...it's when you watch a television show and there's a second screen with it and you can play along with the game, answer questions. One of the second screens we made is this one.
Last month, we had elections here in the Netherlands, and you could play along via your phone or via an iPad. This was all developed in HTML5, of course. It was one version for both the iPad and the phone.
But one thing that's really cool and why I'm showing this is what my boss told me afterwards of the statistics. You always have these exit polls, and they tell you like, "This part is going to win or this party is going to win".
One of the questions was "Wie was het sterkst in de eerste ronde van het debat?" Now this is not the screen of the debate of the fourth of September, but at the end, they asked "Who do you think is the winner of the debate?" There were four party leaders among them, actually these four I believe, and the outcome of this poll was the most exact outcome, closest to the actual outcome of the elections. No poll actually got as close as we got with this second screen, which I think is pretty awesome.
So transitions, this is what I want to talk about. First a brief recap of transition and transformation properties. My guess is everybody has at least worked somewhat with transitions and transformations. Is there anyone who hasn't by a show of hands? I see some hands, but fortunately not too many.
Then what I actually propose to do is to animate everything with transitions, so not just using them a little bit but using them for everything you can possibly think of. Of course, there is a problem with that. That's what this talk is about, and I found the solution to it. I would like to show some demos and then some closing thoughts.
So to begin with, about vendor prefixes, I'm not going to talk about vendor prefixes. I get that you know that you have to use vendor prefixes for most transformation and transition properties, so I'm just not going to name them. Imagine these were there.
Another one, scale, probably known scale X, scale Y. You can use short hands. You can use dual scale, something like that.
showed yesterday, you can skew and unskew and nest elements and make all kinds of cool stuff. Skew, skew, skew, skew.
And, of course, you can combine transformations into one property and they'll all be applied consecutively. So the order matters. If you do one thing before the other, the outcome changes. That's a transformation combined.
My personal favorite, of course, is the matrix. The matrix takes six properties. It's scale, skew, and translate. There's no rotation in there because rotation is basically a combination of two skews and two scales.
I have to look very closely, then I can see it.
I don't think anybody does these, writes these manually. So about a year ago I made a little tool for that. Probably some of you might have seen that. It's a lovely tool. It allows you to move around an element, and it shows you the matrix code that goes along with it.
So I can rotate this element, and it gives me the matrix. Rotate it back. I can move it around a little, skew, and scale. And it gives me the matrix that is the CSS matrix. It's a funny little tool. I use it from time to time.
Great! Those were 2D transformation properties. Of course, there is also the 3D variance. 3D basically adds a Z axis transformation along with all the X and Y transform properties except for skew.
Skew in 2D obviously does something like this, but in 3D, I'd expect a Z skew to do something like this. I don't know why it's omitted. I don't know if it's in the spec actually. Does anyone know if there's a skew Z in the spec? No? OK. But it's missing.
3D also has the 4x4 homogenous transformation matrix of 16 values in column major order. Have fun with that.
This is a quote from, I don't think it's readable, Webkit.org. It looks a bit like this. It does something like that.
Just like the 2D matrix, this matrix is mostly an internal value. You can do really cool stuff with that, and, actually, I'm going to do some real cool stuff with that. But, of course, you're not going to write this manually. You're going to make tools for this.
3D also has several other properties. Of course, you need perspective to show anything in 3D. Perspective origin allows you to kind of shift your perspective, and that is in respect to the original elements box.
So if you have 100x100 pixel box and you move it backwards, the perspective origin allows you to shift the perspective in regards to the original 100x100 box. You'd have to see it.
Transformation style is the flat versus preserve 3D variant. It's a really handy property when you need it, but I'm not going to really go into depth about that. Backface visibility obviously allows you to define whether backface is visible or not. OK?
Those were the transformations. Also I wanted to do a brief recap of transitions which we have also seen yesterday. Transition is defined over a property with a given duration, has easing or timing, whatever you'd like to call it, and a possible delay.
Single transition is just a single transition. If you want to define multiple transitions, you can just separate them with a comma. It's straightforward.
A typical transition would use a hover. This is a very simple hover transition over a beautiful div with a drop shadow. It scales it to 1.25, it's original size.
One funny thing to notice is that default easing is actually not linear, which I would have expected it to be because linear is, I don't know, linear is linear. But if you have an undefined easing, it actually does an ease in and an ease out.
So if you're doing anything code-wise with a transition and easing you really should not forget to specify easing. For instance, imagine you have a progress bar or a timer bar and it performs an animation via transition and you forgot to specify the easing, you're going to have a progress bar with ease in and ease out. That obviously makes no sense. So don't forget easing. It's a really cool effect.
Delays too are funny. We saw some examples using delays yesterday. This is a really simple one. It does a fade in, and it does a rotate. Then it does a rotate and a fade out. That's basically your trick, switching which transition goes first.
The confusing thing is that derp has initial transition on transform with no delay and a half second duration and opacity has the half a second delay, but it performs the fade in first.
That is because as soon as you hover, the new delay is applied first and then the transition is performed. So, again, just like easing, you have to take a little bit of care when you're using delays.
Good, animating things. Well, I really love to animate everything. If there is something that can be animated, I typically do it. I've done DHTML games, moving divs around, canvas implementations, playing with pixels, all kinds of stuff.
So when it comes to animating things, I basically think there are two kinds of animations. You have your static animations that go from A to B like a mouse over that does scale or a movement from some place to another. A and B are defined, are fixed, and those are easy because most of these transitions you can do with CSS, with a simple transition and a hover where a class will change.
Then aside from that there are dynamic animations. Dynamic animations mostly follow some kind of user interaction. It's like you're dragging, you drag and drop something around, you're doing something with inertia.
As you see, I think I'm the only speaker that has a Windows laptop. I hope I'm not the only one present with a Windows laptop. Two, three, four, oh back in there too. Thank God I'm not alone, upstairs too.
I also don't have an iPhone, but I really love the scroll thingy. When you scroll, you get this beautiful scroll bar. As you pull it out if you pull too far, the scroll bar becomes smaller. When you let go, it bounces back. It's a really cool effect.
They may use transformations. In fact I would say you should use transformations, of course, but they probably don't use transitions because you cannot enter variables.
Couldn't these animations too use transitions? That is what I ask myself. There are really great benefits to using transitions.
