Although Request Network is still fairly new, it has managed to attract a number of supporters, including Y Combinator, iExec, and Quantstamp. Moneytis, where the REQ team originated, was also backed by ING. The current status of ING's relationship with REQ is uncertain.
Online Payments: The use of Request Network to handle online payments removes the middleman from the payment process. Currently, the most popular online payment companies, such as Shopify and PayPal, take a commission of 1.5 to 6 percent. This is a fee that gets passed on to the customer and makes online shopping more expensive. Additionally, through traditional methods, payments can take time to process. However, Request Network allows the user to seamlessly accept and send payments, securely and cheaply, through the blockchain. Their whitepaper currently estimates fees at 0.05% to 0.5% of the transaction sent, with fees decreasing as the network volume grows due to a portion of the fees collected being burned and partially used to finance the network.
Invoicing: Business-to-business invoicing can be quite challenging. Today's invoices are sent through paper or email formats, which must be copied. This can result in errors and delays, bringing small business owners close to bankruptcy as they wait for their invoices to be paid. With Request, companies can share bills directly via the ledger, which eliminates duplication and allows the company awaiting payment to be able to detect a delay immediately.
Internet of Things (IoT): The Internet of Things is one of the more innovative areas that Request Network will be expanding into. Starting in Q4 of 2018, Request Network plans on launching the IoT framework. IoT is transforming how business is conducted by connecting devices to one another in order to streamline business operations in every industry sector. This will allow any device with an on and off switch to connect to the internet. By 2020, there will be an estimated 26 billion connected devices. Request is looking to provide "a strong and clear framework for the Internet of Things to interact financially," through handling advanced payment conditions, including late fees, down payments, and taxes.
Transparency: Financial transparency is one of the more overlooked benefits of the Request Network. Openness and transparency creates accountability in government and NGOs, and one of the biggest criticisms for these sectors is how they are spending their resources. Request Network is addressing this issue by providing an easy way for city halls, governmental organizations, and NGOs to be fully transparent with how finances are allocated.
The Request Network team is made up of a number of financial industry experts who have long-standing experience with blockchain technology. Prior to working on Request Network, the team worked on the Moneytis project, which is a portal that provides money transfer exchange rates, fees, charges, and savings from over 300 money transfer service providers.
Christophe Lassuyt has experience as a financial manager internationally, across North America, Europe, and Asia. After graduating from business school (NEOMA Business School), he began his career as a Computer Management Controller before becoming an International Financial Director at Amaris and Virtua.
Etienne is a "blockchain enthusiast" who graduated from the French engineering school Lyon INSA in France. He hosted Christophe at Amaris in April 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was lead developer and manager of IT projects. It was there that he shared his passions for blockchain technology, before becoming CTO. In 2014, he created his first blockchain project "Snapsoko," later renamed as the "Blockchain Network," which was integrated into the Moneytis project. He has lectured on the links between blockchain and money transfers in Miami for the International Money Transfer Conference, and in Paris for Blockchain France and Visa Europe.
Vincent graduated from the prestigious French Lyon INSA university, with a background in research, and worked for the CNRS in association with Stanford University. He has also worked on collaborative science projects in the Natural History Museum of Paris. Following this, he joined Moneytis on the blockchain network project for international money transfers, and has also improved the Neomy project from a research and development point of view by making it function autonomously. Vincent strives to bring transparency and values to the projects he works on, and Request is an ultimate opportunity to give transparency on a global level.
Elliott is a full-stack developer with experiences in consulting and fintech. He works to write clean, elegant, and effective code by integrating state-of-the-art Web technologies. He discovered Ethereum for the first time in 2016, and has since never ceased trying to imagine the full breadth of its applications. First with Moneytis and then with the Request project, he believes he can bring simplicity and transparency to the future of trading.
A graduate of ICN Business School, Laura plays the roles of internal auditor, financial controller, data analyst, and even customer support. She has mastered the accounting and auditing ecosystem, and spent several years in an international startup, Amaris, in Switzerland and Asia, before joining Moneytis in December 2015.
Julien has extensive experience in growth marketing, as well design work. He participated in Y Combinator's collaborations with Moneytis. Julien trained himself in digital marketing and new technologies. His passion for the internet motivated him to become a Growth Hacker at Virtua (Switzerland) and Molotov.TV (France). According to Julien, working and traveling simultaneously increases productivity and learning opportunities, and he has supported this ideal by co-founding the "digital nomad" project Destinesia.
Below is the official roadmap as posted on the Request Network webpage. It should be noted that Request is already ahead of schedule, as they plan to deploy the website to create, display, and interact with Request in Q4 2017 instead of Q1 2018 as initially planned.
External audits of the Request Contracts.
Organize discussion groups around payment requests with institutions, such as Worldbank, IMF, ECB, and the UN.
Every project is not without its faults, and Request is no exception. A word of caution to investors is that the project has a very ambitious roadmap, and if things do not follow or go as planned, the project may suffer for it. The team is currently working on two projects simultaneously (Moneytis and Request), and so time management is something that will have to be handled in a smart manner in order to allow both projects to prosper. Another issue is that other payment tokens which have already shown a great deal of success offer competition in the market. However, the Request team is fully aware of the difficulties ahead, and has already addressed the concern by comparing itself to its most-thought competitor as having a complementary relationship rather than being a rival.
Request Network is a long-term investment opportunity that has the potential to see substantial gains, assuming they are able to follow through with their ambitious roadmap. It is encouraging to see their ambition in action as they are already ahead of schedule. However, since the project is still in its infancy, this is a high-risk investment. The team has proven to be able to clearly explain their vision and plans in the whitepaper, and the project has gained noteworthy supporters already, such as ING, Y Combinator, and Quantstamp.
Request Network is still a project in its infancy, but the team is thus far making good on their promises and continually making headway. As the project has been consistently releasing developer updates, which has brought back attention, its value has been trending upwards again. We have yet to see its breakout moment, but this seems more likely every day as new investors discover it and take note of the potential.
After their ICO, REQ quickly lost a lot of steam when it hit larger exchanges, as the token value dropped below its crowd sale price. Those who have followed the project credited this to bonuses given out to larger investors, though the lack of attention surrounding the project after its ICO could have also been an additional factor.
Anyone looking to invest in REQ should be wary of the numerous external projects they rely on for some of their base functionality: 0x, CVC, and Aragon. Any progress in these companies is also likely to affect REQ directly. However, the reliance on the ability of the Ethereum blockchain to scale in the coming years, as the number of people who use it increases, is among the most critical. If Ethereum does not scale in time to meet its demand, REQ would have to look to other blockchains for wide-scale market adoption.
Ethereum does have a slew of updates coming for it, but the REQ team states that Sharding will be among the more crucial ones, which is not expected to be ready before 2020. Investors should keep in mind that this is a potential long-term problem, and does not necessarily impact the potential mid-term growth of 2018.
Even though Request plans to implement technology from other startup projects and will rely on some of these to varying degrees, it does not mean they cannot circumvent any upcoming roadblocks or partner with others that are more promising. The world of blockchain technology is flexible and ever-evolving, and there are several projects working on similar implementations.
We view this project as a potential sleeper hit of 2018, and expect the team to continue delivering on their promises, as they so far have proven. Potential investors are likely to see considerable growth in these coming months as the team adds more core functionality.
Congruent with their focus on transparency, the Request team actively keeps up their blog with any new announcements to let the public keep track of their progress. To date, they are currently ahead of schedule, and are planning on releasing the website to interact with Request in Q4 2017 instead of Q1 2018.
All content provided by IRG is purely observational and should not be considered financial advice. IRG is not an investment group, but a research group that meticulously scans the market for those projects deemed to have the most potential. Cryptoassets are subject to high market volatility and risk, invest responsibly at your own risk. Seek a licensed professional before making any investments.
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Discovered by Meyer (South Africa, 1961).
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1964 as 'Anvil Sparks'.
Coral-red, yellow stripes, stripes. Strong fragrance. Cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to disease, susceptible to blackspot . Requires good cultivation if it is to perform its best. Resist the urge to prune this rose too heavily -- it doesn't like it!.


