Should You Buy an Income Property?
YOU WANT AN HISTORIC HOME IN TORONTO BUT YOU'RE NOT RICH. NOW WHAT?
You're a sucker for high ceilings. You like double-bricked houses with turrets, dormers and wrap-around front porches. You're a fan of steep roofs, red brick, and those stain glass windows from a bygone era. Victorian houses, Edwardian houses or just houses with some historic character appeal to you. All the aesthetics of another age with updates to the wiring, the insulation and the kitchen so you can have those necessary modern conveniences! Ideally, that's what you'd like to find.
If that sounds like you and you live in Toronto, the vast majority of these historic houses do not come cheap, and they often reside in established neighbourhoods or mostly emerged neighbourhoods such as Little Italy, Trinity Bellwoods, Roncey, Cabbagetown, Riverdale, Leslieville and the Junction.
Usually that means if it's not a complete fixer upper, you will easily clear the million dollar mark, possibly two million in the right neighbourhood with the right renovation. But maybe you, or you and your significant other, do not have a million dollars lying around. Maybe your limit is only capped at around $800,000. Well, don't despair. Though the vast majority of historic homes may be out of reach for many, there are still some left that are in reach for some. It may not have the grand-ness of Toronto's top Victorians, but they do exist. Because there is a limited supply in a growing city, I'm sure there will come a time when these historic homes will not be as inexpensive as they are now. So, you may want to buy one while the getting is good.
HIT UP THE NEW EMERGING NEIGHBOURHOODS These are the current emerging neighbourhoods that are the Leslieville and the Junctions of 20 years ago. Still rough around the ages, but showing signs of big changes. I see many new homebuyers heading to Weston, Caledonia, Mount Dennis, Eglinton West. Why? Because the homes here are still affordable and historic. Also, the upcoming Eglinton Crosstown, new GO station routes, and the expanding UP Express will link these neighbourhoods to the rest of the city much better than before. Already, there are signs of new development north of the Junction where condo projects are sprouting up all over.
GO WAY WEST This means you need to bypass the suburbs of Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington where you are much less likely to find historic homes, and go straight to Hamilton. Hamilton feels like Toronto of 15 years ago. Historic homes for under $500,000, and lots of them. Some renovated. Some not. Some near transit, and less expensive further out. Still, it is a hotbed for Torontonians who want space and don't want to spend north of $500,000. Yes, the commute can be an issue if you work in Toronto, but make no mistake: This town is buffet of historic architecture at a discount price. And the sale won't last forever, even though I think there's still plenty of time to get in.
GIVE UP ON THE HISTORIC Maybe older architecture is what you prefer, but there are still some great house options in Scarborough that you can buy well under the million dollar mark. Wide lots. Big yards. Could be near big ravines. Close to transit. Though some neighbourhoods may rank low on Toronto Life's list of best neighbourhoods, they are not all bad neighbourhoods, and in fact, have a great deal going for them.
BUY WITH FRIEND(S) Though I don't always think this is the wisest of decisions, if you buy a duplex in an older home, you can split the cost of the mortgage with another friend or another couple. With two couples in living in separate units (that's 4 potential incomes), your option to buy a historic home will be greatly improved. It would be much easier to find something historic in a central neighbourhood if you had the power of 4 incomes.
I think your best bet is to buy in an emerging neighbourood. The trick is to find one that will emerge soon and not in 40 years. You want to find the next Junction, the next Leslieville, not a neighbourhood that will never take flight. But you do need patience. You do need to follow the developers and the transit routes. You need to watch for new businesses in the area. You have to go on to the community groups in the area to understand how a given community is changing. You also should work with a real estate salesperson who knows what areas will transform next and who pluses and minuses are to be considered when buying an emerging neighbourhood.
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29July 2014
TextAmos Mac
Original Plumbing #7Courtesy of Amos Mac
The Original Plumbing manifesto
Guest editor Amos Mac takes us on a whirlwind trip through the history of America's freshest magazine for trans dudes
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As part of our new summer US project States of Independence we've invited our favourite 30 American curators, magazines, creatives and institutions to takeover Dazed for a day. This week, we take on the State of Sex, which tackles an all-encompassing look at sexuality, gender and all the flavours of the American rainbow.
Original Plumbing is one of the freshest magazines for the trans community, with an unapologetically honest (and pretty fucking sexy) perspective on queer issues. Amos Mac, the co-founder and editor of the quarterly magazine, takes us into the OP world with his manifesto for print and columnists Arisce Wanzer and Diana Tourjee talk love, sex and politics.
A year before launching Original Plumbing, I was an artist who felt disconnected from any kind of trans or queer community as well as from the art world. I didn't know a lot of trans guys, so I decided to create a photo series of trans men living in the Bay Area and planned to publish choice photos into a small photo zine with interviews of the guys along side. While photographing Bay Area rapper and music producer Rocco Kayiatos (AKA Katastrophe) we spoke in detail about the photo zine project. From there, our relationship quickly snowballed from casual acquaintances to best friends and co-collaborators. It was through both of our visions that Original Plumbing blossomed from a zine to a quarterly print magazine and online community with nationally produced events and an ever-expanding apparel line.
Original Plumbing started out as one thing: a magazine. A quarterly, theme-based, art-inspired photo-heavy trans zine with interviews and essays dedicated to documenting the culture and communities of transgender men. We originally created OP to fill a gap in print media, where trans male representation was lacking. As trans men, we didn't see ourselves represented on magazine racks or news stands, so we carved out a space in print for the trans male community to speak for and about themselves. It was our intent to take the focus of the trans narrative away from Trans 101 topics of surgeries and hormones, transferring it to the greater experience of our lives. Literally started out of our bedrooms in San Francisco in September of 2009, OP has been published and expanded upon collaboratively between myself and Rocco ever since. Now it's published out of Brooklyn, with a West Coast homebase stationed in Los Angeles.
The magazine was named after a Craigslist post I saw in 2008 written by a trans man who was looking for casual sex. He stated that he had "original plumbing below". The statement stuck with me – it was memorable and cheeky, and the perfect title for our publication because of the world's constant obsession with the genitalia of transgender people. We're often defined by whether or not we have specific body parts, and the title is a response to that. (And for the record, it is not a requirement for one to have "original plumbing" to be featured in, or to write for Original Plumbing!) Between my photo aesthetic – inspired by the likes of Teen Beat and vintage undercover gay magazines such as Physique Pictorial – and Rocco's genuine connect-ness to the trans community from years of touring the country and meeting people in small towns and big cities, we found a perfect balance and have yet to run out of ideas or themes for future issues.
People still ask me why the hell I would want to start a print publication in the age of the internet while big name magazines and newspapers were going broke and dying off left and right. The answer is, because I wanted it to be a print magazine. I never imagined it to be anything else. I wanted something people could hold onto, something you could hide in your drawers, pack away in old boxes, rip pages out of and tack them onto their bedroom walls (or lockers), or set on fire if you felt the urge. I've always been a collector of print magazines and ephemera, and felt that if it's in print it must be more important, longer lasting and more relevant... And aesthetically pleasing. But that's just my tree-killing opinion.
"Through Original Plumbing I have owned my personal trans experience. I fought my own isolation and witnessed the same from people around me"
After publishing for a year or so, we realized that since there are only so many pages per issue to print on we had to expand our website and publish exclusive content to reflect the growing online community. OP Online grew exponentially over the years and became its own entity. After years of growth and interest we expanded the online content to reflect the trans community at large. Original Plumbing online is now comprised of writers from around the world that are trans* male, trans* female, genderqueer, non-binary trans* and their allies. The print magazine remains a "trans male quarterly" and is exclusively print content with no crossover content online... Except for leaked photos on certain Tumblrs.
The belief behind Original Plumbing is that there is no single way to sum up what it means to be a trans* person because we each have different beliefs, life experiences, and relationships to our own bodies. We all speak for ourselves and never for the "trans community" as a whole. Our sexualities, identities and belief systems can be as diverse as non-trans people. Since Rocco and I started OP, I've felt less alone and like the world's gotten a whole lot smaller. Through Original Plumbing I have owned my personal trans experience. I fought my own isolation and witnessed the same from people around me, both online and off. I've looked beyond myself, honored those who came before me who paved the way, respected those who cannot or choose to not live visibly, and those who don't have a choice. It's been five years since we launched the first issue. Sometimes I wonder if Original Plumbing will be around in five more years, and if conversations like this will be irrelevant. Perhaps by then, it will no longer be seen as a brave act when a trans person lives their life unapologetically. Perhaps by then, this conversation will be over.
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Q: error message access denied while uploading image to server  I am new to android. So, not able to trace out the error message while uploading image to the server.

