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Manchester United vs AZ Alkmaar – 3 Players Who Shone
After victories against Jose's Spurs and Pep's City, United had the opportunity to continue building momentum against….
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MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – DECEMBER 12: Ashley Young of Manchester United celebrates 1-0 with Harry Maguire of Manchester United, Anthony Martial of Manchester United during the UEFA Europa League match between Manchester United v AZ Alkmaar at the Old Trafford on December 12, 2019 in Manchester United Kingdom (Photo by Ed van de Pol/Soccrates/Getty Images)
After victories against Jose's Spurs and Pep's City, United had the opportunity to continue building momentum against an AZ Alkmaar side who came into the match with 6 successive wins in the Eredivisie.
A total of nine changes were made to the starting 11 by Solskjaer, with just Maguire and Martial keeping their starting places.
The first half very much reflected the wholesale changes, with United not showing the intensity, passing quality or pace that made them so devastating in the previous two matches.
After the half time moan-fest from Jake Humphrey, Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves on BT Sport, viewers could have been excused if they switched channel to sneak a look at the general election exit polls. However, the second half unexpectedly sprang into life with United's first goal, following a quality passage of play. United scored a further 3 goals in just over 10 mins.
So, in what was a game of two halves, which players stood out?
Wow! What a performance from the academy star! He was playing off the wing for most of the game. Although not spectacular in the first half he showed good effort and discipline. It was in the second half where he really came to life and inspired United to victory. He laid on a great chance for Martial early in the second half, that should have been put away by the Frenchman. He then went on to steal the limelight in a devastating ten minute spell.
His first goal was a low drive to the keepers left from outside the box, after latching on to the ball as it broke free in midfield. No panic, just a calm controlled well placed shot.
He then powered into the box, drew the challenge from panicked AZ defenders who brought him down for a penalty that Mata tucked away.
His second goal came from him driving in to the box on United's right, confusing the defender with his fast feet and balance, and then a shot to the near post that seemed to surprise the AZ keeper.
A statement performance from the young Mancunian.
Had a solid game in the centre of United's midfield. Wasn't done any favours having to play alongside Matic, who was returning from a long absence, and looked way off with countless misplaced passes. Garner grew into the game. He has the energy and mobility to press out of possession and play it simple when United have the ball. Indeed, it was his attempted tackle, high up the pitch, that lead to Greenwood's first goal.
Had a shaky start to the game after overplaying the ball in his own half and almost gifting a chance to AZ. However, despite his shortcomings Young is a professional that always shows commitment to the cause, and he grew into this game as it went on. He got forward into attacking positions in the second half, and then after a good United move he fired a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle to get the opening goal.
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1 FEBRUARY 2021: GB BOBSLEIGH TEAM SUPPORTS KSS
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Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is delighted to have been chosen by GB Bobsleigh's number one team as part of #TeamGivingBack, a campaign for the 20/21 season which helps to raise awareness and to raise funds for seven UK charities.
Each team member was able to choose a charity that has personal importance to them, and KSS is very grateful to have been chosen by Olympian Greg Cackett, who first became aware of KSS's emergency critical care service when family friends were involved in a serious accident twelve years ago.
For this World Cup season, the #TeamGivingBack blue sled features the logos of each charity, and each team member has set up a Just Giving page to help raise funds for their chosen charity.
The campaign has been made possible by the generosity of the Team's sponsors. Ordinarily, the Team is reliant upon selling advertising space on the sled to cover its costs. For the 20/21 World Cup season, a private donor will cover the majority of these costs and, to further support the campaign, the Team's two corporate sponsors, Altus Financial Services and Medigold Health, have kindly given up their own logo space on the sled.
Commenting, Greg Clackett said:
"I am exceptionally proud to be representing KSS as part of #TeamGivingBack."
"In 2008, a young friend of mine lost his life far too soon in a tragic car accident. It was only him and his father in the car. His father's life was saved by the incredible work of KSS and, ever since, the charity has held a special place in the hearts of my local community. I do whatever I can to raise awareness or funds for the charity."
"Charities are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the COVID pandemic and I want to thank our unbelievably generous sponsors for making this possible. I urge everyone who can to please support our fundraising campaign."
David Welch, KSS CEO, said:
"We are thrilled to be part of #TeamGivingBack and give our heartfelt thanks to Greg, to the team and to the generous sponsors who have enabled this wonderful initiative to take place."
"It costs £15M each year to deliver our service, which rapidly brings pre-hospital emergency care to patients at the scene of a life-threatening accident or medical emergency. 88% of this is raised through public donations and fundraising."
"By supporting Greg, you can help us to continue to be there 24/7 for the most critically ill and injured people across our region, helping to save lives."
"We wish #TeamGivingBack every success on their journey to the 2022 Bejing Winter Olympics, and thank you all for thinking of KSS."
To support Greg Cackett's fundraising campaign for KSS, please visit:
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Photo: Olympian Greg Cackett is supporting Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
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Non-Douche Neil Patrick Harris Almost Gets It Right
Neil Patrick Harris...no douche he! But is it for the right reasons?
In a cover feature story for Entertainment Weekly, Neil Patrick Harris (or whoever ghost-wrote for him) lays out his Hollywood Survival Guide. Secret of Hollywood Survival #6 for the star of "How I Met Your Mother" and ubiquitous awards show host is "Don't Be A Douche":
"Hollywood affords many opportunities to be a douche of epic proportions," writes the grown-up "Doogie Howser," "Avoid the temptation." He continues:
"Being a pleasant person has got to count for something….Actors sometimes take themselves far too seriously and put themselves on a different level [from the crew.] But everyone's working really hard and should be afforded the same level of respect."
For that, Neil gets an Ethics Alarms salute. Unfortunately, he scars his achievement by going on to explain how the make-up people, the film editor and the transportation department can really nail you if you don't treat them well.
Given the breezy tone of the article, Harris was probably joking, but the joke reinforces the misconception many people have about ethics, which is that ethical conduct is a quid pro quo. It's not. The Golden Rule isn't "Do nicely unto others do they won't screw you over," and someone's less than nice behavior toward you doesn't justify your being a douche to him. One isn't respectful to the waiter because he's liable to spit in your soup if you're not, but because it's the right way to treat other human beings.
Neil Patrick Harris certainly seems like a decent guy, and he probably is. I just wish, in the pursuit of a pretty stale joke about how the make-up people will get even by making you look like a troll, he hadn't reinforced one of the most persistent of unethical rationalizations.
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I like to think that I treat with waitstaff courteously and pleasantly because it's the right thing to do but, I've got to tell you, knowing that it might reduce the chance of one of them spitting in my food, doesn't hurt the cause, either.
I would tend to read the admonishments as more ammo for those who need coaching to "not be a douche." Yes, the best reason NOT TO is just because it's the right thing to do. But some a-holes, esp. in the entertainment industry, have to be told WHY NOT before they'll just do it. How many actors do you know who had to learn how not to piss off the costumer and lighting designer only after standing the a dark spot onstage wearing a poorly-fitted costume? Some morons require the preemptive tale before they'll heed the good advice.


