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Arranged Marriage in India Facts
Arranged marriages have been an essential part of the Indian society since ages. Basically a marriage is termed as arranged when it is arranged by people other than those getting married. In the process, it even curtails the miracles of courtship. The other people involved in the arrangement of the marriage can be parents, match making agents, matrimonial sites or a trusted third party. In fact the task of match making is quite a number of times carried out by priests, religious leaders, trusted relatives, family friends, etc.
In older times, the bride and the groom were neither asked for their permission, nor were they informed about the partner. However, with the evolution of time, the society has also undergone a significant change. Nowadays, in arranged marriages both the girl and the boy are asked for their consent. The process begins with practices like matching the horoscope of the couple for checking the compatibility, the background of the families and their castes.
After all the above things are ensured, a suitable date for the initiation of the marriage is decided. Before marriage, an engagement ceremony is commenced to ensure that the accord between the two families is finalized. I the modern society, the by and the girl are allowed to hold restricted meetings and conversations before marriage. This makes it easy for both of them to open up and also facilitates interaction and understanding.
The marriage ceremony is highly formal is case of an arranged marriage, with the groom's family playing to the gallery. The marriage is conducted in strict accordance with the Vedic rites and rituals. After marriage the bride is bid farewell amidst blessings for her prosperous marital life. However like everything, arranged marriages have both pros and cons. On one hand, they have better success rate as there are less expectations and ego related issues.
On the other hand, the biggest threat that arranged marriages face is that if either the boy or the girl is not ready for the marriage, it can lead to serious trouble. This may even cause resentment and emotional setback for both of them. Moreover, such a situation can even make a person get avert to the idea of marriage itself. The main reason behind such a condition is pressure from the family and parents. Thus, parents should keep in mind that in lieu of being over authoritative they can ruin their children's life forever.


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Org as a Word Processor
I've been asked this question a few times:
Hi, First of all thanks for you good work, I saw on youtube, I would like to ask you two questions:
- How did you manage to display images on org-mode in this presentation?
- How to make org-mode titles with big font sizes and color like yours in this presentation.
Again thanks.
While I never intended to make Org Mode look or behave like a word processor, but with slight tweaks every now and then, that is my end result. Although all my code is in my dot-files repository, I figured I better highlight just the applicable code.
Just the Italics, Thanks
/org italic/ characters look kinda like slanted words, but with
the added baggage of having regular expression characters in your prose.
Hide them with a simple setting:
(setq org-hide-emphasis-markers t)
Keep in mind that the slash characters (and asterisks for bold, etc) are still there, but aren't displayed. Want to change them? No big deal, just backspace over them.
Better Bullets
Asterisks and dashes for bullet lists are fine, but having an actual circular bullet, is just nice:
(font-lock-add-keywords 'org-mode '(("^ +\\([-*]\\) " (0 (prog1 () (compose-region (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) "•"))))))
This code uses a regular expression of lines with initial spaces, followed by either a dash or asterisks and a single space into a Unicode bullet.
Better Header Bullets
When I started my switch from Markdown to org-mode, the visual annoyance was how headers looked. Top-level with a single bullet was fine (just not really a header), but sub-bullets with more bullets seemed wrong. This is why I liked the org-bullets project.
Once installed from MELPA, just add the following to your
init file:
(require 'org-bullets) (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-bullets-mode 1)))
Better Headers
I like some of the ideas in the EMagicians Starter Kit, particularly how the headers are larger, instead of different colors. My code in this case is particular nasty and needs a major simplification, but here is the gist for you:
(let* ((variable-tuple (cond ((x-list-fonts "Source Sans Pro") '(:font "Source Sans Pro")) ((x-list-fonts "Lucida Grande") '(:font "Lucida Grande")) ((x-list-fonts "Verdana") '(:font "Verdana")) ((x-family-fonts "Sans Serif") '(:family "Sans Serif")) (nil (warn "Cannot find a Sans Serif Font. Install Source Sans Pro.")))) (base-font-color (face-foreground 'default nil 'default)) (headline `(:inherit default :weight bold :foreground ,base-font-color))) (custom-theme-set-faces 'user `(org-level-8 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple)))) `(org-level-7 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple)))) `(org-level-6 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple)))) `(org-level-5 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple)))) `(org-level-4 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple :height 1.1)))) `(org-level-3 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple :height 1.25)))) `(org-level-2 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple :height 1.5)))) `(org-level-1 ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple :height 1.75)))) `(org-document-title ((t (,@headline ,@variable-tuple :height 1.5 :underline nil))))))
First step in the above code decides on a font. You should probably trim this down to your favorite variable space font.
Let's get Emacs out of full-screen mode, and load a file that demonstrates these settings to view the end result:
Notice the light-blue is the code settings (I change it to a different color since I'm already using a fixed width font for default). Also, I'm using Tomorrow theme, and in this screen shot, I'm using the Hasklig font. Let me know if I've missed anything, or if you have any particularly good tips!

