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Britain's Labour Party Battles For Soul And Identity
By Elizabeth Piper
LONDON (Reuters) — In the 1970s, a trio of socialists joined a battle to steer Britain's Labour Party to the left. Within a few years, two of them had seized control of the council that governed London, running the capital for half a decade.
Almost 40 years on, the same three men, led by new party chief Jeremy Corbyn, are closer than ever to their goal of pushing the opposition party to the hard left. But in doing so, they have set off an internal war which could end its chances of winning an election for years.
Two months after 66-year-old Corbyn was elected leader on a wave of enthusiasm for change, some Labour lawmakers closer to the center are rebelling openly over his stand on vexed questions such as how to tackle terrorism and whether Britain should bomb Syria.
With slurs and accusations flying on both sides, the battle for the soul of the Labour Party is turning nasty.
Alongside Corbyn stand two old friends and colleagues who form the rest of the trio: Labour's finance spokesman in parliament, John McDonnell, and Ken Livingstone, who led the now-defunct Greater London Council (GLC) and later served as the capital's mayor.
Livingstone says he has seen it all before, not least when he became GLC leader in 1981. "I am watching what is happening to Jeremy and it reminds me of what I went through in '81. I was depicted as a pro-terrorist, an agent of the Soviet Union," said the 70-year-old, nicknamed "Red Ken" at the time.
"But like me, Jeremy's not giving in to this and he's not changing his policies because of these lies," he told Reuters at his terraced house in northwest London. "It is very nasty, but he's got four-and-a-half years before the next election to turn this around and I think he will."
Corbyn may not get that long – rumors of plots to oust him are rife – but Livingstone and McDonnell are battling to protect him.
The three have worked together since the early 1970s, "usually on the same side on virtually every issue", said Livingstone. In the mid '70s, he said, they set up campaigns to get more socialists onto local councils.
While Livingstone led the GLC, McDonnell was the council's finance chief, although their rule ended in 1986 when the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher abolished the body. Corbyn, meanwhile, headed to parliament, campaigning from the left while voters consigned Labour to opposition for almost two decades.
In 1997, Tony Blair finally won a landslide election victory for "New Labour", but only after steering the party away from its trade union roots. There was now little room for the three leftists.
Blair even expelled Livingstone from the party for running for mayor of London as an independent in 2000, an election he won. Blair deemed him too left wing to represent Labour, although he was eventually let back into the party.
Now the pendulum has swung again; Corbyn and his supporters have moved quickly to break what they call the top-down tyranny of New Labour to return "democracy" to the party. While no longer a lawmaker, Livingstone has been appointed by Corbyn as the joint head of a committee reviewing party policy on renewing the submarines which carry Britain's nuclear weapons.
The trio are "old-school" campaigners; Livingstone describes finding a leaflet while "shuffling through papers" from 1980 when he and Corbyn were the speakers at a rally intended to help make the GLC socialist.
Livingstone admires what he calls Corbyn's honesty, one of the reasons cited by many of the mainly young new Labour members and supporters who backed his leadership campaign. Many also saw him as the only alternative to the party "establishment".
But others, including many of Corbyn's own lawmakers, see his refusal to compromise on his socialist principles as a problem and do not trust his closest allies.
Corbyn was elected on Sept. 12 after former leader Ed Miliband's attempt to fuse centrism with a more left-wing doctrine failed to convince voters in last May's election. Many did not trust Labour to run the economy well, while the legacy of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, backed by Blair's government, also weighed heavily.
The party was already split when some lawmakers reluctantly nominated Corbyn for the leadership after facing what one senior Labour member described as an awful selection of candidates.
Starting as a rank outsider, Corbyn not only won the votes of the leftist old guard but captured the mood of younger members with his opposition to the Conservative government's austerity measures to eliminate a large budget deficit.
Some senior party members refused to work with Corbyn but others decided to give him a chance when he brought moderates as well as more natural allies into his shadow cabinet, whose members hold portfolios mirroring those of the government.
But Corbyn then moved to tighten his control over the party by bringing in new advisers, endorsing a campaign to get leftists onto local councils and sticking closely to his principles, including an anti-war stance. Some more mainstream Labour lawmakers, wary of public opinion, became increasingly critical.
"KINDLY GO"
Social media has become the forum for often vicious spats, and the Labour Party seems at war with itself.
Following the Paris bloodbath on Nov. 13 claimed by Islamic State, Corbyn questioned the "shoot-to-kill" policy of British police in tackling such attacks. One lawmaker who criticized his comments was told to "get behind the leader or kindly go".
It is not an isolated case.
Several lawmakers said they have had to distance themselves from his stance on the "shoot-to-kill" policy, his opposition to joining air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and his statement that if prime minister he would never use nuclear weapons. This, they said, was to persuade voters that Labour would keep the country safe.
Some were branded Tories, or Conservatives. Others feared they would be hounded out of their jobs.
McDonnell, 64, has also ruffled feathers among centrists, notably when he brandished a copy of Chairman Mao Zedong's Little Red Book — a collection of the Chinese communist leader's thoughts — in parliament.
Livingstone himself prompted outrage when he responded to a lawmaker's criticism of his appointment to the defense review by suggesting he needed "psychiatric help". The lawmaker had a history of depression and Livingstone was forced to apologize.
Richard Angell, director of Progress, a group of Labour "modernizers" which has been touring the country to gauge public feeling, says Corbyn has alienated centrist members by surrounding himself with leftists. "His controversial appointments are of individuals more enthusiastic about his leadership than even he might be," Angell told Reuters.
Livingstone points out that Corbyn has strong support among party members who now number more than 380,000, up from about 270,000 in August and close to the more than 400,000 figure when Blair was elected in 1997.
He condemns the attacks on Corbyn as disloyal and blames a hostile media owned by "corrupt, tax-dodging billionaires" for demonizing the Labour leader.
With control over much of the party's apparatus, the leftists are also trying to boost their wider appeal through a group called Momentum.
Some Labour lawmakers say Momentum is "a party within the party" and portray it as little more than a lynch mob to get rid of moderate parliamentarians. Momentum denies this.
Its aim is "to open up the Labour Party to make it more like a social movement" developing what one organizer, 28-year-old James Schneider, calls "a more democratic and equal society".
An opinion poll this month by YouGov research group for the Times newspaper showed 66 percent of Labour members believed Corbyn was doing well. However, a ComRes poll showed the general public was now more than twice as likely to say they have an unfavorable view of Corbyn as favorable.
For John Mills, a Labour donor and businessman, there needs to be "some sort of synthesis" of the idealism of Corbyn and "the pragmatism and experience" of the Labour right to take the party forward and end the Conservatives' grip on power.
"In the end the Labour Party will reorganize itself," he said. "No, I don't think it's dead."
(Editing by David Stamp)
Photo: Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party addresses the Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth, Scotland October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne


I feel like I have neglected this blog for far too long. My intention was to keep an artist of the week on here and did okay for awhile and then............pffffffft. We partied here, thanks Ms. April and the Angry Gnome and then.............nada pinata.
I have some slowed down, as in better timing, plans for spotlighting talented people here. Some Etsy buddies, some witchy friends from across the pond and a shop in Sweden that you will not be able to resist.
So I hope those of you who are still out there in bloggyland will come back to this blog to see what we're cooking up here.
It's no problem waiting to see what wonderful artist you'll shine your spotlight on next.
I will be waiting right here! Love your blog page design, Linda.
Hey, my friend, thankfully we have FB to keep in touch. I rarely come to blogger and I should, since this is the only venue I can rely on in keeping up with some of my lovelies.


