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Q: Объекты в JS - не могу понять их имена Запрос Ajax делаю так:
$("document").ready(function() {
    $(".js-ajax-php-json").submit(function() {
        var data = {
            "action": "test"
        };

        data = $(this).serialize() + "&" + $.param(data);

        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            dataType: "json",
            url: "response.php", //Relative or absolute path to response.php file
            data: data,
            success: function(data) {
                $(".the-return").html(
                    "Favorite beverage: " + data["favorite_beverage"] + "
Favorite restaurant: " + data["favorite_restaurant"] + "
Gender: " + data["gender"] + "
" + data["some"] + "
JSON: " + data["json"]);
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});

Что это за объекты var data = {"action": "test"}; и зачем их ассоциировать ?

A: Хм, а спросить автора кода нельзя?
Он, видимо, использовал в разработке дополнительные поля для отладки:
Сделаю свой AJAX-wrapper, с проверками и неявной подстановкой CSRF-токена! Хотя зачем мне проверки?
Всё зависит откуда этот код взят, сейчас лишь можно предположить что это подменяет стандартное действие на сервере и продакшене это поле лучше убрать.

A: На самом деле сериализация не нужна. Jquery может работать и с объектом. Суть функции serialize() в том, что она превращает объект в строку. Например {'foo' : 'bar', 'ping' : 'pong'} в 'foo=bar&ping=pong'. data = {"action": "test"} - это дополнительный объект, который добавляется к общему, расширяя его какими-то опциональными значениями.
В данной ситуации {"action": "test"} вряд ли для чего-то нужен и скорее всего написан от балды, но вы можете добавлять туда свои значения, если у вас есть какой-то собственный API.


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Q: Find the pdf of the Sample Median M when n is even. (Order Statistics) I have a problem about order statistics. I am trying to find the probability density function of the median $M=\frac{X_{\left(\frac{n}{2} \right)} + X_{\left(\frac{n}{2} +1\right)}}{2}$ where $n$ is even and  $X_1, X_2, ... ,X_n$ is a random sample from a Uniform$(\theta, \theta + 1)$ population with $\theta > 0$.
This was my attempt but I am not sure if I am in the right track. First, I find the joint of $M$ and $X_{(n/2)}$. The joint pdf of $V=M=\frac{X_{\left(\frac{n}{2} \right)} + X_{\left(\frac{n}{2} +1\right)}}{2}$ and $U=X_{(\frac{n}{2})}$
$$f_{U,V}(u,v) =2 \frac{n!}{\left( \frac{n}{2}-1 \right)!\left( \frac{n}{2}-1 \right)!}\left[(u-\theta)(\theta + 1-2v+u)\right]^{\frac{n}{2}-1}$$
where $ u<v<\frac{u+\theta+1}{2}$ and $\theta < u <\theta+1$. Then I was trying to find the marginal pdf of $V=M$ but the integral is too difficult. They give us the hint that the pdf involves sums and absolute value but this confuses me more. If someone can help me to proceed I will appreciated.

A: Let's simplify the notation and the problem a little.  First, since the sample count is even, let's write it as $2n.$  Second, since $\theta$ appears as a location parameter, it suffices to solve the problem for a convenient value such as $\theta=0$ and then shift the result for general $\theta.$  Third, to avoid the fraction, let's find the distribution of twice the median and then scale it by a factor of $1/2$ at the end.  Finally, we only need to work out the result for the median between $0$ and $1/2,$ because its distribution is (obviously) symmetric about its midpoint.
In these terms, the joint density of the middle order statistics $(U,V) = (X_{(n)},X_{(n+1)})$ is
$$f_{U,V}(u,v) = \binom{2n}{n-1;1;1;n-1}\, u^{n-1}(1-v)^{n-1}\, \mathcal{I}(0\le u\le v\le 1).$$
More directly put, the density is nonzero only when $0\le u \le v \le 1$ and, in that region, has the values
$$n^2\binom{2n}{n}\, u^{n-1}(1-v)^{n-1}.$$
To find the distribution of $M=U+V,$ change variables to $(M, U)$  and "integrate out" $U$ to find the marginal distribution of $M.$  Before proceeding, note that $V = M-U,$ whence the absolute differential is
$$\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}v = \mathrm{d}(u)\mathrm{d}(m-u) = \mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}m.$$
In terms of these new variables the differential element becomes
$$\begin{aligned}
f_{M,V}(m,v)\mathrm{d}m\,\mathrm{d}v &= f_{U,V}\left(u, m-u\right)\,\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}v\\
&=n^2\binom{2n}{n}u^{n-1}(1-m+u)^{n-1}\,\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}m
\end{aligned}$$
wherever $0\le u \le m-u \le 1;$ that is,  $\max(0,1-m)\le u \le m/2$ and $0\le m \le 2.$
Let us solve this for $0\le m\le 1.$ We need to compute
$$\begin{aligned}
\int_0^{m/2} u^{n-1}(1-m+u)^{n-1}\,\mathrm{d}u &= \int_0^{m/2} u^{n-1}\sum_{j=0}^{n-1} \binom{n-1}{j}u^j(1-m)^{n-1-j}\,\mathrm{d}u\\
&= \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} (1-m)^{n-1-j}\binom{n-1}{j}\int_0^{m/2} u^{n-1+j}\,\mathrm{d}u\\
&= \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} (1-m)^{n-1-j}\binom{n-1}{j} \frac{(m/2)^{n+j}}{n+j}\\
&=h(m,n).
\end{aligned}$$
This final sum (a function of $m$ and $n$) doesn't appear to simplify, so I called it $h(m,n)$ for future reference.
After accounting for all the initial simplifications, the density of the median $M$ for $\theta \le m \le \theta + 1/2$ is

$$f_M(m;\theta) = 2n^2\binom{2n}{n}h(2(m-\theta),n)$$

and for $\theta+1/2\le m\le \theta+1$ it is given by $f_M(2\theta+1-m;\theta).$
Here is an example of 40,000 simulated values of $M$ for $n=5$ (sample size $2n=10$) and $\theta=3.$  The plot is a histogram on which the graph of $f_M(;3)$ is shown in red.  It fits well.

What follows is the R code that implements $f_M$ as the function f.M.  It does it in two parts.  f implements the sum for $h(m,n)$ (times some constants) and then f.M applies the initial simplifying steps to reduce the calculation to f.  To avoid problems with overflowing values when $n$ is largish, the calculation is performed in terms of logarithms as much as possible.  The special case where $f_M$ is evaluated exactly at the median is computed separately (but that doesn't really matter, since $f_M$ can be defined any way one likes on such a set of measure zero).
f <- Vectorize(function(m, n) {
  if (isTRUE(m==1)) { # (Optional)
    y <- n^2 * choose(2*n, n) * (1/2)^(2*n-1) / (2*n-1)
    return(y)
  }
  g <- 2 * log(n) + lchoose(2*n, n) # A common factor, potentially very large
  j <- seq_len(n) - 1               # The sum indices from 0 through n-1
  x <- (n+j) * log(m / 2) - log(n+j) + lchoose(n-1, j) + (n-1-j) * log(1-m)
  sum(exp(g + x))
}, "m")

f.M <- function(m, n, theta=0) {
  x <- pmax(0, pmin(1, m - theta)) # Focus on the interval [0,1]
  x <- ifelse(x > 1/2, 1-x, x)     # Apply symmetry
  f(2*x, n)*2                      # Rescale by a factor of 2
}

