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Welcome to the new version of the UCL News site. As you can see, UCL News is now available in a variety of formats – a headlines digest, images, video, Twitter and an events blog – as well as press releases and notices about awards and appointments, so that you can follow UCL developments in your preferred way(s). The different formats are explained in detail below, along with the reasons for this change.
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To read the blog, go to the 'Find out more' section at the bottom of the news page and click on the 'Events blog' link, or go direct to http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/events/
The Guest book archive is available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/guestbook/2011
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Allisa Georgio scored the first goal of her collegiate soccer career ŌĆō and it was a big one.
Framingham State freshman Georgio, from West Greenwich (Exeter-West Greenwich), scored the game-winner in the 98th minute of the game for a 2-1 overtime victory over Fitchburg State. The effort not only earned her and her teammates an important victory but also earned her Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week honors. She picked up an assist earlier in the season.
Nicole Scola is becoming a big-time player in womenŌĆÖs college golf. If you donŌĆÖt believe it, check out her efforts for Quinnipiac University and the fact that she was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golfer of the Month.
SOUTH KINGSTOWNŌĆöEven narrowly missing out on the Division I playoffs couldnŌĆÖt damper the South Kingstown girls tennis teamŌĆÖs spirits after the complete turnaround the Rebels made from a season ago.
South made its return to D-I last fall ŌĆō finishing just 1-11 ŌĆō and were expected to be in a similar situation for 2013.
South (5-7 D-I) defied those expectations though, and with two games to play were still in the mix for a playoff berth.
Unfortunately for the Rebels, they fell just shy as back-to-back 4-3 losses to Moses Brown and Barrington sealed their fate.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆö Two weeks ago the South Kingstown girls soccer team likely wouldŌĆÖve lost Tuesday nightŌĆÖs Division I game with Coventry by a goal.
Had TuesdayŌĆÖs game been played early last week, the Oakers likely wouldŌĆÖve suffered defeat against the tough Rebels.
Instead, the two teams have started to develop an identity as tough-to-break-down squads which will continue to battle for 80 minutes. Both teams had chances to score ŌĆō South had the most golden of the opportunities late in the first half ŌĆō but the teams walked away with a point following a 0-0 draw.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆöThe result was worth the wait for the Narragansett girls tennis team Tuesday.
The Mariners had to wait nearly 45 minutes past their estimated 3:30 p.m. start time for their Division II Quarterfinal match with Classical but needed less than an hour to dispose of the Purple 4-0 to advance to the semifinals.
WEST GREENWICH ŌĆö For the third time in as many five-game matches, it looked like the West Warwick volleyball team was going to play well enough to come up just short of a victory over a playoff-bound team.
Three-time defending Division II champion Exeter-West Greenwich scored two straight points to earn two match points. This time, the Wizards werenŌĆÖt going to let all their hard work go to waste.
The Wizards overcame a two-game deficit and then burnt off two match points before finally winning the match 15-25, 5-25, 25-22, 25-22, 16-14 on an EWG hitting error.
WEST GREENWICH ŌĆō Neither injuries, nor penalties, nor a slow start could beset the Exeter-West Greenwich High School football team as their quest for Division IV perfection continued at home last Saturday as the Knights overcame everything stacked against them with a third quarter explosion that buried Smithfield, 35-6.
COVENTRY ŌĆö The North Kingstown volleyball team pushed Coventry harder than any team has pushed the two-time defending state champions this season. But the Skippers, just like many of CoventryŌĆÖs opponents, had no answer for senior middle Sam Higgins and junior outside hitter Jill Ward.
Ward went over, around and through NorthŌĆÖs blocks all evening to finish with a match-high 18 kills, while Higgins used her speed and skill to record 12 kills and seven blocks.
NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō It is a good time to be a member of the North Kingstown High School girls tennis program.
The JV squad wrapped up their league title last Friday. On Sunday, the Skippers top doubles team of Lucia Bolibruch and Grace Callahan captured the stateŌĆÖs individual title. Walking away from the schoolŌĆÖs tennis courts on Tuesday afternoon following the Skipper ŌĆÖs Division I quarterfinals match against Barrington, coach Tim OŌĆÖNeill might have summed up his teamŌĆÖs recent run best with one simple sentence.
ŌĆ£The dream season continues.ŌĆØ
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ŌĆ£She was actually a singles player last year and I started playing tennis my freshman year of high school,ŌĆØ North Kingstown junior Grace Callahan said after she and playing partner sophomore Lucia Bolibruch captured the RIIL State Doubles Championship Sunday at Slater Park.
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Beanca Cassandra Marie L. Binene was born on November 4, 1997, Quezon City, Philippines, is a Filipina actress. She was a finalist in StarStruck Kids and has played the role of Natalie Dimaculangan in First Time . She is one of the Junior Child Ambassadors for the Haribon Foundation since 2005.
She has participated in an acting workshop by Trumpets, where she played Molly in the production of Annie.
She is one of the stars in the GMA Network TV series Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts playing the role of tough girl Belinda Fortes. She is also a regular host every Sunday in Good News Kasama si Vicky Morales on GMA News TV.
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No, I don't like who've I become, but…; but nothing
I understand how this works… I do whatever the fuck I want.– Me, after thinking about your mom
That's not me. I just googled "generic male" and this guy, apparently named Kasey, was the first photo of a human that popped up. But for all intents and purposes, I am that guy. Someone trying to be human as humanly possible, or at least how I define it. It's kind of a mess
I still enjoy hiding in plain site. Total contradiction, especially considering the internet is involved, but I love it. I feel like I can tell someone something I couldn't tell anyone I knew personally, simply because they could never relay the message to anyone that may be affected.
That is false security. I enjoy it. Take it away.
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The Bulldog bats showed up late in Friday's home baseball game against Lincoln High on Friday. When Tracy did start hitting the ball it wasn't enough to overcome the Trojans' early lead, giving Lincoln the 8-5 win.
