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Exploring the relationship between grapheme colour-picking consistency and mental imagery
Spiller, M., Harkry, Lee, McCullagh, Fintan, Thoma, V. and Jonas, C. 2019. Exploring the relationship between grapheme colour-picking consistency and mental imagery. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences. 374 (Art. 20190023).
Spiller, M., Harkry, Lee, McCullagh, Fintan, Thoma, V. and Jonas, C.
Previous research has indicated a potential link between mental imagery and synaesthesia. However, these findings are mainly based on imagery self-report measures and recruitment of self-selected synaesthetes. To avoid issues of self-selection and demand effects we recruited participants from the general population, rather than synaesthetes specifically, and used colour-picking consistency tests for letters and numbers to assess a "synaesthete-like" experience. Mental imagery ability and mental rotation ability were assessed using both self-report measures and behavioural assessments. Consistency in colour-picking for letters (but not numbers) was predicted by performance on the visual mental imagery task, but not by a mental rotation task or self-report measures. Using the consistency score as a proxy measure of grapheme-colour synaesthesia, we provide more evidence for the suggestion that synaesthetic experience is associated with enhanced mental imagery, even when participants are naïve to the research topic.
Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
374 (Art. 20190023)
The Royal Society
Spiller et al PTB ROAR1.pdf
doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0023
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0023
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/843q3
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at 40 Hz enhances face and object perception
Gonzalez Perez, M., Wakui, E., Thoma, V., Nitsche, M. A. and Rivolta, D. 2019. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at 40 Hz enhances face and object perception. Neuropsychologia.
Review: Non‐invasive brain stimulation in behavioral addictions: insights from direct comparisons with substance use disorders
Gomis Vicent, E., Thoma, V., Turner, J., Hill, K. P. and Pascual‐Leone, A. 2019. Review: Non‐invasive brain stimulation in behavioral addictions: insights from direct comparisons with substance use disorders. The American Journal on Addictions. 28 (6), pp. 431-454.
Thinking dispositions and cognitive reflection performance in schizotypy
Broyd, Annabel, Ettinger, Ulrich and Thoma, V. 2019. Thinking dispositions and cognitive reflection performance in schizotypy. Judgment and Decision Making. 14 (1), pp. 80-90.
Water supplementation after dehydration improves judgment and decision-making performance
Thoma, V. and Patsalos, Olivia C. 2019. Water supplementation after dehydration improves judgment and decision-making performance. Psychological Research.
Determinants for Successful Agile Collaboration between UX Designers and Software Developers in a Complex Organisation
Jones, Alexander and Thoma, V. 2019. Determinants for Successful Agile Collaboration between UX Designers and Software Developers in a Complex Organisation. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 35 (20), pp. 1914-1935.
Three-quarter views of depth-rotated faces induce face-specific capacity limits in visual search
Thoma, V. and de Fockert, Jan W. 2019. Three-quarter views of depth-rotated faces induce face-specific capacity limits in visual search. Experimental Psychology. 65 (6), pp. 360-369.
Behavioral biases in pension fund trustees' decision-making
Weiss-Cohen, Leonardo, Ayton, Peter, Clacher, Iain and Thoma, V. 2018. Behavioral biases in pension fund trustees' decision-making. Review of Behavioural Finance. 11 (2), pp. 128-143.
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhances reflective judgment & decision-making
Edgcumbe, Daniel R., Thoma, V., Rivolta, Davide, Nitsche, Michael A. and Fu, C. 2018. Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhances reflective judgment & decision-making. Brain Stimulation. 12 (3), pp. 652-658.
Introduction to the Special Issue on Individual Differences in Multisensory Perception: An Overview
Jonas, C., Spiller, M., Hibbard, Paul B. and Proulx, Michael J. 2017. Introduction to the Special Issue on Individual Differences in Multisensory Perception: An Overview. Multisensory Research. 30 (6), pp. 461-466.
Auditory and Visual Crossmodal Correspondences With Haptically Perceived Liquid Viscosity
Asad, Jennah, Spiller, M. and Jonas, C. 2016. Auditory and Visual Crossmodal Correspondences With Haptically Perceived Liquid Viscosity. Multisensory Research. 29 (8), pp. 727-747.
Summation of visual attributes in auditory‐visual crossmodal
Jonas, C., Spiller, M. and Hibbard, Paul B. 2017. Summation of visual attributes in auditory‐visual crossmodal. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 24 (4), pp. 1104-1112.
Misaligned and Polarity-Reversed Faces Determine Face-specific Capacity Limits
Thoma, V., Ward, Neil and de Fockert, Jan W. 2016. Misaligned and Polarity-Reversed Faces Determine Face-specific Capacity Limits. Frontiers in Psychology. 7 (1470).
View-sensitive ERP repetition effects indicate automatic holistic processing of spatially unattended objects
Wakui, E., Thoma, V. and de Fockert, Jan W. 2016. View-sensitive ERP repetition effects indicate automatic holistic processing of spatially unattended objects. Neuropsychologia. 89, pp. 426-436.
Reachability Does Not Explain the Middle Preference: A Comment on Bar-Hillel (2015)
Rodway, P., Schepman, A. and Thoma, V. 2016. Reachability Does Not Explain the Middle Preference: A Comment on Bar-Hillel (2015). i-Perception. 7 (2).
Event-related potential effects of object repetition depend on attention and part-whole configuration
Gosling, Angela, Thoma, V., Fockert, Jan W. De and Richardson-Klavehn, Alan 2016. Event-related potential effects of object repetition depend on attention and part-whole configuration. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10 (478).
Looking behaviour and preference for artworks: The role of emotional valence and location
Kreplin, Ute, Thoma, V. and Rodway, Paul 2014. Looking behaviour and preference for artworks: The role of emotional valence and location. Acta Psychologica. 152, pp. 100-108.
Migraine in Synesthetes and Nonsynesthetes: A Prevalence Study
Jonas, C. and Hibbard, P. B. 2015. Migraine in Synesthetes and Nonsynesthetes: A Prevalence Study. Perception. 0 (0), pp. 1-24.
Migraine in Synaesthetes and Non-Synaesthetes: A Prevalence Study
Jonas, C. and Hibbard, Paul B. 2015. Migraine in Synaesthetes and Non-Synaesthetes: A Prevalence Study. Perception. 44 (10), pp. 1179-1202.
Beyond visual imagery: How modality-specific is enhanced mental imagery in synesthesia?
Spiller, M., Jonas, Clare N., Simner, Julia and Jansari, Ashok 2015. Beyond visual imagery: How modality-specific is enhanced mental imagery in synesthesia? Consciousness and Cognition. 31, pp. 73-85.
Spatial attention enhances object coding in local and distributed representations of the lateral occipital complex
Guggenmos, Matthias, Thoma, V., Haynes, John-Dylan, Richardson-Klavehn, Alan, Cichy, Radoslaw Martin and Sterzer, Philipp 2015. Spatial attention enhances object coding in local and distributed representations of the lateral occipital complex. NeuroImage. 116, pp. 149-157.
Good Thinking or Gut Feeling? Cognitive Reflection and Intuition in Traders, Bankers and Financial Non-Experts
Thoma, V., White, Elliott, Panigrahi, Asha, Strowger, Vanessa and Anderson, I. 2015. Good Thinking or Gut Feeling? Cognitive Reflection and Intuition in Traders, Bankers and Financial Non-Experts. PLOS ONE. 10 (4), p. e0123202.
Priming of object detection under continuous flash suppression depends on attention but not on part-whole configuration
Stein, Timo, Thoma, V. and Sterzer, Philipp 2015. Priming of object detection under continuous flash suppression depends on attention but not on part-whole configuration. Journal of Vision. 15 (3), pp. 15-15.
Not all synesthetes are alike: spatial vs. visual dimensions of sequence-space synesthesia
Jonas, C. and Price, Mark C. 2014. Not all synesthetes are alike: spatial vs. visual dimensions of sequence-space synesthesia. Frontiers in Psychology. 5 (1171).
Synesthesia: an introduction
Banissy, Michael J., Jonas, C. and Cohen Kadosh, Roi 2014. Synesthesia: an introduction. Frontiers in Psychology. 5 (1414).
Non-holistic coding of objects in lateral occipital complex with and without attention
Guggenmos, Matthias, Thoma, V., Cichy, Radoslaw Martin, Haynes, John-Dylan, Sterzer, Philipp and Richardson-Klavehn, Alan 2014. Non-holistic coding of objects in lateral occipital complex with and without attention. NeuroImage. 107, pp. 356-363.
Object representations in ventral and dorsal visual streams: fMRI repetition effects depend on attention and part–whole configuration
Thoma, V. and Henson, Richard N. 2011. Object representations in ventral and dorsal visual streams: fMRI repetition effects depend on attention and part–whole configuration. NeuroImage. 57 (2), pp. 513-525.
Face-specific capacity limits under perceptual load do not depend on holistic processing
Thoma, V. 2014. Face-specific capacity limits under perceptual load do not depend on holistic processing. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 21 (6), pp. 1473-1480.
Number-space associations in synaesthesia are not influenced by finger-counting habits
Jonas, C. and Ward, Jamie 2014. Number-space associations in synaesthesia are not influenced by finger-counting habits. Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
Comparing implicit and synaesthetic number-space associations: visuospatial and verbal SNARC effects
Jonas, C., Spiller, M., Jansari, A. and Ward, Jamie 2013. Comparing implicit and synaesthetic number-space associations: visuospatial and verbal SNARC effects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
The devil you know: The effect of brand recognition and product ratings on consumer choice
Thoma, V. and Williams, Alwyn 2013. The devil you know: The effect of brand recognition and product ratings on consumer choice. Judgment and Decision Making. 8 (1), pp. 34-44.
Perceptual load effects on processing distractor faces indicate face-specific capacity limits
Thoma, V. and Lavie, Nilli 2013. Perceptual load effects on processing distractor faces indicate face-specific capacity limits. Visual Cognition. 21 (8), pp. 1053-1076.
Mental imagery in synaesthesia
Spiller, M. 2009. Mental imagery in synaesthesia. PhD Thesis University of East London School of Psychology
Good thinking or gut feeling? Decision-making style and rationality in traders, bankers and financial non-experts
Thoma, V. 2013. Good thinking or gut feeling? Decision-making style and rationality in traders, bankers and financial non-experts. UEL Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference 2013. University of East London, London 26 Jun 2013 London University of East London.
Visual experience facilitates allocentric spatial representation
Pasqualotto, Achille, Spiller, M., Jansari, A. and Proulx, Michael J. 2012. Visual experience facilitates allocentric spatial representation. Behavioural Brain Research. 236 (1), pp. 175-179.
Evidence for holistic representations of ignored images and analytic representations of attended images
Thoma, V., Hummel, John E. and Jules, Davidoff 2004. Evidence for holistic representations of ignored images and analytic representations of attended images. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 30 (2), pp. 257-267.
Priming of depth-rotated objects depends on attention and part changes
Thoma, V. and Davidoff, J. 2006. Priming of depth-rotated objects depends on attention and part changes. Experimental Psychology. 53 (1), pp. 31-47.
Priming of plane-rotated objects depends on attention and view familiarity
Thoma, V., Davidoff, J. and Hummel, J.E. 2007. Priming of plane-rotated objects depends on attention and view familiarity. Visual Cognition. 15 (2), pp. 179-210.
Thoma, V. and Henson, R.N. 2011. Object representations in ventral and dorsal visual streams: fMRI repetition effects depend on attention and part–whole configuration. NeuroImage. 57 (2), pp. 513-525.
The role of perceptual load in object recognition
Lavie, Nilli, Lin, Zhicheng, Zokaei, Nahid and Thoma, V. 2009. The role of perceptual load in object recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 35 (5), pp. 1346-1358.


