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Makoto Lavemai (ラベマイまこと, born Makoto Ebuchi, July 2, 1997) is a Japanese women's rugby union player. She played for Yokogawa Musashino Artemi Stars .

Biography
Lavemai graduated from Fukuoka High School in 2016, and entered Aoyama Gakuin University. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in 2020, then joined Toppan Printing. Her husband is also a rugby player, Sione Lavemai.

Rugby career
Lavemai competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. In 2021, She played in Japan's autumn test match against Ireland in November. They were narrowly defeated 15–12.

Lavemai joined the Brumbies for the 2022 Super W season, along with Sakura Fifteens teammate, Mana Furuta. She played against Ireland again in August 2022. Despite a four-point margin at half-time; Ireland managed to make a comeback to outscore Japan by 50 points.

In September 2022, Lavemai started in Japan's historic match against the Black Ferns ahead of the World Cup. Japan were trounced 95–12 with the Black Ferns scoring 15 tries. She also competed at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. She featured in the matches against Canada and Italy in the pool stage.

References

External links
 Makoto Lavemai at Japan Rugby

1997 births
Japanese rugby union players
Japanese female international rugby union players
Living people

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Courses /BA (Hons) courses /Commercial Photography /What Graduates are doing /James Stopforth
James Stopforth
"I do a lot of work assisting British fashion photographer, Nick Knight.
I've worked with him for the past five years. Nick recently asked me to assist him with a secret project, which turned out to be the royal portrait. It was part of the 90th birthday celebrations. We were welcomed into the Queen's private quarters of Windsor castle to set up.
The pressure was on as the entire royal family were waiting. It was a five minute shoot…that Nick managed in three minutes! That's the precision of a royal schedule and that's where experience counts. Nick is a truly talented artist who doesn't rest until he has got the very best out of everyone he works with.
At university, I began using my practical skills to build sets with a designer called Shona Heath. In my final year, I began working with fashion photographer Tim Walker and have remained a freelance member of his team since.
I've just finished shooting two lookbooks for Tom Ford. I got the job based on my work and it was definitely a highlight.
Most of the teams I work with are like a family. This is something that I find very special in a job oversaturated with people doing similar roles. Creating genuine relationships is really important to me.
Assisting has been great for me and I still get called in to help a few people I'm loyal to, as and when I'm required. I find I have much more of a balance between assisting and shooting my own work now though.
University feels like a while back now! I had a great time; it was great to find a direction and I've continued in the same route since. It was a matter of having time and working out that you have to be who you are and choose projects that excite you."
You can follow James on Instagram here: @stopforthstudio.

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Saxon IV K – DR Class 99
The steam locomotive BR 99 (Saxon IV K) belongs to the type B'B 'n4v and has two coupled driving axles in two different frame bogies. The locomotive is a wet-steam four-cylinder compound locomotive.
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As Saxon IV K (DR Class 99) a four-axle narrow gauge steam locomotive of the Royal Saxon State Railway was designated from 1900. The gauge of this locomotive is 750 mm. The Saxon IV K is the most-built, a total of 96 copies, narrow-gauge steam locomotive for a state railway in Germany. From 1925 the DR ordered the class 99.51-60 locomotives.
Details of Saxon IV K (DRG Class 99)
Manufacturer: Saxon Machine Factory Chemnitz
Numbering: 99.51–60
Weight: 26,8–29,3 t
Spurweite: 750 mm
Fuel supply: 0,85 t / 1,02 t hard coal
Water supply: 2.4 m³
Power: 154 kW / 210 PSi
Brake: vacuum brake
Boiler overpressure: 12/14/15 bar
History and use of the steam locomotive BR 99 (Saxon IV K)
As a result of the steadily growing volume of traffic on the Saxon narrow gauge railways, and the thus no longer sufficient performance of previous series used, the Saxon machine factory developed a locomotive with four driven axles and a larger boiler. The Saxon IV K contained two engine bogies to allow the ride curvy routes. A total of 96 locomotives were placed between 1892 and 1921 with the railway numbers 103 to 198 in service. All 96 locomotives were initially the generic name H M T K V, which they as locomotives manufacturer Hartmann (H), the design type Meyer (M), tender locomotive (T), with 750 mm gauge (K) and compound engine (V) featured. Later, from 1896, they were referred to as K IV and from 1900 as IV K, where the K stands for "Kleinspur". Their use had the Saxon IV K in passenger and freight trains.
After the First World War 5 copies had to be written off and in 1918 one of the locos went to Serbia, where it remained after the end of the war. The four others had their mission for the Heeresbahnen which then remained in Transylvania, of which three came during the Second World War in Hungarian property. All machines used in the Baltic States during the First World War returned to Saxony before the end of the war.
In 1920, the German Reichsbahn took over the 90 remaining in Saxony locomotives. In 1925 the locomotives were given the numbers 99 511-546, 99 551-558, 99 561-579 and 99 581-608. In 1919, 15 five-axle Heeresfeldbahn locomotives were acquired, which were classified as Saxon genus IV K. Their replicas with the numbers 99.67-71 and the unit locomotives of the 99.73-76 were retired in the 1930s. Until 1939, another 18 machines were removed from the inventory and during the Second World War, another twelve were lost in war missions.
After World War II, two locomotives remained with the CSD, four were confiscated as Reperationsgut by the Soviet occupying power. The Deutsche Reichsbahn has 57 serviceable locomotives in its inventory. Nine locomotives came to Rügensche Kleinbahn and the former Prignitzer Kreiskleinbahnen, where they were equipped with Knorr brakes. In this context, they also received a conspicuous compressed air tank on the boiler. The Saxon IV K had its use on all Saxon narrow gauge lines and in the 1980s on the routes Selva-Jöhstadt, and Oschatz-Mügeln-Kemmlitz.
From 1932, 30 Saxon IV K were partly extensively renewed. Several locomotives received new welded boilers, but by 1967 a total of 23 locomotives also had new frames, bogies and cylinders. The completely newly built IV K can be seen on the square frame guide under the cab. The last not renewed steam locomotives separated until 1973 from the service. The still largely original locomotives 99 535 (Transport Museum Dresden), 99 579 (Museum Rittersgrün), 99 581 (in Kirchberg planned museum) and 99 604 (DGEG, today SSB Radebeul) were guaranteed as a museum conservation. The locomotive 99 581 was scrapped in June 1983 in Kirchberg. The suspension of the general repaired and large-scale locomotives began in the early 1970s. In mid-1991, there were still 13 Saxon IV K in the DR portfolio. As part of the merger of the DR and DB, these locomotives were to receive the new operating numbers 099 701 to 099 713 from 1 January 1992. Two locomotives were sold in 1991 to the museum railway Jöhstadt-Steinbach and the locomotive 99 562 was turned off. So only 10 copies were provided with the new numbers. Other locomotives divorced 1992/93 by the sale to the Döllnitzbahn GmbH. On January 1, 1994, several locomotives came to Deutsche Bahn AG, but was never used as planned.
Received Saxon IV K (DR Class 99) locomotives:
»99 516 Schönheide Museum Railway
»99 534 Memorial locomotive in Geyer
»99 535 Transport Museum Dresden
»99 539 (099 701-51) Traditionsbahn Radebeul
»99 542 (099 702-31) Preßnitztalbahn
»99 555 SOEG, property association of Zittauer Schmalspurbahnen e.V.
»99 561 (099 703-11) Förderverein Wilder Robert
»99 562 (099 704-91) German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
»99 564 (099 705-61) Saxon Steam Railway Company
»99 566 Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz
»99 568 IG Preßnitztalbahn
»99 574 (099 707-21) Döllnitzbahn (parked in autumn 2018)
»99 579 Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Rittersgrün
»99 582 (099 708-01) Schönheide Museum Railway
»99 584 (099 709-81) Döllnitzbahn (operational again since August 2018)
»99 594 IG Preßnitztalbahn, currently (as of August 2018) in Meiningen for main inspection
»99 604 Sächsische Schmalspurbahnen Foundation (ex association for the promotion of Saxon narrow-gauge railways e.V.) (Radebeul narrow-gauge railway museum)
»99 606 (099 712-21) Foundation Saxon Narrow Gauge Railways (ex Association for the Promotion of Saxon Narrow Gauge Railways e.V.) (as of 2018: deposited in the historic goods grounds in Radebeul East)
1 service number at the DB
Dampfsounds
Die Sounds werden von dampfsound.de zur Verfügung gestellt.
99 1568 mit Personenzug zwischen Schmalzgrube und Schlössel, im Gewitter
https://dampfsound.de/sounds/m99_5/cd125s06.mp3
99 1542 mit Zug 25 im Tal zwischen Schmalzgrube und Schlössel
Dampflok BR 99 / Sächsische IV K
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Q: Modelling a continious-time queue which behaves differently when there are more or less people being served. For my research I am trying to model a continuous-time queue which behaves differently when there are more or less people being served. The arrival rate in the queue is constant, however the departure distribution depends on the number of people in the queue.
First let us assume that at time $t = 0$ we start in a state called $idle$.
The states the system walks through are described below. The forward arrows in the chain represent arrivals and are exponentially distributed with some rate parameter $\lambda$. The backward arrows represent departures but every departure is distributed in an other way with possibly it's own unique state dependent distribution.
My question is how to model this queue mathematically. My intend is to set up a model to analyse properties of this queue (such as it's waiting time distribution, utilisation time, ...).
My first idea was to use a continuous-time markov chain but my departure rates are not expentionally distributed. Any other ideas?

