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A half mile-wide monster tornado with 200mph winds that hits many homes, businesses and two schools. Oklahoma authorities expected the death toll to rise, according to the report by Fox News site.
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From 1st January 1901 when Rangers beat Celtic, to December 31st 2011 when Ally McCoist prepared for the transfer window to open. Memorable moments in history are recorded in this handy little book. 192 fact filled pages mean that every day of the year has at least one nugget of information about the Rangers' past victories and events. Give the footie fan in your life a nostalgic read. Whether he reads it to brush up on his facts before a big game, wants to know what memorable things happened on his birthday, or thumb through a quick read whilst on the loo. Fans won't know how they did without this book, and with their name embossed on the cover it makes the perfect gift for any occasion, whether it's a stocking filler at Christmas for the man in your life, or a Birthday present for your colleague. Cover colours may vary. Our Football books are unofficial products, and are in no way affiliated with any football club.


While rap mogul Jay-Z may be enjoying the good life as an executive these days, a portion of his Rocawear clothing staff have lost their jobs due to tough economic times.
Although details are just now emerging, the terminations reportedly took place earlier this month.
Rocawear -- the hip-hop clothing brand founded in 1999 by rapper entrepreneurs Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Damon Dash -- laid off half the staff of its men's and boys apparel division on Jan. 6, one day before Jay-Z's wife, Beyoncé Knowles, gave birth to the couple's baby girl. Rocawear's New York headquarters -- a 40,000-square-foot facility at 1411 Broadway where Jay-Z took an office in 2009 -- fired 28 of its 56 workers for "economic" reasons, according to documents filed with the New York State Department of Labor. Jay-Z, formerly a "big presence" in the office, rarely shows up anymore, an insider told The Post. "It's kind of like he's given up on the brand," the source added.
Despite selling the brand a few years ago, Jay has been known to support Rocawear.
Jay-Z has retained an interest in Rocawear as part of his 2007 deal, according to the Post, but his contractual obligations to the brand have expired and the rapper has since refused to promote it amid steady, double-digit sales drops. "Jay-Z doesn't do anything without getting paid a lot of money -- a lot more than Rocawear is generating," a source reportedly to the paper.
In 2009, Jay's brand was approved for a global expansion into Greater China.
Iconix China has signed an expansion deal for its Rocawear brand, which was co-founded by rapper Jay-Z, in Greater China with Bosideng International Holdings. Bosideng will manufacture and distribute Rocawear men's and women's products from Spring 2010. It plans to open over 300 Rocawear free-standing stores and shop-in-shop concepts within the next three years.
Rocawear was purchased by Iconix in March 2007.
Iconix Brand said it would pay $204 million in cash plus contingent payments of an additional $35 million of Iconix stock to buy Rocawear, a fashion brand co-founded by rap star Jay-Z. Iconix expects $43 million in Rocawear royalty revenue in the first year. Jay-Z will be in charge of product development, marketing and licensing for Rocawear. His senior management team in licensing, marketing and product development will also join Iconix. Jay-Z will retain his stake in the operating company that manufactures Rocawear men's apparel.


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Here's How to Get Cast on Quibi's 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Series
By Claire Spellberg Twitter @c_spellberg Mar 10, 2020 at 2:50pm
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Calling all Legends of the Hidden Temple fans! This afternoon, Quibi announced that it will be opening up casting for its adult-sized Legends of the Hidden Temple series. To qualify, simply order some elbow pads on Amazon, find a partner, and enter your email on Quibi.com to ensure that you're at the top of the list when special casting information is released.
From Tuesday, March 10 to Friday, March 13, Hidden Temple die-hards will be able to enter their email for a chance to compete in Quibi's new, adult-oriented reboot of the 1990s Nickelodeon game show. Those who enter their email will be the first to hear casting information about the forthcoming series, which will once again pit the Blue Barracudas and the Silver Snakes against one another in a battle of physical and mental ability.
According to Quibi, there are four easy steps to ensuring that you're first to get casting information for Legends of the Hidden Temple:
Get your knee and elbow pads ready
Identify your teammate – you're in this together
Head to Quibi.com and enter your email address to get the latest news from Quibi
Keep an eye on your email for special casting details
Legends of the Hidden Temple originally aired from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. In each episode, six teams of two competed in a series of physical and mental challenges with the goal of retrieving as many "ancient artifacts" from a fictitious Mayan temple as possible. At the end, the winning team received a prize, but nothing quite compares to the glory of successfully rebuilding the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.
Quibi's Legends of the Hidden Temple reboot will include many elements of the original game show, including the Moat Crossing challenge, narrator (and stone head) Olmec, and the final Temple Run. But while Nick's series was targeted towards kids, Quibi's reboot will be geared towards adults, and the challenges and prizes will be "scaled up" to accommodate the "grown up" tone.
We saw you. We heard you, #LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple fans.
Enter your email at https://t.co/vCeTJy9EUa by Friday, March 13th and you will be the first to receive casting information for #LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple.
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Stuff Crush • Publications
Create-Zine
Lo-fi indie publishing and talent representation meet behind the bike sheds in fascinating new publication...
James Davidson • 24 November, 2016
Jules Beazley and long time We Hearter Alicja Jakeway place a big emphasis on the LOVE in 'we LOVE image-making', when I speak to the ex-Central Illustration Agency colleagues about their latest venture. It is clear that their passion for unearthing creative talent has not waned one iota; and their latest venture, Create-Zine, is secondary proof.
What is Create-Zine? It is a talent showcase, it is an independent publication. It is two art and design enthusiasts who can't leave the creative commissioning industry alone; two forces of nature who can't help but uncover talent and then shout all about it. It is not, as they tell me, precious. 'It's meant for sharing, viewing and reading,' they explicate, 'its purpose is to be a creative hit. It provides a window into a curated, bite-sized selection of talent who demand their work to be seen, admired and commissioned.'
Eschewing the weighty tomes familiar to those who commission creative talent, Create-Zine harnesses the pros of indie publishing to put lesser-known talents in front of art-buyers who might be jaded by the norms of the industry. 'We didn't want it to just be a catalogue of imagery, or another version of some of the directories currently out there. We wanted to engage our audience.'
'We want to showcase the talent behind the work as much as the work itself, understanding how and why an artist goes about creating their work is intriguing; and gives personality and unique identity to their style. Adding an editorial element to the zine makes it more than just a collation of striking imagery, it tells the reader that we — like them — are excited about creativity, and want to share that enthusiasm with them.'
Create-Zine's informality and personal approach to showcasing artists breaks down certain barriers that exist in the business of commissioning creative talent, and its diversity of disciplines gives buyers a contented conundrum when seeking out the right man for the right job: 'variety is the spice of life, right,' is the rhetorical question I'm posed when questioning the duo's wide-ranging gamut of talent.
'There's no point giving the audience 32 pages of work that looks the same … from street art to paper sculpture, we believe that what makes the zine so striking is that it showcases so many different techniques and styles.' Its common theme? Quality. 'Ultimately the work needs to be executed to a high standard, and show consistency across a portfolio.'
Which is entirely true of the creatives showcased in issue one. 'The artists here will always be close to our hearts, because they made a leap of faith and put themselves forward to be in a publication that didn't yet exist. We really value the fact that, without them, we wouldn't be talking to you. We've known and worked with a number of them over the years, but a large percentage are new friends. We were keen to feature international artists who are lesser-known in the UK in our 'Features' and 'Q&As' sections, in order to keep the content fresh and unexpected.'
Indeed, the turn of each page reveals surprise after surprise. The lesser-known talents are pooled from the duo's expansive interaction with creative communities; Alicja meeting Pawel Nolbert on an excursion to Antwerp with this very publication. Madrid-based clay sculptor Irma Gruenholz and wild L.A. illustrator Naoshi are further unpredicted pleasures; whilst street art cover-star Hush is a revered name at the other end of the spectrum. 'We've both always loved his work,' the pair admit, 'it was a real treat when he agreed to be on the cover, and we've had a lot of comments about how captivating his work is.'
In an age of digital media and online prominence, Create-Zine is a welcome respite from the cookie-cutter templates of Tumblr or WordPress; it is a reminder that creativity thrived long before Tweets and Instagrams, and has the ability to do so long after. It is unfussy, unpretentious, and an all-encompassing overview of the depth of creative talent that lie in wait of commissioners the world over.
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Fogged Film
(Carrete velado)
Urban Poetry
A blend of photography and incisive, short, spot-on poetry that allows for reader interaction on social networks. When a roll of film gets fogged it's because Poetry fell in love with the images it contains. Ever since Irene G. Punto discovered that, she's been searching for a way to see the images hidden behind each of the photos that Poetry fogs. This volume is the result of her work: she reveals each image that Poetry covered with love, along with the poem that has been fogging it for so many years. But as soon as Poetry realized what Irene was up to, it didn't want to let her reveal any more images. This is where the reader comes in, to finish her work. Using hashtags, readers can upload their own photographs inspired by the poems yet to be discovered. thus using social media to help the author complete the revelation of that fogged roll of film.
SPAIN – Irene G Punto (Spain, 1986) has written feature stories, interviews, reviews, photo production, and was the blogger for ONGRedes at the digital newspaper La República. She belongs to the latest batch of young poets who are revolutionizing the literary tastes of the new generations.


