When I first became a Christian, I had trouble believing that I was forgiven. It was hard for me to believe that God had forgotten what I couldn't help but remember. God had forgiven me, but I couldn't forgive myself.
It was a long time before I could trust what the Bible said about the forgiveness of God. What love and patience it took for Him to show me such mercy and grace.
I realized that one day every human being will stand before God. To each one He will say either, "I forgive you" or "I forget you." There is no middle ground, no partial forgiveness. God has forgiven you completely. Those who learn how much they have been forgiven can also know that they will never be forgotten.
The problem is staying still enough and silent enough long enough to allow God the chance to do His renewing work. Staying still until the focus of your heart shifts from you to Him takes tenacity and discipline. The effort, however, is so worthwhile! You will know when that takes place. You will stop thinking about yourself. What a novel thought!
I never realized how self-centered I was until I began to practice being still and quiet. There I was, filling the center of my thinking. I couldn't escape from my horrible self-absorption. I was everywhere. I found that if I asked God to help me to change my self-absorption to God-absorption and sat there long enough for Him to do that renewing work within me, it actually began to happen!
If I waited stubbornly and patiently, but with confidence, until His work was done in me and for me I found that He recreated spiritual life, and perspective in my heart. It is good to wait with quietness and confidence for the good being done in you and through you. When you have truly experienced God's forgiveness yourself, then you are ready for God to take your faith and display it to the world.


Pedestrian promenades and small bridges harmoniously spanning the banks tame and reveal nature by offering escapes beside the sea. Perhaps a terrace for bird-watching or a cycle path snaking between the reeds. Landscaping the water's edge enhances it and gives it greater value. Poralu Marine installations create new spaces that contribute to efforts for urban revitalisation.


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Grupo Ruptura was created by a collection of artists who sought to advance modern art in Brazil in the 1950s. Together, they held an exhibition entitled Ruptura at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art in 1952. The group embraced concrete art as a break from traditional naturalistic painting popular in Brazil at the time. Grupo Raptura's works are often characterized by strong geometric shapes and bold colors.

Influences
Following concepts found in Constructivism and the De Stijl movements, the Rupture artists produced artworks that rejected realistic and traditional subject matters, such as the human form. Instead, artists utilized and purposefully integrated mathematical formulas and drew upon scientific theories in order to create the precise non-representational products typically unattainable by the human eye or hand alone.

What the Manifesto Advocated
In 1952, the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo held Grupo Raptura's first show, which opened on December 9. At the same time, the seven members released for the first time a document (known as a manifesto) stating what they hoped to built upon and promote. While all founding members contributed to the initial document, Waldemar Cordiero acted as spokesman for Grupo Raptura's main ideologies and wrote the majority, if not all, of the documents contents.

This document is brief, but is sure to include a list of trends that were prevalent with opposing groups of the time. According to the founders, "opposing groups" were to entrapped in traditional often elitist art. This inhibited the groups to comprehend what Grupo Raptura was setting out to accomplish. Members of Grupo Ruptura declared they would produce "new forms out of principles" by questioning said opposers (ie; all figurative trends that currently dominated the Brazilian art scene). "The group's unprecedented renewal became fundamental in unfolding important repertoires that today constitutes the vast, multifaceted and complex Brazilian contemporary art." - Fernando Cocchiarale

"Even though it was never fully achieved, the utopian wager by these artists made history, representing a true turning point in the production and discussion of art made in Brazil. Their work influenced important developments, including neo-concretism, which again posed the Ruptura movement's question of how and for whom art is made." - Luciana Brito

Founding Members
The seven founding members of the group include Waldemar Cordeiro, Anatol Władysław, Leopoldo Haar, Lothar Charoux, Kazmer Féjer, Geraldo de Barros, and Luiz Sacilotto. Collectively creating a manifesto that described their commitment to objectivity and abstraction, in opposition to the figurative painting, which they believed to be inaccessible to the public and clouded by human emotions.

Anatol Wladyslaw (1913-2004)
Born in Warsaw, Anatol Wladyslaw Naftali is most known for his work as a painter, designer, and engraver. Like many of the founding members of Grupo Ruptura Anatol's background did not originate in the arts. Earning first a degree as an electronic engineer in 1939. Earning his art degree in 1944, he exhibited for the first time shortly after in 1948. Following his first exhibition, he encountered Cordeiro and gained interest in constructivism. Artistically, Wladyslaw created constructive art through geometric oil paintings. Over time he evolved from constructionist to a sort of informal abstraction, nearing figuration.

A collection of Anatol Wladyslaw is located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and can be seen HERE.

Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998)
Born in São Paulo, Geraldo de Barros played a crucial role in the formation of multiple artistic movements and groups within his lifetime. Barros began informal artistic studies of drawing and painting in Clovis Graciano's studio in 1945 before formally attending Photo Cine Clube Bandeirante in 1948. His artistic journey began behind the lens in sports photography. It was with these photos where he began to experiment stylistically with layering, cutting, drilling, and painting over the photos. Although he is widely known for his participation and foundation in Grupo Ruptura, his legacy continues more through his founding of Cooperativa Unilabor and Hobjeto Moveis- where he produced furniture and logo-designs This could perhaps be seen as a more capitalistic project. However, his products were innovative, multi functional, and were accessible to the public. All while adhering to roots in constructive theory and characteristics.

Geraldo de Barros exhibition held at the Tierney Gardarin Gallary, which can be seen HERE.

Kazmer Fejer (1923-1989)
Known by several names—Kazmer Faith, Casimiro Fejer and Kazmer Fejer--Kazmer Fajer was born in Hungary in 1923. Faith attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, where he earned a degree in industrial chemistry. During his time there, he aided in the foundation of the Budapest Artclub in 1945. It was through this club that he encountered Waldemar Cordeiro. Although originating in painting and sculpting as separate entities, Faith is most known for his works done under Grupo Ruptura with glass as his primary material. Faith's work exemplifies the core beliefs of Grupo Ruptura, seen in his desire for calculated precision and the lack of human influence. His education in industrial chemistry proved more than useful in many ways in and out of his artistic career. Continuing to prove useful during his time in Paris (1970) where he worked as a chemical engineer in the paint industry. He held a patent for a plastic coloring system/method.

Fejer's work in Grupo Ruptura's exhibition can be (By:Newcity Brasil) seen HERE .

Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973)
Born in Rome and son to an Italian and a Brazilian, Waldemar Cordeiro was a central figure in Brazilian art in the twentieth century for his articulation of concretism. He attended The Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts of Florence) and began his artistic career as a caricaturist in 1943 for the satirical newspaper Petirosso, and had brief stints as both an art critic and journalist. He implemented technology to create a new form of "programmed paintings" in the late 1960s that spoke with a then unheard of and unusual optimism towards technology.

Various exhibitions (list) of Waldemar Cordeiro are listed HERE.

