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Josh Reviews The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Garry Shandling, Judd Apatow, Movie Reviews, TV Show Reviews
I've been a huge fan of Garry Shandling for as long as I can remember. Mr. Shandling was a genius-level stand-up comedian, and he masterminded two of the greatest television shows ever made: It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show. It was Larry Sanders that made me a forever fan of Mr. Shandling's, and that drove me to go back and discover the rest of his amazing work. I've spent uncounted hours watching old clips of Mr. Shandling on the stand-up circuit and on The Tonight Show, and I have watched and rewatched The Larry Sanders Show many times. ("It was a back tooth, Hank," might be one of the funniest lines ever spoken on a TV comedy.) When Mr. Shandling passed away in 2016, it was a huge loss.
I have also been a huge fan of Judd Apatow's for quite some time, ever since Freaks and Geeks (the amazing series created by Paul Feig and produced by Mr. Apatow back in 1999-2000). I continue to adore Freaks and Geeks to this day, and I have rewatched those eighteen near-perfect episodes many times. I also loved Mr. Apatow's follow-up TV show, Undeclared (also killed before its time after one fantastic season), and I have followed his movie career avidly: The 40 year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This is 40, and Trainwreck. Mr. Apatow has also shown his talents as a skilled and prolific producer, helping to shepherd projects such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Superbad, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Pineapple Express, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Bridesmaids, Wanderlust, The Five-Year Engagement, The Big Sick… and many more! That is quite a list of incredible comedic films with which Mr. Apatow has been involved, no?
Mr. Apatow wrote for The Larry Sanders Show and eventually served as a co-executive producer. In many interviews over the years, it's been clear how much of a mentor Garry Shandling was to him. Mr. Apatow's appearance on Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, filmed not long after Mr. Shandler's death, is almost more about Garry Shandling than it is about Mr. Apatow himself!
And so I was not at all surprised when I read that Mr. Apatow was working on a documentary film about Garry Shandling. As a huge fan of both comedic talents, I was excited to see what Mr. Apatow would create.
The result, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, is a behemoth: an almost five-hour film, shown in two parts on HBO. But I'm here to tell you, I could have watched five more hours of it. I was absolutely captivated by the film from start-to finish.
First and foremost, the film is a remarkably intimate, in-depth look back at Mr. Shandling's life and career. Mr. Apatow knew Mr. Shandling well, which was a great benefit to this project as it clearly allowed Mr. Apatow to know exactly with whom speak and what areas to cover in order to create this portrait of Mr. Shandling's life. Additionally, after Mr. Shandling's death, Mr. Apatow was given access to an extraordinary wealth of material from Mr. Shandling's life, most notably Mr. Shandling's voluminous notes and diaries that he kept for his entire life. Again and again, this film shows us on-screen these actual notes that Mr. Shandling wrote — thus allowing us an incredible access into Mr. Shandling's inner life: what he was thinking and feeling. It's remarkable, and it allows this film to take us right inside Mr. Shandling's head and heart. Mr. Apatow's prominence in the comedy world and wealth of connections also bore fruit, as the film is filled to overflowing with fascinating, funny, heartbreaking, and insightful interviews with so many of the men and women who were close to Mr. Shandling during his life.
The film is, of course, very funny. It is filled with fantastic clips from throughout Mr. Shandling's career. We get to see lots and lots and lots of incredible moments from throughout his stand-up career and from so much of his work on TV and on film. Everything you hope to get covered is touched upon in the film. (There's even a lengthy sequence exploring Mr. Shandling's innovative approach to creating the special features from the DVD release of The Larry Sanders Show! As someone who has watched every fascinating second of those bizarre and intimate special features, I was so happy to get this look at their production!) Of course, the film spends quite a good deal of time on both It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show, with plenty of clips and wonderful behind-the-scenes footage from both groundbreaking shows.
But the film is more interested in presenting a complete picture of Garry Shandling the human being than it is in creating a complete picture of Mr. Shandling's career. (Even though the film DOES give us a very complete picture of Mr. Shandling's career!!) This gives the film its emotional depth. I found it to be quite moving at times. (Just one example: I was struck by the intensity of the emotion in the clip of Bob Saget talking about how Mr. Shandling cut him out of his life after Mr. Shandling's contentious lawsuit with former manager Brad Grey, with whom Mr. Saget had continued to associate.) If the documentary has one flaw in my mind, it's that I think it might somewhat overemphasize the effect of the death of Mr. Shandling's brother at a young age might have had on him. Clearly Mr. Apatow and his team believe that this event shaped Mr. Shandling's life, but as a viewer it felt perhaps a tad reductionist and/or overly simplistic. Still, I can't criticize too much this attempt to get to the core of Mr. Shandling as a person, as that gives the film an emotional weight that a simple stroll through his career wouldn't have had.
Mr. Apatow himself pops up repeatedly in the film. Rather than trying to hide his connection with Mr. Shandling, Mr. Apatow uses that connection to fuel the story. We frequently see Mr. Apatow on-screen talking with the interview subjects, and referring to his own experiences with Mr. Shandling. It's always risky when a documentarian includes him or herself in their own film, but for me this works here. Mr. Apatow's connection to Mr. Shandling, and also his curiosity about this man who had clearly remained somewhat enigmatic to him, is genuine, and so I didn't object to that as an element of the film.
Alan Zweibel, Peter Berg, James L. Brooks, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Nealon, Conan O'Brien, Jeffrey Tambor, Peter Tolan, Jim Carrey, David Duchovny, Linda Doucett, Sarah Silverman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Dave Coulier, and so many more comedic talents appear in the film to talk about Mr. Shandling. And, as I have mentioned, the film is overflowing with fly-on-the-wall, behind-the-scenes footage gathered from throughout Mr. Shandling's career. (One of my favorite moments was, late in the film, a clip of Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock backstage at a club watching Mr. Shandling perform. It's a quick moment, but it's fascinating to see, for just those few seconds, the way those extraordinary talents saw Mr. Shandling.)
For any fans of Garry Shandling, or stand-up comedy in general, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling is a must-see. Clear your schedule.


Okay - a lot of offices have a peg-board or magnetic "Who's IN today" / "Who's OUT today" thingie.
I may not have my own magnetic thingie ... but here at the office we publish a weekly email letting all the users know who is "on call" in half a dozen different areas for the coming weekend.
I wouldn't think it would be too hard to do up an electronic version of either of those.
e.g.  Here's a list of everyone who has access to leo; name - 2 or 3 email accounts - and an optional phone number.
It could be broken down by functional area, by 'logical' area [meo / leo / ect], or whatever turns out to be most useful.  Heck, offer a couple - put them up as static or dynamic files in a central area and make sure everyone who needs to know this stuff knows where they are.
Would that kind of thing be a help?


We are a specialist Child & Adolescent private mental health practice, providing comprehensive mental health consultation, assessment, and intervention for a wide range of mental health issues in the Hills Shire. We are a "One-Stop" Therapy Centre aiming to provide easy access and timely intervention.
The Delta Clinic was set up in 2010 in response to increasing demand and the experience of parents struggling to access appropriate and quality private specialist mental health services.
The Delta Clinic offers a multi-disciplinary service including: psychology, child psychiatry, paediatric services, social work, mental health nurse and dietary advice. Our mental health practitioners have a range of therapeutic approaches including cognitive-behavioural, humanistic, psychodynamic and systemic training. They are carefully selected for their particular specialty and clinical expertise which ensures a diversity of skills are available to meet the needs of our clients and their families.
The team has developed a "niche" for its collaborative approach to working with children & adolescents affected by ADHD. This includes working with the family, consulting and intervening at school. Delta Clinic practitioners are currently involved in a research project with Professor V. Eapen in the delivery of CBIT; a cognitive program in working with children diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome.
We can also help with a wide range of conditions, including: anxiety, depression and suicidal behaviours, serious challenging behavioural and conduct problems, autism, school refusal, Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and attachment disorders.


