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Alexander James de Burgh Forbes,  (16 December 1923 – 10 August 2019), often known as A. J. Forbes, was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1956 to 1975 as a member of the Liberal Party, representing the Division of Barker in South Australia. He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments of the 1960s and 1970s, serving as Minister for the Navy (1963–1964), Army (1963–1966), Health (1966–1971), and Immigration (1971–1972). At his death, Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister who served in the ministries of Sir Robert Menzies, Harold Holt and John McEwen, as well as the First Gorton Ministry.

Early life and military service
Forbes was born on 16 December 1923 in Hobart, the son of Brigadier Alexander Moore Forbes. He was educated on the Australian mainland, at Knox Grammar School in Sydney and at St Peter's College in Adelaide. Having graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1942, he was commissioned into the Australian Army. He was stationed in Darwin in 1943, then assigned to the 2nd Mountain Battery. On 24 April 1945, Forbes was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the South West Pacific. There was a dynastic tradition of exceptional military courage: his father had also won the MC during the First World War, and his brother Patrick Forbes later won the award during the Korean War, "the only known instance of three members of an Australian family winning similar decorations for bravery in three consecutive wars".

Following the end of the Second World War, Forbes was part of Australia's victory contingent in the London Victory Celebrations of 1946. After his discharge from the army in 1947, he studied at the University of Adelaide where he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree in 1950. He then undertook postgraduate studies in political science at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was awarded a PhD in 1954. His thesis was titled The Attitude of the Dominions to Security and Welfare, 1939–45. Upon his return to Australia he lectured in political science at the University of Adelaide. He married Margaret Blackburn, the daughter of Victoria Cross recipient Brigadier Arthur Blackburn, in 1952 at St Peter-in-the-East, Oxford. They had five children together.

Politics

Early career
Forbes was president of the Mount Lofty branch of the Liberal and Country League from 1948 to 1951, as well as the founding president of the Adelaide University Liberal Union. He first stood for parliament at the 1955 federal election, aged 31, losing to the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) member Pat Galvin in the seat of Kingston. The following year, he won the Liberal nomination at a by-election for the much friendlier seat of Barker caused by the death of Speaker Archie Cameron. He held the seat of Barker until his retirement in 1975.

In parliament, Forbes became part of the "Oxbridge group", the name given by journalists to a set of "outspoken" Liberal backbenchers who had studied at Oxford and Cambridge. The other members were Les Bury, Harry Turner, and Bill Wentworth; Bury and Forbes were particularly close.

Ministerial career

After the 1963 election, Forbes was elevated to the ministry as Minister for the Army in the Menzies Government. He was also appointed Minister for the Navy on a temporary basis, in the expectation that Fred Chaney would take over once parliament approved an enlargement of the ministry; this occurred in March 1964. The Melbourne–Voyager collision occurred during his tenure, although he was not held responsible. As army minister in the lead-up to the Vietnam War, Forbes successfully advocated for a selective national service scheme as a way of solving the army's manpower problems. This became the National Service Act 1964, and was a compromise between universal conscription and a military reliant upon volunteers. In 2014, he recalled "More than any other person, I had been responsible for persuading Cabinet that they should introduce this scheme. It was the right decision. [...] It was never terribly popular but it was a very fair system and I had to take the burden for that."

After the retirement of Robert Menzies in January 1966, Forbes was appointed Minister for Health in the Holt Government. He made the controversial decision to close the government-owned Canberra Abattoir, the announcement of which in March 1969 prompted the resignation of the entire Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council. The abattoir was sold to private owners in June 1969. Forbes also made the decision to ban the importation into Australia of cheese made from unpasteurised milk, based on advice from the National Health and Medical Research Council. This also proved controversial, and the ban was deferred twice. Forbes retained the health ministry in the Gorton Government and was tasked with implementing the government's national health scheme, based on the recommendations of the Nimmo Inquiry. The scheme came into effect on 1 January 1970 and provided free health insurance for low-income earners, while maintaining a reliance on private insurance.

In March 1971, William McMahon replaced Gorton as prime minister and Forbes was appointed Minister for Immigration, a title he held until the McMahon Government's defeat in the 1972 election. He resisted British pressure to admit ethnically-Asian refugees expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin's regime, stating "Applications by Asians in Uganda will continue to be considered on their individual merits in accordance with our non-European immigration policies. These policies reflect the firm and unshakeable determination of the Government to maintain a homogeneous society in Australia." Forbes also ordered the deportation of musician Joe Cocker in 1972, after a small quantity of cannabis was found by police in his Adelaide hotel room and he was charged with assault following a brawl at a Melbourne pub. In a 2014 interview Forbes stated that, while he accepted responsibility for the decision, he "didn't think it was necessary" and had been pressured by McMahon who believed it would be politically popular.

Final years in parliament
During the November 1973 House of Representatives session, ALP Prime Minister Gough Whitlam accused Forbes of having abused the Government's hospitality by drinking too much at a reception for the visiting New Zealand prime minister Norman Kirk. Forbes demanded that the remark be withdrawn; and Opposition Leader Billy Snedden, for his part, told parliament that Whitlam should be ashamed of himself. Snedden described Whitlam as "gutless". Whitlam responded: "It is what [Forbes] put in his guts that rooted him." Eventually, Whitlam (at the insistence of Speaker James Francis Cope) withdrew the remark, but only after ensuring that it had been transcribed by Hansard's stenographers.

An enraged Forbes followed Whitlam out of the chamber, calling him a "filthy bastard". Whitlam retorted: "Look, he's still shaking." Forbes stated that any shaking was due to sciatica and not alcohol consumption.

In early 1975 Snedden, having failed to defeat Whitlam at the previous year's election, was deposed as Opposition Leader by Malcolm Fraser. Forbes immediately resigned from the frontbench and chose to retire at the next election, having become disillusioned with the internal conflict within the Liberal Party.

