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Rainy River and Northern Superior Announce Final Phase 1 Results and Commencement of Winter Diamond Drilling at the Ti-Pa-Haa-Kaa-Ning ("TPK") Project
TORONTO, ON February 4, 2011 – Rainy River Resources Ltd. ("Rainy River"; RR.TSX-V) and Northern Superior Resources Inc. ("Northern Superior"; SUP.TSX-V) (together, the "Companies"), announce final assay results from the 2010 Phase I diamond drill program and the commencement of their 2011 diamond drilling and geophysical exploration program. Three thousand meters of diamond drilling is planned prior to the spring breakup. The TPK Joint Venture project is located 190 km northeast of Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario. The diamond drilling is being conducted with the cooperation of Neskantaga First Nation ("Neskantaga").
TPK-10-009 returns 6.9 g/t Au over 0.8 metres from 68.7 – 69.5 metres
TPK-10-010 returns 1.8 g/t Au over 2.5 metres from 100.3 – 102.8 metres
Incl. 5.1 g/t Au over 0.5 metres from 100.8 – 101.3 metres
TPK-10-011 intersects 1.0 g/t Au over 2.4 metres from 66.8 metres – 69.2 metres
and 1.5 g/t Au over 1.5 metres from 82.5 – 84.0 metres
and 1.6 g/t Au over 1.4 metres from 85.6 - 87.0 metres
2010 Diamond Drilling Program – Target 3
To date 10 holes totaling 1,945.0 metres have been drilled on Target 3, with one hole abandoned due to bad ground conditions. Final assays have now been received for the 2 remaining holes on Target 3. TPK-10-008 and 009 were drilled from the same setup approximately 450 metres NW of the discovery hole TPK-10-004. These two holes were designed to test an area up-ice of a strong coincident gold/arsenopyrite reverse circulation till anomaly. Several discrete arsenopyrite/pyrite bearing sericitized shears were intersected throughout the hole with the best assay being returned from TPK-10-009 - 6.9 g/t Au over 0.8 metres. The type of mineralization seen within the core appears to match the reverse circulation anomaly and follow-up drilling is planned.
All reported holes on Target 3 have intersected variably mineralized shears in quartz monzonite, containing disseminated pyrite, arsenopyrite and/or coarse-grained visible gold. Shear thicknesses are variable, ranging from 0.1 metres to 13.5 metres. Continuous down-hole multi element ICP geochemical data coupled with high resolution AEM data suggests a steep north dip in the Target 3 area whereas most of the holes were based on a south dip and thus either overshot the target or did not test its full width. Drilling has now recommenced at Target 3, with initial drilling planned to complete a section of holes to resolve dip and orientation of the mineralized zone prior to stepping out.
Three holes totaling 596.5 meters were completed on Target 2 prior to demobilization for the Christmas break. Target 2 is the largest of four diamond drill targets identified by RC drilling. It is defined by a distinct gold grain in-till anomaly that outlines a dispersion train of at least 3 kilometres trending in a NE-SW direction. The till anomaly is also associated with anomalous arsenic and zinc, and overlies a broad, shear-fractured leucogranite of the "contact stock". The leucogranite contains both spessartine garnet and fluorite alteration. Initial prospecting during the autumn produced 41 mineralized boulders, of which 33 boulders (or 80%) were found to be anomalous in gold. Five of the boulders yielded assays between 5-10 g/t gold, while one boulder yielded an assay of 42 g/t gold. Many additional mineralized boulders were found in follow-up prospecting.
The three drill holes tested only two small areas of the overall target, part of which lies under Crying Boy Lake. Two of the holes intersected narrow intervals of coincident gold and arsenopyrite mineralization in drill core. TPK-10-010 returned 5.1 g/t Au over 0.5 metres, and TPK-10-011 returned 1.0 g/t Au over 2.4 metres, 1.5 g/t Au over 1.5 metres and 1.6 g/t Au over 1.4 metres. As at Target 3, core angles and other data suggest that the holes were drilled along the dip plane of the structure and thus left most of its width untested. Further diamond drilling on Target 2 will await results from the IP geophysical survey to better define drill targets
Geophysics and Linecutting
Linecutting has now been completed and crews demobilized. Abitibi Geophysics of Val -D'Or, Quebec, has re-mobilized to TPK to complete the 80 line-kilometre Induced Polarization (IP)/Resistivity Geophysical Survey. This survey will cover diamond drill Targets 1–4, with a 100-metre line spacing. Severe winter cold has slowed progress however crews should complete the survey within the next 10 days.
"The discovery that we had in the initial 7 holes and the fact that 11 of 12 holes drilled intersected at least 1 g/t gold is extremely encouraging," commented Raymond Threlkeld, President and CEO of Rainy River Resources. "The lack of outcrop at TPK hindered drill direction selection and now that we have additional data to guide the exploration, we look forward to our winter drilling program to make further discovery at TPK."
Dr. T.F. Morris, President and CEO of Northern Superior Resources states: "The completion of this first phase diamond drilling not only intersected numerous gold-bearing shear zones, the drilling achieved an important objective in providing invaluable data to direct future drilling. This data, coupled with data derived from the IP survey, reverse circulation drill programs and boulder surveys will provide critical information necessary for a successful winter drill program."
Qualified persons
Rainy River is the operator of the TPK Joint Venture and the current exploration program is being supervised by Kerry Sparkes, P.Geo. Vice-President Exploration, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Sparkes is the person responsible for the content of this news release. Rainy River has implemented a rigorous QA/QC program to ensure best practices in sampling and analysis of drill core. All drill core is marked for sampling and then split in half with a diamond saw blade. Samples are placed in sealed bags with security tags. All samples were assayed using a standard fire assay, 30 gram nominal sample weight with an AA finish. Over-limit samples were re-assayed with a gravimetric finish. Samples with visible gold were automatically analyzed for Ore Grade by 1000g screen fire assay, with coarse and fine fractions being combined proportionately and the fine fraction being assayed twice. Standards, blanks and duplicates are inserted every 25 metres. ALS Canada Ltd. performed primary assaying, with duplicates being analyzed at Activation Laboratories Ltd. ALS Canada Ltd. and Activation Laboratories Ltd. implements independent QA/QC protocols that include the insertion of certified blanks and standards as part of their routine analysis.
About Rainy River
Rainy River is a Canadian precious metals exploration company whose key asset is the Rainy River Gold Project. With approximately $138 million in its treasury, the Company is well positioned to focus on expanding and optimizing the known resources at the Rainy River Gold Project through its advanced exploration program (underground) as well as drilling exploration targets outside of the known resource area. The Rainy River Gold Project property is extremely well located in the southwestern corner of Northern Ontario near the U.S. border, is accessible year-round by a network of roads and is close to hydro-electric infrastructure. The Rainy River district has a skilled labour force and is one of the lowest-cost areas for mineral exploration and development in Canada. The Company is also working to advance the early-stage discoveries at its TPK Property, also in Ontario, where it can earn a 51% interest in the property from Northern Superior Resources. Ontario has low political risk and, according to the annual Fraser Institute global survey of the mining industry, has consistently ranked as one of the top jurisdictions embracing mineral development.
Northern Superior Resources Inc. is a junior exploration company focused on exploring for gold and diamonds in the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield. Northern Superior currently has three active, high quality gold exploration projects in Ontario and Quebec- TPK, Thorne Lake and Wachigabau (see Company web site, www.superior.com). These projects and seven more early stage gold exploration projects are based on the same type of geoscientic data as TPK [New Growth (Northwest part of the TPK Property), Rapson Bay, Meston Lake, Lespinay, Lac Surprise, Hazeur, Chibougamou River and Lemark]. Northern Superior is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SUP.
Rainy River Resources Ltd. Northern Superior Resources Inc.
Raymond Threlkeld Thomas F. Morris
President and CEO President and CEO
Tel: (647) 476-5407 Tel: (705) 525 ‐0992
Fax : (416) 642-9312 Fax: (705) 525 ‐7701
e‐mail: lcaridi@rainyriverresources.com e-mail: info@nsuperior.ca
www.rainyriverresources.com www.nsuperior.com
Table 1: Summary of Results
HOLE-ID
g/t
TPK-10-008
Forward looking statements: This news release includes certain "forward‐looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and "forward‐looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act or 1995 (collectively, "forward looking statements"). Forward looking statements include predictions, projections and forecasts and are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", " forecast", " expect", " potential", "project", "target", "schedule", "budget" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should", "could" or "might" occur or be achieved or other similar expressions and includes the negatives thereof. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization, exploration results, interpretation of results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, the timing and results of future resource estimates, and future plans and objectives of Northern Superior or Rainy River are forward‐looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Northern Superior's or Rainy River's expectations include exploration risks, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, results of future resources estimates, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns, delays in receiving government approvals, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy same, and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ from those described in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that cause such actions, events or results to differ materially from those anticipated. There can be no assurance that forward looking statements will prove to be accurate and accordingly readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release
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A visit to Dubai is like no other in the world. Although part of a desert kingdom located in the United Arab Emirates, activities are diverse and surprising: you can ski down snowy mountains, swim with sharks in a shopping mall, choose stunning gold jewelry in a historic souk as well as relax on beaches and enjoy a variety of sports.
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Take a camel or jeep ride into the desert, or explore the Wild Wadi with its gravity-defying thrills, water slides and surfing. Relax with a round of golf on one of the many championship-level courses, watch horse racing, go scuba diving or sailing.
Atlantis The Palm is undoubtedly the premier resort in Dubai. Located on the incredible Palm Jumeriah, a gigantic artificial archipelago in the shape of a palm tree, Altantis The Palm is an imposing Arabian Nights fantasy with its iconic archway and towers. This is a place where legends come to life. Incredible sculptured columns with lace-like tracery adorn the entrance hall, while spectacular mosaics catch the eye. Ornate, carved furniture, elaborate, soft furnishings and fiery ceiling paintings make this a fantasy world. The Signature Underwater Suite offers views of fish swimming past amid atmospheric ruins of the lost city of Atlantis.
Outside, there is much to enjoy. The Lost Chambers Aquarium is home to 65,000 marine animals, while elsewhere on site visitors can encounter dolphins and meet up with sea lions or learn to scuba dive and swim with sharks. For thrills and spills, the Aquaventure Waterpark is irresistible. It has been described as one of the top five waterworks worldwide with its Neptune slide, river rides and the unusual opportunity to feed cownose ray fish.
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Relax with a visit to the spa, where carefully crafted treatments are provided. Dining at Palazzo Versace is an experience in itself. Here you can try "ephemeral dining" in an avant-garde restaurant where unexpected gourmet stories await. Enjoy al fresco views across Dubai creek within the seafood restaurant or relax in the ornate Mosaic, where food is available all day.
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Choosing how to relax is difficult, as options abound. Quite apart from the wonderful lounges encouraging you to sit and stay, an infinity pool beckons swimmers on the terrace. A spa and health club provides facilities to get fit, while the unique ski chalets allow you to spend the day skiing on snowy slopes. For families, the Magic Planet has countless fun-filled rides, or enjoy live entertainment in the adjacent theater and Arts Center.
Setting a new standard for luxury hospitality, the Ritz-Carlton is an iconic beachfront retreat in the heart of the vibrant Dubai Marina district. The retreat is an intimate oasis of calm, combining luxury hospitality with the age-old traditions of the Middle East.
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Blacklist is a design studio based in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 2008 by husband and wife Nathan and Jaynie Johnson, Blacklist produces a range of art prints, stationery and paper goods.
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Why 'step change'? Because we aim to help the care sector step across the threshold and fully involve their gardens and outdoor spaces in the care they provide their residents so they can live the lives they choose.
We are Garden Designers with a background in creating gardens for therapeutic purposes. Between us, we have more than 30 years of garden design, training and project management experience, enabling us to understand and support the care sector in engaging with their outdoor spaces effectively and successfully.
With our research, into what makes gardens more effective for people living with dementia, we are uniquely positioned to support the care industry in making the cultural changes needed to step over the threshold and benefit from using the outdoors to support its residents living with dementia.
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With our research experiences and our unique diagnostic tool, the Map, we can help identify this cultural position with the home and then describe ways forward, through sequences of steps on the Map that the home can make on its journey towards greater relationship-centred care and the range of appropriate design and other support that garden designers can provide on that journey.
Opened our eyes to noticing different ways of encouraging people to use our garden for different reasons.


