Thus far, number one overall pick Markelle Fultz's career has been a rollercoaster ride.
The Philadelphia 76ers guard, who was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, hasn't played in a game since October 23 because of lingering shoulder issues.
Philadelphia 76ers general manager and president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo offered a wide spectrum on the rookie's return, and didn't specify whether Fultz will be back in the near future, or out for the remainder of the year.
Markelle tried to play through the injury, and it showed in his shooting percentages, as Fultz only managed to shoot 33% from the field while taking nearly seven shots a game, and this was after shooting 41% from deep his lone year at Washington.
It is all now starting to come out - DRAIN THE SWAMP! Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion. If that's true, Lieu said, "the CIA Director needs to explain his actions to Congress".
Colangelo says the team will play Fultz when he's ready, but don't have a timeline right now. "Everything within a certain range, it's attractive", said Colangelo. "Everything within a certain range, it's handsome", said Colangelo. Paint shots, perimeter shots are kind of where you draw a line.
That's definitely not good news after nearly five months of rehab, especially for a number one pick. He has only played four games due to an ongoing right shoulder injury, as he may have changed his shooting mechanics in a chicken-or-the-egg scenario involving the injury, and into the new year there was no timetable for his return.
When the Philadelphia 76ers moved up to take Markelle Fultz with the No. 1 pick in the 2017 Draft, it seemed as though their self-proclaimed period of "trusting the process" was finally complete.
The rookie guard, now out indefinitely with a shoulder injury, could be back soon.
Awkwardly, late last month, Netanyahu visited Moscow to push Russian Federation to rein in its Iranian allies in Syria. The difference here though is that the Israelis had not previously publicly acknowledged these strikes.
NASA published a pair of images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft, and they're not much to look at. In taking these images, New Horizon broke a record that had stood for almost three decades.
In 2016, 32 African American players were featured at some point during the season on National Hockey League rosters. An alumna of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Lacquette now plays for the Calgary Inferno of the CWHL.
This system, Apple says, allows iOS to better expect and prevent the unexpected shutdowns that troubled older iPhones. This $0.99 app will give you access to the CPU frequency of your iPhone's processor.
Nelson, who turns 36 on Friday, averaged 5.1 points a game with New Orleans this season before being traded to Chicago last week. Willie Reed is 27 years old and has been in the National Basketball Association for three seasons.
Snapchat founder and chief executive Evan Spiegel said previous year that changes could annoy Snapchat users in the short term. Advertisers are also taking to an auction-based advertising system that made it cheaper and easier to buy ads on Snapchat .
His first wife, Colbie Holderness , told the publication that Porter was "verbally, emotionally and physically abusive" to her. Porter's title of staff secretary belies the role's importance in any White House - but especially in Trump's.
The verdict was read out in a court in Dhaka after police used tear gas to disperse thousands of her supporters. Khaleda and her party say the charges are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics.
A hotel in Hualien has collapsed following the natural disaster , Reuters reported , citing the Taiwanese government. Rescuers said five other mainland tourists are still trapped in the building, four adults and one child.
Tillerson stressed that " Russia is guilty, they agreed to take measures with regard to chemical weapons, but apparently did not". If you don't, you're just going to continue to invite consequences for yourself, '" Tillerson said.
Wednesday's announcement comes just over a year after Ford announced it had started shipping 2017 F-150 Raptors to China. The front bumper includes LED fog lamps with "functional" air-curtain ducts, which help to channel air around the body.
The strain of influenza can lead to pneumonia or other fatal complications in people with weakened or developing immune systems. But here in eastern North Carolina, Fischer says there's still plenty of the vaccine and antiviral to go around.
Although peace has returned to the valley after a military operation in 2009, security had been a primary concern in the region. The injured were later shifted by rescue officials to a hospital in Saidu Sharif area of Swat, according to government sources.
In his video message, Powell did not mention the current turbulence in financial markets, which sent stocks plunging on Friday. With the economy improving steadily, the Fed will likely raise rates three times in 2018, as projected under Yellen .
Law enforcement agencies across the country warned viewing and sharing the video is a criminal offense, no matter the intention. Meanwhile, Montgomery police have arrested 42 year old Jerrell Washington for distributing the video.


The Blast Furnace was Activision's mobile studio based out of the UK, where they made Call of Duty: Strike Team, Pitfall, and Wipeout. Their mobile plans evidently didn't pan out as they had hoped, as the studio will be closing down by the end of the month.
Activision was exploring options to keep the studio together, but after weighing their options, including the potential sale of the studio, they've had to shut them down. Activision is offering resources to help the staff of 47 find new jobs. Best of luck to all those affected.


