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Although there appears to be no reality show concept that can be too extreme, Massoud Bakhshi had still been surprised to turn on the TV and find a program called “Honeymoon” airing in his native Iran that took the tradition of the winter solstice festival known as Shab-e Yalda where aggrieved parties would meet with each other to offer forgiveness to one another and turned it into compulsive viewing, complete with musical performances. While Bakhshi’s narrative debut “A Respectable Family” had been banned in the country, telling the story of a professor who had relocated to Europe and had trouble getting back into Tehran when his father takes ill, what he was watching felt truly obscene as one tragic situation after another was presented as entertainment for an audience, with those suffering immense trauma thrust into the spotlight as if they were contestants on a game show.
“Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness,” which took home the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at Sundance earlier this year, imagines what it looks like behind the scenes of such a show, with Massoud introducing a storyline that he had been researching for some time about a woman who gives birth while awaiting her execution after she is held responsible for the accidental death of her husband. A baby is nowhere to be seen at the start of “Yalda,” but that is only part of the burden that a young, once expectant mother named Maryam (Sadaf Asgari) carries onto the set of “The Joy of Forgiveness” where her last chance of clemency for the murder of her husband Nasser depends on her apology to his daughter Mona (Behnaz Jafari), who is incentivized to come on the show for the blood money she’ll receive if she accepts Maryam’s plea for absolution.
The premise is grotesque when Maryam doesn’t feel she should bear any responsibility for Nasser’s death and there’s no apology Mona would likely find acceptable, but Bakhshi elegantly slips in and out of one area of the studio to another to consider the conditions that have led to the existence of the show when justice has become less a resolution for the people involved than the public at large and the inequities throughout Iranian society in terms of gender and class push Mona and Maryam into agreeing to put themselves through such desperate straits. “The Joy of Forgiveness” may make for an evening in which 30 million viewers can’t turn away, but “Yalda” yields something longer lasting as a peek behind the curtain where one sees the ugliest of ancient attitudes slyly finding their way into a country that wants to be seen as dynamic and contemporary, yet the modern advent of reality TV only reinforcing the oppressive power structures that have been around since the dawn of civilization.
With “Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness” now arriving in virtual cinemas, Massoud recently spoke about how he also leaned on tradition in working to find something fresh to say with what is a good old-fashioned chamber drama in its bones, how the contrasting acting styles of his two leads gave the film a unique energy and why he insisted on filming the indoor story in Iran.
How did this come about?
I’m actually a documentary filmmaker and whenever I need to tell a story in a fiction way, I try to be close to the reality. I don’t see any difference between documentary and fiction, and with “Yalda,” I saw these documentaries some years ago and these painful stories remain within me, so I wrote the story of this young wife being convicted of accidentally killing her husband. The first draft of the script was written really focused on her, and in some flashbacks, I tried to tell the whole past story, but once I saw this TV reality show in the Iranian television, I decided to place the story in the frame of one episode of this show. Basically, this show was about forgiveness, but not necessarily about the crime cases. Yet the most interesting episodes were [involved] criminal cases – victims’ families or criminals in a reality show and the host asks them [to give or accept forgiveness] and it was so shocking to me that I decided to change radically the structure of my film and to tell the story through this reality show. Right after the production of my film, the existing show was stopped — fortunately. [laughs]
Could you actually research the show?
I did research on the subject mainly through lawyers and advocates because as you see the story is really linked to the details of the law and this punitive system. For this, I needed to know the law and the way they judge each different case and investigate and analyze AND then for the show, it was a hit and its host was a star, but it was somehow difficult to have the access to the existing show, so I visited other reality shows. I had fortunately had some friends who were working as producers or directors and they led me to visit some of the backstage of some of these programs. Because of them, I changed in my script a very important detail because at the beginning, I wrote a a show produced mainly by men and then going to visit Iranian TV, I noticed most of the people working behind the scenes of these programs were female. I even invited a director/producer of the TV [show] and the fact that she came to join our team helped us a lot for every detail to be authentic during the production.
It was interesting to see the portrayal of women throughout the film, particularly in how the one network exec relates to Mr. Ayat, the show runner who is prone to ignoring her suggestions.
But the character of Ayat, I have to say is the most enigmatic character of the film, and I had this block actually to find the right actor for this role. You see that he represents the power, but Babak Karimi, who plays this role, really got the deeper layers of the character. Generally speaking, we discussed a lot with all of the actors and actresses about the background of each character and these kinds of stories happening in our society. That’s why the fight that exists between this producer and the woman who represents the TV station, she’s there for controlling the ideology of this production somehow, and we can feel that the man, Ayat, is representing the absolute power. He has everything in his hand, even in the most crucial and critical moments of the show, and I think these are the details that might be very interesting for the audience to want to know better a very complex society, which is Iran today.
You’re able to capture that complexities in individual frames where the modern is consistently clashing with the traditional visually – as a Westerner, this is unexpected, though was it naturally occurring?
Yeah, this is a film about the huge contrasts that exist not only between the two main characters — not only between Mona and Maryam, who are coming from two different social classes opposing each other, one poor, the other one rich — and not only between what you see on the stage with these bright and vivid colors and happy atmosphere you see on stage and the tragic story that’s happening backstage in the dark corridors with these shaking handheld camera shots. It’s also on a bigger scale about the contrasts between modernity and tradition we have in Iranian society. From the beginning, it was clear to me that I want to show this part of the modernity of this very complex society because even as an Iranian based there, I didn’t know before going to visit the backstage of the TV reality show [such things as] there being so many women active and involved in the production, and I think the film reflects all of these contrasts. It is not necessarily the image that exists of Iran, as you said, in the Western world.
Since the film’s structure revolves around this production studio, did you actually shoot in a real TV studio?
As a documentary filmmaker, I really wanted to shoot in a real TV studio and I insisted for it for something like one year. I visited a lot of TV studios and to my great regret, I found out there is a huge mass production in Iranian TV, so there are no TV studios for us to shoot there over a month. We could rent something for one week, but not for a month, so we invented our own TV studio in a huge theater complex in the south part of Tehran and constructed every detail. I remember some time in this long production, [our] European co-producers of the film wanted me to shoot outside of Iran. They used to say, “This is a film in one location. You can make this studio everywhere you want.” But I said, “Shooting this film outside of Iran has no meaning for me because I cannot believe this story I’m telling.”
Although you cut away from the show during the film to go behind-the-scenes, would the scenes for the TV show play out in real time, like the exchange between Mona and Maryam to keep the intensity high?
Technically, we didn’t have the huge studio for a long time. We had it for something like a week and I was obliged to shoot the scene [with Mona and Maryam] with five ALEXA cameras. We had not so many takes, but we did takes in 30 minutes without cuts. This needed the huge energy of every actress and I remember the two actresses [playing] Mona and Maryam were really very well-prepared, even if they were coming from two different generations. It was very interesting to me working with both of them because Behnaz Jafari, who is playing Mona, is a very well-known, strong actress who did a lot of films [such as] Jafar Panahi’s last film “3 Faces,” while Sadaf Asgari, who plays Maryam, is from the new generation of Iranian actresses. She had only played in one film, her uncle’s film, and to the contrary of Behnaz, she wanted to keep her energy only for the takes. She didn’t want to rehearse or repeat [scenes], so it was very beautiful to see the combination of these two different approaches to acting and it worked very well. And I wanted to do more takes, but [the actresses] were really efficient and that week was the most exhausting for the actresses.
What’s it been like putting this out into the world? I know you’ve already been able to screen in Iran.
It’s very, very heartwarming because my first film was banned. It was never released in my home country and that was the saddest experience that I had in all of my life. It was not only banned but created lots of problems and that’s probably why I wanted “Yalda” to be first shown inside of my country and then starting its European and world releases outside. But it’s very, very nice to see different people from different cultures react to the film and that the film can communicate with different people. I had a very, very good response at the Berlin Film Festival, talking to the audience, and I think [it’s] the fact that the central theme of the film is forgiveness, which is something very, very essential and important in our contemporary world. This is a film that asks a lot of questions and provokes the audience to find the answers themselves and that’s the reason why it can communicate with the people.


