Think about a time you tasted a new flavor that made your toes curl. A friend walked in when I was ill with the first Starbucks cup I had seen and said, "I think you will really like this." It was a Chai tea latte. Oh, Momma! Starbucks can make you fly around the room.
We feel tied to certain dining spots too, those with ambiance and flavors matching our tastes and sensibilities. Recently I trekked to my favorite Sushi house and could not believe my eyes! It had sadly been converted to yet another of the two hundred insipid Tex-Mex restaurants in the area. Once more, quantity wins over quality.
When he brought my curry dish, sure enough, something green! From that day on each time I went in he smiled and questioned, "Something green?" The hostess at that same restaurant greeted us each time with the combo honorific "Mamsir!" in a very shrill comedic nasal voice.
Once in a while dining both delights the pallet and gifts us with a treasure. Living in Tulsa, I went to Oklahoma City to visit my friend Daphne. At Steak and Ale in one of the four dining rooms I looked up during dinner to see my Dad across the room having dinner with a friend! He had driven up from Southeastern Oklahoma. We had no idea the other would be in Oklahoma City that weekend, much less that night, in that dining room at that same time. Sweet serendipitous moments. . .
Dining does not always deliver sweet memories. Eating out alone one night I became increasingly uncomfortable because the woman's husband at the table next to me kept grinning at me, ignoring his spouse. She noticed too; the hurt on her face stung me, partly because I was embarrassed for her but also because I knew that pain. I had struggled through meals like that.
I was seated adjacent to Governor George Nigh and his wife Donna one night enjoying some crab claws. Until, one stubborn slippery little fugitive slipped out of my hand, flew across the table, banked off the wall right behind the Governor's head, and hit the floor with a thud! The look he gave his wife was, yep they seated us by the rednecks again! The complete walk-of-shame.
Cookies are a big staple for me. At some restaurants, like the 501 Cafe, I order cookies first. These are not ordinary cookies, these are Italian Ricotta cheese cookies, a special iced recipe. I've been known to drive across town to get one. Lisa taught me to make them, but mine emerge from the oven dense biscuits with chunks of granite inside.
I grin each time I think of snacks on the porch at my cousin Fredda's lovely mountainside home in Colorado. She, Mom and I sat on the porch feeding Tassy, her pet squirrel, enjoying the beautiful view, drinking Sangria, and laughing uncontrollably; Fredda was at her comedic best. Everything was funny that day.
Sometimes the dining magic evaporates. Have you worked hours making a meal to have it turn out only fit for last year's compost? Not that it's ever happened to me. . .
My sister Jan and I were at a neighborhood fish house having oysters on the half shell one night (I was eating oysters; Jan was pretty much gagging at the sight.) when I bit down on something very hard. I thought I had lost a filling but when I looked down into my napkin there was a big pearl! I still have it.
A peanut butter sandwich that smells like a combination of horse hair, sweat, and the great outdoors, topped off with a warm cup of water and a couple mashed flat cookies is one of my favorite dining memories. This, courtesy of Dad, atop a mountain overlooking the old swimming hole at Beavers Bend State Park in far Southeastern Oklahoma. We would ride all the way up in the morning and have lunch way up high, overlooking the Mountain Fork River. Best lunch ever.
When I was a kid supper did not begin until after the nightly inquisition. Dad loved to quiz us on geography, science and vocabulary before dinner. Who can spell syncope? What country is Dusseldorf in? What is a chrysalis? What are the symptoms of Anaplasmosis in bovine? He threw in a few math questions too; I try not to think of it. Math! No wonder I was thin.
One taste of an excellent pecan pie makes my heart ache for my Mom. I think of the hands that skillfully prepared our meals; her cooking spoke a language of it's own. Holidays are different now, but as I eat the turkey I see Mom in the kitchen buzzing around and hear Daddy begin his table prayer with "Our Gracious Heavenly Father". Sweet childhood, sweet innocence, sweet siblings.
Meals at the Valentine household were a mix of exquisite flavors and appetite-slaying vivid Veterinary pathology. About the time the gravy from the roast hit your tongue you would hear Doc on the phone "Curtis, it sounds like the cow has a prolapsed Uterus; don't let your Collies lick and scratch it; that could cause infection!" "Do you see discharge around the area?" Good times. We developed thick skin or went to bed exceedingly hungry.
The most meaningful meal I have though is not at the table but on my knees, the Eucharist meal. Eucharist translated means "to give thanks". We do this with the bread and wine, a physical sacrament, and a purposeful surrender of our egos and dogged determination to live life our way.


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Q: who were the amateur mathematicians had won the field medal? Who were the   amateur mathematicians  had  won the  field medal?
I search the field medal  winners. I  didn't find any single amateur mathematician who won the field medal. All are from academics background (mostly  from Princeton University.)
I think no amateur mathematicians had won the field medal.

A: One who is not a professional mathematician is Edward Witten, who is a physicist.

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ABSTRACT:The goal of the proposed effort will be to demonstrate a diagnostic technique that can simultaneously measure the combustion progress variable, the flow velocity, and the fuel-to-air ratio with high spatial and temporal resolution to allow the local heat release to be determined. This approach will require the combination of two well-established diagnostic techniques laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser acoustic anemometry (LAA). The former method will be utilized to measure local FARs, and the latter method will be employed to measure the speed of sound from which the local gas temperature and velocity can be determined. Once the local FAR, temperature, and velocity are known, the local heat release can be determined from thermodynamic principles. To accomplish this objective the following Phase I tasks are being proposed: ?Task 1. Construct and Calibrate LIBS System ??Task 2. Construct and Calibrate LAA System. ???Task 3. Construct Combined LIBS/LAA System. ??Task 4. Conduct Demonstration Tests in Large-Scale Atmospheric Burner. ??Task 5. Make Recommendations for Phase II System ?BENEFIT:The simultaneous measurement of FAR, temperature, velocity, and heat release is a significant step forward for the study of real-world combustors. ?The utilization of LIBS to measure combustion FAR has many commercial applications from automotive to industrial furnaces. The addition of the LAA system greatly increases the range of measurement capability and the usefulness of the experimental data. For example, combustion modeling typical utilized mixture fraction to determine flame characteristics (temperature, species, and pollutant formation) however, what they can only guess at is the local reaction progress variable. LIBS allows measurements of FAR but not the progress variable which requires in this case a simultaneous temperature measurement. The combined LIBS/LAA instrument provides both numerical and experimental combustor designers an important experimental tool that provides key experimental data for computational model evaluation.


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The Napoli salt and pepper mill set from Cole & Mason has a red soft-touch and crystal clear acrylic design and both mills stand 14cm / 5.5 inches. The salt mill has a super sharp ceramic grinding mechanism, to ensure it will not rust. The pepper grinder has a stainless steel grinding mechanism. The red salt and pepper mill set comes in a beautiful gift box.


