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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2000/12/01/c-u-sees-record-construction/)
C.U. Sees Record Construction
By ryan | December 1, 2000
Campus-wide construction and renovations will not be slowing as Cornell continues to revamp through this semester and beyond. More construction has occurred on campus this past year than ever before and from North Campus to off-campus facilities, the face of Cornell is transforming to meet the ever-changing technological times and the growing student population.
"We've had a record amount of construction here over the past year or so," said President Hunter R. Rawlings III in an interview with The Sun last week.
For nine grueling months, construction of Court and Mews Halls, two new freshmen dorms, has been underway on North Campus.
"Everything is going well, we should have seven months left to go," said Jean Reese, project leader for the program aspect of the North Campus Residential Initiative.
Administrators promise that next year's residents, whose sleep will not be interrupted by the early morning work, which was a complaint of Donlon resident Kaj Hackinen '04. But a shortage of masons needed to configure the exterior brickwork threatens to delay completion.
However, when the residence halls are finished, they will be equipped with air conditioners and fire-place lounges as well as outdoor tennis and basketball courts.
The dorms' air conditioning will be supplied by another project completed this semester, Lake Source Cooling.
Lake Source Cooling transfers cold water temperatures from the bottom of Cayuga Lake to Cornell's water-cooling system for air conditioning purposes. While controversy has surrounded the project because it returns warmer and phosphorous-filled water to the lake, the system has been running without incident this semester.
Beyond residential and utilities construction, academic projects have also been booming, as Mann Library's expansion opened to students.
The addition, completed in October, has brought the library technological advancements and faster networks. However, the work is not yet done.
"A lot of patrons don't know this is only half the story," said Peter Schrempf, administrative manager of Mann Library. "They forget the old building has to be renovated; there will be much larger study spaces and a place where students can eat."
Another place for students looking for lunch is the campus store. A "Munch Market" convenience mart opened earlier this semester. The store also centralized its checkout and return counters, and new customer service desks were placed on the upper and lower levels. New paint, carpeting, technological advances and design changes were also added.
"We think [the renovation] has been tremendously successful," said Margie Whiteleather, strategy manager of Cornell Business Services. "It is easier to shop and move from section to section."
Lincoln Hall renovations and additions were also completed this semester. New facilities for rehearsal and lessons, electronic mini-studios and administrative spaces added footage to the building.
"The practice rooms are full day and night," said Steven Stucky, the Given Foundation Professor of Composition. "Many more students are in the building now than before; people really like to be here."
The construction craze does not stop there, however. There are a number of prospective projects in the works. West Campus is due for a make-over, but plans for the renovations there are still in development. "Everything is so rudimentary right now," said David Mahon '01, a member of the West Campus Living Learning Council.
The plans include four to five new living-learning houses with communal dining facilities, seminar rooms, offices for staff, graduate students and faculty fellows.
Because the plans are not yet definite, construction may not begin until 2004.
Cornell is also spreading the construction fever off campus. The current Tompkins County Trust Company's central office is the projected site for a new downtown office building to be constructed by the University.
The offices will hopefully strengthen the relationship between downtown Ithaca and Cornell, according to John E. Majeroni, the University director of real estate. He predicts one year until construction begins.
"Eleven developers expressed interest," he said. "We hope very shortly to be narrowing the list down to two or three."
Archived article by Rachel Einschlag
Editorial & Business Training: Compet
By ryan January 1, 2001
Late in the fall semester of each year, Sun staff members are offered the opportunity to compete for a spot on the next editorial board of The Sun, either as one of The Sun's editors or as a Sun manager working in the business department. After the sign-ups are collected at the end of the semester, The Sun takes a break from publication while the university recesses for the winter break. When students return in January, the formal training process for potential editors and managers known as the "compet" process begins. As one can infer, the word "compet" comes from the word "compete" — and for the next six weeks, that's exactly what potential Sun editors and managers will do. Editors and managers will rotate through a variety of positions here at the paper, learning the proverbial ins and outs of the business. At times, compet is terrifically demanding of both the trainees who are vying for a spot on the next editorial board and of those veteran editors and managers who are busy training a new crop of Sun leaders. For the duration of the compet process, editors-in-training will receive credit for their hard work on page 4 of our print edition, under a heading that (appropriately) reads "Today's Editors-in-Training." The Sun's elections take place in March, after a full six weeks of late nights and long hours. Following the elections, readers will see new names on the Sun's mast, and those past editors who have served their time will, once again, become avid readers and dedicated staff members of the paper. Compet is a process that has served the paper well for decades, allowing us to simultaneously build upon the knowledge and experience of our outgoing editors while utilizing the enthusiasm and ingenuity of our up-and-coming successors.Archived article by Sun Staff
Hockey Uses Defense to Defeat Princeton 3-0
By ryan December 3, 2000
ITHACA, NY – One of the best offenses in the ECAC met one of the best defenses in the ECAC Saturday night at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. The defense won. Cornell (5-3-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) used physical play and great special teams play to subdue the Tigers of Princeton (4-3-3, 3-3-2) by a 3-0 score before a raucous, sellout Lynah crowd. The win gave the Red a four-point weekend and moved it atop the ECAC standings for the first time this year. The shutout was the first for senior goaltender Ian Burt and the first by an ECAC team against the Tigers in 118 ECAC contests. Princeton, which had scored seven goals the night before against Colgate, could get nothing going offensively for the majority of the game. The Tigers only mustered four first period shots, none taken in the slot. Meanwhile, Cornell heaped the pressure upon junior goaltender Dave Stathos of Princeton, who played a solid first period to keep the Red off the scoreboard, despite numerous good chances right in front of his net. Cornell finally cracked Stathos at the 14:54 mark of the second period when Cornell went on its first power play of the evening. Sophomore defenseman Doug Murray unloaded a slapshot from the blue line that missed the net, but bounced off the boards to freshman Ryan Vesce, who slammed it home past a diving Stathos. Meanwhile, senior goaltender Burt was having a relatively easy evening. Princeton managed only six second period shots, as it continued to have trouble carrying the puck into the zone and around the stifling Red defense. "Princeton is very good offensively, they're very dangerous," said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer '86. "I thought we did a good job of containing them. Burt agreed. "I thought the whole team played awesome tonight," the netminder commented. "They gave [Princeton] nothing all night." Despite the relative dominance of Cornell the first two periods, they remained only one goal up after the first 40 minutes. That changed quickly at the 1:24 mark of the third, when sophomore Matt McRae was on the end of hard work in the corners from his linemates, Vesce and sophomore Steven Baby. Vesce and Baby won the battle for a puck in the corner, then found McRae in the slot, who skated around Stathos and put the puck in the back of the net. Princeton had a chance to get back in the game when Cornell's Greg Hornby and Shane Palahicky took back-to-back penalties, giving Princeton 1:40 of five-on-three power play time at the 3:53 mark of the third. Princeton saw some of its best chances on the evening during this stretch, and while Cornell was unable to clear the zone, the Tigers were unable to put it home thanks to some brilliant goaltending from Burt and some tight defense. "I thought Ian [Burt] did a tremendous job during the five on three," said Schafer. "[The kill] was the turning point of the game." With the Red again on the power play at the 12:05 mark in the third, Murray got the goal that had barely eluded him in the second when he took a nearly identical slap shot from the blue line that beat Stathos high glove side. From that point, Cornell simply ran time off the clock and kept the Tigers' big scorers at bay. Burt described the win as the most complete the team had posted all year. "Every game we've played this year we've played like that for a bit of the game, but we've never put a full game together," the senior said. "Tonight we just came out and put everything together." Princeton has only two victories at Cornell since the 1980-81 season. Archived article by Charles Persons


