In the face of growing antibiotic resistance and few antibiotics in the development pipeline, phages are drawing renewed research interest as a potential silver bullet.
What happened next is the ultimate infectious disease feel good story: Strathdee, part of an All-Star team of infectious disease experts and epidemiologists, concocted a cocktail of viruses that killed the superbug and saved Patterson's life.
Dr. DeBiasi explains that all viruses take over cells and use their machinery for their own purposes. In order to escape, viruses blow up the cell. Bacteriophages are viruses that target bacteria, taking over their machinery and ultimately killing the bacterial host.
She was so inspired by the team's ingenuity that DeBiasi, program vice-chair, invited them to recount the story during IDWeek2018, held Oct. 3 to Oct. 7, 2018, in San Francisco. During the closing plenary, Patterson, a professor of psychiatry, and Strathdee, associate dean of Global Health Sciences, will be joined by Robert T. "Chip" Schooley, M.D., (all of University of California, San Diego), to discuss the clinical aspects and efficacy of phage therapy.
About 50 years ago, the U.S. military had investigated leveraging phages but ultimately placed that research portfolio on the back burner. Now, in the face of growing antibiotic resistance and few experimental antibiotics in the development pipeline, phages are drawing renewed research interest as a potential silver bullet.
"The technology has been around for 50 years. We're going back to old things because we're so desperate," Dr. DeBiasi adds.
The tricky thing with phages is that each bacterium needs its own tailored phage therapy.
Children's National is working with Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, that developed the phage used to save Patterson, in order to help build out that library of phages, each ready to be directed to do battle against a specific pathogen.
"We have been consultants to them to think about what would be a good clinical trial, particularly in a pediatric population," Dr. DeBiasi says.
Children's National has been collecting and sending isolates from patients with neurogenic bladder who experience urinary tract infections to shore up the phage library in anticipation of a clinical trial. The work builds on Children's experience as the first center to use phage therapy in a pediatric patient, a 2-year-old who had multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection complicated by bacteremia/sepsis.
Physicians from the Children's National delegation attended the Shanghai Pediatric Innovation Forum in June 2017. Pictured (left to right): Roberta DeBiasi, M.D., Michael Mintz, M.D., Robert Keating, M.D., Lawrence Jung, M.D., Peter Kim, M.D., and Sarah Birch, D.N.P., A.P.R.N.
The group, led by Drs. Keating and Gaillard, traveled to China with Children's Outreach Coordinator John Walsh, whose longtime connections and close familiarity with the pediatric medical community in Hangzhou and Shanghai made the collaboration possible. The team toured several of the largest children's hospitals in country, including The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou and Shanghai Children's Medical Center, connecting with pediatric specialists there.
"Some of the most important parts of this trip were the opportunities to exchange ideas and solidify long term relationships that will allow us to work closely with our peers in China as they develop their pediatric programs. The potential is tremendous for unique collaborations between our teams and theirs for research and the development of clinical care improvements for children," said Roger Packer, M.D., senior vice president of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, who joined the delegation in Beijing.
The delegation also was honored with an invitation to participate in the 3rd China International Forum on Pediatric Development. The forum is one of the largest pediatric focused meetings in the country and is led by all the major children's hospitals in China, including those in Beijing and Shanghai. Close to 4,000 pediatricians attended the meeting, and presenters included esteemed international leaders in pediatric medicine from around the world.
Dr. Packer delivered one of the opening keynote lectures, entitled, "Translation of molecular advances into care: the challenge ahead for children's hospitals." His talk focused on the tremendous promise and significant challenges posed by the latest scientific advances, through the lens of a neurologist.
"There's palpable excitement that these new developments will give us potential therapies we never dreamed about before, ways to reverse what we initially thought was irreversible brain damage, ways to prevent severe illnesses including brain tumors, but the issue is how to turn this promise into reality. That's a worldwide issue, not simply a single country's issue," he continued.
He also flagged mental health and behavioral health as a crucial, universal challenge in need of addressing on both sides of the Pacific.
The Children's National delegation, including Drs. DeBiasi, Song, Keating, Gaillard and Packer were also honored to share their insight in a series of specialty-specific breakout sessions at the Forum.
Overall, the long journey opened a dialogue between Children's National and pediatric care providers in China, paving the way for future discussion about how to learn from each other and collaborate to enhance all institutions involved.
Treating Lyme disease: When do symptoms resolve in children?
Some experts are predicting a rise in the number of ticks this year. That potential boom could lead to another boom – in Lyme disease, a bacterial illness transmitted specifically by deer ticks.
For many Americans, the warmer weather of summer means more time spent outside: More gardening and yard work, more hikes in the woods, more backyard barbecues. But for this year in particular, some experts predict warmer weather will lead to more ticks.
That potential boom in ticks could lead to another boom – in Lyme disease, a bacterial illness transmitted specifically by deer ticks. When ticks attach for at least 36 hours – what studies have shown is typically the lower bound needed to transmit Lyme-causing bacteria—many patients develop a bullseye-like rash at the site of the bite within seven to 10 days. If they're not treated quickly, within weeks patients can develop symptoms such as headaches, heart arrhythmias, rashes and facial paralysis. Within months, Lyme can lead to arthritis, most commonly of the knee.
The standard treatment for Lyme disease is a course of antibiotics, such as oral doxycycline if the patient is older than 8 years old or amoxicillin if the child is younger than 8 – typically two weeks for early symptoms and longer for late symptoms. While the data showing when symptoms clear has been well established for adults, says Mattia Chason, M.D., a third-year resident at Children's National Health System, little was known about how quickly symptoms typically resolve in children. That paucity of data can leave physicians and their families unsure about whether a child might need a repeat dose of antibiotics – or a different kind—or whether lingering symptoms might have a different cause.
To answer this question, he and colleagues – including Dr. Chason's mentor, Roberta L. DeBiasi, M.D., M.S., chief of Children's Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases – looked at data in the electronic medical records of 79 children who were admitted to Children's main hospital with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of Lyme disease from June 2008 to May 2015. The research team was particularly interested in children who had a headache – a strong marker of the early disseminated form of the disease – or pain and swelling of the knee, a strong marker of the late form of the disease.
Mattia Chason, M.D., and colleagues in infectious disease examined how quickly Lyme disease symptoms typically resolve in children, a research question that has received little prior study.
They found that after children with the early form of Lyme disease started treatment, their Lyme-associated headaches resolved rapidly – most within one to three days – no matter how long headaches were present before they came to the hospital for treatment.
However, for those with knee pain and swelling, the majority took between two to four weeks to resolve. The longer symptoms had been in place before treatment started, Dr. Chason says, the longer they tended to take to disappear.
The team also looked at a phenomenon called post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, characterized by a constellation of symptoms, such as fatigue, generalized musculoskeletal pain and cognitive slowing, that can occur six months after an initial diagnosis of Lyme. Only two children out of the 79 met the criteria for this diagnosis, suggesting that it's exceedingly rare in the pediatric population.
Help kids avoid exposure by either wearing long sleeves and pants – a tough sell in warm weather – or using repellents with 20 percent to 30 percent DEET. These repellents can be used on babies as young as 2 months old, Dr. Chason says, and are safe for most individuals.
Check for ticks anytime a child has spent time outside. The best way to perform them, Dr. Chason says, is to check the child each night. Before bath or bedtime, remove the child's clothes and check every part of his or her body, including their hair, armpits, buttock region and the creases of the knee.
Remove ticks gently with tweezers to try to get as much of the arachnid out as possible.
Know what deer ticks look like. If you are unsure how to identify this species, save the tick or take a photo for your pediatrician to view.
If a tick has been attached for at least 36 hours, consult your child's pediatrician for advice on whether the child will need prophylactic antibiotics.
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Mati Alaver at a domestic hearing at Harju County Court in November 2019. Source: Siim Lõvi/ERR
Recently released court materials reveal disgraced former national ski coach Mati Alaver was charged with facilitating banned blood doping and the use of illegal growth hormones for four skiers, three Estonians and one Kazakh. Alaver's activities spanned the period from early summer 2016, to February 26 2019 when he was detained by Austrian police following a raid at the world championships there, aimed at foiling illegal blood doping.
The investigation revealed that Alaver met with the so-called "doping doctor", German Mark Schmidt, and his associates, several times in Germany, and also in Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Otepää (Estonia).
Alaver also advised athletes on obtaining forbidden growth hormones and using these in training and in preparation for, and participation in, competition.
According to the charge sheet, Alaver, 66, repeatedly informed athletes about the use of doping, saying that this was essential for a level playing field in the sport and that all other competitors engaged in the practise.
Blood doping rapidly rises the level of hemoglobin in the blood, which enhances the body's ability to absorb oxygen in strenuous conditions like a cross-country ski race.
The practise generally involved drawing a quantity of blood from the athlete, and storing this at low temperature. Shortly before a competition, this blood is reintroduced into the sportsperson's bloodstream. An additional activity can see the "excess" blood being re-drawn, if post-race official blood tests are to be carried out, and so as to cheat the authorities.
The practice contravenes articles 1 and 2.2 of the World Anti-Doping Code and is a forbidden practise.
ERR's sports portal has published the full charge sheet in Estonian here, which was obtained after a legal battle to obtain court materials, conducted by ERR and by private media group Eesti Meedia. Alaver's hearing at Harju County Court last November was behind closed doors.
Estonia does not have a section of its penal code dealing with blood doping, and the section regarding trust issues as a sports coach was the main litmus test.
A summary of the charge sheet follows:
Alaver stands accused of committing a criminal offense qualifying under § 195, 2 (1) of the Estonian Penal Code, which consisted of, in his role as a ski coach, taking advantage of the influence and trust arising from the coach's authority.
This covered four skiers, Estonians Karel Tammjärv, Andreas Veerpalu and Algo Kärp, along with Kazakh skier Alexei Poltaranin, who was coached jointly by Alaver and former double olympic gold medalist Andrus Veerpalu.
1) Karel Tammjärv (now 31)
Alaver incited the skier to use blood doping practices, as defined in the Blood Act.
This started in 2016 and led to a meeting between Tammjärv and Schmidt at a hotel at Frankfurt Ariport, during which blood quantities were handed over.
Also advised Tammjärv on obtaining growth hormones such as Insulin Growth Factors (IGF), Human Growth Hormone (HGH) and Norditropin, which are generally not illegal substances in themselves, but barred for sports use, from Mark Schmidt – substances were handed over by Schmidt to Tammjärv at a hotel near Schönefeld Ariport in Berlin in October 2016.
Later meetings took place through 2017 and 2018 with Tammjärv and Schmidt's associates, Dirk Quitakovskis (originally referred to as "Dirk Q." as hearings in Austria, now wound up, required this anonymity) and Diana Somer ("Diana S."), Sven Meisner ("Sven M.") and Schmidt's father, Ansgard Schmidt, in Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Finland, as well as Otepää, Estonia's winter capital.
The last meeting took place at Otepää in January 2019 at a world championship stage, where Sven Meisner handed growth hormone substances to Tammjärv. The Seefeld swoop was the following month.
2) Algo Kärp (35)
Incited him to use blood doping from summer 2016; preliminary activities including taking blood from a vein in August.
Advised him on obtaining insulin from Mark Schmidt.
Meetings with Schmidt and his advisors from then through to 2018, in Germany, Finland and also South Korea, where the winter olympics were held in 2018.
3) Andreas Veerpalu (26)
Similarly incited and facilitated blood doping activities in conjunction with Mark Schmidt.
Met Schmidt at an unidentified location in January 2018 relating to blood doping, and later than month wih Diana Sommer in Telfs, Austria, for the same purpose.
Met Diana Somer in Lillehammer, Norway, in December 2018, for blood doping activities.
4) Alexei Poltoranin (33)
Incited the Kazakh national to engage in blood doping.
Poltoranin subsequently met Schmidt at a hotel near Munich airport in Autumn 2018 for blood doping purposes.
Alaver also advised the Kazakh on the use and procurement of growth hormone IGF.
Poltoranin met Schmidt or his associates several times after that, the last two occasions in the days leading up to the Seefeld world championships – on February 17 2019 in an unknown location in Italy, and on February 23 at another unidentified location, three days before the Austrian police swoop took place.
In summary, Mati Alaver committed the repeated use of a medicinal product for doping, i.e. a criminal offense that qualifies under § 195 (2) 1) of the Penal Code.
Andreas Veerpalu, Karel Tammjärv, Algo Kärp, along with Mati Alaver and Andrus Veerpalu, were all banned for four years from competition by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Andrus Veerpalu has two other sons, who also compete.
Other hearings will be ongoing in Germany and Austria, including that of Mark Schmidt, whose trial is ongoing at the time of writing.
Two other skiers detained in the Austrian police Seefeld swoop, Austrians Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke, were not linked to Alaver in the hearing.
Algo Kärp initially denied wrongdoing, only to go back on that on March 5.
Andreas Veerpalu, the youngest of the skiers and the son of Andrus, has consistently remained out of the limelight and declined to speak to ETV investigative show "Pealtnägija", broadcasting a segment on the scandal from 8.05 p.m. Wednesday night, Estonian time, when they contacted him earlier this week.
Mati Alaver started as a ski coach forty years ago, when he was aged around 26, and presided over one of the most successful skiing eras in Estonian sports history, which included two olympic golds for Andrus Veerpalu, at Salt Lake City (2002) and Turin (2006), as well as two world championship golds. After telling ERR at the beginning of March 2019, soon after the Seefeld swoop, that he had been merely a facilitator for the skiers to obtain Mark Schmidt's contact details, Alaver kept quiet through to the November hearing, where he did not accept guilt.
He was stripped of his state honors in March 2019.
Blood doping was originally used in the military, both with pilots and special forces soldiers, on a belief that it might aid alertness, ability to tolerate high altitude and other performance issues. The first known sports case emerged at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when Finnish middle-distance runner Kaarlo Maaninka was transfused with two pints of blood ahead of his medal-winning 5km and 10km races (the practise was not yet illegal).
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Garden Photos
Middle Eastern Gardens
Gardens of Marrakesh
Author(s): Angelica Gray
Nicknamed 'the rose among the palms', the thousand-year-old city of Marrakesh is characterised by its pink-coloured pise architecture and its deeply rooted tradition for gardens and green spaces. The majority of historic sites are inextricable from their gardens - or indeed are historic green spaces: the huge royal orchard pleasure-gardens of the Agdal were described by Monty Don as 'of international cultural importance on a par with Versailles or Villa d'Este'. Scores of traditional riads and hotels like the Mamounia, created by the French in 1923 on the site of an eighteenth-century royal residence, offer splendid gardens to the visitor. Yves Saint Laurent's Majorelle garden is an icon of modern garden design. The first book to be published on this fascinating subject, Gardens of Marrakesh champions the city's relevance today in a world of water scarcity and urban development and explores its green heritage, considering some twenty gardens both from an historic and cultural perspective.
ANGELICA GRAY is a writer and garden designer with clients in France and London. In 2007 her parents moved to a house in the Medina in Marrakesh where she first came into contact with the gardens of the city. Through her father, the portrait painter Norman Douglas Hutchinson, known for his portraits of the British royal family, she has been able to access important contacts in the city, including Abderrazzak Benchaabane, who restored the planting of the Majorelle Gardens for Yves Saint Laurent, and many other passionate garden owners. ALESSIO MEI is an Italian photographer specialising in architecture, gardens and interiors. Fascinated by landscape and nature, he has travelled widely beyond his native Tuscany and has recently moved to Marrakesh.
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Availability date : May 2013
Illustrations : 120 colour photographs
Author : Angelica Gray
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Sydney's multicultural west offers Morrison path to a 2022 cakewalk
Australia votes
Chris Uhlmann
Nine News Political Editor
June 5, 2019 — 12.00am
It was the stop clause on all debate: "Roma locuta est; causa finita est."
"Rome has spoken; the case is closed."
I witnessed the infamous dictum deployed at a Sydney seminary in 1979, when a priest used it to end a lively discussion on the church's prohibition on contraception.
Scott Morrison sings during an Easter Sunday service at his Pentecostal church, Horizon, in Sydney. Credit:AAP
Seven years on at a secular university the militant left was on the march and its hallmark was shouting down anyone it found offensive. And finding offence was its reason to be.
It struck me then that these apparent polar opposites are the yin and yang of the moralising prude. The Old Puritans and New Puritans are humourless, intolerant, proselytising wowsers. The only thing that separates them is the heretics they choose to burn.
Roll forward to 2019 and with many of the traditional churches disgraced, the New Puritans have assumed the commanding heights of the moral high ground. Daily its online acolytes rain down ire on anyone who transgresses their increasingly perplexing ethical order. It is these days all too easy to stray into some unmapped identity cul-de-sac where failure to recall the right personal pronoun leaves no apparent route of escape.
Few draw more fire from the New Puritans than their spiritual doppelgängers the Old Puritans. Christianity is pitched as the source code of the largely evil West, the chapel of the reflexively sexist, racist colonialist privileged white male.
New Puritans sneer at the beliefs of the Old and seek to punish the relic faith for failing to endorse its constantly evolving norms. This was evident during the federal election where Scott Morrison's enthusiastic brand of Christianity drew scorn. Many said he made a grave error in allowing himself to be filmed at prayer and would suffer at the polls because of it.
Labor, keen to tap the zeitgeist, tried to score political points from the PM's faith, with Bill Shorten demanding to know if Morrison, like Rugby outcast Israel Folau, believed homosexuals would burn in hell.
But it was Labor that suffered the election night Judgment Day.
Across Sydney's vast western suburbs there were big primary vote swings against Labor in a slew of seats like McMahon (-7.4 per cent), Chifley (-6.7 per cent), Fowler (-6.2 per cent), Blaxland (-5.4 per cent), Werriwa (-4.3 per cent) and Watson (-3.5 per cent).
Israel Folau in action for Australia in 2016. Credit:AP
These same seats were among the handful that voted "No" in the 2017 same sex marriage postal ballot and none are bastions of Australia's heritage Christianity.
In Blaxland 29 per cent of the population follows Islam, compared with 3.6 per cent state wide. In Watson 23 per cent are Muslim and another 8 per cent identify as Eastern Orthodox. In McMahon the large Assyrian population pushes it well above the state average for Catholics. Fowler has a large Buddhist community.
In the election aftermath Chris Bowen warned that "people of faith no longer feel that progressive politics cares about them". It's a lot worse than that because many who parade as progressives are deeply anti-Christian.
The dilemma for these "progressives" is that the multicultural Australia they like to celebrate shares the values of the Old Puritans they despise.
Having lived and worked in Sydney's west for a decade in the 1980s I can also report that ethnic communities are often enthusiastic supporters of tough border controls, as it is their families that are vying for immigration places with irregular migrants.
Given many progressives now also seems to abhor the jobs and lifestyles of the remnant blue collar workers, the election opens a huge opportunity for Morrison. He can reach out to the communities of faith in Labor seats and argue that only his party will defend them. He can make the same argument to the miners in the NSW seat of Hunter who also swung hard against Labor (-14.2 per cent).
At the last election Morrison passed through a narrow gate to victory but a broad path beckons in 2022.
Chris Uhlmann is political editor for Nine News.