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After Hours AM/America's Most Haunted Visits with Legendary Rosemary Ellen Guiley
by Eric Olsen | May 14, 2015 | books, conventions and events, culture, extraterrestrials, ghosts and spirits, media, paranormal, supernatural beings, television | 0 comments
We had the enormous pleasure of meeting, and listening to a revelatory presentation by, Rosemary Ellen Guiley at the Kent Paranormal Weekend in April. After Hours AM/America's Most Haunted radio, hosted by Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, is honored to welcome Rosemary to the show, live, tonight at 9pE! The podcast of the show will be available right here.
Listen to the show live here.
Rosemary Ellen Guiley is one of the leading experts in the metaphysical and paranormal fields, with over 30 years of work in the field, and 60 books published on a wide range of paranormal, spiritual, and mystical topics, translated into 15 languages.
Guiley's current work focuses on interdimensional contact experiences, problem hauntings, spirit and entity attachments, the afterlife and spirit communications, psychic skills, dreamwork for well-being, spiritual growth and development, angels, past and parallel lives, and investigation of unusual paranormal activity.
Rosemary has done groundbreaking research on Shadow People and the Djinn, entities involved in various paranormal encounters and problems. She investigates and consults in cases of "persistent negative hauntings," in which individuals are under apparent attack by supernatural forces.
She serves on the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters, a scientific organization to educate, support and research the field of ET contact and abductions experiences.
Rosemary is a certified hypnotist with the International Hypnosis Federation, and is trained in bioenergy and Johrei energy healing. She is a Tarot reader, and also conducts dreamwork, intuition development, and past-life recall sessions. She is a Dream Oracle consultant for the DreamSocial.co website.
In addition, Rosemary runs her own independent publishing company, Visionary Living, Inc., and also publishes an e-newsletter, Strange Dimensions. She lectures internationally and makes numerous media appearances.
Says Guiley, "Like many people, my interest in the paranormal began in childhood, inspired by experiences, extraordinary dreams, an intense interest in astronomy, and a voracious reading of nonfiction and fiction related to the paranormal, occult, science fiction and fantasy. My interests were always wide-ranging, and that continues to characterize my research and work today. All things in the paranormal and metaphysical realms are interconnected. My research includes history, mythology, folklore, religion, occult traditions, psychology, parapsychology, science, medicine, anthropology, and archaeology, as well as anecdotal experience."
Among myriad upcoming appearance, Rosemary will be speaking at the Contact in the Desert conference May 29-31.


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oeschger	in Tech	| May 25, 2015
I bought Twitter followers
Well that was interesting. I read this absorbing, insider article in the New Republic ("The Bot Bubble: How Click Farms Have Inflated Social Media Currency") about the business of selling followers in bulk on Twitter, Instagram, and wherever attention is a kind of currency, as it is for so many of these services. The article is in large part about shops in the Philippines that employ young people for very low wages to create and manage hundreds or thousands of fake Twitter accounts. Like many tech services emerging globally, the details of these click farm businesses and their bosses are seamy, and yet the comparative benefits to their employees can be real.
I was exploring a bit and Googled "buy twitter followers" and then looked at a couple of the firms described, and then, on a whim, bought the cheapest, smallest set of Twitter followers from one of these click farms to see what would happen: 250 followers for 5 dollars. Amazing how easy it is. I paid with Paypal, waited until the very end of the advertised, quickie 48-hour turn-around time, and then all the sudden I could see them streaming into @oeschger, new followers like these below, which have a hasty, ESL look, or else don't even bother to seem like real accounts:
I could picture the bricks of SIM cards that I guess you need on the supply-side to validate the accounts you follow people with. Could picture some pink-backpack-sporting Philippine girl doing her best to personalize these accounts with…what?..images harvested off of other social networks? Names from public registries or bought on the cheap, perhaps recombined; credos that sound brash enough to both convince and repel. Some profiles are fake hotties. Many are written in Cyrillic. Almost all of the accounts in my batch:
Have between zero and two followers
Are following somewhere between 150 and 200 others
Have tweeted a few dozen times
All of this is data you could use to maybe figure out what sort of numbers these businesses are doing. Some of these services say you can buy 20,000 followers for 50 bucks. So you can get a sense of the scale of these enterprises.
People look at how many others are following you on Twitter. But does anyone look at who is following you, like actually go look at the follower list? It's not a good look.
Weirdly the number of followers I have changes erratically now, maybe because scores of these accounts are being recognized as fakes and cleared out of the Twitter system. Number of followers has swooped down to near pre-purchase levels, then back up to have something closer to the extra 250 I bought. At the time of this writing, the number of fakes–and it's pretty easy to spot them–is down from 250 to something below 70, net. But as I get new, real Twitter followers, they appear below this big schmear of fakes, failing to re-legitimize attention being paid. It's not all fakes! My friends are in there somewhere, below some torrid dog pile!


