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Renowned musician to perform during inaugural recital for University's new concert grand piano.
Virtuoso pianist Alison Farr will dedicate BU's new concert grand piano with a special recital on Friday 23 October at 7.30pm.
The recital will be held in the Talbot House student centre on the University's Talbot Campus which is home to the new instrument. The piano will be enjoyed by staff, students and local musicians for rehearsals and performances at the University.
"This superb Petrof concert grand piano is not only a tremendous resource for our students and staff but also for the wider community," said Ian Davis, the University's Head of Music. "There will be many opportunities to hear and play this instrument over the coming years but the Music Department is delighted that Alison Farr who is such a talented pianist will give the inaugural recital."
Described by critics as a virtuoso pianist of innate sensitivity and poetic insight, Alison first studied piano with Caroline Gale in her hometown of Bournemouth.
After continuing her education at Wells Cathedral School, Alison was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1998 and graduated in 2002 with first class honours.
Alison has won several prizes, awards and competitions, including the Audi Junior Musician (1994), the UK section of the European Music for Youth Prize (1996) and the Piano section of BBC Young Musicians (1998). She was prize winner at the Messiaen International Competition in Paris in (2000) and was finalist at the Newport International Competition for Young Pianists in (2003).
Alison has performed as concerto soloist with a number of orchestras such as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Her performance with the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall was recorded by the BBC and broadcast on Radio 3.
Abroad she has performed in Moscow, Paris, the Gulf States and Israel and is a regular guest recitalist on board P&O and Cunard cruise ships.
Tickets for BU's Inaugural Piano Recital with Alison Farr are £8.00 (to include wine) and available directly from the University.
Where: Talbot House Student Centre, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University
When: Friday 23 October 2009
Further information: Please telephone (01202) 965018 or email: musicadmin@bournemouth.ac.uk
Booking early is advised as numbers for this very special performance are limited.
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Critic's Notebook
Baby, He's a Star
By Sasha Frere-Jones
Illustration by THOMAS FUCHS
Even when splashed with cold water, the hype around Prince is still largely defensible. Anyone else's concert offers a fraction of the experience Prince provides: an experience that includes (but is not limited to) singing, dancing, guitar playing, piano playing, drum playing, and whatever else he feels like. The cold water is that his recent studio albums—"Planet Earth" and "20Ten" especially—are not very good, with only one song ("Guitar") up to the standards of his best work. This matters not at all. Prince's songbook can go for three hours without even an A-minus moment, and so can he. His two nights at the Izod Center and two nights at Madison Square Garden will be worth whatever implausible sum you have to pay for tickets. Mr. Nelson has lived healthily and will likely live longer than most geniuses, but there's no reason to dawdle. In the history of pop music, who has been better equipped to sing and play and move about in high heels and yellow pantsuits? The man doesn't know how to get it wrong onstage. Feel free to test him. He's got time. ♦
Published in the print edition of the December 20 & 27, 2010, issue.
Sasha Frere-Jones worked at The New Yorker as a staff writer and pop-music critic for ten years, beginning in 2004.
Onward and Upward with the Arts
A Unified Field Theory of Bob Dylan
He's in his eighties. How does he keep it fresh?
By David Remnick
Common Anatomies of Disappointing Men
Some scientific diagrams that will help you spot the signs that someone is about to waste your time before it actually happens.
By Sam Corbin
Your Personality, Explained by Your Annoying Household Habits
You leave a swig of orange juice in the bottle because you're too busy with your own life to think about anyone else's.
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Revolution #194, March 7, 2010
On Thinking Outside the Boundaries of the Now: Bringing Bob Avakian into the Conversation
The following was sent to Revolution from a professor.
It has been remarkable to note in the efforts to spread the influence of Bob Avakian that "introducing" him into whatever the circumstances, turns things immediately more concrete and more serious. This is an important factor to take into account and to make the most of in these efforts—and the outcome of these efforts can have a defining influence on the world to come.
There is a growing sense among many people everywhere that we are moving through an acute phase of human history. There never has been a time like this, where the alternatives are between a course of action that is now leading to the destruction of human life, or a course of action leading to the emancipation of all humanity. It is within our capacity to create a radically different world, but we are not going to get on this high road leading in the direction of a communist world without Bob Avakian. This is because he has filled the theoretical need and developed the practical leadership without which it will be impossible to advance beyond the present capitalist-imperialist structures of society. No one else has done this. This is why when his "presence" is experienced in the many different ways it can be, his influence is unique and can immediately change the dynamics of what is happening.
And this is why, unless there is a transformative effort that successfully brings his leadership to the fore in society, things look very bleak for the world.
An exchange with a freshman student from rural Ohio captures the experience I am trying to describe. It was on the University of Chicago campus, building for the Raymond Lotta campus tour where Lotta talked on the history of communist revolution and Bob Avakian's New Synthesis to over 300 students and others. This student was serious minded to begin with and personally involved in the question of what will become of the world and what should she make of her life. She was well aware of the shroud that has been wrapped around communism, even as she was reading some Marx and Engels. What stopped her, and what directed the conversation onto a different terrain, more concrete and thus more serious, was Avakian's combination of both upholding and critiquing the past communist revolutions, and from that standpoint, and from an analysis of what is really going on in the world today, bringing forward something new. It was the something new Avakian embodies that struck her. Something new that does not dismiss the past but addresses both the upside and the downside, and brings forward a legacy in a way that creates something truly radical and truly new, that gave the conversation a concrete feeling of being for real. And it prompted a series of questions about the past, present, and the future that Lotta's talk addressed.
As our conversation turned to Avakian, she also became afraid, cautious of what pursuing this might mean for her. The fear, in this case, was a not so unusual response to the fact that when you start talking Avakian, you are going to get into ways of looking at the world and promoting a world view that are not only contrary to the accepted wisdom but also to what might be considered "acceptable" behavior, to one's peers and to the state. So Bob Avakian's vision that can compel hope and daring, can prompt an array of responses springing from things becoming immediately more concrete and more serious.
This observation of the effect of introducing Avakian into the conversation originally came from experiences in the classroom. In teaching a course on human nature and the possibilities of the future, I had been observing the way in which the approach of the students to the subject matter changed with the introduction of Avakian (via readings from "Views On Socialism and Communism: A Radically New Kind of State, a Radically Different and Far Greater Vision of Freedom," concerning wants and needs being socially determined, and that there is no such thing as unchanging human nature).
In the class, we had been discussing communism in more general and abstract terms, prompted by reading Alexander Luria's Man With a Shattered World about a young communist soldier in the Soviet Union who received a severe brain injury in World War 2. Students discussed the soldier's call for a world without exploitation, oppression and war, but the discussions did not seem to reach into their personal lives, did not have a feeling of being for real. As one student put it, "While I find Zasetsky's [the soldier] final statement poignant and inspirational, I also find it a bit unrealistic… As for me, I know I will walk away from this course with a whole new store of knowledge, but this knowledge changing who I am and how I live my life is unlikely."