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Q: Put in a queue functions with different arguments C++11 I am working in C++11. I try to create a queue that takes variadic arguments.
The first approach that I tried is the following
#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
std::queue<std::function<void()>> funcs;
class ThePool
{
    public:
    template<class... Args>
    void Add_Job(function<void( Args&& ... arg)> New_Job)
    {

    }
   template<typename _Callable, typename... _Args>
   void QueueFunction(_Callable&& __f, _Args&&... __args)
   {
         std::function<void()> func = std::bind(std::forward<_Callable
         (__f), std::forward<_Args>(__args)...);
        funcs.push(func);
    }
    void print(int i )
    {
       cout << "Hello Word"<< i <<endl;
   }

 };
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    ThePool a;
    a.QueueFunction(&ThePool::print,a, 5);
    std::function<void()> func = funcs.back();
    func();
    return 0;
}

But I would like to pass arguments in  the functions that are bind using the placeholders. For example I like to pass more that one type of functions.
For example I would like to pass a void function with one argument or two arguments and e.t.c
How I should modify the QueueFunction method and the funcs queue in order to support something like this?
For example use bind like this
std::bind(&QueueFunction ::print, &a, std::placeholders::_1);
but in more generic format
Best regards
George


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ClassikON REVIEW - UNFINISHED ROMANCE
by John Tucker
REVIEW: Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra's Unfinished Romance; I wished it didn't finish
JOHN TUCKER
I have to confess something right here, at the very beginning of this review. I am, quite simply, in love with the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra. I say this not apologetically, but just in order to let you know what you will be in for when you go to see an ARCO performance, so that you can be well-prepared.
This, the second in the 2017 Romance programme, followed March's 'Italian' with May's 'Unfinished'. So named, not because the evening never finished – unfortunately, it did – but because it ended with Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony No. 8 in B minor D.759.
But before we get to the end we should start with the beginning or, since this is classical music after all, the overture. The overture, in this case, to Rossini's famed 'The Barber of Seville'. Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra (ARCO), as you may remember from my previous review, play a 'historically informed style on period instruments'. They are not the only ones, they didn't invent the approach, but by all the gods do they appear to enjoy doing it! This overture was the perfect showcase for the differences, being instantly recognisable but at the same time, instantly not-quite-the-same as you've heard it before. With Richard Gill ill, ARCO were under the baton of Guest Conductor (who was to be Guest Concertmaster) Jakob Lehmann, and seemed no worse for it, not lacking in confidence or direction; Brian Nixon, my program assures me, who was so assured he literally performed half of the percussion standing on one leg!
With due acknowledgement that the rest of the performance was equally spellbinding and assured, with the Schubert a wonderful conclusion to the evening, I simply have to talk about Fiona Campbell. Yes, she has a magnificent voice of course and, except for a couple of points where the orchestra 'talked over her' – not because of any lack of vocal power, I might add, but simply because the orchestra didn't come to where she was – the interplay was spot-on, voice and instruments working together beautifully. What was most delightful was that, in singing Operatic Arias from The Barber of Seville, The Italian Girl in Algiers and Cinderella, Campbell performed in those roles on stage in a restrained, but exquisite fashion. There was a paper plane thrown in to the audience, there was a tissue thoroughly used and handed back to Jakob Lehmann, there was a tiara. All were used not just as props, not as diversions, but to bring that little bit extra emotional colour and engagement as a middle line between simply standing and delivering – which would have been magnificent in itself – and fully acting the part solo on stage. It was, quite simply, wonderful.
ARCO return for the third part of their 2017 season, Revolutionary Romance, in September with performances in Blackheath, Sydney, Adelaide Hills and a return to the Melbourne Recital Centre. Mark it in your diary now, ARCO are not to be missed!
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Unfinished Romance | Monday 22 May 2016 | Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
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Songs of the Month: November 2016
From Cashmere Cat to Machine Gun Kelly, these were the songs that I had on repeat throughout November…
1. "Trust Nobody" – Cashmere Cat ft. Selena Gomez & Tory Lanez
[Credit: Cashmere Cat]
What I love about it: I was initially surprised by a Selena and Tory combo, but their voices and styles actually work really well together. The entire song is sultry and addicting, from lyric to beat.
Favorite lyric: "You must be somebody, 'cause I don't trust nobody…"
Buy "Trust Nobody" on iTunes here.
2. "Bad Things" – Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello
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What I love about it: It's a beautiful love song with raw lyrics, giving two perspectives inside a relationship that only they understand.
Favorite lyric: "The way we love is so unique, and when we touch, I'm shivering. Yeah, no one has to get it — just you and me."
Buy "Bad Things" on iTunes here.
3. "My Girl" – Alex Marshall
[Credit: Instagram]
What I love about it: It has a pounding pop beat that you can't resist, but it isn't only about that — Alex's vocals shine through and overshadow it all.
Favorite lyric: "I nearly lose it when she looks my way, taking over the room but only starin' at me."
Check out my review of Alex's debut solo single, "Hurricane," here.
Buy "My Girl" on iTunes here.
4. "Loveless" – La Bouquet Band
What I love about it: It reminds me of rock songs in the late '90s and early 2000s — it manages to be warm and heartbreaking at the same time.
Favorite lyric: "Maybe I'm just hopeless enough to feel alone, but selfish enough to write this song."
Listen to "Loveless" on SoundCloud here.
5. "Lights Down Low" – MAX ft. gnash
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What I love about it: Everything. The beat is a thrilling rollercoaster, and the lyrics hit you right in the center of your chest no matter how many times you listen to the song. It's clear MAX poured his heart into this, and it's beautiful.
Favorite lyric: "I will give you everything, baby. Can you feel this energy? Take it. You can have the best of me, baby."
Check out of my review of gnash's us EP here.
Buy "Lights Down Low" on iTunes here.
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Tencent ups the bike-rental ante with largest funding round so far
by Sheila Yu Jun 16, 2017 Jun 7, 2020
Mobike today announced that it has raised over US$600 million in Series E, the largest ever financing round in the bike-rental industry.
This landmark round, putting the company at a valuation of between US$2 billion and US$3 billion (in Chinese), was led by existing investor Tencent and joined by Sequoia China, TPG, and Hillhouse Capital, among others. New investors in this round included leading banks BOCOM International, ICBC International, and global institutional asset management firm Farallon Capital.
Davis Wang, CEO and Co-founder of Mobike, said Mobike has three clear targets for the coming months: First, they will accelerate the pace of global expansion with a new target to be in 200 cities by the end of this year; second, they will increase investment in R&D of their IoT network and new technologies; and, third, they will invest in building a superior technology infrastructure to support their innovations in the field of AI and intelligent hardware.
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The future of George Ford
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The career-defining choice facing George Ford
By Jonathan Beardmore
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George Ford has a big decision to make about his Leicester future
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Over the next few weeks, George Ford will find himself across a table from the Leicester Tigers board as they try to thrash out a new deal.
Tigers – an institution of English rugby – are near the foot of the Gallagher Premiership and recovering from a bruising loss to local rivals Northampton last weekend.
The venerable English club have problems – big problems. A world-class backline finds itself hamstrung by an underpowered pack and successive, ad hoc coaching appointments have done untold damage to the fabric of the organisation.
If Tigers are going to do anything this season, then it's going to be Ford that does it. Ford knows it, his agent knows it and Tigers know it.
Also, with the club for sale, Ford is not just a playing asset but a commercial asset. A winning team, led by one of England's biggest stars, is essential to any sales prospectus. In short, Ford is likely to become one of the highest-paid players in the English game if not the highest.
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Yet, this is not the whole story. Obviously Ford wants to make sure he can pay his mortgage but he also wants to win things and at 26 he needs to start winning now. An honest assessment of Leicester Tigers would lead to the conclusion that they are still a world away from appearing at the top table of Europe, let alone winning it or challenging for the Premiership title.
So what are Ford's options? Tigers are certainly the favourites. They could use a marquee player slot for Ford and pay him literally whatever they wanted without it affecting the salary cap. As Ford is already a Premiership player, no other team can make him a marquee player. So the expectation is for Ford to become the Leicester's highest-paid player with a deal that will smash the £500k deal signed by Manu Tuilagi earlier this year.
Another club trying to match that offer would in all likelihood need to get rid of several very good players to make the numbers work under salary cap rules. Furthermore, the clubs most likely to win are already pretty settled positionally and culturally at fly-half.
They're not fine. pic.twitter.com/gTu2H1nYnV
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) December 5, 2019
This last point is particularly important. For example, Exeter Chiefs have Gareth Steenson and Joe Simmons at fly-half. Both are excellent players but someway short of Ford. Those lads have the Devon club woven into the fabric of their being. Not only are they very good players but they know the club and what is expected of them.
The collective is always more important than the player. As excellent as Ford is, would he be worth asking four Chiefs to pack their bags and get out of dodge? Probably not.
There are also time constraints. Clubs are not yet able to officially approach Ford and by the time they are, a club would like to have completed all its re-signing and spent most of its cap. Any club likely to win next season would not be able to get Ford under the cap without ripping up large parts of their squad and any club that could afford him don't have a squad capable of winning.
George Ford talks to England forwards coach Steve Borthwick in Kobe last September (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
The only hope Ford has of winning next year is by taking a large pay cut to go to an established team, which is certainly not ideal. There are only a few realistic options for Ford in the Premiership and they are all predicated on the dominos falling in the correct order.
Gloucester could be an option if Danny Cipriani, although contracted through to 2022, decides to go to France for a big payday now that his England career is likely over. Combine that with Owen Williams being out of contract and you could find the money for Ford with minimum disruption.
Bath have been desperate to spend on a fly-half since Ford left but this seems unlikely. Bristol, too, could potentially make room for Ford. Following the signing of the brilliant Semi Radradra, Pat Lam indicated he had more cap room to play with. In addition, Ian Madigan, one of the Premiership's highest-paid players, is currently out of favour and seems destined for the exit at Ashton Gate.
Ian Madigan has an interesting call to make as he comes to the end of his contract cycle https://t.co/HXmAxYJPke
It is doubtful those two clubs could match a good Tigers offer but if they are challenging for silverware, would they need to? France and Japan are also out of the question for Ford for the time being due to England's eligibility rules, but there might be another option.
Ford could join Sonny Bill Williams and co in the Super League. It sounds stupid on the face of it but the money might be there. Leeds Rhinoes are certainly interested and Ford has stated his wish to play at St Helens. Remember, Ford was weaned on the gritty northern sport.
He is from rugby league heartland and played at both Saddleworth Rangers and Waterhead near Oldham from the age of five. He could join any team that could afford him and almost certainly become a Super League marquee player (Super League also have a salary cap).
We have been no where near good enough this season and we are all accountable to that. Truly thankful to the supporters who have stuck with us through this tough period. Hopefully we can give you guys a performance to be proud of at our last home game of the season.
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Such a switch would make sense from a timing point of view. Who knows what state England are going to be in as the RFU dither over Eddie Jones' next contract – they have already let half the coaching staff leave. Ford could go and compete for the famed Challenge Cup while England go through a rebuild. He could fight for Super League titles for two years and then be back in rugby union by October 2022.
Not only does he get a chance to fill his trophy cabinet but it gives English Premiership teams time to table Ford an offer using their marquee space. That will be possible as they would be signing a player from a different league, unlike if the switch were to happen now from Leicester. In effect, Ford would have created a huge market for his signature and the perfect conditions for teams to sign him.
As departing All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams prepares for life in Canada with ambitious rugby league side the Toronto Wolfpack, a new report has emerged that he could be joined by English midfielder Manu Tuilagi. pic.twitter.com/KwdfTTWwnq
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) November 8, 2019
He would be the biggest signing in rugby league's Super League and then quickly the biggest signing in rugby union's Premiership. The bidding war for the England No10, who could potentially have a Super League ring on his finger, would make Ford a very rich man indeed.
He could simply pick the best situation for him, making his England return that much easier in time for the 2023 World Cup in France. If Ford is really serious about wanting to play rugby league he should do it now as he would have no shortage of union offers when he decides to return.
WATCH: Recently-retired All Black Sonny Bill Williams is unveiled by Super League's Toronto Wolfpack


