Dave Brosha Photography/For The Sudbury Star The 2019 Springfest Concert is a double bill with the Ennis Sisters of Newfoundland and Lennie Gallant (trio) of PEI. The show will take place Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew's Place, 111 Larch St. Tickets are $37.50 inclusive. Advance purchase is necessary as the show will be sold out. Contact Bob Bale at 705-523-6200.
BLOOD DONATION: The Sudbury Blood Donor Centre, 944 Barrydowne Rd., has new hours of operation that went into effect April 1. The centre is open Mondays and Thursdays from 3-7 p.m. and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays (walk-in appointments available). The centre is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Music: The Kiwanis Music Festival begins on Saturday, March 23, and runs until Friday, April 5, followed by the Stars of Excellence concert on Monday, April 15. The festival is open to the public. Tickets at the door are $3 per session. There are morning, afternoon and evening sessions on most days. A schedule is available online at www.kiwanisclubofsudbury.ca.
Taxes: United Way Centraide North East Ontario, in partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency and the support of 60-plus volunteers, are gearing up for the Community Volunteer Income Tax program on March 4-April 11. The income tax program is offered on a first-come, first-served basis at 957 Cambrian Heights Drive, Unit 201 in Sudbury. The program is available Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. United Way is also offering a tax clinic at the Sudbury Community Service Centre with the help of its partners. For more information, visit www.uwcneo.com.
Science camp registrations: Registration for Science North Summer Science Camps is now open in Sudbury, as well as 34 other communities across Northern Ontario. Sudbury's Science Summer Camps are offered at Science North as well as Dynamic Earth in English and French and will run from July 2 to Aug. 30. The camps are designed for four major age groups: 4 to 5 years; 6 to 8 years; 9 to 11 years; 11 years and older. Register online 24 hours a day at sciencenorth.ca/camps or call 1-800-461-4898 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit the website for a complete list, including descriptions, pricing, age groups, locations and dates of Summer Science Camp programs being held in your community.
PERSONAL GROWTH: A Being Mindful in a Distracting World six-week series starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Greater Sudbury Public Library's South End branch.
Art: The Art Gallery of Sudbury invites you to a major new exhibition by Sudbury artist Elizabeth Holmes, entitled Thinking about Loss. Thinking about Loss is a paper-based exhibition that explores the inherent beauty of discarded materials and the narrative stories they carry. The exhibition continues until April 21. Admission is free with donation. The Art Gallery of Sudbury is located at 251 John St. For more information, visit online at artsudbury.org, or call 705-675-4871.
Art: The Art Gallery of Sudbury invites you to terrain, a major new exhibition by local artist Ron Langin. Terrain features a series of 32 paintings, which re-imagine the landscapes of the Prairies, the Badlands and the mountains of western Canada. The exhibition continues until April 21. Admission is free with donation. The Art Gallery of Sudbury is located at 251 John St. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 12-5 pm. For more information, visit artsudbury.org, or call 705-675-4871.
BINGO: Every Tuesday at St. Alexander's Church, 100 Gaudette St., Chelmsford. Minis start at 6 p.m. followed by majors at 7:30 p.m. The prize board is $4,780 including a $1,000 jackpot. Entrance and parking at the back of the building.
SUPPORT GROUP MEETING: Moving Forward, a new support group for parents who have lost children meets 6:30 p.m. downstairs at the Greater Sudbury Public Library's main branch on MacKenzie Street. Every monthly meeting has a theme and participants will be given tools on how to work through their grief. For more information, contact Madeleine Sauve at 705-562-0027 or madeleinesauve@hotmail.com.
MEDITATION: Join Lizanne Leclair, owner of VERE Golden Journey, for a weekly series of meditation classes designed for the beginner as well as the seasoned meditator. Bring calmness and relaxation to your day. Classes will be held 12:15 p.m. Thursdays starting March 7 through to May 30 at the Greater Sudbury Public Library's main branch on MacKenzie Street. The first Thursday class of each month will be dedicated to a special teaching. No registration required. This is a drop-in series offered free to the community.
CHAIR YOGA: Join Kim Price, a certified yoga teacher, for a gentle form of yoga that is practised sitting on a chair or standing using a chair for support. Chair yoga invites awareness and integrity to the body to allow you to find mobility in a way that is soft, gentle and supportive. Sessions will be held 10:30 a.m. March 7, 14, 21 and 28 at the Greater Sudbury Public Library's main branch on MacKenzie Street (limit of 12 participants and a yoga mat is needed), and 1 p.m. April 4, 11 and 18 at the South End branch (a yoga mat is needed). This is a free program offered to the community. Register online at www.sudburylibraries.ca or contact either branch.
HOCKEY: The Cambrian College Foundation and the college's Physical Fitness Management program present two authors who will share insights into being a hockey parent. Former Greater Sudbury resident Karl Subban, who wrote How We Did It and is the father or three professional hockey players including P.K. Subban, along with Angie Abdou, author of Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom, will speak starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Cambrian College Student Life Centre as part of the college's Speaker Series. Tickets are free, but you need to RSVP at cambriancollege.ca/speakerseries.
MUSIC: Kevin Breit will take the stage in The Motley Kitchen's next Dinner and a Show series event. Dinner and entertainment combined is $60 including HST. Show-only seats are $25 each. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the buffet dinner served at 6:30 p.m. and the show approximately from 7:30-10 p.m. Reserve now to assure good seats and dinner by calling The Motley Kitchen at 705-222-6685, or drop by during one of their brunches Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Theatre: Theatre Cambrian is returning to their roots for their first dinner theatre of the 2019 season. A Little Quickie runs from April 4-6 at the Northbury Hotel, 50 Brady St. Tickets for dinner and the show are $49, or $25 for the show only. The event is licensed with plenty of accessible parking, and everything is on the main level. Please call the Theatre Cambrian box office at 705-524-7317, visit them Tuesday to Friday at 40 Eyre St. from 12-5 p.m. or go online to theatrecambrian.ca for tickets.
Health: The Laurentian University School of Social Work will hold a seminar on aging in Sudbury, Ontario and Canada 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The seminar will be in French. The event will include a panel and round table. Spaces are limited. RSVP by sending an e-mail to ayoung3@laurentian.ca.
Walk: Dental assisting and dental hygiene students will hold their annual Walk For a Smile event on April 5 to raise awareness and money for oral hygiene in Greater Sudbury. Proceeds from Walk For a Smile will be used to buy oral hygiene supplies for the community and provide access to dental care services. Students have set a goal of $5,000 for this year's event. Donations of $20 or more to Walk for a Smile are tax deductible. Donations can be made at cfou.convio.net/WalkForASmile2019.
Music: The Lunches with a Lake concert series presents students of Marymount Academy's music program in performance, under the direction of Brittany Goldsborough. Admission is free to the public. All concerts take place at the Vale Living with Lakes Centre, 840 Ramsey Lake Rd. from 12:10-12:50 p.m. Parking at the centre is very limited so car-pooling is recommended. Bring your lunch.
Book signing : Sudbury resident Dave Wickenden will have a book sale and signing at Bishop Alexander Carter CSS spring vendor show on April 5 from 5-8 p.m. and on April 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bishop Alexander Carter is located at 539 Francis St. in Hanmer. Copies of his novels, In Defense of Innocence and Homegrown, which are both published by Crave Press, will be available.
LUNCHEON: A luncheon will be held 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the ParkSide Centre on Durham Street. Entertainment by Gisele Small. Admission is $8.
MUSIC: The 5th Annual Blues for Debi event will be held in the Caruso Club's DaVinci Hall. Performers will include the Maurice John Vaughn Band from Chicago and his friends Shirley Johnston, Joseph Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters), and Freddy Dixon (son of Willie Dixon). Opening band will be the North Memphis All Stars from Greater Sudbury. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. All proceeds to the Northern Cancer Foundation. Tickets are available from the Northern Cancer Foundation office, Jett Landry Music on Lasalle Boulevard, the Caruso Club office, A&J Home Hardware, and the Motley Kitchen.
RELIGION: Theology on Tap, organized by Holy Redeemer Church, will be held at 6 p.m.at Gloria's Restaurant at Bouchard and Regent Streets. The event is intended for people aged 18-30 and will involve a casual evening of discussion and socializing. Appetizers will be provided. The topic will be A Driving Force in Our Life – What is Happiness?
Theatre: Sudbury Theatre Centre's script reading series, The PlayMine, concludes with Mansel Robinson's new play, Churn, on April 5 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door; admission is by donation. The PlayMine, a season-long initiative, features readings from northern Ontario playwrights and performances by some of Sudbury's finest actors. Presented in partnership with Pat the Dog Theatre Creation, this exciting opportunity for audiences will take place in Steve's Encore at STC, followed by an intimate conversation with the playwright. Robinson returns to Sudbury from Chapleau. He is an award-winning playwright who has had plays produced and celebrated across the country.


