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ATF to Publish "Factors for Classifying Guns with Stabilizing Braces"
Leak Shows ATF to Publish "Factors for Classifying Guns with Stabilizing Braces", IMG SIG SAUER Pistol Stabilizing Brace
U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- Documents leaked to several media outlets Wednesday show the Justice Department is moving to publish in the Federal Registry on Friday, December 18th, 2020 a document titled "Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces" ( embedded below). Note the document itself is not a ban on pistol braces but it does lay the groundwork for extensive restrictions on what firearms can have the Stabilizing Brace accessories in the typically convoluted and vague ATF fashion.
Not a Pistol Brace Ban…Yet
As AmmoLand has reported, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) spoke with the Biden transition team. Regular readers of Ammoland News were aware that ATF's top two priorities were 80% receivers & frames, and pistol braces. In recent days the ATF has moved on 80% frame kits, and now the ATF is issuing a "guidance letter" on how they "Objectively" plan to judge all makes and models of pistol stabilizing brace accessories on firearms.
The first thing that jumps out in this document is page 12 that says, "the contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way"!? (Emphasis added for clarity.)
Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces, No Force of Law
Then we get into the "Objective" Parts.
The ATF says that large caliber firearms equipped with a brace are impractical to fire because of recoil of the caliber of the round. Yet, the ATF fails to define or set parameters for which rounds would constitute disqualifying calibers, leaving it up to interpretation.
Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces, Weight & Caliber, Page 6
Another factor is the overall weight of the gun. The ATF says that heavy pistols equipped with a brace are "likely to be considered a rifle or shotgun." Seems the ATF believes that heavy firearms are impractical for braces. The ATF also states that if a gun is equipped with a drum magazine or other magazines holding multiple (number not specified) rounds, it will make the gun too heavy to be considered a pistol when a brace is attached. What is disturbing is that the ATF does not state how many rounds change the property of the firearm.
Again, the ATF doesn't specify a weight, or which calibers would be unacceptable for a braced pistol.
The ATF also considered the length of pull of firearms, and under this new guidance document, most if not all braces equipped on AR15 or AK47 type pistols would fail this proposed test. If the brace uses a spacer or other buffer attachment found on a rifle, then the ATF will consider the firearm a rifle or shotgun. Once again the ATF doesn't give specifics leading many to wonder what type of gun private citizens would have in their possession.
This uncertainty is like giving the police the power to give you a speeding ticket without you having the right to know what the speed limit is on a given road.
Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces, Length of Pull
Additionally, ATF states that if a brace's design is similar to a known stock, then that brace itself would be considered a stock. If the pistol has rifle sights, it will turn it into a rifle or shotgun if equipped with a brace. Bipods on a firearm will also turn the pistol into a rifle if it has a brace attached. All braces are similar to stock designs. Does the ATF say that all stabilizing braces fail this test?
The ATF says that each firearm must be examined on a "case-by-case" basis. Except with all the caveats the agency added, it seems unlikely that any rifle-caliber-pistol would pass muster and each would be found to be a short barrel rifle if only one of the criteria is needed to be failed.
Suspicious Announcement Timing
The Department of Justice is opening up a two-week public comment period over the proposed changes in the Federal Registry on Friday, December 18th, 2020 ending on January 1st, 2021. The timing of the narrow 14 day comment period with the number of holidays is suspect when most of America is away from work celebrating the Holidays with family. Some believe the timing a week before Christmas was chosen on purpose.
According to the leaked document, owners will have four choices in the eyes of the DOJ and ATF; They can destroy the braced firearm, change out all the prohibited parts converting the weapon into something else, turn over the gun to the government, or register their guns as SBRs in accordance with the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces, Compliance Options
FREE Tax Stamp = Biggest Gun Registration In History
The letter states that for gun owners who acquired the devices in "good faith" the government would exempt firearms owners wishing to register them as NFA weapons from paying the $200 NFA tax stamp because of the policy change. But their guns will be forever an NFA item, registered with the government and subject to all the restrictions that come with having an NFA weapon. This would be the biggest gun registration in history with estimates of 4 million to 6 million stabilizing braces in public hands in the USA.
Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces, NFA Tax Exemption
It is unclear just how the ATF would handle the onslaught of tax stamp applications and how it would affect current wait times. If only 25% of brace owners chose this option the ATF would be flooded with one million-plus submissions. The ATF staff would be overwhelmed. Each ATF employee would be faced with over 100,000 applications in addition to the current NFA application load. This backlog would create an even bigger artificial backlog for SBRs, SBSs, silencers, and machine guns. Many gun-rights advocates believe this roadblock to be intentional.
Under the proposed guidelines ATF agents will have discretion on enforcing the new regulations for a while to allow gun owners to come into compliance with the new standards, but as highlighted above, the document doesn't do much to specify the standards. Many gun-rights advocates including Gun Owners of America's Senior Vice President sees these moves as further infringements on the gun rights of Americans.
"If there were any lingering questions as to how far ATF has gone off into the deep end, this document settles it," Pratt told AmmoLand News. "The ATF is the embodiment the word 'infringement,' and GOA is prepared to combat its actions at every turn. GOA will rally the grassroots to fight these regulations, and if they eventually go into effect, we will commence immediate legal action to protect gun owners. This ATF is simply out of control. This agency — which shouldn't exist in the first place — is not held accountable for its actions, and the honest gun owners who are being turned into criminals are paying the price."
"The ATF Failed Miserably"
The document's stated goal is to clear up confusion around pistol braces and let gun owners and manufacturers know what is legal. If that was the actual goal then the ATF failed miserably. The big take away from the letter is that there is no way to know if you created an NFA item. If you find out that you did create one then that means that it is too late and you need to register your firearms or are likely to face charges in the future. In our opinion, this charge of rules is a blatant attempt to create a gun registry through legal trickery.
Top industry representatives are aware of the document and are pledging to follow up.
NSSF has long urged ATF to provide a clear, objective standard for stabilizing arm braces for industry to understand and apply (self-classify) so that thy manufacturer and sell legal firearms for consumers to purchase from licenses retailers after a background. NSSF is carefully reviewing the notice and seeking input from our members We will submit public comment in a timely manner. ~ Lawrence G. Keane, Senior Vice President for Government & Public Affairs, NSSF
Beginning Friday the public can leave comments at Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with Stabilizing Braces.
Stay tuned to AmmoLand.com for all the latest information on this developing story.
About John Crump
John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.