The main property of pure molybdenum which has influence on its machinability is its grain structure. In the "as sintered" condition, it can be machined relatively easily, but it is somewhat more difficult to machine after working. Molybdenum that has undergone a considerable amount of working is best machined if it has a uniformly fine grained and fibrous structure. Molybdenum machines with the crumbling chip which is characteristic of hardened SAE 1040 steel. While it is possible to machine molybdenum with high speed steel tools, tungsten carbide tools are generally recommended for better tool life. Very satisfactory results are obtained with Grade 2A5 Vascoloy Ramet tools.
For inside and outside turning, tools should be ground to angles and rakes similar to those used for cast iron. Speeds up to 200 feet per minute, with a depth of cut up to 1/8", are satisfactory for rough turning. The feed should be 0.015 in./rev. For finishing work, speeds up to 400 feet per minute, with a depth cut of 0.005" to 0.015", and a feed of 0.005" to 0.010", should be used.
It is very important, in turning, that the depth of cut always be greater than 0.005". If depth cut is less, tool wear will be excessive.
Sulphur base cutting oil can be used as a lubricant for roughing cuts, and kerosene or sulphur base cutting oil can be used for finishing work. If lubricants are not used, tool wear will be excessive. Sulphur base oils cannot be used for machining electronic parts. Chlorinated oil and solvents have proved very satisfactory as a machining lubricant.
Molybdenum has a tendency to chip while being machined, and care must be taken to prevent this. Work should be firmly chucked, tools rigidly supported, and machines should be sufficiently powerful and free from chatter or backlash. A copious supply of coolant is essential.
Face milling is not generally recommended. It may be accomplished when necessary, however, by the use of carbide tipped cutters. The speeds and depth of cut should be similar to those used in lathe turning, except that the depth of cut should not exceed 0.050".
Molybdenum plates can be edge machined. In fact, plates thicker than 0.050" should be edge machined rather than sheared to finished dimensions. This work can be done either on a shaper or milling machine, and the machining should be done along the edge, rather than across the edge. The molybdenum should be clasped between steel plates while being machined to avoid chipping the edges.
Molybdenum can be drilled with high speed steel drills, although carbide drills are recommended for very deep drilling. When using high speed steel drills, the speed should be 30 to 50 feet per minute with a feed of 0.003 in./rev. A cutting oil should be used for all drilling, tapping or threading.
Some difficulty may be experienced in threading or tapping. The thread depth should not be more than 50% to 60%, because of the tendency of molybdenum to chip. Rethreading or retapping should not be attempted at any time.
Molybdenum can be roll threaded. In this operation, the molybdenum stock and the die should be heated to approximately 325 oF. It is neither necessary nor desirable to heat molybdenum beyond this temperature, since it attains ample workability at that point. Molybdenum can be heated to 325 oF in air without danger of oxidation, but must not be heated to temperatures above 500 oF except in hydrogen or other approved protective atmosphere.
Power hacksaws and band saws are used effectively to cut mill products of molybdenum to suitable lengths for subsequent machining or to produce rough shapes with plane surfaces. Both types of saws are widely used by ships that machine molybdenum parts. The most effective blades are made of high speed steel with only the tooth area hardened. It is not necessary to use a cutting fluid, but a soluble oil coolant flowing through the hacksaw cut will remove the chips and extend blade life.
Electrical discharge machining (EDM), or spark machining, may be used to produce small and irregular shaped holes and slots in molybdenum. The process is also useful for producing cavities of complex shapes in molybdenum bars or forgings. EDM is particularly well suited for machining intricate parts for the electronic industry, especially 'cut-outs' in thin molybdenum sheet. EDM wire machining can be used effectively for straight edges of internal openings or slits too thin for sawing or milling operations.
Electrical discharge machining is accomplished by rapidly recurring electrical discharges between an electrode and the workpiece in a dielectric fluid. The electrode is always negative and the workpiece is positive. The electrode for machining molybdenum is usually graphite, but equally satisfactory results can be obtained with copper, brass, or molybdenum electrodes.
The spark discharge, as it accomplishes the removal of metal from the workpiece, forms small craters on the surface that is generated. The tiny craters comprise part of a surface layer of disturbed metal that may be 0.0001" to 0.001" thick; surface roughness may be in the range of 25 to 250 microinches (0.625 to 6.25 microns). The thin surface layer may also contain microcracks that could affect the performance of molybdenum parts adversely if the surface is stressed in tension. For many applications, therefore, the surfaces formed by electrical discharge machining should be ground or polished with abrasive cloth to remove the damaged layer. The layer may also be removed by chemical milling or electropolishing.
The first solution requires a much higher current density than the latter but also gives a better finish. Both baths are used at room temperature with the molybdenum as the anode.
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Raphael and the Domus Aurea. The invention of the grotesques on display in Rome from 24 March 2020 to January 2021 in the Domus Aurea. On the occasion of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Raffaello Sanzio, an exhibition event dedicated to the theme of grotesque is planned in the spaces of the Domus Aurea (Sala Ottagona e ambienti limitrofi), with extraordinary interactive and multimedia equipment. The project, treated by the Colosseum Archaeological Park and by Professor Vincenzo Farinella with the organization of Electa, has the ambition to describe the story and art of one of the most famous architectural complexes in the world, which has marked and influenced, with his discovery, the iconography of the Renaissance.
It is a story that begins around 1480, when some painters (Pinturicchio, Filippino Lippi and Signorelli among the first) descend into the cavities of the Oppio hill to go, by torchlight, to admire the painting decorations of the ancient Roman houses: they thought they were in front of the frescoes of the Thermal of Titus and instead they were discovering, without knowing it yet, the forgotten ruins of the enormous imperial palace that Nerone, after the disastrous fire of 64 AD. C., had wanted to build in the heart of Rome...
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In 1496 the term "grotesque" appeared in print for the first time, probably coined by the same artists to define the different decorative systems of ancient painting re-discovered in Roman caves. Raphael, however, in the second decade of the sixteenth century, together with his trusted collaborator Giovanni da Udine, would have thoroughly understood the logic of these decorative systems, re-proposing them organically, thanks to his profound antiquarian skills, for the first time in Cardinal Bibbiena's Stufetta (1516 ) and then, always in the Bibbiena apartment in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, in the Loggetta (1516-17), a true and proper general rehearsal for the great cycle of stuccos and old-style frescoes made in the Vatican Lodges (1517-1519). Just the virtual reconstruction, in 1: 1 scale, of Cardinal Bibbiena's Stufetta, conceived by Raphael after an intense study of Roman decorations and realized by his collaborators (Giulio Romano and Giovanni of Udine), a famous but substantially unknown environment (because located in an area of the Vatican palaces inaccessible to the general public), will constitute one of the fulcrums of this exhibition.
The age-old fortune of the grotesques, in particular in the interpretation provided by Raphael and his followers, can also be documented over the very long period: some of the greatest twentieth-century artists, such as Paul Klee and Alexander Calder, have in fact undergone the charm of the ancient and Renaissance grotesques . In particular, they will be the main representative of Surrealism (Victor Brauner, Salvador Dalì, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Yves Tanguy), due to the fantastic, irrational, substantially unrealistic nature of this decorative system, will be seduced by "magic art" of the grotesques, proposing once again, in a dreamlike and Freudian key, those inventions capable of scandalizing the taste of the classicists and the false conscience of the moralists.
The design proposal freely draws inspiration from the use of the Renaissance perspective and in particular of the "broken through", that is, the pictorial method that simulates the opening of a room in the architectural space.
The exhibition is in fact characterized by metaphorical openings of walls and windows, veiled scenes that does not hide the suggestive architecture of the Domus Aurea, but on the contrary enrich the environment with animated surfaces with a see-not-see effect.
Mise-à-distance with ever-changing forms are the support of digital story-narrative, for an engaging story where the visitor is an active part in the development of the story.
The multimedia language alternates between immersive video-mapp that reconstruct Raphael's works, entertainment, digital scenographies that tell anecdotes about the artists of the '500, generative and morphing art, archives and digital collages of grotesque and surrealist-inspired decorative elements.
The visitor uses the contents in a free path between the different environments, whose interaction is designed to be intuitive and immediate, characterized by a consistency of gestures and elegant interactive consoles perfectly integrated with the exhibit, which allow the visitor to experience the experience without mediation.


