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Case Report - (2021) Volume 22, Issue 3
Primary Pancreatic T-Cell Lymphoma - A Case Report and Literature Review
Franz R. A. Torrez
Department of Surgery, São Paulo Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Arun Muthukumar
Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Received Date: September 14th, 2020; Accepted Date: March 18th, 2021
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Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare form of extranodal malignant lymphoma. Most cases show a diffuse large B-cell immunophenotype. Hereby we describe the case of a 62-year-old man that was admitted in the emergency department of São Paulo Hospital with abdominal pain, weight loss and jaundice. Imaging exams showed a bulky resectable tumour in the pancreatic head. The patient underwent pancreatoduodenectomy and the histopathological analysis showed an primary pancreatic T-cell lymphoma. He received chemotherapy and subsequent autologous stem-cell transplantation. He presented a complete remission with no evidence of disease in the 8-months follow up. Literature review on this disease recommends the diagnostic to be done with endoscopic or percutaneous biopsy and the best treatment choice is systemic therapy, but evidence is scarce. There are few cases of T-cell primary pancreatic lymphoma described in the literature, with a worse prognosis compared to other immunophenotypes
Primary pancreatic lymphomas (PPL) are a rare group of tumours that represent 0,5% of pancreatic tumours [1,2]. The most frequent subtype is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma [3]. In imaging exams they can be misdiagnosed as adenocarcinomas [5,6] but the histopathological diagnosis is essential as current evidence favours chemotherapy and radiotherapy as the main treatment [7,8]. Pancreatic T-cell lymphoma are extremely rare with less than ten cases published - the majority in eastern countries - and have a poor prognosis[4]. We hereby report a case of a primary pancreatic T-cell lymphoma recently treated in our service in Brazil.
A 62 year-old caucasian man presented at the emergency department of São Paulo Hospital (Federal University of São Paulo) in July/2020 with cholestatic symptoms initiated 40 days before admission. His complaints also were progressive epigastric pain, itchy skin and gynecomastia. He denied fever or night sweat, but had a weight loss of about 8kg.
His previous medical records revealed a previous history of smoking (ceased 15 years ago) and a current alcohol intake of about 45g/day for the last 50 years. He also had a hiatus hernia but denied any medication use or allergies.
He was born in São Paulo and there was no family history of malignancy in first-degree relatives. Physical examination revealed jaundice and right upper quadrant pain on abdominal palpation. The vital signs were normal, he was eutrophic and had no abdominal mass, peripheral lymphadenopathy or nasal/oropharyngeal lesions.
The laboratory tests revealed a normal blood count, renal function, albumin and coagulation tests. Total bilirubin was 18 mg/dL (normal < 1), direct bilirubin was 15,5 mg/dL (normal 10.000 U/mL (normal < 34).
Due to tumour resectability and unsettled radiological diagnosis we chose to perform a pancreatoduodenectomy (image 4). Intraoperatively we found a bulky mass with a strong adhesion to the superior mesenteric vein, that needed to be resected and a portomesenteric vascular anastomosis was performed. The patient had a good surgical recovery and was discharged from hospital 15 days after the procedure. The pathology report revealed a nonHodgkin mature T-cell Lymphoma (image 5). The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-RNA in situ hybridization study was negative.
The patient received adjuvant chemotherapy with 6 cycles of CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, oncovin and prednisone) regimen and underwent an autologous stem-cell transplantation by the oncohematology service. In the 8th postoperative month, the patient was asymptomatic with no sign of disease recurrence in the imaging follow up.
The most frequent histological type of pancreatic tumours is adenocarcinoma with about 85% of all cases, followed by neuroendocrine tumours with an incidence of about 5%[9]. In the bottom of the list are less frequent types such as sarcomas, metastasis and squamous cells carcinomas. Primary pancreatic lymphomas are rare, comprising about 0,5% of pancreatic cancers and less than 2% of extranodal lymphomas[1,2]. Diagnostic criteria for PPL include: lack of peripheral lymphadenopathy; lack of involvement of mediastinal lymph node; normal peripheral white blood cells count; pancreatic mass with the involvement of lymph nodes confined to the pancreas; lack of involvement of liver or spleen [16].
The most frequent subtype of PPL is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma accounting for 59 to 80% of the cases[4,7,10]. T-cell pancreatic lymphoma is a very rare entity, with 10 cases reported in the literature, most of them in eastern countries. Table 1 presents data available about these case reports.
The most common clinical presentation of PPL is with nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, weight loss and abdominal mass in the physical examination[2,19]. Patients can also develop cholestatic symptoms, duodenal obstruction or acute pancreatitis. B-symptoms like night sweats, fever and chills can also be present, however it's uncommon [2,5].
Laboratory exams usually show an elevation of ALP, GGT, AST, ALT and bilirubins[2]. High levels of CA 19-9 are not common[1,2]. Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and β2- microglobulyn are helpful for diagnosis and prognosis - although they're not specific markers[1,6], high levels indicate a worse evolution of the disease[1].
CT-scan and MRI often show a large, well-defined bulky mass centered on the pancreatic head, with homogeneous contrast enhancement [5,6]. Pancreatic duct dilatation and vascular infiltration are rare in PPL and can help to distinguish it from adenocarcinoma. Lymphadenopathy below the renal veins is also suggestive of lymphoma [5,6]. Some cases may present with a poorly-defined infiltrative mass or diffuse pancreatic enlargement - the differential diagnosis of auto-immune pancreatitis should be done dosing serum IgG4 [5]. Fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET/CT) can be useful in diagnosis and staging, as the reported maximal standardized uptake values (SUVmax) range from 7.4 to 26.5 - much higher values when compared to adenocarcinoma (SUVmax ranging from 2 to 12) [5].
The biopsy is essential for choosing the best treatment. In suspicion of a pancreatic lymphoma an endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA) is required to confirm the diagnosis and the immunophenotype, which should be done by experienced endoscopists [18]. Percutaneous FNA guided by CT or ultrasonography (US) is an alternative and, in case of insufficient material for diagnosis, a surgical biopsy by laparoscopy or laparotomy should be considered [8,17] - especially when flow cytometry is not available [17].
The treatment of choice in PPL is chemotherapy - similar to the treatment applied to extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma - and it consists in six to eight cycles of CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and vincristine + prednisolone) [1,3]. Rituximab can be added (R-CHOP) to B-cell lymphomas [3] and some authors describe good response to stem cell transplantation when completed chemotherapy[8] or in case of relapsed/refractory disease[21]. Some papers also advocate the use of radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy [8,20].
The role of surgical interventions remains controversial. Most institutions save it for symptomatic interventions - like biliary and/or gastric bypass due to tumor obstructions - or in cases that require an incisional biopsy [1,3,8]. However some authors describe better outcomes when the resection was performed, probably due to debulking, allowing better chemotherapy penetration[6]. Surgery may also be proposed as a rescue treatment for patients that failed systemic treatment[6,8]. Pancreatoduodenectomy in PPL is technically challenging due to large tumours and a normal pancreatic parenchyma which leads to great morbidity and it should not be routinely indicated as the upfront treatment[8]. In case of postoperative diagnosis, chemotherapy should be initiated for long term remission[3]. Literature shows an overall survival of about 2-6,5 years for patients with PPL [19] with a cure rate up to 30% in 5 years [1]. However, in our study the T-cell-PPL showed a much worse prognosis: most of the patients deceased within 8 months or less. The only two patients who survived received a combined treatment with chemotherapy and surgery. More research is necessary for proposing a standard treatment although the rarity of this disease makes it difficult to find quality evidence.
Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare disease with a challenging diagnosis by conventional imaging. The biopsy is essential and endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration is a valuable tool to perform it. Most cases show B-cell immunophenotype and have good results with chemoradiotherapy. Surgical intervention is reserved to diagnostic and palliative procedures and may be considered as a rescue treatment in selected cases. T-cell PPL is even rarer with a paucity of cases reported in literature. The prognosis is worse and the best therapeutic choice is not established due to scarce evidence.
The authors thank Drs. Julia de Castro Vieira Veloso and Glaucio Rodrigo Silva de Siqueira from Radiology Department for image assistance. We also thank the patient for his consent to this publication.
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This post is snippets of an informal conversation with Mr K, which I'm posting while on vacation. I don't necessarily endorse any of these views, and may oppose some of them. I won't be around to respond to comments for a couple weeks.
The queer counterculture that manifested for example as the house ballroom culture of 90s New York or as the disco movement in the 70s barely exists anymore, with LGBT spaces having been filled largely by young trans women, most of whom are headed towards university degrees, often in STEM, which is an enormously unrealistic path in life for most people of the original gay counterculture.
As for gay men, what we have instead looks a lot more like assimilation to a normative way of living than it looks like genuine acceptance. Consider for example how flamboyance and to an extent male femininity continues being stigmatised.
I'm just pointing out that the history of the gay counterculture does not look at all like a great victory for the counterculture
it looks more like a crushing defeat, largely from the AIDS epidemic, and then the establishment turning out to be somewhat merciful and allowing us to assimilate if we can. Not all of us can, and then the situation really does look rather damning.
Gay people can assimilate to be accepted, adopting a mainstream lifestyle only differing with regards to the sex of their long term partner, whom they may marry and, in USA probably even adopt children with
pursuing some white collar job like accounting or journalism or another of the jobs mentioned in Scott Alexander's blogpost there
I would say they ([most aspects of gay counterculture]) have become more stigmatised over the past few decades
the modern concept of homosexuality as being just sexual attraction isolated from any other aspects of personality is a recent invention and has no basis in fact
expecting a gay man to act as a straight man except for dating is pretty darn repressive
it perpetuates a pressure of conformity, because the fervent denial of stereotypes beyond all reason serves to perpetuate a stigma on stereotypical behaviour
so like I was, lots of gay men are desperate to disprove the stereotypes by being very much just regular guys. It's a burdensome performance in the long run
this kind of stigma is widely recognised in the gay community, sometimes discussed as a kind of internalised homophobia. What's less openly discussed is how the opportunity and pressure to assimilate has resulted in fewer "inner victories" against societal pressure, removing the counterculture that built confidence and toughness through hardship and substituting it for having gay people repress themselves into conformity.
fiery support provided a counterpoint to the societal pressure, but the current form that LGBT advocacy takes is predominantly not a fiery support for countercultural living, but a fiery support for the right to assimilate into normality. It does not have the same effect at bolstering people's conviction in their right to live as they want.
I guess the post-AIDS gay movement could be said to have won, but that is an entirely different movement from the one we think of when we think of historical gay movement (eg. stonewall riots, harvey milk, gay liberation front, first pride parades, etc). The gay counterculture died to AIDS in the 80s.
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Thecommexokid says:
There is surely a Venn diagram of ( attracted to same-sex partners ( ) enthusiastic member of queer counterculture ). The relevant info to have here would be the relative sizes, then and now, of the different partitions of this Venn diagram. Mr K speaks anecdotally about people in the overlap section, but if there are many more people on the left lobe than previously, that explains the observed phenomenon. This seems like a case that would be rife with Generalizing From One Example, wherein every queer individual tacitly assumes that everyone falls in the same section of the VD that they do.
Dues says:
I think you are probably right about how mainstream culture only endorced 'normalness'. But that's kind of what mainstream culture is, isn't it? The worship if being 'normal'?
So there are some gay people who stick to gay culture, some who left it for 'normality' once it became an option, some who felt forced out of gay culture, and probably some who joined a different subculture that they felt fit them better.
As some subcultures become more accepted, they get more members as little who were reluctant to join before feel free to do so. (See gaming\anime). That didn't happen to gay culture because it's gay's only. It wasn't accepting new straight members to replace the gay ones leaving, even if straight people might have wanted to. (If you've ever heard jokes about 'breeders invading our spaces.)
I think there might be a general trend lately that all subcultures end up getting either normalized or seen as increasing unacceptable. With the internet it's easier to give that you've joined a subculture, so they all less popular and their less acceptable.
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About twice a year, the organization bug latches on so hard I am powerless against cords sticking out all willy nilly, too many things in drawers and makeup brushes that have not been washed. In a while. Or ever.
The past weekend begins with the fridge. If only it resembled a Pinterest fridge, filled to bursting with compartments, dividers and holders to encompass condiments, cans and various cheeses. Alas, I live alone and don't keep that much stuff in there. Most of the time. Middle Chicken stays with me at the moment and shopping together we find things that seem like such a good idea at the time. Case in point: Fancy lettuces. Basically, lettuce should be filed under toss out the window on the way home or wait 'til it rots in the crisper.
Saturday finds madwoman decluttering–ruthlessly purging fridge and pantry of anything past its expiration date–I'm talking to you mayonnaise. In the trash goes anything less than shower fresh as well. The pantry bothered me deeply enough to dream of it earlier in the week. Lo and behold, flour bugs are lurking in the pancake mix which leads to squirmies and a small scream. That leads to a toss of anything housed in the cabinet unsealed. Middle Chicken requests not to know what I saw in the box. Smart girl. Hint–it was moving.
Which leads to panic over cat dishes lurking nearby–scrub a dub dub with bleach and a dishwasher cycle convince me the kittens will live. The floor is now affected by God knows what so that needs a scrub which leads to vacuuming which naturally carries on to removing couch cushions and finding the prizes inside. A few wrappers and a cat toy. Sadly, no hundred dollar bills.
Other cabinets display a lack of Tupperware and Rubbermaid where two full sets formerly perched. Somehow lids and bottoms have gone the way of singleton socks. It's not like there's a plethora of gourmet home-baked goods being sent home with friends. What gives?
A sparkling fridge and pristine pantry give way to Monday morning car inspection. Tomorrow my beloved will go through the wash. I'll pull a shammy from the trunk and shine her windows and lights and vacuum her insides until she smells new again. Meat Loaf will blast from the speakers on the trip home as happiness will grip tight.
May as well embrace the crazy.


