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Except the lead character in Y is male, which you're ignoring with your claim that people need a character to identify with that matches their immutable characteristics but don't need a character with immutable characteristics to identify with, and thus can't identify with the characters of Y because all the men are dead.
I largely agree that the characteristics you're discussing can help make a movie more easily accessible to the masses. The point I'm making is not all success is based on following existing patterns. There are very successful and highly formulaic franchises that follow that advice, like the Marvel movies. But there are also stories that are not formulaic that manage to achieve success, which is what Amazon and Netflix have been aiming at with their highly experimental and creator-led productions. They've had a number of breakout successes that are at least as untraditional as Y. Whatever side of the people need to look like me/people don't need to look at me fence you're trying to Schrodinger, there are stories that manage to get people to identify with people or even not people who are very unlike them. That's why I'm emphasizing it's the quality or lack thereof that sunk Y, not some fixed sized market.
I have some experience with marketing, just not in movies. Similarly for all your experience in writing, you're not a movie or TV show producer, and it sounds like you're aiming for the mass market rather than what I'm addressing.
ChrisFox
No, I'm not ignoring that the lead is male. Once again you're missing context. Having "a man" isn't enough to get people to identify.
When marketing, in all forms, you are relying on symbolic recognition. I have flown all over the world teaching this stuff, and literally wrote Write to Market. Google the phrase and see what comes up.
It doesn't matter if you are selling apps, books, RPGs, TV Shows, or drugs. Reaching an audience requires that they understand the value proposition, and that it apply to them.
If I have romance in my books, and my target audience doesn't like romance, then all they need to see is the bare-chested hunk on my cover and they're not going to give it a further look. I have provided them a symbol that says romance. If on the other hand I use a dragon, or a crown, or a throne, or a sword, then I am much more likely to attract my target audience.
This show's title makes it clear that all but one man is dead. The marketing made it clear that it's for a woke crowd. If you are a cis-woman, or a man, then it holds very little appeal for most people. You can contest that, and I expect you will, but can you explain to me why you think it was cancelled?
Free Guy crushed it. Why? Because they knew their audience, and wrote something they knew we would love.
Y excluded a huge segment of its audience, and if you could beyond your pride and gather some empirical data you'd be forced to agree. Go anywhere from reviews to YouTube comments and hear what people have to say. Straight women have no hot men to look at. Men have no one to root for, just a world of people who the show runners have made explicitly to hate on them.
I think people you vastly underestimate the intelligence of the average consumer. It may have taken us a bit, but most SF geeks have gotten wise to the fact that the wokesters are in charge and shoveling out garbage without any understanding of their audience. Quite the opposite. Their stated goal is to exclude parts of the audience, not to go as wide as possible.
I know a lot more about television than you think. I've had people try to option my properties, and am currently helping a good friend get his production company off the ground precisely because many of us know we can do it better than Hollywood. Just like we first with ebooks, then audiobooks. Yes, we know executives at Netflix.
You can't dictate to people what they like. You have to understand the emotional resonance they are seeking, and then provide it. The arrogance of the show runners is hilarious, because this can and should have been predicted prior to the show going live.
You can try to move goalposts, but television IS trying to aim for a mass market. That's the goal of every show. That you don't know that shows me how little understanding you have of television. They'll shoehorn in entirely separate genres just to broaden appeal into a new demographic.
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Yes, you were ignoring the male lead. And then you keep changing the goalposts from your initial contradictory post where you were simultaneously arguing for tokenism and not for tokenism, to this new one where you've completely changed your argument and said a lot of things I can actually agree with. But this is two posts in a row where you've acted like a patronizing asshole, so you can fuck the hell off.
You're not wrong about me being a patronizing asshole, but go back and look at your very first post. Does it say anything about the male lead? No it calls me out and says:
Are you incapable of enjoying media where none of the major characters are exactly like you when it comes to certain immutable characterstics?
And then I explained why most people are, in fact, exactly this way, based on real market research. I am shifting no goalposts. I stand by my original sarcastic post. This show got cancelled because the show runners have no clue who their audience is, and don't care in the slightest. Their take what we give you approach put them all out of a job. We work for the audience, not the other way around.
I'll dial back the patronizing attitude. I was probably reading too much into your rebuttals, and I apologize for that.
Quote from: ChrisFox on October 18, 2021, 10:56:35 PM
I appreciate that. This board can get tiresome with the combination of sycophancy and random escalation, so it's nice to see someone willing to dial it down a bit.
The male lead ran counter to your initial assertion, and it's part of the basic premise. It created an apparent contradiction, before I said anything.
I do think you're taking too narrow a view of marketing. You seem to have the marketing careerist view. Which is generally the most effective approach, from an ongoing ROI standpoint. And that's important for people in your position, who are trying to make a career of it, because you need stable cash flow with an opportunity for growth. But I've had a fair amount of experience working with startups that are trying to break the mold. Most fail, but the ones that succeed change the baseline expectations. Both Netflix and Amazon seem to be following that pattern (from what I've read, they almost sounded like they were playing in-house venture capitalists), and fairly successfully. Look at how they've dominated the awards shows. This isn't necessarily the same as audience size; it's pretty clear both are awash in money and trying to build their reputation, rather than struggling for every penny. But they've also had some genuine hits. That's why I think Y could have succeeded, if it was done well enough.
I think the essential problem isn't the lack of checked boxes, but the lack of anything that would appeal. I'm going to refer to that speech the new president gave again -- it was dismal, dispiriting, and disjointed. That's a more fundamental problem than a lack of Chris Hemsworth's abs.
I think we agree on quite a lot.
Have you read a book called Writing the Breakout Novel? If not it's an amazing eye opener, and it really showed me what I was doing wrong. I attempted to follow its advice on my first book, and the content of the book was pretty solid in that regard.
The marketing failed. The title of the book was funny, which doesn't fit the tone of a serious archeological thriller. It looked more like a horror novel. That taught me to respect marketing much more than I had. We live in a data-driven world, and our job is to reach the market who will love our product. If we can do that with say 500 people, then Facebook, Google, and Amazon can all do the rest and start finding more without us having to do anything.
If your basic premise is amazing, like say Stranger Things, then it spreads. It goes viral. Each person tells another person or two, and before you know it everyone in your circle has seen it. I've gotten to watch this occur in the author world many times. I've seen several people hit the #1 spot on all of Amazon, which requires thousands of sales a day, and / or hundreds of thousands of pages read.
Anyway, the reason why I think this failed is that it only took one market into account, and that market isn't really interested in watching a show like that. Twitter hated it, because it wasn't woke enough. The graphic novel fandom hated it because they changed the source to reflect modern sensibilities, and it broke their suspension of disbelief.
When attempting to write a breakout thriller the goal (as I learned it) is to make as many audiences happy as possible.
You brought up award shows...I could go on and on about those. They've lost all respect from the community, because it's clear that they're a popularity contest. Everything from the Oscars to the Emmy's had their worst years ever, and next year will be worse. Because it's no longer about the what the audience wants. It's about self-aggrandizing. We're tired of being lectured.
For Y-- a man being in the plot doesn't satisfy the wider audience any more than saying a man would satisfy the audience of Lost when they are expecting Jack or Sawyer and get Hurley. Not just any man will do.
If the archetype is seeking an archetype like from my 300 example, then they'd rather have a big, butch woman filling that role, than a skinny, sniveling, weak pathetic cowardly man.
Abs are a problem to the romance crowd. Lack of scientific authenticity (or pseudoscience) is a problem for the graphic novel crowd. Obviously left politics are a problem for the conservative crowd. You add all those together, and who is watching your show?
Contrast this to the Walking Dead. I feel like they really missed here, and were quite clear about trying to miss by not wanting certain demographics. I absolutely agree that this same show, and concept, could have been successful.
If your last man is Jason Momoa, or Denzel Washington, or Peter Dinklage now we're talking. Now we have a hook. From reviews that doesn't seem to be what we got.
Anyway, apologies again for being patronizing. I felt like I was getting that from you and I was wrong.
Now I'm picturing a really short Aquaman...
No, I haven't read that. I've read King's On Writing and a handful of others, but it's been a while. Regarding your failed book, I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm an inveterate patron of used book stores, and can scan a shelf of book spines and immediately know their genre, and focus in on the ones that interest me. There are a lot of visual cues, from fonts and size to art and colors. It's a form of signaling.
To touch on the lead man in Y, I think it's more he just isn't there. He's sort of soft, and maybe hippyish... I don't have a strong sense of who he is, and he isn't buoyed up by any charisma. I'm going to throw back to another show I mentioned a few posts back: The Man in the High Castle. There's Julia, who is pretty and little stubborn, but takes a while to develop into a character. Her boyfriend is a nebbish, who bad things happen to. Joe's a little better, because he's got the boy next door look, but we know he has a dark secret. But the real seller of that series wasn't any of them, it was the villain. The Nazi Obergruppenfuhrer. More than anyone else, Sewell probably probably carried the show. With his intensity and the almost palpable malice he could exude with those bony cheekbones, while still managing to come across as human.
That's one difference between written and visual media; there needs to be a compelling character, and what makes the character compelling is a complex of visual and verbal cues. Sometimes the character can be scenery, like with Annihilation (to circle back again), though that's hard to sustain. But usually, it's a person. It doesn't need to be a sex symbol, though that helps. Or a hero, though that's the default expectation. But it does need to be someone we want to know more about. I think that's more important than politics or abs.
And I suppose bringing up award shows in the vicinity of a sf writer was a bad idea. I think your set have become uniquely bad, though Ricky Gervais' take on the Golden Globes might be the best thing that came out of 2020 unless you happen to be a huge fan of totalitarianism.
Great White Hope
Hey there! I haven't seen this particular show being discussed, as I don't watch much television at all. However, it did occur to me in reviewing your discussion--particularly Chris Fox and Pat--that, your misunderstandings aside, the show has failed because you are both correct at the same time. I could easily see the show failing because it doesn't appeal to a broader audience--as Chris Fox commented--while also failing because it is a shit program, with shit writing, directing, and soon, which is what I inferred from Pat's critique of the show being poorly produced in general.
I also wanted to commend you both--PAT AND CHRIS FOX. Your conversation has been excellent, and enjoyable. I am glad the two of you recognized your misunderstandings, and have reconciled.
The side-running commentary on marketing concepts--based both on theory and practical experience--has been illuminating, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable. The analysis of award shows, and the other aspects of your conversation--related to physiology, sex appeal, all that good stuff, is fucking awesome.
Award shows...*Laughing* Yeah, they have become fucking woke and they're going down the fucking drain. GOOD! Go woke, go broke, indeed! God these people are fucking morons. I know, I know. It all isn't accidental. All of this bullshit, all of the failure and raging against the culture, and efforts to create a new kind of Marxist culture, right in our midst before our eyes as we speak--is all *INTENTIONAL*. Yeah, let your minds marinate on that truth.
Recognizing that truth is part of what gets me enraged, and so ferocious against these woke, Marxist fucktards. Arrgghh. I know there isn't much I can do about it, as the culture struggles in the culture war daily, as we speak. I often have to take a deep breath, light up my fine pipe, make some good coffee, and just unplug and focus on other things. So frustrating, but we have to also live the best life we can, my friends. I find enjoyment whenever I can.
Keep up the good fight, gentlemen. And also, be kind to each other.
Semper Fidelis,
"It is the Marine Corps that will strip away the façade so easily confused with self. It is the Corps that will offer the pain needed to buy the truth. And at last, each will own the privilege of looking inside himself to discover what truly resides there. Comfort is an illusion. A false security bred from familiar things and familiar ways. It narrows the mind. Weakens the body. And robs the soul of spirit and determination. Comfort is neither welcome nor tolerated here."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but is doing what you have to, in spite of the fear."
"Let Death and Fire Be Their Portion!"
"Delenda Est Parthia!"
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I think "Y - The Last Man" is quite decent idea, and I don't really get representation arguments from Chris. I think dystopia and post-apo are meant to be catastrophic, and killing off wide swaths of mankind and biological life is proper way to go. This is option within genre. So I guess reason was either pushing woke above all, or overall screenwriting failure, or both.
I guess they tried to umph some feminist agends, and threads of some cherry picked women from vast array of female characters above, forgetting it's ultimately one man's road story in fallen world. For what I see they decided to demonize further for instance quite dark character of Yorrick's sister, that join some radfem death cult in books, here making her utterly terrible person even before Y-event, because God forbide anyone who will or would become radfem ergo TERF and SWERF would be in anyway sympathetic.
So there's that.
"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon."
"And I will strike down upon thee
With great vengeance and furious anger"
"Molti Nemici, Molto Onore"
Svenhelgrim
Quote from: Ratman_tf on September 19, 2021, 04:45:40 AM
Anyone actually watching the show, or are you all too busy hate-fucking each other?
I'm on the fence on whether I want to invest the time. Maybe after I finish my Babylon 5 rewatch and have nothing else to do.
I refuse to watch any TV series that isn't finished. I got burned too many times with great shows that went south in their 3rd season, or outright got cancelled.
I do however own the graphic novels and I loved them. So if the TV series follows the comics, it should be a good show…until they write in some lame-ass shit for politically correct reason, or just outright cancel the show.