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For New Orleans' Students, College Is a 'Ticket Out'
J'Remi Barnes, a recent graduate of New Orleans' Sci Academy, walks to the bus stop in May.
Swikar Patel/Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Project
By Arianna Prothero — August 19, 2015 10 min read
For one New Orleans youth, a college scholarship could pave the way to a better life for his family
J'Remi Barnes locks the door behind him as he steps into the squat, three-bedroom duplex his family rents in New Orleans East. In the living room, a few half-packed boxes are scattered in preparation for a move his mom hopes to make to a safer neighborhood—once she finds a place. A fatal shooting occurred recently in an empty lot behind the duplex.
"I have my ticket out—my ticket to like a better life. That's college," J'Remi says, framed by photos of him, his three brothers, and his mother hanging on the wall. "I don't even have to come back after college. I mean, I am, but I don't have to deal with this for another four years at least."
A recent graduate of New Orleans' Sci Academy, J'Remi, 18, is among the post-Katrina swell of poor, African-American students who are going to college at a higher rate than before the storm. Many credit the city's surge of college-prep, "no excuses" charter schools with propelling growing numbers of students into higher education, some, like J'Remi, who had never imagined themselves going to college.
J'Remi's wearing a red T-shirt that says Grinnell College, the small liberal arts school in Iowa he'll be attending this fall on full scholarship. He excitedly describes a course on censorship he wants to take, his energetic gestures out of harmony with the soft instrumental music coming from the Skyrim video game he's put on pause.
"The government censors what you say in other countries," J'Remi explains. "And that sounds interesting to me because I like talking a lot."
Itinerant Life
J'Remi has never been to Iowa, or anywhere, really, beyond New Orleans and the subsequent storm-spurred stints that took his family to Texas and Georgia.
He was 8 years old when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. His mom, who works as a card dealer at a local casino, had taken her sons to Texas before the storm made landfall, but several of his family members stayed behind. His grandfather had a heart attack and died in the throes of the hurricane and a house fire that was sparked by an uncovered electrical box.
Over the next three years, J'Remi moved among four towns in Georgia, changing schools with each move.
His family came home to New Orleans in 2008, where J'Remi landed at the Milestone Sabis Academy, a middle school housed across the river in Jefferson Parish. His older brother, Eddie, enrolled at Sci Academy, one school in a small charter network of three called Collegiate Academies that would soon establish a reputation for pulling academically lagging kids up to, and above, grade level. J'Remi followed him there a few years later.
J'Remi Barnes waits for the bus during one of his last weeks as a senior at Sci Academy. He's headed to Iowa's Grinnell College on a full scholarship.
"He came in very tiny and very goofy," says Jon Bogard, J'Remi's adviser and teacher. He was smart, Bogard says, ahead of a lot of his peers. He exerted himself as little as possible, still managing to earn decent grades.
But Bogard saw a powerful magnetism in J'Remi. He knew with high expectations that J'Remi would flourish.
On a freshman field trip to Tulane University at the beginning of the school year, Bogard labored over creating a cheer for his group of students, including J'Remi, that they would chant together in a spirit competition. "And I remember spending the night before coming up with the chant and having this moment of terror before teaching it to the boys," Bogard says. "What happens if they don't join in?"
It was also Bogard's first year at Sci Academy, and he had no idea what to expect. He had arrived in New Orleans two years before as a Teach For America recruit, fresh out of Brown University.
But J'Remi jumped right in, "zealously," as Bogard describes it, shouting the chant at the top of his lungs, rallying the group.
They won the competition.
The educators at Sci Academy—many of them imports to New Orleans—make it their mission to fire students up about going to college.
The school has been held up both as an example of post-Katrina successes and failures. It was recognized by Oprah Winfrey for its track record in boosting academic achievement for poor, black students. It's also been singled out in community protests over its high suspension rates.
Sci is the classic college-prep, no-excuses charter school—one where toeing the line is not just a figure of speech. Lowerclassmen at Sci Academy are expected to walk along lines taped on the ground, one of many rules J'Remi says he initially chafed under. "It was just like, 'Why am I walking the lines again? Am I in jail?' "
In schools like Sci, "scholars" are often required to keep their feet firmly planted on the ground, lock their elbows when they raise their hands, "track" or follow the teacher with their eyes at all times, and snap their fingers after a fellow scholar answers a question correctly.
Strict rules, Sci leaders say, undergird its academic success.
Adhering to the Rules
Until recently, failure to adhere to Sci Academy's long list of directives—as well as more serious infractions such as fighting—often led to out-of-school suspensions or even expulsion. In 2012-13, the school posted a nearly 60 percent suspension rate. J'Remi was sent home for two days for using bad language.
And the school came under fire for some of those policies, despite the academic gains its students were making.
But the issue is not unique to Sci Academy: Exclusionary discipline, as it's called, had become a major cause for concern citywide.
The reasons behind such high rates of out-of-school punishment are more nuanced than breaking strict rules, says Joshua Perry, the executive director of the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights, the state's public defender for juveniles. Among them, he says, is a tendency to disproportionately discipline African-American students for normal teenage behavior. Another is teacher inexperience.
"You have a lot of teachers who are just young, and green, and not that well trained to respond to difficult classroom situations, [and] who don't appreciate exactly what they're doing when they put kids out of school," Perry says.
Students who are suspended or expelled are less likely to graduate and more likely to end up in jail, he says.
Exclusionary discipline practices have been a major challenge for the city's system of independent schools, although expulsions from any public school—which are much less frequent—are now handled by a special citywide office.
Suspension policies, however, are still handled at the school level. And some, including Sci Academy, have started taking steps to drive down the rates at which they send students home for misbehavior. Now, at Sci, students are sent to an in-school suspension center where they continue their studies and are counseled by specialized staff.
"I think the suspension rate was sending a message that we actually didn't want to serve all the kids. We were like, that's not OK," says Rhonda Dale, Sci Academy's principal. "We don't want parents and community members thinking of us in that way."
The school all but eliminated out-of-school suspensions in 2014-15, but it came at a high cost: $300,000 that the school had to raise to pay for the in-school suspension center mostly through grants.
But the moves to curb discipline have received mixed reviews. "Honestly, when I stopped suspending children, I had a lot of parents who came in and said, 'Wait, I want a school that's really strict—that's why I sent my kid here,' " says Dale.
J'Remi Barnes works on his senior project with Sci Academy teacher Spencer Sherman.
And for all its work around school suspensions, Sci Academy still enforces a strict code of conduct—an environment that some parents, educators, and charter school critics believe stifles students' creativity and disregards local culture and values.
One veteran educator, Principal Mary Laurie, says at L.B. Landry-O.P. Walker High School on the city's West Bank of the Mississippi River, out-of-school suspensions have always been a rarely used form of discipline at her school.
