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Character Name: Isla Aveline Haywood-Lowe
Blood Status: Pureblood
Private tutors until the age of eleven; was Sorted into Slytherin and attended Hogwarts from first to seventh year.
The Haywood-Lowe family estate, Wizarding London.
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Divination: 6
Transfiguration: 10
Summoning: 8
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age 7, the Haywood-Lowe estate.
"Jared, Mummy said you had to let me play with you."
That was, in fact, a lie. She'd said nothing of the sort, and had instead vaguely brushed Isla aside as the girl had tugged on her mother's skirts. Isla had taken that to mean that it was perfectly acceptable for her to follow her brother and his playmate up the stairs and into Jared's room. Unfortunately for Isla, he didn't look too pleased to see her.
"Out!" he ordered, and promptly shoved his younger sister out of the door and onto the carpeted landing. He didn't quite manage to do so before she caught a glimpse of his friend, however, and Isla stared in awe at the other boy for several seconds before the door was abruptly slammed in her face.
Seven year old Isla Haywood-Lowe's heart beat ever so slightly faster as she thought about those chocolate brown eyes that had met her own hazel ones.
She didn't know the boy's name, but she wanted to.
age 12, Hogwarts - Great Hall.
Theodore Litchfield.
She knew his name well enough by now. He was three years older than she was, and far too preoccupied with girls his own age to do anything more than acknowledge his friend's younger sister with the occasional nod (sometimes accompanied with a grin that made her insides melt).
She'd look back on these awkward early teenage years with embarrassment one day, but for now, the Slytherin was only capable of blushing furiously as she peeked over at the Gryffindor table for the seventh time and accidentally caught the boy's eye. Swiftly averting her gaze in the hope that he hadn't really seen her at all, Isla busied herself with heaping some more carrots onto her plate.
"I heard that they help you see better in the dark," one of her housemates chimed in, attempting to strike up a conversation. Isla threw the girl a disbelieving look (though she managed to reign in the derisive snort that had been about to accompany it), and rolled her eyes.
"That's ridiculous. They're carrots, not magic beans."
And with that dismissive remark, Isla turned away from her fellow Slytherin, speared one of the carrots onto her fork, and began to eat.
age 17, Hogwarts - Divination Tower.
"Professor Litchfield?"
It sounded far too formal to be calling him that, Isla thought yet again as she hovered by his desk. The rest of the class had already run off to lunch, but she had other things on her mind. And by other things, she meant other people. Or, more specifically, one person. And he was sitting right in front of her.
"I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. I bought you something."
The last lesson before the holidays was, in her honest opinion, the perfect time to give Theodore Litchfield a gift. As somebody who wasn't very used to spending money on someone other than herself, Isla was feeling extremely proud of herself.
One hand extended towards him, the little white box balanced on her palm. It was decorated with green and red ribbons, which might have seemed Christmas-themed, but her intentions were really less innocent. The green and red represented their respective houses and, by association, herself and Theodore.
(She didn't care what her brother said, her crush was not unrequited, nor was it obsessive.)
"Maybe we'll see each other over the holidays."
A small smile slid onto her lips, and Isla set the little box on his desk. Offering him a little wiggle of her fingers in a wave, the Slytherin turned and made her way out of the classroom, leaving him alone.
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Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.
"Sir, please! It's for the Prophet, how do you feel-"
Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.
Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.
She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today's Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.
Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.
"Merlin's fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!" she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.
Roleplay Response:
It was too busy for Isla's liking.
Diagon Alley was best when it was quieter, the blonde thought to herself as she edged past a cluster of middle-aged women who were gossiping loudly about the latest cookery book that had graced the window display of a bookshop. Merlin help her if she ever became one of those. She doubted her mother would ever forgive her, and quite frankly she'd probably never forgive herself either.
As she stalked through the crowds of wizards and witches, trying desperately to avoid bumping into any of them - not for their sake, but for her own; she didn't want to get her clothes crumpled - a cry for help resounded through the street.
"--my heel is broken! Help!"
Isla hesitated. She had better things to do with her time than to help silly women who'd managed to lose their shoes. She wanted to go and buy a new dress, and stopping for some woman that she didn't even know (nor did she care about) was cutting into her shopping time.
But another part of her was sympathetic to the stranger's plight. There were very few things worse than breaking a heel, and if she'd been in that position, she would've very much appreciated someone taking the time to help her. So, at great personal sacrifice, Isla turned towards the fallen girl and held out her hand.
"Here, take my arm," she announced, well aware of just how good a citizen she was being and taking pride in that fact. "I can't help you if you're all the way down there."
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The 10 Longest Rivers in Massachusetts
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the state of Massachusetts.
Connecticut River flows through four states including Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is the seventh smallest state in the United States and the most densely populated in the New England area. Massachusetts is surrounded by New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts has hundreds of rivers which have helped sustain the agricultural and the fishing industries in the state. All the rivers which pass through Massachusetts empty into the Atlantic Ocean.
Longest Rivers in Massachusetts
1) Connecticut River
Connecticut River rises from the border between Quebec, Canada, and the United States and then empties into the Long Island Sound. The 406 mile long river is the longest in the New England area, and it flows through four states. It drains an area of about 11,260 square miles. Its watershed includes one Canadian province and 5 American states. Connecticut River has 148 tributaries which include 38 main rivers and some ponds and lakes. Some of its major branches are Farmington, Westfield, Chicopee, Millers, Ashuelot, Ammonoosuc and Passumpsic rivers.
2) Housatonic River
The 139 mile long Housatonic River is in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The river drains an area of approximately 1,950 square miles in Connecticut. Its watershed is in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The river rises from Berkshire Mountains and then flows into the Long Island Sound through Milford and Stratford.
3) Merrimack River
Merrimack River originates from the confluence of Winnipesaukee and Pemigewasset rivers in New Hampshire and then flows to Newburyport, Massachusetts where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The 117 mile long river is on the northeastern parts of the country. The river is a crucial regional focus for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It drains an area of about 5,010 square miles in northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
4) Charles River
River Charles is an 80 mile long-river which originates from Hopkinton in Massachusetts. It then flows through 23 cities before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. Over eighty streams feed River Charles among other principal aquifers. Charles River drains from an area of about 308 square miles.
5) Deerfield River
Deerfield River is a 76 mile long river which runs from southern Vermont to the River Connecticut through northwestern Massachusetts. Deerfield is the second longest branch of Connecticut River which is only 2.1 miles shorter than River Westfield. It merges with Connecticut River in Greenfield near Turners Falls. It is one of the most commonly used rivers in the United States with a dam installed after every seven miles of its length.
6) Hoosic River
Hoosic River is one of the branches of River Hudson which is in the northeastern parts of the country. Its watershed is created by its branches which originate from the Taconic Mountains, Green mountains, and Berkshire hills. The 76.3 mile long river rises from the Cheshire Reservoir and then flows through numerous towns like Williamstown, Adams, Cheshire, Petersburg, and Hoosick before merging with River Hudson near the City of Troy.
7) Quinebaug River
Quinebaug River is a 69 mile long river in Eastern Connecticut and Massachusetts whose watershed extends into Rhode Island. The river rises from East Brimfield dam in Sturbridge and flows through Jewett city, Canterbury, Plainfield, Danielson, and Putnam before emptying into the Aspinook pond. It drains from an area of about 850 square miles of a densely forested region with over 29 streams.
Other Rivers in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has some of the longest rivers in the New England region with the 48 mile long Blackstone River ranking tenth. Blackstone River drains from a 540 square mile watershed. The eighth longest river in the state is Westfield River. The 61miles long Westfield River is one of the primary branches of Connecticut River. The 52.1 mile long Millers River is the ninth longest river in Massachusetts. Millers River rises from Ashburnham and merges with Connecticut River near Miller's fall.
