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New Québec Custom House National Historic Site of Canada
130 Dalhousie, Québec, Quebec, G1K, Canada
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New Québec Custom House
Nouvel édifice de la douane de Québec
The New Québec Custom House is a Neoclassical, stone building with a pedimented portico and central dome. Its exterior detailing exhibits a strong Italianate influence. The Custom House is located in the old port area of the city of Québec. Now dominated by residential and recreational uses, the port area sits on a flat shelf of land known as Pointe-à-Carcy, below the old city of Québec, and is highly visible from the river. The formal recognition consists of the building on its legal property.
The New Québec Custom House was designated a national historic site because, conceived in a rich Italianate style, it reflects Québec's exceptional growth as the great centre of St. Lawrence Valley timber trade and wooden ship construction.
The New Québec Custom House is a fine example of a Neoclassical public building enhanced with a rich layer of Italianate detailing. One of many public buildings designed by prominent Toronto architect William Thomas during the mid 19th century, it features his signature decorative touches: heavily vermiculated stonework, and sculptured, anthropomorphic keystones. Although parts of the building's exterior were altered following major fires in 1864 and 1909, and the interior was completely redone in 1910, the Custom House retains its basic Neoclassical form and features, along with the Italianate stylistic definition that typifies its era and its architect. The early-20th-century, Beaux-Arts interior is carefully integrated with the Neoclassical exterior.
The New Québec Customs House was built as part of the mid-19th-century expansion of the customs system. It is the largest extant example of the many new facilities built during the 1850s as part of the reorganization of the customs function. Its scale and location reflect the continuing importance of customs as the largest single source of government revenue during the 19th century.
The construction of the New Québec Customs House reflects the prosperity of Québec at mid-century, its position as one of two alternating capitals of Canada, and its continuing importance as a major port on the St. Lawrence River. Despite growing competition from Montreal, Québec remained the major Canadian port for the timber trade in the 19th century, and the ship-building industry continued to operate as a mainstay of the Québec economy. The construction of a fine, new customs house was justified by the large volume of port traffic at Québec.
Key elements which contribute to the heritage value of the New Québec Custom House include:
- its Neoclassical form, evident in its balanced, symmetrical composition with a modified Greek cross plan, central portico with pediment supported on Doric columns, and central dome;
- its Italianate stylistic influences, evident in the heavily accentuated round-arched windows with voussoirs and projecting keystones, as well as the use of segmental arches, and richly textured vermiculated masonry;
- the composition and detailing of the side and rear façades, echoing the long front façade, including pilasters and pediments;
- features typical of the work of William Thomas, including carved, bearded heads as keystones at door and window openings, and vermiculated stonework on the first storey;
- the high quality of its exterior stonework, including carved head keystones, and the use of smooth cut stone, and vermiculated stonework;
- features dating to reconstruction in 1910-11, including the attic storey, the oculus windows in the pediments, the low-profile dome and the structural and fire safety measures such as the stone and steel drum of the dome, the steel and concrete floors and frame;
- its Beaux-Arts inspired interior, including surviving cove moulding, marble door-trim, surviving countertops and dadoes, wooden window and door architraves with classical detailing, arched openings, classical columns, and coffered plaster ceilings;
- its location in the old port area of Québec;
- viewscapes of the customs house to and from the river.
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Nicolas Bourbaki es el nombre colectivo de un grupo de matemáticos franceses que, en los años 1930, se propusieron revisar los fundamentos de la matemática con una exigencia de rigor mucho mayor que la que entonces era moneda corriente en esta ciencia. Fundado el grupo en 1935, inició la publicación de sus monumentales Elementos de matemática de acuerdo con el nuevo canon de rigor y el método axiomático, pretendiendo cubrir las bases de toda la matemática.

Origen del nombre
El epónimo "Bourbaki" se refiere a un general francés, Charles Denis Bourbaki. Fue adoptado por el grupo como una referencia a una anécdota estudiantil acerca de una conferencia matemática engañosa, y también posiblemente a una estatua.

Organización
Desde el principio trataron de mantener la simpática ficción de que Nicolas Bourbaki era un matemático «poldavo». Por eso el nombre de sus miembros, que cambian a lo largo del tiempo, es uno de los secretos mejor guardados (al igual que su forma de organizarse), aunque se sabe que en su mayoría son franceses. En su página web ya reconocen que el grupo fue fundado inicialmente por Henri Cartan, Claude Chevalley, Jean Coulomb, Jean Delsarte, Jean Dieudonné, Charles Ehresmann, René de Possel, Szolem Mandelbrojt y André Weil. Eran antiguos alumnos de la Escuela Normal Superior de París que, a iniciativa de Cartan y Weil y bajo el grito de guerra "todos deben interesarse en todo", se propusieron redactar textos nuevos para sus clases. Parece seguro que los mejores matemáticos franceses de mediados del  (Jean-Pierre Serre, Alexandre Grothendieck, Laurent Schwartz, Pierre Samuel, Jean-Louis Koszul, Armand Borel, Pierre Cartier, Roger Godement) en algún momento han formado parte del grupo, al igual que alguno de otra nacionalidad (Samuel Eilenberg, John Tate).

Trabajos
Hasta el año (2006) ha redactado los volúmenes de:
Teoría de conjuntos
 Álgebra
 Topología general
 Función real
 Espacio vectorial topológico
 Integración
 Álgebra conmutativa
 Variedad diferenciable y Variedad matemática
 Grupo de Lie y Álgebra de Lie
 Teoría espectral.

Esos volúmenes contienen notas históricas que han sido publicadas aparte, formando unos apreciados, aunque muy incompletos aún (2006) volúmenes cuyo corpus recibe el nombre de Elementos de Historia de la matemática.