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Building Big Think from little more than an idea to 30 million monthly visitors, co-founder Victoria Rachel Montgomery-Brown knows something about being an entrepreneur. Her idea, together with co-founder Peter Hopkins, was that online video could have a tremendous educational impact as a platform from which experts could share their knowledge. In this interview from Bloomberg News headquarters, Victoria talks about her experiences developing and managing Big Think, and about thriving in business as a woman. Below is an edited transcript of her conversation with Bloomberg's Marty Schenker.
MS: It's sort of fitting that we record this little exchange here at a place where we first met when you were working for Charlie Rose.
MS: And I think, to a certain extent, that must have formed some genesis of what later became Big Think.
VB: Absolutely, essentially at the time we started Big Think, YouTube was just coming to the fore. We saw a dearth of thoughtful content on the internet and realized, having looked at what Charlie was doing, that there was an opportunity to get experts to basically share their wisdom in ways that could be compelling on the internet versus just on television, because what he did was extraordinary. But it involved basically a personality. And we figured that people wanted to learn from the experts themselves — and not about necessarily opinion, but actionable knowledge and things that carried into the future. So it wasn't about a moment in time. So for instance, if we had Larry Summers on, it wouldn't be about what's happening in the economy today or tomorrow. It's about how do you make a difficult decision, something that he has a unique ability to share with you or me that we can put into our own work or life.
MS: And also, it didn't have the interference of a moderator getting in the way of the information, right?
VB: Exactly, so we film with somebody like you're doing with me, interviewing. But that person is edited out. And we don't even capture them on film. We use an Interrotron style, where the interviewee is looking at the interviewer. And the interviewee is being captured on film, but they're looking directly at the interviewer.
MS: So, not to make this too introspective, but why don't you tell me where you were born, where you went to school, and how you developed your professional life?
VB: OK, well. I grew up and was born in Toronto. As you know, my dad is American. My mom was Irish. So I grew up in kind of all three places. I went to college at McGill University. I'm skipping my childhood because that part's kind of boring.
VB: And then I moved to LA and worked in film, on the business side of film, for two years. And then I went to Harvard Business School. And then after business school, I graduated in 2003, I came to work in the same building as you. And two years into working at Charlie Rose, I saw an opportunity with all of this video on the internet popping up to create something that we said would have significance, relevance, and actionability, so not cat videos or what have you.
VB: And we went to try and get investment for it. And the lead investor was a classmate of mine from business school. And he basically said, I need to know that you can actually do this, because it's all well and good to say that you've worked at Charlie Rose. And he can book people. But how do you know that you can? And so the other founder of Big Think and I, Peter Hopkins, identified about five people. And we got them to agree to an interview. We didn't have any equipment or anything. But in theory, they would do it if we got funded. Some of the five included were Larry Summers, who ended up being an investor in Big Think, Richard Branson, and Robert Thurman.
MS: It's funny, just to talk about myself for a second, when I was at the Wall Street Journal, we started the Dow Jones Investor Network. We had a similar challenge to get people to come onto this non-existent network. And the first person who agreed to do an interview was this crazy economist at Bear Stearns named Larry Kudlow.
MS: So it takes out-of-the-mainstream thinkers to agree to do something like that.
MS: He wouldn't have done it.
MS: Mhmm, so in those early days of Big Think, what were the greatest challenges?
VB: The biggest challenge was figuring out what to do, in what order. And as somebody said to me recently, how did you know what to do? It's like, you don't. You just jump in and start and figure it out as you go. But creating a plan is not really what you can do as an entrepreneur, because other things crop up. For me, one of the most difficult early challenges was I'd never been in a management position. And suddenly, I was the CEO. So identifying talent, figuring out how to work with people in a way that I wasn't the employee being told what to do, essentially. I found that to be the hardest.
And turnover is big because we work with a lot of millennials.
MS: I've heard about them.
VB: Yes, [LAUGHS] there's often a two-year max. And that's long for them. And so just as people are coming up to speed, they're out the door.
MS: You lose them, right.
VB: So that's a big challenge.
MS: Is it a particular challenge to be a woman entrepreneur, do you think?
VB: People ask me that all the time. And I think there are advantages and disadvantages. When I started, it was way before the #MeToo movement, like 12 years ago. And so there might have been a little hesitation from partners. But there was also intrigue because, I think, people are by and large good, and want to give opportunities to people and backgrounds that haven't heretofore had the same opportunities. So I think it could have been an advantage as well.
MS: OK, so in terms of one of the great assets that I think Big Think has is its ability to allow people to impart wisdom in an unfiltered way to an audience that's interested. Do you think that there is a viable market for that kind of long form, in-depth, intellectually rigorous content that can create a business model that works?
VB: Yes, we do long-form filming. But the release is short-form. So if somebody comes into the studio, we tape them maybe for 45 minutes or an hour. But we get five to seven clips out of them, between three and seven minutes.
MS: Is that a scientifically derived length of time or just instinctive?
VB: We thought about it early on. We started off a little bit longer, but now it's between three and six minutes, by and large. But yeah, we saw that there was a viable business opportunity. Our audience has grown organically to around 30 million people a month.
MS: That's a large number. Are there avenues for Big Think content that are outside of what you're doing now that you think have potential, for instance, in learning?
MS: How does that work?
VB: So as you know, we have a business model of B2B as well, basically learning and development content — with no overlap on the public side — that we license into organizations on a soft skills-type basis: leadership, purpose, talent, difficult conversations. We have over 1,000 lessons. And so that's a corporate subscription model. And now we are about to launch our B2C model where we make that content available to individual consumers.
MS: So in terms of what resonates with people who go to Big Think, what are your most popular videos or individuals or subject matters?
VB: As far as subject matter, surprising science, technology. People love that stuff. Even culture and religion, wellness-type content. On the business side, leadership is obviously huge, diversity and inclusion, difficult conversations, negotiation. Things like that are very popular. John Cleese was on about two years ago. He's one of our most popular people. We've had everybody from Elon Musk to Barbara Corcoran. She's probably very popular here [at Bloomberg].
VB: And thousands of others. I forget. Sometimes I'm looking at our library and I forget these people were on.
MS: And do people actually pitch themselves to you now?
VB: They do. So I don't know the exact number. But I would say at least half of the people we book, probably more, are pitched to us, which is great.
VB: The really difficult people for us to get, like the Oprahs of the world, you have to work hard.
MS: Yeah, do you ever reject people?
VB: Yes, we don't want people on that we know will only be political. And they have to have the desire to help people be better.
MS: And with the 2020 election coming up, do you think that it will be more difficult to keep that political stuff off?
MS: So it's Women's History Month, and I'm curious whether you have advice for women wanting to start their own business?
VB: I think you have to behave the same as anybody in business. It takes the same challenges. That's it.
MS: Yeah, but I do think that maybe that's something you can tell women, you know, don't think of yourself as a woman.
MS: That's in the last year, right?
VB: Yes, because women...Everybody requires some type of socializing to advance in their career. And so I think women need to be as professional as possible, but make themselves available for these meetings and things in a non-aggressive way. I certainly wouldn't sit down with a woman if I were a man if I thought that she was looking for ways to see if I was doing something wrong, or what have you.
MS: Right, but at the same time, I think it's more the opposite that's the issue. It's that men feel that they'll be perceived as seeking something other than a business relationship by just asking a woman to have a drink.
VB: Exactly, and what I said before, kind of resonates back to the beginning: By and large, people are good. And the sort of bad apples are few and far between. And so women should just operate as though they are one of the norm, not an outlier.
MS: Yeah, I must say, with all the #MeToo controversy, I've been in this business for almost 40 years. And it's nice to be feeling very confident that nothing is going to happen because I've conducted myself in a professional manner always. And the vast majority of my colleagues have done that, too. So there is actually a payback for that in this era.
VB: ...abnormal for the other, yeah.
MS: So why don't we just wrap up here and just let me ask you, how would you define success for yourself?
VB: Going after the ideas that I want to see realized. I think just having the gumption to go for it and not being held back by fear. Somebody said to me — I now forget what the exact word was — but whenever negative things enter your mind, and I am privy to tons of negative things, say, "Not this." It's just getting those negative thoughts out of your mind. So even in the face of hardship, for me, success is going after what I want in a way that is not detrimental to others.
MS: Excellent. Well, Victoria, onward and upward.


