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Q: Transform MySql query result to proper JSON data I want to visualise my data with Google Column Chart. But I can't get appropriate data structure from MySql.
My current query results in:
 array(6){
   [0]=> array(3){["id"]=>"1" ["count"]=>"6" ["day"]=>"15-01-01"}
   [1]=> array(3){["id"]=>"2" ["count"]=>"3" ["day"]=>"15-01-01" }
   [2]=> array(3){["id"]=>"3" ["count"]=>"1" ["day"]=>"15-01-01" }
   [3]=> array(3){["id"]=>"1" ["count"]=>"6" ["day"]=>"15-01-02" }
   [4]=> array(3){["id"]=>"2" ["count"]=>"4" ["day"]=>"15-01-02" }
   [5]=> array(3){["id"]=>"3" ["count"]=>"6" ["day"]=>"15-01-02" }
}

While Google Charts requires following format:
   var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([
    ['Date', '15-01-01', '15-01-02', { role: 'annotation' } ],
    ['1', 6, 6,],
    ['2', 3, 4,],
    ['3', 1, 6,],
  ]);

How can I transform my data to appropriate format?
UPDATE
I tried this:
$dateArray= array();
$output= "var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([";
$output .= "['Date',";
foreach($mySqlResult as $val) {
   if ( in_array($val['day'], $dateArray) ) {
           continue;
        }
        $dateArray[] = $val['day'];
        $output .= "'".$val['day']."',";
    }
    $output .= " { role: 'annotation' } ],";

    foreach($mySqlResult as $val) {
        $output .= "['".$val['id']."',".$val['count']."],";
    }
    $output .= "]);";

And this gave me following result:
  "var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(
       [['Date','15-01-01','15-01-02', { role: 'annotation' } ],
        ['1',6,],['2',3,],['3',1,],['1',6,],['2',4,],['3',6,],]);"

Still not what is required. How can create row for every id with all counts:
 ['1', 6, 6,],['2', 3, 4,],['3', 1, 6,],

A: Try this, it might help you. I have formatted array in php to get desired output for demo script. You will just need to use correct use of loops.
<?php
$data = array(
   0=> array("id"=>"1","count"=>"6","day"=>"15-01-01"),
   1=> array("id"=>"2","count"=>"3","day"=>"15-01-01"),
   2=> array("id"=>"3","count"=>"1","day"=>"15-01-01"),
   3=> array("id"=>"1","count"=>"6","day"=>"15-01-02"),
   4=> array("id"=>"2","count"=>"4","day"=>"15-01-02"),
   5=> array("id"=>"3","count"=>"6","day"=>"15-01-02"),
);

$output= "var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([";
$output .= "['Date',";
foreach($data as $val) {
    $output .= "'".$val['day']."',";
}
$output .= " { role: 'annotation' } ],";

foreach($data as $val) {
    $output .= "['".$val['id']."',".$val['count'].",6,''],";
}
$output .= "]);";

echo $output;
?>

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Well Womadelaide is over for another year.
First up let me give thanks to the weather gods who were smiling this year upon Adelaide. Unlike last year of 42 degree days this year was a Nice and mild mid 20 degrees on all 3 days. A hint of some showers on Saturday morning never really eventuated.
Managed to get a away from work a bit early on Friday to get home pack the camera and head down for the official opening. After the Aboriginal thanks for the use of their land and some dancing the first of the International Bands kicked off with the Bedouin Jerry Can band .
Next up I caught a rather "strange" collection of artists known as Aaron Choulai, VADA & the Tatana Village Choir. It was a mix of music from many cultures with a very Colourfull Choir wearing predominantly Red/Black costumes. The "Conductor" I guess is the most appropriate word maintained the Choir and played Piano as well.
Back onto the main stage I caught the opening few songs of Natacha Atlas. Whilst she is a renowned vocalist I couldn't really get inspired as she sat down and sang. Maybe I didnt give it enough time but I left her perfomance and caught the end of the Andi and George band who had the Zoo stage pumping.
Back onto stage 2 for the Australian Dance theatre. These guys and ladies really did a fantastic routine that was pretty amazing to watch. They hurled their bodies around the stage wearing just the essential clothing to prevent being arrested for exposure. It was a sit down show for the audience but an amazing sight. I'd already decided to catch them again the next night.
The main band for the night was Ska Cubano who had a very energtic and Charismatic Front man who strutted around the stage and invoked the audience to sing and dance. The Backing band was great and a very solid performance.
The night was almost over but I decided to catch Sa Dingding from China. Amazing costumes and some haunting singing ( although a few people have indictaed to me that some of it was pretaped and they picked up some mimimg ? ).


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Live Ventures to Host Conference Call on February 9, 2017 to Report Fiscal First Quarter Financial Results and Corporate Performance
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Live Ventures Incorporated, (Nasdaq:LIVE), (the "Company"), a diversified holding company, today announces that management will host a teleconference to report fiscal first quarter 2017 financial results followed by a review of corporate performance and a live question and answer session, on February 9, 2017 at 4:30 PM EST. In advance of the call, the Company will be filing its Form 10-Q and distributing a press release on financial results at 7:30 AM EST that morning.
Management will take live questions following the prepared remarks, rather than the previously announced format whereas questions would be submitted in advance. Interested investors may participate in the conference call by dialing (888) 632-3382 (US domestic) or (785) 424-1677 (international) and providing the operator with the conference ID: LIVE VENTURES.
About Live Ventures Incorporated
Live Ventures Incorporated is a diversified holding company with several wholly owned subsidiaries and a strategic focus on acquiring profitable companies that have demonstrated a strong history of earnings power. Live Ventures Incorporated provides, among other businesses, marketing solutions that boost customer awareness and merchant visibility on the Internet. The Company operates a deal engine, which is a service that connects merchants and consumers via an innovative platform that uses geo-location, enabling businesses to communicate real-time and instant offers to nearby consumers. In addition, it maintains, through its subsidiary, ModernEveryday, an online consumer products retailer and, through its subsidiary, Marquis Industries, a specialty, high-performance yarns manufacturer, hard-surfaces re-seller, which is a top-10 high-end residential carpet manufacturer in the United States. Marquis Industries, through its A-O Division, utilizes its state-of-the-art yarn extrusion capacity to market monofilament textured yarn products to the artificial turf industry. Marquis is the only manufacturer in the world that can produce certain types of yarn prized by the industry. Most recently, the company acquired Vintage Stock, Inc., an award-winning entertainment company featuring movies, classic and new video games, music, collectible comics and toys, and the ability to special order and ship product worldwide to the customer's doorstep. Vintage Stock is America's largest entertainment superstore chain.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of this Act, statements contained herein that look forward in time that include everything other than historical information, involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's actual results. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Live Ventures Incorporated may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, in its annual report to stockholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and there are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by the Company, including, but not limited to, plans and objectives of management for future operations or products, the market acceptance or future success of our products, and our future financial performance. The Company cautions that these forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, most recent Form 10-Q, and other filings with the U S. Securities and Exchange Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov). The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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I heard this song on the radio yesterday for the first time in years, and I realised afresh how poignant the words are, especially seeing as over the last couple of weeks we have had our first fatalities in active combat in Afghanistan. Australia has been very lucky not to have lost more of our brave diggers so far in either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Marg, my deepest condolences on the loss of your Australian heroes. Luck may have something to do with not losing too many but I'm thinking it's your countrymen's and women's skill that has kept them alive as long as this.
I'm sorry for your country's loss and for those families left behind.
Marg thanks for posting this. I've been sitting here catching up on my blog hopping and feeling a bit sorry for myself because besides having to replace the tires on one car we had to do brakes on another.
Seeing this video reminded me that bills for car repairs are nothing in comparison. Oddly it made me feel better.


