New Delhi, March 20, 2019: Omidyar Network India today announced a INR 16 crore grant (USD 2.3 million) to create a multi-organization research consortium that will focus on issues linked to secure rights to assets. The grant will fund Brookings India, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and National Institute of Public Finance Policy (NIPFP) to develop evidence-based solutions to address chronic challenges in providing secure access to land, housing and property rights.
The lack of data and intellectual capital about property rights is creating a huge drain on India's economic growth potential. Even though India improved its Ease of Doing Business rank to 77 according to World Bank's Doing Business 2019 report, it ranks 166 on the ease of registering property. Land, housing and property rights have close links to a number of economic, social and legal factors, and are also mired in a lot of administrative complexity. The consortium aims to provide a platform for diverse voices in the field and elevate the discourse around land, housing and property rights.
"The aim is to have these institutions and hopefully other collaborators in the future, develop in-house expertise on important issues that are relevant for policy makers, build evidence around these issues and propose solutions that can truly improve the lives of people on the ground." said Shreya Deb, Director, Investments at Omidyar Network India.
"The consortium brings together many research institutions and experts. The initiative's importance cannot be overstated. The knowledge it will generate will break new ground, and have a far-reaching impact." said Ila Patnaik, Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP).
"NCAER is proud to join this band of land research institutions that Omidyar Network India has brought together. I fully expect that the work we do as a whole will add up to more than the sum of the parts. And as the consortium grows, we will be growing India's research capacity to deal with challenging land issues. Our own NCAER Land Policy Initiative will break new ground on gauging how the Indian States are doing on modernising their land records." said Shekhar Shah, Director-General, NCAER.
"Addressing challenges of land governance and management, lie at the heart of effective urban reform and the achievement of the SDGs in urban India. From universal access to housing and basic services, tenure security for women and making municipalities financially stable are all linked to a series of land governance reforms that both the state and central governments will need to embrace with both hands" said AromarRevi, Director, IIHS.


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These abstracts were initially written under contract; however, it was necessary for the editors to rewrite many abstracts extensively.
As the abstracts were written they were immediately added to one of the Clearinghouse computer files and were searchable by computer since late However, due to the delayed publication by Princeton University Press of Volume 18 of the Collected Works, the Clearinghouse publication of its abstract volume was postponed.
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Abstracts are arranged sequentially by volume. Psychiatric Studies List of Contents On the psychology and pathology of so-called occult phenomena: A case of somnambulism in a girl with poor inheritance spiritualistic medium.
Development of the somnambulistic personalities. Discussion of the case. The change in character. Nature of the somnambulistic attacks. Origin of the unconscious personalities. Course of the disorder. Princeton University Press, Certain conditions of psychopathic inferiority and altered states of consciousness, previously thought to be occult phenomena, are discussed to classify them and to resolve previous disagreement about them among scientific authorities.
These include narcolepsy, lethargy, ambulatory automatism, periodic amnesia, somnambulism, and pathological lying, which are sometimes attributed to epilepsy, hysteria, or neurasthenia and sometimes described as diseases in themselves. The exceptional difficulty in defining these states is outlined and a case of somnambulism is presented to illustrate the problems of classification.
A year-old unmarried female, an accountant and bookkeeper in a large firm, had been in a highly nervous state for some time and took a vacation. While walking in a cemetery, she began to tear up flowers and scratch at the graves, remembering nothing of this later. The conclusion was that the patient suffered from a psychopathic inferiority with a tendency to hysteria.
In her state of nervous exhaustion, she had spells of epileptoid stupor. As a result of an unusually large dose of alcohol, the attacks developed into somnambulism with hallucinations, which attached themselves to fortuitous external perceptions in the same way as dreams.
When she recovered from her nervous state, the hysteriform symptoms disappeared. Other cases of somnambulism and the findings of other researchers are briefly discussed. Return to the Table of Contents On the psychology and pathology of so-called occult phenomena: Detailed records of a case of somnambulism in a year-old girl, with powers of a spiritualistic medium, are presented, whose family had exhibited symptoms of eccentricity and personality disorders.
Records of family members reveal waking hallucinations, eccentric and bizarre behavior, personality aberrations, extended trance states, and varying degrees of neurotic and psychopathic behavior.
Her own behavior was reserved, though she was susceptible to sudden mood changes. Intellectually she was undistinguished, and poorly educated. Her mother was a tyrannical and inconsistent disciplinarian, and her father had died during S's early adolescence. Her proficiency as a spiritualistic medium emerged where she attempted table turning for amusement.
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Gradually, gestures accompanied words, until she acted out whole dramatic scenes, depicting a full range of emotions and using standard literary German fluently -- though she spoke only the rural dialect in a waking state.
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On the September 28, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Zack Snyder's Justice League reshoots, M. Night Shyamalan's next film, The Knick season 3, Marvel's Nick Fury show, Avatar 2, and Black Adam.
Chris: Zack Snyder Will Shoot Additional 'Justice League' Scenes Next Month
Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' Reshoots Will Reportedly Cost Around $70 Million
Ben: Marvel Studios is Developing a Nick Fury Series for Disney+, Samuel L. Jackson Returning to Star
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The impact of IRC's healing classrooms, tutoring, and targeted socio-emotional learning activities on children's learning and social-emotional outcomes in conflict and crisis settings (3EA)
Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) aimed to have a catalytic effect on the education in emergencies sector, enabling global education actors to ensure that children in crisis-affected settings attend safe and predictable schools and gain the reading, math, and social-emotional skills they need to thrive and succeed in school and life. The initiative brought the 'Learning in a Healing Classroom' approach as a base package to more than 8,000 children in Lebanon and Niger. It also included a three-part research agenda including measurement research, implementation research, and evaluation research to i) quantify the improved performance, ii) assess implementation fidelity, and iii) determine which interventions were most effective to achieve children's literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning outcomes.
Two low-intensity targeted interventions were rigorously tested:
Mindfulness to reduce toxic stress: strategies to focus on breathing and attentive listening to a single resonant sound were carried out daily, three to five minutes, three times a day; and
"Brain Games" or also known as social-emotional and cognitive regulation activities: Thirty minute weekly lessons were followed by five to ten minute Brain Game activities that teach mental flexibility, working memory, focusing attention, emotion regulation, impulse control, and how to develop positive social relationships.
This set of programmatic and research activities was designed to provide evidence of the mechanisms and conditions critical to the effectiveness, replicability, and scalability of these strategies, while additionally testing scientifically sound and field-feasible tools to assess impact and implementation.
Evidence from one of the randomized control studies that 3EA conducted in Niger showed that providing Healing Classroom Tutoring (HCT) and Healing Classroom Tutoring + Targeted Social Emotional Learning (SEL) activities led to improvement in children's math and reading skills, but not on their SEL skills. Adding targeted SEL programing to HCT led to an improvement on children's average public school grades. But targeted SEL activities did not make a statistically significant difference in improving children's measured reading and math skills over the effect obtained by HCT. The findings to date do not support the hypothesis that targeted SEL programs have beneficial impacts on social-emotional outcomes over and above the impacts of HCT. It is important to highlight that this is the first attempt at implementing and rigorously evaluating targeted SEL programs. Little evidence of SEL intervention impacts may suggest Mindfulness and Brain Games may not be appropriate for the context, culture and population. Alternatively, findings may reflect the challenges of implementing quality programs in crisis contexts, where front-line service providers, teachers and children face numerous barriers which may compromise how these programs are delivered and taken up.
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Incorporate Theravada and Mahayana doctrines through research
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New Delhi, India -- Sikkhimis spiritual leader His Holiness 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorge of Sikkim called on Buddhist scholars to undertake research on the doctrines of Theravada and Mahayana schools of Buddhism and introduce a uniform set of Buddhist teachings, values and principles for the betterment of the world.
Addressing the celebrations of Saga Dawa (Buddha Purnima) of Sikkhim Buddhists on Poson full moon day (June 15) at the National Museum in New Delhi, HH Karmapa said that a common Buddhist doctrine would be immensely beneficial to the mankind living in today's conflict-ridden world.
The spiritual head of Sikkhim monastery said that Buddhist scholars from India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan and other Buddhist countries should undertake research on Buddhist principles of different sects to incorporate common values in a uniform doctrine acceptable to all.
"It will benefit the people all over the world who seek answers, clarifications and solutions," he said. His Holiness said that germinating of positive and good motivation leads to ultimate bliss and enlightened that the teachings of Buddha Sakyamuni is as relevant today as it was initially preached by the Sakyamuni about 2500 years ago in India.
Minister Counsellor of Sri Lanka High Commission, Sugeeswara Senadhira, who was the gust of honour, emphasizing the special significance of Poson to Sri Lankan said that it was on this day 2350 years ago Buddhism was first introduced to Sri Lanka by the Arahat Mahinda, son of the Emperor Ashoka. "Buddhism is the guiding light in Sri Lankan society, and has influenced the country's history, culture, literature, and social values.
Buddhism has taught us to move forward in our lives on the path of kindness, tolerance, humanity, equality and harmony," he said.
"As a Buddhist I feel privileged today to pay my obeisance to most sacred Buddha relics recovered during excavations at Kapilavastu, the kingdom of Sakyas," Minister Counsellor Senadhira said. He added that the Government of India has acceded to a request made by President Rajapaksa to loan the sacred Kapilavastu relics to Sri Lanka for exposition during the 2600th Sambuddhathva Year which ends in the month of Vesak in 2012.
Ven Yapo Sonam Yongda of Assembly of Sikkhimese Monasteries thanked the Sri Lankan Government for honouring Ven Sikkhim Mahinda Thero, popularly known in Sri Lanka as Ven S Mahinda of Tibet, by naming a road in Colombo and put up a statute of this monk, who made a valuable contribution to the freedom struggle of Sri Lanka.
Ven Bante Sumedha of Pondichery Buddhist Society, Ven Badant Sadhananda of All India Buddhist Sangh and Dr Ravinder Singh of Buddhist Cultural Foundation also addressed the gathering. Buddha Pooja was conducted at the Buddhist Section of the Museum where the Kapilavastu Buddha relics are kept for veneration.


