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Weekend Event Guide
Here are the top 5 things to do in Austin this weekend
Paige Turner
Opportunities for virtual and in-person fun abound this weekend, from the virtual screening of an edgy play to Cirque Italia's dazzling Water Circus. Check out the top five things to do in Austin this weekend.
Dougherty Arts Center presents 893| Ya-ku-za Virtual Screening and Q&A
Tune in for a special online screening of edgy new play 893| Ya-ku-za, originally presented by Generic Ensemble Company and Vortex Repertory Theatre. Viewers will witness the story of main character Aya, the first female member of an infamous Japanese mafia, and her epic rise to the top. An exclusive Q&A with the cast, director, and playwright will immediately follow the performance. Due to the mature subject matter, this event is appropriate for those age 17 and up. Register for the free screening and reserve your digital spot on the event website.
Cirque Italia Water Circus
Thrills, acrobatic skills, and water abound at Cirque Italia's family-friendly aquatic attraction. Water Circus is a spectacular display of artistry on a custom-designed stage holding 35,000 gallons of water. Audiences can expect a dazzling big-top experience full of aerial acts, contortionists, hand balancing, and more breathtaking stunts. Visit the Cirque Italia website to purchase tickets. To ensure proper social distancing is observed, capacity is limited. Water Circus performances are scheduled through January 24.
Big Medium and PrintAustin presents "The Contemporary Print: 5 x 5" opening day
Enjoy this exhibition presented by Big Medium and PrintAustin from the comfort of home. Guests can discover how artists from across the globe approach the printmaking art form. To learn more about this year's selected artists, visit the Big Medium website. Following opening weekend, this exhibition will be on display through February 19. Admission is free.
PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour: Cedar Park Chute Out
The Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour welcomes families to the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park with pod seating and updated safety protocols for the 2021 season. The tour features 45 of the world's top bull riders and two days of high energy competition. Purchase your tickets for a pod of two to six people on the event website. Programming is scheduled through January 16.
The Austin Flea at Radio, Coffee & Beer
Favorite artisan market The Austin Flea is opening its doors for shoppers to enjoy from home or safely in person. This month's event is hosted at Radio Coffee & Bar and will feature handmade goods, vintage wares, and more unique items from talented local makers and curators. The Flea is scheduled every third Sunday monthly through December 2021. For more information on featured vendors or to shop online, go to The Flea website. Admission is free.
Tune into a virtual screening of 893| Ya-ku-za, and stick around for a Q&A with the cast, playwright, and director.
Photo courtesy of Generic Ensemble Company
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CULINARY INNOVATION
9 Austin culinary pioneers win $53k from the Texas Food & Wine Alliance
Amber Heckler
Photo courtesy of the Texas Food & Wine Alliance
Austin organic farm Trosi Farms won $10,000 in grants from the Texas Food & Wine Alliance.
Texas' skyrocketing culinary scene is about to get a huge boost. The Texas Food & Wine Alliance's grant program has awarded $107,500 to 19 culinary innovators around the state. This marks the Alliance's 11th year providing funding to support culinary projects contributing to local communities.
The award winners were announced in a ceremony at Austin's Holdsworth Center on January 21. A private panel of distinguished culinary experts chose the winners out of 40 grant applications this year. Nine winners hail from Austin, three from Dallas-Fort Worth, three from Houston, and four from San Antonio. The awards range from $1,500 to $10,000, with a special $25,000 grant investment from Austin favorite Tito's Handmade Vodka in honor of the company's 25th anniversary. Grant funding will support chefs, farms, and culinary education groups, among others.
Austin-area winners received the most funding from the grant program, totalling $53,750, while San Antonio winners received $21,250. Dallas/Fort Worth winners were awarded $19,750, and the three Houston recipients won $12,750. All of the 2022 winners reflect just how diverse the state's trailblazing culinary scene continues to expand.
"All of this year's funded projects will further enrich the state through innovation and giveback," said Erika White, executive director of the Alliance. "We're extremely grateful to each of the Texas communities, our sponsors and their support in allowing us to reward these mold-breaking projects."
In Austin, organic farm Trosi Farms was awarded the most funding, totalling $10,000 from Tito's and the Austin Food & Wine Alliance. The wild crop-breeding operation will be able to use the funds to construct a germination shed for more stable plant start production. Locavore pioneer Boggy Creek Farm won $7,500 in grants to provide ADA-compliant accessibility to their new climate-controlled Tomato House. Texas' first organic feed mill, Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill & Farm, received $6,250 to help purchase a building to be used as a store for the local community.
The six other Austin area grant recipients, each winning $5,000, include Vista Farms at Vista Brewing, Jamaican family business Tierra Todun ATX, coffee roasters Rising Tide Roast Collaborative, culinary educator Chef Pascal Simon from Bake Austin, East Austin food truck Community Vegan, and Latinx pastry project Comadre Panaderia (who also just earned a James Beard nomination). All winners will be able to use their grants to improve efficiency and expand their businesses, or in Chef Pascal's case, further research and development for her upcoming cookbook for Gen-Z young adults.
After starting the program in Austin, grant co-chair and TFWA past president Cathy Cochran-Lewis says it was the Alliance's dream to expand the grant statewide.
"We're so humbled and thrilled to now not only support worthwhile projects across Texas but also to give more than a half million dollars in funding over the last decade to help dreams come true," she says. "This is a tribute to the culinary talent and the community mindset we are lucky to have in our state."
Out of the four San Antonio area winners, Talking Tree Farm received the most from the grant program, $6,250 to purchase shipping containers for storage and to buy a solar-powered cold room for their harvests. John Marshall High School's culinary arts program will use their $5,000 grant to establish a morning café. Agricultural project Habitable Spaces and pasture-raised chicken farm Cielito Lindo Farm also won $5,000 each to purchase equipment or build infrastructure to further their endeavors in the culinary space.
The winners in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas include:
Café Momentum – $8,500
Wicked Bold Chocolate – $6,250
FunkyTown Food Project – $5,000
Royal Caliber Ranch – $6,250
J.I.V.E Juice Company – $4,000
F.D.'s Express Burgers and Wings – $2,500
For this year's Honorable Mention, the Alliance chose San Antonio eatery Tacos Cucuy, who will soon open a brick-and-mortar space with an expanded menu. Tacos Cucuy are currently looking for support to develop a Tex-Mex charcuterie program called La Cura Carnes Especiales.
More information about the 2022 grants and its recipients can be found on texasfoodandwinealliance.org.
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Q: Given $r_1$ and $r_2$ Show intersection, find tangent line, and the angle Let $r_1(t)=t^2i+tj+3t^3k$ and $r_2(t)=(t-1)i+(1/4)t^2j+(5-t)k$.
First show that the graphs of $r_1$ and $r_2$ intersect at $(1,1,3)$. Second find an equation for the tangent line to $r_1$ at $(1,1,3)$. And hird, find $\cos(\theta)$, there $\theta$ is the acute angle between the tangent lines to $r_1$ and $r_2$ at $(1,1,3)$.

A: Part $1)$
If there is an intersection of $r_1$ and $r_2$, then the point of intersection must be a solution to $r_1(t) = ...$ and $r_2(s) = ...$.  So let's make sure it is.
$$r_1(t) = (1,1,3) = (t^2,t,3t^3) \implies \begin{cases} 1=t^2 \\ 1=t \\ 3=3t^3\end{cases}$$  Clearly this has a solution: $t=1$.
$$r_2(s) = (1,1,3) = (s-1, (1/4)s^2, 5-s) \implies \begin{cases} 1=s-1 \\ 1=(1/4)s^2 \\ 3 = 5-s\end{cases}$$
Clearly this has the solution $s=2$.
So, because the graphs of $r_1$ and $r_2$ pass through the same point (at two different times $t=1$ and $s=2$), that point $(1,1,3)$ is a point of intersection of the two graphs.

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PARTICIPANTS: Please bring water and dress appropriately for the weather, as this class is outside in the garden; heavy rain will postpone the class.
Strategies for using drip irrigation to maximize water usage.
Learn what supplies are need to set up a basic drip irrigation system.
Find out how drip irrigation can increase produce yield and health.
Drip line system set-up will be demonstrated during this class.
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Йоанис Бумбарас () е гръцки революционер, деец на Гръцката въоръжена пропаганда в Македония от началото на XX век.