The loss takes away Tracy's (8-4, 3-1 San Joaquin Athletic Association) hold on sole possession of first place in the league, with Lincoln (7-5, 3-1 SJAA) also taking a share of the lead.
Lincoln scored right away on three consecutive base hits in the first inning, and scored four more in the third, leaving Tracy senior starting pitcher Anthony Nunez with the loss. Nunez gave up eight hits over three innings.
"Lincoln outplayed us in all phases of the game," Tracy coach Vic Alkire said. "They were better in the field, they were better at bat, they were better on the bases. When that happens you can't expect any other outcome."
Tracy's Nunez who was one-for-three at the plate, and senior Braeden Oki, who went three-for-four, both got hits in the first inning, and junior Joey Cocoles singled in the fifth, but the Bulldogs didn't score until the sixth, when junior Jacob George reached on an error and Oki singled. Senior Dustin Dibble doubled to deep left-center field to drive in two. Oki hit a two-RBI double in the seventh, advanced on a passed ball and then stole home.
Lincoln totaled 13 hits for the day, and scored two runs off sophomore relief pitcher Brett Mansell and another off freshman closer Chandlyr Metal.
Millennium 11, Brookside Christian 6
The Falcons got a big win on the road against defending Central California Athletic Alliance champion Brookside Christian High at Billy Hebert Field in Stockton on Friday.
Millennium (10-1, 3-0 CCAA) overcame Brookside's (7-5, 2-1 CCAA) 6-0 lead starting in the fourth inning with junior Eddie Diaz' bases-loaded double to drive in three runs. Millennium tied it up in the fifth, scored another in the sixth and rallied for four runs in the seventh.
Millennium totaled 15 base hits. Diaz went four-for-five for the day, senior Spencer Blackwell went three-for-three with two RBIs and senior Raymond DelaRosa had two hits and batted in one.
Senior starting pitcher Manjot Atwal went all seven innings, giving up six hits and striking out nine for the win.
Sierra 8, Kimball 2
Kimball High's offense couldn't overcome Sierra's five-run second inning, when the Timberwolves scored with two hits and four walks. Senior starting pitcher Trevor Trew was finished after two innings and got the loss. Sophomore Chad Hanville finished the game and gave up three hits and three runs, one of them earned, over five innings.
Kimball (3-8, 2-4 Valley Oak League) had 12 hits to Sierra's (10-2, 3-0 VOL) five, but also left eight runners stranded, including five in scoring position. Junior Ryan King went four-for-four, including an RBI double down the third base line in the seventh, senior Brennan Bowman had three base hits, and senior Matt Rodriguez hit an RBI singled in the first inning..
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This section describes the different kinds of backups that MySQL Enterprise Backup can create and the techniques for producing them, with examples showing the relevant syntax for the mysqlbackup command. It also includes a full syntax reference for the mysqlbackup command.
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For backing up InnoDB tables, I'd suggest having a look at mysqldump along with the --single-transaction option.
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Try using the "--extended-insert" option with mysqldump. This will create an INSERT statement that groups the VALUES together, which will increase the speed of re-inserting the data into the database by a vast amount.
Here is an example of a line from a file created by the command, "mysqldump --user=me -p --extended-insert my_db > c:\db.sql"
i.e. INSERT INTO some_table VALUES (610,8197325,'2006-10-11 05:51:37'),(1220,2001647,'2007-08-07 15:01:28'),(6713,8470458,'2000-05-06 01:34:23');


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I love Twitter. I've written at length before on why, and these reasons still hold up and are primary to my relationship with the platform. It is the central focus of my digital life and as important a part of keeping me informed and connected as e-mail, in some ways more important, while being far more entertaining, engaging and expansive than e-mail could ever be.
But Twitter is having some issues. The service is not growing and evolving the way some expected it to, the company is again grappling with leadership transitions, trying to attract new users and convincing them to stick around.
The recent round of As The Blue Bird Turns prompted me to reflect on how I engage with Twitter, how it has matured and its relationship with a new group of users that seem to have an experience far different than my own. Twitter has succeeded in becoming mainstream and mass, without question, the uncertainty is in where is goes from here.
I should say up top that I work in media relations, which puts me in the group of individuals (journalists and PR people) most likely to find Twitter indispensable. Many of those I come into contact with through my job love Twitter, use Twitter, don't know what they would do without Twitter. I include myself in this, happily. I was at an event the other week at which one media luminary called it a "media chat room" and said, "I wake up with Twitter and I go to sleep with Twitter, but I know that's not normal." It's plenty normal here.
In spring of 2009, Twitter co-founder Ev Willams visited the Oprah Winfrey show, did not jump on the couch and said that for Twitter to be successful they just had to get more people using it. Sign up and tell a friend, basically. Oprah joined and sent her first tweet while @ev was sitting right there. Had 100,000 followers by the end of the day and now has more than 24 million.
That appearance led to more mainstream awareness and, over time, many more celebrities and companies joining and using the platform to share content with people. I still shake my head in bemusement when I see a Very Significant News Story that includes a comment some Very Important Person made in a tweet. There is an account in the Pope's name. As the NYT's David Carr said, years ago, Twitter is now part of the plumbing, and that is no small thing. But once the pipes are built in a house, they don't typically extend beyond it.
A few years ago, Twitter started telling people that tweeting was actually a secondary part of the experience. "You don't have to tweet to be on Twitter," the line went, and apparently today a high percentage of users never actually contribute to the communal experience by saying anything. There is no question that the explosion of notables, media outlets, brands and other interesting entities has made Twitter an engaging and valuable place to be, whether or not you decide to tell anyone about the sandwich you are eating or the story you are reading. But that's not what the founders intended and the Twittering-Without-Tweeting dynamic connects users only to their timeline, not really to each other. When co-founder Jack Dorsey said he was "inviting coworkers" in one of the first tweets ever sent, he didn't just mean so they could listen to other people, he meant so they could communicate with each other. It is called social media for a reason, after all.
