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Issue is sliding piece attacks. The paper is quite interesting, stunning modulo math. The authors map masked and normalized (shifted to bit zero) files, diagonal or antidiagonal occupancies to vectors of eight (or nine) consecutive bits, quite similar as kindergarten bitboards does.
They use modulo 514 for the diagonals and modulo 257 for the anti-diagonals to get 8 (or even nine for the diagonals) bits as an index. That can be done most efficiently by reciprocal multiplication - this is how vc2005 implements the mod for x64 processors. One 64*64=128 bit mul, one shift and one further imul, sub. Of course using 64-bit div to get the remainder burns even more cycles.
... for the same purpose. Looks a bit cheaper.
Despite huge rook-tables most prefer magic-bitboards over kindergarten, since it covers both lines of a rook or bishop in one run with only one and, mul, shift->lookup.
My question is - how can they conclude they are competitive over magic-botboards - if they even can not beat kindergarten-bitboards by margins - not to mention table size and inner six bit only? To compare a Matlab 32-bit implementation with a loop-version to get the sliding attacks? Because Sam Tannous claimed small improvement over rotated with some high level hashing directories - and Bob Hyatt reported similar performance of rotated versus magic in crafty?
Did I miss something on superfast matlab modulo?
As reported in Hyatt (2007), the rotated and magic bitboard methods are of comparable performance, and Tannous (2007) claims just a small improvement of the direct lookup method over rotated bitboards. It is easy to see that, in terms of the number of computer operations, the efficiency of our method will be similar to that of direct lookup. Thus we are justified in claiming that the computational efficiency of our method is comparable to the others.
Our method improves on the state of the art by providing a general method for efficient bitboard move generation for sliding pieces (not restricted to chess) that: (i) avoids maintenance of auxiliary bitboards, as in the rotated bitboard method, (ii) does not depend on built-in system features, such as the associative arrays in the direct lookup method (and moreover these hash functions are not guaranteed to be perfect, so collisions may occur), and (iii) does not use a hash function generated by a non-trivial and possibly very long computation, such as the magic bitboard method, and which may not always be perfect for a given number of bits in the index (Kannan, 2007).
I am still stunned by this scientific academical paper. How can they ignore denser tables by inner six bit. How can they ignore perfect hashing by kindergarten bitboards which obviously faster and more compact computation? How can they ignore processing multiple lines by magic bitboards in one run? Arggg!
They claim to use perfect hashing, but map a remainder range of 0..513 or 0..256 to the 0..255 occupancy index - which implies an additional indirection for perfect byte-indices or - leaves some gaps in the attack lookups (negligible for the mod 257 case).
They can ignore that because it was never published in a scentific journal, and they are obvious 'ivory-tower' theorists not aware of what is going on in the field (and perhaps even in their computer). And the referees are probably of the same kind.
In science this happens all the time. People from one field think they have made a World-shocking discovery, that happens to be known for decades in another field they are not aware of, and publish it like they deserve a Nobel prize. And unfortunately the referees are picked from their own field, and are thus equally ignorant, and let it pass.
I encountered a good example of this a few years ago, where some mathematical physiscist, working on the theory of 'random media', made a lot of noise about their 'discovery' of an 'omnidirectional reflector', a mirror that would have near 100% reflection no matter from what direction you send the light on it. They published it in one of the two most high-level and prestigeous scientific journals (Science), and their invention was even discussed in an editorial comment. Then a month later, there was a letter from an engineer working in some obscure optics manufacturing plant, and it basically said: "Oh, that? Yes, we used to sell that some ten years ago. But there was not enough demand for it, so we now took it out of our catalog!".
Perhaps we should do something similar here: write a letter to the editorial board of the ICGA Journal to point out that Kindergarten bitboards are old hat.
hgm wrote: They can ignore that because it was never published in a scentific journal, and they are obvious 'ivory-tower' theorists not aware of what is going on in the field (and perhaps even in their computer). And the referees are probably of the same kind.
hgm wrote: Perhaps we should do something similar here: write a letter to the editorial board of the ICGA Journal to point out that Kindergarten bitboards are old hat.
Gerd, what is not published, it does not exist, and there are good reasons for academics to behave that way. What is published passed a reviewing process, what is not didn't. What I really encourage you to do is to publish your work and include whoever contributed it significantly as a co-author. It should not be difficult after all the fantastic work you did.
michiguel wrote: Gerd, what is not published, it does not exist, and there are good reasons for academics to behave that way. What is published passed a reviewing process, what is not didn't. What I really encourage you to do is to publish your work and include whoever contributed it significantly as a co-author. It should not be difficult after all the fantastic work you did.
Thanks Miguel, for your kind words. I am more a reporter and supporter of other people's ideas such as Steffan Westcott, Pradu Kannan, Ryan Mack and others. Not to mention our rotated bitboard pioneer Bob Hyatt.
Back to the issue of the academical paper. The authors mentioned magic bitboards and Pradu's paper - so they should be aware how it works, to test their approach against it. Instead they reported some progress versus a loop-approach inside a 32-bit Matlab environment!
Is such an implication-chain - based on own assumption and quotes from one distinct source each with different implementations (C, interpreted Python hashmaps, Matlab32), without own proof - sufficient and typical for academical papers as well?
3) It is easy to see that the efficiency of our method will be similar to that of direct lookup.
Gerd Isenberg wrote: Thanks Miguel, for your kind words. I am more a reporter and supporter of other people's ideas such as Steffan Westcott, Pradu Kannan, Ryan Mack and others. Not to mention our rotated bitboard pioneer Bob Hyatt.