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Jazz Forward Jeremy Evans is still awesome
By AllThatAmar@AllThatAmar Jun 2, 2012, 2:45pm MDT
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I think it is fair to say that we all love Utah Jazz Forward Jeremy Evans. He's shy, he likes to draw, and he's BFF with Gordon Hayward. He's also super efficient when he plays and is a freak of nature. We all know about his dunking ability and quickness in changing direction -- but he also is capable of using his physical strengths on defense as well. He had a great close out block on a baseline jump shooter around the end of the season; frankly, the only other person I would have expected to be able to make that play would have been a young, uninjured Andrei Kirilenko.
Jeremy Evans is awesome though. But there is more to it, of course.
Evans remains a curiosity though. Does he project to ever be a legit rotation guy and occasional, situational, starter? What is holding him back: his body frame/weight; his lack of a true position; his experience and confidence; his overly one-dimensional game? Maybe all of the above? I don't expect Evans to fill out like Karl Malone. He's a vastly different type of forward. However, one could argue that a little time with the Mailman wouldn't be a bad thing. For one, Karl was able to excel at defense on the ground. He figured out a way to use the body, and body angles to his advantage. And, dude could shoot. If Evans can get a legit 18 footer he'll be on the court more and more.
Also, one could argue, that Evans doesn't know how to play basketball yet. He hasn't had a chance to figure it out, and the team has made no effort to instruct him. Right now he relies upon his physical gifts, which will only diminish each year he plays in the league, each year that he himself ages. I used to think that sending Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors to spend the summer with Karl would be the best thing for them, now I see Jeremy should go too.
Alas, that'll never happen. Enes is at P3 right now in Cali, Evans is going to get married, and Favors is in parts unknown.
Jeremy may never get to be a legit rotation guy, but we can't deny the fact that who he is right now as a player is still pretty awesome.


