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MorphoSys Presents Multiple Analyses of the MANIFEST Phase 2 Trial Investigating the Potential of Pelabresib in the Treatment of Myelofibrosis at EHA 2022
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New translational data suggests potential disease-modifying effects following treatment with pelabresib of both first-line and ruxolitinib-relapsed/refractory patients
A comparative model suggests an improvement in SVR35 and TSS50 in JAK inhibitor-naïve myelofibrosis patients treated with pelabresib plus ruxolitinib over JAK inhibitors as monotherapy
Additional presentations include positive interim data from the MANIFEST Phase 2 trial and design of MANIFEST-2, a global Phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial of pelabresib in combination with ruxolitinib in treatment-naïve patients
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; NASDAQ: MOR) is presenting data from multiple analyses of the ongoing MANIFEST study, an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of pelabresib, an investigational BET inhibitor, in patients with myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow cancer for which only limited treatment options are available. The latest findings suggest pelabresib may have disease-modifying properties and confirm previous data supporting the potential of pelabresib as a treatment for patients with myelofibrosis. The data are being presented during oral and poster sessions at the European Hematology Association 2022 (EHA 2022) Hybrid Congress being held in Vienna.
"The standard for evaluating disease response in myelofibrosis focuses on symptom relief rather than true disease modification, which remains an unmet need for these patients," said John Mascarenhas, M.D., Director of the Adult Leukemia Program at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, New York. "The body of data being presented at EHA 2022 – including new findings that pelabresib may address cellular defects seen in myelofibrosis, thereby getting at the root cause of the disease – with correlated clinical improvements, suggests pelabresib may have the potential to enhance the current standard of care in the first-line treatment of myelofibrosis."
A study that will be presented in an oral session on June 11 analyzed cells derived from blood of patients who enrolled in the MANIFEST trial and from healthy volunteers. The findings indicate that pelabresib alone or in combination with the JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib may have the potential to improve the typical imbalance in the two white blood cell populations, the myeloid and lymphoid cells, and help restore normal blood cell development. These improvements also correlated with decreases in spleen volume, a key clinical measure of treatment success. Additionally, pelabresib alone or in combination decreased pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic signaling in monocytes, suggesting a potential attenuation of disease processes.
"The latest findings from the MANIFEST trial at EHA 2022 highlight the potential of pelabresib to offer patients and their physicians benefits over monotherapy with JAK inhibitors, if approved," said Malte Peters, M.D., MorphoSys Chief Research and Development Officer. "The full complement of MANIFEST data being presented this week suggests pelabresib may help improve outcomes for patients with myelofibrosis and reaffirms our confidence in the Phase 3 MANIFEST-2 study. We are committed to these patients, who need better options in first-line treatment and beyond."
A second oral presentation on June 11 highlights positive interim data from the MANIFEST trial on the safety and efficacy of pelabresib in combination with ruxolitinib in patients who were not previously treated with a JAK inhibitor and in those with suboptimal response to ruxolitinib. The findings show that the combination was generally well tolerated and offered reductions in spleen volume and symptom burden, with disease-modifying activity as measured by reduced levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and improved bone marrow morphology. Over two-thirds (68%; n=57) of JAK inhibitor-naïve patients treated with the combination achieved at least a 35% reduction in spleen volume (SVR35) from baseline at week 24. Notably, 80% of patients achieved SVR35 at any time on study. Most patients also saw their symptoms reduced, with 56% (n=46) achieving at least a 50% reduction in total symptom score (TSS50) from baseline at week 24. No new safety signals were identified in the study. The most common hematologic adverse events were thrombocytopenia (12%, grade 3/4) and anemia (34%, grade 3/4). Non-hematological events included dyspnea (5%, grade 3) and respiratory tract infections (8%, grade 3/4).
In a poster presentation at EHA 2022, matching-adjusted indirect comparisons were used to compare findings for the combination of pelabresib plus ruxolitinib in treatment-naïve patients with intermediate- or high-risk disease in one arm of the MANIFEST trial with findings from historical clinical trials examining the use of JAK inhibitor monotherapy in myelofibrosis. Adjusting for cross-trial differences, the estimated response rate ratios favored the pelabresib combination over ruxolitinib, fedratinib or momelotinib monotherapy for SVR35 and for TSS50, suggesting improved efficacy versus the JAK inhibitors alone.
A second poster presentation includes trial design information for the Phase 3 MANIFEST-2 study. MANIFEST-2, which is currently enrolling, will compare pelabresib in combination with ruxolitinib versus placebo plus ruxolitinib in approximately 400 patients with myelofibrosis who are naïve to JAK inhibitor therapy. MorphoSys is expected to report topline data from the MANIFEST-2 trial in the first half of 2024.
About Pelabresib
Pelabresib (CPI-0610) is an investigational selective small molecule designed to promote anti-tumor activity by inhibiting the function of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) proteins to decrease the expression of abnormally expressed genes in cancer. Pelabresib is being investigated as a treatment for myelofibrosis and has not yet been evaluated or approved by any regulatory authorities.
About Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis is a type of chronic leukemia that causes extensive scarring in the bone marrow, which disrupts the body's normal production of healthy blood cells. The result is a reduction in red blood cells, which can cause weakness and fatigue, and in platelets, which increases the risk of bleeding due to deficient clotting. Myelofibrosis often causes an enlarged spleen. It is most often diagnosed in people older than 50 and can occur on its own (called primary myelofibrosis) or because of another bone marrow disorder.
About MANIFEST
MANIFEST (NCT02158858) is an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of pelabresib in patients with myelofibrosis.
The MANIFEST trial is evaluating pelabresib in combination with ruxolitinib in JAK-inhibitor-naïve myelofibrosis patients (Arm 3), with a primary endpoint of the proportion of patients with a ≥35% spleen volume reduction from baseline (SVR35) after 24 weeks of treatment. The trial is also evaluating pelabresib either as a monotherapy in patients who are resistant to, intolerant of, or ineligible for ruxolitinib and no longer on the drug (Arm 1) or as add-on therapy in combination with ruxolitinib in patients with a suboptimal response to ruxolitinib or myelofibrosis progression (Arm 2). Patients in Arms 1 and 2 are being stratified based on transfusion-dependent (TD) status. The primary endpoint for the patients in cohorts 1A and 2A, who were TD at baseline, is conversion to transfusion independence for 12 consecutive weeks. The primary endpoint for patients in cohorts 1B and 2B, who were not TD at baseline, is the proportion of patients with a ≥35% spleen volume reduction from baseline after 24 weeks of treatment.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a MorphoSys company, is the MANIFEST trial sponsor.
About MANIFEST-2
MANIFEST-2 (NCT04603495) is a global, double-blind, randomized Phase 3 clinical trial with pelabresib in combination with ruxolitinib versus placebo plus ruxolitinib in JAK inhibitor-naïve patients with myelofibrosis. The primary endpoint of the study is a 35% or greater reduction in spleen volume (SVR35) from baseline at 24 weeks. A key secondary endpoint of the study is a 50% or greater improvement in total symptom score (TSS50) from baseline at 24 weeks.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a MorphoSys company, is the MANIFEST-2 trial sponsor.
About MorphoSys:
At MorphoSys, we are driven by our mission: More life for people with cancer. As a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, we use groundbreaking science and technologies to discover, develop, and deliver innovative cancer medicines to patients. MorphoSys is headquartered in Planegg, Germany, and has its U.S. operations anchored in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit us at www.morphosys.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements concerning the MorphoSys group of companies. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent the judgment of MorphoSys as of the date of this release and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause the actual results, financial condition and liquidity, performance or achievements of MorphoSys, or industry results, to be materially different from any historic or future results, financial conditions and liquidity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, even if MorphoSys' results, performance, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which it operates are consistent with such forward-looking statements, they may not be predictive of results or developments in future periods. Among the factors that may result in differences are that MorphoSys' expectations may be incorrect, the inherent uncertainties associated with competitive developments, clinical trial and product development activities and regulatory approval requirements, MorphoSys' reliance on collaborations with third parties, estimating the commercial potential of its development programs and other risks indicated in the risk factors included in MorphoSys' Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. MorphoSys expressly disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in this document to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, unless specifically required by law or regulation.
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Garcia, Easter Jr. Weights, Quotes and Video
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Mikey Garcia – 135 lbs
Robert Easter Jr. – 134 ½ lbs
Referee: Jack Reiss (Calif.); Judges: Larry Hazzard Jr. (N.J.), Edward Hernandez Sr. (Calif.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.).
HEAVYWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT – 10 Rounds
Luis Ortiz – 241 lbs.
Razvan Cujanu – 269 lbs.
Referee Jerry Cantu (Calif.). Judges: Max DeLuca (Calif.), Dr. Lou Moret (Calif.), Zachary Young (Calif.)
WELTERWEIGHT BOUT – 10 Rounds
Mario Barrios – 141 ½ lbs.
Jose Roman – 142 lbs.
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"This fight is champion vs. champion. It's going to determine who's the best, for real. Tomorrow is going to be the best of the best and you're going to see the best out of me."
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"I'm going to do what I've always done in my career and even in the amateurs, and that's just fight. It's going to be no different. I'm going to come out punching.
"Every fight is an important fight and tomorrow night I will show what I can do. I'm going to show why I'm known as the most avoided fighter."
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"I'm in very good shape. Tomorrow night it's SHOWTIME. We're going to bring the pain.
"The secret to beating Luis Ortiz is two things. One, I cannot say because I'm in front of the cameras but the other one is the heart."
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Baby Yoda catches a ride on SpaceX flight to International Space Station
'The Child' is the mission's zero-gravity indicator
By Ed Payne | November 16, 2020 at 1:57 PM EST - Updated November 16 at 1:57 PM
(Gray News) – The four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station brought a little buddy along with them into orbit.
Baby Yoda can be seen floating around the SpaceX Dragon capsule when NASA TV switches to the crew cabin.
Baby Yoda is heading to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon. pic.twitter.com/6MFG1G0YT6
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It began floating as soon as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi from Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency reached orbit, following last night's launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"The Child," commonly known as Baby Yoda, is a character from the Disney Plus Star Wars show "The Mandalorian."
The plush toy continues a tradition of astronauts bringing a zero-gravity indicator with them on their flights. It originally began on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Previous SpaceX flights included a sparkly dinosaur and an earth-shaped stuffed toy.
The SpaceX crew will arrive at the ISS late Monday.
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Commentary: Author Steph Cha on recognizing 'the others' on the page
(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
By Steph Cha
I grew up in Southern California, both a child of immigrants and a hungry reader, my tastes guided by what I'd read already — mostly schoolbooks, with the occasional novel my mother brought home from Costco.
As I crunched my way through the American canon, I must have developed an appetite for stories about white men overcoming adversity. It took many, many years for me to question what and who were missing from these stories, even though the answer was always anything and anyone that reflected my own experience.
It is a victory for many Americans to have Laila Lalami's "The Other Americans" chosen as a finalist for the National Book Awards.
A rich, multilayered work, Lalami's most recent novel bares the soul of a small town in the Mojave Desert by exploring the lives of its residents — both immigrant and native — all connected by the death of Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant killed in a hit-and-run outside of his restaurant. The restaurant, an American diner called the Pantry ("What could be more American than that?"), was the culmination of Driss' American success story. This success was hard-earned after his first business, a doughnut shop, was burned down after 9/11 — a crime that changed his American-born daughter Nora's view of her family's place in her native country.
Lalami, born in Rabat, Morocco, and a longtime resident of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, captures the essence of the Southern California I know, one defined by both cultural coexistence and collision.
Laila Lalami's novel "The Other Americans" explores the mysterious hit-and-run death of a Moroccan American immigrant in a Mojave town.
"The Other Americans," a Los Angeles Times Book Club selection in July, is told almost entirely in the first person. It combines the points of view of nine distinct narrators — among them the members of the Guerraoui family; a white police officer and old friend of Nora's; an undocumented Mexican immigrant who witnesses Driss' killing and chooses not to report it; a black D.C. transplant detective tasked with solving the case; and a white bowling alley owner who resents the changes in his town. These voices come together to form a symphonic representation of life in this desert community, its rhythms and textures, its warmth and hopes and fears and animosities.
