The Ohio University wrestling team was recognized as one of the Top 30 Academic Division I Teams by the National Wrestling Coaches Association as announced Thursday (April 20).
Redshirt senior Cullen Cummings (Woodridge, Ill.), redshirt freshman Trevor Giallombardo (Gaylord, Mich.), redshirt sophomore Kade Kowalski (Nashport, Ohio) and redshirt freshman Joe Terry (Pickerington, Ohio) represented the Ohio wrestling team by earning spots on the 2017 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team, as announced by the league office on Monday (April 2).
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio junior wrestler Cameron Kelly (Bellbrook, Ohio) dropped his opening match in the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday.
Ohio junior wrestler Cameron Kelly (Bellbrook, Ohio) suffered a 5-3 decision loss to Purdue's Ben Thornton (27-11) in the second session of the 2018 NCAA Championships at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday night (March 15).
The Ohio wrestling team looks to kick off the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday (March 15). The first session is set to begin at 12 p.m. with session two beginning at 7 p.m.
The brackets have been announced for the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships the NCAA announced during the Wrestling Selection Show on Wednesday (March 7). The Mid-American Conference will play host to this year's Championships at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on March 15-17.
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. – The Mid-American Conference announced today the schedule for the 2018 MAC Wrestling Championships at McGuirk Arena on the campus of Central Michigan University.
The Ohio wrestling team is ready to kickoff action at the 2018 Mid-American Conference Championships in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Quarterfinals, consolation round 1 and championship Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday (Mar. 3) with action beginning at 11 a.m. ET. The consolation semifinals, 5th place, 3rd place and Championship matches are scheduled for Sunday (Mar. 4) with action slated to begin at 1 p.m. ET.
The 2017-18 Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championships pre-seeds were announced by the league office Tuesday (Feb. 27). The tournament is set for this weekend (March 3-4) hosted by Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Ohio wrestling junior Cameron Kelly (Bellbrook, Ohio.) has been named Mid-American Conference Wrestler of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday (Feb 21).
The Ohio wrestling team (4-9,2-5) closed out the 2017-2018 regular season on the road against Maryland (5-11, 0-9 B1G) on Sunday (Feb. 18) afternoon. The Bobcats suffered a 33-14 loss to an impressive Maryland squad. Cameron Kelly, Mario Guillen and Hunter Yeargan each recorded a win for Ohio.
The Ohio wrestling team (4-8, 2-5) suffered a close 20-12 loss to American University (7-6, 3-3) in Bender Arena on Saturday (Feb. 17) evening.
The Ohio wrestling team (4-7, 2-5 MAC) will close out the 2018 regular-season schedule when the Bobcats travel to American (6-6, 3-3) and Maryland (4-11, 0-9 B1G) Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 17-18). Action is set to begin at 7 p.m. in Washington, D.C. on Saturday and at 3 p.m. in College Park, Md. on Sunday.
The Ohio Wrestling team (4-6, 3-2 MAC) hosted Mid-American Conference rival Old Dominion (8-8, 4-2 MAC) on Sunday (Feb. 11) the dual was canceled after the 165-weight class due to a medical incident. The match will not be made up.
The Ohio wrestling team (4-6, 3-2 MAC) will close out the home slate of the 2018 schedule when the Bobcats host Old Dominion (8-8, 4-2 MAC) on Sunday, Feb. 11. The dual will also serve as Senior Day for five Bobcat seniors. Action is set to begin at 1 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
The Ohio wrestling team (4-6) earned a 28-10 victory over Gardner-Webb (1-9) at the Convocation Center on Sunday (Feb. 4).
The Ohio wrestling team (3-6) will continue the home slate of the 2018 schedule when the Bobcats host Gardner-Webb (1-8) on Sunday, Feb. 4. Action is set to begin at 1 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio redshirt junior Arsen Ashughyan (Vandazor, Armenia) has been named HERO of the Week by herosports.com in the Division 1 Wrestling category, the site announced via Twitter on Friday (Jan. 26).
The Ohio wrestling team (3-6) recorded an exciting 34-6 victory over Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois to close out a weekend of MAC competition in the Convocation Center on Sunday (Jan. 21). Highlights of the match included pins by Ohio redshirt juniors Austin Reese and Arsen Ashughyan and a technical fall by junior Cameron Kelly.
The Ohio wrestling team (2-6) suffered a tough 18-13 loss to longtime Mid-American Conference rival Kent State (11-6) on Friday evening (Jan. 19) in the Convocation Center.
The Ohio wrestling team (2-5) will take a break from traveling to host two Mid-American Conference duals over the weekend (Jan. 19-21). The Bobcats will first take on Kent State (10-6) at 7 p.m. on Friday followed by a day to recover then the action starts again at 2 p.m. on Sunday in a battle with Northern Illinois (2-4.).
After earning wins in nine out of the 10 weight-classes, the Ohio wrestling team (2-5) earned a big 37-6 victory over VMI while on the road on Saturday (Jan. 13) at Cormack Hall in Lexington, Va.
The Ohio wrestling team will (1-5) hit the road again this weekend as the Bobcats take on VMI in Lexington, Va. on Saturday (Jan. 13). Action is set to begin at 5 p.m. in Cormack Hall.
The Ohio wrestling team (1-5) suffered a tough 29-9 loss to Mid-American Conference rival Central Michigan on Sunday (Jan. 7) in McGuirk Arena.
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio wrestling team picked up their first dual win of the season, 21-17 over Mid-American Conference foe Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center Friday.
The Ohio wrestling team (0-4) is set for a weekend of Mid-American Conference action Jan. 5-7. The Bobcats will first play host to Eastern Michigan on Friday (Jan. 5) at 7 p.m. then travel to Central Michigan to compete with the Chippewas on Sunday (Jan. 7) at 2 p.m.
Redshirt senior Cullen Cummings (Woodridge, Ill.) and redshirt junior Zack Parker (Felton, Del.) led the way for Ohio in their respective classes in the 55th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30).