Australia had detailed intelligence of a national thought to be a Mossad spy who committed suicide in an Israeli prison, media report. The man's death has given rise to a myriad of theories, some suggesting his interrogation drove him to suicide.
An Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said it was clear the Australian government was "in the know long before ['Prisoner X'] died" in June 2010.
Zygier, an Australian-Israeli national, was being held in a high-security Tel Aviv prison for "grave charges" until he committed suicide in 2010. The Australian broke the story last week, identifying Zygier, who had previously been known as 'Prisoner X.' The report sparked outrage in Israel over government censorship of the case.
The news of Zygier's suicide gave rise to speculation, namely over how the Australian-Israeli managed to commit suicide in a maximum-security prison where he was reportedly under constant surveillance. Zygier's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, told Israel's Channel 10 that his client had been under intense emotional pressure in interrogations that could have ultimately contributed to suicide.
"His interrogators told him he could expect lengthy jail time and be ostracized from his family and the Jewish community. There was no heartstring they did not pull, and I suppose that ultimately brought about the tragic end," he said. Feldman added that in his conversations with Zygier prior to his suicide, his client was stable and did not seem like someone about to take their own life.
"If [the judge] had not found anything suspicious, she would not have transferred the case," the official said, adding that charges would be filed if any evidence of negligence was unearthed in the case.
Israeli officials have claimed that Zygier had been treated fairly while he was in custody, and denied allegations of negligence.
Zygier's wife and family have so far refrained from commenting on the case publicly. His Israeli wife reportedly fled her home in order to escape the media hype surrounding the affair.
However, reports have emerged that an agreement between Zygier's family and Israeli authorities – promising sizable compensation – was reached six weeks ago. An anonymous source told Israeli publication Haaretz that the government had offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to the family in compensation.
The case of Prisoner X has taken Israeli society by storm, giving rise to sharp criticism of government censorship.
"A prisoner, who is being hidden, kills himself and no one knows about it. How is that compatible with the rule of law?" Zehava Galon, head of opposition liberal party Meretz, said while addressing Israel's national assembly.
Israeli authorities had managed to keep the case under wraps for two years. Reports have surfaced that Prime Minister Netanyahu contacted the country's top editors and asked them to refrain from publishing any stories on the case: Even when the case was covered in international press, Israeli outlets were still not reporting on it.


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CD9 [prononciation : cé-dé-nouévé] est un boys band mexicain composé de cinq membres, initialement six, formé en 2013 à Mexico, à l'initiative de Jos Canela, un des leaders du groupe.

Membres
 Jos Canela (né le ) : un des chanteurs principaux et le fondateur du groupe. Avant d'être chanteur, il était une twittstar reconnue au Mexique.
 Alonso Villalpando (né le ) : le plus jeune des chanteurs, mais aussi le principal: il est compositeur et instrumentiste multiple.
 Alan Navarro (né le ) : il est le troisième membre du groupe, qu'il intègre à la suite d'un concert.
 Freddy Leyva (né le ) : cousin d'Alan, il entre dans le groupe en quatrième.
 Bryan Mouque (né le ) : il intègre le groupe à la suite du départ de William Valdès.

Carrière

Débuts
À l'origine du projet, Jos Canela s'est rapidement entouré de quelques amis, tous motivés pour développer leur passion, en prenant le nom de code CD9. Après la formation du groupe autour de Jos Canela et d'Alonso Villalpando, les membres produisent leur premier titre, The Party , en août 2012 avec la participation de William Valdès, un jeune acteur cubain. Accompagné d'un vidéo-clip, cette chanson connaît rapidement le succès sur YouTube. Ils sont rapidement repérés par la maison de disques Sony Music Mexico. Alors qu'ils signent leur contrat discographique, William Valdès abandonne le groupe et est remplacé par Bryan Mouque.

The Party et leur premier EP
Forts de leur premier succès sans leur maison de disques, CD9 lance, en décembre 2013, le single The Party avec la participation de Bryan ; il est suivi, en janvier 2014, par Ángel Cruel (en téléchargement digital). Deux mois plus tard sort leur premier EP, The Party/Ángel Cruel qui connaît le succès au Mexique, atteignant la neuvième place du  ; cet EP contient les deux titres ainsi que des remixes des deux chansons.

Le boysband, populaire principalement chez le public féminin à travers tout le Mexique, commence à tourner afin de mieux se faire connaître, sans pour autant donner de réels concerts.

Paso 2, leur deuxième EP
Le groupe lance ensuite Paso 2, un EP de deux chansons ; le succès est national, occupant la seconde place du Top mexicain, derrière Juan Gabriel, artiste international mexicain.

Lancé en juin 2014, il est suivi par le titre Me Equivoqué. En juillet, ils commencent leur tournée The Party Tour par un concert au  de Mexico. Au cours de la conférence de presse de ce premier concert, les cinq chanteurs annoncent la sortie, pour septembre 2014, de leur premier album.

Premier album : CD9

Le 29 septembre 2014 sort CD9, le premier album du groupe. Selon Alan, il  L'album devient disque d'or ( vendues) quelques semaines après sa sortie.

Mi-décembre est lancé le titre En Navidad, une chanson de Noël. Un concert exceptionnel à l'Arena Ciudad de México a lieu le 15 février 2015, avec en première partie, le jeune chanteur espagnol Abraham Mateo.

CD9: Love & Live Édition
En février 2015, il sortit CD9: Love & Live édition dans lequel il reprend les chansons en live de leur première tournée The Party Tour, et d'un nouveau single Para siempre

Deuxième album : Evolution
Le 18 mars 2016, Cd9 sort son deuxième album qui s'intitule Evolution, avec 15 chansons incluant 9 chansons en espagnol, 6 en anglais et 5 d'entre elles sont la version anglaise .

Single : Get Dumb
Le 23 août 2016, Cd9 sort son nouveau single en collaboration avec Crayon Pop un groupe coréen de K-pop. C'est pendant la cérémonie des Kids Choice Awards Mexico 2016 qu'ils ont chanté en exclusivité leur nouveau titre Get Dumb

Tournée

 The Party Tour

 Evolution Tour
 Revolution Tour

Prix et reconnaissances

Prix remportés
Le groupe CD9 a remporté déjà de nombreux prix au Mexique.