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Marie Wendel1
#45991, b. 7 September 1897, d. 26 December 1962
Marie Wendel was born on 7 September 1897 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.2 She married Claude Homer Maginnis, son of Frank Reed Maginnis and Mary Elizabeth Miller, circa 1918.1,2,3 She died on 26 December 1962 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 65.2
Marie Maginnis (wife, age 31) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1930 in 1200 Vine Street, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.3 Marie Maginnis (wife, age 43) was enumerated in the census on 11 April 1940 in 1130 Nibth Street, Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.4
Morgan Family
Children of Marie Wendel and Claude Homer Maginnis
Marie Elizabeth Maginnis3,4,5 b. 8 Apr 1919, d. 30 Aug 2002
Anna Mae Maginnis3,4,5 b. 20 Jun 1920, d. 31 May 2000
Claude H. Maginnis3,4 b. 9 Jun 1921, d. 27 Dec 1981
Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications.
Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1944.
Ancestry.com, US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Marie Elizabeth Maginnis1
#45992, b. 8 April 1919, d. 30 August 2002
Marie Elizabeth Maginnis was born on 8 April 1919 in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.1,2 She was the daughter of Claude Homer Maginnis and Marie Wendel.3,4,1 She died on 30 August 2002 in Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA, at age 83.2,1
Marie Maginnis (daughter, age 11) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1930 in 1200 Vine Street, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.3 Marie Maginnis (daughter, age 20) was enumerated in the census on 11 April 1940 in 1130 Nibth Street, Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.4
Ancestry.com, Ohio Death Index 1908-1932, 1938-2018.
Anna Mae Maginnis1
#45993, b. 20 June 1920, d. 31 May 2000
Anna Mae Maginnis was born on 20 June 1920 in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.2,3,1 She was the daughter of Claude Homer Maginnis and Marie Wendel.3,1,2 She died on 31 May 2000 at age 79.2
Anna M. Maginnis (daughter, age 9) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1930 in 1200 Vine Street, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.3 Anna Mae Maginnis (daughter, age 19) was enumerated in the census on 11 April 1940 in 1130 Nibth Street, Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.1
Claude H. Maginnis1
#45994, b. 9 June 1921, d. 27 December 1981
Claude H. Maginnis was born on 9 June 1921 in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.1,2,3 He was the son of Claude Homer Maginnis and Marie Wendel.2,4 He died on 27 December 1981 in Pennsylvania, USA, at age 60.5,3
Claude Maginnis (son, age 8) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1930 in 1200 Vine Street, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.2 Claude Maginnis Jr. (son, age 18) was enumerated in the census on 11 April 1940 in 1130 Nibth Street, Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Claude Maginnis.4
Ancestry.com, US Veterans BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.
Hazel Briney1
Hazel Briney was born circa 1903 in Pennsylvania, USA.2 She married Hobart F. Maginnis, son of Frank Reed Maginnis and Mary Elizabeth Miller.1
Hazel M. Maginnis (wife, age 36) was enumerated in the census on 10 April 1940 in 722 Madison Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Hobart F. Maginnis.2
Rose Reis1
#45996, b. 14 May 1909, d. March 1980
Rose Reis was born on 14 May 1909 in Pennsylvania, USA.2,3 She married William Noah McGinnis, son of Frank Reed Maginnis and Mary Elizabeth Miller, circa 1927.1,2 She died in March 1980 in Pennsylvania, USA, at age 70.3
Rose McGinniss (wife, age 20) was enumerated in the census on 16 April 1930 in 3548 Krupp Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of William McGinniss.2 Rose McGinniss (wife, age 30) was enumerated in the census on 18 April 1940 in 3548 Krupp Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of William McGinniss.4
Children of Rose Reis and William Noah McGinnis
William J. McGinnis1,2
Robert P. McGinnis4
Richard L. McGinnis4
Rose Marie McGinnis4
William J. McGinnis1
William J. McGinnis was the son of William Noah McGinnis and Rose Reis.1,2
Robert P. McGinnis was the son of William Noah McGinnis and Rose Reis.1
Richard L. McGinnis was the son of William Noah McGinnis and Rose Reis.1
Rose Marie McGinnis is the daughter of William Noah McGinnis and Rose Reis.1

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Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → Collecting → Boba ROCKS!
Take a look at these Fett guitars!
They're soooo AWESOME! Anyone here play guitar? Cuz I bet you can get somethin like this on ebay.
Are those official, or fan made.
I think they're both official. Notice the company's name imprinted on the headstock, Fernandes, (and that IS a company).
Here's some more, I think they're made by Fernandes also.
thats awesome...i soooooo gotta have 1 of those. i play the guitar....and that would just be sooo awesome to have in my room, and to play!
Last I knew you could buy those on http://shop.starwars.com . All except the bottom Boba one.
I can't really play guitar, but I did used to know one or two chords, and I can pick just very slightly.
Yeah....that's what I said when I saw them. My Dad makes custom guitars, and he has his own website. He loves guitars, and thats how I found out about these. www.dinosguitarworks.com .......If anyone wants to look at it....or whatever.
Oh, so you play the Marimba, huh? Interesting.........very interesting.
what is a miramba....lol i've never heard of it some kind of instrument is suppose.
I say you should send it to an artist to have it painted with boba Fett decals! That would........look kinda.....wierd but, pretty cool.
ok thanx B4H!!! learning something new every day. I'll have to ask some of my african friends about his one....they might know something about it or even play it.
Actually, I think it's more of a "Latin" instrument than African.
Yeah, he's right. Blaster4Hire put a link up there and it did say 'Latin American Folk Institute' .
Most of Latin American music/instruments originally comes from Africa. But we're supposed to be talking about guitars, here.
Dude, how does the continent Africa, relate to South America all the way on a quater side of the world? Well, according to scientists, we all came from Africa anyways. So........I'm probably wrong anyways.....sorry.
Dude, how does the continent Africa, relate to South America all the way on a quater side of the world?
Ask the aliens, they're the ones who did it. Note that there's pyramids in Africa and South America? And that the aliens helped the humans build them?


Just completed our first cartooning workshop at Belconnen Arts Centre (BAC) and a lot of fun was had. This was the first week of an 8 week course (still lots of time to book) which shows people techniques and tricks of the trade in cartooning, as well as picking up skills of creating your own cartoon character and comic strip creation! Just contact BAC for further info or to make a booking!


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Kaldbaksbotnur település Feröer Streymoy nevű szigetén. Közigazgatásilag Tórshavn községhez tartozik.

Földrajz
A falu a sziget keleti oldalán, a Kaldbaksfjørður végénél fekszik. Tőle mintegy 1 km-re keletre található a szigetcsoport középpontja, amelyet 2005-ben egy fém emléktáblával jelöltek meg egy sziklán. A település mindössze egy gazdaságból áll.

A település fölötti hegyekben található a Mjørkadalur nevű völgy és dán katonai bázis, illetve a Sornfelli hegy, ahol 2007-ig NATO radarállomás működött.

Népesség

Közlekedés
Kaldbaksbotnurt és Kaldbakot 1980-ban kapcsolták be a sziget közúthálózatába. Az észak felé vezető kétsávos Kollafjarðartunnilin alagút 1992-ben épült, azóta a településen keresztülhaladó út a legfontosabb összeköttetés Tórshavn, illetve Streymoy északi része és a többi sziget között.

A települést három helyközi  (100-as, 300-as, 400-as) és két helyi (4-es, 5-ös) autóbuszvonal is érinti.

Hivatkozások

Jegyzetek

Külső hivatkozások
 faroeislands.dk – fényképek és leírás
 Kaldbaksbotnur, Tórshavn község

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Sol and Rachel do a Blog: Keaton is One and Half!
Love, love love! Such a fun dude!
my mom was worried about your blog. glad you could make all the mamas happy. He does have your eyes!
I love the sun flare in your swing set shots! Our third borns continue to be two peas in a pod. We too are limping along in that transition phase between 1 and 2 naps, and Sawyer's favorite word right now is GO.