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Q: There are no compiler errors but it didn't change the string I'm trying to write a program that changes the case of two characters in a string (change uppercase to lowercase and vice versa).It compiled, but the string is the same.
String newChar1 = caseChanger("DcoderIsCool", 3);
String newChar2 = caseChanger("DcoderIsCool", 8);

I think the problem is with the method i used:
public static String caseChanger (String s, int ind) {
    if(!(Character.isUpperCase(s.charAt(ind)))) {
        //checking if the character is uppercase or lowercase
        return s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toLowerCase();
    } else {
        return s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toUpperCase();
    }
}

The output should have been "DcoDerIscool", but it's "DcoderIsCool" (the original string).

A: Hope I understood your question right.
below code will give you output DcoDerIsCool and DcoderIscool.
public static String caseChanger(String s, int ind) {

    char[] charArr = s.toCharArray();

    if (!(Character.isUpperCase(s.charAt(ind)))) {
        charArr[ind] = Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(ind));
    } else {
        charArr[ind] = Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(ind));
    }
    return String.valueOf(charArr);
}

A: I Think this is what you are looking for
public static String caseChanger (String s, int ind) {
    if((Character.isUpperCase(s.charAt(ind)))) { //checking if the character is uppercase or lowercase

        return new StringBuilder(s).replace(ind,ind+1,s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toLowerCase()).toString();
    }
    else {
        return new StringBuilder(s).replace(ind,ind+1,s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toUpperCase()).toString();        }
}

So you are changing only n charecter and returning those changed charecteres beside the extra not ! you are adding meaning your if condition is the other way arround. But what you are looking for is to replace the chars at the position you want in the original String. if im not mistaken.
Hope it helps

A: You fetched the character from string but didn't placed back into string
s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toLowerCase() is applied to single character
Instead doing return s.substring(ind, ind + 1).toLowerCase();
Replace the CaseChanged character back into the original string.