Pour les Melty Future Awards, CD9 effectue son premier voyage de promotion en Europe ; la cérémonie a eu lieu le 28 janvier 2015 à Paris en France.

Fans - Médias - Communication
Les fans de CD9 sont appelés "coders", une allusion au "code". Eux-mêmes ont reçu le surnom de "castores".

CD9 fait de nombreuses apparitions dans des shows télévisés et des émissions de musique au Mexique.

Notes et références

Boys band
Groupe mexicain de pop
Groupe musical des années 2010
Groupe musical formé en 2013
Artiste de Sony Music Latin

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Q: JQuery selector not working properly on my multilevel navigation bar I'm trying to make a simple horizontal navigation bar with multiple levels (but for now, I've only made a navigation bar with one sublevel). I'm following this tutorial here with some modifications:

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I used only one id on the main
 and I'm accessing the sublevels using #sample2 ul instead of using classes on those.
However, it simply doesn't work when I use the JQuery codes:
$(function () {
    $('#sample2 ul').each(function () {
        $(this).parent().eq(0).hover(function () {
            $('#sample2 ul:eq(0)', this).show(100);
            }, function () {
            $('#sample2 ul:eq(0)', this).hide(100);
        });
    });
});

Again, I only changed the tutorial's .dropdown class to #sample2 ul.
But it does work if I do the same way as the tutorial (i.e. assign either an id or a class on the sublevels), although I think it's unnecessary since those sub-
-s can be selected using css selectors.
What am I doing wrong? Are those sublevels really can only be selected using assigned classes/id on them?

A: #sample2 ul means get the
 element that is a child of the element with ID sample2.
What you are looking for is ul#sample2 as a selector, which means get the
 element that has the ID sample2

A: You really don't need jquery for this. A bit of simple CSS will get the desired results:
ul#sample2 li ul
{
    display:none;
}
ul#sample2 li:hover ul
{
    display:block;
}

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A: EDIT: got it this time, and I've tested it so I know this works, the following is the js you need:
$(function () {
    $('#sample2 ul').each(function () {
        $(this).parent().children('a').eq(0).hover(function () {
            $(this).parent().children('ul').show(100);
            }, function () {
            $(this).parent().children('ul').hide(100);
        });
    });
});

A: This should do the trick.  jsFiddle
$(function () {
    $('#sample2').on('hover', 'li', showSubMenu);
    $('#sample2').on('mouseleave', hideSubMenus);
});

function showSubMenu(){
    $(this).siblings().children('ul').hide(100);
    $(this).children('ul').show(100);
}
function hideSubMenus(){
    $(this).find('ul').hide(100);
}

EDIT:
It seems like you have some confusion about jQuery and how to use selectors (particularly selectors with context e.g. $(selector, context)).
In your example, $('#sample2 ul') will select every ul that is a descendant of #sample 2.  If you wanted to add the same hover effect to each ul, $('#sample2 ul').hover(handler) or $('#sample2 ul').on('hover', handler) will do that for you.  The problem is, you can't hover over hidden items.  So what you really want is to select the li under #sample2 and attach your handler to their hover event.
Within your hover event handler, you use the selector $('#sample2 ul:eq(0)', this).  The 'this' in that selector provides the context within which the #sample2 ul:eq(0)  will be looked for.  In an event handler, this refers to the element tied to that event.  In this case, the hovered-over li.   Eq(0) has no place inside the quotes of the selector, and as a general rule, should be avoided as part of any jQuery selector.  Because there is no #sample2 element within the context of this and because the :eq(0) malforms the selector, $('#sample2 ul:eq(0)', this) will return an empty jQuery object (nothing selected).  What you wanted in your handler was $(this).children('ul').  Which will get the ul that is a direct child of the li currently hovered over.

A: $('#sample2 > li').hover(
function() {
   // show
   $('ul', this).show(100);
},
function() {
  // hide
  $('ul', this).hide(100);
});

DEMO

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Biomarkers for autism
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NEW YORK—Targeted toward clinical trials in 2019 is QBM-001, biotech accelerator Q BioMed's autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) drug development program for non-verbal and minimally verbal autistic children. At the same time, Q BioMed also plans to validate key biomarkers and test for a possible companion diagnostic.
"At Q BioMed, we are tackling two obstacles: a lack of genetic information and a lack of diagnostic capabilities for our subgroup," Robert Derham, Q BioMed's vice president of orphan products, tells DDNews.
"In conjunction with the clinical trial, we have planned to validate the biomarkers, which would allow for one or both to be used as a companion diagnostic," says Derhanm, "where the test would need to be positive before someone could be treated with QBM-001, if QBM-001 were eventually approved."
Although the nonverbal or very minimally verbal subgroup is definable by the lack of language development, there is no diagnostic tool to identify the children at risk at an early age, he explains. As such, Q BioMed has vetted diagnostic options over the past 10 months that could offer a way to diagnose children as young as two years old.
"What we have found from independent studies is that there are some overlaying commonalities of the nonverbal children, which lead to the augmentation of deleterious molecules in their bodies," he says. "QBM-001 targets three different pathways that should ameliorate the buildup and reduce or hopefully normalize the situation so that the children can develop on a more typical path and develop speech."
If QBM-001 reaches the market, "we will work on establishing diagnostic capabilities to hopefully diagnose infants as young as six months, because as with most disorders, the sooner treatment can be administered, the less chance for long-term damage," Derham reports. "Independent studies on children that were nonverbal showed that past the age of 24 months, they have an accelerated loss of neurons in their cortex or speech region, and the assumption is, 'if you don't use it, you lose it.'"
"Fortunately, at that age the brain still has a lot of plasticity or ability to grow and regenerate, which is why we are aiming to find children as early as two years old for the trial," he adds. "In addition, we plan on performing genome sequencing on all trial participants to further characterize our target group of children."
In the meantime, Q BioMed continues to develop its intellectual property, including its patent-pending QBM-001 drug technology, which targets toddlers with pediatric developmental nonverbal disorder. An underlying commonality of this subgroup is elevated blood markers that lead to developmental delay, an autism diagnosis and eventual nonverbal or very minimally verbal capability for the rest of their lives, he says.
According to Derham, "This drug (QBM-001), acts as an allosteric regulator of faulty channels in the brain to potentially alleviate the condition and allow toddlers to actively develop language and speech and avoid life-long speech and intellectual disability of being non-verbal. QBM-001 also reduces inflammation in the brain, and by so doing, can reduce the amount of long-term nerve loss."
In preparation for the clinical trial, Q BioMed has selected partnerships both with a contract and development manufacturing organization (CDMO) to start manufacturing, and a contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in autism spectrum disorders to finish preclinical studies, submit a pre-IND orphan drug designation filing and continue to secure its intellectual property through patent filings. The identities of the CDMO and CRO will be "announced shortly," Derham tells DDNews.
"Autism spectrum disorders remain quite complex to diagnose and treat due to the varying differences or heterogeneity that abounds," Derham says. "Treating autism might be similar to Richard Nixon waging war on cancer in the early 70s and expecting to eradicate it. We know there are thousands of different types of cancers, and similarly, the number of subsets within the autism spectrum will only continue to increase. However, hopefully the autism spectrum never proves to be as segmented as cancer."
Many parents are "frustrated that a diagnosis comes so late with autism," Derham notes. "Parents often have that sixth sense that something is not right with their child. And with autism, unless the newborn comes from a high-risk family with a history of autism, most pediatricians or child psychologists do not feel comfortable making a diagnosis of autism until the child is at least two years of age."
Although more genetic causes are being found, not enough has been done in the past, Derham says. But that is changing, thanks to the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, which funded and started Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK), a landmark autism research project in the U.S, whose mission is to speed up research and advance our understanding of autism.
"One of the biggest challenges is identifying more unique subgroups within autism," Derham says. "As the data accumulates, so do genetic commonalities that allow researchers to identify new subgroups under the autism umbrella. Those commonalities then allow for a diagnostic to be developed."
Not all individuals who become nonverbal will benefit from QBM-001, Derham says. However, with validated biomarkers, testing from trained specialists and genetic testing, children who fall in this targeted population can be identified, and have a higher likelihood of responding to treatment.
"We are grateful for the feedback from clinicians, patients and their families and medical and scientific advisors," said Denis Corin, CEO of Q BioMed. "All are excited about the roadmap for QBM-001 over the next six months and look forward to reporting on our progress."