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Prospect A to Z Day 9: Ian Kendall
This is a new feature on the site, mainly because we're still in the doldrums of prospect season and we want to get discussion going. We'll be going through the alphabet in October and November to pick one prospect a day before our top prospect coverage starts in December. There's no real rhyme or reason to who we'll talk about, and we're open to suggestions for some letters.
I'd like to take today's prospect A-Z post to talk about the Rays supposed drafting bias towards the Pacific Northwest (that fits because Ian Kendall was drafted out of Ashland HS in Oregon). This supposed bias can be tied to pro-scout Paul Kirsch. Kirsch himself was a minor league player for 7 years after being drafted out of the University of Oregon. He then coached and managed in the minor leagues for 10 years before joining the Rays as Northwest Scouting Director in 1996. The fact that Kirsch is with the Rays scouting department since its inception gives me the opportunity to collect a solid amount of data for this mini-analysis. I'm going to compare the league average rates of how often a baseball player is drafted out of Washington or Oregon to the rates for the Rays. First I'm going to take a look at overall draft rates per state.
In the recent 10 drafts, 3.8% of all drafted players have had ties with Oregon or Washington. This means that they either were drafted out of a school from that area or born in that area. The data set is pretty consistent here with 9 of these 10 drafts having between 3.6 and 4.6% of the players from Oregon or Washington (outlier: in '06 only 2.3% were from there). The Rays, however, have not had a single draft in their franchise history, in which they drafted less than 5% of their players (I always looked at the first 20 rounds of each year) from Washington or Oregon. The average is at 8% with 26 of the 327 top 20 round selections since '96 coming from these states. The following graph compares the MLB averages over the last 10 years with the Rays averages since their participation in the draft.
So, there is a bias towards the Pacific Northwest in the Rays draft. I don't necessarily think that the only reason for that is the Rays trusting Paul Kirsch that much (while they certainly do). I also think that the fact that the Pacific Northwest is less scouted than the warm weather states like California, Texas and Florida plays a very big role in that. The Rays do their homework ... and as the graph above shows, they do it even more since the new regime took over (late '05 --> for the '06 draft). Scouting well in less scouted states is a tiny piece of the famous 2%.
Another factor I think is very interesting in this regard: The new regime much more drafts players from the Pacific Northwest in the early rounds of the draft. Since 2006 the average round a player (of the top 20 rounds) from Washington or Oregon was drafted in was 7.25 (1supplemental = 1.5 in this calculation). From 1996 to 2005 it was 12.58. The sample size (26 players), however, is very small in this matter as the following table shows.
-- By BurGi at 7:00 AM
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but for K, could you guys do David Kubiak, and for S Matt Spann?
BurGi November 2, 2011 at 10:22 AM
I'll try to dig a bit and find more about Kubiak. We planned on doing Kyeong Kang with the K but I'll add some Kubiak to the K-mix.
As for Matt Spann. He is very interesting and definitely a possibility for S.
Thanks, I appreciate the effort. I'm just interested in Kubiak because he had a very strong debut, and I want to know if he has the "stuff" to back up the results.
What does all this have to do with Ian Kendall?
this segment is a good thing to do before dec ian kendall is a good young player as well as kubiak and matt spann
Kevin G November 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Anon 10:10... The name thing is just sort of a jumping-off point. Like for Cole Figueroa I talked about future utility players, not just Figueroa. Not necessarily about the player himself.
BurGi November 7, 2011 at 7:47 AM
That's right. I used Ian Kendall in order to talk about drafted players out of the Pacific Northwest. It at least has that much to do with him as he is out of Pacific Northwest.
Sorry to say....Looking at that draft list. Don't come away all that impressed. It would be one thing if the Rays were killing it by drafting the Northwest but the overall results of putting a priority on that location hasnt been that fruitful. Obviously, they have been more impressive in the SouthWestern US and very early in the Draft
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United Press International has a storied history. Throughout its 100 years UPI has continually maintained its independence surviving profound financial challenges, while leading journalistically and technologically in the media industry.
E.W. Scripps founded United Press Association in 1907 overturning the Associated Press' worldwide monopolistic grip on U.S. news dissemination. Imbued with a "we try harder" attitude, Unipressers took on the better resourced AP with verve and ingenuity. The rivalry produced a classic business competition and generated tales that have become the stuff of journalistic legend. By 1921, UP eroded AP's hold on the European newspaper market and began servicing newspapers in Cologne, Frankfurt and Vienna. In 1922, UP began servicing newspapers on the Asian mainland. By breaking the stronghold of the AP newspaper cooperative, UP led the media industry in covering world news independently making news copy available for purchase to any newspaper throughout the world.
UP has, likewise, stood at the cutting edge of newsgathering practices. UP established new rules of style and method. It was the first service to emphasize the byline of the correspondent. It introduced the big-name interview and developed the feature story as an important part of the daily news report. In 1935, UP became the first major American news service to supply news to radio stations. Ultimately, UP became the first North American news agency to provide compelling and comprehensive wire copy to newspapers in Europe, South America and the Far East.
United Press grew at a steady rate following World War II. In 1952, UP acquired Acme News pictures and, for the first time, offered competitive news and news pictures services. In 1956, UP's Russell Jones captured the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Hungarian revolution. United Press merged in 1958 with William Randolph Hearst's International News Service and was renamed United Press International. Five years later, Merriman Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Three UPI photographers subsequently won Pulitzers for coverage of the Vietnam War. During World War II, newspapers turned to UP to get unbiased, comprehensive news and not reports with an Allied bias.
Classical eras give way to the post-classical, however, and we have all learnt how new technology and shifting markets change business conditions. UPI learnt this harsh lesson earlier than most when the rise of television killed our major market, the afternoon newspaper. What followed was a painful period in our history as successive owners struggled to come to terms with this shift and find a new role for the company.
Following numerous ownership changes including a bankruptcy, the current owner, News World Communications acquired UPI making it a part of its portfolio of media companies. Since 2003, UPI has reversed decades of a declining revenue trend and regained its strong reputation as a source for international intelligence, Arabic language and Spanish language wire-copy. Likewise, the Company has continued its award winning journalistic practices. In 2004 UPI's Mark Benjamin received both a Clapper Award as well as the American Legion's top journalism award for his story series uncovering the plight of sick US soldiers returning from Iraq, only to wait indefinitely for proper attention and treatment.
Today, side by side with many of the oldest and emerging media giants, UPI faces a new technological frontier with a passion to preserve the best of journalistic practices while engaging a citizenry of lay reporters, photographers, and videographers, and a plethora of sources to publish and receive information.
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A dapagliflozin labeling change comes next
A labeling change for dapagliflozin that says the drug is approved for use in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and without diabetes is critical so that payers will get on board with this new and important treatment. The evidence for efficacy and safety in patients without diabetes was so strong in the DAPA-HF trial that I don't think a second trial will be needed for the Food and Drug Administration to add this indication to dapagliflozin's label.
For patients with type 2 diabetes as well as HFrEF, it's already full steam ahead to use dapagliflozin or another drug from the class of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, empagliflozin and canagliflozin. However, so far these drugs are not being widely prescribed by clinicians to patients with HFrEF but without diabetes. We need to build up the familiarity of clinicians with the SGLT2 inhibitor drugs so that primary care physicians will feel comfortable starting HFrEF patients on them. It's relatively easy to start patients on the drugs in this class because of their good safety and no signal of problems when using them with other HFrEF medications.
The growing list of key drugs to use on patients with HFrEF means that we need to become smarter on how we start patients on these agents. Currently it's done without evidence for which order of introduction works best. We also need to confirm that all five types of drugs that now appear indicated for HFrEF patients are all truly additive: an angiotensin receptor blocker coupled with the angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril, a beta-blocker, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, and now an SGLT2 inhibitor. I propose that researchers run studies that systematically stop one of these drugs to see whether the overall benefit to HFrEF patients remains unchanged, thereby identifying an agent that could be dropped from what is a growing list of drug classes, with possibly more classes to follow depending on results from studies now underway.
Dr. Christopher M. O'Connor
Christopher M. O'Connor, MD, is a heart failure physician and president of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Va. He has been a consultant to Arena, Bayer, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Merck, and Windtree Therapeutics. He made these comments in an interview.
REPORTING FROM AHA 2019
PHILADELPHIA – The primary outcome results from the practice-changing DAPA-HF trial gave clinicians strong evidence that the diabetes drug dapagliflozin was equally effective at reducing cardiovascular death and acute exacerbations in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, whether or not they also had type 2 diabetes. More detailed findings from the 2,605 enrolled patients in DAPA-HF who lacked diabetes (55% of the total study population) have now sealed the deal.
Mitchel L. Zoler/MDedge News
Dr. John McMurray
"The relative and absolute reductions in cardiovascular death and hospitalizations or urgent visits for heart failure were substantial, clinically important, and consistent in patients with or without type 2 diabetes," John McMurray, MD, declared at the American Heart Association scientific sessions as he summarized new trial results that confirmed the initial finding he reported previously.
While the initial report of the DAPA-HF (Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Heart Failure) by the study's lead investigator, Dr. McMurray, was limited to the finding that the relative risk reduction for the study's primary endpoint was a highly statistically significant 25% in heart failure patients with diabetes and an equally strongly significant 27% relative cut among patients without diabetes (N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 19;doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1911303), the new data showed that same consistency across the range of outcomes studied in the trial as well as across the range of glycosylated hemoglobin levels that patients had at study entry.
In an analysis that divided the entire study population of 4,744 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) into tertiles based on their entry blood level of hemoglobin A1c, patients with a normal level at or below 5.6% had a 26% relative reduction in the study's primary endpoint, essentially the same response as the 29% relative cut in adverse events in the tertile of patients with a glycosylated hemoglobin level of 5.7%-5.9% and the relative 28% relative reduction in events in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and having a hemoglobin A1c of 6.0% or greater, reported Dr. McMurray, professor of cardiology at the University of Glasgow. The results also showed a very benign safety profile in the patients without diabetes, similar to patients with diabetes and to placebo, and with no episodes of major hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis.
"It's quite impressive that the result was consistent regardless of the level of hemoglobin A1c," commented Larry A. Allen, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado in Aurora and designated discussant for the report. Even though the patients without diabetes constituted just over half of the full DAPA-HF enrollment, the comparison of the effect of dapagliflozin in patients with or without diabetes was prespecified in a trial that enrolled a relatively large number of patients into each of the two subgroups by diabetes status. "I think there a good chance dapagliflozin will get an indication" for treating HFrEF patients without diabetes, Dr. Allen suggested in a video interview.
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If the DAPA-HF results persuade the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to grant a supplemental indication to dapagliflozin for use in cutting cardiovascular deaths and acute heart failure exacerbations in patients without diabetes, it would pave the way for health insurers to pay for the drug. Right now, even though Dr. Allen and other heart failure physicians have been impressed by the DAPA-HF findings and are eager to add the drug to the list of agents that HFrEF patients routinely receive, he's been stymied so far by patients' out-of pocket cost for using dapagliflozin off-label, roughly $500 a month.
"The DAPA-HF results suggest there is strong reason to consider dapagliflozin for patients without diabetes, and for payers to pay for it. I'm not prescribing dapagliflozin to HFrEF patients without diabetes right now; not because of the data, but because of noncoverage. Payers have not yet caught up with the data," he said, and they likely will continue to not pay for the drug when used by patients without diabetes until a new labeled indication appears for those patients.
The immediate availability of dapagliflozin (Farxiga) and the two other approved members of the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor class of drugs, empagliflozin (Jardiance) and canagliflozin (Invokana), to treat patients with HFrEF, and the prospect of soon having dapagliflozin and possibly the other drugs in this class to treat patients with HFrEF but without diabetes also raises issues of drug sequencing in these patients and the overall number of drugs that HFrEF patients must now take to be on optimized medical therapy, Dr. Allen noted.
The already-existing lineup of medications for HFrEF patients includes starting on an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker and adding a beta-blocker, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, then swapping out the initial renin-angiotensin system inhibitor for sacubitril/valsartan, and then, on top of all this, adding dapagliflozin or another drug in the same class. It raises questions of what is objectively the best way to introduce all these drugs into patients, and how to do it without subjecting patients to "financial toxicity," Dr. Allen said during his discussion of the trial's results.
DAPA-HF was sponsored by AstraZeneca, which markets dapagliflozin (Farxiga). The University of Glasgow received payment from AstraZeneca to compensate for the time Dr. McMurray spent running the study. Dr. Allen has been a consultant to ACI Clinical, Boston Scientific, and Janssen.
SOURCE: McMurray JJV. AHA 19, Late-Breaking Science 1.
Machine learning–derived risk score predicts heart failure risk in diabetes patients
Beta-blockers effective, safe for HFrEF with renal dysfunction
FDA adds diabetic kidney disease, heart failure indications to canagliflozin
TAVR, SAVR share same infective endocarditis risk
Dapagliflozin approved for reducing HF hospitalization in diabetes