With elegant prose and emotional clarity, Lalami inhabits the minds of all of her characters. She does this in a way that is both empathetic and unsparing, showing the weakness, the failure, the humanity in each narrator, while never cutting the cord between author and creation, the one that allows a fictional being to breathe on paper.
This is a book about the "other" Americans. The challenge is there from the front cover onward, to consider who is and who is not "other." Lalami doesn't offer an explicit answer, but her novel illustrates a harsh yet lovely truth — that every American, for better and worse, is "other" to other Americans.
Nora, who carries much of the book, is American and Muslim and Moroccan, treated as the "other" by classmates and neighbors, and she stands out against the landscape of American publishing, the white-heavy tradition of the Great American Novel.
"Every American, for better and worse, is "the other" to other Americans," says novelist Steph Cha.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
As a native Angelena born to Korean immigrants who sort of understand my creative career, I related most to Nora, a jazz composer who is enjoying champagne at a trendy bistro in Oakland when she receives the news of her father's death. The book's white veteran turned police officer was much more exotic to me, but Lalami painted him with such grace and attention to detail that I found it easy to connect with him too.
If you believe that America's character comes from its diverse origins, the folding of countless unique people and communities into one unwieldy, flawed, glorious phenomenon of a country, then this universal otherness may be an exquisite thing.
In "The Other Americans," Lalami shows both the danger and the promise of the American experiment, the kaleidoscopic effect of disparate lives coming together.
Steph Cha's latest book is "Your House Will Pay," a crime novel published in October.
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To get a handle on eagle numbers, we need to spread our efforts widely across Tasmania. We have a registration map, so that you can choose and book your own survey area.
What do you need to do during the survey? The idea is for each team to visit a 4 km x 4 km area (golden 'priority' survey square) on up to three of the official survey dates – this year: 10th, 11th, 12th, 24th, 25th and 26th May 2019. On a survey day, six 10-minute surveys need to be done in different parts of the square, with each survey being started either on the hour or the half hour, any time between 8 am and 4.30 pm. Find out more under Prepare.
Surveys are taking place this year on: Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th, Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2019.
When any three days are booked, the square is closed. Each square-day can only be booked once. There may be a survey already booked at your preferred square on your preferred date - check if it's available for booking on a different day. If nothing fits, please Contact Us and we'll see if we can help work something out for you.
Can you survey there safely, and do you have permission? Wherever you go, it's a good idea to check all the details of your square in advance. The square, or the area you need to cross to reach it, may be privately owned or be physically challenging to travel through. Ask landowners about permissions and any other potential issues. Make sure that you and your team are all able to reach and move around the square safely, that everyone is aware of and comfortable with any risks involved.
Make sure you choose a square in which you can survey from six different locations. Each of the six 10-minute surveys in a day needs to be in a different place within the square. To maximise your chances of seeing an eagle, if it's there - or any of the other birds we're recording - you might choose at least some sites which have a big view, such as an open field. But a mixture of habitats is a good idea too. You might have the best chance of seeing a perching eagle if some of your sites are along a forest edge.
If you and your team are happy to go anywhere, book a square as far as you can manage from any others booked! We have set up the survey squares in a regular pattern across Tasmania, in order to sample all types of habitat, to spread everyone's effort widely across Tasmania, and to reduce the risk of people counting the same eagle in more than one square.
Choose somewhere where - whether or not you see any birds of prey - you get to have a wonderful day out, and know that you're contributing to the science just as much as everyone else. To get good information on how the numbers are changing, we need surveys from areas where eagles are rarely seen – not just the areas where there are lots of eagles.
+ Can I book more than one square?
Well that would be wonderful, but don't overstretch yourselves!
On any one survey day, we need six 10-minute surveys in your booked square, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, starting either on the hour or on the half hour (so separated by at least half an hour), preferably from different points within your square. So if you're really keen and it's easy to move around both squares, you might manage two squares in a day.
+ What's the most useful?
It would most helpful to the survey if you can book a square in an area that no one else is likely to get to. That might be somewhere really remote, or it might be an area of private land owned by you or a friend (just make sure it's safe for you to survey, and that you have permission).
We need at least two (preferably three) survey-days for each square, so if you can just do one day, consider picking a square that has already been booked for one or two days.
We'd like you to take part in whatever capacity you can manage. We will be posting and emailing information on workshops about the survey methods, and on options to participate in 'practice' surveys and to help with additional, related research. We also welcome volunteers to help coordinate the survey.
If you'd like extra help in any way, get in touch via the Forum (General Help) or the Contact page, and we'll see what's possible.
Life is full of surprises! If it turns out you need to cancel, please let us know straight away. Once you've booked your square, everyone else will know that you've already got it covered, so they will prioritise booking other squares. You can see which square(s) you've booked under 'My Details' (top right hand corner when you log in). To cancel, please immediately Contact Us.
Each 4 km x 4 km priority (golden) square has six possible booking days (10th, 11th, 12th, 24th, 25th and 26th May). Once any three days are booked, the square will be closed ('taken'). Each square-day can only be booked once.
Make sure you sign up as a member before you double-click to book your chosen square.
If you get stuck, try starting over – refresh the web page by e.g. clicking the "refresh" or "reload" arrow button at the top of your browser window.
You can see digital latitude and longitude of wherever you move your cursor, in the map legend (box on the left). You can enter these numbers into other web-based maps (e.g. Google Maps) to get different information on the area.
Trouble booking your square? First, make sure you're signed in, and that you're choosing a golden 'priority' square. This year, only golden squares can be booked, to help spread out our surveys across all habitat types - both good and bad for eagles - and thus get a good estimate of how numbers are changing (More explanation here). If you're still not having any luck, please get in touch.
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By Zach Despart
LINCOLN — This time of year, most high school seniors are busy setting goals for the future: what college they hope to attend, which career they hope to pursue, what they want to accomplish before leaving home for good.
Sarah Jane Grundon — known to everyone but her parents as SJ — has a goal more ambitious than most. She wants to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics as a freestyle skier.
Seventeen now, she first clipped into bindings at age eight — much later than most Olympic hopefuls — but has since fallen in love with the sport. She now competes on an international level, and trains 12 months a year.
"At this point I'm competing against the top 20 women in Canada, Japan, Australia and the U.S., and it's invite-only," Grundon said. "It's an honor to be at that level."
That training, which includes travel, lodging, competition fees, coaches and equipment, can easily top $25,000. So this year, Grundon has created an online fundraising campaign to help cover part the cost.
Grundon has been in quite a few places in her short life. She was born in New York City, then her family moved to Mississippi, then back to New York, and finally to Lincoln nine years ago. She made her first turns at Mad River Glen and then moved to Sugarbush at age 12 when she decided to pursue freestyle.
She said she was drawn to the multidisciplinary aspect of freestyle skiing, which requires skiers to have a diverse set of skills.
Freestyle skiing is a relatively new discipline, which combines moguls, ski cross, half-pipe and slopestyle aerials. It first appeared in the Winter Olympics as a medal event in 1992.
"Racing never appealed to me for some reason," Grundon said. "I like the jumping and catching air and going big; stuff like that."
She said freestyle offers the opportunity (well, necessity) to improve in a number of different areas.
"With racing, the only thing you can do is go faster," she explained. "But with moguls, you can do a higher degree of difficulty or you can go faster or do tricks. Your technique has to look a certain way."
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While many Vermonters would agree that Mad River Glen and Sugarbush are great mountains on which to develop as a skier, students who wish to compete at elite levels must seek training elsewhere.
Grundon's education has taken her to both sides of the Continental Divide and to Canada.
For the spring semester last year, she attended the Carrabassett Valley Academy, a ski school in Maine. She said she learned a lot there, but it was just too expensive to continue for another year, even with the scholarship she received.
"The school itself costs $45,000 a year to go, so almost as much as college," she said.
So now, she's spending the fall semester at Mount Abraham Union High School, where she intends to graduate next June. She also juggles a part-time job at the Bristol Bakery. But from December to March, she'll train in Squaw Valley, a resort in California near Lake Tahoe.
Grundon won't be playing hooky though — Mount Abe will send her coursework to complete, just as if she were in school. She praised teachers and administrators for accommodating her travels.
"Mount Abe has been very supportive in helping me bring my schoolwork to Squaw," she said.
"I was really excited to be back here at Mount Abe this year, graduating with the class I'd been with since 7th grade," Grundon said, adding that she is glad to be able to attend the prom.
As a senior, Grundon has sent applications to several universities, but she's unsure how to balance going to college with ski training. She said some of her teammates have suggested taking a gap year before college, but Grundon said she's leaning toward a schedule that allows her to dedicate winters to skiing.
LINCOLN SKIER SJ Grundon, 17, works on a trick while training on the West Coast this summer. Grundon hopes to one day represent the U.S. as a freestyle skier at the Winter Olympic Games.
Just because it only snows six months out of the year doesn't mean that Grundon's training is part time.
"Once ski season ends, I'm pretty much straight into the gym every single day," she said.
She also trains at a special ski center in Waterville, N.H. She likes it there because the facility has a bag jump (that thing stunt doubles fall into on movie sets, she explained) that allows her to practice new tricks without fear of injury.
Grundon has also traveled to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, to practice. The mountain may sound familiar; it was the ski venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in nearby Vancouver.
While the Olympics are her ultimate goal, Grundon said her best shot to make the national team is years away. She'd like to have a shot at the 2018 Games, but more realistically looks toward 2022. That's because, she said, freestyle skiers don't typically peak until their late 20s.
So how does a teenager focus on a goal that's so far in the future? By focusing on small steps that will help her along the way.
"You have small stepping stones to achieve that big goal," Grundon said. "I might make it, or I may not. I really try to focus on the small goals."
Each season, Grundon sets new goals for herself, such as to improve her technique or master a new aerial trick.
Some of the stepping stones include U.S. Junior Nationals, U.S. Nationals and NorAms, international ski competitions only open to the top athletes in North America (with some spots reserved for overseas competitors). They are held across the Northern Hemisphere's ski season, from December to March.
Those big events are held over an entire week, while smaller, regional contests are held on weekends. Competitors collect points at each of the events, which are used to calculate who earns a spot on the U.S. Ski Team (it's called earning your jacket, Grundon said).
She said competition was fierce between athletes at lower levels, but not so much now that Grundon competes with the cream of the crop.
"With the level I'm at now, there's a select few of us, so we're all friends with each other," Grundon said. "But when we're at the top, we're competitive."
She said in the moments before a competition begins, some skiers try to intimidate each other.
"I've had girls growl or bark at me," Grundon said. "I think that's the weirdest. Sometimes I'll hit the gate with my skis to intimidate them a little. But I've never barked at anyone."
Grundon credits her family's support as invaluable to her success. While it was her idea to pursue skiing competitively, she said her parents, Holly and Bryan, have always backed (and bankrolled) her training.
"My parents have been supportive through the whole process," she said. "They'll do anything to help me succeed."
Her father initially served as her coach, though he stepped away from the role as Grundon rose through the ranks.
She has a younger sister, Carlyle, who is also athletic, but in a different way.
"There are a lot of siblings in the mogul skiing community, but we didn't want to be doing the same thing," Grundon said. "She competes in mountain biking."
But while her parents give her all the support they can, Grundon said this year she needs more help to fund her skiing education.
"In the past my parents have fully funded (training), but this year they just couldn't because of the cost of school last year," Grundon said.
So, she created a campaign through the crowdfunding website rallyme.com, a website dedicated to raising money for athletes. She hopes to raise $7,200, and has received almost $2,000 so far, from 12 donors. Both individuals and businesses can sponsor her.
If she succeeds, she'll be able to train at the top facilities in North America, which will give her the best chance to accomplish her dream of making the national team. Though the prospect is years and thousands of hours of training away, Grundon is excited just talking about it.
Asked what fuels her passion for skiing, Grundon said it is hard to describe because it is so close to her identity as a person.
"I'm in the gate about to compete, and I'm nervous and my heart beats really fast but at the same time it's relaxing," Grundon said. "It's all these emotions at once, but it feels normal to me because I'm so used to it."
She said there is no better feeling than the satisfaction of completing a perfect run.
"It's the most amazing feeling of accomplishment ever," she said. "It just makes me feel happy."


