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From 'Annabelle' to Chucky: How horror became summer's hot ticket
This boy who crash-lands to earth is no justice-loving superhero: Jackson A. Dunn in Sony Screen Gems' "Brightburn."
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By Jen YamatoStaff Writer
April 25, 2019 5:20 AM PT
Why so scary, summer? From creepy dolls to water-borne predators to more mysterious and murderous frights, horror is heading to multiplexes in a big way this season.
No longer relegated to the Halloween timing of a fall opening — although those slots remain golden — horror has crept into the summer season thanks to an undeniable resurgence in popularity and the proven profitability of hits like "It: Chapter One," the burgeoning cinematic oeuvre of Jordan Peele and anything remotely related to "The Conjuring."
It's a good time to be a fan of horror movies — and this summer, studios are hoping it's a good time to release them too.
It was most certainly not always this way, even though the granddaddy of creature horror, Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," ushered in the era of the blockbuster with a June opening 44 years ago. And summer remains the most costly season for movie openings, says genre producer Jason Blum.
But when horror movies score big all over the release calendar, as they've been doing in recent years, what formerly seemed like a risk looks increasingly enticing.
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"Because horror movies were often thought of as 'singles' and 'doubles' it was the common wisdom that it wasn't worth the [marketing and distribution costs]," says Blum, whose hits include "Halloween," "Get Out" and "Glass" — all of which crossed $100 million domestically.
"When these movies can do over a couple hundred million dollars worldwide," he says, "the summer becomes a much more attractive place to have them land."
While his Blumhouse Productions has been careful about summer releases, its "Purge" films have all opened successfully in the summer, the last two proving competitive over the lucrative July 4 frame.
Still, Blumhouse will launch just one theatrical film this season: Octavia Spencer vehicle "Ma" (May 31), a hard-R thriller with gory moments. (The Oscar-winning actress stars in a surprising turn that Blum compares to Kathy Bates' in "Misery.") Its next two horror releases are slated for September and December.
(L-R)- Maggie (Diana Silvers, far left) gets an unexpected visit from Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) in "Ma," directed by Tate Taylor.
(Anna Kooris/Universal Pictures)
"The best release date for a horror movie ever would be a Friday the 13th in September," Blum says, laughing. "That would be the dream horror movie release date — you'd have to make a really bad movie for it not to open on that day."
"I talk about [release date strategy] as three-dimensional chess," says Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Jeff Goldstein, who has overseen the dating of the "Conjuring" franchise — including its "Annabelle" spinoffs and last year's smash "The Nun" — as James Wan's Atomic Monster shingle has churned out horror hit after hit for the studio.
The next installment — sequel "Annabelle Comes Home" (June 28) — moves even closer into the heart of the summer. The creepy doll mini-franchise initially launched in October, before an August date did robust business for the second "Annabelle" film. (The original "Conjuring" and its sequel became global blockbusters when they were released in July and June.)
"If you make a good movie, you put in some scares and it really works for that targeted audience, they're faithful and they come back," said Goldstein, "and they come back early."
The Annabelle doll in New Line Cinema's horror film "Annabelle Comes Home," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Unlike other genres, horror is inherently conducive to the shared theatrical experience, he noted. And while genre audiences today tend to skew young and female, those gaps are evening out.
"There are certain R-rated movies that really cross over and get a younger audience, like 'It,'" he said. "'It seemed to defy the rating because parents thought that was a movie they could experience together with their kids."
Leading the wave of killer doll movies is Orion/MGM's "Child's Play" reboot (June 21), which gives Chucky a face-lift, a new back story, a new Andy to terrorize and a new voice (Mark Hamill).
According to producer Seth Grahame-Smith and partner David Katzenberg (who are also producers on "It"), "Child's Play" went into production "unusually fast" less than a year ago in order to make its June release date. Is summertime the right time for horror?
"I don't think there's a bad time to open a horror movie anymore," Grahame-Smith said. "I don't think horror ever went away, but it's certainly more mainstream than it's been any time in my career. And as such, I feel like horror is now a year-round genre."
In a cheeky release date stunt, "Child's Play" will hit theaters the same day as another film about a kid named Andy and the toy he no longer wants to play with: Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 4."
Chucky and Gabriel Bateman in the 2019 remake of "Child's Play."
(Eric Milner / Orion Pictures)
"It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a release strategy and I love it," said Grahame-Smith. "We're embracing it! Obviously 'Toy Story 4' will make a lot more money than we will on the weekend, but we will be, I think, a great alternative."
Earning its R rating with substantial gore, Sony Screen Gems' "Brightburn" (May 24) kicks off the summer of scares with a hybrid twist on the superhero genre produced by James Gunn.
Elizabeth Banks and David Denman play Tori and Kyle Breyer, loving parents who discover the young boy they adopted when his spaceship crash-landed on their farm is developing superpowers. The bad news: He's probably a sociopath, a dark turn that should attract fans of both superhero movies and horror to its evil Superman origin story.
One of the season's more left-field offerings arrives with Ari Aster's aptly titled "Midsommar" (July 3), starring Florence Pugh as a woman vacationing with friends in a remote Swedish village where suspicious shenanigans ensue.
Distributor A24 (which will also release the haunted dress tale "In Fabric" in August) looks to draw the holiday art-horror crowd to "Midsommar" with the film's millennial "Wicker Man" vibe in hopes of replicating the summer success of Aster's 2018 breakout, "Hereditary."
(L-R)- Jack Reynor and Florence Pugh in a scene from "Midsommar."
(Gabor Kotschy / A24)
Additional scream-worthy titles set to hit screens over the next four months include "Crawl" (July 12), with Kaya Scodelario as a woman stalked by alligators during a Category 5 hurricane, and the sequels "Brahms: The Boy II" (July 26) and "47 Meters Down: Uncaged" (Aug. 16). .
Streaming outlets will get in on the genre action as well, including two anticipated film festival titles: director Issa Lopez's "Tigers Are Not Afraid" has been waiting two years for release, and genre streamer Shudder will debut the Mexican horror fable — about a 10-year-old orphaned girl granted magical wishes — in late summer.
Netflix will unveil frequent "Girls" director Richard Shepard's classical music world thriller "The Perfection," starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning, on May 24.
Before the season truly ends with the September release of horror sequel "It: Chapter 2," another spook-story classic makes it to the big screen with the help of producer Guillermo del Toro: "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" (Aug. 9), adapted from Alvin Schwartz's collection of short stories that gave generations of kids absolute nightmares.
Opening an "intense" PG-13 horror flick during a frame positioned to attract out-of-school kids and grownups who still have a strong emotional connection to the books alike makes sense, says producer Sean Daniel.
Summer "is where the audience is," he said. "Horror is so popular — and it's really one of the great reasons to gather in a movie theater. What better time than summer for doing that?"
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Longmans, Green & Co. (London, UK; New York, US, Toronto, CA)
Size: 4.75″ x 7″
Longmans, Green & Company's Swan Library series was published between 1931 and 1940, issuing a total of 35 numbered books (including two double-volume titles). The series consisted of literary titles, history, essays, collections, biography and memoir, most, seemingly, drawn from Longmans' back catalog.
A Christmas advertisement for Longmans books, taken from the Times Literary Supplement (November 24, 1932) catches the series near its beginning, with the first 10 books in the series listed.
Jackets are mostly common to the series, as below, and printed on yellow paper. A few unique, illustrated jackets appear in the mid-1930s. The common jackets include the title, author, Swan Library name and colophon, and publisher on the jacket spine. The front of the jacket includes the series name and colophon, title and author. The front jacket flap blurbs the book and includes the price (3/6 net).
G.M. Trevelyan's The England of Queen Anne is #9 in the series. It consists of chapters 1-4 from Trevelyan's England Under Queen Anne: Blenheim, published in September 1930. This title was initially printed in the series in March of 1932, and this copy is a second printing, December 1932.
The back of the jacket is blank, and the rear jacket flap lists the first 12 titles in the series. "Made in Great Britain" is printed on the bottom of the back of the jacket.
A complete list of titles in the series, with initial year of publication, is below. The last title issued was in 1938. The last reprint I've seen was issued in 1940.
THE SWAN LIBRARY
Small Crown 8vo 3/6 net each
1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (1931)
2. The Cabala, by Thornton Wilder (1931)
3· Prose of To-Day (1931)
4· The First Mercury Story Book (Part 1) (1931)
5. The First Mercury Story Book (Part 2) (1931)
6. The Adventures Of a Lion Family, by A.A. Pienaar (1931)
7. Clio, A Muse, and Other Essays, by G.M. Trevelyan (1931)
8. The Nightingale (A Life of Chopin), by Marjorie Strachey (1932)
9. The England of Queen Anne (Reprinted From 'Blenheim'), by G.M. Trevelyan (1932)
10. The Church in The World, by W.R. Inge (1932)
11. Outspoken Essays: First Series, by W.R. Inge (1933)
12. Outspoken Essays: Second Series, by W.R. Inge (1933)
13. A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson, by William Morris (1933)
14. News from Nowhere, Or an Epoch of Rest, by William Morris (1933)
15. A People's Book of Saints, by John Alexander Bouquet (1933)
16. Some Irish Yesterdays, by E. OE. Somerville & Ross Martin (1933)
17. The Story of My Heart, by Richard Jefferies (1933)
18. Every Man's Bible: An Anthology, by William Ralph Inge (1934)
19. S.S. San Pedro, by James Gould Cozzens (1934)
20. Mingling of the Races, Being Book one of "History of England," by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1934)
21. The Long Christmas Dinner: and Other Plays, Thornton Wilder (1934)
22. The Angel that Troubled the Waters: and Other Plays, Thornton Wilder (1934)
23. Wood Magic: A Fable, by Richard Jefferies (1934)
24. Home: A Colonial's Adventure, by Alan Edward Mulgan (1934)
25. The Woman of Andros, Thornton Wilder (1934)
26. The Bleak Age: Based on "The Age of the Chartists," by J.L. Hammond & Barbara Bradby Hammond (1934)
27. England Out of Doors, by E.W. Parker & A.R. Moon (1934)
28. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death, by F.W.H. Myers (1935)
29. The Way of a Bee, by Georg Rendl & Patrick Kirwan (1935)
30. Songs of Childhood, by Walter De la Mare (1935)
31. All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches, by E.OE. Somerville & Martin Ross
32. National Character, by Arthur Bryant (1935)
33. The England of Charles II, by Arthur Bryant (1936)
34. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, Vol. 1, by J.W. Mackail (1938)
Bining in black cloth with gold typography. The Swan Library colophon is on the book spine and debossed on the front cover.
The endpapers are blank. This copy includes a Rugby School plate that is not filled in. This particular book may have been sold or provided for class work at the school.
The half title page includes the book title and the series name, series number, and series colophon. Facing the half title page is a list of the initial 12 titles in the series.
The Longmans imprint faces the title page. The title page includes the year of publication (1932).
A bibliographical note includes the printing history of this particular title. "Made in Great Britain" is printed at the bottom of the page.
"Printed in England at the Ballantyne Press, Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., Colchester, London, and Eton."