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By Karen Topham January 15, 2023 January 15, 2023 Chicago Reviews
Photo by Jenn Udoni (he/they) – Franco Images Photography
"Cages or wings: Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby, don't say the answer; actions speak louder than words."
These lyrics, from the song "Louder Than Words," which comes near the end of Boho Theatre's powerful, honest, and emotional production of Jonathan Larson's "other" play, tick…tick…BOOM!, pretty much contain the musical's most important message. They also contain the germ of director Bo Frazier's inspiration to cast only transgender and gender non-conforming performers. Every TGNC person, Frazier told me, at some point has to "choose cages or wings: whether to live a lie and conform to societal pressure or blaze a trail and live a life of personal truth."
It is utterly clear which path Frazier and Larson want them to take.
The show, only the third production ever in Chicago, focuses on Larson's struggling efforts to create his first musical, which he called "Superbia." That show proved too unwieldy for Broadway, but no less a personage than Stephen Sondheim praised Larson's craft and encouraged him to write more. Tick…tick…BOOM! was the result: a small-cast autobiographical musical in which three actors take on many parts to tell a story about an artist's struggles—territory that Larson would explore again in his Pultizer Prize-winning Rent.
Alex Phan (he/they) stars here as "Jon," the Larson character, while Luke Halpern (they/he/she) is Larson's girlfriend Susan, and Crystal Claros (they/he/she) takes on the role of his best friend Michael. Both of these latter actors also play other roles. An onstage four-piece band under the leadership of music director Harper Abigail Caruso provides a lively and exuberant rock accompaniment. Phan themself (as Jon) plays solo on the keyboard for the painful and plaintive "Why."
Phan is a completely likable performer with whom the audience can easily identify. Their boyish good looks and clear vocals—powerful in rocking moments, lovely and even melancholy in quieter ones—build an instant connection with the on-the-verge-of-thirty Jon, and Phan's ardently moving performance does the rest. The show's first song, "30/90," allows Phan an emotive pathway to explore the playwright's frustration with how much time he has spent with so little result. "Clock is ticking, that's for certain," he complains, while within him the constant sound of some kind of bomb (the "tick…tick…boom" of the title) threatens to destroy him.
Halpern's Susan is a joy, as is also their turn as Jon's agent Rosa. Both roles allow them opportunities to strut their stuff. Susan is the more developed and nuanced character by far; the hilarious Rosa is almost purely defined by her gruff smoker's voice and flat affect. With Susan, though, Halpern is able to be playful (especially as they dance flirtatiously in a miniskirt) as well as poignant. Susan is tired of New York as well as keeping her own dance career on hold for Jon; she wants them both to move to Cape Cod, but she knows their time together is coming to an end.
"Why do we stay with lovers who we know, down deep, just aren't right?" she asks. The answer comes in a dark echo of the loneliness that she feels: the knowledge that she and Jon would both rather "put ourselves through hell than sleep alone at night."
Larson's script doesn't really afford enough room to explore this dynamic fully. (The Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed film version clocks in at about twenty minutes longer than the 90-minute stage version, and much of that time is spent fleshing out some of the more compelling relationships.) But Halpern's and Phan's sensitive performances help us to feel the pain of their characters' failure. As Halpern's other major character, Kerissa, in the showstopping number "Come to Your Senses," laments, "We sure put on a show. Love is passe in this day and age; how can we expect it to grow?"
Claros (who also plays Jon's father in several short and funny moments) is excellent as the upwardly mobile Michael, whom Jon envies for his car and apartment but not for his "sellout" job in advertising. That apartment is the subject of the jubilant song "No More," in which an ecstatic Michael declares how much he loves his new life: "No more faulty wiring, no more painted floors, no more spitting out my Ultra Brite on top of dirty dishes in the one and only sink." (The Bohemian life celebrated by the main characters in Rent clearly has its drawbacks.) Claros, who is also quite funny later as a frustrated convenience store owner, gets the opportunity later to shine in a more serious mode. Michael is holding something back from his interactions with his friend, and it occasionally comes through subtly on Claros' face even before Michael tells Jon, a nice bit of acting.
Larson was too good a playwright not to add in some wonderfully whimsical and comic moments. Chief among these is his inventive and playful exploration of the breakdown of Jon's and Susan's relationship in the song "Therapy": "I feel bad that you feel bad about me feeling bad about you feeling bad about what I said about what you said about me not being able to share a feeling." Equally brilliant is Jon's irritated take on having to work shifts at a local diner. Structured as a parody of Sondheim's "Sunday" (from Sunday in the Park With George), the song finds Jon musing about the idiocy of his clients: "Sunday in the blue, silver chromium diner on the green, purple, yellow, red stools sit the fools who should eat at home. Instead, they pay on."
This is, however, Frazier's vision from start to finish. They told me that "it is so important to humanize the TGNC community with this production. So often we are demonized in the media and fetishized on dating apps, but I truly want to normalize our existence." This is not just a production for that community though. "We are presenting a relatable story that many audience members will be familiar with, just this time we have different identities on stage," they said, and the three actors do their best to make that happen.
It's not really possible to completely forget about Halpern's tightly-trimmed beard or Claros' soprano voice, but that is entirely intentional, and the wonderful thing is that such issues simply make no difference. The audience accepts them in these roles because the actors demand it. Frazier said that "it definitely adds an extra layer of nuance to our production," but the reality is that everyone understands "that feeling of being lost, your life not being what you thought it would be, and trying to find your way in the world."
After the opening night show, I caught up with Frazier briefly. Smiling, they told me, "I think maybe the show actually works better with a TGNG cast." I completely agree. Sometimes, an inspiration just works perfectly.
Tick…tick…BOOM! is playing through February 5 at The Edge Theatre, 5451 N Broadway, Chicago. Tickets are available from Boho Theatre.
(Quotes from Bo Frazier previously appeared in The Reader.)
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Established by Govt. of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1978.
Conducting MBA Programme, Approved by AICTE and affiliated to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formerly U.P. Technical University) since 2001.
The institute has established ICCMRT ACADEMY OF HIGHER STUDIES with two undergraduate courses i.e. BBA, B.Com (Hons) to diversify its academic profile in the field of management from the academic year 2018-19. The undergraduate courses offered are affiliated to University of Lucknow, Lucknow.
Highly qualified & experienced faculty, focus on Quality Education.
Approved Faculty for Ph.D.Programme in Management from Uttar Pradesh Technical University.
Quality Summer Training, Excellent Placement record.
Wide experience of conducting Management & Computer P.G. Diploma Programmes.
Actively engaged in conducting MDPs, EDPs, management & computer training courses and research projects.
All students are required to complete their summer training as per schedule to report back to the institute for the classes.
Students who are allotted admission in MBA programme of this college through UPSEE-2017 are required to report within the date mentioned in their allotment letter. Students are also required to read carefully details as mentioned in link-ADMISSION GUIDELINES -2017, given on this page of the Institute.
A 10-days Entrepreneurship Development Programme is being organized by ICCMRT in collaboration with the Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, UP (IEDUP) from 15-06-2016 to 24-06-2016 for the final year MBA students. The programme is being organized under the auspices of Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ICCMRT.
The objective of this programme is to orient the students on entrepreneurship as a career option and providing training and guidance in setting up of their own enterprises after their education.
During this ten days training, besides the Faculty Members of ICCMRT and IEDUP, Dr. Tamanna Chaturvedi of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Dr. Parul Malik of Loqman Consultant, New Delhi, Motivation Expert Dr. Padma Iyer and other Experts of different fields will impart training to the students on the topics related to entrepreneurship development. The experts of District Industry Centres, Banks and Khadi & Village Industry Board will also address the students on the issues related to the enterprise opportunities and various financial schemes. Industry visit, market survey and project preparation will also be done during the training.
Before the start of the training, Thematic Appreciation Test and Entrepreneurial Competencies Mapping and Micro-Lab & Expectation Mapping of the students were also conducted.
A workshop on "Summer Internship: An Important Career Stepping Stone" was organized on 07.06.2016 for MBA students of ICCMRT. In the workshop, students were informed that summer training provides practical learning exposure and an opportunity to integrate career related experience into the professional MBA programme. It was also highlighted that the summer training would make students understand to apply knowledge and techniques learnt in the class room to real business problems. Students were given a detailed presentation about the importance of summer training in enhancing practical skills, opportunity to develop industry specific capabilities, strong team work skills and placement prospects and do's and don'ts of summer training and report preparation. All MBA students of the ICCMRT have been placed for summer internship for a period of 6 weeks in ITC, Pepsico, Coca Cola, Airtel, Religare, Reliance Securities, Haldiram, The week, Karvy, NTPC, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra, Indus-Ind Bank, Axis Bank, IFFCO etc.
Mancer Technologies conducted pool drive at ICCMRT Campus on 13/05/2016 with five colleges participating and finally selecting 2(two) students from ICCMRT.
Stock Holding Corp. Ltd & Vodafone carried out online hiring process in which SHCL recruited 2(TWO) and Vodafone offered 1(one) student job with them.
The Workshop was conducted on 25.04.2016 with the objective of creating awareness on entrepreneurship and exploring potentials of MBA students of ICCMRT to become an entrepreneur in future. The workshop was held by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of the ICCMRT in collaboration with IEDUP under the banner of "Bharat Bhavishya". Inaugurating the Workshop, Shri Ram Jatan Yadav, Director, ICCMRT said that MBA degree holders should prefer starting their own enterprise and expand so that more and multiple employment opportunities may be generated. The key resource persons of Workshop included Dr. Puneet Mohan and Ms. Vibha Tripathi, who emphasized on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities, producing, managerial and marketing strategies. More than 200 MBA students of the ICCMRT participated in the Workshop and about 50 of them expressed desire to aquire to more specialized training in entrepreneurship which will be conducted by the Institute in due course of time.
ITC conducted exclusive drive for ICCMRT Students on 10/3/2016, at their office and offered 3(three) students jobs with them.
With the aim of encouraging MBA students to become entrepreneurs and job provider instead of job seeker and providing necessary inputs in the form of training and technical guidance required for starting their own enterprise or diversifying family business after completing MBA course, the Institute has set up an Entrepreneurship Development Cell. For the smooth conduct of the activities of the ED Cell, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)_ was signed between the ICCMRT and Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, U.P. (IEDUP) on 3 rd March, 2016 in the august presence of Shri Shivpal Singh Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Co-operation, Govt. of U.P. and Shri Praveer Kumar, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, U.P. & Chairman, ICCMRT. The Chief Guest expressed his pleasure saying that ICCMRT has done a commendable job by signing an MOU with the IEDUP to set up this cell for the benefit of management students which will create ample self-employment opportunities. Shri Praveer Kumar, IAS, APC/Chairman, ICCMRT expressed that this cell would be able to cater the needs of the MBA students regarding awareness, guidance and technical support which would help them to opt for establishing their own enterprises and diversifying business.
On 26/02/2016, 99 Acers, conducted pool hiring process and 2(two) students were selected by them.
Off campus pool drive was conducted by Nav Chetena in which various colleges from Lucknow and Kanpur participated on 24/02/2016, 14 (fourteen) students were selected by them.
Mahindra & Mahindra conducted interview process at their office on 23/02/2016, for ICCMRT students and offered 2(two) students job with them.
Off campus pool drive was conducted by Policy Bazar in which various colleges from Lucknow participated on 23/02/2016, 17 (seventeen) students were selected by them.
The annual festival of the ICCMRT "Parwaaz-2016-Let the wings rise high…." was held on 18th -20th February, 2016 in which more than 500 students from various colleges, B-Schools and Universitities from across the Lucknow city participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. In the two days event 7 Academic (Business Quiz, Logology, Debate, Creative Writing, HR/Finance/Marketing Games); 13 Cultural (Singing/ Dancing/ StreetPlay/ Antakshari/ NailArt/ Card-making/Rangoli/ Collage/Face painting/ RJ Hunt/ Photography/ Scrap Art etc.) and 6 Sports (Badminton/Carrom /Chess/Tug of War/Kho-Kho/Lan Gaming) events were held.
The mega prize distribution ceremony was held on 20th February, 2016.
More than 200 prizes were distributed to the winners. Chief Guest of the Ceremony was Shri Shivpal Singh Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Co-operation, Govt. of U.P.. The ceremony was presided over by Shri Praveer Kumar, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, U.P. & Chairman, ICCMRT. Special Guests of Honour included Shri Kishan Singh Atoria, I.A.S., Principal Secretary (Co-operation), Shri Mukul Singhal, I.A.S. Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Shri Aditya Yadav, Chairman, Pradeshik Co-operative Federation.
ICCMRT students rocked the festival and won Gold medals almost in all major categories. The Champion's Trophy was awarded to ICCMRT. During the Prize Distribution the Institute also felicitated its best performers by giving away Academic Excellence Awards to Lucky Varshney, Pallavi Varshney and Sweksha Srivastava toppers of the MBA programme of Batch 2013-15; the best Summer Training Report to Ishan Srivastava, Shivangi Verma and Tanya Varshney; highest attendance award to Sakshi Kothari (Batch 2014-16) and Gunjan Singh (Batch 2015-17) of ICCMRT.
Off campus pool drive was conducted by Indus Ind Bank in which five colleges from Lucknow participated on 21/01/2016, 9 (nine) students were selected by them.
Efficient Energy Services Ltd conducted interview process at their office on 19/01/2016 for ICCMRT Students and selected 2 (two) of them.
Off campus pool drive was conducted by Spandan Spoorthy Micro Finance Ltd in which about ten colleges from Kanpur and Lucknow participated on 11/1/2016, 8 (eight) students were selected by them.
In the Annual Festival of IIM-Lucknow "MANFEST-VARCHASVA-2015" held on Nov. 20-22, 2015, total 119 students of ICCMRT participated in 15 events and 19 students participated in 'Young Leaders Programme'. Students won "GOLD MEDAL" in carom, name of students are Partinay Siddharth, Mohd. Yawar, Sapana Singh, Pratik Tiwari, Mohd. Farooq,Mani Gupta, Rahat Naaz. Saif Riyaz Ansari achived 'Best Sports Co-ordinator' Title.
On 6/11/2015 SuperHouse Group visited the campus and offered 2 (two) students job with them.
On 19/10/2015 Pepsi Co. conducted exclusive campus drive at ICCMRT and offered jobs to 14 (Fourteen) students.
Placements for the batch passing out in 2016 started at ICCMRT on 7/10/2015, with Airtel conducting exclusive drive at the campus and offering 3 (three) students jobs with them.
MBA final year students organized "Freshers' Function" a grand welcome party for the 1st Year students on 01.010.2016. Chief Guest Shri Shivpal Singh Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Co-operation, Govt. of U.P. highly appreciated the Institute for imparting high quality teaching, totally ragging free campus, and support to the students in proper grooming and their personality development. He also blessed the newly admitted batch of students for their bright future. Several cultural events & games competitions were held followed by DJ and Dinner. The highlight of the evening was Mr. & Ms. Fresher titles which were crowned to S. Shuja Abbas & Shikha Katiyar.
The following Senior Managers delivered lectures and interacted with the newly admitted MBA students Batch 2015-17 in the Orientation course held during 01.08.2015, 05.08.2015 to 06.08.2015.
The newly admitted MBA students will get an opportunity to attend a Retail Workshop and On The Job Training for a week from August 12-19 , 2015 which will be organized by Future Group (Big Bazar) at Lucknow.
Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Technical University (Formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University) is organizing a special camp for resolving any kind of problem related to examination result, mark-sheet, degree etc. If examination related issue of any student of any batch has not yet been resolved, they are required to submit details along-with necessary documents to the M.P.Cell latest by 26.9.2015 enabling the institute to compile the data and submit to the University within the stipulated time period. Students may also read the University circular dated 04.09.2015 website: uptu.ac.in in this regard.
The orientation course for the newly admitted MBA Batch 2015-17 was held from 1st -6th August, 2015 . Separate orientation course for those students who will be admitted in the UPSEE-2015 counseling process on August 8-9, 2015 shall be organized later. During orientation course students were made aware about Indian and Global scenario, opportunities and challenges of MBA education, competencies required to become a professional manager through various students activities and games, rules, regulations and ordinance of the MBA programme.
During the orientation course Guest Speakers from the Industries- Mr. Zubair Ahmad (ICCMRT Alumnus), Manager AV Sales Samsung and Ms. Parkhee Srivastava, Store HR operations, Future Group (Big Bazar) also addressed students on Industry expectations from management students and had an open interaction.
All students are required to complete summer training as per schedule and inform mentor and M.P.Cell in case of any deviation.
Orientation of the Newly admitted students to commence on August 1, 2015.
A mega pool campus drive for the MBA students was organized by the Institute on 19-20 March, 2015 at its campus. The pool campus was organized in the association with Altavista Rasava.