Repercusión

 Su impacto en la matemática contemporánea ha sido enorme, y desde los años 1950 puede decirse que su exigencia de rigor ha sido universalmente aceptada en matemática, junto con el estilo particular en que la expresan, siendo muy diferentes los textos actuales de los prebourbakianos. Este éxito ha vuelto innecesaria la continuación de su obra, pues desde los años 1960 todos los textos se redactan ya siguiendo sus exigencias. No obstante, en París sigue desarrollándose el Seminario Bourbaki, donde cada año se exponen los principales avances de la matemática.

 La "tragedia" de este titánico intento de fundamentar toda la matemática es que eligieron como punto de partida la teoría de conjuntos y, cuando en los años 1950 y 1960 apareció la teoría de categorías como supuesto principio unificador de toda la matemática conocida, decidieron con pleno conocimiento de causa no seguir ese laberinto («ese infierno» en sus propias palabras) renunciando así a su propósito inicial.

 En la Universidad de Valladolid se institucionalizó la celebración de una fiesta el último viernes de cada mes de noviembre para conmemorar al grupo de matemáticos.
 Clamaron "Muera Euclides". No lo han conseguido, hasta la geometría básica se ha ampliado y ha surgido la geometría computacional. Se quiso fundamentar la matemática básica sobre conocimientos conjuntistas y algebraicos, fracasó como fue previsto por René Tomm y Lev Pontriaguin.

El dúo musical estadounidense Twenty One Pilots, lo menciona en su canción "Morph", publicada en 2018: "He'll always try to stop me, that Nicolas Bourbaki. He's got no friends close but those who know him most know. He goes by Nico, he told me I'm a copy. When I'd hear him mock me, that's almost stopped me.". Su nombre estilizado como twenty øne piløts hace referencia al conjunto vacío. También hacen referencia a este colectivo en el sencillo Nico and the Niners, Nico es la abreviación de Nicolas y "the niners" hace referencia a que fue creado por 9 personas. La última referencia es en , ya que entre las imágenes se puede ver una de las fotos del creador del símbolo ø.

Véase también
 Elementos de matemática

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Su página web oficial.
 Una entrevista a Pierre Cartier, un antiguo secretario Bourbaki.
 Artículo en español sobre Bourbaki, de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid.
 Un artículo de Paul R. Halmos traducido al español.

Matemáticos de Francia del siglo XX
Matemáticos de Francia del siglo XXI
Bourbaki
Seudónimos colectivos
Matemáticos ficticios
Seudónimos de matemáticos
Seudónimos académicos compartidos

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ROLF on the River Styx! [BUNDLE]
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Houseboat on the River Styx
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Sir Walter Raleigh described the Associated Shades as "the swellest organization in all of Hades." In the richly appointed rooms of their headquarters, a houseboat on the River Styx, Francis Bacon and William Shakespear argue over who wrote "Hamlet", P.T. Barnum takes Noah to task for not loading dinosaurs onto the Ark, George Washington hosts dinners for the greatest generals in all of history, and Cleopatra and Elizabeth I fight for women's rights. Meanwhile, Charon makes sure everyone has plenty of ice for their drinks and riff-fraff like Captains Morgan and Kidd are kept out.
Houseboat on the River Styx condenses and combines John Kendrick Bangs' classic humorous fantasy books A House-Boat on the River Styx and In Pursuit of the House-Boat<...
ROLF: Dead Presidents
Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy in a Battle to Save America!
When Adolf Hitler and Kim Jong-Il decide to destroy the United States of America from the Afterlife, only Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy can stop them!
"Dead Presidents" is a ROLF! battle scenario for 4 players set in the misty confines of John Kendrick Bangs' Hades (as described in Houseboat on the River Styx). It features statistics for Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Kim Jong-Il, and Adolf Hilter.
It's a Presidential Battle Royale!
ROLF: Fugue for Johns in D Minor
THE DEVIL'S MUSIC PROMOTERS!
During a jam session in the afterlife, John Lennon, Jon Bonham, John Denver, Johnny Cash, and John Philip Sousa hear that another talentless band is about to sell their souls to Satan for fame and fortune. The five Johns decide that enough is enough, and they set out to kick the demonic soul traders back to the rings of fire.
ROLF!: Fugue for Johns in D Major is a return to the bizarre world of A Houseboat on the River Styx where deceased celebrities adventure with fictional characters. This battle scenario stand alone, however, requiring only a version of ROLF!: The Rollplaying Game, at least one other gamer, and a sense of humor to play. (Wanting to battle demon...
ROLF: Playwrights and Piledrivers
"Is it nobler to be beat senseless by Shakespeare or the Macho Man? That is the question. Oh YEAH!"
We return to the hazy riverbanks in Hades just in time for the ultimate tag-team battle for who gets to claim authorship of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare! In this corner—The Earl of Oxford and Sir Francis Bacon... and in this corner, William Shakespeare and Macho Man Randy Savage!
Playwrights and Piledrivers is a supplemet for ROLF!: The Rollplaying Game of Big Dumb Fighters inspired by John Kendrick Bangs's Houseboat on the River Styx, Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, and a couple centuries of cricical silliness and conspiracy theories...
ROLF: Serenade for Sirens in G Major
Happy death-day (and birthday) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!(January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791)
It was a nice day when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart joined Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, and Ophelia on the bank of the River Styx practice Mozart's latest composition. But things turned sour when Tiny Tim and the Three Sirens picked that moment to take revenge for Mozart not inviting them to work with him.
Serenade for Sirens in G Major is a ROLF! combat scenario set in John Kendrick Bangs' world of Houseboat on the River Styx that sees Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson square off in musical combat against Tiny Tim and the Three Sirens... with a special appearance by Ophelia on ...
ROLF: The Associated Shades of Hades
The Associated Shades of Hades is a social club whose members are, generally speaking, refined and civilized in their behavior; one would expect nothing else from a group that includes such famous figures as George Washington, Confucious, and Sherlock Holmes. But sometimes, tempers flare, witty banter fails, and out come the knives, pistols, and pool cues.
ROLF!: The Associated Shades of Hades is a supplement inspired by John Kendrick Bangs' classic tales of Hades (also available from NUELOW Games, in Houseboat on the River Styx). Now Shakespeare and Bacon settle the question of who wrote "Hamlet" with violence of the most savage kind, while Cleopatra beats the stuffing out of Captain Kidd just because she feels like it.
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When you just want to beat up on your friends without actually hurting them, ROLF! is the game to turn to. With quick character generation and a fast-moving combat system, it's a silly little game that puts the die-rolling in roll-playing games. With this game, you really get what you pay for!
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In December 2015, League of Legends will be conducting another tournament called All-Star Event.This is a competition where pro players from around the globe will be placed in regional teams based on the community votes to compete against All-Star teams from other regions. Along with regular 5v5 games, ASE will feature some fun game modes and a 1v1 tournament, putting pros in unique situations to really test their skills for your personal enjoyment.
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People with the surname
Esther Kreitman (1891-1954), British novelist.
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Izvornik: Abstracts from the 28th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 26th - 30th August 2014, Innsbruck, AustriaEuropean Health Psychology Society , 2014. .
Mjesto i datum: Insbruk, Austrija, 26.-30.08.2014.
Symptoms of depression are among the most common problems in older persons, and may occur in relation to various risk factors, such as health conditions and psychosocial factors. The aim of this study was to determine the possible associations between psychosocial factors, biochemical factors and depression in old people, and age changes in these associations. Participants were 391 retirement homes' residents in Zagreb, Croatia, 28% men, 72% women, aged 56-96 years (average 79) at baseline, ambulatory and not diagnosed with dementia. Variables were measured, at baseline and at 2 years follow-up: sociodemographic, depression, self-perceived health, functional ability, cognitive function, social participation, individually, by trained interviewers. Biochemical variables were measured from the vein blood sample, collected at baseline. Psychosocial factors were stronger predictors of age changes in depression than biochemical factors. These findings are interesting in terms of intervention and better identification of groups particularly susceptible to depression that has been shown prospectively to predict disability, morbidity and mortality in old age.