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Colorado's Capitol To Hire HR Person After Sexual Harassment Allegations Revealed
By Bente Birkeland • Dec 17, 2017
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Originally published on June 30, 2018 11:01 am
The Capitol is set to hire an independent human resources person in the wake of numerous harassment allegations. It's not yet clear what role the new HR person would play, but it may take any formal complaints or investigations out of the hands of legislative leadership.
Workplace harassment investigations have historically fallen to House and Senate leaders – an arrangement seen by some as a conflict of interest and for others it's a deterrent to filing claims.
The move comes about a month after we began an ongoing series of reports about allegations of sexual harassment in the state's most high-profile workplace.
As Bente Birkeland reports, the Capitol is set to hire an independent human resources person in the wake of numerous harassment allegations. However, lawmakers still have to decide how expansive the new role would be.
In a meeting at the Capitol on Dec. 15, leaders also agreed to hire an outside consultant to improve the conditions under which people can come forward with claims of misconduct. Sexual harassment training will be expanded to include more aides and interns — and possibly lobbyists. It will occur yearly instead of every other year.
"All of us who have been blessed, who have been honored to serve in this building — the people's building — want to do everything within our power to ensure that this is a safe, welcoming, dignified, comfortable place for conducting the people's business," said Senate President Kevin Grantham, the Republican who chaired the meeting.
He acknowledged that the discussions are unchartered territory for the legislature.
"The question is, 'Is this a perfectly functioning system?' Evidently not," Grantham said. "Otherwise we wouldn't be here today. We wouldn't be holding this meeting searching for ways to improve our procedures."
Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran echoed the concern: "There are actions and rhetoric that have become normalized that are unacceptable and inappropriate. We also have to have a conversation and feedback as to how we change the culture at the capitol."
Lawmakers decided that an HR person should be hired at the Capitol immediately.
Still, there seemed to be uncertainty about how much power that new HR person would have, as Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, a Republican, wondered.
"Does that (HR) person then handle that issue from start to finish? Or does he or she do an incoming report and evaluation and refer it to the existing people who are the reporting contacts? I don't know which way is right," Holbert said.
That's something lawmakers will have to decide when they return to the Capitol on Jan. 10. Changes to the workplace harassment policy require legislative approval.
"The goal probably for most of us is, 'How do we change the climate?'" said Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, a Democrat. "Because if we don't get a climate where these things are prevented, then we have done very little and all of this has been ineffective."
Forty aides and interns submitted a letter to legislative leaders asking for reforms. In addition to the changes, legislative leaders already agreed to, they want more security, saying they are fearful of having to work with lawmakers under investigation or those they've had problems with.
The letters asks for "increased State Patrol presence around the offices of the accused; Installation of panic buttons in all offices and cubicles throughout the Capitol" and associated offices.
One thing lawmakers didn't talk about was transparency. No part of a formal complaint is public record. That's problematic for many who want to know at least the number of incidents and the name of lawmakers who are investigated and found guilty of doing wrong.
"Ultimately the voters are the boss of the lawmaker and so if the media and the voters do not have the information about the performance of the lawmaker they can't do anything about it," said Erin Hottenstein the founder of the group Colorado 50/50, which tries to get women to run for elected office.
On Nov. 10, we were the first to report allegations about the conduct of Rep. Steve Lebsock, a Democrat from Thornton who is running for state Treasurer. He is facing two formal complaints, including one from Rep. Faith Winter, also a Democrat, as well as allegations from nine other women. They allege he harassed, intimidated or made unwanted sexual advances against them.
Lebsock denies any wrongdoing.
We also broke the story of additional complaints – and allegations of sexual harassment – against Sens. Randy Baumgardner and Jake Tate. Both are Republicans.
Additionally, Rep. Paul Rosenthal, a Democrat, is facing a complaint from his former roommate.
Capitol Coverage is a collaborative public policy reporting project, providing news and analysis to communities across Colorado for more than a decade. Fifteen public radio stations participate in Capitol Coverage from throughout Colorado.
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What Colorado Voters Say About Sexual Harassment Allegations At The Capitol
Three lawmakers face formal complaints at the state Capitol alleging sexual harassment. We went to the districts these lawmakers represent to see what their constituents think about the situation. The overall message: sexual harassment shouldn't be tolerated and there should be consequences should the allegations be proven true.
Kathy Ochsner is a 73-year-old retired secretary who lives in Centennial, south of Denver.
"I think we need to send the message that this is not OK," she said. "This is not part of the workplace."
Expert On Colorado Capitol Sexual Harassment Allegations: 'We Can't Let This Become Normalized'
By Bente Birkeland • Dec 6, 2017
There's the allegation of a lawmaker who suggested sexual acts and tried to force a colleague to go home with him. Another allegedly grabbed and slapped an aide's buttocks as she walked in the Capitol. Another claim: A senator would regularly leer, comment on an intern's clothes and linger, touching her shoulder.
So far, our reporting has prompted four women to file formal sexual harassment complaints against three lawmakers at the state legislature. Just two of those women – Rep. Faith Winter and former lobbyist Holly Tarry – have gone public, willing to be named in their claims against Rep. Steve Lebsock, a Democrat running for state treasurer. Lebsock has denied any wrongdoing. He has refused calls to resign by top leaders in his own party.


If you think of the business process methodology of Lean manufacturing as something that is relevant only to huge factories, we can't blame you. It is an approach that was developed by the auto industry, but quickly gained traction in many other types of manufacturing. These days all sorts of organizations from health systems to software developers leverage Lean to reduce waste, improve quality, and enhance the bottom line.
So what does it mean for Kickstarter creators, small business leaders, and other entrepreneurs? The principles of Lean offer helpful guidance for any type of commercial endeavor, no matter how big or small. Here is a look at all five.
People who practice Lean do not define the value of their product. Their customers do. If a customer is not willing to pay for a certain product, service, or feature, it has no value. Therefore, every effort is made to align each product or feature with things that customers care about.
The value stream is made up of the set of processes, activities, and materials required to create value and get it to the customer. Anything that doesn't add value to the customer should be removed from the value stream. Lean thinkers are obsessive about understanding the value stream and identifying eight distinct types of waste.
The value stream should flow easily from raw materials to the customer. Nothing should create a barrier to delivering value efficiently. This requires careful coordination across processes and departments.
The Lean principle of Pull dictates that nothing is produced until it is needed. This eliminates excess work-in-progress inventory. Customer actions dictate the speed at which value is produced, not forecasts or quotas.
People who operate under the Lean model know that perfection is impossible and, therefore, improvement must be continuous. Perfection means getting the job done with as little waste as possible, while at the same time adding the maximum amount of value. It means looking for the root cause of any problem and never resorting to Band-Aid fixes. Each process must be performed consistently and according to the best practice.
Think about your own go to market plan and product lifecycle. Are you applying the principles of Lean as much as you could? Do you seek to simplify processes and eliminate steps that don't add value to the customer? Are you moving materials more often than necessary by using one vendor for manufacturing and another for fulfillment services, for example. Do you place large PCB or device assembly orders simply to meet minimum order requirements, rather than waiting for customer actions to warrant production?
The Lean approach is so popular because it is extremely effective. While it might not be necessary for you to deploy all of the techniques and tools of Lean, finding ways to apply these principles can have a major impact on the profitability of your project or company.


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Q: Searching Elasticsearch for first occurance of an event each day We use Logstash to receive logs, pass to Elasticsearch, and browse using Kibana. A very common setup.
One of the fields in each entry is @timestamp, with an example content of 03/18/2015 18:02:52. What filter should I use to display only the first entry of each day?

A: I don't believe you can do this with a filter - being first in a day isn't a property you can ascertain by looking at a single document. You should however be able to do this with an aggregation: first aggregate using a date_histogram with interval day, to group the events by day. Then use the top_hits aggregation to pull out one result per day (requires elasticsearch 1.3 or higher). Your query should look like this
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            "sort": [
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                "timestamp": {
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Which should produce results like (trimmed slightly for brevity)
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Nuvvu Vastavani () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romance film,  directed by V. R. Prathap, written by Ezhil, and produced by R. B. Choudary. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Simran in lead roles.The music of the movie was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film is a Telugu remake of the 1999 Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum, in which Simran reprised her role.

