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Solve $xdx$ $+$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}(ydx-xdy)$ $\,=\,$ $0$
The product of variable $x$ and differential $dx$ is added to the product of square of sine of angle $y$ by $x$ and the subtraction of the product of variable $x$ and differential $dy$ from the product of variable $y$ and differential $dx$. In this differential equation problem, it is given that the sum of the terms is equal to zero.
$xdx$ $+$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}(ydx-xdy)$ $\,=\,$ $0$
The angle in the sine function indicates that the given differential equation is a homogeneous differential equation. So, let's learn how to solve the given homogeneous differential equation.
Separate differentials from Homogeneous functions
The differentials are mixed with the functions in the given homogeneous differential equation. So, multiply the difference of the terms by its factor as per the distributive property of multiplication over the difference in the second term on the left hand side of the equation.
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times ydx$ $-$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times xdy$ $\,=\,$ $0$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times y \times dx$ $-$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times xdy$ $\,=\,$ $0$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y \times \sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dx$ $-$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times xdy$ $\,=\,$ $0$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$ $-$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times xdy$ $\,=\,$ $0$
Now, keep the terms, which consist of the differential $dx$ on one side of the equation and move the term that contains the differential $dy$ on the other side of the equation.
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$ $\,=\,$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times xdy$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$ $\,=\,$ $\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times x \times dy$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$ $\,=\,$ $x \times \sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dy$
$\implies$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$ $\,=\,$ $x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dy$
$\implies$ $x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dy$ $\,=\,$ $xdx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}dx$
$\implies$ $x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dy$ $\,=\,$ $x \times dx$ $+$ $y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dx$
Look at the differential expression on the right hand side of the equation. There is a differential $dx$ in both terms. Now, take the common differential $dx$ out from the right hand side of the expression.
$\implies$ $x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)} \times dy$ $\,=\,$ $dx \times \bigg(x+y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}\bigg)$
It is time to separate the differential from the remaining functions by shifting the differentials to one side of the equation.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{dy}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+y\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}}{x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{y}{x}\Big)}}$
Eliminate dependent variable by its equivalent value
The equation is in homogeneous form. Hence, it creates a problem for solving the differential equation and it can be resolved by replacing the dependent variable $y$ as a product of one variable and a variable $x$.
Suppose $y \,=\, vx$
Now, eliminate the dependent variable $y$ by its value in the differential equation.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+(vx)\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{vx}{x}\Big)}}{x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{vx}{x}\Big)}}$
It's time to remove the homogeneous property from the function on right hand side of the equation by simplification.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+vx\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{v \times x}{x}\Big)}}{x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{v \times x}{x}\Big)}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+vx\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{v \times \cancel{x}}{\cancel{x}}\Big)}}{x\sin^2{\Big(\dfrac{v \times \cancel{x}}{\cancel{x}}\Big)}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+vx\sin^2{v}}{x\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+v\times x \times \sin^2{v}}{x\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x+x\times v \times \sin^2{v}}{x\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x \times 1+x\times v\sin^2{v}}{x\sin^2{v}}$
There is a common factor $x$ in the numerator and it is also there in the denominator. It indicates to us that take the common factor out from the expression in the numerator.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{x \times (1+v\sin^2{v})}{x \times \sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{\cancel{x} \times (1+v\sin^2{v})}{\cancel{x} \times \sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d(vx)}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
Find the derivative of the product
The right hand side expression was simplified in the above step and it is required to evaluate the derivative of product of the variables. It can be done by using the product rule of differentiation.
$\implies$ $v \times \dfrac{dx}{dx}$ $+$ $x \times \dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $v \times 1$ $+$ $x \times \dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $v$ $+$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
Solve the equation by variable separable
Now, we have a first order and first degree differential equation and it can be solved by the separation of variables method.
$\implies$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$ $-$ $v$
$\implies$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}-v \times \sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+v\sin^2{v}-v\sin^2{v}}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1+\cancel{v\sin^2{v}}-\cancel{v\sin^2{v}}}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $x\dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{\sin^2{v}}$
$\implies$ $x \times \dfrac{dv}{dx}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{\sin^2{v}}$
It is time to finish the process of the variable separable method.
$\implies$ $x \times dv$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{\sin^2{v}} \times dx$
$\implies$ $\sin^2{v} \times dv$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{x} \times dx$
$\implies$ $\sin^2{v}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{x}\,dx$
Now, take the indefinite integral on both sides of the equation.
$\implies$ $\displaystyle \int{\sin^2{v}}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
In integral calculus, there is no formula for finding the integral of the sine squared function but it can be calculated by reducing the power of the sine function.
$\implies$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1-\cos{(2v)}}{2}}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1 \times (1-\cos{(2v)})}{2}}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\displaystyle \int{\bigg(\dfrac{1}{2} \times (1-\cos{(2v)}\bigg)}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
There is constant factor inside the integral on the left hand side of the equation. It can be excluded from the integral operation as per the constant multiple rule of integration.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \displaystyle \int{\big(1-\cos{(2v)}\big)}\,dv$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
The integral of the difference of the terms can be evaluated by the difference of their integrals as per the difference rule of integration.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\cos{(2v)}}\,dv\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
There is no integral formula for finding the integral of the cosine of double angle. However, the issue can be solved by representing the double angle with a variable.
Assume $u = 2v$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{d}{dv}{(u)}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{d}{dv}{(2v)}$
Differentiate this equation with respect to $v$.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{du}{dv}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{d}{dv}{(2 \times v)}$
Use the constant multiple rule of derivatives for separating the constant factor from the differentiation as per the constant multiple rule of differentiation.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{du}{dv}$ $\,=\,$ $2 \times \dfrac{d}{dv}{(v)}$
According to the differentiation rule of the variable, the derivative of the variable with respect to same variable is equal to one.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{du}{dv}$ $\,=\,$ $2 \times 1$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{du}{dv}$ $\,=\,$ $2$
$\implies$ $du$ $\,=\,$ $2 \times dv$
$\implies$ $2 \times dv$ $\,=\,$ $du$
$\,\,\,\therefore\,\,\,\,\,\,$ $dv$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{du}{2}$
Now, transform the trigonometric integral function in terms of $x$ into the trigonometric integral function in terms of $u$.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\cos{(u)}}\,\Big(\dfrac{du}{2}\Big)\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\cos{u}}\,\Big(\dfrac{1 \times du}{2}\Big)\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\cos{u}}\,\Big(\dfrac{1}{2}\times du\Big)\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\cos{u}} \times \dfrac{1}{2}\times du\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{2}\times \cos{u}} \times du\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
Use the constant multiple rule of integration once again to separate the constant factor from the integration.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\times \displaystyle \int{\cos{u}} \times du\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\displaystyle \int{1}\,dv$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\times \displaystyle \int{\cos{u}}du\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\displaystyle \int{\dfrac{1}{x}}\,dx$
Use the integration rule of one to find the integral of $1$ and integration rule of cosine to find the integral of the cosine function. Similarly, use the reciprocal integration rule to find the integral of the reciprocal of variable $x$.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(v+c_1$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\times (\sin{u}+c_2)\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
In this equation, $c_1$, $c_2$ and $c_3$ are the constants of the respective integrals.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(v+c_1$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\times \sin{u}$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\times c_2\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(v+c_1$ $-$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}$ $-$ $\dfrac{1\times c_2}{2}\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(v+c_1-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
Now, separate the constants to represent all constants in this equation by a constant simply.
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}+c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \bigg(\Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)+\Big(c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\Big)\bigg)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)$ $+$ $\dfrac{1}{2} \times \Big(c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\Big)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)$ $+$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\Big)$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}+c_3$
$\implies$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)$ $+$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\Big)-c_3$ $\,=\,$ $\log_{e}{x}$
$\implies$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)$ $+$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(c_1-\dfrac{c_2}{2}\Big)-c_3$
The second and third terms represent two constants on the right hand side expression and the difference of them is also a constant. Therefore, it can be simply denoted by a constant $c$.
$\implies$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Big(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{u}\Big)$ $+$ $c$
We have taken that $u \,=\, 2v$. So, replace the variable $u$ by its value in the equation.
$\implies$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\bigg(v-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{(2v)}\bigg)$ $+$ $c$
The solution of the given homogeneous differential equation is obtained in terms of $v$ but the homogeneous differential equation is given in terms of $x$ and $y$. So, substitute the value of $v$ in terms of $x$ and $y$ to get the required solution.
$\implies$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Bigg(\dfrac{y}{x}-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{\bigg(2 \times \dfrac{y}{x}\bigg)}\Bigg)$ $+$ $c$
$\implies$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Bigg(\dfrac{y}{x}-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{\bigg(\dfrac{2 \times y}{x}\bigg)}\Bigg)$ $+$ $c$
$\,\,\,\therefore\,\,\,\,\,\,$ $\log_{e}{x}$ $\,=\,$ $\dfrac{1}{2}\Bigg(\dfrac{y}{x}-\dfrac{1}{2}\,\sin{\bigg(\dfrac{2y}{x}\bigg)}\Bigg)$ $+$ $c$


