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Q: How do I divide two integers inside a double variable? I am working on a lab for school that runs 10 trails of 10000 5 card hands. I have to find flushes and pairs in each hands. I have to find the percentage of pairs and flushs per trail.
My problem is when I try to get the percentage of a pair of one trail for example
double percent =  total_pairs/10000;

or
double percent = 5600/10000;

my output becomes 0 when I want to print out 2 decimal places I get the following
0.00

using this code
cout<<setiosflags(ios::fixed | ios::showpoint);
cout<<setprecision(2)<<percent<<endl;

but I still get zero I get actual numbers when I cast it like so
double percent = (double) 5600/10000;

is this correct because I don't want it to truncate my outputs or am I missing something
Hope you can understand me.

A: Yes, this is the case, the following performs integer division. The result (0) is then converted to a double.
double percent = 5600/10000

The line below forces 5600 to be a double so now you have actual division of doubles
double percent = (double) 5600/10000

If one of your numbers is a constant you can just make sure you use decimal format for it to force floating point division:
double percent = 5600.0/10000

Another trick I sometimes use is to multiply by a 1.0 which converts what follows to a double:
double percent = 1.0 * inta / intb

A: Is "total_pairs" an int? If so, the divide is done as integer division. You need to explicitly cast one of the numbers to a double (and the other will be automatically promoted to double):
double percent = ((double)total_pairs)/10000; // or just simply 10000.0

A: Dividing integers gives you an integer in C and C++ (I am not sure about the right English word for the corresponding operation, but 10/4 gives you 2, etc... that is the integer part of the division). So the following:
double a = 1000 / 10000;

First compute, as an int, 1000 / 10000 (0 in this case), and then cast this to double.
Casting the argument is one way - I prefer to simply input float instead of integers myself, but that's personal preference:
double a = 1000. / 10000.;

(just one is enough: that is 1000 / 10000. will work as well).

A: The problem with your code:
double percent = (double) 5600/10000;

is you are assuming that the typecast applies to the 5600. It does not. What actually happens is the division is done (and truncated, because both numbers are ints), and then the final result is cast to a double. So, you get the truncated result. The above code is equivalent to:
double percent = (double) (5600/10000);

What you need for the division to function as you need is for the numerator (first number) to be a double. You can do this by wrapping the cast in parentheses
double percent = ((double) 5600)/10000;

Which is more useful if the numerator is actually a variable. Alternately you can just put a decimal place at the end of the number, if you are dealing with a numerical constant.
double percent = 5600.0/10000;


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ARTDOCFEST PRESENTS. "The most important thing is to understand your audience"
This year, the famous Russian film critic, programming director of Russian ArtDocFest Victoria Belopolskaya is a juror of the DOCU/SHORT competition at the Docudays UA Film Festival.
We asked Victoria about the characteristic features of a film critic's work, the specific nature of selecting films for documentary film forums, the movies she would present at Docudays UA, and her expectations from the work at the festival.
Screenings of the ARTDOCFEST PRESENTS program will take place in Blue Hall of Cinema House: Theory of Education and Uliyana – March 24, 9 pm; Igrushki – March 25, 9:30 pm; Ballroom Dancer – March 26, 9 pm.
Victoria, you have long been involved with nonfiction cinema. Is it hard to make one's living by being a documentary film critic?
In the present conditions, film criticism includes festival programming. If we are talking about written film criticism, it surely can't be one's professional occupation. But combined with festival programming, it is much more akin to a profession that brings some profit. I can't say that I suffer more hardship than people who are involved with fiction cinema. But absolutely all the film critics, at least in Russia, live off fiction cinema. For instance, I work for a glossy magazine where I'm responsible for all the topics related to cinema. Documentary criticism is always a marginal activity.
What is more enjoyable – film criticism or festival programming? The latter also implies a certain authority.
I wouldn't say so. Nowadays festivals are viewed as alternative platforms for releasing quality documentaries, which is fair. If you want to make a thematic or retrospective program, there is always the issue of screening fees, so our authority boils down to control over the festival budget – to what extent we can be in charge of it. As for Russian cinema, the choice is very limited. Of course, some people, particularly on Facebook, can resent the principles of selection, but the range of films you want to show is so small that our power over the minds of our fellow citizens is very dubious.
What are the specific issues involved with being a festival selector?
I work for two nonfiction festivals: Flahertiana in Perm and ArtDocFest in Moscow. The former is an international documentary film festival, the only one in Russia, which has no federal funding and just relies on local money. ArtDocFest, where I work as a programming director, is a festival of Russian language documentaries, so the range of films is initially narrowed by regulations. At Flahertiana, oddly enough, the most difficult thing is getting hold of films. This festival doesn't have a lot of ambitions except for one: to showcase the season's best documentaries to the local audience. But it requires paying a lot of money for screening fees. This festival is held in a country with no documentary industry and no chance for a film to be acquired by two TV channels, and then have a small theatrical release and screenings in dozens of universities. So there is no point in revealing oneself at Flahertiana, and then alsothe question of screening fees arises. Thus, the most difficult thing is acquiring those films, while searching for them is not a problem.
At ArtDocFest, on the other hand, the most important thing is to find a film. Russian language films are shot all over the world, sometimes in the most unexpected ways. For example, in Kyiv I want to show a film made by some Danes about a Russian ballet dancer who lives abroad and has no relation to Russia whatsoever. But you had to discover this film in the first place, which required delving through the festival catalogs of many countries. Or there was a Hungarian guy who made a film about Russian Old Believers during his internship in Argentina – but you had to find out about it somehow! So the work at ArtDocFest requires not only combing catalogs, but also scanning the databases of various film institutes.
Speaking about general conceptual difficulties, we have to find films that are interesting for the public. In my opinion, the main problem of the Moscow Film Festival is that it shows films that don't appeal to the viewers. I believe the most important thing is to understand your audience. This year Flahertiana sold many tickets and had huge success in the city. A progressive person in Perm is very different from a resident of Moscow. So finding films that will be accepted by the public is crucial.
Let's talk about Kyiv. Tell us about the films you are going to present at Docudays UA.
My idea was to show the different types of language used by documentary cinema. The film Ballroom Dancer captured a large period of the protagonist's life, but it is structured as a fiction film. It is a complete story. On the other hand, there is The Theory of Education and Uliyana which is shot through direct involvement in the situation – the director just dug into the little girl's life and reported it. The former film not only has a narrative structure of fiction cinema, but also a Hollywood-like scale and pictorialism. And the story of Uliyana is very intimate. There is also a Lithuanian film Igrushki which in my opinion exemplifies classic documentary filmmaking, when physical reality is woven into accomplished imagery.
You will also be a jury member. What do you expect from your stay in Kyiv?
I really want to look at your audience. Recent historical events have shown us that the Ukrainians differ from the Russians just like the Swedes differ from the Quechuas. I would like to see how your public watches films, what appeals to it and what doesn't, what it expects from documentary cinema. The Ukrainians show a completely different level of civic maturity and responsibility compared to the Russians. So I am wondering how that is reflected in their quality as viewers.
Dmytro Desyateryk, The Day – exclusively for Docudays UA

