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Pouliakis, Abraham,et al. "Artificial Intelligence for the Identification of Endometrial Malignancies: Application of the Learning Vector Quantizer." IJRQEH 7.2 (2018): 37-50. Web. 17 Jan. 2021. doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2018040103
Pouliakis, A., Margari, N., Karakitsou, E., Alamanou, E., Koureas, N., Chrelias, G., Sioulas, V., Pappas, A., Chrelias, C., Terzakis, E. G., Damaskou, V., Panayiotides, I. G., & Karakitsos, P. (2018). Artificial Intelligence for the Identification of Endometrial Malignancies: Application of the Learning Vector Quantizer. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 7(2), 37-50. doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2018040103
Pouliakis, Abraham and Niki Margari, Effrosyni Karakitsou, Evangelia Alamanou, Nikolaos Koureas, George Chrelias, Vasileios Sioulas, Asimakis Pappas, Charalambos Chrelias, Emmanouil G. Terzakis, Vasileia Damaskou, Ioannis G. Panayiotides, and Petros Karakitsos. "Artificial Intelligence for the Identification of Endometrial Malignancies: Application of the Learning Vector Quantizer," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) 7 (2018): 2, accessed (January 17, 2021), doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2018040103
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Artificial Intelligence for the Identification of Endometrial Malignancies: Application of the Learning Vector Quantizer
Abraham Pouliakis (2nd Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Niki Margari (Department of Cytopathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Effrosyni Karakitsou (Department of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), Evangelia Alamanou (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tzaneio Hospital, Athens, Greece), Nikolaos Koureas (2nd Department of Gynecology, St. Savas Hospital, Athens, Greece), George Chrelias (3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Vasileios Sioulas (3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Asimakis Pappas (MHTERA Maternity Hospital,Obstetrics and Gynecology, Athens, Greece), Charalambos Chrelias (3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Emmanouil G. Terzakis (Department of Gynecology, St. Savas Hospital, Athens, Greece), Vasileia Damaskou (2nd Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Ioannis G. Panayiotides (2nd Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece) and Petros Karakitsos (Department of Cytopathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Source Title: International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) 7(2)
DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2018040103
Aim of this article is to investigate the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the discrimination between benign and malignant endometrial nuclei and lesions. For this purpose, 416 histologically confirmed liquid-based cytological smears were collected and morphometric characteristics of cell nuclei were measured via image analysis. Then, 50% of the cases were used to train an AI system, specifically a learning vector quantization (LVQ) neural network. As a result, cell nuclei were classified as benign or malignant. Data from the remaining 50% of the cases were used to evaluate the AI system performance. By nucleic classification, an algorithm for the classification of individual patients was constructed, and performance indices on patient classification were calculated. The sensitivity for the classification of nuclei was 77.95%, and the specificity was 73.93%. For the classification of individual patients, the sensitivity was 90.70% and the specificity 82.79%. These results indicate that an AI system can have an important role in endometrial lesions classification.
The endometrium is a human system with inherent complexity because it undergoes cyclic regeneration under estrogen effects during each menstrual cycle. These effects, as well as sex steroids, oncogene products, growth factors and various peptides (Murphy, Murphy, & Friesen, 1987; Shyamala & Ferenczy, 1981) may cause premalignant and malignant transformation of the endometrium. Early diagnosis is crucial because it is associated with patient management and therapy. However, and despite that in the last decades the incidence of endometrial cancer has increased (Jemal et al., 2006), there is still not a global and well-established screening method for the early detection of endometrial cancer. Moreover, there is no automated procedure.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are not new in medicine (Adams, Bello, & Dumancas, 2015; Darcy, Louie, & Roberts, 2016; Foran, Chen, & Yang, 2011; Grabe et al., 2010; Karakitsos et al., 1996; Luo et al., 2015; Seffens, Evans, Minority Health, & Taylor, 2015; Su, Xu, He, & Song, 2016). During the last decades, numerous applications have been reported; these involve the use of classical statistical models (Karakitsos et al., 2004), as well as more advanced techniques, such as neural networks. In the field of oncology related medical disciplines there are numerous efforts (Cruz & Wishart, 2006; Hassan, Ruusuvuori, Latonen, & Huttunen, 2015; Karakitsos et al., 1997; Kourou, Exarchos, Exarchos, Karamouzis, & Fotiadis, 2015; Pouliakis et al., 2016; Simões et al., 2014). However, the literature related to endometrial cytological material evaluation by AI and especially publications reporting the comparison of machine learning performance are rather poor.
In this article, a methodology aiming to classify endometrial lesions based on cell nuclei morphometry data will be presented. Initially, the morphometrical features and their biological relation will be described and then the construction of machine learning systems classifying individual nuclei will be outlined. Furthermore, according to the nuclei classification results, a second stage classifier aiming to categorize individual cases will be constructed. The validation of the results will be based on the histological result, which will be considered our gold standard. The applied Machine Learning Algorithm (MLA) was the Learning Vector Quantizer (LVQ) ANN and was selected because it has the capability to provide solutions by creating clusters. The applied classifier was compared with the performance of the cytological outcome.