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Over the past 20 years, renowned illustrator John Burgoyne has produced more than 150 intricate, hand-drawn illustrations for Cook's Illustrated magazine. Now, for the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is proud to partner with Mr. Burgoyne and offer a select number of fine art prints featuring this iconic artwork.
There are literally hundreds of deliciously edible tropical fruits. Many, such as rambutants and jackfruits originated in Southeast Asia, do not travel well, and have never been successfully grown in the American tropics. Those pictured here, however, are much more readily available in the United States. Many of them, including the glossy golden pepino, the oval guava, the large and familiar pineapple, the intensely floral passion fruit, and the delicately flavored cherimoya, originated in South America. The near-ubiquitous papaya, oddly enough, is actually of North American origin. Others, such as the flashy star-shaped carambola and a few of the many varieties of mango, can be grown in semitripical areas in the United States. Yet others, including the sweet-tart kiwano or horned melon of New Zealand, simply ship well.
6x7 UNFRAMED PRINT
Overall Paper Size: 7" x 8"
Item Number UNFTFRU67
Acid, Lignen, and Chlorine Free
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100% Cotton Rag
Cold Press Bright Paper Stock
Printed in the United States
8x10 UNFRAMED PRINT
Overall Paper Size: 9" x 11"
Item Number UNFTFRU810
16x20 UNFRAMED PRINT
Overall Paper Size: 17" x 21"
Item Number UNFTFRU1620
Please Note: Slight size and border variations make each one of John Burgoyne's back cover prints completely unique and each may vary slightly in size.
About the artist, John
John Burgoyne was raised in Massachusetts, where he developed a passion for art at an early age. After graduating from Massachusetts College of Art, Burgoyne embarked on a career as an illustrator.
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Issue: #42 - January & February 2000
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Item Number: UNFTFRU
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HomeUncategorizedCourt ruling upholds Walton County approval of bed and breakfast [PREMIUM]
Court ruling upholds Walton County approval of bed and breakfast [PREMIUM]
September 18, 2019 Quinton Uncategorized
By DOTTY NIST A Walton County Circuit Court judge has found that Walton County acted properly in considering the Summer House Bed and Breakfast proposal in October 2017---and that the Walton County Board of County Commissioners' (BCC) approval of the project was "supported by competent and substantial evidence." Walton County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey E. Lewis provided his findings in a July 22 court order. The three-story, 13,130-square-foot, 25-guest room development had been approved for a 0.65-acre site on the north side of U.S. 98 in Inlet Beach, across the highway from Walton Rose Lane. The project remains unconstructed. In November 2017, the Historic Inlet Beach Neighborhood Association (HIBNA) had challenged the county approval in circuit court, naming both Walton County and project applicant Rita Bottems as defendants. In the filing, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, the association had maintained that the BCC had not followed essential requirements of law and had denied members of the association due process. According to a history of the matter contained in the July 22 order, Bottems had submitted her application to develop the bed and breakfast in spring 2016. On June 21, 2016, the proposal first went before the BCC, resulting in a tie vote of the four commissioners present for the hearing on the project on a motion to deny. Based on that vote, and the BCC policy to consider a tie vote as a failure of a proposal, whether the motion is to approve or deny, the county did not grant the applicant a development order. Bottems had challenged the county action in an earlier circuit court case, resulting in a June 2017 court ruling that the tie vote had represented a failure to deny the application rather than a failure of the application and remanding the matter to the BCC. This resulted in a second hearing on the application on Oct. 5, 2017 at a BCC special meeting. The outcome of the Oct. 5, 2017, rehearing had been approval of the project with a 3-2 vote on a motion to approve. No new evidence had been taken at the Oct. 5, 2017 rehearing, and, by direction of Walton County Attorney Sidney Noyes, there was no sworn testimony. Public comment was taken and limited to three minutes per person. In their challenge of the BCC decision from the rehearing, the association argued, in part, that the county had failed to conduct a quasi-judicial hearing at the Oct. 5, 2017, special meeting, and that the association and other participants had not been provided with the opportunity to present evidence, resulting in, it was alleged, a departure from essential requirements of law. They asked the court to quash as invalid the final order of approval resulting from the hearing. In his July 22, 2019, order, Judge Lewis noted that no objection had been raised to the "format of the proceedings" at the Oct. 5 rehearing. "Generally, the failure to object waives an issue for appeal since the lower tribunal (BCC in this instance) is deprived of the opportunity to address, and correct if necessary, any defect in the proceedings," he wrote. However Judge Lewis also noted that he did not rely on waiver as a basis for his decision. In connection to the issue of witness testimony not being sworn at the Oct. 5 rehearing, he observed that the Walton County Land Development Code (LDC) "provides that strict adherence to the Rules of Evidence is not required in quasi-judicial proceedings." "Further," Judge Lewis wrote, "the Code provides for only the Applicant and the County Attorney to offer evidence and testimony," citing county code provisions for quasi-judicial hearings. It was also his opinion that, in light of the BCC decision in the first (June 2016) hearing on the proposal (the tie vote), "the case was remanded to the BCC with the Summerhouse Bed and Breakfast application still pending before the BCC" at the time of the Oct. 5 special meeting. "In this case," Judge Lewis wrote, "it is clear that the BCC sitting in its quasi-judicial role on June 21, 2016, and October 5, 2017, afforded both notice and opportunity to be heard." He also noted that there had been questions asked of staff and discussion by the BCC in response to comments by the public, including the petitioning parties. Judge Lewis found that procedural due process had been met. It was also his finding that the BCC had relied on competent and substantial evidence to support granting the project application. Judge Lewis addressed an issue raised in the petition, that of whether the proposed number of rooms for the development (25 guest rooms) was consistent with a bed and breakfast. He noted that the facility was to be located on land designated as Neighborhood Infill under the Walton County Comprehensive Plan (CP) and Neighborhood Commercial in the Inlet Beach Neighborhood Plan (IBNP). He observed that the IBNP allows limited lodging facilities as a permitted use, defined as bed and breakfast type lodging within a primary structure that is residential in exterior character. While not identifying a maximum number of rooms for such a facility, Judge Lewis pointed out, the neighborhood plan references the Inlet Inn (a former lodging establishment within the plan area) which had 25 guest rooms. "While opponents argue that the State licensing requirements differ and limit bed and breakfast licensing to facilities of fifteen rooms or less," he continued, "that criteria does not exist in the applicable provisions of the IBNP which apply in this case." Judge Lewis's conclusion was that, "the BCC properly found that the proposed development fell within the permitted uses of the property in question..." Ruling in favor of Walton County and the project applicant, he ordered denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.
By DOTTY NIST A Walton County Circuit Court judge has found that Walton County acted properly i
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According to ATVL, the 10th best starting pitcher in the 2016 Valley League season is Peyton Plumlee, from Strasburg and Mississippi State!
Peyton had an excellent summer for the league champs, going 5-0, 2.46 in 9 games (6 starts), with a 1.199 WHIP, 4.2 BB/9, and 7.4 K/9 in 36 2/3 innings pitched. He also started one game in the playoffs, in which he gave up 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 5 walks, and struck out 8 in a no-decision. His best start of the summer was on June 13 against Charlottesville, a 6-1 victory, when he allowed only 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, and struck out 3 in 6 innings. Peyton was named first team All-Valley League by the media and coaches after the season.
Peyton spent his 2016 college season at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where he went 6-2, 4.58 in 55 innings, while allowing 57 hits, 23 walks, and striking out 53. He started 9 games and appeared in one out of the bullpen.
Now Peyton is at Mississippi State, and we'll see how his excellent summer translates into his sophomore season!