"It's crucial that cultures are respected," she says, "so that our children see they're being respected, so parents feel they are respected, so the great city of New Orleans is respected."
But J'Remi believes the no-excuses culture at Sci Academy is what got him into college.
A Brother's Lost Opportunity
J'Remi hears his mom pull into the driveway and shoots up off the couch to help her carry his 4-week-old nephew into the house. Eddie Barnes, J'Remi's older brother, is the baby's father. Eddie, who graduated from Sci Academy in 2012, had moved to Vermont to attend Middlebury College on scholarship. But overcome with homesickness, he didn't last there for long, J'Remi says.
Now, Eddie is working two jobs and living with J'Remi, their mother, and two younger brothers, ages 10 and 13. They don't see much of their father, even though he lives in New Orleans. Once competitors to be the 'it' guy at Sci Academy, the two older brothers have been having a lot of heart-to-hearts lately as J'Remi prepares to leave for Grinnell.
I don't want to get a college education and leave; I want to leave an impression on Grinnell.
J'Remi Barnes, Sci Academy Class of 2015
"Yeah, he told me to take advantage of support systems out there," J'Remi says. "He's like making mistakes for me. I'm learning from his things. … He's like, 'Don't get me wrong, I love my son, but don't do what I did.' "
If J'Remi makes it at Grinnell, he will be defying the odds painted by national statistics: only about 10 percent of low-income, first-generation college students earn a degree.
As more New Orleans students were getting accepted to college, charter school leaders realized that getting them into a university was only half the battle and that they were perhaps losing the second half.
Cohen College Prep in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood—home to some of the most violent crime in the city—had the third-highest college enrollment rate in New Orleans in 2013-14. It trailed only two of the city's selective-admissions high schools, where the student bodies are much more racially mixed and serve fewer students from poor families.
Like many of its charter school brethren, Cohen plasters university posters and pennants in its hallways. But its commitment to getting students into—and through—college runs much deeper.
Seventy-eight percent of Cohen's first graduating class went to college, many of them the first in their families to do so.
Video Declaration of Success
Class of 2015 Cohen College Prep graduates celebrate their college acceptances.
The school created an alumni-director position to act as a surrogate helicopter parent for all its first-generation college-goers. That relationship starts in high school and continues for years beyond.
The alumni director helps families fill out federal financial aid forms, checks in with students throughout the summer, visits every campus where a Cohen graduate is a student, and is on call throughout the school year to help them navigate college life and academics.
The school also helps students cover expenses such as books, winter coats, or even plane tickets home, seemingly small challenges that can derail some students.
"Let's say mom is sick," explains Rahel Wondwossen, Cohen's principal. "They buy a one-way ticket, and now, they don't have the other $150 or whatever to get home, and so they miss the rest of the semester, they get dropped from their financial aid. A lot of the barriers for our kids are not these huge expenses."
J'Remi will have similar supports through a Posse Scholarship—which will also cover his tuition. But perhaps more importantly, he'll have the support of nine other New Orleans graduates who are headed to Grinnell with J'Remi, as part of the Posse Scholarship program for urban students with academic and leadership potential but not necessarily stellar academic backgrounds. Posse staff members keep tabs on their students much the same way Cohen's alumni director does.
As the start of classes approach, J'Remi wavers between excitement and anxiety. He's plotting how to make a name for himself at Grinnell.
"That's how it was at Sci. Even if you didn't know me, you knew of me," he says. "I don't want to get a college education and leave, I want to leave an impression on Grinnell. I just want to be a positive influence to some people. I mean, don't we all?"
But J'Remi's also realistic about how tough the transition will be, a lesson he knows from his brother's experience at Middlebury. He knows the rigors of college might really test him. The workload will be more demanding than high school. He's worried his little brothers won't do their homework without him there to prod them. And there will be no week off for Mardi Gras.
Sci Academy could only prepare him so much, J'Remi says.
"They can't teach you to not be homesick."
Aside from his weekly Posse Scholar meetings, J'Remi's found his own ways to make sure he's ready for Grinnell. He's been shopping for new clothes, spending the money he saved from graduations gifts and playing piano at church services.
J'Remi had been saving the money to get a driver's license, but decided that new clothes were more important.
A sharp wardrobe, he told his best friend, who will attend Louisiana State University, trumps all else.
"We have to go shopping before we go to college," J'Remi says. "We have to reinvent ourselves."
Arianna Prothero
Arianna Prothero is a reporter at Education Week who covers students and their well-being.
Charter Schools College Readiness College Completion Louisiana
Lead Graphic: J'Remi Barnes, a recent graduate of New Orleans' Sci Academy, walks to the bus stop in May. —Swikar Patel/Education Week
The Re-Education of New Orleans
Harold Bailey with sons Hakeem, 6, left, and Harold Jr., 8, on their neighborhood street in New Orleans East.
School Choice & Charters Project When Choice Doesn't Feel Like a Choice
Harold Bailey wants a better education for his sons than he got in pre-Katrina New Orleans. But he's skeptical his hope can be fulfilled.
Arianna Prothero, August 19, 2015
Billie Dolce, a special education teacher for 31 years, in her New Orleans East home.
Edmund Fountain for Education Week
Teaching Profession Project What Happened to New Orleans' Veteran Black Teachers?
The mass firings of veteran teachers post-Katrina continue to infuse the debate over New Orleans' schools with a particular bitterness.
Corey Mitchell, August 19, 2015
Jasmine Shorter, left, with her mother, Shawn Shorter, at their Houston home.
Todd Spoth for Education Week
School & District Management Project Post-Katrina, Some Students Gave Up Home for a Better School
It's difficult to paint a comprehensive picture of the educational experiences of students who left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Denisa R. Superville, August 19, 2015
College & Workforce Readiness Documentary A Year Interrupted
When COVID-19 closed schools for millions of students, Education Week documented two seniors as they faced an uncertain future.
Elizabeth Rich & Brooke Saias
College & Workforce Readiness COVID-19's Disproportionate Toll on Class of 2020 Graduates
The pandemic hit college-bound members of the class of 2020 from low-income homes much harder than it did their better-off peers, our survey found.
Alex Harwin
Magdalena Estiverne graduated from high school this past spring during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is currently taking online community college classes.
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College & Workforce Readiness Conflicting Messages Exacerbate Student Detours on the Road to College
Amid the many disruptions of the COVID-19 era, it's more important than ever for educators to be consistent about the admissions requirements—and the costs—of college.
Sarah D. Sparks
Liz Ogolo, 18, who is attending Harvard University this fall, said the transition to college was difficult without guidance from her high school, which switched to remote learning in the spring.
Angela Rowlings for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Coping With Disruption at School and at Home
A 2020 high school graduate struggles to continue her education despite a disrupted senior year, a move to a new home, and spotty internet access.
Magdalena Estiverne graduated from Evans High School in Orlando, Fla., this past spring during the COVID-19 pandemic.


