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Band Paintings: Kim Gordon Interviews Richard Prince
By Kim Gordon
Richard Prince has been in the news a lot lately for his courtroom battles against the laws of copyright as they apply in fine art. Some have even suggested that Prince's courtroom behavior—ambivalent responses to simple questions about his work—is the latest stage of the artist's protests against authorship and authority. But Prince has been plugging along on a new suite of subtle paintings that use arbitrary configurations of rubber bands as a pictorial strategy. "14 Paintings" is currently on view at 303 Gallery in New York. (He shows with Gagosian in New York but has a long history with 303 that includes having been married to its owner, Lisa Spellman, making this project both sort of under-the-radar and very personal). He's also opened a semi-public project space uptown.
Kim Gordon, the artist and Sonic Youth co-founder, and Prince are best linked in the public imagination for the latter's illustration of the 2004 cover for Sonic Nurse, but their dialogue goes much deeper. Gordon has her own stories of creative attribution, and here they discuss why Prince decided against using a pseudonym for this current show, and what would've happened if someone else made joke paintings first.
KIM GORDON: Hi, Richard.
RICHARD PRINCE: Hey, Kim. How are you?
GORDON: I'm okay, I guess. How are you?
PRINCE: I'm all right. Where are you?
GORDON: I'm up in Northampton [Massachusetts]. Another gray day in June. Are you at the beach or are you in New York?
PRINCE: I'm actually in Bushwick right now.
GORDON: How's your space uptown?
PRINCE: It's going pretty well. The people that find out about it and make an appointment seem to enjoy it.
GORDON: What's it called again?
PRINCE: Fulton Ryder. It's a name I used to write under. Have you ever done anything under a pseudonym?
GORDON: Not really. I've thought about it, actually, when I had the Harry Crews band with Lydia [Lunch]. I tried to convince her to let me use my name backwards.
PRINCE: What happened to that project?
GORDON: Lydia wanted to do this tour, and it was really just a way to find commonality. We both liked the author Harry Crews, so we made up lyrics based on his books. I met him once, I interviewed him for something, and then I think he actually heard the band at some point, and he hated it of course. His idea of music was just something else. He was disturbed that we used his name, I think.
PRINCE: Oh, he was? I met him briefly at a book signing.
GORDON: Hey, aren't I supposed to be interviewing you?
PRINCE: Is that the story?
GORDON: I don't know.
PRINCE: That's funny.
GORDON: I went to your show at 303. I liked those paintings a lot. They made me think of astrological signs—constellations that don't exist. I know the process of making them is pretty random. Maybe you should describe that, so people know what I'm talking about.
PRINCE: Well, the backstory is that they date back to these abstract images I made in 1977. I wanted to update those abstractions.
GORDON: What were those first abstractions made out of?
PRINCE: The '77 abstractions were made using a camera and it was about the ability of the camera to cover things and wrap them in plastic. When you look through the lens, you would look at something and would know after you clicked it would be wrapped in this plastic coating, because when you send your negatives to a commercial lab it would always come back under a glossy coating.
I kept thinking about that. It was a very nerdy, esoteric inside information type of situation, and I wanted to simplify it and make the process easily understood.
I've been working on these—I guess I refer to them as band paintings—for about three years.
It started out pretty silly. I asked myself a question: If Hollywood cast the part of an artist, what would they have the artist do in the movie? It sort of started that way. And I thought whatever Hollywood would have an artist do would be pretty simple and kind of stupid. My daughter had braces at the time, and I would find these tiny little rubber bands that were always popping out of her mouth. So that gave me an idea. I used the bands to make the letter O. Then I started to write the word "asshole" around that letter, and I decided to call them "the asshole paintings." That's how it started.
I dropped the Hollywood part. And then one day I decided to work with a larger rubber band. I decided to find out everything that had to do with rubber bands. And then one day, I stretched the rubber band I was using and I wanted to make the shape stay, and I realized I couldn't stick it on with paint, that wouldn't hold it, so I just picked up my staple gun and stapled it. The two gestures were married that afternoon. It was kind of a lightbulb moment. And somehow the blackness of the band created a line that didn't look like a rubber band anymore. It became part of the surface. And yes, you're right about the randomness of the shape. It's just whatever. You can do them pretty quickly, too.
GORDON: Do you think people look at them and go, "Oh, I like this one?"
PRINCE: I don't know.
GORDON: Because you know, the last time we met, we were talking about Damien Hirst's dot paintings, and how there are some that are more interesting paintings than others—which sort of defeated his purpose. In a funny way to me, the band paintings are kind of all the same. And they're different.
PRINCE: I hadn't thought about whether or not one would be more interesting or likable than the other. The one thing I decided was that four of them should stay together as one piece.
GORDON: Why is that?
PRINCE: I don't know. I just thought that they made more sense as a group, so you wouldn't be able to decide which one to take away with you. You would have to take all four. And then of course you could maybe hang one, then I don't have control…
I felt, too, that they were the start and the end of something. And they still reminded me of my hand-written jokes, in '86, when I first started making jokes, writing them out by hand on pieces of paper, that kind of simplicity, I wasn't sure if I was able to have that again in my life, and I felt that these band painting reminded me of that moment. And then, of course, the hand-written jokes turned into something that became very agreeable and I continue to work with the subject matter; the subject matter never seems to get old or stale. And I think the band paintings will continue to have a life like that.
Sometimes when I walk into a gallery and I see someone's work, I think to myself, "Gee, I wish I had done that." When I have that reaction to something I make, then I think I should stay with it, and go with it. It's not like I have that reaction a lot. Very, very few times do I ever have that reaction. I remember thinking that if I had seen someone make the hand-written joke and call it their work, I would have said, "I wish I had done that."
It's strange, the gesturing of the staple has become really more a part of the work, especially the ones I've done since the show. I'm trying to manufacture my own staple gun. I'm making my own rubber bands, and maybe it becomes more complicated.
GORDON: Do you think, being embroiled in this big appropriation lawsuit, that the rubber bands might be a relief from that aspect of your work?
PRINCE: People have suggested that, and it is a release that I don't have to deal with those issues. Certainly showing them at 303, that decision has a history. It's funny that I asked you about a pseudonym; when I first approached Lisa we were going to put the show out under a pseudonym. Back in the '80s she showed John Dogg, which was a pseudonym I was using with Colin Deland. We talked about it. And then she convinced me I should just do it under my own. She reminded me that the hand-written jokes were shown in the back of her gallery, back in the '80s. And she's my ex-wife, which added a bit of—not melodrama, I don't know what you would call it. There's a real connection, it's as simple as that.
GORDON: You like showing in places that aren't galleries. And in a way, to show at another gallery that's a different space is almost like choosing another context.
PRINCE: There was a lot of consideration, a lot of thinking. I guess even though I dropped the Hollywood angle, I did wonder where the director and the producer would want this work shown. It was sort of like a casting director came along and whispered in my ear, "303, 303, that's where you should be showing these."
GORDON: This brings me to a point that I have to bring up. But there's this article, I think it was in the Observer, talking about what you said in defense of your art in the court case. It said you didn't make any of the predictable defenses of your work. The writer was saying the court has become an extension of your artistic expression. And the writer couldn't believe that you wouldn't defend your work. Because you were just saying, "I put a guitar in his hand because I wanted to make a great painting." And you also mentioned that it was part of a scripture writing, where the world is ending and a family is vacationing in St. Bart's. If this is a movie about an artist and he was being sued, is this what he would say to defend…?
PRINCE: I read that. The thing is, I have never really commented on the lawsuit, and I'm not even sure that I'm allowed to. I never felt like I needed to defend myself, first of all. And second of all, I was just being honest about the comment they quoted about the guitar. That sounds like something I would say. And you know, I'm not an intellectual, I'm not an art historian, I'm not a genius.
To answer your question, I can't comment on what I'm being sued for, but yeah, it gets tiring. But it's also very surprising that anyone pays any attention to what I'm doing. I find the whole thing a waste of time. That's the only comment I can make. But I don't think these rubber band paintings address the idea of making something so that someone will come out of the past or the present and say, "you can't do this."
I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough." I don't mind that reaction, because I think it's more than enough.
GORDON: But what about the change, putting your name on the J.D. Salinger… PRINCE: Well, oh. That's just a favorite book. I'm aware of the implications. It's kind of the Disneyland of book publishing. You don't mess with images from Disney. You don't near it. And Catcher in the Rye is also on lockdown; it's almost become an institution, it's very sacred. It's very rare to get a great first-edition copy.
I reread the book. If you have a book in your collection, it has to be a well-written book. I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's badly written. Unless it's deliberately bad or it has to do with the culture. I love deliberately badly written books. But when I reread Catcher I realized how contemporary the writing was, and then I was talking, I had the idea of putting it out again. And I think the idea of republishing Catcher, my contribution to that book was simply—and I know this is going to sound terrible, or maybe it's not—but I just wanted to double the price.
GORDON: To make it have the value you think it ought to have?
PRINCE: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure, if you were going to buy my Catcher in the Rye, you were going to have to pay twice as much as the one Barnes and Noble was selling from J.D. Salinger. I know that sounds really kind of shallow, and maybe that's not the best way to contribute to something, but in the book collecting world you pay a premium for really collectible books. I thought, we charged, I think on the book flap it's $62. There's a certain kind of adolescent thinking there that I can't seem to get away from. And I don't know if I should get away from it, but I certainly acknowledge that it might not be the most interesting way to contribute to the making of that particular object, but I like the fact that the price is twice as much. And it's enough.
GORDON: Well, it's an appropriate book for an adolescent gesture.
PRINCE: Exactly, you're right. You nailed it.
GORDON: I have a million more questions I would ask, but I have to run off.
PRINCE: Well, when you're in the city next, we'll have to get lunch again, I really enjoyed it. You'll have to come by Fulton Ryder.