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Great Music Festival in Yucatan on Sunday 8th March!
MÉRIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO – Following last year's successful event, Mérida is gearing up for the 2015 Mérida Music Festival, which will take place on Sunday 8th March at Hacienda Dzibikak. For anyone planning to be in the area at the time, it's well worth including this great event in your itinerary.
As last year, the festival is styled on the European / North American concept of an all-day music festival (rather than a concert), offering a pleasant location to enjoy with friends, good food, and drink, while also appreciating the various different styles of music performed.
On the bill this year for the 4th edition of the event are performances by CopyPaste (covers of well-known artists); Los Twangs (old fashioned rock & roll); Lanugo (rock); Los Lásgori; a tribute to Amy Winehouse by Gina Osorno; Maydel & her Cuban band; Batucada do Fogo; and Divas (tributes to 80s rock divas).
Food and drink vendors currently expected include T Bar, C'est Pantastic, Le Café de Bruxelles, La Bierhaus, Amuza Social Food, The Beer Box, Green Station, and La Bodeguita del Medio. Apoala will be taking care of the catering in the VIP area.
Last year, Save the Children benefited from the event; this year La Fundación Dondé will be the beneficiary. For over 100 years, La Fundación Dondé has been dedicated to promoting education and development of children and youth in Mexico. More information about the foundation is available on the festival website.
Tickets are available for pre-sale in Mérida at Hennessy's Irish Pub, La Bierhaus (Colonia México and Centro), Ki'Xocolatl, T Bar, C'est Pantastic, and The Beer Box for 300 pesos (approx US$20), or 350 pesos (approx US$23) at the gate on the day. A limited number of VIP tickets, including buffet, open bar, and access to the main house at the hacienda are available for 1000 pesos (approx US$67) each. The festival website provides addresses of the pre-sale locations. Children under 12 enter free, and onsite parking is also free of charge.
A bus service will operate from Mérida (boarding at Hennessy's Irish Pub on Paseo de Montejo) at a cost of 50 pesos (approx US$3.50) round-trip. Buy your bus transportation when buying your tickets for the festival.
If you're in Yucatán, come on out to Hacienda Dzibikak on Sunday 8th March to enjoy an afternoon of fun, great music, and food in a spectacularly beautiful location, while supporting an excellent cause.


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Q: Express: How to implement the JSON API I have a very basic express server which simply offers model-data via mongoose for webapps. So now since in my Framework (ember) the JSON-API is the new default adapter for requesting model-data, Im wondering how to implement a response for my route in a way which respects the JSON API specification.
My current route in express looks like that.
router.get('/:id', function(req, res, next) {
  postModel.find({ //Mongoose functions
    _id: req.params.id
  }, function(err, doc) {
    res.json({ //returning the doc
      data: doc //within 'doc', the 'type'-key must be added
    });
  });

});

I have to include a key for the "type" in each responded object so the responding object will looks like that:
{
  data:{
    type:"post",
    id:"123",
    title:"test"
  }
}

A: Here is a better answer. My request handler in express:
router.get('/:id', function(req, res, next) {
  Lookup.findById(req.params.id, function(err, result) {
    if (err) {
      res.send({
        error: err
      });
    } else {
      res.send(to_jsonapi(result, 'lookup'));
    }
  });
});

This calls a utility function which converts the mongoose result into a valid jsonapi result. You just need to call it with the result plus the 'type' value.
function to_jsonapi(result, type) {
  datajson = [];
  if (Array.isArray(result)) {
    result.forEach(function(item) {
      datajson.push({
        "type": type,
        "id": item._id,
        "attributes": item
      });
    });
  } else if (typeof result === "object") {
    // Happens when there is only one item
    datajson.push({
      "type": type,
      "id": result._id,
      "attributes": result
    });
  } else {
    datajson.push({
      "type": type
    });
  }
  return {
    "data": datajson
  };
}

This is not perfect yet but should get you down the road!

A: I am just running in to this same problem. There is an ember-mongoose npm package but I have not used it yet. The way they solve the problem is actually back in the ember-data side by extending the DS.RESTAdapter. There they overwrite the findQuery function.
findQuery: function(store, type, query) {
    var data = { query: query };
    return this.ajax(this.buildURL(type.typeKey), 'POST', { data: data });
  }

This is not that elegant though since it requires a customization for every data type. You can see the example here.
Hope it helps.

A: Try using lean()
router.get('/:id', function(req, res, next) {
  postModel
    .find({_id: req.params.id})
    .lean()
    .then( docs => {
      _.each( docs, doc => {
        doc.type = "post";
      });
      res.json(data: docs);
    });
});

A: If you are implementing jsonapi on server side because it will be then automatically parsed by your Ember.js Data, then I would suggest to look at different Serializers which Ember.js provides. It will solve the problem. Because it's the job of the client to parse the data in whatever way Backend provides, not that we have to make our backend compatible with clients :)

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For the second year, Heidrick & Struggles has partnered with the British Hospitality Association to conduct interviews with chief executives from hospitality, the United Kingdom's fourth-largest industry. Our latest report, Leading through Complexity: A View from Hospitality CEOs, is a culmination of interviews with CEOs who are collectively responsible for more than £30 billion in sales and over 850,000 employees.
Compared with our 2015 report, Leading through Uncertainty, these CEOs have, as a whole, moved from a majority-optimistic to a more neutral stance on the UK's economic outlook, especially in advance of this year's EU referendum, to be held this June. A majority of leaders fear that uncertainty about Brexit will affect their businesses this year, and they share their predictions as to the outcome of the vote.
Among other findings, we learned that hospitality CEOs remain concerned about terrorism and heightened security threats, and believe that politicians are out of touch in their understanding of the hospitality sector and its wider importance to the UK economy.
Sophy Bouverat (sbouverat@heidrick.com) is an engagement manager in Heidrick & Struggles' London office.
Ben Twynam (btwynam@heidrick.com) is a partner in the London office and leads the Hospitality & Leisure Sector in the UK. He is a member of the British Hospitality Association.


Evaluate that infrastructure, business applications and databases perform to their optimum capability and meet or exceed the need and priorities.
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Evaluate the acquisition, installation, and maintenance plan of ICT Infrastructure to ensure efficient and effective support of organization information system processing and business requirements.
Evaluate ICT practices to ensure efficient and effective utilization of technical resources.
Evaluate the use of system performance and monitoring process, tools & techniques to ensure that ICT facility continue to meet organizational business objectives.
Evaluate the process to ensure that inventories of hardware, software and information holdings are available and kept up to date and are reflected in or incorporated in configuration management database.
Evaluate that procedures and working practices for efficient and effective running of all tasks associated with operating and controlling installed hardware and software are developed and maintained.
Evaluate & assess the process of SLA – Service Level Agreements.
Evaluate and assess the process to define relevant standards and techniques and to overall policy, procedures and practices on matters such as security, health and safety, environmental controls, service facilities and media storage, etc.
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It is not dry yet, that's why the black parts look a little strange. This is a photo I took of my mom and Maggie last summer. She didn't know I was photographing and I love the feeling and the message.
Maggie was a little puppy and she didn't have half the energy she has today hehe (now she is more of a tornado), hence the royal treatment.
My mom is a very caring person, especially when it comes to animals and for her birthday I wanted to paint something that's 100% aligned with her life and personality. I've never painted anything for her before so this is something very special.


