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PORTRAYAL OF GUILT - We Are Always Alone (Review)
Let me open this up by saying this was one of my most anticipated releases of early 2021, and that undoubtedly affects how you perceive a piece of media, for better or for worse.
Portrayal of Guilt caught my eye back in 2018 with their debut Let Pain Be Your Guide, which was a brutal, blistering piece of raw metallic screamo, and one of my favourite records of that year. With their latest LP We Are Always Alone they take a pretty logical trajectory sound-wise, doubling down on the black metal and sludge influences and creating a much more sinister and hateful sounding album, all while still keeping that distinctly ferocious metalcore and grindcore spirit underpinning. Everything sounds perfectly in order and it should be amazing, right?
ALEMENT - Onward / The Hunter (Review)
Written by: Blackie Skulless
Not far from my hometown comes a compilation that dropped late last year consisting of two releases from the Philadelphia-based band Alement. One side consists of the EP Onward, which dropped in 2019. The other bears The Hunter from two years prior, thus the two smashed together as Onward / The Hunter. Caligari Records was swell enough to drop both onto one compact tape, as they fit a lot into a quick six-track listen.
Across the board, you get a sense of punky riffs and attitude that pass through thrashy territory, creating lots of sweaty angst and hard rhythms. Painted atop due to harsh soundscapes and production comes a crust-drenched tint. This works well with the use of build-up and suspense, thanks to noisy gradients. Moreover, bass takes a very high precedence here, teaming up well with the raspy and grunt-like vocals.
FUCKED UP - The Chemistry of Common Life (Retrospective)
Village stalwart Izzy is delivering a fresh retrospective review every Friday! Make sure to check in weekly for a dose of nostalgia. - Ed.
In spite of my adoration for many of punk's subgenres, from metalcore to screamo to post-hardcore and more, I tend to struggle with enjoying the older and purer forms of punk. I could talk about the three aforementioned styles for hours and hours, but ask me about my favourite hardcore punk bands and my mind goes blank. Like, there's uh…I like a couple Black Flag albums I guess? Crass and Spazz are okay too, and there's a handful of Japanese hardcore bands like Gauze or Crow that I enjoy a lot, oh there's Rudimentary Peni! Those guys are amazing. What about Midori, do they count? Eh they're probably too artsy to be hardcore punk, much closer to jazz punk. I could maybe come up with one or two more, but you get the point.
Amongst that tiny list of bands, Fucked Up would probably seem like an odd choice, as most people know them for their later punk rock opera albums, but rather early into their career yet quite late in the grand scheme of hardcore punk sits an oddity dear to my heart: their 2008 sophomore LP The Chemistry of Common Life.
GRAVEHUFFER - NecroEclosion (Review)
Written by: Shane Thirteen
Gravehuffer! If you haven't heard of this mid-west juggernaut, you will in the near future. They hail from Joplin Missouri, and if you have ever been to Joplin in this century you will know that it is famous for a few things. The first: almost being wiped off the map by a giant widow maker tornado in 2011. The second thing its is known for, far and wide, are the "Spook Lights," an active and annual documented haunting of a nearby farmer's meadow in the area.
What does this have to do with Gravehuffer, you may ask? Imagine, if you will, growing up in a place known for killer tornadoes and dead things literally walking the Earth outside your fucking city. Just milling about. Ya know, like the dead do. So lets examine the name for a moment. Gravehuffer. To huff or to breathe in the rotting putridness of a grave or corpse. To take in to your sinus cavity the rancid smell of rotting flesh. The stank of the dead, as it were.
But what else makes Gravehuffer sound as they do? Undoubtedly some good ol' mid-west oppression from the religious class and a healthy dose of knowing what is on the wrong side of the tracks. Why do I bring all this up? Why is all this prudent to explain Gravehuffer? You have to understand the mid-west mindset to fully understand what these geniuses are doing. What comes together in the middle of the country to influence heavy music fans and musicians? Everything. Everything American, culture-wise, flows to the center. We get it all. Gravehuffer is a regional band for me. I have seen them live a few times. They are solid dudes. Scene leaders undoubtedly. Gravehuffer is the perfect example of culture conglomeration. There are many hybrid bands out there these days, but Gravehuffer is one of those units that brings together everything from punk, thrash, death, and doom to deliver an entirely different vibe and sound to metal. That being said...if you are a fan of heavy you will love what Gravehuffer is bringing to the light of the world: pure Heavy Metal.
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Black Doomba Records is releasing NecroEclosion January 15th, 2021, and you better sit down when you listen to it for the first time. Strap in: you are about to go on a trip you won't regret. There a few surprises on this album. I have it looping on my speakers for a while now, and every time I listen to it I find something new. Horns (not Dio horns, but as in brass horns!) Horns in metal? I have never heard it successfully pulled off until Gravehuffer did it on this album. Completely surprised.
Speaking of surprises: spoiler Alert! Gravehuffer has enlisted some heavy hitters as guest players on this album. Voivod's Dan "Chewy" Mongrain and Curran Murphy of Annihilator and Nevermore. If you are fans of any of those bands it is worth your time and effort to own a piece of their history, and history it will make. I fully expect NecroEclosion to launch Gravehuffer to the next level. They have elevated their game. The work done on this album is everything I need out of fast and heavy metal. In my old age I gravitate more towards the stoner doom. But having seen these guys live I knew what was coming. They have delivered something unique. It has covered every heavy metal base for me, including making fun of dance music, which is one of my favorite hobbies. To sum it up: it's all here, kids. Humor, fantasy, thrash, speed, death, hardcore, punk rock, sample babble.
Gravehuffer has something for every fan of heavy and aggressive music. Track them down. Find them on all social media platforms. Smash the like button. On Jan. 15th, share NecroEclosion with your friends.
Gravehuffer - NecroEclosion will be released Jan. 15th, 2021 from Black Doomba Records.
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SANITY CONTROL - War On Life (Review)
Written by: The Administrator
After receiving official word that my current sequestered life shall extend, at the very least, for another seven months, I decided that it would be worthwhile to rearrange my living space/prison here at the Sleeping Village. Y'know, alter the stuffy environment as much as humanly possible, given a marked inability to go outside.
As such, much furniture hath been moved here within the past few days, and, given a need for a high-octane kick in the ass, the highest quality furniture moving music was required. Crossover thrash was the only thing capable of injecting a little oomph into my disturbingly quarantine-atrophied biceps, and so the debut from Warsaw's Sanity Control--veritable paragons of the modern crossover aesthetic--was spun a disturbing number of times. And here I sit, icing, in hopes that War On Life (or the furniture) didn't push my haggard body beyond the brink. But enough talk. Let's get into it, shall we?
SPESIMIN - Born In The Crypt (Review)
Nothing like a good ol' slice of death metal from an area not far from me. Spesimin are an upcoming act out of Philadelphia, PA, and their debut EP Born In The Crypt is an instant burst of in-your-face discomfort. With only thirteen minutes of runtime, they certainly gauge a healthy idea of what they're all about, as they waste zero time opening on such a harsh kick.
Composition wise, Spesimin injects a surprising amount of thrashier elements. It's quite riff oriented in that sense, boasting plenty of bounce and energetic life under a harsher mix. This allows for a solid balance between melody and chaos--the former being lesser in quantity. Most of this comes from a crustier, punk-like push that can be heard especially in "Violent Sanctification." It's your perfect moshpit banger with plenty of sharp leads breaking the buzzing rhythmic surface.
HUMAN OBLITERATION - Definition of Insanity (Review)
Written by: Arzou
2020 has been quite the year and we aren't even halfway done with it. For almost six months we've been dealing with pain, sorrow, anger, resentment, and of course, political and social issues. So much so that it's safe to say that most people have felt like they're going insane! I know I have. I've been cooped up indoors for 69 days! (nice). Luckily, grindcore duo Human Obliteration felt the same way and instead of writing countless facebook posts about how shit sucks, they instead released their latest album "Definition of Insanity" for us to eagerly enjoy with our ear holes.
Straight off the bat, if you haven't listened to this album: do it. It's 18 minutes long, which is shorter than your average episode of anime. Trust me, it's worth it, and a much better use of your time. It's okay. Your body pillow and cheap instant ramen can wait.
Now that I assume you've listened to the album we can continue. If you haven't that's okay. I don't forgive you.
CHEPANG - Chatta (Review)
If you're at all into grindcore, you likely recognize this name. If you aren't into grind you've probably never heard of this band in your life--such as the scene goes, the best bands go unnoticed to all but the most dedicated. That said, I am bringing this album to your attention for one simple reason: it fuckin' rocks and you should go listen to it.
Nepalese immigrant grinders Chepang have been blast-beating their way into the crusty hearts of fans ever since their 2016 EP, Lathi Charge. Chepang, however, have only gotten better and better with each release if you ask me (which you may or may not be, but this is my review). As they improved they also got more adventurous, and Chatta continues to follows that trend. It's 28 minutes of razor-sharp, hyper-focused jazzy grinding madness, split up into a main section that's 16 minutes and a 12 minute remix B-side.
ACxDC [Antichrist Demoncore] - Satan Is King (Review)
ACxDC (Antichrist Demoncore, for the cool kids - Ed.) is to powerviolence as Gutalax is to goregrind. Extremely popular but disliked by the fans of the genre. After releasing their debut self-titled LP in 2014, people have been waiting for a follow up either with excitement or baited breath, ready to throw "ACxDC bad" comments wherever they can. Well it's here, ACxDC's Satan is King has been released with 15 songs and 23 minutes, and I'll tell you what: if Satan is King then Satan is one milquetoast dude.
You see, another similarity ACxDC have with Gutalax is that they are both, despite their popularity, very mediocre. That parallel still reigns true with this album. It checks all the boxes of a good powerviolence album, blistering and skulldenting riffs, slow and crushing sludgy riffs, the ability to confuse grind babies into thinking it's grind. Should be a good one, right? Well if you think reading a textbook is really fun then this might be the album for you. Despite all the checked boxes it feels like ACxDC really just did the bare minimum and created a bland and tasteless cake able to be consumed by the masses but unable to be remembered by anyone.
ALTERNATIVE CONTROL presents: ALT CTRL Spring Sampler
In the 'verse of metal bloggers, there are many small establishments doing cool stuff, and despite the grizzled, ink-splattered, and decidedly misanthropic appearance of our scribes, we here at the Sleeping Village are, on occasion, cordial folks. As the inhabitants of our extensive grave pit will tell you, it's an undeniably violent world out there. When the marauders return once more to our homely township, we certainly appreciate our allies mettle (and, well, metal. In a manner of speaking). It's good to have friends.
This is all to say that Alternative Control, out of the wildlands of Connecticut, is one such blog doing cool stuff. As you may recall, we ran a review a while back for their Volume Doom compilation, which featured some truly excellent tracks of the low 'n' slow variety. This spring, Alt Ctrl is back with a seasonal sampler--a collection of songs from bands who have appeared on the blog, in some fashion, over the past few months. While the genre cohesion is nonexistent in this case, the general trend is not. To quote site proprietor extraordinaire Jessie May, this sampler contains "no garbage tracks," plain and simple. Sign me up.
There are eight great songs on this compilation, ranging from hardcore, to depressive black metal, to stoner. Each is highly enjoyable in it's own right. Things kick off with a killer track from German dark metal progenitors Bethlehem--"Niemals mehr Ieben," which features Yvonne "Onielar Wilczynska on haunting vocals, comes from their forthcoming May release. I know the alphabetical nature of the tracklisting makes this a happy coincidence, but if we're going the thematic route, Bethlehem form an excellent bridge from winter's depressive side to a lighter--err, springier--soundscape. From there, Blind Scryer's doomy treatise and Dread These Day's hardcore approach should, on paper, clash, but both are such solid singles that any lost continuity is a complete non-issue. The same can be said for the remaining 5 tracks herein. London's groovy-yet-rockin' Gramma Vedetta, the avant-garde and deliciously bass-heavy Laster, and the ever-provocative Necrosexual all deliver in spades. Owl Maker contributes the penultimate track, the experimental Lizzy-esque "Owl City" from their recent 2-track EP, much beloved by our humble Village. The standout track, however, is the closer--Scabby Ghouls deliver an upbeat and punky Misfits-esque romp. "Knife Fight" is a whimsically horror-themed ditty, and the delightfully bombastic chorus has been stuck in my head for the better part of a month.
All told, this Spring Sampler is a first-rate collection of equally first-rate tunes. Alternative Control is hitting it out of the park with these compilations, and we're very excited to see where this trend takes them. Summer awaits!
1. Bethlehem - "Niemals mehr leben"
2. Blind Scryer - "Delta V"
3. Dread These Days - "Eldfell"
4. Gramma Vedetta - "Address Unknown"
5. Laster - "Haat & bonhomie"
6. Necrosexual - "Trust No One"
7. Owl Maker - "Owl City"
8. The Scabby Ghouls - "Knife Fight"
(If you're not already a reader, check out Alternative Control for thoughtful discussions of metal...and everything else you need to live.)
Alt Ctrl Spring Sampler was released April 2019. Listen here! It's NWP, and purchases support site hosting costs, so...do the right thing.


Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA – Monday, October 8, 2018 - SkyQuest International, LLC is pleased to announce their aircraft sales for the third quarter of 2018.
One (1) CASA 212-300 (Serial Number 212-379) sold on behalf of AAR Airlift Group (United States) to Skydive Paraclete (United States).
One (1) Cessna 402C (Serial Number 402C-0233) sold on behalf of Ryan Air (United States) to Chartair Pty Ltd (Australia).
One (1) de Havilland DHC-8-103 (Serial Number 265) sold on behalf of AAR Airlift Group (United States) to Bighorn Airways, Inc. (United States).


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RightsCon 2017 is over, and we have lots to say about it. The Conference took place over a three day period, i.e. 29-31 March 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. We would like to thank Access Now for organizing and managing a smoothly conducted conference with over a thousand people in attendance. Mishi Choudhary, Biju K. Nair and Sukarn S. Maini from our team participated in the conference.
We organized a session in collaboration with Mozilla, called Connecting the Unconnected: Innovative Ways to Provide Affordable Access to the Internet. We were panelists in various other sessions, including extensive participation in the entire #KeepItOn Summit on Internet shutdowns, as well as the sessions mentioned below:1
Advances in Measuring Internet Shutdowns.
Better Ways to Document Internet Shutdowns.
Freedom Online Coalition: Multilateral Approaches to Network Disruptions.
Intermediary Liability and Beyond: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Human Rights.
Let's Talk Sex Toy Security – Internet of Things and Liability Issues.
Tackling Harmful Speech: What Harms Rights Least?
Zero-Rating Done Right? Establishing Principles and Guidelines to Address the Affordability Barrier.
We organized a booth on the first day, where we handed out physical copies of our reports on Online Harassment – A Form of Censorship and India's Surveillance State. To generate more awareness about India's digital rights landscape, we also distributed brochures, stickers, t-shirts and maps of Internet shutdowns in India.
Watch out for a post coming soon with details of sessions that we were a part of, and the outcome of those sessions.
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SC judgment – Safeguards for shutdown, limited relief for Kashmir
Our Statement on Delhi High Court's Dismissal of the Public Interest Litigation Challenging Internet Shutdown in Delhi
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Kerala High Court Declares 'Right to Access Internet' as a Fundamental Right
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'Ethics by Design in AI'
Read me not: List of banned books in India
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell The Travelling Kind
By Kyle Mullin
The chemistry is unmistakable between Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell on The Travelling Kind, their second duet LP. This 11-track set finds the pair of Americana veterans engaging in wistful harmonies (especially on the early cuts "No Memories Hanging Round" and "You Can't Say We Didn't Try") and slyly flirtatious back-and-forths. The best example of the latter is also the album's strongest song: "Le Danse De La Joie," which features a stomping drumbeat and Crowell gleefully urging his partner to "paint me on that lipstick smile, dance around the house in style." As their voices playfully synchronize in French for the song's chorus, listeners will be unable to keep from smiling.
Unfortunately, some of the album's low points will also induce some serious eye rolls, especially Harris' lyrics on "Higher Mountains," which are saddled with clichés about valleys, peaks and great divides that the veteran songstress' trademark lilting vocals can't transcend, despite her admirable efforts. She sounds much better on "Bring It On Home To Memphis," which not only features her glorious high notes, but also an astoundingly effective spoken word breakdown in which she practically raps about lazy rivers, mystery trains and barflies that "made light of the hot summer breeze." Crowell also has his share of winning lines, on songs like "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now," in which he belts out unabashedly bitter tidbits like: "I don't wonder where you are, I don't even care… You're not my cross to bear."
Those highlights make up for the brief, but brutal, moments of derivative fare, proving that Harris and Crowell can bring the best out in each other. Let's hope this is only the beginning of their spirited partnership. (Nonesuch)
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Metal Chaos Ensemble was formed in early 2015 by PEK and Yuri Zbitnov as a working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments. I had started to amass the Evil Clown Arsenal of percussion, electronic and wind instruments and we needed a workshop to develop this universe of sounds for the Leap of Faith Orchestra. It was immediately obvious that Metal Chaos Ensemble had a sound to itself and over the last three years has been one of the most prolific Evil Clown ensembles. We have produced a bunch of albums covering a wide range of sonority sets, but always with the presence of Gongs, chimes, glockenspiel, Tibetan Bowls and many other metallic sounds and the horns of PEK. All Metal Chaos Ensemble sessions include myself and Yuri as a duet, or along with a whole bunch of different guests in a larger unit.
In addition to the Ableton mix we also had Eric Woods on the analog synth, Bob Moores on guitar and trumpet, Albey onBass on electric bass, and newbie Federico Balducci on guitar. Handling the live to 2 track mix and providing real-time signal processing is Joel Simches.
This variation of Metal Chaos Ensemble is part of a relatively new direction featuring more rock elements, looping, samples, electronics, etc. than typical in most of the Evil Clown catalog… This trend has been developing for the last couple of years on some of the MCE sessions, and this one really cooks, so check it out!!
" ... The first section sounds like a Gong space jam, most eerie and dream-like. Eventually PEK's mutant contra-alto (?) clarinet floats in, rumbling & squawking softly. The density of the sounds is carefully pulsating, somber throbbing bass at the center until the drums finally hit a great space-rock groove, which builds a bit before settling down to a more restrained section… The Metal Chaos Ensemble now have more than a dozen discs under their collective belt. Each one is strong in its own way..."


(JTA) — A bipartisan letter by House members is calling for increased funding for a program that funds security for Jewish sites.
The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., and Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., and signed by 112 lawmakers, calls for more than doubling funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Nonprofit Security Grant Program, to $50 million a year from $20 million. It cites intelligence assessments finding the threat of "homegrown violent extremists, who draw inspiration from ISIL or other Sunni extremist organizations," as well as bomb threats and anti-Semitic acts committed against Jewish community centers, schools, museums and synagogues.
A budget plan by President Donald Trump proposed rolling the funds for the program into broader federal emergency preparedness funds. The vast majority of funds have helped upgrade security at Jewish institutions.
The Orthodox Union lauded the letter.
The O.U. also praised a similar letter last month being circulated in the Senate.
Nearly 150 JCCs and other Jewish institutions received bomb threats and three Jewish cemeteries were vandalized this year. Nearly two weeks ago, an Israeli-American teen was arrested on suspicion of calling in more than 100 bomb threats.
Last month, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Trump's budget proposal.
"At a time where perpetrators are terrorizing the Jewish community across the country, even here in New York, it makes no sense to slash FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program; we should be putting more money in terrorism prevention for at-risk non-profits, not less," Schumer, the Jewish minority leader of the Senate, said in a statement to JTA.