River
Length (miles)
Length (km)
1 Connecticut River 407 655
2 Housatonic River 139 224
3 Merrimack River 117 188
4 Charles River 80 130
5 Deerfield River 76 122
6 Hoosic River 76 122
7 Quinebaug River 69 111
8 Westfield River 61 98
9 Millers River 52 84
10 Blackstone River 48 77
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Timeline: What went wrong at Tronc
Tronc, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times newspapers, announced on September 4 that it had purchased The New York Daily News. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Newspaper publisher Tronc has had a rocky few months. Plagued by management shakeups, unionization battles, layoffs and accusations of sexual harassment, the media group formerly known as Tribune Publishing has struggled in its efforts to adapt to a digital landscape.
Why it matters: An underwhelming year-end earnings report further sounded the alarm for Tronc investors earlier this month, causing the company to lose almost a quarter of its market value in a single trading session.
June 20, 2016: Tribune Publishing officially rebrands as Tronc, short for "Tribune online content," and begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol TRNC. The rebranding effort is met with near-universal ridicule, capped off by a press release that WashPost's Erik Wemple called "perhaps the most concentrated mess of buzzwords that digital publishing has ever seen."
Jan 18, 2018: Los Angeles Times employees vote to unionize on the same day it announced that publisher Ross Levinsohn will be taking unpaid leave. An NPR report found that Levinsohn's inappropriate behavior had created a toxic, "frat house" work environment, prompting Tronc to launch its own internal investigation.
A second NPR report found that Levinsohn, who has since been cleared of wrongdoing by Tronc and named CEO of Tribune Interactive, has a history of convincing employers to invest in his own projects — raising questions about where his true interests lie.
Feb. 7, 2018: Tronc agrees to sell the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune to the world's richest doctor, Patrick Soon-Shiong. When the deal officially closes, Tronc will become a significantly smaller company, not to mention notably further from chairman Michael Ferro's strategic goal of 100 million digital readers.
March 7, 2018: Beyond just disappointing figures, Tronc's earnings call is sullied by an overall lack of transparency about the company's direction. Tronc CEO Justin Dearborn, for example, makes the surprising decision not to provide a financial outlook for 2018. "In other words," writes Nieman Lab, "we haven't yet figured out how Tronc will perform financially without the Times and San Diego Union-Tribune. Or alternatively: You wouldn't like what we'd have to tell you."
March 15, 2018: The Chicago Tribune lays off an unknown number of employees for the second time in five months.
March 19, 2018: Tronc chairman Michael Ferro steps down from the board of directors after two years of leading the company. Later that day, two women accuse Ferro of inappropriate advances in an article published by Fortune.
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In American politics today, the folly of the right only sparks new stupidity from the left
White Supremacy sparks Antifa. Separating kids from parents spawns calls to abolish ICE. Now we have calls to let non-citizens vote.
In American politics today, the folly of the right only sparks new stupidity from the left White Supremacy sparks Antifa. Separating kids from parents spawns calls to abolish ICE. Now we have calls to let non-citizens vote. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2w4LAFV
Ross K. Baker, Opinion columnist Published 7:00 a.m. ET Aug. 20, 2018
Voting booths(Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
In American politics today, for every action there is a equal or greater overreaction.
Accordingly, white supremacy demonstrations bring forth the Antifa gangs. Separating mothers from their children at the Mexican border triggers calls to abolish ICE and the view that any hardship merits asylum. So it is with the widely reported hostility to immigrants or people who look like they ought to be immigrants. This happened to the Attorney-general of New Jersey who is a Sikh and wears a turban. The logic proceeds then, on the loopier fringes of the left, that we must be more elaborately welcoming to immigrants. Such ingratiating gestures in one American city, Portland, Maine, includes extending the right to vote in municipal elections to the city's growing population of non-citizens.
Granting voting rights is a perverse incentive
Having ended up on the wrong end of a public referendum on the matter several years ago, Mayor Ethan Strimling wants to put the matter in front of the Portland City Council to authorize yet another referendum. The last one ended up 52-48 percent against allowing the non-citizens to vote. Mayor Strimling reasons, I suppose, that things will go his way this time because of opposition to President Trump's immigration policies, even though it is questionable whether, under state laws, non-citizens can legally vote at either the state or local level.
Although Portland has not declared itself a sanctuary city, it has actively sought out immigrants as residents. A sizable Somali community has been established for several decades. More recently, they have been joined by immigrants, including asylum seekers, from Central Africa and Sudan.
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The argument made by the mayor and pro-immigration activists who favor the proposal for giving the vote to non-citizens is not without merit. For example, many have children in the Portland schools and that would give them reason to want to participate in school board elections. But there are solid reasons for Portlanders to oppose this proposal. The principle objection is that it sets up a perverse incentive.
The right to vote is a component of citizenship. It is not a dispensation granted to those who may or may not apply for citizenship. The benefits of U.S. citizenship are both tangible and intangible but remaining a resident alien is not without its benefits. In addition to federal benefits, there is a General Assistance program funded largely by the state; immigrants can receive around $800 a month. Unless the emotional urge to pursue citizenship is unusually strong, the combination of the social welfare benefits and the right to vote in city elections diminishes the incentive to jump through the hoops required of those who seek to become citizens.
This would create a new constituency
An influx of immigrants has been the salvation of some American towns that were headed for extinction. Portland is far from being a dying town. It has shown remarkable vitality. It has been especially successful in attracting millennials who find Portland's manageable size and natural attractions an ideal location not too far from major East Coast population centers.
So why the push to include non-citizens in the electorate and why now? The mayor, a Democrat, is obviously counting on antipathy to Donald Trump to induce progressives looking for any opportunity to stick it to the president to put the measure over the top this time. We may suspect that the mayor sees in these newly-enfranchised residents a healthy crop of New Democratic voters.
It is understandable that a politician would want to ingratiate himself with a sizable portion of the population in his city. But bestowing the power to vote on those who have not and may never achieve citizenship debases the value of the franchise. Nor should it be reduced to a mere symbol of disapproval of the president. Donald Trump may well be worthy of disapproval, but there are better forms of opposition to his immigration policies than to create a new political constituency of non-citizen voters.
Ross K. Baker is a distinguished professor of political science at Rutgers University and a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors. Follow him on Twitter: @Rosbake1
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On July 4, while the Intracoastal Waterway teemed with boats, one vessel, Geronimo, stayed docked at Wrightsville Beach Marina, the crew includes eight high school students who are grateful for a day on dry land halfway through their four-week voyage.
On June 25, in Brunswick, the teens boarded the 69-foot sailboat as part of a summer program run by St. George's School in Rhode Island. The journey brought eight high school applicants together to form the crew of Geronimo. The three adults present on the board provided supervision, however the in-charge of the sailing where the teens. They were also involved in the tasks like cooking and cleaning.
Their visit of Wrightsville Beach was brief and it was just long enough to get a tour of the island starting from Mayor Bill Blair and having some time spend on the beach. On the 5th of July, they started their journey again continued to their next stop that is Chesapeake Bay.
For taking part in the program, prior experience captaining the sailboat was not required. However, among the eight team members, some crew members like John Byrne had experience of sailing small yachts. Yet, he admitted that navigating the 69-foot Geronimo all through the rolling swells far offshore was pretty crazy.
While for others, like Kasamba Amiri, this was the entirely new experience.
Throughout the trip, the whole team learned how to dock the vessel, read a compass, chart courses. But the program was made to teach much skill to students than just sailing. During the voyage, students acquired perseverance by prolonged separation from their family and home comfort. During the voyage, they didn't have cell phones, air condition and television.