Биография
Роден е във Влашка Блаца, тогава в Османската империя. Присъединява се към гръцката пропаганда още от началото ѝ в 1904 година. Член е на гръцкия комитет в Блаца и действа като четник, куриер, водач и ятак на гръцките капитани в Западна Македония. По-късно оглавява собствена чета и дейсва заедно с капитаните Георгиос Катехакис и Павлос Гипарис в различни мисии в Кайлярско, Костурско и Леринско. На 21 април 1905 година участва като водач в битката на Мурик и е арестуван от османците. Затворен е в Кайляри и измъчван до смърт. В Кайляри има негов бюст.

Бележки

Дейци на гръцката въоръжена пропаганда в Македония
Родени във Влашка Блаца
Македонски гърци

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Composers A & B
Doug Beach
Close Quarters
Doug Beach is a performer, composer, publisher, educator, arranger, and Grammy Award winner.
At Elmhurst College (IL), where he has taught since 1978, he serves as director of the acclaimed Elmhurst College Jazz Band and as director of jazz studies. Under his direction, the Jazz Band has made over 30 European tours (twice at the invitation of the U.S. State Department) and has performed in jazz festivals across the world. The band regularly appears with jazz greats such as Gary Smulyan, Dennis Mackrel, Nicholas Payton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Patti Austin, Lee Konitz, Jeff Hamilton, and Bobby Shew. The band and it's members are frequent award winners in Downbeat Magazine's Student Music Awards, and in 2014 the Elmhurst College Jazz Band was named by Downbeat the winner in the large jazz ensemble category for undergraduate institutions.
Beach is equally well known for his work as a publisher and composer. His company, Doug Beach Music, is one of the world's leading publishers of educational jazz music, and each year since 1995 he has been the recipient of a Plus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1996, the Count Basie Orchestra and New York Voices recorded his arrangement of "Cottontail" on a CD that went on to win the Grammy Award for best large jazz ensemble. Other awards include a 2003 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching from Elmhurst College (the College's highest teaching award), the 2012 Faculty Merit Award and a 2015 Jazz Education Achievement Award from Downbeat Magazine.
Beach is also a highly sought-after clinician and adjudicator. He has served as a conductor, guest artist, or judge throughout the United States and in Canada, Australia, and Europe. He has conducted 18 All-State jazz ensembles and twice has served as an artist-in-residence for the Illinois Arts Council.
A Yamaha performing artist and clinician, Beach plays Yamaha trumpets and flugelhorns.Doug's many compositions are published exclusively through Kendor Music. In 1990, the Chili Pepper Series was born. Read The Legend Of The Chili Pepper.
Email: dougb@elmhurst.edu
'Tis The Season To Be Funky
Credits: arr. Beach, Shutack
Series: Threshold Series
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Back Alley Shuffle
Ballad For Basie, A
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Be Like Basie
Big Cat Groove
Black Cat, The
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Situated along the scenic road between the villages of Port Charlotte and Portnahaven on the Rhinns of Islay, Octofad is a rather special family-run Bed and Breakfast. It's a warm and welcoming home with a choice of rooms to suit all requirements.
Andrew and Cathy would like to welcome you to Octofad Farm B & B.
Situated along the scenic road between the villages of Port Charlotte and Portnahaven on the Rhinns of Islay, Octofad is a rather special family-run Bed and Breakfast, set in 650 acres of working farmland. It's a warm and welcoming home with a choice of rooms to suit all requirements: two double rooms, both with en-suite shower, (both feature king size beds), and one single with a queen size bed, also with en-suite facilities. All rooms also provide flat screen TV, hairdryers and free Wi-Fi.
The rooms are, without exception, spacious, bright, airy and spotlessly clean, yet tranquil and restful combining with the warm hospitality, to offer you the perfect setting for your holiday on Islay.
To make you feel all the more at home, there is a large sitting room, complete with open peat fire, big comfy sofas and chairs, and a television for our guests to share and enjoy. The views from this room look over the farm fields and Loch Indaal to the Paps of Jura in the north and to the mull of Oa in the south. The sitting room is adjacent to the dining room, sharing the same splendid views and where our famous hearty and sumptuous breakfast is served!
Cathy is always on hand to welcome you and to answer questions, organise distillery tours and make dinner reservations.
We stayed here for just one night and left with a special memory that will last for years.
The farm's modern, spotless, luxurious accommodation, facilities & food, surpassed our previous B&B stays in Scotland and beyond. Delighted to see that other reviewers agree with our experience.
The owner's personality, hosting skills and genuine interest in her guests' needs, exceeded all expectations. In fact, her anticipation of our unspoken needs was almost telepathic. Brilliant!
If you want a truly memorable stay on this beautiful island, I would recommend you telephone Cathy BEFORE you begin searching online for anywhere else. She (and her beautiful home) will deliver a fabulous Islay welcome and an experience to treasure. Thank you again, Cathy.


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Video Games Don't Cause Violence
Christian Roberts, Staff Member|September 24, 2019
Many video games have recently come under fire including creative video games like Minecraft and more violent video games like Call of Duty.
Peyton Rodriguez
Growing up, video games were an integral part of my childhood. I still remember playing video games, some of them violent, like "Battlefield 2" and "Medal of Honor: Rising Sun" on PS2 at the age of 7. To this day, I, and many other kids like me, play video games on a daily basis, and have never once had the urge to commit an act of violence or partake in a physical altercation with one another.
Video games have come under fire in the news recently by many powerful Republicans for supposedly desensitizing kids and for causing some to commit mass shootings and other horrible acts of violence. President Trump weighed in on the issue, saying, "We must stop the glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace." GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was also amongst the people arguing for regulations on the video game industry and the sale of violent video games, appearing on several news stations to spread this message. The lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, claimed, just one day after the El Paso shooting, which killed 22 people, that he sees "a video game industry that teaches young people to kill."
Since his statements on Aug. 4, at least 65 shootings have occurred, which have killed or injured more than 372 people, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Not all of these shootings were considered "mass shootings," however, as a 2015 Congressional report identified mass shootings as "four or more people being killed."
However, these aren't new sentiments. After the Columbine school shooting in 1999, which killed 14 people, calls were made by then-President Bill Clinton to investigate violent video games and their correlation with violent behavior. Even Senator Mitt Romney, in his 2008 presidential campaign, cited video games as an inspiration for a 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech that left 32 people dead. It doesn't end there, though. Following the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, claimed that video games were the main factor of the shooting, stating that the video game industry is a "corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people." Ironic, right?
Politicians often insist that there are studies to back up their claims but such studies don't exist. In fact, of the studies that do exist, they all point to the contrary. Oxford University published a study in February 2019 stating that "adolescents' recent violent video game play is not a statistically or practically significant correlate of their aggressive behaviour." The University of New York and the American Psychological Association also both published studies reporting the same findings early in 2019.
Even the Supreme Court denied the existence of any such correlation between video games and violence. In a 2011 court case called Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which sought to get rid of a law that banned the sale of violent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the video game industry, claiming that "psychological studies purporting to show a connection between exposure to violent video games and harmful effects on children do not prove that such exposure causes minors to act aggressively."
Even after these countless studies on violence and video games have reported that there is no correlation, politicians still constantly blame video games for mass shootings and other inhumane acts. Why? Because it's easier for politicians and organizations to use video games as a scapegoat rather than addressing the complex social and political issues that underlie the ubiquitous gun violence in America.
How come every first-world country plays almost as many video games as the U.S, but the U.S is the only one with a gun violence issue? The U.S ranks 10th in firearm-related deaths per 100,000 people per year, at 12.21 deaths, per the CIA World Factbook. Countries with more deaths than the U.S. include dangerous places such as Honduras, Venezuela and Swaziland. The next-closest first-world country near the U.S. was France, with a rate of 2.83 deaths, and they are the seventh-largest video game producer in the world, per World's Top Exports. Statistics don't lie, and these ones show that we shouldn't be worrying about banning the sale of violent video games, but instead combating the other underlying factors that cause people to commit these senseless acts of violence.
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Mî, belarusî (în ; "Noi, bielorușii") este titlul neoficial al imnului național al Belarusului, care se trage din primul vers al textului imnului. Oficial, "Mî, belarusî" este intitulat "Imnul de Stat al Republicii Belarus" (în , în ). Imnul a fost scris inițial și adoptat în 1955 ca imn al RSS Bieloruse.