For one, the CSS animation interface, it is a complete animation engine. I really don't want to write easing equations. I have done so. I know a couple of them. But if I don't have to, I don't want to write easing equations.
So this is a complete animation engine, and if I could use the easing equations from CSS, that would be really awesome. So no per frame script calculations. When you start out animating stuff, you typically use a time out or an interval. You add several pixels to the distance in regard to the last step. That is your next step.
But when things evolve and it becomes more complex, you need time based animations. It starts at a certain point. It has a given velocity, and after two seconds or so it has to be somewhere or two seconds is your duration and you don't know how many frames you're going to have to render that thing. So that's pretty complex stuff. If CSS can do that for me, that would be awesome.
It's already optimized. Per frame calculations are, perhaps, on a desktop computer running Chrome on a JIT compiler or script engine.
That's all really awesome, but on a mobile phone if I'm going to do per frame calculations for all my animations, it's going to stutter like hell. It's going to drain the battery. That's really terrible stuff. Why would you want to use 3D transitions, 3D transitions in particular or transitions at all?
Transitions don't cause reflows of elements. If you animate a width or a height property, it's going to trigger a reflow, and the browser has to rerender the element. This goes for most properties in CSS. I believe, actually, all of them. I'm not sure.
Transitions, they don't actually cause these reflows. Aside from that, they are hardware accelerated so you get lots of frames per second. They are also hardware accelerated on mobiles.
I don't know how many of you have done animations on, for instance, an older iPad. But if you do a transition of a width or a height property on an old iPad, say an iPad 1, it's going to be stuttery and, well, you don't want that. Even the iPad 1 already supports these 3D CSS properties.
As I said, it's battery friendly, and it's actually pretty widely supported. The only browser really not supporting these transitions is Internet Explorer, but it's going to catch up with version 10.
This talk is not specifically about what browsers support or what they don't support, so I'm not really considering this. If I want to do dynamic animations using CSS transformations, there is a huge problem. The transitions cannot be stopped at a current position.
So I made this beautiful image. Imagine I have some kind of div element. I'm dragging it around, and when I let go, I want it to have a moment of inertia, that it comes to a halt over a given time, say one or two seconds.
This is fine, and I could write some script that finds out what the velocity is of when I was moving my mouse, but during that moment of inertia, if that were to be a CSS transition, there would be no way to actually pick it up halfway and move it somewhere else, because it's currently running a transition, and it has only a starting point and an ending point.
I don't know where it is, I don't know how to stop it, so I need some kind of way to interrupt a running transition.
Computed Style gives you the computed style of an element, and you can request the current property value of an element. If I have an element, and this element has two transitions, it can either move to the right with an ease out, or it can move to the left with an ease out.
Behind this is a little script, and the script outputs the current value of the transformation using the requestAnimationFrame callback.
Wow. This is funny, because I defined the transition on transformation, and there is nowhere, no place that I defined the matrix to be used, and still it returns a matrix.
This is actually funny, because if it returns a matrix, then in theory, I could request the property, and at a given time, just apply that current value to the element. And then in theory, it should actually stop. That's the plan of attack, query the current transform value and assign it.
These are the first lines from before, querySelector ("#derp"), window.getComputedStyle (derp), and the current transform is (computed.getPropertyValue('transform')). Obviously it should say WebKit here if you want it to run in WebKit. Then at the point where I want to stop the transition, I should remove the transition property.
If I would do nothing else than remove the transition property, the element would just to its final destination, to the B point. But if I immediately set the current property transform to that property that I requested, then it should actually stop at the point it currently is.
That's all theory, of course. We have to try this. One example is a draggable element, and when I let go, it takes the current velocity and comes to a halt with an ease out. I didn't do any animation coding for this. It's just some script tracking my mouse. When I mouse down, I can pick it up, move it. It finds out the velocity at which I was moving, and when I let go, it constructs a CSS transition which is applied immediately to moving element.
Not only that, when I'm moving it, I can stop it by just picking it up again. We've all seen this before, it's just a movable element with inertia and some dragging, but it's completely animated via CSS. There's no more animation script in this. If you do this on a mobile phone, it's going to be battery friendly, it's going to be hardware accelerated, and it's fully interactive.
Yeah. [laughs] So, I figured, if querying the current 2D transformation value and applying it works in 2D space, would that also work in 3D space?
That would allow me to make fully interactive 3D whatever. It doesn't matter. They could be completely run using CSS animations or transitions. I made one too. What this does...this is a beautiful cube and this is the view from the front. There is an entire cube. It works the same way as the little element from before. I can pick it up and move it. When I stop moving, it has a moment of inertia. It keeps rotating.
This is all running on CSS transitions. There is not a single line of animation script used in this. The only script that I used is for interaction. Behind this, just like the 2D one, is a 4x4 matrix implementation, allowing 3D transformations. So, I can pick up...it's in the next slide, actually.
Should I get a Mac? Yeah? No? Who said that? [laughs] Marcin is selling his.
Who is selling whose? The one that fell and [inaudible].
Hmm. One other thing and I don't know if it's visible actually, because there is a bit of a reflection here...is it visible?
OK. That is -webkit-box-reflect. I don't know if you know that property. -webkit-box-reflect lets you do iOS style reflections. Of course, they are beautiful. It just turns out that it also works for 3D transformations. Below this cube is a reflected, rotating cube via -webkit-box-reflect.
It should be visible. There is a bit of a thing here. But maybe only I can see that.
Great! There are some things to keep in mind. Querying CSS properties doesn't always work. We had some issues on, for instance, Android, with inherited properties like fonts and colors. What it returns is an empty string. I didn't really look into that.
But, basically, you will probably have to bubble up into the DOM and try requesting the property, until you get something.
I don't know why I put this here actually. I believe, if you remove a property from the style member from an element directly, it becomes empty and it reverts back to the style sheet property. So there is a way to work around specificity issue. It also works if you empty the property, so not remove property but set value to empty.
So what about fall backs? Of course, this does not work in any version of Internet Explorer. It's going to work in IE10 presumably. If this is really important to you, you could use a fall back using left and top properties. Of course, you cannot do that for 3D, so 3D is going to revert to 2D. But this is really all fine.
I think if you're making a website or an application and it runs on either desktop and it's also available on your iPad and on your iPhone, the environment in which it runs defines which technologies you can use.
likes to read specs, and I too read specs, but I also like math. So in my spare time, I do stuff with math. I don't know.