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HIV/AIDS patients experienced various problems that reviewed of adaptation models such as physical, psychological, social and dependency problems. The adaptation process can be influenced by stimulus and coop mechanism, one of stimulus which appear to HIV/AIDS client is negative stigma from the community, the surrounding environment and family rejection. The research objective is to analyze the effect of stimulus and coping mechanism to HIV / AIDS patient adaptation based on Callista Roy theory in regional public hospital Kota Probolinggo. The design of this study is correlation with the cross-sectional approach l. The populations are 68 respondents; the sample size of 58 respondents was taken by purposive sampling technique. This research instrument used a questionnaire; Data was analyzed using path analysis. The results showed that 1) Focal stimulus influences coping cognate (p = 0,000). Contextual stimulus affect coping regulator (p = 0,047) and coping cognate (p = 0,000). Residual stimulus affect coping cognate (p = 0,004). 2) Coping regulator affected about physiological adaptation (p = 0,006), role function adaptation (p = 0,040), interdependent adaptation (p = 0,004). Coping cognate affected physiological adaptation (p = 0,006), self-concept adaptation (p = 0,000), role function adaptation (p = 0,000), interdependent adaptation (p = 0,008). As a result of focal, contextual and residual stimulus, so that it forms coping cognate mechanism and produce four components of adaptation (physiological, self-concept, role function, interdependent) to HIV/AIDS patient. There needs to be an increase in coping cognate mechanisms to form four components of good adaptation, by giving counseling and mentoring to families and HIV/AID patient.