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Alien Isolation »
Topic: The Sound of Alien Isolation
Author Topic: The Sound of Alien Isolation (Read 5508 times)
Topic on: Feb 13, 2015, 11:05:52 PM
The sound design in Alien Isolation is one of my favourite aspects of the game. The sheer panic that hearing those footsteps would induce in me was astonishing. Amongst the multitide of awards that Creative Assembly's Alien Isolation has been awarded have included some specifically for the sound – and quite rightly! PC Gamer has just published an article in which they discussed the sound design of Alien Isolation with Jeff van Dyck, audio director on the game:
"Initially it just didn't sound right. It sounded like a big robot or something like that—real thuddy and mechanical almost. He's got claws and we've got to get a sense of the claw but we want him to feel formidable and heavy so that he's big and weighs a ton. We needed to get some sub-frequencies in there so that when he walked around you still felt the floor shake a little bit."
It's an interesting read! Make sure you head on over and check it out.
CelticPred97
Reply #1 on: Feb 14, 2015, 06:20:15 PM
I did feel the Alien's footsteps were too thuddy.
The game was reasonably destructive of all but the first film.
Something that was sorely missing in previous Alien and *especially* AVP games was a sense of the Alien's sheer size, weight and strength. The audio did a fantastic job selling that angle, and consequently upped the fear factor. Major props to CA.
That being said, I expected the Alien to become much more stealthy when it would actively hunt you.
Feb 15, 2015, 06:22:58 AM
Reply #3 on: Feb 15, 2015, 06:22:58 AM
I had at least two times in the game where I just feel that the alien arrival was imminent. I had no objective reason to think that, but I just feel it, put myself on a safe place, and the alien came.
One of those cases was this one, roughly around 9:50, after a long time without alien appearances. My skin bristled. I knew he was coming, so I turned to the stair, and exactly after I turned the motion detector beeped.
It took a time for the alien to appear, but he came exactly to the place where I expected him to come, just when I was asking myself if I was just paranoid.
I was surprised by the "intuition", so I suspected that the game gives subliminal cues. I confirmed that when looking at the files, and I found a lot of sound related files with the string "Subliminal_Cue", "Music_Subliminal", "Play_STING_LV426P1_Subliminal _C", "Stop_Subliminal_M04_ShutterDo wn", and others on that style. These appear many times on any of the files named SOUNDEVENTDATA.DAT
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Ulfer
Super Facehugger
There is also the fact that when you've played the game long enough, you're more able to predict this kind of things.
The soundscape of this game is gorgeous. It worked so well when I discovered the game ! Later though, through habits, I came to think that some details worked well. For example, the sound of the alien when he comes down from a ceiling airduct : in survivor mode, the alien has had many times the tendency to go to and fro from these airducts to the rooms, and in some occasions I could hear the sound being repeated ludicrously in a brief time, because Xeno wanted to dance, maybe ! ^^
Maybe the sound itself should have had one or two variations, accorded to variations of the Xeno in this particular area : remember the time in San Christobal when he comes down from an airduct in such a magnificently creepy way - he should be able to do so, in this stealthy way, in other contexts, so that you may not be able to tell 100% of the time when he has finally come down from a celling conduct.
The hissing sound, for example when the alien has sensed your presence (but is not entirely sure you're there or not) is priceless. So efficient and scary. I'm not sure about some other sounds (when he "doubts' or seeks you), which seem less "alien" to me and make me remember more games like Penumbra or of its kind.
As for the footsteps, I remember being petrified when, the night after my first playing AI, I heard the footsteps from the apartment above mine.
Thanks for the link Corporal Hicks ! Indeed they've done a tremendously good job. I'd love an Alien Isolation 2, and I'm absolutely sure they would surpass themselves and that the little "habits" of the first game would disapear in that context.
« Last Edit: Feb 15, 2015, 04:22:33 PM by Ulfer »
In my opinion, on the Last Survivor DLC, the over the intercom death sounds of Parker and Lambert should have used the original audio from the 1979 film. The yelling and screams were much more creepy.
Maybe they didn't have the appropriate audio for that (in terms of quality for example, or to convey the fact that the scene in the DLC is heard from some distance) ?
Hey Hicks, can you fix the link? It's broken.
Sorry, buddy. Sorted it for you.
PsyKore
It was with us all the way
I didn't like the audio cues for the Alien and his foot stomps (needs more variety and subtlety), but everything else is stellar.


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De Amerongse Berg is een heuvel in de gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug in de Nederlandse provincie Utrecht en is met een hoogte van 69,2 meter boven NAP het hoogste punt van de provincie. De heuvel ligt ten noordoosten van Amerongen in het Amerongsche Bosch, een van de oudste bossen op de Utrechtse Heuvelrug. De meeste bossen op de heuvelrug zijn niet ouder dan een eeuw, maar in het Amerongsche Bosch dateren sommige grove dennen uit 1770. Het bos werd aangelegd als jachtgebied voor de kasteelheren van het in de Amerongse Bovenpolder gelegen kasteel Amerongen.

De heuvel maakt deel uit van de stuwwal Utrechtse Heuvelrug. In het noordwesten liggen de Hazenberg, de Vlakke Berg en de Zuilensteinse Berg en in het zuidoosten liggen de Galgenberg en de Elsterberg.

Door zijn hoogte en steilheid is de Amerongse Berg geliefd onder sportfietsers. De noordkant is met afstand de zwaarste beklimming van de Heuvelrug, de zuidkant is minder zwaar maar nog steeds zwaarder dan de Grebbeberg. Het Paardenveld in Rhenen, de tweede zwaarste helling van de Heuvelrug, is nog wel steiler dan beide kanten van de Amerongse Berg. De Amerongse Berg was opgenomen als berg van de 4e categorie in de 1e etappe van de Ronde van Spanje (Vuelta) van 2022.

Zo'n 400 meter ten zuidoosten van de top bevindt zich een tweede iets minder hoge top waarop een solitaire eik staat met bankjes er rondom heen. Hier ligt het middelpunt van een sterrenbos. Op de noordhelling van de Amerongse Berg bevindt zich een leemkuil. In de eerste helft van de 20e eeuw stond aan de Veenseweg de Waterloo-kolom, een herdenkingszuil. Na een periode van ernstig verval is deze in 1963 heropgericht en aan de gemeente overgedragen.