With the reading and discussing of these sections from "Views On…," the atmosphere in the class and the kinds of questions and observations changed. There was a sense among many that the way people think and feel about this world and the future of communism really matters.
For instance, a student wrote that the paragraph in "Views On…" on the relation between thinking and feeling "is very powerful…it raises the question, why don't we feel the passionate urge to change that [a world based on exploitation and oppression]?" She criticizes herself for fearing that something worse will come of trying to change the world, and explains, "…I feel powerless, therefore don't spend my time and energy trying to do something that I feel is futile and out of reach, but yet, I blame us as a whole for feeling that way."
The question of framework of thought becomes a big issue as soon as one steps into Bob Avakian's thinking. Wrote one student, "My hatred for the current status of the human condition has been growing for as long as I can remember, but I never had the framework of the human mind and social revolution to understand it with." Or, as another one put it, "According to Avakian, it is important to understand the circumstances and the context in which certain human thought patterns exist….The way that Avakian talks about communism presents a whole new way to think about the idea of communism and our society in general."
In these discussions in and outside the classroom, it becomes clearer the way in which there is also a very strong pull to render Avakian's thought less radical, less demanding, even less liberating. The text itself, or whatever mode of Avakian's communication, fights intensely against this pull. The struggle that can erupt immediately over whether to take the radical thrust of his thought at its word is likewise a way in which introducing Avakian brings a concrete and real world dimension to the struggle.
From another student, "He [Avakian] goes on to say that in order for real change to happen, we have to change the way people feel and think about certain things that seem unchangeable and eternal, when they in fact might be just the opposite." And finally, from a student, in response to studying the effects of brain injuries on people's thinking, "This makes me wonder what Avakian's reaction to a frontal lobe injury in him would be like. He has such a different view on the world and social structure, that unlike the other cases we have studied he may have had a completely different reaction."
Note that the word "introduce" does not necessarily mean for the first time. This phenomenon I am trying to describe also applies to instances in which Avakian, though already known, is being introduced again into the discussion and has an immediate effect on the tenor and valor of the discussion.
In a long, spontaneous conversation with two professors who have had an introduction to Revolution and Avakian, but who have not seriously pursued that line of thought, we argued back and forth in a very serious vein, essentially over the New Synthesis. Finally one of them concluded, "I'm going to go back and look again at Avakian."
There was a moment in this conversation, as there has been in a number of others recently, when I interjected with the comment that you can see now why the way we have been promoting Avakian is not cultish. The response was not cynical, but thoughtful.
To conclude: The more deeply we understand why the possibility of revolution is greatly enhanced because of Bob Avakian, why he makes revolution and communism real and possible, the more we will feel compelled to do everything we can to extend his reach, and not let advances slip away.
I remind myself that the "introducers" need to be in the same space as the one being introduced, and need to stay in that space, outside the boundaries of the present, with a concrete, serious, deep sense of this historical moment. The suffocating air of this capitalist-imperialist climate envelops us, and we need to break out of it and stay out of it, and breathe freely in an atmosphere that is truly radical, revolutionary and liberating.
Spread the Word and Help Crack Open the "Communism Debate":
Raymond Lotta Tour to Hit Columbia and Harvard Campuses in April
Raymond Lotta's campus speaking tour, "Everything You've Been Told About Communism Is Wrong: Capitalism Is A Failure, Revolution Is The Solution," will be entering its next phase this Spring with programs at Columbia and Harvard universities.
At these events, Lotta will give a dynamic presentation on the real history of revolution and the actual promise of communism, followed by a no-holds-barred dialogue and debate.
April 8, Columbia University. 7 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 417 (420 W. 118th Street), New York City
April 14, Harvard University. 7 pm, Emerson Hall, Room 105 (in Harvard Yard), Cambridge, Massachusetts
Contact the Tour: lottaonyourcampus@yahoo.com
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Get to Know Rapper Simon D: Profile, Relationship, AOMG, and More
Meet The Rapper Simon D!
Do you know Tiger JK, A hip-hop rapper who is well-known in Korea? How about Beenzino, Zico, Epik High, and Tablo? Those are other popular rappers in Korea. There are a number of rappers who have amazing rap songs, including Simon Dominic, better known as Simon D or Ssam D. In addition to his music, Simon D also made an impression on fans with his appearances on variety shows. This article will tell you about Simon D, his profile, love life, and more, so stay tuned!
Full Profile of Simon D
Simon Dominic was born on March 9, 1984, in Busan, South Korea. His real name is Jung Gi-seok. His stage name, "Simon", came from Wesley Snipes' character's name in the movie Demolition Man and "Dominic" came from his baptismal name. He is 170 cm (5'7″) tall and he weighs 57 kg (126 lbs). He has both an Instagram account, @longlivesmdc, and Twitter @babospmc.
Fun Facts About Simon D
He used to be an underground rapper under the name K-Outa.
He appeared with Gray on Show Me The Money 5 as producers and judges. He also produced the winning contestant, BewhY.
He believes that he is the kind of person who has to work because he has insomnia and working helps him.
When he makes songs, he writes the lyrics first then adds a rhythm to them.
Debuted With Supreme Team
He was debuted with E-Sens as part of a hip-hop duo named Supreme Team under Amoeba Culture in July, 2009, and they released their first EP, Supreme Team Guide To Excellent Adventure.
The following year, they received an award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) for Best New Male Group. The next year they received an award at the Golden Disk Awards for Hip Hop Award in 2010. In 2011, Simon D released his first solo album, Simon Dominic Presents: SNL League Begins and the album peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart.
In April 2012, E-Sens got caught smoking marijuana. He admitted to it and got two years on probation. A year later, on July 22, 2013, Amoeba Culture released an official statement regarding E-Sens' contract. According to Soompi, it was reported that E-Sens canceled his exclusive contract with the agency. The agency also said that they had decided to split the group Supreme Team up and both members planned to do their music independently. Later, E-Sens updated his Twitter and said, "I received the notification of my contract cancellation today. I'm going to promote as a soloist." As E-Sens had left the company, the agency said that Simon D would continue his solo career and was preparing a new album.
On January 29, 2014, it was revealed that Simon D's contract would be ending a couple of days later, by January 31. The agency said that they had discussed the matter with Simon D and respected his wish to stand on his own before getting older.
Joined Jay Park's Label, AOMG
Not long after Simon D left Amoeba Culture, he was revealed to have joined AOMG, Jay Park's independent label, on March 9, 2014. Furthermore, it was reported that he actually became the co-CEO of the company. According to Allkpop, an insider revealed that Simon D had a lot of interest in pursuing music in a new environment. "The two of them want to spread Korean hip-hop overseas and plan to help the label flourish in not just music but concerts, fashion and hip-hop culture," he added.
Simon D talked about his first meeting with Jay Park, which happened at a club. At the time, Jay Park showed him how he was having fun and that was when Simon D got the feeling that it was the right company for him. It was also reported that they decided to work together because they had the same passion for hip-hop and the same goals in managing a label. Later, the new contract between them was confirmed through AOMG's Twitter Account and Simon D's Instagram.