BEIRUT, Lebanon (FIBA Asia Cup 2017) - The finalized competition schedule for the Group Phase and the Final Phase of the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 has been announced.
Asia's premier basketball event will tip off in the Lebanese capital at 13:30 local time on August 8 with Kazakhstan taking on debutants New Zealand in Group C action in Nouhad Nawfal Arena. The day will also see Group D action take place, before teams in Groups A and B take center stage the following day.
The Group Phase concludes on August 13, with the top team from each group advancing to the Quarter-Finals. Teams that finish 2nd and 3rd in each Group will face off in the "Qualification to the Quarter-Finals" playoff games. The competition concludes with the Final taking place at 21:00 local time on Sunday August 20.
Click here for the full competition schedule of the FIBA Asia Cup 2017.
The competition concludes with the Final at 21:00 local time on Sunday, August 20.
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A paramedic who tried to track down the person who left a £5 note on his ambulance in Littlehampton said it was 'unbelievable' that his Facebook post went viral.
Gareth Pryor and his fellow crewmate Tom Barlow, who work for South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb), were helping a patient in Western Road during a night shift on Monday. When Tom came out to move their ambulance, a message had been left on the windscreen along with the money which said 'Keep up the good work :) x'.
He then showed Gareth, who said it made them feel 'over the moon'.
The 46-year-old from Rustington said: "There has been so much bad press about ambulances blocking roads and driveways, and people leaving notes that are not nice, so to get something like that really lifted our spirits.
The pair spent their present on their children, with Gareth buying Sainsbury's LEGO cards while Tom took home Kinder Eggs for his five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter, who 'pretty much inhaled' the sweet treats.
As the note was anonymous, and they were not parked over someone's drive, it has been hard to track down the mystery note-writer – so Gareth decided to write a public post on Facebook, thanking them for their generosity.
What happened next exceeded both of their expectations. As of Thursday, the post had more than 900 shares and had been posted in various community groups on the social media platform.
While neither of the pair had received negative messages on their windscreens, they said they knew colleagues who had, and that from time to time people would ask them to move. Gareth said: "If we are at a job that is time-critical, and you have a lot of equipment you need to get out, you have to just park the ambulance safely and run.
Were you the person who left the note? If so, we would love to speak to you. Email our reporter James Butler at news@worthingherald.co.uk or call 01903 282 377.


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Being a Soldier in the Roman Army
FROM THE LECTURE SERIES: The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
By Robert Garland, Ph.D., Colgate University
At one point of time in the history of humankind, the Roman army was invincible. A Roman soldier would spend, on an average, six years of his life in the army. They not only fought wars, but also helped the Roman emperors build amazing buildings and well-planned cities. How were these soldiers enlisted? Did the Roman generals look after them?
The length of a Roman soldier's military service would on average be about six years. Military service defined men as a Roman citizen. (Image: Serhii Bobyk/Shutterstock)
As Jean-Michel Carrié has noted, it was the Romans who invented many of the features of modern military life. They include "barracks life, promotion rolls, bugle calls, the camp infirmary, the personnel office, tours of duty, morning reports, permissions and leaves, 'the army offers you a career' advertisements, the discharge review board, and even theatrical performances for the troops." So, how did one become a member of the most formidable army the world had ever seen?
This is a transcript from the video series The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World. Watch it now, on The Great Courses Plus.
Conscription in the Roman Army
Imagine you are a Roman citizen in the earlier period of Roman history. If you met the minimum property qualification, that is to say you own a farm of a certain size, you'd be conscripted on an annual basis for the duration of a whole campaign—just like Greek hoplites. The word "conscript" comes from the Latin conscribo, meaning "to write your name along with lots of other names."
As Rome expanded and its wars lengthened, a soldier stood a good chance of facing economic hardship as a result of military service, once they returned home. That's because they would have been a peasant farmer, so when they would have returned at the end of a campaign, perhaps one that lasted several years, they would have found their farm completely ruined.
Things got worse and worse as Rome's wars became lengthier and further afield, so in 107 B.C. a Roman general called Gaius Marius abolished the property qualification altogether and permitted those who had previously been excluded to enlist—in other words, those without any property, those who were very poor.
Now, for a moment suppose that you're one of them. Previously soldiers had to provide their own armor. You had no money, however, so Marius provided you with armor at the state's expense. He also provided you with pay. All this temporarily relieved a manpower crisis. The problem was that when you were discharged you were as poor as you had been when you'd enlisted. This meant that you were dependent for your retirement package, so to speak, on the general whom you'd served under.
Learn more about being Roman.
Roman General and his Roman Soldier
In time, the Roman generals became very powerful—Pompey the Great, Cn. Pompeius Magnus, and Julius Caesar—who commanded large armies for several years. Slowly, a Roman soldier would have identified more with his general than he did with Rome itself.
Julius Caesar's army in Gaul, for instance, served with him for eight years. Not only would the soldier have developed a deep attachment to Caesar over that length of time, but he would also have looked to Caesar to provide him with his retirement package.
Caesar fraternized with his men when they were off duty, not like his enemy Pompey, who was very standoffish. It was hardly surprising, therefore, that after serving with him for eight years, a soldier didn't ask any questions when he crossed the little river in the north of Italy called the Rubicon and marched on Rome. So, as a result of this trend, Roman soldiers came in effect to resemble mercenaries.
Julius Caesar fraternized with his men when they were off duty. His army in Gaul served him for eight years. (Image: Jule_Berlin/Shutterstock)
Octavian's Reforms in the Roman Army
This trend created a huge problem for the Roman state. It was a primary cause of the civil wars in the final decades of the Republic—and one that involved literally hundreds of thousands of citizens. It's estimated that in the last two centuries of the Republic the proportion of soldiers who were conscripted into the army sometimes reached as high as 20 percent of the entire citizen body. Another way to put this is that the length of a soldier's military service would on average be about six years. Military service, in other words, very much defined a man as a Roman citizen.
When Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus, defeated Mark Antony at Actium in 31 B.C., he pensioned off perhaps as many as half a million veterans and settled them as colonists in Italy and elsewhere. Octavian, who was very forward thinking in so many ways, understood that this was not the most efficient way to run an army or a country. So he introduced the concept of the voluntary professional soldier. He didn't abolish conscription, but by the end of the 1st century A.D. volunteers had become more numerous than conscripts.
Learn more about being a rich Roman.
The Other Facets of the Roman Army
The non-citizens were allowed to enlist in the Roman army as auxiliaries. (Image: Sammy33/Shutterstock)
Later, non-citizens were permitted to enlist as auxiliaries, including the peregrini, i.e., free subjects who were allied to Rome. Rome's army, in other words, was what we would call today truly multicultural. As the historian Tacitus states, "It was an army of many languages and many customs, in which citizens, allies and foreigners, mingled together."
Men of different races defended the Roman ideal, even though they weren't Roman themselves and perhaps didn't have much idea of what being Roman actually meant. It was a great way to integrate peoples into the empire and to give them a sense of unity.
When a Roman soldier wasn't fighting, he and his fellow legionaries would have taken on the role of engineers, road-makers, surveyors, bridge-builders, carpenters, masons, and so on. The Roman road system, which extended the length and breadth of the Empire, was largely the creation of the legionary force, although native workers would also be conscripted. It's been rightly said that Roman soldiers spent more time digging than they did fighting.
So, the Roman soldiers played an important role in the making of the glorious Roman Empire.
Common Questions about the Life of a Roman Soldier
Q: Did Gaius Marius introduce some reforms in the Roman army?
Gaius Marius introduced some reforms in the Roman army. He permitted those who had previously been excluded to enlist—those without any property, those who were very poor. Marius also provided the soldiers with armor at the state's expense.
Q: Who were the auxiliaries in the Roman army?
The auxiliaries were the non-citizens in the Roman army.
Q: Who introduced the concept of the voluntary professional soldier in the Roman army?
Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus, introduced the concept of the voluntary professional soldier in the Roman army.
The Roman Army: Its Evolution and Growth
How Did a Legion of the Roman Army Function?
When did the Roman Empire Fall?