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For personal "unique" arrangements, it's better to use the Present Continuous.
Monday: Go shopping at the market.
Wednesday: Take the car to the garage.
The Going to + Verb is also possible in these situations, but it sounds more natural to use the Present Continuous when talking about personal arrangements.
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The Present Continuous is used for unique events.
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'Personhood' and a New Understanding of Genocide
"Yeah, shit happens, but don't you think it's time the natives
finally got over it and moved on…"
(A sentiment heard far too often from mainstream Canadians when referring to the Indian Residential school experience)
(Note: The following subsection was added 10/2016)
In tandem with the evolution of western civilization came the development of a patently hyper-human phenomenon known today as genocide. The agricultural revolution, which fuelled the accelerated growth of populations and the stratification of human societies (i.e. the elites in control of the masses) also touched off an explosion of synthetic and fundamentally poisonous ideas… ideas unprecedented in all of biological history. Ideas like greed, acquisition, hoarding and the lust for material wealth, land, property, gold, power, etc. that today have become the standards by which many define modern western industrial societies. Some of the lethal by-products of these synthetic standards and values (that evolved out of agrarianism) were expansionism, conquest, colonialism, globalization….and genocide. There are unique subtleties and nuances surrounding the meaning of the word 'genocide' and yet most English dictionaries tend to offer fairly rigid and inflexible interpretations of the term.
It is a question of semantics. For example, consider the two terms; genocide and cultural genocide (the latter term doesn't even show up in standard dictionaries by the way). What do these words actually mean in relation to each other and to the world at large. The rigid, industrialized interpretation would more than likely define genocide as (for example) the campaign to exterminate the Jews during the Holocaust, the Rwandan tragedy or Spain's brutal conquest of Meso-America. No argument on any of these accounts. But what about Canada's Indian Residential schools? Would they not instead fall under the less-lethal category of 'cultural' genocide'? This is where the subtleties and nuances enter into the picture. The preceding subsection attempted to deconstruct and explain the basic characteristics of Aboriginal culture, i.e., language, diet, spirituality, sociology, music, dress, family, hunting practices, relationship to land, etc. If the intent of forced assimilation was to destroy the above-listed cultural characteristics (and thereby the culture) of Canada's indigenous peoples then surely this would qualify the policies of the Canadian government and the Church as 'cultural genocide'.
But here is where another more subtle dynamic needs to be considered. And that is the dynamic of 'personhood'. There are qualities inherent within the human condition which exist at a deeper and more fundamental level… universal qualities that transcend ethnicity, territorial boundaries and cultural distinctions, and are as common to all as the breathing of air, the beating of a heart or the flowing of tears. These intrinsic qualities in fact constitute our humanity, our sentient foundation (the way we feel) and our personhood. They include our capacity to care, to hope, to aspire, to love…to feel compassion, peace, intimacy, joy and pride…our will to exist, our pursuit of happiness and an understanding of higher, extra-physical realities. These innate qualities represent the quintessence of personhood.
The coercive and sometimes brutal treatment of 160,000 innocent and vulnerable children in Canada's Indian Residential school system was an assault on, not only their culture. but their personhood as well. The many documented instances of psychological and sexual abuse, being screamed at, beaten and demeaned for being Aboriginal, the tragic death toll in the schools and the systemic vilification of their existence and validity as human beings present a strong argument for the inclusion of the term 'genocide' into the Residential school narrative. Why? Because the Canadian government and the Church's campaign to 'kill the Indian in the child' actually went far beyond 'Indian-ness' and culture. It cut right through to the heart and core of the child's personhood – that is where the real 'killing' occurred. Whether the church and the government were aware of the irreparable damage they were inflicting on the 'humanity' of the native children is debatable – their judgment was no doubt clouded by the notion of superiority, religious zealotry and lust for land – but what their mean-spirited campaign wound up doing, in essence, was the 'snuffing out' of the child's ability to care, to hope, to aspire, to love, to feel (see above). So when the survivors were finally released from the institutions they went back to their communities (and on into adulthood) as severely damaged goods – perhaps the term 'zombies' or 'the walking dead' might be appropriate. They tried to conduct their lives as ordinary grown-ups, doing what ordinary grown-ups do (i.e., forming relationships, raising families, care-giving, finding employment, looking after their communities, etc.) but something inside of them had died. In a real sense they were empty shells just going through the motions. The lights were on but nobody was home…so to speak.
The culture of abuse, intimidation and fear that became the hallmarks of Canada's Indian schools was not the only factor contributing to the 'killing' of the Aboriginal's sense of personhood. Other factors that compounded this human tragedy were the ravaging effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, alien foods, television, European diseases, systemic racism, etc. which, when all combined together, help to account for today's high suicide rates amongst Aboriginal youth (five to eleven times the national average depending on the region), the disproportionate numbers of Aboriginals in Canadian prisons, spousal abuse and family violence, the epidemic of morbid obesity and diabetes, alcohol and drug-related deaths, house fires, prostitution, sexual predation and the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
This is why I am getting more and more comfortable with the terms 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity' when referring to Canada's Indian Residential School system.
(Note: The preceding essay is an excerpt from 'The Honor Song Trilogy -Part One' which can be accessed on this website.)
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How to Ask for a Child Support Modification
More in Single Parenting
Jennifer Wolf
Jennifer Wolf is a PCI Certified Parent Coach and a strong advocate for single moms and dads.
Updated on July 01, 2019
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Parents who struggle to pay child support—or who are owed outstanding child support payments—typically have valid questions around child support modification processes. For example, you may be wondering: Can child support be modified? If so, how? And under what circumstances? Does it matter which parent requests it? If you're plagued by these types of questions, here's the child support modification information you need.
Reasons to Request a Child Support Modification
Generally, the courts will only consider child support modification when there is a substantial change in either the obligor's income or the child's need. If you're the parent who owes child support, you might be considered eligible for a child support modification following a job loss or change in income.
On the other hand, if you're the parent who receives child support on behalf of your child, you might be eligible for a child support modification if your child's education costs or extraordinary medical expenses have gone up considerably in recent months.
Be advised, though, that some states put a limit on how often they will reconsider child support awards. For example, they might only review modification requests for each case every 24 months. So if they adjusted your child support amount 18 months ago, that would mean you'd have to wait another six months before submitting your modification request.
Tips for Custodial Parents
If you're the custodial parent, you should request a child support modification only when you believe either that your ex's income has increased significantly since the order was originated or there has been a substantial increase in your child's financial needs (for example, due to a medical condition or other unforeseen circumstances).
Be careful not to request a child support modification for reasons the court might consider insignificant, especially if your jurisdiction limits the frequency of modification evaluations. You don't want to blow an 'every-three-years' modification request on your ex's relatively insubstantial cost-of-living raise only to find that twelve months down the road your child's education or medical expenses unexpectedly go up.
Tips for Non-Custodial Parents
If you're a non-custodial parent paying child support, you should only request a child support modification when you experience a significant decrease in income.
You should know from the outset that the courts will investigate your request thoroughly, and will compare your current income to the money you were earning when the original child support order was established. If the difference between the two is not what the court considers 'substantial,' your request will likely be denied.
Requesting a Child Support Modification
Once you are ready to file your request, you should reach out to the Child Support Enforcement Office in the state where the original child support order was issued.
Upon contacting the agency, you'll need to file a formal motion requesting a modification due to a change in circumstances.
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Fitness for All: Switch up Your Workout!
If you are getting tired of the same old gym workout day after day, then luckily there are plenty of other options out there to shake things up a little bit. Here are some fun and interesting ways to add a little something different to your daily gym routine.
Mixed martial arts training and conditioning – If you have even seen a mixed martial artist then you know that they are in top physical shape. Not only are they lean, but are also very strong. Some gyms offer MMA circuit training, but if they don't you can perform all of your exercises in one big superset, rest and then repeat.
Resistance training – Many gyms now offer plenty of different options when it comes to resistance training and you can spot chains and bands virtually anywhere in most gyms. You can begin using these bands and chains by putting them on the ends of barbells and dumbbells. As you lift, the weight will get heavier. While this is an often-overlooked technique, it is an excellent way to increase strength and size quickly.
Non-traditional implements – Not all gyms will have tractor tires, sleds and sledgehammers lying around, but if they do, then you should be using them! Implementing these non-traditional items into your workout is a great way to increase strength, improve conditioning and increase power.
Train unilaterally – By training unilaterally, or one side at a time, you can quickly point out weak spots while eliminating the need to do other parts of your workout that you used to do to make up for these weak spots.
Rest actively – If you find that you are spending lots of time at the gym and not seeing results, you may be spending too much time resting. If you rest for two minutes in between sets, either shorten that to one minute or do another quick exercise, such as jumping rope, during one of those two minutes.


