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Sociometry is a quantitative method for measuring social relationships. It was developed by psychotherapist Jacob L. Moreno and Helen Hall Jennings in their studies of the relationship between social  structures and psychological well-being, and used during Remedial Teaching.

Definition

The term sociometry relates to its Latin etymology, socius meaning companion, and metrum meaning measure.  Jacob Moreno defined sociometry as "the inquiry into the evolution and organization of groups and the position of individuals within them." He goes on to write "As the ...science of group organization, it attacks the problem not from the outer structure of the group, the group surface, but from the inner structure". "Sociometric explorations reveal the hidden structures that give a group its form: the alliances, the subgroups, the hidden beliefs, the forbidden agendas, the ideological agreements, the "stars" of the show."

Moreno developed sociometry as one of the newly developing social sciences. He states: "The chief methodological task of sociometry has been the revision of the experimental method so that it can be applied effectively to social phenomena."
(Moreno, 2012:39)

The practice of the method had the focus on the outcomes established by the participants: "By making choices based on criteria, overt and energetic, Moreno hoped that individuals would be more spontaneous, and organisations and groups structures would become fresh, clear and lively."

One of Moreno's innovations in sociometry was the development of the sociogram, a systematic method for graphically representing individuals as points/nodes and the relationships between them as lines/arcs. Moreno, who wrote extensively of his thinking, applications and findings, also founded a journal entitled Sociometry.

Within sociology, sociometry has two main branches: research sociometry, and applied sociometry. Research sociometry is action research with groups exploring the socio-emotional networks of relationships using specified criteria e.g. Who in this group do you want to sit beside you at work? Who in the group do you go to for advice on a work problem? Who in the group do you see providing satisfying leadership in the pending project? Sometimes called network explorations, research sociometry is concerned with relational patterns in small (individual and small group) and larger populations, such as organizations and neighborhoods.
Applied sociometrists utilize a range of methods to assist people and groups review, expand and develop their existing psycho-social networks of relationships. Both fields of sociometry exist to produce through their application, greater spontaneity and creativity of both individuals and groups.

Moreno's criteria for sociometric tests
In Sociometry, Experimental Method and the Science of Society: An Approach to a New Political Orientation (1951), Moreno describes the depth to which a group needs to go for the method to be "sociometric".  The term for him had a qualitative meaning and did not apply unless some group process criteria were met.  One of these is that there is acknowledgment of the difference between process dynamics and the manifest content. To quote Moreno: "there is a deep discrepancy between the official and the secret behavior of members". Moreno advocates that before any "social program" can be proposed, the sociometrist has to "take into account the actual constitution of the group."

Other criteria include the rule of adequate motivation: "Every participant should feel about the experiment that it is in his (or her) own cause ... that it is an opportunity for him (or her) to become an active agent in matters concerning his (or her) life situation." and the Rule of "gradual" inclusion of all extraneous criteria.

Anthropological applications
Given that sociometry is concerned with group allegiances and cleavages, it is not surprising that sociometric methods have been used to study ethnic relationships and way individuals identify with ethnic groups.  For instance, using sociometric research, Joan Criswell investigated white-black relationships in US classrooms, Gabriel Weimann researched ethnic relationships in Israel, and James Page has investigated intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic identification within the Pacific.

Other approaches and software
Other approaches were developed in last decades, such as social network analysis, or sociomapping. Freeware as well as commercial software was developed for analysis of groups and their structure, such as Gephi, Pajek, Keyhubs or InFlow. All these approaches share much of their basic principles with Sociometry.
Facebook is a social network service and website which is largely based on the sociometry of its users.

See also
Psychodrama
Psychometrics
Social interaction
Social status
Sociometric Solutions
Socionics

References

External links
 BeyondLuna, a commercial software used to create and analyze sociograms.
 Buhobox, a commercial software used to create and analyze sociograms.
 Sometics, a commercial software used to create sociograms.
 cliq, a web tool for creating, implementing, evaluating and managing sociometric surveys.

Methods in sociology
Interpersonal relationships
Psychodrama
Quantitative research


Multi-talented artist Lina Lapelyte works across a variety of musical genres, including jazz and hip-hop. She also headlines Candy Shop, a music/live-art performance described as 'a song, a chamber music piece, an intervention, a provocation, an audition and a dance class'. Taking rap music and playing with the content, the show aims to explore the narratives of rap music and turn them instead into lullabies and stories about beauty, gender and the mundane. Lapelyte is not alone, she will be accompanied by seven female performers, a male chorus, a female drummer, a marching band, a combination of hip-hop texts, electronics and video.
The collective will perform on July 27th at MACBA. Admission to the event is €5 and free for Friends of MACBA. Limited places are available. Book tickets here.


$passphrase = md5('numbnuts'); // Becomes 871dc980ec35a6c4468c3d091fe58d51, change this often!
As you can see, my code uses a simple md5, but only for the sake of having an invitation code which is not guessable. You could forgo this step if you'd like. It checks for the existence of a session phrase, and if none exists, it allows the user to sign up for a user ID, but not a blog. If the session phrase is there but does not match, it locks the user out of registration altogether, and if the session phrase matches, the user is allowed to create his blog or his username.
The $active_signup variable determines what level of registration is available to users. Strange that this is not a variable that can be set through Options, eh? But its not. Happily, though, this makes for a less complicated hack. You could of course get more creative with the code than I did, but I wanted to keep things simple.
Updated! I discovered an interesting additional bug to this hack, which is that the signup_user() function won't redirect validation errors correctly without a little help. I would actually call this a minor bug in the code of MU, but what do I know?
This will force the system to enforce the same rules on errors. Some tricky devil figured out that failing to enter the correct data on my site allowed them to create a blog after it spit back the error. Imagine my chagrin!
This is a small hack, just for the sake of not suggesting that there could be a blog in the future of someone you have no interest in giving a blog to! The whole line seems to be a throw-away line in the first place, if you ask me.
At this point, you've basically eliminated the possibility of someone creating a blog without your permission. If a person types in a URL like yourblog.com/notablog or notablog.yourblog.com, they'll get the option to create a username, but that's it. If they try to go to wp-signup.php and try to create a blog there, they'll need a valid session phrase to do that.
But why stop there? What if you could also enforce some organization to your blog's subdomains/subdirectories? Rather than just inviting guests to blog with you, what if you could gently suggest what that sub-whatever looked like? Well you can!
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Men's Hockey Feeling Red After Two Losses To Cornell
Ruben Leavitt
As the old proverb says, "It's not over 'til it's over."
The Colgate men's hockey team learned this lesson the hard way on Saturday night, as Cornell's Mark McCutcheon swooped in to score the game-winning goal with 39 seconds left in the game. With the 3-2 loss, the team's second consecutive defeat at the hands of the Big Red – Colgate lost, 4-1, on Friday evening – Cornell leapfrogged the Raiders into first place in the ECACHL standings.
Before the first drop of the puck, Cornell experienced its first disruption of the evening – someone forgot to pack the team's game jerseys and socks. The Big Red had to resort to skating in warm-ups without jerseys, displaying all of their upper under-garments and pads. Also during warm-ups, the Cornell players and coaches were pelted with packs of Big Red chewing gum by the tenacious Colgate fans, some of whom showed up six hours in advance to get tickets to the game.
Despite these early impediments, Cornell jumped out to a quick lead after two Raiders ran into each other on an offensive rush at the Cornell blue line, subsequently allowing the Big Red to transition into a five-on-two in the opposite direction.
Colgate managed to level the score in the last four minutes of the opening period. In a battle for possession along the boards at the Cornell blue line, the puck eventually squirted into center ice. Senior assistant captain Kyle Wilson picked up the free puck and skated in one-on-one. Wilson cleverly used the Cornell defenseman as a screen and took an off-side shot that dipped under Cornell goalie David McKee's blocker, giving Wilson his 19th goal of the season.
The score remained tied well into the second period. The Raiders seemed to find a spark after killing an early penalty, as they began to cycle the puck down low and took their fair share of shots on McKee. Colgate maintained a monopoly on offense until the Big Red capitalized on a heads-up play by defenseman Dan Glover, who found teammate David Pegoraro wide-open on the doorstep to give Cornell the 2-1 lead.
The score remained the same until Colgate earned a five-on-three power play midway through the third period. Less than 30 seconds into the two-man advantage, the Raiders capitalized on the overly aggressive Cornell three-man unit. Senior captain Jon Smyth realized that all three Big Red defensemen were on the right-wing boards, and so he crossed the puck to Wilson, who was standing alone in the slot. Wilson had the option of passing to an open man, but he decided to take the shot himself and roofed in his 20th score over McKee's glove.
With the score tied at two heading into the final minute of play, a moment of d?ej? vu ended the Raiders' brief reign at the top of the ECACHL.
With 39 seconds remaining, Cornell's Mark McCutcheon quickly changed directions while his team had possession in the Colgate zone and received a pass from teammate Chris Abbott near the face-off circle. With plenty of time, put the puck through Raider sophomore goalie Mark Dekanich's legs.
Cornell head coach Mike Schaffer knew that his team was lucky to come away from the weekend with four points.
"The Raiders are a very underrated team," he said. "They should be right there behind us in the rankings and should be given more respect."
Raider head coach Don Vaughan also commented about what he termed to be a "heck of a game."
"An even match comes down to a bounce of the puck and it hit our forward lying down in front of the net," Vaughan said.
Vaughan's post-game speech was mostly devoted to telling his team that it still has six games left – four of which are on the road against some pretty hungry squads.
"We have to get ready for them and put this weekend behind us," Vaughan said. "In the end, there's another game of ECACHL hockey."
Travel partners Colgate and Cornell both hit the road this weekend to take on St. Lawrence and Clarkson. The Raiders still have the hope of at least securing a first-round bye and a second-round home match-up for the conference playoffs, and also look for a Cornell misstep in perhaps overcoming the Big Red at the top spot of the ECACHL standings.