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Review: Devil You Know – Seven Years Alone (Single)
March 5, 2014 BearlySinister Off Metal, Metalcore, Reviews, Singles,
Artist: Devil You Know
Album: Seven Years Alone – Single
It was announced last year that a secret collaboration project was being worked on. As the months went by, details began to surface, stating that the collaboration was between Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage), Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish/The Francesco Artusato Project) and John Sankey (DEVOLVED). These 3 gentlemen finally confirmed all of these details, later announcing the name of the project "Devil You Know" and that they had been working on their debut album for quite some time. The album, The Beauty of Destruction, is now set for release in the US on April 29th and EU/UK on April 25th. Shortly before the bands' first live performance (penned as All Devolved Shall Engage), they announced that they would be filming the music video for their debut single, "Seven Years Alone", the weekend prior to the show. Just under a month later, we have finally seen the true potential of this project in the release of that single.
"Seven Years Alone" is more than just a track, it's a story. Howard has stated that he's poured everything he's gone through/faced in the past few years out into this album and this begins to shed some light on that. The track comes out of the gate in an explosive manner with Artusato's trademark guitar skill and Sankey's undeniable talent on the drums. I think what people will be most surprised about this track is the fact that Jones managed to keep it heavy, despite his deteriorating health and the damage that had been done to his vocal cords. His vocal ability is far from lacking as he nails his high and low screams, followed by shocking us all with some of his best clean passages I've heard since The End of Heartache.
The track is about escaping the confines of a personal hell. He's been imprisoned for his past, bound by the hate spit at him, but he won't allow it to get to him. He has vowed to break free, regardless of what it takes and do what he can to get back onto the right path, in this instance, the glory of God. "Tried and confined, judged by your eyes… but I am an innocent man!" This is a statement about the sinful hearts of man, in general…rather than just one man's past. I believe it directly ties in with things that Howard has experienced, but I believe it's meant to be taken as there is hope as long as you keep your faith. Sometimes, it may feel like faith has betrayed you, but that's part of life. Don't let it discourage you from doing what's right.
"Seven Years Alone" is an excellent debut single, it truly shows the potential of DYK collectively, as well as, individually. Each part shines through with a blinding light, proving that when great talent comes together, masterpieces, works of art, journeys and, best of all, a bond is formed…never to be broken. You can feel the bond these musicians have with one another and I truly can't wait for the rest of The Beauty of Destruction. Check out "Seven Years Alone" below and go and pre-order your copy of the album, out on Nuclear Blast Records next month!
"Seven Years Alone" Official Audio
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Batting is made from different fibers (not all fibers are available in all sizes). If you prefer an old-fashioned looking quilt, consider using a mostly cotton batting. The newer cotton battings are bonded and do not require the close quilting that old-fashioned cotton battings once did. If you don't want to do a lot of quilting, use a regular or low-loft polyester batting. If you like "puffy" quilts, use a high-loft polyester batting. Wool, silk, and bamboo battings are also available.
If you are not sure which batting is right for your project, consult the professionals at your local quilt shop.


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Quebec's Watchdog Hits PlexCoin Operatives with New Charges
Admiral Markets AS Appoints Victor Gherbovet to Management Board
Dallas Cowboys Make First NFL Deal With A Casino
The Dallas Cowboys unveil a partnership with WinStar World Casino and Resort, in the first deal of its kind between an NFL team and a casino.
The Dallas Cowboys have signed a partnership deal with WinStar World Casino and Resort, in the first-ever such agreement between an NFL team and a casino.
Though due to NFL rules, the casino brand will not be able to market directly through NFL channels, and the Cowboys will not be permitted to receive profits from traffic driven to third-party advertising partners, the deal still marks a major sea change in the attitude of the league towards gambling sponsorships.
The deal will allow the casino to make use of the Cowboy's branding and images in their marketing and advertising, acting as a first step to what will likely become a more all-encompassing relationship as the US sports betting market matures and sponsorship rules are loosened.
It was only in August that teams were given the green light to enter into talks with casinos and fantasy sports operators like FanDuel and DraftKings, and it is likely more NFL teams will follow the Cowboy's lead in short order.
Announcing the partnership, Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, said:
"The Dallas Cowboys take great pride in aligning themselves with the best brands in the world.
"It is a privilege to stand shoulder to shoulder as partners with such a prominent entertainment brand like WinStar World Casino."
According to the Star Telegram, Jones also pointed out he could be at the casino in Thackerville, OK , in 20 minutes with his helicopter, whilst General Manager of WinStar, Jack Parkinson, added that the Cowboys will also hold various team functions at the casino.
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Congratulation, Princess Patt Lowe with sales of 300 retail for last week! Be on your game, Girls! Patt has already sold three Miracle Sets to count for this week's sales goal! Way to go, Beautiful Lady!
BRAND NEW unit member Dee Osby! What a cutie!!
NEW STAR TEAM BUILDER Samantha Wiemuth!!! Congrats, Girl! We are SO proud of you!
Woohoo, look at these beauties after using the Mary Kay brushes for their colors!!
Our room at the Design Studio decorated by the outstanding Kristen Armstrong and Sam Wiemuth. You girls rock!! Thank you! You can get your picture on our wall by being a Star Team Builder and/or Star Consultant. You can do it!!
Rockin the leopard print! Diamond, Dede, and Sam!! These were special DDHU gifts for Career Conference attendees.
We had such great girlfriend time at Career Conference this year! That was what it was all about!! The pajama party rocked with such great snacks provided by Connie and Victoria. Thanks, Ladies! YUM!! Sam provided our 'stay focused' snacks during the conference and she even carried the heavy bag with all our waters and snacks. You rock, Sista! Denise provided our comic relief – I mean Diamond, no – Jewel??? Next stop, Seminar! I can hardly wait!!
Here's what's happening in DDHU!


These videos come from DRI's annual conference at the Cooper Union on March 4, 2011. Speakers included DRI co-directors Bill Easterly and Yaw Nyarko, Yale's Chris Blattman, NYU Economics' Raquel Fernandez and NYU Law's Kevin Davis.
Download Yaw Nyarko's Powerpoint slides here.
Chris Blattman - Does Poverty Lead to Violence?
Download Chris Blattman's Powerpoint slides here.
Download Raquel Fernandez's Powerpoint slides here.
Download her working paper, "Does Culture Matter?," here.
Download Kevin Davis's Powerpoint slides here.
These are photographs from DRI's annual conference at the Cooper Union on March 4, 2011. Presenters included DRI co-directors Bill Easterly and Yaw Nyarko, Yale's Chris Blattman, NYU Economics' Raquel Fernandez and NYU Law's Kevin Davis.