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L'Institut de physique nucléaire d'Ulugbek de la capitale Ouzbek, Tachkent, qui porte le nom du sultan Ulugh Beg, est le plus grand centre de recherche en Asie centrale, sur 1 500 employés on compte 350 scientifiques.

L'institut possède deux réacteurs de recherche : un réacteur nucléaire VVER-SM (10 MW) et un réacteur  IIN-3M FOTON (20 kW), ainsi que 2 cyclotrons, une source de rayonnement gamma, un générateur de neutrons et un complexe radiochimique. L'institut travaille à la production de radionucléides.

Le réacteur de recherche IIN-3M FOTON, d'une puissance de 20 kilowatts, diverge en .

En 2002, les États-Unis prévoient de racheter 70 kilos d'uranium enrichi  pour que la Russie puisse  récupérer ces matériaux fissiles pour les transformer en uranium non militaire dans le cadre d'une opération russo-américaine confidentielle.

En 2008, le réacteur VVR-SM est chargé d'assemblages de combustible à l'uranium faiblement enrichi (19,7 % d'uranium 235) à la place de l'uranium hautement enrichi (36% d'uranium 235) qui l'alimentait auparavant.

En , le gouvernement ouzbek demande à l'AIEA de soutenir son programme de démantèlement du réacteur IIN-3M FOTON. Il est mis à l'arrêt en . En 2015 débute le déclassement de ce réacteur de recherche, qui doit s'achever mi-2017. Après le retrait du combustible liquide irradié présent dans ce réacteur de recherche, et son acheminement en Russie, l'Ouzbékistan ne dispose plus d'uranium hautement enrichi.

En , le réacteur VVER, réacteur de recherche de type piscine d'une puissance de 10 mégawatts est à son tour mis définitivement à l'arrêt, sur décision du gouvernement ouzbek, en étroite collaboration avec l'AIEA.

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Q: Read System Font using browser and display them I need to display all the fonts available in user's machine in browser.
Is this possible using javascript or jquery or any other way around to get list font?
For example on my website user should able to see all the fonts available in his/her machine in a combobox and s/he can apply on any text in same page.

A: There's no way to access the local font list from the browser as that would be a serious security breach. It will also threat privacy.
You need to use some kind of browser extension like: ActiveX, Firefox/Chrome/Webkit plugin, Flash, etc.
It can also be a little "dangerous" to use local fonts to format text if it will be read in other machines, as it is possible that other users don't have the fonts.
Have a look also at Google Fonts API, this makes lots of fonts available to any browser. I suppose it can be queried, and it is also web-safe.


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Q: How to configure logging for jars I have added seperate loggers for all my classes in logback.xml and i am controlling my loggers using that. Now i am getting some logs from the jars that the class is using. How can i turn off or control the levels for those loggers. Any suggestions ??? I cant know the exaclt location of the jars as in the log message it will appear as if it is coming from the class itself and not from JAR. Please help me out here

A: Suppose You are getting some DEBUG level messages from the "com.eclipse" jar and you want to turn it off.  You can do it like this in your logback.xml file :
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Sound Waves Transport Droplets for Rewritable Lab-on-a-Chip Devices
June 11, 2020	| By Ken Kingery
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind
Droplets of different sizes sit on grids of transducers that vibrate to create tunnels in a thin layer of oil, which can transport the droplets in multiple directions.
DURHAM, N.C. – Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a versatile microfluidic lab-on-a-chip that uses sound waves to create tunnels in oil to touchlessly manipulate and transport droplets. The technology could form the basis of a small-scale, programmable, rewritable biomedical chip that is completely reusable to enable on-site diagnostics or laboratory research.
The results appear online on June 10 in the journal Science Advances.
"Our new system achieves rewritable routing, sorting and gating of droplets with minimal external control, which are essential functions for the digital logic control of droplets," said Tony Jun Huang, the William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke. "And we achieve it with less energy and a simpler setup that can control more droplets simultaneously than previous systems."
Automated fluid handling has driven the development of many scientific fields such as clinical diagnostics and large-scale compound screening. While ubiquitous in the modern biomedical research and pharmaceutical industries, these systems are bulky, expensive and do not handle small volumes of liquids well.
Lab-on-a-chip systems have been able to fill this space to some extent, but most are hindered by one major drawback—surface absorption. Because these devices rely on solid surfaces, the samples being transported inevitably leave traces of themselves behind that can lead to contamination.
The new lab-on-a-chip platform uses a thin layer of inert, immiscible oil to stop droplets from leaving behind any trace of themselves. Just below the oil, a grid of piezoelectric transducers vibrate when electricity is passed through them. Just like the surface of a subwoofer, these vibrations create sound waves in the thin layer of oil above them.
These sound waves form complex patterns when they bounce off the top and bottom of the chip as well as when they run into one another. By meticulously planning the design of the transducers and controlling the frequency and strength of the vibrations causing the waves, the researchers are able to create vortices that, when combined, form tunnels that can push and pull droplets in any direction along the surface of the device.
"The new system uses dual-mode transducers, which can transport droplets along x or y axis based on two different streaming patterns," said Huang. "This is a big step up from our previous system, which simply created a series of dimples in the oil to pass droplets along on a single axis."
Aiding Huang in the creation of this upgraded system was Krishnendu Chakrabarty, the John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke, and his PhD student Zhanwei Zhong. The pair helped design the electronics at the heart of the new lab-on-a-chip demonstration, and greatly upgraded and miniaturized the wire connections, controllers and other hardware used in the system.
By using dual-mode transducers, the researchers were able to move droplets along two axes while simultaneously reducing the complexity of the electronics four-fold. They were also able to reduce the operating voltage of the transducers three-to-seven times lower than previous system, which allowed it to simultaneously control eight droplets. And by introducing a microcontroller to the setup, the researchers were able to program and automate much of the droplet movement.
The researchers show off the capabilities of their new device in a series of videos. In one, a droplet is quickly whisked around the exterior of a square. Others show droplets coming to a "T" intersection and turning right or left, and the creation of a "logic gate" that can either interrupt a droplet's movement along a corridor or allow it to pass through.
The ability to control droplets in a manner similar to the logic systems found on a computer chip is essential to a wide variety of clinical and research procedures.
"Our next step is to combine the miniaturized radio-frequency power-supply and control board designed by Professor Chakrabarty's team for large-scale integration and dynamic planning," said Huang. "We're also planning to integrate the ability to split droplets into two without having to touch them."
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01GM132603, UG3TR002978, R01HD086325, R33CA223908, R01GM127714), the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (W81XWH-18-1-0242), and the National Science Foundation (ECCS-1807601).
CITATION: "Acoustic Streaming Vortices Enable Contactless, Digital Control of Droplets." Peiran Zhang, Chuyi Chen, Xingyu Su, John Mai, Yuyang Gu, Zhenhua Tian, Haodong Zhu, Zhanwei Zhong, Hai Fu, Shujie Yang, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, and Tony Jun Huang. Science Advances, 2020. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0606