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More caffeine use may mean more crashes among truckers
On behalf of Michael L. Hawkins & Associates, P.L.L.C. | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog
During your commutes to and from Frankfort, you may find yourself in an accident with a negligent driver, even a negligent truck driver. While this is not something to dwell on, the possibility is still there, so it would be good to know just how certain accidents can arise.
With their long work hours, truckers are often prey to drowsiness behind the wheel. Many try to fight off drowsiness with intensive caffeine use, but according to one study, such a habit can wind up raising the risk for a crash.
Over 3,000 truckers analyzed
The study was conducted by a transport safety expert from Leicestershire's Loughborough University Design School together with researchers at the Virginia Tech Transport Institute. It involved 3,007 truckers from eight different states, including Kentucky. These truckers were selected from a pool of 11,000 for their specific caffeine consumption habits.
On the one hand were those who drink a single caffeinated beverage a day. On the other hand were those who drink more than five of these. Everyone in between was eliminated. Asked if they were in a crash in the previous three years, 21.6% of the first group and 27.8% of the second group answered yes.
High caffeine use linked with poorer health
Besides the higher crash rate, researchers noticed a trend of poor health among the high caffeine users. Many would report getting inadequate sleep, eating unhealthily, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. It should be mentioned that the study participants' answers were not shared with employers.
Further research will be necessary to show the relationship between caffeine use and unsafe behaviors among truckers. There are variables to consider, too. For example, different beverages contain differing levels of caffeine.
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Perhaps you were involved in a truck crash yourself. Yours may have been one of those motor vehicle accidents that can legitimately form the basis for a personal injury claim, so it's advisable to see a lawyer in the Frankfort area who can sit down with you and lay out your options. You may be able to be reimbursed for your medical bills, pain and suffering and more.
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Kjaer Promises Derby Revenge After Mistake Against Lazio
by Guest Post on October 20, 2011
Being called as one of those highly responsible for As Roma's recent Derby defeat against Lazio, obviously isn't a comforting condition for Simon Kjaer, who got send off in that intense game, thus allowing the Biancocelesti getting back into the match.
The Danish international acknowledged the fans disappointment with that result, and in order to make things up, Kjaer, promised that he will do his best in giving a victory for Roma in the next Derby game.
Kjaer revealed that he really is disappointed with himself, especially knowing how important the Derby result for Roma's die hard fans. The Danish international stated his apology while admitting that it's also a pretty stressful event for him as the defender took some god advice from close people to eventually get over the mistake he made on that Derby match.
It was a bad time for me and two really tough days. Fortunately, my family helped me get through it. I was above all upset for the fans who cared so much about this very important game, but now I feel better. We have to look ahead to beating Palermo. After that I am already focusing on the next derby and winning that one for all the Roma fans," Kjaer said. "So many people came to reassure me over the last couple of days. They said I have to look forward and not think about it anymore.
Not trying to make any aliby, Kjaer admitted that it really was a mistake made by him in fouling Christian Brocchi inside the box, albeit it wasn't actually a smart thing to do by the Danish international. The former Wolfsburg man also confessed that he did stretched his arm towards Brocchi, and the Lazio veteran midfielder, was smart enough to react quickly after the Denmark center back dragged him down.
"It was a bad time for me and two really tough days. Fortunately, my family helped me get through it. I was above all upset for the fans who cared so much about this very important game, but now I feel better. We have to look ahead to beating Palermo.After that I am already focusing on the next derby and winning that one for all the Roma fans," Kjaeir said "So many people came to reassure me over the last couple of days. They said I have to look forward and not think about it anymore. They let me realise it is only a game, albeit a very important one for all the supporters."
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Digital Island Gains on Profit Forecast
By Nora Macaluso
January 31, 2001 12:00 AM PT
Digital Island, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLD) was at US$6.56, up 56 cents, after the company, having pared its spending plans, said it expects to break even before extraordinary items two quarters earlier than previously thought.
The San Francisco, California-based Web hosting company said it will move into the black — before income taxes, depreciation and amortization — in the third quarter ending in June 2002.
By cutting back on capital spending, the company said, it has ensured that it has enough cash to fund operations until then.
"These changes reflect the alignment of the company's strategy as it transitions from aggressive infrastructure build-out to profitable growth," Digital Island chairman, president and chief executive officer Ruann F. Ernst said. "We are confident in our ability to execute this revised plan and raise strategic capital to close the remaining funding gap."
Digital Island said it lowered its planned capital spending for fiscal 2001 to $225 million from $300 million.
The company said revenue for the first quarter ended December 31st totaled $31.6 million, up from $7.6 million in the year-earlier quarter. The loss before income taxes, depreciation and amortization widened to $53.8 million, or 69 cents per share, from $20.1 million, or 55 cents. After charges, the company lost $142.5 million, or $1.82 per share.
For the second quarter, the company expects a 15 percent sequential increase in revenue to more than $36 million, along with a loss before income taxes, depreciation and amortization of $51 million, or $1.92 per share.
Capital spending for the quarter will total $75 million to $85 million, most of which will fund data-center operations and the "expansion and continued deployment of edge servers," Digital Island said.
For the fiscal year ending in September, the company predicts revenue of $170 million to $175 million, with a loss per share of about $7.45.
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Theme from "The Butterfly Lovers Concerto" and "The Moon Reflected on Erquan Lake"
Debussy Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Scarborough Fair, Brahms Hungarian Dance no. 5, Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor, Satie Gymnopedie No. 2, Bach Air on a G String, Londonderry Air (trad),Monti Czardas, Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, Satie Gymnopedie No. 1, Gershwin Preludes, Rimsky Korsakov The Flight of the Bumblebee.
The "Maltese Tenor" has recorded John Lenehan's arrangement of "La Califfa" by Ennio Morricone. The BBC Concert Orchestra was conducted by Steven Mercurio. Previously the same forces recorded John's transcription of Mario Lanza's Hollywood version of "Silent Night" again for Decca.
Maksim's latest disc includes three new arrangements from John Lenehan - Themes from Mission Impossible, Spartacus and The Godfather.
John Lenehan's collaboration with Maksim Mrvica began with the title track of the 2005 EMI album "A New World". Recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The "New World Concerto" is a reworking of the last movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony as a piano concerto. The next album "Electrik" included versions of music by Verdi, Grieg and Mussorgsky.
For Maksim's next album "Appassionato" John arranged music by Brahms, Beethoven, Saint-Saens and this fantasy on Bizet's Carmen.
John has also arranged several tracks for Emma Johnson, Tasmin Little and Julian Lloyd Webber.