RE:BiRTH AOMG #AOMG #followthemovement pic.twitter.com/juOTp1yOH3
— AOMG (@AOMGOFFICIAL) March 8, 2014
However, Simon D stepped down from the co-CEO title on July 25, 2018, shortly after he released the single track Me No Jay Park. The agency confirmed it and made an official statement, "As it was stated in his track, he'll be stepping down as CEO and plans to remain as an artist under AOMG." The song, itself, is about Simon D comparing himself to Jay Park, his fellow CEO. In the song, he said that he was not comfortable being called "Boss" or "CEO" and it was difficult to keep up with Jay Park. The song also contains some explicit lyrics like "Writing a resignation letter" and "I'm doing this in order to return to my former self." He also expressed his desperation about falling behind his fellow artists, like LOCO and Gray, who have more hit songs than he did.
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Around a month later, Simon D and Jay Park appeared on JTBC's Let's Eat Dinner Together. The host, Kang Ho-dong, brought up the topic and asked if they were in a fight before. Jay Park answered that there were no fights and Simon D added that they did it in peace. He also explained that he felt that being in leadership position made him become lazier in producing music, so he did it in order to return to the beginning. Jay Park added that people assumed Simon D would leave AOMG and wondered if his recent song, Me No Jay Park, was a diss song. Jay Park clarified that, in reality, the agency members were doing well.
Appearances on SNL Korea
He may have appeared on several variety shows but his most famous appearance was when he appeared on tvN's Saturday Night Live Korea, known as SNL Korea, in June 2016. It was a special episode where various AOMG artists like Simon D, Jay Park, LOCO, and Gray became guests. SNL Korea is known as a mature variety show due to its content and has many segments inside it.
Become 3 Minute Boyfriend
One of the most popular segments on the show is called 3 Minute. The title is usually changed depending on which role they want to make, such as a boyfriend, friend, girlfriend, etc. AOMG artists made a boyfriend role so the title was 3 Minute Boyfriend. It was about a girl who wanted to have a boyfriend and she could grant her wish by "cooking" an ingredient in a microwave for 3 minutes. There were several types of boyfriends that she could cook. She tried the first one, which was named Tsundere, and it turned out to be Simon D. He was the kind who seemed a bit cold, but actually cared. However, something went wrong about him.
Giving Love Lessons
The setting was a high school classroom. The girls seemed to be interested in Gray to the point of they went crazy over him. Meanwhile, there was a less attractive girl who liked him, too, and when she wanted to chase him, she bumped into Simon D who had just entered the class. He was mad at her and made her cry. Not being able to stand her face while she was crying, Simon D offered to do anything for her. She asked him how she could make Gray like her, too. She even insisted he teaches her how, so he had to teach her by demonstrating it to her. It was so chaotic and funny because it seemed like the girl purposely teased Simon D a lot, even though she wouldn't admit it.
Past Story With Lady Jane
How They Met Each Other
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When we talk about Simon D's past relationships, most people immediately remember Lady Jane, a fellow musician. At the time they were well-known as a cute couple. They started dating in 2007, long before Simon D was debuted as a Supreme Team member. He was still an underground rapper who traveled a lot with a limited budget. He often stayed at his friends' house or could not afford to buy food. That was when they met each other. According to Allkpop, Lady Jane revealed on SBS's Night After Night in June 2011, that she met him in an unusual way. She was attending an after-party event and caught Simon D staring at her for a long time. She felt uncomfortable so she confronted him and asked why he stared at her. He casually said that he liked her so much and that he was her fan while holding her hand.
She then freaked out and left the place immediately. After that, Simon D managed to contact her after finding her minihompy and phone number, asking her to meet once more. She decided to meet him at his earnest request and that's how their relationship started. She said that even though she treated him, she told him that she didn't belong to him. Other sources added that they went to watch a movie and Lady Jane was thinking about what it would like to have a boyfriend, then she thought of Simon D. She told him what she was thinking and he didn't oppose it, so they started dating.
They were both very open about their relationship whenever they were asked about it. Simon D showed his love for her publicly without getting embarrassed. One day, Lady Jane was celebrating her 29th birthday. It was when they had been together for four years. On June 27th, 2017, he tweeted, "Today is Lady Jane's birthday, the one who I love. Please congratulate her! Happy Birthday!" Lady Jane saw his tweet and replied, "[He's the kind of guy] who sends a rose even when he's working! Thank you." Their fans went crazy because they thought it was the sweetest thing a boyfriend would do. However, Lady Jane, who was originally a musician, was known only because she was Simon D's girlfriend. People didn't know much about her talents and music even though she started to gain attention and was invited to many variety shows.
The Breakup and The Reason Behind It
Although they were known to be a great couple, the two lovebirds' relationship finally came to an end after six years. On June 17, 2013, according to Soompi, Simon D's agency announced their breakup, "About a month ago the two broke up naturally. There was no special reason, they drifted apart while focusing on their music." It was followed by Lady Jane's agency's statement, "We heard that they started growing apart early this year and broke up last month. It seems that their meetings came to a lull naturally since they have been dating for a long time." Although they had broken up, they seem to maintain their friendship even now. The breakup still comes up whenever Simon D or Lady Jane go to variety shows.
In April 2014, Lady Jane appeared on tvN's I Need More Romance. As expected, she was asked about how she still had a good friendship with her ex. She said it was because it was a mutual decision. She revealed that she had thought about getting married in her thirties and whether she should marry him. She said that it was better to break up while they still had good feelings if they were not planning to get married. As a result, they had talked and agreed to go their separate ways. They actually had concerns about getting married since they were both active on stage as part of their work.
Even though they separated, it was reported that the two of them still manage a good friendship with each other. They even openly talked about it in broadcast variety shows they were invited in. On June 1, 2014, Simon D talked about Lady Jane when Tablo asked about it on MBC's FM4U's Dreaming Radio. Tablo asked about his current relationship, whether he was dating, and Simon D said he was not. Then Tablo asked if Lady Jane was still single or was seeing someone. Taken aback by the question, Simon D admitted he didn't know because they didn't talk about that kind of stuff. He said he hadn't met her since their breakup and that they only contact each other once a month to ask how they were doing.
Tablo asked again if Simon D kept in contact with her because he was curious about her doings. He answered that it was because they had dated for six years and they were close enough, just like friends and family, on top of being a couple. He had spent half of his twenties with her so he still felt thankful, but also empty. "It's hard to just go our separate ways completely even after breaking up," he added. He also said that since they had separated on good terms, they could keep in touch with each other and that their relationship was publicly known so they should show the good side of it.
Simon D's Discography
Release Date Title
2011.07.10 Simon Dominic Presents 'SNL League Begins'
2018.06.15 Darkroom
2015.08.21 Won & Only (₩ & Only)
As Lead Artist
Year Title Album
2007 Lonely Night non-album
2011 Hero SNL League Begins
Stay Cool (feat. Zion.T)
Cheerz (짠해)
2015 Simon Dominic Won & Only
Won & Only (₩ & Only)
(feat. Jay Park)
2018 Me No Jay Park Darkroom
Simon Says (왈)
(feat. Pharoahe Monch) non-album
As Featured Artist
Year Artist Title Album
2007 Loptimist feat. Simon Dominic The Triumph 22 Channels
2011 Tony An feat. Simon Dominic Thank U Top Star
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Q: The uniqueness of a special maximal ideal factorization The following problem is from Michael Artin's Algebra, chapter 12, M.6, unstarred:

Let $R$ be a domain, and let $I$ be an ideal that is a product of distinct maximal ideals in two ways, say $I=P_1\dotsb P_r=Q_1\dotsb Q_s$. Prove that the two factorizations are the same, except for the ordering of the terms.

Well, following the proof of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, it seems that we should prove the theorem in the following way:

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*Show that $P_1=Q_j$ for some $j$.

*Cancel $P_1,Q_j$ from both sides and reduce it to the induction hypothesis.

The first bulletin is relatively easy. It follows from the fact that maximal ideals are prime, therefore if $M$ is maximal, and $M\supset AB$, then $M\supset A$ or $M\supset B$, thus there's some $Q_j\subset P_1$, therefore $Q_j=P_1$ following from the maximality of $Q_j$.
However, the second one seems hard. There seems no cancellation laws among ideals. There's a counterexample even for maximal ideals, since maximal ideals could be zero. It's not like prime number, which are always positive. I should note that the distinctness of $P_k$,$Q_j$ and the fact that $R$ is a domain isn't used.
So how can we proceed next? Any help? Thanks!

A: Let $I=P_1 ... P_r = Q_1 ... Q_s$, and suppose $P_1=Q_1$. Let $J=P_2 ... P_r$ and $J'=Q_2...Q_s$. We want to show $J=J'$. For any $P=P_i$, $i=2,...,r$, we have $P \supset I$. Since $P$ and $P_1$ are distinct, $P\not\supset P_1$ by maximality of $P_1$. Therefore $P\supset J'$ since $P$ is prime. Since $P_2,...,P_r$ are maximal ideals, we have $P_2 \cap ... \cap P_r = P_2 ... P_r$ (Recall that $IJ = I \cap J$ if the ring $R$ is commutative and I+J=R). We have $P \supset J'$ for $P=P_2,...,P_r$, therefore $J=P_2 ... P_r = P_2 \cap ... \cap P_r \supset J'$. The same argument shows $J'\supset J$, so $J=J'$.
Thus we can "cancel" maximal ideals on both sides of $P_1 ... P_r = Q_1 ... Q_s$. By doing this repeatedly, we get $r=s$ and $\{P_1,...,P_r\} = \{Q_1,...,Q_s\}$.


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Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room. In the past three years of their life-and-death job, they've gone from strangers to professional coworkers to devoted teammates and best friends. Miro"s cultivated blind faith in the man who has his back" faith and something more.
All our interactions with suspects ended the same way. I would say, hey, let"s wait for backup or a warrant. I"d mention we didn"t have probable cause, and sometimes I would even go so far as to point out we weren"t armed because it was our damn day off! Not that he ever listened. The chase was always on seconds after I spoke. The fact that he even stopped to listen to me before acting stunned most people who knew us.
"Please," I would beg him. "Just this once."
And then I"d get the head tip or the shrug or the grin that crinkled his pale blue eyes in half before he"d explode into action, the velocity of movement utterly breathtaking. Watching him run was a treat; I just wished I wasn"t always following him into the path of whizzing bullets, speeding cars, or flying fists. Since I"d become his partner, the number of scars on my body had doubled.
I considered it a win if I got Ian Doyle to put on a Kevlar vest before he kicked down a door or charged headfirst into the unknown. I saw the looks we got from the other marshals when we returned with bloodied suspects, recaptured felons, or secured witnesses, and over the years they had changed from respect for Ian to sympathy for me.
When I was first partnered with him, some of the other marshals were confused about it. Why was the new guy"me"being partnered with the ex-Special Forces soldier, the Green Beret" How did that make sense" I think they thought I got an unfair advantage and that getting him as a partner was like winning the lottery. I was the newest marshal, low man on the totem pole, so how did I rate Captain America"
What everyone missed was that Ian didn"t come from a police background like most of us. He came from the military and wasn"t versed in proper police procedure or adherence to the letter of the law. As the newest marshal on the team, I was the one who had the book memorized the best, so the supervisory deputy, my boss, assigned me to him. It actually made sense.
Doyle was a nightmare. And while I wasn"t a Boy Scout, in comparison to my "shoot first, ask questions later" partner, I came off as calm and rational.
After the first six months, everyone stopped looking at me with envy and switched to pity. Now, going on three years, marshals in my field office would bring me an ice pack, pass me whatever pharmaceuticals they had in their desks, and even occasionally offer advice. It was always the same.
"For crissakes, Jones, you need to talk to the boss about him."
My boss, Supervisory Deputy Sam Kage, recently called me into his office and asked me flat out if there was any truth to the rumors he was hearing. Did I want a change of partner" The blank stare I gave him hopefully conveyed my confusion. So it was no one"s fault but my own that I was running in the slushy melting snow down the forty-seven hundred block of Ninety-Fifth Street in Oak Lawn at ten on a cold Tuesday morning in mid-January.
Arms pumping, Glock 20 in my hand, I saw Ian motion to the left, so I veered off and leaped an overturned garbage can as I headed into an alley. I should have been the one on the street; my partner was better at leaping and running up walls like a ninja. Even though I was younger than his thirty-six by five years, at six two and 185 pounds, he was in much better shape than me. While he was all lean, carved muscle with eight-pack abs and arms that made women itch to touch, I was built heavier at five eleven, with bulky muscle and wide shoulders, more bull than panther. Ian had a sleek, fluid way about him; I was all sharp angles and herky-jerky motion. We were as different as we could be, though people often commented that we had a really similar irritating way of carrying ourselves when together, an unmistakable strut. But I would have known if I was doing that, if I puffed up when I walked beside my partner. No way I swaggered and didn"t notice.
The second I emerged from the trash-strewn alley, I was hit by a 250-pound freight train of a man and smashed onto the pavement under him.
"Oh!" I heard my partner yell as my spine splintered and every gasp of air in my body was trounced out of my frame. "Nice block, M!"
The escaped convict tried to lever up off me, but Ian was there, yanking him sideways, driving him down on the sidewalk beside me with a boot on his collarbone. I would have told him not to go overboard with manhandling"I took it upon myself to caution him against all manner of infractions during the course of a normal day"but I had no air, no voice, nothing. All I could do was lie on the cold, clammy cement and wonder how many of my ribs were broken.