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Poor man's implementation of a redis backed python task queue.

The basic idea is to save the 'fully qualified' module path and function
name as well as the pickled arguments to a queue somewhere. Worker threads
then pick off tasks from this queue and process them asynchronously.

The way to make a function "async" is via a decorator.

When the resulting function is called, it now requires the time taken to pickle
the arguments and add the resulting string to the queue.

## usage
1. Run redis (so tasks can be added to the queue)
2. Run worker thread(s) to start picking off tasks from the queue.
3. Add the decorator to functions that do not need to run inline.

```py
import async

# Configure your redis connection and queue name etc.
delay = async.get_async_decorator()

def slow_func():
    ...

@delay
def slow_func_async():
    slow_func()

```

## Running the worker
1. Run from the root folder of your application.
2. Specify redis connection information (optional)
3. Specify queue name (to allow multiple applications to use async-py on the same instance of redis)

```sh
$ py async/worker.py -h
usage: worker.py [-h] -q QUEUE [-r HOST] [-p PORT] [-d DB]

async-py task worker

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Worker configuration:
  -q QUEUE, --queue QUEUE
                        The async-py task queue to pull tasks from.

Redis connection information:
  -r HOST, --host HOST  Redis host.
  -p PORT, --port PORT  Redis port.
  -d DB, --db DB        Redis db.
```

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Government maintains most social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance
The Government will gazette the extension of most existing social distancing measures for 14 days till December 8.
"Amid the severe pandemic situation across the world, the Government strives to maintain the anti-epidemic strategy of guarding against the importation of cases and the resurgence of domestic infections with the target of zero infection to protect public health and foster favourable conditions for resuming cross-boundary travel with the Mainland and cross-border travel in future. To this end, we need to maintain most of the social distancing measures currently in place. Meanwhile, subject to stable epidemic situation, in view of the increasingly smooth operation of the 'cruise-to-nowhere' itineraries and the set of stringent health control safeguards adopted by the cruise lines, starting from December 1, the current passenger capacity limit of cruise ships at 50 per cent of the normal capacity will be adjusted to 75 per cent of the normal capacity," a spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said today (November 23).
In addition, in order to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of exposure risk tracing and testing upon identification of a confirmed case as a way to tackle the more transmissible variant strains and to enhance the epidemic control capacity to protect members of the public, starting from December 9 (i.e. the commencement of the cycle of social distancing measures following the next), the requirement to use the "LeaveHomeSafe" (LHS) mobile application will be extended to all premises regulated under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F). This means that all customers or users must first scan the LHS venue QR code using the LHS mobile application before entering the premises. The social distancing measures of that round will be updated to include the relevant requirements.
"We will closely liaise with the relevant trades in the coming two weeks to ensure the smooth implementation of the relevant measures. We appeal to the public to co-operate and comply with the relevant requirements in order to further enhance the anti-epidemic capacity of Hong Kong," the spokesman added.
The spokesman said that vaccination is a crucial part of the local anti-epidemic strategy. The Government will continue to review and implement additional measures to increase the overall vaccination rate, including the possibility of extending the scope of a "vaccine bubble", and closely monitor the vaccination enhancement measures adopted in the Mainland and overseas.
The Comirnaty and CoronaVac vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe cases and death from COVID-19. They can provide effective protection to those vaccinated in preventing serious complications and even death after infection. The Government continues to call on persons who are not yet vaccinated, especially senior citizens, chronic patients and other immunocompromised persons who face a much higher chance of death after COVID-19 infection, to get vaccinated as early as possible for better self-protection and preparation of cross-boundary travel.
According to Cap. 599F, the Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation (Cap. 599G) and the Prevention and Control of Disease (Wearing of Mask) Regulation (Cap. 599I), the details of the requirements and restrictions which will take effect from November 25 till December 8 (the specified period) are as follows (see Annex 1 for requirements and restrictions under Cap. 599F):
Catering business
(1) The existing requirements and restrictions applicable to the catering business will be maintained during the specified period. Except for bars or pubs which are subject to other requirements, all catering businesses must operate according to one of the operating modes among Types A, B, C and D Mode of Operation, with details in Annex 2.
(2) The existing requirements and restrictions applicable to bars and pubs will be maintained during the specified period, with details in Annex 2.
Scheduled premises
(3) During the specified period, the existing requirements and restrictions applicable to the following scheduled premises under Cap. 599F will be maintained. They can operate according to the specified Mode of Operation if specified measures are adopted (details in Annex 1 and Annex 2). Otherwise, they should continue to be closed:
(a) bathhouses;
(b) premises (commonly known as party rooms) that are maintained or intended to be maintained for hire for holding social gatherings;
(c) establishments (commonly known as clubs or nightclubs) that are open late into the night, usually for drinking and dancing or other entertainment;
(d) karaoke establishments;
(e) mahjong-tin kau premises; and
(f) cruise ships.
(4) Starting from December 1, the passenger capacity limit of cruise ships will be adjusted to 75 per cent of the normal capacity.
(5) During the specified period, the existing requirements and restrictions applicable to other scheduled premises under Cap. 599F will be maintained. These scheduled premises can be opened when the relevant requirements and restrictions are fulfilled (including the persons responsible for carrying on the premises arranging for all staff members involved in the operation of the premises to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based nucleic acid test for COVID-19 once every 14 days, the samples of which must be taken through combined nasal and throat swabs and by professionals, or to complete a COVID-19 vaccination course as an alternative).
(6) Persons responsible for carrying on catering businesses and managers of scheduled premises that contravene the statutory requirements under Cap. 599F would have committed a criminal offence. Offenders are subject to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months. In addition, persons who are present at any premises of a catering business or any scheduled premises have to comply with directions applicable to them. Non-compliance with the relevant directions would be an offence and offenders are subject to a maximum fine of $10,000. The liability may be discharged by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000. In particular, a staff member or a customer who makes false declarations or provides false information under the relevant measures would be regarded as non-compliant with the directions issued under Cap. 599F and would be subject to a fixed penalty of $5,000. Any contravention against group gathering requirements within a premises under Cap. 599F would continue to be handled according to the requirements under Cap. 599G, which means that participants of the group gathering would be subject to a fixed penalty of $5,000.
Group gathering
(7) Unless exempted, the prohibition on group gatherings of more than four persons in public places will continue during the specified period. The requirement is also applicable to group gatherings in catering business and scheduled premises regulated under Cap. 599F in which the relevant requirements or restrictions are not complied with.
(8) According to Cap. 599G, any person who participates in a prohibited group gathering; organises a prohibited group gathering; or owns, controls or operates the place of such a gathering and knowingly allows the taking place of such a gathering commits an offence. Offenders are liable to a maximum fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for six months. Persons who participate in a prohibited group gathering may discharge liability for the offence by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000. Any participant, staff member or customer who makes false declarations or provides false information under the relevant measures may be regarded as participating in a prohibited group gathering and subject to a fixed penalty of $5,000.
Mask-wearing requirement
(9) The mandatory mask-wearing requirement under Cap. 599I will be extended during the specified period. A person must wear a mask at all times when the person is boarding or on board a public transport carrier, is entering or present in an MTR paid area, or is entering or present in a specified public place (i.e. all public places, save for outdoor public places in country parks and special areas as defined in section 2 of the Country Parks Ordinance (Cap. 208)).
(10) Under Cap. 599I, if a person does not wear a mask in accordance with the requirement, an authorised person may deny that person from boarding a public transport carrier or entering the area concerned, as well as require that person to wear a mask and disembark from the carrier or leave the said area. A person in contravention of the relevant provision commits an offence and the maximum penalty is a fine at level 3 ($10,000). In addition, authorised public officers may issue fixed penalty notices to persons who do not wear a mask in accordance with the requirement and such persons may discharge liability for the offence by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000.
Ends/Tuesday, November 23, 2021