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Dow Jones Industrial Average falls on concern of U.S.-EU trade war
From Heidi Chung:
Stocks tumbled during Tuesday's session as trade tensions heat up between the U.S. and the European Union.
As of 12:20 p.m. ET, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) sank 0.33%, or 9.44 points, while the Dow (^DJI) fell 132.26 points, or 0.50%, and the Nasdaq (^IXIC) tumbled 0.12%, or 9.37 points.
Crude oil (CL=F) continued its rally on Tuesday, hitting year-to-date highs. Continued conflict in Libya gave the commodity a boost, and it was trading near $64 per barrel.
The U.S. has said it will be slapping tariffs on $11 billion worth of EU goods after the World Trade Organization found that the EU's subsidies to Airbus have had an adverse impact on the U.S.
President Donald Trump tweeted the following Tuesday morning:
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The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus has adversely impacted the United States, which will now put Tariffs on $11 Billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. It will soon stop!
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In a preliminary list released by the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer's office, the U.S. tariffs could impact anything from helicopters, salmon, yogurt, butter and cheese.
"This case has been in litigation for 14 years, and the time has come for action. The administration is preparing to respond immediately when the WTO issues its finding on the value of U.S. countermeasures," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement. "Our ultimate goal is to reach an agreement with the EU to end all WTO-inconsistent subsidies to large civil aircraft. When the E.U. ends these harmful subsidies, the additional U.S. duties imposed in response can be lifted."
The EU has also indicated that it plans to retaliate against the threat from the U.S.
Moreover, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will be headed to Capitol Hill to testify before the House. Mnuchin is expected to be grilled by House Democrats about President Trump's tax returns. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee requested that the Internal Revenue Service hand over six years of the president's tax returns. The Trump administration has stated that it will not be releasing the president's tax returns without a fight.
STOCKS: Facebook jumps on analyst call, American Airlines sinks after slashing outlook
Facebook (FB) stock rose 2% after Morgan Stanley raised its price target from $190 to $195 per share, which is about an 11% move higher from Tuesday's opening price. Analyst Brian Nowak anticipated strong ad revenue from Instagram and said that the data scandal wasn't really impacting the social media company's user engagement or ad dollars. Facebook shares are on pace for their highest close since August.
American Airlines (AAL) shares sank nearly 2% after the company slashed its first-quarter revenue outlook. The airline cited a material impact from the grounding of 24 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. American Airlines now expects revenue per available seat mile, a key industry metric, to be flat to up to 1% during the quarter, down from the flat to up to 2% previously expected. The company said that it had to cancel 1,200 flights in the first quarter because of the groundings and plans to extend flight cancellations until June 5.
The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) was trading at $261.78 per share on Tuesday afternoon, down $1.44 (-0.55%). Year-to-date, DIA has gained 6.70%, versus a 8.21% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
DIA currently has an ETF Daily News SMART Grade of A (Strong Buy), and is ranked #4 of 82 ETFs in the Large Cap Value ETFs category.
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There is truly no stopping "Dolce Amore," the number one kilig series in the country, from conquering Philippine television with its string of successes – from its consistent high ratings to the positive feedback it has received from viewers.
The series, starring Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, has constantly attracted primetime viewers nationwide, with its recorded ratings peaking at 37.5%, based on data from Kantar Media. There is also an outpouring of positive comments for the love team's acting prowess, especially during the tender scenes between Serena and Tenten.
"It's overwhelming. Lalo na we came from Forevermore na magaganda rin 'yung feedback, so parang 'yung pressure na dala namin sa 'Dolce Amore,' kumbaga parang nawala, or kung 'di man nawala, nabawasan. Of course, we can't do that kung wala ang help nina Direk Mae (Cruz-Alvar), Direk Richard (Arellano), and all our staff. Nagpapasalamat rin talaga kami sa suporta nila, ng LizQuen fans, at ng mga Kapamilya natin," said Enrique.
"We're glad that all the hardwork is paying off. Thankful po ako kasi magagaling ang mga kasama namin. Nakakahawa ang galing nilang umarte. But we have so much to learn. We will never take the love for granted," said Liza.
Coming on the heels of "Dolce's" success is the launch of the "Dolce Amore Destiny Tour," which promises to spread even more kilig to the fans of the show, endearingly called Amores, not just in the country but also in other parts of the world.
Its first stop, which is already gaining buzz online, will happen at the Lapu-Lapu Shrine in Luneta Park, Manila on May 1 where Amores can get to sing and play with the whole cast.
They will also continue to take the world by storm with legs in Yorkshire, UK on June 11; Paris, France and Rome, Italy on June 12; Dusseldorf, Germany on June 19. For more information, just visit emea.kapamilya.com.
As the story of "Dolce Amore" continues, Tenten and Serena's relationship faces uncertainty after Kuya Binggoy (Kean Cipriano) kidnapped Serena in exchange for ransom money for the operation of Tatay Binggoy (Edgar Mortiz).
However, Serena thinks that Tenten is involved in the kidnapping. Will Serena finally go back to Italy?
Don't miss the country's number one kilig series, "Dolce Amore" weeknights on ABS-CBN or ABS-CBN HD (SkyCable ch 167). Catch its latest episodes on iwantv.com.ph or skyondemand.com.ph for Sky subscribers. For updates, follow @realdolceamore on Twitter and Instagram.


