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LeBron, AD get tough as Lakers regain groove
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LOS ANGELES — Playing in their first home playoff game in eight years, the Los Angeles Lakers looked like a true championship contender for the first time in a while.
L.A., the No. 7 seed, won 109-95 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in its first-round matchup against the No. 2-seeded Phoenix Suns, with Anthony Davis (34 points, 11 rebounds) and LeBron James (21 points, nine assists) looking like the dynamic duo that led the Lakers to an NBA title last year.
After right leg injuries to Davis and a right ankle injury for James caused the pair to miss a combined 63 games in the regular season, and the Lakers struggled mightily reintegrating their stars — once dropping eight out of 10 games from late April through early May — the team has clearly turned a corner.
The Suns and Lakers tangled horns in the first half of Game 3, with Davis hyperextending his left knee on a chase-down block of Suns star Devin Booker and L.A. taking just a three-point lead into the break. That's when James, who parked himself on the perimeter for much of the series up to that point, changed his approach.
"I wasn't reading the game like I would like to in the first half," said James, who scored 10 points in the third as the Lakers outscored the Suns by that same margin. "Came back into the locker room, made some mental adjustments for me individually that I felt like would work for our team, and we were able to spark a run in the third."
Lakers coach Frank Vogel said James' effort made all the difference.
"He changed the whole game," Vogel said after L.A. won for the eighth time in its past nine games. "His mindset just reversed the whole course of tonight's game."
James, 36, scored on five of his seven drives to the hole on Thursday, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information. The stat was significant, not just for the control it gave L.A. over the momentum, but also for the contrast it was to Games 1 and 2 when James had just two drives to the hoop, scoring once.
"Obviously, it's been a rough year on me as far as physically with my ankle and dealing with that and still trying to get it where it was before the injury," James said. "But every day is a step forward, and I'm going to continue to put the work into with my treatment around the clock, getting it to where it was before the injury."
Davis followed suit, pushing through a visible limp without asking out of the game.
"It's the playoffs. It's rare that I'm going to come out of a game," Davis said. "Landed awkwardly, tried not to fall on Book. Guess I might have hyperextended it a little bit.
"Just keeping it warm, keeping it loose and wanted to keep going. It felt fine throughout the rest of the game. Really didn't have any problems with it. … It was all full of adrenaline, so we'll see how I feel tomorrow. Get some treatment and get some treatment Saturday and be ready to go Sunday."
Vogel said that Davis' tenacity was second only to James' tactical shift.
"We needed it," he said of Davis. "We needed him to stay in there to get this W. He knew that. He was going to do whatever it took for us to get this W. And to play through pain, to play through, I mean, he's limping up and down the floor a few times. We were talking to the staff and the medical team like, 'Maybe we gotta get him out.' And they're saying he's good to go, it's safe, it's just playing through pain. And just a tough, tough performance by AD."
It has been a tough turn of events for the Suns, owners of the second-best record in basketball during the regular season. After winning Game 1, they have not only lost two in a row, but saw Thursday devolve into a laugher, falling behind by as many as 22 points. Two of their players — Booker and Jae Crowder — were ejected in the final minute.
Booker was called for a flagrant-2 foul for pushing an airborne Dennis Schroder to the ground with 35.4 seconds remaining.
"My mom raised me right," said Schroder, who scored 20 points, when asked if he might have gotten under Booker's skin, prompting the foul. "When somebody talks to me first, I'm gonna talk back. It don't matter who it is. If somebody talks to me disrespectfully, I'm going to do the same thing, so at the end of the day, we're going to battle then.
"Nobody's going to disrespect me. The end of the day, I just talked back and somebody took it too sensitive and fouled me."
Crowder was called for a technical foul and ejected while the officials finished up reviewing the Booker foul on replay.
Crowder, too, had reason to be frustrated, shooting just 2-for-9 from the field (1-for-7 from 3) and losing for the 15th time in 18 career playoff games facing off against James.
The Lakers star toyed with Crowder in the fourth quarter, deliberately yo-yoing the ball through his legs on an isolation possession, bringing the crowd of 7,825 fans to its feet. Later, James posted the Phoenix forward up before slipping past him with a spin move and scoring on a pretty reverse layup to push the Lakers' lead to 91-70 with 7 minutes, 32 seconds remaining.
"For me and for our ballclub, we always try to make plays where we can get each other excited, we can get our fans involved, get our fans excited about it. Because it just brings so much excitement to the game," James said. "Plays can be momentum swings that can work in our favor. So, that was one of those instances where we had an opportunity to make a momentum play and we were able to deliver."
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Conceiving Ada (1997) Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 1h 25min | 19 February 1999 (USA)
Director: Lynn Hershman-LeesonWriters: Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen JonesStars: Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy LearySummary: Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications? Written by James Callan <[email protected]>
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London, Thursday – Two South Africans took part in the sinking of HMS Durban, which is one of the ships used to form a breakwater for the great artificial harbours built off the Normandy beaches for the invasion of the Continent. They were Lieut. Richard Dennis Rathbone, of Durban, and AB SM MacFadyen, from Johannesburg.
Lieut. Rathbone told me: "For three months before "D" Day, we had a race against time to get the old cruiser stripped and the bottom fitted with explosives. When the great day dawned, we went in immediately and the assault troops and landing craft got a holding on the beach. We came in on the West bank of the River Orne at the mouth to form an Eastern side of the breakwater and then blew out the ship's bottom.
"The explosion shot me five feet into the air. We had not expected it to be so big, so we stayed aboard." The men were stationed behind the bridge for protection in case the mast came down. A few had burn injuries. They were all black and blue. The men transferred to a merchant ship for transportation to England.
All the time the battle raged fiercely around them. From Allied ships and from the shore a terrific ack-ack barrage was put up, and at night coloured tracers and bursting shells made a wonderful "Guy Fawkes" display. The navy's bombarding craft came in in turn and dropped anchor, let go their shells and went out again to make room for others.