After politics
Forbes was chairman of Commonwealth Serum Laboratories from 1978 to 1984. He also served on the council of the National Library of Australia from 1979 to 1985, including as chairman from 1982 to 1985. He maintained an involvement with politics after leaving parliament, and in 1979 was elected South Australian state president of the Liberal Party. In May 1982, Forbes was elected as the party's new federal president, defeating John Herron and Joy Mein to replace Sir John Atwill. He resigned the position in July 1985, delivering a "stern call for unity" in his final address to the party's federal council.

In 2011, 36 years after his retirement from parliament, it was reported that he had spent $16,000 on subsidised flights in the first six months of 2011, charging taxpayers for a total of 29 flights for himself and his family.

Having lived for many years in the Adelaide eastern suburb of St Peters, he died at Calvary Wakefield Hospital, aged 95, on 10 August 2019.

Awards and honours
In 1977, Forbes was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in recognition of service to the parliament. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001, "for service to the Commonwealth Parliament and as Chairman, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories".

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Japan Display had planned to raise 80 billion yen ($740 million) from a Chinese-Taiwanese consortium involving TPK. On Monday, it also said it had not yet received any notice from consortium members Cosgrove Global Ltd and Topnotch Corporate Ltd, from which it was expecting a combined $130 million.
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Q: Syntax error when using import dropbox in Python 3 I'm trying to use Dropbox with Python 3.  It appears to install OK but when I try to import it, I get a syntax error (see below).  It's only supported on 3.4+ and I'm using 3.2... I wondered if that's the problem but I found a website (in the original German or in English using Google Translate which doesn't get the formatting quite right) which is using Dropbox with Python 3.2 on a Raspberry Pi - and that's exactly what I want to do.
Thanks in advance - any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
pi@jsmd ~ $ sudo pip-3.2 install --upgrade dropbox
Requirement already up-to-date: dropbox in /usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/dropbox-4.0-py3.2.egg
Requirement already up-to-date: urllib3 in /usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages (from dropbox)
Requirement already up-to-date: requests>=2.5.1 in /usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages (from dropbox)
Requirement already up-to-date: six>=1.3.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages (from dropbox)
Cleaning up...

pi@jsmd ~ $ python3.2
Python 3.2.3 (default, Mar  1 2013, 11:53:50)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import dropbox
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/dropbox-4.0-py3.2.egg/dropbox/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .dropbox import __version__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/dropbox-4.0-py3.2.egg/dropbox/dropbox.py", line 19, in <module>
    from .base import DropboxBase
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/dropbox-4.0-py3.2.egg/dropbox/base.py", line 7, in <module>
    from . import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/dropbox-4.0-py3.2.egg/dropbox/files.py", line 5157
    Metadata._parent_shared_folder_id_validator = bv.Nullable(bv.String(pattern=u'[-_0-9a-zA-Z:]+'))
                                                                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

A: The current version of the provided Dropbox Python SDK uses the u'...' notation to define Unicode literals. This is a syntax introduced in Python 3.3 to assist in writing code that works both on Python 2 and 3.
The blog post doesn't detail how they managed to skirt the minimum requirements; I can only think that the library has been updated to take advantage of newer Python features to simplify polyglot Python code after the post was published.
The current dropbox package version is 4.0; take a look through the versions on the simple pypi page for the package and see if an earlier version works for you, instead.
I'm not sure the version the blog used is available though. Version 3.12 was published to PyPI in August 2015, so well after May 2015 (when the blog post was posted) and already requires Python 3.3 or newer (judging by the initial API v2 commit on Github). The next older release is version 2.2.0, which goes back to September 2014 and uses Dropbox API version 1.