A great way to avoid doing more pressing work.
I only included states that I could actually remember being in. I think I have been through Georgia and Maryland, but I figure if I can't remember when, it doesn't count.
I wanted to add Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but they didn't have a Latin American map.
Gosh, I feel like I would be such a good professional traveler.
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A Florence-Carlton School District parent captured this photograph of a mountain lion Tuesday west of the school near a bus stop.
A mountain lion sighting Tuesday morning near a school bus stop in the Florence area has parents and school district officials on alert.
The Florence-Carlton School District Facebook page said officials received a report of three mountain lions near the area where the bus turns around on Tie Chute Road west of Florence.
Florence-Carlton Elementary Principal Chrissy Hulla said the school was first made aware of the lion sighting Tuesday after a parent sent a photograph of one of the lions to a teacher.
The parent said there were three lions, possibly a mother and two adolescents.
As soon as Hulla learned about the sighting Tuesday, she sent out a school reach message to parents to make them aware of the situation.
"Whenever we get reports like that, we want to get the word out so parents can know to use extra caution and be aware," Hulla said.
While mountain lion sightings near the valley floor aren't unusual during the winter months, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are asking residents to let them know of any more lion sightings in the area.
Crowser said FWP normally wouldn't respond to a single sighting of mountain lions that may be just passing through an area. On the other hand, if the lions remained in the area, Crowser said the department would want to know about that.
Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., people who have spotted a mountain lion in a residential area can call the FWP office in Missoula at 542-5500. After hours, the call should go to 1-800-TIP-MONT.
"It would be great if we could hear from people right away," Crowser said. "If that happens, we can determine if we need to send someone out.
People interested in learning more how to live with wildlife can go to www.missoulabears.org.
More like humans move into cougar territory and seem unaware they are the invaders. These animals have been here millions of years! Respect their will to live. They are just looking for bunnies or small prairie animals . Return their home to them.