Both the mobile and Web versions of Twitter feature a "Notifications" tab – a little indication that someone out there in the wilds of the Twitterverse has engaged with you in some way. Started following you, interacted with something you said or offered the Holy Grail of Twitter affirmation, the retweet. These are big moments on Twitter, indications of human contact and recognition. I wonder what it would be like to use the service for months on end and never see that little tab light up – bound to Twitter by nothing but the ability to overhear other people saying things. Maybe Twitter should forgo (or at least supplement) the LinkedIn-style update e-mails it has been sending of late and give users some on-platform love by lighting up the notifications tab every once in a while with a message to make people feel included and special.
If the connective tissue of Twitter is information and what other people are saying, even other people or entities you have indicated you care about, by definition that can't be as strong as people linked to others through interaction and a combination of incoming and outgoing expression. I never got on the Facebook bus, but from what I understand the underlying (and inescapable) benefit is a connection to people you care about in your life – staying current with family members, friends and colleagues, sharing photos and general updates on where you are and what you are doing. And there is an exchange implied in the value proposition.
So, if Twitter wants to grow from here, it seems clear that it needs to focus on the things that bring its users together. I never understood the company's failure to recognize the potential of Direct Messages (DMs) as a very powerful communications tool that had the ability to supplant e-mails and texts. They seem to be coming around on this, recently adding the ability to attach private photos to these missives, and maybe it's not too late, in any event it seems a powerful part of the platform that should be explored and exploited. If 140 characters is sacrosanct for tweets, maybe DMs should be able to stretch beyond this limit. Maybe the default should be that users can DM anyone, until someone decides to selectively block that connection.
Twitter already has me, and people like me. It offers information, engagement and expression – an incredibly powerful and lasting combination, with immediacy that can't be found in the same way anywhere else. The media-centric crowd will never leave and will be the ones left to turn out the lights if it ever comes to that. The trick to growth seems to be finding a way to appeal to the accountant for a car dealership in the Midwest. If his or her friends, family and co-workers aren't using Twitter, if there's no desire to interact with anyone on the platform and the sum total of the Twitter timeline is quasi-authenticity and quasi-ads from high-profile individuals who in many cases have been compelled to join for promotional purposes - and information generally available elsewhere - then I do wonder about its appeal and staying power with new converts. With the exception of super-fans and power-users, it does seem that Twitter needs to be more than the digital equivalent of a magazine full of pretty pictures and personalities to become sticky and central to people's lives.
Or, maybe, it doesn't need to grow in this way. Maybe Twitter can be the social media equivalent of Mad Men, an extraordinary and uniquely distinctive experience that reaches and resonates with a user base of plugged-in influencers advertisers and brands covet, a place where people who are very hard to reach, and who largely drive conversation and culture, happen to live. Facebook can be The Walking Dead, the #1 show on television, something for everyone, mass, and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo can get comfortable in Don Draper's suit.
When Ev Williams went on the Oprah show five years ago, all Twitter had to do to grow and succeed was to get people to use it. Today, it seems like a certain kind of succeeding can be possible just by continuing to make the service great for its current users. But the kind of growth some are clamoring for will come by finding new ways to let those users, and millions more, connect not only with whatever is currently being talked about in the Global Town Square, but with each other.


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Lidia's Italy in America
Series Description: Join celebrity chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich as she embarks on another eye-opening culinary journey. LIDIA'S ITALY IN AMERICA explores the food, artisans and ingredients at the heart of Italian-American cooking. Over the course of 26-half hour episodes, Lidia traces the impact of Italian culture on American food, drink, art, music and fashion. She travels from the East Coast to the South to the Midwest to interview Italian-American families still making wine and vinegar in their garages or curing their own prosciutto, to visit the "Little Italys" keeping old-world traditions alive and to meet third- and fourth-generation Italians putting their twist on authentic recipes.
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For the Love of Vegetables (#213)
Lidia makes Stuffed Escarole, Stuffed Artichoke and Meat Stuffed Eggplant. [26 minutes]
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Past Episodes
These episodes of Lidia's Italy in America aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- St. Louis's Little Italy (#212)
- Italian American Sandwiches #2
- New England's Italy (#210)
- Italian American Sandwiches (#209)
- It's Chicken Time (#208)
- From Bloomfield to the Strip in Pittsburgh (#207)
- Yummy Pastas (#206)
- Kansas City Alla Parmigiana (#205)
- Sicily in New York City (#204)
- Heartwarming Italian American Classics (#203)
- New York Italian Style (#202)
- Italian Style Breakfast for Dinner (#201)
- Three Quick and Easy Italian Dinners (#226)
- St. Louis and Chicago Style Pizza (#225)
- Pasta Two Ways (#224)
- Italian Style Steak (#223)
- Three Favorite Pastas (#222)
- Another Seafood Celebration (#221)
- Comfort Foods for Your Table (#220)
- New York's Southern Italian (#219)
- From Walken's Bakery to Scialo's Bakery (#218)
- Shrimping, Crabbing and Clamming (#217)
- Lip Smacking Roman Style Saltimbocca (#216)
- Philadelphia's Beef Rolls and Boston's North End (#215)
- For the Love of Soup (#214)
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These cotton napkins are hand-embroidered in Chitral, Pakistan. They were made by women who are in training, so you will be able to see some of the pattern that has been inked onto the napkins, but in our experience this washes out. If not, they will probably be covered in spaghetti sauce soon anyway, so it won't matter! Napkins may also have a slight lemon or peach coloration. Each napkin is sold individually and is approx. 15 in. sq.
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Here's an important preface: What is described below probably won't significantly affect Milwaukee's long- or short-term future.