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mCRPC Treatment
In this presentation, Robert Bristow speaks on the concept of local radiotherapy to the primary tumor in the metastatic prostate cancer setting at the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2019. Dr. Bristow's presentation covers the concept of oligometastatic disease, the rationale for treating the primary tumor, and the future role of metastases-directed therapy including different radiotherapy and surgical volumes, and incorporating modern imaging modalities.
Robert Bristow, MD, University Professor of Cancer Studies, The University of Manchester, Director, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Chief Academic Officer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute.
Written Coverage: APCCC 2019: Local Treatment of the Primary (RT) in the Metastatic Situation
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Robert Bristow: Thank you. So there will be a talk of surgery in the setting of hormone sensitive prostate cancer and I will stick to radiotherapy. Just when we think of oligometastic disease and the clinical concept, we talked a lot about this yesterday about the definitions of oligometastases, different systemic treatments, et cetera, and really I'll focus then on what is shown here in the red diagram, hormone sensitive disease. And as we look to the right table by Charles Ryan and colleagues, we can see that in fact, CHAARTED, STAMPEDE, and GETUG all used the same definition of high versus low volume in terms of the metastatic concepts. So a clinical concept is quite clear. What we're really talking about is running after the number of metastasis, but there's a biologic concept and that's what I want to focus on this talk, that is implicit in the oligometastic concept from Hellman and Weichselbaum was that it was a less aggressive disease course.
It was a unique subset of patients that might benefit. It was having unique biologic characteristics and that would allow a therapeutic window of treatment and limited in numbers. And of course, metastasectomy and ablative MDT approaches were known to occur for lung, liver, and brain. So the first hypothesis, of course, is that the primary tumor has polyclonal disease and this can give rise to a limited number of metastases, oligometastases. And the second component could be polymetastatic in terms of some clones and we don't know which or which within a given tumor.
A second hypothesis, but not mutually exclusive, as in fact those oligometastases can metastasize as a data from Steve Bova and others. So, in fact, ablating those oligometastases might prevent a progression. But of course the biology could change with treatments. So the rationale for treating the primary, clinically, is that retrospective now, level one with radiotherapy suggests improvements in survival. There has been a discussion about local symptomatic progression, lethal cancer clones left in situ.
This is either rare or unknown and also that it's safe and it's probably true. The biologic entity, however, of this disease is unknown. We don't know whether or not that polymetastatic, oligometastatic, arch actually exists in patients. We don't know about the immuno landscape. And of course, metastases themselves may be heterogeneous with respect to genomics, immune surveillance, AR signaling and the tumor micro requirement.
So we saw this plot yesterday quite a bit to pre-specified analysis, looking at low and high burden within the STAMPEDE trial, Parker et al, showing again the standard of care plus local radiotherapy and men with hormone sensitive metastatic cancer showed improved overall survival and failure free survival. And this is data from Noel Clarke, and I thank Adnan Ali and Noel Clarke for giving me this data.
Again showing the sensitivity analysis in terms of a hazard ratio with respect to increasing number of metastases in the patient. And here what was really exciting was that for the first time we had a predictive assay for outcome. That is the bone scan itself, and it didn't appear to differ whether these were lymph node or bony mets in terms of the effective rate of therapy and overall survival.
So the question is, does the imaging really matter? In an era where we were talking about yesterday about PSMA, sodium fluoride, whole body MRI, I don't know whether or not these tests would actually give a different result. The bone scan, remember, was predictive. The hazard ratio in that low burden with a pre-specified analysis was important and it may be that more specific or sensitive, rather [inaudible 00:03:36] than using different imaging modalities may just call out the population that will benefit from radiotherapy.
Hence the ROTC imagery group really asking for different imaging modalities we looked at within the clinical care pathway for these men. Recently a meta analysis, rather, has been completed by the stopgap M1 looking at the HORRAD trial as well as the STAMPEDE trial was discussed yesterday and showing a 7% improvement in three year survival in men with fewer than five bone metastases when radiotherapy was used was standard of care.
So does the radiotherapy dose and volume matter? Well in terms of dose? Apparently not weekly radiotherapy to 36 gray or daily radiotherapy over four weeks over to 55 grays did not show a difference within the STAMPEDE trial. However, the pelvis was not irradiated and we don't know whether that would've changed the result because the lymph nodes [inaudible 00:04:32] an immunomodulatory effect.
In terms of bowel and bladder toxicity, it was well tolerated and what we don't know at the present time is whether or not there'll be some late side effects associated with this result. We heard yesterday about metastasis directed therapy in the presence of oligometastic prostate cancer. Again, a number of different definitions just showing this STOMP trial again by Piet Ost, but there are a number of other randomized studies in lung and in prostate cancer now showing an overall survival benefit with MDT and there are ongoing clinical phase three trials in this space.
What about surgery versus radiotherapy? We can talk about that. So clearly retrospective reviews have suggested that there could be a benefit, and now that has been tested in the g-RAMMP trial. The SWOG trial in TROMBONE is a feasibility and if positive, these trials would start to inform a trial between surgery and radiotherapy, but if it's negative then it suggests that radiotherapy may have a specific effect beyond surgery. And of course, the STAMPEDE M arm to Noel Clarke in the STAMPEDE group here will be randomizing now patients to MDT plus local radiotherapy versus local radiotherapy alone in hormone sensitive disease.
The target hazard ratio is 0.75, 1800 patients for recruitment. There'll be a sub stratification in terms of number of metastases as well as lymph node involvement. And there also will be a surgery sub trial based on the slide before.
So do we know in the last minutes the biologic state of M1 hormone sensitive prostate cancer that we are treating? Well this as data from Howard Scher's group, really showing that the alteration frequency on the left of a number of mutations that we care about is probably intermediate in the metastatic non-class rate setting between that local, regional and metastatic castrate resistant. But we have to admit and looking to the right that that plot of non castrate metastatic disease versus local regional disease is actually, there's a paucity of mutations there and whole genome sequencing [inaudible 00:06:30] done in this setting. So there's a paucity of data on genomic and immune cell heterogeneity with an untreated primary and the metastases in N1 and M1 disease and then MOVEMBER Gap6 project and Combi-Mets studies are addressing this.
We are looking now to start a biomarker trial soon. HYPROGEN in which we will be giving patients Pimonidazole, an oral agent that will actually label all of the hypoxic cells in the body including metastases and the primary tumor and with multi parametric MRI as well as PSMA tracking the outcome of these patients. But actually trying to define the genomics in untreated M1 disease and then to track those metastases over time.
I think it's important also that in terms of a hypothesis and thinking about biomarkers going forward, we do know that radiotherapy can elicit an immune response and abscopal response so that DNA breaks and micro nuclei associated with that therapy can change the environmental milieu within the primary tumor and this can give rise to cytokines and growth factors and different immune responses that may have an effect on systemic disease.
So some conclusions then for level 1 evidence. Radiotherapy should be added to standard of care systemic therapy in newly diagnosed M1 low burden prostate cancer and consider similar treatment as we discussed yesterday with node positive disease and we're awaiting the PEACE-1 trial to look at docetaxel versus abiraterone as additions to ADT in the setting of radiotherapy.
But importantly, it's a treatment that is effective for overall survival. It's relatively inexpensive if you give the prostate radiotherapy alone and it's well tolerated even for weekly radiation. This is important as our population ages. The surgical trials are ongoing to determine if removal of the prostate gives a similar result. Appears to be well tolerated, important to continue these trials I think to [inaudible 00:08:17] mechanism between surgery or radiotherapy.
So it's not yet about choice, but hopefully soon it will be about biology. So some speculations for me. Future trials should answer questions regarding rules for different surgical volumes or radiotherapy volumes, modern imaging. What about germline changing the systemic therapies and then also MDT. And we need more biologic information around the micro environment, immuno landscaping, and the missing information on genetics. Thank you.


