A great layer for active pursuits in cold climates - this one does it all!
The Patagonia R1 Hoody is a high-performing technical layer without many bells or whistles. This lightweight pullover is perfect for rock climbing missions, backcountry skiing, and cardio-heavy hikes. It breathes beautifully but still provides a lot of warmth for its weight. It's our top overall scorer and the winner of our Editors' Choice award. Our favorite features on this jacket were the 3/4 length zipper and the fitted hood with a built-in balaclava. When you are working up a sweat, you can unzip it almost all the way for extra venting, and when you need just a little extra warmth, you can pull the hood into place and zip it up all the way to the tip of your nose. Sure, you might look a bit like a ninja (especially if you opt for black), but this feature is beyond awesome when you need it. And if you don't want the hood up, it's thin and low profile enough to not interfere with a helmet or other layer.
It comes with thumb loops and a single chest pocket and not much else, but when moving fast in cold weather, less is often more. If you want a jacket that also offers some wind and water protection, the Arc'teryx Fortrez Hoody is a great choice. If you need something a little lighter for less frigid days, the lightweight Outdoor Research Deviator Hoody is also fantastic. But everyone who is active in cold weather should have at least one of these R1 beauties in their closet. It also comes in a R1 Full-Zip with two hand pockets and no chest pocket.
Patagonia now only offers a non-hooded women's R1 Pullover and an R1 Full-Zip Hoody. We now link to the Full-Zip version in this review, retailing for $169. See a photo comparison below.
Patagonia's R1 Full-Zip Hoody, pictured on the left below, features two handwarmer pockets, one of which has an internal zip to keep valuables secure. Many of the design elements and fabrics remain the same between these two versions. See the new version below, followed by the model that we tested.
Though we link to the full zip above, take note that the review below refers to the previous version with the 3/4 length zipper.
The R1 Hoody is part of Patagonia's Regulator fleece series. It's made with Polartec Power Grid fleece (93% recycled polyester, 7% spandex) that is gridded to increase breathability while maximizing warmth. The latest versions of this fleece now come with an anti-microbial "Polygiene" treatment, which is a tiny amount of silver chloride applied to the material during production. This is supposed to prevent the growth of bacteria that thrive in synthetic fabrics and cause the garments to smell over time. This pullover has a 3/4 length zipper, a balaclava style hood, thumb loops, and a zippered left breast pocket.
Our Editors' Choice winner on the go. This fleece is breathable, warm for its weight, and our favorite option for most mountain activities.
Although this is not one of the warmest fleeces that we tested, it does have a surprisingly good warmth-to-weight ratio thanks to its fitted hood, which layers perfectly under a helmet, and the thumb loops that help keep your hands warm.
The Patagonia R1 Hoody is made with a lightweight Regulator grid fleece, which provides standout breathability, durability, and compressibility, and is warmer than the similarly thin Marmot Flashpoint. Overall, this jacket is an excellent mid-layer on a cold day or a perfect stand-alone piece for technical activities in the spring or fall. However, it does not have hand pockets, so if this feature is important to you, you might want to consider the Rab Nucleus Hoody.
This thin fleece is not very warm, but the hood goes a long way to keeping you feeling toasty when the conditions are cold.
This jacket is more of a technical layer than a cozy fleece you'd want to lounge in, and it did not score quite as high in comfort as some of the other fleeces we evaluated.
While its interior is soft and fleecy, the outer fabric is not nearly as touchable as the R2 or The North Face Osito 2. The slightly longer torso, extra-long arms, and roomy shoulders did provide a little extra comfort though, and even after long days on the rocks in this layer we never felt uncomfortable or constricted.
The raglan sleeves keep the seems off your shoulders for more range of motion and less irritation from your backpack straps.
This is one of the most breathable fleeces that we evaluated. The Patagonia R1 Hoody's grid fleece design wicks away moisture with its hundreds of paper-thin channels. This helps effectively regulate temperature even while doing cardio-heavy activities.
Additionally, the pullover design has a deep V-neck that runs all the way to the waist, which allows the torso to vent. Some other models, like the R2 jacket, were almost as breathable, but those are midweight fleeces and by nature not quite as suited to cardio activities. We also found the Marmot Flashpoint fairly breathable, mostly due to the light 100 weight fleece rather than any fancy material construction. The Outdoor Research Deviator Hoody is slightly more breathable because it is even thinner than the R1, but the Deviator is even less warm.
The channels between the blocks of fleece are so thin as to be almost see through. This allows warm air to vent through the fabric, keeping you drier even when being active.
With its thin yet warm design, the Patagonia R1 Hoody works well as a layer over a silk weight top or as a layer underneath a shell, another fleece or a down coat.
It tucks seamlessly into a harness, pulls on quickly over a helmet and the hood layers well under another hat or inside a helmet. It is not roomy enough to use as a final outer layer though, so if you are looking for something to wear over many other layers, then a roomier fleece like The North Face Denali Jacket is the way to go.
This is our favorite layer to wear while climbing on cool days, and it works well under a harness. It also layers well under the Houdini wind breaker jacket.
Thanks to its stretchy fabric and longer torso and arms, this jacket provides maximum ease of movement while maintaining coverage.
We didn't have any issues with the jacket riding up underneath our harness or pack waistbelt, like with did with the OR Deviator. It's a little bit shorter in the torso than the R1, which can be annoying if your proportions are on the long side. The R1's hood doesn't restrict movement at all. We wore it under a ski helmet and still had full range of motion and peripheral vision.
The arms are on the long side so that the thumb loops fit.
The downside to being so breathable is that this jacket does nothing to block the wind or shed water.
Droplets don't even bead up on the surface but instead soak right through. While it dries out fast after a light rain, if you take this jacket as a layer into the mountains you should also grab a wind protective shell like the Patagonia Houdini - Women's or a rain jacket like the Outdoor Research Aspire - Women's. If you are looking for a fleece jacket that will also protect you from the elements a little, say for ice climbing, the Arc'teryx Fortrez Hoody has some similar elements, like a balaclava style hood, but with a protective shell that can block a light rain and wind. Note that this shell does damper the breathability somewhat, resulting in a tradeoff between protection from the elements and venting your perspiration.
Water soaks right into this porous fleece, and it doesn't block the wind much either.
The Patagonia R1 Hoody is a minimalist piece without many extras, although it does have a zippered chest pocket big enough for a smartphone or other small necessities.
It has a slim fit that hugs the body while still leaving room for a layer underneath and it has a slightly longer torso and arms. The fitted hood looks a little silly on, but otherwise, this is an attractive looking layer, though on the "techy" side. If you are looking for a fleece that won't look out of place at a happy hour, consider the Arc'teryx Covert Cardigan.
The arms on the R1 are nice and long because they have to reach mid-palm on the "typical" person to accommodate the thumb loops. This is a bonus for those of us with long arms who find it difficult to find jackets that fit in the sleeves.
This fleece jacket is most at home on adventures in the mountains. Its abrasion-resistant outer fabric allows it to stand up to wear and tear on alpine climbing excursions, while its interior grid design makes it extremely breathable and packable. It's not the warmest layer but instead is designed for when you are active in cold conditions and need to stay warm but not sweaty.
This fleece is perfect for times when you are hiking hard in cold conditions. If it's too chilly for just a t-shirt but you don't want to end up all sweaty, the R1 is the way to go.
While this fleece hoody may be fairly pricey ($159), it offers some awesome technical benefits. We asked several long-time R1 owners how they felt about this fleece and they reported that it is hands down their favorite piece for big adventures where breathability and packability are key. If you want something comparable but are looking to save a bit, the Rab Nucleus Hoody retails for $20 less.
When Patagonia first came out with the R1 Hoody, it was only available in a men's version for several years, and a lot of us ladies were either complaining to Patagonia or wearing the men's version because it is so unique and awesome. Finally, the company answered the ladies' call and retooled it for us, with a more tapered fit and design. Its warmth, breathability and cool features make it THE technical fleece to wear when being active in a cold environment, whether that's alpine or ice climbing, backcountry skiing or even just rock climbing on a cold day. It's not going to be the fleece you wear as a jacket around town, but every adventurous lady should have one of these in her closet.


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Hillary Clinton 2020? Twice failed Dem presidential candidate is not 'closing the doors' to third WH run
First she lost to Obama in 2008, then to Trump in 2016
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Is the third time really the charm?
Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. In 2016, as the Democratic presidential nominee, she lost to Donald Trump in the general election. But two failed White House campaigns may not be enough for Clinton, who is reportedly mulling a third presidential run.
What are the details?
According to CNN's Jeff Zeleny, Clinton has not yet given up her White House hopes.
The top CNN reporter explained Sunday that news from special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation — which last week included the indictment of Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump pre-White House — has renewed Clinton's Oval Office dreams.
