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Folkman Cures All
April 06, 199912:55 PM
Today's New York Times buries, on Page A18, the news that Dr. Judah Folkman's Boston laboratory has developed a procedure to stop the buildup of plaques inside the arteries of mice by cutting off their blood supply. Chatterbox was puzzled by the cautious tone of reporter Nicholas Wade's Times story, as compared with that of a Ron Winslow piece on the front page of the second section of today's Wall Street Journal. The Journal'smuch bolder lead says that Folkman, "the Harvard scientist whose discovery of two powerful anti-cancer compounds caused a stir in cancer research last year, now stands to shake up the field of heart disease." Chatterbox has learned that the Times originally planned to run, but later spiked, a Page One article by ace science reporter Gina Kolata, author of last May's controversial Times piece that more or less pronounced Folkman on the verge of curing cancer. Chatterbox has acquired a copy of the suppressed Kolata piece, and as a public service reprints a portion of this explosive dispatch below:
BOSTON–Within a year, if all goes well, testing will begin on a new drug that does for human arteries what Drano and the Roto-Rooter man can do for your kitchen sink.
Some heart-disease specialists say this is the most exciting treatment they have ever seen. But they temper their enthusiasm with caution, noting that human beings, unlike mice, do not have whiskers and twitchy little noses.
The drug's discoverer, Dr. Judah Folkman, was characteristically modest about the latest finding. "Ce n'est rien," he said yesterday, "just a few doodles I made while taking a break from my acrostics in Amharic." But Dario Fo, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, was quick to pronounce Folkman's latest findings a stunning success. "Judah is going to eliminate heart attacks within 235 days, seven hours, thirty-two minutes, and eight seconds," he said.
The heart-disease research is Folkman's latest, but clearly not his last, adventure in solving life's enduring mysteries. Among the other matters Folkman is currently investigating are how to set library fines high enough so that people won't keep books out too long, but not so high that they won't ever return late ones; how to eliminate the marriage penalty in the federal tax code without making taxes more regressive; how to get out of jury duty; how to pass a camel through the eye of a needle; and how to make a profit on the Internet …
–Timothy Noah


Lately my son (currently 16 months old) has been enjoying spending time with me in the workshop (he says workbop). He likes to hammer on stuff and is really enjoying using a toy saw and a toy plane to imitate his dad. The problem is, my bench is too high and the 5 gallon buckets I turn over for him to work on are too ..errr… unbench-like (even though they have served as my "saw benches" for years). He needs a bench of his own that is the right height for him to use for a few years. It kills me to make something he'll only use for a little while, so I wanted it to be utilitarian too. A pair of Saw Benches seemed the perfect fit. He could use them as his work bench and I could use them for hand-sawing.
First the research. I looked at saw benches done by Chris Schwarz at Popular Woodworking. It was nice, but, in his design the legs are always splayed out and I knew that would inevitably cause several falls for my son as he tripped over the legs. Plus it didn't look very workbench-like from the point of view of a little guy wanting to work at his bench just like daddy. I was also concerned that the splayed legs, while not a problem for crosscuts, might get in the way for rip cuts. So I kept digging.
I ran across a straight legged design on The Village Carpenter …which then traced its roots back to Dan's Woodshop and it was enough confirmation for me that a straight legged saw bench could be just as functional as a saw bench and had the added property of being able to look like a real workbench to a wee child.
Of course I had to make some modifications just to …errr …. make it more "mine." I added a pair of saddle notches on the uprights so that a 3/4″ pipe clamp could be placed in it and used as a crude bench vice (a la New Fangled Bench … hmm New Fangled SawBench). And of course any use with a bench vice would need bench dogs, so I added 2 strips of 3/4″ holes for bench dogs. Given the 2″ thick top, the holes could also accommodate a holdfast or Wonder Dog. The simple shaker style bench rails were crying out to me to have a dovetail added just for fun, I'm sure they weren't really needed.
Originally this was going to be a quick project from a couple of pine 2″x8″ s. Then I got to thinking about a stack of rough sawn 2×8 cutoffs that came from the flooring of my timber frame gazebo. Sure they were rabbeted on each side, but I could cut that off and they'd only be down to 2″x7″.
Oyyy why do I choose to make things difficult? Those red pine cut-offs are now several years old, weathered, twisted, knot laden, and blue stained. And then there is me with no thickness planer or power jointer. Out comes the #5 Jack plane that is set up more like a scrub plane. Flattening each face was not unpleasant… I had a lot of fun with it, but with all those knots, keeping each face parallel to the other was just not going to happen. And so it didn't. This of course complicates layout a little bit, but dealing with not fully squared lumber is something I've gotten pretty accustomed too thanks to the timber framing project.
Here's the Sketch-up plans and with a little luck my next post should have the finished results … or the photo of a nice bonfire. Apologies to anyone using this model for the 2×7 lumber in the design. It should be pretty easy to adapt the design for standard 2×8.