It wasn't all that surprising to see Brie Larson's Captain Marvel pop up at the end of the latest trailer for Avengers: Endgame–someone has to beat that big dumb purple guy, after all. It was a little surprising, however, to see Larson sporting a very...different...look. Carol Danvers' low-key style from the Captain Marvel solo movie had been replaced by straightened hair and a full face of makeup, suggesting that even in space there are YouTube makeup tutorials. Some fans were decidedly unhappy with Captain Marvel's new look, which was reminiscent of the end of Age Of Ultron, when Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch officially joined the Avengers and was given a softer, more conventionally feminine makeover.
She [filmed Avengers: Endgame] before she filmed Captain Marvel, and I think she was experimenting with what the character was. And those were the choices that she and her hair and makeup team had made. And I think as she started to gain a deeper understanding of the character, especially as she approached her own movie. She started to make different choices and as an artist she should be afforded that right to make whatever choice that she wants to make.
Larson added, "We shot this first so I had to stumble and figure out who this character was with no script for this and no script for Captain Marvel, either, and perform for the first time in front of legends." It makes sense that, given authorship over her own styling and with no script or real understanding of who Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel is or was, Larson might not have had the best handle on the character just yet. But as we've seen in Captain Marvel, Larson totally owns that role. And hopefully she'll be owning the hell out of Thanos come April 26.


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Q: Function to add to a counter throws local variable error I am trying to make a function that adds to a simple variable counter.
counter = 0

If I just do it like this, I get the following error:
 def counter_adder(rank):
      if rank < 5:
           counter = counter + 1

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'in_in' referenced before assignment

I can make it work by adding a global variable within the function:
 def counter_adder(rank):
      global counter
      if rank < 5:
           counter = counter + 1

However, I've heard this is bad (why?) and wanted to know if there was a better way to do this?