A: Your diagram looks like a variation of a $M/G/n$ system. If service times are exponential (with rates dependent on the number in service) then you have a straightforward birth and death process and the stationary distribution can be computed.
Simplest model is the $M/M/n$, where the service rates are $\mu_i=i\mu$ for $i< n$ and $n\mu$ for $i\geq n$. This is the case when each of the $n$ servers can serve at most one customer at any time, and all have the same service rate $\mu$.

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Pronto now available in Puerto Vallarta
Mexican startup Pronto has formally begun operations in Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas. To start using this service, you can download the app for iOS and Android.
During a presentation held at the Nuevo Vallarta Business Center, Rodrigo Pérez, Pronto's head of government relations, announced that this mobility platform or taxi app has operations in 14 Mexican cities and is expected that by the end of this year they will be active in more than 30 locations in the country.
Pronto's main differentiator is to offer fair prices to users looking to move safely and efficiently, integrating drivers (both independent, from other platforms and taxi service) with a monthly membership (as a subscription) and always respecting all of their income.
At a national level, Pronto's community has more than 150,000 users and more than 1.5 million trips in the different locations where they have presence, such as Puebla, Tepatitlán, Zapotlanejo and Tlaxcala, where this app that offers ride-sharing was born.
"We are very happy to start operations in Vallarta · Nayarit, an open destination to use technology platforms. Pronto is a company valued in millions of dollars and we should be proud to be able to enjoy a service that can move us us safely, at a very low cost and to all places in the bay," concluded Rodrigo Pérez.
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Mentally disabled Iranian boy Babak is the apple of his mother's eye. His impatient father, on the other hand, only has an eye for his little brother Afshin. While Babak's mother prevents him from being committed, he is locked up in his room all day. There, he dreams of going to school – a dream he knows will never come true. Until a friend of his younger brother comes along. He secretly educates Babak and informs his teacher about Babak's fate. Together they enable him to go to school. The touching movie 'De Geheime Broer'/'A Time to Love' won a Canadian youth film prize. Director Ebrahim Forouzeh won more than thirty international film prizes in his career.