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I finally broke down and got a Kindle 3G Wireless 6″ from Amazon. I've been reading a few titles from the Kindle for PC software trying to determine how tech books would show up to see if I would lose anything by not getting the real book but it's hard to tell. I asked on Twitter a while back and only got one response saying that there weren't many tech books on the Kindle.
Well, here's your chance to post your first comment on the ol' blog. Are you an author who's book on Kindle show's up beautifully? Are you an MVP who carries your Kindle around with you? Hoping SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter) gets his way and more great books come to the Kindle. I'll help him by clicking the link on the Amazon page for his book telling the publisher we want the book on the Kindle. I'll probably buy the hard copy anyway because of the rave review Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) gave it, and the fact that it's the only book of its kind that I've seen. Maybe Glenn can right all the wrongs in the SQL Server building world. I'm pulling for him.
So, if you have a tech book (SQL or not) that you can say for sure looks great on the Kindle and doesn't lose content or readability by being on the Kindle then please post it here in the comments.
As always, if you have comments or suggestions on how I can make this blog a better resource then please feel free to share. And for the few brave souls who've made it to the last sentence of this post…I'll let you know there's a big redesign of the blog coming up which will hopefully improve the focus and readability.
Update: Not sure why I didn't get the email notifying me that Glenn had responded to my comment on his blog, but the book is now available on the Kindle.