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Op zaterdag 20 augustus 2022 liep de route van de tweede etappe (van 's-Hertogenbosch naar Utrecht) van de Ronde van Spanje 2022 over de Amerongse Berg. Op de top van de Amerongse Berg waren bergpunten te behalen voor een vierde categorie klim. De Nederlander Julius van den Berg passeerde als eerste de top en veroverde daardoor de eerste bergtrui van deze editie van de Ronde van Spanje.
Hoewel de organisatie van de Ronde van Spanje consequent spreekt over de Amerongse Berg, loopt het parcours via de Bergweg ten noorden van Amerongen feitelijk niet over de Amerongse Berg, maar over de Vlakke Berg (65,7 meter hoog). De route passeert de 3,5 meter hogere Amerongse Berg ten westen.

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Zie ook
 Boswachterij Amerongse Berg
 Amerongse Bos (Het Utrechts Landschap)

Heuvel op de Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Geografie van Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Bauer JE, Heinemann KM, Lees GE, et al. Retinal functions of young dogs are improved and maternal plasma phospholipids are altered with diets containing LCPUFA during gestation, lactation, and after weaning. J Nutr. 2006 Jul;136(7 Suppl):1991S-1994S.
In humans and animals, brain and retinal functions are dependent on the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA 22:6 n-3)5 during in utero development and postnatal life.
The period of maximum brain growth in humans begins in the third trimester of gestation, peaks at birth, and continues throughout the first 18 months of neonatal life.
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Retinal DHA is highly conserved and has an important role in neurologic function.
Canine retina is capable of synthesizing DHA from its 22-carbon precursor, docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 n-3, DPA). Bauer et al. reported DPA accumulation, but not DHA, in canine plasma phospholipids when the precursor ALA is fed. It therefore is likely that plasma DPA provides substrate for DHA synthesis in canine retina and other nervous tissues.
Thus, a dietary source of preformed DHA or one of its precursors may be necessary during gestation and suckling for normal neural development in dogs.
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Paramount isn't confirming any of this, but I'm told that there soon should be good news and bad news on the Star Trek sequel front. The good news: With his film Super 8 set for release June 10, JJ Abrams is expected to announce shortly his return as director of Star Trek 2. The bad news: Even moving at warp speed, Abrams will be hard pressed to make the June 29, 2012 release date that the studio set for the film. I'm told that the move being considered right now is to push Trek back for a Holiday 2012 release. This comes after Paramount pushed back the other franchise film in its arsenal that has Chris Pine as its star. Pine's also playing Jack Ryan in the reboot of the Tom Clancy-created series. Pine was expected to shoot that film first, but the script wasn't ready. Paramount hired David Koepp to rewrite Adam Cozad's script. Koepp just began writing this week after completing his film Premium Rush.
Why is Star Trek in such precarious shape, just 13 months before its release date? The film has three top-flight writers in Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Like Abrams, all of them have been busy on other films. Kurtzman directed Welcome to People. Orci has been busy on Cowboys & Aliens and in prepping the Gavin Hood-directed sci-fi epic Ender's Game. Lindelof has been busy working on Prometheus, the Ridley Scott film for Fox that was conceived as a 3D prequel until Lindelof came on to do a rewrite and changed the concept so much that they consider it an original. The result? It doesn't sound like they are close to having a script that will live up to the high quality of the first film that revived a dead franchise. On the Trekkie fan site Trekmovie.com, Orci confessed this week that they have a 70-page outline, and are waiting for Abrams to commit so that they can really get going. Well, that is hardly an enviable position to be in, exactly 13 months before the release of the film. Orci suggested in the interview they could prep the film from an outline. That is hard, particularly for a sophisticated, futuristic science fiction film. This is basically what happened on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and director Michael Bay has been open about the fact that the rush to make a release date with a script that wasn't ready hurt the film. The cost of a Vfx-heavy film rushing like this raises the budget considerably.
Don't be surprised if Paramount and Abrams push back six months at least. While Paramount doesn't have the Marvel movies anymore, the studio could slot its G.I. Joe sequel for that early-summer release (I've heard other studios are now eyeing that date, too). Unless Koepp does an amazing job quickly and gives the studio a Jack Ryan movie that's ready to go, Pine is still expected to shoot Star Trek first. According to the studio, nothing falls into place until Abrams declares his intention for the Trek sequel.


The kitchen is arguably the most important area of the home. It's where you eat, cook, study and congregate on a daily basis. It also often occupies a central position in the floor plan of the home, making its design and finish even more important.
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Not every DIYer is created equal. You may have dozens of big projects under your belt. You may even have experience as a professional contractor. If this is the case, you might well be able to tackle some of the bigger projects on your own.
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Good luck and happy remodeling! Please feel free to leave you thoughts below.