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BATON ROUGE, La.— A 23-year-old white man whom police call a "person of interest" in the fatal shootings of two black men in Baton Rouge has been released from jail after his arrest on drug charges over the weekend.
Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola, a department spokesman, said Monday that Kenneth Gleason "has not been cleared" and remains a "person of interest" in the shootings. A homicide detective's report described Gleason as a "suspect" in the case.
Sgt. L'Jean McKneely, another department spokesman, has said there was a "strong possibility" that the shootings were racially motivated. On Monday, interim Police Chief Jonny Dunnam said in a text message that investigators "still don't know for sure what the possible motive is."
Gleason was released on $3,500 bond late Sunday. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said he doesn't know if Gleason had an attorney.
Detectives searched Gleason's home on Saturday and found 9 grams of marijuana and vials of human growth hormone at his house, according to the detective's report. After Gleason was read his Miranda rights, he claimed ownership of the drugs, the document said.
McKneely said on Sunday that shell casings from the shootings linked the two slayings and a car belonging to Gleason fit the description of the vehicle police were looking for. He said authorities had collected other circumstantial evidence but he wouldn't say what it was.
In both shootings, the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again multiple times, according to McKneely, who said neither victim had any prior relationship with Gleason.
The shootings happened about five miles from each other. The first occurred Tuesday night when 59-year-old Bruce Cofield, who was homeless, was shot to death. The second happened Thursday night when 49-year-old Donald Smart was gunned down while walking to his job as a dishwasher at a cafe popular with Louisiana State University students, McKneely said.
Smart's aunt, Mary Smart, said she was still dealing with the shock of her nephew's death. Smart had a son and two daughters, she said.
Terrell Griffin, 49, has a food stand in a parking lot less than a block from where Cofield was shot. Griffin said he was friends with Cofield and heard the gunshots that killed him. Griffin waited for the gunfire to quiet before he ran over to find his friend lying face-down on the ground.
He described Cofield as a smart man and said he thought he was an engineer, but had been homeless for at least a year.
"He didn't bother nobody," Griffin said. "It's not right."


