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UCLA men's basketball has a new look with same lofty expectations
The No. 8 Bruins open the season with eight freshmen against Sacramento State on Monday night at Pauley Pavilion
UCLA guard guard Tyger Campbell (10) reacts with guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. (24) during the first half of a first-round NCAA college basketball tournament game against Akron, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
By Tarek Fattal | tfattal@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: November 2, 2022 at 7:11 p.m. | UPDATED: November 4, 2022 at 10:14 a.m.
It made sense last year. Johnny Juzang, Jules Bernard, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Tyger Campbell and Cody Riley – the starting lineup from the 2021 Final Four team – all returned in hopes to give UCLA its first NCAA national championship since 1995.
The Bruins entered last year's Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll ranked No. 2 in the country. The hope for the program's 12th national title stemmed from watching Juzang rattle off multiple 3-pointers in a row, Bernard rip down rebounds and start the fast break, and Jaquez eat up mismatches. The optimism, the promise, the expectation made sense.
This year's edition of the Bruins has eight freshmen. Six new faces and two redshirt freshmen. The only way to make sense of the expectation for this year's preseason eighth-ranked team is based on what UCLA could be, not what they've done.
Maybe it just means UCLA basketball is officially back, and the national title expectations are back too. No matter who's on the roster.
"… I came to UCLA to get a 12th title and I'm not going to leave until I do," Bruins coach Mick Cronin said March 25 after the Bruins lost to North Carolina in last season's Sweet 16.
So the stage is set for a young, dynamic roster highlighted by two incoming McDonald's All-Americans in high-flying Amari Bailey and elite rim protector Adem Bona, with a mix of go-to experience in Campbell and Jaquez, both returning first-team All-Pac-12 selections.
"There's so few guys that can come in their first year in any sport at any level and impact winning. It's so, so hard. Can you physically compete? Can you mentally compete? Just because you're scoring doesn't mean you're impacting winning," Cronin said.
"The elite guys that can hopefully impact winning as freshmen, they can physically compete and their talent can supersede their inexperience," Cronin added, speaking on his experience with talented freshmen.
Speedy guard Dylan Andrews and Abramo Canka, an international recruit from Italy, make up the four scholarship freshmen expected to contribute immediately. Will McClendon and Mac Etienne are redshirt freshman. Evan Manjikian and Jack Seidler are freshman walk-ons.
Cronin said Andrews is the fastest player with the ball he's ever coached and mentioned former UCLA point guards like Tyus Edney and Darren Collison when speaking about Andrews' speed.
"Recruiting rankings are for (the media). I don't know where Dylan was rated, and I know fans get caught up in that stuff. But he gets lost in the shuffle because Adem and Amari are rated so high, as they should be," Cronin said.
Bailey and Bona are listed in various NBA mock drafts already. Junior shooting guard Jaylen Clark was pretty blunt about Bailey's ability when he spoke to the media a couple days before the Bruins' 93-63 exhibition win over Concordia on Wednesday.
"I don't see him being here for more than six months, to be honest," Clark said, alluding to Bailey's likelihood of going to the NBA.
Bona's impact was apparent in Wednesday's exhibition. He had six rebounds and five blocks – four in the first half – in just 20 minutes.
"I think it just goes to show Adem's motor. Him getting those blocks a lot of times, that's us getting beat, so we have to clean those things up. But that guy's a monster, and when he's down there, he protects the rim," Campbell said of 6-foot-10 Bona.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE
Most elite college programs have the bittersweet challenge of dealing with youth.
That's because most of the country's best players are freshmen destined for NBA superstardom. UCLA's program might be of that ilk this season – and for seasons to come if Cronin keeps the recruiting up – but it's the veterans that make the ultimate difference, and make it when it matters: in the NCAA Tournament.
Luckily for UCLA, there are five players on the roster that were part of that Final Four team in 2021 and last season's Sweet 16 run, anchored by Jaquez and Campbell, with Clark, David Singleton and Kenneth Nwuba, and Mac Etienne (who played in 2021 but was out all last year with a knee injury).
"Being an older guy now, it's flown by so fast, I remember when I was a freshman in their shoes trying to adjust. It's a process," Jaquez said of the freshmen. "I'm trying to be that guy, like Chris Smith and Prince Ali were to me when I was going through the process and try and guide them as best I can."
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Campbell echoed those same sentiments.
"I remember coming in (as a freshman) thinking we were on top of the world," Campbell said with a chuckle. "I tell them what I would've told myself if I could, to be patient and play within the team, and do what the team needs them to do."
Campbell's point guard leadership will be put to the test this season.
"I know Coach trusts me," Campbell said of Cronin. "I have to be an extension of him on the court."
Tarek Fattal | Reporter
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Q: All-Russian Olympiad question (composite of quadratics) From the $1995$ All-Russian Olympiad, $9^{th}$ Graders, Final Round:

Is it possible for the equation $f(g(h(x)))=0$, where $f, g$ and $h$ are quadratic functions, to have solutions $x=1,2,\dots,8$?

I am going to post my own solution so that people can check if it's valid or the most elegant.

A: No, it is not possible. Suppose this were the case. Put$$f(x) = \alpha(x - a)(x - b).$$Then the polynomials $g(h(x)) - a$ and $g(h(x)) - b$ have $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$ as their roots. However, they only differ in their constant term, so in particular their sum of roots is the same. Hence the sum of roots of each is $18$.
Repeat the process, writing$$g(x) - a = \beta(x - c)(x - d).$$Then $h(x) - c$ and $h(x) - d$ again have the same sum of roots, namely $9$. We must then have$$h(1) = h(8), \quad h(2) = h(7), \quad h(3) = h(6), \quad h(4) = h(5).$$We must have$$h(x) = px^2 - 9px + q$$for some $p$, $q$ with $p \neq 0$.
Now we are reduced to finding $f$, $g$ such that$$f(g(x)) = 0$$has roots$$q - 8p, \quad q - 14p, \quad q - 18p, \quad q - 20p.$$Again, a necessary condition is that we can split the roots into two pairs with equal sum, but clearly we can not do that with these four numbers. We conclude $f$, $g$, $h$ do not exist.