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Regent Stillwell says fellow regents "beating a dead horse" in investigation of Law School Foundation
By Jordan Rudner	 Posted on April 4, 2013 at 12:21 pm
In what appears to be the next development in the ongoing conflicts surrounding the UT System Board of Regents, the Texas Legislature and President William Powers Jr., individual regents have begun speaking with increased candor about the Board's decision to seek an external review of the already-investigated UT Law School Foundation.
UT Regent Bobby Stillwell told the Texas Tribune his colleague Alex Cranberg was "splitting hairs" in defending the external review, while Cranberg made references to a potential "cover up" on the part of outgoing System general counsel Barry Burgdorf.
According to the Tribune, Stillwell said the Board should move on from its investigation of the relationship between the UT School of Law and the Law School Foundation.
"There's no useful purpose to be served by continuing to beat this dead horse," Stillwell said.
Stillwell also appeared to criticize his colleague's insistence that an insufficient number of reviews have been conducted. In March, 18 state senators signed a letter to the Board saying that the Board-approved review would be "the fourth review of this matter," which Cranburg said reflected a misunderstanding of how many reviews have actually been conducted.
"I think whether we're in round four of one investigation or on the fourth investigation is just semantics," Stillwell told the Tribune. "The fact is, it's been going on for the better part of a year."
In an email to the Tribune on Wednesday, Cranberg maintained that the initial investigation, conducted by Burgdorf, did not adequately address the regents' concerns about the UT Law School Foundation.
"[The investigation] was so inadequate that I have heard complaints of it being a cover up," Cranberg wrote in an email to the Tribune.
Burgdorf announced his resignation in March.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants to make it almost as easy for production managers to deploy new software to the factory floor as to their mobile phone.
Its idea is to simplify the task of integrating new manufacturing execution systems with legacy ERP and PLM (product lifecycle management) systems using cloud-based deployment tools.
To do that, it plans to put modern hardware on factory floors, hooking it up to a cloud-based app store -- like a mobile phone for the factory, only bigger, as HPE Fellow Colin I'Anson put it.
Such a move would give production managers access to the latest IoT, machine learning, augmented reality and analytics technologies, potentially allowing businesses to create so-called "digital clones" of every item they produce. These models record everything that happens to an item as it moves along the production line, and can help with inventory management, quality control, and rework of defective items.
That said, around two-thirds of the initial 60 apps in the store have nothing to do with IoT, according to I'Anson. "They are about how you run your factory," he said.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise says deploying a new manufacturing execution system from the Express App Platform -- Manufacturing store can be done with just six clicks.
Another reason IT workers shouldn't fear being sidelined is that HPE wants to work through enterprise IT departments, not around them. When those Simplivity servers are first set up, they are going to need internal IP addresses and network ports, and the apps they support will need access to existing corporate systems if they are to fulfill their promise. There's a lot more to getting the apps up and running than the "six clicks" HPE says it takes to deploy them.
After that, HPE hopes to keep IT and manufacturing staff out of one another's hair.
"The competence in a manufacturing department is at the system level. They will understand how to connect applications together; they will not understand the complexities of deploying an app into a manufacturing environment, and making sure that the right patches or whatever are actually in that box," he said.
HPE is offering to take on that ongoing patching and maintenance activity. "We'll put it in with three or five years of proactive support, so you don't need to be fiddling with the IT systems inside for that period of time," he said. "Its availability is better than that of the factory systems it's supporting."
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Gregg Hirshberg
Timelessness
Typically, I'm a believer of science. The earth really is round, vaccines don't cause autism, we really (probably) did send men to walk on the moon and climate change is real and it's real bad. But here's one, minor, topic that I'm not sure about; time. Like, you can tell me 2000 was 20 years ago, and show me that we're closer to the year 2040 than we are 2000, but my freedom of speech gives me the right to say that's complete bull crap. And given the opportunity, I could prove it. The opportunity is really really specific though. What I need is, someone that has been in a coma since 1980, give or take a couple of years.
You find me that person, and I'll sit them down and show them a single random movie from 1960, 1980, 2000 and 2020 along with the top selling album from each year, an average television and car from each year. I'd bet both of my arms that this subject would be able to easily tell you what came from 1960 and 1980, but would be hard pressed to discern between the products from 2000 versus those from 2020. Why? Because 2000 wasn't 20 years ago. I'm sure, at my age, my father also felt that the years were flying by and an increasingly quick pace. But was 1983 as similar to 1963 as 2020 is to 2000? Michael Jackson's Thriller was the best selling album of 1983 and it was nothing like the soundtrack of West Side Story, the top selling record of 1963. Meanwhile, NSYNC had the top selling album of 2000, while a boy band from Korea (my daughters favorite of favorites) BTS, has the top selling album of 2020. Our subject that just woke up from a coma, would absolutely see BTS and NYSNC as contemporaries. Just as they would see a huge difference, just in the production value, between Cleopatra and Return of the Jedi. And far less difference in production value between How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Bad Boys for Life.
Now that I've convinced you that 2000 wasn't actually 20 orbits around the sun ago, let me explain why this matters. Yesterday I was reminded just how recent 6th grade (1989) really was. Some local news acted as a time machine, and zapped me back to one of the best things I could do in 6th grade. I was riding my best friend, Brendan's bus after school. Riding the bus sucked, but riding someone else's bus sucked way less. And wouldn't you know it, the prettiest girl in school also rode that bus. It was gonna be a great afternoon. I can't say for sure, but it was probably a Friday. So our plans consisted of eating pizza, playing Double Dribble and possibly making some prank phone calls. But something happened on that bus, that completely took the wind out of my sails.
I had spent the first 12 years of my life, okay, the first 25 years, socially distancing before that was a thing. My circle of friends never exceeded three, and I would have bet that 99% of the school didn't know my name. Not only was I just super shy by nature, but I was also a pretty depressed kid, overflowing with anxiety. In part, probably a large part, due to some family issues. The youngest of three, my older brother and sister were having serious struggles.
For a brief second, that was all about to just fade away. And by brief, I mean real brief. From the moment Bridget (prettiest girl in Brookfield) to tap on my shoulder and say "Hey" to the next words out of her mouth, is just how brief I'm talking about. Because what followed was a question that was responsible for no less than 34% of my anxiety. "Aren't you the one with a brother in jail?"
See, that brief second has come to a close. Yes, it was true. In finding his way through life, my brother did some stupid shit. And my fear, that people would be talking about my families flaws, was real. I'm sure that I could show you exactly where I was standing on that bus, just as I can tell you exactly how that felt. And it never felt like she was being mean, just that she was curious.
Although she had never spoken to me before, she was good friends with Brendan's older brother. In fact, a few weeks before, she provided the highlight of my 6th grade year. Again, at Brendan's to play Nintendo, but there's a knock on the door and his mom answers the door. Standing in the pouring rain was Bridget and her friend, completely soaked. That's it, that was the best moment of 6th grade. But I promise you, it was epic.
So how was I transported back to this very specific moment in 1989 on a random Monday, during a pandemic, in 2020? Well, my nephew, who I adore and consider to be one of my personal heroes, made the news. And it wasn't a good thing. My nieces and nephews have been through the ringer. Lost a parent in a DUI accident when they were toddlers, a mom who has battled addiction since Reagan was in office, been in foster care. The list goes on, and it really sucks.
My nephew did a really really stupid thing a couple of weeks ago, and that ended up leading to his arrest. Then he took that awful decision, and he doubled down. With the understanding that the dealer had a 20, and he was showing a five, he doubled down and somehow escaped from custody. Leading to one of my more stressful days, and the tragic moment of gratitude, where I was thankful that he's white. Because that made him significantly safer, but it didn't make him safe. So for a few hours, I kept my eyes on the news and even left the ringer on my phone on. Scared to death that this was going to end very badly.
It might sound like it, but I'm not at all ashamed of him. Just as I wasn't ashamed of my brother in 1989. Angry, yeah, I'm pretty angry with him. But mostly I'm worried. I'm worried about him, and why he's making such bad choices right now. He was recently married, and has a baby that's just two months old. He has two other sons from a previous relationship, and I've seen him with his boys. He's a great father. So while the news might say he's 27 and accused of this or that crime and shouldn't be approached, I see that he's still a really scared 12 year old boy. Because years aren't real, and all the horrible shit he's been through, and survived, just happened to him. And that's why my nieces and nephews are my heroes. Because they still seek love. They still want love. They still want TO love. They survive, they matter and till the day I die, they'll always be loved.
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A Conversation with Literature
When Cornelius Eady decided to put his name in the running for the John C. Hodges Chair of Excellence in the UT Department of English, his only hesitation was the pair of shoes he would be filling – former chair and current Poet Laurate for the United States Joy Harjo.
"She is a tough act to follow, but Joy was the one who recommended I apply," said Eady, who joined the English department August 1. "She had nothing but praise for the students and faculty and felt what I do and where the program is headed would make a good match."
Eady brings with him 30 years of teaching experience and the energy and resources of Cave Canem, a workshop for African American poets he helped start many years ago.
"Cornelius has an energy, creativity, and passion for teaching that has been recognized the Modern Language Association through their highest honor, the Phyllis Franklin award for Public Advocacy for the Humanities," said Misty Anderson, professor and head of English. "He will be a great champion for our department and is already reaching out to Austin-East High School to engage them with poetry and English in general."
In addition to his poetry and teaching experiences, Eady also brings music to the Scruffy City. Eady, a National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominated poet, set his poetry to song with the Cornelius Eady Trio. Their first appearance in Knoxville is Thursday, September 16 on WDVX's Blue Plate Special. They will also perform Friday, September 17 with guest Concetta Abbate in the Powell Recital Hall in the Natalie Haslam Music Building on the UT campus.
"We will perform a cycle of songs I wrote during the pandemic lockdown last spring," Eady said. "We call them our pandemic folks songs."
John Freeman, in his review of Eady's project for The Museum of Americana wrote that "Eady's songs are momentous and unique. This is stunning music that everyone ought to be listening to."
Eady and his trio wrote the songs remotely from their homes in the New York area, including Long Island, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
"The project was a lifeline through 2020 and our way of coping," Eady said.
Eady is familiar with projects to help cope with various stages of his life and experiences. Along with poet Toi Derricotte, Eady founded the Cave Canem Foundation as a home for the many voices of African American poetry.
"The idea started as a 'safe space' for African American poets to write, experiment, and find different ways of using their voices," Eady said.
Poets can attend workshops, apply to be fellows, and find productive spaces for writing without fear of censure or the need to defend their subject matter or language.
"We give each other permission to do things we would not have done otherwise," said Eady, who is proud of the fact that every African American poet since Rita Dove who has won a Pulitzer has had some connection with Cave Canem. "It's a small workshop, but it has had a huge impact on the way African American poetry is seen in this country."
This fall, Eady will bring six Cave Canem fellows to campus to celebrate the organization's 25th anniversary. The event is a reading that will take place October 24-26. Eady hopes to bring more Cave Canem programs to UT, but for now, is settling into life on Rocky Top and in Knoxville. As a professor of poetry, Eady will encourage his students to embrace life through poetry.
"When I first learned about poetry, I was just a precocious kid spending time in the library," Eady said. "One thing led to another and, thanks to a really great homeroom teacher in high school, I stepped on the path of being a writer, which began my conversation with literature."
Eady answers the question "Why poetry?" with a question of his own – "Why not?"
"The more I teach, the more my students answer this question for me," Eady said. "They have a way of seeing what they can do, how they can embrace life, and find their voices. The difference between them and me as baby poet is they seem more deliberate about what they want to do. I suppose in a way, teaching for me is appreciating where I was, and where they are, and to do what I can to help make their first steps less mysterious."
The John C. Hodges Chair of Excellence was established in 1972 to allow the department to attract nationally and internationally recognized senior faculty with a record of excellence in publication, teaching, and service.