Here are the details of the rations that the men were issued with. Every fighting man who took part in the invasion of Normandy took with him a specially prepared 24-hour ration pack in a waterproofed box. The box measured 53/4″ long, 43/4″ wide and 21/2″ deep and contained the articles and a closely printed instruction card and suggested menus.
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Meat blocks(s), biscuits, blocks (one half of quantity provided), any sweets, chocolate, etc left over from the day.
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Boil while stirring for 3-4 minutes. If circumstances make heating with water impossible, the oatmeal and meat blocks can be eaten dry – in which case.
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Could undergraduate string theory research backfire on me when applying to graduate school?
I'm about to start an undergraduate research project with a string theorist. It occurred to me though, that despite the initial "wow" factor from an undergraduate working with string theory, some graduate schools (especially the more experimental ones) might not want to accept me since they might think that I would be expecting to be guaranteed to do research in string theory at their school, or that I wouldn't want to get involved in anything else. What are your thoughts on this?
Re: Could undergraduate string theory research backfire on me when applying to graduate school?
It actually DID backfire for me. I made the mistake of investing most of my spare time into string theory research. I ended up getting a thesis out of it, and hopefully a publication will follow shortly. Problem is that grad schools don't admit on wow factor. They admit on the ability to contribute to their already pre-existing research groups. Because my research was so unique, I am quite literally ground zero for this line of work which makes me a "research mismatch" for every school out there. I ironically ended up with research internships with NASA and AFRL, aced coursework on nuclear and particle theory in Italian during an exchange with the University of Bologna, and string theory undergrad research, but a clean sweep of rejections to graduate school.
Don't listen to darklordofthesusy: Graduate schools do not expect you to continue the same research that you did in undergrad. That stuff is to help you figure out what you do and don't like. In all of my visits, the schools made that explicitly clear to us.
Now if you say that you only want to do one type of research and the school doesn't have it, then there's a problem. Do what research you WANT to do in undergrad and when you apply mention what specific research you're interested in at that school.
I think both DarklordoftheSUSY and hermitcrab47 have good advice and their experiences are important to learn from.
As DarklordoftheSUSY's experience shows, if you cannot show how your interest fits into the department, it will be very unlikely to get you in.
But as hermitcrab47 rightly points out, no one expects you to do the same research in undergrad as grad school. To be honest, undergrad research is pretty shallow and you're not going to be an expert in your subfield even if you do your thesis on it. So, it's not like if you did an undergrad thesis in X that you would have an advantage over other students who is starting grad school for the first time in X.
Undergrad research is the time to learn basic research skills that you can apply to all types of projects in all fields. It's also the time to experiment and try things that interest you.
So, ultimately, my advice to you is that if you are interested in string theory (or if that's your best opportunity right now) then take it and run with it. When you apply to grad school, you can just make sure to explain to them what you really want to work on and if that's not string theory, it's no problem. Also, if you are a junior or younger, you probably can have research experience in other fields before you start.
In undergrad, I worked 8 months on a cosmology project. Then 8 months in medical physics. Then a senior thesis on asteroids. My masters was in planet formation and my PhD thesis is on extrasolar planets. None of the grad schools I applied to expected me to be wanting to work on the same stuff I did before and in fact, some of them mentioned to me that they were especially interested in my application because of the diverse skillset I picked up from multiple research projects.
The most important thing will be to make sure if you express an interest in String Theory, that the school has a string theory group that is taking students (that will mean contacting the professor(s). Outside of the traditional big schools you've probably already heard about, the list of active string theory groups includes (from memory) UC's Santa Barbara and Davis (our group--called QMAP--is now huge following 4 hires), UVA, and U Penn. Be aware that most string theory groups take 0-2 students at the same time, with 2 reserved for when the second student is stellar.
For other schools, you just need to talk up your interest in research in general--a lot of the same mathematics is necessary for CMT as string theory, for instance, so that's an avenue to explore connections with. It's even fine to say that you're sick of string theory and want to work in a biophysics wet lab. But whatever you decide, you need to have a good reason for it.


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Republicans say Dayton's emergency education funding request isn't an emergency
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May 2, 2018 8:55 a.m.
Gov. Mark Dayton and Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius.
Tom Weber | MPR News 2011
More than 50 of Minnesota's 553 school districts are facing budget shortfalls this year. Some say they're going to have to lay off teachers and staff, increase class sizes, or cut extracurricular activities. Now, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton has asked the Legislature for $138 million in emergency funding. Dayton wants to draw on the state's $329 million surplus and spread the funds across all districts as additional per-pupil funding.
"These holes are just so big, they just keep coming and they're cumulative every single year," said Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius. "School districts try to keep up and keep their chin above water, but it's just getting more and more difficult."
But Republicans in the Legislature say it's not an emergency. State Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie, who chairs the House Education Finance Committee, say schools need a long-term solution to their perennial budget problems.
"It's a Band-Aid approach," Loon said. "It may help a few districts get through the year, but many reports I've seen of schools welcoming the additional money have said they're still going to move forward with cuts."
And with just three weeks left in the legislative session, Loon says it's too late to draw on the state's surplus.
"This surplus has been spent probably many times over with a lot of the proposals put forward," Loon said, noting proposals to use surplus funding for tax relief and toward pensions, a large part of which would go to teachers.
Loon said lawmakers and school leaders can get creative to come up with additional funding through other sources.
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Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM) are strong contenders for many applications requiring low torque pulsation and high torque density.
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Due to the quest for low-noise operation, it is clear that acoustic behavior of PMSM plays a key role in their overall suitability. Over the last few decades, many researchers have investigated possible solutions for noise mitigation in electrical machines. In general, the existing body of work can be classified into active and passive noise control methods.
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Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies has told Forest Player that young defender Jamaal Lascelles is likely to keep his place in the starting line-up for Saturday's visit of Blackpool (kick-off 3pm).