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Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald & Friends - Return To Y'Hup - The World Of Ivor Cutler - CD ALBUM (2020)
Available to preorder now. Original UK Release Date: 24th January 2020
Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald and a host of friends from the crème de la crème of Scotland's music scene present Return To Y'Hup: The World of Ivor Cutler, a celebration of the life and work of an artist of unrivalled musical and poetic vision. This ambitious project is a pioneering experiment in the field of imaginary archaeology: a sonic conjuring of a decades-old fictional island.
The underlying concept of the album was to resurrect the mythical island of Y'Hup - a territory which Ivor Cutler dreamt up and described throughout his early recordings. Here, the island has been populated with distinct Scottish voices alongside new arrangements of Cutler's music, featuring a large number of high profile guest artists, including: Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura), Kris Drever (Lau), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian), Pictish Trail, Emma Pollock (Delgados), Karine Polwart, Rick Redbeard (Phantom Band) and James Yorkston. Visiting the island as distinguished guests are two English vocalists, Phyllis King (Ivor Cutler's longtime companion and collaborator) and living legend, Robert Wyatt.
Noting Cutler's absence from an exhibit about the history of Scottish pop music at the National Museum of Scotland, Matt Brennan (Citizen Bravo) and saxophonist/composer Raymond McDonald (Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra) decided to set the record straight. They wanted to pay homage and re-affirm Cutler's status as a national treasure, uniting their two very different two musical backgrounds in a freaky and fruitful collaboration. The core team was completed by producers Malcolm Benzie (eagleowl and Withered Hand) and Andy Monaghan (member of much missed Frightened Rabbit).
Album proceeds will be donated to the registered mental health charity, the Philadelphia Association (founded by Scottish psychiatrist - and Mr Cutler's contemporary - RD Laing), as per the wishes of Mr Cutler's son Jeremy.

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VGH #2.5: We've Got a PlayStation Emergency!
Published January 28, 2011 by Video Game Hangover
In this brief "emergency" episode of VGH, the crew discuss the recently announced Sony NGP (a.k.a. "not the PSP2") and the PlayStation Suite. Paul also…
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VGH #2: Martha Washington Was My Prom Date
In their second episode, the VGH crew chat about the games they're looking forward to in 2011. Plus, D.J. probably doesn't have world exclusive news about the next Soulcalibur. Addictive substances and legendary 80's frontmen both somehow play a part. Lastly, the 3DS: Will it print money? Tune in to find out!
Pre-order a Nintendo 3DS
Journey's "Open Arms"
Nintendo 3DS Launch Window Titles
Poncho from Animal Crossing (Paul: I miss you…)
Portal 2 co-op trailer
Journey trailer
The Technology Behind Performance – demo of the motion capture tech used in Rockstar's L.A. Noire
D.J.: I mentioned that Valve bringing Steam to the PS3 would be the first time there's been true crossplatform play between consoles and PC. Microsoft actually accomplished this earlier with their Games for Windows Live initiative, allowing Xbox 360 owners to play against PC gamers in games like Shadowrun, Universe at War, and Lost Planet: Colonies. Portal 2 will still be a milestone, however, since it will be the first time there's been crossplatform support offered for a game people actually want to play.
Click the jump if you want to see some more games we're looking forward to in 2011!
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Play More Games: "Necromorphs on Roller Skates"
Published January 25, 2011 by Randy Dickinson
Snow days are a mixed blessing: as a kid, it was a delight to find myself with an unexpected free day in the middle of…
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Play More Games: "LittleBigMassEffect"
After a few dry weeks (hope you've been working through your backlog!), the release schedule is filling up again with a few must-play new releases. …
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D.J.'s top games in 2010
Published January 18, 2011 by D.J. Ross
#5: Splinter Cell: Conviction
I've admittedly played very little Splinter Cell prior to Conviction, but it was still easy to see how much of a departure this game was from the rest of the series. Instead of the calm government operative he was in the earlier games, Conviction's Sam Fisher is a free agent calling his own shots, and it has a huge impact on the gameplay. Everything feels very organic and on-the-fly, and without your support team chattering in your ear all the time, there's a great sense that you're really on your own. The main storyline is short, but it moves along so briskly that I had a hard time putting the controller down, expecting another shocking twist to be around the next corner. Also noteworthy is the multiplayer co-op campaign, which serves as a prequel to the main story and has one of the most memorable finales ever.
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Randy's Top 10 of 2010
10. Singularity
A game that was released in late June and then, it seems, somewhat quickly forgotten about. Singularity is an FPS in the BioShock vein, combining shooting mechanics with powers (in this case, a time-altering mechanic) that increase in intensity as the game progresses. As an American marine who's helicopter crashes on a mysterious island, you inadvertently cause a time singularity that results in a future world where the US is under Russian rule. It's flawed, but it's fast-paced and has enough unique stuff going on to keep it interesting.
9. Picross 3D
This puzzler for the DS kept me coming back. Breaking blocks to reveal the shape hidden inside sounds like kid's stuff, but the challenges actually became quite nefarious as the game progressed. There's tons of stuff to do on this cart, including hundreds of puzzles, the ability to create and share your own challenges, and new downloadable grids each week. Addictive and insanely fun.
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VGH #1: Subtle Like a Paper Shredder to the Face
It's finally here! The moment that practically no one has been waiting for! In their first episode, the VGH crew discuss their favorite games from…
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Paul's Top Ten of 2010
Published January 18, 2011 by Paul Sandhu
#10 (barely…) Fable III (Note: this really should be the #1 worst game of 2010, why is it on my top 10? -Paul)
Dear Peter,
You make good games!!! So stop promising us that you'll change the world with your projects! That way, a solid title like Fable III won't be labeled a disappointment in some random blog post on the internet. Your team knows how to create charming worlds, with interesting gameplay mechanics, but can't seem to grasp the technical side of game development. : ( I hope your feelings aren't hurt and we can still meet for tea and crumpets some day.
Paul Sandhu
P.S. Those are my initials! : – )
P.P.S. Please make sure you release your titles without game breaking glitches. It is kind of embarrassing when people have to restart their game because of clipping issues. When I say restart, I don't mean reboot their console, I mean RESTART their entire game/save. That's so 1996….
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VGH #0: Prelude to a Turnabout
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HomeSyria News
Assad Removes the Prime Minister When He Should Remove Himself
The Irony and Practicality of Western Justice
To Truly Weaken Iran the United States Must Assassinate Assad
Assad Declaration of Victory is Obscenely Premature
As thousands of Syrians in the mainly Druze city of Sweida took to the streets, the butcher of Damascus decided to lay the blame for his total incompetence on others. Assad removes the prime minister when he should remove himself.
On Thursday, Assad dismissed Imad Khamis, state media said, in a move that follows weeks of deepening economic hardship; in addition to an outbreak of anti-Assad protests in government-held areas. State media did not give a reason for the sudden decision. In the same presidential decree Assad designated water resources minister Hussein Arnous to replace Khamis. All the while, the Syrian Lira still trades at 3,000 to $1.
BLAME THE WEST, STUPID!
Syrian authorities blame Western sanctions for widespread hardship among ordinary residents, where the currency collapse has led to soaring prices and people struggling to afford food and basic supplies.
The government has criticized a wave of new, tighter U.S. sanctions, known as the Caesar Act. They will shortly take effect, and economists believe the Caesar Act will further tighten the noose around Assad's neck.
Arnous, 67, currently minister of water resources, was born in Idlib. He had served in a long succession of government posts, including governor of Deir Zor province that borders Iraq and Quneitra province in southern Syria.
In the last year alone the Syrian pound has lost over 80% of its value, amid expanded U.S. and European sanctions; in addition to a financial crisis in Lebanon that choked an important source of foreign currency.
GROWING PUBLIC ANGER LEAD TO PROTESTS
With growing public anger, thousands of protesters in the mainly Druze-inhabited city of Sweida in southern Syria took to the streets this week against worsening living conditions.
In rare demonstrations in government-controlled areas that did not rise against Assad's rule at the outset of Syria's war, protesters called for the president's overthrow.
They echoed chants at the start of pro-democracy protests in 2011. The Assad regime violently crushed the protesters in 2011, but today, the regime lacks the funds, the materials, and the soldiers to control any protests the way it did in 2011.
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Three years after its inception, the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative has failed to resolve the debt crisis in the world's poorest countries. Early promise has given way to disappointment. Without a concerted international effort to provide earlier and deeper debt relief, and to integrate debt reduction into wider poverty reduction initiatives, the HIPC initiative will join the long line of failed debt relief strategies; and debt will continue to destroy the potential for human development into the next millennium.


