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VCP Chinandega was a Nicaraguan football team who have played 2 years at the country's top level.

Located in Chinandega, they were named after Vicente de la Cruz Padilla (VCP) A baseball player from Chinandega who owned the club.Mais xxc

History
The club was founded in August, 2006 by famous baseball player and owner Vicente de la Cruz Padilla.
As a project to promote football to young people in his home town of Chinandega. With the help of Eddy Reyes, Boanerge Espinoza, Enrique Reyes, Baxter Martínez and Eduardo Vidal Alonso, The club was playing in the Nicaraguan Third Division, predominantly with players from the area. Their rise was unbelievable they won the third division in 2006 and in 2007 won the second division which allowed them to be promoted to the first division where they have remained since.

In summer 2010, VCP Chinandega was not allowed to continue in the Premier Division after failing to pay the registration fee, which brought an end to the club's existence.

List of Coaches
  Eduardo Vidal Alonso Gomez (2006–08)
  Flavio Da Silva (2008 – March 2009)
  Eduardo Vidal Alonso Gomez (April 2009 – January 2010)
  Omar Zambrana (2010)

References

Defunct football clubs in Nicaragua
Association football clubs established in 2006
2006 establishments in Nicaragua


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A Passing Strange week
Stew and Heidi Rodewald at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. (Photos copyright 2009, Steven P. Marsh)
What a Passing Strange week it's been. First Stew and Heidi Rodewald hit the Walter Reade Theater for a talk about creative partnerships, something we've already talked about here. Then came The Broadway Problem show in Damrosch Park on Wednesday. And then the crowning event: The theatrical premiere of Spike Lee's film version of Passing Strange at the IFC Center yesterday.
For a guy who often says he knows nothing about Broadway musicals, Stew did a good job of demonstrating otherwise at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on Wednesday night. Stew, with the help of Heidi and a dozen guest musicians, did almost exactly what was promised in the promotional blurb written months before planning out their free show at Damrosch Park Bandshell — they deconstructed a raft of Broadway tunes.
Paul Oakley Stovall and Eisa Davis.
They tackled the the gamut from "Nobody," a tune in the 1906 show Abyssinia by Bert Williams, the early 20th Century's greatest black entertainer, to a mashup of "Big Black Man" from The Full Monty and "Black Boys" from Hair (done in hilarious Sudabey-from-Passing–Strange-style by de'Adre Aziza) , the musical choices were full of dark humor and biting wit. And the arrangements and deconstructions put them in an entirely new light.
Stew and Heidi called in friends from many parts of their careers to help out. Singing friends from Passing Strange onstage in addition to d'Adre, included Lawrence Stallings (Youth understudy) and Eisa Davis (mother). Chivas Michael, who played Flute and Peaseblossom in the fabulous Connecticut production of A Midsummer Nights Dream for which Stew wrote the music, and singer/actor/playwright Paul Oakley Stovall, a friend from the early days of Passing Strange, also lent their voices to the effort.
Lawrence Stallings and de'Adre Aziza.
Players included drummer Marty Beller, a longtime collaborator of Stew and Heidi ("Marty's was the first couch I crashed on in New York," said Stew upon introducing him) and Joe McGinty's Losers Lounge crew and a few others.
Stew maintained his tradition of sarcasm and lies (albeit with a sly wink) by completely misidentifying composers and shows just to mess up with the audience. He said repeatedly referred to one African-American composer as Vietnamese, and called another a Cambodian novelist. (My memory fails me at the moment, but one was Fats Waller and the other Duke Ellington, though there's some dispute as to which was which.
He credited Cole Porter's "Too Darn Hot" to The Fantastiks and introduced "Magic to Do" from Pippin as a Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill number.
Although he threw in some pop tidbits (Stevie Wonder's "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma"), mostly he tackled classics, like "Summertime," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)," "Feelin' Good" (popularized by Nina Simone) from The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd and even "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music.
They only thing they didn't touch on was any of Stew and Heidi's music — either from Passing Strange or from their The Negro Problem/Stew back catalogue.
The evening got off to an amazing start with Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq's erotically charged performance. Her sound is at moments gutteral, or wailing, or moaning, resembling nothing less than an onstage orgasm.
There are only two days left in the Lincoln Center Out of Doors schedule, but they are chock full of great stuff. And everything's free.
Meanwhile, Friday's premiere of the Passing Strange movie was absolutely magical. The packed audience at the 9:20 pm show was clearly blown away by the movie, and gave the creators and cast, who spoke after the screening, a standing ovation.
For someone like me, who saw the show many times in various incarnations, the movie is a fantastic document of a moment in the show's life — a near-perfect distillation of a life-changing experience.
If you haven't seen the movie yet, make a point of doing so — soon. It's too important to miss.
Last night, Eisa described Passing Strange as "a myth," a story that makes you think about who you are and forces you to confront what it means to life and to die. It's not about race, it's not about rock and roll, it's not about drugs, even though all of those themes are in it.
Eisa is right. It is a myth in its own right.
The Passing Strange team at the IFC Center, from left: producer Steve Klein, Stew, de'Adre Aziza, Heidi Rodewald, Eisa Davis, Chad Goodridge, Colman Domingo and Daniel Breaker.
Posted in Music, Pop and Rock, Theater
Tagged Heidi Rodewald, Joanna Settle, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Passing Strange, Spike Lee, Stew, The Negro Problem
Stew and Heidi tackle The Broadway Problem
The Damrosch Park Bandshell stage could hardly contain the full forces of Stew and Heidi: The Broadway Problem on Wednesday night. (Photos copyright 2009, Steven P. Marsh)
Stew and Heidi Rodewald took on Broadway at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on Wednesday night, and Broadway was no match for them. I'm posting pictures now, with words to follow soon.
Stew and Heidi — too much space between them!
Meanwhile, don't forget: The Spike Lee film version of Passing Strange on Broadway hits the big screen at the IFC Center in NYC today! Even if you've seen the show as many times as I have, you need to see the movie — to get a new perspective on it and to support Stew and Heidi. Be there!
Stew was having a good time.
Tagged Heidi Rodewald, Joanna Settle, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Stew, The Negro Problem
Life is a mistake that only art can correct
Heidi Rodewald, Stew, moderator Wendy Bounds, Bill T. Jones and Bjorn G. Amelan at Summer Scoops Live on Aug. 18. (Photos copyright 2009, Steven P. Marsh)
The question on the table was: "Why would people pay $25 to hear Stew and Heidi talk when there are talks after screenings all weekend?"
I have to admit that was my first thought when I heard about Tuesday night's Wall Street Journal Summer Scoops panel discussion held at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater with Stew and Heidi Rodewald, creators of the musical Passing Strange, and the creative team behind the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company — founder/choreograper Bill T. Jones, set designer Bjorn G. Amelan and associate artistic director Janet Wong.
Heidi Rodewald and Stew.
After all, the Spike Lee film version of Passing Strange on Broadway does hit the big screen at the IFC Center in NYC on Friday. Stew and Heidi will be talking aplenty at those early screenings. And they'll be playing a free show at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in Damrosch Park on tonight — so what good's talk when it's really all about music, or the music of notes and words, for those two?
And the sparse turnout suggested that many fans may have felt the same way.
But the answer is simple: You won't get the deeply real interaction between the Passing Strange team and Jones and his colleagues at those post-movie talks. And that alone made the discussion worth the price of admission. If you thought about going and skipped it, you missed something truly special.
I was blown away by the honest, revealing discussion. There were connections made onstage between those two creative teams and between them and the audience that were, while not out of the blue, deep and I hope lasting. (As Stew wrote in Passing Strange: "The wire got connected. The mistake got corrected.")
I saw Passing Strange 12 times at the Public Theater, and four times on Broadway. I've been a fan of Stew and Heidi for 10 years. I've been one of 15 people in the audience week after week for their residency in the grungy basement of the Knitting Factory. But I have never heard them have such frank discussions about their art as they did with Bill on Tuesday night.
That's not to say those conversations have never happened before. Passing Strange wouldn't exist without a series of creative collisions and collaborative head-butting. But I've never seen such a magical level of public connection between two creative powerhouses like that before.
Some of Stew's best lines:
"The advantage of being a songwriter in a rock and roll band is that we can contradict ourselves mid-verse."
"Relax your ego? That's like saying relax your penis!"
"I don't believe in authenticity or truth. I make shit up and string words together cause they sound good…it's not philosophy, not a teaching piece."
"Meaning is boring."
Bill T. Jones, with moderator Wendy Bounds.
And Bill had some great ones, too:
"This life is a real motherfucker. And if you aren't careful, they will fuck you up. And we can go into who they are later!"
"Art is a fight."
And then there was Bill's revelation that he may have lost some of his fire to do more work and his admission that, at age 57, he's experiencing "spiritual malaise" and needs to rethink how he creates art.
Some in the audience thought the talk got a bit "squirmy" when Bill talked about the link between creative partnerships and sex, and admitted that although " I'm a hom…uh, gay man." he had thought about sleeping with Wong, his collaborator. (For her part, she said, "I would have said no and forgotten about it.")
In the end, moderator Wendy Bounds showed a clip from the last scene of Passing Strange, in which Youth (Stew's theatrical alter ego) ponders the death of his mother:
"That's it? You know, you're right, you cannot bring her back. But why lose faith in the only thing that can? I will see her again… Because life is a mistake… that only art can correct."
That clip gave Bill his chance to ask Stew one of the most provocative questions of the evening:
"Do you believe that?" Bill asked.
Stew started to reply. Words came, but he never really answered the question — perhaps because there is no answer. But instead of being frustrating, it seemed appropriate. After all, "the real is not real, my friend. The real is a construct. The real is a creation. The real is artificial. … Some people feel like art is more real than life."