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07-05-2019 | Oncology | News | Article
Immunotherapy-related AEs reviewed, underlying mechanism postulated
medwireNews: Researchers have comprehensively analyzed the incidence of adverse events (AEs) in trials of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors, while another team has provided insight into the potential pathophysiologic process underlying these effects.
Michael Wang (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA) and co-authors conducted a meta-analysis of data from 125 trials – comprising 20,218 participants – that reported on AEs associated with the use of the PD-1 inhibitors nivolumab and pembrolizumab or the PD-L1 inhibitors atezolizumab, avelumab, and durvalumab, in all cases given as monotherapy. Lung cancer trials were the most common (n=26), followed by trials in patients with genitourinary tumors (n=22), melanoma (n=16), and gastrointestinal tumors (n=14).
In all, any-grade AEs occurred in 66% of 18,610 patients from 106 trials with available data, with the most frequent being fatigue (18.26%), pruritus (10.61%), and diarrhea (9.47%). And AEs of grade 3 or worse were observed in 14% of 18,715 participants of 110 trials – fatigue was still the most common event (0.89%), with anemia (0.78%) and elevations in aspartate aminotransferase (AST; 0.75%) the next most frequent AEs.
With regard to immune-related (ir)AEs, hypothyroidism (6.07%) and hyperthyroidism (2.82%) were the most common of the endocrine dysfunctions of any grade, with lower incidences of hyperglycemia, thyroiditis, adrenal insufficiency, hypophysitis, type 1 diabetes, and hypopituitarism (incidence, 0.69–1.20%).
The study authors point out, however, that these latter effects were much more likely to be severe, with, for instance, a 42% likelihood that type 1 diabetes would manifest as grade 3 or worse versus an approximately 2% probability for hypo- and hyperthyroidism.
"Close monitoring and early recognition of pertinent symptoms and signs may help enable their proper management, such as prompt initiation of steroids," they write.
One hundred and twelve studies reported on treatment-related mortality, with a total of 82 deaths, giving an incidence rate of 0.45%. Over a quarter (28.0%) of the treatment-related deaths were due to pneumonitis.
There were no significant differences in the mean incidence of any-grade and grade 3 or worse AEs across tumor types. But PD-1 inhibitors were associated with a higher mean incidence of grade 3–5 AEs than PD-L1 inhibitors (odds ratio [OR]=1.58), with higher rates for nivolumab than pembrolizumab (OR=1.30).
"This global overview of the adverse events of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors can be used as a reference by clinicians and may guide clinical practice," conclude the researchers.
The authors of the second study aimed to gain insight into the mechanism underlying the development of checkpoint inhibitor-mediated skin AEs by analyzing matched biopsies of tumor and skin tissue from 73 individuals with non-small-cell lung cancer who received nivolumab or pembrolizumab at one of four Swiss centers.
Overall, autoimmune skin AEs developed in 34.2% of patients, but were significantly more common among patients who had achieved complete or partial remission than those with stable or progressive disease, at rates of 68.2% and 19.6%, respectively.
Individuals with autoimmune skin effects had a significant 71% reduced risk for death relative to their counterparts without these AEs, and the risk for progression or death was also a significant 78% lower.
T-cell receptor clonotype analysis of biopsy specimens showed that the tumor tissue and autoimmune skin lesions shared certain T-cell antigens, with in silico analysis identifying nine potential candidates, such as keratin 6 and 14, desmocollin 3, and maspin.
"This study suggests that, during checkpoint inhibitor therapy, T cells recognizing shared lung tumor and skin antigens simultaneously target both organs," say Lukas Flatz, from Kantonsspital St Gallen in Switzerland, and co-researchers.
"This process is associated with the development of autoimmune skin toxic effects and likely with tumor regression as well."
Flatz et al conclude: "If this hypothesis can be proven in larger prospective cohorts, relevant antigen-specific T cells may be useful as potential biomarkers of response to treatment. Combined with appropriate patient selection, this knowledge may help improve the efficacy of immunotherapy and anticipate its associated autoimmune toxic effects, thereby fostering its clinical application."
Both studies appear in JAMA Oncology.
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JAMA Oncol 2019; doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0393
Risk for severe irAEs noted with sequential PD-1/PD-L1 blockade and osimertinib
Hyperprogression, pseudoprogression specific to PD-1 pathway inhibitor therapy
Flu vaccine not contraindicated for checkpoint inhibitor-treated cancer patients
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I am an instructor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis. My area is applied mathematics, including pre-calculus and calculus courses, differential equations, applied analysis, and numerical analysis.
I also serve as an advisor for undergraduate math majors.
Each year we seek students interested in participating in undergraduate research projects in mathematics.
Please use the links at left to access websites for this semester's classes.
My research involves functional analysis and methods of analyzing solutions to functional differential equations, including infinite-delay equations. Recent publications include results on solutions to Volterra integral equations, and current research involves finding approximations for the resolvent in equations of that type.


One of the most critical aspects of growing any business is employing the right people. Get it right and your business's growth trajectory is likely to continue or accelerate. Get it wrong and your tentative step forward might lead to the proverbial three steps back. It's costly, stressful and time-consuming to manage the consequences of a wrong hire.
Entrepreneurs are happy to invest huge amounts of time and energy in making their business move from concept to reality, and are normally happy to forgo a market-rate salary in their pursuit of success. You also intuitively know what you want to achieve and you are motivated by your vision – so little is required in the way of self-management. It's not quite so straightforward when you start having to manage others, though.
When you start employing people, the capital you have worked hard to accumulate is being invested in employees who could be earning more than you do and will rightly expect to be paid on time each month. You will invariably want to see a quick return on your investment (ROI) or you are likely to become frustrated. The best way to achieve a quick ROI is by spending time on a thorough recruitment process, which will minimise your risk and maximise your opportunity.
• What do I expect the new hire to do in their first month, and the months that follow?
• What can I reasonably expect them to achieve, how quickly, and what can I do to help them?
• What core skills and attributes are absolute necessities?
• What new services could this new person offer clients or customers?
These factors should form the basis of your evaluation criteria. I would look at ways to test candidates wherever possible. For example, we ask everyone we would consider hiring to complete a creative writing test – we know they can write, but it is interesting to see what they write in response to a specific brief under time pressure. Above all, entrepreneurial companies require adaptability and flexibility, and you need people that will embrace this dynamic.
Once you have a good idea of what you are looking for, make sure you describe the job in an appealing, truthful way and then cast your net. Recruitment firms and job boards can be very helpful, but it's also possible to market a job through your own networks. Reach out through Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and the like and ask friends, family and business associates for recommendations. We all know someone who is looking for a job – and even if that person may not be suitable, they will have their own network of contacts.
Some of the best hires I have made have been referred to me through intermediaries, and people who know you tend to make good recommendations; when was the last time you recommended a bad restaurant to someone?
The process for interviewing applicants is also very important as comparing people is inherently difficult and you are a major factor in that process. Try and design some consistency into the process and follow the same format wherever possible. For example, I try and conduct the initial meeting with a candidate before the start of the standard working day. Why? Because I know that I am less likely to be distracted at the start of the day and it's good to see how spritely they are – after all once they're on board, this is what I will be seeing each and every day.
I would recommend asking the same set of open-ended questions to each candidate, as this helps move from the formality of an interview to open and honest dialogue. An entrepreneurial environment is not necessarily the safest choice for an employee, so make sure you find out why they are interested in the role. Explore their potential for mutual success as growth businesses need people who can grow with them.
As you move to making a job offer, I would recommend two final checks. The first sounds obvious, but is often overlooked: take up references, one of which should always be a former employer. And ask the right questions if you want to get insightful answers.
The last and arguably the most important fence to clear is cultural fit. It is the one decision where you need to augment your own thoughts with the views of others. If you are a 'one-man-band' ask someone you trust and who knows you warts and all, to informally meet the candidate and perform a compatibility check. If you already have a few employees, get them to meet the candidate and gauge their opinion, and explore any discrepancies with your own.
Building a high-performing team is one of the most rewarding and tangible measures of success; it creates a win-win environment which drives the growth of individuals and the company. Although recruitment can be time consuming, it is the best time investment you can make. If you hire the right people, most other things tend to take care of themselves.