Remember when you were a kid and life was simple? There were only two possibilities for what you would do with your day: You were either in class or having fun, at work or at play, at school or on holiday.
As you grow up, things become more complicated. Pesky things like housework, taxes and bills can cloud the horizon. You could spend entire classes staring out the window at school when you were growing up, but employers generally do not consider that to be an appropriate transferable skill.
But growing up is not all bad. One realization that comes with age is that learning can actually be fun. That is not to say that everyone will want to spend their holidays at university – but some people will. Especially when the campus is in the beautiful setting of San Luis, near the popular tourist destination of Monteverde in north-central Costa Rica.
In 2001, the University of Georgia (UGA) bought a working farm in the upper SanLuisValley. The site is now an official campus, offering courses for students in a wide range of disciplines.
However, this is not the exclusive preserve of academics. The campus also has strong links to the community and welcomes visitors as well as students and researchers. The young, highly motivated and friendly staff ensure that everyone has a great time while learning something new.
Fabricio Camacho, 28, from Heredia, north of the capital, has been general manager of the 62-hectare (153-acre) campus for more than three years and is deeply passionate about the place.
Because the place is a working university campus, students and academics are naturally his first priority. During a recent Tico Times visit, five research projects were under way at the site, and the regular schedule of courses and study programs means there are usually several dozen students around.
However, one of Camacho's favorite phrases is "Diversity creates stability." So, space permitting, tourists are also more than welcome, either to stay overnight or to take part in activities during the day.
While this may be a university, the accommodation available to visitors bears no comparison to the halls of residence you might expect. The rooms, which can sleep up to four people, are large, light and airy, and the buildings, built with wood from sustainable sources, are set right in the middle of nature.
Visitors are able to really get involved with the academic side of the operation. Those interested can attend lectures, use the library or speak to resident academics from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from biology and anthropology to psychology and painting.
They can even volunteer to help out on research projects.
Alternatively, visitors are welcome to simply hang out with the resident staff and students and enjoy a chat in the central student union building, play table tennis or table football in the games area, or join in a real match on the soccer pitch.
Camacho says he wants to ensure that UGA Costa Rica practices what it preaches, and that the staff is committed to becoming a model for sustainability. The school has earned three out of five leaves on the Costa Rican Tourism Institute's sustainable tourism scale.
As part of that effort, approximately a third of its food is produced on site, including plantains, lettuce, onions, peppers, corn and coffee. A further 20 percent comes from local farms, which receive advice and information from the institution on how to improve productivity and sustainability. The campus also contributes to the local community by providing employment, helping to teach English and improving area roads.
The site recycles a large portion of its waste, sets and monitors monthly targets for water and electricity use, uses biodegradable soaps and has its own carbonoffset scheme. Further ecofriendly measures, such as a biological wastewater treatment plant and renewable energy production, are also in the pipeline.
Camacho says the campus's "biggest asset is the forest." In fact, because the site covers a wide range of elevations, it is in many ways more diverse than the famed Monteverde and Santa Elena reserves nearby, with cloud forest at the top end of the site stretching down to dry forest near the bottom. Visitors will see a wide range of insects, butterflies, birds and animals throughout the site.
In addition, there is a botanical garden and a medicine garden containing 80 species of medicinal plants and herbs. One of the resident naturalists will happily show you around, introducing you to delicacies such as the candyleaf plant of the genus Stevia, which tastes as sweet as sugar, or a tree whose sap is a natural toothpaste.
Admittedly, before visiting the UGA campus, going to a university would never have topped my list of great vacation ideas. But the institution exuded energy and enthusiasm, and the natural setting was absolutely beautiful.
I learned something. And I had fun. I must be growing up.
The UGA Costa Rica campus is in San Luis, approximately 20 minutes' drive from the town of Santa Elena. Accommodation costs $91 per person per night, including all food, several activities and hikes.
For more information, visit www.uga.edu/costarica or call 2645-8049.