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There's a party tonight? (We need girls... >.>)
Thread starter TinyRustyPiglets
TinyRustyPiglets
There's a party tonight?
...Yeah, there's a party every night.
IC: http://space-kitten.org/iwaku/showthread.php?t=4411&p=113302#post113302
Hey, Rusty here with a pretty straight forward RP(That sounded very Billy Mayes-y), very loosely based on the TV series Skins.
If you aren't familiar with Skins, then all you really need to know is that this RP revolves around partying, drugs, booze, and naughty teenage immatureness.
WE NEED GIRLS!!!!
Plot-y/Rule-y Silliness:
All characters should be around high school age with a distinct personality, and should apart of the one distinct circle of friends that this RP is strongly built around. Weather your character is relatively new to this group or has been friends with most of these people for awhile, everyone should be on a first name basis, or should at least be familiar with a few faces. In every circle of friends there's always conflict, I expect conflict. Conflict is good. I like conflict.
I don't want you to think this is another one of those general High School RPs. 'Cause it's not. Most situations will take place after hours and at parties, though most in-school scenes are essential to the plot. So… yeah… It should be PRETTY interesting. Interesting is good. I like interesting.
Anyway, uh… to show that you actually read this crap (it's not that much, if you didn't you're just poopy lazy face), please include your Char's favorite song in the "Anything else?" section of the CS.
CHARACTER SHEEEEEEETS!!!
Get'em while they're hot:
YOUR User Name:
Nicknames: (if any)
Appearance: (perferrably photos, but I don't really care. I'm not anal like that)
A Secret:
Anything else?:
CURRENT CHARACTERS:
Username: TripleDeXTreme
-Ryleigh Shannon O'Brian
-Nicole Elizabeth Delaney (She's up for adoption)
Username: Zypher
-Eric Johansson
Username: October Knight
-Seth Conroy
Username: anniephantom905
-Arclette
Username: Kitti
-Seraphia von Alte
-Levi Dempsey
Usename: SevenYears
-Luke Martin
Username: Christina-Arisa
-Kiyoshi Dakara
Two-Three moar girls plz?
Is that all…? Yeah I think so… so uh, get to it. Any questions, feel free to ask.
Re: There's a party tonight?
YOUR User Name: TinyRustyPiglets
Ryleigh Shannon O'brian
Nicknames: Ry, Leigh, "The Provider"
Sexuality: Straight as far as he's concerned, but he's getting a bit curious.
Grade: High school Sophomore (Started shcool later than most kids when he was little)
Occupation: Currently works at a local Best Buy.
Personality: Independent, impulsive, inappropriate, and never ever serious about anything. He lets the situation take control of him, instead of the other way around… He's known to be the life of the party, though when he's not at a party and not stoned, he's known to be a bit calmer and a little more pleasant to talk to. Leigh hates the thought of being co-dependent, and this got him into a few problems. He's severe stubbornness is the root of a lot of his problems in fact, and he never accepts any help from anyone. When he's angry or upset he gets … well a bit awful. Aggressive and violent, but he's not a bad guy at the least. He just has a few problems he needs to fix. Despite all of this, he's a really caring guy, and won't hesitate to lend a hand every now and then.
Likes: Mt. Dew, dirty girls, sex, South Park, various drugs, corn dogs, people who don't worry about trivial shit, screamy music.
Dislikes: Lap dogs, movies without blood or lesbians or a good soundtrack, Kettle Corn, Sweedish fish, bitches, Justin Bieber, Hippies, Cigarettes (go figure).
Bio: Ryleigh currently lives with his abusive step father, and his mother, whom he loves dearly, but can't seem to help. Both of his parents have had their mix ups with drugs, especially his father. His mother has been mostly clean ever since Ry was born, with the exception of a few slip ups, but tough times are weighing her down. She went back to college to get a proper degree, and can't afford to live anywhere but the house that His step father owns. His mother is very frantic, and suffers from mild anxiety attacks. <o:p></o:p>
Ry is known to sleep out on the streets by himself to get away from it all, and never takes up anyone's offer to sleep at their place. He's currently trying to get enough money to find a place of his own.
Leigh got hooked on drugs and alcohol at a pretty young age, around 14 or 15. He's considered "the Provider" around town, since he's known to be able to get any drug you need for the right price. He thinks he's just fine, even though slowly but surely it's getting out of control.
A Secret: He's not willing to admit it, but he needs someone to pull him off of his knees. He's going somewhere in his life where he doesn't want to go and he's beginning to become a bit dependant.
Anything else?: Favorite Song: Mindless Self Indulgence - Bring the Pain
He went out with Nikki once, but it didn't work out. He's a good friend of her's but a little over protective of her.
Zypher
Can I transfer you to my manager?
Invitation Status
Writing Levels
Intermediate, Adept, Advanced
Preferred Character Gender
Adventure stories! They can be fantasy, modern, sci-fi, all kinds! Give me some good world travel stories and I'm all over it! I also enjoy romance stories and even though I tend to play females I love playing gay men.
Count me in, gimme a little bit of time to work on the char-sheet. I'm guessing this is the UK version of Skins yes?
butterflymima
My Character Sheet:-
YOUR User Name: harmangel
Character Name: Alice
Nicknames: Kitten (only her boyfriend calls her that) other wise none.
Grade: High school Sophomore
Occupation: Works at a small book shop is also lead singer of an amateur rock band.
Appearance: View attachment 3199 the one at the front BUT has quite short hair and her eyes are the same shade as her hair boy friend:- name is Ian and is way older than her around 28, college student.
Personality: Aggressive, always gets what she wants, hardcore, can't be bossed around.
Likes: vine the most exquisite ones, music, dancing, parties, underground racing, her motor bike and her current boyfriend.
Dislikes: Whores, bitches who act all lesbian and sexy. Sissy guys or guys who like to dominate. Girly things like rainbows and pink teddies.
Bio: Alice was orphaned when she was only 12 when her parents died in a horrible car accident, she had a tiny apartment to herself until one day some man claimed he owned her apartment. She had to move out lucky for her she already had a few strings pulled and got herself a tiny room above an old garage. Not so soon her boyfriend decided to move out of his own house and started living with Alice. She is importantly lead singer of a band
A Secret: She secretly hates what she has become, she wishes to some how escape from this hell hole and start over.
Anything else?: Very possessive about her boy friend Ian but would never show it. Deep down she has a heart of any other average girl who is loved by her parents has a good circle gets good grades and is a good girl in general.
Favorite Song: Join Me In Death by HIM
Yep, UK version, indeed, Zypher. But again, loosely based.
harmangel, looks like you're partially accepted. Did you read the very last bit of my plot-y/rule-y silliness?
to be honest i still don't get what needs to be fixed =/
Lol it's fine. You just need to add your Char's favorite song in the "Anything Else" portion of the Character sheet. It's fine really.
YOUR User Name: Zypher
Character Name: Eric Johansson
Nicknames: None
Sexuality: Gay-ish, hasn't been with a girl but he's not sure he'd like it.
Grade: Sophmore
Occupation: His family is rich, he doesn't need to work.
Personality: The best way to describe Eric's personality is "Who cares?" He goes through life doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He likes making sure that he gets good grades so his parents will keep his trust fund open to him but beyond that he doesn't really care. He gets what he wants, and he usually wants a lot. He's pretty loud and social but he can be quiet when he is in the presence of someone he respects (which is pretty rare)