Kim Kardashian recently lightened up her raven locks.
The fiancee of NBA basketball star Kris Humphries tweeted to her fans, "I dyed my hair lighter for summer... I'm loving it! I feel younger!"
What's Her Best Hair Color?
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FaceTime is an unique feature of iOS. It allows iPhone/iPad users to make video calls, as well as voice calls. Sometimes, many users have difficulty making or receiving some calls, with the app refusing to connect after iOS upgrade. With this, we presents a list of tips that you can follow to fix FaceTime not working on iPhone/iPad after iOS 12 Update.
The first valid tip we give here is to check if you have a valid network connection. It may seem like a silly tip, but it may happen that your carrier's connection crashes and you do not realize it, and end up trying to make a FaceTime call in vain.
Another silly but equally valid tip is to check if FaceTime is turned on. To do this, go to "Settings" and then "FaceTime". This option must be on. If a "Waiting for Activation" message appears, turn off FaceTime, and then turn it on again. If you do not find the option to turn on FaceTime, as we mentioned, go to "Settings", "General" and then "Restrictions". Make sure the restrictions are enabled and that the Camera and FaceTime have been configured as restricted. If so, uncheck these options to fix FaceTime not working.
Another tip might be to check if Push notifications are working. FaceTime notifies you of a video call by means of a Push notification. Therefore, make sure this feature is enabled in "Settings" and "Notifications". Make sure the phone number and email address used are correct for both your contact and yours.
The region of your device may also cause FaceTime not working. In some countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, the FaceTime application is not enabled. So go to "Settings", "General" and then "Language and Region" to check if your gadget is set up for Brazil. To reset the region of your device, it will need to be restored.
Sometimes hard reset iPhone/iPad is the simple act of turning the device off and on can fix FaceTime not working on iPhone/iPad after iOS upgrade.
You can hard reset your iPhone in this way, press and hold the power button and the home button simultaneously. The iPhone will automatically shut down and restart, which takes about 10 to 20 seconds.
Release the buttons when the Apple logo appears on the screen and wait for the reset to finish. It may take a while before your phone is fully rebooted. In many cases, this reset is enough to get your iPhone working again.
Because the iPhone 7 and newer have a different (or no) home button, restarting with a hard reset also works differently than you're used to. Instead of holding down the home button and lock button, use the lock button and volume down button on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8.
If the tips above can't fix FaceTime not working on iPhone/iPad after iOS update, you may need to fix iOS errors with iOS System Recovery, for detailed guide please refer to iOS System Recovery user guide.
With these nine tips, you're likely to fix FaceTime not working on iPhone and be able to use FaceTime again to stay connected with your friends and family.


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import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
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Train cars carrying crude oil derail and burn north of Seattle
Published Wed, Dec 23 20207:26 AM EST Updated Wed, Dec 23 20208:05 AM EST
Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire.
The wreck sent a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
The derailment in the downtown Custer area closed nearby streets and spurred evacuation orders during a large fire response, Whatcom County officials said on Twitter.
A train carrying crude oil burns while derailed on December 22, 2020 in Custer, Washington. BNSF Railway Company released a statement saying the train was traveling north when seven tank cars derailed, resulting in a fire and evacuations of the area.
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Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
The derailment in the downtown Custer area closed nearby streets and spurred evacuation orders during a large fire response, Whatcom County officials said on Twitter. Interstate 5 was temporarily closed in the area in both directions.
Later Tuesday, the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office tweeted that the fires were under control and the evacuation order had been lifted but roadblocks would remain in place. Fires at the site remained active, the Sheriff's Office added, and residents were asked to stay inside once they returned home.
"Everyone's in danger at a scene like this, but fortunately there were no injuries," Sheriff Bill Elfo said at a news conference.
Jenny Reich, who owns Whimsy Art Glass, was preparing to open her shop and told The Seattle Times that while she is accustomed to train noises, "all of a sudden it was a really big noise, and everything was shaking."
Black smoke obscured her view, emergency personnel arrived, and Reich said she was advised to evacuate her business. She grabbed her wallet, keys and dog and left.
In this aerial view from a drone, a train carrying crude oil burns while derailed on December 22, 2020 in Custer, Washington. BNSF Railway Company released a statement saying the train was traveling north when seven tank cars derailed, resulting in a fire and evacuations of the area.
Home to five oil refineries, Washington state sees millions of gallons of crude oil move by rail through the state each week, coming from North Dakota and Alberta, Canada, according to the state Department of Ecology.
The seven cars derailed at about 11:46 a.m. Tuesday, BNSF Railway spokesperson Courtney Wallace said at the news conference. She said two people were on board the 108-car train headed from North Dakota to the Ferndale Refinery, owned by Phillips 66.
"BNSF is working with local authorities to assess and mitigate the situation," the railway said on Twitter. "The cause of the incident is under investigation."
The state Department of Ecology said a command center had been set up at the scene with the railway and federal Environmental Protection Agency officials.
Matt Krogh, director of U.S. Oil & Gas Campaigns for the environmental group Stand.earth, is based in Bellingham near the derailment and told The Associated Press he could see the smoke. He said the incident was another example of how transporting crude oil by train – especially in large numbers of tankers — is "very, very dangerous."
Emergency response personnel work at the scene of a derailed train carrying crude oil on December 22, 2020 in Custer, Washington.
He cited the 2013 fiery derailment of a train carrying crude in Lac Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 people, and a 2016 derailment in Mosier, Oregon, along the Columbia River that caused people to evacuate.
Krogh said crude oil is volatile and there are often track maintenance concerns. Among other things, Krogh and his group would like to see a reduction in the number of tank cars allowed per shipment.
"I think we got lucky today," he said, referring to the derailment in Custer.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said in a statement Tuesday he was concerned about the derailment. Larsen is a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
"I worked closely with the Obama administration to create strong rules to make the transport of oil by rail safer," Larsen said. "Clearly there may be more work to do."
Custer, a small town of several hundred people, is about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Seattle.