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United States v. Guzman, No. 18-3488 (8th Cir. 2020)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracies to import and possess cocaine and attempted possession of the drug. The court also held that the district court did not err in calculating defendant's offense level based on its finding that the quantity of cocaine exceeded five kilograms, and the district court did not clearly err by imposing a sentencing enhancement under USSG 3B1.1(b), because defendant had acted as a manager or supervisor.
Court Description: Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges] [Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for conspiracies to import and possess cocaine and attempted possession of the drug; the district court did not err in calculating defendant' offense level based on its determination that the conspiracy involved 5 or more kilos of cocaine; no error in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1(b) for management or supervisory role in the criminal activity.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-3488 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Giovany Frank Guzman lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport ____________ Submitted: November 15, 2019 Filed: January 2, 2020 ____________ Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge A jury found Giovany Frank Guzman guilty on three counts: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846; conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 960(a)(3), 960(b)(2)(B), and 963; and attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846. The district court1 sentenced Guzman to 190 months' imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. Guzman appeals his sentence, challenging his drugquantity based offense level and the role-enhancement imposed under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) § 3B1.1(b). Guzman also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. We affirm. Following a trip to Mexico with Oscar Gomez, Guzman's uncle and codefendant, Guzman sent Gomez the names and addresses of four individuals. These addresses were provided to him by Shelby Williams, another co-defendant. On January 24, 2017, Customs and Border Protection intercepted a suspicious package sent to one of the addresses Guzman had texted to Gomez. The package was labeled as "fiber stairs," but after further inspection, Customs and Border Protection discovered that the package contained 2,990 grams of cocaine. The package was then returned to UPS for a controlled delivery. After communicating with Guzman, Williams picked up the package from the UPS store and delivered the package to him. Later that evening, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Gomez's house and seized the package. Around the same time, a second package of "stairs for aerobics" was intercepted by Customs and Border Protection. The package matched one of the names and addresses Guzman had texted to Gomez and contained two kilograms of cocaine. No controlled delivery was attempted of this package. A third and final package, weighing 8.7 kilograms, was picked up at a FedEx location in Moline, Iowa. Law enforcement did not seize or inspect this package because they did not learn of its delivery until later in the investigation. The package's description, "aerobic step," was similar to the other two intercepted packages and matched an address provided to Guzman by Williams. 1 The Honorable John A. Jarvey, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. -2- At sentencing, the district court, adopting the presentence report (PSR), attributed all three packages to Guzman, found that the amount of cocaine involved exceeded five kilograms, and held that Guzman's base offense level was 30. See U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(a)(5), (c)(5). The district court also applied a three-level enhancement to Guzman's base offense level as a manager or supervisor of Williams. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(b). The court determined that Guzman's total offense level was 35, that his criminal history category was IV, and that his advisory sentencing range was 235 to 293 months' imprisonment. Guzman first argues that insufficient evidence exists to support his convictions on all counts. He contends that the government failed to prove that he had knowledge of the contents of any of the packages. In reviewing sufficiency of the evidence claims, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government. United States v. Vinton, 429 F.3d 811, 815 (8th Cir. 2005). "We must uphold the verdict if any reasonable jury could have found the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Id. (quoting United States v. McDougal, 137 F.3d 547, 553 (8th Cir. 1998)). The evidence supports the jury's finding that Guzman knew that the packages contained cocaine and knew the purpose of the agreement in which he had joined. The government presented evidence that Guzman had traveled to Leon, Mexico with Gomez. Soon after their trip, Guzman texted Gomez addresses and names of individuals. Packages were shipped from Leon, Mexico to the addresses provided by Guzman. Guzman received the packages from Williams and then gave them to Gomez. Guzman's surreptitious behavior with respect to the packages and his involvement with receiving the packages could lead a jury to conclude that Guzman knew of the packages' illicit contents. We thus hold that there was sufficient evidence to support all three counts of Guzman's convictions. -3- Guzman also challenges the district court's calculation of his offense level, arguing that the district court clearly erred in determining that the conspiracy involved five or more kilograms of cocaine. See United States v. Marshall, 411 F.3d 891, 894 (8th Cir. 2005) (standard of review). We disturb the district court's determination "only if the entire record definitely and firmly convinces us that a mistake has been made." United States v. Titlbach, 300 F.3d 919, 923 (8th Cir. 2002). The district court concluded that Guzman was responsible for all three packages, the combined contents of which consisted of more than five kilograms of cocaine. Although Guzman concedes that the first two packages together amounted to at least 4,990 grams, he argues that the district court clearly erred in attributing the third package to him, with the result that the determination of any amount of cocaine in the third package constituted "mere speculation" by the district court. The district court did not clearly err when it held that the third package had some amount of cocaine attributable to Guzman. The package's name and address matched a name and address provided by Guzman to Gomez. As with the other two packages, this package originated from Leon, Mexico and was labeled as an "aerobic step." Williams also admitted to picking up a package from FedEx for Guzman. Although the third package was never inspected by law enforcement, sufficient circumstantial evidence connected the package to Guzman, and given the temporal proximity to the delivery of the other packages, it was reasonable to conclude that at least ten grams of cocaine were in the third package. See United States v. Atkins, 250 F.3d 1203, 1212 (8th Cir. 2001) ("[The Guidelines] gives the court the authority to approximate the quantity of drugs where there is no seizure or where the amount seized does not reflect the scale of the offense."). The district court thus did not clearly err when it found that the quantity of cocaine exceeded five kilograms. -4- Finally, Guzman argues that the district court clearly erred in finding that he had acted as a manager or supervisor. See United States v. Cosey, 602 F.3d 943, 947 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review). Under Guidelines § 3B1.1(b), Guzman's offense level was subject to a three-level increase if he was a "manager or supervisor (but not an organizer or leader) and the criminal activity involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive." We have held that a defendant may be subject to the enhancement even if he managed or supervised only one participant, limited to a single transaction. See United States v. Valencia, 829 F. 3d 1007, 1012 (8th Cir. 2016). The evidence supports the district court's application of the enhancement. Guzman used Williams to provide the names and addresses of individuals, so that Guzman could transmit these to Gomez. Guzman also directed Williams to pick up packages at UPS and FedEx and told her where to meet him. Given this evidence, the district court's finding that Guzman was a manager or supervisor of Williams was not clearly erroneous. The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________ -5-
Primary Holding
The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracies to import and possess cocaine and attempted possession of the drug.
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You know me, any excuse to bake and I'm in the kitchen baking up a wonderful treat. If there is one thing I love more than baking and eating cake, its baking with Hana. Well this weekend we had an excuse to get ourselves into the kitchen and do a nice bit of baking for one of Hana's cousins kids birthdays. Being as it was a birthday cake for a 6 year old we were even more excited than usual as we had the perfect excuse to try out a recipe we had wanted to make for a while, the hedgehog cake.
I can't remember how Hana came across the idea of a hedgehog cake, I think she found pictures of these on the internet somehow. If she is anything like me (which I think she might be) then Hana could have been just looking at pictures of different cakes! When I saw the picture of the cute chocolate covered hedgehog Hana showed me, I thought it would be a great cake for us to bake sometime, but a little over the top for the two of us, thank goodness for birthdays!
As I said we made this for Hana's second cousin's 5th or 6th birthday, I do forget, how ever old she is it"s old enough to enjoy fun cakes. We took it to the party on Saturday evening, a little late for a kids birthday party? And I think it went down well, as it was a birthday party there was a lot of cake and treats and with a main birthday cake too it didn't get eaten before we had to head home to London. I must be getting old as I couldn't keep up with a group of kids!
We looked around at a few hedgehog cake recipes before deciding on using a simple chocolate sponge to build it out of. As the rest of the recipe is a bit complicated namely with the decoration, we thought it best to keep the baking part of it simple. You can bake the sponge the night before assembling your chocolate 'hedgehog' and just keep it in a tin. We did this and it worked out well enough, a good thing if you are pushed for time when organising a birthday party.
This is a little complicated but it works really well.
Preheat your oven to 190c and grease and line two shallow sponge tins. In a mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar till smooth and creamy.
Sift the flour and cocoa together in a separate bowl. Crack the eggs into the butter and sugar creamy mix and continue to beat with an electric whisk on medium. Once combined resift in the flour and cocoa into the cake batter and whisk again till combined.
Pop in the oven for 30 minutes, or till a knife comes out of the middle of the cake clean and the sponge is springy. Remove to a wire rack and cool.
Meanwhile make up the icing by first mixing the cocoa with the warm water to form a paste. Beat the butter till soft and whisk with the icing sugar till pale and fluffy. Add the cocoa paste and you have your icing.
Take two of the side pieces and sandwich them together then place on top to form the body.
Now you have the general body, it is time to shape the hedgehog with the icing. Before icing you may want to trim the cake a little to make it more "hedgehog" shaped.
Once you are happy with the icing and feel it is the right shape score the body of the hedgehog with a fork, this helps to look like fur under the prickles and also separates the head from the body a little. I also used these grooves to places the spines in. I made these by snapping a chocolate button in half and popping it just into the icing.
Add the smarties for eyes and cherry for nose and your hedgehog is ready to be eaten!
This looks so good, I am now so hungry and dinner time is still an hour away! I am going to be giving this a go for my little cousin's birthday next month, I think she would love a hedgehog cake! Awesome hub!
I'm the grandma of the little girl who was lucky enough to receive the gift of the hedgehog cake from Russell and Hana. It was a fantastic cake and would be sure to delight any child. Thank you both.


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Bessemer City picks up first win of season
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Bessemer City 38, Community School of Davidson 7: Overmatched in its previous three games, Bessemer City saw how the other half lives in a rout of Community School of Davidson. The Yellow Jackets (1-2) not only picked up their first victory of the season, but a key Southern Piedmont 1A win as well.
Clover at Ashbrook: Game postponed until Saturday. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
East Lincoln 41, North Gaston 21: East Lincoln (3-0) raced out to a 35-point halftime lead and never looked back, moving to 3-0 on the young season. Justin Barnette had three touchdowns - connecting with Austin Smith and Lucas McConnell for scoring tosses, while running for another. Smith added another touchdown on the ground, with Trey Burris running one in for a touchdown as well. East Lincoln's Paulie Menegay also scored via a fumble return. Micah Crosby scored a pair of rushing touchdowns for North Gaston, with Chase Sharpe hauling in a touchdown reception.
Kings Mountain 35, West Mecklenburg 7: Ethan Reid threw three touchdown passes, while running back Rashaard Brooks scored a pair of his own - one rushing, another receiving - to help the Mountaineers move to 3-0. Quintin Davidson had touchdown receptions of 50, 43 and 23 yards - the last from fellow wideout Kobe Paysour.
Lake Norman Charter 42, Highland Tech 27: The Rams (0-2) went into halftime with a 14-12 lead, but were unable to stop the Lake Norman Charter offense in the second half as they fell to their second loss of the season. It was the first game for Highland Tech in 21 days.
Lincolnton 14, East Gaston 3: The Wolves improved to 2-2 with the home win over the Warriors on Military Appreciation Night at Memorial Stadium.
Lincolnton went 65 yards on the game's opening drive, capped by a one-yard touchdown run by Amontre Finger. Diego Ramiro's point after made it 7-0. The Wolves then sealed the win with a 9-yard scoring run from Tiaje Ross with 8:58 remaining.
East Gaston's only points of the night came on a 35-yard field goal by Carter Beck as time expired in the opening half. Lincolnton outgained the Warriors in total yards 284 to 191.
Mountain Island Charter 45, Berry Academy 20: In a close game heading into the fourth quarter, the Raptors outscored Berry Academy 20-0 in the final stanza to pull away for the win. Jaden Robinson returned a kickoff 85 yards for one score, then added another on a 13-yard touchdown reception. Quarterback Demetrius Washington was 5-for-12 with 170 yards and two touchdowns, along with seven carries for 38 yards. Elijah Burris hrushed for 175 yards on 15 carries and three touchdowns. Jaden Fisher also returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown. Durrell Johnson had two interceptions, while Christian Sellers had three sacks in a winning effort.
West Lincoln 41, Foard 0: Canon Bridges and Xander Pendergrass each rushed for two touchdowns, while quarterback Mason Huitt rushed for one and threw another to Chandler Carpenter as the Rebels moved to 3-0 on the season. West Lincoln has allowed 19 points this season.
Marcus Bell, Mike Keever and Ned Yates contributed to this report.