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Caring for our local kupuna
Hawaii’s growing senior population deserves special attention. The Salvation Army addresses the special concerns of the elderly by providing adult day health services and affordable senior housing for those eligible.
Senior Services Locations
Adult Day Health Services (ADHS)
296 N. Vineyard Boulevard
Provides a social, recreational, and therapeutic environment for older adults who need supervision and nursing services during the day, and have conditions ranging from physical disabilities to Alzheimer's Disease.
Silvercrest Senior Housing
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A 78-unit HUD afforable housing complex for seniors that provides supportive programming.

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First Japanese-Built F-35A Lands At Misawa AB
A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB's runway, Nov. 2.
Maj. Elijah Supper piloted the brand-new aircraft from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out facility, and was quickly joined by two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin National Guard, there to escort the new jet across the Pacific.
Photo credit: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase
“This F-35 is one of the most clean and well-built aircraft I have ever seen,” Supper said. “The Japanese take great pride in this aircraft and have ensured it’s made to the highest standard."
Although the aircraft is a Japan Air Self-Dense Force-owned jet, it is required to go through final function tests in the United States to ensure all future F-35A's produced in Japan are up to standard.

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I finally finished my chair!
I didn't take a single picture this monday morning because
there was no time!
I got there at about 7:30 and we got right to work.
Since I didn't sign up for the next class,
I only had until 9:00 a.m. to work
before the next group showed up.
and they would all have chairs and projects with them
so no room for me!
We worked frantically
and I felt a bit stressed
but Kathleen kept saying "take your time"
(she could tell I was rushing and getting stressed)
I can't even remember what all we had left to do.
But I know we:
finished attaching sides and welting
made welting for back
attached welting along all the wood areas
attached the top and bottom of the back piece
put welting along the bottom of the chair
and attached the dust cover on the bottom of the chair
Then we tacked the front of the sides (by the wood)
and the sides of the back (where it meets the arms)
so that I could go back and sew it down.
When I left, all I had left to do was the blind stitching of the back and sides.
Yes, hand sewing!
She kept telling me that it is a relaxing thing to do
but I had a hard time imagining that to be true.
Here is Kathleen standing by my almost finished chair
This is the moment when I looked at the hand sewing that I needed to do and thought
"Maybe its time to go home!"
I wasn't excited to start that part...
But I brought it home and vowed to finish asap
rather than having a mostly finished chair sitting in my house
You use a curved needle and strong nylon thread to do the blind stitching
And you know what?
It wasn't that bad!
I stitched and stitched and stitched
I "watched" movies and tv shows on my iPad while I stitched.
I watched Lilo and Stitch!
Here are all my leftovers from class.
What should I make next?
Carter thinks it looks orange
but to me it looks like a nice yellow.
In these pictures, I can see what he means though.
My fingers are sore

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Men’s Singles Challenge Ladder
The METC Men’s Singles Challenge Ladder is one of the most flexible forms of tennis competition available to our members.
Members can generally choose when they want to play, and how often they want to play. The Challenge Ladder is a great way to meet other players and to develop your game. At the conclusion of the season, the player at the top of the ladder wins a new tennis racquet of their choice!


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Aliases:This biomarker is also known as:
- ubiquitin B,
- polyubiquitin B,
Ubiquitin, one of the most highly conserved proteins, is coded for by a family of genes whose translation products give rise to several different proteins. There are four genes that code for ubiquitin: UBB, UBC, RPS27A, and UBA52. Ubiquitin is synthesized as a precursor protein consisting of either polyubiquitin chains or a single ubiquitin moiety fused to an unrelated protein. This gene consists of three direct repeats of the ubiquitin coding sequence with no spacer sequence. Consequently, the protein is expressed as a polyubiquitin precursor with a final amino acid after the last repeat. Polyubiquitin chains, when attached to a target protein, have different functions depending on the Lys residue of the ubiquitin that is linked: Lys-6-linked may be involved in DNA repair; Lys-11-linked is involved in ERAD (endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation) and in cell-cycle regulation; Lys-29-linked is involved in lysosomal degradation; Lys-33-linked is involved in kinase modification; Lys-48-linked is involved in protein degradation via the proteasome; Lys-63-linked is involved in endocytosis, DNA-damage responses as well as in signaling processes leading to activation of the transcription factor NF-kappa-B. Linear polymer chains formed via attachment by the initiator Met lead to cell signaling. Ubiquitin is usually conjugated to Lys residues of target proteins, however, in rare cases, conjugation to Cys or Ser residues has been observed. When polyubiquitin is free (unanchored-polyubiquitin), it also has distinct roles, such as in activation of protein kinases, and in signaling.
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There are no datasets associated with this biomarker.

