.
and don't really know what I am doing, so am probably doing it all wrong.
I follow for advice are all written by 20-30-somethings and I would like to hear what a person of my generation has to say about it.
I'm 65 and started writing and self-publishing 6 years ago. I've got a women's fiction series of 5 books that has sold over 100,000 copies and a Christmas novella that has recently been optioned by the Hallmark Channel for a Christmas movie. I love writing but I love making money, too. I've treated this authorpreneur experience like it's a full time job (even though I still practice law full time) and have learned to market my books. I've just finished a murder mystery and have another one and a new series under development. I feel like I'm just getting started! This has been the most gratifying experience and I urge anyone with a book inside of them to let it out. You don't have to know everything you'll need to be successful on day one. You'll figure it out. I subscribed to Joel's blog early on and it has been the single best source of useful advice and inspiration along my journey. Thank you, Joel!!!
Barbara, you are an inspiration, and you seem to have both writing and marketing skills, and that's the sign of someone who will do well in this business no matter when you start. Thanks so much for contributing, and thanks for being a reader.
Being 68, almost 69, I suppose I am a "senior," but I dislike the term. In Vancouver I rent bicycles from Bayshore Bike Rentals. They give me a "student" rate. If they gave me a seniors rate, I would likely decline. See, I am a student for life; that is why I get the student rate.
* Writing a book will get you out of your comfort zone.
* You will learn new skills and keep your mind in shape.
* You will develop more curiosity and be more open to new ideas.
* You get to share your unique message with the world.
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If you are using the Conference tool, you can now also use a basic polling feature in it.
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I received a question the other day about cleans and whether or not its an ideal movement for baseball players especially pitchers because of the stress placed upon the elbow/wrist joints. I'm a strong advocate of cleans for overall explosiveness and power development.However, I wanted to get everyone else's viewpoint regarding this movement.
I wouldn't have pitchers doing cleans. Position players can certainly benefit from them.
I stuck to clean pulls with my guys. Not even so much for the shoulder, but more so of the stress on the elbow during the catch/front squat.
The bar really is the issue, right, even with correct mechanics? The placement of the palms facing towards the body transitioning to directly away from the body during the movement pattern forces the wrists, elbows, and shoulder joint (rotating upper arm) into a pathological position during the clean and similar variations resulting in microtrauma to the joint structures. Now add load, a young population, testosterone, and varying degrees of supervision and the potential for injury increases for any athlete.
Just a thought, if we're building a super-charged Ferrari engine, but damaging the pistons and valves by the way the engine is running, wouldn't we have to look at how we're building the engine, how all the parts work together? Is there another way to attain quick, smooth pistons and valves?
I've really enjoyed this discussion as this is the kind of healthy work that objective coaches, clinicians and scientists do to develop best practices. Here, it's not about being "right" its about finding the best way, the best practice to help others (coaches, athletes, ect).
I do have some concerns about the topvelocity link and substantiating its generalization. I don't say this to be a jerk or a know it all but I think it somewhat represents the challenges of the community at large of not having "best practice" guidelines as to how to practice the tradecraft other than a Russian model how to improve strength in competitive weightlifters.
Some concerns that I have are 1) several of the citations used are not retrievable to view the reports/research while others don't really validate the notion of O-lifts and throwing a baseball; 2) the research presented actually states, "Injuries are most likely when high forces and/or torques are repeatedly applied to vulnerable tissue and when the pitcher transitions through susceptible positions"; 3) wouldn't this be what's happening when you combine the O-lifts and over-head motions?; 4) the research is generalized to say that producing high amounts of strain on the connective tissue via the Olympic lifts strengthens the connective tissue due to similar strains being placed on the joint; 5) ligaments have the tensile strength of steel, how much stronger do they need to be?; 6) overstressing the connective tissue as mentioned in the published reference actually degrades the elasticity of connective tissue and if this continues "plasticizes" them increasing likelihood of injury (http://www.paradigm-pubs.com/sites/www.paradigm-pubs.com/files/acti...), pg. 16; 7) the research also alludes to keeping the joints healthy and that conditioning and leg strength may be the real keys to maintaining arm strength in pitchers.