A: I just found out recently, that you can attach attributes to functions. This would be the exact use-case for something like that.
def counter_adder(rank):
  if rank < 5:
    counter_adder.counter+=1

counter_adder.counter = 0

counter_adder(5)

print(counter_adder.counter)

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RECMGMT-L September 2002
Re: RECMGMT-L Digest - 19 Sep 2002 to 20 Sep 2002 (#2002-258)
"Stephen A. Doiron" <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:23:49 -0500
All of the Central Gulf Coast (Brownsville, TX to Biloxi, MS is on Alert
status. It's a fairly low status for those of us who live on tropical
coastlines. Basically it means "stay tuned to weather reports and B E G I N
thinking about what you're going to do."
Actually we've all been talking about hurricanes here for the past two
months and supplies are stored, routes planned, and company emergency
programs (moving sensitive records and Business Continuation materials) are
being made ready.
This is not yet any cause for alarm. Our action date is Wednesday when more
information is available. H O W E V E R, on Wednesday there'll be no more
talking if action is required. Everyone will be on the move. Everything
will be closing down.
What does all of this mean to those of you planning to come here.
Like us, think about what you might have to do if you get here and things
turn dangerous.
a. Know of at least two ways you can get out of town. If one fails,
you've got to have a backup.
b. At least two people back there need to know where you are and when
they'll hear from you if danger should appear. You may need outside help.
c. I don't say this to scare any of you, but, if you're here and
suddenly you've got to get out of town, remember, all of us will be busy
following our
action plans, there'll be little in the way of
resources left unused - so be a boy scout !  (BE PREPARED)
Like us, know that there's only a 15% chance that New Orleans will be hit
so don't over react. This hurricane has lots of room to wander around and
most of the weather that will "steer it" isn't here yet, so we have to
We're all Emergency Planners and know that when planned for, emergencies
are manageable.
Plan to come, but have a fall-back plan with a trigger date of Wednesday
noon. We'll know pretty much everything by that time. It is very unlikely
that you will come here and then find that there's a hurricane on its way.
You'll know, almost for certain on Wednesday at Noon. So keep your plans
intact and check the Weather Channel at Noon on Wednesday.
By way of example, I live in New Orleans and I'm scheduled to be away from
the office giving a presentation to company RIM's who are arriving early
for a company conference.
I'M STILL WORKING ON MY PRESENTATION AND I'M STILL PLANNING TO GIVE IT.
If things change on Wednesday, I have a plan already in place that puts me
out of harms way. Do the same and play the odds. We'll all probably be
lifting Hurricanes on Bourbon Street Saturday night.
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Does anyone know about Hurricane Isadore? and how close it is or is not to
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In the fitness world where fad diets come and go, it's frustrating trying to find one that lives up to the buzz. Although I have a relatively balanced diet approach, I'm not above testing out the latest diet trends. With all the hype surrounding the Ketogenic diet; I figured I'd give it a shot.
Before you read on, there are a couple of things you should be aware of. The first is that, unlike many low carb diets, the Ketogenic diet emphasizes fats over protein. Depending on your health and fitness goals, this aspect of the diet could present an issue. Another thing to note is this diet is tough to maintain over the long haul--but more on that later.
The very first step in the Ketogenic diet is to calculate calorie intake. This should be close to maintenance since the shift from carbs to fats will be your primary focus.
75% of calories should come from fats.
20% of calories should come from protein.
5% should come from carbohydrates.
OK, now you know how the Ketogenic diet works. Before you jump into it, let me share my experience.
They say the first two weeks of any diet are the hardest. As for the Ketogenic diet, this period is also the most significant. This is when the body enters ketosis. Many people experience mental and physical fatigue from low carbohydrate intake. But once you make it through this point, the body adapts, the fog lifts, and energy increases.
Truthfully, I've never been a high carb eater so this phase wasn't all that terrible for me. However, I did notice a difference in appetite. The higher levels of fat kept me satisfied and I didn't experience too many cravings, which to me is a win. In my opinion, half the battle when you're trying to lose weight is moderating appetite and temptation.
This diet isn't as restrictive as it seems. While I wasn't gorging on bread, potatoes or brown rice, I had a whopping 75% of fat calories to play with. That sounds like a lot, but I kept it healthy. I enjoyed good fats like avocados, olive oil and almonds, and still had room to splurge a bit on fattier cuts of meat and hearty helpings of dairy.
There are a few downsides to the Ketogenic diet in terms of workout performance. Any short burst of energy like weightlifting or sprinting, for example, requires more carbs for fuel. On high intensity days, I struggled because I wasn't getting the adequate kind of fuel to push myself as far as I normally would.
Aside from performance, I found this diet to be helpful for my particular goal, and in the timeframe I wanted to achieve it.
I can argue plenty of reasons not try a diet, but I will make the case for this particular one--especially if you have a decent amount of weight to lose.
That said, we are all unique with our fitness and lifestyle. Low carbohydrate diets, though they're popular, aren't for everyone.
If you do choose to give the Ketogenic diet a shot, stick it out for at least 30 days, then decide if you should quit or continue. It may not be a way of life, but it can help with weight loss.


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Discriminating Business Sense
Leif Dyer
Club owner increases revenue by charging customers according to their demand elasticity.
Several years ago, I used to earn extra money bar tending in a dance club that my uncle owned near downtown Detroit, which opened its doors at 6:00 p.m. There was a cover charge at the club, but not for every customer. The price of drinks was also different for different customers. In fact, the fee structure was quite complicated:
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No cover charge for the first 100 ladies entering from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Also, during these hours, drinks to all the ladies were sold at 1/2 price.
Cover charge and full drink price for every customer after 9:00 p.m.
In effect, my uncle effectively employed price discrimination. As he explained to me, his best paying customers were men who were looking to meet women. To ensure that the women would be available, he attracted them with discounts. Some men would be willing to pay a cover charge to enter his club, while others wouldn't. He had an effective technique of identifying men who wouldn't be willing to pay the cover charge (those wearing business suits who could just as easily go to a regular bar or a restaurant to wind down after work) and those who would pay (men casually dressed wanting to meet women). He also identified the women who would be willing to pay a cover charge, and those who would not, by allowing the first 100 women free admittance. My uncle never offered a 1/2-price discount on drinks to men because he effectively identified the men as those customers who were willing to pay full price for drinks. Ultimately, my uncle identified the customers with the more elastic demand for drinks and admittance and then offered them a price discount.
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Q: Django order by vote percentage I currently have a post that has upvotes and downvotes.
the model looks something like this
class Word(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=250)
    upvotes = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True, related_name='threadUpVotes')
    downvotes = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True, related_name='threaddDownVotes')

in my views.py I have so far gotten this far
from django.db.models import F, Sum

words = Word.objects.filter(name__iexact='test').annotate(
            total_votes=Sum(F('upvotes') + F('downvotes'))).order_by('total_votes')

But I'm unsure what to do next to get it to rank by say the one with most upvotes vs downvotes.

A: You ham many to many field, You should use:
from django.db.models import F, Sum, Count

words = Word.objects.filter(name__iexact='test').annotate(
    total_votes=Count('upvotes') - Count('downvotes')).order_by('-total_votes')

or in your answer:
from django.db.models import F, Sum, Count
from django.db.models.functions.comparison import NullIf

words = Word.objects.filter(name__iexact='test').annotate(
    total_votes=Count('upvotes') / NullIf(
        Count('upvotes') + Count('downvotes')
    )).order_by('-total_votes')

A: I realized after I posted, I sumply had to divided the upvotes by the total number of votes and order in reverse.
words = Word.objects.filter(name__iexact='test').annotate(
            total_votes=Sum(F('upvotes'))/Sum(F('upvotes') + F('downvotes'))).order_by('-total_votes')

A: You can make use of a Count expression [Django-doc] with distinct=True [Django-doc], otherwise you will count an upvote as many times there are downvotes and vice versa. We thus can determine the share of upvotes with:
from django.db.models import Count

words = Word.objects.filter(
    name__iexact='test'
).annotate(
    total_votes=Count('upvotes', distinct=True) / (Count('upvotes', distinct=True) + Count('downvotes', distinct=True))
).order_by('total_votes')


What is the effect of bookmark naming on bookmark recognition? How should website owners title their pages so that their audience will find and recognise bookmarks they saved and come back to visit more often?
I explored these questions for my masters thesis back in 2003 at Lancaster University.
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If you're like me, then you too can't believe it's already 2011! Yikes...where has the time gone?
But what better way to start off the new year, then with a new book?
And the new book in question?
AWAKENED, by P.C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast.
I've rather enjoyed the House of Night series - and their eighth installment in the series, AWAKENED, comes out on Tuesday, January 4th. I'm looking forward to reading this one!
Sooooo, to help welcome the new year and get everyone started on the right foot - I'm giving away a copy of AWAKENED to one of my lucky followers!
Sorry folks, this one is only open to my U.S. and Canadian followers.
Enter HERE, and fill out the form to win! But please leave a comment below, telling me you've entered!
Contest is open from today, 1.2.11 to next Friday, 1.14.11 - and a winner will be selected on 1.15.11. All entries (aka comments) for this contest need to be received before 11:59pm PST on Friday, 1.14.11 to be eligible. The winner will be drawn via Random.org on 1.15.11 and announced on my blog.
And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses to be used against Stevie Rae (since she saved his life), but what choice does he have when no one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart?
Care to read an excerpt?