When you want to make a big impression, sending a beautiful spathiphyllum is practically heaven sent. With its glossy leaves and brilliant white blossoms, this plant is super easy to care for. At the same time, it cares for indoor environments as well, cleansing the air of several toxic elements. It's simply elegant and simply wonderful.


What happens when wineries, craft breweries, sake and cider producers, and restaurants all get together in the same San Diego 'hood? A must-visit craft hotspot called Miralani Makers District.
Located in Miramar on the corner of Camino Ruiz and Miralani Drive, the district features a variety of businesses with all craft products made onsite. Members include wineries Charlie & Echo and India Street Winery, Setting Sun Sake, Serpentine Cider, Mr. G's Salsa, Deli Sushi & Desserts, along with craft breweries Align Brewing Company, Protector Brewery, Thunderhawk Alements and 2Kids Brewing Co.
Two district movers and shakers, Eric Van Drunen of Charlie & Echo Wine and Dan Denison of India Street Winery talked to PACIFIC about the genesis of Miralani Makers District, which San Diego wines to try, and their perfect wine and food pairing.
How did you first become involved with forming the Miralani Makers District?
ERIC VAN DRUNEN: When we moved into our new location in May, we started chatting with the other craft producers about promoting the area as a destination, since together we have all the craft beverage bases covered - beer, wine, cider, mead, sake, and hopefully soon a distiller. It wasn't really any one person's idea - we've all been collectively on board with working together to promote the district.
DAN DENISON: It wasn't hard to see that something unique was happening and I think the same light bulb went off over all the owners' heads simultaneously. At the first meeting I've never seen such cooperation and agreement. Every decision about the direction of Miralani Makers District (MMD) seems to be made so easily.
What's the relationship between all of the businesses?
Van Drunen: We are all separate small businesses with the common bond of craft. We've already hosted a pub crawl for a non-profit and are collaborating on the upcoming San Diego Beer Week - even though we're a winery, we've got a sparkling sour that's very similar to a fruit lambic beer.
Van Drunen: I'd say Zinfandel. It was my first wine love. When it's done a little lean with good pepper notes, it's hard to beat, and it is California's wine grape.
For someone who's never tried a San Diego-made wine, what would you recommend trying first?
Denison: Henry James called Southern California "Italy waiting for a history." The grapes that grow best down here are the Mediterranean varietal. We can do better Barbera and Sangiovese then anywhere in California. A couple of the best kept secrets are the quality of our Sauvignon Blanc and Cab Franc.
Van Drunen: Our 2014 The Alchemist port-style wine and N.Y. cheesecake. The orange peel and spice notes of the wine marry with cheese flavors, while the sweet and astringent textures of the wine balance out with the sweet and savory characteristics of the cheesecake.
What's up next for the district?
Van Drunen: Many of the makers in the district are celebrating their grand openings or first years in the upcoming months. We're completing a logo for the district now, and will be getting some road signage along with poster-size directory maps for all the businesses. We'll also be putting together a social media presence for the district.


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Q: ATT Assembly (arithmetic and logical operations) // Code I'll be working with
int shift_left2_rightn(int x, int n)
{
    x <<= 2;
    x >>= n;
    return x;
}

Question 1. Left shift = SAL and SHL. My book says they have the same effect. Then why are there two shift operations?
For example:
movl    8(%ebp), %eax    //Get x
_______                  //x <<= 2

My book gives an answer of
sall    $2, %eax

would
shll    $2, %eax

also been the correct answer?
Question 2:
In layman's terms what is the difference between SHR and SAR? My book says one is a logical shift (fills with zeroes) and other is arithmetic shift (fills with copies of the sign bit).
Fills what with 0's/sign bits?
For example:
How would I know which one to use with the following assembly instructions?
movl   12(%ebp), %ecx   //Get n
______                  //x >>=n

Back of the book has the answer
sarl   %cl, %eax

Please explain to me what would happen if we used shrl.
Thanks for your help with understanding this!!

A: sal and shl are synonymous, they have identical opcodes.
As sar does signed division by 2 rounding numbers towards negative infinity (-Inf), and shr does unsigned division by 2, probably engineers at Intel have decided to incorporate also both sal and shl even if they are synonymous.
Here's an example what shr and sar do:
mov al,0b10001000 ; 0b10001000 = 136d = -120d (2's complement)

shr al,1          ; 0b01000100 =  68d =   68d (2's complement)

mov al,0b10001000 ; 0b10001000 = 136d = -120d (2's complement)

sar al,1          ; 0b11000100 = 196d =  -60d (2's complement)

So shr fills with zeroes, and sar fills with the sign bit.
shr is for unsigned divisions or bit shifts in general, and sar for signed divisions.

A: There really isn't two different operations, just two names for the same instruction.
If you shift right, there is a difference between signed (SAR) and unsigned values (SHR), so one operation sign extends and the other does not.
When shifting left there is no difference, but it still has two names (SAL and SHL) just for the symmetry with the right shifts. They both map to the same machine code.


The Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, site of the NFL 2019 annual meeting, in Phoenix.
Since winning their sixth Super Bowl last month, the Patriots remain the talk of the NFL, even if they've been relatively low-key when it comes to the league's free-agent signing period, which began on March 13.
The spotlight is sure to follow the club next week, when pro football's power brokers convene for the 2019 NFL Annual Meeting. For the fourth time in seven years, the yearly springtime gathering will take place in Phoenix, Arizona, a popular location for the league's owners, general managers, head coaches, and other influential executives, including Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The meeting officially opens on Sunday evening and closes Wednesday afternoon. However, most of the real business – debating and voting on rule change, bylaw, and resolution proposals, as well as other league issues – typically takes place on the Monday and Tuesday in between.
In past years, the Patriots have actively sought to amend certain rules by sponsoring their own proposals. For the fourth consecutive year, though, New England did not submit any such motions. Nevertheless, there seem to be at least a few items on this year's agenda that the Patriots might like to see approved.
There are 16 proposals to alter the NFL rule book this year. Seven were submitted by the NFL's Competition Committee, the remainder by various clubs. Many appear to overlap.
Proposal 6, by the Competition Committee, seeks a one-year trial period that would expand instant replay reviews to include (among other things) pass interference and roughing the passer penalties. Washington has submitted two proposals (numbers 9 and 10), one calling for all plays in a game to be subject to instant replay review and coaches' challenges, and another that would allow personal fouls to be reviewable.
In Proposal 11, Kansas City is asking for the latter to include personal fouls that are called, as well as those that aren't called, and that they be among the plays that coaches can challenge. Carolina, the L.A. Rams, Philadelphia, and Seattle have partnered on a proposal, No. 12, which would give coaches the freedom to challenge calls (made or not made by officiating crews on the field) involving player safety.
Philadelphia (No. 13) and Denver (Nos. 14 and 15) are offering solo proposals to have specific plays or circumstances included in the allowable instant replay review system.
At prior Annual Meetings, the Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick have submitted and argued in favor of changing the rule book to allow head coaches more leeway when it comes to challenging officiating decisions and having plays reviewed. It would be fair to assume, therefore, that New England might support any or all of these similar proposed changes.
New England is always well-represented at the Annual Meeting, and this year will be no different. According to the NFL's Media Information Guide, Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft is scheduled to serve on four NFL Committees, including the Media Committee which he chairs. He's also slated to sit on the NFL Network, Finance, and Compensation Committees. All are returning seats for Kraft.
Patriots president Jonathan Kraft will reprise his role as chairman of the Digital Media Committee and serve on the Business Ventures Committee, of which he's been a member for several years.
Head coach Bill Belichick is also expected to attend and take part in the mandatory NFL Coaches Breakfast on Tuesday morning. For that hour, he and the league's other 31 head coaches must field questions from the media.
It's possible, of course, that New England could continue to conduct roster-related business next week. With all the key decision-makers from each of the 32 teams being in the same place at the same time, it's conceivable, for example, that additional contract extensions/restructures, free agent signings, and draft choice trades could be executed.
A patriots.com team will be on the ground in Phoenix to cover whatever transpires next week. Look for written and video updates Monday and Tuesday right here on patriots.com.


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import java.math.*;

import javax.annotation.Generated;

import com.amazonaws.services.fsx.model.*;
import com.amazonaws.transform.SimpleTypeJsonUnmarshallers.*;
import com.amazonaws.transform.*;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
import static com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken.*;

/**
 * NFSDataRepositoryConfiguration JSON Unmarshaller
 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
public class NFSDataRepositoryConfigurationJsonUnmarshaller implements Unmarshaller<NFSDataRepositoryConfiguration, JsonUnmarshallerContext> {

    public NFSDataRepositoryConfiguration unmarshall(JsonUnmarshallerContext context) throws Exception {
        NFSDataRepositoryConfiguration nFSDataRepositoryConfiguration = new NFSDataRepositoryConfiguration();

        int originalDepth = context.getCurrentDepth();
        String currentParentElement = context.getCurrentParentElement();
        int targetDepth = originalDepth + 1;

        JsonToken token = context.getCurrentToken();
        if (token == null)
            token = context.nextToken();
        if (token == VALUE_NULL) {
            return null;
        }

        while (true) {
            if (token == null)
                break;

            if (token == FIELD_NAME || token == START_OBJECT) {
                if (context.testExpression("Version", targetDepth)) {
                    context.nextToken();
                    nFSDataRepositoryConfiguration.setVersion(context.getUnmarshaller(String.class).unmarshall(context));
                }
                if (context.testExpression("DnsIps", targetDepth)) {
                    context.nextToken();
                    nFSDataRepositoryConfiguration.setDnsIps(new ListUnmarshaller<String>(context.getUnmarshaller(String.class))

                    .unmarshall(context));
                }
                if (context.testExpression("AutoExportPolicy", targetDepth)) {
                    context.nextToken();
                    nFSDataRepositoryConfiguration.setAutoExportPolicy(AutoExportPolicyJsonUnmarshaller.getInstance().unmarshall(context));
                }
            } else if (token == END_ARRAY || token == END_OBJECT) {
                if (context.getLastParsedParentElement() == null || context.getLastParsedParentElement().equals(currentParentElement)) {
                    if (context.getCurrentDepth() <= originalDepth)
                        break;
                }
            }
            token = context.nextToken();
        }

        return nFSDataRepositoryConfiguration;
    }

    private static NFSDataRepositoryConfigurationJsonUnmarshaller instance;

    public static NFSDataRepositoryConfigurationJsonUnmarshaller getInstance() {
        if (instance == null)
            instance = new NFSDataRepositoryConfigurationJsonUnmarshaller();
        return instance;
    }
}

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This gorgeous vintage bicycle has been printed from an original embroidery, and is a firm favourite in our collections. Send a friendly greeting to a loved one with this cute and quirky little design. Blank inside ready for you to add your own message.


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Michelle talked to People about Paul Walker and the 'Fast and Furious' franchise. I added HD screencaptures to the gallery and you can find the HD clip below.
A huge thanks to my friend Maggie for helping me with the clip.