Acute Lymphoblastic Leuka emia (ALL) is the most frequent leukaemia entity in children and adolescents. Despite continued progress and refinement of therapeutic approaches, disease relapse due to insufficient extinction of leukaemic Blasts still remains the number one cause of treatment failure. Flow cytometry (FCM) is one of the methodologies most useful in this respect, because it is widely available and applicable to most patients.
New methods for AutoGating of FCM data are developed in the coarse of the AutoFLOW project. The AutoGating uses GMMs in order to distinguish between Blasts and healthy blood cells. Therefore, the GMMs need to be trained on manually annotated samples. Training GMMs utilizes algorithms such as the NMF which are currently implemented in Matlab and R. Since this renders training slow and impractical, the training should be ported to C++.
For more information see the AutoFLOW project website.
Good knowledge of C++ and Pattern Recognition, basic knowledge of OpenCV and Qt.


Kitchen cabinets become the most important furniture and available in different models. In this industry, cabinets divisible into two types: custom and modular kitchen cabinets. The last option sometimes called as semi-custom kitchen cabinets, offers different characteristics than custom cabinets.
Just like custom cabinets, modular cabinets fall into two types: pre-built or knocked down. Each has different benefits, the knocked down type may fit for people who are still looking for perfect shelter place because it can dismantle pairs.
Whatever your choice, whether pre-built or knocked down, you can choose between simple or customizable design. Simple choice may fit for modern kitchen and already meet the basic needs. However, customizable modular kitchen cabinets become a good choice for homeowner who wants to get a specific request. Customizable type will require more budget than the simple one. All depends on your need and budget of course.
Just like custom cabinets, modular kitchen cabinets made from different materials and one of them is solid wood, normally made of plywood, whether 1/2-inch or upgradable to 3/4-inch. Other materials often used are maple, oak or cherry. For homeowners who have limited budget, choose cabinets made of oak while the ones made of cherry become good choice for homeowners who want to bring luxury style into the kitchen. Whatever material you choose, make sure it fit well to your budget.
What are the benefits of modular kitchen cabinets? These cabinets are cheaper, easy to install, available in wide variety of styles and colors. Proper planning will make cabinets have a high-end look. Despite this cabinet option become the best alternative, it has several disadvantages.
Modular kitchen cabinets made in common sizes may not fit well in odd-sized area, a big problem that needs special attention. Another problem is upgrade availability. Sometimes, several homeowners like to replace the old doors with the new ones and a problem will show up if the manufacturer doesn't have a wide range of doors to choose from.


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Q: How to use fopen_s when I need to ask for a filepath? I used to make fopen safer with this code
fin = fopen(ifp, "r");
fout = fopen(ofp, "w");
if ((fin == NULL)||(fout == NULL))
    printf ("Error opening files");
else {} //action

Now I moved to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013. It asks me to use fopen_s instead of fopen. Is there any solution other than using _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS? I mean, is the fact of filepath input (scanf) compatible with fopen_s? Or just forget it and disable security warnings?
P. S. I know that filepath input can be unsafe but I just have to do it this way, because it is stated so in my task.

A: I don't think this makes it safer. This is just good handling of conditions and what you should be doing. Probably should check errno too.
That being said, if you have the ability to use fopen_s, then I would use it. From MSDN on the "security enhancements":

*

*Parameter Validation . Parameters passed to CRT functions are
  validated, in both secure functions and in many preexisting versions
  of functions. These validations include:

*

*Checking for NULL values passed to the functions.

*Checking enumerated values for validity.

*Checking that integral values are in valid ranges.
For more information, see Parameter Validation.

*A handler for invalid parameters is also accessible to the developer. When an encountering an invalid parameter, instead of
  asserting and exiting the application, the CRT provides a way to check
  these problems with the _set_invalid_parameter_handler function.

*Sized Buffers . The secure functions require that the buffer size be passed to any function that writes to a buffer. The secure versions
  validate that the buffer is large enough before writing to it, helping
  to avoid dangerous buffer overrun errors that could allow malicious
  code to execute. These functions usually return an errno type of error
  code and invoke the invalid parameter handler if the size of the
  buffer is too small. Functions that read from input buffers, such as
  gets, have secure versions that require you to specify a maximum size.

*Null termination . Some functions that left potentially non-terminated strings have secure versions which ensure that strings
  are properly null terminated.

*Enhanced error reporting . The secure functions return error codes with more error information than was available with the preexisting
  functions. The secure functions and many of the preexisting functions
  now set errno and often return an errno code type as well, to provide
  better error reporting.

*Filesystem security . Secure file I/O APIs support secure file access in the default case.

*Windows security . Secure process APIs enforce security policies and allow ACLs to be specified.

*Format string syntax checking . Invalid strings are detected, for example, using incorrect type field characters in printf format
  strings.


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Q: The connection between span and space? I have $L=\{p(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d \in R_4 | a=2b \mbox{ and } c=d\}$ over $\mathbb R$.
Now I need to find the span of it and prove by it that this $L$ is a space over $\mathbb R$.
So by playing with it I have found that the span is $\{2x^3 + x^2, x+1\}$.
Judging by what we did in class now I would just say "..and therefore $L$ spans $R_4$"
But I don't understand why? I can always find a span for any group of polynomials so does it mean that polynomials will always span $R_4$? I am confused about the connection between spans and spaces.
Thanks in advance

A: So, let's start with the definitions. The span of a set $S=\{v_1,v_2,\dots,v_r\}$ is the set of all linear combinations of the elements of $S$, that is, it is the set of all vectors of the form $$c_1v_1+c_2v_2+\cdots+c_rv_r$$ where $c_1,c_2,\dots,c_r$ are real numbers. It is easy to check that the span of any set is nonempty and is closed under addition and under multiplication by scalars, so the span of any set is a vector space.
Conversely, given any vector space $V$, there is always a set $S$ such that the span of $S$ is $V$. Indeed, you could just take $S$ to be $V$. But if $V$ is a subspace of ${\bf R}^n$ for some $n$, then there will be sets $S$ with at most $n$ elements such that the span of $S$ is $V$.
Now, in your example, you are talking about vector spaces whose elements are polynomials. So presumably your $R_4$ is the vector space of polynomials of degree at most three. This is not the same as ${\bf R}^4$ (since the elements of ${\bf R}^4$ are 4-tuples, not polynomials), but it is isomorphic to ${\bf R}^4$.
Now it is correct that if $S=\{2x^3+x^2,x+1\}$ then the span of $S$ is your vector space $L$. Indeed, as soon as you know that the span of $S$ is $L$, you know that $L$ is a vector space (by the first paragraph of this answer). But of course $L$ is not all of $R_4$. For example, $x$ is in $R_4$, but not in $L$.
I hope this clarifies things, and I hope you'll think it through until you understand it. If you have further questions after you have thought it through for a while, ask.