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Q: how to strip html whitespace and comment and javascript comments using nokogiri? I'm looking for a way in nokogiri to strip out html whitespace & comment and javascript comment (/* */, //). I'm doing this not because of the size of the document. I'm playing around with rack middleware to do this job. I know I could do via regular expression, but i think it could be troublesome.
If not possible to do with nokogiri, please give me the best regular expression to strip out for the 2 above cases.
What I tried using regular expression:
response = @app.call(env)
body = response.last.body.gsub(/(\n|\t|\r)/, ' ').gsub(/>\s*</, '><').gsub(//, ' ').squeeze(' ')
response.last.body = body
response

I think there should be a cleaner way to do rather than using regular expression.

A: Loofah is nice but it won't help you strip javascript comments.
This thread deals with stripping js comments but there seems to be much disagreement. I agree with the ones who say you should not do it. However if you wanted to try the accepted answer with loofah you might do:
require 'rubygems'
require "loofah"

scrubber = Loofah::Scrubber.new do |node|
    node.content = node.content.strip if node.name == "text"
    node.remove if node.name == "comment"
    if node.cdata? && node.parent.name == "script"
        node.content = node.content.gsub(/\/\*![^*]*\*+(?:[^*\/][^*]*\*+)*\//,'')
    end
end

puts Loofah.fragment('
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').scrub!(scrubber)

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A: Loofah might be what you are looking for:
https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah

A: I end up writing a middleware to handle this since there is no exact solution for this.
Here I use very strict regular expression to handle it.
Check the code on my github repo.

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of Princess Diana's tragic death. She will always be remembered for her beauty, grace, and incredibly giving spirit.
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Another one of my "watch it every time HBO airs it" favorites is Prime, starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and the adorable Bryan Greenberg. If you haven't seen it, Streep plays Lisa Metzger, a therapist and Thurman is her patient, Rafi, who has just gone through a divorce. Rafi eventually starts dating David Bloomberg, played by Greenberg. Aside from the fact that Rafi is 37 and David is 23, their relationship is further complicated by the fact that David turns out to be the therapist's son.
The movie has some funny moments, but I can't decide what I love most about it. The film is set in New York , primarily SoHo, Greenwich Village, and the Upper West Side. It just feels very "New York" to me. Rafi has a very cute wardrobe and gorgeous apartment, which I love seeing. I also love the fabulous soundtrack which includes John Coltrane, Rufus Wainwright, Ray LaMontagne, Notorious B.I.G., and Rachael Yamagata. Oh, and there's also the fact that Bryan Greenberg is pretty damn hot. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend that you do. Who knows, you may end up watching it several dozen times like I have.
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While in New York this weekend, we had the opportunity to visit The Met and The MoMa. The Met reminded me a lot of The Louvre with its massive collection. We will have to visit again sometime because we only saw a portion of it. It is much too big to see in one day.
The MoMa has made its way to the top of my list of favorite museums. I absolutely love modern art: impressionism, cubism, surrealism, pop art, and this museum has an amazing collection. Fabian, my design buff husband, loved seeing the architecture and design exhibition. It made me so happy to know that he was enjoying a museum as much as I did. The highlight of my visit was seeing one of Frida Kahlo's paintings in person. I am so excited to share this with my students when we do our unit on Latin American artists this fall. I was also able to see a Diego Rivera and a Gustav Klimt in person for the first time.
I realize that I am rambling a bit and that this post doesn't have such a clear focus, but there are so many things fresh in my mind from this past weekend and I hav en't had time to organize my thoughts. I just wanted to write this before I forgot something. So, allow me to continue. My absolute favorite neighborhood in Manhattan is Greenwich Village. It is so peaceful compared to the rest of the city. It has so much character and charm, plus it is home to great shopping and dining, and of course the Magnolia Bakery, which I paid another visit to. I could walk through its tree-lined streets and people-watch there all day. If ever there comes a day when we have to move to New York, it is the neighborhood we would want to call home.
Fabian and I are headed to New York for a long weekend. I'm so excited about spending time in Manhattan! I've been to some fabulous cities, but the feeling in New York is so different. It is such an exciting city. I'm looking forward to getting to know the city a bit better, though I know it will take many trips to see everything. Let me know if you have any last minute suggestions for places to see or eat. Have a great weekend!
It's already been two years since my wedding, but I still love the romance, glamour, and beauty of weddings. Style Me Pretty is an amazing wedding-planning blog. They're known for their inspiration boards and are currently having a contest in which people submit their personal wedding boards. I find the different textures, colors, and stories very inspiring.
Lately, Fabian and I have been going for bike rides in the evenings. It's a lot of fun and it's a work out, which is a good thing, considering I have gotten too lazy to go to the gym this past month.
Last night, we found a road, which for whatever reason was never incorporated into the nearest subdivision. It is lined with houses, both new stucco construction and old, one story ranch houses. As we rode along the road, Fabian commented on how it felt like we were out in the country or something. The area is still heavily wooded and the air felt thick. It is seemingly out of place in a suburb where the developers have basically cleared the land to build houses and then planted teeny, tiny saplings to act as "trees". The lack of trees is also the reason for the absence of what I consider to be the quintessential sound of summer: locusts. There is something about the noise they make that takes me back to the summer days of my youth. It makes me think of lemonade, swimming, and fleeting summer love. Anyhow, last night, I heard the locusts along that country road for the first time since we've lived here. It was music to my ears.