Plot
The movie starts with Chinni (Nagarjuna) revealing, on a train journey from Pune to Hyderabad, that he just got out of jail after seven years. His past is revealed in a flashback. He had been a singer, waiting for the big break. Indu (Simran) hears his voice though she doesn't see him and becomes his fan. When Chinni realizes this, he tries to reveal who he is but circumstances place him and Indu in situations where she ends up thinking that he is rowdy. Chinni ultimately becomes responsible for her losing her eyesight too. He devotes himself to her from then onwards attending to her every need. She learns to respect and love him too, thinking that he is the singer and not knowing that he is the same person she thought was rowdy.

Chinni had been telling his mother everything by letter and when she dies, she donates her eyes to Indu. To come up with the money needed for the operation, Chinni donates his kidney and has to travel to Pune for the same. Ready to get back, he is arrested after agreeing to look after the luggage (which turns out to contain ammunition) of another man. Back in the present, everything has changed in the place he used to live. He catches a glimpse of Indu, now the collector. When he goes to meet her, she orders her officers to arrest him, remembering him as the rowdy who caused her eyesight loss. But when Chinni begins to sing, Indu realizes that the "rowdy" she arrested was none other than Chinni. She apologizes for misunderstanding him and they happily embrace, rekindling their relationship.

Cast

 Nagarjuna Akkineni as Chinni / Krishna
 Simran as Indira / Indu
 Kota Srinivasa Rao as Koteswara Rao
 Tanikella Bharani as Dr. Paramahamsa
 Brahmanandam as Nicker Narayana
 Ali as Madhava
 Sudhakar as Balu
 Mallikarjuna Rao as Nadar
 Surya as Krishna's friend
 Sivaji Raja as Dasu
 Varsha as Anitha
 Rama Prabha as Indu's grandmother
 Y. Vijaya as Koteswara Rao's wife
 Sudha as Indu's teacher
 Nutan Prasad
 Ponnambalam
 Prasad Babu
 Raghu Kunche
 Bandla Ganesh
 K. K. Sarma as Postman
 Madhu as Rowdy
 Garimalla Viswaswara Rao
 Gadiraju Subba Rao
 Ananth
 Naveen
 Raksha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. Except "Komma Komma", all other tunes were used from the original Tamil film. Rajkumar reused "Komma Komma" in Tamil as "Unnai Kodu" in Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven (2000) and in Kannada as "Halli Hudugi" in Ramakrishna (2004). Meghamai song was reused from the song 'Sayonee' (1997).

References

External links

2000 films
2000s Telugu-language films
Indian romantic musical films
Telugu remakes of Tamil films
Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar
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Q: Differentiation of a double summation
How does one reach from from 45 to 46?

A: We use that $\partial_kx_i=\delta_{ki}$ and the product rule:
$$\partial_k\left(\sum_{ij}a_{ij}x_ix_j\right)=\sum_{ij}a_{ij}\partial_k(x_ix_j)=\sum_{ij}a_{ij}(\delta_{ki}x_j+x_i\delta_{kj})=\sum_ja_{kj}x_j+\sum_ja_{ik}x_i$$

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We split the double sum with respect to the occurrence of the variable $x_k$ and consider each sum separately.
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&=0+\sum_{{i=1}\atop{i \ne k}}^n a_{ik} x_i+\sum_{{j=1}\atop{j \ne k}}^n a_{kj} x_j+2a_{kk}x_k\tag{2}\\
&=\sum_{i=1}^n a_{ik} x_i+\sum_{j=1}^n a_{kj} x_j\\
\end{align*}