This parenting advice might surprise you because it isn't your typical advice to stop your child from whining, but it works better than any of the other methods I have tried. If you are like me, and the rest of America, you have probably seen the video from Sweet Brown. I attached a link here to show you if you haven't seen it. This video went viral and it's actually been a lifesaver for me. My daughter is very dramatic, much like myself, and when she starts to whine I don't always know what to do. I used to joke, "if she's gonna whine, I'm gonna drink wine!" If you're a mother of daughters, you know that whining is inevitable for these overly dramatic little human beings. You also know that it sounds like nails on a chalkboard and can drive you over the edge. It makes me want to find a closet to lock myself in me get away from it! Of course, as a mother, my job is to teach my children to deal with their emotions and talk things out in a healthy way. And let's just say, whining is not healthy in my family because it causes me to lose my crap and turn from fun mommy into crazy psycho mommy (kidding, not kidding).
I have been trying to work with my daughter for months, I tried not responding to the whining, but ignoring it made her think, "mommy must be deaf, maybe I just need to whine louder so she can hear me. Or I should flail on the floor so she sees me better." This approach didn't work well for me.
Iv tried telling her to use her words and explain her feelings. This usually ends up with a whiny explanation of how she's feeling.
I've tried the gentle parenting way of hugging her through it, but it felt like she started whining just for hugs and the whining actually increased.
I guess not all parenting solutions can be found in fancy books and psychological advice or reasons why we should handle a situation a certain way. I think we take ourselves too seriously sometimes and try to give so many rules or character building lessons that we forget to dance.
Sometimes kids wake up in a funk, just like some days I wake up in a funk. And we all know the best way to get out of the funk is laughter. Maybe for you it isn't Sweet Browns song, but I am sure you can find a way to get your kids to laugh in a tense moment and snap at them out of their funk. Try dancing, singing, tell their favorite joke, swing them around, use a funny accent, ANYTHING.
If you enjoyed this post, you may like my other parenting advice on how I stopped repeating myself here.


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Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series began relatively modestly back in 1991, with a three-disc collection (labeled Volumes 1-3) that featured a grab bag of previously unreleased material recorded over nearly 30 years. Volume 4 didn't appear until seven years later, but the pace has picked up considerably since then, with the releases becoming increasingly ambitious and focused. In 2013, for example, the four-disc Another Self Portrait offered a fresh and surprisingly satisfying window into the sessions for one of Dylan's most critically derided albums. In 2014, The Basement Tapes Complete served up his entire legendary 1967 recordings with the Band on six CDs; and 2015's The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, another six-disc set, opened the vaults to unreleased material from one of Dylan's most creative periods.
Be that as it may, many of the songs on Blood on the Tracks do seem influenced by Dylan's marital troubles. In "If You See Her, Say Hello," he sings that "we had a falling out, like lovers often will." In "Shelter from the Storm," he proclaims, "Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost." In "Meet Me in the Morning," "Every day's been darkness since you been gone." And then there's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," whose title speaks for itself.
Also on the original album: "Tangled Up in Blue," an endlessly fascinating vignette about a failed relationship; "Idiot Wind," one of the most vitriolic—and in the last verse, self-loathing—songs Dylan has ever written; and the poignant "You're a Big Girl Now," "Shelter from the Storm," and "Buckets of Rain," all of which focus less on conflict and loss than on love, acceptance, and healing. Another masterpiece here—and one that seems to have little or nothing to do with Dylan's marriage—is the lilting, nearly nine-minute "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," a mystery so lyrically rich and complex that you're tempted to take notes to try to suss out what's going on.
If you're at all lukewarm about Dylan, a glance at the program might be enough to turn you away. "Who needs 12 versions of 'Buckets of Rain'," you might wonder, "or 10 of 'Tangled Up in Blue'?" But if you're a serious fan, you know the answer: not only would it be worth hearing even relatively small variations on some of the greatest songs of the entire rock era, but Dylan isn't exactly known for minor changes: he rarely performs anything the same way twice, preferring to fiddle extensively with melodies, backups, vocals, and lyrics both before and after a tune has been released. A dozen versions of a Dylan song can really sound like a dozen substantially different songs.
That's often the case with More Blood, More Tracks, partly because it includes renditions of some of these tunes that Dylan discarded at the last minute in favor of different ones. From his relatively barebones September 1974 New York sessions, he wound up using only five tracks: "Simple Twist of Fate," "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," "Shelter from the Storm," and "Buckets of Rain," which he recorded solo or with bassist Tony Brown, keyboardist Paul Griffin, and pedal-steel player Buddy Cage; plus "Meet Me in the Morning," which features multi-instrumentalist Eric Weissberg and the musicians who played with Weissberg on the soundtrack to the film Deliverance.
Three months later, just weeks before the album's release, he rerecorded the remaining tracks—"Idiot Wind," "You're a Big Girl Now," "Tangled Up in Blue," "If You See Her, Say Hello," and "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"—in a two-day Minneapolis session with a larger band (which went uncredited, because the LP jackets were already being printed). These recordings were excellent but arguably less intimate and more commercial than the small-group and solo versions from New York. At Dylan's request, moreover, producer Phil Ramone sped up all the material that surfaced on the original album by several percent, which subtly raised its pitch; on More Blood, More Tracks, everything is restored to the speed at which it was recorded.
Anyone who loves Blood on the Tracks will likely be interested in the creative evolution that's on display in these tweaks. Though virtually all the lyrical changes that found their way onto the final album sound like improvements, the earlier drafts are fascinating. As for the music, while the Minneapolis performances are great, and while Dylan was wise to use them for the final LP, the previously unheard New York versions here are a different kind of great. Dylan's vocals are more prominent and so is his despair.
Speaking of costs, I should mention that you can opt for considerably less expensive one-CD or two-LP versions of this set that include no books and offer a single alternate version of each song from Blood on the Tracks plus a take of "Up to Me." Those single versions are well-chosen, but if you're a fan and your budget can stand it, I'd suggest you pony up for the full six-disc package—and soon, because More Blood, More Tracks is being billed as a "strictly limited" edition.
True, but you'll find a whole lot of additional proof on More Blood, More Tracks.


