Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and have young children may worry more about how the experience will affect their kids than themselves. Cheryl Gordon, 41 of Kirkland, Washington, understands that fear from both sides. She was 5 years old when her mother went through treatment for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and died. When Cheryl, a university teaching associate in education, was diagnosed with stage IIb breast cancer, her oldest child was also 5.
Robin: Before your diagnosis, were you concerned about your family health history?
Cheryl: I was told there was no genetic component to IBC. I'm not convinced of that anymore, but my whole life I was told that [by family and a few doctors]. My mother was the only one in her family with breast cancer. She was diagnosed around 1980, when she was 31. I started having mammograms at 27 and they were always negative. I was diagnosed at 39, in 2014. I think it was always in the back of my mind that this would happen. It's one of those things you have to push aside. I couldn't go through every day being afraid and waiting to be diagnosed. But, certainly, when I was diagnosed, I had the sense of, "Oh, of course!"…because I always felt I would probably have cancer.
Robin: When you were diagnosed, did you immediately realize that your son was the same age you were when your own mother was diagnosed?
Cheryl: Yes, and I think that was the hardest thing for me. Going through diagnosis, surgery and treatment, I felt I was living it through my 5-year-old eyes, watching my mother die, and as a mother with cancer. I know what it is like to have your mother die when you are young and I'm terrified that my children will also have to experience that pain.
Robin: Who told you your mother had cancer? What was it like?
Cheryl: I have an older sister and a younger brother, so he was only a baby. I remember my dad sitting my sister and I down and talking to us about it. And I remember being scared. My sister kept telling me, "It'll be okay." I was understanding it on a 5-year-old level: Yes, mom is really sick but she was still doing normal, everyday things. She went through chemo, so her hair fell out. We thought her wigs were funny, so we would play with them. A lot of family would come and visit. She would be too tired, so would rest a lot but in a family space. We would play nearby. She would lay on the floor because her joints hurt and the cold floor made them feel better.
Robin: Did you know about your mother's treatment?
Cheryl: I'm not sure how clear my parents were about what was going on. She was in clinical trials and, with some of the medicines, her emotions would be all over the place. I have distinct memories of her having huge tantrums. I don't think I had any understanding of just how sick she was until she went to the hospital. My dad told me she was so sick she had to be closer to the doctors all the time. We went to see her in the hospital and she died a few days later.
Robin: What were you feeling?
Cheryl: I remember other kids thought it was really scary. To lose your parent, to other kids, that made us the weird kids. Breast cancer was so taboo then. It wasn't really talked about. Our teachers in elementary school tried to help, but they made it so much worse. I just wanted to be normal. I wanted, more than anything else, to be like every other kid in the class. On Mother's Day, we had to make cards. I remember thinking, "What do I do with my card? I have no one to give it to!" My dad tells the story that I asked him and he said, "Well, you can give it to me." And I did. Every year.
Robin: How did you tell your sons (ages 2 and 5) about your diagnosis?
Robin: How did your kids handle what went on during treatment?
Cheryl: My older son had a lot of anxiety around my surgery and chemo. He had a hard time because I looked so different, I was so tired and there were so many people in our house, helping. During chemo, I always wore a hat around them both. It scared them to see me without hair. For my younger son, radiation was really hard. I think it was because I was gone every day for a couple hours. He was super clingy and would cry. He's now 4 and still struggles with it. He still would rather be at home with me than anywhere else.
Robin: What were your feelings about that?
I had a lot of guilt that I brought all this fear, worry and sickness into our house. Even though I obviously did not want cancer, I had to look at my kids and see how scared they were.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}

The {\it Kepler} mission \cite{2010Sci...327..977B} has been observing more than 197,000 stars for almost 4 years \cite{2016arXiv160904128M}. While the mission has been a success for its main goal in terms of looking for extrasolar planets and characterizing them (for habitability, occurrence rates etc.) \cite[e.g.][]{2012ApJ...745..120B,2015ApJ...809....8B,2016arXiv160800620K} the excellent quality of the photometric data has enabled us to make tremendous progress on the understanding of stellar evolution and dynamics \cite{2011Natur.471..608B,2012Natur.481...55B,2014A&A...572A..34G,2014A&A...563A..84G,2014A&A...562A.124M,2015Sci...350..423F,2016MNRAS.456..119C,2016Natur.529..181V}. In particular, the mission showed the power of asteroseismology to better constrain the fundamental properties of planet host stars (such as radius and age) needed to characterize planetary systems but also to probe the structure and rotation in deeper layers of stars.

Some additional studies were also done for binary stars whether to understand their interaction \cite[e.g.][]{2014A&A...564A..36B,2016arXiv160908135P} or to test scaling relations used in asteroseismology \cite[e.g.][]{2016arXiv160906645G}.

More recently, photometric data from CoRoT \cite[Convection, Rotation, and Transits][]{2006cosp...36.3749B} and {\it Kepler} have been combined to large spectroscopic surveys such as APOGEE \cite[Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment][]{2016AN....337..863M} leading to interesting discoveries on chemical abundances evolution of the Galaxy \cite{2015MNRAS.451.2230M,2016arXiv160804951A}, distances of stars \cite{2014MNRAS.445.2758R}.

Here we present the discovery of additional red giants in the {\it Kepler} field that were classified as cool dwarfs in the latest {\it Kepler} star properties catalog of \cite{2014ApJS..211....2H}. For more details this work was presented by \cite{2016ApJ...827...50M} .

\section{Looking at dwarfs}
\label{sec-1}

We selected the sample of cool dwarfs based on {\it Kepler} star properties catalog available then \cite{2014ApJS..211....2H} with the following criteria on their gravities and temperatures: $\log g > 4.2$ and $T_{\rm eff} < 6125K$ as shown in Figure~\ref{fig-1} by the box overlaid on the Hertzprung-Russell Diagram from that catalog. This sample was constituted of approximately 45,000 dwarfs. The first purpose of this selection was to study the photon noise of the {\it Kepler} mission as done by \cite{2010ApJ...713L.120J} but using the 17 quarters available to see the temporal variation of the instrumental noise.

\begin{figure*}[ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=10cm,clip]{Mathur_Fig1}
\caption{Hertzprung-Russell Diagram from the {\it Kepler} star properties catalog of \cite{2014ApJS..211....2H} showing the number density of stars. The box represents the dwarfs selected based on the criteria given in the text for which we visually inspected the power spectra.}
\label{fig-1}
\end{figure*}

Figure~\ref{fig-2} shows an example of the power spectrum  of one of the stars (KIC 3216802) of this sample that had the following parameters according to the \cite{2014ApJS..211....2H} catalog:

\begin{itemize}
\item {\it Kepler} magnitude, $Kp$=15.9
\item $T_{\rm eff}$ = 4745\,$\pm$\,126\,K
\item $\log g$ = 4.8 dex
\item M$\sim$0.5\,M$_\odot$
\item R$\sim$0.48\,R$_\odot$
\end{itemize}

The power spectrum clearly shows an excess power around 25\,$\mu$Hz, which is the region of acoustic modes corresponding to a red giant. The global seismic parameters of this power spectrum suggest that this star has a surface gravity of $\sim$2.38 dex, a mass of 0.73\,$\pm$\,0.3M$_{\odot}$ and a radius of 9.1R$_{\odot}$.  Given this discovery we visually checked the power spectra of the full sample of stars we had selected. We also added some hotter stars that had been observed in short cadence during the survey phase. This led to more than 1000 candidate dwarfs that could be red giants.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\hsize,clip]{Mathur_Fig2.png}
\caption{Example of the power spectrum density (PSD) of a misclassified red giant, KIC~3216802, showing the excess power of the acoustic modes.}
\label{fig-2}
\end{figure}

\section{Characterizing the misclassified red giants}
\label{sec-3}

We first calibrated the light curves following the KADACS pipeline as described in \cite{2011MNRAS.414L...6G} and then filled gaps shorter than 20 days with the inpainting technique \cite{2014A&A...568A..10G,2015A&A...574A..18P}. We then performed an asteroseismic analysis of the light curves and power spectrum using two different pipelines, A2Z \cite{2010A&A...511A..46M} and SYD \cite{2009CoAst.160...74H} in order to measure the two global acoustic mode parameters: the mean large frequency separation, $\Delta \nu$ and the frequency of maximum power, $\nu_{\rm max}$.