Leopold Haar (1910-1954)
Unlike the other founding members, Leopold Haar is unique in that his academic studies did not originate in science or technologies. Haar was born in the city of Tarnov, Poland- He began his academic career in Krakow at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. There, he specialized in fine arts; more specifically, fine arts when applied to industry. During World War II (1939-1945) Haar moved from place to place, landing in Southern Brazil where he worked for the O Globo Magazine based out of Porto Alegre. After a brief time with O GloboI he moved on to work with his own brother Zigmund Haar in Panama. Together they open a studio working as photographers. Eventually settling in São Paulo in 1950, he began work in advertising and became a professor, teaching graphic arts at the  (IAC). This is not only significant for his career, but significant for being the first initiative to teach industrial design in Brazil. As for his contribution to the Grupo Ruptura exhibition in 1952, he showcases 3D geometric designs that resemble children's hanging mobiles.

Leopold Haar's work at the Galleria Luciana Brito (exhibition) can be seen HERE.

Lothar Charoux (1912-1987)
Lothar Charoux was born in Vienna in 1912 into a family of artists.  He began studying with his uncle, Austrian sculptor Siegfried Charoux. Moving on from his family, he settled in the epicenter of the concrete movement in 1928. He attended art school in São Paulo and began studying painting under Walemar da Costa, where he began painting the then traditional expressionist portraits and formal landscapes.

After holding his first solo exhibition, he fell for the emerging ideologies of constructionist art. From 1948 on, he began exploring white coloring and line works on black canvases admiring the juxtaposition and luminous value it held. This admiration for visual tension between the work and surface it lived on can be seen through his following works of hollow geometric shapes and sharp line work that works to play with visual planes and their balance.

Lothar Charoux's work at the Miami Sammer Gallary exhibition can be seen HERE.

Luiz Sacilotto (1924-2003)
Born in 1924 Luiz Sacilotto studied painting and drawing from the Brás Male Professional Institute. He continued his artistic studies at the Fine Arts University Center of São Paulo. He branched out into design, sculpture, and was fond of Brazilian abstraction. While exhibiting collaborated architecture works with colleagues whom he met at Bras Male Professional Institute (Marcelo Grassman, Octavio Araujo, & Andreatini. They become known as the Expressionist Group for their specific styles that deviate from traditional architectural norm of the time. During this same year he participated in the 19 Painters Exhibition in São Paulo at the Prestes Maia Gallery. It is during this showcase that he meets Waldemar Cordeiro, Lothar Charoux and Gerarldo de Barros.

Luiz Sacilotto's work held at the MoMA, apart of a larger exhibition can be seen HERE.

Other Artists/Members joined
Hermilindo Fiaminghi, Judith Lauand, and Mauricio Nogueira Lima. Judith Lauand being the only female member.

Hermelindo Fiaminghi (1920-2004)
Hermelindo Fiaminghi encountered Grup Ruptura through his studies under Alfredo Volpi between 1959 and 1966. Like founder Charoux and peer artist Waldemar da Costa, he attended the São Paulo School of the Arts and dedicated his time there primarily to lithography. His career began similarly to a few of Ruptura's founders in geometric abstraction. Stylistically, he fits very nicely with Ruptura's ideologies. His style was well developed early in his career, where he made use of a small selection of colors and that distinct geometric figuration associated with Grupo Ruptura's works.

Pinta New York: exhibition seen HERE.

Judith Lauand (1922-present)
Judith Lauand is known to be a pioneer in her own right for her participation and key role played in and for the Brazilian modernist movement. She is also the only female member of Grupo Ruptura. Hailing from Pontal, São Paulo, Brazil, she attended and graduated from Escola de Belas Artes with a degree in fine arts. After earning this degree she focused on her career as a school teacher with art as an aside. During this time her work consisted of expressionist works and figurative paintings. While working as a gallery monitor at the São Paulo Art Biennial she met the original founders of Ruptura.  Waldemar Cordiero then personally invited her to join Grupo Raptura. Her mediums include acrylics, oils and enamels, often taking her own form of collage; integrating different dimensions with woodcuts, or fabrics. Lauand was also the only one among her contemporaries to sign her finished works. Viewers and contemporaries often viewed her signature as a rejection of the theoretical aesthetic that existed in and by other artists during this time who did not sign their works. She remains the only female member of Grupo Ruptura until the group's disbandment.

Various exhibitions Histories can be seen HERE HERE.

Mauricio Nogueira Lima (1939-1999)
Mauricio was born on April 18 to Marie and Manuel Lima in 1930. In search for a better life, Mauricio Nogueira Lima's parents relocated to São Paulo. There he attended and earned a degree at the Institute of Contemporary Art in São Paulo, with Leopold Haar in his peer group. He studied industrial design, visual communication and advertising. True to the degree, he recognized the power that art has to communicate to the viewer. This concept of communication, specifically through architecture and drawing, remained apparent and well assimilated throughout the rest of his artistic career. His artistic works showcase his interests with the constructive discipline—making use of chromatic experimentation and line work to create  movement and rhythms to the viewers eye.

A list of Mauricio Nogueira Lima's Solo Exhibitions can be seen HERE.
 other references: Contemporary Art In Latin America