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Causes of damage to brachiopods from the Middle Pennsylvanian Naco Formation, central Arizona ( USA).
David K Elliott, S. D. Bounds
The Kohl Ranch locality in the Naco Formation of central Arizona has yielded an abundant and diverse fauna including 8 genera of brachiopods and 4 of sharks including Cochliodus. The most abundant brachiopod, Composita subtilita, was analyzed for predation damage and of 935 specimens 503 (53.7%) were found to show the type of unrepaired crushing previously attributed to shark predation. Reconstruction of the jaw of Cochliodus, however, suggests that it may have been a selective feeder similar to the modern Heterodontus and unlikely therefore to have left so many damaged but uningested specimens. Evidence from specimens collected in situ suggests that the damage mostly occurred post-mortem due to the compaction of the sediments and was not due to the sharks who would have comminuted any prey items taken.-Authors
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Elliott, D. K., & Bounds, S. D. (1987). Causes of damage to brachiopods from the Middle Pennsylvanian Naco Formation, central Arizona ( USA). Lethaia, 20(4), 327-335.
Causes of damage to brachiopods from the Middle Pennsylvanian Naco Formation, central Arizona ( USA). / Elliott, David K; Bounds, S. D.
In: Lethaia, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1987, p. 327-335.
Elliott, DK & Bounds, SD 1987, 'Causes of damage to brachiopods from the Middle Pennsylvanian Naco Formation, central Arizona ( USA).', Lethaia, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 327-335.
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Q: What is the probability that a subsequence converges? I was wondering: let be $r_n$ a sequence of numbers randomly (i.d.d.) chosen from $[0, 1]$ so $r_n \in [0, 1]-\{r_1, r_2, ... ,r_{n-1}\}$. And any r is a real number. Is we call $s(r_n)$ the space of all subsequences of $r_n$... What is the probability of pick a convergent subsequence from $s(r_n)$?
My intuition says that the probability is $0$, but I can't imagine any demonstration. Can you help me, please?
Many thanks in advance!

EDIT: Does it change in any way the outcome of this problem if we choose all $r_n$ to be rational numbers?

A: It is indeed 0. This can be shown in the following way:
For the chosen sequence to be convergent, there must be a point in the sequence where all points are within an $\epsilon$ boundary of the limit of the sequence. As such, let's take $\epsilon=\frac14$. In this case, the probability of each element of the sequence after this point being within $\frac14$ of the limit is at most $\frac12$. So, as we pick more and more terms of the sequence, the probability of all of them being within some range goes down to 0

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Davy Crockett ~ Jim Bowie ~ William B Travis ~ Sam Houston ~ James Bonham ~ The Texans ~ The Americans ~ Santa Anna ~ San Antonio ~ Siege and Battle ~ Timeline of Events
Santa Anna Timeline
1794 - Born on February 21 in Xalapa, Veracruz, New Spain.
1810 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rebelled against rule and Santa Anna Joined the Spanish Fijo de Veracruz infantry regiment. The Mexican War of Independence began.
1811 - Santa Anna was wounded in the left hand by an arrow.
1813 - Santa Anna was involved in Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, and the Battle of Medina, after which, he was cited for bravery.
1816 - Promoted to Captain by Augustín de Iturbide
1821 - Iturbide changed sides to fight for the rebels alongside Vincente Guerrero. Santa Anna fought bravely, driving the Spanish out of Veracruz and was promoted to General and given control of the city.
1822 - Iturbide removed Santa Anna from Veracruz, sparking a rebellion where Santa Anna and other military leaders removed Iturbide and created a new republic. Santa Anna used the military coalition for his own advancement and declared himself the protector of the federation.
1824 - Guadalupe Victoria became the first president of the Mexican republic with the creation of the Mexican Constitution.
1828 - Santa Anna supported Vincente Guerrero's failed bid for presidency, then tried to start his own rebellion. State governor Lorenzo de Zavala agreed with Santa Anna, organized his supporters and gained control of the capital. President-elect Gómez Pedraza fled the country leaving an open door for Vincente Guerrero.
1829 - Santa Anna defeated an advance from the Spanish army and returned a hero. Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante organized a coup, evicting President Guererro.
1830 - Bustamante became president.
1832- A rebellion started against Bustamante. with Santa Anna being offered command of their army.
1832 - After several battles between Santa Anna's and Bustamente, Gómez Pedraza was to be reinstalled as president with Santa Anna at his side.
1833 - Gómez Pedraza was made President on January 3, then on April 1, Santa Anna replaced him as President of Mexico. However, politics and governing was not to Santa Anna's liking and running the country was passed to his Vice President, Valentin Gómez Farías.
1834 - Santa Anna and Valentin Gómez Farías transferred the Presidency to one another on four occasions,. During this period Santa Anna dissolved Congress, centralized power and virtually became a dictator.
1835 - October 2, the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired at the Battle of Gonzales, when Mexican soldiers tried to retrieve a canon that was given to the town, to protect itself from Indians. The Texans refused to return the canon and cried out "Come and take it!".
1835 - The Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas rebelled against the new controls and on October 9, the first Battle of Goliad occurred when Texans attacked the Presidio La Bahia near Goliad, where the Mexicans surrendered. The Texas troops carried away a vast quantity of provisions.
1835 -December 11, at the Siege of Bexar, Texas troops attacked the Mexican army at Bexar (now called San Antonio). This gave the Texans control of all important areas of Texas.
1836 - January 19, Jim Bowie arrived at the Alamo with around 30 men and orders to destroy the building, but Neill persuaded him otherwise.
1836 - Santa Anna arrived on February 23, with his 1,500 strong army and the siege of the Alamo began.
1836 - March 2, Texans wrote the Constitution of the Republic of Texas and declared independence. Sam Houston was made the Military Commander.
1836 - March 6, Sana Anna's army mounted an all out attack on the Alamo, taking no prisoners.
1836 - March 27, Santa Anna ordered the slaughter of around 342 Texan soldiers, after they surrendered at the Battle (Massacre) of Goliad. Colonel James W. Fannin was executed along with his men.
1836 - April 21, Sam Houston's Texas army defeated and captured Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, marking the final stage of Texas' fight for independence.
1836 - October 22, the Treaties of Velasco were signed by Sam Houston and Santa Anna, officially recognizing the independent territory of Texas, although Mexican authorities stated that he was no longer President.
1837 - He returned to Mexico.
1838 - The Mexican government once again gave Santa Anna control of the troops to fight off a French invasion. In the skirmish, his left leg was injured and required amputation.
1838 - He was appointed interim president for a period of four months.
1841 - He returned to power as President and dictator.
1842 - Santa Anna left office, appointing Nicolás Bravo, as President.
1843 - Santa Anna re-assumed his presidency, governing the country from March to October.
1844 -The death of his wife, Inés García's, urged him to marry María de los Dolores de Tosta. His dictatorial rule was resented and he was arrested and imprisoned, then exiled to Cuba.
1846 - At the start of the Mexican-American war (1846 - 1848) Santa Anna offered his services to both Mexico and America, only to renege on his agreements, as he attempted to reinstall himself as President,.
1851 - He went into exile in Kingston Jamaica.
1853 - He moved to Turbaco, Columbia and in April, was offered control of the country and declared himself the Most Serene Highness, proceeding to siphon money from the state and sell off more land to the US.
1854 - The The Ayutla Rebellion removed him from power.
1855 - He once again fled to Cuba in self exile after he was found guilty of treason and his assets were seized by the state.
1869 - He lived in Staten Island, New York, where he is credited for inspiring the first commercial production of chewing gum.
1874 - Almost blind and crippled, he returned to Mexico.
1878 - Santa Anna died on June 21, 1876 in Mexico City.
Regarded as the Napoleon of the West, Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, was one of the most brutal, untrustworthy, charismatic and resilient leaders of his time. Known throughout history as Santa Anna, he was born on February 21, 1794 in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and died in Mexico City on June 21, 1876. He acted as President of Mexico on numerous occasions, ruling as an egocentric dictator. He was better skilled at leading an army and going fearlessly into battle than governing a nation. His egotistic command would eventually lead to his downfall. The needless slaughter of Texian soldiers at the Alamo and Goliad incited a fearless revenge in all Texians.
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Bad news for any of the 81 small businesses that were awarded a place on the decade's largest IT contract. For the 10-year $15 billion ALLIANT 2 IT services contract vehicle, the court of federal claims has just ruled that the General Services Administration (GSA) will have to re-score every single bid for the small business portion.
Since March 14, 2018, there have been various protests submitted to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the awards, and while many have been dismissed, the Chantilly, Virginia-based IT company Citizant, Inc. successfully landed a rescission of all awards. They reported that there were concerns with contracting officer biases and indicated that the GSA scored bid pricing without clear criteria. The company also provided evidence that GSA improperly credited competitors' bids for using satisfactory cost accounting systems.
Specifically, Citizant stated that the GSA calculated the deviation range of the various proposals and any bids that fell outside of that range were only provided detailed grading for direct labor rates. Pricing was assessed without adequate detail and via two conflicting sets of calculations against the deviation range, per the ruling.
Federal Claims Court Chief Judge Margaret Sweeney has ruled that all submissions to ALLIANT 2 SB must be re-scored taking these considerations into light. The GSA made awards to the 81 companies using a point-based scoring system (the 80th and 81st position was the result of a tie). It appears that not all company scores were affected by the faulty scoring, so many will likely hold on to their award after the re-scoring.
ALLIANT 2 SB is currently listed in pre-award status on FBO and is currently not accepting new proposals. While we're sure that the GSA would prefer to not open up the possibility of having additional new proposals come in for evaluation, there may be further protests as contractors will likely point out the changed evaluation criteria so they can get their bid in.
On the ALLIANT 2 large-business side, everything was kicked off in June of 2018, however things are off to a somewhat slow start. Per EZGovOpps analysis, about $87 Million dollars have been obligated so far.
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The School of Fashion at Ryerson University hosted one of the first Canadian screenings of Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image in Dr. Ben Barry's FSN223: Fashion Concepts & Theory. We invited five panelists to speak on their experiences and expertise. The screening and panel took place on Jan 23rd, 2018.