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The Bridge Ladies
Betsy Lerner
Bridge Ladies
When I set out to learn about my mother's bridge club, the Jewish octogenarians behind the matching outfits and accessories, I never expected to fall in love with them. This is the story of the ladies, their game, their gen, and the ragged path that led me back to my mother.
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It's These Expressions I Never Give
Posted on June 7, 2012 by betsylerner
I am aware that I use this blog primarily as a place to work out my problems and give voice to the exquisite agony of writing and publishing. And that I indulge a particular kind of melancholy that infuses much of my day and relationship to writing and to art. But over the years I've had some peak days that I would be remiss in not mentioning. When I got my first promotion, when I received the Tony Godwin prize for editors under 30. (Yes, I was once under thirty.) When my author and friend Kim Wozencraft got a million dollar film deal for her first novel and we went to the Brasserie and ate steak and drank martinis. (Later at the office, I puked and fell asleep under my desk.) When two books I had edited (Prozac Nation and Autobiography of a Face) were well reviewed on the same page of the New York Times Book Review and both of their careers took off (both books still in print). Working with Temple Grandin. Selling my own book and buying a Cartier Tank watch. And yesterday at the BEA.
Neil Young and Patti Smith in conversation at the BEA in front of 1,300 booksellers and publishing people and book lovers. I got to sit right up front, hang in the green room, go in Patti's limo and touch Neil's poncho. They were amazing, funny, warm, sweet, real. One story from the conversation: Neil talked about how his dad, a writer, typed on the third floor of their house every morning and that no one was allowed up there. So I went up all the time, he said, and my dad would say, Hi Windy, his nickname for being super talkative. I like to imagine that: a boy growing up in a house punctuated by the clacking of a typewriter. And a benevolent father.
Tell us about your peak days as a writer. (Tomorrow back to gloom and doom, I promise.)
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Bonnie Shimko, on June 7, 2012 at 7:37 am said:
In 2002, I was in the kitchen ironing. The phone rang. The woman on the other end of the line said, "This is Anita Miller of Academy Chicago Publishers. We'd like to publish your book." I have no idea what else she said.
J.D., on June 7, 2012 at 7:47 am said:
A short fucking list. #1 Finishing my first novel was a rush. That was when I thought this writing game wasn't so difficult. Of course, it was a piece of shit and was so bad it fell deep into the slush pile, where it morphed into a blind catfish. #2 The first short story I had accepted, I sent the little intro-query (as requested) followed by a story. Dumb ass that I was, I queried one story and mistakenly sent a different one. After calling me a moron, the editor accepted my story.
independentclause, on June 7, 2012 at 7:57 am said:
There was the first real publication (in a literary journal), the nomination for the AWP Intro Journal Prize (which I did not win), vague interest from two agents (oh, god, I'm not a fraud after all!), and gorgeous days spent at a writing residency last fall (write, write, write, go for a bicycle ride, write, write, write, join a bunch of smart writers for a couple bottles of wine).
Wry Wryter, on June 7, 2012 at 7:58 am said:
My Everest and K2.
Never been published and on the same day, August 8, 1988 two of my pieces hit different newspapers on the same day. My head would not fit through the door.
And the best…involved my writing and that of my parents.
I met my parents for the first time after they died.
Shortly after my mother and father were gone I discovered 125 love letters they had written to each other while separated by WWII. Reading them allowed me into the private loving world of two kids younger than my own two girls are now. I started a memoir about the letters and because of the patriotic connection I was interviewed on Fox News in NYC by Martha McCallum. (The producers told me my book would be another Notebook, yea right). Anyway…They sent a limo, my husband and I sat next to Doctor Keith Ablow in the green-room and I spent a very exciting time in the make-up chair next to celebrities I never even heard of. My interview used up three minutes of my Andy Warhol 15 minutes of fame. It took us over three hours to be limo-ed home and because my make-up still looked damn good my husband took me out to dinner. Very heady stuff that.
I am the most famous person I know. That's how boring my life is now.
MikeD, on June 7, 2012 at 8:41 am said:
That's a beautiful way to have met your parents, Wry. And I'm sure there are many famous people who are not as interesting as you.
ThreeKingsBooks, on June 7, 2012 at 8:12 am said:
For me, the heady moments came when there was struggle. After publishing fairly easily and regularly, there came the dry spell. I sort of had a nervous breakdown, but I KEPT GOING and, yes, HarperCollins bought my suspense thriller, which went on to make me real money.
It's always best after it's been bad.
First of all, you made my day by posting a photo of a Les Paul reminiscent of Neil Young's beloved Old Black; as soon as I saw the shiny new Paul, even before reading the title and the post, I thought of Neil Young. You're very fortunate, Betsy; enjoy!
Before she died, I gave my mother a copy of a regional golf magazine that had an article I wrote in it. She was delighted to see the byline and there wasn't much she was happy about at that stage. Later, going through some of her belongings after the funeral, I found a copy of the article; she had sent the magazine to a friend or relative, sharing her joy or else bragging.
A couple of years ago I printed out something I just finished. My daughter abandoned playing with some stuffed animals when she heard the rumblings of the printer and came into the llittle office.
"What's that daddy?"
"Something I printed out. You want to hear it?" (Always looking for a critic).
The part I read was about a walk with my wife, daughter and our dog. When I finished she said,
"That's about us. Who wrote it?"
Her smile and sparkling eyes. A very nice review. And she has taken to writing her own books, too — phonetically spelled words that keep you guessing and wonderful illustrations. I think the kid may be on to something.
A lot of mountains have more than one peak.
Tetman, on June 7, 2012 at 11:52 am said:
You got it, MikeD. I haven't had a lot of worldly success with my writing, but the familial success, such as you've had with your mother and your daughter, is unique and priceless. Your report reminds me of when my first short story was published, my mother and her best friend both ordered copies of the magazine. They didn't tell me they were doing that, either. The story was somewhat explicit and I was somewhat embarrassed–"Ah, jeez, my mom read that!" But I was happy to be able to present some sort of success to my mom (and my dad, too).
And just a couple months ago, my wife read a novella I had just completed. She read it twice and said to me, "Your writing reminds me of why I fell in love with you." I took that as a good sign. She also smiled, and her eyes sparkled.
MikeD, on June 7, 2012 at 1:39 pm said:
Nothing else really matters, Tetman, but still we strive for more….(my wife is one of the harshest critics ever. Every once in awhile she'll say, this isn't bad …. and I'll think, wow.).
Wry Wryter, on June 7, 2012 at 5:37 pm said:
You guys…the women in your lives are lucky to have men that respect their opinions. Family is everything.
Without my husband and my daughters I'd be the scary lady who hangs out in the laundry-mat watching the dryers like it's the Late Show on one and Night-Line on the other.
Karen, on June 7, 2012 at 8:30 am said:
After reading the above replies, I am even more aware that I am still at Literary Mountain base camp. Metaphorically, I'm still trying to tie the laces my hiking boots. Still, some years back (before I was brave enough to even to restart a devotion to writing), I entered a national competition. Won first prize, was flown to LA to attend the awards ceremony and got to see my name flashed up on the screen. Realizing that my sentences had a power, could convince a panel of judges to select my work over the others was The Defining Moment. My writing journey truly started with that one event and I reflect upon that nice start on the bad days.
RE, on June 7, 2012 at 8:46 am said:
When I was in high school I had some poems published in the newspaper. They paid $17.50 per poem. Afterwards I got a fan letter from a guy who said I was "gifted in the use of words." That kept me going for years and years and years. Then one day I was watching the news and saw that the guy, my fan, had been arrested for trying to swim across the Niagara River, just upriver from the falls, while handcuffed. He was a crazy guy! Which, in retrospect, seems so right.
Bobbi, on June 7, 2012 at 8:54 am said:
It's official. Your job is the coolest job in the world.
I haven't been a writer for very long but I'd say the day the offer for publication came and the day a glowing review in my hometown newspaper came out are the best days so far. Really, any day that I'm writing instead of admitting people into a hospital against their will is a peak day.
Jennifer, on June 7, 2012 at 9:21 am said:
I think my peak day as a writer is when I realize something or have some sort of epiphany that comes out in writing that I never would have realized while not writing. My brain feels like its on fire and its like I used a part of my brain more that day that i usually do. Its probably the best part of being a writer and the moments that I look to have more and more as the writing progresses.
I didn't know you edited prozac nation. I will put it on my list of things to read!
Tetman, on June 7, 2012 at 9:32 am said:
You lucky, blessed person you (And by the way, it's called "passed out," not "fell asleep." I speak from experience.)
"Peak days as a writer." Okay, this is going to be fun, cuzz I been doin this a long time an there's gonna be a few.
When I was fifteen and had my first publication (school journalism); when I was sixteen and published an underground newsletter; when I was seventeen and had my first poetry published.
Then came the years of too stoned to write.
I straightened out sufficiently to return to school. When I was twenty-two I wrote my first creative prose something-or-other; at twenty-three I wrote my first short story.
Then came the years of too drunk to get up off the floor ("fell asleep," indeed).
I sobered up sufficiently by age thirty-one to write a novel that got me invited to your fair burg to study at the feet (almost literally) of a teacher both demanding and brilliant.
How the years scoot on by. At age thirty-four I had my first piece accepted by an important publication and I sat down hard on the kitchen floor and sobbed like the baby I believe I truly may be. At thirty-seven I had my first short story published. At forty-two I had a story published that won a prize worth hundreds of dollars (hundreds!). At forty-six I had a story published that earned me an unsolicited letter from an agent (again, in your fair burg).
Last year I wrote a book (as yet unpublished) that is the best thing I've written and is unlike anything else I've done, and I turned to my wife and said, "I can play my instrument–language is my instrument, and I have mastered it at last." (The hubris alarm sounds at this point.)
Then came this past winter–Friday, January 13–I cam home from work and checked my domestic email, as is my wont–in my Inbox was an email from a small publisher–I pushed back from my desk, went to my wife, held out my hands and said, "I'm going to have a book published! I mean, it's not a dream anymore. One of my books has been accepted and it's going to be published!"
So, all sadness and heartbreak and disappointment aside (for who escapes sadness and heartbreak and disappointment?), this writing life has had some nice peak days, including several I haven't mentioned but enough already, and thanks for asking.
rea, on June 7, 2012 at 9:35 am said:
first story published was a big big big deal. it was wonderful to have a piece accepted by a literary magazine. there's big money in shorts. kidding.
Shanna, on June 7, 2012 at 9:50 am said:
I tapped out a big list and then realized it was all neurotic and name droppy. Blech. Never mind.
August, on June 7, 2012 at 10:22 am said:
Yes, you wouldn't want to respond to a post about Wozencraft, Grandin, Wurtzel, Young, and Smith by getting all neurotic and name-droppy.
Averil Dean, on June 7, 2012 at 10:47 am said:
Over the years, I've found that the best response to anyone's name-dropping is the one that comes naturally to me: I don't know any of the names. Yes, I look ignorant, but it definitely moves the conversation along.
Princess Sisi, on June 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm said:
Drop away! We all love that.
Tulasi-Priya, on June 7, 2012 at 10:44 pm said:
Do drop.
This thread makes me want to offer a different kind of Godwin prize.