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This project is the subject of 'Recipes for Resilience', the next book in the Resilience series by Elizabeth J Walker. Please contact the author to find out more; we welcome review readers!
The Resilience Garden project develops ordinary gardens to provide an emergency supply of fresh greens for the immediate neighbourhood. The key features are low maintenance and year round production of edible plants.
A significant amount of home grown food for the householder all year round is a useful side effect.
Gardening conditions differ across the country, and even from street to street. The exact details of what will thrive and which plants will struggle can't be found in reference materials. They have to be discovered by practical application. Having a vegetable patch in every location, however small, gives the area a head start should this suddenly become important.
This garden was built using reclaimed materials. A raised bed system is used, as the local soil is a heavy unproductive clay. The growing area was created in stages over five years, using tyres as a retaining wall to enable easy expansion as soil became available.
This was mainly reclaimed from building sites. Structure was added by mixing it with kitchen waste and manure. A home-made spray of comfrey, nettle and seaweed provided extra minerals. All the food is grown using organic methods.
Agricultural chemicals are made from fossil fuels, and depend on an entire infrastructure to reach your garden. Any food supply designed for emergency use needs to be independent of these. Observation of various crops shows which are most self-sufficient, and how others can be encouraged.
Soil quality is crucial. Aim for a loam structure, where weeds can be pulled out whole. Avoid walking on the soil; make paths within the beds. Learn which trace minerals a healthy plant needs to repel pests and experiment with adding these.
Here in Somerset, ground cover is maintained by selective weeding. Some edible weeds, particularly bittercress, plantain and groundsel are left among the vegetables. The more invasive docks, dandelions and nettles are confined to the wildlife corridor which surrounds the garden.
Many authorities recommend a full covering on any empty ground. In this area, however, there is a constant battle against slugs. The nutritional value of green manures and mulches has to be balanced with the extra mollusc habitat provided. This is the sort of information which comes from experience and is passed on by word of mouth.
After seven years of experiment, rocket and spinach turn out to be the winter mainstays. Both self-seed and survive all but the coldest weather. Root vegetables make a poor showing, but leeks and perpertual onions do well. Brassicas take up a lot of space, but are most productive in spring when the winter plants are starting to bolt. Summer crops include peas and courgettes; most varieties of bean succumb to the slugs. Autumn brings the potato harvest from the tyre stacks.
Resilience Gardens were originally designed to supplement canned and dried food stores in an emergency of no more than a few weeks duration. Today, there is a more mainstream need for gardens like this. Foodbanks, on which many people have come to depend for significant periods of time, cannot usually distribute fresh food. Living out of tins is no longer just for emergencies. Even a handful of fresh broccoli leaves, steamed to retain vitamins, can add essential nutrients to such a meal.
There's never been a better time to relearn the science of growing food. Visit projects like Feed Bristol to see resilience gardening in action!


[book-info title="Words of Radiance" author="brandon-sanderson-2″] So, after 48 hours of audio, here is my full review of Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. This is volume two in the planned 10 book series of The Stormlight Archive and is the sequel to Way of Kings. There be spoilers ahead so please join me after the cut if you've read the book.


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Fisker Automotive's first ever car is called the "Karma," which is built according to the company's design philosophy of sustainability and accountability. This Sustainable and Accountable Design principle represents a big leap forward not just for Fisker but the automotive industry as a whole.
Even as a new player in the auto industry, Fisker understands that designing, developing, building, selling, and disposing vehicles can be resource- and energy-intensive. Yet the company sees massive opportunity to improve the process and to see with new light what consumers around the world can expect of carmakers. Fisker strives to be a car company that leads in sustainability and accountability efforts and it does so by persistently pursuing ways of reducing carbon footprint and environmental impact in general and of raising fuel efficiency across the value chain.
The Karma and all of Fisker's future vehicles will be available and will be serviced through a worldwide network of established, independent, and reputable retailers. In the United States alone, 45 locations have already been identified, and the same number has already been planned for Europe.
The company's retail network in Europe is still being developed and it will be managed by various importers including Nellemann in Denmark, the Emil Frey Group in Switzerland, Fisker Italia in Italy, and BD Otomotive in Turkey. Moreover, the company has made a non-exclusive distribution deal with China Grand Automotive in December 2010.
Moreover, Fisker Karma is significantly the first luxury vehicle that is American-designed and engineered and that is specifically developed to carry a global appeal. It is also the lone luxury sedan that meets future emission and fuel consumption requirements, thus making it fit and ideal for any international city.
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Re-Thinking Career Paths
"Metaforum Diversity" opened a pioneering dialogue about equal opportunities, diversity, and careers in science, on March 31, 2015, in Berlin.
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Technical universities, non-university research institutions, political figures active in university politics, and research companies were involved. The event took place as part of the RWTH Aachen and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft's joint project "Neue Wissenschaftskarrieren," funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and supported by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. The parties involved discussed questions about how to shape new career paths for women and men and sounded out the required framework conditions in the scientific system.
All five universities involved from the TU9 association, the four non-university research organizations, and the German Council of Science and Humanities, the German Rectors' Conference, and the TU9 Board of Governors, the BMBF, and industry representatives discussed the development of new career paths using the models and approaches that were presented. A central point of discussion was the establishment of organization and competence profiles, in order to increase the accuracy of fit between scientific institutions and scientists' potential. Furthermore, they determined that it is essential to sustainabley increase the bidirectional permeability in the innovation system between universities, research institutions, and industry.
Career Models for Women and Men
The development of sustainable career models for women as for men is important, to promote research and development and maintain Germany's innovative ability. Against this backdrop, focus was placed on career paths with the ability to then enter industry, science management, and spin-offs, aside from new career paths within the scientific systems. Attractive alternatives aside from and before professorship need to be established in many places for the sustainable new reorientation of the scientific system. Additionally, transparent career paths in scientific management need to be designed, which unable career planning outside of science.
In order to keep Germany at an international niveau in research, the potential of highly qualified scientists must be more efficiently used. This is necessary if not least because current science policy discussions include a small number of women in research and because of the precarious state of employees in the scientific system. A joint approach from non-university and university institutions and actors is expedient, because strategic changes in the science system can only be achieved through a concentrated approach. Metaforum Diversity can provide important impulses for attractive, future career paths for women and men.
The joint work serving as the foundation for this press release was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF, under funding numbers 01FP1303 and 01FP1304. The authors are responsible for the content of this press release.
Technical Universities:
RWTH Aachen, Gender and Diversity in Engineering
Prof. Dr. Carmen Leicht-Scholten
Phone: +49 241-80 90549
carmen.leicht@gdi.rwth-aachen.de
Non-University Research Organizations:
Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation
Prof. Dr. Martina Schraudner
Phone: +49 30 680 7969-0
martina.schraudner@iao.fraunhofer.de
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Dr. Angela Fleischman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Irvine Health in Irvine, California. She is dedicated to a lifelong career as a clinician-scientist investigating hematologic malignancies, integrating her research with the clinical care of patients with this disease. In July 2013, Dr. Fleischman joined the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to start her independent laboratory focusing on the pathogenesis of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), a chronic leukemia. Dr. Fleischman's laboratory focuses on the role of inflammation in MPN because of belief that inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of MPN. The immediate goal is to identify what drives excessive inflammation in MPN and to leverage this knowledge toward the development of therapeutics in MPN. Dr. Fleischman's long-term goal is to define the mechanisms driving the initial development of MPN for the purpose of developing preventative strategies for those at risk of the disease.