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Cameron Diaz and James Marsden worked the red carpet together at the premiere of their new movie The Box in NYC Wednesday night. The actors play a married couple whose lives go into a downward spiral after a mysterious man, played by Frank Langella, offers them a box which will grant $1 million dollars to whoever pushes the button inside, but cause the death of someone in the world. The Box hits theaters nationwide Friday.
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Curly hairs look great but managing them is a big task. Few people have naturally curly hair. This is due to the twisted shape of the hair follicle. The more the twists, the more curls. Some can easily manage those curls but some consider it as a bane. The best thing about curly hair is that, it always looks voluminous, bouncy and beautiful. At the same time, it can often turn unruly, dry, difficult to manage and style and the biggest problem, frizz.
Frizzy hair is the result of humidity and it makes the hair more prone to split ends and breakage. Brushing them worsens this problem. Conditioning is the ultimate way to keep away the frizz and manage those locks. Market is flooding with various conditioners that claim to smoothen the frizzy curls. These products may give immediate results but the harmful chemicals in it will damage the hair in the long run. It is always good to adopt natural and home-made remedies to tame the curls.
Apple cider vinegar is one of the best remedies to define the natural curls and prevent frizz. It has pH balancing effects due to the acidic nature of ACV. It helps in making the hair less frizzy and gives it a healthy shine. It also works as a natural hair clarifier that removes event eh product buildup from the hair.
Beer helps in restoring the moisture in the hair and makes it softer and shinier. It revitalizes the curls and makes it more bouncy. Dark and non-alcoholic beer is recommended to manage curly hair.
Curly hair is prone to drying and so it should be regularly nourished with a hot oil massage. This massage helps in restoring the moisture and helps in avoiding frizz. You may use olive oil, coconut oil or almond oil for this.
Eggs are loaded with proteins and fat content the helps in adding moisture to the curly frizzy hair. It helps in restoring the natural shine to the hair. It has been popular among the people with curly hair.
Avocado is an effective remedy for curly hair. It has great moisturizing property that helps in managing the curls by hydrating it and making it shinier.
Fenugreek is an excellent herb for curly hair. It has high levels of lecithin, which is an emulsifying agent. This helps in locking the moisture and makes the hair strands more flexible by blocking out humidity. This in turn decreases frizz and makes the hair look fuller.
Follow these home remedies to get beautiful curls that are easy to manage.


From my experience in dealing with couples during cake consultations, the process of designing a wedding cake is one of the most exciting parts involved in planning your special day.
This is the stage where couples have the chance to showcase their personality to family and friends.
At Ministry Of Cakes, we make this process very easy. From the moment you walk through our doors, an open and relaxed environment awaits you where we can discuss ideas and taste countless flavour combinations. We will cater to any budget, whether small or large, and promise you will leave feeling excited, happy and content - this is your wedding after all!
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The architectural design of the towers is pure of geometric shapes with details of apparent concrete, solid structures that inspire strength and large windows that offer better lighting and ventilation to the interior of the condominium.
Distributed around the common area overlooking the pool, gardens and parking. The towers are a mix of 2 and 3 bedroom prototypes including Penthouse.
Each tower has a cistern and hydropneumatic pump for drinking water supply.
The ground floor condominiums have terraces to the garden and the next levels with balcony.
BAMBU RESIDENCIAL IS BUILT IN A LAND OF 2 HECTARES WHERE 7 TOWERS OF 4 AND 6 LEVELS ARE BUILT.
All underground services, electricity, telephony, potable water network.


I had a most fascinating tour yesterday with six men from Walkerton, Kitchener and Guelph.
Four of them were born and raised in Guelph, each attending Sacred Heart School and then St. Stanislaus, St. Agnes and eventually Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School — the renamed Loretto Academy and Notre Dame, now gone from Catholic Hill.
It was one of those days where I happily put aside my tour repertoire in favour of allowing room for these men to not only reminisce with each other but to teach me a thing or two about post-war Guelph. Buildings and businesses long gone, their favourite childhood haunts, the nuns, a time when Eramosa Road was in "the country". The Ward neighbourhood also figured large in these conversations. So very many tales.
Walking them through a very changed downtown Guelph and showing them places and growth they hadn't yet seen was a beautiful experience to be a part of.
A little taste of this, a little bite of that and a whole lot of stories thrown in. Such a day!
So, I encourage you gents out there to take the initiative and come on a tour with us — you don't have to rely on your daughters or wives or sisters to bring you along. Trust me, we'll have fun together.


Hiking the drizzly, muddy, Marsters section of the North Umpqua Trail left Josh and I gasping every few feet. Not because the trail was particularly treacherous, but because of the glorious wildflowers that were in full bloom.
Here's some of what we saw and could narrow down to genus. We didn't key them out, so I'm not 100% confident down to species, but it's a start.
4-15-18, Trillium ovatum, Western trillium.
4-15-18, Pine sap leaking from a burned, downed tree. Looked delicious!
4-15-18, Baby pine trees! We were speculating how long ago the fire was based on their size. Maybe two years?
The vibrant, electric green color of the moss lining the trail surrounded by the towering green pines was almost hard for my little eyes to take in. Spring is a reminder of the abundance of life. The smell of wet earth excites the soul with life around you.