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On January 9, 1940, at the Museum of Modern Art, Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius presented their design for a North Carolina college in the hope of raising construction funds. Set on the shores of a lake, lifted on pilotis, and skewed at various angles, the complex appeared to undulate gently on the waterfront, and the architects were photographed with its model for the New York Herald Tribune. Breuer scholar Isabelle Hyman believes the project "would have been a major contribution to modern architecture in America had it been realized"—but the college could never afford it. Later that year, A. Lawrence Kocher, former managing editor at Architectural Record, joined the faculty and drew up simpler plans.
Hazel Larsen Archer, Buckminster Fuller inside His Geodesic Dome, 1949, gelatin silver print, 9 ½ x 9 ¼ inches. © Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer and Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center.
The legacy of this hand-to-mouth institution is on view in the exhilarating Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957, at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) through January 24. In a show that engulfs the mind with weavings by Anni Albers; color and material studies by Josef Albers; manuscripts by John Cage; dances by Merce Cunningham; paintings by Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning, and Elaine de Kooning; and much more, architecture is a weak link. But close attention reveals a rich period of experimental design and hands-on construction.
Initially a tenant in a plantation-style YMCA, Black Mountain College (BMC) opened in 1933 with ten instructors, 19 students, and a unique cooperative ethos. In 1937 the college bought land on Lake Eden, and for four years the community lived on one site and built a campus on the other. Kocher had championed modern design and ideals since the 1920s, and in three years at BMC he designed the main Studies Building (1941) and auxiliary buildings; supervised construction by students, faculty, and a local builder; and taught architecture as a soup-to-nuts process. One wing of his Studies plan was realized: A 200-foot-long rectangle framed in wood and sided in corrugated transite, with one end resting on stone and the remainder on concrete pylons.
In 1948, visiting instructor R. Buckminster Fuller engaged students to build his first geodesic dome of venetian-blind slats. The project was named the Supine Dome when it failed to rise—an outcome Fuller had anticipated, as he was teaching students to build with maximum efficiency. "You start with this supine thing," he said, "and then keep fortifying until . . . it's standing up." In 1949, his students built a functional dome of aircraft tubing and cable. On display are two of Fuller's pristine, beautiful Great Circle Sphere Models, one of steel wire and one of aluminum strips.
Architecture is not the show's focus, but more details would have been helpful. Even in the excellent catalogue, material descriptions are scant, many buildings are not shown, and references to the local vernacular are brief. We are told that the Quiet House "integrated seamlessly with the original rustic cabins and lodges," and it appears so, but we can't see those buildings.
Havell, Ernest Binfield. "Chapter IX, The Advent of the Moghuls." In Indian Architecture, Its Psychology, Structure, and History from the First Muhannadan Invasion to the Present Day, 148-159. London: John Murray, 1913.
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A genetic variant of DDC, the gene encoding L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), contributes to worse somatic symptoms due to low levels of serotonin — a neurotransmitter that contributes to well-being and happiness — in circulation, new research suggests.
The study, "A functional substitution in the L‐aromatic amino acid decarboxylase enzyme worsens somatic symptoms via a serotonergic pathway," was published in the journal Annals of Neurology.
Somatic symptoms are physical symptoms like pain and fatigue, which can cause both emotional distress and difficulty functioning. Although such symptoms are often assessed in clinics, exactly how they work is still something of a mystery.
In this study, researchers questioned whether genetic variations might be linked to higher or lower measurements of somatic symptoms.
To find out, they first used a group of 1,607 people from a study involving jaw disorders. The group consisted of 165 jaw disorder cases and 1,442 controls. Participants were mostly female (58.7%) and white (55.3%).
Genetic data for this cohort was available, as were scores from the Pennebaker Inventory of Limbic Languidness (PILL), which is used to measure somatic symptoms. The researchers looked for genetic variants that were associated with higher PILL scores, and found a few.
Then, they used three other groups of patients — one from another jaw study, one from a mastectomy pain study, and one from a study involving several pain disorders — totaling an additional 3,189 people, to validate their findings. Like the discovery group, these groups were primarily composed of people who were white and female.
None of the genetic variants linked to PILL scores in the first group were consistently linked to PILL scores in all four of the groups tested. However, when the researchers combined the data on all the participants, they found that a variant in the DDC gene, called rs11575542, was significantly linked to higher PILL scores.
This variant results from the substitution of a single amino acid in the AADC protein. Using a combination of computer simulations and testing cells in dishes, the researchers determined this substitution hindered the protein's function — namely the production of active serotonin and dopamine.
The researchers also analyzed serotonin levels and PILL scores in a small group of 77 patients. After excluding people on any kind of antidepressants that change serotonin levels, the investigators found that lower amounts of serotonin in the blood were associated with higher PILL scores. Although this doesn't directly prove anything, it's a data point that supports the idea that variations in DDC could affect somatic symptoms.
"We describe a molecular mechanism by which a minor allele in AADC lowers 5-HT [serotonin] plasma levels and thus possibly contributes to the emergence of somatic symptoms," the researchers said.
"Targeting somatic symptoms by increasing the levels of serotonin using [antidepressants], for example, should be tested in individuals with high somatic scores, and carriers of minor allele of rs11575542 can be hypothesized to display the best response," they added.
The findings may have implications for people with AADC deficiency, who exhibit symptoms captured by the PILL questionnaire, including sweating, nasal congestion, low blood sugar, and acid reflux.
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds an MS in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. She specializes in cancer biology, immunology, and genetics. Marisa began working with BioNews in 2018, and has written about science and health for SelfHacked and the Genetics Society of America. She also writes/composes musicals and coaches the University of Pittsburgh fencing club.
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Dating Radar: Why Your Brain Says Yes to "The One" Who Will Make Your Life Hell
By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., and Megan Hunter, MBA
This is not just a dating book. It is a virus scan for your love life.
Why do so many of us commit to the wrong person – maybe more than once? Most believe that attraction and compatibility are the keys to relationship success when, in reality, these are red flags in 15-20% of the population
"If hindsight is 20/20 vision,
dating radar is x-ray vision."
When it comes to love, the brain is irrational and shortsighted. We make decisions based on incomplete information, biased understanding, and strong emotion. Love truly is blind. That's why you need dating radar—it gives you a way to detect hazards you might otherwise miss by recognizing:
warning signs of certain personalities that can spell love relationship danger
ways that they can jam your radar (deceive you)
where your own blind spots might be
Attorney, mediator, and social worker Bill Eddy and relationship expert Megan Hunter equip readers to see through the blinding haze of new love and spot potential toxic relationships before it's too late!
Publication date: August 2017
ISBN (print): 978-1-936268-12-2
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-936268-13-9
ISBN (audio): 978-1-5414-1427-3
Chapter 1: Who is a High-Conflict Person?
Chapter 2: What Jams Your Radar?
Chapter 3: What are Your Blindspots?
Chapter 4: Don't Kiss a Narcissist"
Chapter 5: Don't be Blindsided by a Borderline
Chapter 6: Don't be Seduced by a Sociopath
Chapter 7: Don't Hook Up with a Histrionic
Chapter 8: Other High-Conflict Dating Situations
Chapter 9: Using Your Dating Radar
Chapter 10: Splitting Up
author, speaker, and expert on high-conflict disputes and complicated relationships
Megan Hunter, MBA, is an author, speaker, and expert on high-conflict disputes and complicated relationships. She is CEO of Unhooked Media, a U.S.-based media company focused on relationship and conflict revolution through print, digital and the spoken word. She is publisher at High Conflict Institute Press and its imprint Unhooked Books, and co-founder of the High Conflict Institute. She is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Satellite's The Doctor Show (psychiatry).
Megan trains legal, mental health, business, leadership groups, universities and other professionals across Australia, the U.S., Canada, South Africa. She has strong policy and judicial training experience during her tenure at the Arizona Supreme Court and as a member of the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners. She currently works with the Black Sheep Project (for Borderline Disorder) and the Personality Disorder Awareness Network.
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Bill Eddy is an award-winning author, lawyer, therapist, mediator and the President of High Conflict Institute. He developed the "High Conflict Personality" theory (HCP Theory) and is an international expert on managing high-conflict disputes.
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Who is the Craft Fair Coordinator?
The Craft Fair is typically the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
How can I get a space?
Can anyone register for the craft fair?
Anyone who creates any handmade items is welcome to register for a space in the Shoreland Lutheran Craft Fair. We are not a "vendor fair" and so are not accepting registrations for manufactured goods at this time.
Crafters are asked to pay $45 per 8'x10' space.
Can I get more than one booth?
Yes, but crafters will be limited to two spaces in order to allow for additional crafters to participate in our fair.
Can I get the same space I had at last year's craft fair?
Yes, but only if your registration form is received prior to August 1st. We apologize, but if you have attended previous years and missed the most recent fair, we cannot guarantee that you will have the same space at this year's fair. You can request it, but you might not be able to have it again. The most recent year's crafters have first priority.
Do I need to bring my own display tables?
No, you can rent them from Shoreland Lutheran for $10 each. However, you are allowed to bring your own.
Yes, but there are a limited number of spaces with electrical access. It is possible that there may not be any available if you register later in the year.
When will my registration check be deposited?
Checks received before August 1st will be deposited in September. Checks received after August 1st will be depostited in November. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, but we do this for clear record-keeping.
Registration confirmation letters and booth assignment maps will be mailed out in September when the checks get deposited. Any registrations received after the initial mailing will be mailed out as received and checks will be held until the November deposit.