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package org.albianj.persistence.impl.db;

import org.albianj.logger.AlbianLoggerLevel;
import org.albianj.logger.IAlbianLoggerService2;
import org.albianj.persistence.context.IWriterJob;
import org.albianj.persistence.context.IWriterTask;
import org.albianj.persistence.context.WriterJobLifeTime;
import org.albianj.persistence.db.AlbianDataServiceException;
import org.albianj.persistence.db.IDataBasePool;
import org.albianj.persistence.db.IPersistenceCommand;
import org.albianj.persistence.db.ISqlParameter;
import org.albianj.persistence.impl.toolkit.ListConvert;
import org.albianj.persistence.object.IRunningStorageAttribute;
import org.albianj.persistence.object.IStorageAttribute;
import org.albianj.persistence.service.IAlbianStorageParserService;
import org.albianj.runtime.AlbianModuleType;
import org.albianj.service.AlbianServiceRouter;
import org.albianj.verify.Validate;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Vector;

public class PersistenceTransactionClusterScope extends FreePersistenceTransactionClusterScope
        implements IPersistenceTransactionClusterScope {
    protected void preExecute(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        writerJob.setWriterJobLifeTime(WriterJobLifeTime.Opening);
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                    writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, null, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                    AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                    "the task for the job is null or empty.");
        }

        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            writerJob.setCurrentStorage(task.getKey());
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
            IStorageAttribute storage = rsa.getStorageAttribute();
            if (null == storage) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, null, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "The storage for task is null.");
            }
            try {
                IAlbianStorageParserService asps = AlbianServiceRouter.getSingletonService(IAlbianStorageParserService.class, IAlbianStorageParserService.Name);
                IDataBasePool dbp = asps.getDatabasePool(writerJob.getId(), rsa);
                t.setDatabasePool(dbp);
                t.setConnection(asps.getConnection(writerJob.getId(), dbp, rsa,false));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "get the connect to storage:%s is error.",
                        storage.getName());
            }
            List<IPersistenceCommand> cmds = t.getCommands();
            if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(cmds)) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, null, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "The commands for task is empty or null");
            }
            List<Statement> statements = new Vector<Statement>();
            try {
                for (IPersistenceCommand cmd : cmds) {
                    PreparedStatement prepareStatement = t
                            .getConnection().prepareStatement(cmd.getCommandText());
                    Map<Integer, String> map = cmd.getParameterMapper();
                    if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(map)) {
                        continue;
                    } else {
                        for (int i = 1; i <= map.size(); i++) {
                            String paraName = map.get(i);
                            ISqlParameter para = cmd.getParameters().get(paraName);
                            if (null == para.getValue()) {
                                prepareStatement.setNull(i, para.getSqlType());
                            } else {
                                prepareStatement.setObject(i, para.getValue(),
                                        para.getSqlType());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    statements.add(prepareStatement);
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "make sql command for task is empty or null");
            }
            t.setStatements(statements);
        }
    }

    protected void executeHandler(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        writerJob.setWriterJobLifeTime(WriterJobLifeTime.Running);
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }

        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            writerJob.setCurrentStorage(task.getKey());
            List<Statement> statements = t.getStatements();
            List<IPersistenceCommand> cmds = t.getCommands();
            for (int i = 0; i < statements.size(); i++) {
                try {
                    IPersistenceCommand cmd = cmds.get(i);
                    AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                            writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Info,
                            "storage:%s,sqltext:%s,parars:%s.",
                            task.getKey(), cmd.getCommandText(), ListConvert.toString(cmd.getParameters()));
                    ((PreparedStatement) statements.get(i)).executeUpdate();
                } catch (SQLException e) {
                    IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                    AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                            writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                            AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                            "execute to storage:%s dtabase:%s is fail.",
                            rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected void commit(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        writerJob.setWriterJobLifeTime(WriterJobLifeTime.Commiting);
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }
        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            try {
                writerJob.setCurrentStorage(task.getKey());
                t.getConnection().commit();
                t.setIsCommited(true);
                writerJob.setNeedManualRollbackIfException(true);
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "commit to storage:%s database:%s is fail.",
                        rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
            }
        }
    }

    protected void exceptionHandler(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        boolean isThrow = false;
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }
        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            try {
                if (!t.getIsCommited()) {
                    t.getConnection().rollback();
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e,
                        "rollback to storage:%s database:%s is error.",
                        rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
                isThrow = true;
            }
        }
        if (isThrow)
            throw new AlbianDataServiceException("DataService is error.");
    }

    protected boolean exceptionManualRollback(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        try {
            manualRollbackPreExecute(writerJob);
            manualRollbackExecuteHandler(writerJob);
            manualRollbackCommit(writerJob);
            return true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                    writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e,
                    "manual rollback is fail.");
            return false;
        }
    }

    protected void unLoadExecute(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        boolean isThrow = false;
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }
        IWriterTask t = null;
        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            try {
                t = task.getValue();
                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                IDataBasePool dbp = t.getDatabasePool();
                dbp.returnConnection(writerJob.getId(), rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase(),
                        t.getConnection(), t.getStatements());
            }catch (Exception e){
                isThrow = true;
                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error,e,
                        "close the connect to storage:%s database:%s is fail.",
                        rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
            }finally {
                t = null;
            }
//            try {
//                List<Statement> statements = t.getStatements();
//                for (Statement statement : statements) {
//                    try {
//                        ((PreparedStatement) statement).clearParameters();
//                        statement.close();
//                    } catch (Exception e) {
//                        isThrow = true;
//                        IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
//                        AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
//                                writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error,e,
//                                "clear the statement to storage:%s database:%s is fail.",
//                                rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
//                    }
//                }
//                t.getConn().close();
//            } catch (Exception exc) {
//                isThrow = true;
//                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
//                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
//                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error,exc,
//                        "close the connect to storage:%s database:%s is fail.",
//                        rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
//            }
        }
//        if (isThrow)
//            throw new AlbianDataServiceException(
//                    "there is error in the unload trancation scope.");
    }

    private void manualRollbackPreExecute(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                    writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, null, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                    AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                    "the task for the job is null or empty when manual rollbacking.");
        }

        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            if (!t.getIsCommited()) continue;// not commit then use auto rollback