A: Essentially, $h$ has to map $8$ values into $4$, $g$ maps $4$ values into $2$, and $f$ maps $2$ values into the single number $0$
Now I'll try to make $f(g(h(x)))$ symmetric around the $y$-axis for ease of calculation.
If it's possible to have $f(g(h(x)))=(x-1)(x-2)...(x-8)$ it should also be possible to have
$f_1(g_1(h_1(x)))=(x-3.5)(x-2.5)(x-1.5)(x-0.5)(x+0.5)(x+1.5)(x+2.5)(x+3.5)$
which is simply $f(g(h(x+4.5)$ but $h(x+4.5)$ is also a quadratic in $x$
And consequently $f_2(g_2(h_2(x)))=f_1(g_1(h_1(x/2)))=\dfrac {1} {2^8} (x-7)(x-5)...(x+5)(x+7)$
Again $h_1(x/2)$ is a quadratic in $x$
If $h_2$ is to map $7,5,...,-5,-7$ to $4$ values, it must be symmetric around the y-axis and must be of the form $x^2+a$
But the resulting $4$ values which $g$ has to map is $1+a, 9+a, 25+a, 49+a$, and to map them into $2$ values, points $1+a$ and $49+a$ have to be equidistant from some $c$, and so does $9+a$ and $25+a$ (but from the same $c$). Clearly there is no such $c$.

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After everything that Samsung had to go through in the last year: the Note 7 fiasco, the staggering issues in the subsequent Note 7 recall, and complaints of blatant corruption at the highest levels, every Samsung employee and fan was obviously looking to the next iteration of their Galaxy S devices. People were hoping for Samsung to make a comeback, and man didn't they just do it in the best possible way!
The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus have been breaking records and wallets, and the hearts of every Apple fanboy who was busy making "explosion" jokes about Samsung in the days that ran up to the grand unveiling of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. It's been just a week since pre-orders started here in India, and the S8 and S8 Plus have already surpassed expectations, reaching 80,000 pre-orders already. Compare that to last year's S7 and S7 Edge, and these numbers are almost four times higher, and are expected to reach almost 150,000 pre-orders by the end of the month.
This shouldn't come as a surprise, what with the S8 and S8 Plus sporting edge to edge displays that curve and blend in perfectly with the rest of the phone. All glass and metal design, with minimal bezels that add a lot of class to the phone, and really make it look like a truly well designed flagship. And that's not all; in typical Samsung flagship fashion, the S8 and S8 Plus are packed with so much tech, it feels like Samsung just stuffed everything they could get their hands on inside the S8 and S8 Plus.
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By IJF, May 25, 2012: PREVIEW, On may 26 and 27, 2012, the strongest judoka of the world will gather in Zvenigirod to participate in one of the most prestigious tournaments of the World Judo Tour. The competitions will be held on the platform of the recently launched Academy of Judo. The Russian tournament is one of the four Grands Slams organized every year by the IJF with a total prize money of US$ 154,000. This judo event has been held in the Russian Capital for more than 20 years and at every editions, it attacks more and more top level athletes.
Today, the official draw of the Judo Grand Slam, Moscow 2012, was conducted in the brand new Judo sports complex of Zvenigorod, just outside of Moscow, a centre which was inaugurated a few weeks ago by Vladimir Putin, the Russian President (judoka himself) and Marius Vizer, the IJF president.
Just before the tournament, which will be held this weekend from 10:00 am on (the final block starting at 6:00 pm local time) on Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Vizer declared: "In spite of the fact that this Moscow Grand Slam is not included into the qualifying Olympic Cycle for the 2012 Games, it is one of the most important events in the calendar of the International Judo Federation, and I hope that it will serve as an excellent check of forces of the athletes before the London Olympic Games."
The IJF president can be assured that this year edition of the Grand Slam will definitely reach a very high level with 34 countries present and 165 fighters in men and women. Boxing legend, Nikolai VALUEV, who attended the draw today, declared that he was very impressed by the level of participation: "There will be winners and losers, but never forget that one day the losers can, and will, become the winners", said the champion, before adding: "I wish good luck to all the participants and I hope that they will have good time in Russia".
The Tournament, which has been existing for 20 years, has a special meaning this year, as Mr. Vasily Anisimov, the Russian Judo Federation President, underlined it: "This event is very special for us. It coincides with a big anniversary for Russian Judo: the 40th birthday of the foundation of the Russian Judo Federation. This tournament as a great historical significance for all fans of the Gentle Way in our country."
The IJF Head Sports Director, Mr. Vladimir Barta, who conducted the technical aspects of the draw, welcomed all the delegations and wished them good luck for the tournament as well as for the upcoming Olympic Games: "in less than two months, we will meet again in London and I am sure that many athletes that are present here in Moscow, will also be present in the British Capital and that many of them will step on the podiums of the Games."
Women's -48kg
The level of the competition will be particularly high in the women's lightest weight category as number 3, number 4 and number 5 in the World Ranking list, respectively Sarah MENEZES (BRA), Charline VAN SNICK (BEL) and Alina DUMITRU (ROU), will compete for the title. The recent final of the European Championships opposed the Belgian and the Romanian fighters, Dumitru winning her 8th title at the continental level. The 29 year-old competitor is now focussed on the preparation of the Olympic Games where she is dreaming of winning a second Olympic title. The three athletes have the potential of winning an Olympic Medal in a weight category where the concurrence is particularly high.
Many teams have come to Moscow having in mind the preparation of the London Olympic Games, but obviously many of them also have come in Russia in order the prepare the next generation of fighters (Rio 2016). The favorite in the women's -52kg will be the world number 4, Erika Miranda (BRA), who recently won the Pan American Championship in Montreal, the German, Lise HEYLEN, having also some good chance to enter the final block of the competition (WRL 14).
Corina Caprioiu (ROU), number 6th at the World Ranking List, is the favorite of the competition and should not have great difficulties the step on the podium. But in that category, many athletes are members of the young generation and the predictions are therefor quite difficult. Some of the names that are present in the draw could be some of the big names of tomorrow's judo.
The battle for the Olympic Qualification between Alice Schlessinger and Yarden Gerbi, both from Isreal, has been tough for the last two years, Schlessinger finally winning her ticket to London, despite the beautiful silver medal won by Gerbi on the occasion of the recent European Championships. Schlessinger will be present in Moscow. Her main contestant will be Munkhzaya TSEDEVSUREN (MGL), 10th a the WRL.
The Slovenian, Rasa SRAKA, two times bronze medallist at the World championship, will be the favorite of the competition on Sunday, in the Women's -70kg category. In the absence of the four best players of the category, she has good chance to win her first Grand Slam, after having already won two bronze medals (Tokyo 2010 and Rio 2010). World number ten, Maria PORTELA (BRA), will be the second favorite.
The two favorites of the category are Lkhamdegd PUREVJARGOL, from Mongolia and Amy COTTON, from Canada, who finished 3rd at the Pan american Championships, a few weeks ago. But this is without counting on Anett MESZAROS (HUN), who had disappeared from the international tatami since October 2011, in Abu Dhabi. Two times silver medallist at the world Championship, the Hungarian, who is qualified for the Games, wants to show that she will be among the favorite in her weight category, which is actually -70kg.
Women's +78kg
The favorite of the competition is Maria Suelen ALTHEMAN from Brazil, who is currently 11th at the World Ranking List.
Men's -60kg
In the men's -60kg, the world number one and winner of last year edition of the Grand Slam, Rishod SOBIROV (UZB) is present. Already winner of the Judo Grand Slam, Paris 2012, last February, Sobirov should not face any major difficulties until the final block, even if a surprise is never excluded. In the second half of the draw, the favorite is Ilgar MUSHKIYEV, from Azerbaijan, who is currently number 6 at the World Ranking List.
Among the 18 engaged athletes in this weight category, 16 of them are ranked in the WRL. According to the ranking, the favorites are Miyaragchaa (MGL) and Tomofumi TAKAJO (JPN).
Number 6 and number 8 in the world will be the two favorites of the competition in the Men's -73kg: Nyam-Ochir SAINJARGAL (MGL), who was finalist on the occasion of the Judo Grand Prix, Düsseldorf 2012, and who already won the Judo Grand Slam, Paris 2012, last February, and Navruz JURAKOBILOV (UZB), who was third in Tashkent on the occasion of the Asian Championships, some weeks ago.
In the absence of the best players and of last year winner, Sven Maresch (GER), the favorite in the men's -81kg will be the young Japanese Tomihoro KAWAKAMI, who can represent the future generation of Japanese champions.
This category will be particularly followed here in Moscow as world number one and favorite of the public at the world level, Ilias Iliadis (GRE), will defend his last year title. But nothing is written in advance in a very open category, where the ranking does not play such an important role. Hesham MESBAH (EGY), Dilshod CHORIEV (UZB), Marcus NYMAN (SWE) are serious contestants to the Olympic and World Champion, Iliadis. And what about Elnur MAMMADLI, Olympic Champion in -73kg, in Beijing, who now competes in -81kg but who did not want to lose weight too much in advance before the games? For sure, he did not come in Moscow just for fun.
Men's -100kg
In the absence of Ariel Zeevi (ISR), winner last year in Moscow, and recent winner of the European Championships, the four favorites of the competition are: World number 3 Sergei SAMOILOVICH (RUS), number 6 Ramziddin SAYIDOV (UZB), number 11 Ramadan DARWISH (EGY) and number 12 Temuulen BATTULGA (MGL).
Men's +100kg
In the men's +100kg, the level will also be particularly high with the presence of Islam EL SHEHABY (EGY), number 5 in the WRL and Abdulo TANGRIEV (UZB), the Open World Champion, in Tyumen 2011.
After the official draw, all the delegations and referees could learn more about the rules that will be applied concerning the judogi control during the London 2012 Games. "According to the rule 51 of the International Olympic Committee, the judogi control that will be applied in London will follow the IJF regulation but for the advertising. The back numbers will be provided by the London organizing committee. A special sticker that will be positioned on the judogi and belt control labels will be tested here in moscow", explained the IJF experts.
The heads of delegation were also asked to follow and respect as much as possible the judo values, particularly to comply with the respect of the environment.
Just before the end of the draw, Vlad Marinescu, Director of the Presidential Office and in charge of the TV matters, explained to the audience that for the first time ever during the games, judo will be filmed in 3D. Following the IJF requirements, the Judo tournament will also be broadcasted using a crain camera, when also for the first time ever, a camera will be positioned inside the warm-up area: "the image of judo has drastically changed since 2007, but it's only the beginning. People will see our sport differently in the future", concluded Marinescu.
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It's Muse – Uprising which I love as the whole album – The Resistance is about one of my favourite books of all time – 1984! If you've read it you'll understand the lyrics – awesome with a great beat to train to!
You can listen to it here 🙂 Had to put in as a link as Aple's Linkmaker wouldn't work!