Posted in Music, Pop and Rock, Theater, Uncategorized
Fela! tickets on sale — complete with discount code
Fela!, the fantastic musical that set the off-Broadway world on fire with its fantastic portrayal of the legendary Nigerian originator of Afrobeat, is moving to Broadway in just two months.
The high-energy bio-musical, created by choreographer Bill T. Jones, hits the Eugene O'Neil Theatre starting Oct. 19.
Be sure to explore the show's new, information-packed web site for more information.
Tickets are on sale now. And fans can get good seats at a discount. Use discount code FE4FANS to get seats at preview performances through Nov. 21 for just $52 (regularly $97), or tickets to shows from Dec. 1-Jan. 31 for $67 instead of the usual $110-$120. The usual fine print applies — no discounts for Saturday evening shows and during Thanksgiving week, etc. Click here for all the details and to buy tickets.
Posted in Music, News, Theater
Satan and Adam bring it back home tomorrow night
Satan and Adam on the streets of Harlem.
The story of Satan and Adam is one rich in rebirth.
The duo, who got together in 1986 on the streets of Harlem share a gritty and spirited vision of the blues. They made their name busking on the streets, with Mister Satan on guitar and kickboard percussion and Adam Gussow on blues harmonica. But after many tours and three studio albums, they virtually disappeared. Adam, a native of Rockland County, N.Y., went on to teach, winding up in the English Department at the University of Mississippi and Mister Satan virtually disappeared. It turns out Mister Satan, whose real name is Sterling Magee from Mount Olive, Miss., had some personal problems that led to a nervous breakdown.
But the fate that brought them together in Harlem and then tore them cruelly apart has brought them back together. They're wrapping up a short road trip tomorrow night (Saturday, Aug. 15) on Adam's home turf — The Turning Point in Piermont.
Adam Gussow
This could well be our last chance to see the duo here in the Metro area, as the state-run home where Satan lives is tightening its rules. He is only allowed to leave for a few days at a time, making it all but impossible for them to arrange lengthy road trips.
Tonight's show starts at 8 o'clock at The Turning Point, 468 Piermont Ave. Piermont, N.Y. (845) 359-1089. Tickets are $20.
In anticipation of Satan and Adam's gig at The Turning Point, Adam spoke to Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? about the duo's meeting, breakup and reunion. The full interview appears after the jump.
Posted in Blues, Music, News
Tagged Satan and Adam, The Turning Point
The unknown Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan or homeless man?
Can you believe that Bob Dylan was mistaken for a homeless man on the streets of Long Branch, N.J.?
The crazy story, in which a cop swept the eccentric singer-songerwriter off the street into a patrol car, is reported by ABCNews.com's Chris Francescani:
Dylan, 68, one of the most celebrated, eccentric artists in American history, was in the area on July 23 as part of a national concert tour — a fact lost on 24-year-old Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble.
To hear the young New Jersey police officer describe it, the scene was like something out of one of Dylan's epic song-poems: It was pouring rain, Dylan was soaked and wandering alone, far from the traveling home of his entourage of tour buses.
When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an "eccentric-looking old man" in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.
To read the whole, wacky story, click here.
Posted in Music, News, Pop and Rock
Tagged ABCNews.com, Bob Dylan, Chris Francescani, Long Branch
Stew and Heidi, 25 percent off!
Sometimes it pays to wait!
If you haven't booked tickets yet for the Summer Scoops Live With the Wall Street Journal talk by Passing Strange co-creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald, or maybe, like Stew, you just couldn't believe anybody would pay $25 to hear them gab, you stand to come out ahead.
There's a new offer out today giving a 25-percent discount to the pARTners talk at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater at 7 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Enjoy the fruits of procrastination while you can. Here are the details:
Stew Opens Up with The Wall Street Journal at Lincoln Center!-
Take 25% off a rousing discussion titled pARTners, which explores the pleasures and pitfalls of artistic partnerships on August 18 at 7:00 P. M. in the Walter Reade Theater. Use promotion code WSJ10 to receive this special discount when purchasing online or calling 212.721.6500.
For tickets, click here.
The evening's conversation features Stew and Heidi Rodewald, the co-creators of the Tony-winning Broadway rock musical Passing Strange and longtime collaborators in the band The Negro Problem; Artistic Director Bill T. Jones, Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, and Creative Director Bjorn Amelan of the legendary Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Reporter Wendy Bounds of The Wall Street Journal leads the discussion.
Program, artists, dates, and prices subject to change. This offer is subject to availability and may be revoked at any time. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. Not applicable to previously purchased tickets. All sales are final—no refunds or exchanges. Limit four tickets per customer.
Stew & Heidi present The Broadway Problem at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, August 19. For details, click here.
Tagged Heidi Rodewald, Lincoln Center, Passing Strange, Stew
Can American Idiot become the next Passing Strange?
Does lightning strike twice in the theater world?
Berkeley Repertory Theater (Berkeley Rep) is about to find out. The California nonprofit theater group, which played a significant role in the development of the cult musical hit Passing Strange (forever preserved as a Spike Lee Joint coming to big screens and PBS soon) is now in rehearsal for a musical version of American Idiot, based on the multiplatinum Green Day album. Tickets for performances, which start Sept. 4, are already on sale on Berkeley Rep's web site.
It seems like a smart, but cynical, move.
Passing Strange, written by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, who toiled separately and together on the Los Angeles rock scene for years (Wednesday Week, The Negro Problem, Stew),wrote a musical based loosely on Stew's autobiography. They produced a fresh and compelling story that scored many loyal adherents (I'm one of them) and won massive praise from critics. But that loyal core, the show's built-in audience, wasn't enough to fill the seats of Broadway's Belasco Theater eight times every week for too long.
At heart, Passing Strange is a very personal and unconventional show. And, frankly, I don't think anyone ever figured out how to market it to the tourist-heavy Broadway audience. (For Stew and Heidi's sake, that may have been a good thing, as they have been incredibly productive in the year since Passing Strange closed. Monica Drake of The New York Times covered this territory here.)
American Idiot, on the other hand, has a huge built-in audience. The album has sold more than 14 million copies since its release nearly four years ago. As much as I love Stew and Heidi's music, I know that number dwarfs the total number of albums that pair have sold in their careers.
Sales figures don't necessarily correlate to quality. And both sets of performers have their fans. But it's clear that American Idiot — like the long-running Mama Mia, a jukebox Abba musical — has a huge advantage over something like Passing Strange simply on brand recognition alone.
But producers of the Green Day musical are taking no chances. They've stacked the deck with heavy-hitters, including plenty of Broadway talent:
The show was adapted from the rock opera concept album by Green Day vocalist-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, the Tony-winning director of Spring Awakening, who's also directing American Idiot.
Rebecca Naomi Jones in Passing Strange on Broadway
The musical has no book, per se, but its story is told in song. Tom Kitt, from Broadway's Next to Normal, handled arranging duties, while Steven Hoggett, of Black Watch, has worked out the dancing.
And the cast of 19 is led by John Gallagher Jr. as Johnnie. Gallagher was Moritz in Spring Awakening. Producers even someone from Passing Strange, Rebecca Naomi Jones, to play Whatshername.
It seems doubtful that American Idiot can achieve the white-hot, deeply personal impact that Passing Strange had. But it sounds a heckuva lot easier to market. And that could well be the key to a long and successful run.
Two chances to see Stew and Heidi live in NYC before Passing Strange hits the big and small screens
Heidi Rodewald and Stew
Next week is a big week for Strange Freaks.
First, on Tuesday, Stew and Heidi Rodewald, the creators of the musical Passing Strange and longtime collaborators in the rock band The Negro Problem, are making a public appearance to talk about their artistic partnership joys and concerns of their longtime artistic partnership Summer Scoops Live with The Wall Street Journal.
On a porgram titled pARTners, They'll talk with WSJ reporter Wendy Bounds before an audience at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Also involved in the conversation are the creative team behind the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Artistic Director Bill T. Jones — who's bringing his own musical, Fela!, to Broadway this fall — Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong and Creative Director Bjorn Amelan. The talk starts at 7 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Walter Reade, 165 West 65th Street, Manhattan. General admission tickets are still available and cost $25. Buy them here.
Then, on the following night, Stew and Heidi return to make music at Lincoln Center Out of Doors as Stew and Heidi Present: The Broadway Problem. The show in Damrosch Park, at the southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Campus at West 62nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, opens with a set by Nunavit throat singer Tanya Tagaq. Admission to the outdoor concert is free and starts at 7 pm.
Keep reading for even more news about Stew and Heidi.
Tagged Fela!, Heidi Rodewald, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Passing Strange, Stew, The Negro Problem
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
More than a few people have wondered where the name of this blog comes from.
Am I depressed, or just dark?
None of the above. I just love music.
If you've read the About page, you already know that the name of this blog is lifted directly from a Carter Family song.
Because Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? is getting a lot of hits because of my coverage of Asphalt Orchestra and Lincoln Center Out of Doors, I figured now was a good time to give you a taste of the timeless tune. So much of American popular music stems from the Carter Family that it seemed appropriate to use one of their songs as a sort of theme for this blog about music, theater, art — all forms of the arts — and life in general.
So here's an Emmylou Harris version of the Carter Family classic. Enjoy:
Tagged Asphalt Orchestra, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Carter Family, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