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Technological advances have allowed corporations to push the envelope of human experience to heights previously unimaginable. Mankind has colonized the Moon and Mars. Powerful computer and neurobiological technologies have allowed scientists to create digital maps of the mind, empowering new artificial intelligences and electronic brain interfaces. Gone are the days of the mouse and the keyboard. Most users transfer data via gestural interfaces and virt displays, but the elite "jack-in," connecting their brains directly to their computers and, beyond them, the omnipresent network. Everyone relies on the network, the all-seeing, all-hearing grid that surrounds Earth and reaches out into the solar system. More data flows through the network every second than was ever expressed in the first five-thousand years of written language. It is a surveillance network, a financial system, and a library. It is the backbone of modern civilization. It is also the greatest weakness the megacorps have. There are those who hunt constantly for flaws in corporate security measures. They hunt for different purposes. Some hope to expose the root hypocrisy of these business giants built upon the labor of mistreated and impoverished drones and held in place by fraudulently legitimized monopolies. Some want to explode the walls that hide corporate secrets and usher in a new age of free information. And others merely want to make some quick credits, hacking for secrets and turning them around on the black market. These rogue operators with the hardware, software, and raw talent to exploit the corporations greatest weaknesses are the individualists known as netrunners.


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Q: Automatically convert CJK Unicode to percent encoding in HREF I'm using LuaLaTex, TexShop, class Memoir.
I'm trying to make a hyperlinked text with the destination URL containing Unicode characters. For example, https://namu.wiki/w/대전역.
Manually converting Unicode characters to percent encoding and putting the output into \href works:
\href{https://namu.wiki/w/\%EB\%8C\%80\%EC\%A0\%84\%EC\%97\%AD}{대전역 link}

One disadvantage is that it is very bothersome. Is there a more convenient way to do this?
Enabling the Unicode option \usepackage[unicode]{hyperref} didn't work, and I'm hearing that some PDF viewers can't handle such PDF files even when it does work.
MWE
\class{memoir}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\href{https://namu.wiki/w/\%EB\%8C\%80\%EC\%A0\%84\%EC\%97\%AD}{대전역 link} % This correctly produces a working hyperlink to https://namu.wiki/w/대전역

\href{https://namu.wiki/w/대전역}{대전역 link} % Clicking this will get you to https://namu.wiki/w/ (note: 대전역 omitted)

\end{document}

A: The lua wiki gives %-encoding as an example string function
which you could use as
\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\directlua{function url_encode(str)
  if (str) then
    str = string.gsub (str, "\string\n", "\string\r\string\n")
    str = string.gsub (str, "([^\@percentchar w \@percentchar -\@percentchar _\@percentchar .\@percentchar \string~])",
        function (c) return string.format ("\@percentchar \@percentchar \@percentchar 02X", string.byte(c)) end)
    str = string.gsub (str, " ", "+")
  end
  return str
end}
\makeatother

\def\zz#1{\directlua{
print(url_encode('\detokenize{#1}'))
}}
\begin{document}

\zz{https://namu.wiki/w/대전역}

\end{document}

This just uses print() so puts the encoded string on the terminal as
https%3A%2F%2Fnamu.wiki%2Fw%2F%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84%EC%97%AD

But you could of course replace print by tex.print and its variants to pass this back to TeX.

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<!DOCTYPE html>

	<link href="js/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"type="text/css">
	<link href="css/moncss.css" rel="stylesheet"type="text/css">

	<title>Comparison of file managers - Network protocols</title>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

Comparison of file managers - Network protocols

			<fieldset>

					<form action="" method="post">
						<legend style="color:red;font-weight: bold;font-style:italic;text-align: center;" >Formulaire</legend>

								Double Commander :
 <input id="0" type="text" name="Feature">

								xplorer² :

 <input type="radio" name="Featurexplorer²" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="Featurexplorer²" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="Featurexplorer²" value = "non">Partial

								muCommander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeaturemuCommander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeaturemuCommander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeaturemuCommander" value = "non">Partial

								Far Manager :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureFar Manager" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureFar Manager" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureFar Manager" value = "non">Partial

								Krusader :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureKrusader" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureKrusader" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureKrusader" value = "non">Partial

								Total Commander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureTotal Commander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureTotal Commander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureTotal Commander" value = "non">Partial

								Thunar :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureThunar" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureThunar" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureThunar" value = "non">Partial

								Path Finder :

 <input type="radio" name="FeaturePath Finder" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeaturePath Finder" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeaturePath Finder" value = "non">Partial

								Midnight Commander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureMidnight Commander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureMidnight Commander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureMidnight Commander" value = "non">Partial

								Konqueror :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureKonqueror" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureKonqueror" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureKonqueror" value = "non">Partial

								Dolphin :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureDolphin" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureDolphin" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureDolphin" value = "non">Partial

								Directory Opus :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureDirectory Opus" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureDirectory Opus" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureDirectory Opus" value = "non">Partial

								Disk Order :
 <input id="1" type="text" name="Feature">

								PCManFM :
 <input id="2" type="text" name="Feature">

								ZTreeWin :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureZTreeWin" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureZTreeWin" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureZTreeWin" value = "non">Partial

								Xfm :
 <input id="3" type="text" name="Feature">

								XYplorer :
 <input id="4" type="text" name="Feature">

								File Manager :
 <input id="5" type="text" name="Feature">

								Dired :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureDired" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureDired" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureDired" value = "non">Partial

								Altap Salamander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureAltap Salamander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureAltap Salamander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureAltap Salamander" value = "non">Partial

								Finder :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureFinder" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureFinder" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureFinder" value = "non">Partial

								Xandros File Manager :
 <input id="6" type="text" name="Feature">

								File manager :
 <input id="7" type="text" name="Feature">

								Xfe :
 <input id="8" type="text" name="Feature">

								GNOME Commander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureGNOME Commander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureGNOME Commander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureGNOME Commander" value = "non">Partial

								Windows Explorer :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureWindows Explorer" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureWindows Explorer" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureWindows Explorer" value = "non">Partial

								Nautilus :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureNautilus" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureNautilus" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureNautilus" value = "non">Partial

								emelFM2 :
 <input id="9" type="text" name="Feature">

								File Commander :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureFile Commander" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureFile Commander" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureFile Commander" value = "non">Partial

								ROX-Filer :

 <input type="radio" name="FeatureROX-Filer" value="oui">Yes <input type="radio" name="FeatureROX-Filer" value = "non">No <input type="radio" name="FeatureROX-Filer" value = "non">Partial

<input type="submit" class="btn btn-info" value="Ajouter un produit" />
					</form>