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"Night Bird Flying" is a rock song written by Jimi Hendrix.  It is a complex piece with multiple guitar parts and reflects a variety of styles.  Lyrically, Hendrix continues to explore an idealized feminine figure, as in his 1967 song "Little Wing".

Hendrix recorded the piece in the summer of 1970 at his new Electric Lady Studios with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox. He proposed the song for his fourth album and it is one of the few that are seen as largely complete. "Night Bird Flying" was initially released on the first Hendrix posthumous album, The Cry of Love (1971).  The song is included on several subsequent Hendrix compilations.

Composition and recording
Hendrix used elements of the song's rhythm pattern in jams at TTG Studios in Los Angeles in October 1968. In early 1969, he started to develop it as "Ships Passing in the Night" and several demos were recorded before Hendrix attempted a proper recording in his newly built Electric Lady Studios on June 16, 1970. After 32 takes, he completed the master. Overdubs were recorded on July 19 and August 22, before a final mix was accomplished on August 24, 1970. Hendrix and all involved in the recording were very pleased with the song and it was presented on the opening party of Electric Lady on August 26.

Releases
The song was chosen as a B-side for "Dolly Dagger" and a master for a single was prepared by Reprise Records.  However, the single was cancelled when Hendrix died on September 18, 1970. In 1971, the song was included on the posthumous Hendrix album, The Cry of Love. In the UK, it was released as the single B-side to "Angel" on Track Records. Later, the song was included on Voodoo Soup (1995) and First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997), which were further attempts to present Hendrix's planned but unreleased fourth studio album. An alternate version appears on the 2000 box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Critical reception
Critic Matthew Greenwald, in a song review for AllMusic, called "Night Bird Flying" "[a]nother great example of Jimi Hendrix utilizing his Electric Lady recording studios as a composing tool", due to Hendrix's numerous guitar overdubs. He added that "[t]he song ends with a rousing, in-studio jam that again finds Hendrix capable of intertwining guitar lines with a dizzying symbiosis."

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External links
[https://www.vevo.com/watch/jimi-hendrix/night-bird-flying-(behind-the-scenes)/USSM21201813 "Night Bird Flying" (Behind the Scenes) on Vevo]: Eddie Kramer (with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox) demonstrates some of the mulitrack guitar parts recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York City.