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China and Vatican host joint art exhibition to repair diplomatic ties
by Christopher Lamb
Beauty and art are truly a vehicle of dialogue. This is the key of the success that we, at the Vatican Museums, love to call the 'diplomacy of art'
The Holy See and China will jointly host two art exhibitions next year in the latest attempt to repair their diplomatic ties.
Forty items will be exchanged between Beijing and the Vatican Museums in March next year with one show opening in the Forbidden City and the other in the Vatican's ethnological museums, a lesser known part of its cultural treasury but holding tens of thousands of priceless artefacts from all over the world.
The Vatican is making available artwork from its vast collection of Chinese bronzes, ceramics and paintings, while China is offering sumptuous items from various museums around the country, including work by the painter by Zhang Yan - who has already made a gift of two oil paintings to Pope Francis.
"Beauty and art are truly a vehicle of dialogue," said Barbara Jatta, the director of the Vatican Museums. "This is the key of the success that we, at the Vatican Museums, love to call the 'diplomacy of art'."
Behind the initiative is the Holy See's hope that it can re-establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, which were severed by the communist country in 1951. Speaking to journalists in the Vatican this week, Zhu Jiancheng, the Secretary General of the China Culture Investment Fund, said he hoped the exhibitions would promote friendship and the "normalisation of diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican."
That is something which this Pope, who has praised Chinese culture and as a young Jesuit dreamed of being a missionary in the far east, would dearly like to see happen. But progress is slow. At the heart of the difficulty is negotiating an agreement satisfactory over both sides over the control of the Church in China, and in particular who would have the final authority in the appointment of bishops. On the one side there are the Catholics of the so-called "underground Church" - loyal to Rome but in some cases alarmed by Francis' conciliatory moves towards Beijing - and on the other side there is the state-approved Church. Some insist that a deal with the current Chinese leadership is impossible without giving up control of the Church. The Pope is refusing to give up.
In a recent article for the Jesuit publication La Civilta Cattolica, Fr Federico Lombardi – the former spokesman for the Holy See - argues that the Pope is looked on favourably by the Chinese as the first non-European Pope in the modern era: he is not associated with European colonisation or with confrontation with communist ideology.
China is not the only country where the Holy See is using its art for diplomatic endeavours. The museums recently loaned paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio and Poussin for an exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and in August Russian President Vladimir Putin said that next year Russia will reciprocate, with a show to opened at the Vatican entitled "The Spiritual Heritage of Russian Art from Icon Painting to Avant-Garde."
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Since 2011, Woodley is featuring in the movies. Furthermore, "The Descendants" was her debut picture. For that movie, she was awarded by MTV movie award, nominated once for Golden Globe Award and Gotham Awards for two times. All such tributes gave a positive impact on her career as well as on net worth too. Moreover, Woodley gave her best in the comedy movie 'The Spectacular Now' and receive a significant award for her performance. In 2014, a bundle of great opportunities was waiting for her and then she was selected as a leading actress in thriller drama 'White Bird in a Blizzard' ad science fiction film 'Divergent'. These two movies completely doled out her career.
Later, her performance in the movie 'The Fault in Our Stars' captured the attention of millions of fans so it increases her income immensely. Soon after, she did two more successful movies of her career 'The Divergent Series' and 'Snowden'. Till now, she has established a major part of net worth from the acting profession.
Shailene Woodley Net Worth 2021:
Nearly $11 Million is the Shailene Woodley net worth 2021.
Personally, Shailene Woodley initiated her love life with Shiloh Fernandez. The duo was together for a year i.e. from 2012-2013. It is stated that there was some personal reason behind the separation.
Later, it was speculated that Woodley was dating to Theo James. The duo worked together on super-hit movies 'The Divergent Series' and 'Fault in Our Stars'. But they are only friends in real life.
Shailene Woodley Boyfriend 2021:
After the separation with Ben Volavola, now she is Single.
A pic with Ex:
Previously her love story with Nahko Bear was also seen by media, but both of them never publicize the relationship information. So it's not sure that right now they are together or not.
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Before the start of the actual career, she was starred in trivial roles in various TV shows like 'Replacing Dad' and 'The District' and many others so started making money. In 2007, Woodley was cast for 'CSI: NY' and 'Cold Case', police procedural TV series. After presenting different performances as an adult actress she was then cast for the leading role such as 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' and nominated four times for Teen Choice Awards from 2009-2012 and in due course, she becomes favorite of everyone.
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Mark Earnshaw, Fragrance Expert at FAB Creations tips Rhubarb as the hottest note for spring.
How is rhubarb transformed into a fragrance note? The rhubarb note is an accord made of different ingredients. It varies from Perfumers to Perfumers. For example, in the case of the brand new L.K. Bennett fragrance, Signature, the nose used a combination of raw material to focus on the fruity and juicy character of Rhubarb.
How would you describe the note – is it fresh, sweet, musky? The rhubarb note is fresh with a fruity facet.
Has it been used in fragrances previously? Rhubarb has been very trendy in Fine Fragrance in the last couple of years, this season we will see it used by a wider array of brands.
How did you discover it as a note and what drew your nose towards it? This note has been part of the Perfumers palette for years now even though it hasn't been widely used until the last couple of years. It has a refreshing olfactive profile but it's at the same time very complex. The fruity part of the note is what drew us in.
Is it used as a top, heart or base note? And why? It can be used as a top or middle note depending on the Perfumer interpretation. In our case it is used as a top note as the Perfumer wanted to focus on the fruity aspect with a grapefruit facet. It could be used in middle note if the creator wants more of a heavy/earthy note.
What other notes do you predict to be big for Spring 2018? We've identified Black Rice and other rice notes, Peruvian Cherry, honey and honeyed fruits, frozen fruits and sorbets, new greenness from pandan leaf and shiso leaf. Modern woods with fresh incense, leather and pepper.
Masculine, oozing power, confidence and charisma, are these the words that you would use to describe your man? If your answer is yes, then this is the perfect gift for him this valentine's day.
Jaguar Pace with its classic masculine notes of black pepper and cashmeran combined with crystal moss and rosemary gives the fragrance a spicy boldness. Exuding manliness and style, presented in a cool iconic bottle for the cosmopolitan man.
The fragrance designed to mark the arrival of the new Jaguar F-Pace family sports car. Is a true reflection of this fast and furious car, the vibrant grey and blue glass bottle has a similar bold silhouette to that of the new car and is complimented by the blue-tinted perfume. The compact base is covered with a sophisticated lattice design reminiscent of the famous Jaguar radiator grill. The centre of the bottle is emblazoned with a shiny round silver insignia with the unmistakable brand sign of the legendary cat. The shiny silver stopper creates an attractive contrast to these tones, whilst the packaging is in blue, grey and dark silver with black lettering.
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Fiesta Trio are main characters in dora the explorer, also are friends of Dora. Fiesta Trio are three small creatures. Whenever Dora and Boots are successful in a given portion of their quest (quests are usually divided into three portions), the Fiesta Trio appears from seemingly nowhere to congratulate Dora and her friend Boots and celebrate., Hope you like these Fiesta Trio coloring pages.
Dora Coloring Page – Dora the Explorer with Boots the monkey having a party with balloons.
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I have just noticed that I am not able to disable the prime tower when using supports. I am only using a single material, Extruder 2 is disabled.
Ok, I started over again from a default profile and did all my settings again and now it as expected. Don't know what happened before.
Still strange behavior. I cannot print, because after sending the print job, the printer means I have to load the AA 0.8 core with PLA in the extruder 2. But extruder 2 is disabled!
After some investigations, it seems, that now with Cura 4.0, you have to set the right print core combination, regardless of the print core if it is enabled or not. I am now able to print, but only because I configured the right print core for the disabled extruder 2.