			</fieldset>

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Rating: CERO D (17)
Region: Japan
Release: Oct 23, 2011 - Author: Once - Translator: Tony Montana
Kane & Lynch 2 isn't really good but it justifies a comparison anyway. Why's that? Is the European Version censored? Or even the International (US) Version?
Well, here's all clear so far. Neither the European nor the US Version are censored. Nevertheless, there's a different (one could also call it a special) version of K&L2 available. In the Japanese Version, the pixel filter has been removed from the entire game.
But there's no need to hope to get a comepletely uncensored pixel-free version because that's not going to happen. Despite the lack of the pixel filter in the Japanese Version, other things have been censored.
If anyone wants to take a look at the Japanese Version, I recommand the PlayStation Version because it's region free and works with any game console worldwide. But one needs to consider that the Japanese Version is only available in Japanese, there's no English audio track or subs. I can't say whether or not the Xbox 360 Version is region well.
Compared are the uncensored (Xbox 360) PEGI Version and the Japanese (PlayStation 3) Version.
Comment about the screens:
Since the paragraph censoring, the screens from the Japanese Version are on the left.
Pixel Filter
The pixel filter is completely missing in the Japanese Version.
That means cutscenes, script scenes and ingame scenes (headshots) are being presented without filter in the Japanese Version.
If an enemy gets his head blown off, it's pixelated in the International but uncensored in the Japanese Version even though the gunshot is pretty small.
As an example the opportunity to use people as human shields (but only enemies, civilians never can be used as shields) and take them out via headshot.
International Version Japanese Version
Chapter 1 - Welcome to Shanghai
Cutscene
Kane and Lynch storm a gangster's appartment. He and his girlfriend jump up and the chick's crotch is pixelated in the International Version. In the Japanese Version, it's not pixelated but she's isn't naked either because she's wearing panties.
Another pixelation during the chase of the gangster and his girl. In the Japanese Version, the girl is pixel-free again.
At the end of the first chapter, Kane and Lynch apprehend the gangster on the run. He commits suicide after Kane accidentally shot his girl. In the International Version, the pixel filter begins after the gangster sliced his throat. In the Japanese Version, the entire scene is uncensored but the girl is wearing her panties again.
Chapter 3 - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (Blut, Schweiß und Tränen)
Script Scene
After the buddy kicked in the door, he gets shot in the head. In the International Version, the headshot is pixelated. In the Japanese Version, it's not.
Another script scene in this level. A further buddy of the two main characters gets shot in the head and drops dead, a pixel filter is being used again.
Chapter 5 - Coming Home (Heimkehr)
Lynch presses an enemy's face in a frypan. The International Version uses a pixel filter here, the Japanese Version doesn't. After the enemy dropped dead, the head is pixelated as well.
Chapter 6 - A Thousand Cuts
This level is unique in either of the versions. Due to the removed pixel filter in the Japanese Version, this level is completely pixel-free despite the fact that the two main characters got tortured and are naked while they're fighting across this chapter. But then again, there's the usual problem in the Japanese Version: Kane and Lynch are dressed. Lynch's dead girlfriend, who is being covered by a pixel filter in the International Version, is lying under a blanket in the Japanese Version.
Furthermore the cuts and the blood on Kane's and Lynch's bodies have been reduced. More details can be found under "Censorship".
Chapter 7 - The Deal
After Kane and Lynch apprehended Glazer, he gets assassinated. The headshot is pixelated in the International Version but it's not in the Japanese Version - business as usual. After the cutscene, Glazer's head is also pixelated in the International Version.
Even though the pixel filter is missing in the Japanese Version, the version is still censored. It concerns the intro, the chapter "A Thousand Cuts" and the game itself. The ingame censorings (ragdoll, civilians and wounded enemies) are equal to the German Version. The intro and the chapter "A Thousand Cuts" are exclusively censored in the Japanese Version.
The first alterations due to censorship pop up in the intro. The cuts and blood on Kane's and Lynch's bodies have been reduced.
Japanese Version International Version
The pixel filter (please see the refering paragraph) is missing here but the cuts and blood have been drastically reduced. This is the only alteration in the Japanese Version which isn't equal to the German Version.
(As example some screens from the actual chapter and the two cutscenes. Further differences can be found in the paragraph "pixel filter".)
Censorship In General
There's no ragdoll in the Japanese Version which means the dead bodies don't react / move anymore if they're being shot at.
In the Japanese Version, it's not possible to kill innocent bystanders. This concern the main game, the arcarde and the multiplayer mode. In addition to that, the statistics lack the fine for civilian casualties.
(no statistics in the main game)
Wounded Enemies
It might happen that enemies don't bite dust immediately. They're going down wounded instead. In the International Version, you can spare their suffering and pain by shooting them. In the Japanese Version instead, this is not an option because the shots don't influence the game in any way.
Comment about ragdoll and wounded enemies:
Gunshot wounds still can be caused. The bullets don't just go through the dead bodies.