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Going to the Mall for Christmas?
James Dekker
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What do you think about musical presentations in novel form in public places? On November 13, unbeknownst to the denizens of the shops and stores, members of Chorus Niagara scattered themselves about the Food Court of the Seaway Mall in Welland, Ontario. Several members of CRCs in St. Catharines sing in this chorus. Some crafty (and I hope legal) camera and sound work captured this marvelous happening:
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This is not Muzak! It is my early and free (just like the Gospel!!) Christmas gift to Networkers. On Youtube this video has in a short week picked up more than half-a-million hits. I guess there are different ways to get the message of Messiah across. Hum, sing along and praise God for the gift of Jesus.
Allen Kleine Deters on November 24, 2010
That is a sweet video. I've seen it all over Facebook. There's another one by Random Acts of Culture -- opera done in Macy's in NYC and other department stores.
But what a great way to bring the Messiah to a community who may otherwise not here it.
I wish I had a mall here, but alas we have to buy most of our gifts online... I do hum hymns and carols while I shop at the local City Market. I go to Wallmart only when I have no choice and do the same.
Tim Postuma on November 24, 2010
On a related note, check out Marcel's recent article in the Youth Ministry network where he gives 15 suggestions for youth groups to spread some Christmas cheer - including random acts of culture!
And, if you haven't seen this one already, here's a fun video of the Sound of Music coming to the Antwerp train station:
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Looks like it's up to 4 million views! Wow, that's rivaling the Macy's Philadelphia one.
James Dekker on November 30, 2010
OK! How many THOUSANDS of views can we get from Network??!!
Karl Westerhof on November 30, 2010
This gives me goosebumps every time! I like to think it's a foretaste of heaven, when the community of Jesus breaks out into song any time anywhere, and Holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and every pot will be holy to the Lord, and every mall and food court will be a holy place of singing and fellowship.
Kimberly Chimienti on November 30, 2010
Thanks for posting this. I was moved to tears. I think we sometimes have a much too narrow interpretation of what would characterize "signs and wonders" that are spoken of in scripture. I think in today's world this happening certainly qualifies!
Tim Postuma on December 7, 2010
A week later, it's up to 13 million and has been the #1 YouTube video in the past week. Amazing.
Here's a news story about what it's meant for the chorus and the community.
Darrin Compagner on December 9, 2010
This is going to be a rather "Bah-humbug" comment for something I enjoyed viewing as well. But here's some grist for the discernment mill, from Jamie Smith:
"So what to make of these irruptions of the Messiah in the food court? How should we think about these insertions of the church's music in the mall? Does this represent a little "redemption" of the mall, a reorientation of the mall's liturgies?
I don't think so. For at least a couple of reasons.
First, while we might associate this with "liturgical," high-churchy music, in these flash mob performances it only functions as an event. Liturgies are formative precisely because they are repetitive, shaping us over time within the context of the Christian story as it is "carried" in the practices of worship. Too much of North American evangelicalism already thinks of worship as merely an expressive event, and these flash mob events do nothing to displace that.
Second, these irruptive events do nothing to counter the formative effects and disordered telos of the mall's consumerism. Indeed if anything, they provide comfort to such practices--injecting a little dose of transcendence into the frantic pursuit for stuff, thus leaving the shoppers to happily continue on their way after the event." (Read the rest here)
So is this being Scrooge or simply being shrewd (ala. Matt. 10:14)?
Karl Westerhof on December 21, 2010
It's an event, not a liturgy, and therefore not formative.
It supports the mall's culture instead of reforming it.
With these arguments, Smith dismisses the mall Messiah. And I called it a foretaste of heaven!
I wonder if critiquing it in terms of whether it's a liturgy is quite fair. Granted the concerns Smith raises, yet I think he's a bit too humbuggy. I want to leave room for the occasional one-time, unique prophetic event. The symbolic. The impact of the one burning bush you'll ever see (or recognize).
Could it be that in spite of its shortfalls, it could work as a sign? Could it still function in some redemptive way? Bringing genuine beauty into the front lines of the fray? Bringing a moment of contemplation to the midst of the chaos? don't sell it short.
Allen Kleine Deters on December 21, 2010
Actually, as much as I appreciate much of what Jamie Smith has to say his recent comments on the Messiah in the mall are not included. I say we can sometimes be too critical about such things.
I think we should just be able appreciate it. If it moves you to tears or makes you smile and feel a bit more alive in the moment isn't that what well done art does? Being too critical can rob one of enjoying the moment.
I never consider whether it was a liturgical thing or not. I just thought it was cool and wonderful to enjoy.
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These baked buffalo wings are ultra crispy chicken wings tossed in a classic spicy sauce and served with ranch dressing. Snack away with less guilt!
Buffalo wings are a perennial favorite, they're perfect for parties, game day, or just when you have a hankering for a hearty snack. These buffalo wings are baked instead of fried, but are just as crispy and delicious as what you'd order at a restaurant.
I absolutely love chicken wings, especially when they're extra crispy. When I see buffalo wings on the menu at restaurants, I can't resist! As much as I love wings, I hate the idea of frying them – so much mess and so many calories! These baked buffalo wings are my own version that are baked instead of fried, yet still come out plenty crispy. Serve them with ranch for dipping, and you've got an awesome snack or meal with less fat and calories.
How do you make baked buffalo wings?
The secret to crispy wings without a lot of oil is baking powder. It sounds strange, but coating the chicken wings in baking powder and seasonings will help the skin crisp up nicely. You won't taste the baking powder in the final product. Be sure to use baking POWDER, not baking SODA, there is a big difference between the two!
After the wings are coated in baking powder and spices, they go on a rack to bake. It's important to make baked buffalo wings on a rack so that the fat can drain off and the wings will be crispy on all sides.
Chicken wings take about 45 minutes to bake. It may seem like a long time, but it's important to render out the fat from the chicken wings so that the skin can crisp up.
To complete these baked buffalo wings, we need to toss them in buffalo sauce. Buffalo sauce is made with Frank's Red Hot Sauce, butter and a little honey. It's that simple! The wings are coated in the spicy sauce, and then are ready to be served.
I love that I can have one of my favorite restaurant indulgences at home for less effort (and less calories!). My husband also loves these wings, and if I'm serving them as a meal I set some aside without the sauce so that my spice-hating kids can also enjoy some crispy chicken delights. A winning situation all around!
This recipe for baked buffalo wings is ultra crispy baked chicken wings tossed in a classic spicy sauce and served with a lightened up blue cheese dip. Snack away with less guilt!
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a sheet pan with foil and place a non stick oven safe rack on top of the pan.
Place the chicken wings in a bowl. Add the baking powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
Toss to coat the chicken evenly with the baking powder and spices.
Place the wings on the rack in a single layer.
Bake for 45 minutes or until wings are light golden brown and crispy.
In a small bowl, whisk together the hot sauce, butter and honey.
Pour the sauce over the wings and toss to coat evenly.
Serve with celery sticks and ranch dressing.
This post was originally published on August 31, 2016 and was updated with new content on June 13, 2018.
Would it be ok to use a different hot sauce and still follow this recipe?
Does the franks hot sauce have to be room temperature before you pour the melted butter?
I made buffalo chicken bites awhile back it was great …. then I go to make it again the sauce got a little lumpy ..
This is a great recipe – perfect and simple. I have made these wings about 5 times now and they are now my go-to for wings, having tried many others. The secret is the simplicity… baking is so much better than fried when done right. The rack is key, but also the proportions of spices are dead on. Thank you!!
Are the breasts skin on? This recipe works best with skin on chicken pieces.
Jow do you clean your wings and do you dab them dry with a paper towel before seasoning? I made them but had let the wings season overnight but put the powder straight in with the juice and it didnt come out crispy and I think thats where I went wrong.
I havent made them yet but I definitely want to try. I have three questions. 1.) Can I let them sit in the fridge in the spices and powder overnight? 2.) What rack do you use and where can I get it? 3.) Is the time the same for all ovens?
Yes they can sit in the fridge overnight! Any baking rack will work like this one, you should be able to find it at most stores that carry kitchenware: https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Stainless-Baking-Cooling-inches/dp/B017MWU59Y/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=baking+rack&qid=1552338858&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1. The time is the same for all conventional ovens, if you're using a convection oven it would be 10-15 minutes less time.
That's what I did to mine.
Love the idea of maple syrup, will try that next time! Thanks for reporting back!
It's delicious with real maple syrup as I didn't have any honey.
Does the 45 minute time matter on the number of Buffalo wings there are?
The cook time will stay the same as long as the wings are in a single layer on the pan!
I loved it. It was amazing I made it for me and my mom and we absolutely loved it, I mean geezzzz we were a little curious about the honey but you proved us wrong. honestly best homemade wings. Thanks so much!!!
So happy to hear you enjoyed them, thanks for reporting back!
So glad to hear everyone loved it, thanks for commenting!
I have made these wings twice and they were delicious. Love this recipe. No oil splattering or mess to clean up.
I just made these today in preparation for a Super bowl party and they came out great! I'm sure they'll be a hit. Thanks!
So happy to hear they came out well! Thanks for reporting back!
Can you grill the chicken instead of baking?
Yes that should work just fine, in that case I'd skip the baking powder.
Can I use flour instead of baking powder? , I don't have any.
The baking powder makes the wings extra crispy, flour won't work the same way. If you don't have baking powder just omit it, the wings will still be great!
That just what I did lol? Thank you and they were great!
Omg these were sooo good! My whole family raved, best ever!
So happy to hear you enjoyed them! Thanks for reporting back!
what kind of spices do you use?
Salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder!
Recipe was easy to follow, and they turned out amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Do ya think I could toss and leave in fridge for a bit?
Toss with sauce or with baking powder? Baking powder, yes. I'd add the sauce right before serving so your wings don't get soggy.