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Church holds block party to send positive message to community
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The congregation of Miracle Temple Deliverance strongly believes in giving back. This past Saturday, members held a "Back to School Block Party," giving away clothes, school supplies and free food to the surrounding community.
The church has been holding this event for nearly a decade. Joan Gray, Bishop Charlie Jenkins' daughter, says she knows the church is small with not many children but they wanted to do something for the community to set a good tone for the start of the school year.
"We wanted to do this for the neighborhood to promote to the area that we are here," she said. "We want to let people know that we are doing things for the community, so we decided to do this for the people that are in need."
The clothes, food and school supplies were all donated from members of the church. The church also brought in bounce houses for the kids to enjoy. They canvassed the surrounding neighborhood to invite people to come out. The local fire department was also on hand to advise families of fire safety.
Danielle White of Engine 11 on Waughtown Street says she enjoys coming to these events because many people are not aware of the many fire hazards that are in their homes. She was joined by fellow firefighters Geoffrey Hunolt and Grady Armstrong who said they prefer to prevent fires by educating people rather than putting them out.
Angela Bryant, church member for the past seven years, says the people of Miracle Temple loves kids and any way they can make an impact in their lives is a blessing.
"I love people and I love children so to be able to be a part of something that is helping in the community makes me feel great," Bryant said. "All children are not fortunate to have parents provide for all their needs so it is important for the church that's in the community to help those parents that are in need.
"It takes some pressure off of the parents and it lets the parents know that if they don't have it there is somewhere I can go to that can help with my children," she continued. "It lets the kids know that there is someone else that is willing to help and sets a great example for the kids to give back to others when they can."
Camille Calhoun, church administrator, has been planning for this event since late last year. She says she asked the congregation to start bringing in supplies and donations so they would be able to help as many people as possible.
"It's awesome because if we can't give back to the community then we can't grow as a church," said Calhoun. "Jesus went out into the harvest and that is what we are supposed to do. In order for us to walk this walk with Christ we have to go out into the community and help the people. It's trying times now and they have to know that there is still hope."
A young mother who asked to remain nameless said, "This is going to be a big help for me and my kids. People don't realize how much these little things can add up to, especially if you have multiple children."
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Andy, do you like the music you write now better than your earlier work? I mean, do you sit around and say "Man, Messages was brilliant, I will never top that one"?
No I wouldn't say that I like what I do now better than my earlier work. I suppose in some respects I have a soft spot for the early stuff because they were the first songs I ever wrote, so it was a voyage of discovery. I had no idea what I was doing, everything was new and therefore everything was exciting and you can never have that again. So you have to try and derive different pleasures from continuing to work now that it's more than twenty years since I wrote my first song.
I'm wondering if there's any possibility of an album of nothing but 12"/Extended mixes in the future? Duran Duran recently released such a CD in the United States and it's a fabulous collectors item. A similar CD of OMD would be a real treat!
I won't totally discount the idea, but there would be a huge amount of archive work needed and I'm fairly sure that Virgin would not judge it time well spent for the possible return in sales numbers. However, we've had so many questions about hard to get 12" mixes and old vinyl only B-Sides that I would love to make a website only CD. Perhaps we should set up a voting system and maybe we could do a CD with the top 20 choices. But this really does depend on Virgin. Firstly taking the time to find the original tapes and secondly giving us clearance to manufacture and sell it.
Souvenir was remixed by Brothers in Rhythm in DMC remix service vinyl a long time ago. Why don't you include this version into your CD single also? It is a great remix of your song.
In 1991 the DMC remix was illegal at the time but actually not too bad. However, just like all remixes it now sounds more dated than the original.
I knew it was this much fun, I would have come sooner".
Well we did. Unfortunately there were places that we never got round to touring at all or until the very end because I was rather naive in the early days and would go just where my manager or my record company told me to tour and never thought about going anywhere else. So it wasn't until the nineties when I realised that there were places that I hadn't been and I could if I asked so I started to ask about going to play places like Denmark and Sweden. I wish that I'd thought about it earlier.
I think the best songs you have done, are the electronic sounding ones, which weren't exactly in numbers on your last album. Will you be doing "techno" as a solo artist or this more "organic" sound from the latest album?
Well I 've got no plans to do any solo work right now so I don't know what I'm going to do. The main thing is I want to work with this new band I'm working with and then see how that goes. I think it will be a while before I decide to do my own thing and it will be influenced by the success, or lack of, this other project I'm doing.
Tell us the secret: Where do you get all that energy from when you are on stage?! It's a joy to the eye to see you live!
I don't know. I just got into the habit of throwing myself around and I guess it became kind of chronic. I felt if I wasn't exhausted at the end of a gig I hadn't done a proper one so I just had to throw myself around.
I heard a rumour that you would tour with an orchestra? Is this true?
The orchestra tour we were thinking about, but in the end it was only going to be in Germany and would have been a lot of work for just a few concerts.
Will there be a compilation of OMD's videos, perhaps on laserdisc?
No I couldn't get Virgin to go for it because they obviously don't think they'll sell enough. Sorry, that's the reality of life.
If you could play in another band, which one would you chose?
There would only be two other bands that I would have liked to have been in other than OMD and they're probably pretty obvious choices. Firstly, The Beatles, because it must have been amazing to have been in the greatest pop group of all time when pop music was still new and young. Secondly, Kraftwerk because they're my favourite band of all time.
What song do you wish you had written yourself?
It would probably be any one of about 3 dozen Beatles songs! Also Neon Lights by Kraftwerk – it's so simple and so perfect.
Why was it decided not to include the remixes of Enola Gay, Souvenir and Electricity on the album? I think the new version of Enola Gay is fantastic and just as fresh today as the original was in the 80s.
The reason the remixes were not put on the album was because, as I've said in another answer, there is a feeling that remixes usually date more quickly than the original and in a few years time I suspect that most people would rather hear the original Enola Gay and Electricity than the remixes. And since this album was supposed to be the definitive singles collection then it should contain the definitive original versions. However, I'm glad that you like the Enola Gay remix. I'm happy with all the remixes, but it's been interesting to see people's various opinions.
It was with immense, but not unexpected, disappointment that I recently learned the track listing of the Singles collection. I accept that you can't include everything and you have previously said that choosing the songs that most people remember was the most important factor to take into consideration. However, to completely omit the singles from Dazzle Ships (Gen Eng and/or Telegraph) in favour of such 'classics' as Dream of Me, Call My Name and Dreaming is a bit bewildering! What about the 'true' fans, the ones who've spent nearly two decades helping to keep you in the life you're accustomed to? Could you not have laid OMD to rest with something special for them?
If you're a big OMD fan, this album is nothing new for you, you've got all these and maybe you want to put your own selection together but you know I can't. This particular selection on this singles album was the 18 basically biggest international hits that whether we like it or not are the ones that are remembered and much as I love Genetic Engineering it's not played on the radio and people don't remember it. I prefer Genetic Engineering to Telegraph. Different people could argue for all sorts of different things. I've specifically chosen this because I just wanted to get the latest best, biggest five singles that I've had in the nineties onto a collection album. You could argue that it would be nice to do a double album but I just don't think people want to wade through double albums of things they don't remember or songs that weren't very big hits.
We've talked about the B Sides album and if we can get access to the tapes maybe we'll try and do something, but I really want to put something on the website that kind of explains some of the things that have happened in the last few years as its become evident why they happened because people just don't seem to understand the practicalities of having to deal with a record company, especially when they seem to have lost interest and you're not actually contracted to them anymore, there's only so much you can get the buggers to do.
Once again, you have a science-based theme (DNA strands on the new cover of the Album). A lot of your music has always had science/technology themes in it. How did you do in school in science? Were you an A student?
I was actually crap at science in school. Physics and chemistry – I just think it was they way they were taught, they were dreadful and I did them to O Level but not to A Level. So science and technology actually has been something that I'm fascinated in but never really felt I had a particularly good grasp of and certainly the way I was taught it at school was so dull I wasn't very good at it. I was an A student in other things.
Twenty years from now, How do you want OMD to be remembered as?
This is a really tricky one to answer, I guess I should be satisfied if the band is remembered at all. I suspect that the band will be remembered for a handful of very catchy tunes and all of the more weird and unusual songs, particularly those on the first few albums, will largely be forgotten.
We've heard rumours of a end of the road tour – you may know of the gathering in Manchester Culture Club / Human League / ABC – what about joining in ?
Culture Club are back together again because they're having fun because they haven't done it for ten years. I've been in OMD non-stop for twenty years and I've decided now to finish so I really have no great desire to go out on the road. I always wanted to stop whilst I was just about ahead of the game and I'm just about there now so I'm stopping. I really don't want to go out and do tours of old songs because I can't write any new hits.
