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BAY AREA / Entrepreneur backs research on anti-aging / Scientist says humans could live indefinitely
Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer
Published 4:00 am PDT, Monday, September 18, 2006
LIVEFOREVER17-- Aubrey de Grey. CREDIT: Kevin Perrott/Handout photo.
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A controversial scientist who hopes to help humans live for thousands of years has received a multimillion-dollar grant from a Bay Area entrepreneur.
Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former chief executive officer of the online payments system PayPal, announced Saturday he is pledging $3.5 million "to support scientific research into the alleviation and eventual reversal of the debilities caused by aging."
The recipient will be the Methuselah Foundation, a Springfield, Va., nonprofit started and run by the most colorful scientist in aging research: Aubrey de Grey, a 43-year-old English researcher who says he hopes to "radically postpone aging, giving indefinite life spans."
In short, de Grey's thesis is that there are seven main causes of aging, and that if those can be licked, then people could live indefinitely.
Among aging experts, de Grey's reputation is so widely contested that a headline over an article last year in an MIT-based publication, Technology Review, asked: "He's brilliant, but is he nuts?" In a tongue-in-cheek letter to the magazine in response to the story, top authority on aging Richard Miller, of the University of Michigan, wrote that he would like de Grey to help him solve a similarly complex technological problem: how to make pigs fly.
De Grey told The Chronicle in e-mails and phone conversations last week that he isn't disturbed by scientific critics. Some of them, he noted, argue that death is inevitable because the cells and genes of living organisms inevitably accumulate errors that eventually kill them. But, he pointed out, because of careful upkeep "we have vintage cars driving around that were designed to last 15 years -- and they're 100 years old."
So why should humans be any different?
De Grey, who received a doctorate in biology at Cambridge University in 2000 and worked in the university's genetics department from 1992 until a few months ago, characterized the $3.5 million grant as a "major breakthrough" in his effort to get research on indefinite extension of life span "really moving in the laboratory."
"It's "pump-priming," he said. "I need probably $1 billion over 10 years" to achieve that goal."
Advocates of indefinite life extension seem to hope the future will resemble the film "Boynton Beach Club," in which white-haired, super-fit senior citizens party, play and have busy sex lives that would shame a college fraternity. But critics of de Grey-style longevity research fear that if everyone lived indefinitely, Earth would become miserably packed with old, sick people, and nursing homes would be more ubiquitous than Starbucks.
De Grey is confident that humanity will figure out a solution to the crowding dilemma. One possibility: "Maybe people of the future will decide that children are not much fun anyway and will reduce the birth rate," he said.
Experts on aging tended to have a strong personal liking for de Grey, and said he had stimulated some interesting thinking in aging research, but believe that in recent years, he has become sensationalistic in his public comments.
"Many of my colleagues are extremely critical of him -- they believe he's a pseudoscientist, that he is out for publicity -- and that he has no redeeming features," said Judith Campisi, a cell and molecular biologist who has joint appointments at the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"I must say I don't agree with that," added Campisi. "I do think he started out sincerely hoping to stimulate interesting research. And I think in his small way he did get people to think. ... But where he seems to have lost his way is he doesn't listen to rational argument anymore."
S. Jay Olshansky, a demographer at the University of Illinois who confronted de Grey on CBS' "60 Minutes" earlier this year, added: "Where I have vehemently disagreed with Aubrey is where he tries to convince people, especially reporters, that we are on the verge of immortality -- that we have people alive today who will live for 1,000 or for 5,000 years."
At present, scientists don't even know what causes aging, but "Aubrey seems to think that he does -- that there are seven (causes for aging), that we have to reengineer the body to eliminate them, and that we'll live forever.
"In the world of science," Olshansky said, "you don't make declarative statements (like that) without evidence to support them."
No. 1 on de Grey's list of seven causes of aging is to focus on the atrophy or degeneration of cells. Others include gene mutations, mutations to the energy-generating mitochondria inside cells, and the unhealthy accumulation of "junk" inside and outside cells such as the amyloid proteins found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
In response to Olshansky's criticism, de Grey told The Chronicle by e-mail that "I have published a lot of papers that provide the scientific basis for my optimism."
Thiel could not be reached for comment.


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Sudan opposition criticises AU for silence on HR violations
January 28 - 2018 KHARTOUM
Press conference of the allied opposition forces in Khartoum, August 2015 (RD)
The National Consensus Forces (NCF, a coalition of leftist opposition parties) has denounced the African Union for not taking a clear stance against the numerous human rights violations in the country.
In a statement on Friday, the NCP reiterated its rejection of any dialogue with the Sudanese government.
It criticised the African Union High-Level implementation Panel (AUHIP) headed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki for not condemning the recent arrests and maltreatment of many opposition leaders in Sudan, "including members of the Sudan Call".
Earlier this month, the AUHIP mediation team invited the Sudanese government, and a small number of opposition forces, including the faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N-El Hilu), to meet for a new round of peace talks concerning the Two Areas (Blue Nile and South Kordofan) in Addis Ababa on February 1.
The opposition parties consider any dialogue with the government "an attempt to circumvent the escalating public movement, to rescue the regime".
They called on "all the forces to move forward to narrow the manoeuvring margins of the regime and not to provide any opportunity to prolong its life, until it has been uprooted".
The NCF is a signatory of the Sudan Call, a two-page political communiqué calling for regime-change and democracy that was agreed on in Addis Ababa in early December 2014. The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, an alliance of the main rebel movements), the National Umma Party, and the Civil Society Initiative signed the document as well. Other Sudanese groups and parties joined the Sudan Call in the following year.
In August 2016, simultaneous negotiations between the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N on the Two Areas, and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement-MM on Darfur, brokered by the AUHIP in Addis Ababa, collapsed.
Both sides accused the other of obstructing the peace talks. While the introduction of new issues by the JEM and SLM-MM caused the negotiations on Darfur to collapse, the provision of humanitarian aid to war victims lead to a deadlock in the talks concerning the Two Areas.
Resumption of the negotiations has been frustrated by the deep distrust both sides have towards the other, and the government's continuing oppression of basic liberties.
The split of the SPLM-N last year has also delayed the search for a solution for the violent conflict in the Two Areas that broke out in 2011.
In April 2017, the Nuba Mountains Liberation Council, the SPLM-N highest authority in South Kordofan, dismissed President Malik Agar and Secretary-General and chief negotiator with the Khartoum delegation, Yasir Arman, because they refused to include self-determination for the Two Areas in the peace talks.
The SPLM-N has been divided since then. The movement's military leader Abdelaziz El Hilu was appointed SPLM-N chairman in South Kordofan while Agar leads a faction of the rebel group in Blue Nile State.
Last week, Agar said in a press statement that his faction will not take part in the new round of negotiations set for February.
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Sudan opposition calls for mass demonstrations
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This handsome glass paperweight is based on a button worn by marchers at the 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade, an event historians later credited with invigorating the suffrage movement with a new wave of inspiration and purpose.
Thousands of women gathered in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913, to call for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. Though the movement had been building for more than half a century, this marked the first major national event for the cause. More than five thousand suffragettes marched on Pennsylvania Avenue, along with over 20 floats, nine bands, and four mounted brigades.
As the women marched from the U.S. Capitol down Constitution Avenue, they were met by thousands of spectators, many in town for the next day's inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. When some spectators harassed and attacked the marchers, the police did little to intervene. By the end of the day, more than 100 women were hospitalized for injuries, leading to major news coverage and congressional hearings.
Although the Nineteenth Amendment was not ratified for another seven years, the parade gave expression to the nation-wide demand for a Constitutional amendment enfranchising women.
The button with the Votes for Women slogan is now housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
This unique desk accessory has a felt bottom; 3-3/8 wide x 1-1/2 deep.