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Kim Kardashian Anger at Trojan Horse Gift from Katie Couric
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Kim Kardashian is not a happy Kardashian camper at the moment. For someone who lives their life in constant view of the public, she's forgotten the first rule of celebrity "Don't trust all the press, they are not your friends!" Her anger at the "trojan horse" gift from turncoat friend Katie Couric was apparent on Twitter after Couric "dissed" Kim and the entire Kardashian clan in an interview.
Apparently the 56 year-old controversial talk show host responded to a reporter's question about the Kardashians with a statement that really irritated Kim. Katie reportedly talked about how she could not fathom why the Kardashians were famous.
According to a source close to the 34 year-old mother of Baby North, Kim isn't best pleased, The source said, "Kim is so tired of people publicly bashing her yet kissing her ass behind closed doors." But you do not have to take the source's word for it, you can look at the reality star's Twitter account.
She tweeted:
The Instagram photo she posted with her tweet provided evidence of Couric's trojan horse gift:
The card that Katie Couric sent with the baby North trojan horse prezzie ends with the phrase, "And may I humbly suggest you continue the K tradition." It is this little "added" note of support which presumably helped Kim Kardashian get really angry.
Couric spoke to Us Weekly and said, "I've met Kim before and I think she's a really sweet person. I was responding to a reporter's question, and explaining how I'm intrigued by the public's fascination with her family. I didn't mean to hurt her feelings. The gift is genuine, and I'm happy for Kim and Kanye."
But is Kim really angry, or is this little "swipe" at Couric just her way of generating more publicity for her reality television show and all its various "offshoots?" There is an old adage in Hollywood that goes, "All publicity is good publicity." It makes perfect sense for Kardashian to be "outraged" at the apparent turncoat nature of Couric's bearing a gift and to take the media knife and plunge it deep into Kim's back.
Not wanting to jump too quickly to Couric's defense, but, her gift for young North's baby shower "do" was done, because that is what one does for baby showers. Especially ones for celebrities who are "good copy" and may need to be interviewed someday.
Unfortunately, Katie forgot the other golden rule of celebrity, when a "journalist" falls into the ranking or "celeb" they must be careful of what they speak, it can (and did) come back to "bite them in the butt."
To be far to Ms Couric, she hasn't just gotten Kim Kardashian's back up, she also irritated the hell out the usually good natured Jennifer Aniston.
When Jennifer was a guest on her gal pal Chelsea Handler's talk show, Chelsea Lately, the host told Aniston that Couric had asked about Aniston's wedding to fiance Theroux. Jennifer then said, "What's Katie Couric? Is she a legitimate journalist? Is she getting tabloidy? Wasn't she on the Today show?"
The controversial Katie Couric may not be Greek, but Kim Kardashian should beware of anyone bearing gifts that appear to be of a "trojan horse" nature. Then she can save her anger for something else, like the president slamming her reality TV lifestyle.
4 thoughts on "Kim Kardashian Anger at Trojan Horse Gift from Katie Couric"
Abe Simpson says:
Seriously, did anyone even take a crack at proof reading this before you posted it? It's half intelligent at best. Perhaps an homage to Kim and Katie?
How is this a trojan horse? Do you know what that actually means?
Terrible piece of writing.
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Numbers show: The Call of Duty decline looks real
December 6, 2012 | By Matt Matthews
More: Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
The latest installment of the Call of Duty franchise from Activision Blizzard saw a decline of approximately 14 percent in its first month sales on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the latest U.S. retail sales figures from the NPD Group. That includes 4.5 million units of Call of Duty: Black Ops II on the Xbox 360 and 2.9 million on the PlayStation 3, Gamasutra has learned.
Figures for the Nintendo Wii U version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II were not available, nor were figures for the portable PlayStation Vita version, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified.
The publisher had previously announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the Treyarch-developed sequel to 2010's chart-topping Black Ops, had reached over a billion dollars in global sales in its first 15 days on the market.
Last year's version, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, sold a record-setting 8.8 million units on Microsoft and Sony's platforms in its debut month, a 10 percent increase over the 8 million units for the original Black Ops in 2010.
The launch month for Black Ops II, however, included seven fewer days than did the launch month for Modern Warfare. That difference, 12 days this year versus 19 days last year, was commented upon by Doug Creutz of Cowen and Company in a note earlier this week.
Taking that into account, he had expected total units of 7.9 million across all platforms, including the Wii U and handhelds, a decline of 11 percent. Because of the time differential, he cautioned against drawing conclusions about overall Call of Duty sales until the end of 2012.
The current split between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 mirrors exactly the split between the two versions for the original Black Ops. In November 2010, the Xbox 360 version sold 4.9 million units in its launch month, while the PlayStation 3 version sold 3.1 million. In both cases, the sequel has seen a modest decline two years later.
The possible decline of the Call of Duty franchise has been an important topic this year. Launch-to-date retail sales figures through July of this year showed that Modern Warfare 3 was trailing Black Ops by 2.7 million units in the U.S., marking the latter game as a possible peak for the series. With Black Ops II launch figures down significantly on the two main platforms, it does appear that the original Black Ops will maintain its title as the best-selling Call of Duty game in the U.S.
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Damaged Macbook Pro Screen? STOP! Don't make it worse! trust your Macbook Pro to Macbook Pro Screen Repair professionals!
The Macbook Pro Model A1398 2.8 Mega Hertz 15.4 inch Retina was released on June 11, 2012 discontinued on February 13, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.3 GHz 3615QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB solid state hard drive, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.8 GHz 4980HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2910, Order number is not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Mid-2015 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,5. Here is a list of 17 Apple Macbook Pro Models A1398 laptops created within the 13 inch and 15 inch 2012-2015 series with parts and specifications, that we repair here at 404 Computer Repair. The Macbook Pro A1398 has 17 models that were created by Apple. Released June 11, 2012 and discontinued on February 13, 2013, the A1398 Apple MacBook Pro is built on an 64 bit Architecture with an i7 4980HQ CPU processor that operates at speeds of 2.9 Giga Hertz. Built on Apples Macbook Pro 15 form factor, the A1398 has a 15 inch glossy LED backlit active matrix display widescreen TFT 2560 x 1600 native resolution in a thin 0.16 - 0.76 inch back cover, making it a miniaturized, powerful, compact, sleek design. The crisp 15 inch TFT display screen is generated by an Iris graphics 6100 processor video graphics card. The Macbook Pro Core A1398 4980HQ CPU is built with 2 independent processor cores on one single chip with 8 Mega bytes on chip shared level 3 cache. The A1398 houses an internal solid state hard drive with a storage capacity of 512 GB SSD and doesn't come with an Optical superDrive. Secondary storage consist of 8 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2835 and order number is MF841LL/A, and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Early 2015 13 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro12,1. Only weighing 3.48 pounds in an aluminum case still has a full size backlit Macbook Pro keyboard with ambient light sensors, and an internal integrated video camera. When charged 100 percent, the A1398 battery life can last from 10-12 hours to give you continuous power to work with. Internet connectivity is supported by an standard AirPort wireless card utilizing 802.11ac wireless technology. Bluetooth 4.0 technology is intergrated into the A1398 13 inch MAcbook Pro laptop, along with two USB 3.0 ports. This Macbook Pro A1398 ships with 8 GB Ram as standard but can be upgraded to a maximum 16 GB of ram at the time of purchase only. Standard onboard LPDDR3 SDRAM, operating at 1866 Mega hertz and an internal 128 GB SSD hard drive that can also be upgraded to 256 GB SSD hard drive at the time of purchase only. Introduced on June 11, 2012 and discontinued on February 13, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.3 GHz 3615QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB solid state hard drive, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2512, order number is MC975LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina mid 2012 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on June 11, 2012 and discontinued on February 13, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.3 GHz 3720QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB solid state hard drive, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2512, Order number is MC976LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina mid 2012 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on June 11, 2012 and discontinued on February 13, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.7 GHz 3820QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB solid state hard drive, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2512, Order number is MD831LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina mid 2012 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on February 13, 2013 and discontinued on October 22, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.4 GHz 3820QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB solid state hard drive, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2673, Order number is ME664LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Early 2013 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on February 13, 2013 and discontinued on October 22, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.7 GHz 3740QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal hard drive storage capacity of 16 GB , and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2673, Order number is ME665LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Early 2013 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on February 13, 2013 and discontinued on October 22, 2013, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.8 GHz 3840QM processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB, 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB or 8 GB of ram and 256 MB VRAM or 512 MB of VRam is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2673, Order number is not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Early 2013 family with an identifier of MacBookPro10,1. Introduced on October 22, 2013, and discontinued on July 29, 2014, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.0 GHz 4750HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB , and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2674, Order number is ME293LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on October 22, 2013, and discontinued on July 29, 2014, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.3 GHz 4850HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB , and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2674, Order number is ME293LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on October 22, 2013, and discontinued on July 29, 2014, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.6 GHz 4960HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 8 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2674, Order number is not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on October 22, 2013, and discontinued on July 29, 2014, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.6 GHz 4850HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2674, Order number is ME294LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on October 22, 2013, and discontinued on July 29, 2014, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.6 GHz 4860HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2754, Order number is ME874LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,3. Introduced on July 29, 2014, and discontinued on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.2 GHz 4770HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2876, Order number is MGXA2LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Mid 2014 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on July 29, 2014, and discontinued on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.5 GHz 4770HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2876, Order number is not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Mid 2014 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on July 29, 2014, and discontinued on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.8 GHz 4980HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2876, Order number is not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Mid 2014 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,2. Introduced on July 29, 2014, and discontinued on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.5 GHz 4870HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2881, Order number MGXC2LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Mid 2014 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,3. Introduced on July 29, 2014, and discontinued on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.8 GHz 4980HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2881, Order number not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Mid 2014 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,3. Introduced on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.2 GHz 4770HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2909, Order number MJLQ2LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Mid-2015 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,4. Introduced on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.5 GHz 4870HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 256 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 1.5 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2909, Order number not available and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Mid-2015 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,4. Introduced on May 19, 2015, The Macbook Pro Core i7 2.5 GHz 4870HQ processor 15 inch LCD display screen, and internal solid state hard drive storage capacity of 512 GB SSD, and no Optical drive superdrive. Secondary storage of 16 GB of ram and 2 GB VRAM is also an option for the A1398. The Model A1398 EMC 2910, Order number is MJLT2LL/A and belongs to the Macbook Pro Retina Mid-2015 15 inch family with an identifier of MacBookPro11,5. All Macs and Macbook Pro accessories will be handled in an professional, confidential and efficient manner to help you when you need your computer repaired most. In the case of lost data, we can assist you with any Data Recovery efforts to help you recover any important personal or business documentation. We can also fix and restore your Apple Mac Book Pro to it's original condition. If you need assistance due to liquid spills or water damages on you Apple Mac laptop computer. We can repair any of these issues your Mac Book or laptop may be experiencing if you are experiencing any other issues with your Mac such as your computer not charging properly, your Macbook charging port may have become electrically shorted out and your Macbook Pro charger may not work and need to be replaced. Your Macbook Pro battery may need replacement, if it is apparrent that it continuosly doesn't indicate an increase in your battery's status. In such an instance, we will replace your Mac Book Pro battery, charging port and or charging adapter as necessary, If your motherboard has become damaged by water or any other liquid damage has occurred, then the water damage may have caused the interior has become no funtional. We can also repair liquid or water damage repair on your Macbook. All walk ins are always welcome at 404 Computer Repair, just call us at (404)259-0183. We can honestly say 404 Computer Repair has the most reasonable Mac Book repair prices, cell phone repair prices and tabet replacement prices, in Marietta Georgia and to prove it, we will match any Mac repair estimate from any of the other repair companies in Marietta, as so long as it is in writing.
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First the good news. I just got a really beautiful invitation to Lisa Panish's daughter's wedding. Some of you are ancient enough to know her as Lisa Zolat. For the rest of you, she is the one who has kept the Neve office in Manhattan running together with her staff since pre-history. I can't help but wondering what percentage of you owe everything you eventually became because of her knack for making things happen.
No one was untouched by the Shabbos in Pittsburgh. I am sure, people being human, that some of you initially asked yourself "Do I know anyone in Pittsburgh? Would they be at The Tree of Life? "You (and I to be honest) try to protect yourself with the knowledge that your inner circle is still whole.
To understand why not, without resorting to clichés, I want to do something very Jewish, which is to answer a question with a question. You ask (at least theoretically) how strangers in Pittsburgh can be part of your inner circle when you have never met them. Is this really honest? While you are in the asking mode, did you ever think about why women say the phrase thanking Hashem, "for the covenant you have sealed in my flesh" in birkat hamazon. It clearly alludes to circumcision. How can a woman thank Hashem for that?
The answer to all of the above can be understood when you focus on what happens when you take drink of water. Your lips were parched, and your throat was dry, but the drink that you took doesn't just affect your lips or your mouth. Every part of your body is nurtured from your toe to your brain.
The same thing holds true for Klal Yisrael. No individual Jew can perform all of the mitzvot. If you are a man, you aren't a woman. If you are a woman (as in the example with birkat hamazon), you aren't a man. If you are a Kohen you aren't a Levi, and if you are a regular Yisrael, or a Ger Tzedek you're neither. It goes on. If you are in Eretz Yisrael you don't keep two days of Yom Tov. If you are not in Eretz Yisrael, you don't give any of the agricultural gifts (no trumah from your garden even in Lakewood!). If you are living in this century you didn't face the challenges your ancestors did thousands of years ago, but you draw on their merit. Meshech Chochma one of the great late 19th century sages brought a textual proof for this from the fact that at Mount Sinai the Jews all accepted all of the mitzvot. The lips, brain, toes, and all of the rest of the organs of the body of Klal Yisrael were there.
A Jew is a Jew is a Jew, and yes, a murder is a murder is a murder. We are a family.
And even the best Jewish families sometimes fight.
One of the most difficult situations that arise is when you forget that. The reason for the toxic embitterment that poisons family relationship when you fight, is that you can't forget that the person who hurt you is someone who is part of you and will be part of you forever.
You can get really angry with Hashem when you forget that you and He are one; to use Malbim's words, He is the soul of the world. Walk with Him with simplicity.
What it means practically is you look at things and ask just one question. "What am I supposed to do. Who am I supposed to be".
In this week's Parshah, Chaye Sara, you have the very first psukim giving Sara the ultimate praise, her life is described by listing each stage. The conclusion is that each stage there was equally blessed. That's not the same thing as saying each stage was equally easy; the years of her waiting couldn't have been as joyous as the day that Yitzchak was born. The day that Hagar betrayed her couldn't have been an easy one either. What each day had in common was that it was a day. Another day in doing what Hashem wants of you, and what you want of yourself.
Eliezer was Avraham's chief of staff. He lived to do whatever the mission that Avraham's conscience dictated. If it meant teaching, he would teach, if it meant going out with Avraham to rescue Lot at the risk of his own life, he would go. When Avraham asked him to find a wife for Yitzchak, the fact that he had a daughter didn't stop him from praying to Hashem for a sign. He wanted to find the kind of woman who would do what his own daughter would never be able to do, be a link in the chain.
Temimus is inner honesty about who you are, whether you are walking your talk, and whether you see yourself as part of something bigger than you will ever be.
In spite of the ten tests that Avraham faced, he never became disillusioned or resentful. His love for Hashem never was weakened by dealing with challenge after challenge. When Hashem decided to destroy Sodom and Amorah, he revealed this to Avraham. The reason is that (as the text tells us) he was , "Avraham who loves Me".
The killings in Pittsburgh affect all of us. You can't fight evil with cynical declarations or with bitterness. You have to open your heart to feeling pain. At the same time, be real, open up your hearts to being more "there", doing more good and being more tamim.