With that said, it's unfortunate the Bucks incidentally acquired two players who are better than the two players for whom they were traded. It's also unfortunate Milwaukee didn't reach buyout agreements with those two players, Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien.
(Aside: This overlaps as a criticism of the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bucks won last month's trade by virtue of shedding Gary Neal's $3.25 million salary for next season. Meanwhile, the Bobcats were willing to significantly downgrade at backup point guard — from Sessions to Luke Ridnour — just to secure the services of Neal. Never mind that Charlotte already had Ben Gordon, who is essentially a poor man's Neal. They subsequently waived Gordon. Ridnour and Neal have PERs of 1.1 and 8.2, respectively, through six games. The league average is 15.0.)
Since acquiring Sessions and Adrien, Milwaukee is an objectively better team. Its average scoring differential was -9.3 in the 53 games prior to the trade; in the nine games since — eight in which Adrien and Sessions played — the average scoring differential is -2.0. In just over two weeks, Milwaukee's average scoring differential increased by over a full point, from -9.3 to -8.2. By comparison, the Philadelphia 76ers have gone from an average scoring differential of -10.5 to -11.2 over that span. In other words, the Bucks are actually improving at a faster rate than the 76ers are tanking.
Granted, correlation doesn't equal causation. But Sessions and Adrien have played at an incredible — and extremely unsustainable — level. Since rejoining the Bucks, Sessions has a 19.9 PER – which would easily rank in the NBA's top 50 over an entire season – and is averaging 19.8 points per 36 minutes. Adrien has a 22.0 PER and a defensive rebounding rate of 31.3 percent, which has helped shore up one of Milwaukee's most glaring weaknesses.
In short, Sessions and Adrien are helping the Bucks play better. And they are doing this at a time when the front office (not the players and coaches, obviously) should probably be doing the exact opposite of actively trying to win games.
They are also playing a lot.
Perhaps the Bucks are just doing due diligence and evaluating what they have in Sessions and Adrien. But the 27-year-old Sessions and the 28-year-old Adrien, whose contracts are both expiring, aren't a part of the future – and if they are, they likely shouldn't be. The Bucks are supposedly committed to a multi-year rebuild.
"It's not 'in a way rebuilding,'" John Hammond said during an interview on 1250 WSSP last month. "We are rebuilding. You could look back at teams that have gone through this process that we're undertaking right now [and] very, very seldom — I don't want to say never — has it ever happened that you get to this point and you get yourself in the position that we're in right now, in a complete rebuilding mode, and you can just jump out in one year … and have that kind of a competitive [playoff] team. … I think probably the worst thing to do is try to speed up the process."
If this is the case, bringing back Sessions and Adrien shouldn't be a priority. Rebuilding teams usually don't bring in veteran hustle players; they sign the likes of Brandon Davies, Hollis Thompson and Lorenzo Brown.
Yet, Sessions and Adrien are here. They're helping the Bucks play better, and they're playing more than younger players who have a legitimate future in Milwaukee.
Sessions and Adrien have logged a combined 364 minutes in their eight games with the Bucks. Over that span, rookies Nate Wolters and Giannis Antetokounmpo have played a combined 353 minutes. Wolters and John Henson have played 342 minutes.
This is neither the blueprint for tanking nor rebuilding.
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Aside from buying out Glen Davis' contract, not much has changed for the Magic since these two teams last met. Arron Afflalo is still having a career year. Tobias Harris, whom the Bucks traded last season, will still treat this game differently from others. Doron Lamb, who joined Harris in the trade to Orlando, is still struggling to translate his game to the NBA. Although his signature three-point shooting has improved since leaving Milwaukee, his field goal percentage remains well under 40 percent this season.
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Injury Report
Bucks: Ekpe Udoh (right knee swelling; questionable), Larry Sanders (fractured right orbital bone; out), Carlos Delfino (right foot surgery; out)
Magic: Victor Oladipo (sore ankle; day-to-day)
Projected Lineups
PG Nate Wolters
SG Brandon Knight
SF Khris Middleton
PF Ersan Ilyasova
C Zaza Pachulia
PG Jameer Nelson
SG Arron Afflalo
SF Maurice Harkless
PF Tobias Harris
C Nikola Vucevic
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Vucevic is averaging 16.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per game against the Bucks in his career, which spans a decent sample of eight games. The only team he scores more against is Portland. Bucks killer!
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It's really sad how the Bucks are apparently mistreating John Henson by keeping him in the backround. With Tobias coming to town we have a stark reminder of how the Bucks can squander the potential of a highly promising player, at least for the benefit of the Bucks.
Now something similar may be happening to Larry Sanders and John Henson, two players who — just a day or two ago it seems — were huge hopes for the future of the Bucks. To a lesser extent, perhaps put Nate Wolters and Miroslav in the same predicament.
At what point does maybe the front office of the Bucks come under scrutiny for the futility of the team and the languishing of our players? Then again, at what point do the media and fans deserve all this suffering if we don't hold team management accountable?
P.S. I appreciate Preston's good insights in this essay, which to me are a good reminder that the Bucks can't seem to resist quick fixes with duct tape and chicken wire rather than patient and solid rebuilding. It can be a good thing to bring in veteran help, but not at the expense of our young future. When management seems so shortsighted, no amount of lottery picks can make long-term seem anything but bleak.
I think John Henson can be a good back-up, but he hasn't shown enough improvemnt in 2 years now…He still bad at recognizing swithches on defense…and though is help defense is really good in terms of blocked shots, his actual on ball defense is terrible…He still needs to put on wieght / bulk up because he gets pushed around in the post with regularity…His offense has improved slighty, but just in one area which is his lefty hook….beyond that however, he hasn't improved on a jump shot, or anything with his right hand…I just don't see the promise that some fans do. It seems like the Bucks' organization agrees with me too because they don't seem like they're wanting to play him much and he was in trade rumors this past trade deadline too…
With best regards, Jake, you're proving my point. I didn't hear any of this talk after summer league and going into this season. Since then, it seems as though John has been given inconsistent minutes and inconsistent roles.