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£50 million investment in new British JCB plant
Work is under way on a 350,000 sq ft facility for JCB Cab Systems adjacent to the A50 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, next to two existing JCB plants. The hi-tech factory will have the capacity to produce around 100,000 cabs a year. It will include a computer controlled production line, fully-automated painting facility and robotic welding and will create more than 200 new jobs by 2022.
JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: "This new factory will be the most advanced and productive cab facility in the world and will bring even greater levels of efficiency to the business. The investment is one of the biggest in the company's history and underlines our commitment to manufacturing in Britain and in our home county of Staffordshire."
Burton and Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He said: "This is fantastic news for Uttoxeter, for Staffordshire and also the wider Midlands' economy.
This investment represents a massive boost for the area and underlines what a great place Staffordshire is to do business. It's wonderful to see JCB continuing to invest in the county and in British manufacturing – something that can only attract even more inward investment."
JCB Cab Systems currently employs more than 400 people at its existing site in Rugeley, Staffs. The new plant is scheduled to open in the summer of 2019. JCB Cab Systems' General Manager David Carver said: "While new jobs will be created, moving to the new factory will enable us to double capacity without doubling the workforce thanks to high levels of automation. The whole plant is being designed to improve productivity, reduce waste and provide unprecedented quality levels."
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Ms. Hart began her career in financial planning in 1979 with IDS/American Express. In 1986 she joined Shawmut Bank as a Trust Officer in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. Ms. Hart obtained her Certified Financial Planner™ designation in 1986 and graduated from Northwestern University ABA National Trust School in 1988. Lorraine holds a Master's Degree from Springfield College and an undergraduate degree from Northeastern University.
Lorraine retired in 2014, after spending over 20 years building successful and fulfilling relationships with her clients at Hart & Patterson.
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If you can't book a ticket and make a trip yourself, you can still experience the world vicariously through the scores of travel vloggers on YouTube.
But with so many to choose from, who should we be following and why? Here are five of our favourites.
Dubai-based Hayla Ghazal is a 20-year-old Syrian university student and the name behind the highly successful YouTube channel HaylaTV. While she's primarily a lifestyle and comedy vlogger, Hayla also vlogs about her trips to countries like Japan, the United States and Italy.
Her destination videos, usually presented in diary format, are a collection of several shorter videos put into chronological order, much like a better quality Snapchat story. She also vlogs about the practical aspects of travel, like what she packs in her plane carry-on, and she helps followers with tips and advice.
People love her; she has almost 1.7m subscribers on YouTube, and her videos average an impressive 1 million viewers each. She also enjoys a healthy social media following, with over 776,000 followers on Instagram alone.
Emirati Taim Al Falasi runs this successful eponymous YouTube channel, taking viewers to places like Switzerland, Portugal, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey. Her videos show amazing hotels and boutique shops, plus a wide array of international cuisine. Taim also vlogs about Dubai, showing a different side to her hometown than the glitzy skylines and luxury hotels that we usually associate the city with.
Taim currently has 427,579 subscribers on YouTube and her videos average around 200,000 views each. She's currently conquering Instagram too, with an impressive 2.1 million followers.
Hessa and Lulwa Al Khattaf are the faces of Alkhattaf Sisters on YouTube, where they vlog about their global adventures. Their videos are fun, with great graphics, funky music and a good dose of humour. They also post tip-based videos, such as how to pack for trips.
The Kuwait-based duo currently has 401,555 subscribers on YouTube and their videos garner hundreds of thousands of views on average. Their separate Instagram accounts also have hundreds of thousands of followers.
Dina Torkia is a UK-based Egyptian lifestyle vlogger who also covers travel. The twenty-something fashionista vlogs in English and has more than 477,000 subscribers on her eponymous YouTube channel, where she documents short getaways to London or longer holidays to places like Istanbul.
Dina's videos are slick and polished, with great soundtracks and fun clips. The holiday lookbooks are particularly popular, garnering more than 200,000 views each. In these, Dina walks the streets of each destination and shows off her latest outfits. Dina also has a popular Instagram account with a million followers, as well as more than 250,500 likes on Facebook.
Haifa Beseisso describes herself as a girl from the Middle East who loves to travel, talk and discover the world in her own way, and it seems that her followers—all 117,209 of them—love her for it.
Haifa, who joined YouTube in March 2014, takes us along for the ride as she completes adventure-junkie activities, such as riding the world's fastest zip-line, or as she relaxes in dreamy locations like the Maldives. The 25-year-old also covers light-hearted topics such as what's in her backpack and things to do while on board a plane. Her videos are highly engaging, and we especially like her playful use of emoticons. Haifa also has popular social media accounts; her Instagram account alone has 67.3k followers.
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Fleet Farm is starting to hire for its new Sioux Falls store.
The retailer opening later this year at the Sanford Sports Complex needs about 150 full- and part-time employees, according to general manager Jon Kollman. He previously managed Fleet Farm in Sioux City.
The hiring center is in a former Great Western Bank branch at 2700 W. 41st St. that closed late last year.
It's typically staffed for walk-in applicants and interviews from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays but can be available on weekends, Kollman said.
There also are part-time jobs supporting all of those areas as well as positions at the gas station and convenience store that will be part of Fleet Farm. Pay is not being shared publicly at this point.
Applicants can search for openings here and apply online or by texting SIOUX FALLS to #86516. They also can call 866-645-5733.
Starting dates will vary, Kollman said.
The 175,000-square-foot store is on track to open by midyear.
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Rajon Rondo cleared for full contact, expected to return for Celtics in January
By Brett PollakoffDec 15, 2013, 12:30 PM EST
The Celtics have been exceeding expectations this season under new head coach Brad Stevens, and are currently in line for the four seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture despite the team's losing record.
Things would appear to be only getting better with the addition of All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo to the lineup, considering that on paper he's the face of the franchise and the one player that should be firmly in place for the team to build around for the foreseeable future.
Rondo is back practicing with his teammates, and should make his return to the court beginning next month.
From Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston:
Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo received clearance to resume full-contact practice activities on Friday and coach Brad Stevens said he believes Rondo should return to game action next month.
Rondo traveled Friday with team physician Dr. Brian McKeon to meet with operating surgeon Dr. James Andrews, who examined Rondo's progress and cleared him to return to practice activities. The Celtics threw Rondo into the fire on Saturday, engaging in a spirited 45-minute session despite coming off game action on Friday night.
"[Rondo] had a good trip [Friday], as far as getting good news, and it looks like he's on schedule to be closer, but still probably doesn't look like we're going to see him on the court any time this month," said Stevens. "Hopefully as we get into January, he'll be closer."
Boston most recently has used a three-guard lineup featuring Avery Bradley, Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford, but none of those players have the grasp of the offense or the court vision that Rondo possesses, and his presence will only improve the Celtics' chances of holding onto their position in the standings.


