So when I started my current novel, I had a great idea. It was a big, beautiful idea. I couldn't wait to read this book. So I started writing, and writing. I completed Camp NaNo. I was on a roll. The issue with my writing vigor is that I didn't actually have a plan for the book. I had an idea, a beginning, and an end. The middle was something I would figure out as I went, right?
Wrong. I'm 65,000 pages in and last week I started to really question the whole thing. I didn't know where it was going. The middle was becoming a pointless and rambling mess. So I sat down and thought. I read writing books and I thought. I sat at the desk in front of my bay window and watched the clouds roll by, jealous of their clear direction that my book lacked.
Eventually I figured out where my book wanted to go and I realized that it's basically a different book than I started writing. From my understanding this happens to writers quite often, so while I'm not upset that I need to make a change, I am upset that this is going to completely derail my writing goals. I wanted to finish this book in July, but now I am unsure that will happen. When I removed all the parts I decided not to use, I lost 10,000 words and a solid month's worth of work. It's a bummer, and I'm bummed. I might not be able to finish until the end of August, and I wanted so badly to write THE END this July.
But we move on, willing to accept our failures in order to make our books what they need to be. What they should be. I am excited that I know where to go and what I need to do to get it there.
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This month we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Among the choicest fruits of this Reformation is a custom now so normal in our worship experience that we can hardly imagine a Lord's Day without it. I'm referring to our habit of praising the Lord together in song.
Congregational singing is such an important part of worship today that the terms "worship" and "singing" are practically synonymous. But this was not always the case. In the era preceding the Reformation, the average congregant was no more trusted with singing God's praises than he was with drinking the wine of Communion. In both events, whether through unholiness or clumsiness, it was feared the laity (non-ordained Christians) would defile what was sacred. Only the ordained and the specially trained were allowed to participate. The rest—the common people—were there to absorb by osmosis what was performed on their behalf.
The Protestant Reformation radically changed all this. With sound Biblical reasoning, the reformers demystified the sacraments, translated the Latin liturgy into the vernacular languages, and restored the laity to their proper Biblical status as true saints of God, fit to participate in all aspects of the service as any so-called priest.
As people began to hear God's Word proclaimed again in their native tongues, so too were they encouraged to return to Him the sacrifice of praise in modes of expression familiar to them. Thus, was born (perhaps reborn) a new and fundamentally different tradition of sacred music, rooted no longer in the esoteric chanting of the monasteries, but in the common folk idioms of the day.
This new Protestant music was truly "of the people." It was simple, practical, and though care was taken to ensure reverence and sobriety, refreshingly telluric (earthly). In this, Protestantism self-consciously departed from the elitism and other-worldliness of late-Medieval chant. Its simple, pedestrian, and familiar quality was intended to assure Christian people that God was with them and for them. Theirs was no distant or unreachable Deity, but a near and sympathetic Father, equally accessible to all His children. Protestant Christians could now own Him as such in song.
Thankfully, this Reformational heritage of participatory praise is with us still today. That is, the simple act of singing together remains something to which the church is firmly committed. Even still, it must be acknowledged that the content of our songs has changed dramatically from the days of the Reformation until now, and not for the better. Our worship today bears little resemblance in either substance or tone to that of our Protestant fathers.
At the height of the Reformation, the inspired Scriptures, and especially the 150 Psalms, formed the bulk (in some cases the whole) of what Protestants sang together in worship for more than two centuries following the Reformation. This meant that these early Protestants not only knew, but internalized and owned as their own, the whole counsel of God (Martin Luther called the Psalms a "little Bible" containing all that's to be found in the whole Bible). As such, their experiential knowledge of God ran deep as the Word. Generations grew up in the black soil of the Scriptures, learning to pray and to praise from the Master of prayer Himself—the Holy Spirit who inspired that great and valorous man, King David (and also Moses, Asaph, and Solomon) to write the Psalms.
It's no surprise then that these centuries produced scores and scores of faithful men who could well be described as having "conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight" (Hebrews 11:33-34). The Reformation consistently produced men of zeal, men of action, and men of seriousness and depth, the likes of which we now only read about in books and look for in vain in the figures of our leaders. And they did it, not just through the preaching, but also the habitual singing of God's Word.
Today, the church has grown tepid and effeminate, even as our enemy has intensified and multiplied his attacks on God's truth and our own liberty of conscience. Where will we find the faith and fortitude to counter Satan's advances? Part of the answer, I believe, is in returning to the Book of Psalms as the standard for what is sung in worship.
The past several centuries have seen a broad decline in this use of the Psalter by the Protestant church. The bedrock texts upon which the tradition of congregational singing was built have been largely forsaken in favor of the poems of un-inspired writers. Not that there isn't plenty of room alongside the Psalms for sung meditations and prayers of our own. The hymn tradition sparked by 18th century poets like Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley has been of tremendous value to the church, and we should hope that God will one day again bless us with men of such depth and talent to guide our devotions.
But great devotional writers, like great men of any kind, are not born in a vacuum. Watts and Wesley and others of their tribe were formed intellectually and devotionally on the anvil of the Book of Psalms. Psalm singing was the tradition of their youth, and like the Apostles Peter and John who were recognized in their teaching as "having been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13), Watt's and Wesley's contributions to prayer and praise reveal hearts and minds forged in the fire of the Psalms.
That over the centuries we have taken their poetic contributions and run with them to the exclusion of the Psalter is our own fault. What we have given up in the process is worship and devotion tethered to the never-changing Word of God. Ever since we cut ourselves loose from the Psalter we've been adrift on the sea of slowly changing cultural prejudices and tastes, to the point that now most Christians find little commonality with the thoughts, yearnings, and experiences of King David, the man after God's own heart. At certain points, we're even ready, as C. S. Lewis did in his Reflections on the Psalms, to accuse David of evil.
But who is out of conformity with the mind of God—David or us? The Psalter, with its frequent challenges to our notions of God and godliness, constantly confronts us with this important diagnostic question. Or it will if we'll humble ourselves to look into its mirror.
We're a weak church made up of weak men, women and children. In every age the church has been this way. The difference, though, between us and the 16th Genevans, between us and the Huguenot, between us and the Scottish Covenanters or the English Puritans—between us and the Reformers—is this: we don't plug ourselves in to the outlet of the Psalms.
As Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, "Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure vanishes from the Christian church. With its recovery will come unsuspected power."
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Here we go again: FDA Commissioner in pocket of Big Pharma
Jon Rappoport
The excellent medical reporter, Martha Rosenberg, has written a piece at Salon: "The FDA Now Officially Belongs to Big Pharma." Here are a few highlights:
"It is hard to believe only four senators opposed the confirmation of [the new FDA Commissioner]…[he] received money from 23 drug companies including the giants like Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck, Schering Plough and GSK…"
"[He] also lists financial links to Gambro, Regeneron, Gilead, AstraZeneca, Roche and other companies and equity positions in four medical companies. Gilead is the maker of the $1000-a-pill hepatitis C drug AlterNet recently wrote about. This is FDA commissioner material?"
Oh, wait. I'm sorry.
Gee whiz. How could I have made that mistake?
I must have been asleep. Wow. I apologize. Martha Rosenberg published that Salon article in February of 2016, and she was talking about Robert Califf, who had just been confirmed as the new FDA Commissioner.
Califf was nominated by Obama, not Trump. Oops.
Trump's current nominee is Scott Gottlieb, who is apparently tasked with speeding up the FDA's drug-approval process—a disaster in the making, given the fact that FDA-approved medical drugs already kill 106,000 Americans a year (a conservative estimate). Source: see Journal of the American Medical Association, July 26, 2000, Dr. Barbara Starfield, "Is US Health Really the Best in the World?"
Here are a few quotes about Trump FDA-nominee Gottlieb from The Hill:
"But Gottlieb also faced criticism from groups that are concerned his ties to the drug industry could hurt the agency's commitment to safety and efficacy."
"He has longtime ties to the drug and medical industry after leaving the FDA in 2007."
"He is currently a member of the product investment board for drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, and a member of the board of directors for MedAvante, Gradalis, and Glytec, which does work in medical technology."
"Public Citizen blasted Gottlieb for taking what they said was hundreds of thousands of dollars from multiple drug and device companies between 2013 and 2015, mostly for consulting and speaking fees."
Gee, he sounds a lot like Obama's FDA Commissioner, Califf.
You would think these FDA Commissioners are hand-picked by pharmaceutical companies. But that's impossible. That would never happen.
Certainly not.
If it did, we would be living in a parallel universe where corporations and government are colluding and partnering and decimating people with their medicines…
Instead of living in this universe, where the State and business are entirely separated.
Where all is well.
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COVID-19 Infectious Diseases Public Health School Health
Editor's note: AAP interim guidance is based on current evidence and best data at the time of publication. Updates are provided to reflect changes in knowledge about the impact of the disease on children and adolescents. For the latest news on COVID-19, visit http://bit.ly/AAPNewsCOVID19.
The AAP has updated its interim guidance on measures schools can take during the COVID-19 pandemic to conduct classes safely in person, which is critical to students' well-being.