McCain said the Founding Fathers deliberately made the Constitution extremely hard to change and that he is fundamentally in favor of leaving it as it is.
When asked directly if he'd support such an amendment, McCain said: "No. I mean first of all we'd have to have hearings, we'd have to find out what the argument would be, but I certainly don't at this time."
"McCain says he doesn't back 14th Amendment change"
Carry your own water, lot's of it. Keep your eyes peeled for water sources.
Careful where you tread. Watch for black widows, scorpions and rattlers.
Respect cactus. They're survivors and have thorns and spines.
Know where you are. Have a map and GPS, the desert can be disorienting.
Avoid the spotlight of the sun. Stay in the shade, wear a hat.


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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the Nation, delivering his historic 7th March address in 1971 that set the course of our independence.
On 30 October 2017, UNESCO included the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the Nation in the Memory of the World Register as a documentary heritage of the world.
The National Memorial of Bangladesh located at Savar, Dhaka.
The Central Shaheed Minar (Memorial for Language Martyrs of 1952) located at the Dhaka University campus.
National Parliament Building of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka.
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Honourable Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and His Excellency Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada at a bilateral meeting in Quebec City on 10 May 2018
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh is seen with other Leaders at the G7 and Outreach Leaders Family Photograph at Le Manoir Richelieu Hotel, Charlevoix, Quebec City, Canada on 09 June 2018
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the G7 and Outreach Leaders Working Session at Charlevoix, Quebec City, Canada on 09 June 2018
Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette Governor General of Canada at Quebec City, Canada on 08 June 2018.
Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, hands over the Liberation War Award to the Honourable Prime Minister of Canada, His Excellency Justin Trudeau in Montreal on 17 September 2016.
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and His Excellency Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, are seen during bilateral meeting between Bangladesh and Canada on 18 September 2016 in Montreal.
Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seen with world leaders at the Global Fund Replenishment Summit in Montreal Canada on 16 September 2016.
Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses leaders of Bangladesh Awami League in Montreal during her visit to Canada on 15-18 September 2016.
Mobile Application Dutabash for Consular Services
Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa is pleased to inform that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has developed a mobile application named Dutabash to provide online consular and welfare services to Bangladeshi citizens at home and abroad in a simplified procedure.
The app will be inaugurated in all Bangladesh Missions abroad in about a month. The High Commission will continue with current manual attestation system as well.
By using the app, the service seekers will be able to submit their document online for consular attestation. It will also provide guidance on service delivery procedure, fees structure and status of service request. It will gradually replace the current 'seal-signature attestation' system with 'QR code'.
Dutabash application is already available in the Google Play Store. At present it can be only be downloaded to any android phone and will be available for iOS phones shortly.
We seek cooperation of all expatriate Bangladeshis living in Canada to operationalize the Dutabash Mobile Application.
Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa can be contacted by email address:- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. instead of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Non-Resident Bangladeshi nationals, living in Canada, can reach Mr. Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Counsellor (Passport and Visa) of Bangladesh High Commission, Ottawa at any time at phone number 613-236-4864 for any consular inquiry and assistance.
H.E. Mizanur Rahman, High Commissioner of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to Canada, and Mrs. Nishat Rahman with the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada at the Holiday Dinner-Reception on December 18, 2018 at the National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
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H. E. Mr. Mizanur Rahman, the Non-Resident Bangladesh Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua presenting his Letter of Credence to Hon'ble President of Nicaragua H.E. Mr. Daniel Ortega Saavedra on 06 February 2019 at La Casa de Los Pueblos (The House of the People), Managua, Nicaragua.
H.E. Mizanur Rahman, High Commissioner of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to Canada, and Mrs. Nishat Rahman are with the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, and Mrs. Sophie Gregory Trudeau at a Dinner Reception in the Centre Block at the Parliament Hill, Ottawa on 19 December 2017.
H. E. Mizanur Rahman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Jamaica, presenting his Letters of Credence to the Most Hon'ble Sir Patric Allen, Governor General of Jamaica in the historic King's House in Kingston, Jamaica on 6 February 2017.
H.E. Mizanur Rahman and Mrs. Nishat Rahman with Honorable Prime Minister of Canada, H.E. Justin Trudeau, at a reception hosted by Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa.