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her husband had brutally beaten her during a row.
An Indian wife had her husband imprisoned after reporting him over a domestic incident. The arrest was made amid the ongoing lockdown.
Since the lockdown was implemented in India, there have been increasing reports of domestic violence against women.
While some women have not reported the cases, others have taken action against their spouses and have even had them imprisoned.
This case happened in Bihar's capital of Patna.
A husband and wife had an argument at their home. It was alleged that the man then assaulted her and threw several household items out of the house.
The incident upset the woman who then decided to call the police. She told officers that her husband had brutally beaten her during a row.
Police arrived at the scene but did not arrest the husband.
Instead, they tried to counsel the couple, explaining that there has been an increase in the number of domestic incidents during the lockdown.
However, officers were left with no choice but to arrest the man, identified as Praveen, when the Indian wife showed them three bottles of liquor.
In Bihar, alcohol has been prohibited since April 1, 2016.
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A source said: "While the cops were trying to pacify the aggrieved wife, and counsel the agitated husband, the complainant went to her bedroom and brought three bottles of liquor kept in the almirah (cupboard).
"Once the liquor was recovered, the police had no option other than to arrest the husband, identified as Praveen."
"The man was put behind bars as consumption of liquor is a cognisable offence in a dry state like Bihar since April 2016."
It is not just India which is experiencing more domestic violence incidents due to lockdown.
In the UK, campaigners expressed their concern as vulnerable people spend all day with their abuser.
Both survivors and experts claim that the strict government rules to stay home is "likely" to cause a spike in domestic abuse cases.
Nazir Afzal, domestic abuse advisor to the Welsh Government, said that abuse had increased in other parts of the world and that the trend would continue in the UK.
Mr Afzal said:
"It's as certain as night follows day that if there's a period where people are confined to the same space, then it creates an opportunity for the abuser to abuse.
"There has been a 20% rise of domestic abuse in Northern Ireland, 32% in Paris and 40% in New South Wales – and they are significant increases and there will be no doubt that there will be a rise in Wales.
"We've no official data yet, but anecdotally our care workers are already reporting spikes now."
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A new band and a new venue are about to help make one Fort Smith museum's annual fundraiser larger, more colorful and more fun than ever.
The Fort Smith Museum of History will host its Pardi Gras event at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. Seventh St., and the 21-and-older gathering will feature the Dallas-based band, Memphis Soul, as well as Cajun cuisine, auction items, prizes and more, said Leisa Gramlich, executive director for the museum.
"This is our largest fundraiser for the year and it helps us keep our doors open to the community," she said of Pardi Gras, which raises money to support the Fort Smith Museum of History. "We are very excited about this taking place at a new venue, the Fort Smith Convention Center, and I think it will be much more accessible.
"There will be plenty of parking and plenty of space for people," Gramlich added. "We needed to grow, and the Fort Smith Convention Center will provide that for us."
Boasting horns, guitars and both female and male vocalists, Memphis Soul will mark its Pardi Gras debut during the event, she said.
"Memphis Soul is an excellent band," Gramlich said. "I've visited with several people in the community who have heard Memphis Soul, and they all say, 'Memphis Soul is great.' You won't be able to hear Memphis Soul anywhere else in town, so that's a great reason for people to attend Pardi Gras."
Also on tap for Pardi Gras will be cocktails, dancing and a chance to win a $2,000 shopping spree from Newton's Jewelers, she said.
"There will be lots and lots of dancing, with the dancing to begin at about 8:30 p.m.," Gramlich said.
Auction items will include New Orleans photos and prints, artwork, the Chef's Party, dinner packages, the Craft Beer and Barbecue Party and more, she said. Those attending can wear Mardi Gras-type clothing, Gramlich said.
"We want people to wear fun, party clothes, and we'll have plenty of beads and masks for all," she said. "And we're hoping to sell more tickets than last year; we sold out last year at 400 but we are hoping to have 500 people attend this year."
Tickets are $125 per person and $1,000 for a table for eight. Tickets can be purchased by calling (479) 783-7841 and at FortSmithMuseum.org. Sponsorships also are available. Those seeking information can email info@fortsmithmuseum.com or visit the Fort Smith Museum of History Facebook page and the Memphis Soul Facebook page.
"We would love to raise at least $50,000 with Pardi Gras," Gramlich said.
The Pardi Gras event will be a chance for people to show their support of the museum, which is a "special, needed" part of the local community, she said.
"We at the museum are preserving Fort Smith history; not only the military part of our history but the businesses, too," Gramlich said. "It's important for us to tell these stories because these stories are amazing. We have so much to tell."


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Power Station () is a Taiwanese rock duo, composed of Yu Chiu-hsin (尤秋興) and Yen Chih-lin (顏志琳), both of the Paiwan tribe of Taiwan's Pingtung County. Their music is characterized by their energetic rock ballads, as well as their electrifying rock anthems. Their looks and long hair stand out from the mainstream Taiwan pop scene because of their resemblance to western heavy metal musicians. In 2001, Power Station released their first album on the Grand Music label (later known as HIM International Music), Walking Along Zhongxiao East Road Nine Times. The title track of that album won the Silver Award for Best Mandarin Song at the 24th RTHK Top Ten Golden Song Awards.

Biography
Yu Chiu-hsin (尤秋興) and Yen Chih-lin (顏志琳) graduated from Taiwan Adventist College in Nantou County, and formed a band called "Virgin Choir" (處男合唱團) with some friends before changing to "Prominent Position" (突出部位) and disbanding. At the ages of 25, they formed Power Station through singing western rock songs. After the release of their first album, their fame spread within the Chinese music scene in the 1990s. In 1998, they sang the theme song "When" (當) from the drama My Fair Princess, and in 1999 they won the Best Theme Song award at the Star Awards for their song "I can endure the hardship" from the drama Stepping Out. Since 1998, they have become well known for their interpretations of opening/ending theme songs from Singaporean TV serials such as Riding the Storm, Are You My Brother?, Stepping Out, and many more.

Discography

Studio albums

 1997-10-07: 無情的情書 (Ruthless Love Letter)
 1998-04-01: 明天的明天的明天 (Tomorrow Never Dies)
 1999-01-30: 背叛情歌 (Betrayal Love Song)
 1999-12-08: 再見我的愛人 (Goodbye My Love)
 2001-02-13: 忠孝東路走九遍 (Walking on Chung Hsiao East Road 9 Times)
 2002-10-04: MAN
 2009-03-27: 繼續轉動 (Moving On)
 2013-03-29: 光 (Light)
 2021-04-23: 都是因為愛 (Because of Love)

EPs

 2021-02-26: 我陪你面對 (Power You Up)

Awards

Star Awards

External links

References

Mandopop musical groups
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
Taiwanese rock music groups
Paiwan people
Pop music duos

