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Nektar Therapeutics Presents Clinical Data for NKTR-255 in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Hematologic Malignancies, Including Patients with Prior CAR-T Therapy, at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) announced two data presentations from the dose-escalation portion of its ongoing Phase 1 study of NKTR-255 in patients with relapsed/refractory hematologic malignancies at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.
Initial clinical results from the Phase 1 study of NKTR-255 in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) hematologic malignancies were presented by Nina Shah, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of California San Francisco on Monday, December 13th. A pharmacodynamic analysis of CAR-T cell persistence in patients treated in the Phase 1 study who had received prior treatment with CAR-T therapy was also presented by Alexandre V. Hirayama, M.D., Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center on Sunday, December 12th.
"The data presented at this year's ASH meeting underscore the potential of NKTR-255 and provide clinical evidence of its unique ability to trigger the induction of natural killer and CD8+ T cells and highlight its potential role in rescuing and enhancing CAR-T cell persistence," said Jonathan Zalevsky, Ph.D., Head of Research and Development at Nektar. "Engaging the full spectrum of IL-15 biology, NKTR-255 can be combined with multiple mechanisms to potentially improve their efficacy. The clinical data presented at ASH support the development of NKTR-255 in combination with anticancer agents that induce antibody dependent cellular toxicity as well as CAR-T therapies. We look forward to completing the dose escalation portion of this Phase 1 study in the first half of 2022 and further investigating NKTR-255 in combination with rituximab or daratumumab for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or multiple myeloma."
2021 ASH presentations are available for download at https://www.nektar.com/science/scientific-posters-and-presentations.
Highlights from the presentations are as follows:
Abstract #3134: "Safety, Tolerability, PK/PD, and Preliminary Efficacy of NKTR-255, a Novel IL-15 Receptor Agonist, in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Hematologic Malignancies," Shah, N., et al.
NKTR-255 was well tolerated and early evidence of clinical activity was observed in this heavily pre-treated and highly refractory patient population with hematologic malignancies. Treatment-related adverse events were generally low-grade, transient and easily managed.
Evidence of on-target biological activity was observed despite highly compromised bone marrow hematopoietic capacity; NKTR-255 led to expansion and proliferation of natural killer (NK) and CD8+ T cells.
Among the 15 response-evaluable patients, 8 (53%) reported disease stabilization (5/8 [63%] patients with multiple myeloma (MM); 3/7 [43%] patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)).
One patient with NHL (with 3 prior lines of therapy) was treated at the 1.5 µg/kg dose and experienced a metabolic response in a splenic target lesion at cycle 5.1
Two patients with MM (with 3 prior lines of therapy) were treated at the 1.5 µg/kg and the 4.5 µg/kg doses and experienced disease stabilization for greater than 180 days.
The maximum tolerated dose/recommended Phase 2 dose has not been reached and dose escalation of NKTR-255 is ongoing.
Abstract #2815: "Pharmacodynamic Analysis of CAR-T Cell Persistence in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Treated with NKTR-255, an IL-15 Receptor Agonist That Enhances CD8+ T cells: Preliminary results from a Phase 1 Study," Hirayama, A., et al.
This is the first clinical safety and pharmacodynamic assessment of the effects of any IL-15 agent on CAR-T cell counts in relapsed/refractory NHL or MM patients who had progressed or relapsed after CAR-T therapy.
Of the patients with detectable CAR-T cells in blood at baseline, 100% (4/4) showed an increase of CD3+ CAR-T cells following NKTR-255 treatment. NKTR-255 induced proliferation of CD8+ T cells and an increase of the total CD8+ cell fraction in all patients with CAR-T cells at baseline.
These preliminary data suggest that NKTR-255 administration represents a potentially novel means of CAR-T augmentation through enhancement and persistence of CD8+ T cells via generation of long-term memory CD8+ and provides promising evidence of CAR-T cell rescue.
Results support planned evaluation of NKTR-255 in combination with CAR-T therapy as a potential strategy to enhance the efficacy of CAR-T therapy.
NKTR-255 is currently being evaluated in dose-escalation in a Phase 1 study in patients with R/R non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and R/R multiple myeloma (NCT04136756) and in a Phase 1b/2 trial in combination with ERBITUX® for the treatment of R/R colorectal cancer and R/R squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (NCT04616196). In collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Nektar will also be investigating NKTR-255 in combination with BAVENCIO®, a PD-L1 inhibitor, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in the randomized Phase II JAVELIN Bladder Medley study.
About NKTR-255
NKTR-255 is a novel polyethylene glycol-conjugate of recombinant human interleukin-15, which was designed to retain all known receptor binding interactions of the IL-15 molecule. The investigational candidate is uniquely designed to overcome known challenges of recombinant IL-15 and other IL-15 agonists, which are rapidly cleared from the body and have shown diminishing response to successive doses. Through an extended circulating half-life and optimal engagement of the IL-15Rα/IL-2Rβγ receptor complex, NKTR-255 enhances functional natural killer cell populations and formation of long-term CD8+ mediated immunological memory, which may lead to sustained anti-tumor immune response.
About Nektar
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a robust, wholly owned R&D pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology and virology well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, India. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
1SOURCE: Shah N, et al. SITC 2020 and Nektar Therapeutics
ERBITUX® is a registered trademark of ImClone LLC., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
BAVENCIO® is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
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More from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The fifteenth episode in the hilarious tale of Greg Heffley and his ever-calamitous exploits is out now!
Right, so, there's no way that any reader is unfamiliar with DOAWK and the colossal phenomenon that it has become. As well as the fifteen books in the main storyline, there have also been half a dozen supplementary books, two spinoff books (the fabulous Diary of An Awesome Friendly Kid and its sequel) and, of course, three live action movies… there was even a musical. Many of us will have personally witnessed the impact that this book series has had on reluctant younger readers, and the numerous imitations that it has inspired.
So, let's have a look at what Greg and friends are up to in this new instalment.
DOAWK 15: The Deep End
It's time for an epic cross-country camping trip! The whole Heffley family is ready for the adventure of a lifetime. And, as we all know, family holidays absolutely always come off without a hitch, right?
A little way into their much-needed trip, the Heffleys become stranded at a campsite. Why didn't they get stuck at some luxury get-away paradise? That's just not the way these things work. Things get even worse when the skies open up. It's beginning to look like this holiday is beyond salvaging. Is there anything they can do, or have they no choice but to wait around as the water keeps on rising?
Packed full of the sorts of disasters to which many a family can relate, and certainly not slowing down on the gleeful jokes, The Deep End is yet another triumphal addition to this stellar series.
Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans as Dagboek van 'n Wimpy Kid 15: Diepkant
But What's Happened So Far?
Sure, it's possible that you might not have managed to catch the last few books. In that case, here's what's happened in the previous three books.
DOAWK 14: Wrecking Ball
In Wrecking Ball, Greg and family are in the midst of some major home renovations. Which are always stress-free and totally simple, right?
When they receive an unexpected inheritance, the Heffley family get the chance to really spruce up the old family home, but DIY is not a game everyone should play and, between spilled concrete, pest invasions, obliterated walls and runaway hot-tubs, things get chaotic pretty quickly. But who knows, Greg is a pretty imaginative guy, maybe he can fight off the dreaded grout monsters and the house hazards long enough to salvage something interesting from this madness.
As always, a host of hilarious illustrations, funny random thoughts and situational goofs make the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid a sure winner with the kids.
DOAWK 13: The Meltdown
Resident wimpy kid Greg Heffley has managed to get himself into an all-out war!
When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighbourhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights.
And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighbourhood meltdown.
When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day?
Complete with all the humour, quirk and agonising middle school crises that make this series a firm favourite, The Meltdown proves once again why nobody can stop reading these books.
DOAWK 12: The Getaway
Oooooh, so The Deep End is not the first time that a Heffley family holiday has goen awry? There's a shock! Hey, it's not their fault. Who among us has ever been able to correctly predict a family occasion?
Family vacations… they don't often turn out as planned. And where Greg's family is concerned, you can pretty much guarantee that things will go sideways.
To escape the stress of the holiday season, Greg and family jet off to a relaxing resort. There they will be able to avoid the madness of Christmas and settle down to some much needed R&R… yeah, right. Cue the holiday nightmare!
And Let's Not Forget About Rowley Jefferson, Our Very Own Awesome Friendly Kid
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney brings us a brand new and absolutely unique addition to the Wimpy Kid world! There have thus far been 15 instalments of Greg Heffley's diary, covering his numerous, madcap misadventures throughout his middle school career. Now we can all hear straight from Greg's best friend Rowley, who chronicles his own scholastic experiences while acting as Greg's biographer along the way. When Greg is rich and famous one day, everyone will want to know the full story, after all. The thing is, Rowley is not exactly the best person to fulfil this role. Frankly, his biography is a hysterical mess.
Rowley Jefferson's Journal offers a hilarious new perspective on the Wimpy Kid world and provides fresh insights into our most beloved characters as well as the chance to see the stories through different (possibly less wimpy) eyes!
And don't forget about Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
There's a whole heap more to the Wimpy Kid World than we ca touch on here, so for more, check out: https://wimpykid.com/