More like the initiator and expert of many bitboard ideas. Lasse Hansen came up with his idea from your postings on separated direction attacks correct?
I haven't read the paper (yet) but I also don't think MatLab is a representative environment to test speeds for different hashing schemes. A direct comparison to rotated and magic in C in chess programs (perhaps Crafty and other opensource bitboard ones) would be representative.
They should have written theirs in C and tested it against the real-world code in various open-source chess engines.
Also, I strongly suspect that this "if it isn't published, it doesn't exist" thing is nonsense. There are lots of papers out there that mention the ideas behind a practical working implementation written by someone else. There's no reason they couldn't have dug around a bit and found out what "state of the art" in this area was, and done their comparisons against that.
..except that then they might not have had anything "worth publishing"?
That's how experimental science work. Unless comp. sci. have a completely different culture, you cannot claim anything if you did not publish it in a peer review journal. Anyway, I did not read the article and it seems to be that the problem goes beyond that.
... There are lots of papers out there that mention the ideas behind a practical working implementation written by someone else. There's no reason they couldn't have dug around a bit and found out what "state of the art" in this area was, and done their comparisons against that.
That creates a problem, because they will be talking about a procedure that is not publish, and they will have to describe it entirely. That would be like a paper inside a paper. They cannot cite it, because it is nowhere. Also, since it is not published, it has not been peer reviewed and how do you know that those techniques are state of the art?
Brief ideas or results can be commented as "personal communication" or "unpublished results", but the whole set of new techniques is not possible!
Documentation is a very important part of the academic process because it grows from previous information. It is like the legal system, you can start talking about someone is guilty once it has been convicted, not before.
That is a possible scenario.
I completely agree. It is easy for us to criticize, but I am not a member of every discussion board related to chess, but I am a member of the ICGA and read the journal as it comes out. If something is not published, how would one know it exists? Although I must add that I have had more than one NSF proposal get shot down for this very reason, because someone on the review panel knew of similar research that was not public, which makes it impossible to cite or use.
That's the only reason I wrote the rotated bitboard paper, and why I am also going to do a parallel search paper on how Crafty works, just so it becomes well-documented and nobody will have to reinvent the same wheel again.


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Q: Probability that number of heads flipped is divisible by 3 You toss a coin n times. What is the probability that the number of heads you'll get is divisible by 3?
(Find an exact formula, not involving sums of unbounded length; it may depend on
the remainder of n modulo 6).
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$$\frac{\sum\limits_{i=0}^{\lfloor n/3\rfloor} {n \choose 3i}}{2^n}$$ but I'm not really sure how to find a formula for the sum in the numerator. A hint for how to evaluate $$\sum\limits_{i=0}^{n/3} {n \choose 3i}$$ when n is divisible by three would also be much appreciated
(Note: this is not a homework problem)

A: Let $\omega $ be a primitive cube root of unit.
Hint: Consider $(1 + \omega)^n, ( 1 + \omega^2)^n, (1+1)^n$. Expand using the Binomial Theorem, and use the fact that $1 + \omega + \omega^2 = 0, \omega^3 = 1 $.
This shows that $(1 + \omega)^n+ ( 1 + \omega^2)^n+ (1+1)^n = 3 \sum { n \choose 3i} $.

A: Theorem:  Let  $X$ be an integer-valued random variable.  $P\{n \text{ divides } X\}=\frac1n \sum_{k=0}^n \phi(2\pi k/n)$, where $\phi$ is the characteristic function of $X$.  In words, this probability is the average of the probability generating function evaluated at the $n^\text{th}$ roots of unity.
I published this result in the 90's, but the proof is short.  Here is an even more compact version.  Let $W = \text{exp}(i\frac{2\pi X}n)$. Then $\frac1n \sum_{k=0}^n W^k = 1$if  $n$ divides $X$, 0 otherwise.  Hence, its expectation is the probability of the event.  Apply linearity.
In your case, $X$ ~ Binomial($n$, 1/2).  $\phi(t)=[(1+e^{it})/2]^n$.  Eventually, we get the desired probability to be $\frac13(1+2\text{ Re }e^{i\pi n/3}/2^n)$.
Final answer to your problem:  $\frac13(1+c_{n\text{ mod }6}2^{-n})$, where  $(c_0,c_1,c_2,c_3,c_4,c_5)= (2,1,-1,-2,-1,1)$.


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Wow, wasn't there a lot to take in yesterday and, taking everything into account, the previous 10 days. The disbelief, the crowds, the flowers, the emotions and The Queue. There will never be another one like it.
Amid the grandeur, it was good to hear that simple services were going on around the country. Ray V reported
We went to Richmond Service for The Queen Sunday Evening at St Mary's Church Twickenham. Sat in the second row behind Munira Wilson MP Sarah Olney MP mayor of Richmond, the leader of Richmond Council and various other VIPs. The service had a similar format to the main one at Westminster Abbey but at least two mentions of corgis and horses.
I think maybe we were all hoping for horses and corgies somewhere as both meant so much to Her Majesty. It was wonderful to see they had been included not only at small memorial services across the land, but also when she arrived at Windsor. with her favourite pony, Emma, and the corgis Muirk and Sandy.
The removal of the sceptre, the orb and then the crown followed by the laying of the banner by King Charles III and the breaking of the rod by the Lord Chamberlain ended the Elizabethan age and put the final closure and farewell for the general public. The lone piper. It was a very symbolic and moving, creating more tears. For the family, I am sure they need the remaining 7 days of mourning so much. All the mourning since The Queen's death was announced has been in public with cameras all over the place. They all did so well, holding it together, just as the Queen would have instructed them. All credit to Her and them.