Tipperary's reward for today's impressive win over Cork is a quarter-final date with Dublin next weekend.
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The winners of Galway/Wexford and Clare/Waterford are scheduled to clash in a semi-final.
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Gender violence and early education: inexorably linked?
Early education for men is essential if one day we want to stop gender violence.
Early education in children can prevent gender violence. / Photo: Unsplash - Gabe Pierce
LatinAmerican Post | Alessandra Cedeno
Leer en español: Violencia de género y educación temprana: ¿Unidos inexorablemente?
Violence against women in its various manifestations has an important meaning for women who suffer it and for society. It can be considered a 'virus' in Latin America as in the world, which seems to be inserted into the male brain for some reason that we still do not understand.
Two out of three women have suffered violence on the planet at some point in their lives. In Central America, they are being killed, just for the simple fact of being what they are and being considered the 'weaker sex'.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, indicated last year that the prevalence levels of violence against women are so high that it is one of the most violated human rights in different countries. The representative of the international entity exposes in his message that "up to 70 percent of women suffer physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives and a percentage that is one quarter in regards to pregnant women." "Millions of women and girls around the world are attacked, beaten, raped, mutilated, and even killed in what constitutes a horrific violation of their human rights," he said.
On the other hand, a violation of the fundamental rights of women, not only happens to those who are already adults, but it also happens to girls, who can be sexually, psychologically and physically abused.
According to World Bank data, 69% of women in 15 countries in Latin America, who reported having been physically abused, were victims of their partners. 47% have been victims of at least one sexual attack during the course of their lives.
Reporting rates by women who are victims of violence are very low, while the number of violent acts against women increases and diversifies.
Also read: Mexico: March 9, no women in the streets
In some Latin American countries, their laws have been expanded to protect women, criminalizing violence against women as a heinous crime or serious crime. These nations have evolved in their regulations, but by implementing these new laws, their effectiveness with respect to reducing violence against women does not meet what was expected.
The norms and laws that are changed in different countries for the protection of Latin American women are based on a comprehensive perspective. The victim receives support at the time, but why do these violent acts against women continue to occur? Both the aggressor and the victim should be attended to and more extreme measures should be taken to decrease the cases.
Various psychologists and experts on the subject of gender violence, assure that women who suffer violence in silence, end up accepting and getting used to the violation of their rights and allow themselves to be abused, by submission, low self-esteem, sense of guilt, among other behaviors.
So is it the woman's fault?
In the first months of the year, the latest murders of women in Mexico caused horror, among them the case of Ingrid Escamilla, who was atrociously murdered by her partner, and the images of the skinned and bloodied body were released by some media that, without any kind of modesty, revealed them to the curiosity of those who may have lost sensitivity to this type of event.
Escamilla's death set off alarms regarding female violence, and thousands of Internet users on social networks reflected that these events should not continue to happen, since there are countless stories of violence in the world, and we should pay more attention to those boys who are growing up and who will soon be men.
Also read: Highlighting women's achievements makes them want to be the boss
There are ways to discover abusive men and many know it, but it is still an endless problem that the ladies denounce and that their aggressors change; so, what to do?
Abuse arises from the early cultural formation of man, from his male role models, and from his education. In other words, as Lundy Bancroft explains, abuse lies in a deficiency of values, not something psychological, and it can be corrected in time when you are little.
In an opinion article published by the Costa Risa Free Press, called: "Crisis and loss of values in today's society", Luis Fernando Allen Forbes, Executive Director of the Association Save the Pacuare River in that country, states that: " it is essential to redesign and re-educate society, starting with the children who are the pillar of the future. We must introduce subjects where social values are sown in the early stages of education, bringing about rebirth of moral and ethical behaviors ".
Regarding the above, governments may continue to seek the necessary measures to save more and more women, but the underlying problem regarding abuse seems endless, because children have been neglected. It is about protecting the man today from 'anti-values' when he is a boy so that the girl who is still a girl is respected and the one who will be a woman tomorrow too.
LatinAmerican Post does not share or support the views expressed in this opinion column


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Q: Advantage to using describe/it over feature/scenario in specs? (besides syntactic sugar) Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3.1.10, RSpec 2.13.0, Capybara 2.2.1
I am writing tests for a Rails 3 app -- a GUI for customers (and admins) to configure various phone settings. I have written 6 or so spec files, with plenty others wrriten before (to which I used as templates). The following is a snapshot of what the spec files look like.
# spec/features/admin/administrators_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'
include AdministratorHelper
include Helpers
feature "Exercise Administrators page"
  include_context "shared admin context"
  background do
    visit administrators_path
  end
  scenario "show index page" do
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  # SAD PATH TESTS #
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    page.driver.accept_js_confirms!
    error_message("Error: You did not select any administrators for deletion.")
  end
end

To my understanding, feature/scenario are exclusive to Capybara... and acceptance testing. Other collaborators said that our "acceptance tests" test everything -- whether the database saved entries, whether the view is rendered correctly, etc. Each spec is associated with a page in the GUI, not by model/controller.
He had me take a course on edX (CS169.1x), and they taught testing differently -- separate spec file per model and controller. They also used the describe/context/it method of writing tests.

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*Is there any advantage to writing tests with describe/it over feature/scenario? (Besides syntactic sugar)

*By using Capybara's feature/scenario, does it slow down the test suite? (Compared to using RSpec's keywords)

*What exactly are the tests I am writing (as explained in the code block)? Acceptance, unit, a combination?

*Would writing tests like the above alone achieve higher coverage? (Our next goal is >80%)

Thank you for all the help and clarification.

A: I think the question is a bit broad, but it is possible to answer with some advice and opinions based on my own experience.

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*Is there any advantage to writing tests with describe/it over feature/scenario? (Besides syntactic sugar)

Not as far as I know. However, you may find some convenient test framework features are easier to implement in one scheme than another.

*By using Capybara's feature/scenario, does it slow down the test suite? (Compared to using RSpec's keywords)

Just using the keywords will not be a large factor in speed of processing. What kind of web driver and host simulation you are using will have a larger impact.