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Russell T Davies discusses future of Torchwood
Russell T. Davies has discussed the future of Torchwood and the potential for further series' in an interview with The Guardian.
The creator of the Doctor Who spin-off discussed a wide range of topics in the interview with The Guardian – once again criticising cuts at the BBC and David Cameron & Nick Clegg. Last week, on Radio Four, the writer launched a scathing attack on the duo labelling them "savage" and "evil" also "lethal as a laser". Davies was openly critical of Cameron and the Conservative party in the run-up to the General Elections in 2010. The interview also discussed the forthcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day and inevitably discussed the possibility of further seasons of Torchwood.
"In theory I could have handed it over to a bunch of strangers and said good luck to them – and if there was another series I might do that because I think there's only so long you can spend doing Torchwood…I start the series and I think, I'm never doing this again." – Russell T. Davies in The Guardian.
However, fans fearing the end of Torchwood need not fear too much as Davies then added he had ideas for at least one more series telling The Guardian " I've got to do this again. I've got one more story that I can tell – just one more that has Gwen right at the centre of it – that would be fantastic. So I'm my own worst enemy."
Torchwood: Miracle Day is a co-production between BBC Worldwide and the American broadcaster Starz – which has afforded the sci-fi series a larger budget and bigger scale than the previous three seasons. Any further seasons of Torchwood would likely follow the co-production deal set-up for Miracle Day but with further cuts at the BBC expected could the corporation find the money for further seasons?
"The very interesting thing will be, what if it does well on Starz but doesn't do well on BBC1? Or if the BBC1 money is tight and they have to take money away – does it become entirely a Starz production, which means they have to own the rights? Would the BBC do that? Would they actually give away rights to an existing property?" – Russell T. Davies in The Guardian.
It was announced earlier this month that the BBC had ordered a seventh season of Doctor Who, consisting of 14 episodes, but later emerged that not all the episodes would be broadcast in 2012 – some would air in 2013 instead. The BBC claimed that this was because of Steven Moffat's commitments to Sherlock, the modern-day "re-imaging" of Sherlock Holmes, but the writer himself denied this was the reason. It's possible that budget cuts at the BBC could be the reason why the corporation is spreading the seventh season over two years – so that raises the interesting question of whether they would do the same with Torchwood should the new season prove just as popular as Children of Earth.


Yahoo and Microsoft have announced that they are amending their 10 year search partnership.
The new agreement however, will favour Yahoo considerably.
As per the old agreement signed five years ago, Yahoo had to use search results and ads from Microsoft Bing for all desktop searches. It wasn't so for mobile platforms, for which it could use any service. According to the new deal, Yahoo is no longer required to use Bing Search Results and Ads on either desktops or mobiles.
Now that Microsoft has lost exclusivity, Yahoo could focus on using its own ad platform for desktops. But it said that it will continue to serve Bing Ads for the majority of its search traffic from desktops.
The New York Times reports that Yahoo made about $1.8 Billion, about 35% of its revenue last year's solely from search. And Microsoft paid around Yahoo 90% of the revenue it made from ads it served on Yahoo Search results. This will continue to exist, as part of the agreement.
The major change in the new deal is how ad sales are handled. Both parties will take over ads delivered by their own advertising platforms. Microsoft will take over all ad sales of Bing, while Yahoo will sell ads using Gemini, its own ad platform.
The two companies were negotiating over a new deal for the past few months, with CEOs of both companies being involved in the negotiations personally.
Things aren't looking good for Google. Earlier this week, the European Union charged it for Antitrust violations, for abusing it's dominance in search results to favour its' own portal over other one. And now an analysis conducted by research firm comScore, in March, shows that its rivals are gaining on its foothold.
The report says that 12.7% of users in the U.S conducted searches on Yahoo, while Bing impressed with 20% of searches. The majority of searches made was dominated by Google, with the Mountain View company holding the lion's share of 64.4%.


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Q: Limit x and y with sequelize js I'd like to know how to make a Sequelize query to get specific posts of my blog between for example 10 and 20...
My code below is showing the last ten posts...
dbContext.post.findAll({order: 'id DESC', limit: 10 /*10,10?*/, where: {state: 1}}).success(function(posts) {
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Anthony

A: To do what you want, you have to combine limit and offset options. The offset option lets you step over the n number of elements you pass to it. Try that:
dbContext.post.findAll({
  where: {
    state: 1
  },
  order: 'id DESC',
  offset: 10,
  limit: 10
}).success(function (posts) {
  callback(posts);
});

This will return will skip the first 10 elements, and return elements from 11 to 20.

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Liberty Central School District residents approved Tuesday, Dec. 5, a $560,000 capital project referendum that will repair and restore the baseball and soccer fields located within the athletic fields behind Liberty High School and carries no property tax increase.
Polls were open from noon to 9 p.m.
The proposal passed in a 111 to 28 vote.
The next steps in the process include a planning period and a State Education Department review.
Following state approval, renovation is expected to begin in spring 2018 and be complete by fall 2018 the work as soon as the warmer weather arrives.
· Add perimeter drainage around the baseball, soccer and softball fields.
Updates regarding the project will be posted to the district's website, www.libertyk12.org.


I had planned to post my thoughts on Heavy Rain today, focusing on a specific chapter in it. Chapter 16 to be precise. The one titled Suicide Baby.
My deconstruction of it takes a considered narrative approach to it, mainly because I wanted to avoid my own personal discomfort with the portrayal of both mental illness in the broader game and it's depiction of suicide in this particular scene. It raised difficult questions for me as I felt it trivialised the trauma of suicide and encapsulated the frequent criticisms of our medium's emotional immaturity by using it as a tactless and complexity free plot-device.
But today is RUOK? day in Australia and I think it's worth taking a break from all this cultural and critical naval-gazing and letting the personal bleed through the sometimes impersonal cracks of the digital.
I've been in difficult, dangerous, empty situations, as I'm sure many people have, and I'm incredibly grateful for the people who stuck around to help me through it, and the people who have come afterwards to make things better.
While it is a cliche, and one that is more than unbelievable and can appear to be an immutable lie, other people have been through this, and have survived, and have tools that might be able to help. In the thousands of generations and billions of people who have walked this earth, who have struggled and survived and have passed their knowledge on, there may be seeds of ideas that might help. This is the brilliance of other people and their need to connect and share and endlessly try to make the world a better place than they found it, and I think too often we forget this.
Last year, that connection was what I needed. I'm glad I got it.
Thanks to those people who helped; hello to those people who have made things better. You all know who you are.
Anyone still interested in my thoughts on Heavy Rain can read them tomorrow.