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Partly cloudy during the evening with thunderstorms becoming likely overnight. A few storms may be severe. Low 74F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
A few months ago, this refrigeration and freezing unit was almost barren. Now because of TEFAP increases, the shelves are abundant with foods, including a variety of meats.
Photo by Emilie Heidemann
TEFAP increases mean more food choices for OAFP patrons
Emilie Heidemann Unified Newspaper Group
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In the back of the Oregon Area Food Pantry, what used to be a near barren refrigerating and freezing unit is now abundant with food choices for patrons.
It seems in the blink of an eye, pantry-goers suddenly have more options available to them on the rest of the shelves too, managing director Diane Sliter said.
It's because of increases to The Emergency Food Assistance Program, TEFAP, one of the many sources of food supplies for the pantry besides donations, she said.
TEFAP, a federal program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans, according to its website, aids pantries in purchasing food at no cost to the facility.
Sliter said OAFP, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy. received 1,042 pounds of food from TEFAP in September 2018. In February 2019, that number climbed to 2,053 pounds, Sliter said.
That is likely to keep increasing in coming years. The 2018 bill that supports TEFAP increased the program's funding by $12 million, with $5 million increases planned annually from 2020-28, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Sliter said patrons "love" the new options they are able to choose from.
Inventory coordinator Kathy Kuehl said she observed a patron brought to tears by the new supply of food, and Sliter said the pantry is happy to offer more options.
"It's their store," Sliter told the Observer. "(For them) it's like going to the grocery store."
Kuehl and another OAFP inventory coordinator, Rosemary Birzer, are among the first to see what food supplies the pantry will receive every month from TEFAP.
The coordinators said pantry inventory staff has the option to select from a "request sheet" of USDA-purchased agricultural products, which include meats, vegetables, cereal, pasta and dairy products. Kuehl said they make the selection once a month based on how much space is available inside the pantry.
"We will shoot high and they are really good about looking at all of the needs," she said.
There are also USDA "bonus" foods that are available based on how the market is doing, which include produce, juices and other products normally too expensive for pantries.
Where patrons browse inside the fridges especially, they are met with meat options like beef, chicken, turkey roast, pork chops and bacon.
On a shelf to the left of the meat is another addition — gallons of milk and fresh produce. Of the produce the pantry receives from TEFAP, Birzer said the pantry has acquired a lot of fruits like oranges, apples and grapefruits.
She said patrons have also been able to choose from a small assortment of vegetables, mainly potatoes and onions.
"This wasn't a reality a few months ago," Sliter said. "We would get vegetables from area growers in the fall."
More than TEFAP
Though OAFP has been using TEFAP "for years," Sliter said, she emphasized it's not just the funding increases that have made the pantry better for its patrons.
It's the patrons themselves, a combination of food sources, community involvement, a new building, a growing number of volunteers and a recent expansion to weekly hours that make OAFP function as well as it does, she said.
Birzer and Kuehl emphasized the same.
OAFP supplements what it can't get from TEFAP with food from Second Harvest, Sliter said, which is a food bank in southern Wisconsin. The pantry also receives supplies from the Community Action Coalition and from a few Oregon businesses.
And because of TEFAP surpluses, Birzer said patrons have even more of a say in what they would like pantry staff to purchase from local grocery stores like Bill's Food Center – the funds are available to buy more of what patrons request.
Donations remain the top way the pantry fills its shelves, Kuehl said.
"The community is unbelievably generous," Birzer said.
Reporter Amber Levenhagen contributed to this story.
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About the Farm Bill
Farm Bills are signed every five years, and the 2014 bill cost $489 billion.
The first Farm Bill was drafted in 1933 to address the widespread poverty that impacted Americans as a result of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Because Americans had little money to spend on food, and farmers still needed to earn a living, food prices dropped. The federal government responded by buying surplus food to support the hungry and subsidize farmers. Farmers were paid to cut back on production, starting a deal between the government and farmers originally intended to help address not only the needs of farmers, but also those low-income Americans.
About the Oregon Area Food Pantry
The Oregon Area Food Pantry, located on 107 N. Alpine Pkwy., is open weekly on Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m. and every second and last Thursday of the month from 4-7 p.m. The pantry services more than 100 households - around 400 patrons - per month, inventory coordinator Kathy Kuehl said.
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Biography by Alvaro Neder
After Francisco Alves, Carlos Galhardo was the singer who recorded the most 78 rpm songs, more than 570. He also was one of the best-selling singers, and worked in several films, winning several Carnival…
Artist Biography by Alvaro Neder
After Francisco Alves, Carlos Galhardo was the singer who recorded the most 78 rpm songs, more than 570. He also was one of the best-selling singers, and worked in several films, winning several Carnival contests. From humble origins, Carlos Galhardo abandoned his formal studies very
early and became a tailor apprentice. Learning the profession, he worked in several tailories until he was hired by Salvador Grimaldi, who doubled as a tailor and baritone. They rehearsed many opera duets together, and one day the famous Francisco Alves listened to him in a familiar reunion, having encouraged him to pursue music as a profession. By means of a friend, Galhardo had a break at Rádio Educadora, being called for an audition in 1933. Accompanied by Bororó, who was friends with his brother, Galhardo performed live and pleased the audience. The next day,
RCA Victor sent a representative, inviting him to another audition. Arriving in the studios, Moreira da Silva was recording, and Galhardo participated in the choir. Auditioned by Mr. Evans himself, Galhardo was approved and the recording session was prepared, while he became a regular choir member in that company. In 1933, his first solo album was released, with two frevos -- "Você Não Gosta de Mim" (Irmãos Valença) and "Que é Que Há?" (Nelson Ferreira) -- having success in Recife. In fact, it was recorded after the album with Assis Valente's sambas
"Para Onde Irá o Brasil?" and "É Duro de Se Crer." In the Carnaval of 1934, Galhado had a hit with "Carolina," a march by Bonfiglio de Oliveira and Hervê Cordovil. He initially recorded "Olha Lá o Balão" and "Vai Subindo" for Columbia. In 1935, he recorded several songs for
the company, including "Lá No Céu," "Boneca de Pano," and "Mariana" (a march by Bonfiglio de Oliveira and Lamartine Babo), opening as a romantic singer with Paulo Barbosa/Osvaldo Santiago's valsa-canção "Cortina de Veludo," which became very popular in Rio. Until then, Galhardo was a freelancer for all radio stations, but in that year he signed his first contract (with Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul). His last Columbia album was recorded in 1936, with the march "Morena" (Roberto Martins) and the samba "Rei Vagabundo" (Ataulfo Alves/Roberto Martins). Returning to Victor, he recorded the march "Madalena" (Bonfiglio de Oliveira) and the samba "Você Não Sabe, Amor" (Ataulfo Alves/Bide). He had remarkable success with the valse "Italiana" (Paulo Barbosa/José Maria de Abreu/Osvaldo Santiago).
From then on he collected hit after hit, several each year. He moved to Rádio Cajuti, soon exchanged for Tupi. Signing with Odeon, he recorded the samba "Dou-te um Adeus" (Bide/Marçal), the valse "Apenas Tu" (Roberto Martins/Jorge Faraj), and the march
"Cartinha Cor-de-Rosa" (João de Barro/Alberto Ribeiro). In 1937, Galhardo moved to Rádio Mayrink Veiga, where he would stay until 1948. In 1938, the year that Galhardo participated in the Sonofilm musical film Banana da Terra, he had several hits, including the
samba "Olá, Seu Nicolau" (Paulo Barbosa/Osvaldo Santiago). But it was really in 1939 that Galhardo reached his peak, with the march "Sem Banana" (João de Barro/Alberto Ribeiro), the samba "Sei Que é Covardia" (Ataulfo Alves/Claudionor Cruz), the fox-canção "Linda Butterfly" and the valse "Perfume de Mulher Bonita" (both by Georges Moran/Osvaldo Santiago), the fox "Dia Há de Chegar" (Georges Moran/Osvaldo Santiago), and the samba "Você Me Deixou" (Marçal/Ataulfo Alves), among others. In 1941, Galhardo acted in the film Entra na Farra and had several more hits. In 1948, Galhardo moved to Rádio Nacional, where he would remain until 1952. In that year, he had success with the samba "23 de Abril" (Roberto Martins/Ary Monteiro) and the valse "Saudade do Maranhão" (Roberto Martins/Dilu Melo). Year after year, he continued scoring hits. In 1952, Galhardo switched to radio stations Mayrink Veiga and Mundial. In the same year, he toured Portugal for four months, performing in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Viana do Castelo, and other places. In 1955, he participated in the film Carnaval em Lá Maior (Ademar Gonzaga). In 1957, he worked in the
musical Metido a Bacana. Galhardo recorded more than 11 LPs in his career. In 1964, he had success with the Carnival march "Onde Tem Mulher" (Henrique de Almeida/Carlos Marques).