Disclaimer: Due to the number of fleets involved and the utter chaos of the fight, most of the fleet figures given here are estimates only.
Hakonen system, Lonetrek region. On the 23rd of October at 20:40 EVE Standard Time forces belonging to Project.Mayhem. [16-13] and allies clashed with Circle-Of-Two [CO2] and its allies in the system in a sub-Capital fight that claimed 178 ships and 110 Bil ISK in damages.
Project.Mayhem. once more reinforced a Circle-Of-Two tower in the system of Hakonen, and the two sides were gearing up to fight over it as it exited reinforced mode. With Circle-Of-Two being a member of the Imperium and thus having a large supply of allies, Project.Mayhem. contacted Snuffed Out [B B C], Out of Sight. [OOS] and Pandemic Legion [-10.0] for support. Project.Mayhem. and Snuffed Out organized a joint fleet of 150 pilots in Machariel Battleships with 2 Triage Archon Carriers. The fleet met in the Hakonen system on the station.
Against them Circle-Of-Two organized a 150 pilot Machariel fleet of its own complete with 5 Triage Archon Carriers. The force arrived to the system before Project.Mayhem. and its allies and set up in range of the tower.
Once the Snuffed Out reinforcements arrived to Hakonen and linked up with the Project.Mayhem. forces, the combined fleet warped at range of the Circle-Of-Two fleet, signaling the start of the battle.
The battle was brutal from its onset, the two Machariel fleets exchanged fire at close range with auto-cannons shredding hulls on both sides. However it soon became apparent that Circle-Of-Two was very much on the losing side as it traded 5-6 Machariels for each of the allied fleets' support and mainline ships. Project.Mayhem. and Snuffed Out did bring 2 more Triage Carriers as the fighting intensified.
As the two fleets continued to brawl each other, allies for both sides started to arrive to the system. A The Bastion [BASTN] Proteus Strategic Cruiser fleet entered the fray, joining the close range brawl as well as a Get Off My Lawn [LAWN] Zealot Heavy Assault Cruiser fleet and a RAZOR Alliance Cerberus Heavy Assault Cruiser fleet. These two fleets maintained their distance from the main fight, adding their fire in support of the Circle-Of-Two fleet.
For Project.Mayhem. reinforcements came in the form of Pandemic Legion's 70 pilot Proteus fleet, who immediately set to work on chasing the two Imperium Heavy Assault Cruiser fleets and Out of Sight. who brought a Proteus fleet of its own as well. With the amount of fleets in the system the field quickly descended into chaos, as secondary skirmishes developed around the two Machariel fleets who continued to hammer at each other.
At this point Shadow Cartel [SHDWC]'s own Machariel fleet entered the system. Shadow Cartel had noticed that Snuffed Out formed and took out a fleet. While scouts attempted to locate it, Shadow Cartel formed a 65 pilot fleet of its own. Unable to find the Snuffed Out forces, Shadow Cartel contacted Circle-Of-Two, as its Fleet Commanders were certain something was happening in the North. Circle-Of-Two were willing to give information only on the basis that Shadow Cartel forces would not engage the Circle-Of-Two or its allied forces. Forced to choose between standing down and allying with Circle-Of-Two, Shadow Cartel accepted the deal and were given the location of the fight.
Arriving while the battle was in full swing, Shadow Cartel attempted to engage the Snuffed Out forces as well as Pandemic Legion, adding its considerable artillery barrages into the mix. With the Shadow Cartel forces joining the engagement on Circle-Of-Two's side, the balance of power shifted towards the latter. Pandemic Legion was the first to be knocked out, as the Shadow Cartel Machariels simply obliterated its Logistics Cruisers. After disengaging and entering the grid once more, Pandemic Legion forces managed to smash the RAZOR Alliance Cerberus fleet, only to be once again targeted by Shadow Cartel's Machariels. Unable to tank the incoming fire, Pandemic Legion forces quickly retreated, leaving the system.
By this point both sides managed to lose their Triage Carrier support, overwhelmed by the massive amount of damage each fleet pumped out. However with the Project.Mayhem. and Snuffed Out Triage support gone and the Shadow Cartel reinforcements on the field, losses started mounting for the joint fleet. With their allies withdrawing and the amount of hostiles in the system only increasing, the decision to withdraw came naturally rather than risk the fleet's total destruction. Thus Project.Mayhem. and Snuffed Out conceded the field, allowing Circle-Of-Two to secure the tower.
Once Circle-Of-Two won control of the battlefield, it brought in a Titan to bridge the Shadow Cartel force home as other Imperium entities made their way back to their staging systems. Both Pandemic Legion and Out of Sight. managed to extract safely as well.
The Circle-Of-Two fleet remained in the system, guarding the tower as Chimera Carriers worked to restore the tower's shields to full. With Circle-Of-Two's allies gone, it was the moment Project.Mayhem. was waiting for. It reformed its Machariel fleet, reaching 80 pilots, before jumping back into the system and warping at range of the Circle-Of-Two's fleet, which at this point was estimated at 120 pilots. A second engagement flared up as the two sides once more exchanged close range fire.
However, without the intervention of other parties or Triage Carriers present, the Circle-Of-Two fleet quite decidedly broke, managing to snag only 2 of Project.Mayhem.'s mainline ships before being completely overwhelmed. Losing ships in rapid succession, Circle-Of-Two's Fleet Commanders had no choice but to sound the retreat, allowing Project.Mayhem. to secure the field. Project.Mayhem. reinforced the tower once more before finally extracting safely from the system, bringing an end to the fighting.
Battle report for the first engagement in the Hakonen system can be found here.
Battle report for the second engagement in the Hakonen system can be found here.
All told the battle on its two parts lasted 40 minutes in total with local spiking in the first engagement and reaching nearly 700 pilots with Time Dilation playing a factor and swaying back and forth between 30% to 60%.
Project.Mayhem. and its allies lost 4 Carriers, 10 Battleships and 8 Strategic Cruisers. Including support ships total losses reached 39 ships for 42.45 Bil ISK damages. Circle-Of-Two and its allies lost 5 Carriers, 64 Battleships, 14 Strategic Cruisers and 14 Heavy Assault Cruisers. Including support ships total losses added up to 139 ships and 66.68 Bil ISK damages.
PL one of the last to show up and the first to run away….
Go in without much risk, get out when losing ships.
pl lost like 2 oneis then repositioned. hardly counts as having your logistic chain demolished and getting knocked out ._.
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Home HEALTH DOCTOR PROFILES Leigh Anne Kamerman Burns, MS, RDN
Leigh Anne Kamerman Burns, MS, RDN
Leave it to a nutritionist to say that much of wellness and disease management relates to the nutritional intake of a patient. But for Leigh Anne Kamerman Burns, MS, RDN, after 27 years in nutrition healthcare (the last 25 at LSU) she has worked in the field long enough to experience its truth.
"I believe it's the building block of all medical care," Burns says. "In many diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, if patients don't change their eating habits, then it is really hard to control their disease."
Poor nutrition leads to worsening conditions, increased medication and often new medical issues.
As a result, her main goals as a nutritionist focus on wellness and quality of life.
"I learned really young that if we could improve nutrition and could help people understand how to be well, that we didn't have to see as many sick people," she says.
As for quality of life, she teaches that eating habits including foods too high in sugars, fats and salts can wreak havoc with a patient's wellness goals and their ability to stay active. An obese patient will have a harder time getting around; a diabetic might have eyesight or circulation complications. At the very least, these patients are going to spend more time in their doctors' offices.
But with so many gastronomic delights in the New Orleans area, encouraging healthy eating can be a tough sell. "You have to meet people where they are in their willingness to change," Burns says. "You can't come in and say, 'You cannot eat that,' but maybe they would be willing to find changes that work for them. Make it realistic. If you're going to eat fatty food today, then tomorrow you might want to make better selections."
Burns specializes in nutrition challenges — like with cancer and HIV patients — and nutrition for critically ill and chronic disease. She understands that what a very sick patient eats can make a lot of difference in how well they tolerate their treatments and manage the side effects.
She also gets a great number of referrals from endocrinologists and internal medicine physicians. "I see a tremendous amount of support from my LSU colleagues in medicine and surgery as buy-in on nutrition to improve disease management and improve healing in surgical outcomes," Burns says.
On choosing a career in nutrition: "I didn't want to give shots," Burns jokes. "My mother was a nurse; my dad's a doctor. I was raised eating the four food groups. I wasn't raised eating Southern. It stuck with me for the most part. I had an interest in health as a young woman … I played many sports. I learned early that fitness and nutrition are a very important part of the healthcare scene."
Proudest accomplishment: A cancer screening program (now 24 years running) called Partners in Wellness through LSU Shreveport now provides mobile mammography and wellness in north Louisiana. She also speaks to patients and providers across the country and in Canada about nutritional management of neuroendocrine tumors. "Like many of us at LSU, I have worn a lot of hats," she says.
Success in numbers: "In St. Charles, I'm offering nutrition classes where we work together as a group and give each other support," Burns says. "Hearing how others have made changes or been successful … I even learn things sometimes! You don't have to be 100 percent all 100 percent of the time. We can reach some of these goals together."
Other tips for healthy eating: Burns says that each patient has specific requirements, but, in general, we can all benefit from the basics:
Know your food groups and how much of each to place on your plate. (choosemyplate.gov)
Learn about portion control and preparing ahead to make better decisions on busy weeknights.
Use more plant-based food items, especially foods that are deep green, yellow or orange like spinach, acorn squash and sweet potatoes.
Choose lean choices of protein. Seafood this time of year is an especially good choice. With meats, the cuts like rounds or loins tend to be leaner. Nuts, beans and meatless meals are a good way to cut back, while still getting protein.
Regulate blood sugars by knowing about better carbohydrates — and the right amount of them — for your body.
Learn how to use herbs, spices, fruits and veggies to season food without using all the salt.
Don't drink all your calories. Alcohol and fruit juices are concentrated sugars.
Prepare food without frying. Not only is it more healthful; it's easier and less mess.
Teach your children healthy eating while they are young. "The best place to start is before it becomes a problem," Burns says.
Undergraduate: Northeast Louisiana University, BS Home Economics and Nutrition
Graduate School: Louisiana Tech, Master's in Nutrition and Human Ecology
Fellowship: Docere Teaching Excellence focusing on Academic Education, LSU School of Medicine New Orleans
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Progressive cystic kidney degeneration underlies diverse renal diseases, including the most common cause of kidney failure, autosomal dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Genetic analyses of patients and animal models have identified several key drivers of this disease. The precise molecular and cellular changes underlying cystogenesis remain, however, elusive. Drosophila mutants lacking the translational regulator Bicaudal C (BicC, the fly ortholog of vertebrate BICC1 implicated in renal cystogenesis) exhibited progressive cystic degeneration of the renal tubules (so called ªMalpighianº tubules) and reduced renal function. The BicC protein was shown to bind to Drosophila (d-) myc mRNA in tubules. Elevation of d-Myc protein levels was a cause of tubular degeneration in BicC mutants. Activation of the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase pathway, another common feature of PKD, was found in BicC mutant flies. Rapamycin administration substantially reduced the cystic phenotype in flies. We present new mechanistic insight on BicC function and propose that Drosophila may serve as a genetically tractable model for dissecting the evolutionarily-conserved molecular mechanisms of renal cystogenesis.
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Substrate adhesion molecules (SAMs) are proteins that attach cells to specific compounds in the extracellular matrix (a process known as cell adhesion).