"Clinton is telling people that she's not closing the doors to the idea of running in 2020," Zeleny explained. "I'm told by three people that as recently as this week, she was telling people that look, given all this news from the indictments, particularly the Roger Stone indictment, she talked to several people, saying 'look, I'm not closing the doors to this.'"
Still, the reporter cautioned that despite Clinton's interest, that "does not mean that there's a campaign-in-waiting, or a plan in the works."
"Most losing presidential candidates never totally close the doors to running for president. But I think we have to at least leave our mind open to the possibility that she is still talking about it. She wants to take on Trump. Could she win a Democratic primary to do it? I don't know the answer to that," he explained.
Could Clinton face Trump again?
While a Clinton-Trump rematch might make a successful Hollywood plot, the likelihood of a rematch is very low. After all, Clinton already lost to Trump — and Democrats are obsessed with ensuring Trump doesn't win re-election. So why nominate someone whose presidential campaign record is winless?
Indeed, Democrats will have more than a dozen new and viable options come 2020.
Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (N.J.), and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) will all likely be major candidates, in addition to former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas). Other popular Democrats like former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may also enter the race.

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In continuation of its humanitarian services in the Sudanese community, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Sudan received a solar-powered water station, after rehabilitating it, in the village of Issawi in the southern countryside of Khartoum State.
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World's only escapee from negative-rate trap isn't wavering
Half a year since the Riksbank became the world's only central bank to engineer an escape from the shackles of sub-zero monetary policy, its officials are in no mood to return there.
Even a pandemic that could shrink Sweden's economy by more than 6 percent this year hasn't swayed the institution from its determination to avoid a measure that it tried so hard to shake off. I | Photo: Miriam Dalsgaard
By Rafaela Lindeberg and Niclas Rolander / BLOOMBERG
Even a pandemic that could shrink Sweden's economy by more than 6 percent this year hasn't swayed the institution from its determination to avoid a measure that it tried so hard to shake off. Instead, officials meeting in Stockholm this week have insisted their balance sheet is the main weapon against the ravages the coronavirus is inflicting on growth.
That resolve sets the Riksbank apart from its four global counterparts from Europe to Japan that stuck to the policy, before the Covid-19 crisis then kept them locked into it for the foreseeable future. The Bank of England has since signaled that it won't rule out joining that group, despite the potential harm caused to finance industry profits.
"If rates are lowered now, there is a serious risk that a negative policy rate will be permanent," said Torbjorn Isaksson, an economist at Nordea in Stockholm. "Admittedly a rate cut can't be ruled out once the economy is on more solid ground. However, our view is that this will not happen."
The growth shock endured in Sweden stands out as the outcome from what was possibly Europe's loosest lockdown, which softened the blow. At the same time, the country has suffered among the world's highest per-capita death rates.
The In Crowd
Like other central banks, the Riksbank has had to inject stimulus to cushion the fallout, and where the Swedes are part of the crowd is in the use of quantitative easing. Officials have pledged to buy SEK 300 billion (USD 32 billion) in government debt, as well as covered and municipal bonds and commercial paper.
Most fixed-income and currency investors polled by SEB predict the Riksbank will expand QE this year, and almost half of them anticipate that move on Wednesday. Officials could extend the program into next year, and could include corporate bonds in due course too.
"Our main scenario is that the Riksbank won't decide whether to expand the framework until its September meeting, though there's a chance it already wants to announce a decision, if nothing else to avoid the krona appreciating too much this summer," said Knut Hallberg, an economist at Swedbank.
Policy makers could give some clues this week on how their thinking has evolved on subzero policy, which Sweden exited in December after years of frustration with the tool. Some economists do wonder if their resolve to avoid negative rates may soften.
"We expect the Riksbank to strike a dovish tone, given a weak inflation outlook and fast-paced labor market deterioration, with possible guidance for a rate cut ahead," Chetan Ahya, Derrick Y Kam and Frank Zhao at Morgan Stanley wrote in a report on Sunday.
Officials have downplayed the likelihood of the deployment of subzero borrowing costs again, citing their harm to pension funds and the risk of banks introducing negative deposit rates on households' savings accounts, but they haven't ruled them out.
At the last decision in April, Governor Stefan Ingves was adamant that to "make the best of a bad situation," the institution needed to fully employ QE for now.
In the neighboring euro zone, European Central Bank officials have also prioritized tools such as QE during the current crisis. But unlike the Swedes, they have kept their deposit rate firmly in negative territory, at -0.5%. Borrowing costs in Denmark and Switzerland are even lower.
While the Federal Reserve has resisted pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to adopt negative rates, the U.K. is one jurisdiction that has recently signaled a willingness to embrace the idea. Citigroup Inc. predicted earlier this month that the BOE will probably cut its rate to -0.1 percent by the middle of 2021 if the country fails to secure a trade deal with the the European Union.
What is clear is that every central bank is struggling with the particularly harsh fallout from an unprecedented crisis. Despite Sweden's relaxed lockdown, the Riksbank is no exception, hence its need to keep all options open.
"There still is a risk of further setbacks and a second wave," said Swedbank's Hallberg. "This will continue to impede the economic recovery, which probably will be painfully slow."
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SuperArgus PET/CT
Unique technologies enabling advanced applications in PET/CT imaging
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The SuperArgus PET/CT from Sedecal is a fully functional integrated system combining modern technologies for both PET and CT providing molecular imaging on a wide variety of pre-clinical animal models. The development of this system is a major breakthrough in high performance functional and molecular imaging technologies for biomedical research. The dual modality configuration delivers faster scan times with superior image resolution, improved localization and quantifiable data. The SuperArgus PET/CT has been designed with a user-friendly operator interface and easy animal positioning.
PET/CT FAQ
The SuperArgus PET/CT incorporates state-of-the-art detectors and electronics as the latest evolution of the Argus PET/CT family of scanners.
The core of the new scanner is the unique phoswich PET detector technology, which provides true depth-of-interaction (tDOI), providing resolution (≤1.0mm ) uniformity across the entire field of view, resulting in the largest field of view on the market. These detectors are also some of the most sensitive (11% at 100-700keV), allowing for real-time imaging (up to 2.5msec frame rate if desired).
The SuperArgus system may be configured to be PET-only or PET/CT. There are three models available r – 100mm bore for mice, rats, or marmosets up to 3kg; R – 160mm bore for multi-animal imaging, as well as rabbits up to 6kg; or P – 260mm bore for non-human primates, canine or porcine up to 10kg. Each model can be configured with 2, 4, or 6 PET rings.
Updates to the CT technology have focused on lower doses of radiation, faster scan times, higher resolution images, and advanced applications.
The SuperArgus has been designed to meet the demanding needs of the busy laboratory with improved animal handling, including a multi-animal bed that allows for high throughput imaging on all of the available models.
The SuperArgus PET/CT system incorporates state-of-the-art detectors as well as the latest advancements in electronics, resulting in one of the most sensitive systems on the market today.
The phoswich detectors are key to the unique features of the system:
Provide true depth of interaction (tDOI) information resulting in
Highest resolution on the market; ≤1.0mm
Uniform resolution across the entire field of view, with the field of view filling the majority of the bore of the system due to the parallax error correction
Highest sensitivity on the market; 11% at 100-700keV
Real-time imaging; up to 2.5msec frame rate if desired
The advanced electronics allow for the following:
Dynamic imaging; possible due to time-stamp acquisition electronics
Parallel electronics for acquisition
Combined the phoswich detectors and electronics allow the SuperArgus system to be the first capable of conscious imaging in awake animals; this capability opens up endless possibilities of neuro-cognitive research which has yet to be explored.
In addition to awake animal imaging, the unique features of the SuperArgus system allow for sensorless cardiac imaging, possible on both a single animal but also on multi-animal imaging sessions.
Finally, a research and development consortium spread across Spain and the US has worked to develop Multiplex PET (mPET) capabilities on the SuperArgus system. That is the ability to detect two radiotracers simultaneously during the same imaging session. The software is then able to deconvolve the tracers, displaying the individual reconstructions.
Sedecal has optimized the electronics and algorithms to perform precise image reconstruction very quickly.
These are some of the more common reconstructions available on the system:
FBP (Filtered Back Projection) completed in less than 5 seconds
2D OSEM (Ordered Subset Expectation Maximization) completed in less than 1 minutes
3D OSEM completed in less than 2 minutes
Taken as a whole, the SuperArgus systems provide best-in-class image quality, as seen here on an 18F PET bone scan image:
The SuperArgus system may be configured to be PET-only or PET/CT. There are three models available r – 100mm bore for mouse, rats or marmosets up to 3kg; R – 160mm bore for multi-animal imaging, as well as rabbits up to 6kg; or P – 260mm bore for non-human primates, canine or porcine up to 10kg. Each model can be configured with 2, 4, or 6 PET rings. Please review the Tech Spec document for additional information on fields of view.