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Thank you! I used "cellar" and it marked me wrong. I have a good friend who lives in Pincehely, and he told me it meant "place of cellars."
-------- i just used cellar and duo was ok with it . . .


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Some police officers turn their backs in a sign of disrespect as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu on January 4th, 2015.
The apparent work stoppage by the New York Police Department is now officially a really confusing story.
The latest weekly stats show that whatever they NYPD is up to is still going on in a big way, with parking violations down 92 percent compared to the same week last year, and "quality of life"-type infractions like public urination and open container tickets down 91 percent.
What exactly is going on? This slowdown seems to have started as a protest against Mayor Bill de Blasio and against a "hostile" protest environment many people in law enforcement blame for having led to the December murders of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
But is it morphing into something else?
All of the 911 calls are being responded to…The lack of summons activity, we're talking about financial fines. That's one of those things that will correct itself, I'm sure.
So which is it? Are police cutting down on arrests out of concern for their safety post Ramos/Liu? Are they merely pulling a slowdown by specifically abandoning non-essential, financial infractions?
Or are they "exercising discretion" and showing "feelings" by doing away with the harassing, often arm-twisting, day-ruining barrage of useless and expensive summonses that have been handed out in low-income neighborhoods in massive numbers since the early Nineties?
I'm not buying the "feelings" line, although I know for a fact that a lot of police hate the endless regime of Broken Windows tickets (not as much as the people getting the tickets hate it, but still).
I'm guessing police are trying to make the public and the Mayor feel the pain of their absence as much as possible without opening themselves up to accusations of deliberately making the city unsafe, and this is the only way they can think to do it.
Of course, there are a lot of people who still believe in the efficacy of Broken Windows and its attendant regime of mass quality-of-life arrests and citations. Most particularly, Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor de Blasio both strongly reaffirmed a commitment to the policies just last month, touting Broken Windows for having turned around the crime picture in New York two decades ago.
So maybe there's an element of this, too: Police know that de Blasio and Bratton have wedded themselves politically to Broken Windows, and as such they're standing on their shovels on that particular dig site. And because there's a portion of the public that hates the summons regime, they may simultaneously try to spin the slowdown in a populist direction, i.e. as an end to the robotic, "unfeeling" dissemination of tickets to aggrieved residents.
Whatever it is, it's weird. There are all sorts of news stories out there now about how the slowdown is being welcomed by activists, who in many cases have histories as some of the harshest critics of the police. And there are nervous mainstream news editorials in outlets normally very supportive of police warning that the slowdown might inadvertently puncture the legacy of Broken Windows, by making the public too relieved by its absence. Newsday, recounting the story, even breathed a sigh of relief at the way Bratton "reassuringly" reaffirmed his commitment to the policy.
It's not often that a political protest goes on for weeks and people on all sides of the issue express confusion about what it all means, whether it's good or bad, etc. Can anyone else recall a parallel?


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Bonanome, Giovanni Battista (1)
Bonanome, Nicola (1)
Lombardo, Ludovico (1)
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Emperor Charles V with a Dog
Oil on canvas. 1533
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
The period between 1530 and 1533 was crucial for the formulation of the image of Charles V. The image that ultimately proved most influential was invented by Jacob Seisenegger who painted five full-length portraits of Charles V between 1530 and 1532, creating a totally innovative typology for the depiction of the Emperor but one that had numerous precedents in German art (Cranach, Strigel, Amberge
Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg
This portrait commemorates Charles V's victory over the Schmalkaldic League at Mühlberg on 24 April 1547. The Emperor is equipped in the manner of the light cavalry with a half pike and wheel-lock pistol. His suit of armour was made around 1545 by Desiderius Helmschmid and has an image of the Virgin and Child on the breastplate, as was customary with Charles' armour from 1531. Panofsky pointe
Oil on canvas. 1548 - 1549
The literary source for the Furies is Ovid´s Metamorphoses (IV, 447-464) and Virgil´s Aeneid (VI, 457-8), which recounts the eternal sufferings in Hades of Tityus, whose liver was devoured by a vulture as a punishment for having raped Latona; Tantalus, condemned to try to reach food and drink in vain for having killed and cooked his son Pelops as a banquet for the gods; Sisyphus, founder and king
Philip II was Titian's most important patron, and the pair's artistic relationship was one of the most fecund of the Renaissance. They met twice while Philip was still a prince, in Milan (December 1548-January 1549) and Augsburg (November 1550-1551), and Titian painted the prince's portrait on both occasions. On 29 January 1549 Philip paid the painter 1000 escudos for certain portraits he paints a
Tityus
Oil on canvas. Ca. 1565
In his Metamorphoses Ovid recounts the torments of the Giant Tityus, whose punishment for having attempted to rape the goddess Leto was to have two vultures devouring his continually regenerating liver for eternity. This work is Titian´s own late repetition of the original, painted by him for Mary of Hungary as part of a series of Furies. It was conceived as a warning for those who dared to challe
White marble. 140 - 150
A bust of the Roman emperor, Antoninus Pius (86-161 A.D.), of a type set by the government itself from the moment he took power. This type of portrait went essentially unchanged during his entire reign. This monumental head of the long-lived Roman emperor has various modern additions. The hair and beard are based on depictions of his adoptive father, the Emperor Hadrian, but the face has individua
The Emperor Nero
Marble. Ca. 1565
Bonanome, Giovanni Battista; Bonanome, Nicola
In 1562 and 1565 Philip II commissioned the Bonanome brothers to execute two series of busts of the "Twelve Emperors" of whom Suetonius wrote biographies. The monarch was not satisfied with the busts and had them sent to the gardens of the Casa de Campo in Madrid in 1571. This monumental head of Nero reproduces with slight variations the last portrait of the notorious emperor (54-68 AD).
Grey marble, Bronze. Ca. 1570
Lombardo, Ludovico -Sculptor- (Attributed To)
This bust -bronze (head) and coloured marble (bust)-, bequeathed to Philip III by Count Ernst of Mansfeld, Governor of the Low Countries, was in the castle of La Fontaine in Luxembourg until 1608. Thought there to depict Antoninus Pius, the subject is in fact the Roman Emperor, Hadrian (76-138AD). Five bronze portraits of this type are known, all attributed to Lombardo who based his design on an o
Lucius Aurelius Verus
White marble, Portasanta marble. Late XVI century
Following the instructions of the Emperor Hadrian, Lucius Verus (130-169 AD) and Marcus Aurelius were adopted in the year 138 by Hadrian's successor Antoninus Pius. Lucius, who was co-emperor with his brother (161-69 AD), was known in Rome for his licentious lifestyle. He was a renowned general, celebrated for his victories in the East, where he died of the plague. This bust may have been a diplom