The latest addition to my Stormcast Eternal force are a pair of the Dracothian Guard. These impressive mounted troops have a very different profile to most mounted units, as rather than looking fleet or swift, have a very imposing bulk to them.
That's a lot of gold, so the detailing becomes very important. I use silvers and white to provide some contrast and make things pop out nicely as I progress.
Then the final detailing on the skin, and face of the beasts helps to bring the whole thing together.
The final results in the studio came out pretty well!
Next up I have some of the Vanguard units to paint, and those will be the final additions to my Stormcast army for now, as the new Dwarf faction that Games Workshop have teased is right up my proverbial alley! As soon as they appear I fear I'll have the start of a second Age of Sigmar army!
On the plus side they are presumably on the side of Order, so I can always field them with some of my Stormcast. That's one of the strengths of the Age of Sigmar ruleset in that it is so easy to field armies from the wider allegiances.
The new army isn't released until later in April, so there might be time for me to catch up on my Tohaa for Infinity in the meantime!


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Brain in Pain
By Siobhan Harms on October 2, 2019
Credit: Lauren Nehorai and Joanna Im/ Chronicle
Helen Graham '21 laid on a field, confused and terrified, unable to move or respond to the questions asked from her coach and teammates.
Graham's life changed when she suffered a debilitating concussion in the fall of 2017, when an air-borne ball hit her directly above the temple during a field hockey game.
"I could hear things that were going on around me, but people were asking me if I was alright and asking me if I could get up and I just couldn't," Graham said. "They called an ambulance, and the EMTs said they were very concerned about the bump, and that I needed to go immediately to the hospital and get a scan to see if I was dying."
Graham said the doctors assumed she experienced severe brain damage, due to the placement of the bump on her temple.
"They told me that I was probably going to [have hemorrhaging]," Graham said. "Then they had me sit in a room for several hours, thinking that I had brain hemorrhaging. So, I was just sitting there trying to calm down my mom because she was freaking out. Then they got the scans back and they said it looked like there was no internal bleeding."
The recovery process after a concussion.
Graham, who has had several prior concussions, expected to have a quick and easy recovery, she said.
"I thought it was going to be a two day thing, like [I would] take two days off and then go back to school," Graham said. "The biggest thing I was stressed about was missing a chem quiz and a field hockey game."
Graham said she didn't realize the extent to which this concussion would affect her. The neurologist she visited told her that she needed to stop attending school for several months, but Graham was convinced that she could return to health in a few weeks by going to school for half-days, she said.
"Every week I kept trying to go back to school, and I pretty much couldn't read and had a lot of trouble seeing," Graham said. "I couldn't look at one person and have a conversation with them. I'd be too distracted by shades of light and things behind them."
Graham said that the school was accommodating, allowing her to attend school for half-days so that she could rest. However, by the end of first semester Graham said she still had not recovered from the concussion. So, she made the difficult decision to drop out of school for sophomore year and repeat the 10th grade the following year.
"It was a slow transition to being completely better," Graham said. "By the time summer was halfway over, I was completely good. Or, as good as I'm going to get."
Ben Lee '21 said he experienced his first concussion this year during a football game. Lee said he played through the rest of the game after getting hit in the head, but visited the doctor afterwards.
"I missed a full week [of school]to recover," Lee said. "It [took] three weeks before [I could return fully] to football."
Lee said all his teachers have been very understanding of his situation.
The school's take on how to accommodate students who have concussions.
Upper School history teacher and former football coach, Conrad Cuda, said the school now requires concussion training for coaches. In addition, to ease students back into school, he said the trainers coordinate with the athletes' doctors and then the teachers.
"[Treatment] is individualized in terms of the feedback we get, how long the kids need, and usually [the trainers] try to coordinate with a doctor to determine how long and severe the concussion is," Cuda said. "[The trainers] also give us a plan for how to try and ease students back into it because it's essentially not something you want to jump right back in to and go full tilt."
Delaney Klace '21 has also experienced several sport-related concussions, including concussions in fifth and tenth grade. With the first concussion, she woke up and did not know where she was or what day it was, she said.
"I [wasn't able] to do anything for two weeks, I basically just sat in my room and listened to audio books," Klace said. "I couldn't really [go to] school. I got my second concussion just last year in tenth grade also at soccer practice, got kicked with a ball directly to the head and went through the whole process again."
Rajinder Singh Maan, a doctor specializing in preventive care, said it is important to seek treatment immediately after an athlete suspects a concussion. Treatment takes a variety of forms depending on the severity of the injury.
"[Treatment] begins with the athlete being removed from the game and a quick assessment at the sideline," Maan said. "Then, the athlete needs to get further detailed evaluations depending on initial findings. Treatment includes relative rest, where the athlete returns to school gradually as they can tolerate. Initially, there may be decreased homework, test accommodations and breaks as needed. Returning back to sport also involves a step wise process, and only begins once an athlete has no more symptoms."
Maan said there can be dire consequences for an athlete who does not wait for a concussion to heal or who does not seek immediate treatment.
"If an athlete does not wait for a concussion to fully heal and they sustain another brain injury, it is thought to possibly lead to brain swelling which can have catastrophic outcomes," Maan said. "Repeated trauma to the head can also lead to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) or Chronic Neurocognitive Impairment (CNI) which involve long term deficits in cognition, movement and behavior."
Even with the possibility of CTE or CNI, Graham said that if she could go back in time she wouldn't have given up field hockey to avoid her concussion.
"I miss field hockey, and if I had known what I know now, I would still have played because it was the hardest thing I've had to do," Graham said. "I think it has changed me and made me more empathetic."
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Falcons sign Peter Konz' former teammate Gabe Carimi today
The Atlanta Falcons signed offensive tackle Gabe Carimi, who has been with two teams already, the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Monday, according to the team.
Carimi, 6-7, 316 pounds, was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round (29th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Carimi, who played with Falcons center/right guard Peter Konz at Wisconsin, spent two seasons in Chicago. He played in 18 games and made 16 starts before being traded to Tampa Bay for a sixth-round pick before the 2013 season.
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Southampton set to extend Willy Caballero's contract to give them keeper cover
Willy Caballero
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Southampton look set to extend the contract of former Argentina international Willy Caballero.
The ex-Manchester City and Chelsea stopper signed a short-term deal at St Mary's until January 5 earlier this month after Saints experienced a goalkeeper crisis.
Caballero endured a debut to forget with a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal but impressed in the 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace last time out and could now remain at Southampton for the rest of the campaign.
Ralph Hasenhuttl revealed: "Yeah, there is a chance definitely because in this moment and situation, you never know how quick it goes with Covid that you lose a few players.
"It would make sense, definitely and this is what we have in our mind to extend his contract also. I am sure he can help us for a longer term.
"He showed on the pitch he can help us. He played two games, against Palace you could see with every game he gets better, with every game he gets more self-confidence. This is what you need when you step in."
Injuries to Alex McCarthy and Fraser Forster saw Southampton turn to Caballero but one-time England goalkeeper Forster has returned to training which will leave Hasenhuttl with a decision to make ahead of Sunday's trip to West Ham.
Stuart Armstrong, Che Adams and Adam Armstrong have also recovered from recent fitness issues to boost the south coast club but the Saints manager is aware of the task at hand on Boxing Day.
He said of West Ham: "Very compact team, very good, very strong opponent.
"Maybe the only team at the moment that is able to step in this top-six table and they did it in a fantastic way.
"Tough to get something there and for me every season one of the toughest away games we have."
Southampton will aim to end a six-game winless streak this weekend and West Ham have also endured mixed form of late.
The Hammers, who are fifth in the Premier League, have triumphed in only two of their last nine matches in all competitions.
"We always see things that we can or how we can hurt them," Hasenhuttl added.
"It will be a super intense game for us again and we need to have a very good performance from the first minute.
"It's a very good organised team and with simple, good behaviours and this leads to a tough challenge for us."
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The Africa Cup of Nations group stage continues to ramp up this afternoon with Ivory Coast hoping to seal their spot in the last-16 against a buoyed Sierra Leone side. Among the tournament favourites, the Ivorians began their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea thanks to Max Gradel's early strike in their opening match. Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone is scheduled for a 4pm GMT kick-off on Sunday, January 16, 2022.
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Q: git branching strategy for a new project with a small dev team We are a team of 3 members and we are about create a new iOS project in git.
As a small team, all three developers will work on all modules.
Is it better to create a separate branch for each developer and merge to master when we deploy onto production server?
Is it okay to work all developers on the same master branch?
Can any one please suggest me best git branching strategy for new new project?