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TV Reports
Todd 'Oly' Olsen dead at 58
Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 19, 2015
The Pacific Northwest wrestling world was rocked late on Wednesday by the passing of Todd "Oly" Olsen. He'd been in hospital in recent weeks for tests on his heart. It was determined that he would need a heart replacement, but he died before a suitable donor could be found. He was 58.
Olsen wrestled professionally from 1984 to 1999, primarily in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington state, and Oregon. He also did a couple of tours, including New Zealand, Hawaii and the Canadian Maritimes.
He also trained wrestlers and promoted under the Ringside Pro Wrestling name in Washington State, and ran a website (now offline), blackbootwrestling.com, that aimed to "demonstrate wrestling holds. Real, legitimate wrestling holds."
Olsen detailed much of his career in a 2007 interview with SLAM! Wrestling: Tradition still important to Oly Olsen.
"After days of symptoms, testing, and finally open heart surgery, it's been determined that Todd needs a new heart. To help him survive until a new heart becomes available, he now has a total artificial heart in place," reads a Gofundme crowdfunding site that was raising money to support Olsen and his wife, Tina Pavelic-Olsen, during his health battle. They lived in Marysville, Washington.
Mark Vellios, who wrestled as Michelle Starr, was one of the first to learn the news, and his post to Facebook quickly spread to other wrestlers: "Just got some very sad news. A fellow wrestler that I have had the privilege to call a friend passed away today. I met him when I was 19 years old and had countless matches with this man. I can't believe he is gone. Rest in Peace Todd Oly Olsen. You will be missed by my family and the fans of All Star Wrestling."
The rest of the Pacific Northwest wrestling family shared Vellios' feelings.
"Very saddened this evening by the passing of our Brother Todd Oly Olsen," posted Raven Lake. "Oly was the kindest man you will ever meet, I first met Oly in 1993 when I first broke into the business, he was always there to give advice to us rookies. It was a great privledge and honor to work beside such a wonderful man. To his family I send my deepest condolences and prayers. RIP Oly you are missed."
"Sadly another one of my peers from the wrestling game has passed on to the ring in the heavens," wrote Moondog Manson. "Todd Oly Olsen you were always a kind and soft spoken person. While the past 15 years has been mostly sporadic meetings usually years apart, It always brought joy to me when I saw your smile and got to shake your hand. RIP Champ."
"Dirty" Dan Denton, an occasional columnist for this site, sent out an Instagram note under his real name of Dan Turner. "Many years ago in another world I was a pro wrestler. I had many brothers and through a million adventures, I loved them dearly. Sadly we lost one. Oly Olson was a sweetheart. Thank you Oly for all the wonderful memories. See you down the road…."
Olsen was always willing to share his knowledge, as posts from younger wrestlers attest.
"I not only got the chance to sit down with Todd Oly Olsen and hear a few of his stories and gave me lots of great advice BUT I got to share the same ring with him and have our hands raised high," wrote Matt Xstatic (Matthew A Desrocher). "We will miss you Mr Oly Olsen, R.I.P My friend."
Todd Olsen and his wife Tina.
"I remember my very first ECCW show when I was going to be meeting Mark a.k.a. Starr to learn the craft. On that card was you Oly," wrote Disco Fury (Nathan Burke). "You were the complete package of a showman. That was in 1997 fast forward to several years later when I had the honor of working with you in the squared circle. I was giddy at the opportunity to be in there with you. I mean you were a legend and I really was eager to learn something from you. On that night you pinned me with a very old school finish and I had the biggest smile on my face. So today it's with great sadness that we lost part of our wrestling family. May your wings spread far and your soul be free. God speed Oly RIP"
Jason Cage also talked about being in the ring with a veteran that could still bring it. "I had one occasion to face 'Oldschool' Oly Olsen in Feb. 2014 for the Legends Championship," he wrote. "Oly was a true professional in and out of the ring, and will be sadly missed by all. I chuckle when thinking of our match. While Oly was booked to 'do the honours' in passing the championship that night, without needing to say a word he subtly let me know mid-match that he could still easily snap my arm like a twig using his tremendous strength, if he so desired…. yet Oly never left me with so much as a bruise.
Much respect sir… I'll see u one day in the big squared-circle in the sky."
Funeral arrangements are not known at this time.
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Pediatrics / Children's Health Respiratory / Asthma
Preventing childhood asthma: Could gut bacteria be the key?
A study finds that asthma passing from mother to child may not solely be down to genetics; gut bacteria seem to play a pivotal role, too. Probiotics could, in the future, prevent some cases of infant asthma.
Share on PinterestA new study investigates the link between asthma and gut bacteria.
Asthma is a relatively common condition that affects around 13 percent of pregnant women.
During pregnancy, symptoms can get worse, and poor symptom control is tied to lower birth weights. This effect is particularly pronounced in male babies.
Also, if a pregnant mother's asthma is not well-controlled during pregnancy, her offspring are more likely to develop asthma. This hints that there is more to the interaction than genes alone: in utero changes must also be taking place.
In recent years, our gut bacteria, or microbiome, have received a lot of attention, being called into the spotlight for a whole host of conditions. They have been implicated in conditions as diverse as type 1 diabetes and schizophrenia, and now, infant asthma is in focus.
The microbiome and infant asthma
A team of researchers — led by AllerGen investigator and UAlberta microbiome epidemiologist Anita Kozyrskyj — set out to look at the interaction between asthma during pregnancy and gut bacteria. Their results were recently published in the European Respiratory Journal.
The researchers recruited 1,000 mothers and their infants to the AllerGen's Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study. At 3–4 months of age, the infants' fecal microbiota were assessed and compared with samples from mothers without asthma.
They found that Caucasian baby boys whose mothers had asthma were one third more likely to have a gut microbiome with specific characteristics at the age of 3–4 months.
"We saw a significant reduction in the family of microbes called Lactobacillus in Caucasian baby boys born to pregnant women who had asthma, and this was especially evident if the asthmatic mother had allergies or was overweight."
Anita Kozyrskyj
This change of the microbiome has previously been attributed to other factors. For instance, it could be that asthmatic mothers are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics or have cesarean delivery births, both of which have the potential to alter the makeup of the baby's gut bacteria.
The analysis in this study controlled for these factors, alongside pre-pregnancy weight, whether or not the baby was breast-fed, ethnicity, and maternal allergies.
Even after accounting for these factors, Lactobacillus levels were lower in the guts of 3- to 4-month-old babies of asthmatic mothers. Levels were particularly low in children of overweight mothers and those with allergies.
Future prevention of childhood asthma
For the first time, scientists have uncovered evidence that changes in gut bacteria could be the result of maternal asthma during gestation. Kozyrskyi explains the importance of the findings:
"Our discovery, with more research, could eventually lead to a preventative approach involving modifying the gut microbiome in infants to reduce the risk."
Interestingly, asthma during pregnancy influenced female infants' gut bacteria differently. "Baby girls," says Kozyrskyj, "were more likely to have higher amounts of bacteria in the Bacteroidaceae family, which are important for maintaining the mucous barrier that protects gut cells from damage by harmful substances. So, this change may actually benefit female babies' health.
The authors believe that this difference in microbiome might be why female babies are less likely to develop asthma at an early age. However, they may still be more likely to develop asthma during puberty.
The researchers mention some shortfalls of the study design. For instance, asthma was rated in questionnaires by the mothers, rather than by doctors.
But because the study involved a relatively large number of participants, the authors conclude, "Our results provide the first evidence of a programming effect of prenatal maternal asthma on gut microbial composition that is independent of birth and postnatal events."
The findings offer the intriguing possibility that one day, infant asthma could be prevented in some cases simply by administering probiotics. Of course, more work will need to be done before this simple intervention can come into play.
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Q: meteor-accounts-ui-bootstrap-3: Change {{ > loginbuttons }} to icon I'm using meteor-accounts-ui-bootstrap-3 in my meteor app to let the users register and login. This as working well.
But now I want to change, what is displayed by {{ > loginButtons }}. Right now I see 'Login / Register'. But I want to replace this by the font awesome icon . Just an icon, no text.
But I can't find the right place to make this changes.
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But this HTML won't be rendered. Also I can't remove the / which still will be shown in front of 'Register'.

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INDONESIAN footballer Pieter Rumaropen has felt the full force of the country's football authorities who have banned him from life.
Rumaropen, who plays for Persiwa Wamena, punched the referee after his side conceded a penalty during a league fixture against Pelita Bandung Raya.
The game was stopped for 15 minutes as the official received treatment on the pitch by medics.
Hinca Panjaitan, a member of the disciplinary commission of Indonesia's Football Association, PSSI, said: "This was a terrible act that we cannot tolerate.
"It has tarnished the image of Indonesian football in the international community, I hope this punishment will repair that."


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Amazon Web Services tweaks cloud pricing structure
Reserved Instances don't have to be paid for all upfront now
By Brandon Butler
Senior Editor, Network World | PT
Amazon Web Services is providing more payment options for its cloud-based virtual machines, allowing users to lock in a price and pay either entirely upfront, or throughout the life of a one- or three-year contract.
AWS has a variety of ways customers can pay for using its cloud-based virtual machines. The most common is an on-demand pricing model where customers enter credit card information and pay for virtual machines by the hour.
For customers who plan to use the resources for a longer period of time, AWS offers Reserved Instances (RI) that carry a contract of either one or three years. Previously customers had to pay for those RIs up front, but today AWS announced that customers can pay for the RIs throughout the life of the contract.
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In a blog post on the company's website, AWS says that customers have three ways of paying for RIs now: Customers can pay for the reserved instance entirely upfront in a one or three year contract; instances can be paid for partially upfront, meaning that a portion of the RI is paid for upfront and the remaining is paid for throughout the life of the contract. Or, customers can choose to pay for the RIs as they are consumed with no up-front payment. In the last scenario, even though customers do not pay for the RIs up front, they are still committing to paying for them throughout the life of the contract.
RIs offer advantages to both the user and AWS. For users, it guarantees a discounted price of a virtual machine throughout the life of the contract, and it secures the capacity in Amazon's cloud. In return, customers can save more than 60% compared to using on-demand, by-the-hour pricing when paying for the RIs entirely upfront. When customers defer RI payments the savings is about 30% compared to on-demand pricing. For AWS, RIs create a steady revenue stream and usage of its cloud by customers.
AWS also offers some volume discounts, including up to a 5% discount for between $500,000 and $4 million of usage, and a 10% discount for between $4 million and $10 million of usage. AWS also allows customers to resell their unwanted RIs on a marketplace that it runs.
The new system replaces an old model that used light, medium and heavy RIs and offered customers different levels of discounts. That model caused confusion for some customers, says Toban Zolman, vice president of product development at AWS cost tracking company Cloudability.
For enterprises, the all upfront-payments are similar to enterprise agreements they make to buy servers for a data center. For startup companies, they can now get the advantage of RI pricing without paying for it upfront.
Cloudability Chief Customer Officer J.R. Storment says not nearly enough customers the company works with take advantage of RI pricing though. Still too many users are leaving savings on the table by using on-demand instances. If a company plans to use AWS for more than six months, and it plans to grow that usage over time, then Storment says it's worth it to look at RI pricing.
Senior Editor Brandon Butler covers the cloud computing industry for Network World by focusing on the advancements of major players in the industry, tracking end user deployments and keeping tabs on the hottest new startups.