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Disney and Pixar studios have released the new and hilarious trailer for 2022 film, Turning Red.
The upcoming movie follows Mei Lee (voiced by newcomer Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old girl who loves maths class and just wants to be normal; unfortunately for her however, she is anything but.
In the trailer, we see Lee’s mother hiding very obviously behind a tree outside her classroom; we’re not sure why, but what happens next may make her wish she’d have just gone home.
As Lee gets more stressed and embarrassed that her mother (Sandra Oh) is being chased around the aforementioned tree by a security guard with the whole class watching, she begins to panic and eventually releases a large puff of pink smoke, and out emerges a giant Red Panda!
It seems that Lee is a Pixar version of Marvel character the Hulk; every time she gets too worried or over-excited, she turns into the massive and adorable mammal. As her classmates, teacher and mother stare at her in awe, Lee makes for the roof and begins jumping over buildings in order to hide herself, and glides over some very surprised citizens in the process.
This trailer is an absolute joy to watch. Chiang’s voice is a perfect match for Lee, and of course, the animation style is absolutely stunning; the colour palette is beautiful and definitely keeps in with the appearance of other Disney/Pixar movies.
With all Pixar films, there is a message embedded within the wonderful stories, and Turning Red is no different. As Lee is 13, it seems that this movie will focus on puberty, and the difficulties of growing up.
Even from the trailer we can see things that many teenagers have to deal with, from school to a slightly overbearing parent who, by the looks of it, is never far from her daughter - which is a total nightmare for Lee.
Growing up can be tough for everyone, no matter who you are, and Disney are sure to deliver an exceptionally funny, charming and heart-warming film based on this tough concept. The trailer is short, sweet, and hilarious all in one; there is no doubt that the film will be a perfect family flick!
Even the poster for the film is amazing, with Lee as her alter ego wearing an ID badge with her human face on it; will Lee combat this change within her, or will she learn to run with it and enjoy being different?
Pixar Animation Studios’ director Domee Shi will be taking the lead on this project; Shi is an award-winning director who won an Oscar for her short film, Bao, in 2018.
Turning Red will be in cinemas March 11th, 2022!
Written by Melissa, who you can follow on Twitter @melissajournal
We all know that Disney have brought us some exceptional, heart-warming and beautiful films over the years, but upcoming film Encanto might just stand a little taller than the rest...

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TRAFIQUANTS DE LA MER; Original French movie full lithograph(215 views)
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The History of Instagram
How was Instagram conceived?
Instagram was initially created as a part-time project by Kevin Systrom as he was learning to code – soon after, Mike Kreiger joined and both are credited as the creators of Instagram. Kevin Systrom is a graduate from Stanford University and did his internship at Odeo (the precursor to Twitter). Later, Kevin went on to work for Google and Nextstop, which was later acquired by Facebook. Mike Kreiger is also a graduate of Stanford University. While there, Mike fiddled with a photo-sharing project titled “Send Me Some Sunshine,” where those in sunnier parts of the world would send a photo of their weather to those who had less-than-fortunate weather.
Systrom had no previous training in coding, so he self-studied code at nights and weekends while doing his job at Nextstop. He used his skills to develop Burbn with Kreiger, a prototype and precursor to Instagram. Burbn was a multi-faceted app that allows users to post their pictures and “check-in” at a location. Realizing this, they both recalibrated their efforts. They found that there was an opening for an application that focused more on images, rather than text (unlike Facebook and Twitter. After eight months of struggle and development, they came up with Instagram. Instagram was launched on October 6th, 2010, the name derived from the terms “instant” and “telegram” as it was a quick way to share real-life photos that were primarily taken from mobile devices.
Instagram’s Instant Success
Instagram’s launch started with the first photo uploaded, of Dolly, Kevin Systrom’s dog.
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The Instagram launch was a huge success. 25,000 users showed up in a single day. In just three months, Instagram grew to 1 million users. On September 26th, 2011, Instagram made it to 10 million users. In June of 2018, Instagram reached 1 billion active users worldwide.
Investors became quickly interested in Instagram as an investment opportunity, and initial funding of $7 million was quickly raised at the beginning of 2011, part of which was from Benchmark Capital, which is famous for its investments in a multitude of successful startups beginning in the 1990s.
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, knew Kevin Systrom from the time he did his internship at Odeo, and was an early financial backer and supporter of Instagram. The relationship between the two companies is quite apparent, especially with features such as hashtags playing a central role in both. In March of 2012, Twitter showed their interest in the company and made a reported offer of $525 million. The founders refused the offer and stated their intention to keep Instagram as an independent company.
In April of 2012, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook topped Twitter’s offer at $1 billion (later adjusted to a final valuation of $735 million), in cash and stock, to purchase Instagram. The offer was accepted and Facebook acquired Instagram. Facebook had pledged to – and has seemingly delivered – on keeping Instagram close to the original user experience. That has been rewarded with continued growth on the platform.
What makes Instagram so popular?
- The only popular social media network that is primarily focused on photos versus text.
- A simple, easy-to-use interface that is not overly cumbersome.
- At the time of release, “filters” for photos that no other network offered.
- As advertisements have been incorporated, they have avoided being distracting.
- Instagram’s expansion with “business” profiles and e-commerce features has given small businesses good reason to incorporate the network into their usual lineup.
Can Naumann Consulting help with Instagram?
We sure can! Whether it’s simply pointing you in the right direction with what sort of photos to post, hashtags to use, etc, or as far as helping design attractive images to bring attention to your product or service, we are standing by to help grow your Instagram following. Reach out to us to get the ball rolling.
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE


January 2022: Positive Creativity Podcast – Out Now!
Happy New Year Fam! Exciting new to share this month. I recorded a podcast with some of my dear friends back in NYC, Lauren Schaffel and Elyssa Nicole Trust. I am so honored to be feature on the 1st episode of their 4th season! Wow. We talked all things, NYC,


Re: [PATCH V3 0/4] Define coherent device memory node
From: John Hubbard
Date: Thu Feb 23 2017 - 23:39:53 EST
On 02/23/2017 05:06 PM, Bob Liu wrote:
On 2017/2/21 21:39, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
On 02/21/2017 04:41 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
On Fri 17-02-17 17:11:57, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
Could you also explain why the transparent view is really better than
using a device specific mmap (aka CDM awareness)?
Okay with a transparent view, we can achieve a control flow of application
like the following.
(1) Allocate a buffer: alloc_buffer(buf, size)
(2) CPU compute on buffer: cpu_compute(buf, size)
(3) Device compute on buffer: device_compute(buf, size)
(4) CPU compute on buffer: cpu_compute(buf, size)
(5) Release the buffer: release_buffer(buf, size)
With assistance from a device specific driver, the actual page mapping of
the buffer can change between system RAM and device memory depending on
which side is accessing at a given point. This will be achieved through
driver initiated migrations.
Sorry, I'm a bit confused here.
What's the difference with the Heterogeneous memory management?
Which also "allows to use device memory transparently inside any process
without any modifications to process program code."
OK, Jerome, let me answer this one. :)
Yes, from a userspace app's point of view, both HMM and the various NUMA-based proposals appear to
provide the same thing: transparent, coherent access to both CPU and device memory. It's just the
implementation that's different, and each implementation has a role:
HMM: for systems that do not provide direct access to device memory, we do need HMM. It provides a
fault-based mechanism for transparently moving pages to the right place, and mapping them to the
local process (CPU or device). You can think of HMM as something that provides coherent memory
access, via software.
NUMA-based solutions: for systems that *can* provide directly addressable, coherent device memory,
we let programs directly address the memory, and let the (probably enhanced) NUMA system handle page
placement. There will be lots more NUMA enhancement discussions and patchsets coming, from what I
There are distinct advantages and disadvantages to each approach. For example, fault-based HMM can
be slow, but it works even with hardware that doesn't directly provide coherent access--and it also
has page fault information to guide it on page placement (thrashing detection). And NUMA systems,
which do *not* fault nearly as much, require various artificial ways to detect when a page (or
process) is on a suboptimal node. The NUMA approach is also, very arguably, conceptually simpler (it
really depends on which area you look at).
So again: yes, both systems are providing a sort of coherent memory. HMM provides software based
coherence, while NUMA assumes hardware-based memory coherence as a prerequisite.
I hope that helps, and doesn't just further muddy the waters?