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Example of adding live-data to static in strategy?
Trying to get my head around the following set of requirements. I'm taking the system that I have coded that is succesfully backtesting against static data and now trying to add in a live data source to do more realtime calculation of signals.
I need to add the close value for probably a minute timeframe off of Data1 to the value from yesterday and beyond found in daily timeframe data of Data2.
I've looked at most of the samples and am not finding anything that is augmenting the Data2 to calculate the indicator values that need lookback of multiple years.
This all works when dealing with daily static data provided by Data2. I'm just a bit confused as to where to take the value of the minute close of Data1 as if it was the Daily close value for today. I am really only interested in triggering a signal off of the actual close for today to execute a trade on the next bar of Data0.
As a side note, I don't really trust the IB historical data enough to use it for the multi-year lookback needed here, so I use a different static source for the historical daily data and really only want to add today's values to that other static data source to calculate the signal.
Note: the mechanism works but cross-plotting doesn't. The changes involved in releasing the 1.9.x series for a new data synchronization mechanism, meant changes in plotting and the mechanism originally used for the cross-plotting no longer works.
Still struggling with this concept a bit.
How do I specifically couple data2 and data1 from my example above?
Also, looking at the example code you referenced, does the resample implicitly create data1?
I've obviously left out a lot of the details in that code but the connection works and am getting data based on the log info of the IBgateway.
I'm still not clear on how I couple data1 and data3 to get live SPY data to pass to my indicators. I've spent a lot of time in the debugger trying to sort this out and am not finding the magic.
@backtrader I also wonder if we are not talking about different issues here.
In Live data mode, I have 4 datas. 2 of those datas sources are static data read from file in order to give me enough backdata to feed my indicators. The other 2 datas are live streaming data that I wish to execute trades against one of them and to continue to calculate the indicator values based on the new live data coming in to provide today's values for the static data from yesterday and beyond.
I am not resampling to generate this data.
This was completely misunderstood. It seems you are simply looking for backfilling to warm up the indicators.
An additional data source can be passed to do an initial layer of backfilling. Once the data source is depleted and if requested, backfilling from IB will take place. This is ideally meant to backfill from already stored sources like a file on disk, but not limited to.
Excellent. I will give this a try.
As I wrote above, I do not trust the IB historical data. I have another source of very solid historical data that I prefer to use and would then like to augment that with the current day's data for making trading decisions.
That's the point of passing your data0 which you have loaded from a file as backfill_from. Anything which is in that file will be considered, and only the delta between the end of the file and the start of the live feed will be pulled from IB.
Just a bit of a clarification for anyone running across this thread in the future, the backfill_from parameter should be used with the call to IBDataFactory() instead of the .adddata() object as show in one of the examples above.
Indeed. That's the problem with snippet typing ... one of the backfill_from got wrongly positioned (luckily the 2nd was where it had to be) The corrected snippet.
The getaliases seems to be one of the points where a refactoring went wrong. The correct call is getlinealiases and has been pushed to the master.
With this change, when running in live mode now with the backfill_from , I don't seem to have an initialized self.position in next() of strategy.
Not sure yet if this is something that I have failed to do or issue.
This works when not running with live data with local static data only.
So the data is there, just not initialized to self.position.
The status/size reported by self.position (which is a Position instance with size and price attributes) is not related to what's being used to fill the value in the self.data.
In your original example there are 4 data feeds and now the system should be down to 2. self.position is a shortcut to get the actual position on self.datas (aka self.data or self.data0).
Thanks for the hint. That seems to have resolved my issue.
Count me as one who is officially running backtrader fully auto on paper account.
@backtrader thanks again for all of your help and a great set of tools that you have made available to us all.
Continuing to have some trouble here.
System happily waited for live data to start flowing. However, as soon as the market opened this evening, the system crashed with the following backtrace.
I've set a break in notify_data() as follows and am never getting there. Status is never data.LIVE.
The market data is available as I have another system that is able to pull the requested data.
I can seemingly resolve this issue by first doing .adddata() for the live data stream before the .resample(). But I was under the impression that the .adddata() was not required if doing a .resample() as seen in the ibtest.py code.
I never get LIVE data status though with this configuration.
The <error id=-1, errorCode=2104, errorMsg=Market data farm connection is OK:usfarm> notifications are OK. IB chose to notify that the status of the different data server through errors 21xx. The text in errMsg is what's actually makes the diffference, but in this case it says OK.
There shouldn't be any need to use adddata, as you have already seen in the sample.
Your code fails in the 2nd part which is for cases in which no resampling takes place or a mix of adddata and resample/replay takes place.
In any case, one can only be in that code fragment if one of the existing data feeds has reported to have something to deliver.
One suspicion that I would first ask, is it possible to use backfill_from with data in different timeframe (Daily in my case) than the data timeframe used for the live feed?
Requesting a slice bigger than 8 items fails with the above error.
is it possible to use backfill_from with data in different timeframe (Daily in my case) than the data timeframe used for the live feed?
The platform will NOT prohibit that you do that, but the outcome is clearly undefined. Indicators (if working at all) will be calculating values based on completely different bar sizes (for example) and the outcome will make no sense.
The default ibtest.py applies exactbars=1 to cerebro.run(...). Although not shown above, this is for sure the problem. This switches all objects into only buffering the minimum needed amount of data, as reported by the dependencies recognized during creation.
Your indicator has reported to only need a lookback period of 8 positions. Looking back 252 positions breaks it.
exactbars set to 1 or -1 produce the error in the indicator.
This is why I see a size of 756 when we hit next(): for the first time in the indicator. How can I have a size of 756 yet not have 756 values available to the .get?
To clarify the first question about different sizes, I am resampling the live data to the same timeframe as the static local data, so I am assuming that resolves any issue there. I am only using the SPY data for indicator calculations, so I would not expect that to be an issue.
This does work with static data only. It is the addition of the live data and backfill_from that is producing this issue.
Above the indicator was looking to get 252 items, but it failed because it only had 8 in the buffer, because the code is working with exactbars=1 which reduces the buffers of all objects to the minimum required by the dependencies.
756 was not working in spite of having self.addminperiod(756). This was interpreted, probably wrong, as you not having the full 756 values but probably 755 due to the overlapping nature of the datas.
May it be that you still had only the 8 items from the post above?
keep all data in memory.
- This allows to keep ``plotting`` and ``preloading`` active.
strategy will keep all points in memory.