*What exactly are the tests I am writing (as explained in the code block)? Acceptance, unit, a combination?

I would call them acceptance tests. However, there is not always a clear dividing line, and you need to look at how the tests will be run, and how they will be used in your development process.
A mature development pipeline may have two or three separate test suites used for different purposes, and probably implemented using different test frameworks. You might want a set of very fast tests (usually unit tests) implemented to run as a quick automated test of new code commits for instance.

*Would writing tests like the above alone achieve higher coverage? (Our next goal is >80%)

The tests can exercise any user-accessible feature of the application, and any of your own code that is exercised can be considered covered. It is likely you can get higher than 80% C0 coverage (Ruby coverage tools don't usually provide deeper details such as C1), provided you do not have a lot of utility scripts or other code that is not user-accessible.

I suspect using a specific test framework's keywords will have minimal impact. However, using Capybara to acceptance test the application via the web interface is going to be much slower than running lower-level unit tests of individual modules.
Speed of tests can vary orders of magnitude. For tight unit tests around a fast module, I might expect to run 100 examples per second. On a web development project, I typically run 10-20 examples per second on unit tests, but maybe 1 example per second on acceptance tests (which is roughly the ballpark you are getting here). When using Capybara via a browser driver on a hosted copy of a site, I might expect to run one example in 10 seconds, so a suite with over 100 tests has to be run only for critical-path tests, such as versus release candidates.

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Some of you may be thinking, "huh? 'Je suis Charlie' is not a word". I know in most cases a series should be ongoing for quite some time before a special edition pops up, but whatever. As always, keep in mind I'm not (as some of you know) a big fan of euphemisms.
What is Je suis Charlie? "I am Charlie" originated as a tribute to Charlie Hebdo. According to wikipedia, "Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly newspaper, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes." The Journalists here were also victim to the shootings in Paris on January 7*.This slogan symbolizes the feeling of empowerment in free speech, particularly in Journalism. It first appeared as a hashtag on twitter one hour after the attack and it soon became viral, crossing over to other forms of social media at an amazing speed in pictures, hashtags and text.
After #JeSuisCharlie went viral, it provoked responses about the netizens' thoughts on Journalistic free speech, when it would be considered "too much". People also began discussing similarly controversial things such as the movie "The Interview", ISIS's gruesome execution of journalists, respecting other cultures, and discrimination based on religion or just discrimination in general.
Sophie Kleeman of .mic wrote, "#JeSuisCharlie sends a clear message: […] journalists and non-journalists alike refuse to be silenced. As Charbonnier said in 2012, following the firebombing of his offices, 'I have neither a wife nor children, not even a dog. But I'm not going to hide.'" Other tweets include similar messages, including a blank image captioned "Please enjoy this culturally, ethnically, religiously, and politically correct cartoon respectfully. Thank you".
Not all of the responses have been positive. The people who disagree with JeSuisCharlie use the counter-hashtag #JeNeSuisPasCharlie. In their defense, Charlie Hebdo's newspaper was deemed as "hate speech" and "wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds" in America, according to David Brooks. In his NY times article, he also wrote, "in thinking about provocateurs and insulters, we want to maintain standards of civility and respect while at the same time allowing room for those creative and challenging folks who are uninhibited by good manners and taste" and "As we are mortified by the slaughter of those writers and editors in Paris, it's a good time to come up with a less hypocritical approach to our own controversial figures, provocateurs and satirists." Others have said things along similar lines, basically stating that freedom of speech should have its limitations as well. However, these questions still remain: where should this line be drawn? What would be deemed okay and what would be "too offensive"? How do we draw this fine line between poking fun at a culture and being outright racist?
So what do you think? Are you Charlie, or are you not Charlie? If you would like to read the full articles of anything I have referenced for this issue of WOTM, links are found on the citations page, along with a brief description.


Gad is a Syrian or Canaanite deity of good luck or fortune. In Hebrew, it is written GD, but with Massoretic vowel-pointing, it is "Gad." Other Scriptural references to a similar deity, also written GD, have a vowel-pointing giving us "Gawd" or "God." Gad, or Gawd is identified with Jupiter, the Sky-deity or the Sun-deity.
In the Greek, the word God is a translation of the word "Theos" meaning Mighty One. This can refer to any person, man or in some cases non-man. The context determines the meaning. Assuming the word always refers to a non-man is error, as the Greek referred to many with authority as "Theos" (Mighty One).
The word "God (or god)" is a title, translating the Hebrew Elohim (or elohim), El (or el), and Eloah. However, it is often incorrectly used as a substitute for the Tetragrammaton (YHVH). YAHWEH, or the more accurate YAHUWEH pronounced YAH-OO-AY. Yahweh is the proper personal name of the Creator. Where Elohim is the Hebrew word with the English meaning of "Mighty One" the Greek word with the English meaning of Mighty One is "Theos." Neither word can be directly related or assumed to be equal to the name Yahweh, the Almighty Creator, because this would be error.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, GOD is the common Teutonic word for a personal object of religious worship, applied to all the superhuman beings of the heathen mythologies, and various kinds of idols. The word "god" on the conversion of the Teutonic races to Christianity was adopted as the name of the One Supreme Being, but this is error. The correct personal proper name of the One Supreme Being is Yahweh. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics and Webster's Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged agree that the origin of the word God, is Teutonic paganism.
In Indo-Germanic dictionaries, only one word resembles "god." It is ghodh and is pronounced the same. This word means union, also sexual union or mating. According to Luneburger W�rterbuch, the following are the same word: Gott, got, gode, gade, god and guth (gud). True Believers should never use the word 'God', when referring to Yahshua, Yahweh, or El Elyon. See El.