While Sedecal has invested a great deal of time in developing the phoswich detectors, and updated electronics for PET imaging, they have also focused on updating the CT technology within the SuperArgus systems as well. Updates have focused on lower doses of radiation, faster scan times, higher resolution images and advanced applications. These updates further the systems functionality in longitudinal studies, by minimizing the exposure of the animals to radiation throughout the course of a study.
The SuperArgus systems (r and R models only) have been designed to be self-shielded, meeting the FDA guidelines for CT scanners. This means that there are no special room requirements, or additional shielding required. The SuperArgus systems can easily be placed within existing laboratory environments, imaging core, or within an animal facility.
The animal handling systems of the SuperArgus system have been well thought out and designed to have integrated anesthesia, heating, and physiological monitoring. Multi-animal handling systems are available for all models, and custom configurations are possible.
The key benefits of the SuperArgus PET/CT systems include:
State-of-the-art phoswich detectors, providing
First systems capable of conscious imaging in awake animals
Optimized reconstruction algorithms
Sensorless cardiac imaging on single or multi-animal imaging sessions
Multiplex PET (mPET) imaging capabilities
Self-shielded design of the CT component, meeting FDA guidelines, reducing infrastructure requirements for installation
Multi-animal handling options available on all system models
Oncology is one of the most common applications of PET in preclinical imaging. Used clinically to detect small metastatic lesions throughout the body, preclinical applications of PET imaging are diverse. PET tracers have been developed to study:
Gene expression of specific molecular targets
Receptor-ligand interactions
Substrate transportation
Nutrient metabolism
PET imaging may be used on any type of tumor model, as the radiotracers are typically injected intravenously for distribution to all areas of the body. Specifically, PET imaging may be used on orthotopic and transgenic/spontaneous tumors, as well as xenografts or metastatic lesions.
The above images and data come from a paper published by R.C. Mease et al. in Clinical Cancer Research [2008; 14(10)]. In this study they investigated the time vs. intensity curve of 18F-DCFBC, a radiotracer specifically designed to target prostate-specific membrane antigen. In this study the tumor on the left shoulder of the mouse was PSMA+ while the tumor on the right was PSMA-. This group also studied the activity in other organs such as the blood, kidneys, and liver.
Neurological applications of PET are commonplace both clinically and preclinically. Preclinical PET tracers have been developed to study:
Biodistribution of a specific target
Cerebral blood flow
Cerebral metabolic rate
Availability of specific receptors in the brain
Dopamine transmission
Plasma membrane transporters
Receptor binding sites
PET imaging has been used to study the pathological processes, response to therapeutics, and resolution of many disease models, including Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Stroke, Epilepsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Neuropsychiatric disorders.
In the study above, which was featured on the cover of Journal of Neurochemistry [2015. Vol. 133(3)], Dr. Stephanie Kramer's group studied the biodistribution of a novel metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (m-Glu-R5) which utilized F-18 rather than C-11. This tracer is important in studying the synaptic plasticity and modulation of neural network activity, which is relevant in a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Previously, this work typically used a C-11 tracer; with the development of an F-18 tracer to do similar work the logistics of carrying out such studies becomes increasingly easier due to the longer half-life of F-18 compared to C-11.
Cardiology applications of PET are commonplace both clinically and preclinically. Preclinical PET tracers have been developed to study:
Myocardial perfusion to examine the extent of stenosis and severity of obstruction
Myocardial metabolism
Myocardial viability
Infarct assessment
Calcium scoring in coronary artery disease
Inflammation and plaque development for risk stratification
Many different cardiovascular diseases may be investigated using PET imaging, including coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, or heart failure.
In addition to standard cardiac imaging using ECG leads, the SuperArgus system is capable of generating sensorless cardiac images, either from a single animal or multiple animals in the same imaging session. ECG-Based Gating Automatic Gating
Systole Diastole Systole Diastole
The image above shows the accuracy of the automatic, sensorless, cardiac gating compared to that achieved with ECG-gated cardiac imaging. These images were acquired on a rat.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront the importance of PET imaging in immunological and infectious disease research. A survey of the literature shows that preclinical PET imaging has been shown to be invaluable in studying the following:
Understanding disease progression and pathogenesis
Diagnosis of disease, by targeting the specific pathogenic agent
Studying therapeutic efficacy of target compounds
Optimizing treatment regimens and studying the resolution of infections
Understanding the host's immune response to infection
Studying the efficacy of vaccines
Infectious diseases and immunology are not limited to the study of viruses, but rather go well beyond these specific agents to look at models of bacterial, viral, parasite, and prion infections. The only limitation to this type of work is in the PET tracers available to investigate both the infectious agent as well as the host's response.
Dynamic PET imaging is often used to study the kinetics of a newly developed PET tracer, or to investigate target concentrations, or biodistribution. Time-activity curves are often prepared along with assessments of radiotracer accumulation and biodistribution kinetic modeling.
In the images and data shown above, the first pass of FDG (flurodeoxy glucose) can be quantified in the tail vein, as well as the subsequent saline flush at approximately 14 seconds.
Bone Studies and Other Diseases
A variety of bone diseases may be studied using PET imaging, these include but are not limited to osteoporosis, osteomalacia, rickets, or rheumatoid arthritis.
A wide variety of other diseases, including metabolic disorders, can also be studied using PET imaging.
There is truly no limit on the application of PET in preclinical imaging, it is merely dependent on the development of specific and relevant PET tracers.
The above image shows increased metabolic activity in the paws of this arthritic rat model.
Conscious/Awake imaging
Typically, PET imaging is performed under sedation or anesthesia of some type. With the increased sensitivity of the phoswich detectors, as well as the advanced electronics which allow for real-time PET imaging, the possibility of performing conscious imaging on awake animals is now possible.
This capability opens the doors to any number of studies, including but not limited to neurological studies examining the effects of a stimulus, brown fat metabolism, and many others.
The animal is conditioned to the imaging tube, made of translucent red plastic so that the animals remain calm but can still be observed within the tube. The diameter of the tube is selected such that the animal cannot turn around but leaving sufficient room so as to not be compressed. Fiducial markers are glued to either side of the nose and behind each ear, in the case of neurological imaging. Once positioned within the tube the tracer is given either before or during the imaging session, and images are acquired in list mode.
The images above show a conscious rat injected with FDG (fluorodeoxygluocose). The acquisition is replayed at 50 frames per second, followed by a coregistration of the acquired frames into a 3D image covering the entire brain. The acquired data could also be reconstructed to show changes in the PET signal over time within a 3D volume.
Multiplex PET
Multiplex PET (mPET) imaging on the SuperArgus system was developed through a research and development consortium involving institutes in both Spain and the USA. This technique takes advantage of those radiotracers which commonly have triple coincidence events, as opposed to double coincidence events, such as Idodin-124, Bromine-76, Technesium-94m, Copper-60 etc. In a typical mPET imaging session a standard PET isotope is used in combination with a non-standard isotope, such as those mentioned above causing triple coincidence events on a regular basis. While acquiring an mPET image, the system electronics are set to accept both double and triple coincidence events; the software is then able deconvolve the two signals resulting in an image of each isotope being reconstructed.
In the images above the group was looking to simultaneously study glucose metabolism and dopamine transporters in the striate of the rat brain. FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) was injected to look at cerebral metabolic activity, while an Iodine-124 CIT tracer was injected to study dopamine transporters.
The SuperArgus system is one of the leading PET/CT systems on the market, with high sensitivity and uniform resolution across the entire field of view. The high-performance capabilities of the system relate to both the unique phoswich detectors as well as the advanced electronics developed by Sedecal.
The spatial resolution of the SuperArgus systems was found to be ≤1.0mm at the center of the field of view, but this was maintained across the entire axial field of view due to the parallax error correction provided by the phoswich detectors, when the 3D-OSEM reconstruction algorithm was used.
In this hot rod study the phantom was inserted into the system with an off set of 1.2cm from the center of the field of view. Between images the phantom was rotated 60 degrees from A through C. When no depth of interaction correction is applied the effects are clear. There is streaking of the rods in most sectors, specifically those that are further from the center of the field of view. Additionally, smallest rods cannot be resolved, and the ring of activity on the outside cannot be seen in its entirety on the outer portions of the field of view. However, when the depth of interaction information is taken into account there is no streaking seen, and the entire outer ring can be seen in all positions. The smallest rods are clearly resolved in all images, even when these are the furthest from the center of the field of view.
In the image above the resolution is shown as a function of offset from the center of the field of view, with results shown for various reconstruction algorithms with and without the depth of interaction information taken into account.