If John was considered a great prospect just a few months ago, either he's really slipped, or the Bucks have mishandled him. My strong hunch is the latter, a hunch that is reinforced in my mind by the case of a certain former player who is coming along very nicely for the team we're playing tonight.
If the Bucks trade/give up on Henson ….. then absolutely anything might happen this off season.
Note- the fact Henson is playing much less of late is a terrible sign.
Henson and Sanders are an outstanding (if easily pushed around) center combination.
But that's all they look like they'll ever be.
Henson can't shoot beyond 10 feet (and even then, the results look horrid, though they're effective). Both are easily moved aside by larger centers and power forwards. You can't play them side-by-side against any team that goes big unless you enjoy seeing opposing teams dunk home offensive rebound after offensive rebound.
A big, strong power forward that can shoot from outside the lane would be a nice fit. (Julius Randle? A trade for Thad Young?) However, it looks like Kohl loves him some Ilysasova, so that's unlikely.
If the Bucks are looking to deal Henson, in the hopes that Pachulia and Sanders will provide pretty much the same value, I get the thinking. Henson's good for only about 25 minutes a game. But those 25 mpg are very good minutes. He should garner a piece like that back.
I could see the Bucks biting on a Henson and spare change to Memphis for James Johnson and Ed Davis deal. That, IMO, would be a decent gamble for a rebuilding Milwaukee team, too. Johnson could be the whirling, board-crashing, turnover-inducing, turnover-waiting-to-happen wild card of a small forward while Davis could play PF with a bit more range, better on-the-ball defense, but less upside.
Or you could always shoot for the moon and go for a blockbuster. How about dealing Henson, Sanders, and Ilyasova for Terrence Jones, Donatas Motiejunas, Isiah Canaan, and Omar Asik? Who hangs up first?
Houston would have a power forward combination of Henson and Sanders to play defense, cut to the hoop, rebound and defend, not to mention add a little streak of mean AND a long-distance sniper. Pair that group with Dwight Howard and Parsons, and you have enough depth to really challenge the big boys.
Milwaukee, meanwhile, gets out from under Sanders' deal quickly and ultimately saves a metric crap ton of cash, though they do have to add a defense-first, top-flight rebounder on a huge contract in its place. They also get two good big men shooters who can play multiple positions. Both are young and uber-talented. Canaan, meanwhile, has no conscience as a shooter, can fill it up from deep, and has jets enough to be a poor man's Vinny Johnson or Jerry Sichting.
Bucks need to win two more games and not in a row to have the most wins in a season without a winning streak of 2 games. Lets make history!
To play devil's advocate on the Sessions-Adrien trade:
The trade almost certainly hasn't affected our W-L record yet. We've won two games, against the D-League Sixers and a not great Jazz team that had had to keep up with Indiana the night before, by blowout margins. We win those games with or without Sessions, Adrien, Neal, and/or Ridnour.
(To be clear: If we win any close games, or games where the pre-trade Bucks would have been underdogs (which is to say almost anything), then you may have a point, depending on the circumstances.)
In our seven losses since the trade, our differential has been (if my quick math is right) 9.14. Given that our overall pre-trade differential was 9.3, I'm going to guess that 9.14 is about two points better than our pre-trade differential in losses (which I'm too lazy to compute).
Although sucking slightly less is playing with ping-pong ball fire, it has a meaningful benefit. Constantly getting creamed has to wear on our young players. We don't want these guys to give up, develop awful habits, etc. There has to be a point on the loss-differential curve that optimizes the balance between ping-pong chances and letting our young players feel like they're actually playing basketball games. Going from -11 to -9 seems to me like a reasonable, conservative (from a tanking standpoint) stab at where that point is.
I agree gregmag with your analysis. Also that would be an interesting thing to research the optimal loss-differential curve i like that idea a lot (although it would be extremely difficult to quantify) In addition it is hard to say this trade was an attempt to improve. In my mind the goal was: remove neal's salary plain and simple. Could you honestly say Adrien would come in and start setting the league on fire getting every offensive rebound on the way? We may have realized sessions would be a slight upgrade but a 19 per? Yeah right! No matter what happens it is still Larry Drew's job to win games and with these players playing well he has to play them. Undoubtedly every decision with the Bucks DOES need to be questioned, but i think this was made with good intentions and no one could have seen the lights out play from these two coming.


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Ductal Breast Carcinoma in Situ
Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ
Recurrent Breast Cancer
Stage IA Breast Cancer
Stage IB Breast Cancer
Stage II Breast Cancer
Stage IIIA Breast Cancer
Drug: diindolylmethane
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Other: questionnaire administration
Procedure: digital mammography
Procedure: magnetic resonance imaging
Other: biomarker analysis of blood and urine
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Evaluation of Diindolylmethane Supplementation to Modulate Tamoxifen Efficacy in Breast Cancer The Diindolylmethane Efficacy Study
- Mammographic Density [ Time Frame: Up to 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]MRI imaging will be performed to assess mammographic density.
- Urinary 20HE1:16alpha OHE1 ratio [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Estrogen metabolites are often singly measured in units of ng/100ul, however the ratio is specified in the protocol and this outcome will be reported as a ratio.
- Plasma TAM metabolites (ng/mL) [ Time Frame: Up to 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Serum Estrogen (estradiol) (pg/mL) [ Time Frame: Up to 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Self reported vaginal bleeding [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]If vaginal ultrasound is available via medical records, toxicity will be addressed through endometrial evaluation. Otherwise, evaluation will be based on self report.
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Experimental: Arm I (antineoplastic therapy)
Patients receive diindolylmethane PO BID for approximately 18 months.