When the last issue of JOGG was published in the Fall of 2011, using genetic genealogy to identify recent unknown parentage was in its infancy. Genetic genealogists were squarely focused on using DNA to learn more about our distant ancestors and conquer our genealogical brick walls. Around that time, I became aware of a whole category of people who were denied knowledge of their genetic origins and the joy of building a family tree, at least one tied to their biological ancestors: those with unknown parentage. There were also a surprising number of genealogists taking DNA tests and discovering, unexpectedly, that half of their trees, often the results of decades of research, was not their true genetic pedigree.
As a genealogist, I feel strongly that everyone has the right to explore their genetic origins, research their ancestors, and participate in the popular hobby of genealogy. As I learned, for many adoptees and others of unknown parentage, this had proven impossible. It seemed obvious that genetic genealogy could help them.
Prior to the introduction of commercial autosomal DNA testing for genealogy in late 2009, to my knowledge, there were only a couple of men who had resolved their unknown paternity using Y-DNA testing. Notably, Richard Hill was profiled in the Wall Street Journal for his discovery of his biological paternal heritage in 2009 (Naik, 2009). He later self-published the book Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA (Hill, 2012). But for the majority, resolving unknown parentage was an elusive goal. In 2011, the 23andMe and FTDNA autosomal DNA (atDNA) databases were extremely small, and AncestryDNA's had not even been created. This presented a challenge. How could we best use these data to help those who had no other information on their roots?
A group of adoptees, traditional search angels, and a genetic genealogist (myself), banded together to devise methods to harness the vast amount of genetic data generated by atDNA testing (even with the smaller databases of the time) for unknown parentage searches. In those early days, the matches were almost always distant, 4th to 6th cousins and beyond, so in most cases, segment triangulation made sense.
Segment triangulation entails grouping matches together who all share atDNA with one another on the same or overlapping segment and looking for a common ancestral line among them. All of those matching on the same/overlapping segment are reasoned to share an ancestral line and, so then, should the person of unknown parentage. When common ancestors were successfully identified, teams of volunteers and adoptees spent, hundreds or often thousands of hours combining the ancestral lineages of the matches and building huge family trees backward and forward in time, hoping to trace to the present to find a person who was in the right place at the right time to be the unknown parent. Citizen scientists created tools specifically to help the search community make sense of the vast amounts of data at our fingertips. Those tools ultimately benefited the entire genetic genealogy community. However, the work was grueling, and we saw few success stories. The more recent discoveries of "pile-up regions" and the true depth of atDNA matching explain some of the difficulties we unknowingly faced at the time.
It quickly became apparent to us that predicted second cousins were the "sweet spot" for identifying birthparents. If two people share about 3% (roughly 212 cM) of their atDNA, then there is a good chance that they share a set of great grandparents. Tracing the descendants of the eight great grandparents forward in time, unsurprisingly, leads to potential birth parents. As the databases grew, we quickly saw more cases being solved in this way and with much less emphasis on segment triangulation and building huge, speculative family trees.
In mid-2012, Ancestry.com launched their atDNA service, which had a significant effect on the way unknown parentage searches were resolved. What we had needed all along was more pedigree data for those sharing DNA. Matching segment data without the family trees of the matches was virtually useless, so the founding members of the search community had spent much of our time tracking down or building those trees. Since Ancestry.com had long been in the business of collecting family tree data, they had a unique opportunity to correlate the pedigrees directly with the atDNA data they were quickly accumulating. In many cases, it was no longer even necessary to contact the match, making the work considerably faster and simpler. Triangulating family tree data, rather than segment data, was much more attainable and very successful in identifying shared ancestors.
Later, AncestryDNA's "Shared Ancestor Hints" automated identification of common ancestors, giving us a new, extremely valuable tool in our pursuit. Instead of spending many hours manually searching for common ancestors among the subject's matches, "mirror trees" could be created and attached to the DNA results of a person of unknown parentage to automatically search for common ancestors in the family trees of their DNA matches.
What is a mirror tree? A mirror tree is built based on the pedigree of a DNA match to the person searching. Recreating it, or even better, being invited to editor status by the owner, allows the searcher to attach their DNA results, as if the trees was their own. When it works, the Shared Ancestor Hints can quickly identify which branch of the match's tree is in common with the subject of unknown parentage by finding third parties who share both DNA with the adoptee and ancestors with the mirrored match. Speculative trees are also a very useful for unknown parentage work. By building out the family tree of a candidate birth parent as deeply as possible on all ancestral lines, one can usually determine whether the DNA of the searcher and the tree of the prospective birth parent correlate well via the Shared Ancestor Hints.
In the early days of adoptee searching, we used to refer to it as "being struck by lightning" if an adoptee received a close family match in the databases. However, with the incredible growth of these databases over the last couple of years, this has become more and more common. In fact, today, in the DNA Detectives Facebook group alone (https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNADetectives/), we see such matches every day. When large batches of new AncestryDNA matches load, we will often see multiple half-sibling, aunt/uncle, and first-cousin matches among the members of the group. Supporting my anecdotal experience, a recent survey of people who DNA tested to find birth family found that 90% were matched to a 3rd cousin or closer immediately upon receiving their results (Bettinger, 2016). Thus, I believe that our genetic genealogy databases have hit critical mass, at least for those with deep roots in the United States, and even for those whose great grandparents were not all immigrants. It is difficult to fathom how this could be true since the total number of testers is only roughly 1% of the U.S. population, but what we are witnessing with our own eyes cannot be denied.
Experienced genetic genealogists have often joked that some people are under the misconception that they will take a DNA test and their family tree will automatically generate. In the not too distant future, this is very likely to become a reality, at least to a moderate extent. The databases are currently growing at breakneck speed and, before long, successful birth-family searches and immediate family reunions made possible through DNA testing will be as commonplace as taking a DNA test and matching to a second or third cousin is now. The experts in unknown parentage work will have to find another area on which to focus because, thankfully, the answers long-sought by those of unknown parentage will be easy to come by and these mysteries will take little special skill to unravel.
The development of genetic genealogy methods for unknown parentage searches has been an important and productive effort for our community. This work and the tools created to support it have benefited those searching for immediate biological family as well the genetic genealogy community as a whole. Further, the media coverage of these types of cases has significantly increased public interest in our industry, attracted multitudes of new testers, and inspired new genetic genealogists. Undoubtedly, the process has reinforced the concept that learning about one's family history is a valuable and worthy endeavor for all.
Hill, Richard. 2012. Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA. Self-published through CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, https://www.createspace.com/.
CeCe Moore is an independent genetic genealogist, an innovator in the field of unknown parentage searches, and an educator in the genetic genealogy community. She is the genetic genealogy consultant and scriptwriter for Finding Your Roots, the co-founder of the Institute for Genetic Genealogy, and the founder of The DNA Detectives.
CeCe Moore has consulted on a volunteer basis for 23andMe, Family Tree DNA, and AncestryDNA. She declares no conflicts of interest.


