The Lenovo Legion Y530 turned out to be a powerful gaming laptop in our previous review, which had no problems maintaining its performance even for prolonged periods. The few drawbacks mainly focused around the port selection, the slow SSD, and the limited color gamut of the display.
The case is still the same, so potential buyers still have to live without a card reader and both the screen as well as the SSD look better on paper. The performance has also increased thanks to the Intel Core i7-8750H CPU in combination with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 and 16 GB of dual-channel memory. Data can be stored on either a 256 GB SSD or on a 2 TB mechanical hard drive.
We will obviously compare the Legion Y530 with the GTX 1050 Ti SKU and other gaming laptops in this segment. Our comparison group includes the Medion Erazer P6705, HP's Pavilion Gaming 15, the MSI P65 Creator 8RF, Razer's Blade 15, and the Lenovo Legion Y7000.
The case of the Lenovo Legion Y530 has not changed, so we recommend our previous review of the base model of the Legion Y530 (Core i5-8300H, GTX 1050 Ti) for a more detailed description of the gaming laptop.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 offers a sufficient number of ports, which are primarily located at the rear of the gaming laptop. This leaves plenty of space for an external mouse on both sides of the device. Lenovo's laptop does not stand out from the competition in this section, except for the Mini-DisplayPort.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 can establish wireless connections via Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi according to the standards 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac. However, we determined mediocre transfer rates of just 293 Mbps receiving and 144 Mbps sending, respectively, in our test. This means that the Y530 is at the bottom of our comparison group and well-below the average for this segment.
Comparison to the base model of the Lenovo Legion Y530 (Core i5-8300H, GTX 1050 Ti) in particular shows that the manufacturer has used a significantly slower WLAN chip for this SKU.
The box of the Lenovo Legion Y530 includes just the 170-W power adapter.
We recommend our review of the Lenovo Legion Y530 (Core i5-8300H, GTX 1050 Ti) for a description of the maintenance options.
Lenovo offers a 24-month warranty for the Legion Y530. Please see our Guarantees, Return policies and Warranties article for country-specific information.
The input devices are identical to those of the Lenovo Legion Y530 (Core i5-8300H, GTX 1050 Ti) that we reviewed previously.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 is equipped with a 15.6-inch IPS panel with the Full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) and 144 Hz refresh rate. We determined an average luminance of 284 cd/m² for the gaming laptop, which is slightly higher compared to other rivals. The brightness distribution, however, is slightly below average at 83 percent.
Lenovo also offers the Y530 with a 60 Hz screen.
Further measurements with an X-Rite colorimeter reveal a mediocre contrast ratio of 587:1 with an increased black value of 0.52 cd/m². Comparable gaming laptops are often much better in this respect, so our test model is only on the penultimate place within our comparison group. The color gamut on the other hand is superior to the rivals at 93 percent sRGB and 59 percent AdobeRGB.
Our CalMAN analysis also shows a distinct blue cast ex-works, which can be removed with our calibration. The according ICC file is attached in the display box above.
The brightness of the panel is sufficient outdoors as long as you use the Lenovo Legion Y530 in the shade. You can still see picture contents on cloudy days, but you should avoid direct sunlight.
The IPS screen of the Legion Y530 offers wide viewing angles. You can see the contents from almost every angle without picture or color distortions.
We review the Lenovo Legion Y530 with an Intel Core i7-8750H CPU and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 GPU. The memory equipment consists of 16 GB of dual-channel RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and a 2 TB HDD. This configuration should be powerful enough for smooth frame rates at high details in the majority of modern games.
The base model of the Legion Y530 with the Intel Core i5-8300H and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti that we reviewed before is more affordable.
The Intel Core i7-8750H is a hexa-core processor, which was released at the beginning of 2018. It runs at a base frequency of 2.2 GHz with a maximum Turbo clock of up to 4.1 GHz and can execute up to 12 threads simultaneously. How long it runs at these higher clocks depends mainly on the cooling performance. The power consumption is comparatively high at 45 W, but can be reduced by the manufacturer all the way down to 35 W (cTDP down).
Our Cinebench Multi loop shows that Lenovo utilizes the potential of the Core i7-8750H very well. Comparable laptops with the same CPU are much slower than the Legion Y530. We see a performance drop of around 10 percent after a short while, but this is still better compared to the rivals with the same CPU.
The good performance of the Lenovo Legion Y530 also shows in the multi-core benchmark, where the biggest rival is the Lenovo Legion Y7000. The single-core performance is better on the rivals Razer Blade 15 and MSI P65 Creator 8RF.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 secures the second spot in our system performance benchmarks. Its score is above average on the PCMark 10 test, but is still beaten by Lenovo's own Legion Y7000. The Y530 is also on par with comparable devices in PCMark 8, even though the MSI P65 Creator 8RF is slightly ahead of the gaming laptop from Lenovo.
You can compare the performance of the Legion Y530 with other devices in our tech section.
The slow SSD was one of the biggest drawbacks of the Lenovo Legion Y530 (Core i5-8300H, GTX 1050 Ti). Lenovo has now fixed the problem and the drive in our test system manages good write and read transfer rates on par with comparable gaming notebooks. You also get a 2 TB hard drive in addition to the 256 GB SSD.
See our comprehensive SSD/HDD list for more comparisons.
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060 is a powerful GPU from 2016, which manages smooth frame rates in modern games. It is equipped with 6 GB of VRAM and is still a mobile high-end graphics card. It is also available in a more efficient Max-Q version with slightly lower performance figures.
Our Legion Y530 with the GTX 1060 performs well in the 3D Marks and is only beaten by the MSI P65 Creator 8RF. More benchmark results of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 are listed on our GPU benchmark page.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 can handle any modern game with high graphics settings. We did not notice any problems in the titles we tested. "The Witcher 3" sustained test does not drop, so the performance can be maintained even during long gaming sessions.
More gaming benchmarks with the GeForce GTX 1060 are listed here.
The cooling system of the Lenovo Legion Y530 worked well during our review, but the fans can be quite loud at up to 42 dB(A) under high loads. The resulting murmur is not annoying, but always audible. We therefore recommend headphones for prolonged gaming sessions.
The laptop is very quiet while idling and with light workloads, so the Y530 can also be used in quieter environments.
The surface temperatures of the Legion Y530 stay under 27 °C (~81 °F) while idling, but increase up to 48 °C (~118 °F) under load. You can still use the laptop without any limitations and it never feels too hot.
The core temperatures of the gaming notebook reach up to 87 °C (~189 °F) during our one-hour stress test. The CPU clock never falls below the base frequency and the performance immediately after the stress test was not reduced.
The speakers of the Lenovo Legion Y530 are not very loud, but the sound is comparatively balanced in return. There is even some bass and they are suited for the occasional playback of music or videos. We still recommend external speakers or headphones for better quality.
Our measurements show a minimum consumption of at least 7.3 W while idling and up to 168 W under load. The results are average within its class and are on the expected level considering the performance.
The provided 170-W power adapter is sufficient for the consumption of Lenovo's gaming laptop.
Our realistic Wi-Fi test runs for just about four hours on the Lenovo Legion Y530. This is a bit disappointing compared to the rivals, so our test model is at the bottom of the ranking.
In review: Lenovo Legion Y530-ICH. Test model courtesy of Lenovo Germany.
The Lenovo Legion Y530 is a powerful gaming laptop in every configuration, which can utilize the power of its components very well and therefore, the results in the synthetic benchmarks and gaming tests are very good. The display produces nice pictures with good colors.
Considering the low price, we can recommend the Lenovo Legion Y530 with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060.
The cooling solution has to work well to maintain the performance, but this results in loud fans under load. You might want to use headphones for prolonged gaming sessions. The battery runtime is also comparatively short, even though it is not uncommon for a device from this segment.