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The Zwift Hub Is a Super-Quiet Bike Trainer That Makes Cycling Indoors Easy
By Bojana Galic November 25, 2022
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Thanks to its sleek design, the Zwift Hub bike trainer doesn't take up too much space in my storage closet.
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Have you ever watched a 10-year-old fall off a bike? Assuming it's not a terrible fall, they usually just pop back up and keep riding. Kids are pretty fearless.
Unfortunately, I'm not a 10-year-old and don't share the same disregard for potential peril. In other words, falling off a road bike as an adult is pretty scary — and for me, it's happened several times.
Don't think this is an indication of my cycling skills because I'm actually pretty decent. No, several of my more brutal falls (disregarding the first few as I learned to clip in and out) are a direct reflection of Los Angeles drivers.
Most recently, a haphazardly-opened car door had me swerving into moving traffic and knocked onto the pavement. And after a shaky, grease-covered car ride home with my boyfriend — bless him for being up at dawn, too — I was a little traumatized. I haven't really been on my bike since, if I'm being honest. That is, until my Zwift Hub Trainer arrived in the mail.
Functionality and Features
I'd thought about testing a trainer for a while (basically, it's a machine that attaches to the back of your bicycle and turns it into a stationary bike), but the price was just a little too steep. After all, road bikes are pretty expensive as is and another $800-plus investment was out of the question.
But when a fellow cyclist at my gym suggested I look into Zwift's new trainer (the Hub), I was intrigued. I'd already heard about the Zwift app, which is basically an online cycling community where you can go on realistic virtual rides with other app users (or solo). After learning more about the app, though, I went from intrigued to hooked.
Cycling is a pretty exclusive sport with a high barrier to entry — bikes can cost thousands of dollars and the gear (you need plenty of bike shorts) burns a hole in your wallet, too. Cycling is also just really complicated. Fixing bike issues and setting up cycling equipment isn't easy. But Zwift aims to make the sport more approachable to all.
That became pretty apparent as soon as I received my Hub in the mail. The thought of putting the machine together was daunting. I hate instruction manuals an own zero tools (the pictures in my room were hung using a chunky heel as a hammer). But all I had to do was scan a QR code on the box and follow the instructions and tutorials on my phone. Plus, all the tools I needed were already included in the box.
Signing up on the app and connecting my Hub was painless, too — all together, getting everything ready took about an hour. And then when I started my first ride, I was even more impressed. The visual design of the course combined with the trainer's varying resistance really felt like I was riding outside (with no cars threatening to throw me off).
And although I'm not really one to share stats publicly or compare to other riders, the numbers do give me the opportunity to gauge my progress and set some future goals.
Another thing I love about the Hub? It's actually not super big and bulky, which is a big priority for my small apartment. And the super-quiet construction leaves my roommate undisturbed during her work calls.
Get Your Own Zwift Hub
Especially as the seasons change and the weather gets more unpredictable, riding indoors is a pretty nice option. All you have to do is figure out which cassette style you need (Zwift has a guide you can use) and order your own.
Buy it: Zwift.com; Price: $499
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Heavy volcanic eruption in the Pacific: authorities warn of tsunami – video shows extent
A volcano erupted near the island state of Tonga in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Friday. The population had to get to safety, and Australia is now warning of a tsunami.
Tonga – In the middle of the sea near the island nation of Tonga, an undersea volcano erupted on Friday. Tsunami warnings have now been issued for large parts of the Pacific, including eastern Australia. The dpa reports on this. It is still unclear whether anyone is injured and the extent of the damage.
Volcanic eruption in the Pacific: authorities warn of tsunami – video shows extent
After the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano, local media reported on Friday evening that tidal waves had inundated properties on the main island of Tongatapu. In addition, it had rained ash and telephone connections had failed. Even the king of the island state, Tupou VI, was evacuated from the palace and taken to safety in the capital.
Australian weather authorities* report a 1.2 meter high wave in the capital Nuku'alofa. The authorities of other Pacific countries also issued tsunami warnings, including Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand. People have been urged to stay away from coastal areas.
Volcano eruption near Tonga: Video shows huge ash cloud
New Zealand's reaction shows how strong the outbreak was. Although the coasts are around 2,300 kilometers from the volcano, authorities would warn the population of "strong and unusual currents" and "unpredictable surf" on the coasts, according to Australia's ABC . People in Tonga themselves should have gotten to safety immediately. A video on Twitter shows the seriousness of the situation. A huge cloud of ash can be seen, the user calls the eruption a "nightmare".
#Tongan 🇹🇴🌋
Between water vapor, lightning and pyroclastic flows, this was the nightmare that was experienced in the vicinity of the #HungaTongaHungaHaapai volcano after its gigantic eruption yesterday. pic.twitter.com/fvRuOYM1YY
– Alejandro S. Méndez ⚒ (@asalmendez) January 14, 2022
The eruption in the form of "loud thunder noises" was also heard on the Fiji Islands, which are around 800 kilometers away from the eruption site. Meanwhile, the volcano catapulted ash, steam and gas 17 kilometers into the air, according to the ABC . According to this, there was still an eruption on Saturday, so the danger for Tonga does not seem to have been banned yet.
In the middle of the Pacific: volcano near Tonga has been active for some time
The US National Weather Service (NOAA) lifted the tsunami warning for American Samoa alone. Therefore, based on the available data, it can be assumed that the worst is over for the region. However, there could still be fluctuations in sea level.
According to local authorities, tsunami waves of up to 30 centimeters had already been measured before the volcano erupted. In addition, the volcano had been active again since December, so the eruption itself should not have been too surprising. However, the severity of the outbreak is not known at this time. But even in Germany a volcano could erupt. (mef/dpa) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
Volcanic eruption in Tonga: island sends emergency signal – oil spill off Peru
After the eruption of the underwater volcano off Tonga, there is still uncertainty about the extent of the damage in the Pacific state. An oil spill occurs off Peru.
Volcanic eruption turns Tonga into a "lunar landscape" – peak of the eruption could...
For decades there has not been such a violent volcanic eruption as at the weekend in the Pacific. Relatives try to reach their families in Tonga.
Tonga: Reconnaissance flights on the way after a volcanic eruption – situation on site...
Reports of another underwater volcanic eruption have been withdrawn. Meanwhile, military aircraft explore the Pacific region around Tonga.
Neighboring countries are sending air support to Tonga
A tsunami triggered by an erupting undersea volcano damages vital infrastructure in the Pacific nation of Tonga. People urgently need drinking water - Australia and New Zealand are sending aid.
Reconnaissance flights after volcanic eruption off Tonga
After the eruption of an undersea volcano, the island kingdom of Tonga is largely cut off from the outside world. Neighboring countries are exploring the damage from the air. It is unclear whether there are injuries or deaths.
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Was it always the same?
Annie says "You see -- this is why I'd rather be alone."
Who will be the one for evermore?
"Annie Waits" is the opening track on Ben Folds' first solo album "Rockin' the Suburbs." The song is about a girl Annie, falling for people who don't reciprocate the same feelings as she does for them. The final verse brings in the addition of the narrator's perspective and how he has feelings for Annie. However, Annie is so busy looking after the other men that she doesn't understand the narrator's feelings towards her.


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package AsposeCellsExamples.WorkbookSettings;

import com.aspose.cells.*;
import AsposeCellsExamples.Utils;

public class Implement_Cell_FormulaLocal_SimilarTo_Range_FormulaLocal {

	static String srcDir = Utils.Get_SourceDirectory();
	static String outDir = Utils.Get_OutputDirectory();

	//Implement GlobalizationSettings class
	class GS extends GlobalizationSettings {

		public String getLocalFunctionName(String standardName)
		{
			//Change the SUM function name as per your needs.
			if(standardName.equals("SUM"))
			{
				return "UserFormulaLocal_SUM";
			}

			//Change the AVERAGE function name as per your needs.
			if (standardName.equals("AVERAGE"))
			{
				return "UserFormulaLocal_AVERAGE";
			}

			return "";
		}//getLocalFunctionName
	}//GS extends GlobalizationSettings

	public void Run() throws Exception {

		//Create workbook
		Workbook wb = new Workbook();

		//Assign GlobalizationSettings implementation class
		wb.getSettings().setGlobalizationSettings(new GS());

		//Access first worksheet
		Worksheet ws = wb.getWorksheets().get(0);

		//Access some cell
		Cell cell = ws.getCells().get("C4");

		//Assign SUM formula and print its FormulaLocal
		cell.setFormula("SUM(A1:A2)");
		System.out.println("Formula Local: " + cell.getFormulaLocal());