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A list of terms that appear throughout the College website, with their meanings.
A graduate who has earned a degree from another university and attends the College to take a BA course.
This is the term to describe former students.
The Senior Bursar and Domestic Bursar are collectively responsible for the College's finances.
The College canteen, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to College Members. During term the Buttery is also open in the morning and afternoon to serve snacks, tea and coffee. Wi-Fi access is also available.
Looks after the pastoral care of all members of the College.
Slang for a student taking the Computer Science Tripos .
Those eligible to receive a degree will be conferred to do so at a ceremony at Regent House. It is one of the oldest traditions in the University.
The Cambridge Online Preliminary Application is a required part of the application process for applicants from outside the EU, or for anyone wishing to be considered for a Choral Award or Organ Scholarship .
Elected by the Governing Body, they will discuss affairs involving the College. They have the powers to make decision for the good of all members of the College, and define duties of the College Officers and management of the property and income.
Short for 'Cambridge University Students' Union', which students automatically become a member of. They provide support and events, as well as campaigns on the students' behalf.
Responsible for the life of the Chapel and its community, including the conduct of worship, the work of the Choir and for the oversight of pastoral care.
Responsible for disciplinary issues concerning junior members.
Each student is allocated a suitable Director of Studies, who looks after the academic welfare of the student.
Refers to the 'entertainment' being organised and also the officers on the JCR and SBR that help to organise them.
They are a senior member of the College, in an academic post, and are involved with College affairs.
Undergraduates in their first year (and most particularly in their first Term ) at the University.
The academical year is divided into three terms (Michaelmas, Easter and Lent). Within those terms is Full Term , in which members of the College are expected to be in College and teaching takes place.
This is the main Congregation in June for awarding degrees.
Undergraduates who are about to graduate for their degree.
This is the term used to describe someone who has graduated with a degree or is progressing to a higher degree.
' Hall ' refers to the the dining Hall, which is reserved for student dining in College and other special events.
Short for the Junior Combination Room of which all junior members are joined to, it refers to a common room in which they are able to relax. It is also the colloquial term for the committee that is elected by the student body, in which they work to improve the students' experiences here by providing support and entertainment.
Affectionately used to describe a student of the College, past and present.
This is the term used to describe to describe an undergraduate or research student of the College.
Short for 'Kitchen Fixed Charge', this is the subsidised charge for the College's canteen facilities and utilities. This is a historic term and something that the College no longer charges.
Refers to the Lady Margaret Boat Club, which is the rowing club for members of the College. It is also the oldest boat club in the University.
The terms are separated by vacations, during which no teaching takes place. This vacation in the summer (after Easter Term and before Michaelmas Term) contains a period of residence, in which students can request to stay for certain courses or extra teaching.
It is the Master 's responsibility to secure the good government of the College.
This is when students enrol to join the University. They sign a declaration stating that they will obey the University regulations.
Taking place during May Week, although actually held in June, this is the end of year formal Ball which is held by many Colleges. Ours is particularly spectacular and usually themed, leading to a high demand for tickets.
This is the slang used to describe the Natural Sciences Tripos or the student taking it.
These are students chosen by competitive audition who come to the College who in addition to their Tripos . They would be highly involved in the College's choir and musical services.
This is a student from outside the European Union who attends the College.
This is slang for Porters ' Lodge, where Porters are there to greet visitors, regulate access and for members of the College to collect mail.
When an applicant isn't chosen for admission to the College, due to the limited number of places, they are put into a 'pool' with applicants for other Colleges. This is because the Director of Studies deems them still good enough for a place at Cambridge and gives other Colleges a chance to accept them.
Porters ensure the security of College and man the 'Porters Lodge' at the main entrances. They also assist with the distribution of internal and external post to students and Fellows.
This is the term used to describe a student who has earned one graduate degree and is continuing on to an advanced degree.
A college officer who is responsible for students that are matriculating and also presenting them for their degrees.
Assists the Master in governing the College and acts as their deputy. Also oversees the welfare of the Fellows and has a strong involvement in our research activities.
These are university officers who deal with disciplinary matters. They are also involved in formal affairs such as Congregation .
The College Research Associates are post-doctoral Research Fellows of the University who augment the Fellowship in their specialist research fields.
Research Fellows, at the beginning of their academic careers, are supported by the College while they pursue their research interests and involve themselves with the College's academic community.
All applicants are required to complete an online Supplementary Application Questionnaire by the set deadline in order to make a valid application to the University of Cambridge.
Short for the Samuel Butler Room, it is the graduate union of the College and the common room it looks after, and is run by the graduate students.
A student who does exceptionally well academically and thus becomes part of the Foundation of the College, along with the Master , Fellows and other Scholars.
Overall responsibility for the educational needs and welfare of Junior Members.
Statutes are written legal powers granted to the College to enable the College to be self-governing. Within these are Ordinances, which is legislation defining how the College conducts itself.
The College Officer responsible for the kitchens and food in Hall .
This is the main form of teaching in College by Supervisors whose specialism is relevant to the area of study being taught. These are normally carried out individually or in small groups.
The Latin formula to which the Vice Chancellor states at a Graduation ceremony, "By the authority committed to me, I admit you to the degree of (name of degree) in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
Undergraduate courses at the University of Cambridge; the term 'Tripos' derives from seventeenth century graduation ceremonies, when verses would be read out by someone sat on a three-legged stool (or Tripos).
Everyone is assigned a Tutor , who looks after a student's personal welfare throughout the duration of their course.
Provides an admissions/applications system for higher education in the UK.
This is the term for students who are currently taking their first degree.
These are students who come to us via an existing exchange scheme (such as the those we have with Heidelberg, Caltech and MIT).
Up until 1909, an award comprising of an over-sized wooden spoon was given to the student who achieved the lowest passing exam marks in the Mathematical Tripos . The last wooden spoon was awarded to a member of St John's College and is now in the possession of the College.


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'Glee's Amber Riley Added To 'The List'; Richard Gunn Cast In 'Clemency'
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Amber Riley has come aboard Tyler Perry's written/directed drama, The List, which follows a woman who gets released from prison and reunited with her sister, who is forced to accept that she might be getting "catfished" by an online boyfriend. The Paramount Players film stars Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, and Whoopi Goldberg. Perry is producing the pic, slated for release November 2. Riley spent six seasons as Mercedes Jones on Fox's musical series Glee and appeared in NBC's holiday production of The Wiz Live! She recently wrapped a year-long run and her West End debut in the revival production of Dreamgirls in the role of Effie White, which earned her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. Riley is repped by CAA.
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Actor Richard Gunn (Hemlock Grove) has come aboard the indie drama, Clemency, joining previously announced Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, and Richard Schiff. From writer/director Chinonye Chukwu, the story centers on a prison warden, Bernadine (Woodard), who confronts her own psychological demons as she develops an emotional connection to the death row inmate (Hodge) she is scheduled to execute. Gunn will play Deputy Warden Thomas Morgan, Bernardine's rigid second in command. Producers are Bronwyn Cornelius and Julian Cautherley. Gunn is repped by Crimson Media, Global Artists, and Untitled.
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2020 Retail Imports May Break Record Despite Pandemic
Posted by SGB Media | Jan 11, 2021 | Apparel, Footwear, SGB Updates, Update
Imports seen during 2020 appear to be headed toward a new record despite the coronavirus pandemic and remain at high levels as 2021 begins, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker* report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.
"Nobody would have thought last spring that 2020 would be a record year for imports, but it was clearly an unpredictable year," NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said. "Consumers and retailers once again proved their resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges. Thanks in part to government stimulus, retail sales saw strong growth during 2020 even with the pandemic, and import numbers show retailers expect the economic recovery will continue during 2021."
With high import volumes over the past few months, ships carrying goods from Asia have backed up at West Coast ports in particular, and there have been shortages of shipping capacity and equipment, including chassis and empty containers.
"With COVID-19 accelerating across the country, the pandemic is causing logistics problems beyond the congestion at the ports," Hackett Associates Founder Ben Hackett said. "With large numbers of people infected by the virus and unable to report for work, the supply chain is potentially facing challenges to finding enough workers for goods distribution."
U.S. ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 2.11 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in November, the latest month for which final numbers are available. That was up 24.5 percent year-over-year, but down 4.9 percent from October's 2.21 million TEU, which set the record for the largest number of containers handled during a single month since NRF began tracking imports in 2002. A TEU is one 20-foot container or its equivalent.
December was projected at 2.02 million TEU, down 17.3 percent year-over-year but still one of only six times in nearly 20 years that the monthly total has hit the 2 million TEU mark. If the December number holds up once actual data is available, 2020 will have ended with a total of 21.9 million TEU, up 1.5 percent from 2019 and breaking the previous annual record of 21.8 million TEU set in 2018.
Imports during the last half of 2020 set a string of new records, including an all-time high of 8.3 million TEU for the July to October "peak season" when retailers rush to bring in merchandise for the winter holidays each year.
January is forecast at 1.96 million TEU, which would be up 7.7 percent from a year ago, and the busiest January on record; February at 1.6 million TEU, up 6.1 percent year-over-year and March at 1.64 million TEU, up 19 percent from March 2020, when factories in China failed to reopen after the Lunar New Year holiday because of the coronavirus. April is forecast at 1.76 million TEU, up 9.6 percent, and May at 1.86 million TEU, up 21.7 percent, both year-over-year.
*Global Port Tracker, which is produced for NRF by the consulting firm Hackett Associates, provides historical data and forecasts for the U.S. ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, and Tacoma on the West Coast; New York/New Jersey, Port of Virginia, Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades, Miami and Jacksonville on the East Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast.
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Jan.12 (GMM) Ferrari's 2012 car is not attractive, bosses of the famous Italian team hinted this week at the Madonna di Campiglio winter media event.
Having failed to win the championship since 2007 and finishing a distant third behind Red Bull and McLaren last season, Ferrari has taken an aggressive approach to the development of this year's machine, codenamed 663.
"It's definitely different," team boss Stefano Domenicali told journalists on Wednesday when asked about the car that will be unveiled next month.
"It's not that pretty, because the shape defined by the technical regulations does not leave much scope, but - and this is what counts really - our hopes are that it is at the very least quick."
Depending on the weather, the car will make its track debut during a short shakedown on 3 or 4 February at Ferrari's own Fiorano test track.
Asked about Domenicali's news about the physical appearance of the single seater, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo replied: "I'd like it to look lousy.
"I say that provocatively because I want it to be a winner, reliable but also 'simpatico' in the sense that it knows how to win with a smile."