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Maya TaylorMonday, October 18, 2021
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A leading Thai economist says there are several issues the country needs to address in order to protect the economy in the long term. Dr Somjai Phagaphasvivat is calling on the government to develop human resources, improved the standard of Thai education, and address the serious issue of inequality. According to a Thai PBS World report, he says the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on glaring inequality in Thai society, adding that household debt has been growing for years and must be addressed.
"What has been problematic for a really long time, and has been widely exposed by Covid-19, is the inequality gap. The government has to be serious about this. If we don't fix this, household debt will rise even further. It is the highest in ASEAN and second highest in Asia Pacific."
Somjai believes the worst of the pandemic is over and that the world has turned a corner in relation to Covid-19. However, he warns that the Thai government must have enough vaccines ready for next year. He says more stimulus measures will also be needed, as well as rehabilitation for Thai people who've been suffering the longest. Thai PBS World reports that Somjai believes the government has the necessary tools to fix the economy, but must remain prudent when balancing expenditure and revenue.
The economist says that as the Covid-19 situation eases globally, tourism in Thailand should improve during 2022, but a full recovery will take time. In the interim, he suggests focusing on domestic tourism, which has the potential to grow by 80 or 90% with the right stimulus measures. He acknowledges that last year's relief packages from the government ensured the situation did not become worse than it already was.
"We have to admit that these relief schemes have helped to improve GDP by no less than 1 to 2%, but this is not all. The relief is one part, the stimulus scheme is in addition. There are things that have led to some spending, so I think it has helped. If the government hadn't done this, last year's economy would have been even worse than it was."
SOURCE: Thai PBS World
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Living Inside a Pariah Company
September 27, 2015 /12 Comments/in maximizing organization, Trust and Culture /by Charles H. Green
Last week I wrote a very critical blogpost about Volkswagen. I was, of course, hardly alone in doing so; the scandal has created tremors beyond even recent examples.
But in the days since, I've been trying to think in different terms – in particular, what must it be like to be an employee of VW in these difficult days? What is the view from inside the glass, looking up and out? What tensions must it cause people – and what can they do?
The Pariah Organization
My good friend Matt Nixon started writing a book last year, tentatively titled "Working for the Pariahs: Can Good People Stop Organizations Going Bad?" He send me an early draft outline last year, and I'm re-reading it again now.
Matt has the credibility to write this book: an MBA, he spent over a decade in consulting (Accenture, Towers Perrin), then another decade as a VP at Shell Oil and later an MD at Barclays. He knows something about whereof he speaks. Combined with a classical English education and a wide network, the book makes for illuminating reading. [Matt – when are you going to finish this book?]
Matt suggests that being a pariah organization (think "outcast" and "exile") is a phenomenon on the increase (just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you, it's really true). He also points out that pariah-dom is about much more than individual moral failings – it is trackable at an industry level (another gut feeling ratified by data).
He provides some diagnostics and descriptive models to identify and predict pariah-like conditions in organizations. Particularly telling is his critique of "false metamorphosis," the consultant snake oil of "transformation" that has been overblown. True change, he suggests, requires a lot more, and is a lot more uncommon.
But what about VW's employees? As Matt notes from other pariah organizations, a great many people in such companies feel bewildered and unfairly treated. They see themselves, and their company, as largely ethical, and remain quite positive about staying with the organization they are part of.
The overwhelming criticism of their organizations feels like torches and pitchforks.
At a time of crisis, Matt suggests employees go through a predictable sequence of emotions – shock, followed by anger and shame, swinging back to resurgent loyalty, and ending in a blend of guilt, responsibility, and denial. He talks as well about three "tribes" of employees: Loyalists, Mercenaries, and Heroes. The three tribes react differently to the four phases.
I hope Matt finishes his book. It's got some great insights for organizations and leadership. For me, for right now, I want to focus on what an individual at VW might be thinking about, what they can do, and what we can do to support them.
Human beings are delicate creatures. We process information that is critical of us in very self-protective ways. We will take advice from a friend that we would never take from a stranger.
As outsiders, this means we have to temper criticism with the recognition that exceeding few employees assume personal guilt. The vast majority feel very little personal accountability for the sins of the organization, and personalizing accusations doesn't help them come to grips with any objective truth.
The increasing demand for personal civil and criminal accountability of leaders in pariah organizations is, I think, a good thing. But it must be tempered by some focus on responsibility – our criminal justice systems are easily inclined to focus on the underlings, and not the leaders. Indiscriminate demonization of employees is counter-productive. In the VW case in particular, the role of culture and corporate environment seems a strong contributor, rather than a simple case of "bad apples."
As employees, the challenge is to see this as a "Santa Claus" moment: as in, "there is no…" This did not happen in a vacuum; as Matt notes, the cult of leadership is partly to blame for obscuring the truth that corporate cultures "eat strategy for breakfast," not to mention well-intended but impotent compliance programs. It's critical to employees – for their own psychic health, as well as that of the organization – to be constructively schizophrenic.
They need to both feel secure in their own good intentions and, at the same time, be able to objectively see how things could have gotten to this point. As Henry Mintzberg angrily points out, this kind of phenomenon is best seen not as a scandal, but as a syndrome. And only insiders have access to the "real" story.
Moral outrage has its place in the reform of business. So does shaming, by bringing business issues outside narrowly proscribed economic boundaries and into the social realm as a whole.
But blame and shame are two-edged swords, and very hard to control. At a social level, their overuse just promotes entrenched ill-will; look no further than the current state of US national politics.
At an individual level, blame and shame keep us from seeing and accepting reality, as it is. In a very real sense, as my friend Phil McGee puts it, "Blame is captivity – responsibility is freedom."
As we look at the VW scandal/syndrome, we need to balance our outrage with a sense of respect for other individuals, and our defensiveness with a willingness to see things as they are.
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The VW Trust Sinkhole: It's Worse Than You Think
September 23, 2015 /6 Comments/in Trust and Culture /by Charles H. Green
A. The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal.
Q. What do you get when you assign German engineering the task of developing a high-performance trust-and-ethics violation?
If you don't know the basics of the VW emissions scandal, read up on it here. The basics: on the diesel engine models it sent to the EPA for US emissions testing, VW installed software to automatically reduce emissions, then move back to high performance and high emissions after it was done being tested.
There are lots of issues this scandal raises; for example, the depressing fact that the majority of letters-to-the-editor in the Wall Street Journal regarding the its (excellent) coverage are complaints about the ineptitude of the EPA, rather than the venality of VW.
There are certainly interesting issues about the relative harm caused by this scandal vs. others. Will more creatures be harmed by 40x stated emissions from 11 million cars than were harmed by the BP spill in the Gulf? Will VW's 35% hit in the stock market be more expensive than damages caused by the systematic rigging of LIBOR rates? Will the hit to German engineering and branding exceed that to the oil industry of the Exxon Valdez?