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Pretoria is a charming city—to those New Zealand Rough Riders who thirty years ago lined up along Church Square, sitting in their saddles in the hot sun, waiting to be inspected by Lord Roberts, the charm of the place still remains. But the years between now and then have brought changes. The forts on the hills above, on which the Kruger Government spent millions—from which not a shot was fired—are now abandoned to the roving breezes and the creeping shadows. From the look-outs no horseman can be seen patrolling across the boundless veldt, and no gunfire startles the quiet of the sun-scorched spaces.
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The server communicates with another server using remote sql.
A file called download.php initiates a mysql connection, checks some details in the database and then begins streaming bytes to the user with content-displacement.
No matter what I do, I cannot get simultaneous connections to download a file above 5. For instance if I download a file using a file manager, a maximum of 5 connections can be made, the rest timeout.
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Ben Stegner January 8, 2019 08-01-2019 1 minute
Parental controls for today's devices are often one-dimensional. They don't let parents build systems specifically for their kids, and can cut off a browsing or gaming session at the worst moment. There must be a better way, and Dutch startup company GameTimer has a new solution.
The GameTimer is a physical device that helps kids make smart choices about screen time. After discussing the best options for their family, parents can set the hours of play, amount of screen time, sessions per day, and waiting time between sessions. This works from a mobile or web app.
After setting up the above, children are in control of managing their screen time. They simply need to flip the device so the green side is up to enable play time. If they take a break, they can turn the device on its side to pause it. Once the time expires, an alarm sounds and it's time to take a break.
GameTimer helpfully provides recommendations for screen time based on their age. These are based on eye strain levels, as younger eyes suffer more from screen time. The tool also lets you view data from other users to get an idea of how your children's usage compares to the averages. For instance, you might want to see the average weekly screen time for a 9-year-old to get an idea.
The device recharges via a standard micro-USB plug and runs on a charge for up to 30 days.
GameTimer is expected to launch in March 2019 at $89, first in Holland. The company is current looking for distributors to sell the product in other regions.
We think this tool is a neat idea, though definitely not for every family. It's great for putting the control of screen time in your child's hands, but there's really not much stopping them from ignoring this if they feel like it. The suggested price of $89 is also a bit high for what this offers. Finally, it may be a bit patronizing for older kids.
But if this helps your kids make better decisions about screen time, it may be worth it.
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I feel like if it gets to the stage where you think this is needed, it's probably too late, and as you say, it won't help at that point given it's just a hint and not linked to hardware. It also smacks of lazy parenting, to be honest.
Our kiddo is nearly 5, and he's lucky if he gets an hour of tablet time a week. Moving forward, I expect he'll have his own tablet or similar, but be very limited in the apps he's allowed to install, which absolutely won't include inane games. As he gets older, I can't wait to play multiplayer games with him, but operative words being "with", not on his own ;) By then, I expect we'll be fully VR-only gaming!
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Haripur peut faire référence à :
 Haripur, une upazila du Bangladesh
 Haripur, une ville du Pakistan ;
 Haripur, un village du district de Saptari au Népal ;
 Haripur, un village du district de Sarlahi au Népal ;
 Haripur, un village du district de Sunsari au Népal.