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The network today comprises 41 Grands Sites, 17 of which have been awarded approved 'Grand Site de France' status. The 41 Grand Sites receive a total of 32 million visitors every year, each of whom is offered a unique, personal experience. The Grand Site network also provides a forum for local site management teams to share their expertise and know-how.
The 'Grands Sites de France' network was set up in November 2000. It is a French association created under the law of 1901, recognised as being of public interest. It encompasses places which have already been awarded 'Grand Site de France' status and those currently working towards being awarded the approved label.
The network started with just 17 Grand Sites, a number which has reached 41 today. It is active internationally through its French-speaking training centre where site managers can exchange ideas and know-how.
Each site seeks an operating method which enables it to provide a quality welcome for visitors while respecting the character and atmosphere of the environment and ensuring a positive economic effect on the economic and social fabric of the area.
The 'Grands Sites de France' network organises annual meetings so that its members can share their experiences and work together on innovative ideas to improve the day-to-day running of the Grand Sites.
The Grand Site de France experiment attracts interest from a growing number of countries. Since 2010, the network has run an International Training and Exchange Centre for French-speaking heritage site operators.
It organizes networking between French-speaking heritage site management teams and offers a full management training programme. It also helps in the setting up of technical cooperation between Grand Sites and their counterparts around the world.


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The Prenatally & Postnatally Diagnosed Condition Act (P.L. 110-34) was enacted into federal law in 2008 to increase the readiness of accurate, up-to-date, and balanced information about Down syndrome to women and families considering prenatal testing, and the state of Massachusetts recently followed suit and passed a similar state law. The focus on recent federal and state legislation is a result of the many ways to screen for and diagnose Down syndrome during a pregnancy, including new noninvasive prenatal tests (NIPT) available in select markets.
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The Jackson 5 performed in talent shows and clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit, then signed with Steeltown Records in 1967 and released two singles. In 1968, they left Steeltown Records and signed with Motown, where they were the first group to debut with four consecutive number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with the songs "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There". They also achieved 16 top-40 singles on the chart. The group left Motown for Epic Records in early 1976, with the exception of Jermaine, who was replaced by Randy. At Epic, they released four studio albums and one live album between 1976 and 1981, including the successful albums Destiny (1978) and Triumph (1980) and the singles "Enjoy Yourself", "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", and "Can You Feel It".
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Set in London, he story of an enigmatic Iranian cab driver, who works at night and doesn't like to talk about his past.
He has two jobs, yet seems not to be interested in the money. He eats at his uncle's café every day, yet is fully aware of being betrayed by him. He agrees to his mother's arrangements for his return, yet has no intention of going back. We learn that he was once a war hero, yet he disappeared from the battlefield without a trace.
A man with no past, no future, no 'conviction', he still gets involved in the conflict of a total stranger and carries it through to the very end.


In this thesis, a class of clustered censored distributions are proposed in various financial modelling processes. In particular, the proposed distribution can accommodate many stylized (observed) phenomena across different stock markets, especially those with price limits. One main attractive characteristics of the proposed distribution is that it can capture the clustered behaviour of the data over certain continuous interval (while the traditional censored distribution can only allow the clusters to be on the bounds). The clustered censored distribution is developed and presented, to some extent, in a general way so that it can be transformed into other well-known distributions, such as the classical Normal distribution, one- (or two-) sided truncated distribution, one- (or two-) sided censored distribution, etc. The clustered censored distribution is further designed into some well-known financial modelling structures, such as Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH, Bollerslev (1986)) process. We also investigate the potential applications of the proposed models in this thesis to risk management. Overall, there are three main chapters in the thesis. Chapter 1 introduces the fundamental theory and properties of the proposed clustered censored distribution. As a starting point, Normality is mainly considered in this chapter. Built on Chapter 1, Chapter 2 designs a GARCH process with the cluster censored Normal distribution (referred as GARCHCCN). The model performance is investigated via Monte Carlo experiments and empirical data. The risk implication is also discussed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 consists of two dimensions of the extensions. Sections 3.1-3.4 extend the model using clustered censored heavy tailed distributions, such as Student-t and Generalized Error Distribution (GED), for a better performance in capturing the tail behaviour. Section 3.5 examines the dynamic spillover effects under the proposed model framework. There are 14 supporting appendices (A-N) mainly for proofs, tables and figures.


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'It: Chapter 2' Might Be In Some Big Trouble…
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With the second trailer debuting last week to a great reception , it would seem that things couldn't get any better for the sequel to the second adaptation of Stephen King's IT, but you know what they say: what goes up must come down. Alas, this is only the second time Stephen King's gigantic book has been adapted. Previously, the book was adapted in a two-part miniseries that debuted on television screen in 1990. This version, infamous for staring Tim Curry and a young Seth Green, became synonymous with the novel until the new film came …
'Harry Potter' Prequel Series Coming to Television!
Starved for more Harry Potter content? Well look no further, Potterheads, as exciting news as been unveiled today! According to Book Riot, Warner Brothers is in the very early stages of developing a Harry Potter prequel series for TV. The series will be attached to Warner Brothers' upcoming streaming service. The series will occur mostly at Hogwarts, according to the press release, as well as occasional visits to other parts of Europe. While the Harry Potter franchise is already packed to the brim with novels, video games, board games, movies, comics, and Broadway plays, we can't help but be excited for this latest addition to the …
Is Robert Pattinson the Next Batman?
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The next Batman is Robert Pattinson. Or, at least, he's at the top of Warner Bros.' shortlist to fill the role. Whether this is good news, bad news, or even terrible news for Batman or Twilight fans, this is a lot to take in. And it feels like the Batfleck casting all over again (which, by the way, I supported). Variety reported the shocking news just last night. Sources say that the casting is not yet a done deal, but negotiations are currently taking place. Image via Hindustan Times Pattinson is expected to play a younger Batman in DC's …
As Warner Bros. Threatens Harry Potter Festival, Fans Turn to JK Rowling to Save It
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Harry Potter fans everywhere are cursing Warner Bros. studio after word got out that the former is trying hard to stop the annual Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill from bringing magic to their summer. As festival planners began planning the 8th annual Harry Potter annual festival they were contacted by Warner Bros. who told them they were not permitted to use any named or images associated with the Harry Potter franchise, according to Chestnut Hill Local. Image Via Maggie Andresen/Temple News This is certainly not the first time Warner Bros. has stepped in as …
George R. R. Martin's 'The Ice Dragon' Being Adapted by Warner Bros. Animation
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George R. R. Martin is stepping away from family-unfriendly HBO and branching into more family-friendly territory with Warner Bros. Animation to adapt his 1980's children's book The Ice Dragon. Image Via Amazon UK The Ice Dragon takes place separate from the Seven Kingdoms, instead taking place in a world of medieval fantasy in which fire breathing dragons are used as weapons. The story follows a young girl named Adara, who secretly befriends a rare Ice Dragon. There is no cast or set release date as of yet. Featured Image Via Rolling Stone.


Code rant: What is RSD? Making my Suteki Shop to Live Writer integration slicker.
What is RSD? Making my Suteki Shop to Live Writer integration slicker.
A little more digging around the Live Writer docs and various blogs led me to discover Really Simple Discovery (RSD). It's an XML schema for describing the APIs that your software exposes by Daniel Berlinger.
As you can see it simply contains the web site engine name (suteki shop), the URL of the engine's homepage and the URL of this instance's homepage. Then follows a list of APIs that the engine supports. In my case it's a single entry for MetaWeblog that shows the XML RPC endpoint.
In the case of Suteki Shop, since it's an MVC Framework based application the rsd.xml file itself is generated from a view that simply inserts the current application URL where, in this case, "http://localhost:63638" appears.