The sensitivity of the 4R (160mm bore, with 10mm fixed trans-axial field of view with 4 rings) model was found to be 8.3% at the center of the FOV in the energy window of 100-700 keV. The graph below shows both the axial and trans-axial sensitivity from a point source as a function of radial offset from the center of the field of view.
Noise Equivalent Count (NEC) Rate
The NEC rate of the 4R (160mm bore, with 10mm fixed trans-axial FOV with 4 rings) was found to be >260 kcps at 0.5mCi in a rat phantom, and 1200 kcps (or 1.2 Mcps) at 1.5-1.6mCi in the rat phantom; both measured at 100-700 keV.
The above image shows the NEC rate at a variety of energy windows, these measurements were performed on a rat phantom.
SuperArgus PET/CT Systems Configurations
Model Argus Compact SuperArgus PET/CT 2r SuperArgus PET/CT 4r SuperArgus PET/CT 6r SuperArgus PET/CT 2R SuperArgus PET/CT 4R SuperArgus PET/CT 6R SuperArgus PET/CT 4P SuperArgus PET/CT 6P
Animals Mice only Mice, rats and marmosets Mice, rats and marmosets Mice, rats and marmosets Mice, rats, marmosets, rabbits (3 kg) Mice, rats, marmosets, rabbits (3 kg) Mice, rats, marmosets, rabbits (3 kg) Non-human primates; canine; porcine, murine (10 kg) Non-human primates; canine; porcine, murine (10kg)
Dynamic AFOV 100 mm 220 mm 220 mm 220 mm 350 mm 350 mm 350 mm 650 mm 650 mm
Static AFOV 100 mm 50 mm 100 mm 150 mm 50 mm 100 mm 151 mm 100 mm 150 mm
TFOV 50 mm 80 mm 80 mm 80 mm 120 mm 120 mm 120 mm 210 mm 210 mm
Bore size 55 mm 90 mm 90 mm 90 mm 160 mm 160 mm 160 mm 260 mm 260 mm
Detectors 32 28 56 84 48 96 144 128 192
DOI crystals 10816 9464 18928 28392 16224 32448 48672 43264 64896
SuperArgus CT Configurations
Model Basic Advanced Extended
Rotation Continuous Continuous Continuous
FOV 70 x 180 mm 120 x 350 mm 210 x 650 mm
Zoom No Yes Yes
Acquisition time 15 s 15 s 15 s
Spatial resolution 50 µm 15 µm 20 µm
Flat panel CMOS and Cs plate CMOS and Cs plate CMOS and Cs plate
FPS 86 86 86
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Bengaluru, July 23 : Karnataka Heavy Industries Minister K.J. George on Monday said the state government would assist Sutlej Textiles Ltd in setting up its unit in Chamarajanagar district at a cost of Rs 786 crore.
The textile making unit is being set up at Badanaguppe and Kallambahalli villages of Chamarajanagar district, about 180 km southwest of Bengaluru.
"The new unit is one among the many new units coming up in the district as a result of the state government's development policies," George told reporters here.
The minister, who is also in-charge of the Sugar, Information Technology and Biotechnology (IT & BT) and Science and Technology portfolios, visited the industrial estate being set up by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board.
The estate will be spread over 1,460 acres of land.
The minister said the single window clearance committee headed by Deputy Commissioner of the district B.B. Cauvery has also approved 94 projects with Rs 162 crore combined investment in the southwest district to enable its development and create jobs for the youth.
The minister said Sutlej would make sportswear in the 46 acres of land allotted to it.
The company will offer jobs to about 1,800 skilled youth, George said, promising the state's help for its early commissioning.
"The state government is keen to encourage the industrial development of Chamarajanagar district as several of its regions are considered backward and do not have major industrial enterprises except granite and sugar factories," he said.
The state's Industrial Policy 2014-19 allows a subsidy of 20-25 per cent toAindustries being set up in the regions classified as "backward".
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VAT fraud in excess of £1.5m. Submission of fraudulent claims for VAT repayments. False records
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I came down with a fever yesterday afternoon and have had it ever since. Slept very fitfully last night. Something going on in my chest — might be the flu I guess, but I hope not. My stomach is also queasy but that might be because I don't eat normally when I have a fever.
I'm supposed to get up at 4 in the morning and go to work. Hopefully sleep tonight and the quickening Spirit will give me strength. I'm out of paid time off until January 1 and if I miss any work I won't get paid for it.
Because I've been sick, I haven't accomplished much this weekend. I figured out how to use PowerPoint to make a video and recorded some thoughts on the first stanza of Psalm 119. I did that this morning while my sons were playing quietly and while my fever was in brief recession, but I still felt like I had a foggy mind.
I watched some videos on YouTube and watched the first season of a crime drama called Longmire on Netflix. It's sort of a western detective show. It reminds me of another show I liked when I was a kid: Magnum P.I.
My alarm didn't go off this morning and I ended up being late and not having time to read, except for a few verses of Psalm 119. I awoke from strange dreams around 5. I was dreaming about visiting my old workplace in Salisbury, Maryland. There were very few people I recognized in the dream. Some of the worst years of my life were spent in that place.
Today I didn't have a very strenuous day, though, because I had worked ahead for the Thanksgiving holiday. I was glad to get home early from the destitution of the money-craven wilderness. It finally dawned on me several weeks ago that I don't like going anywhere: I don't like leaving my house, except to go to church. And even that is sometimes a struggle. There's just nothing I want out there. And I hate thinking about what I should wear and combing my hair and things like that.
When I got home from work, I tried to take a short nap but ended up watching a documentary with eyewitness accounts about the days of John F Kennedy's assassination. After that, I ate some pecan pie and wrote a letter to a Christian acquaintance. I went for a jog after dark. It is very balmy for November, about 70 degrees today and sunny. I hope it stays this way; I hate freezing cold weather.
Tomorrow will be the ten-year anniversary of my natural father's release from the bonds of this earth. My brother and I were talking this past weekend about how we miss our father sometimes, because so much has happened in our lives that he was not here to witness, particularly his grandchildren. I still have a lot of questions about my father's life and death, but I don't feel the need to bother God about them. My father throughout his life was consumed with feelings of shame and not feeling loved or good enough. It made me angry when I was younger because he was so consumed with his own hurt and pain there wasn't much he could offer anyone else, including his children. His growth was stilted in the skin and bone of this earthly shell: he could not get past his childhood woundings.
I forgive my father and mother for their shortcomings. I have personal experience of what it is like to ignore the needs of wife and children to follow lies and fantasies and heartsick pining for the vain empty comforts of earth. I know what it is to be deceived — really upside down, inside out, cracked, broke, trod down deceived, trying to wipe pig waste off the scraps of this world and get something fulfilling out of it. Only the mercy of God lifted me from the depths of mire. The kindness of God led me to repentance.
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is mostly a day when people eat and drink too much and watch parades and football, and not at all a day of thankfulness to God. Still, I am thankful to God for life and the opportunity to know Him, every day. We went to prayer last night at the church since I was off from work today.
I haven't accomplished much today, though I did take a run on Holden Beach. It is 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Just gorgeous. I took the recyclable trash to the dump and did a load of laundry. I do all my own laundry because I noticed awhile ago that when Sikki did my wash all my t-shirts came back with big long girl hairs in them. There are three girls in this household. One thing that can really ruin your day is hair in your underwear, tickling you here and there, making itself known. So I started washing my laundry separate from everyone else's.
I spoke with Keith on the phone this morning for a while. He caught a cold while he was visiting us, but he said he still felt refreshed by their visit here. I enjoy being with people of like-minded heart and spirit.
Today I also took a couple minutes to learn how to use PowerPoint to make a video. I needed to figure that out for future use in my YouTube channel. It is easier than I thought and I look forward to doing some work with Psalm 119.
I am feeling tired now. The new puppy was up howling at the moon (which is full) at 2 o'clock this morning: he is still very skittish and afraid of me, though he will sit with me when I lie on the couch. I might take a nap to recharge before meeting the rest of the day. Every tick of the clock harbingers my soon-coming arrival before the throne of the King of kings and Lord of lords.
It is a Wednesday afternoon, and I finished work early because of the Thanksgiving holiday. My mother and Keith, my brother and his children went with us to church last Sunday morning. My brother is gifted with music: any instrument he has set his mind to learn, he has learned. I am jealous sometimes because I know I appreciate music more than most people — even most musicians — and yet I never learned to play an instrument or express myself musically other than with singing.
I called Pastor Bobby and arranged for my brother Joel to share his gift on Sunday morning. Pastor and I talked for about 40 minutes. I didn't tell him that I was discouraged; Sikki had collided with my sister-in-law's vehicle earlier that morning, which would cost us, plenty. But Pastor apparently was also discouraged at the time that I phoned, because he emailed me the next morning and thanked me for calling, that he had been encouraged, that the timing had been perfect, etc.