NEW YORK (AP) ��� Anthony Davis knows how much the Brooklyn Nets depend on 3-pointers.
The All-Star forward and the New Orleans Pelicans took advantage of Brooklyn's inability to hit them, building a 22-point halftime lead, but they couldn't stop the Nets from hitting 3s over the next two quarters.
But they benefited again from the Nets' long-distance woes in the second overtime to close them out.
Davis had 44 points and 17 rebounds, Rajon Rondo had a triple-double, and the Pelicans recovered after blowing a 28-point lead to beat Brooklyn 138-128 in two overtimes on Saturday night.
"You know they live by the 3, die by the 3. They were missing a lot and then they were able to get hot, especially Allen Crabbe. That's how they get back into games," Davis said. "We just wanted to keep fighting, doing what we did to get the lead."
It was nearly identical to his last game in New York, when Davis had 48 points and 17 rebounds in a victory over the Knicks last month.
Rondo finished with 25 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as the Pelicans snapped a three-game losing streak. Nikola Mirotic had 21 points and 16 boards, and Jrue Holiday chipped in 22 points.
"Amazing, amazing," said Mirotic of Rondo's performance. "Especially in the beginning of the game, setting the down, driving to the basket. He was the reading the game excellently tonight."
Crabbe matched a career high with eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points for the Nets, who have lost their last four games.
"Obviously, we didn't play like us," Crabbe said. "So, Coach didn't even come in and yell at us. He said you all figure it and get it together."
Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in 24 points, and D'Angelo Russell came off the bench with 21 points and nine assists.
New Orleans led by 28 points in the third quarter when the Nets, who looked flat in the first half, launched their wild comeback, sending the game into overtime on Crabbe's 3-pointer with 12 seconds left in regulation.
The Nets, who shot just 8 for 26 beyond the 3-point line in the first half and then 11 for 23 in the final two quarters, connected on just 2 for 10 in the two overtime periods, missing each of their five 3s in the final overtime session.
Their 21 3s tied a franchise record previously set in regulation against Philadelphia on December 2013.
Crabbe continued his hot shooting, connecting on two more 3s to open up the first overtime session, giving the Nets a 122-118 lead with 2:28 left.
But the Pelicans came back to force the second OT on a jumper by Holiday with 47 seconds to go.
New Orleans had a shot to win after missed shot by DeMarre Carroll but Holiday failed to get the shot off in time.
Davis then scored four points during a 7-0 run for the Pelicans, putting them up 130-124 with 2:50 remaining. After a pair of free throws by Joe Harris, Rondo hit three free throws to put it away.
"I think it could have been easy for us to just kind cave in when we had the big lead and they came back," New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry said. "But I was really proud of the guys hanging in there and keep fighting and fighting and find a way to win the game."
Pelicans: After being held to 14 points in the opening period of Friday night's loss at Philadelphia, New Orleans put up 34 in the first quarter Saturday night.
Nets: F Dante Cunningham, who was acquired from the Pelicans on Thursday before the trade deadline expired, made his debut against his former team. The nine-year NBA veteran had two points.
The lack of practices hasn't allowed Gentry to add new plays and work Mirotic into New Orleans' offense, but he'll be looking forward to doing so over the next few days.
His performance against Brooklyn, has been his best, by far, since joining the Pelicans after was acquired from the Chicago Bulls on Feb. 1 after All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins was lost for the season due to an Achilles tendon injury.
"What we have to do now is we have to incorporate him into our offense. We have to really have a lot of time where we can put things in that's going to benefit him," Gentry said.
Mirotic has averaged 14 points and nine rebounds in four games.
"He's really just kind of playing on instinct right now and doing a great job with it. But we'll have time in the next few days to break our offense down and then also put some things in that is going to be beneficial to him."
Pelicans: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
Nets: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.


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lol she was like 16! so cute!
@Cherie1221 whats with the guitar?
She is! I just noticed that, she is one of the best singers I've ever heard, except I think she needs to think more about people's privacy when she writes songs about them because when she does she makes it obvious about who she's talking about, and it's unfair to those certain people because she takes advantage about it and she does it about like EVERY boy pretty much, that you know,did something bad to her or went out with her before.But other than that she is kinda awesome.
Yea, the guitar just kinda poops it, but she does sing this song pretty well, I'm just used to people yelling it all loud, like "THE BOOOOOOOOMBS BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURSTINING AIR………FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR THE LAAAAAAAAAAAAND OF THE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, AND THE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME, OF THEEEE, BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!" I hate it when the original version isn't sung.
at least she didn't botch any lyrics. lol. of course, she'd still be awesome anyway.
tu si tienes voz de ángel !!!


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"""
BatchJPEGDownloader, Copyright (c) 2016 Oliver Meister (o.meister@gmx.net)

This file contains a set of unit tests for the ListFileURLGenerator class and the BatchDownloader class in
batchjpegdownloader.py
"""

import unittest
from batchjpegdownloader import ListFileURLGenerator, BatchDownloader

class TestListFileURLGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
    """
    Test class for the ListFileURLGenerator class.

    Defines a set of test cases to check that the ListFileURLGenerator class correctly treats list files and URLs.
    Also, filtering with the file pattern is checked.

    """

    def test_invalid_file(self):
        """ Test an invalid list file. The code should throw an exception in this case."""
        try:
            url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator(None, ())

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except TypeError:
            # This example should fail with a Type Error
            assert True

    def test_invalid_pattern(self):
        """ Test an invalid file pattern."""

        # While this example should actually crash, there is no portable way to check if
        # the file pattern is a string.

        url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_valid.list", "")
        assert len([_ for _ in url_iterator]) == 0, repr([_ for _ in url_iterator])

    def test_wrong_pattern(self):
        """ Test a wrong file pattern."""
        url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_valid.list", "*wrong")
        assert len([_ for _ in url_iterator]) == 0, repr([_ for _ in url_iterator])

    def test_valid(self):
        """ Test a valid case."""
        url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_valid.list", "*.jpg")
        assert len([_ for _ in url_iterator]) == 3, repr([_ for _ in url_iterator])

    def test_incorrect_link(self):
        """ Test an incorrect link in the list file: no errors are expected as URLS should be checked only syntactically."""
        url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_incorrect_link.list", "*.jpg")
        assert len([_ for _ in url_iterator]) == 3, repr([_ for _ in url_iterator])

    def test_invalid_link(self):
        """ Test an invalid link in the list file. The code should throw an exception if the validators module is present."""

        try:
            # Test importing the validators module. If this fails we cannot execute the test and pass it by default.
            import validators

            url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_invalid_link.list", "*.jpg")

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except (ImportError, ValueError):
            # This example should fail with a Value Error or an Import Error
            assert True

    def test_invalid_extension(self):
        """Test an invalid extension in the list file."""
        url_iterator = ListFileURLGenerator("examples/test_invalid_extension.list", "*.jpg")
        assert len([_ for _ in url_iterator]) == 2, repr([_ for _ in url_iterator])

class TestBatchDownloader(unittest.TestCase):
    """
    Test class for the BatchDownloader class.

    Define a set of test cases to check handling of invalid URL lists, invalid URLs, incorrect URLs and valid testcases.

    Attributes:
        downloader (object): A BatchDownloader object that is initialized for all test cases. Interactive user requests are disabled.

    """

    def setUp(self):
        """Create a downloader and disable interactive features as we cannot test them in an automated environment."""
        self.downloader = BatchDownloader("download", default_overwrite = True, default_create_directory = True)

    def test_empty_list(self):
        """Test an empty list. The code should throw an exception in this case."""
        try:
            self.downloader.download(None)

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except TypeError:
            # This example should fail with a Type Error
            assert True

    def test_invalid_list(self):
        """Test an invalid list. The code should throw an exception in this case."""

        try:
            self.downloader.download([None])

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except TypeError:
            # This example should fail with a Type Error
            assert True

    def test_invalid_link(self):
        """Test an invalid link. The code should throw an exception if the validators module is present."""

        try:
            # Test importing the validators module. If this fails we cannot execute the test and pass it by default.
            import validators

            self.downloader.download([  "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg", \
                "https:///upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Example-serious.jpg", \
                "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Example_image_not_be_used_in_article_namespace.jpg"])

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except (ImportError, IOError):
            # This example should fail with an IO Error or an Import Error
            assert True

    def test_incorrect_link(self):
        """Test an incorrect link. The code should throw an exception."""
        try:
            self.downloader.download([  "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg", \
                "https://thislinkdoesnotexist.com/Example-serious.jpg", \
                "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Example_image_not_be_used_in_article_namespace.jpg"])

            # We should not be able to reach this code line
            assert False
        except IOError:
            # This example should fail with an IO Error
            assert True

    def test_valid(self):
        """Test a valid list. This method does not check the results but assumes correctness if no exception was raised."""

        self.downloader.download([  "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg", \
            "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Example-serious.jpg", \
            "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Example_image_not_be_used_in_article_namespace.jpg"])

        assert True

# If this is the main document, call the unit test main function to automatically run all unit tests
if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