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Q: Isolate $V$ in $\frac1b\ln(\frac V{V_0}) - \frac cb \ln \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} = -\frac tm$ I'm still asking for your help.
I have to isolate $V$ in this equation. I have the final result in my book, but I'm not even close to get it.
$$\frac1b\ln\left(\frac V{V_0}\right) - \frac cb \ln \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} = -\frac tm$$
I tried a lot of things, but none of them works. I'm pretty sure I did something wrong with ln.
$$\frac1b\ln\left(\frac {\frac V{V_0}}{\frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0}}\right)(1-c) = -\frac tm$$
or
$$\frac {1-c}b\ln\left(\frac {\frac V{V_0}}{\frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0}}\right) = -\frac tm$$
I'm not sure how to manipulate ln.

A: From $\frac{1-c}{b}\ln\left(\frac{\frac{V}{V_0}}{\frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0}}\right)=\frac{1-c}{b}\ln\left(\frac{V(b+cV_0)}{V_0(b+cV)}\right)=-\frac{t}{m}$, it follows that $\ln\left(\frac{V(b+cV_0)}{V_0(b+cV)}\right)=-\frac{bt}{(1-c)m}=\frac{bt}{(c-1)m}$. Since we know that $e^{\ln(x)}=x$, we obtain $\frac{V(b+cV_0)}{V_0(b+cV)} = e^{\frac{bt}{(c-1)m}}$ from which you should be able to solve it for $V$.

A: $$\int_0^t dt = -\frac m{-1} \int_{V0}^v \frac {dv}{bv+cv^2}$$
My final answer is $ v = \frac{e^{\frac{-bt}{cm}} VoB}{b +cVo- e^{\frac{-bt}{cm}}VoC}$
The right answer is $ v = \frac{b +cVo}{b +cVo- e^{\frac{-bt}{m}}VoC} -1$

A: $$\frac1b\ln\frac V{V_0} - \frac cb \ln \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} = -\frac tm $$
These two terms have the factor $1/b$ in common, so you get
$$
\frac1b \left( \ln\frac V{V_0} - c \ln \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0}\right) = -\frac tm
$$
But you cannot pull $1-c$ out of that because the things by which the $1$ is multiplied is not the same as the thing by which the $c$ is multiplied.
But you can write
$$
\ln\left(\left( \frac V{V_0} \right)^{1/b} \right) - \ln\left( \left( \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} \right)^{c/b} \right) = -\frac t m
$$
and then
$$
\ln \left( \frac{(V/V_0)^{1/b}}{\left( \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} \right)^{c/b}} \right) = -\frac t m
$$
$$
\frac{(V/V_0)^{1/b}}{\left( \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} \right)^{c/b}} = e^{-t/m}
$$
$$
\frac{(V/V_0)}{\left( \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} \right)^c} = e^{-bt/m}
$$
$$
\frac{V}{V_0}\cdot \left( \frac{b+cV}{b+cV_0} \right)^c = e^{-bt/m}
$$
$$
V(b+cV)^c = e^{-bt/m} \cdot V_0(b+cV_0)^c
$$
$$
V^{1/c} (b+cV) = e^{-bt/(cm)} \cdot V_0^{1/c} (b+cV_0)
$$
To solve this for $V,$ you probably need numerical methods.

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È noto per aver registrato assieme a tanti jazzisti – come leader e come sideman – sposando le sue origini blues e bop con innovative ispirazioni che ne modernizzano le radici.

A Cedar Walton si devono inoltre composizioni che sono divenute ormai degli standard. Fra le più note sono ricordate Ugetsu (conosciuta anche come Polar C o Fantasy in D), Mosaic e Bolivia.

Biografia
Walton ricevette la prima educazione musicale attraverso le lezioni di pianoforte impartite dalla madre che lo iniziò al jazz conducendolo ai concerti di Art Tatum e Thelonious Monk, eventi che destarono nel giovane una grande impressione. Nel periodo 1951-54 seguì i corsi all'Università di Denver, mentre nel tempo libero dava sfogo alla propria passione suonando in un gruppo jazz che aveva formato. Attraverso di esso ebbe l'opportunità di fare la conoscenza di esponenti di rilievo del bebop, fra i quali Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie e John Coltrane che, di passaggio nella città del Colorado, si appoggiavano alla formazione di Walton.

Deciso a intraprendere la carriera di musicista, nel 1955 si spostò a New York per unirsi alla folta comunità jazz residente nella metropoli, ma fu chiamato a svolgere il servizio militare che lo portò in Europa. Di stanza in Germania, si trovò a condividere esperienze musicali con Don Ellis, Eddie Harris e Leo Walton, e una volta congedato dall'esercito ritornò a New York dove ebbe inizio la sua carriera. Cominciò a suonare con Lou Donaldson, Gigi Gryce, Sonny Rollins e Kenny Dorham, ed effettuò il suo primo tour insieme a J.J. Johnson, con cui incise due dischi dopo il debutto in sala di registrazione con Dorham. Fu il pianista anche del Jazztet di Art Farmer, e nel 1961 iniziò la sua collaborazione con i Jazz Messengers di Art Blakey, prendendo il posto che era stato di Bobby Timmons al pianoforte nella sezione ritmica del gruppo, e suonando a fianco di fiatisti del calibro di Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter e Freddie Hubbard. Nel 1964 si chiuse la parentesi con Blakey, e nella seconda metà degli anni sessanta, oltre a varie esperienze come sideman, Walton fu il pianista dapprima di Abbey Lincoln, poi di Lee Morgan e infine, agli inizi del successivo decennio, di Hank Mobley, per poi riunirsi di nuovo a Blakey in vista di una tournée in Giappone nel 1973.

Durante gli anni seguenti, oltre alle innumerevoli incisioni discografiche Walton effettuò molti tour con formazioni che includevano sassofonisti – fra i quali George Coleman, Bob Berg, Clifford Jordan e Ralph Moore – oppure in trio, col supporto di due eccellenti strumentisti come il contrabbassista Sam Jones e il batterista Billy Higgins. Particolarmente rilevante fu il sodalizio con Higgins, unione che nel campo delle sezioni ritmiche viene considerata una delle grandi affiliazioni di tutti i tempi. Walton continuò nella sua prolifica attività in studio di registrazione per gli anni novanta. Nel 2008, dopo un'esperienza con Jeremy Pelt, si unì al sassofonista Vincent Herring e due anni dopo al trombonista Steve Turre, con cui registrò The Bouncer.

Discografia

 1969 – The Electic Boogaloo Song
 1969 – Soul Cycle
 1969 – Spectrum
 1973 – A Night at Boomer's, Vol. 1
 1973 – A Night at Boomer''s, Vol. 2
 1974 – Firm Roots
 1974 – Pit Inn
 1974 – Cedar Walton Trio Plays Billy Strayhorn
 1975 – Eastern Rebellion, Vol. 1
 1975 – Mobius
 1976 – The Pentagon
 1977 – First Set
 1977 – Second Set
 1977 – Third Set
 1978 – Animation
 197? – Up Front
 1980 – The Maestro
 1981 – Piano Solos
 1982 – Among Friends
 1983 – The All American Trio
 1983 – Eastern Rebellion, Vol. 4
 1983 – Cedar Walton - Ron Carter - Jack DeJohnette
 1985 – The Trio, Vol. 1 with D. Williams and B. Higgins
 1985 – The Trio, Vol. 2 with D. Williams and B. Higgins
 1985 – The Trio, Vol. 3 with D. Williams and B. Higgins
 1985 – Cedar's Blues
 1985 – Bluesville Time
 1985 – Cedar Walton
 1986 – Blues for Myself
 1986 – Love Is the Thing
 1985 – Bluesville Time

 1985 – Cedar Walton
 1986 – Blues for Myself
 1986 – Love Is the Thing
 1986 – Cedar Walton Plays
 1988 – Standard Album, Vol. 2
 1990 – Off Minor
 1990 – As Long as There's Music
 1990 – Cedar!
 1991 – Heart & Soul
 1991 – Standard Album
 1992 – Easy Does It
 1992 – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 25
 1992 – Manhattan Afternoon
 1995 – Live at Yoshi's
 1995 – My Funny Valentine
 1996 – Composer
 1997 – The Art Blakey Legacy
 1997 – You're My Everything
 1997 – Roots
 1998 – Naima - Recorded Live at Boomer's NYC
 1998 – Bambino: Cedar Walton Plays Music of Art Blakey
 2000 – Three Sundays in the Seventies/Live at the Left Bank
 2001 – The Promise Land
 2002 – Latin Tinge
 2003 – Manhattan After Hours
 2005 – Underground Memoirs
 2006 – One Flight Down
 2007 – Midnight Waltz
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 2011 – The Bouncer