Some of the amino acids in the SAM bind to components of the extracellular matrix, while others bind to integrins on the surface of the cell. Integrin molecules are composed of two chains of amino acids, one of which is connected to the actin filaments in the cytoskeleton, while the other is connected to the SAMs. This enables external activity in the extracellular matrix to affect the shape and movement of the cell.

SAMs do not have to be made by the cells that bind to them. They can also link to other SAMs, influencing each other's behavior.

There is very strong evidence SAMs also have a key role in neuronal morphogenesis.

See also
 Cell adhesion molecules
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Professors Shouldn't Be Forced To Pledge Allegiance To 'Diversity'
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I write on the damage big government does, especially to education.
Back in the in 40s and 50s, Americans could be blackballed, expelled or otherwise punished if they wouldn't declare their national loyalty. The ideological fervor for conformity abated for decades, but has recently returned on our college campuses in the form of mandatory "diversity statements" by current and prospective faculty members.
The difference is that instead of having to pledge support for America in its battle against communism, the new pledge is support to the "diversity" agenda in its battle against a color-blind nation where people are evaluated on their own merits rather than group membership.
This recent paper by the Oregon Association of Scholars illuminates the problem of mandatory diversity statements. While it focuses chiefly on schools in the Oregon higher education system, it observes that more than twenty major universities and systems across the nation now require diversity statements for hiring or promotion, including the University of California, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Virginia Tech.
Traditionally, faculty candidates have been evaluated on the basis of four documents: a cover letter, their curriculum vitae, research statement, and teaching statement. Now, a fifth document is being added—a diversity statement in which the individual expresses his or her commitment to "diversity." That is, how important it is to the individual, how he or she acts to further diversity, and so on.
This is not required merely from idle curiosity, of course. The diversity statement has a purpose. That purpose, writes the paper's author, Professor Bruce Gilley of Portland State University, is to weed out non-leftist scholars.
At many universities, he explains, there is an unspoken ideology that "emphasizes group identity, an assumption of group victimization, and a claim for group based entitlements." On the other hand, "Classical liberal approaches that emphasize the pluralism of a free society, the universalism of human experience, and the importance of equality before the law have been regarded as invalid."
Scholars who don't demonstrate enough zeal for the former or any sympathy for the latter are put under a great disadvantage. The ideological purists who often dominate in hiring and promotion decisions don't want dissidents in their schools if they can be kept out.
They disagree with former Stanford provost John Etchemendy, who recently wrote, "Universities must remain forums for contentious debate and they cannot do so while officially espousing one side of that debate." Contentious debate (at least over many political issues) is not what they want at all and diversity statements help them achieve that dubious goal.
What sort of statements are good in the eyes of the diversity regulators? Here is one example, from the statement of an anthropology professor. She said that she focuses "on how not to thoughtlessly reproduce the standard white and Western model of legitimate knowledge." It's a leftist cliché that there are other, superior ways of knowing than those of the "white and Western model," but professing that notion does nothing to help students of any race to learn. Sadly, statements like that earn a faculty member high marks.
We have reached the point where there are workshops on how to write an effective diversity statement, one that will help a hiring committee "determine whether you are going to be the kind of colleague the department wants to have." In an article for Inside Higher Ed, "The Effective Diversity Statement," Professor Tanya Golash-Boza of the University of California advised candidates to focus on "racial oppression, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and other commonly recognized forms of oppression."
But what about scholars who have just devoted their time and energy to mastering a discipline and teaching it? Golash-Boza suggests that they shouldn't waste time trying to craft a strong diversity statement. Don't try to fake a commitment to diversity if you don't really have it. Unless you're truly obsessed with the world's problems as she sees them, go somewhere else.
Within the Oregon higher education system, the paper notes many disturbing trends involving both diversity statements and the wider ideological agenda they help to facilitate.
At the Oregon Health and Science University, faculty and prospective members are evaluated on their "cultural competency." That is measured by the individual's "professed and demonstrated participation in 'diversity and inclusion' activities, rather than by evidence of effectiveness in pluralistic settings." And the school's Diversity Action Plan calls upon administrators to track and report on "participation in diversity events" by members of their departments.
In 2015, Oregon State instituted a required statement from faculty on their "contributions to equity, inclusion, and diversity." Among other things, individuals are expected to discuss their plans to spend time "advocating for normative and policy change." The message delivered is quite clear: Show that you are an enthusiastic diversity supporter if you value your job.
At Portland State, the school's Diversity Action Council has a list of 44 questions that are to be asked of faculty applicants including "the role of diversity in shaping your social style," and how he or she will combat "the pervasive belief that diversity and excellence are somehow in conflict." Obviously, any candidate who answers that diversity and excellence actually can conflict has painted a target on his back.
The paper's conclusion is strong and simple: "Universities must eschew diversity statements altogether, along with any forms of ideological signaling."
That's absolutely right. It's no more appropriate to evaluate faculty members on their "diversity statements" than it would be to evaluate them on, say "religion statements," or "Second Amendment statements." But how do we get rid of them, given the fact that diversity zealots are firmly entrenched at many colleges?
Perhaps diversity statements can be challenged on First Amendment grounds. In a famous rebuke to ideology intruding on education, the Supreme Court held in the 1943 case West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette that the state could not penalize Jehovah's Witness students for failure to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Justice Jackson's majority opinion speaks to the same issues as are raised by mandatory diversity statements. He wrote,
Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by many good, as well as evil men…. It seems trite but necessary to say that the First Amendment to our Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings…. If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.
Therefore, these mandatory diversity statements, which operate as methods for prescribing orthodoxy among college faculty members, might be vulnerable to a First Amendment challenge.
Rather than waiting for a legal challenge, though, this nasty phenomenon could be stopped quickly by legislation.
The Higher Education Act is currently before Congress for reauthorization and quite a few good amendments have already been suggested. (Here, for example, are a several suggested by the National Association of Scholars.) We could end the use of "diversity statements" if Congress amended Title IV to say that no school that receives federal funds may require any current or prospective faculty member to declare his or her position on or actions regarding any political or social issue.
After that, perhaps the Department of Education could send out a "Dear Colleague" letter explaining what that means: No ideological screening for faculty members and a commitment to enforcing it.
In short, let's exchange the Education Department's despicable crusade to force colleges into using unfair procedures for handling allegations of sexual assault (now boomeranging on colleges such as Amherst) for a noble one to make them evaluate faculty members only on grounds that actually relate to teaching and research.
As long as the federal government persists in meddling in higher education, at least let's have it do some good.
George Leef
I am a law school graduate who went into teaching rather than legal practice and then began to see how badly government has mangled education at all levels. Since 1999, ...