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Legături externe

 Belarus: My Belarusy - Audio of the national anthem of Belarus, with information and lyrics
 President of the Republic of Belarus - The Website of the President has a page on the anthem that includes a vocal version.
 Decree 350 President Lukashenko's decree selecting "My Belarusy" as the official national anthem (in Belarussian).
 Sovetskaya Belorussiya  - An article on the selection process (in Belarussian)
 Recordings of the Belarusian anthem

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While the fun really peaks in October, Fir Point Farms has a bucolic charm which will lift your spirits year round.
Open 10am-5pm Tuesday through Sunday in October for the Harvest Festival. Some of the attractions are open year round; see website for full details.
Beyond its farm store, Fir Point Farms offers something for children year round with its giant slide, Noah's Ark play structure, Hazel's Nut House (a cabin knee deep in hazelnuts) and a few animals: sheep, chickens, rabbits and even some goats who (if you go early enough when they're still hungry) may be persuaded to climb a series of planks to a tree house to receive the tidbits you winch up to them. The couple that run the farm are incredibly friendly, the first time I went there I arrived at closing time (on the way back from Oktoberfest) – they let the boy wonder and I stay after they went home!
Their harvest festival in October adds a lot of new attractions (and personnel) for the season, including a bouncy castle, a dark hay maze (flashlights available), a cow train, a hay ride, a haunted cabin, food and drink (the apple cider doughnuts appeared popular) and of course an enormous pumpkin patch.
The Family Fun Center in Wilsonville is just an exit or two north on I-5.
First posted: October 19, 2012; last updated: September 10, 2016.
14601 Arndt Road, Aurora, OR 97002 [Google map].
Claire Kaufmann – thank you!
The good people of Yelp have posted 51 reviews of Fir Point Farms with an average rating of 4.5 out of 5.


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local nn = require 'nn'
local hasSignal, signal = pcall(require, 'signal')

-- Helper functions

-- Calculates fan in and fan out of module
local function calcFan(module)
  local typename = torch.type(module)
  if typename == 'nn.Linear' or
     typename == 'nn.LinearNoBias' or
     typename == 'nn.LookupTable' then
    return module.weight:size(2), module.weight:size(1)
  elseif typename:find('TemporalConvolution') then
    return module.weight:size(2), module.weight:size(1)
  elseif typename:find('SpatialConvolution') or typename:find('SpatialFullConvolution') then
    return module.nInputPlane * module.kW * module.kH, module.nOutputPlane * module.kW * module.kH
  elseif typename:find('VolumetricConvolution') or typename:find('VolumetricFullConvolution') then
    return module.nInputPlane * module.kT * module.kW * module.kH, module.nOutputPlane * module.kT * module.kW * module.kH
  else
    error("Unsupported module")
  end
end

-- Returns the gain or calculates if given a gain type (with optional args)
local function calcGain(gain)
  -- Return gain if a number already
  if type(gain) == 'number' then
    return gain
  end

  -- Extract gain string if table
  local args
  if type(gain) == 'table' then
    args = gain
    gain = gain[1]
  end

  -- Process gain strings with optional args
  if gain == 'linear' or gain == 'sigmoid' then
    return 1
  elseif gain == 'tanh' then
    return 5 / 3
  elseif gain == 'relu' then
    return math.sqrt(2)
  elseif gain == 'lrelu' then
    return math.sqrt(2 / (1 + math.pow(args.leakiness, 2)))
  end

  -- Return 1 by default
  return 1
end

-- init method

-- Add init to nn.Module
nn.Module.init = function(self, accessor, initialiser, ...)
  -- Extract tensor to initialise
  local tensor
  if type(accessor) == 'string' then
    tensor = self[accessor]
  elseif type(accessor) == 'table' then
    tensor = self[accessor[1]][accessor[2]]
  elseif type(accessor) == 'function' then
    tensor = accessor(self)
  else
    error("Unsupported accessor")
  end

  -- Initialise tensor (given module and options)
  initialiser(self, tensor, ...)

  -- Return module for chaining
  return self
end

-- nninit

local nninit = {}

-- Copies another tensor to the tensor to be initialised
nninit.copy = function(module, tensor, init)
  tensor:copy(init)

  return module
end

-- Fills tensor with a constant value
nninit.constant = function(module, tensor, val)
  tensor:fill(val)

  return module
end

-- Adds to current tensor with a constant value
nninit.addConstant = function(module, tensor, val)
  tensor:add(val)

  return module
end

-- Multiplies current tensor by a constant value
nninit.mulConstant = function(module, tensor, val)
  tensor:mul(val)

  return module
end

-- Fills tensor ~ N(mean, stdv)
nninit.normal = function(module, tensor, mean, stdv)
  tensor:normal(mean, stdv)

  return module
end

-- Adds to current tensor with ~ N(mean, stdv)
nninit.addNormal = function(module, tensor, mean, stdv)
  tensor:add(torch.Tensor(tensor:size()):normal(mean, stdv))

  return module
end

-- Fills tensor ~ U(a, b)
nninit.uniform = function(module, tensor, a, b)
  tensor:uniform(a, b)

  return module
end

-- Adds to current tensor with ~ U(a, b)
nninit.addUniform = function(module, tensor, a, b)
  tensor:add(torch.Tensor(tensor:size()):uniform(a, b))

  return module
end

-- Fills weights with the identity matrix (for linear layers)
-- Fills filters with the Dirac delta function (for convolutional layers)
-- TODO: Generalise for arbitrary tensors?
nninit.eye = function(module, tensor)
  if module.weight ~= tensor then
    error("nninit.eye only supports 'weight' tensor")
  end

  local typename = torch.type(module)

  if typename == 'nn.Linear' or
     typename == 'nn.LinearNoBias' or
     typename == 'nn.LookupTable' then
    local I = torch.eye(tensor:size(1), tensor:size(2))
    tensor:copy(I)
  elseif typename:find('TemporalConvolution') then
    tensor:zero()
    for i = 1, module.inputFrameSize do
      tensor[{{}, {(i-1)*module.kW + math.ceil(module.kW/2)}}]:fill(1/module.inputFrameSize)
    end
  elseif typename:find('SpatialConvolution') or typename:find('SpatialFullConvolution') then
    tensor:zero():view(module.nInputPlane, module.nOutputPlane, module.kW, module.kH)[{{}, {}, math.ceil(module.kW/2), math.ceil(module.kH/2)}]:fill(1/module.nInputPlane)
  elseif typename:find('VolumetricConvolution') or typename:find('VolumetricFullConvolution') then
    tensor:zero():view(module.nInputPlane, module.nOutputPlane, module.kT, module.kW, module.kH)[{{}, {}, math.ceil(module.kT/2), math.ceil(module.kW/2), math.ceil(module.kH/2)}]:fill(1/module.nInputPlane)
  else
    error("Unsupported module for 'eye'")
  end

  return module
end

--[[
--  Glorot, X., & Bengio, Y. (2010)
--  Understanding the difficulty of training deep feedforward neural networks
--  In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics
--
--  Also known as Glorot initialisation
--]]
nninit.xavier = function(module, tensor, options)
  local fanIn, fanOut = calcFan(module)
  options = options or {}
  gain = calcGain(options.gain)
  dist = options.dist or 'uniform' -- Uniform by default

  local stdv = gain * math.sqrt(2 / (fanIn + fanOut))
  if dist == 'uniform' then
    local b = stdv * math.sqrt(3)
    tensor:uniform(-b, b)
  elseif dist == 'normal' then
    tensor:normal(0, stdv)
  end

  return module
end

--[[
--  He, K., Zhang, X., Ren, S., & Sun, J. (2015)
--  Delving deep into rectifiers: Surpassing human-level performance on ImageNet classification
--  arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01852
--
--  Also known as He initialisation
--]]
nninit.kaiming = function(module, tensor, options)
  local fanIn = calcFan(module)
  options = options or {}
  gain = calcGain(options.gain)
  dist = options.dist or 'normal' -- Normal by default

  local stdv = gain * math.sqrt(1 / fanIn)
  if dist == 'uniform' then
    local b = stdv * math.sqrt(3)
    tensor:uniform(-b, b)
  elseif dist == 'normal' then
    tensor:normal(0, stdv)
  end

  return module
end

--[[
--  Saxe, A. M., McClelland, J. L., & Ganguli, S. (2013)
--  Exact solutions to the nonlinear dynamics of learning in deep linear neural networks
--  arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6120
--]]
nninit.orthogonal = function(module, tensor, options)
  local sizes = tensor:size()
  if #sizes < 2 then
    error("nninit.orthogonal only supports tensors with 2 or more dimensions")
  end