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Tunnel of Oppression: Campus Event Helps Educate Students About Mental Disorders
Students at University of Miami walk through Tunnel of Oppression
(4-29-16) How do you get someone to understand what it might be like to experience a mental disorder?
Student members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness campus group at Indiana State University in Terre Haute decided to educate their peers by adding a mental health room to the school's annual "Tunnel of Oppression" event. Many colleges host "tunnel events," often sponsored by the NAACP or a school's residential life organization to call attention to how students often stigmatize and marginalize others. This was the first year that the ISU campus chapter of NAMI added a Tunnel of Oppression room that focused exclusively on mental disorders.
"Tunnel of Oppression doesn't sound too inviting," ISU student Charlene Johnson explained during lunch when I visited ISU recently to speak. "But we got really positive feedback here and students overwhelmingly reported that the experience felt much more real than they had expected."
Johnson and her professor, Dr. Jennifer Schriver, described the NAMI tunnel to me. I'll let Charlene tell you.
When participants came into the room, they were assigned one of the three mental health conditions: either depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia. To simulate what it feels like to be depressed, students put on a heavy backpack, and weights were placed around their wrists to simulate the oppressive weight that comes with depression. If a student was assigned anxiety, he or she had plugs stuffed into their ears to muffle their hearing and eyeglasses with only a pinhole opening to see through; this was to simulate how a person might feel during an anxiety attack when their world is closing in on them. Students assigned schizophrenia were given headphones that had recorded voices talking and at times screaming insults at them so they could sense what it is like to have negative and distracting voices in their heads.
But wait, that was just the beginning. Here's the next step.
The participants were read a brief story. This helped them realize how difficult it might be for someone with a mental illness to focus on what is happening around them and follow instructions. After hearing the story, each student was taken into a tunnel. The depressive tunnel was very bleak, the anxiety tunnel was wildly colored, and decorations inside the schizophrenia tunnel were chaotic. Inside each were negative words that are commonly associated with each of these conditions. As each student walked through these tunnels, they were told to find words and symbols that were relevant to the story that they'd just heard and to write them on a slip of paper. Because of their disorders, finding all of these words or phrases was difficult.
Now comes another test.
When they came out of the tunnels, we gave each of them a task. The person with depression was led to a sandbox and told that there was a specific item hidden in the sand. They were told that they had to find it before their time was up. What they didn't know was that there was nothing in the box except for sand. This was done to simulate the frustration and hopelessness that someone with depression might feel. The students with anxiety were told to put together a 42 piece Lego project. Of course, it was difficult for them to hear instructions and see through the pin hole glasses so they had to struggle and feel even more anxious. Finally, the student given the schizophrenic condition was handed a picture that had items hidden in it. Finding them was difficult especially when various sounds, commands, and voices were distracting you and berating you.
When the students were done with the experience, they were given a paper that explained what they had just been through, information about mental illnesses and a Hershey's hug and kiss candy.
Of course, persons with depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia don't get a candy reward nor do they get to take off the weights, remove the earplugs and pinhole glasses, and turn off the voices in their heads at will. And a cynic would complain that it is impossible for anyone to simulate what it feels like to be depressed, anxious and delusional. But I participated in a simulation exercise when my father was sick that involved dementia and it opened my eyes to what he was experiencing. It was a worthwhile exercise that led to me being much more patient and understanding.
Charlene Johnson at [email protected] and Dr. Jennifer Schriver at [email protected] felt the students who participated, not only exited with a better understanding of mental illnesses, but also with more empathy toward persons who were struggling.
Bravo to NAMI's campus chapter for including mental disorders in this national trend! Spread the word!
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Think back. Way back. All the way back to last Monday.
And you found yourself thinking: if only this could last all year. On my feet.
Okay, maybe you didn't. But still.
Introducing the New Balance Made in USA Collection—a lineup of four retro sneakers made in a New England shoe factory (the only USA-made athletic shoes around)—available now at Unionmade.
As you'd expect, there are no stars, stripes or pictures of apple pie on these bad boys. They're just solid kicks with the no-nonsense attitude you'd expect coming out of New England. Meaning these are good summer sneakers for kicking around in the city or something a little more aggressive in the park (you know, like basketball).
Probably the most understated are the white and navy 1300s. But if you're swayed by the prospect that your shoes might've been made by a member of New Balance's elite group of shoemakers (dubbed Super Team 33, but you didn't hear that from us), opt for the suede 998s or 991s. Then, in a month, you'll be able to get a limited-edition Unionmade x New Balance 994.
Right now, your shoes will come in a pine box crafted out of the same wood and by the same box maker that builds wine boxes for Ridge Vineyards.
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Tragedy at 60:00 - 10 months later
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but a true tragedy unfolded back in January at Houston Field House last season.
Watch it again, just the "injury."
Poor, poor Taylor Davenport. Such a shame that a Division I college hockey player, and a senior, no less, can't keep his head up while shooting the puck off-balance in the final seconds of a game his team was leading by 3 goals. It is truly tragic. At least his teammates showed the ultimate class in the wake of such heartache.
Of course, it wasn't seen that way in Central New York.
Even before he made headlines whining about the referees, Mike Schafer was issuing thinly veiled threats through the media.
Cornell coach Mike Schafer is hoping that Davenport can play one of Cornell's games this weekend against Yale and Brown, but isn't counting on it. Schafer and the Big Red already are looking forward to the rematch with RPI on Feb. 20 at Lynah Rink.
"Our guys will have a long memory when they come back to Lynah," Schafer said.
Cornell fans were angry with Erik Burgdoerfer's role in Davenport's misfortune.
Cornell has had four games with the Engineers at their dump since this tragic event, and haven't headhunted yet (unless you count the aforementioned stripes caterwaul), but they will be returning to Troy for the first time since tragedy struck that night at Houston Field House. Could this be the weekend Mr. Schafer's threats come to fruition? We hope not. We hope the Big Red will comport themselves with same kind of class and panache that they displayed on that fateful night.
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Your email address will not be published. Essentially, we asked Dr. Pietruszka to determine if there were any signs of foul play concerning Robert's death. The case was one of two hangings in California that drew scrutiny amid nationwide protests after the killing of George Floyd. container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails',
placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails', His hanging and that of another Black man in California, on May 31, drew scrutiny amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. "There were no racist sentiments, no symbols or anything in the area. The Department of Justice and the FBI are reviewing Fuller's death, which was originally described as an "alleged suicide," as well as the hanging death of Malcom Harsch 10 days earlier and about 80 kilometres away in San Bernardino County.
"They're processing the information. Multiple independent investigations begin immediately at the scene whenever Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are involved in a shooting, the LASD said in a statement. No witnesses were seen in the area, he added. After initially advocating a deeper investigation, Mr. Harsch's family announced that they believed his hanging death was a suicide. I have no information to suggest that anything was racially motivated. A lawyer for the family of Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree in California last month, said there was no evidence to suggest that anything was "racially motivated.". There were no signs of a struggle or trauma visible on Mr. Fuller's body, which was found hanging in a city park in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, but there were several scars on his left wrist, Commander Marks said. Investigators are researching Fuller's medical history, looking for the witness who reported the hanging and searching for contacts in Arizona and Nevada. ... for neighbourhood surveillance video. He said that Mr. Fuller's family was grieving after learning the results of the official investigation. The forensic pathologist is waiting for toxicology results before assigning the cause and manner of death. I send all of my love and blessings to the family and friends of Robert. My sincere condolences to the family of Robert Fuller, hoping this helps with your great loss <3, R.I.P Robert Fuller. Robert Fuller Death | Cause of Death – Obituary – Death by Hanging, Tyra Phillips Death | Cause of Death – Obituary, Francis Bacon Death | Legendary Artist Dies At 82 – Dead | Passed Away, https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-support-for-robert-fuller?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip, Tamba Momodu Death – Obituary | Tamba Momodu Dead, Steve York Death – Obituary | Steve York Dead, Sharon Sobel Death – Obituary | Sharon Sobel Dead, Wayne Smith Death – Obituary | Wayne Smith Dead. In the second incident, dispatchers in Victorville, received a call on the morning of May 31 from a woman saying her boyfriend, Harsch, hanged himself, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. My heart breaks for you and we won't let his name be forgotten. