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Caroline Graham Hansen reveals that she "had no life" before her heart surgery.
By Kuldeep Singh
Caroline Graham Hansen admitted that the initial diagnosis that she would need heart surgery brought her more relief than fear, as she offered an explanation for how physically exhausted she felt.
The Barcelona winger was successfully treated for a heart condition in November 2021 after experiencing a high heart rate and chest problems while playing for his club.
Graham Hansen announced in August that he was leaving the Norwegian national team indefinitely to allow him to rest and recover from exhaustion caused by his heart problem.
"It was a relief to know how I had been feeling for a while because I wasn't in bad shape," said Graham Hanson. your release podcast. "And I thought: I can't play like that, it's impossible to play like that. She didn't even have a life anymore. Every morning I could barely get out of bed, I never got enough sleep and I slept a lot, I lay the rest of the day on the couch and I really had no more life.
"I used to be able to do extra things in my life and now it's like I'm old. I don't know. Or are we training so hard that I can't handle it? For me it was good to have a solution to the problem. It sounds very scary, but I had good people around me who assured me that I would be fine and would only help me.
Graham Hanson, who is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, did not give a timeframe for his possible return to the national team as he had not played for Norway since Euro 2022. In his statement announcing his hiatus of international service in August, referred to it. of course." a 'thank you for everything', but a 'see you soon'.'
"Unfortunately for me it was easy," Graham Hansen said of his decision to take a break from international football. "Because I was so tired and so frustrated that I couldn't recover like I wanted to and it was time for me to focus on myself for once and take care of what I needed to take care of.
"Personally, I gave my all during the European Championships, although it wasn't enough, which is very sad, but that's life sometimes. I had a feeling that it was time for me to take a breather and use this half year to focus on myself." .
"I just had to focus on myself. It may sound selfish, but I am not a selfish person. I believe that if you want to get the best out of me, if I'm not capable of giving the best of myself, I'm also not capable of doing it for others. So I had to make a decision for myself.
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AviadoBio Announces Appointment of Jeff Goater as Chair of the Board of Directors
by stacey | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured News, News
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio Announces Appointment of Jeff Goater as Chair of the Board of Directors London, UK; February 1, 2023 – AviadoBio, a pioneering, pre-clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing and delivering transformative medicines for people...
AviadoBio Appoints Graeme Fielder as Chief Operating Officer and Alex Bloom as Chief Technical Officer
by admin | Oct 4, 2022 | Featured News, News
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio Appoints Graeme Fielder as Chief Operating Officer and Alex Bloom as Chief Technical Officer London, UK; October 4, 2022 — AviadoBio, a pioneering, pre-clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing and delivering transformative...
AviadoBio selected by Fierce Biotech as a 'Fierce 15' 2022 winner
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Featured News, News
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio selected by Fierce Biotech as a 'Fierce 15' 2022 winner • Award reinforces AviadoBio's position as one of the most promising early-stage biotech companies in the gene therapy industry London, UK; Monday, September 12, 2022 — AviadoBio, a...
AviadoBio Appoints Dr. David Cooper as Chief Medical Officer
by admin | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured News, News
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio Appoints Dr. David Cooper as Chief Medical Officer • A neurosurgeon with more than 20 years' biopharmaceutical experience and proven expertise in gene therapy and rare diseases • Has supported multiple successful clinical development programs...
AviadoBio Presents Preclinical Data at ASGCT 2022 Demonstrating that AVB-101 Represents a Novel and Promising Approach to Treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia
by admin | May 17, 2022 | Featured News, News
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio Presents Preclinical Data at ASGCT 2022 Demonstrating that AVB-101 Represents a Novel and Promising Approach to Treatment of Frontotemporal Dementia • Intrathalamic delivery of AVB-101 achieved broad biodistribution in the brain, with no vector...
AviadoBio Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board
PRESS RELEASE AviadoBio Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board • Includes prominent international scientific and clinical pioneers across neurodegeneration research, neurosurgical drug delivery and neurological gene therapy • SAB will provide expert insight...
At AviadoBio our mission is to transform the lives of patients living with neurodegenerative disorders. We are developing and delivering transformative gene therapies for diseases including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Jeff Goater
Jeff Goater is a Venture Partner at The Column Group. He is also interim Chief Executive Officer of Atavistik Bio. Previously, Jeff served as Chief Executive Officer of Surface Oncology. During his tenure at Surface, the company fostered an award-winning culture, advanced four programs into clinical development, completed its initial public offering and secured multiple strategic collaborations, including a transformative partnership with GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to Surface, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Voyager Therapeutics where he was one of the members of the founding management team. While at Voyager, he led its crossover financing, initial public offering and strategic partnership with Sanofi Genzyme. Previously he spent nearly a decade in investment banking, most recently as a managing director at Evercore Partners, advising on more than $100 billion in strategic transactions in the biopharma industry. He began his career as a research scientist in the field of AAV gene therapy.
Jeff holds master's degrees in microbiology/immunology (M.S.), pathology (M.S.) and business administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Rochester, New York.
Dominic Schmidt
Dominic Schmidt is General Partner at Advent Life Sciences. Dominic has a background in biochemistry, genomics, molecular oncology, strategy consulting and life science venture capital. Prior to joining Advent, he spent eight years as a Partner in the investment team of Syncona, a publicly listed healthcare investment company. During his time there he was involved in the founding, funding and building of several life science businesses and served on the Boards of Anaveon, Orbit Biomedical (merged with Gyroscope), Gyroscope Therapeutics (acquired by Novartis for up to $1.5 billion), Purespring Therapeutics and Forcefield Therapeutics. After gaining a German Diplom Degree in Biochemistry from the Free University of Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics he received a PhD from the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge. Dominic was a Cancer Research UK scholar, and his research has been published in Cell, Nature and Science. His PhD thesis was recognized with the Pontecorvo and Science and SciLife Lab Prizes.
Farah Speer
SVP, Communications & External Relations
Farah Speer is Senior Vice President, Communications and External Relations at AviadoBio.
Prior to this, Farah led communications for AveXis/Novartis Gene Therapies where she was responsible for establishing the company as a leader in gene therapy. While at Novartis, Farah led the launch of Zolgensma, a gene therapy approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), helping it to become the world's most widely used gene therapy reaching over 2,000 patients and 43+ approvals globally.
Farah was also responsible for investor relations and internal communication to thousands of employees globally.
Farah's experience prior to this was leading the North American healthcare practice at Golin, part of the Interpublic Group. In that role, Farah led the development of communications programs for global pharmaceutical, biotech and consumer healthcare companies on critical initiatives including corporate reputation, brand communications, consumer engagement and internal communications.
Farah graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a Master's in Business Administration and has a Bachelor of Science in mass communication from Boston University's College of Communication.
Fiona MacLaughlin
Fiona is a Senior Director, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) and sits on the Boards of Calypso Biotech BV, Pulmocide & Mestag Therapeutics. Prior to joining JJDC, Fiona served as a Director at Inkef Capital. A qualified pharmacist, Fiona is passionate about helping early-stage companies establish a value-building trajectory by engaging and challenging management and creating optimal development plans. Fiona began her career in biotech focusing on the development of non-viral gene therapy and other novel delivery solutions. A fundamental interest in philanthropy led her to the Wellcome Trust and a focus on translational funding, including establishing a fund to support the development of affordable healthcare technologies in India. Fiona's transition to venture investing began with a move to Advent Life Sciences, where she was involved in helping shape and build a number of early-stage companies including Arrakis Therapeutics.