  -- Calculate "fan in" and "fan out" for arbitrary tensors based on module conventions
  local fanIn = sizes[2]
  local fanOut = sizes[1]
  for d = 3, #sizes do
    fanIn = fanIn * sizes[d]
  end

  options = options or {}
  gain = calcGain(options.gain)

  -- Construct random matrix
  local randMat = torch.Tensor(fanOut, fanIn):normal(0, 1)
  local U, __, V = torch.svd(randMat, 'S')

  -- Pick out orthogonal matrix
  local W
  if fanOut > fanIn then
    W = U
  else
    W = V:narrow(1, 1, fanOut)
  end
  -- Resize
  W:resize(tensor:size())
  -- Multiply by gain
  W:mul(gain)

  tensor:copy(W)

  return module
end

--[[
-- Martens, J. (2010)
-- Deep learning via Hessian-free optimization
-- In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-10)
--]]
nninit.sparse = function(module, tensor, sparsity)
  local nElements = tensor:nElement()
  local nSparseElements = math.floor(sparsity * nElements)
  local randIndices = torch.randperm(nElements):long()
  local sparseIndices = randIndices:narrow(1, 1, nSparseElements)

  -- Zero out selected indices
  tensor:view(nElements):indexFill(1, sparseIndices, 0)

  return module
end

--[[
--  Aghajanyan, A. (2017)
--  Convolution Aware Initialization
--  arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06295
--]]
nninit.convolutionAware = function(module, tensor, options)
  -- The author of the paper provided a reference implementation for Keras: https://github.com/farizrahman4u/keras-contrib/pull/60

  -- Make sure that the signal library is available, which provides the Fourier transform
  if hasSignal == false then
    error("nninit.convolutionAware requires the signal library, please make sure to install it: https://github.com/soumith/torch-signal")
  end

  -- Check the size of the convolution tensor, right now, only 2d convolution tensors are supported
  local sizes = tensor:size()
  if #sizes ~= 4 then
    error("nninit.convolutionAware only supports 2d convolutions, feel free to issue a pull request to extend this implementation")
  end

  -- Store the sizes of the convolution tensor to make the implementation easier to read
  local filterCount = sizes[1]
  local filterStacks = sizes[2]
  local filterRows = sizes[3]
  local filterCols = sizes[4]

  -- Due to the irfft2 interface of the signal library, we currently have to restrict the filter size
  if filterRows ~= filterCols then
    error("nninit.convolutionAware requires the filters to have the same number of rows and columns, feel free to issue a pull request to extend this implementation")
  end

  -- Calculate "fanIn" and "fanOut" for 2d convolution tensors based on module conventions
  local fanIn = filterStacks * filterRows * filterCols
  local fanOut = filterCount * filterRows * filterCols

  -- Setup options where "std" specifies the noise to break symmetry in the inverse Fourier transform
  options = options or {}
  gain = calcGain(options.gain)
  std = options.std or 0.05

  -- Specify the variables for the frequency domain tensor
  local fourierTensor = signal.rfft2(torch.zeros(filterRows, filterCols))
  local fourierRows = fourierTensor:size(1)
  local fourierCols = fourierTensor:size(2)
  local fourierSize = fourierRows * fourierCols

  -- Specify the variables for the orthogonal tensor buffer
  local orthogonalIndex = fourierSize
  local orthogonalTensor = nil

  -- For each filter, create a suitable basis tensor and perform an inverse Fourier transform to obtain the filter coefficients
  for filterIndex = 1, filterCount do
    basisTensor = torch.zeros(filterStacks, fourierSize)

    -- Create a suitable basis tensor using the orthogonal tensor buffer, making sure to refill the buffer should it be empty
    for basisIndex = 1, filterStacks do
      if orthogonalIndex == fourierSize then
        local randomTensor = torch.zeros(fourierSize, fourierSize):normal(0.0, 1.0)
        local symmetricTensor = randomTensor + randomTensor:t() - torch.diag(randomTensor:diag())

        orthogonalIndex = 0
        orthogonalTensor, _, _ = torch.svd(symmetricTensor)
      end

      -- Copy a column from the orthogonal tensor buffer into the basis tensor
      orthogonalIndex = orthogonalIndex + 1
      basisTensor[{ { basisIndex }, {} }] = orthogonalTensor[{ {}, { orthogonalIndex } }]
    end

    basisTensor = basisTensor:view(filterStacks, fourierRows, fourierCols)

    -- Perform the inverse Fourier transform from the basis tensor to obtain the filter coefficients, making sure to break the symmetry
    for basisIndex = 1, filterStacks do
      fourierTensor[{ {}, {}, { 1 } }] = basisTensor[{ { basisIndex }, {} }]
      fourierTensor[{ {}, {}, { 2 } }]:zero()

      -- Unlike the Numpy implementation, the inverse Fourier transform in the signal library does sadly only support a single size argument
      tensor[{ { filterIndex }, { basisIndex }, {}, {} }] = signal.irfft2(fourierTensor, filterRows) + torch.zeros(filterRows, filterCols):normal(0.0, std)
    end

    -- Clear the orthogonal tensor buffer, we do not want to reuse it for the next filter
    orthogonalIndex = fourierSize
    orthogonalTensor = nil
  end

  -- Scale the filter variance to match the variance scheme defined by He-normal initialization
  tensor:mul(gain * torch.sqrt((1.0 / fanIn) * (1.0 / tensor:var())))

  return module
end

return nninit


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Developers of an eco-friendly phone app, designed to help small businesses reduce their carbon footprint, have received a £50,000 prize from Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond.
Green Oak Solutions - in collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University - created the web and phone application as part the Scottish Government-backed SME Enviro App competition.
'Care to Compare' helps small to medium-sized businesses by measuring improvements in energy use, water consumption and waste management.
The £50,000 winners' grant will be used to further develop, finalise and deploy the solution in a number of SMEs around Scotland on a wide variety of platforms. The developers will also visit the Microsoft Global Apps and Environmental Teams in Washington.
The successful students were: Martin Grant (MSc Waste Management), Andrew Bahan (3rd Year Graphic Design for Digital Media) and Max N'Yampala (3rd Year Web Systems Development).
The First Minister said: "I'm delighted to present this well-deserved award to the team from Green Oak Solutions and Glasgow Caledonian University.
Members of the winning team will travel to theUS, where they will learn more about Microsoft's global commitment to Climate Change actions and explore ways to further develop the Care to Co2mpare app.
The app is due to be released next April.