The choir maintains a page of information for its members.
This includes details of rehearsals for concerts.
To view this information you need to be a member of the choir.
You should login using the username and password given to you by the committee.


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Q: Recognize a valid youtube url via unobtrusive validation regular expression is not working in MVC 3 I can't find a way to get through this error.
I've got this code in my model
MultimediaLanguageEdit.cs
public class MultimediaLanguageEdit
{
    //[RegularExpression(@"((?<=^https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/.*v=)\w+)|((?<=^https?://youtu\.be/)\w+)|((?<=src=""https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/v/)\w+)|((?<=src=""https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/embed/)\w+)",
    [RegularExpression(@"(^https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/.*v=\w+)|(^https?://youtu\.be/\w+)|(src=.https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/v/\w+)|(src=.https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/embed/\w+)",
                        ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(ErrorMessages),
                        ErrorMessageResourceName = "FieldRegExp")]
    public string Text { get; set; }
}

and this code in my View
MultimediaLanguageEdit.cshtml
@model MultimediaLanguageEdit

    @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Text, "Codice HTML:")

    @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Text)
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Text)

and the field is always invalid for all this case test

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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTIo6H19uw&feature=grec_index

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*<object width="560" height="315">
   <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tYTIo6H19uw?version=3&hl=it_IT"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
   <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
   <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tYTIo6H19uw?version=3&hl=it_IT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
</object>
and match this test case

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*http://youtu.be/tYTIo6H19uw
but if I test the the regex in a custom editor or even in a controller, I've a got a match for every case.
What is wrong with this code?

A: The correct RegExp is
(https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/.*v=\w+.*)|(https?://youtu\.be/\w+.*)|(.*src=.https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/v/\w+.*)|(.*src=.https?://(www\.)?youtube\.com/embed/\w+.*)

Because javascript check the whole line of RegExp and expect a correct match from the beginning to the end.

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Jordan is a Middle Eastern country that would otherwise be landlocked except for a small stretch of land that borders the Red Sea. As this nation was under British control since the latter half of the 1940's, it is also one of the most eclectic and democratic found throughout the region. This is also why Jordan has remained a very popular destination for tourists from the western parts of the world. If you are hoping to visit here in the near future, it is always wise to plan ahead. This is why we have put together this quick travel guide so you can known what to expect upon your arrival.
Amman is the capital as well as the largest city of Jordan. It is particularly known for the sheer number of ancient archaeological attractions which are found within its confines. The Amman Citadel, the Amman Roman Theatre and the Qasr al-Mshatta mosque are perfect examples of such a unique sense of history. As should be expected, you can obtain guided tours of these and other locations if you have been hoping to enjoy an up-close and personal view of what Jordan has to offer. Also, be sure to check out the shopping opportunities to be found along Rainbow Street.
Anyone who has ever seen the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade will likely be familiar with this structure. The ruins of Petra have been carved into a solid rock face and they mimic the style associated with classical Greek architecture. They are thought to have been created around 300 BCE and they are arguably one of the most important archaeological finds in the world due to teh fact that they are extremely well preserved.
This destination brings back memories of Lawrence of Arabia due to its iconic landscape as well as the plethora of Bedouin tents. Wadi Rum has now opened itself up to tourists and you can enjoy such adventures as sleeping in the desert or taking a ride on a camel. Be sure to bring the appropriate clothing, as the days can be quite hot while it is not uncommon for the temperatures to dip below freezing during the overnight hours.
This is one of the largest peaks within Jordan and it remains capped with snow throughout the year. Intrepid travellers have always been attracted to Mount Nebo due to its sheer height and size. Those who make their way to the summit can enjoy views of Amman, the Red Sea and even the hills of far-off Jerusalem.
There is no doubt that Jordan is one of the most popular countries to visit within the Middle East. As it is relatively warm throughout the year, you can plan your journey accordingly. Still, it might be best to book reservations during the spring or the autumn. There will be fewer visitors and the ticket prices are normally lower.