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Denver-based Extraction Oil and Gas latest…
Denver-based Extraction Oil and Gas latest producer to file for bankruptcy, pays millions to executives
Move follows earlier cutbacks in budget, workforce
Michael Ciaglo, Special to the Denver Post
A farmer plows his field in front of an Extraction Oil and Gas Enright pad Thursday, March 28, 2019, in Berthoud.
By Judith Kohler | jkohler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2020 at 9:06 a.m. | UPDATED: June 15, 2020 at 8:46 p.m.
Extraction Oil and Gas, one of Colorado's major producers, has filed for bankruptcy after paying top executives and managers millions to stay on board.
The Denver-based company, saddled with $1.7 billion in long-term debt, said in a statement Sunday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Just a few days before that, Extraction approved paying 16 of its executives and senior managers a total of $6.7 million in retention agreements, saying it determined that "its historic compensation structure and performance metrics are ineffective in motivating and incentivizing the company's workforce in the current environment."
Extraction said it secured a $125 million financing plan that would provide $50 million in new money when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court issues an order.
The company was the third-largest oil and gas producer in Colorado in 2019, after Occidental Petroleum and Noble Energy, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Extraction, which operates on the northern Front Range, announced in early April that it was cutting its 2020 budget for exploration and production by 42% to a range of $250 million to $300 million. It said it would reduce its general and administrative cash budget by 18% to a range of $40 million to $50 million and that all company officers were taking a 10% pay cut.
In February, Extraction reduced about 20% of its statewide positions.
Spokesman Brian Cain said Monday that the company has about 150 employees and interest in roughly 1,500 wells.
"The restructuring steps we have announced today are necessary to strengthen our balance sheet, improve our overall cost structure, and position Extraction for future success," Matt Owens, the company's CEO, said in a news release.
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Plummeting oil prices spurred by a glut of oil, a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia and an abrupt drop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic have combined to force oil and gas companies across the country to slash budgets and lay off employees. However, even before the pandemic, many companies were struggling with heavy debt, which led to a crackdown by investors and demands that oil and gas producers generate more returns.
Whiting Petroleum, also based in Denver, filed for bankruptcy April 1.
Sarah Foss, a senior legal analyst at Debtwire, called Extraction's filing an interesting case because the company appeared to be looking at two tracks: a standalone reorganization or a merger in which another party would be providing the money.
The company said its restructuring agreement outlines a debt-for-equity swap, which gives debt holders equity in exchange for cancellation of the debt.
Regarding the retention agreement with executives, Foss said such agreements are becoming more common among companies on the eve of bankruptcy. She said the goal is to keep key staffers on board to help with the reorganization.
"A lot of them (managers) might not survive the restructuring," Foss said.
Extraction has recently clashed with residents and local elected officials as it has drilled wells inside city limits. The Broomfield City Council considered a public health order to temporarily halt work by the company while people were under a statewide order to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The city dropped the plan because of a likely legal challenge.
The Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee, a group of Broomfield residents that has tangled with Extraction over its operations, said in a statement Monday that members have voiced concern for the last several years about Extraction's finances and whether it can afford to finish a multi-well pad in the city under the conditions it said it would.
"All we can do is hope they did not cut any corners," the group said.
Broomfield hired a law firm last year to advise it about Extraction's finances and the city will participate in the bankruptcy proceedings to protect its interests and residents, the city said in a statement. And it said that along with the state, the city continues to monitor the company's well sites and operations.
"Prior to filing for chapter 11, Extraction secured interim financing to continue funding the Company's obligations and ongoing operations during our restructuring process," Cain said in email. "As always, we plan to continue leading our industry in safe operations, and in using innovation and best technologies to minimize impacts to our communities. In short, not much will change for our stakeholders in the communities where we operate."
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purinaproclub | Home Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia Can Occur in Poodles
Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia Can Occur in Poodles
Though Poodles are not considered a high-risk breed for the autoimmune disease immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), the disorder does occur in all three varieties. A devastating, aggressive disease, IMHA causes death in 30 to 70 percent of affected dogs, with many dying within the first two weeks of diagnosis.
Breeder Leslie Pope-Hall of Black Tie Standard Poodles in Ocala, Fla., recalls the night her 6-year-old bitch "Gracie" sought her out for comfort. "She climbed into my lap with her tail down," she says. "I looked into her eyes, and they were jaundiced. When I checked her gums, they were pale."
The next morning, Pope-Hall took Gracie to the veterinarian. By then, the Standard Poodle was lethargic, had blood in her urine and a runny nose, and a heart murmur was detected. Blood tests confirmed she suffered from IMHA.
"I had no experience with this disease," Pope-Hall says. "I bought Gracie to incorporate her pedigree into my bloodline. I had her health tested before I bred her, and her sire and dam had their health clearances. Gracie's first litter had produced healthy puppies."
IMHA is a disease in which a dog's immune system attacks the oxygen-carrying red blood cells, often resulting in severe, life-threatening anemia. This condition is sometimes referred to as autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), which should not be confused with other autoimmune conditions such as Addison's disease, sebaceous adenitis, systemic lupus and certain forms of inflammatory bowel disease.
In dogs with IMHA, dangerous blood clots are not uncommon. Lethargy is the most common sign, reflecting anemia and the oxygen starvation that occurs as healthy red blood cells die. Decreased appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice also are signs.
Dogs that survive the initial crisis, such as Gracie experienced, face the risk of relapse and complications related to having a chronically depressed immune system secondary to the medications used to manage the disease. The amount of jaundice and the level of albumin, or plasma protein, contribute to the likelihood of a dog's long-term survival.
Two types of IMHA are recognized. Primary IMHA, the type that may be influenced by genetic factors, is idiopathic or has no known cause. This type can be trigged by an immune reaction following vaccination. It commonly occurs in middle-aged females. Among the breeds considered at risk are American Cocker Spaniels, Clumber Spaniels, Collies, Dachshunds, English Setters, English Springer Spaniels, Irish Setters, and Old English Sheepdogs. Poodles are included in some studies. Secondary IMHA occurs along with another disease, such as cancer, or when a dog has a blood parasite, such as Babesia, that causes the abnormal immune reaction.
A Complex Polygenic Disease
Genetic research to identify the gene mutations for IMHA is under way at the University of Manchester in England. Partially funded by an AKC Canine Health Foundation grant, Lorna Kennedy, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, and her colleagues have examined the DNA of 328 IMHAaffected dogs. Five Poodles — two Standards, two Toys and one unspecified — are represented in the sample.
IMHA is likely a polygenic disease influenced by several genes and possibly unknown environmental factors, Kennedy says. Some genes responsible for IMHA are common to many breeds and others are breed-specific, she believes.
"We think that genetics influence whether an animal develops the disease, but there also are genes that affect the severity of the disease," Kennedy says. "It is made even more complex because there are likely unknown environmental triggers."
The complex genetic interactions causing IMHA in dogs mean there may never be a genetic test for the disease. "We may be able to develop a series of tests for each gene that altogether will allow us to estimate the risk of a particular dog developing the disease," says Kennedy.
Education is a key part of reducing disease prevalence. "We need to educate breeders to understand what a risk estimate means," Kennedy says. "We also want them to understand why they can or cannot use such animals in their breeding programs."
The most effective way to reduce IMHA is through the careful selection of breeding partners. Breeders are encouraged to study pedigrees, use a variety of stud dogs and carefully monitor the health of puppies they produce. Since IMHA typically occurs in middle-aged dogs, this requires monitoring dogs for years.
Disease Process & Treatments
At the University of SaskatchewanWesternCollege of Veterinary Medicine in Canada, Anthony Carr, Dr.med.vet., DACVIM, professor of small animal clinical sciences, has been studying IMHA for about 20 years. "IMHA is a broad term that includes several diseases in which the immune system causes destruction of red blood cells," he says. "The destruction can be extra-vascular, or outside the blood vessels, or intravascular, inside the bloodstream."