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The search for a new Earth outside the solar system seems to be nearing its end. NASA's Ames Research Center astronomer Thomas Barclay has found a planet nearly the size of Earth in the habitable zone of a star in the Milky Way.
2. It's a goldilocks planet, orbiting within the zone where liquid water (and life) can exist.
3. It's radius is only 1.1 times the size of Earth. Until now the minimum size for a new Earth candidate was 1.4 times—Kepler-62f, which orbits a star about 1,200 light years away from us.
4. At least five other planets are orbiting this red dwarf.
I can't wait for that new telescope starshade that will let us take actual photos of these new worlds.


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The 'heartbeat' of the Texans defense: Benardrick McKinney
Sports // Texans
Aaron Wilson , Houston Chronicle Nov. 7, 2019
Benardrick McKinney (55) directs the Texans defense as the unit's play caller.
Photo: Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer
Benardrick McKinney barks out the defensive call, relaying the message from Texans defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel through the radio system in his helmet.
As the Texans' hard-hitting middle linebacker, McKinney is designated with the green dot sticker on his helmet that denotes his status as the primary signal caller on the defense.
McKinney is the equivalent of a quarterback on defense, relaying strategies and carrying them out on the field.
Instinctive, tough and mobile, McKinney is trusted to run the Texans' defense in tandem with the coaching staff. It's a responsibility not doled out casually.
"We ask a lot of things of him," Texans linebackers coach Bobby King said. "He's the quarterback, the heartbeat of our defense. When he starts hitting people to start a game off, it's contagious.
"When he's got energy, it's contagious, and he's on pace to do things like he did last year as a far as what everybody recognizes from him. He's been a good football player for a long time, and finally the world caught up to all that."
A former second-round draft pick from Mississippi State, McKinney's size and athleticism are rare. At the NFL scouting combine five years ago, McKinney ran the 40-yard dash in 4.65 seconds. He posted a 40½ inch vertical leap.
At 6-5, 257 pounds, McKinney is a bit unique in terms of size and height for the position.
"It is kind of rare," King said. "I see it every day. He's a big dude."
Working in tandem with inside linebacker Zach Cunningham, McKinney has recorded 60 tackles, a half-sack, four tackles for losses, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. He ranks second on the team in tackles behind Cunnnigham, who has 68 tackles, 6½ for losses and two fumble recoveries.
The value of the two fellow former second-round draft picks increases every year.
"I mean, you can't underestimate that," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "Both of those guys, Benardrick McKinney and Zach Cunningham are playing at a very high level, and the thing about Benardrick is he brings a level of physicality to our defense. He's big, he can run, he's got great instincts, good tackler, tough guy and an even better guy, great guy in the locker room.
"And Zach does a lot of different things for us. Very athletic, made a great player on the punt team, a tackle he made on punt team and then all of the plays he made on defense, including a takeaway. Both of guys are very important to the defense."
The Texans haven't yielded a 100-yard rusher since the first game of last season and held powerful Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette to 40 yards last Sunday in London.
For McKinney, his rise from his college days to becoming a defensive captain on one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL is something that he reflects on occasionally.
"I sometimes just sit down when I'm chilling at the crib and be like 'Dang, five years,'" McKinney said. "Because I just remember leaving college, having to go through training, the combine, that was a long process. Man, that had to have been the hardest part of my life."
In the prime of his career, the 26-year-old recorded 105 tackles, 1½ sacks, one interception and one forced fumble last season. He was recognized by his peers, coaches and fans with his first Pro Bowl selection.
Now, McKinney is trying to repeat that feat for the AFC South leaders.
"I worked my butt off every day, took the coaching, and just to be a Pro Bowler, it means a lot to me," McKinney said. "I just want to step it up a notch and continue to try to be the best player I can be, and maybe one day be one of the best linebackers in the league."
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He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village : The Dimensions of a Haida Myth, With a Foreword by Richard Bringhurst and a New Afterword by the Author Paperback / softback
by Gary Snyder
In 1951, as a student of anthropology in Oregon, Gary Snyder set himself to the task of analyzing the many levels of meaning a single Native American myth might hold.
He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village is the result of Snyder's critical look at a Haida tale that was told by the great oral poet Ghandl (Walter McGregor) to John Swanton sometime before 1905.
A version of the ubiquitous � swan maiden" story, it tells of a chief's son who falls in love with a wild goose-girl, loses her, follows her into the sky, and returns to land as a seagull.
Snyder goes deep into the transformations that occur in the myth, considering versions of myth from around the world, and explaining how the story might apply here and now.
He writes:To go beyond and become what-a seagull on a reef?