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I'm so upset! I haven't had a fever blister in 4+ years and of course I get one now! Strange thing is it's on the tip of my nose....I've taken my antiviral I just hope it clears up ASAP before my baby girl arrives! I worry I won't be able to kiss her and snuggle her with this outbreak on my nose :( so sad
Lol this is so funny cause this was me with my first!! I got a cold sore 2 weeks before I had her and I was so mad cause I wanted to be able to kiss her!! It was gone in tine. Just don't stress it's the anxiousness bringing them in! This pregnancy especially in the first 20 weeks I got one like twice a month!! Must have been the hormones. Then it settled down and now I'm just getting over a couple and I'm just over 38 weeks... I've been stressed with being in a wedding and grandpa having a heart attack so i was expecting some!! Hopefully we are cold sore free till baby gets here!! Good luck momma!!
READ THIS! :-) I have the best kept secret about cold sores.
Years ago I dated a guy who didn't get them, so I asked my doctor what to do. She put me on a prescription of acyclovir and I have had a bottle of it in my medicine cabinet ever cents. Heck I even keep them in my purse, when I travel, in my car, everywhere!
It's a medication for herpes. She told me I could take it every day for suppression, but I just take it when I start to feel a cold sore come on. You pop them like candy and truthfully I have only had one outbreak in the last few years! I tried Abreva which was a joke, and all those other random remedies. This is the only thing that actually prevents them from showing up for me. As soon as you feel that tingle, start taking it and for me they never even surface.
Just wanted to share :-) I can't believe it took me until my 30s to discover this!
I keep valtrex on hand just incase also, only had to take it the one time I had an outbreak. This time it came on so quick! No tingling just sudden swelling I noticed when I looked in the mirror, looked closer and saw the blisters etc :( but the medicine is kicking in, thank you :)

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Hey Gang, Billy and I will be at the Red Robin at the Old Mill to watch the Ducks take on USC. Game starts at 4:00. We'll be there a little bit before 4. We'll be in the bar area. Any and all are welcome to join us. The more the merrier, of course!
See you there. GO DUCKS!


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Autostat. – According to Autostat data, the new LCV market has amounted to 8800 units in October 2016, following a 3.8% year-on-year increase. Thereby, the market has risen for the first time after five months of shrinkage.
GAZ has become the leader of the LCV market as usual, with more than 45% share in total. The sales figure of the manufacturer is equivalent to approximately 4100 units – 7% more than last year. Another home brand UAZ occupies the second place with over 1600 vehicles (+1.8%). LADA completes the top-three (1100, +64.2%). German Mercedes-Benz (582, -38.2%) and American Ford (500, +61.8%) are the remaining brands in top-five.
It should be noted that the Russian LCV market has exceeded 71,000 units by the end of the first ten months of 2016, indicating a 6.1% year-on-year decline.

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Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile will introduce its exclusive Nokia Lumia 521 smartphone on Saturday, April 27, during the biannual Innovation Weekend on HSN, HSN.com and via HSN Mobile.
The carrier said this will be the first time T-Mobile and a Nokia smartphone will be featured during the special event. The Windows Phone 8 smartphone will be bundled with a car charger and screen protector for $149 with free shipping and handling; a flex pay option will be available. Check local listings for specific air times.
Following the HSN debut, the Nokia Lumia 521 will be available at Microsoft Retail Stores and Walmart on May 11. The Lumia 521 will be $149 at Microsoft Retail Stores. At Walmart, the Lumia 521 will be available with the retailer’s exclusive T-Mobile no-contract $30 per month unlimited web and text plan.
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From an article in the May 2010 edition of Sciences et Avenir: “Les cartes trahies par leur puce”, on the no-PIN attack. Photos taken in March 2010, Cambridge, UK, by Elisabeth Blanchet. Also in the photos is Saar Drimer.
Part of the “Vanguard of Computation series”, by portrait photographer Roland Eva, taken in April 2009, Cambridge, UK. The image in the background is the Vidalia network map, showing paths chosen through the Tor anonymous communication network.
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What to do regarding payment of franchise tax on a non-operational corporation?
Question Details: My father was a retired inventor, who was hopeful that he would invent a marketable product. He is now deceased. About 35 years ago, he registered a corporation in DE. The corporation never had any assets, liabilities or stock issuance. It has not conducted any business of any kind since its registration. With the passing of my father, there are no other officers in the corporation. DE is requiring fees to be paid for the annual franchise tax, a late tax penalty with applied interest of 1.5 per month, and fees to dissolve the corporation. My mother has severe dementia and lives on social security. Who is responsible for paying the company's obligations?
The corporation is responsible for paying these taxes. Shareholders are not, so even if your mother was made a shareholder of the company, she does not have to pay them. And certainly nonshareholders, even spouses or children, do not need to pay them. If the tax is not paid, the corporation can be barred from transacting business or be sued or suffer other penalty--but that's not an issue here, based on what you write. Similarly, neither you nor your mother need to pay fees to dissolve this corporation. Let DE go after the corporation: there is no reason that would concern you.

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OER World Map shares information on behalf of the worldwide OER community, using local knowledge to describe the OER ecosystem. Built with cutting edge linked open data technology, OER World Map visualizes the world of OER and supports a range of widgets and tools through powerful statistical analysis. OER World Map is built by hbz and graphthinking GmbH with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The OER World Map is: 1) a tool to collect and store data by, about and for the OER community; 2) a set of tools to visualize the data; 3) open to contribution by individuals and institutions; 4) built on state of the art linked open data technology; 5) aiming at maximum openess, connectivity and reusability; and 6) owned and driven by the OER community. The OER World Map can be used” a) to find and contact OER experts; b) to find OER services in order to use them for learning; c) to find OER services in order to develop technical infrastructure like search engines; d) to connect institutions and foster inter institutional cooperation; and e) in many other ways. This will be added to Education and Academic Resources Subject Tracer™.