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Activities Weekends and Holidays
We make the invisible visible
Join us when we build particle detectors, set up spectacular science shows, take you on space journeys in the Dome, do space walks in the exhibition and much more.
The invisible
The magnetic field protects us from radiation from space and the mysterious dark matter holds our galaxy together. All this and much more is invisible to us, but at the same time it is enormously important to our universe and existence.
Apollo 11: First Steps Edition is a cinematic space event film fifty years in the making. Featuring never-before-seen large-format film footage of one of humanity's greatest accomplishments.
Rent Planetarium
Host your event at Planetarium
The well-known building at the end of Sct. Jørgen's lake can be used for everything under the sun. Host your next meeting, conference or event under nebulae and black holes at the Planetarium.
Explore our exhibitions
Learn where we come from, see the moonstone and more before or after your trip in the Dome.
Diary From Space
Get the whole story - from Andreas' Mogensen's childhood dream of becoming Denmark's astronaut to his first space trip. The diary from the room contains both private and unique film recordings that have never been shown before.
Birthday party at Planetarium
Celebrate your birthday as an astronaut
Does your child dream of becoming an astronaut or is he or she wild about stars and planets? Then a birthday party at the Planetarium is the obvious choice.
Film: Fly me to the moon 3D
Educational entertainment for the whole family
Fly Me To The Moon is an animated feature film that takes you back to the historic moment of Apollo 11 in 1969.
The universe is full of invisible things.
The magnetic field protects us from radiation from space, the gravity keeps us on the ground, the sun's infrared light gives us warmth,
and the mysterious dark matter holds our galaxy together.
All this and much more is invisible to us, but at the same time it is enormously important to our universe and existence.
Hunt the Invisible
Everyday astronomers chase the invisible parts of our universe.
Join us in the hunt for unseen things in Planetarium's exhibitions.
Discover how gravity works, how we can see the heat from our bodies and why a black hole is invisible.
Children might need help from an adult.
To solve the challenge remember to get the folder in the store. The folder is available in English and Danish.
The Invisible Show
Science show
With mind-blowing experiments, we put your mind to the test and show you how to make the invisible visible.
We capture magnetic fields, explore the gravity, and show light that you otherwise cannot see, all these elements give valuable knowledge of the universe.
Weekends and school holidays
10.30 am, 11.25 am and 1.30 pm
Spacewalk in the Invisible Universe
Take a tour in the exhibition area.
We explore Planetarium's exhibitions to see some of the universe's most invisible phenomena.
What does dark matter do? How does gravity work? And why are black holes important for our existence on Earth?
Despite the difficult topics, the spacewalk has been adapted to families with children.
We meet under the space telescope Hubble, just in front of the shop.
11.00 am and 2.25 pm
Space Journey to the Invisible Universe
Planetarium Show in the Dome
Join us in the the Dome for this virtual journey through space, where we make the invisible visible.
We take a closer look at the invisible shield around our own planet, explore how invisible light reveals unknown parts of the Milky Way and search for the mysterious dark matter in the outermost parts of our universe.
Invisible Talks in English
In our Dome, which is the largest in Northern Europe, we can make the unseen visible.
We will take you on a visual and sensory-saturated journey through the universe, where we show you the dark matter that keeps everything together, the invisible light, which reveals new details about the galaxies, and the magnetic field that protects life on Earth.
Build a Particle Detector
Workshop in SpaceLab
Build your own particle detector and discover the cosmic radiation that flows through your body every moment.
The radiation consists of small particles that come from outer space and are quite harmless on the surface of the Earth. In a particle detector, you can catch the radiation when it collides with the air in the detector.
You can take your detector with you, when you leave.
12.00 pm -1.00 pm and 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
The Earth as seen from ISS
Watch livefeed from the International Space Station
Get free access to the exhibitions and movies in the Dome.
A season pass can also be given as a gift.
Buy the pass online or in the shop.

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BLACK PANTHER's Costume Is Going to the Smithsonian
Posted by Blair Marnell on June 26, 2018
Earlier this year, director Ryan Coogler's Black Panther movie struck a chord with audiences around the world and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Even Avengers: Infinity War hasn't been able to catch up with Black Panther's nearly $700 million domestic haul. Now, The Smithsonian is celebrating Black Panther's success by displaying Chadwick Boseman's costume as part of its first-ever African American Film Festival.
Via the Smithsonian, the Black Panther costume on display will be the one Boseman wore in Captain America: Civil War and the early part of the Black Panther film. Black Panther's outfit was given an upgrade during his solo movie, but that particular costume won't be a part of this exhibit. Fans hoping to see the original suit will have to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. during the aforementioned film festival, which will take place from October 24 to October 27.
That's an extremely short window of time to catch a glimpse of movie history. However, Smithsonian magazine notes that the museum is "currently finalizing plans to exhibit the Black Panther costume on a permanent basis." Additionally, The Smithsonian has also acquired a signed Black Panther shooting script and a few pages from the spec script, as well as a number of pictures from behind-the-scenes that document the making of the movie.
Are you excited to see Black Panther's costume potentially receive a permanent place at The Smithsonian? What other costumes from the film would you like to see up close? Let us know in the comment section below!
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ASCO: Cell Count Predicts Prostate Ca Survival
by Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today June 8, 2011
CHICAGO -- Cells shed by a metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer into the blood may be a robust measure of how well treatment is working, a researcher said here.
Working on a clinical trial of a new drug, the researchers found that the number of such cells in the blood predicted overall survival, according to Howard Scher, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
If the finding is validated in future trials, the method could speed the development of new drugs, as well as aiding prognosis, Scher said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Scher said the analysis was planned as part of a phase III trial of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga), which was approved in April to treat men with metastatic castration-resistant cancer who have progressed on treatment with docetaxel (Taxotere).
Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Explain that cells shed by a metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer into the blood may be a robust measure of how well treatment is working.
Note that the finding requires validation in future trials, but has the potential to speed the development of new drugs, as well as assist in prognosis.
Abiraterone inhibits the so-called CYP17 enzyme and thereby prevents androgen synthesis by the tumor itself, one of the ways by which prostate cancer escapes from drug therapy, Scher said.
Essentially, he told reporters, "the cancers themselves learn how to produce their own androgens," making hormone-blocking drugs less effective.
The trial enrolled 1,195 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and randomly assigned them to get abiraterone or placebo; all patients also got prednisone.
Analysis showed a significant improvement in overall survival associated with the drug -- a median of 15.8 months, compared with 11.2 months, Scher said.
During the study, the researchers measured circulating tumor cells, using the Veridex Cell Search system, both at baseline and during therapy. The cells were part of a biomarker panel that included lactate dehydrogenase, prostate specific antigen, and alkaline phosphatase.
The cell count was unfavorable if the number yielded by the cell search system was five or greater and favorable if it was below five, he said.
In some patients, treatment with abiraterone "converted" unfavorable counts to favorable ones as early as four weeks after starting therapy. The treatment effect was seen in up to 40% of patients, Scher said.
In multivariate analysis, baseline cell counts, "conversion" from unfavorable to favorable during treatment, and lactate dehydrogenase predicted overall survival.
An analysis adjusting for change in cell count almost completely eliminated any treatment effect, changing the hazard ratio from a significant 0.74 to a non-significant 0.97, Scher reported.
Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer are a "population in need of new therapies," said Sonali Smith, MD, of the University of Chicago, who moderated a press conference where the results were discussed.
But, she added, there's currently "no easy way" to predict who will do well.
"We're all trying to hone in on a surrogate of survival," she said, because determining actual survival in clinical trials "can take so long to assess."
"To have a biomarker that is very individualized within a patient and... to show that in a statistically significant way that this correlates with survival is very promising," she said.
The study was supported by Cougar Biotechnology. Scher reported financial links with Cougar Biotechnology and Veridex.
Smith reported financial links with Biogen Idec, Celgene, Cephalon, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals.
Source Reference: Scher HI, et al "Evaluation of circulating tumor cell (CTC) enumeration as an efficacy response biomarker of overall survival (OS) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): Planned final analysis (FA) of COU-AA-301, a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study of abiraterone acetate (AA) plus low-dose prednisone (P) post docetaxel" J Clin Oncol 2011; 29: Abstract LBA4517.