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SWU alumnus Connor James (SWU 1996 Boys) has been drafted by FC Edmonton in the first ever CPL-U SPORTS draft. Connor, currently a keeper for the U of A Golden Bears, was drafted 7th overall. He was also named a U SPORTS 1st Team All-Canadian this season. Congratulations, Connor!
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U.S. welcomes Japan's enactment of new security legislation
Members of a Self-Defense Force honor guard prepare for a ceremony for U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo in June. | REUTERS
WASHINGTON – The United States on Friday welcomed Japan's enactment of new laws that ease restrictions on overseas activities of the Self-Defense Forces, including allowing them to help allies even if Japan is not directly attacked.
"We welcome Japan's ongoing efforts to strengthen the alliance and play a more active role in regional and international security activities, as reflected in Japan's new security legislation," the State Department said in a statement.
The department commended the Japanese legislation for being in line with the Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation, which the countries revised in April.
Japan has been committed to peace, democracy and the rule of law over the 70 years since the end of World War II and this record stands as "a model for all countries," it said.
The Defense Department released a statement to the same effect.
The bipartisan leadership of the Senate's Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees said in a joint statement the legislation "will contribute to international peace and security while strengthening the vital alliance between our two countries."
"We welcome a larger role for Japan in regional and global security affairs," the senators said.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc passed the bills through the Diet despite growing public concerns that SDF activities allowed under the new laws, including their deployment through the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, may run contrary to the war-renouncing Constitution.
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Timing is right for T riders, businesses
Commuters freed by countdown clocks give food and coffee shops a boost
By Martine Powers Globe Staff,February 8, 2014, 11:30 a.m.
A clock at the MBTA's Mass. Avenue Orange Line station lets riders know how long it will be until the next train arrives. (Aram Boghosian for the Boston Globe)
Ada Tejada knows when business is going to be good.
From behind the counter at the Subway restaurant adjoining the Massachusetts Avenue T stop, she can see the two magic words in the station lobby glowing bright orange: "20+ min."
Cue the crush of customers — the next Orange Line train is a long way off.
"Everybody waits in here, because it's warm," said Tejada, a manager at the restaurant, "and because they can smell the food."
Since the T introduced countdown clocks in August 2012 to tell subway riders when to expect the next train, customers have been raving. Surveys suggest a 15 percent jump in passenger satisfaction.
But businesses have been cashing in on the clocks, too: Without fretting that a train is imminent, customers are more willing to cool their heels and enjoy the wait with a cup of joe or a doughnut in hand.
"We hoped the countdown clocks would have a positive effect on business in and near our stations," said Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spokeswoman Kelly Smith. "It's nice to see they're actually having an impact."
The T announced last week that it had finished putting countdown clocks in every station on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines. The transportation agency's records on vendor sales are too spotty to yield hard evidence that sales increases are real.
But customers who patronize the coffee shops, snack stands, and sandwich hole-in-the-walls with prime real estate inside train stations or just beyond know: Of course the clocks are boosting business.
Cantabrigian Angelica Daniels, 25, said she knows the trend is fact — and not just because she finds herself more tempted to buy coffee when she has a few minutes to wait. Riding the down escalator at Porter Square station, she said, she often sees commuters in front of her descend just deep enough to steal a glimpse of the countdown clock — and when they see there's time to spare, turn around and sprint back up the stairs, returning with a Dunkin' Donuts cup in hand.
"I've seen it," Daniels said. "They run past you on the escalator."
At Harvard Square station, 21-year-old Evelyn Pedroza said she used to constantly crane her neck to check if a train was coming. Now?
"It's more relaxed, and I'm more patient. I used to rush down here," Pedroza said. "Now that the sign is here, it's easier for people to know if they can get coffee or not."
And what's good for shops near train stations could soon be true for those next to bus depots: The T announced that countdown clocks are coming to bus stations starting this summer.
The benefits of countdown clocks have long been known: In 2010, Jamaica Plain resident Benjamin Resner spent $350 to build and install a real-time tracking display — the first unofficial MBTA countdown clock — at his neighborhood JP Licks, offering other customers the chance to enjoy their ice cream in peace while waiting for the number 39 bus. In the months afterward, JP Licks reported an increase in sales.
Coffee and baked goods titan Dunkin' Donuts would have you believe America runs on Dunkin'. But the chain's executives would just as soon you not run past their outlets, which may explain why they are so fond of the countdown clocks.
"We are excited to hear some of the positive reactions from our customers regarding the new system and making Dunkin' Donuts part of their commuting experience," said Todd Wallace, field marketing director for Dunkin' Donuts.
Not all store owners say they've seen a difference. At the Dunkin' Donuts inside Harvard Square station, manager Rajiv Rahman insisted his shop is not susceptible to the allure of a countdown clock. When you've gotta get your coffee, you've gotta get your coffee, he said — regardless of whether you might miss the next train.
"We have regulars," Rahman said. "If they don't have it, it ruins their day."
For some subway station vendors, the extent of the impact depends on the vagaries of location. The Mass. Ave. Subway shop sits at a sweet spot: Customers cannot see the train platforms through a door at the side of the restaurant — but they can see the station lobby, and, now, the countdown clock.
It works the same for Tom Magee, owner of TJ Enterprise, a coffee and snack stand that sits just before the fare gates at Back Bay Station. Before the countdown clocks, there was no way to know from upstairs that a train was approaching.
Now, subway riders stop at his kiosk more frequently, Magee said, and they're nicer, too.
"They have time to linger," Magee said.
Martine Powers can be reached at martine.powers@globe.com.
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Catching Up With… Mark Guiliana
The Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet at the Bunker. From left: saxophonist Jason Rigby, bassist Chris Morrissey, Guiliana, and pianist Shai Maestro.
Mark Guiliana
The forward-leaning musician finds clues to the future by engaging his passion for the past.
Since Mark Guiliana's cover feature in MD's November 2014 issue, the groundbreaking drummer's momentum has remained in high gear. The Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet makes its debut on Family First, released on Guiliana's Beat Music Productions label. This riveting recording, featuring Jason Rigby on sax, Shai Maestro on piano, and Chris Morrissey on bass, is Guiliana's first album as a leader set in an entirely acoustic jazz format. His trademark ultra-accurate and highly syncopated "beat" grooves are present, but the organic setting offers heightened interplay. "It opens up some new paths, for sure," Mark confirms.
Jazz was a prime grounding stage for the evolving drummer during his most intensive years of study. "I looked to the classic heroes—Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey," Guiliana says. "The list goes on. When I think of acoustic improvised music, I still return to those landmark recordings—the ones that got me excited about that language. So this recording was a deliberate decision to make a statement within that context sonically. My goal was to sonically create something that reminded me of those influential records, although the context is quite different."
Diverging from his previous electroacoustic discs, Guiliana sought to simplify things a bit. "When I decided to commit to this instrumentation, it was intimidating at first," he explains. "It seemed like a bit of a prison, because it draws a lot more attention to composition. I couldn't hide behind, for instance, a fascinating synth sound. I wasn't sure I could be totally expressive within it. But then it became very liberating. It led to a more cohesive record; it feels like the most complete thing that I've made.
"On my previous records, I could consider changing cymbals each track, or a snare or kick—or invite different artists for different tracks. But with this record it was nice to say, 'Here's the palette. We, the musicians, have to be the expression."
Touring jaunts are booked into 2016 for both Guiliana's quartet and his electric unit, Beat Music, including multiple European legs. The quartet debuted in Russia in July.
Handling a hyper-busy schedule this past year, Guiliana also toured with Mehliana, his ongoing duet project with keyboardist Brad Mehldau, and worked with trumpeter Dave Douglas and saxophonist Donny McCaslin. In a departure, he appears on David Bowie's single "Sue (or in a Season of Crime)." Currently he has a new Beat Music album in the pipeline as well as a second disc with his early breakthrough "experimental garage jazz" unit, Heernt. A solo electronic music project is on the backburner as well.
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nature neuroscience
Tuned thalamic excitation is amplified by visual cortical circuits
Anthony D Lien1,2,3 &
Massimo Scanziani1,2,3