I love it when newspapers provide great examples of economic geography. In just the past few weeks, I've seen a cornocopia of great articles that really exemplify why economic geography is so amazing. We have Adam Davidson's Making it in America cover story in the Atlantic (which I'm currently forcing 200 students to read and then write about its connection with the transition to Post-Fordism in the American sunbelt), and the NYTimes' fantastic investigations into Apple's use of Chinese labor and even Paul Krugman is getting into the game, talking about clusters and such. And now, just a few seconds ago, I saw an article in the Ottawa Citizen about the lack of angel investors in Canada's Capital City. I've touched on this topic before, and I'm happy to say that I'll have a chapter in volume 22 of Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth on it. It's called "A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Growth, Decline, and Rebirth of Ottawa's Entrepreneurial Institutions" because I'm a sucker for titles that contain other titles.
So, credentials: established. The article in The OC basically bemoans the lack of angel investors in the Ottawa region. In essence, in addition to the lack of medium and late-term venture capital investment that plagues the rest of Canada, Ottawa also has a problem in that there's very little early-stage seed money to help entrepreneurs transition from a raman-based development process to something more resembling a real, human, life. In 99% of cases, this money comes locally from either the investor's family and friends, and after that, by a wealthy individual looking to get in at the very early stages of a firm with huge growth potential.
The article seems to place the blame on the fact that the area's richest individuals aren't acting as angel investors. That's barking up the wrong tree. First, local tycoon Terry Mathews does invest in startups, they're not necessary local. He's Murchock to an A-team of super-smart and motivated technology workers. He brings them together, gives them resources, and points them to a problem he's identified as needing to be solved.
But the biggest point that this article misses is what happened to the angel community in Ottawa. There used to be one! Indeed, it was one of the most active in the country, made up of successful Nortel execs looking for something to spice up retirement and successful entrepreneurs looking for some post-sell-out fun. Indeed, the large federal workforce in Ottawa meant that it was fairly easy to find a friend willing to invest a bit, since they have pretty nice salaries and the best job security in the world. Ottawa saw a whole bunch of angel investment plays, both formal and informal, throughout the dotcom boom when everyone and their younger brother was starting a web startup. Everyone was going to be the new GeoCities!
But the crash happened. Firms that had taken on angel investment went under and obviously, the angels lost their dollars. However, the sadder story is what happened with companies that had taken on venture capital. The venture capitalists (I'm imagining them as something like this) structured the deals to protect them at the cost of the original founding entrepreneurs and the early angel investors. In the death spiral of the dotcom age, they were able to force the company to sell or liquidate and take back their entire investment, often leaving those orignal investors with nothing. This had the effect of mostly shattering the local network of angel investors. Those that had money left to invest became very gun shy, hesitiate to go through that again. Upsell altert: the forthcoming chapter discusses why a community of angel investors is so critical.
So, the problem of Ottawa is not just there aren't enough deranged millionaires throwing pennies down from their air-zeppelins. Rather, it's the fact that many medium sized potential investors, people who could write a check from $10,000 to $100,000, either got burned a decade ago, or have been hearing stories about how other people got burned a decade ago. It's a bigger problem than just a lack of investors, it's a lack of will. That'll take much longer to fix.