So we went to church together on Sunday morning. My brother shared a couple songs and the response of the people was obvious in worship. Joel phoned yesterday to say how encouraged he had been by the experience; not just of sharing his gifting with the fellowship, but by hearing from six other people who shared during the meeting. American evangelicalism has failed because its form and style does not encourage the functioning of the entire body.
My brother told me he was struck by the realization of how much he needs to hear what God is doing in others and receive ministry from other believers. He is not connected to a church right now and has no idea where to go in his current living situation. He said he misses fellowship.
It is an impossibility that a functioning, vibrant Christian can be separated from the rest of the Body of Christ. But it can be difficult to find a group of believers that allow time and space for the messiness of real community to operate and function. The Sin of Uzzah dominates the church of my time.
The people of God must stir up the gifts within them, and not hide their lights under a bushel. Here is a sample of my brother's music. He sang on Sunday using only an acoustic guitar that he borrowed from Keith. I prefer the acoustic version.
It is a breezy, rainy Thursday here in coastal Carolina, but it is warm. We have the air conditioning on because it is like 75 degrees and humid. I am off from work today until Monday because my mother is coming to visit. About two hours after I spoke with her last night she phoned and said she is feeling much better. God is faithful, a God of knowledge.
This morning I feel grumpy. I've had several phone calls from the guy filling in for me today; it seems like time off can never be a complete disconnect from the workplace. Plus, Sikki and I had to go to the landfill with an old couch and some other stuff first thing, in the rain. My "get up and go" got up and went this morning. I was annoyed with her at the landfill because I felt like she didn't listen to what I was saying about something. Now she is cleaning our house like crazy, in this very room, and I still feel grumpy. If the end of the world were proclaimed effective tomorrow morning, I think my wife would spend her entire last night on earth cleaning the house.
Such is married life. On the way to the dump I praised God for this day, and for her, and for our family and all the opportunities that one day represents in this life. My family is en route at the present moment.
I woke up at 2:57 this morning. I decided to stay up since I would've only had one more hour of sleep before the alarm went off. I read in 2 Corinthians and Psalms before heading out for a jog. They put up a bunch of Christmas lights on Ocean Boulevard West, which makes it a little easier to see the road in places where I normally have very limited visibility, so I parked further away from the water tower and went a bit further distance-wise. My legs are a little sore at the knees and ankles, but I have gained some weight since the issue with my lungs arose. It takes persistence and discipline to remain active.
I eat too much. I drink too much. Cue Dave Matthews.
I sold a lot of cases today because next week is Thanksgiving and there are several beverage sales to support the most gluttonous day of the year. A woman asked me this week whether I like my job. I just told her I have been with the company for nearly ten years; she seemed satisfied by that. It's a way for me to pay bills and feed my children, lady, it's not my life. It's not who I am.
The Firefly Music Festival released its lineup for June. Sikki and I went to the first Firefly four years ago. Andre and Daniell paid our way, and we had a great time. The next year we took Beck with us too. We didn't go last year due to strained finances, but there are a lot of bands this year I would like to see, or to see again. I desired to go to the first festival because Death Cab for Cutie was playing and I really wanted to see them. They'll be there again this year. For two years I wore out their albums Plans and Transatlanticism, which are still their best albums in my opinion. During our evening meal we talked about the possibility and expense of going to Firefly in June.
My wife is extremely practical, which is something I really like and admire about her. She is the type of person to note that for the cost of a week in Dover at a music festival we could take two vacations elsewhere. There was a time when I was younger when I would fight with her over things like that, or force my will on the situation. I don't want to be that way anymore. There are things I enjoy (like music festivals) but I won't try to twist her arm (or the Lord's arm) to make something happen. But I really, really want to go…ha ha.
My mother phoned this evening. She and Keith and my brother and his children are supposed to be coming tomorrow to stay for the weekend. But she sounded very sick. She has had ongoing health problems for the past couple of years. My brother will come one way or the other, and I am believing God that He will allow my mother to visit with her sons and grandchildren for a short while. We never know when our time on earth is about to end, or when it will be the last time we look into the faces of those we love.
Eventually I will look into the face of my Creator. I live in eternity now.
I read in 2 Corinthians this morning before going for a jog on Ocean Boulevard West. I like running the morning, well before the sun rises. The stars declare the glory of God and the inhabitants of the earth are for the most part unheard and unseen in the stillness of the morning. Occasionally I see a few deer, once I saw a bobcat. What I actually fear stumbling upon, though, is a big alligator. I haven't seen one since we've lived down South but I know they're around.
During my time in the wilderness today I tried to do my work with the Kingdom of God in mind: I prayed and worshiped and confessed throughout the day. I long to see God. I told Him that again and again: I long to be with You, I long to find a resting place.
I thought and prayed for my second daughter a lot today. She worries me because she is very stubborn and sometimes openly rebellious. She seems totally ungrateful for the blessings in her life, and can be disrespectful to her mother and me at times. Since she was very young — perhaps 18 months or two years — she has tested the limits of rules and how far she could go before discipline descended. It makes me worry because I cannot identify with her attitude. I know it is basic human nature to be rebellious, but there are degrees. When I was 14, if I openly rebelled against my father I really believe he would have punched me in the face. I was afraid of his violent temper. My daughter does not have that concern.
At dinner I spent some time trying to talk to my children about the sin of pride. Pride is the original sin, a root of all kinds of evil. Rebellion flows from pride. I told my children I desire the best possible life for them. I have failed a lot as a father and husband and I know my efforts are paltry but I want to encourage my family to seek the everlasting Father.
Today, as yesterday, I felt very fatigued and sore during the day. I still have the remnants of a cold. Maybe I am just getting older.
Monday afternoon, 5 P.M., darkness falls. My time in the wilderness today was typical. A cute manager at one of my accounts routinely flirts with me. I don't reciprocate but sometimes it causes me to struggle with my thoughts during the rest of the day –even though I love my wife and family, even though I love God and the Church. I am reminded nearly every day that without Him I would never be anything but a liar, an adulterer, a thief, a glutton, a drunk, a murderer, all that's evil.
The road to Zion goes uphill, and there is a sheer drop to death on either side of the path, and I am always a beggar on God's doorstep, seeking shelter and a meal. That He could love me in spite of my wayward heart is hard to believe.
Yesterday in church Pastor Bobby mentioned that a couple that has been in the church since our arrival wouldn't be coming any more. It was a definite bummer and I thought about it all day today. I don't understand people. I know there are reasons people leave churches, good reasons even. But I don't understand how they can uproot without explanation or without saying goodbye. They just disappear. People seem hard and unloving, but often they will say they love you right before they disappear. I don't get it.
I wonder whether anything in the American evangelical church system can even be salvaged. I wonder whether Father will have to circumvent it in the end. Not the Church itself of course, because she is eternal, but the traditions and iniquities present in the churches as organized, business-like systems. I talked with Andre yesterday. He asked whether I'd made any friends since being down here. I told him I had met people I like and care about, but that I didn't have any friends like he and I are, where we can just talk about everything in life and human experience and not get offended or shocked or judged. He said he hadn't connected with anyone like that either since me and Sikki left Delaware. But not from lack of trying. He's tried to connect with men in his church, as I tried with the men of ALC years back. People are just uncomfortable with reality. People are complex but they pretend to be simple; life is a mystery but we think we've got it figured out. Nobody wants to admit not having a clue.
I go to church because I want to be obedient to God's Word to fellowship, pray, and worship with other believers and it's just a fact that church is where those believers gather. Plus I feel a sense of burden and am seeking opportunity from the Lord to be a part of the solution, if He wills. I have hope that God will one day soon reveal Himself to the Church again.
Fret not yourself because of evildoers.
Yesterday I went for a jog in the morning and wished that I could run off the surface of the earth up into the starry sky. It was strong enough longing to nearly make me weep. It so happened that I was listening to a running mix by Ellie Goulding and at that moment her song "Burn" was playing. I don't listen to pop music very much so I never realized that this song has some spiritual undertones, or at least it did for me yesterday before the rising of the sun.
I experience this sensation sometimes, where I wish my feet would leave the ground because my heart does not love it. I'm not sure what this occasional feeling could be but a kind of heartsickness for eternity, a longing for what is missing in the wretched wasteland that is this earth.


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"The Nun" Possesses PH Box-Office with P129.9-M in 4 Days
by Fanboy SEO · September 10, 2018
MANILA, Sept. 10 – "The Nun," the terrifying new chapter in New Line Cinema's and James Wan's Conjuring universe, scared up a four-day opening weekend gross of P129.9-M at the Philippine box office in only 296 screens nationwide. The announcement was made today by Francis Soliven, General Manager of Warner Bros. Philippines which distributed the film.