Drug: diindolylmethane
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Other Name: DIMOther: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studiesProcedure: digital mammography
Correlative studiesProcedure: magnetic resonance imaging
Correlative studies
Other Names:Other: biomarker analysis of blood and urine
Correlative studies
Other Name: Assays used in correlative studies include gas chromatagraphy, mass spectometry, liquid chromatography, and ELISA
Placebo Comparator: Arm II (placebo)
Patients receive placebo PO BID for approximately 18 months.
Other: placebo
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Other Name: PLCBOther: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studiesProcedure: digital mammography
Correlative studiesProcedure: magnetic resonance imaging
Correlative studies
Other Names:Other: biomarker analysis of blood and urine
Correlative studies
Other Name: Assays used in correlative studies include gas chromatagraphy, mass spectometry, liquid chromatography, and ELISA
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I. Assess change in breast density using mammogram-based breast density measures as well as a novel, quantitative fat-water ratio breast magnetic resonance imaging (FWR-MRI).
II. Evaluate the effect of an escalating daily dose of DIM on serum steroid hormones (estrogen, sex hormone binding globulin [SHBG]) and urinary 2-hydroxyestrone:16 alpha-hydroxyestrone (2OHE1:16 alpha OHE1) ratio as well as serum tamoxifen (TAM) metabolites (endoxifen). The study will be initiated at a dose of 75 mg twice daily (BID) (total daily dose of 150 mg) for the first 10 study participants and then the dose will be escalated to 150 mg DIM BID (total daily dose of 300 mg) if no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) are reported in the initial 10 subjects thru 3 months of treatment.
III. Expand on currently available toxicity and safety of DIM-TAM combination by assessing reports of treatment associated side effects/adverse events including TAM-associated endometrial toxicity (self-reported vaginal bleeding patterns and physician ordered vaginal ultrasound), chemistry profiles, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Endocrine Subscale (FACT-ES) scores and standard Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) tracking.
I. Collect fine-needle aspiration breast tissue samples (in a subset) and blood samples (all participants) in order to explore change in mammary gland tissue architecture and cellularity; and tissue markers and their association with change in breast density and to explore changes in biomarkers of disease risk (e.g. cyclooxygenase-2 [COX-2], deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] adducts, oxidative stress, inflammation, etc) over time (pre and post treatment) in both study arms.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive diindolylmethane orally (PO) BID for approximately 36 months.
ARM II: Patients receive placebo PO BID for approximately 36 months.
In both arms, treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.
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- New or planned prescription of TAM therapy; ineligible for randomization until on TAM for > 3 months with the expectation to continue use for > 18 months
- Mammogram with Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) score of >= 2; (equivalent to the following and similar breast density descriptive terms found in mammogram reports: 2 = scattered fibroglandular elements/densities; 3 = heterogeneously dense tissue; 4 = extremely dense tissue)
- Breast cancer surgery resulted in intact contralateral breast for mammography/MRI evaluation
- No use of soy-based dietary supplements or willingness to discontinue use, complete a 4-week wash-out period, prior to randomization, and refrain from use during trial period
- If pre-menopausal, non-pregnant (confirmed with urinary pregnancy test); practicing birth control or s/p oophorectomy
- Able to complete study run-in activities, including taking study-provided placebo pill twice daily (AM & PM) and recording pill intake and any symptoms experienced on a study calendar, with a compliance rate of at least 80%
- Normal blood chemistry test that includes sodium and specific kidney and liver function tests (creatinine, alanine amino transferase-ALT, aspartate amino transferase-AST) within 30 days of study enrollment; (Informed Consent Form signed)
- No history of hyponatremia
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Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Carcinoma in Situ
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Carcinoma, Lobular
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
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Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Carcinoma, Ductal
Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary
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text: Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to Measure Hospital Inefficiency (T Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2009 conference. On September 14, 2009, Ryan Mutter, Ph.D. and Michael Rosko Ph.D. made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (754 KB) (Plugin Software Help).Slide 1 AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAdvancing Excellence in Health Carewww.ahrq.govUsing Stochastic Frontier Analysis to Measure Hospital InefficiencyRyan Mutter, Ph.D.Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityRockville, MDMichael Rosko, Ph.D.School of Business AdministrationWidener UniversityChester, PASeptember 14, 2009 Slide 2 Inefficiency EstimationRecent interest in estimating inefficiency arises out of concerns about excessive expenditures in health care.Inefficiency measurement also adds perspective to quality measurement and highlights trade-offs in quality improvement. Quality improvement can increase costs by reducing overuse and expensive medical errors.But quality improvement can also result in higher levels of resource use and higher costs.There are many potential applications for accurate provider-level estimates of inefficiency (e.g., organizational improvement, public reporting). Slide 3 Approaches to Inefficiency Estimation Slide 4 Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA)Econometric technique Generates provider-level (i.e., hospital-level) estimates of inefficiencyInefficiency estimates are measured as departures from a statistically derived, theoretical best-practice frontier that takes input prices, outputs, product mix, quality, case mix, and market forces into account Slide 5 SFA (continued) Slide 6 SFA (continued)Measures cost inefficiency (i.e., the percentage by which observed costs exceed minimum costs predicted for a given level of outputs, input prices, etc.)Particularly useful for determining the relative performance of hospitals Hospital A is among the top 40 percent most efficient hospitals in its peer group.Folland and Hofler (2001) demonstrate its usefulness for comparing the efficiency of groups of hospitals Slide 7 SFA (continued)Specified generally as TCi = f(Yi, Wi) + ei where TC represents total costs; Y is a vector of outputs; W is a vector of input prices; and e is the error term, which can be decomposed as follows ei = vi + ui where v is statistical noise ~ N(0, σ2) and u Slide 8 SFA (continued)Byproduct of the analysis is information about hospital-level variables on cost and environmental pressure variables on inefficiency Slide 9 Data SourcesAmerican Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of HospitalsMedicare Cost ReportsAHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Slide 10 VariablesInput prices Price of laborPrice of capitalOutputs AdmissionsOutpatient visitsPost-admission inpatient daysTeaching statusBinary variables for member of Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) and non-COTH hospital with at least one full-time equivalent (FTE) medical residentTime trend Slide 11 Variables (continued)A key challenge in applying SFA to health care settings is controlling for heterogeneity. Slide 12 Variables (continued)Product mix Acute care beds / total bedsBirths / total admissionsED visits / total outpatient visitsOutpatient surgical operations / total outpatient visitsOutcome measures of qualityPatient mix Medicare Case Mix IndexComorbidity variables Slide 13 Variables (continued)HCUP A family of health care databases and related software tools and products developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by AHRQ.Includes State Inpatient Databases (SID), which contain the universe of inpatient discharge abstracts from participating states.Data from 24 states available to the public through the HCUP Central DistributorPatient mix Slide 14 Variables (continued)The AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are measures of health care quality that make use of readily available hospital inpatient administrative data, such as HCUP.Free software tools available online.Includes Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), which reflect quality of care inside hospitals including inpatient mortality for medical conditions and surgical procedures.Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), which reflect quality of care inside hospitals, but focus on potentially avoidable complications and iatrogenic events. Slide 15 Variables (continued)Quality measured by the application of the QI software to HCUP data.Analysis includes the following, risk-adjusted, in-hospital rates: Mortality for the following conditions Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), stroke, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, pneumoniaFailure to rescueLatrogenic pneumothoraxInfection due to medical careAccidental puncture / laceration Slide 16 Variables (continued)The Comorbidity Software assigns variables that identify comorbidities in hospital discharge records using the diagnosis coding of ICD-9-CM.Available for free online. Slide 17 Variables (continued)Patient burden of illness controlled by the inclusion of hospital-level rates per discharge of the following comorbidities identified by the Comorbidity Software: Congestive heart failurePulmonary circulation disordersParalysisDiabetes, uncomplicatedRenal failureAIDSSolid tumor without metastasisObesityBlood loss anemiaDrug abuseCardiac arrhythmiasPeripheral vascular disordersOther neurological disordersDiabetes, complicatedLiver diseaseLymphomaRheumatoid arthritisWeight lossDeficiency anemiasPsychosesValvular diseaseHypertensionChronic pulmonary diseaseHypothyroidismPeptic ulcerMetastatic ulcerCoagulopathyFluid and electrolyte disordersAlcohol abuseDepression Slide 18 Variables (continued)Inefficiency effects variables OwnershipMedicare share of dischargesMedicaid share of dischargesMedicare HMO penetration rateHospital competitionTime trendSee Rosko (2001) Slide 19 SFA in the NHQRSFA is used to provide trends in hospital efficiency. This is a measure from the provider perspective.The measure first appeared in the 2007 NHQR, the first year there was an efficiency chapter.SFA became an endorsed measure in 2009. Slide 20 Last Year's AnalysisBased on 1,368 urban, general, community hospitals from 26 states providing SID data Represent 53% of all urban, general community hospitals2001 – 2005Follow estimation approach recommended by Rosko and Mutter (2008) Slide 21 Last Year's Analysis (continued)Cost efficiency estimates converted to index numbers with a base of 100 for the year 2001 Places less emphasis on the specific magnitude of estimated cost efficiency Slide 22 Last Year's Analysis (continued) Slide 23 Last Year's Analysis (continued)Ratios Managers have relied on ratios that convey straightforward information.Comparing SFA estimates with these ratios yields valuable insights into organizational performance. Slide 24 Last Year's Analysis (continued)Measure Cost per case-mix-adjusted admission: Top quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: $4,340 / Std. Dev.: $1,087Bottom quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: $6,241 / Std. Dev.: $2,350Full-time equivalent employees per case-mix-adjusted admission: Top quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: .040 / Std. Dev : 0.01Bottom quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: .055 / Std. Dev : 0.02Average length of stay (days): Top quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: 4.88 / Std. Dev : 1.33Bottom quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: 5.22 / Std. Dev : 1.80Operating margin: Top quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: .033 / Std. Dev : 0.13Bottom quartile of hospital cost efficiency.......... Estimate: -.066 / Std. Dev : 0.17 Slide 25 Last Year's Analysis (continued)Some findings from the parameter estimates: COTH hospitals are about 12 percent more expensive than non-teaching hospitals; minor teaching hospitals are nearly 4 percent more expensive.Coefficients on infection due to medical care and accidental puncture / laceration were positive and significant. Occurrences of these patient safety events are costly to hospitals.Zhan and Miller (2003) estimate they are associated with excess costs of $38,656 and $8,271, respectively. Slide 26 Last Year's Analysis (continued)Further findings from the parameter estimates: For-profit ownership, greater hospital competition, greater Medicare HMO penetration, and a higher share of Medicare discharges associated with increased cost-efficiencyGovernment ownership associated with reduced cost-efficiency Slide 27 Looking aheadSFA estimates will appear in the 2009 NHQR. Slide 28 ResourcesCopies of Rosko and Mutter (2008) and Mutter et al. (2008) are available in the back of the room.Further information on HCUP data, the Quality Indicator Software, and the Comorbidity Software are available at the HCUP and QI booths. Current as of December 2009 Internet Citation: Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to Measure Hospital Inefficiency (T. December 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/2009/mutter/index.html


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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Murphrees are serving in Peru through Southern Baptists' gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Cooperative Program, which fund the presence and missions outreach of nearly 5,000 Southern Baptist missionaries internationally. Gifts to the Lottie Moon offering are received through local Southern Baptist churches or online at
SAN LUIS, Peru (BP) -- Josh Murphree doesn't live at the ends of the earth, but he says can see it from his back porch.