            List<IPersistenceCommand> cmds = t.getCommands();
            if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(cmds)) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, null, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "The commands for task is empty or null when manual rollbacking.");
            }
            List<Statement> statements = new Vector<Statement>();
            List<IPersistenceCommand> rbkCmds = new Vector<>();
            try {
                for (IPersistenceCommand cmd : cmds) {
                    if (!cmd.getCompensating()) continue;
                    PreparedStatement prepareStatement = t
                            .getConnection().prepareStatement(cmd.getRollbackCommandText());
                    Map<Integer, String> map = cmd.getRollbackParameterMapper();
                    if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(map)) {
                        continue;
                    } else {
                        for (int i = 1; i <= map.size(); i++) {
                            String paraName = map.get(i);
                            ISqlParameter para = cmd.getRollbackParameters().get(paraName);
                            if (null == para.getValue()) {
                                prepareStatement.setNull(i, para.getSqlType());
                            } else {
                                prepareStatement.setObject(i, para.getValue(),
                                        para.getSqlType());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    statements.add(prepareStatement);
                    rbkCmds.add(cmd);
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "make sql command for task is empty or null when maunal rollbacking.");
            }
            if (!Validate.isNullOrEmpty(statements)) {
                t.setRollbackStatements(statements);
                t.setRollbackCommands(rbkCmds);
                t.setCompensating(true);
            }
        }
    }

    private void manualRollbackExecuteHandler(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }

        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            if (!t.getIsCommited()) continue;
            if (!t.getCompensating()) continue;

            List<Statement> statements = t.getRollbackStatements();
            List<IPersistenceCommand> cmds = t.getRollbackCommands();
            if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(statements)) continue;
            ;
            for (int i = 0; i < statements.size(); i++) {
                try {
                    IPersistenceCommand cmd = cmds.get(i);
                    AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().log(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                            writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Info,
                            "manual-rollback job,storage:%s,sqltext:%s,parars:%s.",
                            task.getKey(), cmd.getRollbackCommandText(),
                            ListConvert.toString(cmd.getRollbackParameters()));
                    ((PreparedStatement) statements.get(i)).executeUpdate();
                } catch (SQLException e) {
                    IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                    AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                            writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                            AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                            "execute to storage:%s database:%s is error when manual rollbacking.",
                            rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private void manualRollbackCommit(IWriterJob writerJob) throws AlbianDataServiceException {
        Map<String, IWriterTask> tasks = writerJob.getWriterTasks();
        if (Validate.isNullOrEmpty(tasks)) {
            throw new RuntimeException("The task is null or empty.");
        }
        for (Map.Entry<String, IWriterTask> task : tasks.entrySet()) {
            IWriterTask t = task.getValue();
            if (!t.getIsCommited()) continue;
            try {
                if (t.getCompensating()) {
                    t.getConnection().commit();
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                IRunningStorageAttribute rsa = t.getStorage();
                AlbianServiceRouter.getLogger2().logAndThrow(IAlbianLoggerService2.AlbianSqlLoggerName,
                        writerJob.getId(), AlbianLoggerLevel.Error, e, AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence,
                        AlbianModuleType.AlbianPersistence.getThrowInfo(),
                        "commit to storage:%s database:%s is error when manual rollbacking.",
                        rsa.getStorageAttribute().getName(), rsa.getDatabase());
            }
        }
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Year of the Monkey just started, but already, this was no easy start for primates. According to an article in The Guardian, online photos and videos portraying Pygmy marmosets, also known as "thumbnail monkeys" because of their small size, are fueling the popularity of the animals as trend pets. Due to demand, the illegal trade of these animals is escalating.
Pygmy marmosets are the world's smallest monkeys. They are native to South American rainforests, where they live in small groups of around a dozen individuals, and they do not fare well in captivity. Despite this, China's wealthy elite, are purchasing these animals for about $4,500 each to keep as pets in their homes, According to The American Journal of Primatology, Pygmies were the second-most trafficked primate species (squirrel monkeys were the first), accounting for 13 percent of the primates the research team found for sale as pets and bushmeat at Peruvian markets. According to the International Union for Conservation and Nature, their population numbers are in decline due to the illegal pet trade.
While these monkeys are completely adorable, the journey that they, and other animals, endure in the wildlife trade is anything but cute. Most are stolen as infants and confined in cages. On the trip to their destination, they're subject to starvation, harsh weather conditions, injuries, and illness. Most animals sold as exotic pets never even make it to their intended buyers. In fact, biologists found that around 70 percent of traded exotic animals die at the wholesaler!
The trade in Marmosets has become a particular problem in China, but the exotic pet industry runs rampant worldwide. Slow lorises are marketed as children's pets (after their venomous teeth are removed), birds have been reported to have their beaks taped shut for transport, and sealed plastic pillows containing live turtles, fish, and amphibians are reportedly sold as trinkets, and perhaps most shockingly, there are currently more tigers living in U.S. backyards than in the wild. Clearly there is something wrong here.
While these animals are cute, it's absolutely critical that we don't encourage the illegal wildlife trade by viewing these living beings as pets. They all exist to play a role in their individual ecosystems and removing them for the sake of our entertainment or amusement is not only cruel, it's irresponsible. No matter how hard we try, we can never recreate the environment or life that wild animals would enjoy in their natural setting. The next time you see a video of an exotic animal being kept as a pet, think twice before liking or sharing it. Instead, share photos and videos of these incredible wild animals running free in the wild, where they belong.


With the pages of mainstream political magazines typically off-limits to their views (National Review editor William F. Buckley having famously denounced the John Birch Society), hardline conservatives resorted to putting out their own, less glossy publications. These were often paranoid and rambling--dominated by talk of international banking conspiracies, the Trilateral Commission's plans for world government, and warnings about coming Armageddon--but some of them had wide and devoted audiences. And a few of the most prominent bore the name of Ron Paul. Paul's newsletters have carried different titles over the years--Ron Paul's Freedom Report, Ron Paul Political Report, The Ron Paul Survival Report--but they generally seem to have been published on a monthly basis since at least 1978.
The Newsletters published before 1999 have all but disappeared, that is till James Kirchick of the New Republic tracked them down. Most of the newsletters had no byline so they were hard to know whether Paul wrote them or they were ghost-written.
Some of the earlier newsletters are signed by him, though the vast majority of the editions I saw contain no bylines at all. ..... many of the unbylined newsletters were written in the first person, implying that Paul was the author.But, whoever actually wrote them, the newsletters I saw all had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing Paul's name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to create the impression that they were written by him--and reflected his views.
Take, for instance, a special issue of the Ron Paul Political Report, published in June 1992, dedicated to explaining the Los Angeles riots of that year. "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks three days after rioting began," read one typical passage. According to the newsletter, the looting was a natural byproduct of government indulging the black community with "'civil rights,' quotas, mandated hiring preferences, set-asides for government contracts, gerrymandered voting districts, black bureaucracies, black mayors, black curricula in schools, black tv shows, black tv anchors, hate crime laws, and public humiliation for anyone who dares question the black agenda." It also denounced "the media" for believing that "America's number one need is an unlimited white checking account for underclass blacks."
.....The rhetoric when it came to Jews was little better. The newsletters display an obsession with Israel; no other country is mentioned more often in the editions I saw, or with more vitriol. A 1987 issue of Paul's Investment Letter called Israel "an aggressive, national socialist state," and a 1990 newsletter discussed the "tens of thousands of well-placed friends of Israel in all countries who are willing to wok [sic] for the Mossad in their area of expertise." Of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a newsletter said, "Whether it was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little."
My friend Spree just gave me the link for the actual PDFs of the Newsletters..click here to read them. And while you are at it make sure to go to Spree's wonderful site Wake Up America and say thanks.
Oh and for you Ron Paul supporters who are about to send me nasty posts telling me that Paul was mis quoted, one incident can be explained away, but the SHEER VOLUME OF HATRED spewed by this nut job is impossible to ignore, so save your bandwith because I hate to see you humiliate yourselves in public.
Sammie... the TNR page that has the actual links to the newsletters themselves (PDF files) is out too.
The only problem with that little denial and Ron Paul's denial, are quotes from newsletters like this one, where it is stated:"I've been told not to talk, but these stooges don't scare me. Threats or no threats, I've laid bare the coming race war in our big cities. The federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS (my training as a physician helps me see through this one.) The Bohemian Grove--perverted, pagan playground of the powerful. Skull & Bones: the demonic fraternity that includes George Bush and leftist Senator John Kerry, Congress's Mr. New Money. The Israeli lobby, which plays Congress like a cheap harmonica."
Let them try to deny he wrote that.