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By Elisabeth R. Finch
Officer Frank tells me I'm lucky I'm not dead.
Then he tells me why I shouldn't bother pressing charges. "Even if we caught 'em, million to one shot you'll get anything outta 'em. Cut your losses, chalk it off to a bad day."
I stare at his bald spot sticking out like an area rug plopped on freshly cut grass. I watch the tow truck yank away the royal blue mangled accordion that used to be my car. And I start laughing like hell.
Officer Frank just stares at me. "Maybe you should go get checked out by a doctor."
I try containing my hysterics. Fail. Try again.
Perhaps if I'd played my damsel in distress card with any degree of aplomb, he'd have offered me a ride home.
But I am, after all, my mother's daughter.
My mother, all 5' 3" and 110 pounds of her now, was built of South Philly stock -- where everyone was tough, the women just kept it secret. If asked to, Mom could change a flat tire, tweak leaking faucets, and throw a speedball better than anyone three row houses over. But most of the time she baked mandel bread, finished class assignments with stellar penmanship, and played the violin for bored neighbors.
She grew up with perfect teeth, perfect SAT scores, and got a Masters in French while most of her friends majored in Pre-Wed. She had time. So she took it.
The day she finally got married she laid out a budget on hotel stationery, and told my father they were ready to have kids.
Seven years of infertility drugs followed, prescribed by short-sighted doctors with limited resources. Four years in, after everyone she knew was making several laps around the Baby Track, she packed up and moved to France with my father, where cutting edge trials were surpassing any options they had Stateside. They both spoke the language fluently, and were obsessed with warm baguettes. Three years of hormones and poisons injected into her arms, legs, and rear-end at unpredictable, inconvenient times. Timing was everything. My brother was their miracle baby. I followed two years after.
Mom was never a homemaker. But if she'd have cursed more in polyester suits and leaned a little farther to the Left, she could've been FEMA Chair.
Growing up in Jersey, I learned how to change tires and fix leaky faucets, but could never do it without ruining my brand new shirt. I didn't learn violin or how to cook mandel bread. But I learned Mom's art of smiling, doing the work, and taking hits however they came. "Lucky day," my mother would always say, no matter what was going wrong. In the world of glass half-empty/half-full, Mom never weighed in; she was too busy figuring out how to fill it to the top next go-round.
So when she called me and left a message on my voice mail that just said, "Lucky Day," I knew to call back right away.
It was 2001, and I'd just passed under six skies in six days, New Jersey to Delaware, Tennessee to Arkansas to Texas, en route to college. Six skies away from my mother on the other end of the line, telling me something I didn't want to hear. I smiled through clenched teeth as I followed crude gas station directions, turning left, right, left, down Austin city streets I suddenly didn't give a shit about. I was paying attention to the voice on my cell phone. For the first time in my life I was struck with the idea there might be a limit to my mother's words.
I tapped on my thigh, in rhythm with music I couldn't block out and I pulled into Barton Springs. I didn't see the pecan trees and walnut groves that lined the mile-stretch of water. I simply stopped the car, left my keys in the ignition, and threw my body on the grass.
"This stupid thing," my mother called it.
She never used the "C" word. Never will. She never said prognosis or hospital or radiation. I rested my elbows on my knees, my hands running through my scalp, brand new cowboy boots pointing up to the sky.
"Lucky day, huh?" I said to my mom.
"Your father's been getting fantastic parking spots all afternoon," she said.
I told her I loved her. She told me not to drive too late at night without "two flares and a spare".
The next day they launched a nuclear war inside my mother, inside the same flesh I once depended on for love and vitamins. No target dates. No guarantees. Only mothers, doctors, drugs, and prayers pressed tight between my father's fat fingers.
Five years later, we were all experts in pharmacology, wig design, hip hospital lingo, and fashioning surreptitious means of throwing up in public places. I hadn't finished undergrad, but got my Masters in Navigating Red Tape, and a PhD in Managing the Moronic Masses. My mother got to keep both her breasts and one of her day jobs.
The day her margins and mammograms came back clear, she celebrated with a piece of chocolate cake, two glasses of red wine, and told me to get the heck out of her house. She kissed my hands, then threw my empty duffel bag on my head.
No one ever expects that first call, that first time. No one ever imagines hearing their mother talk about "options." The second call, the second time... there's no shock. More like resignation. Sure, you've taken vacations, and completed degrees, moved across the country, made plans and kept them for the first time in ages. But it was always as if you were waiting, no matter how many years later, for the phone to ring.
When it did, when my father said the word "spread," I hung up, and started making calls. Not to my aunt, or boyfriend, or airlines to find a way to get my ass home to New Jersey and fast. I called the doctor, made an appointment for the next day, ate a plate full of veggie stir fry without oil, took a shot of Nyquil, and went to bed.
The next day, a hirsute doctor with an excellent reputation and worn shoes told me he'd have his nurse come in to speak more in-depth about "psychological ramifications." Before I could ask him why I was in a paper gown if I only wanted a blood test, he was already out the door.
A tiny nurse with big hair and no sense of humor came in, sat down next to me, titled her head, and asked me why I thought this was a good idea.


aod is seeking an Assistant Director to help create our new production of ANTIGONE and follow the creative process from its Research and Development in February 2017 through to its national tour in September - November 2017.
aod specialises in new adaptations of ancient Greek Drama in English translation and new writing performances inspired by myth. Our passion is to ensure that this intrinsic part of our dramatic heritage remains accessible to modern audiences both nationally and internationally, in theatres, in schools and beyond.
In keeping with this, aod seeks to make new work that connects with epic stories, creating contemporary performance that combines emotional impact with formal innovation. At the heart of our work is a desire to challenge audience perceptions transforming ancient themes into relevant, urgent and powerful theatre.
We are not looking for applicants with large amounts of experience. The position would suit a recent graduate or young/early-career director with less than one year's experience in eg. fringe directing or similar. You will not necessarily have trained extensively in directing.
The opportunity to assistant-direct on aod's new production of Antigone, and watch the production through from its current early stages of research and development to its formal rehearsal and national tour in Autumn 2017.
A two-week tailored training programme observing day to day running of the theatre, attending planning and management meetings and spending time in departments such as marketing, production and development.
Hands-on experience of working with the Education and Workshops wing of the company on learning how to deliver a programme of work for schools inspired by the material they have assisted on.
Mentoring during the placement designed to develop and further your skills.
A provable and demonstrable interest in directing and learning more about the development process of a new work or adaptation of a classical text; the ability to be supportive and sensitive in the rehearsal room; a passion for the classical world and the texts of Greek tragedy coupled with an excitement about reimagining these and making them new and comprehensible for audiences today; an interest in understanding how a theatre company operates; a willingness to engage in and assist with the devising element of the initial R&D process (transcribing material, research, assisting with communications between members of the creative team, assisting the writer where necessary, providing the Artistic Director with regular updates; easy access to London.
Any experience or interest in physical theatre, movement and dance is a positive, but not necessary.
We will provide meals, travel, and expenses for the R&D period and accommodation if required. Should you follow the process into the touring stage Sep - Nov, you will be included on the Arts Council bid for the touring stage of the process and your costs and a fee will be offered.
What the opportunity will mean in terms of your evolution as a theatre-maker.
Any relevant experience and why you are interested in assisting for aod on a new touring production.
Please clearly confirm that you are fully available for the relevant dates.
The closing date for applications is noon on Fri 3rd Feb 2017.
A shortlist of candidates will be invited to meet Antigone director Justin Murray and company Artistic Director, Tamsin Shasha in London in the following week.
Please send your application for the attention of Justin Murray at justin@actorsofdionysus.com.


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Engagement Ring Face-Off: Nicole Kidman vs. Katie Holmes! Who Scored the Better Ring From Tom Cruise?
Tom Cruise's highly publicized split from Katie Holmes last June wasn't his first. A decade earlier Tom and Nicole Kidman parted ways after 11 years of marriage. So neither leading lady landed the ">crazed couch-jumper forever-ever, but each landed a pretty decent engagement ring. Tom proposed to Nicole (shortly after his first marriage, to actress Mimi Rogers, ended) with the ring on the left, featuring a princess-cut diamond set at an angle and what appear to be trillion sidetones. He asked Joey Potter to be his third Mrs. with a 5-carat Fred Leighton oval diamond. Whose ring is prettier? Who Scored the Better Ring From Tom Cruise? Which of these engagement rings is your favorite?
Tom Cruise's highly publicized split from Katie Holmes last June wasn't his first. A decade earlier Tom and Nicole Kidman parted ways after 11 years of marriage. So neither leading lady landed the crazed couch-jumper forever-ever, but each landed a pretty decent engagement ring.
Tom proposed to Nicole (shortly after his first marriage, to actress Mimi Rogers, ended) with the ring on the left, featuring a princess-cut diamond set at an angle and what appear to be trillion sidetones. He asked Joey Potter to be his third Mrs. with a 5-carat Fred Leighton oval diamond. Whose ring is prettier?
Who Scored the Better Ring From Tom Cruise?


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Sir Reginald Goodall  (13 July 1901 – 5 May 1990) was an English conductor and singing coach noted for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner and for conducting the premieres of several operas by Benjamin Britten.

Early life
Goodall was born in Lincoln, and studied at the Royal College of Music and elsewhere in Europe. In 1929, he became the organist and choirmaster at St Alban's Church, Holborn.

Career

During the Second World War, Goodall conducted the Wessex Philharmonic, a freelance orchestra which included some ex-members of the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. In 1944, Goodall joined the Sadler's Wells company, forerunner of the English National Opera. An early triumph was his conducting of the premiere of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945. He conducted this again later at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he had first conducted in 1947. He was an assistant conductor to the music director of the Royal Opera House, Karl Rankl, in the late 1940s. Goodall also conducted at Glyndebourne, including another Britten premiere, this time of The Rape of Lucretia, which was also his first recording, with EMI.

Goodall spent much of his career conducting orchestras at the Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells Opera. At Covent Garden, he was overshadowed by Georg Solti. When Solti was made Music Director of the Royal Opera in 1961, altercations soon followed, leading Goodall to cease conducting duties and withdraw to an upper-floor room, nicknamed "Valhalla", where he remained available to singers for coaching on request.

For Goodall, conducting success finally came with an appointment at Sadler's Wells, where from 1967 he worked in close collaboration with the head of the music staff, Leonard Hancock.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Goodall conducted several celebrated Wagner productions at Sadler's Wells Opera that reversed the decline in his prestige and established him as one of the leading Wagner conductors of his time. He conducted The Mastersingers in 1968, and the full Ring Cycle from 1970 to 1973, both productions sung in English.