For the A2Z pipeline, we actually used an improved version called A2Z+ that leads a more precise value of $\Delta \nu$ by applying the auto-correlation and masking the $\ell$=1 modes. Moreover, for stars with modes above 200\,$\mu$\,Hz, they could result from modes that are the reflection of modes above the Nyquist frequency \cite{2014MNRAS.445..946C} so we did a specific analysis to check whether it was the case or not.

The results from the different pipelines agreed within 1$\sigma$. We re-derived the effective temperatures and distances of the misclassified red giants with an isochrone fitting code using broadband photometry, the asteroseismic observables, and a grid of Parsec isochrones \cite{2012MNRAS.427..127B}.

\section{Checking for pollution}
\label{sec-2}

We then checked for possible pollution that could lead to the detection of acoustic modes in the red-giant regime.
First we looked at the amplitude of the modes. We know there is a tight relation between the maximum amplitude of the modes, $A_{\rm max}$ and the frequency of maximum power, $\nu_{\rm max}$, as showed in \cite{2011ApJ...743..143H}. Stars with mode amplitudes that are lower than the scaling relation derived from a known sample of red giants observed by {\it Kepler} could result from a blending effect diluting the light of the main target. We then checked the J-band images of all the stars and found 36 stars out of the 50 stars with low $A_{\rm max}$ could have a nearby bright star that could pollute the light curves.

There could also be a nearby red giant that was previously known that could pollute a nearby target. To check for such a phenomena, we compared the power spectra of our red-giant candidates with the power spectra of known red giants located within a radius of 1 arcmin. Figure~\ref{fig-3} shows the superposition of the a red-giant candidate KIC 3103693, superimposed on the power spectrum of a known red giant KIC3103685. We clearly see that in addition of having the same $\nu_{\rm max}$ the shape of the p-mode bell is exactly the same. This means that the misclassified candidate is actually coming from pollution so we discarded all the stars where the power spectra are as similar as in Figure~\ref{fig-3}.

Finally, we also looked at the crowding, which is the measurement of the target flux compared to the total flux in the optimal aperture as defined by the NASA data. In this definition, a crowding of 1 means that the flux belongs to the main target while a crowding of 0 corresponds to a completely polluted target. Stars with a crowding smaller than 75\% were flagged in the catalog of misclassified stars.

After these checks for possible blends or pollution, we end up with a sample of misclassified red giants of 854 stars.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\hsize,clip]{Mathur_Fig3}
\caption{Illustration of pollution of a red giant candidate. KIC~3103685 power spectrum (black) from the oscillations of a known red giant, KIC~3103693 (blue), located within 1 arcmin of the main target.}
\label{fig-3}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec-con}

We estimated the surface gravities, masses and radii of these stars with scaling relations based on the Sun \cite[e.g.][]{1995A&A...293...87K,2011A&A...529L...8K} using the new values of effective temperatures. Figure~\ref{fig-4} shows the HR Diagram of the misclassified red giants with their original parameters (blue circles) and the revised ones (red ones).

We also measured the period spacings of the mixed modes \cite{2011Sci...332..205B,2011A&A...532A..86M} for a subsample of 280 stars allowing us to determine whether the stars are on the Red Giant Branch or Red Clump stars.

\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=10cm,clip]{Mathur_Fig4}
\caption{HR Diagram of the full sample of {\it Kepler} targets where we superimposed the stars studied in this work with their original parameters (red circles) and with their updated parameters (blue circles). Adapted from \cite{2016ApJ...827...50M}.}
\label{fig-4}
\end{figure*}

The misclassified red giants are in general fainter than the previously known sample from the {\it Kepler} mission, peaking at a magnitude 16 instead o 14. This  proves that asteroseismology can be applied to such faint stars. which is promising for missions such as K2 and TESS.

We also found that misclassified stars are less massive and more distant than the known sample of red giants with distances larger than 10kpc. This sample of stars will thus allow us to probe in more details more distant regions of the Galaxy.

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[angle=90,width=\hsize,clip]{Mathur_Fig5.pdf}
\caption{Distribution of the heights of the 854 misclassified red giants (from \cite{2016ApJ...827...50M}].}
\label{fig-5}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{fig-5} shows the distribution of the height of the stars compared to the galactic plane. The comparison of our sample with a a distribution from  a synthetic population of halo stars from the Galaxia model \cite{2011ApJ...730....3S} suggests that around 45 red giants of our sample could be halo stars.

A sample of around 30 stars have already been observed by the APOGEE survey and the spectroscopic analysis agrees with the new seismic classification provided here. The full sample of stars will be studied more thoroughly with the new spectroscopic data for galacto-archeology investigations.

\bibliographystyle{woc}

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Q: Limit Script to one sheet This script does exactly what I'm looking for with my data, however I'd like to limit it to run only on one sheet. I've tried using if (s.getName() == 'Sheet1') immediately after var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0] but then the script no longer functions properly.
What am I missing?
function onEdit(e){
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    var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
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A: You can do this to make sure the function acts only on "sheet1"
        var range = e.range;
        var sheet = range.getSheet()
        var sheetName = sheet.getName()
        if(sheetName != "Sheet1"){
           return                            //exit function
        }

Use event object to get the range>Sheet>SheetName. Compare the sheet name to sheet1 if different exit function
Full code:
function onEdit(e){
    var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
    var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
    var range = e.range;
    var sheet = range.getSheet()
    var sheetName = sheet.getName()
    if(sheetName != "Sheet1"){
       return                            //exit function
    }
    var columnOfCellEdited = range.getColumn();
    if (columnOfCellEdited === 1)
     var range2 = range.getRow();
     var destrange = range2;
     // adds the formulas
     var cell = sheet.getRange("C" + destrange);
     cell.setFormula('=IFERROR(MID($B' + destrange +',SEARCH("details",$B' + destrange +')+7,SEARCH(",",$B' + destrange +')-SEARCH("details",$B' + destrange +')-7),HYPERLINK("https://housing.sfgov.org/listings","See Housing Portal"))');
     var cell = sheet.getRange("D" + destrange);
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     var cell = sheet.getRange("F" + destrange);
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     var cell = sheet.getRange("G" + destrange);
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    }

}

Hope that helps

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king princess's 'pussy is god' and everything else you must listen to today
Bow down and indulge in the best of new music Friday.
Finally! The sexy lesbian love song we've been waiting for! King Princess has delivered new single Pussy Is God and the fun, friend-filled Clare Gillen-directed music video that goes with it. Riding in on a bike, the 19-year-old New Yorker is our pot of gold at the bottom of a green screen rainbow before she ascends to heaven for a lo-fi dance party in the clouds. The ode to eating pussy we always wanted and the opener to this week's BEST NEW MUSIC PLAYLIST.
Next up is a brilliant new single from Sunflower Bean. Just as sexy as the former, Come For Me is a song inspired by inner strength, power, and sexual freedom. "In 2018 there is no time to waste and no time for shame," the band told Rolling Stone. "This song is a declaration of that. Do you really want to come for me? Do you really want to waste my time? The song is a dare, a threat and a beckoning." Just the start of brilliant things to come, it's the lead single from Sunflower Bean's King of the Dudes, out January 25, via Mom + Pop. Until then, they're busy touring the world. Maybe catch them somewhere along the way?
Your friendly neighborhood Thundercat has teamed up with BADBADNOTGOOD and Flying Lotus now for the woozy funk fest that is King Of The Hill. The collaboration will appear on the forthcoming Brainfeeder X box set, a compilation that'll celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Flying Lotus's label. Lovely.
Elsewhere on the playlist, you'll find Carly Rae Jepsen singing about the joys of masturbation on Party For One, UK drill artist Loski wanting you to Calm Down, and a celebration of Lil Peep's 22nd birthday with the release of posthumous Runaway. If you're after something a bit heavier, Grimes has teamed up with honestly kind of scary American artist Poppy on a single that jumps erratically between metal and cute guitar pop called Play Destroy. Kind of like hell. Kind of brilliant. Then there's a Slipknot surprise, their first track in four years called All Out Life. It's brutal.
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Q: Strategy to attain maximum number on die I was recently asked this question in an interview. I was able to solve it for two rolls but could not solve it for three or more rolls.
You toss a die and after seeing the outcome, and you are told that you could toss it one more time if you want, with your aim beings to maximize the expected outcome. Under what circumstances would you throw the die a second time? Similarly, what if you are given three trials? If you get 1000 such trials, what would it be?
Just to be clear if you choose to throw the second die then the number on the first die will be discarded and the number on the second die would be taken into account. So when we solve for two die then it comes out that wee should roll the second die only when the number on the first die was 1,2 or 3