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Virgil Abloh, Ikea's Henrik Most on Fashioning Good Home Design
Home design and fashion merge for some of Ikea's more unlikely collaborations.
By Kari Hamanaka on October 9, 2017
Virgil Abloh and Henrik Most at the Fashion Tech Forum in Culver City, Calif.
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It started with a bag and now one of the fashion industry's hottest names in streetwear will merge with the company that's democratized home design.
Ikea and Off-White founder and creative director Virgil Abloh created buzz in the summer when it was confirmed the two would work together on a home collection to be sold at Ikea. The two discussed the thinking behind the partnership at the Fashion Tech Forum, held Friday in Culver City, Calif., marking the first time the conference was held in the Los Angeles area.
"For me, I'm a dreamer," Abloh said. "I'm just literally sitting around and thinking about how my ideas can impact or bring a different voice to the rest of the world and I looked at Ikea as sort of like pie in the sky, as this company that put design first [and] believed in the democratization of design. I was just thinking, visualizing if I could work with Ikea, that would open up to this door to this way of thinking that was usually left to clothing."
The stir that gave the two the push to collaborate was when images began to pop up on social media teasing Abloh's take on the well-known Ikea bag customers use while shopping the megastores. The interest fueled an already running conversation about design and it being attainable to anyone today, the designer said.
"We're at the end of an era where things can just be a utility. You can give emotional value into an object," Abloh said. "You take a kid like me that loves everything that a Millennial loves, but is now considering that square footage [in a home] outside the closet…therein lies this seemingly odd pairing [between Ikea and Abloh]."
Details on just what the collection is to consist of or when it's due out are less certain, but to hear Abloh and Ikea creative leader Henrik Most describe it, the product development process sounds as thought it will be crowdsourced with Abloh visiting students in dorm rooms to pick their brains on their design aesthetics and where they shop for furniture.
"The first mistake is to try to brainstorm in a meeting amongst employees," Abloh said. "That's always leading off on the wrong foot. Consumer-facing. With this project, we eliminated the guessing game by involving [consumers]."
He likened the research and design process to an open source project. "We're not creating it in a silo," he said. "By the end, we might end up in a situation where it's created by everybody."
"We're not designing for the younger generation," Most said. "We're doing it together with them. The process is extremely interesting and at the core of this collection we like to interact with the young Millennials and create the collection together with them so we can share insights: what do you want, what do need, what's relevant instead of we, as a company, pointing the big finger. We want to learn. We need to be aware that as a company we don't own the truth."
Most, in an interview with WWD, when further prodded on details said the collection likely won't be due out until 2019 with the company uninterested in pushing out a few pieces at a time. Instead, he said the collaboration will reflect a full collection for the home.
"We want to make sure that when we present it, we offer solutions that make it possible for a young person to make their first home," Most said. "It wouldn't make sense to first come out with a chair and then you sit and wait one year. 'OK, when is the table coming? OK, now I need to wait for the bed.' So we want to make sure that when we launch, it will have all the ingredients that go into making a home. So [a release] will not be in '18; it will be some time in '19. It takes time, product development compared to fashion. We do a lot of testing of everything."
What is certain for Ikea is the May release of a streetwear-inspired collaboration with Los Angeles designer Chris Stamp of Stampd. The offering, which Most described as being for an active urban lifestyle, includes Ikea's first skateboard and plenty of pieces aimed at tackling storage and wardrobes, such as stackable acrylic boxes to show off a sneaker collection.
"You want to share what you have in your home. Young people, they use their clothes almost as home accessories where you hang your favorite dress or shirt on a nail on the door and it becomes an accessory in your home," Most said. "In the old days, you had a painting. Now, you hang a necklace. So it's catering to that and making it possible to show off who you are."
The collaboration with Stamp is set for a January prelaunch in Paris where there will be a pop-up store, Most said.
"I have big admiration for fashion designers in the sense that it's a tough world. Fashion builds on a logic where you, as a fashion designer, have the ability to reflect what goes on in society instantly. That could be for good or for worse," Most told WWD in talking about the home retailer's partnerships with the fashion set. "We've seen it with a lot of fashion designers like Rick Owens. Vivienne Westwood is a good example. It's about communicating with people about important topics that are relevant in society and that fashion designers can do in a way that is harder for a designer company because our product development is longer. You can design a fashion collection and get it on the street in a few weeks, but to develop a product like this [coffee table] will take two years so we learn a lot from fashion designers: the way they think, the way they tap into the sign of the times and also their aesthetics."
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A Dirty Dozen with MONE'T HA-SIDI of 2019 MICHIGAN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL - September 2019
According to a recent press release: "The Michigan Burlesque Festival started in 2012 with the intent to bring some of the world's most unique performers to Detroit in hopes of reuniting the traditional concepts of original burlesque theater, where dancers and vaudevillians shared a stage to provide well rounded and entertaining sexy comedic show. It has grown into a two-day festival featuring not-to-miss local talent and award-winning performance artists and world renown burlesque performers, such as past headliners: Lushes LaMoan, Bella Sin, The Weird Sisters, Red Hot Annie, Super Happy Funtime Burlesque, Russell Brunner, Roxi D'Lite, Dangrrr Doll, Ray Gunn, Mr. Gorgeous, Jeez Loueez, Satori Circus, Hank E Panky, Dirty Martini along with so many more phenomenal performers." We get performer Mone't Ha-Sidi to discuss routines, influences, and much more...
1. Tell us a little about your latest developed routine. What drove you to choose the particular piece of music, create the costume, and pull together the specific moves in the routine? Are there any links between that routine and your "real life" that tie the two side of you together?
My Rafiki act was inspired by my love of the Lion King as my favorite Disney film. I first envisioned it as a zombie act. Then I thought why not do Rafiki himself to the Circle Of Life with a twist. I just upgraded the costume to a new look that will be making i's first US appearance at the Michigan Burlesque Festival. I have two Simba tattoos & I am a Leo, so this act does show one of my fandoms and my brand of humor.
2. What got you into burlesque, and can you tell us about the moment you realized you wanted to be a performer? Building on that, is there a specific performer or act that guided your performances in the beginning?
At 18, I wanted to be a stripper... but instead worked at Chuck E. Cheese - often being the rat himself. I was head of the Drill Team that performed with my high school marching band, so I have always felt comfortable performing. I never really thought to pursue it until I was turning 30 and now 11 years later, burlesque has allowed me to see the world and express myself through its art.
3. Who would be your main influences or performers?
The biggest influence on my existence has been music. I have been to at least 400 concerts and I have 37 Smashing Pumpkin tattoos. A song will often be the first step in creating an act and for me it's more about how a song makes me feel vs it's popularity.
4. If you could call in any one collaborator to do a routine with, who would it be, and why?
I have a dream of doing a comedy duet with April O. Peel. The two of us just talking in the park was fun and inspiring, and we both have the same sense of humor that I think an act together would be bananas. Wocka wocka.
5. How would you describe your performance style to someone who'd never seen you perform before? What is one review from the media, an audience member, or a fan has made that made you cringe?
Bruce Campbell from the Evil Dead series called me "Disturbing yet enticing." That's going on my tombstone and it's pretty accurate.
6. When it comes to the musical component of your performance, is there a certain musical genre, artist, or specific song you have always wanted to use? What was the first song you ever used – and what does that song mean to you now?
My first act was to Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peek A Boo." It was a song I discovered in 4th grade and always loved. I am currently blueprinting to bring it back but as a completely different act. I use many different genres, but as a kid born in 1978, I am biased toward the alternative genre from the 90's.
7. What is one thing you wish audience members knew about you, your performances, or burlesque in general? What do you feel is the biggest misconception about you and your burlesque career?
I wish people could see the person beneath the corset & fishnets. I'm known for my activism within the community. People assume a lot based on that. I just want our industry and ultimately the world to be a better place for everyone - and that shouldn't be controversial.
8. When was the last time you were star struck by a burlesque performer and who was it?
I am often humbled by sharing the stage with so many talented people, but I will say finally meeting Jeez Loueez was magnificent.
9. What is the best part of being a burlesque performer? Conversely, what is the worst part? If you could no longer be a performer for whatever reason, what would be your other artistic outlet?
Best - my tassels have led me to travel the world. Worst - Burlesque is not immune from the world's social ills.
10. What is one question you have always wanted someone to ask you as a performer – and what is the answer? Conversely, what question are you tired of answering?
I have never been asked this question.
11. Looking back over your burlesque career, is there a single moment or situation you feel was a misstep or you would like to have a "do over", even if it didn't change your current situation?
I wish I would have used my voice in a moment of injustice... instead of after.
12. What is one thing you still want to achieve in the burlesque world? At the end of the day, what contribution to the local burlesque scene do you hope you will be remembered for?
I hope to get Rafiki on the BHOF stage. I hope that diversity and inclusivity become human nature and not a forced practice.
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Notoginseng and Lifeflower Adopted by Far long Pharmaceutical through ABC Program
September 23, 2019 Shreyas TannaNews, Pharamaceuticals
Panax is notoginseng, which is known in English as Chinese or notoginseng, and the Panax is a Panax-type. They are referred to as tyánqī, tenchi ginseng, sānqī or sanchi, and three-seven root and a mountain plant in Chinese. The genus of P. notoginseng is the same as that of Asian ginseng.
Far long Pharmaceutical was founded in California in 1998 and is a complementary herbal component vertically integrated, with its own accredited GAP cultivation basis, cGMP equipment and distribution channels for the growth of its distinctive and efficient goods. C.GMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) is a licensed plant compliance firm. Farlong also owns and supplies a franchise acupuncture clinic chain in the U.S. Acupuncture Corporation of America
The American Botanical Council (ABC) announces the introduction of Farlong Pharmaceutical to notoginseng (Panax notoginseng) and lifeflower (Erigeron breviscapus). Farlong Pharmaceutical enables ABC to extend its non-profit research and educational mission by updating its distinctive HerbMedPro database with the recent studies on this botanical ingredient.
HerbMedPro is an extensive and interactive on-line database that offers information on the use and safety of more than 265 herbs, spice, medicinal crops and medicinal fungi on significant science and clinical study information.
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The 2015-16 version of the Michigan State Spartans Basketball team looks once again like it will be a force to be reckoned with. Under the expert and longtime guidance of coach Tom Izzo the team has had a great start through the non-conference schedule and now a few games into the Big Ten schedule.
With a record of 15 – 1 heading into their game on January 10th at Penn State, the Spartans have playing extremely well and were ranked the # 1 team in the country for a period of time until their loss at Iowa. They now rank 5th in both the AP and Coaches polls.
The loss occurred as the Spartans were playing without their best player and All-American candidate Denzel Valentine. Valentine has been out since having arthroscopic knee surgery on December 21st. The injury which Izzo called "very, very minor" happened during a practice on December 20th when Valentine came down awkwardly on a layup.
This seasons version of Spartan basketball has a bit of a different look than many of Izzo's previous teams. If you are looking for a lot of big names or NBA prospects on the roster there is really only one that stands out and that is Valentine.
This team is build on depth and a bunch of solid team players. Valentine is one of four seniors on the roster. The others are Matt Costello, Bryn Forbes and Colby Wollenman. Costello and Forbes are both starters and strong contributors while Wollenman provides depth off the bench.
Izzo is able to go as many as 10 deep with his rotation which keeps his players fresh and hungry for minutes. Running the team is a player with one of the best names in college basketball. Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn is a 5' 10" sophomore point guard whose role is to make everyone better. He is not much of an offensive force however and could use some work on his shooting.
Costello provides strength and experience in the middle and this year has also improved his offensive game. Forbes (a transfer last year from Cleveland State) is a strong shooter and scorer and has helped the team offensively while Valentine has been out.
Other regular contributors include Juniors Gavin Schilling, Alvin Ellis and Eron Harris (a transfer from West Virginia), Sophomores Javon Bess and Marvin Clark and Freshman Deyonta Davis and Matt McQuaid.
Statistically, Valentine leads the team in scoring (18.5), rebounding (8.3) and assists (7.1). Forbes is the only other Spartan who scores in double figures (14.0) while Costello averages (7.4) rebounds per contest. The freshman Davis leads the team in blocks with (2.3) per game in limited minutes.
The Spartans have a strong team with talent and depth but it is really Izzo who consistently gets the team deep into the NCAA tournament. In his 21st season as coach he has an overall record of 506 – 199 (.718) with a conference record of 221 – 101 (.686). He has taken the team to 7 Final Four appearances and won a national title in 2000.
The future Hall of Fame coach -Izzo– leaves his imprint on each team he coaches. Known as a strong recruiter he is able to get the players to play his style of strong and hard team basketball and always has them primed during the late season for a long tournament run. I don't see this season being any different.
Posted on January 10, 2016 by admin	in Basketball.
Michigan scored first with a touchdown run from Drake Johnson. This captured the lead 7-0 over the Gators until Florida came back with a touchdown of their own. Florida quarterback Treon Harris caught a pass from wide receiver Antonio Callaway to tie things up.
It was Michigan's game from then on out. In the 2nd quarter the Wolverines took the lead 14-7 off a 31 yard touchdown pass from Jake Rudock to Jehu Chesson. Michigan would take the lead once and for all after that touchdown. The Wolverines added a field goal and heading into half-time they had they lead 17-7.
The 2nd half was a massacre by Michigan. They added two touchdowns in the 3rd quarter. Rudock threw another touchdown, this time to Grant Perry for 3 yards. The other touchdown was a 2 yard scamper by Sione Houma to take a 31-7 lead heading into the 4th quarter.
Michigan wasn't done scoring in the 4th quarter though. Johnson once again scored a touchdown, but this time it was through the air as Rudock hit him for an 8 yard score. The final nail in the coffin was Kenny Allen adding another field to finish off the Gators 41-7. This gave the Wolverines the Citrus Bowl victory and topped off a great first season for head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines finished the year 10-3 with that bowl victory. Harbaugh has started his tenure off at Michigan well and it looks like he will be around for a while.
These two teams would have been a great matchup a few months ago. That was until Florida's starting quarterback Will Grier was suspended for the use of PED's. Florida couldn't get anything going on offense because of a lack of quarterback play. University of Michigan Wolverines took advantage of this fact and pounced on defense.
Posted on January 3, 2016 January 3, 2016 by admin	in Football.