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Canadian Solar receives go-private offer
Canadian Solar announces receipt of 'go-private' offer of $18.47 per share
Canadian Solar receives going private offer
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) announced that its board has received a preliminary, non-binding proposal letter, dated December 9, from its Chairman, President and CEO Shawn Qu, to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the company not already beneficially owned by Dr. Qu and his wife, Hanbing Zhang, in a "going-private" transaction for cash consideration of $18.47 per common share.
The board has formed a special committee of independent and disinterested directors to consider the proposed transaction.
The company expects that the Special Committee will retain independent advisors, including independent legal and financial advisors, to assist it in this process.
"The Board cautions the Company's shareholders and others considering trading in the Company's securities that the Board has just received the Proposal Letter and has not had an opportunity to carefully review and evaluate the Proposed Transaction or make any decision with respect to the Company's response to the Proposal Letter.
The Board also cautions that there can be no assurance that any definitive offer relating to the Proposed Transaction or any other transaction will be made by Dr. Qu or any other person, that any definitive agreement with respect to the Proposed Transaction or any other transaction will be executed or that the Proposed Transaction or any other transaction will be approved or consummated," the company stated.
ANALYST COMMENTS
Coker Palmer analyst Brad Meikle believes the offer to take Canadian Solar private by its CEO and Founder "puts in a floor value for the company." The analyst, however, believes Canadian Solar's fair value is "significantly higher" than the $18.47 per share offer. If the company does end up going private, it will be at a "significantly" higher price than today's offer, Meikle tells investors. The analyst notes his fair value estimate for Canadian Solar is $32 per share and his upside target is $45 per share.
CSIQ closed at $18.20.
bluebird bio sharply higher on its sickle cell drug
bluebird bio presents updated data from HGB-205 study of LentiGlobin
bluebird bio (BLUE) announced updated data from the ongoing HGB-205 clinical study of its LentiGlobin gene therapy product candidate in patients with severe sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
HGB-205 is an ongoing, open-label, single-center Phase 1/2 study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LentiGlobin drug product in the treatment of patients with severe SCD and TDT.
The study enrolled three patients with severe SCD and four patients with TDT, who have undergone infusion with LentiGlobin DP. Results as of September 20 include: SCD: All three treated patients showed rising HbAT87Q levels in the first six months.
Patient 1204 was 13 years old at study enrollment. At last follow-up, this patient had a total hemoglobin of 12.4 g/dL, of which 6.1 g/dL was HbAT87Q. HbAT87Q concentration in this patient has remained stable since approximately nine months post-infusion.
The patient continues to show marked clinical improvement.
Patient 1207 was 16 years old at study enrollment. At last follow-up, this patient had a total hemoglobin of 10.0 g/dl, of which 0.7 g/dl was HbAT87Q.
This patient had a pre-treatment history of frequent episodes of vaso-occlusive crisis and acute chest syndrome despite hydroxyurea prior to beginning regular transfusions.
Patient 1207 had episodes of ACS and hospitalization at six and eight months post-treatment, and received three transfusions. Patient 1208 was 21 years old at study enrollment.
At last follow-up, this patient had a total hemoglobin of 10.6 g/dL, of which 2.7 g/dL was HbAT87Q.
This patient had a pre-treatment history of frequent episodes of VOCs and ACS prior to beginning regular transfusions, and was still symptomatic while receiving regular transfusions.
Following LentiGlobin treatment, Patient 1208 has had no episodes of VOCs or ACS. TDT: All four patients with TDT have remained free of chronic transfusions since shortly after receiving LentiGlobin DP. Patient 1201 has been free of transfusions for 45.2 months with total hemoglobin of 10.1 g/dL, of which 6.7 g/dL was HbAT87Q. Patient 1202 has been free of transfusions for 40.1 months with total hemoglobin of 12.9 g/dL, of which 10.1 g/dL was HbAT87Q.
Patient 1206 has been free of transfusions for 23.8 months with total hemoglobin of 11.1 g/dL, of which 8.0 g/dL was HbAT87Q. Patient 1203, who is homozygous for the severe beta+ mutation IVS1-110, has been free of transfusions for 20.9 months with total hemoglobin of 8.7 g/dL, of which 6.7 g/dL was HbAT87Q.
Three of four patients were able to begin therapeutic phlebotomy. Patient 1202 subsequently discontinued iron chelation and phlebotomy. The safety profile of LentiGlobin DP continues to be consistent with myeloablative conditioning with single-agent busulfan.
No DP-related adverse events have been observed, and there is no evidence of clonal dominance.
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FDA approves Intersect ENT's sinus implant
Intersect ENT announces FDA approval for SINUVA sinus implant
Intersect ENT announces FDA approval for SINUVA sinus implant.
Intersect ENT (XENT) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the SINUVA Sinus Implant, a new targeted approach to treating recurrent nasal polyp disease in patients who have had previous ethmoid sinus surgery.
Placed during a routine physician office visit, SINUVA expands into the sinus cavity and delivers an anti-inflammatory steroid directly to the site of polyp disease for 90 days.
Results from a randomized clinical trial demonstrated a 63% relative reduction in bilateral polyp grade for patients treated with SINUVA, compared to control.
The FDA submission for the SINUVA Implant was supported by the results of clinical studies of 400 patients, including the landmark RESOLVE II pivotal study.
RESOLVE II met its co-primary efficacy endpoints, which included a statistically significant reduction from baseline in bilateral polyp grade and a reduction from baseline Nasal Obstruction/Congestion score.
Secondary endpoints achieving statistical significance through day 90 include the proportion of patients still indicated for repeat sinus surgery and improvements in sense of smell, sense of nasal congestion and percent ethmoid sinus obstruction.
The FDA did not require any post-approval clinical trials.
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Spark Therapeutics tumbles on data
Spark Therapeutics, Pfizer announce longer-term data in SPK-900 Phase 1/2 trial
Spark Therapeutics (ONCE) and Pfizer (PFE) announced that, with a cumulative follow-up of more than 13 patient years of observation, all 11 participants in the ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of investigational SPK-9001 for the treatment of patients with hemophilia B had discontinued routine infusions of factor IX concentrates and shown sustained steady-state factor IX activity levels with no serious adverse events, thrombotic events or factor IX inhibitors observed.
Based on individual participant history for the year prior to the study, the overall annualized bleeding rate (ABR) was reduced by 97 percent (calculated based on data after week four; 95 percent based on data after infusion) to a mean of 0.3 annual bleeds, compared to a mean of 10.5 bleeds annually before SPK-9001 administration.
Overall annualized infusion rate (AIR) was reduced 99 percent (calculated based on data after week four; 97 percent based on data after infusion) to a mean of 0.8 (1.7) annual infusions, compared to a mean of 62.5 infusions per year before SPK-9001 administration.
Data on all 11 participants were presented today by Lindsey A. George, M.D., attending physician in the Division of Hematology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and principal investigator of the trial, at the 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta.
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uniQure reports positive hemophilia B data
uniQure announce long-term data from Phase I/II trial of AMT-060
uniQure (QURE) announced updated results from its ongoing, dose-ranging Phase I/II trial of AMT-060, its investigational gene therapy in patients with severe hemophilia B.
The data includes up to two years of follow-up from the low-dose cohort and up to 18 months of follow-up from the second, higher-dose cohort.
The AAV5-based AMT-060 remains safe and well-tolerated with up to two years of follow-up, with no new serious adverse events and no development of inhibitors.
No patient in the study has had any loss of Factor IX activity or capsid-specific, T-cell-mediated immune response.
Eighteen-month follow-up data from the second-dose cohort continue to show stable FIX activity with substantial improvement in disease state in all five patients, including the discontinuation of routine prophylactic FIX infusions in all patients that previously required chronic replacement therapy.
The annualized spontaneous bleeding rate for the second dose cohort declined 89% to a mean of 0.3 bleeds after gene transfer. In the last year of follow-up, no patient in the second cohort has reported any spontaneous bleeds.
These clinical data were presented this morning in an oral presentation at the 58th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting taking place in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Juno Therapeutics and Celgene higher on lymphoma data
Juno Therapeutics, Celgene report additional data from TRANSCEND study
Juno Therapeutics (JUNO) and Celgene Corporation (CELG) released additional data from the TRANSCEND study of JCAR017 in patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
TRANSCEND is an open-label, multicenter Phase 1 study to determine the safety, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of JCAR017 in adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma Grade 3B, and mantle cell lymphoma.
As with previous readouts, the TRANSCEND data were presented for both the core and full groups.
The core group includes 29 patients who received dose level two, 34 patients who received dose level one, and 4 patients who received dose level one twice, approximately 14 days apart.
The core group includes patients with DLBCL who are ECOG Performance Status 0-1. These patients represent a high-risk patient population, with approximately 90% of treated patients having one or more predictors of poor survival, including double or triple hit lymphoma, being chemorefractory to front-line or subsequent therapies, never reaching a complete remission with prior treatments, or never having undergone an autologous transplant.
Enrollment of the pivotal cohort is ongoing with the core group at DL2. The full analysis group represents evaluable r/r patients in the DLBCL cohort, which includes an additional 24 patients with poor performance status or with niche subtypes of aggressive NHL.
In both analysis groups all efficacy data are based on at least one month of follow-up with a 28-day restaging scan and all safety evaluable data are based on having received JCAR017 with at least one month of follow-up. Product was available for 98% of patients apheresed in the DLBCL cohort.
Topline data from the presentation as of the October 9 data cutoff date included: Responses in core group: At DL2, the data showed a 3 month overall response rate of 74% and a 3 month complete response rate of 68%. Of patients that have reached 6 months of follow-up, 50% were in CR.
Across doses, 80% of patients with CR at 3 months stayed in CR at 6 months, and 92% of patients in response at 6 months remain in response as of data cutoff.
Across doses, median duration of response was 9.2 months and median durability of CR was not reached. Tolerability in core group:1% experienced severe cytokine release syndrome and 15% experienced severe neurotoxicity. 36% had any grade CRS and 21% had any grade NT. 58% had no CRS or NT of any grade.
At dose level 1, 3% experienced severe CRS and 21% experienced severe NT. At dose level 2, 0% experienced severe CRS and 7% experienced severe NT. 13% received tocilizumab and 18% received corticosteroids. Tolerability across doses in full group:1% experienced severe CRS and 12% experienced severe NT. 35% had any grade CRS and 19% had any grade NT. 60% had no CRS or NT of any grade.
The most common treatment-emergent adverse events other than CRS and NT that occurred at greater than or equal to 25% included neutropenia, anemia, fatigue, thrombocytopenia, nausea, and diarrhea. The most common TEAEs were similar between core and full groups.
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Choosing flooring can be a minefield, there are so many different options. Having recently renovated our house we have used several different types of flooring for different areas, choosing laminate for the big kitchen diner space. We chose laminate because it was cost effective and easy to clean and warmer on the feet than tiles. I was also really worried that tiles would be hard and hurt our little people should they fall on them. Once we had decided that we were going with laminate flooring we just had to choose which one. There are lots of things to consider when choosing laminate flooring so I thought I would put together this post about how to choose which one is right for you and your home. It's worth saying that we are really pleased with the laminate flooring that we used in the kitchen diner and have since gone onto update the flooring in the study with laminate too. The laminate in our lounge will need updating soon too and I'll be opting for laminate in there and not carpet because it's hardwearing and easy to clean.
Laminate flooring is made up of a HDF core which is recycled particle wood with a laminate image layer on top to give its final look and finish. It is about half the price of an engineered wood floor and if you get a good quality one, it looks as good. It's very hardwearing and will last better in environments that are likely to get wet like the kitchen or bathroom. It is very versatile and can be used in most rooms in your home. It's easy to clean and not cold underfoot like other flooring can be. It's a great choice for a practical home.
Laminate flooring comes in different thicknesses, generally from 6 millimetres to 12 millimetres thick. The thicker the laminate the better it will cover an uneven floor below. The thicker the laminate the more expensive it is likely to be. You also need to consider the level of your floor, as with the added underlay you need to measure how high up you want the floor to come – you don't want it much higher or lower than the floor in an adjoining room for example.
Different types of laminate are suitable for different areas of your home. You need a more resistant laminate for high traffic areas of your home like the hallway and you can get away with a less resistant one in areas that don't get as much footfall like bedrooms. The resistance rating goes from AC1 to AC5 with the AC5 rating being the most hardwearing. Most people recommend getting a laminate with an AC rating of 3 or above, or else you'll need to replace it sooner.
You need to consider the ease of installation. If you are going to lay the laminate yourself you'll want to go for a tongue and groove easy click system so it's not too difficult to do yourself. If you are having a professional do the work it might be worth asking them which type of laminate they prefer to install.
Consider whether the flooring that you buy comes with a warranty. Sometimes they can come with a lengthy warranty which might be worth paying a little bit more for. You can find laminates with warranties that go as long as 25 years!