His last public performance was in 1987 at the Royal Albert Hall, London where he led the English National Opera Company in a performance of Act 3 of Wagner's Parsifal. The cast included Gwynne Howell (Gurnemanz), Warren Ellsworth (Parsifal), Neil Howlett (Amfortas) and Shelagh Squires (Kundry).

Fascism and Holocaust denials

Passionate about all things German, in the 1930s Goodall openly sympathised with the Nazi regime, which he perceived as a defender of Germanic cultural traditions.  Goodall also actively supported Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, and he eventually joined the party just five days after Britain's declaration of war on Germany. He maintained his outspoken pro-Nazi views during World War II, the uninhibited expression of which once led him to be briefly questioned by the police. Goodall was known to refer to the Holocaust as a "BBC Jewish plot".

Reputation and legacy
Goodall achieved his own prominence in later life once he was able to come out from under the shadow of some of the great German and Austrian conductors of his era, for whom he understudied, conducted rehearsals and provided vocal coaching. Goodall was appreciated for his attention to detail and Wagner's annotations, as well as for his extensive rehearsals.

John Lucas published an authorised biography of Goodall in 1993.

Family
Goodall married Eleanor Gibbs in 1932. The union was apparently childless.

References

Sources

External links
"The First Digital Tristan - a talk with the Maestro, the Hero and the Boss" by Bruce Duffie.  Wagner News, February 1982.
Stereophile review of Goodall's Ring, reissued on CD 2001
"Reginald Goodall – the holy fool", On an Overgrown Path (blog), 8 May 2007 blog entry.

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Qinya Liu
J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics
Department of Physics & Department of Earth Sciences
Dept of Physics
TCS Group
Seismo Lab
GPS Home
UCSD IGPP
Geophysics Seminar Schedule (2022-2023), 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020
Joubin-James Lectures and short courses (2018-2019)
Research Interests (primarily in Seismology)
Numerical simulations of 3-D seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous/anisotropic medium based upon the spectral-element method (SEM).
Full waveform inversions (adjoint tomography) based upon SEM simulations at both regional and continental scales, using earthquake data, ambinent-noise and teleseismic scattered waves.
Nonlinear inversion/optimization methods; model resolution analysis.
Acoustic Emission, microseismics and induced seismicity: event detection, source localization, source mechanism inversions.
Jun 2007 -- Aug 2008: Green Scholar (Postdoc), Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Jun 2006 -- May 2007: Assistant Scientist, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
July 2000 -- May 2006: Ph. D. in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Advisor: Jeroen Tromp
Thesis : Spectral-element Simulations of 3D Seismic Wave Propagation
and Applications to Source and Structural Inversions
July 1995 -- Jun 2000: B.S. in Geophysics, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Department of SCGY, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Current* and former group members (Computer Handbook, Research Handbook)
M.Sc. students:Alexandra Korolev (2022), Gang Yang (2021), Talha Quadri (2020), Mostafa Khorshidi (2019), Na Wang (2015), Lin Zheng (2013), Mehdi (Sherveen) Ghofrani Tabar (2009)
Ph.D. students: Nanqiao Du (2021-)*, Gang Yang (2021-)*, Ting Lei (2020-)*, Tianshi Liu (2018-)*, Afeez Popoola (2019-)*, Xin Song (2013-2019), Chuangxin Lin (2013-2019)
Postdocs: Ding Liang (2021-)*, Bin He (2020-2022, UTDallas), Kai Wang (2018-2019), Piero Basini (2012-2014), Ping Tong (2012-2014, now at NTU)
Undergraduates (thesis): Lyndon Boone (2020), Jia Yoong Chong (2019), Yiru Zhou (2018), Qi Zhao (2012, now faculty at HK Polytech U), Alex Bing (2010)
Visiting grad students: Kai Zhang (2022-2023), Yuanxie Lee (2021-2022), Rezvan Mortezanejad (2019-2020), Liang Ding (2018-2020), Shan Wu (2018), Chao Zhang (2016, now at Hohai), Changyi Yu (2016, now at TPEI), Qiang Zhang (2014-2016, now at IWHR), Felix Halpaap (2015), Jiupeng Hu (2015), Xueyuan Huang (2014, now at BTBU), Yunfeng Chen (2014, Now at ZJU)
Visiting scholars: Majid Bagheri (2019), Farzam Yamini Fard (2018), Langping Zhang (IES, CEA), Biao Guo (IG, CEA), Xueting Zhang (2013, HDU), Weifeng Yang (2013, CUMT), Shu-Huei Hung (all the time)


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Launched in 2005 by Laetitia Cohen-Skalli, RedLine is a haute couture jewelry brand that began as a successful design project at university. Using a single diamond on a string as the concept, RedLine creates single-string bracelets that feature a gemstone, tube or pearl.
Inspired by the red string of Jerusalem, many cultures consider a stone and string combination to be the symbol of a lucky charm. Acquiring a strong celebrity following, RedLine's unique, minimal and refined aesthetic makes them a popular choice across the globe.


Kilim are hand-knotted rugs that are thin, lightweight and durable. Kilim is a turkish word that implies the flat weave technique. kilims typically have a geometric design that can be bold and colorful. They are used in a wide variety of looks-from country to contemporary-and create a great splash of color on floors of wood, terracotta tile, or sisal. Kilims are often used in Southwestern style. They can also be used as wall hangings. Over time the colors of a kilim fade to beautiful soft hues.