		//Assign AVERAGE formula and print its FormulaLocal
		cell.setFormula("=AVERAGE(B1:B2, B5)");
		System.out.println("Formula Local: " + cell.getFormulaLocal());
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		System.out.println("Aspose.Cells for Java Version: " + CellsHelper.getVersion());

		Implement_Cell_FormulaLocal_SimilarTo_Range_FormulaLocal pg = new Implement_Cell_FormulaLocal_SimilarTo_Range_FormulaLocal();
		pg.Run();

		// Print the message
		System.out.println("Implement_Cell_FormulaLocal_SimilarTo_Range_FormulaLocal executed successfully.");
	}
}

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Canary Reed Crt is located in Barrie. All properties on Canary Reed Crt are detached homes. There are curently no properties for sale on Canary Reed Crt in Barrie.
Detached homes on Canary Reed Crt in Barrie are situated on lots with an average frontage of 35' and a maximum frontage of 43', varying between 2 and 4 bedrooms. The highest price a detached home has ever been listed at on Canary Reed Crt in Barrie is $449,900 and the highest price a detached home has ever sold for is $449,900. The most recent sale of a detached home occured on July 19, 2018. Detached homes on Canary Reed Crt take on average of 35 days to sell.


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Col de la Biche and Col du Grand Colombier are two of the hardest unknown climbs in France. In the Jura mountains, they are both "roads to nowhere" meaning virtually no traffic (I saw 5 cars in over 3 hours on the climbs).
Now that the tour d'Enfer is over, I figured I should do some big local climbs while I am relatively fit.
Col de la Biche and Col du Grand Colombier are two of the hardest lessor known climbs in France. In the Jura mountains, they are both "roads to nowhere" meaning virtually no traffic (I saw 5 cars in over 3 hours on the climbs).
I started in Seyssel and started with Biche (it means "female deer"). It's exceedingly steep with four kms averaging over 10% and three more above 9%. It starts out monotonous enough but the views of the Rhone and the alps improve every hairpin. At the top I had to dodge some cows.
I descended the other side and joined the road to Col du Grand Colombier near Lochieu.
Colombier is a monster with four great ways up. I actually joined the easiest of the four part way along the climb. For details on the truly steep and crazy hardest way click here.
Easy is relative, and there was still lots of work to do. All in all a 2,000 metre day of climbing and I felt pretty good. Nothing like deserted, steep climbs!
Colombe means Dove. Don't confuse Grand Colombier with it's more famous and nearby Alps cousin: Col de la Colombiere.
You are a monster now! I bet you've lost even more weight after Tour d'Enfer. Now, you're just cruising up the 10% grade. It must feel great.
Bast, I agree! It's amazing how few cyclists are usually on these incredible climbs.


Evangelicals And Our Petty Little Problems.
5 Things Everyone Should Know About Islam (especially Christians).
When Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, and C.S. Lewis Say Muslims Are Saved, I Listen.
I'm Not Leaving America, No Matter What They Say.
Let Our Hearts Break For "Them."
The Gospel of Matthew tells us that Joseph and Mary lived in Bethlehem, a town near Jerusalem. It was their home village. The Roman leader of their region, Herod, feared a new king had been born. He ordered that all boys under two years of age be killed.
So Joseph and Mary fled with the newborn Jesus to Egypt.
Life as a refugee in those days would have been hard. Refugees were not welcomed and often had to beg for food. They often times became slaves. It's hard to imagine that life for Jesus' parents was in any way easy.
Jesus very explicitly told his followers to care for refugees.
Because of traumatization, loss of loved ones, hunger, disease, refugees are the single most persecuted and "least" people group as any other in the world.
According to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people around the world has topped 65 million.
Half of all refugees today are children.
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 70.6% of the adult U.S. population identified themselves as Christians.
They Syrian Refugee Crisis Is The Biggest Humanitarian Crisis Since World War II.
The civil war in Syrian is not a religious war. It is a political struggle for leadership. Dissenters have been brutalized by Bashar al-Assad. Entire towns have been leveled.
Over 16 million Syrian citizens have been displaced from their homes. Of these, over four million are refugees who have fled to other countries.
As of October 2016, only 41 percent of registered voters said that the U.S. should feel an obligation to take in Syrian refugees.
According to the Cato Institute, no person accepted into the U.S. as a refugee, whether Muslim, Christian, or other, has been implicated in a terrorist attack since the Refugee Act of 1980.
You'll "Soon Be Dead." My New Reality.
My name is Paul Martin. I am a writer, who happens to be a Christian. I like writing about the intersection of family, religion, and politics. Recently, I launched a peacebuilding organization called The Christian Muslims Alliance.
We are 100% with you!
We wholeheartedly denounce this hate. Jesus would, too.
One of the things everyone should know about Islam: They worship the God of the Old Testament. The Pentateuch. In fact, the Prophet Mohamed railed against the Jews and Christians of his day for their failure to take seriously the teachings of scripture, and live by them.
The overwhelming majority of Muslims today are no different than you or I — hard working people doing their best, wanting better lives for their families. Over 5,000 of them serve in our US armed forces.


The Aerospatiale SA-341G Gazelle was the first single engine helo to gain FAA certification for IFR flight in 1975.
The National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA) and U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) are seeking suggestions on improving the use of instrument flight rules (IFR) by helicopter pilots.
The organizations announced a survey on Jan. 13 soliciting input from all helicopter pilots who hold an instrument rating to conduct operations using the national IFR system.
The survey will "obtain information and insight on helicopter IFR issues and limitations facing today's helicopter pilots," the organizations said.
"The information obtained from this survey will be presented to the Federal Aviation Administration and other industry stakeholders in February 2019 at the USHST Infrastructure Summit held in Washington, D.C." on Feb. 7-8, according to a statement from the groups. "This data will be used to assist the industry in helping identify IFR deficiencies and prioritize IFR requirements for the helicopter community as a whole."
Rex Alexander, the president of the Five-Alpha LLC consultancy and the co-chair of the USHST Infrastructure Working Group, said that the survey results will be used to furnish an understanding of the primary roadblocks to pilots' use of IFR, what improvements are needed, and how to prioritize them.
"In working directly with the FAA through the USHST we were asked by the FAA, 'What are the major roadblocks preventing helicopter pilots from flying IFR?'" Alexander wrote in an email. "Given the political landscape in the FAA they shy away from conducting their own surveys so the USHST teamed up with NEMSPA to make this one happen."
"The FAA keeps asking the helicopter industry what it want and needs in an IFR system, but the industry as a whole has been less than responsive so we have decided to take the question directly to the folks that fly in the system every day, i.e. the pilots," Alexander wrote. "We expect that we will get feedback from pilots on things like weather reporting requirements, currency requirements, ATC issues, proprietary instrument procedures and several other areas."
Rick Kenin, Boston MedFlight's chief operating officer for transport, wrote in an email that Boston MedFlight would like "an expedited process to approve and coordinate helicopter IFR infrastructure."
"The FAA's current process is laborious and time consuming with several offices in Washington, D.C. to approve approach procedures before even entering into discussions with local controlling agencies to coordinate IFR handling procedures," he wrote. "Our local FAA divisions are fully cooperative, but the process simply involves too many entities. The process requires streamlining."
At the USHST Infrastructure Summit last February, Nolan Crawford, an aviation safety inspector for the FAA's Performance Based Flight Systems Branch (AFS-470), said that weather, hospitals moving helipads without consultation, and cost are factors that complicate the creation of helicopter air ambulance IFR infrastructure nationally. Crawford and Kenin gave a joint presentation at the summit on HAA IFR infrastructure.
"Weather reporting at hospital helipad locations is often unavailable, and local weather can make instrument approach and departure procedures difficult to use," Kenin wrote in his email. "On hospitals moving helipads without consultation, [Crawford] referenced helipad owners (hospitals) that did not understand the importance of FAA and/or IFR consultant discussions before any work was begun to move a helipad with an IAP (Instrument Approach Procedure) attached."
In terms of cost, Kenin wrote that "there are very few helipad IAP/IDP (Instrument Departure Procedure) consultants and there can be a considerable backlog to get approaches designed and approved."
"The cost for an instrument approach/departure design is easily in the five-figures, and annual maintenance can be an expensive recurring cost for the sponsor," he wrote.
While the FAA can authorize an IFR approach and departure from a heliport for free, the process can take three to four years, according to Alexander.
The cost for third party authorization of IFR approach and departure from an average heliport is $25,000 to $30,000, and the process takes four to six months, he said. "Then there is a maintenance fee to keep track of any changes and new obstructions that pop up," Alexander wrote in an email. "If you need an AWOS-III [Automated Weather Observing System-III] installed that meets FAA standards, that is an additional cost ranging upwards of $100,000 to $200,000, for which it also has annual maintenance costs that need to be factored in. Then we throw into the mix the aircraft equipage cost and the pilot training required to meet currency requirements and you can start to see that helicopter IFR is not a cheap prospect, especially in the EMS world."
For their part, Helicopter industry officials have sought to facilitate FAA certification of single-engine rotorcraft for IFR. The Vertical Flight Society has said that "there is broad consensus throughout the rotorcraft industry and operational community that equipage and training for IFR operations in single-engine helicopters has the potential to make a significant impact on safety."
"AHS International and our partner associations believe that the unacceptable number of lives lost due to inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) or controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents in single-engine helicopters that result from low-level flight to avoid weather can be easily addressed if the FAA facilitates IFR certification of single-engine helicopters through the new Safety Continuum policy," AHS has said. "In addition, the expanded use of IFR operations has the potential to improve the safety for Part 29 by encouraging the more ubiquitous use of IFR."