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The Sailing program of the 1980 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 on the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. According to the IOC statutes, the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.
Many new buildings and facilities were built for the XXII Olympic Games in Tallinn. In Pirita a sports complex was designed by architects Henno Sepmann, Peep Rabbit, Ants Raid, and Himm Looveer to the 193,000 m² site, a seaport for 470 vessels, a yacht club, slingshots, workshops, a press center, and a ship-shaped 632-bed Olympic village. On the opposite bank of the Pirita river were the stands for 5000 spectators.
The Tallinn TV Tower, a new headquarters building, a modern airport, and 28-storey Olympia Hotel were also built before the 1980 Moscow summer Olympic games.
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The mascotof the regatta was the seal pup Vigri
The Olympic Regatta was opened by Arnold Green on July 20, 1980. Gunnar Ericsson, the official spokesman for the International Olympic Committee, delivered his welcoming speech.
The Olympic Fire arrived in Estonia on the 19 of July. Accompanied by a delegation from Moscow, the runners took the fire from the Baltic Rail Station to the Town Hall Square, where the ceremony's booth was and athlete Rein Tõru lighted the fire. The next day the torch continued to Pirita. At the Pirita Sailing Center, 17-year-old Haapsalu 1st High School graduate student Vaiko Vooremaa lit the Olympic fire.
Race tracks where: Alpha (Finn, 470), Bravo (Flying Dutchman, Soling), Charlie (Star, Tornado).


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Openly gay Bertrand Delanoë has been the mayor of Paris for over ten years (since March 18, 2001), when control of the city was won by a leftist alliance for the first time since the Paris Commune of 1871. Some things are worth waiting for.
Delanoë was virtually unknown before his election in 2001, but he soon gained fame for organizing new and unusual populist events in Paris, such as "Paris Plages," an artificial beach constructed on the banks of the Seine each July and August. Paris empties out in late summer, as most locals head south to Mediterranean resorts. But for hotel, restaurant and other employees who must remain in the city, "Paris Plage" affords a way to relax, soak up the sun, swim (floating barge swimming pools anchored along the river), dance and hear live music right in the center of Paris. The popular program, initiated in 2002, was completely off my radar when I arrived to spend August in Paris in 2008. Imagine my surprise when I first crossed the Seine to see palm trees, beach chairs, sand and beach umbrellas covering a right bank river-side roadway. This feature has been copied by other international cities.
He also originated "Nuit Blanche" (Sleepless Night), a dusk to dawn festival of parties around Paris, with museums, galleries and public spaces open all night. During the first Nuit Blanche event in 2002, Delanoë threw open the formerly inaccessible doors of city hall (Hôtel de Ville). While mingling with the public, he was stabbed by a Muslim immigrant who told police, "I hate politicians, the Socialist Party, and homosexuals." Delanoë's wound was thought to be minor, but he remained in the hospital for two weeks.
Delanoë has since converted the city hall's opulent mayor's private apartments into a day nursery for the children of municipal workers. The mayor currently resides in his own personal residence in the Marais district, ground zero of gay Paris.
Palm trees, sand and beach umbrellas along the Seine.
As Mayor, Delanoë has worked to improve the quality of life for Parisians, with goals of reducing pollution, reining in the number of motorized vehicles in the city center and closing some streets to vehicular traffic.
He introduced a popular program of inexpensive bicycle rentals stationed along the streets throughout the city in an effort to supplant polluting automobiles and ease the difficult parking situation. Beginning in December, 2011, small cars will also be available for rent from sidewalk locations (akin to our ZipCar).
Delanoë was reelected in 2008 to a term that ends in 2014. He remains the only openly gay politician in France, and his popularity is the greatest of any elected official in the entire nation. Delanoë's name is often mentioned as a possible candidate for president of France in the next national election.
Political progress: Berlin and Hamburg both have gay mayors. When Hamburg's former vice mayor Ronald Schill outed the city's Mayor Ole von Beust at a press conference in 2003, Germany's citizens mocked Schill, and Von Beust went on to win the 2004 elections in a landslide. In the USA, the citizens of Houston, our fourth largest city, elected Annise Parker, an openly gay woman, as mayor in 2009; only 18% of voters had issues with her sexual orientation.