References

Brazilian artist groups and collectives
Concrete art

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5 of U.S. News & World Report's 20 best jobs are nurses
What is a certified registered nurse anesthetist?
By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One is also No. 9 overall on the list of best paying jobs
A lot has been written lately about how many nurses might leave their profession. Between critical staff shortages and the ongoing pandemic, few people would blame you.
Before you decide to change careers, however, check out U.S. News & World Report's list of best jobs for 2022. Five of the top 20 jobs on the list are nurses or can be done by a nurse.
Explore7 steps to achieving your nurse goals in 2022
"Careers are subjective. Creating high-profile marketing campaigns for hot products sounds like a perfect job to some people, while others dream of delivering healthy babies to excited new parents," U.S. News staff wrote. "Yet some career qualities are desired fairly universally. Workers tend to prefer higher salaries, ample open positions and opportunities for promotion."
To identify professions for its 2022 rankings, the news organization started with jobs that have the largest projected number and percentage of openings from 2020 to 2030, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The full methodology can be read here.
Here are the five nursing jobs that made the top 20:
Projected jobs: 114,900
Median salary: $111,680
Education needed: master's degree
The No. 2 job overall, nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education. They take patient histories, perform physical exams, order labs, analyze lab results, prescribe medicines, authorize treatments and educate patients and families on continued care.
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Projected jobs: 40,100
No. 3 overall, physician assistants diagnose illnesses, develop and carry out treatment plans, assist in surgeries, perform procedures and guide patients. Their work is very similar to that of a general internist or doctor, but in most states, PAs must collaborate with a licensed physician or surgeon to practice. Although the bridge from registered nurse to PA is uncommon, it's not unheard of.
Medical and health services manager
Education needed: bachelor's degree
No. 4 overall on the list, medical and health services managers are the planners, directors and coordinators who work behind the scenes to keep hospitals, nursing homes, group practices and other health care facilities running efficiently. In short, they are super-organized professionals. Although a nursing degree isn't required, this could be a good pivot for anyone looking to get away from the bedside but stay in health care.
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Median salary: $75,330
The No. 12 best job overall, registered nurses are responsible for monitoring a patient's condition, performing medical procedures and administering medicine. They also chart a patient's progress. RNs work with those who are healthy, those who are pregnant and bringing new life, and those who are nearing the end of life and hoping for a peaceful death.
Projected jobs: 5,600
Although it's No.19 overall, this the No. 9 best paying job. The difference between a nurse anesthetist and an anesthesiologist is education. Nurse anesthetists are registered nurses who specialize in anesthesiology with at least one year of critical care experience and a master's degree. Anesthesiologists are physicians, and their education track includes four years of medical school, a one-year internship, three-year residency and sometimes an additional one- to two-year fellowship.
"Both anesthesia specialists use the same techniques and procedures to safely deliver the same types of anesthetic drugs for every type of procedure that requires the patient to receive anesthesia," Frank Gerbasi, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and executive director of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, told U.S. News.
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Nancy Clanton writes and edits stories of local interest about health, travel, events and entertainment. She also coordinates coverage and promotion of Pulse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's digital magazine for nurses in the Southeast. A native of Knoxville and graduate of the University of Tennessee, she has worked at the AJC for 21 years.
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Faculty | Brett Green | WashU Olin Business School
Brett Green
Associate Professor of Finance
Economics, Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization, Corporate Finance, Finance/Investments, Financial Economics
Financial Economics, Information Economics, Corporate Finance, Contract Theory, Development Economics, Sports Economics
"Bargaining and News", American Economic Review, with B. Daley, 2020
"Securitization, Ratings, and Credit Supply", Journal of Finance, with B. Daley, V. Vanasco, 2019
"Liquidity Sentiments", American Economic Review, Issue 11, 3813-48, with V. Asriyan, W. Fuchs, 2019
"Information Spillovers in Asset Markets with Correlated Values", American Economic Review, with V. Asriyan, W. Fuchs, 2017
"Hot Hand Fallacy: Cognitive Mistakes or Equilibrium Adjustments? Evidence from Major League Baseball", Management Science, with J. Zwiebel, 2018
"Breakthroughs, Deadlines, and Self-Reported Progress: Contracting for Multistage Projects", American Economic Review, with C. Taylor, 2016
"An Information-Based Theory of Time-Varying Liquidity", Journal of Finance, Issue 2, 809-870, with B. Daley, 2016
"Waiting for News in the Market for Lemons", Econometrica, with B. Daley, 2012
Academic/Professional Activities:
Board Member,&nbspFinance Theory Group
Editor, Associate Editor,&nbspJournal of Financial Economics
Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize, 2016
Excellence in Refereeing Award, The Review of Economic Studies, 2014
Hellman Fellows Award, 2013
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2012
Golf, running, wine, skiing, yoga, and travel
Professor Green is a financial economist and an Associate Professor of Finance. His research spans a variety of fields including corporate finance, microeconomics, contract theory, game theory and development economics. He received a PhD in economics from Stanford Graduate School of Business. While at Stanford, he also completed a master's degree in financial mathematics. He earned a bachelor's of science in engineering and economics from Duke University.
Brett Green's Home Page
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Email: b.green@wustl.edu
PhD 2009, Stanford University
MS 2008, Stanford University
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Q: How to expose a bundle configuration with unknown number of nodes I would like to expose a bundle configuration like this:
bundle_name:
     items:
         itemNameA: itemNameA_property
         itemNameB: itemNameB_property

The problem is that I don't know the number of items or its names, it depend of each user configuration. The Symfony documentation is very clear when you know the node name, but what about if not. So, how I can load the $rootNode without knowing the names or the amount of items?

A: This should do it:
$rootNode = $treeBuilder->root('bundle_name');
$rootNode
    ->children()
    ->arrayNode('items')
        ->useAttributeAsKey('name')
        ->prototype('variable')->end()
     ->end()
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Q: Optional JSX Props In a TSX/JSX Project I have a React project that I'm converting from JS to TS. An issue I'm running into is that TSX React is assuming that all properties defined in a functional component are required props.
// ComponentA.tsx
class ComponentA extends React.Component<any, any> {
  render() {
    /* Type '{ equalWidth: true; children: Element[]; }' is not assignable to type '{ children: any; className: any; equalWidth: any; }'.
     * Property 'className' is missing in type '{ equalWidth: true; children: Element[]; }'.' */
    return <ComponentB equalWidth />
  }
}

and
// ComponentB.js
const ComponentB = ({ children, className, equalWidth }) => {
  return (...)
}

is there a way to signal to TS that JSX component props are all optional?

A: Assuming that ComponentB.js is going to end up as a TypeScript component:
interface ComponentBProps {
    children?: ReactNode;
    className?: string;
    equalWidth?: boolean;
}

const ComponentB = ({ children, className, equalWidth }: ComponentBProps) => {
    //
};

In the special case where all properties are optional, you could remove the ? from each property on the interface and use Partial<ComponentBProps>, but I guess that at least something will end up being a required prop.

If you want to keep ComponentB.js as it is, then an alternative solution is to create a type definitions file:
import { ReactNode, StatelessComponent } from "react";

interface ComponentBProps {
    children?: ReactNode
    className?: string;
    equalWidth?: boolean;
}

export const ComponentB: StatelessComponent<ComponentBProps>;

If you put in this the same directory as the JavaScript file and name is ComponentB.d.ts, then you should be able to import ComponentB in your TypeScript file.
The way I have written the definition assumes that the component is a named export, not the default, i.e. it is exported like export const ComponentB in the .js file.
(probably) working example: https://github.com/fenech/tsx-jsx

A: One simplest option will be setting a default value for your optional props. As an example, if className is optional you can change your ComponentB.js to something like this.
const ComponentB = ({ children, className="", equalWidth }) => {
  return (...)
}

Also if you deconstruct your props in the function body instead of the signature TS will not complain about typings.
const ComponentB = (props) => {
  const { children, className, equalWidth } = props;
  return (...)
}