When the San Diego Fleet face off against the San Antonio Commanders this coming Saturday, the two teams won't just kick off the first season of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). The game, as well as the face-off between the Atlanta Legends and the Orlando Apollos, is also supposed to be the beginning of an ambitious new data venture, which is being piloted with the league's new iOS and Android mobile apps.
"Our business started as a technology business," AAF founder and CEO Charlie Ebersol told Variety this week. The league spent some 18 months building the technology behind its mobile app, which isn't just meant to relay the typical mix of news, clips, and player profiles. Instead, AAF's app is allowing fans to follow games with a real-time visualization that Ebersol likened to "'Madden' meets 'Angry Birds,'" with animated football helmets representing each and every player whizzing over a virtual field.
The AAF isn't the first attempt to launch a new football league, and keep fans of the sport hooked beyond Super Bowl Sunday. Past efforts have failed, and AAF's will get some added competition next year when Vince McMahon launches his own XFL league.
However, things have changed since the XFL's first incarnation back in 2001. One significant shift has been the legalization of sports betting, which some predict to bring in as much as $7 billion per year. That helped to convince investors to open their check books, said Ebersol (the league counts the Chernin Group among its investors, which also is backing the sports betting-focused Action Network).
The other major change has been advancements in technology, which ultimately enable new business models. Case in point: Major League Baseball launched MLB Advanced Media as a way to live-stream its games to fans. The subsidiary built out its own video streaming infrastructure, and began powering other media companies as well, ranging from HBO to ESPN, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Ultimately, MLB Advanced Media spun out its technology into BAMTech, a company that is now majority-owned by Disney after a combined $2.75 billion buy-out.
Ebersol's ambitious plan is to follow MLB Advanced Media's playbook, but with a focus on data instead of video. "That's 100% our model," he said. As part of that strategy, AAF plans to license its data tech to other sports leagues, sports betting outlets, and ultimately non-sports businesses as well.
But first, that technology has to be literally field-tested, starting with Saturday's games. Ebersol admitted that there may be bugs during the first few events. "We are definitely gonna fall on our face a few times over the next couple of weeks," he said. Even so, he predicted that fans will love the new data-driven experience. "It really does look like nothing you have seen before," Ebersol concluded.


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Hollow Twin – "Bound By Blood"
by Nick Sessanna | Nov 9, 2016 | New Music
Hollow Twin is a dark folk act based out of Vancouver, BC. We dig their latest offering, "Bound By Blood," a moody tune featuring a rolling drumbeat, ethereal instrumentals, and the duo's soulful vocals. The duo is made up of Emmalee Watts and Becky Wosk who bonded over their "old souls" and love of vintage music. They will surely appeal to fans of Lana Del Rey, Now, Now, or Ellie Goulding
Hollow Twin is on Bandcamp.


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if we entangle the key, this attack somewhat-trivally doesn't work. the
problem is that both the tests for X, -X fail, and then we decide to measure
in the computational basis. This breaks the key.

so we need to not do that.

ideas:

  * can we find out which qubits are entangled without destroying them?
  * what does this say about the possible states we can clone?

todo:

  * I've deleted all the misc code re quantum registers and am waiting to
  replace it with the little 'pyqubits' library. will need to figure out how
  to do that before i can run any of this again.