"Children absolutely need to return to in-school learning for their healthy development and well-being, and so safety in schools and in the community must be a priority," AAP President Lee Savio Beers, M.D., FAAP, said in a news release. "We know that some children are really suffering without the support of in-person classroom experiences or adequate technology at home. We need governments at the state and federal levels to prioritize funding the needed safety accommodations, such as improving ventilation systems and providing personal protective equipment for teachers and staff."
The school guidance, which is available at https://bit.ly/2BMPtW5, is one of two guidance documents that were updated today. The other addresses emotional and behavioral health during the pandemic.
The school guidance details the important role schools play in children's educational, social, physical and emotional development as well as being a source of special services and nutrition. Without access to the support systems schools provide, disparities among students who are Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native and living in poverty will continue to widen, according to the AAP.
The guidance presents new research findings that schools have not been a significant driver of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in their communities when they take safety precautions. Transmission has been especially low among younger children.
Schools should use science and data to make decisions about conducting classes in person and provide layers of protection for students, teachers and staff. Those include requiring everyone 2 years and older (with limited medical exceptions) to wear cloth face coverings, enforcing physical distancing and improving air circulation.
"No single action or plan will eliminate the risk of virus spread at a school, but we have seen how face masks, physical distancing and other measures when combined can significantly lessen the risks," Dr. Beers said.
The AAP is advocating for federal, state and local funding to implement these measures as well as to support schools conducting classes virtually.
It also recommends students and staff continue to take precautions when they are outside the school. Communities also must do their part to limit the spread of the virus and ensure access to testing, both of which will help make it safer to re-enter schools.
As vaccines become available, the AAP recommends schools collaborate with state and local public health officials to ensure teachers and staff have access to them.
The school guidance also places additional emphasis on supporting students' emotional and behavioral health, which have been impacted by the uncertainty, fear and separation from friends and family brought on by the pandemic.
Updated AAP interim guidance on emotional and behavioral health released today at https://bit.ly/3hFb7fj expands on the stress of remote learning, especially for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
In addition, it says students with significant anxiety and fear may be among those who need a referral for additional support. It also includes new research finding increased racism and xenophobia against Chinese Americans. Pediatricians should be aware of the added stress racism is causing to these children as well as to students who are Black and Hispanic.
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Efforts Continue to Break Ukraine's Electoral Deadlock
International mediators have managed to get Ukraine's political rivals back to the negotiating table, after a newly formed working group broke up earlier in the week. Ukraine's parliament and Supreme Court also held sessions Wednesday, but made little progress in finding a way out of the two-week-old electoral deadlock.
During an evening news conference, Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, appeared with the two rival presidential candidates and international mediators to say political negotiations aimed at ending the electoral stand-off were back on track.
Mr. Kuchma said all parties agree that peace, not force, will provide the only way out of the crisis, which was sparked after widespread claims of electoral fraud following last month's presidential elections.
The outgoing president held up a one-page document he said had been signed by all the parties to Wednesdays talks. Mr. Kuchma twice referred to the agreement as a, quote, compromise.
In it, he said opposition supporters of Viktor Yushchenko had agreed to unblock state institutions to allow Ukraine's government to get back to work. The opposition has led two weeks of the largest anti-government protests Ukraine has ever seen in the capital, Kiev, as well as other cities.
As for the pro-government forces of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Mr. Kuchma says they agreed on the need to protect Ukraine's territorial sovereignty. This, after pro-government leaders in the east earlier threatened to break away from central control, if Mr. Yanukovych's declared win was annulled.
According to President Kuchma, the parties also agreed that the working group will consider changes in Ukraine's electoral law after the Supreme Court rules on the opposition's claims of electoral fraud.
President Kuchma says the working group will not meet again until the Supreme Court has rendered its ruling. The court is due to convene again on Thursday.
Wednesday, red-robed justices presided over another nearly nine hour session, the third in as many days, hearing both pro-government and pro-opposition claims.
And Ukraine's parliament, or Rada, passed a non-binding resolution dismissing the government of pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
Opposition deputies cheered as the motion of no-confidence passed by a narrow margin, as did tens-of-thousands of opposition demonstrators watching the debate on wide-screen video screens in the street.
Mr. Yanukovych later dismissed the decision as invalid, saying it was made in the face of what he called outside pressure. His supporters also rejected the vote, saying the only person who can fire the prime minister is the outgoing president.
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Spring brings with it new beginnings, gifts and love from Nature and Friends.
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Masress : Does Sisi have a political vision?
We have explained more than once that Sisi's rule was founded on two main forces: first, the army, and the second, strong public support. Before moving on from this point, we must make it clear that the army does not provide exclusive security or control for Sisi in particular or the regime in general, despite its important role.
However, the army is considered to grant Sisi three other things. The army carries out a very important role in ensuring Sisi's control over various state agencies, many leaders and personnel which may be linked to networks of corruption that date back to the Mubarak era. These individuals' loyalty to Sisi is thus in a place of doubt, and the army can help Sisi to control them through their relationship with the military institution.
Firstly, the army is known to be associated with various state agencies because it helped enhance these bodies by providing well-equipped administrative personnel and serving as a mediator in previous decades. Therefore, the army is not simply a force with the power to impose security and control through oppressing those outside the law or even those simply opposed to the regime, whether they are perpetrators of criminal offenses or political opponents; the army is also capable of imposing security and control through managing security institutions.
Secondly, the army has the ability to achieve comprehensive security control, meaning that they can at least map out and designate security orientations and policies as well as responsibilities, control available information, through controlling security agencies affiliated with the military institution. This institution did not play a direct role in domestic security affairs in past decades, but nevertheless retained the right to dominate security affairs. If any conflict arises between them and Ministry of Interior agencies, it usually ends in the favour of the military institution.
Thirdly, the army supports Sisi by directly implementing construction projects, perhaps the most famous of which at present is the Suez Canal project. The army is able to carry out this role after its economic power grew to a very large extent, encompassing approximately 14 companies that work in almost all fields and have recently been assigned many government projects.
Regarding the popular support that Sisi enjoys, we explained previously that this support reached its peak before Sisi took the presidency. We also explained that this power is not just linked to his ousting the Muslim Brotherhood. But, more-so, the people's sweeping desire to experience security and stability after experiencing the peak of exhaustion associated with the deterioration of the economic situation. In the opinion of the people, security and stability have returned, a claim that is strongly backed by the media. The reasons behind this deterioration were the revolution, politics, politicians, democracy, and empty talk, and as a result, the country is in need of serious work. Thus it is preferable for Sisi to silence voices trying to cast doubt on the march of progress.
Sisi quickly realised that he needed to expand his base of supporters and tried to court three forces, namely, the media, business, and government agencies. It seems that this process has been stalled, not because he is less fortunate than Gamal Abdel Nasser behind whom the media stood more-so than Sisi, but because the general climate may not allow Sisi to nationalise the media as Nasser did in order for them to become completely loyal to him. That same climate may also not allow Sisi to take steps toward nationalisation and subject businessmen or statesmen to this principle, despite the fact that he does have tools that may help him achieve this end. It is more likely that the issue requires political effort to attract these forces, and some may feel that Sisi retaining his popularity depends on his ability to provide the necessary political effort. However, let's ask ourselves: Do Sisi's practices and attitudes evidence his interest in putting forth a political effort? If Sisi is not interested in this, what is the alternative?
In answering these questions, we can say that Sisi does not care to make any political effort and seems to think that retaining his popularity is not linked to his ability to formulate a political vision or even build up political forces loyal to him, and is instead linked to the efforts that he makes in the media to promote his steps, decisions, and accomplishments. However, it seems that this is not sufficient to solve the issue, because pro-Sisi media is facing one significant problem. They are not exactly sure if the vision is that they should be supporting and standing with him, and observers have noted that Sisi supporters sometimes conflict with each other, as it seems to them that the most significant thing they can do together without "messing up" is launching an attack against those who view themselves as opponents to Sisi.
This typically starts with the Brotherhood, but such intense loyalty and a growing hypocrisy may result in those who claim to be supporters of Sisi launching campaigns against the democratic forces that are now classified as the fifth column. Supporters may also launch an attack against the political process which ratified all recognised rights and democratic mechanisms, ranging from copyrights to freedom of expression and the freedom to peacefully process to the right to organise.
This does not mean that Sisi will embark on a political process that aims to crystallise his political rhetoric and then not proceed in promoting that rhetoric. Sisi may not have a vision or a programme, but a lack of vision is in and of itself a vision. Some say that Sisi doesn't know politics and doesn't have a political vision as the president of a country as big as Egypt. Thus the sum of his decisions, attitudes, and practices may draw out his vision for us, even if he himself did not care to announce it in the open.