The Alabama native grins when he says this, but it does take some expert driving to get to San Luis in the Ancash region of Peru, where he lives with his wife Crystal and their two children, Ella and Isaac. Driving to the town deep in the Conchucos Valley from Peru's capital of Lima entails crossing a mountain range on perilous roads and traversing a 16,043-foot pass.
Like the overwhelming obstacles the mountains can be, Murphree says that life in this remote mountain setting has had its share of struggles.
"It's been tough to home school. We have been very lonely at times. We're eight hours away from an ATM or restaurant that won't make us sick," Murphree, an IMB missionary, explains. "It's been tough but very rewarding at the same time. We realize we're right in the middle of where God wants us to be -- even if it's not the safest place or the easiest place."
Murphree has hiked over mountains, taken hours-long bus rides and crossed some fairly sketchy bridges to reach villages that need the Gospel.
The Northern Conchucos Quechua live in this geographically demanding area that provides plenty of obstacles that hamper the spread of the Gospel. There, Catholicism has been fused with indigenous animistic beliefs. Biblically-based evangelical believers are much harder to find.
In 2012, student researchers for the Ancash Quechua team -- of which the Murphrees are a part -- discovered a cluster of five small Baptist churches in the remote Huánuco region. Team leader John Grady learned that these fellowships may date back to a Foreign Mission Board missionary who traveled into the area by horseback about 20 years ago and led several people to Christ. In the intervening years the fellowships stayed true to God's Word, in part because some members in the congregation could read the Bible, which they had in Spanish.
Grady says these five churches are some of the few that have not slipped into heresy.
"A lot of pastors can't read the Bible and have dismissed it as old news, he says.
On the edge of the rainy season later that year, Grady, Murphree and another colleague made a trip into Huánuco to teach and train there. They traveled in a four-wheel drive truck instead of on horseback, as the earlier missionary had done before roads were built in the area. The villages were seemingly cut off from the outside world in the rugged terrain high above the Marañón River, Murphree says.
"It was amazing to experience a culture that did not depend on outside trade but only from their own crops," he says. "At the elevation where we stayed most of the people grew potatoes and cold-weather crops, but it was possible on clear days to turn around and see snow in the mountains right behind us."
When they arrived, Murphree says, there were believers there "with 20 years of questions in the making." For six days they met with the churches, first in the main town of Huacrachuco, and then journeyed to outlying villages to teach in other fellowships, some of which could only be reached on foot. Many came into the villages from even further out in the mountains in spite of the rains. Several times the missionaries spoke to packed houses. In one village without electricity, they taught into the night by lantern light.
"We were able to spend some time with leaders in the churches, teaching oral means of sharing the Gospel in Quechua through stories," Murphree explains. "The leaders in the churches were thrilled to learn how to take stories from the Bible in Spanish and craft stories in their own heart language to be shared with those who only speak Quechua."
When it was time to depart, the missionaries discovered that a bridge they needed to return home over had been destroyed by a mudslide. Because there was no alternative route, road workers placed logs across the gully over which Grady then carefully drove their vehicle. Murphree and other colleagues volunteered to cross on foot.
The Ancash Quechua team is now working with nationals to craft stories from the Bible into Quechua to meet the need for God's Word in the lives of these and other believers in the mountains. This also will enable believers to share the truths of the Bible in the heart language of the Quechua people.
"So we realize we've got to put a lot of our effort into Bible storying, whether it's teaching the stories to outreach groups and house churches, helping them to multiply our efforts," Murphree says. The leaders of these small groups have become excited about this way of teaching.
"Rather than preaching on a few verses they said, 'I'm going to learn these stories and tell people what the Bible says. I want to tell people what God's Word says. They'll understand it this way.'"
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WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Barack Obama made a congratulatory phone call to Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy Monday.
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"The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying." – Steven Pressfield (The War of Art)
A big part of my move to LA was an opportunity to grow. Not just growth as a photographer but to expand my skill set as a producer and art director as well. I think it's important to understand all the roles in this business because ultimately that's who you'll be working with as you book bigger and bigger jobs. So my idea was to approach this shoot like I was booked for a Coca-Cola campaign (just in case you didn't notice the subtleties). It was a little ambitious, given the fact I've never shot 5 models before, but what I lacked in experience I made up for in preparation. With a great team, cool props and little bit of luck on our side I think we pulled off one of my funnest tests to date. Let's just hope Coke takes notice.
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Cast: Da Shichang, Zhang Duofu, Liu Jia, Guo Bichuan
1987 / Colour / 35mm / Mandarin / Chi & Eng subtitles / 88min
The fact that director Ann Hui had to eliminate two subplots to fit Jin Yong's 1955 novel into three hours of screen time should tell you something about the scale of the legendary writer's debut work. Hui keeps her adaptation focused on the conflict between the Qing's Qianlong Emperor and his rebel leader brother Chen Jia-luo. It took three years for the filmmaker to recreate some of the novel's most memorable battle sequences on location in Mainland China, but it's clear from the finished film - released in two parts as The Romance of Book & Sword and Princess Fragrance - that she never lost sight of putting her own storytelling touches in adapting this classic work. More than just a creator of visual spectacles, Hui strikes a careful balance between action, drama and emotions, creating a strong epic drama that also feels intensely personal.
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SOC is a consortium of national higher education associations that functions in cooperation with the Department of Defense, the military services (including the National Guard), and the Coast Guard to help meet the voluntary higher education needs of servicemembers. Working in cooperation with the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, this consortium includes more than 1,500 participating SOC colleges and universities that have agreed to accept for admission new Army and Army Reserves recruits at the time of their enlistment in the service.
For further information on participation and eligibility, please contact the Argosy University National Admissions Office at 1.800.377.0617 or click here to request more information.
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges1307 New York Avenue, NWFifth FloorWashington, DC 20005Phone: 1.202.667.0079Toll-free: 1.800.368.5622www.soc.aascu.org/
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