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Hesse election: In the battle for voters, the policy discovered by the consumer
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Over a period of months, it was the AfD, now there are the Greens, the influence on the political Agenda. In search of voters, the CSU discovered-Chairman Horst Seehofer suddenly typical Green-issues – which strongly reminds us of the tactics of Angela Merkel, the also popular topics of other parties on your own Agenda.
Obviously, issues of climate protection and of consumer protection, "but of far greater importance than we have seen so far in terms of practical politics," said Seehofer in the ZDF-show "What now?". In it, he provides for areas "where we decided better to be".
The commitment of Seehofer's consumer surprised protection. In the past, the Union parties took care not particularly affectionate to this policy field. Seehofer was the first German government under Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) between 2005 and 2008, consumer protection Minister. However, this was more of a coincidence. Seehofer's predecessor, Renate Künast (Alliance 90/ The Greens) had made from the agriculture Ministry the "Federal Ministry of consumer protection, food and agriculture". Seehofer did not want to remove the word consumer protection, then again from the name, but applied it to the last point: the Federal Ministry of food, agriculture and consumer protection, it was under him. After the Bundestag election 2013, the consumer switched to protection at the Ministry of justice.
Now the consumer is back protection of the CDU/CSU Agenda forward. This is not surprising, if you look at only the height of the flight of the Greens in the state Parliament elections in Bavaria, but also a survey of the opinion research from Kantar's TNS Emnid, in the context of the current consumer reports 2018. There is a little more than 1000 people were asked which political party uses up most for the protection of consumers. 22 percent said the Green, only five percent of the CDU/CSU. The were once again less than a year earlier. At that time, ten percent opted still for the Union parties. The Greens came to 20 percent.
people expect more support from the policy. 83 percent of respondents reported that their interests had to be protected by the policy, however, only a quarter of trusts the policy to do in terms of consumer protection, the Right thing to do. "The trust in the policy of the Federal government is the issue of consumer protection very low", said Klaus Müller, member of the Board of the Federal Association of consumer organisations vzbv, at the presentation of the survey results. To flight chaos and diesel scandal would have contributed this summer. The people expected of the policy solutions to their problems. "When it comes to Diesel, the Federal government has slept through the opportunity to achieve something in the interests of the consumer," said Müller. More pace and enforcement will be also in the case of high-speed Internet, private pensions, and fair energy prices is necessary.
In this direction, the response of the Greens to Seehofer's notice, to do to you in the future to emulate. "The knowledge of the Union that it has not done in the consumer's protection so far, with energy, is not enough," said Tabea Rössner, a consumer Affairs spokesperson of the parliamentary group Alliance 90/ The Greens. There is an urgent need for action. Seehofer's CSU colleague Andreas Scheuer had to use a long time for the diesel holder and effective measures on the way. As a further points in the tasks folder, you call the digital consumer protection, in order to prevent the misuse of data and discrimination by algorithmic decision-making systems. Even the everyday hassles issues such as waiting loops, dubious phone advertising, or collection, not the coalition, Rössner.
concern about the "Merkel-power word"
strong words coming from the coalition partner SPD. He can see in the announcement Seehofer's an overdue u-turn, said Johannes Fechner, consumer policy spokesman of the Bundestag group. All too often, the Union have followed so far, the interests of corporations instead of the consumer. His party would take "Mr Seehofer at his word, if he should remain in office," said Fechner. On the account of the SPD Fechner recognized, among other things, the pattern-action lawsuit against Volkswagen, which is to be collected in the coming month on the Basis of one of his party forced law. Other points in the coalition agreement the SPD in favour of the consumer. The introduction of a repair clause to the design rights belong to, with the help of the consumer more favorable spare parts for their cars, and that much money could save.
The Problem for the SPD: Similar to the CDU/CSU is not even seen them yet as a party that cares more about the interests of consumers. Just ten percent of the Kantar TNS Emnid, interviewed people you see in the role. The trend is also declining. In the previous year, there were still 14 percent.
critics fear the Seehofer declared stronger focus on consumer protection disadvantages of Germany as an economic location. But so far only a few so clearly as Volkswagen chief, Herbert Diess, warned in a fiery speech to the fact that the "current campaign" against individual mobility and, hence, against the car, "existence-threatening proportions". The concern with him is obviously great that it comes in the coming weeks, but is still the top consumer advocates, Klaus Müller, the required power word of Chancellor Merkel in the Diesel affair.
On the associations it demonstrates yet Serenity. You will participate in the debate on the consumer policy approaches in the future, "constructively critical," said Iris Plöger, member of the main Board of the Federal Association of the German industry.
In the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag is, at least in this respect, the all-clear in the direction of the economy, that you will not overdo it in the consumer's protection in the future. "Our mission is to be the consumer at eye-level," said the consumer Affairs spokesperson Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker. "We have to trust him a little. We want him Munden, not before and not to over-regulate." However, the CDU/CSU would see it realistic that, in many situations, regulation is necessary, to these eyes, to recover the amount. In the real world is Volkswagen, in the digital world, for example Facebook.
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There are always agendas being pushed immediately after shootings. Most notably by President Obama. After the shooting Thursday in Dallas, Obama decided to blame "powerful weapons," in order to push his anti-Second Amendment movement.
The problem is that Obama spoke too soon. He started rambling before all of the facts were in. This time the murderer used a semi-automatic rifle, one that is more than 70 years old, as well as a handgun. These are not quite the "powerful weapons" that Obama is trying to get out of everyone's hands.
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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Faculty Merit Awards are designed to provide matched funding to support a faculty member's research career in one of two categories: 1) as a clinician investigator (CI) or clinician educator (CE) (one protected academic day/week), or 2) as a clinician scientist (CS) (two protected academic days/week). The following faculty members have been awarded the Junior Faculty Awards and Merit Awards to aid them in completeing the following studies. For more information on these awards, click here.
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This award is for an individual recently commencing their career at a UofT Hospital. This award category is open to any recently hired faculty member within 3 years of commencing employment. Any individual who is already fully funded for their research job description within their hospital environment is considered to be within the community of JFA recipients. These awards can also be extended.
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Stefania Ronzoni Endotoxin: a novel biomarker to detect intrauterine infection as a cause of spontaneous preterm birth July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Eliane Shore Enhancing Surgical Performance Through Simulation and Technology July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2020 St. Michael's Hospital
Andrea Simpson Minimally invasive gynaecologic surgery, endometrial hyperplasia and malignancy, and other topics in health services research July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022 St. Michael's Hospital
John Snelgrove Reproductive, perinatal, and mental health outcomes following severe maternal morbidity July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022 Mount Sinai Hospital
Tim Van Mieghem Advancing diagnosis and treatment for fetuses with central nervous system anomalies July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2020 Mount Sinai Hospital
Applicants select either the clinician investigator or clinician educator award (2 years) or the clinician scientist award (4 years). Each type of award requires a parallel match in both the duration of time and funds from the hospital. Individuals in the JFA program will graduate in alignment with commencement of new CI, CE and CS awards. In exceptional circumstances, transition will be possible from a JFA to a 4-year Clinician Scientist award. Any individual who has continuing hospital salary support for their research job description is considered to be within the community of Merit Award recipients.