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Sarah Newton MP supports call for a Wilder Future
Sarah Newton MP met with young people from across The Wildlife Trusts at a Parliamentary reception on Wednesday 14th November to hear their views on the natural environment.
Last night I read the Government's proposed agreements with the European Union that set out how we will leave the EU in an orderly way and develop a new and close relationship. A relationship that is based on our shared values, mutual security and economic prosperity.
The UK's first deep geothermal electricity plant starts drilling in Cornwall
Tuesday, 6 November, 2018
St Day, Cornwall, 6 November 2018 – Geothermal Engineering Ltd. (GEL) has announced that drilling will start this week to build the UK's first deep geothermal electricity plant at the United Downs Industrial Estate near St Day in Cornwall.
£8.5million investment to tackle inefficient heating
An £8.5m investment has seen Kensa Heat Pumps appointed as the preferred ground source heat pump (GSHP) supplier to Together Energy.
MP FOR TRURO AND FALMOUTH SAYS 'THANK YOU' TO FIRST WORLD WAR GENERATION
Sarah Newton has welcomed that The Royal British Legion has launched a movement to say 'Thank You' to all who served, sacrificed, and changed our world during the First World War.
Falmouth celebrates as A&P Group wins £239m contract
A&P Falmouth are celebrating after the A&P Group won a £239M Future In-Service Support (FISS) contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to refit three Bay Class RFA's Lyme Bay, Cardigan Bay and Mounts Bay along with RFA Argus and the hydrographic ocean survey vessel HMS Scott.
The future of Radiotherapy Services in Cornwall: local people and MPs meet with senior NHS England team in Truro.
Friday, 28 September, 2018
This week in Truro, the Programme Director of the NHS England Cancer Strategy was joined by senior NHS England staff to discuss their Modernising Radiotherapy Services consultation.
MP for Truro and Falmouth Welcomes Grant for Heritage Boat Tours
Sarah Newton MP today welcomed a £110,000 grant towards introducing heritage boat tours of Falmouth's historic docks.
The Coastal Communities Minister Jake Berry today (15/9/18) announced the Coastal Community Fund Round 5 fast track grant awards for England.
Sarah Newton given food for thought while taking part in a healthy cooking course by Cornwall Food Foundation in Truro.
Sarah Newton, Truro and Falmouth MP and Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, was given food for thought today while taking part in a healthy cooking course in Truro run by the Cornwall Food Foundation.
Sarah Newton MP's campaign for extended hours at Truro Park & Ride gains public support
The local MP for Truro & Falmouth, Sarah Newton, recently asked Cornwall Council to mark the tenth anniversary of the popular Truro Park and Ride service by extending the hours.