20 million of us watched the funeral on television, then there were the 2,000 guests at Westminster Abbey and 800 at Windsor. Adding the thousands of people lining the streets in London and all the way to Windsor, I wonder if the total was near the 4.1 billion predicted when you take in the rest of the world? We shall probably never know unless we have to enter details on the next Census.
Today seems like a new start of everything. New day. New King. New Prime Minister. New Police Commissioner to name but a few. It was different. Or was it my imagination …..?
Saturday 24th September – Get Polishing!
''Tis the Time of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

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What does your pricing say about you?
Last updated on November 30, 2022 Administrator (DR) Admissions Pricing
I was getting my hair cut the other day when I noticed the prices on the wall included a discounted rate for over 65s on a Wednesday. Why do seniors get a discount on Wednesdays? The barber didn't know. It's just always been like that. Did it make any difference? Not really, it was actually confusing for seniors coming in on a Thursday expecting a discount, to be told it only applies on Wednesdays.
What is it about Wednesdays that makes them special, such that if I'm over 65 I get a discount? Is there a higher degree of risk as the barber drinks on a Tuesday evening and is hungover the next day? I joke, but if you're going to have a discount for something, then at least be able to explain why.
Pricing is a form of communication. It might not be a direct statement about your objectives, but it can reflect and support them. You need to send the right messages, otherwise you risk inadvertently undermining the value of what you have to offer.
Ensuring coherent messaging is important
Whether the message is explicit, such as promoting a senior discount on a Wednesday, or implicit, pricing just above competitors to connote superior quality – think Waitrose vs Asda – pricing is saying something.
Consider a theatre with a season of five plays. Four are priced the same but the fifth is 'hard to sell' and so sold cheaper. This lower price makes it even harder to sell – exactly the opposite of what was intended.
When something is lower priced you ask what's wrong with it. It's a common trap organisations fall into when setting prices. The lower price can end up reinforcing the wrong message – in this case, uncertainty about that production's value.
How to ensure the right messaging?
I remember a National Rail advert which stated 'off-peak is cheaper'. The strategy actively encouraged people to avoid peak times and the price difference was substantial enough to ensure they only travelled peak when absolutely necessary. For train operators, this was exactly the right message as overcrowded rush hour train tickets are easy to sell. And flexible travellers can get cheaper prices.
Different prices for different days are not uncommon in arts and culture. But what is the tactic trying to achieve? Let's look at two exhibitions from our leading visitor attractions.
The British Museum offers a £2 discount on their World of Stonehenge exhibition Monday to Friday, compared to the full price at the weekend. Are weekdays the off-peak equivalent saying 'we want you to visit during the week, so we've made it cheaper'?
I'd guess the £2 discount makes very little difference to demand and the potential income is being lost from people who would have been willing to pay the extra.
You are trying to motivate different behaviours. If the lower price is to drive volume it must be sufficiently motivating to make a difference. This tactic assumes weekday visitors have a slightly lower willingness-to-pay than weekend ones.
The British Library goes one step further with pricing their Beethoven exhibition. Standard adult prices are constant regardless of the day. But seniors, students and the unemployed can get cheaper tickets on Mondays – Wednesdays.
This might be the right strategy for targeting audiences on quieter days, but the messaging is confusing. Mondays to Wednesdays are cheaper, but only if you fall into one of these concessionary categories.
Do concessions attract the right people?
Concessions are common in the arts and many organisations have different prices for different types of audience. This is good if you know why certain audience members should pay less. Pricing should reflect who you are trying to attract – the 'who' being especially important for publicly funded organisations, with objectives to be representative and serve the local community.
How many organisations still offer a senior discount? Even the BBC, under pressure from Government, reduced free TV licence eligibility for over 75s to those in receipt of Pension Credit. But should a discounting policy be based on household income?
Outside the arts, I remember when B&Q used to offer seniors a discount on all products on Wednesdays if they signed up for free membership. But they removed it a few years ago saying: "We want to offer our best prices every day to all our customers, so we've invested over £100million into stable, transparent low prices. This means there will be fewer price promotions and discount offers."
At worst, pricing can inadvertently discriminate against some groups. A good example is family ticket offers where inevitably you fail to reach all family types. Research by Kids in Museums showed only 1 in 5 respondents felt positive about family tickets. A massive 96% of single parents said that family tickets didn't work for them. All wanted more flexibility.
Families with school-age children can feel particularly aggrieved when organisations apply the 'Centre Parcs model', making school holidays and weekend tickets more expensive. The term-time, weekday tickets may be priced lower, but they're inaccessible.
Attracting those who wouldn't otherwise visit
For students and young people, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) recently removed barriers for under 30s to access lower priced tickets. Now all 18-30s can buy £10 tickets without having to sign up for a free membership, and for those in full-time education, it's even cheaper at £5. For CBSO, with an older core audience, anything that encourages audiences who wouldn't otherwise visit is a win-win.
But if capacity is limited and you offer discounted tickets to appeal to new audiences, you need to assess the financial feasibility. If tickets would otherwise remain unsold, selling cheaper is good, particularly if it targets a new demographic.
Det Kongelige Teater, the Danish Royal Theatre, took a radical approach when they launched their unlimited theatre for under 25s scheme, which for a single annual price allowed anyone them to simply turn up and see a show without having to book in advance.