2 Bedroom Flat For Sale in London for Guide Price £685,000.
A fourth floor apartment in the recently completed Fitzroy House which is part of the fabulous Dickens Yard development built by St George. Entered via a beautiful lobby with seating area and lift access to all floors including the secure underground parking. The 23ft living room and kitchen are open plan; providing a superb space that opens onto the balcony. The apartment benefits from two bedrooms, the 12ft master with fitted wardrobes, a well appointed family sized bathroom and located in the hallway a storage cupboard with a washing/drying machine. The kitchen is fully integrated with Siemens appliances throughout and a convenient breakfast bar area. Set within arguably one of West London's most coveted developments. Residents benefit from the use of the concierge services and the luxury gym with swimming pool and solarium.
Dickens Yard is located in central Ealing; tucked away from the main roads and within its own land, yet allowing unrivalled access to the facilities, shops and leisure facilities at Ealing Broadway and transport at Ealing Broadway station, where there is Central and District Line Tube services, Great First Western direct to London Paddington and also the Heathrow Connect service. (Crossrail expected 2020/2021).
Communal Entrance Lobby; Secure entry system into a large communal lobby with seating area and wall mounted TV. Two lifts providing access to all floors and the underground parking area. Parking currently worth £50,000 approximately.
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The lease was granted on 29th October 2010 for 250 years.
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CARBON HILL—James H. "Jimmy" Onsen, 81, of Carbon Hill, IL. passed away at his residence early Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, 2017.
Jimmy was born May 16, 1936 in Coal City, IL. to Harold and Anna (Cushing) Onsen. He attended Coal City High School before honorably serving his country in the United States Army. He married Patricia Donahue in 1964 at St. Mary Carmelite Catholic Church in Joliet. He retired from Laborer's Local #75 and also farmed in the Diamond, IL. area for several years. Jimmy enjoyed socializing with many friends in his garage, fishing and hunting.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Patricia; his son Rick (Melissa) Onsen; his sister Karen (Tommy) Summers; his brothers Raymond (Betty) Onsen and William "Billy" (Dee Perona) Onsen; 4 grandchildren: Ryan (Stacia) Onsen, Kayla (Brandon) Paulsen, Dalton Onsen and MacKenzie Bradley; 4 great-grandchildren: Bentleigh Onsen, Addison Paulsen, Blake Paulsen and Bonnita Wozniak; he is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents Harold and Anna Onsen; his daughter Annette Onsen; his sisters: Betty Lou Vandygrief and Faye Legg; and his brothers: Leonard Onsen, Jerry Lee Onsen, Wayne Onsen, David Onsen and Richard Onsen.
Memorials in Jimmy's name may be made to the Wounded Warriors Foundation.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 at the Ferrari Funeral Chapel (corner of Spring Road and Ferrari Drive) in Coal City with Father Robert Noesen officiating.
Burial with Military Honors will follow at Braceville-Gardner Cemetery. Visitation will also be Saturday from 9 a.m until the time of the funeral service at 11 a.m.
Pallbearers will be: Ryan Onsen, Dalton Onsen, Bruce Legg, Tim Onsen, Dylan Onsen and Wyatt Onsen
Friends and family may sign the online guestbook at www.ferrarifuneral.com
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Football club finances in the age of coronavirus
In April 1967, in an era when sports rights-holders were apt to worry about the impact of television on attendance figures, Football League chairmen in England took less than half an hour to turn down a BBC live television proposal worth a then highly respectable £781,000.
Europe's incipient coronavirus crisis is set to demonstrate just how comprehensively times have changed in the intervening 53 years.
Back then, in the year Jock Stein's Celtic earned their eternal 'Lions of Lisbon' sobriquet, turnstile takings provided a significant proportion of any top football club's income.
Now, with some of Europe's Big Five leagues poised to go 'behind closed doors', and Tuesday night's Valencia versus Atalanta Champions League second leg having already done so, we may be about to learn how economically insignificant live audiences have become to our very biggest clubs.
The good news in the short term is that this means that a period of playing in empty stadia for say three or four weeks, while dreadful for atmospherics, would have a surprisingly small impact on the top teams' revenue figures.
Take for example Liverpool, the European champions. The Merseysiders last week published accounts for the year to 31 May 2019 showing turnover of £533 million. Only £84.2 million of this was classified as "match day". That is the equivalent of exactly 15.8%.
This is actually somewhat higher than the overall average for the English top flight. This was calculated at 14% in the latest Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance, which analysed figures from the 2017-18 season.
The main explanation, unsurprisingly, is the colossal value that the league's broadcasting rights contracts have attained in recent times, spurred by a) technological advances and b) the genuinely worldwide popularity of the product.
But the situation is not so very different in any of the other four big West European markets. In Spain, the corresponding figure is somewhat higher at 17%, the same level as it is in Germany, where broadcasting rights values are lower, but so are ticket prices.
In both Italy and France Deloitte calculates that the proportion of revenue generated by matchday income is lower than the Premier League, at 12% and 11% respectively.
With league seasons something like three-quarters complete, only a fraction of these sums would be lost even if the danger of infection were eventually deemed so serious as to force all remaining games to be played in empty stadia – just as long as broadcast income is unimpacted.
The season-ticket system, indeed, might result in losses being even smaller; reimbursement policies for the affected games would probably vary from club to club, and some might feel justified in offering no rebate at all.
As so often in recent times, the situation engendered by this sort of shutdown would be far more serious for non-first-division clubs and indeed for top-flight clubs in smaller national markets. Their TV deals are far, far smaller. As a consequence, missing income from absent matchday attendances would leave proportionately a much bigger hole.
This is not to say that even the big clubs can afford simply to shrug off the foregone income and carry on regardless. Certainly in England, with income from TV rights having stagnated for teams who do not make it into the two big UEFA club competitions, more clubs are dropping back into the red after a broadly profitable couple of years. With wage costs rising, half of the Premier League clubs who have to date published financial results for 2018-19 have posted losses, some very hefty.
But intuitively you might have expected the financial impact of playing matches in empty stadia potentially for a lengthy period to be much, much worse.
The dwindling commercial significance of the live fan, and the massive importance to club finances of broadcast income have been a factor in some unpopular recent developments in the game – the growing tendency to stagger kick-off times to name but one.
But these linked phenomena may at least help clubs to emerge from the coronavirus crisis if not unscathed, then with a surprisingly modest financial hit. The Big Boys, anyway.
Of course, if the situation became so grave that it was decided there was no alternative but for top-flight games to be abandoned completely, jeopardising broadcast revenue – and, as things stand, remember, Italy's Serie A has been suspended until April 3 – well that would be a different, more serious proposition altogether.
David Owen worked for 20 years for the Financial Times in the United States, Canada, France and the UK. He ended his FT career as sports editor after the 2006 World Cup and is now freelancing, including covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 World Cup and London 2012. Owen's Twitter feed can be accessed at www.twitter.com/dodo938.


Can't wait to install the zhp steering rack soon.
Don't poke fun at my pillars lol. Will get to it eventually.
Cool pics. I like the interior one thru the sunroof. Touring looks great.
Those pictures are sick!!! That I nice photo shoot!
Shawn, I guess I missed the thread somewhere, did you do rear PDC retrofit?
Also, what is the % of tint did you do? I like it and I was thinking to do similar and keep front windows clear.
Awesome shoot. The wagon is turning out great. I'm so glad I saw that you tried to use the lower part of the stock 330 airbox with the perf intake. I had a hole cut out in mine when someone tried to incorporate the dinan lower tube into it. I saw what you did and it worked out perfectly for me.
Btw, that second pic makes it look a bit like a clownshoe.
That is a pretty car! Beautiful exterior color. Beautiful interior color, too. Great pictures against the wooded background.
the tint is some old crappy tint from the previous owner, I need to get it removed and replaced with better tint that isn't bubbling.
I'm already in the process of retrofitting the rain sensor... I also plan on removing the driver and passenger complete door wiring harness installing a late model door wiring harness from a zhp so that I can actually run ribbon cable mirrors..and I'm going to replace the gm5 module with the Newer lin bus gm5 module from the zhps as well.
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Idina Menzel was 'really excited' to sing in Enchanted sequel
Posted on: 23rd August 2021
Categories: Movie News, Movies
Idina Menzel's character didn't sing in the first movie.
Idina Menzel was "really excited" to be given the opportunity to sing in the Enchanted sequel.
In the 2007 musical romantic comedy, the Broadway superstar played Nancy, the fiancee of Patrick Dempsey's divorce lawyer Robert, who falls for Disney Princess Giselle, portrayed by Amy Adams, after she is forced out of her animated kingdom of Andalasia and into the live-action world of New York City.
Only Adams and James Marsden, who played Prince Edward, who follows Giselle from Andalasia to New York, sang in the original, but Dempsey revealed earlier this year that he will be seen singing and dancing in Disenchanted, and now, Menzel has shared that she will be showing off her vocal talents too.
"They gave me songs. They gave me music to sing, which I didn't have in the first one, which was fine actually, everyone else made a big deal about it," she told People. "I was happy to be hired as just an actress, but now I'm really excited because these songs, Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken wrote, the songs are incredible.
"There's so much music, and Amy singing her butt off, and it's just Patrick singing and tap dancing. It's really glorious and joyful and people are going to love it."
Menzel, who is best known for belting out songs such as Wicked's Defying Gravity and Frozen's Let It Go, told Us Weekly in a separate interview that her character Nancy has a duet with Prince Edward – who she married at the end of Enchanted – as well as a solo.
Disenchanted finished filming earlier this month. The movie, which also stars Maya Rudolph and Jayma Mays, will be released on Disney+ in 2022.