The Iraqi Kurdish Islamist Conflict was a military conflict between the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam and the two main Kurdish parties; the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.Iraqi Kurdistan. The conflict began in 2001. In 2003, the conflict merged with the larger 2003 invasion of Iraq, which led to the defeat of Ansar al-Islam. After the invasion, Ansar al-Islam continued a low level terrorist insurgency against the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Ansar al-Islam was formed in September 2001 under the name Jund al-Islam. The group was formed from Kurds who embraced militant Sunni Islam, coupled with foreign fighters who were veterans of the war in Afghanistan. In December 2001, the group changed its name to Ansar al-Islam. They would retain control of Halabja until 2003.
Ansar al-Islam and its allied groups seized control of the area around Halabja from the PUK in late 2001. Fighting continued throughout 2002.
Ansar al-Islam was accused by Human Rights Watch of committing atrocities against the civilian population in the territory which they controlled. It has been alleged that Ansar al-Islam harshly persecuted the Kaka'i religious minority, and enforced strict Islamic law. Human Rights Watch also accused Ansar al-Islam fighters of torturing prisoners and summarily executing captured PUK soldiers.
Ansar al-Islam also engaged in terrorism against the PUK leadership. An unsuccessful attempt was made on the life of Barham Saleh in April 2002 when he was the PUK Regional Government Prime Minister. Later in February 2003 Ansar al-Islam assassinated the prominent PUK General Shawkat Haji Mushir.
In March 2004 the US State Department officially classified Ansar al-Islam as a terrorist organization.
For more details on this topic, see Operation Viking Hammer.
During the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, US forces aided the PUK in attacking Ansar al-Islam. In late March 2003, PUK forces supported by American special forces captured Halabja after several days of heavy fighting. The surviving Ansar al-Islam forces fled into Iran.
American intelligence personnel inspected the suspected chemical weapons site in Sargat and discovered traces of Ricin in the ruins, as well as potassium chloride. They also discovered chemical weapons suits, atropine nerve gas antidotes, and manuals on manufacturing chemical weapons, lending credence to the idea that the site was related to the manufacture of chemical weapons and poisons.
Ansar al-Islam fought on as a faction in the Iraqi insurgency. Several terrorist attacks in the Irbil area have been linked to Ansar al-Islam, including the suicide bombing of the PUK and KDP headquarters in Irbil that killed 117 people. They also carried out the bombing of the Mount Lebanon Hotel in Baghdad on March 17, 2004.


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2 killed, 4 wounded after argument at Atlanta park
Police are seen investigating after a shooting at Atlanta's Dunbar Park on Sunday.(Source: WSB/CNN)
By Miles Montgomery and Gray News staff
Published: Aug. 8, 2022 at 1:41 AM EDT|Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - An investigation is underway after a mass shooting at Atlanta's Dunbar Park on Sunday.
According to officials, a second person has died after being shot at Dunbar Park in southwest Atlanta.
Rashad Rogers, 31, died at Grady Hospital immediately after the shooting. April Sparks, 33, was identified as the second person who died.
Four other people were wounded, including a 6-year-old, and were hospitalized.
Deputies responded to the park in southwest Atlanta on Sunday evening to a call of a person shot. Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said they arrived to find multiple people shot.
Investigators said they believe there was "some type of dispute" that occurred, WGCL reported.
"There was some type of baseball-softball game going on at the park. There was an argument that ensued, and the next thing you know, there was an exchange in gunfire," Hampton said.
Hampton said a male in his 30s was rushed to Grady Hospital, where he died.
A 6-year-old child among those injured was rushed to Egleston Hospital. There is no official word on the current extent of the victims' injuries.
Hampton urged citizens to "find a way to resolve conflict without weapons."
"We can't control the actions of others. We hate the actions of a small percentage of people to ruin," he said.
Authorities urge anyone who was at Dunbar Park or knows any information regarding this shooting to call Crime Stoppers.
This marks the third reported fatal shooting in Atlanta in a three-hour span.
Police are investigating after they say a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed in the backseat of a car on the interstate Sunday evening, and a man has died after being shot in the Bankhead neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
Copyright 2022 WGCL via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Last night, Hartford, Connecticut was treated to the very first special guest on the Drake vs. Lil Wayne tour. Just as the show was at it's peak, the XFINITY theater reached a new level.. G-Unit's own 50 Cent rushed the stage to join both Drizzy and Drake to perform the song "In Da Club" midway through.
Watch a short video clip above.


Every woman who has ever gone on a diet should either run to the Theatre at St. Clement's to see My Life on a Diet or read Renée Taylor's titular memoir. Taylor and Joseph Bologna, her husband of 52 years (now deceased), wrote her one-woman show, and as live performances go Taylor's is just sumptuous.
Bologna, who directed the show, and Taylor have been a brilliant comedy writing and acting duo for decades, garnering Emmy Awards, a Writer's Guild Award and nominations, and Academy Award nominations. Both have prodigious credits spanning TV, film, and Broadway. Together they collaborated on 22 plays, four films, and nine TV movies and series. Taylor acted with Bologna in plays they wrote for Broadway and Off Broadway, some later adapted for film, such as Lovers and Other Strangers, which they also starred in.
Taylor's most recent exploits have been in recurring TV roles in How I met Your Mother, Bob's Burgers, and Happily Divorced. Renowned for her portrayal of Sylvia Fine in The Nanny with Fran Drescher, Taylor developed comedic bits throughout based on her own eating binges. Overeating and dieting have been a Renée Taylor obsession her entire life. Thankfully, her story of dieting woe and skinny happiness has blossomed into this uplifting and marvelous show at St. Clement's.
Indeed, with every well-timed joke, the production shimmers with riotous, rollicking fun. From beginning to end, the story scintillates with irony. From this historical reminiscence of Taylor's childhood and adult years in New York City, Miami, and Hollywood, we glean an indelible portrait of the celebrity frenzy of dieting and weight loss. Enhanced and elucidated with personal archival black-and-white photos, film clips, diets, anecdotes, and fabulous humor, the story of her life through the decadesakes us empathize as we laugh at her deadpan delivery. Thus, with every line and precept of weight loss, Bologna and Taylor authenticate Taylor's show-business life as she struggles and fails to maintain "weight" even to this day.
Not only does the writing sparkle and effervesce, Taylor's impeccable delivery and beautifully paced riffs leave no time for you to breathe. Your sides will be splitting and you'll double over with joyful hysteria. For Taylor absolutely crushes it as she obsesses about appearance and historical trending diets (more than 25 including the Master Cleanse), with zaniness and LMAO humor.
The first examples she lists include individuals who died while on their own self-created and -touted diets. One even committed suicide. You may recognize the names. However, messages and themes eventually sneak through the crashing laughter. The fascism of slimness and appearance which Hollywood once embraced with fury can be wild, if not fatal.
Though Taylor doesn't reference Judy Garland, one may recall Garland's drug addictions that began with diet doctors' heavy prescriptions. Thus, when Taylor discusses weight loss via a diet of expensive Cristal champagne, and her addiction to amphetamines, we realize her journey was heading toward a dangerous cliff. Thanks to an intriguing, no-nonsense female doctor, and to meeting Bologna, Taylor's life took an upswing into love and away from the dieting morass. One may arrive at emotional health and happiness with generous dollops of love, humility and humor. And so what if there are always a few pounds to shed? Wellbeing becomes paramount; that, and the ability not to take one's obsessions too seriously.
One does not have to be overweight or diet-challenged to appreciate Taylor's history of Hollywood stars and their diet manias. Even anorexics will enjoy her beautifully delivered jokes. For they highlight Taylor's other obsessions: becoming and being "star-bright famous," and meeting "star icons." Notably, Taylor formed relationships with Orson Welles and Lenny Bruce. She became friends with Grace Kelly and Barbra Streisand on their way to stardom. When she discusses her poignant and close relationship with Marilyn Monroe, whom she met at the Actor's Studio where both studied with Lee Strasberg, she breaks your heart.
In each instance Taylor lists food habits amidst delicious tidbits of humor. For example, Joan Crawford neglected to eat the bread part of raisin bread, eating only the raisins. Marilyn Monroe's grape diet didn't work for Taylor. On Lou Costello's diet, the first diet Taylor went on (at age 11), she began to look like Costello.
As she attempted to combat the eternal problem of all dieters, "cheating," she found that no diet worked, not even the diet plans given her by doctors her mom took her to. Then came a turning point in her "dieting life." No one forced her to go on a diet; she had made that decision herself prompted by a first love. "Applause." And her yo-yo dieting journey began. Priceless! I identify completely.
Regardless of whether one is young or old, male or female, overweight, buff, sylph-like, or curvy, Taylor's war on fat rings true for us today. Indeed, for young folks in elementary school through high school and beyond, weight and identity is a critical issue, even for males. Fat shaming can be a social media bullying problem. Taylor reveals that humor, wit and irony can slay bullying insults at their roots.
Finally, kudos go to Harry Feiner (Scenic Design), Pol Atteu (Costume Design), Stefanie Risk (Lighting Director), Jay Risk (Sound Engineer), and Michael Redman (Projections Designer) for their efforts in making this a completely entertaining and gobsmacking must-see show.
My Life on a Diet is at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th St. between 9th and 10th). Visit the website for tickets or call Telecharge, 212-239-6200. But hurry! The show runs until 19 August.