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Étiquette : Publishing pratices
The web as exception: the rise of new media publishing cultures
This dissertation offers a history of web exceptionalism – or the notion that the web is a source of radical change and that it is inherently different from its 'mass' and 'mainstream' media predecessors – as well as its role in various innovations in web publishing. Web exceptionalism combines a discourse of the displacement of older media with the articulation of specific media practices, technologies and forms as "web-native," i.e. as somehow reflective of the web's essence or nature. Its expressions range from early visions of the web as a virtual space and ideal public sphere to the concept of Web 2.0 and recent discussion of social media as a new form of decentralized, citizen-powered journalism.
Here, I examine manifestations of such ideas in new media publishing cultures in the 1990s and early 2000s, arguing that while these narratives of exceptionalism portray the web's development in terms of rupture, or sudden break from the past, they paradoxically shape web culture as a site and source of historical continuity. The aim of this study is not to debunk claims of the web's exceptional nature. Rather, it is concerned with how a closer investigation of web exceptionalism, focused on the conditions of its emergence, serves to reveal the various historical and cultural legacies that shape the web and our perceptions of it.
In the first part of the dissertation, I explore the roots of web exceptionalism by returning to the influential conceptualization of the web as cyberspace in the early 1990s. In its most utopian configurations, the-web-as-cyberspace would be a space of 'pure information' that would free its users from physical, social, cultural and economic constraints on identity, community and enterprise. As much as cyberspace symbolized a radically different future, however, the concept was also the site of a remarkable connection between cybercultural utopianism and cybernetics, or the science of communication and control, which developed in military-related research during the 1940s and 1950s.
One of the key ideas that emerged from cybernetics – that social and cultural phenomena are essentially formalizable (and thus computable) systems of information and feedback – is extended in the basic assumption underlying cybercultural utopianism, that the world might be made anew within the electronic frontier of cyberspace. This underlying assumption may also be seen to resonate with more recent articulations of the web as an exceptional medium: despite the disappearance of a utopian notion of cyberspace, similar computational metaphor is found in concepts such as the social graph, which carries the promise of a universal mapping of social relations.
In addition to the concept of cyberspace, cybercultural utopianism may be typified by its primary mode of delivery, the cool tech-culture magazines such as Mondo 2000 and Wired that entered mainstream culture in the early 1990s. As I argue in a case study of Mondo 2000, the magazine's mix of irony, rebellious attitude and unconventional production practices was closely aligned with its depictions of the cybercultural future, which oscillated between enthusiastic and negative visions of the potential for empowerment and authentic experience through new media. Mondo's ambivalent "cool" not only represented a particular new media publishing form, but was in part produced by the rupture-talk at the center of Mondo 2000's identity. Like the computational metaphor, I argue, Mondo's new media cool may be seen to resonate with later manifestations of web exceptionalism, where a similar ambivalence about the effects of new media endures.
The second part of the dissertation comprises three case studies of web exceptionalism, each of which emphasizes the interplay between rupture-talk and the establishment of novel media practices, technologies and forms. The first concerns the promise of a "new publishing paradigm" at HotWired, the web-only publication launched by the creators of Wired magazine in 1994. At HotWired, questions of site design and editorial practice were addressed in terms of the web's promise and what the new medium required. Embedded in these ideas about the web's exceptional status and the resulting practices, however, were a series of cultural influences – from the New Journalism of the 1970s to the Bay Area rave scene of the 1990s – that tied HotWired's production to past media practice.
The second case revisits what appeared to be the arrival of a new age of "open news," a narrative of exceptionalism spurred by the rapid rise to prominence of the tech-news website and forum Slashdot in 1998. With its reader-submitted stories and intricate commenting infrastructure, Slashdot seemed to embody principles of open-source software production, where engineering work is delegated to a dispersed, self-organized group of volunteers. In this new context, 'openness' meant spreading the work of news production and distribution among diverse participants and providing an alternative to the closed process of decision-making by traditional gatekeepers. A closer look at the emergence of Slashdot's unique technological infrastructure, however, suggests a different lineage involving the early online culture of Bulletin Board Systems. And rather than a critical intervention in news production, the site's history sooner resonates with accounts of the introduction of information technology in the workplace, as its central thread is the automation and increased visibility of production tasks. The third case study deals with the emergence of blogging as a popular web publishing format in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Taking as a starting point the influential definition of blogging as "web-native," I show how blogging was defined by early practitioners as both a solution to perceived problems in mainstream media and an extension of some of its worst excesses. Most of all, I argue, the articulation of blogging as "web-native" was aligned with what I call blogging's logic of exposure, extending conventional publishing values and practices related to publicity into a novel web cultural form.
Overall, the case studies demonstrate how significant innovations in web publishing were simultaneously a product of narratives of the web as an exceptional medium as well as a range of cultural influences. In doing so, they support the dissertation's central claim, that rupture-talk paradoxically shapes web-native culture as a site and source of historical continuity."
URL : http://dare.uva.nl/document/485745
Publié le 8 juin 2013 27 octobre 2015 Catégories ENMots-clés blogging, culture, History, Publishing, Publishing pratices, web, Web 2.0, web culture
Beyond open access: an examination of Australian academic publication behaviour
This study explored the publication behaviour of academics from Australian universities and how this impacted on the adoption of open access models of scholarly publishing. Using grounded theory as its methodology, the study developed theoretical models that identified publication practice. The study also indicated how this practice had been influenced by ongoing changes in government policy associated with research recognition. While the government policies aimed to improve Australian research quality, studies such as this thesis assist in determining the impact that changes made to research evaluation policies may have on the research community and research dissemination.
The study examined data collected through three methods: focus groups held with Australian academics and publishers, an online survey of academics from Australian universities and interviews with Australian academics and university based e-press managers. In total, two hundred and eighty-one participants contributed to this study, including twenty-three in-depth interviewees and thirteen focus group participants. The survey participants represented a cross section of the Australian university community, whilst the focus groups and interviews represented academics from two universities, one from the Group of Eight and the other from the Australian Technology Network.
The outcome of this study was a number of theoretical models that suggested that the changing policies associated with research recognition have narrowed the publication behaviour of the Australian academic community and that this could be to the detriment of the adoption of alternative models of scholarly publishing. The publication behaviour, which had a focus on tiered journal listings, resulted in a dissemination pattern that was primarily directed to the academy. This was of concern for disciplines that had a practitioner-based research focus. Such disciplines would benefit from open access dissemination.
The study also examined engagement with institutional repositories and highlighted the importance of mediation in populating the content of repositories. The process of permission-based mandates was supported as a means to develop repository content. Permission-based mandates allow academics to enter a non-exclusive agreement with their university or institution so that the university can manage copyright and repository submission processes on behalf of the academic. Academics can then focus on the process of publication, while mediators can manage copyright and the repository submission processes.
URL : http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:160184
Publié le 19 novembre 2012 27 octobre 2015 Catégories EN, Non classéMots-clés Australia, open access, Publishing pratices, scientific communication, scientific practices
New Value-Added Services for Classics E-Journals
This paper examines issues related to electronic journal publishing in the field of Classics with a specific focus on the discussion of new value-added services for e-journals. Preliminary experimental data from a survey that explored the diffusion of digital technologies into the publishing workflow of Italian Classics journals identified two new value-added services: reference linking to primary sources and semantic indexing.
This paper also emphasizes the importance of supporting citation persistence for electronic resources. Finally, it will describe the significance and overall functioning of these services and then conclude with an outline of the characteristics of the main technical components needed for an e-journal implementation that provides these identified services through an extension of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/15006/
Publié le 24 octobre 2010 27 octobre 2015 Catégories ENMots-clés E-journals, Open Journal Systems, Publishing pratices, Scholarly PublishingUn commentaire sur New Value-Added Services for Classics E-Journals

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Dunlop tyres history. General tire pakistan.
Dunlop Tyres is a British company owned 75% by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and 25% by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which sells Dunlop branded road tyres in succession to the Dunlop Rubber Company.
THE LITERATURE OF IRISH MOTORING: Several readers have asked me about Irish motoring publications which are worth collecting.
If one leaves aside more recent books and magazines, then one undoubtedly has to start with the publications of RJ Mecredy, that colossus of Irish motoring.
Mecredy started Motor News magazine as a fortnightly in 1900. It went weekly in 1903 and was published until 1939. It was a fascinating publication, filled with accurate comment and well illustrated for the time. If you're lucky enough to come across copies of it or its sister publication, The Irish Cyclist, they will undoubtedly become the most prized items.
Mecredy was also a prolific author - his books turn up quite regularly at book fairs. The best, The Motor Book, was first published in 1903 and reprinted as a facsimile edition in 1970. It's a delight, Mecredy at his best.
Harder to come by is his De Dion-Bouton Motor Carriages - Their Mechanism and How To Drive Them. The De Dion company was so impressed by Mecredy's down-to earth approach that it made this the official De Dion-Bouton handbook.
The other Mecredy book worth having is his Encyclopedia of Motoring. Reprinted many times after its first edition in 1901, this book is a fascinating insight into motoring in the first decade of the last century.
The early story of the pneumatic tyre is told in John Boyd Dunlop's History of the Pneumatic Tyre, completed by his daughter Jean after his death, and Arthur Du Cros's Wheels of Fortune. Although both accounts differ significantly, they are worth seeking out.
Motoring Life was founded in 1949 by Austin Channing who remained its editor until the mid-1960s. Channing was very much the spiritual successor of Mecredy and the Motoring Life issues of the period contain much of historical importance.
Among the regular contributors were Maxwell Boyd (then a student at Trinity College), L J K Setright, the inimitable Ted Bonner and the talented artist, T Y Ballance.
That doyen of Northern Ireland motoring writers, W A McMaster, was probably the first person to attempt the history of Irish motorsport which he did in his 1969 publication, A History of Motorsport in Ireland 1903-1969. Basil Brindley's series of books, On Two Wheels and Four, covered the sport for the years 1956-58 in very readable fashion.
Wheel Patter by the irrepressible Dudley Colley was published by the Talbot Press in 1951. This charming account of Irish motorsport has become a classic, beloved particularly by Frazer-Nash enthusiasts the world over.
A significant number of books devote large passages to Irish motorsport. Chief among them is Charles Jarrott's marvellous Ten Years of Motoring and Motor Sport 1896-1906 which contains an account of his eventful participation in the 1903 Irish Gordon Bennett Race.
Noteworthy also are the accounts of the Irish Grand Prix contained in George Roesch and the Invincible Talbot, Anthony Blight's masterwork.
Finally, Bits and Pieces by 'B Bira' is a wonderful snapshot of a long-disappeared way of life. First published in 1942, it contains several Irish motor racing adventures.
This was a support race. 1.6 liter race cars. Much slower than the Formula 1 cars but faster than a street car.
One of the Quebec crowd favorite open-wheel series, Formula 1600, is returning to the Canadian Grand Prix as a support series for the June 11-13 weekend of activities on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Octane Racing Group, promoter of the event, is happy to announce today that close to 40 drivers from Quebec, Ontario and the North East of the United States are expected to take part in the two races scheduled for Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. A regular feature on the Grand Prix program, Formula 1600 last competed during an F1 weekend in 2007.
"If there is an open wheel series where Quebec drivers are plentiful, it's in the Formula 1600 Series," said Francois Dumontier, president of Octane Racing Group and promoter of the event. "Not only does this group of motor racing passionates always put on a great show on the track, they also make their presence felt in the Canadian Grand Prix support paddocks with great social gatherings with family, friends, and fans. We are happy to support them once again with an opportunity to be part of our event. Our numerous Quebec supporters can relate in many ways to the drivers of that series, and it is important that a local motor car series be part of our race weekend. Despite many drawbacks, those who oversee the Formula 1600 keep this open wheel series running with seasoned veterans clashing against up and coming drivers."
"We are happy to return to the Canadian Grand Prix. For all our drivers, team members and their sponsors, this is great news," remarked Marcel Lafontaine, driver and also President of the Formula Tour 1600. "Everyone loves to run at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and to know that we will be sharing the same track, the same podium on the same weekend as Formula One drivers is an extraordinary source of motivation. Once again, I am convinced that the level of competition will be very high. I think that this announcement will draw close to 40 drivers from Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces, Ontario and the United States to come and compete at the Canadian Grand Prix."
This type of series has a long and glorious 40 years of motor racing history. Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Pedro de la Rosa, and Adrian Sutil of the current field of Formula One drivers have all excelled in this series at the beginning of their career. Former World Champions Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Jody Scheckter, and the great Ayrton Senna, just to name a few, have all made their marks in this open wheel series. The current Canadian version of the F1600 championship uses spec engines and tires. The wingless open wheel cars are powered by a four-cylinder Ford engine, and are shod on Dunlop treaded tires used for dry and wet track conditions. To illustrate the range of ages of drivers that compete in Formula 1600, fans could see at the Canadian Grand Prix 16-year old up-and-coming Quebec driver Jerimy Daniel locking wheels with racing enthusiast Lewis MacKenzie, born in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1940.