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Basic information on sexual orientation
Sexual orientation and behavior.
What causes sexual orientation:
Is it nature, nurture, a choice,
an addiction? Can it be "cured?"
Morality of sexual activity.
About sexual orientation and sexual behavior:
Most of the public agree that three sexual orientations exist. They are defined by a person's feelings of attraction to:
Only persons of the opposite sex. They have a heterosexual orientation and include about 90% of all adults; or
Only persons of the same sex. They include about 5% of adults who have a homosexual orientation; or
Persons of both genders. They include about 5% of adults who have a bisexual orientation. Most are not attracted to persons of both sex equally. This group, alone, can be said to usually have a "sexual preference."
Some regard asexuality -- lack of sexual attraction to other persons -- to be a fourth sexual orientation. But others criticize this belief, feeling that this concept is similar to not collecting stamps being a hobby.
Cause of sexual orientation:
There are four main opinions about the cause(s) of a person's sexual orientation:
Many religious and social conservatives regard sexual orientation to be a choice that people make, perhaps in their teen years. Many feel that the cause cannot be genetic, because persons with a homosexual orientation tend to have fewer children. If homosexual orientation were purely caused by genetics, then they believe that the number of gays and lesbians would be reduced each generation and eventually die out. Yet homosexual orientation has existed for millennia.
Others say that homosexual and bisexual orientation is caused by poor parenting, or sexual victimization as a child.
Most religious liberals and professional mental health organizations believe that a person's sexual orientation is determined before birth by genes in a person's DNA and/or by epigentics. (The latter is a layer covering a persons DNA that turn individual genes on or off.)
Researchers have not been notably successful at identifying a single "gay gene."
The most definitive study to date was performed by a group of scientists in the UK, US, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden and Denmark. It involved about a half million participants of European ancestry. Their report was published in journal Science during 2019-AUG. 10
They found that:
- There is no single gay gene!
- "Instead, thousands of genetic variations across the human genome contributed to overall sexual orientation."
- Moreover, the study estimated genetics only accounted for between 8% and 25% in determining sexual preferences - not enough to predict a person's orientation. 11
(Presumably, they use the term "sexual preferences" to refer to "sexual orientations.") They detected five genetic markers in human DNA that are associated with same-sex sexual behavior. Some work in the same way in both biological males and biological females. However, others work differently in the two biological genders. The five markers' influence overlaps with other markers for several other traits, like openness to experience and risk-taking behavior.
- The patterns that they found were "based on statistical patterns in the data as a whole, and no conclusions can be drawn for any particular individual. It is thus not possible to predict or identify someone's sexual behavior or sexual orientation from their DNA." 12
However, a few years before this study, a remarkable development regarding epigenetics was developed. "Epigenetics" refers to a layer on top of a person's DNA that turns various genes on and off. A test was developed that analyzes a biological man's saliva and predicts with an accuracy of 83% whether he has a homosexual orientation.
Interpretation of the cause(s) of sexual orientation:
Unfortunately, most conservative news sources zeroed in on the 2019 large scale study and emphasized that NO SINGLE GENE causes a person to have a homosexual orientation. They ignored the earlier epigenetic research findings. And so, for example, Mercatornet used the headline:
"What? I thought I was born gay! Â
A new study makes the case for special rights for LGBT folks a bit harder."Â
Unfortunately, they did not indicate what "special rights" the LGBT is continuing to seek. In some areas of the world, they have obtained equal rights to marry, and/or discrimination has been banned for everyone on the basis of their sexual orientation. But the author of this article is unaware of any "special rights" that they have sought or obtained.
Integrating the results of previous studies:
Combining the two studies on epigenetics and genetics, it appears that a person's DNA partly determined a person's sexual orientation, but that their epigenetics is the main determining factor. Both DNA and epigenetics are determined before birth and remain in place until their death.
Researchers have also determined that the female relatives of homosexuals tend to have more children for a reason that has not been determined. This would prevent the percentage of people with a homosexual orientation from declining in numbers from generation to generation and thus prevent homosexuality from dying out.
Morality of sexual behavior:
There are two main conflicting opinions about the morality of sexual behavior, assuming that precautions are in place to prevent STI infection being transmitted, and to prevent unwanted pregnancy:
There is only one normal, natural, and moral sexual behavior. It involves sexual activity between one woman and one man who are married to each other. All other behaviors are immoral.
All sexual behavior that is mutually agreeable between two adults or older teens is moral.
Beliefs about sexual orientation and behavior profoundly affect what a person believes about:
Whether governments should recognize loving, committed same-sex relationships by civil unions or domestic partnerships,
Whether same-sex couples should be able to marry,
How to handle one's teenage child coming out of the closet as lesbian, gay or bisexual: whether to support them, kick them out of the house, or follow a different option. Apparently, many parents kick them to the curb, because lesbians and gays are overrepresented by a factor of about 8 among teens in U.S. homeless shelters.
Protecting members of sexual minorities from discrimination in employment,
Allowing members of sexual minorities to serve in the military,
Allowing same-sex couples to adopt,
Accuracy of public opinion polls:
Unfortunately, public opinion polls are notoriously inaccurate on some topics. People being polled by a stranger over the telephone often don't tell the truth. Two examples are:
When polling agencies ask adults in the U.S. whether they have attended a religious service in the past week, they generally obtain an affirmative answer from about 40% of the subjects. But when church attendance is directly measured by counting people entering churches, temples, mosques, etc. the actual value is about 20%. Many people apparently believe that attending a church is a "good thing" and thus do not answer the question truthfully.
When polling agencies ask adults in the U.S. whether they are an Atheist, results range from 3% to 11%. Many people, including many Atheists themselves, believe that to be an Atheist is not "socially acceptable." However, a research group designed a public opinion poll that made an accurate estimate of the percentage of atheists without requiring the subject to admit directly that they were an Atheist. They found that about 26% of U.S. adults are actually Atheists. This implies that most Atheists are unwilling to admit their religious beliefs to polling agencies.
More about sexual orientation: Is it chosen or genetic; fixed or changeable?:
Many religious and social conservatives believe that sexual orientation is chosen and can be changed with some effort. In contrast, many religious and social progressives, and those in the LGBT community, feel that a person is born with a sexual orientation because of something related to their genetic structure and is fixed. Further, their sexual orientation can be detected by child psychologists in pre-school children. Ned Flaherty posted a comment on the PolicyMic.com web site stating that:
"Sexual orientation has been proven to have at least 21 biological links, which can be observed in: twins, birth order, finger length ratio, fingerprint ridge density, Caucasian limb/hand-to-height ratio, hair pattern, handedness, hearing, vocal pitch, eye blinks, verbal fluency, spatial memory, amygdala activity, hypothalamus nucleus size, penis size, auditory/inner-ear function, suprachiasmatic nucleus size, stress, sweat, brain size symmetry, and X chromosome Xq28. Some of these links differ by race, thus further proving a biological basis." 1
Stanford University researchers Michal Kosinski and Yilun Wang, released a report in early 2018 documenting an Artificial Intelligence study in which over 30,000 portraits were uploaded from a dating web site and analyzed by computers in an attempt to identify which of the men and women had a homosexual orientation. Their computer programs correctly identified men who were gay 81% of the time and lesbian women 71%.
An article in cozzoo.com stated:
"The study proclaimed that biologically speaking, a gay man's facial structure proved to be more effeminate and a lesbian's more masculine. ... The Stanford researcher said:
'Gay faces tended to be gender atypical. Gay men had narrower jaws and longer noses. Lesbians had a larger jaw'." 7
This supports the:
"Prenatal Hormone theory of sexual Orientation. According to theory, one's sexuality is determined before they are born, based on hormonal exposure in the womb.