I think the quality of the study below would be a good read prior to deciding how to train "overhead" athletes as it represents data over a considerable period of time and considers mechanisms for injury as this is the crux of the matter.
What are the mechanisms for injury in the "over-head" population? How am I working to head-off these mechanisms? How can I develop skill over time and train the whole-body, the whole system/energy pathways as an integrated unit not as "power" over here and "strength" here and "endurance" here. The body doesn't compartmentalize that way does it?
1. Does a clean place excess stress on the shoulder, more so than a front squat? I don't know. I think I would worry about the elbow before the shoulder.
2. Many athletes can hold a proper "front rack" position to catch the clean, they just need proper coaching and familiarization.
3. Are Olympic lifts the best power development exercise for an athlete with tremendous demand for rotational power and movement through the frontal and transverse planes? Maybe not.
Michael, agree with your point about rotational power, I think with a combo of both traditional O-Lifting and good med ball work you can really develop some great power. A MB isn't going to get you as strong a barbell and you obviously can't whip around a barbell like a med ball.
Olympic lifting builds balance in all athlete's if taught correctly. But that is the problem, very few coaches teach it correctly. I have trained many baseball players (pitchers included) when strength coaching in college and now as a Level 5 USAW coach in my strength and conditioning program. Baseball players usually have dominate sides, olympic lifting if taught properly can improve this issue. They won't hurt the shoulders and flexibility will be improved , not lost.
You also have to consider the fact that baseball is a rotational sport so explosiveness should be plane specific. The other thing I would consider is laxity in the joints of the throwing arms. Particularly the wrist and elbow during the catch. Pitchers especially are already hyper mobile so I am not sure we want to improve mobility but instead work counter that to some degree.
I remember a video done at Nebraska many (many) years ago about doing "ground based" lifts. They took a QB and suspended him by his hips (so his feet were off the ground) and told him to throw the football as far as he could. Then they let him stand on the ground and do the same thing-while I'm sure we all can agree he threw it alot farther with his feet on the ground there wasnt any talk of rotational work needed. What they were trying to show was applying force to the ground caused the ball to go farther, not the trunk or a strong shoulder-and that doing cleans and squats caused this. I have always used cleans (and other olympic lifts) along with basic squats and presses to develop athletes (HS or College). I believe any joint that is made stronger through weight training can stand up to the forces its used for in whatever sport is being played. I dont have anything against the rotational stuff or anyone who chooses NOT to do cleans but I think they have kind of gotten thrown under the bus a little. I'm still working with parents who's personal trainer at the health club told them not to let me have their kids do squats cause it'll turn their knees to dust..?
I have been doing this for about 24 years now and if I was hurting athletes or it was a problem I would have taken them out a long time ago. I "enjoy" teaching athletes how to lift and lift correctly then watch them grow and mature so form is always first before weight.
All GREAT points made here. I agree that olympic lifts are not the "cookie cutter go-to" for training multi-jointed power/explosiveness and that med balls as well as accommodating resistance on low intensity lifts will prove to be beneficial. To sum up a lot of the explanations made here, i believe it all of course comes down to specificity and taking into consideration; what biomechanical movements does this athlete perform during competition? Are those movements majority rotational/transverse (i.e. baseball) while taking into account their fitness skill and maturity level. Laxity and elasticity of the wrist elbow and shoulder joints are always a concern with pitchers due to the repetitive strain placed on those joints. Conclusively, i can assume that explosiveness and power can be trained to a certain extent within a team setting before position players and pitchers branch off to perform explosive training techniques tailored towards their desired movements on the field. I'd love to learn more about this approach from a team strength and conditioning coaches point of view.