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[Updated] Sombra image leaks as the Overwatch ARG draws to a merciful conclusion
By Andy Chalk 02 November 2016
Surprise! It looks like Sombra will finally be revealed at BlizzCon this weekend.
Update: Sombra's "November 1 attack" on the LumeriCo power plant in Overwatch's Dorado seems to have been completed. At 8:00 pm EST, the LumeriCo website's power meters reached 100 percent, presumably indicating a power plant meltdown. ARG players expected this to be Sombra's long-awaited reveal, but it instead pointed to yet another "wait-and-see."
The arg-discussion Discord channel was predictably pissed at this turn of events, feeling tugged around yet again by the seemingly never-ending Sombra mystery. However, examination of Sombra's message revealed a new "misdirection" page.
It seems that Sombra's attack on the LumeriCo power plant may not be her end goal, as the above message points to www.volskayaindustries.com/. As of this writing, the trail stops there, as examination of that page has yet to reveal any secrets. All signs continue to point toward a Blizzcon release for the hero, but we still don't have any information about Sombra's abilities. The game detectives continue to tug at the corners—check out Reddit, or the Discord ARG channel to try your hand at helping out.
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A leaked image of the Overwatch hero Sombra suggests that her long-awaited reveal will take place at BlizzCon. Originally discovered at gear.blizzard.com, the picture has since been taken down, but Reddit never forgets, and there's no doubt that it bears a striking resemblance to what we've seen previously.
No other information accompanied the image, but the original filename—bzc16_sombrafineart_1_1.jpg—certainly suggests the most long-winded gaming ARG ever is drawing to a close this weekend. It's also "signed" by John Polidora, a senior concept artist at Blizzard, and the timing is right, too, as BlizzCon begins on Friday November 4th. If nothing else, it's no secret that a lot of fans think Blizzard has seriously overplayed this ARG reveal, and I'd be willing to bet that the studio is anxious to wrap things up.
Speaking of which, there also appears to be some movement in the Sombra ARG. Last week, plans for a November 1 "attack" on the Lumerico.mx website came to light, and sure enough, it now appears to be underway. An internal email from Valeria Valderrama to Maria Jimenez says (via Battle.net forum translation), "It seems that someone is manipulating our internal correspondence. Perhaps you've seen some seemingly random emails to argo a normal text message characters. Initially we thought that this was due to some sort of data corruption, but my team found evidence that these alterations were made deliberately by someone outside our network. What you want to do?"
Another email states that, because of "security violations," Jimenez will be the only person with full access to the terminal during the planned activation of a new nuclear plant at Dorada, also set to take place on November 1. That provides both a reason, and an opportunity, to do something, although precisely what, and how Sombra fits into it, remains a mystery for now.
Ironically, the rush to figure out what's happening appeared to actually bring down the Lumerico website briefly. It seems fine now, but for a few minutes I wondered if perhaps the real world had overtaken the one that Blizzard has so carefully constructed for us. To that end, it's worth noting that as the Sombra ARG winds to what will presumably be its stunning, epic conclusion, there's an awful lot going on and things are bound to start happening more quickly. To get the full picture, keep your eyes on Reddit, or dive deep into the Discord ARG channel.
Andy Chalk
Andy covers the day-to-day happenings in the big, wide world of PC gaming—the stuff we call "news." In his off hours, he wishes he had time to play the 80-hour RPGs and immersive sims he used to love so much.


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Before the Last Resort, Fight Fair! and Two Hearts Praying as One: A library of marriage books gives couples opportunity to explore issues on their own. We chose these three titles as a good starting point for a library.
Would you rather begin with a large-group event? You'll find the same Marriage Ministry pack here but with The Art of Marriage Video Event Kit.


This charming 2-bedroom apartment is available to rent in lively Tbilisi. stylish furnishings, and plenty of character. The kitchen is modern and well equipped to cook, and here you'll find a washing machine so you can get your laundry done in-house. The living room has a sofa and television, and heating is installed to help keep you warm in winter. Both bedrooms are furnished with a double bed, and each has access to a wardrobe. In all rooms there are Air Conditioners for Tbilisi's hot days...You'll be living on Saburtalo, one of Tbilisi's most central, vibrant, and diverse neighborhoods. You'll be lost for choice when it comes to restaurants, cafes, bars, and boutiques, and the Metro is close by so getting around is a breeze.


For multi-channel recordings mixing down to stereo or 5.1 surround formats occurs before the mastering process. A Sequoia-based digital audio workstation is used to playback the recording and the levels of each channel are adjusted using Sequoia's mixer to obtain the optimal balance of sound. Often a single static setting for the mixer is not sufficient and so volume automation is used to make precise level adjustments to each recorded channel so that the instrumental or vocal dynamics are rendered appropriately. Depending on the type of material other processing such as EQ and compression is applied. Although with classical music such effects are used sparingly if at all.


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Former Wallabies captain helped capture..
Former Wallabies captain helped capture runaway wallaby
EXCLUSIVE - Michael McLaren
Nick Farr-JonesWALLABIESWallaby
You just can't plan something like this, but a former Wallabies player was at the centre of what went down on the Harbour Bridge yesterday.
Former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones tells Michael McLaren how he played a role in capturing the runaway marsupial.
"Oh mate, we couldn't stop him. I tried my best to help the police.
"I was just ducking in to do a bit of work. It was a bit of chaos.
"It's quite amazing. With a lot of the development that's happening in Sydney…they're coming into the developed areas more and more."
Related: Wallaby on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Ascetic practices, concentration and bodily postures described in the Vedas may have been precursors to yoga.[59][60] According to Geoffrey Samuel, "Our best evidence to date suggests that [yogic] practices developed in the same ascetic circles as the early sramana movements (Buddhists, Jainas and Ajivikas), probably in around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE."[8]
Many non-competitive bodybuilders choose not to adopt this conventional strategy, as it often results in significant unwanted fat gain during the "bulking" phase. The attempt to increase muscle mass in one's body without any gain in fat is called clean bulking. Competitive bodybuilders focus their efforts to achieve a peak appearance during a brief "competition season".[citation needed] Clean bulking takes longer and is a more refined approach to achieving the body fat and muscle mass percentage a person is looking for. A common tactic for keeping fat low and muscle mass high would be to have higher calorie and lower calorie days to maintain a balance between gain and loss. Many clean bulk diets start off with a moderate amount of carbs, moderate amount of protein, and a decently low amount of fats. "Gaining lean muscle means going for leaner cuts of meat, like flank steaks and fillets, chicken, and, of course, fish," says White[who?]. "Enjoy your meat with some starch: rice, beans, quinoa, whole-grain couscous, or sweet potato, for example".[20] To maintain a clean bulk it is important to reach calorie goals every day. Macronutrient goals will be different for each person, but, it is ideal to get as close as possible.
a technique for entering into other bodies, generating multiple bodies, and the attainment of other supernatural accomplishments; these are, states White, described in Tantric literature of Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as the Buddhist Sāmaññaphalasutta;[41] James Mallinson, however, disagrees and suggests that such fringe practices are far removed from the mainstream Yoga's goal as meditation-driven means to liberation in Indian religions.[42]
Many other important bodybuilders in the early history of bodybuilding prior to 1930 include: Earle Liederman (writer of some of bodybuilding's earliest books), Zishe Breitbart, Georg Hackenschmidt, Emy Nkemena, George F. Jowett, Finn Hateral (a pioneer in the art of posing), Frank Saldo, Monte Saldo, William Bankier, Launceston Elliot, Sig Klein, Sgt. Alfred Moss, Joe Nordquist, Lionel Strongfort ("Strongfortism"),[6] Gustav Frištenský, Ralph Parcaut (a champion wrestler who also authored an early book on "physical culture"), and Alan P. Mead (who became an impressive muscle champion despite the fact that he lost a leg in World War I). Actor Francis X. Bushman, who was a disciple of Sandow, started his career as a bodybuilder and sculptor's model before beginning his famous silent movie career.
"...[T]here is the cultivation of meditative and contemplative techniques aimed at producing what might, for the lack of a suitable technical term in English, be referred to as 'altered states of consciousness'. In the technical vocabulary of Indian religious texts such states come to be termed 'meditations' ([Skt.:] dhyāna / [Pali:] jhāna) or 'concentrations' (samādhi); the attainment of such states of consciousness was generally regarded as bringing the practitioner to deeper knowledge and experience of the nature of the world." (Gethin, 1998, p. 10.)
The word diet first appeared in English in the 13th century. Its original meaning was the same as in modern English, "habitually taken food and drink." But diet was used in another sense too in the Middle and early modern English periods to mean "way of living." This is, in fact, the original meaning of diet's Greek ancestor diaita, which is derived from the verb diaitasthan, meaning "to lead one's life." In Greek, diaita, had already come to be used more specifically for a way of living prescribed by a physician, a diet, or other regimen.
Equipment required? No. You don't need any equipment because you'll rely on your own body weight for resistance. But you'll probably want to use a yoga mat to keep you from sliding around in standing poses, and to cushion you while in seated and lying positions. Other, optional equipment includes a yoga ball for balance, a yoga block or two, and straps to help you reach for your feet or link your hands behind your back.