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Jim Ross on WWE vs UFC, Cain Velasquez vs Jack Swagger
On September 3, 2014 By Kacper Rosolowski & Denis Shkuratov
The voice of Monday night RAW, Jim Ross made a legendary appearance on Submission Radio and talked about his experience at UFC Tulsa and watching Benson Henderson get knocked out at the hands of Rafael Dos Anjos. J.R also talked about the crossover appeal between the UFC & WWE, MMA's biggest star, Cain Velasquez vs Jack Swagger, the Benson stoppage, his favourite fighters to watch, legitimate tough men in wrestling, who in the WWE would have fared the best in MMA, commentating MMA, his favourite MMA commentating duo, The Rock's movies, and more.
Interview highlights below
Thoughts on if the main event was stopped early and who JR saw at UFC Tulsa who he thinks could be a big star in the future
"I still like Benson Henderson, I think he's an excellent fighter. I thought that it might have been a little quick stoppage in that fight, but it's certainly arguable. I would air on the side of caution obviously, than rather let it go. I thought John McCarthy's decision was a little premature, but not enough to be up in arms about it."
On how you can develop stars in MMA
"I think that the thing the UFC has to do, is they have to utilize all the air time they have when they're on their various television shows, and maybe spend time on each show focusing on some of their young talent that they feel good about, and not spend the majority of the time just promoting the next big fight."
"The UFC might be wise in devoting some time on all of their non-live event shows that they air – and they air a lot of 'em here in the sates it seems like with their relationship with FOX – and always have something on there that lets me get to know one of their young fighters a little better. I have to make an emotional investment in the fighters and I need to know more about them. I need to know why I should be excited about watching this individual fight, why I want this individual to win, or why I don't happen to like this individual for whatever reason; but you gotta let me know who these people are in more depth. I think that's very important."
"They have some stars, but they can always use more they'll never have too many, injuries are always an issue. It concerns me that guys sometimes seemingly over train, you wonder why so many injuries happen during training camp. I understand somebody's gonna say 'well JR it's not WWE, this is not showbiz'. Well contrary to that ignorant remark that I just made, a lot of guys in wrestling get hurt for real. The outcomes are predetermined, but they do get hurt, they do make contact, they do work two hundred and something days a year. That's the longest season in the world. There's no official off-season. So you wonder about the training of those guys, and another thing that concerns me about the UFC is their policies on cutting weight. I think that needs to be taken into consideration because then if that didn't happen, your roster and your line up has a whole different look to it."
On Ronda Rousey being one of the biggest stars in the UFC
"Quite arguably their biggest star is Ronda Rousey. Anytime I'm around people that wanna talk UFC – friends, buddies of mine, football fans or whatever that I see at games and they talk about UFC and MMA in general – she's always in the conversation. So it's hard to say that the UFC has a bigger star than Ronda Rousey right now and I don't perceive that to be a bad thing."
"If he had been able to go into MMA right after the Olympics in 1996 he probably would have had a very good career. He could have fought at 205 very effectively, even though he won his gold medal at 220lbs. "
(JR comes on at [55:14])
On concerns about UFC fighters cutting weight
I think that the camps, the fighters, everybody involved in the scenario should really evaluate the weight cutting and not put it into a dangerous, physical dangerous area. When you see guys that are cutting, you know thirty, forty, fifty pounds – and we don't really know when a guy disappears off TV and he's getting ready for his next fight, we don't see him at his walking around weight, his non-fighting weight his non-training camp weight – So then they go on these regiments of where their starving themselves, their not staying hydrated, and I just think it's a very dangerous, potentially dangerous situation, and the same thing I would say about amateur wrestling around the globe. The weight that these guys pull, sometimes is very dangerous; the amount of weight and the length of time that they have to do it in. So I don't think it's just a UFC issue, I think the fighters themselves, they have to realize maybe they would be better at a heavier weight. But a lot of 'em are cutting a lot more weight because they perceive that the weight class that they can get to by cutting weight is easier to win at than a bigger weight. Whether that's true or not I don't know, but I just think that the safety of the fighters would be my first concern. You damn sure don't want anybody dying because they cut too much weight and they shut their system down. And those things can happen if you are too drastic with your cut."
"I think it's an issue that will be addressed. You know you've got a lot of fighters and it costs a small fortune every time you do a test. There is huge cost involved in doing these test, I'm talking seven figures annually plus, plus, on a roster their size to randomly test their fighters. And it is an issue, and the issue is that how do you put a plan in place that prohibits or lessens the opportunity to cheat. One thing you could say, is that when you do catch a cheater, they're out for a year. So they can't fight for you for a year, they can't get a licence for a year. You gotta make penalties strong enough that it dissuades people from wanting to cheat. And people are always gonna want to get an unfair advantage, no matter what you play. So I think that the drug testing is an issue with MMA, but they gotta come up with a way that they can fund it and do the test."
"If you're not going to take blood, then can't test for HGH, unless something new is out that your urine will allow you to test for a human growth hormone. And the national football league the NFL, the American tackle football, I believe is wrought with HGH issues because their players thinks that they don't have to give blood, they just have to give urine. So my issue is, is that on all level of sports, and even my friends that live in Hollywood say to a large degree a lot of Hollywood leading men are users of physique enhancers. So that would be performance enhancing in theory. So it's a major issue without question, but again you gotta go back and say 'how do you fund it?' It's easy to say what's right to do, but can you afford it? To test 400 guys on an ongoing basis would cost the company literally millions and millions of dollars, and how do you account for that quite frankly?"
On which Pro Wrestler's JR believes would have done well in MMA
"Well obviously anytime you're a gold medallist, Kurt Angle's name pops up. If he had been able to go into MMA right after the Olympics in 1996 he probably would have had a very good career. He could have fought at 205 very effectively, even though he won his gold medal at 220lbs. He didn't have to cut much weight to be at 220, so he would have been exceptional at 205."
"Swagger would have been unique if he would have gone into it right after college instead of going to WWE, with his college background. I think Dolph Ziggler (was) another one. If he would have gone in right after college he would have been a real viable and colourful competitive MMA fighter."
"WWE is recruiting a lot of outstanding amateur wrestlers to come to their performance centre, and any of those guys if they had chosen the MMA route as opposed to the show business route probably could have made a decent showing, just simply because of their outstanding collegiate wrestling background; same thing that Cain Velasquez has. He was a great amateur at Arizona State and they were recruiting the same kind of guys that Cain was, coming out of college; same qualifications – you know sometimes maybe more accolades, but doesn't mean they'd be better then Cain – but those are some of the guys that I could think about off the top of my head."
"Jack Swagger thought about MMA, had a chance to go do it. A lot of guys he knew from amateur wrestling were in it. He could have gone in it, but he decided to go another route, and I don't think he has any regrets, because the travel is more strenuous but the toll on your body is arguable a more rapid decline in UFC then it is in WWE, simply because of the nature of the presentation. Even though a WWE guy will go through their body pretty quick too if they didn't take care of it."
On if Brock Lesnar's injuries in Pro Wrestling contributed to his MMA career being short along with the Diverticulitis
"I think the big issue in Brock's UFC career was Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis, his stomach issues where he almost died. I think that was the biggest culprit of all. The only concussion that I'm aware that I can recall – and I hired Brock Lesnar, and I recruited Brock Lesnar, and I managed him his entire run in the WWE – was at Wrestlemania 19 where he tried to do the shooting star press and he landed on his head while wrestling Kurt Angle. That was a very serious miscalculation. He should never have tried the move in hindsight. Those who gave him advice to do it were wrong and he had been nailing it off-Broadway so to speak, but I don't think the alleged litany of concussions or his WWE injuries had any bearing whatsoever on his UFC run."
"I think that they are two entirely different genres, but I think there is competition. I disagree with the other assessment "
If JR believes the WWE and the UFC are competitors in any way
"I think that they are two entirely different genres, but I think there is competition. I disagree with the other assessment (Vince's and HHH's views on the products not being competition). When both are in the Pay Per View world and the WWE is not in the traditional Pay Per View world as much as they used to be with their WWE network launching, but when you are looking for disposable income and all of us only have so much of that to go around, and you have to decide, of your disposable income, how much are you going to spend on entertainment; let's say a Pay Per View for example, and you've only got so much money to go around. Which Pay Per View do you buy? Do you buy a WWE event, or do you buy a UFC event? If you're going to go to a live event, again go back to the disposable income issue. You've only got so much money to go around to take your buddies, your mates, your family, your whatever to an event. Do you go watch WWE when it comes to your city? Or do you go watch UFC. You know some people are fortunate enough that they can afford to go to both, a lot of people aren't. So consequently I think in that respect, there is competition."
"I think a lot of old school pro wrestling fans – when wrestling was a little bit more steak then sizzle and had a different presentation – I think that a lot of those fans are now UFC fans and are more devotees to the UFC then they are of Pro Wrestling as they were back in the day."
"So I think a lot of displaced wrestling fans that are not as much fans of 'Sports Entertainment' but they like the old school pro wrestling, I think a lot of those fans have faded to the UFC-MMA side and occasionally sample pro wrestling, but more often than not they're in the UFC.
Thoughts on TNA
"Well they have to find a North American cable television partner. They gotta find it by the 1st of the year because that's when there extension with Spike ends. So they have to find that partner that pays them enough rights fees to help pay their bills. They can't make, it I don't think – that's my assumptions – I am assuming that TNA Impact wrestling cannot survive long term, simply on the money they earn outside the United States or outside North America. It's just not there to pay their bills, and other than that, they're gonna have to do some retooling on their business model and they're gonna have to work on their budget. So if they don't have that money, I think it's imperative that they get an North American cable outlet that pays them enough money to help them keep their doors open. And I hope that they succeed. They have a potential to be a good brand. I think they have a very variable talent roaster, but I would put it in terms this way, some of them are cast wrong if you wanna use a showbiz term. They're in the wrong rolls, and using an American Football term I think they're running the wrong system. Their talents aren't being used to fit the talent's strengths. But I have a lot of friends that work there and I hope they get a second chance and that they succeed in the future."
"TNA's gotta change the way they present their product if they do get in a new environment, and if they do, they have to become the alternative to the WWE and not be compared as a 'WWE lite' comparison."
On Ken Shamrock and if he had a rough run due to heat in the WWF/E
"Kenny was just coming into his own when he left, but Ken had not gotten the MMA out of his system. He was ready to re-engage and wanted to have some more fights and that's why he left the WWE. There was no underlying controversies or anything along those lines. He wanted to leave to go back to MMA because he thought he had unfinished business there and had some more fights in him and that was his first love. So that's why he left, but if he had stayed he would have been a major player during the Attitude Era, and my thought was that he was evolving very, very nicely. Ken is a really good, focused, tough guy and was just coming into his own when he decided to go back to the MMA world. So I enjoyed working with him. He was a tough guy and he didn't have to sit out because of a little nagging injury, he was always ready to roll. So he's the kinda guy you want in your locker room. Good guy but no controversy when he left, he just wanted to go back and take care of some unfinished business and go back to his first love, and as it worked out he just never made it back to the WWE. You know father time has a way of addressing some of those issues, but I enjoyed working with him."
On if JR has been approached about commentating on any MMA shows
"I have and you know we just haven't been able to come to terms. (There's) still ongoing talk about that. You know I'm working on a project now that may or may not happen. You know showbiz and contracts and lawyers, sports entities; you can't cash your money before the cheque's written. So yeah I've been contacted by several people, but the deal's not right. And when the deal's right I will give it a shot. I'd like to do the play by play for an MMA show at some point in my life time. (I) certainly feel like I'd do it, and if I only did one that'd be cool, but I'd like to try it. (It's) kinda on my bucket list of things I'd like to do, but thus far there are smaller groups and it just hasn't been in the cards yet. Not say it'll never happen, because my agent talks to somebody just about every day about some shape, form or fashion of that whole conversation."
On who his favourite commentating pair in MMA is
"Well I like Goldberg and Rogan. I think Rogan is the star of that team, but Mike does a real nice job of letting Joe be the star in that respect, and they've got most of the big assignments. To be honest with you, I have not watched enough Bellator to give you an honest and educated opinion of their broadcast guys. I've listened to them some, I certainly don't think they're bad, but the other guys get more exposure. But they're finding (that) it's challenging because the play-by-play guy has to do some much work on the shows and then the colour analyst has to understand the genre and be able to speak in sound bites, and I think that they're finding out that a lot of their former fighters or even their active fighters that are doing some of their studio shows are being challenged to be entertaining, and informative, and speak in sound bites. So it's not a layup, its challenging to do, but I would go with Goldberg and Rogan right now because they're the top team, on the top brand and doing the best shows."
On who wins an amateur wrestling match between Cain Velasquez and Jack Swagger
"Oh gosh that would be an interesting match because they're both, I'd say their skill sets are very, very comparable. I would probably have to lean toward Velasquez simply because of his higher finishes in the NCAA tournament then Swagger had, and that would be the only reason. Swagger was a two time all American, but he didn't in the nationals as high as Cain did, so based on that I would probably give Cain the nod over my fellow Oklahoman. I think it would be a very competitive contest without question."
JR talks about the truth on if the WWE wanted Steve Williams "Dr Death" to win the Brawl for it All and that Bart Gunn ruined their plans
"First of all, the Brawl for it All was a ridiculous creative idea. It should never have happened. A lot of guys got injured. It cause dissension amongst certain pockets of talent in the locker room which wasn't there before. The Brawl for it All was not designed for Dr Death to get over, it was designed for whoever won it to get over more, until someone had the brilliant idea that they wanted the winner to fight Butterbean – who was a professional boxer and a 4 round specialist – and then whoever would have won the Brawl for it All would have been knocked by Butterbean no matter who it was. It just happened to be Bart Gunn who was a reliable, good, dependable guy, and the tales of my leading his demise and him out of the company are somewhat misguided and exaggerated. You never want to run off someone that is no problem, that is a good performer, that is a great team player. You can't get too many of those guys, so it makes absolutely zero sense that I would ever wanna run Bart Gunn off of WWE."
"It was a creative idea that went awry, and a lot of guys got hurt, and at the end of the day it didn't mean a damn thing. It was absolutely a waste of time. And did we think that doc would have won it if it had been more MMA style? He had no experience at boxing, he was a wrestler. And when you put gloves on a wrestler – boxing gloves on a wrestler – you somewhat slow down their game. So that's kinda how I look at that deal."
On his opinion if Sting will ever wrestling in the WWE
"Yeah I do. One time. Wrestlemania 31"
If Kurt Angle would be back in the WWE before he retires
"Only if he can pass a full physical that satisfies the WWE medical team because of his neck."
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"I'd like for it to happen, I don't think it will".
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Q: is_base_of of generic type I'm trying to assert that template parameter would be derived from some base class. But base class is generic and in the context of assertion there is no difference between any specialization types.
How can I assert, that template parameter were derived from generic of any specialized type?
I'm trying to write it as
base_generic:
template<typename T> struct base_generic{};