Yeah yeah, maybe. But what I want to focus on is the scope and nature of the trust violation that Volkswagen engineered here – and to argue that it's much worse most other violations, including the LIBOR scandal. Its only close competitor in venality is Enron.
The Scale of the Violation
In in industry that has a history of thumbing its nose at regulation and buying off (aka lobbying) regulatory efforts, this stands out. Software has long been available to tweak performance; but to have a company that aspired to being number one in the world to make it automated enough to install across millions of vehicles, designed specifically to intuit a regulatory testing environment, requires a level of coordination and group effort that goes way beyond an individual.
This was not a case of individual malfeasance with a few willing bad actors, like LIBOR or Bernie Madoff. This was not a case of a series of close calls that went wrong, a la BP or Barings. This, like Enron, was a coordinated case of several people in roles of leadership who clearly knew they were doing something illegal, and were doing it on a large scale.
Winterkorn himself can't plead technical ignorance, a la Carly Fiorina; unlike her, he was not a marketing guy. In fact, before becoming CEO in 2007, he was the top executive in charge of "technical development," encompassing engineering and innovation. Clean diesel was a strategic imperative, and something he knew a lot about. Ignorance won't be easy for him to claim.
The Depth of the Venality
VW management had been denying there was a problem for going on three years. In 2014, VW insisted the disparities were due to technical issues, and renewed the claims as recently as early last month (August).
And that's not all. Even after coming clean, VW pleaded with regulators to get its 2016 models certified, "claiming it had swelling inventories that it needed to get to showrooms." Way to show contrition.
That's not all either. Now-former-CEO Winterkorn finally did the right thing today, September 23, by resigning; why he did not do so immediately on September 18, can only be explained by a view that this scandal is only a PR problem, to be 'managed' like any other business issue. Way to show a commitment to ethical behavior.
And that's not all. VW's cheating directly contradicted its stated advertising, that "those old diesel realities [stinky, smoky, sluggish] no longer apply." Way to shoot your strategic message in the foot.
In short: this involved a lot of people, doing a lot of complicated malfeasance, over an extended period of time, denying flatly what were doing, claiming that they were in favor of what they were actually harming, and demonstrating a callous disregard for national governments, their legal regulators, and their used-to-be-brand-loyal customers.
It's like their famous ad of a few years ago, The Force: except how we find out that we were the kid, and VW management was controlling the engine all along.
This seems to me the leading candidate for Worst Trust Fiasco of the Century (so far). Any other nominations?
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E-Books Are Selling Like Crazy
by Donald L. Hughes · August 29, 2010
E-books have finally seemed to take hold in the marketplace in a big way. The major publishers are selling more e-books than they are paper books, and Christian publishers will not be far behind in captializing on this trend.
Hachette recently announced that James Patterson had sold 1.14 million e-books to date, the first author to top the one million e-book sales list. Of those, 867,881 were Kindle books.
Authors Who Are Reaping Big Profits
Five authors– Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson and Nora Roberts, have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books, according to Amazon. "Over the past three months for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle books."
As of July, there were 630,000 titles in the Kindle Store and 510,000 of those were priced at $9.99 or less, which means that only about 20 percent of total Kindle books available for sale were priced higher than $10. Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle.
"We've reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle, the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "In addition, even while our hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format. Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books, astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months."
Paper Books Still Selling Well
Still, the hardback comparison figure doesn't necessarily mean the end is near for paper books. Amazon said its hardback book unit sales also continued to increase. Moreover, while Amazon has become one of the largest booksellers in the U.S., it still attracts an online audience that is more inclined to be early adopters of new reading technology.
A Publishers Weekly article reports interviews with several major trade houses, all acknowledging that they were selling at least as many e-books as hardcovers through Amazon, with one major publisher reporting that in the last few weeks the ratio had been higher than the 143 e-books to 100 hardcovers Amazon reported for the second quarter.
There may be a new e-book trend based on the example of Pete Hamill. He wrote a book, They Are Us, about a hot topic, immigration, he decided to go straight to e-book rather than wait for a traditional p-book to be published. Hamill is a prominent American journalist, columnist, novelist and short story writer. He is one of four men who disarmed Sirhan Sirhan of his gun in the aftermath of the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination.
A New York Times story says Hamill wanted to write a book that dealt largely with the politics of immigration, and with the midterm elections coming up in November, it hardly made sense to abide by a traditional, slower publishing schedule. Putting the book out in digital form saved at least six to eight weeks for typesetting, printing and distribution, not to mention the cost of paper. The book could be out before the midterms, so that it could influence the debate, not follow it.
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Some of Congress's most influential lawmakers are backing a proposal to build high-speed rail between Boston and NYC
"We strongly believe that we must seize this moment to do more than maintain a state of good repair or make incremental improvements to the existing rail system."
A map of the proposed rail network. North Atlantic Rail
By Christopher Gavin
Boston to NYC high-speed rail? One project seeks to link the two cities via a 200 mile-per-hour train
Two dozen lawmakers from throughout New England and New York have hopped on board a bold proposal aiming to build a regional rail network served by a high-speed rail line between Boston and New York City that would shuttle passengers between the two cities in as quickly as 100 minutes.
The support intends to help persuade the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to consider authorizing the formation of the North Atlantic Rail Corporation — a public-benefit corporation that would serve as the vehicle for making the $105 billion project a reality.
"The North Atlantic Rail Network will be the nation's first integrated high-speed, high performance and regional rail network, serving the seven-state New York/New England region," lawmakers wrote to Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat with Massachusetts ties himself. "It can serve as a prototype for new 21st century rail networks in the nation's other mega-regions."
The project — estimated to take 20 years to complete — would connect New York City and Boston by a 150-to-200-mile-per-hour train, via Providence, Hartford, New Haven, and Long Island. A high performance, intercity rail network — with speeds of 110 to 120 miles per hour — would connect mid-sized cities throughout New England and major hubs on Long Island with the high-speed "spine," and the project would also feature upgrades and electrification of the existing regional networks in the Boston and New York metro areas, officials say.
As project leaders seek to drum up support from President Joe Biden's administration, the plans now have the backing of some of Congress's most influential lawmakers: Massachusetts Democratic Reps. Richard Neal, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means; Jim McGovern, chairman of the Committee on Rules; and Katherine Clark, assistant speaker; as well as New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