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Genetic Discovery
Functional Characterization
Physiological Characterization
Clinical Translation
Review Papers
About Jose FLorez
Confirming robust genomic associations is only the beginning. These signals serve to plant a flag in a given genomic region, where a haplotype (a linear arrangement of correlated genetic variants) is more often present in disease than in health. However, the physical proximity of the index variant to a protein-coding gene does not imply that this is the gene that, when mutated, gives rise to the phenotype. The variant could be disrupting an enhancer element or another regulatory region for more distant genes (including those that encode microRNAs or long non-coding RNAs, for instance), misleading naïve investigators about the relevant drug target or the gene to disrupt in model organisms. Thus, it is essential that genomic studies be followed by principled searches for the effector transcript that underlies each genetic association.
One potential avenue involves the discovery of coding mutations (either in isolation or in aggregate) that disrupt protein function and phenocopy the original association. For noncoding variants, ancillary information on the pattern of tissue expression of index genes can be found in the GTEx database, which combines expression and human genomic data across many human tissues. This allows one to establish the presence of the transcript of interest in physiologically relevant organs, as well as examine whether noncoding variants associated with the disease phenotype affect message levels (eQTL analysis). Experimental validation that the allelic change leads to the expected perturbation in enhancer or promoter activity is arduous to obtain, but no less crucial in demonstrating causality.
Identifying a likely effector transcript via the above approaches does not by itself establish the direction of effect. At times, variants that change amino acid sequence will have a clear effect on protein function, aligning the direction of the molecular consequence with the disease risk allele. Very often, however, a single amino acid change has no discernible impact, and a search for mutations that alter the protein unambiguously becomes necessary. Through large-scale sequencing approaches, investigators with access to diverse cohorts can identify protein-truncating variants (PTVs) that disrupt protein function (e.g. stop codons, intron-exon splice acceptor sites, frameshifts or read-through mutations), enabling the study of physiological consequences of haploinsufficiency at that site in living humans. If PTVs are statistically more frequent in disease than in health, it can be presumed that their effect on the protein (whether loss of function by deletion of a key activity domain, or gain of function by deletion of an inhibitory domain) is deleterious, and therapies should counteract this effect by either raising the activity or expression of the affected protein (if the PTV induces loss of function) or inhibiting its activity or expression (if the PTV induces gain of function). The reciprocal strategies would be employed if PTVs are found to be protective. Finally, corroborating proof can be obtained by overexpression, silencing or knockout experiments in appropriate cellular or animal model systems, now facilitated by genome editing technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9.
Of the 100+ loci associated with type 2 diabetes or related traits, the Florez lab and collaborators are focusing on the functional characterization of select genes: these include SLC16A11, IGF2, HNF1A, SLC2A2 and ZMPSTE24.
IGF2
A variant that disrupts an intron-exon splice junction in IGF2 protects from T2D in Mexican populations [Mercader Diabetes paper]. …
Insulin secretion assay
Sean Burns and colleagues developed a high-throughput insulin secretion assay that can measure real-time insulin secretion in beta cells [Burns Cell Metabolism paper]. This system can be used for functional characterization of associated genetic loci (e.g. mutated via CRISPR/Cas9 approaches) and screening of small molecules for an impact on insulin secretion. …
SLC16A11
The T2D-associated gene SLC16A11 increases risk of T2D by ~30% in Latino populations. It encodes a monocarboxylate transporter. Members of the Florez group have characterized its transport function, verified that non-coding variants in the T2D risk haplotype reduce expression of SLC16A11 in hepatocytes, coding variants in the same haplotype impair its interaction with the chaperone …
Type 2 diabetes variants disrupt function of SLC16A11 through two distinct mechanisms
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects Latinos at twice the rate seen in populations of European descent. We recently identified a risk haplotype spanning SLC16A11 that explains ?20% of the increased T2D prevalence in Mexico. Here, through genetic fine-mapping, we define a set of tightly linked variants likely to contain the causal allele(s). We show that …
Impact of type 2 diabetes susceptibility variants on quantitative glycemic traits reveals mechanistic heterogeneity
Patients with established type 2 diabetes display both ?-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. To define fundamental processes leading to the diabetic state, we examined the relationship between type 2 diabetes risk variants at 37 established susceptibility loci, and indices of proinsulin processing, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity. We included data from up to 58,614 nondiabetic …
The influence of rare genetic variation in SLC30A8 on diabetes incidence and beta-cell function
CONTEXT/OBJECTIVE: The variant rs13266634 in SLC30A8, encoding a ?-cell-specific zinc transporter, is associated with type 2 diabetes. We aimed to identify other variants in SLC30A8 that increase diabetes risk and impair ?-cell function, and test whether zinc intake modifies this risk. DESIGN/OUTCOME: We sequenced exons in SLC30A8 in 380 Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) participants and …
Detailed physiologic characterization reveals diverse mechanisms for novel genetic loci regulating glucose and insulin metabolism in humans
OBJECTIVE: Recent genome-wide association studies have revealed loci associated with glucose and insulin-related traits. We aimed to characterize 19 such loci using detailed measures of insulin processing, secretion, and sensitivity to help elucidate their role in regulation of glucose control, insulin secretion and/or action. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We investigated associations of loci identified by …
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Edvard Diderik Ehlers (19. oktober 1812 i Roskilde – 27. marts 1893 i København) var en en dansk ingeniør, konferensråd og teknikborgmester i Københavns Kommune fra 1858 til 1885.