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NZSL video about making the arts more accessible to Deaf people
A New Zealand Sign Language video, made by Deafradio's Seeflow translation service for Arts Access Aotearoa, lets Deaf people know about some of the ways artists, performing arts companies, festivals, museums, galleries and venues can make the arts more accessible to Deaf people.
Highlighting Arts For All, a practical guide to accessibility published by Arts Access Aotearoa, the video says that one in four New Zealanders (24% or 1.1 million people) were identified as "disabled" in the 2013 Census.
In addition, the Census shows that 20,000 people use New Zealand Sign Language.
New Zealand Sign Language is one of three official languages in this country, says Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa.
"Signed videos such as this are a valuable way to connect with the Deaf community and let them know about sign interpreted arts and cultural events," he says.
Marketing the arts to people with access needs
Arts For All outlines the benefits of marketing the arts to people with access needs. It also includes immediate and longer-term steps you can take to provide access.
It provides a framework for members of networks set up by Arts Access Aotearoa in Otago, Christchurch, Wellington, Taranaki and Auckland. These Arts For All networks are made up of representatives from the disability sector, arts and cultural organisations, artists, venues and festivals. They meet twice a year and share information, expertise and solutions to particular challenges.
There are eight chapters in Arts For All, including chapters on getting started; communications and marketing; galleries and museums; and live performance.
The chapter on digital media has a photo and story about Deaf filmmaker Jared Flitcroft. "The digital world evolves all the time and now Deaf people are a part of it," Jared says. "Digital media is a very positive experience for us."
The guide also includes information about using New Zealand Sign Language interpreters to interpret arts events, including museum and gallery exhibition tours. Auckland Lorraine McQuigg mentions the sign interpreted shows provided by Auckland Live.
"In the past, I avoided live events. My hearing family also tends to avoid events if I can't be included too. These interpreted performances have opened up a whole new opportunity for us to do something special together."
To watch the video with accompanying text, visit the Arts For All resources webpage.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Biography | Photographs | Audio and Text of Speeches
"Free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last"
Major Events:
Birthdate, 15 January 1929
Marriage to Coretta Scott, 18 June 1953
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
Birmingham Protests and the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," April 1963
"I Have a Dream" Speech and the March on Washington, August 1963
Nobel Prize, December 1964
Assassination, 4 April 1968
by Clayborne Carson
One of the world's best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., synthesized ideas drawn from many different cultural traditions. Born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, King's roots were in the African-American Baptist church. He was the grandson of the Rev. A. D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlanta's NAACP chapter, and the son of Martin Luther King, Sr., who succeeded Williams as Ebenezer's pastor and also became a civil rights leader. Although, from an early age, King resented religious emotionalism and questioned literal interpretations of scripture, he nevertheless greatly admired black social gospel proponents such as his father who saw the church as a instrument for improving the lives of African Americans. Morehouse College president Benjamin Mays and other proponents of Christian social activism influenced King's decision after his junior year at Morehouse to become a minister and thereby serve society. His continued skepticism, however, shaped his subsequent theological studies at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, and at Boston University, where he received a doctorate in systematic theology in 1955. Rejecting offers for academic positions, King decided while completing his Ph. D. requirements to return to the South and accepted the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
On December 5, 1955, five days after Montgomery civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to obey the city's rules mandating segregation on buses, black residents launched a bus boycott and elected King as president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association. As the boycott continued during 1956, King gained national prominence as a result of his exceptional oratorical skills and personal courage. His house was bombed and he was convicted along with other boycott leaders on charges of conspiring to interfere with the bus company's operations. Despite these attempts to suppress the movement, Montgomery bus were desegregated in December, 1956, after the United States Supreme Court declared Alabama's segregation laws unconstitutional.
In 1957, seeking to build upon the success of the Montgomery boycott movement, King and other southern black ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As SCLC's president, King emphasized the goal of black voting rights when he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial during the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. During 1958, he published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. The following year, he toured India, increased his understanding of Gandhian non-violent strategies. At the end of 1959, he resigned from Dexter and returned to Atlanta where the SCLC headquarters was located and where he also could assist his father as pastor of Ebenezer.
Although increasingly portrayed as the pre-eminent black spokesperson, King did not mobilize mass protest activity during the first five years after the Montgomery boycott ended. While King moved cautiously, southern black college students took the initiative, launching a wave of sit-in protests during the winter and spring of 1960. King sympathized with the student movement and spoke at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960, but he soon became the target of criticisms from SNCC activists determined to assert their independence. Even King's decision in October, 1960, to join a student sit-in in Atlanta did not allay the tensions, although presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's sympathetic telephone call to King's wife, Coretta Scott King, helped attract crucial black support for Kennedy's successful campaign. The 1961 "Freedom Rides," which sought to integrate southern transportation facilities, demonstrated that neither King nor Kennedy could control the expanding protest movement spearheaded by students. Conflicts between King and younger militants were also evident when both SCLC and SNCC assisted the Albany (Georgia) Movement's campaign of mass protests during December of 1961 and the summer of 1962.
After achieving few of his objectives in Albany, King recognized the need to organize a successful protest campaign free of conflicts with SNCC. During the spring of 1963, he and his staff guided mass demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, where local white police officials were known from their anti-black attitudes. Clashes between black demonstrators and police using police dogs and fire hoses generated newspaper headlines through the world. In June, President Kennedy reacted to the Birmingham protests and the obstinacy of segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace by agreed to submit broad civil rights legislation to Congress (which eventually passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964). Subsequent mass demonstrations in many communities culminated in a march on August 28, 1963, that attracted more than 250,000 protesters to Washington, D. C. Addressing the marchers from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" oration.
During the year following the March, King's renown grew as he became Time magazine's Man of the Year and, in December 1964, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Despite fame and accolades, however, King faced many challenges to his leadership. Malcolm X's (1927-1965) message of self-defense and black nationalism expressed the discontent and anger of northern, urban blacks more effectively than did King's moderation. During the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, King and his lieutenants were able to keep intra-movement conflicts sufficiently under control to bring about passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but while participating in a 1966 march through Mississippi, King encountered strong criticism from "Black Power" proponent Stokely Carmichael. Shortly afterward white counter-protesters in the Chicago area physically assaulted King in the Chicago area during an unsuccessful effort to transfer non-violent protest techniques to the urban North. Despite these leadership conflicts, King remained committed to the use of non-violent techniques. Early in 1968, he initiated a Poor Peoples campaign designed to confront economic problems that had not been addressed by early civil rights reforms.
King's effectiveness in achieving his objectives was limited not merely by divisions among blacks, however, but also by the increasing resistance he encountered from national political leaders. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's already extensive efforts to undermine King's leadership were intensified during 1967 as urban racial violence escalated and King criticized American intervention in the Vietnam war. King had lost the support of many white liberals, and his relations with the Lyndon Johnson administration were at a low point when he was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while seeking to assist a garbage workers' strike in Memphis. After his death, King remained a controversial symbol of the African-American civil rights struggle, revered by many for his martyrdom on behalf of non-violence and condemned by others for his militancy and insurgent views.
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Queer London swaps paracetamol for techno music
Credit: Courtesy of Fecal Matter
Words and interview by
Isobel Van Dyke
London's burning as Lewis G. Burton's Inferno spreads to the music industry with debut EP 'Pain Relief'.
Saturday night marked International Intersex Awareness Day 2019. The day was celebrated amongst East London's LGBTQIA+ community with a party hosted at Vogue Fabrics Dalston (VFD), and appropriately named INTERSEXXY - thought up by artist and activist Izzy Maccallum. All of the proceeds from the night went towards Intersex Equality UK, a charity raising money to support intersex people and put a stop to Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), surgeries that are performed on intersex children before they are old enough to give consent.
Another individual tackling this issue is non-binary performance artist Lewis G. Burton. Burton has had quite the impact on London's queer scene since starting their club night Inferno almost 5 years ago. Recently, however, they have moved into new territory. After studying performance art and then branching into nightlife, Burton now turns to music with their debut single Hermaphrodite launching this week. In terms of sound, Burton describes the single as an "acid infused techno banger," which is accompanied by a medically themed music video. Fashion designers Fecal Matter produced the costumes for the video and is filmed in an operating room. Burton wanted to comment on the intrusive questions posed to trans and intersex people about their genitals, as well as bringing light to intersex genital mutilation.
The name of the track Hermaphrodite, refers to the Hermaphroditism condition of having both male and female reproductive organs, but is also a nod to Burton's own childhood obsession with Greek mythology; Hermaphroditus was the child of Hermes and Aphrodite, the gods of male and female sexuality.
Lewis G. Burton's work has always revolved around helping and supporting their community. Whether that be through creating spaces for queer kids to feel at home, or by making their music debut with a track that highlights daily challenges of intersex and trans people; Burton is certainly an example of someone using their platform to do good. Their EP 'Pain Relief' will be released on December 4th, with a launch party happening at The Yard on December 6th.
LOVE speaks to Burton below.
LOVE: How did you start running club nights and how did they evolve?
Lewis G. Burton: Inferno started out as rebellion to the over-saturation of parties playing house, disco and pop music. It has very much stayed true to its ethos since the beginning - the thing that has evolved is the people. With people visiting places like Berlin, everyone has caught the techno bug.
LOVE: Why do you think queer club nights are important?
LGB: Queer club nights are our homes away from home, our temples and churches. It's where we go to meet people like ourselves and figure out who we are and how to create our chosen family. Queer club nights have played an integral role in our history as queer people, it gave us many of the rights we have today.
LOVE: Why did you decide to crossover into music?
LGB: As someone who is a performance artist and DJ it seemed like a natural fit to combine the two together and see what happened. I really wanted to push myself, learn something new and collaborate with my friends and community. It's something I've been toying with for a while now and had a lot of really amazing people around me who have pushed me outside of my comfort zone and supported me along the way.
Also watch: Meet the party-goers of underground club night 'Dirty Mind'
LOVE: What's the concept behind your single and video?
LGB: Hermaphrodite is a bit of a love letter to my extended INFERNO family and queer community. Growing up I was obsessed with Greek mythology and Hermaphroditus was one of my first exposures to queerness. If we had a similar belief system today I imagine Hermaphroditus as the deity that all the queer, trans, non-binary and intersex people would be worshipping. The music video was a collaboration between myself and my sisters Fecal Matter with help from my community. Its quite clinical and surgical in the beginning, which is a comment on cis people's obsession with asking trans+ people about their genitals and what surgeries they have had done, which is invasive and gross. Another thing I wanted to bring light to was the amount of intersex people that face IGM as babies, rather than allowing them to grow up and choose the way they want to live. We need to stop IGM and protect intersex children.
LOVE: How would you describe your music?
LGB: The EP Pain Relief is an eclectic mix of things. Hermaphrodite is the acid infused techno banger and my next single from the EP Men Like You is more of an industrial queercore track. It's very emotionally charged - these tracks are a form of therapy for me.
LOVE: What do you hope to change about the music industry?
LGB: Less white cisgendered straight men calling the shots. It would be great to see a lot more queer artists who aren't tokenised for their queerness. Also, why do all the pop hits sound the same these days, I'm gagging for a good old pop banger!
LOVE: What can we expect from you in the future?
LGB: I've curated a seminar as an off shoot of INFERNO called the INFERNO SUMMIT, which is taking place at ArtsAdmin on Saturday 9th November featuring the likes of Travis Alabanza, David Hoyle and Fecal Matter. The EP Pain Relief, will be out in full on the 4th December, with the launch party on the 6th of December at The Yard Theatre.
Also read: An interview with Xoey, the make-up artist who is responsible for monthly club night 'WIMP'
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I need help with (2) :)