In all, the entire House delegations from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have lent their support, along with lawmakers throughout the Northeast.
Their pitch to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure? Include the authorization of the North Atlantic Rail Corporation in the upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, the so-called "first down payment" on Biden's proposed infrastructure plan.
The corporation, if formed, would be a special-purpose entity with a board appointed by the governors of all six New England states and New York. The corporation would partner with Amtrak and other transportation agencies to complete the project on time and on budget.
Once complete, the corporation would hand over the keys to Amtrak and local transit agencies and then disband, lawmakers say.
The cohort of legislators is touting a wide range of benefits for building what would be the nation's first high speed railroad, from reducing traffic congestion and air pollution to advancing racial and economic justice and short-and long-term job creation goals.
"This is a once in a century opportunity to embrace a truly transformative infrastructure investment," Doug McGarrah, chairman of A Better City, the Boston-based group of almost 130 local business leaders, and third co-chair of the North Atlantic Rail Alliance, said in a statement Wednesday. "The time is now for such a bold action."
Construction alone would create tens of thousands of jobs, and expanding transportation options to underserved communities could help bolster affordable housing, as people would be able to live greater distances away from where they work, project organizers have said.
In their letter, lawmakers also highlighted how the region is an economic engine for the country — home to 11 percent of the nation's population and 14 percent of its economy. The rail system would connect "the research centers of the region," they wrote.
"President Biden has called for making strategic transformative infrastructure investments that can enable America to compete with China, create jobs for workers and transform the economy of communities that have been left behind. He has also called for a 50 percent reduction in carbon by 2030 and North Atlantic Rail will enable the country to achieve these necessary goals," the letter reads. "It will connect the critical advanced technology and life science engines of the economy in the region that contribute in excess of 14% of our nation's GNP. We strongly believe that we must seize this moment to do more than maintain a state of good repair or make incremental improvements to the existing rail system."
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With Inside Out one of the most warmly received films here in Cannes, Disney and Pixar rode the wave of good will this morning during a two-hour presentation of upcoming titles from both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. In contrast to Disney's 25-minute CinemaCon showcase which was followed by a screening of Inside Out last month, there was much emphasis placed on the upcoming toons for an audience that lapped up every second. Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar and WDAS, John Lasseter, highlighted art and scenes from Thanksgiving release The Good Dinosaur; followed by 2016 sequel Finding Dory; animal tale Zootopia and Polynesia-set musical Moana.
A significant amount of time was devoted to The Good Dinosaur, a coming-of-age tale which has had its share of twists. It's directed by Pete Sohn who stepped in for Bob Peterson after he departed in 2013, resulting in a release date change from May 2014 to November 25 this year. It will also play an exclusive preview engagement at Paris' Grand Rex Theatre from November 14 in somewhat of a Disney tradition.
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The Good Dinosaur follows teenager Arlo, who is separated from his family when he falls into a raging river and is swept hundreds of miles away. He comes across Spot, a human cave-boy orphan with whom he forms a bond as he attempts to get home. Lasseter said, "Our films ask 'What if?' questions. What if monsters really did live in your closet? What if a rat wanted to be the finest chef in the most beautiful city in the world? I think our next movie asks the biggest 'What if?' of all. What if the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs actually missed Earth?"
The footage shown today captivated the international audience assembled at the Olympia theater (lending extra overseas appeal, Lasseter noted that the hairdos on the film's velociraptors are modeled after famous soccer players). Two French women sitting near me alternately gasped and whispered "extraordinaire" and "incroyable" when amazingly lifelike close-ups of CGI foliage were shown. The environment, Lasseter said, is "a living, breathing character" in the film. The level of believability we are striving to get into this film really is breathtaking."
Next up was Finding Dory which asks the question "Where is Dory's family?" Lasseter said, "That has been just bugging us since we made (Finding Nemo) and we thought this could be a great place to move forward." Andrew Stanton returns to direct the movie that picks up six months after the original. Voiced again by Ellen DeGeneres, Dory's memory of her childhood is triggered while she's at school on the Coral Reef one day with Nemo. She makes her way to an institute that cares for undersea creatures and teams up there with Hank The Octopus who becomes her guide. Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy voice Dory's parents and folks today were treated to some of their banter. There was also great footage of a kelp forest on California's northern coastline ("a new look for us," said Lasseter) and a glimpst of the Loons, to whom Lasseter referred as "the Seagulls of the new movie. They're so startlingly dumb it's hilarious."
Once he was done with the Pixar slate, which also includes Toy Story 4 in a "brand new chapter that's very personal," Lasseter switched gears to Walt Disney Animation Studios. He marveled that it had been 10 years since he and partner Ed Catmull had taken over WDAS. "When we came in, we realized there was tremendous talent." So they "redefined the culture to make it filmmaker driven." Now, he says, after such mega-hits as Frozen and Big Hero 6, "Walt Disney Animation Studios is back. Ed and I always believed what would heal this studio — because it was quite broken when we came in, the morale was really low — what would really heal it is if we can make a movie to be a really big hit. These guys are on fire now."
On deck for WDAS is Zootopia which looks like a whole lot of elevated fun and had the audience in stitches at certain points. Helmed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, it's "classically Disney" in that there are talking animals. The story is set in a modern civilized world that is
entirely inhabited by animals from all over the globe who walk upright, wear human clothes and use technology. But there are biases among them and natural enemies, say rabbits and foxes, don't get along.
Jason Bateman voices a sly con-artist Fox and Ginnifer Goodwin is the glass-half-full bunny who is the first of her kind to join the Zootopia Police Force. The two are forced to pair up to locate a missing mammal in less than 48 hours. Eliciting huge laughs was a scene in which the unlikely partners are rushing to get a run on a license plate, only to find the DMV is fully staffed by sloths. This one has a March 4, 2016 release.
Musical adventure tale Moana from directors Ron Clements and John Musker is "inspired by the people and music and stories of the South Pacific," Lasseter said. It was also inspired by the group's own experience on a research trip to Oceana. The story follows a talented young navigator whose father forbids her to sail beyond their island's reef. When she sets out anyway and ends up stranded on another island, she meets the fallen demi-god Maui and they set off on an adventure. A song montage was shown to Cannes attendees who showered it with applause while Moana's rendering of the ocean, which is also a character in the film, received hoots and hollers. Moana releases on November 23, 2016.
Finally, Lasseter offered up a sneak preview of Pixar artist Sanjay Patel's Sanjay's Super Team, a short that has its world premiere at the upcoming Annecy animation fest and which will play ahead of The Good Dinosaur when it hits theaters.
It's been a big week for Disney in Europe. Along with the Cannes premiere of Inside Out, the studio held a press conference for Tomorrowland in London on Monday. That movie rolls out beginning today in 65 overseas markets including the key European centers — it's currently No. 1 in Paris after its first showing this afternoon.