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Home Adventure Murphy's Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs...
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Murphy's Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse
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Baseball teams are known for having curses on them. The Chicago Cubs, for instance, claimed to have been under a curse that had begun in 1908 and then got worse after a man called Billy Goat got angry because his real, live billy goat (named Murphy) was refused a seat at a Chicago Cubs World Series game in 1945.
In author Brad Herzog's newest picture book called, Murphy's Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse, Billy Goat loved Murphy and didn't take kindly to officials treating him like he was an animal (although he was!), so he decided to put a curse on the Chicago Cubs. He said, "Them Cubs ain't gonna win no more," and…they didn't.
The Cubs tried to ignore the curse, but superstition overwhelmed them to the point that they began to believe that black cats and foul balls and all sorts of other weird occurrences were the handiwork of Billy Goat and his jinxy billy goat, Murphy. They tried all sorts of "reverse-the-curse" antics, like spraying holy water, blowing up foul balls and even bringing billy goats to Opening Day. None of it worked until they played ball on a day that was exactly 46 years to the day after Billy Goat passed away…
Murphy's Ticket is a fun and funny way to introduce young readers to baseball history and curious jinxes all at the same time. The illustrations are quite comical, with prancing goats, wide-legged pitchers, and a bobble-headed Billy Goat yelling his curse at the Chicago Cubs. The prose is written in rhyme that is sometimes a bit off-beat, and the word count is a bit long for very young children. Other than these two quibbles, this book makes for a cute addition to any school library or gym teacher's bookcase.
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Jan and Cora Gordon in the United States
In 1927 and 1928 Jan and Cora Josephine travelled throughout the USA, recording the journey in two books. There is now an excellent account by Bill Bryson of the events of 1927 in the USA, concluding with "Whatever else it was, it was one hell of a summer." The solo flight of Charles Lindbergh from New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, on May 20-21 of that year, figures prominently. At the moment Lindbergh landed, a Paris friend of Jan and Cora Gordon, Myron Chester Nutting, was mid-Atlantic on a boat headed for New York where they later met up with the Gordons again before they left on their tour. See: http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/09/jan-and-cora-gordon-with-nuttings-in.html . As far as I am aware, this is the only extensive account of the Gordons by a contemporary of theirs. The Gordons also met with their friends Richard and Charlotte Perry in Southport, Connecticut, see: http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/12/jan-and-cora-gordon-richard-perry-and.html .
An article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette of December 4th 1927 records a talk given by Jan Gordon at the Carnegie Lecture Hall under the auspices of the Pittsburgh University department of fine arts. ( http://lifeartearth.blogspot.com/2013/02/jan-gordon-shocks-in-modern-art-used-up.html ). The article mentions that "amongst their exploits was entertaining an Arabian sideshow at Coney Island with lightning artist sketches and with their guitars. They also entertained on a show boat on the Mississippi." The comment in their lecture about "no new shocks in modern art" was used in a later edition of "Modern French Painters": http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/05/jan-gordon-no-new-shocks-prophecy-in.html .
The Carnegie Hall talk was at the start of their rambling journey towards San Francisco soon after the final sale of their 1920 Ford sedan, the "Happy Hearse": http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/11/jan-and-cora-gordon-in-usa-november.html
An article in the New York Times (22nd January 1928) summarises their pursuit of the Romantic America in the first part of their journey: http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2015/02/jan-and-cora-gordon-in-search-of.html
The second of the books from the USA trip, "Stardust in Hollywood", which starts with Jan Gordon recovering from a heart attack, contains many observations on the movie industry of the time (see "Behind the Film": http://janandcoragordonart.blogspot.com/2014/03/jan-and-cora-gordon-behind-film.html ).


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Probreviceps is a small genus of brevicipitine frogs with only six members. They occur in the montane forests of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and possibly Mozambique. They are sometimes known as the forest frogs, forest rain frogs, big-fingered frogs, or primitive rain frogs.

Description
Probreviceps are burrowing frogs with short limbs and direct development (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage); the eggs are deposited in burrows. Maximum snout–vent length is between  in males and between  in females, depending on the species. Males often have larger tympani than females. No discs are present on fingers or toes. Species identification is based on male advertisement calls, features of hands and feet, and distribution.

Species
There are six recognized species:
 Probreviceps durirostris, Snouted forest frog
 Probreviceps loveridgei, Loveridge's forest frog
 Probreviceps macrodactylus, Large-fingered forest frog
 Probreviceps rhodesianus, Highland forest frog
 Probreviceps rungwensis, Rungwe forest frog
 Probreviceps uluguruensis, Uluguru forest frog

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Brevicipitidae
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker


HRB Is attaining success by leaps and bounds in Iraq and as soon as we will get an agreement required target will be achieved.
Basic strategy of HRB Group starts with imports of products from foreign agencies .After import milestone actual trade get in to business.HRB handles registration of products,their marketing,generating leads,giving followup and also including import&trade.HRB deals with wholesales and single sales in almost all parts of Iraq.With the passage of time HRB is opening new companies new showrooms and switching to new technology.
HRB has strategies to conduct huge media campaigns in all media entities.HRB believes in fact that the good income is owned by sales and not by short terms sales benefits rather a business on a large scale with strategic management ensures the profit.
All the registration process for new manufacturing sites with items is carried by Health Ministry of Iraq and Kurdistan Region which ensures the sufficient supply of products to region.
HRB is implementing a competent system to meet international standard, to train medical representatives, and to manage all aspects of operation ,program cycles (distribution, follow-up, and evaluation) via professional manner.
· RAMS Company for Medicines and Medical Equipment – Erbil located in north region of Iraq. This company is delivering medicines to five governorates (Erbil, Suliemaniyah, Dohuk,Mosul and Kerkuk) through its exclusive agents .
HRB has one of the best communication system integrated through SQL database implemented by experts which comprises sales, management of warehouses and every other part of operation.All companies and drugs stores including scientific bureau's are connected to one system for efficient performance.This communication system ensures the reliability and flow control of the system.


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Home › About Z › News › General News › Vote for your favourite neighbourhood group in May 2015
Vote for your favourite neighbourhood group in May 2015
Sheena Thoma
Over 500 groups doing good in neighbourhoods across New Zealand have been selected to be part of Z's 'Good in the Hood' programme in May.
Through this programme, Z will contribute over $1 million to neighbourhood groups and projects that matter the most to its customers.
Every Z service station in New Zealand will be supporting four neighbourhood groups each. These groups will receive a share of $4,000 per station based on the voting of Z customers. A further $1,000 per station has also been set aside for Z's local retailers to support other neighbourhood projects and initiatives throughout the year.
Every customer making a purchase (excluding tobacco only purchases) at a Z station between 1 – 31 May will be given an orange token and invited to physically vote for the organisation they wish to support.
From that point, the votes will be tallied, the results will be announced and the cheques will be presented.
Z's General Manager of Retail, Mark Forsyth, said that the amount of funding each of the groups receive will be determined by Z's customers.
"We want our 210 Z stations to be at the heart of their neighbourhoods so we're going for a truly local approach which will ultimately be determined by our customers," said Mark.
"The passion and commitment demonstrated by many of these groups and the amazing work they're doing in local neighbourhoods is inspiring."
"The least we can do as a Kiwi company is to give some of these groups the support they need to continue making a difference for New Zealand," said Mark.
This year, on top of the $5,000 per site, Z will also put up an extra $250,000 nationally to help supercharge 2015 for up to 25 of these locally-selected groups.
Local customers and Z staff will help to decide how that $250,000 is distributed amongst the groups, and one of the ways that groups can be in with a chance is to poll the highest at a Z site in May.
All groups that have applied to be part of Good in the Hood 2015 will have a chance to share in the extra $250,000.
A list of all the neighbourhood groups selected nationwide are listed on the Good in the Hood section of z.co.nz.