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Target territories and anchor activities
RRI keys
WG1 Gender/Ethics
WG2 Science Education/Public Engagement
WG3 Open Science/Open Access
RESULTS AND RESOURCES
Open Science in WBCs
Recommendations for facilitating the implementation of the Open Science in the Western Balkans countries
Based on the UNESCO recommendations on open science, the EU's open science policy, Report on the existing open science practice in the Western Balkan countries and shared experiences at the…
Based on the UNESCO recommendations on open science, the EU's open science policy, Report on the existing open science practice in the Western Balkan countries and shared experiences at the round table held at the Open science days in Belgrade, November 3, 2022, recommendations were developed for facilitating the implementation of Open Science (OS) in the Western Balkans countries (WBCs). OS emerged several decades ago as a movement to transform scientific practice in order to adapt to the changes and challenges of the digital era and to increase the social impact of science. Greater and open access to research processes and results improves the efficiency of scientific systems and reduces costs during the collection, creation, and reuse of research data. Also, increasing the social impact of science multiplies opportunities for local, national, regional, and global participation in the research process, which enables a wider circulation of scientific discoveries. Therefore, it is extremely important that the WBCs participate equally in global scientific transformations and create the basis for the future development of scientific potential.
Policies and infrastructure
The WBC generally have developed OS policies, except for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is strongly suggested that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina adopt national open science policies to join other WBC in their efforts to make open science a new research practice.
Existing policies in Serbia, Montenegro, and North Maceonia declaratively regulate OS, respecting its importance, without an action plan for infrastructure maintenance. Therefore, resources for implementation of OS are not available to researchers. It is strongly suggested that policies specify the ways in which the infrastructure for open science will be provided.
The reproducibility of science has become a fundamental stumbling block of trust in science. Replication studies are necessary in all areas of science to ensure confidence in scientific results. It is recommended that the policies of scientific journals include replication studies in their aim and scope.
Publishing in Gold Open Access typically costs $1,000 to $3,000. Researchers do not have enough funds to pay for Golden Open Access and usually deposit the results of scientific work in institutional repositories (so-called Green Open Access). Research institutions are strongly encouraged to develop institutional repositories to help researchers meet Open Access requirements defined by national policies.
Open science implies many new research practices and principles, such as the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principle, Data Management Plan, open code, open software, citizen science, etc. Currently, researchers are informed about these skills exclusively by participating in EU projects and their educational activities. Some educational material has been published in Serbia (Otvorena nauka: praksa i perpektive; Vodič za građansku nauku), but it is necessary that young researchers have unlimited access to education about transformative trends in science. The introduction of these new research practices into curricula is recommended.
Decision makers in all WBCs can improve these processes by introducing additional criteria for accreditation of study programs in empirical sciences. It is recommended that the criteria that include OS become part of the accreditation of study programs.
Next generation metrics
Relying on exclusively quantitative criteria during scientific evaluation contributes to a greater number of scientific works. However, the number of scientific papers is not a basis for evaluating scientific impact. It is recommended to change the criteria for the evaluation of scientific work, which should be relied on DORA Declaration on Research Assessment, Leiden manifesto for research metrics and EU Next-generation metrics: Responsible metrics and evaluation for open science.
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S is for simple, solution or smart, but one thing S will never stand for is sacrifice. Designed specifically for those looking for solid, commercial quality operation at an exceptional value. The S Series Treadmills deliver on all of the quality you expect from Star Trac with features and a sleek design that set it apart from the competition. The S-TRx comes pre-wired for the optional Star Trac entertainment solution which includes a 15-inch personal viewing LCD screen, custom bracket and control panel integrated into the display. Larger buttons and fewer scrolling letters for easier viewing along with Star Trac's popular personal cooling fans, multiple cup holders and 13 user-specific workout programs round out the feature set of the S-TRx, a treadmill that provides the ideal option for your workout experience.
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There will be a chance to uncover the advanced improvements in Science, Technology and Competitive Materials at this critical Conference.
IC-CMTP 2014 is four times a year(4) Conference.
The organizer of the IC-CMTP 2014, International Conference on Competitive Materials and Technology Process is Northwestern University.


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Iraq Dinar - Iraqi Dinar - Iraq Stock Exchange - Dinar Revaluation and Speculation - Investors Iraq > Iraq News > Iraq Business News > Child-Friendly Spaces Aid Recovery in Iraq
View Full Version : Child-Friendly Spaces Aid Recovery in Iraq
Besma* is only 9 years old, yet she has survived an ordeal no child should ever have to face. After their village in Iraq's Sinjar district was taken over by armed groups in August last year, she and her family were held captive for months.
Besma and her aunt were eventually released, but her mother, father, sister and two brothers are still missing.
Today the young girl and her aunt, along with Besma's grandmother, Jalila, live in a camp for displaced families in northern Iraq.
The 14,000 residents of the camp form just a small fraction of the 3.2 million Iraqis who have been displaced within the country since January 2014. The vast majority of Iraq's displaced live outside of camps, with relatives or among host communities, taking shelter where they can.
While organized settlements like this one in Dohuk can at least provide basic services and a protective environment, for children like Besma who have experienced trauma and separation from family members, the feelings of fear and distress are difficult to overcome.
Jalila says that Besma gets upset when she thinks about her parents and her siblings. Sometimes Jalila is jolted awake in their tent by the sound of her granddaughter's nightmares.
"Besma has terrible dreams about that time," she says. "At night I can hear her yelling, 'They're coming. They're coming.'"
Better each day
Earlier this year, Jwan, who works with UNICEF to help people affected by the current crises, met Besma during a routine visit to the camp and noticed that she seemed isolated and upset.
"She was very withdrawn," Jwan says. "She wasn't participating in any of the activities in the camps and didn't seem to have any friends."
Source: Iraq-BusinessNews.com. (http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2015/11/04/child-friendly-spaces-aid-recovery-in-iraq/)


One of my soccer teammates invited me to the Charlotte Spartan Sprint in spring of 2014 and I was hooked ever since.
My most memorable moment in my OCR career so far is placing top 30th in the OCR world Championships in Ohio of 2015.
OCR has helped me overcome being absorbed into the typical college lifestyle of going to clubs and bars and dropping hundreds of dollars a week on experiences that you will probably never remember. OCR has taught me how to treat my body and most of all gave me an epiphany of what i what degree to strive for in college.
Placed 28th in males 18-24 division at OCR world championships. Carolina Spartan Sprint/Beast weekend: Elite Sprint- placed 1st in age group and 31st overall.
The current state of OCR is great! I am definitely looking into the future with the OCR lifestyle. Hopefully big companies like redouble and Monster can start sponsoring racers and events to really take the OCR to the next level.