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Q: Why can't word.lstrip be assigned to function call? def pig_latin(text):
  say = ""
  # Separate the text into words
  words = text.split()
  for word in words:
    # Create the pig latin word and add it to the list
    word.lstrip(-1) += (word[0]+"ay")
    say.append(word)
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  return say

print(pig_latin("hello how are you")) # Should be "ellohay owhay reaay ouyay"
print(pig_latin("programming in python is fun")) # Should be "rogrammingpay niay ythonpay siay unfay"

Getting a syntax error on word.lstrip.. I can find the answer here I just need to know what I'm not understanding about .lstrip and maybe even for loops..

A: "   hi   ".lstrip(-1) returns this error on my machine: TypeError: lstrip arg must be None or str.
"   hi   ".lstrip() returns 'hi   '.
"tttthi   ".lstrip("t") returns 'hi   '.
The lstrip() method only accepts a string argument or no argument at all.  You're supplying an integer argument and that's why it's erroring out.

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By Alexander Damiano Ricci
Will recent legal interventions of European institutions on the posting of workers be sufficient to block chauvinist movements across the Union? The topic has been at the centre of a high-level debate organised by Euractiv and the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, in Brussels.
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Freedom of movement of citizens and workers is a primary principle of the European Union. Yet, the latter has been at the centre of massive criticism for years.
More specifically, it is the temporary posting of workers from one EU country to another that created harsh political debates in several states. Especially far-right parties have tried to exploit the social grievances originating from the posting of workers, during electoral contests. Relevant examples are the French Front National (FN), but as well the Alternative for Germany (AFD), or, earlier, in Italy, the Northern League.
Aforementioned is why, in October, the EU Council approved a general framework to modify the Posted Workers Directive, a European legislative act that specifies the modalities of the posting of employees across nations. The agreement in the EU Council followed months of negotiations between Political Groups inside the European Parliament (EP).
In Switzerland, fears linked to 'unfair' competition from EU-Member States are unusually high among older workers
The text that was issued by the Council establishes a new ceiling of 12 months as a maximum period detached workers can operate in another country (down from 18 months before). But most importantly, it sets out new obligations for enterprises as to hinder any activity of what has been called "social dumping". Indeed, under the upcoming revised directive, employees will be obliged to respect the social security and payment standards set by national lawmakers. EU institutions are set to approve a final text in 2018.
But will the intervention of European institutions prove sufficient to block chauvinist movements and political claims across the Union?
The topic has been at the centre of a high-level debate organised by Euractiv and the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, in Brussels. Leading questions of the debate moderated by Daniela Vincenti, editor-in-chief at Euractiv, were: what are the best measures to protect workers? How can States avoid social dumping? What is the role of the EU and national institutions? How can social stakeholders be involved and make a difference?
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Boris Zürcher, Head of the Labour Directorate at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), kicked off the discussion. Zürcher explained that, in relative terms, Switzerland takes up more workers from abroad (0,9% of the total labour force) than most European Member States, such as the UK, for instance. Zürcher mentioned so-called "pull-factors" to explain the Swiss immigration numbers. Wages in the Helvetic confederation are significantly higher than elsewhere. Yet, it would be unfair to say that labor-immigration wasn't controversial in the extra-EU state: "In Switzerland, fears linked to 'unfair' competition from EU-Member States are unusually high among older workers", Zürcher said. Consequently, the national Government developed "flanking measures" to, on the one hand, substantiate agreements with EU institution on the trans-border movement of workers, and, on the other one, ease-off fears and risks related to social dumping.
Moving away from the Swiss case, Jordi Curell Gotor, Director Labour Mobility, DG EMPL, underlined that EU institutions took a set of specific actions to tackle the concerns of native workers. The European official did not only point at the already mentioned Posted Workers Directive, but as well the European Pillar of Social Rights and, most of all, at the Enforcement Directive of 2014. "If you want, we can draw a parallel between the Swiss flanking measures and the Enforcement Directive of the EU", Gotor said.
The exploitation of different welfare systems is becoming a business model in the Old Continent
Indeed, the Enforcement Directive aims at tackling frauds linked to the implementation of European social rights in the states. Yet, the EU official called for Governments to play their part: "It is difficult to deliver if Member States are reducing labour officials who should check for execution of social norms and provisions". Moreover, Gotor recalled the idea of setting up a European Labour Authority (the latter should be similar in its duties and responsibilities, to the Unique Banking Authority).
Agnes Jongerius, MEP from the Social and Democrats Group (S&D), called for a radical shift in the language of discourse on posted workers: "The very term social dumping is despicable, as it equates people to 'garbage'. Let's move away from that". Bringing a wider and more political picture, Jongerius said that nowadays "the exploitation of different welfare systems is becoming a business model in the Old Continent".
However, as Gotor said, the revision of the Posted Workers Directive and the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights should aim precisely at shutting down any such "anti-social" behaviour. Nevertheless, Jungerius warned that, notwithstanding recent progress, there are still many issues that deserve attention from legislative institutions at the EU level: "We have to fix issues linked to minimal standards of living of posted workers in host countries".
Following up on the precedent interventions, Séverine Picard (European Trade Union Confederation, ETUC), called for Member States and the Commission to establish a fully fledged vision of what "Social Europe" should look like. The ETUC expert underlined that any such grand vision needs to "take into account national welfare differences". Drawing upon history, Picard said that, in the absence of such a vision, a "laissez-faire" paradigm took the lead in the EU after the 50's.
EU rules are complicated enough as employers struggle to provide jobs for the economy
Picard outlined as well a set of important, medium-term and long-term priorities for the EU. In the first place, "we need to reinstate the 'equal pay for equal work' principle and tackle the establishment of letter-box companies by employers across the Union". Secondarily, "we have to move towards a Treaty change that "reverses the hierarchy between economic and social freedoms". Last but not least, in the long term we need "concrete policies and action to foster wage convergence".
Asked by EuVisions if trade unions across the EU hold the same view on the controversial issue of posted workers, Picard answered: "Trade unions from both, Eastern and Western countries are united in this battle. Recently Polish trade unions changed their attitude on this as they realised that the protection of posted workers is in their interest".
Jongerius took up a similar approach during the debate: "When it comes to 'unfair labour competition', we have to understand that the root of the problem is a European Single Market that features significant differences regarding wages and welfare systems". "Back in the days, we thought that by establishing a unique space of economic exchange we would foster convergence between countries", Jongerius said. "Yet, what we saw was divergence". According to the left-wing MEP, the Commission is making a similar mistake today, as it is betting on the fact that the post-crisis return to growth will bring about convergence: "I have some doubts about that".
That said, Gotor warned that the enforcement of social provisions should not hurt the principles of free trade of services across the Union. The point was taken up well by Delphine Rudelli from the CEEMET, the European employers' organisation representing the interests of the metal, engineering and technology-based industries. Rudelli claimed that EU rules are complicated enough as employers struggle to provide jobs for the economy.
Eventually, tackling the discussion on how to enforce the legal directives set by institutional actors, Zürcher explained that Swiss national authorities directly involved social partners in the development of the already mentioned flanking measures. The latter were developed through a "bottom-up" and "horizontal" approach. This enabled to frame legal interventions without the risk of plunging into "discriminatory practices" against foreign employees. In the end, it is all about fostering the "labour market access of workers at large", Zürcher concluded.
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ERGO Collective is a creative platform founded on the premise of collaboration. We approach collective creativity as mode of encouraging dialogue and triggering stimulating ideas on the critique and collapse of borders between Art's disciplines. Our team is formed by permanent and guest artists and other curious people from various places and spaces. Our journey began in a nomadic manner with an emphasis on site specific shows. Today ERGO occupies a physical space in Athens making its first steps as an artist-run-space. Our new space allows the collective to be more spontaneous on realizing projects, ideas and activities. To have a home, means to be a host and therefore ERGO is welcoming creatives from around the world to share and propose ideas on exhibitions, performances, workshops, symposia, screenings or any other intriguing event. ERGO Collective (Non-profit Organization) was initiated in September 2017.
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The Platforms Project – Independent Art Fair (Athens, Greece) is an international artist-run art fair which has been createdsince 2013, and it is an annual international meeting of artist groups-platforms. It is an international exhibition, which aims to map how art collectives work, and create channels of communication and cooperation with other countries. The project help to promote the various artists' groups, collectives, platforms and independent art spaces of a non-commercial (non-profit) orientation which operate in unconventional ways, managing to establish unexpected debates on art. It is an Art Fair for artist's platforms-groups that produce works or projects together, artist-run galleries and other artists' initiatives.
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ART RESIDENCY & EDUCATION FOR ARTISTS Snehta is a non-for-profit organisation that promotes and facilitates local and international artists through its residency, exhibitions and educational programmes in Kypseli, Athens. For the residency artists are selected through an open call who then spend two months researching in Athens under the guidance of the residency team and an established Athens based curator. Snehta also organizes a series of exhibitions and talks in response to topics that critically engage with Athens' unique identity as a historical and social center. Alongside its art residency Snehta offers burgeoning educational programmes offering professional mentoring and technical knowledge to emerging artists who want to excel in their artistic practice. The programme is staffed by established Athens based artists with a strong and living artistic practice.  SNEHTA – ATHENS IN REVERSE Snehta stands for the name of the City of Athens written in reverse. This name metaphorically suggests that the artists involved are to rediscover Athens by reading and translating it alternatively, observing and using the City's local, social and cultural dynamics. Our work ethos is to reinforce participating artists to bring a renewed awareness of Athens through the works produced, exhibitions and events. These should relate to and critically stimulate Hellenic, inter-European […]
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Phoenix Athens is a non-profit art gallery and residency in Athens that provides workshops and opportunities for local and international creatives to develop and showcase their practice in Greece. As a venue for art appreciation and education, Phoenix Athens also explores the innovative ways in which artists, thinkers and designers contribute to the well-being of societies and help to regenerate hope in communities. We provide local and international creatives to come and develop their professional practice within the dynamic community of Neapoli-Exarcheia in Athens through our residency program: Villa Exarcheia. We review residency applications to this program on an ongoing basis, and welcome proposals for collectives and academics to live, work and stay in this wonderful city. As both an artist and the director of Phoenix Athens, I am interested in collaborating with artists, designers and other members of the The Artist-Run Alliance who share a vital interest in transforming and benefitting societies through art and design. For more information about the program, please contact me directly at director@phoenixathens.org Best, Dimitri Yin
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Here is the 2015-2016-Resident Association-annual-report.
Conducted the most successful Employee Appreciation Fund drive in Collington history, raising over $230,000.
Instituted two new programs to help transition new residents into Collington. The first is an "ambassador" program to help in the communication process before they move in. The second is Getting to Know You dinners for new residents after they move in.
Worked closely with the administration to upgrade the SARA alert system. At the time of this writing, the actual upgrades have not been implemented, but I anticipate they will be prior to the end of the 1st quarter, 2017.
As a result of several residents going to the hospital for dehydration, we urged management to put hydration stations throughout the main building. One is in the Ivy Lounge; the other in the Clock Tower. Drink up!
Proposed, and had accepted by the administration, a new motorized vehicle policy.
It is dangerous to focus on the good works of specific committees. However, some have been so phenomenal that I'm willing to take the risk. I think specifically about Grounds fighting invasive plants and working toward establishing a meadow; Buildings for tackling the shortcomings of the auditorium; Technology for maintaining a vibrant website and establishing a private communication link among residents; and Sustainability for directing the whole community to make smarter choices about how we use our resources.