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Larisa Lemenkova
Director and actress of the company. Graduated from Dnepropetrovsk Theater School. Larisa Lemenkova worked in Orel Puppet Theater. In 2009 Larisa graduated from Theater College named after Schukin, Department of General Stage Management.
Kum's wife — "Christmas Eve" by Gogol
The Judge — "Never part with your love ones" by A. Volodin
Menners' wife, a villager — Musical "Scarlet Sails" by M. Dunaevsky, libretto by M. Bartenev, A. Usachev
A woman — "The Drayman and the King" by A. Zhurbin, A. Eppel
A Bird — "Christmas story" by M. Bartenev, A. Usachev
"Never part with your love ones" by A. Volodin
"Emigrants" by S. Mrozek
Lady Montecchi — "Romeo and Juliette" by W.. Shakespeare
Aldonsa's mother — "Dulcinea of Toboss" by A. Volodin
A Rat — "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by N. Denisova, S. Banevich


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Audrey Niffenegger on finishing the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife: 'I have pushed aside every other creative endeavour to get the book done'
Audrey Niffenegger is one of the world's most popular authors. Her debut novel The Time Traveler's Wife sold millions of copies and became a Hollywood movie, while she famously collected a $5m advance for its hit follow-up Her Fearful Symmetry.
By Richard Blackledge
American author Audrey Niffenegger is both a novelist and visual artist.
But such success doesn't make the writing process any easier, she says. In fact, a talk she is giving at Sheffield University addresses this very dilemma, starting with its title - 'Work habits: Creative procrastination, endless coffee breaks, some thoughts on headphones, or how I eventually managed to overcome inertia and finish the darn book'.
The book in question is The Other Husband, the long-awaited sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife, which Niffenegger embarked on in 2013 – but readers shouldn't expect to see copies in the shops in the immediate future.
"Well, the interesting part is that the book is still not finished," confides Niffenegger, on the phone from her home in the suburbs of Chicago where it's 10am, six hours behind the UK. She and her husband, the comics artist Eddie Campbell, have an assistant who arrives at 11, when it'll be time for more writing.
"When Ken gets here we roll up our sleeves and get to work," she says. "I'm very much not a morning person. I'm really just getting rolling. I tend to do the little chores like answering emails and chatting to people in the morning, then after lunch I'll probably get down to actual work. It's surprising how much admin there is being self-employed, sitting by yourself in a room making things."
Niffenegger began as a graphic novelist and illustrator, and only wrote The Time Traveler's Wife as its plot - the experiences of a woman, Clare DeTamble, whose husband Henry can travel into the past and future unpredictably because of a rare genetic condition - was too difficult to convey visually. For years she taught book arts at Columbia College, where she also led seminars for the creative writing department, but gave up teaching in 2015.
"It's been very quiet, I've been sequestered at home," she says. "It's funny, because I do miss it, but I discovered I was just not getting my own work done. The course I was teaching was a seminar for people writing their first novels. I'd have 10 people and their 10 first novels... it was sort of all-consuming. I tended to think of their stuff rather than my own."
Niffenegger won't give too much away about The Other Husband's plot - "It's a major feat of chronology" - but the story focuses on Alba, the daughter of Clare and Henry. "She was born just before 9/11, in 2001, so today she would be 18. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the news as it blows past us and extrapolating from what's going on today and what might be happening decades from now. It's part of what slows me down, how depressing the news has been for the past few years."
Climate change is a 'lurking feeling' across the pages, says Niffenegger, who supports the likes of the Extinction Rebellion activists who brought London to a standstill in a bid to highlight the environmental crisis. "Good for them. It just feels absolutely inevitable that that's going to be on the minds of people for a long time to come, especially since we don't seem to bother ourselves doing anything about it right now."
Her native America, she argues, would face challenges even if the mercurial President Trump wasn't in the White House. "It's so different from one part of it to the next. Kentucky is not New York, California is not Alaska - it's a bit like Europe, culturally it's multitudinous. America really doesn't have one united voice, especially not at the moment. If you let California set the pace all sorts of good things would be going on but it's hard because there's places where they really are much more concerned with things like unemployment, and worried that any change toward renewable energy is going to put them all out of coal mining jobs."
It won't be 20 chapters of doom and gloom, however. "Alba has more or less inadvertently managed to be married to two people at the same time. One of her husbands knows about the other, but one is ignorant about the situation, so that's the dilemma of the book."
Originally, Niffenegger had no intention of writing a sequel. The Time Traveler's Wife came out in 2003 and was conceived as a standalone piece, not to be revisited, but that didn't stop her from being badgered. "People used to ask me all the time 'Why don't you write a book about the daughter, you could call it The Time Traveler's Daughter, yeah!' and I'd be like, 'No'. But I had a good idea. I'm just being incredibly slow. The first book took five years to write. I definitely would like to be done in about a year or so. I used to have a writing partner who was so dear to me and she's moved to Amsterdam. Thursdays roll around and I feel a bit sad. That used to be our day to go and sit in a café, not talk to each other and get work done."
She agrees she could, if she wished, never write again, Harper Lee-style. There is certainly no financial imperative. "But wouldn't that be sad. I mean, what would I do with myself? Part of the reason this book has gone so slowly is around the time I started it I met my husband. He was living in Brisbane, Australia, and I was in Chicago – if you get out a globe you'll find that's the furthest apart you can be. We were having a very long-distance relationship and there was a lot of rearranging of lives involved. He lives here with me now but it took a lot of doing."
She collaborated with Eddie on last year's Bizarre Romance, a book that played to their respective strengths. "We took some short stories and essays I had already written and he turned some into comics and some he made illustrations for. I didn't interfere very much... well, just a little bit."
Niffenegger, 55, has previously said The Time Traveler's Wife was inspired by her own love life - "Some part of me had given up on the idea that any romance was ever going to work out," she told The Independent in 2004. So marrying Eddie was 'very unexpected'. "When we met I was 49 and not really dating or thinking too hard about trying to date. It's that old cliché, you give up and then you meet somebody."
She doesn't compartmentalise her novels and art, instead viewing it as 'one thing together'. "From the time I was a kid I was always making stories and pictures, and going back and forth between words and images. To me those things feel necessary to each other."
Her early output was produced on a very small scale - handmade art books with minimal text. "I really enjoy craft and working by hand so something like letterpress printing and bookbinding is very exciting to me."
She joined writing groups though, and took courses, but largely worked on her blockbuster novel alone. "I was always trying to get people to read drafts of The Time Traveler's Wife. I think people were surprised later when I managed to get it published. It came out of nowhere to a lot of people in my life."
Niffenegger is fond of the macabre and otherworldly. In her studio she keeps Cecil and Nigel, the human skeletons of two elderly men which she sourced from medical schools. "They're not in a highly-trafficked part of the house," she emphasises, lest potential house guests are put off. "The reason for having them is to draw and paint them, they're not Halloween-y knick-knacks. They have a working afterlife."
Her Fearful Symmetry was a tale about spectral twins set in Highgate Cemetery – Niffenegger has a flat in London where she'll be travelling to Sheffield from – while in 2014 she selected and illustrated a whole anthology of ghost stories.
"There are just certain things that are so elegant and evocative that they are very interesting to play with - they speak to certain deep human longings," explains Niffenegger, whose own beliefs stretch from 'agnosticism to atheism', ascribed to a Catholic upbringing. "We can fly, and cure measles, but we can't yet get back in time or communicate with the dead. Those, for me, are things fiction owns. I love magic realism and science fiction and fantasy because it allows us to problem-solve and think about our situation. Things like going to Mars, which once seemed ridiculous - now we drop little machines there and spy on this planet that we can't get to yet, but you know we'll be there not too long from now."
When such scenarios can be allied to emotional and domestic situations, Niffenegger is particularly enthused. "Time travel, certainly, makes your marriage more complicated but it also allows a writer and a reader to think about marriage in a different way."
Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has been hired to write a TV adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife for HBO, which is 'supposed to be on in 2021', says Niffenegger, who is executive producing.
She only started watching television after Eddie moved in, having never owned a set before. Game of Thrones, obviously, is a favourite. And at her writing desk, headphones on, the current soundtrack is Pink Floyd. "Lately I've just been playing Wish You Were Here over and over again. It's a masterpiece, it really is. And if you play it enough it's sonic wallpaper. It's a bad thing to do to an album but it does help me focus. I really have pushed every other creative endeavour aside to get the book done."
Audrey Niffenegger will deliver Sheffield University's third 2018-19 Arts and Humanities Prokhorov Lecture on Thursday, May 9, at 6pm, in The Diamond building's Lecture Theatre 1. Tickets are free, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audrey-niffenegger-work-habits-tickets-59753989792 to book.