Daring audiences to brave an encounter with the demonic nun Valak, the new supernatural thriller exorcised the record for All-Time Biggest Opening Weekend for a Horror Film Industry-Wide (surpassing Feng Shui), as well as the Year's Biggest Opening Weekend for a Warner Bros. Title (outgrossing "Crazy Rich Asians") and Biggest Opening Weekend for The Conjuring Universe (beating "The Conjuring 2").
In making the announcement, Soliven stated, "We're thrilled that audiences continue to enjoy being terrified by the Conjuring universe. We congratulate James Wan, the architect of this amazing franchise; director Corin Hardy; producer Peter Safran; screenwriter Gary Dauberman; and the talented cast and crew, all of whom have delivered the exhilarating scares that fans across the Philippines have been waiting for. These terrific results and enthusiastic word-of-mouth demonstrate that the appetite is only growing."
Now playing in Philippine cinemas, "The Nun" is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
About "The Nun"
Filmmaker James Wan, director of the record-setting horror hits "The Conjuring" and "The Conjuring 2," explores another dark corner of that universe with "The Nun." Directed by Corin Hardy, the new fright-fest is produced by Wan and by Peter Safran, who has produced all the films in "The Conjuring" franchise.
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in "The Conjuring 2," as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
"The Nun" stars Oscar-nominated Demian Bichir, as well as Taissa Farmiga, and Jonas Bloquet. The cast also includes Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu, and Bonnie Aarons, reprising her Conjuring 2 role as the title character.
Corin Hardy directs "The Nun" from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, story by James Wan & Gary Dauberman. Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter, Gary Dauberman, Michael Clear and Todd Williams are the executive producers.
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"If I Wasn't Your Daughter" is a song by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was written by Meyer-Landrut along with Vincent Stein, Nico Wellenbrink, Jamie Hartman, and Konstantin Scherer. The ballad was released on 6 June 2017 coinciding with its stage premiere on the fourth season of the Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series.

Background
Lyrically, the song talks about Meyer-Landrut's relationship with her father Ladislas von Karatsony, the son of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, who left the family when she was two years old. Shortly before the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Lena's father gave an interview with the German tabloid Bild where he stated that he would not come into contact with her yet, but that a place is "always free on [his] table".

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Upon Meyer-Landrut's performance on Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" temporarily reached the top of the German iTunes Charts. In the week of 9 June 2017, it debuted at number 42 on the German Singles Chart. In its second chart week it reached number 35 on the German Single Charts.

Music video
An accompanying music video for "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" was directed and edited by Vi-Dan Tran. It marked his third collaboration with Meyer-Landrut following his work on "Catapult" und "Home". Filmed at night throughout Berlin-Mitte, including locations such as Potsdamer Platz, it was produced by Max von Helldorff for BNTB-Agency, based on idea by Meyer-Landrut and her stylist Philipp Koch-Verheyen. Khoa Huynh served as a camera assistant, while second camera was handled by Max von Helldorff. The final video premiered online on 6 June 2017.

Live performances
Meyer-Landrut performed the song live for the first time on Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert on 6 June 2017 in an episode dedicated to her. Her performance received critical acclaim. She also performed the song on Markus Lanz on ZDF on 21 June, to critical acclaim.

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2017 songs
2017 singles
Lena Meyer-Landrut songs
Universal Music Group singles
Songs written by Jamie Hartman
Songs written by Vincent Stein
Songs written by Nico Santos (singer)
Songs written by Lena Meyer-Landrut

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Schoolboy Q announces 'Oxymoron' tour w/ Vince Staples and Isaiah Rashad (who released an album) (dates & streams)
Black Hippy rapper Schoolboy Q just had to cancel his February show with Janelle Monae (she plays Lehman College tonight, 1/28), but fortunately we'll still get to see him soon. He's just announced a full tour in support of his upcoming Oxymoron LP with support from Odd Future/Black Hippy associate Vince Staples and new TDE-signee Isaiah Rashad. The tour hits NYC on March 4 at Best Buy Theater and NJ on March 5 at Starland Ballroom Tickets for the NYC show and tickets for the NJ show go on sale Friday (1/31) at noon. All known dates are listed below.
UPDATE: Tour announced in full (including SXSW), all dates below.
The much-anticipated Oxymoron is due out February 25 via Interscope, and more details continue to be revealed. We just saw the album artwork and heard another track, and now XXL Mag points to a purported tracklist. It features previously-released songs "Collard Greens" (ft. Kendrick Lamar), "Man of the Year" and "Break The Bank" (but not "Yay Yay"), and in addition to Kendrick, guests include A$AP Rocky, Danny Brown, Ab Soul, 2 Chainz, Tyler the Creator, Raekwon and Suga Free, plus the entire Black Hippy crew appearing on one song. Check out the tracklist and streams of the three singles, plus a clip of another LP cut, "Gangsta," below.
Schoolboy Q also recently performed "Man of the Year" on Fallon, which you can watch a video of below.
Meanwhile, Isaiah Rashad also released his new album, Cilvia Demo, today (1/28), and just released the video for its track "Soliloquy." The album features fellow recent TDE-signee SZA on two songs, plus Schoolboy Q and fellow Black Hippy member Jay Rock on another. You can watch the "Soliloquy" video and stream a few other tracks from the tape below.
All dates are listed, along with streams, videos, and tracklist, below...
Schoolboy Q - "Man of the Year" on 'Fallon'
Schoolboy Q - Man of the Year [Live on Jimmy... by eidurrasmussen
Schoolboy Q - "Gangsta" (snippet)
Schoolboy Q - "Man of the Year"
Schoolboy Q - "Collard Greens" (ft. Kendrick Lamar)
Schoolboy Q - "Break the Bank"
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron Official Tracklist?
Isaiah Rashad - "Soliloquy"
Isaiah Rashad - "R.I.P. Kevin Miller"
Isaiah Rashad - "Brad Jordan" (ft. Michael Da Vinci)
Isaiah Rashad - "Ronnie Drake" (ft. SZA)
Isaiah Rashad - "Shot You Down" (ft. Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q)
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Schoolboy Q w/ Vince Staples & Isaiah Rashad -- 2014 Tour Dates
March 1: Providence, RI (Lupos)
March 2: Boston, MA (Wilbur)
March 3: Philadelphia, PA (The Troc)
March 4: New York (Best Buy Theatre)
March 5: Sayreville, NJ (Starland Ballroom)
March 6: New Haven, CT (Toads Place)
March 7: Washington, DC (Fillmore)
March 8: Columbus, OH (Newport Music Hall)
March 9: Cleveland, OH (House of Blues)
March 10: Cincinnati, OH (Bogarts)
March 12-15: Austin, TX (SXSW)
March 17: Miami, FL (Mekka)
March 18: Orlando, FL (Firestone Live)
March 19: St. Peterburg, FL (Jannus Live)
March 21: San Antonio, TX (White Rabbit)
March 22: New Orleans, LA (BUKU Festival)
March 23: Dallas, TX (Southside Music Hall)
March 24: Austin, TX (Scoot Inn)
March 25: Houston, TX (Warehouse Live)
March 27: Denver. CO (Ogden)
March 28: Albuquerque, NM (Sunshine Theatre)
March 29: El Paso, TX (Tricky Falls)
March 30: Phoenix, AZ (Celebrity Theatre)
March 31: Tucson, AZ (Rialto Theatre)
April 2: Santa Ana, CA (Observatory)
April 3: Ventura, CA (Ventura Theatre)
April 4: Las Vegas, NV (Hard Rock Live)
April 5: San Diego, CA (House of Blues)
April 6: Los Angeles, CA (Club Nokia)
April 7: Santa Cruz, CA (Catalyst)
April 8: Reno, NV (Knitting Factory)
April 9: Sacramento, CA (Ace of Spades)
April 10: San Francisco, CA (Regency)
April 11: Chico, CA (Senator Theatre)
April 12: Eugene, OR (WOW Hall)
April 13: Portland, OR (Crystal Ballroom)
April 14: Seattle, WA (Showbox Market)
April 17: Milwaukee, WI (The Rave)
April 18: Detroit, MI (St. Andrews)
April 19: Grand Rapids, MI (Orbit Room)
April 20: Minneapolis, MN (Mill City Nights)
April 22: Chicago, IL (Metro)
April 23: Lawrence, KS (Liberty Hall)
April 25: Kingston, GA (Counterpoint Music Festival)
April 26: Charlotte, NC (Amos)
April 17: Baltimore, MD (Soundstage)
May 1: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Melkweg)
May 3: Frankfurt, Germany (Gibson)
May 4: Antwerp, Belgium (Trix)
May 6: Paris, France (Bataclan)
May 7: Strasboug, France (Laiterie)
May 8: Stuttgart, Germany (LKA)
May 9: Zurich, Switzerland (Komplex 457)
May 10: Lausanne, Switzerland (Les Docks)
May 11: Milan, Italy (Tunnel)
May 12: Lyon, France (Transbordeur)
May 13: Munich, Germany (Fierwerk)
May 15: Berlin, Germany (C-Club)
May 16: Cologne, Germany (Essigfabrik)
May 17: Hamburg, Germany (Ubel & Gefahrlich)
May 18: Copenhagen, Denmark (Vega)
May 20: Arhus, Denmark (Train)
May 21: Maimo, Sweden (KB)
May 22: Stockholm, Sweden (Debaser Strand)
May 23: Gothenburg, Sweden (Pustervik)
May 24: Oslo, Norway (Rockefeller)
May 25: Helsinki, Finland (Nosturi)
May 27: Dublin, Ireland (Vicar Street)
May 28: Glasgow, UK (Arches)
May 30: London, UK (Koko)
May 31: Birmingham, UK (Institute Library)
June 1: Manchester, UK (Academy 2)
(Vince Staples not on European dates)
Filed Under: 2 Chainz, Ab-Soul, Asap Rocky, Black Hippy, Danny Brown, Isaiah Rashad, Jay Rock, Jimmy Fallon, Kendrick Lamar, Raekwon, ScHoolboy Q, Suga Free, SZA, Top Dawg Entertainment, Tyler the Creator, Vince Staples
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Format: MarkdownItexWhat does it mean > This is due to (Kadeishvili) with more explicit constructions due to (Merkulov). I remind you that Kadeishvili published quite many papers on the subject in 1980-s and 1990-s, certainly beyond what is listed in the entry. I do not believe there is something directly related to the theorem which is not made explicit by him.