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Chinese warship soldiers point guns at Vietnamese supply boat in Vietnam's waters
Friday, November 27, 2015, 13:27 GMT+7
The Chinese warship coded 995 is seen when it was bullying the Vietnamese supply ship Hai Dang 05 off Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on November 13, 2015.
Four Chinese vessels, including two coast guard ships and a warship, bullied and scared away a Vietnamese supply ship off Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago a fortnight ago, the captain of the local boat said.
Tran Van Nga, captain of the supply boat Hai Dang 05, managed by East Vietnam Sea and Islands Maritime Safety Company, under the Ministry of Transport's Southern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation, reported what happened to his ship to the company two weeks ago.
The incident occurred when Hai Dang 05 was on a mission of giving supplies to the staff of the lighthouses in Truong Sa, Captain Nga said.
Nguyen Duy Hiet, director of the company, on Thursday confirmed the report and described the incident as extremely dangerous.
At 9:30 am on November 13, Hai Dang 05 was sailing past Subi Reef at a distance of about 12 nautical miles when a Chinese ship appeared, approaching the local vessel and scaring it away.
Subi Reef belongs to Truong Sa but has been illegally occupied by China.
A while later, two Chinese coast guard ships, coded 35115 and 2305, appeared and sped up toward the Vietnamese ship.
"The ship 35115 rushed to the prow of our boat while the ship 2305 darted toward the stern," Captain Nga narrated. "We had to try to steer our boat so that it could avoid colliding with either of the Chinese vessels."
At 11:00 am, a Chinese warship came from Subi Reef and headed for Hai Dang 05, at a speed of 16-18 nautical miles, to support the two coast guard boats to bully the Vietnamese ship, Captain Nga said.
Nga asserted that the warship then used equipment to disrupt radar waves, so the local ship failed to measure distances between itself and other vessels around it.
The warship then repeatedly let off flares toward Hai Dang 05 as a sign of threat and broadcast messages in Chinese through a loudspeaker to drive the local ship away, the captain said.
A Chinese coast guard boat is seen approaching the Vietnamese supply ship Hai Dang 05 on November 13, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of Hai Dang 05 sailors
At 11:30 am, the warship exposed a 37mm artillery gun by removing its wrappings, and more than 10 people in camouflage battledress armed with AR assault rifles were deployed in different positions on board, pointing their guns at the local ship, Captain Nga recounted.
At that time, Hai Dang 05 had 31 crew members aboard, including 17 sailors and 14 employees of the Southern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation.
"As a supply ship, Hai Dang 05 is not armed with any weapons," Captain Nga said.
All the people on board were asked to stay in their rooms and closed the doors, and the ship still kept traveling in line with its initial itinerary while trying to avoid collisions deliberately staged by the Chinese vessels.
Meanwhile, the soldiers on board the Chinese warship kept aiming their guns at the Vietnamese boat until 1:30 pm, when all of the Chinese vessels left, Captain Nga added.
This bullying was reported to the National Border Committee, which will work with the relevant border guard and naval forces to verify it, a source of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper said.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take proper action after such verification, the source said.
Captain Nga said his ship has faced similar threats from Chinese vessels off Truong Sa, but the bullying on November 13 has been the most dangerous case so far.
In response to the incident, Pham Quoc Suy, general director of the Southern Vietnam Maritime Safety Corporation, said these Chinese ships violated the maritime law when they bullied and scared away the Vietnamese supply ship.
Tran Cong Truc, former head of the Government Border Committee, considered this a new action that escalates tension in the East Vietnam Sea.
A similar case happened to another Vietnamese ship, Thuan Thao 36, on October 7, 2015, when many Chinese ships pursued it when it was sailing from Son Ca Island to Song Tu Tay Island, which both belong to Truong Sa, said Hiet, director of the East Vietnam Sea and Islands Maritime Safety Company.
As the Chinese ships formed a formation in front of Thuan Thao 36 to block its way, the local boat had to change its direction to avoid a possible collision, he said.
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'The Bachelorette' alum Ali Fedowotsky, fiance Kevin Manno welcome baby girl Molly Sullivan
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Russian dossier on Trump gaining credibility with law enforcement
By Jeff Pegues
Updated on: February 11, 2017 / 10:21 AM / CBS News
Dossier gains credibility
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CBS News has learned that the 35-page dossier compiled by a former British spy is gaining credibility among law enforcement. Before he was sworn in as President, Donald Trump dismissed the document, but sources tell CBS News that investigators continue to vet it to see whether there is any truth to the allegations.
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At issue is whether the Russian government gathered compromising information on the president during his years of doing business in country as a private citizen. The FBI is leading the investigation but several intelligence agencies are also involved. Typically an investigation of this scale would involve the sources and methods of the CIA and NSA. CNN first reported the sustained interest in the dossier by the intelligence community.
The dossier first came to the attention of U.S. officials several months ago, and it took time for it to circulate. A U.S. official familiar with the document's origin says that even people who discounted it initially have begun to take it more seriously.
This is in part, government sources say, because of statements candidate Trump was making on the campaign trail. While the Obama administration was denouncing what it alleged were Russian efforts to influence the election through cyber attacks, Mr. Trump praised Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Ultimately, the dossier's existence was confirmed when it was revealed that FBI Director James Comey briefed then President-elect Trump with a summary of its unsubstantiated allegations.
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MAINE — Gov. John Baldacci signed two pieces of legislationin May that will force law enforcement agencies to comply with the state'sfreedom of information law. The first law requires all law enforcementagencies to write and adopt a policy explaining how they comply with the MaineFreedom of Access Law, and each agency must also provide training to theirofficers on how to respond to requests. The law states that the Maine CriminalJustice Academy must establish standards for each agency's policy.Thelegislation was introduced in response to a statewide public records audit thatfound many public agencies were not complying with the freedom of informationlaw, which is intended to ensure that the public has access to governmentrecords. The audit, which was conducted on November 19, 2002, by the MaineFreedom of Information Coalition, involved more than 100 volunteer auditors whotraveled to 310 state offices to request access to public documents.TheFOI Coalition reported that police departments denied access more than any otherpublic office. More than a third of the 74 police departments turned downrequests for access to public records, including daily incident reports andpolice logs.Although the Maine Freedom of Access Law does not requirepeople to identify themselves when requesting public documents, the FOICoalition reported that many auditors were asked to present identification,identify their employers or state the reason for their request.The FOICoalition recommended that Maine lawmakers "address the cost of reproduction ofpublic documents and develop standards for what is fair and reasonable." It alsoasked the Maine Municipal Association, the Maine School Management Associationand the Maine Chiefs of Police Association "to make greater efforts to providetraining and ensuring that members abide by Maine's Freedom of Access Law."The Coalition also suggested that police department and school districtsconsider written policies for office staff to respond to requests forinformation."The Coalition is very pleased with the legislation becauseit is really exactly what we hoped the audit would do — prompt legislatorsto recognize that there is a problem," said Judy Meyer, vice president of theFOI Coalition.The second piece of legislation creates a 15-membercommission, made up of representatives from the police, municipal governments,legislators, American Indian tribes and members of the press. The commissionersare scheduled to submit recommendations to the state Legislature by the end ofthis calendar year on how the Maine Freedom of Access Law should be updated tobe most effective. "The law will be looked at with a clean eye," shesaid. "I hope there will be a thorough dusting off of the law."