I think next time we'll give you a bottle of water. I think there were like three breaks going over there. Interesting, I found that the end transition not firing, I think that's by design, isn't it? I wouldn't call it a bug at all.
I think so, yeah, yeah.
Did you find, then, in general, cause transitionEnd and transitionStart also gives you a time stamp. Is that something that could be used for that as well without having to interrupt the transition at all?
How do you mean? TransitionStart and transitionEnd has a property in between which is a time stamp of the animation, so on click you could say "where would it be in between beginning and end" and things like that. Let's do it on Github, don't worry about it. I like events, but I've found that transition events are not firing reliably.
I don't even use them. OK, the transitionStart even also coincides with interaction in some way, so you already have a click or a mouse over or something. You know when the transition starts because you trigger it. The only thing you don't know is when it ends.
The point is not waiting until ends but interrupting it in the middle, and there is no event for that.
Yeah, it's like the demo that Lea Verou showed yesterday of the smiley face that didn't rotate but it rotated because it rotated against the other rotation.
If you rotate something and then translate it, that is something different from first translating it and then rotating. You're changing the point from where you're transforming it. Maybe it's hard to understand or it's difficult or it's in some unpredictable or something, but more than that, it's actually a powerful tool.
I really like it that the order in which I define transformations gives a different result, and that's the same thing that matrixes do anyway.
It just feels odd the first few times that you have to remember it.
But at the same time, it supposedly doesn't matter which order it's in.
There are things like we don't exactly know how it works so we shun away from it or it's somehow scary. I think that is the wrong way to look at things. It may work differently based on how you write it, and there's a reason for that. There's a very good reason for that. What we need to do is find out what that reason is and just understand it.
Yeah, I like the matrix transformation tool because I did this CSS 3D transformation animation tool as well for myself to understand what's going on.
It is really the best way of learning something, isn't it? Yeah.
Because you know the syntax is annoying. You might as write a code editor for you to do it.
Yeah, that's how tools come to be.
I found one thing that really annoys me about Chrome especially, and I think it's just...I don't know why it's on design or not. Like when I do a transition on something or an animation on something and I load the page, it starts from where the normal flow is to the first stage. It does a transformation before I actually say do one.
Is there any way to avoid this? To get the transition? To stop it from animating from undefined to the first defined state when I just put a transition all on something.
I should see that issue. I don't...do you have an example.
Not here, on my desktop. [laughs] We can do that later as well.
Yeah, well, it's the other way around actually. Sometimes when there's non defined, it still animates to the first state of the page as it is when you do a transition in it.
Yeah, it is. How do you find about performance? You said, "This is better for performance. This is better for battery life". Do you do some excessive testing on that? Do you have a test harness for it? Do you try it out by hand?"
We just try it out by hand. The cube also works on an iPad, so you can just drag it around and it rotates and stuff. The demo is not completely finished, but I'm going to finish it and put it online so everybody can play with it.
That's a good idea. Flickr, their iPad HTML5 version, they basically found that dragging images when you do a navigation left and right, that image elements were much, much slower than divs with background image and then translation was must faster than changing the X and Y.
That's normally the case, that the 3D acceleration kicks in with translate? Yeah. I try to do everything with these 3D translations because the performance is so, so amazing.
You mean like shader style? Like putting something on an environment? That is just it, you've got a kind of curved perspective. It's fish eye effects.
Yeah. In canvas, I've seen some of them, but they were hard coded.
Why do you like Canvas? I see some math geek would be appealing to you.
Yeah, I don't know. I just love Canvas. It's a 2D...it's an empty piece of paper, and you can draw something on it. I just love it. There are people complaining about Canvas not having a DM and not being able to click on stuff, but that is exactly what makes it so fast. I don't know, I just love it.
I found it more too...I always said Canvas is like an Etch-a-Sketch on your page. You basically can paint on it, and you can shake it to actually delete it.
Canvas is like a mini Photoshop in your browser, a programmatically accessible Photoshop.
Yeah, except it has the wonderful thing of a state in terms of the coordinate system.
I like that you can paint a shape and then rotate it and scale it and reuse it that way.
So basically that would allow for things like Easel library and things like that to fall back to a CSS transformation in case Canvas is not supported.
The browser I didn't want to name.
The browser I didn't want to name. [laughs] After saying that you like Windows much. One question here, there's actually not much coming in interestingly enough. "What do you mean by 'these things are available for browsers internally.' Are matrixes internally used for everything?"
Well, apparently so. Because if you apply a translate, if you do a combined transformation using the translate, rotate, and skew properties, what you get in return if you query the value is a matrix. So your browser uses this matrix anyway.
I don't know, I'm glad this matrix is exposed because it allows me to do more than just the more human readable transformation properties. But I only assume that that is what it internally does.
It's the same with 3D transformations. We simulated them with X and Y and depth of field before.
And now we've got the real XYZ axes to play with.
Yeah, yeah. You said you love playing with these things and doing this, and I find myself...How do you get around the issue of building something like the cube and then you find yourself sitting in front of it for half an hour and playing with it rather than doing something else?
How do you stop yourself? I know that feeling, so I just have to kick myself and continue working.
Yeah. The side bar on my blog has just z-index tilt, and I get so many emails about how is this done. I wrote a blog post about it. It's not hard to do, but it seems to be very engaging for people to play with things like that.
Yeah. It's extremely funny. You keep doing that, and that's also what keeps you going, what keeps you making these kinds of things.
Well, this particular technology in stopping a transition and programmatically creating a new one is not yet integrated into our system, but it's going to be.
Well, no, not really. One thing, for instance, which we remade, and that's an older discussion about should we recreate the native app field in web apps. Maybe we could agree or disagree that it is either right or wrong, but we did it anyway.
One thing we made is just that scrollable thing that you can scroll content like on iOS.
With the bounce back and the scroll bar thingy.
Canvas in the back? Yeah, your native field.
Nice. But then you always try this and you put it online. You put it on Github and tell people about it, and then you get 6000 requests "oh, it doesn't perform the same as iOS."
Are we trying to simulate too much and not having the same access to the hardware? In my opinion, you can get really, really, really close, but there is always a tiny delay. If you scroll on your iPhone, it's just direct. Your page moves immediately, and there is a slight delay.
But it can be progressively enhanced as well. So if it doesn't work it's just a normal flow.
Cool. Well, I guess that's all we have for now.