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The agricultural economics program balances the theoretical and practical applications of agricultural economics to give students the best grasp on emerging issues facing professionals in food and agriculture today. Students earn a BS in agriculture with a major in agricultural economics.
While law school admission committees have no preference for undergraduate major, law schools look for breadth and depth in the curriculum and value diversity such as found in the agricultural economics major. The Association of American Law Schools emphasizes the selection of rigorous course work to develop analytical and critical thinking skills, oral and written communications skills, and an understanding of our society's institutions and values.
The specialty option in pre-law, in agricultural economics, with coverage from the natural sciences to applied technology (in food and agriculture) to social sciences to the humanities, provides a wide breadth of educational exposure. It also provides a strong foundation for problem solving with good analytical skills.
The study of economics when combined with political science and philosophy gives students excellent exposure to understanding government and private institutions and to comprehending the value systems that guide the functioning of our society.
Students in the specialty option in pre-law are encouraged to select communication electives that will enhance their creative writing and speaking skills.
As an agricultural economics student in the specialty option in pre-law, you will be encouraged and expected to work closely with both your agricultural economics advisor and the university pre-law advisor. Our goal is to help you design your educational program to maximize your opportunities.
Include at least two numbered 598 or above.
No more than 3 combined total credits from AGEC 460, AGEC 751 and GENAG 515 can be used toward Ag Econ Electives.
See department list for other courses.
Select a combination of 2 courses for a total of 8 credit hours.
With the guidance of your pre-law advisor, select a combination of Specialty courses combined with free electives.
Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.


Houston-based Cobalt International Energy, Inc. CIE has lowered its debt burden over the past six months by about $339.2 million through a series of debt exchanges.
Per a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cobalt issued $32.142 million in 7.750% second lien senior secured notes, due 2023, to some of its debt holders. The notes were issued in exchange for $60.932 million in convertible senior notes, due 2024, at 3.125% annual interest,earlier this month as part of the most recent of these financial exercises.
Per the filing, Cobalt has reached the limits of its ability to issue second lien secured notes under its senior secured indenturesin this final exchange. However, Cobalt declined to disclose further details.
Cobalt's debt load has been eased by the exchange. We believe that the timing is extremely favorable for the company as it is already burdened with many other major problems.
James Painter, the president of exploration and appraisal, resigned in April just after four months of being in the job. Cobalt also faces a riskof being delistedfrom the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) because its share price has fallen below the level allowed by the exchange. The 30-day average of the stock dipped below $1 per share on Feb 22, which means that the companyhad six months to return its share price to above $1 and keep it there long enough to get its 30-day average above that level, per the NYSE rules.
Cobalt is working on a strategy of a reverse stock split. In a recent vote, the company's shareholders approvedthe board to take that action, should the directors deem it necessary.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice closed a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation into Cobalt's operations in Angola. Notably, the company was sparedfrom regulatory actions.
Tim Cutt, the CEO of Cobalt, took control of the company in Jul 2016. Earlier,Cutt had served as the president of petroleum for BHP Billiton.
Cobalt's price chart, however, is unimpressive. Shares of the company have lost 62.5% in the last three months, while the Zacks Oil& Gas – Exploration & Production – U.S. industry registered a decrease of 10.7%.
Cobalt currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Some better-ranked stocks from the same space include SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC, Enbridge Energy, L.P. EEP and Canadian Natural Resources Limited Ltd. CNQ. All these stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
SunCoke Energy posted a positive earnings surprise of 120.0% in the preceding quarter. The company beat estimates in two of the four trailing quarters with average negative earnings surprise of 35.78%.
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I did some research yesterday.
I was studying Chinese letters.
It mentioned that The Tao looks like a dragon.
and without that Spirit we would not have life ever.
when the Tao is akin to the Devil,looking like a dragon.
so that right there should raise a red flag.
Dr. Wayne Dyer needs our prayers everyone.