There are no peak days as a writer. I got two rejections last week, and a third round of brainless edits demanding that I spray-paint a turd. Years ago, I got a six figure offer from a famous editor. My second book of a two-book contract was rejected. I was short-listed for a second-rate prize. These things are all the same. It's like asking what I like most about a dog crapping on my rug. "He's got really cute ears." I organize my life around this fact, because if I allow myself to feel the peaks, I'll have to start feeling the valleys too.
I have a similar story to this. Fantastically eloquent rejection letters peppering my inbox. Exquisite close-but-no-blow missives. A few honorable mentions, some prizes. Once, I got one of those Oregon Fellowships. Same day, I got an Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Prize. I was literally unsheathing those things from their envelopes when the call came in from the police telling me that my daughter was suicidal and they were admitting her to the hospital. Four months of hell ensued, and I think it was that long before I could even LOOK at the Congratulatory letters. That same daughter, by the way, was born four days after her father was killed in a car wreck. Good news and bad news, in my experience, are a seedy pair that enjoy one another's company.
Peaks. Yeah. I don't trust them.
Sorry to piss all over your day of good tidings, Betsy.
August, on June 7, 2012 at 2:36 pm said:
I've never gotten an eloquent rejection letter. Mine always say, "While this is okay, it's not okay enough." (And goddamn, Sisi, those're some valleys. Mine are just faint ruts that only turn into major depressions after much effort, through the force of my hysteria.)
mary, on June 7, 2012 at 10:30 am said:
My peak day as a writer was a day I didn't write a word. It was one of those moments where you look back and say, that's when I decided to… (whatever). Big Sur at the end of the sixties. A dozen things that could make you fly higher than a kite and most of them not chemical: smell and sound of the Pacific, shiny happy people, a boy by your side with hair longer than yours, redtails soaring, warm sun, cool breeze, just the right amount of fog at just the right times. And not far away, almost close enough to touch poncho or fringed jacket, Crosby Stills Nash and Young playing Down by the River like nothing I'd ever heard (and I'd heard a lot by then). Magic. Nothing but net. (go Celtics)
The best part was getting how music and story were the same. I knew I could never make sounds like that but maybe, just maybe, I could translate them to the written page. Learning viscerally how story is nothing more than a moment. Maybe I can translate moments, maybe not. But I always wanted to thank Neil Young for letting it all out that day in a way everyone there could experience. Crosby too–that beatific smile. Nash—that peacefulness, a genuine sweetness. And Stills–that guitar, the one that hooked into Young's like god was playing them both. So yeah–touching Neil's poncho… wow. And this from someone who would rather be tortured to death than express any semblance of star-suck. Heart of gold indeed.
Josephine, on June 7, 2012 at 11:04 am said:
once when august was a guest blogger on here, he said betsy should trade out his list for the one i wrote. if we're going on name dropping and neurotic tendencies, that's been my best writing day so far.
August gave me my best writing day, too. I plan to have his name tramp-stamped on my ass. I'll tell my husband, We met at the end of one magical summer, darling, don't you remember?
after reading laura's post a second ago (that started, "this august…"), i was thinking how the month never occurs to me first anymore.
pythia, on June 7, 2012 at 11:48 am said:
The peak moment of my writing career? The day I wrote the last sentence of the book I'd been laboring on for some fifteen years. Words that were born out of the story of my father's life that I'd been trying to tell; out of the unbelievably arduous journey I'd been through just to get to "the end"; out of the whole unbelievable mystery of this godforsaken man whom fate had given to me as a father; and out of finally getting the why and the what for of the pain at the heart of my family. At that moment I didn't care if I ever got published, or saw the book in print: what mattered most was that I'd done what I'd set out to do, had written what had been asked of me as a writer by some unknown but very demanding force, and by doing so had glimpsed the cosmos in the mundane. Of course it wasn't soon before I came to ground, hard, but three years and many rejections later, that peak moment continues to sustain me, a little juicy secret in my writer's heart.
gsprendergast, on June 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm said:
My best day. A day spent on set of my film. The day I won an Awgie Award presented by HG and Roy and I kissed them both on the mouth.
Nadine Gallo, on June 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm said:
When people laughed at my writing in a workshop and when Levellers Press sent me a positive response to my query. I love Levellers Press. They're in Amherst, Mass. and I buy their books.
Wendy Plump, on June 7, 2012 at 12:25 pm said:
Waking up one morning and finding a package outside my front door with a wonderfully generous letter from an editor and two books inside. I swooned. Sound familiar Betsy? –Wendy
ella2001, on June 7, 2012 at 12:32 pm said:
Moments of clarity in the chaos of a writing life. Getting an email from my agent after reading my mss: this is big. Getting a call from my producer that Scorsese might executive-produce my first screenplay. Neither of which panned out- but it's sorta like the puking after steaks and martinis at la brasserie. When you're in that zone, the past and the future do not exist…
donnaeve, on June 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm said:
Wow, how do you get over that…Scorsese? Even if it didn't pan out…
vince p, on June 7, 2012 at 12:41 pm said:
In 1992, I had a story in Esquire summer reading issue and it was illustrated, unfortunately for the reader, with a picture of me standing in my kitchen. A couple of weeks after it came out I was walking up Broadway around 97th Street and this young guy walking toward me with his girl was staring at me and as we crossed he said, hey, did you just have a story in Esquire? and I said, yes, and he said, it was fantastic. And I said, thank you. Thank you very much…. The only time I was ever recognized on the street. I dug it. It should happen to everyone once. That guy, wherever he is now, deserves a prize — caring that much about what he reads.I didn't know then how rare that would become.
donnaeve, on June 7, 2012 at 12:54 pm said:
I haven't been published, so you have to put what I consider "peaks" into perspective. For me, the first "peak" came when I got to work with a freelance editor who works for Harper Collins. I received her editorial letter about my ms that started off "I loved this…" She then went on to sing praises about sense of place, voice, writing style wonderfully fluent…" of course there were things to fix but her positive feedback sustained me for the next 9 months while I worked on it. (I'd go back and re-read that letter over and over)
The next peak was when she said the ms was ready to be sent to agents and after a couple months of queries, rejections, an agent fell in love with it and took me on. It took a week for my heart rate to go down.
It's sort of been the valley of darkness since – the book is still in submission, but…it's awfully quiet "out there" and…oh wait, you said doom and gloom tomorrow. I'll hold off.
macdougalstreetbaby, on June 7, 2012 at 1:13 pm said:
My highs are simple. They've come about when what I want to express comes out like a Xerox copy of my heart and mind. It's an added hug when an audience appreciates it, too, but, really, they're not part of it at all.
Mary Lynne, on June 7, 2012 at 1:21 pm said:
My first by-line on a Sunday feature story in the daily newspaper I worked for kept me grinning for days. Lots of by-lines came after that, some on stories I was really proud of. But the next high I had was unexpected. My in-laws lived in the same town and my mother-in-law made no attempt to hide her contempt for me. She never said anything to me that wasn't absolutely required. But after she died, my father-in-law gave me a giant envelope filled with every story I wrote for that paper in the five years I worked there. My mother-in-law had carefully cut them out every week and saved them. I still marvel at that.
I'm still waiting for a peak on my fiction writing. First I have to finish something.
Ruth Gila Berger, on June 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm said:
I love everyone's stories.
First moment of recognition as a writer was when my first piece was accepted by Creative Nonfiction, first and only submission. The editor Lee Gutkind called me personally and when he identified himself "This is Lee Gutkind calling" I said "No it isn't" realized what I said and got the giggles so bad I started snorting. The only reason I was home was the friend's car I was borrowing had a flat tire and I was frantically calling around trying to find a jack and someone to help me. No answering machine as was just switching to voicemail and hadn't set it up yet. There have been other pieces accepted since than but that one I'll always remember.
Tetman, on June 7, 2012 at 1:50 pm said:
not to get all gushy or anything, but it is a constant peak to get to hang out on this blog with all the rest of you.
Hey Tet.
I was going to say that but I thougt I'd let you say it first. Ah… you don't feel sick or anything do you. hahahaha
Stephen Siciliano, on June 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm said:
I recently watched "Believe in Eve," a feature film that never got distribution for which I wrote the script and help produce. There is a simple scene wherein the protagonist lovers walk arm-and-arm through L.A.'s barrio at sunset to a flamenco guitar. There is a voiceover of a poem I wrote for the female lead who was also a girlfriend at the time.
It's a lilting scene and a wonderful keepsake of my youth.
Many poets are published, but few get to see their verse amped by light, music, film, and acting.
Years of things turning to crap suddenly seemed worthwhile
rea, on June 7, 2012 at 2:51 pm said:
i love this. the voiceover.
it's like being one of the back-up singers, don't you think? that's not a negative. i've always wanted to one of the back-up singers. stage left, black dress, do-wapping.
Well sure. It's a kind "chorus" as the Greeks understood it, no?
virginiallorca, on June 7, 2012 at 2:13 pm said:
I am so glad for you being in that limo and chatting with people you so admire. Don't you feel like you are living your dream?
I started late in life with the writing deal so. . .Peak? Toss up between good review from published writer and selling ten books yesterday all by myself.
Sarah W, on June 7, 2012 at 3:24 pm said:
I was skimming the bibliography of a historical biography once, looking for primary sources for a patron, and found that the author had quoted and cited an article I'd written on the subject.
A couple grad students—and one university press editor—have called the library over the years to ask about the author of various local history articles on our website. It's such an ego boost to spell out my own name.
As for fiction, earlier this year, I asked an author I met online and later face-to-face at a conference to read over a few scenes from my WIP (because my gun-knowledge is shaky), and she offered to blurb it when it was done. i'm still hugging that one to myself.
Mary Lynne, on June 7, 2012 at 10:45 pm said:
oh bravo for that, Sarah!
ravingmadscientists, on June 7, 2012 at 3:35 pm said:
In 2009, chief editor of an independent publishing house read 30 pages of my unpublished novel as part of our joint participation in a writer's conference. After which we met for my critique. He opened with something along the lines of: "I love it. I have no real criticisms. The characters are fully developed, there's an interesting and well-paced plot. The story is sellable. I'd like a copy of the full manuscript to take back as a submission to _______ Publishing."
11 months, several conversations and one trip across the country later, it ended without an offer. But that initial meeting was delicious.
november, on June 7, 2012 at 5:11 pm said:
A reading at Shakespeare & Co., Paris. That was cool.
Terry DeHart, on June 7, 2012 at 5:44 pm said:
I remember getting a call from a fantastic agent, and hearing her say yes, and then the conference call with the editor, and the two-book deal, complete with an actual contract, and all the while I'm thinking: This is an amazing amount of effort for a practical joke.
God-damn what great stories here today. What a bunch of dreamers we all are. It's like being sick and then finding out other people are sick too with what you've got and somehow it makes you feel better because you're not the only one.
Writing/illness, yeah, that's exactly what I mean.
Katharine Weber, on June 7, 2012 at 6:15 pm said:
Getting a call from Dan Menaker at The New Yorker about my short story, which was a piece of my first novel in progress. It was a slush pile find by his then-assistant David McCormick (who is now in partnership with my wonderful literary agent at McMormick & Williams). My first fiction in print, that story, appeared in The New Yorker in January of 1993 and it totally changed my life.
They won't even print my cartoon captions.