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The Home for Christmas Town and House Location Filmed in Norway
Our favorite Nordic romantic comedy is back for season two. The series follows Johanne, who goes love hunting again, trying to find a boyfriend that she can take home for Christmas. Home for Christmas was filmed in the picturesque Norwegian town of Røros and in Oslo, the country's capital city.
Elise Broch plays the lead role as Johanne, who is stuck between her life ambitions and the social expectations of having a partner and children. Here is our spoiler-free filming locations report:
Where was Home for Christmas filmed?
The producers were looking for a place with snow and cold. Røros was chosen as the location for the show because this town of 5,581 inhabitants has one of the nicest shopping streets in the country (Kjerkgata street). Also, because the pastel-colored houses match the footage shot in Kampen, Oslo's 19th-century wooden village. Although Røros is located up north in the Trøndelag county, at almost 5 hours drive from Oslo, the village is very well connected with the city thanks to the Widerøe airline daily flights. You can fly up to the Røros airport in the morning and come back to Oslo in the evening.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image courtesy of Henrik Dvergsdal - Map
This hit series also received its share of criticism in Norway. The show hides the real village where it is filmed. Can you see what is missing in the image above? The bell tower of the iconic old Røros church was removed from all the scenes.
Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps
So even a small production like this one uses digital effects to accommodate the show's requirements. Pictured, the Christmas market stall after and before set dressing.
Johanne's pink house is located at Normannsgata 21B in the Kampen neighborhood of Oslo. According to Norwegian website 730.no, this charming detached house built in 1889 with parking space and garden is on sale for a little more than six million and a half kroner. At the current exchange rate, this is about US$784,000. Not bad for a 51 square meters (548 square foot) one-bedroom home. The ad states that the cabin has a cold attic with the possibility to raise the ceiling in the living room to make a loft.
Røros is also a historical mining town, designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980. The village has preserved up to 80 magnificent 17th and 18th-century buildings.
Image courtesy of Markus Tacker
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When the Senate returned from the summer recess, leaders did not have an agreed-to plan for action on the FY2011 Defense Authorization bill. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a bill in May, but has not been able to get agreement to bring the bill to the floor. The full House meanwhile passed its version of the bill in May. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was reported to have told republican leaders that he intended to press Senate action on the authorization bill next week. However, he now appears to have backed off that commitment saying he doesn't think the schedule will allow the Senate to finish the bill this month. This means that the bill will have to be taken up after the elections in November. That is, if Congress returns for a "lame duck" session. In any case, Reid will need republican support to move the bill forward. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other republican Senators have resisted floor action since the SASC approved it. A major roadblock to floor action has been language in the SASC bill repealing DoD's "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy on gays serving openly in the military. Sen. McCain has repeatedly expressed his opposition to a bill that includes repealing the DADT language before DoD has completed a required study to determine the effect of the repeal on military readiness. Senate democrats point out that the language in the bill would not allow repeal until after the report is completed. However this has not assuaged McCain's and other opposition. Further hindering the chances of quick Senate action was Reid's announcement that he intends to try to add language ("American Dream Act") that would provide a way for illegal immigrant students to obtain U.S. citizenship. Many Senators oppose including extraneous material, not relevant to defense, in the bill. Therefore, even if Senate democrat leaders can marshal 60 votes to move to a vote on the bill, it will take time to reconcile the many differences between the House and Senate bills.
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Housing is a very big issue in New Zealand at present, and not just in Auckland. Wellington also has people without homes or in temporary or unsuitable accommodation. We need to keep bringing this issue to the fore in ways which reach people and influence those who can do something about it. For this reason Bishop Justin Duckworth and Cardinal John Dew will be hosting a "Forum on Housing" at the Anglican Cathedral on Wednesday 9 August at 6.30pm (with drinks and snacks from 5.45pm and the Wellington Community Choir from 6.15pm). There will be community stories of the effects of the housing crisis; Christian perspectives on housing and party spokespeople sharing their housing vision and policies.