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Yes, I'm still sad. Why is that your problem?
.It may be because they love us and don't want to see us hurt and suffering, and they simply want to make it better. Most men have an incurable fix-it mentality (remember "Men are from Mars"?). Grief is the ultimate state of "broken." My sweet husband also lost his mother to cancer 10 years ago. He knows the pain I feel, I think.My father died suddenly a year ago, on December 1. He had pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable wasting disease that slowly robs the body of the ability to absorb oxygen. He likely had an embolism or aneurysm, because he simply collapsed and died in a few minutes. Mom succumbed 3 months later to the breast cancer that had recurred, metastasized in her bones. This is my first Christmas without both of them, the first anniversary of Daddy's death, my first birthday as an orphan.
Becoming an orphan at any age redefines you. I'm in my 50s, but I still relied on my parents for advice, confirmation, support and love. I talked to them daily. Every time I see a flower, work my garden, smell cookies, eat a banana, have an argument or look in the mirror, I miss them. I reach for the phone to call them before I realize they are dead and the grieving pops up again.
Yesterday' holiday party at work caused the background simmering of sadness to rise to the surface. Well-meaning coworkers who thought they had the right to say so told me it was time for me to "remember my parents through celebration." When I told them it was too soon, that the anniversary effect was weighing heavily on me, and I had a RIGHT TO BE SAD….
On person suggested that I was persisting in my grief because I never had children (and now grandchildren) to distract me…yet another source of sadness for me after 12 miscarriages.
Another person got angry with me.
Grief is universal. At some point everyone will experience it. Grief is unique. It's different for everyone. We all have to walk a different path, and not everyone will reach a happy place, unfortunately. We don't have to walk alone. Some walk with families, friends or lovers to hold them, dry their tears or comfort them. Others walk with their God or their spirit guide.
I walk with Angels , my cats, and my lovely, sweet husband. I know it's a long, long journey, and sometimes I have to retrace my steps. Sometimes I take a turn and find myself back where I started. The end won't be the one I planned, but it will be interesting along the way.
So you think you can fixer up?


I have never raced at Eelmore before and had heard some good things about it so I decided to check it out. Eelmore is a pan flat 1 mile closed road circuit, the course comprises of two long straights with hairpin bends at each end.
The race started off quite slow and as it went on a couple of attacks went in but no-one managed to get away. With 5 laps to go I was in a great position for the sprint.
Coming out of the final bend I was so eager to sprint I miss judged where the finish line was and went too early. Into the wind my legs gave up with 20 meters to go and I reckon I came across the line in around 6th place.
A couple of days after the race the results were published to my surprise I wasn't even in the top ten.
After a couple of e-mails to the organiser he reviewed the results and I was placed 8th which I suppose is better than nothing.
I decided not to race Friday night at Welwyn and save my legs for the Dernyfest.
The Dernyfest is derny racing where the rider rides behind the derny bike, the derny bike looks like a vintage motorcycle and it can reach a top speed of around 40mph plus.
It was an incredible hot day and I was struggling in the heat with my long sleeve skin suit.
My Heat was 10k which is 22 laps of the track, I was paced by Sean Bannister. The first few laps where pretty steady and I was quite comfortable.
At about half distance Bryan Taylor and Co started attacking and Sean's experience decided to let them go and to be honest I was struggling at that point anyway.
I was quite disappointed with coming home in 7th because I would have liked to challenge for the final not the minor final.
I drew my position for the minor final and got the worse possible draw you could get 9th which was one but last in the line of derny's.
The Minor Final was twice the distance of my heat 20k/44 laps.
The first few laps were quite slow and the race bunched up a bit.
After a few more laps the race began to string out and Sean did a great job of spotting a gap and moving me up to second position.
In the second half of the race the field was spread all over the track some riders getting lapped multiple times. I was at the back of the five leaders which included former Twickenham member Jeff Baird.
With 15 laps to go whilst moving around a back marker I started to feel the pace a bit and briefly lost the back of the derny, luckily Sean noticed and I got back on the derny without losing much speed and carried onto the finish.
I was much more satisfied with the 5th place in the minor final and talking with Sean afterwards we were hitting speeds of 30mph in places.
The Twickenham were represented by Me, Rob Drinkwater and Dave (off the front then off the back) Jack.
It was kierin night at Reading and Rob did a great ride leaving all of his other competitors behind to get through to the final.
In the next heat were myself and Dave, I managed to get behind the Derny but once the derny pulled off World Master Sprint Champion Lee Povey and Co flew past, I finished fourth in the heat Dave finishing sixth.
Our Chairman Dave Peck made his first appearance but sadly missed the start but provided good support to everyone.
In the 20k Dave went for one of he usual early attacks taking three others with him.
I did a turn on the front and as I was trying to get back into the string, attacks when in, I got caught in between groups and couldn't get back on so I decided to pack in. Dave couldn't keep up the pace and eventually pulled out.
My fourth race in 7 days and my intensions for the race was to be a bit more positive and maybe go on the offensive.
Before my race was the youth event and Declan Higgins came home in third place.
Declan then lined up with me in the 3/4 race.
Off the line attacks went in and two riders got away and they stayed away the whole race.
The early race pace was very high and Declan was up front contributing to the pace and chasing breaks down.
As the race went on I was feeling terrible so my initial plan of being more offensive was scrapped and I was just focusing on finishing.
In the final stages of the race Declan found the pace a bit hard and was dropped but battled on to finish the race.
With three laps to go I started to move up the field. On the bell a couple of riders attacked, I was placed third or fourth at the front of the bunch chasing down the attack which was dangling a few seconds away.
We came around the final bend and I went for it, as I was approaching the line I caught two of the riders but got piped by another rider on the line.
In the end I finished 6th which I am very pleased with as I was really struggling at some points during the race.
Next up is Welwyn Track League on Friday night.
Report with pictures can be found here.


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Q: Reading and Writing to multiple Firestore Databases I have a iOS app written in swift, and I've run into a problem. I have the data storage for my app on one firebase/cloud firestore project, and the licensing for this app (among others) on another firebase/cloud firestore server. I'm able to get the iOS app working with my data storage firebase project, but cannot for the life of me access my licensing server to validate logins and check if products are licensed. Is there a "correct" way of doing this/"proper" way to do this? Thanks!
edit: My data firebase project is working fine, in my appdelegate I have this code (keys changed obv):
 let secondaryOptions = FirebaseOptions(googleAppID: "appIDKEY",
                                               gcmSenderID: "senderID")
        secondaryOptions.apiKey = "apiKey"
        secondaryOptions.projectID = "project"
        secondaryOptions.bundleID = "com.bundle.id"
        secondaryOptions.clientID = "clientID.apps.googleusercontent.com"
        secondaryOptions.databaseURL = "https://databaseurl.firebaseio.com"
        secondaryOptions.storageBucket = "url.appspot.com"
        secondaryOptions.appGroupID = nil

        FirebaseApp.configure()
        FirebaseApp.configure(name: "licensing", options: secondaryOptions)

then, in my Global Environment, I have this code:
 let licensingApp = FirebaseApp.app(name: "licensing")

    let licensingDB = Firestore.firestore(app: licensingApp)

    let db = Firestore.firestore()

On the "let licensingDB = Firestore.firestore(app: licensingApp)" line, I get the error:

Cannot use instance member 'licensingApp' within property initializer; property initializers run before 'self' is available

What am I doing wrong?