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Stamatios or Stamatis Kleanthis ( or ; 1802–1862) was a Greek architect.

Biography
Stamatios Kleanthis was born to a Macedonian Greek family in the town of Velventos in Kozani, Macedonia in 1802. As a youth he moved to Bucharest where he studied at the Greek School. On 1821, as member of the Sacred Band, he fought in the insurrection against the Turks led by Alexander Ypsilanti and was captured at the Battle of Dragashani. After escaping, he traveled to Vienna, and then to Leipzig, where he studied architecture. Afterwards he pursued his studies further in Berlin with Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

After graduation, he returned with his colleague and friend Eduard Schaubert to Greece, where they were appointed public engineers by Ioannis Kapodistrias. On 1832 they created a new city plan for Athens, which included wide avenues, gardens and grand public buildings and gave the first street names in Athens. The plan was however simplified by Leo von Klenze, as it was considered too expensive. After disagreements with the administration, Kleanthis resigned his position.

Kleanthis gained great wealth not only through architecture, but also through the marble quarries he operated on the island of Paros. Marble from his quarries received a gold medal at the London Great Exhibition in 1851.

On 1862 he was seriously injured in an accident in a quarry and he was transported to Athens, where he died.

Kleanthis designed many important buildings in Athens, including the Duchess of Plaisance's mansion in Penteli, Rododafni Castle and Villa Ilissia (today the Byzantine & Christian Museum of Athens). The University of Athens was initially accommodated in his house in Plaka, which now houses the Athens University Museum.

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1802 births
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The ring panel is one of my faves too! Awesome work my friend!!


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The Wonderful World of Fundraising.
It all started with an internet search: "how to fundraise for missions".
The day we found out that we would no longer be supported in our work by an organization, we were heartbroken, confused, angry. A plethora of emotions that left us crying out in prayer to our Father in Heaven. And while I could say that that moment led us to spending hours upon hours, days turned into weeks in seeking the Lord's will for our lives, the reality is this: we never had to question our calling. We knew back then what we know now and what God has confirmed time and again over the past several months, we have been called to Portugal. That is why in those early days, we immediately began entertaining the idea of fundraising. Because the truth is, we are not called to an organization but rather, we are called to the people.
God has given us a heart for the country of Portugal and its inhabitants. Early on, He made it clear that we were being led to this beautiful country. From my "coincidental" 2 year study of Portuguese in college to Hodge's visit to Portugal years ago on a backpacking trip, during which he fell in love with the country. It's evident in the way that He allowed us to integrate so smoothly into the community of Vila do Conde and in the way that He has brought certain people into our lives. It is because of these things that we have planted our lives in Portugal, and while we not only desperately desire to get back to the life that we have been given there, we wholeheartedly believe that God wants us there.
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."
That is why we are fundraising, and that is why we are trusting in our God to provide.
Over the past months, many a people have kindly expressed to us that there is no way that they could ever fundraise. They tell us how difficult it must be while giving us that look of "better you than me." We have been deemed brave and courageous, and we have been commended for what we are doing. Now, I don't say all of that to "toot our own horns," so to speak. Rather, I say it to express that we are not those things. Instead, we are simply two crazy, yet passionate people following our hearts.
Yes, it can be extremely awkward asking people to give us (and trust us with) their hard-earned money! However, we believe so much in what is happening in Portugal that we are willing to put ourselves out there and ask the questions. Of course, there have been those moments when we worry the funds won't come in, and there have been those days full of discouragement brought on by unexpected responses from people. And you know what? It can be pretty tempting to dwell on those moments and days (and don't be misled, because sometimes, we have done just that). But it is during those times that our calling to Portugal and our faith in our God push us forward. And in moving forward, we often find ourselves in a state of complete and perfect peace, because the truth is, it is extremely liberating to trust in the Lord to provide for something that He has called us to.
Hebrews 13:20-21 "Now the God of peace [...] equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
So, while we have come a long way since that first internet search, we continue to learn more and more about fundraising every day. Along the way, we have made mistakes, which we use as learning opportunities, but we have also received great advice from people who have fundraised in the past. There has been discouragement, as aforementioned, but there has also been great encouragement found in the people who have partnered with us (not the mention, the incredible generosity of Pawa'a Community Church, who have chosen to guide us, support us, and love on us through all of this). Ultimately, what it has come down to is this: We realize that the Lord is bringing along exactly who He wants to partner with us in this.
Retrospectively, I am grateful that the Lord has led and guided us to and through the wonderful world of fundraising, because while some days can be pretty difficult, most days are truly wonderful. We have been given the opportunity to trust God in ways that we never had to before. To be honest, before now, we never had to trust Him in our finances. Since marriage, and even before that, both Hodge and I have held jobs that allowed us to instead trust in steady paychecks. We've never had to worry about where our rent money was coming from or how we were going to afford groceries. But now. Now, we are on a different journey, and honestly, I am grateful that He would allow us to be here. Because fundraising, more than anything, has been a faith-growing journey. One that has brought us closer to God.
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It was a star-studded affair for the actor and gf Kukai Guevarra.
Wildflower star Wendell Ramos married his longtime partner Kukai Guevarra yesterday, December 9. The two tied the knot in a church in Parañaque City. Antonio Aquitania, Joross Gamboa, and designer Paul Cabral were the groomsmen while Joey Marquez was present as one of their principal sponsors.
Gabby Eigenmann was one of the marital cord sponsors while Dingdong Dantes was a veil sponsor. Eric Fructuoso was also present at the wedding.


Emerging novel therapies to gain traction in the market. Therapies including combination therapies, vaccines, PARP inhibitors, and CDK inhibitors are emerging as innovative approaches to treat breasts cancer. Technavio's analysts have predicted that the breast cancer therapeutics market will register a CAGR of close to 8% by 2023.
To address the economic and emotional burden associated with cancer, manufacturers, governments, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers are aiming at improving patient access to resources and bridge the substantial gaps in care.
Individuals with breast cancer often opt for mastectomy, lumpectomy, and radiation therapy to eliminate the tumor mass. However, efficient therapies including chemotherapy, and targeted and hormonal therapies are used to treat breast cancer. These surgeries act as substitutes and patients prefer these substitutes, which are expensive and can have a series of side effects.
For the detailed list of factors that will drive and challenge the growth of the breast cancer therapeutics market during the 2019-2023, view our report.
The market appears to be fragmented and with the presence of several companies including Novartis and Pfizer the competitive environment is quite intense. Factors such as the emerging novel therapies and the rising number of patient supportive initiatives, will provide considerable growth opportunities to breast cancer therapeutics manufactures. AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Novartis, and Pfizer are some of the major companies covered in this report.