In the mega pool campus drive JARO Education, Capital Via, HDFC, KARVY, Money Capital Heights, Thyrocare, Moral Group of Companies conducted the rigorous process of recruitment which included written test, online test, group discussion and interviews. In this mega pool campus drive more than 400 students from 30 management institutes of Lucknow and Kanpur affiliated with U.P.Technical University and also students of Lucknow University participated. The companies shortlisted about 100 candidates for final job offers including 45 candidates from ICCMRT alone. Highest package of Rs. 5.50 lacs and minimum package of 2.20 lacs were given in the placement.
ICCMRT MBA 1st year students won several prizes in Zeal- 2015, inter-institutional fest of IILM, Lucknow. Main events in which the students excelled included Business Quiz (Gold Medal), Carrom (Gold Medal), RJ Hunt (Gold Medal), Be an Entrepreneur (Silver Medal), Treasure Hunt (Silver Medal), Creative Writing (Bronze Medal) and many more.
The winners included: Sapna Singh, Harshit Chugh, Abhishek Singh Yadav, Tejaswani Gupta, Saif Jamal, Saif Riyaz, Shraddha Johri, Mohd. Yawar, Khushboo Rajput, Deepak Chaubey, Prateek Jaiswal, Arpita Singh.
PARWAAZ-2015: The annual festival of the ICCMRT "Parwaaz-2015-Let the wings rise high…." Was held on 25th -26th February, 2015 in which more than 400 students from various colleges, B-Schools and Universitities from across the Lucknow city participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. In the two days event 7 Academic (Business Quiz, Logology, Debate, Creative Writing, HR/Finance/Marketing Games); 13 Cultural (Singing /Dancing/ StreetPlay/Antakshari/NailArt/Card-making/ Rangoli/Collage/Face painting/ RJ Hunt/ Photography/ Scrap Art etc.) and 6 Sports (Badminton/Carrom /Chess/Tug of War/Kho-Kho/Lan Gaming) events were held. The fest was inaugurated by Chief Guest Prof. R.K. Khandal, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow on 25th February, 2015.
The mega prize distribution ceremony was held on 26th February, 2015 and more than 250 prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest Shri V. N. Garg, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, UP/ Chairman, ICCMRT, Special Guest of Honour Shri Shailesh Krishna, IAS, Principal Secretary, Co-operation and other Guests of Honour Shri M.A.Ali, Chief Manager, REC, Shri C.P.Shukla, Shri R.L.Upadhyay,Ex-Directors, ICCMRT, Shri S.K.Saxena,Ex-Addl.Registrar/OSD, ICCMRT, Sri Ram Jatan Yadav, Director and Prof. Ajay Prakash, Principal, ICCMRT.
ICCMRT students rocked the festival and won Gold medals almost in all major categories. The Champions Trophy was awarded to ICCMRT. During the Prize Distribution the Institute also felicitated its best performers by giving away Academic Excellence Awards to Sneha Wadhwani, Pragya Sinha and Kumari Kalpana, toppers of the MBA programme of Batch 2012-14; the best Summer Training Report to Stuti Chaturvedi, Sweksha Srivastava and Pallvi Varshney; highest placement package awards to Salil, Stuti and Sweksha.
47 students and 4 faculty of the ICCMRT participated in the 'Shaping Young Minds Programme' (SYMP) organised by the All India Management Association (AIMA) on 07.02.2015. ICCMRT was institutional sponsor of this mega event. Main highlights of the event was that 8 students of the ICCMRT shared dais with the key speakers of the programme viz, Maj.Gen.Raj Mehta, Mr. Muzaffar Ali, a noted film maker, Dr. Aquil Busrai a noted H.R. expert, Deepak Vohra-Veteran Diplomat & Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Republic of Guinea Bissau.
Mr. Harshit Kumar Chugh and Mr. Abhishek Singh Yadav MBA 1st year students participated in the "Business Quiz" organized by Jaipuria Institute of Management on 6th December, 2014 and won the 2nd prize.
20 students participated in the Annual Convention of Lucknow Management Association on "Driving U.P. Growth through Power Sector" on 5th December, 2014, at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow. The convention was inaugurated by His Excellency Sri Ram Naik, Governor of U.P.
ICCMRT Students participated in the Annual Menfest organized by IIM-Lucknow and won the Gold Medal in cricket tournament on 23.11.2014.
A training workshop on "Personality Development & Interview Dealing Tactics" was organized on 19.11.2014. Ms. Anujita Jain, COO, Mr. Manish Porwal ,Managing Director, Alchemist Marketing Talent Soution, Mumbai and Mr. Sanjay Shrotryia, Senior Manager-Brand Marketing Tata Telesonices, New Delhi interacted with the students and shared valuable insights.
A workshop on Group Discussion Skills was organised on 14.11.2014. Mr. R. Agarwal, Project Manager, Tata Tech. Ltd. delivered on the theme, made presentation and held mock sessions.
A Workshop "Grooming Young Managers for Corporate Jobs" was organised jointly with Young Managers Forum of LMA on 3rd November, 2014. Ms. Shalini Singh, DGM HR Idea cellular delivered the key note address which was followed by interaction with the students.
Presentation of Summer Training Report carried out by the MBA students of the Batch 2013-15 was held from 26th September 2014 to 30th September, 2014 Students made power point presentation and highlighted main findings of the report before an expert committee.
MBA final year students organized "Fresher's Function" a grand welcome party for the 1st Year students on 24.09.2014. Several cultural events & games competitions were held followed by DJ and Dinner. The highlight of the evening was Mr. & Ms. Fresher titles which were crowned to Manish Gupta & Sakshi Srivastava. Varshant Tiwari & Anoli Singh were the runners up.
Last chance for admission against vacant seats:Candidates desirous of admission in MBA programme may participate in the last counselling of UPSEE-2014, registration for which is scheduled to be held on 5-6 August, 2014.
As per UPTU circular, the last date for registration in MBA programme is extended upto 04.08.2014.
Decument verification & registration on 28th , 30th & 31st July, 2014.
Fee Deposit: on or before the last date as mentioned in the UPSEEE 2014 Allotment Letter.
Classes will commence on August 1 , 2014.
Documents Required at the time of Registraion: Allotment Letter received from UPSEEE 2014,Receipt of Seat Allotment Fee deposited, Four recent and identical passport size photographs (with name and father's name on back), Caste and Income certificate (If eligible for Fee Reimbursement), Graduation Marksheets (all years/semesters), Intermediate Marksheet, High School Marksheet, High School Certificate, Migration Certificate -Original, Gap Affidavit (In case of gap), Domicile Certificate, if required, Medical Certificate, Character Certificate-Original, Blood Group Certificate.
Bank draft of 38,450/- (excluding hostel fee if required) in favour of "ICCMRT" payable at "Lucknow".
Hostel fee payable after allotment only.
All students are required to complete summer training as per schedule and inform mentor in case of any deviation.
Sneha Wadhwani student of MBA (Batch 2012-14) passed with HONORS and topped in the Institute.
All students of MBA (Batch 2013-15) are placed for Summer Training in various organisation/companies mainly Amul, Globus, HAL, NABARD, Vishal Megamart, PNB, SBI Life, JK Cement, ICICI Pru, NTPC, Future Group, IDBI Federal, Earth Infra, DLF, Business Standard, HCL, IIM Lucknow, Karvy, Tata Motors, Titan, Walmart etc.
SUMMER TRAINING WORKSHOP-2014: A Summer Training Workshop was conducted on 09.06.2014 in which detailed information about the process and method were given to the students so that they successfully carryout the Summer Training and also bringout a good Summer Training Report.
PARWAAZ-2014: The annual festival of the ICCMRT "Parwaaz-2014-Let the wings rise high…." will be held on 27 th -28 th March, 2014 in which various competitive academic, cultural, sports and informal events will be held. Large number of students from various B-school, colleges and universities will participate.
AIMA Quiz: ICCMRT students Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. Akhilesh Singh of MBA 1st year were Declared the winners in the All India Management Association (AIMA) 10th National Students Quiz -Regional Round on 04.3.2014. The quiz was conducted in the auditorium of the ICCMRT in which 80 teams from various colleges and universities participated. The Quiz was hosted by the Quiz Master Mr. Ajay Poonia from Delhi. The winners will participate in the National Round of the AIMA's Quiz Contest.
Inauguration of Girl's Hostel: Shri Shiv Pal Singh Yadav, Hon'ble Minister, Co- operation, Govt. of U.P. inaugurated the newly constructed Girls Hostel on 24.02.2014. Speaking on the occasion, he expressed hope that the hostel will provide comfortable and secure stay for the girls coming from distant places in MBA programme of the Institute. He also blessed MBA students for their better and bright future. Mr. Debashish Panda, IAS, Principal Secretary, Co-operation, U.P., Mr. Tota Ram Yadav-Chairman-PACCFED, Mr. Ram Jatan Yadav,Director, ICCMRT, Prof. Ajay Prakash, Principal, ICCMRT and many other dignitaries were present.
ICCMRT to host 10th National students Quiz (Regional Round) of All India Management Association (AIMA) on 4th March, 2014. Mr. Alok Ranjan, I.A.S., APC & IIDC, Govt. of U.P. and Chairman, ICCMRT will be the Chief Guest.
ICCMRT organised a Mega Pool campus recruitment drive on 16th January, 2014 in association with Vishal Mega Mart for the position of Management Trainee (Package : 3 LPA). In this campus drive students from Lucknow, Kanpur and Bareilly also participated. 9 Students through rigorous recruitment process-GD, online test and PI, were given on the spot offer letter. Out of 9 maximum two were recruited from ICCMRT.
30 students of MBA programme participated and acted as volunteers in the successful conduct of LMA Convention 2013 on the theme "Harnessing Human Capital for U.P.'s Growth", which was held on 27th November, 2013. ICCMRT actively participated in the convention as a partner Institution.
Summer Training Project presentation and Viva-Voce for MBA Batch 2012-14 will be held on January 13, 2014.
MBA second and fourth semester classes will commence from January 20, 2014.
ICCMRT students won 34 prizes ( 10 Gold and 24 Silver Medals) in OJAS 2013-annual event of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow organized from 30th October 2013 to 2nd November 2013.
Gold Medals won by Priyanka Singh & Prashant Verma (Face Painting and Collage), Varun Chaudhary, Ahmad Rafiq Faizi & Ranu Singh (Carrom-Boys), Salini Patra (Carrom-Girls), Yashwant Sharma(400 meter Race-Boys) , Divya (400 meter Race-Girls).
Silver Medals won by Pramod Jaiswal, Amit Kumar & Manish Upadhyay(Chess), Varun, Vishakha, Manish Gill & Gajendra Kumar(Ad-mad Shaow), Satyabhan (100 meter Race-Boys), Gaurav, Gajendra & Yashwant(400 meter Race-Boys), Himanshu Rashmi(Singing-Duet) & Kho-Kho.
Students of ICCMRT participated in Two days Inter-college fest "ZENITH" from 23th to 24th October 2013 organised by Department of Master of Business Economics (MBE), Institute of Development Studies, University of Lucknow. ICCMRT Students gave splendid performance by wining 33 prizes(25 First prizes, 7 Second Prizes & 1 Third prize) in 09 events.
First prize winner - Priyanka Singh, Rashmi Yadav & Prashant Verma (Flower Decoration), Gajendra Kumar, Deepak Sengar & Shriyam Srivastava(Tatoo Making) Nitish Singh, Prashant Verma & Priyanka Singh (College Making), Pankaj Verma, Nitish Singh, Ankur Rajput, Divyanshu Srivastava, Abhishek Dixit(Business Games), Himanshu Kumar Verma(Singing), Nitish Singh(JAM), Depaksangar, Gajendra Kumar, Alok Verma, Vijay Verma, Varun Chaudhary, Sriyam Srivastava, Vishakha Yadav, Pragya Sinha, Saumya Nair, Vikramaditya(Nukkad Natak).
Second Prize winner - Priyanka Singh, Ankur Rajput, Akhilesh Singh, Abhishek Dixit, Amit Agrawal & Saumya Chauhan (HR Games).
Third prize winner - Sonam Pathak(Singing).
ICCMRT nominated its 03 faculty members viz; Ms. Tina Khandelwal, Ms. Sushma, Ms. Kirti in the AICTE sponsored QIP on 'Case Based Learning in Business & Management' being organised by the IIT Roorkee from 7 th to 11 th October, 2013.
ICCMRT's Annual Freshers' Function-Aaaghaaz-2013 was held on 26.09.2013 in which final year MBA students organised a grand welcome ceremony to the 1st year students. Several cultural, games and quizzes were held followed by musical evening and dinner. The highlight of the evening was crowning of Miss. and Mr. Fresher titles to Divya Srivastava and Salil Kumar . Divyansh Srivastava and Kiran were the Runner-up. Amar Ujala was the media partner of this event.
National Water Development Agency, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India organised a Speech Competition on "Water Conservation" at ICCMRT on 25.09.2013. The competition was held in both English and Hindi languages. Prizes in cash and medals were given by the Chief Guest Mr. H.N. Dixit - Chief Engineer(North) NWDA - Lucknow, Director Mr.L.M. Chaubey and Principal Professor Ajay Prakash.
70 students of the ICCMRT participated in the 'Shaping Young Minds Programme' organised by the All India Management Association on 30.08.2013. ICCMRT was Co-sponsor of this mega event. Main highlight of the event was that 8 students of the ICCMRT shared dais with the key speakers of the programme viz, Gen V.P. Malik Former Army Chief, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudi M.P., Ms. Sindhuja Rajaraman, Head, Seppan who is the World's youngest CEO and Mr. Raghunath Medge & Gangaram Talekar, President & Secretary Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box (The Dabbawala's). These sessions were chaired by Mr. G.Pattanaik, IAS (Retd.), Former Vice Chancellor, University of Lucknow & Principal Secretary U.P.Govt., Dr. R.K. Khandal, Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddh Technical University,Lucknow, Mr. Arvind Mohan, Professor of Economics & Director Institute of Management Science, University of Lucknow and Mr. Jayant Krishna, Principal Consultant & Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services.
Decument verification, registration and fee submission - as per allotment letter UPSEE 2013.
All students are required to bring allotment letter, seat confirmation fee receipt, original and self attested copies of marksheets and certificates, character and migration certificates, 4 photographs, income and caste certificate (if applicable) and all other related documents for verification.
Bank draft of Rs. 41,000/- (excluding hostel fee if required) in favour of "ICCMRT" payable at "Lucknow".
Classes will commence from August 5, 2013.
Third Semester classes will commence from 12th August, 2013. All students are required to attend classes regularly.
MBA final year students Hari Mohan Singh and Deepak Singh won the second best paper presentation Award in the National Seminar on "Emerging Dimensions in Life Management : Present Scenario" organized by J.N.P.G. College, Lucknow on April 12, 2013.
ICCMRT students won the Champions Trophy in 'Lakshya 2K13', inter-institutional fest of Shri Ramswaroop Memorial College of Engineering & Management, Lucknow held on 13th April 2013.
Students excelled in several events and bagged prizes in HR Role play, Business Plan, Case Study, Business Quiz and Impromptu.
Srajan Kumar Singh, Shivangee Sharma, Rohtash Kumar, Rajkumar Kaim, Gaurav Yadav (MBA 2nd Year) and Anushree Dubey, Puneet Avtani, Pragya Sinha, Mayank Sharma, Vikramaditya (MBA 1st Year) won prizes.
ICCMRT celebrated Annual inter B-School Fest PARWAZ-2013 on March 20-21, 2013 and organized more than 25 competitive events( Academic, Cultural, Sports and Off stage) and awarded Gold and Silver Medals to winners. Dr. R.K.Khandal Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddh Technical University graced the Prize Distribution Ceremony as the Chief Guest and Mr. N.Krishnan CGM, NABARD as the Special Guest of Honour.
The institute also gave Academic Excellence Award to the Toppers of 2010-12,2011-13, 2012-14 batches and Star Achiever Award for highest package(` 5.60 Lacs) in the prize distribution ceremony of PARWAAZ-2013.
Once again ICCMRT team bagged Champions Trophy in PARWAAZ-2013.
Seminar on Union Budget 2013-14 " Opportunities and Challenges for Business & Industry" was organized on 04-03-2013. Mr. Prabhat Jain, Associate Vice President & Cluster Head (U.P.), Anand Rathi Group delivered the key note address and Mr. D.S.Verma, Executive Director, Indian Industries Association , Lucknow spoke on the theme with focus on MSME Sector. ICCMRT students also made presentations. A panel discussion was also held on the theme.
ICCMRT students won several prizes in Zeal- 2013, inter-institutional fest of IILM, Lucknow.
Main events in which the students excelled included Ad-Guru (1st prize), Business Quiz (2nd prize), HR Role Play (2nd prize), Photography (1st prize), Creativity Matters (1st prize), Treasure Hunt (2nd prize), Tug of War (2nd prize).
Basant Singh, Anushree Dubey, Srajan Kumar Singh, Punit Avtani, Saumya Nair, Sneha Wadhwani, Vikramaditya, Mayank Sharma, Abhishek Anjan Srivastava, Varun Chaudhary, Ankur Saini, Swadeep Pandey, Deepak Rai, Atul Kumar, Neha Singh & Shalini bagged medals and prizes.
ICCMRT students won several prizes in OJAS- 2012, inter-institutional fest of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Main events in which the students excelled included Business Idea (1st prize), Business Quiz (2nd prize), Creative Writing(2nd prize), Create A Brand(2nd prize), Solo Singing(1st prize), Group Singing(1st prize), Antakshari(3rd prize).
Shreya Goswami, Shubham Yadav, Shikha Singh, Abhishek Negi, Tushar Srivastava, Pragya Sinha, Srajan Kumar Singh, Shivangee Sharma, Saifali and Nitish Singh bagged medals and prizes.
Speech Competition-2012 : Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd., Lucknow (RECL) organized a speech competition on "Decisive Role of Corruption Free Society in the development of the country" on 02.11.2012 at ICCMRT campus.
Aaghaaz - 2012 : MBA final year students organized "Fresher's Function" a grand welcome party for the 1st Year students on 19.10.2012. Several cultural events & games competitions were held followed by a DJ party and Dinner. The highlight of the evening was Mr. & Ms. Fresher which was won by Puneet Avtani & Sneha Wadhwani. Abhishek Anjan Srivastava & Akriti Pandey were the runners up.
Industrial Visit: MBA final year students visited Yash paper Ltd. On 29.09.2012 and had a practical exposure on various aspects of production & operation processes, supply chain management etc.
the date.1st Semester classes of MBA (Batch: 2012-14) will commence on August 18, 2012 from 10:00 AM onwards. All allotted students must report and complete Admission formalities at ICCMRT on or before August 18, 2012. Ms. Pratima Verma, Assistant Professor has been selected to join Ph.D. programme at IIT, Kanpur.Summer Training Workshop held on June 6, 2012. MBA, 2nd semester students were given detailed information about the tasks and learning outcomes of the summer training and relieved for joining in respective corporate organizations.
MBA 1st year students organized a grand farewell party "Lamhe-2012" to outgoing seniors on 05.05.2012.
Mr. Ram Jatan Yadav, Managing Director- Rajya Sahkari Gram Vikas Bank ltd, Lucknow joined as Director, ICCMRT on 31.03.2012.
ICCMRT team comprising Punit Malhotra (2nd year) and Swati Singh (1st year) won the First Prize (Laptop each) in the Regional Level MTS Quiz-2012.
ICCMRT team comprising Shikar Verma and Piyush Jaiswal (2nd year) ranked 2nd in Economic Times Business Quiz- 2012.
ICCMRT team bagged Champions Trophy in Zeal 2012, inter-institutional fest of IILM AHL, Lucknow winning maximum number of medals in individual and team events.
ICCMRT celebrated Annual inter B-School Fest PARWAAZ-2012 on Feb 28-29, 2012 organizing more than 20 competitive events and awarding 156 Gold and Silver Medals. Prof. Kripa Shanker Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddh Technical University was the Chief Guest and Mr. Alok Ranjan, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, U.P./Chairman, ICCMRT was the Special Guest of Honour.
ICCMRT team bagged Champions Trophy in Parwaaz 2012, inter B-School fest of ICCMRT.
ICCMRT team comprising Shikhar Verma and Punit Malhotra (2nd year) ranked 1st in NTPC Electron Quiz-2011.
ICCMRT students rocked in Ojas 2011, inter-institutional fest of Jaipuria Institute of Management and won maximum number of prizes.
Garima Dixit (final year) ranked 2nd in inter-institutional Summer Training Presentation organized by SMS Institute of Technology.
Final year students went for industrial visit at Bhushan Steels and Jaybee Transformer, Chandigarh and excursion tour to Simla in January, 2012.