As a fan of John Constantine, and was a faithful reader of the cancelled New 52 Constantine and Justice League Dark series, I had no problem blindly jumping into Constantine: The Hellblazer #1, by DC Comics. Sadly, after reading its debut issue, I wish I hadn't jumped in at all.
John Constantine. Chain-smoking, witty, trickster, extremely smart and quick thinking, occult detective. That's the guy I looked for, but did not find. Instead I found a guy flirting with a male bar owner (yes Constantine's gay now), and banging Blythe, a male demon, moments later. (I'll be posting my diversity in comics rant soon).
Ming Doyle and James Tynion are the writers of this disappointing title. This poorly written story is queer as queer can get. Poor set-up, slow pacing, and very wordy about a lot of nothing. No page turners.
Amazing artwork by Riley Rossmo. Finely detailed characters. Ivan Plascensia did an outstanding job with the colors.
I was bored reading Constantine: Hellblazer #1 before I even finished it. I was so bored and frustrated that I didn't even want to read issue 2. The only reason I read it was to see if the writing had improved. I purchased both comics on the day issue 3 was released. I'm glad that I left that one on the shelf at the store.
I didn't get much out of this story at all. I know that John Constantine is gay, his "ghosties" follow him whenever there's trouble ahead (which is all the time for Constantine), and he has to find out who's killing off his ghosts. I like the ghost killer premise. Kind of like the god killer storylines.
I always say that a good story is composed of a well-written script and good visuals. Well, this title has great artwork but is poorly scripted.
I will not continue reading this title.
I do not recommend Constantine: Hellblazer by DC Comics. I am giving this issue 1/5 stars.
The Phantom Stranger, Pandora, and The Question. The three greatest historical sinners have teamed up to save the world, or have they? Trinity of Sin, DC Comics new ongoing monthly series, has already caught my attention with its amazing debut issue.
The Question – Has no recollection of his crimes. Memory erased by the Council of Eternity at sentencing. The Council even erased his face! Fueled by anger and hatred.
As a supernatural and comic book fan, I can honestly say that Trinity of Sin is a comic book worth giving a chance. With DC Comics titles that stole my heart such as Demon Knights, Constantine, Justice League Dark, Pandora, and The Phantom Stranger, there was no doubt in my mind that I wouldn't get hooked on this title.
J.M. DeMatteis is the writer. Great script. Perfect timing, not hard to follow. Great character interactions. Loads of suspense, monsters, and black magic.
The astounding visuals are provided by Yvel Guichet (pencils), Jason Gorder (inks), and Gabe Eltaeb (colors). I have nothing but the highest of praise for this team of visual storytelling.
Take a look at the following panels from the creative art team. I included a page from Question, Phantom Stranger and Pandora, as they each face their terrifying monsters. Note Eltaeb's coloring. Beautiful, yet amazingly frightening.
There is no doubt I will continue to read Trinity of Sin, a supernatural title that is already living up to its expectations. If you are a fan of comic books, supernatural, magic, and entertaining stories, then you definitely need to read this new series.
Even if you are not a comic book reader, give Trinity of Sin a try anyway. I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
I highly recommend Trinity of Sin, the new ongoing monthly comic book series by DC Comics. I am giving this issue what it rightfully deserves, 5/5 stars.
Dark. Eerie. Creepy. Spooky. Strange. Weird. Mysterious. Supernatural. That is the description of Gotham Academy, a prestigious prep school located in that bizarre Gotham City.
Gotham Academy is obviously unlike any other prep school. The campus is haunted, and some, if not most, of the students act just as strange as the teachers. It is the beginning of the school year, and students are already being warned to stay away from the north hall.
Olive Silverlock – Pretty sophomore. Battling personal issues that we don't know about yet. "Nanny to Maps Mizoguchi. Quiet and socially withdrawn. Wants to break-up with her boyfriend, but he doesn't know it yet.
Maps Mizoguchi – Freshman. Overwhelmingly eager. Outgoing personality. Younger sister of Kyle, Olive's boyfriend.
This strange and fun comic was written by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher. Perfect story setup. Well-written script, very easy to follow. Great character interactions. I especially like the distinctive character personalities.
The outstanding visuals were provided by Karl Kerschl (artist), Geyser (colors), and Dave McCaig (colors). I really like the character facial expressions, especially the creepy looking headmaster. My favorite page is when Olive and Maps took a fall while Bruce Wayne was giving the school assembly's keynote speech. I literally laughed out loud.
I enjoyed reading Gotham Academy. I was actually hooked within the first few pages. I definitely plan to continue reading this teen drama comic for at least the first couple of story arcs.
If you are looking for comics to read for teens, or just a good supernatural story with lots of strange twists, then I suggest you start reading this new title. I found it to be a good read for all ages.
I highly recommend this title, so Gotham Academy #1 is getting what it deserves, 5/5 stars.
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Belle Reve is a prison for superhumans. Select prisoners are given the opportunity to have their sentences reduced by participating in a secret government program. Task Force X, or Suicide Squad, participants carry out covert missions, including assassinations. To keep the prisoners in check, tiny bombs are implanted in their necks.
Amanda Waller was program director, but she is no longer trustworthy. A new player has been called in to run Task Force X. Victor Sage gets to call the shots, but Waller is still involved with the program.
Sage added Deathstroke and Joker's Daughter to the team, and Joker's Daughter already has Harley Quinn ticked off.
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The outstanding visuals are provided by Jeremy Roberts (artist) and Blond (colors). I have nothing but the highest of praise for the artwork. Realistic features, phenomenal action scenes.
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I plan to finish the story arc to see where it's headed. I need to find out how Sage plans to control Deathstroke and Joker's Daughter since they are not prisoners of Belle Reve, and they don't have bombs in their necks.
I am also interested in Sage and Waller's business relationship. Waller has always been that woman I love to hate. But Sage appears to be as corrupt as 10 politicians molded together.
I have a strong feeling that this title will get added to my pulls.
There is no doubt that I strongly recommend New Suicide Squad #1. DC Comics has a lot of great comic titles currently on the shelves, but this series deserves a shot. I just hope it lasts this time. This issue gets what it deserves, 5/5 stars.
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This cover-to-cover, action-packed issue grabbed my attention from page one. Wonder Girl stole the show in this one.
And Beast Boy was not one to be messed with.
William Pfeifer is the writer of this fast-paced action script. Great script, phenomenal character interactions. Pfeifer did an outstanding job with story set-up and character introductions.
Nice artwork by Kenneth Rocafort (artist) and Dan Brown (colorist). I especially like the characters facial expressions, and the emotion-filled panels that caused my eyes to water. I also like the cover.
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In my honest opinion, which is what this blog is based on, The new Teen Titans has gotten off to a great start. Powerful story, non-stop action. Nice artwork, except for Raven. I plan to read at least the first arc to see where it's headed. If I continue to like the story, then I will have to make some adjustments to my pulls to make room for it.
I highly recommend this title. This issue gets 4/5 stars.
The Tiny Titans are back! But only for a minute. There is not a lot of comic books for kids on the shelves, so my children and I are excited for the Titans' return.
Superboy and Supergirl pays a visit to the Titans. But when they arrive, they find the treehouse has gone missing! They team-up with Robin to search for the treehouse, and the fun begins.
Tiny Titans: Return To The Treehouse is a six-issue mini-series published by DC Comics.
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My children and I are will definitely read the entire mini-series.
If you are looking for comic books for kids, then I strongly recommend this title. This issue gets 5/5 stars.


After repeated delays for various reasons, German developer Deck 13 Interactive's Blood Knights might finally have its real release window in sight, according to a press release from the game's new publisher, Kobalt Games. Blood Knights, which will be the first release under the newly formed Kobalt Games label, is now scheduled for a Q4 2013 release, meaning it could potentially arrive on XBLA as soon as next week.
For Deck 13's hack-n-slash title, it's been a long and winding road to release. Originally announced in July of 2012, the co-op vampire-hunting game was first planned for an October 31, 2012 release. Unfortunately for those looking forward to Blood Knights, Halloween 2012 came and went without a word from Deck 13 or its thenpublisher, DTP Entertainment.
Here we are once again at the start of what's sure to be another fantastic year of XBLA releases. Each day this week XBLA Fans will be rolling out a list of eight of our most anticipated Xbox Live Arcade releases of 2013. While we can't possibly cover every single XBLA game planned for this year, we'll be giving you a varied list of 40 of the most promising titles we expect to release on XBLA in 2013. Once it's all done, be sure to check back in next Monday when each staff member makes his/her picks for the game he/she is most looking forward to.
Alien Fear is an Unreal Engine 3-powered sci-fi first person shooter headed to XBLA, presumably at some point in 2013. Though we're assuming that the above image is a target screen rather than an actual in-game image, developer City Interactive is promising that the use of Epic Games' ubiquitous engine is allowing them to create an Xbox Live Arcade title that boasts "visually stunning, large-scale environments with impressive long-range vistas and expressionistic lighting." The co-op shooter has yet to be shown in action, but XBLAFans is looking forward to finding out if the game lives up to the promise shown in the above image whenever we get our first real look at it.
XBLA Fans' Calendar Update helps you keep track of all those XBLA release dates that often seem to spring upon you at the last minute and remind you of those promised games you were looking forward to that just seem to disappear without explanation. In this edition we're taking a look at a particularly sparse November along with some hopefuls for December so you can start organizing your MSP and schedule in some serious controller time or sick days well in advance.
The XBLA release schedule seems to have gone a bit quiet for the last two months of the year. So far we only have 3 confirmed November game launches. In the first week of the month gamers can get their hands on the next release in the SEGA Vintage Collection, Toe Jam & Earl for 800 MSP on November 7. In keeping with the retro feel for this week, the remake of 1984's Karateka will also release November 7 for 800 MSP. The only other confirmed release this month is for Warlords on November 14, also priced at 800 MSP. However Skulls of the Shogun developers 17-Bit, have stated they would like a November launch despite having previously announced it would release with Windows 8, and developers Chasing Carrots have also indicated they would like to release their top-down racer Pressure this month too.