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Trivia: How I Became a Therapist in Another World
It was inspired by a joke in a podcast
I mentioned this in the end-notes too, because while I take full responsibility for everything in this book, I also feel weird taking credit for the concept. So: The ChattyAF podcast, produced by AnimeFeminist.com, occasionally releases a watch-along string of episodes where a panel of reviewers watches an older anime and discusses it. Some of the panelists have seen the show before, and some are new to it. In this case, the panel was watching Kare Kano a.k.a. His and Her Circumstances, the high school romantic comedy from the director of Evangelion. I wouldn't put Kare Kano in my top ten, but I'd watched it and enjoyed most of it — it was one of the first series I watched with my now-spouse — so I looked forward to the commentary.
In the discussion about the middle section of the series, the panelists talked about the fact that holy crap ARIMA NEEDS THERAPY. And in this story, he never gets it. Basically no anime/manga characters ever do. Because few media depicts that at all, and there are plenty of factors related to culture and the era as well; one could get into the entire history of how mental health is viewed in Japan, but I am honestly not equipped to give even a brief summary. The point is, so many angsty characters out there could use some therapy. One of the hosts joked that someone ought to write a light novel called I Became a Therapist in Another World.
It sat in the corner of my brain. It grew. It snowballed. I started jotting down notes. I outlined the beginning up through the first demon encounter. And I started writing.
When the first draft was done, I asked if it was okay to do *waves vaguely* any of this, and a representative of the AF team said it was okay. So here we are.
In addition to the general background soup of isekai tropes, there were a few particular influences/homages:
– Kiki's Delivery Service
Only with adults, and not remotely as masterful — it's an influence, not a comparison! But "generalized Ghibli vibes" are where we got things like the plucky, upbeat heroine, the vaguely annoyed mentor figure in the forest, the little dragon in the marketplace and the true nature of sylvan dragons, the talking animals, and the town in general.
– Princess Tutu
The source of "magic power where you create a pocket universe to talk the threat out of being a threat." Except in that series she's also dancing them out of it. And she's a magical girl who's really a duck. It's awesome, watch it if you haven't yet. And honestly, also the moments where Lavender stares out her attic window. Those moments are very Fairy Tale Princess generally, but they're also very Ahiru specifically.
– My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Francesca's entire existence is an homage to this series and its influences and imitators. Though in retrospect, I'm not sure Francesca is a villainess exactly. She may just be an otome game heroine. We'd have to get into her story in more detail to know for sure.
Her save scumming powers are definitely an homage to otome games / dating sims. Though of course I made it weird and sad.
Her entourage aren't direct clones of the entourage in that series, though. I just wanted a matched set of men and women from each of the humanoid fantasy races in the story (elves, orcs, humans), because that seemed like an otome-game thing to do. If they seem like a blur, that's fine. I only really wanted to pull Greta out from the pack, to touch on the yandere trope.
– And one smaller moment: The climax of Lavender's last showdown is an absolutely shameless A Wizard of Earthsea homage.
Thanks, fantasynamegenerators.com
Half of the names came from it, because I was aiming for "tropey." Big help. Some others (like Francesca and Greta) came from an old random-name-generators app on my phone whose internet trail seems to have evaporated, but hey, I still find it useful.
Cat's Earth friends' names were grabbed right out of my head, for once. Except Serana, which is an obvious homage to Skyrim. And I would like to formally apologize to all nonbinary people with nature names — you're great, I'm sorry I slightly made fun of the Mosses. I took on the name as a pen name mostly as penance/solidarity and partly because it sounded cool. I'm Medium Moss, I guess. Plus, the other two nature names are my favorite side characters, Hazel and Morel.
Finally, Sir Solan is a joke to myself. The AnimeFeminist reviews often refer to dull isekai heroes as "Potato-kun" (which is slander against potatoes, but okay, moving on). Solanum tuberosum is the scientific name for the common potato.
Just by vibes, pretty much.
Headcanon OP – "I Need Help!" by Fitz and the Tantrums
"If I Had a Heart" by Fever Ray
(This was my tone-setting song for the first demon battle. I wanted to hit the "creepy elements incoming" button early.)
"Time Machine" by Robyn
"Wonderful Life" by Two Door Cinema Club
"Up All Night" by Beck
"Seize the Power" by YONAKA
(my tone-setting song for the last demon battle)
Headcanon ED – "All the Feels" by Fitz and the Tantrums
Most of the time, my actual writing music was the Slime Rancher soundtrack. It hit a good "chill, sometimes action-y" spot.


In April 2016 the PSA (Personal Savings Allowance) came into force.
The PSA applies to all non-ISA cash savings and current accounts, and will allow some savers to receive a generous portion of their interest totally free of tax.
95% of savings will no longer be taxed.
Some banks have been giving 'Rewards' instead of interest and these fall outside of the scope of the new PSA and as such will be taxable, for example..
Currently Cash Back on spending doesn't count as a reward so that is ok and not subject to tax.
I think this situation is confusing and could lead to taxpayers incorrectly failing to declare rewards thinking that they were interest!
What records does your business need to keep?


This book, which includes new translations of the old Babylonian laws of Hammurabi, is the second book by the author examining, from a historical Arabic linguistic perspective, a major Akkadian document. The first book offered new translations of three tablets from a literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, written in a late Babylonian language. The pioneering methodology used by the author to decipher the ancient Mesopotamian texts in both documents involves the primary utilization of old etymological Arabic manuscripts written by hundreds of accomplished scholars more than a thousand years ago. Using this methodology does not only provide more accurate, non-speculated, translations, and preserve the spirit and linguistic style of the original texts, but also provides more realistic phonetic values of the cuneiform signs. This would result in having more realistic overall text readings suitable to the one geographical and historical environment where these texts were produced, namely the greater Arabian Peninsula.
The text of the Hammurabi stele offers students of both Arabic and Assyriology a perfect and unique opportunity to identify the language and grammar of its ancient Arabic language. Its vocalizations of subjects, objects, verbs, and genitives are astonishingly identical to that of classical Arabic. The loose and sometimes "chaotic" placement of words in sentences is strikingly identical to that of pre-Islamic Arabic. In fact, the older the formal Akkadian language it seems the clearer its Arabic identity!
Offering a textbook reference value, the author provided the numbered, phonetic Latin transcription for each law right above its corresponding, numbered Arabic transcription. Furthermore, he translated the text of each law literally, into Arabic and English, to illustrate how its translation was concluded, and to preserve its overall linguistic style, accounting for every word in its actual text. For easier reading experience, a full subject guide to the laws of Hammurabi is provided. All reference entries from both the historical Arabic manuscripts and the modern dictionaries of Assyriology are also provided in the appendix. In his expanded introduction, the author discussed the layout, script, and language of the Hammurabi code stele in the Louvre, and through the evidence of Hammurabi's own words in a key paragraph in his prologue, he offered the possible meanings of the nickname Hammurabi.
Copyright © 2017 by Saad D. Abulhab.
The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. Arabic Transliteration, Arabic and English Translations, Introduction, and Critique by Saad D. Abulhab. Blautop Publishing. 2017.