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The observation of gamma-ray emission from the annihilation of dark matter particles could provide a means of indirectly detecting dark matter, constraining its properties, and mapping its spatial distribution.  The Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope \citep[\emph{Fermi},][]{atwood_abdo_ackermann_etal_09} will measure for the first time the all-sky gamma-ray emission at energies from a few tens of GeV to a few hundred GeV, an energy band which is especially promising for indirect dark matter searches.

A generic prediction of cold dark matter models is the persistence of substructure within dark matter halos.  Depending on the details of the particle physics model, the smallest dark matter halos form in the early universe with masses of $10^{-12}$ -- $10^{-6}$ M$_{\odot}$ \citep[e.g.,][]{green_hofmann_schwarz_05,profumo_sigurdson_kamionkowski_06}, and many of these dense halos are expected to survive to the present day.  This prediction is consistent with the results of numerical simulations, which find an abundance of subhalos within a Galaxy-sized dark matter halo.  Simulations also find that the radial distribution of subhalos is less centrally concentrated than the smooth dark matter of the host halo \citep[e.g.,][]{gao_white_jenkins_etal_04,diemand_kuhlen_madau_07,kuhlen_diemand_madau_07,madau_diemand_kuhlen_08,springel_wang_vogelsberger_etal_08}, and consequently the angular distribution of Galactic subhalos on the sky as observed from our position appears fairly isotropic \citep{kuhlen_diemand_madau_08,siegal-gaskins_08,springel_white_frenk_etal_08}, as shown in the left panel of Figure~\ref{fig:maps}.

The rate of dark matter annihilation scales with the square of the density, so nearby regions of high density, such as the Galactic Center and subhalos, are natural targets for indirect searches.  While the Galactic Center is almost certainly the brightest point source of gamma-rays from dark matter, substantial astrophysical foregrounds make extracting a dark matter signal from the Galactic Center a formidable challenge.  Subhalos, on the other hand, are largely free of such foregrounds, and although most subhalos in the halo of the Milky Way are not likely to be resolved individually as point sources by \emph{Fermi} \citep{pieri_bertone_branchini_08,kuhlen_diemand_madau_08}, collectively substructure is expected to generate a large flux of diffuse gamma-rays, exceeding the smooth halo flux for angles $\gtrsim$ 10 degrees from the Galactic Center \citep{pieri_bertone_branchini_08,kuhlen_diemand_madau_08,springel_white_frenk_etal_08,fornasa_pieri_bertone_etal_09}.  The right panel of Figure~\ref{fig:maps} shows a realization of the signal from substructure as observed by an experiment with the angular resolution of \emph{Fermi} above $\sim 10$ GeV.

The `isotropic' diffuse gamma-ray background thus may include contributions from Galactic dark matter substructure and extragalactic dark matter, as well as from unresolved members of known extragalactic source classes such as blazars.  Since most of the measured dark matter flux may be hidden in diffuse emission, it is worthwhile to explore methods for robustly extracting this signal.  Recognizing that different source classes have different anisotropy properties, several recent studies have considered anisotropies in diffuse emission on small angular scales as a way of statistically identifying contributions from distinct source classes.  Angular power spectra of the gamma-ray emission from several extragalactic source classes \citep{ando_komatsu_06,ando_komatsu_narumoto_etal_07,miniati_koushiappas_di-matteo_07,cuoco_brandbyge_hannestad_etal_08,taoso_ando_bertone_etal_08,fornasa_pieri_bertone_etal_09} as well as from Galactic dark matter \citep{siegal-gaskins_08,fornasa_pieri_bertone_etal_09,ando_09} have been predicted.

In this paper, I review recent theoretical work related to anisotropy analysis of gamma-ray data, however the content presented is based primarily on \citet{siegal-gaskins_08} and \citet{siegal-gaskins_pavlidou_09}.
In Section~2 I discuss predictions for the angular power spectra of individual source classes and their relevance to the angular power spectrum of the total measured emission.  I consider the anisotropy energy spectrum, or the energy dependence of the total angular power spectrum, in Section~3 and show that the combination of anisotropy and spectral information can be a powerful tool for disentangling contributions to the diffuse emission from multiple or changing source populations.  I summarize my conclusions in Section~4.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{f3b.eps}
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{f4b_aligned3.eps}
\caption{Gamma-ray intensity from dark matter annihilation in Galactic substructure.  The right panel shows the same map as the left panel, but smoothed with a Gaussian beam of width 0.1$^{\circ}$, corresponding to {\it Fermi's} angular resolution above $\sim$ 10 GeV\@.  Figures are from \citet{siegal-gaskins_08}.
\label{fig:maps}}
\end{figure}

\section{Angular power spectra of gamma-ray source populations}
\label{sec:powerspect}

The angular power spectrum provides a statistical measure of fluctuations as a function of angular scale.  Here I consider the angular power spectrum $C_{\ell}$ of intensity fluctuations $\delta I (\psi) \equiv (I(\psi) - \langle I \rangle)/\langle I \rangle$, where $I(\psi)$ is the intensity in the direction $\psi$.  Note that the fluctuations are expressed in units of the mean map intensity, hence $\delta I$ is dimensionless.  The angular power spectrum is given by $C_{\ell} \! = \! \langle\, | a_{\ell m} |^{2} \rangle$, where $a_{\ell m}$ are determined by expanding $\delta I (\psi)$ in spherical harmonics, $\delta I (\psi)  \! = \!  \sum_{\ell,m} a_{\ell m} Y_{\ell m}(\psi)$.