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Lisa Kjær Gjessing, née le , est une taekwondoïste handisport danoise. Après quatre titres mondiaux (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) et trois titres européens (2016, 2018, 2019), elle remporte le titre paralympique en -58 kg lors des Jeux de 2020.

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Lors des Mondiaux 2019, elle se casse le bras pendant les quarts.

En 2021, elle est numéro 1 mondiale. Le taekwondo apparaît pour la première fois aux Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2020 et Gjessing remporte la première médaille d'or en -58 kg en battant la Britannique Beth Munro 32-14 en finale.

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Diagnostiquée d'un chondrosarcome (une forme de cancer des os) en 2009, elle doit subir l'amputation d'une partie de son bras droit en 2012.

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Jeux paralympiques

  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2020 à Tokyo

Championnats du monde

  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats du monde 2017 à Londres
  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats du monde 2015 à Samsun
  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats du monde 2014 à Moscou
  médaille d'or en -57 kg aux Championnats du monde 2013 à Lausanne
  médaille de bronze en -58 kg aux Championnats du monde 2019 à Antalya

Championnats d'Europe

  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats d'Europe 2019 à Bari
  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats d'Europe 2018 à Plovdiv
  médaille d'or en -58 kg aux Championnats d'Europe 2016 à Varsovie