Alex Bloom
Alex Bloom is Chief Technology Officer at AviadoBio and heads up the technical operations and enabling functions (CMC, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs). Alex brings over 15 years of operational excellence in biologics, with over 10 years spent dedicated to cell and gene therapy development. In this time, Alex has worked on over 25 clinical-stage gene therapy programs. Previously, Alex led quality and regulatory activities at Gyroscope Therapeutics, supporting the development of gene therapies and innovative delivery devices for retinal disease. Before Gyroscope, Alex held CMC technical leadership and regulatory roles of increasing responsibility at Kuur Therapeutics and Chiesi Farmaceutici, where he played a pivotal role in the development and approval of Holoclar®, the first tissue engineered product to be approved in Europe or the US. Earlier in his career, he spent time at Parexel, the Institute of Cancer Research and Meridian Life Sciences.
Alex holds a PhD and MSc from Sheffield University.
Graeme Fielder
Graeme Fielder is Chief Operating Officer and was part of founding management team at AviadoBio. Graeme brings over 10 years of experience in the life science industry holding roles in strategy, business development, program and alliance management. He joins AviadoBio from Audentes Therapeutics Inc., (now Astellas Gene Therapies), a neuromuscular gene therapy company, where he oversaw the company's corporate development activities including the acquisition to Astellas Pharma Inc., for $3 billion. Prior to Audentes, he held roles at BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Mesopharm Therapeutics.
Graeme holds a BSc. (Hons) degree in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Graeme also has a M.B.A from Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, USA.
Dr Do Young Lee
Co-Founder and Head of Vector Sciences
Do Young Lee is Co-Founder and Head of Vector Sciences at AviadoBio. Do Young has over 15 years' experience in the clinical translation of gene therapies. Her initial research interest at University College London was in the discovery and translation of gene therapy for the treatment of Haemophilia and lysosomal storage disorders. Earlier in her career, she specialised in vector design and AAV capsid development – two key components of potent and safe gene therapy vectors. In 2015, Do Young joined Freeline therapeutics where she successfully led the research vector core as well as early preclinical programme designs.
In 2018, Do Young moved to the Department of Basic and Clinical neuroscience (Wohl Institute – King's College London), where she led the UK-DRI vector core facility. Together with Professor Chris Shaw and Dr Youn Bok Lee, she co-founded AviadoBio. At AviadoBio Do Young is responsible for vector manufacture, discovery and pre-clinical activities.
Do Young holds a dual degree, a BSc in Biological engineering and Clinical pathology, MSc in Epidemiology from the Korea University and a PhD in Haematology from the Cancer institute in University College London.
Dr David Cooper
Dr. David Cooper is Chief Medical Officer of AviadoBio.
David is a neurosurgeon with broad clinical development experience and has been a senior pharmaceutical professional for 20 years with an excellent track record of driving successful cross-functional teams as the medical lead within the clinical development and medical affairs organizations.
Prior to joining, he was Vice President of Clinical Development at uniQure, where he led the clinical translation approach to bring pre-clinical assets to clinic and served as clinical program lead in executing on multiple Phase I – III clinical programs. This included the pioneering first human dose studies in US and EU for intraparenchymal gene therapy for early-stage Huntington's Disease. He served as uniQure's clinical lead on the hemophilia B gene therapy through the BLA/MAA submissions. Prior to uniQure, David spent the majority of his industry career at Novo Nordisk within the hemophilia and rare bleeding disorders space as a key contributor to strategic clinical development planning, trial execution and life cycle management. He supported four successful BLA submissions and product launches in the hemophilia therapeutic area at Novo Nordisk.
David is a respected expert and valued collaborator in the area of clinical trials and observational research by key opinion leaders and professional organizations with 85 publications and 194 scientific posters and oral presentations.
Carlos Miranda
Head of Preclinical Research
Dr. Carlos Miranda is the head of preclinical research at AviadoBio. Carlos brings over ten years of preclinical research in gene therapy gained in academic and industrial settings. During this period, Carlos worked in various AAV product development, including Zolgensma®, an FDA-approved gene therapy product to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Before joining AviadoBio, Carlos worked for Freeline Therapeutics (Stevenage, UK), leading the preclinical work on lysosomal storage disorders. Before that, Carlos gained his experience in AAV gene therapy at the Centre for Gene Therapy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus (Ohio, USA).
Carlos holds a PhD in Neuroscience and MSc in Human Genetics from the University of Porto, Portugal.
Dr Youn Bok Lee
Co-Founder and Head of Discovery
Youn Bok Lee is Co-Founder and Head of Discovery as AviadoBio. Youn Bok has a career spanning over 25 years of research in molecular biology of neurodegenerative disease. In 2001, he Joined the molecular neuroscience research group at the University of Bristol, where he investigated the neuro specific regulatable system using virus technology. His study focused on the protective role of RNA binding proteins and microRNAs on neuronal cell death. In 2010, Youn Bok moved to King's College London, where he continued pre-clinical research on the role of RNA binding protein TDP-43 and FUS in ALS and FTD. He discovered toxic gain of G4C2 RNA repeat expansion function and demonstrated the pathogenic mechanism of di-peptides in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. During this research career, he has conducted Lenti and AAV projects for pre-clinical research and translational science. In 2018, Youn Bok established his gene therapy group in King's College London and conducted pre-clinical research for ALS/FTD. At AviadoBio Youn Bok is responsible for leading the innovative pre-clinical research and developing the gene therapy programmes.
Youn Bok holds a BSc in Biology and MSc in Animal Physiology and Biochemistry from Dongguk University, South Korea and a MSc and PhD in Molecule Neuroscience from University of Bristol, UK.
Tim Funnell
Tim Funnell is a London Partner of Monograph Capital. Originally trained as a Pharmacologist with a PhD in lysosomal biology, Tim gained commercial experience at the Boston Consulting Group, before moving into Venture Capital. He has investing and operating experience via his roles at Syncona, Third Rock Ventures and Oxford Science Innovations. He has worked across small molecules, antibodies, gene and cell therapies and he has a particular interest in AAVs.
Matt McAviney
Matt McAviney joined NEA in 2018 and is currently a Partner on the healthcare team. He focuses on biopharma investments. Prior to NEA, Matt was a Principal at F-Prime Capital Partners. During his five years at F-Prime, he was responsible for closing investments in more than 20 private biopharma companies, and served on the board of more than 10 portfolio companies. Prior to F-Prime, he was a management consultant in the health and life sciences practice at Oliver Wyman, a biotech equity research analyst at Robert W. Baird, and a healthcare investment banker at JP Morgan. He also conducted lipid metabolism research at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders. Matt is a board member of AviadoBio and Recludix Pharma, and works closely with Korro Bio.
Matt received a BA with Honors in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, an MD from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
After serving as Aviado's start-up CEO, Jonathan is currently responsible for the company's business and financial activities. He is an experienced biotechnology executive and brings over 20 years of experience spanning company formation, business development and venture capital. Most recently he was part of the foundational management team at CRISPR Therapeutics initially leading the company's business development activities before, more latterly, helping build the company's technical operations and collaborations. Before this Jonathan worked for Janssen pharmaceuticals with regional business development responsibility for Immunology and EMEA emerging markets. Prior to Janssen spent time at Nomura Phase4 Ventures, completing investments in both private and public biotechnology companies whilst observing on several boards.
Jonathan hold a DPhil and MA in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.
Lisa Deschamps
Lisa Deschamps is Chief Executive Office and Executive Board Member at AviadoBio.
Prior to joining, Lisa served as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Novartis Gene Therapies, a unit of Novartis where she was responsible for strategic planning and worldwide commercialization of the pipeline and in-line assets across the extensive gene therapy portfolio; including the world-wide commercialization of Zolgensma. Her career at Novartis spanned for more than twenty-five years, during which she brought products from the clinic to commercialization across many therapeutic areas, including highly Specialized, Rare and Ultra-Rare disease areas and has led teams across U.S, Europe, LatCan and Asia/Pac in Strategic, Functional and General Management roles.
Lisa served on several executive teams across commercial and development within Novartis and serves as a Non-Executive Director for VERONA Pharma and is a Strategic Advisory and Non-Executive Director for Reset Pharma.