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Employ more women, Kavitha Kalvakuntla tells industry
Pandemic played havoc with women workforce. 47% women lost their jobs due to covid, while men lost just 7%: Kavitha Kalvakuntla
Pandemic played havoc with the lives of working women. 47% of women lost jobs due to covid, while men lost just 7% said Kavitha Kalvakuntla, MLC.
Out of 47% of women who lost jobs, not many are likely to come back. Employability of women is less than 10%. Pandemic has directly affected women's employment. So you need to extend a helping hand to women to come back to work. Please hire more women, she gave a clarion call. She told the industry leaders on the dias in particular and employers in general to hire more women. Start employing more women from today onwards, she told them.
Kavitha was Chief Guest at the inauguration of Second Edition of Business Women Expo-2022, India's largest women-owned businesses expo BWE-2022, featuring a novel and disruptive businesses and their products
It is jointly hosted by Hitex and COWE (Confederation of Women Enterprises) India. TiE Hyderabad is its knowledge partner. The other supporting bodies include the Development Commissionerate of the Ministry of MSME, DICCI, HYSEA, FTCCI and others
Over 150 women entrepreneurs from across India are showcasing their products.
According to World Bank, only 21% of women in India are working, while the world average is 47% and the USA is 86%. If we reach this number of 86%, then there is a direct benefit to our GDP. They will be contributing 4.2% to our GDP besides that every year it can add 19 billion US dollars to our nation's economy, said Kavitha
I will work hand in hand with organisations like COWE, who made me today part of their family. We need to focus on three things to develop women's entrepreneurship. The first one is policy advocacy. Exclusive Industrial parks for women lead businesses are fine. But what we need is 10% in every industrial corridor must be exclusively reserved for women, Kavitha told.
The second thing we need to focus on is creating awareness among the women about various schemes the governments offer to develop women entrepreneurship. Not many women are aware of it. It is found that a meager 17% of women are aware of the various schemes introduced by governments, she told. Women bodies in particular and other industrial associations must create awareness about these, Kavitha said.
The third most important thing is women need access to financial institutions. Every women entrepreneur needs to be attached to one financial institution for their capital requirement. The World Bank says 70% women entrepreneurs never got any financial support from any financial institutions. Most of the women's enterprises are bootstrapped. They start businesses with their own money. It must be changed, Kavitha said
I am happy to engage with COWE on some of these matters. It is very important to impart a culture of entrepreneurship from the college days in the youth. I am happy to note that COWE's youth wing is called Young COWE.
Welcoming the gathering Vandana Maheshwari, National President COWE said the theme of International Women's Day is "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow". If we do not understand the crux of equality, observing these days is meaningless.
COWE is registered as a hand-holding agency on the Stand-up India portal and currently doing the 2nd Edition of Webinar Series of 20 Webinars on various topical subjects of importance to women entrepreneurship, she added
Mr Srikanth T.G, Business Head, HITEX said the value additions introduced in the second edition of Business Women Expo are B2B meets, Investor Connect, Job Drive, investor interface, participation of 150 exhibitors from across India.
Bharani Aroll, President of HYSEA said, the IT Industry in the state is contributing 15% to the state's GDP.
Ms Rashida Adenwala---Vice President, TiE, Hyderabad said on the second day of the Business Women Expo, an Investor Connect program will be organized. Over 70 entrepreneurs showed keen interest and submitted their entries to participate in the Investors Connect Program. We have shortlisted some and curated 20, who will pitch their idea in front of the Jury Panel of Investors and if they like the idea, they will invest in the company, she added.
K Bhaskar Reddy, President of FTCCI who is also the Managing Director, Creamline Dairy Products Ltd. said FTCCI (The Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry) is in the forefront in imparting knowledge to promote women's entrepreneurship. FTCCI is organising awareness programs in Khammam, Warangal and Nizamabad about rural women entrepreneurship.
D. Chandra Sekhar, Additional Development Commissioner, MSME (Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises)-Development Institute said that they have sponsored 54 women entrepreneurs to participate in Business Women Expo. Out of these 34 women are from Telangana and the rest 20 are from Gujarat and other states. We have spent Rs 20 lakhs on the same. Women business owners can also travel abroad to promote their enterprises. For this, we have identified 700 exhibitions. They can apply for the same before March 15. We will give them Rs 1.5 lakh towards the flight ticket and Rs 3 lakh toward the participation. 40% of MSME programs are meant for women he said.
Few notable exhibitors in the expo are Cocotang which offers 121 varieties of tender coconut-based mocktails, pulp shakes and vegan coffees; Holy Waste turning temple waste into useful products; Wud Box which produces bamboo toothbrushes etc; "Vistaraku Leaf Tableware", which is trying to revive the tradition of eating on leaves; patent applied Millet Bowl, a millet-based Proteinshaik that you can drink and eat and many other.
Some of the innovative and disruptive businesses include
Dr. Neelima's Cocotang manufactures tender coconut-based drinks. They serve 121 varieties of tender coconut-based mocktails, pulp shakes and vegan coffees which are preservative-and chemical-free.
"Vistaraku Leaf Tableware", a Hyderabadi couple's venture which is trying to revive the tradition of eating on leaves.
"Sailaja, a successful entrepreneur in male-dominated hand sanitiser and housekeeping chemical industry.
Though Ms Sailaja, founder underwent many struggles in the initial stages, is now doing well and helping other micro women entrepreneurs. She bagged orders from DRDL, GMR and many others going well.
Holy Waste is a novel social enterprise, run jointly by Maya Vivek and Minal. What the company does is collect temple waste flowers and make them into soaps, incense sticks and natural compost. "We make the divine waste holy again", says Maya Vivek.
Wud Box is a disruptive venture promoted by Charu Dhyani. It provides bamboo-based kits for hotels (bamboo toothbrushes etc) and natural biodegradable kits to mothers (Coconut Fiber Dish Scrub etc) in the hospitals.
Keerti Chekoti, an NRI returned from Nairobi to India and founded Chek Organics. They produce organic farm products like superfood NONI, Cereals, Legumes, Nuts, Spices, millets, fruits and vegetables. Its flagship product, CHECK ORGANIC NONI JUICE, is made of wonder fruit called NONI, which claims to have 150+ nutraceuticals and other medicinal properties.
Millet Bowl is a disruptive company. It offers a patent filed product Multi Millet Protein Shake. It is ready to drink and eat millet-based products which come with a shelf life of 12 months.
Cottage Wellness, a venture of mother and son run with one single driving factor, let food be thy medicine…meaning, let us lead a healthy life by consuming organic/ naturally grown foods
Ancient Living, an eco-conscious, alternate lifestyle company bringing forefront the good old childhood games such Gilli Danda, Lagori, Cup and Ball Wooden Toy, Pachisi, Puli Meka Board Game and Covid 19 essentials and others
The Business Women Expo 2022 is a B2B and B2C exhibition. MSME is supporting 54 stalls through the Procurement and Marketing Support (PMS) Scheme informed Ms Vandana Maheshwari---National President of COWE.
TiE Women is a platform within TiE Global to provide resources to empower women. The initiative has impacted over 200 women and two of them went on and participated in Shark Tank and are also funded to the extent of INR 56 crore, she told
Business Idea Competition finals will be held during the Business Women Expo. We have received over 100 entries. The finals will be held on 11th March and winners will be given away prizes, informed Ms Jyotsna Cheruvu--President of COWE Hyderabad Chapter
Madhu Tyagi, Vice President of COWE informed that B2B Meetings will be held in 4 industry verticals like Hospitality, Health Care, Retail and Manufacturing. Through these meetings, businesswomen will be connected to potential customers
A job drive will be conducted by Qentelli and Progress. The expo has a food entrepreneur pavilion, which is a platform for food entrepreneurs and food innovators. The foodpreneur pavilion has 30 stalls. The expo also has a platform for new business ideas. Along with the expo, a Women's Run will be held
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Brian Rowsom out as NeoPhoenix coach
San-en NeoPhoenix head coach Brian Rowsom's team has opened the season with an 0-10 record. He was fired earlier this week. | B. LEAGUE
by Ed Odeven
After an 0-10 start under new coach Brian Rowsom, the San-en NeoPhoenix have parted ways with the American mentor.
Rowsom's contract was terminated on Monday, he confirmed in an email to The Japan Times. The former NBA forward told this newspaper it was a "mutual agreement."
On Wednesday, the NeoPhoenix made the announcement on their website.
Rowsom is the first head coach in the B. League 18-team first division to be fired this season.
The Central Division team, coming off a 22-38 season under former bench boss Hiroki Fujita, now faces the daunting task of trying to position itself to stave off demotion at the end of the 60-game campaign.
Former Sendai 89ers head coach Shuto Kawachi, who played and served as an assistant coach for the franchise when it was known as the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix during the bj-league era, worked under Fujita as associate head coach the past three seasons. Now, Kawachi, 34, is tasked with running the show, the team announced on Wednesday.
First up: a weekend series against the visiting Osaka Evessa (5-4) on Saturday and Sunday in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.
General manager Seiichiro Kage, whose association with the organization dates to 2001 as an OSG Phoenix player, will work alongside Kawachi on a revamped coaching staff.
"There are many injured (players), and the fight in a difficult situation of 10 consecutive losses will be fierce," Kage said in a statement. "But we will continue to support head coach Kawachi as a club. I will also serve as an assistant coach, fighting with Kawachi with all my strength to (earn) even one win."
Said Kawachi: "Although we are in a difficult situation, we will be able to reinforce our players' results so that we can regain the pride of this (franchise's) history. . . . I will fight with responsibility and preparedness."
Captain Tatsuya Suzuki, the team's veteran point guard with a dynamic influence on the offense, hasn't played a game yet this season due to an injury. He averaged 4.8 assists in 52 games in 2018-19, when he directed the offense effectively, as evidenced by his 249 assists against 78 turnovers.
Without Suzuki in the lineup, the NeoPhoenix have been plagued by an abundance of turnovers. Through Sunday, they're averaging a league-high 15.5 per game.
Rowsom, 54, joined a team whose victory total had decreased in each of the three previoius seasons of the B. League era. Two season ago, San-en went 25-35 in 2017-18, an eight-win decline from the 2016-17 campaign.
Before joining San-en, Rowsom had led Indonesia's CLS Knights to the ASEAN Basketball League crown in May. In recent years, his coaching career had also included stops in Vietnam, Bahrain and Qatar, as well as a stint as an assistant coach for the Toshiba Brave Thunders from 2014 to 2016 in the now-disbanded NBL.
In Sunday's 98-87 defeat to the Ryukyu Golden Kings in Okinawa City, the hosts shot 14 of 29 from 3-point range.
Only three of the NeoPhoenix's defeats have been by 10 or less points.
Among the NeoPhoenix newcomers, rookie center Jessie Govan, who completed his college career earlier this year at Georgetown University, is contributing 20.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists through Sunday, while forward Devin Ebanks is averaging 25.3 points and 7.3 rebounds.
The NeoPhoenix did not re-sign their best all-around player, Josh Childress, after last season.
Midseason showcase
The 2019-20 All-Star Game will be held on Jan. 18 in Sapporo. The fourth annual contest, featuring players divided into B. Black and B. White, will tip off at 7 p.m.
Brian Rowsom, Tatsuya Suzuki, Shuto Kawachi, San-en NeoPhoenix, Seiichiro Kage