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Planned reforms to HMRC's penalty regimes for late submission and payment of tax due are to be further delayed while the department considers how best to communicate the changes, with papers published following the Budget indicating there are unlikely to be any change before April 2021 at the earliest.
Deferral of Making Tax Digital for income tax meant there was more time to refine the new penalty regime, which had attracted considerable criticism, but it still was not expected to be ready for the new deadline for Making Tax Digital for VAT, which is April 2019 and was predicted to commence from April 2020.
Now the Budget papers confirm that while the regime has been subject to consultation, it will not be implemented in the timescale originally foreseen.
The Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates (OOTLAR) document states: 'The government consulted in summer 2018 on draft legislation for new late payment and late submission sanctions.
The Budget announcement means that the new regime will not now be in place until April 2021 at the earliest.
John Cullinane, CIOT tax policy director, said: 'We are broadly supportive of these reforms to HMRC's penalties regimes, so we are disappointed by this further delay, though as with any reform, we acknowledge that it is more important to do it right than to do it quickly.
HMRC has indicated that it wants to introduce a two-tier penalty system which would kick in 15 days after a late payment.
Penalties will be calculated on debts remaining due after 15 days from the payment due date although on a mitigated basis where payment is made or a Time to Pay arrangements (TTP) has been set up until 30 days after the due date.
Where a successful TTP agreement is made, the government will take the date of contact with HMRC as the effective date for the purpose of late payment penalties.
If a payment or TTP is made or treated as made within 15 days of the due date no penalty will be charged; between 16 and 30 days half a penalty will be charged; and after 30 days a full penalty will be charged plus a further penalty which will then accrue daily until payment is made or a TTP treated as made.
Cullinane pointed out the penalty regime will now not be in place until at least two years after Making Tax Digital becomes mandatory for VAT, meaning the VAT default surcharge regime will remain in place for 2019/20, and may well also continue for at least 2020/21 and maybe even beyond that.
'The existing penalty regime for VAT is not well suited to Making Tax Digital, and we are concerned around the complexities and administrative burdens that will result. The penalty point model being proposed for late submissions will work better with the Making Tax Digital reporting system.
'With Making Tax Digital for income tax not coming in before April 2020 at the earliest, it would make more sense now, given that there is this delay, for the new penalty regime to be brought in at the same time for all taxes.
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Home » Health News » Antiplatelet therapy post-PCI misses goal to cut rate of cardiovascular events in half
Antiplatelet therapy post-PCI misses goal to cut rate of cardiovascular events in half
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An international clinical trial that used genetic testing to guide which antiplatelet medication was given to patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not meet its stated goal for cutting in half the incidence of serious adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, in the year following the procedure. However, researchers reported a 34% reduction in these adverse events at one year, as well as a significant reduction in the number of events per patient, according to study results presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.20/WCC).
The primary endpoint of TAILOR-PCI—the largest cardiology trial to test the effectiveness of using genetic testing to guide treatment choice—was to demonstrate a 50% reduction at one year in the combined rate of death, heart attack, stroke, a blood clot in a stent (stent thrombosis) or a recurrent heart attack-like presentation. While the trial missed this mark, researchers observed a 34% drop in these events in the year following PCI. The trial also revealed a statistically significant 40% reduction in the total number of events per patient receiving genetically guided treatment compared with patients who received standard treatment.
"Although these results fell short of the effect size that we predicted, they nevertheless provide a signal that offers support for the benefit of genetically guided therapy, with approximately one-third fewer adverse events in the patients who received genetically guided treatment compared with those who did not," said Naveen L. Pereira, MD, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and co-principal investigator of the study.
Pereira added that a post hoc analysis, performed after the researchers knew the study's results, found a nearly 80% reduction in the rate of adverse events in the first three months of treatment among patients who received genetically guided therapy compared with those who did not. This period immediately after PCI is when patients are at the highest risk for adverse events, he said.
"We now know from clinical practice and other studies that antiplatelet drug therapy is critical during the first three months after PCI," he said. "This finding suggests that the lion's share of the benefit of genetically guided therapy may occur during this high-risk period. Because this wasn't a pre-planned analysis, we can't draw firm conclusions from it, but it merits further study."
Patients with arterial blockages who undergo PCI—the insertion of a stent or stents to prop arteries open—are commonly prescribed the antiplatelet medication clopidogrel, along with aspirin, for a year after the procedure to help prevent blood clots that can cause heart attack, stroke and other complications. However, studies have suggested that people who have a genetic variant in a liver enzyme known as CYP2C19 are unable to fully metabolize clopidogrel, reducing the effectiveness of the medication and leaving them at increased risk of developing blood clots and serious adverse cardiovascular events. Such patients may be good candidates to receive alternative antiplatelet medication.
In the U.S., about 30% of people carry the genetic variant that makes them less capable of metabolizing and, hence, activating clopidogrel, Pereira said. The proportion increases to 50% among people of Asian heritage. A simple-to-perform genetic test can identify whether a patient carries the abnormality, Pereira said. However, no prospective clinical trials have shown that outcomes are better for patients who have the abnormality when the test is used to guide their treatment. For this reason, guidelines published by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association do not currently recommend that patients be tested for the abnormality before being prescribed clopidogrel, Pereira added.
The TAILOR-PCI trial was designed to fill this knowledge gap. The trial enrolled 5,302 patients who had been treated for an arterial blockage with one or more stents. Their median age was 62 years, and 75% were men. Patients were randomly assigned either to a group that was tested for the genetic variant affecting clopidogrel metabolism or to a group that received standard treatment without genetic testing. In the first group, 35% of patients were found to have the genetic variant and were prescribed another antiplatelet medication, ticagrelor, while those without it got clopidogrel. In the second group, everyone was prescribed clopidogrel. Patients were enrolled at 40 medical centers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South Korea and followed for one year.
Among patients who carried the genetic variant, the primary endpoint occurred in 35 (4%) in the group that received genetically guided treatment, compared with 54 (5.9%) in the conventionally treated group at one year.
Pereira said that the reduction in the number of adverse events per patient also has important clinical implications. "Multiple adverse events represent a higher burden on the patient, so it is encouraging to see a significant reduction in cumulative events with genetically guided therapy," he said.
Among patients with the genetic variant, there were no differences in the safety endpoint of TIMI major bleeding (fatal bleeding, bleeding in the brain or any bleeding that requires medical assessment or treatment) or minor bleeding between those receiving genetically guided treatment (16 patients, 1.9%) and those in the conventional treatment arm (14 patients, 1.6%) at one year.
Pereira said that recent improvements in the standard of care following PCI may have contributed to the trial not achieving its primary endpoint. When the TAILOR-PCI trial was designed in 2012, around 10% to 12% of patients who received a stent could be expected to have a major adverse event, such as a heart attack, stroke or stent thrombosis, within a year. Over the course of the trial, the standard of care evolved through greater use of drug-coated stents and other treatments, which reduced the expected rate of adverse events in a year to about 5%. This change in technology substantially improved care for patients, but at the same time may have made it more difficult for the trial to reach its goal of a 50% reduction in adverse events with the number of patients enrolled, Pereira said.
No special expertise in laboratory testing is required to perform the genetic test, Pereira said. In the trial, the tests were done by study coordinators who did not have a background in laboratory medicine and who were able to perform the tests in a consistent, reproducible fashion after receiving brief training.
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Begun in 1988, Extension's cleanup event is one of hundreds around the globe that contributes to the effort spearheaded by the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup to remove and index trash from coastal waterways and beaches.
Organized by the MSU Extension Service in partnership with the Mississippi Marine Debris Task Force, Mississippi's cleanup event is held each October.
And this year, citizens will get an opportunity to participate in a second event. Organizers added a summer Beach Cleanup event on July 5 to help clear debris left after July 4 celebrations.
It's easy to get involved. Just go to http://coastalcleanup.extension.msstate.edu to sign up online, and do your part to help reduce the trash that ends up in our gulf.
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Eugenie Bouchard won her match at Women's Singles but it wasn't enough as the New York Empire fell to the Orange County Breakers on Thursday night. The New York Empire dropped to 5-5 on Thursday night, as the Orange County Breakers held on for a 22-16 win on Court 17 at the USTA Billie Jean King...Read more
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Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard és un municipi francès al departament de la Mànega (regió de Normandia). L'any 2007 tenia 666 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard era de 666 persones. Hi havia 272 famílies de les quals 78 eren unipersonals (45 homes vivint sols i 33 dones vivint soles), 99 parelles sense fills i 95 parelles amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 367 habitatges, 282 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 52 eren segones residències i 33 estaven desocupats. 327 eren cases i 4 eren apartaments. Dels 282 habitatges principals, 231 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 45 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 5 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 3 tenien una cambra, 20 en tenien dues, 45 en tenien tres, 64 en tenien quatre i 150 en tenien cinc o més. 250 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 112 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 139 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 463 persones, 306 eren actives i 157 eren inactives. De les 306 persones actives 286 estaven ocupades (163 homes i 123 dones) i 20 estaven aturades (9 homes i 11 dones). De les 157 persones inactives 55 estaven jubilades, 46 estaven estudiant i 56 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard hi havia 276 unitats fiscals que integraven 691 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 17.383 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 19 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa alimentària, 1 d'una empresa de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 6 d'empreses de construcció, 3 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa d'hostatgeria i restauració, 2 d'empreses immobiliàries, 1 d'una empresa de serveis i 4 d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 8 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era un taller de reparació d'automòbils i de material agrícola, 1 paleta, 2 guixaires pintors, 2 fusteries, 1 electricista i 1 restaurant.

Dels 2 establiments comercials que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una botiga de més de 120 m² i 1 una botiga de menys de 120 m².

L'any 2000 a Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard hi havia 45 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 833 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental integrada dins d'un grup escolar amb les comunes properes formant una escola dispersa.