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EUROPA LEAGUE: Chelsea's Sarri unhappy with sorry state of Kiev pitch
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Chelsea's manager Maurizio Sarri has expressed unhappiness with the pitch at Kiev's NSC Olympic Stadium ahead of his team's UEFA Europa League last 16 second leg tie later on Thursday.
Chelsea, who won last week's first leg game in London 3-0, trained at the stadium on Wednesday.
"The pitch is not good and I think that it's really dangerous to play any football here. It's really very dangerous for injuries," Sarri told reporters.
"I don't know the reason, probably winter, because I played here two years ago and the pitch was wonderful (but it is now) very, very dangerous."
The NSC Olympic Stadium hosted last season's UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, which the Spanish side won 3-1.
Sarri was in charge of Napoli when the Italian side beat Dynamo 2-1 at the stadium during the 2016/2017 UEFA Champions League group stages.
Chelsea coach Sarri also criticised UEFA for not paying more attention to player welfare.
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"Wait! Don't…stop for a second," Saoirse said as Alex was about to enter her. She put her hand on his chest to push him off.
"What? Are you refusing me?" he asked. She hadn't said no to him since he apologized to her that day, so this was a surprise. Did he do something wrong?
"No, it's not that. It's just…" she hesitated. "I want you to…"
"What is it? Just spit it out already. I don't want to wait," Alex said irritably. He was aroused and running out of patience. He had been thinking about her body all day, and she wasn't making it easy.
"Cou…could you please kiss me a little more?" she asked. Her cheeks were turning pink as if she said something embarrassing.
Alex was taken aback by her request. He was used to just putting his di
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"Ms. Saoirse, there is someone who would like to see you," Mindy said.Saoirse was sitting by the window, knitting a scarf. Someone here to see her? Who could that be? It wasn't like she knew anyone. She didn't have any friends."Who is it?" she asked."He said he is your father," Mindy said.Her father! Did he finally come to get her out? She felt happy but at the same time kind of sad. Did that mean she will never see Alex again? She didn't know how to feel about it.She went to the living room. James Brooks sat on the couch cowering as Alex glared at him from across the room."Daddy!" she screamed and ran to hug him."Oh princess, how are you? You don't look hurt," he said and looked her over. "Is he treating you well?"
"A favor? What kinda favor?" Nate raised his eyebrows. "If it has anything to do with the Mafia, I'm out. I don't have time to deal with that type of bullshit. I have a family to take care of," he said."Relax, it's not anything crime-related. I was hoping you could find more information on this girl. Her name is Saoirse Brooks. Find out as much as you can. Her family background, lifestyle, what kind of friends she has, everything," Alex said.Nate made it big in the computer industry. He had become somewhat of a genius over the past few years. He can pretty much find out anything about anyone."That's an interesting name. It shouldn't be too hard to find her. Who is she? Someone from your rival gang?" Nate asked."No, she is not a criminal. Just an innocent girl whose father kept inside like some type of
"Well…what do you think?" Saoirse asked and looked at him expectantly as she watched Alex try her food.Alex took a bite and the chicken melted in his mouth. The food was delicious. Saoirse was an amazing cook."Where did you learn to cook like this?" he asked. "It's fucking delicious."Saoirse blushed. "I taught myself. I stayed home a lot, so I had a lot of time to practice," she said quietly."Why did you stay home a lot?" Alex asked."Daddy said it's not safe out there for a girl like me. He said I was weak and defenseless, and people will take advantage of me," she said with a sad look on her face.Well, he wasn't entirely wrong about that. Too bad her dad couldn't save her and sent her straight to the lion's mouth himself.<
Saoirse woke up, and she couldn't breathe for a second. She tried to get up, but something restricted her movement. She felt warm.She opened her eyes fully then realized Alex had his arms wrapped around her tightly. He was still sound asleep. He pulled her even closer when she moved and hugged her in his sleep.She didn't want to get up and wake him up right away. He looked so beautiful and peaceful. Almost like a child. Who knew someone with a face like can be so mean and murdered people in cold blood.She ran her fingers through his soft tousled hair then traced them on his sharp jawline. His eyes opened right away. Oops, it looks like she woke him up."Sorry, I'll go back to my room," she said quickly and tried to get up. She knew Alex didn't like anyone staying in his bed with him. He usually comes to her room and leaves when they are done. He neve
Earlier that day, Alex stared at the sleeping Saoirse in his bed. He usually doesn't let anyone come inside his room for any reason. He carried her here instead of her room in the heat of passion which was very unlikely of him.And then, on top of it, he fell asleep in her arms. He never let his guard down in front of any girl. Especially not the ones he usually sleeps with. But something was calming about Saoirse. Her gentle touches, her smell, her breathing, everything. He felt completely relaxed.It had been a long time since he slept peacefully like that. Every time he closes his eyes, he usually ends up waking up from a nightmare. But being snuggled against her body and breathing in her scent was better than any sleeping pills. What was so special about her?Maybe I'll move her in my room, he thought. Would she agree? Not like she was in the position to say no anyway.
The next day, Alex sat in his office, getting lost in his thoughts. He went to Sheila's house as planned and fucked her brains out, but he felt distracted the whole time. The sex with her wasn't as good as he remembered it to be. It was nothing like when he was with Saoirse.He knew why. Sheila wasn't Saoirse. Sheila smelled like strong perfume and cigarettes. She didn't have that soft floral smell, like Saoirse's skin. He couldn't stand to be near her anymore after they were done. He didn't sleep peacefully this time either. He woke up a few times from his usual nightmares.Fuck it…Alex thought. He didn't want to sleep with anyone else anymore. He needed Saoirse. He'll deal with his feelings later.His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a faint meow next to him. His eyes darted toward the floor, and he saw Taco standing there. He jumped up on the
Saoirse didn't understand why she felt so upset by what he said. She may have been naive about a lot of things, but she wasn't stupid. Of course, Alex was sleeping with other women. He never tried to hide the fact. Then why does it hurt so much when he openly admitted it?It didn't matter anyway. Alex only brought her here to use her. Pretty soon, he will be done with her and toss her away. It was just a matter of time."We don't really care about Alex, do we?" she stroked Taco's head and said. "He doesn't like us anyway."But she didn't believe that herself. She looked forward to seeing him every day like a stupid little girl. She loved it when he held her in his arms. Having sex with him was the only connection she had with him, so what's going to happen to her once it was gone?"Saoirse, can I come in?"
Saoirse was quietly knitting her scarf when Alex stormed inside the room. He had a distressed look on his face."What's going on?" she asked. Her eyes turned huge with worry."Where do you want to go?" he asked. He was breathing heavily like he just ran a few miles."Huh? Where would I want to go?" she was completely confused."Is there somewhere you always wanted to go but never got to?" he asked and took her hands.Saoirse thought about it for a minute. "There's this one place…""Tell me where and I will take you right now," he said gently."Really?" Her eyes lit up! She forgot she was upset at him for a moment. Why was he being so nice to her all of a sudden?"I've always wanted
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Zomba, July 16: Vice President, Dr. Saulos Chilima on Sunday donated K1 million to St. George Anglican Parish in Zomba as part of his contribution to the church's golf tournament fundraising event.
Chilima who attended a church service advised the congregants to fully commit themselves before God through offering for self-dependency of the church.
He said God blesses those who fully commit themselves to his work, adding that the nation encourages churches to be self-sustained through contributions by members for the development of the country.
"This church depends on its members for development, but this can be fulfilled through those Christians who are dedicated and committed to the church through contribution of resources," he said.
On national issues, Chilima urged people in the country to learn from day to day experiences, saying it was sad to learn that there are still people in the country who don't learn from what they see.
Chilima cited an example of killing and abduction of people with albinism, saying that some people still believe one could become rich through this act.
"For the past three years, none of the convicts or suspects have shown signs of richness because of the act," Chilima said.
In his message from the books of 2 Samuel 6, verses 1 – 5 through 12 – 19 and Ephesians 2, verses 3 – 14 titled 'Blessings of God,' the Parish Priest for St. George Anglican Church, Rev. Fr. Mathews Singano Kachala said if people do things contrary to the will of God, they are left behind and do not receive any blessings from God.
Fr. Kachala added that even the leadership of each institution, including the nation and the church should lead people towards God's will as King David did. He said the church was humbled for the first time to be visited by the Vice President.
The church presented a gift to the Vice President as one way of appreciating his attendance to the fundraising event.
After the church service, the Vice President participated in the fundraising golf tournament it organized to solicit money for its (the church's) different development activities.
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Have you ever competed in a programming contest? If not, you must have deliberately rejected the opportunity, because there is an amazing number and variety of competitions for programmers—more, it seems, than for just about any other (nonsports) professional.
This is not to suggest that programming contests are all just for pros: There are also contests specifically intended for college programmers and for high school students. The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is in its 32nd (!) year and just finished its World Finals in Banff, Alberta.
There are, in fact, all kinds of contests: regional and national and international contests, contests where you may compete in teams, contests where team programming is a requirement, and contests for solitary coders. There are 90-minute or five-hour dashes, 24-hour codeathons, month-long competitions, and continuous contests.
The rules and problems differ greatly, but the BME International 24-hour Programming Contest, put on by the Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association and the Karoly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies, can serve as an example of one kind of contest. This event winnows out hundreds of participants from dozens of countries in an online challenge, reducing the field to 27 competitors (plus the three best from the previous year) who make their way to Budapest, where they spend 24 hours from 9:00am to 9:00am coding for glory and 5000 euros in prizes. There's even a book about the contest, including the problem sets from the first five years. The problem sets are definitely challenging: One year the teams had to design an integrated circuit chip design program and also create an AI agent that can play a simple strategy game against another AI agent. Other challenges involve controlling robots, managing virtual worlds, and cryptography. This year, the onsite competition took place May 2-4.
Often the choice of language is up to you, but not always. Pick a platform or a language and there's a contest for users of that platform or language: Java, C++, Ruby, Haskell, Mathematica. For a few years there was a competition for Eiffel programmers called the Eiffel Class Struggle, but I think that's over. You can compete to solve multicore or mobile problems, artificial life or fractal coding or robotics challenges, or participate in a Super Mario contest. I'm not sure what that last one is.
If you feel like brushing the cobwebs off your Apple II chops, you can easily find an Apple II competition. If you get bit by that "running light without overbyte" bug, there's a contest in which your entry must solve a set problem in no more than 1K of 6502 code. And 4K of Java. Dr. Dobb's has put on a variety of programming contests over the years: Currently, the Dr. Dobb's Challenge has a prize pool of $10,000.
Some contests are just not all that serious—like the International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The fact that the rules contain deliberate typos tells you a lot about that competition, which was jointly inspired by the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest and some execrable examples of C code.
Then there's OMGWTF, the "Olympiad of Misguided Geeks at Worse Than Failure Programming Contest," where the goal is to solve a simple problem in the most obscenely convoluted way possible.
More seriously, there's the Loebner Prize competition. Win the ultimate challenge there and you'll get $100,000, a gold medal, and considerable fame—because the ultimate challenge-winning code merely has to pass the Turing Test. Programmers Heaven holds weekly contests. In short, there is no lack of opportunities to test or flaunt your programming skills.