Dogs with extravascular disease in which the red blood cells are destroyed in organs such as the spleen, liver or bone marrow generally do better than those with intrasvascular disease. In organs, the hemoglobin released by the destroyed cells is engulfed by macrophages rather than being released into the bloodstream, where it can endanger renal function.
Baljit Singh, BVSc, Ph.D., professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and his colleagues are examining the lung changes that occur in dogs with IMHA. In studies of dogs with IMHA that died or were euthanized, 80 percent had blood clots.
"We want to know why dogs with IMHA experience blood clotting when dogs rarely develop blood clots," he says. "Macrophages are present in huge numbers in these dogs' lungs and other organs. This isn't normal."
Research into novel ways of treating IMHA may offer hope. Laura West, D.V.M., of the VeterinarySpecialtyHospital in San Diego, has received an AKC Canine Health Foundation grant to determine new treatment protocol. "You have to think about IMHA like a snowball rolling downhill," West says. "By the time we have diagnosed the disease, it already has picked up momentum and speed."
Jaundice, which many dogs experience, is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin, a byproduct of the red blood cell destruction that occurs. It is noted in the yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes. Blood or excessive bilirubin in the urine indicates the breakdown of red blood cells. The heart also may be affected, such as the heart murmur Gracie experienced. Typically, a heart murmur is secondary to the severe anemia and not primary heart disease. If the disease continues unchecked, a dog may eventually collapse due to a lack of oxygen for bodily functions.
Once signs are observed, a diagnosis is determined based on a complete blood count, blood chemistry analysis, blood smear evaluation of the clumping of red blood cells and a direct Coombs' test to determine whether antibodies are attached to red blood cells. Occasionally, a veterinarian will conduct an abdominal ultrasound or perform an X-ray to check for other causes of anemia or ingested zinc.
"Prompt veterinary treatment is crucial," West says. "Waiting to see if the signs disappear can be fatal. The goal is to stop the destruction of red blood cells, stabilize the dog and allow red blood cells to regenerate."
Not uncommonly, a dog may need a blood transfusion. "A transfusion buys time for the medications to work," says West.
Medications are prescribed using a three-pronged approach that includes suppressing the immune system, preventing blood clots and treating signs such as vomiting and diarrhea. Veterinarians often prescribe prednisone along with a second drug for immunosuppression.
"Theoretically, this allows for better control," West says. "Prednisone acts faster to suppress the immune system, and the addition of a second, slower acting drug, such as azathioprine, allows the dog to be tapered off prednisone quicker."
Prednisone can have side effects that affect a dog's quality of life. These include excessive thirst, urination, panting and gastrointestinal ulcers. Susceptibility to infections is another possible effect due to the immunosuppression.
West is studying the use of mycophenolate as an alternative to azathioprine, a drug used in humans to prevent rejection after organ transplants. "With IMHA, the truth is that we don't know the ideal treatment protocol," she says. "Other drugs have been evaluated in the past without significant evidence to support one over another. Early results of mycophenolate are promising. Though it also is used as an anti-transplant rejection drug in humans, and in treatment for autoimmune diseases, it seems to produce the desired remission. Treatable diarrhea is the main side effect."
Quick Diagnosis Aids Outcome
Joan Harrigan of Phippsburg, Maine, had an experience similar to the one Pope-Hall had with Gracie when her 2-year-old brown Standard Poodle "Saoirse" was diagnosed with IMHA. "In a day, Saoirse went from being one of the healthiest dogs I have ever owned to the sickest," Harrigan says. "She was fine in the morning, but when I came home, Saoirse didn't even get up to greet me. She wasn't interested in food, and the next morning, she just looked sick, even her coat was dull."
Harrigan rushed her Poodle to a veterinary referral clinic in Scarborough, Maine. A complete blood count test confirmed a diagnosis of IMHA. Saoirse's white blood cell count was elevated, and clumps of red blood cells were seen in the blood smear evaluation. Pale gums, dull eyes, low-grade temperature, an enlarged spleen and cervical lymph nodes were among the signs of IMHA.
Saoirse was admitted to the veterinary specialty hospital, where she was given oxygen, two immunosuppressives — prednisone and azathioprine — and an antibiotic. "We were fortunate," Harrigan says. "Saoirse didn't need a transfusion and was only in the hospital one day. When I visited her the next morning, she had been weaned off the oxygen and looked much better. She readily ate some chicken for me, so I was able to take her home and keep her quiet. She rebounded quickly."
Follow-up blood work showed steady improvement. As the azathioprine began to work, the prednisone dose was lowered and then eliminated. Seven months later, "you'd never have known Saoirse had been ill," Harrigan says. "I continue to watch her carefully for signs of infection or any change in her appearance or energy. We do blood work every few months. Her recent tests were great, though her white blood cell count was on the low end of normal."
The white blood cell count prompted the veterinarian to reduce the azathioprine from three doses a week to two. The drug can cause pancreatitis and gastrointestinal upsets and suppress the bone marrow. Saoirse experienced secondary infections from the immunosuppression. The goal is to allow her marrow to recover between doses and ultimately wean the dog from the medication altogether.
Though Saoirse was younger than average when she developed IMHA, her life expectancy is two to three years past the diagnosis. "Saoirse will likely die before she is 6 years old," Harrigan says. "I enjoy every day that I have with her, but this truly is a devastating disease."
After Pope-Hall's Standard Poodle, Gracie, was given a blood transfusion and medications that included prednisone, the dog rallied and Pope-Hall took her home. "She came in wagging her tail and ate dinner," she says. "The next day, her condition was no better, and we were back to square one."
Eventually, Gracie was euthanized. "It was a difficult decision, but the only right one," Pope Hall says. "She was just so sick."
Though answers about the genetics of the IMHA, why dogs develop blood clots, and the best treatment protocols are slow coming, Carr, the researcher who is studying blood clots, is optimistic. "Too many good dogs have died of this disease," he says. "We will keep plugging away at it until we know more."
Links to Secondary IMHA
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia may be primary or secondary. When it is primary, there is no known cause. Secondary IMHA occurs secondary to conditions that include:
Recent administration of medications, such as penicillin or sulfa drugs
Exposure to toxins, such as zinc from pennies, onions or garlic
Bee stings
Infections such as urinary tract infections and abscesses
Tick-borne illnesses
Cancer such as lymphosarcoma, leukemia and hemangiosarcoma.
Source: Shaw N, Harrell K. IMHA: Diagnosing and treating a complex disease. Veterinary Medicine. 2008;103(12):662.
Purina appreciates the support of the Poodle Club of America and particularly Elly Holowaychuk, D.V.M., and Leslie Newing, editor of The Poodle Papers, in helping to identify topics for the Purina Pro Club Poodle Update newsletter.
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In the words of Premier Giuseppe Conte, the latest Fitch Ratings signal the "solidity" of the Italian economy. And to maintain that solidity requires the country's continued support of the European Union, adds Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (BCE).
Major elections take place only next May in the 27 EU member states, including Italy. But already political voices are being raised in Italy these days, from the rubbish pile-up to the pile-up of the national debt.
A report released by the Migrantes Foundation reveals that more Italians are moving abroad than ever.
In a side event of the United Nations General Assembly, world leaders share their opinions and approaches to migratory and refuges flows from Africa and the Middle East into Europe.
At Columbia Law School, a panel of distinguished speakers shed light on what Brexit means and the future of the European Union.
Brexit Fallout on Italy: Watch Your Step!
After days of being rocked by post-Brexit shock waves, the Italian stock market rebounded a percentage point more or less across the board. But the fact remains that the "Brexit" referendum vote has fallout effects that could become devastating for Italy.
Five days to celebrate the best of Italian cuisine at the UN Headquarters on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Italy's entry into the United Nations.
The flood of migrants pouring into Italy shows no sign of abating, and Italy is appealing to the European Union for assistance. Instead France, for one, has closed its border with Italy at Ventimiglia, leaving refugees to sleep in train stations and on rocks on the beach. The political fallout for Italy has far-reaching consequences.
"He shall be called Francis." Never before had a name rung with such clarity in the ears of those awaiting word of the new Pope in Saint Peter's.
Playwright Mario Fratti takes on the work of one of Italy's greatest playwright, actor, author and poet... Eduardo De Filippo. Together with young actress Giulia Bisinella, the author of Nine will read, on December 2nd at the Italian Cultural Institute, excerpts from Filumena Marturano both in the comedy's original language and in its English translation.