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Deborah Miceli, better known as Alundra Blayze has been added to 2015's WWE Hall of Fame. Alundra Blayze broke into the pro wrestling industry after learning the ropes from Eddie Sharkley, who taught wrestling greats The Road Warriors, Rick Rude, and Jesse Ventura. Adopting the ring name "Madusa," Blayze proved her talent in Verne Gagne's AWA against Hall-of-famers Sensational Sherri, Wendi Richter.
Blayze spent 3 years wrestling and training with All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, excelling by incorporating martial arts techniques into her wrestling arsenal. Returning to America in 1991, she joined Paul Heyman's notorious Dangerous Alliance alongside Rude and Steve Austin against the promotion's hero ranks. In 1993, Alundra Blayze made the jump to the WWE and won a tournament to capture the WWE Women's Championship in the same year.
After being released by the WWE, she made an appearance on WCW Monday Nitro and threw the Women's championship belt straight into the trashcan. The stunt remains one of the most controversial moments of the Monday Night wars between the competing promotions. "Madusa" helped the WCW kick off its own women's division against Sherri and Nakano and even stepped outside of the women's division to compete against men to capture the cruiserweight championship at the year's Starrcade.
Since leaving the ring when WCW closed its doors, Madusa became one of the top drivers behind the wheel of monster trucks. Alundra Blayze not only reigned three times as WWF Women's Champion, but also took two Monster Jam World Finals Championships. For the first time since 1995, Madusa returns to the WWE promotion for the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 28th. She joins "Macho Man: Randy Savage, The Bushwackers, Rikishi, and celebrity inductee Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2015 class.


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The £3,000 tax-free Junior Isa that allows children to invest in the stock market
Updated: 08:26 EDT, 31 March 2011
Government plans to replace Child Trust Funds
Starting young: Junior Isas will allow children to save or invest £3,000 a year
Children will be able to save up to £3,000 each year or invest it in the stock market with the launch of 'Junior Isas', unveiled by the Government today.
The tax-free savings accounts for those under the age of 18 will replace Child Trust Funds, which have been phased out.
The Junior Individual Savings Account will be available from November 1 with an annual limit of £3,000.
If the total amount is invested each year there will be a pot of £54,000, plus interest, when the account matures.
And just like adult Isas, children will be able to invest in funds, or buy stocks and shares with their annual tax-free allowance, similar to Macaulay Culkin's business-savvy fictional character Richie Rich.
Plans to scrap Labour's CTFs were announced in the Coalition's emergcy Budget last June.
The Government later said that it was considering the investment scheme, and will now publish draft regulations for consultation.
The Treasury believes that up to six million British children will be eligible for the scheme, similar to adult Isas which currently have a subscription limit of £5,100.
But unlike CTFs, which the Jisa will replace, the Government will not make contributions into each child's pot of money. The funds awarded children £250 on their birth and a further £250 on their seventh birthday.
No withdrawals will be allowed from the Jisa until the child turns 18. And like adult Isas, parents will be able to save the money as cash or make investments in the stock market, though it is unclear if there will be a higher subscription limit for equities.
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A number of high-street banks and building societies have so far expressed interest in providing the savings accounts. Both HSBC and Lloyds have backed the introduction of the children's tax-free savings accounts.
'While the new product is in an Isa name, it has more in common with its predecessor the CTF,' Family Investments Chief Executive John Reeves told the Daily Telegraph.
'The Junior Isa allows parents, grandparents and anyone interested in a child's future to make deposits over an 18-year-period.
'Parents value the protection that a product like this offers as there is no temptation to dip into these funds.'
Consultation on the draft regulations is expected to continue until May, with the launch of Junior Isas set for 1 November.
Osborne also announced plans to give children in care tax-free savings accounts with cash from the Government.
Rick kids: Macauley Culkin in the film Richie Rich. The Junior Isas will allow children to invest in stocks and shares
Junior Isa: Government allow children to invest up to £3k a year in the stock market


Christmas should be the ultimate time to shine for your range cooker, the long nights and cold weather perfect as an excuse to spend lots of time getting cosy with your cooker!
Range cookers and Christmas dinner are truly a match made in heaven – but you need to be prepared to make sure everything runs smoothly.
If you have an oil or solid fuel cooker make sure you have plenty of fuel for the big day. Many oil tank gauges are unreliable so use a dipstick if you have one. Running out of fuel mid-way through cooking won't make you a family favourite!
A range cooker is a storage heater that only has a limited amount of heat to give. A large meal like a Christmas dinner will greatly reduce the heat reserves so make sure it is well-heated before you start cooking the big meal (remember to turn the heat down before you start cooking to avoid burning the food though).
Range cooker ovens can vary greatly in temperature. Lower ovens will cool quickly when the roasting oven is in use for long periods, not the best when cooking a large Christmas dinner. Make sure you regularly test the heat of these lower ovens to check the food is cooking correctly – avoid putting key items in here as they may struggle to heat up correctly.
Keep the radiant heat on your larger items and try to avoid using the hotplates whilst it's cooking. Many Aga range cooker owners will abide by the 80/20 rule. Only 20% of the total cooking should be done on the hotplates. Hotplate cooking time ideally for no longer than 7 minutes. Try and use the simmering oven for vegetables and other side dishes only. Don't even think about boiling water on the range cooker – this is an easy way to waste all your range cooker's energy!
By preparing your oven racks the night before you will avoid wasting heat with the oven doors open on the big day.
The silver rack shelves that come as standard in many range cookers take up lots of room, consider investing in a tray that fits directly onto your oven runners – this will free up plenty of oven space and means you can keep everyone happy with their favourite side dish!
Storing your baking trays and dishes in the simmering and warming ovens on Christmas Eve as well as piling your pots and pats on a drying rack above your oven means they will be ready to cook on Christmas Day without wasting the initial energy needed to heat them up.
Pre-cooking some elements of your Christmas dinner will reduce the strain on your oven for cooking several items at once. Roast potatoes taste wonderful when pre-roasted: put them in the oven in the morning until they start to brown. Next drain off the fat and leave at room temperature until ready for the main event. For the super-prepared, this can even be done the night before. Just make sure you refrigerate the potatoes then bring back to room temperature before cooking.
If everyone has a peek inside the oven your cooker will lose a substantial amount of heat. Keep a wary eye on hungry family members trying to grab a sneaky look inside the oven.
A range cooker is a great focal point for all the family to be sociable and catch up with each other. Enjoy your time with your loved ones and make sure you savour the special moments. Wwhilst keeping one eye on the Christmas dinner of course!
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require 'fileutils'
require 'typhoeus'
require 'open3'
require_relative './exceptions'
require_relative './source_file'
require_relative '../../../data-repository/filesystem/local'
require_relative './url_translator/osm'
require_relative './url_translator/osm2'
require_relative './url_translator/fusion_tables'
require_relative './url_translator/github'
require_relative './url_translator/google_maps'
require_relative './url_translator/google_docs'
require_relative './url_translator/kimono_labs'
require_relative './unp'