From delicate curries that are infused with melt-in-your-mouth coconut cream and fresh herbs to flame scorched stir fries on fire, Bangkok's delicacies will have your tongue dancing around your mouth and begging for more.
Within the confusing metropolis of boisterous streets and flashy lights is a panoply of Thai street food that has the power to mesmerise even the most well cultured gourmets. Bangkok's street food sanctuaries are so intense they can be bewildering to know where to get started.
So to narrow things down let's get into 3 different Bangkok restaurants that each serve a distinct form of Thai cuisine.
General Thai Food (ahaan dtam song) is a broad genre, but I like to think of it as Thai dishes that are normally eaten with a plate of plain white rice. Anything from flash cooked stir fries to famous Thai curries and greasy noodles are all included within the realm of general Thai food.
There's a chain of sit down but street style restaurants located right around the Tah Pra Chan pier, adjacent to the Chao Phraya river. Among them is Lan Loong Lui, a general Thai food restaurant with an extensive menu that covers the range of some of Bangkok's most sought after dishes. (Follow the link for the Google map of its location).
Try the pad pla keun chai (stir fried fish and celery leaves, ผดัปลาคึน่ฉา่ย), the yam takrai goong sot (shrimp and lemongrass salad, ยำตะไคร้กุ้งสด), the stir fried bitter melon leaves (pak pak yot mala, ผัดยอดมะระ) or the vibrantly aromatic tom yum goong (spicy and sour shrimp soup, ต้มยำกุ้งน้ำใส)!
Isan is the largest province in Thailand, an area in the Northeastern part of the country that's home to over 21 million. This vast region is well known for its local cuisine, a genre of Thai food that is identified with variations of som tam (green papaya salad), grilled meat and innards, and the undeniable staple of sticky rice.
Isan restaurants in Bangkok range from plush garden patio eateries to chaotic street pushcarts that overflow with flaming chickens and shredded green papayas.
Som Tam Boo Maa is an undisputed champion when it comes to Isan food in Bangkok. The restaurant is secretly tucked away on an unknown quiet street food paradise known as Bang Khun Non.
The colorful menu is enough to encourage a hunger that promotes the ordering of many more dishes than can possibly be eaten. Their roasted fish (pla pao, ปลาเผา) is flawless; the firm flesh slides right off the side of the fish and the sauce will have you licking your fingers for days.
Also sample the som tam Thai (green papaya salad, ส้มตำไทย), the larb moo (minced pork salad, ลาบหมู), and the yam pla duk foo (deep fried catfish fluff with tangy sauce, ยำปลาดุกฟู).
There's a universal appeal in Thailand for dining on creatures that come from the sea. Though small bits of fish or crustaceans are often available at general Thai food or Isan restaurants, if it's the freshest seafood you crave, it's necessary to visit a Thai seafood restaurant.
An ideal location, affordable prices (for seafood), and a faithful record of creating scrumptious Thai seafood dishes, makes Kuang Seafood Restaurant one of my all time favourite restaurants in Bangkok.
Some of the winning dishes include the steamed sea bass in garlic and lime sauce (pla kahpung neung manao, ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว), yellow curry crab (boo pad pongali, ปูผัดผงกะหรี่), and the sensational sizzling oyster omelet (or suan, ออส่วน).
With an everlasting supply of Bangkok street food and never enough stomach space to go with it, it's always a pressure filled toss-up to decide where and what to eat in Bangkok.
Hungry already? Grab a copy of Mark's Eating Thai Food Guide. The guide is neatly set up with easy-to-use pictorial Thai meal plans highlighting some of the best Thai dishes available and exactly where to get them.
The guide features a mega 140+ Thai dish encyclopedia that includes the name of the dish (in English and Thai script), a photo, a description of the ingredients, an average price range, and tips for ordering.
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AGCO Opens Acceleration Center at Research Park
Category : Research Park
The University of Illinois and AGCO announces the opening of the AGCO Acceleration Center at University of Illinois Research Park.
Read about the AGCO Grand Opening in the Press:
AGCO News Release
AgriNews
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Illinois Students to Team Up With ACGO
Champaign, Illinois (January 25, 2018) – The University of Illinois and AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) announced today the opening of the AGCO Acceleration Center at University of Illinois Research Park. The Acceleration Center will advance technology innovation for AGCO's grain, seed processing, swine and poultry production equipment brands, which include GSI, Cimbria, AP and Cumberland. At the Center, University of Illinois undergraduate and graduate students will be employed year-round to further the company's capabilities in areas such as data science, web and mobile development, and machine learning.
The Center will focus on developing new-to-market solutions and advanced technologies to help farmers protect their harvest and their animals to feed a growing world population.
"With the global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, the world's future depends on food security. Ensuring we have sufficient food to meet the demand of a growing population while addressing resource and environmental limitations are a global challenge that we are committed to solving," said Tom Welke, Senior Vice President, Global Grain & Protein, GSI.
"A global industry leader such as AGCO represents a significant addition to the blooming Ag Tech sector in the Research Park," said University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert J. Jones. "This is a place that knows more about innovation and invention than any other, and does so at massive scale. AGCO's interdisciplinary approach to innovation and finding solutions to feed the world aligns very closely with the university's goals for its next 150 years."
The Center opens with seven highly-skilled student interns and two full-time employees working to advance the use of mixed reality technology in the agriculture industry and bring next generation monitoring and management tools to market for grain and livestock producers.
"Not only will the Acceleration Center explore new ways to help farmers build smarter, stronger farms, but it also provides students with a valuable growth opportunity to work on real-life projects with a global agriculture company," said Lena Swearingen-Head, AGCO Acceleration Center site director.
AGCO will continue to recruit University talent and full-time staff as additional projects come to fruition.
The Acceleration Center extends AGCO's presence in Central Illinois, where the global headquarters for its grain, swine and poultry divisions are also located.
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural solutions and supports more productive farming through its full line of equipment and related services. AGCO products are sold through five core brands, Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, supported by Fuse® precision technologies and farm optimization services, and are distributed globally through a combination of over 3,000 independent dealers and distributors in more than 150 countries. Founded in 1990, AGCO is headquartered in Duluth, GA, USA. In 2016, AGCO had net sales of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit their website. For company news, information and events, please follow us on Twitter: @AGCOCorp. For financial news on Twitter, please follow the hashtag #AGCOIR.
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Facebook designs, builds and operates one of the largest and fastest growing Content Delivery Networks in the world. The Edge Network team is responsible for egress capacity for all products, including Facebook Newsfeed, Live, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more. We are looking for a Quantitative Engineer who is passionate about using data to influence network infrastructure strategy and software build plans. This is a highly collaborative role that will require working with many teams across network planning & engineering, CDN & product software engineering, technical program management and more. Any day could include helping engineers understand the impact of their latest software deployments in markets and network conditions across the globe, visualizing performance and reliability data to share with ISPs to help them improve their networks, or developing models to identify portions of the network where capacity constraints need to be addressed.
Work cross-functionally with highly technical software and network infrastructure teams, understand their goals, and create tools and visualizations to influence network infrastructure strategy decisions.
Work with various teams to understand the network, user base, performance constraints and growth requirements across all products.
Perform analysis across a large number of data sources to forecast traffic and create a network strategy for capacities, location and facilities.
Work with internal technical operations teams to define problems, data collection, synthesize relevant data, build analytical models and forecasts.
Combine data and business principles to recommend solutions for large web infrastructure problems.
Leverage tools like R, PHP, Python, Hadoop & SQL to drive efficient analytics.
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Build and maintain complex optimization and capacity constraint models.
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2+ years of industry or graduate research experience analyzing and interpreting data, drawing conclusions, defining recommended actions, and reporting results across various stakeholders.
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Everyone walking on the face of this earth has an abundance of fat cells throughout their bodies. In fact, if you're a healthy adult with normal body composition, you have approximately 30 billion fat cells. This is an astronomical number when you think about it. Did you ever wonder why you have so many? Have you ever wondered what those fat cells are for?
The answer is, fat cells are part of our genetic code and they allowed us to use stored energy when food was scarce. This survival mechanism is very much the same today as it was 10,000 years ago. However, today our needs have changed. There is an abundance of food in modern society today.


Cereal killers: Michael Austin and Nell Casey, hosts of the monthly "Spoons, Toons, and Booze" cartoon extravaganza, will swoop into the Bell House in Gowanus for a sweet second show on April 7.
Cheers!: The boozy cartoon festival features a drink called "The Sonny," a White Russian topped with cocoa puffs.
This cartoon festival is growing up!
After six sold-out years at the Nitehawk Cinema, the childhood revival show "Spoons, Toons, and Booze" will expand to a second, larger location, coming to the Bell House on April 7. Nostalgia for the Saturday morning cartoons of their youth among adult millennials and Gen Xers has kept the show busy, and the new spot means that even more people will be able to experience the celebration of cartoons, cereal, and alcoholic beverages, said the show's founder and producer.
"We fill up every month, and we are always sold out within two to three days of tickets going on sale, but the people want more 'Spoons, Toons and Booze' because of the experience of nostalgia and cereal," said Michael Austin, who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Many of the cartoons are now available on the Internet, but people return to "Spoons, Toons, and Booze" to relive their childhood memories with a crowd, he said.
Each early afternoon event features five or six cartoons, an open cereal bar, and special cocktails, including a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs.
The larger space at the Bell House will not only allow for more guests, but it will open up more opportunities for audience interaction, said Austin.
"We've got a bigger stage, more audience, and we've got more time, so there's going to be new, more silly, and crazier contests," said Austin.
Those contests might include identifying a cereal brand by taste, debating which cartoon show is best, a trivia contests, or identifying a cartoon theme song from its first few notes. The winner of each contest determines which cartoon screens next, said Austin.
Visitors often choose cartoons from the '80s or '90s, including "Darkwing Duck," "The Care Bears," or "The Flintstones," but Austin has more than 100 cartoons ready to go at any moment, dating from the 1940s to the early 2000s, so viewers often get to experience something new, said the show's host and co-producer.
And viewing their favorite cartoons with older eyes can finally reveal jokes that flew over the heads of viewers' younger selves, added the Williamsburg event organizer.
Austen and Casey hope to make the Bell House edition a monthly event, in addition to their twice-monthly screenings at Nitehawk.
"Spoons, Toons, and Booze" at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny.com]. April 7 at 1 pm. $12.
I have been doing cereal with milk & coffee for quite some time. Some malt was there on few occassions as well - you can make a sort of a light white russian with cereal.