Carl has been a Research Associate in the School of Computing Science for 10 years and his main research area is the co-modelling and co-simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems. In the recently completed INTO-CPS (EU, H2020) project, he developed methods and tools supporting Design Space Exploration (DSE) and requirements traceability. This work followed on from his development of both DSE and fault modelling methods in the DESTECS (EU, FP7) project and the DSE work in the MERLIN rail (EU, FP7) project.
Carl also has interests in the area of data provenance and dependability, having helped develop tooling for the abstraction of provenance meta-data in the DaISy (MOD) project and a tool for experimenting with the use of dependability meta-data in the SSEI (MOD) project.
Before becoming an RA, Carl's PhD focussed on the design time detection of architectural mismatch when composing web-services, this was supervised by Dr. Cristina Gacek. Previous to his PhD, Carl obtained a BEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems Engineering after which worked as an Industrial Engineer for a Tier-1 automotive supplier, being responsible for the programming of their industrial robots and their mission critical synchronous delivery system.
Carl is currently continuing development of DSE and requirements traceability tools and methods as part of the INTO-CPS association and is also working with the SIEMENS MindSphere Innovation Network to develop the MindSphere Lab, developing and promoting the use if IoT, the cloud and data analytics. This is alongside the development of Newcastle University's own Cyber-Physical Lab.
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McGough AS, Arief B, Gamble C, Wall D, Brennan J, Fitzgerald J, van Moorsel A, Alwis S, Theodoropoulos G, Ruck-Keene E. Detecting insider threats using ben-ware: Beneficial intelligent software for identifying anomalous human behaviour. Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications 2015, 6(4), 3-46.
McGough AS, Wall D, Brennan J, Theodoropoulos G, Ruck-Keene E, Arief B, Gamble C, Fitzgerald F, van Moorsel A, Alwis S. Insider Threats: Identifying Anomalous Human Behaviour in Hereogeneous Systems Using Beneficial Intelligent Software (Ben-ware). In: 7th ACM CCS International Workshop on Managing Insider Security Threats. 2015, Denver, CO, USA: ACM.
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Mace JC, Morisset C, Pierce K, Gamble C, Maple C, Fitzgerald J. A multi-modelling based approach to assessing the security of smart buildings. In: Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT. 2018, London, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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Studies of Superfund toxicants require novel mouse models, sensitive analytical approaches for measures of hormones, cytokines and small molecule metabolites, and in-depth analyses of large datasets to pioneer new findings in the detection of environmental toxicants and their role in health and disease. The UC San Diego Superfund Research Center Genetics and Metabolomics Core creates tailor-made genetically altered mouse models for the Biomedical Projects, uses highly sophisticated, rapid and sensitive methods for the detection and analysis of hormones and small metabolites (metabolomics), and provides informatics for analysis of biological and environmental samples. Hormone analyses in mouse and human serum, and metabolomics analyses of serum, urine, water, soil, and plant samples provide detailed detection of toxicants and their effects in environmental and experimental systems.
Studies of Superfund toxicants require novel mouse models, careful, high-throughput analyses of hormones, cytokines and small molecule metabolites, and informatics analyses of large datasets to pioneer new findings in the detection of environmental toxicants and health effects of exposure. The UC San Diego Superfund Research Center Genetics and Metabolomics Core facility will provide state-of-the-art molecular biology services for generation of murine models of toxicant exposure as well as cutting-edge analytical services for sensitive, high-throughput assay of hormones and small molecule metabolites and their informatic analyses. This Core will interface with all six proposed research projects. Comprehensive approaches for modifying the mouse genome are provided including DNA microinjection, embryonic stem cell homologous recombination, CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis, and blastocyst injection, specifically tailored to UCSD Superfund projects. Furthermore, metabolomics services will be provided, allowing for measure of hormones, growth factors, and thousands of small molecule metabolites (both targeted and untargeted) using a Luminex magnetic bead analyzer and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based approaches. Samples for analysis will include human and mouse biospecimens (plasma, urine, and stool) as well as community plant, water, and soil samples. Bioinformatics services will provide in-depth analyses of large datasets resulting from transcriptomics, cistromics, and metabolomics. This core provides centralized, cost-effective, efficient, technically sophisticated services that are crucial to the success of all six projects in the UC San Diego Superfund Research Center.
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Seymour Chwast Lays Out the Year Ahead
A quippy Q+A with the former Push Pin designer on his 1975 calendar
The famed Push Pin Studios began in 1954 without a studio. Three recent Cooper Union graduates—Seymour Chwast, Reynolds Ruffin, and Ed Sorel—banded together to create a promotional mailer to send to industry art directors. In pursuit of both design and illustration work, they devised The Push Pin Almanac. The plan worked, and soon the physical studio was born in a cold-water flat on East 17th Street. Fellow classmate Milton Glaser joined the following year, upon return from a Fulbright scholarship in Italy.
Over time, the almanac morphed into the bimonthly Push Pin Graphic, which soon became collector's items for art directors, designers, illustrators, etc., and added to the influential studio's visibility. Contributors included a star roster of Push Pin artists over the years, including Chwast, Glaser, Paul Davis, James McMullan, Tim Lewis, Vincent Ceci, and John Alcorn.
In 1974, the year the partnership between Chwast and Glaser ended, the former designed a calendar (above) as a broadside. Deconstructing the traditional, he laid the days and months out in a linear fashion, with the entire year in a single view. Practically nonfunctional, the overall effect is to give one pause as they greet the coming year. It's as powerful today as it was in 1974. Offsetting the gravitas, however, is Chwast's playful use of icons, color, and typography. He drew his inspiration from a bingo card and bold "high school" script for the masthead.
I asked Chwast for thoughts on his 40-year-old design.
When you created this calendar in 1974, was the Push Pin Graphic being produced bi-monthly?
Safe to assume you had done other calendars for the Graphic over the years?
Two others.
Was this the first calendar that was a poster?
What was your thinking in laying out the entire year in a linear fashion?
The year itself is linear. Time allows us to have days in an orderly fashion.
Was your intention to change the way we look at the days of the year?
Did it change yours?
Can you comment on the design of the calendar? What was your inspiration? Were you referencing a specific style of design?
My inspiration was bingo cards. I love the type style.
Any reflections about the calendar or the time?
I think my calendar is very functional: 12 months, 12 rows.
The famed Push Pin Studios began in 1954 without a studio. Three recent Cooper Union graduates—Seymour Chwast, Reynolds Ruffin, and…