Why not. Our nature is no particular nature; look out across the beach at the gulls.
For an empty moment while their soar and cry enters your heart like sunshaft through water, you are that, totally.
We do this every day. So this is the aspect of mind that gives art, style, and self-transcendence to the inescapable human plantedness in a social and ecological nexus.
The challenge is to do it well, by your neighbors and by the trees, and that maybe once in a great while we can get where we see through the same eye at the same time, for a moment.
That would be doing it well. Old tales and myths and stories are the k_ans of the human race.
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If you use GDP based on purchasing power parity, or PPP, per capita, you can get a more accurate picture of how wealthy a country is because you also take into account inflation rates and the cost of local goods and services. Using this measure and data from the International Monetary Fund, we present the 20 richest countries in the world.
By the way, Canada is in 22nd place with a GDP (PPP) per capita of $49,620. All figures in US dollars.
Denmark has a GDP (PPP) of $51,110. The country's mixed economy is based mainly on services and manufacturing but agriculture, tourism and oil and gas also generate revenue.
Australia has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $51,540. The Australian economy is based mainly on services while the main exports from Down Under are minerals and fossil fuels, meat, cereals and machinery.
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Taiwan has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $51,640. Most of the country's income is from manufactured goods such as machinery and computers, plastics and vehicles. The country's capital, Taipei, is also considered one of the best cities for young people.
Germany has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $52,040 and the largest economy in Europe. While the service sector contributes the bulk of the German GDP, Germany is also one of the world's largest exporters, including goods such as machinery, electronics and cars.
With such a healthy economy, it could be only expected that Germany is home to several of the healthiest cities in the world.
Bahrain has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $52,720. While oil and gas have been responsible for much of the country's wealth in the past, the economy of Bahrain is now based mainly on services, especially banking and finances.
Sweden has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $52,880. Services make up the largest part of the Swedish economy but the country is also a major exporter of machinery, cars, arms, timber and paper products. The Swedish capital, Stockholm, is considered one of the greenest cities in the world.
Iceland has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $54,290. The Icelandic economy is small and based mainly on geothermal and hydro energy, fish processing and tourism. Iceland is also one of the cheapest places to travel from Canada right now.
Saudi Arabia has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $55,850. As the world's largest producer of petroleum, the country's economy is heavily dependent on oil and petrochemicals.
The Netherlands has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $55,870. The country was home to the world's first multinational, the VOC, and several of the most well-known multinationals today are Dutch. Electronics, machinery, chemicals, engineering and construction, oil and natural gas, fishing and agriculture are some of the main Dutch industries.
You may also be surprised to learn that Amsterdam is one of the best cities for tech start-ups.
Even though the United States has the the most billionaires in the world, many of its citizens struggle to get by. Still, the United States has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $61,690 and the world's largest economy. Services and industry make up most of the country's economic activities.
San Marino has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $61,890. The tiny country makes most of its money from banking and tourism as well as goods like clothing, wine and ceramics. Coins and stamps are an unusual but lucrative source of income too.
Switzerland has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $62,690. Services such as banking, tourism and insurance are major sources of revenue but Switzerland is also a major exporter of goods such as watches, precision instruments and pharmaceuticals.
Want to move to Switzerland? There is a Swiss village that will actually pay you to live there.
Unfortunately, working in the country's capital means you'll have one of the world's most expensive commutes.
Ireland has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $75,790. Distilling and brewing are mainstays of the Irish economy but the country also has lucrative pharmaceutical, financial services and tech industries.
Surprised? Then you might also like these fun facts about Dublin.
Singapore has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $93,680. Financial services make up most of the city state's economy and many multinationals have their regional offices here. It's no surprise then that last year Singapore topped the list of the best countries to live and work abroad.
Luxembourg has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $112,710. Banking, tech and industry are among the main economic sectors here.
Did you know Luxembourg is also one of the countries where people live the longest in the world?
Qatar has a GDP (PPP) per capita of $129,360, making its citizens the richest in the world. The country is also home to one of the world's richest royals. Oil, gas and petrochemical products are the main sources of revenue for Qatar.