The company's background can be traced to 1969, when airline and casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian bought a controlling stake in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio.In 1970 and 1971, Kerkorian struggled with debt from his acquisitions of MGM and Western Airlines, and was forced to sell a majority of his casino company, International Leisure, to Hilton Hotels at a steep discount.When the Las Vegas Hilton, the casino he had built, subsequently became the most successful hotel in Las Vegas, Kerkorian was inspired to lead the studio into the gambling industry. It opened the original MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Bally's Las Vegas) in 1973. The MGM Grand Reno followed in 1978.
By 1979, the two hotel-casinos accounted for most of MGM's income, and the company announced a plan to split itself in two.The next year, the film studio was spun off as a new company, while the original company, renamed as MGM Grand Hotels Inc., retained the two hotel-casinos. Kerkorian held a 47 percent stake in both companies.
In 1985, Kerkorian began seeking a buyer for MGM Grand Hotels, to allow him to concentrate on running United Artists and on developing new properties under the MGM Grand name. A deal was reached for Bally Manufacturing to buy the company; the deal closed in April 1986, and the two casinos were renamed under the Bally's brand. The terms of the sale allowed Kerkorian to retain rights to the MGM Grand name, and plans were announced to offer the stockholders of MGM Grand Hotels shares in a new company that would hold the naming rights.
The company now known as MGM Resorts International was formed in 1986 as Grand Name Co as a subsidiary of Kerkorian's Tracinda Corporation. It was renamed the following year as MGM Grand, Inc.