Photo courtesy Louisiana Tech Athletics Communications Senior Taylor Burch has joined the Tech football team after completing his baseball eligibility with the Diamond 'Dogs.
Louisiana Tech changed things up quite a bit Thursday with an evening practice inside Joe Aillet Stadium for over two hours as the Bulldogs held their 13th practice of fall camp.
Almost reaching the midway point, the coaching staff has begun to speed up the tempo in practice and prepare the team for what they might face in the season opener at Oklahoma, including a fast-paced offense with plenty of noise.
GRAMBLING — Time was not on Grambling State University's side in Saturday's season opener against Alabama A&M as the Tigers fell 23-9 at Robinson Stadium.
A young team, untimely miscues and even a malfunctioning game clock were some of the frustrations Grambling coach Doug Williams faced as he watched his team fall behind early in the second quarter.
That work ethic has defined him throughout his career, but the importance of such an approach was driven home earlier in his career under former Utah Head Coach Jerry Sloan.
The Ruston Reds 10-year-old baseball team won first place in a Monroe tournament played the last weekend in April, winning three games three games to take the tourney title.
Before returning to the road, Louisiana Tech University stays close to home for back-to-back games against area opponents.
First up, there's a 6 p.m. contest tonight against Northwestern State University at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Then, on Wednesday, at the same time, the Bulldogs go to Grambling State University for a meeting of Lincoln Parish rivals.


Lest We Forget is two CD audio documentary/expose on state institutions that imprisoned people with cognitive disabilities. It presents the faux medical reasons for their segregation in these ghastly prisons and the long and continuing movement toward community integration. Lest is drawn from 35 hours of oral histories with individuals who had lived within Ohio's state institutions and their families. It also includes the histories of the staff who worked and still work within their walls and the advocates and program pioneers who have established community-based services.