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It's my second day in Amsterdam and time to eat some actual Dutch cheese. The Dutch are especially known for Gouda, and if you wander around the cheese shops in Amsterdam, you'll find loads. I tend to avoid the flavored versions in their shocking colors and stick to the more natural stuff. Today's cheese was not so natural though. Old Amsterdam is an industrial cheese made by a huge industrial dairy producer. It's pasteurized and contains a preservative. I think I'll just stop there.


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Orfeo Tamburi (1910–1994) was an Italian painter and scenic designer.

Biography
He was born in Jesi, and graduated from the local Istituto Tecnico in 1926. He was awarded in 1928 a stipend to study in Rome, at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, where he met Ennio Flaiano  and Vincenzo Cardarelli. He soon moved to Paris, where he was influenced by Cezanne. He remained in Paris during World War II. He was active as a scenic designer. In 1941 he designed figures and scenography for the La sacra rappresentazione di Abrham e Isaac by Feo Belcari. After the war, he travelled extensively in Europe. In 1951, he participated as an actor in the segment of L'invidia of a picture titled The Seven Deadly Sins by Roberto Rossellini. In the 1960s, he travelled to the United States, and gained a commission to photograph some American cities for the journal Fortune. In 1964, he donated many of his works to the Pinacoteca Civica di Jesi. The town established a prize dedicated to his mother. In 1971, he was awarded a gold medal for Merite for the Culture by the Italian president, and in 1975, a Premio Internazionale "Città Eterna" in Roma. He died in Ermont in 1994.

References

1910 births
1994 deaths
People from Iesi
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
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20th-century Italian male artists


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Q: How to start using R (or free alternatives)? How to start using software R to make regression analysis and forecasting?
Are there any other free software to work with this kind of analysis?

A: R is free!  Go here and download it plus there are manual on their site too.  R is also in linux repositories if you are a linux fellow.  You will go far by googling introduction to R.

A: maybe, the datacamp website could help https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r
additionally, python is used commonly. You can learn the basics here: http://www.codecademy.com/


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\section{Introduction}

This is a summary of my lecture given at the ``Conference on Pure and Applied Topology'', Isle of Skye, Friday June 24, 2005. I announced and sketched a proof of the classification of $2$-compact groups, in joint work with Kasper Andersen. This will appear in the papers \cite{AG05automorphisms} and \cite{AG05classification}.