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Role of Mycophenolate Mofetil in the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
Gabriel Contreras and Jonathan Sosnov
CJASN September 2007, 2 (5) 879-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.02740707
Gabriel Contreras
Jonathan Sosnov
In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus, nephritis is present in approximately 25% of patients at the time of diagnosis and eventually develops in up to 60% of adults and 80% of children (1). Selected observational studies have reported that patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis (class III, IV, and V with intracapillary proliferation) have an average absolute risk for the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and all-cause mortality of approximately 25 and 13%, respectively (2–5). Treatment of patients with SLE and proliferative lupus nephritis includes the use of immunosuppressive agents in combination with corticosteroids aiming to reduce the risk for the development of CKD and death.
Optimal management of proliferative lupus nephritis with immunosuppressive agents remains a challenge because of the need to balance the efficacy and safety of the therapeutic agents. In the last 30 yr of the last century, randomized clinical trials performed primarily at the National Institutes of Health demonstrated that regimens using cyclophosphamide with corticosteroids were superior to corticosteroids alone for the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis (6–10). The incidence of CKD was significantly lower on average of 15% in patients who received long-term cyclophosphamide compared with 45% in patients who received corticosteroids alone. Two published meta-analyses indicated that regimens of cyclophosphamide were more efficacious than regimens of corticosteroids alone, reducing the risk for the development of CKD (11,12) and all-cause mortality (11). However, the success of cyclophosphamide regimens comes with the burden of adverse events. The incidence of amenorrhea is significantly increased, ranging from 45 to 71% in patients who receive cyclophosphamide for >6 mo. In addition, the incidence of herpes zoster infection is significantly increased, ranging from 25 to 33% with the use of cyclophosphamide. Hemorrhagic cystitis is seen primarily with the long-term use of oral cyclophosphamide with an incidence ranging from 14 to 17% (6–10). The safety concerns of cyclophosphamide regimens has led to the use of azathioprine (a nonselective inhibitor of purine synthesis) with corticosteroids, which reduces the risk for all-cause mortality (12). However, azathioprine does not have a clear beneficial effect on the risk for important renal events (12,13) unless it is used after an induction regimen of cyclophosphamide (14,15).
In the past decade, the immunosuppressive agent mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has been used in the treatment of lupus nephritis. The development of MMF, which is an ester prodrug of mycophenolic acid (MPA) with superior bioavailability (16), was based on the observations that patients with adenosine deaminase deficiency, a deficiency of the de novo pathway for purine synthesis, have a combined B and T cell immunodeficiency, whereas patients with hypoxanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency, a defect of the salvage pathway for purine synthesis, develop neurologic abnormalities and gout yet have essentially normal immune functions (17,18). Lymphocytes use preferentially the de novo pathway for synthesis of guanosine monophosphate. Therefore, inhibition of the de novo purine synthesis seemed to be an attractive option to modulate immune responses while limiting adverse effects of nonselective immunosuppressive agents. MPA, a fermentation product of Penicillium brevicompactum and related fungi, is an inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, a key enzyme in the de novo pathway of purine synthesis. As expected, MPA in vitro and in vivo inhibits lymphocytes proliferation, modulates apoptosis in activated T lymphocytes, and attenuates the autoantibody production by B cells and the production of oxygen radicals and adhesion molecules, all essential mechanisms that propagate the autoimmune and inflammatory responses in SLE (19–21). The efficacy of MMF was demonstrated in rodent models of lupus nephritis (22,23).
The biologic plausibility for the use of MMF in the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis has lead to the study of this agent in five induction trials, aiming to achieve remission, and one maintenance trial, aiming to prevent relapse conducive to CKD.
In one randomized, controlled trial conducted by Chan et al. (24), an induction regimen of MMF with corticosteroids for 12 mo (n = 21) was compared to an induction regimen of oral cyclophosphamide for 6 mo followed by azathioprine for 6 mo with corticosteroids (n = 21). The study included primarily Asian patients with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. In that study, similar remission rates were reported for both groups (combined partial and complete remission rates of 95 and 90% in the MMF and sequential groups, respectively). Recently, Chan et al. (25) published their 5-yr follow-up data of their clinical trial in which additional patients were randomly assigned to receive MMF (n = 33) and sequential cyclophosphamide followed by azathioprine (n = 31). Both short- and long-term efficacies in renal outcomes were again statistically similar with the incidences of leucopenia (0 versus 26%; P = 0.002), infections (13 versus 40%; P = 0.013), and amenorrhea (4 versus 36%; P = 0.004) significantly lower in the MMF group compared to the sequential group. Although the studies of Chan et al. were not powered to detect a difference in hard clinical outcomes between the two arms, the encouraging results in other outcomes were mirrored in another Chinese nonrandomized, controlled trial by Hu et al. (26), who compared induction MMF with corticosteroids to pulses of intravenous cyclophosphamide with corticosteroids. In another randomized, controlled trial from Malaysia published by Ong et al. (27), an induction regimen of MMF with corticosteroids (n = 19) was compared to