The 19 year old made his first league appearance of the season at Yeovil last weekend and his manager says the Academy graduate must now step up to the plate.
The Reds boss said: "Now is the time for Jamaal to have a run in the side and prove he can play at this level. He's got all the attributes of a fantastic centre back but he must realise the improvements he needs to make to his game.
The Reds boss will be unable to call upon the services of injured pair Kelvin Wilson and Danny Collins, but Henri Lansbury is available for selection again after serving a one-match ban.
His return, combined with the arrival of Sunderland's David Vaughan and an impressive midfield display from Gonzalo Jara at Yeovil, leaves the Forest boss with some difficult decisions to make for the visit of The Tangerines.
He said: "Unfortunately Kelvin and Danny will still be missing for this weekend but we're delighted to have Henri back from suspension.
Blackpool will be without six key players for the game as Chris Basham joins Barry Ferguson, Nathan Delfouneso, Craig Cathcart and Isaiah Osbourne on the treatment table.
On-loan Liverpool defender Jack Robinson is suspended after he was sent off against Blackburn last weekend.


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"Where should I go?" - Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up."
The Cheshire Cat. ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
RECORDS OF THE DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
The list and links below cover a wide range of Atomic Energy Commisssion and the subsequestly renamed Department of Energy programs, operations and organizatins between 1943 and 1973. Including Joint Task Forces 3, 7 & 132.
(Record Group 374)
Overview of Records Locations
Table of Contents
374.1 Administrative History
374.2 General Records of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP) 1947-55
374.3 Records of AFSWP Headquarters Organizations
374.3.1 Records of the Office of the Deputy Chief
374.3.2 Records of the Office of the Technical Director
374.3.3 Records of the Office of the Historian
374.3.4 Records of the Analysis Branch, Weapons Effects Division
374.3.5 Records of the Radiation Branch
374.3.6 Records of the Technical Library Branch
374.3.7 Records of the Security Division
374.3.8 Records of the Budget and Fiscal Division
374.3.9 Records of the Manpower and Organization Branch, Plans Division
374.3.10 Records of the Special Field Projects Division
374.3.11 Records of the Test Division
374.3.12 Records of the Weapons Development Division
374.3.13 Records of the Kansas City (MO) Area Engineer
374.3.14 Records of Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM
374.4 Records of AFSWP Special Detachments Assigned to Atomic Energy Commission Facilities 1943-52
374.4.1 Records of the military detachment at Oak Ridge, TN
374.4.2 Records of the 8453d Antiaircraft Unit, Special Weapons Detachment
374.5 Records of AFSWP Joint Task Forces 1946-55
374.5.1 Records of Joint Task Force 1 relating to Operation Crossroads
374.5.2 Records of Joint Task Force 2 relating to the Low Altitude Program (LAP) for testing atomic weapons
374.5.3 Records of Joint Task Force 3 relating to Operation Greenhouse
374.5.4 Records of Joint Task Force 7
374.5.5 Records of Joint Task Force 132
374.6 Textual Records (General) 1943-47
374.7 Motion Pictures (General) 1954-62
374.8 Still Pictures (General)1946-62
374.2 General Records of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
(AFSWP)
History: For a history of the Manhattan Engineer District, See 77.11. AFSWP established as an interservice agency, effective December 31, 1946, by a joint letter of the Secretaries of War and the Navy, January 29, 1947, with responsibility for discharging all military functions relating to atomic energy in coordination with the Atomic Energy Commission (established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 [60 Stat. 755], August 1, 1946, as a civilian agency and the sole agency responsible for development and use of atomic energy). With all other armed forces organizations, AFSWP subsumed under National Military Establishment (NME) by the National Security Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 495), July 26, 1947; subsequently under Department of Defense (DOD, formerly NME) by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 578), August 10, 1949. AFSWP redesignated Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA), May 6, 1959.
DASA mission and functions confirmed by DOD Directive 5105.31, July 22, 1964. DASA abolished, effective November 24, 1971, by DOD Directive 5105.31, November 3, 1971, with functions transferred to Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), established by same directive. DNA mission and functions updated by DOD Directive 5105.31, June 14, 1995. DNA redesignated Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) without further change of mission or functions by Change 1 to DOD Directive 5105.31 (June 14, 1995), May 31, 1996. DSWA abolished, effective October 1, 1998, with functions transferred to newly established Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). See 374.1.
On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) established as a DOD agency by DOD Directive TS 5134.2, January 28, 1988, with mission to implement the on-site inspection provisions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Mission expanded to include implementation of on-site inspection and escort provisions of various nuclear testing, conventional weapons, and chemical weapons agreements. Abolished, effective October 1, 1998, with functions transferred to newly established DTRA. See 374.1.
Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) established as a DOD field activity by DOD Directive 5105.51, May 10, 1985, with mission to implement DOD policy on the international transfer of defense-related technology, goods, services, and munitions. Abolished, effective October 1, 1998, with functions transferred to newly established DTRA. See 374.1.
Textual Records: Decimal correspondence, 1947-55.
Textual Records: Correspondence, 1945-54, including some of predecessor Manhattan Engineer District (MED).
Textual Records: Records of the Armed Forces-Atomic Energy Commission Panel on Radiological Warfare and of the Ad Hoc Committee on Underwater Atomic Weapons Testing, 1947-54.
Textual Records: Reports (including some of predecessor MED) concerning the evaluation and analysis of research and development projects, 1943-48.
Textual Records: Special projects file, consisting of correspondence and other records relating to the collection of data on atomic weapons effects and the development of radiological defense procedures, 1950-53.
Textual Records: Logs and journals, 1947-54.
Textual Records: Technical publications, 1946-50, 1955-73.
Textual Records: Counterintelligence investigative file, 1947-52. Records relating to security clearances and the international exchange of information, 1952-54.
Textual Records: Correspondence relating to budget estimates and justifications, 1947-55.
Textual Records: Organizational planning records, 1952-55.
Textual Records: Reports, budgetary records, correspondence, and records relating to Operation Wigwam, 1953-55.