A giant billboard photograph showing a collection of plastic waste over one year has been unveiled at Dreamland.
Everyday Plastic' is a large-scale image by Daniel Webb and photographer Ollie Harrop of Bon Volks studios in Margate.
Daniel collected the waste over 12 months and analysis revealed it consisted of around 4,500 pieces of plastic, of which 93% was single-use throwaway packaging.
Having laid out all of the plastic to the exact size of the billboard, the piece was photographed by Ollie using a 5m high by 6m wide rig and the items were captured at actual size. The final piece measures 13m wide by 4m tall, and such was the volume of plastic, it required 20 individual photos to be taken and then stitched together in post-production.
Daniel said: "After the initial announcement, we had such a great response to the project. Around 20 volunteers came in to help me count, categorise and weigh the whole collection, and it was fair to say we were all overwhelmed with the results of that. I obviously ate a lot of crisps and chocolate in 2017… The stats we've gathered are certainly going to shock a lot of people, but hopefully it'll help them to understand how much throwaway plastic we use in our daily lives.
Everyday Plastic is part of the Mural-by-the-Sea 12-month programme which commissions artists to produce bespoke works of art for a large-scale billboard mural at the amusement park which reopened for the season today (March 30).
Everyday Plastic will be on display at Dreamland until May 21.
Entry to Dreamland starts from £5, redeemable against a ride or food.