Pitchers/Hitters on constantly working on their craft, thus continuously repeating their hitting or throwing motion so be careful of overloading on that rotational work. I'm not a fan of the term "sport specific" because it's used a bit too liberally and people lose touch with the foundation, which is strength. Strength is specific to all sports; ATHLETES NEED TO BE STRONG, the manner in which you develop may change slightly based on the sport. People get too carried away with "sport specific". Squatting on a bosu with a blindfold on and a weight vest will not get you strong, getting under the bar and pushing through some adversity will. (not that anyone on here claimed to have done that, just making a general statement).
1) Are my athletes healthy/ is what we are doing safe?
2) Can I justify why I'm doing it?
4) Are my coaches happy?


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Lakeside business destroyed after road-rage incident ends in fiery crash
LAKESIDE (KUSI) — A road-rage incident ended with a fiery crash in Lakeside, sparking a blaze that destroyed a business, and deputies responding to the incident pursued a car full of people into El Cajon where a man barricaded himself in a pharmacy and stabbed himself in the neck when deputies barged in, officials said Sunday.
The initial confrontation began shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday between two vehicles on State Route 67, San Diego County Sheriff's Sgt. Dustin Lopez said. One of the drivers, a Lakeside resident, exited the highway in an attempt to seek help at the Lakeside sheriff's substation.
At Vine Street and Parkside Street in Lakeside, about two blocks from the substation, the female driver — identified as Brooke Devine — of the other vehicle attempted to speed around and cut off the Lakeside man seeking law enforcement help, Lopez said.
But Devine lost control of her vehicle and crashed into Solis Hair Studio at 12585 Parkside St., and the vehicle caught fire, igniting a blaze inside the salon that badly damaged the building before crews from Lakeside Fire Department brought the fire under control.
"The occupants of the vehicle, a female driver [Devine] and male passenger, ran from the vehicle and fled northbound on Vine Street near the Lakeside
Library," Lopez said.
The passenger in Devin's car was described as a white man with his hair in a ponytail, with several tattoos on his arms and wearing a hat.
A deputy responding to the crash spotted a white sedan speeding away from the scene with four occupants, including a man who appeared to match the
description of the passenger who fled, Lopez said. The deputy attempted to stop the white sedan, but it sped away and deputies gave chase, though it was later determined the sedan was not involved in the road-rage incident or the crash.
As deputies pursued the car, one occupant jumped from the moving vehicle on Channel Road in Lakeside, sustaining head and shoulder injuries that
required he be taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital for treatment, Lopez said. The pursuit continued into El Cajon where the other three occupants fled on foot when the driver stopped the white sedan on Coogan Way.
One of the three, 35-year-old Chula Vista resident Ruben Chavez, was immediately arrested and later booked into the San Diego Central Jail on drug
and weapon charges, the sheriff's sergeant said. Another occupant escaped, while deputies chased the third into the CVS Pharmacy at 572 Fletcher Parkway, across the street from the Parkway Plaza mall.
Inside the pharmacy, the suspect later identified as 27-year-old Erik Talavera pulled out a knife and threatened to stab himself if deputies approached, Lopez said. Talavera attempted to run out a back door, but when it was locked, he used chairs to barricade himself inside the pharmacy's break room.
When deputies forced their way into that room, Talavera stabbed himself in the neck several times.
A deputy deployed his Taser on Talavera, causing him to drop the knife and allowing deputies to safely approach and detain him, Lopez said. Talavera was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital with multiple stab wounds to his neck and will be booked into jail on various criminal charges when he's released from the hospital.
Sheriff's officials asked anyone with information about the road-rage incident or the pursuit to call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.


Great news television fans that happen to have Amazon Prime! HBO has agreed to an exclusive, multi-year deal that will bring their programming to the aforementioned Amazon streaming video service.
Maybe I'm being too harsh, though. It's possible that HBO simply doesn't want to commit to gambling such a profitable show until they're more confident in the value of Amazon Prime's subscribers, which is absolutely fair.