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Located along the southern coast in Ireland, Dungarvan hosts a variety of attractions for all ages. The city sits at the base of the Comaragh Mountains and overlooks the bay. It is a market town of only around 8,000 people, farms and small villages.
One of the best ways to intermingle with the locals and to see all the town has to offer is to walk along the city streets and stop by the quaint shops at Grattan Square. The farmers' market sells a variety of handmade items and fresh fruits and produce, and there are several pubs to grab an afternoon pint.
If you love being outdoors, Dungarvan is the perfect spot to be. Colligan Wood has a variety of footpaths that wind over ridges and alongside water. The Cunnigar is a sand spit across from the mouth of the bay. It is a popular place for both visitors and travelers to walk on sunny days. Bird watchers especially appreciate this area as it is home to many native Irish breeds.
Dungarvan is home to many different castles. If you've ever wondered how royalty lives, you won't want to miss walking the halls of one of these landmarks. The Lismore Castle is the current home to the Duke of Devonshire. There are impressive mountain views and you can enjoy views of the Blackwater River and valley. King John's Castel is another must-see. Built in 1185, this castle once fell into a state of disrepair, but has since been restored and you will probably encounter some reconstruction work.
Editor's note: The information contained on this page was compiled using real traveler reviews about things to do in Dungarvan.