It was risky, but as their audiences tend to be older theatregoers, most of them were ineligible for the offer. And when a show is popular, the risk is with the customer as free tickets are only available if there's capacity on the day.
There's a lot to consider
If the arts were sold as fast-moving consumer goods, it would simply be a matter of setting the one price that maximises revenue against a price demand curve. But the arts are about so much more than maximising profits. They want to maximise reach and engagement and maintain accessibility. Pricing is inherently more complicated as a result.
Get it wrong and your pricing strategy can undermine your mission. Get it right and it can help reinforce your social and artistic vision, while also achieving your financial objectives.
David Reece is Deputy Chief Executive at Baker Richards.
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BOOK REVIEW: "HOMAGE TO CATALONIA" by George Orwell
The Spanish civil war of 1936-1939 was a siren song for young Socialists all over Europe, an opportunity to fight Fascism (and Franco) in a major European country after the recent disasters in Italy (Mussolini) and Germany (Hitler and the Nazis). Communism, if not totally ascendent, had yet to be fully tarnished by the eventual global realization of how Stalin was starving and imprisoning his people, nor just how Communism-in-practice actually worked in the USSR. The ideals of socialism were very much intact, and in many ways remain intact to this day, although distinct lines were then being carefully drawn between the democratic socialists, the more hardened theoretical socialists, soft Communists, and Stalinists. The 1930s were a hothouse environment for ideology, and you couldn't have picked a better spot to watch competing versions of the truth play out than in late 1930s Spain.
Englishman George Orwell did just that, enlisting on the government's side to try and keep the fascists from taking over the country, which, we now know, was a futile effort. Orwell did not know that, even upon completion of this book – in fact, "HOMAGE TO CATALONIA" ends with Orwell musing about likely outcomes, not one of which seriously entertains Generalissimo Francisco Franco being the strong-arm boss of Spain for the next forty years. Orwell kept a journal of his adventures, which are musings of a young man trying to come to grips not on what he's fighting, but what he's fighting for, and with whom. The book is by turns humorous, tragic and a work of deep political science. Orwell's socialism is the purest of socialisms, one that believes in blowing up distinctions between the classes and ending both the aristocracy and the dominance of organized religion. His enlisting in the POUM, a "Trotskyist" Communist group, is more or less enabled by complete accident. He simply wants to defeat fascism, but his POUM membership helps to give him a ringside seat for a confusing jumble of political allegiances, angers and, later, murders – all from and on the Left. The Right, the fascists, are only the object of mockery and pity in this book.
"HOMAGE TO CATALONIA" uses alternating chapters to tell, first, Orwell's story, and second, the story of the politics behind this war and the wars-within-the-war. Orwell's story is pretty funny and self-deprecating. He says early on that he barely shot a gun or killed anyone, but we later learn that he not only shot, he both likely killed other humans and was severely injured by a bullet in the throat himself, guaranteeing him exit from the war (which he's fairly relieved of, after many months at the front). He spends much of the book contrasting his lofty ideals with the grim realities on the ground, and how men, both smart and pigheadedly stupid, are herded into fighting units and then given the barest of munitions to help them achieve their aims. Like many books on war, the emphasis is on the boredom and excruciating tedium of it all, punctuated by very rare "action". This action was often absurdly pointless unto itself, and throughout the book you watch a budding realization about the nature of conflict dawn on a young man's conscience.
Orwell took great pains to describe the nature of the battle between the two main Communist groups, the POUM and the Stalinist PSUC, as well as the other internecine battles with anarchists, trade unions controlled by anarchists, and other sects. This all culminates in a Barcelona battle that he both witnessed and participated in, and it's as gripping and politically "interesting" as anything in the book. The effect I got was the one described in my first paragraph – the sense that ideology was as fervent, florid, fractured and unpredictable as it had been in any time the previous 200 years.
These years immediately preceding World War II were terrifying and defining times for the horrors that were to follow, and the book feels, with the benefit of hindsight, like a passion play and warning for the larger, more global battle to come. Orwell's genius is in both transmitting this sense of foreboding while also writing a "light" sort of diary of his and his comrades' bumbling misadventures. It's a terrific addition to the high school Orwell canon of "1984" and "Animal Farm", if a bit too dense and historical for modern students of our profoundly illiterate age.
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Danny Boyle, the auteur behind Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, will direct Michael B. Jordan in the upcoming Methuselah, a movie that may or may not be based on the biblical character.
Apparently, the original script was indeed based on the story of Methuselah — a man who lived to be 969 years old, according to the Book of Genesis. Simon Beaufoy, who's worked with Boyle in the past, is now reworking the script a little and it's not totally clear whether or not the new script will retain the biblical focus of the original. It probably will. But it might be different. Or maybe not. But it'll still be called Methuselah? Hollywood, man!
Either way, Warner Brothers is apparently excited about the project and plans to put it on the fast track. At one point, Tom Cruise was in talks to star but after the success of Creed, pretty much everyone wants to work with Jordan, who will also produce the movie.
Boyle's on an interesting path, following up his big success with Slumdog with some artier fare. At one point, he was slated to direct the next James Bond movie, but that fell apart amid creative vision differences. Methuselah sounds like a similarly twisty premise.
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You will also be the acting residency director and develop a strong teaching, mentoring and friendly relationship with the residents. Past fellows have found this unique opportunity very satisfying. The residency is mature enough now with several graduates that projects outside the residency can be envisioned. From that standpoint, Guyana is a land of opportunity!