Nature Neuroscience volume 16, pages1315–1323(2013)Cite this article
Neuronal physiology
Striate cortex
A Publisher Correction to this article was published on 16 July 2018
This article has been updated
Cortical neurons in thalamic recipient layers receive excitation from the thalamus and the cortex. The relative contribution of these two sources of excitation to sensory tuning is poorly understood. We optogenetically silenced the visual cortex of mice to isolate thalamic excitation onto layer 4 neurons during visual stimulation. Thalamic excitation contributed to a third of the total excitation and was organized in spatially offset, yet overlapping, ON and OFF receptive fields. This receptive field structure predicted the orientation tuning of thalamic excitation. Finally, both thalamic and total excitation were similarly tuned to orientation and direction and had the same temporal phase relationship to the visual stimulus. Our results indicate that tuning of thalamic excitation is unlikely to be imparted by direction- or orientation-selective thalamic neurons and that a principal role of cortical circuits is to amplify tuned thalamic excitation.
Figure 1: Isolating thalamic excitation.
Figure 2: Receptive field structure of thalamic excitation.
Figure 3: Orientation tuning of thalamic excitation.
Figure 4: Separation of ON and OFF thalamic subfields predicts preferred orientation of thalamic excitation.
Figure 5: Tuning of non-thalamic excitatory charge.
Figure 6: Tuning of non-thalamic excitatory F1 modulation.
Figure 7: Co-tuning and phase relationship between thalamic and non-thalamic excitation.
In the published version of this article, a data point is missing from Fig. 4f, and the y-axis label reads "RFpre"; it should read "RFpref". The original article has not been corrected. The original and corrected figures are shown in the accompanying Publisher Correction.
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We thank J. Evora for help with genotyping and mouse husbandry, J. Isaacson, E. Chichilnisky and the members of the Scanziani and Isaacson laboratories for helpful discussions of this project, and S. Olsen and K. Reinhold for help with dLGN recordings. This project was supported by the Gatsby charitable foundation, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Anthony D Lien
& Massimo Scanziani
Neurobiology Section and Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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A.D.L. and M.S. designed the study. A.D.L. conducted all experiments and analysis. A.D.L. and M.S. wrote the paper.
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Lien, A., Scanziani, M. Tuned thalamic excitation is amplified by visual cortical circuits. Nat Neurosci 16, 1315–1323 (2013) doi:10.1038/nn.3488
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Music Exec Charlie Walk Leaves 'The Four' After Sexual Harassment Claims
2:04 PM PST 1/31/2018 by Katie Kilkenny
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Charlie Walk
The judge was accused of sexual misconduct by two new women on Tuesday.
The Four judge Charlie Walk has left the Fox reality show after two new allegations of sexual misconduct emerged, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
In a statement late Wednesday to THR, Walk said: "Out of respect for the contestants, my fellow judges and everyone involved with the show, I have made the decision not to attend the finale of The Four. I do not want my presence to be a distraction. Needless to say this is very upsetting. Although I continue to support the 'Me Too' movement, there has been an extreme rush to judgment against me in this particular case which is unfair and inconsistent with anything that even actually happened. I welcome any investigation so that in short order these unfounded and hurtful accusations can be put to rest."
Walk is set to appear in Thursday's already-taped episode of The Four, but will not feature in the show's finale next week.
On Tuesday, two women claimed that Walk had behaved inappropriately toward them in Bob Lefsetz's Lefsetz Letter music industry email. These allegations followed an open letter published Monday on the website Life Lab, where founder Tristan Coopersmith alleged that Walk abused his seniority when she worked for the executive. In light of the new allegations, Universal Music Group has placed Republic Records president on leave on Wednesday.
"Republic Records is committed to a safe workplace environment where employees are treated fairly and respectfully. We have retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation of this matter and have encouraged anyone who has relevant information to speak to the firm's investigators. Mr. Walk has been placed on leave, and will remain in leave for the duration of the investigation," a Universal Music Group spokesman said Wednesday in a statement.
In the Lefsetz Letter newsletter published Tuesday, a former Republic Records employee claimed that while she was under the company's employment, Walk wrote inappropriate comments on social media pictures she posted, invited her to hotel rooms and invited her to events that were not appropriate for her position.
Another woman, who called herself a married business owner, said that Walk would often turn conversation toward her physical appearance and attractiveness in conversation with others and alone. She said she warned other women about Walk's behavior due to her personal experience.
In Coopersmith's open letter, published Monday, the founder of Life Lab, a Southern California wellness company, said that when she worked for Walk he frequently invited her into his office to make "lewd" comments about her body and "share your fantasies of having sex with me." Coopersmith additionally detailed inappropriate instant messages, invitations to dinners that weren't related to her work, inappropriate touching in the presence of Walk's wife and Walk trapping her in a bedroom one day when his wife was in the room next door.
Coopersmith also wrote that she told one of Walk's partners about his conduct towards her after a year of employment and "was paid to keep my mouth shut and my reputation intact."
Fox, broadcaster of The Four, is currently investigating Walk's alleged misconduct. "We have only recently learned of these past allegations regarding Mr. Walk," the company said Monday in a statement. "We are currently reviewing this matter and are committed to fostering a safe environment on all of our shows."
On Monday night, Walk responded to Coopersmith's allegations to ET Online, saying, "It is very upsetting to learn of this untrue allegation made by someone who worked with me 15 years ago, without incident," he said. "There has never been a single HR claim against me at any time during my 25+ year career, spanning three major companies. I have consistently been a supporter of the women's movement and this is the first time I have ever heard of this or any other allegation — and it is false."
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Police say a four-year-old girl was taken to hospital following a serious collision on a Derby road.
Emergency services were called to St Thomas Road, in Normanton, at around 7.30pm on Tuesday night (June 8).
At the time, police said the road was closed due to a "serious incident" and urged motorists to avoid the area and take a different route.
Officers say they received a report to say that a child had been in a collision with a car. But then state that two cars were involved in the incident.
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SHORT HISTORY OF PASTA
There is no evidence for the often-heard tale that pasta was bought back from China by Marco Polo in 1298. Romans of antiquity boiled a dough of flour, salt and water in layers in a flat pan called a lasanum, plural lasana, whence of course our lasagna, but pasta in the more or less modern sense can be traced back only to the eleventh century: a document of about 1050 from Trabia near Palermo in Sicily people speaks of euroa food out of flour in the form of long stringseuro. The oldest known term applied to pasta is euromaccheronieuro, of unknown origins but possibly derived from Greek macaria, a dough of barley and broth, or makar, eurovery happyeuro, a state into which the eating of maccheroni presumably transports the eater (ancient folklore would have them eurothe food of the blessedeuro). In the fifteen-hundreds, pasta pretty much as we know it, spread out into the wide world, first to France - partly because Caterrina deeuro Medici had married Henry II in 1533 -, then rapidly throughout Spain, Germany and much of the Balkans. Britain, ever hostile to good eating, seems to have discovered it only in the early eighteenth century - in 1735 a popular stage comedy was called The Macaroni. Napoleon sent entire wagon-trains of pasta in the entourage of his armies. Most pasta, of whatever sort, was labelled euromaccheronieuro until 1850-70, after which the today universally familiar but very old local folk names were widely adopted and standardised by producers and consumers alike, and photographs of those years taken in various Italian cities sshow street vendors, maccheronari, with pushcarts fitted with great copper kettles dispensing spaghetti and other forms to an eager though mostly poor clientele - the main condiments seem to have been salt, pepper, tomato paste and grated cheese. But Pasta was equally at home, daily or nearly so, on affluent bourgeois and aristocratic tables.The mills and methods for grinding durum wheat remained essentially unvaried from Caesareuros time to the end of the nineteenth century, when steam-powered machinery was introduced to meet the demands of mass consumption, followed in the 1930s by modern industrial-scale dough mixers and sieves and presses for imparting the desired shapes.Today no Italian major meal is complete without at least a little pasta although modern food, weight and health awareness is slimming down the formerly mountainous portions. Local variations of shape and accompanying condiments, often very lively and innovative, abound as never before. Still today many households will make their own pasta, at least for special occasions, a reassuring phenomenon that this unique aspect of Italian culture is well and thriving.