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 Carlo Boccadoro, Jazz!, Einaudi, Torino 2006, ISBN 9788806179113
 Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, Jazz - The Rough Guide 2nd ed., Rough Guide Ltd, London 2000, ISBN 9781858285283

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Novel Tool for Studying the Pathophysiology of Obesity and Diabetes
ECL-GADA Assay May Improve Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes
Key Role for Lactate in Counterregulatory Failure
Report Suggests Unfavorable Impact of Diabetic Milieu on Stem Cell Performance
In This Issue| November 16 2013
In This Issue of Diabetes
https://doi.org/10.2337/db13-ti12
This is a reference to: GAD65 Autoantibodies Detected by Electrochemiluminescence Assay Identify High Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
This is a reference to: In Vivo Adeno-Associated Viral Vector–Mediated Genetic Engineering of White and Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Mice
This is a reference to: Lactate-Induced Release of GABA in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Contributes to Counterregulatory Failure in Recurrent Hypoglycemia and Diabetes
This is a reference to: Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Isolated From Type 2 Diabetic Patients Display Reduced Fibrinolytic Activity
In This Issue of Diabetes. Diabetes 1 December 2013; 62 (12): 3961–3962. https://doi.org/10.2337/db13-ti12
Edited by Helaine E. Resnick, PhD, MPH
Adeno-associated viral (AAV)–mediated engineering of adipose tissue may emerge as a valuable tool for the development of new therapies for both obesity and type 2 diabetes. Impaired activity or mass of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT) are known contributors to obesity and type 2 diabetes in both animal models and humans. Although genetic engineering of adipose cells could shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying obesity and diabetes, in vitro studies have encountered numerous technical challenges that have inhibited forward movement toward a better understanding of molecular mechanisms. Both cultured immortalized precursor cell lines and primary adipocytes may also differ in important ways from adipocytes in vivo, potentially limiting the application of in vitro findings. In the new work presented in this month's issue of Diabetes, Jimenez et al. (p. 4012) examined AAV vectors of serotypes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in order to determine whether these vectors could transduce murine WAT and BAT in vivo. The investigators found that AAV8 and AAV9 vectors mediated long-term, efficient transduction of WAT and BAT in adult lean and obese-diabetic mice. These results were observed both with local and systemic administration. Importantly, the findings of a recent study that reported proinflammatory cytokines in the liver following intravenous administration of double-stranded AAV vectors in mice were not consistent with observations in the new report, which demonstrated no inflammation of the liver or adipose tissue following intravenous administration of single-stranded AAV8 or AAV9 vectors. The investigators highlight the application of their findings by suggesting that AAV vectors could be used for genetic engineering of adipose tissue not only to study diabetes pathophysiology, but also for the development of novel therapies. — Laura Gehl, PhD
Jimenez et al. In vivo adeno-associated viral–mediated genetic engineering of white and brown adipose tissue in adult mice. Diabetes 2013;62:4012–4022
Immunostaining against green fluorescent protein (brown) in sections of intrascapular BAT.
Intriguing research presented in this issue of Diabetes (p. 4174) examines the sensitivity of a new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assay for the detection of islet autoantibodies. Improved identification of islet autoantibodies, which can appear years before the onset of diabetes, could not only help predict type 1 diabetes, but would assist in population screening efforts, identification of environmental factors that increase type 1 diabetes risk, and risk stratification among those who test positive. The ECL-GAD antibody (GADA) assay that is highlighted in the new report is an extension of the previous work by Miao et al. that led to the development of an ECL-insulin autoantibody (IAA) assay with superior sensitivity and specificity than the standard micro-IAA radioassay. In the new study, Miao et al. used serum samples from four groups: children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; prediabetic children who were followed to type 1 diabetes; nondiabetic children with confirmed islet autoantibodies to insulin, GAD65, IA2, and/or ZnT8; and healthy antibody-negative children who served as control subjects. Sensitivity of the ECL-GADA assay was similar to the GADA radioassay in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, prediabetic children, and children with multiple islet autoantibodies. However, less than one-quarter of nondiabetic children who were positive for GADA only by radioassay were also positive for ECL-GADA. Follow-up of these children indicated that those who were positive for GADA by radioassay and negative by the ECL assay remained ECL negative for years despite multiple positive follow-up tests by radioassay. Further, none of the GADA radioassay-positive/ECL-negative children developed a second islet autoantibody or diabetes. These results seem to indicate that the ECL-GADA assay can better identify individuals who are truly at higher risk of type 1 diabetes, a finding that is important considering that 30–60% of children in previous studies have been positive for only one autoantibody, mostly IAA or GADA. These individuals are at low risk of developing diabetes, suggesting that the new assay may yield fewer false positives if used for screening. These preliminary results indicate that the ECL-GADA assay is capable of differentiating high-risk islet autoantibodies from less disease–relevant antibodies and may help to improve the prediction of type 1 diabetes. — Laura Gehl, PhD
Miao et al. GAD65 autoantibodies detected by electrochemiluminescence assay identify high risk for type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2013;62:4174–4178
In this issue of Diabetes, new work by Chan et al. (p. 4239) indicates that lactate contributes to increased γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) of recurrently hypoglycemic (RH) and diabetic rats by enhancing GABA release. Clinically, hypoglycemia is the primary factor limiting the ability of patients with diabetes intensively treated with insulin to attain proper glycemic control. Improved understanding of the factors that contribute to hypoglycemia have the potential to enhance the safety of insulin use, thereby facilitating improved glycemic control for people who are unable to reach target on oral medications. Previous studies have shown that increased GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the VMH, contributes to the failure of counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia. However, the mechanism underpinning this failure has not been fully established. In the current study, Chan et al. delivered l-lactate, or artificial extracellular fluid (aECF), into the VMH of RH and diabetic rats by microdialysis. l-lactate increased GABA levels in the VMH, thereby suppressing counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia. When 4CIN, an inhibitor of lactate transport, or oxamate (OX), an inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase, was injected into the VMH prior to inducing hypoglycemia, 4CIN or OX restored counterregulatory responses in both RH and diabetic rats by lowering VMH GABA levels. Further, blocking GABAA receptors with bicuculline, a GABAA receptor antagonist, also reversed counterregulatory responses, although unlike 4CIN or OX, bicuculline did not prevent the lactate-induced rise in GABA. These data suggest that lactate increases GABA levels in the VMH, thus contributing to counterregulatory failure in RH and diabetes. This mechanism may be a viable target for new therapies that aim to mitigate hypoglycemia in patients with intensively treated diabetes. — Laura Gehl, PhD
Chan et al. Lactate-induced release of GABA in the ventromedial hypothalamus contributes to counterregulatory failure in recurrent hypoglycemia and diabetes. Diabetes 2013;62:4239–4246
Although patients with type 2 diabetes who suffer from critical limb ischemia (CLI) may benefit from regenerative stem cell therapies, a recent trial in which two patients developed distal thrombosis raised questions about the safety of these new therapies. In this issue of Diabetes, new work by Acosta et al. (p. 4266) suggests that harvesting stem cells from, or implanting them into, a diabetic environment may affect the ability of the cells to perform vital functions like fibrin breakdown. The CLI therapy examined in the new report involved intra-arterial implantation of stem cells derived from adipose tissue. Acosta et al. conducted a number of experiments using serum samples from individuals with CLI (half of whom had diabetes) and healthy individuals as culture media for stem cells. The cells were sourced from CLI patients with and without diabetes as well as healthy control subjects. For cells from the diabetic source, expression of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which is critical for fibrinolysis, was lower, and levels of PAI-1, a tPA inhibitor, were elevated. Notably, when stem cells were embedded into fibrin clots, the fibrinolytic activity of cells from the nondiabetic source was visibly decreased in the presence of diabetic serum compared with nondiabetic or control sera. Furthermore, levels of d-dimer, indicative of fibrin breakdown, were similarly reduced in the diabetic medium whether the source was diabetic or not. These novel findings suggest that adequate fibrinolytic function may be better safeguarded with the addition of preclinical safety tests, such as d-dimer and/or tPA/PAI-1 ratio tests, before CLI patients with type 2 diabetes receive stem cell therapy. — Wendy Chou, PhD
Acosta et al. Adipose mesenchymal stromal cells isolated from type 2 diabetic patients display reduced fibrinolytic activity. Diabetes 2013;62:4266–4269
Hematoxylin and eosin staining shows adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (AdMSCs)–mediated lysis of the fibrin gel.
Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for details.
GAD65 Autoantibodies Detected by Electrochemiluminescence Assay Identify High Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
In Vivo Adeno-Associated Viral Vector–Mediated Genetic Engineering of White and Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Mice
Lactate-Induced Release of GABA in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Contributes to Counterregulatory Failure in Recurrent Hypoglycemia and Diabetes
Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Isolated From Type 2 Diabetic Patients Display Reduced Fibrinolytic Activity