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Guyana is a beautiful South American country, which means "land of many waters." It is located on the northern aspect of South America and borders Venezuela to the west, Suriname to the east and Brazil to the south. The country is a former British colony and was previously known as British Guiana. The official language of Guyana is English, reflecting its colonial origins. Despite the location of Guyana on the South American continent, it is culturally and economically part of the Anglophone Caribbean community. Demographics: Guyana is about 83,000 square miles in size, or about the size of Idaho. The capital city of Georgetown is located on the Atlantic coast near the mouth of the Demerara River and has a population of about 240,000. The country as a whole has a population of about 772,000. Much of the interior of the country is rainforest and the country has one of the lowest population densities in the world (ranking 225 of 239 listed countries). Major ethnic groups have East Indian, African and Amerindian backgrounds, in addition to smaller groups from Chinese and European extraction.
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Examining COVID-19 preventive behaviors among cancer survivors in the united states: An analysis of the COVID-19 impact survey A C
Jessica Y. Islam, Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Denise C. Vidot
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adults with chronic diseases, and their health care delivery. Patterns of COVID-19–related preventive behaviors practiced by cancer survivors are unknown, including practices related to canceling doctor's appointments. We evaluated COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors in the United States. Methods: We used nationally representative data of 10,760 U.S. adults from the COVID-19 Impact Survey. We defined cancer survivors as those with a self-reported diagnosis of cancer (n ¼ 854, 7.6%). We present frequencies and c2 tests to evaluate COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors. We estimated determinants of canceling doctor's appointments among cancer survivors using Poisson regression models. Results: Cancer survivors were more likely to practice preventive behaviors, including social distancing (93%, c2 P < 0.001), wearing a face mask (93% c2 P < 0.001) and avoiding crowded areas (84% c2 P < 0.001) compared with adults without cancer. Cancer survivors were more likely to cancel doctor's appointments (41%, c2 P < 0.001), whereas they were less likely to cancel other social activities such as work (19%, c2 P < 0.001) and school-related (13%, c2 P < 0.001) activities. After adjustment for covariates, while non-Hispanic (NH)-Black cancer survivors were less likely to cancel a doctor's appointment compared with NH-White cancer survivors, cancer survivors aged 18 to 29, who were female, and who had least one comorbid condition were more likely. Conclusions: Cancer survivors are adhering to recommended preventive behaviors. Cancer survivor's continuity of care may be impacted by COVID-19, specifically young adults, females, and those with existing comorbid conditions. Impact: Insights into cancer survivors whose care may be most impacted by COVID-19 will be valuable toward surveillance and survivorship of U.S. cancer survivors.
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Islam, J. Y., Camacho-Rivera, M., & Vidot, D. C. (2020). Examining COVID-19 preventive behaviors among cancer survivors in the united states: An analysis of the COVID-19 impact survey A C. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 29(12), 2583-2590. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0801
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N1 - Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge NORC at the University of Chicago for the Data Foundation for data collection and making the data from the COVID Impact Survey publicly available. J.Y. Islam is supported by the University of North Carolina's Cancer Care Quality Training 2T32CA116339-11. M. Camacho-Rivera is supported by the TRANSPORT ? The Translational Program of Health Disparities Research Training 5S21MD012474-02. Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge NORC at the University of Chicago for the Data Foundation for data collection and making the data from the COVID Impact Survey publicly available. J.Y. Islam is supported by the University of North Carolina's Cancer Care Quality Training 2T32CA116339-11. M. Camacho-Rivera is supported by the TRANSPORT – The Translational Program of Health Disparities Research Training 5S21MD012474-02. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
N2 - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adults with chronic diseases, and their health care delivery. Patterns of COVID-19–related preventive behaviors practiced by cancer survivors are unknown, including practices related to canceling doctor's appointments. We evaluated COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors in the United States. Methods: We used nationally representative data of 10,760 U.S. adults from the COVID-19 Impact Survey. We defined cancer survivors as those with a self-reported diagnosis of cancer (n ¼ 854, 7.6%). We present frequencies and c2 tests to evaluate COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors. We estimated determinants of canceling doctor's appointments among cancer survivors using Poisson regression models. Results: Cancer survivors were more likely to practice preventive behaviors, including social distancing (93%, c2 P < 0.001), wearing a face mask (93% c2 P < 0.001) and avoiding crowded areas (84% c2 P < 0.001) compared with adults without cancer. Cancer survivors were more likely to cancel doctor's appointments (41%, c2 P < 0.001), whereas they were less likely to cancel other social activities such as work (19%, c2 P < 0.001) and school-related (13%, c2 P < 0.001) activities. After adjustment for covariates, while non-Hispanic (NH)-Black cancer survivors were less likely to cancel a doctor's appointment compared with NH-White cancer survivors, cancer survivors aged 18 to 29, who were female, and who had least one comorbid condition were more likely. Conclusions: Cancer survivors are adhering to recommended preventive behaviors. Cancer survivor's continuity of care may be impacted by COVID-19, specifically young adults, females, and those with existing comorbid conditions. Impact: Insights into cancer survivors whose care may be most impacted by COVID-19 will be valuable toward surveillance and survivorship of U.S. cancer survivors.