Women dye their hair all the time. From balayage to covering up those grey roots to trying a new color for something fun--dying hair is almost like second nature for many women. Each head of hair is different and has its idiosyncrasies and texture, but most heads of hair have experienced some damage. Buying shampoo for colored hair protects it.
When we dye our hair, the most basic difference we might find is that each strand of hair becomes a somewhat brittle piece of hair. My mom and I used to compare this unmistakeable texture to straw. It can get dry and wiry and might even break more easily.
Shampoo's job is to clean our hair. Sometimes an everyday shampoo can have a negative effect on color treated hair. This is why it's important to buy one that is especially designed for dyed hair. The formula used to create shampoo is different than a typical shampoo, so it's a good idea to be intentional with it.
A buzz-word in the shampoo and hair dye world is "sulfate-free." For a while, there were thoughts passed back-and-forth that it could be cancer-causing. So far this has been unfounded. However, it can strip out essential oils from your hair, and it has the frizzy effect on curly hair and can damage color treated hair.
Whether you're getting your hair dyed at the salon or doing it yourself at home, it can be expensive and take a lot of time. Isn't it worth it to get a shampoo that will protect your color as long as possible? Whether your dye is more likely to fade or your roots grow out, having vivaciously brilliant hair as long as the dye lasts makes the process all seem more worth it.
Look for sulfate-free. It hasn't been proven to be awful for colored hair, but if you can stay away from it, it might be worth it.
Look for one that's in your price range. There are drugstore shampoos for colored hair, and there are salon-level ones, too.
Determine whether you have additional hair needs. Do you fight dandruff? Do you care about the scent of your shampoo?
It is paraben-free, cruelty free, and sulfate free, so using this shampoo probably won't rock your morals.
Argan Oil Shampoo is laden with positive omittances: paraben-free, sulfate-free, artificial fragrance-free, cruelty-free.
Aveda's Dry Remedy Moisturizing Shampoo protects your colored hair, as it is designed to do so. It is also an attractive option because it is sulfate-free.
Pantene Pro-V's Expert Collection Agedefy Shampoo is advertised to minimize breakage, split ends, and also to help control gray hairs that try to mess with you.
Tigi Bed Head Colour Goddess Duo is designed to treat colored hair.
Purple shampoos prevent your blonde beauty from turning brassy tones.
These products are all designed to treat colored hair.
The formula helps to soothe your scalp and do away with the flaky skin that dandruff brings with it.
Kerastase uses morpho keratin technology, that is known to keep your hair from getting frizzy and tangled.
This option by Ion is one of the best clarifying shampoos for colored hair that's out there right now.
ArtNatural's Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner is one to take into consideration especially if you like natural products. This one is advertised as all natural. It is paraben-free, cruelty free, and sulfate free, so using this shampoo probably won't rock your morals.
When you purchase this shampoo, you are purchasing the conditioner as well. Both shampoo and conditioner have been designed to treat colored hair, so you can rest easy knowing they should try to help you maintain your glowing look.
ArtNatural's shampoo includes argan oil, which is sometimes called "liquid gold." Argan oil is drawn from a native Moroccan tree. It has benefits for more than just hair, but when it comes to hair, it is known to make it silkier and shinier.
There have been some complaints about the packaging quality of this shampoo.
Argan Oil Shampoo is laden with positive omittances: paraben-free, sulfate-free, artificial fragrance-free, cruelty-free. The more you can stay away from additional ingredients that are chemical or artificial, the better.
Sulfate, for example, is believed to have some negative effects on hair, but there's not a lot known so far. Regardless, if you don't put it in your hair, you don't have to worry about it. Artificial ingredients and chemicals can at times be unbearable for those with sensitive skin.
This shampoo is advertised as a unisex shampoo. It has a bunch of great oils in it: avocado oil, argan oil, and more. Argan oil has become a fairly popular ingredient in hair products. It comes from a native Moroccan tree and can act as a natural conditioner--making your hair silkier and shinier.
Argan Oil Shampoo is designed for colored hair and should help keep your dye locked in.
Since this shampoo is loaded with 6 different natural oils, you might wonder if it will make already grease-prone hair even more unmanageable. Consumers are saying this is not the case and that it will instead have a smoothing and lightweight effect on your hair.
Unfortunately, there have been a few reviews that show the brand's quality might be slipping. Hopefully, this is just a lapse and will be corrected soon. It might also be a few random bottles that have been affected.
Aveda's Dry Remedy Moisturizing Shampoo protects your colored hair, as it is designed to do so. It is also an attractive option because it is sulfate-free. There is no need for concern that this shampoo might be damaging your hair–making it frizzy or dry–because of added sulfate.
Aveda's Dry Remedy is formulated to nourish and moisturize dry hair. If you are suffering from dry or brittle hair due to getting it colored, because it's your hair's norm, or for any other reasons, this shampoo is intended to hydrate your hair. An ingredient Aveda has added in is buriti oil–which is known to moisturizer and strengthen hair.
This shampoo has newly updated its scent. It now includes organic bergamot, which can stimulate hair growth. Lavender and ginger lily are the other ingredients that influence the shampoo's aroma.
Consumers are saying they notice a positive difference in their hair quality after shampooing with Aveda.
The one downside here is that Aveda's Dry Remedy Moisturizing Shampoo is one of the pricier options to choose from.
Pantene Pro-V's Expert Collection Agedefy Shampoo is advertised to minimize breakage, split ends, and also to help control gray hairs that try to mess with you. It's said to make the appearance of thinning less visible. These are all signs of aging that show up in our hair. Pantene Pro-V says this shampoo can help reverse these effects.
Pantene Pro-V worked alongside Olay experts in anti-aging to create this concoction. Consumers are saying that this shampoo has strengthened their hair, and others claim that it makes their hair look thicker (even if it isn't actually thicker).
If this shampoo designed for colored hair can really have the anti-aging effects it claims, this might be one of the best ones yet!
Tigi Bed Head Colour Goddess Duo is designed to treat colored hair. This includes the shampoo and conditioner. Colour Goddess is infused with oils like coconut oil, almond oil, and keratin. Coconut oil can nourish and stimulate hair growth. Almond oil has the potential to strengthen and add shine. Keratin can prevent the frizz-ball effect. Vitamin B5 and Vitamin B are also found in the shampoo.
Some consumers have commented on the aroma of this shampoo and how pleasant it is.
One downside here is the inclusion of sulfate. It's still a controversial ingredient, and probably best to stay away from it if you can, but there are no outstanding evils to it as far as we know.
Purple shampoo is specially designed to help maintain your perfect blonde–whether it's bleach blonde or a medium tone. Purple shampoos prevent your blonde beauty from turning brassy tones.
Joico's Color Balance Purple Shampoo says that it will protect 89% of the color in your hair for as long as 8 weeks. It is meant to lock the color in place and protect it from fading and discoloration. Purple shampoo is a necessity if you have dyed your hair blonde (or white).
There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Purple shampoos are designed to work in tandem with your normal shampoo. Purple shampoos are not meant to replace other shampoo, and you shouldn't be using a purple one every time you wash your hair.
One or two times a week is enough for the purple shampoo to have its effect. If you only wash shampoo your hair twice a week, then only use the Joico's purple shampoo one of those two times. If you overdo it, you will notice a purple tint starting to creep into your beautiful blonde strands.
Joico's shampoo is sold alongside their conditioner–also meant for your blonde hair.
Don't forget–if you are noticing any hints of purple, back off of this shampoo for a bit.
Arvazallia's Advanced Color Care Set not only includes a shampoo and conditioner for colored hair but also a hair mask that conducts a deep treatment. These products are all designed to treat colored hair.
Included in Arvazallia's products are argan oil and macadamia oil. Argan oil is growing increasingly more popular because of its known influence on shinier and silkier hair. Macadamia oil seems to have some positive effects on hair including nourishment and strengthening.
This formula is protein-rich which helps to strengthen and fortify hair-promoting growth and protection from breakage. The shampoo and included products are sulfate-free.
There have been some very positive reports on the reliability of this shampoo in protecting your hair dye and keeping in longer.
This hair formula is pricier than some of the other options.
Matrix Biolage Anti Dandruff Shampoo is designed to help you fight dandruff. The formula helps to soothe your scalp and do away with the flaky skin that dandruff brings with it. This brand has been around and is known for providing quality shampoos, conditioners, and hair gels.
Biolage's website includes a blog where you can find helpful information about hair and products.
One of the things Biolage advertises for this shampoo is that it is gentle on your scalp. Many consumers are validating this claim and saying that it is not harsh like some other leading brands in dandruff-control.
Not only does this shampoo help to end dandruff, it is also formulated to protect color in your hair. If you've dyed your hair and are experiencing dandruff, you might find that some of the dandruff shampoos out there are rough on your hair and don't care if they harm your perfectly dyed hair as they work to destroy the dandruff. This shampoo protects your color and treats dandruff at the same time.
Because of its formula, it should be kept somewhere cool and dry. If you don't have much ventilation in your bathroom, you might want to consider storing it somewhere else. Although this can be inconvenient, hopefully, the shampoo will prove its worthiness and make it all worth your while.
Kerastase Discipline Fluidealiste is on the list because it's a great sulfate-free option for colored hair. Since this shampoo is sulfate-free, you can forget about the debate on whether or not sulfate is damaging to your hair and rest easy.
Although most shampoos for colored hair are excellent for both men and women, this one specifies and advertises that it is unisex.
This color friendly, sulfate-free shampoo is one of the pricier options out there.
This option by Ion is one of the best clarifying shampoos for colored hair that's out there right now. Clarifying shampoos are essential because they take shampoo to the next level. Their purpose is to strip away excess gunk that has adhesed itself to your lovely hair. This might include pollutants from your environment, mineral build-up if you use hard water or grease build-up.
A clarifying shampoo is not designed to be used every time you wash your hair. It is the once-in-a-while hair cleaner. Depending on your hair type, you might use it once a week or a few times each month.
Ion's Color Defense Clarifying Shampoo is a great clarifying option because it is specially designed to do the job of a clarifying shampoo but protects your color treated hair at the same time. You don't need to worry that getting this extra level of hair cleansing will mess with your hair color because its formula is designed to protect it.
This option is sulfate-free, paraben-free, and alcohol-free. It is also advertised as 100% vegan.
There have been a lot of consumers that mention this shampoo as gentle on their hair and successful in doing the work it's meant to.
A few reports have said the shampoo leaves your hair dried out afterwards. If this is the case for you, try pairing it up with Ion's conditioner to add in some extra hydration. It might just do the trick.
Hair is prone to breakage, frizziness, and, well, sometimes just not doing what we want it to. When you take the time to give your hair the color you want, get the most out of the money and time you spent making it happen. Shampoo designed for colored hair can help prolong the lovely color(s) you applied.
As you can see in some of the products listed above, there are more specific categories you can break the shampoo designed for colored hair into blonde hair, dry hair, hair with dandruff, etc. Make the product work for you. Find one you like, and that likes your hair back. Don't let it rip you off or your color.