Likes: Guys, parties, drinking, Ecstasy, money, ditzy girls
Dislikes: Homeless people, his parents, teachers, fights
Bio: Even though Eric seems to have it all on the outside he's really a bit sad on the inside. His parents don't pay him any attention and he thinks that bad attention is better than no attention. He makes friends pretty easily in school but some of that could be due to his money and he really worries that nobody likes him for him. He loves to party and hang out with his friends and he's always willing to go with their crazy ideas.
A Secret: He's still a virgin, even though he talks a big game.
Anything else?: Favorite Song: Boots n' Boys - Ke$ha
Sorry it took so long! Here it is.
ahh fixed it sorry am a ditz
October Knight
Fantasy, Horror and Sci-fi. I'll try basically anything though. I also love strange and unusual RP genre concepts. Different is good!
I've never seen skins, but I think I get the idea. How's this?
Character Name: Seth Conroy
Nicknames: Sii
Grade: Sophomore, got held back a year.
Occupation: Unemployed.
Personality: Self centered, conceded and quick tempered. Although he does show slight compassion towards several people, he mostly is out for his own. He has little concern for other peoples feelings, but at times has moments where he isn't a complete asshole. People seem to like him because he isn't scared of speaking his mind in just about any situation. While it isn't uncommon for people to dislike Seth, just as many seem to like him for his outgoing, No-BS attitude.
Likes: Drinking, drugs that make him stay up all night, parties, hot tubs, sex, sex in hot tubs, piercings, going against the grain, loud music
Dislikes: School, his parents, homework, the police, parties that end before 2am, being sober
Bio: Seth was raised by a loving mother and father, but for whatever reason wound up getting into trouble and involved with drugs at an early age. Seth Grew up too fast and always hung out with older kids cause they could buy booze and cigarettes. While he was still on speaking terms with his parents he would talk them out of money whenever possible, after they stopped giving it to him he started stealing, then he would talk his way out of that, too. Now that they lock up their cash and won't give him a dime, he doesn't talk to them at all. For the last six months or so he has been out almost all night every night, when he isn't picked up by the cops, and never calls to check in. The last time he saw his Mother she threatened to send him to a camp for troubled kids. Seth would run away for good if she tried to pull that bullshit on him.
A Secret: Once set a building on fire because he was drunk. Also got picked on a lot when he was younger.
Anything else?: Smokes a pack of camels a day. Favorite song "Tomorrow belongs to us" The Casualties.
Knight, you're character is great. All I need I need is your character's favorite song in his "Anything Else" secton and you're approved. Zypher, you're also accepted.
I'll get the IC up either later today or tomarrow, so be on the heads up, and we need LOTS more people to make this good (I've been in another RP like this on another site and it turned out amazing and lasted a really long time. But the topic was removed after it got alittle raunchy. Anywayyyy...) So PLEASE PLEASE PELASE PLEASE recruit more peoples. I'll probably post this in the players needed topic if we get on a roll and we still need more.
Fixed it! Also. I'll try to find some more players for the rp.
anniephantom905
YOUR User Name: anniephantom905
Character Name: Arclette Adams (she finally has a last name, haha)
Nicknames: Her dad calls her Aardvark and Anklet, but if anyone else calls her those names, she'll probably put you on her immediate bad side.
Occupation: Arclette works at a combination coffee shop and bookstore downtown.
Appearance: View attachment 3234
Personality: Arclette mostly keeps to herself, but that doesn't mean she's out-of-the-loop. She knows 99% of what goes on around the school and what happens at the infamous after-hour parties... even if she hasn't attended a single one since freshman year. Her past is a puzzling mystery to a majority of the students, and for good reason; she keeps everything hidden from public eye. She does enjoy working at the book store, even if she's a tad rude to customers at times. Arclette is brilliant but easily aggravated, and most likely doesn't want to talk to you or have anything to do with you.
Likes: Reading, being alone, cigarettes, and piercings.
Dislikes: Shallow douchebags that hit on her, parties, and superficiality.
Bio: Arclette lives with her father in an apartment in the city. Not much about her is known.
A Secret: Freshman year, Arclette used to party quite frequently until she was raped by a stud on the football team. Ever since then, she's been defensive and reclusive. Parties bring back horrible, painful memories of the rape. Letting guys into her life frightens her.
Anything else?: Favorite song: "Another Bag of Bones" by Kevin Devine. Favorite book: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Perfect Knight! thankies :D. Anniephantom, She looks great, accepted.
I'll be posting the IC as soon as I get it all typed up and junk, along with another character.
YOUR User Name: Kitti?
Character Name: Seraphia von Alte
Nicknames: Fee
Sexuality: Whatever
Grade: Sophomore
Occupation: Ground team at concerts for a local radio station
Personality: Mercurial and eager to please, it's hard to tell what her real personality is like since she shifts herself so often. If you do some digging, or become a person not worth pleasing, you'll find that she's insecure and timid.
Likes: Approval, affection, music, some drugs and alcohol
Dislikes: People who are hard to figure out, people who are really judgmental
Fee was adopted from another country when she was approximately six years old, by a family who wanted a child that looked a little like them but discreetly. No one really knows what country she used to live in, since she was essentially taken in an under-the-table kind of deal. She has some memories of it though and none of them were really pleasant.
After her adoption by the von Altes, Fee was given a harsh schooling in all things that a young lady needs to know (according to her family). When the young Mrs. von Alte finally conceived, however, in her early forties it was decided that the true heir to the family could not be overlooked for some foreign brat. Seraphia was then promptly dismissed from the household with a suitcase of her belongings and a little bit of money.
Desperate, Fee has lied to the school about her parents and her place of residence and instead barely makes a living in a small apartment.
A Secret: Fee wants everyone to think that her parents died, not that she was unloved. So that's what she tells them.
Anything else?: "I'll Forget You" Linda Eder
Please do :D I think Two or three more characters will be enough (if we even get that lucky) and then I'll close it up.
IC still on the way!
(Seen a lot of times wearing a black fedora)
Nicole "Nikki" Elizabeth Delaney
Nicknames:Nikki, Blitz (known for getting away from the cops a few times.)
Grade: HS Junior
Occupation: Baby sits and volunteers at the library.
Personality: Nicole's always been an 'A' student who never back-sassed or bitched at anyone, but she's always had this unnecessary desire to take risks. For example, when she insisted Joey show her his private parts if she showed him hers, behind the dumpster at recess in third grade; or when she went to the skate park with her older brother and she demanded to go down the biggest ramp as soon as she got there, and eventually ended up breaking her ankle.
By the time she reached high school, she had already been at the top of the list for a scholarship at four local private schools (schools she applied for just to see what she would get), and was already associated with the normal "trouble makers".
She's very honest, and never afraid to tell it like it is. Nikki's caring and fun loving and she's the kind of person that's hard to get down.
Her father says, "She's as sharp as a needle and as bright as the sun, but she has no common sense what so ever."