module CartoDB
  module Importer2
    class Downloader

      DEFAULT_FILENAME        = 'importer'
      CONTENT_DISPOSITION_RE  = %r{;\s*filename=(.*;|.*)}
      URL_RE                  = %r{://}
      URL_TRANSLATORS         = [
                                  UrlTranslator::OSM2,
                                  UrlTranslator::OSM,
                                  UrlTranslator::FusionTables,
                                  UrlTranslator::GitHub,
                                  UrlTranslator::GoogleMaps,
                                  UrlTranslator::GoogleDocs,
                                  UrlTranslator::KimonoLabs
                                ]

      def initialize(url, http_options={}, seed=nil, repository=nil)
        @url          = url
        raise UploadError if url.nil?

        @http_options = http_options
        @seed         = seed
        @repository   = repository || DataRepository::Filesystem::Local.new(temporary_directory)
        @datasource = nil
        @source_file = nil

        translators = URL_TRANSLATORS.map(&:new)
        translator = translators.find { |translator| translator.supported?(url) }
        if translator.nil?
          @translated_url = url
          @custom_filename = nil
        else
          @translated_url = translator.translate(url)
          @custom_filename = translator.respond_to?(:rename_destination) ? translator.rename_destination(url) : nil
        end
      end

      def provides_stream?
        false
      end

      def run(available_quota_in_bytes=nil)
        set_local_source_file || set_downloaded_source_file(available_quota_in_bytes)
        self
      end

      def clean_up
        if defined?(@temporary_directory) &&
           @temporary_directory =~ /^#{CartoDB::Importer2::Unp::IMPORTER_TMP_SUBFOLDER}/ &&
           !(@temporary_directory =~ /\.\./)
          FileUtils.rm_rf @temporary_directory
        end
      end

      def modified?
        previous_etag           = http_options.fetch(:etag, false)
        previous_last_modified  = http_options.fetch(:last_modified, false)
        etag                    = etag_from(headers)
        last_modified           = last_modified_from(headers)

        return true unless (previous_etag || previous_last_modified)
        return true if previous_etag && etag && previous_etag != etag
        return true if previous_last_modified && last_modified && previous_last_modified.to_i < last_modified.to_i
        false
      rescue
        false
      end

      def checksum
        etag_from(headers)
      end

      def multi_resource_import_supported?
        false
      end

      def set_limits(limits={})
        # not supported
      end

      attr_reader   :source_file, :datasource, :etag, :last_modified
      attr_accessor :url

      private

      attr_reader :http_options, :repository, :seed
      attr_writer :source_file

      def set_local_source_file
        return false if valid_url?
        self.source_file = SourceFile.new(url)
        self
      end

      def set_downloaded_source_file(available_quota_in_bytes=nil)
        raise_if_over_storage_quota(headers, available_quota_in_bytes)
        @etag           = etag_from(headers)
        @last_modified  = last_modified_from(headers)
        return self unless modified?

        download_and_store

        self.source_file  = nil unless modified?
        self
      end

      def raise_if_over_storage_quota(headers, available_quota_in_bytes=nil)
        return self unless available_quota_in_bytes
        raise StorageQuotaExceededError if
          content_length_from(headers) > available_quota_in_bytes.to_i
      end

      def headers
        @headers ||= Typhoeus.head(@translated_url, typhoeus_options).headers
      end

      def typhoeus_options
        verify_ssl = http_options.fetch(:verify_ssl_cert, false)
        {
          cookiefile:     cookiejar,
          cookiejar:      cookiejar,
          followlocation: true,
          ssl_verifypeer: verify_ssl,
          ssl_verifyhost: (verify_ssl ? 2 : 0)
        }
      end

      def cookiejar
        repository.fullpath_for("#{seed}_cookiejar")
      end

      def download_and_store
        name = ''
        download_error = false
        error_response = nil

        temp_name = filepath(DEFAULT_FILENAME << '_' << random_name)

        downloaded_file = File.open(temp_name, 'wb')
        request = Typhoeus::Request.new(@translated_url, typhoeus_options)
        request.on_headers do |response|
          unless response.success?
            download_error = true
            error_response = response
          end
        end
        request.on_body do |chunk|
          downloaded_file.write(chunk)
        end
        request.on_complete do |response|
          unless response.success?
            download_error = true
            error_response = response
          end
          downloaded_file.close

          headers = response.headers
          name            = name_from(headers, url, @custom_filename)
          @etag           = etag_from(headers)
          @last_modified  = last_modified_from(headers)
        end
        request.run

        if download_error && !error_response.nil?
          if error_response.headers['Error'] && error_response.headers['Error'] =~ /too many nodes/
            raise TooManyNodesError.new(error_response.headers['Error'])
          else
            raise DownloadError.new("DOWNLOAD ERROR: Code:#{error_response.code} Body:#{error_response.body}")
          end
        end

        File.rename(temp_name, filepath(name))

        # Just return the source file structure
        self.source_file  = SourceFile.new(filepath(name), name)
      end

      def name_from(headers, url, custom=nil)
        name =  custom || name_from_http(headers) || name_in(url)
        if name == nil || name == ''
          random_name
        else
          name
        end
        name_with_extension(name, headers)
      end

      def name_with_extension(name, headers)
        return name if content_type.nil? || content_type.empty?
        extension = File.extname(name)
        return name unless extension.nil? || extension.empty?
        extension_from_content_type = content_type_extension(content_type)
        return name if extension_from_content_type.nil?
        "#{name}.#{extension_from_content_type}"
      end

      def content_type_extension(content_type)
        case content_type
        when %r{^text/plain}
          'txt'
        when %r{^text/csv}
          'csv'
        when %r{^application/vnd.ms-excel}
          'xls'
        when %r{^application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12}
          'xlsb'
        when %r{^application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet}
          'xlsx'
        when %r{^application/vnd.geo+json}
          'geojson'
        when %r{^application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml}
          'kml'
        when %r{^application/vnd.google-earth.kmz}
          'kmz'
        when %r{^application/gpx+xml}
          'gpx'
        when %r{^application/zip}
          'zip'
        when %r{^application/json}
          'json'
        when %r{^text/javascript}
          'json'
        when %r{^application/javascript}
          'json'
        else
          nil
        end
      end

      def content_length_from(headers)
        content_length = headers.fetch('Content-Length', nil)
        content_length ||= headers.fetch('Content-length', nil)
        content_length ||= headers.fetch('content-length', -1)
        content_length.to_i
      end