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Shelby Series 1 headlines auction of Carroll Shelby's private collection
Carroll Shelby's personal car collection, including some of his own works, to go under the hammer
by: Lee Stern
On 3 June 2018, Bonhams is presenting the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Auction, where no fewer than 23 cars formerly owned by the late Carroll Shelby will cross the block, including a Shelby Series 1 bearing an estimate of between £74,000 and £93,000.
All lots will be offered without a reserve. However, no one is expecting the hammer to fall on low bids in light of the unique ownership history attached to the cars. The majority of them wear Shelby's name, although the collection isn't just an homage to his own creations.
> 2019 Ford Mustang GT500 spied
A pair of De Tomaso Panteras – a GTS and GT5-S (the latter has no powertrain) – bring an Italian influence to the horde. That said, it's the all-American Shelby Series 1, cast in the archetypal muscle car mould, that will really grab the attention of Shelby fans.
Designed and built the from ground up by the Texan, unlike Shelby's otherwise mostly AC or Ford-derived products, it's the truest manifestation of his performance car ideals. Shoehorned under the bulging bonnet of Shelby's own Series 1, the first of 249 to roll off the production line, sits a 4-litre V8, bolstered by a prototype supercharger that later became a $20,000 optional extra.
Power and torque supposedly stand at 600bhp and 530lb ft respectively, and thanks to the car's sub-1300kg weight – courtesy of the carbonfibre body – this Series 1 can sprint from 0 to 60mph in 3.2 seconds.
> Ford Mustang review
Presented with just over 10,000 miles on the clock, it's in immaculate condition. Further Shelby icons complete the collection: there's an assortment of Mustangs, a prototype Dodge Charger and a 427 Cobra tagged with the highest estimate out of Shelby's former steeds.
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Livers des Artistes
Livers des Artistes. Fairfax, CA, Jungle Garden Press, 1994. One of only three copies, signed by the illustrator, Carl Dern, and the printer, Marie Dern.
Playing with, or possibly parodying, the concept of the livre d'artiste, or artist's book, the tongue-in-cheek illustrations in this portfolio interpret the work of eight famous modern artists, incorporating a representation of a human liver into the artists' works.
Ram's Head - 1930 (via)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - 1884 (via)
Mz 410 irgendsowas (something or other) - 1922
Nocture - 1940 (via)
Also included are parodies of René Magritte, Eva Hesse, and Joseph Beuys. Each illustration is preceded by a page bearing the name of the artist, letterpress printed by Marie Dern. The loose sheets are housed in a purple clamshell box designed by Dominic Riley.
In a Dadaist touch, a textured, liver-shaped piece of metal is laid in, and attached to the box on a piece of string is a small plastic figurine of a baby. It is a fitting "closure" to this quirky tribute to modern art done as a collaborative effort between Marie Dern, a book artist, and Carl Dern, an accomplished sculptor, and it reflects the sense of humor and irony found throughout the work of both artists.
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Labels: artists' books, Carl Dern, fine press, illustrated books, Jungle Garden Press, Marie Dern, Peek of the Week
Announcing our new print catalogue #138
Our latest print catalogue is now available via our website. Catalogue 138 features recent acquisitions that range from works by fine presses and illustrated books, to a few fine bindings and fore-edge paintings, first editions, and juvenalia. Highlights include:
Checkerboard. Honolulu, Punahou Service, 1942. Folding tapa-covered boards containing a hand-cut checkerboard with two small manila envelopes pasted on opposite sides, containing thirteen red and yellow plastic disks. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the acting Dean of Girls at Punahou School -- the largest independent college preparatory school in the United States and alma mater of President Barack Obama -- re-structured Punahou Service, an extant arts and crafts program, to aid in the war effort. The students produced handmade items for soldiers, the most popular of which "was a cigar box 'pastime kit' containing a crossword puzzle, a file case, pad and pencil, a folder, a deck of cards, and small cribbage and checker boards."...[more]
Gedichte, Entwürfe zu Gedichten und Bruchstücke aus den Jahren MDCCXCVI-MDCCCIV, by Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin. Aurora, NY, and Lexington, KY, Stamperia del Santuccio, 1949. One of 51 copies. Known as Victor Hammer's "American masterpiece," Hölderlin's Gedichte represents a near complete collection of the poet's work between the years 1796 and 1804, printed in the original German as Hammer believed was the proper way to do the poems full justice. Illustrated with a single brass-plate engraving by Hammer showing the poet in the pose of the Seer, a likeness of Hölderlin taken from a 1792 pastel drawing of him by F. C. Hiemer...[more]
Harlequin and Mother Goose: Or The Golden Egg. London, Laurie & Whittle, 1807. Framed engraved writing sheet with a mirror over the blank area in the center usually reserved for examples of penmanship. The mirror is near-contemporary to the writing sheet, and together they create an attractive piece that perhaps could have served as decoration in a child's room. The ten hand-colored illustrations bordering the mirror depict the pantomime of Harlequin and Mother Goose or, the Golden Egg, featuring the characters of the Harlequinade...[more]
The Harvard Advocate, illustrated by Edward Gorey. Cambridge, MA, Advocate House, 1950. The cover illustration by Edward Gorey shows two Mr. Earbrass-style characters throwing sticks at two hooded heads on pikes. This constitutes Gorey's first published appearance as an illustrator. This issue is also remarkable for the appearance of three pieces by Gorey's Harvard roommate, Frank O'Hara: two poems and a short prose work entitled "Late Adventure." This is O'Hara's third print appearance, and it predates his landmark first book, A City Winter, by two years...[more]
Petites Fleurs de Saint François d'Assise. Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1913. One of 120 copies. With 74 color wood engravings, historiated borders, initials, and paraphs by Marice Denis, one of the co-founders of Les Nabis, a relatively short-lived artistic movement aligned with Symbolism. Bound by Georges Mercier in full dark brown morocco with an elaborate neo-Gothic motif on both panels. This is noted art critic Lucien Henraux's copy, as indicated on the colophon page...[more]
Romola. London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1880. One of 1,000 numbered copies comprising a deluxe edition. Illustrated with twenty-four engraved plates by Sir Frederick Leighton and numerous smaller vignettes. Each volume features three fore-edge paintings in the style typical of Thomas & John Fazakerley: in each, a larger central painting is flanked by two smaller, atmospheric paintings, all of which are directly related to Eliot's novel. These paintings, which characteristically do not require fanning to view, are further heightened by Fazakerley's trademark gauffered strapwork, which essentially frames each painting, giving it further emphasis. This strapwork carries across the three edges of the text block...[more]
The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf. New York, The Viking Press, 1936. Octavo. First edition, signed by the author on the title page. With full-page black & white drawings by Robert Lawson on each recto page illustrating text on the opposite page. The story of Ferdinand the bull, who would rather sit under his favorite cork tree and smell flowers than battle a matador in the bull fighting ring, was an immensely popular children's book in the 1930s and to this day. Fine in original dust jacket...[more]
The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. Weimar, Cranach Press, 1930. One of fifteen copies on Imperial Japanese paper, with an extra suite of fifty-three loose proofs initialed in pencil by the artist, Edward Gordon Craig...[more]