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Despicable Me 3 Review
If you have followed my blog you know my feelings about the minions. Those little yellow gobbledegook speakers have been the bane of my existence the last few years. I hated Minions and have been meh about the other movies. So you can imagine my trepidation going into Despicable Me 3 but I still try to go in with as much of an open mind as possible. And what did I think of this latest entry from Illumination? It's a mixed bag but I didn't hate it like Minions so that's a plus.
Let's talk about the positives first. The film divides its characters up into smaller subplots. If you read my Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 review you know I don't always love this approach but in that film I love the group dynamic. Not so much here.
Anyway, I thought a couple of the subplots worked. I liked seeing Lucy trying to figure out how to be a Mom to the girls. As someone who champions adoption this was a nice element to share and I wish they had devoted more time to it. Kristen Wiig in the vocal performance is also great as Lucy.
I also liked getting to spend more time with the girls as I've always found them more enjoyable than the minions. Here Agnes is looking for a unicorn in the forest. It doesn't have anything to do with rest of story but it was cute.
There was also a few laughs in the movie unlike Minions. 80s loving villain Balthazar Bratt had a couple of good jokes and I admit the minions even made me laugh. There is a gag where they sing Modern Major General from The Pirates of Penzance that made me laugh.
But that is where my praises end. While some subplots worked, the major plot of Gru meeting his twin brother Dru really didn't at all. The two of them interacting weren't funny or engaging in any way. Dru was kind of annoying and didn't grow much as a character. They kept trying to make it emotional between the two brothers and I wasn't feeling it at all.
Also, as much as I enjoyed some of the subplots they don't tie into together well. Particularly the minions feel like they are in an entirely different movie. In fact, sometimes the story would be chirping along and out of nowhere we'd move over to a minions segment. It was really odd considering the popularity of the characters. It almost felt like they had made a movie and then afterwards added the minions in but that can't be the case?
And even though I did laugh a few times there were a lot of gags that fell flat and felt very tired. I also do not appreciate Illumination's love for butt and boob jokes. Enough already!
In the end, Despicable Me 3 feels like average passable entertainment but nothing you will remember in a few months. It's on the same level as The Angry Birds Movie last year but that movie at least had better animation. There's nothing that stands out or is special. There's no great message you will be talking about or animation that tries something new.
I've often said Illumination is the fast food of animation and Despicable Me 3 is no different. It's a passable, average, forgettable film that will probably make a lot more money than it deserves. At least I enjoyed it a little bit.
Overall Grade- C
Best of 2015 Animated Shorts
January 3, 2016 January 3, 2016 | Rachel's Reviews
Hi guys! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. This week I am going to be sharing my ranking for the 2015 animated films but before that I wanted to talk animated shorts! I love animated shorts and 2015 was actually a really terrific year for the medium. I haven't seen all of them as they aren't all available but I watched a lot and I came up with my top 11. I worked really hard on this video and would love if you gave it a watch.
But if you don't want to watch the video I will give the list here. I did include shorts from anthology films like The Prophet and Extraordinary Tales because I feel they stand on their own as shorts without needing the framing device. In fact, they are much better without it.
So here are my top 11 2015 animated shorts
11. Frozen Fever
Yep, this die hard Frozen fan puts Frozen Fever at 11 because it is sweet and pleasant but not as artistically ambitious as the others on this list. Frozen fans like myself will really enjoy seeing Anna and Elsa's relationship grow and the new song is very enjoyable but it isn't spectacular or anything. Just really enjoyable for fans and there is nothing wrong with that.
10. A Bear's Story
This animated short from Gabriel Osorio and it has a bit of a steampunk feel (shorts are the best place for steampunk IMO) about a bear that makes pictograph machines with a mechanical version of his family. It reminded me a lot of Hugo and was very sweet and beautiful.
9. Lava
I'm sure you guys are shocked this isn't higher but when it came down to it the 8 shorts were more artistically ambitious than Lava. I love Lava! I love the music. The song I have been singing all year and nearly anything with Hawaii has my heart but I just couldn't get it higher. It's a delightful, sweet short.
8. An Object at Rest
Similar to Lava, An Object at Rest tells the story of a mountain, that becomes a boulder, that becomes a stone, and continues on. It is animated by Seth Boyden and it has a sketchy sweet style like Ernest and Celestine.
7. Le Gouffre
This short was a big surprise for me but it is beautiful. It is about 2 adventurers that have to cross a chasm and build a bridge to get to the other side. It sounds mundane but it is exciting and striking with great character designs. It is from a studio out of Montreal called Lightning Bay Studio and it makes me very curious to see what the studio will do next.
6. On Eating and Drinking
This short is from The Prophet by amazing animator Bill Plympton who does all his artwork by hand and I love his sketchy style. (Check out this year's Cheatin' to see more of his style). This is a poem about eating and drinking and the imagery and flow with the poem are beautiful.
5. The Tell-Tale Heart
From the Edgar Allen Poe anthology film Extraordinary Tales we get the depiction of Poe's Tell-Tale Heart. The art design with the black and white contrasting is really striking and Bella Legosi narrating gave great ambiance and immersed me in the story.
4. World of Tomorrow
I wouldn't be surprised if after watching it a dozen more times World of Tomorrow is at the top of my list. It's very obtuse and out there but I was intrigued by it. Created by animated Don Hertzfeldt it is basically the animated sci-fi musings of a leader and a little girl. It's trippy and weird and different but I liked it for those reasons.
3. On Work
This short from The Prophet reminded me of a Van Gogh painting with the harvesters collecting the wheat from the field. The poem was beautiful and the animation fit it perfectly. It is bright and vivid and I loved it.
2. Sanjay's Super Team
I loved this story from Pixar about a little boy and a father trying to reconcile their differing views of the world. You have little Sanjay who loves superheroes and his Dad who worships and prays to the Hindi Gods. It's not about polytheism or superheroes but about how we can take the best of the old and new and make something unique and great. The animation is bright, colorful and very creative.
1. On Love
If you haven't caught on I am kind of obsessed with Tomm Moore. His animation is so beautiful. I loved Song of the Sea- one of my favorite animated films of all time and I think Secret of the Kells is wonderful. Naturally, his short in The Prophet was my favorite of the group and of the year. It is called On Love and is of course about love. We get joy, passion, rejection, and belonging perfectly animated with the Khalil Gibran poem accompanying the stirring images.
So that is my ranking. What do you think about my picks and what are your favorite animated shorts from the year? I hopefully introduced you to a few you haven't heard of and I would encourage you to check them out.
I know there are many I missed so please put in the comments section. Thanks!
Peanuts Movie Review
November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 | Rachel's Reviews
I tell you guys I am happy, happy, happy right now! I just got back from seeing The Peanuts Movie and I LOVED it!
I went into Peanuts a little skeptical. I love the comics and the shorts that have come out over the years especially Great Pumpkin and Charlie Brown Christmas Special. The thing I love most is the character of Charlie Brown and how he is thoughtful and even depressed at times. There's something about that which makes him very relatable and easy to root for.
I guess he is the classic underdog who we all like and a lot of the times he speaks the truth whether it is about materialism at Christmas or the difficulty making friends. I was worried this quality of Peanuts would get lost. I was particularly worried when Blue Sky was the studio involved and when they decided to go the CG route instead of the hand drawn of the shorts. I also wasn't a huge fan of the trailer so I was nervous walking into the theater.
But I'm telling you they pulled it off. This film is a complete delight. I can't say enough good things about it.
Let's talk about the animation first. It feels like a hybrid animation like we got in Paperman or Feast. I saw it in 3D and it looked multi-dimensional but also paper thin, so it had both a 2D and CG look to it. Mostly it felt like layers and bold colors to the characters we know and love.
It's so pleasant to look at and the character design down to the squiggly lines of the smiles was perfect while still having it's own new look. The scenes with Snoopy, Woodstock and the Red Baron looked bright and wistful, like right out of a comic strip or book.
They also got the voice work perfectly without any of the celebrity voices that can be distracting in films like Home. These are the voices we know from the original shorts.
The story is very simple. It is basically about how Charlie Brown wants to win the attention of a new red-headed girl but he lacks the confidence he needs to even talk to her. He gets some advice from Lucy and decides he wants to be a winner.
On the way he experiences some really sincere and lovely moments of both triumph and success. They got the tone just right in this movie and I was always hopeful and filled with joy even as Charlie Brown was struggling.
The jokes all worked and the kids in my audience were cracking up (and I was too!). There is absolutely nothing offensive in this film. It is G rated and deserves a G rating. You can take any age of kids and I think they will be entertained even small toddlers I think will like it.
I loved the world of the characters. These are no cell phones or laptops. These are kids that have to go to the library to look something up, go skating on snow days and participate in school talent shows for fun. It all felt so innocent and charming. You can tell they had the influence of producers and screenwriters Craig and Bryan Schulz (Charles Schulz's son and grandson) involved creating a story that will satisfy new viewers and longtime fans.
They have a few songs from Flo Rida, Meghan Trainor but you also get the classic Vince Guaraldi numbers from Charlie Brown Christmas Special and the Christophe Beck score uses Guaraldi as an influence. Jazz pianist David Benoit helps add to the authentic feel of the score.