1968-Pelé scores two goals to lead Santos to a 3-1 win over the Oakland Clippers in front of the largest crowd to see a North American Soccer League game, 29,162 at the Oakland Coliseum.
1969-Ilija Mitic scores three second half goals as the Dallas Tornado defeat the Baltimore Bays 6-2 at Cobb Stadium in Dallas.
1972- Dynamo Moscow closes out its U.S. tour with a 2-1 win over the New York Cosmos in front of 13,205.
1979-Leonardo Cuellar scores the winning goal with 1:10 remaining in the game to lift the San Diego Sockers to 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the NASL Conference finals.
1981-Derek Spaulding, Karl-Heinz Granitza and Charlie Fajkus score to lead the short-handed Chicago Sting to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Sounders, to win their best of three playoff series 2-1.
1981-The New York Cosmos fall to Gremio, 3-1 at Giants Stadium as the Brazilian club closes out a tour of Europe and North and Central America with eight wins and a tie.
1982-Socrates scores the game winner as Corinthians defeats Atlante of Mexico 3-2 at the Los Angeles Coliseum before 15,812 fans.
1982-The Major Indoor Soccer League announces the Philadelphia Fever will take a year off to reorganize.
1984-The MISL admits four former NASL franchises, Chicago Sting, Minnesota Strikers, New York Cosmos and San Diego Sockers for the 1984-85 season.
1997 - The Arizona Sandsharks win their third straight game by a shootout, defeating the Anaheim Splash 5-4.
2000-Tony DiCicco is named Commissioner of the WUSA.
2013- Joao Plata scores a goal and adds two assists as Real Salt Lake pads their lead at the top of the MLS West with a 4-2 win over the Portland Timbers at Rio Tinto Stadium.
2014- Newcomer Ignacio Piatti scores both goals as the Montreal Impact stun the Columbus Crew 2-0 at Stade Saputo.
2015-Crystal Dunn has two goals and an assist to lead the Washington Spirit to a 3-3 tie with the Portland Thorns FC at sold-out Providence Park.
2015-Bradley Wright-Phillips scores two goals and assists on a third as the New York Red Bulls rout DC United 3-0 at Red Bull Arena.