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Archaeologists explore ocean floor for clues to early coastal settlement
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by Cindy Weiss - April 23, 2007
Graduate student David Robinson emerges from the US Navy's NR-1 nuclear-powered submarine. The sub is used for underwater research.
Photo by David Robinson
Anthropologists in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are identifying new sites to study archaeology that are fathoms, not feet, under the surface.
Anthropology professor Kevin McBride and doctoral candidate David Robinson are scoping out early coastal human settlement sites, now under water, that could reveal clues to how the Americas were settled.
McBride says early submerged sites may yield evidence of how the earliest coastal residents lived and how they got here.
McBride, who is also director of research at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, was co-director and Robinson, a professional underwater archaeologist, one of the lead field archaeologists on a research expedition off Galveston, Texas, in March.
During the week-long expedition, teams of scientists from several federal agencies and research institutions explored the submerged landscape around the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 115 miles off the Texas-Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
The area, one of 13 U.S. national marine sanctuaries, was chosen because of its interesting geology and biology and its potential to contain preserved landforms with signs of some of America's earliest inhabitants.
The expedition used the U.S. Navy's NR-1, the nation's only nuclear-powered submarine dedicated to underwater research.
The tools of exploration also included a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), and state-of-the-art "telepresence" technology that enabled scientists and educators on shore to track from thousands of miles away what was going on in the Gulf.
McBride monitored the expedition from Mystic, along with co-director Robert Ballard, professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island and president of the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium.
Looking for preserved elements of an old landscape, they surveyed 50-plus miles and found a six mile-long area about 300 feet under water that showed signs of what could be the intact remains of an old coastline and old river channels that would have led from shore to sea.
It's an area that holds promise for more detailed analysis, he says.
At the height of the last glaciation, more than 20,000 years ago, the sea level was 350 to 400 feet lower than today, so what is now under water was then exposed land.
The NR-1 is able to sink down and roll along the ocean floor on truck tires, allowing scientists to look out through portholes and visually examine features from only a few feet away.
They could also map the sea floor with side-scan sonar while cruising 30-50 feet above the bottom.
"We were essentially going for a walk on the sea floor in an area where there had been an old coastline," says Robinson.
The area was too deep for scuba diving, but the researchers were able to use the sub and the ROV's high-definition video camera and sub-bottom profilers to see above and below the surface of the sea floor, learning more about its features than if they were diving.
McBride and Ballard monitored the work in real time, 24-hours a day, and produced 35 broadcasts for middle school students across the country.
Robinson will introduce students to underwater archaeology during this summer's UConn Archaeology Field School, which is managed by McBride.
Robinson, who holds a master's degree in shipwreck archaeology from Texas A & M University, is focusing his doctoral research at UConn on submerged settlements.
His interest stems from work he has done during the past decade in Maryland and currently with the Public Archaeology Laboratory in Rhode Island.
He has also traveled to Denmark several times during the past five years to work with some of the world's experts in Stone Age underwater archaeology from the Danish National and Viking Ship museums.
While McBride and Robinson are developing research opportunities in underwater archaeology, Nicholas Bellantoni, associate professor of anthropology and state archaeologist, is interested in the management and preservation of sites.
Bellantoni hopes to explore the Long Island Sound for native sites in collaboration with UConn's National Undersea Research Center (NURC) at Avery Point.
With a rich maritime history, Connecticut is a prime place to explore offshore, he says.
He expects there are probably hundreds, maybe thousands, of underwater archaeology sites, including shipwrecks, plane wrecks, and early Native American settlements in the Sound.
Bellantoni says the prospects for underwater archaeology in Connecticut include tourism as well as science.
He envisions creating "diver parks," where recreational divers could visit and study historic shipwrecks.
He is working with NURC on topographical maps and locating archaeological sites in the Long Island Sound.
"We have not been able to pay enough attention to our submerged coastal resources," he says.
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Missouri Lobbyist's "Dark Money" Group Invokes Trump in Campaign to Change Title IX Laws
The nonprofit was created by a lobbyist whose son was expelled from college following allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom,
Center for Responsive Politics
A Missouri lobbyist whose son was expelled from college following allegations of sexual misconduct is using Facebook ads featuring President Donald Trump to promote a bill that would change the way such cases are handled.
Lobbyist Richard McIntosh created a "dark money" nonprofit to push a bill through the Missouri state legislature that would allow college students accused of sexual misconduct under Title IX to appeal to a state commission where his wife is the presiding and managing commissioner.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on the creation of Kingdom Principles, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that is not legally required to disclose its donors, incorporated by McIntosh last year. The nonprofit began advocating for changes to Missouri Title IX rules under the name "Missouri Campus Due Process Coalition." Kingdom Principles has hired 29 lobbyists to push the bill, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission.
The group spent $7,509 on Facebook ads collecting signatures framed as supporting proposed Trump administration reforms to Title IX rules that dictate how colleges and universities handle investigations of sexual misconduct allegations. The ads direct people to sign on in support of the state-level push to change Missouri's laws. Each of the ads prominently features Trump's image, framing support of the Missouri measure as support of "Trump's due process protections" at the federal level.
The Missouri proposal, which has hit a wall in the Missouri Senate, includes some similarities to federal Title IX reforms proposed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in November 2018. For example, both would grant accused students the right to cross-examine accusers and both parties would be able to appeal decisions.
The state-level bill is particularly controversial because it sends appeals to the Administrative Hearing Commission, on which McIntosh's wife, Audrey Hanson McIntosh, serves. McIntosh has said his wife could recuse herself from cases related to his work. Then there's the fact that another member of the commission is also married to a major backer of the bill.
Though it's unclear who is funding Kingdom Principles, the group has confirmed one substantial funder: David Steward, a former member of the University of Missouri's governing body and the billionaire founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, for which McIntosh has been a registered lobbyist.
Shortly after the 2016 election, Steward and McIntosh attended a meeting with the then-president elect about filling positions in the Trump administration at Trump Tower in New York City.
While Steward is a longtime GOP donor, giving $100,000 to pro-Jeb Bush super PAC Right to Rise in 2015 and continuing to give to Republicans into the 2020 cycle, McIntosh overwhelmingly gives to Democrats and even maxed out donations to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary.
McIntosh is no stranger to playing both sides of the political field for his own advantage. He previously attracted controversy over ethics questions raised by him renting out a room to a Republican Missouri senator who had accepted political donations from companies that could benefit from policies he supported and was backed by another dark money group funded by secret donors.
This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
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Graduate Student Workers Organize Against Sexual Harassment on Campus
Graduate student workers have turned to unions to combat endemic conditions of sexual harassment.
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Students Push for Restorative Approaches to Campus Sexual Assault
Survivor-led student groups are expanding restorative justice processes at universities across the US.
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"Arabella" is a song by English rock band Arctic Monkeys from their fifth studio album, AM (2013). The song was confirmed as the album's fifth single by the band and their label Domino and impacted radio in Italy on 28 January 2014 and the United Kingdom on 10 March 2014. A physical 7" vinyl single was also planned for release on 28 March 2014, but was ultimately cancelled.