Comment: In (1) we split the double sum according to the occurrence of $x_k$. We consider an index $k$ with $1\leq k\leq n$ arbitrarily, fixed. The general term
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How They Blew Up That Head in Scanners
By Forrest Wickman
Actor Louis Del Grande with his famous exploding head.
Still from YouTube
When I wrote a history of fake movie blood last fall, there was at least one effect I never got to the bottom of: The infamous exploding head scene in Scanners. Now, for the David Cronenberg movie's new Criterion Collection DVD, the cinematographer, special effects supervisor, and makeup artists who worked on the scene have revealed how they pulled it off.
Some of it was done how you might expect, with a lot of corn syrup. But they also just packed the head—the outside of which was made with gelatin, with plaster for the "skull"—with just about whatever they could find: "latex scraps, some wax, and just bits and bobs and a lot of stringy stuff that we figured would fly through the air a little bit better." They even used, as Academy Award-winning makeup artist Stephan Dupuis recalls, "leftover burgers."
They planned to blow the head up with explosives, but, as the video details around 3 minutes in, the explosives didn't work when they began filming. By then the crew was fed up with the various difficulties. Drawing on his technical expertise, special effects supervisor Gary Zeller told everyone to get into their cars, then he lay down behind the head and blew it up with a shotgun.
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1st session will be a seminar led by BAB Chief Artistic Director Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, Luckana Kunavichayanont, Former Director of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Prof. Patrick D. Flores, Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines, and Dr. Adele Tan, Senior Curator at National Gallery Singapore. The speakers will be sharing with us the experiences they've had during the past 4 months creating the Beyond Bliss-phenomenon in our capital city.
2nd session will be a panel discussion amongst our Friends of BAB who have surely contributed to our success.
This discussion is open for those of you who may be interested to hear about BAB's first journey, our challenges, the selection process, as well as the implications the Biennale has regionally and globally.
The seminar is intended to share important information and experiences as a first time organising an international art event. We believe that BAB has done a significant job in raising awareness of the Thai contemporary art scene, as well as putting Bangkok on the map as one of the international cities of contemporary art. We welcome all feedback and suggestions to further improve our next edition of BAB in 2020.
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It's been nearly two years since Ta-Nehisi Coates, a lifelong comic book fan best known as a journalist and columnist whose writings on race in America have earned him a MacArthur Fellowship and a National Book Award, launched his Black Panther series at Marvel Comics.
Coates' time with the character has reinvigorated both the title hero himself and the Wakandan culture that surrounds him, and earned plenty of acclaim and a devoted fanbase. This spring, Coates will continue his Black Panther saga with a new first issue and a new direction for the character as part of Marvel's "Fresh Start" initiative, but he'll also be taking on another Marvel icon: Captain America.
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Coates revealed Wednesday via a piece for The Atlantic (where he remains a national correspondent) that he's writing a new volume of Captain America, which kicks off with a new #1 issue this July. He'll be joined by Leinil Yu (Secret Invasion, Superman: Birthright) on interior art and Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Justice, and about a million classic covers) on cover art. In his announcement, Coates discussed his lifelong love of comics, the inherent irony at work in Steve Rogers as a character, and why taking on the title scares him, in a good way.
"I have my share of strong opinions about the world. But one reason why I chose the practice of opinion journalism—which is to say a mix of reporting and opinion—is because understanding how those opinions fit in with the perspectives of others has always been more interesting to me than repeatedly restating my own," he wrote. "Writing is about questions for me—not answers. And Captain America, the embodiment of a kind of Lincolnesque optimism, poses a direct question for me: Why would anyone believe in The Dream? What is exciting here is not some didactic act of putting my words in Captain America's head, but attempting to put Captain America's words in my head. What is exciting is the possibility of exploration, of avoiding the repetition of a voice I've tired of."
It's been a rough few years for Captain America. He had his Super Soldier abilities pulled out of him, only to have them later restored. Then he infamously became a Hydra sleeper agent after reality was rewritten, which led to his takeover of America in the evil order's name as part of the extremely controversial Secret Empire event. Now, he'll be in the hands of an acclaimed writer who's earned a lot of good faith at Marvel thanks to his time with Black Panther (which, Coates assures readers, he has no plans to leave).
We still don't know what to expect from Coates' run on the character in terms of story (though we'll no doubt learn more in the coming months), but this is an exciting announcement, one of those things that really might make Marvel's "Fresh Start" live up to its name.
Captain America #1 arrives July 4. Check out Ross' full cover for the first issue up top, and then below is Leinil's back cover art of he and Coates' first Cap story in the Avengers/Captain America Free Comic Book Day issue available May 5.
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Bitcoin Dominance is Actually Above 90%, New Research Suggests
Bitcoin's true share of the total market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies could be above 90%, according to new analysis.
The true level of Bitcoin dominance could be as high as 90+%, a new study claims
Bitcoin's true share of the total market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies may actually be above 90%, Forbes reported on Aug. 22.
While mainstream crypto data aggregators have been pointing to a dominance level of about 70%, analysts at Arcane Research believe the real level may be much higher.
Liquidity must be taken into account
Arcane Research has argued that, to get a more accurate measure of Bitcoin's dominance, liquidity should be factored into the equation. They write:
"One might be able to sell one token for 3 dollars, but what happens if you want to sell 1 million? Without accounting for liquidity, market capitalization becomes a meaningless measure."
Using trading volume as a simple indicator of liquidity — with the concession that a sophisticated measure could be constructed for more granular results — Arcane Research recalculated the volume-weighted market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market.
Its findings point to a new figure of more than 90% for Bitcoin — 20% higher than other estimates.
The researchers conducted two parallel analyses — one based on data from CoinMarketCap, and one confined to the 10 cryptocurrency exchanges identified by Bitwise Asset Management as having a reliable volume that hasn't been wash traded or manipulated.
Arcane Research notably excluded stablecoins from the equation — arguing that such asset-pegged currencies do not compete with coins that have a self-sustained intrinsic value.
RIP altcoins?
The researchers claim that such an eye-popping level of market dominance makes it less and less likely that other cryptocurrencies can compete with Bitcoin. Network effects, they write, are all the more decisive when it comes to money, "where liquidity is everything."
Such robust dominance has implications for investors and those developing infrastructure for payments, as well as for projects that rely on the underlying security of a public blockchain. This notwithstanding, the study does include the caveat that:
"It is notoriously difficult to compare and contrast different projects targeting different niches. [...] For crypto, one could argue that the whole idea of measuring the relative strength of different coins and tokens falsely implies a competition between complementary solutions."
As reported earlier this month, outspoken Bitcoin advocate and former Wall Street trader Max Keiser recently commented on Bitcoin's surging dominance levels — arguing that "the 2014-2017 era of alts and hard forks is dead."
Bitcoin's current dominance, as measured by CoinMarketCap, is at nearly 70% — a level not seen since April 2017.
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The AutoTram®, a novel transport system, was developed at the Fraunhofer IVI in Dresden in cooperation with several industry and development partners.
It is an attractive, cost-efficient alternative to conventional buses and trams for local authorities, public transport providers and private operators. Moreover, it has the same passenger capacity as contemporary BRT systems, can be operated bidirectionally and decoupled to form two 12-m vehicles.
The AutoTram's® structure and passenger capacity are similar to those of a tram. However, the AutoTram® does not make use of the common wheel/rail system, but has rubber tires that run on conventional concrete and asphalt roadways. Due to its axisymmetric coupling module, a 24-m bidirectional train operated on high-demand inner-city routes can be converted into two individual 12-m vehicles. These shorter vehicles are suitable for shuttle services in sparsely populated areas and are also a good option for periods of low demand.
The propulsion concept makes use of the advantages of trolley bus technology. However, it generates its required electric energy through an on-board diesel or liquid gas fueled engine combined with high-performance energy storage units for hybrid propulsion.
The 24-m bidirectional train consists of two 12-m low-floor vehicles that can be coupled in the rear. Its width is 2.55 meters. The three axles that are driven by asynchronous motors can be steered separately with the help of electro-hydraulics. Thus, the vehicle train's swept path and its clearance gauge are kept at a minimum. The AutoTram® is able to reach a maximum speed of 70 km/h. The dimensions and equipment of the basic vehicle comply largely to the approval regulations for buses in public transport.
The partially emission-free hybrid propulsion system consists of a compact combustion engine and a storage module for electric energy (batteries and high-performance capacitors). Emission-free operation is possible for short distances of 2 to 3 kilometers. Depending on the route profile, up to 20 percent of the braking energy can be recuperated during fully electric operation.
All 12-m vehicles can be combined due to their axisymmetrical coupling module. If desired, middle segments can be inserted to form a 36-m train. The coupling procedure is automated. After decoupling, the joint is retracted into the vehicle floor.
Although the drivers are responsible for driving the vehicle, a lane guidance system offers support for lane adherence, precise approaching of the stops and bidirectional driving. This advanced driver assistance system is realized by combining DGPS and video images.
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The Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics research group focuses on mathematical and statistical modeling, informatics and quantitative analysis of pharmacological systems. We develop methods, algorithms and software to study and model pharmaceutical interactions, and a key focus in the group is how predictive modeling, large-scale calculations and modern e-infrastructure (such as high-performance and cloud computing) can aid the drug discovery process; e.g. when studying drug toxicity, metabolism and resistance. We are involved in several national and international consortia and have a tight connection to the pharmaceutical industry, Uppsala University Hospital, and Science for Life Laboratory.
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Celtic rebuffed in attempts to sign Amine Gouiri, who Lyon still appear keen to move on
Le Progrès reported earlier this week that Scottish side Celtic have been rebuffed in an effort to sign French youth international attacker Amine Gouiri from Ligue 1 side Lyon.
Ultimately, Celtic could not meet the OL asking price for the 20-year-old which is understood to be a couple dozen million Euros. Last January, Gouiri rejected an offer from Nîmes to join them on loan until the end of the 2019/20 campaign.
L'Équipe reporter Bilel Ghazi indicated last night that the player, under contract until 2022, continues to repeat his desire to succeed at OL. However, Lyon President Aulas wants the player to either go on loan this summer, or if he refuses, then to go permanently, but in a deal that gives OL a buy-back or first refusal option.