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Today we power rank all of the NBA teams after the final superstar free agent, Forward Kawhi Leonard, signed.
1.LA Clippers
While the LA Laker's duo of forwards LeBron James and Anthony Davis could outmatch that of for the LA Clippers (Swingman Paul George and Forward Kawhi Leonard), the Clipper's supporting cast outmatches the Laker's easily. LA only had to give up guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Landry Shamet (and a plethera of draft picks) for the aforementioned George yesterday. Still, if Kawhi Leonard continues as the best player in the basketball and Paul George continues his MVP-like play, the Clippers will remain in this spot.
2.LA Lakers
If the Lakers had landed Kawhi Leonard's services they would easily be in this top spot. But having two of the top five players in the world (Anthony Davis and LeBron James) will put them at number two behind their LA counterparts. The key signings that bolstered the Lakers bench were 3 and D wing Danny Green, combo Gurd Quinn Cook, and Center DeMarcus Cousins.
3.Philadelphia 76ers
Adding former Boston Celtics big Al Horford and retaining Forward Tobias Harris were big wins in free agency for the 76ers. Philadelphia traded star wing Jimmy Butler for young wing Josh Richardson (Butler didn't want to be in Philadelphia). Richardson is not a guy that will replace Butler's production but will do the same things Butler did. The only loss the 76ers had was losing veteran sharp shooter JJ Redick to the New Orleans Pelicans.
4.Milwaukee Bucks
The most important moves the Bucks could make this offseason, they made, re-signing both wing Khris Middleton and Center Brook Lopez. Milwaukee should be a favorite in the east along with Philadelphia next season, as reigining MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo looks to keep Milwaukee in the title hunt.
5.Utah Jazz
Trading just a few pieces for former Memphis Grizzlies Guard Mike Conley was huge for a team in the thick of things in the west. Bojan Bodganovic will give Utah elite shooting and help Conley and young star Donovan Mitchell with ball handling duties.
6.Denver Nuggets
Denver was the two seed and ahead of schedule in their revamp. Denver has to hope that combo Guard Jamal Murray lives up to his max extension, Center Nikola Jokic is a possible MVP candidate, and young players like Michael Porter Jr. are successful next season. Then, Denver will be in the thick of things in a loaded western conference.
7.Houston Rockets
Houston missed out on Jimmy Butler but are looking to add Thunder Guard Russell Westbrook through trade. Houston still has All-Star James Harden in the backcourt and have pieces to move to get the next superstar to pair with Harden, aging Chris Paul, and their supporting cast.
8.Portland Trail Blazers
Extending Damian Lillard with the super max (five-years almos $200 million) will keep this core roster intact. Adding rim-protecting Center Hassan Whiteside to use when incumbent big man Jusuf Nurkic is hurt is a big deal for the Blazers. Portland returns pretty much the same team that made it to the western conference finals, just with a few more players that will improve the depth of the team. Despite losing veteran forwards Al-Farouq Aminu and Mo Harkless will hurt but the addition of Whiteside is bigger than you think.
9.Boston Celtics
Yes–the team that lost Kyrie Irving and replaced it with Kemba Walker are higher than the team that Kyrie Irving went to. But it is a perfect fit for Brad Steven's offense. Kemba will give opportunities to wings Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward, and Jaylen Brown and possibly put Boston back in the top three in the east.
10.Brooklyn Nets
Replacing D'Angelo Russell with Kyrie Irving is a win but they don't get Kevin Durant with full health possibly until February of 2021. KD may return in 2020 but I don't see full health for the former All-Star until 2021. The Nets also return an overachieving bench and young players to complement their two stars.
11.Golden State Warriors
Golden State might have lost Kevin Durant and Andre Iguodala. They do get combo Guard D'Angelo Russell to pair with Steph Curry while Klay Thompson is out for at least half the season in 2019-2020. Golden State also signed Willie Cauley-Stein and re-signed Kevon Looney to replace the production of DeMarcus Cousins. Overall, Golden State might've lost its championship core, but things are looking up for the team that has been in the NBA Finals the past five seasons.
12.Indiana Paciers
The Pacers got younger. They shifted their timeline to better fit with Victor Oladipo's prime. While they paid a lot of money to get Malcolm Brogdon, plus gave up some future draft assets in the deal, Brogdon is a valuable player who almost helped Milwaukee to an NBA Finals berth this past season. Drafting the talented big man Goga Bitadze only makes sense if Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner can play together, which means Indiana would like to do so. While they won't be at the top of the east, if Victor Oladipo returns to form as a solid player, these Pacers seem like a playoff lock.
13.New Orleans Pelicans
Yes–the Pels are this high on my list. I like their future but what about the present. Adding Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Josh Hart are pieces that will be able to replace the production of Anthony Davis together. I haven't even mentioned Zion Williamson and tenured Guard Jrue Holiday who very well could lead New Orleans into a final playoff spot in the western conference.
14.Sacramento Kings
Hiring former Lakers Head Coach Luke Walton was a huge win for the Kings. De'Aaron Fox keeps improving, Marvin Bagley had a good not great rookie year and they added Cory Joseph for guard depth. Joseph is a guy with championship expierence (Spurs and Raptors). If Sacramento keeps improving (one spot out of the west playoffs last year) they will be in the playoffs as soon as next season.
15.San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio has made very few moves this off-season. Their only free agent move was signing veteran Forward DeMarre Caroll. But their Dejounte Murray-Derrick White backcourt should be elite defensively. As Greg Popovich streaks of playoff appearances may end this upcoming season, San Antonio will look to make the playoffs in a loaded western conference.
16.Toronto Raptors
If Kawhi had stayed, the Raptors would be in contention for No. 1 on these Power Rankings. Without Kawhi, they can certainly still make the playoffs. But they are more likely heading toward an abbreviated rebuild around youngsters like Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and O.G. Anunoby. If the Raptors fall out of the playoff race, don't be surprised if veterans in Guard Kyle Lowry and big men Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol are dealt before or at the trade deadline.
17.Orlando Magic
Re-signing Center Nikola Vucevic after his first All-Star season was key. Continuing to develop young players like Markelle Fultz and Mo Bamba will be key as Orlando looks to stay in the playoff hunt.
18.Dallas Mavericks
Kristaps Porzingis wasn't going anywhere as a restricted free agent. Prozingis signed a five-year max with the Mavs to make the foreign duo between reigining rookie of the year Luka Doncic and himself a reality. As this team improves, the Doncic-Porzingis duo will become one of the best in the league.
19.Detroit Pistons
Detroit will be able to contend for a lower seed in the eastern conference with bigs Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond. That's all I have to say about the Pistons as they will probably get bounced in round one of the NBA playoffs next season.
20.Minnesota Timberwolves
The T-Wolves failed to get D'Angelo Russell to pair with young pieces Karl Anthony-Towns, Andrew Wiggins, and rookie Jarrett Culver. So, Minnesota is stuck with overpaid Jeff Teague as their starting point guard for just a season more. Former Ohio State Forward Keita Bates-Diop looks to get better in his "sophomore" season in the NBA as Minnesota's new front office looks to reshape the Timberwolves future.
21.Miami Heat
Pat Riley will have to add something to a Jimmy Butler-led Heat team. Could it be trading for Russell Westbrook or waiting until next summer? That means the Heat will have another mediocre team that won't have a good draft pick to trade for that superstar on draft night or during free agency next summer. So the Heat will either have a low playoff seed or a team that just missed the playoffs. If the Heat land OKC Thunder Guard Russell Westbrook through trade top pair with Jimmy Butler, they should be a playoff team in 2020.
22.Oklahoma City Thunder
OKC traded Guard/Forward Paul George back to his hometown of LA (Clippers) after he demanded a trade. So, OKC will likely trade Russell Westbrook and start a rebuild with the plethera of young talent (Guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Landry Shamet) and a ton of draft picks that they acquired through the Paul George trade. So, no playoffs are likely for OKC.
23.Atlanta Hawks
Three or four years from now, the Hawks could be at the very top of this list. Not yet, though. They're just too young. But Travis Schlenk has done a remarkable job at surrounding Trae Young with players who fit his unique skill set. John Collins could be an All-Star in the making. Kevin Huerter is a stone-cold gunner. And Schlenk drafted two long and athletic wings in De'Andre Hunter and Cam Reddish who could wreak havoc as two-way forces. It's going to be a joy to watch this team grow together.
24.Chicago Bulls
A fascinating group of talented youngsters, though I'm not sure one of them stands out as the team's alpha. Unless Coby White turns into that player. I'm hoping we can see this group play a healthy season together so we can see how Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. can coexist together.
25.Washington Wizards
Well, they still have an All-Star in Bradley Beal. So that's something, I guess. But the Wizards feel like prime candidates to trade Beal at the deadline for massive future assets. That John Wall contract is going to be a weight around this franchise's neck for years to come.
26.New York Knicks
New York did not have the off-season it wanted. While they didn't get Zion Williamson, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, or Kemba Walker they settled in and got young pieces to make a core of them. Drafting RJ Barrett out of Duke was a grea pickup. In free agency, while they striked out on the stars, they added rising star Julius Randle and other pieces during free agency. I'm sorry Knicks fans, but you don't have to put your head down about your 2019 Free Agency, but you probably won't make the playoffs again in 2020.
27.Phoenix Suns
Well, bully on the Suns for getting rid of the disaster that is Josh Jackson. But that doesn't mean this organization has an actual direction for the future. Let's hope the overdraft of Cam Johnson works out well — after all, he's 6-9 and could be the best shooter of this draft — that Deandre Ayton develops into the elite big man some think him capable of, and that Devin Booker finally has some consistency and some help around him.
28.Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland drafted another ball dominant guard in Darius Garland to pair with another ball dominant guard in Collin Sexton. How will this workout? John Belein will have to figure that out.
29.Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis has begun their rebuild by adding two potential superstars in Guard Ja Morant in the 2019 Draft and Forward Jaren Jackson in the 2018 Draft. This is a whole new Memphis team as Mike Conley and Marc Gasol are gone to championship contenders (Marc not so much now as Kawhi has left for the Clippers). Even so, Memphis needs one or two more years in the lottery before they have a chance to make a run in a loaded western conference.
30.Charlotte Hornets
No hope for Charlotte. At least the Hornets didn't commit an absurd supermax contract to a small and aging point guard in Kemba Walker. That would have hurt the franchise for the future. But the Hornets will be markedly worse this season without Walker and Jeremy Lamb. Poor Terry Rozier. This team has a chance to be one of the worst Hornets teams of all time, and that's saying something.


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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Wells Shaw Raw Footage
I like raw footage. Wells Shaw has some gnarly raw footage. Via: This Is Feel This.
Posted by Templeton at 5:31 AM 0 comments
Friday, July 27, 2012
GMTA Montage
Australia is killing the streets these days. GMTA has a rad montage showing off the scene in Perth. Via: Live Skateboarding.
Posted by Templeton at 5:03 AM 0 comments
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Sabatoge3 Trailer
The Philly heavy Sabatoge3 trailer is way sick. This is definitely one to look out for.
Posted by Templeton at 5:24 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
303 Boards Montage
Colorado's 303 boards has a quick new montage. As you would expect it is excellent.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Ali Drummond For The Harmony
Ali Drummond's new part for The Harmony has me thinking about Waiting For The World in the best possible way.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Kilian Zehnder in Zürich
Kilian Zehnder shreds through Zürich with style doing good tricks on cool spots.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Pat Farrell for Boppo
Boppo has Pat Farrell's new part. It is rad.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Paul Battlay
Australian Paul Battlay is a fan of the ollie over to grind or slide and I'm into watching that when Paul does it in this new part.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Lionel Dominoni Focus
Live Skateboarding has an interview and video of Frenchman, Lionel Dominoni in their second Focus article.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Pascal Reif for Trap
Trap Skateboards has a rad video part from Pascal Reif. Kinda reminds me of Willow but that might just be the spots.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Valentin Bauer For Vans France
Vans France has a rad new part from Valentin Bauer.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
The Mo'Fo has a new full length video called Mo'Five. Lots of rad French street skating in this 35 minute video.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Nolitude #1
The boys at NoloNashville have a rad new montage called Nolitude #1.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Shaun Currie Brass Monkey Remix
Check a remix of Shaun Currie's Brass Monkey part.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Dorian Warneck for Shed Skatebaords
Dorian Warneck has a rad welcome video for Shed Skateboards.
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The printer (and the companies who make them) do not decide how you go about scanning them to find security threats, every device on a LAN is scanned the same way, if there is a hole to be found, it is the scanner that is responsible to find it, not the client to advertise it.
In short, contact Tenable or use their knowledgebase, or their Blog or use Google
Dear all,
Our company have a Nessus Tenable Scanner to scan the vulnerability of all our devices (Network devices, Servers, and Printers Fujixerox DocuCentre-V C3376, DocuCentre-IV C2265). With Network devices and servers we can use ssh protocol to scan the vulnerability, but with Printers Fujixerox we do not know how to scan vulnerability for them. Can you please help me about this function?
Thank you very much.