Composition
The song is described by Far Out magazine as a "fusing of late '90s hip-hop and R&B with '70s hard rock," they also noted musical references "to the likes of Sabbath or Zeppelin and the futurism of Dr. Dre, combined with lyrical extracts like "Arabella's got a '70s head, but she's a modern lover…she's made of outer space"".

Performances
"Arabella" was played live for the first time on 30 August 2013, during Zurich Openair festival performance, which was a part of the AM Tour. The band often play part of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" during live performances of the song, done to give Alex Turner time to equip a guitar for the solo. The part "War Pigs" is played due to the similarities between the riffs of the two songs.

Music video
An official music video for the song, directed by English director Jake Nava, premiered on 2 March 2014.

Commercial performance
In September 2013, following the release of AM, "Arabella" charted at number 155 on the UK Singles Chart, number 26 on the UK Indie Chart, and number 7 on the Ultratip chart of Belgium's Flanders region. Following the announcement of its single release in March 2014, the single re-entered the UK Singles and Indie charts, peaking at numbers 70 and 9 respectively. "Arabella" was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist on the B-list on 10 February 2014.

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys
Alex Turner – lead vocals, guitar solo, tambourine
Jamie Cook – lead guitars
Nick O'Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Matt Helders – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Technical personnel
James Ford – production, tambourine
Ross Orton – co-production
Ian Shea – engineering
Tchad Blake – mixing
Brian Lucey – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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2014 singles
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Domino Recording Company singles
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Songs written by Alex Turner (musician)
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Breaking - Accuser Recants - Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Accused Of Sexual Assault
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BREAKING: The accuser has recanted charges that would have been a serious blow to rising Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's carefully crafted image as a paragon of modern homosexual domesticity. The a 21-year old man, Hunter Kelly, now claims he never accused Buttigieg of sexually assaulting him earlier this year and the whole thing is a case of identity theft.
Where's John Brown When We Need Him?
Anthony Kennedy
Bill Burck
Chuck Grassley
Clarence Thomas
confirmation hearings
Corey Booker
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high-tech lynching
John McCain death
Republican majority
George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 10/10/18
Today, peaceful "normal" Americans find themselves in much the same position as Free-Soil settlers found themselves in Kansas in the years 1856 to 1858: Democrats are attacking us in our homes and businesses, we are harried and assaulted and government officials seem powerless to defend us or in some cases are even leading the attacks.
One Ford Narrative Too Many
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Taken as a whole, Ford's problem was not just that she couldn't remember key details, but that she remembered all sorts of different things depending on when and to whom she related the latest narrative. More incriminatingly, her narratives seemed to change key facts about the number and sex of apparent partygoers and the vague date and general area of the assault in ways that might enhance her latest iteration of the story. What destroys credibility is not just a lack of memory, but more so the presence of too many memories that are selective, self-serving, and mutually contradictory.
New Poll: Kavanaugh Is Only the First Victim of Democrat Smear Campaigns
CHQ Staff | 10/9/18
President Trump and a defiant Judge Kavanaugh refused to cave in to the pressure of Democrat politicians, the media, and left-wing mobs. Even though the tactic failed, most conservatives expect the Left to use smear campaigns against future Trump appointments, according to a new poll by FedUp PAC.
Susan Collins: The Old Republican Establishment's Finest Hour
George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 10/8/18
Maine's Senator Susan Collins, is the last of the old-fashioned Northeast establishment Republicans to serve in high public office. We conservatives often disagree with Senator Collins, and we will continue to do so, but one thing we can agree on is that stability, predictability, reliance and fairness are still virtues worthy of admiration and respect during our disagreements.
Kavanaugh FBI Report: No Hint Of Misconduct
We urge CHQ readers and friends to call Senators to urge Judge Kavanaugh's prompt confirmation, starting with four Republicans who need shoring up. RESPECTFULLY urge them to vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh: Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska (202-224-6665) and Susan Collins of Maine (202-224-2523), Jeff Flake of Arizona (202-224-4521) and Ben Sasse of Nebraska (202-224-4224).
The Establishment Media's Despicable Attempt To Destroy Brett Kavanaugh
Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told Fox News on Wednesday that Kavanaugh isn't getting a fair shake because most members of the mainstream media "want the Republicans to lose," and reaction to the FBI probe isn't exactly proving him wrong.
Join Us Today In A Day Of Prayer For Judge Brett Kavanaugh And Family
As part of this national day of prayer for Judge Kavanaugh and his family we offer the following prayers and Bible verses as inspiration to assist you in helping to pray Brett Kavanaugh and his family through this ordeal and to a successful confirmation vote.
New Poll: Conservatives Say Senate Should Be Voting on Kavanaugh
Conservatives believe that Senate Republicans should have proceeded to vote on and confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court this week, rather than surrendering to Democrat demands for another delay in the process, according to a poll by FedUp PAC.
What Does 'Credible' Mean?
Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator
There seems to have been some reason young Miss Blasey wanted to get away from her home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.. Is this all just about Christine Blasey Ford's politics? Could some deep-seated resentment toward her conservative family have inspired her to invent a fictional tale of attempted rape in order to destroy a Republican nominee to the Supreme Court? As strange as such a suggestion may seem, it wouldn't be the strangest tale stirred up by the fight over Judge Kavanaugh's nomination.
Make Thursday A National Day Of Prayer For Brett Kavanaugh And Family
With Judge Kavanaugh's nomination coming to the Senate Floor this week we urge all our CHQ readers, friends and followers to join us on Thursday for a special day of prayer for God's grace to be upon Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his family and that he be brought through this ordeal to a successful confirmation vote.
The Reason For The Public Torture Of Brett Kavanaugh
The new radical Left Democrats are punishing Brett Kavanaugh for his beliefs and would like to see his nomination defeated, but what they'd like to do even more is make sure that no one who shares Brett Kavanaugh's Christian and constitutional conservative values ever again lets their name be put forward for an appointment to the Supreme Court.
Two Women Unravel Christine Blasey Ford's Story
In this long article stiching together the tweets of Denise McAllister, a woman who knew Christine Blasey Ford in college and Prof. Margot Cleveland, who has carefully unravelled the timeline of her claims, the holes in Blasey Ford's story are revealed in stark detail.
Democrats abused Ford (and Kavanaugh)
Editors, Washington Examiner
These left-wing political hacks purposefully victimized Kavanaugh, concealing Ford's allegation from everyone, even in closed sessions with Kavanaugh, and then disclosing it as late as possible in the hope that it could delay or prevent a good man's confirmation. Democrats didn't want to help their star witness, they only wanted to use her. They didn't want to get to the bottom of her accusations, they just wanted to keep a Supreme Court seat vacant for two years so a Democratic president could fill it after defeating President Trump. This isn't our speculation. It's what Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, has admitted publicly.
Should You Believe All Accusers?
Ben Shapiro, CNS News
The question isn't whether one ought to believe "survivors" — of course one should. The question is whether everyone who alleges sexual abuse is, in fact, a survivor of sexual abuse. Not all accusers are automatically survivors. It's our job to determine whether each individual accusation merits belief. And if the answer is no, that isn't an indicator of sexism. Sometimes it's an indicator than an allegation just doesn't have enough support.
It All Comes Down To Senator Jeff Flake
UPDATE Senator Jeff Flake flakes out, demands another week delay after voting to send the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Floor of the Senate.
The Bizarre World Of Christine Blasey Ford
The past ten days of ritual defamation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh revealed the depth and sophistication of the Far-Left Democrats' smear machine, but yesterday's hearing revealed the truly bizarre world of Christine Blasey Ford, the high priestess of the ritual.
New Poll: Smears Of Kavanaugh Motivating Voters Against "radical and unscrupulous" Democrats
A large majority of 91.4% of conservatives responding to the recent FedUp PAC poll said that campaigning in support of Kavanaugh allows the GOP to highlight how "radical and unscrupulous" the Democrats have become. The Democrats' willingness to use any smear to prevent a pro-Constitution majority on the Court may prove to be the decisive issue in many Senate races this fall.
Kavanaugh Interview Explains Why Feminist Left Hates Him
Contrast Brett Kavanaugh's description of himself in high school and college, and that of the women who dated him and knew him well, with the feminist hatred of "the patriarchy" and "white male privilege" and the sexually commoditized alcohol-fueled party scene described in Christine Blasey Ford's high school yearbooks from Holton Arms and you see the perfect target for feminist fury.
Anita Hill, the Janet Cooke of Sexual Harassment
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L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, CNS News
Anita Hill's feminist fictions have been made into glowing liberal TV movies by Showtime and HBO. The media eagerly forwarded Hill's latest statement: "I have seen firsthand what happens when such a process is weaponized against an accuser, and no one should have to endure that again." To them, the "truth" always has a liberal bias. These guardians of "facts" cannot imagine that the accusers of Thomas and Kavanaugh have been "weaponized" by liberals to spread lies about offenses that never happened.