Recall that a $p$-compact group is a triple $(X,BX,e: X \xrightarrow{\simeq} \Omega BX)$ where $BX$ is a pointed, connected, $p$-complete space of the homotopy type of a $CW$-complex, $X$ satisfies that $H^*(X;{\mathbb {F}}_p)$ is finite over ${\mathbb {F}}_p$, and $e$ is a homotopy equivalence.  They are homotopy theoretic analogs of compact Lie groups, and were introduced by Dwyer-Wilkerson in \cite{DW94}.
 A $p$-compact group is said to be connected if $X$ is a connected space.

Our main theorem is the following
\begin{thm}[\cite{AG05classification}] Let $(X,BX, e: X \xrightarrow{\simeq} \Omega BX)$ be a connected $2$-compact group.
Then
$$BX \simeq BG\hat{{}_2} \times BDI(4)^s$$
where $BG\hat{{}_2}$ is the $2$-completion of a connected compact Lie group $G$, and $BDI(4)$ is the classifying space of the exotic $2$-compact group $DI(4)$ constructed by Dwyer-Wilkerson in \cite{DW93}, $s \geq 0$.
\end{thm}
A corresponding statement for odd primes was proved by the authors together with M{\o}ller and Viruel in \cite{AGMV03}. Partial results for $p=2$ have been obtained by Dwyer-Miller-Wilkerson, Notbohm, Viruel, M{\o}ller, and Vavpeti\v c-Viruel. Our proof is a self-contained induction.

There is a better, more precise, formulation of our theorem which both makes it clear why it is the correct $2$-local version of the classification of compact Lie groups and suggests a possible strategy of proof. It is based on the notion of a root datum over the $p$-adic integers ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$, which we now introduce.

For $R$ a principal ideal domain, an $R$-root datum ${\mathbf D}$ is defined to
be a triple $(W,L,\{Rb_\sigma\})$, where $L$ is a free
$R$-module of finite rank, $W \subseteq \operatorname{Aut}_R(L)$ is a finite
subgroup generated by reflections (i.e., elements $\sigma$ such that
$1-\sigma \in \operatorname{End}_{R}(L)$ has rank one), and $\{Rb_\sigma\}$
is a collection of rank one submodules of $L$, indexed by the
reflections $\sigma$ in $W$, satisfying
$$
\operatorname{im}(1-\sigma) \subseteq Rb_\sigma \subseteq \ker(
\sum_{i=0}^{|\sigma|-1} \sigma^i) \mbox{ and } w (Rb_\sigma) =
Rb_{w\sigma w^{-1}} \mbox{ for all } w \in W
$$
The element $b_\sigma \in L$, called the {\em coroot} corresponding to
$\sigma$, is determined up to a unit in $R$. Together with $\sigma$ it determines a root $\beta_\sigma: L \to R$ via the formula
$$
\sigma(x) = x + \beta_\sigma(x)b_\sigma
$$
If $R = {\mathbb {Z}}$ then there is a $1$-$1$-correspondence between ${\mathbb {Z}}$-root
data and classically defined root data, by to $(W,L,\{{\mathbb {Z}}
b_\sigma\})$ associating
 $(L,L^*,\{\pm b_\sigma \},\{\pm \beta_\sigma \})$;
see \cite[Prop.~2.16]{DW05}.
If $R
= {\mathbb {Z}}$ or ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$, instead of the collection $\{Rb_\sigma\}$ one can
equivalently consider their span, the {\em coroot lattice}, $L_0 =
+_\sigma Rb_\sigma \subseteq L$, and this was the definition given in
\cite[\S~1]{AGMV03}, under the name ``$R$-reflection datum''.
Two $R$-root data ${\mathbf D} = (W,L,\{Rb_\sigma\})$ and ${\mathbf D}' =
(W',L',\{Rb'_\sigma\})$ are said to be isomorphic if there exists an
isomorphism $\phi: L \to L'$ such that $\phi W\phi^{-1} = W'$ and
$\phi(Rb_\sigma) = Rb'_{\phi \sigma \phi^{-1}}$. In particular the
automorphism group is given by $\operatorname{Aut}({\mathbf D}) = \{ \phi \in
N_{\operatorname{Aut}_R(L)}(W) | \phi(Rb_\sigma) = Rb_{\phi(\sigma)} \}$ and we
define the outer automorphism group as $\operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}) = \operatorname{Aut}({\mathbf D})/W$.

We now explain how to associate a ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-root datum to a $p$-compact group. By a theorem of Dwyer-Wilkerson any $p$-compact group $(X,BX,e)$ has a maximal torus, which is a map $i: BT = (BS^1\hat{{}_p})^r \to BX$ satisfying that the fiber has finite ${\mathbb {F}}_p$-cohomology and non-trivial Euler characteristic. Replacing $i$ by an equivalent fibration, we define the
 {\em Weyl space} ${{\mathcal{W}}}_X(T)$ as the topological monoid of
self-maps $BT \to BT$ over $i$. The {\em Weyl group} is defined as
$W_X(T) = \pi_0({{\mathcal{W}}}_X(T))$ and the classifying space of the maximal torus normalizer is defined as $B{\mathcal{N}}_X(T) = BT_{h{\mathcal{W}}_X(T)}$. Now, by definition, $W_X$ acts on $L = \pi_2(BT)$ and it is a theorem of Dwyer-Wilkerson that, if $X$ is connected, this gives a faithful representation of $W_X$ in $\operatorname{Aut}_{{\mathbb {Z}}_p}(L)$ as a finite ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-reflection group. There is also an easy formula for the $b_\sigma$ in terms of the maximal torus normalizer ${\mathcal{N}}_X$, for which we refer to \cite{DW05}, \cite{AG05automorphisms}, or \cite{AG05classification}. This explains how to associate a ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-root datum ${\mathbf D}_X$ to a connected $p$-compact group $X$. (In the case where $p$ is odd the root datum is in fact completely determined by the finite ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-reflection group $(W,L)$, which explains the formulation of our classification theorem with M{\o}ller and Viruel in \cite{AGMV03}.)

We are now ready to state the precise version of our main theorem.
\begin{thm}[\cite{AG05classification}] \label{classthmroot} The assignment which to a connected $2$-compact group $X$ associates its ${\mathbb {Z}}_2$-root datum ${\mathbf D}_X$ root gives a one-to-one correspondence between connected $2$-compact groups and ${\mathbb {Z}}_2$-root data.  Furthermore the map $\Phi: \pi_0(\operatorname{Aut}(BX))  \to \operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}_X)$ is an isomorphism, and $B\operatorname{Aut}(BX)$ is the unique total space of a split fibration
$$ B^2{\mathcal{Z}}({\mathbf D}) \to B\operatorname{Aut}(BX) \to B\operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}_X)$$
\end{thm}
Here ${\mathcal{Z}}({\mathbf D})$ is the center of the root datum ${\mathbf D}$, defined so as to agree with the formula for the center of a $p$-compact group given in \cite{dw:center}, and $B\operatorname{Aut}(BX)$ denotes the classifying space of the topological monoid of self-homotopy equivalences of $BX$.