This is due to (Kadeishvili) with more explicit constructions due to (Merkulov).
I remind you that Kadeishvili published quite many papers on the subject in 1980-s and 1990-s, certainly beyond what is listed in the entry. I do not believe there is something directly related to the theorem which is not made explicit by him.
Format: MarkdownItexIt's often referred to as the Kadeishvili-Merkulov theorem (for instance [here](http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606144)), and that's how the $n$Lab has been referring to it all along at _[[A-infinity algebra]]_. What do you want me to do? Remove the pointer to Merkulov?
It's often referred to as the Kadeishvili-Merkulov theorem (for instance here), and that's how the nnLab has been referring to it all along at A-infinity algebra.
What do you want me to do? Remove the pointer to Merkulov?
Format: MarkdownItexI heard hundred of times of this theorem and never as Kadeishvili-Merkulov's theorem. Merkulov has written a very late but clear paper which has the advantage of being in English with application to the Kaehler manifolds (but there were already other secondary references at the time). Reference should stay, but the statement that Merkulov has a more explicit version than Kadeishvili does not hold, even for published papers, so that statement has no place there! Kadeishvili even wrote a booklet of almost 100 pages in 1990-s about the topic, all before Merkulov's paper. In particular, Kadeishvili knew very clearly the relations to Massey products. The 2006 reference which you quote, has results which I think were also well known before (I certainly heard them from a student of Kadeishvili in 2004 as such a fact).
I heard hundred of times of this theorem and never as Kadeishvili-Merkulov's theorem. Merkulov has written a very late but clear paper which has the advantage of being in English with application to the Kaehler manifolds (but there were already other secondary references at the time). Reference should stay, but the statement that Merkulov has a more explicit version than Kadeishvili does not hold, even for published papers, so that statement has no place there! Kadeishvili even wrote a booklet of almost 100 pages in 1990-s about the topic, all before Merkulov's paper. In particular, Kadeishvili knew very clearly the relations to Massey products. The 2006 reference which you quote, has results which I think were also well known before (I certainly heard them from a student of Kadeishvili in 2004 as such a fact).
Format: MarkdownItexI wrote > This is due to (Kadeishvili). A clear English exposition with applications to Kähler manifolds is in (Merkulov).
This is due to (Kadeishvili). A clear English exposition with applications to Kähler manifolds is in (Merkulov).
but surely not for the main theorem. I strongly agree with Zoran.


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Frederick pediatrician charged with additional sexual offenses after more victims come forward
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68-year-old Dr. Ernesto Torres has been indicted on 65 additional sexual abuse-related charges following the 11 victims that came forward after he was initially accused of raping a patient, according to Frederick County State's Attorney's Office.
Frederick Pediatrician Dr. Ernesto Torres Charged In Child Sex Abuse Granted Bail
A Frederick pediatrician charged with more than than 70 counts, including the rape of an 18-year-old and the sexual assault of an 11-year-old, was granted bail again Tuesday in a Frederick County..
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Frederick Pediatrician To Appear In Court On Child Sex Abuse Charges
A Frederick pediatrician was arrested Monday after he was indicted on an additional 65 charges, including child sex abuse and sexual assault. Dr. Ernesto Torres was already charged in the rape of a..
Frederick Pediatrician Back In Jail After Additional Charges
Frederick Pediatrician Indicted On More Charges, Including Child Sex Abuse
A Frederick pediatrician was arrested Monday after he was indicted on an additional 65 charges, including child sex abuse and sexual assault.


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Suburbia does not inspire when you first see its box. It looks like something you might expect to find as a spoof environment item in Fallout 4. It's got the look and feel of something designed in the 80s. Look at the 'happy' couple on the box.
The box of the damned.
Now look a little closer. Look at their cold, dead eyes. Look at the grimness of their jaws. Look at the stiff set of their shoulders. These are two people that would rather be dead than play this game. The only thing they want is the cold embrace of the grave. Pay attention to how she's looking at him. 'Are we going to do it then? How are we doing it? I do you and then do myself? Or the other way around? I think you should do me, because I'm a terrible shot'. Look at his face. 'Yes, darling. Let's escape from it all. There's nothing for us there'.
But don't kill each other, little people – actually, Suburbia is an absolute gem of a game and you've got a treat awaiting you if you just give it a chance. Once you open the box, you can ignore all that faux-50s aesthetic of the cover and enjoy a game that is impeccably designed, with a clean and attractive playing environment. It's not beautiful to look at, even at its best – but the art style visually striking without being complicated. It's got a fair bit of setup for the first game, but once you've got everything bagged up later games are quick to get going because Suburbia is actually quite a simple game. Well. It's got simple rules. But we'll get to that – simplicity is only skin deep in Suburbia.
Suburbia is a semi-abstract game of city building, where you and all the other players (up to four) are independently building little suburbs of one large city. You do this by buying zones, and placing them in your own individual city grid. Each zone has an effect on the game – some impact only on the zones adjacent to them, some impact on all the zones of a particular type in your suburb, and others impact on every matching zone across the entire city. Each zone you place can change the strategic value of every other zone in the game, and the best part is that it's retroactive – clever planning and careful plotting may result in you laying down a truly game-changing tile at just the right time – one that enriches you immensely while it impoverishes your opponents, breaking the back of the civic economic engine they have been constructing for themselves. It's very hard not to feel almost unbearably smug when that happens.
Look, it gets better. It honestly gets better.
The hexes are your slice of the city – you've got a nice suburb, where people stay. At least for now. Then you've got a nice park, where people play. At least for now. And then you've got a heavy factory, where large sluices render down the corpses of the dead to make the nutritional slurry that forms 95% of the caloric intake of the people in your borough Look, times are tough. We all have to make savings somewhere.
Above the suburb itself is the scoring track. The cylinder represents income – you start off with fifteen million cooling its heels in your treasury, and each turn you'll get another chunk of money equal to your income. But be careful – if it goes negative you're in deficit and you'll need to actually pay out money every turn. If you can't pay money, you need to lose population. I'm not sure, thematically, what that symbolises, but I'm betting it's nothing good. At best, it's austerity induced emigration. At worse, well – let's just hope you don't have a suburbs next to a train line next to the sluicing factories.
It gets better! Seriously, it gets better!
Now, this is more interesting than it looks – see all those red lines? They represent economic choke-points caused by the growing need for a civic bureaucratic infrastructure. When you pass each of those, you lose one population and one reputation from your score chart. They're brakes, in other words, on economic and social development. If you slip back the other way across a red line, you *gain* one population and one reputation point simulating an alleviation of civic pressures. It's very clever, because it has the effect of creating diminishing returns of progress without necessitating heavy-handed 'welfare mechanic' intervention. It also means you need to plan for success, because if you don't it's going to kill you.
Okay, I lied. It doesn't really get better.
Every turn, you can buy a property – each zone has a price tag on it, and you can pay its price-tag plus its marketplace cost to buy it and place it in your city. The fancy restaurant for example has a face cost of $9m, and it's in the +$6m slot of the marketplace. So, you can buy that for $15m if you like. Once it's bought, all the properties left of it will shuffle up a slot and become cheaper, and a new property will enter the queue at the +$10m marker.