All items in the catalogue are photographed and available to view on our website here. To request a print version of the catalogue, contact us via email or through our website.
Labels: catalogue, children's books and toys, designer binding, fine printing, first editions, fore-edge painting, illustrated books, juvenile, literature
Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2012
Bromer Booksellers has always had a close relationship with the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. We have exhibited there since its inception in 1977, and Florence Finn, Anne's mother, even promoted the show for the first ten years.
However, for the first time ever, this year we will be taking a respite as exhibitors and, instead, will welcome collectors and dealers to our shop, where all of our stock will be available for sale and discounts will be available during the week of the fair. We invite you to visit us in Copley Square, just five blocks from the Hynes Convention Center.
Our hours during the weekend of the fair are as follows:
Friday, November 16th, we will be open during our normal business hours, 9:30 to 5:30.
Saturday, November 17th, we will have special open hours from 9:30 to 2:00.
Sunday, November 18th, we will be closed.
We also invite our customers and colleagues to our annual Wine and Cheese Reception at our shop on Thursday, November 15 from noon to 5:30pm. As in years past, it is sure to be an afternoon of fine fare, books, and cheer.
We look forward to greeting you at 607 Boylston Street (second floor) the weekend of the book fair.
Labels: Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, events
W. A. Dwiggins
In preparation for the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (more on that tomorrow), we have set up a display in our shop devoted to one of the greatest graphic designers of the twentieth century: William Addison Dwiggins. Dwiggins is credited with coining the term "graphic designer," and besides his work for Alfred A. Knopf, he also had his own press with Dorothy Abbe, called Püterschein-Hingham.
Our collection (above) includes materials Dwiggins designed for Knopf and Püterschein-Hingham, an essay he wrote on the atrocities of the present design of currency and postage stamps, manuscript material, and the original zinc plate for a creative exercise Dwiggins called a "Graphic Response to Verbal Stimuli." At the center of the display is Strings Attached, a book by Anne Bromer about Dorothy Abbe, who partnered with Dwiggins at Püterschein-Hingham and was one of his most important collaborators.
Dwiggins was also very interested in marionettes, and he took on the role of director, carved the figures, and designed the stages, scenery, costumes, and lighting for his productions. A photograph of one of his marionettes, modeled after F. Morton Smith, a Boston lawyer who was a friend of Dwiggins, is part of the group, as is a photograph of Dwiggins himself (seen above).
Rounding out the group is a woodcut illustrating Stravinsky's ballet Petrouchka, printed by Dorothy Abbe from a wood block cut by Dwiggins. We liked this image so much that we used it for the front cover of our most recent print catalogue (available here).
To view more items associated with W. A. Dwiggins, visit our website and search for "Dwiggins" in the search bar on the left. Stay tuned for tomorrow's post, where we will outline our events for the weekend of the Boston Book Fair.
Labels: fine printing, graphic design, Peek of the Week, printing, typography, W. A. Dwiggins
E-catalogue 30: Miniature Books
In his text announcing "A Miniature Lesson in the History of the Book" -- a 2005 exhibition of miniature books at Harvard University's Houghton Library -- Julian Edison declared that "Miniature books have been produced for reasons of practicality, curiosity, and aesthetics, and are limited in design only by the scribe's and printer's skill and the binder's imagination." Just as we admire Ginger Rogers because she did everything Fred Astaire did, only backward and in high heels, miniature books rise in our estimation because their creators can explore diverse subjects and design possibilities while working with a canvas of under three inches. Edison's elegant and effective summary is an appropriate epigraph for the books that make up our 30th e-catalogue, which is comprised of nearly 45 recent acquisitions.
Labels: e-catalogue, Miniature Books
Corrugations: Some Speculations on Australian Tin
The artist's book is a thriving art form in Australia. While books most typically convey ideas through their text, artists' books express meaning through a combination of illustrations, typography, and the form of the book itself. In Corrugations, Australian artist Katie Clemson worked in collaboration with the poet Anne Bell to capture the essence of the land where she grew up and create a tribute to a material that has become a characteristic part of Australia's architectural landscape: corrugated iron.
it transcends spaces;
dented by cricket balls in back yards everywhere,
rusted red as the sands of inland loneliness,
it flourishes alike in urban lanes
and the frayed edges of country towns.
Exerpt from Corrugations, Anne Bell, 2005
Although corrugated iron was first invented in London in 1828, Clemson explains that it was quickly adopted in newly-settled Australia. The material's lightness, durability, and low cost made it the perfect building material for the colonists, who used it to build their own domestic and industrial structures, from farmyard sheds and silos to homes and churches. John Lysaght began manufacturing the material in Australia in 1857 and business quickly boomed.
Corrugations is comprised of two accordion-fold volumes that can be opened in tandem or paged through separately. In the first volume, Clemson illustrates Bell's verses with linocuts of buildings and structures chosen from all over Western Australia to show the diversity and "quirkiness" of the material's applications.
Clemson was born in rural New South Wales and lived in both Australia and England. For the illustrations, she drew inspiration from the bright colors and sunlight of Australia and captures the look of buildings in the haze of heat, using pale yellows, blues, bright red, and shades of green. The book itself has an architectural quality as Clemson integrated pop-up elements into her linocuts. The peaks of steeples rise up from the page, and factory buildings take shape.
The smaller second volume folds out into a long corrugated iron fence, decorated with graffiti, business advertising, rust, and the patina of age. In the colophon, Clemson writes that "[The Lysaght firm's] claim that they could make a fence round Australia from one year's output of corrugated iron sheets was the inspiration behind the 'fence' book."
In the same way that the two volumes complement each other, Anne Bell's poetry perfectly corresponds with Clemson's illustrations, adding another dimension to the work. The contemplative, lyrical lines of her poem float across the page, italicized and printed in pale gray. Bell is also a native of Australia, and her poems often reflect on Australian themes. Her poetry has earned her the Henry Lawson Prize for Verse twice. According to the website of the Alembic Press, who published this book, "She writes with love about Australia with a keen sense of history, an eye for detail, and an ear for the music of the words."
These two volumes reveal the poetic side of this common building material and form a personal tribute to a land that both the poet and artist called home.
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Labels: 21st century, Anne Bell, artist's book, Australia, corrugated metal, Katie Clemson, poetry
Sunrise is Coming After While
After a brief hiatus to focus on our latest print catalogue, we are back with a new acquisition that everyone at Bromer Booksellers admires: the Limited Editions Club publication of Sunrise is Coming After While.
This beautiful, and very large, book is a collection of poems by Langston Hughes, selected by Maya Angelou. It contains six silkscreen reproductions of collages by Phoebe Beasley, whose art Angelou also admired and felt would perfectly complement Hughes's eloquent poems.
Labels: 20th century, African American history, collages, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Peek of the Week, poetry, silkscreen