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Coop is an open source stock managment system for co-ops, developed mainly by [@eyalrosen](https://github.com/eyalrosen).
The COOP system is currently built for food co-ops and uses Hebrew as its UI language.

### Structure

- **application** - (almost) all the source code
- **cronjobs** - source code for cronjob tasks
- **public** - public assets (images, css, js etc.)
- **uploads** - store the user uploads (currently only product images)

### application/configs/application.ini
The configuration file. **todo:** move varibles to application varibles to address the [12 factors app criteria](http://12factor.net/).

Parameters you should be aware of when installing coops on a new dev/prod server:
- **database.*** - db connection.
- **uploads** - the directory to upload images of products. **should be writable - we had bugs when this folder wasn't writable.**
- **s3.*** - credentials for amazon s3. note that we have a differenct bucket for dev. (see "Third party services").
- **mailgun.*** - credentials for mailgun (see "Third party services").

### application/Controllers
- **applicatoin/CustomController.php** - a base class for controllers. Every control inherits from it.
- **ApiController.php** - a test. not being used anywhere. can be deleted.
- **Controller.php** - can be deleted.
- **CoopsController.php** - CRUD coops. access for users super-user privileges.
- **DebtController.php** - CRUD debts. access for managers.
- **DutyController.php** - CRUD and send email for duty reports (a google docs style editor from duty\manager panel).
- **DutyOrderController.php** - I think no one using it. not sure...
- **ErrorController.php** - being raised by zend framework when theres an exception.
- **FarmerController.php** - update list of supply for framer. update access only for farmer, read for manager.
- **HistoryController.php** - I think no one using it. not sure...
- **IndexController.php** - the login / logout page (when you go to http://www.the-domain-of-the-server.com/).
- **ManagerController.php** - all the stuff you see as a manager. various stuff.
- **UsersController.php** - the stuff you see as a user. various stuff.
- **manager/*** - you can ignore/delete it.

### application/models
(and application/models/Coop...)
- **Uploader.php/UploadImage.php** - one of them (maybe both?) in charge of uploading images of products
- **Categories.php** - CRUD categories of products.
- **Debt.php** - CRUD debts of users.
- **DutyReports.php** CRUD duty reports (filled by users in duty).
- **EmailDeliveries.php** - handles each mail delivery. see "Sending E-mails for Users".
- **EmailMessages.php** - handles each mail message (not delivery). see "Sending E-mails for Users".
- **JsonReports.php** - creating and updating JSON reports of weekly reports. see "Weekly Reports and Supply Report".
- **OrderItems.php** - CRUD of items (products) of an order.
- **OrderReportHistory.php** - I think no one is using it.
- **OrderViewType.php** - We used to have (maybe still do?) 2 ways of seeing the order page - list mode and gallery mode. This helps store a session to remember if the use prefers list mode or gallery mode.
- **Orders.php** - CRUD of orders. has advance fetching functions such as getUsersLastOrder() and getAllThisWeekOrders().
- **S3.php** - third-party code to communicate with Amazon S3.
- **Settings.php** - maybe being used for open for orders feature, maybe not. not sure...
- **Stock.php** - CRUD of the stock list being filled by the user in duty. updates the S3 reports after each save.
- **Supply.php and Supplies.php** - failed attempt to create supply features. not being used.
- **Users.php** - CRUD of users and authentication.
- **WeeklyReports.php** - generate weekly reports (being stored in Amazon S3).
- **duty_reports.tpl** - here by mistake, can be deleted.

### Cronjobs
- **close_coops.php and open_coops.php** - see 'Openning and Closing Coops'.
- **reset_coops.php** - see 'Reseting Coops'.
- **send_emails.php** - see 'Sending E-mails.php'.
- **special_scripts.php** - query weekly report for a specific coop and store it in Amazon S3. Not really a cronjob, I use it manually when there are problem. I use it like this: `http://domain.com/cronme.php?job=special_script&coop_id=1&reset_day=2014-09-20`.
- **move_reports_to_s3.php** - I think that I used it once for migration and it's no longer needed.

### Database Tables
- **coops** - list of coops. also include coop-related settings such as 'coop_last_reset_day'. we had a few time when users got there coop reset too early so we updated the 'coop_last_reset_day' manually in this table.
- **create_reports_script** - no longer in use (almost sure).
- **debts** - no longer in use. we store debt in comments field at users table.
- **duty_reports** - the duty reports (google docs style notes). the content of the reports is stored as html.
- **email_deliveries** - email need to be sent (see 'Sending E-mails' section below). we used to store those but we don't store them anymore, altough we haven't deleted them. The important flag is 'email_delivery_sent'.
- **email_msgs** - list of email messages (see 'Sending E-mails' section below).
- **email_tags** - list of varibles that can be added when composing E-mail messages. the varibles to the exact column name in 'users' table.
- **order_items** - many-to-one table between products and orders.
- **order_report_history** - empty table, can be deleted.
- **orders** - the orders. we can distinguish between this weeks orders and the previous once using the 'order_reset_day'. Note that we don't have any 'reset_days' table, we just store the 'coops.coop_last_reset_day' and 'orders.reset_day' as plain date.
- **prices** - we had a fundemental problem: what happens if we change the price of a product (or it's cost to coop) and then want to see a the weekly report of last month? the data won't be reliable because were using today's price instead of last month's price.
So we started to store history change for prices and use the 'prices' table and used it when showing the weekly reports.
But then the query took to long and it's had many bugs so we decided to store the reports as plain JSON on Amazon S3.
So we don't need 'prices' table anymore BUT we still use it (because we didn't had a spare time to arrange it).
- **product_categories** - list of categories. each product would have a reference to here.
- **products** - list products.
- **stock** - the stock data, being filled by the duty. also using 'coop_reset_day'.
- **supply** - were not using supply, can be deleted.
- **users** - list of users.

### Sending E-mails for Users
The flow for sending E-mails is:

1. The user (with manager privileges) goes to 'Send E-mail' page. That's in ManagerController.php.
2. The user choose wheather to send to everyone in the coop or to a specific user. He can add varibles like 'First Name' and hits send.
3. A single row in the 'email_msgs' is being created with the data about the message (subject, content, date etc).
4. For every recipient a row 'email_deliveries' is being created. For instance, if I'm sending a message for the entire coop, for every (active) user in the coop a new row in 'email_deliveries' would be added. Note that the column 'email_delivery_sent' is marked as 0.
5. The cronjob 'send_emails.php' is running every minute. For every row in 'email_deliveries' where 'email_delivery_sent = 0' it sends it using Mailgun and sets 'email_delivery_sent = 1'. It's also in charge of changing the varibles with real values before sending it. In fact since were using Mailgun we don't need this cronjob anymore and the process can be done using the ManagerController.