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/robert-fuller-suicide-autopsy.html So we don't have any information to suggest that it was a hate crime.". California police have allegedly shot dead the half-brother of Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old black man who was last week found hanged from a tree sparking a federal investigation. In her tweet she revealed that Robert Fuller was found dead this morning hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California. The family respectfully asks that their privacy be respected," said Hicks. You may send Sympathy Gifts to the affected family, friend, teammate or co-worker (Click Here). Robert L. Fuller was a 24-year-old African-American man who was found hanging from a tree in front of the City Hall in Palmdale, California.His death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.City officials announced that they supported an independent investigation into his death. Stay strong beautiful people? Officials addressed the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, and said a "thorough" investigation is underway. Azi Paybarah and Michael Levenson contributed reporting. | Mr. Fuller's death was the second of two hangings in Southern California that drew national attention amid the nationwide protests incited by the death of George Floyd. An autopsy was completed last Friday, but Fuller's family announced on Tuesday that they are seeking an independent investigation and autopsy to determine the cause of his death. Pallbearers carried Robert Fuller's coffin after his funeral on June 30. Robert Fuller's Hanging Was a Suicide, Investigation Finds. _taboola.push({ They will also analyse Fuller's cell phone and are looking for neighbourhood surveillance video. And they are listening to what we say about the fact that there's been no evidence of foul play.". "At this time, until we receive all of the information, the family and their legal team doesn't have any further comment on this incident.
Nothing but the rope, the contents of Fuller's pockets and a backpack he was wearing were found on the scene, according to Los Angeles County Homicide Captain Kent Wegener. Rest in Power. The release said Harsch was found at a homeless encampment.
Investigators did not find any evidence of foul play. Jamon R. Hicks, a lawyer for Mr. Fuller's family, said on Friday that a private investigation that the family requested had not uncovered evidence of foul play or a struggle before Mr. Fuller's death. "There is nothing to indicate any threats; there's nothing to indicate, again, any foul play," he said.
target_type: 'mix' You may leave a tribute, prayers and condolences or express your concern over Fuller using the comment section below. My Prayer:: Lord please bring your wrath to Our Enemy, Your email address will not be published. "The family just received the information yesterday," Mr. Hicks said. Local authorities originally ruled his death a suicide in June, but were met with backlash from Mr. Fuller's family and activists who wanted them to further investigate the death, including the possibility that the hanging was a hate crime. During his examination, Dr. Pietruszka made the following observations. What was not stated in the tweet was whether he was murdered or he committed suicide. LASD detectives were at the scene to help in the investigation into the incident. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the family of the deceased. I have no information to suggest foul play. Mr. Fuller's death was one of two hangings in Southern California that drew national attention last month.
Specifically, he was looking to see whether there were any injuries to the body that were not connected to the hanging. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; He was also determining if Robert Fuller had been drugged in any fashion. Death and Obituaries – Funeral | Cause Of Death. Mr. Fuller's family cooperated with the investigation, the authorities said. Robert Fuller's death – Kym's Kustom (@kymskustom) tweeted on the death of Robert Fuller on the 12th of June 2020. I cant imagine the pain that the Family feels. California police have allegedly shot dead the half-brother of Robert Fuller, the 24-year ... into the death of 24-year-old Robert Fuller. Auto news: BMW i8 production to end in April - caradvice.com.au. Watch the brand new comedy series Code 404 now on Stan. An investigation has confirmed that Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree in a Southern California park on June 10, committed suicide, officials announced on Thursday.
Our thoughts are prayers are with everyone affected by this death. The authorities also said there was a May 14 purchase on Mr. Fuller's debit card of a red rope consistent with the one used in the hanging. In her tweet she revealed that Robert Fuller was found dead this morning hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California. Required fields are marked *. At a news conference on Thursday, Chris Marks, the department commander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said that a further investigation and a more-detailed autopsy revealed that Mr. Fuller, 24, had a history of mental health issues and committed suicide.
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Blonde: Is Netflix's NC-17 Marilyn Monroe Movie Really a Horror Film?
The new Blonde trailer teases that Marilyn Monroe's life was a nightmare dipped in sequins.
By David Crow | July 29, 2022 |
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Tell me if this sounds familiar: a famous actor is cast against type as one of the most iconic blonde women of the 20th century—a woman who's life ended tragically and would go on to be eulogized by the Elton John song, "A Candle in the Wind."
Am I describing Andrew Dominik's forthcoming Blonde which casts Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe or Pablo Larraín's Spencer, which starred Kristen Stewart as Diana Spencer, the one-time Princess of Wales? The irony is that it could describe both, but the similarities between the two projects are also echoed in how unusual they are; these are glamorous, prestigious movies that on the surface look designed to win awards, but the darkness within suggests something more unsettling about fame and the way it's used to build up—and then destroy—women. Often blonde.
We of course will have to reserve judgment on Blonde until after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and it is screened for critics around the world. However, the most evocative thing about the film's new trailer—beyond how much de Armas looks like Monroe in certain shots—is the unrelenting bleakness of it all.
"What start?" de Armas' visibly haunted Marilyn says when asked how she began her career in movies. Eventually she demurs, "I guess I was discovered." Yet Monroe's answer is crosscut with a flashback that is clearly about to descend into the horrific: a young Norma Jeane Mortenson is approached in her memory by a far older and leering Hollywood producer after being cornered in his office. The obvious suggestion is that something sinister is about to unfold. Yet Marilyn cannot even breathe those horrors to Joe DiMaggio (Bobby Cannavale). Perhaps she does this because Marilyn and those around her do not want those horrors given voice? Or more accurately the audience at home would not.
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As Monroe notes in the trailer's closing line, "Marilyn Monroe only exists on the screen." And yet, in the nearly 60 years since her death, audiences have been too intoxicated with that silver screen lie to ever let it go. To this day, it sells merchandise and is as synonymous with diamonds as brands like "Cartier." Indeed, many of the movies made about Monroe rely on that same fizziness, even if with an air of sadness about how it all must end, whether that be in gauzy TV movies or sincere Oscar bait projects like Simon Curtis' slight 2011 drama, My Week with Marilyn.
But much like the Joyce Carol Oates historical novel that Blonde is based on, the new movie seems to be leaning into the dread that comes with being on a cultural pedestal. With that said, it remains an open question whether audiences want to see things from that perspective.
Last year's Spencer was by far the best biopic made to date about Princess Diana. The picture provides a scathing microcosm for her torments, if albeit in a highly fictionalized context. It also depicted Diana's life as neither a story of overcoming adversity or the shimmering wish fulfillment that was sold to the media in the 1980s and early '90s. Rather it was a psychological hellscape that had more in common with Repulsion than The Princess Bride.
Intriguingly though, while most critics seemed to respond enthusiastically to the movie, it left general moviegoers and even the more traditional Academy Awards voters' divided. Rotten Tomatoes audience scores should always be taken with a grain of salt because they are by no means scientific. Nonetheless, it's striking that while the film received 83 percent "fresh" reviews from professional critics, the film has a rotten 52 percent score from moviegoers. Perhaps more telling still, the movie was ignored by many awards bodies, with Stewart's searing performance as Diana being notably snubbed by both the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTAs. Stewart subsequently getting a nomination from the Academy was seen as the win given how unpopular the movie was with industry voting groups and their typically more conservative tastes.
Which brings us back to Blonde. Again, it's impossible to have an opinion on the finished film without seeing it. But behind the scenes, more than a few eyebrows were raised when reports came out that Netflix clashed with filmmaker Dominik over the rating of the movie. Apparently, Netflix was frustrated that the filmmaker made an NC-17 movie. The same elements that got that film struck with the dreaded MPA score will also likely struggle to appeal to the Academy's sensibilities. And in a February 2022 interview with Screen Daily, Dominik did not deny these reports. Instead he said, "It's a demanding movie. If the audience doesn't like it, that's the fucking audience's problem. It's not running for public office." He would go on to add, "It's kind of what you want right? I want to go see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story."
That remains an open question. It is sometimes more digestible to tell these stories like Marilyn does in the new trailer: with a wan smile and an omission. Do audiences want biopics closer to Rosemary's Baby than Bohemian Rhapsody? We're not convinced, but Blonde is once more among the most anticipated movies of 2022.
Blonde hits Netflix on Sept. 28.
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Q: Threads will only sort the first partition of the array (Bubble sort, Pthread) I am trying to sort an array with length of 1000 using 10 threads. The first thread is 0 to 99 and the second is 100 to 199.... My problem is that only the first 100 elements are sorted and the rest are left untouched even though the threads run as expected in all aspects other than sorting.
#define N 1000
int arr[N];
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