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As decentralized applications represent the spirit of innovation in the crypto economy, ClearCoin is working toward decentralized architecture for its wallet system. In order to complete this, we are starting with a phase out of our centralized wallet system. Your current balance in the centralized wallet system is intact and you are able to request withdrawals from within the Platform. There is no time limit on making withdrawals from the centralized wallet system. As per regulatory requirements, users must complete a standard KYC (know your customer) form in order to make their withdrawal. The KYC form will be sent to you by the support team if you haven't completed it in the past.
The balance you have in the centralized wallet system belongs to you, and you are able to view the balance from within the Platform. The XCLR that is held in the current system will now be stored in one of the company's multi-signature wallets until the withdrawal is requested by the owner of the balance. The withdrawal system is reflective of centralized exchanges that aggregate total balances of their users and withdraw to the users when users elect to do so. The future system will be more reflective of decentralized exchanges like IDEX that have users store and secure their own private key or login with a service like MetaMask.
The decentralized system has a number of benefits including security on the user level and greater security for our set of products and services. Users who would like to fund ad campaigns will still be able to do so by funding the line item wallets with XCLR from any ERC20 compatible wallet. The guide on funding ad campaigns is available at this link. Well known ERC20 compatible wallets include Ledger Nano S, Trezor, MetaMask, Mist, MyEtherWallet, and Jaxx.
As we work through these changes with the wallet architecture, there will be high volume movements of the XCLR token on its contract address. The balance in your dashboard will be unchanged until you make a withdrawal. As always, the support team can be reached by emailing help@clearcoin.co.
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Buying your Christmas tree on the street? Prices may vary
By Sandra Bookman
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Maybe because there's a Christmas tree vendor on just about every other street corner in Manhattan.
So what about those trees? Are prices the same on every corner?
Even though Christmas is still nearly four weeks away, many New Yorkers are out shopping for their trees.
Buyers like Angela Horton were already in the festive spirit.
"I don't worry about (buying too early), no," she said. "Never too early to have a tree."
And there are plenty of choices, from Fraser, balsam, concolor and Douglas firs to Scotch pine and blue or white spruce, a lot depends on what you're looking for.
"A lot of people are asking for the smell of the tree because I guess you don't get that," tree vendor Jazz Bousquet said. "Because here, it's a concrete jungle."
Of course, the price is also important. In a random survey of tree vendors across Manhattan, we found some significant differences.
Comparing the cost of a six-foot premium Fraser Fir at several sellers, in Greenwich Village and Kips Bay, $120 was the going rate.
We came across the highest price for that top-of-the-line tree in Hell's Kitchen, where the price tag was a whopping $180. It was $140 on the Upper West Side, while the lowest price we found was in Harlem, at $85.
So neighborhood may or may not influence the price.
"They will be willing to pay a good amount of money for a tree that looks really good and is gonna last past Christmas," Bousquet said.
One tip from the National Christmas Tree Association: To get the best deal on a tree, buy the week before Christmas.
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Latgale is historically a very multi-cultural region. By the middle of the 17th century a large number of Jews had migrated into the region. This migration continued into the next century. In the middle of 19th century about 11,000 Jews lived in Latgale. In 1804, Jews were allowed to live only in Latgalian cities and villages, as officials were afraid that due to competition, fertile Polish lands could come under Jewish ownership. In Vishki District, Jews lived in Vishki village, where economic activity was thriving.
Normal life was interrupted by WWII, which started in 1939. In 1940 Latvia was occupied by Soviet Union's army and in 1941 right after Soviet Union joined WWII, Latvia was occupied by Nazi Germany. Daugavpils and adjacent districts were under German army control already on June 26, and by Oct 8 1941, all of Latvia was occupied. In in March-April 1941, by the direction of Hitler, under the leadership of Himler and Heidrih, Germany's Main Security Council had devised plan of action to eliminate the Jews in the occupied territories. This plan was intended as a total elimination of Jewish nation, which is known by the term "Holocaust".
In Latvia this slaughterous operation was entrusted to general-major V. Shtalker. It was ordered to widely involve local population in the Holocaust. This is was Nazi Germany organized crime, which was carried out by special units from Germany, involving local criminals, in whose hands arms were placed. In many cases, they were joined by people with violent and sadistical tendencies. The first line of German army treated locals well, but then appeared in Vishki a Nazi special unit ordered to destroy the Jews. They were violent towards all locals, breaking into the houses and shouting "Hands Up!", searching houses and stealing valuable belongings. In Vishki village, in the pub belonging to J.Bekesh, a command center was formed (headed by Ratnieks and his deputy Saulishs), but in the fire station they created a detention center for the locals that were accused for being Soviet collaborationists, or "Reds".
In Vishki District most bloody operations were organized and carried out by home-grown "zhyd-shooters" ("žīds"- Latvian for "a Jew", which was changed after the war to "ebrejs", from Russian "еврей", to avoid parallels with the Holocaust. While in Russian "жид" is an offensive and derogative word, in the Baltic languages it didn't have a negative connotation before the war. In Lithuanian, word "žydas" is still in use, the street in old Vilnius where Vilno Gaon lived is called today Žydu iela), who after the war were remembered by the elderly. They were horrified telling about inhumane atrocities these people committed. The tragedy of Vishki Jews started in July 1941, when those involved in the local command centre started to recruit locals to identify and eventually bring together all Jews. Ostrov Wood by the Vishki Lake was being prepared for the bloody operation, and it was announced to the locals that Jews will be shot there. Machine-guns were being installed. Vishki District became a closed zone, all the Jews were taken to Ostrov.
. On July 29 1940, the "rarefaction" of Ghetto inhabitants started. Some were transferred to "better facilities" in Mezhciems Camp. Firstly, those over 60 were chosen for deadly transfers. The Ghetto was still quiet, as people did not believe that column of old people taken to Mezhciems was killed (Jews were shot in the Poguljanka Forest). On August 2, all of Latgale's Jews, including those from Vishki, were prepared for a "transfer to a separate camp with improved conditions". In order not to cause hostility for the "transfer", the column was accompanied by city's (not mentioned, but probably Daugavpil's) chief doctor-therapist Gurevich, who's task it was to provide medical care if necessary. Also at this time, the Jews believed their executioners.
Doctor Gurevich (poisoned himself in Concentration Camp by Riga in 1944) was an eye-witness to an August 2 transfer. He later told (when he was transferred to Concentration Camps after shootings of Latgala Jews): "I saw everything. I heard shouts and moans of the poor desperate people. Some of them were fighting the murderers like lions. I saw how betrayed Jews, even wounded and bleeding to death, were attacking the executioners with their bare hands, some with stones, and were fighting till their last breath. These were strong, courageous people. About 20 shooters were wounded, and a few were strangled and taken with them to the pit". (out of Z.Jakub's book Jews in Daugavpils, publ. 1993).
Only a few Vishki Jews managed to save their lives: those who fled Vishki or were hiding with locals. Grisha Fogel and Josef Reins were hiding in Korolyevschina, and later for 2.5 years in Harcishki at Sergey Trofimov's house. The conductor of Daugavpils Symphonic Orchestra Pauls Krumins whodied in 1965 in Riga hid the outstanding violinist Cila Gradis and her sister Nadja at his friend's home in Vishki and later in Niderkuni village. There were courageous people of various nationalities, who risked their own life, saving innocent people from death. Pages of Vishki District's history also remember Dagda's Jews tragedy in Kalnavishki. Locals, who today all are over 70, remember another event in 1941, a heartless, horrifying and hard-to-comprehend in today's civilized world.
At about 10:00 in the neighboring villages, the locals heard machine-gun shots. After a couple of hours everything silenced. People wanted to see, to know what happened. It turned out that the pit was full to the edges with bodies. In early Spring 1942 from Kalnavishki Quarry water flooded towards the pit, and body parts started to appear here and there. The land was flooded by blood.
When the German army backed out, Kalnavishki road was closed for a few days, around the pit a big tent was constructed and bodies were burned. Until today the elders in Vishki remember the black dust and the stench coming with the wind from Kalnavsihki.
On October 6 2002, the Vishki District Municipality funded an opening of the Vishki and Dagda Jews tragedy memorial. Locals, Dagda residents, a delegation of Daugavpils Jewish Community participated in the opening of the memorial. Professor of the Daugavpils University, J. Steimanis, gave a speech, lecturer D. Olehnovich, researcher A. Rachinska from Jelgava, repressed citizens from Dagda and others. Candles were lit by the memorial stone, flowers were brought. The memorial stone was cut by Aivars Regzha.