Textual Records: Special operations file relating to special atomic weapons test operations, 1948-53.
Textual Records: Records relating to development, production, and administrative practices concerning nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, 1948-53.
Textual Records: Correspondence (including some of predecessor MED) relating to classified construction contracts and to monitoring of construction at Los Alamos, NM; Oak Ridge, TN; and Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM, 1946-51.
Textual Records: Correspondence (including some of predecessor MED) relating to atomic testing, test security, selection of test sites, atomic weapons development, and delivery systems, 1946-51. Records of the Technical Training Group, 1954. AFSWP Field Command Headquarters administrative records, 1951-71 . Records of the Sandia AFSWP, 1948-50. Publication record sets, 1946-51, and 1953-71.
374.4 Records of AFSWP Special Detachments Assigned to Atomic Energy Commission Facilities
Textual Records: General and special orders, 1943-52.
374.5 Records of AFSWP Joint Task Forces
Textual Records: Numeric-subject correspondence, 1946-47. Numeric file of the Bikini Scientific Resurvey Group, 1947-48. Records of the Office of the Director of Ship Material relating to the planning, preparation, and execution of all nonscientific matters in the operation, 1946. Incoming and outgoing messages, civilian and military orders, and personal history data, 1946. Commendation file, 1945-46. Letters, formal petitions, and other records relating to protests against the testing, 1946. Records of the Army Ground Group at Bikini, 1946, consisting of Operation Plan 1-46, with attachments; reading file relating to quartermaster activities during the operation; and test crew reports on the effects of radioactivity, heat, pressure, and blast on certain equipment.
Textual Records: LAP records, 1965-70.
374.5.3 Records of Joint Task Force 3 relating to Operation
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1949-51. Personal name file of orders and other records relating to the assignment, travel, and relief of personnel, 1950-51. Cost control reports relating to expenditures, 1949-51. General topic file and a supply administrative file, 1950-52. Incoming messages of Task Group 3.2 (Army), 1950-51. Correspondence logs and copies of outgoing messages of Task Group 3.3 (Navy), 1950-51. Numeric file of correspondence relating to the navy's role in Operation Greenhouse, 1950-52. Decimal correspondence of Task Group 3.4 (Air Force), 1950-51. General file, 1950-51.
Textual Records: General records of Operation Sandstone, 1947-48, with index. Decimal correspondence of the Intelligence and Security Section, Intelligence Division, 1947-48. Correspondence and other records relating to joint task force participation in Operation Castle, 1952-54. Decimal administrative correspondence of Task Group 7.2 (Army), 1953-55; and memorandums, letters, and court-martial orders, 1953-55. Messages of Task Group 7.3 (Navy), 1952; numeric-subject file relating to Operation Ivy, 1952-53; and histories, 1948-53. Subject file of Task Group 7.6 (Joint Radiological Safety Group), relating to conduct of radiological safety operations performed as part of Operation Sandstone, 1947- 48.
Photographs: Highlights of Operation Sandstone, and the preparation, explosions, and effects at Eniwetok Atoll, including some in color, 1947-48 (OS, 102 images).
Textual Records: Correspondence relating to Operation Windstorm, 1950-52. Histories and other papers of previous operations of Task Group 132.2 (Army), 1949-52. Decimal file of Task Group 132.4 (Air Force), 1952; and general file, 1951-52, relating to its participation in Operation Ivy.
374.6 Textual Records (General)
Records of AFSWP, Los Alamos, NM 1943-47.
374.7 Motion Pictures (General)
Air Force training films, 1954-62, used by the Nuclear Weapons School (1969-71), pertaining to various phases of atomic weaponry, including inspection, safety precautions, radiological detection, shipping, prefiring preparation, firing, and radiological anticontamination procedures (20 reels).
374.8 Still Pictures (General)
Photographs of atmospheric nuclear testing at Pacific island and Nevada test sites, 1946-1962 (DNA, ca. 1050 images).
See Photographs under 374.5.4.
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One of the best cinematic experiences of last year, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2 is finally hitting 4K, Blu-ray and DVD.
James Gunn, writer/director of the first Guardians Of The Galaxy returns for the second instalment of his three-part series. It's unclear what direction the franchise will take after Guardians Of The Galaxy 3. Gunn has confirmed that this will end the current character lineup as we know it.
Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt, Jurassic World,), Gamora (Zoe Saldana, Live By Night, Avatar), Drax (Dave Bautista, Spectre, Blade Runner 2049), Rocket (Bradley Cooper, American Sniper), Baby Groot (Vin Diesel, Fast And The Furious, XXX,) all reprise their roles for the hugely anticipated sequel.
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2 opens with the adorable Baby Groot breaking-out some impressive dance moves. Immediately catching the hearts of the viewer, we watch him dance to one of the films many classic tracks from Awesome Mix: Volume 2. When the gang arrive to collect a bounty from the high-priestess of the Sovereign people, Rocket foolishly resorts to thievery. His careless actions ignite a war, putting our intergalactic heroes in danger.
There to help save the day is Star-Lord's father, Ego, (Kurt Russell). We learn more about Ego's heritage and past, and who he really is. Star-Lord learns that there is much more to his destiny than he could ever have imagined.
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2 is bigger, and packed with more jokes than the first film. We're introduced to more interesting characters, each with their own story to tell. We also learn a lot more about how the Guardians got to where they are now. These new characters and the development of the characters we already know gives Gunn plenty of material for future movies set in this huge galaxy
It is reported that director James Gunn wants a spin-off series with the character Nebula (Karen Gillan)
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2 wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for an amazing soundtrack. Awesome Mix: Volume 2 plays a huge part in the film and provides the perfect accompaniment for this retro sci-fi comedy.
Artists ranging from Fleetwood Mac, Sam Cooke, to George Harrison. There isn't a single tune on Awesome Mix: Volume 2 that won't get your feet tapping.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. Though we try to adhere to that, there is just so many things to say about this one.