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Sale Migrant Camp
West Sale memorial unveiled
http://sale.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/west-sale-memorial-unveiled/234237.aspx
AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L Archives
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND/1999-06/0928500013
Wikipedia - Post-war immigration to Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-war_immigration_to_Australia
PANDAZOPOULOS HANDS OVER CHEQUE FOR WEST SALE MEMORIAL PROJECT
http://www.legislation.vic.govau/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/ffbb3af3ab184750ca256d65007dc352!OpenDocument
West Sale Migrant Memorial Concert - Listen to this Segmenthttp://www.lifefm.org/interviews/9Mar07B.mp3
http://lifefm.com.au/interviewarchive07.html
See below extract for the website:
"The West Sale Migrant Holding Centrewas located at the disused RAAF Base in Fulham between 1949 & 1953. It provided accommodation for women & children while their respective husbands worked & lived at work camp sites across Gippsland.
Over 700 families displaced by the war in Europe called West Sale home. Until this decade there were virtually no formal local records of this facility existing as well as a generally low wider community awareness. Given that most of these migrants settled in Gippsland & have made significant economic, cultural & spiritual contributions, it was felt that a formal acknowledgment would be appropriate.
The project began in 1999 with a reunion for those who stayed in West Sale & their descendants. This was a healing & joyful occasion for many.
In 2002 the West Sale Heritage festival was staged at the site of the former camp. It attracted over 4000 people from across the state & overseas. The history of the site & its people was documented & a book published in 2002 - Titled We Came With Nothing by Ann Synan and a radio series called Footprints In The Tar by yours truly. The book and the radio series received the Victorian Community History award in Victoria for 2003.
The centrepiece of the project was to establish a permanent memorial in West Sale to those who contributed so much locally & wider Victoria.
West Sale Migrant Memorial Project publicly recognises the contributions made in the development of Gippsland by migrants who came to the area in the 1950s, following World War Two. Now the driving force behind the project Don Santowiak is at it again - this time with a commemorative concert planned for the 18th March.
If you'd like to put your name on the list for the concert - give Don a call on 5135 9517
I have just spoken to two people who were involved heavily in the construction of the memorial. They are posting a book which they wrote about the Sale Migrant Camp.
NOTE: they say in the article above, that the Air Force Base was disused – however, while I was there it was a fully operational air force base. I remember watching the planes with my father under a row of very tall pine trees.
I have attached two photographs:
My father, the tallest on the bridge , As Refugees they were contracted for two Years to build bridges, culverts etc in Gippsland for the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Click to enlarge Radio Broadcast relating to the opening of the Memorial
Listen to this Segment http://www.lifefm.org/interviews/9Mar07B.mp3
Passport photograph of me with the Refugee stamp in Germany at a British Camp.
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INTERVIEW: It's about performance
The manager ahead of the Colchester game
Manager Greg Abbott spoke to us ahead of the trip to Colchester on Friday evening.
"We've got some strong players back with us now and we almost have a full group to pick from," he said. "The young players have been brilliant but I think they need to be slowly fed into the team rather than having to play under a lot of pressure every week.
"We need to work ourselves out of this situation and get ourselves back to playing at the level we all know we're capable of."
"We've planned this trip with that in mind," he added. "We trained at Garforth on the way down, which was fantastic for us and we have to say thank you to them for that. It was part of the reason why we came across here during pre-season because it's important that we have relationships like this. Both clubs have been able to help each other out. We had a full training session at a good facility, which is vital when you consider that we will be playing a game tomorrow evening."
"We want to put Colchester on the back foot and make sure we protect our goal in this one," he told us. "We have to stay in the game and keep a clean sheet for a lot longer than we have been doing. We were out of the game after five minutes last Saturday and there isn't much you can do after that.
"It's all about performance on Friday night. If we get that then it will lift some of the fans – not all of them – because that won't happen right away. If we can follow that with another good performance then we can win more and more back as we go along. That has to be the aim."
"Getting the spine of the team back will be important for us," he said. "We haven't had a full squad to pick from yet this season and that has made it very difficult. Everybody knows we should be better than we are at the moment but we haven't yet had the people who would usually be first on the team sheet available.
"We haven't been as mentally tough as we need to be and we've had to ask boys to do men's jobs in the last couple of games. I think we'll really benefit if we can get our more senior players involved and firing on all cylinders."
"Colchester have had a great start," he said. "I feel for Joe [Dunne] because he's in the same position as me. I spoke to him last season and I told him that he looked like he was on his knees. It looked like the pressure of the job had completely got to him.
"He's battled through it and fair play to him. They've had a flying start and we went to watch them, and they put on a terrific performance last week.
"He's getting a bit of support and a bit of belief in himself now. He's shown great character and he's had a lot support and patience from the people around him. They're similar to us on paper but they'll be full of confidence and momentum. We've got to find that in ourselves and bridge that gap.
"We'll go there to put them under a massive amount of pressure so we can get the result this club needs. The lads have to believe in what they're doing and they have to believe in how we are trying to play. We've got some strong players back and that will make a difference.
"It's my job to make sure everyone knows how important this game is and to make sure they play with freedom so they go out and perform as well as we all know they can.
"They're looking for someone to lead them because, for me, it's a war. That's because we can't afford to lose any more battles."
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INTERVIEW: I'm delighted to be here and playing
United's head coach Chris Beech moved quickly to secure the services of Gethin Jones until the end of the current campaign last week when his initial short-term deal came to an end.
INTERVIEW: We were unlucky not to get the win
Striker Hallam Hope provided a fantastic assist just before half-time on Saturday afternoon which set wide man Harry McKirdy up for his ninth goal of the season as he got on the end of what was a...
INTERVIEW: I have been extremely impressed with the way he has gone about his business
The Emirates FA Cup third round meeting with Cardiff City brought with it the usual increased levels of media interest following United's superb away performance on Saturday afternoon.
INTERVIEW: I can't wait to get started
Wolves midfielder Elliot Watt officially joined the Blues on New Year's Day and, having joined three first-team training sessions ahead of his unveiling at Gresty Road, he immediately spoke of how...


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Virat Kohli shatters record to become fastest captain to 11,000 international runs
Virat Kohli needed just one run before the third T20I against Sri Lanka in Pune to reach the milestone of 11,000 runs in international cricket across formats.
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Virat Kohli is the fastest captain to complete 11,000 runs in international cricket (AP Photo)
Virat Kohli is the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to amass 11,000 international runs across formats
Overall, Virat Kohli is the 6th captain to enter the 11k club in international cricket
Kohli got to the feat in just his 196th innings and has the highest average among all other captains in the 11k club
India captain Virat Kohli on Friday added another feather to his already-illustrious cap as he completed 11,000 runs in international cricket across formats during the ongoing third and final T20 international against Sri Lanka in Pune.
Kohli needed just one run before this game to reach the landmark which he did in the 13th over of India's innings after they were put into bat by Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga.
Kohli got to the milestone in his 169th international match and in the process, also broke Ricky Ponting's record to become the fastest captain to achieve the feat in terms of both matches and innings played.
Incidentally, Kohli is also the fastest batsman to reach 11,000 runs in ODI cricket, achieving the feat last year in the World Cup match against Pakistan in Manchester in June.
The 31-year-old has amassed 7202 runs from 84 Tests and 11609 runs from 242 ODIs while averaging over 50 in all three formats, which again is a record.
Kohli is the second Indian captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to score 11k runs in all three formats combined. He has the highest average among all other captains in the 11k club and is level on the number of hundreds scored - 41 - with Ponting.
Overall, Kohli is the sixth captain to achieve the feat after Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, Stephen Fleming, MS Dhoni and Allan Border.
Former Australia captain Ponting leads the list with 15,440 runs in 324 matches followed by Smith (14,878 in 286 matches), Fleming (11,561 in 303 matches), Dhoni (11,207 in 332 matches) and Border (11,062 in 271 matches).
Kohli got to the feat in just his 196th innings. Ponting had previously held the record for being the fastest captain to 11k runs. He had done it in 252 innings. Kohli's predecessor Dhoni had taken 324 innings.
This is the second match in a row that Kohli has broken a world record after becoming the fastest to 1000 T20I runs as captain in the last game against Sri Lanka in Indore. Kohli achieved the feat in his 30th innings as skipper, and again is only the second Indian captain to get to the landmark after Dhoni.
Kohli also went past his teammate Rohit Sharma to grab the top spot on the list of most runs scored in T20I cricket during his unbeaten 30 off 17 balls in the second match which India won by 7 wickets to take an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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