AB - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adults with chronic diseases, and their health care delivery. Patterns of COVID-19–related preventive behaviors practiced by cancer survivors are unknown, including practices related to canceling doctor's appointments. We evaluated COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors in the United States. Methods: We used nationally representative data of 10,760 U.S. adults from the COVID-19 Impact Survey. We defined cancer survivors as those with a self-reported diagnosis of cancer (n ¼ 854, 7.6%). We present frequencies and c2 tests to evaluate COVID-19–related preventive behaviors among cancer survivors. We estimated determinants of canceling doctor's appointments among cancer survivors using Poisson regression models. Results: Cancer survivors were more likely to practice preventive behaviors, including social distancing (93%, c2 P < 0.001), wearing a face mask (93% c2 P < 0.001) and avoiding crowded areas (84% c2 P < 0.001) compared with adults without cancer. Cancer survivors were more likely to cancel doctor's appointments (41%, c2 P < 0.001), whereas they were less likely to cancel other social activities such as work (19%, c2 P < 0.001) and school-related (13%, c2 P < 0.001) activities. After adjustment for covariates, while non-Hispanic (NH)-Black cancer survivors were less likely to cancel a doctor's appointment compared with NH-White cancer survivors, cancer survivors aged 18 to 29, who were female, and who had least one comorbid condition were more likely. Conclusions: Cancer survivors are adhering to recommended preventive behaviors. Cancer survivor's continuity of care may be impacted by COVID-19, specifically young adults, females, and those with existing comorbid conditions. Impact: Insights into cancer survivors whose care may be most impacted by COVID-19 will be valuable toward surveillance and survivorship of U.S. cancer survivors.
U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0801
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0801


By Culina Sommelier Rebekah Turpin.
At Culina, we love working with and supporting local purveyors, which is why we're so lucky that Napa Valley is only a hop, skip and a drive up the Grape Vine. I recently had the chance to tour Wine Country, and visit the region's incredible vineyards and wineries, which produce the most remarkable wines – many of which we pour at Culina! For those of you planning a visit up North, I've put together this list of the best wineries for you to visit, with a few insider tips for each.
Opus One It doesn't get any more luxurious than this. Napa Valley pioneer, Robert Mondavi, and founder of Château Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux France, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, teamed up to create this magnificent winery where you can enjoy a tour of the pristine grounds, including the flawless production facilities and underground barrel room.
Know before you go: Winery tours are by appointment only, so be sure to call ahead to make your reservation.
Swanson For a swanky wine and food pairing experience, head straight to Swanson. Here, you will sample some of Napa's most memorable wines. Schedule a tasting in one of the winery's luxe private dining rooms, and your personal host will guide you through a series of perfect pairings, think caviar on a handmade potato chip paired with their Napa Valley chardonnay, chocolate truffles and Cabernet, and artisan cheeses hand selected to go with each wine.
Insider Tip: Tastings at this winery are very intimate (seating about eight at a time), making it the perfect place to host a small celebration.
Round Pond The drive into Round Pond alone will leave you with the quintessential California wine country feeling. Casually cruise several miles down a road lined with palm trees, olive trees and seemingly endless vineyards, and end at the spectacular winery. Grab a glass of their Sauvignon Blanc and spend your afternoon sampling freshly picked spinach and fava beans from their organic gardens. End your day watching the sunset on their glorious outdoor patio. If you're able to go on a Sunday, be sure to make a reservation for their brunch in the vineyard.
Wine Not: In addition to creating incredible wines, they make and bottle their own olive oils – try the Blood Orange, it won't disappoint.
Mumm Napa Change up the pace with a chilled, refreshing glass of bubbly at this delightful winery. There is a beautiful outdoor seating area with large tables for group tastings overlooking acres and acres of their vineyards. Mumm also offers educational tours of their champagne producing facilities, which is a unique and fun experience in Napa Valley.
Not to be missed: Made using the méthode traditionnelle, the DXM vintage rose champagne was by far my favorite. If you had to choose only one sparkling wine to try, this most certainly would be it!
Jamieson Ranch After tasting your way through multiple wineries, this is the perfect place to end your day. The outside walls of this winery are covered with the work of prominent urban graffiti artists, lending itself to the shabby chic vibe felt throughout the property. Settle into one of the lounges on their sprawling outdoor patio, where they serve charcuterie plates and feature live music on the weekends.
Special sightings: While relaxing on the patio, be sure to keep an eye out for their miniature ponies (they call them "minies"), which can be spotted wandering the winery throughout the weekend.
For more wine tips and recommendations, follow @SommatCulina on Twitter and Instagram.


Souffle Potatoes- Hello everybody, welcome back with ZetiraKitchen! Today i will share about How to Make Souffle Potatoes. The souffle is a cake that uses a lot of egg white which is whipped until it is so stiff that it is light and fluffy. when it is still in the oven, the souffle will expand upwards on the lips of Ramekin and when it comes out of the oven the souffle will drop and deflate. This food is from France. And gonna perfectly if dishes when cold autumn days. Now, we make potato souffles that use potato to baked. The potatoes will be smooth and warm in your mouth. And the seasoning melted with cheese that you enter into mashed potatoes. So let's to make it!
Apply melted butter to the ramekin bowl, then flatten with bread flour.
boil the potatoes until tender. Then peel the boiled potatoes and chop it.
Put the potatoes in the bowl and mash it.
Add grated cheese, mix well.
seasoned with salt, black pepper, and powdered parsley. Then pour butter and fresh milk. stirring until mixture.
Take yolk egg then put into potato mixture and stir again.
Beat the egg whites using a mixer at high speed until stiff. Pour half the egg white into the potato mixture, stirring gently until evenly mixture. Then add the remaining egg white stir until blended (do not stir too long in order to isn't deflated again).