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By combining innovative architecture and audiovisual technology with the growing needs of one of Canada's fastest-growing cities; Vaughan's new 180,000-square-foot City Hall easily meets the needs of Vaughan's growing population and enhances the delivery of municipal services. Vaddio cameras are buried throughout the city council chamber and committee rooms, in walls, above ceilings and in half-walls so they are unobtrusive – all part of the architect's aesthetic that Canadian-based systems integrator, Duocom, had to work with.
Because the original City Hall building wasn't large enough to house everyone, committee members were meeting all over the city. Nobody was under the same roof and there was no centralized place for people to meet. Old touch-to-talk microphones were daisy-chained along the table; the request-to-queue and voting system never worked. An analog recorder was used to record audio, but there were no cameras. It was a legacy system in use for 15 – 20 years.
According to the City of Vaughan, the previous Civic Centre was renovated in 1982 when Vaughan's population was 36,815. Today, Vaughan's population is 295,000, and is expected to increase to 418,000 by 2031. The old system just couldn't withstand the rapid growth.
So through a month-long Needs Analysis process and a lot of input from different users and user groups, Duocom came up with a solution.
From an AV perspective there are five or six significant areas – the most significant being the council chamber where regional counselors meet. "¨"¨"Walk into the Council Chamber and you feel like you're walking into a very contemporary architectural space," says Prashad. "The tiered seating, custom wood walls and ceilings, flown in from Denmark, and the circular council desk definitely add to the 'modern' appeal." The mayor sits in the middle of the circular table with the counselors on one side and senior management on the other. The AV system for the entire facility is controlled and routed through the council chamber with a centralized architecture for control and signal distribution.
The AV system, in this room alone, cost just under $900,000. Two Christie High Lumens 1080p 3-chip projectors sit on opposite sides of the council chamber so everyone in the room has a direct view at all times. All signal routing is digital, utilizing Crestron's Digital Media platform and control from numerous Crestron Touch Panel Displays. One sits at every desk allowing the counselors to vote, see results and make tabulations.
Each person has his/her own code. Unless you're the designated chairperson, none are for control – just for voting and confidence monitors for whatever is on the projection screen. As opposed to the typical touch-to-talk mics, the chairperson has control over all of the mics and cameras, and is able to view the request-to-speak lists and queue on the panel in front of them.
Vaddio WallVIEW HD-19 and HE-100 cameras are distinct inputs to the AV system, allowing their image to be broadcast throughout the facility or to be used in conjunction with the Polycom HD videoconferencing system, each picking up a different quadrant of the council table. One sits in the back picking up a full shot of the room. Another two sit back-right and back-left picking up opposite quadrants. The camera directly behind the mayor, faces the audience picking up the senior management team, anybody who's addressing the council from the podium and anyone in the audience should it be required.