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This week we saw again how brilliant the WordPress Plugin framework is at giving us the ability to roll out plugin updates to users. On Monday the 1st of June 2015 we started an upgrade to the framework to harden security.
This task was a major change to the way that the framework handles writing css changes to the dynamic stylesheets that happens when an admin saves Changes that have been made with the Dynamic Stylesheet settings.
The upgrade was finished and fully tested in those 2 days. Over the next 2 days (Wednesday and Thursday) the new code was merged into the Framework of 51 plugins and released to users with these Security hardening upgrades.
We are currently working on a major feature upgrade to the a3rev WordPress Plugin Framework. Without giving to much away the Feature Upgrade is a mobile first UI and UX overhaul of the admin panel layout and settings. We how to start rolling that out early next week. Stay tuned.


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Twitter is considering expanding 140-character limit on tweets
Pop CultureBy Harry Lyles Jr. on January 5, 2016 January 5, 2016
Your hot takes might soon not be limited to 140-character tweets.
Twitter is considering expanding its 140-character limit on tweets, according to Re/code. The feature will allow users to tweet things longer than the traditional limit, and the company is reportedly targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1.
The limit is expected to be expanded to 10,000 characters, which is what the direct messages feature was expanded to in August of 2015.
The effort into removing the character limit is to bring potential users in, or those who have tried Twitter, but have been turned away because of the character limit, as well as the reverse chronological timeline.
Twitter has seemed to evolve pretty well over the years. The removal of the character limit in direct messages was received mostly with praise, as a character limit on them just seems unnecessary. The character limit in tweets has been countered with services like TwitLonger and Branch, and most popularly and effective, bloggers and journalists alike have posted pictures of bits and pieces from articles as a preview, with a link to the full text.
Depending on how the limit is removed, would be quite interesting. Re/code describes the removal as a feature. That would be a big difference from your general, average tweet's character limit being removed.
A feature would perhaps be better than making every tweet essentially limitless, since it would apparently look something like this:
Just wanted to show you how long 10,000 characters is. $TWTR pic.twitter.com/XPeeKFQJOe
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 5, 2016
That's a lot. That might be enough to burn whatever device it is that you're using to navigate Twitter if the take is hot enough. The internet might not be ready for that. It might also attract your uncle who hates three-point shots in basketball, instant replay, and touchdown dances to Twitter. You don't want that.
This note is also crucial.
if twitter ups the 140 character limit, all those joke tweets where the end of a sentence purposely gets cut off will no longer make any sen
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) January 5, 2016
Not to mention, a 10,000 character tweet just sounds like a blog post. As I mentioned before, a feature enabling more characters wouldn't be so bad, but every tweet?
Please don't.
[Re/code]
(editor's note: this blog post is roughly 2,000 characters long. Imagine five of these posts as one tweet!)