A: While I wouldn't want to wade into the religious waters of determining a best branching strategy, I think it's safe to say that developers should not commit to master willy-nilly.
A typical strategy is to have a developer create a separate branch for each feature or bugfix so that decisions on whether and when to merge into master can be made on a feature-by-feature (branch-by-branch) basis. If you are unsure what your workflow should be, I would recommend going with something along those lines unless you have a very good reason to deviate.
A commonly-cited explication of this sort of approach is at http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/.


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January 2021 Book of the Month | Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8 What a book! Alex Wheatle's writing buzzes with energy and captures twelve-and-a-half-year-old Welton's experience of being in love in all its heart-pounding, stomach-flipping, confusing giddiness alongside a run of seriously bad luck. With Wheatle's outstanding Jamaica-set historic novel Cane Warriors one of my favourite books of recent years, this confirms the author's status as a writer of huge talent, with the ability to infuse all genres with a special kind of magic. Things begin to go downhill for Welton the moment he finally plucks up courage to ask out Carmella, "one of the most delicious-looking females in school." But, somehow, he manages to retain an infectiously upbeat stance throughout, punctuating his problems with Star Wars related exclamations ("Oh, for the life of Yoda!") as he navigates everything life throws at him - from Hulk-like moustachioed bully Brian and the strife between his divorced parents, to his intense fear of being "lamed and shamed" by Carmella. Welton's wit and entrepreneurial spirit is especially hilarious and sees him selling damning insults to classmates for 50p a cuss. Fresh, funny and authentic, readers will truly root for Welton - while he's one of a kind, his voice and experiences will resonant far and wide. What's more, being published by Barrington Stoke, this zesty page-turner is highly readable and produced with reluctant and dyslexic readers in mind, with manageable chapter lengths, a specially selected font and cream paper.
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Author: Sally Nicholls Format: Hardback Release Date: 05/11/2020
November 2020 Book of the Month | The Silent Stars Go By is a riveting read-in-one-sitting experience driven by compelling characters who leap off the page, not least the young woman at its heart, an unmarried secretarial student who's forced to give up her baby during WWI. The novel is also underpinned by a superb sense of social history, with evocative details of post-war village life nestling within the bigger story, and - as might be expected of the author of Things a Bright Girl Can Do - it's threaded with feminist themes. It's 1919, Christmas is on the horizon and two years have passed since nineteen-year-old Margot was forced to give up her baby for her parents to raise as their own. She was only fifteen when she and Harry fell madly in love ahead of him being called up. The magic of their time together is evoked in all its tingling passion, contrasting with Margot's present-day torments. It hurts when little James calls her mother "Mummy", and she doesn't know how she can continue to keep James a secret from Harry, who's returned to the village after recuperating on the Isle of Wight. The flashbacks to Margot's time on the maternity ward are particularly poignant and, of course, the reason she has to endure this unbearable situation is due to the fact that she lives in a world in which "the girl is the one whose honour is defiled or whatever rot they spout" whereas "the boy is just being a boy". Coupled with that wider context, Margot's vicar father is a man who "forgave drunks and tramps and fallen women and the men who tried to steal the lead from the church roof. But he couldn't forgive her." Realising that "things couldn't go on like this," Margot decides to confront her fears amidst the rare glamour of a ball on New Year's Eve. You can find more wintry & festive stories in our Best Books for Kids this Christmas collection.
Love Frankie
Author: Jacqueline Wilson Format: Paperback Release Date: 17/09/2020
December 2020 Book of the Month | Jacqueline Wilson writes about young teenage girls with real understanding, sensitivity and affection, and she's at her best in the story of Frankie, who finds herself head over heels in love with, of all people, the girl she thought was her worst enemy. As with most thirteen-going-on-fourteen year olds, Frankie is a mess of emotions, resenting her dad for leaving her mum, but needing him too; happy with her childhood friend Sam, but alarmed when he seems to want to change their relationship into something else; and above all confused by her new feelings for Sally. Sally is even more mixed up and her desperate need for love and attention puts Frankie at risk of real hurt. Wilson creates a loving family the support her heroine though and, like so many of her characters, Frankie develops the strength to be honest about who she is and therefore emerges unscathed. Her story is everything you expect from this writer – real, moving and enormously satisfying. Go to Jacqueline's Instagram for Love Frankie videos and links!
I, Ada
Author: Julia Gray Format: Paperback Release Date: 03/09/2020
Ada Lovelace: Rebel. Genius. Visionary | At once a passionate portrait of a scientifically seminal young woman, and a fascinating account of the lives of well-to-women in the early 19th-century, I Ada lays bare the many faces of Ada Lovelace. Ada the inquisitive. Ada the adventuress. Ada the visionary genius who defied convention to become the world's first computer programmer, the seeds of which are sown in this portrayal of her early life. Driven by drama and a spirit of affection, this is as lively as it is informative. Fathered by flamboyant, notorious Lord Byron, it's perhaps no wonder how easily Ada slips "into the unbordered realms of the imagination" as a child living on her grandparents' country estate. Ada thinks of him often, and wonders why her mother speaks little of him. But then, Ada's relationship with her strict, distant mother is often strained. Ada's flighty tendencies jar with Lady Byron's more rigid intellectual outlook. But they're both inspired by their Grand Tour of Europe - Lady Byron seizes an opportunity to research ideas for her progressive school, while Ada's mind is opened to a world of possibilities. Back in England, Ada's desires are constrained by societal conventions, though female thinkers and mathematicians are among her circle, and then she meets a revolutionary inventor whose work chimes with her own innovative scientific ideas…
Far From Perfect
Author: Holly Smale Format: Paperback Release Date: 23/07/2020
August 2020 Book of the Month | Hot on the heels of Happy Girl Lucky comes this second book in Holly Smale's The Valentines series – a wildly entertaining tale in which aspiring actress Faith seems to have it all, before realising she needs to shirk off the shackles of impossible standards and speak from her own script. Stunning and wealthy, with a mega-famous musician boyfriend – what more could a girl want? And coming from a line of talented actresses, Faith's future as a major movie star is laid out before her like a red carpet. In her grandmother's words, "You are a Valentine, darling…The entire world has been handed to you on a plate. All you have to do is not screw it up." But, despite Faith's privilege, not screwing up is an impossible task when - also in her grandmother's words, "there is no intermission, Faith. For us, the curtains are always up." Constantly in the public eye, everything Faith says or does is scrutinised, often wilfully misinterpreted and, when the truth isn't juicy enough, the press invents their own. Desperate to keep everyone happy, Faith always says what's she's supposed to, but that backfires too: "The Daily Mail has once more referred to you as aloof and an Ice Queen. Darling, if you were a man, that would be a way of saying enigmatic. As a woman, it just means nightmare. You must try to come across as warmer. But not so warm that you look desperate, obviously." Quite simply, Faith can't win. What's more, her auditions aren't going well either, and it's not long before everything starts to unravel. Faith's journey really is an additive rollercoaster – she's someone to root for, and all the characters are fabulously formed. Readers will truly love "I'll-do-and-say-and-eat-what-I-want, when-I-want" Scarlett who offers Faith a life-changing sisterly hand. With the novel's exposure of double standards - and impossible standards - seamlessly thread through the pacey plot, this is feminist fiction at its most thoughtful, thrilling and funny. Find out more as Holly Smale talks to us about her fabulous new trilogy!
Author: Alice Oseman Format: Paperback Release Date: 09/07/2020