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Updated: May 16, 2021, 5:51 PM
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Ohtani's 2-out, 2-run HR in 9th sends Angels over Bosox 6-5
Published: May 16, 2021, 5:06 PM Updated: May 16, 2021, 5:51 PM
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits a two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
BOSTON – Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate, trying to keep his slumping team in the game.
He did more than that, delivering what he called the most important home run of his four-season career in the majors.
Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run drive in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday, ending a four-game losing streak.
"Coming off a losing streak and the first two games of the series, the way we lost, it wasn't a good way to lose," Ohtani said through a team translator. "So, it was huge for us and the team to come up with this. We showed that we can beat any team."
Boston closer Matt Barnes (1-1) retired the first two batters in the ninth before giving up a bloop single to Mike Trout.
Ohtani followed with his major league high-tying 12th home run, tucked just inside the Pesky Pole in right field. It was Ohtani's second homer of the series and stopped Boston's three-game winning string.
"I personally think he's the most physically gifted baseball player that we've ever seen," Barnes said.
"I don't know that you're ever going to see someone who can throw 100, 101 and hit the ball 600 feet. He's a special player and incredibly talented. Hopefully, he stays healthy and has a long career," he said.
Raisel Iglesias (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Mike Mayers recorded his second save of the season.
Drew Butera's two-run single capped a four-run second off Nathan Eovaldi that put the Angels ahead 4-0.
Rafael Devers hit a three-run drive and Kevin Plawecki hit his first homer in a four-run fifth that gave Boston a 5-4 lead.
Eovaldi allowed four runs with six strikeouts in five innings. Angels starter Jose Quintana gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings, striking out seven.
Angels: Ohtani's next pitching start has been pushed back a day, to Tuesday against Cleveland, because of fatigue. ... OF Justin Upton was not in the lineup. Manager Joe Maddon said it was a scheduled day of rest… INF David Fletcher was not in the starting lineup because he is dealing with what Maddon called an issue in the groin/hip area…RHP Alex Cobb (right middle finger blister) is progressing and could return later in the week.
Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock was reinstated Sunday from the COVID-19-related injured list. ... OF/INF Kiké Hernandez continues to rehab from a right hamstring strain. He played center field for Triple-A Worcester Sunday, recording five RBIs on two homers, including the first grand slam in the history of the team's new park. ... INF Christian Arroyo (left hand contusion) was scheduled to hit off a tee on Sunday with a plan to take batting practice by Wednesday. ... Manager Alex Cora said OF/INF Danny Santana (severe right foot infection in spring training) is "almost there."
Angels: Open a 10-game homestand Monday, facing Cleveland for the first time this season. LHP Patrick Sandoval (0-0, 6.14 ERA) is scheduled to make his first start of the season, limited to 60-65 pitches after throwing 40 pitches in a two-inning relief appearance May 12. Indians rookie LHP Sam Hentges (1-0, 3.29 ERA) is scheduled to make his sixth career appearance, second career start.
Red Sox: After an off-day Monday, Boston faces Toronto for the start of a six-game road trip. Boston LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1, 4.15 ERA) and Toronto LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (3-2, 2.95) are scheduled to face off for the second time this season. Rodriguez earned the win on April 20 at Boston, with six strikeouts in six innings, while Ryu took the loss, allowing four runs in five innings.


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"Oprah's Bank Account" is a song by American rappers Lil Yachty and DaBaby featuring Canadian rapper Drake and produced by Earl on the Beat. It was released by Quality Control on March 9, 2020, alongside a comedic video, where Lil Yachty portrays talk-show host Oprah Winfrey. Yachty originally wanted American singer Lizzo to appear on the song, but, according to the rapper, she never responded to him.

When the song debuted at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100, Drake broke the Glee Cast's record for most Hot 100 chart entries.

Background and release
The song was released on the four year anniversary of Lil Yachty's debut mixtape, Lil Boat, as well as the two year anniversary of his second studio album, Lil Boat 2. Earlier in January 2020, Yachty had made a cameo appearance in the music video for Future hit single "Life Is Good", featuring Drake. He was an assistant of Drake being the worker of an off-brand Apple Store in the video. Although "Oprah's Bank Account" is an "organic" collaboration, the rapper said he did not initially plan to have Drake or DaBaby on it. Instead, Yachty originally wanted Lizzo on the song. However, according to him, Lizzo never responded to him. Drake decided to feature on the song after hearing a snippet of it on Yachty's personal Instagram account. DaBaby's verse was added a few days after Yachty had made the song and DaBaby expressed interest in being on the song after he heard Yachty play it while they were in the studio together. Lil Yachty said his purpose for the song was "to be fun and be a vibe".

Composition and lyrics
The song was produced by Earl on the Beat, whose production, according to Stereogums Chris DeVille "makes phenomenal use of arpeggios". DeVille also noted the three artists' varying contributions to the song, writing, "DaBaby contributes a DaBaby verse", Lil Yachty "croons a mush-mouthed chorus": "Diamond in the rough, you look as good as Oprah's bank account/ I just wanna take you out/ Fuck you in your mama's house", while in his verse, Drake "leans into the melodious sing-song that has long been his calling card". Drake also references his kiss with Madonna during his 2015 Coachella performance, rapping "Back home I know Presi, I'm Obama / I condone the drama / I tongued down Madonna".

Music video
The music video premiered alongside the song's release, on March 9, 2020. The 9-minute video, directed by Director X, was filmed in Toronto and Atlanta.

Background and concept
In the video, Lil Yachty portrays "Boprah", a character inspired by media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Yachty wears a wig, dress, and heels in the video. The video itself is a recreation and parody of an old episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, with Yachty "interviewing" both DaBaby and Drake on the "Boprah Show". Jordan Darville of The Fader summed up that the video "succeeds" because each artist manages to make jokes at their own expense: "Drake reveals his LSC (light-skinned capability), DaBaby skewers his notorious tendency to use the same flow over and over, ('make every damn song like an ongoing song' [...] 'You never have to make another song again') while Yachty-as-Boprah endures Drake's skewering of mumble-rap, the genre Yachty pioneered".