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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending October 20, 2017)
The Supreme Court removed Leidos from its argument document this week. The case, which focused on a question regarding the scope of Section 10(b) in a securities class action, was scheduled for argument next month.
The Commission filed a financial fraud action against mining giant Rio Tinto and its former CEO and CFO. The action centered on the acquisition of a mining property for over $3 billion which rapidly devalued but was not written down by the firm. In addition, the agency brought actions based on an offering fraud for a private company using a false PPM, an investment adviser who misappropriated funds from a charity and another financial fraud case centered on a one time blank check company.
Scope of Section 10(b): Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System, No. 15-581. The court removed the case from the argument calendar based on a tentative settlement. The issue in the case centered on whether Item 303 of Regulation S-K regarding certain forward looking trends required to be disclosed in the MD&A section of Commission filings governed the disclosure obligations of an issuer in a securities class action based on Exchange Act Section 10(b).
Statistics: Last week the SEC filed 4 civil injunctive case and 2 administrative proceedings, excluding 12j and tag-along proceedings.
Misappropriation: SEC v. Rogicki, Civil Action No. 17-civ-08071 (S.D.N.Y. Filed Oct. 19, 2017). Defendant John Rogicki was employed as an investment adviser representative at Train, Babcock Advisors, LLC. Through that positon he befriended an elderly woman and served as executor of her estate. He also served as trustee of a Foundation dedicated to improving education and healthcare. Between 2004 and 2016 defendant misappropriated about $9 million from the Foundation, generally by liquidating securities potions in its advisory account, wiring the funds to an account of the elderly woman and then moving the funds to his account. The complaint alleges violations of Advisers Act Sections 206(1) and 206(2) and Exchange Act Section 10(b). The case is pending. The Manhattan district attorney filed a parallel criminal action. See Lit. Rel. No. 23970 (Oct. 19, 2017).
Records: In the Matter of Loop Capital Markets, LLC, Adm. Proc. File No. 3-18257 (Oct. 19, 2017) is a proceeding which names the broker-dealer as a Respondent. During 2011 and 2012 a registered representative at the firm used her personal email to conduct Loop Capital business regarding a financial transaction. The firm's policies prohibited the use of personal email accounts. The representative deliberately used her personal account to avoid surveillance. When the staff requested that the broker-dealer produce the pertinent records, Respondent was unable to do so since they were from the personal email account. The Order alleges violations of Exchange Act Section 17(a) and rule 17a-4(b)(4) thereunder. To resolve the matter the firm consented to the entry of a cease and desist order based on the Section and rule cited in the Order. In addition, the firm will pay a penalty of $25,000.
Financial fraud: SEC v. Rio Tinto Plc, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-07994 (S.D.N.Y. Filed Oct. 17, 2017). Named as defendants are the firm, its subsidiary Rio Tinto Limited, and two of its executives, former CEO Thomas Albanese and former CFO Guy Elliott. In July 2007 Rio Tinto acquired Alcan, Inc., an aluminum processing company, for $38 billion. By February 2009 the firm announced a $7.9 billion impairment charge to Alcan's carrying value. Additional impairment charges were announced later. Eventually virtually all of the value of the acquisition, made under the watch of CEO Albanese and CFO Elliott, was written off. Subsequently, the firm acquired a coal property for about $3.7 billion. Although the firm's analysis uncovered substantial risks, the CEO and CFO, in their zeal to find a successful deal, did not inform the board when it approved the deal. Difficulties developed almost immediately. The Government of Mozambique notified the firm that it would not permit barging on the Zambezi River to transport the coal from the mine because of environmental concerns. While the coal could still be moved by rail, capacity was limited. Rio Tinto could only move a small fraction of the coal originally planned. At year end 2011 and in early 2012 the firm created valuations for the acquisition that ranged from negative $3.45 to negative $9 billion – all based on aggressive assumptions. Despite the transportation difficulties and negative valuations Mr. Albanese downplayed the Government's actions. Despite the difficulties and internal analysis showing the declining value of the property, the value of the mine was not written down. Eventually a firm employee informed the chairman of the board about the impairment valuations calculated by the firm. An investigation followed, the CEO resigned and a $3 billion impairment charge tied to the coal company was taken. The complaint alleges violations of Securities Act Section 17(a) and Exchange Act Sections 10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), 13(b)(2)(B) and 13(b)(5). The case is pending.
Offering fraud: In the Matter of Mergenet Medical Inc., Adm. Proc. File No. 3-18253 (October 16, 2017). Respondent Mergenet is a Florida based firm engaged in the development of medical devices for pulmonary and respiratory conditions. Also named as Respondents are: Bruce Sher, the firm's co-founder, co-president and a director; Shara Hernandez, a co-founder and co-president of the firm; and Peter DeCicco Jr., an employee in the firm's public relations department. Over a three year period beginning in 2012 the firm raised about $1.4 million from 72 accredited investors. The sales were marketed using private placement memoranda, written company presentations, videos, and oral communications. The PPM and other written materials were mailed to prospective investors. During the relevant period Respondents made misstatements or omissions to investors in those materials. The Order alleges violations of Securities Act Sections 17(a)(2). To resolve the matter each Respondent consented to the entry of a cease and desist order based on the Section cited in the Order. In addition, Respondents Sher and Hernandez will each pay a penalty of $60,000 while Respondent DeCicco will pay $50,000.
Financial fraud: SEC v. Accelera Innovations, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-7052 (N.D. Ill. Filed Sept. 29, 2017) is an action against the firm, originally a blank check company which now claims to be a health services firm, Synergistic Holdings, LLC, a privately held firm, and Geoffrey Thompson, the founder and chairman of Accelera and a control person of Synergistic. The complaint alleges that over a two year period beginning in 2013 Accelera falsely inflated its revenues by including those of Synergistic based on a claim it had acquired the firm. It did not. The firm also claimed to have proprietary software. It did not. And defendants sold unregistered securities through Accelera and Synergistic to investors. The complaint alleges violations of Securities Act Sections 5(a) and 5(c) and Exchange Act Sections 10(b) and 13(a). The action is pending. See Lit. Rel. No. 23969 (Oct. 19, 2017); See also SEC v. Wallin, Civil Action No. 1:17-c—0757 (N.D. Ill. Filed Sept. 29, 2017)(action against John Wallin, former CFO of Accelera, for executing false certifications re Accelera's Forms 10-K and 10-Q in violation of Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 and aiding and abetting violations of Exchange Act Section 13(a); settled with the entry of a permanent injunction based on the Section and rule cited in the complaint and an officer and director bar; penalties will be considered at a later date).
Market manipulation: U.S. v. Shapiro, No. 14-cr-399 (E.D.N.Y.). Named as defendants are Ira Shapiro and Darren Ofsink. Mr. Shapiro is the CEO of CodeSmart Holdings, Inc. Mr. Ofsink is a Manhattan based attorney. Each defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The charges stem from the participation by each defendant in an $86 million market manipulation scheme centered on the shares of CodeSmart. In May 2013, according to the charging documents, the defendants and others took CodeSmart, then a privately held firm, public through a reverse merger with a public shell company. The defendants and their confederates then obtained control of the free trading shares of the new public firm. Subsequently, the defendants assisted in pushing the share price up to artificial levels in two instanced during 2013. At its highest point the firm had a market capitalization of over $86 million. Yet the same day the firm filed a Form 10-K with the SEC reporting total assets of $6,000, revenue of $7,600 and a net loss of $103,141. By the end of December 2013 the share price of CodeSmart stock was $0.66. By the middle of the next year it was $0.01. The date for sentencing has not been set
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Rovers assistant Cliff Byrne feels new signings Ali Crawford and Mallik Wilks have quickly settled into the club.
The pair got their first outings in Saturday's 2-0 behind-closed-doors win over Leeds United's U23 side at Cantley Park.
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BYU LawX lab launches free, online landlord-tenant mediation tool
By Art Raymond @DNTechHive
Published: July 4, 2019 7:00 am
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BYU's legal innovation lab, LawX, just completed Hello Landlord. The free, online tool, developed in collaboration with a similar legal lab at the University of Arizona, aims to mitigate evictions by helping tenants and landlords stay in communication.
BYU brings design innovation to bear on legal issues with new LawX program
PROVO — The eviction rate of those renting their residences, be it apartment, condo or home, has skyrocketed over recent years and is now happening at a clip of some four per minute, or over 2 million annually, according to a Harvard report from earlier this year.
Now, a free digital tool just released by BYU's legal innovation lab LawX is aiming to mediate issues between landlords and tenants and help keep people in their homes.
LawX Director Kimball D. Parker said the web-based Hello Landlord follows in the steps of last year's project developed by the program that created an easy way for defendants in debt collection lawsuits to stand up for their rights. This tool, however, looks to mediate landlord-tenant issues before they end up in the legal system.