    int i;

    //Filling the array with random integers
    for(i=0;i<N;i++)
    {
        arr[i]=1+rand()%200;
    }

    for(i=0;i<N;i++)
    {
        printf("%d | ",arr[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

    /*      START OF THREAD SECTION    */

    pthread_t sorters[10];

    for(i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        pthread_create(&sorters[i],NULL,sortArr,(void*)i);
        pthread_join(sorters[i],NULL);
    }

    /*      END OF THREAD SECTION     */

    return 0;
}

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void* sortArr(void *num)
{
    int i,j,temp,cast,first=0,last;

    //Casting
    cast=(intptr_t)num;

    //Calculating first and last element
    first=(cast*100);
    last=first+99;

    printf("first %d , last %d \n",first,last);

    printf("Not sorted:\n");
    for(i=first;i<last;i++)
    {
        printf("%d | ",arr[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

    /*    SORTING */
    for (i = first; i < last-1; i++)
    {
        for (j = first; j < last-i; j++)
        {
            if (arr[j] > arr[j+1])
            {
                temp=arr[j];
                arr[j]=arr[j+1];
                arr[j+1]=temp;
            }
        }
    }
    /*    SORTING */

    printf("Sorted:\n");
    for(i=first;i<last;i++)
    {
        printf("%d | ",arr[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");
}

With my current knowledge I can only try so many things to figure it out and any help would be much appreciated.