After delving into plays for a year last year, I thought another Shakespeare would have been enough for me this year. However, this particular play has interested me since my last year plays event: Coriolanus, so when The Classics Club announced January to be Shakespeare theme of our Twelve Month of Classics Literature, I instantly decided to give it a try. Historical-tragedy has been my most successful theme of Shakespeare, and although Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra are much more famous, Coriolanus turns out to be another gem from the Bard!
The play depicted a Roman general named Caius Marcius, who lived in around 5th century BC. While he was fighting against the Volscians in Corioli, the plebeian were lamenting about grain price which was at that time controlled by the senate. They put the blame on Marcius, and hated him for that. Things were getting worse because Marcius faced the plebeian in an openly contemptuous manner.
While he was not good in social life, Marcius was highly successful in his military campaigns. He won the Volscian battle very bravely, where Cominius—his commander—gave him the name of Coriolanus: the conqueror of Corioli. With the win, he also won Senate's respect and appreciation, and they supported him to run for consul. However the tribunes: Sicinius and Brutus provoked the citizens to oppose it. Being under-pressured, Coriolanus was enraged and insulted the people. He was banished from Rome, and finally decided to join his enemy, Tullus Aufidius of the Volscians, to retaliate against his own country.
Coriolanus is a typical portrait of the patrician-plebeian conflict, which is still relevant in any country in any era. I read in Sparknotes analysis, that Shakespeare may have gotten the inspiration for the plot from the actual conflict between King James and the Parliament in England's early 17th century, the time when Shakespeare wrote this play.
Coriolanus was perhaps a great military commander, but he was far from a good state leader (consul); he even had contempt for plebeian or the common people. So I think this is not a pure tragedy, because it was Coriolanus himself who made the circumstances against him. His fall was caused by his pride and ambition; he failed to gain people's respect, and he was blinded by his ambition for revenge that he could not detect Aufidius' betrayal.
The play is very engaging; the plot is flowing nicely, the stage arrangement is very good and helps us to learn the actual situations. The war is very lively, but most of all, the speeches are very strong! Although a secondary character, Volumnia—Coriolanus' mother—is an influential figure in Coriolanus' decisions. Her speeches are so noble, touching and inspiring. Even Coriolanus was very moved by his mother's speech, that he changed his mind about destroying Rome. His anger was replaced by tears under her mother's words.
This time Shakespeare is succeeded in controlling my emotion to the play's climax, and I finally found a new favorite play. Five stars for Coriolanus!
Aesop is a slave and story-teller who was believed to live in ancient Greece around 620 to 560 BC. He collected many tales from diverse origins, and from generations to generations, Aesop's tales had been retold and reinterpreted in many media. The first printed version of Aesop's Fables in English was published on March 26, 1484, by William Caxton [source: wiki]. Fables were advocated by John Locke to be targeted to children only on 1693, while previously they were targeted to adult only.
When I first opened the book (I read Wordsworth Classics' edition), I was amazed by the table of contents. I had no idea that there were so many fables! There were probably more than 200 titles. The fables are usually very short; one page could contain two to three fables, with illustrations every few or more pages. And browsing all the titles (and they are stretched to eleven pages alone!), I can see that the 'characters' are quite varied; but the lion, fox, and wolf appear most often.
Plunging into the fables, I quickly realized that most of them have similar themes, and after around 40% I have got bored already. It felt like reading a same thing over and over again, with only the characters or the circumstances were changed. And so, I must pick another book as a change to be read along Aesop's Fables. In the end I felt more exhausted than entertained by the fables, but realizing that I am reading some works which have been inherited for generations, I could appreciate it more.
The Slave & the Lion – A slave run away from his master and finds a cave where a wounded lion stays. The slave takes care and saves the lion's life, and they become best friends. Later on the master finds what the slave has done; and he is to be thrown to beasts as punishment. You could guess, I think, which beast would find the slave, and how the tale ends. I am always touched by the friendship between men and animals, and that's why this tale becomes one of my favorites.
The Apes & the Two Travelers – Two travelers, one is a liar, while the other is an honest person, are treated by the King of Apes. The King is proud of his noble monarch and asks the travelers their opinion. The liar praises the apes and gets reward. The honest one, who feels that his honesty would get him more rewards that the liar, tells the truth, that he thinks they are merely apes. Again, you must have guessed the outcome. There is a difference between telling truth for the sake of the truth, or out of greediness. Anyway, virtue only comes from goodwill.
Three and a half stars for Aesop's Fables.
I would host a book giveaway during February, opened for International participants starting February 1st. Everyone is welcomed to participate!
For you who want to read books by or about Dickens during February to celebrate the author's birthday, I will provide a linky below where you can submit your reviews during February (will be opened on February 1st). In the end of the month, if there are five or more participants (not reviews), every review in the linky would be eligible to join my second giveaway!
In short, you can all join my birthday giveaway, but if you read Dickens with me, you'd be eligible to join in two giveaways.
About Reading Dickens, you can pick books by Dickens, or books about Dickens (biography, historical fiction, history, etc.). Rereading is allowed, but not reposting (reviews from the past).
I began at sharply 8 am with Aesop's Fables, but after few hours I was getting bored (it contains so many fables with very similar topics), so I decided to read the two books simultaneously. I was glad to find that The Jungle Book was very amusing, so I made it a sweet refuge whenever I found Aesop's Fable slightly irritating. I restrained myself to only read one chapter of The Jungle Book before going back to Aesop's Fables. And doing this, I have successfully finished the two books (total 441 pages) three hours before the readathon was over. I was thinking about grabbing another book, but could not decide which one, so in the end I ended my readathon anyway. I was satisfied with the result, especially as I have been neglected The Jungle Book for few years, before finally had chance to read it, and found it a new treasure! Here is my review of The Jungle Book; while Aesop's Fables' would be following.
I have enjoyed our last year 1st readathon, and was very excited when The Classics Club announced this event for the second time. But unfortunately for me, it didn't go as I have expected. It was a 24-hours readathon, and I planned to continue the book I have been reading since 1st January: Roman Lives by Plutarch.
The time difference made the readathon slightly more interesting. I chose to begin at 8 am my time (GMT+7), as I would have go to bed earlier for the Sunday early morning mass. I began at page 54, and planned to read until around 8:30 pm. However, an unexpected thing took place, my mom got another asthma attack, and despite of her usual medications, she still could not breath easily. My dad and I was rather panic as it has been many years since my mom's last attack. I contacted our family doctor who knows my mom's asthma history, and luckily her practice was opened that day (Saturday afternoon). And so we immediately rushed to the doctor, and in the restless hours in the waiting room, I could not think of reading any book. I continued my reading only after settling up everything for my mom when we were home again, and I could only manage to finish that night at page 138.
The second day, after Sunday mass, I was quite busy with household works my mom usually takes, so I had only limited time to resume my reading, and must take a stop at page 174. So, with all the obstructions, I have managed to read 120 pages (at least I have read four of the eight Lives, and am now excited to get into the four remainings: Sulla, Pompey, Cesar and Antony!). I have expected more than 200 pages, but I am glad anyway because I can read classics with all of the clubbers around the world, which is a rare and exciting chance!
What book(s) did you read during the event?
What book(s) did you finish?
None... :( I only managed to read 121 of 608 pages.
What did you like about our event?
The feeling of togetherness, that although I read alone in my bedroom, I know that many of the clubbers around the world are reading with me at the same moment.
Do you have suggestions for future Readathons through The Classics Club?
As we are spreading in different time zones, how about stretching it to 36 hours rather than 24 hours?
Would you participate in future Readathons?
Thanks again for The Classics Club for hosting it.
What about you? Have you enjoyed your readathon? How many pages/books you have managed to read?
Rudyard Kipling amazed me once again with his fables. After Just So Stories last April, now he amused me with the even better one: The Jungle Book. The main story of it is of Mowgli, a little boy who is adopted by a pair of wolves after his parents died. When Mowgli first appears before the wolves' cave, Shere Khan—the Bengal tiger—is haunting him to make him his dinner. Father Wolf saves him, and brings him to the wolf pack conference. He is at first rejected by the forum, until Bagheera—the black panther—guarantees him. Bagheera then becomes Mowgli's best friend, along with Baloo—the bear—who teaches him the law of the jungle.
Shere Khan is angry of losing Mowgli; he wants to kill him but could not do that as long as Akela becomes the leader. Right after Akela is dethroned by his people, they repel Mowgli who is not a wolf like them—thanks to Shere Khan's provocation too—and Mowgly doesn't have any choices than leaving the jungle to live with his own kind. So now Mowgli must live by his own while Shere Khan keeps haunting him. At the end, Mowgli must have a fight with Shere Khan; what will he do? And will he survive it?
Thanks to the Disney version of Mowgli, I used to imagine The Jungle Book as childish as what we see on TV. But I was surprised and amazed at the same time, finding that the original story is much deeper than that. What Kipling portrayed in The Jungle Book is what we find in our own world. How difficult it is for us to accept others who are different from us, who have not the same origin or culture. We used to be suspicious of them, that we could not see a villain with wicked plan among us, because he is 'one of us'; just like the wolves who blindly trust Shere Khan more than Mowgli.
The fight of Mowgli and Shere Khan is both thrilling and emotional. It is in difficult times that love and friendship would be purified. I was touched by Bagheera's and Baloo's love to their little friend, and their respect to old Akela. Kipling also highlighted how men praise freedom, but at the same time they could not live without a leader. The law of the jungle is something we should adopt in our society too; look how the entire animals work together to help Mowgli, although he is not their own kind. Humanity surmounts differences. The goods fight together against the bad, each contributes his talent.
Apart from Mowgli's adventure, this book also contains three great fables. There is Kotick—the white seal—who persistently searches a new saver home for his people after he saw his friends being slaughtered by men. It portrays our society too; we often refuse to see the injustice among us, just because it 'has been like that for a long time'. Most of us accept that as faith, and we surrender our dignity and life in the hand of more powerful authorities. When there is finally someone brave enough like Kotick, who is willingly to take risks for our salvation; instead of helping him, we laugh at him as a foolish dreamer. That makes us an easy victim of colonialism and oppression.
The second one is about a young mongoose called Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who is carried away by flood—separated from his parents—to a bungalow, where he is finally adopted by a human family as a pet. From his new friends in the garden—a tailorbird and a mouse—he gets acquainted with a pair of huge cobra: Nag and Nagaina (they reminded me of Voldemort's Nagini! :D). The cobras plan to kill the humans for taking the garden which they have been previously dominated. Rikki-Tikki is angry when he overhears their brutal plan, so he builds a strategy to fight both cobras. The attack scenes are quite horrible; I was shivered imagining how the family must have been terribly terrified while a huge cobra suddenly showed up while they were dining. You would not know whether you should run away or keep still; well…normally you wouldn't escape that brutal attack, if you don't have a protector. Rikki-Tikki is an example of real hero; even though he is a stranger, he fights bravely to save the family and the inhabitants of the garden, simply because it is wrong to kill the innocent who is weaker; and so it is his duty to protect them.
The third story is my most favorite: the story of Little Toomai, the son of an elephant hunter. His father drives Kala Nag—an old elephant, the cleverer and most senior among the others. One day the boss, Peterson Sahib, is amazed by Little Toomai, and professes that one day he might become a good elephant hunter. When Little Toomai asks his permission to enter the stockade (which is normally too dangerous for a little boy), he promises that he can do that only after witnessing an 'elephant dance', which in their culture means 'never'. It is believed that numbers of elephants sometimes dance in a clearing. Nobody has ever seen it, but some flattened grounds are the proof.
One night Kala Nag seems to 'hear the call' from the native elephants. He slips out of his pickets, and picks Little Toomai on his back as the boy is excited to go with him. Kala Nag walks towards a clearing up in a hill where many other elephants are gathering too, while Little Toomai is watching silently from the elephant's back. There he witnesses the elephants stamping their feet up and down, making the ground tremble; that is the elephant dance, a dance no other human being have ever seen.
I like the story mostly because of the mystical air surrounds the elephant dance. Kipling writes wonderfully Kala Nag's journey in the dark and foggy night when the jungle seems to be alive, and especially when the elephants start moving, 'talking', and finally dancing for two hours, making the ground a dance floor. The sensation is really amazing!
And finally I closed the last page of The Jungle Book totally entertained and amused. Bravo to you, Mr. Kipling, for making my end of year reading so enjoyable, intense, and interesting. Without any doubt, I grant five whole stars for The Jungle Book. Really, I have never thought that I would love a children book (which I have never read as a child) this much!
Attention! Passengers on board of the Sail to the Past: History Reading Challenge 2014….it's time for us to start our yearlong voyage. For you who haven't got the ticket subscribed for this voyage, please do so in the sign up post. You can also find all detailed information about this challenge in the same post.
There will be two linky below this post, the first is for REVIEWS, and the second one is for ANALYSIS. Be careful not to put your linky in the wrong place!
Just to remind you, if you'd like to challenge yourself to analyze the history you've just read, I have provided several questions that you can pick randomly. Please check it in the sign up post. The analysis is optional, and you are free to pick the questions that suit you. If you are doing WEM project, you might post the questions in more than one post—it's OK, you CAN put more than one analysis post for every book in the linky.
There will be two giveaways at the end of the challenge, one for review posts, the other for analysis posts.
Every two or three months (depending on my schedule), there would be check-in posts here. Maybe it's just to check how far our progresses are, or whether we have problems with a book or two, or anything I can think of then. So it'd be better to follow me or this blog one or other way, so you'd be updated of every news. You can also follow my twitter: @Fanda_A, I'll twit about this challenge using hashtag #HistoryRC.
Now, let us just kick-off the challenge, and start the reading!