Over all, I was completely delighted by this film. I really don't have anything negative to say. I guess if you are looking for something new and challenging than this isn't the film for you. We got that in Inside Out, which I still think is the better film, but I really did love this film. They had such a tough task in front of them and congrats Blue Sky! You pulled it off!
Here's my youtube review.
Overall Grade- A+ Definitely one of best of year.
Hotel Transylvania 2 Review
Can we all pass around a petition or something that will tell Adam Sandler he should only make animated films? But then again there was 8 Crazy Nights a while back so he is by no means a homerun in animated films either. Still, his best films by far of the last decade have been the Hotel Transylvania movies. That's definitely damning by faint praise but it is nonetheless true.
It's weird trying to write a review of Hotel Transylvania 2 because I had a good time watching it but I can't think of a whole lot to say in its defense. Does that ever happen to you? You like something almost in spite of itself?
Well, Hotel Transylvania 2 picks up where the fun but forgettable first installment left off with Dracula's (Sandler) daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) getting married to Johnny (Andy Samburg) and then having a little boy named Dennis or Denisovich as the Count likes to call him.
The Count is a doting grandfather and loves Dennis but is constantly preoccupied on whether he is a vampire or not. He is a 'late fanger' as they like to say and has till he is 5 to get his vampire fangs. If he doesn't then he, Mavis and Johnny will have to move back to California where Dennis can be safe.
Leaving Dennis with Count Mavis and Johnny go to California to check it out and meet his parents (Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally who should be cast in more voice work. She's great!). Mavis is thrilled with all the nighttime 24 hour options in California.
Back at the hotel Count has his friends from the first film Frankenstein (Kevin James), Invisible Man (David Spade), Blobby, and Mummy (Keegan-Michael Key who evidently is in every comedy of 2015). They decide to try and scare the fangs out of Dennis and take him on a vacation of their greatest haunts much to Mavis' anger.
They also end up involving Count's old school father Vlad (Mel Brooks who is underused in the film)
That's basically the plot. It's a silly comedy but it did make me laugh. I particularly liked a repeated joke with the Phantom of the Opera singing. The tangents with in California and on the scare quest take away from the humor and the ending drags on and is too maudlin. But overall it is a pleasant amiable film that is aimed at kids with little to none of the adults only humor I didn't care for in Minions. I also laughed a lot more than in Minions from start to finish.
The animation is also nicely done led by the great GEnndy Tartakovsky. The colors are bright and the characters are surprising and fun.
The voice talent all works but the cast is so large that some of my favorites are woefully underused such as Mel Brooks and Fran Drescher (who I know some hate but I've loved her ever since The Nanny). She has maybe 3 lines in the entire movie. Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Chris Parnell, Nick Offerman are hilarious actors and they are given very little to do.
And yet the running time is 89 minutes! I told a friend of mine 'if Bambi can tell its story in 70 minutes Hotel Transylvania 2 doesn't need 89). They could definitely cut out the animated dance number at the end- a trend in animation carried over from the 2000s that I really hate
Hotel Transylvania 2 is a movie made for kids without a ton of grown-up appeal but I did laugh a fair amount. More than I did in Minions and definitely more than Dreamworks' Home. It has better animation, writing and story than either of those films.
So take that review for what it is worth. I would wait and get it from the redbox or rent it. Have some laughs and enjoy a moderately entertaining animated film. Nothing more, nothing less.
Here's my video review
Curious George Review
This post previously appeared in my Family Movie Night column over at Ldsblogs.com. Would love if you checked out all my writings over there and would be so grateful for comments. Thanks!
In this Family Movie Night series there are going to be weeks that appeal to certain families more than others. Last week was a film that will probably appeal to older children and teens; whereas, this week the choice is more for young children under the age of 5. As a lover of animation I enjoy all of these films so you never know what your family will like. I would like to think older kids can sit through a film geared at younger kids but there is always going to be that battle.
Making a film for toddlers is particularly difficult because of their short attention span. For it to work it needs to be somewhat episodic in feel as opposed to a longer plot that might be hard for little ones to keep focused on. It also needs to be gentle with a simple message they can absorb. That's what makes Winnie the Pooh so brilliant is it is short stories that are sweet and teach a valuable but simple lesson.
This week's pick recognizes the challenges of making a film for toddlers and executes it very well. It is the 2006 animated film Curious George.
Based on the book series by HA and Margret Rey Curious George is kind of an origin story to our lovable monkey named George and his friend with the yellow hat named Ted (voiced by Will Farrell). Ted works in a museum owned by Mr Bloomsberry (voiced by Dick Van Dyke in his first animated film role). The museum is having a hard time entertaining kids some of which are brought by a teacher Ms Maggie (voiced by Drew Barrymore).
The museum isn't making enough money to stay afloat and Mr Bloomsberry's son Junior (voiced by David Cross) wants to build a giant parking structure. This is a tired plot point we've seen in movies like Home on the Range but there is so much left to love in Curious George that I didn't mind the plot.
Mr Bloomsberry is almost convinced to close the museum but Ted changes his mind by promising to find the relic called "The Lost Shrine of Zagawa". This is what sends Ted to the jungle and is what helps him meet George.
Given this movie was made in 2006 it was actually pretty special to see it not only in 2D animation but for it to be so bright and colorful. In the world of CG everywhere it is a joy to watch Curious George. I hate to say it but such a film would never be made in 2D in 2015 and I think that is a real shame. The backgrounds of both the city and jungle are lush, layered and colorful. It just looks so beautiful!
They also made George so adorable. He makes me smile every time he is on screen. I feel they managed to make him even cuter than in the books. In what may seem like a strange comparison the charm of George reminds me a little bit of Wall-e. Neither of them talk but they have personality, love another character clearly and are just so darn cute!
After Ted meets George he finds the statue but it is only 3 inches tall, which will not be the grand attraction Mr Bloomsberry is looking for. Ted smudges this detail in the photo he sends and heads back to New York but George loves him and follows him on the boat.
The rest of the movie is basically George making mischief in one scene after another. There perhaps could have been one less of these scenes but they are done with such a joyous spirit I didn't mind them. Like I said with Winnie the Pooh there is a gentleness and sweetness that even the villain Junior is really just looking to be loved by his Dad.
To perfectly appeal to toddlers Curious George could have been a little shorter. It would have been better at just around the hour mark but I think most kids should be able to sit through the 86 minutes.
There's a really nice message to the film about embracing adventure and being loyal to those who love you whether actually your family or not. I also think it is nice to see a film where a little mischievousness and individuality is encouraged in young children not put down as disorderly or too manic. (Although watch your walls after the kids view this movie!).
As far as the voice talent they all do a good job although I don't think the celebrity voices are really necessary. I think the people who are going to watch Curious George are going to do so celebrities or not. Movies can save a lot of money by having voice actors do their job and I wish more films would use that amazing resource.
The music is a huge standout in the film with original songs from Jack Johnson. This I think was worth the money as his relaxed style goes well with the bright joyous nature of Curious George. I love all of the songs and even bought the soundtrack when it came out year ago.
I'm a 34 year old adult with no kids and I really enjoy Curious George. It's so beautiful. I love the music and the sweetness of the characters. It's like a hug from a friend and I think a hidden gem many don't know about. If you like Curious George there are a number of sequels and a TV show from most of the team minus celebrity voices that are also very well done.
If you do watch it with or without your little one put in the comment section what they think about it. I would love to know how they react as it is a type of film especially with the 2D that is rarely made any more. Enjoy and stay curious!
Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos Review
September 9, 2015 September 9, 2015 | Rachel's Reviews
I have a goal to see all the animated films released each year and 2015 is no exception. I thought I had a good handle on the films coming out but was surprised today when looking at the box office to see an animated film that had flown under my radar. It is a Mexican film called Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos. Being Monday is my movie day I went out gave it a watch.
Gallo (as I will call it) is made by Huevocartoon Producciones and it is done with mostly CG with some 2D dream sequences thrown in (kind of strange the characters dream in 2D?). Over all, I thought the animation looked pretty good especially considering a 5 million budget. It's bright and colorful and tells the story pretty well. It's really hard to believe Dreamwork's Home cost 135 million and I certainly liked this better than that…(Isn't that just insanity that one movie can cost 130 million more not including marketing than another!).
Anyway, Gallo features a bevy of Mexican stars doing voice performances and to my ear at least they all did a fine job. The music by Zacarias M de la Riva was also pretty good.
Gallo is about on the level of Minions for me. The plot isn't that great and it had way too much adult humor but there was some things to like. Over all, I thought it was average movie. I'm glad I saw it.
It's about a rooster named Toto who is the runt of the litter but always dreamed of fighting in the cock fights downtown (evidently cock fights are legal in Mexico). These cock fights are actually done with gloves like a boxing match. There's a star fighter named Bankivoide and a former star fighter called The Red Rooster.