Poblacions properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Notes

Enllaços externs

 France par commune. Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de Manche


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Eden Drama Festival Finale Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary with a Bang
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The winning group, Team Explosive on stage in the middle of their act
Over the past weekend the Garden Route ensured that they boasted with all the local talent they could possibly find at the Eden Drama Festival Finale in George.
The event, held on Saturday 28 November, was hosted by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) in collaboration with the George Arts Society, the Zabalaza Festival at the Baxter Theatre, Absa KKNK, the George Municipality, the Knysna Municipality, the Lunchbox Theatre and the Oudtshoorn Municipality.
Confidently and enthusiastically seven talented groups participated, and Team Explosive in their performance of Affie Kleinplaas proved to their audience and the judges that they are worthy of representing the Eden District at the Suidoosterfees next year in May. It was decided that second place would be awarded to Genagetix Productions after their performance of Andrea. These two groups, the Unexpected Drama Group performing Verlede op die Agtergrond, as well as the winning groups and runners-up from the Overberg and Cape Winelands districts, will also be performing at the Zabalaza Festival at the Baxter Theatre next year in March.
Director of Arts, Culture and Language, Jane Moleleki, welcomed everyone in attendance and thanked the partners and stakeholders who not only believed in the concept but also believed in developing the youth of Eden as well. "Well done to the youth for showing great commitment with this programme over the five years, showing the hunger and need to better themselves with the arts and through the arts."
Through partners and stakeholders' input, R17 000 worth of prizes was awarded to the winning participants in all the different categories. The overall winning team, Team Explosive, won a R10 000 prize from Absa KKNK as well as their own date and venue to showcase their winning production during next year's festival.
DCAS supports young artists to showcase and develop their talents. Communities should encourage their young people to get involved in arts and culture. Let us develop our country's dramatic talent BETTER TOGETHER.
Tania Colyn
Head of Communication Service
Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport
E-mail: tania.colyn@westerncape.gov.za


As the saying goes, life simply isn't fair—and acne flare-ups are one of those little injustices some of us have to deal with, even though we're no longer in our teens. (Seriously, wasn't dealing with pimples in high school enough for one lifetime?) And sometimes even the most carefully executed regimen is hopeless against hormonal breakouts.
"Fluctuating hormones (including pregnancy), stress, family history, and pore-clogging beauty products can be to blame for pimples that always pop up at the most inconvenient times, particularly before big events or job interviews," says Dr. Michelle Henry, a Harvard-trained, board-certified dermatologist. But how can you tell if you're dealing with hormonal acne or your run-of-the-mill pimple brought on by a late night and not washing your face? And most importantly, what can you do about it? Keep reading to find out.
If you're dealing with hormonal acne, there are two main indicators: Your breakouts happen along the lower third of your face, and they get worse before your period, according to Joshua Zeichner, MD, the director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology and assistant professor of dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Sound familiar? Keep reading to see the best ways to deal with your breakouts.
"By far and away, the best topical medicine for acne is benzoyl peroxide," Dr. Katie Rodan, dermatologist and co-founder of Proactiv, says. "Nothing, not even antibiotics, beat it when it comes to killing bacteria and clearing pores for the long-term without antibiotic resistance." Henry says that benzoyl peroxide is so powerful because it's an antimicrobial, meaning it zaps acne-causing bacteria and keeps pimples from coming back.
Zeichner recommends using benzoyl peroxide in concentrations ranging from 2.5 to 10 percent for maximum benefits. Rodan says that it works best when left on the skin in the form of a lightweight lotion, but that some cleansers and masks containing benzoyl peroxide can remain on the skin in an effective concentration after they've been washed off—if they've been formulated to do so (she says this is a trademark of Proactiv and its sister line, X Out).
Try: X Out Acne Wash-In Treatment($20), a multi-hyphenate cleanser, mask, and spot treatment with 8.5 percent benzoyl peroxide, or Clearogen Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Lotion ($32), which contains 2.5 percent benzoyl peroxide along with soothing ingredients like green tea extract and cowslip extract.
Zeichner says that the best concentration of salicylic acid is up to two percent, when you're choosing an over-the-counter product. You want to look for a product that unclogs pores and reduces inflammation, Dr. Jeanine Downie, New Jersey-based board-certified dermatologist, says. She especially likes Benzac, an over-the-counter regimen coming out at the end of the year, for adult hormonal acne. In addition to pore-clearing, skin-exfoliating salicylic acid, the line also contains East Indian sandalwood oil, which Downie says has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties without being harsh or drying.
Try: Philosophy Clear Days Ahead Oil-Free Salicylic Acid Acne Treatment and Moisturizer ($39), a lightweight, hydrating lotion that controls breakouts with one percent salicylic acid, or Clinique Acne Solutions Clinical Clearing Gel ($25), which can be used all over your face or as a spot treatment.
"A good rule of thumb is to go to your dermatologist if your treatment regimen hasn't improved your skin after two weeks, because it is likely that you will need a prescription treatment," Henry says.
She recommends Epiduo Gel, a prescription medication that contains benzoyl peroxide in conjunction with adapalene (a retinoid); she says the benzoyl peroxide kills the acne-causing bacteria while the adapalene decreases redness, swelling, and inflammation (it also boasts pore-clearing abilities). "In clinical trials, Epiduo started working to reduce pimples in the first week of treatment," she says.
Zeichner says that the best prescription options for hormonal acne are birth control pills and Spironolactone (more on that in a second). Birth control pills help regulate your hormones and decrease testosterone levels, which can mean fewer hormone-induced breakouts. Zeichner notes that there are four birth control pills currently approved for acne: Yaz, Beyaz, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, and EstroStop.
Another option is the aforementioned Spironolactone. Though not specifically designed to treat acne, it is often used for exactly that purpose because it prevents testosterone from stimulating the oil glands. "Less oil means less shine, fewer clogged pores, and less food to feed acne-causing bacteria," Zeichner explains.
Know thyself: "If you always break out before your period, put the topicals on starting about 10 days before your period to try to prevent the breakout from developing at all," Zeichner says. In other words, don't wait until the pimple is already there to do something about it. "Treating breakouts after they appear is too little too late, like brushing a tooth only after it has a cavity," Rodan says.
Try: Kate Somerville DermalQuench Clear Anti-Acne Treatment ($58), which combines salicylic acid (to exfoliate and unclog pores) and a combo of hyaluronic acid and botanical extracts (to kill bacteria and deeply hydrate).
Staying hydrated, getting enough sleep, and reducing stress are things that are often overlooked in regards to skincare, Henry says. "Exercise helps nourish skin cells and keep them healthy," she explains, because it increases blood flow.
Zeichner says that a diet full of low-glycemic-index foods can help prevent acne, as well as foods low in starch and sugar. He also recommends probiotics and foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids to help calm inflammation.
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Almanac is a suite of lyrical and narrative poems that commemorate, and mourn the passing of, the realm of the small relatives farm. yet whereas the poems are all enthusiastic about a way with the agricultural Midwest, relatively with the folks and land of the northwestern Illinois dairy farm the place Austin Smith was once born and raised, they're whatever yet only nearby. because the poems give some thought to farm lifestyles, they open out to talk about adolescence and dying, the lack of culture, the destruction of the wildlife, and the severing of connections among humans and the land.
This assortment additionally displays on a protracted poetic apprenticeship. Smith's father is a poet himself, and Almanac is partly a meditation in regards to the accountability of the poet, specifically the younger poet, whilst it falls to him to talk for what's vanishing. to cite one other Illinois poet, Thomas James, Smith has tried during this publication to put in writing poems "clear because the glass of wine / on [his] father's desk each Christmas Eve." by way of turns exhilarating and disquieting, it is a impressive debut from a particular new voice in American poetry.
This quantity is part of evidence On File's burgeoning severe better half sequence. Eliot has been the most enigmatic yet enduring modernists because the e-book of the affection music of J. Alfred Prufrock in 1915. regardless of his quite spare overall output of labor, he continues to be renowned between scholars and students.
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The lyrical global of chinese language poetry in trustworthy translations through Kenneth Rexroth.
The lyric poetry of Tu Fu ranks with the best in all global literature. around the centuries—Tu Fu lived within the T'ang Dynasty (731-770)—his poems come via to us with an immediacy that's breathtaking in Kenneth Rexroth's English models. they're so simple as they're profound, as tender as they're beautiful.
Thirty-five poems through Tu Fu make up the 1st a part of this quantity. The translator then strikes directly to the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) to provide us a couple of poets of that interval, a lot of whose paintings used to be no longer formerly to be had in English. Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu Hsi, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'iang Chao and Chu Shu Chen. there's a common advent, biographical and explanatory notes at the poets and poems, and a bibliography of different translations of chinese language poetry.
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The Copperopolis Armory is a Civil War armory located at 695 Main St. in Copperopolis, California. The brick Greek Revival building was constructed in 1864 to house the Union Guard of Copperopolis, the town's regiment of the Union Army. Copperopolis largely owed its existence to the war; the town grew due to a boom in local copper mining in 1860, which stemmed from the Union Army's need for copper ammunition. The armory served a variety of purposes for the Union Guard; at the building, new soldiers were enlisted, training was conducted, and arms and supplies were stored. Military balls, victory celebrations, and the local funeral ceremonies for Abraham Lincoln also took place in the armory. The armory also held an 1837 bronze cannon, which was used for ceremonial purposes and arms training; the cannon remains in the building and is one of the few American bronze cannons from the era in California. After the war, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows bought the building, which they converted to a social hall. In 1940, the armory became a community center.