A: Inner loop exit condition makes it immediately exit if first is not 0. It should be
for (j = first; j < last + first - i; j++)

Also those 10 threads are rather pointless because they don't run in parallel. You should move join into separate loop.

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Q: Unknown functions in Schwartzchild Metric I was reading through MTW and they made a big deal about how we were able to make an astute choice of coordinates to eliminate unknown functions from the most general form of the metric for a spherically symmetric spacetime.
It leaves us with the following metric:
$$ ds^2 = -e^{2\Phi}dt^2 + e^{2\Lambda} dr^2 + r^2 d\Omega^2 $$
Why can't we transform away both the exponential factors to reduce it the the Minkowski metric?
From the metric transformation:
$$ g_{\mu \nu}' = \Lambda^{\rho}_{\mu '}\Lambda^{\sigma}_{\nu'} g_{\rho \sigma} $$
Can't we just make the transformation (where the $\Lambda$s aren't the same as the transformation):
$$ r \rightarrow \int dr \; e^{\Lambda (r)} $$ to eliminate the $e^{2\Lambda}$ term in the metric? And likewise for the $e^{2\Phi}$ term?
There must be something wrong with this argument as the curved space metric just reduces to the Minkowski metric in this case but I can't see why.


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The Bobcaygeon Olde Tymers
To have talent to make music is a joy! To make music with a sense of tradition and community is an even greater joy for both artist, and audience alike.
It's that joy that's made Bobcaygeon Olde Tymers one of the most popular musical groups in the Kawarthas, and Central Ontario.
Bobcaygeon Olde Tymers is a group of seniors who have loved, and played music all their lives. Collectively, these eight musicians represent over 400 years of musical experience and they take pride in their dedication to performing and preserving old-time fiddle music. The music, and the style without doubt has an energizing effect because these 'mature' musicians average close to 100 dates each year – performing at hospitals, nursing and senior's homes, as well as dances, fairs and countless community functions; in other words, wherever a toe is willing to tap.
Bobcaygeon Olde Tymers are frequent, and welcome performers at The Seniors Jubilee held every year at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. In 2003, the group received a recognition award from the Bobcaygeon Chamber of Commerce honouring their dedication to community.
From Bobcaygeon to Bowmanville, Peterborough to Port Hope, Lindsay to Lakefield, wherever people gather to enjoy old-time fiddle music, the Bobcaygeon Olde Tymers have been there.
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Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents should prove to be a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and postgraduate students seeking updated and critical information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in the field.
In chapter 1, Schwendener and Mete review the key interactions between tumor cells and surrounding mesenchymal and immune cells in the TME and discuss how they can promote tumor progression due to the interaction between tumor cells and immune cells in Tumor Microenvironment (TME). The review emphasizes the therapies targeted towards tumor-associated macrophages. Moreover, the recent developments towards therapies aiming at the cellular and molecular components of the TME are also discussed. Robak and Robak in Chapter 2 focus on recent advances in the treatment of hematologic malignancies by using a nucleoside purine analog, Cladribine (2-CdA). They summarize the current status of 2-CdA in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
Targeting telomerase may be an attractive therapeutic approach for treating hematologic malignancies due to the association of telomere shortening and telomerase activation with the diagnosis of various hematologic tumors. In chapter 3, Kawauchi et al. review the mechanisms of telomere and telomerase regulation in hematologic malignancies with several strategies of telomerase Inhibition and other therapeutic methods. Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of the cancer death worldwide. The treatment of non-small Cell lung cancer (NSCLC) requires an individualized approach due to its heterogeneity. In chapter 4, Vera Hirsh describes the role of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFRTKIs) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.
Pediatric tumors offer unique challenges as compared to their adult counterparts. Arnaldez and Warren in chapter 5 review the key signaling pathways implicated in their tumorigenesis and recent efforts to target them. In chapter 6, Fu et al. provide a comprehensive overview of anti-tumor natural products in drug discovery and clinical applications. This review describes the role of plant-derived natural products, animal extracts & medical anti-tumor minerals as anti-tumor natural products.
It is hoped that the readers will find these reviews valuable and thought provoking so that they trigger further research in the quest for the pharmaceutical development of anti-cancer agents.
I am grateful for the timely efforts made by the editorial personnel, especially Mr. Mahmood Alam (Director Publications) and Mr. Shehzad Naqvi (Senior Manager Publications) at Bentham Science Publishers.


The cover of designer Lauren Liess's new book.
Despite the wintry weather, homeowners can still find inspiration in the great outdoors. Lauren Liess, a Virginia interior designer and author of the blog Pure Style Home, helps readers infuse their homes with nature in her handsome new book, Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating. Abrams, New York, New York; 2015; $35.


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Q: Why do people who find it hard to hear say they are "hard of hearing"? "I am hard of seeing" or "I am hard of walking" are just never used.  How did people come to call semi-deafness "hard of hearing"?
Especially, why is "hard of" used?  I could understand "weak of hearing", but why "hard"?

A: Interesting question. Etymonline's entry on hard explains that the phrase hard of hearing "preserves obsolete M.E. sense of having difficulty in doing something." This doesn't explain why it is only used for partial deafness. Maybe its alliteration lent it such long life.

A: It's a common construction from Middle English that is used not-so-unextensively as you'd think:
Fleet of foot.
Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred,
Strong of arm and thick of head.
Etc.

A: Actually, "hard of seeing" is in use.  It was coined by the late, Dr. Lorraine June Marchi Fastie.  click here to read about her

A: What might have been omitted in the explanations here is the alliteration of the phrase, "hard of hearing". This does not address the 'hard' or the 'of' but it does point to how the musicality of the phrase strikes the ear. Therefore its longevity over the phrase "hard of seeing".