Tetman, on June 7, 2012 at 11:43 pm said:
they won't print mine, either. something about them not being funny.
Yeah, that's the same problem I have, Tet. But they keep publishing Woody Allen's puke-awful Shouts and Murmurs, so I live in hope.
Katharine Weber, on June 8, 2012 at 4:02 am said:
They don't appreciate mine, either.
I did once come close to getting a cartoon accepted there, in 1995. The editor loved it, but Tina Brown didn't get it, so that was that. A tank full of tropical fish all facing the same direction, swimming in a formation that spelled out E=Mc (little 2). The caption: "Think Tank."
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My pieces were always chosen to be read before the class when I was in middle school and high school, and right through college. I won a couple of competitions of little import.
Here's a name-drop: I was the editor of my high school lit mag, and my assistant was Laurel Touby, founder of MediaBistro.com
I had a couple of little pieces published in college newspapers, a music review that was cut by two-thirds because I ignored the word count, and a memoir piece in a Boston indie 'zine, my copies of which I foolishly renounced (i.e., threw away) when I moved into the ashram. If anyone can help me find a copy (Cruel World, the Combat Zone issue), I would be eternally grateful. (Update: I gave it another try and might have found the copy editor for the mag. Waiting to hear back).
Sometimes I read stuff I've written and think, "I wrote that?" Makes me think that maybe, just maybe, I can do this. So, yeah, the writing itself can be a peak experience.
I occasionally get "fan mail" from readers on an email list for Hare Krishna women who like my writing, asking for more.
Perhaps the highest peak was when an agent whom I respect told me that she would read my manuscript, should I ever complete one. She's still waiting, but not for much longer, I hope.
All the encouragement I get from y'all on this blog is more than a peak, it's a lifeline. Even the discouraging comments I sometimes get are encouraging. Getting any kind of notice from someone whose work I respect tells me I'm at least worthy to sit on the bench. Someday I'll get up to bat, and swing for the team.
This almost felt pathetic, but I feel I should acknowledge whatever positive reinforcement I get for writing. If I'm not grateful for what little I've got, how will I be open to getting more?
Chillcat, on June 8, 2012 at 3:09 am said:
A respected English journal with at least one Nobel Prize winner on the board (Nadine Gordimer) says yes to my short story after two years, a 3000 word cut and momentous editing. I was happy. Oh lots of valleys and shitty grey plains
Jay, on June 8, 2012 at 3:26 pm said:
You lucky person. Did Windy talk the way he sings? That's what someone told me.
Erm, read it wrong. Thought Windy was HIS nickname.
Sondra, on June 12, 2012 at 3:25 pm said:
I received an acceptance by e-mail, but thought I had read it incorrectly. I printed it out so I could read it over and over again. I screamed, jumped up and down and went running through my house yelling, "I did it, I did it, I did it!"
My husband came in after doing yard work. I threw my arms around him and told him I was going to be published. He said, "Did you notice I trimmed the trees in the patio?"
Nicholas J., on June 30, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:
I'll let you know.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to call into question the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying the death toll from the summer 2017 storm, which has been revised to almost 3,000 people, was the work of Democrats looking to tarnish his record.
President Trump rekindled his feud with the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, over Hurricane Maria response as Hurricane Florida bears down on the Carolinas, and the Republican governor of Puerto Rico lashed out at Trump's assertion that last year's hurricane response was great.
Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan and a fierce critic of Trump and his response to Hurricane Maria, said his comments added "insult to injury".
"If it wasn't for the churches and private organizations, we truly would not have received help from anyone", Ruiz said. "The Trump administration led us to believe they were helping when they weren't up to par, and they didn't allow other countries to help us". The most the president did during the crisis in Puerto Rico, Cuomo suggested, was "toss a few rolls of paper towels" to residents and fly back to Washington.
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Ottmar Chavez, the new secretary of the island's General Services Administration, said at a news conference that Puerto Rican officials requested the water from the USA government and were supposed to pick it up in late May. "When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths", he tweeted. More than half of the workforce - 54 percent - that FEMA sent to Puerto Rico lacked proper training.
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Spotify Wrapped reveals the artists Southeast Asia users streamed most in 2021
BTS dominated most-streamed artist lists across Southeast Asia, while popular local artists include Ben&Ben, JJ Lin, Pamungkas and more
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Spotify Wrapped has arrived for 2021, with the streaming platform showing users their personal listening statistics for the year as well as the most-streamed acts in various countries across the world – including Southeast Asia.
READ MORE: How Pamungkas beat burnout and reclaimed his love for music
BTS continued their trend of world domination from 2020 by becoming the year's the most-streamed artist in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Their vast gulf in popularity was only rivalled by Justin Bieber, who appeared in the top five most-streamed artists lists in all six of the countries listed above. Other popular international artists in the region included Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift.
Over in the local artist rankings, Indonesian singer-songwriter Pamungkas clinched the top spot over Tulus, Nadin Amizah, Rizky Febian, and Ardhito Pramono.
READ MORE: Full house: Ben&Ben return with their second album and "a multiverse of madness"
The Philippines' Ben&Ben continued their unquestioned dominance in their home country, while Moira Dela Torre also retained her number 2 spot. Rapper Skusta Clee, singer-songwriter Zack Tabudlo, and R&B singer Arthur Nery made up the rest of the top five.
JJ Lin was Singapore's top local artist, followed by Gentle Bones. Both artists recently collaborated on the single 'At Least I Had You'. The top five local artist list was rounded out by Mandopop stars Tanya Chua and Stefanie Sun, as well as The Sam Willows member Benjamin Kheng.
READ MORE: Gentle Bones: "The amount of reading I've been doing just to write positive songs well is not funny"
Malaysia saw superstar diva Dato' Siti Nurhaliza sitting atop a list that includes hip-hop artist Yonnyboii, Naim Daniel, iconic alt-rockers Hujan, and singer-songwriter Haqiem Rusli.
Thailand's Three Man Down came in just below BTS in the country's overall list of top five most-streamed artists, and therefore retained their throne from 2020's Wrapped. Billkin, Tilly Birds, Ink Waruntorn and pop duo SERIOUS BACON made up the rest of Thailand's local rankings.
Over in Vietnam, Sơn Tùng M-TP also finished just below BTS in the top five most-streamed artist list for his country. This rocketed him to the number one spot in the local rankings, followed by fellow top five most-streamed artist Đen. Pop rockers Chillies, singer-songwriter Vũ., and V-Pop star Amee followed.
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Are you getting ready to sell your house? If so, I'm sure it's crossed your mind that you'll also be selling your beloved garden. Stressful as preparing for the sale of a home may be, the thought of relinquishing your garden to a complete stranger might be even more terrifying. I'm here to offer some points to ponder before plunging the For Sale sign into the soil you've nurtured and fretted over for years.
In Part 1, you'll find ideas on how avoid post-partum let-down as well as ways to make a good first impression.
Woody shrubs and small trees are more of a gamble. If time allows, you can prepare them to avoid shock by root pruning with a sharp shovel (or clean cut with loppers for larger roots) just inside the drip line – sort of like using a grapefruit knife to separate the tasty bits from the rind. Tip prune the branches and wait at least a few weeks for signs of new growth. When fresh leaves start to appear, it means new root tips are developing where you cut and the chances of the plant making the move are improved. If the plants have gone dormant, your odds are greatly improved.
Garden lovers have a way of letting their "Oooo I have to have that!" impulses get the best of them. As much as you might love your "eclectic" collection, your ideal potential buyer might see the garden as so much visual noise.
Now, I'm not saying you need to carpet-bomb your beds and start over, but consider taming the chaos. Thin out the "onesies" or consolidate them into masses with similar characteristics, ie. silver foliage, grassy forms, warm colors. Reduce the number of garden ornaments to create just a few select focal points instead of looking like the prize shelf at a carnival side show.
Reality check: It doesn't matter how much time and money you put into those crown moldings or 13 billion BTU cook-top. If you don't get a potential buyer's foot off the gas pedal, out of the car and through the front door, they'll never know the charms of the interior. That's why curb appeal is so important, because you only get one chance to make a good first impression.
Overgrown trees should be cleaned up by a professional arborist and unruly shrubs made presentable, but don't be too heavy handed. Like trimming your daughter's bang to show off her beautiful face, allow trees to frame, rather than obscure, the façade of your home. Pay attention to plants that encroach on walkways or create a feeling of claustrophobia.
Make the view from the curb eye-catching. A colorful bed of flowers that can be seen from the street will pull them out of the car. If you've got lawn growing right up to the curb, remove a generous portion of sod to make room for posies, or move some big containers to the start of your walkway (but leave enough space for safe passage). At the end of the path, treat the front door as a welcoming visual magnet with additional seasonal color in the beds or a bold potted plant and eye-catching chairs.
Click through to Part 2 to see how to get your buyer excited and reaching for their checkbook.
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Natural hybrid in France, Italy and Spain but also artificially produced
An extremely variable, sterile, interspecific hybrid between L. angustifolia and L. latifolia, first described in France in 1828. It is now a major essential oil crop in France and Italy, grown for its disease resistance, hybrid vigour and fine oils.There do not appear to be large numbers in Australia but plants previously referred to L. spica could belong here as could some plants formerly placed in L. angustifolia.
Superficially similar to L. angustifolia but generally more robust, with slightly broader leaves and bracts that are ovate to narrowly ovate (longer than wide), not broadly ovate (about as long as wide). Other differences include the sterile flowers (those of L. angustifolia almost always have seeds), clearly evident bracteoles (minute or absent in L. angustifolia) and a more pungent aroma. Lavandin often has branched flower spikes, the side flowers on long stalks. However, this is not always so and often L. angustifolia will have lateral flower clusters, although these usually have extremely short stalks. Lavandin flowers about a fortnight to month later than English Lavender and about a fortnight before its other parent L. latifolia.
Spencer (1989).
Source: Spencer, R.; Holmes, R.; McNaughton, V. (2002). Lavandula. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Lavandula ×intermedia 'Grosso'
Originated from France, c. 1972, and now used in commercial plantings.
Lavandula ×intermedia 'Miss Donnington'
Low shrub with long, branching flower stalks and large flower heads.
Sometimes treated as L. 'Bowles Early', an L angustifolia cultivar from the UK that is sometimes available in Australia.
In New Zealand it is known as L. 'Bogong', L. 'Bujong' or L. 'Byjong'.
Lavandula ×intermedia 'Seal'
Vigorous grower with violet flowers in December.
Good for dried flowers and oil.
Lavandula ×intermedia 'Yuulong'
Large, compact hedging plant with long flower stems 30-35 cm long and flower spikes about 4 cm long with a flowering peak at the end of December, about 2 weeks later than L. angustifolia. Flowers violet-blue.
Has the late-flowering characteristic of L. ×intermedia, Lavandin, but lacks the branched spikes of that hybrid. Originally considered a cultivar of L. angustifolia but probably best treated as a cultivar of Lavandin.
Raised and introduced by Rosemary Holmes and Edyth Anderson from a selection of plants supplied to them by Coora Cottage Herbs as L. vera, which had been grown from seed from the Dutch seed merchants, Van Dijk & Co.
order Lamiales
family Lamiaceae
genus Lavandula L.