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A cohort of patients with ovarian cancer saw survival benefit with niraparib in a recent phase 3 study.
Risk of progression or death was reduced by 73 percent compared with placebo when patients with germline BRCA-positive platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer used the PARP1/2 inhibitor niraparib, according to findings from the the phase 3 NOVA trial presented at the 2016 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
After a median follow-up of 16.9 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) with maintenance niraparib was 21 months compared with 5.5 months for placebo in patients with germline BRCA mutations. These findings remained consistent across subgroups of patients, including those without BRCA mutations.
"This is a breakthrough for patients with ovarian cancer," lead investigator Mansoor Raza Mirza, M.D., chief oncologist at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, said in a statement. "We have never seen such large benefits in progression-free survival in recurrent ovarian cancer. Once it is approved by the regulatory authorities, I'll consider niraparib for all my patients with recurrent ovarian cancer who respond to platinum, regardless of BRCA status."
The phase 3 study randomized patients in a 2 to 1 ratio across two independent cohorts. In the first cohort, 201 patients with germline BRCA mutations received niraparib at 300 mg daily (138 patients) or placebo (65 patients). In the second cohort, 345 patients with non-germlineBRCA-mutant tumors received the PARP Inhibitor (231 patients) or placebo (114 patients). Patients in this group were tested for homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), and could be either positive (162 patients) or negative (134 patients). Of those who tested positive, 47 had somatic BRCA mutations and 115 were wild-type.
Patient demographics were well balanced between the arms for each cohort. In the germline BRCA group, the median age was 57 years and 65.9 percent had an ECOG performance status (PS) of 0. In the placebo group, the median age was 58 years and 73.8 percent of patients had an ECOG PS of 0. Overall, 48.6 percent and 53.8 percent of patients had received three or more prior therapies, in the niraparib and placebo arms, respectively.
Across both cohorts, the majority of patients had stage 3 cancer (68.8 percent to 74.1 percent). Approximately half of patients had achieved a complete response to prior platinum-based therapy and a quarter had received prior bevacizumab. In the non-BRCA-mutant arm, 33.8 percent and 32.8 percent of patients had received three or more prior therapies.
In the germline BRCA mutation group, the chemotherapy-free interval was 22.8 months with niraparib compared with 9.4 months for placebo. The median time to subsequent therapy was 21 months with niraparib versus 8.4 months with placebo.
"The effectiveness of platinum-based chemotherapy diminishes over time, and PFS and platinum-free intervals generally become shorter after each round of platinum treatment. In addition, the incidence of infection and risk of neuropathy and hypersensitivity with certain chemotherapy agents rises with subsequent cycles," Mirza noted. "An oral maintenance treatment that could lengthen the PFS interval between rounds of platinum-based chemotherapy would be very meaningful for patients with ovarian cancer, who often live with a fear of recurrence after ending active treatment."
The median time to progression or death during the first subsequent therapy following the study (PFS2) was 25.8 months for those who received maintenance niraparib versus 19.5 months for placebo.
Findings for overall survival were not yet mature (fewer than 20 percent of events). At the time of the analysis, niraparib had reduced the risk of death by 27 percent versus placebo, although this finding was not statistically significant.
In patients with HRD-positive, BRCA wild-type tumors, median PFS was 9.3 versus 3.7 months for niraparib and placebo, respectively. In those with HRD-positive, somatic BRCA-mutated tumors, the median PFS was 20.9 months with niraparib versus 11.0 months for placebo. In patients with HRD-negative, non-germline BRCA-mutated tumors, median PFS was 6.9 versus 3.8 months for niraparib and placebo, respectively.
In those with non-germline BRCA mutations regardless of HRD status, the median chemotherapy-free interval was 12.7 versus 8.6 months for niraparib and placebo, respectively. The median time to subsequent therapy was 11.8 versus 7.2 months and the median PFS2 was 18.6 and 15.6 months for the niraparib and placebo arms, respectively.
Across cohorts, 14.7 percent of 367 niraparib-treated patients discontinued therapy due to an adverse event (AE) compared with 2.2 percent of the 179 patients in the placebo arm. There were no treatment-related deaths in the study. In the follow-up period, one patient in the niraparib arm and two in the placebo group died of myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia. One of these deaths in each arm was deemed to be treatment related.
The most common all-grade AEs for niraparib versus placebo, respectively, were nausea (73.6 percent vs 35.2 percent, respectively), thrombocytopenia (61.3 percent vs 5.6 percent), fatigue (59.4 percent vs 41.3 percent), anemia (50.1 percent vs 6.7 percent), constipation (39.8 percent vs 20.1 percent), vomiting (34.3 percent vs 16.2 percent) and neutropenia (30.2 percent vs 6.1 percent).
The most common grade 3/4 AEs in the niraparib arm were hematologic, and included thrombocytopenia (33.8 percent), anemia (25.3 percent) and neutropenia (19.6 percent). The most common non-hematologic AEs were hypertension (8.2 percent), fatigue (8.2 percent) and nausea (3 percent). A majority of hematologic AEs were experienced in the first three cycles.
Tesaro, the company developing niraparib, initiated a rolling submission of data from the NOVA trial for a new drug application in September 2016, after receiving a fast track designation from the FDA. The company expects a full submission of the data to be complete by the end of the year. A similar marketing authorization application is anticipated in the EU.