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NEOMED's Return to Campus Phase 3 Guidelines
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Review: 'Jenny's Wedding', Starring Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson, and Alexis Bledel
By Mae Abdulbaki on	 July 29, 2015 0 Comments
The Supreme Court ruling on the legality of gay marriage having been so recent, it's ironic that a film like Jenny's Wedding would be so well-suited and an integral part of this historic event. The film is close to the heart, treats its subject matter with the respect and thoughtfulness it deserves, and serves as a mature and responsible example of what it can truly be like when coming out to one's family, proving that just because it's legal, it sadly doesn't mean that some more traditional-thinking families have gotten over their child being gay.
Jenny (Katherine Heigl) isn't one to shy away from the life she's leading. Quietly proud, Jenny has been living with her partner Kitty (Alexis Bledel) for five years. Jenny's family, however, isn't overly concerned about this situation — mainly because they think the only relationship Jenny and Kitty have is that of roommates. When Jenny chooses to propose to Kitty, she finally tells her family — dad Eddie (Tom Wilkinson), mom Rose (Linda Emond), sister Anne (Grace Gummer), and brother Michael (Matthew Metzger) — that she is gay and intends to marry Kitty regardless of how uncomfortable it makes them. Shocked and caught unawares, her family struggles to come to terms with Jenny's declaration and both parties attempt to jump the hurdles of thinking in order to move forward and be happy.
Jenny's Wedding couldn't have come at a better time. Regardless of how far we've come in terms of acceptance of gays, be it by law and as a society in general, the fact of the matter is that many families struggle with the idea of a non-heterosexual child, often shunning them or treating them differently for fear of what people will say about them. The film directly addresses this aspect without turning it into a silly-induced cheese fest. Director and screenwriter Mary Agnes Donoghue presents the entire subject matter of coming out, as well as the themes of family, understanding, and pride with the utmost respect, diligence, and thoughtfulness. The film excels in creating an open platform of open and honest conversations between the characters (no matter how hurtful), from the moment of declaration, to the slow and downward spiral Jenny's parents find themselves in when trying to accept their daughter as she is.
Katherine Heigl proceeds to take back her career in films such as this, straying wisely away from the last few mainstream film catastrophes she once found herself a part of. With compassion, intelligence, and quiet bravery, Heigl portrays Jenny's vulnerability, continuous love for her family no matter their words and actions, and her firm stance on her life and sexuality. Most especially poignant is the relationship she has with her father, whose closeness and acceptance she ultimately desires and who is the one pushing her away, only to realize that she is still very much his daughter. Tom Wilkinson portrays beautifully the ongoing emotional turmoil he has, and his scenes with Heigl and Linda Emond are laced with realism, heartbreak, and love.
Grace Gummer's story line is cut at the corners, her own marriage and feelings of neglect stemming and rising in a metaphor of happiness that is compared to how green the grass is. Through her sister, she realizes that happiness can be found, but she does come off a bit crazy sometimes, although this serves to be a comedic relief effort. Alexis Bledel is sadly not in the movie as much as she could have been, her scenes and characters relegated to be supportive of Jenny, with not much else for her to do unfortunately.
Regardless of this, Jenny's Wedding is heartfelt and sincere in its execution. There aren't that many films highlighting homosexual relationships that are as honestly well-developed as this film. The characters are all realistic, as is the entire situation. The film goes through the different phases of coming out to one's family and treats it like the stages of grief in many ways. Heigl anchors the film and the supporting performances are superb as well as emotional. A film that isn't afraid of making its plot realistic and sympathetic, it thankfully shies away from having stereotypical characters. A strong drama that you won't be disappointed in seeing.
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So. many people have purchased our TBH Harvey Benefit TShirts and we surely appreciate the generosity!
Many of you have also asked about making additional cash donations. We have set up a gofundme account for those of you that want to donate to directly benefit current,active TBH members that have been impacted by this storm. We feel that collecting donations via godundme offers the most transparency, as it shows donations received and we later demonstrate that 100% of the funds are given directly to victims.
Thanks Michael for all you're doing to help.
I'll get it started with $100.
I know there are plenty of folks that gave donated to other fundraisers already. I'm thankful for those that have the ability to give.
Thanks for the effort. I donated to the Red Cross last Wednesday.
Thanks for your contribution! So many giving sacrificially. It's humbling to see the generosity.
Done...I think. I don't see it on the page so let me know if my donation doesn't appear today. Good on ya TBH.
Done. Thanks for setting this up Michael.
Prayers for sent as well!
We may have to increase our goal.
Thanks for all the contributions so far. We've had a lot of VERY generous donations. That said, any and every donation is appreciated, no matter the denomination.
We should double this goal. I know we can do it, seeing as how we've already exceeded the initial amount after only a few days.
Triple the goal to 15k Should be at least 2k heading to the account after the deer auction is over.
People will be needing help for months.
I figured since It hit me at the lease in Victoria and home, I'd go $200! God Bless all affected! I don't know anybody not affected in some way it seems!
Come on folks let's do this!
Its so great to see the love here on the green screen. Thank you all for the donations. You guys and gals make the rebuilding process less mind blowing because I know you are here.
Do we know TBHers some of the funds will be helping yet?
Thanks for the continued donations, including those who are still ordering shirts! I can assure you that every little bit will help those that will be reeling from this disaster for months and years.
I have been compiling a list of a few active TBH members that were directly impacted by flooding and wind damage from the storm, but I also want to start taking nominations (via PM, please) for others that may have been impacted but haven't posted (again, please limit to current and active site members that were directly affected. As much as we would like to help friends and families of site members, the limited (yet generous) funds will already be stretched pretty thin based on active members that have been affected.
We want to start distributing funds as quickly and fairly as possible, but if you are or know of a member with an immediate need, please PM me.
Thanks again to everybody for their overwhelming support of our site members that have been decimated by this storm.
I live in Rockport and can tell you a lot is needed. However there are many problems as well.
Do not donate to the Red Cross. They are very misleading on what they are really doing here.
Many donations from groups are not going where intended or are being held by the City and going nowhere at this time.
Please follow Friends of Rockport on Facebook before donating to Rockport or Aransas county.
It is great that TBA wants to help but check things out before you send anything to our area we have problems and many citizens are not happy at all.
Michael, this is truly phenomenal of you to setup.
Red cross was denying people left and right with no rhyme or reason. Just an emailmwith a denial and where i could go if i needed cleaning supplies. Others were registering with multiple email addresses and getting moeny on each one.
Three organizations turned us down thus far. Such is life I guess. We are amongst the fortunate though, our place on the coast is a second home so we are good to go.
Bump...I know there are still lots of folks here on TBH needing help.
Glad to know about your great work.