Multi-grades 3 & 4 students in Ms. Stapleton's and Ms. Bush's classes at Wells Elementary School were busy in the weeks prior to the holiday season creating crafts and gathering other items to sell in their craft fair for the school community on December 20, 2018.
As in the past three years, students stocked and managed their own stores. Customers included fellow students, staff members, parents, and others who used teacher provided "checks" as currency.
In this bi-annual project, students get to experience cooperation, planning, budgeting, balancing a checkbook, saving money, spending earnings wisely and accountability in keeping sales and expense records. The project also presents opportunities for parents and students to work together. The currency students accumulate from the sales can be used at the school store, a concept created several years ago as a motivational component in a behavioral program.
Along with homemade crafts that included tree ornaments, snow globes, small snowmen, and hand warmers, some merchants also offered candy and cookies.


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Brief cognitive–behavioural therapy for patients in the community with schizophrenia: Randomised controlled trial in Beijing, China – RETRACTION
Zhi-Hua Guo, Zhan-Jiang Li, Yun Ma, Jing Sun, Jun-Hua Guo, Wen-Xiu Li, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Hui-Li Xu, Roger M. K. Ng, Douglas Turkington, David Kingdon
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Late onset of the Holocene rainfall maximum in northeastern China inferred from a pollen record from the sediments of Tianchi Crater Lake
Xiaoyan Liu, Tao Zhan, Xinying Zhou, Haibin Wu, Qin Li, Chao Zhao, Yansong Qiao, Shiwei Jiang, Luyao Tu, Yongfa Ma, Jun Zhang, Xia Jiang, Benjun Lou, Xiaolin Zhang, Xin Zhou
Journal: Quaternary Research / Volume 92 / Issue 1 / July 2019
The timing of the Holocene summer monsoon maximum (HSMM) in northeastern China has been much debated and more quantitative precipitation records are needed to resolve the issue. In the present study, Holocene precipitation and temperature changes were quantitatively reconstructed from a pollen record from the sediments of Tianchi Crater Lake in northeastern China using a plant functional type-modern analogue technique (PFT-MAT). The reconstructed precipitation record indicates a gradual increase during the early to mid-Holocene and a HSMM at ~5500–3100 cal yr BP, while the temperature record exhibits a divergent pattern with a marked rise in the early Holocene and a decline thereafter. The trend of reconstructed precipitation is consistent with that from other pollen records in northeastern China, confirming the relatively late occurrence of the HSMM in the region. However, differences in the onset of the HSMM within northeastern China are also evident. No single factor appears to be responsible for the late occurrence of the HSMM in northeastern China, pointing to a potentially complex forcing mechanism of regional rainfall in the East Asian monsoon region. We suggest that further studies are needed to understand the spatiotemporal pattern of the HSMM in the region.
Subnational variation of stunting, wasting and malnutrition in Chinese primary-school children between 2010 and 2014: urban–rural disparity
Yanhui Dong, Kristina Bennett, Catherine Jan, Bin Dong, Zhiyong Zou, Peijin Hu, Zhenghe Wang, Zhaogeng Yang, Xijie Wang, Bo Wen, Rongbin Xu, Yanhui Li, Yi Song, Yinghua Ma, Jun Ma
Journal: Public Health Nutrition / Volume 22 / Issue 11 / August 2019
To examine urban–rural disparity in childhood stunting, wasting and malnutrition at national and subnational levels in Chinese primary-school children in 2010 and 2014.
Data were obtained from two nationwide cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2010 and 2014. Malnutrition was classified using the Chinese national 'Screening Standard for Malnutrition of Children'.
All twenty-seven mainland provinces and four municipalities of mainland China.
Children aged 7–12 years (n 215 214; 107 741 in 2010 and 107 473 in 2014) from thirty-one provinces.
Stunting, wasting and malnutrition prevalence were 1·9, 12·3 and 13·7 % in 2010, but decreased to 1·0, 9·4 and 10·2 % in 2014, respectively. The prevalence of stunting, wasting and malnutrition in both urban and rural children was higher in western provinces, while lower in eastern provinces. Although the prevalence of wasting and malnutrition was higher in rural children than their urban counterparts, the urban–rural disparity in both wasting and malnutrition decreased from 2010 to 2014 (prevalence OR: wasting, 1·35 to 1·16; malnutrition, 1·50 to 1·27). A reversal occurred in 2014 in several eastern provinces where the prevalence of wasting and malnutrition in urban children surpassed their rural peers. The urban–rural disparity was larger in western provinces than eastern provinces.
The shrinking urban–rural disparity and the reversal in wasting and malnutrition suggest that the malnutrition situation has improved during the post-crisis period, especially in the western provinces. Region-specific policies and interventions can be useful to sustainably mitigate malnutrition in Chinese children, especially in rural areas and the western provinces.
Cutoff manipulation of anisotropic reactance lining in circular waveguides
Zhangjie Luo, Tie Jun Cui, Hui Feng Ma
Journal: International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies / Volume 11 / Issue 4 / May 2019
The control of cutoffs is of great interest in designs of circular waveguides. In this paper, this topic is investigated for pure transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) modes by taking advantage of anisotropic reactance lining loadings. It is found that the cutoffs of TE and TM modes are determined by the reactance in the azimuthal and axial directions, respectively. When the reactance values are positive, the cutoff frequencies are lower than those of a normal conducting waveguide with the same cross-section. However, in contrast to the claim made in the previous literature that the negative reactance values caused the same reducing effect on the cutoffs as the positive values did, the cutoffs are found to be increased by the negative reactances. The theoretical results are validated by the simulations using commercial software, where a delicate model with an approximate curved anisotropic impedance boundary is proposed for the first time. By lowering the TE cutoffs and raising the TM ones, some intriguing applications, such as single-mode bandwidth extension and degenerate mode avoidance, are predicted, which would pave a way for designs of novel waveguide devices.
Brief cognitive–behavioural therapy for patients in the community with schizophrenia: Randomised controlled trial in Beijing, China – Expression of Concern
Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 214 / Issue 2 / February 2019
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2018, p. 119
Prevalence and risk factors of impaired fasting glucose and diabetes among Chinese children and adolescents: a national observational study
Zhenghe Wang, Zhiyong Zou, Haijun Wang, Jin Jing, Jiayou Luo, Xin Zhang, Chunyan Luo, Haiping Zhao, Dehong Pan, Jun Ma, Bin Dong, Yinghua Ma
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 120 / Issue 7 / 14 October 2018
Print publication: 14 October 2018
The prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has reportedly increased significantly among Chinese children and adolescents. We aimed to examine the prevalence of IFG and DM, the disparities in sex and region and related risk factors among Chinese children and adolescents. A total of 16 434 Chinese children aged 6–17 years were selected from a national cross-sectional survey, and fasting glucose was measured for all participants. Overall, mean fasting plasma glucose (FPG) concentration was (4·64 (sd 0·51)) mmol/l, and the prevalence of DM and IFG was 0·10 and 1·89 %, respectively. Compared with girls, boys had higher FPG concentration (4·69 v. 4·58 mmol/l, r 0·107, P<0·001) and IFG prevalence (2·67 v. 1·07 %, rφ 0·059, P<0·001). Compared with rural children and adolescents, urban children and adolescent had higher FPG concentration (4·65 v. 4·62 mmol/l, r 0·029, P<0·001) and DM prevalence (0·15 v. 0·05 %, rφ 0·016, P<0·01). In addition, self-reported fried foods intake and overweight/obesity were positively associated with IFG, and the proportion of consuming fried foods more than or equal to once per week and overweight/obesity prevalence in boys and urban children and adolescents were significantly higher than girls and rural children and adolescents, respectively (P<0·05). Although the prevalence of IFG and DM was relatively low in Chinese children and adolescents, sex and region disparities were observed, which may be associated with differences in overweight/obesity prevalence and dietary factors.
Preparation and characterization of monosized Cu–Sn spherical alloy particles by pulsated orifice ejection method
Ying-yan Hu, Wen Yue, Jian-qiang Li, Wei Dong, Can Li, Bing-qian Ma, Chao Liu, Jian-jun Han
Journal: Journal of Materials Research / Volume 33 / Issue 18 / 28 September 2018
Print publication: 28 September 2018
Monosized spherical Cu–20% Sn (wt%) alloy particles with diameter ranging from 70.6 to 334.0 μm were prepared by the pulsated orifice ejection method (termed "POEM"). Fully dense without pores and bulk inclusions, the cross-sectional micrographs of the spherical alloy particles indicate an even distribution of Cu and Sn. These spherical Cu–Sn alloy particles exhibit a good spherical shape and a narrow size distribution, suggesting that the liquid Cu–Sn alloy can completely break the balance between the surface tension and the liquid static pressure in the crucible micropores and accurately control the volume of the droplets. Furthermore, the cooling rate of spherical Cu–20% Sn alloy particles is estimated by a Newton's cooling model. The cooling rate of the Cu–20% Sn alloy particle decreases gradually with the particle diameter increasing. Smaller particles have higher cooling rates and when the particle diameter is less than 70 μm, the cooling rate of particles can reach more than 3.3 × 104 K/s. The secondary dendrite arm spacing has strong dependence on particle diameter which increases gradually with the increase of particle diameter. The results demonstrate that POEM is an effective route for fabrication of high-quality monosized Cu–20% Sn alloy particles.
Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Health Care Workers in a Postdisaster Area: A Cross-sectional Study
Wanqiu Yang, Timothy Sim, Ke Cui, Jun Zhang, Yanchun Yang, Xiaohong Ma
Journal: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 13 / Issue 2 / April 2019
Health care workers performing rescue tasks in large-scale disaster areas are usually challenged in terms of physical and mental endurance, which can affect their lifestyles. Nevertheless, data on whether health care workers tend to adopt healthy lifestyles after disasters are limited. This paper compares the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors among health care workers with that among non–health care workers in a postdisaster area.
This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in August 2016. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire was used to interview 261 health care workers and 848 non–health care workers.
Results of the multivariable linear models showed that health care workers had lower physical activity levels (ß=−1.363, P<.0001), worse stress management (ß=−1.282, P<.0001), slower spiritual growth (ß=−1.228, P=.002), and poorer interpersonal relationships (ß=−0.814, P=.019) than non–health care workers. However, no significant differences were found in either nutrition (ß=−0.362, P=.319) or health responsibility (ß=−0.421, P=.283).
Health care workers had less healthy lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, stress management, spiritual growth, and interpersonal relationships. Further studies are needed to develop health-improving interventions for health care workers in postdisaster areas. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:230–235)
Parental perception of child weight and its association with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours: a Chinese national study
Ting Zhang, Li Cai, Jin Jing, Lu Ma, Jun Ma, Yajun Chen
Journal: Public Health Nutrition / Volume 21 / Issue 9 / June 2018
Parents commonly fail to correctly recognize the weight status of their child. Whether parental perception of child weight is associated with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the distribution of parental perception of child weight and its associations with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours in China.
Cross-sectional study.
Seven provinces in China.
A total of 47 417 children aged 6–17 years and their parents were included from a national survey in 2013. Parental perception of child weight, weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours were self-reported. Child's weight and height were objectively measured.
A total of 30·5 % of parents underestimated and 8·7 % overestimated the child's weight. Parental underestimation was more common among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parents who perceived that their child had a healthy weight (accurately or inaccurately) were more likely to prepare breakfast for the child, exercise with him/her, set apart his/her exercise time, restrict his/her screen time, and were less likely to store soft drinks for the child. Children perceived to have a healthy weight, regardless of their actual weight status, behaved healthier on dietary intake, physical activity and homework time.
Parental underestimation of their child's weight was prominent in China, especially among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parental recognition of their child being overweight did not appear to translate into healthy changes in weight-related parenting behaviours or child behaviours.
Comparison of single- and five-fraction schedules of stereotactic body radiation therapy for central lung tumours: a single institution experience
Sung Jun Ma, Yusef A. Syed, Charlotte I. Rivers, Jorge A. Gomez Suescun, Anurag K. Singh
Journal: Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / June 2017
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a treatment option for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer who are medically inoperable or decline surgery. Here we compare the outcome of patients with centrally located lung tumours who underwent either single fraction (SF)- or five-fraction (FF-) SBRT at a single institution over 5 years.
Between January 2009 and October 2014, patients with centrally located lung tumours who underwent SBRT were included in this study. Data were retrospectively collected using an institutional review board-approved database. For analysis, the Kaplan–Meier method and competing risks method were used.
In total, 11 patients received 26–30 Gy in 1 fraction, whereas 31 patients received 50–60 Gy (median 55 Gy) in 5 fractions. After a median follow-up of 12 months for SF-SBRT and 17 months for FF-SBRT groups (p=0·64), 1-year overall survival rates were 82 and 87%, respectively. SF- and FF-SBRT groups showed no significant difference in grade 3+ toxicity (p=0·28). The only grade 4 toxicity (n=1) was reported in the SF-SBRT group. All toxicities occurred >12 months after the SBRT.
SF- and FF-SBRT have comparable overall survival. SF-SBRT may have some utility for patients unable to have multi-fraction SBRT.
Simulating Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities with Conservative Perturbed MHD Model Using Discontinuous Galerkin Method
MSC 2010: Astronomy and astrophysics (85-XX)
MSC 2010: Partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems
Jun Ma, Wenfeng Guo, Zhi Yu
Journal: Communications in Computational Physics / Volume 21 / Issue 5 / May 2017
In magnetically confined plasma research, the understandings of small and large perturbations at equilibrium are both critical for plasma controlling and steady state operation. Numerical simulations using original MHD model can hardly give clear picture for small perturbations, while non-conservative perturbed MHD model may break conservation law, and give unphysical results when perturbations grow large after long-time computation. In this paper, we present a nonlinear conservative perturbed MHD model by splitting primary variables in original MHD equations into equilibrium part and perturbed part, and apply an approach in the framework of discontinuous Galerkin (DG) spatial discretization for numerical solutions. This enables high resolution of very small perturbations, and also gives satisfactory non-smooth solutions for large perturbations, which are both broadly concerned in magnetically confined plasma research. Numerical examples demonstrate satisfactory performance of the proposed model clearly. For small perturbations, the results have higher resolution comparing with the original MHD model; for large perturbations, the non-smooth solutions match well with existing references, confirming reliability of the model for instability investigations in magnetically confined plasma numerical research.
Brief cognitive–behavioural therapy for patients in the community with schizophrenia: Randomised controlled trial in Beijing, China - RETRACTION
Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 210 / Issue 3 / March 2017
Brief cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is an emerging treatment for schizophrenia in community settings; however, further trials are needed, especially in non-Western countries.
To test the effects of brief CBT for Chinese patients with schizophrenia in the community (trial registration: ChiCTR-TRC-13003709).
A total of 220 patients with schizophrenia from four districts of Beijing were randomly assigned to either brief CBT plus treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU alone. Patients were assessed at baseline, post-treatment and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups by raters masked to group allocation.
At the post-treatment assessment and the 12-month follow-up, patients who received brief CBT showed greater improvement in overall symptoms, general psychopathology, insight and social functioning. In total, 37.3% of those in the brief CBT plus TAU group experienced a clinically significant response, compared with only 19.1% of those in the TAU alone group (P = 0.003).
Brief CBT has a positive effect on Chinese patients with schizophrenia in the community.
Cortical thickness in obsessive–compulsive disorder: Multisite mega-analysis of 780 brain scans from six centres
Jean-Paul Fouche, Stefan du Plessis, Coenie Hattingh, Annerine Roos, Christine Lochner, Carles Soriano-Mas, Joao R. Sato, Takashi Nakamae, Seiji Nishida, Jun Soo Kwon, Wi Hoon Jung, David Mataix-Cols, Marcelo Q. Hoexter, Pino Alonso, OCD Brain Imaging Consortium, Stella J. de Wit, Dick J. Veltman, Dan J. Stein, Odile A. van den Heuvel
Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 210 / Issue 1 / January 2017
There is accumulating evidence for the role of fronto-striatal and associated circuits in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) but limited and conflicting data on alterations in cortical thickness.
To investigate alterations in cortical thickness and subcortical volume in OCD.
In total, 412 patients with OCD and 368 healthy adults underwent magnetic resonance imaging scans. Between-group analysis of covariance of cortical thickness and subcortical volumes was performed and regression analyses undertaken.
Significantly decreased cortical thickness was found in the OCD group compared with controls in the superior and inferior frontal, precentral, posterior cingulate, middle temporal, inferior parietal and precuneus gyri. There was also a group x age interaction in the parietal cortex, with increased thinning with age in the OCD group relative to controls.