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title: 'Problem 40: Champernowne''s constant'
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## Description

An irrational decimal fraction is created by concatenating the positive integers:

0.123456789101112131415161718192021...

It can be seen that the 12th digit of the fractional part is 1.

If dn represents the nth digit of the fractional part, find the value of the following expression.

d1 × d10 × d100 × d1000 × d10000 × d100000 × d1000000

## Instructions

## Tests

```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>champernownesConstant(100)</code> should return a number.
    testString: assert(typeof champernownesConstant(100) === 'number');
  - text: <code>champernownesConstant(100)</code> should return 5.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(champernownesConstant(100), 5);
  - text: <code>champernownesConstant(1000)</code> should return 15.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(champernownesConstant(1000), 15);
  - text: <code>champernownesConstant(1000000)</code> should return 210.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(champernownesConstant(1000000), 210);

```

## Challenge Seed

```js
function champernownesConstant(n) {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

champernownesConstant(100);
```

## Solution

```js
function champernownesConstant(n) {
  let fractionalPart = '';
  for (let i = 0; fractionalPart.length <= n; i++) {
    fractionalPart += i.toString();
  }

  let product = 1;
  for (let i = 0; i < n.toString().length; i++) {
    const index = 10 ** i;
    product *= parseInt(fractionalPart[index], 10);
  }

  return product;
}
```


These two volumes, LNCS 7076 and LNCS 7077, constitute the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Swarm, Evolutionary, and Memetic Computing, SEMCCO 2011, held in Visakhapatnam, India, in December 2011.
The 124 revised full papers presented in both volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 422 submissions. The papers explore new application areas, feature new bio-inspired algorithms for solving specific hard optimization problems, and review the latest progresses in the cutting-edge research with swarm, evolutionary, and memetic computing in both theoretical and practical aspects.


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void test_malloc_shadow(char *p, size_t sz, bool expect_redzones) {
  // Last byte of the left redzone, if present.
  assert((char *)__asan_region_is_poisoned(p - 1, sz + 1) ==
         (expect_redzones ? p - 1 : nullptr));
  // The user memory.
  assert((char *)__asan_region_is_poisoned(p, sz) == nullptr);
  // First byte of the right redzone, if present.
  assert((char *)__asan_region_is_poisoned(p, sz + 1) ==
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}

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int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
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  // Before activation: no redzones.
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  // quarantine is disabled, chunks are going to be recycled right away and
  // reused for the new allocations. New allocations must get the proper
  // redzones anyway, whether it's a fresh or reused allocation.
  constexpr size_t HoneyPotBlockSize = 4096;
  constexpr int HoneyPotSize = 200;
  char *honeyPot[HoneyPotSize];
  for (int i = 1; i < HoneyPotSize; ++i) {
    honeyPot[i] = (char *)malloc(HoneyPotBlockSize);
    test_malloc_shadow(honeyPot[i], HoneyPotBlockSize, false);
  }
  for (int i = 1; i < HoneyPotSize; ++i)
    free(honeyPot[i]);

  std::string path = std::string(argv[0]) + "-so.so";
  void *dso = dlopen(path.c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
  if (!dso) {
    fprintf(stderr, "dlopen failed: %s\n", dlerror());
    return 1;
  }

  // After this line ASan is activated and starts detecting errors.
  void *fn = dlsym(dso, "do_another_bad_thing");
  if (!fn) {
    fprintf(stderr, "dlsym failed: %s\n", dlerror());
    return 1;
  }

  // After activation: redzones.
  for (int i = 1; i < HoneyPotSize; ++i) {
    honeyPot[i] = (char *)malloc(HoneyPotBlockSize);
    test_malloc_shadow(honeyPot[i], HoneyPotBlockSize, true);
  }
  {
    char *p = (char *)malloc(HoneyPotBlockSize);
    test_malloc_shadow(p, HoneyPotBlockSize, true);
    free(p);
  }
  for (int i = 1; i < HoneyPotSize; ++i)
    free(honeyPot[i]);

  // Pre-existing allocations got redzones, too.
  for (size_t sz = 1; sz < nPtrs; ++sz) {
    test_malloc_shadow(ptrs[sz], sz, true);
    free(ptrs[sz]);
  }

  // Test that ASAN_ACTIVATION_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 has effect.
  void *p = malloc((unsigned long)-2);
  assert(!p);
  // CHECK: WARNING: AddressSanitizer failed to allocate 0xfff{{.*}} bytes

  ((Fn)fn)();
  // CHECK: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow
  // CHECK: READ of size 1
  // CHECK: {{#0 .* in do_another_bad_thing}}
  // CHECK: is located 5 bytes to the right of 100-byte region
  // CHECK: in do_another_bad_thing

  return 0;
}

#else  // SHARED_LIB

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

extern "C" void do_another_bad_thing() {
  char *volatile p = (char *)malloc(100);
  printf("%hhx\n", p[105]);
}

#endif  // SHARED_LIB

// help=1 in activation flags lists only flags are are supported at activation
// CHECK-HELP: Available flags for {{.*}}Sanitizer:
// CHECK-HELP-NOT: handle_segv
// CHECK-HELP: max_redzone
// CHECK-HELP-NOT: handle_segv

// unsupported activation flags produce a warning ...
// CHECK-UNSUPPORTED: WARNING: found 1 unrecognized
// CHECK-UNSUPPORTED:   handle_segv

// ... but not at verbosity=0
// CHECK-UNSUPPORTED-V0-NOT: WARNING: found {{.*}} unrecognized


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Sarah Wilson, Reinhold Medina, Christina O'Neill, Michelle O'Doherty, Jasenka Guduric-Fuchs, Alan Stitt; Cellular density of Myeloid Angiogenic Cells (MACs) alters their secretome profile and dictates angiogenic potential of retinal microvascular endothelium. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):1196.
Purpose: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have a vasoreparative role in maintenance and regeneration of the vasculature. We have recently shown that an EPC subtype called myeloid angiogenic cells (MACs) share molecular and functional similarities to alternatively activated M2 macrophages. Cell therapy with MACs significantly enhance vascular repair in murine ischaemic retina. This MAC response is mediated, at least in part, by the paracrine release of IL8 since it can be blocked using receptor inhibitors or neutralising IL8 antibody (Medina et al. Mol Med 2011;17:1045-55). This pro-angiogenic potential of MACs could be harnessed as a novel cellular therapy for the treatment of ischaemic retinopathy but further optimisation of MACs as a cellular therapy, including optimal density of cells is required.
Methods: A co-culture system of MACs with retinal microvascular endothelial cells (RMECs) was used as an in vitro angiogenesis model to determine MACs effects at various densities. An angiogenesis protein array was then used to identify conditioned media components.
Results: An in vitro angiogenesis assay demonstrated that MACs significantly increased RMEC tube formation (p<0.01) when used at a ratio of 4/1(RMECs/MACs). However, RMECs co-cultured with a higher density of MACs significantly decreased RMEC tube formation (p<0.01). Analysis of conditioned media by an angiogenesis protein array highlighted an up regulation of specific anti-angiogenic factors (PTX3, PAI1, CXCL16) in the high density group, whilst showing a significant decrease in IL8 levels and an imbalance in the MMP9/TIMP1 ratio. Exposure of RMECs to recombinant PTX3 confirmed the anti-angiogenic role of this protein by showing a significant decrease in tube formation (p<0.05).
Conclusions: We have shown that MACs are capable of inducing angiogenesis and act as M2 macrophages. However, at high density, MACs significantly inhibit angiogenesis. This effect is due to secretome changes, and release of negative regulators of angiogenesis, such as PTX3. Therefore, MACs density is an important consideration when using them as a cellular therapy for ischaemic retinopathy.