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Ann Inc. Seen Seeking Buyer, Stock Jumps 9%
The retailer is said to have reached out to potential buyers, including rivals, in recent weeks.
By Evan Clark and Vicki M. Young
with contributions from Bloomberg
Shares of Ann Inc. shot up 9 percent in after-hours trading Thursday, following a report that the company was working with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to explore a sale.
That sounded good to investors, who drove the stock up $3.17 to $38.25 in after-hours trading, giving it a market capitalization of about $1.7 billion.
With a tough third quarter and about $100 million in cash on its books, Ann has been of interest to dealmakers recently.
Ann signed a nondisclosure agreement with Golden Gate Capital in October so the two could get more detailed in their "collaborative dialogue." Golden Gate bought a 9.6 percent stake, or nearly 4.4 million shares, of the retailer in March.
In November, Kay Krill, Ann's president and chief executive officer, told WWD that the battle for market share in apparel was only intensifying.
"Traffic has been tough for a couple of years," Krill said. "The higher-end malls are a little bit better than the big regional malls."
She also repeated the oft-heard complaint among apparel retailers that shoppers are drawn more to technology and home goods than fashion.
"The lack of fashion newness and fashion must-haves is really playing into that," Krill said. "Women are definitely responding to fashion. It's not about replacement items. She is buying what is new."
To help boost the business, the company is leaving more open-to-buy available to test newness, allowing stores to tap online inventories for "endless-aisle" capability, expanding into Mexico and Canada and building on the Lou & Grey concept, which plans to open 10 new doors this year.
Representatives for Ann and Golden Gate declined to comment.
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Home » Premier League » Stoke sign Chelsea winger Victor Moses on loan
Stoke sign Chelsea winger Victor Moses on loan
Stoke City, 13/8 with Coral for a top 10 finish, have landed Chelsea and Nigeria international winger Victor Moses on a season-long loan.
His signing came too late for the 23-year-old to feature in their Premier League opening day defeat to Aston Villa, but his arrival further boosts the attacking options of Potters boss Mark Hughes.
Moses, who played for his country at the recent World Cup in Brazil, spent last term on loan at Liverpool, but only featured in half of the 38 league matches. Jose Mourinho has sent him out again to Stoke, having added Diego Costa and Didier Drogba to his frontline in west London this summer.
Former Crystal Palace and Wigan Athletic player Moses has over 100 Premier League appearances under his belt, and chipped in with 10 top-flight goals. He will create strong competition for places at the Britannia.
Hughes already has an abundance of forward-thinking talent at his disposal. The Potters boss can now call on nine strikers and wide players for the first-team. Moses joins Jonathan Walters, Brek Shea, Peter Odemwingie, Cameron Jerome, Peter Crouch, new boys Mame Biram Diouf and Bojan Krkic, and Marko Arnautovic on Stoke's books.
With just three spots available, Moses' arrival surely means some departures from the Potters before the transfer window deadline on September 1st. Ex-England international Crouch has been linked with a move to West Ham United this summer, but Sam Allardyce instead signed Diafra Sakho.
"We are delighted to have secured the services of such an exciting young talent in Victor," Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes told the club's official website. "He will certainly add to our attacking options and from talking to him it's obvious that he's really excited about the prospect of making an impact in the Premier League with Stoke City."
The Potters are odds-on at 1/16 to stay up this term.
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Athletics aficionado, die-hard snooker fan and Crystal Palace supporter Jamie has written for Coral since February 2014 after spells with Soccerlens and the Press Association as a digital journalist and copywriter. A former East Midlands sports correspondent and Bwin tipster, he is a graduate of both the University of York and University of Sheffield, with a Masters in web journalism from the latter.
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Top 25 women's roundup: Injured Crystal Dangerfield out as No. 4 UConn beats Dayton
UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2019
UConn head coach Geno Auriemma directs his players from the bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Dayton, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (John Minchillo / Associated Press)
DAYTON, Ohio – Megan Walker scored 23 points and matched her career high with 12 rebounds Tuesday night, and No. 4 UConn beat Dayton 75-37 without injured point guard Crystal Dangerfield.
The Huskies (6-0) took control with their outside shooting in their first regular season visit to University of Dayton Arena, completing a two-game trip to Ohio that sapped their depth.
Dangerfield had a season-high 23 points during a 73-62 win at Ohio State on Sunday but was sidelined against the Flyers because of back spasms. Senior guard Molly Bent got her first career start and had four points with two assists.
Adding to the Huskies' concerns, guard Anna Makurat went down hard in the second quarter and limped off. She returned for the start of the third quarter and finished with six points in 11 minutes.
Walker hit three 3s in the third quarter as the Huskies pulled ahead by 31 points. Her four 3s also tied her career high.
Dayton (3-3) lost to a Top 10 team at home for the second straight game. The Flyers also fell behind early and never recovered during a 75-49 loss to No. 6 South Carolina on Nov. 13. Jayla Scaife led Dayton with 12 points.
No. 11 UCLA 100, Yale 65
LOS ANGELES – Japreece Dean scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished 10 assists and No. 11 UCLA closed out a perfect season-opening homestand with a win over Yale.
Dean, a senior from Texas, made both of her 3-pointers and was 9 of 14 from the field, getting the first triple-double for the Bruins since Jordan Canada in 2017.
Michaela Onyenwere scored 22 points to lead the Bruins (5-0), Charisma Osborne added 15 and Lauryn Miller had 14 on 7-for-7 shooting.
UCLA shot 62.5% in the second half and finished at 55% for the game, making 10 of 19 3-pointers.
Dean scored the first two baskets of the game and had 10 points in the first quarter as the Bruins raced to a 29-14 lead. Onyenwere and Dean had 15 points apiece by halftime, when the Bruins led 52-26.
The Bulldogs (3-2), shot 31% in the first half but were 13 of 24 in the second. Ellen Margaret Andrews was 8 of 10 and scored 22 points.
No. 12 Florida State 66, Florida 55
GAINSVILLE, Fla. – Kiah Gillespie scored 17 points and matched her career high with 18 rebounds and Florida State turned back rival Florida.
Nicki Ekhomu added 15 points and Valencia Myers 10 for the Seminoles, who secured the game with a late 8-0 run. Gillespie has 16 double-doubles in her two years with FSU, three this season.
Leading 58-52 with less than three minutes to play, Gillespie hit a jumper. Ekhomu followed with two baskets before Nausia Woolfolk's layup with 25 seconds to play put the Seminoles on top 66-52. The Gators missed six straight shots and had a turnover before a late 3-pointer closed it out.
Ekhomu and Woolfolk are the first seniors to go undefeated in the rivalry. The Seminoles (6-0) have won 7 of the last eight. Coach Sue Semrau, after losing her first eight in the series, now has a 13-12 record against the Gators.
Florida (4-2) never led and trailed by as many as 11 in the first half but entered the fourth quarter only down two, 46-44. Gillespie hit a 3-pointer and a jumper to open the fourth quarter and the Gators never recovered.
Kiara Smith scored 15 points for Florida and Zada Williams and Ariel Johnson had 12 each with Williams grabbing 11 rebounds.
No. 14 Kentucky 81, Grambling 35
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rhyne Howard scored 27 points, four other players had at least nine, and Kentucky rolled to a win over Grambling.
Howard had four 3-pointers as Kentucky went 10 of 29 behind the arc and Grambling misfired on all eight of its attempts. Blair Green had 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, and Jaida Roper added 10 for the Wildcats (6-0). Green, Roper and Sabrina Haines, who had nine points, each had two triples.
Howard had 10 points in the first quarter, which ended with the Cats up 20-12. Kentucky had the last 13 points of the second quarter for a 42-17 lead. In the first half, Kentucky was 14 of 26 from the field, 6 of 14 from distance and made 8 of 11 free throws. Grambling shot 29% and was 3 of 4 from the foul line.
Grambling (1-5) shot just 18% in the second half and had 11 of its 25 turnovers. Candice Parramore was the top scorer with seven points.
No. 16 DePaul 94, Milwaukee 65
CHICAGO – Lexi Held scored 17 of her 19 points in the first half, Sonya Morris added 18 points and DePaul cruised to a win over Milwaukee.
Kelly Campbell had all 11 of her points in the first half when the Blue Demons went 8 of 19 from 3-point range and shot 63% overall to race to a 59-27 lead. Keke Rimmer added 13 points and seven rebounds for DePaul (5-1). Morris had six assists.
DePaul scored the first eight points of the game and closed the first quarter with a 10-2 run to lead 24-14. The Blue Demons had a 10-0 run late in the second quarter and turned that in a 15-1 closing with Held scoring five points in the last minute.
Sydney Staver led Milwaukee (2-4) with 13 points. The Panthers had 17 turnovers in the first half and 25 for the game, leading to 31 points for the Blue Demons.
No. 20 Tennessee 92, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 51
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Rennia Davis had 17 points and 11 rebounds as Tennessee remained unbeaten by defeating Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff was playing one night after freshman guard Sierra'Li Wade was shot to death in her hometown of Lake Village, Arkansas. Wade hadn't played in any of Arkansas-Pine Bluff's first three games.
A moment of silence to honor Wade took place before the national anthem.
Tennessee's Rae Burrell scored a career-high 17 points and Kasiyahna Kushkituah added 15 points. Trasity Totten scored 19 points, Jayla Atmore had 12 and Tyler Pyburn added 11 for Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Tennessee (6-0) started the game on a 16-1 run and never looked back. The Lady Vols built a 48-11 halftime lead as Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-4) shot just 4 of 32 over the first two periods.
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Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 7:26 p.m. Updated: Nov. 26, 2019, 9:53 p.m.
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Amy Reed, MD, Morcellator Opponent, Dies of Uterine Cancer
Robert Lowes
Amy Reed, MD, PhD, an anesthesiologist whose laparoscopic hysterectomy in October 2013 called into question the safety of power morcellation, died Wednesday, May 24, at 44 years of age from uterine cancer.
Dr Reed, a mother of six, underwent the hysterectomy at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, to remove fibroid tumors. Power morcellation, intended to shred uterine tissue for removal through a laparoscopic incision, dispersed and upstaged an undiagnosed uterine leiomyosarcoma inside her abdomen.
While she battled through a series of surgeries and procedures, Dr Reed joined her husband, Hooman Noorchashm, MD, PhD, in a high-profile campaign to ban the use of the devices during gynecologic procedures and bolster oversight of all medical devices by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The couple pressed for government investigations and legislation, coauthored articles, testified before the FDA, and shone a spotlight on women who had died after morcellation-upstaged occult uterine cancer.
The Noorchashm family. (Source: Courtesy of Hooman Noorchashm, MD)
Their efforts, spearheaded by Dr Noorchashm, achieved remarkable results in just a few years. In 2014, the FDA added a boxed warning to the label of power morcellators stating that they should not be used in most women who undergo hysterectomy or myomectomy for uterine fibroids. The agency estimated that 1 in 350 women who undergo such surgeries would develop an occult uterine sarcoma. One manufacturer of power morcellators withdrew them from the market, some hospitals dropped their use, and some insurers stopped paying for the procedure.
Not surprisingly, the use of power morcellators in minimally invasive hysterectomies has declined sharply since 2013. Many gynecologic surgeons, however, have argued that power morcellators should remain an available tool for women who would face a higher risk for injury or death in a traditional open-field hysterectomy or myomectomy.
In February, Dr Reed and her husband achieved a measure of vindication when a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified "serious gaps" in the FDA's system for spotting problems with medical devices such as power morcellators after they reach the marketplace. Although the first power morcellator was approved in 1991, nobody had reported an instance of the device dispersing occult cancer to the FDA until Dr Reed did in December 2013. Hospital executives and surgeons told the GAO that until the FDA ordered the boxed warning in 2014, they didn't feel obliged to report such incidents because the morcellators weren't malfunctioning, in their opinion, but were performing as intended.
In the professional debate about the benefits and risks of power morcellation, Dr Noorchashm, a heart surgeon, made his points in a steady stream of sharply worded and sometimes confrontational letters and emails to FDA officials, device manufacturers, politicians, and fellow clinicians. In comparison, Dr Reed was a milder advocate, although no less engaging.
Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the National Center for Health Research, recalled the impression Dr Reed made when the think tank honored her and Dr Noorchashm at an awards luncheon in 2015.
"She spoke without apparent anger or bitterness about what happened to her, which amazed me," Dr Zuckerman told Medscape Medical News. "I can't tell you what an impressive, gracious, wonderful woman she (was)."
A congressman who introduced legislation requiring physicians to report unsafe medical devices to the FDA credits the advocacy efforts of Dr Reed and her husband with savings women's lives.
"Dr Reed didn't ask for the situation she found herself in following a procedure in 2013," said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) in a news release, "but it was immediately evident to anyone who met her...that she was going to be a fighter, not only for herself, but others."
Dr Reed earned a PhD in immunology at the University of Pennsylvania and then an MD in 2005 from the institution's Perelman School of Medicine. She followed up with a postdoctoral fellowship in transplant immunology before completing her residency training in anesthesiology and a critical care fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
In 2011, Dr Reed joined the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. It was there that Dr Reed treated victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing along with the surviving bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
She married Dr Noorchashm in 2001 and had the first three of their six children by the time she finished medical school. Their togetherness extended to research. They were coauthors of five published studies on immunology — Dr Noorchashm holds a PhD in that field, too.
In October 2013, about a year after the birth of their sixth child, Dr Reed had a hysterectomy to remove bothersome, but supposedly benign, uterine fibroids. She and Dr Noorchashm say her doctors recommended a laparoscopic as opposed to an open-field operation, but did not mention the use of a power morcellator.
Shortly after the operation, Dr Reed learned that she had a uterine leiomyosarcoma and that morcellation had advanced it to stage IV. She underwent cytoreduction and hypothermic intraperiotoneal chemotherapy followed by six rounds of systemic chemotherapy. MRI and CT scans indicated she was cancer free.
She and her family moved from Needham, Massachusetts, to Yardley, Pennsylvania, and by the end of 2014, she had recovered well enough to start working part time at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. However, the leiomyosarcoma still lurked in her body, requiring a surgery to remove a tumor behind her left kidney in February 2015, with radiation treatment afterwards. More metastasis and more procedures, some experimental, followed.
"We all knew the odds were against her," said Dr Zuckerman, "but Hooman and Amy were both determined to beat the odds. They made it seem possible."
The end almost came in April when Dr Reed went into pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest. As Dr Noorchashm described it in an email to media outlets, an inoperable abdominal tumor of hers bled internally and enlarged, pressing against the vena cava and cutting off blood return to the heart. Dr Reed's heart recovered after the tumor ruptured.
Dr Reed remained hospitalized until May 19, when she was discharged to go home and receive hospice care, Dr Noorchashm said in an email announcement that resembled a eulogy.
He wrote that what mattered to Dr Reed more than dying "is how we live, what we choose to think about, learn and do, the magnitude of our commitments and focus, who our friends are and what mandates of ethics and integrity guide us...in this life.
"Those are the principles by which Amy has lived a life of passion, accomplishment and love for all those she's touched."
In an interview with Medscape Medical News in 2015, Dr Reed described how she dealt with her children's anxiety about her health.
"They ask you questions like, 'Are you going to die?' " Dr Reed said. "I say, 'Well, everybody dies. I feel okay today.'
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"You don't go down all those horrible, what-if pathways with the kids. And I don't think we should do that as adults.
"Look at what's in front of you today."
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How Chargers could use Melvin Gordon to land Jalen Ramsey
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Another team that has gotten off to a fast 2-0 start and another team that has solid offensive weapons aside from the running back position.
Jimmy Garoppolo is starting to come into his own and he has targets such as Marquise Goodwin and rookie Deebo Samuel to throw to. Tight end George Kittle has the ability to be the best at his position in the league.
At running back, free-agent signing Tevin Coleman is already on injured reserve, leaving the team to move ahead with Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson. All three of those players have shown flashes of playmaking ability and each has a solid role on the team, but Gordon would give the team the ability to have one of the league's top offenses, particularly with Kyle Shanahan calling the plays.
In 2016, Devonta Freeman ran for a career-high 1,079 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns with Shanahan as his offensive coordinator with the Atlanta Faclons. He also caught 54 passes as the Falcons ran all the way to the Super Bowl.
What could Shanahan do with a talent such as Gordon, a player who is arguably much better than Freeman? That's an enticing thought, and one the Niners should be looking into.
Other teams such as the Houston Texans, Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles are also potential destinations for Gordon. With Ramsey on the table, general manager Tom Telesco should think about getting creative in order to bring in one of the league's best defenders.
Unless of course, he and the Spanos' want to watch the Kansas City Chiefs or New England Patriots make a trade for him. Which is probably what is actually going to happen, right?