derived_generic:
template<typename T> struct derived_generic : public base_generic<T>{};

class with assertion:
template<typename Tsource, typename Tderived_generic>
struct encoder {
static_assert(std::is_base_of<base_generic<typename>, Tderived_generic>::value);
};

This code compiles, but assertion fails

A: You may create a trait for that, something like:
namespace detail
{
    template <template <typename > class C>
    struct is_base_of_any_helper
    {
        template <typename T>
        std::true_type operator ()(const C<T>*) const;

        std::false_type operator() (...) const;

    };

}

template <template <typename > class C , typename T>
using is_base_of_any =
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Demo
Note that it will fail with some edge cases such as:

*

*multiple bases C<Tx>

*private inheritance of C<T>.

A: From commentary of @PiotrSkotnicki
template <template <typename...> class Base, typename Derived>
struct is_base_of_template
{
    using U = typename std::remove_cv<Derived>::type;

    template <typename... Args>
    static std::true_type test(Base<Args...>*);

    static std::false_type test(void*);

    using type = decltype(test(std::declval<U*>()));
};

template <template <typename...> class Base, typename Derived>
using is_base_of_template_t = typename is_base_of_template<Base, Derived>::type;

This solution works fine, example.

A: you can use static_assert.
See: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/static_assert
So for example, if you have a base class
template< typename T >
class Base<T> {};

and the derived one
template< typename T >
class Derived : public Base<T> {};

with your use case
template< typename Tsource, typename Tstorage >
class Test
{
    std::static_assert( std::is_base_of< base<T>, TStorage >::value );
}

It is not possible to get T without adding it as a template parameter.
But with a simple trick, you get it. You have to add a typedef to Derived:
template< typename T >
class Derived : public Base<T>
{
public:
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};

And you can use it inside of the static assertion.
template< typename Tsource, typename Tstorage >
class Test
{
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}

Since Tstorage is a Derived, it has the value_type field.