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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
By Sheila Fitzpatrick
In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions, including their own. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as accidentally as it arose. The decades between witnessed drama on an epic scale-the chaos and hope of revolution, famines and purges, hard-won victory in history's most destructive war, and worldwide geopolitical conflict, all entwined around the dream of building a better society.
This book is a lively and authoritative distillation of this complex history, told with vivid details, a grand sweep, and wry wit. The acclaimed historian Sheila Fitzpatrick chronicles the Soviet Age-its rise, reign, and unexpected fall, as well as its afterlife in today's Russia. She underscores the many ironies of the Soviet experience: An ideology that claimed to offer humanity the reins of history wrangled with contingency. An avowedly internationalist and anti-imperialist state birthed an array of nationalisms. And a vision of transcending economic and social inequality and injustice gave rise to a country that was, in its way, surprisingly normal.
Moving seamlessly from Lenin to Stalin to Gorbachev to Putin, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union provides an indispensable guide to one of the twentieth century's great powers and the enduring fascination it still exerts.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Paperback (July 26th, 2022): $25.00
MP3 CD (July 12th, 2022): $41.99
Compact Disc (July 12th, 2022): $36.99


David Walliams to miss Britain's Got Talent 2015 launch to go on holiday!
David Walliams to miss Britain's Got Talent 2015 launch to go on holiday!
David Walliams is to miss the Britain's Got Talent 2015 launch to go on holiday to avoid questions about wife Lara Stone.
It's very rare for judges to miss the launch show of a new series regarding Britain's Got Talent because they're such big parts of the whole process.
David Walliams is set to miss the Britain's Got Talent 2015 launch to go on holiday to apparently 'avoid' questions during the press launch.
A source told The Sun: "The BGT launch is a massive deal and it is very rare that judges ever miss it. Simon Cowell will be there, as will Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden, but David will be on holiday.
According to reports, David and Lara are set to divorce next month.
Britain's Got Talent 2015 hits your TV screens on Saturday, 11th April on ITV.
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Robert Dean Barton, 74, of Stockport, Ohio, died on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 24, 1943 in Huntington, WV, son of Wilbur Andrew and Virgie Mable Moreland Barton. He had been employed as a Computer Systems Analyst for many years. He graduated from Huntington High School and Marshall University. On September 24, 1965 he was married to Jacqueline Sue Ferguson Barton who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Kelli Walsh and husband Scott of Stockport and Susan Barton of Beverly; four grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Burch and husband Denzil of Huntington and Anita Jones and husband Pete of Huntington and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Jack and Thomas Barton and a sister, Margie Medkiff.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, October 12, 2018 at the Stockport Cemetery in Stockport, Ohio. McCurdy Funeral Home in Beverly is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.mccurdyfh.com.