A: For $n≥0$ let $E_n$ be the expected value, under optimum play, of the game given that you have exactly $n$ options.
Clearly $E_0=3.5$ as you are compelled to take whatever you get on the first (and only) roll.
Given that, we can easily compute $E_1$.  The optimal strategy is clear...sit on $4,5,6$ and roll again on $1,2,3$.  After all, you should only roll again if you expect to do better than what you have.  It follows that $$E_1=\frac 16 \times (4+5+6)+\frac 12\times 3.5 =4.25$$
Now, to get $E_2$ we see that strategy must change.  This time we'd reject an inital $4$ since we expect to do better than that going forward.  Thus $$E_2=\frac 16\times (5+6)+\frac 46\times 4.25 = 4.\overline 6$$
This continues for a bit.  Specifically, it continues until we get a value over $5$ at which point our strategy changes.  We get that $$E_3=4.9\overline 4=\frac {89}{18}\quad \&\quad E_4=\frac {277}{54}\approx 5.13$$
At this point our strategy changes.  If $n≥5$ we must reject an initial $5$, hence for $n≥5$ the recursion becomes $$E_{n+1}=\frac 16\times 6 +\frac 56\times E_n$$
So it is easy to compute $E_n$ for quite large values of $n$.  Indeed we can solve that recursion explicitly to get $$E_n=6-\frac {6768}{3125}\times \left(\frac 56\right)^n$$ for $n≥4$.


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Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin in tense G20 standoff as the famously hostile pair fail to reach a breakthrough on Syria
Grinning Putin shakes hands with stony-faced Obama after US President was snubbed by Chinese hosts
By NEAL BAKER
Updated: 5 Sep 2016, 16:03
PRESIDENT Obama shared a tense exchange with Russian premier Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China this morning as the two failed to agree over a ceasefire in Syria.
They were pictured shaking hands in an icy encounter at the gathering of leaders from the world's twenty biggest economies in Hangzou.
Tension ... The leaders failed to agree on a way forward for SyriaCredit: Getty Images
Negotiations ... Leaders met after weeks of failed talks between US and Russian diplomatsCredit: Getty Images
It comes after weeks of talks between US and Russian diplomats have failed to turn up an agreement on bringing peace to the war-torn country.
Russia is firmly backing barrel-bombing dictator Bashar Al-Assad, providing military assistance and war planes.
America is on the side of what it calls "moderate" anti-Assad rebels and Kurdish forces leading the ground fight against ISIS.
Obama flanked by US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian counterparts to discuss Syria, cyber security and UkraineCredit: Getty Images
Putin looked relaxed as Russia continues to stall over bringing long-term peace to SyriaCredit: Getty Images
Smirk ... Smiling Putin met Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit taking place in ChinaCredit: Barcroft Media
Sly Putin could be seen grinning as he clasped hands with stony-faced Obama, who is serving the final months of his Presidency before November's election.
Relations with Russia have become central to the campaigns of Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump after the alleged hack by Moscow spooks of Democratic Party emails.
'WHO CARES WHAT HE SAYS?' Brexiteers hit back at Obama after threats there will be no special US-UK trade deal after EU exit
BRITAIN BARACK STABBED Theresa May is sidelined at G20 as Obama says UK is at 'the back of the queue' for trade deal
PUTIN MEETIN' ETON Eleven Eton pupils made guests of honour by Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin… pipping Theresa May
The leak of internal memos seemed to suggest a conspiracy to keep former Presidential nominee Bernie Sanders from winning the party's candidacy.
The revelations led to the resignation of Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Obama's meeting with Putin resulted in an agreement to step up negotiations and intelligence sharing.
However, Obama has made it clear he doesn't believe Russia will stick to the deal after he insisted on a permanent ceasefire rather than failed temporary truces.
Tensions in Ukraine and cyber security were also discussed, but further details were not revealed.
Their exchange comes after Obama's final presidential tour of Asia began in farce when he was snubbed by Chinese hosts the moment he landed in the country.
Officials at Hangzhou airport have been accused of deliberately failing to provide a staircase for the president to disembark from Air Force One on Sunday.
His aides and American journalists were also hassled by state officials on the runway.
The world leaders ahead of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China on September 4
Heads of state, finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's leading economies have been meeting at the first G20 summit to be held in China.
Yesterday China's President Xi Jinping told leader's to avoid empty talk and focus on the world economy, which he described as at a "critical juncture".
Discussed at the first day of the summit were the global steel crisis, trade barriers, and the UK's Brexit plans.
Prime Minister Theresa May has faced tough stances during her first international summit as leader.
What is the G20?
The G20, or group of 20, is an international meeting between heads of states, finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's leading economies.
Founded in 1999 to give developing countries a more powerful voice in the global economy, the summit brings together industrialised and emerging economies.
The group makes up 85 per cent of the world's GDP and two-thirds of its population.
When it was first started, only finance ministers and central bank governors met at G20 summits.
But a meeting was held between heads of state after the Lehman Brothers crash in 2008, which led to a global recession.
There has been a yearly meeting between G20 country leaders since. Between 2009 and 2010, when the global economy was in crisis, leaders met twice a year.
Since the first meeting in Berlin, 1999, there have been 18 G20 summits between finance ministers and central bank governors.
There have been 10 between heads of state or the government of G20 economies.
Much of G20's work takes place on the sidelines and in informal meetings – not at the annual summit.
Theresa May and President Barack Obama may appear to have had a warm reception, but he's warned the UK is at the back of the line when it comes to trade negotiationsCredit: AP:Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping will grill Theresa May about why she put a block on the Hinkley Point nuclear power station dealCredit: EPA
US President Barack Obama warned that Britain's vote for Brexit could end up "unravelling what is already a very strong and robust economic relationship".
Japan is also reported to have issued No10 with a 15 page warning saying firms would leave the UK unless they are still able to trade freely with the EU's 27 other states.
Mrs May can also anticipate frosty discussions with President Xi Jinping after she postponed the Hinkley Point Nuclear Project.
A final decision on the £18bn nuclear plant is expected to be made later this month.
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Lambton College research centre helps build biochemical industry in Ontario
Jan. 23, 2019 - There are many who believe that biomass is the future of Canada's chemical industries. Bio-based products are redefining industrial and consumer products by integrating renewable, biological raw materials into a wide range of products including bio-plastics, surfactants, bio-lubricants, cosmetics, enzymes, and pharmaceuticals produced from non-food biomass and crops as well as waste streams.
January 23, 2019 By Baoling Chen / Lambton College
Lambton College established the Centre of Excellence in Energy & Bio-Industrial Technologies in 2015.
The Sarnia-Lambton region in Southwestern Ontario has been historically known for their petrochemical and refining plants specializing in petroleum and petrochemical products.
The region established the Sarnia-Lambton Bio-Hybrid and Chemistry Cluster, based on a strong community direction that recognized Sarnia-Lambton's natural fit for ongoing developments in the fields of industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing. This cluster merges and builds on the strengths of the hydrocarbon-based and bio-based economies as well as agriculture sector in order to diversify the regional economy.
In direct alignment with this regional vision, Lambton College successfully established the Centre of Excellence in Energy & Bio-Industrial Technologies in 2015 with distinctive programs and applied research. In fall 2018, Lambton College completed a $14.2-million, 34,000 square-foot renovation and upgrade of this world-class facility, centralizing academic programming, industry-focused training, and research labs.
It has been identified that one of the major challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within this cluster is limited research and development (R&D) capacity. If situations where an SME does have in-house research capacity, the focus typically remains on technology and they lack multi-faceted support, which is required for successful commercialization and full-scale process development.
The Bio-industrial Process Research Centre (BPRC), housed within Lambton College's Centre of Excellence, was established in 2015 with input and expertise from an advanced bio-industrial technology research group.
The BPRC has since addressed the R&D need of clients and partners within the Sarnia-Lambton Bio-Hybrid and Chemistry Cluster. So far, more than 100 partners through 110 applied research projects and 150 plus technical services have been supported by the BPRC. These projects have resulted in eight pilot plants, 35 prototypes, 28 developed and 55 improved technologies/processes/products, and supported six patents. Through these projects, over 170 college students, and 40 college faculty and staff researchers were actively involved with bio-industrial and green chemistry projects. The BPRC has over $5 million in infrastructure for the support of its projects including a fermentation lab, a bio analytical laboratory, a material testing lab, a material processing lab, and a pilot testing facility.
BPRC projects focus on bio-products such as furfural, a bio-renewable chemical that has gained widespread attention as a potential chemical for the production of bio-chemicals. Furfural and its derivatives have been extensively used in plastics, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industries. Global demand the chemical is currently 800,000 ton/year and is expected to grow by 300,000 tons/year due to increased demand for green and bio-based products. By 2020, that demand is expected to skyrocket to one million tons/year. The current global technology for furfural production is limited to a maximum yield of 10 per cent. At present, a company known as DMT Bioproducts is collaborating with the BPRC to optimize their pre-treatment method and process parameters to achieve 95 per cent separation of three key elements from miscanthus (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin). The result will then allow the use of hemicellulose for the production of furfural to achieve a minimum 20 per cent yield of furfural from dry miscanthus.
Another BPRC partner, Comet Bio, has developed a novel process to convert cellulosic biomass into high quality, cost competitive products. They have developed a dextrose product from corn stover and wheat straw that is collected from local farmers and will support the bio chemical-based industries in Sarnia/Lambton and beyond. Comet Bio is completing design on a 60 million-pound facility in Sarnia that will produce dextrose and co-products at large scale, providing a cellulosic sugar alternative to the sugar market.
Lambton College and Comet Bio are collaborating on a project to optimize the dextrose production process and find economical uses for the co-product hemicellulose and lignin streams.
Lambton College and Comet are collaborating on a project to optimize the dextrose production process and find economical uses for the by-product xylan and lignin streams. As part of the optimization, the research aims to increase sugar yields and develop an enzyme recycle process, significantly reducing process costs. When combined with finding uses for the by-product streams, this will make cellulosic sugar competitive with standard corn-based sugars.
Lambton College will continue to develop new collaborations and research projects, while supporting local initiatives like the Sarnia Lambton Bio-Hybrid and Chemistry Cluster. At the same time, the BPRC will stimulate economic development and help to build a world class bio-industrial sector in Canada.
Baoling Chen, PhD, is a Bio-Industrial Process Research Centre Coordinator, Applied Research & Innovation, at Lambton College in Sarnia, Ont.
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Abstract: Numerous studies show promise for cell-based tissue engineering strategies aiming to repair painful intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. However, clinical translation to human IVD repair is slow. In the present study, the regenerative potential of an autologous nucleus pulposus (NP)-cell-seeded thermoresponsive hyaluronic acid hydrogel in human lumbar IVDs was assessed under physiological conditions. First, agarose-encased in vitro constructs were developed, showing greater than 90 % NP cell viability and high proteoglycan deposition within HA-pNIPAM hydrogels following 3 weeks of dynamic loading. Second, a bovine-induced IVD degeneration model was used to optimise and validate T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detection of changes in proteoglycan content in isolated intact IVDs. Finally, isolated intact human lumbar IVDs were pre-scanned using the established MRI sequence. Then, IVDs were injected with HA-pNIPAM hydrogel alone or autologous NP-cell-seeded. Next, the treated IVDs were cultured under cyclic dynamic loading for 5 weeks. Post-treatment T1ρ values were significantly higher as compared to pre-treatment scans within the same IVD and region of interest. Histological evaluation of treated human IVDs showed that the implanted hydrogel alone accumulated proteoglycans, while those that contained NP cells also displayed neo-matrix-surrounded cells within the gel. The study indicated a clinical potential for repairing early degenerative human IVDs using autologous cells/hydrogel suspensions. This unique IVD culture set-up, combined with the long-term physiological culture of intact human IVDs, allowed for a more clinically relevant evaluation of human tissue repair and regeneration, which otherwise could not be replicated using the available in vitro and in vivo models.
Key Words: Hydrogel, T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging, human intervertebral disc, bioreactors, tissue engineering, nucleus pulposus, autologous cell implantation.