monthly pulses of intravenous cyclophosphamide with corticosteroids (n = 25) for 6 mo in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis. In that study, the induction regimen of MMF with corticosteroids was as effective as intravenous cyclophosphamide with corticosteroids (combined partial and complete remission rates of 58 and 52%, respectively) without difference between the two groups in the rate of adverse events. Recently, Ginzler et al. (28) reported that 6 mo of MMF with corticosteroids (n = 71) was superior to monthly pulses of intravenous cyclophosphamide with corticosteroids (n = 69) for 6 mo inducing complete (22.5 versus 5.8%; P < 0.05) and combined partial and complete (52.1 versus 30.4; P < 0.05) remissions of proliferative lupus nephritis in patients with SLE. The induction with MMF compared to intravenous cyclophosphamide had a more favorable safety profile with particularly fewer pyogenic infections (relative risk 0.36; P = 0.030). The study by Ginzler et al. (28) included a large proportion of African-American patients (56%), who traditionally have been thought to have a more aggressive disease course with poor response to cyclophosphamide, giving additional credence to the notion that induction therapy with MMF is an alternative to cyclophosphamide. In a recent randomized controlled trial reported by Flores-Suarez et al. (29), published only in abstract form, an induction regimen of MMF (n = 10) had similar efficacy and safety compared to intravenous cyclophosphamide (n = 10).
In this issue of CJASN, Walsh et al. (30) report the results of a meta-analysis that pooled four randomized, controlled trials that compared MMF to cyclophosphamide as induction agents. The relative risk for failure to induce combined partial and complete remission was 30% lower (P = 0.004) for patients who were treated with MMF compared to those who were treated with cyclophosphamide. At the end of the prespecified studies' duration, the relative risk for the composite outcome of ESRD or death was 65% lower for patients who were treated with MMF compared to those who were treated with cyclophosphamide; however, the 95% confidence interval (CI) of this estimate was wide and nonsignificant with a risk reduction to risk increase ranging from −90 to +22% (P = 0.10). Analysis of this composite outcome using the extended-study follow-up showed a significant risk reduction of 54% (P = 0.02) for patients who were treated with MMF compared to those who were treated with cyclophosphamide. The relative risk for infections was 36% lower for patients who were treated with MMF compared to those who were treated with cyclophosphamide; however, the 95% CI of this estimate was wide and nonsignificant, ranging from −61 to +6% (P = 0.085). Other adverse events were too few, resulting in inadequate power to compare both induction agents.
Another meta-analysis that evaluated MMF in lupus nephritis, pooling five induction trials, also showed that MMF was superior to cyclophosphamide (31). Combined partial and complete remission was significantly more frequent with MMF (66%) than with cyclophosphamide (54%), with a number needed to treat of eight (95% CI 4.3 to 69) to induce one additional combined partial and complete remission. Serious infections occurred less frequently with MMF (3.9%) than with cyclophosphamide (15%), with a number needed to treat of 8.7 (95% CI 5.5 to 21) to prevent one serious infectious event. Leucopenia also occurred less frequently with MMF (1.6%) than with cyclophosphamide (25%), with a number needed to treat of 4.3 (95% CI 2.9 to 8.3) to prevent one leucopenia event. Amenorrhea occurred less frequently with MMF (1.9%) than with cyclophosphamide (12%), with a number needed to treat of 9.5 (95% CI 6.2 to 20) to prevent one amenorrhea event. Diarrhea occurred more frequently with MMF (16%) than with cyclophosphamide (4%), with a number needed to treat of 8.5 (95% CI 5.3 to 21) to cause one additional diarrhea episode.
The meta-analysis by Walsh et al. (30) achieves its goals of pooling together four induction trials that were in most instances underpowered to detect superiority differences in outcomes of patients who were treated with MMF compared to cyclophosphamide. The consistent directionality across all studies of the superiority of MMF is reassuring. However, a meta-analysis is limited to what was studied and published in the combined studies. In most instances, the included studies were of limited quality by Jadad scores. The participants in the studies also varied with their risk for remission as shown by their varying rates of remission. With only four studies, a meta-regression exploring factors for why these studies differ cannot be done. Epidemiologic evidence suggests the importance of patient baseline characteristics (4,32), which may be associated with response to regimens such as MMF or cyclophosphamide. A patient-level meta-analysis to examine directly, for example, factors such as treatment allocation–race interaction and baseline activity of the disease, combining the actual data sets, might have helped to provide more information. The investigators mentioned other limitations worth highlighting. The participants included in those trials had a relatively preserved filtration function, and their results cannot be generalized to patients with moderately to severely reduced filtration function and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Another limitation is that the result of the analysis for the composite outcome of ESRD or death using the extended-study follow-up may be related to factors other than the comparison of MMF to cyclophosphamide as induction agents. Such factors may be the actual maintenance regimen used (crossover or another immunosuppressive agent, such as azathioprine), the adherence to treatment, and the way patients were lost to follow-up. The analysis of the extended follow-up should be considered only an observational phase, limiting the value of the treatments' comparison.