Bear Necessities is the world's greatest podcast about the Coventry Bears - the Midlands' only professional rugby league team, currently playing in League 1.
The podcast is an independent show, hosted by Coventry Bears fans Dave Musson and Craig Cathcart. Each episode we'll bring you match analysis, post-match interviews and, over the course of a season, we'll hopefully let you get to know the players and the club a little better.
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A Big Yes and a Small No Are Ace Genre Jumpers
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A Big Yes and a small no's Mise en Abyme switches from hard rock to jazz to trip-hop to folk and succeeds each time.
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A Big Yes and a small no singer/songwriter/vibraphonist Kevin Kendrick's official bio reads with the matter of fact tone of made-up hipster garbage. "After getting kidnapped in Colombia in 1997, Kevin Kendrick got back to the U.S. knowing one thing: Despite studying at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy and being on a full ride for classical percussion, a symphonic career was not for him." This opening sentence is shortly followed by "After finally getting clean from heroin in 2005, Kevin moved to NYC." But this information is repeated less smirkingly in Royal Potato Family Records' official press materials for Mise en Abyme, so it seems that Kendrick did indeed have some harrowing times on the way to fronting an indie rock band in Brooklyn.
The two different takes on Kendrick's life story are informative because there are moments on Mise en Abyme, the band's third record, where the smirking indie rock hipster attitude still comes through. But there are also moments of beauty and what seems like honesty. It's to the album's great benefit that the honesty comes first and foremost, and the jokiness is more of an occasional spice. The album opens with the relaxed "Mise en Abime", which begins as a waltz between piano and guitar before settling into a slow, low rock groove in standard 4/4 time. Over the next seven minutes, A Big Yes and a small no unhurriedly wander their way through the song as Kendrick sings impressionistic phrases that may or may not connect to each other. At times, distorted shoegaze-style guitar chords dominate and linger in the background. At other times, background vocals drop in with a quick "Shoo-bop, shoo-bop" and disappear. "Mise en Abime" is the album's longest song, but it's completely engaging and sets the stage for an album where anything goes.
This anything-goes attitude is apparent immediately, as the second song, "Don't Pull It Out", is a rocker dominated by a great fuzzed-out guitar tone and a big, heavy chorus. It also features excellent organ work from keyboardist Erik Deutsch and a cool bass groove from Jonti Siman. But that's the only time the band goes all-out hard rock. The closest they get is on "Talk Too Much", which sounds like Phish playing a power pop song. It begins with a fast organ solo that resembles circus music then settles into a medium-loud verse before cranking it up for a big, noisy, catchy chorus. The song climaxes with a fast and messy guitar solo from Jonathan Goldberger before very effectively running through the chorus a handful more times.
Kendrick gets introspective on the chorale-like "I'm Gonna Die One Time". The title serves as the refrain, and it features rich, thickly layered harmonies. According to Kendrick, the lyrics are about the time he relapsed in 2005 after thinking he had kicked heroin. So "I'm gonna die one time / And I ain't gonna die no more" directly addresses the despair he was feeling at that point, as do lines like, "An arm's length of black and blue confusion" and "A red delicious bite down to the core / Then I'll die one time, and I ain't gonna die no more." The simple drum beat echoes loudly throughout the song, while the shoegaze guitars effectively drift in and out as the track ebbs and flows. Similarly subdued is the band's very successful minor key cover of "Amazing Grace", which finds Kendrick using his vibraphone to accentuate the melancholy feeling the band establishes.
Each of Mise en Abyme's songs essentially tries out a different genre, or at least subgenre, and A Big Yes and a small no are successful every time. "Stranger Things" is bouncy, folky Britpop, buoyed by vibraphone chords and jaunty acoustic guitar strumming. "Enough Is Enough" goes deep into late '90s trip-hop influenced R&B, with a hip-hop beat, laser beam synths, and flute sounds. That is also one of the jokier moments on the record, with the line "Brooklyn forever / At least until I'm priced out." It's funky and catchy and has a great groove. Then there's "Photo Finish", which goes full-on jazz. Late night lounge piano, brushed drums, thick double bass, and of course, extensive use of Kendrick's vibraphone. A horn section even shows up in the final third of the song.
The album wraps up with a quiet acoustic folk song, "Heather Reed", finishing with a wistful tone that also highlights just how strong Kendrick's singing voice is. Mise en Abyme is quite an accomplishment. When bands stretch this much sonically, there's usually a track or two that isn't up to the same quality level. But A Big Yes and a small no succeed every time here. There isn't a mediocre song on the album, and it's a pleasure to listen to.
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Sour orange نارنج also referred to as bitter orange is a variety of citrus tree native of Southeast Asia but widely used in the Middle East, parts of Europe and US. In my hometown Shiraz, almost every house with a backyard used to have a couple of sour orange trees which wore perfumed, white robe of blossoms in the spring and orange robe of fruit in early summer. The blossoms of sour orange, bahaar-e naaranj, were used to make sherbet and jams, or sundried to be mixed with loose, black tea. The fruit itself, too, has many culinary usages including for seasoning.
I have recently started regrowing a number of vegetables and herbs right from my kitchen's window and have had loads of fun watching them grow before my eyes, while enjoying their fresh taste and aroma in my salads and cooked foods.
I find growing garlic sprouts from the clove to be the easiest and most rewarding among the vegetables I have tried so far (including lettuce, celery, scallion and parsley). Easiest because it just happens without much effort and so fast! Rewarding, because in my city, Montreal, it is not easy to find fresh (green) garlic all year round and I just adore the tender taste of it in traditional Persian cuisine as well as in almost any other type of food.
The video bellow shows the growth of my garlic in ten days, captured in ten slides. Pretty straight forward, right?
To start, buy a whole garlic bulb from a grocery store where their stock is fairly fresh.
"Open" the bulb, without skinning it completely, and divide it into two if it is too plump.
Place each bunch of garlic cloves in a transparent container. The idea here is to be able to see not only the growth of the roots, but to check on the water you are about to add in, thereby changing it as soon as it gets cloudy.
Add just enough water to touch the base of the garlic cloves; you do not want the cloves to be submerged in the water and get smelly and rotten after a couple of days.
Place the containers in a sunny and warm spot (4-5 hours of direct sun per day will do). If you have a sunny kitchen window, that is the ideal spot.
All you have to do is changing the water once it evaporates completely or when it gets cloudy. You should see the first sprout in a couple of days. After that, the white roots as well as the green sprouts keep growing tall to much of your delight!
Each clove may produce a few shoots, and each shoot gets as tall as 10 cm. They are ready for harvest once they get about 4 cm tall, but I would wait for their full growth before snapping off from the top just what I need for a certain recipe. You will not more shoot from a sprout that has been cut down to the clove.
Unlike garlic clove, green garlic has a very subtle and pleasant and not-lingering taste which makes it an ideal addition to almost any type of cold or hot dish. I recently used my precious little garlic sprouts in Kookoo with potato (Persian pancake), and sabzi polow (herb-mix rice). Obviously the taste is more fully preserved when it is used fresh, such as in (absolutely any type of) salad, and in oven baked potatoes, along with chopped parsley.
Hope you go for the cultivating-cooking package and find it as rewarding and enjoyable as I do!
Many know cloves only as a flower; I certainly would have, had it not been for the dentistry history of my family. You see, my grandfather was a traditional dentist back in the 1940s in Iran (meaning his dentistry knowledge was acquired not through university education, but by experiment and experience). Apparently, he used to use the dried flower buds of the clove tree (simply called clove) as an effective anti-inflammatory and anti-aesthetic substance.