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Klobuchar Wants To Stop 'Pay-For-Delay' Deals That Keep Drug Prices High
By Emmarie Huetteman	 April 26, 2019
[UPDATED on April 26]
Washington's recent fixation with lowering drug costs has introduced Americans to once-insider terms like "pharmacy benefit managers" and "list prices."
During an April 22 CNN town hall event for Democratic candidates, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) described a drugmaker practice that sounds a lot like bribery — drawing attention to yet another secretive process that lawmakers and experts say prevents patients from obtaining affordable prescription drugs.
America, meet "pay-for-delay."
"We can stop this horrible practice where big pharmaceuticals pay off, they literally pay off generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market," Klobuchar said. "That's bad, and we can fix it."
Klobuchar's comment was one of the fundamental changes she said she would make to the health care system if elected president.
She said ending the practice of pay-for-delay, as well as allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and importing less expensive drugs from countries like Canada, could help bring down pharmaceutical costs.
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans believe drug prices are unreasonable, according to a recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (KHN is an editorially independent program of the foundation.) So it is little surprise that not only Klobuchar but also many presidential candidates are talking about drug costs.
This practice of pay-for-delay sounds almost too shady to be real, so we decided to see if her claim checks out: Are pharmaceutical companies paying generic drugmakers to delay marketing their drugs, keeping prices high? Is that legal? And can it be stopped?
The Back Story On 'Pay-For-Delay' Deals
Yes, it is true that pharmaceutical companies compensate generic competitors to hold off on marketing their versions of brand-name drugs. It is also true that this practice results in delays before cheaper, generic drugs become available, leaving patients no choice but to pay for the pricier, brand-name drugs they have been prescribed.
Take Humira, a blockbuster anti-inflammatory medication that treats diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. AbbVie has been accused of engaging in pay-for-delay deals to protect its claim on Humira, though the details of such settlements are secret. The drugmaker has stated on the record that it has not used pay-for-delay tactics with Humira.
To understand this issue, it may help to know pay-for-delay deals by their wonkier name: "reverse payment agreements."
Like many products, drugs are protected by patents. Before companies can sell a generic drug, they must certify they will not market it until any related patents have expired, or they can challenge the existing patents.
Faced with a challenge to its patent, a brand-name manufacturer may, in turn, choose to sue the generic for patent infringement. Often the companies decide to settle, with the generic manufacturer agreeing to hold off on marketing its drug until a certain date in exchange for some form of compensation from the brand-name company — a "reverse payment agreement" — because rather than seeking damages, they agree to compensate the company they sued.
The terms of these agreements, including the amount of money changing hands, are secret. Only the Federal Trade Commission knows how much they are worth — and the FTC says these deals result in Americans paying $3.5 billion in higher drug costs every year.
While drugmakers could argue the settlements help save on costly litigation, they effectively function as a payment to stay out of the marketplace, protecting the exclusivity and the bottom line of the brand-name drug and its manufacturer.
In the past, that compensation usually came in the form of cash, said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School who researches the effects of intellectual property laws on drug development.
But cash payments are no longer as common.
In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the FTC could scrutinize pay-for-delay agreements under antitrust laws as part of its mission to promote a competitive marketplace.
Since then, the FTC has made opposing what it calls these "anti-competitive deals" one of its top priorities, taking dozens of companies to court.
Thus, many drugmakers have changed strategies. Kesselheim said these deals have "evolved" since the Supreme Court's decision, with fewer involving the transfer of cash.
With the FTC considering cash payments a red flag for anti-competitive behavior, drugmakers may offer compensation in other forms — say, by sharing knowledge or agreeing to market one another's drugs to doctors.
That doesn't help patients, Kesselheim said, as these agreements still delay lower-cost drugs from making their way to the pharmacy counter. "From a patient's point of view, they're both kind of not good," he said.
Both brand-name and generic drug manufacturers have long opposed a ban on pay-for-delay deals. But it looks as if their days are numbered, said Rodney Whitlock, a consultant and former Republican congressional staffer who was deeply involved in health policy.
A handful of bills have been introduced in Congress to halt the practice, including one co-sponsored by Klobuchar and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
But while it looks likely that Congress will pass a law to stop pay-for-delay, that does not necessarily mean the problem will go away.
Passing legislation seems more likely than not, Whitlock said. But "after that, it will be implementation, and will manufacturers find new ways of attaining the same end that we haven't contemplated yet?"
Klobuchar said, "We can stop this horrible practice where big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
"Pay-for-delay" is a pharmaceutical industry practice that involves brand-name drugmakers compensating their generic counterparts for holding off on marketing their versions of brand-name drugs, causing longer delays in getting cheaper, generic drugs to the pharmacy counter. There are currently no federal laws explicitly barring these sorts of deals.
Brand-name manufacturers do not in all cases "literally pay off" generic drugmakers. Since the Supreme Court ruled the FTC could challenge these agreements in court in 2013, cash payments have become less common, sometimes replaced by other forms of compensation.
Klobuchar is clearly aware of this distinction. The legislation she introduced with Grassley notes that an agreement violates their proposed ban if a drugmaker "receives anything of value," not just cash.
We rate this statement True.
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The intentional re-introduction of Variola virus (VARV), the agent of smallpox, into the human population is of great concern due its bio-terroristic potential. Moreover, zoonotic infections with Cowpox (CPXV) and Monkeypox virus (MPXV) cause severe diseases in humans. Smallpox vaccines presently available can have severe adverse effects that are no longer acceptable. The efficacy and safety of new vaccines and antiviral drugs for use in humans can only be demonstrated in animal models. The existing nonhuman primate models, using VARV and MPXV, need very high viral doses that have to be applied intravenously or intratracheally to induce a lethal infection in macaques. To overcome these drawbacks, the infectivity and pathogenicity of a particular CPXV was evaluated in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). A CPXV named calpox virus was isolated from a lethal orthopox virus (OPV) outbreak in New World monkeys. We demonstrated that marmosets infected with calpox virus, not only via the intravenous but also the intranasal route, reproducibly develop symptoms resembling smallpox in humans. Infected animals died within 1–3 days after onset of symptoms, even when very low infectious viral doses of 56102 pfu were applied intranasally. Infectious virus was demonstrated in blood, saliva and all organs analyzed. We present the first characterization of a new OPV infection model inducing a disease in common marmosets comparable to smallpox in humans. Intranasal virus inoculation mimicking the natural route of smallpox infection led to reproducible infection. In vivo titration resulted in an MID50 (minimal monkey infectious dose 50%) of 8.36102 pfu of calpox virus which is approximately 10,000-fold lower than MPXV and VARV doses applied in the macaque models. Therefore, the calpox virus/marmoset model is a suitable nonhuman primate model for the validation of vaccines and antiviral drugs. Furthermore, this model can help study mechanisms of OPV pathogenesis.