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Lay awake most of the night concerned yet excited. It was an epiphany ... .
I was aroused by a disturbing email. The message brought up a response from somewhere deep inside -- a place that I seldom visit these days -- that place where I'm creating life rather than simply reacting to it. Maybe it had something to do with having read, Bill Strickland's, Make the Impossible Possible, (a must read). (And how it pains me to have to admit publicly that I purchased it through Amazon.com.) I, of all people, whose historic small black business is being slowly and painfully overwhelmed into obscurity by the WalMart, ITunes, and BestBuy.
I had only the day before spent the afternoon in our Berkeley store, Reid's Records, at the request of my son, David. He has stepped into his late father's shoes and is a budding promoter of black gospel concerts. Mel Reid and his uncle, Paul Reid (also long deceased), were the pioneers in the field during the 50's-60's.
I rarely visit the store since turning it over to David years ago. One can't do that part-way. It had meant far too much to me, and I couldn't have resisted looking over his shoulder and interfering with his operations. I needed to sever completely from that story, and to begin to create a new one for myself.
The reason for the visit on Wednesday was to share in an interview with David for the San Francisco Chronicle. We will be featured on the cover of the Pink Section for this special edition that will feature 3 related stories on the fate of small black businesses as the lead-in for Black History Month. The occasion is that 2010 is the anniversary of our 65th year in business; probably some kind of record as one of the oldest small black businesses in the country, precarious and struggling still.
Last night, the email arrived announcing that Marcus Books, a 50 year-old Bay Area institution, is closing. I felt a chill. The Richardson family I've known about as vital contributors to black culture for as long as I can remember. They've been critical as Grios, Archivists, centers of communication for Black intellectuals who have used their two small stores as gathering places for 5 decades; where nationally-known black authors and poets have gathered to share their work with local audiences, and the place that college students and political activists have claimed as a center for inspiration and leadership for as many years as I can recall. (Do visit the Marcus Books website -- will provide the URL when I have a moment -- but now I need to get ready to visit Dorian.)
I learned during Wednesday's interview that Marcus Books would be one of the black businesses featured in the upcoming story. I'd known that it had struggled for years from the same kind of fate that befell us years ago as our clientele began to leave the inner city for the suburbs and beyond, and for reasons I still can't fathom, small isolated black businesses had never "clustered" in the ways that would have created the kind of ethnically-specific cultural and entertainment and retail districts as other minority groups had done (think Chinatown).
But the problem may lie in the nuances; the places where we've not looked beyond the fact that we'd been (theoretically) "freed" to "integrate" into places where formerly we were not welcomed. We lost something extremely important in that process, and it may be time now to re-visit the "why" of that -- and pick up on some of the lessons left unlearned.
Marcus Books was/is so much more than bricks and mortar. The Richardson family that created it gave us something that cannot be contained under a roof. They, as we, created institutions that have taken on lives of their own. Like other small black institutions, they now live communal lives with as much coming from the influences we sent out into the world as from ourselves. Success or failure cannot be described by a bottom line. Were that true it would mean that neither of us would have realized that we'd never get into the Fortune 500 or a seat on Wall Street were we to depend upon that. No. We and other little black family businesses like ours everywhere surely knew that. We all wanted something far more precious. We wanted independence, autonomy, but mostly it was about legacy -- the ability to provide a launching pad for our children. In that place we/they succeeded if only for brief periods and with varying degrees of success, often by the simple fact of not having had enough generations in the marketplace, and while fighting the personal demons that we all have to struggle with. How else would we explain why I'd never even heard of a "Line of Credit" until after I'd left the store and turned it over to David?
That email told of the imminent demise of Marcus Books with the poignant, "what can we do?"
I say, we use this next couple of months of designated black awareness to examine where we are in the care and feeding of the culture.
That we use the Internet for examining just what it is that Marcus represents to us beyond the bricks and mortar (which is all replaceable, after all; and there may still be the way for the family to continue its unfinished work with some strong community support).
That we begin to examine just why it is that we haven't "clustered" in order to share patrons, pool our resources, and centralize the cultural enterprises that speak to us in order to give visibility to all aspects of the entire Diaspora for the sake of the next generation. Children's views of their identity can be greatly expanded by a new vision of just who we are;
We must realize that black culture is so much more than barbecue, collard greens, red soda, the NBA, and Sunday Night Football, and
that we've seeded the cultures of every corner of the planet with pieces of ourselves -- of Africa, but also Brazil, and Cuba, and the Caribbean, and the Bahamas, in the movement into the American West after slavery; at the sites of the Underground Railroad; in the Orient, and Haiti, and in Maroon cultures scattered throughout the areas of slave escapes, and anywhere that armed forces have been deployed throughout our world's history, and
That we begin to think in terms of today's models in the new technologies as our laboratories for learning. We have people of color widely represented in this new world and it may be time now to call them home, if only to feed into the blank spaces we're only now discovering. We've learned Facebook, Twitter, and My Space; but the racial-cultural divide is still vast and many of our folks have not yet been "wired" into the new world. A lot of our customers for black gospel music and church supplies have not yet made it across the digital-divide, and the computer age is dependent upon literacy; still a problem given the state of public education.
It's time now that we inventory what's "out there" in our communities, nationwide, and set up panels consisting of marketers, research and development people, inventors, graphic designers, and fine artists, financial analysts (come on J.Z, and Beyonce, and Michael Jordan, Oprah and Tiger, Spike Lee, and our other filmmakers and documentarians, etc.) and (meeting through online software resources) begin to save ourselves and enrich our shared legacy. Let's zap into what's already happening and in embryonic stages of development and there waiting for our support and enthusiasm.
I suspect that -- if there is anyone out there who understands what I'm saying here, it would be the Hip Hop crowd. That's our cutting edge, and they know it. When the schools gave up their music and fine arts curricula that allowed our young to learn and create in an area where natural ability reigns -- leaving them with nothing but their mouths and a beat; they turned that into world-changing Hip Hop culture through introducing Rap into the world as an art form!
We must stop complaining about how others tell our stories and take on the responsibility for telling them ourselves, through our powerful cultural resources. It is this gift that the Richardson family so generously gave to us all -- they gave voice to the great black stories through those they presented over the years with their in-store readings.
And, my thoughts upon waking this morning were, "just why it is that -- when we attempt to 'cluster' into districts, we either are branded as 'blight' or need to be 'integrated' out of existence? Why do we tend to believe that gentrification is okay so long as they allow us a piece of it once improved? And much of that thinking emanates from our own communities as much as from outside its edges. We've learned those negative lessons well, and are still strongly effected by the kind of thinking that destroys all attempts at in-gathering for the sake of our own cultural preservation.
We are a wondrous people, with unexplored potential with much yet to be discovered in and among ourselves.
Let's get this conversation started, folks. Suggest a venue then let the rest of us know just where we can organize online. Contact me at "...email me ..." (the link's up there above the archives and under my photo), but don't wait too long. At my age I have little time to waste!
"Contemporary Black gospel is Jazz come home!"
(slogan from an old Reid's Records newsletter.)
Lay awake most of the night concerned yet excited....