Pour the mixture into ramekin, sprinkle with powdered peppers in over of mixture.
baked for 15-17 minutes. Until it expands and the color is golden.
Your Delicious Souffle Potatoes can be serve. Enjoy it while warm.


At key points in the U.S. Marine Corps' storied history, the evolution of the service hinged on pioneering doctrinal overhauls steered by visionary leaders. From Lieutenant Colonel Pete Ellis, Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, and Major General John Henry Russell Jr. between the world wars to General Al Gray in the latter part of the 20th century, these visionaries charted new courses for the Corps and paved the way for future successes. Now, as the service faces the challenges of 21st-century combat, it will once again need a transformation in thinking to adapt to the changing landscape of warfare.
Retired Navy Captain Robert C. Rubel, professor emeritus of the Naval War College, returns to our pages once again with his own new concept, "in-fighting," which he believes should be a top priority for naval forces faced with doing battle in a hotly contested and close-in littoral environment. Although a term most would use to describe civilian bickering and backbiting in an office setting, board room, or professional playing field, in-fighting as it applies to operations at sea is something completely different. "The ability to 'hold our ground'—when tactical geometry is dictated by others or by political requirements—will depend on the Navy developing concepts, forces, weapons, and doctrine to conduct 'in-fighting,'" says Captain Rubel.
The more diverse force structure needed for in-fighting can achieve another goal: that of exercising sea control in disputed regions. William M. Beasley Jr. believes that the U.S. Navy's current preference for large vessels has been detrimental to the service. Securing and exercising command of the sea are distinct functions that require vessels with different characteristics. By prioritizing larger, costlier ships over smaller ones, the Navy sacrifices presence. This trend has diminished the Navy's police powers, reducing the areas in which it can exercise command and ensure maritime objectives. The results have been particularly apparent in East Asia. China has taken advantage of this decline in presence and replaced freedom of the seas there with a closed-sea system. The United States needs smaller ships to augment the functions of its larger vessels, and to that end, the author argues, the Navy should revive flotillas to reassert control in East Asian waters.


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"Heads of Terms" agreed for sale of North Street Quarter
On 3rd December 2020 5th December 2020 By peterlongden
MAS REI, the landowner of North Street Quarter (NSQ) in Lewes, has agreed heads of terms with the developer Human Nature for the sale of the site.
Cabinet councillors at Lewes District Council will meet next week (December 10) to also consider the sale of the council's share in NSQ to Human Nature.
Human Nature hopes to complete the purchase on NSQ by February, shortly before launching a community design event in the Spring 2021.
Jonathan Smales, Co-Founder and CEO of Human Nature and a Lewes resident said: "We're determined to get on and deliver this important regeneration project for the town, including the long-awaited integrated health hub, flood defences, and much needed homes and work-spaces.
"We will be making good use of the technical information associated with the existing planning consent, but the scheme needs to be redesigned for greater viability, liveability and to be fit to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.
"We intend to move forward at speed, take the site out of limbo and build a scheme that Lewes can be really proud of."
With longstanding connections to Lewes, Human Nature has recently opened a head office in the High Street and will establish a site office in NSQ in due course. Much of the funding for the acquisition has also come from local private investors.
Councillor Zoe Nicholson, Deputy Leader of Lewes District Council, said: "I am delighted that Human Nature has agreed to purchase North Street Quarter. Their vision and commitment to delivering a more sustainable scheme on the site is great to hear. After such a long period of inaction, it feels like something might finally be happening on this important site.
"While people have held different views over the years about the best use of North Street, everyone is unified in the belief that the site represents a landmark opportunity for the town, creating much needed new homes and work spaces for people.
"I am looking forward to discussing these latest developments at Cabinet next week and deciding on the best way forward for the council, our residents and local businesses."
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Roy Lopez, Sage Doxtater return from injury to close out season
Jason Groves
LAS CRUCES - Roy Lopez and Sage Doxtater aren't here to save the season for the New Mexico State football team.
But adding two four-year starters back into the fold for the last five games of a disappointing season can only be a good thing.
"I'm just here to help the team," said Lopez, who went down with a leg injury in the third quarter of the season opener at Washington State. "The way the season has gone, I wasn't there to help the team, but now I'm here to try to help send the seniors out on a high note."
Although Lopez and Doxtater are both seniors, they are both eligible for a redshirt season next year. They can each play in four games this year and still be eligible for the redshirt season.
Lopez and Doxtater each played in a road loss to Georgia Southern prior to last week's open week.
"I didn't know when I was going to get in the game, but they just told me that I was going to play," Doxtater said. "I was nervous just because I knew there was rust I had to knock off."
Neither will play on Saturday at Mississippi (2 p.m. on SEC Network and 99.5 KXPZ-FM and TuneIn App), but Doxtater will play in the final three games and Lopez will play in the Aggies final two games.
"I tried to give as many pointers as I could in the film room and the field," Lopez said. "I just tried to give them uplifted spirits because the season has been tough and I wasn't out there playing."
Lopez suffered a hematoma injury in his lower leg against Washington State.
Lopez said he rehabbed three times per day, not necessarily to get back on the field, but to make sure his leg healed correctly.
"I was scared at some points, but I was just so excited to play," Lopez said. "I was going to go back in the (Washington State) game, but it just got too tight."
Lopez returned to action against Georgia Southern, coming off the bench.
"I feel like I was 80 or 90 percent," Lopez said. "I was tired. A couple times I felt like myself and a couple times I didn't. I was just happy to be out there. My parents were able to go and I was just blessed to be able to play again."