### Weekly Report
The weekly report is a slow query (takes about 30+ seconds). It shouldn't be that slow. The main reason why it's slow is because it's using the 'prices' table, which we don't need anymore (since the entire report is being saved).

The function for quering the weekly report is in application/CustomController.php under baseWeeklyReport().

The report is being queried and then stored in Amazon S3 when:

1. The coop is being reset
2. The coops is being closed (manually or by cronjob)
2. The supply is being updated

### Reseting Coops
When the coop is coop is being reset then the list of orders is being 'cleared away'.

Under manager section the use sets the day in week when the coop would have reset. The day when the coop should reset is the DB under 'coops.coop_reset_day'. It's zero-indexes, which means that 0 is sunday, 1 is monday etc.

The cronjob **cronjobs/reset_coop.php** is running all the time (every 1 minute) and doing the following:

1. For every (active) coop...
2. Is today is reset day? If it is...
3. Generate weekly report and store it in Amazon S3
4. Set in DB 'coops.coop_last_reset_day' for today

### Openning and Closing Coops
When the coop is open the users can create\modify their orders and when it's closed they can't.
The coops can be closed in 2 ways:

1. **Manually** - under manager section check\uncheck the 'is open'. The code is in isOpenForOrdersAction() under ManagerController.php.
2. **Crobjob** - well... we will need a few paragraphs for that :)

To handle a cronjob for closing/openning the coop, the user goes to 'manager' section, then sets the day and hour for closing and openning the coop. (yet another embarrassing note: I think the time is being ignore...). Those fields are stored in the 'coops' table under coop_close_day, coop_close_time, coop_open_day and (... you guessed it!) coop_open_time.

The cronjobs 'close_coops.php' and 'open_coops.php' are running all the time (every minute). For each run they:

1. For each (active) coop...
2. Is today is open\close day? (depends if it's cloose_coops.php or open coops.php)
3. If it is, then open\close the coop

### Third party services
- **Amazon S3** - being used for storing weekly reports and were backup the DB. The backup is being done by a script running in cronjob and located in our production server /home/s3-mysql-backup.
- **Mailgun** - being used for sending E-mails at the send_emails.php cronjob. Also being used when sending duty reports and in ErrorController.php to notify developers about errors.
- **Awesome** - small CRUD utility I wrote. Sits under library/Awesome/DbTable.php, being used by almost all of the models.

### Deploying to production
1. SSH to our production server
2. `cd /home/eyal/www/coops-php`
3. `git pull origin master`

## Contributing

### Getting Set-up Locally

#### Pre-requisites

* PHP
* Server (Apache, PHP local server for development...)
* Mysql

#### Setting Up The Database

* Creating a database from the coop database schema.
* Creating a user for the database with sufficient privileges to manipulate it.

#### Configuring The App

The app configuration is stored in the source/application/configs/application.ini file. The main items we need to specify are:

* Database
    * database.params.username - A database user name with sufficient privileges to access to application database.
    * database.params.password - The database user password
    * database.params.dbname - The Database name

#### Setting PHP Environment

The php.ini file holds the settings for the php running environment.
* Set `short_open_tag = On`. The application code uses `<? ?>` code blocks in some places in the source. This will allow the PHP parser to recognize that code.

#### Setting Up The Development Server

The application is a PHP application. The source serves as the deployment package also. All is needed is to point the server to the application source/public directory.

* Set up an Apache server with site configuration pointing to the source/public directory as the docroot for serving the content.
* Alternatively, use php built-in web server.
`php -S 0.0.0.0:8080 -t source/public`


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"The place we live in has enough light" sings Boris Grebenshikov. This is the main idea and the starting point for the visual for the lyrical track: light, its abundance, different perceptions and refractions. The rich architecture of the Winter palace baroque frontage will become a platform for experiments with light, in all of its forms. The light will become a painter and will transform beyond recognition the famous façade. Besides that it will invite the audience into a virtual walk through the suburbs of Saint-Petersburg: Peterhof and its fountains, Tzarskoe village with its gorgeous Ekaterininsky Palace, the architectural masterpiece of Smolny Cathedral.


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It was established in 1996 when local families came together in an attempt to address the growing influence of youth street gangs and spiralling incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Their overriding aim was to provide a Social Cultural Centre for local people in Wythenshawe. A centre designed, built, driven and managed by those it serves and speaks the cultural language of local people while providing facilities that are wanted, useful, necessary and relevant.
After a seminal street-based conference in 2007 attended by 'gang' leaders from across UK and a follow up conference in 2010 attended by families and friends of victims of serious street violence, a decision was made to redefine the word 'gang' and further develop the work of UEW towards becoming the UK's first Inner City Culture Centre.
The focus of UEW is to help local people to create better opportunities for themselves and seek solutions to local issues and problems such as youth nuisance and anti-social behaviour. UEW uses the potentially negative energy of street gang culture to create pockets of positive community enterprise that are owned, led and managed by local people.
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The centre also provides a secure base for a number of locally led enterprises including the world-famous Mums Mart, Manchester Urban Collective, Music for Cities, the Street Peace Un-Conference, a Fresh Food Co-operative and a small Security Company.
As a result of its work, UEW has also helped in the development of window cleaning rounds, hair salons, gardening services, car valeting services, local eateries, market stalls and fitness style boot camps, all in partnership with local people. Ever changing fads, trends and demographics means that UEW is a constant needs-led, community owned and ever evolving 'work in progress'.
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United Estates of Wythenshawe (UEW) has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Community Contribution Award to be presented at Forever Manchester's Birthday Party on Friday 18th March 2022.
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Primula membranifolia Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 68. 1886 .
Type specimen: Forrest 18875 resides at Paris (specimens P04544200, P04544198, P04544201) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024149) and British Museum (specimen BM000996911) and KEW (specimens K000750068, K000750070) and New York Botanic Garden (specimen 329546).
P. longituba (syn): Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 4: 226. 1908. Type specimen: Forrest 1809 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen not scanned, see plate XXXVII).
Epithet: Named for the membranous leaves.
This species is well known from the Cang Shan, near Dali, Yunnan. It grows in mossy crevices of damp limestone rocks. Similar to P. yunnanensis but with a longer corolla tube and obscured veins on the calyx. Leaves obovate to spathulate, rounded at the apex, base tapering into a winged petiole, often short but sometimes as long as the blade, membranous, crenate-dentate at the margin, efarinose or slightly farinose above, densely yellow farinose below. Scape 2-5cm, yellow farinose, with flowers 1-9 violet-rose with a white center and yellow-green eye and exannulate. See related P. scopulorum, P. kialensis and P. yunnanensis.