Lisa is a visionary and passionate leader driven by a strong belief that those rallied around a common vision can achieve the extraordinary together – and has proven that throughout her career. She and her teams have fostered a strong, People-and Purpose driven culture built on productive curiosity, courage, collaboration and transparency, while serving patients and delivering growth far exceeding expectations.
She has garnered many industry awards and honors and has a number of philanthropic interests. Lisa has an MBA in General Management from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA in marketing from IONA College, Hagan School of Business.
Amber Salzman
Amber Salzman began her career at GlaxoSmithKline where she served as a member of the R&D Executive team. She was responsible for clinical trials globally with 30,000+ active patients, directing a budget of $1.25B and 1,600 employees worldwide. She then served as CEO of Cardiokine, where she successfully negotiated the sale of the company to Cornerstone Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRTX). After Cardiokine, Amber launched Annapurna, a gene therapy company with rare disease assets that merged with Avalanche (NASDAQ:AAVL) to create Adverum Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADVM). Amber took on the CEO role, and while CEO Adverum's stock price doubled and a secondary offering brought in additional funding. Amber returned to the east coast to lead Ohana Biosciences, a Flagship Pioneering company, establishing the industry's first sperm product platform. Amber recently took on leadership of epic bio, a stealth company that regulates the epigenome to suppress and activate multiple genes simultaneously. Amber served on the Board of Akcea (NASDAQ:AKCA) until its sale to Ionis (NASDAQ: IONS) and currently serves on the Board of Osler Diagnostics (UK) and AviadoBio (UK).
For a variety of personal and professional reasons, Amber developed depth in the gene therapy space. Concurrent with industry positions, Amber leads a non-profit medical research foundation focused on accelerating the development of therapies for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). In that capacity, she was a catalyst to establish a novel gene therapy approach for treating ALD, resulting in the treatment moving towards registration via bluebird bio (NASDAQ: BLUE).
Laurence Barker
Laurence Barker is a Partner in the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) and has supported the funding and formation of numerous DDF companies developing transformational new medicines for dementia. He joined SV Health Investors in 2016 having played an active role in setting up DDF. Prior to joining the DDF, Laurence was Head of Investment Management in Worldwide Business Development at GSK where he was responsible for managing GSK's venture investment portfolio, covering both direct equity positions as well as a venture fund-of-funds portfolio. In addition, he led licensing transactions for the pharma R&D business. Prior to GSK, Laurence worked in business development at biotech companies Syntaxin and MorphoSys. Laurence received his Masters degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Tübingen, Germany, and an MBA from Cambridge.
Nihal Sinha
Nihal Sinha is a Partner at F-Prime based in London and focuses primarily on biotech. Nihal has been an early-stage investor in several gene and gene therapy companies including as a founding team member of Orchard Therapeutics. Prior to joining F-Prime in 2013, he worked as a strategy consultant at BCG and as an academic physician at Oxford University and UCL Hospitals. Nihal holds a MB BChir with distinction from the University of Cambridge and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Professor Chris Shaw
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific and Clinical Advisor
Professor Shaw had trained as a Neurologist in New Zealand before coming to Cambridge, UK on a Wellcome Trust Fellowship and moving to King's College London in 1995. He is Director of the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, and Centre Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute at King's. His research team have discovered more amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) genes than any other laboratory, enabling gene testing for patients and at-risk family members. They have generated a large number of stem cell and transgenic mouse models that recapitulate key features of the human disease and have revealed important mechanistic insights. Their focus for the future is to develop gene therapies for a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders using adeno-associated viral gene vectors. Award highlights include the "Forbes Norris Award" for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Care and Research (2009), "Sheila Essey Prize" for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (2012) and "Kea World Class New Zealander Award" (2019). He remains clinically active, running an ALS clinic at King's College Hospital and leading clinical trials of antisense oligonucleotide therapies.
John Lavarino
Senior Director, People and Facilities
John Lavarino is Senior Director, People and Facilities at AviadoBio. John has over 15 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the HR field. His HR career began in talent acquisition, but he rapidly gained experience in all areas of HR. He spent over two years at BioMarin where he supported an exciting period of growth in EMEA.
After his time at BioMarin, John joined Orchard Therapeutics as employee number 14, and during his five years there, he helped the company to grow and develop enormously. He was again involved in the company's expansion into different territories, and saw the company grow from a startup into a publicly held company. This role allowed John to work in multiple areas of HR such as organisational design, organisational development, employee relations, learning and development, performance and reward, and talent planning.

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A senior Chinese leader on Saturday called on lawyers in Asian and Pacific countries and regions to contribute more to local stability and prosperity through cooperation and exchanges.
The number of lawyers in China is approaching 130,000 and they have played a key role in maintaining justice, safeguarding legal rights of the public, corporations and other organizations as well as serving economic development, said Luo Gan, Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
At the annual conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Luo praised the performance of the association, which was set up in 1991 and has more than 200 members from 67 countries and regions.
"I hope this conference will help further improve understanding and cooperation among lawyers from the Asian and Pacific region and enable them to contribute to local prosperity and harmony," he said.
He said the Chinese government and the CPC have always been devoted to promoting democracy and rule of law, he said.
With the Constitution as its base, a comprehensive legal system is taking shape in China, providing the public with legal protection in the political, economic and social fields, he added.


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The watchOS 4 Developer Beta is out; here's how to get it
By Rich Woods Senior Editor for North America Neowin @@TheRichWoods · Jun 5, 2017 21:32 EDT · Hot! with 0 comments
Today, Apple kicked off its 2017 Worldwide Developer Conference, where it announced new iterations of iOS, macOS, and watchOS. Following the keynote, developer preview builds were released, as they always are after the first day of WWDC.
Early betas aren't for the faint of heart though, and you should be aware of that. This build will likely be unstable, and unlike iOS, macOS, and tvOS, there's no way to roll back an Apple Watch without taking it to an Apple Store.
But if this is something that you just have to have now, then here's how you can do it, as the process is pretty simple.
In Apple Developer, go to Develop -> Download.
Locate the watchOS 4 beta and click the download link.
The easiest thing to do is to download it on the iPhone that your Apple Watch is paired with and open it, but if you do it on a PC, just email it to yourself and open it on your iPhone.
Follow the onscreen instructions to install the configuration profile. When it asks you to choose between your iPhone and Watch, choose the Watch.
In the Apple Watch app, go to General -> Software Update.
Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install watchOS 4.
Remember that once you install this, there's no going back unless you're willing to take that walk of shame into the Apple Store. You might want to wait for two weeks until beta 2 is released, just to be safe.
Logitech introduced the MeetUp, a conference camera for huddle rooms
Microsoft says Office for Mac 2011 will not be supported on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Hulu now supports 4K streaming on Apple TV and Chromecast Ultra


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When i do this, it does not given any exception. How come T is resolved now ?
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A: The return type is not the issue, the generic specification (<T>) is.
In the first snipped you showed, the compiler has no way of knowing T is supposed to be a generic specifier, so it assumes it's a name of a class (like Integer or String). Since there is no such class, the compilation fails.
Once you add <T> at the beginning, it becomes clear that T is a generic specifier. Now, if you wish, you can change the return type to void:
<T> void method1 (T obj) {
    // do stuff
}

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Home › Forums › Content / Media › WHO IS your listening audience?
Who's tuning in to your station? Specifically terrestrial. How many do you estimate? How sure are you of your estimations?
Grammar and spelling will not be graded. Part 15 license may be revoked for not answering.
I have no way of knowing if anyone at any time is listening. There are hundreds of POTENTIAL listeners. Have advertised with a sign on the community mail box, sent a flyer a few years back in the mail to all houses that would most likely get me in the house with a GOOD receiver, not a $20 clock radio. A whole lot of townhouses across the street from me.