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 * This file was automatically generated by sel-utils and
 * released under the MIT License.
 *
 * License: https://github.com/sel-project/sel-utils/blob/master/LICENSE
 * Repository: https://github.com/sel-project/sel-utils
 * Generated from https://github.com/sel-project/sel-utils/blob/master/xml/protocol/java315.xml
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package sul.protocol.java315.clientbound;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Arrays;

import sul.utils.*;

public class TabComplete extends Packet {

	public static final int ID = (int)14;

	public static final boolean CLIENTBOUND = true;
	public static final boolean SERVERBOUND = false;

	@Override
	public int getId() {
		return ID;
	}

	public String[] matches = new String[0];

	public TabComplete() {}

	public TabComplete(String[] matches) {
		this.matches = matches;
	}

	@Override
	public int length() {
		int length=Buffer.varuintLength(matches.length) + 1; for(String bfyhc:matches){ length+=Buffer.varuintLength(bfyhc.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length)+bfyhc.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length; } return length;
	}

	@Override
	public byte[] encode() {
		this._buffer = new byte[this.length()];
		this.writeVaruint(ID);
		this.writeVaruint((int)matches.length); for(String bfyhc:matches){ byte[] yzam=bfyhc.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8); this.writeVaruint((int)yzam.length); this.writeBytes(yzam); }
		return this.getBuffer();
	}

	@Override
	public void decode(byte[] buffer) {
		this._buffer = buffer;
		this.readVaruint();
		int b1dnzm=this.readVaruint(); matches=new String[b1dnzm]; for(int bfyhc=0;bfyhc<matches.length;bfyhc++){ int bvbfyhct=this.readVaruint(); matches[bfyhc]=new String(this.readBytes(bvbfyhct), StandardCharsets.UTF_8); }
	}

	public static TabComplete fromBuffer(byte[] buffer) {
		TabComplete ret = new TabComplete();
		ret.decode(buffer);
		return ret;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "TabComplete(matches: " + Arrays.deepToString(this.matches) + ")";
	}

}


abstract	 Paperboard is an environment -friendly multi -layer material widely used for packaging applic a- tions. However, for food packaging paperboard lacks essential barrier properties towards oxygen and water vapor. Conventional solutions to enhance these barrier properties (e.g. paperboard film coating with synthetic polymers) require special manufacturing facilities and difficult the end -of - life disposal and recycling of the paperboard. Paperboard coating with silica -based formulations is an eco -friendly alternative hereby disclosed. Silica -nanocoating s were prepared by sol -gel synth e- sis, with or without the addition of Zn(2) -Al -NO 3 layered double hydroxides (LDHs), and applied on the surface (ca 2 g/m 2 ) of industrial paperboard samples by a roll -to -roll technique. The ph y- sicochemical features of silica -nanocoatings were studied by FTIR -ATR, SEM/EDS, XRD analysis and surface energy measurements. The barrier properties of uncoated and silica -coated pape r- board were accessed by water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) and oxygen permeability ( J O 2 ) measurements. The best barrier results were obtained for paperboard coated with a mixture of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3 -aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), with and without the in- corporation of LDHs.


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My interview with The Higherside Chats was the highlight of my week, but I was also demonetized by YouTube. So it was a week of extremes. We got into WWII research. The Japanese now have bombed the West Coast and the Germans have turned the waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina on the East Coast into an open warzone. The British Empire in WWII has now surrendered Singapore to the Axis powers and 180k Allied troops were taken hostage. Were all of these examples of an ever changing Mandela Effect landscape? Or are we all bad at history..


Doing so illustrates that you are concerned with appropriate maintenance, and so you are willing to maintain order with your own time, sweat and hands. People see this and admire it a lot. Like any other skill, you can always build and improve. Below are a few tips that will help you out. You need to insulate any pipes have exposure to outside elements to avoid them freezing. You should also keep the temperature in the home above freezing to avoid your pipes freezing. Pipes can freeze when the ambient temperature in the area of the pipes dips below freezing. It can take a while for the pipes to thaw, which means you will not be able to run water for quite some time. However, they might burst, which will cause an enormous mess and repair bill. It is a advisable to have a septic tank pumped every five years to keep it in peak condition. Doing so will help to avoid septic tank problems by ensuring that the tank does not become clogged with sediment. Professional Plumbing Contractors Corvallis OR Use penetrating oil to maintain them and run water through them once in a while.
Do this by straddling the commode and rocking from side to side. You are looking for any feelings of weakness or softening of the floor itself. You can save a lot if you catch these issue sooner. A great maintenance routine for bathtub drains is to pour baking soda and vinegar into the drain opening once a month. Cover the drain with an old rag, because there will be a chemical reaction taking place inside the pipes. Wait for a little while and then allow boiling water to go down the drain. Plumbing Commercial You can fix your plumbing with the many hints from this article.
Save money by getting better shower heads. , Make sure to clean out the dryers lint trap. This is a good idea for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is fire safety. Inspect your lint trap every so often for tears or holes that could cause lint to go into your pipes, this could cause clogs or other problems you will have to deal with. Keeping up with maintenance is the number one way to keep plumbers from having to come fix issues. Clogs are a big problem with plumbing, and they are quite common. Too much hair will clog a drain. Put drain covers over your bathtub and sink drains to keep loose hair from going down the drain or into your pipes. It is easier to take hair off a screen than to clear it from a pipe. If you have grout stuck in the line, it's futile to try and clean it out yourself. The grout can be broken up and sent further down. Plastic pipes, if you have them, will work better than metal.
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They can generally be prevented, though.


Dank, Mom, and 🤖: When you've done a boss job of cleaning your room and you call your mom to come see Lookie here momma.
Dank, 🤖, and Stay: When you're cleaning and get distracted and end up like this for 3 hours So hard to stay focused.
So hard to stay focused.
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The art of cleaning your own ____!
Dank, Stuff, and 🤖: When you're cleaning your room and you get distracted by stuff you found Always find something to mess with.
Always find something to mess with.


Brewery 85 was the perfect venue for the Hoppin' to Stomp Out Parkinson's event hosted by Debbie Meggs and Val Williams. Guests enjoyed amazing beer selections, tasty food truck options and an auction featuring 60 incredible items and 30 raffle items all to raise money for Parkinson's research and awareness. We love seeing our community come together to support each other and to make a difference.


University College Hospital, UCH Ibadan school of nursing admission application form for the 2019/2020 academic session is now on sale. The course is for a period of three years. To apply, candidates need to request for application forms from the School of Nursing, UCH, Ibadan. See more details below.
The management of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan invites applications from interested and suitably qualified candidates for admission into its School of Nursing for the 2019/2020 academic session.
The course is for a period of three years, following which candidates shall be presented for both the School and Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria Final Examinations to qualify, be registered and licensed to practice as General Nurses(RN).
Applicants should be aged 17 ½ years and above, possess the Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE/NECO/SSCE) or GCE O' Level or equivalent with at least 5 credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at not more than two (2) sittings OR NABTEB at one(1) sitting.
Make a payment of anon-refundable fee of Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N7,500.00) only through any commercial bank into University College Hospital, Ibadan T.S.A. Account- School of Nursing. Teller to be changed to receipt at UCH Accounts Department.
Present both the UCH receipt and First Bank teller for the payment of #200.00 at Room 6, School of Nursing to collect PIN (Personal Identification Number) for login and online application submission.
(ii) Only candidates with authenticated (stamped and signed) Photo cards shall be allowed into examination venue.
(iii) Only candidates who attain acceptable standard at the examination shall be invited for interview or considered for selection following interview.


The FINANCIAL -- The Lloyd's market has now paid almost three quarters of a billion dollars ($738m) in response to storms Harvey, Irma and Maria.
"When you get three catastrophic weather events as well as earthquakes in Mexico and flooding in Asia all happening so close to each other, it's essential to make sure the market's claims response moves as quickly as possible to help people rebuild their lives.
Lloyd's continues to evaluate the situation and process claims as they come in.