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Article: Full transition to Ventra begins Tuesday – chicagotribune.com.
Chicago's RTA, part-time parent of the CTA, Pace, and Metra, has another new fare collection system. The CTA had tokens many years ago, then they and Pace went to magnetic stripe cards that either had a certain amount of cash on the card or was valid for a certain amount of time.
Then came a smart card that could be tapped instead of swiped, the Chicago Card and Chicago Card Plus (one of which could be tied to a credit card). I think those were also good on both CTA and Pace.
None of that was good enough, though, so now the CTA is spending $454,000,000 on another system, Ventra. This one comes as a fare card or as a Debit card (MasterCard branded).
Questions of waste, fraud, and abuse aside, tap in/tap out cards are clearly the future … at least until the next big thing. If we could just convince transit authorities to use the tap out feature. You could charge accurate distance-based fares, because you know the start and end of the trip, but more importantly for transit nerds, you'd have really accurate ridership data. Heck, you could even calculate revenue passenger-miles, something that isn't possible with unlinked trips, the current standard. Very exciting. For a few of us.
Oh, and don't try to pay your Metra commuter train fare with Ventra – for that, you still need to have a ticket, 10-ride punch card, or monthly pass. Or you can pay cash on board to the uniformed men that make their way through the coaches after each stop. Yes, really.


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Revised Edition 2022
This Handbook for Litigation Lawyers provides significant practical value for lawyers in: Personal Injury Law; Family Law; Malpractice Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; Insurance Law; Human Rights Law and any branch of law where psychology/psychiatry plays a role.
About Dr. Cochrane
Dr. Cochrane is certified by the State and Provincial Boards of Psychology in the United States and Canada and he is on the Board of Directors of the Medical Legal Society of British Columbia.
His CLE seminar, upon which this e-book is based, is accredited for six professional hours by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board. He has been published in US and Canadian law journals, including his most recent paper on the DSM-5-TR, which was published in the Journal of the New York State Bar Association.
Dr. Cochrane provides Independent Medical Examinations (IME's), consulting, reports and expert testimony for US and Canadian law firms on law-related psychology.
Psychology and the Law: Hard Science Tools for Cross-Examining Soft Science Experts gives you the current research and cross-examination strategies to more effectively cross-examine the reports and expert testimony of Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Primary Care Physicians.
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Will travel for beer
These 6 San Antonio craft breweries are the ultimate summer draft pick
No one needs much of a reason to road-trip to San Antonio — or to enjoy an ice cold beer — but San Antonio's beer scene is pouring on the ways to visit. Whether you're planning a late-summer getaway to the Alamo City or you're scheduling next year's travel, consider this your indispensable guide to the city's best brews.
Blue Star Brewing Company
Lone Star, Southern Star, 14th Star. For some reason, brewers like looking to the heavens. San Antonio's own entry into the celestial sphere has been around since 1996, giving it more than two decades to perfect its sessionable lagers and pilsners. Those German styles might go best with pub grub like the spot's famous beer cheese dip, but that's not all this Southtown fave is all about. The fruity sours and heady ales are just as likely to launch us into the stratosphere.
Cactus Land Brewing Company
Dustin and Erica Teague, the married co-owners behind this tiny nanobrewery, started out as hobbyists, but it was always clear that their ambitious beers needed a larger audience. After winning several home brewing competitions, they were able to get a commercial operation off the ground with the help of a Kickstarter and a lot of hard work. Today, they make some of the area's most intriguing beers, using native prickly pear cactus, fruits, and herbs in their creations to achieve real Texas terroir. Check the website before making the trek to Adkins, however. The taproom is only open on alternating weekends.
Issla St. Brewing
This small batch beer works may be brand new, having only arrived on the scene in January, but its South Texas roots run deep. Owners Josh and JD Peña make beers in a variety of styles, but the best throw in some San Antonio flavor, like the empanada-inspired IPAs and the juicy He Mang and the Mangos of the Universe with tajin. It also needs to be said that Issla's pun game is always on point. A gorgeous purple brew offered in April payed homage to La Reina with the name Witty Witty Plum Plum.
Freetail Brewing Company
Not to question this brewpub's knowledge of biology, but the Mexican free-tailed bat pictured in its logo might actually be a dragon. Needling aside, the mascot does seem appropriate. Freetail makes monster core beers like the citrusy rye wit and the rebelliously bitter Sour Doubt IPA. Stock the fridge with those cans, then visit the brewpub for more flights of fantasy like the piney Vader Saber imperial red ale or the crisp Pretty in PFNK, a 2019 brew meant to raise awareness of women in the craft beer industry.
Roadmap Brewing Company
Even if the beer wasn't very good, this downtown hot spot would likely still pack guests in. The tasting room is one of the most chill places in San Antonio, welcoming kids, leashed dogs, and outside food. As it happens, the beer is very good — and diverse enough to tickle almost anyone's tastebuds. Hopheads will naturally gravitate to the classic Mama Dukes IPA or the Simcoe and Mosaic-packed Mini Van Dad. Guests who want something sunnier can tackle Professor Plum's Alibi, a fruity kettle sour, or the beachy, low ABV salted wheat beer, Boom Gose the Dynamite.
Weathered Souls Brewing Company
After years of doing it itself, Weathered Souls finally signed a San Antonio distribution deal in March, but it hasn't lost an ounce of its indie cred. Supplies are sourced from South Texas and the company eschews advertising for word-of-mouth. The old-school attitude makes a difference when patrons visit the taproom. Instead of being bombarded by marketing speak, guests are just allowed to hang out.


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There are few more colorful and diverse plants than coleus. Coleus plants do not withstand freezing temperatures but cool, shorter days do spur an interesting development in these foliage plants. Do coleus plants have flowers? Coleus plant flowering begins as a signal that winter is coming and the plant should produce seed to continue its genetic dynasty. Flowering often leads to a rangy plant, however, so it is best to learn what to do with coleus blooms if you want to keep a compact, thickly leafed plant.
Do Coleus Plants Have Flowers?
Many gardeners are charmed by the spikes of tiny blue or white flowers produced on coleus at the end of the season. These little blooms make a charming cut flower or may be left to enhance the beauty of the plant. Once a coleus has flower spikes, though, it may become leggy and develop a less attractive form. You can stop this in its tracks with a little word of advice or enjoy the new display made by the energetic blooms – whatever you prefer.
Coleus are often thought of as shady foliage specimens that brighten up the dark corners of the garden. While this is somewhat true, the plants can also grow in full sun with some protection from noontime searing rays. The age of the plant and stress can contribute to the formation of blooms on your coleus.
Stress can come in the form of excess heat, dry conditions and late season cold nights. The plant knows it will die if continued exposure to unfavorable conditions continues, so it blooms to produce seed. Coleus plant flowering signals the end of the plant's life cycle, and plants usually die soon after they are allowed to produce blooms.
Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies and occasionally hummingbirds and add a significant color punch to the plant in hues of blue, white or lavender. You can just leave them on and enjoy the plant as an annual, or take steps to encourage thicker growth and continued life in a greenhouse or cold frame.
What to Do With Coleus Blooms
What you do with the flower spikes is up to you. Leaving the flowers tends to cause less foliar development and leggier stems, probably because the plant is directing its energy to flower formation.
You can pinch off the spikes just as they are forming and redirect that energy back into leaf formation while helping create a more compact, thick form. Trim the stem back to the first growth node before the spike forms. Use scissors, pruners or just pinch off the growth on slender stems. Over time, new leaves will sprout from the cut area and fill in the space left by the spike.
Alternately, you can let the blooms grow and produce seeds. If a coleus plant has flower spikes, simply wait until the petals fall off and a small fruit is formed. Seeds are tiny and will show themselves when the capsule or fruit splits. Save these in a plastic bag until you are ready to plant them. Coleus plants are easy to start from seed, either indoors or outside when temperatures are at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 C.).
Sowing Coleus Seeds
Coleus may be started with cuttings or seeds. If you saved your seeds, you can plant them at any time if growing them indoors. If you intend to use them outside, wait until soil temperatures have warmed up and all danger of frost has passed, or sow them indoors in flats 10 weeks before the date of your last frost.
Sow the seed into moistened sterile medium in flats. Cover the tiny seeds with a fine sifting of the medium. Cover the tray with a plastic lid and keep moist in a warm location until sprouting occurs.
Thin the seedlings and transplant them to larger pots when they have two sets of true leaves. Grow them on in containers indoors until outdoor temperatures are at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 C.) and then gradually harden them off before transplanting them to containers or prepared garden beds.
In this way, the flower spikes can adorn the plants for added appeal and provide a new generation of the plants for years to come.


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Many thanks to Martin Roell for this pointer (you can click the "translate to English" button in the upper left; it makes the whole experience far more understandable for us non-German speakers). It turns out that a German court is now accepting filings via e-mail, and will even allow those documents to be submitted in XML. In an e-mail, Martin dreamt about a not-too-distant future: "Imagine an XML-based document management system for lawyers that could automatically communicate with courts!"
The conventional wisdom (at least here in the States) is that the real driving force for technological change in the legal profession is the clients. If the clients demand something, law firms will develop it. I'm not so sure. If I'm a client, I'm less worried about the tools you use so long as you produce the results. The courts, on the other hand, are worried about the tools you use – because those tools directly affect their ability to do their jobs. In this sense, developments like the one Martin mentions are significant.
One thing is certain: courts are getting it. Last week we had Rory getting the West Virginia Supreme Court site set up using Radio, now we've got a court in Germany accepting filings via e-mail. It's hard to believe, but it's already been nearly six years since Schnader Harrison filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on CD-ROM. (Seems almost quaint today, doesn't it?) Maybe Rory has some thoughts on what it will take for the courts to drive more standardization across the profession?