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You get TWO Green Anodized Aluminum Spiral Hair Sticks with Clear Rhinestones in this sale !!
I love my new hair sticks! I had been trying to find something locally and I guess they are out of fashion right now because there was nothing available. I checked etsy on a whim and found this shop. The craftsmanship is just right, these are not going to fall apart or bend or twist. They hold my very thick and not quite long hair very well. As my hair grows out, I'll get to try some of the fancy twists and these sticks will be around to handle it. The seller even included a bonus gift. Who does that anymore!! Thanks so much and I'll let everyone know where I bought my new pretty hair sticks!


Each month we round up the news about all the markets, bazaars, and fairs which Beijing has to offer. We aim to include all events, large and small, so if you have a market you want to let our readers know about please shoot us a message by commenting on this post or through WeChat.
December was a very busy month for the bazaar network in Beijing, I counted over 20 Christmas markets. January is a bit more laid back, but not to despair, there are still some good markets where you can get your shopping done.
Free to attend, January 17-18, 10am-8pm, January 19, 10am-3pm. Join this VIP sale of amazing Style Butler fashion. For one of our Indulge shoots we used Style Butler clothing and these pieces are now on sale! Get yourself to Shunyi on either of these dates, or on all three – we don't judge.
Free to attend, January 20, 2-7pm, Yue Space. Who does not need art they can afford? Get yourself over to Loreli Art market to find original illustrations, photography, prints and more.
Free to attend, each weekend Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon to 6pm. This market is filled with organic produce, home made goodies and a zero-waste stand and book swap.
Miss Muesli is back. After a much-needed break Miss Muesli has returned and is better than ever with new packaging and improved recipes; we eagerly await the return of the paleo edition.
The Naked nut butter ladies have made a nut blending stop so they have time to build their nut butter empire. We can't wait till they return.