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Journey Towards Making Disability Sport More Inclusive and Accessible Still has a Long Way to Go
UK Coaching Team
Paralympians, academics, coach education developers and a much-revered parliamentarian, gathered at Liverpool John Moores University as part of the Erasmus-funded ParaCoach project for two days of debate on disability sport and physical activity. Themes centred on how to increase participation in sport and physical activity for the disabled community, how to create more effective coach education systems, how to get more disabled people into coaching, and how to effectively capitalise on the success of the Paralympic Games to inspire the next generation of disabled participants. UK Coaching's Blake Richardson summarises the ideas and opinions of some of the panellists and presenters
Those of a certain age, cast your mind back for a moment if you will to the 1980s, to the sheer dearth of opportunities and accessible facilities that existed for disabled people wanting to engage in sport and physical activity.
It wasn't so much that people – from public bodies to policy makers – were struggling to find a solution to the participation problem; it was that most people couldn't even see that there was a problem.
Thankfully, 'most people' have seen the light, but while great strides have been made by our sector in those intervening years, nobody working in sport and physical activity is fooling themselves: plenty of hard work remains to be done before we achieve any semblance of equality of opportunity for people with disabilities.
As Paralympic Hall of Famer Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson so pithily put it: "The marker that we know we've truly made it, and are at a point of inclusion and equity, is when we get the first Paralympic athlete who has a million-pound shoe deal."
Tanni was on stage for a Question-and-Answer session with Professor Greg Whyte OBE – an authority on physical activity and a two-time Olympian in modern pentathlon, who has become well-known as Comic Relief's resident 'coach and motivator', supporting celebrities who undertake gruelling challenges for charity.
Speaking in his full-time role as Professor in Applied Sport and Exercise Science at Liverpool John Moores, Greg shed light on the complexity of Paralympic and disability sport when he disputed the widely held view that the Paralympic Games creates a social legacy for disabled people.
"There is a clear separation between the Paralympics and the lives of disabled people who aren't athletes. Major Games are entertainment, they are not inspiration. They do not create legacies."
Tanni echoed those words and laid bare the bigger picture around the Paralympic Games' ineffectiveness at changing perceptions of disabled people in broader society.
"I struggle when people tell me the London Paralympics changed the world for disabled people," she said, providing a forthright description of the current state of play regarding slow progress and ingrained prejudice.
It changed free parking, it changed Kings Cross Station in London, it changed parts of the South Bank, and it definitely changed the lives of some Paralympians, but it didn't stop compulsory do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders involving tens of thousands of disabled people during the pandemic."
As I say, a long way to go.
Understandably, as Director of Sport at the British Paralympic Association, Penny Briscoe OBE offered a more upbeat perspective, fresh from Britain's phenomenal achievement in finishing second in the medals table in Tokyo.
The ParalympicsGB's Chef de Mission in Tokyo said: "We're here to celebrate para sport, and the success of the most complex, challenging Paralympic Games ever, but we're also celebrating ability and acknowledging the incredible influence para-sport athletes can have on social change.
Ultimately, we know that if athletes are successful on the field of play, that leads to so much more in terms of influence and change off the field of play."
Jonathon Riall is the Head Coach for the Paralympic Programme at British Triathlon.
He addressed the legacy debate in his panel session with Jon Pett, the Head of Para-Cycling at British Cycling.
"I came back from Rio; the first time I'd led a team at a Paralympic Games, and we had one gold medallist. And did it change his life? It didn't at all," said Jonathon.
"He actually got taken off the programme a year after because of a classification change. So, I think when you look at the Paralympic movement, you can often think it's changing more than it is.
There's a lot of talk about how London changed the lives of the people with disabilities. And I've heard a lot of reflections from people that that isn't the case. So, I think as a sport it is our responsibility, massively, to acknowledge something beyond medals."
Responding to my 'question from the audience', Jonathon agreed that it is imperative elite coaches and governing bodies are as genuinely committed to supporting their athletes' holistic well-being as they are invested in maximising their performance.
Building skills inside the sporting arena that are transferable to life beyond sport should be an intrinsic part of the Paralympic pathway – as indeed it should any pathway.
We did a review off the back of Rio, and the concept about an athlete thriving in their personal life as a performance tool was one of three or four key objectives that we created. We called it Project Thrive… and it's now become a relevant culture within our sport."
Jon agreed that you shouldn't need to take away from athlete welfare to deliver medals. The two could, and should, happily co-exist.
"There's a phrase 'happy heads, fast legs' and it's true," he said. "One of the things that we've always tried to ensure is that the environment is conducive to elite performance but equally that it is enjoyable. If you can do that, you're onto a winner. As soon as someone is unhappy, you need to ask the question why? What is it that is causing them anxiety or stress?"
Sophie Carrigill in action for Great Britain against Germany in the Women's Preliminary Round Group A match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Levers of change
Increasing the numbers of disabled coaches and participants and ensuring we capitalise on the success of the Paralympic Games to inspire the next generation involves pulling a lot of different levers but, "fundamentally", says Tanni, "it all comes down to education".
At UK Coaching we are here for all coaches, and we work hard to support coaches to be more confident when working with disabled people.
We champion a person-centred approach to coaching because we recognise that coaching the person in front of you is a key catalyst to achieving positive change, helping to remove the fear-factor that still exists around coaching and including disabled people.
"Talk to disabled people and be open about learning, and don't be frightened," was Tanni's advice to coaches.
People panic: 'oh, I don't know what to do'. It's lack of knowledge and lack of education. If you are a good coach, you can coach anyone."
Two of the first 'levers' Tanni referred to that need to be pulled if we are to increase participation amongst the disabled community, are to make sure that disabled children are not excluded from doing PE in school, and for clubs to be more inclusive.
"Be welcoming to disabled people. It's too easy to walk away if that initial contact is not welcoming," said Tanni.
And those words were brought into sharp focus in the final presentation of the conference by UK Coaching Diversity & Inclusion Manager Esther Jones, who has cerebral palsy.
Esther (currently on a year's secondment with Sport England) testified to the harmful effects of disability stigma, and people's preconceived notions around impairments, by discussing her school-day experiences that deterred her from taking part in sport and physical activity and negatively impacted on her confidence and mental health.
"I loved sport, but it was also where I was at my most vulnerable as a disabled person. It became more visible when I went to catch things, throw things, and run. So, I fell out of love with sport and physical activity. I didn't want to do anything in front of anyone else.
Then my mum introduced me to CP Sport as a youngster. It was a lifesaving organisation for me. It gave me back the confidence I'd lost and introduced me to other disabled people, which was important for me at that time as it was quite isolating to be the only child with an impairment in a mainstream school. And it also introduced me to competitive sport at a level I could take part."
Detailing how her first experience of attending a local athletics club was to be told by the sprints coach that he couldn't help her because he "hadn't done the disability athletics training course", Esther added: "I needed him to understand and help me… a young person who was mad keen on sprinting. I didn't need someone with a knowledge of CP and how it affected me. I had that!"
Esther flourished after finding an inclusive club that saw her as a person, not as a disabled person, going on to break the 400m world record twice and win Paralympic and World titles, including a gold and two silver medals at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games.
Equal access to opportunities
In his closing address, Dr Tabo Huntley – Senior Lecturer in Coaching and Disability Sport at LJMU – talked about fighting the ableism that remains rooted in our systems and social structures, and which is hampering the drive for equality.
On the journey toward a shared vision of creating opportunities for all, Tabo said: "People with disabilities should have opportunities for high quality sporting and physical activity experiences, as they choose and as they desire, whether that is community lifelong participation, or to go to the elite end and participate in the Paralympic Games or other elite sports contexts."
In his session with Tanni, Greg shared an anecdote that spoke a thousand words and perfectly captured the 'opportunity for all' ethos.
"I remember David Bedford doing a newspaper interview in the pub about breaking the 10,000-metre record. He was asked 'what is it like to be the best 10,000 metre runner in the world?' and his response was, 'you know what, I might not be the best 10,000 metre runner in this pub! But the difference is, I had opportunity and I took that opportunity'."
For Laura Sugar – Paralympic gold medallist in the women's KL3 para canoe sprint in Tokyo – visibility holds the key to sport becoming more accessible to disabled people.
"The more disability sport is shown, suddenly the more interest there is in it, and then that has a knock-on effect of more money coming into those sports, and more coaches getting involved, and then more disabled people wanting to become a coach.
It is vital we also retain para athletes as coaches and within the workforce generally in business roles. By increasing their voice, only then can we make positive change happen."
This opinion was shared by Esther, who added: "People must feel that they are able to move through the workforce, voluntary and paid, and can input into the future direction of sport and physical activity."
Unfortunately, a career in coaching is not considered a viable option by many disabled people.
"We need to do more to help disabled people feel comfortable about starting a career in coaching, collaborating with partners to put a curriculum in place," said Esther.
Disabled people coaching disabled people
Attitudinal behaviours continue to derail the drive for inclusion and equity.
The presumption that disabled people can't play sport, for example, or that people who are disabled don't have a job.
"We need to move away from those patronising attitudes," said Tanni, who said high on her list of bugbears is the notion that, if you are non-disabled, it's perfectly fine to be bad at sport, but it's very difficult for disabled people to be.
"We see a lot of disabled children being asked if they want to be a Paralympian. You don't say that to every non-disabled child."
Also high on Tanni's wish-list is a desire to see more disabled people coaching disabled people in sport.
It is a vision we share at UK Coaching and we are working hard to ensure that our coach development programmes at all levels are fully inclusive, whilst targeting organisations so that we can engage with, and learn from, coaches who have impairments.
There was more evidence of the huge scope for improvement on this front when we heard from Para Powerlifting Paralympic medallist and former world champion Ali Jawad, who said he found it surprising that "not one person has ever approached me to say, 'with all your years of experience, have you ever thought about transitioning into coaching when you retire?'"
It has nothing to do with granting preferential treatment or being 'fast-tracked'. It has everything to do with being included in the conversation.
The correlation between health and wealth
Returning finally to Tanni, and those Levers of Change.
If only it was as straightforward as the old signal boxes next to railway tracks and those waist-high manual levers that were connected to signals and switch points on the track. You could choose the desired direction of travel, pull the lever, and lock the journey in place.
After bemoaning the fact that the Paralympic pathway is only open to a very small number of people, Tanni said she would love to pull a lever that widened the bottom of the pyramid so that more disabled people were able to carve out a successful sporting career.
A key barrier preventing that from happening is the fact that equipment and facilities are so expensive.
The average cost of the talent pathway is £10,000 a year for 14–15-year-olds. We are not getting the talented athletes through; we are getting the athletes the parents can afford to pay for.
"Now is the time to think about how we do things differently. We have to be a lot smarter. We have an inactivity crisis and Covid has put huge pressure on the NHS. Getting active is a really important thing for a disabled person, to help them live a normal independent life."
Greg picked up the baton and added: "We're almost moving back to the Victorian era of sport, where it's for the haves and not the have nots. It's become inordinately expensive: access to facilities; access to coaching; access to competition. What we are now moving towards is that sport is becoming much more middle class and eventually the end of that road is that it is effectively just for the aristocracy as it was in the Victorian era. And that will happen in an accelerated way with disability sport.
We talk about accessibility being more accessible showers, putting a ramp in or a push button to open a door, but actually you've got to get to the door in the first place. It's the continuum of support that is pivotal."
It was heartening to hear from so many leading figures from the world of sport and heartening too to see so many disabled people in attendance offering their input and sharing their lived experience. "This is the most disabled people I've seen at a conference talking about disability," said Tanni.
Reflecting on that comment post-conference, Tabo said: "I then realised the significance of what we had achieved – we had created a space for the voice of disabled people to be listened to."
The debate on facilities and accessibility for people with disabilities may be a difficult sentence to get your tongue around but it's one our sector must work even harder to gets its head around.
Following their Q&A, Tanni and Greg officially launched LJMU's Disability Sport and Physical Activity Network (DisSPA) – which has been created to address the lack of quality opportunities people with disability face accessing and progressing within sport. Key to its success is connection and collaboration among external stakeholders.
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    {
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			: base(y, makeSkyLight)
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			_blocks = new int[Width, Height, Length];
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Начинается на южном склоне горы Алебастровая. Течёт в южном направлении по открытой местности, протекает через сёла Надеждинка и Яковлевка. В низовьях протекает мимо населённых пунктов Гавриловка, Булгаково, Правда. Устье реки находится в 182 км по правому берегу реки Сакмара на высоте 122,2 метра над уровнем моря.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Уральскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Сакмара от впадения реки Большой Ик и до устья. Речной бассейн реки — Урал (российская часть бассейна).