Because I knew that Chrome 64 was rolling out, I immediately assumed that the release notes had not been updated. I pressed the update button, opened up Chrome and went to Settings in the app to check the version. Well whadaya know? It's Chrome 64.
So I get that developers sometimes simply release bug fixes and no new features or, frankly, anything worth mentioning. I totally get that because the last two updates to the ClintonFitch.com app have pretty much been bug fix updates. But Chrome 64 was a major update and there is simply no excuse for Google not to have updated the release notes for the update. None.
As one who likes to inform you, readers of this site, about app updates for Android, this behavior is beyond frustrating. Google overall is one of the worst offenders while Microsoft, as an example, is one of the best. It should be consistent across the board.
The problem is Google doesn't full on insist developers to update the release notes. In fact, in the publication process of apps to the Play Store, you can simply copy and paste your previous release notes to the new build with a single click. That's not encouraging developers to let users know what's new in their apps. If anything, it promotes laziness.
What Google should do is what Apple does which is require a new release note field with every upload into the App Store. It's just not that hard.
So devs, do me a solid. Update your release notes. If I can find out what changed quickly in your app, I am way more likely to post about it here on the site. If I can't, not so much.
And Google, dude, seriously. Get this straightened out and require release notes for new app updates. Starting with yourself.


There comes a time when a dress is just too perfect to put back on the rail. Too you to say no to and why would you want to do that? Enter Topshop's deer print pinafore, the perfect me dress. Found on the sale rack for £15, it was meant to be but it's so bloomin' hard to find things to match. Would you believe it's been sat in my wardrobe for over a year? Last time I wore it? Christmas Day 2012, with a red, vintage polka dot blouse. Very Yuletide.
Brrrr! Freezing and blustery, hello hair destined for hats!
Some of my favourite looks of the moment feature layered blouses, preferably monochrome, with a twist. Add a bow and I'm smitten. Whilst I'm on the topic of cuteness, at the fair I picked up some amazing ribbon shoe laces to thread through my brogues. A snip at £2.50 a pair, I can't wait to thread them to add some quirkiness to my brogues.
So, I want to know, what are you wearing this festive season?
Post a comment or link me up! I'd love to see.