Through the tangled identity struggles of authentic characters you'll truly care about, Alice Oseman's Loveless extends an understanding hand to aromantic asexuals (people who experience little-to-no romantic or sexual attraction, also known as aro-ace) while guiding all readers through fears of being alone and dealing with the pressure to hook up. Moreover, it's a thoroughly entertaining, gripping page-turner that shows finding happiness isn't dependent on romantic love. Georgia is desperate to experience her first kiss before she and her two best friends head to Durham University. After being made to feel "weird" and "disgusting" when she confesses to her peers that she's never kissed anyone, Georgia seizes an opportunity to snog the one and only crush she's ever had. When this goes spectacularly wrong in a scene that sizzles with tension and scorching comic timing, it hits her that "I hadn't ever fancied anyone," that the reality of kissing and romance "disgusts me." But still she resolves to "try harder. I wanted forever love. I didn't want to be loveless." At Durham, while still struggling to find love, Georgia finds new friends in her outwardly confident, sexually active roommate, and Sunil, president of her college's LBGTQ society. Sunil's compassion and personal experiences help her discover who she is, to realise that she's not alone in not feeling sexual or romantic attraction. Georgia's journey to discovery is far from smooth, though, with many friendship-threatening, edge-of-your-seat errors made along the way.
The Falling in Love Montage
Author: Ciara Smyth Format: Paperback Release Date: 04/06/2020
June 2020 Debut of the Month | Falling in love, riding out change, figuring out what you want to do with your life – Ciara Smyth's pitch perfect debut simmers with romance and deep-rooted dilemmas, delivered through witty dialogue and affecting emotional detail. Seventeen-year-old Saoirse (pronounced 'Seer-sha'- be sure to get it right) is on the cusp of crossing the Irish Sea to read history at Oxford. Except she's not sure she wants to go. She has more than enough on her plate dealing with her dad's remarriage, getting over breaking-up with her girlfriend, and coming to terms with her mum's debilitating illness. She just wants to spend her summer watching horror movies and kissing girls – no strings attached. To that end, Saoirse goes to a mate's end-of-exams party and gets it on with his cousin Ruby. Irresistibly drawn to Ruby's good looks and good heart, Saoirse accepts her challenge to embark on a summer romance with all the serious bits left out, in finest romcom tradition. But, as Ruby sagely points out, "the thing about the falling in love montage…is that when it's over, the characters have fallen in love". Super smart and funny ("If you are a girl inclined to deface school property, may I suggest the classic penis and balls, as you will avoid suspicion due to stereotyping"), Saoirse is a lead fans of contemporary YA will love and root for - flaws and all - and her journey is a thoroughly entertaining, thought-provoking rollercoaster ride.
Hideous Beauty
Author: William Hussey Format: Paperback Release Date: 28/05/2020
Exploring the all-consuming throes of love, malicious secondary school social politics, sexual abuse, and how difficult coming out can be, William Hussey's Hideous Beauty is a top-notch YA thriller with hard-hitting emotional resonance. Forced by social media exposure to come out earlier than planned, Dylan and his gregarious boyfriend Ellis reveal their relationship to the world in spectacular style at a school dance: "Okay, Dylan, this is it. No going back. The closet door is firmly barred behind you, chained and bolted. No re-entry, no refunds. It's gay all the way from here on out." Riding high after an unexpectedly jubilant response to their revelation, tragedy strikes when they leave the party - Ellis becomes angry and their car plunges into a lake. While Dylan is rescued, Ellis drowns, leaving Dylan wracked with grief and guilt: "I deserve the pain. I deserve the crazy. I deserve a messed-up hand. No one's taking these things away from me." Set on trying to "find out who pulled me out of that car and why they left Ellis to drown", it's not long before Dylan stomps into a viper's nest, uncovering jaw-dropping truths that set him - and readers – reeling. With his family less than supportive, at least best friend Mike remains at Dylan's side, even though he's undergoing chemotherapy for leukaemia. Gripping, moving and unflinchingly honest, this is a fiercely affecting novel, told through the cleverly interwoven collision of two timelines.
The Gravity of Us
Author: Phil Stamper Format: Paperback Release Date: 14/05/2020
June 2020 Debut of the Month | At seventeen, Brooklyn hipster Cal is a successful social media journalist accustomed to living in the public eye, with a whopping 435,000 followers on the FlashFame app. But even Cal isn't ready for the unforgiving media storm he's thrust into when his pilot dad is shortlisted for NASA's Orpheus mission to Mars. Initially dead against leaving Brooklyn, Cal begins to wonder whether "maybe Clear Lake, Texas, has a story out there just waiting for me to uncover." And then there's handsome Leon, one of the other "Astrokids", who's set his heart pounding before they've even met. On arrival, and immediately thrust into the spotlight by StarWatch reality TV show, Cal finds himself "admitting I like our new home, even this town", which in turn "feels like I'm abandoning my old life." Maybe this is down to his contradictory nature - Cal is anything but a straightforward teenager. He doesn't think like one. He doesn't speak like one. Indeed, his thought processes and dialogue can seem out of kilter with his age. He needs everything just-so, but at the same acts impulsively. For example, he can't stop himself from broadcasting news about his dad to his followers, which - as predicted - results in him facing the wrath of StarWatch. Cal's settling-in has a lot to do with his rollercoaster romance with Leon. It's starts out with the thrust of a rocket launch ("This crush is strong. This crush is too powerful. This crush will be the end of me"), and then comes a crash to earth alongside tragedy striking the mission. In the aftermath of this, Cal finds himself working to expose Starwatch's agenda, both to clear his name and save the mission, and the truths revealed sure ain't pretty. Covering mental health issues (via Leon's depression and Cal's mom's anxiety) alongside a whirlwind coming-of-age gay love story, The Gravity of Us is an entertaining YA debut that gives many underrepresented folk a chance to see themselves on the page, with the added kick of space exploration and media ruthlessness.
Gemma's Not Sure
Author: Gill Stewart Format: Paperback Release Date: 30/04/2020
Following on from Lily's Just Fine, this Scottish seaside-set romance tackles issues of self-confidence and coming-of-age confusion with a lovely lightness of touch. Alongside a sweet rollercoaster romance, the author explores how difficult it can be to find your way in the world, how difficult it is to make life-changing decisions. Gemma is one of life's self-doubters. Painfully unsure of herself, she's the polar opposite of her super-confident, super-enthusiastic best friend Lily, whom we met in the first of this four-book series. A talented musician, Gemma's been offered an audition at the prestigious Glasgow Conservatoire, but she's not sure she can face it, or if this is what she really wants. Meanwhile, Lily's ex-boyfriend is already at uni in Glasgow. Confident coaster Jamie seems to have the world at his feet, but beneath his happy-go-lucky exterior, Jamie's struggling - failing his assignments and only on this course due to parental pressure. As it all gets too much, he and Gemma strike up an unlikely friendship - and more - when Jamie convinces her to form a band with him. The path of their romance is far from smooth, with Gemma doubting herself at every turn, and Jamie struggling to find a new life course, but the cute couple carry readers with them every step of the way. You can't help but root for Gemma to be happy, to feel at ease, to find her way in the world. And Jamie too. Far from being the cocksure young man people take him to be, he's also a lost soul, floundering to find his way. With a sweet sub-plot about mentoring and empathy alongside the romantic drama, this a fun summer read with emotional wisdom.
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Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Promotion of Teri Heiland, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer
June 20, 2019 04:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time
ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, announced today the promotion of Teri Heiland, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer. In her new role, Dr. Heiland will oversee all of research and development and will play an integral role in business development and the management of ITI's existing and future partnerships. Dr. Heiland is a co-founder of ITI and has amassed over two decades of executive leadership experience in the biotechnology and life sciences sector. Dr. Heiland's focus at ITI stems from her background in DNA vaccine design, optimization and development, which has created a broad pipeline of vaccines in oncology, allergy and animal health and has driven licensing deals for ITI with Astellas and Zenoaq. ITI's investigational UNITE technology platform has the potential to utilize the body's natural biochemistry to develop a broad immune response and is currently being employed in a Phase II clinical trial as a cancer immunotherapy.
"Dr. Heiland's promotion to chief scientific officer reflects her outstanding scientific acumen and deep expertise in DNA vaccine design and development," said William Hearl, Ph.D., Immunomic Therapeutics' Chief Executive Officer. "Teri has made significant contributions to Immunomic since we founded the company, including the design of all of our major products, including one of the UNITE vaccines currently being employed in a Phase II study in GBM, and the creation of new intellectual property that protects our core technology."