For an unclustered distribution of point sources (i.e., a distribution for which the angular position of a given source is uncorrelated with the position of the other sources), the angular power spectrum is noise-like.  In this case, $C_{\ell}$ takes the same value at all $\ell$, and is inversely proportional to the number density of sources per solid angle.  Blazars are point sources and only weakly clustered, hence their angular power spectrum is well-approximated as noise-like \citep[see, e.g.,][]{ando_komatsu_narumoto_etal_07}.  Most Galactic subhalos are point-like due to the extremely small angular size of their emission region, and from our position do not appear strongly clustered, so Galactic dark matter substructure also produces a fairly noise-like power spectrum.  However, subhalos which are sufficiently massive or nearby are extended sources, and their contribution results in relatively less angular power at high multipoles (corresponding to small angular scales) compared to a pure noise-like source distribution.  In general, the amplitude of the angular power spectrum from Galactic substructure is predicted to be much greater than that from blazars.  This can be understood by noting that as a cosmological source class, blazars have a much higher number density per solid angle than Galactic substructure, and thus produce less angular power.

Figure~\ref{fig:powerspect} shows the angular power spectrum from Galactic substructure for subhalo populations which extend to a minimum subhalo mass $M_{\rm min}=10$ M$_{\odot}$ and $M_{\rm min}=10^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$, and for the smooth dark matter halo.  In the small $M_{\rm min}$ scenario, the angular power spectrum is quite noise-like, reflecting that most of the emission is from subhalos that are effectively point sources.  For the large $M_{\rm min}$ case the angular power spectrum is flatter because more of the emission originates from extended sources.  The overall normalization of the power spectrum is higher in the $M_{\rm min}=10^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$ case since the mean map intensity is smaller, and thus the same intensity fluctuation is a larger fractional deviation from the mean than in the $M_{\rm min}=10$ M$_{\odot}$ case.  Due to its small contribution to the total intensity, the smooth halo contributes minimally to the total angular power.  It is important to keep in mind that because the angular power spectra shown are calculated in units of the mean intensity of each source class, to compare the contributions of these source classes to the total angular power spectrum the individual power spectra must be scaled by the fractional contribution of the intensity of that source class squared.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.95\textwidth]{f5.eps}
\caption{The angular power spectrum from Galactic dark matter substructure for $M_{\rm min}=10$ M$_{\odot}$, $M_{\rm min}=10^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$, and the smooth dark matter halo.  Figure is from \citet{siegal-gaskins_08}.
\label{fig:powerspect}}
\end{figure}

In general, the intensity and angular power spectrum of the emission from Galactic dark matter substructure exceeds that from extragalactic dark matter, and among known extragalactic source classes, unresolved blazars are the dominant contributor to both the intensity and angular power spectrum at energies $\gtrsim$ a few hundred MeV.  Here I consider only these two source classes, as they are expected to be the most relevant for analysis of the diffuse gamma-ray background with \emph{Fermi}.

\section{The anisotropy energy spectrum}
\label{sec:aniso}

In this section I present two example scenarios that demonstrate that the energy dependence of the angular power spectrum of the total measured emission could be used to confidently infer the presence of multiple contributing source populations.  In these examples I assume that the total measured isotropic diffuse emission is comprised exclusively of emission from unresolved blazars and from Galactic dark matter substructure.  For cosmological source populations such as blazars, at energies above a few tens of GeV interactions with the UV, optical, and IR backgrounds (the extragalactic background light, EBL) lead to an exponential cutoff in the observed intensity energy spectrum, so for the blazar spectra EBL attenuation is approximated here by applying an energy-dependent cut-off, and assuming for simplicity that all blazars reside at a single redshift.  The dark matter intensity energy spectrum is calculated using the approximation given in \citet{bergstrom_etal_01}.

The angular power spectrum of the total diffuse emission from extragalactic sources $C_{\ell}^{\rm EG}$ and Galactic dark matter substructure $C_{\ell}^{\rm DM}$ is given by
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:clsum}
C_{\ell}^{\rm tot}=f_{\rm EG}^{2}C_{\ell}^{\rm EG} + f_{\rm DM} ^{2}C_{\ell}^{\rm DM} + 2f_{\rm EG}f_{\rm DM}C_{\ell}^{{\rm EG}\times{\rm DM}},
\end{equation}
where $f_{\rm EG}$ and $f_{\rm DM}$ are the (energy-dependent) fractions of the total emission from extragalactic sources and Galactic dark matter substructure, respectively.  Extragalactic sources and Galactic dark matter substructure are uncorrelated, so here the cross-correlation term $C_{\ell}^{{\rm EG}\times{\rm DM}}=0$.
As evident from Eq.~\ref{eq:clsum}, the amplitude of the total angular power spectrum at a given energy depends on the relative contributions of each source class to the measured emission at that energy.  For clarity, I use the term intensity energy spectrum to describe the energy dependence of the photon intensity.

The anisotropy energy spectrum is defined as the value of the angular power spectrum at a fixed multipole $\ell$ as a function of energy.  The angular power spectrum of a single source class in which all members have the same intensity energy spectrum is independent of energy because the angular distribution of the sources on the sky is identical at all energies.  However, contributions to the diffuse emission from multiple populations with different intensity energy spectra result in a modulation of the anisotropy energy spectrum, as the relative contribution of each population changes with energy.

Figures~\ref{fig:aniso1} and~\ref{fig:aniso2} present the intensity energy spectra and corresponding anisotropy energy spectra at $\ell=100$ for two example scenarios.  In each scenario the intensity energy spectrum of the total measured diffuse emission is consistent with that of an unresolved blazar population plus a dark matter component, but also with that of an unresolved blazar population with slightly different spectral properties without a dark matter component.  In these cases spectral information alone is insufficient to identify the dark matter signal, however, the anisotropy energy spectrum can be used to robustly identify the presence of a dark matter contribution.  In both examples the observed `total' intensity energy spectra and anisotropy energy spectra are the sum of the dark matter and the EBL-attenuated reference blazar contributions.  The intensity energy spectrum of an alternative blazar model is also shown which, with EBL attenuation, could plausibly produce the observed total intensity energy spectrum without a dark matter component.

The scenario in Figure~\ref{fig:aniso1} assumes a dark matter mass of 700 GeV, and despite dark matter dominating the total intensity above $\sim$ 20 GeV, its contribution is not clearly identifiable in the intensity energy spectrum.  In the anisotropy energy spectrum, on the other hand, the dark matter contribution produces in a significant feature.  In Figure~\ref{fig:aniso2} the dark matter mass is assumed to be 80 GeV, and here dark matter never dominates the intensity energy spectrum, but still produces a strong feature in the anisotropy energy spectrum.  In both examples the anisotropy energy spectrum enables the blazar plus dark matter scenario to be distinguished from a blazar-only scenario: if unresolved blazars were the sole source of the isotropic diffuse emission, the anisotropy energy spectrum would be constant in energy, but the presence of a dark matter contribution results in a modulation in the anisotropy energy spectrum, unambiguously indicating a change in contributing source populations with energy.