Our findings are partially consistent with earlier work, suggesting that group differences in grey matter volume and cortical thickness could relate to the same underlying pathology of OCD. They partially support a frontostriatal model of OCD, but also suggest that limbic, temporal and parietal regions play a role in the pathophysiology of the disorder. The group x age interaction effects may be the result of altered neuroplasticity.
A Novel Efficient Numerical Solution of Poisson's Equation for Arbitrary Shapes in Two Dimensions
MSC 2010: Numerical approximation and computational geometry
MSC 2010: Polytopes and polyhedra
Zu-Hui Ma, Weng Cho Chew, Li Jun Jiang
Journal: Communications in Computational Physics / Volume 20 / Issue 5 / November 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2016, pp. 1381-1404
Even though there are various fast methods and preconditioning techniques available for the simulation of Poisson problems, little work has been done for solving Poisson's equation by using the Helmholtz decomposition scheme. To bridge this issue, we propose a novel efficient algorithm to solve Poisson's equation in irregular two dimensional domains for electrostatics through a quasi-Helmholtz decomposition technique—the loop-tree basis decomposition. It can handle Dirichlet, Neumann or mixed boundary problems in which the filling media can be homogeneous or inhomogeneous. A novel point of this method is to first find the electric flux efficiently by applying the loop-tree basis functions. Subsequently, the potential is obtained by finding the inverse of the gradient operator. Furthermore, treatments for both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are addressed. Finally, the validation and efficiency are illustrated by several numerical examples. Through these simulations, it is observed that the computational complexity of our proposed method almost scales as , where N is the triangle patch number of meshes. Consequently, this new algorithm is a feasible fast Poisson solver.
Study on structure homogeneity of plate sample with large dimension during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP)
Jinfang Dong, Qing Dong, Yongbing Dai, Hui Xing, Yanfeng Han, Jianbo Ma, Jiao Zhang, Jun Wang, Baode Sun
Journal: Journal of Materials Research / Volume 31 / Issue 21 / 14 November 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2016, pp. 3420-3427
Print publication: 14 November 2016
A self-made die with large cross section (180.2 × 22.2 mm) for equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) was used to study the influence of two different pressing routes (C X and C Y ) on refining homogeneity of high-purity aluminum plates. Microstructures were investigated by optical microscopy (OM) and electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD) methods, and micro-hardness and tensile tests were taken to evaluate deformation degree across the cross section and mechanical properties, respectively. The results indicate that pressing routes of ECAP have a great influence on structure homogeneity of plate samples. The route C Y leads to fine grains with better homogeneity because the same deformation direction is taken through each pass. Coarse columnar crystals with 3–4 mm change to 68.6 μm nearly equiaxed grains and a strong cube texture forms after four C Y passes, and corresponding mechanical properties increase by a factor compared to as-cast plate.
What can VLBI astrometry tell us about AR Sco?
Lang Cui, Jun Yang, Hongli Ma, Jun Liu, Wen Chen
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 12 / Issue S323 / October 2016
We proposed to carry out high precision very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of AR Sco, a pulsing white dwarf (WD) - M dwarf (MD) binary, to provide a direct distance measurement with the e-EVN (European VLBI Network) at 5 GHz. By the proposed parallax measurement on AR Sco, not only the precise distance will be determined, but also some physical parameters, such as the luminosity, the mass and the magnetic field will be significantly tightened accordingly, even the gravitational wave amplitude from this unique binary system can be tightly constrained. In addition, the EVN observations will allow us to answer that whether there is an extended emission structure associated with AR Sco, which will help us to explain the stable continuum radio emission observed during the pulse-off state.
Genetic characteristics of broodstock and offspring of the seven-band grouper (Hyporthodus septemfasciatus) using fluorescent-AFLP markers
Yongshuang Xiao, Shuguang Guan, Qinghua Liu, Hongjun Liu, Daode Yu, Daoyuan Ma, Shihong Xu, Jing Liu, Ming Dai, Zhizhong Xiao, Jun Li
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 98 / Issue 2 / March 2018
Seven-band grouper (Hyporthodus septemfasciatus) is a commercial rocky reef fish in East Asia that has been regarded as a promising species for aquaculture. To investigate the broodstock contributions to offspring for the sustainability of fry production, 62 individuals of H. septemfasciatus from two broodstocks and one offspring population were analysed using fluorescent-AFLP. A total of 602 bands were amplified and 70.10% of them were polymorphic. The numbers of polymorphic loci were 308 (P broodstock I = 55.50%) and 356 (P broodstock II = 63.12%) in the two broodstocks, and 294 (P offspring = 52.88%) in the offspring, respectively. The average values of Shannon diversity index (I) and expected heterozygosity (H) were higher in the broodstock (I broodstock I = 0.281, I broodstock II = 0.244, H broodstock I = 0.185, H broodstock II = 0.161) than those in the offspring (I offspring = 0.243, H offspring = 0.161). AMOVA and FST analyses showed that significant genetic differentiation between broodstock and offspring populations, and limited effective broodstock population size has contributed to the offspring. Both STRUCTURE and Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) also showed the three populations composed of two stocks and most offspring individuals (95.0%) only originated from 44.0% of the individuals of broodstock I, which may have negative effects on sustainable fry production. Therefore, genetic variation between broodstock and offspring should be monitored, and large effective size of broodstock should be employed to ensure the success of commercial breeding programmes. Our data provide a useful genetic basis for future planning of sustainable culture and management of H. septemfasciatus.
Unilateral vocal cord paralysis in squamous cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy
Yusef A. Syed, Sung Jun Ma, Jorge Gomez
Journal: Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice / Volume 15 / Issue 4 / December 2016
We report a unique presentation of a late side effect associated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of the lung.
The case of a 65-year-old male who developed left-sided vocal cord paralysis after two courses of SBRT for squamous cell lung carcinoma is presented. The patient developed this late toxicity 15 months after his second treatment, which was to address a recurrence in the perihilar region of the left upper lobe.
X-ray powder diffraction data for trelagliptin succinate, C18H20FN5O2•C4H6O4
Liu Qi Guo, Shou Jun Zheng, Xiao Li Ma, Hui Li
Journal: Powder Diffraction / Volume 31 / Issue 2 / June 2016
Experimental X-ray powder diffraction data, unit-cell parameters, and space group for trelagliptin succinate, C18H20FN5O2•C4H6O4, are reported [a = 18.481(6), b = 8.120(4), c = 7.903(4) Å, α = 89.972(0)°, β = 97.722(4)°, γ = 90.120(0)°, unit-cell volume V = 1175.37 Å3, Z = 2, and space-group P1]. All measured lines were indexed and are consistent with the P1 space group. No detectable impurity was observed.
Star Formation and Chemical Evolution of Damped Ly-α Systems
Jun Ma
In this paper, we investigate the star formation and chemical evolution of damped Lyman-α systems (DLAs) based on the disk galaxy formation model developed by H. J. Mo, S. Mao, & S. D. M. White (1998, MNRAS, 295, 319). We propose that the DLAs are the central galaxies of less massive dark haloes present at redshifts z ~ 3, and that they should inhabit haloes of moderately low circular velocity. We adopt the empirical Schmidt law of star formation rates, and a closed box model of chemical evolution in which an approximation known as instantaneous recycling is assumed. In calculating the predicted distribution of metallicities for DLAs in our models, two cases are considered. One is that, using the closed box model, empirical Schmidt law, and star formation epoch, the distribution of metallicity can be directly calculated. The other is that, when the simple gravitational instability of a thin isothermal gas disk first discussed by A. Toomre (1964, ApJ, 139, 1217) is considered, star formation occurs only in the region where the surface density of gas satisfies the critical value — rather than everywhere in the gas disk. We first obtain the region where star formation can occur by assuming that the disk has a flat rotation curve and that the rotational velocity is equal to the circular velocity of the surrounding dark matter halo. We then calculate the metallicity distribution for case one. We assume that star formation in each DLA lasts for a period of 1 Gyr from redshifts z = 3. There is only one output parameter in our model, i.e., the stellar yield, which relates to the epoch of star formation. It is obtained by normalizing the predicted distribution of metallicity to the mean value of 1/13 Z ⊙ as presented by M. Pettini, L. J. Smith, D. L. Kind, & R. W. Hunstead (1997, ApJ, 486, 665). The predicted metallicity distribution is consistent with current (rather limited) observational data. A random distribution of galactic disks is taken into account.