"We really wanted to try to understand the problems surrounding evictions … from the viewpoint of landlords and tenants," Parker said. "And we figured out some pretty interesting things. The court system is very hostile toward tenants and in Utah they have just three days to respond to an eviction notice. Then there's a litany of court filings and papers, just like in debt collection, and 99 percent (of defendants) don't have attorneys.
"When eviction cases get to court, it's almost too late."
The LawX students collaborated with peers in a similar program, Innovation for Justice at the University of Arizona as well as Parker's recently launched SixFifty, a private sector legal innovation effort that is a subsidiary of the Bay Area-based Wilson Sonsini law firm.
Parker said the students at BYU and Arizona launched dual research efforts at the beginning of the fall 2018 semester aiming to find out, from both landlords and tenants, what was at the crux of issues that led to eviction proceedings. Turns out, the answer was pretty simple.
"We talked with a whole bunch of landlords, and they told us they hate filing evictions," Parker said. "It's expensive, it has an emotional toll. They all expressed a pretty open willingness to work with a tenant that missed rent or had some other issue.
"But what was happening was the tenant would miss rent then stop communicating with the landlord."
Creating an intervention tool that gave landlords what they needed — direct communication — and tenants what they needed — a resolution path that avoided an eviction notice — led to Hello Landlord. The online, automated software helps tenants generate a letter, in English or Spanish, about a missed rental payment or a problem with their rental via simple, guided questions such as "what is your landlord's first name?" and "why can't you pay rent?" The platform then generates a letter that clearly and respectfully explains the tenant's situation and proposes a solution.
Parker said virtually all the landlords who previewed the tool said they would be willing to work with the tenants to resolve the problem if they received a similar letter.
Stacy Butler, director of the University of Arizona's Innovation for Justice program, said the platform is aimed at closing the "justice gap" and minimizing the harm suffered by those that are displaced through eviction proceedings.
"Eviction is a national crisis, and the ripple effects of an eviction are devastating to families and communities," Butler said in a statement. "We went into this challenge knowing that we wanted to design a scalable, bilingual, jurisdiction-agnostic solution that could positively affect widespread change.
"For most people, that eviction notice is the last chapter in a much longer story about systems failure. We hope that by spreading the word about this new access to justice tool and making Hello Landlord available to as many people in as many states as possible, we can encourage communities to think preventively about the justice gap."
BYU law student Scott Balsmeier said he wanted to participate in LawX during his final year in school because of the program's innovative approach to solving legal issues.
"I was definitely drawn to taking the idea of design thinking and applying it to legal issues and legal problems," Balsmeier said. "I also wanted to be able to do something that had impact and made the law more accessible.
"As a law student, you don't get a lot of opportunity to be impactful, and I wanted to be part or something that could make a difference."
Balsmeier said once the tension point of communication issues was identified through both the Utah and Arizona research efforts, the path to creating the tool was aided in large part by the work that had previously been done on Solo Suite, the debt collection tool created in the inaugural year of LawX that also used a guided pathway to help users create a critical document.
"We had the technology that was used for Solo Suite in the background, but initially we weren't sure if it was really the solution for our problem," Balsmeier said. "We discussed a bunch of things that could occur, including online dispute resolution or facilitating some other online communication.
"Recognizing how much of a breakdown there is in these situations between landlords and tenants really helped us identify that creating a letter could go a long ways toward a solution."
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Balsmeier noted that the results of the collaborative research efforts reflected that both landlords and tenants, collectively, were a lot more reasonable than some stereotypes about evil landlords or horrible tenants reflect. The experience of developing Hello Landlord also highlighted, he said, how many more legal issues could benefit from the kind of approach LawX is working to perfect.
"One of the things that surprised me the most that I learned along the way is how many legal issues there are out there that need to be solved, and could be solved, through the idea of using design thinking and innovation," Balsmeier said. "Ultimately, I think in 15 or 20 years the legal industry will be embracing this type of model more fully."
Art Raymond Art is the technology/advanced industries reporter at Deseret News.
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AI and ML-powered services can help fight banking fraud. However, to layer the tech into viable solutions to assist customers with banking, robo-advisors need to truly become "smart," intuitive — and conversational. In a new podcast, Brighterion CEO Akli Adjaoute tells Karen Webster that "smart agents" tech predicts what consumers need and want — by putting everything in context, word by word.
In the melding of tech and banking services, the goal is an ambitious one: to create a private banker in digital form — a chatting, knowledgeable persona that interacts with the consumer, using twin high-tech engines of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
The ideal digital banker knows (seemingly magically so) about the consumer's individual situation — whether they're starting a family, for example, and might be mulling buying a home. Its suggestions about mortgage financing are helpful, even intuitive, and take the stress out of remembering to plan each step of a financial journey that is life-long and can get side-tracked amid the busyness of daily routine.
In a podcast interview with Karen Webster, Dr. Akli Adjaoute, CEO of Brighterion, a Mastercard company, pointed out that the legacy machine learning and AI currently powering digital assistants like Alexa, Siri and Cortana lack both adaptability and the ability to determine context.
More on context in a minute. As a refresher, and as has been seen by PYMNTS, it should be noted that the data is available for AI platforms to adopt and adapt, to bring robo-advisors to consumers, along with the "wow" factor of anticipating what users want and need. The fact remains, though, that successfully mining this data, and using it to bring self-learning to those assistants, has yet to be perfected.
Things are getting there, it seems. Adjaoute told Webster that advancement is still a ways off in terms of replacing humans with AI, but harnessing Smart-Agents technology allows financial institutions (FIs) to get a 360-degree view of the consumer and their activities to make sure they are both secure and well-served.
The security? Well, we've already seen how unsupervised machine learning and AI can reduce reliance on rules-based fraud monitoring and cut false-positives drastically for banks. As Adjaoute recounted in a past interview, that means less friction in the consumer experience, and a boon to both banks and the banked. However, when it comes to a robust services model, flexible and marked by personalization (i.e., as illustrated above, where the virtual assistant anticipates needs before they are voiced), some real fine-tuning is necessary, according to Adjaoute.
"The only way you can have a really intelligent assistant," he said, "is if the virtual assistant is able to understand something without any pre-programmed language." In other words, they must go beyond stored and structured data; they must rely on "other words" — literally.
Adjaoute gave an example. The word "apple" can have a series of meanings: It can refer to a computer (c'mon, it is 2018 and it's probably the first thing one thinks about), a fruit or even travel — as in a journey to "the Big Apple." True AI, he said, allows the system using the technology to find the true meaning of how a word is being used, even when a word can have multiple meanings. It's all about context.
He pointed to the principle behind Smart-Agents, technology that creates a virtual tag to entities — in this case, words — and builds profiles as these words are used. There are as many smart agents as there are words, each one tied, say, to every word in the English dictionary, or to the German or French. As these smart agents interact with one another, they learn on the fly (so to speak, and no pun intended) to put things in context.
Adjaoute maintained that it is context that matters when seeking to put the "human" factor into the services business, in this case banking services. No longer are rules universally applied to consumer interactions with FIs. Instead, the smart agents update their own profiles through each interaction and action, learning how those consumers act as individuals.
Overall, he said, "you have to get the technology to understand the fundamentals — what's the meaning and what's the relationship — because words are like poetry when you speak well." Every word, he added, expands the scope and insight into what is being discussed, and what outcome may ultimately be desired.
"We as humans use context to extract the main idea, and then we zoom down to the last sentence or the main idea," he said. "We are really trying to reproduce the way our [minds understand] things and to put that with the Smart-Agent[s] technology," he told Webster.
Against this backdrop, he said, there will most certainly be an increased appetite to use smart agents and smart technology to grow the service-related revenues of banks, with an eye on client retention.
"So, rather than bombarding people with the offer or request that no one cares about … if you concentrate on what is likely to interest them today and [financial products] they will use, technology has no limits on what it can provide," he told Webster. "I do believe that artificial intelligence is the way that will allow any business to onboard the customer, serve them and deliver the absolute perfect service to them at the right time with the right products, which will be beneficial for both" FI and consumer.