Basically, characteristics like the faintness of beard and mustache in gay males is linked to the under exposure of male hormones like testosterone which could cause a feminizing effect, meaning less hair." 7
The article created a "media uproar" among LGBT groups who worried about the safety aspects of gays and lesbians who are keeping their sexual orientation secret becoming known in anti-gay communities. The chief digital officer at Glaad -- a main pro-LGBT group -- said that:
"... at a time where minority groups are being targeted, these reckless findings could serve as weapon to harm both heterosexuals who are inaccurately outed, as well as gay and lesbian people who are in situations where coming out is dangerous." 7
Gay marriage (a.k.a. same-sex marriage) -- and equal rights for the LGBT community generally -- have been among the most bitter and active religious conflicts in the U.S. Much of the conflict has been influenced by beliefs about the cause or causes of sexual orientation, and whether it can be changed later in life. With the passage of time, public support of gay marriage has risen steadily, from 28% in 1996, to about 50% in 2011. After the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages in mid-2015, acceptance of such marriages has increased more rapidly. The Gallup Poll found it had reached about 63% in 2017 8 and 67% in 2018. 9 This includes 83% of Democrats, 71% of Independents and 44% of Republicans. 9
Only 31% of adults are opposed. Only 2% had no opinion -- an unusually small percentage for such polls. More polling details.
As of 2018-OCT, Wikipedia reports that:
A majority of adults opposes gay marriage in only one state: Alabama.
Support for gay marriage has reached 80% in two states: Massachusetts and Vermont and in two urban areas: Boston, MA and Seattle, WA.
Exodus International was the leading evangelical Christian group to promote the conversion of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to heterosexuality through reparative therapy. After 35 years of activity, they finally understood that that their efforts had little or no success; their clients were unable to change their sexual orientation. Exodus did have some success at convincing clients to remain sexually inactive. They closed their office and apologized for the harm that they had done to their clients in the past. More details about Exodus International.
Determining the precise cause(s) of sexual orientation might go a long way to inspire dialogue and eventually to resolve the remaining conflicts.
Topics covered in this section:
Definitions of homosexuality and sexual orientation
Impact of multiple definitions and conflicting beliefs about sexual orientations. Who cares? Why is discussion of causes so controversial?
Introduction: The causes of sexual orientation. Attempts to change a person's orientation
Three common sense proofs that homosexual & bisexual sexual orientations do NOT have a genetic cause, with rebuttals:
Part 1: A review of terminology related to sexual orientation. National polls show the public's belief about the causes of homosexuality.
Part 2: A brief description of three proofs. A rebuttal to proof #1: based on "twin studies."
Part 3: An effort by PFOX to use Proof #1 in Norfolk, VA: That homosexuality does not have a genetic because because sometimes one identical twin will be gay & the other not gay, even though they have the same genes.
Part 4: PFOX's effort (Continued)
Part 5: PFOX's effort (Concluded)
Part 6: Proof #2, based on birth rate of lesbians and gays, with a rebuttal.
Part 7: Proof #3, based on the ability of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals to "change." Epigenetics: a major game-changer.
Speculations into the cause(s) of homosexuality and other sexual orientations
Research studies into the cause(s) of sexual orientation:
More detailed descriptions of research studies:
Quotes. Overview. Studies 1 & 2 based on fingerprints and finger lengths
Studies 3 to 5 based on birth order, existing families, and genes
Studies 6 & 7 based on identical twins and eye blinking
Studies 8 & 9 based on multiple genes, and brain structure
Studies 10 to 14 based on hearing sensitivity, ear emissions, pheromones & sweat
Study 15 based on neural imaging of brain hemispheres
Study 16 based on identical twins separated at birth & raised apart: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Study 17 based on epigenetics, a genetic component:
Part 1: A promising theory that homosexual and bisexual orientation have a cause indirectly related to genes:
Part 2: Epigenetics, acting before birth, may cause a person to develop after birth with a homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual orientation.
Part 3: A Christian parody web web site takes on epigenetics
Beliefs of conservative Protestants
Related essay:
Divergent beliefs: Is homosexuality permanent? is it a choice that can be changed, or a fixed orientation?
Ned Flaherty, comment posted after the article "Gay Marriage: If Being Gay is a Choice, So What?" by Alasdair Denvil, PolicyMic, 2013-MAY-14, at: http://www.policymic.com
"Why is my child Gay?" Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) at: http://www.dynapolis.com/PFLAG/whygay.html
"How PFOX can help," Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays, at: http://www.pfox.org/help.html
Athenadorus, "Homosexuality: Its Genetic Basis & Evolutionary Benefit," at: http://www.danaanpress.com/
Matt Ridley, "Nature via nurture: Genes, experience, and what makes us human," HarperCollins, (2003). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store This book discusses the effects of genes and the environment on human behavior and traits. It touches on homosexuality in a few locations.
"Sylvia," "The biological basis of homosexuality," 1997-DEC, at: http://www.geocities.com/
"Science Proves that You Actually Can Tell Someone Is Gay Just By Looking At Them," Cozzoo, 2018-APR-07, at: blogs/news/science-proves-that-you-actually-can-tell-someone-is-gay-just-by-looking-at-them
Nolan McCaskill, "Poll: 64 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage," 2017-MAY-15, at: https://www.politico.com/
Aamer Madhani, "Poll: Approval of same-sex marriage in U.S. reaches new high," USA Today, 2018-MAY-23, at: https://www.usatoday.com/
Andrea Gamna et al., "Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior," Science, 2019-AUG-20. Can be downloaded at: https://geneticsexbehavior.info/
"A 'Gay Gene':" SimpliSafe emailing, 2019-AUG-30, at:[email protected]
"What we found and limitations," Genetic Sex Behavior, 2019, at: https://geneticsexbehavior.info/
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Getting people into the habit of recycling is most effective when started early in life. At the Mill on the Brue Outdoor Activity Centre in Bruton, Somerset, nearly 7,000 children in the 8-14 age range come here. Most of them, for the first time, realise that their sweet wrappers can be re-used again and again.
"Our policy is to have one big skip per week for recycling. We save glass, plastic, tin - everything we can - it's a matter of policy," says Matt Rawlingson Plant, the centre's director.
Mill on the Brue was the brainchild of Rawlingson Plant's parents 23 years ago. It used to be a nine-hole golf course, converted by a farmer who was attempting to diversify. Unfortunately, it turned into a "green desert", as Rawlingson Plant's father called it. Over the years, around 3,500 trees were planted, hedgerows reinstated, and today there are more than 100 species of tree in 20 acres.
The aim of the centre is to educate children about the environment. It is just putting the finishing touches to a multi-purpose hall, called the Longhouse, which will be used as an extra venue for the local community and also as a dining room for 120 people.
"The Longhouse is a practical and commercial example of how one can use recycled materials in a beautiful building," explains Rawlingson Plant. "We wanted to create a space which was also environmentally friendly and to use locally sourced materials wherever possible."
An important aspect of The Longhouse is the roof, covered with 4,000 recycled rubber-tyre tiles. "People don't know they are not slates," reveals Rawlingson Plant. "The great thing about them is they are slightly malleable so we didn't have to pay extra for breakages."
Insulation is provided by Warmcell, made from recycled newsprint, and a sheep's wool product called Thermafleece, made by a Cumbrian company.
"It has amazingly good properties," says Rawlingson Plant. "It is treated with anti-rodent spray and then made fire retardant. It's much better than horrible fibreglass."
Of course, all this comes at a price.Thermafleece costs four times as much as fibreglass. But Rawlingson Plant thinks it's worth it: "It's a sustainable building. You can't compromise in these things."
However, the tiles were something of a bargain. A slate tile costs around £2.50, but each recycled tyre slate cost 64p.
To pay for the costs, the centre benefited from Rural Enterprise funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which stumped up 50% of building costs for The Longhouse. As Rawlingson Plant admits: "It wouldn't have been possible if we hadn't got the grant."
To be eligible for the money, it was necessary to meet three criteria: to be financially viable, to involve the local community and to have an environmentally friendly design. These were easily met as the architect and the construction company live literally down the road from the centre, the wood was from trees planted six miles away and even the lighting consultants are based in Bruton.