We remark that since we have completely described connected $p$-compact groups {\em as well as their space of automorphisms}, we also get a classification for non-connected $2$-compact groups. (The situation here is totally analogous to the case of compact Lie groups.) If $X$ is a connected $p$-compact group with a given root datum ${\mathbf D}$ and $\pi$ is a given $p$-group, then the $p$-compact groups with connected component isomorphic to $X$ and component group $\pi$ are in $1$-$1$-correspondence with the $\operatorname{Out}(\pi)$-orbits of the set $[B\pi,B\operatorname{Aut}(BX)]$. Since both $X$ and and $B\operatorname{Aut}(BX)$ is completely described in terms of ${\mathbf D}_X$ by the main theorem, this gives a classification also in the non-connected case. We refer to \cite{AG05classification} for a more detailed description.
\smallskip

The main theorem has a number of corollaries. The most important is perhaps that it gives a proof of the maximal torus conjecture, giving a purely homotopy theoretic characterization of compact Lie groups amongst finite loop spaces.

\begin{thm}[Maximal torus conjecture \cite{AG05classification}]  The classifying space functor, which to a compact Lie group $G$ associates the finite loop space $(G,BG,e: G \xrightarrow{\simeq} \Omega BG)$ gives a one-to-one correspondence between compact Lie groups and finite loop spaces with a maximal torus.
(Moreover, if $G$ is connected we have a split fibration
$B^2{\mathcal{Z}}({\mathbf D}_G) \to B\operatorname{Aut}(BG) \to  B\operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}_G)$.)
\end{thm}
The fact that the functor ``$B$'' is faithful was already known by work of Notbohm, M{\o}ller, and Osse and the statement about the space $B\operatorname{Aut}(BG)$ follows easily from earlier work of Jackowski-McClure-Oliver and Dwyer-Wilkerson. The new, and a priori quite surprising, result here is the statement that if a finite loop space has a maximal torus, then it has to come from a compact Lie group.

Another application of the classification of $2$-compact groups is to give an answer to the so-called Steenrod problem for $p=2$ (see \cite{steenrod61} and \cite{steenrod71}), which asks which graded polynomial algebras can occur as the mod $2$ cohomology ring of a space? Steenrod's problem was solved for $p$ ``large enough'' by Adams-Wilkerson \cite{AW80} and for all odd primes by Notbohm \cite{notbohm99} using a partial classification of $p$-compact groups, $p$ odd.

\begin{thm}[Steenrod's problem for $p=2$ \cite{AG05classification}] Suppose that $P^*$ is a graded polynomial algebra over ${\mathbb {F}}_2$ in finitely many variables. If $P^*$ occurs as $H^*(Y;{\mathbb {F}}_2)$ for some space $Y$ (no assumptions), then $P^*$ is isomorphic, as a graded algebra, to $$H^*(BG;{\mathbb {F}}_2) \otimes H^*(BDI(4);{\mathbb {F}}_2)^{\otimes s} \otimes Q^*$$ where $G$ is a connected semi-simple Lie group and $Q^*$ is a polynomial ring with generators in degrees one and two.

In particular if $P^*$ is assumed to have generators in degree $\geq 3$  then $G$ has to be simply connected and $P^*$ is a tensor product of the following graded algebras:

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lr}
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4, x_6, \ldots, x_{2n}]$ & $(\operatorname{SU}(n))$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4,x_8, \mbox{ }\ldots, x_{4n}]$ & $(\operatorname{Sp}(n))$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4, x_6, x_7, x_8]$ & $(\operatorname{Spin}(7))$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4, x_6, x_7, x_8, x'_8]$ & $(\operatorname{Spin}(8))$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4, x_6, x_7, x_8, x_{16}]$ & $(\operatorname{Spin}(9))$\\

${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4,x_{6},x_{7}]$ & $(G_2)$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_4, x_6, x_7, x_{16}, x_{24}]$ & $(F_4)$\\
${\mathbb {F}}_2[x_8,x_{12},x_{14},x_{15}]$ & $(DI(4))$\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{thm}
It seems reasonable that one can in fact list all polynomial rings which occur as $H^*(BG;{\mathbb {F}}_2)$ for $G$ semi-simple, although we have not been able to locate such a list in the literature; for $G$ simple a list can be found in \cite{kono75}.

We finally point out that many classical theorems from Lie theory by Borel, Bott, Demazure, and others also carry over to $2$-compact groups via the classification. Applications of this type were already pointed out in \cite{AGMV03}, to which we refer.

\smallskip

We end this short summary by saying a few words about the proofs. Our strategy is an elaboration of the strategy we pursued with M{\o}ller and Viruel in \cite{AGMV03}, but with several new additions, most importantly a development and utilization of the theory of $p$-adic root data. The sketch below is intended to sum up the main steps without introducing too much notation. We focus on the uniqueness statement, that two connected $p$-compact groups with isomorphic root data are isomorphic.

It is a recent theorem of Dwyer-Wilkerson \cite{DW05}, extending old work of Tits, that the maximal torus normalizer ${\mathcal{N}}_X$ in a $2$-compact group $X$ can be recovered from the root datum ${\mathbf D}_X$. However, ${\mathcal{N}}_X$ has a larger group of automorphisms than $X$, which means that it is not the right classifying invariant.

This problem can be overcome, by also keeping track of certain ``root subgroups'', a machinery which we set up in \cite{AG05automorphisms}.
In a given maximal torus normalizer ${\mathcal{N}}$, for each reflection $\sigma$ and coroot
$b_\sigma$
one can algebraically construct a root subgroup ${\mathcal{N}}_\sigma$ of
${\mathcal{N}}$.
In the
setting of algebraic groups, this ``root subgroup'' ${\mathcal{N}}_\sigma$ will
be the maximal torus normalizer of $\langle U_\alpha,
U_{-\alpha}\rangle$, where $U_\alpha$ is the root subgroup in the
sense of algebraic groups corresponding to the root $\alpha$ dual to the coroot
$b_\sigma$.

\begin{thm}[\cite{AG05automorphisms}] \label{autothm} Let $X$ be a connected $2$-compact group.
The canonical map $\operatorname{Out}(BX) \to \operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}_X)$ factors
$$\Phi: \operatorname{Out}(BX) \to \operatorname{Out}(B{\mathcal{N}},\{B{\mathcal{N}}_\sigma\}) \xrightarrow{\simeq} \operatorname{Out}({\mathbf D}_X)$$
and we likewise have a canonical map
$$\Phi: B\operatorname{Aut}(BX) \to B\operatorname{aut}({\mathbf D}_X)$$
where $B\operatorname{aut}({\mathbf D}_X)$ is a certain space defined in \cite{AG05automorphisms} refining $B\operatorname{Aut}(B{\mathcal{N}},\{B{\mathcal{N}}_\sigma\})$.
\end{thm}
These maps will be shown to be isomorphisms inductively, as part of proving Theorem~\ref{classthmroot}.
Since the pair $({\mathcal{N}},\{{\mathcal{N}}_\sigma\})$ carries the same structure and automorphisms as ${\mathbf D}$, but is closer to $X$, it is more useful than ${\mathbf D}$ for classification purposes.

Assume that we have two connected $p$-compact groups $X$ and $X'$
with the same root datum ${\mathbf D}$ and hence the same maximal torus
normalizer and root subgroups $({\mathcal{N}},\{{\mathcal{N}}_\sigma\})$, and assume by
induction that Theorem~\ref{classthmroot} is true for all
connected $p$-compact groups of smaller cohomological dimension. The
first step is to observe that one can reduce to the case where $X$ and
$X'$ are simple and center-free, mimicking the proofs in \cite{AGMV03} but everywhere keeping track of the root subgroups. So we can assume that we are in the following situation
$$ \xymatrix{ & (B{\mathcal{N}},\{B{\mathcal{N}}_\sigma\}_\sigma) \ar[dr] \ar[dl] &\\
                BX \ar@{-->}[rr]&& BX'}$$
where the dotted arrow is the one that we want to construct.