Told the mail girl when she was bringing me a parcel and I was sitting outside with my station on and she said she liked it, that she can listen in the truck when at the mail boxes and around here.
So no estimate to give you. Wish I knew. I give my email contact for comments with my disclaimer about this being a legal unlicensed station using an approved transmitter but never got any reply.
My station exists as a personal service to myself and I listen to it most of the time.
I can tell when I'm not listening, because I run a ticking-clock with time announcements every minute so I can avoid missing the good talk programs that start-up again as soon as I'm ready.
There are houses nearby that could receive 1st class signals, but I know nothing about their media habits, except that I can detect Wi-Fi signals and assume the strongest ones are the immediate neighbors, so they are on the web doing something, maybe looking up recipes.
The mailman has ear-buds and listens to a station but I never asked him about it.
This is a question about terrestrial radio, but my online stream does have three regulars.
In Deltaville Virginia I do have a few listeners on my terrestrial stream listening at 1640 kilohertz on am. The reason for so as I do advertise it on the Deltaville Virginia Facebook page. One gentleman said he was going to get out his Clarion C quam AM stereo receiver that he had taken out of his older car and convert it to a home stereo receiver so that he could hear me and see qualms.
AM radio is a hard sell but if you have a good genres of music or a good jonra in general that people are interested in they may listen. I don't see why not tell people about your station.
I'm sure that's pretty much the consensus; nobody knows who tunes in to their station. The question really stemmed from the other thread which implied the idea of people tuning in on a car radio was ridiculous. Point being we don't know who, how, where, or if anyone tunes in, so why rule anything out.
I'm assuming most part 15 stations a ran by one person, the primary purpose simply being personal pleasure, and that most of them have a consistent audience of less than 4 listeners! However there's always exceptions, but even they can't really know who their audience is.
I was kind of wondering how many might really operate more in the sense of a community effort.. IE, community radio station. I guess Tim in Bovery does, and we all know Sausalito does.. anyone else?
When I was on Bowen Island, I ran Artisan Radio as a community radio station (under BETS-1 FM rules).
We were located in a storefront, located in an artist's enclave (Artisan Square, hence the name) overlooking Snug Cove (what passes as downtown on Bowen) and the ferry terminal. The enclave consisted of stores, artist studios and residences.
Our target audience was the ferry lineup (all those car radios, you see, with people with nothing to do but listen to the radio while waiting for the ferry), and ideally Snug Cove residences (although we couldn't reach many of them).
The station coexisted with a bookstore that I also ran, and had a studio which could handle live concerts. We broadcast a variety of music (copyright legal with a SOCAN license), as well as community-based programs and PSA's. It was funded via sponsorship from businesses in the community, and managed to break even.
Artisan Radio was broadly supported by the community, including other local media outside the community. We had an Internet stream to cover those areas that we couldn't reach with an over-the-air signal, and always had regular listeners. While the actual ether listenership was ancedotal, I had regular feedback in my interactions with store customers (a few even said that they drove and parked at Artisan Square just to listen to the station).
I believe, though, that I made a fundamental mistake in using BETS. If I had to do it all over again (and who knows, I might, even if the right situation comes up in a different area), I'd go with RSS-123. That's a licensed (but relatively easy to get) way to broadcast to an area with specific boundaries (such as a shopping mall, or a civic square). RSS-123 allows up to 1 watt output power to cover the specified area, as long as the field strength at the boundaries is 100uv or less (it's very similar to the AM campus rule in the U.S., but this would be FM here).
Basically, you get BETS strength at the boundaries of the property you are licensed to cover, so you would get BETS range from the boundaries. Your range inside the property is essentially 'free'.
RSS-123 is not considered broadcasting in Canada (broadcasting is defined as transmitting to the general public), so you don't need a CRTC license. It's the CRTC license that's extremely difficult to get here. The RSS-123 license is considered a general radio license, and costs less than $100 per year. You just have to convince Industry Canada that you are meeting all their requirements.
I just feel that BETS, and to the same extent, Part 15, generates too puny a signal for general listeners. Unless you have a very specific application that involves cars and car radios, or convince people to use very sensitive communications type receivers and outside antennas, you're just not going to get the coverage. At least legally.
It's fine for personal listening on your own, and perhaps a few, very close neighbors. But with all the other listening choices available (and that give pristine quality), it's probably asking too much for someone to listen to a quality compromised radio signal.
The ideal situation described by Artisan Radio, a convenient captive audience all massed together within convenient reach, makes me remember the gated community in which I previously resided.
The street was shaped like the letter Q with the tail of the Q being the entrance and exit, my house in the exact center on high ground.
A part 15 transmitter would have reached every house with a prime signal, although at the time I was employed by a 100 kW station so running a hobby station wasn't in the picture.
Point is, that's the kind of circumstance the radio hobbyist dreams about if the objective is to have a fixed audience.
I like the idea of using RSS 123 but I could never get away with it as I am broadcasting to the public with no defined boarder. Maybe if I drew a line on a map and said this is my defined area but still it's not an event or a tourist area…doubt I would get the license and especially not for an unlimited time period. Even if I was in a small town in cottage country(3000 or less) and said I was serving the town and the town boundaries were my defined area my purpose wouldn't get me the license. BETS-1 will have to do.
As always.. it really comes down to what's airing. If your broadcast is tailored specifically to the listening audience within your limited range area, whether it be a particular style or genre of music, or the specific communities interest, or whatever, if it's something that makes it worth tuning into, then most people will forgive a less than pristine broadcast without a second thought. That's probably why AM talk stations are still so popular… Consider the immensely popular 'Coast to Coast AM', no one gives a second thought to putting up with any static or interference they might experience, they tune in anyway. But it doesn't just apply to talk stations.. there was some recent article about an AM program that features only music from 8track tapes (country I think, but not sure, I'd have to find the article again) and people loved it and it created a strong local following.
It's comes down to what's being offered, not if it's AM or FM or if the reception is less than perfect.. Not the medium by which it's delivered by, but the content is the deciding factor.
I met a neighbor woman who was smiling back and forth by my bamboo grove which borders a public sidewalk. (I found out later she was high on some drug). I told her about KDX but she was just out of range in her house.
She did a drive-by and got KDX in her car, but said, "It doesn't go very far".
Then she tuned in on the internet stream and remained connected for many hours every day. I found out later that she left it on for her cats while she went to work or other errands.
Then she announced she had purchased a C.Crane Transmitter so she could have her own radio station and connect it to Pandora, her preferred station, but she was not happy with the in-house range of the C. Crane.
In an effort to help her I loaned her my Ramsey FM25b, which she also disliked. I offered to help her work on antenna arrangements to improve the result, but she had run out of patience and said that in her opinion either things worked or they didn't and she didn't like to mess around with it. She moved away with my transmitter leaving no forwarding address.
The last thing I found out was that she had previously been a he and was a transsexual. KDX doesn't have any trans programs.
Reply to Rich Powers(End 80)…..I agree with you. Back when when AM was playing music and rock and roll I spent my time at night loving all these stations that could be picked up from all over the USA from Toronto and I had some regular stations I waited till nighttime for to listen to as they played songs you wouldn't hear here and to get Wolfman Jack. I didn't care about it not being pristine audio and fading in and out a bit.
In the seventies I listened to WNBC New York all the time for a Do-wop show each evening from Toronto.
Wasn't pristine audio with 0 interference but it was what I wanted to hear and loved the way I could have a radio and pick up all these stations from everywhere.
Artisan is right though when he says it's not likely to get people to get a better radio.
When i was referring to a quality compromised radio signal, I was really talking about Part 15 AM. When I was running my Rangemaster, and getting well over a (listenable) mile range to my car radio, I couldn't get what I considered a quality signal to a good portable for more than a block or two. After that, static started to really intrude into the listening pleasure. I was able to get much more quality range with BETS FM and a Decade MS-100 (admittedly, with almost ideal, line of sight, conditions).