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Tumours build their niche
Meritxell Huch1,2 &
Emma L. Rawlins1,2
Nature volume 545, pages292–293(2017)Cite this article
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It emerges that tumour cells can give rise to non-dividing cells that form part of the supporting microenvironment known as the niche. These niche cells secrete proteins that drive tumour growth and progression. See Letters p.355 & p.360
The development of a tumour resembles, in some aspects, the development of a multicellular organism, except that the coordination of events such as cell division, cell-fate determination and tissue organization is dysregulated. The signalling pathways and cells that drive tumour growth and the formation of different cell types within a tumour (tumour heterogeneity) are poorly understood. In two papers, Tammela et al.1 (page 355) and Lim et al.2 (page 360) investigate lung tumours, and make a surprising discovery about how some tumour cells drive cancer development.
Secreted Wnt proteins function in a signalling pathway that controls myriad biological processes throughout development and adult life. Dysregulation of this signalling cascade underlies many diseases, from developmental disorders to cancer3. Tammela et al. investigated the role of Wnt signalling in a type of tumour called a lung adenocarcinoma. The authors found that mouse and human adenocarcinomas that had reached an advanced and aggressive stage were heterogeneous and contained at least two cell subpopulations. One of these responded to Wnt proteins, activated the downstream Wnt signalling pathway and expressed the protein Lgr5, a marker often used to identify stem-cell populations in the gut and other organs. The other cell population produced high levels of Wnt and expressed an enzyme called porcupine, which adds a lipid chain to Wnt during the process by which mature Wnt proteins are formed4.
Using a cell-lineage-tracing approach, Tammela and colleagues demonstrated in mouse tumours that the cell population that expresses porcupine (porcupine+ cells) derives from the tumour-cell population that expresses Lgr5 (Lgr5+ cells). When the authors treated a mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma with a molecule that inhibits porcupine, the expression of genes involved in the tumour's Wnt signalling pathway decreased, and the number of tumour cells was significantly reduced. This suggests that porcupine+ cells provide a source of Wnt in the tumour niche that drives Wnt signalling in the tumour cells (Fig. 1) .
Figure 1: Tumour cells and their niche.
a, Using a cell-lineage-tracing approach, Tammela et al.1 found that lung tumours called adenocarcinomas contain tumour cells that divide to produce two cell types: a tumour cell and, unexpectedly, a support cell that is not a tumour cell and that forms part of the tumour niche. b, The authors found that a niche cell (blue) derived from a tumour cell expresses the enzyme porcupine. In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) organelle, this enzyme adds a lipid chain to the immature form of the Wnt signalling protein and enables the formation of mature Wnt that is secreted from the cell4. Wnt binding to the Wnt receptor on a tumour cell (red) activates the cell's Wnt signalling pathway, which drives tumour growth. Lim et al.2 investigated a different type of lung tumour (not shown), and report that niche cells can also support tumour growth through the secretion of a protein that activates the Notch signalling pathway in tumour cells.
The authors identified a subpopulation of human lung adenocarcinoma cells in close proximity to porcupine+ cells. This could indicate that the scenario involving Wnt-producing and Wnt-responding cells observed in the mouse tumour model might also occur in human lung tumours. The Wnt proteins Wnt5a and Wnt7b were both upregulated in human and mouse tumours relative to their expression in non-tumoral lung tissue, a finding consistent with the proposal that these proteins have a key role in tumour development and progression.
Evidence for the concept of a stem cell being 'fuelled' by a Wnt-producing niche cell has been seen in other systems. For example, in the gut, Wnt3a is produced by Paneth cells that derive from Lgr5+ stem cells, and these Paneth cells provide a niche that aids tissue homeostasis5. Tammela and colleagues' work now shows that this type of system can occur in tumour development, and their results answer the previously raised question3 of whether cancer stem-cell behaviours could be controlled by Wnt signalling.
The Notch receptor is another protein that, like Wnt, is intimately involved in the control of cell fates during development and tissue homeostasis. The mechanism of Notch signalling is apparently simple: after Notch binds its ligand molecule, the intracellular domain of the protein is cleaved and acts as a transcription factor to activate gene expression6. However, the role of Notch in cancer is complex, and Notch signalling has been implicated in both tumour promotion and tumour suppression7. Lim et al. now shed light on these opposing roles.
Small-cell lung cancers are derived from neuroendocrine cells8, which respond to Notch during normal embryonic development9,10. Investigating mouse small-cell lung cancers, Lim and colleagues identified a population of Notch-ligand-producing neuroendocrine tumour cells that signal to non-neuroendocrine tumour cells expressing the protein Hes1 and the receptors Notch1, Notch2 and Notch3. The authors found that Notch signalling imposed this non-neuroendocrine program of development on a subset of the tumour cells. The Hes1+ population formed slow-growing tumours, suggestive of a tumour-suppressive role for Notch signalling in that context. However, the authors also found a tumour-promoting role for Notch, because non-neuroendocrine tumour cells produce the protein midkine, a ligand for Notch2, which promotes the growth of neuroendocrine tumour cells in culture, thus maintaining the tumour.
Lim and colleagues' work was mainly carried out in vitro, and used either isolated human cancer cells or neuroendocrine cell lines. It therefore remains to be determined whether interactions between neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine cells in vivo might also be influenced by contact between cells and by the Notch-mediated phenomenon of lateral inhibition (in which the interaction between two adjacent cells results in the formation of two different cell types). Additional experiments, such as lineage tracing of the two cell types, will help to determine whether the proposed relationships between the cells exist in vivo.
Many questions remain. It has been proposed11 that, during homeostasis, neuroendocrine cells signal to their neighbours through Notch, possibly creating a specific stem-cell niche, but this remains a contentious point that should be reassessed in light of the latest results. Do populations of Wnt-responsive cells behave as stem cells in normal lung homeostasis? One could speculate that, in homeostasis, stem cells in the lung also generate their own niches (producing Wnt and/or Notch ligands) and, similar to the situation in tumours, these could also coexist in a dynamic equilibrium.
Another question is whether the roles of Wnt and Notch are specific to lung adenocarcinomas and small-cell lung cancer, respectively, or whether these signalling molecules have roles in other tumour types. If the latter, it would be interesting to discover whether the same type of niche cell produces both factors, or whether each is produced by specialized cell types. Perhaps the two pathways are intimately connected in lung-tumour formation, similarly to how Notch works with Wnt to control cell-fate transitions during development and in adult homeostasis6.
The observations by Tammela et al. and Lim et al. that lung tumour cells can produce their own niche has a parallel in homeostasis in the lung airways, in which stem cells signal to their immediate descendants in a Notch-dependent manner to mediate cell-fate decisions12. This potentially implicates the rewiring of normal homeostatic stem-cell mechanisms in tumour growth. The stage is now set to investigate such previously unsuspected aspects of lung-cancer biology.Footnote 1
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A Wnt-producing niche drives proliferative potential and progression in lung adenocarcinoma
Tuomas Tammela
, Francisco J. Sanchez-Rivera
, Naniye Malli Cetinbas
, Katherine Wu
, Nikhil S. Joshi
, Katja Helenius
, Yoona Park
, Roxana Azimi
, Natanya R. Kerper
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, Xin Gu
, Leah Schmidt
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, Ömer H. Yilmaz
, Wen Xue
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, Arjun Bhutkar
& Tyler Jacks
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Jing Shan Lim
, Alvaro Ibaseta
, Marcus M. Fischer
, Belinda Cancilla
, Gilbert O'Young
, Sandra Cristea
, Vincent C. Luca
, Dian Yang
, Nadine S. Jahchan
, Cécile Hamard
, Martine Antoine
, Marie Wislez
, Christina Kong
, Jennifer Cain
, Yu-Wang Liu
, Ann M. Kapoun
, K. Christopher Garcia
, Timothy Hoey
, Christopher L. Murriel
& Julien Sage
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Iranian Opposition
The 1988 Massacre in Iran Needs to Be Investigated
In a piece about the massacre, Shafiee wrote: "The 1988 massacre in Iran deserves an independent international investigation. It has been kept in the dark for too long." Bottom of Form
What was the 1988 Massacre?
It was the mass murder of 30,000 political prisoners, mainly members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), on the orders of then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. He wanted to see the MEK, which was the main opposition, exterminated, so he issued a fatwa ordering that every MEK member or supporter in prison be put on trial again for the support of the MEK, but this time they were facing the death penalty.
Some people, including teenagers and the elderly, had been placed in the overcrowded prisons for "crimes" like reading the MEK's newspaper or attending a rally and now they were going to be executed for it.
The trial lacked any kind of fairness, even by Iran's standards, and inmates were blindfolded and brought before a "Death Commission" to answer one simple question: do you still support the MEK? If they answered yes, then they went straight to the gallows.
If they answered no, then they were asked if they would publically denounce the MEK, help to kill MEK members, and work to remove landmines on Iran's border with Iraq. If they answered no to any of these, then they were also sent to the gallows.
We know all of this from those who miraculously survived the massacre, mostly by being sent to the infirmary before their trial, who still suffer from survivors' guilt.
Who was on the Death Commissions?
Many of the people that currently hold high-ranking positions in Iranian society served on the Death Commissions in various cities across Iran, including:
• Ebrahim Raisi – a close friend of current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, custodian of the wealthiest foundation in Iran, 2017 Presidential Candidate
• Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi – Justice Minister in Hassan Rouhani's first cabinet
• Seyyed Alireza Avayi – Current Justice Minister
During the height of the massacre, Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri called on the Tehran Death Commission to stop the killings and warned them that they were responsible for the single greatest crime in the history of Iran. He was sacked and put under house arrest for the rest of his life for his objections.
He said: "The greatest crime committed during the reign of the Islamic Republic, for which history will condemn us, has been committed by you. Your names will in the future be etched in the annals of history as criminals."
These criticisms can be heard via an audio tape that was released by his son in August 2016, but still no one in the government has been held to account. Instead, those who tried to reveal the crimes had been punished and Montazeri's son was sent to jail.
What happened after the massacre?
The Regime covered up their crimes, to avoid international outrage and domestic revolt, by burying the dead in mass graves, destroying records, and denying the families of the dead visitation for months afterwards. Recently, they've even been caught destroying the grave sites in an attempt to hide evidence amid mounting calls for an investigation into the massacre and for those responsible to be put on trial at the International Criminal Court.
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For what it's worth, they post a lot in Help and Eterna Forest from what I've noticed. Usually it's crap like "Cheap THIS IS A SCAM, REPORT ME!".
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I thought they were actually saying that, lol.
Actually, nopq126 does a lot in the johto region.
THEY ACTUALLY SAY TO REPORT THEM, IN BOLD PRINT NO LESS!!!
wow that is stupid. who do they think is going to fall for their tricks and actually click the link. you'd think they wouldn't have to say that these days.
sure i'll report them as soon as i find them. it just amazes me what these hackers and adware/spyware people will say to lure you in.
No, that's what the admins have what they actually say censored into. They're advertising, but most of them say the same thing, so it makes sense to censor it.
lol, that's what I thought too at first.