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Bermuda shorts company TABS has opened its first store.
The company, which began life online three years ago, has branched out into a bricks-and-mortar presence.
And owner Rebecca Singleton said the new store was an ideal showcase for an expanded range, which now includes men's polo shirts with an island twist and a children's collection, alongside shorts for men and women and swim shorts.
"It was the next logical step for the brand's progression. For me, it was just the next step," she said.
"We also have a very big product range so I wanted to show that off."
Ms Singleton has partnered with top local designers, including artist Graham Foster, whose prints are used in the swimshorts range, jewellery designer Rebecca Little, who has created jewellery using the distinctive TABS — The Authentic Bermuda Shorts — triangle, and Danielle Clark, who partnered with TABS to create detailing for the polo shirts, which come in a variety of colours inspired by Bermuda.
Meanwhile, local interior designer Catherine White was drafted in to help create the shop floor of the Reid Street store, which is next to the Walker Arcade, while glassblower Laura Smith made the distinctive glass chandelier and door handles for the changing rooms.
Ms Singleton said: "This is also a chance for local artists to showcase their work and tell our story. Visitors come in and read the story behind each product. The store gives us an opportunity to do that."
She added that the new store, which opened only a few days ago, had already attracted a positive response from customers.
Ms Singleton said: "It's been really great. Everyone who comes in loves it. A few people have said when they come in it's like going swimming. It's a great space."
The store also features Bermuda shorts cut especially for women, as well as the official America's Cup collection and dressier cotton linen blends.
Ms Singleton said: "I had a good ten-year plan, there's definitely a structure to it.
"It's also listening to my customers and cementing an idea; you rely on them a lot because I want to create a product people want.
"A lot of customers said they wanted shorts for a wedding, so we did some in cotton and linen in two colours — red coral and 'something blue'."
She added she had deliberately concentrated on highlighting other designer items with a Bermuda flavour.
"I like to call it my local love section. Brands I really love and which tie in with TABS as well.
"It's a TABS store, but I wanted to do a lot of 'exclusively for ...' things as well. It's just more fun things to sell.
"Colour is a big thing for me. Colours in Bermuda are so inspiring. We have 20 colours of shorts now and six shades of blue."
Ms Singleton said that the America's Cup next year had helped her decide to take the plunge and open a store.
"I'm going for it because of the America's Cup — it's the right time to do it. I have a large enough product range now and I felt now was the time to make that jump."
And she said she hoped the polo shirt range, at present only in men's styles, would become as big a part of the range as the signature shorts.
Ms Singleton added: "I'm hoping they will become one of our staple products and I plan to change the colours regularly.
"I'm very conscious about making the product people want and it has to fit in with the Bermuda lifestyle."
But she said she expected the online store, which has attracted orders from as far afield as Africa, Australia and Europe, to continue as a mainstay.
She added that TABS had partnered with courier firm DHL this year which had been "fantastic" for the business.
Now open: Rebecca Singleton, owner of TABS, which has opened its first physical store (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Plenty of choice: inside the new TABS store on Reid Street (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Brightly coloured: a selection of TABS Bermuda shorts in the new store on Reid Street (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Take your pick: TABS has a range of Bermuda shorts cut for women (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Big event: the America's Cup features on a special range of shorts at TABS (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
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AIADMK dist secretaries meet on Monday
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Interim General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami would preside over the meeting (PTI File Photo)
CHENNAI: A meeting of AIADMK MLAs and District Secretaries has been called for Monday, October 10, to discuss among other things the celebrations to be organized to commemorate the founding of the party on October 17.
Interim General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami would preside over the meeting, in the presence of party presidium chairman Tamilmagan Hussain, and discuss the arrangements to be made for the conduct of the general secretary elections after getting clearance from the Supreme Court.
Since the general secretary could be elected only by the primary members of the AIADMK, as per the constitution left behind by the founder M.G. Ramachandran, it would be an elaborate and laborious process to hold polling in the event of a contest for the general secretary's post.
Monday's meeting is expected to discuss such issues and come up with solutions to solve any problem that might arise in the conduct of the elections.
Meanwhile, Palaniswami met media persons at Edappadi in Salem district on Thursday and claimed that several leaders from the DMK were switching over to the AIADMK. He said that around 300 functionaries of the DMK and CPI had crossed over so far to the party.
He made it very clear that those who worked against the interest of the party had absolutely no chance of returning to the party fold.
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Home BUSINESS Airport's role as transatlantic hub 'can be enhanced'
Airport's role as transatlantic hub 'can be enhanced'
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Potential: IAG chief executive Willie Walsh says there is scope to improve
There remains "significant scope" to enhance Dublin Airport's position as a transatlantic hub, according to IAG CEO Willie Walsh.
IAG, which owns Aer Lingus, has been using the Irish carrier to capture more traffic across the Atlantic, adding a number of routes and aircraft at the airline since it acquired it in 2015.
Semi-State DAA has been working to build out Dublin Airport's position as a hub, with 2.1 million of its 31.5 million passengers last year using it as a transit node, without actually beginning or ending their journeys there.