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Amazon Prime is worth it for the free 2 day shipping alone. I don't make much use of the stream portion but definitely will take a look at the Sopranos and finish the Wire when they gets up. Never took a chance to watch it before. Six Feet Under is another great show, bought that whole set a few months back.
It's going to be a long while before they give up Game of Thrones though, at least while they can still force people to get an HBO subscription just to watch it.


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With the aim of finding new chemical entities based on coumarin and chalcone scaffolds, new hybrid compounds 2-5 were designed and synthesized. The trypanocidal activity of these compounds was tested against the epimastigote, trypomastigote and amastigote stages of the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. Cytotoxicity assays were also performed in RAW 264.7 and VERO cells. Compound 5 presented the highest trypanocidal activity of the series, with trypanocidal values higher than nifurtimox for the trypomastigote and epimastigote stages., but presenting cytotoxic effects in the mammalian cells. A SAR study suggested that methoxy substitution at positions 2 and 5 in the designed scaffold seemed to be a key feature for the trypanocidal activity. Therefore, the coumarin-chalcone scaffold can be taken into account for further lead optimization and design new and more effective trypanocidal compounds.
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Griffith SES is urging residents to clean out gutters, tie down trampolines and check the trees on the property, as another storm warning comes in. Griffith SES has fielded over 100 calls in the last eight days, as Griffith recovers from and handles recent storms and water damage. With a lack of available volunteers, the crew is struggling to stay on top of the calls Erin Sinclair, a Griffith SES volunteer, said that the vast majority of calls were related to roofs and blocked gutters causing problems. "They've ranged from a few small branches to whole trees coming down on houses, sheds and cars. We've had a few ceilings collapse under water weight," she explained. "A big problem we have is people not cleaning out gutters - the gutters can't effectively carry the water off. It backs up and comes into the house, we had quite a lot of those jobs last week. That was the main damage." The storm warning for this evening includes the possibility of hail, strong winds and lightning, potentially leaving the SES's volunteers even more tired than the last week. Mrs Sinclair added that they were still desperate for more volunteers or spontaneous help. "Over the eight days, we didn't have a large unit of people who are available so it was a lot of pressure on those who could come. We're working as much as possible with what we have ... Most of us have full-time jobs and families, and storm damage of our own," she said. "We did get a really good response online over the last two weeks of people looking to join, so we're hoping those people follow through and join up. We also have spontaneous volunteers, so that we can put out a call for people to just come in and fill some sandbags. That's only a few hours." IN THE NEWS: Mrs Sinclair said that there were three key steps for people to take in order to ease the pressure on the service, along with following the unit's facebook page and staying up to date on weather alerts. "If you're able to clean out your gutters yourself safely, please do. If you can't do it safely, get a contractor or a handyman or whoever ... if you're a homeowner or even if you're renting, get your landlord to come and inspect the roof. Make sure it's in good condition, no cracked tiles. A crack is a potential leak." "Make sure you're taking care of trees in your yard. If it's got a lot of dead branches, get someone in. Clean it up, make sure it's not going to pose a risk if there's high winds." "Finally, tie down your trampolines. We haven't seen too many flying about but it's always good to have a reminder." If you require assistance during a flood or storm, please contact the SES at 132 500. If life is in danger, please immediately contact emergency services at 000. Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can access our trusted content:
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Griffith's SES has had over 100 calls in the last week, leaving volunteers exhausted but still working hard
LOOK FOR THE ORANGE: Griffith SES has fielded over 100 calls in the last eight days, leaving volunteers exhausted. PHOTO: Griffith SES
Griffith SES is urging residents to clean out gutters, tie down trampolines and check the trees on the property, as another storm warning comes in.
Griffith SES has fielded over 100 calls in the last eight days, as Griffith recovers from and handles recent storms and water damage. With a lack of available volunteers, the crew is struggling to stay on top of the calls
Erin Sinclair, a Griffith SES volunteer, said that the vast majority of calls were related to roofs and blocked gutters causing problems.