In summary, in patients with SLE, the development of proliferative lupus nephritis adds significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment options for proliferative lupus nephritis continue to evolve. In the past decade, clinical trails have defined better the role of MMF in the treatment of this disease. As highlighted by the clinical trials and the meta-analyses, MMF can be used as an induction agent for patients with active proliferative lupus nephritis and fairly preserved renal filtration function. The limitations of small, underpowered clinical trials and any meta-analysis may be helped by the ongoing large, multicenter, clinical trials that are comparing MMF as a prolonged induction/maintenance agent to cyclophosphamide or azathioprine, respectively (33,34).
G.C. has received grant support from Roche and Aspreva to investigate the role of MMF in the treatment of lupus nephritis and serve as a speaker of conferences.
See the related article, "Mycophenolate Mofetil for Induction Therapy of Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," on pages 968–975.
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Queen Marie in America - 1926
Queen Marie (1875-1938) of Romania was most remarkable. She was hailed for her intellect, artistic talent, diplomatic skills, and a heritage born out of a rarefied world of European royalty as grand-daughter of England's Queen Victoria and first cousin of Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Over two short decades, she experienced the demise and birth of two historic eras. One was the fraying and dismantling of the world's great Nineteenth Century empires: Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman. The other was the coming of-age of modern European democratic nation-states—and not the least Greater Romania. She was diplomatically and artistically brilliant. She befriended and persuaded the world's leading most powerful men at the post WW-I Versailles Peace Treaty negotiations in her role as Queen. And all the while she could embrace leading artistic figures in the experimental world of Art Nouveau. She was a very modern woman and a very public 'star.'
In 1926, it was announced that the Queen, at age 51, would visit the United Stated and Canada, ostensibly at the invitation of Mr. Sam Hill, a West Coast millionaire who had met the Queen in Paris during the post WW-I peace negotiations. Not without controversy, he offered to sponsor her trip and assist in inaugurating a large and very eccentric mansion [nowadays the Queen Marie Museum], constructed on a desert-like bluff high above the Columbia River in Washington State.
Her interest in the United States was first born out of an unusual friendship with Loïe Fuller, a famed American-born modern dancer/artist who met her in 1902 at the National Theatre in Bucharest. Loïe enjoyed widespread popularity in Europe and then the United States while at the same becoming close to France's best-known artists including Rodin, and some of the most politically powerful and wealthiest Europeans and Americans. It was Fuller who triggered the idea of a special visit to the United States in thanks of aid given to Romania in World War I—including many Ford ambulances.
The trip was in fact two stories. One, captured in her diaries, was a personal adventure for the Queen, her son Prince Nicholas, her daughter Princess Ileana and a coterie of friends. The other is of a nation she witnessed, economically vibrant, diverse. A new and powerful 'America' was coming to maturity across an enormous varied and dramatic physical landscape from Atlantic to Pacific.
For Romania in 1926, rich in potential from its abundant oil resources, salt, wheat, agriculture, there was a sense of opportunity. This the Queen wanted to bring to the attention of American businessmen and opinion leaders. What became a massive tightly scheduled trip was planned to bring her into contact with some of the richest and most influential men and women of the times both in the United States and Canada. These people would welcome her while providing generous support to fund an extremely costly cross-continental fifteen car-long luxury train trip as well as hospitality and lavish receptions at numerous stops. She met oil workers, Indian chiefs, shepherds, socialites, Romanian immigrants, corporate moguls, and politicians. One million eventually saw her in person in huge halls and railroad station-stops, others heard her on the radio, and yet more read about her in leading newspapers competing for headlines. The public was smitten with Queen Marie, who became a 'Lady Diana' of her time.
She was visiting at a moment of optimism in the new post-War world. The League of Nations had been established in 1920 deriving hope from its great-powers peace-making aspirations. For the smaller 'new nations' of Europe, born out of the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, came hope in fulfilling democratic ideals. Of this, Queen Marie was keenly aware of as she knew and had engaged with all the major world leaders who had crafted the post-War world.
During her 10,000 mile Atlantic to Pacific—and back—railroad travel, Queen Marie earned the adulation of Americans romantically enthralled by a real world 'Queen,' 'Prince' and 'Princess' whom they could touch, see first hand, or talk to. One newspaper puzzled over this popularity: "The Queen of Rumania, interesting lady worthy of hospitality, is here, and on the front page. This widow of a President [Wilson] of the United States comes on the same boat, and she is not on the front page… This is an 18-carat democracy, but we are still a little more interested in queens than in ordinary people" ("Washington Multitudes Storm Marie in Ovation," San Francisco Examiner, October 19, 1926).
Guest contributor: DAN DIMANCESCU
NOTE: The full story is told in Queen Marie in America: My Glorious Adventure by Dan Dimancescu, BtF Press, 2019.
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Q: Restify: Passing User Data I am writing service using NodeJS + Restify. I have split each actual service into separate file (what, I assume, everyone is doing). They all are going to be using mysql database so I thought I could open a single connection to database which could be used by each service rather than opening connections every time a request is done.
The problem is that I don't seem to find a way to pass user data. By user data I mean any custom data that would be accessible by every service callbacked by the server.