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How Not To Be Forgiven
Forgiveness is the great equalizer. In extending Christian forgiveness, we acknowledge our own ongoing sins and failures and accept back those who have sinned against us in the knowledge that we, too, will fail them tomorrow and will go on failing them until the Lord returns.
Forgiveness makes every person my equal and everyone my brother or sister in the only sense that equality can ever be attained on earth and in the only sense that, from a human perspective, really matters.
But some people will not be forgiven.
The 'Enlightened' Will Not Be Forgiven
The progressive will not be forgiven because he does not acknowledge the concept of sin. The modern mind, intoxicated with the Spirit of the Age (a spirit that names itself 'tolerance' but is closer to an oblivious lack of discernment), unselfconsciously divides his world into three classes of individuals: Victims, Haters and the Enlightened:
Victims: 'Victims' cannot help themselves. They are what they are, and whatever actual age they may have attained, they will always be children in the eyes of their would-be benefactors. To the Enlightened, racial minorities are Victims (unless they are Jews); women are Victims (unless they are religious, conservative or anti-feminist); the poor are Victims (unless they are trying to change their status through hard work rather than handouts); sexual deviants, of course, are Victims; addicts are Victims; criminals are Victims; and so on and so forth.
Victims require endless tolerance, financial assistance and infinite latitude. No level of depravity from within the Victim class merits a negative reaction because a Victim is not to be blamed for what he is and what he cannot change. The Victim cannot be forgiven because he is not responsible for his actions.
Haters: 'Haters' also cannot help themselves. This is because they are ignorant and badly in need of education (or execution, depending on the mood of the progressive; I've seen both options enthused about, the latter usually on Twitter where the progressive doesn't stop long enough to remind himself that in his haste to express his opinion he has inadvertently revealed his true agenda).
Haters are conservative, religious, white, rich, and usually male (unless someone normally considered in the 'victim' class espouses religion, conservatism, or traditional values, in which case progressives treat them even worse than those they label merely ignorant).
Haters must be shouted down and accused of racism, sexism or homophobia until they apologize for their intolerant behavior and submit to reeducation. Or burn at the stake, if the laws of the land allow. The Hater cannot be forgiven because he is unforgivable, if that concept has any meaning to a progressive.
The Enlightened: Over these two classes of permanent infants stand the 'Enlightened'.
The Enlightened One is the sole arbiter of a 'truth' that excludes the notion of sin (though the content of that 'truth' changes almost weekly). For the Enlightened, forgiveness is a concept that forms no part of his language. Haters are to be crushed, Victims are to be indulged, but nobody can be forgiven. Because they possess the truth and are in their own minds ideologically neutral, operating above and outside the fray, the Enlightened neither forgive nor seek forgiveness for themselves.
'Enlightened' people require a complete reformation of their worldview before they can ever start correcting their practice.
The Unforgiving Will Not Be Forgiven
For some people, forgiveness is not a part of their experience because they refuse to genuinely and completely forgive. They acknowledge the idea of forgiveness in principle and even the Bible's specific teaching on forgiveness, but somehow every wrong that takes place against them occurs accompanied by circumstances that, to them, reasonably preclude complete, heartfelt and final discharge of the wrong done.
This is usually expressed with words like "I can forgive it, but I can't forget it" or "She said she was sorry, but she doesn't really mean it".
You may disagree with me here, but I suspect that the person who can't forget something has not truly forgiven it. The moment you reoffend against them, your previous, 'forgiven' sins are trotted out and revisited: "You ALWAYS do that!", "Why do you ALWAYS [fill in the blank]?" and so on. The resentment and anger that characterized their response to your original failure is still present.
God is not like that. He says, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
I suspect we are not to be like this either. The Lord tells us that if our brother:
"… sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." (Luke 17:4)
Seven times a day sounds like the sort of chronic sinfulness that might reasonably cause us to write off our brother as incorrigible, or to have cause to 'remember' his sins. But persistent sin is precisely the sort of thing we are to forgive when the sinner asks for it. Forgiveness of others is a prerequisite to experiencing forgiveness ourselves. It is not up to us to decide whether our brother is sufficiently sincere in his expression of repentance for our taste, whether he has made adequate atonement or groveled to our satisfaction.
The Lord has not left that judgment to us.
James says, "We all stumble in many ways". The Lord said we are to forgive "from the heart". Those who will not truly forgive have forgotten these words.
Unforgiving people require a reformation of their practice in order to really understand the Christian worldview they have embraced.
Those Who Won't Ask For It Will Not Be Forgiven
For some people, forgiveness is not a part of their experience because they refuse to ask for it. Oh, they acknowledge that they do things that they shouldn't do, but they do them because they are 'human', not because they are sinners. They are willing to be excused but not forgiven.
They see their sinful behavior as intrinsic to their person rather than as an action or thought they have engaged in that ought to be rejected. It is part of their nature. It makes them who they are. They want to be loved, not in spite of their sin but for it, because they cannot and will not give it up.
This is usually expressed with words like "I have to be myself", "It's who I am", "But I was born this way" or "Don't you love me for ME?" (where "me", "myself" and "I" include and embrace all the things I refuse to stop doing).
Such people fail to distinguish between personality and character; between the genetic package they were handed by God at conception that cannot and need not be changed and the ongoing work of the Spirit of God in the heart of the believer to reform speech, thoughts and behavior, and ultimately produce Christian character.
Sins are character issues. Our personalities may incline us to them but do not compel us to perform them. We may have a predisposition — even a genetic predisposition — to this or that particular sin, but our natural impulses are not gods before whom we are to grovel and whose every whim we are to obey. They do not define us and we do not cease to be 'ourselves' (whatever that may mean) when we give them up.
James said "You do not have because you do not ask". That most certainly includes forgiveness. The Lord himself declared, "Ask, and it will be given to you".
But it is impossible to receive forgiveness if you don't acknowledge your need of it.
"All manner of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people", the Lord said. Forgiveness is available to everyone, for absolutely everything.
But some people just will not be forgiven.
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Call it a big brother program for Big Brother.
MissionLink, a private forum that connects a handpicked set of technology company CEOs with veterans in the defense, intelligence and national security spheres, is set to launch this fall. It promises to be part mentoring session, part mixer, part symposium — tossing contractors serving the CIA, NSA, DHS and other agencies together with giants in the industry and government.


Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has affirmed his utmost regard and respect for the State's civil servants, given their invaluable understanding and patience with his difficult but essential reforms of the Kogi State Civil Service.
In a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Petra Akinti Onyegbule, the Governor acknowledged the inconvenience caused by the rigourous exercise, regretting some of the hiccups and setbacks suffered along the way.
"Owing to the delicate nature of the staff verification exercise we decided to embark on, it was important that a painstaking approach is adopted in order to minimize the incidence of errors. Unfortunately, as is usually the case with human endeavours, mistakes were inevitable.
Governor Bello assures that the carefully selected appeals committee will be fair, just, objective, and will do a thorough job of addressing the concerns of all claimants. The State Government will also seize the opportunity to address some of the reasons advanced for classifying workers as uncleared.
"The importance of civil servants in a state cannot be overstated, and no one can sincerely belittle the work they do to ensure the smooth running of government. And it is my genuine desire and pledged to Kogites to ensure the State's workforce always get what is due them in a timely fashion under my stewardship.
The State Governor expressed hope that more workers will come to appreciate the long-term benefits of this verification exercise, appealing for a little more patience on their part. And he gave assurances that in no time, workers' remuneration will be both timely and regular in Kogi State.