Using that every element of order $p$ can be conjugated into the maximal
torus, uniquely up to conjugation in ${\mathcal{N}}$, we can by induction construct the dotted arrow on the connected component of the centralizer of every element $\nu: B{\mathbb {Z}}/p \to BX$ of order $p$ in $X$.
$$ \xymatrix{ & (B{\mathcal{C}}_{\mathcal{N}}(\nu)_1,\{B{{\mathcal{C}}_{\mathcal{N}}(\nu)_1}_\sigma\}_\sigma) \ar[dr] \ar[dl] &\\
                B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu)_1 \ar[rr]& & B{\mathcal{C}}_{X'}(\nu)_1 }$$
Using that we have control of the whole
{\em space} of self-equivalences of $B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu)_1$ by
Theorem~\ref{autothm} and induction, one sees that this map is
equivariant with respect to the component group and hence extends
uniquely to the whole centralizer $B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu)$.

Now for a general elementary abelian subgroup $\nu: E \to X$ of $X$ we can pick an element of order $p$ in $E$, and we get via restriction a map
$$B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu) \to B{\mathcal{C}}_{X}({\mathbb {Z}}/p) \to B{\mathcal{C}}_{X'}({\mathbb {Z}}/p) \to BX'$$
To make sure that these maps are chosen in a compatible way, one has
to show that this map does not depend on the choice of rank one
subgroup of $E$. We developed some techniques in \cite{AGMV03} for
handling this kind of situation. Using easy (one page)
 case-by-case arguments on the level of
$2$-adic root data, we are able to verify that the assumptions
of \cite{AGMV03} are always satisfied.

Since these maps from centralizers are chosen in a compatible way, they combine to form an element
$$\vartheta \in \lim_{\nu \in {\mathbf A}(X)}\hspace{-10pt}{}^0[B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu),BX']$$
where ${\mathbf A}(X)$ is the Quillen category of $X$. Furthermore the construction of this element allows one to show that $X$ and $X'$ have the same $p$-fusion and in particular the same maximal torus $p$-normalizer and the same ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-cohomology. We are left with a rigidification question.

One approach could be to show that the relevant obstruction groups
$$\lim_{\vartheta \in {\mathbf A}(X)}\hspace{-10pt}{}^*\pi_*(\operatorname{map}(B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu),BX')_{[\vartheta]})$$
vanish, which would show that our diagram rigidifies and produces an equivalence
$$BX \simeq \operatorname{hocolim}_{\nu \in {\mathbf A}(X)}B{\mathcal{C}}_X(\nu) \xrightarrow{\simeq} BX'$$
It is immediate to see that this is the case for many groups $X$ including $DI(4)$, and it was the approach taken for $p$ odd in \cite{AGMV03}. There we for instance also show that it holds for $X = \operatorname{PU}(n)\hat{{}_2}$, by the same calculation as for $p$ odd, but it is more difficult to verify e.g., for the exceptional groups.

We however take a different approach: Since $DI(4)$ is easily dealt with, we can assume that $BX = BG\hat{{}_2}$ for some simple, center-free Lie group. For each $p$-radical subgroup $P$ of $G$ we have a map $BP \to BC_G({}_pZ(P))\hat{{}_p} \to BX'$. Since $X$ and $X'$ have the same ${\mathbb {Z}}_p$-homology, and in particular the same fundamental group, we can lift this map to a map $B\tilde P \to B\tilde X'$, where $\tilde P$ is the preimage of $P$ in $\tilde G$, the universal cover of $G$, and $\tilde X'$ is the universal cover of $X'$.

One now verifies that these maps assemble to give an element in
$$ \lim_{\tilde G/\tilde P \in {\mathbf O}_p^r(\tilde G)}\hspace{-15pt}{}^0[B\tilde P,B\tilde X']$$
where ${\mathbf O}_p^r(\tilde G)$ is the full subcategory of the $p$-orbit category of $\tilde G$ with objects $\tilde G/\tilde P$ for $\tilde P$ a $p$-radical subgroup of $\tilde G$.
The obstructions to rigidifying this to get a map

$$ B\tilde G \simeq \operatorname{hocolim}_{\tilde G/\tilde P \in {\mathbf O}_p^r(\tilde G)} B\tilde P \to B\tilde X'$$
can be shown to lie in groups which identify with
$$\lim_{\tilde G/\tilde P \in {\mathbf O}_p^r(\tilde G)}\hspace{-15pt}{}^*\pi_*(Z(\tilde P))$$
These groups have been shown to identically vanish by earlier
work of Jackowski-McClure-Oliver \cite{JMO92}. Hence the map exists and it now follows easily by the construction that it is an equivalence. Passing to a quotient we get the wanted equivalence $BG \to
BX'$, finishing the proof of the theorem.

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import android.content.Context;
import java.util.Random;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
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    public ColorSample setStrokeWidth (float strokeWidth) {
      mSquigglePaint.setStrokeWidth (strokeWidth);
      mBrush.setStrokeWidth (strokeWidth);
      invalidate ();
      return this;
    }

    public ColorSample setBrush (Brush brush) {
      mSquigglePaint.setColor (brush.getColor ());
      mSquigglePaint.setStrokeWidth (brush.getStrokeWidth ());
      mBrush = brush;
      invalidate ();
      return this;
    }

    public int getColor () {
      return mBrush.getColor ();
    }

    public float getStrokeWidth () {
      return mBrush.getStrokeWidth ();
    }

    public Brush getBrush () {
      return mBrush;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw (Canvas canvas) {
      super.onDraw (canvas);
      canvas.drawPath (mSquiggle, mSquigglePaint);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSizeChanged (int width, int height,
				  int oldwidth, int oldheight) {
      super.onSizeChanged (width, height, oldheight, oldheight);

      Random rand = new Random ();
      mSquiggle = new Path ();
      mSquiggle.moveTo (width / 10, height / 6 + rand.nextFloat () * height / 4);
      mSquiggle.cubicTo (width / 3, height / 2 + rand.nextFloat () * height / 2,
			 2 * width / 3, rand.nextFloat () * height / 2,
			 9 * width / 10, 2 * height / 3 + rand.nextFloat () * height / 4);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onLayout (boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
      super.onLayout (changed, left, top, right, bottom);
    }
}


In her present position, Lupe advocates for Chicana/Latino undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and also serves as a community affairs liaison. She has a Masters from the University of California, Berkeley in Social Work and is a PhD candidate working on – Chicanas in the Nonprofit Sector: A Case Study of the Bay Area. As an instructor at UCB her courses include: Community and Leadership Development, and Fundraising and Philanthropy in Latino communities. She has served as a council member of the North Fair Oaks Advisory Council and commissioner on the Commission on the Status of Women in San Mateo County. Among many commitments she has also served as chair to the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies and is currently the national treasurer to Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) a national Mujeres higher education organization. Lupe is currently the Vice-Chair of the Chicana/Latina Foundation, and resides in Berkeley.