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Investor-State Dispute Resolution in Australia: A Changing Landscape for Investors
Chung, Leon
Robertson, Donald
Lindeman, Kate
Hoffmann, Anne
Article from: TDM 1 (2015), in The Pacific Rim and International Economic Law: Opportunities and Risks of the Pacific Century
Following the Coalition's win in the Australian federal election on 7 September 2013, the Prime Minister elect, Tony Abbott, announced that Australia is "open for business". This announcement foreshadowed a shift in Australia's trade policy towards the promotion of "freer trade, economic infrastructure and private-sector-led growth". This shift in policy has led to a significant push to conclude several Australian free trade agreements currently under negotiation. For example, the Government concluded negotiations in respect of the Korea-Australia free trade agreement in December 2013, ...
L. Chung; D. Robertson; K. Lindeman; A. Hoffmann; "Investor-State Dispute Resolution in Australia: A Changing Landscape for Investors"


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Q: why *ngIf not working with ng-container in Angular I am trying to close bootstrap alert box on click close button with help of *ngIf.
In onClick (close) am calling isError=false. I am able to log isError value as false but ng-container is not disappering?
Here is my code

  <ng-container *ngIf="isError">
    <ngb-alert type="danger" (click)="closeError()">{{errorMessage}}</ngb-alert>
  </ng-container>

    ×
    Warning! {{errorMessage}}.

.error-list {
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  z-index: 100;
}

::ng-deep .alert {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.ts file
 closeError(): void {

this.isError = false;
console.log("Message: ", this.isError);
}

A: I try to solve your problem and getting no issue. This is just a very simplified example:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-r29kyu
As per my understanding you want to hide the div with class alert alert-warning alert-dismissible as well. If so than you have to put it inside ng-container as well.

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David Letterman: "Angry crowds in Tripoli are marching to get rid of dictator Moammar Qaddafi. Unfortunately he is going to be replaced by his idiot son Moammar W. Qaddafi."
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Pawar to the people
I live in Chicago's 47th Ward, which just elected the city's first-ever Asian-American alderman. (I consider myself one-8520th responsible.)
Here's more on Alderman-Elect Ameya Pawar as metaphor for the changing times, from NBC Chicago's Ward Room blog:
The Fighting 47th is Dead
by Edward McClelland
Besides Rahm Emanuel, Tuesday's most significant election night winner was Ameya Pawar, alderman-elect of the 47th Ward.
Pawar, who will be the city's first Asian-American alderman, grew up in the suburbs, and got interested in politics while studying in the State Department's Critical Language Program in Jaipur, India. He defeated a hefty Irish ward heeler named Tom O'Donnell, a former chief of staff to Ald. Eugene Schulter. Schulter filed to run for re-election, then retired abruptly in January, and tried to hand the seat to his protégé. It's an old Chicago trick that prevents independents from organizing.
That would have worked back when "The Fighting 47th" was controlled by Ed Kelly, the powerful park district chief and confidant of Richard J. Daley. Kelly put Schulter in the alderman's office in 1975. He needed a kid with a Teutonic name. In those days, the Davis Theater still showed movies in German.
The Davis Theater is still there, but it's showing The King's Speech. There are still a few quaint German restaurants and butcher shops, but Lincoln Square has been taken over by independent bookstores, fashion eyewear boutiques, coffeehouses and indie record shops. On sunny afternoons, it has more strollers per square foot of sidewalk than any neighborhood in Chicago. The thirtysomethings who bought there first homes there are far more likely to relate to Pawar's suburban upbringing and globetrotting career than O'Donnell's membership at St. Ben's.
The 47th is Rahm Emanuel's home ward (or will be, as soon as Rob Halpin's lease expires.) He got 11,218 votes there, his second-biggest total in the city. The argument that he's not a real Chicagoan because he went to New Trier, danced ballet and worked in D.C. meant nothing to Lincoln Square, because those people went to Wheaton-Warrenville South, go to yoga class on Saturday mornings and did their internships in New York. Rahm is their kind of Chicagoan. Chicawgo guys like Tom O'Donnell and Gery Chico represent fading local folkways the North Side's city-hopping young professionals disdain. Chico ran up his best numbers in white ethnic wards on the Northwest and Southwest sides, where people still eat hot dogs, not Hot Doug's.
I know more than one Chicago native who feels a sense of alienation at living on the Lakefront.
"It seems like hardly anyone in my neighborhood is from Chicago," I heard from a woman of good Chicago Polish stock, who now lives in Ukrainian Village. "It's the exception nowadays."
The Fighting 47th is dead. It's the capital of Rahm Emanuel's Chicago now.
[NBC Chicago]
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Worry that you will have to stand in line for an hour before you can vote in the Chicago city election.
Optimism in bringing a New Yorker to the polling place and hoping for the best.
Relief that you are the only voter in line.
Depression that you are the only voter in line.
Insane power-mad megalomania as it dawns on you that, since you are the only voter, the entire election is in your hands. Take that, Carol Moseley Braun! Don't let the door hit you! Congratulations, City Treasurer and onetime charity poker tournament tablemate Stephanie Neely! You're still in! Welcome to 47th Ward aldermanship, Ameya Pawar!
Outrage at the appalling news that apparently other people voted, depriving you of your newfound Daley-like hammerlock over city politics.
And finally, a return to not caring that much.
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Not in my house
Scottie Pippen blocks Justin Bieber's shot in the 2011 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game:
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Pitch-perfect
Ever wish you could hear an oracular druid's grim proclamations about the sweet release of death, cast against the glib, cocky patter of an ESPN SportsCenter anchor?
Wish no more:
Onion SportsDome
News Corp. paid roughly $580 million for MySpace.
I'm just saying.
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Sex with Strangers
The uncapitalized version has been popular for millions of years, and now Steppenwolf Theatre Co. is putting it on stage. (A play by said title, that is.) I caught the show recently and found it timely and thought-provoking.
Chris Jones' astute Chicago Tribune review is here.
Monica Westin's Flavorpill preview is here.
More frontin'
Representin' Malibu
Hanks' son puts it bluntly in straight-outta-NU debut
Chester Hanks is known by many names. His friends call him Chet. The media call him "the son of actor Tom Hanks." This week, he's officially christened as Chet Haze.
That's his rap name, now revealed on a track making its rounds online — a song celebrating the wild party life at Northwestern University in Evanston.
The track, "White and Purple," a remix of Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow," celebrates the wild nights students spend smoking pot:
I'm livin' college life
Homie, tell the world it's mine ...
White kicks, purple kush
This is college:
hittin' blunts after hittin' books
"Any kids really living the college life can relate to it," Hanks, 21, said in an interview with the NU student newspaper. "I don't think it's something that should cause anybody to be angry or offend anyone."
Hanks' mom is Rita Wilson, the actor's second wife. Due to graduate in 2013, he's a sophomore theater major at NU, where he says he likes to "chill" at the Pi Kappa Alpha frat house.
Before anyone goes tsk-tsk-ing him, however, remember that prior to maturing into one of America's most respected and level-headed actors, Tom Hanks was introduced to the world by saving his own privates as a cross-dresser ("Bosom Buddies") and a hard-core party animal ("Bachelor Party"). "I'm not my dad. I am my own person," Chet Hanks claims, but maybe the rapper doesn't fall that far from the Forrest, after all.
Thomas Conner, pop music critic
[Chicago Sun-Times]
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Football's Holy Grail found
As the earthquake of hype settles down, check out this interesting aftershock...
Found at Last: A Tape of the First Super Bowl
[WSJ]
Dept. of Smartassery
But if we watch for it, won't we get hit right in the face?
A true Top 10
On the heels of Li Na's historic run to the finals of the Australian Open women's singles draw, in which the Chinese tennis pro became the first Asian player of either gender to reach the final round of a Grand Slam tennis tournament, comes this interesting item:
For the first time ever, this week's list of Top 10-ranked women's tennis players includes players from ten different countries. Four continents are represented.
It recalls the week in 2010 when Andy Roddick's slide from #10 to #11 marked the first time in the history of the rankings in which no American man ranked in the Top 10.
Amid the ongoing emergence of talented young players of both genders with engaging personalities to match, the parity on the women's side is a positive step for the pro game and the sport in general.
WTA Top 10 features ten countries for first time
[Tennis.com]
It's all about Black Swan these days, but with this much snow on the ground maybe we should think of this one as White Swan, or at least Frozen Lake.
In any event, the State Ballet Theater of Russia's acclaimed production of Swan Lake alights in Chicago for three shows this weekend, opening Friday evening and playing two shows on Saturday at the Auditorium Theatre.
(After that, I'm guessing the Russian ballerinas loosen their corsets, order in some ribs from Twin Anchors and hand-dipped sandwiches from Mr. Beef to their hotel, and enjoy their first Super Bowl.)
From the production's press release:
THE STATE BALLET THEATRE OF RUSSIA PRESENTS "SWAN LAKE"
AT THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE OF ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
FOR THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY FEBRUARY 4 – 5, 2011
CHICAGO - The State Ballet Theatre of Russia brings the world's most beloved ballet, "Swan Lake," to glorious life for one weekend only Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 5 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E Congress Pkwy. Hailed by the New York Times as "full of enchantment," this company of distinguished dancers has showcased the unparalleled art of Russian ballet to countries throughout the world. Tickets start at $30 and are available at ticketmaster.com/auditorium or by calling (800) 982-2787.
The classic "Swan Lake" has charmed audiences since its St. Petersburg premiere in 1895 and is considered the embodiment of Russian ballet. Set to Tchaikovsky's magnificent score, with choreography by M. Petipa and L. Ivanov, the ballet tells the timeless story of a young prince named Siegfried who falls in love with Odette, a princess who takes human form at night but each morning is turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. In this consummate tale of love conquering all, the spell may only be broken if a prince pledges eternal fidelity to her.
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia is the touring company of The Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre, which has origins in the 16th century and was re-founded in 1961. This company has toured with productions of traditional Russian classics throughout the world. With a company of 65 dancers, the theater's repertoire includes work by both classical and modern Russian composers, including "Swan Lake," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," "The Nutcracker," "Giselle," "Don Quixote," "Le Sylphide," "Scheherazade," "Gavalry Halt," "The Stone Flower," "1001 Nights," "Carmen"-suite, "Cipollino," "Doctor Aubolit," "Francesca di Rimini" and "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai." Its performances are relatively new to U.S. audiences, as the company first graced American stages in 2006. The Director of the Company is Honored Artist of Russia Igor Nepomnyashchy and the Artistic Director of the Ballet is Lyudmila Sycheva.
"Swan Lake" will be performed Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 5 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets are $30 to $87 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com/auditorium, by calling (800) 982-2787 or in person at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office, 50 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL.
This event is part of The Soviet Arts Experience (October 2010-January 2012), a Chicago-wide showcase of works created under (and in response to) the Politburo of the Soviet Union. Visit www.SovietArtsExperience.org for a full schedule of events.
"Swan Lake" is also part of the Auditorium Theatre's 2010-2011 season subscription series. For more information or to purchase a subscription or group tickets call (312) 431-2357 or visit www.auditoriumtheatre.org.
Snow big deal
While Chicago unburies itself from snow, many of us are housebound until roads are cleared and trains resume normal operation.
If you're as sick of watching news coverage as I am, try your hand at this crossword puzzle I wrote last spring. I was learning how to construct puzzles and this was my third effort.
I made the blocks gray rather than black to save you some toner. You can also email me for an Across Lite version that you can solve on your computer screen.
OK, crossword fans, have at it:
Unpimping your ride
I love it when the Wall Street Journal keeps it real.
Quickly, Jeeves, to the Ford Flex!
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Self-proclaimed global leading provider of LED display solutions, Unilumin Group, is to officially launch its new 'breakthrough' Mini-LED technology at ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) 2019, 5th-8th February at RAI Amsterdam.
According to the firm, it will become the first to mass-produce 0.9 mm LED for high-end applications, hailing the technology as opening a new chapter of LED display technology, solving the previous technical barriers and addressing the issue of the high cost of traditional SMD display.
In a statement, it said Mini-LED will create more possibilities for product application. Industry insiders state that Mini-LED will potentially enter more extensive display fields, from commercial usage to professional display and even public display applications. With the advanced technology and reduced production cost, Unilumin MP Mini-LED is estimated to be a catalyst for reforming the LED industry.
Utilising the ultra-low reflection black technology, Unilumin MP Mini-LED provides a high contrast ratio. It will bring a 'super visual' experience from any viewing direction. The optimised structural design ensures it fits in any application scenario. When mounted together, it could create a large video wall to replace the traditional TV.