AM sensitivity isn't a high priority in most portable receivers. Even on high end stereo components, you'll see AM sensitivity far exceeded by FM sensitivity (25uv vs 1-2 uv for a noise free signal). Combine that with high noise levels on the AM band, and Part 15 AM becomes rather difficult past your immediate neighbors.
About two residential blocks with a hand held receiver is the best I've ever done with any installation anywhere, and usually not even that far. I really believe it takes a car radio OR an external wire antenna to do better.. unless you got a CCrane Radio or something, and maybe it would do better.. I don't know.
I found out later that she left it on for her cats while she went to work or other errands.
Why? Didn't she like her cats?
I totally agree with that. I don't think most people even realize or care the difference. I used to basically think a radio was a radio, my conception used to be that the speakers and amp quality was all that made a difference.


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Prisoner of War: A Novel of World War II
Spradlin, Michael P. Prisoner of War: A Novel of World War II
June 27th 2017 by Scholastic Press
E ARC from Edelweiss Above the Treeline
Henry has had a difficult life on the family farm in Minnesota. After the death of his mother, his father took up drinking and abusing him, so at the age of 15, he signs up for the Marines, with his grandfather vouching for his age. He survives basic training and is sent to the Philippines. Just as his commander is ready to send him home for being underage, the Japanese attack. Henry (nicknamed "Tree"),along with his friends and protectors, Gunny and Jamison, must try to stay alive during the bombings, and when the Japanese take them prisoners. Henry has some problems with anger management, and makes lots of bad choices, angering a guard he refers to as "Scarface" and getting beaten regularly. He does manage to save an Australian soldier, and the alliance with this group helps when Gunny is taken for "questioning". Japanese prison camps were brutal, and Tree ends up spending several years there. The prisoners show a lot of resourcefulness when it comes to outsmarting guards, obtaining medicine and food, and helping each other, but conditions are such that not everyone will survive.
There are a lot of World War II books, and yet I always need more for my readers who find it fascinating. A lot of books set during this time period take place in Europe, but there is a small number set in the Pacific theater. This is an excellent addition to books such as this author's Into the Killing Seas, Salisbury's The Hunt for the Bamboo Rat and Lynch's The Liberators, as well as excellent nonfiction titles like Farrell's Pure Grit, and Weintraub's No Better Friend. I've been reading middle grade World War II fiction for twenty years, and those are the only Pacific theater titles I can muster, so there is a need to more!
Spradlin's book is especially effective because it takes into account what younger readers want, which is action, adventure, and violence, with what the adults handing them the books want, which is a certain depiction that war is not a great option. Henry's enlistment is done out of desperation over his situation at home, which was not unusual at the time. While the story doesn't glorify war, it does celebrate the men who banded together to help each other survive, and showed the triumph of human will under impossible circumstances. The other thing that young readers like is anyone undermining authority, and the prisoners certainly managed to get the better of their captors on many occasions. I imagine that Hogan's Heroes was wildly popular with 12 year old boys when it was on television, for just this reason.
The historical details are rich and interesting; it had never occurred to me that the guards at the prisons camp were the less successful soliders, but it makes sense. The heat and humidity of the jungle, the food rations or lack thereof, and the historical background are all effectively portrayed, and will hold up to the scrutiny of the most well informed war buff.
Books about war are not my favorite, and Tree certainly makes a lot of choices with which I wholeheartedly disagree, but Prisoner of War will get the most reluctant reader avidly turning the pages to see what fate holds for our underage protagonist.
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Ure, James. W. Seized by the Sun: The Life and Disappearance of World War II Pilot Gertrude Tompkins
July 1st 2017 by Chicago Review Press
While I am intrigued by this "Women of Action" series, this read more like a scholarly tome than a middle grade book. I'm glad to know about these, and will keep them in mind for my REALLY hard core war buffs, but will most likely not purchase and will rely on students getting this from the public library. If I had an unlimited budget, or if World War II was officially in our curriculum, I'd buy it.
"Of the 38 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) confirmed or presumed dead in World War II, only one--Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins--is still missing. On October 26, 1944, the 32-year-old fighter plane pilot lifted off from Mines Field in Los Angeles. She was never seen again.
Seized by the Sun is the story of a remarkable woman who overcame a troubled childhood and the societal constraints of her time to find her calling flying the fastest and most powerful airplane of World War II. It is also a compelling unsolved mystery.
Born in 1912 to a wealthy New Jersey family, Gertrude's childhood was marked by her mother's bouts with depression and her father's relentless search for a cure for the debilitating stutter that afflicted Gertrude throughout her life. Teased and struggling in school, young Gertrude retreated to a solitary existence. As a young woman she dabbled in raising goats and aimlessly crisscrossed the globe in an attempt to discover her purpose.
As war loomed in Europe, Gertrude met the love of her life, a Royal Air Force pilot who was killed flying over Holland. Telling her sister that she "couldn't stop crying, so she focused on learning to fly," Gertrude applied to join the newly formed Women's Air Force Service Pilots. She went on to become such a superior pilot that she was one of only 126 WASPs selected to fly fighter planes. After her first flight in the powerful P-51 Mustang, her stutter left her for good.
Gertrude's sudden disappearance remains a mystery to this day. Award-winning author Jim Ure leads readers through Gertrude's fascinating life; provides a detailed account of the WASPs' daily routines, training, and challenges; and describes the ongoing search for Gertrude's wreck and remains. The result of years of research and interviews with Gertrude's family, friends, and fellow WASPs, Seized by the Sun is an invaluable addition to any student's or history buff's bookshelf."
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NUS students call for school to be held accountable for sexual misconduct on campus
Students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Thursday (Apr 25) called for the school to take responsibility for cases of sexual misconduct that take place on its campus. Lee Li Ying reports.
By Cindy Co
By and Jalelah Abu Baker @JalelahCNA
25 Apr 2019 07:48PM (Updated: 26 Apr 2019 06:57PM )
SINGAPORE: Students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Thursday (Apr 25) called for the school to take responsibility for cases of sexual misconduct that take place on its campus.
They were speaking at a town hall held to gather feedback and listen to concerns about such cases and to discuss how the university could further strengthen its disciplinary and support frameworks. Scrutiny of NUS' handling of such cases came after one of its students, Monica Baey, took to Instagram to call for tougher action against a student who had filmed her taking a shower at her hostel.
Her posts went viral and there was an outcry over the punishment meted out to the perpetrator. He was given a 12-month conditional warning by the police and suspended from the university for one semester – penalties which the education minister said were "manifestly inadequate".
READ: NUS to convene review committee after undergrad calls for 'justice' against man who filmed her in shower
The town hall saw Vice-Provost (Student Life) Florence Ling and Dean of Students Peter Pang addressing more than 500 students at an auditorium. So many turned up it had to be livestreamed to another.
Ms Baey, who was first to speak during the town hall question and answer session, said that there was a lack of victim support and bad communication by NUS. She said that she was left alone to talk to a male officer about her experience.
Prof Ling apologised to Ms Baey and the student body.
"I can feel that we have failed you, and I am seriously sorry," she said. She added that NUS was setting up a unit for victim care, and that they would step up education workshops.
Some attendees criticised NUS' ways of dealing with sexual misconduct cases, with some taking issue with what they called the school's "victim-blaming approach".
READ: Police warnings issued based on discretion of authorities, lawyers say
READ: 'We fell short': NUS president apologises to alumni over handling of sexual misconduct case
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
Students who asked about how they could hold NUS accountable were redirected to a review committee that has been set up by the university.
A third-year University Scholars Programme student, who only wanted to be known as Devni, told CNA after the event, that NUS had not been transparent in its dealings with students. "What we're expecting of NUS is transparency and accountability, but we're not getting it, she said.