A shorter series each this time at 50 designs, though we may add more later. Both are available in 365 page Journal and 150 page Notebook format. Only "Science Fiction" is also availabe in the 150 page Grid Notebook format.


When you first learn about Bordeaux, you are told one very simple rule: this may be southwest France but it's also a port city close to the Atlantic, and so has an oceanic climate. This fact governs the next rule, which is: because of the climate, Hot Years are good, and Cool Years are challenging.
But what does that actually mean in terms of how the wines taste – and is the maxim even true any more given both climate change and new techniques in both the vineyard and cellar?Looking back, it was the hot years that were always the most acclaimed: 1870, 1921, 1929, 1947, 1949 (the hottest summer since 1929), 1961, 1982, 1989 (hottest summer since 1949), 1990 – and more recently 2005, 2009 and 2015.
The cooler years, such as 1963, 1968, 1974, and more recently 1992 and 2013, have been dismissed. Perhaps it was 2003 that made everyone reconsider the simple formula, although I could also point to 2001, which was relatively cool but dry, and produced exceptionally elegant wines that often beat the more foursquare 2000 today – even though that was the hotter vintage.


"Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson is going back to his "All That" roots for his next project, "SKOOGLE," the first major original series from new kids media brand pocket.watch — and he's getting some of the old gang back together.
Thompson has rejoined forces with Albie Hecht, pocket.watch's Chief Content Officer and the former president of Nickelodeon Entertainment, for a live-action kid-oriented sketch comedy show that celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of a generation that creates mobile apps before they get their driver's licenses — and pokes some good, clean fun at the tech industry. Thompson, who created and executive produced the show, stars as the voice of SKOOGLE, a digital assistant that Hecht describes as "[Amazon's] Alexa for kids," which helps kids with some of their everyday problems.
Hecht was the development exec behind '90s sketch show "All That," which became a seminal part of Nickelodeon's Saturday night lineup and launched the careers of Thompson, Kel Mitchell and Amanda Bynes, among others. Thompson and Mitchell's "Good Burger" sketch led to a spinoff, "Kenan and Kel," and a "Good Burger" movie. Fellow "All That" alum Josh Server is a co-producer along with "SlamBall's" Mason Gordon.
Hecht told TheWrap that pocket.watch, which launched this March, is aiming to be the kind of entertainment brand for today's age 2-11 demographic that has largely moved away from traditional linear television in favor of outlets like YouTube.
He added that sketch comedy was a natural fit for the kind of content pocket.watch wanted to introduce itself with.
And with Thompson in the fold, there was almost no one better to build a sketch show around. He is tied with Darrell Hammond for the longest-tenured cast member in the history of "SNL," and especially shines during spontaneous reaction moments during the show's skits.
"He's really the platinum standard for sketch comedy," Hecht said.
"SKOOGLE" is currently in production and pocket.watch is in talks with distributors, but nothing is set yet. Thompson is represented by UTA, Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano, and Michael Goldman.
Hecht said pocket.watch is nearly six months ahead of schedule in programming its slate, and the company is looking at both live action and animated shows to fill out its offerings. But he's more than thrilled to reunite with an old friend to make "SKOOGLE" its first show.