Villa Football Club are delighted to announce the award of the first Frank O'Byrne Soccer Scholarship in conjunction with Waterford Institute of Technology. The first recipient of the award is Danny Walsh. Danny has been an integral part of the Villa club for a number of years and this season has shown his ability in our Premier and Youth teams and the Waterford Inter-League Youth Squad.
The award was presented at WIT last week in the company of club officials, Danny's family and members of the O'Byrne family.
Paul Morrissey, committee member of Villa FC also welcomed the Scholarship Scheme. Paul explained "A feature of Villa FC has always been player welfare and now we have a method of rewarding players who have given years of service on the pitch, while ensuring they receive their third level education at Waterford Institute of Technology". Paul also pointed out that the scheme would be based on football criteria, educational criteria and contribution to the club through coaching or administration.
The application process for the 2009 Scholarship awards will commence in Spring of 2009.


Recently one of our large pharmaceutical clients replaced a Documentum interface in a .NET application with access to an HPI Portal cache. The HPI Portal cache utilizes Apache Solr to store and serve approved content outside of Documentum for scalability and business continuity. This change resolved a significant maintenance problem for the application team, removed a roadblock that had halted a server upgrade, and improved performance of the .NET application for document retrieval.
In less than a month, the code change was made removing the old Documentum PIA (Primary Interop Assembly) API and replacing it with OpenSearch calls into the client's existing HPI portal cache. The use of the PIA not only prevented the upgrading of the DFC but also prevented the application from running on an upgraded Windows Server OS. The PIA has been unsupported by Documentum since the release of Documentum 6.0. While the PIA has continued to work since then, many clients are now realizing that the PIA does not work with a 64-bit Windows operating system, forcing them to come up with an alternative.
The result from this simple change was the ability to reuse the Solr portal cache created for an HPI instance, remove a direct interface into Documentum from the .NET application, avoiding the overhead of Documentum session creation, and removal of all application constraints preventing an upgrade to a new Windows OS and 64-bit server. This project was a win for multiple teams and the client was happy to get added value from the earlier HPI portal investment.