"They keep resorting to excuses like saying: 'Oh, the committee will do this; the committee will decide this' when they have a stake in collecting our voices and making sure the committee hears that."
At the town hall, students also came forward to share personal stories of sexual harassment. They accused NUS of wanting to hush up such cases.
One final year female student broke down while sharing her story of being molested by a senior.
Pointing out NUS' inadequacies in victim care, she said that she had been interrogated by two male staff members and one female employee who asked questions on what she had been wearing and "which side" the perpetrator had "squeezed first".
She said that she had received no apology, nor was there any warning issued to the perpetrator.
She added that she had been living with post-traumatic stress disorder for three years following the incident.
READ: Commentary: University campuses must be safe places for all
STUDENTS UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY TOWN HALL WAS HANDLED
While some students thought it was promising that the management organised the sessions, others who spoke to CNA after the town hall said it was a "disaster".
"Overall, it went to show that ultimately, it was a little bit of tokenism on their part. They failed to adequately address the root of the issue," said fourth-year law undergraduate Limin Chuan.
She added that she and her fellow students had expected the management to have more to offer, instead of directing questions and feedback to the review committee.
"We were expecting them to tell us how they want to change the culture, and make public the recognition that these things have to be top-down for them to be sustainable," she said.
She added that they did not seem prepared for the "vitriol".
Fourth-year political science undergraduate Suraendher Kumarr similarly said the management should have been better prepared.
"We did our homework, they should have done so too," he said.
READ: NUS Students' Union to consider if 'heavier punishments' are needed for sex harassment cases
Mr Wang Kai Richard, deputy secretary of student life from the NUS Students' Union (NUSSU), said that multiple questions were about the review committee.
Some students questioned why the initial members of the committee - announced by NUS on Monday - were not present at the town hall and why there were only two student representatives on the committee.
There were also questions about the timeline for the committee to review the current disciplinary and support frameworks.
Some students also took issue with the amount of time allocated for the town hall, and that requests for a longer session were not met.
Assoc Prof Pang said, however, that another town hall would be organised, this time with the review committee.
In wrapping up the session, he said: "Our victim care is totally inadequate."
He reiterated that a centralised victim care would be set up and that security would be strengthened at hostels.
Earlier this week, NUS president Tan Eng Chye apologised to the university's alumni, and said that the school was sorry that Ms Baey had to surface her concerns on social media for the university to take notice. He also said NUS "fell short" in providing her with support from the start.
Source: CNA/db(aj)


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Claire Hornby's journey includes Saturday stop at Fun Run for St. Jude in Rib Mountain
100% of proceeds from the 5K and 1K with inflatables will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Claire Hornby's journey includes Saturday stop at Fun Run for St. Jude in Rib Mountain 100% of proceeds from the 5K and 1K with inflatables will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/local/2019/07/26/claire-hornby-invites-all-join-st-jude-fun-run-inflatables-rib-mountain/1836624001/
Elizabeth A Waggoner, Wausau Daily Herald Published 12:52 p.m. CT July 26, 2019 | Updated 1:33 p.m. CT July 26, 2019
Claire Hornby stays positive with "Veggie Tales" character Larry the Cucumber by her side as she goes through scans and treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Photo: Courtesy of Kirsten Hornby)
RIB MOUNTAIN - After a break from treatment for a cancerous brain tumor, Claire Hornby is ready to tackle the next hurdle, and the community is invited to join her Saturday morning in a Fun Run for St. Jude.
Claire, her mother, Kirsten, and brother, Oliver, will walk in the event, which features a chip-timed 5K and a 1K with inflatable obstacle courses at Doepke Park in Rib Mountain.
From the event, 100% of fees will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where Claire will return for treatment in August.
"Claire will be part of a clinical trial where she will take oral chemotherapy pills daily which hope to break the blood brain barrier and keep the tumor in her brain at bay," Kirsten wrote to USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for the Hornby family, as Claire and Kirsten flew home from the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in early July. Since then, they have spent time with family and friends; attended Chalkfest, where featured artist Emily Voss drew a portrait of Claire; and took a Make-A-Wish trip to Florida.
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Crowds observe finished exhibits on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
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Betty (left) and Colleen (right) McCluskey work on their exhibit on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Crowds mill around 400 Block Park on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A reference sketch lies next to a finished exhibit on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
An artist colors in details in her exhibit on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Children's exhibits stand on display on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Lindsay Bricko (left) and Haylie Wiskowski (right) work on their exhibit on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at Chalkfest in downtown Wausau, Wis. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
"We had an amazing week at Give Kids The World Village on our Make-A-Wish adventure," Kirsten said in a message. "We experienced outrageous hospitality in Florida as we visited SeaWorld, Universal Studios and Disney World."
Back in the Wausau area for the past few days, the family attended a fundraiser Wednesday at Sconni's, hosted by Ben and Tara Swanson, who donated 20 percent of the evening's sales to the family. Musician Max Koepke provided entertainment and dedicated his performance and tips to Claire.
"It has been renewing to catch up with friends and family in Wausau after being away from home for so long," Kirsten said.
Kirsten, left, and Claire Hornby arrive in Wisconsin in early July, at the start of a break from Claire's treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. (Photo: Courtesy of Kirsten Hornby)
"Claire is in tiptop shape as we prepare to head back to Memphis," she said. "I remain incredibly grateful for each moment we have together as a family."
Kirsten hopes the community will come out in force to support Saturday's fundraiser, organized by GPI Cares of Wausau.
"I hope that together we can break through previous fundraising goals to provide the much needed funding for research and treatment of children, including Claire, at St. Jude's," Kirsten said.
People can register in person for the event starting at 7 a.m. Saturday. Fees are $30 for the 5K and $15 for the 1K. The 5K kicks off at 8:30 a.m., and the 1K starts at 9:30 a.m.
Run participants are asked to park at Mountain of the Lord Church, 5506 Bittersweet Road, in Rib Mountain, and a Lamers shuttle to Doepke Park will be provided.
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Contact Elizabeth Waggoner at 715-845-0656 or ewaggoner@gannett.com.
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OTR Global's checks with Pinduoduo vendors indicates aggressive marketing and increased brand awareness have resulted in increased users and vendors meeting or exceeding expectations.
Morgan Stanley analyst Grace Chen initiated Pinduoduo with an Overweight rating and $29 price target, citing her view that the company is "best positioned" to benefit from growth in e-commerce in low-tier cities in China.
Catch up on today's top five analyst initiations with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) initiated with an Overweight at Cantor Fitzgerald. 2. L.B. Foster (FSTR) initiated with a Buy at B. Riley FBR. 3. Raymond James (RJF) initiated with a Buy at Argus. 4. Chegg (CHGG) initiated with a Buy at Berenberg. 5. Pinduoduo (PDD) initiated with a Buy at UBS. This list is just a portion of The Fly's analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.


Well this will be my first post in English. I have to admit, it wasn't easy for me to take this decision and start blogging in English. But I felt it is necessary now, as I want my voice to be heard, even for those who cannot read my Arabic blog "Kharbashat".
What I'll be writing about? Actually I don't know! But I'm sure that my English blog "Syrianaaa" won't be an English version of the Arabic one. I might write about myself, my life, my opinions and thoughts, my concerns... and sure about my photos and my photography hobby!
So why not? Wouldn't be nice to start with one of my favorite shots?
I took this photo last summer, one long morning in a village of upper egypt area "ASSAEID", for a girl were sitting outside.
I like in this photo two things: the girl's facial impression, and the shadow + the light reflection.
In such Egyptian villages the summer day is too hot and too long. Kids have a lot of empty time that they don't know how to use it. So you can see them wherever you go, at the farm, at home and mostly in the village's streets where i took the photo i call "waiting".