How much do you listen to the so called professional critics who review music?
I try not to read reviews mainly because we've been panned so much over the years.
Do they have any influence on what you decide to release?
Not anymore but I definitely think that a lot of what journalists said to me in 1982 influenced my decision to make the Dazzle Ships album because they were sort of saying "Well you want to change the world and you say music's important blah, blah, blah but why are you writing about some woman who's been dead for 500 years? You've got the ear of the world now so be more political". So I was!
Is there one particular live performance that stands out in your mind and why does it?
There's no one particular performance but there's been a few that I recall as being quite amazing to have been involved in. Obviously some of the big ones: the Festival of San Juan in Barcelona in 1984 just because there were 250,000 people there. The Rose Bowl performance with Depeche Mode in 1988 in Pasadena – there were 90,000 there. But also I particularly remember enjoying the whole Sugar Tax tour . I was so delighted in the success of the album and the tour was so much fun on stage, the audiences seemed as delighted to see the band as I was to see their reaction. I just thought the whole Sugar Tax tour was fantastic.
I read a review of Universal somewhere that basically praised the album but stated that the reviewer was not surprised that it did not sell. He felt that perhaps if it had been released under 'Andy McCluskey' and not OMD it may have been more successful and led you towards a continuing solo career. Do you feel that the public may in fact have been more responsive to a solo album than a new OMD one?
No I think they might have been more responsive to it if I hadn't taken so long to do it and if Virgin had done a better job in selling it. Worldwide, Walking On The Milky Way didn't do much and I don't know why because it was a great song. I just still don't know exactly why. You could argue that Virgin dropped the ball, which they did in more than one country but there was something wrong with the timing and maybe I took that as my cue to give up.
I listened to the remix of Electricity (Micronauts Remix) and I have to say that this version doesn't sound like the song at all. It could be any other song.
I think what The Micronauts were trying to do basically was to do something as outrageous as they could do because Electricity was fairly unusual at the time it came out. Yes, it bears very little relationship to Electricity but then most remixes don't.
Are there any plans to come back to tour in NYC? I haven't had a dose in so many years but I have held on to the hopes that you guys would come back – especially with the resurgence of 80's bands/music. In hopes that you return, my license plate still reads OMINTHED and I have conditioned my fiancé to glow at the mere mention of your name. In fact, I was hoping you'd be in NY August 9th so you could sing Stanlow for us at our wedding (very appropriate/cheery song for a wedding, no?). Though I no longer shave OMD into my hair, my devotion has not waned. In fact I am but 6 months new to the Universal CD (no thanks to Virgin, US) but I love it as it marks a return to the old sounds that make me swoon – sorry for the treacle but your voice just does "IT" for me!
No we don't have any plans to tour in New York because we're not touring anywhere. I do remember you very well and I'm sorry that I couldn't come and sing Stanlow at your wedding. Glad you liked the Universal album, sorry it's never been released in America but it's something I intend to look into. Because it's not been released I actually own the rights to release it in America on another label if I want to and I can find one that wants to.
Where does he see himself in 10 years from now in 2008, also, If asked that same question 10 years ago in 1988 what would he have of said then.
I have absolutely no idea what I'll be doing in ten years time. It would be nice to think that this girl band would be so successful that I've made enough money I can retire, but something tells me that I won't retire because I've just always got something to do. Ten years ago I never thought that there would be another OMD album because ten years ago the whole world was coming unstuck. Paul and I were going our separate directions so I wouldn't have predicted the success of Sugar Tax. I wouldn't have predicted anything and the fact of the matter is if you know what's going to happen it takes all the interest out of it doesn't it? So I'm quite delighted to see what happens and I hope I have no idea what's going to happen to me in ten years.
Who was the naughty one to put the blame on when you started smoking again?
It was Stuart that got me smoking again.
One question that I, and all of the OMD fans, would like to know – is Virgin Records planning to remaster all the OMD records and reissue them again? I have seen Soft Cell and Ultravox CD's being remastered (and they sound beautifully!). Let us see some justice done!
Given the fact that the singles collection has been remastered and really sounds good it would be nice to get some of the old stuff remastered if Virgin continue to have the catalogue on sale. We'll see about that when we've got a bit of time next year I think.
Is there going to be a songbook to accompany the best of release? Is there any place to get sheet music for OMD songs? I have The Pacific Age and Original Best Of songbooks, but are there any more. I'd love to get the sheet music for "Was it something I said". Maybe you could consider this for part of your web page?
Frankly no, for all the usual questions regarding finance and Virgin/EMI Publishing. We can certainly do songwords on the website and if people want to request them after the OMD Singles ones, we'll put them up. Sheet music would be harder because unless it actually exists we'd have to get someone to transcribe the songs because I can't read or write music in manuscript form.
Some of my favourite OMD songs from the '90s are the ones co-written with Stuart (such as Best Years Of Our Lives, Only Tears, Black Sea and Too Late). What unique qualities does Stuart bring to your songwriting?
Basically Stuart and I are very different people in terms of our character and our musical influences so Stuart will do things and write things that I have no idea how he does them or why he does them and I certainly wouldn't do them myself, but it's great to have access to all those different styles and sounds so that's what he brings to the songwriting team.
What is your favourite synthesiser to use?
Currently I am a big fan of the Roland JP8000. Basically a digital Jupiter 8. Also I still have a soft spot for our first synth – the Korg Micropreset.
Does your collaboration with Bartos in Elektric Music reflect the influence of Kraftwerk in your music?
Not directly but because we did the cover version of Neon Lights on the Sugar Tax album and I asked for sample clearance that's when Karl got in touch with me and that's when we got to know each other and got friendly and I enjoyed doing the song on the Elektric Music album but I thought that song sounded more like Erasure than it did Kraftwerk or OMD.
Has the appearance of digital synths affected the OMD sound?
Definitely. Because we started out on the crappiest little analogue things, then the sound in the eighties with digital did definitely change and now I use a mixture of both.
What kind of music are The Honey Heads and when are they going to be released in the US?
The Honey Heads don't exist anymore and we're putting a new band together so wait and see.
Do you think there's a way to allow me to remix Genetic Engineering with access to the original tapes? I am quite disappointed that that one of my very favourite songs is not on that album.
Sorry, Genetic Engineering was a real problem for me on this album. I love the song and would have liked to have it on the album. However, I feel it didn't fill my criteria. It is not that well remembered, nor often played on the radio. Personally I would have no problem, in fact I would be very interested, but it would be a big job to track down the tape.
What will Andy & Paul be up to in the future? Will Paul go back to The Listening Pool and will Andy concentrate on OMD?
I don't think Paul will go back to The Listening Pool. Just as I have decided to move on from OMD I think Paul wants to move forward also.
I once read you were working on a song called No One Loves You. Did you ever complete it, and will you ever release it?
There is a song about a girl who died in a circus fire that I've had for some time. I've still never recorded it to my satisfaction. The chorus begins with the words: "No one loves you like I love you".
After following OMD since 1981, do you not feel that the jump from "new age " to "calypso" (Junk Culture) was too much of a radical change, adding to a loss of direction the formula that OMD had now seemed to have been lost .
It all really came from the Dazzle Ships situation in which we confidently strode off to do the Dazzle Ships album assuming that we would carry on with the success that we'd had. I think, musically, it wasn't a failure but commercially it was and yes I think we chickened out. I think we consciously and unconsciously played safe on the Junk Culture album and I would say that was the beginning of a problem because I felt the Crush album, and The Pacific Age album after that, we accept that we kind of got on the treadmill of pop music that we promised we never would: album/tour, album/tour. We were trying to write records when we didn't really have the time to write good enough songs.
safer as we went on. I felt that some of the stuff off Sugar Tax got a bit more interesting. Liberator, I went in the wrong direction again although there's some good tracks on that and I loved Universal, and I think I got the feel back on Universal, but for various reasons it didn't sell so that kind of answers the 'did we go in the wrong direction since Junk Culture?' question, and with regards to Paul and I getting back together and producing catchy and poignant music – I'm not sure. Paul and I have been enjoying doing the interviews together but I honestly don't know if Paul and I can work together again on a large project. I just think we've spent too long in completely different areas and I'm not sure that it will really fit back together again but who knows?
Is there a female artist you would like to do a duet with?
Because I've never thought of myself as a brilliant singer I've never really craved to sing with anybody else.
Do you have fond memories of the early days, particularly Liverpool and Eric's?
I have very fond memories of the early days because we were doing everything for the first time and we were just living on pure energy all the time. Especially Eric's because that's where we started.
What do you consider OMD's worst commercial decision?
Possibly not making 'Son of Architecture And Morality' in 1983! Leaping off in a completely different direction with Dazzle Ships I think in terms of commercial decisions that was a disaster because everything we'd spent the previous three or four years building up was just shot to pieces. Even when we had hits, we had three top twenty hits on the Junk Culture album and international No. 1's, but we didn't sell nearly as many and I think the lack of sales from Dazzle Ships onwards always undermined our confidence in ourselves.
hindsight I can see that from 1985 onwards although we continued to do some music that was great the band was in a slow decline until in finished in 1989. I felt Sugar Tax recaptured a lot of the good things, Liberator was a bit hit and miss and Universal was great.
This interview originally appeared on the Official OMD Website in 1998.