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Transpiling And Publishing ES9 NPM Modules With Babel 7
There is no doubt that 2018 has been a great year to be a Javascript developer. In particular, we have seen adoption of the Node.js 8 runtime by AWS Lambda as well as Google Cloud Functions. Native support for ES8's async functions using async/await has been much anticipated, and is definitely a much welcomed step forward for anyone using server-side Javascript.
However, with the release of ES2018 (ES9) there are now even more cool features to add to your developer toolkit, such as Async Iteraters and Object Rest/Spread Properties. Unfortunately, support for these features requires Node v10+. While many developers may be afforded the luxury of being able to use whichever node version they desire, for others (e.g. those using AWS Lambda) the requirements are more stringent.
Imagine you are a developer and you have a module that you want to share with the world via NPM. You love using the latest and greatest Javascript, so naturally your package contains some ES9 features. How do you ensure that your NPM package can be used by as wide an audience as possible?
The answer: Babel.
Babel has caught quite a bit of flack in recent years, and in some cases, for good reason. Debugging can become more difficult with Babel, and some of its features (e.g. minification) are generally not beneficial server-side. However, new releases for the JS language are going to continue to come down the pipeline.
In my opinion, establishing a workflow for your project that allows you to take advantage of new features without forcing your consumers to upgrade their Node version is a good thing.
Fortunately, setting up a workflow to transpile ES9 code using Babel 7 is fairly straightforward. The following steps will get you started with the skeleton of a project that will allow you to create backwards compatible NPM packages using ES9 code.
I will assume you are starting from scratch, so the first step is to create your project folder and set up NPM.
mkdir myProject
cd myProject
npm init
Now install babel:
npm install --save-dev @babel/cli @babel/core @babel/preset-env @babel/register
Configure Babel by creating a
.babelrc file in your root directory with the following:
"presets": [
"@babel/preset-env", {
"targets": {
"node": "current"
This config file tells Babel which version of Node to transpile for. For the purposes of this exercise we will assume that you are running a version of Node that does not support ES9, so we will target the current version. However, you can specify a specific version if you want.
Within your project folder, create a
src and
lib folder:
mkdir lib src
src folder will contain your ES9 code and will be what you would keep in your version control (e.g. Git). The
lib directory will contain your transpiled code and will be what you upload to NPM.
Setup your build script to output to your
lib directory:
"scripts": {
"build": "./node_modules/.bin/babel src --out-dir lib",
NPM also supports a prepare script that will be run before the package is packed and published. You can use this to ensure that your module is transpiled when you go to publish:
"scripts": {
"prepare": "npm run build",
Update your module's entry point within the
package.json to point to your
lib directory. For example:
"name": "es9-test",
"main": "lib/index.js",
You will want to be able to run tests on your code as well (hopefully!). If you are using Mocha your test script will look something like this:
"scripts": {
"test": "mocha --require @babel/register test/*.test.js",
The key portion of this being the inclusion of @babel/register via the require hook.
To prevent the non-transpiled ES9 code from being uploaded to NPM you can also add an
.npmignore file that excludes the
/src/ directory. Similarly, you may want to add the
lib directory to your
gitignore to exclude your transpiled code from being checked into version control.
package.json should now look something like the following:
"name": "...",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "...",
"main": "lib/index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "mocha --require @babel/register test/*.test.js",
"build": "./node_modules/.bin/babel src --out-dir lib",
"prepare": "npm run build"
"dependencies": {
"devDependencies": {
"@babel/cli": "^7.1.5",
"@babel/core": "^7.1.5",
"@babel/preset-env": "^7.1.5",
"@babel/register": "^7.0.0",
"mocha": "^5.2.0"
When you are ready, you can now publish a backwards compatible NPM module written with ES9 features to NPM by running the command
npm publish. Of course, you can also use this method to transpile your ES6, ES7, or ES8 code as well.


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Look what the sweet Roberta sent me! We did a little card-swap but look at all the cutness she also sent in the mail! :D Thank you girly girl! Just showing you before i'm off to lunch!
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Expert Study Finds Lupus Clinical Trials Poorly Reflect Real-Life Situations
Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) needs to reflect the involvement of particular organs as well as the severity of disease, according to a study presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, scrutinizing published clinical trials of lupus. The study advocated giving more weight to clinical experience than treatment algorithms — built on insufficient clinical trial data — when choosing the appropriate treatment.
The investigation, "Lupus management after failure of first-line treatment," presented by Janet Pope of the University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine in Canada, employed a group of SLE experts, who performed a literature review of randomized clinical trials.
"We wanted to achieve consensus on treatment by having each participant offer their opinion, assuming there was disease activity due to SLE, current flare with only one organ system, access to appropriate medications, and full doses tolerated sufficiently before altering treatment," said Pope, a professor of medicine, epidemiology, and biostatistics.
The lupus experts together developed and improved treatment guidelines, and once a final treatment diagram was agreed upon, they were asked to state how much they agreed with the final solution. In this way the most common order of treatment choices were selected.
The study showed that experts generally agreed that pulmonary hypertension should be ruled out or confirmed with appropriate techniques, that general infections need to be ruled out, and that the presence of kidney disease should be confirmed by a kidney biopsy.
In terms of treatment, they also agreed that hydroxychloroquine is a crucial drug that should constitute a cornerstone of therapy.
At the meeting, which was May 12-15 in Destin, Florida, Pope stated that trials are not accurately representing patient populations, and fail to take into account real-life scenarios where patients are typically treated with multiple drugs.
"Also, while many current drugs are effective, there is a sense that type II errors have occurred, where a specific drug could work but is not shown to be positive," she said, suggesting that theories of a drug's inefficiency were supported in trials, when in fact, the theory was wrong.
Pope also said that future clinical trials should have realistic expectations of outcomes where improvement can be measured in various ways. "Efficacy compared to placebo may not be the primary goal. Instead, steroid-sparing effect of the drug, better safety, or favorable time to clinical worsening may be the goal," she said.


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China Risks Imperial Image With Belt and Road Initiative
The Sino-US trade war is pushing Chinese investments towards countries covered by China's multi-trillion-dollar "Belt and Road" plan to connect Asia, Middle East, Russia, Europe, Africa and Latin America through infrastructure projects.
But the Middle Kingdom must avoid looking like an empire or risk pushback against Chinese investments in other nations. The difference between international welcome and rejection runs in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
With any disturbance like the Sino-US trade war launched by US President Donald Trump in 2018, "it's a wake-up call for a lot of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Hong Kong….to diversify, to push abroad," said Nicholas Ho, deputy managing director of Ho and Partners Architects, a Hong Kong architecture firm, at the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong on September 12.
After Trump became US President in January 2017, "the Belt and Road Initiative took off, because it provided a wonderful alternative," said Cheah Cheng Hye, co-chairman of Value Partners Group, at the same summit on September 11.
Partly because of the Belt and Road Initiative, Value Partners, a Hong Kong-listed asset management firm, opened a branch in Kuala Lumpur last year to launch Sharia funds to be marketed across Belt and Road countries, many of which are Muslim-majority nations, Cheah said.
The "Belt" refers to overland routes for road and rail transportation connecting China to the world, while the "road" refers to sea routes.
Chinese construction contracts in participating countries surged 33.2 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, accounting for 60.2 percent of Chinese construction projects overseas, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.
Chinese non-financial overseas direct investments in other countries fell by 6.8 percent to US$8 billion in the first seven months of this year, more than the 3.5 percent decline in total Chinese ODI to US$68.6 billion, according to China's Commerce Ministry. However, Chinese non-financial ODI in Belt and Road nations rose 8.9 percent to US$15.6 billion in 2018, much faster than the 0.3 percent growth of total Chinese ODI to US$120.5 billion that year, according to the ministry.
This mixed picture of growth and decline in Chinese investments and contracts in Belt and Road countries highlights both the challenges and opportunities facing the huge project, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013.
If investment continues on its current trajectory, China will have invested US$910 billion in nations participating in the scheme over the next decade, according to a recent report by international law firm Baker and McKenzie and Hong Kong consultancy Silk Road Associates.
In a best-case scenario, there is much international collaboration, and the initiative could see US$1.32 trillion of investments in the coming decade, the report forecast. But in the worst-case scenario, if there is fierce, politicized and protectionist competition among countries, the projected investment over the next 10 years will fall to US$560 billion, said the report. Thus, the gulf between the best-case and worst-case scenarios is US$760 billion.
Presently, the ongoing Sino-US trade war and suspicion of the initiative in some countries are contributing towards the worst-case scenario.
"Like it or not, BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) is also seen in some quarters as a means to establishing Chinese hegemony. Brutally put, BRI is now being cited by critics as an example of debt-trap diplomacy in which China gains influence overseas by bankrupting its partners and bending them to its will," said Richard Shirreff, co-founder and managing partner of Strategia Worldwide, a UK risk consultancy, at the Hong Kong summit on September 12.
Some countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Montenegro and Pakistan have expressed concerns about debt arising from Belt and Road projects, said Shirreff, a former deputy supreme allied commander Europe of NATO.
"When Beijing summons African leaders to the capital (of China), it's a bit Roman Empirish, and it doesn't send the right sort of signals," he added. "BRI needs to be less global grand gesture with a Chinese flag on top of it, and more an indirect, nuanced approach, which takes account of the specific risks, together with the developmental needs and aspirations of the companies, countries, and communities."
Chris Torrens, a Beijing-based senior partner for international risk consultancy Control Risks, said if local communities do not see benefits from Belt and Road projects, it will fuel "anti-China resentment, which unfortunately we do encounter in a number of Belt and Road countries."
The tone of the initiative changed markedly from the first Belt and Road summit in Beijing in 2017 to the second one in 2019, said Peter Burnett, managing director of corporate and institutional banking and corporate finance for greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered Bank. In the first summit, the Chinese government came across as authoritative, but the second summit was more collaborative involving other countries, industries and private capital.
At the second summit in Beijing in April, the Chinese government announced a debt sustainability framework to mitigate credit risks.
"China's BRI has evolved significantly since its early inception; today's projects look very different to those signed five years ago and they will look different again five years from now," said Ben Simpfendorfer, founder and chief executive officer of Silk Road Associates.
"After an early focus on core infrastructure, I expect the private sector, global capital, and manufacturing will play a growing role in the future of BRI," said Simpfendorfer.
Toh Han Shih is a Singaporean writer in Hong Kong.