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Happy Birthday, Sterling Hayden (1916-1986)
Hayden may be the only major Hollywood figure whose real life was actually more exciting and adventurous than anything he ever did in film. He left home for the sea at age 17, first as a ship's boy, then as doryman on the Grand Banks, as a seaman and fireman on numerous vessels before getting his first command at age 19. He sailed around the world a number of times, becoming a well-known and highly respected ship's captain.
His first entry into movies was after meeting Paramount director Edward H. Griffith, who cast him as second lead in Virginia (1941). He fell in love with and married his first leading lady, Madeleine Carroll. Then came the lead role in Bahama Passage (1941) for the same director, also with Madeleine Carroll.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) with Jean Hagen
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) with Jean Hagen and Sam Jaffe
Louis Calhern, Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen and Sam Jaffe
Of this film, Hayden remarked: "There is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money."
Johnny Guitar (1954) with Joan Crawford
Ben Cooper, Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden and Scott Brady
When the US entered World War II, Hayden changed his name to John Hamilton to obscure his Hollywood past, and joined the Office of Strategic Services--the predecessor of the CIA--headed by Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan, whose son Hayden had sailed with. Trained in guerrilla warfare, Hayden operated a fishing boat off of Yugoslavia to pick up downed Allied pilots and to supply Tito's Communist partisans. He won a Silver Star and a promotion to captain by the time he was discharged in 1945. He had also become enthusiastic about Communism, and briefly joined the Communist Party after he returned to Hollywood.
Naked Alibi (1954)
with Gloria Grahame in Naked Alibi (1954)
with Gloria Grahame and Gene Barry in Naked Alibi (1954)
Crime Wave (1954)
with Gene Nelson in Crime Wave (1954)
Suddenly (1954)
Suddenly (1954) with Willis Bouchey
Frank Sinatra, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney and Sterling Hayden
Richard Carlson, Ernest Borgnine, Sterling Hayden,
John Russell and Arthur Hunnicutt in
After the war, Hayden returned to film work, which he despised, in order to pay for a succession of sailing vessels. As the Red Scare deepened in U.S., he cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee, confessing his brief Communist ties, and naming other Hollywood people who were associated with communism in the 40s. He regretted this action from then on, holding himself in enormous contempt for what he considered "ratting"
His resume includes some of the greatest films-noir ever produced: Manhandled (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Crime Wave (1954), Johnny Guitar (1954), Naked Alibi (1954), Suddenly (1954), The Come On (1956), The Killing (1956) and Crime of Passion (1957).
The Killing (1956)
The Killing (1956) with Coleen Gray
with Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)
5 Steps to Danger (1957) with Ruth Roman
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned
to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
In my personal opinion, the high point of Hayden's career is his brilliant turn as the mad General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), which immortalized forever the phrase "precious bodily fluids."
Saut de l'ange, Le (1971)
Saut de l'ange, Le (1971) with Jean Yanne
The Long Goodbye (1973) with Elliot Gould
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Robert M. Lindsey March 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
I recently watched the Killing and the Asphalt Jungle. I didn't realize he was in both until I started watching the second one. I agree that his high point was Dr. Strangelove.
Wouldn't Godfather be his high point?, Arguably
the greatest movie ever made.
Wouldn't Godfather be his highpoint? Arguably
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Happy Birthday, Virginia Grey (1917-2004)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
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Q: Is "In case of the developments in medical research..." grammatically correct?
In case of the developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

My textbook presented three other alternatives:

If it weren't for…
Without…
Unless…

and said that in case of is correct. However, in case of seems unsuitable to me.
The correct form I can think of is:

If it hadn't been for the developments...

A: Given your choices of

In case of
  If it weren't for
  Without
  Unless

The only choices which make sense are

If it weren't for the developments in medical research
Without the developments in medical research

Using

In case of the developments in medical research

would mean "in the event that development in medical research happens", not that it already has happened, which is a prerequisite for "lives to be saved".
Which textbook are you using?

A: Yes, you could say it that way.  There is some sort implied negative in the first part that isn't correctly expressed using in case of in your example.  Reasonable alternatives include:

*

*If not for (the) developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*But for (the) developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*Barring (the) developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*Except for (the) developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*Save for (the) developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*If it weren't for the developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

*If it hadn't been for the developments in medical research, many patients would have died.

All of those could also swap around to have the condition clause (the protasis) following the consequence clause (the apodosis):

*

*Many patients would have died if not for (the) developments in medical research.

*Many patients would have died but for (the) developments in medical research.

*Many patients would have died barring (the) developments in medical research, .

*Many patients would have died except for (the) developments in medical research.

*Many patients would have died save for (the) developments in medical research.

*Many patients would have died if it weren't for the developments in medical research.

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October 16, 2011 by Awix
If you're going to write about films with any kind of objectivity, one of things it behooves you to do is to try and separate the film itself from the context in which you see it – you shouldn't let the lousy sound quality, or the poorly-racked screen or inadequate rake of the theatre get in the way – even the French tourists behind you talking noisily all the way through should not be a factor when it comes to giving your considered opinion.
Obviously this is not always as easy as it sounds, and most weeks the release of a movie in which Hugh Jackman must bond with his long-estranged young son by training a robot as a boxer would be greeted by a cry of 'What fresh hell is this?!?' But following my recent experience at the hands of Paul Anderson and his minions, I'll try anything to get a cheap popcorn rush, even if that means going to see Shawn Levy's Real Steel.
Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, an ex-fighter now wheeling and dealing in the lower reaches of the robot boxing circuit of a near-future America. He is feckless and irresponsible, to the despair of old friend-and-maybe-a-bit-more Bailey (Evangeline Lilly), but also, and more importantly, his numerous creditors. But luck smiles on Charlie when he learns he is the owner of an eleven-year-old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), whose maternal relatives are very keen to adopt him. A deal is struck where Charlie signs away his custodial rights in exchange for money to buy a new robot – but part of the arrangement is that Charlie has to look after Max for the summer, something neither of them is very pleased about.
Things do not work out with the new robot, and, on his uppers, Charlie is forced to use an ancient old machine salvaged by Max which appears to have been welded together out of spare plumbing supplies. Can their new fighter Atom shock the world and challenge for the title belt? And can Charlie and Max build some kind of father-son bond?
If you can't guess the answer to both of these questions, then all I can say is – Hello. A cinema is a big dark room where moving pictures are projected onto a wall, normally telling a story – because you have clearly just escaped from an Amish colony or somewhere similar. There are films I've been watching for the second or third time which were less predictable than Real Steel.
The big danger for me as far as this film is concerned is to compare it too closely with Steel, a very different adaptation of the same Richard Matheson short story which aired on The Twilight Zone in 1963. In that version, Lee Marvin plays the lead role, and when his boxing android blows a gasket just before a fight he has to go into the ring himself against an opponent he has no chance of defeating. It's a simple story but it does say something about the courage and determination of a boxer that rings true, and the conclusion genuinely surprised me.
Well, there's nothing like that here – we get the archetypal father-son bonding story welded effectively enough to the archetypal boxing-underdog story, all slathered in a gloss of CGI-heavy no-brainer SF. And it looks very slick, and tells the story proficiently, but that's really all it does.
The problem is mainly that the emotional story at the centre of the film is trite and hackneyed and quite simply doesn't ring true. I think this may be down to Jackman – hugely charismatic he undoubtedly is, but it increasingly seems to me that he is an actor of extremely limited range. At the start of the film Charlie is a loser on the skids, who sells his own son without a second thought, and Hugh Jackman isn't convincing for a second. He does a certain kind of laconic toughness and integrity very well, but outside this comfort zone the quality of his performance drops off dramatically. That said, no-one in this movie is really able to distinguish themselves, which is hardly surprising given the material they have to work with.
Real Steel is arguably a good fifteen minutes too long as well – it's a loooong time before the man-and-boy-and-crapbot-take-on-the-world plot really gets into gear, and the film seems to be trying to be a sprawling emotional epic rather than the genre movie that would suit it much better. As a result, Atom's ascension to the robot boxing big-time seems a little too rapid, with not enough incidental fights along the way. (We don't get the scene where success goes to Atom's CPU and he's caught disporting himself in a hotel room with a couple of spin-dryers high on WD-40, either – maybe this will be in the sequel.)
The actual robot fights are the only time the movie really comes to life, with plenty of whangs and clongs and ka-dongs per minute. The import of boxing cliches and imagery into an SF context is amusingly done and the CGI itself is state of the art, or very close to it. And such is the power of the underdog-makes-good story that you really don't care how cliched it all is, or that every fight has basically the same plot – Atom gets paddled around the ring for a while before pluckily battling his way back into it. Something which is cheesily uplifting is still uplifting on some level.
But anyway. This is not an actively bad film, but certainly not a very good one either. If as much thought and effort had gone into the script as the robot designs and choreography, then it might have been a different story. As it is, Real Steel is a film with a lot in common with its robotic protagonist – some signs of having a good heart, but overall really just mechanical.
Posted in Film Reviews | Tagged 2011, action, drama, Evangeline Lilly, Hugh Jackman, Real Steel, Richard Matheson, SF, Shawn Levy | 2 Comments
on October 16, 2011 at 9:47 pm | Reply dangerousmeredith
I think your review may well be a lot more entertaining than this movie. And damn and hell to those people who chatter away through a movie. I am just about to post a blog in which I bitch about just that.
on October 17, 2011 at 6:23 pm | Reply Awix
The movie's not that bad. It's just nothing special.
As far as behaviour in theatres goes, it's one more reason to use the local arthouse over the multiplex whenever possible. i've never had a bad experience there, but the last two times at the multi… It goes without saying that I'm a firm supporter of the Kermode and Mayo Code of Conduct.