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Debbie Rosas - Media Kit
Debbie Rosas is the co-creator and founder of Nia, a sensory-based movement practice that draws from the martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Credited with shaping the mind-body fitness category, Debbie is a leading fitness innovator, teacher, author, choreographer, performer, healer and artist whose work greatly influences the lives of thousands of women and men worldwide. For a list of her upcoming trainings, visit NiaNow.com/Debbie-Rosas/#Trainings. Check out her personal website at DebbieRosas.com.
Debbie Rosas is the co-creator and founder of Nia, a sensory-based movement practice that draws from the martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Credited with shaping the mind-body fitness category, she is a leading fitness innovator, teacher, author, choreographer, performer, healer and artist whose work greatly influences the lives of thousands of women and men worldwide.
Debbie has co-authored two books – Non-Impact Aerobics and The Nia Technique. She also collaborated with Carlos AyaRosas to write the Holistic Fitness section of the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America Instructor Training Manual. Debbie has served on the Mind-Body Committee for the IDEA Health and Fitness Association, and has presented at numerous IDEA World and Inner IDEA fitness conventions. She was also a presenter for the Northwest Fitness Summit, National Wellness Conference, Whole Life Expo, International Spa and Fitness Association, Science and Consciousness Convention, and Sound Healers Convention.
She is particularly proud to have played a key role in developing programs at The Naturopathic School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital and Oregon Health and Sciences University. These programs continue to positively impact students, women, teens, and those diagnosed with arthritis and autism.
Debbie first worked as a medical illustrator, which sparked her fascination for the human body. In 1976, she established a tremendously successful exercise studio in Marin County, California called The Bod Squad. After becoming frustrated and unfulfilled by the "no pain, no gain" fitness mantra of the time, she set out on a creative journey to define a new approach to health, wellness and fitness. The result was Nia. Since then, Debbie has been committed to evolving the Nia practice and growing the Nia community.
Currently Debbie lives with her husband, Nia CEO Jeff Stewart, in Portland, Oregon where she teaches classes and trainings at Nia International Headquarters. Visit her personal website at DebbieRosas.com to learn more about Debbie's latest endeavors.
The story of Nia begins long before Debbie Rosas and Carlos AyaRosas stepped onto a co-creative path in 1982, guided by an idea that fitness could feel better, be fun and cater to the whole person. The back story–the one that makes you really understand the inspiration behind this sensory-based movement practice–starts in Chicago, and is best told by Debbie herself. Read now.
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Q: SQLSTATE[IMSSP]: Tried to bind parameter number 65536. SQL Server supports a maximum of 2100 parameters I want to ask something what error is this. I want to display report book to PHP but the result showing like in picture