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text: THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND SENTINEL-TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 - PAGE 27 entertainment Tickets on sale now - $39 adult / $35 concession at www.wtg.org.au Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre Wonthaggi Theatrical Group presemts . . . Saturday, May 27 - 7.30pm Sunday, May 28 - 1.30pm Thursday, June 1 & Friday, June 2 - 7.30pm Saturday, June 3 - 1.30pm & 7.30pm Sunday, June 4 - 5pm Thursday, June 8 & Friday, June 9 - 7.30pm Saturday, June 10 - 1.30pm & 7.30pm Sunday, June 11 - 1.30pm HM3532 DISCO WHEN: Saturday April 22 WHERE: Scout Hall, Queen St, Korumburra FOR: 12 years and under TIME: 6 - 7.30pm (NO pass outs) All children need to be signed in and out COST: $10 per head Includes: 1 sausage sizzle, 1 can of soft drink, 1 small bag of chips, 1 icy pole and a glow stick Run by 2nd Korumburra Scouts For details contact 0427 804 362 Prizeforbestdresseddiscoboy&girlKU1141 THE best thing about our local theatre com- panies; on the Island, at Wonthaggi, Leongatha and Foster is the chance to see local people en- tertaining local audiences. And they do a magnificent job of that each year. But the opportunities they provide run deep- er than with some participants going on to se- cure successful careers in the performing arts; whether it's with major ballet or musical the- atre companies, in TV or film and behind the scenes too as theatre electricians, lighting tech- nicians and more. That tradition will continue in the Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's production of Miss Saigon, now entering the final month of rehearsal, be- fore opening night on Saturday night May 27. Together with professional make-up artist, Deb Firth, who joined WTG for Evita and The Diary of Anne Frank after moving here last year, they are offering a training opportunity to eight local students. "Knowing that we can always do with people to support the theatre group behind the scenes, I put a call out to the local schools for anyone who might be interested in a career in make- up," said Deb this week. "And we got quite a good response," she said. "It's not only an opportunity for these stu- dents to get a good grounding on their theatre make-up skills, and a reference from me that they might use to try and get volunteer posi- tions, and ultimately professional work in Mel- bourne but it's also passing on the skills to a new generation of theatre people." It's a path Deb took herself when she was starting out. "I volunteered on the set of a feature length film and also with a production of Guys and Dolls, in Melbourne back in the day, and I end- ed up getting work out of it." Deb went on to work in all areas of theatrical make-up from mainstream TV to film and stage work to professional photography as well. "I've had a good career out of it and it's nice to be able to pass something on as well as have a bit of fun with the local theatre company." So far the work has extended to providing workshops for the cast of Miss Saigon, but the students will also be backstage during dress re- hearsals and production, honing their skills in the same way as the cast and backstage people will as well. It's local theatre at its best, with everyone pitching in, and also with the prospect that someone else will go on and reach the top of the performing arts ladder with skills learned they've learned right here. Miss Saigon a training ground for theatre professionals Members of the cast of Wonthaggi's Miss Saigon step up preparations with a make-up technique night last weekend. M811617 A member of the cast of Miss Saigon, Finn Donohue, gets help with his make-up tech- nique from professional make-up trainee, Jewel Massey-Chase. M801617 Professional make-up artist Deb Firth of Artist HD and the Wonthaggi Theatrical Group have given an opportunity to a group of young students to further their interest in working in film, TV and the theatre with hands- on training during the production of Miss Saigon. They include, from left, Kaylah Di Pietro, Catherine 'Cat' Beaton, Lachie Salmon (assisting), Shan- telle Keogh, Katelyn Hollins, Jessica Pavert and Jewel Massey-Chase with members of the cast Roy Trumble, Kim O'Connor and Jay Nelson. M791617 One of the leads in the Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's pro- duction of Miss Saigon, Corey Green, gets some helpful hints about stage make-up from theatrical make-up profes- sional Deb Firth of Artist HD, a professional make-up agency. M781617