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New narrative: China now claims expansion in South China Sea is response to US
by Alex Hollings Jan 24, 2018
After years of aggressive expansion throughout the South China Sea, government-owned media outlets within China are now working to establish a new narrative to justify the building and militarization of islands within contested waters. China's waterway enveloping claims have long been associated with the massive amounts of commercial travel and extremely valuable natural resources held within the South China Sea, but following a freedom of navigation voyage of a U.S. vessel last week, China is now trying to present their militarization of international waters as a response to American provocations instead.
According to an editorial published in the government-owned Global Times and authored under a pen-name that translates to "Voice of China," the newspaper accused the U.S. Navy of provoking the Chinese military with their voyages through areas the international community recognized as international waters.
"Against this backdrop of peace and cooperation, a U.S. ship wantonly provoking trouble is singleminded to the point of recklessness," the paper said.
"If the relevant party once more makes trouble out of nothing and causes tensions, then it will only cause China to reach this conclusion: in order to earnestly protect peace in the South China Sea, China must strengthen and speed up the building of its abilities there," it said.
"As China's military size and quality improve, so does its control of the South China Sea," it said. "China is able to send more naval vessels as a response and can take steps like militarizing islands."
This narrative, which suggests that China's expansion and militarization of contested portions of the South China Sea are being done in response to American freedom of navigation voyages is not, however, supported by historical precedent. In August of last year, for instance, Vietnam was forced to suspend off shore oil drilling in their own territorial waters as a result of pressure from Beijing. According to the Chinese government, those oil rigs, which were within Vietnam's economic zone, are actually situated within Chinese waters, hundreds of miles from China's nearest shore.
That interaction resulted in Vietnam establishing warmer relations with the United States, including plans for an American aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam, marking the first such visit of American military assets to the nation since the conclusion of the Vietnam War.
"This relationship is based on mutual respect and common interests, including the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and globally; respect for international law; and recognition of national sovereignty." A Defense Department press release stated at the time.
A number of other nations have voiced similar concerns regarding China's expansion throughout the waterway. In fact, the island the USS Hopper came within 12 nautical miles of last week that elicited both formal and media responses from the Chinese, is also contested: as far as the Philippine government is concerned, it actually belongs to them.
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Senior Chinese defense official calls for ramming US ships that enter the South China Sea
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1 From Department of Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of ≤7% across all stages. The limited success of conventional therapies for PDAC is at least partially attributable to its genetic heterogeneity. Precision targeting of known PDAC subtypes may positively affect the outcome of this disease. An important actionable subtype in this cancer is associated with DNA repair dysfunction, including cases with germline BRCA mutations. This subtype can be targeted by inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). BRCA mutation–associated PDAC may be the first biomarker-driven subtype in this disease that can be successfully targeted. However, DNA repair defects can extend beyond the narrow spectrum of BRCA1/2 mutations in PDAC and are present in a large proportion of patients with familial PDAC. This review describes the subgroup of patients with PDAC with aberrant DNA repair and discusses diagnostic and therapeutic options.
Advances in other solid tumors have been possible due to biomarker selection of specific patient populations. Successful examples include ALK-positive lung cancer and HER2/neu-positive breast cancer.6,7 This review describes the subgroup of patients with DNA repair mechanism aberrations, their identification, and therapeutic options.
Next-generation sequencing studies have further noted PALB2 and ATM germline mutations in PDAC kindreds. In the PACGENE Consortium study, 10% of patients with PDAC and a positive family history (kindred with ≥2 first-degree relatives with PDAC) had germline mutations in one of the genes mentioned.18 The Ontario Cancer Registry used a more variable definition of family history and noted a lower incidence (3.8%) of germline mutations in these genes using a 13-gene panel.19 Wider gene panels that incorporate additional DNA repair genes may be incremental in this regard. A recent 25-gene panel investigated 303 patients with familial PDAC and noted germline mutations in 10 genes (ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDKN2A, PALB2, PMS2, BARD1, CHEK2, MUTYH, and NBN), most of which are involved in DNA repair, in 12% of the cases.20 Also of interest in this group were the Fanconi anemia (FANCC and FANCG) genes that are mutated (somatic or germline) in a fraction of young patients with PDAC.21 Uncommon pancreatic types, such as acinar carcinoma, have a higher prevalence of BRCA germline mutations.22 The role of several of these DNA repair genes has only recently been explored in PDAC.
With increased understanding of cancer genetics, the mechanisms of DNA repair have been increasingly understood over the past decade. It has been proposed that DDR defects also occur in sporadically occurring tumors, such as somatic BRCA1/2, ATM, RAD51, FANCC, and PALB2 mutations (Figure 1). The clinical implications of these mutations and response to DNA repair inhibitors are under investigation.
Cancer cells typically have reduced or aberrant DNA repair and damage signaling response, and are reliant on alternative pathways that may be susceptible to DNA-damaging agents. Double-strand break repair (DSBR) pathways include nonhomologous end joining and homologous recombination repair, whereas single-strand breaks are repaired by base excision repair, MMR, and nucleotide excision repair.23 DDR is a well-defined process, and its components are classified into sensors, transducers, mediators, and effectors (Figure 2). ATM, ATR, and DNA-PK (DNA-dependent serine/threonine protein kinase catalytic subunit) kinases are important components of this mechanism.24 Genetic sequencing has highlighted the importance of these pathways in PDAC.
Abbreviations: BER, base excision repair; DSB, double-strand break; HR, homologous recombination repair; MMR, mismatch repair; NER, nucleotide excision repair; NHEJ, non-homologous end joining.
disease into 4 subtypes based on the patterns of structural variation: stable, locally rearranged, scattered, and unstable. Unstable genomes have >200 structural variations and are enriched with aberrant DNA repair genes, including BRCA1/2 and PALB2. Other genetic mutations detected in the unstable subtype include ATM, FANCM, XRCC4, and XRCC6 and a previously described BRCA mutational-signature.27 Connor et al28 classified 255 PDACs based on mutation signatures and identified 4 major subtypes, including a DSBR group attributed to deficiencies in homologous recombination and DSBR that occurred in 11% of tumors.
Foremost among the targeted DNA repair inhibitors in clinical development today are the PARP inhibitors. PARP has a role in DNA base excision repair and repair of DNA single-strand breaks. In patients with germline BRCA1/2 mutations, cancer cells depend on PARP-1 for their survival. In these cases, synthetic lethality induced by PARP-1 inhibitors has resulted in clinical benefit.32 The PARP-1 inhibitor olaparib demonstrated durable antitumor responses in BRCA1/2-mutated ovarian, breast, and prostate cancers.33–35 Olaparib and, more recently, rucaparib have been FDA-approved for BRCA1/2-mutated ovarian cancer. Ongoing studies are investigating the role of PARP-1 inhibitors in PDAC with BRCA mutations and other DNA repair defects.
DNA repair pathway and drugs in development.
Abbreviations: DSB, double-strand break; SSB, single-strand break.
was 4.6 months, and OS was 9.8 months. Another study36 investigated the role of rucaparib in 19 patients with PDAC who received 1 to 3 prior chemotherapy regimens for locally advanced or metastatic PDAC. Rucaparib demonstrated clinical benefit in 6 (32%) of the 19 patients; 1 had a complete response and 2 had partial responses, whereas 4 had stable disease. The objective response rate, the primary end point for the study, was 16%. No response was seen in platinum-refractory cases.
therapy with olaparib or to placebo (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02184195).
PDACs with germline BRCA mutations are the most extensively investigated subgroup of the DDR dysfunction subgroup; these patients are identified through germline BRCA1/2 testing. Retrospective analyses indicated that these patients experience improved survival with platinum-based chemotherapy compared with non–platinum-based treatments or historic controls.38 The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma currently recommend treating these patients with platinum-based treatments, specifically gemcitabine/cisplatin.39 These observations have led to the hypothesis that "BR-CA-positivity" may be a predictive biomarker for platinum/PARP inhibitors. The prognostic role of BRCA mutations is less proven. In a retrospective case-control analysis of patients with surgically resected PDAC (stage I/II), no significant difference was demonstrated in median OS (37.06 vs 38.77 months; P=.838) or disease-free survival (14.3 vs 12.0 months; P=.303) between BRCA mutation–positive cases and controls.40 The prognosis of patients with surgically resectable BRCA-associated PDAC thus appears to be no different from that of patients with sporadic PDAC. The role of platinum-based adjuvant therapy in this setting is still unclear.
WGS studies were described earlier. The current clinical assays for DDR are limited to sequencing a panel of genes that are associated with an inherited risk of PDAC and other cancers. Given the large spectrum of DDR deficiency, functional assays will be the next frontier of research in this field.
To summarize, the DDR phenotype has been identified in PDAC; however, the full spectrum is not well-defined. To further define the DDR phenotype, we have initiated a clinical trial of PARP inhibition with olaparib in DDR-deficient PDAC. The patient population includes individuals with ATM loss, genetic aberrations known to lead to DDR dysfunction (other than BRCA mutations), and a history of ≥2 breast, ovarian, or pancreatic cancers in ≥2 first-degree relatives. All patients are being investigated for DDR signature, and the results will be correlated with radiologic response rate (ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers: NCT02677038 and NCT02511223).
In non–small cell lung cancer associated with high nonsynonymous mutation burden and DNA repair pathway mutations, improved rates of radiologic response and progression-free survival were demonstrated when treated with checkpoint inhibitors.45 BRCA1/2 mutated high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma is associated with a higher mutation burden compared with non–BRCA1/2-mutated tumors, higher predicted neoantigens, and higher expression of "immune" genes that are associated with cytotoxicity.46 IHC studies demonstrated that BRCA1/2-mutated tumors exhibited significantly increased CD3-positive and CD8-positive tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), as well as elevated expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 in tumor-associated immune cells compared with homologous recombination–proficient tumors. Preclinical efficacy was demonstrated in the combination of PARP inhibition with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) inhibitors in a BRCA1-deficient murine ovarian cancer model. With this combination therapy, effector T cells were increased in the peritoneal cavity.47 Another DNA repair alteration associated with responsiveness to checkpoint blockage is defective MMR that results in MSI. Pembrolizumab is FDA-approved for MSI-high cancers, including PDAC.48 MMR deficiency in PDAC, however, is rare.
In PDAC, concordance of PD-L1 expression with BRCA2 and BRCA1 mutations was demonstrated in 50% and 13% of cases, respectively. Compared with the general PDAC population, BRCA1-mutated cases have a higher incidence of PD-1 TILs, whereas BR-CA2-mutated cases had a higher incidence of overexpressed PD-L1.49 WGS and transcriptome analysis identified 12% DDR cases in PDAC, and these were also associated with antitumor immune activation.28 DSBR and MMR subtypes were associated with increased expression of antitumor immunity, including activation of CD8-positive T lymphocytes and overexpression of regulatory molecules (CTLA-4, PD-1, and indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1), corresponding to a higher frequency of somatic mutations and tumor-specific neoantigens.28 Thus, considerable evidence currently exists to explore immune therapy approaches in DDR-deficient patients.
The DDR-deficient subtype of PDAC constitutes an important, clinically relevant, and actionable subset that extends beyond BRCA deficiency, and this subset has many targeted therapeutic possibilities. However, identification of this subset beyond the spectrum of BRCA1/2 deficiency remains a challenge.
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The Mountlake Terrace City Council would like to engage our community to participate in updating our Town Center Plan.
The City Council adopted a plan in 2007 to create a Town Center that reflects the community's values and identity, and provides a stimulus for growth and redevelopment. The plan came together following several months of community input through forums, open houses and design charrettes. The plan, titled "A Vision for the Mountlake Terrace Town Center (PDF)," was amended in 2009 and can be found on the city's website.
The plan gathered the community's thoughts on what the Town Center should look like in 20 years (2026), and put those thoughts into a vision that was subsequently adopted into Chapter 19.50 (the zoning code for the Town Center) that states "The purpose of this chapter is to provide for a vibrant downtown (or "Town Center") area where businesses thrive and people of all ages enjoy gathering. A vibrant downtown is pedestrian-oriented, provides efficiently for multiple modes of transportation, and contains a mix of uses, including commercial and residential uses…"
The city has been investing in infrastructure to facilitate the plan. However, due to the slow pace of redevelopment caused by the Great Recession, and few large parcels available for sale, relatively little private development has taken place towards the vision.
To update the Town Center Plan in light of changes over the past 11 years, the city has contracted with SCJ Alliance to update the city's economic profile, gather community input, and update zoning and/or design standards.
In April, the City Council will appoint an 11-member Task Force including five from a stakeholder group known as CLEAR (Civic Leadership Educating Achieving Revitalizing) and six other at-large members to represent a balance of backgrounds from Mountlake Terrace residents, property owners and business owners that would meet possibly through December. The city will have extensive community outreach and neighborhood meetings to receive citywide input and answer questions about the Town Center Plan, similar to the City Hall Advisory Committee outreach process in 2017.