"They've ranged from a few small branches to whole trees coming down on houses, sheds and cars. We've had a few ceilings collapse under water weight," she explained.
"A big problem we have is people not cleaning out gutters - the gutters can't effectively carry the water off. It backs up and comes into the house, we had quite a lot of those jobs last week. That was the main damage."
The storm warning for this evening includes the possibility of hail, strong winds and lightning, potentially leaving the SES's volunteers even more tired than the last week. Mrs Sinclair added that they were still desperate for more volunteers or spontaneous help.
"Over the eight days, we didn't have a large unit of people who are available so it was a lot of pressure on those who could come. We're working as much as possible with what we have ... Most of us have full-time jobs and families, and storm damage of our own," she said.
"We did get a really good response online over the last two weeks of people looking to join, so we're hoping those people follow through and join up. We also have spontaneous volunteers, so that we can put out a call for people to just come in and fill some sandbags. That's only a few hours."
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Mrs Sinclair said that there were three key steps for people to take in order to ease the pressure on the service, along with following the unit's facebook page and staying up to date on weather alerts.
"If you're able to clean out your gutters yourself safely, please do. If you can't do it safely, get a contractor or a handyman or whoever ... if you're a homeowner or even if you're renting, get your landlord to come and inspect the roof. Make sure it's in good condition, no cracked tiles. A crack is a potential leak."
"Make sure you're taking care of trees in your yard. If it's got a lot of dead branches, get someone in. Clean it up, make sure it's not going to pose a risk if there's high winds."
"Finally, tie down your trampolines. We haven't seen too many flying about but it's always good to have a reminder."
If you require assistance during a flood or storm, please contact the SES at 132 500. If life is in danger, please immediately contact emergency services at 000.
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Mayor Lovely Warren address violent crime and social distancing after large gathering at vigil
Raven Brown
Updated: April 13, 2020 05:49 PM
Created: April 13, 2020 04:53 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The spread of the coronavirus has forced most of Rochester to shut down, but the crisis hasn't slowed crime or gun violence.
"We are better and we can be better than what we have seen this past weekend and with the shootings that have occurred in our community," Mayor Lovely Warren said.
Mayor Lovely Warren is calling for the violence to stop after a triple-shooting left one man dead and two others wounded on Clifford Avenue Sunday along with multiple other violent incidents in the month.
Warren said when someone is the victim of a crime, that takes away resources from health care workers focusing on treating COVID-19 patients.
"The person that they are dealing with may be a loved one, your loved one of the person that pulled the trigger," Warren said.
Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary called the violence reckless and said they have a number of initiatives in place regarding dispute violence.
"We prioritize early dispute identification and intervention the idea is that dispute becomes the center of strategic response which ultimately drives resource deployment in our department," Singletary said.
He said the department remains focused on violent crime and is dispatching more officers to hot spots of violence.
"Firearm hotspot policing, areas where we see a high penetration of firearm violence and targeting firearm offenders," Singletary said.
Gun violence over the weekend caused a large group of more than 100 people to gather at a vigil and not six feet apart.
"Yesterday that's what this community needed and that is what we allowed to happen because it was done in a peaceful way and it was safe and we were able to keep eyes on it," Warren said.
Mayor Warren said after talking with the police department it was a conscious decision to allow the vigil to go on so the community could mourn.
"Given heightened emotions that were already visible and evident early on in the day from the life that was lost and from the people that were shot that day it was better to allow people to gather to go ahead and mourn," Warren said.
Warren said moving forward large gatherings like this will not be allowed.
"We will tell people they cannot gather at that site in that way any longer," Warren said.
Chief Singletary echoed Warren and said they are doing what they can in educating the community to continue to practice social distancing.
"We're trying to compile data to see where we are seeing problems and compile that data and see what we can do regarding messaging and or a new strategy in regards of people not practicing good social distancing," Singletary said.
He said when responding to violent crimes with the coronavirus pandemic they have put in protocols to keep officers safe and healthy while investigating.