Controversy
Some people accused Lil Yachty of being sexist for wearing a dress, while others resulted with homophobic remarks to suggest Lil Yachty was homosexual. Others said that Lil Yachty only dressed as a woman to "gain recognition" because he "fell off". In response, Lil Yachty said "It's just supposed to be entertaining... it ain't even that deep."

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.

 Lil Yachty – vocals, songwriting
 DaBaby – vocals, songwriting
 Drake – vocals, songwriting
 Gentuar Memishi – recording
 Thomas "Tillie" Mann – mixing
 Princeton "Perfect Harmony" Terry – assistant mixing
 Colin Leonard – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

2020 singles
2020 songs
Lil Yachty songs
DaBaby songs
Drake (musician) songs
Music videos directed by Director X
Songs written by Lil Yachty
Songs written by Drake (musician)
Songs written by DaBaby


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Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
Karla Alvarez, Shera F. Kash, Maureen A. Lyons-Weiler, Hyun Jung Kim, Leif E. Peterson, Benita Mathai, Jill M. Hagenkord, Federico A. Monzon
Background: Chromosomal imbalances are commonly seen in cancer and inherited genetic diseases. These imbalances may assist in the diagnosis, prognosis, and/or therapeutic management of certain neoplasms. Several methods for detecting chromosomal imbalances, such as, fluorescent in situ hybridization, array comparative genomic hybridization, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays have proven useful in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. Here, we report the performance and reproducibility of virtual karyotyping of FFPE tissues with Affymetrix SNP arrays. Methods: Virtual karyotypes from 442 FFPE tumor samples were generated using the Affymetrix GeneChip Mapping 10K Xba 2.0 and/or 250K Nsp SNP mapping arrays. Samples ranged from a few weeks to 17 years in archival storage. Virtual karyotypes were assessed for copy number changes, loss of heterozygosity, and acquired uniparental disomy. Results: Overall, 75.3% of samples produced interpretable virtual karyotypes with the 10K arrays and 76.7% in the 250K arrays. Parameters for the selection of samples for hybridization were determined, which increased the success rate in both platforms to 81.3 and 92.6%, respectively. FFPE virtual karyotypes generated with both 10K Xba 2.0 and 250K Nsp arrays showed 100% concordance in intralaboratory and interlaboratory reproducibility studies. Samples older than 7 years showed decreased performance. Conclusions: SNP arrays are a reliable, reproducible, and robust platform for the virtual karyotyping of FFPE tumor tissues with performance characteristics adequate for clinical application. Parameters that most significantly affected sample performance were sample age and storage conditions.
Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
https://doi.org/10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181d527c5
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Alvarez, K., Kash, S. F., Lyons-Weiler, M. A., Kim, H. J., Peterson, L. E., Mathai, B., Hagenkord, J. M., & Monzon, F. A. (2010). Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, 19(3), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181d527c5
Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. / Alvarez, Karla; Kash, Shera F.; Lyons-Weiler, Maureen A. et al.
In: Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, Vol. 19, No. 3, 01.09.2010, p. 127-134.
Alvarez, K, Kash, SF, Lyons-Weiler, MA, Kim, HJ, Peterson, LE, Mathai, B, Hagenkord, JM & Monzon, FA 2010, 'Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues', Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181d527c5
Alvarez K, Kash SF, Lyons-Weiler MA, Kim HJ, Peterson LE, Mathai B et al. Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 2010 Sep 1;19(3):127-134. https://doi.org/10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181d527c5
Alvarez, Karla ; Kash, Shera F. ; Lyons-Weiler, Maureen A. et al. / Reproducibility and performance of virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays for the detection of chromosomal imbalances in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. In: Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 2010 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 127-134.
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Q: geom_tile outputs are coloured lines instead of coloured grid I am trying to plot a heat map using ggplot2 in R.
I want to illustrate the percentage of sport practice as a function of age (50 to 95 years) and a continuous 5-point scale.
However, instead of outputting a grid with a specific color for each cell, R outputs a color only for each line.
If somebody could give me a tip to get a grid instead of lines, I would really appreciate it.
enter image description hereHere is the script I use:
library(ggplot2)
library(reshape2)

# data
plotpercent0 <- matrix(c(15.25,22.73,20.97,13.43,12.63,13.85,11.46,17.14,14.44,16.09,18.81,21.25,11.9,16.46,14.75,12.99,15.94,19.44,17.86,22.03,25,17.86,30.61,23.68,25,13.89,33.33,21.21,32.35,41.38,46.43,30.3,46.67,23.53,14.29,35.71,27.27,40,42.86,50,50,0,50,100,0,100,15.25,22.73,20.97,13.43,12.63,13.85,11.46,17.14,14.44,16.09,18.81,21.25,11.9,16.46,14.75,12.99,15.94,19.44,17.86,22.03,25,17.86,30.61,23.68,25,13.89,33.33,21.21,32.35,41.38,46.43,30.3,46.67,23.53,14.29,35.71,27.27,40,42.86,50,50,0,50,100,0,100,15.25,22.73,20.97,13.43,12.63,13.85,11.46,17.14,14.44,16.09,18.81,21.25,11.9,16.46,14.75,12.99,15.94,19.44,17.86,22.03,25,17.86,30.61,23.68,25,13.89,33.33,21.21,32.35,41.38,46.43,30.3,46.67,23.53,14.29,35.71,27.27,40,42.86,50,50,0,50,100,0,100,15.25,22.73,20.97,13.43,12.63,13.85,11.46,17.14,14.44,16.09,18.81,21.25,11.9,16.46,14.75,12.99,15.94,19.44,17.86,22.03,25,17.86,30.61,23.68,25,13.89,33.33,21.21,32.35,41.38,46.43,30.3,46.67,23.53,14.29,35.71,27.27,40,42.86,50,50,0,50,100,0,100,15.25,22.73,20.97,13.43,12.63,13.85,11.46,17.14,14.44,16.09,18.81,21.25,11.9,16.46,14.75,12.99,15.94,19.44,17.86,22.03,25,17.86,30.61,23.68,25,13.89,33.33,21.21,32.35,41.38,46.43,30.3,46.67,23.53,14.29,35.71,27.27,40,42.86,50,50,0,50,100,0,100), nrow=5, ncol=46, byrow = T)
plopercent0 = as.numeric (plotpercent0)
colnames(plotpercent0) <- c(50:95)
rownames(plotpercent0) <- c("CSC1","CSC2","CSC3","CSC4","CSC5")
melted_plotpercent1 <- melt(plotpercent0)
melted_plotpercent1
colnames(melted_plotpercent1) <- c("CSC", "Age", "per")

# plot
output_plotpercent1 <- ggplot(melted_plotpercent1, aes(CSC, Age)) +
  geom_tile(aes(fill = per), colour = "white") +
  scale_fill_gradient (low = "yellow", high = "red")
output_plotpercent1


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