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Robert R. (Bob) Ames is a retired Vice Chairman at First Interstate Bank who is now a commercial real estate investor, developer and car collector in Portland. Mr. Ames was instrumental in renovating what was once called the River District into the Pearl District.
Mr. Ames was part of a group that brought the CART Indy Car World Series to Portland in the 1980s, featuring drivers such as Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan, Emerson Fittipaldi and Michael Andretti. He is also an avid car collector.
Mr. Ames is the son of Arthur Gordon Ames and Elsie Wilhelmina Steinfeld.
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The Indiana DNR requires an Off-Road Cycling Permit to ride bicycles on trails not marked as Beginner trails. The trails at Owen-Putnam require the permit. The annual permits are $20.00 each and the daily permits are $5.00 each. Permits are required from January 1st through December 31st.
Only ride in the driest of conditions as the mud bogs make the riding less than crappy if it has rained at all within the past couple of weeks. Fun to ride in the winter when the trail is completely frozen.
This is a beautiful hardwood forest in a remote location. It doesn't get much traffic so be prepared to take care of yourself.
The parking area is small, enough for 3 or 4 cars. Additional parking is available at the nearby horse camp. The trailhead can be accessed by a short ride on a gravel road from the horse camp.
The bike trail is the Blue Trail, one of the Horse Trails, and lies north of Atkinsonville Rd.
The trail is marked with blue decals, a horse, and a bicycle on Carsonite brand posts. The markers are located on the right side of the trail until you pass the halfway point on the loop. At that point, the markers will be on the left side. Another way of telling if you are going out or coming back is that the horse on the sign is inside a "barn" if you are riding toward the horse camp.
To get to the trailhead parking lot (4-6 car capacity), travel north on Fish Creek Rd. until you reach the intersection of Atkinsonville Rd. – Hale Hill Rd., which is approximately five miles north of State Road 46. Turn left (west) and travel approximately 0.75 miles to the trailhead parking lot located on the right (north) side of Atkinsonville Rd. Please do not block the fire lane entrance, which is normally marked by a steel cable stretched across it.
- Mountain bikes are only permitted on the marked areas of the Blue Horse Trail.
- Cyclists share the trail with horseback riders. Right-of way should be yielded to people on horseback.