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Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
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An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
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In a March 29, 2016 article in The Atlantic highlighted “The Impossibility of Managing a Chronic Disease While Homeless.”
Dr. Maralyssa Bann is a doctor on staff at Seattle’s King County public hospital.
Dr. Bann’s article makes the case for Housing First which can help chronically homeless individuals struggling with mental health and physical health issues and addiction to stabilize their lives and their health.
“The hospital serves many members of Seattle’s homeless population; on any given night, at least half of my patients stay in migrating “tent cities,” crisis shelters, empty vehicles, abandoned buildings, or directly on the streets.”
Dr. Bann tells the story of a patient with serious diabetes.
“For him, and for many homeless people with diabetes, the challenges of managing a chronic illness on the streets—finding secure storage for medications, reliably obtaining nutritious food, appropriately dosing and timing injections—can be insurmountable.”
One of the challenges that Dr. Bann points out is that,
“Many shelters require residents to vacate in the hours of the morning and line up again for reentry around dusk. She goes on to share statistics about how “homeless people die disproportionately young.”
“In the Seattle area in 2015, the average age of death for homeless individuals was 48 years old. Other major American cities report similar averages: 48 in Los Angeles, 53 in Philadelphia.”


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Our kinesthetic system is our bodily sensations and feelings. These feelings are not the names we give to our sensations that we call emotion. Emotions are mostly evaluations of a set of sensations or learned responses, originating in our brains and translated into body sensations.
These sensations and feelings come from three things:
These are from our sensory receptors, in our muscles, tendons, joints, and the inner ear. They detect the motion or position of the body or a limb. They are responsible for our balance and our ability to move in our environment.
Relate to our internal organs. We have receptors that let us know about the state of many of our organs, such as hunger, thirst, balance of minerals, hormonal fluctuations. We can become unaware of many of these sensations until they become painful.
These come from the nerves in our skin. They are our interface with the outside world and other beings. We notice texture, pressure, temperature and the location of the stimulus. We also register pain.
Kinesthetic System Processing
This kind of processing is much slower than visual system processing where a lot of information is available all at once. It is also slower than auditory system processing, where information is sequential and sometimes like a train on tracks.
Generally, it is one of our primitive types of processing, and can be simultaneous and conflicting. Having said all that, it can be very fast, for instance in emergencies. When there is a tiger nearby, it is more useful to pay attention to what your stomach is telling you and run like crazy.
People who are processing using the kinesthetic system use words such as:
Feel, touch, caress, handle, texture, feeling, hold, grip, cuddle, hug, rub, weighty, heavy, burden, oppressive, stifling, sticky, uncomfortable, pressure.
- They pay attention to their bodies and feelings.
- They learn by doing, and so have difficulty with traditional education methods
- They like to touch things and people
- They will want to wear comfortable clothes and shoes rather than what looks good.
- They tend to speak more slowly. Feelings take a lot more time to process than pictures.
- They will make decisions based on how they feel.
Kinesthetic Processing Eye Patterns
A preference for kinesthetic processing show eyes moving down right (for most right-handed people). They may not make eye contact because that stops them being able to feel.