Likes: Booze, built guys, bad chicks, Mario kart, piercings, anime, hardcore music, ecstasy raves, playing bad, kitties and puppies.
Dislikes: Bitches, when people call her a whore because she's proudly bisexual, when people bang the person she just made out with five minutes ago, people who whine, and girls with annoying high pitched voices.
Bio: Nikki comes from an upper class family of five. Her mother, father, her 23 year old brother (who's now in some ivy league college) and her 13 year old sister,(who seems to keep getting herself in trouble, and who's known as the slut in her middle school(Nikki also feels as if she's stealing her thunder)). Nikki finds herself grounded a lot, but she doesn't mind since she's good at entertaining herself and sneaking out. She hosts a good majority of parties because her Dad is "away" often, and her mother works nights.
A secret: Nikki knows her father is cheating on her mom, but she doesn't want to be the one that ruins their relationship.
Anything else?: Favorite Song: Panic Attack – Dream Theater
She went out with Ryleigh at one point, but it didn't work out. They're still good friends though, but jealousy's a bitch.
Kitti, you're accepted
and now I present to you...
THE IC!!!!!!!
http://space-kitten.org/iwaku/showthread.php?t=4411&p=113302#post113302
SevenYears
I hope there's room for another!
Okay, it's fixed now. I typed one up at first but then realized it was way too much like another character, so I had to redo it.
YOUR User Name: SevenYears
Character Name: Luke Martin
Nicknames: Lucky
Occupation: Works at a bowling alley
Luke is about 6'2, and average weight. He has short brown hair and dark blue eyes. His face is normally rough and uncleanly trimmed.
Personality: Because of his rough upbringing, Luke became a rather carefree person. Among his friends he earned the reputation of being the jokester. He is always chasing women, and despite his low social status, has pretty good luck with them.
Likes: Drinking, partying, sex, women, money, music
Dislikes: pessimists, school, people who can't take a joke
Bio: Luke grew up in the rough side of town, with only his mother to raise him. His father left one day out of the blue before Luke ever got the chance to meet him, and he doesn't want to. The irony is that everyone who did know him tells Luke he looks just like him. Growing up with a hard life, Luke learned to fend for himself early. He was never arrested or had any run-ins with the law because he was gifted with common sense, and experience taught him how far was too far. At a young age he used alcohol and drugs to get away from the world, but he eventually came to terms with where he was in life. Now the life of partying is for pure enjoyment.
A Secret: Luke has discovered that sometimes being the jokester is hard. When people expect you to never be serious, life is hard when you actually want to be. Sometimes Luke has a hard time expressing his true feelings.
Anything else?: Hello, I'm in Delaware – City and Colour
I didn't want to join, but one more role play couldn't hurt, could it?
here's my character.
YOUR User Name: Christine
Character Name: Christine Alexandria
Nicknames: (if any) None.
Gender: Female.
Sexuality: Bisexual.
Grade: High school Senior. (Just started.)
Occupation: Works at a book store part time.
Personality: Christine is a complex individual. For the most part she can be described as a sadist. Growing up she was the kid who would poke things to see how they responded, stab things to see how long it would take until it died, burn stuff to see how it would respond. She gets amusement from inflicting pain on others, though she when she got a bit older she stopped a bit, unless you give her reason. She can be very sarcastic, or even rude. However, when she isn't she seems serious and emotionless, and distant. Sarah does not care what anyone else thinks, and she isn't someone who is going to listen to what anyone else says. She's very stubborn, and very hardheaded. She is also very protective of her sister, Emilia. Not really one to make friends, she's usually one to follow the group though not really interact with them. She can be rebellious, and has a very short temper, so getting on her bad side is not a good idea. She has a special place in her heart for her sister, however everyone else is basically dead to her.
In case you wanted to know I enjoy the following things:
Swimming: I'm good
A good fist fight
Photography: People/Plantlife/Landscapes
Freehand drawing
Plants of all sorts
Skinny dipping
Provocative things
Very riskay art pieces
The beach at night
Wind in my face
A nice breeze
But I despise:
Conceited people
People acting like door mats
Girls who abuse the word 'like'
Wannabes
Stereotypical popular girls. Aka the its all about me bitches
Bio: Christine was raised in a very strict environment by her father, her mother having passed away during childbirth. Her father always expected the best from her, if not the best then it wasn't good enough and neither was she. Her father, was a businessman, or so he called himself. Christine doesn't know much about his business but it seems as thought most of the time he is always gone. Growing up she never spent much time with her father, and of this day he probably could not tell you anything she is interested in, but he could tell you what she is good at. Probably because he picked those things. Violin was something he made her learn, singing was something he made her perfect because she wouldn't shut up all the time. Cooking was something he made her do for the both of them Christine didn't really have much company growing up, when she was younger she did have her brother but as they got older they both went out a lot, if she didn't go out nowadays she would always be alone, and she doesn't like being alone as it rather frightens her and she thinks she is going to be something of abandoned.
Home life aside, Christine doesn't really have very many close friends at school. She talks to a lot of people and sometimes hangs out around a lot of people but she has no one who are close friends - but she doesn't know that. No, Christine thinks anyone that is nice to her is her friend, she is easily deceived and manipulated because of that. She often times gets teased at school, if it's not because shes skinny and has chicken legs its because she looks like a little girl or sounds like a little kids or has a chest as flat as a pancake. There are those who tease her about how she talks as well because she has that way of dialect of that of someone whom English is a second language to and seems to have a faint accent because of it. She's never had a boyfriend in her lifetime, she doesn't even know if her father would a allow it. Boys have never really taken to her, at least not that she knows of.
A Secret: Still a virgin but writes very well in scene.
Anything else?: Going Under - Evanescence.


After publishing my ebooks at Amazon for three years, I finally stuck my toes in the waters of Smashwords today, checked for sharks and other things that bite, and took the plunge.
See my profile page at Smashwords. Click here.
After I filled out my profile page, I uploaded an ebook formatted to Smashwords's specifications. It didn't take long for them to publish my book, but there was a short delay because I didn't assign an ISBN to it. There was no prompt at the setup page to assign an ISBN, which I think would be a nice feature there. Smashwords doesn't require authors to assign ISBNs to their ebooks, but it's necessary if you want to sell at Apple and Kobo stores through Smashwords. So, I assigned an ISBN to my ebook, which has me hoping the numbers took and my ebook will end up listed at the Apple and Kobo stores.
A collection of 19 short stories spanning 40+ years of the author's career as an independent author. The stories are divided into three groups: Tales for Young Adults, Oddities, and Tales for Adults, and center on eerie Ridgewood, Pennsylvania and some of the characters who live there.
Go to my book's Smashwords download page to get it free. Or wait a few days for it to arrive at the major online ebook stores.
It is my intention to increase my ebooks availability, meet some new readers, and perhaps strike some new friendships.