Together, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) are one of the largest and most famous paediatric centres in the world and our Lecture series reflects this status by show-casing world-class clinical and scientific presentations.
The series also recognises one of the great GOSH/ICH Clinical Professors of Paediatrics, Otto Wolff, who maintained an active interest in Paediatrics and attended many of the sessions until his death at the age of 90, in April 2010.
The Lectures are held in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre at the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health.
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Tag Archives: Dr. Sheldon Cooper
What About Heroes Without Empathy?
I am asking about heroes without empathy because I really don't know the answer Over the past few years, we have been offered several heroes that have become hugely popular yet who do not seem to care at all about other people. They have no empathy.
Empathy is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." Wikipedia says, "By the age of two, children normally begin to display the fundamental behaviors of empathy by having an emotional response that corresponds with another person."
A hero is someone admired for achievements and noble qualities. Someone who demonstrates a lot of courage. The heroes below are over the top on achievements, but seem utterly lacking in empathy, a quality I consider a noble one.
I like movies and TV and as a retired guy indulge in my share. I am thinking of two heroes of popular TV shows and one of books and movies.
Noome Rapace as Lisbeth Salander
Lisbeth Salander is The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and Played with Fire in Stieg Larsson's captivating and very popular trilogy. Abused as a child, Lisbeth forged a successful life for herself that included physical combat, computer hacking, bisexuality, higher mathematics and a general off the grid existence. She hijacked the focus of millions of fans worldwide, but appeared incapable of fathoming the feelings of the person seated across from her in a room. Lisbeth is the first of my three heroes.
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper is number two. A Cal-tech theoretical physicist, according to Wikipedia, "Sheldon exhibits a strict adherence to routine, a total lack of social skills, a tenuous understanding of irony, sarcasm, and humor, and a general lack of humility or empathy."
Jim Parsons who plays Sheldon has won Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe Award, A TCA Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his work on the series.
Sheldon dominates his roommate, Leonard, with The Roommate Agreement, a multi-page document that Leonard signed to come aboard. It is heavily weighted in Sheldon's favor. He has a similar agreement with his girlfriend, Amy Farrah Fowler, about which she laments in one episode that she didn't consult with a lawyer before signing.
Unlike Lisbeth Salander's crushingly dark character, Sheldon is a bright incredibly comic character whose antics propel The Big Bang Theory to the top of the sitcom charts every year.
Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson and Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes
The third hero is none other than Sherlock Holmes himself, in his latest incarnation on TV's Elementary. Brought to life by Jonny Lee Miller, Holmes is a recovering drug addict with the lovely Lucy Liu as his 'sober companion' Dr. Joan Watson.
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Erika D. Smith: Carmel activist fights for gay rights as only a parent can
Erika D. Smith
Annette Gross, a jovial Carmel mother who wears rainbow-colored bracelets, was the first visitor at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday.
She got up at 4 a.m., put on a red shirt (the color of the day for those who oppose adding a ban on same-sex marriage to the state constitution), and hopped on an IndyGo bus to head Downtown with her friend, Judy. They were inside by 7:30 a.m. and were the first to take their seats in what would soon become a packed gallery in the House chambers. Red shirts everywhere.
"I sat right in the front on the aisle, and then everybody else came," she said.
Not many people would get as excited as Gross about sitting in a hearing for almost four hours, and listening to person after person argue about why state lawmakers should or should not support the amendment, HJR-3.
But Gross isn't many people. She is an activist — an adopted role forged as much by happenstance and opportunity as by loyalty and determination.
She's the mother of a gay son. Matthew, now 35, came out to his parents when he was 19.
"I wasn't shocked. I was more worried," Gross recalled. "A lot of parents, especially of boys, they worry about their kids' safety. I think the biggest issue for me was I didn't know how to talk about it. I didn't want to tell people. There's a saying that when the kids come out, the parents go in the closet. And that's what I did."
She started to climb out three years later.
Gross heard about the national organization PFLAG, short for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. It's one part advocacy organization, one part support group, and Gross started attending meetings. She figured out how to be OK talking about her son's sexual orientation.
"I made friends," she said. "That's how I got involved in advocacy and it snowballed from there."
Not just about son
Today, Gross is co-president of PFLAG's Indianapolis chapter. She spends her days sitting behind a laptop emblazoned with gay rights stickers, sending battle-cry emails to members across the city and the state.
Those people in the red shirts in the gallery on Monday? She helped bring many there.
"The whole thing for me with HJR-3 is I'm really angry about it. When I started going to meetings and I made all these friends, it wasn't just about my son anymore. It was about my friends and seeing what they've had to go through," Gross said. "People get thrown out of their homes. They get thrown out of their churches. They get bullied at school. They're told they're freaks. These are my friends. I want to stand up for them.
"I just want to see this thing go away," she added. "I think it's horrible."
At 63, Gross is older than many of the people associated with Freedom Indiana, the grass-roots coalition leading the charge against HJR-3. She's not gay. She's no urban hipster. And she's not part of the suit-and-tie crowd — the corporate executives and academics who insist Indiana will damage its ability to recruit top talent if it insists on pursuing a constitutional amendment that reeks of intolerance.
Gross is none of those things. Instead, she's a high school graduate who worked most of her life as a secretary and, later as a legal assistant before she was diagnosed with narcolepsy and had to retire. Short and Jewish with an accent that smacks of the Bronx even though she's lived in Indiana for almost 20 years, she is the kind of ally that Freedom Indiana needs most.
She's straight, and she's a mom.
If the House Judiciary Committee sends the measure to the full House this week, and if it passes other legislative hurdles and makes it to voters, then the issue will become a battle for the hearts of minds of Hoosiers across the state. Those in small towns, not just in Indianapolis. Those who don't understand why they should vote against HJR-3.
Gross could give them an answer. All she has to do is talk about her son.
"Parents can talk to other parents," even if their kids aren't gay, Gross said. "I can say to them 'How would you feel if your kid would lose protections, or have things taken away from them?' Parents protect their kids. You can say to people, this affects my child. and that means a lot to some people. They really listen."
Contact Star columnist Erika D. Smith at (317) 444-6424, erika.smith@indystar.com, on Twitter: @erika_d_smith or at www.facebook.com/
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Marco Pierre White has opened up about losing his mother as a young child, revealing that his father "eradicated" her from his and his brother's life after her passing.
Appearing on weekly podcast series Grief Encounters, the famous chef painted a vivid picture of the day his mother fell ill, nearly 51 years ago.
Marco explained that his father dealt with the grief by removing his mother from their family's life, which in turn changed his relationship with his father as one of respect and not of love.
Speaking to hosts Venetia Quick and Sasha Hamrogue, Marco explained the day his mother fell ill. He was only six years old.
"I had just come back from the hospital with my father. It was a Saturday morning and I had stitches removed. My mother stepped out of the kitchen with my younger brother, who had just been born. She said to my father, 'can you take Simon, I'm not feeling that well'," he explained.
"Then over the next while I watched my mother go in and out of consciousness. She spoke very little, and she said to my father 'it's the end Frank, it's the end'. So she obviously knew something very serious was happening."
"I remember he sent me and my brother upstairs, and I remember my mother being carried out, put into the ambulance, and the ambulance doors closing, and watching the ambulance drive up the hill. And that was the last time I saw my mother."
Marco then explained how this heartbreaking experience changed his relationship with his father, who coped with his mother's death by removing all traces of her from their family home.
"My father, the first thing he did was eradicate my mother from our lives. That's how he dealt with it. So we were all given one item of our mothers, and then every photograph, every item was removed from the house."
"I didn't love my father, I respected him. Because that's how I was brought up, to respect him, and never to challenge him and never to be rude to him, never to get into confrontation with him. Therefore, my father was a strong man and a hard man, and I had to respect my father. That was the way I was."
When asked if the grief Marco felt helped further his successful career in the kitchen, he admitted that a lot of it was driven from fear.
He said: "That fear of failure, of letting my father down, was the driving force behind me. As a boy of 17 I obtained a dream, and the fear was that I would die before I'd realize that dream. Again, because I had witnessed death at a very young age, and that was always my fear, and I pushed and I pushed, and I went to the extremes that I went to. Because I knew that I might not be here tomorrow."
Grief Encounters is out every Tuesday and is available to download and stream from ITunes, Spotify and other downloading apps.


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Laughter is so infectious. Let's have more in the forum.
I agree, sometimes it does get a little confrontational here.
But confrontation is often only in the 'eye' of the beholder. Some people would be best posting somewhere no one can reply, because some consider it to be rude or even nasty if anyone dares to have a differing opinion. It seems to come as a shock to them.
Surely you must have seen it before?
Well worth viewing again! Those were the days!


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A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don't require land or fresh water—resources that are scarce in much of the world. The polymer is derived from microorganisms that feed ...
Army neuroscientists foresee intelligent agents on the battlefield
The battlefield of the future will be complex, with mountains of data moving rapidly between commanders, operations centers and the joint warfighter. In this multi-faceted environment, Army researchers and their partners ...
A paleontologist who teaches anatomy is good for medicine and science
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Vanderbilt researchers win an R&D100 Award for MultiWell MicroFormulator
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Hometown: Centennial, CO
High School: Cherry Creek
Major: Unknown
Eligibility: Senior
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2013 Northern Colorado 6 39 7 13 0 0 0 - 0
2012 Northern Colorado 6 10 21 13 0 0 0 - 0
2011 Northern Colorado 6 29 8 8 0 0 0 - 0
2014 Player Statistics By Game
02/15/2014 Wyoming W 17-3 4 4 4 0 0
02/21/2014 Biola W 12-7 3 2 2 0 0
02/22/2014 @ Northern Arizona W 10-4 2 2 1 0 0
03/01/2014 @ Palm Beach Atlantic L 11-19 3 0 1 0 0
03/02/2014 @ Florida Gulf Coast L 2-15 1 0 0 0 0
03/15/2014 Colorado Denver W 13-5 4 2 3 0 0
03/22/2014 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs W 21-1 7 3 0 0 0
03/29/2014 Johnson & Wales W 24-4 6 3 1 0 0
04/11/2014 MSU Denver W 22-6 1 0 0 0 0
04/18/2014 @ Regis W 12-9 0 1 0 0 0
04/19/2014 Montana State W 10-9 2 0 0 0 0
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03/08/2013 Westminster College L 4-24 4 0 2 0 0
03/10/2013 North Dakota State L 5-11 1 0 1 0 0
03/30/2013 Regis W 12-3 7 2 2 0 0
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Q: how to pass variable from zend framework to javascript/jquery? how to pass variable from zf to javascript/jquery?
thanks

A: you can create your javascript dynamicly  by useing Headscript View Helper
it had function like :
<?php $this->headScript()->captureStart() ?>
var action = '<?php echo $this->baseUrl ?>';
$('foo_form').action = action;
<?php $this->headScript()->captureEnd() ?>

Source : ZF documentation

A: <?php
$this->view->foo = $foo;
?>

In your view:
<script type="text/javascript">
var foo = <?=Zend_Json::encode($this->foo)?>;
</script>

A: I know this is an old question, but I'm sure others could benefit from this:
You could use this extended HeadScript class and pass variables to JavaScript from a controller like this:
$this->view->headScript()->appendVar('dogName', 'Rocky')
                         ->appendVar('dogPictures', $pictures);

prependVar, setVar and offsetSetVar are also available for convenience' sake.