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The fifth installment of the Democratic debate series took place on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Atlanta, and Joe Biden was recorded on stage with his foot more firmly secured in his mouth than Americans have yet seen this election cycle. As disheartening as it is to admit it, image is vital in politics, and Biden appears to be hell-bent on constructing himself as befuddled and out of touch with his own party. The most recent debate seemed to make one thing very clear; Biden is not sharp enough to compete on the debate stage. The fact of the matter is that the former vice president may simply be too old to keep up.
Throughout the majority of the previous debates, Biden has been the preferred target of nearly all the other candidates as he has been leading in many polls since launching his campaign. One might think that two previous runs at the presidency in 1988 and 2008, along with decades of experience in politics, might have prepared Biden for these attacks, but unfortunately, his greatest challenge on the debate stage is himself. Biden's first major stumble occurred when he was discussing how to prevent sexual assault and violence against women from happening on college campuses by repeating "we're gonna keep punching at it," resulting in audible scoffs from the audience.
Biden then once again tripped over his words while arguing his appeal to black voters, noting that he had the support of "the only bl- African American that had been elected to the United States Senate;" cameras then cutting to a confused Cory Booker before he began to grin and interjected with a delighted "that's not true!" Biden stood frozen with his mouth agape as the crowd erupted in laughter, before realizing his mistake, shouting "I said the first!" It was too late, the damage had been done. The camera then cut to an outwardly amused Kamala Harris, a female African American senator, holding up her hands as if to say that she too was bewildered by the former vice president's ramblings.
Reacting to the vice president's meltdown during the debate on CNN, former Chief Campaign Strategist for the Obama campaign, David Axelrod, remarked that Biden appeared to be "Mr. Magooing his way" through the primary. It is unfortunate that Biden's demeanor is so unintentionally cartoonish during debates, as it is ultimately distracting voters from his moderate platform, which is arguably vital for balancing a ballot featuring some of the most left platforms to be legitimately considered by the Democratic party. For instance, Cory Booker's attack on Biden for his recent invocation of the term "gateway drug" to describe marijuana has arguably distracted many viewers from the fact that Biden is actually a believer in federally decriminalizing marijuana and leaving the rest up to the states, a centrist policy which might actually appeal to some voters who are more leery of clear cut legalization.
The most significant consequence of Biden's perceived lack of mental agility is the fact that he isn't polling well with young voters. This is one of the problems that ultimately cost Hilary Clinton the 2016 election, and it does not bode well that in an analysis for the Washington Post, Martin Wattenberg, a professor of political science, compares him to the last Democratic nominee. Biden is doing very well with seniors, but in Iowa, he is only polling at 2% with voters under the age of 30. This pattern makes it more likely that Biden will win the primary but then lose the general election just as Clinton did as significantly more young voters come out for the general election than the primary election.
Biden isn't the only significantly older candidate, as both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump would also be the oldest president ever should they win the general election. The difference is that Biden's age is shining through most clearly during debates, and young voters simply are not going to elect a centrist "Mr. Magoo." Before laying into Biden about his marijuana comments, Booker mentioned that Biden swore him in and he described Biden as "a hero." Rather than write that off as a concession, it's time that Biden retire and content himself with the fine, if not controversial, cohort of politicians he helps produce.
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Research: Gene Therapy May Cure 'Bubble Boy' Disease
Bubble boy disease is formally called severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID. This genetic disorder is diagnosed in about 40 to 100 babies each year in the United States. The nickname comes from the experience of a Houston boy, David Vetter, who became famous for living behind plastic barriers to protect him from germs. He died in 1984 at age 12.
He had the most common form of SCID. Recent studies found that gene therapy produced impressive results for that form of the disease, but also carried a risk of leukemia.
The new study involved a different, less common form of SCID – and one that holds a key position in medical history. In 1990 it became the first illness to be treated by gene therapy, according to the U.S. government. Two Ohio girls improved but continued to take medication.
This form of SCID arises in babies with a genetic defect that leaves them deficient of an enzyme called adenosine deaminase. Patients can be treated with twice-weekly shots of the enzyme or a bone marrow transplant, but the medicine is expensive and marrow transplants don't always work.
Gene therapy for the new study was performed in Italy and Israel. Researchers removed marrow cells from the patients, equipped the cells with working copies of the gene for the enzyme, and injected the cells back into the patients. In most cases, that was done before age 2.
The journal article reports the outcome two to eight years later, with an average of four years. All 10 patients were still alive, but two needed further treatment. None showed signs of leukemia or other health problems from the therapy, the researchers said.
Dr. Donald Kohn, a SCID expert at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, said scientists are trying to understand why gene therapy produces a leukemia risk with the most common form of SCID but not the enzyme-related form.
The new findings are good news for the idea of using gene therapy to treat some other blood cell disorders, including sickle cell disease, said Kohn, who didn't participate in the new study.
New England Journal of Medicine: www.nejm.org
Information on SCID: www.genome.gov/13014325
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Q: DirectX 11 engine is not running suddenly after third code improvement and I don't know why I am Following a C++ game tutorial using the DirectX 11 engine.  In the first two parts, my code was fine, but on the third part (creating the SwapChain) the DirectX window decided to not show up, leaving me with the console.  I don't really know how to describe the code so I will just insert all the classes, header files, etc.
main.cpp:
#include "AppWindow.h"

int main()
{
    AppWindow app;
    if (app.Init())
    {
        while (app.isRun())
        {
            app.brodcast();
        }