We're thankful that Victoria's Secret is making changes, because lets face it, time and time again, it hasn't. While we were thrilled they were expanding their size range and we are loving the gender neutral clothing, it's who they chose as their first male model that has us going huh?
Never Have I Ever star, Darren Barnet has made history by becoming the brands first male model.
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"I can finally share the news! am honored to be joining @vspink as a brand ambassador! I will helping to launch new styles in their gender free collection while also supporting their initiatives in empowering young adults and mental health awareness. I am beyond excited to share some of these new styles but I am even more grateful that I can be a part of a good cause. I wish mental health was more of a focus when I was a teenager and my hope is that we can reach those young adults who need to be heard and supported most. ❤ Stay tuned for updates and check out the gender free collection at PINK.com" Barnet wrote on his social media post announcing the news.
Amy Hauk, CEO of Pink, said that Barnet was the obvious choice, because he was a positive role model. And yes, we're not saying that he isn't. But we're just baffled by this choice.
"As we focus on expanding our gender-free offerings and continue to evolve as a brand, we want to ensure our partners not only represent the diversity of our customers, but also embody individuality and self-confidence," she said in a statement.
I mean, if we're being honest, Victoria's Secret had the opportunity to do something real here. They had a chance to hire some diverse models, real people, and more. Darren Barnet doesn't make me want to buy Pink. It makes me think that once again, the company is missing the mark on how they can be inclusive and make changes.
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The company is stuck on the celebrity of it all, it feels. But personally, we wish they would have gone the Aerie route and done the campaign with people that we all could relate to.
And Darren Barnet misses that mark for us.
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Melissa Harvey (Jr. • Kingsford, Mich.) was UW-Oshkosh's lone individual winner as the Titans dropped a 145-97 decision to the Northern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team on Saturday (Nov. 6) in Marquette, Mich.
Harvey paced UW-Oshkosh by winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:28.09 and finishing second in the 100-yard backstroke with a performance of 1:05.81.
The Titans also won the 200-yard freestyle relay as Hannah Forcey (Fr. • Appleton), Marissa Graff (Fr. • Houghton, Mich.), Emily Shandley (So. • Oak Creek) and Samantha Sommers (Jr. • Suamico) swam to a time of 1:46.52.
Northern Michigan University had four individuals win two events, including Kellie Vander Baan who placed first in both the one- and three-meter diving categories with scores of 259.50 and 268.85, respectively. Gaby Alzaga won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.47 and the 100-yard backstroke with a swim of 1:00.23, while Kelsey Sipple won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events with efforts of 25.87 and 56.58, respectively. The NCAA Division II Wildcats also had Lindsay Stedman win the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle events with times of 5:35.82 and 11:23.69, respectively.
Sommers contributed a pair of second-place individual finishes for UW-Oshkosh by recording times of 27.26 in the 50-yard freestyle and 1:05,78 in the 100-yard butterfly. The Titans also had four other second-place efforts as Graff posted a time of 11:41.33 in the 1,000-yard freestyle, Shandley a mark of 2:04.36 in the 200-yard freestyle, Leanne Bowen (So. • Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) a score of 180.45 in the three-meter diving and Katie Duffey (So. • McFarland) a performance of 2:28.19 in the 200-yard individual medley.
Allison Booth (Fr. • Middleton) led UW-Oshkosh's third-place listings by notching scores of 215.92 and 180.35 in the one- and three-meter diving events, respectively. Other third-place finishes went to Graff in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:45.72, Shandley in the 100-yard freestyle with an effort of 57.23, Elizabeth Johnson (Fr. • Madison) in the 100-yard backstroke with a performance of 1:25.13 and Heather Statz (Sr. • Sun Prairie) in the 200-yard freestyle with a value of 2:13.91.
UW-Oshkosh finished second in the 200-yard medley relay as Johnson, Vanessa Jagodinsky (Fr. • Green Bay), Lauren Klasen (Fr. • Green Bay) and Karen Thompson (Fr. • Brookfield) registered a time of 2:03.39.
UW-Oshkosh competes in a dual meet against UW-Eau Claire on Saturday (Nov. 13) in Eau Claire.


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You couldn't blame bowlers for cursing the day Shakera Selman inspired India's Jemimah Rodrigues to pursue cricket, but the West Indies star wears it as a badge of honour.
Rodrigues recently posted a picture on Instagram of her with Selman aged 13 and, six years on, the pair will share a stage at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.
The Barbadian seamer – who made her T20I debut in 2008, when Rodrigues was seven – is proud to have planted a seed in one of the world's most exciting young batters.
"Honestly, I just felt really great to have inspired someone and Jemimah has impressed a lot," said Selman, who also coached 7-11-year-olds in Barbados.
"She is a really good cricketer and it meant a lot to see that this young girl that I met ten years ago is on the world stage now and dominating.
"My main goal is always to inspire and help however I can. So whenever I go home I try to help out and bring through other youngsters back in Barbados whenever I get the chance.
"Some of the girls who watched us are actually playing with us now, like Aaliyah Alleyne, and it is commendable, and I am happy to see that."
The pair won't meet on the field in the group stage, with India placed in Group A and West Indies in Group B, but could face one another in the knockout stages.
West Indies appear to have all bases covered in their pace attack, with youth in the shape of World Cup debutants Alleyne and Cherry-Ann Fraser and experience in Shamilia Connell and Selman.
They'll also profit from the experience of a Caribbean cricketing legend during the tournament with Courtney Walsh joining the team as a bowling coach.
Selman, 30, has been in the wars of late with persistent knee injuries throughout 2019 and a scare in warm-up defeat to India as she was stretchered off after a head injury running back to take a catch.
Selman is confident in her physical condition but emphasised the strength in depth that sits behind her, particularly with world-class spinners Anisa Mohammed and Afy Fletcher.
"I have been struggling with my knee for a number of years," she revealed.