Stylianos (Stelios) Serghiou joined the PhD program in Epidemiology and Clinical Research in 2016. After spending two years as a second lieutenant for the National Guard of Cyprus, he attended the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained a BSc with Honors in Neuroscience in 2012 and received his medical degree (MBChB) with Honors in 2015. He was then awarded a post and worked for a year as an Academic Foundation Doctor for NHS Lothian and as an Honorary Clinical Fellow of the University of Edinburgh. Over his time in Edinburgh, he obtained multiple awards, including scholarships by the Royal College of Physicians of UK and Ireland, Royal College of Ophthalmologists and being an AMGEN scholar. He is moving to Stanford to work on his interests in improving the quality of medical research and exploring the application of novel computational techniques to analyzing big data in medicine. Alongside medicine, he is especially interested in music and had served as the leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Cyprus and a first violin of the University of Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Interleukin 6 (IL6) is an inflammatory cytokine; signaling via its receptor (IL6R) is believed to contribute to development of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The single nucleotide polymorphism rs2228145 in IL6R associates with increased levels of soluble IL6R (s-IL6R), as well as reduced IL6R signaling and risk of inflammatory disorders; its effects are similar to those of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody that blocks IL6R signaling. We used the effect of rs2228145 on s-IL6R level as an indirect marker to investigate whether reduced IL6R signaling associates with risk of ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD). In a genome-wide meta-analysis of 20,550 patients with CD, 17647 patients with UC, and more than 40,000 individuals without IBD (controls), we found that rs2228145 (scaled to a 2-fold increase in s-IL6R) was associated with reduced risk of CD (odds ratio, 0.876; 95% CI, 0.822-0.933; P=.00003) or UC (odds ratio, 0.932; 95% CI, 0.875-0.996; P=.036). These findings indicate that therapeutics designed to block IL6R signaling might be effective in treatment of IBD.
Expression of various long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) may affect cancer prognosis. Here, we aim to gather and examine all evidence on the potential role of lncRNAs as novel predictors of survival in human cancer.We systematically searched through PubMed, to identify all published studies reporting on the association between any individual lncRNA or group of lncRNAs with prognosis in human cancer (death or other clinical outcomes). Where appropriate, we then performed quantitative synthesis of those results using meta-analytic methods to identify the true effect size of lncRNAs on cancer prognosis. The reliability of those results was then examined using measures of heterogeneity and testing for selective reporting biases.Three hundred ninety-two studies were screened to eventually identify 111 eligible studies on 127 datasets. In total, these represented 16,754 independent participants pertaining to 53 individual and 6 grouped lncRNAs within a total of 19 cancer sites. Overall, 83 % of the studies we identified addressed overall survival and 32 % of the studies addressed recurrence-free survival. For overall survival, 96 % (88/92) of studies identified a statistically significant association of lncRNA expression to prognosis. Meta-analysis of 6 out of 7 lncRNAs for which three or more studies were available, identified statistically significant associations with overall survival. The lncRNA HOTAIR was by far the most broadly studied lncRNA (n = 29; of 111 studies) and featured a summary hazard ratio (HR) of 2.22 (95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.86-2.65) with modest heterogeneity (I(2) = 49 %; 95 % CI, 14-79 %). Prominent excess significance was demonstrated across all meta-analyses (p-value = 0.0003), raising the possibility of substantial selective reporting biases.Multiple lncRNAs have been shown to be strongly associated with prognosis in diverse cancers, but substantial bias cannot be excluded in this field and larger studies are needed to understand whether these prognostic information may eventually be useful.
Instead of evaluating one risk factor at a time, we illustrate the utility of "field-wide meta-analyses" in considering all available data on all putative risk factors of a disease simultaneously.We identified studies on putative risk factors of pterygium (surfer's eye) in PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science. We mapped which factors were considered, reported, and adjusted for in each study. For each putative risk factor, four meta-analyses were done using univariate only, multivariate only, preferentially univariate, or preferentially multivariate estimates.A total of 2052 records were screened to identify 60 eligible studies reporting on 65 putative risk factors. Only 4 of 60 studies reported both multivariate and univariate regression analyses. None of the 32 studies using multivariate analysis adjusted for the same set of risk factors. Effect sizes from different types of regression analyses led to significantly different summary effect sizes (P-value < 0.001). Observed heterogeneity was very high for both multivariate (median I(2), 76.1%) and univariate (median I(2), 85.8%) estimates. No single study investigated all 11 risk factors that were statistically significant in at least one of our meta-analyses.Field-wide meta-analyses can map availability of risk factors and trends in modeling, adjustments and reporting, as well as the impact of differences in model specification.
Red/near-infrared light therapy (R/NIR-LT) has been developed as a treatment for a range of conditions, including injury to the central nervous system (CNS). However, clinical trials have reported variable or sub-optimal outcomes, possibly because there are few optimized treatment protocols for the different target tissues. Moreover, the low absolute, and wavelength dependent, transmission of light by tissues overlying the target site make accurate dosing problematic.In order to optimize light therapy treatment parameters, we adapted a mouse spinal cord organotypic culture model to the rat, and characterized myelination and oxidative stress following a partial transection injury. The ex vivo model allows a more accurate assessment of the relative effect of different illumination wavelengths (adjusted for equal quantal intensity) on the target tissue. Using this model, we assessed oxidative stress following treatment with four different wavelengths of light: 450 nm (blue); 510 nm (green); 660 nm (red) or 860 nm (infrared) at three different intensities: 1.93 × 10(16) (low); 3.85 × 10(16) (intermediate) and 7.70 × 10(16) (high) photons/cm(2)/s. We demonstrate that the most effective of the tested wavelengths to reduce immunoreactivity of the oxidative stress indicator 3-nitrotyrosine (3NT) was 660 nm. 860 nm also provided beneficial effects at all tested intensities, significantly reducing oxidative stress levels relative to control (p ≤ 0.05).Our results indicate that R/NIR-LT is an effective antioxidant therapy, and indicate that effective wavelengths and ranges of intensities of treatment can be adapted for a variety of CNS injuries and conditions, depending upon the transmission properties of the tissue to be treated.