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IGN Uploads Three New Videos on The Last Guardian
Video game site IGN has uploaded three new videos discussing the development of and player reaction to upcoming video game The Last Guardian.
by cactusjudy
IGN has uploaded three new videos on upcoming game The Last Guardian as part of its "IGN First" series.
Two of the videos feature Fumito Ueda, the creative director of The Last Guardian. In the videos, Ueda discusses the game's long development process--it's been in the works since 2007--and the creation of the creature Trico, one of the protagonists of the game. The third video features IGN's Tristan Ogilvie and Cam Shea as they discuss their impressions after playing the first 45 minutes of the game.
The Last Guardian will follow the adventures of an unnamed male protagonist and Trico, who meet after the protagonist is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and relocated to a setting resembling the ruins of a large castle. The game will combine action-adventure and puzzle elements as it focuses on the growing relationship between the protagonist and Trico.
The Last Guardian was first announced at E3 2009. The game underwent numerous developmental delays due to the departure of Ueda from Sony, the game's publisher, and the limitations of the PlayStation 3 hardware. After years of speculation on the state of development, the game was reintroduced at the beginning of Sony's E3 2015 conference. It is due to be released exclusively for the PlayStation 4 later this year.
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Intricately detailed and realistic charm of a koala sitting on a gum tree branch. Did you know that this marsupial is often incorrectly referred to as a koala bear?
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Any help is appreciated

A: Use form instead of p around the form elements.
Use type="text" for value
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <base target="_top">

    <form>
      <input type="text" name="grades" placeholder="Grades...">

      <input type="button" value="Enter Grades for Selected Lessons"
      onclick="google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(showMsgForLoginAttempt).generate_grades_for_lesson(this.parentNode)"/>
    </form>

Use Browser.msgbox in google apps script
function generate_grades_for_lesson(formObject) {
  Browser.msgBox("Grades: " + formObject.grades);
}

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What is the procedure to admit guests and renters to LIV?
Submit the online form for owners registered on this website. (Click here).
Hand deliver to the Welcome Center.
Once the Welcome Center receives the "Guest of Owner" form, staff prepare all necessary paperwork & pre-program car pass keys to streamline the guest check in process. Guests must provide additional information. Guests may use the online Guest Information form.
Owners using 3rd party rental service must still notify the Welcome Center via "Guest of Owner" form of any guest arrival & duration of stay.
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Access to swimming pools, jacuzzis, tennis courts, shuffle boards, billiards, ping pong, pickle ball court, miniature golf, work-out equipment and common areas.
How do the electronic gates work?
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What is the schedule for our security guards?
What is the status of the canal dredging?
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Will I lose TV channels when Spectrum changes to digital broadcast?
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Q: selenium+junit+ jmeter any one using selenium scripts with jmeter for performance testing

A: I wouldn't recommend using Selenium to create JMeter tests. Unfortunately JMeter does not really handle the "chatter" that AJAX applications create because it sends the requests when it thinks it needs to.
There was a thread on the Selenium users group where people were trying to do this. None of them seem successful.
If you want to do load testing with Selenium I suggest that you have a look at Browsermob as they take Selenium tests and then pass them out to do the load testing.


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Q: Pandas dataframe pandas I have this csv:

message
reported_agents

Missing status flag was removed
host1

Missing status flag was raised
host1

Missing status flag was removed
host2

Missing status flag was raised
host2

Missing status flag was raised
host3

I need to get this

Host
total messages
Missing flag remove
Missing flag raised

host1
2
1
1

host2
2
1
1

host3
1
0
1

This is what I did but it doesn't show what I need. Thank you for your help
def load_data():
    event = pd.read_csv("events.csv")
    return event
data = load_data()

def GCmissing(data):
        x=data.groupby('hosts')['message'].value_counts()

A: Use pandas.crosstab and then sum along columns for totals:
out_df = pd.crosstab(index = df['reported_agents'], columns = df['message'])
out_df['total_messages'] = out_df.sum(axis = 1)

Output:
reported_agents Missing status flag was raised  Missing status flag was removed total_messages
host1           1                               1                               2
host2           1                               1                               2
host3           1                               0                               1


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"Lawyers don't speak or write that way. Nothing in the law is as simple as that, or very little, anyway, which is why they have to attend law school for years before they can practice law instead of just reading a book or surfing the Internet. That is also why, if you are in a situation where the answer to that question matters, you need a lawyer, so he or she can look at your facts and your situation and then analyze how it fits in with the statutes and case law..."


Charge a LiPoly/LiIon battery over USB Mini B port with either a computer or a 5V wall power adapter. This charger charges a battery in 3 stages. Preconditioning charge, then constant current fast charge and constant voltage trickle charge. The fast-charge current is 500mA by default, but is easily adjustable from 100mA up to 1000mA by soldering a through-hole resistor on-board.
This board is great for DIY projects because it has 3 indicator LEDs - one for power, one for charging status and a third that indicates when charging is complete. Keep the battery connected to the charger and pass power through the additional JST connector using the included cable! You can also charge the battery while the load is connected so that you don't need to disconnect the battery from the device for charging.
Only for charging single Lithium Ion/Lithium Polymer 3.7/4.2v batteries (not for older 3.6/4.1v cells).
Batteries and USB cable not included.


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Q: Simple way to extend server disk capacities What's the least cumbersome way to extend existing server's storage capabilities?
I have a SuperMicro custom server and a Dell PowerEdge 2950 and I would like to extend their storage with budget hard drives, not the server ones.
I'm looking for something like a JBOD chassis (12+ 3.5") that can be connected directly to the server via some kind of controller/extension card - and then be just in /dev ready for LVM/Raid.

A: The simplest way is probably to buy a cheap NAS and to then stick the harddisks in there. Mid-range NAS devices will typically allow you to export their hard disks as iSCSI nodes, so you could then use them directly on your server. This might put quite a bit of strain on your network load, however.
Alternatively, stick in a PCI-E storage controller with external connectors in there and just hook up SATA hard disks externally.

A: Server systems should not use disk storage in any non-redundant fashion - not for the OS, not for anything.
JBOD itself is a huge no-no in server environments, as it offers no redundancy whatsoever.
Instead, you could invest in a proper HBA such as a card with an LSI SAS2008 or better - this offers 2 mini-SAS 6Gbs connectors (4 lanes each), and allows you to connect 8 SAS or SATA drives directly, or one or two SAS expanders in an external chassis.
These can then be RAIDed using md or lvm2 into RAID-10 and/or RAID-6 arrays.
A basic HP SAS expander allows a further 24 or 28 drives to be connected; presumably, this will suffice for the near future.
It all depends on your requirements - OS, storage space, transfer and access speed.

A: While there's lots of smaller enclosures about (1-5 drives) I've not seen anything big enough for 12 drives. And since you probably want the disks in caddies, I'd go with a large PC case (or 2) and several esata connectors.
A quick google turned up this, this and this, if you hunt around there are probably cheaper cases about. Or you could use a more convenitonal case and disk bay doublers like this. The problem with this approach is that you're going to need a cable for each HD (I believe that there are esata multiplexers availalbe - but they're very commonplace outside of dedicated enclosures).
It might be a better idea to stick in a motherboard, OS, 10Gb ethernet and hook up the drives as an iSCSI target (don't route this through your existing network - use a direct connection / dedicated NIC or 2 in the server).
(NB I'm not recommending these specific products just giving you an idea of what's involved).