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13TH San Diego Asian Film Festival: "Real" Fant-Asia Films Have Finally Arrived
Posted on October 31, 2012 by Craig D. Reid
It's taken 13 years, but now "real" Fant-Asia films are being featured at this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF). "Real," you say? Certainly in the past, outrageous Asian horror films, Japanese Xtreme gore fests and some over the top-ish martial arts films have graced the festival's screens, but at the end of the day these films were labeled Fant-Asia as a result of the genre evolving to include films that went beyond the original scope of it's foundation.
Not unlike martial arts movies that have now been delineated as Old School (a term usually referring to period piece Chinese kung fu movies made between 1966-1986), Fant-Asia has fallen into a similar dichotomy. It is therefore, with great glee that this year's festival, which runs from Thursday, November 1 – Friday November 9, and features over 150 films from 25 countries, headlines two Old School Fant-Asia films.
First up, the film that has broken all box office records in China , Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012).
The first cinematic version of this macabre tale was shot as a pure horror film in 1966 under the title Painted Skin with a cheaper adaptation made in Taiwan in 1980 under the same title. Legendary martial arts film director King Hu's account of the franchise cast the ultimate female ghost character actress in Hong Kong film, Joey Wong from A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), alongside Sammo Hung, which now introduced some martial arts action. Martial arts action director Stephen Tung Wai, the kid that say's, "Let me think" to Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon (1973) as Lee is teaching him to kick, added even more fights in director Gordon Chan's 2008 version of the film.
In Resurrection, an ancient malevolent fox spirit Xiaowei (Xun Zhou) breaks out of her icy prison and undertakes a seeded quest to become human by seducing men and eating their hearts. If a man willingly gives her his heart she will become mortal, be able to walk amongst the living and finally be free from hell. In the meantime, an ominous cloud looms over Princess Jing's (Wei Zhao) kingdom. She flees the kingdom wearing a gold mask that hides her deep facial scares. Her quest is to find her former love who pines over his failure to protect the princess years ago. When fate brings Jing and Xiaowei together all hell breaks loose as the battle for the princess' heart ensues.
Stephen Tung Wei returns to Resurrection to make this sensually-charged action/adventure saga even more wild and wooly, with ram tough rambunctious fights certain to butt heads with sensual in-ewe-endos as first generation Korean American Lee Ann Kim, fearless leader and executive director of the Pac-Arts Movement, which she founded as the San Diego Film Foundation in 2000 with the Asian American Journalists Association of San Diego laughingly blurts, "I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard that there is demon sex in it. We want to see how well the film translates here at the festival and it just makes sense for us to have a film like this at the festival."
In case you came in late, when Western trained, new-wave filmmaker Tsui Hark directed Zu: Warriors from Magic Mountain in 1983, the movie rang in the Fant-Asia film era, an interesting unique genre that quickly evolved into a seductive wild mix of horror, sex, sorcery, fantasy, science fiction and swordplay films all uniquely egg-rolled into something that Western filmgoers could understandably digest entertainment wise. To the Chinese audience, Hong Kong's advances in filmmaking techniques, optical effects and in some cases CGI could bring to the screen the magical and mythical qualities that the authors of kung-fu novels had intended to convey to their readers. These old school Fant-Asia films were basically revamped and stylized wuxia films injected with what most people associate with Hong Kong cinema of from 1983-1994: frenetic paced over-the-top action mixed with far-out sight gags and gravity defying wire-fu.
So the stars have aligned and what better way is there than to screen a "neo-old school" Fant-Asia flick made by the father of Fant-Asia himself….Tsui Hark. Released in late December in 2011, Flying Swords, won the Best Action Choreography award at the 2011 Hong Kong Film Awards. The movie reunites Jet Li with Tsui, where Tsui's love for the mystical, martial arts underworld of Jiang Hu returns to Dragon Gate Inn, a place where heroic swordsmen, vagabonds, eunuchs, treasure hunters and lovers collide. Really, what more is there to say?
Kim blurts, "It's in 3-D! We've never done 3-D. This movie came out in a limited release in some theaters in major cities for less than a week with limited advertising. This was the same for last year's festival hit, Jackie Chan in Shaolin. But the film was packed, which speaks to the power of the SDAFF, where people want to have a collective experience and share an embrace something like a film festival. So we're okay with showing some films that may be a little bit old….I mean come on…let's face it…Jet Li?"
And of course the SDAFF has put together a big show of horror/gore/ghost/spurt/zombie/artery/robot/time travel and blood letting with an insanely sane creepazoid collection of eight, full length light to intense movies that will have you on the edge and under your seat. No joke, please don't eat too much before watching some of these films.
Before you get indigestion a few words about some important changes at this year's festival as bought to you by the scrumptious Kim. She shares that about a month ago the San Diego Asian Film Foundation (also SDAFF) changed it's name to Pacific Arts Movement. Now being a young lad growing up during the 60's and 70's, I'm thinking, "Wait that sounds sort of political. What gives?"
Kim explains, "The idea of changing the name started years ago. The Film Foundation and Film Festival both have the same acronym of SDAFF and that has been confusing. But also, changing the name is a about a process of our growth. Plus by having San Diego Asian Film Foundation, it's so specific and gives us very little flexibility. Technology allows us to share films and our work outside the barriers of San Diego. The film festival is our flagship program and film is always going to be our platform. But film has evolved, it's really media arts, and that encompasses music video, food (yes, food) and other forms of story telling.
"Thus 'Pacific,' takes out the word 'Asian,' but also reflects that we're on the Pacific Rim and serve audiences with stories from the Pacific Rim; 'arts,' makes it more broad and allows us to be more flexible; and 'movement,' this being important, because it's not all just about film but being a catalyst for social change. Our mission is that our work creates a transformation and a positive cultural shift in the community. It's also our spirit…we are a movement. It's really just about moving forward. And just to show our commitment to film, we've added the tag line: moving pictures, moving minds.
So the Pac-Arts Movement is evolving, changing, a catalyst for social change, transformation and food…sounds like some of the thematic devices behind the previously mentioned octet of wild and wacky films.
Back to the menu. The next time your out at a Japanese restaurant, think twice about ordering sushi. No not because some select fish have more parasites than others but sometimes sushi may not be as dead as you think. In fact they're probably more fresh than you think. In Dead Sushi (2012), directed by the man behind the psychotic Machine Girl (2008), RoboGeisha (2009) and Mutant Girls Squad (2010), Noboru Iguchi, just ask the ignored sushi apprentice Keiko (Rina Takeda) who must prepare for battle against the attack of the killer sushi who want human sushi.
Fried squid. But that's not all behind Thai hip-hop artist Joey Boy (playing himself) in Dead Bite (2012) as he prepares his next video shoot with some totally awesome, bikini-clad babes on a desolate island. No, not a desolate island. Yep, and we can imagine what happens to the women as the film transforms into a zombexcellent, mermaid burger musical with screams that put Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant wail to shame.
And speaking of transformation, look no further than Henge (2012) an homage to the notion of Stand By Your Man. Not the pining love song by Tammy Wynette, but the lunatic love story about Keiko (Another one? Japanese parents beware, don't name your daughter Keiko) who must pine, pin and spin her mind around the inevitable…my husband is changing into a human eating inhuman and inhumane monster.
If you think the above "is not" funny, then Tebana Sankichi: Snot Rockets (2012) will certainly be a jolly, grolly, dry heaving, throat clearing hawker in spit, I mean in spite of it's title.
Doomsday Book (2012) is a trilogy of shorts that is not short on messages. From "Brave New World," a film that would undoubtedly be loved by PETA where we learn that an apple a day doesn't keep the zombie away, to "A Heavenly Creature" that argues if a Buddhist robot with a sentient Dalai Lama-esque awareness then it must be a danger to society, one doesn't need a telegram to get the film's point. In "Happy Birthday" we are witness to the true destructive nature of a pool ball and the power of internet purchasing power.
Rounding off the rest of the octet are the literally spirited tandem of I am a Ghost (2012) and The Great Cinema Party (2012), with a touch of time machine magic in Young Gun in the Time (2012) and a series of short film collections entitled Monstrous Women and Land Before Time.
But wait, there's one more. Kim gingerly giggles, "Oh my gosh, this is one of my favorites in the festival…Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings (2012). Who'd have ever thought some one could have come up with a gay zombie film and make it accessible and fun. And we have it. The title itself is the best title of the festival. It's totally zany and is actually a commentary on how people feel about the gay community in the Philippines."
For information in regard to all of the above films and more, dates, time, cool stuff about the SDAFF and how to get to the Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley Hazard Center, please visit www.sdaff.org. Also, if you're up for an insanely amazing experience in health, once again, Vivalachi Alternative Health and Wellness Services will have an interactive Qi Healing booth that will be offering free Qi Reading that will reveal any physical or emotional issue you have now or are hidden, and Pull Out the Pain demonstrations.
Apart from giving terrific thanks to the Pac-Art Movement staff responsible for their cinematic choices in the SDAFF line up, an Old School Fant-Asia film nod goes out to artistic director Brian Hu for his Fant-Astic efforts in getting Resurrection and Flying Swords. A second nod goes out to managing director Phil Lorenzo for being the instigation behind much of the beautifully repugnant horror octet. Plus they're both avid martial arts film fans. If I keep on nodding to everyone, I'll transform into a bobble headed doll, get a bad headache and a sore neck. Two things that aren't conducive to watching a ton of films over the next nine days.
P.S. Happy Halloween.
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PARANORMAN: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:33
Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dan Persons
The dead get downright lively in PARANORMAN.
A young boy gifted with the ability to see ghosts has to rise to the challenge when his small New England town is cursed by the spirit of a vengeful witch in PARANORMAN, the latest 3D stop-motion animated effort from Oregon's Laika Studios. With an onslaught of mouldering zombies, voluble spirits, and malevolent storm fronts, plus a production that pushes the artistic boundaries of stop-motion in terms of scope and character performance, the film has no shortage of ambition. But is that enough? Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowski and Lawrence French differ wildly with Dan Persons on this point, and the group discuss their divergent impressions in this episode. Plus: Dan's capsules of the energetic Hong Kong fantasy/actioner PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION, and the indie science fiction romantic comedy CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME.
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PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION theatrical engagements
Posted on August 14, 2012 by Steve Biodrowski
Well Go Entertainment opens this Fant-Asia film in limited U.S. engagements. PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION is a sort of semi-sequel to PAINTED SKIN (2008): most of the original cast members (except for star Donnie Yen) return, although not necessarily in the same roles. The theatrical trailer looks gorgeous, and frankly it's been too long since one of these epic Oriental fantasies played on the big screen on these shores. Let's hope it's better than ZOO WARRIORS!
PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION is presented in its original language with English subtitles. Starting August 17, you can find it in these theatres:
AMC Empire 25
AMC Puente Hills 20
1560 South Azusa Avenue
City Of Industry California 91748
AMC Atlantic Times Square 14
450 N Atlantic Blvd
Monterey Park California 91754
AMC Metreon 16
San Francisco California 94103
AMC Cupertino Square 16
10123 N Wolfe Rd
Cupertino California 95014
AMC Kennedy Commons
33 William Kitchen Road
Scarborough Ontario M1P 5B7
According to ancient lore, if a human freely offers their heart to a demon, that monster can become mortal, experiencing the true pains and passions of existence. This is the ultimate triumph of the underworld.
Xiaowei (Xun Zhou, THE GREAT MAGICIAN, FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE), a millennia-old fox spirit, is freed from her frozen prison and transforms into a dangerous seductress, consuming living hearts to keep her beautiful as she searches for her chance to become human.
Meanwhile, Princess Jing (Wei Zhao, 14 BLADES, RED CLIFF, SHAOLIN SOCCER),hiding her marred beauty behind a golden mask, flees an unknown threat to her kingdom by pursuing the only man she ever loved: the guard who was unable to protect her, so many years ago.
A twist of fate brings Princess Jing and Xiaowei together, and a slow game of wits, deceit, and seduction begins for the princess' very own heart.
Director: Wuershan
Cast: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Wei Zhao, Mini Yang, Shao-Feng Feng, Fei Xiang, Tingjia Chen
Producer: Chen KuoFu
Run Time: 120 min.
Theatrical Date: August 17, 2012
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Love listening to the sound of rain? Research have shown that certain white noise makes us more focused and boost our productivity. Some background noise generator may helps you drown out annoying noises and that lets you create your perfect environment for working and relaxing. With these noise generator, you can mix different sounds and create your perfect sound environment tailored to your personal need and taste. From relaxing piano for cafes to thunderstorm rains, you will not be disappointed.
Not only that, according to a study published in 2002, white noise, low-broadcast could be an "alternative non-pharmacological"; simple, safe and preferable to many sedative hypnotic drugs used for insomnia or stress effects. It has been shown that the diffusion of white noise in the room can steer or facilitate sleep for the newborn as well as for adults, probably by reducing the signal / noise ratio of ambient sound (which may remind to the newborn of intrauterine environment). 87% of newborns experimentally exposed to white noise fell asleep within five minutes, against 25% . Baby relax uses a unique combination of light, white noise, nature sounds and videos to soothe and put baby asleep smoothly.
Improve focus and boost your productivity. Mix different sounds and create your perfect environment. Noisli is a fantastic background noise and color generator ideal for working and relaxing. It includes many high-quality sounds to help you focus while working, relieve anxiety or to just relax while reading or before going to sleep. Noisli also provides a color changing background, bringing to you the healthy benefits of the chromotherapy.
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Noise machines can be used in a variety of ways throughout your daily lives, and can be used by all audiences. They can not only help you focus while working in a noisy environment or help to settle your anxiety, but they are also useful in cases of insomnia or tinnitus. Fortunately, you don't need a specific reason to start listening to our noise generators.
Noise machines are great for blocking out background noises whether you're trying to work, study, relax, or even sleep. Compared to conventional noise blocking machines, myNoise noise generators can be shaped to the frequency characteristics of the environmental noise one needs to block, and therefore achieve a better camouflage, or – in other words – a greater masking efficiency at quieter levels.
You can experience the relaxing feel of a cozy cafe from home and still enjoy a productivity push. Just the right amount of background noise to boost your workday, on-demand. Informal atmosphere of a coffee shop influences your creativity? Stay focused, get a creative boost or just relax by creating a stress-free ambience, like bloggers and writers from around the world.
Do coffee shop sounds make you more creative? Research says yes! Coffitivity recreates the ambient noises of a cafe to boost your creativity and help you work better. Supported by science and backed by a community of creative people using the app every day, Coffitivity is the perfect addition to your workday arsenal!