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package com.esri.hadoop.quadtree;

import com.esri.hadoop.Extent;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Quad Tree Node
 */
public class QuadTreeNode
{
    private List<PointData> m_data;
    private QuadTreeNode[] m_children;
    private long[] m_seekTo;
    private long m_recordSize;
    private long m_recordSizeBeneath;

    /**
     * Clear and releases this quad tree instance.
     */
    public void clear()
    {
        if (m_children != null)
        {
            for (final QuadTreeNode child : m_children)
            {
                child.clear();
            }
        }
        if (m_data != null)
        {
            m_data.clear();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Clear and releases this quad tree instance
     */
    public void clearThisNode()
    {
        m_children = null;
        if (m_data != null)
        {
            m_data.clear();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads the node from stream
     * Does not instantiate children of this node, but has the seek addresses to where they are at.
     *
     * @param dataInputStream the input stream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void read(final FSDataInputStream dataInputStream) throws IOException
    {
        final int dataSize = dataInputStream.readInt();
        for (int i = 0; i < dataSize; i++)
        {
            final double x = dataInputStream.readDouble();
            final double y = dataInputStream.readDouble();
            final long address = dataInputStream.readLong();
            m_data.add(new PointData(x, y, address));
        }
        final boolean hasChildren = dataInputStream.readBoolean();
        if (hasChildren)
        {
            m_seekTo = new long[4];
            for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            {
                m_seekTo[i] = dataInputStream.readLong();
            }
            final long handle = dataInputStream.getPos();

            m_seekTo[3] = m_seekTo[2] + m_seekTo[1] + m_seekTo[0] + handle;
            m_seekTo[2] = m_seekTo[1] + m_seekTo[0] + handle;
            m_seekTo[1] = m_seekTo[0] + handle;
            m_seekTo[0] = handle;
        }
        else
        {
            m_children = null;
            m_seekTo = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * The record size of this node
     *
     * @return
     */
    public long recordSize()
    {
        long n = 0;
        if (m_children == null)
        {
            n += 1;
        }
        else
        {
            n += 33;
        }
        if (m_data == null || m_data.size() == 0)
        {
            n += 4;
        }
        else
        {
            n += 4 + m_data.size() * 24;
        }
        return n;
    }

    /**
     * The total record size of this node and those below
     *
     * @return
     */
    public long totalRecordSize()
    {
        return m_recordSizeBeneath + m_recordSize;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates all the sizes before writing
     */
    public void calculateTotalRecordSize()
    {
        if (m_children != null)
        {
            for (QuadTreeNode node : m_children)
            {
                node.calculateTotalRecordSize();
            }
        }
        m_recordSize = recordSize();
        m_recordSizeBeneath = 0;
        if (m_children != null)
        {
            for (QuadTreeNode node : m_children)
            {
                m_recordSizeBeneath += node.totalRecordSize();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Writes out this node
     *
     * @param dataOutputStream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void write(final FSDataOutputStream dataOutputStream) throws IOException
    {
        if (m_data == null || m_data.size() == 0)
        {
            dataOutputStream.writeInt(0);
        }
        else
        {
            dataOutputStream.writeInt(m_data.size());
            for (final PointData pt : m_data)
            {
                dataOutputStream.writeDouble(pt.x);
                dataOutputStream.writeDouble(pt.y);
                dataOutputStream.writeLong(pt.address);
            }
        }
        if (m_children == null)
        {
            dataOutputStream.writeBoolean(false);
        }
        else
        {
            dataOutputStream.writeBoolean(true);
            for (final QuadTreeNode node : m_children)
            {
                dataOutputStream.writeLong(node.totalRecordSize());
            }
            for (final QuadTreeNode node : m_children)
            {
                node.write(dataOutputStream);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a node
     */
    public QuadTreeNode()
    {
        m_data = new ArrayList<PointData>();
        m_children = null;
        m_seekTo = null;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the children of this node if any (if not null)
     */
    public QuadTreeNode[] getChildren()
    {
        return m_children;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the children of this node
     */
    public void setChildren(QuadTreeNode[] children)
    {
        m_children = children;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the vector of points at this node
     */
    public List<PointData> getData()
    {
        return m_data;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the vector points at this node
     */
    public void setData(ArrayList<PointData> data)
    {
        m_data = data;
    }

    /**
     * Depth first search
     */
    public void depthFirstSeach(
            final FSDataInputStream stream,
            final INodeFunction nodeFunction,
            final double x,
            final double y,
            final double width,
            final int level) throws IOException
    {
        nodeFunction.evaluate(this, x, y, width, level);
        final double ww = width * 0.5;
        checkIfLoaded(stream);
        if (m_children != null)
        {
            m_children[0].depthFirstSeach(stream, nodeFunction, x, y, ww, level + 1);
            m_children[1].depthFirstSeach(stream, nodeFunction, x, y + ww, ww, level + 1);
            m_children[2].depthFirstSeach(stream, nodeFunction, x + ww, y, ww, level + 1);
            m_children[3].depthFirstSeach(stream, nodeFunction, x + ww, y + ww, ww, level + 1);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Check if the node is laoded, and if not loads it.
     *
     * @param stream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void checkIfLoaded(final FSDataInputStream stream) throws IOException
    {
        if (m_children == null && m_seekTo != null)
        {
            m_children = new QuadTreeNode[4];
            for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            {
                m_children[i] = new QuadTreeNode();
                stream.seek(m_seekTo[i]);
                m_children[i].read(stream);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Searches an extent on a node
     */
    public void search(
            final SearchIterator iterator,
            final Extent extent,
            final FSDataInputStream dataInputStream,
            final double x,
            final double y,
            final double width) throws IOException
    {
        //the extent being searched for and this node do intersect
        if (extent.xmin < x + width && extent.xmax >= x && extent.ymax >= y && extent.ymin < y + width)
        {
            checkIfLoaded(dataInputStream);
            if (m_children == null)
            {
                //the extent being searched over fully contains this node
                if (extent.xmin <= x && extent.ymin <= y && extent.xmax > x + width && extent.ymax > y + width)
                {
                    for (final PointData pt : m_data)
                    {
                        iterator.addPoint(pt);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    for (final PointData pt : m_data)
                    {
                        if (extent.containsPoint(pt.x, pt.y))
                        {
                            iterator.addPoint(pt);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                final double ww = width * 0.5;
                iterator.addChild(m_children[0], x, y, ww);
                iterator.addChild(m_children[1], x, y + ww, ww);
                iterator.addChild(m_children[2], x + ww, y, ww);
                iterator.addChild(m_children[3], x + ww, y + ww, ww);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Adds a point on a node
     */
    public void addPoint(
            final QuadTree qt,
            final PointData pt,
            final double x,
            final double y,
            final double width,
            final int level)
    {
        final double ww = width * 0.5;
        final double xx = x + ww;
        final double yy = y + ww;

        if (m_data != null)
        {
            m_data.add(pt);

            if ((m_data.size() > qt.bucketSize()) && (level > qt.minimumLevel()))
            {
                //trace(level);
                m_children = new QuadTreeNode[4];

                m_children[0] = new QuadTreeNode();
                m_children[1] = new QuadTreeNode();
                m_children[2] = new QuadTreeNode();
                m_children[3] = new QuadTreeNode();
                for (PointData pnt : m_data)
                {
                    if (pnt.x < xx)
                    {
                        if (pnt.y < yy)
                        {
                            m_children[0].addPoint(qt, pnt, x, y, ww, level - 1);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            m_children[1].addPoint(qt, pnt, x, yy, ww, level - 1);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (pnt.y < yy)
                        {
                            m_children[2].addPoint(qt, pnt, xx, y, ww, level - 1);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            m_children[3].addPoint(qt, pnt, xx, yy, ww, level - 1);
                        }
                    }
                }
                m_data = null;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (pt.x < xx)
            {
                if (pt.y < yy)
                {
                    m_children[0].addPoint(qt, pt, x, y, ww, level - 1);
                }
                else
                {
                    m_children[1].addPoint(qt, pt, x, yy, ww, level - 1);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (pt.y < yy)
                {
                    m_children[2].addPoint(qt, pt, xx, y, ww, level - 1);
                }
                else
                {
                    m_children[3].addPoint(qt, pt, xx, yy, ww, level - 1);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}


Congratulations to Kim Proven of the Loch Earn Tourism Initiative. Kim has been working with LETi on an art trail to promote the four tourism villages at the north end of the Trossachs in Year of Innovation Architecture and Design 2016.
The trail is using existing works like Still, The Lookout and the installation on Loch Lubnaig and will join them together with other installations and guest works on loan. There will be a few ornamental features including Stan the Stag in her garden at Lochearnhead.
Guest artists include Kevin Paxton who created the thistles at Edinburgh airport.
Bill the Bull (pictured) will sit proudly outside the Lochearnhead Hotel.
Bill the Bull has been helping to raise money for The Ripple Retreat being built on Loch Venachar for cancer patients and families that need a break from the routine. Third year Perth College students will work on conceptual art and pitch ideas in September before creating chosen works on the Loch Earn lochside.
Kim is working towards a launch date of April 27 at The Broch cafe in Strathyre for the trail.
Other artists include Rob Mulholland, June McEwan, Heather Gray and Lynne Shroder working in steel, galvanised copper and wicker.