    }

    return 0;
}

AppWindow.cpp:
#include "AppWindow.h"

void AppWindow::onCreate()
{
    GraphicsEngine::get()->init();
    m_swap_chain = GraphicsEngine::get()->crreateSwapChain();

    RECT rc = this->getClientWindowRect();
    m_swap_chain->init(this->m_hwnd, rc.right-rc.left, rc.bottom-rc.top);

}

void AppWindow::onUpdate()
{
}

void AppWindow::onDestroy()
{
    Window::onDestroy();
    GraphicsEngine::get()->release();
}

AppWindow.h:
#pragma once
#include "Window.h"
#include "GraphicsEngine.h"
#include "SwapChain.h"

class AppWindow: public Window
{
public:
    // Inherited via Window
    virtual void onCreate() override;
    virtual void onUpdate() override;
    virtual void onDestroy() override;
private:
    SwapChain * m_swap_chain;
};

Window.cpp:
#include "Window.h"

Window* window = nullptr;

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
{
    switch (msg)
    {
    case WM_CREATE:
    {
        //Event fired when the window will be created
        //collected here...
        Window* window = (Window*)((LPCREATESTRUCT)lparam)->lpCreateParams;
        //...and then stored here for later look up
        SetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)window);
        window->setHWND(hwnd);
        window->onCreate();
        break;
    }

    case WM_DESTROY:
    {
        //Event fired when the window will be destroyed
        window->onDestroy();
        ::PostQuitMessage(0);
        break;
    }

    default:
        return ::DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam);

    }

    return NULL;
}

bool Window::Init()
{
    WNDCLASSEX wc;
    wc.cbClsExtra = NULL;
    wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wc.cbWndExtra = NULL;
    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_WINDOW;
    wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hInstance = NULL;
    wc.lpszClassName = "MyWindowClass";
    wc.lpszMenuName = "";
    wc.style = NULL;
    wc.lpfnWndProc = &WndProc;

    if (!::RegisterClassEx(&wc)) //if the registration of the class will fail, the function will return false
        return false;
    if (!window)
        window = this;
    //creation of the window
    m_hwnd=::CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, "MyWindowClass", "DirectX Application", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 1024, 768, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

    //if the creation fails then the method will return false
    if (!m_hwnd)
        return false;

    //show up the window
    ::ShowWindow(m_hwnd, SW_SHOW);
    ::UpdateWindow(m_hwnd);

    //set this flag to  true to indicate that the window is initialized and running
    m_is_run = true;

    return true;
}

bool Window::brodcast()
{
    MSG msg;

    while (::PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) > 0)
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);

    }

    window->onUpdate();

    Sleep(0);

    return true;
}

bool Window::Release()
{
    //destroy the window
    if (!::DestroyWindow(m_hwnd))
        return false;

    return true;
}

void Window::onDestroy()
{
    m_is_run = false;
}

bool Window::isRun()
{
    return m_is_run;
}

RECT Window::getClientWindowRect()
{
    RECT rc;
    ::GetClientRect(this->m_hwnd, &rc);
    return rc;
}

void Window::setHWND(HWND hwnd)
{
    this->m_hwnd = hwnd;
}

Window.h:
#pragma once
#include <windows.h>

class Window
{
public:
    //Initialize the window
    bool Init();
    bool brodcast();
    //Release the window
    bool Release();
    bool isRun();

    RECT getClientWindowRect();
    void setHWND(HWND hwnd);

    //EVENTS
    virtual void onCreate()=0;
    virtual void onUpdate()=0;
    virtual void onDestroy()=0;

protected:
    HWND m_hwnd;
    bool m_is_run;
};

GraphicsEngine.cpp:
#include "GraphicsEngine.h"
#include <d3d11.h>
#include "SwapChain.h"

bool GraphicsEngine::init()
{
    D3D_DRIVER_TYPE driver_types[] =
    {
        D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,
        D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_WARP,
        D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_REFERENCE
    };
    UINT num_driver_types = ARRAYSIZE(driver_types);

    D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL feature_levels[]=
    {
        D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0
    };
    UINT num_feature_levels = ARRAYSIZE(feature_levels);

    HRESULT res = 0;
    for (UINT driver_type_index = 0; driver_type_index < num_driver_types;)
    {
        res = D3D11CreateDevice(NULL, driver_types[driver_type_index], NULL, NULL, feature_levels,
            num_feature_levels, D3D10_1_SDK_VERSION, &m_d3d_device, &m_feature_level, &m_imm_context);

        if (SUCCEEDED(res))
            break;

        ++driver_type_index;
    }

    if (FAILED(res))
    {
        return false;
    }

    m_d3d_device->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIDevice), (void**)&m_dxgi_device);
    m_dxgi_device->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIAdapter), (void**)&m_dxgi_adapter);
    m_dxgi_adapter->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIFactory), (void**)&m_dxgi_factory);
    return true;
}

bool GraphicsEngine::release()
{
    m_dxgi_device->Release();
    m_dxgi_adapter->Release();
    m_dxgi_factory->Release();
    m_imm_context->Release();
    m_d3d_device->Release();

    return true;
}

GraphicsEngine * GraphicsEngine::get()
{
    static GraphicsEngine engine;
    return &engine;
}

SwapChain * GraphicsEngine::crreateSwapChain()
{
    return new SwapChain();
}

GraphicsEngine.h
#pragma once
#include <d3d11.h>

class SwapChain;

class GraphicsEngine
{
public:
    //initialize graphics engine and DirectX 11 device
    bool init();
    //release all the resources loaded
    bool release();

    static GraphicsEngine* get();

    SwapChain* crreateSwapChain();
private:
    ID3D11Device * m_d3d_device;
    D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL m_feature_level;
    ID3D11DeviceContext * m_imm_context;
    IDXGIDevice * m_dxgi_device;
    IDXGIAdapter * m_dxgi_adapter;
    IDXGIFactory * m_dxgi_factory;
    friend class SwapChain;

};

SwapChain.cpp:
#include "SwapChain.h"
#include "GraphicsEngine.h"

bool SwapChain::init(HWND hwnd, UINT width, UINT height)
{
    ID3D11Device *device = GraphicsEngine::get()->m_d3d_device;

    DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC desc;
    ZeroMemory(&desc, sizeof(desc));
    desc.BufferCount = 1;
    desc.BufferDesc.Width = width;
    desc.BufferDesc.Height = height;
    desc.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;
    desc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60;
    desc.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
    desc.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
    desc.OutputWindow = hwnd;
    desc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
    desc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
    desc.Windowed = TRUE;

    //Create the SwapChain for the window initialized by the HWND paramater
    HRESULT hr = GraphicsEngine::get()->m_dxgi_factory->CreateSwapChain(device, &desc, &m_swap_chain);

    if (FAILED(hr))
    {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

bool SwapChain::release()
{
    m_swap_chain->Release();
    delete this;
    return true;
}