Year two of the Read to ME Challenge is scheduled to begin on February 2, 2017. Again this year,First Lady Ann LePage will launch the campaign by reading to children of military families at the Blaine House. She will follow up her reading by issuing a challenge to all Mainers to participate in the 2017 campaign. This simple but powerful campaign challenges adults to read to children for 15 minutes, to capture that reading episode via a photo and then post it on social media to challenge others to do the same. The Read to ME Challenge will run for the month leading up to Read Across America Day on March 2, 2017.
Take the challenge! Read to your child 15 Minutes a Day. Today and Every Day. Challenge Others to Take the Challenge, too!
Hint: Add #raisingreadersME to your posts and we'll post them on our Facebook page. Or, post them directly to the page.
LeeAnne Larsen is a Literacy Specialist with the Maine Department of Education.


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# Algorithmic thinking

There are several important algorithms for students to learn and follow in
this unit.
These algorithms are solutions to the problems "How do we convert between
decimal and binary numbers?", "How do we represent letters using binary
numbers?", and "How do we convert a message written in a binary code back to
letters?".
Students will be tasked with following these algorithms accurately,
articulating them, and explaining them.

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# Abstraction

Binary number representation is an abstraction that hides the complexity of the
electronics and hardware inside a computer that store data.
Abstraction helps us simplify things because we can ignore the details we don't
currently need to know.

{panel end}

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# Decomposition

An example of decomposition is breaking the conversion of the number to binary
into one bit at a time.
The questions "Should this be 1 or 0" for each of the dot cards is decomposing
the problem to a series of questions.

{panel end}

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# Generalising and patterns

Recognising patterns in the way the binary number system works helps give us a
deeper understanding of the concepts involved, and assists us in generalising
these concepts and patterns so that we can apply them to other problems.

{panel end}

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# Logic

Logical thinking means using rules you already know and using logic to deduce
more rules and information from these.
Once we know what number each of the binary cards represents then we can use
this knowledge to figure out how to represent other numbers with the cards.
If you memorise how to represent the numbers we can make with 5 cards, does
that mean you understand how to represent any number with any number of bits?
It doesn't, but you can understand how to do that if you understand the logic
behind how these numbers with the 5 cards are made.

{panel end}

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# Evaluation

An example of evaluation is working out how many different values can be
represented by a given number of bits (e.g. 5 bits can represent 32 different
values), and vice versa (to represent 1000 different values, you need at least
10 bits).

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Changes were expected after the Ives poor performance at Redditch, but the scale of changes made by manager Ricky Marheineke surprised even the most ardent of home fans. Whilst seven of Saturdays starting eleven retained their places only four of those were playing in similar positions as Marheineke boldly went for a new 5-3-2 formation. The starting eleven also included Ives fourth new goalkeeper of the season in former Ipswich Town and Leiston stopper Jacob Marsden, Under U18 captain Jamie Short making his first start for the Ives and midfielder Eugene Libertucci also making a first start having thankfully recovered from a pre-season injury were also new additions to the team.
Both Peter Clark and Lewis Hilliard found themselves dropped to the bench with Andrew Iwediuno and Matt Hill left out completely. Joining Clark and Hilliard in the dugout were a welcome trio all returning from injury in Matt Wright, Jimmy Hartley and James Hall.
Manager Marheineke had asked his players for a reaction from Saturdays poor performance and whilst there was a sense of nervousness amongst the fans the players reacted well and set off at the much higher tempo demanded by their manager. Danny Kelly was leading the line well and harried George Casey into an error in a dangerous position on the left after only seven minutes. Casey was forced to bring the big striker down as he threatened to get a run into the box. Ben Seymour-Shove lined up the free kick from a narrow angle. He managed to beat the wall and the stretching arms of Blues keeper Tyler McCarthy, but Joe Robinson was on hand to head the goal bound effort away from inside the six-yard box.
Had that gone in it would have gone a long way to settling the nerves in the stadium. But it did not and the visitors came much more into the game. The powerful Afolabi Akinyemi broke down the left in 11th minute. His low cross was met at the far post by Tyrique Hyde but his well struck shot was bravely blocked by Charlie De'ath. The rebound fell to Ryan Richefond inside the box and he should probably have done better firing over from a good position.
Akinyemi was again in action four minutes later robbing De'ath inside his own half and breaking clear down the middle looking certain to score, but a rejuvenated Jordan Jarrold came sprinting in to deliver an excellent recovery tackle and take the ball off his toe just as he shaped to shoot.
Ives were dealing with most Blues ventures into their territory in a no-nonsense way and this uncompromising style almost got them a goal in 17th minute. Brett Longden played a long ball out of defence that the visitor's defenders allowed to bounce deep in their half. As Marvel Ekpiteta and keeper McCarthy dallied Kelly muscled his way between them to get a contact on the ball just outside the box but his prodded effort drifted wide with the keeper in no man's land.
A very similar situation again gave Ives a chance to grab a goal in 28th minute. This time De'ath delivered the long ball out of defence and Dubi Ogbonna battled his way between Robinson and McCarthy, but he to failed to hit the target with his toe poke past the keeper.
Ives new formation was looking a lot more solid than in recent weeks and they headed towards half time with a clean sheet still intact for the first time in five games. They even managed to carve out one more half chance to go in at the break in front as Seymour-Shove delivered a late free kick into the box that Short won in the air and knocked down to Miles Smith on the edge of the box, but he snatched his effort wide of the post.
The hosts also created another shooting opportunity only thirty seconds after the break as a long punt from keeper Marsden was flicked on by Kelly and fell to Tom McGowan 25 yards out. He hit is first time effort well, but the ball was always rising and flew just over the angle of crossbar and post.
A good passing move saw Ives create another half chance three minutes later as the move ended with McGowan feeding it into the feet of Kelly on the edge of the box. He cleverly turned his man and delivered a shot that lacked power, but bounced just in front of McCarthy forcing the keeper to spill it, but no one was on hand to punish the error.
The goal that settled the game arrived in 53rd minute and it is the sort of goal that goes in against you when your luck is down. For the first time in the evening Hyde managed to find some space on the right and he delivered a low cross to the near post where Akinyemi's initial effort was blocked. The ball could have rebounded anywhere, but it fell to Darren Foxley only eight yards out and he prodded the ball home between desperately covering defenders and keeper Marsden to put the Blues in front.
Having battled so hard to this point it was going to be interesting to see Ives reaction to falling behind and although they kept up the pace and effort the composure was not quite there. Hyde combined with Casey two minutes later and the former's clever through ball put Jordan Westcott into the box. But Marsden did well to smother his well struck shot from fifteen yards.
Ives battle to get back into the game was made doubly difficult on the hour as full back Longden ranged forward into visitor's territory, but lost control of the ball and rashly lunged in with a dangerously high foot on Richefond. The Blues man made a meal of it helped by his team mates who swiftly crowded around demanding the referee take appropriate action. Referee David Hutton allowed the resulting melee to subside before summoning the unfortunate Longden to receive his marching orders.
With eleven men Ives were in with a good shout of getting back into this game, but with only ten it was going to be very tough. Even with their diminished numbers the hosts continued to look solid, but as they tried to push forward and find an equaliser openings were always likely to appear. The first of these arrived in 70th minute as Foxley got on the end of a long ball out of defence and fired in a short from 20 yards the Marsden held onto well at his near post.
Ives were perhaps lucky not to concede a penalty in 78th minute as Casey and Hyde again combined on the right with the latter bursting into the box along the bye line and going down under challenge from Jarrold. But fortunately the referee decided that the Ives defender had made sufficient contact with the ball for him to only award a corner. Skipper De'ath made an even better recovery tackle five minutes from time as he came sliding in to take the ball off the toe of Akinyemi just as the big man was about to fire home from fifteen yards.
Then with the clock ticking down keeper Marsden produced a fantastic double save to keep Ives in the game. Foxley got away down the left and delivered a low cross along the six-yard line. Substitute Jason Williams looked like he must score at the near post, but Marsden bravely spread himself to block the effort. He did even better miraculously springing across his goal to also block Hyde's follow up effort at point blank range at the back post. With two Blues players holding their heads in disbelief at Marsden's heroics Ives broke down the other end where the ball was fed into the feet of substitute James Hall inside the box. He fired in a left footed effort that unfortunately deflected off Robinson to bounce up and make a comfortable save for McCarthy.
With their one late chance gone there was only time left for Marsden to again show his abilities as he once more denied Williams at close range after the Blues sub had robbed De'ath deep inside his own half.
Manager Marheineke had demanded a reaction from his players after Saturday's horror show and there is absolutely no doubt that he got it. The effort and energy level were unquestionable. Miles Smith got his second man of the match award in two games and his never say die attitude is exactly what is now required to battle our way out of the position that we find ourselves in. With some of the seven injured players returning for this game, and hopefully getting no reaction from their pitch time, and others now within days of a potential reappearance we must continue to keep the faith and get behind the team. The results will come!.