MODESTO — After everything that unfolded before a standing-room-only crowd at Modesto Christian on Friday night, St. Francis had a chance to survive as the final seconds rolled off the clock.
But unlike two weeks ago, when a wild comeback in the first round of the section playoffs led to a dramatic victory, the senior-heavy Lancers fell short this time.
St. Francis lost to Modesto Christian 54-51 in the first round of the Northern California Open Division playoffs, ending an era for its senior class that included back-to-back West Catholic Athletic League championships and a Central Coast Section Open Division title.
They had a shot to advance, rallying from an eight-point deficit with 58 seconds to play, conjuring up flashbacks of their comeback from seven points behind in the final 90 seconds to beat Santa Cruz two weeks earlier.
Curtis Witt drove to the basket to make it 52-46. A steal, followed by two free throws from Peter Hewitt, cut the deficit to 52-48 with 42.7 remaining.
After a Modesto Christian free throw, Giuseppe Benedetti buried a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left, pulling the Lancers to within 53-51.
Modesto Christian (31-1) missed two free throws five seconds later, and suddenly St. Francis had possession with an opportunity to tie or win.
But Modesto Christian pressured Witt near midcourt, and the referees did not see Motil desperately trying to call for a timeout until 1.6 seconds were left.
"That was still plenty of time to do something," Motil said.
But St. Francis (25-3) turned the ball over on the inbounds pass and fouled with 0.9 seconds remaining. Modesto Christian made one free throw and time expired.
The Crusaders, the second seed, stretched their winning streak to 31 games and advanced to play Sheldon-Sacramento on Tuesday.
Noah Stapes led St. Francis with 21 points, including five 3-pointers. He scored 13 of the Lancers' 22 first-half points.
St. Francis trailed most of the first half as Modesto Christian opened a quick 13-6 lead.
But Stapes had his shot going, and when he buried back-to-back 3-pointers, the score was tied 21-21 with three minutes left in the half.
Modesto Christian answered the St. Francis run, with Jay Chen scoring the Crusaders' final six points of the second quarter for a 27-22 lead at the break.
St. Francis grabbed a 31-30 lead on a putback by Jacob Mihanovic with 2:42 left in the third quarter. After Modesto Christian reclaimed the lead, Witt's 3-pointer with 6:05 left in the game gave St. Francis a 38-37 edge.
Modesto Christian again responded, scoring three consecutive baskets to put St. Francis in a hole from which it could not recover.
"I thought it was two very tough, well-coached teams that played their hearts out, played as hard as they could," Modesto Christian coach Richard Midgley said. "I thought for us, we made a little run in the fourth to kind of give us a little cushion.
Chen finished with 15 points. Darrian Grays added 12 points, and 6-foot-10 Robinson Idehen had six points, seven rebounds and five blocks.
In the locker room afterward, Stapes said, the St. Francis players hugged and spoke about the special season they had.


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Twenty years after Princess Diana's death, this new film reveals her story in her own words. What emerges is the narrative of a shy young girl who stepped onto the world stage in 1980 and departed in 1997 as its most famous woman. The documentary features rare video of Diana speaking openly and candidly about her life and troubled marriage. In a series of disarmingly frank videos shot by Settelen at Kensington Palace, a private Diana comes into view as she ultimately reveals her version of the events. Playful, charming and unguarded, she tells stories from her life in intimate detail, sharing how she went from shy teenage girl to unhappy newlywed to a young woman searching for her own voice and place in the world.
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Dr. Dominik Renzel is post-doctoral research associate at the Chair of Computer Science 5 (i5). He received his diploma degree in computer science (Dipl.-Inform.) in February 2009 from RWTH Aachen University and since then worked as doctoral student and research assistant at i5. Dominik researched in the context of several national projects, among them the DFG cluster of excellence Ultra-High Speed Mobile Information & Communication (UMIC), as well as several international EU-funded projects (ROLE, Learning Layers, VIRTUS). Since July 2016, Dominik holds a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from RWTH Aachen University.
Community and trust-aware fake media detection.
Published in Nussbaumer, A., Kravcik, M., Renzel, D., Klamma, R., Berthold, M., & Albert, D. (2014). A Framework for Facilitating Self-Regulation in Responsive Open Learning Environments. arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5891.
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2015.


I always use homemade paneer, its so soft and fresh. If I want paneer the next day morning I make paneer the previous night itself and refrigerate it for next day use.Only when I am expecting guests and am pressed for time I use store bought paneer.
I love the semi dry version more than the gravy kind even manchurians I like the semi dry version more.
Veg fried rice recipes for more variations.
Make a thick batter of the ingredients under 'for the marinade' and add paneer to it and coat it well.
Heat oil in a pan and toast the paneer till slightly golden(You can deep fry them too).Drain it in a tissue and set aside. Heat oil in a pan, add spring onion white part,ginger and garlic,fry till slightly browned. Then add onion and capsicum saute in high flame for a minute.
Thenn add soya sauce, tomato sauce , chilli sauce, pepper powder and required salt.Mix well until the veggies are coated evenly.Add 1 cup water and let it boil.
Then add remaining cornflour maida paste and let it boil.Once it starts to thicken add paneer and give a quick stir.Finally add spring onions green part and switch off.
Serve as a accompaniment with fried rice or just as a starter and am sure you will make this often.
You may not end up using the entire maida cornflour paste so use the remaining for making the gravy.
I used colored capsicum just for adding color to my chilli paneer.You can even add just green capsicum.
I toasted the paneer in my dosa tawa, you can deep fry in oil too.
You can even add finely chopped green chillies while adding chopped ginger and garlic.
The gravy tends to thicken if resting time is given, so switch off accordingly.If it becomes too thick then add little water to thin it.
You can even use vegetable stock repalcing water.Adjust water level according to the consistency.
Using freshly ground pepper adds a great flavour to the dish.