A: I primarily use NodeJS + Express, but having looked through some of the documentation of Restify, I believe you could use the authorization parser (under Bundled Plugins on their site: click here to go there)
I think that would be the most basic way to pass user data.
I haven't tested it but, I believe you'd just add this to use it:
server.use(restify.authorizationParser());

You could then access the user data with:
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req.authorization.basic.user

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Trump Continues Attacks On Election Results At Georgia Senate Runoff Rally
Georgia Public Broadcasting | By Stephen Fowler
President Trump attended a rally in support of Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Saturday, in Valdosta, Ga., ahead of a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate.
At his first campaign rally after losing the election, President Trump sent mixed messages to Republican voters in Georgia on Saturday night, repeating false claims that the election was rigged while encouraging them to vote in a Jan. 5 runoff that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
Trump, who lost Georgia's 16 electoral votes by about 12,000 votes after an audit and a recount, told the crowd in Valdosta near the Florida border that supporting Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the runoff would help shape the future of America.
"The voters of Georgia will determine which party runs every committee, writes every piece of legislation, controls every single taxpayer dollar," he said. "Very simply, you will decide whether your children will grow up in a socialist country or whether they will grow up in a free country."
He called Perdue and Loeffler "two of the finest people you'll ever meet" and said they were two of his biggest supporters in Congress.
If the pair lose to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the Senate would be split 50-50, with Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris casting the tiebreaking vote.
Local and national Republicans have stressed the importance of the Georgia race as the last line of defense against a Biden administration agenda, with surrogates swarming the state on a daily basis. That included a visit by Vice President Mike Pence to Savannah on Friday, where he dismissed some calls from fringe voices on the right to boycott the election.
"I actually hear some people saying, 'Just don't vote,' " he said. "My fellow Americans, if you don't vote, they win."
But the president spent most of the night repeating baseless claims of election fraud in Georgia and other states, claiming falsely that he won Georgia, Wisconsin and other states certified for President-elect Joe Biden.
"If I lost, I'd be a very gracious loser," Trump said. "If I lost, I would say, 'I lost,' and I'd go to Florida and I'd take it easy and I'd go around and I'd say, 'I did a good job.' But you can't ever accept when they steal and rig and rob."
Trump also mentioned a debunked allegation pushed by his attorney Rudy Giuliani that election workers in Fulton County, Ga., illegally counted "suitcases" full of ballots in secret after Republican monitors left for the night.
Election officials say the security camera footage, seized on by the Trump campaign as alleged evidence of election fraud, did not show any processes out of the ordinary. Georgia law does not require partisan monitors to be present for vote counting to occur, and law enforcement investigators with the secretary of state's office found no evidence that improper ballots were added to the totals.
Trump also said that "phony, fake" mail-in absentee ballots were used to "sabotage" the election — and then gave supporters directions to request those types of ballots for the runoff.
Earlier in the day, Trump phoned Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to demand that he call the state legislature into a special session to overturn Georgia's results and order an audit of the signatures on absentee ballot envelopes.
Kemp, who served as secretary of state for eight years, rebuffed the request for a special session. The governor reiterated in a tweet that he has called numerous times for a signature audit, which he's said must be legally ordered by the current secretary of state, Republican Brad Raffensperger.
Raffensperger, who voted for the president but has stood up to the mounting pressure and misinformation about the election, said auditing signatures is not necessary since they were checked multiple times before those votes were counted. Further, he said an audit would not be logistically possible for local officials who spent the past month counting 5 million ballots three times.
Kemp did not attend the rally Saturday night after a young campaign staffer for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Harrison Deal, and a close friend of the governor and his family, died in a car crash.
The Trump campaign has filed one of several lawsuits seeking to overturn Georgia's election results, but so far no court has found evidence to warrant such a decision.
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Second Quest | 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Movie Review
by Alexis Stewart December 17, 2019 March 21, 2020
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Set a year after the last movie, the gang comes together for the holidays after going their separate ways. Fridge (Ser'Darius Blain), Martha (Morgan Turner), and Bethany (Madison Iseman) meet, with Spencer (Alex Wolff). The trio check in on Spencer's grandpa, Eddie (Danny DeVito) and meet his old friend and business partner, Milo (Danny Glover). They learn that Spencer got Jumanji to work again and go in to save him. While Martha takes Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan), there is a change with Eddie taking control of the dashing Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Milo as "Mouse" Finbar (Kevin Hart), and Fridge as Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black), and Spencer being found later on as the cat burglar Ming Fleetfoot (Awkwafina). Nigel Billingsley (Rhys Darby) tells the gang to reclaim the Falcon's Heart from Jurgen the Brutal (Rory McCann).
The cast for the kids in real-life is slightly better here than they were in the last movie, with Alex Wolff giving a solid performance with the screen-time he has. Watching these kids, you get the feeling that they've been friends since high school. Danny DeVito and Danny Glover are also a welcomed addition to the cast, with banter that feels at times like a rhetorical game of tennis. But like the last movie, it's the avatar characters that make this movie. And seeing The Rock and Kevin Hart play old guys is a joy to watch. Jack Black is a lot better in here, with the contrast of a jock being in the body of an overweight cartographer. Awkwafina is also a welcome addition to the cast, adding a spark. Karen Gillan is just as solid as she was in the last film.
Despite the slow start, the movie plays off with a similar pace with a few bumps in the road and some fresh ideas added to the movie. While having Glover and DeVito take two of the characters made for some interesting moments, some of the explanation of gaming logic grew old and reminiscent of explaining technology to your grandparents. There's also a glitch with water sources that allow for the gang to switch characters. And while it made for a good scene, it could've made for some good combinations. But aside from that, the action scenes were solid and played of the cast's strengths. Some of the action sequences also made the movie and upped the stakes than the last one did.
Like the last movie, this is one of those movies where the main appeal comes from the cast. Everyone gives a solid performance and legitimately seems like their having fun with the whole thing. Some of the plot elements could have been applied better and the shake-up from the last movie is brought to the status quo. But despite these issues, the action sequences are compelling, and the actors really make this movie.
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Byung-hyun and Sun-woo Both Pitch Well for Colorado
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Byung-hyun and Sun-woo Both Pitch Well for Colorado. August. 10, 2005 03:11. by Sung-Kyu	Kim kimsk@donga.com.
Kim Byung-hyun's (26) uniform number is 49 and Kim Sun-woo's (28) is 51. Both Kims are playing for the Colorado Rockies and started on the same day, earning the team two wins with pitching that scores 100 out of 100.
At the doubleheader between Florida and Colorado on August 9 at Coors Field, an infamous stadium for pitchers, Kim Byung-hyun started the second game and pitched seven innings, striking out four, giving up five hits and three runs, while walking three. The Rockies won the game 5-3. With the win, Kim Byung-hyun's season record is 3-8 with an ERA of 5.05. It is his first win in 45 days, or eight starts, and a valuable win, with the last victory coming against Kansas City.
Kim Sun-woo, traded from Washington Nationals, did not win or lose the first game, but had a successful debut with his new team, pitching four innings, with four strikeouts, five hits, no walks allowed, and giving up two runs.
The Rockies won the game in the 11th inning 4-3 with a game-winning home run by Dustan Mohr, and with the victory in the following game, are hot with a recent 7-2 record.
It was also the first time in 31 years, since 1974, that two pitchers with the same last name started in a doubleheader. The last time this was achieved was the Perry brothers, Gaylord and Jim, who played for Cleveland. Cleveland split the doubleheader.
In an interview with cable TV channel Xports, Kim Byung-hyun said, "When I am on the mound, I am the core of the offense. I always try to pitch aggressively." He also praised Kim Sun-woo, "Although it was unfortunate for Sun-woo to break his fingernail and bleed before the game, it was good to see him pitching confidently. He has been doing well in the past so I think he'll also do well in the future."
"I was worried because when I was pitching in the bullpen two days ago, the ball wouldn't go to where I wanted, but it turned out OK. I'm glad to be on the same team with Byung-hyun. It is fun to be together, and there will be lots to learn," said Kim Sun-woo.
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