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Sydney Airport, is located 15 kilometers from the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney.
There are many convenient transport options to get you where you need to go – drive yourself and park, hop on a bus or catch a taxi.
Can I store luggage/ personal belongings at the convention center?
Cloaking is complimentary to guests attending events at ICC Sydney. Cloaking is available at both Customer Service desks located on ground floor of Convention Centre and Level 2 of Exhibition.
ICC Sydney operates two 24 hour car parking stations with a total of 826 parking spaces including 11 accessible parking bays, 25 motorcycle parking spaces, 50 bicycle racks and 20 electric car charge spaces.
Casual business attire is suitable for the Conference. All guests in attendance are required to be fully dressed and wear shoes at all times for their own safety.
Please advise the SIA of any special dietary requirements when you are registering.
During the session breaks there will be a table offering food suitable for dietary requirements. Please don't hesitate to ask staff at the registration desk.
If your dietary request relates to a life threatening allergy, please ensure that you advise the SIA as soon as possible.
Is a Prayer Room available at the venue?
Non-denominational male and female prayer rooms are located on level three of the exhibition centre.
What are the closest bank location?
Are ATM's available at ICC Sydney?
– ICC Sydney Theatre – adjacent to Customer Service Desk on level two.
ATMs can also be found at the adjacent Harbourside Shopping Centre and Darling Quarter.
ICC Sydney – including all indoor and outdoor spaces – is a no-smoking zone. This applies to use of electronic cigarettes and vaporisers.


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In the hospitality industry, running out of clean, fresh linen can be detrimental for a business - whether that's towels, tablecloths or bedlinen. That's why so many business owners now choose to outsource their linen laundry services, leaving everything in the hands of a professional company who makes keeping you supplied with top-quality linen an absolute priority.
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I tried monitoring my car via OBD's CAN HS HI/LOW pin, but in vain. looks like it is not in the CAN network segment, maybe in another segment can network.


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Yeah uhuh, that beeee a Christmas Tree on the left.
Sometimes I need a reminder to celebrate Christmas ever-day, NOT jus once a year.
Seems this be one of them "sometimes", so the tree stands in March!
wont be here til April.


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These Celebs Have the *Best* Promposal Ideas
Plus, how to win your own epic promposal!
By Alanna Greco Mar 12, 2019
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There are so many ways to go all out with a promposal, from dressing up as a hot dog to offering a full vacation to your potential prom date (hey, it's happened!).
But one of the best ways to make sure that you can create an epic promposal is by enlisting the help of people who *really* know what they're doing (and who will also foot the bill!). That's why JCPenney is partnering with Wattpad and the stars of Hulu's Light as a Feather, Peyton List, Ajiona Alexus, and Brent Rivera. From 2/8-3/22, teens can write their dream promposal story on Wattpad for a chance to win the opportunity to make it happen, courtesy of JCPenney and the cast.
To help you think up your perfect ask, Ajiona, Peyton, and Brent shared their dream promposals. Plus, everything they're wearing in the photos below is straight from JCPenney if you're still planning your look. Prepare for some major inspiration!
Ajiona
"It's obviously pretty extra, but at the end of the day the most important thing is that someone thought about me..."
"I love surprises, so anything that's romantic and outside the box would be my perfect promposal. I'd want a full day that builds up to it—and there definitely needs to be a beach and fireworks!
We'd start off with him picking me up from the house and going out to lunch somewhere on the ocean with a nice view. After we eat, we would walk on the beach and there would be an entire band sitting there and performing, playing a classic that everyone knows and loves. And because pink is my favorite color, the band would be in pink outfits with some sparkles and glitter. Towards the end of the song, fireworks would start to go off and a plane would fly over the beach with the words, "Ajiona, will you go to prom with me?"
It's obviously pretty extra, but at the end of the day the most important thing is that someone thought about me, and the fact that they went out of their way to do anything is special to me. I want everyone to know that there are no limitations to what their dream promposals could be. I know that high school shapes you in a lot of ways, so I'm really glad that I could help JCPenney bring someone their own dream promposal and be part of someone's high school life in such a positive way."
"...I'd want a really cool sports car like a Lamborghini or a McLaren in red or bright green, which are my favorite colors."
"My dream promposal would definitely involve cars! If someone got a cool car to ask me to prom, that would be one of my top promposals because it's something that I enjoy and it would show that they were really thinking of me. And if we're talking epic promposals here, I'd want a really cool sports car like a Lamborghini or a McLaren in red or bright green, which are my favorite colors.
The person would drive up to me in the car to ask, and hopefully my friends are also there. If I had a hint that it was happening, I would get a couple friends together so that they could see it too and be there for support. I don't have a preference for how the word prom comes across—maybe it's written on the side of the car, maybe they have a sign that says 'prom?', maybe there's a singer inside the car and they sing a song that says, 'Will you come to prom with me?'—there are so many options! Either way, it would surprise me for sure.
Ajiona, Brent, and Peyton
After they ask, my date and I would have a few hours with the car and I could whip it around real quick. I'd also definitely post the promposal on social media—you want your promposal to be the best, so I think the more people that see it the better!
Plus, the best part about going all out with your promposal is just to really get people excited. Personally, I love to wow people and go over expectations, so if I was asking someone to prom I would want to go above and beyond. But even if you have this huge thing planned and it goes kinda wrong, don't sweat it—it's all just for fun!"
"I don't think that a promposal has to be serious as all—it's about being young and having fun!"
"I would go all out with a huge ask for my dream promposal. I'd get some friends together to hijack a school assembly and put on a really funny performance where we would dress up and sing. I'd want to surprise the person by pointing to a bunch of people during the song, but at the end, I'd be like, 'Nah, just kidding, it's you!'
After we finish performing the song, I could have a giant sign that one of my friends pulls out, and it says, 'Check one: yes or no,' and she'd walk up to him with a marker to have him choose. So hopefully we've been dating for a bit, because it's really hard to say no to that in front of a gymnasium full of people!
I don't think that a promposal has to be serious as all—it's about being young and having fun! It can be kinda nerve-wracking going all out though, so enlisting the help of your friends will make you feel like you can do it. And if you can see the person you want to ask maybe saying yes, then why not go for it?
I'm so, so excited to help hype up the winner of JCPenney and Wattpad's dream promposal contest. The winner will get everything that they need for prom, and it's going to be so cool to be a part of it!"
Don't forget to enter JCPenney and Wattpad's promposal takeover contest—enter here, and good luck! And if you're looking for some more outfit inspo, check out this story to find the perfect prom dress for your sign.
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Listen to LaneZ by JameZ on Artist Sounds. JameZ is looking to make a big name for himself with his new song on Soundcloud called "LaneZ." Following his last single "Bring Me Down" which has been doing well. LaneZ is a song about knowing what's real within the fakeness that surrounds you, and staying in your "lane" as far as knowing where you're going and what you're doing in life. It's defiantly a switch up from his last single.