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His recent commissions include hit dramas 'Keeping Faith' and 'Hidden' as well as factual series 'Valley Cops' the highest rating factual show for BBC Wales in a decade.
Under his leadership he's transformed the commissioning landscape in Wales with high profile co-commissions for BBC Network and the Welsh language broadcaster S4C.
He's about to launch new comedy on the channel – the first for 20 years – and this autumn a comedy pilot season hits the screens.
A key feature of his strategy has been to re-position BBC Wales' commissioning team as the most collaborative commissioning team on the planet – sort of.
Head of Development at BBC Wales from 2015-2016, he previously had a wide-ranging career with an impressive track record of winning BBC network commissions including The First World War From Above and Scott's Hut for BBC One, BBC Two's Operation Crossbow and BBC Three's The Call Centre.
He is also an award-winning producer and director. His BBC Three documentary Roger: Genocide Baby won him the BAFTA Cymru Breakthrough award.


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FLSA: Full-Time, Exempt
Reports to: Board of Directors
Salary: $200,000-$250,000
Location: Mainly remote for now. Office in downtown San Francisco.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ("LCCRSF") is pleased to invite nominations and applications for its next Executive Director. As one of the oldest civil rights institutions on the West Coast, LCCRSF works to dismantle systems of oppression and racism and to build an equitable and just society. Formed in 1968 to bridge the legal community and the Civil Rights Movement, we're known for advancing the rights of people of color, immigrants, refugees, and low-income individuals. We also invest in legal fellows and support a network of over 1,000 active pro bono attorneys who work in solidarity with us.
The Executive Director (ED)–with the support of a high impact staff, engaged Board of Directors, and a dynamic network of skilled pro bono legal professionals and community partners–works on many of the most compelling civil rights issues of our time, with issues and campaigns squarely focused on historically marginalized communities. LCCRSF's work is expansive and includes but is not limited to decriminalizing poverty, disrupting and dismantling institutionalized racism in our criminal justice system, advancing just immigration policies, and providing equitable educational access to students, regardless of their immigration status or the community they are from. LCCRSF works in proximity and partnership with community and movement leaders to identify the most urgent issues and conceive solutions, while leveraging a broad legal network to advocate on behalf of clients. LCCRSF addresses and mitigates harm and builds systems and structures designed to sustain lasting change. LCCRSF's program model uses litigation, policy, media, research advocacy, and movement building to meet the ever-evolving needs of the moment across three issue areas: Economic Justice, Racial Justice, and Immigrant Justice.
While our external impact and results are critical, so are our staff. The incoming ED will continue to support and drive efforts that make the work sustainable, reflect the care that LCCRSF staff has for each other and their communities, and strategically prioritize rest so that staff can continue to be fierce in the face of power.
The Executive Director will be an experienced and progressive visionary that balances leading a results-driven organization while ensuring the work is organizationally and individually sustainable. This talented leader will work closely with staff, senior leaders, and the Board of Directors in designing and implementing strategies that leverage LCCRSF's institutional resources to drive policy and systems change. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, experienced in working closely with movement and community, pro bono and law firm volunteers, and brings a track record in leading organizations that balance results with a healthy people centered organizational culture. They will be comfortable working across lines of difference and forging productive relationships with community leaders, pro bono partners, donors, supporters, the Board, and staff.
The Executive Director will report to an engaged Board of Directors that is made up of notable and committed leaders in legal, corporate, academic, and advocacy communities across the Bay Area. The ED will lead a dedicated team of 31 attorneys and staff, including four senior-team level direct reports.
Success in this role will require someone who is:
• A visionary strategic leader who can articulate and communicate a clear and compelling vision for LCCRSF work, in a way that continues to inspire, mobilize, and galvanize staff, partners, community leaders, and pro bono legal practitioners, and to ensure the long-term impact and sustainability of this vibrant enterprise;
• An adept relationship builder, increasing rapport, trust, and transparency across a diverse and
growing community of passionate and talented stakeholders, including staff, pro-bono partners,
funders, supporters, and nonprofit partners;
• A strong listener, public communicator, and storyteller who can articulate and amplify the values, lived experiences and lessons that demonstrate the potential and impact of the work LCCRSF does iin meeting communities where they are; and
• A committed and thoughtful leader who will partner with the communities most impacted by LCCRSF's work to elevate their voices, make space for collaborative impact, and work towards a shared vision.
A salary of $200,000 – $250,000 will be provided to the successful candidate along with a generous benefits plan that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a 401(k).
OPPORTUNTIES AND CHALLENGES FACING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Executive Director will join an extraordinary team of individuals that include a committed group of staff, a thriving community of pro-bono attorneys, and movement partners committed to racial, economic, and immigrant justice and impact in their communities. The Executive Director will:
Co-Create and Evolve Strong Organizational Strategy that Inspires and Clarifies Impact
The Executive Director will adeptly work across the organization to foster clarity and inspire confidence in the face of challenges. The Executive Director will bring a strong, results driven orientation, while deeply valuing and affirming leadership and organizational development that is informed by the needs of its people to ensure this critical work is done sustainably and effectively. They will develop robust, trustful relationships with both existing and new stakeholders and will cultivate opportunities for staff, partners, supporters, and movement leaders to build together towards a new era of equitable systemic change. The Executive Director will oversee all operations to advance LCCRSF's mission and will guide LCCRSF in addressing gaps internally and in the sector and ideate innovative solutions that lead to impact.
• In collaboration with the staff and Board of Directors, refine and execute LCCRSF's strategic direction and growth while ensuring that the budget, staff, and priorities are aligned with LCCRSF's core mission.
• Build upon decision making processes that both deeply respect and value LCCRSF's inclusive, organizational culture while simultaneously ensuring that critical decisions are made in a thoughtful yet expedient manner.
• Support a capable senior leadership team that will serve as a valuable partner in overseeing all administrative, operational, engagement, and programmatic functions of the organization.
Strong People Leader Committed to Impact and Co-Creating Systems That Are People Centered
• The Executive Director will support and lead a high impact team. They will be responsible for articulating and driving a healthy organizational culture across LCCRSF's teams. The Executive Director will be focused on driving results and reframing challenges as opportunities for organizational growth. They will model organizational values and will support and design systems that meet LCCRSF's goals and maintain a healthy, supportive, and collaborative work culture. Ensure relevant leaders have the skills, tools, support, input, and feedback they need to effective lead high performing and high impact teams.
• In partnership with leadership, ensure the availability, alignment, and good stewardship of LCCRSF's resources in the long and short-term, setting priorities, and designing structures that optimizes impact while making the work sustainable for staff.
• In partnership with leadership, respond to organizational crises and work to adequately protect the organization while living our values.
• In partnership with the COO, regularly review organizational financial documents and identify areas of concerns and opportunities.
• Recruit, hire, assess, and supervise organizational leaders (both program and non-program).
• Supervise staff and lead teams during gaps in program leadership positions, as needed.
Represent LCCRSF and Manage Effective Relationships
The Executive Director must have a strong desire and interest to work and develop organizational strategies that center racial, economic, and immigrant justice. They will be deeply committed to racial equity within the organization and will work to maintain, build, and extend partnerships in the service of LCCRSF's work and its commitment to its core issues and campaigns.
Additionally, the Executive Director will:
• Grow strategic relationships with external partners within the movement, political ecosystem, think tanks, funders, or other spheres to further position LCCRSF as a leading resource for impact litigation, policy advocacy, and ideas that advance an ambitious and progressive agenda.
• Work closely with the Development team to set strategy and expand LCCRSF funding base to ensure the long-term viability of the organization. As the senior representative at LCCRSF the ED will make asks and build relationships with foundations and donors.
• Provide thought leadership in the field and be an organizational spokesperson for media and events that raise visibility of LCCRSF's organizational brand and work.
• Partner with the Board to ensure the organization's commitment to its core mission and values and facilitate strong Board and staff alignment around policy and strategic planning, maintaining,
modifying, and adapting organizational structure, and developing annual and long-range
programmatic and financial goals.
The ideal candidate will have a true passion for working with passionate civil rights advocates and a personal and professional commitment to racial, immigrant, and economic justice. The Executive Director will have experience building consensus and working collaboratively with various partners, funders, elected officials, and community members to create systemic change. While no one candidate will embody all the qualifications enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:
Strategic Leadership and Core Knowledge of the Field
• Passionate, accomplished leader with practical and substantive experience in community-based, grassroots movements; knowledge and expertise regarding the movements for economic, racial, and social justice in California and beyond.
• Ideal candidates will be familiar with local, state, and federal governance, politics, policy-making, and legal services, have a working knowledge of organizing, and have meaningful relationships with local and regional leaders.
• Ability to think across systems, sectors, and movements to identify opportunities for collaboration and shared outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to align vision, strategy, and execution.
• Demonstrated passion for and investment in advancing justice and equity. Highly developed critical consciousness and a combination of professional and lived experience aligned with LCCRSF's mission and values.
• An optimistic outlook and the humor, integrity, kindness, and patience necessary to work within a transformative environment.
Systems and Management
• Commitment to creating a strong and healthy workplace that reflects internally the values LCCRSF advocates for externally and that centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Ability to develop agile organizational structures and strategies that can be both responsive in a dynamic context and strategic in anticipating future needs and opportunities.
• Demonstrated skills in organizational design and management; a willingness to rethink or improve upon established systems and processes.
• Experience mentoring, developing, and providing leadership to high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams and partners that engages staff, members, and pro-bono staff to achieve project/program goals.
• A leader who prioritizes a relational work environment that builds trust and seeks to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and integrity.
• Experience working in partnership with a board of directors and leveraging a board's resources.
Relationship Stewardship and Cultivation
• Superb communication and external relations skills and demonstrated success in building an organization's profile and reputation in local, regional, national, and professional communities.
• Demonstrated ability to have authentic dialogue around sensitive issues including funder expectations, grantee priorities, and community and movement concerns; highly developed emotional intelligence and active listening skills, and the ability to use interpersonal skills in collaborative, diplomatic ways.
• A proven track record of substantial and diverse fund development and experience with foundation and individual giving. Direct experience cultivating and asking for major gifts would be ideal.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as public spokesperson for the organization at high-level functions and across media platforms that lift up the work of LCCRSF.
COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, & WORK LOCATION
• This position is full-time, exempt, and reports to the Board of Directors. The salary range is $200,000 – $250,000. Full benefits package includes 100% paid medical + 80% for dependents and more. Time off: 3 weeks' vacation, 12 sick days, 12+ holidays, plus Summer Short Fridays and one week Winter Break.
• Our office is located on the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco, close to many transit options. We're currently remote with our office available for optional use. We do not yet have a target date for return to the office, but we expect to offer a hybrid model upon return. Employees must be fully
vaccinated for in-person work.
• General working hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday. LCCRSF is both woman and minorityled, with about 30 team members. We are flexible and family-friendly and value health, wellness, and balance. We will encourage and support you to take care of yourself! We follow ADA guidelines reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with different abilities to perform the essential functions.
The priority application deadline is January 30, 2023. We encourage applicants to submit materials as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Candidates may submit their cover letter, outlining their interest and qualifications, along with their resume via NPAG's candidate portal.
In your letter of interest, please describe your interest in the position, provide a detailed statement of purpose highlighting relevant qualifications in the areas outlined above, and respond to the following question:  What in your background and experience has prepared you to work for an organization dedicated to advancing racial equity and social justice in this moment? Feel free to think broadly about your response, applying professional or personal experiences.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area thrives as an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. BIPOC, LGBTQ+ candidates, people of all gender identities, persons with disabilities and individuals over 55 are encouraged to apply.


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Android 13 arrives for Samsung Galaxy A13 5G in the US | Jobs Reply
The Galaxy A13 is the cheapest Samsung launches 5G smartphone in the US. Right now you can get one for less than $200, which was unthinkable a few years before the phone was on sale.
Originally Launched a year ago, the Galaxy A13 5G has already received an Android OS update this year and is now in the process of receiving its second, Android 13. Three weeks ago, the European version of the Galaxy A13 5G received the much-anticipated Android 13 update, and now it looks like the same is happening for US users, or at least part of them.
acc According to SamMobile's report, at least one carrier-locked model is now eligible for the update. So if you're not a US cell phone customer, you'll probably have to wait a bit longer. This particular Android 13 update for the US cellular version of the Galaxy A13 5G contains the firmware version A136USQU3CVK9.
Another thing we learned is that the update includes the November 2022 security patch. Unfortunately, it's hard to say whether or not Samsung will be expanding the update's availability to other carriers by the end of the year. Worst-case scenario, Galaxy A13 5G users in the US should see the update on their phones early next year.
Although Samsung has already rolled out two major updates to the Android operating system Galaxy A13 5G, it's possible that a third, Android 14, will be released later next year as the phone will only be two years old at that point.
Those who meet all the criteria to get the update can just leave Settings / Software update / Download and install, and hope Android 13 comes to their phones. Note, however, that it may take a few days to reach everyone as this is a phased rollout.
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