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Mayor: City will consult neighbors on port development
David Riley
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City officials still want to develop the Port of Rochester.
But Mayor Lovely Warren says her administration will go back to the drawing board in terms of what development near Lake Ontario could look like, following the recent collapse of plans for a private hotel and condominiums there.
The city will start with a series of public meetings to hear what the community wants to see at the port, Warren said during an interview last week. The discussions would mirror the city's approach earlier this year to gathering public input on development along the former Inner Loop — a process that ultimately yielded promising proposals, she said.
"We want to make sure that we hear all the voices and individuals that want to see certain development there," Warren said.
City officials are expected to announce recommendations for the Inner Loop later this month.
A proposal for a hotel, condos, a spa and restaurants in what is now a city-owned parking area at the port — a project nearly three years in the making — fell apart in late June. The developer, Edgewater Resources, failed to meet a city-imposed deadline to show it had the financing necessary to proceed.
The city announced June 30 that the project was dead and it would seek a new developer for its property, which lies south of Ontario Beach Park at Lake Avenue and Corrigan Street.
Warren said the city didn't have an acrimonious relationship with Edgewater, but when it couldn't show that it had the money, she decided it wasn't right to "keep prolonging the inevitable."
"I'm not going to hold this parcel of land hostage, waiting to see," Warren said.
The city will not, however, put out a new request for proposals right away. Instead, the city will hold three or four public meetings, likely starting in late August or early September, and develop a new request for proposals that incorporate the community's input, Warren said.
The Inner Loop meetings, for example, yielded calls for green space and specific types of building design, she said.
The city has been studying and discussing development at the port for years and years, long before Edgewater came along. Warren noted that the process with Edgewater alone spanned two administrations — hers, and that of previous Mayor Thomas Richards.
But now there are new people involved in the neighborhood group, the Charlotte Community Association, and other relative newcomers who want a say in what's built at the port, Warren said.
Also new to the waterfront: A $22 million city-owned marina is now complete and in operation. Warren said that might help others to see the potential the port area has to become a destination, and how the right project could create jobs there.
"At the end of the day, we want a process that is fair, unbiased and gives everybody the opportunity ... to put forth a valid plan," Warren said.
DRILEY@Gannett.com