Expion is a startup software and services company. Our solutions will help cross boundaries between traditional marketing and social media marketing to create an integrated marketing and advertising plan. Our software will drive this solution by helping managing all of these different channels such Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, SMS, Email, Direct Mail, Forums,etc into coordinated marketing campaigns.
We are looking for logo that we can use on website, cell phones, letterhead, business cards, etc. We want to focus on the X so the text could have a look at eXpion where the X is much larger and the X can represent "crossing" idea. We will add a tagline beneath logo. We are fine looking at logos where the text design is the Logo is we could have Expion with a logo beside the text.


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Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Houston METRO System – Evaluation of Electric Alternatives
Urban mass transit systems alleviate road traffic congestion and reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the transportation sector. Houston METRO operates buses along 86 routes in the Greater Houston area, and three light-rail lines (red, purple and green lines) that have a average daily ridership of 61,000 passengers. Public transportation systems reduce the total emissions of criteria air pollutants (CAPs) from urban centers, and form an integral part of environmental strategies to combat climate change. A comprehensive energy and environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) study is vital to quantify the improvements, and identify any potential systemic modifications that could further lower environmental impacts. As per EPA's 2014 National Emission Inventory, mobile sources (on- and off-road vehicles) contributed the highest share (67%) of nitrogen oxide emissions, and second-highest share (23%) of volatile organic (VOC) emissions in the Greater Houston Area. This region has historically been affected by severe summer ozone episodes that impact public health and welfare. The METRO system is a key element in Houston's infrastructure that can be expanded to lower emissions of CAPs and GHGs, and improve regional air quality. Any expansion of the METRO system includes upfront infrastructure, and supply chain processes, which will have an environmental impact. Currently, there is a lack of comparative studies for relative emissions and environmental impacts between passenger automobiles and METRO routes in Houston. This project will address this critical gap and develop environmental life cycle assessments for the bus and light-rail routes operated by METRO. This project will also provide quantitative estimates for GHG and CAP emissions, when considering future route expansions, and fleet modification to electrical vehicles. A novel component of the project is the development of a decision making that would provide CO2 and energy payback times as a function of ridership and mode shifts from automobile to METRO bus/light-rail. Results from this project will serve as a guidance framework in order to evaluate the effects of the decision to expand METRO system, and estimate the contribution of METRO system in realizing the environmental objectives of the Greater Houston Area.
https://transet.lsu.edu/research-in-progress/
19PPPVU01
Transportation Consortium of South-Central States
Baton Rouge, LA United States 70803
Melson, Christopher
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX United States 77446
Kommalapati, Raghava
Du, Hongbo
Choe, Doeun
TRT Terms: Air pollution; Alternatives analysis; Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Life cycle analysis; Modal shift; Pollutants; Ridership; Transit buses
Identifier Terms: Houston METRO; SimaPro (Software)
Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;
Source Agency: Transportation Consortium of South-Central States
Contract Numbers: 19PPPVU01
Created Date: Aug 5 2019 5:40PM


Spring is finally here!!! Just a friendly reminder, if you haven't had your studded snow tires removed yet, today April 30th, is the deadline for Idaho!
Taking a ride in a self-driven automobile, while being 95% blind, is an amazing and courageous feat in itself. Here is a video of Steve Mahan going for a ride in a self-driven car. Stopping for taco's or at the dry cleaners is no problem at all.
Autonomous car - Also know as robotic or informally as driver less or self-driving, is an aautonomous vehicle capable of full filling the human transportation capabilities of a traditional car. Autonomous vehicles sense the world with such techniques as laser, radar, lidar, GPS and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret the information to identify appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage. Autonomous vehicles typically update their maps based on sensory input, such that they can navigate through uncharted environments. The U.S. state of Nevada passed a law in June 2011 which instructs the Nevada DOT to write regulations concerning the operation of driver less cars. Google had been lobbying for driver less car laws. Until the regulations are devised, the legality of operating a driver less car system in Nevada, including possibly a self-parking car, will remain questionable at best. The Google driver less car is one of the leading projects in this field, alongside programs such as the 2getther passenger vehicles from the Netherlands and the entrants of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge in the USA.
What a Great Idea - A Bike Share Program! Downtown Boise Is Doing It!
I saw the article in "ITD's - Today's News" and thought "What A great Idea!!" I could see downtown Coeur d'Alene doing this!
Boise is beginning a bike share rental program (in their downtown area) and are moving forward, where someone could pick up a bicycle at one station and ride to another station to drop it off. A research study by Boise State's Community and Regional Planning Department suggested multiple locations for bike stations with the aim of linking to Boise's transit options. The rental program will be free for the first 30 minutes and they will have annual memberships available from $55 to $75 a year. Apparently, the program is being started using Federal grants. They expect to hear back on the grants sometime next month. The grants include all the infrastructure and the bicycles. This effort is a joint effort between the Central District Health Department and the Capitol City Development Corporation as partners in the project.
The article mentions that it will resemble the program offered by B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado, featuring bikes with baskets and a "relaxed-ride height".
This study updates the Kootenai Metropolitan Area Public Transportation Feasibility Plan, adopted in 2005. The focus of the original study was on the development of public transportation services. This included short and long-term service options for the community based on conditions at the time and anticipated growth.
Citylink public transit service was initiated in 2005 and ridership quickly grew to over 500,000 annual trips. Citylink is operated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and funded primarily by Tribal funds and Federal Transit Administration urbanized area funds. Kootenai County serves as the designated recipient for the FTA funds.
While the focus of the 2005 plan was the feasibility and initial development of transit service, this update identifies the progress made since the last report and emphasizes the institutional and financial structure necessary to sustain the system and provide for a strong and responsive decision-making process.
If you have any questions or commetns please email us at kmpo@kmpo.net.
Have you taken a road trip lately from Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area to Houston Texas???
I recently took a "road trip" across a portion of the United States, from Spokane, Washington to Houston, Texas. We traveled through the following states: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. I have to say, that I have never driven that far non-stop and until now I never fully realized the "state" of the current highway conditions. Most of the way, the highway posted speed limit was 75 mph. From what I saw, the problems appear to be across the nation or at least a large proportion of it. I couldn't help but think, about the dilemma we are facing with the transportation funding, and I thought about how critical it is to maintain the integrity and foundation of our highways.
I found that after driving for 36 hours straight (while trying to sleep and switch off with the other two drivers), I could barely sleep, due to all the road noise... bumps in the road, changes in the texture or vertical profile of the pavement (dropping from one grade to another), grooved pavement that pulled the car in two directions at once, alligator cracks, irregularly patched pavement areas, and long stretches of highway with expansion joints in the concrete going "bumpity bump, bump", every 50 feet or so. Thank goodness, all the noise, kept me "quite awake" for 32 of the 36 hours that we drove.
Surprisingly, many of the highway corridors we traveled were freight trucking corridors. I can't remember when I've seen so many semi-trucks on a highway at one time and at all hours of the day. I've also never seen congestion as I did, as when we arrived in Houston, Texas. Too many people (2.2 million) and not enough highway lanes to drive in.
I don't have the answers, I am just a transportation planner with no influence on the transportation funding or the budget of our country, but I can't help but feel concerned.
I just hope it gets figured out, and soon!
In case you missed it, The State of Idaho Parks and Recreation OHV online map is available for recreational enthusiasts! This is a great site with an online recreational map showing motorized and non-motorized trails: ATV, motorbike, UTV and 4WD trails on Forest Service and BLM lands. You can plan your route, view: the weather forecast, the road map, topo map or terrain map and even export it to your GPS device.
A public hearing will be held on April 17, 2012 from 6PM at the Kootenai County Administration Building, 451 N. Government Way in Meeting Room 1A (on the First Floor) to discuss the changes and receive public comments. Written public comments on service reductions may also be submitted to the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners, 451 Government Way, P.O. Box 9000, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-9000. Written public comments will be received until April 20, 2012.