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ALS NEWS > Watchlist
The oligodendrocyte, a new player in ALS?
A loss of energy-rich metabolite-delivering oligodendrocytes in people with ALS may contribute to the onset and progression of the disease according to a new study.
Michelle Pflumm
Insular Messaging. Oligodendrocytes ensure that messages are delivered by neurons quickly and efficiently by insulating (myelinating) them. Adapted from Aubourg, P. (2007), Nature Genetics. Courtesy of Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
In people with ALS, the motor nerves deteriorate leading to muscle weakness and paralysis. Astrocytes and microglia, entrusted to support and protect these cells, turn traitor spewing out neurotoxic cytokines, contributing to disease progression.
ALS, however, is fueled by much more than a perfect storm of neurotoxic substances. Motor neurons face an energy crisis. And, scientists suspect, are without a plan B. Oligodendrocytes, which may help keep the power on in motor neurons, are also disappearing over the course of the disease.
Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine led by neurologist Jeff Rothstein MD PhD report that oligodendrocytes appear to be the main supplier of energy-rich lactate to nerve cells. And, cutting off the supply of this critical metabolite may lead to neurodegenerative disease.
These results add to growing evidence that the loss of oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord may contribute to the onset and progression of ALS.
The results are published online this month in the journal Nature.
Power hungry. Scientists found that ALS-ravaged motor cortex (a) expresses less than half the level of lactate exporters MCT1 and MCT4 than unaffected regions of the brain (b) in people with ALS suggesting that an interruption in the supply chain might contribute to the disease. Image: Lee, Y. et al. (2012), Nature. Courtesy of Nature Publishing Group.All rights reserved.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine team found that the principal lactate transporter, MCT1, is primarily produced by oligodendrocytes. And, in people with ALS, this delivery vehicle appears to be expressed over 50% less in disease-ravaged regions of the brain.
Together, these findings suggest that reduced delivery of energy-rich lactate by oligodendrocytes may contribute to ALS.
To put this theory to the test, the researchers disrupted the delivery of this energy-rich metabolite via injecting oligodendrocyte-specific MCT1 RNA-interfering lentiviruses in the mouse spinal cord. The team found that more than 50% of motor neurons near the injection site degenerated.
The results come just three months after a Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine team led by neuroscientist Klaus Armin-Nave PhD reported that oligodendrocytes may switch to lactate-producing mode to help neurons in energy need.
Looking ahead, these studies suggest that treatments which boost numbers of oligodendrocytes which can deliver this critical energy-rich metabolite may slow the progression of the disease.
To learn more about the emerging role of oligodendrocytes in ALS, check out Jeff Rothstein's talk at the 2011 ALS TDI Summit. To find out about approaches scientists are exploring to increase oligodendrocyte populations, read our recent feature, Exercise: stretching the limits of ALS care.
Fünfschilling, U. et al. (2012) Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity. Nature 485, 517-521. Abstract | Full Text
Kang, S.H., Fukaya, M., Yang, J.K., Rothstein, J.D. and Bergles DE. (2010) NG2+ CNS glial progenitors remain committed to the oligodendrocyte lineage in postnatal life and following neurodegeneration. Neuron 68(4), 668-681. Abstract | Full Text
Lee, Y. et al. (2012) Oligodendroglia metabolically support axons and contribute to neurodegeneration. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature11314. Abstract | Full Text
Nave, K.A. (2010) Myelination and the trophic support of long axons. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 11(4), 275-283. Abstract | Full Text
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If you have any questions, contact news@als.net │ 617-441-7200.