In these figures the error bars indicate the $1-\sigma$ statistical uncertainty in the measured angular power spectrum for an all-sky observation time of 5 years with \emph{Fermi}, assuming a fraction $f_{\rm sky}=0.75$ of the sky over which the analysis is performed.
The $1-\sigma$ uncertainty is given by
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:deltacl}
\delta C_{\ell}^{\rm s} = \sqrt{\frac{2}{(2\ell + 1)\,\Delta\ell\, f_{\rm sky}}} \left(C_{\ell}^{\rm s} + \frac{C_{\rm N}}{W_{\ell}^{2}}\right),
\end{equation}
where $C_{\ell}^{\rm s}$ is the angular power spectrum of the signal (here, $C_{\ell}^{\rm tot}$) and $W_{\ell}  \! = \!  \exp(-\ell^{2}\sigma_{\rm b}^{2}/2)$ is the window function of a Gaussian beam of width $\sigma_{\rm b}$, which here corresponds to \emph{Fermi's} angular resolution.  The data is assumed to be averaged over multipole bins of width $\Delta\ell = 100$.  The noise power spectrum $C_{\rm N}$ is the sum of the Poisson noise of the signal and the background, $C_{\rm N} = (4 \pi f_{\rm sky}/N_{\rm s})(1 + (N_{\rm b}/N_{\rm s}))$, where $N_{\rm s}$ and $N_{\rm b}$ are the number of signal and background photons observed.  Unresolved blazars and Galactic dark matter substructure are considered signal, while any other observed emission, such as Galactic sources other than substructure, are noise.  The error bars shown generously assume $N_{\rm b}/N_{\rm s}=10$, i.e., an order of magnitude more background than signal photons.

For the anisotropy energy spectrum at $\ell=100$, the error bars rapidly increase at low energies ($E \lesssim 1$ GeV) due to the degradation of \emph{Fermi's} angular resolution below this energy, and at high energies due to low photon statistics.  At intermediate energies the noise term in Eq.~\ref{eq:deltacl} ($C_{\rm N}/W_{\ell}^{2}$) is quite small, and in this regime a modulation in the measured anisotropy energy spectrum can be easily identified.

It is notable that in the optimistic case that the baseline extragalactic anisotropy level is observable, it may be possible to extract the shape of the dark matter annihilation spectrum via Eq.~\ref{eq:clsum}, even in cases where the dark matter signal cannot be disentangled from other contributions in the intensity energy spectrum.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{f1.eps}
\caption{Example intensity energy spectrum and corresponding anisotropy energy spectrum assuming a dark matter particle mass of 700 GeV.  Figure is from \citet{siegal-gaskins_pavlidou_09}.\label{fig:aniso1}}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{f2.eps}
\caption{Same as Figure~\ref{fig:aniso1}, for a dark matter particle mass of 80 GeV.  Figure is from \citet{siegal-gaskins_pavlidou_09}.\label{fig:aniso2}}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary}
\label{sec:disc}

Anisotropies in diffuse gamma-ray emission can be a powerful diagnostic of the properties of contributing source populations.  In particular, indirect searches for dark matter may be able to use fluctuations on small angular scales to statistically detect dark matter substructure in the halo of the Galaxy even if individual subhalos are not detectable.

The robustness of anisotropy analysis can be improved by examining the energy dependence of anisotropies, since the angular power spectrum of the total measured emission varies with energy according to the energy-dependent contribution of each source population.  The examples presented in Section~3 demonstrate that a contribution from Galactic dark matter substructure to the measured diffuse emission leads to a departure of the anisotropy energy spectrum from an energy-invariant quantity.  For plausible scenarios, this modulation is shown to be detectable in \emph{Fermi} data with high confidence.

\acknowledgements
It is a pleasure to thank my collaborator, Vasiliki Pavlidou, for her invaluable contributions to the work presented.

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Kevin Smith: I've Done Way More Podcasts Than Films
Kevin Smith says he'll always be called, "director Kevin Smith," even though he's "done way more podcasts than [he's] done films." On episode 59 of The Wolf Den he tells Jeff Ullrich that what he likes now is when people say, "he's Kevin Smith for a living."
Kevin says he grew his Smodcast network from 1 to 25 shows because of his "sheer desire to keep talking." But he also says that his first show–and namesake of the network–Smodcast, would have become, "boring to a bunch of people, if all I talked about was Batman." That's why he added a podcast all about his favorite comic book superhero. Similar reasoning was behind creating a podcast like the entertainment discussion show Hollywood Babble-On, to provide an outlet for another of his favorite topics.
It's true that Kevin likes to talk, but people are listening. He's working with AMC to shoot the television pilot for Hollywood Babble-On.
"We're at a place where [podcasts] are development ground," Kevin explains. "That's what everyone looks at it as. More and more podcasts get picked up," for television and movies. He points out that the plot for his newest movie, Tusk, came from a story told on an episode of Smodcast.
Kevin also says that the development people in the entertainment industry are "stealth," looking for the best new podcasting talent "before they pop," and before there's competition to sign them.
Looking back, then, Kevin says that he's grateful that commercial radio wasn't interested in the idea for what became the Hollywood Babble-On podcast. He and co-host Ralph Garman, "backed into our future, because somebody was, like, 'no.' Instead, Ralph was, like, 'yes,' let's go 'yes' it ourselves. And now it's a fucking TV pilot."
With all his projects, Kevin says, "the key is not caring whether it works or not for others. It needs to work for you." What keeps him producing podcasts every week is recognizing, "We're still allowed to do this? You're shitting me."
Kevin says there's still no gatekeeper for podcasting like there is for TV and movies. "I'm doing this. You can do this, too. I'm telling people just to do it."
Listen to the full episode to hear more about the evolution of Smodcast's lineup of shows and learn what Kevin sees for the future of podcasting.
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Last month, we wanted to go for a family day out but we prefer some place that is kid-friendly and we decided that bringing Aryan to the Zoo will be a great idea. We wore matching safari-inspired outfits for our day at the Zoo wearing a white top, khaki pants and shoes. Stepping into the Zoo at 10.15am after purchasing two adult tickets for RM43 each (children under 3 years old entry for free so Aryan got in free), we were greeted by the Zoo photographers to take a picture with a Panda mascot. Well that didn't go well as Aryan freaked out and was crying. So we decided to just proceed with our agenda and went to watch the animal live shows which was starting at 11am. The animal live show space was crowded but the show really was entertaining. Aryan love observing all the tricks the animals were doing.
After the live show ended, we walked on over to a space called Children's World in Zoo Negara where there would be an animal feeding session. The animal feeding session started at 12pm and Aryan was starting to feel comfortable enough to walk around when he saw other children around the area. I guess he felt that if they were brave enough, so should he. He went to the donkeys, bunnies and goats to pet them as he watched other kids around him feeding these animals. We wanted Aryan to experience feeding the animals by himself too so the hubs went to get the food supply from the Zoo Negara rangers in charge in that area.
Aryan was a fast learner as he was so independent feeding all the bunnies and goats. Just so you know, bunnies are his favorite animal. After around 30 minutes or so, we washed Aryan's hand with soap at the sink available in the same area and went to explore the whole Zoo. From looking at the elephants, tigers, giraffes, zebras and more.
The pandas (whom are placed in an air-conditioned building) were sleeping when we came but they are definitely cute. We bought a cupcake at the Panda cafe and Aryan was so hungry he was licking icing on his fingers.
Aryan knew the existences of all these animals during this Zoo visit which became a fun yet educational experience for him. Overall, it was a well spent family day and we got a family photo of ourselves to remember Aryan's first visit to the Zoo with Mommy & Daddy.
Where should we bring our lil tot next? Share your ideas with me down below. Love to hear them!


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Q: How do you get the type of a variable in Ballerina? How do you get the type of a variable in Ballerina?
I know that boolean checks are possible such as these below:
import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    any x = "This is a test";
    io:println(x is string); // Evaluates to true
    io:println(x is float); // Evaluates to false
}

In Python, we use type(variable) and get the type, in Java it is as follows:
String a = "test";
a.getClass().getName()

How do we do this in Ballerina? I've tried to look in the docs and the closest I can find is lang.typedesc.