A sort of weird element to the film is that the eggs all have personalities and talk. I was a little bit late so I may have missed an explanation but it didn't seem like these eggs were ever going to crack which I found strange. There is also a piece of bacon that moves and talks which was strange. You think a processed slice piece of meat, even if it is pork, might make the chickens a little uncomfortable.
You do see the owner of the farm and her husband has died and they are behind on the mortgage. Unfortunately this brings us the tired plot we've seen a million times of 'save the farm'. Sigh…
The animals decide to enter Red Rooster in a cock fight to win back the money to save the farm but when they challenge Bankivoide the Godfather Egg (yes, you read right) says Toto must enter the fight.
They accept the offer and Red Rooster tries to find a duck who beat him when he was a fighter. This leads to a strange section with a rapping Snoop Duck…The star duck has died but his trainer egg is around and he agrees to train Toto.
There is also a sexy chicken that looks like a peacock who sets vultures on Toto and the gang so that they won't beat Bankivoide.
It's very predictable and silly but just nutty enough to be mildly entertaining. However, the kids in my audience did not seem to enjoy it and kept having to go in and out, up and down the aisles (was a little annoying!).
As a movie fan there were some pretty good in-jokes and references to other movies that made me laugh. The script isn't that bad. It's just in the service of a super corny, played-out story.
And there are a lot of inappropriate jokes. We get jokes like the sexy bird singing about a rooster 'hitting my sweet spot' and lots of jokes about cocks and breasts that were completely uncalled for. It will probably over most little kids heads but that is no excuse. I hate that kind of content in children's films.
If your kids speak Spanish then it might be a good experience for them to hear a movie in their language, or if they are trying to learn Spanish it could be a useful tool. It's right on that level of Minions. Bright, colorful, a few laughs and weird choices to keep me semi-interested. It's not one to rush out to see but if you get a chance give it a watch.
Here is the trailer to give you more of an idea.
Overall Grade- C, Content- B-
Did the Right Film Win? 2006 Animated Oscars
August 31, 2015 | Rachel's Reviews
Hey guys! So 2005 was a very strong year. Can't say the same for 2006. It is a very eclectic kind of strange group of nominees but they all have problems.
You all can read my thoughts on Cars here on the blog. It is a weird world of all Cars but if you can get past that it is a nice little movie with a good message about the loss of Main Street USA. It looks great and the humor is well done. It is definitely a little bit too long and drags in sections but I can see why kids love it.
Monster House was done by Image Movers and it has the pasty look of that studios films. The animation in general I am not a big fan of . Also, they made a mistake and had the movie go big in feel when it should have stayed small. It turns into a Godzilla like film and it is so crass in its humor it didn't work for me. I can see why it has its fans but it just wasn't for me.
Happy Feet is another strange offering. It starts out so cheerful with the penguins singing and Mumbles dancing. But then half way through they forget the singing and it turns into this message movie with the penguins going to tell the humans to stop over-fishing. The last 30 minutes feel like a different movie. It is also way too long. But the enjoyable sections are very adorable and fun so not a total loss.
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Shaun the Sheep Review
August 1, 2015 August 2, 2015 | Rachel's Reviews
Believe it or not the next animated film of 2015 is here, Aardman Animation's delightful Shaun the Sheep. Based on the BBC series of the same name (which I had not seen till today) it is a spin off of the popular Wallace and Gromit movie and series created by Nick Park and team. However, most of Wallace and Gromit's humor is based on the PG Wodehouse type dialogue where Shaun the Sheep has literally no dialogue at all so they are quite different films.
The better comparison for Shaun the Sheep is the recent Minions. Both movies are about adorable creatures who can't speak English and go on an adventure. In my opinion Shaun the Sheep is the much better of the two.
I went with a friend and her two kids. They seemed a little tired so that may have been part of it but they weren't super into it. I think I laughed much more than they did so make of that what you will. That said, I think this is a funny movie for the whole family without any of that wink-wink humor Minions had in droves. There is a little bit of potty humor but not much. Mostly it is just funny sight gags and slapstick.
The plot is pretty simple (also an improvement from the convoluted plot of Minions). Basically Shaun and his buddies decide they want a break from the farm so they put the Farmer to sleep and attempt to make their escape. Unfortunately the Farmer ends up in the Big City and loses his memory. They must go after him and help him remember who he is.
There is a nice relationship between the Farmer and the sheep I liked. As crazy as it sounds it felt genuine. The sheep seem genuinely worried about their owner.
There is a 'Animal Containment Specialist' named Trumper who is the villain of the film. He is kind of like a Home Alone style villain who gets fixated on catching the sheep to his own funny detriment. (A little like the Farmers Wife in Chicken Run).
Shaun the Sheep is a brisk 85 minutes and despite having no dialogue aside from grunting and ba,ba,ba, I was engaged. It's pretty funny the humans all talk like the Swedish Chef in the Muppets but it works because we get just enough of it.
I don't know if Shaun the Sheep is quite as memorable as Chicken Run or Wallace and Gromit but I suppose that is a tall order. Is it one we will be talking about in 15 years like we do Chicken Run (can you believe it is that old!)? Probably not but I enjoyed it. And like I said compared to Minions it is so much cleaner, smarter and enjoyable.
I also like the design of the sheep. They are so cute but they also talk out of the side of their mouth in a funny way. Stop motion animation is so amazing to watch. It always blows me away.
If any of you get to see it let me know what you think especially if you are a fan of the series, which I am definitely going to check out.
Here is my youtube review.
Minions Review
July 10, 2015 December 5, 2015 | Rachel's Reviews
I got to see the Minions movie tonight. I went into this movie actually pretty excited. I am not the biggest fan of the Despicable Me movies. I think they are just ok, but the thing I like about them most is the minions characters. They are really funny with their language and love of bananas. There is something adorable about them. They even like selfies on occasion…
And little kids love the minions. I've seen it with my 5 nieces. They crack up and get a huge smile on their faces whenever they see the minions. But it is always tricky when a sidekick gets their own movie (think Elektra…) especially sidekicks that don't speak English. How was this going to work?
Then the first trailer came out and it looked really cute. It is actually the first 5 minutes or so of the movie in that first trailer and it is the best part of the movie IMO. We get the history of the minions starting with amoeba cells and then through all time periods looking for a master to serve. This takes us to 1968 and 3 of the minions decide to go out and look for their leader before they all perish from boredom. They are Bob, Kevin and Stuart which for some reason makes me laugh. It just seems like funny names for these minions.
They then travel great distances and there are some cute gags but nothing that wasn't shown in a trailer and that made me laugh out loud. The best scene is probably when Stuart wants to eat Kevin and Bob because he thinks they are bananas but again that is in the trailer so you don't need to pay the big bucks to see that. Eventually they make it to New York where we start to get material from the second trailer. This trailer had me nervous. It looked like a lot of adult 'wink-wink' humor which I really hate. Like do we really need to see Stuart in a thong and having a threesome joke? I certainly don't.
But luckily there isn't that much of those jokes so my fears were mostly ill founded. Besides, pretty much all the adult humor jokes are in the trailer including a scene where they are tortured which was strange and hung in a noose. Do we really need that in our kids comedy? These scenes were awkward instead of funny.
The minions eventually go to Villain-con which was a fun sequence and they meet Scarlet Overkill voiced by Sandra Bullock. Her character had potential but they didn't do much with her. I think they needed a vocal performance with a little more sauce to it like someone Russian or with an exotic accent. Bullock ends up feeling flat as Scarlet but it isn't really her fault because she doesn't have much to do. Her boyfriend is voiced by John Hamm who is actually a little bit funnier than Scarlet.
The one thing I did like is Scarlet wants to be a princess and be treated like royalty. She already has the money so I thought that was kind of clever to have a female villain who still wants to be pretty and a princess. Usually the villain hates princesses. I also liked she wanted her hair cut like a drawing of her as a princess she did when she was a child. That made me laugh.
So she equips the trio of minions to steal the crown from Queen Elizabeth. The rest of the movie is then spent in England and at one point Bob becomes King of England which was funny.
I think small kids who already love the minions will enjoy this movie. It is definitely better than say a Home or Strange Magic. That said, I never really laughed like I did for Penguins of Madagascar last year which was very funny and had great vocal performances. It also makes me realize how clever Mr Peabody and Sherman was because that had a thin premise but the jokes were so good I laughed a lot. Both those movies are much better than Minions.
A friend of mine asked me if she should still see and I said yes. It's fine but just know it is made for little kids without a ton of grown up appeal. But then it has those adult moments which are unfortunate. However, it does look nice and is bright and colorful and the beginning 20 minutes is a lot of fun. It's when they get to England that things really fall apart.
In the end I left Minions thinking 'that was cute but I didn't laugh', and I think many of you will feel the same way. I also might have laughed more if everything hadn't been in the trailers. But like I said it's cute, there are a couple jokes that work but there are sections where I got a little bit bored because I wasn't laughing.
Kids will like it but probably forget about it rather quickly. If you have a $1 theater by you wait till then to take the kids. It's worth a $1. $10 I don't think so.
If you like 1960's classic rock you will enjoy the soundtrack with songs from The Who, Beatles, Kinks and many other bands. They must have spent a fortune on all the songs so that is cool.
I will say the people in front of me were laughing hysterically so maybe I missed something? Or they were on something? Not sure…
Overall Grade- C-
Any of you see it? What did you think?
My youtube review