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Some Russian track and field athletes could still compete under their own flag despite doping ban
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Olympic leaders called for drug-testing of individual Russian and Kenyan athletes across all sports, warning Tuesday that evidence of inadequate doping controls in those countries could lead to more teams being barred from the Rio de Janeiro Games.
At the same time, the international sports officials also opened the door to some Russian track and field athletes competing under their own flag — not as neutral athletes — in Rio.
IOC President Thomas Bach convened a special Olympic summit to follow up on the IAAF's decision to maintain its ban on Russia's track team for the games and to take additional steps to ensure a "level playing field" for all athletes in all sports in Rio.
The meeting came four days after the IAAF, track and field's world governing body, upheld its ban — first imposed in November — on Russian athletes for a "systematic and deeply-rooted culture of doping."
The summit reiterated that it fully respects the IAAF decision, which Russian officials have condemned as unfair to "innocent athletes." The Russians confirmed Tuesday they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"We consider it unfair on the vast majority of our athletes who have never doped and have not violated any criteria," Russian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov told the meeting. "They will be punished for the sins of others."
While backing the IAAF decision, the summit also expanded the scope of the doping investigations to deal with all sports in Russia and Kenya, two countries deemed non-compliant with rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The summit, which also cited "substantial allegations" against those countries, put the onus on each international sports federation to make sure their athletes are clean ahead of the Rio Games, which open on Aug. 5.
"The Olympic summit considers the `presumption of innocence' of athletes from these countries being put seriously into question," the leaders said in a statement. "As a result, every IF should take a decision on the eligibility of such athletes on an individual basis to ensure a level playing field in their sport."
Bach said the federations need to take into account whether the tests were analyzed at tainted labs or fail to meet to meet other international standards.
"They have to be satisfied the status of the individual athlete puts them on a level playing field with all the international competitors in their sport," he said.
Kenya — home to many of the world's top distance runners — has been hit by dozens of positive drug cases in recent years and has struggled to set up a credible anti-doping system. IAAF officials, however, have said Kenya should not be in danger of missing the games because its athletes have been subjected to extensive international testing.
While upholding its ban on Russia last week, the IAAF had opened the door to a small group of Russian athletes who live and undergo rigorous drug-testing outside the country to apply to compete as "neutral" athletes in Rio. The IAAF has said that would apply to only a handful of athletes.
The IOC, however, said that if any Russians are deemed eligible by the IAAF they would be in line to compete under the Russian flag.
"If there are athletes qualified, then they will compete as members of the team of the Russian Olympic Committee because only a national Olympic committee can enter athletes to the Olympic Games," Bach said. "There are no teams of international federations there. And the Russian Olympic Committee is not suspended."
The leaders said in their statement that the IAAF report acknowledged "the enormous efforts and professionalism" of the Russian Olympic Committee, as opposed to the national track federation.
The summit did not undermine the IAAF ban on Russia as a whole. The team — including two-time pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva — remains barred from the games.
No decision was taken on the possible participation at the games by Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova. The 800-meter runner, who served a two-year ban for blood doping before helping to expose cheating in Russia, was given IAAF dispensation to apply to compete as an independent athlete for her "extraordinary contribution to the fight against doping."
"There was no discussion about this," Bach said. "We understand that the IAAF has to take its decision so anything I would say here would be mere speculation."
It's unlikely the IOC would allow an admitted doper to compete under the Olympic flag, so another solution would have to be found.
Bach acknowledged that the Russians were taking their case against the ban to CAS, the highest court in sports.
"This is the good right of everybody," he said. "So we are expecting the results of these potential court cases."
The doping crisis extends beyond Russia's track and field athletes and beyond Russia itself. WADA President Craig Reedie said Monday that the agency has started investigating allegations of doping by the Russian and Chinese swimming teams.
Russian athletes — including 16 from track and field — have provided 22 of the positive samples from the Beijing and London retests.
The leaders also called on authorities to pursue sanctions not only against athletes, but against doctors, coaches, officials and other personnel implicated in doping.
Bach also lamented "deficiencies" in the global anti-doping system, which is suffering from a loss of public trust and confidence in the wake of so many scandals.
"It has to be more transparent," Bach said. "Everybody has to understand better who is doing what and who is responsible for what and this needs a full review."
The Olympic leaders called on WADA to convene a special world conference on doping next year to find ways of improving the system. The IOC reiterated its proposal for the creation of an independent agency to carry out drug-testing worldwide.
Still looming heavily over the Russians is an ongoing WADA investigation into allegations made by Moscow's former drug lab chief, Grigory Rodchenkov, that he was involved in a state-backed conspiracy to dope Russian athletes ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and swap tainted samples for clean ones during the games.
WADA's final report is due by July 15. If it uncovers further widespread, state-backed cheating in Russia, it could push for further action against Russia.
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Dose-dense paclitaxel plus carboplatin was associated with significantly improved progression-free and overall survival compared with conventional paclitaxel/carboplatin as first-line treatment in patients with advanced ovarian cancer, according to the results of a study published in the Lancet Oncology.
Dose-dense chemotherapy refers to therapy that is administered more frequently than the conventional three-week interval. In a phase III open-label trial, researchers compared dose-dense paclitaxel plus carboplatin to conventional paclitaxel plus carboplatin. The study included 631 patients with stage II to IV ovarian cancer who were randomly assigned to receive dose-dense or conventional treatment. The dose-dense group received carboplatin on day 1 and paclitaxel on days 1, 8, and 15, whereas the conventional group received carboplatin and paclitaxel on day 1 only. Treatment was delivered every 3 weeks for six cycles, with responding patients receiving three additional cycles.
Preliminary data in 2009 indicated that dose-dense treatment was associated with improved survival. Now, the long-term data is in. After a median follow-up of six years, the median progression-free survival was 28.2 months in the dose-dense group versus 17.5 months in the conventional group. Median overall survival was also significantly longer in the dose-dense group—100.5 months versus 62.2 months. The five-year overall survival was 58.7 percent in the dose-dense group compared to 51.1 percent in the conventional group.
The researchers concluded that dose-dense treatment was associated with better survival than conventional treatment. They speculate that this could be the new standard of care for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
Katsumata N, Yasuda M, Isonishi S, et al. Long-term results of dose-dense paclitaxel and carboplatin versus conventional paclitaxel and carboplatin for treatment of advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer (JGOG 3016): a randomised, controlled, open-label trial. Lancet Oncology. 2013: 14(10): 1020-1026.