The armory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 1997.

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Wellness Courts 10th Anniversary (Dartmouth Provincial Court, Dartmouth, N.S. Nov. 5, 2019)
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Met Office explains why it is Storm Jorge and not Ellen
The weather front has reached the South West and will bring strong winds and heavy rain over the weekend
George ThorpeRegional Content Editor
Storm Jorge has hit the South West this morning with rain lashing down across Devon and Cornwall.
A 'yellow' severe weather warning for rain, which is active until 6am tomorrow (Saturday, February 29), is in place from the Exeter-based Met Office and the Environment Agency has issued flood alerts in west Cornwall and around parts of Devon.
The wet weather has already had an impact on the region with roads having to be closed this morning following crashes.
After this alert finishes, a separate 'yellow' warning for wind will come into affect from 12pm tomorrow and last until 12pm the following day.
Some confusion has risen from the fact the storm is named Jorge rather than Ellen, which was the next name on the list after Ciara and Dennis which recently battered the UK, including the South West.
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However, the Met Office has explained that the reasoning behind having the name Jorge which came from Spain's Met Office, AEMET, saying it is normal for forecasters to use the names of storms from foreign counterparts.
A statement on the Met Office's website says: "The Spanish meteorological service, part of the south west Europe storm naming group, named Storm Jorge on Thursday (February 27).
"It is convention for all other national meteorological services to then use that name when referring to the low pressure.
"As such the system will not be named Ellen but will align with our European partners and be referred to as 'Jorge'.
"The fact that the system may have a different name than some expected should not influence their response.
"The weather over the weekend could have impacts due to the strong winds and those in the warning areas should take the advice of local emergency services seriously."
The Met Office also confirmed that the next storm that it or its counterparts in the Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands, who have the same naming policy, name will still be 'Ellen'.
After that, the next name on the list is Francis and this will be followed by Gerda and Hugh.
South West England weather forecast
A wet start to the day with a band of rain, sometimes heavy, pushing across the region throughout the day. The south could see some brighter spells. It will be windy throughout, with coastal gales likely. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Tonight:
A few showers through the evening, before heavier rain settles in during the night. The band of rain will push eastwards through the night, clearing by morning. Remaining windy. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
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A bright start to the day, with a few blustery showers across the region. These showers could fall as hail or sleet. Winds will remain strong, with coastal gales likely. Maximum temperature 6 °C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
A mostly dry outlook with plenty of sunny spells and the odd rain, sleet or hail shower. Winds strong at first, with gales, but easing by Tuesday. Rather cold throughout.