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Q: Is there any difference between adding object and concatenate object in tuple in python? In a video lecture on pluralsight, they said that you cannot add a new element to tuple but you can concatenate new object to a tuple.

A: The original tuple is still unaffected. You get a new tuple that contains the values of both tuples.
>>> a = (1, 2)
>>> b = a + (3, )
>>> id(a) != id(b)
True

Contrast this with a list, which allows you to add elements to it:
>>> a = [1, 2]
>>> a.append(3)
>>> a
[1, 2, 3]

A: This comes down to mutable and immutable data types.
Since a tuple is immutable, it cannot change. Hence, you cannot add/append elements to the end of it. It works in the exact same way a string does.
So, after defining a tuple, all you can do is reassign that same (unchanged)  tuple concatenated with another tuple to the same variable name. This is different to how a list (mutable) works.
To give some examples:
>>> t
(1, 2, 3, 5)
>>> t = (1, 2, 3)
>>> t + (4, 5)
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
>>> t
(1, 2, 3)
>>> t += (4, 5)
>>> t
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
>>> t = t + (6, 7)
>>> t
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

A: Tuples are one of Python's immutable sequence types.

Tuples are immutable sequences, typically used to store collections of heterogeneous data (such as the 2-tuples produced by the enumerate() built-in). Tuples are also used for cases where an immutable sequence of homogeneous data is needed (such as allowing storage in a set or dict instance).

>>> t = (123, 456, 'tuple')
>>> t[0] = 789
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#108>", line 1, in <module>
    t[0] = 789
TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment
>>> # But tuples can contain mutable objects:
>>> v = ([1, 2, 3], ['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> v
([1, 2, 3], ['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> v[0].append(4)
>>> v
([1, 2, 3, 4], ['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> del v[1][2]
>>> v
([1, 2, 3, 4], ['a', 'b'])
>>>

A: The other answers already gave some good examples, but mainly using different methods of "adding" for (mutable) lists and for (immutable) tuples. But it may be even clearer when using the same operation, i.e. +=, for both. This will add to the list (modify it), but it will create a new tuple, being a concatenation of the original tuple and the new values.
# original list and all references to it are modified
>>> l1 = l2 = [1, 2, 3]
>>> l1 += [4, 5]
>>> l1 is l2
True
# new tuple is created, references to original unaffected
>>> t1 = t2 = (1, 2, 3)
>>> t1 += (4, 5)
>>> t1 is t2
False


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Dusek v StormHarbour Securities LLP
19 January 2015 | Aviation
Judgment Press Release
On 19 January 2015 the High Court in London ruled in favour of the family of Tomas Dusek who was killed in the course of his employment with StormHarbour Securities LLP in a helicopter crash in the Andes Mountains in Peru on 6 June 2012. He left behind his wife, Angela, and their two young children aged 5 and 8. The High Court found the employer, the London based financial firm, StormHarbour Securities LLP, to be responsible for the death of Tomas Dusek.
Mrs Dusek instructed James Healy-Pratt, Sarah Stewart and Peter Neenan of the Aviation Team at Stewarts to bring an action against her husband's employer. The court heard that StormHarbour should never have permitted Tomas to be on the helicopter, which was unsuitable, flying a route that was inherently dangerous, in bad weather, and which was operated by a company reported to be in financial difficulties of a kind that jeopardised passenger safety.
Having heard all the evidence during the course of a two week trial, Mr Justice Hamblen found that "StormHarbour owed a duty to take reasonable care to safeguard [their employees] from the danger involved. In the factual circumstances of this case …that required StormHarbour to make at least some form of inquiry into the safety of the trip and carry out some form of risk assessment". Had StormHarbour done so, it would not have permitted their employee to go on the trip.
Angela Dusek commented as follows:
"Tomas was a wonderful father and a loving and cherished husband. When he stepped on board the helicopter as part of his job, we expected and assumed it to be safe, not that he would be putting his life at risk and leaving us devastated by his death. We miss him every hour of every day. My husband's life was thrown away by StormHarbour's disregard for his safety. Today's verdict will finally give our family peace that justice has been met for Tom. It is also with pride that I can tell my children that today's decision will hopefully change the way that other employers approach business travel to remote regions of the world, and if that means that even just one less wife, child or parent suffers what we have had to suffer over the last two and a half years, then something positive has come out of this pain."
Sarah Stewart Partner at Stewarts commented as follows:
"This important ruling makes it crystal clear that an employer is responsible for their employees on business trips with local air operators in remote parts of the world. The High Court has confirmed that the practices already adopted by safety conscious employers, should apply across all industries, not just to those operating in the mining and oil and gas sphere. It is now recognised law that an employer who does nothing to ensure the safety of their employee, engaged on their business abroad cannot bury their heads in the sand. They have a positive obligation to ensure that they are not sending their employees into danger."
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#ifndef HORIZON_H
#define HORIZON_H

/**
 * The horizon of all MDP-like objects can be either finite or infinite. In the
 * finite horizon case, a number of stages must be specified. In the infinite
 * horizon case, a discount factor must be specified. The discount factor is
 * optional in the finite horizon case.
 */
class Horizon {
public:
	/**
	 * The constructor for the Horizon class.
	 */
	Horizon();

	/**
	 * The constructor for the Horizon class which defines a finite horizon.
	 * @param	h	The positive horizon to use.
	 */
	Horizon(unsigned int h);

	/**
	 * The constructor for the Horizon class which defines an infinite horizon.
	 * @param	d	The discount factor (gamma) value in [0, 1).
	 */
	Horizon(double d);

	/**
	 * The deconstructor for the Horizon class.
	 */
	virtual ~Horizon();

	/**
	 * Return true if the horizon is finite; false if it is infinite.
	 * @return	Return @code{true} if the horizon is infinite; @code{false} otherwise.
	 */
	bool is_finite() const;

	/**
	 * Get the horizon.
	 * @return	The horizon.
	 */
	unsigned int get_horizon() const;

	/**
	 * Return the discount factor gamma.
	 * @return	The discount factor gamma in [0, 1].
	 */
	double get_discount_factor() const;

	/**
	 * Set the horizon.
	 * @param	h	The non-negative horizon to use. A horizon of 0 means infinite horizon.
	 */
	void set_horizon(unsigned int h);

	/**
	 * Set the discount factor.
	 * @param	d	The discount factor (gamma) value in [0, 1).
	 */
	void set_discount_factor(double d);

	/**
	 * Reset the horizon to a default horizon of 1 (finite) with 1.0 discount factor.
	 */
	void reset();

private:
	/**
	 * The horizon. A horizon of 0 means infinite horizon.
	 */
	unsigned int horizon;

	/**
	 * The discount factor in the range of [0, 1].
	 */
	double discountFactor;

};

#endif // HORIZON_H

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