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Infant simulators, designed to discourage teen pregnancy, actually encourage it
By Leah Samuel
A teen dresses a baby doll that can be programmed to act like a real baby during a Girl Scout program in Miami that teaches teens how to deal with teen pregnancy. J. Pat Carter/AP
In high schools around the world, teenagers are handed an electronic doll to care for for a day or two, to expose them to the challenges of parenting. The thought is that these so-called infant simulators will reduce the incidence of teen pregnancy. But the first randomized trial on the dolls finds they may do the exact opposite — actually increasing pregnancy rates in schools where they're used.
The infant simulator is a doll that cries when it needs to be fed, burped, rocked, or changed. It also electronically measures and reports on mishandling, crying time, the number of changes, and general care. These dolls are used in school- and community-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in 89 countries. This includes 67 percent of US school districts, according to Realityworks, which makes and sells the simulators.
But despite that widespread use, few studies have examined the underlying assumption that these programs actually reduce teen pregnancy. Australian researchers thus decided to conduct a randomized controlled trial.
From 2003 to 2006, Australian researchers followed girls ages 13 to 15 at 57 different schools. One group of 1,267 girls participated in the six-day Virtual Infant Parenting (VIP) program, which includes the infant simulator, while another 1,567 girls got the standard health education curriculum without an infant simulator. The researchers linked the school data to data from hospital records and abortion clinics, and followed the girls until they reached the age of 20.
Teen birth rates plunge to record low
They found that 8 percent of girls who used the dolls had at least one birth, compared to only 4 percent of the girls in the other group. The researchers also found 9 percent of the girls who used the dolls had abortions, compared to 6 percent of the control group. After adjustment for potential confounders, the intervention group was 36 percent more likely to become pregnant than the control group. The study was published Thursday in the Lancet.
The most comprehensive review of the simulators before this point, published in 2011, had found that the programs had no effect on students' knowledge levels and mixed effects on their attitudes about teen pregnancy. But the studies focused almost exclusively on students' expressed intent to become a parent rather than their actual pregnancy outcomes.
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And as for why the dolls got such enthusiastic uptake in the first place, Julie Quinlivan, professor of obstetrics of University of Notre Dame Australia, writes in an associated editorial that politicians were seduced by a technological solution to a societal problem.
"The cure for teenage pregnancy is more difficult than a magic doll," she wrote. "We have to address both mothers and fathers. Programmes need to start in infancy. Investment in vulnerable children is needed to entice these adolescents from the path of premature parenthood into brighter futures. We cannot afford the quick fix, especially when it doesn't work."
Delaine Stendahl says:
How do we know which students are predisposed to teen pregnancy? If this were true, wouldn't all the students in these courses become teen parents. Certainly not so in my courses. Generally speaking, very few have become parents while in high school; some a couple of years after high school graduation. Who is to say the students did not postpone pregnancy past high school who would have actually had them while in school? We need to also look at the program as a positive force on students completing secondary school BEFORE having children.
Realityworks, Inc. says:
The study released yesterday by The Lancet is not a representation of our curriculum and simulator learning modality but the researchers' "adaptation" and is consequently not reflective of our product nor its efficacy. The RealCare Baby® Program is a combination of curriculum and hands-on aids, and if it is being tested and judged for effectiveness, it should be judged in its entirety.
The "adaptation" used in the study was developed by Australia's Swan Hills Division of General Practice, the Coastal and Wheatbelt Public Health Unit and the North Metropolitan Population Health Unit. The class time designated for teaching the adaptation was a mere 2.5 hours.
The RealCare Program is 14 hours of class time, learning activities and a prolonged take-home simulator experience.
This study is not measuring Realityworks' program and infant simulator but – as stated in the study – is investigating the effect of Australia's Virtual Infant Parenting program.
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The BFI are delighted to announce the rediscovery of Bauhaus teacher and artist László Moholy-Nagy's long 'lost' optical sound film, Tönendes ABC / ABC in Sound (1933), missing for over 80 years. The experimental film, from one of the most influential figures of the avant-garde, was found at the BFI National Archive and correctly identified by BFI Curators.
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a tenacious, restless creative who associated with various early twentieth century vanguard art movements. Teaching at the legendary Bauhaus school, which this year sees its centenary, his early optical sound films experimented with the formal properties of film and blurred the lines between sound and image and the act of hearing and seeing sound. Newly scanned at 4K the restoration of Tönendes ABC /ABC in Sound (1933) will receive its world premiere at BFI Southbank on 18 June before being made available to view online for free on BFI Player in the UK and BFI YouTube for international viewers from 19 June.
In 2018, BFI National Archive curators Bryony Dixon and William Fowler were researching a programme around early experiments in optical sound. On inspection of the Oskar Fischinger film, Early Experiments in Hand Drawn Sound (1931) they realised the reel also contained another title, which they identified as the long 'lost' László Moholy-Nagy title Tönendes ABC or ABC in Sound (1933).
Audiences will have the first chance to see this 'lost' work onscreen as part of BFI Southbank's monthly 'Experimenta' film strand at a Bauhaus-themed programme and panel event on 18 June (18:20), also part of the BFI Southbank 2 month Weimar Cinema season. Moholy-Nagy's film will be presented alongside the Oskar Fischinger short which it has shared the last 80 plus years with, preserved together in the BFI National Archive.
Daniel Hug Director of the Moholy-Nagy Foundation and Grandson of the artist says, "The Moholy-Nagy Foundation is grateful to the BFI in finding this long lost film, a thrilling re-discovery of one of Moholy-Nagy's most radical film works, this reinforces his important contribution to film and sound art."
William Fowler, BFI Curator Artist Moving Image said, "Artist filmmaking has a long, vibrant history within cinema. Tönendes ABC, or ABC in Sound demonstrates the level of invention that took place in the transition between the silent and sound eras. Its non-realist, formal play, mixing and blurring the distinctions between sound and image reflects Moholy-Nagy's powerful, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity. We were delighted to discover the film in the Archive and look forward to new audiences connecting with Moholy-Nagy's sensory experiment over 80 years after it was last screened in London"
The 'lost and found' story behind this rediscovery is extraordinary. The original nitrate reel of was spliced to a copy of Oskar Fischinger's Early Experiments in Hand Drawn Sound for a screening programme at the London Film Society in 1936. The highly influential London Film Society (1925-1939), run by a group of active young cineastes with backgrounds in journalism, film business and the intelligentsia, was the first significant organisation to screen films outside of an immediately commercial context. Luminaries like H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were named as supporters and the society programmed a mix of shorts and feature films spanning the globe as well as different genres.
The society promised to encourage the production of artistic films such as these experimental works by Moholy-Nagy and Fischinger, pushing the boundaries of sound and vision, blurring the lines between film and art. In the 1920s when it became possible to record sound as an image there was a flurry of bold, beautiful and sometimes bizarre experiments with 'drawn' soundtracks on film – images that made sound, and vice versa. The nitrate reel, referred to only as Early Experiments in Hand Drawn Sound with Tönendes ABC/ABC in Sound unknowingly still attached was then acquired by the BFI on 18th May 1951 and duped onto safety film on 29th October 1958. The original nitrate was not retained.
Premiere of new 4K restoration at BFI Southbank 18 June
Available on BFI Player and BFI YouTube from 19 June - search https://player.bfi.org.uk/free / https://www.youtube.com/user/BFIfilms
Fischinger's 'hand drawn film'
Enviado por CVM el Mar, 18/06/2019 - 17:46
For those interested in Oskar Fischinger's early experiments in 'hand drawn' sound referenced here, you can read his statement about his Ornament Sound experiments at the CVM Fischinger site. www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger/SoundOrnaments.htm
Enviado por Marcos Ortega el Mié, 19/06/2019 - 02:09
Thanks for the information. The statement and the chart are very interesting!
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Roche Chugai recently released a very interesting report about the importance of young people with haemophilia taking ownership of their own treatment and the role that their clinicians, family and community can play in helping with that transition. The report, with input from Dr Daniel Hart, Consultant Haematologist,The Royal London Hospital Haemophilia Centre Trustee and Lead Clinician at Little Bleeders Patient Group and Wil Woan, Director of Little Bleeders, used a series of first-hand interviews from people involved in the treatment of haemophilia including clinicians, patients, parents, carers and representatives of the Haemophilia Society.
Thanks to medical advancements and research over the past 30 years there are newer and more manageable treatments available to help keep haemophilia under control. For this report, focus was placed on preventative 'prophylactic' therapies and 'on-demand' medications as well as clinical, psychological, physiological and holistic support.
While therapies are advancing, there are still challenges being faced in terms of attitudes and knowledge of haemophilia amongst the public and health care providers and there are still inconsistencies being seen across the country in the overall care and resources available to patients.
The best way to get young people on board with managing their own care is to ensure that they have access to all of the resources they need in their community. While most people have access to haemophilia centres (HCs) for their every day needs, it is also beneficial to be able to access a Comprehensive Care Centre (CCCs) where they will be able to benefit from the resources to assist with their more complex treatment issues, as well as routine care, particularly during the time of initial diagnosis and later transition to ownership of care. The ultimate solution would be that more HCs have access to the same resources, however this is unfortunately not the case in many areas in the UK.
Haemophilia can have an affect on not only the clinical but also the practical, physical and emotional aspects of a patient's life, In addition, young patients should be be provided access to a multi-disciplinary team including physiotherapists, laboratory experts and psychologists who can assist young people with the various issues faced when learning to cope with haemophilia as a young adult.
As mentioned, many patients only have access to small HCs within their community and while these HCs should be better equipped to provide resources to young people with haemophilia, it is unfair to expect that it is easy for these clinics to fully provide the ideal level of advanced care without the support required.
As such, young people need to be empowered in other ways such as encouraging them to have the confidence to ask questions at their HCs and CCCs and to also encourage them to gain the education through active engagement in support groups and associations that can provide the knowledge they need to speak up and get what they need from their local centres and communities. Essentially, young people need to become experts in their own condition and become their own advocates.
A study co-authored by Dr Hart revealed that support from HCs, CCCs, families and communities play a positive role in encouraging teens with haemophilia to adopt their own treatment practices and adherence to them over time.
In addition to HCs and CCCs young people will have more confidence and be better equipped to manage their haemophilia when they have access to expertise in areas such as physiotherapy, emotional counselling and educational resources such as haemophilia education and sexual education.
Early education needs to start at first diagnosis provided by clinical experts and haemophilia societies and charities such as Little Bleeders so patients and their families can be better equipped to take on their self-care later in life. The knowledge prepares both the child and family for what they will be dealing with as they continue to grow and mature.
Physiotherapy also plays a key role in helping to manage the condition and empowering children to take on their own care in their teens. Regular physiotherapy helps to build and maintain a strong, healthy body which helps in the control of bleeds and damage to joints. A physiotherapist who specialises in haemophilia can help provide techniques and exercises that can help control the number of bleeds, allow for better healing times, improve quality of life and protect the joints over time.
In addition to physical health, mental health needs to be taken care of in young people with haemophilia. Haemophilia and the issues that accompany such a diagnosis can cause mental distress in young people, such as fear of not fitting in, not getting to do the same things as their peers and the emotional impact of the pain and discomfort their condition can cause. Counselling services and education can help provide some relief to the mental stress that patients experience. As well as emotional counselling, sexual health and relationship counselling can help teenagers feel more at ease when dealing with their advancing maturity and how their haemophilia fits in.
Managing haemophilia involves a team of experts and community resources. Improved education and access to multidisciplinary care is essential in helping young people adapt to managing their own care and better outcomes in their overall condition.
Unfortunately young haemophiliacs in the UK still face a number of challenges including clinical, psychological, social and lifestyle impacts but with better awareness and education, patients and their families can eventually work through these challenges. There is hope for the future of haemophilia, not only in the way the condition itself is treated but in the way young people cope as well.