The long awaited Beck Road Interchange is expected to begin construction this month. The contractor reported that they anticipate the interchange to be completed by Thanksgiving, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
The project is between the Greyhound Park, Centennial Trail and Jacklin seed. The interchange is estimated to cost $35 million and is the first project in Idaho to utilize the State Tax Anticipated Revenue (STAR), that the legislation approved in 2007.
The legislation allows developers to initially fund projects before being reimbursed through sales tax revenue from the project.
The project is "design-build" meaning the entire project doesn't have to be designed to start construction. That format is expected to expedite the completion date.
Notice is hereby given that the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to seek comments from the public regarding the proposed transit service changes that will impact both the fixed route and paratransit services. The Transit System operated as Citylink and Citylink Paratransit are proposed to change with the following actions: increase fixed route service to 60 minutes frequency, add more bus stops, elimination of Red Route A, a reduction in service hours to 10PM, and provide changes in routing which will impact the entire transit system including a reduced paratransit service area.
The proposed changes are available for review at the Kootenai County Board of Commissioner's Office, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene during normal business hours. An electronic version of the proposed service reductions is available on the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization website: www.kmpo.net.
For special accommodations/translation services, citizens can call (208)446-1616 at least 48 hours in advance of the public hearing. Kootenai County assures nondiscrimination in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (P.L. 100.259), and the Americans with Disabilities Act.


For over 10 years, I have co-taught an environmental journalism class in the University of Michigan's Program in the Environment with fellow journalist, Emilia Askari. The class has consistently received high marks from students for providing valuable, hands-on guidance on what it takes to make it in the world of journalism today.
Here are some testimonials from former students.
Classes like this are a rarity. I went on to Boston University to study science writing and now I'm on my way to my dream job at National Geographic. I couldn't have done it without you, and the inspiration your class provided. This class offers a unique opportunity to educate the next generation of scientists to communicate effectively, and, at the very least, allows them to appreciate the challenges that reporters face in communicating their science with the general public.
Environment 320 was one of the best classes I took at the University of Michigan. Due to Julie and Emilia's tireless effort to connect us with leading experts in a wide range of fields and get relevant, hands-on experience, I not only greatly improved my writing skills but I also gained a better understanding of what I wanted to do after graduating. Julie and Emilia put their hearts into this class. They did whatever they could to help us become better writers and moreover, personalize it in a way that allowed us to develop an understanding of what directions we want to take in life.


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Sunday Snap: Royle and Lambert, a bad omen, Woolfenden's new look and a tale of two right-backs
Published: 10:00 AM November 1, 2020
Town players warm-up in the rain ahead of the home game against Crewe Alexandra. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Photo: Steve Waller. www.stephenwaller.com
Ipswich Town beat Crewe Alexandra 1-0 yesterday. Andy Warren looks back at some of the events surrounding the game.
Luke Chambers, Andre Dozzell and Luke Woolfenden congratulate Oli Hawkins after his goal in the 1-0 victory over Crewe Alexandra. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
They all count
A visit of Crewe instantly brings back memories of a crazy game in 2004 which ended 6-4 and included a half dozen goals of the highest standard for Joe Royle's Ipswich Town.
This contest couldn't really have been more different from an Ipswich perspective, sadly.
Back then, Town were rampant. Goals were flying in left, right and centre on a weekly basis through the likes of Darren Bent, Shefki Kuqi, Pablo Counago and Tommy Miller and fans at Portman Road were regularly treated to high-scoring, all-action games.
Oli Hawkins breaks the deadlock as he heads in the only goal of the game, against Crewe Alexandra. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Since running riot at Blackpool on October 10, Ipswich's attacking threat hasn't been hugely reliable, which was again the case in this game given Oli Hawkins' winner was their first shot on target of the afternoon.
But, you know what, both of those results secured the exact same three points. It's a funny old game. There's more than one way to skin a cat, etc.
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In what is hopefully not a sign of things to come on Tuesday night, Town's next game following their Crewe victory in 2004 saw them lose 2-1 to Sunderland.
Blankety blank
Town players surround Oli Hawkins after he had scored the only goal in the victory over Crewe Alexandra. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Royle's Ipswich traded in goals but, right now, Lambert's currency is clean sheets.
That's five home league games, five home league wins and five clean sheets now.
Impressive, given Ipswich only kept eight clean sheets at Portman Road throughout the entirety of the previous two seasons.
You have to go back to the mid-60s to find a run of home clean sheets so dazzlingly white.
Here's what you could have won?
When Ipswich were closing in on the signing of Kane Vincent-Young last August, Crewe boss David Artell was quick to insist the Blues had got the wrong man.
In what seemed like an unusual sales tactic at the time, Artell hailed his young right-back, Perry Ng, as League Two's best and insisted whoever was working in Town's scouting department deserved their p45 for overlooking him.
Well, Ng is the Crewe skipper these days and we finally got the chance to see what he has to offer.
Ipswich keeper Tomas Holy saves a close range header from Luke Offord. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
He looks an excellent player. He's vocal, calm on the ball, can fizz a lovely pass and gets up and down the right flank. He's part of a team packed with young players who all share a similar style. At times it was excellent to watch.
Vincent-Young's an excellent player, too. We saw that in the dazzling nine-game introduction he gave us following his arrival.
That is more than a year ago now, though, with Ng playing 38 games since Vincent-Young last stepped foot on the field for Ipswich as he continues to struggle with injury.
Town's right back is getting closer to a return, meaning he'll have the chance to prove he was the right choice.
Luke Chambers congratulates goalscorer Oli Hawkins after his strike put Ipswich Town 1-0 up against Crewe yesterday Picture: STEVE WALLER - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Monday's a big day for Ipswich Town defender Luke Woolfenden.
The first lockdown period in March saw the centre-half make three big life choices.
One, sign a new long-term contract with Town. Two, become the proud owner of a Rottweiler. Three, go with an Alice Band as part of a new haircut.
Stephen Ward crosses. Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
One of those things is about to change.
He's not leaving Ipswich and a dog is certainly not just for lockdown. So that means the Alice Band is on the way out.
"Who knows what I'll come out with," he said during Friday's pre-match press conference, ahead of a visit to the barber.
Last time he changed his image during the season he ended looking like Eminem.
Skipper Luke Chambers lakes a throw in against Crewe Picture: STEVE WALLER - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
We'll see where he goes this time.
Mark McGuinness has started his senior career well this week, with two solid displays and two clean sheets in the wins over Gillingham and Crewe.
The Arsenal youngster is clearly good with the ball at his feet but he's also answered a few questions regarding the physical side of his League One game, with a string of excellent interventions this weekend.
He has his own distinctive look, too, with some very short shorts paired with some low-riding socks.
It's like Tom Daley meets Steve Claridge. A frightening combination.
It didn't take a genius to guess the Crewe goalkeeper was probably related to one of Ipswich Town's former foes.
Yes, Will Jaaskelainen is the son of former Bolton keeper Jussi, who was between the sticks when the Blues beat Bolton in the play-offs 20 years ago.
In truth the young Jaaskelainen had little to do other than pick the ball out of the net - something his dad did six times on his three visits to Portman Road.
Jussi, who has previously been the goalkeeping coach at Wrexham, has another son, Emil, who is a striker on loan at Kendal Town from Blackpool.
The build-up to kick-off at matches played behind-closed-doors is incredibly low-key.
Temporarily gone are the days of fans standing to welcome the players to the pitch, the tub-thumping cheers when players' names are read out, the pageantry of both sets of players lining up and shaking hands.
Instead we have two teams ambling out onto the pitch in their own time and lining up for kick-off.
So, what better way to try and inject some life and atmosphere than the three airings of Van Halen's 'Jump' back-to-back we were treated to before the Ipswich players made their way out of the tunnel?
If you're going to pay for the licence to use a song, you may as well get your money's worth, I suppose.