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Enid's Idyll2004
Directed by Lawrence Jordan
Lawrence Jordan used forty-six engraved Gustave Doré illustrations from "Idylls of the King" as settings for his extravagantly romantic saga. As Enid, the protagonist, is seen in a vast array of scenes from deep forests to castle keeps. Her champion is sometimes with her, sometimes away fighting archetypal foes. She dies and, through the magic of Gustav Mahler's resurrection symphony, lives again. Jordan explores themes of love, death and resurrection.
Poet's Dream 2005
Poet's Dream
The poet dreams a maiden's bubbles through edifices of forest and eclectic contagion.
Cosmic Alchemy 2010
Cosmic Alchemy
On ancient star maps of magnificent color quality, experimental animator Lawrence Jordan takes the viewer out of this world into a world of cosmic imagination.
Solar Sight 2011
Solar Sight
What's the place of the human being in the cosmos? More and more we think about what is "beyond." Less and less is art concerned.
Our Lady of the Sphere 1969
Our Lady of the Sphere
The young boy's travels through terror, death and the Underworld.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1977
Filmmaker Lawrence Jordan depicts the complete Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem entirely with Gustave Doré illustration.
The Sacred Art of Tibet 1972
The Sacred Art of Tibet
The making of THE SACRED ART OF TIBET was a long and arduous process. And, it made a deep impression in my life. The film culminated a long period of research into Northern Buddhist philosophy.


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(1) (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator.
(2) (Automatic Voice Recognition) See voice recognition.
(3) See A/V receiver.
(4) A family of microcontrollers used in embedded systems from Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA, www.microchip.com. Most AVR chips use 8-bit microprocessors except for the 32-bit AVR32. It is unclear what the name actually stands for; however, possibilities are "Advanced Virtual RISC" or "Alf and Vegard RISC," the latter being the first names of the Norwegian students who designed the architecture in 1996. See microcontroller and embedded system.