Here is my report book:
public function GetReportBook($id_book, $TanggalStart, $TanggalEnd)
    {
        // select all query
        try {
            require_once 'Database.php';
            $sqlsrvquery = (" EXEC [dbo].[GetReportBook] @id_book=id_book, @TanggalStart=TanggalStart, @TanggalEnd=TanggalEnd");
            // prepare query statement
            $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($sqlsrvquery);
            $stmt->bindParam('id_book', $id_book, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->bindParam('TanggalStart', $TanggalStart, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->bindParam('TanggalEnd', $TanggalEnd, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->execute();
            while($r = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                print_r($r);
            }

        } catch (Exception $e) {
            print_r($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
}

and here is the result showing in ASP.NET:

A: You need to consider the following:

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*You need to use named (:name) or question mark (?) parameter markers in the prepared statement.

*You need to use an unambiguous datetime format (yyyymmdd in your case) for the value of :TanggalStart and :TanggalEnd parameters.

An example, based on your code:
public function GetReportBook($id_book, $TanggalStart, $TanggalEnd)
    {
        // select all query
        try {
            require_once 'Database.php';
            $sqlsrvquery = ("
               EXEC [dbo].[GetReportBook]
                   @id_book = :id_book,
                   @TanggalStart = :TanggalStart,
                   @TanggalEnd = :TanggalEnd
            ");
            // prepare query statement
            $stmt = $this->conn->prepare($sqlsrvquery);
            $stmt->bindParam(':id_book', $id_book, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->bindParam(':TanggalStart', date('Ymd', strtotime($TanggalStart)), PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->bindParam(':TanggalEnd', date('Ymd', strtotime($TanggalEnd)), PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $stmt->execute();
            while($r = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                print_r($r);
            }
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            print_r($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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Такмичење у бацању кугле у женској конкуренцији на 36. Европском првенству у атлетици у дворани 2021. одржано је 4. и  5. марта у Арени Торуњ у Торуњу (Пољска)

Титулу европског првака освојену на Европском првенству у дворани 2019. у Глазгову није бранила  Радослава Мавродијева из Бугарске.

Земље учеснице
Учествовало је 17 бацачица кугле из 12 земаља.

  Белорусија (1)
  Италија (1)
  Немачка (3)
  Пољска (1)
  Португалија (1)
  Турска (1)
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Најбољи европски резултати у 2021. години
Десет најбољих европских такмичарки у бацању кугле у дворани 2021 године пре почетка првенства (4. марта 2019), имале су следећи пласман на европској и светској ранг листи. (СРЛ)

Такмичарке чија су имена подебљана учествовале су на ЕП.

Сатница

Квалификациона норма

Освајачице медаља

Резултати

Квалификације
Такмичење је одржано 4. марта 2021 године у 19:15 по локалном времену. Квалификациона норма за пласман 8 такмичарки у финале износила је 18,20 метара (КВ). Норму је испунило 4 такмичарки, а 4 су се пласирале на основу постигнутог резултата (кв).

Подебљани лични рекорди су и национални рекорди земље коју такмичарка представља

Финале

Биланс медаља у бацању кугле у дворани за жене
Стање после ЕП 2021.

Биланс медаља, појединачно
У овој табели су бацачице кугле које су освојиле најмање 2 медаље.

Види још
 Освајачи медаља на европским првенствима у атлетици у дворани — бацање кугле за жене
 Развој рекорда европских првенстава у атлетици у дворани — бацање кугле за жене

Референце

Спољашње везе
 Резултати ЕП 2021 на на сајту web.archive.org

Европско првенство у атлетици у дворани 2021.
Бацање кугле на Европском првенству у атлетици у дворани


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