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Hotel Artemis takes that idea and builds an entire film around it. The Artemis is not quite the Continental: it's a rundown building reconditioned as an emergency ward. It can only take four patients at the time, usually wounded criminals who need first aid. The place is run by Nurse Thomas (Jodie Foster), a decertified practitioner who hasn't left the hotel in decades, and Everest (Dave Bautista), an orderly who doubles as muscle.
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In another blow to the University of Southern California's student health clinic, six male graduates filed a lawsuit this week accusing a men's health doctor of sexual battery and harassment during appointments.
The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Dr. Dennis Kelly made demeaning remarks to defendants, all recent graduates who identify as gay or bisexual, about their sexual practices and performed unnecessary rectal exams designed to embarrass them or "to satisfy his own prurient sexual desires."
Kelly, 72, retired last year after two decades at the campus clinic. He denied any inappropriate behavior toward patients and called allegations "terribly hurtful."
"I can't second-guess or question anything I've done," Kelly said in a phone interview. "I know I did it all professionally and without any other motive."
The men, who filed the suit anonymously, are seeking compensation from USC for negligent hiring and supervision, among other claims.
A university spokeswoman said USC was aware of the lawsuit and concerned by its allegations. "We're working to understand the facts of this matter. We care deeply about our entire Trojan family, including our LGBTQ-plus community, and take this matter very seriously," the spokeswoman, Brenda Maceo, said.
Attorneys representing the men said that revelations last year about another student health center physician, Dr. George Tyndall, prompted the litigation.
Hundreds of female alumnae and students have accused Tyndall, the clinic's longtime gynecologist, of sexual abuse, and the university agreed this fall to a $215-million settlement. Detectives have also presented 99 cases to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office for potential charges against Tyndall, although prosecutors have not filed any criminal charges.
Kelly Van Aken, one of the attorneys representing Kelly's former patients, said her firm was contacted by one of the plaintiffs, who in turn reached out to fellow alumni.
"They are all friends of friends who we spoke to. That's how it all started," Van Aken said.
The plaintiffs did not formally report Kelly's alleged behavior to USC, nor did they contact police. One plaintiff said in court papers that he complained about Kelly to another doctor at the clinic, who responded that the rectal exam "shouldn't have happened."
Before filing the suit, the lawyers reviewed the plaintiffs' medical records and contacted experts in men's health. The experts opined "that the totality of the circumstances in the examination room was not within the standard of care," said Mikayla Kellogg, another attorney representing Kelly's former patients.
The suit describes a pattern of conduct by Kelly during appointments. After learning the patients had sex with other men, the suit charges, Kelly asked a series of intrusive questions, such as how much pornography they consumed and whether they "hooked up" with sexual partners online.
The suit alleges that Kelly demanded they disrobe in front of him and ordered them to get on their hands and knees while he performed rectal exams.
In the phone interview, Kelly said that when patients undressed, he either turned away or left the room. The doctor said the standard of practice was for a clinician to perform a rectal swab while also inspecting for anal warts.
One plaintiff, a 26-year-old man, said in an interview that he felt Kelly's graphic questions were "judgmental" and that he was unnerved having to undress while the physician "just sat there staring."
He said the doctor told him to get on the exam table, on hands and knees, without explaining why.
"All of a sudden I felt him insert something for about 30 seconds," recalled the patient, who said he suspects Kelly was swabbing him for a sexually transmitted disease, but he is unsure. "There was no warning that anything was going to happen."
The plaintiff said that he stopped seeing Kelly and began using an LGBTQ resource center in Hollywood for his sexual health appointments.
In an interview, Kelly said he was an openly gay physician and that he had devoted much of his career to counseling LGBTQ patients about ways to reduce the risks of their sexual behavior.
He said he never used the graphic terms described in the lawsuit or performed unnecessary genital exams. He said he suspected his stern warnings about behavior that put patients at risk for sexually transmitted diseases were misinterpreted as condemnation or deviance.
"It was something I was aware of as likely to happen, so I tried to take extra precautions that I didn't come across as judgmental or shaming," Kelly said.
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We recently found that some asylum seeking families had arrived in the area in great need. We responded immediately and over the last three months have turned things around for the families.
When we first met the families, we found that they various serious needs, including urgent medical problems. The trauma and distress they expressed was shocking to witness. The families were also unable to navigate their new environment and local systems due to their lack of English. The Home Office provision was woefully inadequate, and these highly vulnerable people were struggling with every aspect of life.
In response to the families' situations and in collaboration with West Sussex County Council, Chichester District Council, the Rural Refugee Network, Little Bundles, local schools, the Rotary Clothes Bank and the Chichester Food Bank, we firstly:
Ensured all the families are registered with their GPs and had medical problems addressed.
Ensured the families have food and toiletries.
Got the families warm clothes, coats and shoes.
Got toys for the young children.
Supported individuals through times of deep distress.
Got the children into school, with school uniform, school shoes, PE kits and free school lunches.
Got bus travel – although the expensive 1 month tickets funded by the Rural Refugee Network and ourselves, and the vouchers generously donated by Stagecoach, are about to run out and we have no further resources for their vital transport to cheaper supermarkets in Chichester. Tickets from where they are living cost a huge proportion of their weekly allowance.
Taken individuals to hospital appointments.
Now that the most urgent needs are taken care of, we are:
Transporting the families to our drop-in for support and solidarity.
Just starting formal language lessons.
Arranging regular visits from our DBS-checked volunteers, and outings with them.
Trying to get dental treatment – some of the children's and adults' teeth are in an appalling state. This is proving to be very difficult due to the lack of availability of NHS dentists.
Giving general day-to-day support with reading letters, reporting accommodation problems, listening, collecting children from school trips, being the families' point of contact for any issues.
Investigating possibilities for talking and trauma therapies with interpreters.
Advocating to the Home Office and housing provider improve their support for asylum seeking families. This has been successful and changes have already been made.
If we had not given this support to the families they would be in very serious situations and in deep distress, so we feel extremely lucky to have been able to help them. This is why Sanctuary in Chichester exists, and wow is it worthwhile when you see people's lives and outlooks transform!
We have learned a lot over the last few months. We have had to recruit a lot of new volunteers to meet the needs of the asylum seeking families. Recruiting volunteers and all the support we have given the families has taken up a huge amount of our resources in terms of time and finances. This was not planned or fundraised for so our finances have taken an unexpected and significant hit, and we are having to urgently seek additional funding. We are also working on a strategy for making our organisation more resilient.
One very encouraging thing we've learned is how fantastically well local organisations can work together, and how responsive we all are. Thank you to West Sussex County Council, Chichester District Council, the Rural Refugee Network, Little Bundles, Stagecoach Buses, local schools, local GP surgeries, parish councils, social prescribers, the Rotary Clothes Bank, Chichester Food Bank and The Red Cross in Portsmouth for all the recent support and collaboration.
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By Daniel Earl | Entertainment | Published: Jul 28, 2017
Kioko are a Birmingham Ska and reggae pop band working their way across the festival circuit this summer.The seven-piece act at college and formed from the remnants of other bands. The current line-up have been together since 2014.
Brassed off – Kioko are set on the big time
Let's Be Frank, released on Avant Garde Music, was recorded and produced by UK reggae and urban legend Spider Johnson. He's the previous band leader for Lee Scratch Perry and is famous for his collaborations with a host of stars such as Kano and Estelle. Let's Be Frank followed on from their previous EP True What They Say, which was out in 2014.
Musically, the EP finds itself rooted in the Ska and reggae roots of old with a shiny and modern production that brings it forward to 2017.
With thoughtful lyrics and catchy melodies, the band are certainly ones to catch live over the summer.
Lead track, Tired of Lying, is accompanied by a video made by Chris Cove of Birmingham-based production company Blue Monday. It also features acclaimed actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster, famed for playing Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones.
Jon Brown, the band's guitarist explains the musical inspirations for Let's Be Frank,
"There's a really great reggae scene nationally with a big focus on London. We really like what Kiko Bun is doing and also what Prince Fatty is doing with his collaborations," he says.
"We draw a lot of inspiration from old reggae and rock steady artists such as Alton Ellis and we really love the disco-infused old-school sounds of Prince Lincoln, a sound that we're trying to channel at the moment."
Coming out of the vibrant Birmingham music scene – alongside fellow nationally-acclaimed reggae roots acts such as By The Rivers – Kioko have toured with international acts such as Lee Scratch Perry, The Wailers and The Specials.
They have also been given national recognition by Huw Stephens on BBC Radio One and David Rodigan on BBC 1Xtra.
Kioko's voice is inextricably linked to the current socio-political landscape. They believe post-Brexit Britain could be regressing back to the difficult times of 1970s, with the best music often comes out of the most depressing political situations. They look to other heroes of the Ska and reggae movements such as The Specials and Madness for inspiration.
"Reggae is the blues of the Carribbean veiled in infectious sun drenched rhythm, it's the music of those who have suffered, and there's a lot of suffering going on at the moment," says Jon.
Speaking about the lyrics on Let's Be Frank, Jon says it deals with the band's problems as an up-and-coming act in the music industry.
"People have tried to take advantage of us and not do what's best," he explains.
"Although this EP isn't massively inspired by the current political climate, it does carry an overall message of positivity, all be it bittersweet."
Kioko has the mainstream is in their sight – and we think they can make it.
They will be performing at festivals across the UK throughout the summer including Kendal Calling, Belladrum Festival, Boomtown Festival, Boardmasters Festival and Green Man Festival.
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Indeed, Mont Ventoux is the largest mountain in the region of Provence; it is called as the "Beast" or the "Giant" of Provence, and even "Bald Mountain" due to its barren, rocky white top. Its name can be dated back as early as the first century when it was named after a Gaulish god of the summits, or in Gallic language it also means "snowy peak." Yet the best prestige that this mountain has claimed so far is whenever the popular Tour de France cycling race does a stage here; and so as the riders who've gained fame by riding up and reaching the top, in the fastest way ever possible.
Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo currently holds the fastest ascent from Bedoin to Mont Ventoux summit during the individual time trial at the 2004 Dauphiné Libere race (at 55 minutes, 51 seconds); though unfortunately, almost all the top 10 fastest cyclists are alleged to have used performance enhancers. Most likely, the unquestionable and most impressive climb was from Charly Gaul in 1958, at 1 hour and 2 minutes.
The mountain also gained its notoriety when it claimed the life of English cyclist Tom Simpson on the 13th stage of 1967 Tour de France. Despite being delirious as he fell down, he urged his spectators, "Put me back on my bike!" He biked further within 1.5 kilometers of the summit before he collapsed dead. Today, a memorial to Simpson can be found near the summit, which has been oftentimes visited by devoted cyclist fans from all over.
In 1970 the great Eddy Merckx also rode himself to the brink of collapse but was able to win the Mont Ventoux stage, and even more impressive, the Tour itself.
We arrived at Bedoin, a lovely small village located at the foot of Mont Ventoux. Bedoin is also known as the starting point of one of the three routes to the mountain's summit. Luckily for us and the visitors who'd perhaps come for bike riding, it was a sunny spring weather indeed.
Not so far from Bedoin is another small French village called Mormoiron, and from there we stayed at the rustically charming Au Brabo.
We got nice views as we were heading to Mont Ventoux.
It's a common sight. Cycling enthusiasts cheer on their favorites in the most creative ways possible; one of which is writing down bikers names on the track for the entire peloton to see.
Mont Ventoux is more considerably known as a paradise for cyclists, yet less it is popular as a biosphere reserve recognized by UNESCO. I can definitely attest that Mont Ventoux is a nice place to walk and hike and discover unique flora and fauna.
From the hiking ground, at around 1500 meters, we have the fantastic view over the Vaucluse, while right at the other side, the peak of Mont Ventoux eagerly awaits our arrival.
It would perhaps take half a day before we reach the summit by foot, so we decided to take the car and drive towards it instead.
So then, we made it to the top!