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Marie is getting help from Stacy and Clinton to bring some color to her wardrobe. See pictures from fashion history.
Marie, 48, is an attorney. She likes dark '70s aviator-style sunglasses and only wears black, black and more black. The problem is she wears baggy, outdated suit pieces in unmatching shades of faded black. Stacy and Clinton must introduce Marie to the world of color, and give her a curvier, more balanced look.


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Bachelor Nation Alums Have a Lot to Say About the Clare-Tayshia 'Bachelorette' Switch-Up
Zoe Jewell November 5, 2020, 1:00 pm
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Every season of The Bachelorette claims to be more dramatic than the one before, but we think they're finally telling the truth.
Last week, Bachelor Nation was left speechless when the world's worst-kept secret was revealed in the sneak peek: Current Bachelorette star Clare Crawley , who fell in love with one of the men (Dale Moss), will be replaced by Tayshia Adams.
It's unclear whether the producers push Clare out in favor of Tayshia or if Clare makes the decision herself, but needless to say, things are going to get crazy.
As expected, former Bachelor and Bachelorette stars are not taking this news quietly, with many taking to social media and podcasts to share their thoughts on the switch-up. Scroll down to read what alums such as Kaitlyn Bristowe, Tyler Cameron, and Colton Underwood think of the unusual goings-on.
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The Season 11 Bachelorette star (who's currently on Dancing With the Stars), shared her thoughts on an Instagram Story.
"Holy freaking plot twist of Tayshia becoming the new Bachelorette and Clare apparently found love. I cannot confirm or deny ... but I have thoughts," she shared.
"I love both of these women. I was really excited to watch Clare's journey. But like, that's part of the contract. That's one of the hardest things about going through the show, is you have to take each relationship to the necessary place to really know who your guy is at the end, and I'm just so confused.
"Obviously, I just hope she's happy. Now, enter Tayshia. Great, I wanted her to be the Bachelorette a while ago. I'm super pumped on this... but I'm still, what is happening? The Bachelor franchise is genius, and we're all talking about it!"
DeAnna Pappas
The former Bachelorette, who actually visited Clare during filming, feels bad for her friend and the way she's being treated.
"She's just been put through the wringer and the things that people are saying about her and about her life and stuff online can just be really hurtful," she said on the Almost Famous podcast.
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"I just feel bad for her because I feel like in a period of time where this should be really joyful for her and this should be a really great experience and probably one of the most exciting things that she will go through, it has not been that for her."
Arie Luyendyk Jr.
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"Wish you a lot of luck, Tayshia. Lauren and I absolutely adore you. You're going to crush it!" the former Bachelorette star shared on his Instagram Story.
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Clare's ex-fiancé revealed he doesn't believe Clare is being treated fairly at the moment.
"I would say this is not the Clare that I know. Put yourself into her shoes, you're doing quarantine in a resort. This show's a bit [of a] mindf**k, you've been there, it's a lot to manage and I feel like at some point maybe she was overwhelmed by all of this," he shared on the Almost Famous podcast.
"She felt super strong feelings with Dale and then this whole thing played out. … There's a little difference in the Clare that is shown on TV than the Clare that I know in real life."
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The 28-year-old, who got to know Tayshia during his season of The Bachelor, wished her well on Twitter in a now-deleted tweet. "Congrats @TayshiaAdams — good luck and I hope you find yourself a better kisser," he wrote.
Becca Tilley
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The two-time Bachelor alum compared the Clare-Tayshia switch to when the men voted for Bristowe and Britt Nilsson to be the lead during Season 11.
"A lot of the guys that ended up being on Kaitlyn season chose Britt, [but we're able to say], 'I originally came for Britt, but I'm so excited to get to know you and it worked out," she said on the Here For the Right Reasons podcast.
"I mean, a lot of those guys were, you know, on the show for a long time, so I don't think it necessarily is not going to be believable [if Tayshia finds love]."
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"If this is true then this will for sure be the most dramatic season EVER !!" the former Bachelor star wrote. "Guess we'll all have to tune in to see how this one goes down. I hope both Clare and Tayshia leave happy and in love!!"
If this is true then this will for sure be the most dramatic season EVER !! Guess we'll all have to tune in to see how this one goes down. I hope both Clare and Tayshia leave happy and in love !! 💗✨🌹 https://t.co/AeT10pGSTr
— Mykenna Dorn (@mykennajean) August 3, 2020
Tyler Cameron
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When asked about Clare's season of The Bachelorette, Tyler revealed he's happy his best friend Matt James — who is going to be the next Bachelor — wasn't on this season.
"[He] dodged a bullet. That boy is on his own. Just 'cause it's a mess. It's just a disaster. You know what I mean? It's nothing about Clare. It's a mess, you know?" he told E! News.
Just to be able to jump and skip and be the Bachelor, like who, I mean, of course, good for him, so I am very happy he's not there."
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An Ariane 5 rocket topped by a heavyweight communications satellite for Eutelsat emerged from its hangar in French Guiana on Monday for a railroad ride to a nearby launch pad for final flight preps.
The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher is set for liftoff at 12:20 a.m. EST (0520 GMT) Wednesday, or 2:20 a.m. local time at the Guiana Space Center, a European-run spaceport carved from the jungle on the northern shore of South America. The launch window extends for three hours.
The Eutelsat 65 West A satellite attached to the top of the Ariane 5 rocket weighs more than 6.5 metric tons — 14,471 pounds — and will be the sole payload aboard Wednesday's early morning mission.
Manufactured by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, the powerhouse satellite will broadcast in three bands — C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band — to link video distributors in Europe and Americas, beam direct-to-home television programming across Latin America, and provide broadband connectivity to Brazil.
Eutelsat aims to have the satellite in service before the opening of the Rio Olympics in August.
The satellite's launch was moved up to ensure it could relay television signals for the 2016 Summer Games, and Eutelsat paid extra for a dedicated Ariane 5 flight earlier in the year.
The Ariane 5 typically hauls up two large communications satellites per mission, but a properly sized co-passenger was unavailable for a launch in the timeframe desired by Eutelsat.
Wednesday's launch is the second Ariane 5 flight of the year, and the 85th Ariane 5 mission overall.
The countdown will begin Tuesday at 1750 GMT (12:50 p.m. EST), followed by a check of the rocket's electrical systems around 2150 GMT (4:50 p.m. EST).
Ground crews at the ELA-3 launch pad will configure the facility for liftoff by closing blast-proof doors, removing safety barriers and configuring fluid lines for fueling. The flight program will also be loaded into the Ariane 5's computer.
Cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants will begin flowing into the Ariane 5's first stage around 0020 GMT (7:20 p.m. EST). The process begins with the pressurization of ground storage vessels, then the fuel lines will be chilled down to condition the plumbing for the flow of super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
A similar procedure for the Ariane 5's cryogenic upper stage will commence at 0120 GMT (8:20 p.m. EST).
Chilldown conditioning of the Vulcain 2 first stage engine will occur at 0220 GMT (9:20 p.m. EST), and a communications check between the rocket and ground telemetry, tracking and command systems is scheduled for 0410 GMT (11:10 p.m. EST).
Seven minutes prior to liftoff, control of the countdown will switch to an automatic sequencer to oversee final pressurization of the Ariane 5's propellant tanks and arming of the rocket for flight.
The Ariane 5's hydrogen-burning Vulcain 2 main engine will fire up as the countdown clock reaches zero. Seven seconds later, after the Vulcain 2 clears an automated health check, the Ariane 5's two large solid rocket boosters will ignite to propel the launcher skyward.
The main engine and solid rocket boosters will generate 2.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and accelerate the Ariane 5 past the speed of sound in less than 50 seconds. At T+plus 2 minutes, 32 seconds, the twin boosters will peel away and fall into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ariane 5's nose cone, made by Ruag Space in Switzerland, will jettison at T+plus 3 minutes, 39 seconds.
By the T+plus 8-minute, 49-second point in the flight, the Ariane 5 rocket's core stage will have consumed its 385,000-pound (175-metric ton) load of cryogenic propellants, and the Vulcain 2 engine will shut down.
Moments later, the first stage will separate to re-enter Earth's atmosphere just west of Africa, as the second stage's HM7B powerplant takes over the mission.
The nearly 16-minute firing of the HM7B engine will inject Eutelsat 65 West A into an egg-shaped geostationary transfer orbit with a high point 22,211 miles (35,746 kilometers), a low point of 150 miles (255 kilometers), and an inclination of 0.5 degrees to the equator.
Cutoff of the liquid-fueled HM7B engine is timed for T+plus 24 minutes, 41 seconds, followed by deployment of Eutelsat 65 West A at T+plus 27 minutes, 23 seconds.
The satellite will use its on-board propulsion system to circularize its orbit, heading for geostationary altitude almost 22,300 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth, where its velocity will match the rate of Earth's rotation. Eutelsat 65 West A will eventually settle into an operating post at 65 degrees west longitude along the equator.