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text:
import os, sys, re, time
from twisted.python import usage

def isBuildslaveDir(dir):
    buildbot_tac = os.path.join(dir, "buildbot.tac")
    if not os.path.isfile(buildbot_tac):
        print "no buildbot.tac"
        return False

    contents = open(buildbot_tac, "r").read()
    return "Application('buildslave')" in contents

# the create/start/stop commands should all be run as the same user,
# preferably a separate 'buildbot' account.

# Note that the terms 'options' and 'config' are used intechangeably here - in
# fact, they are intercanged several times.  Caveat legator.

class Maker:
    def __init__(self, config):
        self.config = config
        self.basedir = config['basedir']
        self.force = config.get('force', False)
        self.quiet = config['quiet']

    def mkdir(self):
        if os.path.exists(self.basedir):
            if not self.quiet:
                print "updating existing installation"
            return
        if not self.quiet:
            print "mkdir", self.basedir
        os.mkdir(self.basedir)

    def mkinfo(self):
        path = os.path.join(self.basedir, "info")
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            if not self.quiet:
                print "mkdir", path
            os.mkdir(path)
        created = False
        admin = os.path.join(path, "admin")
        if not os.path.exists(admin):
            if not self.quiet:
                print "Creating info/admin, you need to edit it appropriately"
            f = open(admin, "wt")
            f.write("Your Name Here <admin@youraddress.invalid>\n")
            f.close()
            created = True
        host = os.path.join(path, "host")
        if not os.path.exists(host):
            if not self.quiet:
                print "Creating info/host, you need to edit it appropriately"
            f = open(host, "wt")
            f.write("Please put a description of this build host here\n")
            f.close()
            created = True
        access_uri = os.path.join(path, "access_uri")
        if not os.path.exists(access_uri):
            if not self.quiet:
                print "Not creating info/access_uri - add it if you wish"
        if created and not self.quiet:
            print "Please edit the files in %s appropriately." % path

    def chdir(self):
        if not self.quiet:
            print "chdir", self.basedir
        os.chdir(self.basedir)

    def makeTAC(self, contents, secret=False):
        tacfile = "buildbot.tac"
        if os.path.exists(tacfile):
            oldcontents = open(tacfile, "rt").read()
            if oldcontents == contents:
                if not self.quiet:
                    print "buildbot.tac already exists and is correct"
                return
            if not self.quiet:
                print "not touching existing buildbot.tac"
                print "creating buildbot.tac.new instead"
            tacfile = "buildbot.tac.new"
        f = open(tacfile, "wt")
        f.write(contents)
        f.close()
        if secret:
            os.chmod(tacfile, 0600)

slaveTACTemplate = ["""
import os

from twisted.application import service
from buildslave.bot import BuildSlave

basedir = r'%(basedir)s'
rotateLength = %(log-size)s
maxRotatedFiles = %(log-count)s

# if this is a relocatable tac file, get the directory containing the TAC
if basedir == '.':
    import os.path
    basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

# note: this line is matched against to check that this is a buildslave
# directory; do not edit it.
application = service.Application('buildslave')
""",
"""
try:
  from twisted.python.logfile import LogFile
  from twisted.python.log import ILogObserver, FileLogObserver
  logfile = LogFile.fromFullPath(os.path.join(basedir, "twistd.log"), rotateLength=rotateLength,
                                 maxRotatedFiles=maxRotatedFiles)
  application.setComponent(ILogObserver, FileLogObserver(logfile).emit)
except ImportError:
  # probably not yet twisted 8.2.0 and beyond, can't set log yet
  pass
""",
"""
buildmaster_host = '%(host)s'
port = %(port)d
slavename = '%(name)s'
passwd = '%(passwd)s'
keepalive = %(keepalive)d
usepty = %(usepty)d
umask = %(umask)s
maxdelay = %(maxdelay)d

s = BuildSlave(buildmaster_host, port, slavename, passwd, basedir,
               keepalive, usepty, umask=umask, maxdelay=maxdelay)
s.setServiceParent(application)