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Blu-ray Review: Hatchet III – Unrated Director's Cut
By BAADASSSSS! | August 13th, 2013 at 10:00 am
Hatchet III
Unrated Director's Cut
Blu-ray | DVD
Directed by BJ McDonnell
Starring Danielle Harris, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams
The latest installment of Adam Green's extra-bloody slasher movie saga Hatchet III has arrived in full force on Blu-ray, but unlike the first two movies, Green did not direct this one. He both wrote and produced the new movie, but decided prior to filming to hand directing duties off to newcomer BJ McDonnell – Green's cinematographer on the first two Hatchet movies. When the original premiered on the film festival circuit in late 2006 and arrived briefly in theaters and on home video a year later, horror fans who had long been swamped by turgid remakes and watered-down PG-13 studio offerings lapped up every drop of crimson grue dripping from its celluloid frames. Though far, far from being a box office success, Hatchet's explosive popularity with fans warranted the requisite sequel.
Arriving almost five years later and with little of the fanfare that greeted the original when it debuted, Hatchet II briefly wormed its way into the national mindset once the news broke that it had been pulled from most theater chains due its being released without an MPAA rating. The seemingly manufactured controversy (which reminded me of the mild uproar over homophobic slurs used in Eli Roth's first Hostel movie that was kept alive on the letters page of Fangoria for a brief period in 2006 mostly through the efforts of the director himself) couldn't help Hatchet II build a fraction of the cult following earned by its predecessor and overall audience reaction was unimpressive. However, it did well enough for a prospective third movie to get the green light, which brings us to the present day and Hatchet III.
Topics: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Review, Movies, Reviews, Sequels
Tags: Adam Green, BJ McDonnell, Blu-ray, Caroline Williams, Danielle Harris, Dark Sky Films, Derek Mears, Hatchet, Hatchet 3, Hatchet III, Horror, Kane Hodder, Movie Sequel, Sequel, Zach Galligan
'Hatchet 3' Adds 'Gremlins' Star Zach Galligan, Dee Snider's Son, Bear McCreary, Rileah Vanderbilt
By The Movie God | @ | May 29th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
With filming set to kick off this week near Louisiana, the services of a handful of talents have been enlisted for Hatchet III, the third installment in the saga of feared swamp dweller Victor Crowley.
It's been announced that a trio of new actors have joined the cast, starting with '80s star Zach Galligan. The actor is best known for playing the lead in the beloved 1984 Joe Dante horror-fantasy Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Galligan also starred in Waxwork and its sequel, and has continued acting in small-budget features with short TV stints sprinkled in here and there since then.
Also joining the cast is Cody Blue Snider, the son of Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, and popular geek goddess Rileah Vanderbilt.
Topics: Movies, News
Tags: Adam Green, Bear McCreary, BJ McDonnell, Cody Blue Snider, Danielle Harris, Hatchet, Hatchet 3, Hatchet III, Kane Hodder, Rileah Vanderbilt, Zach Galligan
B.J. McDonnell Will Direct 'Hatchet 3'
By BAADASSSSS! | October 2nd, 2011 at 3:48 pm
I know exactly what you're thinking: WHO?!
Unfortunately for good ol' Victor Crowley his creator Adam Green, the writer and director of the first two films in the Hatchet series, won't be directing the next installment in the kill-tastic adventures of the swamp-dwelling slasher. B.J. McDonnell, the cameraman on Hatchet and last year's controversial sequel Hatchet 2, will be making his directorial debut on the upcoming Hatchet 3. Green will likely remain on the new sequel as a producer.
Tags: Adam Green, B.J. McDonnell, Hatchet, Hatchet 2, Hatchet 3