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Q: How to prevent other servers from connecting to a local hazelcast instance I want to use hazelcast as a local-only inter-JVM shared cache. Or put another way, I want to run a secure/private instance.
Is this possible? If so, how?
If it matters, it will be spring-managed.
The motivation is that confidential data will be stored in hazelcast and I want to protect it from external attacks.

A: You need to define your own Group configuration credentials which would be needed to connect to your cluster.
<hz:group name="dev" password="password"/>

Best practices:

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*Always define your own Hazelcast xml/spring configuration instead of using the default one from the jar file

*Better to make use of TCP/IP network configuration wherever possible instead of multicast, so your cluster won't collide with others.

*Define custom group credentials, as mentioned above.


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Home Editorial Athletics Canada names 2019 Lima Pan American team
Athletics Canada names 2019 Lima Pan American team
While athletics fans in Canada look forward to the 2019 World Athletics Championships that will be taking place in Doha, Qatar starting Sept. 27, they have another international championships to enjoy, the 2019 Lima Pan American Games starting July 26.
The Pan Ams team, named by Athletics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee, includes 19 men and 27 women. Canada will look to improve on its 27 podium finishes (11 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze) from the Toronto 2015 edition.
Eighteen of those Toronto games athletes are returning, while the balance of 28 are new to the team. Seven of the 18 earned a medial in 2015, which includes decathlete Damian Warner (gold) and steeplechaser Geneviève Lalonde (bronze).
According to Athletics Canada the Pan Am Games is a vital component towards development, as was seen in 2015 with breakout performances by Rio 2016 triple Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), World silver medallist Melissa Bishop (800m), World Champion Shawn Barber (pole vault) and Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Derek Drouin (high jump). Although it could be argued that the above-named athletes would have performed just as well regardless of how 2015 went.
Peaking twice in one season may be a difficult task, but the ultimate goal is to field the best possible athletics team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – both meets are developmental towards Tokyo.
Interestingly, the national championships will be taking place in Montreal on the same weekend, a primary meet for Doha selection. The USATF nationals will also be going on during that same weekend in Des Moines, IA.
The list of Canadian track and field athletes, coaches and staff selected to the 2019 Pan American Games team includes:
Name Event(s) Personal Coach Hometown Club Affiliation
Kelsie Ahbe Women's pole vault Jim Bemiller Toronto, Ont. Unattached
Mobolade Ajomale Men's 100m, 4x100m relay Kevin Lasure Thornhill West, Ont. Flying Angels Track & Field Academy
Marco Arop Men's 800m Ron Thompson Edmonton, Alta. Voleo Athletics
Ashlan Best Women's 4x100m relay Gabe Sanders Guelph, Ont. Speed River Track and Field Club
Mathieu Bilodeau Men's 50km race walk David Gagnon Canmore, Alta. Unattached
Khamica Bingham* Women's 4x100m relay Dennis Shaver Brampton, Ont. Brampton Track Club
Jerome Blake Men's 200m, 4x100m relay Tara Self Vancouver, B.C. Coquitlam Cheetahs Track and Field Club
Maïté Bouchard Women's 800m Simon Croteau Sherbrooke, Que. Athlétisme Sherbrooke
Leya Buchanan Women's 100m, 4x100m relay John Smith Mississauga, Ont. Unattached
Lindsey Butterworth Women's 800m Brit Townsend North Vancouver, B.C. Coastal Track Club
Johnathan Cabral* Men's 110m hurdles Tim O'Neil Peribonka, Que. Unattached
Keira Christie-Galloway Women's 100m hurdles Hugh Conlin Ottawa, Ont. Ottawa Lions Track & Field Club
Rachel Cliff Women's 10,000m Richard Lee Vancouver, B..C Mile2Marathon
Kyra Constantine Women's 400m, 4x400m relay Caryl Smith Gilbert Brampton, Ont. Project Athletics Track and Field Program
Brittany Crew Women's shot put Richard Parkinson Toronto, Ont SISU Throws Club
Evan Dunfee* Men's 50km race walk, 20km race walk Gerald Dragomir Richmond, B.C. Racewalk West
Georgia Ellenwood Heptathlon Nate Davis Langley, B.C. Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club
Crystal Emmanuel* Women's 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay Charles Allen Toronto, Ont. Flying Angels Track & Field Academy
Ben Flanagan Men's 10,000m Chris Fox Kitchener, Ont. Unattached
Phylicia George* Women's 100m hurdles, 4x100m relay Darryl Woodson Markham, Ont. Flying Angels Track & Field Academy
Liz Gleadle* Women's javelin Laurier Primeau Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver Thunderbirds Track & Field Club
Travia Jones Women's 4x400m relay Darryl Woodson Regina, Sask. Unattached
Geneviève Lalonde* Women's 3000m steeplechase Dave Scott-Thomas Moncton, N.B. Speed River Track and Field Club
Pierce LePage Men's decathlon Gregory Portnoy Whitby, Ont. Unattached
Rory Linkletter Men's 10,000m Ed Eyestone Calgary, Alta. Unattached
Django Lovett Men's high jump Zbigniew Szelagowicz Surrey, B.C. Kajaks Track & Field Club
Michael Mason* Men's high jump Jeff Huntoon Nanoose Bay, B.C. Nanaimo Track and Field Club
Brandon McBride* Men's 800m Kurt Downes Windsor, Ont. Border City Athletics Club
Natassha McDonald Women's 400m, 4x400m relay Wellesley Johnson Brampton, Ont. Project Athletics Track and Field Program
Sarah Mitton Women's shot put Richard Parkinson Brooklyn, N.S. SISU Throws Club
Tim Nedow* Men's shot put Darrin Reesal Brockville, Ont. Ottawa Lions Track & Field Club
Christabel Nettey* Women's long jump Stuart McMillan Surrey, B.C. Unattached
Alysha Newman Women's pole vault Doug Wood Delaware, Ont. Bolton Pole Vault
Jessica O'Connell* Women's 5000m Mike Van Tighen Brampton, Ont. University of Calgary Athletics Club
William Paulson Men's 1500m Cory Leslie Quebec, Que. Club d'Athlétisme de l'Université Laval
Brendon Rodney* Men's 200m, 4x100m relay Maurice Wilson Etobicoke, Ont. Unattached
Camryn Rogers Women's hammer throw Mohamad Saatara Richmond, B.C. Kajaks Track & Field Club
Andrea Seccafien Women's 5000m Nic Bideau Guelph, Ont. Monarch Athletics Club
Ryan Smeeton Men's 3000m steeplechase Dave Smith Calgary, Alta. Unattached
Gavin Smellie* Men's 100m, 4x100m relay Milt Ottey Brampton, Ont. Flying Angels Track & Field Academy
Aiyanna Stiverne Women's 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay Ronald Morency Laval, Que. Unattached
Damian Warner* Men's decathlon, 4x100m relay Gar Leyshon London, Ont. Unattached
Sage Watson* Women's 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay Fred Harvey Medicine Hat, Alta. Unattached
Jillian Weir Women's hammer throw Larry Steinke Kingston, Ont. Unattached
Natasha Wodak* Women's 10,000m Lynn Kanuka North Vancouver, B.C. Prairie Inn Harriers
Regan Yee Women's 3000m steeplechase Mark Bomba South Hazelton, B.C. Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club
Name Role Hometown
Glenroy Gilbert Team Head Coach Ottawa, Ont.
Charles Allen Team Coach Toronto, Ont.
Kurt Downes Team Coach Windsor, Ont.
Heather Hennigar Team Coach Victoria. B.C.
Jeff Huntoon Team Coach Toronto, Ont.
Richard Parkinson Team Coach Stouffville, Ont.
Larry Steinke Team Coach Lethbridge, Alta.
Mike Van Tighem Team Coach Summerland, B.C.
Simon Nathan Team Leader Ottawa, Ont.
Jared MacLeod Team Manager Winnipeg, Man.
Jessica Scarlato Team Manager Richmond Hill, Ont.
Andrea Stephen Team IST Lead and Physiotherapist Toronto, Ont.
Dr. Melina Thibodeau Team Physician Victoria, B.C.
Danielle Chow-Leong Team Massage Therapist Toronto, Ont.
Eric Corda Team Massage Therapist Sarnia, Ont.
Dr. Simon Pearson Team Chiropractor Victoria, B.C.
Dana Way Team Biomechanist Winnipeg Beach, Man.
*Represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games
Lima 2019, which will run from July 26 to Aug. 11, will bring together approximately 6,700 athletes from 41 nations of the Americas and feature 62 disciplines in 39 sports. It will be the largest sporting event ever held in Peru.
For more on the 2019 Pan American Games, visit www.olympic.ca/games/lima-2019 or www.lima2019.pe/en.
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Ailing Jesuit remains in jail after court adjourns bail plea
Indian Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy will spend more time in prison despite his deteriorating health after Bombay High Court adjourned his bail plea hearing until June 7. Source: UCA News.
The state court of Maharashtra, which took up the bail plea on Friday, offered to send the 84-year-old priest to a government or private hospital in state capital Mumbai. The plea was filed on grounds of poor health.
However, the priest rejected the offer, saying his only request was for interim bail so that he could go home to Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state in eastern India.
The priest used video conferencing to tell the court about his conditions in Taloja Central Jail in Mumbai city.
Fr Swamy, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, hearing impairment and other age-related illnesses, was jailed on October 9, a day after he was arrested at his home in Ranchi on charges of sedition and links with outlawed Maoists
The priest said that when he arrived at the prison "whole systems of my body were very functional, but there has been a steady, slow regression of my bodily functions".
On May 19, when the priest's bail application came up for hearing before the court, there were contradictory reports about his health. The court then ordered a heath check-up for Fr Swamy.
"The details of the health report are not released yet," said Fr A. Santhanam, a Jesuit priest who is following the case. "But we assume he has no COVID-19 infection as he not been taken into quarantine," he said.
Indian Jesuit remains in jail as court adjourns bail plea (By Saji Thomas, UCA News)


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September 5, 2020 gunnarkeppelLeave a Comment on Make or Break for Australia's Biodiversity
Make or Break for Australia's Biodiversity
Very few countries can boast as unique a biodiversity as Australia. Marsupials, not placental mammals, are the most common mammals in our island country/continent and many forests are dominated by eucalypts and their relatives. However, our country has a poor track record when in comes to protecting our biodiversity and a recent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 found that Australia's environment is in unsustainable decline and that governments have failed to protect it.
We have failed in our responsibility as custodians of Australia's biota and changes to the EPBC Act planned, making this a crucial time for Australia's biodiversity. We therefore have the opportunity to implement changes that will safeguard our biodiversity – but first indications are not good. Instead of introducing improved protections, the first legislation relating to the review that is being introduced will transfer greater power for environmental decisions to states and territories.
Divulging power to states with less federal oversight opens up the door to further loss of biodiversity, as state and territory environmental laws and enforcement processes are not up to the federal standards. Furthermore, it is the federal government that has the responsibility to protect Australia's biodiversity, both morally and legally as a signatory to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. In South Australia, we recently experienced the dangers of state-level decision making. Approval was given to build privately owned luxury accommodation in the iconic Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Islands, with many still mystified how this could have happened. Clearly there is a need for national standards and legislation to protect our key environmental assets.
Few would disagree that we need development and that sometimes compromises need to be reached. However, we also have an obligation to protect Australia's unique biota and this will become more challenging as the effects of climate change will intensify over the next decade. While Australia can and will recover from the current COVID19 recession, we will not be able to recover the Great Barrier Reef or the Kangaroo Island Dunnart once they are gone – just as the Tasmanian tiger is gone forever. We therefore need to make the most of our current opportunity to safeguard the future of Australia's biodiversity.
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If you areseeking joint custody of your children in your Pasadena divorce, you may have been surprised by the recent announcement that actress Halle Berry has been ordered to pay $16,000 per month in child support to model Gabriel Aubry even though the pair shares custody of their six-year-old daughter Nahla.
Sometimes, parents push for joint physical custody because they think it will help them avoid having to pay child support. It's true that the percentage of time the child is physically in your care affects child support, but the higher earning parent may still need to pay child support if there is a large discrepancy in the incomes of each parent. In this case, the purpose of child support is to ensure that the child enjoys an adequate standard of living in both homes. The court believes that children are entitled to share in the benefits afforded by a parent's high income regardless of where they are living at any given time.
Child support was ordered in the Halle Berry case because her earnings as an actress are much higher than Gabriel Aubry's modeling income. In addition to the nearly $200,000 per year she'll be paying in child support, Berry was also ordered to pay $115,000 in retroactive support, pay the full cost of Nahla's school tuition, and to handle Aubry's $300,000 in legal fees. Berry and Aubry will split the cost of Nahla's healthcare expenses, however.
The child support ruling was not the first time Berry and Aubry made headlines due to family court battles. Previously, Aubrey won a fight to block Berry from moving Nahla from Los Angeles to France to be with Berry's then fiancé and actor Olivier Martinez. Berry and Martinez married July 13, 2013, and welcomed son Maceo last October. Aubry has no other children.
If you're a parent with questions about a child custody or child support related issue, please call our office at (626) 683-8113 or email us at info@PasadenaLawOffice.com. Our Pasadena family law attorneys can advocate for the interests of both you and your child within the state's family court system.