"In 2017 I had surgery; I tore a meniscus and I also messed up my ACL. I was out for a couple of months but then I came back into the game and got through the 2018 World Cup pretty well.
"But then it flared up again when we got to England last year. So in the last ten months I have only played two international games, but it feels really good to be back.
"I don't feel undercooked, I back my experience. I have been around the game for a long time and I am just trusting the process.
"We have five pace bowlers on this trip but we also have a quality spin bowling attack who have Big Bash experience so know the conditions. Hopefully they can back up the pacers."
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Syfy Announces New Shows, Debuts a New Look
By Kasandra Brabaw 2017-05-11T18:39:31Z Entertainment
As part of a mid-June "reboot," Syfy is debuting a new logo and aesthetic for the TV channel.
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Exciting news, sci-fi fans! The Syfy TV channel has announced several new upcoming shows, and is planning a "reboot" for mid-June, when it will refresh its look and officially launch a new website aimed at fans of science-fiction shows.
Ahead of the channel's 25th anniversary in September, Syfy — the channel that hosts space adventures such as "The Expanse" and fantasy series such as "The Magicians" — will revamp its design and programming to focus on fandom.
"As the only television network dedicated to the genre 24/7, we're building the ultimate universe for this passionate community to call home," Chris McCumber, president of entertainment networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, said in a statement provided to Space.com. ["The Expanse" Authors Talk Space's Epic Size and Crazy Sci-Fi Tech]
New original series
Perhaps the most exciting news for sci-fi and fantasy fans is the reveal of multiple upcoming original shows.
While Syfy has always had great shows — think "Battlestar Galactica" — the channel is planning to expand its programming in four areas: science fiction, fantasy, the paranormal, and superheroes and comics.
The network has at least three exciting new shows currently in development.
"Happy!" will be the television adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name, which follows the life of Nick Sax, a former detective turned assassin with a serious drug addiction. Christopher Meloni will star when the show premieres.
An unusual Superman origin story is also coming to Syfy. "Krypton," which will premiere in 2018, will follow Seg-El, Superman's grandfather, as he attempts to protect his planet. The story shows the beginning of Krypton's decline. Cameron Cuffe will play Seg-El.
The network is also working to bring a show called "Nightflyers," which is based on a novella of the same name by author George R. R. Martin), to life. His novels form the basis of the HBO hit show "Game of Thrones." The novella follows a group of scientists who travel to space in search of a mysterious alien creature and are thwarted by their spaceship's AI.
These three shows join Syfy's previously announced new lineup, including "Brave New World," "Hyperion" and "Stranger in a Strange Land." Syfy is also in partnership to develop a TV franchise for "The Purge," following the popular horror movie series.
In addition, Syfy also announced that the channel now has the rights to air the "Harry Potter" movies as well as the spin-off "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in 2018, as well as 14 Marvel movies over the next four years.
A brand-new look
June 19, Syfy channel is rolling out a new typeface and colors on Syfy.com and its social media accounts, as well as a new expanded newswire and a brand-new logo.
"This is not a simple cosmetic face-lift. This isn't just a logo refresh," Alexandra Shapiro, executive vice president of marketing and digital for entertainment networks at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, said at a news conference May 9. "This is a wholesale change, top to bottom."
After the refresh, Syfy will look more like a channel you'd expect to be showing ... well, sci-fi, representatives said. Instead of the channel's current rounded font, Syfy will use a big, bold typeface with harsh edges. Instead of its current bright yellow, the new logo will be neon green. "We'll be adding a personality to everything we do," Shapiro said.
An expanded newswire
Syfy has always had a website for fans of its shows to discuss them in forums and get the latest news, but now it will be expanding that service beyond just Syfy shows.
"Think what E News is to Entertainment Weekly," Shapiro said. The newly branded Syfy Wire, previously called Blastr, aims to be a destination for sci-fi and fantasy fans to get up-to-date on all of their favorite shows, including shows and movies outside Syfy's network.
The expanded website will do more than just provide an area for fans to talk about television, though, Shapiro said. He added that Syfy Wire "will allow us to dive deep, to analyze, to explore, spark debate across genre movies, TV, books, comics, video games, space, and technology."
Syfy Wire already features original articles and videos about fan-favorite properties such as "Deadpool," "Hellboy," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Star Wars."
Space enthusiasts may be particularly excited about a section called Bad Astronomy, a blog column from astronomer Phil Plait that is about actual science. Bad Astronomy appeared on Syfy's website a couple of months ago, in early February, and it will bring a touch of science fact to the site's science-fiction focus.
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Yamaha Announces American English VOCALOID4 Library "CYBER DIVA"
hightrancesea Uncategorized January 24, 2015
Yamaha has announced at the NAMM 2015 tradeshow the upcoming release of a female American English VOCALOID4 library called CYBER DIVA. Being Yamaha's first direct release of an English VOCALOID sound bank, CYBER DIVA is touted as being able to reproduce the natural pronunciation of a native English speaker, and it is expected to be available as a download to customers in the US during the first quarter of this year for 149.99 USD. A packaged version is also expected to be released in Japan in early February as well. There are currently five demo songs available on YouTube (1,2,3,4,5), with two songs created by UtataP and three songs made by a collaboration between CircusP and CrusherP. The recommended pitch range is from G2 to C4, and the recommended tempo goes from 60 to 180 beats per minute. The library will have only a single voice bank (and thus is not cross-synthesizable) but is touted to be able reproduce "rough" as well as "harsh" vocals through VOCALOID4's growl feature. The official website also posted an interview detailing the development process, showing the many problems that were encountered in the nearly two years of development.
According to the interview with developer Michael Wilson, the journey began in late 2012 with Yamaha sitting down and analyzing existing English voice banks to determine why English didn't sound very good with VOCALOID. Three conclusions were reached—the phonetic dictionary used to convert written words into phonemes contained a mix of British and American English, sometimes the audio didn't match the phoneme it was supposed to represent, and the presence of noise deteriorated synthesis quality.