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Eric Hewitson
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The Varsity Blues men's hockey team have ended their season with an overtime loss to the Western Mustangs on Sunday night, losing 4-3. They were also stomped by the Mustangs Friday night, losing a critical game two playoff matchup at Varsity Stadium 7-3.
The Blues pulled out the first game victory earlier in the week at Thompson Arena in London, winning 3-1. The third and final game of the series was on Sunday.
The Mustangs go on to the next round and the Blues pack their bags and wait for the 2016/17 season.
The Blues upset top-seeded York Lions on February 21, defeating them 4-1 in the decisive game three, sending the Blues to their second-round playoff matchup against the Mustangs.
The Blues didn't start the first period strong in Friday's game, letting two early goals in off the sticks of Western forwards Ray Huether and scoring leader Andrew Goldberg. Though the Blues did respond in the first period after picking up the pace, with Blues Max Lindsay and Dean Klomp scoring and notching things back up to even.
It seems as though the Blues couldn't find their groove in the early moments of the periods—Western capitalized early in the second period off a Cody Brown wrist shot. Shortly after, Brown scored again, increasing the Mustangs' lead to 4-2. Brown finished off the evening with his first career OUA hat trick.
Varsity Blues rookie sensation Matt Campagna gave his team a spark by sending a wrist shot top corner over Greg Dodds' blocker to make a close 4-3 score. The Mustangs wouldn't give up, taking advantage of the Blues' tired legs and notching three more goals past Blues third-year goaltender Andrew Hunt.
"Obviously, Hunt is just solid back there, he's making so many saves, and he always pulls through when we need him to," says Blues forward Patrick Marsh, believing in his goaltender's abilities coming up for a do-or-die matchup on Sunday.
Both teams found penalty trouble early and often, accumulating a total of 14 infractions for a total of 28 minutes. Western has been outstanding on the power-play—they're 5-for-18 overall and 92 percent on the penalty kill these playoffs.
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En analyse numérique, une discipline des mathématiques, le conditionnement mesure la dépendance de la solution d'un problème numérique par rapport aux données du problème, ceci afin de contrôler la validité d'une solution calculée par rapport à ces données. En effet, les données d'un problème numérique dépendent en général de mesures expérimentales et sont donc entachées d'erreurs.

Il s'agit le plus souvent d'une quantité numérique.

De façon plus générale, on peut dire que le conditionnement associé à un problème est une mesure de la difficulté de calcul numérique du problème. Un problème dont le conditionnement est faible est dit bien conditionné, et un problème dont le conditionnement est élevé est dit mal conditionné.

Conditionnement d'un problème

Soit un problème . Soit aussi une variable perturbée , avec , où ε est la précision de la machine. Alors, la condition  du problème est le plus petit nombre tel que :

Le problème  est bien conditionné si  n'est pas très grand par rapport à . Sinon, ce problème P est mal conditionné.

Selon N. Higham, il semble que la notion de conditionnement ait été introduite par Alan Turing qui, par exemple, a défini le conditionnement d'une matrice carrée de taille n à partir de la norme de Frobenius par :

Conditionnement d'une matrice

Le conditionnement d'une matrice inversible  relativement à une norme subordonnée, notée  est défini par la formule:
.
Comme on suppose que la norme est subordonnée, le conditionnement est supérieur à 1 :

Notons que la matrice vide 0 × 0 est son propre inverse et que sa norme est nulle quelle que soit la norme retenue. Son conditionnement est donc 0 selon cette définition. Certains définissent cependant cond()0 × 0 = 1 car l'application linéaire nulle a une précision parfaite (donc un score de 1) et cette matrice vide est une identité, les matrices unités ayant toutes un conditionnement de 1.

Pour le système linéaire , où les données sont la matrice  et le vecteur du second membre , le conditionnement donne une borne de l'erreur relative commise sur la solution  lorsque les données  ou  sont perturbées. Il peut s'avérer que cette borne soit très grande, de sorte que l'erreur qui pourrait en découler rende la solution numérique inexploitable.

Le conditionnement dépend de la norme utilisée. Pour la norme d'espace ℓ2 , notée , on a alors :

où  et  sont les valeurs singulières maximales et minimales de . En conséquence :
 si  est normale, alorsoù  et  sont les valeurs propres maximales et minimales de  ;
 si  est unitaire, alors.
Pour la norme d'espace ℓ∞, notée , si A est une matrice triangulaire inférieure non singulière (c'est-à-dire que ), alors :

Formules de majoration de l'erreur

Dans les formules suivantes, les calculs sont supposés faits avec une précision infinie, c'est-à-dire que les systèmes perturbés sont résolus de manière exacte.

On considère deux cas, selon que c'est le second membre  ou la matrice  qui n'est pas connu précisément.

Cas où le second membre varie

Le calcul effectif de l'inversion du système , où la matrice  est connue avec précision et où la valeur du second membre , supposé non nul, est entachée d'une erreur , produira une erreur relative théorique  sur la solution  majorée par
.

Cas où la matrice varie

Si la matrice  subit une modification de , on dispose d'une majoration de l'erreur par rapport au calcul avec la matrice exacte  donnée par
.

Un exemple de matrice mal conditionnée
Soit la matrice
,
et le vecteur
.

La résolution du système  donne
.

Si on substitue au second membre  le second membre perturbé
,
la solution  correspondante sera

Les erreurs relatives de  et  sont respectivement de  et  ce qui représente une multiplication par environ  de l'erreur relative.
Ce nombre est du même ordre que le conditionnement de la matrice  qui est de  (le conditionnement est pris relativement à la norme matricielle induite par la norme euclidienne sur ).

Annexes

Note

Articles connexes

 Analyse numérique
 Erreur d'approximation
 Préconditionnement

Analyse numérique
Matrice

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La prima stagione della serie televisiva Richard Diamond è andata in onda negli Stati Uniti dal 1º luglio 1957 al 23 settembre 1957 sulla CBS.

The Mickey Farmer Case
 Prima televisiva: 1º luglio 1957
 Diretto da: Roy Delruth
 Scritto da: Richard Carr

Trama

 Guest star: Christopher Dark (Mickey Farmer), Lewis Charles (Weasel McHenry), Vic Perrin (Smith), Virginia Stefan (Sally Caine)

Custody
 Prima televisiva: 8 luglio 1957
 Diretto da: Tom Gries
 Scritto da: Ellis Marcus

Trama

 Guest star: David McMahon (ispettore), Eve Miller (Kay Wilson), Robert Quarry (Arnie Bullock), Gail Kobe (Phoebe), Maura Murphy (Jean Bullock), Cheryl Callaway (Marjorie Bullock), Regis Toomey (tenente McGough)

Escape from Oak Lane
 Prima televisiva: 15 luglio 1957
 Diretto da: Tom Gries
 Scritto da: Edmund Morris

Trama

 Guest star: Burt Masters (Glenn Carpenter), S. John Launer (dottor Norton), Hugh Brooke (dottor Forrest), Jeanette Nolan (dottor Tesla), Christine White (Elaine Carpenter)

The Homicide Habit
 Prima televisiva: 22 luglio 1957
 Scritto da: Phillip MacDonald

Trama

 Guest star: Peter Hansen (Tim Wilson), Osa Massen (Janet Morrissey), Patricia Donahue (Mindy Parker), Robert Brubaker (Larry Parker)

Picture of Fear
 Prima televisiva: 29 luglio 1957
 Diretto da: Oscar Rudolph
 Scritto da: David Chantler

Trama

 Guest star: Robert J. Nelson (Trooper), George N. Neise (Adams), James Nolan (Harry Carlin), Judith Braun (Nancy Miller/Harriet Talbot)