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MP proposes to limit migration to Almaty and Astana
Tear-off ad "Need help in getting residence permit?" A Mazhilis deputy Rauan Shaekin suggested to temporary limit issuance of residence permits (propiska) in Almaty and Astana.
"Analysis demonstrated that people in the queue for flats in Almaty and Astana make up one third of Kazakhstan's homeless population. At first sight it is a normal internal migration - people seek good job, better conditions and move to Astana and Almaty, however we need to understand that uncontrolled processes are big load on budget" he said and suggested to toughen control over the pace of 2020 Housing Program and pay bigger attention to housing commissioning when assessing performance of akims.
"People must have a motivation to stay in the regions they live now, but not seek other place. Availability or lack of accommodation should not be a reason for moving" the MP noted and proceeded to suggestion to limit residence permit issuance in the cities of Astana and Almaty.
"At the time, we adopted laws on status of Astana and Almaty. No matter how this measure sounds or how popular it is, it is within the boundaries of Constitution. I would say temporary limitation of residential registration in these cities is reasonable" he said.
Mr Shaekin also proposed to puzzle out what to do with the people who own a number of empty apartments.
"It's not a secret that in every city, including Almaty and Astana, there is a person who has several apartments and houses, usually empty. There should be a rational boundary and I propose to introduce a limitation" he said, yet failed to specify the kind of limitation.
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We hope to hear from you soon. Reiterate your excitement to purchase the house, as well as your most salient qualities. This might mean offering to pay for any needed photocopies or mailing costs, or perhaps including a self-addressed, stamped envelope; necessary forms, questionnaires, or other documents; and so forth. We look forward to welcoming you as our customer. Example Inquiry Letters The Sales Manager, Melody Modes Ltd. Source D: Indian Deed To The Directors of the West India Company for Land on Long Island 3 Supporting Question How are the stories told about the sale of Manhattan similar and different? I have a good range of artists with me who could give the best of their potential.
In this Article: A letter of interest for a house is a personal letter a prospective buyer writes to a seller to express interest in buying a home. I look forward to meeting you. It covers standard structure and phrases used in responses. To filter by the In external review approval status, type In external review. The organization description should be concise and focus on the ability of your organization to meet the stated need. I am writing this letter to enquire the availability of the stencils, canvass and acrylic paints and their respective prices for my newly set up art gallery at Lajpat Nagar, Delhi.
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Hildegard är en udde i Antarktis. Den ligger i Västantarktis. Argentina, Chile och Storbritannien gör anspråk på området.

Terrängen inåt land är kuperad åt sydost, men åt sydväst är den platt. Havet är nära Hildegard åt nordväst. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  kilometer sydost om Hildegard. Trakten är glest befolkad. Närmaste befolkade plats är Bernardo O'Higgins Station,  kilometer öster om Hildegard.

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Q: JFrame not displaying Canvas I've recently been working with BufferStrategy and JFrame for preliminary graphics. However, when attempting to draw a simple rectangle to the frame, nothing appears. Here is the code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
import javax.swing.*;

public class GTestingMain {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();
    Canvas myCanvas = new Canvas();
    Graphics2D g;
    BufferStrategy strategy;

    myFrame.setSize(500, 500);
    myFrame.setResizable(false);
    myFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    myFrame.setVisible(true);
    myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    myCanvas.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));

    myFrame.add(myCanvas);
    myFrame.pack();

    strategy = myCanvas.getBufferStrategy();
    if(strategy == null) {
        myCanvas.createBufferStrategy(3);
    }
    strategy = myCanvas.getBufferStrategy();//Throwing in again so strategy != null

    do {

        do {

            g = (Graphics2D) strategy.getDrawGraphics();
            g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
            g.fillRect(0, 0, 500, 500);
            g.setColor(Color.red);
            g.fillRect(10, 40, 50, 70);
            g.dispose();

        }while(strategy.contentsRestored());
        strategy.show();

    }while(strategy.contentsLost());

}

}

Now the problem is a little more unique. When I go into the debugger and step through the code, it works just fine. If I run normally, blank. If I click on the Frame before it is drawn to while in the debugger - blank.
I know I can 'solve' this issue with a thread, but i'd like to know why it works* in debug mode but not in a regular run. Thanks!

A: Before you start off with bufferStrategies, go through java doc
It says that,

A buffer strategy gives you two all-purpose methods for drawing: getDrawGraphics and show. When you want to start drawing, get a draw graphics and use it. When you are finished drawing and want to present your information to the screen, call show. These two methods are designed to fit rather gracefully into a rendering loop:

What you are missing is a rendering loop basically. Also since it uses volatile images for its buffer, we never know when our video memory is lost. That explains why you were getting the rectangle in debug mode. Its like a callback system with contentLost and contentsRestored methods.
Just wrap your do while loops as below.
while(isHappy()){ // your logic goes here.
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Tramel: College Football Playoff committee confirms truth that losing matters more than winning
by Berry Tramel
Published: Sun, December 20, 2020 12:30 PM
College football always has penalized defeat more than it has rewarded victory. That never was more true in the pandemic season of 2020.
The College Football Playoff announced its four-team field Sunday, pitting top-ranked Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame in Arlington and No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State in New Orleans.
Bama, Clemson and Notre Dame each have played 11 games. Ohio State has played six.
But the Buckeyes are in the field, and committee chairman Gary Barta twice gave the same reason for Ohio State's inclusion.
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"The committee decided Ohio State belonged in the field because they're undefeated…" the Iowa athletic director said.
Yes, undefeated. At 6-0.
The committee ranked Texas A&M, 8-1, No. 5 and OU, 8-2, No. 6. They apparently will play each other in the Cotton Bowl, a matchup expected to be announced later Sunday.
But the lesson from the committee was clear. Being undefeated, no matter the path, is paramount for Power 5 Conference schools.
The committee ranked Ohio State ahead of Notre Dame, even though the Fighting Irish has four more wins, and one of those wins was over Clemson, and another was over North Carolina.
Ohio State counters with victories over Indiana and Northwestern, both top-15 type squads. But the Buckeyes had only four other games, due to the Big Ten's reduced schedule and COVID issues.
The chances for defeat grow when you actually play games. Or even competitive games.
We had hoped that the advent of the four-team playoff would have given more credence to strength of schedule. Perhaps even ushered in a new era in which who you beat would trump how many times you lost.
To some degree, that has played out, but only with teams of exact defeats. In other words, strength of schedule matters when comparing two one-loss teams. Not so much when comparing a one-loss team with a two-loss team, or a no-loss team with a one-loss team.
Minimizing defeat still reigns supreme, and that was manifested by the Big Ten's reduced schedule. Ohio State was given a smoother path to a glittering record and took advantage of it.
In the committee's defense, there wasn't a glaring contender, waiting to step into the void.
OU's 8-2 record really was 7-2 -- the season-opening rout of Missouri State should count for nothing. So the Sooners really had nine games, which while a far cry from six, is not 11. Same with A&M, which played nine games.
Still, the difference between nine and six games is massive. Coaches have talked about the grind of a season -- keeping players healthy, keeping players motivated, keeping players COVID eligible in this crazy season -- and how the difference between six and nine games, or six and 11, is huge.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly made an interesting case on Sunday morning about how coaches would have conceivably dealt with the Ohio State issue much different had they been on the committee.
It's a difficult decision. But the elevation of Ohio State focuses on the fundamental truth that the committee prizes avoiding defeat. In 2020, avoiding defeat included not playing games.
And the Buckeyes were rewarded.
Barta said he doubts programs can use 2020 as an example of how to schedule in the future.
"There's never been a season like 2020," Barta said. "I think it would be a challenge to use this year, the pandemic year, to estimate how someone will schedule in the future. I really don't think that will happen. This was an extremely unique set of circumstances."
We'll see. Baylor coach Art Briles, back when the Bears were riding high, refused to schedule difficult games, arguing that if he kept a zero on the right side of the record, Baylor would be just fine. Who's to say he was wrong?
Northwestern defensive back Brandon Joseph (16) intercepts a pass intended for Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) in the end zone during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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#ENDSARS and Lekki: What It Means
October 21, 2020 October 21, 2020 / Bunmi Makinwa
By Bunmi Makinwa
People hold banners as they demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
For several days, I have been part of the millions of people across the world who watched, exchanged and commented on or initiated videos, photos, and read texts, articles on #ENDSARS protests in Nigeria and many places.
Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos stood out. It was one of the earliest sites of the protests. Lekki area in Lagos is known for its large youthful population. It attracts the young upward mobile, new rich, struggling, celebrities and entrepreneurs. There are also those people who want to be identified with novelty, and parents who want their children to be close to where the actions are. It has residential, businesses and leisure places, all mixed into often indistinct communities.
Lekki, often a short label used to name many disjointed places around Lagos Island, has provided a territorial expansion for the rather small Island that got choked with economic and social growth over many years.
As was observed in the past few days, Lekki has become a haven of social and political activism, not only a place for so-called youth who want to enjoy life. The young people from Lekki and the rich and poor areas around it became the signposts of #ENDSARS campaign that has put Nigeria under immense pressure. These young people became arrow heads of unprecedented campaign to end police brutality and poor governance.
The group of #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate created an atmosphere. They ate, danced, gave political speeches all day long and even late at nights. They prayed, preached, worshipped. They organized services for food and refreshments, physical exercise and relaxation, medical and counseling services and security. They raised funds, disbursed and accounted for them. They made revolutionary statements, screamed obscenities, issued threats – all things that young, vibrant people do.
It was all peaceful. The campaigners showed that it was possible to be angry, noisy, emotional and yet stay calm and non-violent. Online social media and services were their major rallying structure.
In several parts of Nigeria, #ENDSARS protesters also carried out activities. Many of the protesters were controlled and peaceful. In some other places, protesters were confused with interlopers, hustlers, hoodlums and hungry people who for their various reasons exploited the protests. There were allegations of cases of sponsored hooligans who attacked and robbed people, committed arson to the chagrin of many Nigerians and the genuine protesters. The violence sometimes generated other violent reactions, and chains of violence grew across the country.
#EndSARS protestors at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos
In contrast to the places that witnessed violence, throughout the days of protest, the Lekki Toll Gate site remained peaceful, steadfast, focused, determined to achieve its objectives. Lekki became a new symbol of young people's organizational and agenda-led capability for initiating change. It would try the patience of Lagos State Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu who worked relentlessly to seek compromises and solutions, though with limited success.
The protest at Lekki prevented vehicular and human traffic flow; it disturbed normal life considerably, but it did not become a fighting site, nor did it become a place for heinous acts.
It all fell apart on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Firstly, a poorly planned 24-hour curfew imposed by Lagos State government gave little time for people to get home. Then as night fell, the usual lights and CCTV in the area were turned off. In the abnormal situation, military forces moved in and shot at protesters with what appeared and sounded like heavy military guns. It is not yet known how many people died or were injured. The civil and peaceful disobedience should not have earned protesters a long-term imprisonment, not even a life sentence. But they got fired on, condemned to death.
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Chaos ensues after a last minute curfew is announced in Lagos
The incident at Lekki Toll Gate introduced a discomforting dimension to peaceful protests in Nigeria. It questions the integrity of its democratic practice built on 60 years of post-independence experience. No government should turn its armory against its own people, least of all its young people engaged in peaceful demands for change.
At this time, there are several investigative panels and committees looking into various aspects of the protests and actions taken by governments and security forces. It is critical that their work be done speedily, blame and punishment be apportioned, and remedies be applied. The main and initial focus on #ENDSARS an demands made by protesters should not be buried in the melee of issues – the protesters should reorganize and develop new tactics to attain their goals.
On 16 June 1976, South African policemen of the apartheid regime shot at students who took part in the Soweto Uprising and killed 13-year old student Hector Pieterson. The photo of wounded Hector carried by another student with his sister running alongside became a symbol of resistance. The incident radicalized South Africans who were against their oppressive regime. It increased the insurgency by militant students and young activists who sabotaged the government within. Many of the students left the country to join African National Congress' uMkhonto We Sizwe (the armed wing).