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Q: Efficient way to compute distance matrix in NumPy I have this sample array:
In [38]: arr
Out[38]: array([  0,  44, 121, 154, 191])

The above is just a sample whereas my actual array size is pretty huge.
So, what is an efficient way to compute a distance matrix?
The result should be:
In [41]: res
Out[41]:
array([[   0,   44,  121,  154,  191],
       [ -44,    0,   77,  110,  147],
       [-121,  -77,    0,   33,   70],
       [-154, -110,  -33,    0,   37],
       [-191, -147,  -70,  -37,    0]])

I wrote a for loop based implementation which is too slow. Could this be vectorized for efficiency reasons?

A: You can use broadcasting:
from numpy import array

arr = array([  0,  44, 121, 154, 191])
arrM = arr.reshape(1, len(arr))
res = arrM - arrM.T

A: There's subtract.outer, which effectively performs broadcasted subtraction between two arrays.

Apply the ufunc op to all pairs (a, b) with a in A and b in B.
Let M = A.ndim, N = B.ndim. Then the result, C, of op.outer(A, B) is
  an array of dimension M + N such that:
C[i_0, ..., i_{M-1}, j_0, ..., j_{N-1}] =
     op(A[i_0, ..., i_{M-1}],B[j_0, ..., j_{N-1}])

np.subtract.outer(arr, arr).T

Or,
arr - arr[:, None] # essentially the same thing as above

array([[   0,   44,  121,  154,  191],
       [ -44,    0,   77,  110,  147],
       [-121,  -77,    0,   33,   70],
       [-154, -110,  -33,    0,   37],
       [-191, -147,  -70,  -37,    0]])

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London Build is not your average construction event! London Build believes doing business should be fun and includes within the event the Festival of Construction. The Festival of Construction at London Build includes: comedy acts, entertainment, celebrity guests a Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival, competitions, prize giveaways, live music and much, much more!
The Festival of Construction will be like a Who's Who of the construction, architecture, property and engineering industries. Attendees include Kier Group, Mace, Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Heathrow Airport, Mott MacDonald, Sir Robert McAlpine, Lendlease, Brookfield Multiplex, AECOM, Wates, Canary Wharf Group Plc, Arup, TfL, RICS, First Base Ltd, plus thousands more!
The festival is for anyone who wants to have fun, be inspired, meet and do business with thousands of architects, developers, contractors, local councils, housing associations, house builders, suppliers, engineers and more.
Free-to-attend networking parties including the annual Women in Construction Networking Event.
We have created an agenda to tie in everyone's busy workloads, whether you can make it out of the office or off site for 2 hours or the whole two days, there is something for everyone!