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 12010000712112200006459.

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 12 км: Казлаирка (лв)
 Карабулак (пр)
 Ансалям (лв)
 Каратун (лв)
 Кызылташ (лв)

Примечания

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Larry Nance Jr. takes pride in being a face of Crohn's disease, hopes to become inspiration for young athletes
Updated: Mar. 05, 2020, 12:59 p.m. | Published: Mar. 04, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
Larry Nance Jr. continues to inspire many through Athletes vs. Crohn's & Colitis. NBAE via Getty Images
By Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It got so bad for Larry Nance Jr. that he contemplated quitting basketball.
At 16 years old and a sophomore in high school, Nance had stopped growing and couldn't gain weight. His stomach hurt constantly, it was often painful to eat and he would fall asleep randomly for a few hours while sitting in a chair after school. Always exhausted and looking disengaged during games, Nance had enough.
That's when he went to a local doctor to have some bloodwork done, ultimately learning that he had Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract that can have a different effect on each patient.
"Right when I got diagnosed and found out that this was a chronic thing, something I'm going to have forever ... as a high school kid, that is terrifying," Nance told cleveland.com. "Obviously growing up in my house I knew I wanted to play sports. When I was first diagnosed I didn't want that to change. Am I going to be able to play basketball? Am I going to be able to have a regular life?"
That was more than a decade ago. The miserable disease that once weakened him, lined his stomach and intestines with lesions and sores, is one that has helped Nance become the player and person he is today -- an inspiration to many suffering from the same illness that nearly pushed him to his breaking point.
"This is something that I'm very, very passionate about," Nance said. "If I got a chance to take it back and not have Crohn's disease I don't think I would because it has just made me that much stronger and more resilient of a person. Just knowing all the good the foundation is doing and partnering with companies like Goodyear is just huge. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I take immense pride in being a face of this."
Along with Noah Weber, a 16 year old and one of the many influenced by Nance's story, the two created Athletes vs. Crohn's & Colitis -- a non-profit intended to raise awareness, provide support and encourage those with the disease to keep striving to reach their athletic potential despite being diagnosed with a chronic illness.
Nance, who is the only current NBA player with the disease, recently teamed up with Goodyear and his foundation to surprise two young athletes and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with a once-in-a-lifetime experience that included a flight around Los Angeles in the iconic Goodyear Blimp, tickets to a Cavs game against the Lakers at Staples Center later that night and a meet-and-greet with Nance prior to tipoff.
Colton and London, who, like Nance, initially wondered if they could continue to play sports at a high level, were also given signed Nance jerseys that they wore to the game. That night, Nance spoke to them about his story, about nearly walking away from the game he loves.
"Very cool getting to meet people like that because that was me not so long ago," Nance said when asked about the interaction. "To be able to be in my shoes and hopefully inspire the next generation of kids, that's all in part to Goodyear. The biggest reason I wanted to give back was because I had a hero that played professional sports. I knew the way I looked at him and I hope that I can have that same impact."
That was David Garrard, former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback, who was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2004. Garrard opted for surgery and played in the NFL for another seven years.
Shortly after Nance got the news of his illness, he went on his computer and searched for any athlete that was able to overcome and make it to the highest level. Garrard's name popped up first.
"He was my Superman and that's who I looked to any time I had a bad day, any time there was anything wrong," Nance said. "It was just like, 'All right, David got through it and he takes hits from these 300-pounders, so I will be fine going to school today.' Looking at him like that and just the kind of motivation and inspiration he gave me to keep moving forward is really what I hope to be for these kids, showing them that despite being diagnosed with an illness there's nothing that it can hold you back from -- playing in the NBA, playing in the NFL. Show them that there's nothing you can't do."
Nance first met Garrard during his rookie year with the Lakers in 2015. Playing a December game in Charlotte, Nance had dinner with Garrard and his family the night before and then Garrard took in the game, watching Nance play for the first time while supporting the Lakers.
"I've gotten to do some pretty cool things in my career, but of all the things, just getting to meet and talk to him, that's probably Top 2 on my list," Nance said.
The other contenders: Playing in the NBA Finals in 2018 with one of his childhood heroes LeBron James and spending his first season alongside Kobe Bryant.
That shows Garrard's deep impact, something Nance has expressed to Garrard numerous times.
"I made sure he knows it," Nance said. "He didn't know it at the time -- that he was 100 percent the engine behind me making it to the NBA."
The two are friends now. They talk a few times each month. Garrard was at Cleveland's game in Los Angeles earlier this season. The night before the matchup, Nance and Garrard had dinner together, allowing them to catch up. Given what the two battle on a daily basis, the menu was specific: no nuts, seeds, popcorn or dairy.
"There's a whole slew of things I can't have," Nance said. "I didn't realize how many foods have seeds and nuts. You have to consciously look out for them. Have the utmost diligence in making sure that nothing is going in your body that you don't know about. You have to monitor yourself so heavily."
It wasn't just Garrard who helped Nance turns things around. Since that terrifying diagnosis, Nance has received infusions of Remicade, an expensive intravenous medication that he takes about every seven weeks during the season.
In two weeks after his first treatment, Nance grew two inches and gained 12 pounds. From his sophomore to junior year, he grew another six inches. His passion for the game returned. His energy picked up. He felt happier, healthier.
"I'm certainly never past it. I have to deal with it all the time," Nance said about Crohn's. "I would say the point in which it became very manageable was my junior year of college. That's when I could really see that alright, I can beat this thing and I can reach the highest level with it."
That's the message Nance keeps delivering. It's the mission of Athletes vs. Crohn's. It's why he keeps in touch with other patients like him -- in person and on social media. Why he's become an advocate.
Nance's Instagram has a link to the story about his friendship with Weber, a bond that began when Weber DM'd Nance and the Cavaliers forward followed up with a life-altering phone call. That's actually the same way Colton learned of AVC and how he was able to meet Nance nearly two months ago. It's why there are so many programs within the foundation -- Annual Scholarship, Teammate of the Week, Larry's Leaders, Noah's Crohnies, basketball tournaments and the recent partnership with Goodyear -- that provide young athletes with those unforgettable experiences, just like that January day in LA.
The ultimate goal is to find a cure. In the meantime, Nance wants to raise awareness.
When those tough days come, because they still do, Nance thinks about the many people he's already impacted and the countless more that he will help in the future. He thinks back to when he was a concerned teenager. Thinks about Garrard and the importance of finding a relatable role model.
"Do I know every time that these kids are looking at me the same way I looked at David Garrard? No, not necessarily," Nance said. "But I knew the kind of impact he had on me and that is what I'm trying to give these kids."
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A new trial underway at MD Anderson may lead to new therapies for triple negative breast cancer.
Fifteen to 20% of breast cancers are TNBC (i.e., negative for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor type 2 receptor) — among the most difficult breast cancers to treat. Typically, only 50% of patients with TNBC respond to neoadjuvant treatment with standard chemotherapy regimens. Until recently, clinicians have had no method to determine which patients will respond well to chemotherapy.
That may soon change, thanks to an innovative clinical trial at MD Anderson called ARTEMIS. Its mission is to determine if molecular testing of patients' tumors can improve their response to treatment by guiding patients with chemo-sensitive tumors to standard chemotherapy, and those with chemo-insensitive tumors — tumors with biomarkers that predict a poor response to standard chemotherapy — to clinical trials of drugs that target their tumors' specific molecular drivers.
The initial molecular profiling of the tumors includes a test for chemo-sensitivity developed by W. Fraser Symmans, M.D., professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
In addition to guiding treatment for patients, the knowledge gained in the ARTEMIS trial will help pharmaceutical companies decide which experimental treatments to pursue in large clinical trials.
"I think this will be one of the first clinical trials to show that precision medicine benefits patients and that targeted therapy has an impact on pathological complete response rates for triple negative breast cancer," Moulder said.
Read more about ARTEMIS in Oncolog, MD Anderson's bimonthly report to physicians about the latest advances in cancer care and research.
Ultrasound images from a patient with triple-negative breast cancer who participated in the ARTEMIS trial show no reduction in tumor size after initial treatment with doxorubicin (left) but substantial reduction after treatment with a targeted immunotherapy agent (right). The patient had only minimal residual cancer at the time of resection.
Images courtesy of Stacy Moulder, M.D.


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