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$6M Gift from Family of Roblox Creator Launches New Initiative to Advance CAR T Therapy
Support from Jan Ellison Baszucki and David Baszucki Creates the Baszucki Lymphoma Therapeutics Initiative
By Ariel Bleicher
UC San Francisco has launched the Baszucki Lymphoma Therapeutics Initiative to increase the effectiveness and availability of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy for lymphoma patients. Jan Ellison Baszucki and her husband, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, gifted $6 million over five years to support the initiative. After witnessing Jan's father recover from a near-fatal lymphoma thanks to treatment with CAR T therapy, the couple wanted to help accelerate progress in the field so more families can benefit.
Jan Ellison Baszucki and her father, Todd Ellison.
An emerging approach to immunotherapy, CAR T therapy has dramatically increased survival rates for patients with certain hard-to-treat blood cancers. It also shows promise for treating some solid tumors as well as diseases beyond cancer, including autoimmunity and neurodegeneration. The therapy involves harvesting T cells from a patient's blood and genetically engineering them to kill cancer cells by detecting specific molecular targets, called antigens, on the cancer cells' surface. The engineered T cells are then cultured to increase their numbers and infused back into the patient's bloodstream, where they act as a "living therapeutic" against the cancer cells.
"In cancer, we don't often use the big C word – cure – but CAR T therapy really does seem to lead to 'miracle cures' after no other therapies have worked," says Babis Andreadis, MD, MSCE, a lymphoma specialist and professor of clinical medicine at UCSF who will direct the new initiative.
Since 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five CAR T therapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), multiple myeloma, and several lymphomas. Andreadis ran some of the first clinical trials of CAR T therapies for non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which have shown complete remission rates of around 50 percent in patients who have failed multiple prior treatments.
In cancer, we don't often use the big C word – cure – but CAR-T therapy really does seem to lead to 'miracle cures' after no other therapies have worked.
Babis Andreadis, MD, MSCE
The Baszucki Lymphoma Therapeutics Initiative will expand research underway at UCSF aimed at understanding who will benefit from CAR T therapy and developing new therapeutic targets for lymphoma patients who don't respond to current CAR T therapies.
"Our goal is to reach a point when cancer medicine is completely personalized and every patient can get a therapy designed specifically for their own disease," says Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professor of Oncology. "Jan and David's commitment to helping realize this vision exemplifies their remarkable foresight and generosity."
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The Baszuckis, who live in San Francisco with their four children, are veterans of the Bay Area technology industry. Jan was the director of marketing at Infinity Financial Technology before becoming an award-winning writer and novelist. David is a software engineer and co-founder of Roblox Corporation, which develops Roblox, an online gaming platform that allows users to create and play their own games.
After the company went public, in March 2021, the couple launched the Baszucki Group to create foundational change through philanthropy, impact investing, community building, and other initiatives. One of the organization's first projects was establishing the Baszucki Brain Research Fund, which supports scientists and innovators pursuing breakthrough treatments that promote vitality, stability, and well-being in people at risk for or living with bipolar disorder. This year, the fund has invested more than $13 million in research grants, including a competitive program that will fund 45 grants to support pilot research in therapeutic discovery and translational research for bipolar disorder.
"Our goal with Baszucki Group is to direct resources toward the greater good," Jan Baszucki says. "We're interested in big, bold moves that will leapfrog current treatments rather than make incremental progress. It's obvious that CAR T therapy fits into that category."
From left: Todd Ellison, Jan Ellison Baszucki, David Baszucki and Babis Andreadis.
"One of the exciting things about CAR T is it's not just one product," David Baszucki adds. "It's a revolutionary therapeutic platform that offers infinite avenues for innovation, and Dr. Andreadis is one of those brilliant researchers who can use it to make CAR T therapy a reality for more families like ours."
The new initiative will also further the goals of the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative (LTI), which launched in June. By uniting many established UCSF programs, the LTI seeks to propel research in living therapeutics – a broad category of medicines that use human or microbial cells to treat disease – and speed promising therapies to clinical trials for patients who lack effective treatment options.
"UCSF is laying the groundwork for the next frontier in pharmaceutical medicine," says Sam Hawgood, MBBS, UCSF chancellor and the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor. "We are deeply grateful to the Baszucki family and other philanthropic partners who inspire everyone engaged in our mission to treat patients compassionately and equitably with the best therapies they can get anywhere in the world."
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The Baszuckis first met Andreadis in October 2020, after Jan's father, Todd Ellison – also an award-winning novelist, who writes under the pen name E.T. Ellison – had endured three years of chemotherapy while only growing sicker. "I was told I had no options left," Ellison says. That's when his oncologist, who had trained at UCSF, referred him to Andreadis.
Earlier that fall, Andreadis had launched a study to test the viability of administering CAR T therapies manufactured in a university setting. Clinical researchers have previously partnered with pharmaceutical companies to use CAR T products already on the market or in development for commercialization. These products typically are manufactured by research contractors or by the companies themselves because they require specialized clean rooms, called current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) facilities, to ensure that the drugs are safe and of the highest quality.
However, some universities recently have begun making CAR T and other cell-based therapies in house. In June of this year, as part of the LTI, UCSF announced a strategic alliance with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. to build and manage a cGMP facility in leased space on UCSF's Mission Bay campus. The new facility will allow clinicians to offer cell therapies to more patients, including those who may be ineligible for or can't afford commercial products. In-house manufacturing also will allow researchers to optimize production specifications and doses and develop new therapeutic targets that drug companies might not pursue.
Killer T cells surround a cancer cell. Image by NIH
"The CAR T products available today are designed for generic targets," Andreadis says, adding that while this approach maximizes the number of patients who are likely to respond to a particular CAR T product, it also means that patients whose cancers express low levels of these targets might not benefit.
Andreadis's study is a phase I trial to test the safety and appropriate dose of CAR T cells manufactured under custom protocols to target a common FDA-approved antigen known as CD19. (Until the cGMP facility at UCSF is operational, Andreadis's team is making the cells at a facility at UC Davis.) Ellison was the first patient to enroll. "When he arrived here, he was seriously ill," Andreadis says.
Within a week of starting the treatment, however, Ellison began to improve. "We kept waiting for him to get worse, but he just got better and better," Jan Baszucki recalls. "And there were zero side effects, none at all," Ellison adds. By December 2021, his lymphoma was gone, and he remains cancer-free. (Not all CAR T patients have the same experience; some patients may experience short- or long-term side effects, including cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity.)
"We are beyond grateful to Dr. Andreadis and his staff for the incredible care given to my father," Jan Baszucki says.
Andreadis's team has since treated five more patients in the phase I trial, several of whom had lymphomas that couldn't be treated with commercial CAR T products or who would not have qualified for insurance coverage because they were too sick. With the Baszuckis' support, the team can now expand the study to enroll more patients with various lymphomas, including rare subtypes. They also plan to use patients' blood samples to begin investigating new disease targets for the next generation of CAR T therapies.