Hit and Run
 Prima televisiva: 5 agosto 1957
 Diretto da: Oscar Rudolph
 Scritto da: Ellis Kadison

Trama

 Guest star: Dennis Moore (Motorcycle Cop), Bud Slater (Bob Winters), Dawn Richard (Laurie Gates), Bill Erwin (sergente Riker), Nick Dennis (Chico Burns), Tommy Cook (Baron), Grant Richards (Joe Wells), Regis Toomey (tenente McGough)

The Big Score
 Prima televisiva: 12 agosto 1957
 Diretto da: Oscar Rudolph
 Scritto da: David Chantler

Trama

 Guest star: Thomas Browne Henry (Edgar), Doris Singleton (Mrs. Farrell), Robert Carson (Farrell), Don Keefer (Reagan), John Eldredge (Graham), Herb Vigran (Johnson)

The Chess Player
 Prima televisiva: 19 agosto 1957
 Diretto da: Mark Sandrich, Jr.
 Scritto da: Ed Adamson

Trama

 Guest star: George Baxter (Thaddeus Tyler), Madeleine Taylor Holmes (Araminta Tyler), Lawrence Dobkin (Warburton Flagge), Jonathan Hole (Colin Tyler), Catherine McLeod (Mildred Tyler), Vaughn Taylor (Julian Tyler), Ross Elliott (Norman Devitt)

The Torch Carriers
 Prima televisiva: 26 agosto 1957
 Diretto da: Bernard L. Kowalski
 Scritto da: Gene Levitt

Trama

 Guest star: Bill Erwin (sergente Riker), Regis Toomey (tenente McGough), Richard Reeves (Reed), John Doucette (Corky), John Beradino (Marty Stopka), Gloria Saunders (Virginia Malcolm), Phyllis Avery (Nancy Cooper)

The Pete Rocco Case
 Prima televisiva: 9 settembre 1957
 Diretto da: Bernard L. Kowalski
 Scritto da: Richard Carr

Trama

 Guest star: Bill Erwin (sergente Riker), Regis Toomey (tenente McGough), Anne Neyland (cameriera), Marvin Press (Elmer Nacy), Marga Ann Deighton (Ma Rocco), Charles Bronson (Dan Rocco), Richard Devon (Pete Rocco)

Venus of Park Avenue
 Prima televisiva: 16 settembre 1957
 Diretto da: Mark Sandrich, Jr.
 Scritto da: David Chantler, George Worthing Yates

Trama

 Guest star: Betty Harford (Vera), Ivan Bonar (Vance), Harry Harvey (Chambers), Addison Richards (Carl Evanson), Edgar Barrier (Durant), Julie Van Zandt (Alex Bowers)

The Merry-Go-Round Case
 Prima televisiva: 23 settembre 1957
 Diretto da: Roy Delruth
 Scritto da: Richard Carr

Trama

 Guest star: Bill Erwin (sergente Riker), William F. Leicester (Rupert Miller), Leonard Bremen (Breezy Jones), Gloria Winters (Jane Thomas), Lugene Sanders (Eve Miller), Nancy Marshall (Marilyn Milhoan), Regis Toomey (tenente McGough), James Best (Jack Milhoan)

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Learn German in Germany! Are you thinking about moving to Germany to build a new future and a new life? Or do you want to learn German for some other reason? Here comes the first step towards your goal!
Term of application: 15 April 2019!
During the summer, you will learn the bases of the German language in one of Germany's biggest cities: Düsseldorf - the center of business, shopping and art! You study 3-4 hours (á 60 minutes) a day and then get some assignments to do at home. The emphasis is on communication and the practical application of what you learn. As a part of the course, we organize an activity in Düsseldorf and a couple of trips to some cities in the region (for example Bonn or Cologne).
German for beginners is a course that follows a pedagogy developed for the Swedish Folk Highschool (folkhögskola) – adult education centres – which puts the emphasis on the group dynamic, that is to talk, share, listen and learn from each other. In the course, we use the "reality" as a source for knowledge and work with a student-centred approach. There will be no final exams. To get a course certificate you need to have an attendance rate of 85 %. A large part of the course participants will be Swedish students who are reading a longer beginners course.
Take a chance to dive into German culture and choose to stay in a German host family. Living with a German host family is a great opportunity to train German and experience the German culture. The host family serves breakfast and dinner every day (half board).
If you prefer to arrange your own stay, we will give you a list of links to get a furnished home.
four and a half weeks intensive tuition.
20 study hours per week, Monday to Friday.
no prior knowledge of German required.
All course material and the final certificate are included in the price.
We require at least eight students to hold the course.
introduce yourself and take part in conversations in subjects of interest for you.
understand ordinary words and phrases.
read and understand simple information.
The location of Internationella Skolorna Düsseldorf is in the city centre of Düsseldorf. At walking distance, we have the famous shopping street Königsallee, Altstadt (Old Town) with its many café shops, restaurants and the beautiful promenade along the Rhen. Düsseldorf with its 600 000 habitants and it is a city with a big cultural offer and an international character.
All our teachers have German as their first language and have long experience in teaching foreign students. Our language institute was created in 2001 and is an official place to take the German language test Telc. The administrative staff speaks English, German and Swedish.
A completed form for the living arrangements.
The written registration is binding. Following conditions apply if you for some reason cannot participate and need to cancel.
The course starts Wednesday 12th of June. Day of arrival should be Monday or Tuesday same week. The last day of the course is on Friday 12th of July with departure date set to Saturday or Sunday.
The course fee is 450 €. Classes in German, course material and taking part in the trips (except meals) are included in the prize.
Living with a host family with half pension costs 200 € per week. The total cost amounts to 1 000 € for the five weeks. Please observe that if you require a special diet (vegan, allergies, etc) there is an added fee of 30 € per week. You can also chose to arrange the living on you own.
When you register, there is a registration fee of 70 €. That fee is deducted from the total amount in the final invoice.
Private insurance, travel to and from Düsseldorf and then in Düsseldorf is not included.
The cancelation must be in writing and send to our office by e-mail or letter.
If you cancel before the last 30 days before the course begins then the cancelation fee is 70 €.
If you cancel 30-15 days before the course begins then the cancelation fee is 25 % of the course total.
If you cancel 14-6 days before the course begins then the cancelation fee is 50 % of the course total and 80 % of the cost for the stay with a host family.
If you cancel 5-0 days before the course begins then the cancelation fee is 100 % of the course total and 80% of the cost for the stay with a host family.
The whole amount for the course and other services procured by Internationella Skolorna Düsseldorf must be paid 30 days before the start of the course. If you register within the last 30 days before the course starts, you need to make the payment immediately.
It is important to have a comprehensive travel insurance.
I would like to receive information about this course or courses similar to this one.


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Buffalo City Stadium (also known as the BCM Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa.  It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs.  The stadium holds 16,000 people.

The stadium has undergone three name changes. Originally, it was named Border Rugby Union Grounds, which was changed to the Basil Kenyon Stadium, after the Springbok player who captained the Springboks on a successful 3-month tour of England in 1951.
It has also been called ABSA Stadium, for sponsorship reasons. On 26 June 2010, The BCM Stadium hosted a Test match between Italy and South Africa. South Africa won 55–11.

Notable matches

In August 1978, 5,500 spectators at the stadium watched the South African Country Districts XV beat the touring American Cougars 44–12.

1995 Rugby World Cup
The stadium was one of the host venues for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It hosted 3 first round matches in Pool B during the tournament.

References

See also

 List of stadiums in South Africa
 List of African stadiums by capacity

Soccer venues in South Africa
Rugby union stadiums in South Africa
Rugby World Cup stadiums
East London, Eastern Cape
Sports venues in the Eastern Cape
Sports venues completed in 1934
1934 establishments in South Africa