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Police investigating man for first-degree murder after woman's body found following Denver standoff
Matthew Martin barricaded in apartment for an hour
By: Blair Miller
DENVER – Police said Wednesday they had arrested a man for investigation on a first-degree murder charge after he was taken into custody Monday evening following a standoff at a downtown apartment and a woman's body was found inside.
On Monday, officers were called to an apartment at Tamai Tower at Sakura Square on a welfare check. But the man at the apartment was uncooperative with police and refused to leave the apartment for more than an hour.
When he eventually surrendered, police found a woman's body inside the apartment. They said at the time it was a death investigation and as of Tuesday had not declared the woman's death a homicide. The woman was identified as Alexis Bush, 22, on Thursday afternoon. The coroner's office said she died from a gunshot wound and the manner of death is homicide.
On Wednesday, Denver police said that they were investigating Matthew Martin, 24, for first-degree murder in the case. They said that they found evidence that led them to believe he killed the woman.
Martin is being held for investigation but has not yet been formally charged.


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Q: Criar botões dinamicamente Estou fazendo uma tela onde cadastro alguns usuários. Nessa tela, tenho um ScrollView com um Gridlayout dentro, com 2 colunas. Cada coluna tem 1 botão, que ao clicar, abre um link, no caso, do Youtube.
<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true">

    <GridLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:columnCount="2"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingRight="10dp">

        <Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="90dp"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
            android:background="@drawable/bg_button"
            android:text="DemonDies"
            android:onClick="demondies"
            android:textColor="@color/textColorPrimary"
            android:id="@+id/demondies" />...

Aí no JAVA faço o resto:
 Button demondies,...
 demondies = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.demondies);

demondies.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWQoXe934RcJr04efPm9OQ");
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    });...

Até aí blz, só que agora tá começando a ter muitos botões, e tá ficando meio difícil de continuar criando botão assim. Teria um jeito de criar botões dinamicamente, recuperando o nome e url do link do banco de dados ou algo parecido?
Ia adicionar a imagem aqui pra ver como é o layout, mas ela fica muito grande.
Edit
O layout fica assim:
http://imgur.com/uzEoq5l

A: voce pode criar um layout para os botoes:
Arquivo btn_layout.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Button
   android:layout_width="0dp"
   android:layout_height="90dp"
   android:layout_columnWeight="1"
   android:gravity="center"
   android:layout_gravity="fill_horizontal"
   android:background="@drawable/bg_button"
   android:text="DemonDies"
   android:onClick="demondies"
   android:textColor="@color/textColorPrimary"
   android:id="@+id/demondies"
</Button>

Criar um adapter para esse button.
Arquivo GridButtonsAdapter.java:
public class GridButtonsAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
    private ArrayList<String> list;

    @Override
    publc int getCount() {
        return list.size;
    }

    @Override
    public String getItem(position: int) {
        return list[position];
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(position: int) {
        return (long)position;
    }

    private Context mContext;
    GridButtonsAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<String> btnsNames) {
        this.mContext = context;
        this.list = btnsNames;
    }

    @SuppressLint("ViewHolder")
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        // Inflate o view personalizado
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        Button itemLayout = (LinearLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.btn_layout, null);

        Button cellBtn = itemLayout.findViewById<View>(R.id.demondies);

        String name = list[position]

        cellBtn.setText(name)
        cellBtn.tag(name)
        return row
    }
}

depois, na sua activity principal voce monta o adapter
//...
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
    // criar o metodo para preencher a sua lista de urls para o itemclick
    ArrayList<String> urlList = pegaSuaListaDeUrlsDoSeuDatabase();
    // criar o metodo para preencher a sua lista de nomes do seu database
    // voce pode criar um metodo void e criar esses dois campos no escopo
    // da classe e preencher os dois campos num unico metodo void onde
    // voce pega os valores para os nomes e para as urls, assim, simplifica
    // e diminui o codigo
    ArrayList<String> btnsNamesList = pegaSuaListaDeNomesDoSeuDatabase();
    // monta o adapter para a sua GridView
    GridLayout gridbtns = findViewById(R.id.suagrid);
    GridButtonsAdapter mAdapter = new GridButtonsAdapter(this, btnsNamesList);
    // cria um listener para o onItemClick de cada button dentro do adapter
    AdapterView.OnItemClickListener listener = (arg0, arg1, position, id) -> {
        // aqui voce pega um determinado item da lista de urls
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(urlList.get(position));
        // e passa ela para o intent
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
        startActivity(intent);
    };
    // passa o listener paa o click do adapter
    gridbtns.setOnItemClickListener(listener);
    // passa o adapter para a grid
    gridbtns.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}

assim, voce vai conseguir criar seus botoes dinamicamente.
Logicamente, isso é apenas um exemplo.
Espero que te ajude