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Brexit: Essential Guidance for Importers & Exporters
At HFS, we are proud of our reputation for reliable, efficient logistics services and want to reassure clients that, while it is important to ready your company for any outcome to Brexit negotiations, we will continue to provide the expert support you need.
To further support our customers, we have pulled together government guidance on how businesses can prepare for the UK's departure from the EU, along with answers to some key questions.
Economic Operator And Registration Identification (EORI)
Authorised Economic Operator Status
Duty deferment accounts
Recovering VAT on imported goods
Register for VAT in UK & EU
Agree on incoterms
Consider European storage
Check the new tariff codes
Prepare for customs processes
Businesses that trade between the UK and non-EU countries require an EORI number. From 1 January 2021, this has applied to companies that move goods between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the EU. It may also be a requirement for the movement of goods to or from Northern Ireland.
Without an EORI, your goods won't be cleared by customs and you could face increased delays and costs, such as storage fees. You can apply for an EORI at https://www.gov.uk/eori. The process only takes five to ten minutes, and you'll typically receive your EORI within five working days.
Once you have applied for an EORI number, you will be able to decide how you want to make customs declarations. Although you can do this yourself, authorising HFS to undertake the lengthy procedure of completing import and export entries can save your business time and money.
Our guide to EORI registration has more information on how to apply for an EORI number. Alternatively, don't hesitate to contact us if you require any further guidance.
Authorised Economic Operator Status (AEO)
Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Status is an internationally accepted mark of quality which confirms that a company's customs controls and procedures meet EU standards. By becoming AEO-accredited or working with an accredited customs agent, businesses can benefit from simplified customs procedures and even fast-track shipments in certain cases.
It is likely that the UK and EU will continue to recognise each other's AEO procedures after the transition period, so AEO status will be useful for companies that manage their own customs procedures or bonded warehouses.
HFS were early adopters of AEO status and continue to be fully-certified, so if you're looking for an AEO-accredited agent to manage warehousing or customs clearance on your behalf, speak to a member of our team today.
With the UK leaving the EU, importers will have to pay duties on goods coming into the UK from Europe. By setting up a duty deferment account, businesses can pay customs charges on a monthly basis via Direct Debit instead of paying for individual consignments. This should help ease cash flow for any company that regularly imports goods from the EU.
From 1 January 2021, VAT-registered businesses can account for import VAT on their VAT return. If your company is registered for VAT in the UK, this means you'll declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT return, rather than paying upfront and recovering it later. Further guidance on this is available through the government's website.
Any businesses that sell goods to clients in Europe may wish to consider setting up a VAT-registered company or appointing a Fiscal representative in an EU member state.
By establishing a separate entity in the EU, UK businesses can raise commercial invoices with their EU entity, which will then be able to claim back the VAT. This approach is also helpful for UK businesses that decide to import directly into an EU member state. If this is something you are considering, we would advise appointing a fiscal representative or accountant to ensure that your business is complying with EU rules and regulations.
With the UK becoming a "third country" for VAT purposes after Brexit, most EU tax authorities will require UK businesses with non-resident EU VAT registrations to appoint a fiscal representative, while some may require a financial guarantee.
Agreeing the appropriate incoterms for shipments should prevent any unexpected costs or delays. Speak to suppliers and customers to clarify which incoterm you will be working to. This will provide much-needed clarity on the areas of responsibility for each party.
For example, under DDP incoterm rules, the seller would normally assume responsibility for customs clearance and the payment of duties and taxes at destination. However, as alluded to above, if the seller is not a VAT-registered entity in the EU, there would be no way of reclaiming this cost, which could have a big impact on their business. If both parties still wish to trade under DDP terms, the seller could look to reach an agreement with the buyer whereby the buyer would be responsible for the VAT.
Each incoterm comes with its own pros and cons, so it is important to have clarity both internally and with your clients on these ahead of the UK's departure from the EU.
If the majority of your imported products are exported to Europe upon arrival in the UK, you may benefit from storing the product within an EU member state and importing directly from other international markets into the EU. This would allow for faster lead times and stock availability for clients, while possibly reducing shipping and distribution costs, or double paying duty and taxes.
Alternatively, you could look into bonded warehousing facilities in the UK, allowing you to store goods and not pay any duty until they are released for onward distribution. If you already own a warehouse, this could be converted into a customs bonded warehouse, otherwise a company like HFS can store your goods securely in their own dedicated facility.
Here at HFS, we have helped many customers set up a European warehousing operation, so please get in touch if this is something you are considering.
In May 2020, the government unveiled the UK Global Tariff (UKGT), which replaced the EU's Common External Tariff on 1 January 2021. The new tariff affects the duty payable on imports, which will vary depending on the nature or category of goods.
The new tariff was introduced to protect key industries while making it cheaper for businesses to import certain items. Zero tariffs will apply to many goods, from freezers and dishwashers to garden tools and cooking products, as well as products used in UK manufacturing. However, tariffs will remain in place on agricultural products such as beef, lamb and poultry.
Businesses are advised to check which tariffs will apply to their goods and make contingency plans ahead of time.
From 1 January 2021, businesses need to make customs declarations to import and export goods between the UK and the EU. The changes to customs procedures were announced by the government earlier this year, and will effectively see customs clearance follow a similar process to other international shipments.
If you still intend to ship products from the UK to the EU, you will need to produce the following paperwork, while ensuring products are cleared for export and declared for import at the other end.
Certificate of origin (if required by customs in the buyer's country)
Import licence (for certain goods)
Road haulage has short lead times, so paperwork and import/export clearances will need to be taken care of before trucks have been loaded, in order to avoid costly delays.
The government has also unveiled the Trader Support Service, which will provide customs support to companies trading between the UK and Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021.
Working with a logistics or customs clearance partner will help keep your processes as efficient and cost-effective as possible. For a third party to manage customs procedures on your behalf, it will need written authority to act as your 'direct representative'. However, you will still be liable for the accuracy of information on customs declarations, keeping records and the payment of customs duty and VAT.
Here at HFS, we have received numerous enquiries about Brexit and the impact it could have on customers' shipments. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your requirements or arrange a bespoke consultation with a member of the team.