A: You can use the typeof expression for get the type of any variable in Ballerina.
import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    var x = 5;
    io:println(typeof x);
}

Please refer to the "Typeof expression" section of the language specification below for more information.
https://ballerina.io/spec/lang/2019R3/#section_6.25


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Warning Signs Christina Applegate Says She Missed Before Her MS Diagnosis
Health » Symptoms
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By Ruth Clark AND Erin Demmer/Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 4:54 pm EST
In the summer of 2021, actress Christina Applegate announced that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease (per The New York Times). The diagnosis had caused production of the third season of the show she was starring in, "Dead to Me," to stop for months. And now, she says that there were some warning signs she missed early on, not realizing they were symptoms of the condition.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the central nervous system (via Mayo Clinic). This causes the protective layers around the nerves to deteriorate, which makes it difficult for your brain to communicate with the rest of your body. This can lead to symptoms like numbness on one side of the body, lack of coordination, loss of vision, slurred speech, dizziness, and fatigue. While there are different types of MS, most people will go through periods of new or worsening symptoms followed by periods of remission. The average age of onset is between 20 and 40 years, and women are two to three times more likely to develop MS.
While there's no cure for MS, treatment focuses on managing symptoms and slowing the progression of the illness (via Mayo Clinic). According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, over one million American adults live with MS.
Applegate's early symptoms of MS
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The "Married with Children" actress said that during the filming of the first season of "Dead to Me," she started noticing that she was losing her balance while filming a dance scene (via The New York Times). Later, she noticed the same thing while playing tennis. Numbness and tingling in her limbs continued for several years until she was diagnosed with MS during the production of the third and final season. But she never realized these were symptoms of MS, telling The New York Times that she didn't really pay attention to them.
Applegate's diagnosis ceased production of the third and final season of "Dead to Me" for five months, which she said was time she needed to process the loss. But still, she said she doesn't feel like she has accepted the reality of her illness, and doesn't plan to. "Dead to Me" season three was released on Netflix in November, which Applegate said would be the first time viewers would see her in this new way — 40 pounds heavier and unable to walk without a cane. She told the New York Times that finishing filming the season was the hardest thing she'd ever done, and she doesn't even plan to watch the season herself. But she hopes that despite having an obvious illness on screen, viewers will be able to look past it and say farewell to the show.
Why Applegate may have overlooked her MS symptoms
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Although Christina Applegate expressed regrets about not paying more attention to her early symptoms of multiple sclerosis, she may not be the only one to have a difficult time recognizing their symptoms. According to a 2021 study published in Neurology, it can surprisingly take years for symptoms to be identified as being caused by MS. It's likely that this is related to the complexity of the disease. A Hartford HealthCare MS specialist, Brian Wong, MD, explains that symptoms of MS are often misinterpreted as being caused by other medical conditions or life events due to the fact that they can be extremely broad and hard to diagnose. For example, the fatigue, muscle aches, and cognitive impairment that are commonly associated with MS can also be observed in individuals who are sleep-deprived or working at physically strenuous jobs.
What makes MS even more challenging to diagnose is how drastically symptoms can also vary from person to person, since MS can strike anywhere in the central nervous system (per Rush). Besides MS's most common symptoms of difficulty walking and blurred vision, individuals may also experience depression, bowel problems, and sexual difficulties in the early stages of the disease. There's a higher likelihood of misdiagnosing these symptoms because they are so vast and can also be associated with a variety of other medical conditions. However, it's possible that having a better understanding of the various symptoms of MS could contribute to an earlier diagnosis.
The importance of an early diagnosis
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Having an early multiple sclerosis diagnosis and early intervention is crucial, as Applegate's story illustrates. MS can be slowed in its progression if it's identified and treated early, explains Orlando Health.
Awareness of the disease could increase the chances of an earlier diagnosis, despite the disorder's complexity. When someone is familiar with the symptoms of MS, they may be more likely to recognize them if it happens to them. According to Healthline, anyone who experiences abnormal symptoms that could be related to MS should seek medical attention from their doctor immediately, especially if they have a family member with the disease. A doctor may start by ruling out other medical conditions by taking a blood test before conducting a spinal tap, MRI, or evoked potential test (per Mayo Clinic). Abnormal antibodies related to MS can be detected in a spinal tap, and MRI scans can reveal lesions in the brain caused by MS.
Applegate's story has certainly spread public awareness about the disease and the importance of paying close attention to symptoms. Despite her diagnosis, she has continued to inspire others with her unwavering strength and her willingness to openly share about her health struggles. "I turned 50 today. And I have MS. It's been a hard one," she wrote on Twitter a few months after her diagnosis. "Many are hurting today, and I am thinking of you. May we find that strength to lift our heads up."


As a geologist and artist I am fascinated by time and its constant progression, deep history, and eternal nature. What excites me about ceramics is how every finished piece is a record of moments in time. The manipulation of the clay by hand and tool is recorded in the form. The surface captures the formation of ceramic and glass as clay and glaze reacts to the heat of the kiln. Finally, the finished piece is a durable object, so the moments it records will last into the future.
I am a Lawrence based artist who works in clay. I've been walking around town looking down for nine years now and am inspired by the sidewalks. I'm putting out this collection for people who have lived and loved Lawrence, but for some reason have had to leave. Show your pride for your former home with a brick and tell me your idea for a custom brick design!