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Universal Credit and modern slavery
By Bernadette Meaden
Could Universal Credit facilitate modern slavery? It seems almost inevitable that it will, and not unreasonable to believe that it is already doing so.
If Universal Credit works perfectly as designed, claimants must wait five weeks for payment, during which time some people will have no income whatsoever. In reality, the wait can be very much longer. People borrow to survive. They can borrow from the government, by getting an Advance Payment, but this is deducted from their benefit when it is eventually paid, making a low income even lower.
So, far from being a solution, Advance Payments, or the need for them, are a part of the problem, which is why in Universal Credit areas debt can become such a big issue. People are turning to payday loan companies and in some cases, they are turning to loan sharks – who are by definition, criminals. In a 2017 survey on Universal Credit, housing providers noted "The reported increase in the presence of loan sharks within our communities is alarming, but sadly not surprising."
But you can't get blood from a stone. People with a very low or non-existent income cannot indefinitely keep up with demands for extortionate interest payments. So, what is the next logical step for a ruthless criminal? They take payment in other ways, perhaps in the form of sexual abuse, perhaps in the form of labour.
The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), a national team that investigates and prosecutes loan sharks, recently explained how becoming indebted to a loan shark can lead to modern slavery. In a blog How loan sharks are menacing victims and forcing them into modern slavery, they wrote: "Loan sharks are criminals who charge extortionate interest rates and use callous methods to force people to pay the money back. The IMLT have encountered victims being forced into prostitution, drug dealing, and illegal money lending by the loan shark.
"Debt bondage, also known as bonded labour, is the world's most widespread form of modern slavery according to Anti-Slavery International.
"Debt bondage occurs when people borrow money they cannot repay and are required to work to pay off the debt, resulting in them losing control over the conditions of both their employment and the debt."
This explanation of debt bondage was a guest post for the website of theClewer Initiative which aims to enable the Church of England to detect modern slavery in communities and help provide support and care to victims. It is funded by the Clewer Sisters, an order of nuns founded in 1852 to help homeless women who were drawn into the sex trade.
So a religious Order which was set up in the absence of a welfare state to help the victims of poverty and exploitation may now find itself indirectly helping people forced into modern slavery by welfare 'reforms'.
And it seems clear that this is a growing problem. In May this year, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority reported that the three most common nationalities referred to them for labour exploitation were Vietnamese, British and Albanian, and that "In 2017, the number of British potential victims increased substantially (362 per cent)". The numbers are relatively small at the moment, but only 10 per cent of benefit claimants are yet affected by Universal Credit. The mass migration of millions of people still on legacy benefits has the potential to create havoc, particularly for people with physical and mental health problems.
And sadly, when a family is tipped into poverty and debt, it is not only the adults who become vulnerable to exploitation. There is increasing awareness of the 'county lines' system run by organised criminals. As the Children's Society explains, "County lines – or 'going country' – is when gangs exploit children, some as young as 12, to sell drugs across county boundaries…Gangs deliberately target vulnerable children, such as those in care or living in poverty."
It seems inevitable that as Universal Credit rolls out, more adults will be driven into the arms of loan sharks and potential abuse and exploitation, and more children will fall prey to the criminal gangs just waiting to exploit their vulnerability. A country with a properly functioning welfare state, with true social security, would not leave its citizens vulnerable in this way.
© Bernadette Meaden has written about political, religious and social issues for some years, and is strongly influenced by Christian Socialism, liberation theology and the Catholic Worker movement. She is an Ekklesia associate and regular contributor. You can follow her on Twitter: @BernaMeaden
Universal credit delays a factor in sex work, government accepts
Minister apologises for DWP memo dismissing link between long waits and survival sex work
Patrick Butler – Guardian
The government has dropped its hardline refusal to accept that destitution caused by five-week waits for universal credit payments has been a major factor in forcing some women to turn to sex work.
Giving evidence to the work and pensions select committee, the minister for family support, Will Quince, apologised for a memo his department sent to the committee last month and said it "did not very well reflect my views on this issue".
The memo dismissed evidence that universal credit was a cause of increased numbers of women turning to sex work as anecdotal. It said the phenomenon was influenced by a range of factors, from drug addiction and the rise of AirBnB to EU immigration.
Quince told the committee he had changed his views after hearing accounts from four women who gave evidence of how impoverishment related to universal credit issues had led them to take up escort and brothel work.
"Those very brave testimonies of the young women who have gone through the most horrific of experiences gave me a better understanding through their lived experiences. What it showed me more than anything is we need to better understand this area," he said.
A transcript of the private committee hearing in May included a testimony from M, a brothel worker. She said the fact that drug and alcohol drove people into survival sex work did not mean that universal credit had not caused "a really big influx". She said: "It is particularly bad with universal credit because we have seen these huge waits, but the whole welfare system is stacked against us and it is pushing people into survival sex work.
"It is the long wait, it is the payments in particular that I think are really dangerous because when we apply for things like this we are in crisis already, like we don't have the ability to wait, and sex work is the only real job you can go out and earn money that night."
T, a care worker, who went into escort work after using food banks during a six-week wait for her first universal credit payment, said: "It is horrible to say, but it is the easiest thing to keep us girls alive."
Another witness, K, said she had worked out she would be £200 a month worse off on universal credit. "I will sell my body. I want to tell this committee that there are a lot of girls out there just like me," she said.
The committee also heard an unexpectedly positive, if qualified, endorsement of the recent report by the UN rapporteur Philip Alston, who last month called austerity cuts the "systematic immiseration of a significant part of the British population".
Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, responded at the time by saying the report was politically biased. She alleged that Alston did not do enough research, having only visiting the UK for 11 days, and said the government would complain to the UN.
Donna Ward, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior civil servant responsible for children, families and disadvantage, told the committee chair, Frank Field, that it had fact-checked Alston's report, which had in passing referred to a rise in survival sex.
"He made a lot of good points. It was factually correct," she said. "I think where the secretary of state took issue with it, and where I as a civil servant can't be involved, was the political interpretation of a lot of what's happened.
"But in terms of the facts, in terms of austerity, cuts to local government, in terms of the reliance that we have on the labour market and the risks we face if there is a recession – all of those things were really good points that we have taken on board, and we should take on board."
Suicide note blamed Bromley Jobcentre
June 14, 2019 · 1 Comment ·
BY TOBY PORTER – SOUTH LONDON PRESS (toby@slpmedia.co.uk)
The suicide note of a man on benefits who took his own life blamed a DWP official for allegedly putting the idea in his head. Martin John Counter, then 60, of Cotton Hill, Bromley, was being investigated over whether it was legal for him to claim sickness allowance while having a tax-saving account – an ISA.
He died on September 5, 2018 in his bed – his family believe after taking pills – and left a suicide note which named the official who mentioned suicide in a meeting with him.
He had been unable to work because of ME, psoriasis, and then in 2015 a perforated colon, because of which he had to be put in a coma for four weeks. He also had arthritis, for which doctors regularly prescribe methotrexate.
His suicide note said: "Thank you, [named individual] for putting suicide in my head. "I know I did not answer that question in my ISA but that was probably due to my post virol syndrome and that Dr G methatremte causing fatigue, exhaustion, lack of concentration.
"There was a breakdown at the face-to-face meeting when I did inform you of the ISA but I thought might be tied to the house. "I lose concentration when on the phone and work somewhat better face-to-face.
"I never have had a suicidal thought till you for some reason brought it up. Was it a twist of the knife? "If the ISA had been mentioned I would have stopped the claim, sold the house and moved to probably Eastbourne and invested the £1,500.00 and be on more money the ESA. I would have had to sort the house out in ill health to do it.
M Counter.
"So sorry to family and friends."
Mr Counter had attended a meeting, under caution, on June 19, 2018 after Bromley's Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) office found out he had an ISA.
He made a payment to the DWP of £24,000 in August – virtually all the funds in his ISA.
Mr Counter's brother Alan has asked to know if he made contact with the DWP in August/early September, and the content of any emails or discussions, which he believes holds the key to his suicide.
Alan told the inquest on May 13 he believed the criminal investigation into Martin is what drove him to kill himself. He has asked on September 12, through the estate's executor Angie Albrow, for a copy of the June 19 recorded interview.
The DWP has since denied receiving the request or Ms Albrow's September 20 letter providing proof of her being the executor.
The coroner at Mr Counter's inquest, Xavier Mooyaart, has now taken the highly unusual step of intervening on Alan's behalf.
He has written to the Bromley job centre in Elmfield Road, saying: "While the reasons for Mr Counter's decision to take his own life are outside my jurisdiction, I am concerned that his family's requests for information have not only been addressed but apparently ignored. "I would be most grateful if you could provide them with all assistance and explanation possible."
Alan said: "The Metropolitan Police had previously stated to me that without firm evidence they were unable to investigate further.
"The coroner said from the outset the purpose of the inquest was to determine the who, when and how but the why but not the cause of why Martin took his life.
"So I am very grateful for his intervention. I did not expect it. The police have also offered to raise the matter. I was very impressed with the reaction of everyone who heard what had happened.
But the DWP has been sitting on the matter for nine months now. If they have done this to me, how many others have they done it to."
Martin's MP, Janet Daby, has also written to the DWP following up Alan's request for departmental date; and had a reply, dated April 10, 2019, from correspondence manager Mary Marshall.
We contacted the DWP on May 8 and were told on May 10 that a Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: "Our deepest sympathies are with Mr Counter's family. We cannot comment further ahead of the inquest."
The day after the May 13 inquest we again contacted the DWP. There had been no reply by Tuesday so we called to pursue the query giving a deadline of 12.30 pm yesterday.
The response then was as follows: A DWP spokeswoman said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mr Counter at this difficult time."
Concerning the documents Alan Counter had requested by recorded delivery but not been given, she later added: "As we haven't got explicit consent, we can't give you any more details re Mr Counter's case."
Unions and Claimants Demonstrate against Universal Credit
Trades unions, claimants groups and their supporters demonstrated outside Peckham Jobcentre last week (Friday) against Universal Credit.
The BBC are doing a series of TV 'specials' in league with the DWP on the UC rollout. Peckham JCP is one of the few in the country (others in Liverpool and Manchester) that are being featured.
Nick Phillips, coordinator of London Unemployed Strategies, said: 'It is important that the BBC does not do a whitewash job and ignores the voice of claimants. Trades unions, the voluntary sector and critically claimants themselves are here today in unison to say that Universal Credit is not fit for purpose. It needs to be scrapped or at the very least radically reformed to stop claimants further suffering.'