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Eyelash Viper - Swollen mouth and pit.
With Reptiles sometimes time is of the essence when it comes to their health. You can post your health related questions and answers here.
I have a yearling eyelash viper that has developed massive swelling on its face in front of the eye, her pit is double its size and the fang area of her head/roof of mouth. It seems to be a swelling of the face rather than in the mouth.There seems to be a slight discharge coming from the pit. The swelling is a few days old.
The snake has not been fed lately so I doubt it's been caused from a scratch or a bite from a mouse, or mouth rot.
The snake is alert and well it this point, and would probably eat if I tried her, thought I would wait for the infection to subside.
Any good advice would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Eyelash Viper - Swollen mouth and pit.
Our WDB female had the same issue recently. We have had this with a cobra about 2 years ago aswell. We made a small incision in between the scales over the affected area and allowed the "gunk" to escape. Followed by a thorough cleaning with a dilute f10 solution. Both of the procedures were 100% successful with no scaring or reccurent swelling. I am not recommending that you do this as it requires you getting dangerously close to the sharp end of the snake, just sharing my experiences.
I would suggest that a vet try to drain the swollen area and send off a sample to determine which antibiotics would work the best.
Could it be due to a damaged or erupting fang, like a tooth root abcess?
Thanks for your comments. There has been no change so I am going to take it to a vet. That is my most aggressive snake, border line insane actually, so this should be a fun outing.
Took the snake to the vet, he gassed it to put it under. It had an abscess / infected venom gland, he managed to squeeze out quite a bit of pus, which came out of the eye socket. The snake looks a bit better already, with the swelling down. It's on a antibiotic, so we now we will have to wait and see if it pulls through.
You know what antibiotic he put it on and what dose?
Glad to hear it was treatable, and fingers crossed for a good and quick result!
What vet did you use?
The antibiotic was Amikacin, which is the second time I have used this antibiotic.
The dosage 0.05 Amikacin into 0.9ml saline, and then 0.025ml is the amount of mixture I am to administer on Sunday again... You will have to do the math.
The snake still seems fine, so far so good.
Do you have some pics of how it started out ??
it_bit_me wrote: Do you have some pics of how it started out ??
Sorry bud. The first pics I took were the day after we squeezed all the pus out. I wish I had as it was really swollen!
Looking like he is on the road to recovery now, will try and feed him next week.
He look so much better on the last pic.
Did the vet make an incision before squeezing the gunk out? Looks like the snake sustained quite a bit of damage as if the vet simply squeezed it hoped it popped out somewhere. An incision might have been a better idea.
Anyway, I'm no vet and clearly it turned out well, so that's all that matters.


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The 27th Arabian Gulf Cup will be the 27th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. The tournament will be held in Oman in December 2025.

Teams

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

References

Arabian Gulf Cup
2025 in Asian football
International association football competitions hosted by Oman
December 2025 sports events in Asia

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On racism and sexism in branding, user interface, and tech
Race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender are complex topics. For years, the world has been trying to move past certain stereotypes and transcend prejudice. However, as technology and design advance, they uncover more deep-seated, more unconscious biases dwelling in the human mind.
Today, we'd like to explore a less technical topic. In this article, we'll take a look at some unfortunate design, copy, and tech decisions made by massive international brands.
It's safe to say that these decisions' repercussions could have easily been mitigated if only these products were developed with diversity in mind.
A glimpse of the problem
In 2017, we saw what seems like one of the most unfortunate combinations of tech and racism. A machine learning (ML) risk assessment algorithm used by the US court was shown to be heavily biased against black prisoners.
"The program, Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (Compas), was much more prone to mistakenly label black defendants as likely to reoffend – wrongly flagging them at almost twice the rate as white people (45% to 24%)"
This case had shown us that we might have to deal with a new wave of a systemic and more technological strain of discrimination. More importantly, it shed some light on the complexity of the problem we all have to deal with.
White buyer personae
While many tech companies are trying to create more diverse workspaces, racism seeped into the tech side of things.
The Compas case, unfortunately, wasn't some sort of turning point for tech companies. As awareness grew, we started seeing more and more of the unconscious bias permeating products.
There is still a variety of fitness trackers such as Fitbit and Apple Watch that don't work properly on dark or tattooed skin. This is probably an issue that stems from their R&D departments' unwillingness to test or invest in finding solutions.
From this, we can assume that black customers are an edge case for many tech companies, and it seems that their buyer personae are predominantly white.
A study published by Stanford University indicates that conversational user interfaces are somewhat racially divided.
The researchers tested five voice-assistants from five large companies and established that the interfaces recognize more words spoken by white users compared to black users.
The devices misidentified 19% of words pronounced by white people, and 2% of the sequences were deemed unreadable. The same statistics clock in at 35% and 20% for black people.
Masters and slaves
If you've ever worked with computer parts, CRMs or code, you've most definitely come across the terms "master" and "slave."
While many companies and corporations have long abandoned these archaic and unnecessarily cruel terms, many still haven't.
The idea of renaming these terms has been given a new impetus with the BLM protests in the US.
Many businesses have replaced these terms with "Primary" and "Replica" or "Main" and "Secondary." There is an endless spectrum of opportunities that allows us to rename this relationship without having to surface some of the most shameful of human behaviors.
Github, home to over 40 million users worldwide, has only very recently decided to abandon the usage of "master," "slave," and "blacklist." While these are tiny steps towards improvement, they are a vital part of our journey towards equality.
The default
Icons and avatars are very often subject to inherent bias. Unfortunately, this isn't just an assumption — there's plenty of evidence to suggest it.
An article published in the Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace states the following:
"When asked to pick a typical human, people are more likely to pick a man than a woman, a phenomenon reflecting androcentrism."
Even social media giants, like Facebook, seem to be having issues with sorting this problem, given that your default avatar is still male unless stated otherwise.
The European side of things
At this moment in time, the US in the middle of a large-scale revolution aimed at demolishing the vestiges of racism. This is why we thought we'd take a look at how European companies are dealing with this issue.
Unfortunately, European brands are by no means overwhelmingly "woke." Here, users and customers are also subjected to discriminatory marketing materials and interfaces.
If we've just established that the "default" gender is male, then many European businesses consider the default race to be white.
Zalando is a very popular German eCommerce platform. Despite making efforts to make design more inclusive, they still end up using these default pictures, whatever your regional settings are.
Zalando settings
Unfortunately, this isn't an issue limited to a single brand. There's a wide array of massively popular stores and brands that fail to have a more diverse approach to marketing their products.
Hugo Boss and Zara are but a few examples:
Hugo Boss App
Zara App
However, not all fashion platforms are guilty of under-representing minorities. Asos, for instance, does a much better job of diversifying their models.
Asos App
The other side of the spectrum
The opposite end of underrepresentation is a racist representation. If you've ever visited Austria, you may have had the chance to have some Julius Meinl coffee. Let's take a look at its branding evolution through the years:
You can notice the sudden transition from the act drinking coffee to the act of bowing with servitude. The new logo (2004) incorporates a slight rotation of the head. However, it's safe to assume that the designer was more concerned with the balance of the logo, rather than its racist connotation.
Julius Meinl Logo and Branding evolution
Julius Meinl II
Fortunately, a variety of established American companies like Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, and Uncle Ben's have made the right choice to discard their racist branding and opt for a more neutral representation of their products.
The take-away
Our society has gone a long way from where it used to stand on identity issues. However, that does not mean that we're close to an equal society or that we've dismantled systemic and inherent bias.
Most probably, the solution to this series of issues isn't to simply check boxes in our marketing, branding, or interface guidelines, but rather adopt an approach that features continuous inquiry and thorough analysis.
An essential part of the solution to systemic under- or misrepresentation is diversity in the workplace. It's essential that organizations empower minorities and favor their participation in branding and marketing decision-making. As a result, this could lead to a more accurate and self-aware outlook on issues of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity.
No matter how much empathy he has or how much good intention behind his actions, a white male might still carry some bias.
Indeed, black lives matter.
But we must also remain mindful of the idea that this is but a point of departure towards a better society and better technology.
Do you know other examples?
Let us know and we include them in this article:


The designer from Madrid has his workspace and showroom in Las Salesas, where he exhibits and sells his stylish urban clothing.
Following a brief experience in fashion drawing and design working for leading firms like Zara and Sybilla, Juanjo Oliva established his firm, Egotherapy, in 2000. Since then, his work has been granted the L'Oréal award for Best Collection at Pasarela Cibeles/MBFWM three times.