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|Publication number||US7292059 B2|
|Application number||US 11/096,337|
|Publication date||Nov 6, 2007|
|Filing date||Mar 31, 2005|
|Priority date||Mar 31, 2005|
|Also published as||US20060220671|
|Publication number||096337, 11096337, US 7292059 B2, US 7292059B2, US-B2-7292059, US7292059 B2, US7292059B2|
|Inventors||William DeVey, Will A. Miller, Anthony Delucco|
|Original Assignee||Credence Systems Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (5), Classifications (5), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Subject matter disclosed in this application might be considered to be related to the subject matter disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/458,342 filed Jun. 9, 2003, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/802,993 filed Mar. 16, 2004, U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/024,528 and 11/024,536, both filed Dec. 28, 2004, the entire disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
This invention relates to a power supply assembly for a semiconductor integrated circuit tester.
A conventional semiconductor integrated circuit tester that is used in conjunction with failure analysis equipment for probing the semiconductor material of an integrated circuit device while stimulating the device comprises a test head that interfaces to a device under test (DUT) through a device interface board (DIB) and pin electronics that transmit stimulus signals to and monitor response from the DUT. The tester also includes a device power supply that is connected to power supply pins of the DUT for supplying regulated DC voltage to the DUT for operating the DUT during the test.
Several trends in design and manufacture of integrated circuits influence the magnitude of the current drawn by an integrated circuit device. In particular, as advances in fabrication technologies allow integrated circuit devices to be made with smaller features, integrated circuits can be designed to include larger numbers of transistors. As the number of transistors increases, the power demands of the IC device will generally increase; and if the operating voltage of the IC device remains the same, the current drawn by the IC device will increase.
However, the reduction in size of features of IC devices allows the devices to operate at higher frequencies and as operating frequencies of integrated circuits increase, the operating voltage of the integrated circuits generally decreases. Consequently, the reduction in size of device features may lead to increase in current both because of an increase in the number of transistors and because of a reduction in operating voltage. Many testers are designed for concurrent testing of several IC devices. When an IC tester is to test concurrently several low voltage, high current IC devices, it must be able to provide a substantial amount of current to the devices under test.
A typical IC device including a large number of clocked gates draws a relatively high current during the first part of a clock cycle, when many transistors are actively switching, and a relatively low current during the latter part of the clock cycle, after the transistors have switched. Further, the amount of current drawn can vary from cycle to cycle depending mainly on how many transistors switch during each particular cycle.
In at least one known IC tester, the tester's device power supply is positioned remote from the test head and force and return terminals of the power supply are connected through cables to respective conductive power distribution blocks adjacent the DIB. Each power distribution block includes an array of spring probe pins (commonly known as pogo pins) that engage power supply contact pads of the DIB and the DIB includes conductive traces that connect the power supply contact pads to the power supply (Vcc and ground) terminals of the DUT. In this known tester, there is a relatively long conductive path between the terminals of the device power supply and the VCC and ground terminals of the DUT, and these long conductive paths may have substantial inductance and resistance. The inductance and resistance of the power supply path results in a change in voltage drop across the path impedance when the current supplied to the DUT changes, and this change in voltage drop results in a change in voltage between the Vcc and ground terminals of the DUT. Changes in operating voltage between the power supply terminals of the DUT must be kept within specified limits in order for the DUT to operate properly. As the operating voltage of ICs decreases, acceptable variations in operating voltage also decrease.
One way to reduce the magnitude of variation in power supply voltage is to connect voltage regulating capacitors to the power supply lines at a location as close as possible to the DUT. However, as the demand for current increases and the tolerance for variation in power supply voltage decreases, the capacitors that are needed to provide the necessary voltage regulation become impractically large.
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention there is provided a power supply assembly comprising a dielectric substrate having first and second opposite main surfaces, a power supply circuit supported by the dielectric substrate and having first and second power supply terminals, a first conductive connection block attached to the dielectric substrate at the first main surface thereof and connected to the first power supply terminal of the power supply circuit, the first connection block being formed with a bore, and a spring probe pin fitted in the bore formed in the connection block, and wherein the spring probe pin includes a conductive sleeve and a conductive plunger fitted in the sleeve and the conductive sleeve is in electrically conductive contact with the first connection block.
In accordance with a second aspect of the invention there is provided a power supply assembly comprising a dielectric substrate having first and second opposite main surfaces, a power supply circuit supported by the dielectric substrate and having first and second power supply terminals, first and second conductive connection blocks attached to the dielectric substrate at the first and second main surfaces respectively and connected to the first and second power supply terminals respectively of the power supply circuit, the first and second connection blocks being formed with respective arrays of bores, a first plurality of spring probe pins fitted in the bores in the first connection block, and a second plurality of spring probe pins fitted in the bores in the second connection block.
In accordance with a third aspect of the invention there is provided a power supply assembly comprising a card having first and second opposite sides that are joined by a peripheral edge of the board, the card including an insulating substrate and having first and second conductive layers, at least one power module having first and second terminals connected to the first and second layers respectively of the card, and first and second connection blocks attached to the card at the first and second sides respectively and each including a first portion in contact with the card and a second portion that projects beyond said peripheral edge of the card whereby said second portions of the respective connection blocks are in mutually spaced confronting relationship, and wherein at least one of the connection blocks is configured so that said second portions are substantially closer together than are said first portions
For a better understanding of the invention, and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which
For convenience and clarity, the following paragraphs describe the test head in a particular orientation. However, this is not intended to imply that the test head may not be used in other orientations or that the claims should be limited to a particular orientation.
The main support plate 14 defines a circular opening 16 (
The DIB 24 is formed with two concentric annular arrays of contact elements each comprising a via, the lower end of which is exposed at the underside of the DIB, and an annular contact pad surrounding the lower end of the via. The locations of the contact elements are illustrated schematically in
Referring again to
Each connector 52 includes a cable positioning block in which the ends of multiple coaxial cables 53 are held, with the conductive cores of the coaxial cables exposed at the upper surface of the positioning block. Above the cable positioning block is a contact device 54 comprising an insulating member having multiple C-shaped conductive elements accommodated therein.
The DIB 24 is positioned over the support frame 50 and is captive beneath the cover plate 22. Alignment elements (not shown) projecting from the outer housing 18 engage the DIB and thereby position the DIB relative to the outer housing. Alignment pins project upwards from the connectors 52 and are received in alignment bores of the DIB 24, thereby positioning the connectors relative to the DIB, when the support frame is forced upward by actuation of the cam operating lever 46.
Each of the sixty eight groups 28 of contact elements on the lower surface of the DIB 24 corresponds to one of the connectors 52, and the pattern of contact elements in each group 28 matches the pattern of the conductive cores of the coaxial cables 53 held by the corresponding connector. When the frame 50 is forced upward relative to the main support plate 14 by actuation of the lever 46, the C-shaped conductive elements of the contact device 54 provide electrical connections between the coaxial cables and respective pads on the underside of the DIB 24.
At its upper end, the support frame 50 has an internal flange or lip 50A (
The power distribution board 60 has a generally rectangular extension 60A, which can be seen in
Sixteen power supply connectors 76 are attached to the upper surface of the power distribution board 60. The connectors 76 extend radially of the board 60 and are equiangularly distributed about the center of the power distribution board 60. Each connector 76 has power supply pins that are connected to the terminals of the power connector 64 and has control pins that are connected to terminals of the power supply controller 72.
A fan 78 is positioned below the power distribution board 60 and induces a flow of cooling air through the central opening in the power distribution board.
Up to sixteen power module cards 74 are fitted in the connectors 76 respectively, each power module card being disposed in a vertical orientation and being generally rectangular except for an extension 90 (
Each connection block 80 incorporates multiple spring probe pins 84. Each spring probe pin 84 comprises a metal barrel, a metal plunger fitted in the barrel, and a metal compression spring held in the barrel and forcing the plunger upward relative to the barrel. The metal barrels of the spring probe pins 84 are fitted directly in the respective connection blocks and accordingly the plunger of each pin 84 is electrically connected to the connection block in which the particular pin is mounted.
The connection block 80A incorporates several additional spring probe pins 86. The barrels of the spring probe pins 86 are mounted in the connection block 80A using insulating sleeves, and accordingly the plungers of the pins 86 are insulated from the connection block. The barrels of the spring probe pins 86 extend downward beyond the connection block 80A and are protected by a detachable shroud.
The connection blocks 80A, 80B have respective flanges 96A, 96B (
Vias 106A in the extension 90 of the power module card connect the force layers 98A to the conductive layer 92A on one side of the extension, and vias 106B connect the return layers 98B to the conductive layer 92B at the opposite side of the extension. The vias 106A are distributed in a rectangular array at equal horizontal and vertical spacings S and the vias 106B are similarly distributed. The two rectangular arrays of vias are offset from each other horizontally and vertically by S/2 so that the two arrays collectively form a rectangular array at equal horizontal and vertical spacings S/2.
As mentioned in patent application Ser. No. 10/458,342, each power module includes control circuits that implement several control functions, such as voltage measurement and adjustment, enabling of the DC/DC converters, and load sharing. Each power module has positive voltage sense, negative voltage sense, load share and group enable terminals connected to the control circuits. Signals that are used in performing the control functions are conveyed between the power modules and the power supply controller 72 by the connector 76 and conductive traces of the power distribution board 60.
The signal layer of the power module card includes four discrete control traces that are connected to the positive voltage sense, negative voltage sense, load share, and group enable terminals respectively of the two power modules. The control traces are connected to respective terminals in a signal connector terminal block (not shown) that is attached to the power module card. The terminals of the signal connector terminal block are connected by suitable wires (not shown) to the plungers of the spring probe pins 86 respectively.
Each of the sixteen groups 26 of contact elements on the lower surface of the DIB 24 corresponds to one pair of connection blocks 80A, 80B, and the pattern of contact elements in each group 26 matches the pattern of the spring probe pins mounted in the corresponding pair of connection blocks. Accordingly, when the cam operating lever is actuated to rotate the cam ring 34 in the sense to raise the frame 50 so that the contact device 54 establishes electrical connection between the connectors 52 and the contact elements of the corresponding group 28, the pins 84, 86 engage respective contact elements in the corresponding group 26. Preferably, the vias of the contact elements are hollow and the spring probe pins 84, 86 have sharp conical tips that enter the lower ends of the hollow vias. The spring probe pins contact the rims of the vias, thus providing a relatively large contact area and reducing the contact resistance between the pins and the contact elements. When the support frame 50 is in its lower position, the spring probe pins 84 and 86 are spaced from the DIB 24.
The conductive traces of the DIB 24 provide several control buses (not shown). The number of control buses is equal to the number of spring probe pins 86 in each connection block 80A. The contact elements that are engaged by the four spring probe pins 86 of a given connection block 80A are connected to different respective control buses. Two of the control buses are sense buses that provide signals reflecting current operating conditions of the DIB and are connected by respective pins 86 and control traces of the power module card to the positive and negative voltage sense terminals of the power modules. The other two control buses are a group enable bus and a load share bus and are connected by the other two pins 86 and control traces of the power module card to the group enable and load share terminals respectively of the power modules. The group enable bus and load share bus convey analog signals that are used to support particular functions of the power modules, as described in detail in patent application Ser. No. 10/458,342. It will be appreciated that the number of control buses, and correspondingly the number of pins 86 in each connection block 80A, depends on the number of power module control functions that are utilized in the particular implementation, and that this number may be less than four or greater than four.
The contact elements that are engaged by the spring probe pins 84 mounted in the connection block 80A are connected to a power bus of the DIB and the contact elements that are engaged by the spring probe pins 84 mounted in the connection block 80B are connected to a ground bus of the DIB. The power and ground buses of the DIB are connected to the power supply pins of the DUT sockets. The two sense buses are connected to the power and ground buses respectively.
The force layers 98A, vias 106A, connection block 80A and the spring probe pins 84 installed in the block 80A form respective segments of a force rail of the power modules of the power module card, and similarly the return layers 98B, vias 106B, connection block 80B and the spring probe pins 84 installed in the block 80B form respective segments of a return rail of the power module card.
The power modules of each power module card provide regulated DC voltage to the force and return rails, which are connected to the power supply terminals of the DUT by the power and ground buses of the DIB. Because the power module cards are close to the DIB, the conductive paths between the force and return terminals of the power modules and the power and ground terminals of the DUT are short. In addition, the force and return layers of the power module card are connected to the connection blocks 80A, 80B by multiple vias, and each connection block is connected to the respective power supply bus of the DIB by multiple spring probe pins 84 and multiple contact elements. These measures result in the power paths from the power modules to the power and ground buses of the DIB having a low equivalent series resistance (ESR). It is desirable that the ESR be low so that any change in the voltage drop between the terminals of the power modules and the terminals of the DUT due to change in current supplied to the DUT will be small and the voltage difference between the power and ground terminals of the DUT can be controlled within narrow limits. The use of multiple vias and multiple spring probe pins also results in the power paths having a low equivalent series inductance (ESL). It is desirable that the equivalent series inductance be low in order to minimize power supply voltage transients that occur when the current supplied to the DUT changes and, correspondingly, minimize the size of the regulating capacitors that might be needed in order to reduce the power supply voltage transients. Although it would be possible to use a single force layer and a single return layer, multiple force and return layers are preferred because this also reduces ESR and ESL, and the multiplicity of layers increases capacitive coupling of the layers.
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The relatively large confronting areas of the connection blocks and the small spacing between the upper regions of the connection blocks results in a relatively large capacitance between the force and return rails of the power module card. Further, the configuration of the two arrays of vias also contributes to capacitance between the force and return rails. Accordingly, in an embodiment of the invention it is possible to provide a sufficiently clean power supply without need for additional regulating capacitors connected between the force and return rails.
Conventionally, the barrel of a spring probe pin is housed in a receptacle that is supplied by the manufacturer of the pin. Use of such a receptacle would facilitate connection of the plunger of the pin to the connection block and removal of a defective pin. However, this advantage is provided at the cost of a rather large contact resistance between the barrel and the receptacle. A high contact resistance is particularly undesirable in the case of the spring probe pins 84, because they are in the power supply path for the DUT. In order to avoid the high contact resistance, the barrels of the spring probe pins are press fitted directly in tight tolerance bores in the connection blocks, without use of receptacles. This measure may be considered undesirable from the viewpoint of cost in machining the connection blocks and difficulty in repairing a connection block with a defective pin, but these disadvantages are offset by the reduction in resistance of the power supply path.
The barrels of most conventional spring probe pins are of uniform cylindrical construction, and the plunger is biased into contact with the barrel to provide an electrical connection between the barrel and the plunger. Preferably, the spring probe pins that are used in an embodiment of the invention have so-called bifurcated barrels, i.e. the barrel is split longitudinally at its end into two or more parts and at least one part is deflected inwards and bears against the plunger. This bifurcation feature reduces contact resistance between the plunger and the barrel as compared to other conventional spring probe pins.
It will be appreciated that the invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment that has been described, and that variations may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims and equivalents thereof. For example, although the power modules in the illustrated embodiment include control circuits for voltage sense, group enable and load share, in another embodiment the power modules may include more control circuits or fewer control circuits, depending on the functions that are supported by the power modules. In addition, although the force and return rails of the power modules are connected to the power and ground buses respectively of the DIB, in another embodiment a polarity reversing switch might be provided on the DIB in order to support a test in which the force and return rails are connected to the ground and power buses respectively. Unless the context indicates otherwise, a reference in a claim to the number of instances of an element, be it a reference to one instance or more than one instance, requires at least the stated number of instances of the element but is not intended to exclude from the scope of the claim a structure or method having more instances of that element than stated. Further, a reference in the foregoing description to an element, be it a reference to one instance of that element or more than one instance, is not intended to imply that any claim should be interpreted as if it required that element or that embodiments of the invention could not be implemented without that element.
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Belfast&east Antrim Youth League
The Belfast&east Antrim Youth League (B&EAYL) is an amateur football league for youth teams in Belfast and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is affiliated to the County Antrim & District Football Association (CADFAFA).
The B&EAYL was founded in 1965. The original aim of the league was to provide a competitive environment for youth teams in the area. The league has grown steadily over the years and now has over 100 teams participating.
The B&EAYL is divided into a number of divisions, based on the age of the players. The top division is the Premier Division, followed by the First Division, Second Division, and so on. Each division has a promotion and relegation system.
The season runs from September to May, with each team playing each other team in their division once. The top teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the winners being promoted to the next division.
The B&EAYL matches are played at a variety of venues across Belfast and East Antrim. Some of the most popular venues include:
- East Antrim Games Development Centre
- Valley V36
- Ballyclare Comrades FC
- Antrim Rovers FC
- St Mary's FC