In initial tests, the English project team discovered many problems that stood in the way of a high quality voice bank, the most egregious being the mislabeling of phonemes. Michael attempted to fix this problem by designing a new recording script (VOCALOID libraries are created from a recording where the voicer sings a special script that contains all the necessary phonemes), which made the resulting voice easier to understand due to higher consistency and less mislabeling. However, it did come at the cost of expressibility due to the shorter script being harder to sing.
The recording process went through four singers in total, two for the initial test before the script changes and two afterwards. Eventually the team settled on coaching one of the second group to sound more like the other person in the group and went through several hours of recording to go through the script several times. Michael talks about how they recorded three different pitches for diphones and triphones (sounds consisting of two or three phonemes, respectively, e.g. the diphone "he" and the triphone "ello" in "hello") and six different pitches for "stationaries" (phonemes that can be prolonged, like vowel sounds). The latter was much more than any previous English VOCALOID library to date. Being integral to the VOCALOID synthesis engine, the different pitches allow for a more natural synthesis result, since a singer will often sing the same syllable differently based on where it is in his/her pitch range. This library also incorporated 231 triphones per pitch, which is also the most in any English sound bank to date.
The process of turning the audio into a library and fixing pronunciation problems also had its share of problems. Being the only native English speaker on the team, Michael's concerns with particular pronunciation problems usually ended up being tabled by the rest of the team, and thus he recruited two other native speakers to tip the scales. Since more people were added to the team, team member Baba developed a bug tracker to keep track of all the pronunciation issues that needed to be fixed. Another problem faced by the team was that sometimes the synthesis would yield noisy results, and this was fixed by tweaking their excitation-plus-resonance (EpR) model in a similar fashion to that employed by the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, birthplace of the technology behind VOCALOID. Lastly, there were deficiencies in the standard English pronunciation dictionary that came with VOCALOID, so the team painstakingly developed a new custom dictionary whose 10,000+ entries were personally vetted by the native speaker team. Incidentally, this dictionary revealed an inefficiency in the VOCALOID software and it had to be fixed before the dictionary could be used.
Eventually, the product was "finalized" in March of 2014, but with the announcement of VOCALOID4 and its growl feature, some extra samples had to be recorded to include in the final release.
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Arimochi・「ありもち」 says:
Yo pensaba que hatsune miku era la "ciber diva" XDDD
lady gaga versión vocaloid


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Duquesne Honors Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
When Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stood to speak at the 2014 Time magazine's 100 Gala, she danced and laughed for several seconds before solemnly addressing the achievements for which she was being recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Her infectious positivity is a prerequisite for her challenging and highly emotional job. Since 2002, she has directed St. Monica's Girls Tailoring Center in Gulu, Uganda, where she helps to educate, employ and emotionally support young women previously abducted by and forced to fight for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in northern Ugandan and South Sudanese civil wars.
She has since opened another learning center in Atiak, Uganda.
She was recognized for her efforts with an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Duquesne University earlier this month as part of the school's 2015 annual Founders Week celebration, which has a theme of "Faces of Courage."
The Rev. Ray French, vice president of mission and identity at Duquesne, said that part of the school's mission is to "serve God by serving students so that they will serve others. And (Sister Rosemary) is the quintessential 21st century example of that."
She also has won the 2007 CNN Hero Award and the 2014 United Nations Women's Impact Award.
Founders Week at Duquesne celebrates the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or the Spiritans, who founded the university in 1878. It will be filled with special Masses, meals and speeches from members of the Duquesne community who have demonstrated courage in overcoming obstacles.
Sister Rosemary, a native of Paidha, Uganda, joined the Catholic order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1976. In 2011, she earned an M.S. degree in community leadership with a concentration in leadership in mission from Duquesne.
The part-time master's program is specifically for religious sisters and aims to allow them to integrate their spiritual formation and professional development. She attended classes at Duquesne's Rome campus.
In a phone interview from Vancouver, Sister Rosemary said she participated in the program because she thought it was a wonderful opportunity to communicate with religious sisters from all over the world. "Sometimes we have one thing we are doing, but we do not understand or share what is going on in other parts of the world," she said.
Sister Rosemary is the subject of the recently released book and documentary "Sewing for Hope," which highlight her work teaching the young Ugandan women to sew. That allows them to financially support themselves by making and selling school uniforms, cloth diapers and purses made from soda can tabs, which are sold in America by the nonprofit Pros for Africa.
The school also offers classes in catering, secretarial studies and computer programming.
The best compliment one can give Sister Rosemary is to acknowledge her emphasis on work ethic. "People don't want to be beggars, but they need work, and they need to be supported. They need to be educated to make use of their resources. And people need to know how important women are in contributing to the economy."
Seemingly equally important to Sister Rosemary's work is allowing the women to overcome the psychological trauma of their prior lives of hardship. Many of the women at St. Monica's, while under the rule of warlord Joseph Kony, were enlisted as child soldiers, forced to kill their friends or family members and raped by rebels or Kony himself.
Upon being released, many were rejected by their own families for fear that they had returned only to kill more people for Kony's army.
Many of them gave birth to children who were unwanted by the community because of their fathers' identity and, often, by the mothers themselves.
In a community of women who suffered similar tragedies, Sister Rosemary works to reteach them confidence and acceptance and to help them to love their own children.
When asked how she measures daily success at St. Monica's, she said that sometimes it's hard to see it from the ground, but she knows it's there.
"I measure success by seeing how the dignity of these women is restored" she said. "Many of them now are working with their heads up."
Spreading awareness is so important to her because "the more people get to know what is happening, the better, because it will help us to prevent it from happening again in the future."
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RealtyTrac has released year-end data from its 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows more than 1.2 million foreclosure filings were reported nationwide during the year, up 42 percent from 2005 and a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 92 U.S. households.
Oklahoma ranked 22nd with 15,586 foreclosures for the year, or one filing for every 96 households. Tulsa ranked 33rd nationally and reported one foreclosure for every 62 households.