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IBM Expands Cloud Data Services Portfolio
The company is adding to its roster of big data cloud computing tools.
IBM has added 25 new offerings to its Cloud Data Services portfolio. Of particular interest to enterprise application development teams is IBM Compose Enterprise, which helps developers deploy open source databases in cloud computing environments. "It gives a development team the freedom of choice that they're looking for in this modern, polyglot world, while offering the IT organization some level of regularization and standardization around how those database management systems are deployed and how they're scaled," Adam Kocoloski, IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Cloud Data Services, said. "What this enterprise-class offering does is allow people to take advantage of that cloud native, multi-tenant environment in a world where they bring their own hardware and provision the platform for their own organization."
Other noteworthy new offerings include IBM Graph, a managed graph database based on Apache TinkerPop; IBM Predictive Analytics, which supports the creation of applications that leverage machine learning for analytics purposes; and IBM Analytics Exchange, a catalog of publicly available data sets.


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PARALYMPIC RESULTS
Chuck Aoki: One year on, London 2012 still hurts
American star Chuck Aoki reflects back on a shocking wheelchair rugby semifinal loss to Canada. 08 Sep 2013
Mandy Francois-Elie winning the 100m T37 in Lyon 2013
By Chuck Aoki
As painful as our loss was, I'll never forget the resiliency and determination we all showed fighting back in that game.
I can't believe that it's been one year since London 2012 already.
With Rio 2016 around the corner, it seems now is a good time to look back on London and the last few days of the tournament that ended in disappointment for the USA wheelchair rugby team, quite frankly.
Exactly one year ago today, we were preparing to play Team Canada in the semifinal match of the Paralympics, for a shot to play Australia for the gold medal. It would not be an exaggeration to say this would be the biggest game of my career.
We started the game poorly, to say the least. I can't recall by how much we went down in the first quarter, but it was at least seven or eight goals, a massive amount in wheelchair rugby.
I looked at the scoreboard, and recall thinking, "Is this really happening? Is this a dream?"
It wasn't.
But we fought back. Little by little, goal by goal, we battled our way back into the game. And by the fourth quarter, with under a minute to go, we forced a turnover, and had the ball in our hands. One step away from finishing an incredible comeback.
That night, though, it was not meant to be.
As fast as the whole Paralympics went, as fast every game went, as fast as the last year has gone since then, the last 45 seconds of this game went on for what seemed like an eternity.
I can vividly remember the moments like it was yesterday.
I caught a pass. Trying to escape the defense, I moved into the middle of the court. A defender crashed into me. Then another. A third joined in.
I saw my teammate, Joe Delagrave, up ahead, calling for the ball. He was wide open. I knew if I could get him the ball, we would be in great shape.
I couldn't.
The next 30 seconds of the game are a blur for me now. I remember Canada getting the ball. I went to the penalty box.
They scored.
We lost.
I vaguely recall shaking hands with the Canadians, and going to our huddle to give our fans the USA call.
I could barely get out the letters. Devastation was setting in.
As we left the court, Jen Remick, our wonderful press liaison, asked if I wanted to speak to the media, or skip it. All I could muster was a head shake, and she rushed me through the mixed zone.
Back in the locker room, we were all despondent. Something we all love had just hurt us terribly. There weren't many words to say.
There still aren't.
The next day, we showed up ready to play, and clinched the bronze medal with a victory over Japan.
Going home with a medal eased a bit of the sting of losing, and it has gotten better every day since then.
This past June, we even recaptured the No. 1 world ranking.
Those lessons won't be forgotten come Rio.
I already can't wait.
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PH news: Alden and Maine reveal status of their relationship
March 20, 2019 by ceapvkenya
Don't we all just wish that our on-screen love teams would actually get together in real life? Well, #AlDub fans, wait no more, Alden and Maine relationship status is revealed!
Maine Mendoza, the Kapuso actress has finally made public her true status of relationship with her on- the – screen partner Alden Richards.
Nicomaine Dei Capili Mendoza who is known by her fans as Yaya Dub, is a Filipina actress and popular television personality who gained a lot of her popularity after teaming up with Alden Richards; the Kapuso actor on the Kalye Serye section of the longest running midday show 'Eat Bulaga.'
People have been realizing the negative and positive reactions that have been evident within the AlDub Fandom since 2015 for approximately two years now. The twenty-two-year-old celebrity went ahead to publish an open letter to all her fans so that they could know the true status of her relationship with Alden.
Read the end of the article at http://thealmostdone.com/2018/05/15/ph-news-alden-and-maine-reveal-status-of-their-relationship/
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First of all Betty. Then Tigger. Then Fingers, Dorothy Eden, Vicky, and a thousand others. All beautiful. All incredibly true."How was born the project?" we ask.. Thanks to Rockabilly friends who introduced me into the world of burlesque. What interested me was to have a direct contact and 'privileged' with the performers. I wanted to portray the truth, before their show, trying to grasp the truth and not recreate it. I had to make me accept, otherwise I could not to stay in the backstage while the girls wore make-up or wore dressed or undressed for the various shows. All these pictures were taken just few minutes before, to go up on the stage. Unlike the strippers, who dance in striptease clubs to earn a living, the burlesque dancer spends more money on costumes, rehearsals, accessories than what she gains for her performance. Caesar thus provides a true and its archive of feelings. The 20 photographs on display are the harmonious development of a thought: the seduction resembles to staging, and then the photograph is the only language that can lead to this synthesis.