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The Broad's mission is to accelerate the understanding and treatment of disease. To do so, we must ensure that others can build on scientific advances made by the Broad community.
In disseminating our work, our primary aim is to maximize the benefit for human health. We are guided by certain principles.
Tracing back to the Human Genome Project, Broad scientists have been involved in systematic efforts to create large datasets intended to serve as a foundation for biological and medical studies in thousands of laboratories around the world.
To maximize their impact, the data from such projects should be made widely available to the entire scientific community through publicly available databases.
As an academic non-profit research institute, Broad recognizes the unique role that such institutions play in propelling the biomedical ecosystem by exploring fundamental questions and working on risky, early-stage projects that often lack clear economic return.
To maximize its impact, our work (including discoveries, data, tools, technologies, knowledge, and intellectual property) should be made readily available for use, at no cost, by other academic and non-profit research institutions.
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To ensure that our work ultimately benefits patients, we must interact with industry. We do so through (i) engaging in scientific collaborations with industrial partners who share our vision around a scientific area, and (ii) licensing our innovations to industry.
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In most cases, we believe that this goal is best accomplished through non-exclusive licensing, which allows many companies to use innovations and thus compete to bring to market products incorporating them.
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Observing Soho Square like some indulgent nanny sits The Edge, an established gay venue comprised of a bar/bistro of four floors, featuring function rooms, a cafe/bar area and the downstairs bar, inside of which sit thirtysomething boys and their boy-toys, sipping G&Ts and assorted bottled beers. It's also the home of easybite.com, and on the upper level cafe/bar we have the concept of this service explained to us by the co-owners Simon (the webmaster part of the team) and Lucy, who doubles up as head chef of The Edge.
Their vision was to create a takeaway and delivery service aimed at business types, whether they are entertaining clients at their own offices, requiring a fresh and wholesome lunch delivered to their desks or even if they wish to entertain at their own homes. This delivery service goes two steps further than most – it can come complete with a cordon bleu chef to your own home – a wonder who will even wash the dishes for you afterwards – and a website for ease of ordering.
Furthermore, unlike most takeaway and delivery services, easybite.com will supply almost literally anything you want, from canapés to home made Bailey's ice cream, via lunch-type pasta dishes and salads. Nothing is too large – or too small.
Lucy Warrick has a passion for food and radiates enthusiasm for being a cook. She's been a chef and in charge of her own business for two decades, working for more than 14 years in Sydney. She comes to London with an eclectic repertoire of dishes for a menu that changes every month. The food is substantial of portion and appetising in presentation. It's not haute cuisine, but then it isn't meant to be. Starters that would double as main courses for many include very fresh deep fried mushrooms and a delicious selection of olives, or potato wedges with melted cheese. Main courses (at around £5-£6) are a mixture of pasta dishes with some oriental influences – I had a very filling egg fried rice with vegetables. Puddings, reasonably priced at around £2.40, include cheesecake and ice cream, all home made; and these certainly please the palate.
Even on a Monday night, the clientele and acoustics conspired to offer us a noise level which became grating after a short time, taking some of the pleasure away from the evening. But one of the most useful things about The Edge is that it continues to serve both food and drink long after most bars in this supposedly cosmopolitan city have closed their shutters – so if you're looking for a late night snack head for Soho Square. And after all, if you are ordering from easybite.com's delivery service, the acoustics of The Edge are really of no consequence. With easybite.com, Lucy and Simon have created an effortless food ordering process for virtually any occasion – and one that will ensure you needn't jostle for a seat in The Edge.


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Campaign Week in Review: Ben Carson Can't Stop Comparing Abortion to Slavery
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Amid the week's chaos, you may have missed Ben Carson comparing abortion to slavery, John Kasich attributing the gender pay gap to paid family leave, and Martin O'Malley releasing his "Worker's Bill of Rights."
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Candidates vying for their shot at the White House in 2016 stepped into the spotlight this week for a series of interviews, debates, and forums in the hopes of highlighting why they are best suited for the presidency.
Amid all the chaos, you may have overlooked Ben Carson comparing abortion to slavery, John Kasich attributing the gender pay gap to paid family leave, and Martin O'Malley releasing his "Worker's Bill of Rights." Here are the stories on the campaign trail you might've missed this week:
Ben Carson Promises to Confront Supreme Court on Abortion, Like Lincoln Did 'With Dred Scott'
Ben Carson fell back on comparing abortion to slavery again, this time claiming that Roe v. Wade should be confronted by the next president in the same way President Abraham Lincoln took on slavery in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Speaking on Catholic television network EWTN as part of its "Candidate Conversation" series, Carson said he would be willing to sign anti-choice "personhood" legislation if elected president in order to confront the Supreme Court on the topic.
"Yeah, I would definitely be willing to engage in that kind of confrontation, you know very much the same way that Abraham Lincoln was willing to engage in confrontation with the Dred Scott case," Carson claimed, according to Right Wing Watch.
"[Lincoln] felt that slavery was immoral, it was the wrong path to take. And the Supreme Court was defending slavery as they defended several things that were incorrect. We have a history that shows that they are not infallible, and therefore we shouldn't simply submit to something we know to be wrong," Carson said.
"There is not only the right to intervene, there is the duty to intervene," Carson concluded.
Conservatives have long used the Supreme Court's notorious decision in Dred Scott, which upheld slavery by ruling that Black Americans were not U.S. citizens, as proof that the Court sometimes gets things wrong.
But Carson's comparison ignores that Roe expanded—not drastically limited—the rights of millions of people in the United States.
Carson has repeatedly jumped to compare abortion to slavery throughout the course of his campaign, most notably telling NBC's Chuck Todd that those who have abortions are like slave owners who "thought that they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave."
Martin O'Malley Unveils "Worker's Bill of Rights"
Former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley rolled out his "Worker's Bill of Rights" on Thursday, outlining 11 key areas for workplace reform.
O'Malley's long list of worker's rights included promises to help workers "balance work and family life" by supporting the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would mandate 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a new child or sick family member. The plan set a goal of guaranteeing that no family "has to pay more than 10 percent of their income on safe, affordable childcare in a given year," which would be accomplished through the expansion of federal child care tax credits.
Elsewhere in the "Bill of Rights," O'Malley vowed to provide workers with more predictable schedules, promising to "lobby for, pass, and implement the Schedules That Work Act," a bill introduced last July by House Democrats that would have regulated unstable work schedules, including placing workers "on call."
The legislation would have helped address how unreliable scheduling practices "disproportionately affect low-wage workers and workers in retail, food service, and cleaning occupations, and make it hard for these workers and their families to maintain stable child care, care for other family members, pursue career development or other education, get or keep a second job, or take care of their own health," according to a press release on the bill.
O'Malley's platform also called for the implementation of a "living wage" by raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, protecting collective bargaining, and enacting the Paycheck Fairness Act to end pay discrimination.
Although Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders (D-VT) have both publicly supported many of the same ideas, a spokesperson for O'Malley's campaign told the Huffington Post that the candidate was the first one to offer a comprehensive package to address them.
"No other candidate has laid out in such detail the specific actions they would take to strengthen workers' rights and increase wages — beyond vague, big-picture ideas or Republican-lite proposals," Sean Savett told the publication.
Kasich: Paid Family Leave Hurts Equal Pay Efforts
Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich came out against federal paid family leave legislation last Friday, claiming that such mandates hurt equal pay efforts.
Speaking at a town hall event in Hampton, New Hampshire, Kasich advocated against paid family leave, arguing that it should be "up to employers to try to be creative about" these policies and that women instead need better telecommuting policies and more support to stay at home.
"The one thing we need to do for working women is to give them the flexibility to be able to work at home online," Kasich said, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
"And we need to accommodate women who want to be at home, having a healthy baby and in fact being involved, however many years they want to take care of the family," he continued.
The governor went on to blame paid parental leave policies for inhibiting equal pay, claiming, "When women take maternity leave or time to be with the children, then what happens is they fall behind on the experience level, which means that the pay becomes a differential."
During a different town hall event later in the day, Kasich said he was unsure about whether he supports a mandate on paid sick leave.
Kasich is far from the only member of the Republican primary field to voice opposition to paid leave policies—Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, and Jeb Bush have also spoken out against federally mandated parental leave.
Just one Republican primary candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), has come out with a paid family leave plan. Instead of a federal mandate, Rubio has proposed a tax break for companies who offer the benefit, a move criticized for doing little to broaden access to leave.
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