Or, you can buy one of the set number of standard tiles – suburbs, heavy factories and community parks. If you do that, you also trash one of the properties on the real estate queue by paying its real estate value. You can trash the convenience store or the mobile home community for nothing, but if you want to trash the cheapest airport it'll be another $8m, thanks. So if you see something you really want, and you know someone else really wants it, but you can't afford it and you know they can…. well, I'm not advocating that you scorch the tile and salt the land where it once lay. But you could. If you can't have it, why should some other undeserving fool?
A beautiful lake. You need to use your imagination.
Lakes are great, because they are a straight up cash injection, presumably funded as a result of shady-deals involving legitimate businessmen with Italian accents. For each industrial. civic, residential or commercial zone surrounding a lake, you get a cool $2m right in your coffers. So placing this tile gets me $4m, which is a nice cash boost. If it were surrounded by more tiles, I'd get even more. Hey, fuggetaboutit.
After I've bought my property, I collect my income (currently zero), move on my population counter (currently one) and that's my turn! And also, that's the game! Aside from scoring, which consists of your population, plus a portion of your money, plus extra points awarded for meeting certain goals (both public and secret), that's the entirety of how Suburbia works.
It's like really being there.
Forget it, it's commercial town.
The parking lot gives me another +1 to my income, which is nice. And then I get a further +1 because it's adjacent to the office building. That's also nice! But then the office building gets me *another* +1 because it's suddenly adjacent to the parking lot! And the community park gets me another +1 reputation because that's now adjacent to another commercial region. So, one tile, intelligently placed, gets me some pretty great benefits. And that's what Suburbia is all about.
So, look at what we have now. Any time I place a commercial building in my suburb, I get an extra $2m in my coffer because that's what my mint does. My fancy restaurant gives me +3 income, but every restaurant built after it gives me -1 to my income – and that's restaurants across the entire city, so every time I or one of my opponents places a restaurant, I lose a point of income. BUT, I have a slaughterhouse, which means that any time someone plays a restaurant I get a +1 to my income. That means that every restaurant that is played is actually a net zero. However, the balance of that might change as other people play other tiles. My waterfront realty gives me an extra $2m per tile per lake, which is nice – so the lake I played as my first turn generated a total of ($2 + $2) x 4 – $16m for the tiles adjacent to it, rather than then $8m it could have. Now, imagine that kind of state management spread over potentially four players. Now imagine it over 20 tiles. At the last few stages of the game, it would be remarkable if things didn't get missed as you played on. It's okay, nothing is so critical that the game will crash and burn if you forget it. But it really is a lot to keep track of.
So, I have an investment token on the Waterfront Realty, which means that each lake gives me $2m + (2 x $2m) for each adjacent tile – $6m per tile. That's significant amounts of money to be able to plop down per turn. The casino has an interesting effect – it gives +1 to income every time we pass one of those decelerating red lines, so rather than losing an income we hold steady at zero. But with the investment token on it, I take a one time reputation hit of three, and then from that point on I *gain* an income every time I pass a red line. The brake pedal becomes an accelerator. Essentially, the city becomes funded off the backs of the credulous masses. Place a second casino, stick another investment token on it, and you've got yourself Las Vegas.
When we do our accessibility tear-down of Suburbia, this compound stacking complexity will be a big feature of the discussion we have around the cognitive costs of the game, but there's no denying that it is an incredibly satisfying game mechanic. It rewards creativity and cleverness – if you've carefully constructed the absolute perfect place to put down a killer tile, you'll be rewarded for your ingenuity. You can create credibly game-breaking strategies, but it's fine because the red-line system ensures that unless your opponents are tremendously passive the only thing that will happen if you get too far ahead is that you'll end up lumbered with additional costs and reputational problems until you grind to a halt. Later tiles focus on short-term one-time boosts to population rather than sustained infrastructure, meaning that even an opponent that is incredibly far behind can trash their own city in exchange for the victory points that population represents. The game ends when a 'one more turn' token is played into the auction house, and you're never entirely sure when it's going to appear – that gives a very nice 'can I make up the gap before time runs out' tension to the end-game. That's an excellent additional twist of tension in an already extremely pacy game. No matter where you are on the scoreboard, you're never *out* of the game, but leave it too late and you might just lack the necessary momentum to sail past your opponents.
Suburbia is extremely excellent – okay, I lied about the attractive visual design but you need to look past that. I know it hurt when I lied to you, but I only did it for your own good – look past the ugliness and there is an absolutely stunning game in here, full of beautiful design and exciting game-play that rewards creativity and cunning. There are few games out there that let you feel truly smart as you place down a tile in such a way as to create an effect so powerful and so sustained that it looks like borderline bug-abuse. Fewer still that are also so well balanced as to ensure that by the time you've realised just how badly you've assassinated your own economy with early success it's already too late to easily fix it. Every turn matters, every zone is hugely important, and every single move you make can be the difference between winning and losing. If you're good at Suburbia, you'll know whether you played well or badly at the time you lay down the tiles. The rest of us only notice the noose we placed around our own necks when our opponent kicks our chair away.
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Body size, reef area and temperature predict global reef-fish species richness across spatial scales
Barneche, D. R. and Rezende, E. L. and Parravicini, V. and Maire, E. and Edgar, G. J. and Stuart-Smith, R. D. and Arias-González, J. E. and Ferreira, C. E.L. and Friedlander, A. M. and Green, A. L. and Luiz, O. J. and Rodríguez-Zaragoza, F. A. and Vigliola, L. and Kulbicki, M. and Floeter, S. R. (2019) Body size, reef area and temperature predict global reef-fish species richness across spatial scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (3). pp. 315-327. ISSN 1466-822X
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12851
Aim: To investigate biotic and abiotic correlates of reef-fish species richness across multiple spatial scales. Location: Tropical reefs around the globe, including 485 sites in 109 sub-provinces spread across 14 biogeographic provinces. Time period: Present. Major taxa studied: 2,523 species of reef fish. Methods: We compiled a database encompassing 13,050 visual transects. We used hierarchical linear Bayesian models to investigate whether fish body size, reef area, isolation, temperature, and anthropogenic impacts correlate with reef-fish species richness at each spatial scale (i.e., sites, sub-provinces, provinces). Richness was estimated using coverage-based rarefaction. We also tested whether species packing (i.e., transect-level species richness/m 2 ) is correlated with province-level richness. Results: Body size had the strongest effect on species richness across all three spatial scales. Reef area and temperature were both positively correlated with richness at all spatial scales. At the site scale only, richness decreased with reef isolation. Species richness was not correlated with proxies of human impacts. Species packing was correlated with species richness at the province level following a sub-linear power function. Province-level differences in species richness were also mirrored by patterns of body size distribution at the site scale. Species-rich provinces exhibited heterogeneous assemblages of small-bodied species with small range sizes, whereas species-poor provinces encompassed homogeneous assemblages composed by larger species with greater dispersal capacity. Main conclusions: Our findings suggest that body size distribution, reef area and temperature are major predictors of species richness and accumulation across scales, consistent with recent theories linking home range to species–area relationships as well as metabolic effects on speciation rates. Based on our results, we hypothesize that in less diverse areas, species are larger and likely more dispersive, leading to larger range sizes and less turnover between sites. Our results indicate that changes in province-level (i.e., regional) richness should leave a tractable fingerprint in local assemblages, and that detailed studies on local-scale assemblage composition may be informative of responses occurring at larger scales.
Global Ecology and Biogeography


This simple crumble recipe is frugal to make (if you buy the fruit in season), yet tastes good enough to share with guests. We ate it a lot this winter because pear and apple were so cheap - around $1 per kilo - compared with vegetables which were so expensive - $3 for a broccoli.
I was reassured a while back when I read in Raise Healthy Eaters that children can get all the nutrients they need from fruit, so it's OK if they don't eat lots of vegetables. Fruit is just so much easier and more appealing for Lily to eat than vegetables. And she loves this recipe for "cumble". We often have it for dessert, and then again for breakfast.
Pear is one of those fruits I always thinks tastes better cooked, and it brings a nice twist to the standard apple crumble. If apple is all you've got though, it will work just fine with this recipe.
1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan on a medium heat and add diced fruit, honey, water and cinnamon.
3. Simmer for around ten minutes, until the fruit has softened.
4. While fruit is stewing, prepare the crumble topping by combining all the topping ingredients in a bowl.
6. Cover stewed fruit with the crumble topping.
7. Bake at 180°C / 350°F for 35 minutes, or until crumble topping is golden and crispy.
8. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream.
Oh, my. That looks awfully good.
I love it. We ate sooo much of it this winter.


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