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New clues to myelination could help treat neurodegenerative diseases
A cell culture containing oligodendrocytes with cortical neurons. Immature oligodendrocytes (bright yellow) interact with neurons (orange) during the first steps of the myelination process. Imaget: Pablo Paez
"If we can further enhance our understanding of how these oligodendrocyte precursor cells mature, then it may be possible to stimulate them to replace myelin in diseases like multiple sclerosis."
Pablo Paez, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and research scientist
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UB researchers have identified a critical step in myelination after birth that has significance for treating neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis, in which myelin is lost or damaged. Myelin is the protective coating that neurons need to function.
The preclinical research, published online in October in the Journal of Neuroscience, concerns oligodendrocytes, the cells that make myelin, and the progenitor cells that are their precursors.
The work involved the study of voltage-operated calcium channels, which are responsible for initiating many physiological functions.
How myelin-making cells mature
"Our findings show that these calcium channels modulate the maturation of oligodendrocytes in the brain after birth," says Pablo M. Paez, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and a research scientist with the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute (HJKRI) at UB, where most of the work was done.
"That's important because it's possible that the activity of this calcium channel can be manipulated pharmacologically to encourage oligodendrocyte maturation and remyelination after demyelinating episodes in the brain," he says.
Within two weeks after birth, researchers found, the maturation of oligodendrocytes and myelination will proceed so long as calcium channels are functioning properly. In their experiments, mice from whom these calcium channels were removed had abnormal oligodendrocyte maturation, which prevented normal myelination.
Based on these findings, Paez says it appears that in these animals, the inability to develop myelin normally persists into adulthood, suggesting the expression of voltage-operated calcium channels during the first steps of myelination is essential for the brain's normal development.
"If we can further enhance our understanding of how these oligodendrocyte precursor cells mature, then it may be possible to stimulate them to replace myelin in diseases like multiple sclerosis," he says.
"Demyelination — the loss of myelin — impairs the ability of nerve impulses to travel from nerve cell to nerve cell," Paez explaind. "That can lead to deficits in motor, sensory and/or cognitive function. While remyelination occurs in many multiple sclerosis lesions, this becomes increasingly less effective over time and eventually fails."
The results are of particular interest, he notes, because many therapies are already on the market that target calcium channels for cardiovascular disorders and other diseases.
"The pharmacology of these calcium channel blockers is very well-understood, so an understanding of how they influence myelination could potentially bring us closer to new therapies more rapidly than some other therapeutic possibilities," says Lawrence Wrabetz, professor of neurology and biochemistry and director of the HJKRI.
Scientists at the HJKRI conduct research to better understand myelin, the fatty insulator that enables communication between nerve cells. The researchers study how damage to myelin occurs and how that damage may be repaired. The institute, part of UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, was established in 1997 by Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, after their infant son, Hunter, was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy, an inherited fatal disorder. Hunter died in 2005 at the age of 8.
In addition to Paez, co-authors from HJKRI are Veronica T. Cheli, Diara A. Santiago Gonzalez, Tenzing N. Lama and Vilma Spreuer. Other co-authors are Vance Handley from the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and Geoffrey G. Murphy in the Department of Physiology, University of Michigan.
The research was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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There is a current approved DA for a shed (expires April 2018). This is an opportunity to purchase a budget block with approved DA.
Set just before the Comboyne turn-off, on the corner of the Oxley Highway is this RU2 zoned block of 708 square metres.
With the ability to build a shed (stca) and high exposure to Oxley Highway let your imagination run wild with an agricultural venture.


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David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer have each sold more than a million eBooks through Amazon's Kindle Store.
These authors join the likes of Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Charlaine Harris, Lee Child, Suzanne Collins, Michael Connelly, John Locke, Kathryn Stockett, Janet Evanovich and George R.R. Martin, all of whom have sold more than a million Kindle books.
Like John Locke, Hocking sold most of the million Kindle books as an independent author using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). The self-published author, who is best known for the Trylle Trilogy, has had her writing picked up by St. Martin's Press and her writing has been optioned for film.


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Jay Wilson Haas Jr, age 50, loving husband of Gina (Sciarra) Haas passed away peacefully at his home in Collegeville, PA on Saturday, February 20, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Born on July 30, 1970 in Lancaster, PA, he was the only son of Jay Sr. and Joan Haas. Jay was a graduate of Bentley University. He obtained his Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional (CRCP) certification and worked in the finance industry as a regulatory professional, most recently with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and previously as a consultant with Cipperman Compliance Services. He was a respected colleague throughout his career and served as a mentor for new colleagues. His gentle, even-keeled nature and sense of humor were instrumental in his working relationships with executives, traders, and compliance personnel. Jay was a dedicated member of the First United Methodist Church of Phoenixville where he served as a Sunday school teacher and as a member of the church's finance committee. He also played bells in church's bell choir. A lifetime aficionado of music, Jay was an avid concertgoer and fan of bands including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, R.E.M., and other mainstays of the 1980/90's. His musical passion was self-fulfilling, as he played the trumpet in his youth and learned to play bass guitar in his 40s, taking lessons with his daughter, Juliana. Jay enjoyed running, skiing, golfing, and hiking whenever he had the opportunity. He completed the Broad Street Run several times as well as half marathons, mud-runs, and countless 5K and 10K races. Jay encouraged and supported his daughter, Sophia, in participation on the cross-country team throughout her high school career. He played on many recreational softball teams and volunteered as a coach for his daughters' teams. Family was at the core of Jay's life. Jay was never more at home and content than when he was with his wife, daughters, extended family, and friends, enjoying a cold beer at an outdoor barbecue, gathering for birthdays and holidays, discussing music and current events, and was the always resolute presence during difficult times. He enjoyed summer vacations to South Carolina and Avalon, NJ with his immediate and extended family and reveled in this down time with family outside of the office. True to his musical nature, Jay was known to conjure an insightful jingle for any adventure or excursion. He chronicled the family's experiences with his keen memory and was the go-to source of who did what to whom and why during vacations past. Jay never shied from adversity and never asked anyone to help shoulder his burden. He was always ready to help with a home improvement or financial project, no matter how complex or labor intensive and was able to find a moment for laughter in challenging times. Even during his final days, he was solicitous about his family and his visitors, injecting humor in an impossible situation, and ensuring that he was, as ever, living life on his terms. The appreciation and memories of Jay and the life he shared will only grow exponentially as time passes. In addition to his loving wife and parents, Jay is survived by his loving daughters, Sophia and Juliana; two sisters, Brenda Frymyer, and Barbara Samett; and many loving nieces, nephews, and extended family. Family and friends are invited to call on Thursday evening March 4, 2021 from 6PM to 8PM at the Campbell Ennis Klotzbach Funeral Home, 610 S. Main St. Phoenixville, PA 19460. The memorial service and burial will be private due to COVID restrictions. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church-Memorial Fund, 865 S Main St, Phoenixville, PA. 19460. Condolences may be made by visiting www.PhoenixvilleFuneralHome.com. Arrangements are being handled by the Campbell Ennis Klotzbach Funeral Home, Inc., Phoenixville, PA.
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Q: Install ubuntu-desktop dependencies problem I have added this repository ppa:gurqn/systray-trusty to my Ubuntu 14.04.
After this I performed an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. But soon after I decided to remove installed packages from this repository via the Ubuntu Software Center.
One of the packages seems to be a patch in the ubuntu-desktop package and that's probably how I uninstalled ubuntu-desktop.
I'm a newbie in Ubuntu and all my conclusions are deduced from the forums I visited today trying to fix my problem. So, it seems that I have uninstalled my ubuntu-desktop package, after which I performed apt-get auto-remove (please, don't ask me why). This seems to be the final action which made me loose the Desktop GUI on Ubuntu.
After that, I have performed apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt-get update --fix-missing, apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, apt-get install unity under safemode.
The Guest Session Account had its Desktop GUI back to normal, but this is not the case with my personal Ubuntu account. It still has no Desktop GUI.
I decided to remove the ppa:gurqn/systray-trusty repository because it seems to provide some of the dependencies and to reinstall ubuntu-desktop and unity packages but during installation I have some issues with dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -f --reinstall ubuntu-desktop unity

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 unity : Depends: libunity-core-6.0-9 (= 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
     Recommends: unity-lens-applications but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you!

A: Type these commands:

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*sudo apt-get autoclean

*sudo apt-get clean

*sudo dpkg --configure -a

*sudo apt-get update

If it doesn't solve the issue, type sudo apt-get dist-upgrade as the 5th step from the above. I hope it can rectify the issue.

A: I had to remove unity-services package which alowed me to reinstall ubuntu-desktop and unity successfully. After reboot Unity didn't start because it was disabled and probably wrongly configured. I installed CompizConfig Settings Manager which I used to enable Ubuntu Unity Plugin with. Check this post to see how to enable Ubuntu Unity Plugin and reset it to default configuration. Issue is solved. Thank you all for your help. Happy holidays!


Previously, Martin was the managing director of operations at NATS responsible for delivering NATS' regulated UK air traffic business.
Prior to joining NATS, Martin worked for the Lockheed Martin Corporation where he was managing director of its £350m UK Civil business. In this role, Martin was responsible for Lockheed Martin business with UK government across a wide range of critical national services, as well as being responsible for Lockheed Martin's global air traffic business.
Martin's career started with the European Space Agency working in orbital mechanics. Since then, Martin has worked in the aviation domain for more than 20 years across a number of companies leading large multinational teams across Europe, the US, and Asia with customers that include central government departments, military organisations and air navigation service providers.
Martin holds a Master's degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton.