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How long did the Navajo Long Walk take?
two months
(See enlarged photograph.) The forced removal of the Navajo, which began in January 1864 and lasted two months, came to be known as the "Long Walk." According to historic accounts, more than 8,500 men, women, and children were forced to leave their homes in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico.
How many miles were the Navajo forced to walk in the Long Walk?
During the Long Walk, the U.S. military marched Navajo (Diné) men, women, and children between 250 to 450 miles, depending on the route they took.
Where did the Navajo Long Walk start and end?
Navajos were forced to walk from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico. Some 53 different forced marches occurred between August 1864 and the end of 1866.
Where was the Navajo Long Walk?
Southwestern United States
Long Walk of the Navajo/Location
How many people died during the Navajo long walk?
In the Trail of Tears (1838-39) about 5,000 out of 14,000 Cherokee died, which compromises a third or 35 percent of the tribe. In the Long Walk, the 2,000-2,500 out of 20,000 Navajo fatalities is one-fifth/one-quarter or 20/25 percent.
What is the history of the Long Walk?
The "Long Walk" started in the beginning of spring in 1864. Bands of Navajo led by the Army were relocated from their traditional lands in eastern Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory to Fort Sumner (in an area called the Bosque Redondo or Hwéeldi by the Navajo) in the Pecos River valley .
When did the Long Walk end?
Return and end of Long Walk. On June 18, 1868, the once-scattered bands of people who call themselves Diné, set off together on the return journey, the "Long Walk" home. This is one of the few instances where the U.S. government permitted a tribe to return to their traditional boundaries.
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Fast Five: The 5 Best Center Prospects In This Year's NBA Draft
kristofer 01.02.14 6 years ago
Every other week, we'll be assessing how the top prospects of the 2014 NBA Draft are faring in college and overseas. Stick with us each week for assorted thoughts, including the biggest risers and fallers, the standouts, the sleepers and what we know and don't know about the next NBA Draft class…
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Over the past few weeks there has unfortunately been news that some prospects will not play again this season due to injury, academic circumstance, and other miscellaneous events. It happens every year, but losing two potential first-round picks in a span of roughly 48 hours is always a tough blow.
Here is the NBA Draft Fast Five.
ONE: What Do We Know?
We now know that Jerian Grant (Notre Dame), P.J. Hairston (North Carolina), and Mitch McGary (Michigan, more on him below) will not play basketball on a major college level again this season.
Grant is no longer enrolled because of an academic situation and Hairston was ruled to not have a future with the Tar Heels or in NCAA basketball due to "a number of mistakes" that he made.
Freshman Chris Walker (Florida) has not suited up for a game yet either as he worked to gain his eligibility. Earlier this season, Marshall Henderson (Ole Miss) sat out waiting for his chance to play, Eric Moreland (Oregon State) was suspended for the first 14 games of the season, and Chane Behanan (Louisville) was kicked off of the team recently as well. There are many situations like this in any given year and before the end of the season there are likely going to be more names added to this list.
TWO: What Do We Not Know?
Back injuries can be debilitating for basketball players because they limit athleticism, explosion and the ability to run up and down the court with fluidity. It has been seen in recent years with Dwight Howard, Richard Hamilton and Robin Lopez. Howard has come back and is not the same player. Hamilton never really came back. Then there is Lopez, who took a few years to truly get back to form.
Mitch McGary is set to have back surgery and is out indefinitely this season. He may medical redshirt and then come back to college again next year, or leave for the NBA with no assurances that he will be the first-round pick like he would have been last year. How will McGary come back from this injury? He does not rely heavily on athleticism like Howard, but is more of a power player that uses his size and strength to his advantage. Everyone heals and recovers differently. No matter his recovery rate, this is going to impact the future of McGary long-term.
THREE: Stock Rising
Early in the season Aaron Harrison (Kentucky, freshman) struggled with his shot, but overall he has been a consistent guard prospect while his brother has been up-and-down. Harrison has good size and as of late has displayed good ball skills as a scorer. Over his last three games against quality opponents, Harrison has averaged 17-plus points per game and looked very comfortable making plays through the offense.
FOUR: Stock Falling
To start the season, Wayne Selden (Kansas, freshman) played very well, showing great body control, shooting, and an ability to make plays on the offensive end. He has the physical intangibles to be a quality off-guard at the NBA level. Since then he has gone 6-for-15 from three and struggled to score the ball. The Jayhawks have a deep roster of future NBA players so the shots are sparse, and as of late Selden has not taken advantage of his looks and therefore has not looked like a lottery pick in the process.
Keep reading for a look at the five best center prospects…
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Ontario – Dismissal of appeal of order enforcing award as abuse of process – #621
In Ledsham v. Air Canada Pilots Association, 2022 ONSC 1877, a self-represented litigant found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time to appeal an order enforcing an arbitral award. Justice D.L. Corbett of the Ontario Divisional Court summarily dismissed the appeal under rule 2.1.01 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure. That Rule provides that the court may, on its own initiative, stay or dismiss a proceeding if it appears on its face to be frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process. Despite observing several badges of vexatiousness, Justice Corbett declined to declare the appellant a vexatious litigant. He nevertheless found the appeal before him was frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process.
The arbitration – The Appellant was a member of the Air Canada Pilots Association (the "Association"). He was also an elected member of its "Master Elected Council". The Association charged the Appellant with misdemeanours under its constitution and referred these charges to an arbitration. The arbitrator rendered an award finding that the Appellant had violated several provisions in the Association's constitution. He granted various remedies, including an order expelling the Appellant from the Association.
The Appellant did not appeal the award or apply to set it aside.
The enforcement application – The Association brought an application to enforce the award pursuant to subsection 50(3) of the Ontario Arbitration Act, 1991 (the "Act"). That provision directs the court to enforce an award unless: (a) the thirty-day period for commencing an appeal or an application to set the award aside has not yet elapsed; (b) there is a pending appeal, application to set the award aside or application for a declaration of invalidity; (c) the award has been set aside or the arbitration is the subject of a declaration of invalidity; or (d) the award is a family arbitration award. The application judge, Justice Ramsay, found none of these circumstances applied. She thus concluded she was required to enforce the award.
The appeal – The appellant appealed to the Divisional Court. Upon reviewing the notice of appeal, Justice Corbett issued a notice pursuant to rule 2.1.01 indicating he was considering dismissing the appeal as frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process. The notice outlined eight bases for this action, chief among them that the Appellant sought various relief falling outside the Court's jurisdiction. For example, he sought an order that certain individuals be charged with perjury, and that others, including the arbitrator, be "charged with failing to appear as a witness" before the Superior Court of Justice on the enforcement application. The notice also raised the fact that, pursuant to section 49 of the Act, any appeal from the application judge's order is to the Court of Appeal, not the Divisional Court.
The Appellant responded to the notice, though Justice Corbett found the response failed to grapple substantively with the concerns he raised. The appellant also took issue with the fact that Justice Corbett characterized him as a "self-represented litigant".
Justice Corbett found the circumstances appropriate to exercise his discretion under Rule 2.1.01 to summarily dismiss the appeal. He found that the deficiencies in the notice of appeal were fatal, and that leave to amend would serve no end. He observed that the Appellant addressed almost none of the eight concerns raised in the notice. Justice Corbett thus concluded the grounds set out in the notice of appeal were frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process on their face.
With respect to Justice Corbett's concern that the Court of Appeal was the proper venue, the Appellant stated he was told the opposite by the Court of Appeal's staff, which is why he filed in the Divisional Court. Justice Corbett demonstrated some sympathy for the Appellant on this point even though it was insufficient to remedy the jurisdiction issue:
"[20] Court staff provide direction on the basis of information they are given by the litigants. Where the information provided is incorrect or incomplete, this can lead to incorrect directions. And even when the information provided is correct and complete, sometimes court staff get it wrong. However this may have come about in this case, the directions from staff in the Court of Appeal were wrong in this instance. The order of the application judge is a final order within the meaning of ss. 6(1) and 19(1)(a) of the Courts of Justice Act and in any event s.49 of the Arbitration Act expressly confers jurisdiction over this appeal on the Court of Appeal.