Prior to co-founding Immunomic, Dr. Heiland was one of the founders of Capital Genomix, Inc. (CGI), a Maryland-based biomarker and drug discovery company and served as its VP of Research and Development from 2000 until 2006. Dr. Heiland acted as a principal investigator on over $2M in grants from the Department of Defense and NIAID. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Immunology and Microbiology from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
ITI's investigational UNITE platform, or UNiversal Intracellular Targeted Expression, is thought to work by encoding the Lysosomal Associated Membrane Protein, an endogenous protein in humans. In this way, ITI's vaccines (DNA or RNA) have the potential to utilize the body's natural biochemistry to develop a broad immune response including antibody production, cytokine release and critical immunological memory. This approach could put UNITE technology at the crossroads of immunotherapies in a number of illnesses, including cancer, allergy and infectious diseases. UNITE is currently being employed in Phase II clinical trials as a cancer immunotherapy. ITI is also collaborating with academic centers and biotechnology companies to study the use of UNITE in cancer types of high mortality, including cases where there are limited treatment options like glioblastoma and acute myeloid leukemia. ITI believes that these early clinical studies may provide a proof of concept for UNITE therapy in cancer, and if successful, set the stage for future studies, including combinations in these tumor types and others. Preclinical data is currently being developed to explore whether LAMP nucleic acid constructs may amplify and activate the immune response in highly immunogenic tumor types and be used to create immune responses to tumor types that otherwise do not provoke an immune response.
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Organizations continue to adopt DevOps as the primary way they develop, test and deploy applications. However, some are still shackled by the burden of legacy and on-premises infrastructure, making it more difficult for teams to delivery infrastructure to end users. In fact, a Quali survey from late last year found that most organizations take over a week to deliver this infrastructure, and 75 percent take more than a typical workday. Some of this is due to the fact that application workloads are becoming more complex – the survey reported that 40 percent of application environments have a mix of physical and virtual requirements.
All of these reasons – the inability to deliver applications and infrastructure in a short amount of time and the growing complexity of these workloads – show why organizations are moving toward implementing DevOps strategies. By making software development a more collaborative process and keeping teams in the loop throughout the development lifecycle, organizations can better support innovative endeavors and handle workloads more effectively.
With the continued adoption of DevOps methodologies, it's going to be critical for teams to understand the ins and outs of the DevOps lifecycle. But first, let's answer a critical question: Why do organizations need agile development in the first place?
In many ways, waterfall development methods are antiquities. They are an anachronism in today's high-tech, fast-paced software development landscape. The waterfall model includes a sequential and linear approach to development: Every step happens at its own pace, one thing at a time. While this seems like a good way to avoid pitfalls and make sure software is bug-free, it doesn't lend itself very well to fast processes or deploying applications with any sort of speed or consistency.
Enter agile processes. Agile software development is a set of methodologies that are more focused on decreasing time to market and delivering a product that has been tested throughout the development lifecycle. Following best practices for continuous integration, teams can detect issues with their code and make changes before anything is pushed to deployment.
In 2015, according to Gartner, the total revenue for DevOps tools reached a staggering $2.3 billion, growing at a compound annual rate of more than 21 percent from 2014. The tech research firm predicted that in 2016, DevOps methodologies would begin to see widespread use, being employed by 25 percent of Global 2000 organizations. This is a clear indication that waterfall methodologies are going the way of the dodo, and companies are going to need to know how to incorporate DevOps into their IT strategies if they don't want to be left behind.
"Who is the man in the machine? What is his job?"
In order to transition away from waterfall development methods, teams have to combine processes, people and technology to create a model that fulfills client and business expectations. This is where DevOps is becoming an essential part of the app development paradigm. Another way of looking at DevOps is that these strategies are what make agile software development a possibility.
DevOps engenders a new mindset in the application development department: Namely, that in order for the best app to be created in the shortest time frame, all hands have to be on deck. This requires a concentrated level of collaboration between all teams involved in the development, testing and deployment of software, including non-IT personnel. Without the right kind of collaborative environment, application quality can fall by the wayside. This in turn could lead to disgruntled customers and unfulfilled expectations.
A question to ask when it comes to DevOps and dev teams is: Who is the man in the machine? What is his job? It's said that it takes a village to raise a child; well, it takes a whole team working together to facilitate agile and DevOps. Making sure team members are on the same page is critical – and asking the question of who, exactly, is the man in the machine reveals that, in fact, it's the entire team.
Agile processes, as previously mentioned, are more focused on decreasing time to market and emphasizing application success through the use of continual integration and testing. With agile, it's about step-by-step processes, where teams work on each part of the project with client approval. In other words, instead of delivering one large application at the end of the project, teams will incorporate customer feedback throughout the development lifecycle so that they can be sure to deploy a product that fits both business and customer expectations.
"At the heart of DevOps are the applications, as each owns a vital role in how businesses fulfill their requirements," wrote DevOps Digest contributor David Hurwitz. "Improving communications and integrating processes between these divided groups is something the entire IT industry should be working towards, as the speed we need to deliver software today is ever increasing and at the same time the tolerance for application errors is decreasing."
"Cloud sandboxes allow testers to play around and build whatever they like."
Having the right DevOps tools can make all the difference when it comes to creating, testing and deploying new applications. Especially in the new world of DevOps and agile methodologies, it's critical to have the right tools for the job. In its predictions for 2016, Gartner noted that DevOps emphasizes people and culture over tools and processes, but didn't fail to mention that without the right technologies, implementation is only a dream. The five key characteristics of DevOps, according to Gartner, are iterative, collaborative, automated, continuous and systemic. There is an inherent understanding that, if organizations use DevOps, the computing environment is always on demand – in other words, it's like the private cloud.
This is where solutions like the ones offered by Quali come into play. Quali's cloud sandboxing platform, CloudShell, allows developers and testers to create production-like environments in which to create and test their code. These sandboxes are just like their namesake - they allow testers to play around and build whatever they like, and at the end of the day, the resources can be broken down to make room for other projects to be created and tested.
In an interview with App Developer Magazine, Quali CTO Joan Wrabetz stressed the importance of giving testers this kind of freedom - both creatively and architecturally. Teams can configure sandboxes to respond in a similar manner to their internal IT environment, and then reconfigure them to mimic external cloud environments, all while performing important stress tests on the code to see if it holds water.
"This is a lot like a child's sandbox because you can bring all your toys into the sandbox and make anything you want in the sand," Wrabetz said. "Then, if you don't like it, you can just stomp it out and start over. The bottom line for developers is that they can develop more software faster with higher quality."
It's important that people, processes and technology are all on the same page in order to create a successful app.
So with this combination of people, processes and technology, organizations can hit the ground running with DevOps and make sure their development and testing teams have been given the right environment for success.
The takeaway: DevOps has been growing in popularity among application developers. As 2016 progresses, it's going to be interesting to watch the growth of these methodologies. In implementing DevOps, organizations need to use a combination of processes, people and technology to ensure the success of their deployments. The Quali CloudShell sandboxing platform provides a space for devs and testers to create their code without tying up critical resources, facilitating DevOps adoption - turning the man in the machine into an active participant in the automated world of app development.


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