"The point we've been making is that there's a lot of scope to improve, and significantly enhance the position of Dublin as a transatlantic hub," Mr Walsh told the Irish Independent.
"We want to do it and to his credit, Dalton Philips [the CEO of the DAA] wants to do it as well," he said. "I've seen a very constructive relationship between Dalton and his team and the Aer Lingus team."
He said that in terms of broader infrastructure development at Dublin Airport, including the possibility of a third terminal that's been raised by Transport Minister Shane Ross, the issue is "fairly straightforward".
DAA CEO, Dalton Philips
"You've got to bring the infrastructure online at the right time and that requires a bit of forward planning," said Mr Walsh.
"But when you look at what infrastructure is required at Dublin today, there is still a lot of scope within the existing terminal buildings that would need to be exploited before you need to look for additional capacity in a third terminal," he added.
"We've been very clear that the focus should be on improving the infrastructure around the existing terminals – taxiways and stands – before you look at what would be a very high-profile and visible programme like a terminal," Mr Walsh said.
"Building a taxiway doesn't have the same profile or visibility as a terminal, but I can assure you, it's absolutely critical to the continued success of today," he said.
A report prepared last year for the Government claimed Dublin Airport could need a new passenger terminal as early as 2030.
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The DAA is also opposed to the construction of a third terminal any time soon at Dublin Airport. Mr Philips has previously said that such a facility probably wouldn't be needed until passenger numbers at the gateway hit about 55 million. That figure, he said, probably wouldn't be reached until about 2038.
The DAA is deploying significant amounts of capital on infrastructure projects. It's spending about €320m on a runway project that recently started construction.
It will have spent an extra €900m by 2023 – not including the runway cost – on additional infrastructure.
That will include work inside terminals, as well as new aircraft stands and other projects.
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Faces in the Leaves of Sherwood Forest: Hoodwinked 2018
Britain's most familiar and best loved garden bird, the Robin, is notoriously antisocial, not only towards other bird species, but also its own. However, Nottingham will witness a round of Robins flock to its streets this Summer as part of Hoodwinked 2018, capturing the playful spirit of local legendary outlaw Robin Hood. This free public art trail is presented by Nottingham City Council in partnership with creative events producers Wild in Art and charity partner Nottinghamshire Hospice, for whom the Robin symbolises hope after the passing of a loved one.
Ipswich artist Lois Cordelia has been commissioned to paint one of thirty-three Robins after her design entitled Green Man of Sherwood Forest was chosen to be sponsored by Benoy. Graham Cartledge CBE of Benoy writes: "We are delighted to show our support to Nottinghamshire Hospice, a very well-deserving local charity. The Hoodwinked initiative will attract visitors and locals alike, encouraging people in our community to connect through creativity - something that is at the heart of what our designers do at Benoy." Lois has recently explored the theme of the Green Man in a variety of unusual art mediums, including paper-cutting, creative cartography, and upcycled plastic straws. Now she is preparing to paint the Green Man onto an unexpected canvas: a giant Robin statue.
On the subject of her involvement in the Nottingham art trail, Lois remarks: "Have you seen faces in the leaves of Sherwood Forest? Many folklorists claim that the legend of Robin Hood is derived from the ancient image of the Green Man, or related figures such as Jack in the Green or Robin Goodfellow (Puck). No surprise that Robin Hood is clothed in Lincoln Green. The mischievous outlaw could be hiding in any disguise! Speaking as a Wild in Art addict, I can't wait to start painting my Robin for Hoodwinked. It means a lot to be part of this (my seventh public art trail), and I'm very grateful to Benoy for sponsoring Green Man of Sherwood Forest. I often link the Green Man with the legend of Robin Hood in Lincoln Green in my artwork. My partner Jason (appropriately also an archer) has kindly agreed to model for the Green Man."
Lois will travel to Nottingham later this month to paint her design onto the Robin statue. She will be working in a public painting space in intu Broadmarsh. Lois welcomes an audience of all ages while she paints, so don't be shy - come along on Monday 14th May circa 10.30 am - 4.00 pm, watch, ask questions, and be inspired! Please note: the full design of each Robin cannot be revealed until the trail goes live on Saturday 7th July 2018, but you can catch a sneak preview of work in progress on some of the Robins if you drop by at the painting space.
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Former Arbor Inn employee alleges wage-law violations
Worker got motel room in lieu of pay in what attorney says was lopsided deal
Former Arbor Inn employee alleges wage-law violations Worker got motel room in lieu of pay in what attorney says was lopsided deal Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://bcene.ws/1uX2M9M
Jennifer Bowman, Battle Creek Enquirer Published 11:52 a.m. ET Nov. 20, 2014 | Updated 12:05 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2014
Judy Wirth, who is being evicted from the Arbor Inn in Marshall, is looking for both employment and a place for her and her daughter to live.(Photo: John Grap/The Enquirer)
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Judy Wirth has a newspaper spread out on her bed. She's scanning the employment classifieds in search for a new job after she says she was fired from one that never paid her.
Instead of pay, she was given a motel room. It looks like one that could be rented for a short stay, but it's been personalized with her own belongings since she moved in more than two years ago.
There are two beds: one for Wirth and the other for her 17-year-old daughter. There's no kitchen, just a corner of the room with a small refrigerator, a microwave and a slow cooker. The bathroom sink and a makeshift closet are visible from the front door, and there are stacks of storage bins against her window. Her black cat, Precious, is curled up in one of the three chairs tightly arranged in her room.
Wirth has lived in this room at Arbor Inn, at 15435 W. Michigan Ave. in Marshall Township, in exchange for working as a housekeeper there since August 2012. She's now being evicted after she said she was fired in late October for raising concerns about the motel's payment practices.