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The Story of David and Bathsheba, Biblical Text 2 Samuel 11:1 – 12:25
Posted on October 6, 2019 October 9, 2019 by God Scout
Today, we think of David as a great king, a powerful warrior, a devout man especially favored by God. Whether recalling the handsome young shepherd whose zeal for the honor of the LORD emboldened him, armed only with a sling and a few small stones, to stand against the giant Goliath, or the author of psalms expressing adulation, thanksgiving, and worship, David is to us a true hero of the faith. How then could it be that this same man, beloved of God, could commit a sin so heinous as to fill us with revulsion? In the eleventh and twelfth chapters of Second Samuel, we are confronted by a David far more complex, and far more human than the king we learned of as a Sunday School hero and the author of the Twenty-third Psalm.
The first part of the story of David and Bathsheba is a tale of illicit lust, base treachery and betrayal, and the arrogance of power spinning out of control. David is the all-powerful king of a country that, though small in geography, enjoys remarkable military success. That success is attributed by the populace to David, who, though not entirely without enemies, enjoys widespread support and popularity among the Israelites. Yet, throughout the earlier chapters describing David's life and accomplishments, it is clear that the success he enjoys comes from the favor of the LORD, not from any intrinsic power or wisdom in David. Indeed, David's sole source of strength is his faith in God. But here, as Chapter 11 opens, David seems to have forgotten who it is that is his strength.
We are told that, "In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army" … "But David remained in Jerusalem." One can only speculate why this great warrior king decided to remain in Jerusalem while his army went out to face the hardship and danger of warfare without him. We cannot add to the Word of God, but one wonders whether David may have become too fond of the perquisites of the kingship that the LORD had so graciously bestowed upon him.
In any case, one particular evening, rather than being encamped with is army besieging the Ammonites in Rabbah, David was taking the night air, strolling around the rooftop of the palace. As he enjoyed the pleasant evening, he saw a woman, presumably naked, bathing on a nearby rooftop. At this point, we may speculate that this first sight of Bathsheba bathing was inadvertent. Though it is possible that David saw only what he was already looking for. Again, we will not go beyond the text. In any case, David already had several wives. He could have immediately turned away. He could have gone back to his bed alone. Or he could have gone to one of his wives if he felt he needed female companionship after glimpsing the beautiful bather across the rooftops. But he didn't. He gazed long enough at least to see that, "The woman was very beautiful,…"
Now the die was cast. David sent someone to find out who she was, and then sent messengers to bring her to him. He had made up his mind that he would have her in his bed. What Bathsheba thought of all this, we are not told. However, it probably mattered little. David was, after all, the king of Israel. His word was law. This part always reminds me of a paraphrase on a famous line from the musical, "Damn Yankees," What David wants, David gets. And Bathsheba, David wants you. Bathsheba would have been in no position to resist David's advances. So David committed adultery with Bathsheba.
In short order, we learn that Bathsheba had been impregnated by David. If ever there was a time for repentance, it would seem that this was it. David had sinned, and his sin had produced serious consequences. But it seems that David's first thought is on covering up his sin. This part seems especially strange given David's close relationship with God. Did he think that God was unaware of what he had done? David first tried to arrange for Bathsheba's husband, one of David's loyal soldiers, Uriah the Hittite, to sleep with her and so make it appear that the child was legitimate. When Uriah failed to cooperate, David grew desperate to hide his guilt, and arranged for Uriah to be killed in battle. It happened just as David had planned. So now David added murder to adultery.
In due course, after the period of mourning, David had the pregnant Bathsheba brought to his house and made her is wife, and she bore a baby boy. Now we are told, "But the thing David had done displeased the LORD." No kidding! Here we have the king of Israel, a man chosen by God for great things, enjoying success after success, and exercising power over the entire people of God, behaving as the pagans whom God had empowered the Israelites to drive out from the Promised Land. At this point, one wonders what was going through David's mind. Did he think he had gotten by with something? After all, Uriah was dead, the beautiful Bathsheba was now sharing his bed, and he had a new son. It was good to be the king! But God was displeased.
God sent the prophet Nathan to show David his sin. Nathan told a story of a wealthy man who had taken from a poor man the one little lamb that was all the poor man had. This is a classic story of self-righteousness, as David's anger burned hot against the rich man in Nathan's story who had taken the most cherished possession of a poor man. Then like an arrow piercing his heart, David heard and understood the words of Nathan, "You are the man!" Nathan recounted all of the blessings with which the LORD had showered David, but still it hadn't been enough to satisfy David's sinful nature, and now the full weight of his guilt overwhelmed him, and he confessed, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan announced God's forgiveness to David.
Nevertheless, sin is not without consequences. Nathan's further pronouncements included God's judgment on David and his house. The son born to Bathsheba would die. The sword would not pass from the house of David. David's wives would be taken from him in due course and someone close to him would lay with them in broad daylight (fulfilled in Absalom's rebellion). But David was still a man after God's own heart, and God's favor would not be withheld from him or his house forever.
So what are we to make of this king who, so blessed by God, nevertheless commits murder and adultery? First, he is no god himself. He is human, like you and me, a sinner from his mother's womb. But, second, he knows who God is, and he knows whom he has offended with his sin. When confronted with his sin by the prophet Nathan, he did not deny, he did not rationalize, and he did not further compound his guilt with prevarication. Instead, he confessed. Simply, honestly, and forthrightly, he stated, "I have sinned against the LORD." He could have claimed irresistible temptation (I can hear a lesser man exclaiming his innocence by saying, "The woman, whom you made so beautiful, bathed naked in full sight of my roof top. It was her fault. How was I to resist – I'm only human!")
David's actions after the baby became ill, as Nathan had prophesied, was also revealing. He spent the next seven days and nights praying to God to have mercy and let the child live. Yet when the child died, David accepted the judgment of God. He worshiped the LORD, accepting the justice and the will of God. And David continued to be blessed by God. Bathsheba conceived again, and bore a son named Solomon – who continued David's line. And God blessed David beyond all measure when he kept his promise that through David's line would come the Christ, who would save the world.
Now we turn to David's Greater Son, Jesus Christ. Like David, Jesus was beloved of the Father. Like David, Jesus maintained faith in the Father despite all of the suffering he endured, even unto death on the cross. But unlike David, Jesus was more than human. While fully human, he is also fully God. When confronted with temptation, David acting on his humanity, gave in. Jesus, touching his divinity, resisted all temptation and remained sinless. Though offered all power on earth when Satan tempted him in the desert, Jesus rebuked the tempter and remained sinless.
We, like David, are human. While we are called to resist temptation always, we continually fall into sin. Though we think that we do not commit adultery and murder as David did, the words of Jesus convict us, reminding us that if we lust in our hearts, we have broken the commandment and committed adultery. If we hate our brother, we have broken the commandment and committed murder. We don't want to follow the example of David into sin, but we do want to follow his example into confession and repentance. And what comfort beyond all understanding is ours when we know that, just as God forgave David, he forgives us as well.
This doesn't mean that our sins have no consequences in our lives – the alcoholic who has abused his family and driven them away from him, but who confesses and repents and puts his trust in Jesus has the certainty of forgiveness. But he may still have to live with the pain of divorce, and the disability brought on by a damaged liver. Nevertheless, the God who forgave David and continued to love him and bless him is also the God who will forgive us and continue to bless us in Christ Jesus, as we, like David, are saved by grace through faith.
Even in suffering, God works to bless those who trust in him and remain faithful. David's life is filled with both anguish and joy. Throughout it all, David remained faithful, and God continued to love him and care for him to the end. Just as it is with believers today – God will never abandon those whose trust is in him.
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