Chinese New Year is upon us and with that comes the need to celebrate - and what better way to celebrate than with food?
Traditional Chinese dishes are undeniably tasty - so here is a list of some popular Chinese dishes to help you celebrate Chinese New Year.
A firm favourite. Spring rolls are the ultimate appetiser and side dish. With the choices of vegetarian and meat spring rolls, this popular Chinese cuisine is eaten in Spring Festival in Southern China to celebrate the coming of spring, hence the name spring roll. Spring roll skins are made of flour, water and some salt. The filling depends on your personal taste. Traditionally, the filling is made of pork, Chinese cabbage, shiitake, carrots and seasoning.
Another well-known and popular dish: Chinese dumplings. Similar to spring rolls, these are usually eaten with chopsticks and dipped in sauce. They are most significant during Chinese New Year and originate from Northern China. Typically, they include Chinese cabbage, green onion, pork and shrimp.
To start with they were actually called 'soup pancakes', before everyone agreed that the word noodle was much better. Exceptionally long noodles are eaten for Chinese New Year and not always in soup. Noodles go with many dishes and traditional Chinese noodles are made with egg.
Steamed and fried vegetable dishes are incredibly popular in China and traditionally the New Year provides the perfect opportunity to finish the veg stored from the winter. The spring festival is then used to plant new seeds. Typical Chinese vegetable dishes include seaweed, bamboo shoots, poria mushrooms, leeks, spring onions and lotus seeds.
Steamed fish is a favourite in China and a must have dish for the New Year celebrations. Half of the fish is usually eaten for dinner while the other half is eaten the next day. It is believed that this is to prolong the surplus and make the future prosperous as well. A whole fish also represents a harmonious and whole family.
Hope you enjoyed Chinese New Year!
Like this list? Take a look at our sustainable eating list here.


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Q: Preview Pane does not work for Microsoft documents I have the preview pane on in the file explorer but it will only preview PDF documents it will NOT preview any Microsoft documents (word, excel, etc.)I really hate that we are forced to upgrade when Microsoft hasn't fixed all of its glitches. Windows 7 worked great and I didn't have this issue and many more now that we upgraded to Windows 10. Does anyone know how to fix this preview issue?

A: This is a known permissions issue.
Run the following command an an Administrator CMD window:
icacls "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15" /grant "*S-1-15-2-1:(OI)(CI)RX"

Ref: Fix Windows 10 Office Preview in File Explorer


An idea born from the pages of science fiction now looks set to shape the future – the robots are taking over. Artificial Intelligence, will change the world forever, but it's already a part of our daily lives. Most people have no idea how much they rely on AI every day and how much Artificial Intelligence Impact we have on a daily base.
What are the robots among us, past present – and what is yet to come?
The term artificial intelligence typically evokes thoughts of science fiction films and the unknown future of machines behavior, and it's true that we haven't yet thought or created self-aware AI in its purest sense.
Yet we see there no murderous like HAL 9000 in Odessey 2010, neither we see the Terminators trying to wipe us out.
Yes, Elon Musk might not see a rose future of AI but it remains in the fictional realm, and hopefully always will. However, a smaller degree of artificial intelligence exists today, and it's improving into small helpers in our daily life. We are far away from the big bang theory.
Artificial Intelligence Impact we can't deny. Will the robots take over our planet, will AI in the future repalce all human beings in their workforce?
As we mentioned before, all the big blue chips companies are putting their horses together and the market seems already to be settled between industry giants like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, and the goal is to develop software that learns, adapts, predicts, and does so autonomously.
We can see the latest developments already being incorporated into our smartphones, vehicles, city infrastructure, and even our homes.
Be ready for the take over of robots in the world. Sjare with us your thought, what is a good area of usage for AI, where is the Artificial Intelligence Impact today already reality and taking over us human being, leave your comments below?
Very interesting. I love infographics!!
Thanks for the summary. I didn't realize how far spread AI is currently. There are many aspects I definitely appreciate about the use of AI!
Interesting article – and indeed, sci fi coming to fruition. Cars are becoming automated and self driving… lets hope that humans do not become the minority and subordinates!
Very informative. Definitely something to think about.
I don't know why, but this kind of freaks me out. I feel that with technology getting so powerful it will leave us humans with less control. Scary thought.
It really freaked me out how much iPhones were able to do, then I got a bracelet that tracked my sleep and was hooked! It can be really helpful, but hope things dont get out of control!
I just can't imagine how every single aspect in our lives will be driven by artificial intelligence in the future. So what we have seen in many science fiction movies will be just real!


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Q: Matlab vpasolve numerical solver variable range I'm trying to solve inverse kinematics for a 6DOF arm. Currently I have 6 unknowns which are the joint angles. Currently I was able to get angle values given x,y,z. However I also need constrains on the joint angles. For example:
S=vpasolve([z(1,4)==xpos, z(2,4)==ypos, z(3,4)== zpos]);
The answer gives 5 angles (last angle is just rotates the gripper so no positional change), the answer for first angle is:
S.ang1
ans = -175.52966218785562632206246532588
but as soon as I want to introduce a range for the variable:
S=vpasolve([z(1,4)==208, z(2,4)==24 , z(3,4)== 0 ,z(3,1)==-1] , ang1, [-180 0])
I get this error:
MuPAD error: Error: The number of equations exceeds the number of indeterminates. This is allowed only for polynomial
systems. [numeric::solve]
I'm not really an expert on MATLAB so I might be missing something very simple , thanks for your help.


For professional drummers, who give life performance, EZTrigger is the best iPhone app to boost a high definition bass drum sample from an acoustic kit.
The world of smart apps has widened its boundaries. Useful apps are downloaded by users from business, education, entertainment, finance and other sections of life. Day by day, app developers/designers have explored almost all areas of human life, where apps make a real difference.
Of late, I got to know about EZTrigger. Initially, I thought it must have been made for young users, who love percussion instruments. But when I explored the app, I was surprised to find that the app is actually meant for serious drummers or an orchestra performed by the group of professional artists.
EZTrigger is a revolutionary app for professional drummers; the app can easily turn your iPhone or iPad into a single channel drum module, which allows any drummer to trigger a high definition bass drum from an acoustic kit on stage.
Unlike other hardware, which requires a lot of hassle to set up, EZTrigger gives bass drum a boost in the mix with the easy setup in seconds. All you need is iRig 2 from IK Multimedia, PA sound system, and a couple of cords. The app requires iOS 9 and later versions on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
First off, put your iPhone on an Airplane mode, and then attach the iRig to the bottom of your iPhone. Attach the trigger to your base drum and connect the trigger and iRig with the help of a cord. Now connect the PA sound system with the speaker top of the iRig; you can hear a big burr when you attach PA sound system with the iRig.
On your iPhone, it is quite easy to download EZTrigger from iTunes or App Store from the device itself. The best part of the app is it doesn't require log-in, so you don't have to reveal your email id or Facebook account to any third-party app. On the iPhone, you can adjust sensitivity, volume, tuning and velocity. Moreover, you can choose from 35 bass drum samples; select any one and play your drum set.
The EZTrigger is a perfect companion of drummers who give the live performance. It best works with standard piezo drum triggers. iRig 2 Guitar interface is essential for EZTrigger; choose any of the high-quality 44.1Khz bass drum samples for rock and other genres of music.
Go ahead, set the stage on fire with EZTrigger!