[21] This is not a small or technical point. Jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent (or by the direction of court staff). If this case had proceeded to a hearing in this court, weeks or months from now, once the panel discovered the jurisdictional error, it would have had to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction: everyone is better off having this issue raised and determined at the outset through case management and recourse to R.2.1.
[22] I appreciate that this will be frustrating for the appellant. As a self-represented litigant, he cannot be faulted for following directions from court staff about jurisdiction. In these circumstances I would ordinarily consider transferring this matter to the Court of Appeal. However, the other concerns with the appeal weigh against that, as I shall explain." (Emphasis added)
Despite this apparent error on the court staff's part, Justice Corbett found the other defects in the notice of appeal sufficiently grave such that he could not permit the proceeding to advance any farther. Among them was the fact that the Appellant did not bring an appeal or application to set aside the award. Having failed to do so, his attempt to resist enforcement was doomed to fail as a matter of law.
In the result, Justice Corbett dismissed the appeal, without costs. In concluding, he signaled that he considered declaring the Appellant a vexatious litigant as his conduct evidenced several hallmarks. However, on balance, he opted not to make that declaration, stating "this one vexatious appeal is not a sufficient basis to impose restrictions in future on the appellant's access to justice in this court". Justice Corbett noted, however, that should the Appellant engage in further vexatious behaviour, the Court could consider his conduct in this appeal as an aggravating factor weighing in favour of declaring him a vexatious litigant in the future.
Contributor's Notes:
First, although the Court raised a number of fatal defects in the Appellant's notice of appeal, the fact that section 49 of the Act designates the Court of Appeal, and not the Divisional Court, as the appropriate venue would ordinarily be enough to quash the notice of appeal.
Second, and relatedly, Justice Corbett showed sensitivity to the fact that the Appellant was self-represented. In addressing the comment in the Appellant's response, in which he inquired why Justice Corbett referred to him as a "self-represented litigant", Justice Corbett explained the judicial policy behind according latitude to those acting on their own behalf without legal training:
"[15] The appellant asks why the court referred to him as a "self-represented litigant" and asked the court to explain the relevance of the fact that he is self-represented. Self-represented litigants are entitled to assistance and information from the court to facilitate their access to justice. When reading a pleading from a self-represented litigant, the court makes allowances for the fact that the litigant is not legally trained and may not express his claims to the same standard expected of a lawyer. Where the substance of the case discloses a potentially meritorious appeal or application, the court should strive to provide directions to facilitate a process that will lead to disposition of the case on the merits. The court has borne these principles in mind in assessing this appeal. With respect, the context in which this reference was made in the court's direction makes this purpose clear in its face."
Third, under the heading "The Way Forward for the Appellant", Justice Corbett suggested it would have been open to the Appellant to seek an extension of time in which to file an appeal or application to set aside the award:
"[33] It is clear that the appellant thinks the Arbitrator's decisions are wrong and the resulting orders are unjust. He has two alternative ways forward. One is that he can accept that he has lost, and whatever he feels about that result, he accepts that the matter has been decided on a final basis. The other is that he seeks an extension in the time in which to appeal or seek judicial review of the Arbitrator's decisions. The test to obtain an extension is a stringent one: see Wellwood v. Ontario (Provincial Police), 2010 ONCA 386. But if the appellant can meet the test, he may yet be able to challenge the decisions of the Arbitrator. If he cannot meet that test, then whether he accepts it or not, the matter is over."
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the 30-day deadline to appeal or apply to set aside an award under section 47 of the Act is peremptory, and that an application judge has no jurisdiction to extend it [R & G Draper Farms (Keswick) Ltd. v. 1758691 Ontario Inc., 2014 ONCA 278 (CanLII), at para 17]. Accordingly, it does not seem an extension of time would have been open to the Appellant. This jurisprudence drives home that litigants minded to challenge an award under the Act should file any notice of application to appeal and/or set aside within the 30-day deadline. Although the deadline is firm, there does not appear to be any authority precluding an applicant from amending the notice of application after the 30 days has elapsed. This author has in fact seen that occur in practice.
Fourth, for another recent Case Note regarding enforcement and appeal/set-aside applications, see Case Note: Ontario – Award enforcement application met with merits arguments in leave to appeal/set aside cross-application #539.
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3 on the schedule today...done!
The fine folks over at Ibex were kind enough to send me a couple of their running items to test and review. They sent me a running shirt and also some running underwear.
For those of you that don't know, Ibex Outdoor Clothing is a company that sells, what else, Outdoor clothing for both Men and Women. I received two items, the Ibex Woolies Boxer briefs(aka underwear) and the Zepher Sport long sleeve zip down shirt(baselayer). Both are made from Merino Wool. It's finally been cool enough in Michigan to start trying out these, especially since I'm running at 5am in the morning when it gets quite cold out. Both are base layers but Ibex sells several different types of layers(which they call Performance Categories) that they classify as Base, Peak, Live, Zing and Ride.
The founder, from Vermont, started the company because he was a cross country skier in the 70's and the wool performed so well; however, he determined to make it better. And that he did! Another great fact, over 70% of the products they make are made here in the USA.
Zepher - We developed our ultra-versatile, midweight 100% New Zealand Merino wool baselayer Zepher fabric using an interlock stitch. This simple, double knit stitch forms a fabric that offers high performance, great natural stretch and recovery. It's smooth surface enhances softness and layering ease. The fabric is "no stink," sustainable and machine washable and is the ultimate baselayer choice.
I couldn't have said it better myself. Initially when I was researching the fabric, I thought to myself, "who wants to wear wool to run in?" It does not sound very comfortable, does it? Let me tell you that my first run I did in these, I could not believe it. The material was so soft and comfortable but also very breathable as well so I didn't feel clammy like some materials. I felt nice and warm but not overly warm. You didn't feel like the shirt was sticking to you like you would think it would. Plus they are absolutely right, there is no stink to it like you get from polyester. I'm sure you know what I mean. Yuck!
The quality of the shirt is also incredible. This is actually a shirt I could see myself wearing not only for running but just wearing when out and about. I thought I looked pretty good in it and most companies do not make clothes that fit me well.
Give me a break, it's 5am!
As I said, I also received a pair of the Ibex Woolies Boxer's. These also are a base layer of course! Sorry but I'm not modeling these off to you but here's a picture taken from their website. I wish I had abs like that though!
Again, the wool keeps you comfortably warm as well. This is especially important for us guys in winter. While I have not run with these in the warm weather, I have read some of their reviews from other buyers that these are great in hot weather as well. Here a picture of me trying to show you that these are really thin material(you can see my hand through this) so using them in hot or cold weather is perfectly fine.
Personally these will be used quite frequently in the wintertime and it will be nice to have a little more warmth down there for those really cold days. These also were true to size.
One thing to note is that Ibex's clothes are not low quality so the prices are a bit steep but I have to say that so is most good quality running clothes. I would suspect that both of these items will last for a very long time and would be a staple in your running gear for many years. I am pleasantly surprised by how a light wool can keep you so warm. If you are an outdoor runner, then you will be glad that you have some clothes like this to keep you warm in the middle of that winter blizzard that we all know is right around the corner. The company sells to dealers all across the company and also has their own stores including a Flagship store in Boston. Whenever I vacation at Boston, I'll be definitely making a stop at their store!
So check out their great stuff. You will be happy to be outside this winter wearing anything made by Ibex.
Question of the day: What do you run with in cold weather?
This will be my 1st year running in cold weather so I will be coming back to see what others are wearing for good advice.
It's going to be in the 80s this weekend, stop with the cold stuff! LOL I would have said that was me in the photo of the briefs!
shortgirl - I was pleasantly surprised with wool.