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Free retreats help Minnesota farm families plan a transition to next generation
University of Minnesota Extension is offering three free family retreat weekends in 2023 to help guide the farm transition discussion.
The University of Minnesota Extension Service offers free family retreat weekends to help guide the farm transition discussion.
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When farm families think about transitioning to the next generation, the first thing that often comes to mind is transferring the assets — the land, the buildings, the equipment.
But Nathan Hulinksy with the University of Minnesota Extension Service, says it really needs to start with a plan to transfer the management responsibilities.
"Because if the son who's taken over the farm doesn't know the proper way of picking out seed genetics or, you know, picking out what bulls to use for the dairy farm, if they don't know some of those management capabilities, the farm's not going to survive the asset transfer," Hulinsky said. "I've heard a lot of horror stories where they sell the son the combine and he doesn't know how to maintain it or use it properly. Five years later, it just didn't work and the farm is sold to someone else."
To help families avoid the horror stories, the Minnesota Extension offers free family retreat weekends to help guide the transition discussion.
Nathan Hulinsky, University of Minnesota Extension.
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Hulinsky said Minnesota Extension started going to a two-day format a few years ago, after getting feedback that a single session of a few hours was often too overwhelming with the amount of information presented.
In 2023, Extension is offering three two-day retreats that start on Friday, 5 to 8:30 p.m., and continue the next day, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The locations and dates are:
Mankato, Feb. 24-25
St. Cloud, March 10-11
Mahnomen, March 31-April 1
The sessions are free and three meals are provided. Hulinsky said most families spend overnight at home and return the next morning; hotel rooms are not included.
Registration information can be at https://extension.umn.edu/courses-and-events . Hulinsky said there is no hard deadline but registering a week or two in advance will help guarantee enough food is ordered.
The retreats are facilitated by Hulinsky and Jim Molenaar of St. Cloud Technical and Community College.
Hulinsky was part of two retreats last year, with three to five family members from each family participating and eight to 10 families at each session.
He said the networking among families can also help talk through and offer different viewpoints to the unique situation every farm presents.
Hulinsky said the two-day format also helps families keep the conversation and transition process going after being hit with a wave of information.
"We encourage both parties, you know, the younger generation and the older generation, to show up to these retreats to kind of … force the discussion and say, 'Hey, like, what are our long term goals, right?'"
Hulinsky said talking through goals is one of the first big steps in the process — and not just goals for the business side of things, but also personal and family goals.
"You know, maybe that the business goal is they really want to expand, but a family goal is they want to go and do a bunch of vacations. Sometimes those goals don't work well with each other," Hulinsky said.
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Some other topics include defining job responsibilities and perhaps even job titles.
And, while participants won't be opening up their accounting books, there will be a discussion of finances and potential tax implications of different options.
"How do we sell the daughter the cows? Just some of those sale aspects we do talk about fairly briefly," Hulinsky said.
Families will get some worksheets to work through to help with planning for continuing the farm and retirement.
"So I think the take home is making sure everybody's in the know," Hulinsky said. "But again, it's not over on Saturday at 4 o'clock when we wrap up this discussion."
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Reach Jeff Beach at jbeach@agweek.com or call 701-451-5651 (work) or 859-420-1177.