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Amiri does Lautner 'n' Roll in Beverly Hills
One brand keeping very busy despite the pandemic is Amiri, which opened its debut boutique last week on Rodeo Drive, and followed that up with a Friday morning show in Los Angeles.
In the past few seasons, Mike Amiri has shown in Paris, but this season saw him in the Sheats-Goldstein Residence in the hills of Beverly Hills.
Opening the 9.49-minute show video with overalls, tank and reading glasses, the model posed at the pool of the famed location, before slinging on a Saigon soldier bomber jacket.
Dudes strolling purposely across a basketball court; in preppy shorts and knit aertexes with cloche hats and loads of bags. Cutest of all, a new mini guitar man-bag with a Fender shape; and a mini basketball man purse.
A live DJ - legendary LA producer, The Alchemist - mixing some chill tracks as the hirsute boys march in leather shorts and overalls – all worn under polite rocker redingotes.
Los Angeles glinting in the background, as the cast gradually strides up onto the villa by master architect John Lautner, a glass vessel of a dwelling that huddles in dense vegetation. A classic example of American organic architecture for a show that climaxed with some great floral prints. A James Bond set that's been used in movies like Charlie's Angels and The Big Lebowski that looked just right with Amiri.
Mike Amiri began his garage punk label back in 2013. His is a blend of LA Urban Cowboy meets laid back rocker, composed of far classier fabrics than one normally associates with grungy rock 'n' roll.
Historically, Amiri is a novel encounter of careful tailoring and distressed materials; of classy blazers and silken soul singer shirts. Under sleek tuxedos, Amiri generally favors jeans so skinny they look glued on. His dudes even enjoy cardigans, though finished in intarsia skeletons.
Of Iranian origin, Mike was born in Los Angeles in 1976, and began his career by hand crafting stage outfits for the likes of Axl Rose and Steven Tyler. That led him to developing a capsule for Los Angeles most noted concept boutique Maxfield, before then creating his own eponymous collection.
He has been nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Emerging Designer Award and in 2019 nabbed the CFDA's Menswear Designer of the Year title.
Underlining Amiri's commercial appeal, OTB, the key investment wing of Italian billionaire jean entrepreneur Renzo Rosso, acquired a minority stake in Amiri last year.
He may not be the next Azzedine Alaia or Giorgio Armani but Mike Amiri does have a signature look; a compelling DNA and plenty of ambition. This is one brand we will be hearing plenty of this decade.
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Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Yojana Fund NFO – Should you invest?
Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Yojana Fund NFO Review Mahindra Manulife MF has come up with an arbitrage fund that would open for subscription from August 12, 2020. Arbitrage Funds aim to provide income over the short term by investing predominantly in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivative segments. While there are liquid funds and overnight funds to park surplus funds […]» Read more


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Results from eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race at Richmond
Published April 19, 2020 11:06 AM
William Byron became the first driver to win two races in the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, holding off a late challenge by Timmy Hill to capture Sunday's event at a virtual Richmond Raceway.
Byron led the final 95 laps to take his second consecutive checkered flag, having won the previous race, held two weeks ago at a virtual Bristol Motor Speedway. Others winning before him were Denny Hamlin (Homestead) and Hill (Texas).
Hill had tapped Byron to win at Texas and tried to repeat the move at Richmond but couldn't get close enough to do so after the final restart with three laps to go.
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Saturday, August 08, 2009
The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams
Thirteen year-old Kyra lives in an isolated polygamist compound with her mothers and siblings. She's accepted for most of her life that everything around her (the isolation, patriarchy, authoritarian leaders, etc.) are natural, but she still has an independent streak that leads her to sneak out and read books and carry on a clandestine relationship with a boy her age in the compound. When it is announced that she must marry her uncle (who is 50 years older than her), she rebels. In rebellion, she discovers the ugly side of her community and her faith.
A suspenseful and fast-paced novel that pulls out most of the usual stereotypesabout cults and isolated sects (no major originality here!) and obviously inspired by real-life events of a year ago. Kyra makes a symapthetic and intelligent heroine, but I never got a sense for why she stayed around as long as she did (the answers are fairly obvious - family and faith - but nothing is really drawn out in this story). This made her motivations a bit muddled and I found myself mostly tracking the story and waiting for the great escape that I was sure would come. The result is that the book is decent entertainment but won't really get you inside of anyone's head. for a better example of a similar story, see The Patron Saint of Butterflies.
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"They painted the house," Stanley Kipper declared when he pulled up to his old childhood home the other day in south Minneapolis.
"It looks good," older brother Obie Jr. proclaimed with a proud smile.
The once pink stucco house in the 4500 block of Oakland Av. S. is the inspiration for a play premiering this week. "From Behind the Sun," which Stanley co-wrote, is about a not-so-pleasant chapter in Minneapolis history, when sections of the city were racially segregated through a practice known as "redlining."
The brothers knew they were the first black family in the neighborhood. What they didn't know was the bold and devious tactics that their parents employed to land there.
It was a bait-and-switch situation that Stanley, a veteran Twin Cities musician, learned about one afternoon while setting up his drum kit at the old Nye's in northeast Minneapolis. He overheard some boisterous older men complaining about their days working at the post office.
He interrupted them: "Did you know Obie Kipper?"
His deceased father was a postal employee who worked his way up from the loading docks to a top management position.
Not only did they know him, but one fellow had a secret to divulge: He'd helped Obie Kipper, a black man, get a mortgage for a house in an area — south of 42nd Street — where blacks weren't welcomed in 1957.
"This [white] guy was my father's dear friend at the post office who posed as him, with his wife as my mom, when they met the real estate guys," Kipper explained.
"Those guys never met my father until the day they turned over the keys on the front step of the house. [At first] the real estate people thought my old man was a cleaning dude that came to help."
That conversation was nine years ago. Kipper shared the startling story with a friend, Seattle arts teacher Laura Drake. She suggested it would make a good play. Neither had ever written a full-length play, but they decided to give it a try.
She encouraged him to spin his tale into a recorder and send her the cassettes. They started writing by long distance.
"Stan's a great storyteller," said Drake, a veteran actress. "It was obvious to me that he could write dialogue. He heard how real people speak, especially in the African-American community. He knew the rhythms."
The excited neophytes sent an early version of the play to Lou Bellamy at Penumbra Theatre. He urged them to go to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, where they found mentors and Kipper took classes.
The co-writers even got together to improvise scenes, taking on the roles of Kipper's parents. And they also researched redlining, which took place from San Francisco to New York. (A documentary on the subject by Twin Cities Public Television, "Jim Crow of the North," will premiere at 9 p.m. Feb. 25 on TPT, Ch. 2)
Mother knows best
Over coffee last week in Kipper's old neighborhood, the Minnesota-reared collaborators conversed like a long-married couple, interrupting each other and refreshing forgotten memories, as they discussed the yearslong, off-and-on work that went into this play.
Friends since Drake dated a roadie in Kipper's band in 1969, they have teamed up over the years to present workshops and classes. As fledgling playwrights, they ended up working with four dramaturges to edit and guide them through the process.
The project started as a one-man show, expanded to feature 18 characters and now has been whittled to eight roles for its premiere Thursday at Minneapolis Community and Technical College's Whitney Fine Arts Theater under the direction of Brian Grandison. Instead of two Kipper brothers, ages 7 and 9, the family has only one 14-year-old son.
The title of the play has been changed three times. They settled on "From Behind the Sun," an expression that Kipper's mom loved.
"My mom would say, 'You look worried. Whatever happened, you don't have to worry about anything. Your love comes from behind the sun. Make sure you share it.' "
The play addresses the kind of harassment the Kipper family endured.
"The dog [poop] coming through the mailbox, the brick coming through the window is true," Kipper said.
"And the cutting of the phone line," Drake interjected.
"And the soaped-up windows," Kipper continued.
He said that shortly after his family moved into the neighborhood from nearby Nicollet Park, Mary Kipper, a third-grade teacher in the Minneapolis Public Schools, was invited to a meeting with the principal of Washburn High School.
"This guy says, 'I know you know a lot of black parents. I wonder if you can get all the black parents together and convince them to let their kids enroll at Central [High],' " which was located in a lower-income neighborhood and had more black students.
"My mom said, 'You must be crazy' and walked out of his office."
Lifelong integrator
Kipper has been a lifelong integrator — from schools to bands to his current neighborhood in Edina.
That's the way he was raised.
"If me or my brother said stupid [stuff] about white people, my old man or my mom would crush us," he recalled. "You're supposed to rise above all that hatred. They instilled that in us."
While his older brother was a track star at Washburn, Kipper got hooked on music, thanks to his mother turning him onto various records and books. After taking up the drums in fifth grade, he toured regionally with bands while in high school.
With the Marauders, he moved to Los Angeles in 1970. He later drummed with the Minneapolis-launched band Gypsy and worked with the Bee Gees, Bill Withers, Melanie and others. He played "Saturday Night Live" with Andrew Gold and "The Tonight Show," Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden with Minnie Riperton.
In 1990, Kipper returned to Minneapolis and gigged with various local groups, eventually co-founding the New Primitives, a world music/soul/rock/reggae band that plays every Tuesday at Shaw's in northeast Minneapolis.
He's writing two other plays — "Addie Mae Baker," about a woman in the music business, and "The Bus," about a band on the road. There's no question that, at age 68, he's found a new passion.
"I haven't been this stoked" — his face lit up before he could finish the sentence. "It's like rock 'n' roll when I first started."
Writing the play hasn't changed the way he views his childhood. "It ended up being a really cool neighborhood. It made me who I am."
The house's current owners recently remodeled the place — and made a curious discovery. In a wall, they found a 1930 newspaper that had been used as insulation.
The front page highlighted another not so pleasant chapter in Minneapolis history.
A column in the Nov. 2 Minneapolis Journal titled "Minnesota's Best Stories" looked back at "the only real trouble they had in Minnesota over the slavery question."
The article recounted the story of Eliza Winston, who came to Minneapolis from Memphis in 1860 as a maid with a white family. Abolitionists in Minnesota fought for her freedom, which a court awarded her.
Kipper's childhood home, it turns out, contained more history than he realized.