Colorado, Georgia and Nevada post the highest foreclosure rates.
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Texas, California, and Florida report the largest number of foreclosure totals.
Texas reported 156,876 foreclosure filings for the year, the most of any state and nearly 13 percent of the national total. The state consistently reported big foreclosure numbers throughout 2006, documenting the highest monthly total eight times, and foreclosures for the year were up more than 14 percent from 2005. Texas' foreclosure total represented nearly 2 percent of the state's households — or one foreclosure filing for every 51 households — giving the state the nation's fourth highest state foreclosure rate.
Rising foreclosure activity in the fourth quarter pushed California's 2006 foreclosure total to second highest among the states. The state reported 142,429 foreclosure filings during the year, more than twice the number reported in 2005 and accounting for more than 11 percent of the national total. California's 2006 foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 86 households — or 1.2 percent of households – ranked 14th among the states.
Florida foreclosure activity remained relatively flat in 2006, up just 2 percent from 2005, but the state's foreclosure total still placed third highest among all the states. Florida reported 124,721 foreclosure filings during the year, a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 59 households — or 1.7 percent of households. The state's foreclosure rate dropped to seventh highest in 2006 after claiming the top spot in 2005.
Other states with 2006 foreclosure totals among the nation's 10 highest included Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, New York and Indiana.
Detroit, Atlanta and Indianapolis report highest metro foreclosure rates.


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Dublin, Ireland, 23rd May, 2016: Afimmune today announced plans to develop its anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory compound DS102 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients as well as in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients.
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/**
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     * @return {Boolean} `true` if this element is an ancestor of `el`, else `false`.
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     * @param {Boolean} returnEl (optional) `true` to return a Ext.Element object instead of DOM node.
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     * @param {Boolean} returnEl (optional) `true` to return a Ext.Element object instead of DOM node.
     * @return {HTMLElement/null} The matching DOM node (or `null` if no match was found).
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     * Walks up the dom looking for a parent node that matches the passed simple selector (e.g. 'div.some-class' or 'span:first-child').
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     * @param {Number/String/HTMLElement/Ext.Element} maxDepth (optional)
     * The max depth to search as a number or element (defaults to `10 || document.body`).
     * @return {Ext.dom.Element/null} The matching DOM node (or `null` if no match was found).
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    up: function(simpleSelector, maxDepth) {
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    /**
     * Selects elements based on the passed CSS selector to enable {@link Ext.Element Element} methods
     * to be applied to many related elements in one statement through the returned. The element is the root of the search.
     * {@link Ext.dom.CompositeElementLite CompositeElementLite} object.
     * @param {String/HTMLElement[]} selector The CSS selector or an array of elements
     * @param {Boolean} composite Return a CompositeElement as opposed to a CompositeElementLite. Defaults to false.
     * @return {Ext.dom.CompositeElementLite/Ext.dom.CompositeElement}
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    select: function(selector, composite) {
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    /**
     * Selects child nodes based on the passed CSS selector (the selector should not contain an id).
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     * @return {HTMLElement[]} An array of the matched nodes.
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        return Ext.DomQuery.select(selector, this.dom);
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     * Selects a single child at any depth below this element based on the passed CSS selector (the selector should not contain an id).
     * @param {String} selector The CSS selector.
     * @param {Boolean} [returnDom=false] (optional) `true` to return the DOM node instead of Ext.dom.Element.
     * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.dom.Element} The child Ext.dom.Element (or DOM node if `returnDom` is `true`).
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    down: function(selector, returnDom) {
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     * @param {Boolean} [returnDom=false] (optional) `true` to return the DOM node instead of Ext.dom.Element.
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     * Gets the parent node for this element, optionally chaining up trying to match a selector.
     * @param {String} selector (optional) Find a parent node that matches the passed simple selector.
     * @param {Boolean} returnDom (optional) `true` to return a raw DOM node instead of an Ext.dom.Element.
     * @return {Ext.dom.Element/HTMLElement/null} The parent node or `null`.
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     * @param {Boolean} returnDom (optional) `true` to return a raw dom node instead of an Ext.dom.Element.
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     * @return {Ext.dom.Element/HTMLElement/null} The previous sibling or `null`.
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I'm working with the BootLdrUSBFS module but I'm struggling to get the upgrader to work properly.
If I invoke the bootloader at the beginning of main.c, the upgrade does seem to transfer successfully however the changes don't stick.
If I invoke the bootloader after USB enumeration has occured I seem to end up in a hung state.
Is there some obvious things that I'm missing here?
Solved my own problem (fortunately!!).
Two issues were are work here.
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Robert Porter graduated from Guilderland Central High School in 1984. 2 years later he joined the United States Marines gaining training and experience in Criminal Investigation, Police work, survival and lifesaving skills, drug and substance abuse counseling and did a combat tour in Iraq during 2006-2007.
To accomplish this, He wants to reduce the over $12 million budget shortfall, in part by pressing New York State to acknowledge the amount of property that it holds exempt from taxes and to compensate the city adequately.
Citing "Urban Blight" he wants to provide families with more incentives to avoid foreclosures and make it easier for foreclosed properties to be purchased and returned to the tax rolls.
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Since his honorable discharge after over 21 years of service with the US Marines, Bob has been active in many community organizations doing charitable work including work with Habitat for Humanity, Veterans activities and services for children including Ronald McDonald House.
He is also an enthusiastic cyclist and as a member of the NRA, is involved in instruction in the proper use of firearms.
He has shared his experiences in articles and interviews with several publications related to cycling and the military.
He will be on the ballot this November 5th on the Republican, Conservative as well as the Libertarian line.
Mr. Porter has shown a genuine concern for his community and the City of Albany, it people and their needs. His training, knowledge and participation has earned him the endorsement of the Capital District Libertarian Party and we believe he should be the preferred choice of voters in Albany's 9th Ward regardless of their political affiliation.
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