Doxtater injured his shoulder in fall camp, and also played against Georgia Southern in a backup role at left tackle, where he has started nearly every game throughout his first three years.
"I'm trying to get better every day and try to help win these last couple games if possible," Doxtater said.
Both players are part of a senior class that head coach Doug Martin said has continued to compete throughout what has been a winless season, thus far.
"We have a great group of young men that really care," Martin said. "They are disappointed in the season with a lot of things out of their control, but they have been a great group to coach."
Sports Editor Jason Groves can be reached at 575-541-5459 or jgroves@lcsun-news.com. Follow him on Twitter @jpgroves.


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Bland Runner A Review of "Ghost In The Shell"
March 31, 2017 at 2:00 pm by Ray Pride
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"One of the most important things is to remember not to ask actors to do things they can't do," action master Walter Hill observed recently. "Emphasize what they do well and show it off within the text or construct of your narrative. You want to show them in a way that will advertise their virtues." Scarlett Johansson is front and center in "Ghost in the Shell" with attributes demonstrated in recent successes like "Under the Skin" (2013) and like "Lucy" (2014): presented as a florid-featured physical beauty, matched with unlikely physical prowess and a robotic determination (with sly glimmers of performance rippling through).
Johansson's casting as a cyborg with a human brain, trained to kill, but struggling to recall her life before as her perception begins to "glitch," was controversial before the film's release. Since the review embargo ended late this week, the tumble of reviews finds critics either admiring baubles of director Rupert Sanders' barrage of design, or have run 'roid with a range of rage. (Both cases convince.) Artforum's Paige K. Bradley may be the most emphatic, covering a lot of ground in a single sentence: "Even if this could be mildly entertained as a critique of dystopian, authoritarian regimes cracking down on dissidence, or an allegory about resistance and rebellion, it quickly sinks into a hopelessly, unbelievably, hysterically, maddeningly silly plot all frothing over a foundation of careless racist nonsense, to say nothing of its continual usage of 'consent' as a buzzword."
Screenwriters Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger inserted a twist about Major's origins, which is provocative in its implications of the villains having a whitewashing agenda of their own, but it isn't explored, and traces of her personality, before her bodysnatching, are disregarded. There's as much divide from eye and body as mind and body.
Sanders ("Snow White and the Huntsman") draws, of course, from Shirow Masamune's original book, an anime series first serialized in 1989, as well from Mamoru Oshii's 1996 adaptation (as well as its 2004 sequel, "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence"). Technology has altered and shifted in the past twenty-five-plus years, as has pop culture, but "Blade Runner" is still very cool: but you know that. Sanders does, too. Of course, there's a wealth of imagery and theme that could have been drawn from the earlier, Japanese installments in a continuum of influence and inspiration. While there are sequences extracted from the Japanese series (which fully-versed viewers are identifying many, both minor and major), the city landscape pulses with the neon template of Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece of mood and urban texture. Other fragments of pop-culture past and urban present mingle, with Hong Kong's skyline draped with stories-high holograms bright with the promise of commerce.
Crime and passion play out in dank, close backstreets redolent of rust, verdant with verdigris, with chains clanking and hoists at the ready around most corners, still black water underfoot, kindly stray dogs on the loose, yakuza on street corners, nightclubs as centers of criminality and electronic dance music and more than one unpleasant moment about gender in small roles.
Most every frame throbs with stuff. Scarlett's Major Motoko Kusanagi runs a lot, and she's sometimes invisible, or only the armature of a robot, wearing the "thermoptic suit" from the established mythology. Other costumes tickle the eye: Japan's great director-actor Takeshi Kitano with a flattened dome of white hair, the only character speaking only Japanese, wearing a range of suits that only he might pull off with dignity. Of all the big-budget eyeball kicks, the simple lines an inspired extravagance of Bart Mueller and Kurt Swanson's costume design, both Western and Eastern, are best, on a par with the moments when the "lawless zone" resembles the compressed landscape of Hong Kong's long-gone Kowloon walled city.
More than anything, this "Ghost in the Shell" is a design showcase full of transitory delight, embracing the intoxicating visual generosity of Japanese anime, but while not finding a heart for its deracinated protagonist. (Production designer Jan Roelfs' credits include "Gattaca"and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.") With Juliette Binoche as the concerned scientist-doctor looking after Major's heart and frame. 106m. Widescreen. Not reviewed in IMAX 3D. (Ray Pride)
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Carnival Party @ Circolo Roma Istanbul!
"Anche quest'anno non cercheremo di sostituire il Gran ballo di Carnevale, al quale siamo stati abituati, ma almeno di ritrovarci per festeggiare assieme!
Non è d'obbligo il costume ma indossa una maschera!
We will not try to replace the Gran ballo di Carnevale, which we are used to, but just try to celebrate this year also!
A costume is not required but at least wear a mask!
For more informations on the event please write to info@circoloroma.com ".
Dj-ing around Istanbul - December 2016.
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I'm also available for world wide weddings, private parties and more. Hit me up.
Dj-ing around Istanbul - November 2016.
Here's some of my next gigs.
If Istanbul is too hot and humid these days, I'm bringing the music and vibes to cool you down! From Hip Hop to Reggae, from Ska to Rock'N Roll, from R&B to Dubstep, I've got it all for you. See you at Muaf on wednesday night and at Trip 2.0 on friday! FREE entrance! Buyrun!!!
I'm playing some cool music at Ziba Pub on Friday, 24th of June from h.21.
I'll be going down with a lot of different styles and sounds from all around the globe.