Here Are the Changes Chipotle Will Make to Its FoodThe chain still isn't quite sure what's making its customers sick.
Ramen Shop Is About to Get Even BusierThey just landed in the NYT Style magazine.
S.F.'s Gay Sports Bar Hi Tops Lands in Sports Illustrated'sThe magazine sent a writer and photographer to cover the scene at the bar during the NFC Championship.
Restaurants Fight Back Over Credit-Card FeesThey either want the fees lowered, or they may start passing them along as line items on your bill.
Income Disparity Between Fast-Food Workers and Executives Keeps GrowingEmployees aren't making more money, even as fast-food chains post record profits.
A Night Out: Gay People Drink More and Eat Better Than StraightsUnsurprisingly, vodka remains a big hit, too.
Get Little Star, Ike's Delivered by New Web Service CaviarCaviar curates sought-after restaurants that don't usually deliver, and charges a $10 delivery fee.
'Mad' Cow Was Ten Years Old, From Tulare CountyFirst off, the cow didn't get sick from contaminated feed.
Burger King Will Go Humane … In Half a DecadeEric Schlosser and Michael Pollan should be pretty proud of themselves.
Sizzler Stakes Its Comeback Prayers on the Bay AreaThey have new locations planned in Milpitas, Pleasanton, Livermore, and elsewhere.
Final Lunch Menu From the Titanic to Fetch $150,000 or More at AuctionThe menu was saved by the wife of a prominent San Francisco banker.
Republicans Name New Key Voting Demographic: Waitress MomsTimber the Waitress might just be the new Joe the Plumber.
OpenTable Stock Plunges As Google Reservation-Booking Speculation RisesTheir share price is now less than the average dinner bill.
The Rich Still Dining Out; the 99 Percent, Not So MuchFine dining booms while the rest of the restaurant industry suffers.
Salmonella Villain Jack DeCoster Sells Egg Farms, Leaves Egg IndustryThe DeCosters have reached about 40 financial settlements with victims of last year's Salmonella outbreak, which numbered about 1,900 victims in total.
McDonald's Seeks New, Less Disgustingly Cruel Egg Supplier for ItsAn animal-rights group exposes the fifth largest egg producer in the country, Sparboe, for having some inhuman and totally unsanitary facilities.


Numerous milestones have been achieved over the years and here we celebrate individual and team achievements. We would like to fill this page with pictures, so please send us in any shots you may have of our Milestone Achievers.
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Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program Launched with THECB and Trellis
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Greater Texas Foundation, and Trellis Foundation launched the collaborative Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program to support students across Texas public, private, and non-profit higher education institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. The goal of this public-private partnership is to raise up to $2 million to support the state's two- and four-year institutions with block grants of $10,000 to $35,000, depending on the size and need of each institution and its student body. These grants are designed to expand existing emergency aid programs offered by Texas higher education institutions and complement the federal funds provided by the recently passed CARES Act by providing resources for capacity-building support of emergency aid programs or to fill gaps through direct emergency student aid.
The Coordinating Board's primary role in the COVID-19 crisis has been to act as a facilitator, partner and advocate for institutions of higher education and the students they serve. The Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program will provide much-needed assistance to many of the colleges and universities that collectively serve nearly 1.6 million students across the state.
"Across Texas, the financial situations of thousands of college students and their families have been severely impacted due to the COVID-19 crisis. Many students face housing and food insecurity and are at high risk of dropping out," said Commissioner of Texas Higher Education Harrison Keller. "I'm thrilled to partner with Greater Texas Foundation and Trellis Foundation to support Texas students and their institutions, to help students make ends meet and stay on track to graduate. Helping students obtain high-value credentials is critical not only for these individuals but because Texas graduates will help drive the recovery of the state economy."
The Texas Higher Education Foundation will serve as the fiscal agent for the Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program, working to identify additional sources of funds that may be used as a match to private philanthropic dollars, such as the anchor funding donations by GTF and Trellis of $500,000 and $200,000, respectively. Individuals may also join this effort by contributing online.
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ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2012) - Lieutenant-Colonel Allan W. Stoyka, the Commanding Officer of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, is pleased to announce Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex, Colonel-in-Chief of The Lincoln & Welland Regiment, will present new Colours to the Regiment at a public parade.
The formal portion parade will commence at 11:00 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, September 15 at Queenston Heights in Niagara on the Lake. Starting at 9:45 a.m., local re-enactors will conduct a music, musket and drill demonstration.
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, an infantry unit of the Army Reserve, will also have their new Battle Honour "Niagara" emblazoned on its Regimental Colour to signify its perpetuation of local Militia units which saw service throughout the War of 1812. Regimental Colours are the visible memorials to the great deeds of a regiment, and symbols of its spirit as expressed in those deeds.
Elements of two other regiments of the Army Reserve will also be present at the parade, those being 56 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, and The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. The Countess will inspect the serving soldiers on the parade as well as members of the regimental Association and the two affiliated Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (68 and 613). A ceremony to consecrate the new Colours will then be conducted by the Chaplain General of Canada, Brigadier General Karl R. McLean.
Members of the public are welcome to attend this parade at Queenston Heights. We recommend bringing some lawn chairs and arriving by no later than 09:30 a.m. in order to ensure a parking spot.


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package com.yahoo.vespa.clustercontroller.core;

import com.yahoo.vdslib.distribution.ConfiguredNode;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.distribution.Distribution;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.state.ClusterState;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.state.Node;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.state.NodeState;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.state.NodeType;
import com.yahoo.vdslib.state.State;
import com.yahoo.vespa.clustercontroller.core.listeners.NodeListener;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;

public class ClusterFixture {

    public final ContentCluster cluster;
    public final Distribution distribution;
    public final FakeTimer timer;
    final StateChangeHandler nodeStateChangeHandler;
    private final ClusterStateGenerator.Params params = new ClusterStateGenerator.Params();

    public ClusterFixture(ContentCluster cluster, Distribution distribution) {
        this.cluster = cluster;
        this.distribution = distribution;
        this.timer = new FakeTimer();
        var context = new FleetControllerContextImpl(new FleetControllerId(cluster.getName(), 0));
        this.nodeStateChangeHandler = new StateChangeHandler(context, timer, mock(EventLogInterface.class));
        this.params.cluster(this.cluster);
    }

    public ClusterFixture bringEntireClusterUp() {
        cluster.clusterInfo().getConfiguredNodes().forEach((idx, node) -> {
            reportStorageNodeState(idx, State.UP);
            reportDistributorNodeState(idx, State.UP);
        });
        return this;
    }

    ClusterFixture markEntireClusterDown() {
        cluster.clusterInfo().getConfiguredNodes().forEach((idx, node) -> {
            reportStorageNodeState(idx, State.DOWN);
            reportDistributorNodeState(idx, State.DOWN);
        });
        return this;
    }

    private void doReportNodeState(final Node node, final NodeState nodeState) {
        final ClusterState stateBefore = rawGeneratedClusterState();

        NodeListener handler = mock(NodeListener.class);
        NodeInfo nodeInfo = cluster.getNodeInfo(node);

        nodeStateChangeHandler.handleNewReportedNodeState(stateBefore, nodeInfo, nodeState, handler);
        nodeInfo.setReportedState(nodeState, timer.getCurrentTimeInMillis());
    }

    ClusterFixture reportStorageNodeState(final int index, State state, String description) {
        final Node node = new Node(NodeType.STORAGE, index);
        final NodeState nodeState = new NodeState(NodeType.STORAGE, state);
        nodeState.setDescription(description);
        doReportNodeState(node, nodeState);
        return this;
    }

    ClusterFixture reportStorageNodeState(final int index, State state) {
        return reportStorageNodeState(index, state, "mockdesc");
    }

    ClusterFixture reportStorageNodeState(final int index, NodeState nodeState) {
        doReportNodeState(new Node(NodeType.STORAGE, index), nodeState);
        return this;
    }

    ClusterFixture reportDistributorNodeState(final int index, State state) {
        final Node node = new Node(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, index);
        final NodeState nodeState = new NodeState(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, state);
        doReportNodeState(node, nodeState);
        return this;
    }