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Once, there was a remarkable person who led with love. Her company succeeded where its competitors struggled. Its customers were loyal, its employees loved to work there, and it was profitable year after year, for decades. This loving leader began her career as an executive secretary, yet the company's founder chose her to succeed him as president. When asked why, he said, "Because she knows how to love people to success." She is Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines. Lead with LUVis an extraordinary, wide-ranging conversation between Barrett and the legendary Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager. Drawing on personal experience, Barrett and Blanchard reveal why leading with love is the most powerful way to lead and how it can help you achieve truly amazing levels of performance.
In Leading at a Higher Level, Updated Edition, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. You'll discover how to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line"...and make sure people know who you are, where you're going, and the values that will guide your journey. From start to finish, this book extends Blanchard's breakthrough work on delivering legendary customer service, creating "raving fans," and building "Partnerships for Performance" that empower everyone who works for and with you. Updated throughout, this new edition contains two powerful, important new chapters: one on coaching to create higher-level leaders, and another on creating a higher-level culture throughout your organization. It also offers the definitive, most up-to-date techniques for leading yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organizations. Most importantly, it will help you dig deep within, discover the personal "leadership point of view" all great leaders possess-and apply it throughout your entire life.
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Laying awake wondering if Sonic The Hedgehog's love of chili-dogs is subliminal product placement for Sonic the drive-in.
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@lizzydodig There's also product placement: there was a Progressive ad with Sonic the Hedgehog once. I loved it, but nothing was insured.