Han blev født 19. oktober 1812 i Roskilde, hvor hans fader, Hedde Jantzen Ehlers, var malermester; moderen var Anna f. Kruse. Efter at være bleven student 1830 tog han 1835 polyteknisk eksamen i anvendt naturvidenskab og blev endnu samme år fuldmægtig ved Mønten i København. Allerede dengang havde han deltaget i det praktiske liv, bl.a. ved i 1834 at have været sekretær ved den industriudstilling, som i det nævnte år afholdtes på Charlottenborg, og i 1836 indtog han den samme stilling ved dette års industriudstilling. Fra 1837-39 foretog han med understøttelse af Københavns Universitet og Den Reiersenske Fond en udenlandsrejse og blev efter sin hjemkomst 1840 fabrikkontrollør i Altona, i hvilken stilling han forblev til 1846, i det han samtidig af regeringen blev benyttet til Indhentning af forskellige oplysninger i udlandet og fra 1843 var edlem af administrationen for Frederiksværks fabrik og gods. 1846 blev han med titlen justitsråd kommitteret i General-Toldkammeret og Kommercekollegiet, indtil det ophævedes i 1848. Fra 1849-58 var han enebestyrer af Frederiksværk. 1851 konstitueredes han som fabrikdirektør under
Indenrigsministeriet og førte som sådan tilsyn med bestyrelsen af Den kongelige Porcelænsfabrik. Samtidig var han også virksom på anden måde. I året 1851-52 var han således formand for Industriforeningen i København samt formand for den 1852 i en særlig bygning på Christiansborg Slots ridebane afholdte industriudstilling, han forestod væsentlig Danmarks deltagelse i Verdensudstillingen i Paris 1855, og han var formand for den store kommission, som gjorde forslag til den forandrede Toldlov af 1863. Den tekniske erfaring, han således i en række skiftende stillinger havde høstet, kom endelig Københavns Kommune til gode, i det han efter den ved loven af 1857 indførte nye ordning af styrelsen af byens anliggender i februar 1858 blev teknisk borgmester i den, en stilling, han bevarede til 1885 eller i 27 år, og det i en tid, der var et vigtigt vendepunkt i byens udvikling.

Da Ehlers tiltrådte som borgmester, var København en endnu kun mindre by med omkring 150.000 indbyggere. Skønt portene var begyndt at falde (Nørreport nedreves 1856), var Byen endnu helt omgivet af volde og grave, gas var lige bleven indført (den tændtes første gang 4. december 1857), og Københavns Vandværk, hvorpå der havde været arbejdet i nogle år, var endnu ikke trådt i virksomhed. Der var herefter meget at udrette, særlig under de vældig voksende befolkningsforhold, som tog deres begyndelse navnlig efter den ulykkelige krig i 1864. Mærkes kunne det således, at byens nu så store kloaksystem blev påbegyndt i 1859, at Gammelholm blev indtaget til bebyggelse (den første grund solgtes her i 1861), at den første københavnske sporvej åbnedes i 1863, at udførelsen af en ny havneplan påbegyndtes 1865, at fæstningsterrænet efter lov af 1867 i 1869 overdroges Københavns Kommune til bebyggelse, at den ombyggede Knippelsbro åbnedes i 1869 osv. København udviklede sig efterhånden til en verdensby, og dets tekniske borgmester, der samtidig var formand for Bygningskommissionen og i de senere år også medlem af Københavns Havneråd, havde hænderne fulde, men i ingen henseende blev Ehlers overvældet. Idet han stadig forstod at følge endog godt med, holdt han klogt igen over for al for ivrig fremadstræben, og selv den stærkeste presseagitation rokkede ham i så henseende ikke. København har sikkert været godt tjent med hans sindige styrelse af dets tekniske anliggender, selv om det muligvis må siges, at den, hvor det gjaldt blotte skønhedshensyn, har været for nøgtern. Efter i 1872 at have været kommissær for bedømmelsen ved Den nordiske Industri- og Konstudstilling i Kjøbenhavn 1872 udnævntes han til konferensråd (etatsråd var han blevet i 1852), 1882 fik han Kommandørkorset af 2. grad, 1885 dets 1. grad.

3. juni 1846 ægtede han Charlotte Henriette Hvidt (20. september 1813 – 8. juni 1847), datter af etatsråd L.N. Hvidt, og 24. oktober 1861 indgik han sit 2. ægteskab med Agnes Birgitte Arctander (f. 29. maj 1832), datter af præsten Th.M.A. Arctander. Lægen Edvard Ehlers var en søn. Han døde 27. marts 1893.

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Every day we make choices about the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the places we go. In a world of convenience, we are also presented with a multitude of choices in the products and goods to buy that can help us keep our households and yards looking sparkly clean and free of pests, or that make our skin look blemish and wrinkle-free. Unfortunately, the ingredients in these products, while they may be effective in the action they are purported to perform, can actually be very detrimental to our health.
Envision for a moment your body as a bucket that fills up with exposures to the various chemicals in the environment. In a healthy body, the liver, kidney, gastrointestinal system, lungs, skin, and other organs are able to effectively process and eliminate these chemicals. However, as the bucket gets more and more full with these chemical exposures, these organs of elimination get overwhelmed with the shear volume of work they must do. Eventually they may no longer be able to keep back the tide of chemicals entering the body. As the bucket overflows, symptoms may develop, including skin lesions, chronic allergies, body aches, fatigue, intolerance of odors, and many other symptoms.
Part of helping keep your "bucket" from overflowing includes using your buying power as a consumer to choose products that contain more natural ingredients. Thankfully, there are many resources available to the savvy consumer to quickly decide which products have a better profile related to their impact on the body and the environment.
The resources listed below will be part of a growing list of books and websites that can assist you as an informed consumer of healthy products.
This website is great for choosing personal care products with reviews by parents and other consumers.
A great book for making choices that can keep your children healthier from conception to birth and beyond, including how to reduce the chemical impact in your household.
The Environmental Working Group's website to compare the chemical ratings of over 65,000 personal care products.
The Natural Resources Defense Council has tons of information on current environmental issues, as well as how to reduce chemical exposures in your daily life... from school, to work, to home, and throughout all life stages.
This is the Environmental Working Group's shopping guide to "The Dirty Dozen" produce that will help you to choose foods that have been grown with the lowest amount of chemicals.
Eat Wild is a great resource for finding grass-fed animals in your area to ensure great nutrition for healthy bodies. They also have some good information on the health benefits of eating grass-fed animals.
The Fluoride Action Network is a helpful resource for education about the health effects of fluoridated drinking water. Excessive fluoride consumption has been linked to numerous health consequences, including major effects on the thyroid gland, the pineal gland (responsible for immune regulation), and many others. Filtered, reverse osmosis or distilled water will be your best bet to avoid fluoridation, as well as the plethora of other chemicals, drugs, and hormones found in tap water.
As you make your daily choices about what products you use and the foods you consume, be gentle with your bucket and give it a little break by filling it with the good things already found in nature. The health of you and your family is truly in your hands.