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NFL draft: Why a healthy Tua Tagovailoa matters so much to ... the Lions?
Eric Edholm
At the end of the 2019 regular season, some Detroit Lions fans bemoaned the fact that in landing the No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, they likely would miss out on Ohio State's supremely talented pass rusher, Chase Young.
That might be true but the Lions might stand to benefit in a different way altogether — and it has to do with the health of one of the draft's most fascinating quarterbacks.
No, we don't really believe the Lions will take Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa at No. 3. Maybe. But it's unlikely.
That kind of conjecture and speculation will be dispensed by the Lions through back channels (if they're smart), and surely some media folks will gobble it up and regurgitate it for their consumers. It's already a hot topic on Detroit sports-talk radio.
It might, however, not be real. Could the Lions take that route when their general manager and head coach were put on notice for the 2020 season?
But the Lions could leverage a healthy Tua as a way of maximizing the value of that third overall pick. And it could be a smart way toward boosting the roster's talent in a crucial season in Detroit.
How Tua Tagovailoa can help the Lions
So far, the feeling around the Alabama program has been pretty darned positive about Tagovailoa's outlook, health-wise. That's not shocking, and ultimately it's not that important.
NFL medical staffs will make up their own minds on that matter. And 32 different sets of doctors could have 32 different takes on how high a level of risk Tagovailoa will carry in the NFL.
The biggest fear, of course, is that Tagovailoa is a threat to suffer another hip dislocation. Once you suffer that injury once, recurrence is more common. Take Dennis Pitta, the former Baltimore Ravens tight end who rushed back to action after his first hip displacement, which eventually forced him to retire.
If Tua Tagovailoa receives positive medical feedback, it could help a lot of teams, including the Detroit Lions. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Despite this being a fairly rare football injury, there is a good chance Tagovailoa can have a career largely unaffected by it and resume football activity relatively soon. Pretty soon, he'll do some light jogging, and many high-performance athletes resume normal activity around 3-4 months post-injury.
So if it's mostly all clear on Tagovailoa's medical reports — the bulk of which we'll find out at the NFL scouting combine in late February through the combine re-check in mid-April — we could suddenly be talking about Tua the football player and not Tua the patient.
If that happens, Tagovailoa becomes a hot commodity again. This is the player who accumulated an 87-11 TD-INT ratio and averaged nearly 11 yards per attempt in his three seasons with the Crimson Tide. He led a historic championship comeback as a freshman, rescuing Bama in the title game. He reached the title game as a sophomore with one of the best college QB seasons prior to injuring his ankle. And Tagovailoa was on a similar path this season before the hip.
The sooner Tagovailoa is up and resuming more strenuous activity, the better it is for Detroit.
Which teams could trade up?
That's a quarterback who could be attractive to a few teams not named the Lions. Some of them are picking pretty high, too.
The Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Chargers and Carolina Panthers pick fifth through seventh; all three could be a possibility. After that, the Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders, Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers can't be ruled out as possibilities.
The Dolphins have three first-round picks and two seconds (plus a whole lot more). The Jaguars and Raiders each have multiple firsts. The Colts pick four times in the top 75. Let the bidding begin.
Head coach Matt Patricia should talk up Tagovailoa — and for that matter, Oregon QB Justin Herbert — for the entire Senior Bowl week. Let it be known to the rest of the NFL that if you want a quarterback, the draft starts at three.
What the Lions need from a draft trade
The Lions would love to slide back as short a distance from No. 3 as possible, which could allow them to land an elite defender or perhaps an offensive playmaker or blocker. That would be ideal.
The Dolphins have the best package of picks and the highest choice at No. 5 to satisfy their needs. They also pick at No. 18 overall and have a third first-rounder that will land somewhere between pick Nos. 25-32 (depending on when the Houston Texans' playoff run ends). If you're a Lions fan, you're hoping the Texans lose this weekend — and that Tua to Miami is kismet.
The Lions would likely take a package of No. 5, the late first-rounder and the No. 39 overall pick in Round 2. Would Miami do that? Maybe. The closest draft-trade comp we have for such a deal is when the Indianapolis Colts slid back from No. 3 to 6 and accepted three second-round picks from the New York Jets (two in 2018 and one in 2019), who drafted Sam Darnold.
The Sam Darnold trade from the 2018 draft is a reminder that teams will pay premiums for quarterbacks. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
I am not a huge fan of the old Jimmy Johnson trade-value charts and find them to be antiquated now with all the league changes that have happened since its heyday in the 1990s. A more accurate trade chart is the one produced by Chase Stuart a few years back, which reflects a more modern value that corresponds with the league rules under this current CBA.
According to the Stuart trade chart, the No. 3 pick is worth 27.6 points and No. 6 is worth 23.2 points. That net loss of 4.4 points was more than recouped by the Colts, who also secured Nos. 37 (11.6) and 49 (9.8). Even accounting for depreciation of the 2019 second-rounder in that it was an asset that couldn't be cashed in until a year later, the Colts ended up with the 34th pick that year, which carried a value of 12.1 points last year.
It was a heist by the Colts. Quarterback trades tend to get markup-price treatment. You want one? Gotta pay up.
Now let's add up our mock trade scenario with the Dolphins and Lions. Sliding from three (27.6) to five (24.3) would be a net loss of 3.3 points. And let's say the Texans lose this weekend and that pick becomes No. 27 overall, which carries a Stuart value of 13.6 points. Throwing in the late first- and early second-round picks (No. 39 equals 11.3 points) would be steep for Miami. It's about as steep a price the Jets paid to move up for Darnold.
Assuming the Lions don't want any of the Dolphins' 2021 assets — remember, Detroit is in win-now mode — maybe the Lions could talk Miami into the third pick for Nos. 5, 39 and 56. That would be a net Stuart total of 17 points. Still an overpay, but more doable. Perhaps Miami's fifth, 27th and 70th picks (their third-rounder) for Detroit's third and 99th picks, which would give the Lions a 12.5-point Stuart edge, would get it done.
Listening to the season-ending news conference held by Lions GM Bob Quinn, I got the clear impression that they want more draft assets. Maybe it's the Dolphins, maybe it's another team. If someone is willing to move up and overpay for a QB, the Lions need to listen.
Is Tua an option in Detroit?
In an alternate universe, Tagovailoa might be exactly the type of quarterback the Lions could covet. And Matthew Stafford, coming off a second straight season with a back procedure, could be viewed as a fragile player right now.
He was having a very strong season prior to getting hurt and is likely to resume normal activity soon. All signs point to him being the Lions' starting quarterback this coming season.
Could the Lions draft a QB later? Absolutely. Coaching the Senior Bowl will allow them to get a first-hand, up-close look at three or four upperclassmen passers, which should help that process immensely.
The last thing they want to have happen in a make-or-break season for the coaching and scouting staffs is to have Stafford get hurt again and have to turn to the likes of undrafted David Blough (commendably as he played for short stretches) or castoff Jeff Driskel.
The Lions were 3-4-1 in games Stafford started, 0-8 in non-Stafford games. Even if "QB wins" are not a statistic with much merit, it's clear what Stafford meant to the team.
Matthew Stafford's two back surgeries are a concern for the Detroit Lions, but taking a QB high in Round 1 isn't likely. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
The Lions lost eight one-score games this past season. Detroit's point differential in the first three quarters of games this season was minus-20. In fourth quarters alone, it was minus-62. Patricia has to know his team could fake it for only so long. It needs an influx of depth and talent.
So while Tagovailoa might be a fascinating and tempting option, and the Lions must consider the future of Stafford and his health, it's not the most likely path the Lions would take.
Maybe years from now, we'll look back and rue the day the Lions passed on Tagovailoa. It's possible. And desperate teams seldom make for smart teams, which certainly gives us pause. The desire to get better immediately could also lead the Lions to drafting more ready-made prospects with lower ceilings long term. That would be an unfortunate development if the team brass is too stuck in a self-preservation mentality.
Let's dream, shall we, of a haul that could include, say, Ohio State cornerback Jeffrey Okudah in Round 1, plus an interior defensive lineman, a wide receiver and an edge rusher with their next three picks? All three of those positions just so happen to boast decent to very good depth on the first two days of the draft. Those four picks could net three first-year starters in 2020.
That would be a tempting haul. Now all the Lions need is for Tagovailoa to get healthy ... or, you know, for the Washington Redskins to pass on Young. Hey, stranger things have happened.
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Q: Angular how to check if string or array has value and effects of strict mode I am writing some validations that will be applied to a string or an array.
I will check whether the string or the array has a value.
The code is provided below.
Questions:
will strict mode be enabled for angular modules by default?
based on my knowledge, the techniques to check whether the string or the array has a value differs if strict mode is enabled. So, considering the following use cases(mentioned as comments in the code), please provide me which is the correct solution:
Note: I am not using == or === operators while checking whether the string has a value and i am not sure whether my approach has any pitfalls.
private validate1(path:string):boolean
{
    // trim leading and trailing spaces (if any)
    path = path.trim();

    // 1. if path has a value && 2. if path starts with ":"
    if(path && path.startsWith(this.keySeparator)){
        // remove leading ":"
        path = path.substring(1);
    }
    // 1. if path has a value && 2. if path ends with ":"
    if(path && path.endsWith(this.keySeparator)){
        // remove trailing ":"
        path = path.slice(0, -1);
    }
    // does path still has a value
    // path is empty?
    if(!path){
        ///TODO throw an error
        return false;
    }

    const keys = path.split(this.keySeparator);
    // 1. did path.split succeed? && keys is not null or undefined
    // 2. && keys is not empty
    if(!keys || keys.length <= 0){
        ///TODO throw an error
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}


The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the next tour and gradually the fragile balance is tipped, and personal issues that should be left on the mainland cause dangerous friction between the crew members.


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