For many Capetonians (and tourists to the Mother City) eating out is a well-earned treat. But, if you do it too often, it can get a tad pricey. Which is why these Tuesday specials are a welcome addition to the week – now you can enjoy a three-course lunch; beer and a burger; or even a chichi wine-paired tasting menu for a fraction of the usual cost.
The deal With chefs Peter Tempelhoff and Ashley Moss at the helm, Greenhouse Restaurant at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel is a bucketlist must-do for foodies. And with two winter specials, you have two great reasons to dine out at this esteemed restaurant. Enjoy a three-course lunch of ostrich tartare, truffled quail's egg, sea asparagus, and more, or the reduced tasting menu for dinner, which includes a snack board, fresh bread, ostrich tartare, chokka noodles, braai bokkie, camembert cheese cake and chocolate tapas.
The deal Arguably the best Japanese restaurant in the Cape, Kyoto Garden Sushi is offering a winter special that is so appealing, you could eat here every night! Enjoy a three-course meal that includes miso soup, duck and noodles, vegetable tempura, and black-sesame ice cream, plus a glass of vino for R220!
The deal This popular restaurant on South Africa's oldest wine-producing estate, Groot Constantia, is offering two- and three-course winter specials where the menu changes monthly according to the fresh, seasonal produce.
The deal If you've not yet tried the inspired and utterly sensational neo-bistro dishes at Foxcroft in Constantia, there is no better time to do so. This refined yet laidback eatery that's co-owned by Glen Foxcroft Williams' and feted La Colombe chef-proprietor, Scot Kirton, is offering some irresistible winter specials: any two plates for R195 (or four for R295). Menu items include seared tuna tataki, honey-glazed fig (with goat's milk labneh and beetroot lavash), free-range pork collar (with gochujang, white cabbage, sweet potato and kimchi) and a sensational selection of desserts.
The deal After opening its doors two years ago, the Luke Dale Roberts-owned Shortmarket Club is still one of the most buzzed-about eateries on Cape Town's foodscape. And this winter, head chef Wesley Randles has devised an utterly enticing three-course prix fixe lunch menu – for R280 – that includes a host of new dishes, such as fig-leaf baked ricotta with creamy gorgonzola, wild honey and lemon; and grilled fish with a tangy lemon and tarragon velouté and smoked mussel aïoli. Service under the leadership of the Simon Widdison, is always warm and impossibly efficient.
The deal This popular waterhole is offering two fabulous specials. Chow down on a delicious free-range, grass-fed beef cheeseburger, washed down with a lager for R65. And did we mention happy hour from Monday to Friday, 4pm to 6pm? Come for the drinks; stay for the grub.
The deal Whether you sit outside in the quiet courtyard, or choose to eat in the characterful Parisian-styled restaurant, you're assured of a great lunchtime, pasta or family dinner deal.
The deal Sea Point's very own French rôtisserie-chicken shop is offering a nutritious and delicious winter special. With all full Cocottes ordered, you'll receive a complimentary side or salad and mayo.


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Corey Johnson signs new Riders deal
Corey Johnson has committed until the end of the 2020-21 season and enters his second season with Leicester Riders, it was announced last night.
Johnson averaged 12.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game over 10 games last season, arriving midway through with Jordan Spencer before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to leicesterriders.co.uk, Coach Paternostro said he was delighted to bring back the Canadian: "Corey made an immediate impact when he arrived last season, his energy and ability were immediately valuable to our team."
"Obviously he is a dangerous three point threat, his shooting can impact the game in many ways, but he was more than just a shooter. He really plays with an intelligence out on the floor and we are expecting big things from him this season."
📷: A look back at Corey representing the Riders last season #coreblimey pic.twitter.com/3iYVe1v3FY
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) July 27, 2020
"Defensively he was very good, he has good size and length and a hunger play to defence. He was locked in on that side of the door from the moment he arrived. His communication and commitment to team defence was excellent."
The Harvard graduate is back in his native Canada at the moment and will represent CEBL side Guelph Nighthawks before returning to Leicestershire.
"The Riders fans had my back from the moment I stepped on the floor," reflected Corey. "After I hit my first shot the crowd went crazy. That was something that was really motivating for me."
"I'm really happy to be returning to the Morningside Arena and bringing that energy."
"It feels great to have signed again, I felt like we had a good thing going last year and a lot of momentum that got cut short. I'm excited about the new season ahead and I feel like we can carry that momentum over to next year."
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Ice You can go skating on ice, and that can be fun. But what is ice? Ice is very, very cold water! Water is made up of tiny, tiny, tiny little water molecules. Water molecules are called H 2 0, which looks like this. Yay for H 2 0! Water can be liquid—we call this liquid water.
You can go skating on ice, and that can be fun.
But what is ice? Ice is very, very cold water!
Water is made up of tiny, tiny, tiny little water molecules. Water molecules are called H20, which looks like this.
Water can be liquid—we call this liquid water.
and if it gets even hotter than that, it makes steam.
But what happens when water gets cold? Water freezes solid, like a rock—which we call ice, or water ice.
Water turns to steam when it is 212 degrees—that is hot!
But water freezes, and turns to ice at 32 degrees—that's cold enough for hat and mittens.
wait for the water to freeze, and out come ice cubes!
We use ice cubes to keep a drink cold.
If the air is warm, like it is in the house, an ice cube will melt. That means the ice turns back into water!
If you put many ice cubes in warm air, they will melt, and become liquid again.
Other things can melt, and become liquid; butter can melt.
and then it becomes water.
or when ice covers tree branches.
Sometimes, rain freezes when it is falling. This is called freezing rain.
but it can also cover power lines.
and that can make the power go out!
and lakes can freeze over—so people can even drive on them, sometimes!
and that can cause accidents!
You can slip and fall when you walk on ice!
Glaciers are made of ice.
Glaciers flow down valleys like rivers of ice.
and ice covers Antarctica and Greenland, too.
You know what ice is good for making? Ice cream!
Beware You Might Be Having Contaminated Ice -Scientific tests have shown that ice from high street restaurants, including a burger king in basingstoke, hants., all had higher levels of bacteria than samples of water taken from their lavatory bowls.


In 2018, Chinese investors rebalanced real estate portfolios, becoming net sellers of real estate in the second half of the year, contributing to the decline. Chinese investors deployed $7.5 billion (THB 239.1 billion) in capital into offshore real estate investments in 2018 versus $35.4 billion (THB 1.13 trillion) in 2017. According to CBRE's 2018 Outbound Investment Survey, coupled with a decline in offshore investment, Chinese investors transitioned to net sellers to strengthen balance sheets and recycle capital for deployment into future outbound investments.
"The Asian outbound investment story in 2018 was on one hand characterized by a clear moderation from China but on the other hand, represented cyclical portfolio rebalancing and strategically preparation for future activity. The pullback from China's investors was not entirely unexpected but encouragingly created opportunities for new strategic investors to amplify offshore investment activities," said Leo Chung, Associate Director, Research, Asia Pacific CBRE.
"Asia-based investors remain hungry for offshore acquisitions, but will employ a more selective strategy in their overseas purchase activities. The hedging costs into certain countries are also impacting investment flows for many outbound Asian investors," said Tom Moffat, Head of Capital Markets, Asia, CBRE.