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Moneyball was an interesting... if not controversial concept when the idea was introduced into baseball. If one is unfamiliar with the term, the general premise is that popular statistics used to evaluate talent in baseball such as batting average and runs batted in are statistics that are over-rated in building a successful team. Moneyball theorizes that statistics that SHOULD be valued more in evaluating talent are slugging percentage and on-base percentage... because those statistics increase a team's potential to score runs...and thus win games.
The term inherited it's namesake from a bestselling book titled Moneyball: The Art of winning an unfair game by Michael Lewis which chronicled the rise of the Oakland Athletics in 2002 when Billy Beane used the sabermetrics valued in Moneyball to build a playoff team... despite having one of the smallest payrolls in Major League Baseball.
It was only a matter of time before the book was adapted into a film. The film stars Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. It is directed by Bennett Miller and was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zallian and Stan Chervin. Check out the trailer.
To be honest, I'm still not sold on the general premise of Moneyball, although one can point out that the principles discussed in the book are effective... the truth is that a World Series Championship team has yet to be produced from it's theories.
Looks like an interesting film though.
Moneyball is scheduled for release September 23, 2011.
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Save the date! The Township's Christmas Open House is coming up!
On Thursday, December 4th from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., stop by The Township for some after hours of holiday cheer! You can have your picture made with Santa, listen to carolers walking around from merchant to merchant, and find some great Christmas gifts for those on your list!
We hope to see you out on the night of the 4th!


The unique traits, behaviors and processes that differentiate an entrepreneur from an employee or manager.
The business, or entrepreneurial, knowledge and skills that are prerequisites or co-requisites for the study of entrepreneurship.
Discovery – The stage in the entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur generates ideas, recognizes opportunities, and determines the feasibility of ideas, markets, ventures, etc.
Concept Development – The stage in the entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur plans the venture, identifies needed resources using a business plan, identifies strategies to protect intellectual property, etc.
Resourcing – The stage in the entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur identifies and acquires the financial, human, and capital resources needed for the venture startup, etc.
Actualization – The stage in the entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur operates the venture and utilizes resources to achieve its goals/objectives.
Harvesting – The stage in the entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur decides on the venture's future (growth, development, demise). These five stages of the entrepreneurial process, along with the individual traits and behaviors associated with the successful entrepreneur, comprise the set of "Entrepreneurship Skills" listed in the National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education.


Recently a few women I work with affectionately dubbed me "The Queen Mom of Inner Calm" which I instantly loved and fully embraced.
I teach moms how to tap into and protect their sacred, calm core in order to experience life with the peace, happiness and clarity that is always available to them even when the storms of the world (or of mothering) start swirling around them.
But no sooner was I "coronated" and felt myself joyfully taking a seat at the throne, fully appreciating the gifts I offer the world…a different voice spoke up in the corner of my mind.
The voice that makes me feel small and insecure.
The one that made me feel that if I'm not perfect, I'll be seen as an imposter and would be "found out." The one that hits every shame trigger it can find to keep me recoiled and dimming my light.
I believe we all have this "small, fear based" voice that comes swooping in with a megaphone when we are just beginning to take a risk and embrace who we are and what we have to offer in a bigger, more public way.
I went through various stages of trying to deal with the "lesser" me talking.
At first I'd shrink back, I'd fall into bouts of anxiety and shame and it would paralyze me from moving forward. Often I'd pretend I'd be moving forward by picking something safer and less showy of where my real brilliance lay.
Then I thought getting "brave" and angry at it would silence it. So I'd try to face it head on and stuff it away and barrel through with my plans taking a conflict-based approach. But what happened here is that I would shift my whole energy. And I became less fluid, less trusting, less joyful, less trusting…more arrogant. And consequently it would show up in the projects I was doing because everything started to feel forced and overly reliant on sheer willpower to get done.
A new way to understand and deal with the voice is emerging for me. And it feels pretty amazing all around.
When I hear the fear based voices, the limiting beliefs, the messages from the corner of my mind that are trying to make me feel insecure, I listen. I get soft (not small), but open, so I can hear what is underneath. Ultimately, I'm coming to see this voice has an important message in it.
It is a message about our power.
And for many of us, we aren't familiar with how to stand in our power with grace and dignity and confidence. So to protect us, this voice is giving us an out.
Imagine that your child was running a large race. She had worked so hard training. It meant so much to her to complete it and you knew it was going to push her way way beyond her comfort zone to finish it (and truth be told you weren't even sure she COULD do it).
On race day you dutifully follow the course with your car to cheer her on and keep track of her progress. Somewhere along the way she starts to really slow down. It seems as if she may not make it. She is crying and dizzy and can't seem to get it back together.
She looks at you with such sweet eyes- knowing that you just want to try and shield her from the pain and make it all better- and she gets this burst of energy, this drive returns, she's focused, a huge smile comes across her face. She gives you a big hug, tells you she loves you but that she needs to finish this herself, every step of the way. With new found energy, she continues on.
Now imagine yourself at the finish line.
Imagine yourself watching her face as she crosses. As she raises her hands victoriously. Truly victoriously because she did NOT take the easy way out. She did not recoil. She did not back away when she wavered and felt fearful. She trusted herself and found more confidence in who she was than ever before.
I now see the "lesser" voice as the misguided voice of that mother.
What if it wasn't out to make you small (though that is what it will do), what if it was out to try and protect you? Your job isn't to fight it or succumb to it. Your job is simply to make a different decision from the advice it is telling you. To take a risk and follow your heart so you can grow and become more of who you are meant to be.
While it seems as though it is offering a safer route, the voice is always offering an option that will steal from you an opportunity to experience life and growth and yourself at a much richer, deeper level.
If you have a little seed of a dream that keeps coming back just when you start to feel strong and happy and confident, take a minute to listen to it.
If the voices that tear it apart surface, look with kind eyes toward them. Acknowledge they are trying to protect you and that they can go now.
Just practice allowing yourself to sit with the possibility of your dream for a while. Try it on. Get used to being open to it. Let yourself get vulnerable and excited and hopeful. Journal a bit from the perspective that it has already happened.
If you are going to be able to really live into that dream, you will need some "strength training" to get there– what if working through those voices was the strength training we needed to move into the next stage of our lives fully equipped to see it through?
Are you familiar with those fear-based voices? What kinds of dreams or thoughts or feelings trigger them to come out of their corners for you?
WOW! I love all your posts, but this is brilliant! You've reminded me that the fear voice is actually telling me I'm on a path to growth. It reminds me of a book that is a much longer version of what you have summarised succinctly: "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway". Thanks so much for this reminder of inspiration and encouragement.
Wow Lisa. This is a great post! You sent it out of the park!
I am grateful for this new perspective through which I can now peer into my inner fears and doubt. Truly a gift of grace.
So often I feel this way. You described it wonderfully. Next time these thoughts pop up, I will listen with a kind and open heart…and then keep heading in the direction of my dreams 🙂 Thank you!