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Ivanka Trump talking on her cell phone ... Elijah Wood walking in SoHo with girlfriend Pamela Racine ... Jay-Z scowling at a photographer in the Garment District ... Heidi Klum holding her son's hand after leaving dinner at Cipriani Downtown ... Gerard Butler shooting scenes for The Bounty in the West Village ... Joan Rivers leaving a movie theater uptown ... Liev Schreiber walking by himself downtown ... Maria Bello drinking wine outdoors ... Drew Barrymore and Justin Long hanging out on the set of Going the Distance in Brooklyn ... Kelly Clarkson signing autographs outside her hotel in Midtown ... and Kelly Bensimon jogging in the West Village.
Victoria Beckham is turning 35 today. Jennifer Garner is turning 37. Actress Monet Mazur is 33. Liz Phair turns 42. The rapper Redman is turning 39. Architect Costas Kondylis is 69. Writer Cynthia Ozick is 81. Former football star Boomer Esiason is turning 47. Author Nick Hornby is 52. And television exec Henry Schleiff turns 61 today. Weekend birthdays after the jump.
Viewers who tuned in Wednesday to Late Night With Conan O'Brien were treated to very special vacation slideshow by Mummy 3 star Maria Bello, who, during a recent visit to China, skipped the Great Wall and the Forbidden City in exchange for the more fantastic tour of Misconceived Bathroom Placards. It's not just the mangled English ("handicapped" = "deformed") and malaprops that make the show-and-tell special, however. Just take a moment to enjoy O'Brien's play-by-play, abetted by headlining guest Kevin Costner's awkward sidekick chuckle. If it's not enough to make you forget Andy Richter, it's at least enough to make you forget this man once won an Academy Award. In any case, we genuinely wouldn't mind if they revived this segment every week. [NBC]
· Maria Bello has been cast in the role of "Much Cheaper Alternative to Oscar-Winning Actress No Longer Willing to Slum It in a Mindless Sequel" in the next Mummy installment, replacing Rachel Weisz. [Variety]
· Spider-Man 3 pulled in another $85.5 million internationally, bringing its worldwide box office to $622.1 million. [THR]
· NBC demotes Law & Order: Criminal Intent to its USA Network (with second-run episodes appearing on the network mothership), while the Original Recipe L&O will stay on the Peacock, avoiding a possible banishment to TNT. [Variety]
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· Madonna's husband is finally getting back into directing incomprehensible, low-budget gangster films, and will team with Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment on the "action comedy" RockNRolla this summer. [Variety]