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BUNDRED BUFFOON LIES ON CV
The city council's not so new HR BOSS, John "Bedwetter" Walsh, described by his own staff as "a mentally disturbed twat", was appointed in June after a year long stint working the post as an interim on a cool £750 A DAY. Bedwetter, however, has form in Bristol as he also worked as a HR consultant at the council in 2014.
"Recognised as an award winner for the quality of my work, my previous role at Bristol City Council was to lead the Transformation work to deliver £83M savings which was achieved within 12 months," booms Bedwetter from his CV on Linkedin, which he uses to desperately try to grab MORE lucrative public sector consultancy work.
That's impressive isn't it? £83MILLION in savings achieved for Bristol City Council? How did he do that then? What award did he win? "I completed an assignment leading a major change project at Bristol City Council. Tasked with leading a 12 strong team to produce in year savings of £82M through restructuring over 120 service areas within the Council, the targets were delivered within timescales with all service areas being realigned to meet customer requirements," he assures FUTURE EMPLOYERS.
Very impressive. Not least as Bedwetter's not sure if he saved £82m or £83m. But when did he do all this amazing work in Bristol? Er, in 2014 implementing a major redundancy programme that was later the subject of an INVESTIGATION in 2017's Bundred Report into crap financial management at the council.
Bundred says this about Bedwetter's 2014 programme, "It ASSERTED that workforce reductions agreed up to that point would generate savings with a full-year effect of £21.023m but only £15.882m in 2014/15, £6.118m below the budgeted target."
So, there NEVER was £83million of savings, just £21million and Walsh only delivered £15million of that. Achieving about 18 per cent of the savings claimed on his CV. Walsh then completes his spectacular LYING CV by claiming "Over 800 employees left the organisation but only 9 were made compulsory redundant."
Not according to Bundred, "The original estimate was that to generate savings of around 15% of budgeted staff costs a headcount reduction equivalent to around 700fte would be needed. The ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT being proclaimed as a success was 509fte."
And even these redundancies failed to deliver much. Bundred says, "A draft audit report issued to managers in November 2015 found that payroll costs HAD NOT in fact been reduced. Auditors believed posts were being deleted that had been vacant for a long time so there was no actual saving and when actual people were released they were often replaced by interims/contractors or casual staff."
Why's Rees put an incompetent fantasist who's already failed once in charge of his HR service?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Bristol City Council, Bundred Report, Director of HR and Workforce, John Walsh, LinkedIn, Redundancies on December 20, 2018 by thebristolblogger.
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I've largely posting updates on my facebook page, but this one is an exclusive here.
I started this summer by working on a very special project - recording an all-acoustic version of my 2007 release, Where You Come From.
Earlier this year, I started toying around with the idea of recording a new version of 'Charlie & Mildred's Dream' (I was never satisfied with the old version). Then it dawned on me that Where You Come From is turning 10 this September! So, I decided to re-record the whole album, acoustically, as a way to pay tribute to its 10 year anniversary. I am playing all the cajon and drum parts, the percussion, bass, and rhythm guitar parts, and of course the vocals. My pal and original guitarist Gerry Giaimo is putting his acoustic magic on the record, too! It's sounding pretty sweet thus far, and I hope to have this out in late August/early September, just in time to hit the 10 year mark!
In other news, you might notice I tidied up the website. The bio has been updated, I used some new photos, and added the records to the music section. I hope you dig it! Suggestions are welcome!
Lastly, after the release of the acoustic WYCF record, I'll begin working on my 4th studio album. I'm so excited to begin this project! I'm looking forward to trying out new things on this one, as well as using the songs as a vehicle to inspire positive change.
A couple of things... First off, In light of recent events, I just want to encourage folks to love. I know it's not always easy, but love is the answer. Cliché yes. But, more to the point, it's truth.
Secondly (and my main reason for this post), I again want to thank the folks that have been listening to, downloading, and purchasing the songs from my year-long album project, "East Rock." (https://sethadam.bandcamp.com/album/east-rock-2). There have been some generous purchases lately, and I am SO grateful! Releasing my music in this current fashion (I'm trying to keep up with a song a month, but I'm a little behind at the moment) and selling it exclusively through Bandcamp is my version of releasing music through something like PledgeMusic, Kickstarter, or GoFundMe. While I think those models have a tremendous value in this new music economy, I am hesitant to use one again (I only used PledgeMusic once). I feel those models have been abused, that some folks take advantage of them. I don't want to associate my art with that. Instead, my model is to do things the "old-fashioned way" - creating something and bringing it to market. So, when you purchase my art, you are helping me to create my next piece of art, my next song. You are helping me put a few bucks in the tank to drive to the next performance. You are helping me keep the faith that what I'm doing has some validity and that people still see the value in art, in music. With this model, you are getting music immediately in exchange for your hard earned dollars. You're also an awesome person that I consider part of this whole journey.
I'm at a point in my career where I do almost everything myself - from songwriting to graphic design, from promotion to publicity - I do virtually all of it because it's all I can afford (luckily, I have an awesome booking agency that helps a lot). This "hard-working-solo-guy" mentality has transcended to the recording process. While I wish I could afford a bigger studio with better gear, it's just easier and inexpensive for me to do some lo-fi home-recording at this point. Truth be told, I am loving the challenge of being limited to recording things with only 2 microphones (at most) at a time. For drums, it has made focus on the art of microphone placement and using the room. I have limited microphone options, but I am having fun experimenting with the mics I do have and the placements for recording acoustic and electric guitar stuff. I am absolutely loving the challenge of playing EVERY instrument myself, as well as recording, engineering, and mastering using PreSonus Studio One (for all you recording enthusiasts). I'm learning a lot. Last but not least, I've never felt so good about the songs I'm writing and enjoying the creative process and all the editing and producing that goes along with it.
This post is not "woe is me." I just want to reiterate that I truly appreciate the support. When you're doing almost everything yourself, you can appreciate that even a little support is huge. I deeply hope these songs affect you the way they have affected me. My words here can't make you feel compelled, but I hope these songs compel you to listen to them over and over and to share them with your friends. There are many more to come.
The past few years, and especially this current (2016) presidential election cycle, appears to have given rise to the notion that America "belongs" to someone. To whom it belongs... well, I thought it was quite obvious: anyone that is here.
The rise of "he-who-shall-remain-unnamed-but-rhymes-with-rump" has fanned the flames of populism, and in my opinion (and the opinion of many others) unearthed racism.
There is a Christian element that questions our modern culture as well, one that is appalled that men can now legally marry men, and women can legally marry women.
And of course, there is the longstanding elements of racism in our beloved United States that never seems to go away.
Given the swell of these issues, and more, it just hit me... If I was to ask a supporter of "making America great again," I would simply ask him/her: "Whose America do you want this to be?" No judgement. I'm just curious.
And this question goes beyond contemporary times. I mean, who is 'really' running the show, anyway? I have a feeling we don't even know.
I'm not sure that I want to know the answer, but I think it's important that we look inward and ask ourselves that question - for the future, for our children's future, as we all take up space in this melting pot called the United States, and for that matter, the world.
Hello friends! A Happy Tuesday to you! Some nice news this morning... Along with fellow Elm City folks Doron Flake, Elizabeth Nearing, Sean Hundtofte, I was part of the "Dreamers & Doers" feature in New Haven Magazine. Thanks to Rachel Bergman for the inclusion! As an added bonus, there's a great feature on mah dude, Mr. Dean Falcone, for his soundtrack work for A Dog Named Gucci. Check it out at issuu.com.


COQUITLAM, B.C., Dec. 4, 2018 – The City of Coquitlam will disburse more than $78,000 in support of projects and festivals proposed by local organizations through its Spirit of Coquitlam Grant Program.
The City received 16 applications through the program during the fall 2018 intake – one for an event in late 2018 and 15 for events or projects slated for 2019 – from a variety of non-profit and community organizations, including the Coquitlam Skating Club, Coquitlam Search and Rescue and Flip City Gymnastics. Of those applications, 10 projects have been selected to receive a total of $78,473 ($2,643.37 in 2018 and $75,829.40 in 2019). See backgrounder for a full list of fall 2018 Spirit Grant recipients.
As in previous years, the City selected projects to support that focus on events, celebrations or sports-hosting applications, and will provide support by funding initiatives that have public benefits and enrich the community.
All successful Spirit of Coquitlam grant projects must have outcomes that align with the City's strategic goals and meet eligibility criteria outlined in the grant guidelines. A multi-departmental staff team reviews grant requests to ensure this alignment. Staff recommendations are then forwarded to Council for discussion and approval.
Since introducing the grant program in 2002, the City has provided $8.54 million to local organizations and non-profit groups.
The Spirit of Coquitlam Grant Program was created in 2002 to assist local organizations in purchasing equipment for their use and development, hosting events and realizing capital projects to advance community goals. Since 2002, through this program, the City of Coquitlam has awarded more than $8.54 million to more than 200 different community organizations. Funding for the Spirit of Coquitlam Grant Program is derived from the Casino Host Agreement revenue. Full program details are available on the Spirit Grant webpage.
See backgrounder below for list of fall 2018 Spirit Grant recipients.


The Berenstain Bears seek shelter in this forest during a thunderstorm and end up lost inside a spooky old oak tree. With the help of a friendly fairy, they find their way home. In the process, they locate a magic seed that can bring the old forest back to life.... We read The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan & Jan Berenstain (Random House, 1978). Three little bears journey to a spooky old tree, daring to explore an old stair, an alligator-challenged bridge, a secret hall, and finally, the Great Sleeping Bear.
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I wasn't planning on having so many recipes up on the blog this week, but I have been in the kitchen creating non-stop.
Pumpkin season is in full swing since Starbucks released their coveted PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) early this year. I'll admit, I'm a big sucker for a Starbucks PSL but I'm finding this year that it's just not as great as I thought it was. I still love pumpkin spice anything, but I'm finding the PSL to be way too sweet. Also, a friend of mine recently mentioned how terrible the ingredients in Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Syrup were. At the time I brushed it off, because no one was going to get in the way of me and my PSL. Now I'm seeing the wisdom in her words.
The last few weeks have been rough around the edges in our house with teething in full swing and sleep a distant memory. It's been hard for me to resist grabbing a PSL anytime I'm out of the house, and let me just say that Starbucks drive-thrus make it way to convenient to spend an obscene amount of money. In a way to save money and make life that much more simple I first deleted my beloved Starbucks App and then set out to create a better Pumpkin Spice Syrup at home. I'm so happy to say I've succeeded! It's super easy and quick to whip up and will keep in the fridge for at least a couple weeks! I think it would be a great gift for a friend as well.
If you want to save some money, and treat your body just a little bit better then you should make this!
Place all the ingredients in a small sauce pan and whisk to combine.
Bring it all to a boil and let boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for 30-40 minutes.
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Pour it into a container and store in the fridge.
I used 2 Tbsp for my latte but you might like more or less, try it out!


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The cover letter should be prepared in a Word file and sent electronic during online submission process. All authors should declare that manuscript has not been and will not be published elsewhere or submitted elsewhere for publication. The authors should declare the ethical consideration and the order of authors and their affiliation should be mentioned in cover letter. All authors should collaborate in the study, and all read and approve the final manuscript and sign it.
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Results: The results should be written in format of tables, figures and diagrams without discussion.
The information that is presented in tables should not be duplicated in text.
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