"""]

def createSlave(config):
    m = Maker(config)
    m.mkdir()
    m.chdir()
    if config['relocatable']:
        config['basedir'] = '.'
    try:
        master = config['master']
        port = None
        host, port = re.search(r'^([^:]+)(?:[:](\d+))?', master).groups()
        if port == None:
            port = '9989'
        config['host'] = host
        config['port'] = int(port)
    except:
        print "unparseable master location '%s'" % master
        print " expecting something more like localhost:8007 or localhost"
        raise

    if config['no-logrotate']:
        slaveTAC = "".join([slaveTACTemplate[0]] + slaveTACTemplate[2:])
    else:
        slaveTAC = "".join(slaveTACTemplate)
    contents = slaveTAC % config

    m.makeTAC(contents, secret=True)
    m.mkinfo()

    if not m.quiet:
        print "buildslave configured in %s" % m.basedir

def stop(config, signame="TERM", wait=False, returnFalseOnNotRunning=False):
    import signal
    basedir = config['basedir']
    quiet = config['quiet']

    if not isBuildslaveDir(config['basedir']):
        print "not a buildslave directory"
        sys.exit(1)

    os.chdir(basedir)
    try:
        f = open("twistd.pid", "rt")
    except:
        if returnFalseOnNotRunning:
            return False
        if not quiet: print "buildslave not running."
        sys.exit(0)
    pid = int(f.read().strip())
    signum = getattr(signal, "SIG"+signame)
    timer = 0
    try:
        os.kill(pid, signum)
    except OSError, e:
        if e.errno != 3:
            raise

    if not wait:
        if not quiet:
            print "sent SIG%s to process" % signame
        return
    time.sleep(0.1)
    while timer < 10:
        # poll once per second until twistd.pid goes away, up to 10 seconds
        try:
            os.kill(pid, 0)
        except OSError:
            if not quiet:
                print "buildslave process %d is dead" % pid
            return
        timer += 1
        time.sleep(1)
    if not quiet:
        print "never saw process go away"

def restart(config):
    quiet = config['quiet']

    if not isBuildslaveDir(config['basedir']):
        print "not a buildslave directory"
        sys.exit(1)

    from buildslave.scripts.startup import start
    if not stop(config, wait=True, returnFalseOnNotRunning=True):
        if not quiet:
            print "no old buildslave process found to stop"
    if not quiet:
        print "now restarting buildslave process.."
    start(config)

class MakerBase(usage.Options):
    optFlags = [
        ['help', 'h', "Display this message"],
        ["quiet", "q", "Do not emit the commands being run"],
        ]

    longdesc = """
    Operates upon the specified <basedir> (or the current directory, if not
    specified).
    """

    opt_h = usage.Options.opt_help

    def parseArgs(self, *args):
        if len(args) > 0:
            self['basedir'] = args[0]
        else:
            # Use the current directory if no basedir was specified.
            self['basedir'] = os.getcwd()
        if len(args) > 1:
            raise usage.UsageError("I wasn't expecting so many arguments")

    def postOptions(self):
        self['basedir'] = os.path.abspath(self['basedir'])

class StartOptions(MakerBase):
    optFlags = [
        ['quiet', 'q', "Don't display startup log messages"],
        ]
    def getSynopsis(self):
        return "Usage:    buildslave start [<basedir>]"

class StopOptions(MakerBase):
    def getSynopsis(self):
        return "Usage:    buildslave stop [<basedir>]"

class RestartOptions(MakerBase):
    optFlags = [
        ['quiet', 'q', "Don't display startup log messages"],
        ]
    def getSynopsis(self):
        return "Usage:    buildslave restart [<basedir>]"

class UpgradeSlaveOptions(MakerBase):
    optFlags = [
        ]
    optParameters = [
        ]

    def getSynopsis(self):
        return "Usage:    buildslave upgrade-slave [<basedir>]"

    longdesc = """
    This command takes an existing buildslave working directory and
    upgrades it to the current version.
    """

def upgradeSlave(config):
    basedir = os.path.expanduser(config['basedir'])
    buildbot_tac = open(os.path.join(basedir, "buildbot.tac")).read()
    new_buildbot_tac = buildbot_tac.replace(
        "from buildbot.slave.bot import BuildSlave",
        "from buildslave.bot import BuildSlave")
    if new_buildbot_tac != buildbot_tac:
        open(os.path.join(basedir, "buildbot.tac"), "w").write(new_buildbot_tac)
        print "buildbot.tac updated"
    else:
        print "No changes made"

    return 0

class SlaveOptions(MakerBase):
    optFlags = [
        ["force", "f", "Re-use an existing directory"],
        ["relocatable", "r",
         "Create a relocatable buildbot.tac"],
        ["no-logrotate", "n",
         "Do not permit buildmaster rotate logs by itself"]
        ]
    optParameters = [
        ["keepalive", "k", 600,
         "Interval at which keepalives should be sent (in seconds)"],
        ["usepty", None, 0,
         "(1 or 0) child processes should be run in a pty (default 0)"],
        ["umask", None, "None",
         "controls permissions of generated files. Use --umask=022 to be world-readable"],
        ["maxdelay", None, 300,
         "Maximum time between connection attempts"],
        ["log-size", "s", "10000000",
         "size at which to rotate twisted log files"],
        ["log-count", "l", "10",
         "limit the number of kept old twisted log files (None for unlimited)"],
        ]

    longdesc = """
    This command creates a buildslave working directory and buildbot.tac
    file. The bot will use the <name> and <passwd> arguments to authenticate
    itself when connecting to the master. All commands are run in a
    build-specific subdirectory of <basedir>. <master> is a string of the
    form 'hostname[:port]', and specifies where the buildmaster can be reached.
    port defaults to 9989

    The appropriate values for <name>, <passwd>, and <master> should be
    provided to you by the buildmaster administrator. You must choose <basedir>
    yourself.
    """

    def getSynopsis(self):
        return "Usage:    buildslave create-slave [options] <basedir> <master> <name> <passwd>"

    def parseArgs(self, *args):
        if len(args) < 4:
            raise usage.UsageError("command needs more arguments")
        basedir, master, name, passwd = args
        if master[:5] == "http:":
            raise usage.UsageError("<master> is not a URL - do not use URL")
        self['basedir'] = basedir
        self['master'] = master
        self['name'] = name
        self['passwd'] = passwd

    def postOptions(self):
        MakerBase.postOptions(self)
        self['usepty'] = int(self['usepty'])
        self['keepalive'] = int(self['keepalive'])
        self['maxdelay'] = int(self['maxdelay'])
        if not re.match('^\d+$', self['log-size']):
            raise usage.UsageError("log-size parameter needs to be an int")
        if not re.match('^\d+$', self['log-count']) and \
                self['log-count'] != 'None':
            raise usage.UsageError("log-count parameter needs to be an int "+
                                   " or None")

class Options(usage.Options):
    synopsis = "Usage:    buildslave <command> [command options]"

    subCommands = [
        # the following are all admin commands
        ['create-slave', None, SlaveOptions,
         "Create and populate a directory for a new buildslave"],
        ['upgrade-slave', None, UpgradeSlaveOptions,
         "Upgrade an existing buildslave directory for the current version"],
        ['start', None, StartOptions, "Start a buildslave"],
        ['stop', None, StopOptions, "Stop a buildslave"],
        ['restart', None, RestartOptions,
         "Restart a buildslave"],
        ]

    def opt_version(self):
        import buildslave
        print "Buildslave version: %s" % buildslave.version
        usage.Options.opt_version(self)

    def opt_verbose(self):
        from twisted.python import log
        log.startLogging(sys.stderr)

    def postOptions(self):
        if not hasattr(self, 'subOptions'):
            raise usage.UsageError("must specify a command")

def run():
    config = Options()
    try:
        config.parseOptions()
    except usage.error, e:
        print "%s:  %s" % (sys.argv[0], e)
        print
        c = getattr(config, 'subOptions', config)
        print str(c)
        sys.exit(1)

    command = config.subCommand
    so = config.subOptions

    if command == "create-slave":
        createSlave(so)
    elif command == "upgrade-slave":
        upgradeSlave(so)
    elif command == "start":
        if not isBuildslaveDir(so['basedir']):
            print "not a buildslave directory"
            sys.exit(1)

        from buildslave.scripts.startup import start
        start(so)
    elif command == "stop":
        stop(so, wait=True)
    elif command == "restart":
        restart(so)
    sys.exit(0)


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