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package chi

// Radix tree implementation below is a based on the original work by
// Armon Dadgar in https://github.com/armon/go-radix/blob/master/radix.go
// (MIT licensed). It's been heavily modified for use as a HTTP routing tree.

import (
	"net/http"
	"sort"
	"strings"
)

type methodTyp int

const (
	mCONNECT methodTyp = 1 << iota
	mDELETE
	mGET
	mHEAD
	mOPTIONS
	mPATCH
	mPOST
	mPUT
	mTRACE
	mSTUB

	mALL methodTyp = mCONNECT | mDELETE | mGET | mHEAD | mOPTIONS |
		mPATCH | mPOST | mPUT | mTRACE
)

var methodMap = map[string]methodTyp{
	"CONNECT": mCONNECT,
	"DELETE":  mDELETE,
	"GET":     mGET,
	"HEAD":    mHEAD,
	"OPTIONS": mOPTIONS,
	"PATCH":   mPATCH,
	"POST":    mPOST,
	"PUT":     mPUT,
	"TRACE":   mTRACE,
}

type nodeTyp uint8

const (
	ntStatic   nodeTyp = iota // /home
	ntRegexp                  // /:id([0-9]+) or #id^[0-9]+$
	ntParam                   // /:user
	ntCatchAll                // /api/v1/*
)

type node struct {
	// node type
	typ nodeTyp

	// first byte of the prefix
	label byte

	// prefix is the common prefix we ignore
	prefix string

	// pattern is the computed path of prefixes
	pattern string

	// HTTP handler on the leaf node
	handlers methodHandlers

	// chi subroutes on the leaf node
	subroutes Routes

	// Child nodes should be stored in-order for iteration,
	// in groups of the node type.
	children [ntCatchAll + 1]nodes
}

func (n *node) FindRoute(rctx *Context, path string) methodHandlers {
	// Reset the context routing pattern
	rctx.RoutePattern = ""

	// Find the routing handlers for the path
	rn := n.findRoute(rctx, path)
	if rn == nil {
		return nil
	}

	// Record the routing pattern in the request lifecycle
	if rn.pattern != "" {
		rctx.RoutePattern = rn.pattern
		rctx.RoutePatterns = append(rctx.RoutePatterns, rctx.RoutePattern)
	}

	return rn.handlers
}

func (n *node) InsertRoute(method methodTyp, pattern string, handler http.Handler) *node {
	var parent *node
	search := pattern

	for {
		// Handle key exhaustion
		if len(search) == 0 {
			// Insert or update the node's leaf handler
			n.setHandler(method, handler)
			n.pattern = pattern
			return n
		}

		// Look for the edge
		parent = n
		n = n.getEdge(search[0])

		// No edge, create one
		if n == nil {
			cn := &node{label: search[0], prefix: search, pattern: pattern}
			cn.setHandler(method, handler)
			parent.addChild(pattern, cn)
			return cn
		}

		if n.typ > ntStatic {
			// We found a wildcard node, meaning search path starts with
			// a wild prefix. Trim off the wildcard search path and continue.
			p := strings.Index(search, "/")
			if p < 0 {
				p = len(search)
			}
			search = search[p:]
			continue
		}

		// Static nodes fall below here.
		// Determine longest prefix of the search key on match.
		commonPrefix := n.longestPrefix(search, n.prefix)
		if commonPrefix == len(n.prefix) {
			// the common prefix is as long as the current node's prefix we're attempting to insert.
			// keep the search going.
			search = search[commonPrefix:]
			continue
		}

		// Split the node
		child := &node{
			typ:    ntStatic,
			prefix: search[:commonPrefix],
		}
		parent.replaceChild(search[0], child)

		// Restore the existing node
		n.label = n.prefix[commonPrefix]
		n.prefix = n.prefix[commonPrefix:]
		child.addChild(pattern, n)

		// If the new key is a subset, add to to this node
		search = search[commonPrefix:]
		if len(search) == 0 {
			child.setHandler(method, handler)
			child.pattern = pattern
			return child
		}

		// Create a new edge for the node
		subchild := &node{
			typ:     ntStatic,
			label:   search[0],
			prefix:  search,
			pattern: pattern,
		}
		subchild.setHandler(method, handler)
		child.addChild(pattern, subchild)
		return subchild
	}
}

func (n *node) findPattern(pattern string) *node {
	nn := n
	for _, nds := range nn.children {
		if len(nds) == 0 {
			continue
		}

		n = nn.getEdge(pattern[0])
		if n == nil {
			continue
		}

		xpattern := pattern[n.longestPrefix(pattern, n.prefix):]
		if len(xpattern) == 0 {
			return n
		}

		return n.findPattern(xpattern)
	}
	return nil
}

func (n *node) isLeaf() bool {
	return n.handlers != nil
}

func (n *node) addChild(pattern string, child *node) {
	search := child.prefix

	// Find any wildcard segments
	p := strings.IndexAny(search, ":*")

	// Determine new node type
	ntyp := child.typ
	if p >= 0 {
		switch search[p] {
		case ':':
			ntyp = ntParam
		case '*':
			ntyp = ntCatchAll
		}
	}

	if p == 0 {
		// Path starts with a wildcard

		handlers := child.handlers
		child.typ = ntyp

		if ntyp == ntCatchAll {
			p = -1
		} else {
			p = strings.IndexByte(search, '/')
		}
		if p < 0 {
			p = len(search)
		}
		child.prefix = search[:p]

		if p != len(search) {
			// add edge for the remaining part, split the end.
			child.handlers = nil

			search = search[p:]

			child.addChild(pattern, &node{
				typ:      ntStatic,
				label:    search[0], // this will always start with /
				prefix:   search,
				pattern:  pattern,
				handlers: handlers,
			})
		}

	} else if p > 0 {
		// Path has some wildcard

		// starts with a static segment
		handlers := child.handlers
		child.typ = ntStatic
		child.prefix = search[:p]
		child.handlers = nil

		// add the wild edge node
		search = search[p:]

		child.addChild(pattern, &node{
			typ:      ntyp,
			label:    search[0],
			prefix:   search,
			pattern:  pattern,
			handlers: handlers,
		})

	} else {
		// Path is all static
		child.typ = ntyp

	}

	n.children[child.typ] = append(n.children[child.typ], child)
	n.children[child.typ].Sort()
}

func (n *node) replaceChild(label byte, child *node) {
	for i := 0; i < len(n.children[child.typ]); i++ {
		if n.children[child.typ][i].label == label {
			n.children[child.typ][i] = child
			n.children[child.typ][i].label = label
			return
		}
	}

	panic("chi: replacing missing child")
}

func (n *node) getEdge(label byte) *node {
	for _, nds := range n.children {
		num := len(nds)
		for i := 0; i < num; i++ {
			if nds[i].label == label {
				return nds[i]
			}
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func (n *node) findEdge(ntyp nodeTyp, label byte) *node {
	nds := n.children[ntyp]
	num := len(nds)
	idx := 0

	switch ntyp {
	case ntStatic:
		i, j := 0, num-1
		for i <= j {
			idx = i + (j-i)/2
			if label > nds[idx].label {
				i = idx + 1
			} else if label < nds[idx].label {
				j = idx - 1
			} else {
				i = num // breaks cond
			}
		}
		if nds[idx].label != label {
			return nil
		}
		return nds[idx]

	default: // wild nodes
		// TODO: right now we match them all.. but regexp should
		// run through regexp matcher
		return nds[idx]
	}
}