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Q: logging in hapijs server with good-http plugin issue I'm using good plugin for my app, and I have copied the config parameters straight from the sample in the page, console and file are working , but good-http is not working!
here is my configuration:
     myHTTPReporter: [
        {
            module: 'good-squeeze',
            name: 'Squeeze',
            args: [{error: '*', log: 'error', request: 'error'}]
        },
        {
            module: 'good-http',
            args: [
                'http://localhost/log-request/index.php?test=23424', // <- test file I created to see if data is being sent or not
                {
                    wreck: {
                        headers: {'x-api-key': 12345}
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ]

the only argument that is actually working is the ops: * and none of the error: *, ... is working
Am I missing something in my config parameters?

A: Maybe you should change the threshold parameter of the plugin, is set by default to 20 so it only send data after 20 events. If you want immediate results yo have to change it to 0.
myHTTPReporter: [
    {
        module: 'good-squeeze',
        name: 'Squeeze',
        args: [{error: '*', log: 'error', request: 'error'}]
    },
    {
        module: 'good-http',
        args: [
            'http://localhost/log-request/index.php?test=23424', // <- test file I created to see if data is being sent or not
            {
                threshold: 0,
                wreck: {
                    headers: {'x-api-key': 12345}
                }
            }
        ]
    }
]


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Live Music – Rhythm of The 90s
Live Music - Rhythm of The 90s 21 MayMay 2022 19:30 - 03 JuneJun 2022 23:00Docks Beers
DOCKS ACADEMY PRESENTS: Rhythm of The 90s
Doors open: 7:00pm
Start time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £20 + booking fee
Buy yours via this link
The UK's number one live 90s dance covers band is coming to Docks Academy on Saturday 21st May 2022.
Remember when Rhythm was a Dancer and Groove was in the Heart? When tie-dye and centre partings were acceptable? Then you probably grew up in the 90s, when dance music was fun, uncomplicated and infectious.
Rhythm of The 90s are the UK's number one Live 90s dance covers band. Bringing you over 2 hours of the best banging club classics with hits from 2 Unlimited, Sash, Robin S, Prodigy, Faithless, Robert Miles and many more, the collective deliver a potent hit of 90s nostalgia at its very best.
Since forming in 2012, Rhythm of the 90s have taken the UK and Europe by storm. Not just your typical covers band, the group is made up of some of the best session players in the industry and together they have created something special and unique.
Rhythm of the 90s have spent years taking tunes that were never intended to be played live and honing them into a show like no other. This attention to detail and passion is why the band sells out large venues around the UK and Europe and have been invited to play at some of the largest festivals around: Glastonbury Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Victorious Festival, Latitude Festival – including main stage performances.
Rhythm of the 90s defy anyone who is a fan of 90s dance music not to dance their socks off when they experience the band's high energy show for the first time. Catch them in Grimsby in May…
Tickets are now on sale priced at £20 when purchased in advance, plus the standard See Tickets commission. The age requirement for this event is 14 plus. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
All of our ticket sales are handled by Seetickets.com. Seetickets' policy is that all tickets are non refundable unless, during the checkout process, you pay extra to protect your tickets. In this event you will be able to claim a refund from Seetickets so long as the reason for your cancellation is covered by the policy (please check the small print). Docks Academy is unable to process refunds in all circumstances. Please note, this event is for people aged 18 and over. No refunds will be issued for tickets purchased for under 18s whether or not ticket protection has been paid for.
We are sorry to report that, due to Covid19's significant impact on our business, we are still not yet wheelchair accessible. Currently, the only way of entering the Docks Academy is via a flight of stairs. We aim to have a lift installed by the end of 2022. Rest assured wheelchair access remains our highest priority.
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Survival and cause of death after myocardial infarction: the Danish MONICA study
H Brønnum-Hansen*, Torben Jørgensen, M Davidsen, Mette Madsen, M Osler, Lars Ulrik Gerdes, M Schroll
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Epidemiologi, Biostatistik og Biodemografi
As part of the Danish WHO MONICA study, a register of patients with myocardial infarction was established in 1982, covering 11 municipalities in the western part of Copenhagen County, Denmark. During the period 1982-91, all cases of myocardial infarction among citizens aged 25-74 years were registered and validated according to the criteria set up for the WHO MONICA project. Short-term (28 days) and long-term (up to 15 years) survival in three periods were compared. The rate of mortality after a non-fatal myocardial infarction was compared with that of the general population, and causes of death were analyzed. Short-term survival did not change during the study period, whereas long-term survival improved for men but did not change for women. The excess mortality rate among female patients over that of the general population was due to ischemic heart disease, other cardiovascular diseases, cancer and other diseases. The excess mortality among male patients was due only to cardiovascular diseases.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Udgivet - dec. 2001
10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00405-X
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Cause of Death Medicin og biovidenskab 100%
Myocardial Infarction Medicin og biovidenskab 91%
Survival Medicin og biovidenskab 69%
Mortality Medicin og biovidenskab 63%
Cardiovascular Diseases Medicin og biovidenskab 45%
Denmark Medicin og biovidenskab 33%
Myocardial Ischemia Medicin og biovidenskab 27%
Population Medicin og biovidenskab 24%
Brønnum-Hansen, H., Jørgensen, T., Davidsen, M., Madsen, M., Osler, M., Gerdes, L. U., & Schroll, M. (2001). Survival and cause of death after myocardial infarction: the Danish MONICA study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 54(12), 1244-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00405-X
Brønnum-Hansen, H ; Jørgensen, Torben ; Davidsen, M ; Madsen, Mette ; Osler, M ; Gerdes, Lars Ulrik ; Schroll, M. / Survival and cause of death after myocardial infarction : the Danish MONICA study. I: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2001 ; Bind 54, Nr. 12. s. 1244-1250.
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Duplo Expands Gemini Print Digital Offering
Gemini Print Group has purchased a Duplo 350C Booklet System to expand its growing digital offering. Installation starts this week at the company's site in Bristol.
The Duplo 350C Booklet System will provide Gemini Print with further capacity and automation for its finishing, which, as a result, will free up man hours and reduces wastage. It marries the DSC-10/20 Collator with the DBM-350 Bookletmaker and trimmer to create a cost-effective mid-range bookletmaking system with a compact suction collator, ideal for a wide range of applications.ki9
Gemini Print Group employs over 160 people across sites in Sussex and London as well as Bristol. It has a customer base across the UK.
Steve Cropper, Managing Director of Gemini Print Group, said: "We were most impressed by live demonstrations at drupa and are proud to have signed this deal with Duplo, which is a world respected print finishing company. This is part of a £2million investment over the past five years, which has also included a Kodak Nexpress 2500, as well as a Muller Martini stitching line and Heidelberg printing and folding systems. The Duplo 350C Booklet System is going to play a key role in expanding our digital offering."
Peter Jolly, Duplo UK Managing Director, said: "Gemini Print clearly sees the benefits of investing in a bookletmaker that will free up a lot of time and improve wastage levels. It's another example of how companies are increasingly turning to Duplo systems to enable their businesses to drive forward in smarter, faster and better ways of working."