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Summary Carbon Roadmap for Yorkshire and Humber
Place-Based Climate Action Network (PCAN)
Home energy efficiency research
Using smart meters to fuel a new wave of innovative energy research
A member of the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) team from the Leeds Sustainability Institute at Leeds Beckett University introduces this major UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) project.
How might this work help to limit carbon dioxide emissions in future?
This research project aims to utilise household energy consumption data available via smart meters to fuel a new wave of innovative energy research. This research will help make the UK's energy more efficient, sustainable and affordable.
How could this work show which houses are most vulnerable to extreme weather events as the climate continues to change?
As part of the project, a research team from the Leeds Sustainability Institute at Leeds Beckett University will be undertaking a Use Case Study using the data contained within the SERL secure research portal.
The Case Study is based upon the fact that in winter, dwellings experience a time lag between turning on the central heating system and the dwelling reaching its desired internal set point temperature. Consequently, this project aims to characterise the building's thermal response and quantify the amount of time it takes for dwellings to heat up to the desired internal set point temperature during winter, and thus the amount of time in which they are spent in thermal discomfort. The time taken can be defined as a 'heat-up time lag'.
Characterisation of building thermal response, along with analysis and quantification of the 'heat-up time lag', will also enable the identification of those dwellings that are most vulnerable to extreme weather events. In addition, it will also be invaluable when considering and understanding the impact that extreme weather events and future climate scenarios could have on the energy and thermal performance of the housing stock.
Which organisations are running this – and how is it funded?
The five-year SERL project is run by a consortium of seven UK universities* and the Energy Saving Trust and is funded by UKRI's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
What work have you been doing?
The SERL consortium team have been working since August 2017 to develop the complex technical and data governance structures needed to ensure that energy consumption data is gathered from consenting households in full accordance with the relevant legislation, including GDPR and the Smart Energy Code.
Data will be stored on a state-of-the-art big data platform at the UK Data Archive, hosted at the University of Essex. From here, accredited UK academic researchers will get controlled access to appropriate data for approved research projects via a secure research portal. Project applications will be assessed by a data governance board to ensure that their use of the data complies with SERL's rigorous data governance and ethical protocols.
Whose household energy usage data are you looking at?
The SERL team have been working with Ipsos MORI to recruit participants from England, Scotland and Wales that have a DCC-enrolled smart electricity and/or gas meter. The overall target is to recruit 8-10,000 participating households.
If you are interested in learning more about using SERL data, visit serl.ac.uk.
Partnering Universities
*University College London, University of Essex UK Data Archive, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, Leeds Beckett University, Loughborough University, University of Southampton
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A handsome sword in Fine Condition. OA 94cm, Bl 79cm.


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More About Bootjackers.
By Edward O'Toole and Russell Maloney
The New Yorker, October 24, 1936 P. 9
Long talk story, about boot jackers, men who are sent out to sell extras when a big news story breaks suddenly. There are only about a dozen left in the city. Blind Diamond is the master of his craft. With the modern distribution newspapers can be put on regular newsstands almost as fast as given to a bootjacker. Diamond remembers weeks when he made several hundred dollars. Almost every big news- event in the past half-century has meant money in his pocket: the trial of Dr. Carlyle Harris, Jack the Ripper scare. The loss of General Slocum, panic of 1907, murder of Herman Rosenthal, Black Tom Explosion, doings of H.K. Thaw, etc.


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Board director search, Recruitment, Job Descriptions, Succession Planning: Search Strategies and Organizational Performance
Arcus has a unique approach to board director recruitment, Executive Search and Salary Assessments. Unlike search firms that focus on identifying candidates for a position, Arcus combines a strategic approach to search. We start with a proprietary 4-step position evaluation process. It defines the skills and capacity requirements of the position benchmarked against over 2000 similar positions in a sector. This approach allows us to assess the customized skill requirements for a position. It is a more accurate job description that will deliver superior performance. Contact Arcus for a sample benchmarking evaluation of a position. Learn about associated ranges of salaries and best practices in Board director search.
A substantial cohort of senior leaders is expected to retire over the next 5 to 10 years. Is the next generation of senior leaders being adequately prepared to assume their roles? To help answer this question, Arcus conducted a national survey, as part of the Arcus View from the Top leadership series, to determine the current state of practice in CEO succession planning within Canadian organizations. See the State of Governance report for additional information.
Position Evaluations and Performance Management: The key to better organizational productivity and success. The Arcus performance management system is based on a four step process. It includes organizations inputs, sets expectations, deployment and monitor and measure and recognize.
An analysis of the extent to which specific practices are associated with perceived effectiveness with regard to succession planning indicates that the extent of succession planning (i.e., whether it is routine and, if so, how pervasive the practice is) is correlated with the effectiveness items. Results indicate that extent of planning is significantly and positively correlated with perceived effectiveness both in identifying successors and in preparing successors for the CEO role. These results suggest that institutions in which succession planning is not routinely done tend to view their practices as less effective.
Succession planning- an integrative review
Succession planning has recently gained attention in the healthcare literature, primarily because of nursing shortage concerns and the demand for retaining knowledgeable personnel to meet organizational needs. Little research has been conducted in healthcare settings that clearly define best practices for succession planning frameworks, especially for senior executives and CEOs.
To effectively carry out such organizational strategies during these challenging times, an integrative review of succession planning in healthcare was performed by Arcus to identify consistencies in theoretical approaches and strategies for healthcare organizations to initiate. Selected articles were compared with business succession planning to determine whether healthcare strategies were similar to best practices already established in business contexts. The results of this integrative review will aid organizations to use succession planning as a tool in recruitment, retention, mentoring, and administration activities and also provide insights for future development of healthcare succession planning frameworks.
Additional information: Governance- Strategies to improve Board Performance
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I love extreme sport. BMX jump on a bike - vector illustration.


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package org.apache.camel.component.hl7;

import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HL7Exception;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HapiContext;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.MessageValidator;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.ValidationContext;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Expression;
import org.apache.camel.Predicate;
import org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException;
import org.apache.camel.builder.ExpressionBuilder;

public class ValidationContextPredicate implements Predicate {

    private Expression validatorExpression;

    public ValidationContextPredicate() {
        this((Expression) null);
    }

    public ValidationContextPredicate(HapiContext hapiContext) {
        this(hapiContext.getValidationContext());
    }

    public ValidationContextPredicate(ValidationContext validationContext) {
        this(ExpressionBuilder.constantExpression(validationContext));
    }

    public ValidationContextPredicate(Expression expression) {
        this.validatorExpression = expression;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean matches(Exchange exchange) {
        try {
            Message message = exchange.getIn().getBody(Message.class);
            ValidationContext context = validatorExpression != null
                    ? validatorExpression.evaluate(exchange, ValidationContext.class)
                    : dynamicValidationContext(message,
                            exchange.getIn().getHeader(HL7Constants.HL7_CONTEXT, HapiContext.class));
            MessageValidator validator = new MessageValidator(context, false);
            return validator.validate(message);
        } catch (HL7Exception e) {
            throw RuntimeCamelException.wrapRuntimeCamelException(e);
        }
    }

    private ValidationContext dynamicValidationContext(Message message, HapiContext hapiContext) {
        return hapiContext != null
                ? hapiContext.getValidationContext()
                : message.getParser().getHapiContext().getValidationContext();
    }
}