      def etag_from(headers)
        etag  =   headers.fetch('ETag', nil)
        etag  ||= headers.fetch('Etag', nil)
        etag  ||= headers.fetch('etag', nil)
        etag  = etag.delete('"').delete("'") if etag
        etag
      end

      def last_modified_from(headers)
        last_modified =   headers.fetch('Last-Modified', nil)
        last_modified ||= headers.fetch('Last-modified', nil)
        last_modified ||= headers.fetch('last-modified', nil)
        last_modified = last_modified.delete('"').delete("'") if last_modified
        if last_modified
          begin
            last_modified = DateTime.httpdate(last_modified)
          rescue
            last_modified = nil
          end
        end
        last_modified
      end

      def valid_url?
        url =~ URL_RE
      end

      def translators
        URL_TRANSLATORS.map(&:new)
      end

      def translate(url)
        translator = translators.find { |translator| translator.supported?(url) }
        return url unless translator
        translator.translate(url)
      end

      def filename
        [DEFAULT_FILENAME, seed].compact.join('_')
      end

      def filepath(name=nil)
        repository.fullpath_for(name || filename)
      end

      def content_type
        headers.fetch('Content-Type', nil) ||
          headers.fetch('Content-type', nil) ||
          headers.fetch('content-type', nil)
      end

      def name_from_http(headers)
        disposition = headers.fetch('Content-Disposition', nil)
        disposition ||= headers.fetch('Content-disposition', nil)
        disposition ||= headers.fetch('content-disposition', nil)
        return false unless disposition
        filename = disposition.match(CONTENT_DISPOSITION_RE).to_a[1]
        return false unless filename
        filename.delete("'").delete('"').split(';').first
      end

      def name_in(url)
        url.split('/').last.split('?').first
      end

      def random_name
        random_generator = Random.new
        name = ''
        10.times {
          name << (random_generator.rand*10).to_i.to_s
        }
        name
      end

      def temporary_directory
        return @temporary_directory if @temporary_directory
        @temporary_directory = Unp.new.generate_temporary_directory.temporary_directory
      end

      def gdrive_deny_in?(headers)
        headers.fetch('X-Frame-Options', nil) == 'DENY'
      end

      def md5_command_for(name)
        %Q(md5sum #{name} | cut -d' ' -f1)
      end
    end
  end
end

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Anna, Morgan and Samantha are three teens with Juvenile Dermatomyositis who want to share their experience with JM. They hope this will help make your battle with Juvenile Myositis a little bit easier.
First, get to know them a little by reading their stories.
I always knew I was different, but never imagined I was one-in-a-million.
I was diagnosed with Juvenile Dermatomyositis when I was 15, two weeks before I started 10th grade. I began having symptoms in 7th grade after participating on the track team in the high jump. I hurt my knee and had to go to see an orthopedist who diagnosed me with bursitis.
After that, I started having pain in my joints and I noticed my energy level was never the same. The pain worsened, with weakness in my upper arm muscles. Within three months it escalated to weakness over my entire body, joint pain and a rash on my elbows. Those three months were filled with different doctor's appointments, MRI's and confusion. I knew something was very wrong and yet the doctors did not seem to understand and kept trying to write it off as growing pains, though I had not grown in 3 years.
At the end of the three months, my mom and I went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She thought it would be good for me to relax and get away from all the stress. Cabo in August is the hottest place ever, and if you know anything about JDM, you know that heat and sun are not what you want. Our trip was cut short when I got so sick that I could barely move.
We came home and went directly to a rheumatologist. He quickly diagnosed me and I have never felt such relief in my entire life. Sure, I had a life threatening disease, but I finally had an answer and treatment.
My doctor automatically started me on Methotrexate and Prednisone, which I am still on three years later. I was also prescribed a bunch of other meds (immunosuppressants) in addition to the Prednisone and Methotrexate, but I had bad reactions to everything until we tried Rituxan. Now, every four months I get two rounds of IV's two weeks apart.
By the end of my senior year of high school, I was starting to feel almost like my old self again and now I am in my freshman year of college all the way on the other side of the country. This means I am in charge of my own meds, doctors and infusions. It is a challenge to make sure I do not push myself too hard while still having fun and taking in the college experience.
Life since being diagnosed has not been easy, but I have matured in countless ways over the past three years. Facing mortality at age 15 did that. Whereas I once saw this disease as a curse, I now see it as an opportunity for continued change and growth. I know it will be part of all that I accomplish in life.
My name is Morgan, and I am 17 years old. I am in my first year of college, as I graduated early from high school. I live in Florida, and I attend the state college near my house.
My story begins when I was 11 years old. Before I was diagnosed in June of 2010, I was a fairly normal kid. I was a cheerleader and had never had any major health issues aside from multiple broken bones caused by my clumsiness. Since I was a cheerleader I was very active and very fit. I was able to flip and twist through the air like no problem, and I never seemed to run out of energy.
This, however, began to change. I began getting very weak, and I wasn't able to do all of my activities I used to do. I even started falling asleep on the couch at the gym.
Everyone believed that I was just having a mental block that came from my broken elbow a few months before. Why would you ever think that a normal 11 year old could have a very serious, very rare disease?
Now that we look back, everything adds up and makes sense with the diagnosis. All within 15 months, I developed a rash on my elbows and knees, and I was getting very weak. At the time, we just thought that the red patches on my joints were rug burn. I was also complaining of frequent headaches, stomachaches, and things of that nature. My mom believed that as a stubborn preteen I was making up my pains so I wouldn't have to go to school.
After noticing I was at the doctor at least once a week, my pediatrician realized something was wrong. He recommended that we go see a dermatologist for my rash. So, in May of 2010, my mom took me to a dermatologist to look at the strange rash on my knees and elbows. The doctor believed that I had eczema and needed a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis and for the insurance to approve of treatment.
When they took the biopsy, and that was my first real experience with needles or doctors. We were all shocked when it the results came back as Juvenile Dermatomyositis. So on June 18th 2010, my world completely changed. Within the next few months, we went through the process of finding multiple doctors for each of my specific needs. I was put on prednisone right away, which gave me the wonderful "moonface". I started taking cellcept and various other medications. I started weekly infusions, which was a difficult thing to get used to considering I had spent very little time in hospitals. I was no longer able to tumble or cheer. I lost many of my friends because they didn't understand what I was going through. I am very thankful that the disease never progressed to the point of me becoming wheelchair bound as some other JDM kids were.
I began to take horseback riding lessons as my replacement hobby in fall of 2010. I quickly caught on and haven't looked back since. I found that this was an easier sport for me to keep up in physically. I had a wish granted from Make a Wish, and my only request was for a horse of my own. So in the fall of 2011, I got my very own horse called Emerson. Owning him gave me great responsibility as well as a safe haven to escape after a stressful day at school or the doctors. In the winter of 2012, we traded Emerson and got my current pony Riley. I love riding horses, and I hope I will always have an opportunity to do so. Riding horses introduced me into a whole new group of friends that I was able to keep up with when riding my horse.
I am still on a lot of medications five years later, but I am able to lead a full life. I did miss a LOT of school in high school, and some of that was due to complications from my IVIG. I have had aseptic meningitis three times, and that caused me some long absences from school. I wasn't really all that into high school activities and would prefer to ride my horse, hang out with friends, or read, so I decided to graduate high school early. I did dual enrollment classes with the local college that allowed me to graduate high school and start college as a sophomore this year. As I said in the beginning, I am at a local college this year since I am so young, but next year, I am looking forward to transferring to either University of Tennessee, Auburn University, or the University of Florida.
I have also begun speaking on my patient experience, so far to hospital systems and doctors. In doing this, I hope that sharing my story can help someone else down the line have a better patient experience. I love being able to share my story with others if it can help them in some way. In some ways, I am grateful for being able to have these experiences to allow me to change and grow into the person I am today. Over the past five years, I think I have become much more mature than my peers, and I understand responsibility much more that some people my age. I have had to be very strong going through all of this, and it has also allowed me to share my story with others.
My name is Samantha Martin. I am a freshmen at the College Preparatory School, located just outside San Francisco, CA.
My JDM journey began at the age of three. The specifics are a blur to me because I was so young. However, I can tell you what my parents have described about my symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. At first, when the rash and tiredness came, my parents thought I was being a fussy toddler. I begged to be carried across the field at my brother's baseball games. I refused to walk up the stairs and threw temper tantrums. Climbing those stairs seemed like a simple action, but for a child with JDM, it was an insurmountable task.
Like many of you, I had a rash across my face and hands for which no doctor could find a cause. After six months of knowing something was wrong and getting worse, my parents took me to a Rheumatologist who diagnosed me immediately. I am forever grateful to them for their tenacity in not taking "no" for an answer and researching all possible avenues for treatment. I owe them my life. A two-year saga of cross-country doctor trips, shots, and infusions ensued.
Relief came with remission only to be dashed with two subsequent flares about two years apart.
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The 3000-4357 / 3000-4357A is a direct hardware replacement for the Tektronix VX4357. The same front panel connectors, the same signals come to the same pins, and the specifications are the same or better. No special cables or adapter are necessary. Giga-tronics / Ascor also provides a software driver, which will run both the VX4357 and the 3000-4357 / 3000-4357A.