A: <?php

class SomeController extends Zend_Controller_Action {
    public function indexAction() {
        // a file
        $this->view->headScript()->appendFile('yourJsFile.js');
        // inline script
        $message = 'hello!';
        $this->view->headScript()->appendScript("jQuery(function(){alert('$message');});");
    }
}

This requires that you add echo $this->headScript() to your view- or layout-script.

A: I know this will be late answer, And I have used @chelmertz solution, but currently I got some issue with that. I am working in an complex UI application and I needed lots of php arrays and  other json objects in my external javascript files. And inclusion of my js scripts was not uniform, So each time if I need some thing from php to javascript I have to check whole things like ....
1) Am I placing appendScript() at correct position so the some.js script will find my variables defined
2) generated string which will be passed to appendScript() is a valid js syntax.
and lot more ...
There is another way I have developed for Zend Framework specially.
I have written a detailed tutorial here
http://rupeshpatel.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/add-json-objects-arrays-and-variables-from-php-to-javascript/
summary:
1) create a common view file enclosed within  tag, which checks for a property(an Array) let say $this->jsVars of a view object and defines js variables
code of this view file
<script>
<?php if(!empty($this->jsVars)){ ?>

<?php
foreach($this->jsVars as $var) {
if($var['type'] == 'json'){
?>
var <?php echo $var['name']?> = JSON.parse('<?php echo $var['value'];?>');
<?php } elseif($var['type'] == 'text'){ ?>
var <?php echo $var['name']?> = "<?php echo $var['value'];?>";
<?php }else{?>
var <?php echo $var['name']?> = <?php echo $var['value'];?>;
<?php
}}?>

<?php }?>

</script>

2) render this view in your layout file before echo $this->headScript() so all external scripts will have those js variables
<?php
echo $this->render('index/include_js_vars.phtml'); // rendering view

                $this->headScript()->prependFile(JS_BASE_URL.'/jquery-1.7.2.min.js');
$this->headScript()->appendFile(JS_BASE_URL.'/jquery.blockUI.js');
$this->headScript()->appendFile(JS_BASE_URL.'/commonJS.js');
$this->headScript()->appendFile('http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/jquery-ui.min.js');

                echo $this->headScript();
?>

3) append php arrays or json objects to $this->view->jsVars like
// in your action method
$test = array('mango','orange','banana');
$this->view->jsVars[] = array('name'=>'test','type'=>'json','value'=>json_encode($test));

now test will be defined in any of your script files as an array, No matter at what instance you have included your js file.

A: I came here and tried all the answers but non of them helped me, so what I ended up doing was the next (maybe it's too late, but could be helpful for someone else):
Inside the controller where you want to pass the variable to js:
public function someAction()
{
    $var = array(
        'test' => 'phpVar',
        'test2' => 'phpVar2'
    );

    $this->view->jsVar = $var;
}

Now in your layout, inside head tag, and before load any other script do this:
$this->headScript()->appendScript('var phpVars='.json_encode($this->jsVar));

Finally in your js file, you would be able to access the variable phpVars:
console.log(phpVars);

you could see in the console:
Object {test: "phpVar", test2: "phpVar2"}

being able to access each variable like phpVars.test and phpVars.test2
Now you can pass variables from your controller to js files everytime you want.


In case you're wondering, those really are feathers. The Ring k2 floor lamp is very special. It has a slender and tall base made out of three thin stainless steel rods. The tripod base holds a large lampshade completely covered with long black (or brown) goose quill feathers attached to a brown fabric shade.
Available in four different finishes, the Laurel floor lamp features a rather unusual alabaster base. It's shaped like a rectangular block. The base, however, is not the focal point of the design. The star of the show is the brass body of the lamp which mimics a graceful plant with large leaves.
If you're a fan of minimalist, futuristic-looking design you should check out the Oyyo Floor Lamp. It's not just cool-looking but also smart. You can control it remotely or using a phone app and it has dimmable 3000k LEDs so it's both powerful and energy-efficient.
Lamps are great at making spaces look and feel warm and cozy so they themselves don't actually have to share these characteristics. If they did they might look like this. This is the Big Puff floor lamp, a lamp so soft and fluffy that you just want to cuddle up with it and take a nap. It's pretty cool that this effect is created through a very simple and unsophisticated design. The lamp is made of thermoplastic polyurethane filled with air.
As cute and cuddly as big lamps are, sometimes you just need something slender and inconspicuous, a lamp which can focus the light exactly where you need it. Of course, there's no reason that lamp can't also look cool. In fact, the Jackie lamp displayed here is the answer to all your problems. It comes in six different colors so you can match it to your existing decor.
Ever wished you had a lamp that looked like a person? Probably not but here it is anyway. Meet George, a lamp and a sculpture with an anthropomorphic design. It comes in different postures and colors and it has a lot of character. This is probably the only floor lamp that requires a piece of furniture because it actually sits down, like a real person does.
Alfred is a pretty cool lamp too. You can't use it a completely independent, freestanding accessory because it has to be attached to a vertical surface (a wall). This doesn't really diminish its charm or versatility. It only helps to make the lamp stand out. Also, the design compensates for this "inconvenience" by including a set of small shelves which are great for keeping books and other items on.
The Rolo floor lamp offers a very ingenious to a problem some of you may have encountered already: you're sitting in your living room or in the bedroom and you're reading a book or working which requires plenty of light while someone is wants to relax and would much rather prefer some soft, dim lighting. Thanks to the lamp\s petals which can be individually peeled everyone can be happy.
How could an aluminum lamp look delicate and sophisticated? It's quite easy actually. Aluminum is a very versatile and flexible material which means it can be shaped into all sorts of quirky things, including a very sleek and stylish lamp like the Mesh. The design of the Mesh floor lamp is simple, contemporary and also expressive and this is a surprisingly rare combo.
Another special design worthy of attention is that of the X Light Table. As the name suggests, this is both a table and a lamp. This combo offers many advantages, including the opportunity to save space or to enjoy soft, pleasant accent lighting without requiring a separate lamp.
Next on our list of unusual floor lamps is the Bajau series. The inspiration for these lamps comes from the houses of the nomadic Bajau people from South-East Asia. They look very delicate and a bit similar to paper lanterns, featuring frames made of thin sticks and lampshades made of handwoven rattan. The design is quite poetic actually.
Right now multifunctional furniture and accessories are super popular and Louis fits the description perfectly. This is a table which can be transformed into a chair or which can be used as a lamp, depending on the user's immediate needs. It's quite the clever combo. Ideally it would be awesome to make use of all three functions at the same time but I guess you can't have everything in life. Perhaps a future series will address this little detail.
In order to fully appreciate the Portal lamp you have to actually use it. That's because the design alone doesn't really how beautifully the light is projected behind the lamp when you lean it against a wall. According to the designers, the Portal is neither a sconce nor a floor lamp but can act as both. that definitely sounds cool and is even cooler when you see it.
Apart from looking very stylish and beautiful, the ARC lamps also have an interesting story. The collection was designed by Nanna Neergaard and Marie Hesseldahl from Manér Studio and the designs are inspired by the architecture and interior of the The Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen. You don't really need to know that in order to appreciate how majestic this lighting fixtures are but it's definitely an interesting detail which gives them even more character.
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