// Recursive edge traversal by checking all nodeTyp groups along the way.
// It's like searching through a multi-dimensional radix trie.
func (n *node) findRoute(rctx *Context, path string) *node {
	nn := n
	search := path

	for t, nds := range nn.children {
		ntyp := nodeTyp(t)
		if len(nds) == 0 {
			continue
		}

		// search subset of edges of the index for a matching node
		var label byte
		if search != "" {
			label = search[0]
		}

		xn := nn.findEdge(ntyp, label) // next node
		if xn == nil {
			continue
		}

		// Prepare next search path by trimming prefix from requested path
		xsearch := search
		if xn.typ > ntStatic {
			p := -1
			if xn.typ < ntCatchAll {
				p = strings.IndexByte(xsearch, '/')
			}
			if p < 0 {
				p = len(xsearch)
			}

			if xn.typ == ntCatchAll {
				rctx.URLParams.Add("*", xsearch)
			} else {
				rctx.URLParams.Add(xn.prefix[1:], xsearch[:p])
			}

			xsearch = xsearch[p:]
		} else if strings.HasPrefix(xsearch, xn.prefix) {
			xsearch = xsearch[len(xn.prefix):]
		} else {
			continue // no match
		}

		// did we find it yet?
		if len(xsearch) == 0 {
			if xn.isLeaf() {
				return xn
			}
		}

		// recursively find the next node..
		fin := xn.findRoute(rctx, xsearch)
		if fin != nil {
			// found a node, return it
			return fin
		}

		// Did not found final handler, let's remove the param here if it was set
		if xn.typ > ntStatic {
			if xn.typ == ntCatchAll {
				rctx.URLParams.Del("*")
			} else {
				rctx.URLParams.Del(xn.prefix[1:])
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// longestPrefix finds the length of the shared prefix
// of two strings
func (n *node) longestPrefix(k1, k2 string) int {
	max := len(k1)
	if l := len(k2); l < max {
		max = l
	}
	var i int
	for i = 0; i < max; i++ {
		if k1[i] != k2[i] {
			break
		}
	}
	return i
}

func (n *node) setHandler(method methodTyp, handler http.Handler) {
	if n.handlers == nil {
		n.handlers = make(methodHandlers, 0)
	}
	if method&mSTUB == mSTUB {
		n.handlers[mSTUB] = handler
	} else {
		n.handlers[mSTUB] = nil
	}
	if method&mALL == mALL {
		n.handlers[mALL] = handler
		for _, m := range methodMap {
			n.handlers[m] = handler
		}
	} else {
		n.handlers[method] = handler
	}
}

func (n *node) isEmpty() bool {
	for _, nds := range n.children {
		if len(nds) > 0 {
			return false
		}
	}
	return true
}

func (n *node) routes() []Route {
	rts := []Route{}

	n.walkRoutes(n.prefix, n, func(pattern string, handlers methodHandlers, subroutes Routes) bool {
		if handlers[mSTUB] != nil && subroutes == nil {
			return false
		}

		if subroutes != nil && len(pattern) > 2 {
			pattern = pattern[:len(pattern)-2]
		}

		var hs = make(map[string]http.Handler, 0)
		if handlers[mALL] != nil {
			hs["*"] = handlers[mALL]
		}
		for mt, h := range handlers {
			if h == nil {
				continue
			}
			m := methodTypString(mt)
			if m == "" {
				continue
			}
			hs[m] = h
		}

		rt := Route{pattern, hs, subroutes}
		rts = append(rts, rt)
		return false
	})

	return rts
}

func (n *node) walkRoutes(pattern string, nd *node, fn walkFn) bool {
	pattern = nd.pattern

	// Visit the leaf values if any
	if (nd.handlers != nil || nd.subroutes != nil) && fn(pattern, nd.handlers, nd.subroutes) {
		return true
	}

	// Recurse on the children
	for _, nds := range nd.children {
		for _, nd := range nds {
			if n.walkRoutes(pattern, nd, fn) {
				return true
			}
		}
	}
	return false
}

func methodTypString(method methodTyp) string {
	for s, t := range methodMap {
		if method == t {
			return s
		}
	}
	return ""
}

type walkFn func(pattern string, handlers methodHandlers, subroutes Routes) bool

// methodHandlers is a mapping of http method constants to handlers
// for a given route.
type methodHandlers map[methodTyp]http.Handler

type nodes []*node

// Sort the list of nodes by label
func (ns nodes) Len() int           { return len(ns) }
func (ns nodes) Less(i, j int) bool { return ns[i].label < ns[j].label }
func (ns nodes) Swap(i, j int)      { ns[i], ns[j] = ns[j], ns[i] }
func (ns nodes) Sort()              { sort.Sort(ns) }

type Route struct {
	Pattern   string
	Handlers  map[string]http.Handler
	SubRoutes Routes
}

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My 12-year-old daughter is still a few years away from driving a car. Still, as a responsible parent, I feel it's my duty to prepare her for the coming days when she will inevitably be getting behind the wheel.
One day while we were on the road together and the skies opened up, I asked her (just for giggles) if she knew what to do while driving in the rain. Naturally, she responded with the kind of incredulous answer that only a moody tween could possibly muster.
Good answer, sweetheart. But there's a little more to it than that. Here are a handful of tips that will surely come in handy when the roads are wet, even if you aren't riding with a wisecracking kid.
Care to guess when you're most at risk to hydroplane on a wet surface? It actually can happen in the first 10 minutes of a light rainfall when the water mixes with the oily residue on the roads, creating slippery conditions. Naturally, the potential for skidding only grows the longer the rain continues. So what's the obvious answer for how to avoid hydroplaning? Slow down! Since more than 30 percent of all auto accidents are speed-related according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission anyway, it only makes sense to take your foot off the pedal, especially when it's raining.
It can be tempting to try to power through the rain while driving, especially when you're in a hurry. But depending on just how poor visibility may be, getting off the road to wait out the storm isn't the worst choice. Sitting at a parking lot or a gas station for a few minutes could go a long way toward preserving your safety. And if you have to pull over onto the shoulder, don't forget to turn on your hazards.
Anyone who remembers the lessons learned in their driver's ed classes may recall the two-second rule. It's the guideline that helps drivers maintain a safe distance (or a two-second buffer) behind the car traveling ahead of them. Two seconds is a typically a safe gap under the safest of road conditions, so it's only logical to add more time when the roads are slick. Even an alert driver would be wise to add another second or two in order to allow more time to react to other drivers battling the rain.
Driving with your headlights on even under sunny skies isn't a bad idea. Any time you're making yourself more visible to other drivers on the road, you're doing yourself and others a favor. Turning your lights on in the rain should be a no-brainer. It's typically darker during storms and visibility can be drastically decreased, and it's obviously important for other cars to see you as clearly as possible. That being said, it's equally important (and in some states illegal) to drive with your hazard lights during a rainstorm. The hazards typically signify that a car has stopped, so it can be dangerous and confusing for other drivers if yours are on.
Driving in the rain can certainly be stressful, but it doesn't have to be a nightmare if you just follow a few simple guidelines and use your common sense. And maybe take any advice from a 12-year-old with a grain of salt.


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Home Entertainment Nintendo Switch is Launching in China with Only One Game Available at...
Nintendo Switch is Launching in China with Only One Game Available at Launch
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Everyone had doubts a couple of years ago when Nintendo announced that it's planning to launch a hybrid console that will compete directly against Xbox and PlayStation. However, it all turned out great because now Nintendo Switch is one of the world's bestselling consoles and the number of sold units is soon going to become even bigger. Tencent and Nintendo have announced earlier today that Nintendo Switch is going to launch in China.
Nintendo Switch is Launching in China
The first thing that we want to note is that the Nintendo Switch which is launching in China is not the standard version of the hybrid console. Nintendo has created a special Chinese version of Nintendo Switch and it will launch in a bundle with the New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. The bundle is priced at 2,099 yuan (around $297).
China Hasn't Approved Other Games Than Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
As some of you might know already, foreign companies are not allowed to launch any product that they want in China. The Chinese government controls every product that is available for purchase on the market, especially in terms of entertainment and technology, and the only game that has been approved to launch alongside Nintendo Switch is the previously noted Mario Bros. Deluxe.
Another interesting thing that we want to highlight about the Chinese only version of Nintendo Switch is that it comes with a bunch of features that have been developed Tencent. These are features such as cloud infrastructure for online games and the ability to purchase Nintendo games directly from the WeChat Pay app.
Nintendo Switch is available for pre-orders in China starting today and the units will hit the stores on December 10th. However, Nintendo Switch might not be such a big success in China as expected. The reason behind this is that Chinese gamers are known for playing mobile and PC games.
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