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Halacha for Monday 30 Nissan 5781 April 12 2021
The Reasons Behind the Mitzvot
The Gemara (Sanhedrin 21b) states: "Rabbi Yitzchak said: Why were the reasons behind the Mitzvot not revealed? Because there were two Mitzvot whose reasons were revealed and one of the greatest of men, King Solomon, failed in them." This refers to the following two Mitzvot: The Torah (Devarim 17) states regarding a king of Israel, 'Only that he not have too many horses and that he not return the nation to Egypt in order to multiply his horses." This means that a Jewish king may not have many horses so that he not transgress the prohibition of returning the nation to Egypt in order to perform business and multiplying his horses. Similarly, the Torah (ibid.) states, "And he may not have too many wives and that his heart not stray." This refers to the prohibition that a Jewish king may not marry too many wives so that his heart not be led astray from Hashem as a result of his wives.
These two Mitzvot whose reasons were explained explicitly in the Torah were eventually transgressed by King Solomon, who acquired too many horses and married too many wives, for he claimed, "I will have many horses and I will not return the nation to Egypt! I will marry many wives and I will not be led astray from Hashem!" At the end, the verse (Melachim I, Chapter 11) states: "And it was in the old age of Solomon, his wives led his heart astray after other gods and his heart was not complete with Hashem as was the heart of his father, David." Likewise, he ended up failing in terms of the horses, as the verse states, "And a chariot left Egypt."
Indeed, even when we search to understand the reasons behind the Mitzvot, this is only because of our endearment of Mitzvah performance and our intense desire to perform the Mitzvot in a beautiful and complete manner. We do not perform the Mitzvot for our own benefit; rather, we have a loftier intention of performing Hashem's will and carrying out his commandments. Indeed, Rashi (Vayikra 1, 9) comments that our performance of the Mitzvot brings satisfaction to our Father in Heaven.
Similarly, the great Rishon Le'Zion, Moreinu Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Yosef Shlit"a, explains this idea further in his Sefer Ein Yitzchak (Volume 1, page 169) based on the words of the Maharal of Prague (Tiferet Yisrael, Chapter 6) that all of the reasons behind the Mitzvot that we learn about are merely the positive effects that result from our Mitzvah performance but not reasons to perform the Mitzvot. This means that included among the other positive attributes resulting from performing the Mitzvot are the reasons found in the teachings of our Sages and the commentaries, similar to what Maran Ha'Bet Yosef (Yoreh De'ah, Chapter 181) writes that one must seek out the reasons for the Mitzvot as much as possible, however, one should not perform the Mitzvot only because of these reasons. Nevertheless, these reasons are not the roots or basis for the Mitzvot and are merely positive outcomes of the Mitzvah itself.
Summary: One must perform the Mitzvot solely because they are the commandments of Hashem, our father and king, and not because of various reasons quoted by the commentaries. It is nevertheless beneficial to know the reasons behind the Mitzvot so that we may perform them with maximum love and endearment.
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Myasthenia gravis is a disease that causes weakness in your voluntary muscles. These are the muscles that you control. For example, you may have weakness in the muscles for eye movement, facial expressions, and swallowing. You can also have weakness in other muscles. This weakness gets worse with activity, and better with rest.
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease. Your body's immune system makes antibodies that block or change some of the nerve signals to your muscles. This makes your muscles weaker.
Other conditions can cause muscle weakness, so myasthenia gravis can be hard to diagnose. Tests used to make a diagnosis include blood, nerve, muscle, and imaging tests.
With treatment, the muscle weakness often gets much better. Medicines can help improve nerve-to-muscle messages and make muscles stronger. Other drugs keep your body from making so many abnormal antibodies. These medicines can have major side effects, so they should be used carefully. There are also treatments which filter abnormal antibodies from the blood or add healthy antibodies from donated blood. Sometimes, surgery to take out the thymus gland helps.
Some people with myasthenia gravis go into remission. This means that they do not have symptoms. The remission is usually temporary, but sometimes it can be permanent.
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Q: What is the time complexity for this generic bruteforce/backtracking function? I am having trouble reasoning what the time complexity of this is. I was writing a backtracking function to solve a problem. To simplify, let's just say I have a list of size "a" and I am allowed to place down 0 or 1 into each element of the list. After trying all combinations, I return. This is clearly 2^(nm).
However, what if during each recursive call I have a constant amount of work to do? I am stuck reasoning through what the complexity is here. Can you point me to sources? From my undergrad studies all I remember is Master's theorem, but this approach is not relevant. (We subtract rather than divide to get the subproblem)
def myfunc(x,a):
    if x == a:
       return
    myfunc2() #Some constant time work
    myfunc(x+1,a)
    myfunc(x+1,a)

A: In your case, the time complexity is T(n) = m + 2T(n - 1). Although we can't apply Master's theorem here, we can use substitution:
T(n) = m + 2T(n - 1)
     = m + 2(m + 2T(n - 2))
     = m + 2m + 4(m + 2T(n - 3))
     = ∑(i = 1, i = n) m2^i

Evaluating this, we have m2^n or ϴ(2^n).
Recursion doesn't really offer you any benefits here over readability. You could see savings if you combined this with memory of what you've evaluated, however. In that case, evaluating the time complexity becomes more... complex.

A: The time complexity is obviously exponential.
And the myfunc2() contribution is negligible unless x  is less than 2.
Maybe if myfunc2() is searching for 42.


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Blu-ray 3D spec is now final
December 17, 2009 by Jared Newman
Get ready for a surge of 3D Blu-ray players next year, now that the Blu-ray Disc Association has finalized specifications for 3D.
The "Blu-ray 3D" specification is essentially a standard format for all Blu-ray discs and players going forward that want to use 3D. It demands that all participating software and hardware products work on any 3D television, whether it's plasma, LCD or something else. The spec also requires 3D players to support playback of 2D discs, and standard Blu-ray players to support 3D discs by displaying the images in two dimensions.
As with before, content must play in full 1080p resolution, projecting one image for each eye and requiring special glasses to filter out the images. The codec for Blu-ray 3D is called Multiview Video Coding, and it's an extension to the ITU-T H.264 Advanced Video Coding that Blu-ray players already use. Beyond displaying 3D images and allowing for 2D in non-compatible players, the codec has some other special features, such as menu navigation and subtitles in 3D.
The specification will also work with the Playstation 3. Sony recently revealed that it will enable 3D gaming on the console with a firmware update next year. Other 3D Blu-ray players are expected to hit the market next year as well, Video Business reports.
3D Blu-ray's many moving parts are starting to fall into place. Movies are already being produced in 3D, such as Up and James Cameron's Avatar, which hits theaters this weekend. The spec is another important step, getting everyone on the same page in standardizing the technology. All that remains is to actually produce and sell the hardware. Sony plans to release a 3D television next year, and LG has introduced the models it plans to sell in 2010.
The only question, of course, is whether consumers are interested in the technology, but analysts and manufacturers think 3D will explode after its introduction. Analyst group DisplaySearch believes the market will balloon from $1.1 billion in sales next year to $15.8 billion in 2011.
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Employee's mandatory contribution for new members (after 1st April 2009) will be 2%. Therefore for new members, the employer will be deducting 2% of gross pay from the employee's pay.
For existing employee KiwiSaver members who currently contribute at 4%, the employer will continue to deduct the 4% unless the employee notifies the employer they wish to reduce their contributions to 2%.
Employer's mandatory contribution increases on 1st April 2009 from 1% of gross earnings to 2% of gross earnings and contributions are now capped at 2%.
Employers lose the Employer Tax Credit from 1st April 2009 (and this has been covering most of the employer compulsory contributions - so this will really cost the employer - from nothing for most employers to 2% cost on the wage bill for all KiwiSaver members in their workforce).
Some employers agreed to pay a 'voluntary' contribution to KiwiSaver on top of the compulsory contribution. This will often form part of an employee's remuneration agreement and the employer will not necessarily be able to reduce this contribution / stop this contribution simply because the statutory contributions have been reduced. The employer will need to look carefully at what has been agreed and take advice about the options available.
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When they got heads up, and I read that Ivey made a big call with an Ace, I knew then, that it would be over soon. I knew then that he must have picked up a read on his opponent and would play mistake free poker from that point on.
Ivey's story is similar online where some experts would question his fundamentals. He doesn't play the game "properly" and is exploitable, according to some. Truth is, Ivey readily admits that when a young kid plays him online, Ivey usually loses at the beginning... until he figures them out. Then, he just destroys all comers.
In my ESPN Fantasy Pool I took Ivey with the second overall pick. I've got some side bets on that which will help offset the $200,000 I'll have to ship Ivey for our standing bracelet bet. Last year I got one and beat him for $200,000, so we are even now with me having a shot today. There are 126 players left in the 8-game mix and I sit second in chips behind David Oppenhiem. Another poker freak who just happens to be at my table today.
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Fatigue is an issue, but I'm much stronger this year than in past years. I've been going for several days straight until 3:00am and while I fade late in the evening, I'm still able to play well.
Of those matches we are slightly behind Lissandro and Greenstien, as well as the Matt Glanz crew. Erick and I added some more incentive to our wagers in the way we'll handle the money. We are splitting all the bets, but if we win, the person with more points gets 60% of the profit. If we lose, whoever got less points will have to pay off 60% of the bet. So far I've got 25 points to Erick's 15 points. I'm a favorite to get at least 10 points in the 8-game mix with it paying 24 spots.
So far I'm very happy with my start in terms of quality of play. I'm playing very well, never quitting, and consistently getting deep. I see myself cashing at LEAST 6 times this WSOP. Hopefully with two wins.