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Aboutblacksun2022-09-01T11:31:38+00:00
OVER 100 YEARS OF AVIATION EXPERIENCE
HRH was founded in 2005 under the direction of Andy Gibbs. The goal was to create a company focused on providing safe flight operations, high quality aircraft maintenance, and expert sales advice, all with a personal touch.
The HRH staff continues to combine its thousands of hours of pilot experience, aircraft maintenance expertise, and years of aviation knowledge into a full service aviation company.
With the growing demand for private aircraft transportation, training, and ownership, HRH strives to meet all the needs of our varied customers. HRH's highly experienced staff allows for a unique, professional, and individualized customer experience. HRH is ready to serve you.
For more information about helicopter charters, special event support, aerial photography and videography, tours, flight training, maintenance, sales, aircraft management, or pilot services, email us at flying@hrheli.com or call 757-488-9044. We look forward to partnering with you.
Some of our HRH staff at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh
Dave Hynes resume
President & Co-founder of HRHHelicopter Pilot/Instructor/Designated Examiner and Airplane Pilot/Instructor
In 2005, Dave transitioned from flying for the Air Force to team with Andy Gibbs to start and grow HRH into a premier aviation services company.
Dave is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and served flying VIP's in Learjets, international missions in the C-5 Galaxy, and navaid flight inspection in Hawker 800s.
However, his start in aviation and love for helicopters began at an early age, where in the 1970's & 80's he grew up around and worked for Brantly-Hynes Helicopters, at the time owned by his father Michael Hynes.
Dave is a believer that the family oriented business environment is key to HRH's success, and his wife Shanda and two boys Mitchell and Ryan can all be found pitching in around the hangar.
With over 16,000+ accident free flying hours split almost evenly between helicopters and airplanes, Dave personally oversees all operations for HRH.
Patrick Hynes
Director of MaintenanceIA/A&P, Helicopter Pilot/Instructor, and Airplane Pilot
Patrick left American Airlines in 2014 as a maintenance technician to take over as Director of Maintenance for HRH.
Besides over a decade of maintenance experience in the airline industry, Patrick also grew up working in numerous roles at Brantly-Hynes Helicopters, served in the Army as a helicopter maintenance specialist, and ran his own Robinson helicopter maintenance company. He also achieved his airplane pilot's license and helicopter instructor certificate.
The family atmosphere of HRH played a major role in Pat's decision to move to Virginia and team up with his "little" brother Dave. He and his two boys, Braden and Chase, fit right in with the HRH family.
Patrick's diverse maintenance background and thousands of hours of pilot experience give him a unique capability to superbly perform his DOM role for HRH's customers.
Greg Doloresco
Greg is our tireless Operations Coordinator. A Virginian born and raised, he is from the Hampton Roads area.
He attended Virginia Tech for Biology and Biochemistry and soon after graduation he decided to focus on a career in aviation. His interest in flying has been present since he was a child. Some of his first memories are from attending air shows at NAS Oceana with his grandfather, a retired US Air Force aircraft technician.
Greg enjoys a wide range of activities from hiking, to shooting, to video games and everything in-between.
Erwin Abella
Helicopter Instructor and Pilot
Erwin is a third generation native Californian but has called many places around the world home.
He's lived several different lives: in one previous life, he was an art student, in another he got a graduate degree in political science.
In the longest of those incarnations, Erwin wore a Stetson as a Cavalry Officer in the US Army, a twice-spurred leader of scouts and infantrymen.
Erwin spent many a hot day in dusty, sweltering places like Kandahar, looking up with envy at the helicopters flying above him. It was in places like that where he realized he was blessed to have met his professional goals earlier than most, and was barely young enough for another profession. So, he earned his helicopter ratings in central Oregon, and flew clear across the continent to Virginia to chase his second dream of flying!
Erwin collects unfinished hobbies, but the ones with staying power include being a movie nerd, and wasting money on cars.
Erik Van Osten resume
Airplane Pilot and Instructor
Erik comes to HRH with over ten years of instructional and corporate flying experience. Having first soloed an airplane while in high school, he realized his dream of becoming a professional pilot after attending the University of Virginia, and has served in various pilot roles since, including Chief Instructor, Chief Pilot, and as a contract pilot.
A native Virginian, Erik was born and raised in Winchester and has lived throughout the state. A chance to move to the Tidewater Region eventually led him on a track to HRH and the future.
As a history buff, Erik relishes the storied past of the region and has been known to serve as a spontaneous guide from the air. However, the adventure of flight always keeps him yearning to see what's over the next horizon. He also enjoys tall tales with family and friends, the mountains, the beach, watching and playing soccer, and taking on the world with his family.
Aaron Litt resume
Airplane Pilot
Aaron joined HRH in November 2018, bringing along almost 20 years of professional aviation experience.
A native of northern VA and currently residing in Richmond, he has spent most of his life in various parts of Virginia.
Aviation has always been in his blood, and with his father, grandfather, uncle, and brother in law all professional pilots it just runs in the family. A degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University was followed by years as flight instructor, freight dog, charter pilot, and now a pilot for HRH.
Married to his wife Ashley, they have six kids between them, which takes up the majority of his free time. Building things for their home, plans for starting a small farm, and keeping a 30 year old RV running take up the rest.
Mitchell Hynes resume
Helicopter and Airplane Instructor and Pilot
With aviation being so ingrained in the Hynes family, it only made sense that Mitchell was flying helicopters and airplanes solo before he could even drive alone. Mitchell soloed both the airplane and the helicopter on his 16th birthday, and got his private pilot certificate on his 17th.
After high school, Mitchell moved to Blacksburg, Virginia to attend college at Virginia Tech, where he obtained an engineering degree in Computer Science.
Mitchell loves flying, instructing, and aircraft maintenance, all of which he does as much as possible!
Outside of flying, Mitchell enjoys competitive shooting, especially shotguns, and has competed across the country in shooting tournaments. Mitchell spends the rest of his free time hunting, being outdoors, and enjoying the company of friends.
Gabriel DeRago resume
Airplane Instructor and Pilot
"A mile of road takes you one mile further, a mile of runway takes you anywhere you want to go."
-Unknown
Gabriel has joined HRH as a fulltime airplane pilot, instructor, and helping hand. Originally from Hawai'i, his aviation training and service as a Flight Instructor has taken Gabriel from the great Pacific Northwest, to the busy Northeast, and now here to the mid-Atlantic.
Gabriel is always ready for an adventure which has helped to breed his love for flying; he counts every flight to be a blessing no matter whether the aircraft is a simple J3Cub or a sleek Citation. You can find him in church on Sunday, outdoors, in books, and spending time with family.
Tom Dorl resume
Airplane Pilot and Director of Safety and Training
Tom joined HRCS in March 2022 bringing decades of aviation experience across many different organizations.
Tom, who was inspired by his father to pursue aviation, learned to fly at a USAF Aero Club at the age of 16 and graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Aerospace Technology and a commission in the US Air Force.
He spent 25 years in the US Air Force attending both fixed wing and rotary wing pilot training. He has traveled the world and spent the majority of his time flying combat rescue missions in the HH-60G PaveHawk. Tom has deployed overseas numerous times saving civilians and service members in harm's way. After military service, he settled down in the tidewater Virginia area and continued working as a flight instructor and Check Airman at a Part 141 Flight School.
As he enjoys living in Virginia with his wife and two daughters, Tom can be found fishing and enjoying outdoor activities when he is not flying or spending time with his family.
Caleb Waite resume
Airplane and Helicopter Instructor and Pilot
Caleb joined the team at HRH in August 2022 with over a decade of aviation experience ranging from instruction, to utility work, and managing flight operations overseas.
Growing up in Vermont and later Florida, Caleb was instilled with a love of aviation from a young age by his father who loved all things airplanes. That love of flying was later realized when Caleb went to college to complete his fixed wing ratings as well as a mechanic certificate. After college Caleb moved to Virginia to work as an instructor and mechanic. He later worked his way up to flying and managing flight operations for government flight operations supporting the military overseas.
While flying airplanes was the first step in aviation, Caleb's goal has always been to fly helicopters. Through the course of working in airplanes, he has slowly completed his training in helicopters and is now working on building rotary time as often as he can.
Outside of flying, Caleb enjoys riding motorcycles, shooting, and spending time with his wife on their land in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
David Andrew Gibbs biography
David "Andy" Gibbs was the driving force behind establishing HRH in 2005. But Andy's passion for flying combined with his diverse background in real estate, property management, and construction made him a success right from his start in the aviation business in the early 1990's.
He started and grew Hampton Roads Charter Service into a Part 135 Charter Operator and Robinson Helicopter Service Center and Dealership. In 2000, Andy expanded his aviation interests to include becoming a part owner of the Hampton Roads Executive Airport and he helped guide the airport to becoming a premier regional airport.
While Andy's passing in February of 2013 saddened everyone that knew him, his entrepreneurial spirit still drives us all here at HRH to be the best at what we do. His wife Sandie and his two boys Drew and Jake continue to carry on Andy's legacy at HRH.
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Adding winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds to your Thanksgiving display is a great way to add a classic, seasonal look. You can use this Thanksgiving harvest décor in both indoor and outdoor harvest displays.
There are many options you may consider of pumpkin, winter squash and gourd types to include in your displays. Below is a brief listing of varieties that have become more available in recent years.
Orange field pumpkin types: These varieties are the classic orange pumpkin types with color from light to darker orange and some with deeper ribbing. This type of pumpkin ranges on average from a few pounds up to 30 lbs or more.
Blue Hubbard Squash: This variety is not only a great baking variety, but also a beautiful blue winter squash with deep ribbing and a tapered blossom and stem end that makes an impressive statement.
Long Island Cheese Pumpkin: This is a tan colored pumpkin, with very sweet flesh that makes a great addition to any display of harvest decor.
Cinderella Pumpkin (Rouge Vif D' Etampes): This brilliant red variety pumpkin has a flattened shape with firm ribbing and can be found at just a few pounds up to 20 lbs or more.
Green Striped Cushaw Squash: This curved and tapered squash is white in color with green stripping that will make a unique addition to any harvest display.
Fairytale Pumpkin (Musque De Provence): This very dense, heavily ribbed, flattened in shape pumpkin with very sweet flesh for baking can found as heavy as 25 lbs, and often appears in colors of deep tan, dark green, sometimes even exhibit a somewhat purple color.
Speckled Swan Gourds: When still green, these hard shell gourds are a deep green color with stripes of white and light green and have the shape of a swan or goose.
Birdhouse Gourds: This hard shell gourd just off the vine can have color that is light to dark green and maybe with or without stripes of white or light green and have a shape that is tapered somewhat like a pear, resemble that of a speckled swan gourd, or that of a different shape (cross pollination happens very readily between hard shell gourds resulting in various shapes).
Apple Gourds: This hard shell gourd has the shape of a large apple and is dark green in color with white or light green stripes in it and makes a nice and unusual addition to your display.
Jack B Little Miniature Gourds: This small gourd looks like and with all respects is a miniature orange pumpkin and is often less than a pound in weight and adds a classic look to table top décor.
Ornamental Gourds: These small ornamental variety gourds come in a wide variety of colors, including white, all different shades of orange, yellow, and green and often times a single gourd will exhibit multiple colors. These types of gourds vary greatly in size and shape with some being more smooth or very bumpy, some rounded, curved, appear to have fins, etc. or any combination thereof. This miniature gourd type offers an exciting and colorful element to include in your display that will really catch attention.
With such a variety to choose from, you can mix and match the different shapes, sizes, and colors to create a decorative and welcoming Thanksgiving display. The options you have are unlimited with how you use the winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds in your Thanksgiving decor.
In the Resource section below are links to seed catalogues (that you can search through) that feature pictures with additional information about these listed pumpkin, winter squash, and gourd varieties so you can easily identify them, as well as many other types you may consider for harvest décor in your Thanksgiving display.