Today we are spotlighting shares of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) and looking at how the firm stacks up in terms of valuation by the numbers. One of the most important ratios to look at when weighing an investment decision is the Return on Equity of the company. At the time of writing Select Medical Holdings Corporation has an ROE of 0.150441. With ROE, Investors can see if they're getting a good return on their money, while a company can evaluate how efficiently they're utilizing shareholder's equity.
Drilling down into some additional metrics, we note that Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) has a Price to Book ratio of 2.154107. This ratio is calculated by dividing the current share price by the book value per share. Investors may use Price to Book to display how the market portrays the value of a stock. Checking in on some other ratios, the company has a Price to Cash Flow ratio of 3.993734, and a current Price to Earnings ratio of 14.318628. The P/E ratio is one of the most common ratios used for figuring out whether a company is overvalued or undervalued.
After a recent scan, we can see that Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) has a Shareholder Yield of -0.011261 and a Shareholder Yield (Mebane Faber) of -0.29464. The first value is calculated by adding the dividend yield to the percentage of repurchased shares. The second value adds in the net debt repaid yield to the calculation. Shareholder yield has the ability to show how much money the firm is giving back to shareholders via a few different avenues. Companies may issue new shares and buy back their own shares. This may occur at the same time. Investors may also use shareholder yield to gauge a baseline rate of return.
The Return on Invested Capital (aka ROIC) for Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) is 0.278064. The Return on Invested Capital is a ratio that determines whether a company is profitable or not. It tells investors how well a company is turning their capital into profits. The ROIC is calculated by dividing the net operating profit (or EBIT) by the employed capital. The employed capital is calculated by subrating current liabilities from total assets. Similarly, the Return on Invested Capital Quality ratio is a tool in evaluating the quality of a company's ROIC over the course of five years. The ROIC Quality of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) is 10.228863. This is calculated by dividing the five year average ROIC by the Standard Deviation of the 5 year ROIC. The ROIC 5 year average is calculated using the five year average EBIT, five year average (net working capital and net fixed assets). The ROIC 5 year average of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) is 0.291266.
The Earnings to Price yield of Select Medical Holdings Corporation NYSE:SEM is 0.069839. This is calculated by taking the earnings per share and dividing it by the last closing share price. This is one of the most popular methods investors use to evaluate a company's financial performance. Earnings Yield is calculated by taking the operating income or earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and dividing it by the Enterprise Value of the company. The Earnings Yield for Select Medical Holdings Corporation NYSE:SEM is 0.069000. Earnings Yield helps investors measure the return on investment for a given company. Similarly, the Earnings Yield Five Year Average is the five year average operating income or EBIT divided by the current enterprise value. The Earnings Yield Five Year average for Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) is 0.050506.
Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) currently has a Montier C-score of 2.00000. This indicator was developed by James Montier in an attempt to identify firms that were cooking the books in order to appear better on paper. The score ranges from zero to six where a 0 would indicate no evidence of book cooking, and a 6 would indicate a high likelihood. A C-score of -1 would indicate that there is not enough information available to calculate the score. Montier used six inputs in the calculation. These inputs included a growing difference between net income and cash flow from operations, increasing receivable days, growing day's sales of inventory, increasing other current assets, decrease in depreciation relative to gross property plant and equipment, and high total asset growth.
Shifting gears, we can see that Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) has a Q.i. Value of 20.00000. The Q.i. Value ranks companies using four ratios. These ratios consist of EBITDA Yield, FCF Yield, Liquidity, and Earnings Yield. The purpose of the Q.i. Value is to help identify companies that are the most undervalued. Typically, the lower the value, the more undervalued the company tends to be.
Watching some historical volatility numbers on shares of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM), we can see that the 12 month volatility is presently 32.345400. The 6 month volatility is 45.830900, and the 3 month is spotted at 28.133200. Following volatility data can help measure how much the stock price has fluctuated over the specified time period. Although past volatility action may help project future stock volatility, it may also be vastly different when taking into account other factors that may be driving price action during the measured time period.
Placing Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) shares under the microscope we note that the firm has a current Return on Equity of 0.077773. Simply put, this ratio determines how well the firm uses investment funds to generate profit. This ratio is often considered "the mother of all ratios" as it often reveals how well a company is operating.
In additiona to ROE, investors might also take into consideration some other ratios. One of the most popular ratios is the "Return on Assets" (aka ROA). This score indicates how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. The Return on Assets for Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 0.023161. This number is calculated by dividing net income after tax by the company's total assets. A company that manages their assets well will have a higher return, while a company that manages their assets poorly will have a lower return.
The Return on Invested Capital (aka ROIC) for Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 0.043447. The Return on Invested Capital is a ratio that determines whether a company is profitable or not. It tells investors how well a company is turning their capital into profits. The ROIC is calculated by dividing the net operating profit (or EBIT) by the employed capital. The employed capital is calculated by subrating current liabilities from total assets. Similarly, the Return on Invested Capital Quality ratio is a tool in evaluating the quality of a company's ROIC over the course of five years. The ROIC Quality of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 4.475173. This is calculated by dividing the five year average ROIC by the Standard Deviation of the 5 year ROIC. The ROIC 5 year average is calculated using the five year average EBIT, five year average (net working capital and net fixed assets). The ROIC 5 year average of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 0.054869.
After a recent scan, we can see that Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) has a Shareholder Yield of 0.058087 and a Shareholder Yield (Mebane Faber) of -0.01145. The first value is calculated by adding the dividend yield to the percentage of repurchased shares. The second value adds in the net debt repaid yield to the calculation. Shareholder yield has the ability to show how much money the firm is giving back to shareholders via a few different avenues. Companies may issue new shares and buy back their own shares. This may occur at the same time. Investors may also use shareholder yield to gauge a baseline rate of return.
Checking in on some valuation rankings, Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) has a Value Composite score of 20. Developed by James O'Shaughnessy, the VC score uses five valuation ratios. These ratios are price to earnings, price to cash flow, EBITDA to EV, price to book value, and price to sales. The VC is displayed as a number between 1 and 100. In general, a company with a score closer to 0 would be seen as undervalued, and a score closer to 100 would indicate an overvalued company. Adding a sixth ratio, shareholder yield, we can view the Value Composite 2 score which is currently sitting at 13.
Investors may be interested in viewing the Gross Margin score on shares of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231). The name currently has a score of 19.00000. This score is derived from the Gross Margin (Marx) stability and growth over the previous eight years. The Gross Margin score lands on a scale from 1 to 100 where a score of 1 would be considered positive, and a score of 100 would be seen as negative.
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) has a current MF Rank of 8917. Developed by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt, the intention of the formula is to spot high quality companies that are trading at an attractive price. The formula uses ROIC and earnings yield ratios to find quality, undervalued stocks. In general, companies with the lowest combined rank may be the higher quality picks.
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) has a current ERP5 Rank of 7460. The ERP5 Rank may assist investors with spotting companies that are undervalued. This ranking uses four ratios. These ratios are Earnings Yield, ROIC, Price to Book, and 5 year average ROIC. When looking at the ERP5 ranking, it is generally considered the lower the value, the better.
Stock volatility is a percentage that indicates whether a stock is a desirable purchase. Investors look at the Volatility 12m to determine if a company has a low volatility percentage or not over the course of a year. The Volatility 12m of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 20.771600. This is calculated by taking weekly log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over one year annualized. The lower the number, a company is thought to have low volatility. The Volatility 3m is a similar percentage determined by the daily log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over 3 months. The Volatility 3m of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) is 19.250400. The Volatility 6m is the same, except measured over the course of six months. The Volatility 6m is 24.917200.
We can now take a quick look at some historical stock price index data. Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (TSE:3231) presently has a 10 month price index of 0.86273. The price index is calculated by dividing the current share price by the share price ten months ago. A ratio over one indicates an increase in share price over the period. A ratio lower than one shows that the price has decreased over that time period. Looking at some alternate time periods, the 12 month price index is 0.85185, the 24 month is 1.25746, and the 36 month is 1.17254. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 0.96044, the 3 month is 1.01554, and the 1 month is currently 0.99555.


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Windies coach Simmons throws weight behind misfiring Bravo
Port of Spain, Aug 24 : Defending Darren Bravo's poor run of form against India in the just-concluded Test series, West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has argued that the marquee left-hander had been forced to assume the mantle of senior batsman without gaining adequate experience of having played alongside veteran players in the initial stages of his career.
The 27-year-old endured a below-par series against the Virat Kohli-led side, averaging a meagre 19 from seven innings which included a single half-century.
The series also saw his otherwise impressive average dip below 40. "We talk about Darren Bravo and we talk about him a lot because we can see his potential and where he's supposed to be right now," Simmons was quoted as saying by West Indies Cricket Board website.
"But you look at the all the people around his age and what they've come through and the help they've had in the team when they came in.
"You talk about Virat (Kohli) - when Virat came in, look at the players around him and that's where you get your little bit of experience and help from.
"Bravo has had to turn up and be the senior player and I think sometimes that affects people but no doubt about it, he's working extremely hard on trying to get his game together and trying to score runs as he did when he first came into the team." Bravo made his debut when senior players such as Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul used to play for the national side, but neither of them feature in the current set-up.
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