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Jane McNeil, a Playwright, Philanthropist and Founder of The Lily Foundation, shared the story behind her title with us on November 25, 2018.
Jane knows firsthand the impact a tragic loss can have on a child. Orphaned at the age of 13 after losing both of her parents at the same time, her work today focuses on helping children and also women who need it most. As a writer, she's found peace herself through the creativity and escape of bringing stories to life.
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SALEM, Va. — A first-inning sacrifice fly is all that Wheaton needed as Jackie Demling hurled a complete-game shutout to eliminate Cortland State 1-0 in Saturday's action at the NCAA Division IIII National Championship.
Wheaton (33-11-1) got the offense started in the top half of the first as Carmella Ranieri reached on an error and eventually scored on a Sarah Malloy sacrifice fly to left.
After the shaky start, Stephanie Adamshick settled down and only allowed one more hit the rest of the way. She struck out five in six innings in the losing effort.
Brittany Ames and Amanda Dow-Allen accounted for the only hits for Wheaton, while Pip Colombo led six Red Dragons (38-8) with a hit apiece as she singled in the sixth to pick up her 200th career hit.
Wheaton advances to face the loser of Saturday's contest between Salisbury and Moravian.


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Waste comes in many forms and is epidemic in business today. Reducing waste helps MSPs to both increase margins and grow their businesses at the same time. So how do you effectively reduce waste in your organization? How do you create a sustainable infrastructure that allows you to get ahead of the game and stay there?
This article is designed to help you get started on the path to reducing waste. Focus on these 5 ways as a starting point and you'll be well on your way to reducing costs and minimizing time waste in your MSP.
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Make Information Accessible
Standardise Your Processes
Reduce On-boarding Time
Adopt Continuous Improvement
Make Information Accessible
The first key to efficiency for any successful business is to ensure access to information. You need to be able to provide:
- Employees with secure and consistent access to information
- Clients with secure and consistent access to information
Studies have shown employees spend roughly 20% of their day searching for information.
It is essential that your staff can access information both about your organisation and also about the customers that you support. You need to consider how you as a business will allow information to be stored and shared amongst your team.
- Store client information within your PSA or RMM
- Microsoft Word or SharePoint can be used for your standard operating procedures.
- Tools like Dropbox and Google Drive allow you to share and version your documentation.
- Passwords can be stored in third party tools.
There is increasing demand from clients to demonstrate transparency of information. This is because it demonstrates;
- How you operate as an organisation. It shows you are dedicated and committed in your role as gatekeeper of business critical information.
- The benefits of using your service: it provides the customer with something tangible which is critical when providing a service that is hard to quantify.
Standardise Your Processes
No matter what sized MSP you are, you will find that creating business processes that are efficient is becoming increasingly important for success.
There is an ever increasing drive to automated processes where possible. The key to efficiency is to standardise procedures across departments and clients. For example, standardise the way you monitor your clients' networks and manage their devices with your RMM tool. This can be done by creating a Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for your team to help them follow the same procedure every time they set up a new client.
Process needs to become part of your core requirements of your staff. Make it a rule for your employees to follow and document your processes. The last thing you want to see or communicate with your clients is that you don't follow a process and chaos runs the business.
Reduce On-boarding Time
Onboarding staff can be a large source of cost waste for any organisation. Think about the amount of time it took you to get your last hire productive and making your money?
The key here is to document, both your internal procedures and your client environments. New staff no longer have to be mind readers!
If you want new staff to do things in the most efficient way, every time, and the way you prefer, write it down exactly how you want it done.
Then make that information easily accessible to anyone on the team. The key is that the process is written in a way that any employee can follow it. Determine how long is the optimal time to complete a task, then measure how close your team are coming to meeting this. That way you can begin to look at ways to eliminate time wastage.
Through documentation more routine tasks can be passed on to less expensive or skilled staff members for completion. It also means that new hires are able to become productive and billable at a faster pace, as they have the information to do the job.
Adopt Continuous Improvement
Finally, and most importantly your organisation must commit to a process of continuous improvement. This well known business philosophy was made famous by the Japanese who call this kaizen. Rooted in the fundamentals of lean manufacturing it aims to ensure qualitative improvement of business processes throughout all departments and layers, involving all team members equally. The best practice, according to this Japanese business strategy, is to repeat the cycle once you have standardised and defined your broken procedures, then acknowledge, document and visualise them to find a suitable solution and test it.
The key is to continually work to update and refresh the information you are documenting about your client and internal environments. Ideally if you are using the right tools in your business, it will alert you for example if there is a need to follow up changes such as expiring domains, SSL certificates, and warranties.
The goal then, is to make it part of your daily routine to ensure the quality of the information you are storing is continually improving.
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February 18, 2014
Classified Senate Feb. 13 meeting highlights
Here are the highlights from the Feb. 13 Classified Senate meeting. A draft of the meeting minutes is available.
Guest speakers: Jo Maseberg-Tomlinson and Ron Jackson, program coordinators from the Division of Continuing Education, presented information about the On Track Program for full-time employees taking college classes. Postcards will be sent to employees regarding upcoming information sessions. Their human resources representative also will be in attendance to answer questions about tuition assistance.
Senate standing committees:
Campus affairs committee
- Carol Marden reported members of the committee attended the alternative service committee meeting yesterday and will continue to attend the monthly meetings until the transition is complete. Gary Leitnaker, along with President Schulz and Cindy Bontrager, are preparing a letter to update employees on the status of the transition. Bontrager is willing to do Q-and-A sessions with departments if they are interested in what alternative service committee is doing.
Legislative affairs committee
- Lesa Reves reported eight representatives from K-State attended the Day on the Hill in Topeka on Jan. 30. We will be serving K-State cookies and ice cream at Cats in the Capital all day on Feb. 19.
- Nominations for Classified Senators are taking place Feb. 1-20. Elections will be March 1-15. The terms will be from June 2014 thru May 2017.
Recognition ceremony committee
- Pam Warren reported funds have been donated from Varney's Bookstore, the Campus Bookstore and the president to purchase door prizes for the Employee Recognition Ceremony on April 30.
Public relations committee
- Lindsay Thompson reported that the best times to have an open forum for classified employees with the president on budget matters would be the end of February or the first part of March. Discussion was held on the best time of day, location, how long the forum would be, video streaming, employees submitting questions prior to the event if they can not attend and alternating times each year.
Classified Employee Opportunity Fund
- Annette Hernandez reported one Meritorious Service Award was paid last month along with three textbook purchase requests.
Associate vice president, human resources and parking services report
- Gary Leitnaker reported that emails will be sent either weekly or bi-weekly regarding all training sessions held by human resources.
- The Peer Review panel had one hearing and one hearing was averted prior to mediation.
- Regarding the inclement weather leave for last week, per PPM 3035.040, employees on authorized leave, holidays, or off days are not affected by these emergency procedures and will continue in that status.
New business:
After a vote via email from the Classified Senate approving the social media resolution, President Jan Taggart signed and forwarded the document to Julia Keen, president of faculty senate, for her to present to Kansas Board of Regents on Feb. 12.
Regarding a name change for classified employees effective July 1, the legal name the state will recognize is university support staff. However, we can have our own working title for K-State employees that differentiates us from faculty and unclassified professionals. Discussion was held on what this should be. Carol Marden, chair of campus affairs and alternative service committee, will send out a request for all employees to come up with a name. The top four or five titles will be submitted for employees to vote on. The result will be announced at the awards ceremony April 30, and the person(s) submitting the winning title will receive an award.
When the bylaws are updated this year we will look at changing the names of all committees to show a better representation of what they are accomplishing along with updating responsibilities. Carol Marden recommended that campus affairs include oversight of alternative service committee.
Mike Seymour requested that the new policy manual address the concerns regarding how the use of inclement weather is granted and how essential employees are defined.
Campus committee reports:
Alternative service committee
- Carol Marden reported the handbook has been updated regarding mandated placement of university support staff, flexible working hours and performance reviews.
- The Appeals Board will be housed under the vice president for administration and finance until the vice president for human capital is hired. If you wish to serve on this board, contact Susan Thomas in the vice president for administration and finance office. They are looking for classified and unclassified employees.
Climate survey committee
- Kerry Jennings reported they are looking for individuals to participate in a 90-minute focus group meeting to determine the best questions to use in the survey.