Judy Wirth, who has lived and worked at the Arbor Inn in Marshall, is being evicted. John Grap/The Enquirer
Wirth said she's seen other employees treated the same, and said at least seven workers receive a room as payment for their work. To her, it's a policy that allows the motel owner to take advantage of the vulnerable who have no other options. Many, including herself, receive food stamps to get by and have nowhere else to go, Wirth said.
"For two years, I've seen people get kicked out and had to go, crying," she said. "Cops come. I don't know how (the owner) does it."
And to Wirth's attorney, Raymond Davis, it's a policy that violates federal and state wage laws. They have filed complaints with both state and federal departments of Labor and with the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Anila Rana, owner of the Arbor Inn, said in a brief phone conversation with the Enquirer Wednesday morning that Wirth had quit. Through her attorney, Rana has denied the allegations.
"The management of Arbor Inn has been made aware of a variety of unsubstantiated and baseless claims being made by a person who is presently being evicted because of her failure to pay rent," Rana's attorney, Chris Vreeland, said in a statement Wednesday.
"We do not intend to try this case in the newspaper and look forward to any aggrieved party actually coming to court. Arbor Inn management categorically denies any wrongdoing and looks forward to the opportunity to obtain redress via the court system."
Davis is representing Wirth free of charge — their children are friends, he acknowledged — and argued that under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employer can only take credit for lodging at its own cost and must pass two legal requirements: it cannot be substandard housing and it has to be for the employee's benefit.
But employees are required to live at the motel, are always on call and are required to dress appropriately in case services are needed, Davis said. He said "it's very clear" the arrangement benefits the employer.
"They haven't paid any payroll taxes," he said. "So Judy's worked for two years and gained no credit for her Social Security because they haven't issued a W-2. They haven't done, really, what's required under federal law in order to properly document these wages."
Davis also said the motel owner is charging Wirth more than the expense of the room for the employees' work — a violation of the federal law's "reasonable cost" formula. (Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, "reasonable cost does not include a profit to the employer or to any affiliated person.")
"If you look at this room, for what it is at cost, significantly discounted at the $55-a-night they rent, it's very clear that they work more than what this room is worth each week," Davis said. "So they should be getting some wage. If you can imagine for these employees, these employees work all year and get no wage. Judy was told she needs to live off tips."
"There's none," Wirth said.
Meanwhile, Wirth has been served with an eviction notice this week and according to the motel's owner, owes nearly $400 in rent. A court hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon.
"Significantly, from my experience, what concerns me that then if someone like Judy raises a concern like this, then they're threatened with eviction," Davis said. "And so, it's almost indentured servitude. It's a very serious circumstance in my mind, I think, that these folks are taken advantage of. And I think it's abhorrent."
In August 2012, Wirth signed an "Exchange for Rent Protocol," in which she agreed to work 35 hours per week in exchange for a standard room, and acknowledged she would not receive any monetary compensation. The agreement also said there is no "guaranteed length of employment or housing and Arbor Inn retains the right to terminate employment for any reason at any time."
Wirth said since she signed the agreement, her hours have been loosely tracked by management on paper. She said she also often worked overtime.
Davis said agreements can't violate the law and this one "on its face, violates the Fair Labor Standards Act." He said he welcomes the opportunity to have a jury address the matters.
"What we want is just for them to correct their practices," Davis said. "If they correct their practices and treat their employees fairly, make up on the Social Security contributions for these employees so they have their federally mandated retirement moving forward, if they take care of just that minimum-wage level back pay that's owed to them, and at that rate back overtime that's owed to them, then we'll be satisfied.
"But we need these employees to be treated in compliance of state and federal law."
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Ikpeazu mourns late Abia PDP gov candidate
By Admin January 25, 2023 No Comments2 Mins Read
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has condoled with the family of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Professor Uche Ikonne.
In a statement signed by the governor on Wednesday, Ikpeazu ordered that all flags in PDP offices in Abia State be lowered and flown at half-mast, all campaign activities of the party at all levels will be suspended until Monday, January 30, 2023, in honor of the deceased. Abia PDP flag.
The statement read: "It is with a heavy heart but full submission to the will of God that we announce the passing of our Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2023 general election, Prof. Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, this sad event occurred early today at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. after a
"As we condole with the family of the late Professor of Optometry, the PDP family and the Abians in general, we pray to God to have mercy on his soul, grant him eternal rest and give fortitude to all those affected by his unfortunate death to bear the irreparable loss.
"I appeal to all PDP leaders and members to remain calm as we navigate this difficult time together."
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Grand Alliance has expressed shock at the news of Ikonne's death.
The national chairman of the party, Dr. Victor Ike Oye Ozonkpu, and in a press statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said the death of Ikoone party was not only "a loss to Abia State, but the entire country contributed tremendously. the training of many professionals as vice-chancellor".
The APGA chairman advised other political parties not to politicize death but to view it with sympathy and love.
He prayed to God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal happiness in heaven and the fortitude to bear the great loss to the Ikonne family.