Here and now, Lekki Toll Gate and the various images and photos online stand out as embodiment of the new generation of young Nigerians desiring peaceful change, facing an ill-prepared security apparatus of an odious, inefficient government.
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Art Attack is one of the UK's best-loved children's TV shows and is currently in its second series on Disney Junior UK with a fresh and colourful mix of do-it-yourself activities and creative ideas to spark imagination and creativity among kids.
The show's brand new presenter Lloyd Warbey features in a new vodcast demonstrating step-by-step instructions for how to make your very own wooden imitated pirate sword (and pretend to be a pirate!) inspired by the hit Disney Junior animated series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, which follows three young pirates, leader Jake and friends Izzy and Cubby, on their adventures as they try to outwit the two infamous Disney characters, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee from Disney's classic Peter Pan.
Art Attack presenter, Lloyd Warbey comments: "I was a big fan of Art Attack growing up and used to watch the show with my family, and then try to recreate the makes. I'm thrilled that I can now be a part of the show's heritage and hopefully inspire a new generation of children to think imaginatively and get creative."
In the second series of Art Attack, the much-loved elements from series one such as the trademark Big Art Attacks return, as well as new Disney themed 'makes' and regular artistic segments including:
Main Make – Presenter Lloyd Warbey will show viewers how to make a 'big make' involving more detail such as puppets and secret treasure boxes in different shapes.
Art Technique – This segment will describe a technique that kids can use to apply to pictures such as creating a wood effect on a sign or tree, using tape to create a curly head of hair or turning pictures into 'spooky' images.
Simple Art (Easy Makes) – Similar to Main Make, but simpler! This segment demonstrates 'makes' which will involve fewer stages – a lot of fun ideas with basic steps to create.
The series will continue to be supported by its bespoke website, www.disneyjunior.co.uk/artattack and exclusive video clips will also be streamed on Disney Junior's You Tube channel.
Catch new episodes of Art Attack every weekend at 10.35am and new episodes of Jake and the Never Land Pirates every Friday 5.30pm, on Disney Junior.
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U of T's 192nd Birthday Quiz
Test your knowledge in honour of the university's anniversary on March 15!
March 13, 2019 | By Staff
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Ted Banning says:
The charter for King's College, the university's predecessor, was issued in 1827. But the University of Toronto was actually founded by a Provincial Act in 1850. While I think it's fair to say that U of T has its roots in King's College, it really isn't true to say that U of T is 192 years old.
Sandy Chang says:
Happy 192nd Birthday, U of T! Sadly and apparently, I need to brush up on my knowledge of U of T.
Justin Nodwell, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry says:
Name the U of T PhD candidate who discovered the drug Premarin, which now has revenues of about $1 billion a year.
Caryl Clark says:
Good fun! And I learned a lot too.
University of Toronto Magazine says:
@Justin
Nice way to turn the tables! Our answer: J.B. Collip, in 1930.
Meena Rambali says:
Great questions and excellent brain teaser!
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Happy Birthday U of T!
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Will do better, next time.
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Happy 192nd birthday, University of Toronto!
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Call me a terrible person if you must, but with comedy I'd rather wallow in the schadenfreude of failed expectations than root for plucky underdogs making a comeback. So, for me, it was disappointing that the narrative here focused almost entirely on fictional former tween sensation Five Alive only well after their fall from grace, when there would have been comic potential in seeing more of their hubristic demands during their period of success and then their downward trajectory. That gripe over with, the songs are really good and embarrassingly likeable, especially the one sung by the Europop outfit, Heartbrokers. Aside from the underdeveloped narrative, this show celebrates the ridiculousness of eighties pop music pretty satisfyingly.
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When Dee Pasternak recently looked back on her 40-plus-year career in the arts, it was memories of her participation in the effort to restore the Spirit of the American Doughboy sculpture for the Century Walk that elicited her warmest response.
"I feel my work on Earth was done after the doughboy was done," Pasternak said. "He's gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. I love my doughboy."
Pasternak, 76, a Naperville resident since 1957, died Monday at her home.
"She was a remarkable woman," said Debbie Venezia, executive director of the Naperville Art League Fine Art Center and Gallery. "Naperville is going to feel her loss."
Pasternak, who studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, was an active member of the Naperville and DuPage art leagues and an exhibitor at many art shows across the state. Over the course of her diverse career in the arts, she won nearly 200 awards for her drawings, prints, oil and watercolor paintings, and mixed-media works.
To celebrate Pasternak's life and showcase the evolution of her art, the Naperville Art League, which Pasternak helped found 43 years ago, borrowed more than 50 of her works from private collectors and displayed them July 17 at the Naperville Fine Art Center and Gallery. Venezia said the exhibit included pieces from the early years of her career as well as more recent works, including her intaglios, etchings that Venezia called Pasternak's "signature pieces."
"It was fascinating to see," she said of the display. "I've never seen the gallery look more beautiful."
But Pasternak was not only an artist. She was instrumental in promoting the arts in the Naperville area.
"When she took on a project, she saw it through to the end," Sheehan said. "She was gung-ho."
A past president of the Naperville Art League, Pasternak launched the organization's nationally known Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, now in its 19th year.
"She felt that Naperville merited a high-quality art fair," said Luetger, who co-chaired the event with Pasternak over the years. "(The Riverwalk Fine Art Fair) was a vision she had for many years before she was able to do it."
Pasternak also participated in the planning for the Cmdr. Dan Shanower/Sept. 11 Memorial and initiated the project to renovate the deteriorating World War I doughboy sculpture that stands in Burlington Square Park.
"I always had a great deal of admiration and respect for her because of her influence in the art world," Venezia said. "She was going to get the job done."
In 2002, Pasternak received the Studs Terkel Humanities Award for her service on the board of the Naperville Century Walk, an outdoor public art exhibit in and around downtown Naperville. And, in recognition of her work, the Naperville Art League presented Pasternak with an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award last year.
"She was an extremely talented artist," Venezia said.
More than 30 years ago, Pasternak, a mother of three and grandmother of eight, worked as a photographer and darkroom technician for The Naperville Sun, earning recognition for her creativity with the camera. With the encouragement of her late husband, George, she eventually left the newspaper business to concentrate on her art.
Pasternak's work included detailed drawings that often took her as long as 200 hours to complete. She also loved to work in mixed media and do airbrushing, embossing and etching.
"She was consistently superior at it, and she tried to continue developing (her art) over the years," said Lela Luetger, Pasternak's friend and longtime partner in Naperville Art League projects. "She tried to keep it fresh because art is nothing if it is stale."
Kathy Glasnap, Pasternak's friend and a watercolor artist from Door County, Wis., showed her work with Pasternak at different fairs for the past 20 years. She said Pasternak had "wonderful ideas" and a "great imagination."
"That's the best thing an artist can have is a very good imagination, and she definitely had that," Glasnap said.
Sara Sheehan, Pasternak's friend and a Naperville Art League member, called Pasternak her mentor. She said Pasternak took "great pride and joy in doing a piece," and she continued to learn new ways to apply her artistic talents throughout her career.
"You could see the evolution (of her art). She was not a stagnant artist," Sheehan said. "She always had an open mind to her own life, to her artwork and to other people's artwork."
Blair Pasternak said his mother's artistic talents live on in his sisters, Dawn and Debby, and she would be glad her accomplishments, both artistic and civic, were appreciated.
A Mass of Christian burial will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, at 1500 Brookdale Road. A private family visitation will proceed the Mass, and a reception will follow at the church.
In lieu of memorials, donations can be directed to St. Thomas Hospice, 823 S. Madison St., Burr Ridge, IL 60527.
Sergeant of the guard Jack Shiffler escorts Dee Pasternak during the rededication of the Spirit of the American Doughboy sculpture in Burlington Square Park in 2001. Pasternak, who initiated the effort to restore the statue, died Monday.


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Written and directed by Boyhood creator Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise follows the passionate romance between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy). The two strangers meet on a train in Europe and decide to spend the day together, exploring Vienna. After hours of walking around the city and opening up about their deepest feelings, the two develop a profound romantic connection.
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