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Retrievers Look to Continue Winning Ways at American Classic This Weekend
Virginia (6-3) 25 25 25 3
K: Makenzie Morgen - 7
SA: Liz Pronove - 1
K: 2 Players (#10, #11) - 10
B: 3 Players (#1, #10, #12) - 3
D: Lexi Riccolo - 12
SA: Haley Kole - 3
Tournament Schedule | American vs. UMBC Video Link
Virginia Game Notes | American Game Notes | William & Mary Game Notes
Baltimore, Md.—UMBC volleyball will travel down I-95 to our nation's capital for the American Classic, hosted by the American University Eagles this Friday and Saturday. The Retrievers will look to continue their winning ways, after capturing the Maddie Bingaman Tournament this past weekend.
Tournament Info:
What: American Classic hosted by American University
When: Friday, Sept. 18-Saturday, Sept. 19
Who: UMBC, American, Virginia, William & Mary
Where: Bender Arena – Washington, D.C.
How to Watch: Live Stats available at aueagles.com
The Retrievers (6-5) won the Maddie Bingaman Memorial Tournament this past weekend, going 3-0. UMBC defeated Morgan State in the opener, 3-1, before downing Fordham and Coppin State 3-0.
Senior Krystal Williams (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech) earned a spot on the all-tournament team, posting ten or more kills in each game. Freshman Carola De Jesus (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Academia Maria Reina) was named MVP for her solid performance on the back line, digging out 37 balls and adding 13 assists.
Scouting the Cavaliers (5-3):
Virginia is 5-3 on the year, and is coming off a 1-3 weekend at the Alabama Tournament this past weekend. The 'Hoos are 1-1 in neutral site matches, and 1-2 in true road matches.
The Cavaliers are led by senior Kayla Sears, who is one of three players with at least 90 kills. Sears leads UVA with 97 winners, while fellow senior Natalie Bausback and junior Haley Kole have 91 each. Lauren Fuller sets the tone on offense with 333 assists, averaging 10.09 per set.
Scouting the Eagles (6-4):
American sits at 6-4 on the year, and have won three straight . The Eagles did not drop a set at the Columbia Invitational this past weekend in wins against Northeastern, NJIT and Columbia. American has played one of the tougher non-conference schedules in the nation, having played three ranked teams so far, including No. 4 Florida (L, 1-3) and No. 25 UCLA (L, 0-3) and No. 17 Hawaii (L, 0-3).
Senior Allison Cappellino paces the Eagle attack with 90 kills on the year, averaging a team-best 2.81 per set. Cappellino also leads the team with seven service aces. Classmate Monika Smidova has 295 helpers, good for 8.94 a set.
Scouting the Tribe (5-5):
The Tribe comes into the weekend at 5-5 overall out of the CAA. William & Mary took two of three at the ECU Pirate Invitational this past weekend, defeating Western Carolina, 3-2, and Hampton, 3-1.
Senior Dessi Koleva leads the front line with 92 kills, averaging 2.19 per set. Freshman Katie Kemp serves as the main setter for the Tribe. Kemp has 170 assists, good for 5.00 a set.
All-Time Series:
UMBC and Virginia will meet for just the second time all-time. Virginia took a 2-1 win back in 1983.
The Retrievers and Eagles have met 36 times all-time, with American holding a 25-11 lead in the series. The Eagles have won the last nine, dating back to 1997. The last Retriever win was back on October 1, 1996 in D.C. where the Dawgs won, 3-0.
William & Mary and UMBC have met seven times before, with the Tribe holding a 5-2 lead in the series. However, the Retrievers won the most recent match, 3-0 at the Penn Invitational back in 2011.
Welcome to the Show Rook:
Head Coach Ian Blanchard has 11 freshmen on the 2015 squad, and many of them have come in right away and made an impact. Maddie Schneider (Olathe, Kan./Olathe Northwest) and Makenzie Morgen (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton East) are leading the team in kills with 106 and 99 each. Libero Carola De Jesus (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Academia Maria Reina) has been a stalwart on the back line, digging out a team-best 120 balls, while adding 36 assists and five aces. Several other freshmen have seen significant time including Krytsia Negron (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Colegio Adianez), Liz Pronove (Elmhurst, Ill./York Community), and Allie Stolz (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield).
America East Recognition:
Freshmen Maddie Schneider (Olathe, Kan./Olathe Northwest) and Makenzie Morgen (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton East) have earned America East Rookie of the Week honors this year, with Schneider also earning Player of the Week honors.
UMBC will host La Salle in the non-conference finale on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The Retrievers and Explorers will meet at the RAC at 7:00 p.m.
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Understanding the mechanistic and clinically useful aspects of carcinogenesis from a systems biology perspective.
Our lab's research is focused on the discovery and characterization of mechanistic and clinically useful aspects of carcinogenesis from a systems biology perspective. Using genomics technologies such as DNA microarrays, this laboratory investigates the transcriptional dynamics and genomic architectures of primary tumors and cell lines at various stages of the oncogenic process and in different clinical contexts.
Predict clinical outcomes such as disease recurrence and therapeutic response. Examples include prognostic signatures in breast cancer that reflect the operational configuration of the TP53 pathway (Miller et al, PNAS, 2005) and delineate new prognostic tumor subtypes based on "genetic grade" (Ivshina et al, Cancer Res, 2006).
More recently, we have discovered a copy number-related transcriptional signature of disease recurrence in stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) that outperforms all conventional prognostic factors, and identifies a substantial subgroup of patients that may benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy (Broët, et al, Cancer Res, 2009).
Our lab has pioneered novel data mining strategies that integrate multiple forms of clinico-genomic information (expression, copy number, patient survival) and are capable of pinpointing known and novel candidate oncogenes.
Using this approach, we have recently identified and validated a novel breast cancer oncogene at chromosome 8p11 that promotes transformation, anchorage-independent growth, invasion through matrigel, and tumor formation in mouse xenograft models with an ability to interact with and activate H-Ras.
Other candidate genes identified by this method are currently being prioritized for functional characterization based on their potential for therapeutic targeting.
In collaboration with Drs. Frank and Suzy Torti, we have recently discovered a 16-gene Iron Regulatory Gene Signature (IRGS) capable of discriminating breast cancer patient outcomes independent of routine clinical markers. References related to this work and a link to supplemental data files are shown below.