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Ki Seitzei: Engraved In Nature
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There's a shoe, recitation of verses, and of course, some spit.
Of the very many (74!) mitzvos in Parshas Ki Seitzei, Chalitzah stands out as one of the most unusual. When a man dies without children (Rachamana litzlan), it is the obligation of his brother to marry the widow and build up the name of the deceased. One who refuses to do so must participate in the Chalitzah ceremony, in which his sister-in-law takes him to beis din, removes his shoe, and spits on the floor. (No, she does not spit on him, and she does not spit inside the shoe.)
A strange ritual. Degrading, even.
At least that's what the Russian government in the late 1800s believed. They organized a meeting of leading rabbanim from various communities and denominations to discuss abolishing this "archaic" practice. Many of the non-Orthodox rabbis readily agreed that, indeed, this mitzvah no longer fit with modern times and sensitivities; it was time for an update. Immediately, Rav Tzvi Hirsch Rabinowitz zt"l of Kovno (son of the great Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor) stood up and began gathering his belongings. "Where are you going?" his colleagues demanded. "We haven't even voted yet."
Rav Rabinowitz replied, "I am not sure what there is to vote on. In fact, I am not even sure why the government has gathered a group of clergy for this discussion. If they really wanted to do away with this practice, then they should have gathered a panel of expert physicians to recommend abolishing death itself – then there would certainly be no need for anyone to do chalitzah!"
The audience was stunned. The rav continued: "Much like a doctor, a rabbi's expertise allows him to make decisions to help others – but only within the framework of nature. It is important to recognize that Hashem's mitzvos are as much a part of nature as the rest of creation. We cannot vote to eliminate a mitzvah any more than we could vote to eliminate nature itself!"
Thousands of years before this incident, Chazal already identified Chalitzah as a chok that the nations of the world tend to ridicule (Yoma 67b). That word, chok, is typically translated as "a commandment whose reason we do not understand." More precisely, however, it comes from the word chakikah, engraving, indicating that a mitzvah is embedded in the very fabric of creation itself (Rabbeinu Bachya, VaYikra 19:19). We may not understand or agree with certain mitzvos, but we remain bound by their influence – just like physics. Trying to abolish chalitzah due to social concerns is no less futile than attempting to do away with gravity because we would prefer to float.
With this perspective, we can improve our commitment to Hashem's mitzvos. As Rav Rabinowitz explained at the Russian conference, these laws are universally and eternally binding, much like nature itself. They are certainly nothing to spit at!
Rabbi Yaakov Abramovitz is Assistant to the Rabbi at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills and presides over its Young Marrieds Minyan, while also pursuing a PsyD in School and Clinical Child Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Although malaria is decreasing in Myanmar, resistance to anti-malarials is on the rise in the region and the focus is now to treat people early, particularly in remote communities. MOCRU has set up a network of community health workers, trained and supplied with diagnostics, bednets and treatments, to help improve access to healthcare as well as produce the evidence to encourage policy changes.
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Dr. Pollard and her colleagues developed the metagenomic intraspecies diversity analysis system (MIDAS) to rapidly profile differences in gene content and single nucleotide variants across bacterial strains. To build MIDAS, researchers initially generated a database of 31,007 high-quality bacterial genomes. Using a set of 30 "universal" genes, they hierarchically clustered the genomes to define species. The researchers were able to assign 8.6% of the previously unannotated genomes to a species and reassigned species for 9.8%.
Once the MIDAS system was functioning up to the investigators' standards, the team applied the system to 98 mother and infant stool metagenomes—using strain-level genetic differences to track bacteria between mothers and babies.
"Strain-level variants reveal patterns that contradict what one would assume from patterns at the species level," noted Stephen Nayfach, the study's lead author and a graduate student in Dr. Pollard's laboratory.
Previous studies suggested that mother and infant microbiomes become more similar over the first year of life. However, by examining marker alleles, or rare genetic differences, the researchers found that early colonizing strains are transferred from the mother, but that late colonizing strains are different and likely acquired from the environment.
Interestingly, the research team applied MIDAS to marine samples collected at varying depths across the world's oceans. They found that the most prevalent marine bacteria had differences in gene content that were strongly associated with geography. Additional work will be needed to distinguish whether genetic differences between locations are the result of adaptation or genetic drift within the species.
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Travel Bucket List # 10 — Historical Places of the World
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Gary
There are numerous places around the world whose most important significance is related to history. As one travels to these places, he or she is able to learn first hand about the events that shaped this particular locale. Guides of course help but some prior research is truly all that is needed to allow these places to come alive.
We have been fortunate to visit many of these places and have, in the process, come to a better understanding of the events and locations which have shaped world history. My list, below, is necessarily personal, since there is no absolute list of historical places. So, check out my list and then form your own and start checking them off, as I have done.
Acropolis* — Athens, Greece
Alhambra* — Granada, Spain
Angkor Wat — Near Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bagan — Southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar
Borobudur — Island of Java, Indonesia
Chichen Itza* — Quintana Roo Province, Mexico
Easter Island — Off the coast of Chile
El Escorial* — Northwest of Madrid, Spain
Ephesus* — Near Kusadasi, Turkey
Florence, Italy*
Forbidden City* — Beijing, China
Great Wall of China* — Badaling (or other locations), China
Hadrian's Wall* — On the northern border of England
Jerusalem's Old City — Jerusalem, Israel
Knossos* — Near Heraklion, Crete
Machu Picchu — Near Cusco, Peru
Normandy Beaches* — Northern coast of France
Oracle of Delphi* — Northwest of Athens, Greece
Petra — South of Amman, Jordan
Pompeii* — Near Naples, Italy
Pyramids — Giza, Egypt
Roman Forum* — Rome, Italy
Stonehenge* — Salisbury Plain, England
Teotihuacan — North of Mexico City, Mexico
Terra Cotta Warriors* — Xi'an, China
Tower of London* — London, England
Valley of the Kings — Luxor, Egypt
Vatican City* — Vatican, Rome, Italy
Total = 28 ( I have seen 18 — I'm well on my way).
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Home › Sports › Can Matt Kemp Have a 50-50 season?
Can Matt Kemp Have a 50-50 season?
By Dalton Johnson on February 28, 2012 • ( 2 )
Recently, Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder, Matt Kemp, set the bar pretty high for his 2012 season.
What are these lofty goals he made after an outstanding 2011 season?
"Fifty-fifty," Kemp said.
You have to applaud Kemp for setting high goals, but in order to reach that goal he would have to have an incredible season. The scary thing is, if anyone can actually have a season where he hits 50 home runs and steals 50 bases, it's Kemp.
Last season, the center fielder almost became the fifth player in baseball history to record a 40-40 season. Kemp hit .324 with 39 homers and 40 stolen bases. If it wasn't for Jose Reyes' .337 average, Kemp would have been the last triple crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967 with the Boston Red Sox.
Kemp's numbers were career highs last year, but year after year he has shown that he has the potential to be a very special talent. He is only 26-years-old and is now hitting his prime and showing maturity as a player.
Don Mattingly, head coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will certainly be giving Kemp the green light both on the bases and at the plate all year long. However, Kemp will find it may be hard to steal 50 bags if he also plans to round the bases 50 times. If he wants to achieve his goal, he better hope he is hitting a good number of singles and doubles as well.
Again, you have to respect Kemp for having such a huge goal. If he didn't set such big goals, he wouldn't be such a great player.
If anyone can achieve a 50-50 season, it's Kemp. Every fan of the game should hope he does achieve his goal, because it sure will be fun to watch.
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fantasyfurnace
Yep, he would be one of the only ones in MLB to accomplish the 50/50 goal. It would be good for the game and a great follow during the season. He has to stay pretty much injury free of course..
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hairygrim
I think he could do it, but it's unlikely.