A new space devoted to turning the seeds of students’ creative ideas into reality opened this fall in Remington, a stone’s throw from the Homewood campus, with the transformation of an abandoned factory building into FastForward U Homewood. The 10,000-square-foot innovation hub was designed to meet the needs of Johns Hopkins’ entrepreneurial and inventive students.
“[This is an] extracurricular space for all levels of exploration, from casual experimenters to seasoned entrepreneurs and inventors,” says Brian Stansky, senior director of FastForward at Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures, which manages the new facility.
The floor plan includes spaces large and small for conferences, group meetups, and independent work. One open area can accommodate 100 movable seats and includes a large projector wall for video screenings and presentations. Another space functions as a café and lounge.
Among the startups now based in FastForward U is Fitness Tech, which was launched by a team of WSE and Krieger School students who are creating a mobile app through which users can compete against each other in exercise-related activities.
A full 2,000 square feet of the facility houses a high-tech makerspace, run by the Whiting School of Engineering, outfitted with tools provided by Stanley Black & Decker, that provides tools for 3D printing, laser cutting, metal smithing, and woodworking, in addition to spaces for events and co-working.
The multimillion-dollar development, for which Johns Hopkins is teaming up with the Gensler architecture firm, adds to a now-bustling corner of Remington that includes commercial space in the building’s ground floor, 11 food stalls across the street in R. House, and the retail and apartments of nearby Remington Row.


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What is Aphasia?
Have you noticed changes in the way your elderly loved one speaks or communicates? Perhaps he or she has trouble putting words together, remembering the names of things, or comprehending what you say. If so, the problem could be aphasia. Aphasia involves the inability to communicate normally due to a brain dysfunction and may affect speaking, listening, reading, or writing. While anyone may experience aphasia caused by a brain injury or other brain problem, elderly people often experience aphasia associated with the following:
- Stroke–A stroke can cause damage to the parts of the brain that control speech and language. Damage to different areas may cause differing symptoms, including difficulty producing speech or difficulty understanding speech.
- Alzheimer’s Disease–As brain degeneration occurs, various parts of the brain may be affected. Aphasia is one of the four primary indicators of Alzheimer’s disease and usually occurs along with more generalized memory loss.
- Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)–In PPA, the elderly person gradually loses language skills while maintaining the ability to perform daily activities.
Aphasia caused by stroke is usually noticed right away since the brain damage occurs instantaneously. However, progressive types of aphasia may not be diagnosed until symptoms have become more pronounced.
Does Your Elderly Loved One Have Aphasia?
Approximately one million people in the United States suffer from aphasia. If you notice the following symptoms in your elderly loved one, talk to your doctor about the possibility:
- Difficulty understanding words or sentences
- Inability to follow a story
- Inability to remember common sequences such as months of the year or days of the week
- Difficulty answering questions or carrying on a conversation
- Trouble remember the names of people or objects
- Difficulty reading or writing
- Using alternative means of communicating such as gesturing, drawing pictures, or pointing at objects.
Symptoms of aphasia may vary; however, a doctor can help you determine whether your loved one is experiencing aphasia and what the probable cause and prognosis will be.
Can Aphasia Be Treated?
Treatment programs will depend on the cause of the aphasia and the individual’s possibility of recovery. Most treatments involve therapy with a speech-language pathologist and may be conducted in a group or on an individual basis. The therapist may help the affected individual learn alternative ways to communicate, improve specific skills associated with the type of damage incurred, or suggest coping strategies designed to help the person resume most normal daily activities. If the aphasia is due to stroke or brain injury, it may be possible for the affected person to fully recover speech and language function. However, aphasia caused by progressive degenerative disorders usually requires alternative communication strategies that will help the person remain functional despite the progressive loss of language.
How Can You Maintain Communication?
If your loved one has been diagnosed with aphasia, the following strategies may help you communicate more effectively:
- Make sure you have the person’s attention before speaking.
- Use body language, eye contact, and gestures both to communicate and to understand.
- Don’t talk down to the person; aphasia often occurs without affecting intelligence at all.
- Slow down and use simple sentence structures and words.
- Don’t try to finish the person’s sentences. Allow him or her to finish speaking or communicating.
- Don’t emphasize or correct problems in word usage or pronunciation.
- Hire an in-home caregiver to help your loved one maintain independence as long as possible.
While aphasia can be frustrating for both the affected individual and his or her family, remember that regular contact and conversations with loved ones still play an important role in helping to alleviate problems and encourage recovery or coping strategies.
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