Beyond improving treatment options for lymphoma patients, Andreadis predicts, this pioneering work will help set the stage for the development of in-house CAR T products for other cancers and diseases. "Clinicians and scientists around the world will be able to use the infrastructure we are creating here at UCSF to customize CAR T therapies for a broad range of applications," he says.
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Gov. Brian Kemp campaigning for Herschel Walker in metro Atlanta
Walker is in a runoff with U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Dec. 6
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Published: Nov. 16, 2022 at 4:53 PM EST
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - UGA football legend Herschel Walker is bringing in Georgia's most influential Republican to help him in his Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff against Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.
Gov. Brian Kemp, fresh off his solid re-election victory last week over Democrat Stacey Abrams, will appear with Walker on Saturday at 10:30 at Adventure Outdoors in Cobb County, one of the Georgia's largest gun stores.
Walker and Warnock are headed to a runoff after neither won enough of a majority to win the Nov. 8 election outright. Early voting begins Nov. 28 in the runoff, a race that will either strengthen Democrats' Senate majority or evenly split the body 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting a deciding vote.
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Millions of dollars in campaign spending and big political names are already pouring into Georgia. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared with Walker last week at a Canton brewery.
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On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced his entry in the 2024 presidential race, and specifically mentioned Walker in his announcement. Trump has previously endorsed Walker and appeared with the first-time candidate at a rally in middle Georgia last year.
Kemp's campaign organization is widely credited with helping orchestrate another complete GOP sweep of every statewide constitutional office in the 2022 midterms.
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Warnock won his current seat in a January 2021 runoff against Kelly Loeffler, who had been appointed by Kemp to fill the unexpired term of Johnny Isakson, who had resigned due to health reasons. Warnock's win, along with Jon Ossoff's ouster of then-incumbent David Perdue, gave Georgia two Democratic U.S. senators for the first time in decades.
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We want to thank our dedicated supporters, Gary Nissen and Qualico, for their continued commitment to mentoring and matching donation of $125,000. Thanks to PBA Land & Development and an anonymous donor for stepping up with additional matching dollars to ensure ALL donations were matched, dollar for dollar.
A BIG shout-out to ourAll-Stars, Bo-Levi Mitchell, Sean Monahan, John Morris, Jasmine Mian & Michelle Salt, all of our All-Star Ambassadors and Community Partners who showed their commitment to the campaign in such a BIG way, we cannot thank you enough.
Thanks to the generosity of long-time champions, Qualico and Gary Nissen, every dollar raised will be matched up to $125,000, for a grand total of $250,000!!
We've drafted a team of All-Stars to help us reach our goal for All-Stars For Kids. Professional athletes, Olympians and local All-Stars will be sharing their mentoring stories and spreading the word about the power of mentoring.
Bo Levi Mitchell is the current quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders. In September of 2014, He became the first quarterback in CFL history to win 12 out of his 13 starts and in July of 2014, he tied the CFL record for most consecutive wins to start a career with seven.
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Selected by the club in the first round (6th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft, Monahan became the first Flames rookie forward since Jarome Iginla in 1996-97 to score 20 goals in his first year. Since turning pro, he has posted three straight 20+ goal seasons.
Jasmine Mian is a Canadian female wrestler. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 Jasmine represented Canada the 2016 Summer Olympics. Since 2014 Jasmine has been a volunteer mentor at BBBS Calgary and Area.
John Morris is a Canadian curler, Tim Hortons 2015 Brier champion and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist. John was a volunteer mentor with BBBS Calgary and Area for 3 years and continues to support mentoring for kids today.
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Children with mentors are more likely to do well in school, go on to successful careers, live happy, healthy lives, and give back to their communities. In fact, every $1 invested in mentoring by BBBS returns $18 to society.
There are thousands of children and youth in and around Calgary who have been impacted by mentoring - read some of their stories.
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J. Walter Thompson announces new KSA CEO
AWARD WINNING CAMILLE HADDAD TO HEAD SAUDI OPERATIONS
RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — J. Walter Thompson, the world's bestknown marketing communications brand, announced the key appointment of award winning Camille Haddad to CEO for the company's operations in Saudi Arabia, effective immediately.
Both Riyadh and Jeddah offices will be reporting into Haddad. The promotion will see Haddad remain based in Riyadh - the country's flagship office - and continue to report in directly to Vatche Keverian, J. Walter Thompson MENA's CEO.
Prior to the appointment, Haddad successfully led the Riyadh team as Managing Director for 8 years, securing numerous important business wins, such as the prestigious Saudi Telecom Company (STC) account. Under his leadership and in partnership with the Executive Creative Director for J. Walter Thompson in Saudi Arabia, Chafic Haddad, the agency has been awarded a number of significant trophies for both creativity and effectiveness, for campaigns and clients such as Saudi Arabia British Bank (SABB), Boecker and Flynas. The team's most recent win saw J. Walter Thompson Riyadh bring home the first ever Grand Prix award any agency is the Kingdom has ever won, when they clinched the highest honour in the fiercely fought Media category at Dubai Lynx in 2015 with their "Biggest Gallery" campaign for the agency's Al Arabia client (out of home services).
Haddad has been instrumental in developing world-class solutions for Riyadh's clients, and shown consummate skill at leveraging the WPP network to the benefit of those clients and their brands. His career at J. Walter Thompson began in 1992, and has been nurtured all the way up the corporate ladder. A seasoned communications professional, he has managed an impressive array of global and regional brands, across geographies and industry categories, including though not limited to Unilever, Jaguar, Ford, Diageo, Nestle, HSBC, Rolex, Carrier and Oger Telecom.
Commenting on Haddad's appointment, J. Walter Thompson's MENA CEO, Vatche Keverian, saluted "An exemplary leader, 23 year home grown talent, the complete brand communications expert who has contributed to setting J. Walter Thompson as the gold standard of advertising in the kingdom" adding that "the strategic value of the Saudi market goes naturally in pair with having our top talent at the helm to ensure that we stay ahead of the curve, by constantly delivering pioneering solutions to our clients, at a time when marketing communications is being reinvented every day."
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J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, the world's best-known marketing communications brand, has been creating pioneering solutions that build enduring brands and business for more than 150 years.
Headquartered in New York, J. Walter Thompson is a true global network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, employing nearly 10,000 marketing professionals. The agency consistently ranks among the top networks in the world and continues a dominant presence in the industry by staying on the leading edge — from hiring the industry's first female copywriter to developing award-winning branded content today. For more information, please visit www.jwt.com and follow us @JWT_Worldwide.
In the Middle East and Africa, J. Walter Thompson is one of the leading communication agencies in the region with 27 offices in 24 markets. The MEA region is structured to deliver communication based business solutions across all channels needed to deliver the marketing plan driven by a matrix that combines the strength of its competencies and the know how of its practices. For more information, please visit us www.jwt.com/mea and follow us @jwtmea