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Way back in June, I wrote an article stating that Samsung's flagship PCIe 4.0 SSD, the 980 Pro, will only come in a capacity of up to 1 TB. As it turns out, I was wrong, and I'm truly delighted about that.
In a listing on via Scan, a UK e-tailer, the 980 Pro 2TB is a very welcome addition to Samsung's lineup. To date, the only PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD to have a 2TB capacity is Sabrent's Rocket 4 Plus, which the company announced two days after Samsung formally revealed its 1TB 980 Pro.
The 980 Pro 2TB is listed at Scan UK for a whopping £443.99, which translates to about $590 incl tax. If it's storage for games you're after, you're better off having a look at our Best SSDs List, where you should be able to find a similar capacity drive for less than half the money. You'll have to sacrifice TLC flash and the 7 GB/s data transfer speeds, but chances are you won't notice anyway other than the not-spent cash in your wallet.
Until the 980 Evo shows up, the 980 Pro is the only PCIe Gen 4 option in Samsung's lineup. Full specifications for the 2TB flavor haven't been listed yet, but the 1TB drive is happy to read at up to 7,000 MB/s and write at up to 5,000 MB/s, and it has an endurance of 600 TBW. You can find our review of the 1 TB 980 Pro here.
You might ask why I'm so glad about this, and the answer is simple: I recently bought a 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, but somehow, I managed to fill it up with games in mere weeks. With modern games taking up hundreds of Gigabytes, it's not as difficult to fill up storage space as it once was. As an example, Bungie recently had to chop out a ton of Destiny 2 content because its player base simply couldn't keep up with the massive install size, and the latest Call of Duty Modern Warfare game's install takes up near as good as as much as 250GB.
That being said, I won't be jumping on the 980 Pro 2TB right away, and you probably shouldn't either. The benefits of using PCIe Gen 4 storage over Gen 3 isn't really noticeable in-game, and prices for Gen 3 storage are significantly lower.
If you're a creative professional and you need a big, lightning fast drive for your editing work, the 2TB Samsung 980 Pro easily becomes a no-brainer.


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Following his show with Martha Stewart, Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, Snoop Dogg announced his first-ever cookbook, From Crook to Cook, last August. Subtitled "Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen," the publication features 50 personal recipes from Snoop's collection.
"You know it's blazin' up in my kitchen. I'm takin' the cookbook game higher with a dipped and whipped collection of my favorite recipes, ya dig?," Snoop Dogg says of his new work.
Complete with plenty of "snacks to satisfy those munchies.," recipes include baked mac and cheese, lobster thermidor, filet mignon, and even the musician's own gin and juice concoction.
Initially released via Chronicle Books, Snoop Dogg's From Crook to Cook has now officially launched and can be copped for just $13 at Amazon. So, if you've been eagerly waiting to cook up some Snoop-approved recipes, or are looking for the perfect gift for a Doggy Dogg fan, click through below to order your copy.
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Problem 2237. Mmm! Multi-dimensional Matrix Multiplication
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46.03% Correct | 53.97% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Sep 18, 2023
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J.R.! Menzinger on 6 Mar 2014
The 5th case should be: C_correct = cat(3,A(:,:,1)*B,A(:,:,2)*B,A(:,:,3)*B); ??
Swapnali Gujar on 6 Mar 2014
I gave the solution which passes all given test cases, but I am sure it will fail, if there are multiple combinations of sizes of A and B.
I believe, to get a full-proof solution, more test cases are needed. Or such solution can work for limited combination of sizes of multidimensional matrices to be multiplied.
J-G van der Toorn on 7 Mar 2014
José Ramón, You are absolutely right. I will fix it.
Jonathan Agg on 14 Jan 2021
Have a look in 20b! :)
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Jeremy Clarkson finally got his chance to thrash a Tesla Roadster on the Top Gear test track during the most recent episode and things definitely went better than his time with the G-Wiz. Clarkson pitted the Tesla against its chassis progenitor, the Lotus Elise and the results were... mixed. The Roadster, with the new drivetrain 1.5 featuring the final version of the single speed gearbox and torquier motor, ran away from the Elise in a drag race. However, when it came to going around corners, the extra 1,000 lbs of lithium ion batteries didn't help. As good as the Tesla handles, weight is always the enemy and the Lotus easily beat the Roadster around the corners. On the straights though, the electric torque won the day, for a while anyway.
As we all know, the range of electric cars depends on driving style and the EPA cycle doesn't evaluate a car like the Roadster the way it's meant to be driven. When we tested the Roadster last January, we estimated the range on our drive to be about 120-130 miles. Clarkson managed to exceed the G-Wiz's 40 mile range, but not by much. He got a mere 55 miles before the battery was flat. See it all in the video after the jump.
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This exhibit is created by Garrett Nelli Assoc. AIA, the 2017 recipient of AIA Seattle's Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship.
Public interest design is re-positioning the architectural profession to address the social, political, and environmental issues of the 21st century through community-engaged design. This shift in practice advances the notion that architecture is not only a built product, but a collective process that instills the tools, awareness, and imagination for individuals to improve their condition. As this year's recipient of AIA Seattle's Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship, Garrett traveled to Los Angeles, New Orleans, rural Alabama, Haiti, Spain, and Italy to catalog how the built environment can proliferate positive societal change. In the Public Interest showcases six innovative architectural practices redefining the role and responsibility of the architect in order to meet the needs of a broader public. The selected projects offer unique perspectives on the value of a community-engaged design process, the expanding nature of practice, and presents new methods for the profession to design with Seattle's communities.
Be a part of the ongoing discussion about this expanding reach and civic influence of the architectural profession at the Center for Architecture and Design.
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For those that still have a pension plan, congratulations, you are lucky!
With longer living (thank goodness) becoming more frequent, many pensions are being withdrawn from the market, replaced by the fancy termed Defined Contribution Plan aka 401k –
If you have a Pension plan, at the time of commencement, you have an irrevocable choice to make – Make it carefully.
Our Favorite Pension Plan Commencement Distribution Option
This is by no means a cart blanch recommendation for EVERYONE to make this decision, however many may be best suited by one of our favorite options –
100% Joint Survivor-
We like this option for the following reasons:
- No change in cash flow for any parties not matter the mortality of each
- Statistically this is the may be the best option for getting the most money as this will pay until both participants are deceased
- Easy to understand – You get a monthly deposit that stays constant
Words of Caution
- Do not take this decision lightly as it will be irrevocable
- Careful on taking your pension as a lump sum, this may not always be the best decision
- Keep your beneficiary paperwork safe – with mergers and changing of plans, you want to have proof of your decision in the future if ever called upon
- Frequently we see a ton of options – don't bite on a bad one – there are many that are better for the company than the participant, not surprisingly
- If you are single, it may make sense to take your pension earlier – Only one beneficiary makes this decision more complicated and this is also the case for Social Security (our most famous public pension plan!)
This post is just a reminder as we have run into this a few times more frequently recently and wanted to get the word out there once again!
Reach out with ANY questions!
Have a Great "Pension Benefit Reminder" Day!
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Emma's Latest Coffee Adventure 3.0 feat. Cake
On the first day of school, my friends and I went to a café for some quality coffee time. Well, I had coffee. They didn't Wimps.
My aunt turned 31 a few weeks ago, so we celebrated her birthday with the family a few days before.
This weekend I decided to bake a cake. It was a good cake. I still have some left. Yay.
Yesterday my dad and I went to McDonalds, and I wanted both a sundae and donut. So that's what I got.