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Program 102: The Circle
Monacan Village. Photo by Rose High Bear
Barbara Roberts shares the historical background of the Monacan nation, a state-recognized tribe in Virginia. Stories from the tribe's chief, historian and two elders include the 1608 encounter with Captain John Smith as well as their recent recovery of spiritual and cultural identity and a "sense of story."*
Artist's Spotlight: Oneida singer and composer, Joanne Shenandoah presents a Haudenosaunee round dance composition called "Unity" with Lawrence Laughing from Silver Wave Records.
Judy Bluehorse Skelton teaches that living life following the four seasons is one of the first steps to creating good health and well-being. She offers a recipe for a "spring detox" and other information on the blessings of the springtime season.
Nico Wind tells about and shares a variety of round dance songs, sometimes called the friendship dance or circle dance which is found almost universally among today's tribes. She describes the how dance step is performed and shares differences between the Southern and Northern rhythm styles.
Judy Trejo sings and tells the origins of Paiute and Shoshone women's work songs which also doubled as lullabies. She discusses how the women would go about their duties with their babies in cradle board strapped on their back and how everything they did was done with rhythm, "whether they be scraping deer hides antelope hides, or if they sat or kneeling on the ground and grinding meal from dried roots or seeds that we would gather."
Deg Hit'an (Alaskan Athabascan) Rose High Bear tells the story of Gramma Sophie and her early twentieth century life along the Yukon and Kuskoquim Rivers of Alaska. Part of a traditional Athabascan Raven story is included within the story. "…Now inside her enit sits Raven in the form of a woman and she begins to think, that Raven…"
Host Arlie Neskahi builds upon the theme of the circle throughout the program opening with "In our ancient traditions, nature is a circle. And all things strive for the harmony of roundness. In the old days, all power came from the sacred hoop of our nation. So long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished."
* It was upon Monacan ancestral land where Thomas Jefferson established his home, Monticello, the site of the 2003 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Kick-Off. Between 2004-2006, Wisdom of the Elders will feature a series of radio programs focusing upon the history, culture and arts of native nations along the original expedition trail. The planned series will be announced on this program.


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Single Source Procurement: Youth Access Program - Targeted Health Care Services for High Risk YMSM
Pursuant to New York State Finance Law § 163.10(b), The New York State Department of Health is presenting the following summary of relevant circumstances, and material and substantial reasons why a competitive procurement was not feasible.
On June 29, 2014, Governor Cuomo made an important announcement, in which he detailed a three-point plan to "Bend the Curve" and move us closer to the end of the AIDS epidemic in New York State. The goal is to reduce the number of new HIV infections to just 750 (from an estimated 3,000) by 2020.
The three-point plan includes:
Identifying persons with HIV who remain undiagnosed and linking them to health care;
Linking and retaining persons diagnosed with HIV in health care and maintaining them on antiretroviral therapy to maximize HIV viral load suppression so they remain healthy and to prevent further transmission; and
Facilitating access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for high-risk HIV negative persons.
The Youth Access Programs (YAP) was identified as a way to achieve the goals within the three-point plan as mentioned above. YAPs currently provide low-threshold clinical services to adolescents/young adults who are at high risk for HIV (aged 13-24 years) in targeted and accessible community-based settings to meet their immediate health care and social service needs. The YAP model is also intended to identify new infections in adolescents/young adults whose HIV status is unknown or positive adolescents/young adults who are not in care and connect them promptly to HIV/AIDS care. Another important focus of this model is prevention- connecting high risk youth who present to ongoing primary health care and needed psychosocial and supportive services.
Additional funding will enable increased emphasis on prevention, treatment and care of young men who have sex with men (YMSM). A review of newly diagnosed HIV cases by transmission risk from 2002-2012 (NYSDOH/AI/BHAE Dec. 2013) indicates that MSM consistently represent the largest proportion of new infections. Furthermore, the age group from 13-29 years represents the majority of the newly diagnosed HIV cases. The effects of HIV chronic illness on quality of life for the infected and affected, the lifetime costs of treatment and care, combined with the potential increase reservoir for transmission of HIV, demands a public health response to address the health needs of YMSM. Additional funding will allow for increased outreach to engage YMSM, improved linkage to continuous HIV care and treatment, and averted new infections. Notably, given the advances in treatment as prevention, this funding will support assessment for and, if appropriate, linkage to Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).
We are requesting to add $150,000 per year for the next two years to the three contracts listed below. This funding will allow these contractors to increase emphasis on prevention, treatment and care of YMSM and will allow them to provide services specifically to YMSM. These three contracts were originally selected through the following competitive procurement in 2011: HIV Youth Access Program. Four contracts were awarded funding from this procurement for the HIV Youth Access Program (Component C of the Request For Applications). Three of the four contracts have been selected to receive an increase to their contract. The funding is intended to assist in reaching the largest number of YMSM. Therefore, contractors serving the NYC region were selected.
Procurement / Program Name Youth Access Program - Targeted Health Care Services for High Risk YMSM
Contractor Name(s) Multiple – please see attached
Contract Period 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2016
Contract Number(s) Multiple – please see attached
Revised: September 2014


Charming and a natural comedian he lives and plays for the good things in life, never taking things too seriously and never with even a hint of an inflated ego. John has worked with many distinguished musicians and producers throughout his musical journey. These include: Martin Grech, Tim Bradshaw (David Gray, Fat Lady Sings), Dylan Howe (Blockheads, Son of Steve Howe from 'Yes', Gabrielle), Diz Minnitt (Orginal bass player for Marillion), and Mike Roarty (Howard Jones, The Pale).


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