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Q: QGIS Batch Processing error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'update' I receive the following below error when trying to run Batch Processing in QGIS. I have tried uninstalling QGIS but still this problem persists.
An error has occurred while executing Python code:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'update'

Traceback (most recent call last):

File"C:/PROGRA~1/QGISES~1/apps/qgis/./python/plugins\processing\gui\BatchAlgorithmDialog.py",
   line 78, in accept
       alg = self.alg.getCopy()
File "C:/PROGRA~1/QGISES~1/apps/qgis/./python/plugins\processing\modeler\ModelerAlgorithm.py",
   line 201, in getCopy
       newone.algs = copy.deepcopy(self.algs)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
   deepcopy
       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
   deepcopy
       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 298, in
   _deepcopy_inst
       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 298, in
   _deepcopy_inst
       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
   deepcopy
       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
   deepcopy
       y = _reconstruct(x, rv, 1, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 334, in
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       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
   deepcopy
       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 230, in
   _deepcopy_list
       y.append(deepcopy(a, memo))
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
   deepcopy
       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 298, in
   _deepcopy_inst
       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 334, in
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       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
   _deepcopy_dict
       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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       y = copier(x, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
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       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 334, in
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       state = deepcopy(state, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
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       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 334, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 334, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 163, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 257, in
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       y[deepcopy(key, memo)] = deepcopy(value, memo)
File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 190, in
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File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISES~1\apps\Python27\lib\copy.py", line 343, in
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AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'update'

Python version: 2.7.5
QGIS version: 2.14.3
This is the Model that I wish to run this Batch Process , this model runs fine on the individual level.


It is so easy to get caught up in your frantic studies and lose track of your surroundings. We may hate sitting in UC Berkeley's various libraries as we cram for finals, but we must admit, these buildings have tremendous aesthetic appeal.
The Daily Californian is bringing you this special issue full of puzzles, games and advice to help you wind down between study spurts. We hope you take care of yourself, and we wish you the best of luck on finals.
What percent terrible UC Berkeley student are you?
With finals just around the corner, everyone on campus seems stressed out, but just how bad of a student are you? Here's a checklist so that you can find out.
Think you know Berkeley? Test your knowledge of the names of the city's streets by solving these anagrams.
Make your sleep-deprived friends jealous by ensuring healthy productivity every second of every day during RRR week.
Just because your liquor bottles are collecting dust on the shelf doesn't mean you must abandon the spirit of collegiate life.
Whether you are in the library or at a cafe, put any of these albums on and leave the Spotify window open to impress the person studying next to you on the off chance they might accidentally glance over. They'll silently be intimidated by your hip music, and you'll feel really cool.
With RRR week upon on us and finals looming over our tired bodies ready to take the last of our energy, students are searching for guidance on how to survive the next two weeks. The perfect role model? Rory Gilmore.
You recall the apocalyptic stories you heard from older students. You had heard them — the juniors in your English class, the seniors in your lecture — but you didn't think they could be telling the truth.


As a follow up to the previous post you might be asking, "What is the cost to research for a thriller?" Well, in simplistic terms – taking away the cost of being off work during research, etc. – would be about $US25 per page. I won't break that amount down just yet, but it gives you some idea of the price to be paid to produce a novel. And, of course, there is no guarantee that it will sell enough to recoup the investment. For me, the goal was to tell a compelling and believable story, based largely on true facts and in exotic locations. After so much research, writing and editing, that effort was well worth every penny spent! And, from the reader feedback, they seem to think so too.


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What type of player/person would LeBron be had he played in college?
Thread: What type of player/person would LeBron be had he played in college?
ThornMo
I know physically speaking that LeBron James is as mature as anyone in the league. But his mental makeup is very immature from what I've seen of him since he came into the league. From his questionable tweets, to the decision, to his mannerisms (tearing his Cavs jersey off after playoff loss to C's last year), and now to his mocking Dirk being sick... I feel like had he gone to college where a guy like Coack K, Roy, or Thad Matta was coaching him and holding him accountable for his actions, then LeBron would make better decisions as a grown man.
It's hypothetical and doesnt mean anything now that he's been in the league for 7 years, but just throwing it out there
Kashmir13579
Stoney Douglas
This is a legitimate question and sadly it will probably be closed.
nickdymez
The little things that his game lacks would definitely be better.. I think he dribbles good for a big man, actually great for a big man, but he doesnt have much control. His shot needs a little help and he has no post game.. No way Terry and kidd should be sticking this guy in the post.. And he would be a lot smarter in the closing minutes...
jockrider
he's only 26 if he went to college his development would have been accelerated.
BALLER R
toronto....REX
i think he would of learned or atleast develop some more skills. i'm not a fan of him but he would be a beast. but then disappear in the final 4
Green Storm
Maybe he doesn't do THIS so much.
BritneysBestBet
http://bit.ly/BritneysBestBets
I think he really would have dominated at the college level for sure. As for development...well thats a good question. Is a immature adult always an immature adult? There's no saying he would have "grown up" in college. I think if anything his domination at that level would just make his head bigger then it already is.
It may not even be too late for someone to mentor him and show him how to be a grown up. If Spo' gets the boot from Miami, I think Larry Brown could come in and be a perfect coach for LeBron on and off the court
Originally Posted by BritneysBestBet
Yeah, he might have got a bigger head. But he wouldn't get away with these poor antics he's given us in the pro's. He'd be benched to start games and he'd be running suicides up and down the floor in practice. He could of benefited from learning how to represent an institution and an organization with class, which is something they teach at the college level.
BigBlueCrew
Originally Posted by Kashmir13579
Yup, the mods have been on a pro Lebron tirade today.
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PatsSoxKnicks
PSD's Chandler Jones
I think a large part of Lebron's immaturity is due to the environment he's been "raised" in. I'm sure his friends throughout his life have basically been enabling his ego. Had he gone to college and been coached by a coach K or someone like that, I think it could've made a difference. Of course, he would've had to stay more then 1 year, which wouldn't have happened.
Patriots Forum HOF Class of 2011
albertc86
Originally Posted by ThornMo
I know physically speaking that LeBron James is as mature as anyone in the league. But his mental makeup is very immature from what I've seen of him since he came into the league.
Are we talking about the same LeBron James?
Since he entered the league, he was crowned the "king" and praised as the NBA's golden-boy since Kobe's image was somewhat tarnished over that scandal. During LeBron's first few years, he always said the right things and made his teammates better (still is). LeBron didn't start drawing negativity until he started voicing his frustrations in Cleveland then he started to slip up. Durant has become the new golden-boy but we're yet to see if his nice guy persona is just an act like LeBron's was.
College would've done nothing for him.
Last edited by albertc86; 06-10-2011 at 01:26 PM.
I don't think it will be. I can't speak for any mods, since I'm obviously not one, but I don't think this is considered a bait thread (whereas I can def see how the other one is considered a bait thread).
Yanks All Day
Depends. He says he would have been a Buckeye, so he probably plays the Cavs style offense at Ohio State. LeBron would have been the only star, so he would have handled the ball and made the plays. Thad Motta took over in 04-05, and Jim O'Brien was the coach in 03, which would have been LeBron's likely only season in college. It doesn't seem as though there were many great players on OSU that year anyway, so I'm not sure playing one year in Ohio State would have done as much as going to the NBA. Now, if he went to Duke under Coach K, then we have a completely different story. He would have had to worked on the small skills that Krzyzewski loves to instill in his players. All in all, LeBron is still 26, and he still has growing to do. It is very likely that his best years are still ahead of him, which is a very scary thought.
Do you think Kobe is still an immature adult? Because he definitely was when he first got into the league. Maybe he still is, idk. But people don't seem to perceive he is anymore.


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