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Issue: March 9, 2021
Mainstream media online traffic tanked after Trump left The White House
The media killed its golden goose.
Mainstream media's 4-year-long sustained and relentless "battle royale" against President Donald Trump, and his own distaste and fierce criticism of them may not have fostered a healthy political and social climate in the US, but this certainly brought a lot of traffic and by extension revenue to these outlets.
Now that Joe Biden is in the White House, that traffic has declined by 20 percent or more in February compared to just a month before, web traffic analytics firm SimilarWeb has said.
Unlike Trump, whose every move was in the limelight and scrutinized, Biden seems set to carry out whatever policies his administration has in mind with the public, for better or worse, not paying much attention.
Print and broadcast media analytics companies said that there had been three times fewer stories about Biden in February of this year than about Trump in the same month in 2017, i.e., the first month after both took their respective presidencies. Cable broadcasters reflected the same trend, dedicating about 1,836 minutes to Biden last month, against the 4,669 minutes spent talking about Trump in February four years ago.
More results emerging from this data show that interest in finance and business – stoked last year by the economic crisis caused by Covid lockdowns and other measures – is declining, but less so than that in politics.
What some mainstream media take away from this is that people are now used to the "drama" from politics that was present during the Trump presidency. However, much of that drama, producing polarization and divisions, may have actually come from the media themselves, rather than politics per se; after all, the current sharp dip in traffic shows they had incentive to keep whipping up that drama for financial reasons, beyond any preferred politics and ideologies.
However, not all outlets are seeing a decline in interest in political news: conservative ones have seen a huge surge, with Newsmax 179% up last month compared to daily average during the past three years: SimilarWeb said One America News Network (OANN) and Gateway Pundit gained 157% and 70%. And when Trump addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this month, 7 million people tuned in to watch.
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Editorial: One of Trump's few solid picks, FDA head Scott Gottlieb, is stepping down
Chronicle Editorial Board March 7, 2019 Updated: March 7, 2019 10:21 p.m.
A student of Bishop O'Dowd High School smokes from a Juul e-cigarette at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, May 16, 2018.
Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle
A climate change skeptic runs the Environmental Protection Agency, and a former oil and gas lobbyist is the acting Interior Department secretary. When Scott Gottlieb was named head of the Food and Drug Administration, there were predictions he'd be another industry shill running a key Washington agency.
But Gottlieb, who's announcing his retirement after two years, never lived up to that billing. He went after vaping, slamming San Francisco-based Juul and other e-cigarette makers for flavored offerings that drew young users. He broadcast warnings on opioids, a strong voice in a notably slow-acting administration. He spoke against states that allowed anti-vaccine parents to dodge the need for shots, a dangerous loophole that's worsened a measles outbreak.
He played ball with Big Pharma by speeding up approvals for new drugs, criticized as risky by some outside groups. But he also speeded access to cheaper generics that copied more expensive drugs, an action that angered large drugmakers but furthered a bipartisan mandate to lower costs. He even showed some bureaucratic dash by amping up a detailed stream of releases explaining his agency's decisions.
By background, he's a doctor, venture capitalist and cancer survivor, a triple-threat resume tailored for the job. It's a wonder he landed a powerful post in a chaotic administration where conflicts of interest mean little and background training is an afterthought. He's stepping down, tired of the travel time between his family in Connecticut and Washington.
Trump should marvel how he stumbled on Gottlieb. A capable and outspoken professional with an independent streak served the agency well, not to mention the country. Finding a suitable replacement should be a priority and a challenge for the White House.
This commentary is from The Chronicle's editorial board. We invite you to express your views in a letter to the editor. Please submit your letter via our online form: SFChronicle.com/letters.
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Ronald Dale Perkes, 72, father, papa, great grandpa, brother and friend passed away from complications after surgery at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah.
He was born April 6, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Wallace and Frances Sterling Perkes. He married Karen Bryson in the Salt Lake Temple on May 16, 1969. They were married for 26 years and have five children together.
Ron attended and graduated from Highland High School in 1964. After high school he served in the US Coast Guard for two and a half years. He worked for US West Phone Company for over 33 years and made many lasting friendships there. He went on to work for T-Mobile and created his own business as a subcontractor in the cell phone industry.
He worked as an ordinance worker in the Salt Lake Temple for many years and enjoyed that very much. He had a love and a passion for family history work and genealogy and devoted countless hours doing it after he retired. He enjoyed photography, working with computers and refurbishing old tractors. He loved taking long drives, especially to Idaho to buy lottery tickets. Ron loved to take people literally to be funny and sarcastic, he was the king of sarcasm!
His pride and joy was his family, his face would light up whenever he talked about them. He was fiercely loyal to family and friends and was an amazing provider for his family.
He is survived by his sister Beverly Nowak, brother Sterling Perkes (Lynnette); children Camron Perkes, Ryan Perkes (Kim), Nathan Wade Perkes (Nicole), and Annie Ivers (Wade); grandchildren Christian, Jess, Nick, Leland, Ethan, Ellie, Logan and Aleeya; and great grandson Jaxon. His mother, father, brothers Douglas and Ralph, his son Todd and dear friend Marion Bonner preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Val Verda 9th Ward Chapel, 3317 S. 800 W. Bountiful, Utah where friends may visit family from 9:30-10:30 am prior to services. Interment Bountiful Cemetery. Services under the directions of Lindquist's Bountiful Mortuary.


zynk Design has completed the creation of its third INTENCITY training studio for Fusion Lifestyle, which has just opened its doors at Park Road Pools and Fitness, Haringey.
Sitting within the original, traditional gym area, zynk was briefed by Fusion to transform an existing studio into a dedicated, multi-functional training zone which is designed to give users access to a boutique fitness experience.
zynk creatively utilised the brand's distinctive red and black aesthetics to create separate exercising zones within the 100sqm (328sqft) area. This enabled zynk to maximise spatial and commercial potential, generating enough capacity to host five classes of different exercise genres, with up to 16 participants in each.
The studio has opened with 30 different high intensity classes each week and aims to increase this to 60 over a phased period. With each INTENCITY class requiring different equipment, zynk worked hard with the space to create easily accessible and safe spaces for kit to be stored in-between classes.
Synergy between the old and new gym elements has been achieved by utilising the studio's existing large window, which provides natural light and enables members to see classes in action. Innovative planning has also created a dedicated studio entrance which provides a cohesive route for students moving in between classes and during waiting times.
The striking and distinctive red and black aesthetics of the INTENCITY studio takes its cue from the brand's concept which centres around participants using their own heart monitors to track effort during each class, with red indicating the maximum amount of effort possible.
zynk has designed two previous INTENCITY studios for Fusion Lifestyle situated at Southgate Leisure Centre N14 and Robinson's Pools and Fitness, Bedford.


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Q: Cannot convert 'char*(*)[6]' to 'char***' for argument '2' to 'void prac(int*,char***)' I see this error when compile my program:
Cannot convert 'char*(*)[6]' to 'char***' for argument '2' to 'void prac(int*,char***)'

How can I fix the code ? Please help me.
Code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void prac(int *argc, char **b[])
{
//body
//
}

int main()
{

     char *ptr_array[] = {"ssl","0.0.0.0","","tcp","0.0.0.0","8080"};
prac(&argc, &ptr_array);

    return 0;
}

A: char * is used to point to a string since only address of first char is needed because they are continous memory locations for arrays.
Therefore for and array of strings it can be an array of char pointers. aka char **b Only 2 not 3. or char *b[]
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void prac(int *argc, char **b)
{
//body
//
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

    char *ptr_array[] = {"ssl","0.0.0.0","","tcp","0.0.0.0","8080"};
    prac(&argc, ptr_array);

    return 0;
}

A: The answer is already presented for you in the arguments passed to main
int main(int argc, char* argv[])

As char* argv[] is an array of the command line arguments passed to the program. Change the argument in the prac declaration to match that like so
int prac(int* argc, char* b[])

Also you should be getting compilation warnings stating:

warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to 'char*'

to avoid this set ptr_array to const char* and likewise for const char* b[] in prac().

A: The first answer is probably what you want.  If you really want to send the arguments as you have shown, the compiler message actually tells you how to declare the parameters:
void prac(int *argc, char *(*b)[6])

If you're thinking the extra layer of pointers will allow prac to change the array, it won't actually buy you much.  It lets prac change the value of argc in the main, but it can't change the actual size of the array.


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Stade de la Maladi?re (1924) is a football stadium located in the city/town of Neuch?tel in Switzerland, Europe. Stade de la Maladi?re (1924) has a maximum stadium capacity of 25500 spectators. Neuch?tel Xamax are the main occupants of the stadium. Neuch?tel Xamax play their domestic home football fixtures at Stade de la Maladi?re (1924).


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Something I've stumbled onto today, from company BlueStacks that apparently lets you run your favorite Android Apps on your PC. Yes, that means your Windows x86 PC (No Mac version yet).
Download the BlusStacks 'AppPlayer' (117MB) and once installed, pops up on your desktop using a neat-looking Windows 7 'gadget'. This gadget pops out to show the apps you can sync with your device.


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Q: Using a phone Bluetooth headpiece to listen to music from computer I have a Bluetooth headset (Handsfree) HipStreet BT Lite, this supports phone audio but does not support media streaming.  I downloaded an app for Android (BTmono) that changed this behavior and allowed me to use it to listen to music with the headpiece. Is there any Windows software that will allow me to use my headpiece for listening to music?

A: If your computer has a bluetooth adapter, try pairing the headset with it and see if it shows up as an audio output device (Start -> Control Panel -> Sound).


I wanted to share with you the lip combo that I have been LOVING this month!! @urbandecaycosmetics Jean Michel Basquiat lipstick in Epigram (on clearance for like $9 @ Ulta) & @colourpopcosmetics liner in #taurus.
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