SwapChain.h:
#pragma once
#include <d3d11.h>
class SwapChain
{
public:
    //Initialize a SwapChain for a window
    bool init(HWND hwnd, UINT width, UINT height);
    //release the SwapChain
    bool release();
private:
    IDXGISwapChain* m_swap_chain;
};

A: In window.cpp I get an Exception at this->m_hwnd = hwnd;
The problem is in this line of code:
Window* window = (Window*)((LPCREATESTRUCT)lparam)->lpCreateParams;

The incoming lparam is a null value, making window a null pointer, which eventually leads to an access error.
How to solve?
When call CreateWindowEx, you need to pass a pointer to Window class in the final void* parameter.
//creation of the window
m_hwnd = ::CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, "MyWindowClass", "DirectX Application", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 1024, 768, NULL, NULL, NULL, window);

Note: (Problems you may encounter)

If the Direct3D 11.1 runtime is present on the computer and
  pFeatureLevels is set to NULL, this function won't create a
  D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1 device. To create a D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1
  device, you must explicitly provide a D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL array that
  includes D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1. If you provide a D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL
  array that contains D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1 on a computer that doesn't
  have the Direct3D 11.1 runtime installed, this function immediately
  fails with E_INVALIDARG.

Refer: D3D11CreateDevice function
You may need to use D3D11_SDK_VERSION instead of D3D10_1_SDK_VERSION in D3D11CreateDevice.
Refer: How To: Get the Device Feature Level

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Rather than submit to the will pf commoners, Hostess has declared discontinuation of the brand, and is on it's merry way to shut down production lines , factories, and a piece of American culture and history. We will mourn the loss of the famous spongecake.
A general update is suggesting that quite possibly, Hostess may be saved by various businessmen. We have little to no word on the validity of this claim, it all seems like rumor at the moment.
Little debbie shoud buy hosstess and keep making twinkies. Ps. R.I.P twinkies.
They probably wont sell the company, they are closing , not due to financial loss, but rather due to popular support against the company. Call it revenge if you will.
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Hostess is in active talks on asset sales with 110 parties, financial adviser Joshua Scherer of Perella Weinberg Partners LP told the judge yesterday. Some of the would-be buyers are "large companies" with recognizable names, and some have hired investment bankers and are evaluating company data, Scherer added.


Singapore, city of silk shirts, colonial grandeur, Singapore Slings at The Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, peanut shells, Change Alley, merchant shipping and the infamous Merlion, not to mention the best chicken satay anywhere in the world. Nowadays the city is a melting pot of cultures, a haven for ex-pats and a centre of tourism. However, there is a lot more to this ex-British colony than its culinary expertise, financial finesse and adventurous nautical history.
This tiny sovereign island nation was the scene of the largest surrender of British-led forces ever recorded in history. Singapore is a sovereign island nation, sandwiched between Malaysia and Indonesia in South-East Asia. At the time, it was considered by the British as their Gibraltar in the Far East, assumed to be just as impregnable and certainly as valuable as it's European counterpart. Singapore was, and indeed remains, the gateway to the rest of Asia. If youraf control Singapore, then you control a huge proportion of the Far East.
Raffles Hotel, SingaporeIn the 1930s and 1940s, the British forces stationed in Singapore epitomized the British military idea of officers and gentlemen. The atmosphere was very much one of colonial sociability. The Raffles Hotel was as synonymous with military life for many officers as the heat, tin hats and khaki uniform and not forgetting the ever-present Japanese threat. However, as prevalent as this threat may have been, there was an air almost of lethargy among the colonial forces stationed there at the time. An attack was expected, but victory for the British forces was considered a foregone conclusion. Singapore was designed as a formidable fortress and thought impregnable. This arrogance was to contribute to the eventual downfall of the British forces.
When the Japanese did attack, it was indicative of their military prowess in the region at the time. Their soldiers were ruthless, brutal and fearless, and the attack happened with a speed and savagery that took the British forces completely by surprise. Encouraged not to take prisoners, simply to execute those in their path, the Japanese swept through Singapore with the force of a tsunami, leaving shock and destruction in their wake.
At the beginning of December 1941, on the same day that Japan was attacking Pearl Harbour half a world away, the Japanese simultaneously bombed the Royal Air Force bases to the north of Singapore on the Malay coast, thereby eliminating the Air Force's ability to either retaliate or protect the occupying troops on the ground. Their tactics were shrewd and incredibly well thought out. Before a Japanese soldier set foot on Singaporean soil, Britain's naval and aerial capabilities had both been destroyed. When the Navy responded by sending the battleship 'Prince of Wales' and the battle cruiser 'Repulse' at the head of a fleet of ships, both were torpedoed and sank into the tropical waters. This left Singapore defenseless to assaults from both air and sea. Britain and Singapore's only hope was in the British Army and Commonwealth forces.
'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse' under Japanese air attack, 10th December 1941There was still an expectation at this point that the attack would come from the sea. It was a much simpler way for the Japanese forces to attack, than sending troops through the treacherous jungle, mangroves and swamp that characterized the land. Over-estimating the defensive nature of the jungle was a grave mistake that left the British-led forces completely outmaneuvered. In fact, a sea attack was so expected that, at huge expense in the 1930's, Singapore had been fortified with huge gun placements that pointed straight out to sea. Of course these defenses proved ineffectual in repelling an attack over land. The Japanese forces mandate for not taking prisoners also allowed a speed of attack for which the British were not prepared. Without having to stop, restrain and corral enemy troops, the attacking forces could move quickly over the ground.
The British commander at the time, Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, had 90,000 men at his disposal. His forces consisted not only of British, but also Canadian, Indian and Australian forces. The fighting began in the north in Malaya. Here Percival's troops were soon humiliated at the Battle of Jitra between the 11th and 12th December 1941. On January 31st 1942, overestimating the size of the enemy forces, the British retreated to Singapore, falling back over the causeway that separated it from the mainland. Meanwhile the Japanese swarmed south, some on stolen bicycles, through the jungle from Kota Bahru towards Singapore, which lay over 600 miles south.
Map of Singapore showing dispersal of British troops, February 1942Percival, aware of the seemingly unstoppable Japanese pursuit, ordered his men to spread over 70 miles in order to face the oncoming onslaught. This proved a fatal mistake. With his forces, although far superior in number, spread so thinly, they were unable to repulse the Japanese forces and were completely overwhelmed. The leader of the Japanese forces, Yamashita attacked with only around 23,000 troops and on 8th February 1942, they entered Singapore.
On their way to surrender to the Japanese. Percival is far rightJust seven days later, on 15th February 1942 Singapore fell to the savagery and tenacity of the Japanese army. Percival surrendered in a futile attempt to prevent further loss of life. An estimated 100,000 people in Singapore were taken prisoner, some 9,000 of whom were said to go on to die building the Burma-Thailand railway. The estimated deaths of those under Japanese control in Singapore range from a Japanese estimate of 5,000 to that of the Chinese of 50,000. Whatever the exact figure, it is undeniable that thousands lost their lives under Japanese occupation.
Percival surrenders to the leader of the Japanese forces Yamashita (seated, centre). Percival sits opposite, between his officers.The worst defeat of all time for British-led forces, it was not only lives that were lost but the idea of European superiority in war. Churchill himself was said to remark that the very honour of the British Empire was at stake in Singapore. That honour and reputation was undoubtedly tarnished. However, arguably not as much as that of the Japanese troops who occupied Singapore. During the fighting and immediately afterward, civilians were murdered, enemy soldiers decapitated, prisoners burnt alive, hospital patients slaughtered where they lay. The savagery was truly shocking to British colonial troops, especially those who, until this battle, had never been in action. What followed was a brutal occupation and massacre of the local Chinese population. Those prisoners that survived and who were interred as Prisoners of War were subjected to three years of pain and torment: many British, Australian and Canadian troops never made it back to their homes, even after the war ended.
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