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$48.4 million Ferrari 250 GTO breaks world auction record
By Mike Hanlon
$48.4 million Ferrari 250 GTO ...
RM-Sotheby's set a new world record for a car at auction this evening (August 25, 2018) when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for $44 million (hammer price - with buyers premium, the full price was $48,405,000).
Angus MacKenzie / NewAtlas.com
A new world record for a car at auction was set this evening when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for $48,405,000
RM-Sotheby's
Automotive auction records have been toppling over the last 72 hours during Monterey Car Week, with a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ selling for $22 million. The Duesenberg SSJ is one of of just two made, with this car being owned by famous actor Gary Cooper, and being the world's fastest pre-WW2 road car. In selling for $22 million, the Duesenberg SSJ became the most valuable American car and the most valuable pre-WW2 car ever sold.
Prior to this week, only eight cars had ever sold for more than $20 million at auction, but in the last two days another three cars have now joined that elite club, with the third car being a 1963 Aston Martin DP215 GT Competition Prototype that sold for $21.455 million.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is the "Holy Grail" for car collectors. Over the course of the last half century, the Ferrari 250 GTO has emerged as the most desirable and potent blend of style, exclusivity, performance, heritage and status of any automobile. Full story of the 250 GTO and the high achievers that own one can be found here.
Bruce Sweetman / New Atlas
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO by Scaglietti | Sold for: $48,405,000| Estimate: $45,000,000 - $60,000,000 | Auctioneers: RM-Sotheby's | Auction: Monterey 2018 | Full story
A new world record for a car at auction was set this evening when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for $48,405,000 at an RM-Sotheby's auction in Monterey, California. The 56-year-old breaks the existing car auction record of $38.115 million set in 2014, also for a Ferrari 250 GTO.
The new record holding car (Ferrari 250 GTO #3413GT) has been owned for the last 18 years by Dr. Greg Whitten, the former Chief Software Architect for Microsoft.
Whitten built the foundations upon which the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint) were constructed. A complete rundown on the car and the 250 GTO owners club can be found here.
Automotive auction records have been toppling over the last 72 hours during Monterey Car Week, with a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ selling for $22 million. The Duesenberg SSJ is one of of just two made, with this car being owned by famous actor Gary Cooper, and being the world's fastest pre-WW2 road car.
In selling for $22 million, the Duesenberg SSJ became the most valuable American car and the most valuable pre-WW2 car ever sold.
AutomotiveFerrariRM-SothebysMonterey Car Week 2018
As a photojournalist, Mike's work was published in a dozen languages across 20+ countries. He went on to edit or manage over 50 different print publications, each with a different target audience: sports, automotive, advertising, marketing, design, ad infinitum. Mike has been working in the internet for more than 20 years and was the veteran of five internet start-ups before founding New Atlas in 2002.
christopher August 26, 2018 10:24 PM
It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wALArd2rvo


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Q: PHP OO Performance when generating thousands of an object type I've been reading the Matt Zandstra PHP Object Oriented Designs and Patterns and quite liked an idea but was wondering how it effects PHP Performance when you create hundreds maybe thousands of them.
You have a map consisting of thousands of different type of tiles (like in civilization).
You have a generic tile and then the other tiles may be one of 10 different types.
He was basically saying that you create a Basic tile and then have the other tiles inherit the properties like:
abstract class Grass {

    public movementSpeed = 1;

    public function getMovementSpeed () {
        return this.movementSpeed;
    }

}

class Hill extends Grass {
    public movementSpeed = 0.5;
}

class Mountain extends Grass {
    public movementSpeed = 0.3;
}

class Lake extends Grass {
    public movementSpeed = 0.6;

    public function seaMonster () {
        // Kill between 0.2 - 0.4x of units with sea monster
    }

}

You have all of the different types of terrains that make up this map (upon first generation) and then loop through the database to build it up like:
ID | TYPE
-----------------
1 | grass
2 | mountain
3 | mountain
4 | grass
5 | lake
6 | grass

So I guess my question is... how does this go with performance? Does PHP store every tile as a big object or does it just contain a reference to the object definition?
I'm just thinking when its a map full of 1,000s of squares and I'm looping through and doing other jazzy stuff, will it be crazy slow as I always thought Object Oriented programming was quite bulky.
Would it be much quicker to have it procedural then loop through the squares and run functions to decide what happens with these?
Just wondering in general what performance is like when using an OO Design/Pattern like this?
Edit: What I mean by OO and Procedural looping is something like:
// Procedural

$tiles = array();

// Loop through DB of tiles
$tiles[] = $row->type;

$speed = getSpeed($tiles[0]);

// OO
$map = new Map;

// Loop through DB of tiles
switch ($row->type) {
   case 1:
       $map->addTile(new Plains);
       break;
   case 2:
       $map->addTile(new Mountain);
       break;
}

$tile = $map->getTile(0);
$speed = $tile->getMovementSpeed();

As you can see, the OO method really makes sense, you're populating a map with tiles but for 2 mountains is there any sort of duplication or when you come to call it, does it just reference the class blueprint as to what its doing.
I guess it just calls the construct method (if there is one) and then you have it's methods on hand when you need them so its pretty quick right?
Thanks, Dom