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Former 'Jeopardy!' Contestants Raise Concerns…
Former 'Jeopardy!' Contestants Raise Concerns After Player Appears to Use White Power Sign
By Meaghan Darwish |
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. | UPDATED: September 23, 2021 at 7:18 a.m.
Hundreds of former Jeopardy! contestants are raising concerns about a recent champion's on-air actions in an open letter to the game show's producers.
Kelly Donohue allegedly flashed a hand symbol resembling the white power sign while competing on the show.
Now, other Jeopardy! contestants are calling for action and an apology. In the letter they also mention Donohue's response for one of the clues which included a slur against the Roma people.
Intentional or not, guest host Anderson Cooper corrected Donohue, but the moment wasn't edited to keep the term "gypsy" off the air.
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Plus, George Stephanopoulos, Joe Buck, and others sign on.
"A recent contestant has caused concern among Jeopardy! viewers for two separate occurrences, and we, as former contestants, feel the need to speak out against the messaging that these choices communicated – either intentionally or unintentionally – by the contestant Kelly Donohue and, implicitly by association, the producers of Jeopardy!," the letter begins.
The biggest issue raised regards Donohue's alleged use of the white power sign which is associated with racist supremacist groups. During his appearance in the April 27 episode, the former contestants stated he "held his thumb and forefinger together with his other three fingers extended and palm facing inward, and he tapped his chest."
Donohue claimed in a since-deleted Facebook post that the gesture was a symbol signifying his three-day winning streak, noting he had done it after his first and second wins. And while it might be a valid explanation, the letter questions why Jeopardy! producers didn't wipe the brief segment from the episode before airing it, noting it could have prevented the show's association to such symbols.
(Credit: Jeopardy!, Inc.)
"A couple of years ago, a contestant unintentionally wagered a monetary amount that used numerical values coopted by white supremacist groups and, since the total didn't affect the outcome of the game, Jeopardy! digitally altered the numbers in the version that aired," the letter pointed out.
"This should have been done in this case," they argue. "Intentional or not, the burden was on the production team to catch the similarity to a hate symbol and make sure it didn't end up on air." Ultimately, the letter wishes Donohue would offer a more genuine apology and asks that the show's producers be more mindful moving forward.
"We hope to see changes made so that future mistakes of this magnitude never make it on air," the letter stated. Over 500 former competitors signed the statement, acknowledging that they're views on the matter concerning Donohue and production are the same. Jeopardy! has yet to issue a response.
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Data preparation tools provider Trifacta has announced a new collection of data quality capabilities aimed at making remediation and monitoring more efficient. The features are designed to help organizations address data quality issues that hinder analytics, machine learning and cloud data management projects. The release is highlighted by Active Profiling, a selection model that blends real-time visual and interactive guidance with machine learning. Users can then resolve data quality issues with automated suggestions.
Trifacta is also introducing Smart Cleaning, a set of new features that address data quality issues that arise in formatting and standardization. Users can utilize Cluster Clean, Pattern Clean and Reference Clean to resolve data quality issues with mismatched data formatting and miscategorizations. Cluster Clan uses clustering algorithms to group similar values and resolve them to a single standard value while Pattern Clean handles composite data types that often have multiple representations. Reference Clean allows users to specify a reference dataset or dictionary which Trifacta uses to match values.
While basic data quality capabilities are included in Tirifacta's core product editions, the company will bring additional automation to the table later in the year. The rollout of additional functionality to support flow orchestration, monitoring and alerting will further assist organizations with their data quality challenges.
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Q: initializing yml file in rails 4 I'm following a basic tutorial on authentication in rails
http://jrom.net/super-simple-authentication-in-rails
The tut suggests putting a hashed password into a config.yml file, so I am following this railscast for that
http://railscasts.com/episodes/85-yaml-configuration-file. This tutorial is for rails 2 so I changed the initialization to the rails 3+ format
APP_CONFIG = YAML.load_file(Rails.root.join('/config/config.yml'))[Rails.env]

Right now I am having trouble with the initialization and this is the problem that i am getting
/Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/psych.rb:299:in `initialize': No such file or directory - /config/config.yml (Errno::ENOENT)
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/psych.rb:299:in `open'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/psych.rb:299:in `load_file'
    from /Users/Yitao/Documents/Business/Dental/DentistrySite/config/initializers/load_config.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/activesupport-4.0.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/activesupport-4.0.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `block in load'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/activesupport-4.0.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `load_dependency'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/activesupport-4.0.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in `load'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/engine.rb:609:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Engine>'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/engine.rb:608:in `each'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/engine.rb:608:in `block in <class:Engine>'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `instance_exec'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `run'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p481@railstutorial_rails_4_0/gems/railties-4.0.5/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in `block in run_initializers'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:150:in `block in tsort_each'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:183:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component'
    from /Users/Yitao/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:210:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component_from'

Would appreciate some advice on where I might be messing up!
Also if I were to push this to heroku, would heroku config:set username=xxxx do the trick to set the variables?

A: You need to remove the slash from the path to the YAML file, so change '/config/config.yml' to 'config/config.yml'. With the slash on there it is looking for a config directory at the root of your drive rather than in your Rails project directory.


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Runner selected to represent USA at World Road Relay Championship
November 14, 2012 | News, UToday
By Derrick Blyberg
Senior All-American Emma Kertesz will represent the USA at the World Road Relay Championships Friday, Nov. 23, in Chiba, Japan.
She was named to the Ekiden Relay Team following her fourth-place finish with a new personal-record time of 32:51 at the USA 10K Championships in Boston last month.
Kertesz becomes the second Rocket to represent the USA at an international event this year. Last spring, former All-American Ari Fisher, who graduated in May, ran at the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association Cross Country Championships in Trinidad, helping the USA team win a gold medal.
Former Toledo All-American Briana Shook, a 2004 UT graduate, was the first Rocket to run on the USA Road Relay Team. The former American record holder helped lead USA to a bronze medal at the Ekiden Relay in Beijing in 2004.
"This is a huge opportunity for Emma," Toledo Director of Track and Cross Country Kevin Hadsell said. "We took our time this fall and summer to get to another level and it is really paying off. I feel like we saved a lot of hard work for the next semester, as her track seasons could go deep into the summer."
The Ekiden Relay Championship is held over the course of a marathon as each country sends one mixed team of men and women. Kertesz, who is eligible for the indoor and outdoor track seasons, is the only collegian on the USA team.
Professional runners Chelsea Reilly and Neeley Spence are the other two women selected. The women will run the 5,000-meter legs while the men run the longer legs.
"Anytime we have the chance for our athletes to represent their country while still a student-athlete representing The University of Toledo is special," Hadsell said. "Emma is really making a nice name for herself, and I am excited to see how this all translates to the indoor and outdoor track seasons."


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Small banks get exclusive 8-hour window to process PPP applications, and it starts at 4 pm today
By: Justin Henry
Editors note: This story has been updated to correct misinformation. The eight-hour period applies to lenders that have less than $1 billion in assets, not small businesses.
From 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. today, the Small Business Administration will only accept Paycheck Protection Program loan applications from lenders with assets less than $1 billion, according to a 2 p.m. alert from federal officials.
This reserved eight-hour period comes as SBA and Treasury Department officials address charges that the federal stimulus program has prioritized large, publicly traded companies, even though the PPP was intended to support the small business community. Some publicly traded corporations have returned millions in PPP money after public pressure mounted against them for draining funds intended for small businesses.
Brad Close, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, said the PPP "lacked strong guardrails, leaving an opening for big business, and allowing large financial institutions to help their bigger clients access money intended for real small businesses," in a statement Tuesday.
"Policymakers should put an immediate halt to this nonsense, prohibit financial institutions from prioritizing publicly traded clients, and should take great strides to ensure that every penny taken by publicly traded companies be returned and then provided to their intended recipients – small businesses," Close said.
The SBA said federal officials will evaluate whether to create a similar reserved time in the future.
3:00 pm Wed, April 29, 2020 Central Penn Business Journal
Justin Henry
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Justin Henry is the regional reporter for the Central Penn Business Journal and the Lehigh Valley Business. He can be reached at jhenry@bridgetowermedia.com.


In a moderate oven (350˚F), place a large baking pan (approx. 10" X 16" x2 1/2" or thereabouts) or large cast iron skillet and melt all the butter.
With a vegetable peeler, strip the lemons of their skin, juice them and add the juice and skins (not the pulp) to the butter and stir (in the oven). Add the garlic, stir and cook 5 minutes. Add the seasoning spices, stir and cook 5 minutes more.
Raise the oven temperature to 400˚F and add the shrimp (mix 'em up!) cook 8-10 minutes or until pink and solid to the touch.
Serve with toasted French bread and plenty of napkins.
NOTE: For more intense flavor, make the sauce, let cool and marinate shrimp 1-4 hours, fire up the broiler and cook under the flame stirring until done and lightly browned. 8-10 minutes.