"We've shifted roll calls and we've also eliminated two batch patrols for the uniform patrol," Singletary said. "We've also eliminated the need to officer to respond to medical calls for service. If it's a medical call only an officer will not respond to that we leave that up to the firefighters and the medical EMS service providers."
Both Warren and Singletary are urging the community to stop deadly disputes, make a different choice and be better for one another.
"To take a step back, to calm down, to not pull that trigger and if you need support, we have support," Warren said.
Mayor Warren said she's working with other city leaders to create PSAs and social media campaigns on safe social distancing.


WASHINGTON — Ellen Lord appears poised to become the last undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Lord, a longtime Textron executive, faced no hard questioning during a Tuesday confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Instead, she and the other three nominees — John Gibson to be deputy chief management officer; Lucian Niemeyer to be assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment; and Matthew Donovan to be undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force — seem likely to breeze through the committee process.
Lord has been CEO of Textron Systems since October 2012. She previously spent time in a number of roles with Textron, the eighteenth-largest defense contractor in the world, according to the 2016 Defense News Top 100 list.
Unlike Patrick Shanahan, the Boeing executive who was confirmed Tuesday to become deputy secretary of defense, Lord faced no questions about how she would recuse herself from decisions related to her former employer. The terms "recuse," "recusal" and "waiver" were all missing from presubmitted questions and answers, which were posted on SASC's website.
That may have been due to the absence of Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs SASC. McCain, recuperating at home from a recent surgery, previously told Defense News he is concerned about the number of defense industry figures entering key Pentagon roles.
If confirmed, Lord will be the first woman to hold the office for acquisition, technology and logistics, or AT&L — and the final person to wield that title.
AT&L is set to devolve into two new entities come February 1. The first, the undersecretary of research and engineering, or R&E, would focus primarily on developing new concepts and technology, while the undersecretary of acquisition and sustainment, or A&S, would focus on keeping current acquisition programs on track.
Lord confirmed during the hearing that she would be sliding over to the A&S job, rather than the R&E role, come February but pledged to make sure the R&E side of the job would not suffer during her tenure as AT&L.
Perhaps the most tense moment of the hearing was when Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., questioned Niemeyer about Pentagon plans for another round of Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC.
In his opening statement, Niemeyer said the Pentagon is committed to providing an analysis of military value that can be derived for other needs from a BRAC round, adding that "now is the time to authorize a round."
Inhofe, who noted he has been through five rounds of BRAC during his time on the Hill, questioned whether the Pentagon could survive a BRAC round at this time given the upfront costs associated with such efforts.
But even in that case, Inhofe indicated that was more of a general concern than a shot-stopper and quickly moved on.


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H.E Edgar Chagwa Lungu (born 11th November 1956) has been the 6th Republican President of Zambia since January 2015. H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu was sworn in as President of the Republic of Zambia on 25th January 2015 at the National Heroes Stadium in the capital Lusaka.
Under 5th Republican President H.E. Michael Chilufya Sata, H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following H.E. Michael Chilufya Sata's death in October 2014, H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the Patriotic Front, for the January 2015 presidential by-election. In the election, he defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25th January 2015. He was declared the winner by the Electoral Commission of Zambia on 24th January, 2015.
He joined the United Party for National Development under the leadership of Anderson Mazoka, but later switched to the Patriotic Front (PF) led by party founder Michael Chilufya Sata.
After the PF won the 2011 election, H.E Edgar Chagwa Lungu became Deputy Minister in the Vice President's office. He was subsequently promoted to Minister of Home Affairs on 9th July 2012. He became Minister of Defence on 24th December 2013, and he functioned as Acting President during President Michael Chilufya Sata's tenure in office in 2013 to 2014. He has also held a string of central positions in his party, including Chair of the PF Central Committee on Discipline, and he became PF Secretary General and Minister of Justice on 28th August 2014. These positions were in addition to the Defence portfolio.