    ClusterFixture reportDistributorNodeState(final int index, NodeState nodeState) {
        doReportNodeState(new Node(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, index), nodeState);
        return this;
    }

    private void doProposeWantedState(final Node node, final NodeState nodeState, String description) {
        final ClusterState stateBefore = rawGeneratedClusterState();

        nodeState.setDescription(description);
        NodeInfo nodeInfo = cluster.getNodeInfo(node);
        nodeInfo.setWantedState(nodeState);

        nodeStateChangeHandler.proposeNewNodeState(stateBefore, nodeInfo, nodeState);
    }

    ClusterFixture proposeStorageNodeWantedState(final int index, State state, String description) {
        final Node node = new Node(NodeType.STORAGE, index);
        final NodeState nodeState = new NodeState(NodeType.STORAGE, state);
        doProposeWantedState(node, nodeState, description);
        return this;
    }

    ClusterFixture proposeStorageNodeWantedState(final int index, State state) {
        return proposeStorageNodeWantedState(index, state, "mockdesc");
    }

    ClusterFixture proposeDistributorWantedState(final int index, State state) {
        final ClusterState stateBefore = rawGeneratedClusterState();
        final Node node = new Node(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, index);
        final NodeState nodeState = new NodeState(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, state);
        nodeState.setDescription("mockdesc");
        NodeInfo nodeInfo = cluster.getNodeInfo(node);
        nodeInfo.setWantedState(nodeState);

        nodeStateChangeHandler.proposeNewNodeState(stateBefore, nodeInfo, nodeState);
        return this;
    }

    void disableAutoClusterTakedown() {
        setMinNodesUp(0, 0, 0.0, 0.0);
    }

    void setMinNodesUp(int minDistNodes, int minStorNodes, double minDistRatio, double minStorRatio) {
        params.minStorageNodesUp(minStorNodes)
              .minDistributorNodesUp(minDistNodes)
              .minRatioOfStorageNodesUp(minStorRatio)
              .minRatioOfDistributorNodesUp(minDistRatio);
    }

    void setMinNodeRatioPerGroup(double upRatio) {
        params.minNodeRatioPerGroup(upRatio);
    }

    public ClusterFixture assignDummyRpcAddresses() {
        cluster.getNodeInfos().forEach(ni -> {
            ni.setRpcAddress(String.format("tcp/%s.%d.local:0",
                    ni.isStorage() ? "storage" : "distributor",
                    ni.getNodeIndex()));
        });
        return this;
    }

    void disableTransientMaintenanceModeOnDown() {
        this.params.transitionTimes(0);
    }

    void enableTransientMaintenanceModeOnDown(final int transitionTimeMs) {
        this.params.transitionTimes(transitionTimeMs);
    }

    ClusterFixture markNodeAsConfigRetired(int nodeIndex) {
        Set<ConfiguredNode> configuredNodes = new HashSet<>(cluster.getConfiguredNodes().values());
        configuredNodes.remove(new ConfiguredNode(nodeIndex, false));
        configuredNodes.add(new ConfiguredNode(nodeIndex, true));
        cluster.setNodes(configuredNodes, new NodeListener() {});
        return this;
    }

    AnnotatedClusterState annotatedGeneratedClusterState() {
        params.currentTimeInMillis(timer.getCurrentTimeInMillis());
        return ClusterStateGenerator.generatedStateFrom(params);
    }

    private ClusterState rawGeneratedClusterState() {
        return annotatedGeneratedClusterState().getClusterState();
    }

    String generatedClusterState() {
        return annotatedGeneratedClusterState().getClusterState().toString();
    }

    String verboseGeneratedClusterState() {
        return annotatedGeneratedClusterState().getClusterState().toString(true);
    }

    public static ClusterFixture forFlatCluster(int nodeCount) {
        Collection<ConfiguredNode> nodes = DistributionBuilder.buildConfiguredNodes(nodeCount);

        Distribution distribution = DistributionBuilder.forFlatCluster(nodeCount);
        ContentCluster cluster = new ContentCluster("foo", nodes, distribution);

        return new ClusterFixture(cluster, distribution);
    }

    static ClusterFixture forHierarchicCluster(DistributionBuilder.GroupBuilder root) {
        List<ConfiguredNode> nodes = DistributionBuilder.buildConfiguredNodes(root.totalNodeCount());
        Distribution distribution = DistributionBuilder.forHierarchicCluster(root);
        ContentCluster cluster = new ContentCluster("foo", nodes, distribution);

        return new ClusterFixture(cluster, distribution);
    }

    ClusterStateGenerator.Params generatorParams() {
        return new ClusterStateGenerator.Params().cluster(cluster);
    }

    public ContentCluster cluster() {
        return this.cluster;
    }

    public static Node storageNode(int index) {
        return new Node(NodeType.STORAGE, index);
    }

    public static Node distributorNode(int index) {
        return new Node(NodeType.DISTRIBUTOR, index);
    }
}

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Last week, Economy Minister Marcilio Marques Moreira announced that most of Brazil's private creditor banks had approved an agreement forged in June involving payment of $8 billion worth of interest arrears. While Brazilian inflation is still high, at 13.22 percent for the month of July, the government is working to build confidence in its economic policy. Mr. Moreira returned some products to price controls last week and said he will tighten monetary policy. Both countries experienced fast economic growth in the 1970s, becoming important markets for United States exports. However, hit by higher energy prices and the debt crisis, they spent most of the last decade trying to restore better times. Inflation, bloated government, and economic instability have remained obstacles to progress. Now government officials are slowly beginning to attack the causes of these problems. "We are trying to achieve several goals, which isn't easy," Mr. Moreira said last Friday. Both countries are keen on earning US help in solving their problems by carrying out tough domestic economic reforms. "When I say we will administer a medium-term program, [the IMF reform program], when I say we will bring together the resources needed to sit down with the commercial banks, well, this is the same as saying we will probably use the framework of the [US-proposed third-world debt reduction] Brady Plan," Argentina's economy minister, Domingo Cavallo, told the press recently. Brazil's economy minister this month began the crucial process of changing the country's entire tax and revenue-sharing system. "Ninety percent of the 1992 [federal] budget has already been allocated, and 10 percent is left over," says Joao Geraldo Piquet Carneiro, a political-risk analyst in Brasilia. "We need to invest in electric energy and in the highway system to improve public employees' wages. You can't do any of this with 10 percent." Mr. Piquet says the possibility of fiscal reform happening soon is strong, "because the situation is so dramatic." Federal spending in Brazil has long been a prime cause of inflation. In the last two years, officials kept the federal deficit down by creating special taxes, keeping government wages low, and putting off debts; but this cannot continue, Piquet says. Reforms, which would include shifting revenue bases away from large sales and payroll taxes toward the more progressive income and capital-gains taxes, need congressional approval and support from Brazil's state governments. The government also moved to restore domestic confidence in its policies with a decision July 30 to begin returning the currency it blocked in March 1990, a month earlier than planned. Frozen bank deposits under $500 will be available starting today. Officials expect the beneficiaries to keep most of their money in the bank, instead of spending it. 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Argentina's progress with inflation over the last several months is regarded as remarkable, considering its slide into hyperinflation twice in the last two years. But the country still faces fiscal challenges very similar to Brazil's, with the added difficulty of gubernatorial and congressional elections over the next two months. Until now, Mr. Cavallo has run a sound budget largely by selling off government-owned enterprises. But this strategy has its limits. "We need a [federal budget] surplus of $250 million a month," says Buenos Aires economic consultant Adalberto Rodriguez Giavarini, "and so far our best months have provided only $35 million, with the government putting off some payments." Mr. Giavarini and other analysts say the economic situation will be stable for the next month. However, they note that the IMF agreement requires extremely strict fiscal and monetary policy at the end of this year, in return for continuing loan disbursements. Also, Argentina's austral is overvalued and has begun to cause damage to the trade surplus. "Something will have to be done," says Roberto Frenkel, an economist at the Center for the Study of State and Society, adding that the government will have to increase public utility rates as well. All this could be risky for Argentina's monthly victories over inflation. Just how much freedom Mr. Cavallo will have to make adjustments depends largely on the composition of Congress after the elections. Public opinion polls do not show clear support for either the candidates of President Menem's Peronist Justicialista Party, or for those of the opposition Radical Party.


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