Therapeutic angiogenesis for patients with limb ischaemia by autologous transplantation of bone-marrow cells: a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial.
Tateishi-Yuyama E1, Matsubara H, Murohara T, Ikeda U, Shintani S, Masaki H, Amano K, Kishimoto Y, Yoshimoto K, Akashi H, Shimada K, Iwasaka T, Imaizumi T; Therapeutic Angiogenesis using Cell Transplantation (TACT) Study Investigators.
Department of Medicine II and Cardiovascular Centre, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Preclinical studies have established that implantation of bone marrow-mononuclear cells, including endothelial progenitor cells, into ischaemic limbs increases collateral vessel formation. We investigated efficacy and safety of autologous implantation of bone marrow-mononuclear cells in patients with ischaemic limbs because of peripheral arterial disease.
We first did a pilot study, in which 25 patients (group A) with unilateral ischaemia of the leg were injected with bone marrow-mononuclear cells into the gastrocnemius of the ischaemic limb and with saline into the less ischaemic limb. We then recruited 22 patients (group B) with bilateral leg ischaemia, who were randomly injected with bone marrow-mononuclear cells in one leg and peripheral blood-mononuclear cells in the other as a control. Primary outcomes were safety and feasibility of treatment, based on ankle-brachial index (ABI) and rest pain, and analysis was per protocol.
Two patients were excluded from group B after randomisation. At 4 weeks in group B patients, ABI was significantly improved in legs injected with bone marrow-mononuclear cells compared with those injected with peripheral blood-mononuclear cells (difference 0.09 [95% CI 0.06-0.11]; p<0.0001). Similar improvements were seen for transcutaneous oxygen pressure (13 [9-17]; p<0.0001), rest pain (-0.85 [-1.6 to -0.12]; p=0.025), and pain-free walking time (1.2 [0.7-1.7]; p=0.0001). These improvements were sustained at 24 weeks. Similar improvements were seen in group A patients. Two patients in group A died after myocardial infarction unrelated to treatment.
Autologous implantation of bone marrow-mononuclear cells could be safe and effective for achievement of therapeutic angiogenesis, because of the natural ability of marrow cells to supply endothelial progenitor cells and to secrete various angiogenic factors or cytokines.


How Well Do You Know Darreled?
Many have commented on how entertaining the Darreled series has been to read, so I thought it would be fun to create a little quiz for all of you to answer.
Basically, there is fifteen questions - very hard questions - for you to answer. You can always look back at the text for the questions, but make sure that it isn't for over half a minute - it spoils the fun! The winner will receive a nice Darreled avatar drawn exclusively by moi - so get started!
Yep, you guessed it. The Fan Creations Wiki Staff are proud to present our recent project - our official test sandbox Wiki - the Fan Creationanigans Wiki. We hope for this to be seen as a plus in our Wiki community - and not just seen as a liability - so please submit all unused files, pages, and testing pages there - we are hoping this Wiki is a larger and better version of the average day user sandbox. We are also hoping this will be seen as a great way to entice people in. Random pieces of coding may commonly be seen - as CSS_ is also treated as testing there. If you have any CSS_ you wish to test, please contact a local administrator via their talkpage here, due to the determined lack of response foreseen.
The main reason Wikia stands here is because of the enjoyable expectations it has been thought to and does give.
...So I'm going to guide you around the Fan Creations Wiki and how to join in!


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by Marissa Verson Harrison | May 13, 2014 | Startups | 0 comments
Google was not a verb in 1997.
How important is a name for a startup? It depends on whom you ask. Some "experts" insist a good name is critical and others argue that the name is simply a vessel into which we infuse meaning. Here's my story.
Now I'm in the pet commerce business. Yippee!
What to do first…Vet the financials? Create an action plan? A budget? No, we need a logo! We'd already chosen a name, but how could we design a Website without a logo to define the look and feel of our brand?
The financials can wait.
Unilateral decisions are the beauty of self-funding a startup.
Months earlier, we searched for an available domain name. We found that almost all dot-com, two-syllable, easy-to-pronounce English word combinations were taken. These names were either in use by legitimate businesses or being held hostage by Internet extortionists, a.k.a. Domainers or Cybersquatters. These people hoard domains that will likely hold value to a business or person in the future and sell them to the highest bidder. Capitalism at its finest.
I was thrilled when a friend found a good name for an available domain, PetAGram. A monthly telegram to your pet. Get it? Yes, telegrams are dated, but Instagram is cool. My friend grabbed the name and would transfer it to me later. Then, my rockstar first employee Jamie, (more about her later), created a great logo — the colored dots are like a telegram.
But as we spread the word to friends and family we got lots of negative feedback on the name. Not just "meh", but strong dislike. Generally, I'm not a fan of consensus building, but it was such a strong sentiment, I felt we should give it some air. A bit more digging showed the name could definitely be a liability. Not yet war-torn, we hoped we could quickly find an alternative.
At the time, we thought we were lucky to snap up names like "SousPet," "FurFancy" and "PiddleCity," clearly brilliant, yet oddly available. By the time we were done I owned about 50 domains loosely related to animals. Very loosely. Keenly aware that we were losing perspective, we sent out a survey to 200 friends and family about which was best.
Here were the name choices:
Stealthy Pet – Our code name
PetAGram – We had a logo!
Petify'd – Like electrified?
Pizzle – Old English for bull penis, a favorite chew treat for dogs.
Survey says…none! Respondents hated them all equally. I was rooting for Pizzle. If people could get beyond the visual, we'd be hard to forget. But nobody agreed. Frustrated by the process, we stayed with PetAGram – critics be damned! My friend transferred the domain to me and it arrived in my email as PetAgrams, with an "s". Maybe PetAGram is available? Yes, from a Domainer for a $4,000. Back to the drawing board.
We chose four more names from our arsenal and sent another survey. The new "top" choices:
Dog of Dogs
Pampered Pet Society
Ode to Pets
Pawdora's Pet Box
Survey says, "These are worse!" We chose Pampered Pet Society (PPS) because my neighbor loved it and our dogs are best friends. Strategy at it's finest.
Whew! We moved on to copywriting. As we defined our MVP, it quickly became clear that the name didn't match the vision and was in fact confusing. By now we were exasperated and lower our standards from "perfect" to "how bad does it suck?" No more surveys, feedback or fretting, let's just nail it and move on. Back to square one. To maintain some level of dignity, I won't list additional name considerations, just use your imagination. (Wait until you hear about the professional photo shoot in my house for 26 dogs in one day.)
Another friend, noting the dissonance between PPS and our product, mentioned that large brands were using "One" to imply holistic, united and complete – that's us! Of course, Onepet.com was taken, but it wasn't in use. At the same time, ".co" was gaining traction in startup land due to the dearth of available ".com" names. Onepet.co was available and since the .com domain wasn't in use, I felt it was worth the risk.
Just for kicks and giggles, I offered the owner of OnePet.com $500 for the .com name and I got the following response, "If you're prepared to make a serious offer in the tens of thousands of dollars, we will consider it."
OnePet.co is perfect.
How did I get to PoopBuddy™ from OnePet™? In Silicon Valley jargon, it's called a pivot. In May 2013 we shifted our focus from dog-stuff-of-the-month to designer dog poop bags. We kept the OnePet name, site and brand intact planning to launch it in a few months after we on-boarded a couple thousand customers. (LOL doesn't do justice to this plan.)
To choose the name PoopBuddy we tossed a coin. When challenged about the hazards of having "poop" in the name, we put in earplugs.
I still haven't done the financials, but I'll get to them soon. I promise.
The Moral of the Story: The name is important, but what's not getting done while you find a great name? The competing priorities you're faced with as a founder can be daunting and it's human nature to gravitate to your strengths. Co-founders, advisors or knowledgeable friends are a good way to keep your self-delusions in check.
Next Week: The Road to E Commerce Nirvana
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I want to regularly post the photos from my phone, and since it's been a few weeks since I've done this, today's mosaic is rather large.
A4: Kate has started to pinch her nose and say, "Ewwww... stinky!"
B1: Caroline spitting up, caught on camera. Gross!!
E4: Kate throws a fit, I grab the camera.
I2: At the gas station this morning; I kept peeking in the window, and Kate just died laughing every time!


Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi is expected to undergo a medical test to be conducted today by Leicester's doctors to find out the extent of his injury in last weekend's FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Uyo.
Ndidi, who was on the pitch for all 90 minutes collapsed in a heap of pain clutching his hamstring muscle after attempting a shot from outside the Zambian box. Though Super Eagles medical crew gave the player a clean bill of health, Leicester insists he will be examined to ascertain if Ndidi had picked up hamstring injury. As Leicester prepare for their English Premier League clash with West Brom next week Monday.
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