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Image credit: "State Public Health Laboratory in Exton Tests for COVID-19" by governortomwolf is under a CC BY 2.0 license.
The paper that we'll be demystifying can be found here, if you want to follow along.
Our main test for COVID-19 is the swab test, where a long swab is used to take a sample from the nasal passages. In certain cases, swabs from the throat are also used to check for SARS-CoV-2.
Now, it's important to note that while this article brings up potential risks of these tests, if you do suspect you have COVID-19, please get tested regardless.
Swabbing the nasal passages and throat can make a patient sneeze or cough, putting healthcare professionals at risk of infection. Additionally, the nasal swab can be fairly invasive and uncomfortable, in rare cases causing slight bleeding. This discomfort can cause some COVID-19 patients to shy away from testing, putting the community at risk.
Thankfully, a team of researchers from the University of Hong Kong and doctors from Princess Margaret, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals have been studying alternate ways to get workable samples for testing. Focusing on safer methods, they explored testing saliva and serum, the liquid component of blood.
Saliva samples were taken by coughing up a sample first thing in the morning, before they had brushed their teeth or eaten breakfast, as to limit contamination. A sample right after waking up is also ideal because the body naturally pushes lung secretion up to the back of the throat during sleep. To test for the presence of viruses in the saliva sample, the team used quantitative RT-PCR, targeting the Rdrp/Hel element of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, a technique explained in a previous post.
The average number of viruses in patient saliva, or viral load, was around 158,000 copies per mL. The load was highest in the first week of COVID-19 symptoms, steadily declining afterwards. 7 of the 21 patients studied had SARS-CoV-2 traces detected 20 days after symptoms began or more, with one even having traces 25 days after symptoms started. This suggests that unlike severe acute respiratory syndrome, COVID-19 patients have the greatest viral load around the presentation of symptoms. As this would be during the coughing period, this might partially explain why COVID-19 has spread so quicly.
For intubated patients who therefore couldn't provide saliva samples, researchers checked the endotracheal aspirate, the secretions that collect during some intubations. The viral load in these samples didn't seem to decline significantly during intubation.
Viral load also seemed to increase with age. There was no relationship between the length of time that the viral RNA could be detected in saliva and the severity of the disease.
For the serum samples, the team looked at the levels of specific antibodies in the blood. Antibodies are Y-shaped molecules created by the immune system to neutralize invaders, such as SARS-CoV-2. An antibody is specific to a particular type of virus, even specific to a component of a virus. During a viral infection, the antibody that binds to the virus in question is proliferated, essentially multiplied in the bloodstream.
COVID-19 infection is no exception. Various antibodies specific to different parts of SARS-CoV-2 circulate the bloodstream in elevated amounts. The team in Hong Kong looked at antibodies that act on the SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein (NP), proteins associated with the virus' genetic material, and receptor binding domain (RBD), which allows entry into human cells.
Researchers used two tests to measure the presence of anti-NP and anti-RBD antibodies. The first was an enzyme immunoassay (EIA), in which isolated SARS-CoV-2 NP and RBD were exposed to serum samples. Any binding between the SARS-CoV-2 fragments and antibodies, which caused a proportional color change, represented the presence of these specific antibodies.
The second test was a microneutralization assay using cultures of SARS-CoV-2. Using the same principle as the EIA, this test measured the amount of antibody activity on the entire virus, which maintained its infectious capabilities.
From both tests, researchers found that most patients tested positive for anti-NP and anti-RBD antibodies. Additionally, like with the saliva samples, severity of the COVID-19 infection had no effect on the levels of anti-RBD and anti-NP antibodies in the serum.
It's important to note that we're focusing specifically on the team's experiments. The paper has lots of extra interpretations of their results that you can check out here.
The team's work has opened up two promising new methods for COVID-19 testing, serum samples and early-morning saliva samples. The saliva route is especially valuable, as it's safer for health-care workers and less invasive, which should incentivize testing as a whole.
Until then, getting swab tested is still far better than no test at all. Don't hesitate, help keep everyone safe.
Paper Citation: To K, Tsang O, Leung W et al. Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2020. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30196-1


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Floxacin antibiotics may enhance the treatment of patients with lung and bladder cancer, according to research published in Science Translational Medicine.
Preclinical research showed that floxacin antibiotics inhibit the protein kinase RSK4, thereby sensitizing lung and bladder cancer cells to chemotherapy and hindering metastasis.
Clinical research showed that cancer patients receiving chemotherapy had longer overall survival (OS) when they also received treatment with levofloxacin.
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The researchers first found that RSK4 regulates chemosensitivity and controls the migration and invasion of lung and bladder cancer cells. Inhibiting RSK4 via CRISPR or RNA interference sensitized cancer cells to chemotherapy and prevented metastasis in mice.
A drug screen showed that floxacin antibiotics can inhibit RSK4. Subsequent experiments showed that trovafloxacin can sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy and inhibit tumor growth in vivo and ex vivo.
Analyses of patient samples showed that RSK4 mRNA is overexpressed in patients with lung or bladder cancer. In addition, lung cancer survival data showed that high RSK4 mRNA expression was associated with poorer prognosis.
An analysis of data from the phase 3 SIGNIFICANT trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005590) suggested that levofloxacin can prolong OS in patients with advanced cancers receiving chemotherapy.
The median OS was 72 months among patients who received levofloxacin and 59 months among patients who received placebo (hazard ratio, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.69-0.99; P =.048).
"Sensitivity analysis showed that excluding patients who died during treatment did not change the conclusions, and thus, this improvement in OS could not be due to a reduction in infective deaths because of the antibacterial effect of levofloxacin," the researchers noted.
"Collectively, our data suggest that RSK4-targeting floxacins such as levofloxacin could be repurposed for proof-of-concept combination studies with existing chemotherapeutics in patients with lung and bladder cancer," the researchers concluded.
Disclosures: This research was supported by the Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre and others. Some study authors declared affiliations with biotech, pharmaceutical, and/or device companies. Please see the original reference for a full list of disclosures.
Chrysostomou S, Roy R, Prischi F, et al. Repurposed floxacins targeting RSK4 prevent chemoresistance and metastasis in lung and bladder cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2021;13(602):eaba4627. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aba4627


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Power Blender
The interface is the core of the blender. Through the knob it is possible to select pre-set programs for specific dishes preparation, speed, and time. This circular space also includes the display that is covered with a chrome polarized lens that hides the view of the interior components when it is not in use.


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In our first special issue, we address divergent views concerning the implication, scope, and cogency of the Pittsburgh School's (i.e., Sellars, Brandom, and McDowell) application of 'normative functionalism'.
The PDFs of each article give specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-Ab
I. An Introduction to the Pittsburgh School and Normative Functionalism
Normative Functionalism
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
Normative Functionalism in the Pittsburgh School
Patrick J. Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
II. Normative Functionalism and Representation
The Pittsburgh School, the Given and Knowledge
Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University
Sellars on Perception, Science, and Realism: A Critical Response
Patrick Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Sellars, Realism, and Kantian Thinking
[A critical response to "Sellars on Perception, Science, and Realism: A Critical Response"]
Willem A. deVries, University of New Hampshire
Sellars and Knowing the Thing-In-Itself
[A response to "Sellars, Realism, and Kantian Thinking"]
Patrick J. Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Tales of the mighty tautologists? Does normative functionalism reduce the differentiating function of non-discursive habit in experience to post hoc logical possibility?
Frank Scalambrino, University of Dallas
III. Normative Functionalism and Agency
A response to a question regarding "normative functionalism"
Joseph Margolis, Temple University
Normative Functionalism about Intentional Action
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
Normative Functionalism and its Pragmatist Roots
Dave Beisecker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Norms and Causes: Loosing the Bonds of Deontic Constraint
James Swindal, Duquesne University
IV. Normative Functionalism and Reference
Rigid Designation and Natural Kind Terms, Pittsburgh Style
Michael P. Wolf, Washington and Jefferson College
V. Normative Functionalism and Rhetoric
Having "A Whole Battery of Concepts": Thinking Rhetorically About the Norms of Reason
John Lyne, University of Pittsburgh
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Lady Bulldog Basketball
Meet the Coach
Michelle Coplen
Michelle Coplen has been apart of the Lady Bulldog Basketball Program for the last three years. Before coming to Wheatland she was the assistant coach in Amherst, NE. Michelle is currently in the first year of being the Lady Bulldogs head coach. She recieved her bachelor's degree at Univeristy of Nebraska at Kearney in math and physical education 7-12, with a coaching endorsement. She teaches high school math and female weights.
In her spare time Michelle enjoys swimming, traveling, and spending time with her husband Derek Coplen.
Assistant coaches for the Lady Bulldogs inlcude Katrina Fagenbush.
Mission Statement
The Lady Bulldog Basketball program is driven to create highly motivated female athletes both on and off the court.
Coaching Philosophy
Our coaching philosophy is that we focus on the safety and wellbeing of the student athlete. We emphasis on raising the self-esteem of the athletes in and out of the sport, while teaching them to excel past what limits they believe they have. As a coaching staff we are here for the student-athlete during the season as well as the offseason.