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Eastern African legislators urge gov'ts to increase agriculture budget to combat hunger
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KIGALI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Legislators from eastern African parliaments have called on regional governments to allocate more funding to agriculture and livestock farming in order to address food insecurity.
Members of the Eastern Africa Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (EAPA) made the call at the opening of their three-day meeting, which officially opened on Thursday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali.
Lawmakers from nine countries are discussing the role of legislators in greater investments in family farming for better food and nutrition resilience in eastern Africa.
Lawmakers can play a critical role in creating the necessary changes to ensure food security on the African continent, said Abdi Ali Hassan, chairperson of the EAPA.
All lawmakers should use their powers to empower citizens to realize food security and overcome poor nutrition by allocating resources through relevant ministries of agriculture and other agricultural service providers, he said.
"Challenges related to agriculture, food security, and nutrition have no borders; no country has a monopoly of knowledge or solutions to address them alone. Therefore, working together allows us to learn from each other and share experiences," Donatille Mukabalisa, speaker of the Rwandan Parliament, said during the opening ceremony.
Parliamentary networks and forums should be able to play the role of think tanks, catalyzers, and mobilizers in different areas of national or global interests, she added.
Jean-Leonard Touadi, an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said with current global economic shocks, the role of different players is needed to address the causes of food insecurity because it affects the welfare and national development.
"We need to come up with innovations starting from parliament's legislation," said he, adding that the FAO believes the role of parliaments is pivotal during agriculture budget allocations.
The lawmakers will assess the implementation of commitments made by African governments to allocate 10 percent of the national budget to agriculture.
Last month, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in its latest drought response situation report that some 22 million people are food insecure due to drought across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
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Web client for [üWave][].

[Dependencies](#dependencies) - [Setup](#getting-things-working) -
[Building](#building) - [API](#api) - [License](#license)

![Screenshot](./assets/screenshot.png)

## Dependencies

For running in the browser: something modern. The aim is to support ~IE11+ and
other modern browsers (recent Chromes and Firefoxes, at least). If you use
something reasonably recent and üWave doesn't work, [file a bug][]!

The server parts of üWave require Node version >= 14.0.0.

## Getting Things Working

To run the web client, you need an [üWave server][u-wave-core] to connect to.
For development, first install the server:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/u-wave/core u-wave-core
cd u-wave-core
npm install
npm start
```

`npm start` will run the üWave server on port 6042.

Then in a separate terminal do:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/u-wave/web u-wave-web
cd u-wave-web
npm install
npm run dev
```

This will run the web client on port 6041. Visit <http://localhost:6041> to use
it!

## Building

There are two main build scripts: one for development, and one for production.

The development script runs a local üWave server and auto-reloads the web client
when you make changes.

```bash
npm run dev
```

When building the üWave web client for use on a server, the production build
should be used instead. It removes costly debugging helpers from the code and
minifies everything as much as possible.

```bash
npm run prod
```

The `prod` script doesn't run a local server. To try out your production build,
you can use the standalone `serve` script:

```bash
npm run serve
```

## API

Please see the README in the [compiled npm package][] for API documentation.

## License

The üWave web client is licensed under the [MIT][] license.

The default [mention sound file][] comes from a [Sonics.io][] pack and is under
the [Sonics.io License][] (archive link).

[üWave]: https://u-wave.net
[u-wave-core]: https://github.com/u-wave/core
[compiled npm package]: ./npm/README.md
[file a bug]: https://github.com/u-wave/web/issues
[MIT]: ./LICENSE
[mention sound file]: ./assets/audio/mention.opus
[Sonics.io]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905161415/http://www.sonics.io/
[Sonics.io License]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150912030216/http://www.sonics.io/license/


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Germany, UNDP Strengthening Criminal Justice Services in Iraq
By Editor on 21st January 2023 in Politics, Security
Germany supports UNDP in strengthening criminal justice services in Iraq
Germany and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a EUR 826,250 donor agreement on strengthening Iraq's criminal justice services and improving their capacities to conduct effective interviews in line with international human rights commitments.
The project promotes the application of the new regulations on unified Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Criminal Investigations, and the Local Police Service Road Map.
Seeking to enhance criminal justice services in Iraq, the project offers capacity building for criminal investigation police officers, investigative judges, and relevant directorates, and extends the implementation of the Model Police Station Pilot Initiative from Baghdad and Basra to all over Iraq.
Auke Lootsma, UNDP Iraq Resident Representative.
"We are grateful to our longstanding partner, the Government of Germany. We, together, put public safety and security at the heart of Iraq's transition to long-term stability and development. This project enables the Iraqi police to continuously strengthen its investigative capacities and human rights compliance in criminal proceedings."
Chargé d'Affaires a. i. Philip Holzapfel, said:
"Strengthening law enforcement and criminal justice capacities must go hand in hand with human rights protection in order contribute to, and build public trust in, a sovereign, stable, and democratic Iraqi State. This is why Germany continues to support these efforts, implemented by UNDP, enabling Iraqi Police investigators to conduct interrogations more effectively and without recourse to coercive methods."
UNDP Iraq's Security Sector Reform (SSR) Programme provides advice and technical assistance to the Government of Iraq's security sector through partnerships with the Office of the National Security Advisor, the Ministry of Interior's Police Affairs Agency and local police, the Supreme Judicial Council, and Iraqi civil society organizations.
This contribution brings Germany's total support for the SSR Programme to EUR 1,836,250.
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