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Departmental Faculty
Training Faculty
Susanne Wells
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
B.S., Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany, 1992
Ph.D. Molecular Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 1997
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., P.I., Peter Howley
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer, with over 250,000 new cases per year estimated in the United States. Infection with the human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and expression of the two viral oncogenes E6 and E7 is one well defined cause. The high-risk HPV types cause anogenital malignancies such as cervical cancer and a substantial proportion of head and neck cancers. FDA approval of the HPV vaccine Gardasil is expected to reduce disease burden in the future, but its high cost, dosing regimen and the lack of protection for individuals that are already infected pose major obstacles to the field. Therapeutic vaccines and effective antivirals are not yet available. The goal of our studies is to advance our understanding of both HPV-related and –unrelated SCC development, and to develop new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of HPV as a major cause of cancer worldwide. Two major areas of investigation in the laboratory focus on 1) mechanisms by which the HPV oncogenes subvert the host cell machinery to promote abnormal cell growth and cancer, and 2) the role of specific cellular HPV targets in viral replication and cellular transformation. Model systems utilized include primary human and murine cells and tumors, three-dimensional organotypic epithelial rafts and mouse models of cancer.
Functions of the human DEK proto-oncogene
The human DEK protein is frequently upregulated in aggressive human tumors such as glioblastoma, melanoma, and bladder cancer. A number of DEK functions have been described in vitro and include DNA supercoiling and possible roles in DNA replication, transcription and splicing. We have demonstrated that DEK suppresses senescence, apoptosis and differentiation in different model systems, thus promoting cellular growth and survival. Furthermore, DEK exhibits oncogenic functions in 3D models of cancer. First, DEK overexpression in human keratinocytes caused hyperplasia in organotypic epithelial rafts, with inappropriate cell cycle progression and expansion of the p63- positive stem and progenitor cell compartment. Second, DEK cooperated with known oncogenes for increased squamous cell tumor formation in immunodeficient mice. Third, DEK knockout mice were partially resistant to chemically induced skin tumorigenesis. Our studies are the first to define DEK as a bona fide oncogene, and current projects are focused on defining the underlying mechanisms of DEK function as an oncogene and to interfere with DEK activities for the development of novel cancer therapies.
The role of HPV in Fanconi anemia
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare primarily autosomal recessive genome instability syndrome where patients are at a dramatically elevated risk of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck and anogenital tract. Tumors appear early in life, and progress with striking aggressiveness. Conventional clastogenic therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy are often toxic because of the patients' DNA damage response defects. Development of alternative treatments has been severely limited by the lack of availability of human models of FA SCC. The FA Comprehensive Care Center at CCHMC has offered a unique opportunity for translational studies, and resulting patient-derived 3D SCC models will be exploited to facilitate screens for new therapies, and support preclinical trials for new treatments. Our recent data demonstrate that loss of function of the FA pathway in high risk HPV16 positive keratinocytes stimulates viral and cellular replication in vitro, and malignant transformation in vivo. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that FA genes are modifiers of HPV infection. Experiments to determine the clinical and molecular importance of FA-HPV crosstalk are currently ongoing.
Bourgo, R.J., Braden, W.A., Wells, S.I., and Knudsen, E.S. (2009) Activation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor mediates cell cycle inhibition and cell death in specific cervical cancer cell lines. Molecular Carcinogenesis 48: 45-55.
Wise-Draper, T.M., Morreale, R.J., Morris, T.A., Mintz-Cole, R.A., Hoskins, E.E., Balsitis, S.J., Husseinzadeh, N., Witte, D..P, Wikenheiser-Brokamp, K.A., Lambert, P.F., and Wells, S.I. (2009) DEK proto-oncogene expression interferes with the normal epithelial differentiation program. American Journal of Pathology 174: 71-81.
Hoskins, E.E., Morris, T.A., Higginbotham, J.M., Spardy, N., Cha, E., Kelly, P., Williams, D.A., Wikenheiser-Brokamp, K.A., Duensing, S., and Wells, S.I. (2009) Fanconi anemia deficiency stimulates HPV-associated hyperplastic growth in organotypic epithelial raft culture. Oncogene 28, 674-85.
Wise-Draper, T.M., Mintz-Cole, R.A., Morris, T.A., Simpson, DS., Wikenheiser-Brokamp, K.A., Currier, M.A., Cripe, T.P., Grosveld, G.C., and Wells, S.I. (2009) Overexpression of the cellular DEK protein promotes epithelial transformation in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Research 69: 1792-1799
Morreale, R.J., Kahn, J.A., Butsch Kovacic, M., Hegde, R.S., Aronow, B.J., and Wells, S.I. (2009) Insights from the transcriptional profiling of human papillomavirus infection and associated carcinogenesis. Molecular Biology of DNA Tumor Virus Gene Products. K. Yoshida (ed). In press: Research Signpost Company.
Hoskins, E.E., Gunawardena, R.W., Habash, B., Wise-Draper, T.M., Jansen, M., Knudsen, E., and Wells, S.I. (2008) Coordinate regulation of Fanconi anemia gene expression occurs through the Rb/E2F pathway. Oncogene 27: 4798-4808.
Wise-Draper, T.M., and Wells, S.I. (2008) Papillomavirus E6 and E7 proteins and their cellular targets. Frontiers in Bioscience 13: 1003-1017.
Spardy, N., Duensing, A., Hoskins, E.E., Wells, S.I., and Duensing, S. (2008) HPV-16 E7 reveals a link between DNA replication stress, FANCD2 and alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT)-associated PML bodies (APBs). Cancer Research 68: 9954-9963.
Jones, E.E., and Wells, S.I. (2006) Cervical cancer and human papillomaviruses: inactivation of retinoblastoma and other tumor suppressor pathways. Current Molecular Medicine 6: 795-808.
MGM PhD Program


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Q: Split dataframe for train_test_split based on indexes I am trying to use train_test_split to get my train data to be the dataframe between indexes 31 and 39.
I want to write something like X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(faces.data, faces.target, test_size = 0.3) where faces is faces = sk.datasets.fetch_olivetti_faces()
How can I select which indexes I want to go into my train data?

A: You can give with fancy index easily:
X_train=faces.data[:number what you want]

X_test=faces.target[:number what you want]

y_train=aces.data[number what you want]

y_test= faces.target[number what you want:]

A: As @berkayln suggested, I'm not sure your train-test split strategy is advisable, but to split the data as you're suggesting, I believe you can use:
from sklearn import datasets

faces = datasets.fetch_olivetti_faces()

X_train = faces.data[31:40]
X_test = faces.data[np.r_[0:31, 40:400]]

y_train = faces.target[31:40]
y_test = faces.target[np.r_[0:31, 40:400]]