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Researchers David J. Bond and Lakshmi Yatham think they may have identified why bipolar disorder and obesity occur so often together. In North America, more than 60% of people with bipolar disorder are overweight or obese, and obesity rates are 60% higher in people with bipolar disorder than in people without bipolar disorder.
Bond and Yatham hypothesized that adipokines might be responsible for both bipolar disorder and obesity. Adipokines are cell signaling proteins that regulate both mood and appetite. Abnormal levels of adipokines in blood could cause both mood episodes and weight gain.
The researchers measured blood levels of five adipokines (leptin, adiponectin, resistin, adipsin, and lipocalin-2) in 53 young people with bipolar disorder. They found three interesting links between adipokines, mood, weight, and medications, which they reported in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry in 2017.
The first finding was that low levels of leptin and adiponectin (adipokines with antidepressant properties) predicted a greater risk of depressive relapse over a 12-month period. The second finding was that high levels of leptin and adipsin predicted greater weight gain over a 12-month period. The third finding was that treatment with second-generation antipsychotics, which often leads to weight gain and other metabolic side effects, was associated with higher levels of resistin, an adipokine linked to type 2 diabetes.
The findings about leptin were particularly interesting, because leptin's appetite-regulating effects change with a person's weight. In the study, low leptin predicted depression, while high leptin predicted weight gain. In people of normal weight, low leptin predicts weight gain, while in overweight or obese people, high leptin predicts weight gain. Bond and Yatham suggest that leptin's mood-regulating effects may be more consistent, with low leptin increasing depression risk regardless of weight.
These findings may help researchers find ways of treating mood episodes that do not encourage weight gain.
In early 2017, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued its first comprehensive report on cannabis since 1999. Shifting public opinion over the past few decades has led to 28 states and the District of Columbia legalizing medical uses of marijuana, and eight states and DC legalizing recreational marijuana use. The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research is intended to address the lack of accepted standards to guide individuals in deciding whether and how to use cannabis safely. In addition to summarizing recent health-related findings on cannabis, the report also offers recommendations to guide future research.
The report shares findings about possible therapeutic benefits to cannabis use as well as health impacts relating to areas such as cancer, respiratory disease, immunity, pre- and post-natal health.
There were several notable findings with regard to mental health. The committee that issued the report found substantial evidence of a statistical association between cannabis use and the development of schizophrenia or other psychoses, with the highest risk among the most frequent users.
The committee also found moderate evidence of a link between cannabis use and increased symptoms of mania and hypomania in people with bipolar disorder who use cannabis regularly. The report also describes moderate evidence of an association between heavy cannabis use and increased suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
There was also moderate evidence that regular cannabis use is linked to social anxiety disorder.
A statewide program to promote healthy behaviors within families has been successful in Vermont. The approach, described by researcher James J. Hudziak at the 2015 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is based on three assumptions. The first is that emotional and behavioral health is the cornerstone of all health. The second is that health behaviors are formed and sustained within families. The third is that promoting healthy behaviors, preventing illness, and intervening for better health outcomes are all important to enhancing the health of the population.
Vermont used community outreach (including town-hall public events), the media (including Twitter, blogs, radio, television, public service announcements, and a short film), and group trainings of community professionals to successfully spread health messages to families. The program targeted pediatricians' offices, schools, community mental health centers, federally qualified health centers, and Departments of Health, Mental Health, and Child Welfare.
Hudziak has also suggested that programs of exercise, music, and mindfulness (all of which enhance brain growth and development) should be made universally available to children in school.
Parents, if your child (aged 2 – 12) has mood or behavioral difficulties, we would like to enlist your participation in a study called the Child Network. Parents who enroll in the study will complete an online rating checklist of your child's symptoms once a week by a secure web-based system.
In addition, adults who have been diagnosed with depression or bipolar disorder and are the biological parent of a child (ages 2-12) who is currently healthy and has no troublesome mood or behavioral symptoms may also be eligible to participate in this study.
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Attorney Katharine Gordon has provided some information on legal rights under the ADA.
When we think of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we might think of physical modifications to buildings, expensive lawyers, and complicated trials. But this law also gives people with bipolar ways to get fair treatment in the workplace. By learning a bit about your employment rights under this law, you can focus on excelling in your chosen career, rather than being sidetracked by ignorance, stereotypes, and stigma.
It is now clear that people with bipolar disorder are protected under the ADA in employment. Prior to 2008, there was often a battle of the experts to prove that a person with bipolar disorder had a severe enough impairment to be protected. This discouraged many from asking for their rights to be respected under this law in the first place. Unfortunately, companies would fire people for having bipolar disorder and then, in next breath, argue that bipolar wasn't a real disability therefore it was legal to fire people for reasons related to their bipolar disorder.
This changed with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, which made it easier to establish disability. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing this law, has made it clear in official regulations that bipolar should generally be covered as a disability for the purposes of protection in employment: "It should easily be concluded that the following types of impairments will, at a minimum, substantially limit the major life activities indicated:…major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia substantially limit brain function." 29 C.F.R. § 1630.2(j)(3)(ii), (iii).
Keith O'Neil is a former Super Bowl champion and the founder of the Forever Foundation, an organization whose mission is to educate the public about bipolar disorder and to de-stigmatize the illness. In September he spoke at the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD) meeting in Washington, DC.
The anxiety and the racing thoughts continued, and O'Neil became increasingly depressed. When he was 10 or 12 years old, he began to experience suicidal thoughts and searched his parents' medicine cabinet for pills he could use to commit suicide. Anxiety and depression became more prominent even though he was an "A" student, one of the most popular kids at school, and an extraordinary athlete, and had a loving family and many friends. He began to use alcohol excessively, had conduct problems, was impulsive and was always in trouble.
O'Neil excelled in football in high school, started college at Northern Arizona University, and quickly became an All-American linebacker at Penn State. He was a first-round draft pick for the New York Giants. His teammates would nap between workouts for coach Bill Parcells, but instead, O'Neil would sit and cry over his inability to sleep. When he was later picked up by the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent, he was unable to sleep for five nights.
O'Neil moved on to the Indianapolis Colts. He did not sleep for four nights before his first game, and told coach Tony Dungy that he needed help, as he did not think he could play the next day. Dungy took him seriously and had him meet with the general manager, the team doctor, and the trainer. O'Neil felt extraordinarily relieved to be able to talk about his anxiety for the first time and took some clonazepam (Klonopin) for sleep and anxiety. Although he missed his first game, he became increasingly successful and the captain of the team that three years later would go on to win the Super Bowl.
O'Neil returned to the Giants for five seasons. While in New York, his wife miscarried, triggering O'Neil's first major manic episode. He felt super human, spent excessive amounts of money (bought a Rolex watch and three diamond earrings), did not need sleep, and was generally out of control. In 2010, O'Neil was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by Steven Dubovsky, one of the pioneers in the development of calcium channel blockers for the treatment of bipolar disorder.
After his manic episode, O'Neil swung into a severe 18 month–long depression, which he described as "the depths of hell." He gradually improved and started on a regimen that included medications, exercise, and relying on his family for comfort and support. He then moved to Phoenix, Arizona to start his foundation—the Forever Foundation.
The foundation provides information about the illness and promotes de-stigmatization. O'Neil visits high schools to teach students about bipolar illness and the importance of talking about anxiety and depression and getting help.
In the question and answer period following his talk, O'Neil discussed his own treatment. His early experiences with antidepressants were somewhat positive for his depression and anxiety, but may have been influential in his first manic episode. He said he is now well, and described his current medication regimen, which includes lithium, the mood stabilizing anticonvulsant oxcarbazepine (called Trileptal, which is structurally similar to carbamazepine or Tegretol), and the atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify), which works extraordinarily well for him and which he called his savior. O'Neil occasionally uses Ambien (zolpidem) or Seroquel (quetiapine) for sleep.
O'Neil talked about the importance of confronting his own illness and adopting a positive attitude about getting treatment and doing everything he could to get well. He had a family history of mood disorders including depression in his paternal grandfather and bipolar disorder in an uncle.
O'Neil remembered that in his days as a professional football player, even though he was a standout player, he was so anxious that he would get confused about the playbook and have to rehearse it over and over in order to remember. He felt that he dealt with his racing mind and his anxiety in part by funneling it into "controlled recklessness" as a football player.
Keith O'Neil received a standing ovation from the gathering of scientists and approximately 150 supporters of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation .
Make lists. Carry a notepad with you, or use a smartphone to keep track of errands, shopping lists, daily tasks, and when you should take your medications.
Use a paper or electronic day planner or a personal organizer to keep track of appointments and special days like birthdays or anniversaries.
Use a wall calendar and hang it in a place that you will see it multiple times per day.
Carry a notebook and record everything you need to remember, including to-do lists; the dates, times, and addresses of appointments; important telephone numbers; and the names of people you meet and a brief description of them. You can also use the notebook to keep track of medical information: your medication schedule, any symptoms or side effects you are having, or questions to ask your doctor. You can also do this using an app like What's My M3 or by downloading a personal mood charting calendar from our website.
Leave yourself a voicemail message to remember something important. When you listen to it later, write down the information.
Organize your home or office. Keep things in familiar places so you always know where to find them.
Avoid distractions. Find a quiet, uncluttered place to work or think where you can focus your attention for longer.
Have conversations in quiet places. This will help you concentrate better on what the other person is saying.
Repeat information aloud, and write down important points. If someone gives you information about an appointment, you might repeat the time, date, and location of the appointment out loud while righting it down.
Keep your mind active. You can use crossword puzzles, word or math games, or attend events about topics that interest you.
When writing, proofread. Double-check whether you've used the correct words and spellings.
Train yourself to focus through mindfulness. For example, if you keep misplacing your keys, pay extra attention each time you set down your keys. You may say aloud, "I'm putting my keys down on the counter." Hearing the auditory cue can boost your memory.
Exercise, eat well, and get plenty of rest and sleep. These habits will help your memory work best.
Tell your loved ones that you are having memory problems, so that they'll understand that you may forget things you may normally be able to remember. They can help you or encourage you.
In late 2012, the Federal Drug Administration announced that 97% of online pharmacies violated state or federal laws and/or safety and practice standards set by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Medications sold by fake pharmacies may be fake, expired, contaminated, not approved by the FDA, or unsafe.
Allows you to buy medications without a prescription.
Offers prices that are too good to be true.
Sends spam emails offering discount prices.
Is located outside the US.
Real pharmacies are licensed by the state where they are located. They should provide a physical address and phone number, where you can reach a pharmacist who can answer your questions.
An article published by Medscape reports that in a recent study by Dr. Joan Luby of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, non-depressed preschool children whose parents showed more nurturing behaviors during a mildly stressful task were found to have hippocampal volume almost 10% greater than their peers whose parents showed fewer nurturing behaviors. The hippocampus affects cognitive functioning and emotion regulation.
Unfortunately, parental nurturing did not effect the hippocampal volume of children with early-onset depression.
"The finding that early parenting support, a modifiable psychosocial factor, is directly related to healthy development of a key brain region known to impact cognitive functioning and emotion regulation opens an exciting opportunity to impact the development of children in a powerful and positive fashion".
Multiple investigative groups at the 9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD) held in Pittsburgh in 2011 reported on the use of mobile phones or other automated processes to provide a more detailed ongoing record of a patient's mood fluctuations and response to treatment. A particularly notable study by Nolen and colleagues described an electronic version of the life chart method (e-LCM) that would be accessible via internet, and which could be integrated with the patient's file and used for research. These investigators developed software for a patient version and a clinician version. The web-based version is not yet available for patient use.
Editor's Note: Until this and other useful electronic monitoring procedures become available, we recommend using the written version of a life chart to provide daily assessments of mood, side effects, and comorbid symptoms in order to provide a detailed numerical and graphic record with which to judge treatment response. This method is extremely valuable in developing new treatment approaches for those with treatment-resistant illness, and if patients keep these records, physicians will have optimal and detailed input in order to assess response and make treatment recommendations.
My Mood Monitor provides another available approach. This system was developed primarily as a screening instrument, but also includes a longitudinal monitoring component. It is not designed for daily monitoring, but can be used repeatedly with a minimal interval of one week between ratings.
We've written before about depressioncheck, My Mood Monitor's iPhone app that can quickly screen for mood and anxiety disorders.