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Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) has raised $500 million in overseas bonds as part of its fund raising activity, a move that signals a stable currency regime and will help the railway arm to meet extra budgetary resources (EBR) target, a critical part of the Indian Railways capex.
According to a source, the five-year bonds received bids for thrice the amount on offer at a rate of 2.23%. Dollar bonds are pegged to the US treasury yields which has come down from 3.23% in early November 2018 to around 2.44% by the end of March 2019.
IRFC will add a spread of 150 basis points and will fund railway projects at 3.73%. The source added that given that the rupee has strengthened in the past few months, IRFC has opted to not go for currency hedging. The Reserve Bank of India norms does not require upfront hedging for bond issue up to $500 million. "Hedging, which come at an additional cost of 2.5-5 percentage points, can be done later at an opportune time in case markets become volatile," said the source.
The Indian rupee has strengthened 5% against the US dollar since November. Analysts believe that there is opportunity for Indian firms to tap overseas market given the rupee is stable and credit from the domestic banking channels have dried. "Global interest rates are softening and so it is a good time to raise overseas funds which are available at a lower cost compared with domestic funds," said Kalpesh Mehta, partner, Deloitte India.
Mehta, however, cautioned that usually an un-hedged exposure is taken by firms whose balance sheets have a natural hedge, that is inflows are also in the same currency in which it avails loans.
IRFC is entrusted to raise EBR for the Indian Railways. EBR is usually raised from financial institutions. As per a March 2015 memorandum of understanding between the transporter and LIC, the insurer was to provide a financial assistance to the tune of `1.5 lakh crore to the latter's identified projects between 2015 and 2019, and became a part of EBR. However, insurance regulator Irdai's single-entity exposure cap for insures had come in the way of the railway's plan to raise funds form LIC. While the IRFC was to raise `26,000 crore from LIC for FY19 as part of EBR, it could raise only `1,600 crore. The overseas bonds issue will help IRFC make up for a part of the shortfall due to non-committal LIC funds.
The overseas bond issue comes close on the heels of the Indian Railways set to raise $750 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through IRFC. As reported by FE earlier, a deal with ADB will be signed soon, and the money will be used to fund the transporter's plan to electrify 100% of its routes by 2021-22. The ADB fund does not carry currency risk as it will be provided in rupee-equivalent of $750 million. Recently, World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency backtracked from a proposal to arrange a virtual soft loan of $500 million to IRFC, which was to come at an interest rate of 5%.


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My best tip for branding a business is to first know your target audience. Your target audience is your ideal customers and clients which is who is going to buy your products and services. Your branding needs to speak to THEM. You should put personal preferences aside and always put the people most likely to be interested in your product or service first.
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The thought of having a new logo design and brand identity can be so exciting that many people want to skip right past the discovery phase. However, the knowledge gained in this phase determines everything that follows.
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"""
Unit tests for the utilities of the evennia.utils.utils module.

TODO: Not nearly all utilities are covered yet.

"""

import os.path
import mock
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

from django.test import TestCase
from datetime import datetime
from twisted.internet import task

from evennia.utils.ansi import ANSIString
from evennia.utils import utils
from evennia.utils.test_resources import EvenniaTest

class TestIsIter(TestCase):
    def test_is_iter(self):
        self.assertEqual(True, utils.is_iter([1, 2, 3, 4]))
        self.assertEqual(False, utils.is_iter("This is not an iterable"))

class TestCrop(TestCase):
    def test_crop(self):
        # No text, return no text
        self.assertEqual("", utils.crop("", width=10, suffix="[...]"))
        # Input length equal to max width, no crop
        self.assertEqual("0123456789", utils.crop("0123456789", width=10, suffix="[...]"))
        # Input length greater than max width, crop (suffix included in width)
        self.assertEqual("0123[...]", utils.crop("0123456789", width=9, suffix="[...]"))
        # Input length less than desired width, no crop
        self.assertEqual("0123", utils.crop("0123", width=9, suffix="[...]"))
        # Width too small or equal to width of suffix
        self.assertEqual("012", utils.crop("0123", width=3, suffix="[...]"))
        self.assertEqual("01234", utils.crop("0123456", width=5, suffix="[...]"))

class TestDedent(TestCase):
    def test_dedent(self):
        # Empty string, return empty string
        self.assertEqual("", utils.dedent(""))
        # No leading whitespace
        self.assertEqual("TestDedent", utils.dedent("TestDedent"))
        # Leading whitespace, single line
        self.assertEqual("TestDedent", utils.dedent("   TestDedent"))
        # Leading whitespace, multi line
        input_string = "  hello\n  world"
        expected_string = "hello\nworld"
        self.assertEqual(expected_string, utils.dedent(input_string))

class TestListToString(TestCase):
    """
    Default function header from utils.py:
    list_to_string(inlist, endsep="and", addquote=False)

    Examples:
     no endsep:
        [1,2,3] -> '1, 2, 3'
     with endsep=='and':
        [1,2,3] -> '1, 2 and 3'
     with addquote and endsep
        [1,2,3] -> '"1", "2" and "3"'
    """

    def test_list_to_string(self):
        self.assertEqual("1, 2, 3", utils.list_to_string([1, 2, 3], endsep=""))
        self.assertEqual('"1", "2", "3"', utils.list_to_string([1, 2, 3], endsep="", addquote=True))
        self.assertEqual("1, 2 and 3", utils.list_to_string([1, 2, 3]))
        self.assertEqual(
            '"1", "2" and "3"', utils.list_to_string([1, 2, 3], endsep="and", addquote=True)
        )

class TestMLen(TestCase):
    """
    Verifies that m_len behaves like len in all situations except those
    where MXP may be involved.
    """

    def test_non_mxp_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len("Test_string"), 11)

    def test_mxp_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len("|lclook|ltat|le"), 2)

    def test_mxp_ansi_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len(ANSIString("|lcl|gook|ltat|le|n")), 2)

    def test_non_mxp_ansi_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len(ANSIString("|gHello|n")), 5)

    def test_list(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len([None, None]), 2)

    def test_dict(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.m_len({"hello": True, "Goodbye": False}), 2)

class TestDisplayLen(TestCase):
    """
    Verifies that display_len behaves like m_len in all situations except those
    where asian characters are involved.
    """

    def test_non_mxp_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len("Test_string"), 11)

    def test_mxp_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len("|lclook|ltat|le"), 2)

    def test_mxp_ansi_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len(ANSIString("|lcl|gook|ltat|le|n")), 2)

    def test_non_mxp_ansi_string(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len(ANSIString("|gHello|n")), 5)

    def test_list(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len([None, None]), 2)

    def test_dict(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len({"hello": True, "Goodbye": False}), 2)

    def test_east_asian(self):
        self.assertEqual(utils.display_len("서서서"), 6)

class TestANSIString(TestCase):
    """
    Verifies that ANSIString's string-API works as intended.
    """

    def setUp(self):
        self.example_raw = "|relectric |cboogaloo|n"
        self.example_ansi = ANSIString(self.example_raw)
        self.example_str = "electric boogaloo"
        self.example_output = "\x1b[1m\x1b[31melectric \x1b[1m\x1b[36mboogaloo\x1b[0m"

    def test_length(self):
        self.assertEqual(len(self.example_ansi), 17)

    def test_clean(self):
        self.assertEqual(self.example_ansi.clean(), self.example_str)

    def test_raw(self):
        self.assertEqual(self.example_ansi.raw(), self.example_output)

    def test_format(self):
        self.assertEqual(f"{self.example_ansi:0<20}", self.example_output + "000")

class TestTimeformat(TestCase):
    """
    Default function header from utils.py:
    time_format(seconds, style=0)