H.E. Edgar Chagwa Lungu is married to Mrs. Esther Lungu and has six (6) children.


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Kent County, Delaware Car Accidents – A Look at Recent Traffic Accident Data for 2016
By a Dover, DE Car Accident Injury Lawyer
The most recent traffic accident data compiled by the Delaware State Police for 2016 reveals that Sussex and Kent counties have higher fatal car accident rates than New Castle County. Interestingly, Sussex and Kent have similar fatal car accident rates, 3.3% and 2.7%, respectively.
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With a population of about 175,000, Kent County is the smallest county by population in Delaware. Each year, there are about 4,000 car accidents in Kent County. It has a fatal car accident rate that is on par with the fatal car accident rate of Sussex County, even though Sussex County has a population of about 220,000.
The Delaware State Police data shows that out of the 4,000 car accidents in Kent County, 1,096 resulted in personal injuries in 2016. Of the personal injury car crashes, 2.7%, or 30, were fatal.
In Sussex County, there was a total of 1,031 personal injury car accidents in 2016. Of those, 3.3%, or 34, were fatal.
By way of comparison, in New Castle County (with a population of over half a million), there were over 3,100 personal injury car accidents, of which, only 1.7%, or 53, were fatal.
Sussex County is home to Delaware beach towns like Lewes, Rehoboth, and Dewey where pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents are high. So, the highest fatal accident rate of 3.3% makes sense for Sussex County. However, what is it about Kent County, which again, has the lowest population, explains the second highest fatal car accident rate? Kent County is home to the state's capital and second largest city, Dover, as well as the Dover Air Force Base. These two factors may help explain Kent County's 2.7% fatal car accident rate.
Kent County, DE – Fatal Car Crashes Up in 2016; Rest of Delaware Down
Kent County is also interesting because it saw an increase in the total number of fatal car accidents in 2016, when numbers for the rest of the state dropped.
In 2016, there were fewer fatal car accidents in Delaware than in 2015. In 2016, there was a total of 117 fatal car accidents, a 9% drop from 2015, which saw 129 fatal accidents. Also, there was a 10% drop in the total number of traffic accident deaths between 2016 and 2015, across all of Delaware. There were 120 deaths in 2016 compared to 133 deaths in 2015.
Related: How to Get a Traffic Accident Report in Delaware, Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Middletown
In Sussex County, there was a similar decrease. In 2016, there were 34 fatal car accidents and 35 total deaths, and in 2015, there were 39 fatal accidents and 41 total deaths. This accounts for a decrease of 13% in the number of fatal car accidents and 15% in the total number of car accident deaths.
Kent County bucked the downward trend for fatal car accidents. In 2016, there was a total of 30 fatal car accidents and 31 deaths, and in 2015, there were 28 fatal car accidents and 28 deaths. This data reveals an increase of 7% in the number of fatal accidents and an 11% increase in the number of traffic accident deaths.
The total number of personal injury auto accidents in Delaware has continued to increase over the past few years. Since 2014, the number of personal injury car accidents has increased by about 250.
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Only a week left before the deadline for proposals for this conference on Stephen King, Rereading Stephen King: Navigating the Intertextual Labyrinth, Kingston University, 11 November 2017.
In Stephen King's Gothic (2011) John Sears asserts that rereading King represents 'an exercise in the extension of repetition, in the act of rereading an oeuvre already deeply structured … by its own engagement in the Gothic habit of rereading … To reread King would be to enter … and perhaps to become lost within, a labyrinth of intra- and intertextual relations, an immense and complex textual space' (2). Sears's framing of King's writing is a critical response to David Punter's question about the susceptibility of King's writing to rereading (1996). To celebrate the publication of the inaugural issue of Pennywise Dreadful: The Journal of Stephen King Studies, this one-day symposium will extend critical dialogues concerning the intertextuality that permeates King's fiction, and the variant ways in which King's work is both haunted by his literary and cultural heritage, and haunts contemporary configurations of Gothic and horror.
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