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Sig Zane has lived his entire life in Hawaii, raised in Kaneohe and graduated from Roosevelt High. Surfer, fisherman, designer, retailer, Hawaiian cultural artist and practitioner, Zane moved to Hilo for college and never really returned to Honolulu. Nalani Kanakaole, raised in a traditional Hawaiian manner, is a fifth generation hula teacher. Art history major, teacher, and cultural leader, Nalani has lived her entire life in Hilo, raised on homestead lands in Keaukaha.
Sig Zane Designs opened their doors in 1985 in downtown Hilo, when other shops wouldn't carry their work. The first twenty years was spent quietly in Hilo, building a library of art focused on native plants important to hula and to the culture. Hand cutting his designs and hand-screening the fabric, Zane uses the aloha shirt as a canvas to express stories of our islands and its culture. His works spans more than three decades, first beginning with the simple two-yard pareu, a sarong made as gifts for friends. Besides aloha shirts, his art has been used on airplane livery, in hotel rooms and on the sides of buildings. The company also designs logos. Hawaiian Electric is one of his most visible brand identities.
The company and their work has always involved the ohana. As a team, they continue to share their insights to art and culture in their work with corporations, the visitor industry, and especially for the next generation of islanders. His son Kuhao has been working for the company for the past fifteen years and runs the design department, leading its growth both in Hilo and Honolulu.
Through story, they believe they can help perpetuate the teachings of their forefathers, ensuring that the next several generations will have a strong connection to our island's roots and traditions.
We hope you will join us as we honor the contributions of this family to our island business community. Mahalo.


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Daniel Corrêa Freitas was tragically killed.
Reason sports star had 'genitals severed'
by Sam Morgan
3rd Nov 2018 12:16 PM
THE businessman who reportedly killed Brazilian footballer Daniel Correa Freitas says he did so after finding the midfielder in his underwear trying to rape his wife.
The Sao Paulo star's body was discovered in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, a city in Brazil's southern state of Parana, with his genitals cut off and almost decapitated, The Sun reports
A detailed report in local newspaper Band B claimed Freitas had been the victim of "torture" and a municipal guard was quoted in the report saying: "The man had two deep cuts on his neck, his head was nearly beheaded, and his genitals were severed."
The suspects in his murder have been named as Edison Brittes Junior, 38, his wife Cristiana Brittes and their 18-year-old daughter Allana Brittes.
Edison has given his version of events, telling the Brasil Urgente program on TV Bandeirantes how he found the midfielder, 24, at his daughter's birthday party.
He said: "He (Daniel) had gone in, taken his clothes off and locked the door.
"I knocked on the door to my room and when I opened it he was on top of my wife and she was screaming and begging for help.
"What I did was what any man would do, because the woman that was there was not my wife, she was every woman in Brazil.
"It could be your daughter, sister, mother or wife. At that moment it was my wife, Cris, who I have been married to for 20 years."
Daniel Correa Freitas suffered a violent death.
He added: "The media said a lot of things. My wife never had anything with Daniel, never mind my daughter.
"Rumours always get started but the truth will come out. I know I did what I did, I want everybody watching to think what they would do to keep the moral integrity of your family and help a small and fragile woman.
"When I threw him off my wife, I threw him on the floor and stopped her being raped by that monstrous scumbag."
It is believed Edison's friends tried to stop him attacking the Sao Paulo star but that "they could not do it" because he was angry.
Local media has reported Daniel had been at Allana Brittes' birthday party at the family home and had sent messages to a friend saying he "was going to eat" the "birthday girl's mum".
And a photo has emerged of Daniel smiling next to an unconscious woman, identified in local media as Cristiana, which he is believed to have sent to his friend.
Daniel Correa Freitas was just 24.
Edison's daughter is said to have told reporters she had heard screaming from her mother's room and that Daniel had said nothing when he was caught.
She confirmed she had met Daniel one year ago but had never "been involved" with him.
Freitas started his career with Botafogo and had spent the last two years away from Sao Paulo on loan, firstly with second-division side Coritiba, before moving to Ponte Preta and then fellow second-tier side Sao Bento - the club he was playing for at the time of his death.
Botafogo were among the clubs to offer their condolences.
A tweet read: "Botafogo regrets the demise of former player Daniel Correa Freitas and expresses solidarity with friends and family."
The investigation into his death is ongoing.
This article first appeared on The Sun and was republished with permission
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