    """

    def test_style_0(self):
        """Test the style 0 of time_format."""
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(0, 0), "00:00")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(28, 0), "00:00")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(92, 0), "00:01")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(300, 0), "00:05")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(660, 0), "00:11")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3600, 0), "01:00")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3725, 0), "01:02")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86350, 0), "23:59")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86800, 0), "1d 00:06")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(130800, 0), "1d 12:20")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(530800, 0), "6d 03:26")

    def test_style_1(self):
        """Test the style 1 of time_format."""
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(0, 1), "0s")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(28, 1), "28s")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(92, 1), "1m")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(300, 1), "5m")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(660, 1), "11m")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3600, 1), "1h")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3725, 1), "1h")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86350, 1), "23h")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86800, 1), "1d")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(130800, 1), "1d")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(530800, 1), "6d")

    def test_style_2(self):
        """Test the style 2 of time_format."""
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(0, 2), "0 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(28, 2), "0 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(92, 2), "1 minute")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(300, 2), "5 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(660, 2), "11 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3600, 2), "1 hour, 0 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3725, 2), "1 hour, 2 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86350, 2), "23 hours, 59 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86800, 2), "1 day, 0 hours, 6 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(130800, 2), "1 day, 12 hours, 20 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(530800, 2), "6 days, 3 hours, 26 minutes")

    def test_style_3(self):
        """Test the style 3 of time_format."""
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(0, 3), "")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(28, 3), "28 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(92, 3), "1 minute 32 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(300, 3), "5 minutes 0 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(660, 3), "11 minutes 0 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3600, 3), "1 hour, 0 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3725, 3), "1 hour, 2 minutes 5 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86350, 3), "23 hours, 59 minutes 10 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86800, 3), "1 day, 0 hours, 6 minutes 40 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(130800, 3), "1 day, 12 hours, 20 minutes 0 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(530800, 3), "6 days, 3 hours, 26 minutes 40 seconds")

    def test_style_4(self):
        """Test the style 4 of time_format."""
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(0, 4), "0 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(28, 4), "28 seconds")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(92, 4), "a minute")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(300, 4), "5 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(660, 4), "11 minutes")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3600, 4), "an hour")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3725, 4), "an hour")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86350, 4), "23 hours")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(86800, 4), "a day")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(130800, 4), "a day")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(530800, 4), "6 days")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(3030800, 4), "a month")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(7030800, 4), "2 months")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(40030800, 4), "a year")
        self.assertEqual(utils.time_format(90030800, 4), "2 years")

    def test_unknown_format(self):
        """Test that unknown formats raise exceptions."""
        self.assertRaises(ValueError, utils.time_format, 0, 5)
        self.assertRaises(ValueError, utils.time_format, 0, "u")

@mock.patch(
    "evennia.utils.utils.timezone.now",
    new=mock.MagicMock(return_value=datetime(2019, 8, 28, 21, 56)),
)
class TestDateTimeFormat(TestCase):
    def test_datetimes(self):
        dtobj = datetime(2017, 7, 26, 22, 54)
        self.assertEqual(utils.datetime_format(dtobj), "Jul 26, 2017")
        dtobj = datetime(2019, 7, 26, 22, 54)
        self.assertEqual(utils.datetime_format(dtobj), "Jul 26")
        dtobj = datetime(2019, 8, 28, 19, 54)
        self.assertEqual(utils.datetime_format(dtobj), "19:54")
        dtobj = datetime(2019, 8, 28, 21, 32)
        self.assertEqual(utils.datetime_format(dtobj), "21:32:00")

class TestImportFunctions(TestCase):
    def _t_dir_file(self, filename):
        testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
        return os.path.join(testdir, filename)

    def test_mod_import(self):
        loaded_mod = utils.mod_import("evennia.utils.ansi")
        self.assertIsNotNone(loaded_mod)

    def test_mod_import_invalid(self):
        loaded_mod = utils.mod_import("evennia.utils.invalid_module")
        self.assertIsNone(loaded_mod)

    def test_mod_import_from_path(self):
        test_path = self._t_dir_file("test_eveditor.py")
        loaded_mod = utils.mod_import_from_path(test_path)
        self.assertIsNotNone(loaded_mod)

    def test_mod_import_from_path_invalid(self):
        test_path = self._t_dir_file("invalid_filename.py")
        loaded_mod = utils.mod_import_from_path(test_path)
        self.assertIsNone(loaded_mod)

class LatinifyTest(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        super().setUp()

        self.example_str = "It naïvely says, "plugh.""
        self.expected_output = 'It naively says, "plugh."'

    def test_plain_string(self):
        result = utils.latinify(self.example_str)
        self.assertEqual(result, self.expected_output)

    def test_byte_string(self):
        byte_str = utils.to_bytes(self.example_str)
        result = utils.latinify(byte_str)
        self.assertEqual(result, self.expected_output)

_TASK_HANDLER = None

def dummy_func(obj):
    """
    Used in TestDelay.

    A function that:
        can be serialized
        uses no memory references
        uses evennia objects
    """
    # get a reference of object
    from evennia.objects.models import ObjectDB
    obj = ObjectDB.objects.object_search(obj)
    obj = obj[0]
    # make changes to object
    obj.ndb.dummy_var = 'dummy_func ran'
    return True

class TestDelay(EvenniaTest):
    """
    Test utils.delay.
    """

    def setUp(self):
        super().setUp()
        # get a reference of TASK_HANDLER
        self.timedelay = 5
        global _TASK_HANDLER
        if _TASK_HANDLER is None:
            from evennia.scripts.taskhandler import TASK_HANDLER as _TASK_HANDLER
        _TASK_HANDLER.clock = task.Clock()
        self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def tearDown(self):
        super().tearDown()
        _TASK_HANDLER.clear()

    def test_call_early(self):
        # call a task early with call
        for pers in (True, False):
            t = utils.delay(self.timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            result = t.call()
            self.assertTrue(result)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')
            self.assertTrue(t.exists())
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def test_do_task(self):
        # call the task early with do_task
        for pers in (True, False):
            t = utils.delay(self.timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            # call the task early to test Task.call and TaskHandler.call_task
            result = t.do_task()
            self.assertTrue(result)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')
            self.assertFalse(t.exists())
            self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def test_deferred_call(self):
        # wait for deferred to call
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')
            self.assertFalse(t.exists())
            self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def test_short_deferred_call(self):
        # wait for deferred to call with a very short time
        timedelay = .1
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')
            self.assertFalse(t.exists())
            self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def test_active(self):
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref)
        self.assertTrue(_TASK_HANDLER.active(t.get_id()))
        self.assertTrue(t.active())
        _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
        self.assertFalse(_TASK_HANDLER.active(t.get_id()))
        self.assertFalse(t.active())

    def test_called(self):
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref)
        self.assertFalse(t.called)
        _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
        self.assertTrue(t.called)

    def test_cancel(self):
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            success = t.cancel()
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            self.assertTrue(success)
            self.assertTrue(t.exists())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)

    def test_remove(self):
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            success = t.remove()
            self.assertTrue(success)
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            self.assertFalse(t.exists())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)

    def test_remove_canceled(self):
        # remove a canceled task
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            success = t.cancel()
            self.assertTrue(success)
            self.assertTrue(t.exists())
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            success = t.remove()
            self.assertTrue(success)
            self.assertFalse(t.exists())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)

    def test_pause_unpause(self):
        # remove a canceled task
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            self.assertTrue(t.active())
            t.pause()
            self.assertTrue(t.paused)
            t.unpause()
            self.assertFalse(t.paused)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)
            t.pause()
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)
            t.unpause()
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')
            self.char1.ndb.dummy_var = False

    def test_auto_stale_task_removal(self):
        # automated removal of stale tasks.
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            t.cancel()
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            if pers:
                self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            # Make task handler's now time, after the stale timeout
            _TASK_HANDLER._now = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=_TASK_HANDLER.stale_timeout + timedelay + 1)
            # add a task to test automatic removal
            t2 = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref)
            if pers:
                self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)
            _TASK_HANDLER.clear()

    def test_manual_stale_task_removal(self):
        # manual removal of stale tasks.
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            t.cancel()
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            if pers:
                self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            # Make task handler's now time, after the stale timeout
            _TASK_HANDLER._now = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=_TASK_HANDLER.stale_timeout + timedelay + 1)
            _TASK_HANDLER.clean_stale_tasks()  # cleanup of stale tasks in in the save method
            if pers:
                self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)
            _TASK_HANDLER.clear()

    def test_disable_stale_removal(self):
        # manual removal of stale tasks.
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        _TASK_HANDLER.stale_timeout = 0
        for pers in (False, True):
            t = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=pers)
            t.cancel()
            self.assertFalse(t.active())
            _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # make time pass
            if pers:
                self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            # Make task handler's now time, after the stale timeout
            _TASK_HANDLER._now = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=_TASK_HANDLER.stale_timeout + timedelay + 1)
            t2 = utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref)
            if pers:
                self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertTrue(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)
            # manual removal should still work
            _TASK_HANDLER.clean_stale_tasks()  # cleanup of stale tasks in in the save method
            if pers:
                self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.to_save)
            self.assertFalse(t.get_id() in _TASK_HANDLER.tasks)
            _TASK_HANDLER.clear()

    def test_server_restart(self):
        # emulate a server restart
        timedelay = self.timedelay
        utils.delay(timedelay, dummy_func, self.char1.dbref, persistent=True)
        _TASK_HANDLER.clear(False)  # remove all tasks from task handler, do not save this change.
        _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # advance twisted reactor time past callback time
        self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, False)  # task has not run
        _TASK_HANDLER.load()  # load persistent tasks from database.
        _TASK_HANDLER.create_delays()  # create new deffered instances from persistent tasks
        _TASK_HANDLER.clock.advance(timedelay)  # Clock must advance to trigger, even if past timedelay
        self.assertEqual(self.char1.ndb.dummy_var, 'dummy_func ran')

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